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HE possibilities of the hen are

infinite. 'As a factor among do-

mestic animals she takes first

rank in many ways. It is conceded by





all students Of this class of stock that,





poultry is the most neglected and mis-

used 'of all domesticated animals. Nat-

urally, living close to humanity as

she does, the‘hen endures or responds

to her lot patiently, acceptin‘gjrnisuse

as a part of the game and‘in‘ turn

measuring up toher full capabilities

when given an opportunity to expand.



It goes without saying that all can

not be commercial poultry keepers.

Other lines of stock are also import-

ant as factors in the great game of

production and must have their main-

tenance. However, in discussing this

subject, it is desired to treat the hen

as she would naturally perform under

careful and studied methods, for only

in efficient hands does she rise to her

opportunities. ' ~

' Few lines of stock figure out better

on paper, or naturally appeal so em-

phatically to the eas-

ual stock keeper as

does poultry. Proba-

bly no line of stock

husbandry has carried

with it more disap-

pointments and com-

plete failures than has

hen farming. Mechan-

ical execution goes a

long ways and usually

makes good dairymen

or stock feeders, but

something more is re—

quired if we would

get the best out of

“old biddy.” As one

recounts the number

of attempts that have

been made to score a

success with poultry

and note the number

of poultry raisers that

have found poultry

culture a profitable

and attractive enter-

prise, we must admit

that there is some-

thing in the business

that proves a stum-

bling block for the

many who make failures.



The success of the few, however, is

indicated by the fact that some time

ago a leading farm journal published

a challenge from the poultrymen to

the dairymen of America to match ten

hens against any cow in the land for

a year’s products at market rates,

both kinds of stock to go to the win-

ner. Whether the dairymen failed to

respond because they did not wish to

humiliate the conceited little fellow

with a few paltry “chix,” or whether

he did not quite like the looks of those

ten sprightly, hustling little pullets,

we are not advised. Surely the thou-

sand pound cow, with her splendid

record for efficiency, ought to be

game. However, we must not over-

look the fact that the possibilities of





 





DETROIT, MICH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1915





By c. B. COOK





a few quality birds in skilled hands

become tremendous.



Thus as a farm facton the hen

stands ready to do honor to any place

in the farm economy in which we

choose to placesher, with honor to

herself and credit to the operator. She

demands one thing unqualifiedly,

which is, that the operator pay the

price of success. Any half-way grounds

are unsatisfactory and must sooner or

later lead to disappointment. The per-

son who must deal in cold realities

and has no use for sentiment, had bet-

ter let the hen, as a farm factor,

alone. She will probably bring him

little but indifferent returns. On the





other hand, anyone that finds more





pleasure in caring for a fine bunch of

poultry than most any other enter-

prise, and never goes among his or

her flock of carefully bred and well

kept birds without feeling that the





Well Housed, Well Fed and Well Bred, the Farm





hen is still queen of the farm stock,

and finds life a little richer and fuller

as a result of the inspiration such an

attractive bunch of birds bring him,

is in a frame of mind or attitude to

interpret closely their needs and re-

quirements. Nor will he rest content

until his birds have been made con-

tented and happy in their surroundings.

In the last analysis the only hen that

pays an attractive profit is the bird

bursting with song and the joy of a

vigorous, active life. Pretty strong

logic but doubtless no small feature

in the hen as a farm factor.



Our personal observation leads us

to believe that many women and some

men would find a good business in a

commercial flock of poultry if they

went after the prize. The writer be-





lieves that no stock on the farm can

be kept at such a good margin of prof-

it as can laying strains of the non-

setting type. We have evidence on all

hands to show that the poultry mar-

ket does not have the quantity or

quality of its products that the con-

sumer is glad to pay for and really

needs. True, we must put up a better

class of stock and market it to better

advantage or we do not measure up to

the exigencies of the opportunity.

About the last thing needed today is

a heavier run of common eggs and

poultry when the market is flooded

and all stock moves at a close mar-

gin. Such methods do not speak for

efficiency in the poultry field and can

win but indifferent results.



A lot of mixed fowls laying all kinds

of eggs and retained on the farm be-

cause they “lay better,” is a miss-

shot. If the hen is going to have her





 





Flock Becomes a Large Factor in Farm Profits.





place as a farm factor she should be

bred to type and uniformity, with

special attention paid to her ances-

tors, for blood is half when we deal

with any highly specialized class of

animals, like the ZOO-egg hen or the

LOGO-pound dairy cow. They are ab-

normal creatures developed a long

ways from what nature intended.

They represent hundreds of years of

careful selection and breeding, and in

this short life a person simply miss-

steps success at the very first stages

of the game if he fails to provide

blood from some of the best produc-

ers in the land. Like every other line

of progressive agriculture, the hen

rapidly deteriorates when skill and

management fail to guide her steps

ahead to still greater productiveness.





50 CENTS A YEAR-

82 FOR 5 YEARS.





he Hen as a Factor In Farm Profits





Again, the farm factor hen must

produce sterile eggs for market and

be so handled that they reach the

consumer in the pink of condition.

Otherwise the hen products must have

a low value, and we generally get

about what a thing is worth in the

long run.



As eggs are saved and sold the or‘

dinary egg dealer is up against ahard

problem when it comes to quality

stock and the wonder is that he does

so well. If one would get a fair price

for quality eggs he must develop a

better outlet, for a few such eggs

massed with a large common stock

carry no particular value. '



There was never a time when pro-

ducers and consumers were so closely

watching every leak in our industrial

life as they are today. We are con-

vinced our system is wrong and all

hands are out for a remedy. Last

year the farmers of America received

nine billions of dollars for farm pro-

duce that went to the consumer at a

' cost of twenty seven

billions in round

numbers. Here is a

text for a whole ser-

mon on this most vit-

al issue. In Denmark

the farmers receive

about 80 per cent of

the consumer’s dollar.



In the hen business

the stockman can get

in the Denmark class

if he wishes. In such

a case only can he

hope to realize what

he should from the

hen as a farm factor.

The writer is sure of

his grounds on this

point. For years we

have sold the egg crop

from a large flock of

Leghorns to a special

trade. It is needless

for me to add that the

net, returns under this

“system have been

largely increased. We

go to the consumer



with this slogan, “A

little less to the con-

sumer and a little more to the produc-

er.” Do not mistake the spirit of this

case. We are not by any means cut-

ting out the middleman, for him we

must always have. However, we must

emphasize this point: Like men in all

other lines of business the middleman

is coming more and more to be in the

game, for the service he can render

his community. As such a citizen

when he has given what service he

can, he must retire. He has no more

claims on the producer or consumer

for business than has the doctor who

complains because his community

does not get sick to give him more

work. Like all others he must adjust

his life and his work to the vital

needs of his fellows if he plays the



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CURRENT COM MENT.





 





Since the final release

from quarantine of the

Michigan contingent

of the show cattle

quarantined at Chicago at the close of

the National Dairy Show last year,

press items relating to this event

which were grossly misleading in the

information implied have been wide-

ly published. Built around the fact

that these valuable dairy animals had

suffered from foot-and-mouth disease

but had entirely recovered from same,

was a story told or implied that these

cattle had been cured by some meth-

od of treatment which the readers

might believe could easily be applied

in any case Where valuable animals

Were affected with this disease.

Perhaps a large proportion of Mich-

igan Farmer readers are already

somewhat familiar with the history of

the quarantine following the Dairy

Show last year when it became known

that foot—and-mouth disease had made

its appearance among the show cattle.

The cattle exhibited at the National

Dairy Show numbered more than 800

head; they were quarantined in the

second story of a large brick block of

stables where perfect quarantine reg-

ulations could be imposed both as to

the excluding of the public and the

disinfection of everything removed

from the stable, including the attend-

ants and all persons who left the

building at any time during the quar-

antine. Owing to this peculiarly fav-

orable situation and the great finan-

cial and constructive value of the indi-

viduals quarantined, the federal and

state authorities were appealed to so

strongly by those interested in the

upbuilding of our dairy industry that

it was determined to undertake to

save these cattle by the quarantine

and disinfection method. The adop-

tion of this plan resulted in demon-

strating the extremely contagious na-

ture of this disease. Within a month

from the time the disease made its

appearance and the animals were

quarantined, all of the animals under

quarantine had been attacked by the

disease with the exception of five.





Strict quarantine and the most skill-





Mis'leading In-

formation.





ful attendance, together with thor-_





ough disinfection, resulted in the

eradication of the disease from these

cattle, which after several months

were removed to a farm adjacent to

Chicago‘ where the quarantine was

continued until late summer, when

they were allowed to be shipped to

the farms of their owners, which were

all placed under rigid quarantine un-

til every possible danger of a recur-

rence of the disease seemed to have

been passed. While these valuable

cattle were saved to a degree of use-





 





THE: MICHIGAN FARM‘ER





fulness which is yet to be demonstrat-

ed, they Were so savedat a cost which

would be wholly prohibitive with ordi-

nary cattle.



The fact that these cattle were sav-

ed by the quarantine and disinfection

method is not a. valid argument

against the slaughter method of con-

trolling the disease wherever it may

appear under’ farm conditions, since

the maintenance of an adequate quar-

antine for the control and safe eradi-

cation of the disease under farm con-

ditions would be quite impossible, as

has been recently demonstrated in Ill-

inois.



The careless dissemination of mis-

leading information above referred to





00 might result in great harm should the





disease again make its appearance in

Michigan. For this reason Michigan

farmers are cautioned against accept-

ing such information save at its face

value.





An interesting farm





Share vs. Cash management survey

Rentals. of 669 farms in Mis-

souri was recently





made by the experiment station of

that state. This survey showed that

the average share tenant farmer in

the area surveyed made $138 greater

net income than the cash tenant

farmer, also land owner’s share of the

crops grown returned 1.3 per cent

higher interest on his investment than

was received by the average owner in

the same district who rented his land

for cash. Expressed in terms of in-

come, the total net income of the av-

erage share tenant farmer was $548

as compared with a labor income of

$410 for the average cash renter. The

owners of the farms rented on the

share basis received an interest in-

come of 4.9 per cent as compared with

an income of 3.6 per cent enjoyed by

the cash renters. It was also devel-

oped by the inquiry that the tenant

who rented his crap land for a share

and his grass land for cash made a

net income of 8907, while the owner

received 5.9 per cent on his invest-

ment.



Undoubtedly the peculiar situation

brought out by these figuresis due to

the fact that in Missouri as elsewhere

the farm that is rented for cash be-

comes more quickly depleted of its

humus and fertility than does land

rented on the share basis and a cor-

responding decrease in crop yields

makes the renting of this land un-

profitable to the renter as well as to

the owner. Contrasting this condi

tion with that which prevails in Eng-

land where long time leases are used

and where cash rental at a relatively

low interest rate is the rule, it would

appear that we yet have much to

learn regarding the development of a

tenant system which will not result in

soil robbery. But better than any ten-

ant system is that where the owner

works his own land, which is still the

rule rather than the exception in

Michigan, a condition which we hope

may long continue to obtain.





A number of com-



The Book Agent plaints have been re-

Again. ceived from one of

central Michigan’s



prosperous agricultural counties re-

garding the operations of book agents

representing the publishers of a coun-

ty atlas. The claim is made by our





informants that questionable methods ’





were used by the sleek agents to se-

cure orders for an expensive atlas and

that the publishers did not live up to

the representations of the agents with

regard to matter, particularly illus-

trations, which they expected to have

published in same. We have been

asked to give publicity to this case

with a view of protecting farmers of

other localities from similar opera-

thus.



As a matter of fact, there can be no

protection against dissatisfaction from

transactions of this kind except

through the ordinary business precau—

tions taken by the person who signs





un'order for books or other goods for

future delivery. He; should always

have a. duplicate of this order stating

plainly the terms of same which will

enable him to refuse payment without

fear of successful prosecution should

the terms of the contract he violated

by the seller or the person for whom

he may act as agent.



Unprincipled agents of unreliable

concerns are less frequently found

soliciting farmer’s business than in

former years because their operatios

have become more difficult and less

profitable, but there still remain a few

of this kind, and no chance should be

lost of making an example of any such

who lay themselves liable to legal ac-

tion on the part of the victim.





MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.





 





theaL—The final estimated yield

of wheat in the state is 19.91, in the

southern counties 20.54, in the central

counties 18.23, in the northern coun-

ties 17.48 and in the upper peninsula

21.36 bushels per acre. The estimat-

ed total yield for the state is 15,494,-

517 bushels. The condition of grow-

ing wheat as compared with an aver-

age per cent is 83 in the state, 80 in

the southern counties, 82 in the cen-

tral counties, 91 in the northern coun-

ties and 88 in the upper peninsula.





The total number of bushels of

wheat marketed by farmers in Octo-

ber at 78 flooring mills is 187,701 and

at 79 elevators and to grain dealers

217,452 or a total of 405,153 bushels.

Of this amount 271,859 bushels were

marketed in the southern four tiers of

counties, 115,573 in the central coun-

ties and 17,721 in the northern coun-

ties and upper peninsula.



The estimated total number of

bushels of wheat marketed in the

three months August-October is 3,000,-

000. .Forty mills, elevators and grain

dealers report no wheat marketed in

October.



Corn—The estimated average yield

per acre of corn, in bushels is 26.32

in the state, 28. 29 in the southern

counties, 22. 4,7 in the central counties,

15.89 in the northern counties and

11.68 in the upper peninsula.



Clover Seed—The per cent of

acreage of clever seed harvested as

compared with ayerage years is 64 in

the state, 56 in the southern counties,

71 in the central counties, 83 in the

northern counties and 100 in the up-

per peninsula.



The average yield per acre in bush-

els is 1.41 in the state, 1.18 in the

southern counties, 1.50 in the central

counties, 2.06 in the northern counties

and 3.17 in the upper peninsula.



ns.——The final estimated average

yield per acre, in bushels, is 8.66 in

the state, 8.61 in the southern coun-

ties, 8.79 in the central counties, 8.15

in the northern counties and 812 in

the upper peninsula.



Potatoes- —-The estimated average

yield per acre, in bushels is 54.11 in

the state, 52.91 in the southern coun-

ties, 57.69 in the central counties, 53.-

43 in the northern counties and 60.88

in the upper peninsula.



Commercial Fertilizers.——The per

cent of farmers who have used com-

mercial fertilizers on their wheat this

full is .38 in the state, 40 in the south-

ern and central counties and 18 in the

northern counties.



Live Stock—The average condition

in the state of horses, cattle and

sheep is 97 and swine 94.





u :9:

m 0 . - .

.153 g; 32.32 23 3

Farm 8 cs 33;; re g 3

Products. 33 2 3 2-3 E 5 53

i=1 3: 9.11 V on

Wheat . . . 778,273 15,494,517 19.91

Corn . . .. .1,907,747 50,208,723 26.82

Oats . . . . 1,685,526 67,781,363 40.21

Barley . . 79,095 2,236,178 28.27

Rye . . 393,817 5 717,480 14.52

B’ckw’ht 55, 4 804, 781 14.38

Potatoes 363,754 19, 681, ’859 54.11

Beans . . 442,574 3, 834, 714 8.66

Peas ..... 64,153 1,193,170 18.60

Clover Sd . 110,000 155,100 1.41

Apples . .. 227,635 10,202,601 44.82

Peaches 23,254 2,506,816 107.78

Pears 9,092 583,979 6423

Plums 3,720 324,012 87.10

Cherries 7, 601 1, 091, 960 143.66

Stw’b’ries 8, 434 348, 971 41.27



Raspb'rries



and brks 9,086 543,979 59 87

Tons. Tons.

Sugar bts. 77, 372 769, 765 9.95

Hay & for. 2,160,471 2,666,030 1. 23





The yield of corn is 19 per cent,

potatoes 40 per cent, and beans 32 per

cent, less than the 10 years’ average,

from 1905 to 1914 inclusive. and the

quality the poorest during this period.

Corn did not ripen; potatoes rotted





Nov. 13,





1915.





badly and beans were seriously meet-

3‘11- by anthracnose and excessive mois-

e.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





Foreign.



The European War. —No general

change has occurred in the

war situation except that affairs in

the Balkan district seem to be ap-

proaching a crisis. The Austro-Ger-

man forces are steadily pushing for--

ward and have already taken consid-

erable territory and affected a junc-

ture with the Bulgarian troops. This

enables the Teutons to deliver war

munitions to the Turks and. thereby

aid in the defense of the Dardanelles

and Constantinople. The latest re-

ports indicate that Lord Kitchener has

left England to take general charge

of the campaign in the east. Large

numbers of troops are being landed

at Saloniki, Greece, while the Bus-

sians who have been refused passage

through Roumania, are making a land'-

ing on the Black Sea coast of Bulgar—

ia. The French forces aided by the

British have had further successvin

southern Bulgaria where they are car-

ry ing out an aggressive campaign. It

is expected that violent fighting will

occur in this region shortly. The

Montenegrins are successfully oppos-

ing the Austrian advance on their

frontier. The Italian offensive con-

tinues and some further advantages

are reported to have been gained by

them. In the Dnrdanelles the Allies

are keeping up an incessant fire upon

the positions of the Turks. - While the

movement of troops on the Russian

battle front has been interfered with

by colder weather, the Czar’s forces

have thus far not only been success-

ful in defending Riga and Dvinsk but

have also taken the offensive along

almost the entire line. Berlin admits

that in certain sections in the region

of Lake Sventer the Russians have

advanced. On the western front artil-

lery duels have been numerous, but

no important advantages are known

to have been gained by either side.

Enlistment in England seems to be

progressing with better results in that

the London trade unions are co—oper-

ating in the campaign. A Japanese

steamer was sunk by a German sub—

marine in the Mediterranean last

week.



British interference with American

trade sinze the beginning of the Eu-

ropean war was the subject of a re

cent exhaustive note by Secretary of

State Lansing in which he declared

the so—called blockade instituted by

the Allies against enemy countries is

“ineffective, illegal and indefensible.”

Notice is served that the American

government cannot further submit to

the further subordination of its inter

ests. The note insists that the rela—

tions between the two countries

should be governed not by policy of

expediency but by established rules of

international conduct.



The Mexican situation is little

changed from last week except that

the forces of General Villa have been

defeated by the Constitutionalists at

Agua Preita and are now making their

way across the arid region for some

Pacific coast port where they may se-

cure needed supplies.



The Swedish government has decid-

ed to distribute the Nobel prizes as

follows: Physics, Thomas A. Edison

and Nikola Tesla; literature, Romain

Roland, French, Hendrik Pontoppidan

and Troels Lund, Danes, and Verner

Von Heidenstan, Swede; chemistry,

Prof. Theodore Svendberg.



The Greek government has selected

a new cabinet with M. Skouloudis as

premier.



In the elections recently held in

South Africa Premier Botha won an

important political victory in the tri—

umph of his policy of imperialism.



National.



The defense program of the federal

government has been published in de-

tail. It provides 'for an organization

of 500,000 men to be at the nation’s

command.



The movement which is undertak-

ing to lay before the public the need

of adequate and scientific national de-

fense is meeting with success

throughout the country. Michigan’s

contribution in the way of moral sup-

port is active and large.



The strike of Michigan Central Rail-

way clerks has ended and many of

the strikers have returned to their

positions.



General interest is being taken in

the rural credit program which Con-

gress will undoubtedly consider at the

coming session. Careful investigation

of foreign schemes for financing ag-

ricultural operations has been made.



The Dairy and Food Department at

Lansing is warning purchasers of

fruits and vegetables to make sure

that measures used ~11! the sale of

these products are of the s'ue guaran—

teed. Short' measures appear to he

commmlv used by peddlers in the

large cities.





 





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INOV. 13, 1915.





FTEN expensive garages are

0 built but give poor satisfaction



to the owner, merely because

of the lack of floor space and storing

facilities. The building here describ-

ed has storage along the sides with

an abundance of spare room at the

ends. Cars with a wheel base of 132

inches have been stored here without

trouble as has been illustrated by the

dotted lines on the floor plan drawing

on this page. A cupboard and a work

"bench built in one corner of the house

gives the farmer an opportunity to

keep his repairs and supplies in a safe

place when he has any repair work

to do he knows just where everything

is. The cars are driven in through





 





the eight -foot openings which are

closed by sliding doors. A concrete

floor keeps the room clean and free

from dirt, while the floor is sloped to

the rear and drains all wash water

out of the garage. This neatly con-

structed frame building is made of

the common 2x4 construction, covered

with an eight-inch ship lap over

which is placed a four-inch basswood

or pine siding material. The gable

ends are covered with shingles, as is

the roof. Verge boards of two by

eight material, and heavy brackets

are shown in the photograph and add

much‘ to the attractiveness of the

building while the small sash in the

gable not only improves the appear-

ance but also affords light for the sec-

ond floor store room. To gain access

to the store room from the ground

floor, a ladder has been hinged near

the edge of the opening of the attic

floor, so that when not needed the

ladder can be raised up out of the

way.



An abundance of light and ventila-

tion are always needed in the garage

when the machine is tobe repaired or

washing or cleaning is necessary. Six

good-sized windows and the small

lights in the two sliding doors all help

to fill this room with light at all times.

Sliding doors have been found to be

much more desirable than those of

the hinged type in the increased dura-

bility and the ease of opening.



Store room is provided for near the

work bench. In case a stove is to be





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installed a chimney will be built in at

the end of the room. Many who drive

cars find it economy to buy gasoline

in fifty gallon lots or more, since a

saving of from three to four cents a

gallon is effected in so doing. In such

cases it is economy to put the tank

underground so as to prevent any loss





from evaporation and to lessen the.





fire danger. A_ home-made pumping





A Garage and Workshop ’





THE MICH'I





system can be made to fill the tanks

of the car. An ordinary lift pump pip-

ed to the underground tank and with

a rubber hose attached to the pump,

makes filling the tanks of the automo-

bile an easy task.



The ceiling is eight feet from the

concrete floor. The 10-foot 2x4 stud-

ding are placed on top of the concrete

foundation wall which was built one

foot above the grade line. The 2x6

attic floor joists are placed high enough

so as to be just above the eight-foot

sliding doors. C. M. F.





TOWNSHIP ROAD BUILDING.





In an article contributed to these

columns, some months ago the writer

gave some'facts in regard to township

stone roads in Hillsdale county. Dur-

ing the season that is about to close,

some splendid work has been done in

the northwest corner of the county,

notably, in Fayette, Litchfield and Al-

len townships. In Fayette, the pioneer

in stone road building in southern

Michigan, 11 miles of state reward

road have been constructed. So satis—

factory have the work and the system

proved in this township, that the vot-

ers have backed up the movement on

each succeeding election day, with in-

creased enthusiasm and zeal. In Fay-

ette, at least, it seems doubtful if bet-

ter results could have been realized

under the contract system now much

talked about in many quarters.



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some of the townships of the county,

practically no permanent road im-

provement has been accomplished.

With the advent of the new law, peti-

tions and counter petitions are being

circulated. A bitter rivalry has sprung

up in some quarters over proposed

routes, and a general condition of un-

rest prevails. Petitions have been cir-

culated in Moscow and Somerset

townships, for better than 15 miles of

trunk-line road to be constructed on

the Detroit and Chicago pike. Al-

ready, Fayette, which is also travers-

ed by the pike, has built her share of

this much traveled highway, with the

exception of about one mile and a

half, which will doubtless be complet-

ed next year. Contented with her sys-

tem and far in advance of her sister

townships, no petitions are beig cir-

culated in Fayette, and the work

promises to go on under the same sys-

tem as formerly.



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join each other, may be found some

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THEMICHIGAN FARMER





made gravel and stone roads an abso-

lute nece‘ssity. The automobile tax is

a. just one, and its framers took into

account the fact that the machine

which renders road improvement es-

sential, must help pay the bills. Com-

munities in which the situation was

grasped early, now enjoy the good

roads for which the more backward

ones must fight and wait.



In every community may be found

a few who cling desperately to the

past; who talk of the good old days

of the stage coach; who deplore the

arrival of the automobile, and who la.-

ment the passing of the dirt road. The

wheels of progress are not to be clog-

ged. Our main highways will not, can

not longer remain dirt roads. It is the

tendency of taxes in any civilized

country to increase with increased ad-

vantages and improvements and with

ever increasing complexity of affairs.

It is more than likely that the road-

building system of Fayette township

will give way in a few years to some-

thing better. But the roads built un-

der it and the influence exerted by it,

on a vital question, will remain.



Hillsdale Co. "J. A. KAISER.





 





LILLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.





 





Our crops are all secured except the

clover seed and we are waiting for a

machine tole that job. The weather

is ideal for hulling clover and if we

can only get it done before rain the

season will wind up not so bad after

all.



In the.meantime we are fall plow-

ing and working out our road work

drawing gravel. The ground is pack-

ed down hard from so much rain and

it is now getting dry. The tractor

works fine and though the ground is

so hard we can only use four plows

this is better than plowing witu ’

es. It is easier for the horses and me

can use them at other work. We are,

however, keeping one team (three

horses) plowing on a field where a

side hill will not work well with the

tractor. l have 150 acres that I would

like toplow if I can before the season

closes. Some, of course, could be

plowed in the spring for beans and

corn, but I will plow this fall if pos-

sible. IL is not reasonable to think

that we will be enabled to do all this

plowing this fall.



I am interested in J. A. Kaiser’s

article on “The Farm Labor Prob-

lem.” This problem probably never

will be completely solved, or if solved

once it must be solved again with new

conditions coming up. So far as the

system is concerned I am satisfied I

have solved it, for my system of farm-

ing, and it is proper to say that the

system of farming was arranged to

solve the labor problem. Mr. Kaiser

is correct when he says that, we

should arrange our business so we

can employ labor continuously, that is

the year round. Men can not afford

to work for the farmer just through

the hurrying time of the year. They

can get jobs in commercial lines that

last continuously. The laborer with a

family can not live unless he has this

kind of a job. The farmer must have

work in winter as well as in summer

if he holds this kind of labor, and it

is this kind of labor only that can be

depended on at: this time. 'You can-

not run a business very successfully

with transient labor. Labor that is

here today and there tomorrow. You

must have labor that can be depended

upon to stay with you for the job

right through. If you can furnish 1a-

bor in the winter as well as in the

summer you can get good labor that

can be depended upon.



How can the farmer furnish em-

ployment for his men during the win-

ter? Live stock husbandry is the only

system of farming that I can figure

out that will do it, and of live stock

husbandry dairying best meets the

requirements. That is the reason

why we keep 50 or more cows. It is

to furnish work for men who want





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employment during the entire year.



This system of employing men by

the year necessitates an extra invest-

ment in tenant houses. Each man

must have a house of his own. He

must live by himself. There are some

drawbacks to be sure, but one must

put up with them. He never will ov-

ercome all of them.



Then you must pay a price so the

best men can live, bring up their fam-

ilies and save a little besides. It takes

about all the profit in farming to do

this. But it must be done and can be

done. . The labor bill, however, is

large compared with the proceeds.



COLON C. LILLIE.





 





POTATO SHOW AT MARQUETTE.





 





The second annual upper peninsula

potato show was held at Marquette,

October 27-29, proving very successful

in every way. Five hundred exhibits

were made, all potatoes being shown

in half bushel containers, and the

quality of the tubers was ahead of

last year’s show at Menominee. Edu-

cational displays were made, showing

potatoes affected with rhizoctonia,

late blight, black leg, scab, etc., also

of the biggest tubers to be found, re-

gardless of shape and quality, an illus-

tration of the wrong way to make an

exhibit.



In awarding prizes the judges con-





sidered five essential qualities, name.





1y: Trueness to type; uniformity as

to size, shape and color; freedom

from scab, black scurf and other ex-

smoothness of

skin, shallow eye, maturity and free-

dom from bruises. The awards were

made as follows: Peter Yestman, of

Daggett, Menominee county, won the

sweepstakes prize, first in the seed

potato contest and first in class one,

Rurals. Chas. Salensky, of Menomi-

nee, Won first in “to consumer direct”

contest, first in class one, Irish Cob-

blers, second in class one, Rurals,

third in best graded table stock. Clif-

ford Bordeaux, of Marquette, won

first in class one, Green Mountain,

second in table stock. E. E. Stein-

bricker, of Swanson, Menominee coun-

ty, first in Burbanks. Joseph Duffrin,

of Stephenson, Menominee county,

in Early Ohio. Jens Peterson, of Iron

River, Iron county, first in graded ta-

ble stock. In the county association

contest Marquette was awarded first,

Iron second, and Dickinson third. In

the boys’ and girls’ club, Iron Moun-

tain club, of Dickinson first, Loretta

of Dickinson second, and the Eelch

club of Dickinson third prize. Other

prize winners included Wm. Christen-

son, of Menominee, Soren Miller, of

Marquette, A. J. Me‘nhennick, of Mar—

quette, A. W. Thompson, of Dickin—

son, George Basal, of Marquette, the

Northland Orchard Co., of Marquette,

W. E. Wickert, of Escanaba, F. W.

Miller, of Manisthue.



Prize winning potatoes will be ex-

hibited at the national and state meet-

ing, to be held at Grand Rapids on

December 1-3. A banquet was held at

the close of the show with Frank W.

Vandenboom as toastmaster and the

speakers included Mayor Begole, Dean

Shaw, of the M. A. C., J. W. Hicks,

president of the Wisconsin Potato

Growers’ Association, and others.



Kent Co. ALMOND GRIFFEN.





STATE AND NATIONAL POTATO

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There will be a joint meeting of the

National Potato Association and the

Michigan State Potato Association

held at Grand Rapids, Mich., Decem-

ber 1-2-3. The program and premium

list can be secured by writing C. W.

Waid, secretary of the Michigan State

Potato Association, at East Lansing,

Mich. This meeting promises to be

one of the largest potato shows and

most enthusiastic meetings ever held.

All potato growers who are interested

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W0 students at the M. A. C.



took time one year to examine



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piles about fields and' gardens, with a

view to discovering what harmful in-

sects, if any, winter in such places.

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brush and litter.



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culio, squash bug, striped cucumber

beetle, tarnished plant bug, army

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roller.



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rubbish. If the garden has not been

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cleaning up and destroying the ene-

mies lurking in such places. The

tune argument holds for the brush

r‘ilgs 1'“ “‘e orchard, harboring as

they do, many of the orchard insects.



The Beneficial Insects.



Some beneficial insects, such as the

lady bug, might be destroyed along

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insects and plant lice, pass the winter

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Similar masses of lady bugs have

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Prof. Pettitt.



Not all the insects mentioned as

hibernating in rubbish, in the above

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accumulation of litter; some of them

prefer a more natural environment as

to food supply, and merit special men-

tion. The clover hay worm, for in-

stance, may sometimes get into the

mow or stack, spinning up webs about

the hay, eating some, but doing most

of its damaging from the farmer’s

standpoint by making the hay unfit

for stock, even though not eaten by

the worms—the presence of the webs

makes it unacceptable to stock. The

winter is passed by larvae or adults

of this insect in the bottom of the

mow or stack. If all the hay is fed

out before spring, and the worm has

bothered, the bottom of the mow

should be cleaned out and burned.



The Grape Leaf Hopper.



The army worm winters as a larva

in rubbish in low wet ground, and it

wo'uld therefore seem advisable to

burn any brush in such places and

plow meadows and pastures before

spring. Frequently a January thaw

makes this latter work possible, and

old meadows which are to be cropped

next year will be less liable to harbor

cutworms and wireworms and white

grubs and army worms if they are

broken up before or during the win-

ter, thus exposing the insects to the

weather, birds, mice, and skunks.



J. P. Munson,, of Grand Rapids,

found that in his own vineyard the

most trouble from grape leaf hoppers

occurred at the edges of the planting,

provided the litter was cleaned up in

the rows themselves. This indicates

that the hoppers pass the winter in

rubbish, and that an effective means

of control is clean culture, burning all

prunings and rubbish.



The same points might be made for

the cucumber grower, the melon grow-

er, the asparagus grower. Let us take

the advice of those who have studied

insect life histories as well as those

who have succeeded in combating in-

sects on the farm, and burn up all lit-

ter at the earliest opportunity, for





Insects Hibernate In Brush Piles





when the warm spring days come the

insects will thaw out and leave for

their feeding grounds, while we our-

selves will be too busy with the rush

of work to pay any attention to their

winter homes or their destruction.

Benzie Co.





TROUBLE DEPARTMENT.





Unhealthy Peach Trees.





I find several of my peach trees in

an orchard three years old that are

not doing as well as the rest of the

The leaves are lighter colored

and sometimes have reddish spots on





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Two common causes of individual

trees not doing well are black peach

aphis and soil conditions.

may also have early symptoms of the

littles or yellows.

not abnormally placed,

bunches, the trouble is probably not

either one of the two common peach





The light colored foliage with red- '

dish spots on them may be caused by

acid soil conditions.

be hard pan under the trees which

would also prevent the trees from

growing normally.

from soil conditions it will undOubt-

edly affect several trees in certain

parts of the orchard, but if a tree

here and there is not up to normal

the cause

peach aphis.



This insect is most commonly found

on the roots of the tree, and it is

there that it also does its greatest





which is found on tops but usually

does little injury. The root form is a

shiny black louse which saps the tree.

It is more serious on trees in light

soils as it spreads more quickly and

such soils do not have an over-amount

of plant food to keep the tree nourish-

ed to normal condition with the drain

the aphis makes on it.





tilized with well rotted manure. This

is for the purpose of giving the tree

enough available plant food to grow

normally and also take care of- the

drain the aphis makes on the tree.



If properly taken care of, trees will

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they are, about four years old as then r

when the root systems become larger

the aphis infestation can not have as

serious an effect and the trees have

a larger soil surfaCe from which to

get their plant food.





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introduced, which

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Feeders’ Problems





Rye for Fattening Hogs.



Would like to know if rye can be

fed to hogs which are being fattened

with good results, and if so, how to

make balanced ration by using tank-

age? Could rye be fed with safety in

a self~feeder?



Oakland Co. W. B.





Comparative results from a large

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show very little difference in the feed-

ing value of rye as compared with

corn for fattening hogs, rye not being

quite as efficient on the average.



The chemical composition of the

two feeds is not greatly different, and

about the same quantity of tankage

or about ten per cent of the ration

should be added to make a balanced

feed for growing pigs. Rye should be

ground and soaked for best results in

pig feeding, and there would undoubt-

edly be considerable loss in feeding a.

dry, hard small grain like rye in a.

self-feeder without grinding.



At present values as compared with

corn and other feeds, rye would be an

expensive feed for fattening hogs.



Compounding a Ration for Pigs.





What will make the cheapest feed

for pigs, good cull beans at $1.25 per

cwt. or tankage at present prices;

wheat at 950 per bu; rye at 90c per

bu; corn at~350 per bu; oats at 300

per bu; middlings at $150 per cwt.;

feeding molasses at 17c per gallon?

Or will it pay to sell them at eight

weeks old for $2 per head?



Gladwin Co. 0. M.





Much will depend upon the age of

the pigs in question as to which will

be the cheapest and best feed which

might be compounded for them from

the variety given in this inquiry. If

only a few weeks old—as it would

seem this inquiry suggests#middlings

will be the best adapted for the basis

of the ration, and some wheat might

be added with profit, also some ground

cats with the hulls sifted out, until

the pigs get a little more age. Cull

beans would not be a good feed for

very young pigs, but when cooked and

fed with other grains make an excel-

lent addition to the ration of growing

pigs, and on account of the fact that

beans contain nearly twice the protein

of other available feeds and at the

price mentioned can be economically

used. Wheat and rye cannot be prof-

itably used in any considerable quan-

tity at the prices mentioned as com-

pared with corn. Tankage at avail-

able prices is an economical source of

protein with which to balance the ra-

tion where corn is fed, provided not

more than ten per cent of the ration

is composed of this feed.



Molasses will add palatability to the

ration and has a food value equal to

Corn.



The Feeding Value of Peas for Hogs.



What is the feeding value of ma-

tuie Alaska peas for hogs? Would

they make a good ration if fed in com~

bination with pota toes. fi-Sub.



Peas are a valuable addition to the

ration for pigs, especially growing

pigs, being comparatively rich in pro-

tein, of which their content is about

twice that of the ordinary cereal

grains. On this account they do not

make as economical a ration when

fed alone as when fed in combination

with some other carbonaceous feed as

a means of balancing up the ration.

Fed with potatoes as suggested, this

desirable end would be attained, and

the feeding value of the peas could

under these conditions be estimated

as greater than an equal amount of

corn or other similar grain.





CUTTING LABOR IN FEEDING.





 





On the average farm there are

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takes twice as long to feed the stock

as it ought to. By building a chute

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would not have to be carried a bun-





NOV. 13, 1915.

dred yards or 80 and through two or

three doors, thus causing much waste

in both time and feed. Where it is

possible it Is best to build the chute

straight up and down but if this is

impracticable owing to it obstructing

the mow too much, or for some other

reason it can be built on the follow-

ing plan:



Suppose the top of the chute is 20

feet or more above the' ceiling of the

feed alley in the stable below. The

first ten feet may be directly down

and from this point it should slope

directly to the emptying point. If

properly made, with plenty of room at

the elbow or turn, it will work as well

as if it were straight down, provided

the feed is put down in rather small

quantities so as not to choke it.



Where there Is a silo one should

have a feed carrier with a track run-

ning in front of each row of mangers .

instead of carrying the silage around

in a basket or wheeling it around in

a wheelbarrow. I have used one two

years and it has repaid its cost many

times over. The cost of a good one is

not great and once installed it will

always be ready to use and will last

a lifetime. They can be bought direct

from the manufacturers and erected

by anyone.



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feeding floor below is as convenient

as it might easily be. With a hopper

or two in the granary, with pipes at-

tached the grain can easily be deliv-

ered into small bins below, thus sav-

ing a great deal of heavy carrying

down a flight of steps.



Illinois. W. M. HARDY.





EXPERIENCE WITH RAPE PAS-

TURE.





With reference to C. C. Lillie’s arti-

cle on rape as a hog pasture, would

like to relate my experience with

rape. In the spring of 1914 I turned

down a sod on which sows with their

pigs were pasturing, and sowed rape.

The pigs never were taken out of the

field. They were there when seed

was sowed and it being a large field.

they could not keep it down when it

came up. I turned in cattle to help

them. There were no bad results in

the way of sore ears, shoulders, etc,

from this posturing.



This spring (1915) I put out a field

with cats, peas and rape, and put in

spring pigs, when they were eight

weeks old. The peas and oats were

eight to 10 inches high and the rape

four to five inches high. Shortly I

noticed sore ears and backs. But did

not lay the cause to rape, so did not

take them from the pasture. As time

went on it grew worse, until the ears

on several pigs dried up and fell off.

and their backs dried up and skin

cracked and came off. Now, I do not

say that the rape was the cause.

Neither do I know what was the cause.

The pasture was well shaded and no

foreign weed in it.



I would like to ask if milch cows

pastured on rape would be all right?

Would the rape taint the cream so

that it could not be sold? I think that

it is a good pasture for cattle. I have

a piece of ground just cleared, that is

light sand land and real rough that I

want to put into some pasture crop

for my cows and thought of rape.



Manistee Co. W. T. DAN‘VILLE.



Rape pasture will impart a disagree-

able odor and flavor to both milk and

cream where same is made the ex

.clusive forage. Probably a consider-

able degree of this difficulty will be

experienced where rape is made any

considerable factor in the feed of

milch cows—Eds.





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





Capable Common Cows





S a whole, the “natives,” or

A common cows, are inferior in



the milk giving property to

any of the dairy breeds; but there are

remarkable exceptions. My father had

a native cow that, when fresh, and

well fed, would give about 24 quarts

of milk in 24 hours. She was a large

cow, but had no distinguishing marks

by which experts think they can de-

etermine a great milker. She was not

wedge shaped. She did not have a

small neck, nor the nervous tempera-

ment. Her head and horns were large,

and resembled those of an ox. The

only dairy marks she had were large

milk veins and a capacious udder.



An Exception to the Rule.



1 have owned several remarkably

good common cows. The best one re-

sembled my father’s prodigy in every-

thing but color, and was almost her

equal in milk production. She was a

voracious eater, and not at all partic-

ular about what she ate. She devour—

ed whatever decent feed was placed

before her. When turned into the

pasture she did not follow the exam-

ple of the other cows, and run all

over the field before commencing to

eat, but began feeding as soon as

through the gate. She was not a

bright cow. On the contrary, she was

stupid, and stolid. When turned into

the stable through the door which the

herd usually entered, she would find

her place every time; but when let in

at the opposite door she was sure to

make a mistake, and take possession





milking one night, and she was skip-

ped by mistake, and we were all leav-

ing the barn when she commenced

bawling and I went back and milked

her.



Cows have their likes and dislikes.

The hired man had been milking one

of the cows for a long time. One night

he being busy with the horses, I sat

down to milk the cow. She offered no

resistance, but would not “give down”

her milk for me. As soon as the hired

man came and took the pail, she gave

down the milk.



Pennsylvania. J. W. INGHAM.





CABBAGE FOR SILAGE.





 





Will you please inform me whether

cabbage makes good ensilage, and

what feeding qualities it has as com-

pared to corn silage?



Lake Co. J. B.



Yes, cabbage makes good silage,





but you must slice them so they will

pack closely. If you don’t, you will

have a lot of waste on top.



Cabbage is richer in protein than

corn silage and must be considered

more valuable, as our common foods

are apt to be deficient in protein.

Corn silage is richer in carbohydrates.

They have the following food analysis:



Corn silage, digestible protein, 1.0

per cent; carbohydrates, 11.9 per

cent; fat, 0.4 per cent. Cabbage, di-

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of another cow’s stall on the opposite

side of the stable from her own.



I had a full blood Holstein-Friesian

about the equal of my native, as a

milk producer, but not quite her peer

as a butter maker. Naturally she was

of a suspicious disposition, apparent-

ly always expecting some treachery,

or breach of faith on the part of her

owner, and no amount of kindness

would make her a confiding animal to

her feeder or milker. I bought her

when full grown. I think she must

have inherited her suspicious disposi-

tion from_ some near ancestor that

had been abused. She must have

known that the removal of the milk

from a full bag made her feel more

comfortable, and yet at night when

her bag was very full it was a hard

matter to milk her without kicking.

Like all uncommonly good cows at

the pail, she was a hearty eater, and

had room to store a large amount of

food while undergoing the process of

milk manufacture. No cow in the

world is capable of extracting a large

quantity of milk from a small amount

of material. They must have milk pro-

ducing feed and a plentiful supply

of it.



Cow Peculiarities.



I have had cows that were naturally

very friendly—would follow me when

I crossed the pasture field, although

they could see I had no feed or salt

for-them, and happened there on oth-

er business. One of our cows would

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food to feed with cornstalks or tim-

othy hay than corn silage would be-

cause of its greater amount of pro-

tein. If you feed cabbage silage with

clover or alfalfa hay, the grain ration

need not be as rich in protein as if

yOu fed corn silage with these legume

hays.





WORLD CHAMPION BLOOD FOR

MICHIGAN.



The recent purchase by Hon. D. D.

Aitken, of Genesee county, of the H01-

stein-Friesian bull, Finderne Pontiac

Korndyke, and the offer of his service

to Michigan breeders who are striv-

ing for good yearly records, is a mat-

ter for congratulation to the Holstein

breeders of the state. This bull’s

darn, Finderne Pride Johanna Rue,

holds the world’s butter record for all

breeds, 1,470.59 pounds in one year,

while his sire’s grand dam was a for-

mer world champion with a year’s rec-

ord of 1,271.60 pounds of butter, and

high producing cows are numerous in

his pedigree. There is no better way

to insure to Michigan an enviable rep-

utation for the production of the best

cows of the dairy breeds, than to

bring into the state sires of the best

breeding.





The Iowa Beef Producers’ Associa-

tion is starting a campaign through-

out that state for the conservation of

calves as a means of conserving the

beef supply. Premiums are to be of-

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And-Calf Cholera kills thousands of calves. The digestive organs are paralyzed: food

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wonder that so many calves die in a few hours after cholera strikes ?





Dr. David Roberts’

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overcomes the trouble by righting the digestive organs. It regulates the flow of gastric ‘ I

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\Maapamgbyc P. A. HaleyillllIeMIcumoMIo





An Accounting

to the r





Americ an People





15 MONTH marks the fiscal close of the most phen—

omenal year The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

has ever known.





Goodyear tire sales were far, far greater than in any pre-

vious year.





They were far greater than the sales of any other tire in

the World. Other Goodyear products registered an equally

enormous gain.





it seems to us a fitting time to render an accounting to the

American people, to whom we are indebted for this un-

precedented prosperity.



And it also seems to us a propitious time to acknowledge an-





other debt to one of the world's great industrial genuises, who

spent almost his last days in a debtor's prison.





What this business is, in its first and last essence. it owes to

Charles Goodyear.





It was not founded by the man whose honored name it bears.





But it has brought to that name, at last, the world-wide eminence

which was denied him during his life.





His indomitable spirit has been a never-failing source of in-

spiration —-— in every branch of its thousandfold activities

“his soul goes marching on."





Charles Goodyear was a man with a fixed idea—predestined,

almost by reason of that fact, to disappointment, disaster

and seeming disgrace.





His fixed idea was the vulcanization of rubber—and on this

bed-rock idea there rests today that mighty industrial structure.

the rubber business of the world.





In the remotest corners of the globe, wherever civilization pierces

its way into the wilderness; in the jungles, and on the planta-

tions, where millions of black men toil to satisfy the world's

supply—Goodyear means rubber afld ”5%,. m‘a” Gmdyear-





By right of'inheritance, by right of adoption, by right of devotion

to his high ideals. not merely the tire supremacy of the world,





but the rubber supremacy of the world belongs to the Good-

year Tire & Rubber Company.





And so this business which perpetuates his name is also

animated by a fixed idea.





And that fixed idea is that The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Com-





pany is bound to win the world-wide rubber supremacy if it

simply upholds and maintains the goodness of Goodyear.





We believe firmly in the ultimate triumph of manufactured

goodness. .



We believe that the American people are everlastingly on the

alert to find that which is worthy.



We believe they have awarded first prize to Goodyear because

they believe in Goodyear.





We are convinced that no one can take that place away from

us as long as we are true to them, and true to ourselves.





And because we prize this good will as the most precious asset

of this business, nothing unworthy shall go out into the world

under the brand of Goodyear.



The spirit of Charles Goodyear stands guard over" every opera-

tion and every department in these great factories.



Itsaysto everyman ontbe Goodyear payroll. from the hidien

to the lowed: “Protect my good name."



Wherever, and whenever, man, woman, or child, thinks of ought

thatismade of rubber—we want their second thoughts to





Andto the end. we repeat—nothing unworthy shall ever go

outoftheoegreat factories underthebrandofGoodyear.





The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company





AKRON, OHIO

F. A. Seiberling, President





 





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Laminated Tubes for Automobile

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Automobile Tire Accessories



Repair Materials



Automobile Rims



Pneumatic Tires for Trucks



Solid Motor Truck Tires



Tires for Fire Awaratus



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Motorcycle and Cycle Car Tires



Motorcycle Tubes



Bicycle Tires and Tubes



Aeroplane Tires, Springs and Fabric



Military and Other Balloons





Rubber Soles for Shoes



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Steam Hose ‘



Suction and Miscellaneous

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LITERATURE

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{Dre FARM BOY

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This Magazine Section forms apart of our paper every week.





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Every article is written especially for it, and does not wappear elsewhere.





Water for Industrial and Domestic Purposes

By FLOYD W. ROBISON.





ROBABLY the most important

item of consideration in any

community, urban or rural, is



the question of the water supply, and

we have heretofore given considera-

tion to this subject mainly from the

standpoint of its use for drinking pur-

poses for, of course, in farm life as

well as in city life, the articles intend-

ed for human consumption are the

items which should be given first con-

sideration. We know that the import-

ance of the water supply on the farm

for drinking purposes alone warrants





the most careful scrutiny into the con-

ditions surrounding it. Strange as it

may seem, however, the drinking wa-

ter supply is not given very serious

thought in the average farm home.

Taste Not a Reliable Guide to Purity.

The adaptability of one’s taste to

the commodities with which he comes

in contact every day is such that an

impure water supply which, because

of a peculiar taste would be discover-

ed by one not familiar with it, is pass-





ed over without scrutiny by those who

are in the habit of drinking that par-

ticular water. But aside from the con-

siderations involved in the composi-

tion of the water for drinking purpos-

es we find there are many other items

which should come in for serious con-

sideration in providing the home wa-

ter supply.



One does not realize until his mind

has been directed specifically to it

what an important influence water,





used for domestic purposes, exerts in

the home. Upon its composition de-

pends directly every single cooking

operation in the home. Is the water

a hard water or a soft water, the time

of cooking various food products is

very materially influenced thereby

and not only is the time elementa fac-

tor of great consideration but the

quality of the food prepared is very

111alcrially influenced by the composi-

tion of the water in which it is cook-

ed. It is quite well known in dietetic

circles that the use of a hard water





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WORLD EVENTS IN PICTURES





 





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Mexican Bandits Wreck Train and Kill and Rob the Passengers within the

Texas Border.





 





German “War Dog," French Prisoner,





Prefers the Fighting Line.





Dr. Koo, New Chinese Minister to

they UnitedrStates.





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Prime Minister Zaimis, of Greece,

and his Neutral Cabinet.





This Picture Graphically Portrays a Dramatic Contest

Aeroplane and a French Airship Among the





 





 





A British Machine Gun Squad Protected Against Gas Clouds while Waiting

f01 the Enemy.





 





 





Clouds.





 





Aristide Briand has been Made Pre-

mier of France.





Copyright by Underwood It Underwood. N. V.





Between a German Austrians Loading Big Mortar;





 





Inoc-

ulating Troops Against Typhus.





Mrs. Whitehouse led the Suffrage

Campaign in New York State.
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Giving extra-good value

to the buyer pays the farmer

and it .pays the store that



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We personally stand back

of the maker’s guaranty—

we know it represents 69

years of effort to put more

and more long-wear value

into medium-priced clothes

for men and young men, by

scientific factory methods.





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choose from, and we want especially

to show you the Clothcraft Blue

Serge Specials “4130" at $18.50,

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THE: M I-CH IGAN. ~F_AR;M‘E,R





in the cooking of certain vegetables,

such as peas, for instance, may entire-

ly change a very nutritious and pala-

table article of food to one which is





decidedly interior as an article of diet.





Rain Water the Purest Form

Available.



Water is pure water only as it falls

in the form of rain and then, of

course, it takes up on its way to the

earth, by absorption, certain gases

which modify to some degree [its ef-

fects. But for practical purposes rain

water may be considered to be pure

water and it has been used for certain

domestic purposes from time imme-

morial because practical experience

has shown there is a very important

difference in the effect of water from

different sources used for the various

domestic purposes.

found employment because it seems to

be most free from the objections of

well water and because, besides, it is

decidedly more uniform in its action.



Absolutely pure water will evapor-

ate to dryness without leaving any

residue whatsoever but we are accus-

tomed to see vast quantities of resi-

due, scale and the like, that which is

left in the evaporation of water as or-

dinarily used in the various domestic

purposes in the home.



Water Contains Many Dissolved Salis.



Most women are familiar with the

enormous amount of residue left in

the tea kettle. This utensil represents

the concentrates of a considerable pe-

riod of time from water which has

been boiled for household purposes

and depending upon the character of





the water used the amount of cake or

residue will form rapidly or slowly as





the case may be. The greatest influ-

ence of the composition of water in

the home is noticeable in the laundry

where the dissolved salts which are in

the water influence very materially

the washing operations in the laundry.

So important an item is this that

there have appeared upon the market

various materials to be used in the

home for correcting or softening the

waters to be used in the laundry. One

of the most common agents for this

purpose is ammonia. Soda is also

used for the same purpose and, of

course, one knows how important an

influence the character of the water

exerts over the amount of soap which

it is necessary to use in the washing

of clothes.

Effect of Hard Water on Soap.



A so-called hard water antagonizes

at the start the first effects of soap.

Of course, we know that soap is a

combination of fatty acids and alkali

and as such the presence of notable

quantities of hardening agents in the

water, such as calcium carbonate, cal-

cium sulphate, etc., immediately pre-

~cipitates into a form of curd the soap

which is added to the water «and be—

fore the desired efiects can be pro-

duced, the effects which are neces-

sary in the cleaning operation, enough

soap must be added to over-balance

the hardening salts which are present

In the use of softening

agents, such as ammonia, soda or the

like, it is planned to add a sufficient

amount of these materials to over-

balance the hardening agents, before

the soap .is added, and thus remove

the necessity of the use of such a

great amount of soap which is usually

more expensive. It is simply a case

of substitution of ammonia or soda

for soap because if a sufficient amount

of soap is added the same result in

the end will be accomplished. In rain

water, or soft water as it is called,

there are scarcely any hardening salts

present unless the rain water is in a

cistern which will give up to the wa-

ter some of the salts which are pres-

ent in the cistern wall. If the water

is soft water. as pure rain water is,

then there is no especial advantage in

the use of ammonia or soda. In fact,

being strongly alkaline they work in-

jury to the delicate clothes which are

being washed. With no hardening

agents present the soap is able to. ex-





Rain water has _





ert its cleansing properties at once

and this explains the very great favor

with which rain water is welcomed in

the home. '



If one would stop to inquire into and

attempt to calculate the very great

advantage of a desirable water supply

for domestic purposes, such as we

have described, he would be surprised

to find how great an influence it exerts

in the way of modifying the work in

the home and on the farm and in ad-

ding very materially to the pleasure

and comfort of farm life.



Character of Water Directly Affects

the Efficiency of a Boiler.



In certain industrial enterprises the

necessity for a study of the composi-

tion of the water has been forced to

the front. It has been found that the

efficiency of a boiler or of a locomo-

tive bears a very direct ratio to the

composition of the water used for

steam generation and on several of

the railroads which run through the

western states where it is difficult to

get water which is not heavily im-

pregnated with certain alkaline salts

the water supply for boiler purposes





 





Nov. .13., 1915. 1





ate, calcium sulphate, and some con-

tainlarge quantities of sodium chlor-

ide, magnesium sulphite, magnesium

chloride. While some waters contain

large quantities of incrusting solids

others may contain large quantities of

non-incrusting solids but which solids

are very corrosive in their action on

the boiler tubes. It would be a simple

matter to remove the so-called non-

incrusting solids if they were the only

item we need consider in studying the

water for industrial and domestic pur-

poses. A hard water may be materi-

ally softened by the addition of lime

and by the addition of sodium car-

bonate, but usually for boiler purpos-

es it becomes necessary to keep down

the content of free alkali, otherwise

foaming or pliming results. It is con-

sidered that when you exceed 50

grains per gallon of alkaline salts in a

boiler you have passed the point of

safety as far as foaming and priming

are concerned in the water. Conse-

quently. in~ correcting for industrial

purposes a water which is hard and

corresive it becomes necessary to

keep the treatment below the danger





is one of. the most serious pronswark as far as the addition of alka-





with which they have to deal. There

are certain ingredients in a water

which cause the formation of boiler





.scale, ave“- 6all them incrusting solids.“





When the water is heated and partial-

ly evaporated these scale~forming

salts, or incrusting solids deposit

themselves in a coating around the

boiler tubes and on the interior sur-

face of the boiler and almost as effec-

tively insulate these tubes as if they

were wrapped with a thin sheet of as-

bestos. Of course, when these incrust-

ingr solids deposit themselves rapidly

the efficiency of a boiler or locomo-

tive is cut down very markedly.



Some Water Must be Softened.



It is not always possible to select

an ideal water for industrial purposes.

It is very frequentlya case of taking

the least ol ' :ctionable of a number of

sources, all of which are far from

ideal. In this case it becomes neces-

sary to attempt to soften the water.

Some waters contain calcium carbon-





line salts is concerned. ..

Water May be too Hard to Drink.

We say that water is a very vari-

able product. It is difliCulf to“ impress

upon the reader the very great influ’

ence which it may exert on practical-

ly all domestic operations on the farm.

Its influence upon the health of the

stock is materially affected by the sol-

uble mineral constituents in the wa

ter. \Ve know of many instances

where it has been necessary to change

the character of a drinking water to

eliminate certain physiological dis-

turbances, and when we pay so much

attention to the character of our food

for this very purpose, when one stops

to think of. it, it is not strange that

there should be given very serious

consideration to the character of the

water used for dieting purposes as

well, for, of course, water is used in

much greater quantities than food. It

is the medium through which food

nutrients are taken into the body.





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Who Teaches the Ants?





S Billy Be By Bo Burn and his

little friend Tinker Teedle Tee

trudged along the broad high-



way the ants had built from the har-

vest fields to their underground city,

they met hundreds of the Little Peo-

ple hurrying along in the opposite di-

rection, while whole troops of work«

ers constantly passed them, home-

ward bound, with seeds or cookie

crumbs clutched tightly in their jaws

or slung across their backs. Several

were staggering under loads that

weighed a great deal more than them-

selves. ,



“These little chaps are the strong-

est fellows alive," said Tinker. “A

horse or an elephant is weak compar-

ed with a full grown ant, when you

consider the load each can carry in

comparison to their sizes. Why, Billy

Boy, I have seen an ant dragging a

pebble that was as heavy a load for

it as a ton of coal would be for a

man. I don’t know what under the

sun it was going to do with the peb-

ble, but he had found it in the bar-





vest'fields and was dragging it home.-





It was just as though your father

walked ten miles with a two thousand

pound load on his back. Do you think

he could do that?”



“I’m sure he couldn't,” replied Billy,

looking at the little insects with new

interest. “I don’t believe he could

carry a hundred pounds that far, let

alone two thousand pounds."



“Then, according to that, an am .is





at least twenty times as strong as a

man, when you consider the differ-

ence in their sizes, but when you

reach their underground city, you will

see that they possess may traits much

more wonderful than their great

strength. Strength alone, Billy Boy,

never carried either an ant or an ele-

phant or a man very far in this world.

It’s brains that count, and when you

get to know them you will find that

the ants are mighty smart fellows.



“And as I told you before, they do

do their work without being told. No

one directs their labors and there is

no boss over them to see that they do

their work right. Each ant has its

own task and goes ahead and does it

without paying any attention to the

others.”



“But leer, if there is no one to

direct them, I don’t see how they

know what to do,” said Billy Be By

Bo Bum, who had no idea the ants

were such wise little people. “Who

shows them how to do all these won-

derful things? Who teaches them how

to build roads and lay out a. city and

harvest grain?”



“Old Mother Nature, who is the

greatest teacher in all the world," re-

plied the merry little elt. “She tells

the Little People who make their

homes in the woods and fields lots of

secrets she hides from men. ‘



“God has given men wonderful

brains so they can think things out



(Continued on page 433).
NOV. 13. 1915.





HE ingenious boy will delight



in erecting and equipping a.



traveling mail box line from

the residence to the road where the

rural carrier passes. Not only will

this work exercise the wits of the

young mechanic, but when done he

will enjoy the satisfaction of having

constructed something that will save

time every day in the year, especially





 





The Road Terminal Placed Convenient to Highway





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





The Traveling Mail. Box





.By C. N. FOGG.





iron in a manner to permit the wheel

of the car to pass over without being

thrown from the wire. These arms

should be braced to the pole from

above to avoid interference with the

moving of the car. These braces may

be made either of wood or of metal.

Three courses of wire will be re-

quired. The carrying wire which is to

constitute the track for the car should





 





Illustrating Important





Features of Construction.





where the home is on a side road

some distance from the rural line

route.



These mail boxes can be success-

fully operated up to a half mile in

length. Where necessary curves of

fifteen to twenty degrees in the

course of the lines may be made and

will not impair their practicability.



Most of the material required will

be found on the ordinary farm or may

be purchased at the local hardware.





 





The Mail Box on its Journey, Showing

Post with Metal Bracket Attached.





Posts will be needed upon which to

stretch the carrying wire. These

posts should be about the same dis-

tance apart as in a telephone line.

Like the construction of a fence it

will be necessary to have the end

posts anchored firmly; as the carrying

wire must be stretched from them.

On‘ all excepting these end posts

brackets will be required. These may

be specially constructed of metal or

consist of wooden arms extending

out from the posts a foot or sixteen

inches with some metal clip at the ex-

treme outer end arranged so as to

carry the wire above the edge of the





be about No. 10 size and long enough

to cover the course of the line. This

wire is passed through the post at

the home end and attached to a ratch-

et for tightening. At the opposite end

two posts are erected about three

feet apart and a two-by-four nailed

from one to the other at a height to

allow easy access to the mail box

when suspended below. The carrying

wire should pass through this two—by-

four midway between the posts and

attached to another ratchet—“for tight-

ening if the line be a long one.



The operating wire is made twice

the length of the carrying Wire and

need not be so heavy as the other.

At the road terminal this wire passes

over a sheave or grooved pulley, while

at the opposite end it goes once

around a grooved pinion which is op-

erated by a gear. This gear arrange-

ment, illustrated in the accompanying

cuts, may be secured from dealers in

machinery or an old fanning mill gear

will serve equally well. The pinion

carrying the wire is attached to the

shaft of the small cog Wheel. This

pinion should be about eight or ten

inches in diameter. By cranking the

large cog wheel, one will be able to

move the operating wire at the rate

of about a rod for each turn of the

handle.



The illustrations show the coustruc—

tion of the car and the method of at.-

taching the mail box thereto. To hold

the car securely two wheels are best.

These should be grooved so as to pass

over the wire and bracketl attach-

ments freely. The wheels used for

roller doors may be easily adapted to

this purpose. The mail box is sus-

pended from the wheels. The ends of





 





The Residence Terminal of Traveling Mail Box Showing the Gearing, Car

and Mail Box.





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IBBITY BOB had eaten so much



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“What’s the matter Bibbity Boy?”

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“It was the best I ever tasted,” an-

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I am full up to the neck. I could chew

another piece all right, but I’m afraid

I couldn’t swallow it ”



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“Hi ho hum but I’m tired,” said

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Bibbity Boy,

turkey and Grandmother

pumpkin pies.

nor Bradford come to think of it ?”





“Why, I thought people had always





observed Thanksgiving just the same

as Christmas,”

surprise.





said Bibbity Bob in





“No, siree,” replied Grandfather.





“Such a thing had never been thought

of until Governor Bradford, the first

governor of Massachusetts, establish-

ed the custom in 1621.”





“It’s a mighty good custom,” said

thinking of the roast

Hawkin's

“But how did Gover-

Bibbity Bob,





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Plymouth Rock in 1620.





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turning the box to the house to learn

if there is any mail for the day.





The First Thanksgiving





By K. T. HOWARD.





future home was a barren wilderness

inhabited only by Indians and wild an-

imals. But they made the best of

things, and pitching in with a right

good will, they soon built enough

rough log cabins to shelter the little

colony from the winter storms.





“That first winter was terrible. The

settlers ran short of provisions and

had to live almost entirely on deer

and other game shot in the woods.

Then, to make matters worse, a dread-

ful sickness broke out and before

spring came about half of the P11-

grims had died. They were not dis-

couraged, however, and as soon as

the frost was out of the ground, they

started plowing the land they had

cleared during the winter.





"Old Mother Nature was kind to the

brave Pilgrims that summer, and their

crops grew and flourished wonderfully

well. So when harvest time rolled

around they gathered in more than

enough grain and vegetables to last

them through the winter. When the

last shock of corn was stowed safely

away in the barn, Governor Bradford

issued a proclamation calling on the

Pilgrims to prepare a big feast when

they would all unite in thanking the

Heavenly/7 Father for the bountiful

harvest and the other blessings He

had showered on them during their

first year in the New World.



“For days and days the women and

girls worked like beavers baking pies

and cakes and other good things for

'the feast. Chief Massasoit and a big

party of his Indian braves were invit-

ed to attend and help the pale face

observe the day in a fitting manner.



“Early on the mornning of the first

Thanksgiving Day the Indians arrived

at the settlement dressed up in their

finest blankets and bonnets of feath-

ers. All was ready for the feast—ex-

cept one thing—the Pilgrims had no

fresh meat. The day before a party

of hunters had gone out into the

woods to shoot some game. Now it

was nearly dinner time and they had

not yet returned. But at last they

trudged back, each man carrying a

pair of immense turkeys on his back.

It was all the game they had been

able to find but I tell you it was not

many minutes before those turkeys

were picked and in the oven roasting.

Then they all sat down to the long

tables, and after the minister had of-

fered thanks to God for his'many

blessings, it would have surprised you

to see the way the great, heaping

platters of good things disappeared

down the ‘little red lane.’ It was the

best dinner they had ever eaten, and

there has never been another like it.



“‘Ugh—heap good turkey,’ said old

Chief Massasoit as he passed up his

plate for the third time. Everyone

else said the same thing, and that is

why no Thanksgiving dinner since has

been complete without a big roast tur-

key for father to carve.”



Just then someone opened the hall

door and called, “Bibbity Bob, oh, Bib~

bity Bob.”



“Run along to your-mother, Bobby

Boy.” said Grandfather White, jump-

ing up from the window seat, and the

next minute the old gentleman was

back in the picture frame above the





, all-night





NOV.





13, 1915.





fireplace where he had stood so many,

many years. But as Bibbity Boy ran

down the stairs to his mother, he was

sure Grandfather waved his hand

goodbye.





 





A GREAT SHOWER OF STARS.





 





HY m. L. K. HIRSHBERG.



HE fighting men in all parts of

Europe and the “neutral"

peace-at-present Americans win



he startled and perhaps superstitious





1y awed on the nights of Friday, No- '





vember 12, and Sunday, November 14

in 1915. There will be displayed in

the heavens a most wonderful and his-

tonic shower of stars.





Oh those nights, the earth will out

the orbits of myriads of blazing mete-

ors. Shooting stars will fly like fire-

works and sky-rockets, and the 801‘

diers in the European battlefields will

fire wildly at what may be mistaken

for enemy attacks.





The earth will enter the belt of the

flaming meteors almost at its maxi-

mum of density and brilliancy of dis-

play about this time, near the middle

of November. It will be veritably a

rain of fire.





Humboldt, the great savant of the

period of the American revolution, on

November 12, 1799, at Cumona, de—

scribed this as the “Fire-storm of the

Skies.” He pointed out that three

times in every hundred years, this ter-

rific, awe-inspiring conflagration of the

heavens will be visible from the earth.



According to the ancient dates, on

the night of October 19, 902, over a

thousand years ago, there occurred an

shower of burning stars,

when Ibrahem, the Aglabid II, lay‘dy-

ing before Cossnza, awaiting the com-

ing of Charon to take him over the

Styx, as punishment for his misdeeds.





Almost 1000 years further back, or

to be exact, 126 A. D., the planet Ur-

anus seized a comet that was passing

through space and chained it to our

solar system as a crushed up mass of

shooting stars. Its orbit around the

sun is 33 years longer than that of

the earth.



Part of these meteors come to the

earth in France on April 4, 905. The

Saxon chronicle records that one of

the eye witnesses “cast water upon it,

which was raised into steam with a

great noise of boiling.”





It was observed again as landing'in

part on the earth in 1885. A ball of

fire “struck the ground and was dis-

covered to be about eight pounds of

graphite and iron.”



This Leonid stream of fiery balls

and shooting stars, if it were a solid

planet, would come between Uranus

and Neptune. It swings close to the

sun and allows the earth to cross its

elipse and anon swing away out be-

yond Uranus. Its stream of fire is

about, 100,000 miles thick, a mere

trifle compared to its length. The

earth hastens through this, fire and

brimstone stream in about five hours

these November nights. It is the

disintegration of the great; planet~

comet, which Uranus seized in the

year 126 A. D.



Planets and stars which break loose

from one star system, only to rush

madly through space, finally to be

grabbed up by some other one, sooner

or later come to such grief as this

one. Like the pitcher that goes once

too often to the well, it cracks itself

literally into blazing smithereens.





True enough, the fragments do not

become inflammatory unless . they

strike the atmosphere of some other

body such as the earth, but as they

come within the realm of the mag-

netic attraction—gravitation—of huge

planets like the earth, they are gobbled

up by and incorporated with them. It

has been computed that 4115 or

some two thousand years hence, this

so-called Leonid shower of true sky-

rockets will have entirely disappears





rockets will have entirely disappeared-





 





. anayasywam: N11? 1
NOV. 13, 1915.





WHO TEACHES THE ANTS? ’





 





(Continued from page 430). I

for themselves, and by study and

thought learn how to do things. Now l

while the Little People, the birds and l

animals and insects, do a lot more

thinking than men give them credit,

for, they are also endowed with a gift 1'

Mother Nature has denied to men. It|

is called instinct and tells the Little





 





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Of course, while they /





of themselves.

are still very young, their fathers and

mothers take care of them,

them and seeing that they keep out of

danger. And then, when they get a

little older, father and mother show

them how‘ to do things, but it is easy

work, for instinct tells the babies

What to do.



All this while Billy and the elf had

been trudging steadily along the road,

which every minute became wider and

wider and more crowded with ants

which constantly emerged from the

cat forest, staggering under heavy

loads of grain, and joining the throng

hurrying along the road to the city.



“Gee whiz, Tinker, how much farth-

er do we have to walk?” asked Billy

at last. “My legs feel as though we





had been marching at least a hundred ’





miles."



“And yet these little ants run back

and forth the entire length of the

road a dozen times a day,” replied the

elf. “But cheer up, Billy Boy, we are

almost there." ;



And next week I’ll tell you how they

came to Antland.





A PASSERBY.





 





BY ARTHUR \‘V. PEACH. i





Down the road he comes each day I



W'ith whistle piping all the way;



His tunes are crude and simple things,



But through each halting strain there

sings



The joyous music of a heart



That kntows song’s worth if not it’s

ar .





He’s kin to happy rills and brooks

That sing in hidden forest nooks;

He’s brother to the joyous birds,



And in each tune that has no words

He phrases perfectly the joy



That thrills the heart of bird and boy.





I hope he’ll whistle down the years,



And brighten hearts as mine he

cheers,



Until his Whistle’s merry note



Shall in the heart, a memory, float,



Like friendly laughter faint and low



From some dim, cherished long ago.





 





Down the road he comes each day

Whether skies be bright or gray; l

High and sweet, his whistle clear

Sends its echoing note of cheer,



And I'm sure that other hearts



Are cheered before its sound departs!





After he has gone along,



Like lingering echoes of a song,



His whistled music follows me



With tune of rollic joy and glee:



I know he’s just a happy lad,



But God made him to make hearts

glad!





WHAT WISE MEN HAVE SAlD.





 





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Grace Decides Comfort Isn’t a Luxury.





HE chill November wind was



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quickly, as the chill breeze struck her

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wadding up her hair and covering it

with a breakfast cap, she slipped into

her clothes and got into the kitchen

just as John and the hired man came

in for breakfast.



“For the love of Mike, are you just

getting up?” John greeted her. “I’ve

been up an hour and milked and fed

the pigs. When’ll breakfast be ready ?”



“When I get it,” Grace responded

icily. “Who wants to get up before

daylight on a frosty morning like

this?”



“Frosty?” echoed John. “What’ll

you do in January if you can’t get up

now?"



“I may do a good many things be-

fore January,” Grace replied darkly.

“If you can move far enough away





- from the stove to let me get near it





I’ll have your breakfast in fifteen min—





utes. Go on in the dining-room out

of my way.”



“But it’s cold in the dining-room,”

objected John.



“It was cold in my room, too, but I

had to dress there,” said Grace. “I

can’t cook with men in the kitchen, so

if you expect breakfast this morning,

march.”



The men marched without further

argument, and true to her promise,

breakfast was on the table in exactly

fifteen minutes. The cereal, cooked

all night in the fireless cooker, was

quickly reheated, and coffee, toast,

fried potatoes and scrambled eggs

took little time to prepare. In Grace’s

home half the work of preparing

breakfast was always done the night

before, for Grace insisted that the last

half hour’s sleep did more to preserve

her temper and complexion than four

hours before midnight.





The dining-room was cold, and

though John, big and hearty, did not

seem to mind it, Grace shivered

through the meal and glowered dis-

gustedly at the food which chilled be-

fore she had a chance to taste it.

John, noticing her shiver, awoke to

the fact that winter was really upon

them.



“I’ll have to drive in and buy a

stove,” he remarked between swallows

of coffee. “It is getting cold at last.”



“Stove,” Grace echoed in a dismay-

ed tone. “Why, it would take three at

least to warm «this house. We ought

to have one in the living-room, one out

here and one upstairs.”



“Three,” bellowed John. “Do you

hold stock in a stove company, or just

get a commission on what stoves you

Sell? We’ll be lucky to get one this

fall with potatoes and beans smitten

with blight. Do you think I’m 3. mil-

lionaire?”



“Three stoves couldn’t warm this

barn,” Grace went on, ignoring John’s

remarks. “What we really need is a

furnace. I can feel a cold coming on

now just from getting chilled this

morning. We ought to have the bed-

room heated as well as the living-

room, and the heat from a stove in

that living-room would hardly keep it

warm, say nothing about warming

three other rooms. I don’t know Why

people ever wanted to build such

enormous houses anyway, unless it

was to kill women. There’s enough

floor space in the living-room and din—

lug-room alone to make a fair-sized

bungalow.”



”Nevertheless, one stove has go to

do us this year and for many years to

come,” John reiterated, sticking to

the main point with masculine per-

verseness. “So, if you’ve got a com-

mission promised on stoves or fur—

nace sales, forget, ’em,” and pushing

back his chair he departed.





“ ‘For many years to come,’ ” Grace

repeated musingly, after: the men left.

“That’s just it. If we get a stove now

I’m stuck with it for life and 'I’ll shiv-

er and freeze from now until I die. So

long as we are just starting, we might

as well start right. And I can’t start

any day right by dressing in the cold.

I’ll be ugly and snappy every break-

fast, and it certainly ought to be worth

money to John to have a good-natur-

ed wife. I need a furnace tokeep me

sweet, so I vote for a furnace. Do I

hear any ‘nays?’ The ‘ayes’ have it.”



With Grace, to decide was to act,

and clearing off a place in front of

her, she brought from the living-room

all the magazines she could find and

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judicially, “and then we can pick out

the best for the money. Besides, if

John sees a lot of pictures of pretty

women sitting around, snug and warm

in lingerie waists while the ‘blizzards

bliz' outside, he’ll get interested right

away. Men are just like children, you

have to teach them by pictures."

The mail man carried away with

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By JULIA





RADITION has so long set aside



I Thanksgiving, as a day for the



gathering together of relatives

from far and near, that, unless for the

sake of sweet charity, it seems a pity

to invite mere 'outsiders. At this time

the relatives indulge in reminis-

cences, and the presence of strangers

is apt to cause restraint in discussing

strictly family affairs, births, deaths

and marriages, prosperities and ad-

versities.



Decorations suggestive of the sea-

son are so easily obtained that no one

need fail to have the house prettily

decorated. Crimson, yellow .-nd bronze

autumn leaves, golden grain, palms,

ferns, Chrysanthemums and asters,

and any crimson, autumn berries may

be used with charming effect. The

farmer’s wife especially has unlimited

means at hand to make her house and

{cable attractive.



There is nothing more appropriate

for the Thanksgiving anniversary ta-

ble than a fruit centerpiece, the ap-

ples, pears and nuts wiped with a flan-

nel cloth until they reflect one’s face,

and the whole massed in a basket or

on a platter surrounded by grain.





If you wish the predominant color

to be yellow, spread 3'0"" lace center-

piece over yellowvcanton flannel cloth

and have a pumpkin to occupy the

middle of this. Take a long pumpkin,

cut a big slice from side, scoop out

the seeds and membrane, then heap it

with fruit, or vegetables, and sprigs

of bright berries. Trail wild clematis

or other late November products of

the woods around it after it is set in

place.



The large harvest apples and pears,

beautifully tinted in yellow and red,

are appropriate souvenirs. These can

be bought in papier-mache, with a

plug in one side allowing them to be

filled with home—made candies.



Of course, at this feast there must

be turkey, roasted deliciously brown

and juicy. The “stuffing” can be war

ied to taste. The regulation bread

dressing may be used, or take your

choice of oyster, mushroom, sausage,

boiled chestnuts or boiled rice. If

bread is used the platter of turkey

can be garnished with links of home-

made sausage, curled parsley, sweet

potato croquettes, or rice balls. But

as dressing for turkey, the best pre-

pared sausage meat mixed with dou—

ble the amount of bread crumbs, high-

ly seasoned, can not be excelled. No

butter is needed. One-half pound of

sausage meat is sufficient for a large

turkey.



Of course, cranberries must accom-

pany the turkey, and not once in 20

times is this berry properly cooked.

Follow this method, and you will ob-

tain the best results.



Cranberry Mold—Carefully look ov-

er the berries, removing all stems and

spotted ones, then wash thoroughly

and rinse. Place in a porcelain lined

kettle, or an alluminum one. Add cold

Water until it comes to the top of the

berries. Place where they will boil,

then add three-fourths as much sugar

as fruit as soon as they begin to sim-

mer. Boil briskly. When the berries

crack open remove from the fire, run

through a colander, and then mold in

a square or oblong dish. By follow-

ing this method the color and flavor





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many firms manufacturing furnaces of

various sorts, pipeless, hot air and hot

water steam heating plants.



“Now I'll pray for it to warm up a

little so John will forget about» the

stove until the circulars begin to ar-

rive," said Grace. “A furnace is a

real necessity in the home where‘

there’s a delicate woman like me,”

and Grace looked sympathetically at

thq reflection of her health-flushed

cheeks in the mirror, and pityingly

rubbed her plump arms. DEBORAH.





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in any dainty shape. Beside it put a

sweet pickled peach, or any pickle tor

be served.



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necessary, and the tender lettuce or





fruit salad is more appropriate with a _





heavy meat dinner. Watercress or

shredded lettuce over which are three

or four rings of Spanish sweet pepper

make an ideal dinner salad. This'may

be dressed with vinegar, olive oil, pepv

per and salt at the table



If the family does not care for the

salad course, the old time cold slaw

can be served, and by adding a few

hard-boiled eggs, and enough dry mus—

tard to make it a little brisk, a very

palatable salad is formed. Of course,

mashed potatoes and as many vegeta-

bles as can be had are served.





Although much has been saidl

against pic, pic there is at most

Thanksgiving feasts, and it must be

pumpkin. Of course, there can be

mince-pie if preferred. Cheese cut in-

to neat cubes must accompany the

pie.



Many hostesses feel that their din—





ner is not complete without ice cream.





In this case let it be the home-made

custard, as this is far more whole-

some and appetizing. Coffee is usu-

ally served with the dessert. Nuts,

raisins and fruit ends the feast. But

later in the evening it is much appre-

ciated if Thanksgiving punch is serv-

ed. Little cakes should accompany

this.





Custard Cream.—To every quart of

milk add one cupful of sugar, three

eggs, and a level tablespoonful of

flour. A pinch of salt is liked by

some. Mix the flour in the sugar, whip

the eggs and when the milk is hot

add these ingredients slowly, stirring

until it becomes creamy. When ready

to freeze add three drops of lemon ex-

tract, and one tablespoonful of vanilla

to every quart. Where a rich cream

is wanted, add the whip from a quart

of double cream just before freezing.





When the custard is made the day be- '

fore freezing and thoroughly chilled it ,





will be found to freeze more quickly.





Thanksgiving Punch.-To two quarts

of unfermented grape juice add me

juice of three lemons, one pint of sug-

ar, one pint of ginger ale and any left-

over fruit juice. Fill a large bowl one-

fourth full of shaved ice, pour in the

punch, and cover with apple whip on

top of which arrange a design with.

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ENTION the word peaches to

M the consumer this year and it



brings to mind the joys of fre-

quent indulgence in peaches and cream

and a fruit cellar full of canned

peaches and reach jam. But to the

producer it recalls the disappointment

of a. lot of unprofitable labor. The

trouble was the peach market had an

acute attack of the slump, which was

brought about by what is called over-

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organization formed. It was a quick

action affair, the meeting being held

on a Vi’ednesday and the first carof

peaches shipped on the following Fri-

day. There wasn’t much plan to the

organization except that the members

were to bring the peaches down to

the packing house in bushel baskets

ready for the covers. There the bas-

kets were covered and loaded in car

lots by a man who did the work at the

agreed price of two and a half cents

per bushel. The selling of the fruit

was put in the hands of a responsible

car lot commission man in Grand Rap-

ids. This was the most advisable way

for the association to sell, as the com-

mission man had a knowledge of the

best markets, and the association had

the advantage of this ready marketing

knowledge, as the cost of the regular





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sold.

Good Prices Received.



The result was that the Casnovia

peach growers who joined the associa-

tion disposed of all of their peaches,

which consisted of about 250 carloads,

at the minimum price of 75 cents per

bushel for Elbertas and 50 cents for

other varieties. While these prices

did not leave much profit for the

year’s work, they brought consider-

ably more than the harvesting and

marketing expenses. Others who did

not join the association had great dif-

ficulty in finding markets and often

suffered losses. In many cases the

non—members gave up in despair and

did not harvest all of their crop.



At Traverse City the manager of

the permanently formed Fruit Grow-

ers’ Association realized that it would

be useless to endeavor to market their

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How Two Communities Solved the Peach Marketing Problem This Year.





The method used to create this de-

mand was advertising. Liners were

run in the local newspapers, which

gave the information that this was a.

big peach year, that peaches were

cheap and on account of the low price

it would be advisable to put up peach-

es for several years. The prices were

also kept- marked on the bulletin

board in front of the association office.



This publicity campaign brought in

farmers who took with them as much

as ten bushels, and city families who

bought as much as four bushels. Near-

by town grocers took some, and a cap-

tain of a small boat running to the

small ports north of Traverse City

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ports. He reported that the people

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tion’s quoted price and peddled them

at a fair profit about Traverse City.

One man had a trailer attachment to

his bicycle which had one bushel ca-

pacity. He would buy one bushel at

a time, find a sale for it and then

come back for another.



Top Notch Prices Maintained.



The price at which the association

sold good peaches was never less than

60 cents per bushel, and part of the

time they sold for $1.00. As a net

price, this was very good for this

season.



The experience of these two com-

munities indicates that the chief fac-

tor in the marketing problem is the

matter of proper distribution of our

fruit products. No ‘matter how large

a crop is, there are places which

would pay a premium over the regular

market price to get more. Even in

the larger cities there is a great var-

iation in prices. While peaches were

a drug on the city market in Grand

Rapids, they never got below a dollar

a bushel for good ones in the Detroit

city markets.



The experience of the Traverse City

association substantiates the belief of

many that there are many means of

outlet for farm products that have not

been developed and, as in this case,

these undeveloped markets are often

the closest at hand.





 





MICHIGAN GROWERS CO-OPER-

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Forty of the leading celery growers

of Kalamazoo met recently in that

city and completed the organization of

the Kalamazoo Celery Growers’ Asso-

ciation, electing the following officers:

President, Henry Kannegiter; secre-

tary and treasurer, John Hybels. Bet-

ter marketing methods, a study of dis-

eases and the production of better cel-

ery are the main objects in view. It

is too late now to do much with the

1915 crop but the association will be

in good shape for next season. C. E.

Bassett, of the federal bureau of mar-

kets, Washington, D. C., was in Kal-

amazoo to advise the growers and the

business will be conducted along lines

similar to the ones followed by suc-

cessful cooperative organizations in

the west and elsewhere.



The Saginaw Valley ginseng grow-

ers have formed an association with

headquarters at Saginaw, to raise and

sell ginseng seed, roots and plants,

also other medicinal plants. Ginseng

has been grown in Saginaw and Mid-

land counties for several years and

now the growers will co-operate in

the business. '



Saginaw county farmers have or-

ganized a Farmers’ Elevator Company

at Chesaning, with 350 stockholders,
.NOV. 13. 1915.





and $40,000 capital stock.” The officers

are as follows: President, George A.

Miller; vice—president, Dennis C. Ma-

honey; secretary, Edgar S. Phelps;

treasurer, Frank Birchmeier. The pur-

pose is to buy and sell grain, hay,

implements, fertilizers, and to conduct

a general elevator and warehouse bus-

iness on the cooperative plan.

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Crop and Market Notes.





Michigan.



Arenac Co., Nov. 4.—Acreage of

wheat small owing to wet weather;

some rye being sown. Not much good

corn in this section and the yield is

light. Potatoes a poor crop, having

rotted badly. Cattle are away down

in value, and those who can do so are

holding their young stock over. There

is plenty of feed. Wheat 94c; beans

$2.85; hay $10@12; potatoes 65c; ap-

ples 75c@$1; milk $1.30 per cwt; but-

ter-fat 270; eggs 23c.



Branch 00., Nov. 3.——Corn is a fair

crop; husking just begun, but corn is

green and not fit to crib. Fall grains

look good but the growth is small. A

large acreage of wheat sown. Pota-

toes are poor. Beans average 10 to

12 bushels per acre and being rapidly

marketed, buyers now paying $2.65 for

hand—picked beans. All kinds of stock

looking well and pastures are fine,

but not a large amount of feeding

stock on hand. Wheat $1.05; buck-

wheat $1.65 per cwt; com 700; oats

310; butter 250; eggs 300.



Emmet Co., Oct. 27.—Weather fav-

orable for harvesting fall crops. Ow-

ing to blight and to the early freeze,

the bean crop is almost a failure. Po-

tatoes about half the usual yield, 100

bushels per acre being about the best

reported. The usual amount of fall

grain sown and is looking good. Be-

cause of the scarcity of feed, a great

ueal of stock is being disposed of,

with prices ruling low. The fall pig

crop is the largest for years. Wheat

90111950; potatoes 50c.





Hiilsdale Co., Nov. 4.——More wheat

sown than usual. Potatoes are a poor

crop and bringing 60@75c per bushel.

Corn of rather poor quality, a great

deal of it being soft. Plenty of feed

on hand for winter but generally hay

and roughage is of poor quality. Few

beans have been threshed as yet, but

the crop is poor and the price unset-

tled. Apples more plentiful and of

better quality than was expected. No.

1 varietiesare being delivered to con-

sumers at $1 per bushel. Hay $10@

12; wheat $1.06; rye 90c; oats 320;

new corn 300 per basket; buckwheat

$1.50 per cwt.



Monroe Co., Nov. 3.——Potatoes are

all dug, and the crop is short and of

poor quality. Corn is being husked

and the yield will not be up to the

average, there being a great deal of

soft corn. There will not be many

cattle fed, but there are quite a num-

ber of hogs. About the usual acreage

of wheat and rye seeded. Alfalfa

1..eadows looking fairly well. Apples

about half a crop, and bring 75c@$1

per bushel; potatoes 75c; cabbage 85c

per bbl; dressed pork llc; beef 11@

12c; loose hay $18; oats 40c; wheat





$1.13@1.14; shelled corn 950@$1;

milk $1.55 per cwt.

Pennsylvania.





Lancaster Co., Oct. 28.—Wheat av-

eraged 20 bushels; oats 40 bushels.

Much corn damaged by wind and hail.

A pretty good yield of potatoes. More

wheat sown than usual, but no rye

raised. Less feeding stock on hand

than other years. Yield of apples and

pears rather good. Wheat selling at

$1.02; potatoes 65c; eggs 33c.



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Columbiana 00., Nov. 3.—Weather

is fine and farmers are busy h'usking

corn, which is not a good crop. A

good acreage of wheat sown and look-

ing fine. Potatoes all dug and less

than half a crop on account of blight

and rot. More stock being fed than

usual owing to the extra amount of

hay made this fall. Biggest crop of

apples for years. Hay $15; wheat $1;

com 800.: butter 28c; eggs 34c; apples

50c; shippers are paying 600 for pota-

toes, but most farmers are storing and

will hold them for better prices.



Brown Co., Nov. 4.——Not as much

wheat and rye 'sown as usual, but it

is looking well. Corn will be less than

an average crop. Late potatoes are

almost a failure. There are a good

many hogs being fed, also a good

many fat cattle, and all live stock is

looking well. Farmers are well sup-

plied with rough feed. Pastures are

good for the time of year, which will

cause a saving of winter feeds. Beans

$4 per bushel; timothy hay $15; Corn

600; potatoes 75c; apples 60¢ per bu.



Darke Co., Nov. 3.-About as much

wheat and rye sown as usual. Corn





 





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will average 45 bushels per acre. Lots

of hogs being fed, though hog cholera

is very bad here. Farmers have plen-

ty of feed for their own use and some





to spare. Potatoes 60c per bushel;'





apples 50c; eggs 280; butter-fat 270.



Miami Co., Nov. 4.—Corn is yielding

well but is of poor quality. Wheat

and rye looking fine and about the

usual amount sown. Not much feed—

ing stock on hand. Most farmers have

plenty of rough feed on hand. A good

many sales being held; oo'd milch

cows sell high. Wheat 1.05; oats

35c; corn 75c; hay $14; potatoes 450;

apples 50c; butter 23c; eggs 300; hogs

$6@6.75; cattle $6.50@7.



Warren Co., Oct. 27,—Wheat prac-

tically all sown. Wheat averaged 16

bushels and oats 40 bushels; clover-

seed a failure. Potatoes nearly all

dug and many report rotting in the

ground. Apples about all picked, and

of fair quality “and more than enough

for home use. Corn husking will soon

begin and there is a great deal of poor

moldy corn. Plenty of live stock on

hand. Hogs are being marketed free-

ly and cattle selling cheap at public

sales. Corn 600; No. 1 wheat $1.10;

inferior wheat 900; oats 350; pota-

toes 600; apples 500 per bushel; hogs

$7; catt"; 35.50; milch cows $50@60;

butter-fat 270; eggs 290.



Indiana.



Elkhart Co., Nov. 3.—The usual

amount of wheat and rye sown. Corn

and potatoes fair crops, though there

is quite a quantity of soft corn. Feed

will be plentiful as there is not much

feeding stock on hand. Apples plenti-

ful. Wheat $1; corn 450; hay $12;

potatoes 500; butter 300; eggs 300.



Jay Co., Nov. 3.——Acreage of wheat

and rye above normal and looking

fair, though in need of rain. Corn is

the poorest crop in years. Potatoes 3.

poor crop and rotting badly. Potatoes

are being shipped in and sell from car

at 700. A fairly good supply of cattle

on hand. Some farmers are selling

their pigs owing to lack of feed.

Farmers are busy baling hay. Some

of last year’s grain on hand and some

going to market. Apples the greatest

crop ever known. Some growers with

fancy stock are shipping, but market

is weak, for local use apples bringing

500 per bushel. Wheat $1.05; corn

85c; oats 300; rye 70c; alsike and clo-

verseed $8.50@10; timothy $3.10; hay

$5@10; bran $1.10 per cwt; hogs

$7@7.50; cattle $3@8; chickens 9@

100; eggs 26c; butter 200; cream 270;

wool 320.



Daviess Co., Oct. 26.——A big acreage

of wheat and rye sown, most of the

Wheat is up and looks well, though

some damage by fly reported. Wheat

yielded 20 to 40 bushels; oats good but

damaged by wet weather. Clover seed

crop fair. Potatoes are good; corn

will be about an average crop and

husking has begun. Not as much live

stock as usual. Some hog cholera.

Apples plentiful and cheap. Wheat

$1; potatoes 400; apples 250 per bu;

cattle $5@7; hogs $5@8; corn 400.



North Dakota.



Foster Co., Oct. 28.—Threshing is

nearly finished. Wheat averaged

about 22 bushels; oats 40 bushels. Po-

tatoes are good but small, yielding 125

to 150 bushels per acre. There are a

lot of young cattle being fed. Hogs

mostly marketed owing to high prices.

Not much fall plowing done.





Kansas.



. Cloud Co., Oct. 28.—Wheat thresh-

ing and seeding are the order of the

day. Seeding about half done. Wheat

yielding about 20 bushels and much of

poor quality. Oats a failure. Alfalfa

made a large yield but the hay is of

poor quality. Alfalfa seed crop a fail-

ure. Potatoes a fine crop. The small

quantity of beans grown yielded well.

Corn a big crop but much of it did not

come to maturity. An unusually large

number of cattle will be fed on ac-

count of the great amount of unmar-

ketable hay and corn. Apples plenti-

ful. No. 2 wheat 900; corn 600; oats

50c; hogs $7; cattle $6.50@10; hay

$4@6 per ton.



Marion Co., Oct. 26.~—Corn is more

than an average crop, though late

corn and kaffir hurt by frost. Wheat





yielded about 12 bushels; oats 20

bushels per acre. Seeding done, but

acreage smaller than usual. Feed is





plentiful and cheap and there is a

shortage of feeding stock. Farmers

are well stocked up with hogs; some

cholera. Potatoes a failure. Apples

a fair crop, not keeping well; pears

for home use only. Wheat 90c; new

corn 40c; oats 320; potatoes 750@$1;

apples 60@75c per bushel; hogs $7;

cattle $4@8.



Trego Co., Oct. 25.—-A large acreage

of wheat being sown and weather con-

ditions favorable. Threshing is only

half done, due to wet weather and

scarcity of help. Wheat is yielding

about 12 bushels per acre. Corn an

extra good crop. Live stock is doing

well and plenty of feed. Wheat 90c:

corn 50c; potatoes 90c; apples 75c@

$1; eggs 200'. butter-fat 22c; butter

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GRAINS AND SEEDS.

November 9, 1915.





Wheat—Although wheat values

reached higher levels the past week,

on Monday there was a reaction caus-

ed largely by the accumulation of sup-

plies. The approach of winter induc-

ed farmers in northwestern districts

to market liberally and the United

States visible supply as 'a result in-

creased nearly seven million bushels.

While Europe needs heavy supplies

and must come to this country for the

biggest share, failure to see the grain

going out enabled the bears to reduce

quotations on Monday. A general be-

lief exists that farmers will profit by

holding the grain until later when the

influence of heavy receipts where

marketing is necessary at this season,

has lost its force. One year ago No.

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bushel. Quotations are as follows:

Red. White. Dec.

No. 2 No. 1

Wednesday . . . .1.13 1.10 1.15

Thursday . . . . . .1.14 1.11 1.16

Friday ... . . . . . .1.14 1.11 1.16

Saturday 1 13%, 1.10% 1.15%,

Monday 1.12 1/2 1.09 1/2 1.14 1/2

Tuesday 1.11%; 1081/; 1.13%





Chicago—December wheat $1.02;

May $10314 per bushel.

Corn.—Values have been maintain-

ed during the week. It was expected

that the government crop report would

favor a lower basis of values, but the

bears were disappointed in this. Be-

sides, general reports indicate that

much greater damage has resulted

from the immature condition of the

crop at the time of harvest than was

earlier expected. This appears to be

the condition throughout the corn belt.

The United States visible supply in-

creased only 57,000 bushels. One year

ago No. 3 corn sold locally at 770 per

bushel. Quotations are as follows:

No. 3 No. 3

Mixed. Yellow.

Wednesday 7 68





Thursday . . . . . . . . 67 68

Friday 67 68

Saturday 67% 689%

Monday 67 68

Tuesday 67 - 68

Chicago.—De0ember corn 59.10;





May 61.70. .

Oats—Trading in this market_ is

small just now and prices are holding

steady. The market is influenced large-

ly by the changes in corn and wheat.

The United States visible supply in-

creased a little over a million bushels.

A year ago standard oats were quoted

at 50%0. Local prices are: N 3

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Standard. White.

Wednesday 41 39





Thursday 41 39

Friday ......CIUOOODO 41 4 39

Saturday oooooooooec 41 39

Monday 40% 38%

Tuesday 40 38





Chicago—December oats 38.10;

May 39.2c. . _

Rye.—-Market quiet and steady With

cash No. 2 quoted at $1.01 per bushel.

Barley.———Malting grades are higher

at Milwaukee at 57@64c per bushel,

and at Chicago 55@65c is being paid.

Peas.-——Market firm with demand

fair. New crop quoted at Chicago at

$2.35@2.50 per bushel, sacks included.

Beans.—-Offerings small, demand

good. The opinion prevails that a few

farmers are selling their beans at too

low a figure considering supply and

demand. Cash beans are quoted at

Detroit at $3.30, November $3.20 per

bushel. At Chicago stocks are small

but buyers are holding back expecting

to create a bearish feeling; they are

nervous over the situation, however.

Pea beans, hand—picked, new, are quot-

ed at $3.60@3.70 per bushel for ch01ce.

Prime $3.40@3.50; red kidneys $4.50

@475 per bushel. At GreenVille the

farmers are offered $2.90 per bushel.

Clover Seed—Receipts have in-

creased; cash, December and March

are quoted at $11.90; prime als1ke at

$10.20. At Toledo prime cash $12;

March $11.90; prime als1ke $10.50.

Timothy Seed.——Five cents higher





at $3.65 for prime spot.

DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





 





Butter.——Creamery butter is in de«

mand and 10 higher. Ordinary stock

quoted easy. Extra creamery 290;

firsts 280; daiiry 210; packing stock

190 er poun . '



El§in.—The supply is light and buy-

ers are operating conservatively at

the advance in price. Storage stock

is being drawn on to fill demand. The

price, based on sales, is 290..



Chicago.——Very small receipts have

brought an advance in price. Market

is firm and the demand for fancy but-

ter is good. Extra creamery 290; ex-





tra firsts 28@281,éc; firsts 25@27c; ex-

tra dairies 27c; packing 191/2@2014c.



Eggs.-—Active demand and light

supply brought a 3c increase in price.

Current receipts are quoted at 30c;

candled firsts 31c.



Chicago—The demand for fresh lots

is good but refrigerator stock is easy.





Offerings of good stock light. Firsts

29@300; ordinary firsts 27@271/2C;





miscellaneous lots, cases included 20

@280; refrigerator Aprils 220 bid,

22%0 asked.





Poultry—Market is quiet. Demand

for turkeys is growing. Prices for

fowls and springs lower. Turkeys 14





@150; spring turkeys 19@200; fowls

9@131/20, according to quality; spring

chickens 12@121/zc; ducks 14@15c;

geese 13@131/2c.



Chicago.— Notwithstanding heavy

receipts the market held well. The

demand in which speculators were ac-

tice, was good. Little change in the

prices. Turkeys 10@14c; spring tur-

keys 200; fowls 101/3@121/20; springs

3c;nducks 12@‘131/20; geese 10@131/2c

per . '





FRUITS AN‘D VEGETABLES.





 





Apples.—Are easy and in good sup-

ply. Prices unchanged. Fancy are

$3@3.50 a bb1.; common $1.25@1.50.

At Chicago market is well supplied.

Some cull western box pack is hurting





market. Michigan pack brings above

country pack prices. No. 1 Greenings

$2.50@3; Jonathans N0. 1, $3@3.25;

Baldwins $2.50@3; VVageners $2@

2.50; Spies $1.75@3.

Potatoes—Demand is good. Nearly





all business is in Minnesota stock.

Minnesotas quoted at 65@700; Mich-

igan 60@65c per bu. At Chicago the

market is firm and prices are slightly

higher. Michigans are quoted at 43@

500, quality poor. Other prices range

from 40@55c. At Greenville 50@550

per bushel is offered. The movement

is good.





GRAND RAPIDS.





 





The potato market does not show

great improvement as yet, with the

price at Greenville and other points

around 400. Beans have been showing

weakness, with local quotations down

to $2.75 for white pea and $3.10 for

red kidneys. Dealers report that pros-

pects indicate a lighter supply of tur—

keys than usual for Thanksgiving and

the opening prices are a cent above

last season. Fresh eggs are quoted up

to 320 to producers. Dairy butter is

worth 23@24c. The mills are offering

the follcwing prices: No. 2 red wheat

$1.07; nits 380; buckwheat 70@800;

corn 72.3; rye 900.





DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.





 





Apples generally sold between 50c

@$1 Tuesday morning. Potatoes 900;

cabbage 30@400; onions 850; turnips

500; carrots 500; celery 35c a_bunch;

eggs 42@45c; young ducks 50c each;

chickens, 3 lbs., $1.20 per pair; loose

hay is moving slowly with quotations

at $18@22 per ton.





 





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





 





Flown—Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detroit

market per 196 lbs., as follows: Best

patent $5.90; seconds $5.70; straight

$3.3); spring patent $6.70; rye flour





$



Feed.-—In 100-lb. sacks, jobbing lots

are: Bran $28; standard middlings

$25; fine middlings $30; coarse corn

ineal $29; corn and cat chop $28 per

on.



Hay.—No. 1 timothy $18@19 a ton;

standard timothy $17@18; light mixed

$1_7@18; No. 2 timothy $15@16; No. 2

mixed $10@12; N0. 1 clover $10@12.



Straw—Wheat and oat straw $6.50

@7; rye straw $8@8.50 per ton.





 





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.

November 8, 1915.

(Special Report of Dunning and Stev-

ens, New York Central Stock

Yards, Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts of stock here today: Cattle

285 cars; hogs 130 d. d.; sheep and

lambs 50 d. d.; calves 1,000 head.



With 285 cars of cattle on the mar-

ket here today and heavy runs in the

west, the trade was bad on everything

but light butchering stuff which sold

steady. The good extra feeders sold

steady, and common ones lower. Good

quality light stockers sold well. Butch-

er cows and heifers sold at steady

prices, but the heavy cattle were from

25@500 lower. Unless these heavy

runs let up, we do not look for any

change.



We had more hogs than were gen-

erally expected today, about 130 dou-

bledecks on sale. Pigs sold a quarter

higher and other grades 10@15c high-

er, but not any too much life to the

trade, and the close was rather dull,





 





especially on the kinds weighing from:

140 to 160 lbs., average. This class]

sold at $7.25; mixed and medium, and

heavy from $7.30@7.50, very few at

latter price; pigs and lights 70 per lb;

roughs $6@6.50; stags $5@5.75.



Lamb market was active today,

prices steady with the close of last

week. All sold and we look for shade

lower prices balance of the week. .



We quote: Lambs $9.25@9.50; cull

to fair $7@9; yearlings $6.75@7.50;

bucks $4@5.25; handy ewes $5.75@6;

heavy do $5.50@5.75; wethers $6.25@

6.50;, cull sheep $3.50@5; veals, good

to choice $11.25@11.50; common to

fair $8.50@11; heavy calves $6@9.





 





Chicago.

November 8, 1915.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today..22,000 30,000 18,000



Same day last year no receipts or

shipments; stock yards quarantined.

Last week ...... 54,425 128,943 86,334



Same week last year, no shipments

as yards were quarantined.



Cattle were in too large supply to-

day, zind the week opened with a slow

trade in the rank and file of the of-

ferings, with prospects of a decline of

about 150, aside from fat steers and

desirable butcher stuff. Hogs were

steady to lower at $6.25@7.45. Sheep

and lambs were stronger, with prime

lambs selling at $9.10.



Shipments from here last week were

only 3,657 cattle, 4,111 hogs and 1,541

sheep. Hogs received averaged but

192 lbs.



Cattle were marketed liberally last

week, with a large percentage of in-

ferior to medium grades. The small

proportion of good to choice handy

weights and heavier steers sold 15@

250 higher on Monday, cows and heif-

ers participating in the advance,

while later in the week the general

market developed slowness and weak-

ness for the rank and file of the of-

ferings. The bulk of the steers sold

at $7.50@9.75, with strictly choice to

fancy beeves taken at $9.80@10.35,

top for weighty steers being $10.20.

Fat yearling steers and heifers were

the highest sellers, with yearling

steers selling all the way down to

$7.35@8.25 for ordinary to medium

grades. Little grass steers went at

$4.25@5.50, while better grass-feds

sold at $5.60 and upward, with com-

mon to medium warmed—up lots at

$6.40@7.45, medium handy short-feds

at $7.50@8.45, pretty good to choice

corn-feds at $8.50@9.45 and choice

weighty steers at $9.50 and upward.

Butchering cows and heifers had an

outlet at $4.65@9.50, all the high-pric-

ed lots consisting of prime to fancy

yearling heifers, while top cows

brought $7@7.25. Cutters brought

$4.10@4.60, canners $2.50@4 and bulls

$4.15@7.50. Calves were in the usual

active demand, especially light weight

vealers, these bringing $10.25@11,

while the heavier calves brought $4.25

@9, according to quality. Prospects

are good for better prices for a mid-

dling class of native fed cattle after

the close of the season for marketing

range cattle.



Hogs advanced on Monday of last

week. On subsequent days the local

packers put prices lower, making no

secret of their intention to put the

winter market on a much lower basis.

Recent receipts averaged only 204

lbs., comparing with 227 lbs. a month

earlier, 244 lbs. two months earlier

and 225 lbs. a year ago. Fresh pork

continues in large demand, while the

liberal sales of cured hog meats for

domestic and foreign consumption

have made big inroads in accumulat-

ed stocks in western warehouses.

With greatly increased receipts of

hogs for the week, prices closed at

$6.25@6.80 for heavy packers, $7.25@

7.55 for butchers, $6.85@7.50 for

heavy shippers and $4.25@6.50 for

pigs. Top hogs were a dime lower

than a week earlier and top pigs 500

lower.



Sheep and lambs were marketed

more freely last week than a week

earlier, and declines took place in

lambs, with sheep and yearlings

showing less weakness in values. Win-

ter prospects appear good for high

prices for well fattened sheep and

lambs, but too much weight should be

avoided in finishing holdings. At the

week’s close many sheep and year-





,lings were 250 lower than a week ear-





lier and others 400 lower, while lambs

were steady to 250 higher, half-fat

lots excepted. Lambs sold at $6.50@

9.10, heavy lots fetching $7.50@8.85.

Yearlings sold at $5.65@7.25, wethers

at $5.60@6.35, ewes at $3@5.65, and

bucks at $4@4.75.



Horses were in unusually large sup-

ply last week, and prices declined.

Lack of vessel room checked demand

for army horses, with late sales large-

ly at $130@135 for mounts and $155

for gunners. Heavy horses brought

$200@240, while inferior light horses

sold down to $35@50, with the good

horses of light weight at $90@110.

Drivers were worth $100@200. .





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THIS 18 THE FIRST EDITION.





The first edition is sent to those who

have not expressed a desire for the

latest markets. The late market edi-

tion will be sent on request at any

line.





DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Thursday’s Market.

November 4, 1915.

Cattle.



Receipts 2753. The largest run of

the season was the market feature

this week. Live stock swarmed here

from all saints of Michigan and was

being loa ed all day Wednesday and

far into the night. It looked as though

every shipper wanted to reach here at





 





 





once. In the cattle division the trade

was dull. Canners and bulls, good

grades,





brought last week's rices;

stockers and feeders were 2§@350,

and other grades 10@15c lower than

last week. There was a large number

of buyers from the country after

stockers and they found all they want-

ed, as bulk of the receipts were of

this class, good grades being very

scarce. The close was dull at the de-

cline as follows: Best heavy steers

$7.50@8; best handy weight butcher

steers $6.75@7; mixed steers and heif-

ers $5.50 6.50; handy light butchers

$5.50@6; ight butchers $5@5..50; best

cows $5@5.75; butcher cows $4.25@

4.75; common cows $3.75@4.25; can-

ners $2.50@3.50; best heavy bulls

$5.50@6; bologna bulls $4.50@5.25;

stock bulls $4@4.50; feeders $6@7;

stockers $5@6; milkers and springers





Bishop, B. & H. sold Golden 16

butchers av 667 at $4.25, 3 do av 671

at $4.50, 1 cow wgh 930 at $4.50; to

Bresnahan 26 cows av 882 at $4, 1 do

wgh 1040 at $4.50, 1 canner wgh 700

at $3.50,. 4 do av 817 at $3.50, 3 do av

773 at $3.50; to Bresnahan 23 butch-

ers av 583 at $4.60; to Hammond, S. &

Co. 26 steers av 1083 at $8.25, 1 do

wgh 1130 at $7.75, 12 butchers av 746

at $5.25; to Moon 24 feeders av 934

at $6.65; to Parker, W. & Co. 1 cow

wgh 1000 at $5; to Denton 14 cows av

1100 at $5, 7 steers av 786 at $6.25, 4

cows av 1142 at $5; to Bordloff 32

butchers av 774 at $5.25, 7 cows av

1018 at $4.75; to Sullivan P. Co. 13

butchers av 706 at $5.60, 10 do av 93.8

at $5.60, 2 bulls av 860 at $5, 18 steers

av 963 at $6.10, 13 do av 985 at $6.60,

2 bull and cow av 1160 at $5.25, 3

steers av 1143 at $7, 6 do av 961 at $6;

to Hammond, S. & Co. 16 do av 1117

at $7.85, 26 do av 961 at $6.25; to

Goose 11 butchers av 803 at $4.50; to

Michigan B. Co. 19 do av 674 at $4.85;

to Zerner Bros. 17 steers av 1017 at

$7.25, 5 do av 1080 at $7.25; to Mason

B. Co. 3 do av 943 at $6; to Hammond,

S. & Co. 6 cows av 1020 at $4.25; to

Parker, W. & Co. 11 steers av 1032 at

$6.60, 3 cows av 1087'at $4.75, 4 can-

ners ,av 1017 at $3.60; to Williams 28

stockers av 600 at $5.25; to Reardon

11 feeders av 800 at $6.25; to Wil-

liams 8 stockers av 565 at $5.25.





Veal Calves.



Receipts 782. The veal calf trade

opened up steady on Wednesday with

last week, but on Thursday prices

were fully 500 lower and the trade

extremely dull. Top grades selling at

$10; others $5@9.50.



Haley & M. sold Mich. B. Co. 26 av

165 at $10.50, 2 av 130 at $9, 2 av 160

at $10



Reason & S. sold Thompson Bros.

2 av 205 at $11; to Nagle P. Co. 10

av 147 at $10, 14 av 130 at $9. 2 av

140 at $10, 14 av 120 at $8.50, 4 av

150 at $10.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 13,780. The sheep and

lamb trade opened Wednesday with

lambs selling lQ@15c lower and sheep

steady. On Thursday they took a

jump of 15@20c; top lambs brought

$8.65@8.70 and the trade was active

at the advance. Best lambs $8.65@

8.70; fair lambs $8@8.50; light to

common lambs $6@7.50; fair to good

$268,? $4.50@5.50; culls and common





o@ .



Sande], S., B. & G. sold Hammond,

S. & Co. 84 lambs av 85 at $8.25; to

Nagle P. Co. 74 do av 65 at $8.40, 107

do av 70 at $8.25, 80 do av 65 at $8.25,

59 do av 80 at $8.35, 18 sheep av 110

at $5.25, 51 lambs av 55 at $7, 123 do

av 75 at $7.35, 68 do av 85 at $8, 33

do av 75 at $7.75, 14 sheep av 105 at

3.75, 20 do av 135 at $5, 100 lambs

av 73 at $8.35, 22 sheep av 115 at $5.

68 lambs av 65 at $8.25, 41 do av 70 at

$8, 79 do av 75 at $8.35, 61 do av 85

at $8.25, 180 do av 75 at $8.50.



Reason & S. sold Parker, W. & Co.

89 lambs av 65 at $8.50, 20 do av 50 at

$6.75, 7 sheep av 95 at $4; to Nagle

P. Go. 70 lambs av 88 at $8.50, 27 do

av 110 at $8.50; to Thompson Bros.

127 do av 75 at $8.30.





Hogs.

Receipts 8032. n the hog depart-





ment the market was very dull, noth—





ing being sold until late in the after-





noon. Prices ranged as follows: Good

hand weights $7@7.25; light mixed

$7@ .10: 11183 $6.50.





THE MICHIGAN FAaMER





LIVE STOCK NEWS.





 





The ranges have marketed, most of

their available supplies of lambs, year-

lings and sheep for the present sea-

son, and late shipments have run very

largely to feeders, which are in strong

demand everywhere. Notwithstanding

the unusually high prices at which

feeding lambs are selling, they are





eagerly purchased, and numbers ship-

ped into states east of the Missouri

river have exceeded mostearly expec-

tations. Omaha has enjoyed by far

the greatest trade in range feeding

lambs and sheep ever known, the Mis-

souri river markets having got most

of the feeder trade that would have

remained in Chicago but for the stock

yards quarantine, and not only has

Chicago lost its feeder trade, but with-

in a short time it has lost its outside

demand for mutton grades, while its

meager offerings of fat lambs on some

days resulted in shipping in lambs

bought on the Detroit market. Feed-

ers have been selling at record prices

everywhere, while fat lambs and weth-

ers have sold on the Chicago market

around $1 per 100 lbs. higher than a

year ago. Dressed mutton has been

sold in Chicago as fast as it could be

dressed, and feeders wherever oifered

never went a begging for customers,

for every stockman is aware that the

sheep and lambs marketed this year

show an enormous falling off from

such marketings last year. For sev-

eral weeks Montana sheepmen have

been shipping large bunches of feed-

in lambs and sheep to Illinois. Iowa,

In iana and Wisconsin, and the farm-

ers of North Dakota and South Dakota

have been large buyers of desirable

stock and breeding ewes from Mon-

tana range flockmasters, paying from

$6@6.50 per 100 lbs. for the latter.

Only a short time ago a sale was





chronicled of a bunch of 1400 head of,





high-grade Hampshire lambs costing

$6.65 per 100 lbs. to an Indiana feeder.

Arrangements have been made recent-

ly for fattening fairly large numbers

of lambs and sheep on screenings in

the St. Paul and New Brighton, Minn,

feed yards, while large numbers of

feeding range lambs have been pur-

chased in the Omaha market recently

at $8.50@8.65 for lots averaging from

60 to 68 pounds. In Wisconsin and

Illinois feeding stations good feeding

lambs from the ranges have been find-

ing ready sales at $8.15@8.25 per 100

lbs. The North and South Dakota

farmers have-discovered that inces-

sant wheat growing year after year,

has resulted in burning out the soil,

and in order to restore fertility, they

have been large buyers of feeding

lambs and sheep, the sheep droppings

being invaluable for this purpose. It

is stated that some of these flocks

will come to market right off the stub-

ble fields, while others will be market-

ed later. With everything pointing

unmistakably to higher prices for fat

lambs and sheep during the near fu-

ture, owners who persist in marketing

partly fattened flocks are making a

serious mistake.





Marketings of grass-fed cattle of

late have been excessive, and the bad

breaks in prices that resulted led to

much curtailed supplies, checking the

decline. The dying down of pasturage

and frosty weather always herald the

marketing of large numbers of sum-

mer pastured cattle, and this season

this tendency is a good strengthened

by the quarantine, fear of further

spread of the dreaded hoof-and-mouth

disease, and remembrance of bad mar-

kets at various times for a year past

from this cause. In a recent week the

six principal western markets receiv-

ed around 240,000 cattle, or 25,000

more than for the preceding week or a

year ago, and it was impossible to

avert bad breaks in prices for all ex-

cept the very limited propo. ”on of fat

corn-fed beeves. Thin steer. of light

weight offered on the Chicago market

caught the worst part of the decline

in prices, as there was no stacker and

feeder outlet, so that sellers were

compelled to rely wholly on the local

killers for a sale. Marketing well-bred

cattle merely in good feeder condi-

tion at such a time is absurd, yet

many such have gone to the shambles

in recent weeks. During the recent

low time little steers had to go as low

as $4.25@4.50 per 100 lbs, While there

was a superabundance of $6.75@7.75

cattle. Western range cattle usually

fared better than grass natives of a

corresponding class. The gathering

season in the northwest is approach-

ing its close, and the dregs of the run

are about due.



The cattle ranges of the United

States are nearing the close of the

shipping season for 1915. Choice as-

turage enabled ranchmen to so at

remunerative prices as a general rule.

Some of the ranches are doing a big

business, and the Matador ranch of

Texas brands upward of 20,000 calves

yearly.





 





 





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game as all must play it. tomorrow.



It looks as though the distributing

end of our industrial life has been

and is heavily over capitalized. Less

business units could do the work with

greater economy. Owing to a natural-

ly rich soil, expanding industrial life

and American hustle this country has

been able to carry the load, but both

producer and consumer squirms under

it as never before.



Under ordinary farm conditions the

most of the poultry output comes at a

time when these products are at rock

bottom prices. The average price to

the farmer, then, is not the average

price for eggs by the year, since prac-

tically all of the farmer’s output goes

to the dealers at bottom prices. As

the market doubles and trebles the

dealer becomes the seller and if any

exchange does take place with the

farmer, he becomes a consunibr’h‘lfif

must buy for home consumption. Lit-

tle wonder, then, under our prevailing

methods the farmer does not find poul-

try profitable. If hens did not largely

pick up their “bill of fare” from the

wastes of the farm, poultry in the ma-

jority of cases would be sold as un-

profitable.



As a farm factor this method for

poultry must be changed. No one is

more to blame for this system than

the farmer himself, and he is the first

fellow to reform. Profitable dairying

requires the dairy cow to be a produc-

er mP'ZL' of the year. Likewise, profit-

able farming requires the operator to

be engaged in .productive effort most

of the time.



The hen is no exception to this

rule and should she measure up to

her possibilities she must be so hand-

led that her periods of vacation are

reasonably limited.



With hens bred and fed to lay they

should become regular producers for

at least ten months of the year. If

eggs are marketed regularly the egg

crop then is more distributed through-

out the year if the average price be-

comes better. With the spring rush

a low price can be largely avoided if

a cold storage is available and care-

fully handled sterile eggs should com-

mand a better price as storage stock

than will eggs common to the trade.

Here, then, the hen as a farm factor

scores another point if the operator

plays the game.



In reviewing this phase of poultry

culture it is interesting to note spe-

cific cases that show what is being

actually done. Referring to a leaf of

,a farm diary where is recorded the

Iperformance of a flock of 900 birds

for one year, we note the following in-

‘teresting figures: Birds listed, 550

pullets, balance yearlings and roost-

ers. The feed for this year figures up

to $526.13; all home-grown grains

were figured at the wholesale price to

the farmer in a nearby town, while

bran, middlings, beef scraps, oyster

shells and the like were priced to the

hens at the regular retail rates.



The eggs for the year ran as fol-

lows: January 399; February 600;

March 1,012; April 1,180; May 1,215;

June 1,067; July 818; August 426; Sep-

tember 153;. October 93; November

45%; December 190. Total for the

year 7,398 dozen. These eggs went to

the trade in such a way that good

prices only were received. A personal





 





 





 





 





 





market and cold storage made this

not only possible but decidedly easy.

The young roosters and old hens sold

go a long ways to reduce the feed bill

noted above. These figures are so

low that no good poultry keeper would

care to claim them, and yet they give

unmistakable evidence of profit to the

owner. The hens were crowded into





NOV. 13, 19715,,





a house that was intended for not

more than 700 birds, 3. point any poul-

tryman would give consideration. The

writer believes that any flock of “bred

to lay” pullets, carefully fed and hous-

ed, should easily produce from eight

to ten dozen eggs during their first

year. As a farm factor the hen’s

place is unassailable and with a good

corps of caretakers for support she

will long hold her place against all

comers.





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TR EATM ENT FOR ROUP.





 





 





Permanganate of potash is an excel-

lent remedy for roup. The medicine

is prepared by dissolving sufficient of

the permanganate in lukewarm water

to give it a deep wine color. Treat-

ment is administered by holding the

head of a sick bird under this water

for half a minute, or until the birds

shows signs of strangling. If the nos-

trils are clogged, they should be op-

ened before treating, so the fluid will

penetrate the nasal passages. In addi-

tion to this treatment a small quan-

tity of the permanganate should be

dissolved in the drinking water and

both sick and well birds permitted to

havewascees to no othe. .....er. Per-

manganate of potash is not only a

powerful dismlectant, but 11’, possesses

My}, properties as, i" “ Itwhlvnot

harm the birds. At the first indica-

tion of colds in the flock, permanga-

nate in the drinking water will often

ward off serious trouble.



In bad cases of roup, when the side

of the head is badly swollen, the only

sensible treatment is to use the hatch-

et and burn the body. Treating such

advanced cases is usually a waste of

time. Even if a bird recovers, it will

ever be subject to recurrent attacks

of the disease, and will be a constant

menace to the rest of the flock. A

hen that has recovered from an attack

of roup should never be used in a

breeding pen. T. Z. RICHEY.





 





DON’T tEAVE THE PULLETS OUT

TOO LONG.





 





It is a mistake to let the pullets

roost outside after the weather be-

comes cold and rough. We usually

let them spend the nights in the open

roosting sheds all through the month

of October unless an unusually cold

snap occurs. Just as long as the

weather remains mild and the nights

are not too bleak and raw, the birds

are better off outside. It is a good

plan, however, to have the houses

ready and bring them in at the first

severe freeze. Do not make the mis-

take of shutting them into stuffy

quarters. The change would be sure

to work havoc. If the birds once got

thoroughly chilled they may not lay

all winter. We have had a little ex-

perience in this line. The reproduc-

tive organs are sensitive to sudden

cold and one cold night will do harm

that months cannot repair. The same

is true of old hens in a greater de-

gree. If any are roosting outside it

is a good plan to bring them in even

earlier than the pullets.



C. H. CHESLEY.





 





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A good serviceable roof can be made

for chicken houses, hog pens and

barns, from burlap, coal tar and sand.

Experience has shown that such a

roof, if re-treated with coal tar and

sand every two or three years, will

last a lifetime.



The boards on which the roofing is

to be laid should be smooth and close.

Nail two thicknesses of burlap to the

boards. When the burlap is in place,

apply a coating of thin floor paste. Af-

ter the paste has dried, spread on a

coat of coal tar and sprinkle with

sand. Grind the sand into the fiber

of the burlap with a. heavy pair of

shoes. When thoroughly dry, apply a

second coating of tar and sand.



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“The Farmer: He garners from the

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THE ANNUAL MEETING.





 





The program for the twenty-third

annual meeting of the State Associa-

tion of Farmers' Clubs which will

meet in the senate chamber at Lan-





sing on December 7-8, 1915, is now





printed and in the hands of the secre-

taries of the various local Clubs of

the state. ‘



Every local Club should attend to

the election or appointment of dele-

gates to this convention at their No-

vember meeting, if this has not al-

ready been done. That the program

itself is well worth the time and one

pense incident to attendance to any

Club mengticu'interested in th. work,

will readily be seen by reading the

program'an‘detail, which follows: '



Tudéday; Lilitnber 7, 15:30 a.



Payment of dues.



Presenting credentials.



Appointment of committees.





Presentation of resolutions.

Paper, “Home Activities," Mrs. C.





Johnson. ,

1 :' 30 p. m.

Invocation.





Music by the School for the Blind.



Report of Associational Secretary

Mrs. Jos. S. Brown, Howell.



Paper, “Is the well equipped farm

dairy profitable?" Floyd Smith, Jer-

ome, Mich.



Music by the School for the Blind.



“Farm Cooperation," J. C. Ketcham,

Hastings, Grant Slocum, Detroit, J. N.

McBride, Burton.



_ Tuesday Evening, 7:00 p. m.

Banquet, People’s Church, M. A. C.

President’s address.



Educational program by the College

Extension Department, Agricultural

Building.



Wednesday, December 8, 8:00 a. m.



Conference of local club workers,

directed by Theo. Townsend, Green-

bush Farmers’ Club. (Two-minute re-

port from each club).



10:00 a. m.



Music by male quartet, GraSS Lake

Farmers' Club.



Reading, Mrs. Clay Gordon, Con-

way-Handy Farmers’ Club.



Address, “Citizenship,” Rev. W.

Yantis, G. F. C.



Report of committees, temperance.

honorary members, club extension,

good of the order, credentials, nation-

al affairs, state aflairs.



Miscellaneous business.



11 :00 a. m.



Male quartet, Grass Lake Club. .



Paper, “Home," Mrs. E. J. Woodm,

Lincoln Farmers' Club.



Election of officers.



1:00 p. m.



Invocation. .



Music, solo by H. G. Aldr1ch, Fowl-

erville. _



“Home economics and extenswn

work," Miss Raven, M. A. C.



Reading, Miss Pauline Kennedy, of

Summit Farmers’ Club, Jackson Co.



Song. Mae Elizabeth Harmon.



“Michigan’s effort to prevent tuber-

culosis," Miss Carol Walton, Ann Ar-

bor, Mich.



“Literary clubs and the woman of

the farm home,” Mrs. H. W. Bumbs,

Flushing Farmero' Club.



Music, by male quartet, Grass Lake

Farmers’ Club. ,



Paper, “Michigan Birds," Mrs. Edith

E. Munger, Hart, Mich.



Wednesday Evening, 7:00 p. m.

Music, College’Band.



Treasurer’s report.



“A fertile soil means a prosperous

people," W. H. Keddy, Long Lake

Club, Genesee county.



8010, H. B. Longyear, Mason, Mich.



Address, Hon. Carl Vroman, Asst.

Sec’y .01 Agriculture, Washington,





D. C.



Music, Industrial School.



Address, “Industrial Problems,” by

Governor Woodbridge N. Ferris.



‘ Thursday.



Visiting day at state institutions.



Reeohitions should be written and

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Our Motto :——“The farmer is of more

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STATE GRANGE OFFICERS.





 





Master~—John C. Ketcham, Hastings.



Overseer—C. H. Bramble, Tecum-

seh. .



Lecturer—Dora H. Stockman, Lan-

sing.



Secretary—Jennie Buell, Ann Arbor.



Treasurer—Frank Coward, Bronson.



Executive Committee—C. S. Bart-

lett, Pontiac; Geo. B. Horton, Fruit

Ridge; J. W. Hutchins, Hanover; W.

F. Taylor, Shelby.





A GRANGE FAIR.





 





- A very successful and profitable fair

was held by Girard Grange No. 136,

in its hall in Girard, Thursday and

Friday evenings, October 28-29. The

dosplay of farm and garden produce,

of canned and baked goods, and of

1.. :3,— work, was really a surprise, as

the exhibitsflbrought in by the enthu-

siastic grangers and their friends made

the hall resemble a county fair floral

hall. The first evening a chicken-pie

supper was served in the dining-room

which was decorated with autumn

leaves, red berries and Chrysanthe-

mums. The usual fortune teller was

present, also “Charlie Craplin,” “Mutt

and Jeff," and other characters. One

of the gentlemen represented an up-

to-date lady of fashion, and a mock

marriage created much fun. The baby

show had nine contestants and a first,

second and third prize was ‘vgiven.

Friday night the hall was inadequate

to hold the crowd that came to see

“An Old Plantation Night,” a black-

face entertainmentt that proved a fit-

ting climax to close the Girard Grange

Fain—Eva Mann, Sec.





 





AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.





 





Charlotte Grange held its regular

meeting October 20, and an interest-

ing program was given, which opened

with a piano solo by Miss Hazel

Hampton, which was well received.

There was singing by the Grange, and





a roll call, in which the members re-

sponded with stories of their vacation

or things seen while driving through

the country. Frank Peck told of his

auto trip through Ohio, Pennsylvania,

and New York states this summer;

County Clerk Ford and Mrs. McCreery

told of their experiences in the west;

and Mrs. Klaiss and John Hurlbut

told of their experiences in Ohio dur-

mg and after the floods. A recitation

by Mrs. Edith ‘Whitney was given a

cordial reception. Mrs. Bernice Cur-

tis told of her recent trip to Washing-

ton 1n a most interesting manner, and

the members hope to hear more of

this trip in the future. Mrs. Curtis

brought along scenes and views from

the Nnational Capitol, and spoke feel-

ingly and entertainingly of the G. A.

R. parade, which she witnessed while

there. “How to select seed potatoes,”

was handled by Ira Bolock, who made

the most of his subject, and the whole

program ended with a contest from

which the ladies were barred.





Eaton Pomona.—Notwithstandin

the fact that the farmers were up t5

their eyes in work the Pomona meet-

ing held at Needmore October 16 was

well attended and a most enjoyable

and instructive affair. The topic of

community betterment was handled by

Mrs. Bernice Curtiss and Miss Clara-

mae Sodt in a splendid manner and

was conducive of serious thought by

the members who were fortunate

enough to hear these excellent papers.

An original poem, by Mrs. Gates of

Needmore Grange, which dwelt large-

ly oaMaster W. L. Huber’s abnormal

appetite for pie and other table deli-

cacies brought down the house. N.

P. Hull gave the principal address

and there was music and other fea-

tures of the program which went to

make the day a most enjoyable one.

It is hardly necessary to state that

the dinner was all that Grange din-

ners are reputed to be. and we have





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We have 100 head of Belgian and Per-

cheron Stallions and mares. Im orted and

home bred. We have sold pure red horses

in Michigan for the last 25 years,and have

the right kind, and at the right price. We

can supply any numberofwork homes, both

geldings and mares. Get in touch with us.





LIGONIER, INDIANA.





FOR S ALE— istered Percheron Bullion [one

an Fillies at reasonable prion. :-

opeotion invited. F. L. KING l SON. Char ottoJlloh.





Registered Percherons

Brood m. Fillies and Yam. Btnlliona. Priced





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BREEIIERS’ IIIRI'IC'I'IIRY.

H ER D S I R E S





MaplecresiKomdyka Hengeivaldand Findeine Pontiac Johanna Korndyko





Ten Days before date of publication.

CATTLE.

The two great Holstein sires at the head of the herd. Maplecrest Korndyke

Hengerveld’s dam and grand dam each made more than lBOO-lbs. of butter





ABERDEEN ANGUS in a year, and including the great grand dam each made more than 30-lbs. of





If you Are in need of anextra good bull or a few choice butterin 7 days. His sire has sired three daughters that averaged over 1200-le.

oung cows or heifers, we have them for Sa 9. Our f b t .

herd is headed by the Grand Clgmpiofin Blacldr 0 ll ter 11] a year.

$33301: 31iii'eivvifreniiiiliilighiooiihflgarioeiiighifmuii. Finderne Pontiac Johanna Korndyke is the son of the world’s champion

Clark. Hunters Greek. M10h~ 5‘ Hey Sm'th' M3“ cow, Finderne Pride Iohanna Rue, who ’gave 28,403-lbs.of milk and made

1470-lbs. of butter in ayear He was sired by a brother to the 40-lb. ‘4 yr. old

Mable Segis Korndyke. The dam of the sire is a 30-lb. daughter of l’ieterje





ABHE RDEEN.ANGUS Hengerveld Count DeKol. This is believed by many to be one of the most





1) ESTABLISHED IN 1900 . . . . _ _

productive combinations in Holstein breeding.





TROJADiE-RERICAS and BLACKBIRDS only.

ggi-sfiiodiiguorigrgiiiclimggfbangs)? £23,333; I take pride in tendering the services of these animals to the breeders of

“I ' WOODCOTE STOCK FARM' Ionm' Mwh' Michigan who are interested in yearly production. Many people feel it is the

liiiSiiIiiES‘On" of the foremost dair breeds The yearly work that makes the greatest profit and our effort is along the lines of

mm“ 0001101111031 milk '0 “W“- oalves yearly records. These two herd sires represent the highest culmination ever

yet produced for yearly production.





for sale. White Leghorn cockere s; Duroo Jersey

swine. Michigan School for the Deaf. FIint.Michlgan.

A few high class heifers in calf to Maplecrest Korndyke Hengerveld. and a few bull

calves from dams with records as high as 30-lbs. butter in 7 days, for sale.





D. D. AITKEN, . . FLINT, MICHIGAN.





 

 





 





 

   

 





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ready for the market at six months old. I want to

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Berkshires—sons. daughters, randsons, granddaugh-

te of such noted boars as filval's Champion,Baron

Duke 1 , Symbeleer’s Star 2nd, Grand Champion

breeding.“ tarmers' prices. T.V.Hicks. R.l.Battle Creek.Mich.





. —A ril boar w ll marked.

Royaiion Brad Berkshires also... a... “Em... b0...

Royalton Emperor. Both registered with papers at lair

mice. Wl‘lte to D. F. Valentine. Supt., Temperance, Mich.





DUROC JERSEYS—first?” Bcci‘i’ii’é’





ready to ship. Carey U. Edmonds. Hastings. Mich.





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   





' fli ears of high grade breeding.

‘yrSIIII'os For 8.“. rices that will sell.

I H. M. GREY. Western Ave.. Toledo, Ohio.





   





 





 





—March pigs either sex. also am book-

IIIIIoc .IOI'SC! in: orders for fall pigs for Nov. ship-

mentJnspection invited, E. D. Heydenberk,Wayland,Mich.





   

 





 





 





Ca itqi Herd Duroo Jersey Swine. Established 1888

prlng pigs for sale. satisfaction guaranteed. Er





THE VILLAGE FARM, P1898 preps d. J. H. Banghart. East Lansing. Mich.

' ' —Bi T , H ad



Grass Lake. Michigan. A U C :3 I I E Duroo 1mm reflelv‘i‘ée. r33 Erinfgrrfi‘d’ssrr’é’a bi



Volunteer Grand Champion. F.J. Drodt.R.l. Monroe. lich





o e est 0 ree n , Apr arrow el or

GUERNSEY CATTLE. , m b t b (n u f .‘h

"mes sex or pairs for next 38 days meach. Two fall

. a boars. Oct. (arrow $30 each. Also Holstein bull one

3 year Oct. 6. H. G. KEESLER. Cassopolis. Mioh.





MILO D. CAMPBELL CHAS. J.ANGEVINE 1% miles west of Harris, Flint Division of D. U. R. DUROC JERSEY 332‘s;

BEACH FARM Will sell 25 head of Imported and American bred Jerseys, also 30 Illglglllfier' iriiy§h°l°lfiilfinfiher§hgdifrlgElli?»I





head of pure bred Victoria. hogs, ilso complete line of farm implements, DUHUC JERSEY IOIIIS $1350.59 fizjfiilil’rii'h‘iib‘iifii





N SEYS machinery, horses, crops and everything. On day of sale all cars will not akin. w. c. muon. an. Michigan.

G U R be met at D.U. R. station Harris. Complete preparations arranged for in J W KEEIEY E - - Breeder of Duroo

. . , lie, Mich. - M. i T





The buyer oi breeding stock should know that the case of disagreeable weather. For details and further information address local from Monroe or Toledo. Sii‘é‘e‘iiey' Stop. '





herd from vhich he buys is healthy. We believe the

Beach Farlii Herd ls as near erfect health as is 038- S B WAT TLES TRO Y MI CH DUROC Jersey, Mar. & Sept. pigs either sex sired by

oes not show the east 0 O 7 ’ 0 a son of Volunteer, ghanpion of3 State Fairs and





 





 





 





 





 





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aggrgggsaggrvg-Wm;1112:3332§§§e§§ffigifgugogfifi£fgzug PONTIAC PHONE 720 Ring 11. Chicago Show in 1912. l. H. Morris. Monroe, Mich.

eterinary or giving a ose o e lolne. B. for sale of alleges.

.. . . . l Heal Boned Duroc Jerses ~~ .,

0,3 5% Duroo Jersey Boa rs and Sows M-gA- m’ 0...... ....l..-.r:,es~ilrhe:_

Registers nernsey u s ... . .

. - . Registered Duroo I3rood

Very High Bred Grade Guernsey Cows The Record of this Herd at Detr0it Proves Conclusively that Our Durocs Have the 1:?fimgfla Lem- is°‘vr".‘i.tori§ii§"‘liiic €595“

Bred Heifers, Open Heifers and Heifer Calves. Indiwduality and Blood Lines that Insure Good Results.





. . . , . HAMPSHIRE Swine—Breedingwstock of all ages

CAMPBELL & ANGEVIIIE COIIIWBIEI MICII ChOice Spring Pigs and Mature Stock. A large herd gives ample opportunity for 1 him m?“,‘g§§“’§f t-lvtsafina. l{line ISorbtroedlul.

’ ’ ' selection. Send for our new circula and state your wants. Write, or better come. "spec “m “v ' "- "m ' ' 9"“ “r- n -



AMPSHIRE HUGS—the belted beauties. One year-





GUERNSEYSfifiI‘a‘E‘t’tB Swine Dept, Brookwater Farm, Ann Arbor, Mich. lingboarandsprinspi rather... why...





Containin blood of world chum ions. wants. JohnW. Snyder. t. Johns, Ml(‘h., R o. 4.





HICKS’ OUER SEY FARM. Saginaw. V. 8.. Mich. . OLSTEIN Bull 0] 1d. 5' .l). our ’ M 1 c t

I don’t want to sell anything but H Korndyke herrg21352l°nrru§§§73 or..‘r.r?"ii..3p.§ 23733 HAMPSHIRE SWINE: Ylgigegaggrmeggagg $3;





UERNSEY BULLS roa siLE. ready for service from A. a. Butte” year old daughter. John A. Rinke. Warren. Mich. ~ . .

Dalila. If you want the right kind write for ark: and F R 1 t ed H l l I this wonderful breed. Overum (.realnely 00.. Allegan, Mich.

breeding. BYERS 6: BARNES 3305.. Goldwater. ic igan . eg s er 0 Ste n Catt e, one I S

S ._ , _ — ecial rices on March boars io

01' 8'6. yearling, one 2 3 ear old, and Chesfer Whflos p next? 30 days. Fall Pigs. r

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1 , ‘ t d- cows 3 and 6 years, latter bred to 31 lb.bull. Also number

Big}? ngGIbEP OX3:§.gsg:Vielldgielé 31B “elliiicgdfiilmisilrlrgd, grade cOWs. F. C. Stuilrberg, Brighton, Mich. ' W. ALEXANDER' Vassar. Michigan.





°"°°"“°““b’°°di““ “‘mdale mm" arm‘wnym M'ch' and I have some bull bargains. Don’t 29' Average forum”, and dnmofbunready CHESIEII WHIIES'Ajhir’ long type, prolific kind.

A choice lot of Registered Guernsey buy a bull until you know I have not got I for use. 2% nearest sires anddilms all have M d \v i S F,elt er sex. Write you'r‘wants.

cows heifers and bullsof May Rose breed- 7 N A. R. 0. daughters. (irralidsire is a brotherto Pontiac I on 0 V ew took arm, R‘ 0’ Holland, Michigan.

H. w. WIGMAN. Lansing. Michigan. what you want. Come and see bulls. Korndyke 11.30 lb. daughters 28-30 granddaughters.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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G reg forsalc Watervliet Mich May Rose ' ' ’ a! ette' hi ' . L. CLAULIN’ REDFORD' “h. ' l' ‘ l $113132: (lgrth: l

. ‘ ., .. , . - AP E . . . ~ - choice bred sow to farrow the last of Aug. or fore .

uernseys 5 n A. R. cows m herd. bthhI’mneR ofM Jersey Herd.’1uberculm(t),eflsted part‘os 8e t.? It you are. write e I have the .





 





 





eve

/ . . . . , .1 . U. S. Government. F '1 it.

Address J. K. Blatchford, Auditorium T(“el‘. (hliago, Ill Espanore Farm, SOWS, bu‘il calvgsdand hfialffil‘ calveziwfsiibisi R. of M. ORDEN. R No. 2 Don. IChI‘BII.

r. . , ams an gran ams an ood Farm Si e. -

Guernsey BUIIS oi‘llgi‘gdce Kgiev ilp‘dg cgilxzsiiflrgom LANSING MICHIGAN IRVIN FOX. Allegan, Michigan. 0 I SCI‘ViCGIEhIEPOaIiS, crllioirie Giltanotbrexdv. Sprifng

. . . , . , . - - 'plgS no a in. a so ‘on ouse eese. ri e or

T. V. HICKS, Route l, Battle Ceeek. Mich. v ' Lilliengflmsuad Jersey Cattle. Bull calves from R. low males and photo. Alvin V.Hatt, Grass Lake.Mich.

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. Oows. also he'f l

Calves from A. R. dams and whose Ofl'ers for sale, registered Holstein Cows bred to heifers for sale. Colon bfiicfiizss and several bred





Guernsey BIIII dams are running for A. R. One ready the great bull Pledge Spafiord Calamity Paul. If Coopersville. Mid“ 0, I. C.‘ GILT BRE” SPRING PIGS





 





 





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for service- (G. A. WIGENT. Watervllet. Mich. you need a bull. write for prices and pedigrees of HE WILDWOOD J else Herd. Registered Je e ‘

Registered Hereford Buns 0m. bun calves. $1. gliiileofiggfifityg Hteni/ he“??? byaniesii's “guy ready to ship. 11. J. FEBLEY. Holt. Michigan. .

_ ' , e es ‘ i ' ,. . " . ’ '

ITO!" SGg’IECeart goalie I\(ihol’ce gggrxngs,Mal%o CHASE S. 08:303ng i Owners gaaughgemgfflugjestyvs $311131; argl’gaéléduggtg 801111;)? 0. l- C’s—3:5,}? gig: H'Seliiiigegliildg’rs erg-31:8- 0ivgvs {

ca ves. E. . y. . o. . xe. c - ADAM E. FE G r , ' ales Y’s x or King. Herd till 6 - l' r). . ' ‘ ' a

have for sale a few choice young lldlllrli lgr Idlligervlzg A' 1" GBAHAM' Flint. Michigan. ‘





 





 





H. r CI 6 I II 8 giaggfigfiggffilfrfigiiflklfie-"iiigigdl To Note h H OISte i “S! from high producingcows. Alvin Balden, Capac.Mich.

W. H. McCarty & Sons, Bad Axe, ) ichl. . Before flying your bull look ahead and thinl} of the "toys. Bulls read for service. extra uality sired REGlfistThEIIEDf (1)]- I' 0' BOARS 8 GILTS

hue herd you hope to 0w“ "1 “few yea” F1“ per by J aooba's Faisrlylimanon. No. 107 . from hi h 5. éfifi. 3sW€r¥fR€§3§$fi 3:0"





DAIRY TYPE P l us PRODUCTION i313: ’ §§r°§eiio%frltirrii‘ll“ei‘le eé‘griv‘éniig‘iirt’“llir3{o§i§; “wd‘w‘n‘ “M "H "‘ ““1““ “°"°“'Mi° '

abolit the price if you can be sure of the quality. McP. O I C SPRING BOARS of good type and

o o a Red Polled bul calves.





E ’ ‘ ll 'b ii i i let] hi h ualit Write j 3 || 1 s | from hishrproducing dams with

quals Cranda" 8 Farms (.0. so u so s r .y g q y. .. V arse, II s or act ti A . .



th inf rag bull or come an see their Top- . . 55 n 880- records, also on J hn Berne~ a d g _ G ‘ _

N:tch‘9blllls for yourself.Mcl’liersml Fill‘lll‘l Co..llnwell.Micll. semi-oflicial test. 0- 3- Wegner, R. 6, Allegan. Mich o l n on rand Ledge MICh





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H I 8 I8 I n Frl e s I a n Herd II ' f d Holstein bull. Sire is son of former state HILLSIDE Farm Jerseys. yearling bulls. solid 0. In 0- SE31},IEDTIAr-ecldi‘zdeglilADRuger'spii-m to I

. Cgls are chum ion cow, 32.94 lbs. of butter in 7 color.half brothers to ex—world's-record seniorZyr H. w. MAN'N Dangvllle Michigan ' .

, days. 2 months old: mostly white, 8. beauty in every old and from B. of. M. dams. with records from 4001bs. ' ' '





-. . .. -.h- 'htto tt- , f t800li. O.-d().DEAKE.Y' '. .. .

Some very Chelce young bulls fromone glassLs....i.tlgilrm‘ivs.igr assassins: ° ,. .. W’ MM“ 0. l. C}. STRICTLY B H: TYPE.





to twenty months old sired by Our Junior HUBART w FAY. MASON MICHIGAN. Ir‘lisr‘vs Wo -

. . . . . A t . r,— , are 0"61‘ March,April and Ma pi Siredb Len ht, P ' ,

Herd Sll'e. FTOID large Producmg Dams. "a" Is Your Chance‘ stocked. HHW ROt t0 BPH- White Monarch and Filostgg Choiccfiill of; tyypelliggiis





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





. ' 6 mo. old. 30 lb. sire and from 3 Reg. of Merit Stock. Cows, H i'f, . H ff. -,. . 3- . , . - . ‘

Prices Reasonable. "OlSleln Bil” Gal promisingZyr. old dam S60with Bulls. Waterman & W'ilternian,(Anfii‘xrlnfrl',(Midliies 2353.3“r‘ir‘lf3r‘ilo‘1ndori’i’unioigh it: p7zl)i)i'lsbiibtviiliiil “army

all papers Elmer E. Smith. Redford. Mich. reasoniib e. - - 1‘ cos

Frank R. Crandall & Son, 5 Buys registered Holstein Bull, Blumfled Korn- "IIKIIIIi SHUHIHOBNS Bull 10 months old $123.00, Newman‘s Stock Farm. Mariette, Mich. R. l. ail-I

II ' hi $7 (I 'ko Johanna. No.1477m. ” 4 mo. old. Evenly D VIDSON & H L ' 7 months 5100-00 2 COWS-

Howe , MIC gan. marked. B. B. REAVEY. Akron. Mich. A A L. Tecumseh. Michigan. 0 I cvs two yearling boarsandalot orlastSpringpigs

- . not akin. Also a lot of this fall pigs at $10 each .





 





 





2 Do You Want A Bull 7 H A T G H H E R D “Wilt.“ it'll: 0.5.3.21." fiil‘dfl: 5"“ 33833"s’c‘ii‘i‘z‘i-Tisi‘vigimé‘fi- éiu’i'éis‘iiisfiéii‘i‘?"

1.' . O D O a I .

: Ready For Service. YPS'LANT" MICHIGAN 0- 1- C’s‘ Springegiqiiclgieiigry' for fa”





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From a grand daughter of The Kin: of the Wldslgdfllizliggitggldzéii?3:38:31}; firefiloliz‘rgngsopis 8f BIDWELL SHORTHORNS JULIAN P' CLAXTON' Flint. MIchigan.R.8_





' Pontiacl. Sired by a bull that is more “13“ a half dams ‘lil(l Kin Pontiac Jewel Kornd ke' Broth. . " "

. , . e t For Bert and Milk

r’ brother to the Champion Holstein Cow of the K. P. Pontiac as” “15; average rec-03rd of 50 damsr 31 o. I. c. SERVIBE‘BLE 80‘": gflgdbest OI stock. i

. orld and whose dam is a 30 lb. 6% 17 fat dau hter - ~ , -).- - . Registered Bulls. Cows 0 W301 - R03-

or routine Aggie Korndyke who has more - lb {ti-1319;111:123; élhgggl4lgu§zgyms-led Der4 gentspf (at and heifer. scotch. free. E. B. MILETT, Fowlerville.Michigan. ;

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daughters “1*?“ any other “was bull. If you do first three generations already have over 600 Air}? 81 goppedl I'OBIIS.FI‘HI;1 red: 9 Serviceable b0 d i

write for pedigree. daughters. Afew females bred to “King". Prices M an 6' a m . 0. I. C 5 fall pigs ilgfisuelfuigrls an

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- N. Y. Central De ot.

EDWIN S. LEWIS. Marshall, Mich. ”Momma also D. 'r. a I. 'y. G. p. ANDREWS. Dansvllle oh gun.

seisrsasn Holsteins—Herd headed by Albina Bonte Butter FOR SALE Registered Hohtem Bulls glmgulfimfh‘ ”$32,? 0 I Ii Choice 1811108. 01d boar- Grand Champ. at West

R Boy. His dam has A.R.0. records as follows: at 2 yrs. milk ready for service. and bill] calves, also females. Albion Stamp 352670 “x ' ' ' - - - Mich. State Fair 19]!) also Mar. and Apr. gilts.

430. but or 18.85; 4 yrs. milk 604.8. butter 27.03; at 6 yrs. milk FREEMAN J. FISHBECK. Howell, Michigan. A. J. BARKER. BELMON1 v MICH. R. No. 16.





 





 





 





020. butter 28.55 lbs. W. B. READER. Howell. Mich. .





i - H 18” F' ' B H Cl W“P:“:i‘::’.i:s:'.:i§:2"i . . . nd CHESTER WHl'l‘

The Two Greatest Bulls eligromDhecavy grailcingggilnasil Bargain prirgsyes Ehgflilroriii F3533", figgililrLiAbl,Dflowdl. Mich. O I C I SWINE. E





EWEY C. PIE SON. Hadley, Michi‘an.





 





 





 





 





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KING 0F TEE PONTIACS B o A R D M A N F A R M SIIIII'IIIIIIIIS aggiilfbrod‘aliaegii fall'eiiile'rs prr‘iigeiliuir..sw(icCl-ulin. gigggiglltzvgfiaélsi 1311399 Eh): gagiaagt‘elrgé fyouglgealgérdad‘;

”E K010 2d9s BUTTER 30" 3rd JACKSON. MICHIGAN. Secy. Cent. Mich. Shorthorn Breeders Assn. McBride. Mich. lfiollilng Vle’w Stock Farms. Cass ClcyCMiléiife'





Registered Holsteins and Guemseys. We have some f b t, Bates Strains Youn



I have young bulls from cows having hi h official animals of both sexes and of hothbreeds for sale. Our “all, Bred SIIOIIIIOI'II: g "857 months old for “198 The home of the bi.



records and Granddaughters of above bul s. Stock herds represent amlngling of the most 1' sh' bl . u S ' wa BIOIIIBI: Slack Farm' b 0.1. . . 1

extra good. Prices reasonable breeding today. a Iona e Price ”00 each. J' 3' HUMMEL' Mason. Mich. forysaie. Registered free. J. R?xli€’ay. Pgnilngii. Might f





BIGELOW’S nolSTEIN FARMS’ "EGIsIEflEn HOLSIEI” BULL calved J‘m‘ 2' 1914' SIIDIIIIIIIII Illd POIICII IIIII'IIIIIIS goerrfalrgianfigrig IG TYPE P. 0. Either sex. pairs or tries not akin.





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BREEDSVILLE. MICH. . Bred sows and gilts Have several 10001b. boar ro-

Send for description. W. C. TAYLOR. Milan. M ch. white. C. CARLSON. Le Roy. Michigan spects. Adbsolll: {ell}! 1?: gg‘r‘gfi gigging- Every £15111! '

I . 0 t, h 1 . L . guarantee rig . . avenna. c .

thrice Holsicin Bull Calves. toifisdfi? astral °o£23131o°érTrEhF..;“S..”r“J:£r 33.32%. $323. H005.

Alcartra Pontiac. whose dam is the famous Alcartra reasonable. . R. CORNELL. Powell. Michigan. 3' T POLAND CHINA all ages. Herd boar

Polkadot. and from ood A. R. 0. dams. Will sell . - —Grand bunch of Gilte lg we . Bar runs in sprin boars. Satisfaction

at reasonable rices. ome or write your needs. Farm PIIIUbICd IIIIISICIIIS Young bulls of best individuality Durocs & Vlctona due March and A ril. guaranteed. G. . Holton, R. , Kalamazoo. Mich

5‘ mile from ourt House. and hreedingiat reasonable prices. Com rising the b ood

SETH B. RUBERT. Howell, Michilan. Write us. G. L. SPILLAN'E&SON R. D. 7. Flint Mich. “f Super-be. Defender. Much 00]“ riong and others. WU“ cIIIH‘s of the big type. Boar-s ready. for

GII ' ' Alum.“ A a o nun. comp“. A few young boars. M. T. STORY. Lowell. Mlch- service. Barred Rock Cockerels.

0“! $150 One of the best bred bulls._3 years old. “Ice IIIIISICIII BIIIIS. ”a." "00'”; 7'20 m,_.',,,.,;,, In J, A. A. WOOD & SON. Saline. Hickman-

y ' Sure breeder. Out of 29] - butter 4 yr. old claustoovei- 1000 lbs. in mature class Breeding: Cm"; B k I“ Two fall gilts bred for Aug- fi'Sept. ‘5

cow. )6 White. A beau “King ofthel’ontiacs"and he ”Dominick bloom. ."Cherry er s res- far-rowing and a choice lot of April Erma-3’ nil-octory—Continlcd onpagc 443. .. '





 





 





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KOUCEMONT PARNIS. 418W st CanfleldDetrolt. Creek-Stock rum.slllisrds, Mich. u. E. Parmelee, Proprietor. guts for sale. A. A. PATTULLO. Deckerville. Mich
NOV. 13, 1915.





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





 





HUIIUSUIL SALE UF FULL





BLUUUED BATTLE

011 Thursday Nov. 18th





At Kolli, Gottredsoii, Gorse Co. Barns





1.098 Grstlot Av... 503")“. Mich.





we will offer at private sale 40 full- h





blooded, registered and non-registered»

cattle, as follows:





23 Hallways—17 Hod Pulled





Sixteen registered Galloway cows,

7 Galloway yearling bulls, under one

year old; 4 Red Polled yearling bulls,

coming two years old; 6 Red Polled

yearling bulls, under one year old, and

7 Red Polled bull calves. All young

stuff full-blooded, unregistered.



The above are all from one farm in

the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, 8.

part of Michigan where there has

been no foot- and- mouth disease; they

have been raised and cared for as

breeding stock only and they show

both their breeding and care at a

glance, even to an inexperienced buy-

er. Over three- fourths of entire con-

signment are show animals and the

prices are less than half they would

probably bring at auction. Herd will

be at the barns a day before the sale.

Prices $250, $200, $150, $100, and $50.





ROBERTS 8: ROBERTS





Care KOLB. GOTFIEDSON. 6011511 60..

I 093 Grntiot Avo., Detroit. Mich.

Definite orders by mail or telegraph

accompanied by remittance or notice

of remittance will be honored and fill-

ed in the order of their receipt.





 





Dairy

—The Truth





You may be prejudiced against

the lent? use you don't

know her. Look her up. She's



the Money



d‘Get This Book—s history of



the breed and full of very inter-

. ‘ tatsand facts. I! proves

This conclusivelyaun that for pure dair:f mecca-

uciion. licl'm

Book life yand adapts bility to to; and climates

—-all these combined—she stands way

above them all. This boo ut erse

Caditil‘e;1.hf;ee. (imicopy now. on





The American JerseyCattle Club

346 West 23rd Street, New York City





 





 





 





Purebred Registered

HOLSTEIN

CATTLE ,





Testing 12, 000 Holstein cows in



Within the fiscal year ending April 30. 1915. 12.e 000

purebred Holstein cows were entered for tests with

the advanced Registry Office, a gain of 2 278 ov er

the previous year. These flu ures tell more forcibly

than words the interest of olstein owners in rais—

ing the standards of milk production. During the

past year $30, 250 was received for membership tees

in the Holstein-Friesian Amociation. positive proof

of the recogni ion by dairymen of the advantages

of membership in the largest and most prosperous

dairy cattle association in the world. Investigate

the big “Black-and- Whites.’





Semi for FREE Illustrated Descriptive Booklets





The Holstein-Prieslan Association oi America

F. L. Honghton. Sec’y., 31111164. Brsttleboro, VI.





 





 





 





 





 





Your Spare Time This Fall

and winter can be made highly profitable selling Globe

White Seal Motor Oil Separator Oils, Harvester Oils

and Greases to youriirlends and others who have auto-

mobiles or use Separator Oils. Harvester Oils and

Greases. The average amount earned by our sales‘





men is from $50 to $150 per month Business this fall 1

is far ahead or DNVIOUS years 1nd some of our older |

salesmen are making much more than the amounts'





mentioned We will furnish You with samples and

help you in everyG way we can to sell these oils. Write

now to THE LOBE REFINING COMPANY,

Cleveland, Ohio.





 





‘TIEH‘HON. Pork smoked, sugar cure, preserved 7

' delicious flavors combined six w'ceks

cure. Never equalled. Printed reieipt 2a cts. silver

or money order. Arthur Callahan. Slate Run, Pa.





 





 





SHEEP





SIIROI’SIIIRES. figfi‘iifit‘lfiayfi‘iéhfi 32“.?

reasonable prices. C. J. Thompson. Rockford, Mich.





 





 





Shropshire IIims ifgfieRfifi 1.13.433 Reg‘m‘fig‘g





le

your wants. A. E BAOONtizSON. Sheridan, Miche





 





—For Sale. Fourb good pre istered

Shropshire IIaiiiTs «yawn... One by mm

Ram. C.V . R,ACY ITHACA, MICHIGAN.





 





e. choicely bred, lon

. "Milli" and DQIIIIIGSL stap e, oily. heavy shearersg.





Delivered, pricedtosell. S. H. Sanders, Ashtabula, Ohio





 





LIIIUULIIS IIIMS and EIES Irom dé‘fk‘é‘i‘lfflfé’fi





Cotswolds, Leicester and Dorset. These sheep have

been shown at the bifiggstbe state tofairs in the country

and some have never



BARRY '1‘. anND DELL. Cass City. Mich.





 





HAMPSHIRE AND DURSEI'I‘ RAMS





dEwes for sale. “Lone Cedar Farms. " M. E.

68 South Johnston Ave. . Pontiac. Mich. Tele. 1288 J.





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CONDUCTED BY W. C. FAIR, V. S.





 





well; keeps thin, has a good appetite

but gives very little milk. G. Le-

roy, Mich. ——I understand dairymen

call this kind of a cow “a boarder ”

sure to be unprofitable and if so why

don’t you either beef her or market

her to some person rich enough to

buy feed for her.



Bruised Udder. ——I have a four-year-

old cow that occasionally gives bloody

milk from both hind teats. What had

I better do for her? E. O. B., Chesan-

ing, Mich. ——Your cow bruises both

hind quarters of udder occasionally; I

that is why she gives bloody milk.

Perhaps some of your other cattleI

hook her. Dissolve 1/. lb. acetate of;

lead in a gallon of water, add one pint

tincture arnica and apply to hind

quarters after each milking. Don’t

forget to furnish her with plenty ofl





 





 





bedding and if your yard has pieces

of wood, brick or stone on its surface,

remove them, for she may lie down on,

some sort of hard substance and thusl

bruise her bag.



Chronic Indigestion—Kittens have

Diarrhea—Last spring I clipped my

11-year-old dog; since then his hair

does not appear to grow and he is out

of condition. I also have a few kit.

tens that are troubled with looseness

of the bowels and I suspect they are

wormy. C. I. S., Eaton Rapids, Mich.

—Give your dog 10 drops of tincture

nux vomica, 15 drops Fowler’s solu-

tion and 60 drops fluid extract gentian

at a dose in feed or water three times

a day. For every pound your kittens

weigh, give 1 gr. of powdered areca

nut at a dose three times a week for

two weeks, also give each of them 1

gr. of subnitrate of bismuth at a dose

two or three times a day.





Warts on Nose of Colts—Warts

have come on the nose of'my colts

and I would like to know what will

take them off. . T., Bellevue,

Mich—Those that have necks should

be clipped off and apply: olive oil

twice a day to nose and lips. If this

fails to take them off, apply a satur-

ated solution of salycilic in alcohol

every two or three days.



Elbow Tumor. —My eight-year- old

mare with colt four months old by her

side has a bunch on elbow which was

first soft; now it is harder and about

the size of a goose egg. This bunch





 





 





 





does not appear to be painful. What





 





is the cause, also what is a good rem-

edy? I. L. DuR., Backus, Mich. ——The

removal of such a bunch by a surgical

operation is the only satisfactory rem-

edy. Had you opened sac freely when

it was full of serum, you would have

avoided this hard tumor. The forma-

tion of elbow abscesses and tumors is

generally cause by narrow stalls, the

animal bruising elbow by lying on foot

or pressure from elbow girth, or scant

bedding.





Canker.-—I have a colt that went

lame in right fore leg; examined foot

and found hole in sole. E. W., Vassar,

Mich. —Keep the foot clean and apply

equal parts iodoform and powdered

alum. The foot should be covered

with oakum and the stall fl001 thor-





 





‘oil. C. A. B





 





 





The RED BALL

Stands for a

Record of Quality





The name “ Ball-Band” on





rubber footwear has the same :1. =

real, relative value to you as the:

pedigree of a cow, or the strain



in the sire of your colt.





"Ball-Band” boots are vacuum

cured. During the vulcanizing this

process causes a tremendous pressure

on the fabric and rubber and makes





 





 





oughly disinfected.



Chronic Cough. —I have a four year-

old mare that was taken with dis-

temper in the early part of the sum-

mer; since then has had a cough, but

shows no symptoms of heaves. Have

been giving her pine tau and linseed

, Perry, Mich—Mix 1 oz.

of guaiacol in 15 ozs. of raw linseed

oil and give her 1 oz. at a dose three

times a day. Rub throat with equal

parts tincture iodine and camphorated

oil every day or two





Swollen Stiflles. ——I have a suckl1ng

colt with both stifles swollen, causing

he1 to walk stiff. This colt is of

draft breed and I am anxious to have

her cured. D. McL, Sault Ste. Marie,

Mich —App1y equal parts turpentine,

aqua ammonia and olive oil to stifle

joints two or three times a week If

the swelling does not subside apply

equal parts tincture iodine and spirits

of camphor two or three times a week



Irritation of Urinary Organs —I

have a seven- -year- -old mare that stands

in a straddling position with hind

legs, urinates often, but passes no

blood or pus. Her hair is dry and

dull but her appetite is good. Local

Vet. diagnosed it as a case of inflam

mation of the bladder and urethra,

but his medicine failed to relieve her.

R. C. V., Alamo, Mich—Give her 30

grains urotropin and 1 dr. of acetate

of potash at a dose in feed night and

morning. Also give her a dessert-

spoonful of fluid extract gentian at a

110s; three times a day. Change her

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the boot one solid piece.





They stand the test of fit and long‘





million wearers. These men buy





wear on the feet of eight and one-half

Ball—Band" again the next time, be-





cause they are through experimenting. They know that under any working

conditions it gives more days wear at a lower cost per days wear than any





other kind of rubber footwear.





Over 50, 000 stores sell “ BaII- Band " Rubber Footwear.





Most stores





keep a “ BaII- Band " sign in their windows.





If your merchant doesn't sell " Ball Band " write us and

mention his name. We will see that you are supplied. Write





anyway for





Free Booklet, “More Days Wear- ”





It t'ells how rubber footwear deserves to be treated.

lishswaks Woolen Mtg. 00., 319 Water St, Mishawalia. Ind.





“8311- Band ” Arctics for men, women and children are

madewith one two and four buckles. The Red Ball is on the

sole Look for it. The tops are best cashmerette



\ ' and the linings we make ourselves from the same





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\ £11131 of wool that goes into the Coon Tail Knit





"Ilia House That

Pay: Million:

for Quality”





 





two extra good Summer Yearling

["80 “I'll" P- ii. Bears. Bred 11m are all sold

Spring pl that are beauties. at by Big Defender





 





the boar at eve body“ goes wild over. me an



see him. H. 0. RTZ. Bollocks-oft. Mich.



l Lani estinMich. Boarpigs readyfor

ram 1'“ 0- sen ii'oegoodenoughtogoanyuhcre.

First or or gets flrstcboice. Priced to sell. ired





b twow lnr est boars in State Free Llierx to visitors.

y is. LIVINGSTON. PARMA. MI CH.





LARGE 1m 1’ 1 51°11: ”.13....“

' O l‘

inFebruary. W. J. HAGELSEAW. Augusta. Mich.





IG Type Poland Chinas. boars as big.asgood asgrow

in Iowa with Rguality to please

ROBERT MARTIN. No. 7. Hastings. Mich





“ BONED POLAND (‘HINA Spring Bears and

ea" giltsi- not akin. Also olderstoi- k. Prices light.

YDE FISHER, St. Lows. Mic.





‘ o—Bred from

Spring Pigs at Half Price. 11181...ch

strain of Poland Chinas on earth. none bigger If

you ever expect to own a registered Poland China.

this is your opportunity. Get busy and order at once.

Pairs and tries not akin 815 81“ 0.11 A! bred sows at

825. J. 0. BUTLER. Portland. Mich Bell Phone.





 





typo Poland Chinas with quality bred right,

BIG feed right, and ArifiedGRE right to o to their new

homes and do right. REGOR . Ionla. Mich.





POLAND Iil'IINAS





The Large Prolific Kind





We 1...... SPRING BOARS





nice lot of

At Parmers’ Prices.





ALLEN BROS.,

Paw Paw. - - Michigan.





For Sale Poland Chinas °’ 3:3“.

Ayreshlre Bull. B. M. WING & SON. Sheridan. Mich.





DOES THIS LOOK GO‘U D TO YOU





To advertise ourY herd and get you started right. we

niferafew BIG EDPOLAN CHINA pigs, at wean-

ing time, (either sex) from 1000 round slice and great

big stretchy sows. of best breec 111g, for $10. 00 each,

if ordered at once, ofler withdruun soon. Extra good

spring boars and gllts for sale.





Hillcrest Farm, u Kalamazoo, Mich.





 





 





 





 





—Weetern bred extra Iar 8

Big I”. "land Chi“. boned. Sdtock for sale. Palgrs

not akin Satisfaction iarant d.I

W. BREWBAKER 8c SONS,p 1.1519. Mich. R. No.5





 





POLAND CHINA Sprin Pigs Efrem henv

prolific stock 1110. xfordB hpee p. hot sex at

bargain prices. ROBERT NEVE, Pierson. Michigan





 





' Spring Pigseithersex. both medium

Paland Chinas- and b tag): from Iargelltters. Prices

right. L. W. Barnes 11. Bryon, Michifian.





 





n' I P. C. boar 2years old. Would take in tradea

midi! "I. Big Type pig Also Angus bull 10 months

Price very reasonable considerinqu (1.11ality

OlThos.Barnett. R. No.1. Pontiac, ichignn.





 





50 pursuits—31.3mm ties...





Rocks. I. R. Ducks. E. S. CARR. Homer. Mich.





REGISTERED YORKSHIHES





Imported Strain. Both sexes. Prices Reasonable.





iistcli iierd, Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Largo Yorkshiress 8:111:11? .fii‘i





Octobe arrow. Scervicablebonrs. Pigs logos Prices

reasonable. W. Cook. Route 42, Ada. Michigan.





- ' —Also sons and fall 1111s

IN’kSiIII'I SONIC. no." pairs not akin. No Cholera:

Send for Photos. CHAS. METZ. Ewart. Mich



MWcanlng Pigs. Brood Scws and.

MUICIOOL Hogs (111's. Young service Boars. Pairs

not akin.Wr1te for prices. C. F.Baccn, R. 3 Britt011,Mich.





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MULE FUUI HUGS IIEIiISIEIIEU -38.” ”.555 ‘33.???





right. LONG BEACH FAR\1.Augusta. Mich.





 





 





 





 





' 01' various ages, either sex. open nrbred.

BBIkShImS. pmlific strains, Registered. at .1no_(lei-=.ite

price. Elmhun-it Stock Farm. Alinont. M 10111111111. fl





 





 





SHEEP.





 





 





1’1‘ PAYS TO BUY rum: BRED SHEEP

01" PARSONS "indent"





I sell and in every-

wh



. press charges will

t Bu) t on man in e"



" twp. rite for club





)1" offer and doacrip we

3),, price list. Ofifogl.



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PARSONS Grad Ledge. Michigan R 1





 





 





 





 





 





Oxford Down Show. S:.i"‘..‘£:“£““ itiéfi‘iofitié?

..F GANSSLEY. Lennon. Mi iigan





 





Oxford Down Sheep and Polled Durham Callie

For Sale. J. A. DeGarmo. N.o 25, Muir, Mich

O X F O R D S - I “221105833. 14.15313





0. I. YORK. hiII.LINGTON:3 MICHIG





 





 





For SIIB'Am registered Oxford Down Ram. Ram Lambs

$10 each. Alsoafewewe lambs. Registered

Beikshiresb th sex. Chass' a Stock l-‘arm. R. .,1 Mariette. Mich

Ram Lambs.





Begislimi 011ml Iloiio Sharp. “Mum...





L. N.0LMSTED. J. SPAANS. HUIR.“ ICH.





 





 





BARGAIN SALE OF CANADIAANB BRED

SHROPSHIRE RAM

Ready for serviceo 31‘15111320. Order now. The are good

n.es KKOPE N.FARM s, 1.. wmcl' Propr..

Kinderhook. Michigan.





Shropshire: Em: and lam Lambs ior Silo.





BOOHER. Marlon. Michigan.





Big IIobusI Wool-Muhon Shropshire Rams

Priced right and satisfaction guaranteed or money

back. Write today for Special Price List

A. H. FOSTER. Allegan. Michigan.
a............,- . - — -“«M-.«_.- - -_.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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,No Extras To Buy





Everyone about to buy an' automobile is interested in cost—both first cost and after cost. Unless the car you buy

[really is completely equipped, its price does not at all represent the first cost.





The following is a list of equipment on the Maxwell Car with its





approximate retail cost : Approximate





Retail Cost



l—Electric Starting and Lighting System, Lamps, etc., $95.00



2 —High-Tension Magneto, - - - - 50.00

3—Demountable Rims, - - - - 25.00



i 4—Speedometer, - - - - - - 15.00

i 5—Clear Vision, Double Ventilating Rainproof Windshield, I 2.00

6—Linoleum Covering for Running and Floor Boards, 8.00

7—Anti-skid RearTires (cost difference over smooth treads), 5.00



9 8—Electric Horn and adjuncts, . . . - 3.50

9—Spare Tire Carrier, U u o o I 3.50

lO—Oll Gauge, - o o 0' I I 1.50

l l —Robe Rail, - a u o O o 1.50

lZ—Front and Rear License Brackets, ,- '. . 1.50





 





.w

_-,\~‘___ -.... “em/I 'Total, $221.50





If you purchase an automobile which lacks these features, you

must add their cost to the price of the car if you want real automobile

comfort.





 





Deduct this amount ($221.50) from the price of the Maxwell ($655)

and then you will realize what wonderful value is represented by the

Maxwell Car. 0



Think of it—a beautiful stream-line car, built of special heat-treated

steel, with a powerful four-cylinder motor; thoroughly cooled by a

gracefully rounded radiator of improved design and a fan—sliding gear

transmission—semi-elliptic front and three-quarter elliptic rear springs,

making shock absorbers unnecessary—one-man mohair top—high

quality upholstery, and ample seating capacity for 5 adults, really fully

equipped for $655.





The high-priced car features mentioned, as well as the light-weight

of the Maxwell Car, account for the wonderfully low after-cost records

of the Maxwell. The Maxwell is lowering all economy records for





Ist—Miles per set of tires



2nd—Miles per gallon of gasoline

3rd—Miles per quart of lubricating oil

4th—Lowest year-in-and-year-out repair bills





See the new 1916 “ Wonder Car ” at the nearest Maxwell dealer’s,

and you will realize that it is the greatest automobile value ever offered.





Every feature and every refinement of cars of twice its price





Write for beautifully illustrated catalogue.





MAXWELL MOTOR COMPANY, Incorporated -





Address Department C.F.

DETROIT, MICHIGAN





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