Tfiogi7ép1§n.,WE L VOLUME OW N9 21. N I A} ____‘ (- qtfi' UL 1' 201591 ' 'l 1III 5865, 446—2 . THE MICHIGA N FARMF-l} NOV. 20, 1915. The Michigan Farmer Established 1843. Copyrizht 1915. The Lawrence Publishing Co. Editors and Proprietors. 39 to 45 Congress St. West. Detroit. Michigan TELEPHONE MAIN 4525. NEW YORK OFFICE—"41 Park Row. CHICAGO OFFC E--604 Advertising Buildinz. CLEVELAND OFFICE—10114015 Oregon Ave.. N. E. PHILADELPHIA OFFICE—261463 Sou‘h Third St. M, j. LAWRENCE......... .......................President M, .L. LAWRENCE ................................ Vice-President E, H. HOUGHTON .................................... Sea-Treat l. R. WATERBURY ................................ BUR'I‘ WERMWH ................ e ................. A‘sociatc FRANK A. WILKEN............u............'....... Editors ALTA LAWSON LlT‘I‘ELL. ...................... E, H. HOUGHTON .......................... 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Nature, coupled with industry, has given us bountiful yields of foodstuffs, which may be counted at greater bless- ing because 01' the fact that peace and industrial prosperity prevail, afford- ing ample opportunity to enjoy these abundant fruits of nature. Our first page design conveys some- thing of this idea to the reader’s mind. The Thanksgiving bird perch- ed upon the plow is symbolical of a prosperous agriculture and the ability to enjoy a suitable Thanksgiving feast. The circle on which is perched the national bird indicates that in Am- erica there is a Special cause for thankfulness at this Thanksgiving season. In the enjoyment of the temporal feast, the spiritual significance of the day should not be forgotten, as is aptly brought out in the annual Thanksgiving proclamation issued by the chief executive of the state, the text of which follows: The people of the United States are grateful to the Infinite Father for their capacity and disposition to ap- preciate the bounties of nature. Through this appreciation, man cheer- fully applies his labor to the earth in order that her bounties may serve as a means for realizing the essential joys of life. Abundant harvests are simply a necessary means to an end. The measuring unit of life is not to be found in bushels of grain, or potatoes, or fruits, or coal, or copper, or silver, or gold, or houses. or lands, but in the laughter of children around the hearthstone, in the love and loyalty of the home. “Home is the nation’s safety.” In the year nineteen hundred fifteen, we are grateful for the heme diction that rests upon the American home. In the great Commonwealth of Michigan we are, in common with all the other states, the recipients of the richest blessings. It is eminently fit- ting that we set apart. November twenty-flfth as a special day for Thanksgivinge-a day on which we may pray for “Peace on earth, good will to men.” Therefore, I, Woodbridge N. Ferris, Governor of the State of Michigan, do hereby designate Thursday, the twen- ty-fifth of November, as a day for all the people of this Commonwealth to celebrate in thanksgiving and prayer. Thanksgiving. Great as have been Farm Power and developments, par- Transportation. ticularly in the way of power and trans- portation, in the industrial world dur- ing the past half century, recent and impending developments along simi- lar lines in the agricultural field prom- ise to eclipse them in far-reaching im- portance. Beginning with the invention and development of the internal combus- tion engine, this progress has been steady and rapid. The development of the automobile and auto truck has reached a stage which promises the solution in a large way, of the prob- lem ,of farm transportation, and the later development of the farm tractor promises to have nearly, if not quite, as great an influence upon the con- duct of farm operations in the field as have other developments of the gas engine in other departments of farm power and transportation. One of the most wholesome effects of this development will undoubtedly be the interesting of a greater propor- tion of country bred young men in ag- riculture as an occupation. Already the influence of the automobile has been felt in this direction, and that of the farm tractor is making its appear- ance as a close second in the same line of influence. Compared with this beneficial influence toward maintain- ing a high percentage of independent and progressive home-owning farmers, other considerations are of secondary importance. Early in the period of development of the automobile, many pessimistic prophets insisted that its development would ruin the horse breeding indus- try; such, however, has not been the case. Now similar prophesies are be- ing made on account of the modern development of the farm tractor. The result is, of course, problematical so far as our horse breeding industry is concerned. There is a possibility that the nature of the demand may be a1- tered as was the case with the devel- opment of the automobile. Always, however, a very considerable number of good horses will be needed both on the farm and in other industries. The European war demand has taken many thousands of second-grade hors- es from the farms of this country. These may well be replaced by horses of better type and breeding, which will insure a good demand for good horses in the immediate future. In the last analysis economy in the performance of any task, together with the facility of its accomplish- ment, must determine the agencies employed upon the farm as well as in the factory. But while these indus- trial and economic developments may be expected to be as frequent and rap- id in the future as they have been in the past, they can scarcely be so rap- id as to preclude an industrial adjust- ment to the new conditions which will permit the gain to agriculture from such develOpment to far outweigh any possible curtailment along any special line of production. Now that the farm cam- Preparations paign is practically fer Winter. closed, preparations for winter are in order. An important factor of these prepara- tions is the selection of reading mat— ter for the winter season. Not the least important consideration in this connection is the farm trade paper which will aid in pointing out the mis- takes of the past season and methods by which their repetition next year can be avoided. To be of the greatest value in this connection the farm trade paper should be one which is adapted par— ticularly to the locality in which the operations are being conducted. The Michigan Farmer is a trade paper published especially for the farmers of Michigan, and its columns are de- voted wholly to technical matter re- lating to Michigan agriculture and the solution of agricultural problems upon Michigan farms, together with general educational matter and fiction selected with a View to its fitness to occupy a prominent place upon the reading table in the farm home. ‘ In addition special service to the subscriber is always gratuitously giv- en. Something new along this line will be announced in the near future, together with the general plans which are now nearing completion, for mak- ing the Michigan Farmer of still great- er practical value to its readers. In the selection of reading matter for the winter give your home trade paper the consideration which it merits. HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK. Foreign. The European Wan—Fighting and diplomatic strategy in the Balkan dis- trict hold first place in the active in- terest of the belligerent nations. The Austro-German armies have forced the Serbians still further back into the recesses of the mountains, but at tre- mendous cost, while on the eastern front the Serbians have checked the Bulgarian advance and compelled the latter forces to call upon the Ger- mans for assistance. Farther to the south the French troops, assisted by the British, have met with success in not only repulsing the Bulgarian at- tacks but in undertaking small offen- sive movements with good results. Italy has entered the struggle in this district and her ships have shelled Dedeagatch in southern Bulgaria and destroyed trains of war munitions. No important changes are reported from the Dardanelles. On the Russian front the Czar’s forces are on the offensive over a greater portion of the fighting line, especially in the district of Riga and Dvinsk have they succeeded in defeating the objective of the German forces who were intent upon captur- ing these points during the fall cam- paign. Along the Styr river in the south the Austro-Germans by a coun- ter-stroke pierced the Russian lines and captured 1500 prisoners. The Bus. sians for several weeks back have been slowly advancing in this section. On the western front nothing of im- portance is reported. By a sudden at- tack Sunday morning the Germans succeeded in taking a French trench in Artois but the ground was regained a few hours later. The sinking of the Italian steamer Ancona by an Austrian submarine boat, which resulted in the drowning of American passengers, is the cause of much diplomatic correspondence in which the United States is involved. Austria contends that the action of the submarine commander was justi- fied, while Rome declares that the submarine cannonaded the Ancona without warning. Conventions assembled Monday in each of the 23 Chinese provinces to record the decision of the people on the acceptance of a revised constitu- tion and the substitution of a monar- chial form of government for the re- public. The vote was taken last week. The Bohemian National Alliance is appealing to the nations of the world with the exception of Germany and Austria, for an independent state to be formed from territory now con- trolled by Austro-Hungary. National. The enormous increase of mail mat- ter in the third contract section, which includes Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illi- nois, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Mis- souri, has made it necessaryto in- crease the pay to railroads for carry- ing this mail matter, to $20,000,000, or $4,300,000 above the allowance made in 1907. A movement is developing in the Pacific coast states looking toward the acquisition of lower California and the northern portion of Sonora and Chihuahua of Mexico. The purpose of acquiring this territory would be to prevent Japan or other nations who may become enemies of the United States from establishing a naval base in the Gulf of California. Robert Fay, the German who was arrested, with others, charged with as- sisting in attempts to destroy ships carrying munitions of war to the Al- lies, is about to turn state’s evidence, following the long line of consistent testimony collaborated by the federal secret service men. An organization headed by promi- nent Americans has been incorporat- ed In New York state for the purpose of fostering Americanism by uniting organizations to spread the knowledge of American laws and institutions and bring about a mutual understanding between aliens and citizens of this country. In order to systematize the expendi- tures of the three departments of the federal government, President Wilson and his cabinet will hold a conference with members of the ways and means committee of Congress to arrange if possible for an appropriation program that will give each department of the government its proportionate share of income. Booker T. Washington, foremost teacher and leader of the Negro race, died at his home near Tuskegee Insti- tute, Sunday, following a nervous breakdown. He was born a slave in Virginia in 1857 or 1858. Largely through his efforts he succeeded in establishing the Tuskegee school con- sisting of 40 or more buildings with 2,500 acres of land valued at over $1,- 500,000. Last year there were enroll- ed 1,662 students. Since 1882 more than 8,000 graduates were sent out to do service as teachers or industrial workers. LIVESTOCK AND POTATO MEET- ‘INGS IN WEXFORD COUNTY. One of the best live stock meetings ever held in Wexford county was con- ducted at Manton on November 10, and Buckley on November 11. Mr. D. D. Aitken, President of National Hol- stein Breeders’ Association, of Flint, Mich., and Prof. A. C. Anderson, of the Michigan Agricultural College, were the principal. speakers of 'the day. Mr. Aitken’s topic was “Hol- steins and Farmers,” and the mem- bers of the association voted it the best address ever delivered before the county association. Mr. Mark Curdy, President of Livingston County Hol< .stein Association at Howell, Mich., also gave an interesting address on the work of their association. Mr. L. A. Lillie, Secretary of West Michigan State Fair, of Grand Rapids, gave an interesting address on “Advertising Farm Products.” In connection with this program J. F. Zimmer, County Farm Agent, arranged to hold a potato show, and $25 in prizes were given away for the best exhibit of potatoes. It is hoped that we may have many similar meetings in Wexford county as cattle improvement is one of the main things on the farm today. NATIONAL CROP REPORT. November 1 Crop Conditions. The month of October was general- ly favorable, almost ideal, to agricul- ture throughout the United States. The greater part of the month, par- ticularly the last half, was character- ized by warm, sunny drying weather, which facilitated the maturing and harvesting of the late grain crops, favored cotton picking and continued development of late growing crops in the south, and was particularly help- ful in drying out a very large acreage of immature frosted corn in the north- ern states. Plowing, fall seeding, and other farm work which had been con- siderably, and in some states seriously, delayed, advanced very rapidly. Rare— ly has October been so nearly ideal. Threshing in the grain states is gen- erally well advanced toward comple- tion, and unthreshed grain is now largely stacked. Although most of the month has been dry, the soil al- most everywhere contains ample moisture. Corn.—The estimated yield per acre and total production are somewhat greater than forecast from the Octo- ber 1 condition report. The estimat- ed grand total of 3,091,000,000 bu. ap- proaches within 34,000,000 bushels of the record crop of 1912, though the es- timated yield per acre of 28.3 bushels has been three times surpassed in the last 10 years. The yield in the north- ern portions of the corn belt was ser- iously reduced by frost damage. A large proportion of the corn through- out Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota, Ne- sbraka and Montana failed to mature, being in the dough or milk, or at even less mature stages at the time of kill- ing frost. Such corn, even where suf- ficiently advanced to have distinct feeding value, is very chaffy, and the yield in weighed bushels falls far be- low its early promise. The quality in states where the proportion of the crop injured by frost is high ranges generally below 50 per cent. The quality in the remainder of the corn belt is generally fair and in most places better than last year: The av- erage for the United States, 77.2 per cent, is the lowest since 1901. Quality of Grain—A considerable percentage of wheat was so injured as to become unsuitable for milling and will have to be used for stock feed. The average weight of winter wheat, as reported, is 57.8 pounds, the lowest since 1905. The quality of spring wheat in the northern sections of the belt was very good, the weight per bushel, 58.1 pounds, being the highest since 1905. Oats suffered se- vere damage from excessive rain at time of harvest, in some of the com- mercially important states. Taking the country as a whole, oats equal exactly the 10-year average in quality. In weight, 33 pounds per bushel, oats are equaled during the past 18 years only by the crop of 1912, the unusual weight being most marked in the northern tier of the north central states. Barley, averaging 47.4 pounds, is about one pound heavier than usual. Buckwheat—Buckwheat yielded an estimated average of 20.4 bushels per acre, the grain being slightly above average quality, having suffered some damage from frost, wet and cold (Continued on page 463). was, ... . ., -\ WM... . NOV. 20, ' 1915. HERE are approximately 4,400,- 000 acres of swamp land in Michigan, a large part of which is in the northern counties, and in these counties the prOspect of recla- mation is especially bright, because of the great water fall that everywhere obtains. It is amazing to contemplate the great acreage in this section which, with a comparatively small outlay, can be converted into the most desir. able land from an agricultural stand- point. These lands are ideal for rais- ing mint, celery and onions, and are the best yet for hay. However, it must not be taken for granted that all swamp land is so easily made avail- able, oris so productive when reclaim- ed, for the same rule applies to swamps that applies to other land; to wit, that there are all kinds of swamps, and the secret of success lies in the ability of the purchaser to dis- tinguish the difference between the desirable swamp, and the undesirable. We’will attempt to describe the dif- ferent types of swamp land, in such a manner as to be of assistance to those intending to purchase land for recla- mation purposes. The best of these lands are the “Blue Joint” marshes; first, because there is practically no clearing to be done, and, second, because the soil is fairly sweet and will raise good crops of hay from the start. Next we have the “Wire Grass” marshes. These are just as good as the blue joint type, but require rot- ting and subduing, which is done by plowing carefully, so that all the sod is turned under, and sowing to alsike clover. We have seen a mixture of al- sike and timothy cut four tons per acre on this kind of marsh, which had been farmed for three years. This particular marsh is underlaid with sand. Then, we have what are locally known as “Red Marshes.” In these the muck is from one to four feet deep and under this is a white sand. Personally, we do not know whether this class of land is desirable or not. We have known of only one case where the reclamation of this kind of swamp has been attempted and that was a failure, but that was to be ex- pected, as the man who tried it is of that numerous class known as chronic failures. However, we see no reason why this class of swamp would not be as good as any other, if it was well drained, limed, and sown to alsike clo- ver for three or four years to sweet- en it. Now we come to the timbered swamps; first among these is the “Black Ash” swamps, they grow black ash, black birch and elm. This class of swamp will compare favorably with the wire grass marshes, except that it costs more to clear and prepare it for the plow. Then there are the “Tamarack” swamps. They grow tamarack, cedar and spruce. In these the soil is often cold, owing to the presence of springs. We believe that, when the muck is sufficiently deep, if this type of swamp was well tiled, the tile being laid about three to four feet deep, the spring water would be carried off, and the soil made as warm as any other. There are some swamps which are underlaid with marl, which is compos- ed largely of carbonate of lime and is a good fertilizer or amendment, when hauled on other land. We see no rea- son why, if this land was well drain- ed, it should not make good as a farm- ing proposition; however, we do not profess to know anything about it. Swamp Reclamation an Investment. Having described the land, we now come to the question of reclaiming it. Allow us to suggest here, that this is not a poor man’s proposition. We are pretty well acquainted with the land THE MICHIGAN FARMER ' Reclaiming Swamp Lands in three of these northern counties, and we know of very few cases which a man with less than $5,000 or $6,000 has any business -to attempt. And- furthermore, this is not a proposition for the real estate men, or at least not the type of real estate dealers with which these northern counties are now blessed (?)—the men who have bought large tracts of land and are waiting for the advance of im- provements to raise the price. But this problem is for those who have money to invest and are willing to in- yest it in improvements, which im- provements return handsome divi- dends when executed wisely. It doesn’t cost as much to improve these swamp lands as one would nat- urally think, since because of the great water fall which is generally to be had, it doesn’t require a very large ditch; and since the advent of dyna- mite in ditching, this part of the prob- lem is not so serious as it used to be. This point can not be better illustrat- ed than by a bit of our own experi- ence: A neighbor was trying to let a job of ditching at $1.00 per rod, and the lowest bid was $1.25; we looked over the ground, and took the job. It cost us, including labor and dynamite, 62 cents a rod to dig the ditch. Ditching with Dynamite. If a ditch, say eight feet wide and five feet deep is required, we go over the ground where the ditch is wanted and without any previous work on the ground, put down two rows of holes about two and a half feet apart, and about the same distance between holes in the row. They should be about two and a half feet deep, the charge varying with the character of the soil. Then put down a third row of holes between the first two to a depth of four and a half feet, and load this row a little heavier than the other two. Prime the first two rows with electric blasting caps, and the third row with delay electric blasting caps and ignite the whole with a blasting machine. The first two rows explode, tearing off the top, and loosening up the soil, and a moment later the center row ex— plodes, blowing out the core, and mak- ing a very good ditch. Then by tak— ing an axe and shovel and cutting off a few projecting roots, and trimming up the bank a little here and there, we have just as good a ditch as we REAR Pong: H DATH y _’| ROM ’ 580 I“ - 5““.1 Roowi ‘ua05 " N ._ l____'_ ' DI— l"..— , vufte' ‘ .49"! ..._.4 If“ 7 I l .550 RmM I II-l/O " ‘ z~lfi a aucn 'DINIIV Q RM I401" l could dig by hand, and at a fraction of the cost. In most of the ditching, such as side ditches and branches that empty into the main ditch, only a small one is required; which is made by a single row of holes nearly as deep as the ditch is wanted. Clearing the Land. Having completed the drainage of our swamp, we must next clear the land. ’In the case of the marsh, there is very little of this to do, but with the timbered swamp it is very differ- ent. When the brush is very thick— and it generally is— the trees can be felled in windrows and the smaller brush thrown upon them, then allowed to lay over winter and burned when sufficiently dry the next summer. The result is that you have only the larg- est logs and stumps left, the latter setting on top of the ground so they can easily be pulled and burned. Care should be taken, however, that the swamp doesn’t get too dry before burning, for in case of extreme drouth the muck will burn, leaving the land full of holes and in bad shape to work. As a rule the average swamp can be cleared ready for the plow, for $20 to $30 per acre. Having the land cleared it remains to subdue and sweeten a soil that is sour. The remedy is lime and alsike clover; they will bring the land around, and pay a profit while doing it, and in from three to five years we have as good land as can be found anywhere. ' Otsego Co. G. F. DELAMATER. AN ATTRACTIVE BUNGALOW PLAN. For the housewife who does not care to be continually chasing up and down the stairs during the day’s work, the accompanying house plan will appeal quite strongly. It is hard to find a more economical and convenient floor plan arrangement in a bungalow than the one that is shown here. There are two good-sized bedrooms that are . year. supplied with closets and open into the bath room in the rear of the house. A built-in buffet in the dining- room, with the colonade opening, with china cases or book cases in the ped- estals, will go to make this an up-to- date plan. The range in the kitchen is located close to the flue for a direct draft. The built-in cupboard and the sink made the kitchen a handy work- shop for the housewife. This 27x40- foot house can be built for $2,500. .— EXPERIENCE IN INOCULATING‘ LEGUMES. Late in September of 1914 I had seven acres of wheat on which I used 200 pounds of commercial fertilizer per acre. The following season I har- vested 22 bushels of wheat per acre. On April 27, 1915, I had five acres of this wheat land sowed to alfalfa. The seed for about four acres was inocu- lated with 'pure culture obtained from the Agricultural College. The seed in as broadcasted and harrowed in with a spike-tooth barrow as fast as sown. At present I can see no difference in stand of alfalfa, though I think it is hardly a profitable stand. The soil is slightly sandy and I do not think it is sour. I consider that the land was not fertile enough to insure success with alfalfa. I believe that the condi- tion of the land is generally the cause ‘of failure or success of inoculation, but in the following case the condition of the weather was the great factor. On June 15, 1915. I drilled two bush- els of hand-picked beans. One bushel was inoculated with pure culture. The beans seemed to make about the same growth throughout the summer, but about two weeks before the beans would have been ripe they were frost- ed. The frost did not affect the inoc- ulated beans, except that a few leaves 3—447 ' fell off, while the leaves all came off the uninoculated beans and most of the pods were injured, the beans not growing any thereafter, simply ripen- ing. These beans were all harvested at the same time but the pods and beans of those inoculated were much larger and brighter than the rest, 25 per cent better at least. I consider that the experience ob- tained from inoculating in this case has fully paid me for my trouble and expense, besides the substantial in- crease in the bean crop. Montcalm Co. M. GEORGE. DRAINAGE QUESTIONS. A Six-inch Tile Not Large Enough. I wish you would kindly advise me regarding the following question re- garding drainage. I own a farm on St. Clair river. The farm runs back from the river very near a mile and two-thirds. The largest part of the land is heavy clay. I want to tile or underdrain this land, starting with the main drain at the river bank where the bank is about 12 feet high and running straight west with the main drain. Across the center of the farm is a ridge probably 10 feet high and sloping again to the west; now I in- tend to lay the main drain deep enough so as to be able to drain the west part of the farm and I would like to know if a six—inch vitrified sewer tile would be the right kind and size for the main and how much fall should there be to every 100 feet; how far apart would the laterals have to be, also how deep and how much fall should they have? St. (‘lair Co. SUBSCRIBER. A tile drain one and two-thirds miles long is a very long drain. The lower half or third of its length will be call~ ed upon to carry an immense amount of water during the wet part of the I do not believe a six-inch tile will be sufficient. An eight-inch tile for the lower half or third of the drain will be much better and if the farm is very wide, (you do not say how wide), so the lateral drains are quite long, it will pay to use a 10—inch tile for some distance. Some may say that an eight-inch or 10-inch tile will not make much difference, but it must be remembered that tile (cylinders) car- ry water or permit water to flow through them in proportion to the square of their diameter. Hence six- inch, eight-inch and 10-inch tile would carry water in proportion to 36, 64 and 100, or a 10-inch tile will carry nearly three times, as much water as a six—inch, and an eight-inch will car- ry nearly twice as much as a six—inch. I would suggest that you use eight- inch tile for the first half mile, six- inch for the second half mile, then five-inch for half a mile and the bal- ance four-inch. If the laterals are over 40 rods long I would use four-inch tile for 20 rods and then three-inch for the balance. This is a job of tiling that requires a careful survey. Don’t trust anyone to lay out this main drain, except a good surveyor with a good level. Beyond the ridge where the land slopes the wrong way you don’t want your ditch to be like Horace Greeley’s. He said his ditch was a good one only the water run the wrong way. If carefully laid to a true grade line a ditch will work successfully with as little fall as two inches to 100 feet. But get a greater fall than this if you can. In fact, get all the fall you can. On heavy clay land drains ought to be no more than three yards apart and not over two and a half feet deep. In deep clay two feet is better. If too deep on heavy clay it takes too long for the water to get away after a heavy rain. Conn): C. LILLIE. The careful farmer has long since placed his implements under cover, but the man who has been “too busy to bring them in” will soon forget them entirely and they will be permit- ted to remain out of doors all winter . to get a beautiful weathered appear- ance, not to say a coat of rust on all metal parts. Add new, rich gm your own farm hym clearing ito aryour neighbors’ land. cules will be kept busy when others see llw what it edoes. Big profits for you. All. 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Ask for free plans and adv1ce Let us save you money for years to come. Write new. National Fire Proofing Company 1115 Fulton Building - - Pittsburgh, Pa. 23 Factories—Prompt shipments. HOWQH ER Feed “Mlle Crush ear corn (withL or Iwithout: ‘ shocks) and grlnd all kinds of small ,r‘ 4'} l’L ' n . yj/I .3 Stock Thu-Ive Best ‘ on Grand Feed Bowsher Mills are differently con- stf‘ucted from othgers. :Jflllt "Inning . — to 0 re 11 sizes ' . frogl‘gjio 25 fie P. Sold with or ‘ , ' without elevator. We also make EH“ -‘-'— Sweep Grinders. Write today. “E: Catalog and/Elder on nul- wqf feeds and manures. D. N. P. BOWSHER CO. south Iond, Ind. THE MICHIGAN FARMER HE problem with the farm wood- lot is to make it pay. Farmers can no more afford to keep un- profitable land than they can afford to keep unprofitable cows—the De- partment of Agriculture through the Work of the cooperative cow-testing associations has demonstrated the fol- ly of “boarding cows.” Idle land which is not growing more valuable is like the boarder in the dairy herd. Ev- ery farmer needs to know at the close of the year whether he is richer or poorer for his timbered land. It costs money to hold land. Every acre means carrying cost. The tenant farmer pays this cost in rent. The man who works his own farm should be able to earn at least rent and wages. If he sold the farm and put the money in a good savings bank it would yield him a yearly income without the lifting of a finger. His farm is an investment. It should be a paying investment. A bank which paid no interest would be a poor place to put savings. So a farm which does not yield its owner and user a fair return on his invest- ment as well as a fair return on the labor and industry of himself and his family is a poor place to work. If the woodlot does not directly or indirectly ' compensate for taxes and interest al- lowance on its value, it is not doing its share toward making the farm pay. Nearly 150,000,000 acres, or two- fifths of the total farm area, is either woodland or other unimproved farm land. The total farm area which eith- er has or should have timber growing 011 it certainly exceeds 200,000,000 acres. The productive capacity of these 200,000,000 acres is enormous. In area this is much more than the entire holdings of the government in ' the national forests. It is nearly equal to the area of the Atlantic states from . Maine to and including Maryland, with Ohio, Indiana and Illinois added. With an average stand of 3,000 board _‘ feet to the acre (a much smaller stand than could be counted on if moderately good forestry were every- where practiced) this land would have on it 600,000,000 board feet of timber. The annual lumber cut of the entire : country is in the neighborhood of 40,000,000 feet. With an annual growth of 200 board feet per acre of sawlog timber this land would pro- duce in perpetuity the equivalent of \our entire lumber cut. It should at the same time be capable of produc- 'ing not less than 120,000,000 cords of wood other than sawlogs. At $3 per _ ' thousand feet on the stump the annual crop of saw timber alone would be worth $120,000,000, to say nothing of the returns to labor which its utiliza- , , You will be surprised at. ‘ ‘- the work you can do ui , this at rong. well buit, " moderate-priced machi ne. . Wood Sawing Machine ab e mounted on groved rolls. Almostsclf—fecd- ing with men heaviest. logs. Cut is wn~n againsto rotor. Many other exclusho admo- tages. Wm for circulars—also our drag sun lines. saw shingle mills. hoists. on. Inlcnd Iachlnu ls Foundry 611.. 33 his St, Norwich I Y. HUSK YOUR BURN AT A CASH OUTLAY OF lo PER BU. Write for Our Ofler ADAMS HUSKER (30.. MARYSVILLE, O. r-u. ' tion would involve. Farm Woodlot Still Important. W'hile the farm is much less de~ pendent today on the woodlot for the supply of material consumed on the farm than it was in earlier days, the woodlot still remains an important matter. Merely from the standpoint of diversified crop production, the pos- sible field for timber growing calls for careful study. The forest crop is pre- eminently adapted to utilize land of low value for other purposes, and land too steep or broken for plowing. A very strong point for the woodlot is the chance which it affords for winter work. Even though the farmer makes only day wages, to be able to earn something in an otherwise unproduc- tive period may make the difference between a farm run at a profit and a farm run at a loss. While timber is still cheap, there is a time coming when the tide will turn and a move- ment in the opposite direction will probably begin to develop. Then it will be much more worth while than it is now to have good timber in the w.oodlot [ It is better worth while even now The Farm WOOdlot. Problem than many farmers realize. A farm for sale will generally bring a. decid- edly lower priceif it is without tim- ber. This is due not only because more money can be made on it, now or later, in consequence of it having timber on it, but because the farm is a pleasanter one to live on. There is also the value of the woods as shelter. To the extent that this adds to the comfort of those who make the farm their home, the protection afforded by the woodlot is a part of what has been referred to as its sentimental value. It helps make life more agree- able. A very real money value, how- ever, attaches to timber which pro- tects live stock against winds and storms. Further, forest growth often affords valuable protection for field crops against parching winds. Good roads are coming and with them the value of timber will rise. An improved highway between the wood- lot and the railroad, that will increase from 50 to 100 per cent or more the weight which a team of horses can haul over, may increase the value of the farmer’s stumpage, or make sal- able timber which previously had no market value at all. Only through the development of sound principles of farm management can the farmer find a true solution of the woodlot problem. The woodlot problem is an integral part of the larger problem of making the farm pay. 'Washington, D. C. G. E. M. llllllm"lllllllmllllllllllllllllllllllllflllllllHlllllllllllllllHllllllllillllllllIHIHIHIIlllllliIHHIIHIIIIHHIIHI The Farm Bencficcnt N addition to the variously describ- I ed forms of agricultural practice, as simplified and complete, there is at least another form to be describ- ed as per the head line of this article. The farm beneficent exist in part in many places possibly, wholly rarely. As a rule the farm beneficent is of the maximum acreage to compel a complete equipment in stock and ma- chinery and its owner has caught the age spirit of co-operation, rather than exploitation. But how to cooperate is the question, for such a farm it would seem to be a self-sufficient unit, which in fact is true of scarcely any busi- ness, “for man liveth not to himself alone,” was spoken by the Master of men and work. In fact, the weakness of co-operation is not in the theory but in the application. Perhaps no- where in the civilized world is co-op- eration as little in practice as in the United States. In England the states have a financial interest in their ten- antry and soil maintenance and farm conditions, together with rural labor. that is not a. factor in the United States from the land owner’s stand— point. Cropping and share farming in the west and southwest has proven unsatisfactory in a social as well as in a financial way, and is regarded by economists as a sort of conspiracy against soil fertility and rural devel- opment. In the northern states the lure of city life, with its promise of higher wage and year-around employ- ment, has made a genuine farm prob- lem to be reckoned With. With the further noting of the small labor re- turn on farms where poorly equipped as brought out by the federal govern- ment soil surveys one can begin to see the place for the farm beneficent, and where genuine co-operation may be practiced to mutual gain. On the large farms there is a dearth of extra labor on special occasions, and on the small or poorly equipped farm there is a lack of capital in tools, stock and seeds. Available, yet unex- pended labor on one hand and avail- able capital on an adjacent farm in the shape of tools, stock, seeds, etc, is capital unemployed up to the maxi- mum. Each need in a measure what the other has, and the problem is one NOV. 20, 1915. of sympathetic adjustment and can be made to work well or ill, according to the personal equation. Live stock im- provement in the neighborhood de- pends not entirely upon "the blood of the siresto be employed, but upon the community spirit of the neighborhood. James J. Hill sent good Galloway sires into the northwest to improve. as some wag said, the stock of the Great Northern Railway. This witti- cism was also Widely true. One farm- er beneficent said that the failure to collect service fees was never a source of regret or really of actual loss to him, because he more than recovered any apparent loss in the improved feeders he bought in the neighbor- hood. Another farmer of this type said that there were a fixed number of acres of service stored up in every tool or machine he owned and the sooner the machine or tool was used to its maximum and paid for by the user at the minimum acre cost, so much the sooner would be purchased a new and improved machine. The farm beneficent can aflord to try out new seeds and methods of farm procedure and serve the neigh- borhood by pointing out successes as well as failures. One of the interest. ing incidents of slavery times in the south was the “grapevine telegraph,” or carrying of whatever was of infor- mation from one plantation to another miles and miles away. The slaves would “run” and have clandestine night meeting and be back, especially in the autumn season, and all the ways of each plantation. were com- mon property in distribution, and on the Whole, to the general good of the planter. There was among many of the slaves an agricultural and me- chanical conception of farming not generally credited by those who were not acquainted with the negro of ante- bellum days. The word Grange in French, from which language the word is derived. means more than a barn, rather a. storehouse, where grains, seeds, and stock were kept, and in addition was a room where the neighbors came and visited or, as one of my facetious friends to whom I described this fea- ture said, the “Rube’s” club house, as he gathered the idea. It is said that the farm beneficent was well in the mind of the founder of the order of ma Patrons, of Husbandry, Father Kelley, who made their meeting place the grange, 01' storehouse, of agricul- tural activities and benefits. A most excellent beginning of co—operation and the co-operative spirit to come is to have more and more of the farms beneficent in every portion of the country. “Noblesse Oblige” is found as a motto in many places among the French people, and in their storehous- es which, as we fill know, means “rank imposes obligations.” The suc- cessful farmer can well accept the spirit of community co-operation which his position imposes. Shiawassee Co. J. N. MCBRIDE. A PRODUCTIVE HALF-ACRE. Perhaps some of your readers may be interested in knowing What has been done on a measured half acre this year on my small Grosse Pointe Farm. This half acre, upon which are growing 63 young fruit trees now in their second year, was planted to cow beets in the spring. Four rows of beets were omitted to allow for drain- age furrows, and after the beets had gained sufficient headway, these fur- rows were planted to cabbage. The yield of beets now gathered and stor- ed amonnts to 36,000 pounds, and 700 head of cabbage have been produced ——all from this half acre; and in the meantime, the fruit trees have been growing along quite merrily. If any other Michigan farmer can beat this I would like to hear from him. Wayne Co. J. C. Hummus. _~’_~ -p...‘ > “an NOV. 20, 1915. Storing Vegtables for Winter EGETABLES can be divided into V several different classes so far as treatment in the matter of winter storage is concerned. The vegetables like the potato and rutabaga that hold their moisture well because of a pro- tective covering and are not inclined to heat, can safely be stored in large bins where the temperature is above freezing. For this class of vegetables the ideal condition is a fairly moist atmosphere and a temperature as low as possible without danger of frost. If there is no disease in these vegetables such as the rot of potatoes they will carry through the spring with very little loss. Vegetables like beets, carrots, pars- nips, etc., that readily elose their,mois- ture, soon deteriorate if stored in open bins. The only way to store these successfully is to pack themin boxes or barrels with moist sand in between layers of vegetables. The tempera- ture for these vegetables should also be kept low and if the sand dries out water should be added from time to time. Cabbage should be kept in open crates where there is free circulation of air and at the same time kept at a low temperature just above freezing in an atmosphere that is fairly moist. If kept in a warm dry atmosphere they soon wither and the leaves drop off from the stump or heart. Onions keep best spread out in thin layers in open boxes or crates so that THE MICHIGAN FAR-M'ER Oil Wear How often do you stop for oil .7 to wilt it can be protected by hanging blankets over it or inverting a box over the’plants. After two or three weeks the celery begins a slow growth forming new stalks at the heart at the expense of the older ones at the outside. This process keeps up until some time during January, which is about as late as celery can be profit- ably kept. SYSTEM IN CIDER MAKING. It is said that at the large meat packing plants there is nothing that goes to waste except the squeal of the pig. It is efficiency in handling, the elimination of all waste, both of labor and material, which have made these plants profitable. While the fruit-grower is usually not fitted out so as to handle the waste products of the orchard with profit it will be of interest to him to know how one of the largest cider mills in the state has got cider mak- ing down to a system. The methods used by the J. C. Mor- gan Co., of Grand Traverse county, do not involve the touching of the cider apples by human hands after they are loaded on the cars at the shipping point. When the car gets to its destination it is unloaded by the use of water. A large stream of wa- ter is thrown into the cars from a pipe which is shown inthe accom- panying illustration. The water and A Unique Method of Unloading Cider Apples in the Water. they may have free circulation of air. The atmosphere should not be too moist as that induces the onions to grow. In a very dry atmosphere they lose more or less in weight, but it is safer to store under such conditions than in an atmosphere that is very moist. While the other vegetables the tem- perature should be kept as low as pos- sible without freezing, pumpkins, squash, and sweet potatoes require a different treatment than the other vegetables named. They keep better in a temperature of fifty degrees or even higher, and in an atmosphere that is fairly dry. Under such condi- tions the squash form a hard dry shell that protects the meat from decaying as it is sure to do in a cool moist at- mosphere. The storing of celery is a more dif- ficult matter. In digging, two or three inches of: the root must be left on and the plants are then set in earth direct- ly in the cellar or in a box which is transferred to the cellar. The plants should not be taken to the cella“ until there is danger of their freezing out- side. The celery is sure to rot if the temperature is as high as 45 or 50 de- grees and the atmosphere moist. The ideal condition for keeping celery is in an atmosphere ranging from 35 to 40 degrees. If the cellar or basement is too‘warm a part of it can be board- ed off, for this purpose, so as to keep the temperature low. If the atmos- phere is so dry that the celery tends the apples are carried out of the car through a square opening in a board which is put in the doorway to con- centrate the outward flow and carry— ing capacity of the water. The apples float down a long troughway to an elevator just inside of the doorway shown in the extreme right of the pic- ture. Just in front of the doorway is a pit about eight feet deep which serves as a settling place for all dirt and sand. The apples are carried to the second floor of the mill where they are automatically prepared for the press. The pomace, instead of being a waste product, is put into a large re- volving drum where it is dried out. It is then put into large sacks and is sold to makers of jellies. For jelly purposes it is greatly superior to dried peels and cores. Last year when apples and cider were a drug on the market this po- mace, which is usually waste in most cider mills, made a difference between profit and loss at this plant. The firm sold over $4,000 worth of the dried pomace. This put the balance on the credit side of their yearly accounts. The work of this company shows what proper management of labor and material will accomplish. It should be of interest to the fruit grower, not only as an illustration of an efficient way to use his cull apples, but should suggest that labor and material saving methods of orchard; management might be developed by a little planning. 5- —449 OU may be sure of this: An oil that “wears” poorly lubricates poorly. For the next 500 miles note down the quantity of oil you use. Then clean out your motor. For the following 500 miles use the grade of Gargoyle Mobiloils specified for your 'car in the Chart on this page. Again note the quantity consumed. The result will demonstrate the superior “wear” of the correct grade of Gargoyle Mobiloils. To many motorist the difference is astonishing. What accounts for it? It is due partly to the oil’s lubrimtz’ng gflicz'emym'hich remains unim— paired under the heat of ser- . . vice, and partly 0 l 01 A gradefor ear/z z‘yjfie (f moinr to the correct- ness of the oil’s body, which assures an adequate supply to all working parts and a perfect seal between pistons and cylinder walls. With a perfect piston seal, fuel gases cannot blow past the pistonrings,destroyingtheoilfilm and wasting power; norcan undue quantities of oil Work into the combtlstion chambers and form troublesome carbon deposits. At the left we print in part our Chart of Automobile Recom— mendations. For a number of years, this Chart has been the motorists’ standard guide to scientifically correct lubrication. If your car does not appear in the partial Chart on this page, we will gladly mail you a complete Chart on re- quest In buying Gargoyle Mobiloils from your dealer, it is safest to purchase in original packages. Look for the red Gargoyle on the container. For in- formation, kindly address any inquiry to our nearest office. CORRECT AUTOMOBILE LUBRICATION Explanation: The four grades of Gargoyle Mobiloils for gasoline motor lubrication, purified to remove free carbon, are: Gargoyle Mobiloil “A” Gargoyle Mobiloil “B” Gargoyle Mobiloil “E” Gargoyle Mobiloil “Arctic" In the Chart below, the letter opposite the car indicates the grade of Gargoyle Mobiloils that should be used. For example, “A” means Gargoyle Mobiloil “A.” “Arc”means Gargoyle Mobiloil“Arctic,”etc. The recommendations cover all models of both pleasure and commercial vehicles unless otherwise noted. noun or 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 MODEL or 1911 1912 1913 1914 19151 l: s B '- 81 3‘: ‘- '6 ' s- 3 .. b 3 El 31 8 =3 «I CARS §:‘3§5§'5§'535 CARS §§§§§§ .323 mewsme 3,53 ",5me ”3,53. Abbott Detroit ...... A Arc- A Arc. A AreArc Arr Arr Am bloline.......-. A Arc. A Arc. A Arc..... ,. .l American ........... A Are A Arc. A Arc. A Arc........ “ Knight ...... A A A A‘ Appcrson ............ Arc.Arc.Arc.Arr nr rc Arc Arc.Arc.Arc. 'Moon (4 cyl.) ....... Arr Arc Arc. Arc, Arc Arc. A ArcArc Arc; Auburné4cy8 ...... A A A A A A AA AA AA A“; N" (6cyl.) ....... .... ....Arc.Arc.Arc.Arc. “ 6cy ....... re. re. re. re ntional...-.w.su A A A A A A A A AA“; very .............. A E A A A A A A A A“ .. . A Arc. A Am. A Arc Arc.Arc.Arc.Arc. “ (Model C) 1 Ton .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . ... Arc. Arc. Arc. Arc. Oldsmobile. . . .. A Arc. A Arc. Arc Arc.Arc.Arc. Arc. Arc; ' k A Are- A Are. A Are. A Arc. Arc. Arc. Overland. .. . . . Arc. Arc. Arc. Arc. Arc. Arc.Arc.Arc.Arc. Arc. Arc.Arc.Arc.Arc./‘rr Arc Arc Arc Packard. . . . Arc Arc.Arc.Arc Arc/ire. A Arc A Arc. ........................Arc.Arc, Paige ............. A Arc A 9 A E A A Ame 15c . A A A Arc. A Arc. A Art A Arc. ‘ (chl) ........ i. Arc.Am. Chalmers... . A ArcArc. Arc. Arc. Arc. A A Arc. Arc. Pathfinder .......... A Arc Arc. Arc. Arc. Arc.” Chandler... Arc.Arc.Arc.Arc. cmltr A Arc. . A Arc. A Arc. A Arc. Chase (air).... B B B B B B B B B Rambler ...... . . A Arc.Art...~\n'A1c Arc...... .. . ., .. _. “ (water) ....... .... .... y“, .. Arc.Arc.Arc.Arc. Regal ......... . J A ArcArC iArc Arc.Arc.Arc..'\rc.Arc.AIc. Chevrolet ......... t. . . . . .. . .. . . . A A A Arc.Arc.Arc. eo.... - A Arc. A Are. A Arc. A Arc. A rc‘ Cole ................ A Arch—CARLA?“ 11‘ m-AYC‘AFC Arc, Saxon """ """"'-" E E E ,,- Detroiter ------------ . .. . .. A Am. A“: A A .A Arc. Studebaker. A Arc.Arc.Arc. A Arc. A Arc.Arc.Arc. .. (8cyl)................. ..........Arc.Arc. Stutz ............. ........ArcArc. rcArc.A A A A; ‘ E E Velchyl. .AArc.AArc.AAm.AArc.A Arc. Arc.Arc.....'... '. (6cyl. " "" [r "3 Arc.Arc. A". A". A" Arr Arc.Arc.An-_, Whith. .. . Arc.Arc.Arc.'Arc.Arc. Arc Arc Arc. AreAre. , Arc. Arc. M'” .. . Winmn ........... Am An- Arc.,Arc. Arc. Arc Arc. relArr. f3 rc.Arc. assesses TRACTORS AArc.AArcAAAA 5g 5- A Arc. A Managuxnx slower g g Modelol a ’3 .. . . .. .. . re. re. re. re. ‘ractor = "‘ Tractor 5 1" A Arc. A ArcfiA Arc. A An: 3 3 a 5 Hudson.-......uu,._-- A Arc. A Arc. A A" A" A'CvAerAI'C- Aultmanil‘aylor Hart l‘arr............ B A flupmobile'r ....... .. .. .. .. ,. .. ,. .. A Arr. _A Are. A Arc. 4 cyl. horizontal) A Arc. Herr " .(Model :0) Arc. Arc. Arr Am An‘ . .. . Avery ................. B A“ (2 .yl. horizontal) A Arc. LH.C.(air) ........ .............. B A B A B A Best ------------------ B A l.ll.C ............... A Arc. " .(water) . A A A A A A Big Four (20) ...... A Arc. Imperial (40) ......... B A .nternatxonal ........ B B B A .,_.‘ Bu ................. A A Lambert (Model X) A Arc. unterstate ........... A Arc. A Arc. A Arc. A Are A Arc; Bulk-y (MmlelAl).. A A Leadcrllleavy Duty) A Arc. lackson ............ A Arc. A Arc. A AreArr Arr Arc.Ar¢.‘ Holt Caterpillar ...... A A Lion .................. A A cry .............. . A A AArc. C.0. . ALAIN! ............. A A .,Arn.Arc.Arc.Arc.Art-Arc. A Arr. (2 cyl.-horizomal) A Arc. Nichols 6!. Shepard - J15 .. E A E A E A A A Arc- Denning 12 cyl. horizontal) A Arc. (8Cyl)..,._.. .Arr Arc, (ModdsBécCL. A A hi0 ................. Armin; TusclKar....v ...... A Arc. A Arc. A An. A Art A Alf; Eagle ................. A cevcs (40) .......... “ " ’1 Art- A" Arr Arr Arc. Arc. A Are A Are. [5. B. Farm .......... A An Rumely .............. A An; " " .. A A A A Emcrsonllrantingh'm Russell............... A Arc. ................ A A A A A A A A Aim; (ModelL—BigLZO) A Arc. Simplex ier. . . .Arc.Arc. Arc. A Arc. Fairbanks Morse ..... A Arc. (4 cyl. horiwnull. A Arc. arion . A Are. A Arc.Arc.Arc.Art.A;cf. ‘Farquhar ............. A Arc. Stritc................ A A lnrmon... A Arc. A Arc. Arc. Are, Flour Cir ............ A Am, Twin City ............ A A Maxwell ~ .Arc. A" A" AW-Ar“ A" A". " "(ll-leavyDuly) B A Universal eta ................ B lArc. A Arc. A Arc. A Arc. A Arc. Gray .................. A (ModelsAdl B).-.Arc. Arc. Mitchell ............ A lArC. A Arc. A Art A AFC A Arr. Hackney Auto Flow. A A Wallis (Type D) A Stationary and Portable Engines Your oil must meet the heat conditions in your engine. Many oils thin out too much in the cylinders. Three troubles result: (1) Compression escapes and power is lost.‘ (2) The cylinder walls are exposed to friction. (3) Excess carbon is deposited. The oils specified below will prove efficient. Water-cooled engines—Use GargOer Mobiloil “A” in summer; use Gargoyle Mobiloil “Arctic” in winter. Mobiloil “B” the year ’round. Air-cooled engines—U se Gargoyle Tractors The design of your engine must determine the correct oil. Send for booklet containing Gargoyle Mobiloils Chart of Recommendations for tractors. Mobilubricant—In the patented Handy Package. The Correct grease for transmissions, differentials and compression cups of automobiles. The spout fits the filling plug opening of the Ford and all other cars. Mobilubricant is just the thing for farm machinery. Simply turn the key. No dirt, no waste, no trouble. 33 if; C id =- n t 't o e I’Ol Domestic Branches : Boston VACUUM OIL COMPANY,Rochester,N.Y., U. S. A. Specialists in the manufacture of high-grade lubricant: for every class of machinery. Obtainable everywhere in the world. New York Chicago Philadelphia Indianapolis Minneapolis Pittsburgh 450—6 Does 6/260 Pound 7 Months Old “09' look Good ioYou‘! “I purchased one of your Feed Cookers last (all: thismhnzthe third one i have bound": since I am farming. so you see that Ican- not afford to be Without a leedcooker. l have hadalitterof hogsthatthe whole litter averaged atrifle over apmind a day-dressed at from sixmaevenmouihs old. Ats months and three weeks old these seven hogs aver- aged Mlbsdroeud. Thehea ' ocnewei - dressed. The feed cooker, if properly used, Will “3°“ i" 6°“? ?'°‘°“‘t’”“§“t.':3t“1'€a. not a an cen 8 DE 0 man one I . question efegrhether one gum d to have a cooker, but it is a question whether a farmer can afford to feed hog without one." Geo. E. E————-—--. You can make such a record with your hogs if youwill cook the feed you are now giving them raw in a Heesen Feed Cooker Hogs need warm feed in winter—the same as human beings. Cooked feed doubles in , , . _ bulk and value. 50,000 farmers are usmg Heesen Feed Cookers and have found that they save practicallym in feed. They ill never go back to the ol wasteful have written us that their hogs fatten faster, on less feed and with greater profits when they use a Heesen Cooker. No More Disease Cooked feed eliminates the danger of having hog cholera. worms and other diseases. Get out fine literature which gives you feeding information worth money to you. Read it and you wall see that you are throwing away feed every day until you start your stock on cooked feed. Write now for this literature-it’s free—and it shows a way to far greater profits. NEESEN BROS. & 00.. 0012.21, Tuamdi. Mich. t\ at these .Looxmw ;:~ I _ Any size enginetram l 1-2 to 6 h. / p. stationary or mounted, at proportionate prices. Our great volume, modern man-life tune unite gear: prices pas sihle. Hundreds of thousands of 7 ~ , Galloway eustmners testify. to the quality of Gallown built and sold aired goods. 0 not 7 buy mi engine, spreader or ‘ c r e a m iified . design and standardized C down-to- bedrock - summer prices. Man- ufacturing improvements have enabled us to slash rice and maintain the Iikefliam p In. on . first get our new noon and new “ sigwami" ”mantle“; 1'. ran: , B .mnneapolin.K.C.,CmiueilBlufla. Wu. Galloway company lo? m but. NelsonTank Heater ,“TWO weeks li'eeli'ial Heats water in half the time with half the fuel. Bums tree gobs, wood or con . 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A THE MICHIGAN FAR‘ME'R HE time has arrived when near- ly all farmers have some kind of power machinery on the farm and coneeqmantly they have ’some kind _of power to run this machinery. Some have all engines, some gasoline on- gines, some have electric 'motors, some are fortunate enough to have water power, but no matter what kind of power they have, they all have to have it, or at. least ought to have some kind of power. And taking it for granted that they have the neces- sary power, 'I want to tell of some of the advantages and the profits in hav- ing and operating your own feed mill. Not many of the farmers have their own feed mill and many'of them are losing money every day that they are going without one. I think that I am safe in saying that the great majority of farmers do not feed enough of ground feed. The rea- son for this is that they do not realize that they can get more feeding value out of their feed when it is ground and then again it is too much bother to take the grist to mill. These two reasons are causing the farmer a lot of waste that could be saved. Experiment stations tell us that the food is more easily and more com- pletely digested when it is fed in the ground state. And that statement seems reasonable and sensible. We all know that much of the grain goes through the stock whole and so could not possibly do the animal any good. The grain when ground, is for more easily digested because the juices of .the stomach and the intestines will tion. The reason that we chew our food is to mix it with the saliva and to break the food up into smaller par- ticles for the assimilation of the juices by the body. The reason that an old Vaniinal does not do well is because they ,cannot chew their food as they should. Then again, when the food [is ground, the animals cannot bolt 'their food as fast as they can when it is whole. or course, you can take your feed to the feed mill in your town and get the work done there, but that is often a bother. And sometimes when you are too busy to take a team off the farm to take the grist to the mill, you neglect to have the feed ground. Also when you take a grist to mill, you take a large grist in order to save time. When too much feed is ground ' up at once, the feed heats and spoils. And then some of the mill operators are not satisfied with the price that they charge you for the work, but they take out a little of the feed so that you do not get all of your feed back. We all have met those kind of mill men. Nearly two years ago, I started to keep track of all the feed that we fed each month. We were feeding the horses whole cats at that time, and even though we gave them an abun- dant amount, they did not seem to Edo well. After a short time I started 'to send the cats to the mill to have them ground and the horses began to do better and we did not have to feed so much. The first month that we fed ,the ground oats, we saved about one- ‘third of the feed and still the horses were in better shape than they were when we were feeding the whole grain. Since that time we have not fed any Whole grain to any of the stock on the farm except the corn to the hogs. We grind the cats for the horses, the cats and corn for the cat- tle, the barley for the hogs, and the corn and oats for the chickens. We more than paid for the mill the first ’year, counting the regular price for grinding, and we saved many times lthe price of the mill in the feed which ,we saved. And then when you have a l'niill, you do not have to spend a half mung-WALK ‘, , , . . / . . , .o ..... my... l...‘ .1 Mo..._.W.....wM. . fl become better mixed with the food; and that is the whole secret of diges' T he Feed Mill on the Farm day With a man and toam to take the grist to town. Another advantage in owning a mill is that you can grind the grain just the way you want it. Some of it you want fine and some of it just cracked, and you always have a hard time to make someone else grind it just to suit your idea. You can do as you like with your own mill, but you can't- tell someone else how to run his mill. You can hardly figure the saving that such a mill will make in a year, but it would surprise you to find out. The regular fee for grinding, the sat- isfaction of having it as you want it, the time it takes to go to the mill, all these and many more things make up the total saving and satisfaction in owning your own mill. When you own your mill, the grind- ing of feed is a good rainy-day job. If you take the grist to the mill, it usu- ally takes a half day or longer to put up and takethe feed to the mill and bring it back. Your time on rainy days is not worth much, but it is worth something when the weather is fine and the crops need your atten- tion. Rainy days are often a com- plete loss to the farmer, so why not make them profitable by grinding your feed then. The cost of a feed mill is not nearly so much as you may imagine. Our mill cost $150 and is a large type mill capable of grinding grain very fast. 0n the average farm, a smaller size mill will do the work just as well and will not cost so much. After you have the mill, there is scarcely any expense for upkeep on the machinery and with proper handling it will last a lifetime. We have run our mill over one year and it has never needed any attention except to oil it. Some people think that it needs a mechanic to operate a. feed mill, but that is entirely false. Anybody who can handle a binder or mowing ma chine can operate a feed mill. Most of them are constructed so simply that, as the agent says, “any fool can run it.” The power that it takes to rim a feed mill depends altogether on the size and make of mill and the rate you feed the grain into it. A good size mill for the farm can be operated with your gasoline engine which you use for other machinery. Genesee Co. L. S. BBUMM. HOW SMALL A SILO l3 PRACTI— CAL. Please give smallest sized silo you think would be practical to build. Would it be practical to build one for five or six cows? Allegan Co. C. S. H. I know of one silo only six feet in diameter and the owner claims the silage keeps perfectly. I saw the silo once, examined the silage and pro- nounced it good. It was early in the winter, but if it would keep fill that time it would keep longer. It seems to me, however, this is too small to be practical. It will cost too much per ton capacity. It Will cost too much to fill it compared with a larger silo. Besides, it would be a lot of work to feed it compared with feed- ing from a silo of greater capacity. In my judgment a silo ten feet in diameter is as small as is practical to build and operate. If you must keep so few cows, better grow beets, man- gels, turnips, etc., to furnish succu- lent food. Or you could purchase dried beet pulp and by moistening sev- eral hours before feeding get fairly good results with no other succulent food. COLON C. LILLIE. Sold Them All. My four-line cattle advertisement, which ran in your paper, has brought me good results. Have sold all of §?e%.—F. W. Stuhrberg, Brighton, - ic . NOV. 20,. 1915. THE” 33:31:- tumult Gombault’s caustic. Balsam If m NO EQIIAI. I l — ‘ . For 5.3.3.; 33%.? PM 5.9. healing and for al Old and ‘ gone, Manor. 0 Wouudl, Felons, Reliable Remedy u Coru'l’afiiild hr CLUSTIO BALSAMlh: Body 2° film... Ghost Gold Backache Stellar. "mm as or contain a rticle 59mins e mus “an: all ”(are u but: Strain. tcan rfsull film it: "t- Lumbago ‘ em use. ems en . . nun-$2» will our 1 Diphthflia may or ell-um: m nil“ can s°r° Lungs , used‘ on any case that Rheumatism i.‘ :9 “W and a n . nini'acl‘sliltl. " all sun Jomts m I! marmmwsms MW Cornhill. Ten—"One bottle Oauetlo Bale-m did” my rheumatism more good. than $120.00 paid in Ioctat'nhifla." OTTO A. BEthl. ' perm. Sold by drngglatgcrulfl financial-on quid. Writ. ferBooklet It. mums “WY. W, I. I A Jump in Her Record Host every herd has one or more cows that seem sluggish and low in yield without any apparent reason. In many cases this may be due to some Vital or- gan becoming overworked. Proper treat- ment is needed to build up the system and fortify the cow against serious disease. If you have such a cow. buy a pack- age of Kow—Kure from your feed dealer or druggist and use according to direc- tions. You'll be surprised at the differ- ence it makes in her general healthand milk yield. Kow-Kur‘e is espeCially recommended as 9. preventive and cure for Abortion. Barrenriess, Milk Fever. Scouting. Lost Appetite, Bunches and other common ailments. Write for tree Treating “The Home Cow Doctor." act rt we in: we“ SAvigzgegppnsn 0 like This Alwaysl—Or Money Back. R. H. Reed. Bristol Center. N. Y.. writer; You ago more had bad splint. clue. to knee. 1 blister-ed three times: 5. another Vet. bliltei'od four weeks. She grew worse. could hardly get to water. I saw your adv. in Farm Journal. and one- of Save-The-Horse and she is all right. I wont to thank you for advice and medicine. J. M. Shelton. B. 2. Tonhwa. Okla” writes: I know Snve-The-llorse cures spavius and broken down tendons. for it did it for me. The horse would lie down mostly when note-l- ing. l cured him and cut 200 acres of wheat. and he helped plow and now the some 200 to wheat again. [VERY OTTLE sold with signed Contract-Bond to Return oney if Remedy fails on Ringbone—Thoro- pin—SPAVIN-or ANY Shoulder,Knec-.Ankle, Hoof oi- Ten- dondiuase. Io kiln-runner Lou 0fhnir.Hnrse workl “usual. 20 YEARS A SUCCESS But wrlle describe case. Boob-Sample Contract and Advice-ALI FIlEEto (Home Owners and Managers). mil BHEIML on. 20 Gunmen: Ave. BlngliamtuJL'l Druggiiita everywhere I'll Save-Thinner" WITH FON- TRAf‘T or we m-nd by Parcel Post or Exprmw paid. Waterpro of Hons: Covaas Made from our famous wind and weather proof DUK-BAK CANVAS l8 ounce brown or an ‘ \‘ standard Army Duck. Can- not crack or stiffen. Heavily reinforced whore main comes. strongly!!!"- od and perfect fitting. Will last for years. Here node “A" [leather Trimmings. " ‘\ Protect your horses from winter's now and elect. Ohio! today 82.50 each. Extra large $2.75. De- ‘0 “m 9'0"“ “feet from the manufacturer-I. ULLY GUARANTEED. Sample of Duk-Bak on ravioli. lfm. h air-k care". or», warm: and DAFOE-EUSTICE COMPANY 34. E. Jeflemn Avenue Detmlt, Mich. l Wheii writing to adver- tisers please mention the Michigan Farmer. NOV. 20, 1915. THE MICHIGAN‘FARM'ER "7—451 j‘_==11IIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII:_L____L“—_' E is Dairy. :lllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIllllIIllIIIIllIIllIlIll|||lI|IIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE CONDUCTED BY COLON C. LILLIE. LILLIE FARMSTEAD —DAIRY NOTES. There are numerous complaints in this section of the state about disin- tery among the dairy cows. In many instances the discharge is bloody. This is probably due to feeding clover meadows, pastures, etc., that have been grown too rank during our cold wet fall. Everybody has forced their meadows and turned in the cows. But this is not.a11 the story. They have withheld the grain or other ration, thinking that as the cows had an abundance of pasture they needed no other feed. Eating too much of this rank growth of fall feed is, I believe, the primary cause of the trouble. _ We have had none of this difficulty and I attribute our good luck in this respect to the fact that we never pas- ture meadows, in fact, our meadows are not fenced at all. Our cows have had the run of the permanent pasture as usual, but this has not made as lux- uriant a growth as clover meadows have. It has, however, afforded more food than usual. Our cows have been stabled every night and been fed a feed of silage night and morning, also all the alfalfa hay they could eat besides their grain ration. They have thus not been af- fected by the vigorous growth of fall feed. Had all cows been stabled at night and fed some dry feed, I think the trouble would have been largely avoided, if not entirely so. Why dairy food prices should be so high at this time is hard to explain. One would think that owing to a les- sened demand in Europe for our by- products used as dry feed, it would af- fect the price here. Germany has al- Iways been a heavy purchaser of our dry foods and this market is now entirely out off. The immense wheat crop, with very moderate prices, con- sidering, should make bran cheaper instead of dearer; also the oat crop is far greater than ever before, and we would expect cheaper oats, but they bring good prices. In all probability farmers are holding back all they can, expecting an advance in prices, and this keeps the market firm. In other words, farmers this year as never be- fore, are controlling their market. Farmers rarely do this. They usually dump their surplus on the market as soon as possible, regardless of the ef- feet on the market. If they would regulate the "sale of their products every year they would get better prices for their products. In addition to answering numerous inquiries in the Michigan Farmer about ensiloing frosted corn, I answer on the average about two per day by mail direct. This is done because the time is short and one needs to act in a hurry, and because the inquirers do not seem,to have read what I said on this subject in the Michigan Farmer. There can be only one answer to all such inquiries and that is, get the corn into the silo as soon as possible. Cows should be sheltered from cold winds; especially is this true of new milch cows. Keep them in the stable days when we have cold winds. They will pay you for this extra care one hundred fold. THE COMPOSITION OF MILK. What per cent of clear water is there in 100 lbs. of skim—milk and what ingredients does the balance contain? What is the feeding value of 100 lbs. of skim-milk? I am ask- ing these questions as they have com- menced to operate a condensary which we are favorably located to send our milk to. . J. H. The average normal milk contains 87.3 per cent of water, that is, 87.3 lbs. of water for 100 lbs. of milk._ It also contains'3.4 per cent protein, 3.7 per cent sugar and 0.7 per cent ash, or a total of 12.7 lbs. of solids in 100 lbs. of milk. In condensing milk the wa- ter is by heat forced to vaporize and pass off; the solids are left, all of them in the condensed milk. The feeding value of skim-milk de— pends on several things; first on the quality of the milk. If the milk is rich in fat it is also rich in the solids not fat; that is rich milk. Milk that tests say five per cent butter—fat con- tains more protein, more sugar and more ash than poor milk, and after the fat is removed 100 lbs. of skim- milk that originally tested five per cent is worth more than 100 lbs. of skim-milk that originally tested three per cent. Again, the value of skim—milk de- pends on the price of other foods. If corn is worth 80 cents per bushel, 100 lbs. of skim-milk is worth more than when com is worth only 60 cents. Feeding tests show that when proper. ly fed skim-milk is worth from 25 to 35 cents per 100 lbs. REFILLING SILO, AND RATIONS FOR PIGS AND COWS. Kindly give me some advice about putting dry cornstalks with ears in silo. I have 20 acres of corn. I filled one silo 10x32, with five acres; now have 15 acres left, part of it has a lot of soft ears. My idea was to start feeding silage right now, and then some time in December refill again with dry stalks and water. Will the cows eat such silage and is it good for them? What is best to 'feed to young pigs, middlings or ground sprouted wheat? The price is the same. Also give me a balanced ra- tion for milch cows, of the following feeds: Silage, cornstalks, mixed hay for roughage, ground oats, cottonseed meal $31; bran $24; middlings $28. .I have enough corn in silage and stalks. Ottawa Co. SUBSCRIBER. By refilling your silo with this dry soft corn you will get more out of it than in any other way. Use plenty of water when filling and it will make fairly good feed. The cows will eat it with relish and do well upon it. Fine wheat middlings is fully as food as ground wheat for pigs, and they will do well on either. If I had to buy and could get middlings for the same price, I would take the mid- dlings. If, however, a farmer has the sprouted wheat then he had better grind it himself and feed it. Feed all the silage, cornstalks and mixed hay the cows will eat without waste. Feed two pounds of cotton- seed meal per day to each cow and enough bran besides to make one pound of grain per day for every four pounds of milk the cow gives if she produces less than four per cent milk, or for every three pounds of milk if it tests above four per cent. 0r give one pound of grain per day for every pound of butter-fat produced in a week. THE CHAMPION MILK COW. 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It is quite common to hear one manner, in search of its food, filter 25 say that oysters may be eaten any to 50 quarts of water in a day. month which contains the letter “R.” The Oyster a Quite Perfect Food. This would eliminate from the calen- In composition the oyster is a well dar year the months of May, June, organized protein type of food. It con- July and August, leaving eight months tains as well a carbohydrate molecule of the year, from September to April, of the sugar type and consequently in inclusive, as months in which the oys- composition it‘ may be considered ter may with perfect safety be eaten. quite a perfect food. This precautionary measure has per- Pure Food Inspection Has ‘Brought haps in a way done some harm for it the Oyster into its Own. has taught the people more surely If the conditions surrounding the than any other methods of teaching growth and culture of the oyster are that the oyster is an article designed ideal there is no reason why it s1 ould for food which must be eaten with not be a perfectly wholesome article caution. This is no more true with of diet. As farmed along the coast the oyster than with many other the oyster is in excellent condition. classes of food, but strangely enough but many times upon reaching the in- the appetite does not lead one to care terior it has become deteriorated. The for oysters greatly during the warm passage of the National Food and months of the summer. Drugs Act and the more rigid inspec- Oysters are a product, of course, of tion of these commodities by the var- the salt waters. They do not grow in ious states has done a great deal to any fresh water district and conse- improve the condition of the oyster quently being a product of the salt as marketed in the interior. In fact, water they are dependent upon the it is the market conditions more than prevailing modes of transportation to any other thing which has been ~re- reach the interior of the countrY. It sponsible in times past for the feeling is due to this latter condition which of suspicion which has been thrown has made it desirable for the consum- around the oyster. The consumer on ers to examine these products some- going to the market to secure oysters, what carefully to insure a perfect con- and they have nearly always been tlition of wholesomeness. sold by the measure, would get per. A study of the conditions of propa- hape a pint of liquor in the quart of gating oysters is one of the most in— oysters purchased. The establishing ieresting things with which we have of standards regarding the amount of come in contact. The life history of water permissible, Or rather, regard- llllllllllllllfllllilllllllfllllilllll N FARMER /W%WWW/WWWW, NOV. 20, 1915. ‘\\\\ \WWWVNWWW \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ,_\)‘\ _,i e “The st ck ain’t fed yet, Hiram!” Yes, played at home—fight an the farm—Carom and Pocket Billiards abound with thrilling shots that make you forget the toil and cares of the day. No indoor sport can match their merry cross-fire—z‘t caps eac/z climax 202'”; a round of laug/zter! Hundreds of farms have billiards these days. Mothers and fathers, sons and daughters and guests—everybody loves to play. For billiards fills the winter months with happy home-spent hours. It stirs the blood and makes the young folks contented with farm life! 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In CODIDOSitiOIn it iS SUited for is possible that to make a marketable human consumption; in appearance article it may be desirable to wash and in form it is not. It is microscop‘ the oysters, but when so washed it it: in character and in the absence of should be remembered that they were such bodies as the oyster, vast quanti- grown surrounded by salt water and ties of this microscopic food material not by fresh water, and that unless would be entirely wasted. this is taken into account in the Oysters Must Have Clear and Clean washing, the sudden change from salt Water. water to fresh water may cause the To secure a healthy gI‘thh and t0 oysters to absorb a large quantity of Farm Billiard Tables upward. You can pay monthly till the table is paid for—a: little as 10 cents a day! 30-Day Trial Made of rare and beautiful woods in sizes to fit all homes. 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This property has been taken the conditions must be ideal and con- advantage of by some unscrupulous sequently the more or less shallow, dealers and vendors who have resort- rocky, gravelly bottom places in the ed to the use of fresh water in this ocean where the water is clear and way to plump the oysters and make more or less quiet, furnishes the ideal .them seem larger than they other-i conditions for the oyster gr0wth. At wise would be, and at the same time the time the young oyster is propagat- in this way succeed in selling at the ed it is SO tiny that it is scarcely viS- fancy oyster price vast quantities of ible with the naked eye, and from water. that time on until it reaches maturity Oysters a Delicious and not an Eco- it is at the mercy of a variety of one nomlcal Food. mies which take advantage of its Oysters are a valuable food product heipleSs condition. Certain types 0f but, of course, from a standpoint of fish search Out the oyster beds and economy of nutrients they are exceed- destmy quantities of them. The star- ingly expensive. 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Miss Hepsy’s Thanksgiving Arrangements HANK you just as much, Lu- cretia, but I’ve made other ar- rangements for Thanksgiving this year.” Plump Mrs. Lucretia Berry’s rosy face fell into disappointed lines, as she looked up at her old schoolmate and friend, Hepsy Strout. “I’m awfully sorry,” she said, after a moment. “I made sure that this year I’d get ahead of any of the vil- lage people inviting you, and it’s been so long since you was out to the farm!” “1 know, and I’ll try to get out there just’s soon ’s I can, Crete, but as for Thanksgiving, that’s impos- sible.” Lucretia sighed her regrets once more, and presently moved on to the drygoods counter of the village store, where the above conversation took place, and began to look at outing ‘flannel suitable for children’s night- 'gowns. Miss Hepsy finished her tran- isactions at the grocery side of the store, and went out. ll!|lllllllHllililllllllllllll|llllllllIlilililllilllllll!llllllilllll”Illllllllllllililll[HilllIHill“lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllll|llllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllHlllllllllll|lllillllllllllilllllllllllHilllllHHHHIHHHIIHHHHHIIIHllllHH!iililllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllHHJHHlllllllllh’lllllllllllllllllllllllllllHlliilillil‘iiflflifllillilllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllilllHillillllllllillllllliiiii B y ANNETTE CHADBOURNE “I wonder what she’d think,” solilo- quized Hepsy, as she trudged along over the rough, frozen ground, “if she knew what my arrangements are? There isn’t a soul in town, I s’pose, that wouldn’t be shocked if I was to tell ’em that instid of keepin’ Thanks- givin’ Day this year, I aim to put in the day bein’ just as mis’able an’ un< thankful’s I can! But it’s no use. I’m done pretendin!’ As long’s father and mother was spared to me, I could cel- ebrate with a good heart, an’ even af- ter they was taken away, I could still be thankful for one day a year, at least, but I’ve got tired of rackin’ my brains to think of things to be thank- ful for; tired of eatin’ a, big dinner at somebody else’s table, or of settin’ out a meal for myself alone, or of in- vitin’ from the highways an’ byways, as I’ve done the last few years. An’ this year I’m goin’ to keep a Day of Unthankfulness an’ see’f I can’t get some 0’ the discontent out o’ my sys- SYM M ES tem. I’ll have fried salt pork, boiled potatoes, an’ cabbage for dinner, I won’t go near the service at the church, nor I won’t send a single Thanksgivin’ postcard. An’ then, may- be I’ll feel better, an’ can feel to en- joy life a little better’n I’ve been doin’ the past few months.” Miss Hepsy’s face did not look like that of one whose thought run to un- gratefulness; indeed, from her appear- ance one would have selected her as a shining example of the cheerful, in- dusn'ious, contented spinster, but an- pearances, as we have all heard, are sometimes deceitful, and just now Miss Hepsy felt as chafed and uncom- fortable in mind as the most approved pessimist. She mounted the steps of her little cottage house on the outskirts of the village, and fumbled behind the blind for her key, only to discover that, it was gone. The door was unlocked, and when she entered the kitchen in- to which it opened, she saw a slender female figure, heavily draped in black sitting beside the stove. The intruder turned a pale, strained face toward Miss Hepsy, as she came in, and the good woman recognized her visitor with a gasp of surprise. “Bella Williams! 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I. need notbed ll. —Geilowork’ina u THE MICHIGAN FARMER hope I would catch my death,” said Bella dully, but submitting to Miss Hepsy's deft, gentle touch as she re- lieved her of her wraps. “Oh, Miss Hepsy, you don’t know! You can’t! Nobody can, till they’ve stood where I have, this past three months! Frank suffered so, before he went, and he was so brave and patient, though he knew, I feel sure, how it was all going to end! And now—and now—” she broke down entirely, and wept con- vulsively into her black-bordered hand- kerchief. Miss Hepsy said very little, but she was mistress of all the gentle and un- obtrusive arts by which womanly sym- pathy is shown. She finally succeed- ed in inducing the newly-made widow to drink a cup of tea, and eat some- thing, knowing well that she probably had not eaten since morning, and af- ter awhile, poor Bella told her the story which the village had learned, in brief form, some two weeks before. Three months previous to this, Frank Williams a young man of the place, had gone to the hospital in a distant city, to be treated for an ob- scure and painful disease, and with him had gone his wife Bella, and their two babies, aged three years and eight months respectively. After a long illness in the. hospital he had died, and the news had reached the Village, as we have said, a fortnight before. Bella, having left her chil- dren in the care of the old aunt with whom she had boarded during her husband’s illness, had now come down to pick up the things in the empty house. “I’ll tell you what,” proposed Hepsy, after Bella had told the whole story, “I’m not especially busy now. Let me help you pack up. You'll get done quicker and easier, and won’t be so likely to get sick out of it. 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The little red covered table sat just under the window, and suddenly Miss Hepsy saw a pale, wild-looking face glance by the window, and in a mo- ment came a quick, imperative rap at the door. “Come in!” she called, and‘a tall young woman entered, carrying a two- year-old child in her arms, with two more little ones clinging to her thin cotton skirts. “Miss Hepsy," said the woman, “Bert’s at it again! Somebody gave him a drink today, an’ he's come home full as he can be, an’ with a lot more whiskey to drink with him! It was pay-day, so he had money enough to buy it! He's ugly, as he always is, an’ I'm afraid to stay with him. Can we stay here tonight with you?” “To be sure, Myra!” said Miss Hep- sy, cordially. “Give me the baby, and sit up to the stove and warm your feet! Come honey-bunch! Come to vHepsy! There! There! You; all come just in time to get some beans. Come here, Molly, and let me take off your little coat and hood!” My beans are real good this week. Bert Brown was the village drunk- ard. and this was only one of his many failures to break the habit which made. his wife’s life wretched. Some women might. have been afraid to take in the desolate little group, lest the husband appear later and make trouble, but Miss Hepsy was not like that. When there was anything to be done which she felt was a duty, she did it, without forecasting possible un- pleasant consequences. She made her guests as comfortable as possible and nobody, to have seen her bright, cheery face, and to have heard the in- spiriting sound of her voice, as she tried to cheer the sad young wife, would have suspected that she was planning a Day of Unthankfulness to replace the national holiday. Next day was a Sabbath of wild wind and rain, and Hepsy prepared for a day indoor with her charges. The little folks were good children, as children go, but she had little leisure to devote to the dismal musings with which she had meant to employ her time on that day. About dusk that night, Bert appeared. - He had consumed his liquor, had come to himself, and after an after- noon of physical and mental discom- fort, had started out to find Myra, and try to persuade her to come home with him. He had visited a number of houses, before finding out where she was, and the shame of it all had bitten deeply. Little was said be- tween husband and wife except the commonplaces. The time for intimate talk between them had not yet come, and Myra quickly made her prepara- tions to go. Hepsy watched the little group as it moved off through the drizzly twilight, the father carrying the baby, his splendid physique a pit- liliilllllll HE!MilliiEHHlHill“lllll[lllllllllillllllll[HillllIHIHHINIHHIIHHI||llllill|Hlilliiiilllllllllllllil EL THAN KSGIVING. BY LALIA MITC HELL. Thanksgiving days they mean so much To wanderers such as I, Vl’ho toiling roam afar from home The while the days go by. From east to west in eager quest By phantom Fortune led, But what delight to sleep at night Once more on mine own bed. Thanksgiving days they mean so much A shaded country road, With poplars tall o’er cottage small My Childhood's fair abode. With mother’s arms to draw me close And mother’s lips to praise, When comes again, full soon I ken, The best of holidays. llmllllllflllllfllfllflllllllllmmlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll'lllllIllIllIIlIllliIllllllllllllllllllllll iful satire upon his qualities as a .pro- tector for his helpless family, and murmured in heart-felt tones, “Thank God, none of our folks ever drank!" Monday morning she rose! early. There was nothing cooked in the house, and the usually neat little dwelling itself was in considerable dis- order, owing to the demands upon her time which her charitable impulses had entailed. There was also the washing to do, and she set herself vigorously to work. Some way the dark mood of discontent did not op- press her as it had the week before. Perhaps this was because her atten- tion had been distracted from her own troubles, and fixed upon those of others. As she worked, her thoughts turned upon the program for Thanksgiving Week in years gone by. The washing and ironing had been hurried out of the way, to make room for the Wed- nesday’s great baking, and the beau- tifying of the house for the expected Thanksgiving guest. Never before had Hepsy failed to observe at least a por- tion of the traditional ceremonies of the season. Even when she was to dine elsewhere, she had made chick- en-pie and cranberry sauce, and had had flaky mince pies, pumpkin pies, and fat brown doughnuts to give a fes- tive air to her own lonely breakfast and supper on the great day. But she sternly took herself to task for har- boring these regerts. She might not NOV. 20, 1915. spend her Thanksgiving in repining, she conceded, but she would make no especial preparations for spending it as a holiday. , She was sitting in the cosy little sitting—room, her house in its usual spotless condition, the clothes dry and sprinkled for the next day's ironing. when a quick step on the porch an- nounced the arrival of a. stranger. It proved to be Mrs. Dwight, the wife, of the poorhouse keeper. “1 have come over,” she said, in her , usual downright fashion, when the greetings were over, “to see if you was too busy to help me a while to- morrow. I’m behind with my work this fall, and I just don’t see how I’m to get ready for Thanksgiving alone. There ain’t a woman on the farm who is able to do much work, an’ you know the town provides for a good dinner Thanksgivin’ to all the in- mates.” “Why, yes, I don’t know but I can,” responded Hepsy. “It’d be a pity to disappoint them poor critters, would- ’nt it?” Thus it was that Thanksgiving preparations caught her in their whirl whether she would or not. All the short November day she labored in the big poorhouse kitchen, helping iron, mixing mincemeat, stewing pumpkin and squash for pies, chop- ping raisins for hermits, and later rolling out the rich dark dough and baking it. The chickens for the great chicken-pie were cooked, and the pies made, and much other work was ac- complished before Hepsy pinned on her hat in the windy dusk of the ev- ening, and wended her way home. All day the pitiful inmates of the town farm had gone in and out before her eyes. She knew the story of each one, and how they happened to have come to that sad harborage at the lat ter end of life’s voyage. There was Mother Bates, brought thus low be- cause of the. ingratitude of her chil- dren, old Miss Varney blind and par- alyzed in her chair in the corner, Ma- jor Wilkes, a disreputable wreck of the gay young fellow whose misdeeds had sown the seeds of the crop of' wild oats which he was now reaping: Jenny, the idiot girl whose drunken father was responsible for her mental condition, and the rest. Miss Hepsy’s heart was so full that she spoke aloud and emphatically, “Thank God, I’m not on the town!" And this time she was conscious of her apostosy from her newly adopted Thanksgiving creed, and was brazenly glad of it! She stepped into the store for the mail, and there she saw Hatty Clark. the hard-worked eldest daughter of the numerous Clark family. She was buying some cheese, and Miss Hepsy paused beside her to inquire after Mrs. Clark and the new baby. “Oh, she’s doing pretty well,” was the reply, “but she isn’t strong yet, an’ Mis’ Brown, the nurse, had to go today. There’s so much to do, with such a big family as ours is, but I want her to keep quiet for another week, at least. The worst of it is, she frets so about our not having any Thanksgiving! I simply can’t do an- other extra. thing to get ready for it. and she knows it, but it makes her feel bad to think the children’ll miss it, an’ of course, they don’t know any better than to ask questions before her, and all that. It’s too bad, for we’ve got a nice turkey we saved a purpose, and plenty of raw materials of all kinds. Mother hoped she’s be able to help, but she won’t.” “Tell her not to fret a mite more," cheerily chirped Miss Hepsy. “I’ll be over bright an’ early tomorrow morn- in’, an’ by night we can do wonders about that dinner. I’ll get the turkey all ready for the ayen the night be- fore, an' by doin’ all we can tomor- row, don't you suppose you can man- age that day?” > “Oh, Miss Hepsy!" breathed the girl, with shining eyes, “I know I can! ‘NOV. 20, 1915. 3 on ought not to do it, but it’ll mean so much to mother!” “All right. It's settled then,” said Miss Hepsy.» . That evening Miss Hepsy whisked her ironing out of the way with little ceremony, and the next morning ful- filled her word, and arrived bright and early at the Clark house. It was not so much that the Clarks were poor—they always were well-fed and clothed—~but there was always so much to be done, and so many chil- dren to look after, that life there was a strenuous thing. Miss Hepsy threw herself wholeheartedly into the work of the day, and spent its hours in an atmosphere of sugar, raisins, spice, and all the other myriad ingredients of a proper Thanksgiving feast, eye- ing complacently the triumphs of cul- inary art which she had evolved from the aforementioned materials. When she was ready to go home that night, Mrs. Clark wished to force payment upon her, but Miss Hepsy refused it stoutly. Then the pale lit- tle woman begged her to share the feast, but again Miss Hepsy declined. “Thank you just as much,” she said, “but I’ve made other arrangements for the day.” Straight to the store she marched, and entering it, began to order grocer- ies. There was a plump chicken, cranberries, onions, nuts and raisins, and all the rest that goes to make up the traditional feast. When she had exhausted her memory, the storekeep- er (suggested sweet potatoes, celery, and oranges, and agreed to have the boy take these'articles all up with the team, after supper. Hepsy hurried home on winged feet. Yes, she was going to make Thanks- giving, and she was going to keep it all alone! She felt that the gratitude filling her heart could only be express- ed by the medium of an old-time Thanksgiving celebration as complete as she had meant to make her Day of Dole. The sight of the Clark home had recalled her own childhood, and had reminded her of the thousands of happy, loving children, all over the land, and she was thankful that there were such homes, and that. she had been brought up in one. What if the parents were gone, and the children scattered? The home had been, its precious memories could never be tak- en from any of them and she was thankful—thankful! A tall figure stepped quietly from the shadow of an evergreen by the roadside, and joined her, so unobtru- sively that it had been walking there several moments before she noticed it. 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[eat-nix: 6 weeks bythe SWEENEY SYSTEM FREEB“ eataiogue t orklnl tandbeat a I urge: LEARN TO DRIVE AND REPAIR AUTOMOBILES AND TRACTORS THE MICHIGA . there any chance of our going back to the old ways, Hepsy?” Then Hepsy burst' into tears, and some way, through her‘sobs, and in rather an incoherent and breathless fashion, the old engagement between the long-severed lovers was renewed. Some hours later the minister was roused by a knock at his door, and when it, was opened, he nearly fell over backwards at the spectacle of Miss Hepsy, accompanied by a tall, bronzed man whom he recollected as a beardless youth, and whose death had long been considered certain. When he had grasped the fact that Seth was indeed alive, however, it did not take him long to understand the purpose'of his call there with Hepsy. “To be sure!" he said delightedly. “I’ll go and call my wife! She’s in the WIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIH er Teedle Tee neared the ants’ underground city, the road be- came more crowded until at last it was covered with a swarm of insects hurrying to and fro, so that Billy and Tinker had a hard time forcing their way through the crowd. The busy lit- tle fellows were very good natured, however, although they pushed and shoved and crowded each other at a great rate. Every now and then an ant, hurry- ing out to the harvest fields for a load of grain, bumped into one homeward bound, knocking the seed or cookie crumb from its mouth. Instead of get- ting mad and pitching into the fel- low who had jostled him, as some people would have done, the ant mere- ly bowed politely, as much as to say, “‘that’s all right old fellow. I know it was an accident, so don’t say any more about it.” Then he would pick up his load again and go hurrying on his way. “Herc we are,” cried Tinker Teedle Tee a few minutes later, as the road ended abruptly in a broad, open plain. “This is the dooryard of the ants’ un- derground city.” “Well I never,” exclaimed Billy, stopping suddenly, and he was so sur- prised by the sight that stretched be- fore him that he could say nothing else. And, indeed, it was a wonder- ful sight, for as far as Billy could see the ground was hard and smooth, just as though it had been paved with 09- ment, and although it was right in the middle of the cat forest, not a blade of grass or a Spear of grain grew in the cleaIing, which was Shap A. S Billy Be By Bo Bum and Tink- Big demand for trained men. Earn from $75 to $160 : ctieale You dothereal workinmaehiaa' 2:13;... factory‘ame road. No books used. Tools free. with views of men equipped m ON’TPayTw oPRlG ces nunsaésrnr: Tau-yin youown home torwda a. Show your lriendu. Freight paid do not want to keep it. You can uni-unset to afloat m. No Obligation. RAW FURS , A. E BURKHARDT Irina-53;“ - CINCINNATI. 0 11!. Send it back at our expense if on the best at Actual Factory Prices. Our new improvemeoua absolutely surpass anything ever produced. Save enough on a ataxia stove to buy your wintera fuel. All H008 08122 ' s'rovns Guava-“ed for Year-a. Send postal tod- br largo FREE 0, showing large ROOSIER STOVE 00. '3‘ MEL, Harlan, lad. ed like a big saucer and seemed about Ia half mile across The oat trees sur- rounded the plain on every side, but they stopped short at the edge of the clearing as though held back by a stone wall. But most wonderful of all, a big hill, severalfiiundred feet high arose from the center of the plain. The sides were smooth and steep and as bare of green as the surrounding plain. “What mountain is that?” asked Billy. “I thought I knew every inch of this farm, but I never saw either this hill or this barren plain.” “They were here all the time just the same,” replied the merry little elf. “But before you drank my magic brew you would have called this mountain merely an ant hill, but when you com- pare it to the size of an ant, it is real- ly as large as a mountain. And the 'plain is hidden by the cat forest, so unless you happened to walk right into it, you wouldn’t notice it." "But why doesn’t anything grow here?” demanded Billy. as they walk- ed across the clearing. gIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIIIIIIE Land O’ Nod Stories. By HOWARD T. KNAPP. IIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIEIIIIWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE -IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII|IIIIIIWWWWWIIIlIIlIIiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIlIIIIIlIiIIIIIIIIiIIIIIIIIlIIIIIII Billy and Tinker Pass the City Guards. N FARMER kitchen, Thanksgiving fixings.” \Vhen he returned with the excited little woman, he found Miss Hepsy, divested of her wraps, standing dimp- ling and blushing in a brown silk gown of an old, old fashion—the gown she had had made for this occasion, twenty years before. It was rather a tight fit, but she had got it on and some way it exactly suited her! After the ceremony, the minister’s wife followed her congratulations with the request, “VVon’t you come to din- ner with us tomorrow? For I know Hepsy has been so busy this week that she has had no time for her own preparations.” Hepsy smiled, but shook her head. “Thank you,” she replied, “but we have made other arrangements.” IIT- IFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII “Because the ants won’t let it,” re plied Tinker. “When they started to build their city here, they cut down all the oat trees and blades of grass and then trumped the earth down hard and smooth. Of course, in those days the plain was not nearly as large as it is now, but as the city grew and the ants needed more room they cut down more and more trees. And the ants never give back the land they steal from the. oat forest, for as soon as anything green shows its head above ground in the circle of their dooryard, the‘Little People at- tack it and cut it down.” “But how?” demanded Billy. “With their sharp Ieeth,” Tinker replied. “A11 :iiit’s jaws are really a whole set of carpenter’s tools, and their strong teeth serve the purpose of a saw and an axe and pinchers and a shovel and, oh, every kind of tool that anyone could wish.” By This time Billy and Tinker had reached the foot of the hill and start- ed to climb the steep side. but long before the top was reached Billy was puffing and blowing at a great rate And then, when they did reach the top, they were stopped by a group of soldier ants, big strong fellows, arm- ed with an unusually powerful set of jaws, for their heads were much larg- er than the heads of the worker ants Billy had met 011 the road or in the harvest field, and these soldiers re— fused to let them pass. But next week I’ll tell you how Billy and Tinker got in the city. and what they saw them. AN INDOOR TRACK-MEET. BY many erCOX. “'e had a delightful evening in the church parlors some time ago which we called “An Indoor Track-Meet.” The invitations were sent out on slips of paper cut in the shape of tennis rackets. Each miniature racket bore the suggestive jingle: “Come all you who like football, To young and old we send our call. A11 indoor track meet we have plan- ned, So come and join our happy band. A three-inch grin is full qualification You don't want to miss this jollifi- cation. On the other side of the card we wrote the time and place of meeting. Our room was decorated with red and white streamers. As the guests arrived they were asked to take either a white or red slip of paper. These slips had been cut in the shape of pennants; The slips were pinned on to each one present, and throughout the evening each player represented the side indicated by the color of his pennant. - At either end of the room were looking after some of her' NOV. 20, 1915. tacked score cards naming. the events; Score. Possible Winner points Red. White. Qualification test. . 10 . . . . . Foot race....« ...... 15 Relay race (No. 1). .50 .... .... Relay race (No. 2). 25 .... .... Standing high jump (highest total of points) .......... 30 .... .... Tug of wai (three out of fiVe) ...... 50 .... .... Foot ball game (two out of three). ”100 .... .... Total white . Total Red ........ ..... .. W’ben all had assembled the umpire for the evening called the groups to gether with the aid of a basket ball whistle. The events were explained as they appeared on the program. Much fun was afforded in guessing what each event would really be. To determine which side was the better qualified the mouths were measured with a piece of white string. Each played smiled his broadest as the referees went down the lines. The measurement of the second players’ mouths was taken just where the measurement of the first player’s mouth left off. And so the referees went down the line with an evenin- creasing length of string. The side having the largest string was declar- ed best qualified and scored ten points. For the foot race the players were lined up heel to toe. Of course, the side having the longest feet were giv- en the. honors in this event. For relay race number one large square crackers were brought in on two plates. At a given signal each leader began eating a cracker. As soon as the leader had swallowed a cracker sufficiently so he could whis- tle, the next player in his line was given a cracker. He in turn chewed and whistled, allowing the one next to him to have a cracker. The side whose members first ate a cracker apiece, and whistling after each cracker, was awarded the hard-earn ed score. The second relay race was equally exciting though not as strenuous. A large handful of Clothespins was giv- en to each leader. \Vhen the signal was blown the leaders touched the floor with their Clothespins and hand ed them to the next player. Each player in turn was requi1ed to touch the floor with the full bunch of pins and hand them on When the “Whites” succeeded in getting all of thei1 pins back to their leads-1 ahead of the “Reds,” they were marked up anothex 25 points. F01 the standing high jump marsh- mellows had been hung on white string from an archway. The plaVers took turn and turn about, one from each side, jumping to catch the marsh- mellows in thei1 mouths. When all the mmshmellows had been captuied the side having taken the largest numbe1 were declared victors. The hammer throw was conducted in much the same way as the jump ing contest had been The playexs weIe provided with paper 1acks which had been blown full of ai1 and tied The player hurling his bag the farth- est from the chalk line won the cov- eted 30 points for his team. For the tug-of-war one “White” and one “Red” were given either end of :1 piece of string. From the middle of the string was fastened a raisin. The players were instructed to reach the raisin by getting the string into their mouths without using their hands. This stunt was tried by five different couples. The “Reds" devoured the largest number of raisins and were awarded 50 points. Last of all came the football game. This was a splendid climax f01 all the preceding stunts. Each team was al- lowed to choose sufficient players to fill one end and the adjacent side of an ordinary table. Each player was instructed to kneel so that his chin was on a level with the table’s edge. Then the football was brought in—an egg with the inside blown out. When the referee blew his whistle the players began to blow the bail. Each side tried to blow it off the table on their opponent’s side. After much merriment the “Whites” blew it off on the side of the table guarded by the “Reds.” However, the “Reds” were more successful in the last two games and won the points given. Still the “Whites” were jubilant for without the game they totaled the highest score. A large box of candy was given to the Vietor. NOV. 20, 1915. The Utility of Owls? By DR. L. K. HIRSHBERG HE wisdom of the owl has been held in little respect by men' ' and that distinguished bird of prey made a target of superstitious[ destruction as a creature of ill-omen.E The fear and uncanny stories told! about owls by country people is re-[ sponsible for the serious reprisals against the farmer’s granaries by: mice, bats, gophers, snakes, weasels,. and all sorts of rodents, reptiles, and insects. Shakespeare, perhaps, half realized that owls would serve the home bet-i ter as pets than cats or dogs. While; in Love’s Labor Lost, there is a song, “Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; “Tu-who, a merry note,” Dr. K. S. Lashley has been investi- gating the behavior of owls, and is convinced that they would make pets in the household, especially in the suburbs and country, much more val- uable economically, than any of the usual four-footed friends of man. The barn or church tower which harbors a pair of owls, or even one owl, should be made most habitable and pleasant for these usually solitary birds. Professor R. Bosworth Smith, of .Trinity College, Oxford, says that one pair of o‘wls in a small vil- lage is worth more than a whole Army of Pied Pipers and. St. Patricks. One barn owl, in brief, will rout out thou- sands of rats, mice, squirrels, and snakes from granaries and stored. food. There are over two score of differ- ent kinds of American owls, all with much in common. The long-cared, eagle, short—cared, and similar species have tufts of feathers on top of their heads, which they raise or depress at will as parrots do. These tufts re-i semble egrets, horns, or ears. Chil-i dren recognize owls the first tinie’l I seem-from pictures previously exam- ined. The round eyes, the circle of feathers around them, and the beaks! are very distinctive. Professors Clarence M. ’Weed and Ned Dearborn point out that few birds make a stronger appeal to the imagi- nation than do owls. Their nocturnal habits, their grotesque appearance, their weird and unearthly voices, their secluded haunts all combine to VlSll‘ alize as well as impress the ear of lonesome, religious folk with tales of ghosts, spectres, and supernormal phenomena. pr. Lashley, of Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, has finally put an end to the prevalent belief that owls sleep by day or can only see by night. The various species studied by him see very well in broad daylight and sleep much the same as other birds, to wit, whenever opportunity offers. Their preference for the night and for darkness is a matter of good and self-preservation. Vermin, bats, ro- dents. and reptiles steal forth in sty- gian blackness to make their raids on man’s hard earned preserves. Then, their depredations are performed—if an owl is not aroundflwith better chances to escape. The owl by habit and by instinct has discovered this. Two to eight whitish eggs are laid by the mother owl. Small animals and insects, frogs, reptiles, birds, gophers, mice, squirrels, prairie dogs, and almost all of the creatures, which eat into the farmer’s exchequer are delectable morsels for the owl—one of man’s best friends. Owls hide during the day, as much because of man’s ingratitude to them, as. from a plethora of the night’s chase. Dr. Fisher examined the stomachs of 39 owls shot, perhaps wantonly by the farmers most benefited and found in them——perhaps one night’s adven- ture—34 mammals, such as mice, shrews, rats, bats, squirrels, and gophers; four birds, one a pigeon, and many insects harmful to plants. THE MICHIGAN FARMER 13—457 SAXON’ ROAD- TliR «$395 , Costs less to run than horse and buggy ‘ 77 * 4‘} “’7 u' _,.\‘___. . 1.. Ask any Saxon driver “Absolutely the finest two-passenger car at anywhere near the price”—that’s the verdict of Saxon owners everywhere on their New Series Saxon Roadsters. country come such statements as these: From all over the “The Saxon Roadster is certainly a wonderful car. We prefer to ride in it rather than in large cars." F. A. Morrir, New York “My Saxon is most satisfactory. Its simplicity and size make it especially contenient for a woman In handle.” Clara A. Realm, Detroit “The more I drive the Saxon the better I like it. Last week I made a 380 mile trip with it at an actual crpenso of 81.95.” H. C. Schultz, Concordia, Kan. “I have driven the car for thousands of‘ miles and have yet to see the lzifl it would not take on high." C. B. Adam, [Wonrog N. C. “It is a perfect charm. smooth running and an easy rider. Greatest small car I ever sat in.” J. F. Jarrard, Greembmgg, Ind. “Today the Saxon is the car of the rich and poor alike. It has come to stay, and I will always own a Saxon. I have driven enough to know how reliable it is ererywherc.” Fr McCabe St. Columbia Rectory, Stoneibaro, Pa. Think what Saxon offers for $395 —Saxon motor of amazing power, economy and flexibility; Atwater- Kent ignition; honeycomb radiator, handsome, roomy streamline body, dry plate clutch,———everything sound and good, tried and proved. Why not experience the joys of motoring at minimum cost—half a cent per mile— just as 35,000 other Saxoneers are doing? See your Saxon dealer and arrange for your Saxon ride. “Saxon Days”, with in- fonnation about the New Series Saxon cars sent on request. Address Dept. 12'. High speed motor, 15 h. p.; three-speed slid- ing gear transmission; Timken axles; Hyatt quiet bearings; new body, handsomer. room- ier; vanadium steel cantilever springs; signal lan‘lps at side; ventilating windshield. (Electric starting and lighting system, $50 extra.) I New Series Saxon “Six”$785 If you want a car for the whole family, buy a New Series Saxon “Six”-—at $785—— with powerful economical 6-cylinder high speed motor; roomy yacht-line body for 5 big people—112-inch wheelbase; Timken axles and bearings; two-unit starting and lighting system of utmost efficiency, etc. Delivery Car “Four” Roadster With detachable Coupeltop Saxon Motor Company, Detroit 3395 “Six” Touring Car 5785 455 With detachable Limousine top 935 395 “Six" Roadster 785 (216) You can’t get a cold in a Summit Knit-Nek Vest . You’ll be warm and comfortable in 3 Summit Knit-ch Vest with- out wearing a heavy overcoat. .There is no possible way for the Wind or cold to get at you. The body is made of strong and durable corduroys, whipcords and molcskin, lined With leather on the inside. The sleeves are made of leather with wool wristlets that fit snugly around the wrists. Then think of the patented Knit-Nek that fits snugly around your neck—keep- ing the wmd away from your throat. Can you imagine anything more com- fortable? . . .Wréte today for our interesting style book all gwc your dealer's name. lilllllllllllllllllll tuniwli‘tml.1Milv. I ll llllllll'llill llllllllilllll =; .{ ~ .m Jlu “g LE Pulverlzed lime rock for “sour" soils. Write for L0“' PRICES DlREOT TO YOU and we will send sample and full particu- lars. Write to office no rest 1. ‘ LAKE SHORE STONE COMPANaY. ’0‘ Muskezon. Mich.. and Benton Harbor. Mich —You .uhould not the highest grade of limestone manufactured. Buy it upon the basis of analysis. We manufacture the highest grade. pul - vorized limestone sold in Michigan. Let us prove it. Ask for sam ple and analysis. CAMPBELL STONE 00.. Indian Rlvor. Mloh. LIMESTONE For general farm use. Finely pulverized. made from higher. high calcium stone. ()uii-k shipments in (-lwsed rant. Let us sen-i sample and price. Northern Lime Co.. Petoskey.Mich. Hairy Vetch Sued For Sale 0 uud. $8.“) bushel. Backs free. DOR D. BUELL. Elmira. Michigan. WANTED”§Ei~in'§fmiii§“r8f£i‘i“““ l) YOUNG-RANDOLPH SEED C0.. OWOsso, Mill? EED POTATOES smooth. sound Petoske S tr m l‘ S soil. sl‘per bu. in 2‘»; bu. sacks. Ordgr 2 (dack‘sgldi more. OSCAR SKINNER. Gowcn, M ichlguu. Salesman l|l.'rnted:“"““t “Elli; territory. Liberal proposition. A hustlgiiudan m' k from 3200 Q0 3300 per month. Vi'rite at once for plans tlculars. 1119 Master Mechanics 00., Cleveland. 0. “IAIN AUCTIONEEIING amass..." 039...“: and become independent with no capital invested. Every brute}: of! the ageing” tought in 5 weeks. today or too on . JONES’ NAT‘L SCHOOLWOF AUCTIONEERING; 28 N. Socramento Blvd.. Chicago. m. Carey I. Joan. Pm. 'When writing to advertisers please mention The Michigan Farmer. NOV. 20, 1915. THE MICHIGAN 'F-A'RMER 14—458 Gold Medal Awarded New Perfection Heater The Superior Jury of Awards of the Panama-Pacific Exposition has awarded the New Perfection Line a medal of lzonor—this being the only line to be so distinguished. In addition. the NEW PERFEC- TION Healer received an individual Gold Medal, as did each of the oil-burn- ing devices bearing the NEW PER- FECTION name.» In all. it was a wonderful triumph—a sweeping tribute to quality— —-The' quality you should demand when you buy your heater. You need the NE W PERFECTION Look , for the Triangle The New Perfection Line because it is the greatest comfort you can install in your home. an aid to good health; a means to economy; the clean- est heat you can use. Easy to care for; ready by striking a match: burns 10 hours on one gallon of oil; can ’t smoke. No trouble to re-wick. because wick and carrier are combined —the fresh wick all ready to put in, clean, smooth and ready to light. Your dealer has the NEWPERFEC TION Oil Heater on exhibition, the heater that won the Gold Medal. from the Medal of Honor Line. He will be glad to show you the different models. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Indiana) ," CHICAGO, U. S. A For Best Results Use Perfection all (413) , Bunion-d Chemical Works Dept. 12 Providence, R. I. m or I enclose 4c in stamps for sample can. Nam; Strep! Baking that is appellZlng and digestible Good baking is largely a mat- ter of care. Care in selecting your ingredients, care in putting them together, and great care in the selection of the leavener. The last is very important. Select Rumford Baking Powder and you have a leavener that raises the dough evenly, insures a tender, even texture, and makes the bak- ing appetizing and digestible. IlllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllll Let I! convince you-send for a trial can. THE WHOLESOME City - HAW FUHS WANTED Big demand for American F urs! Vi e pay to market prices and keep urs separate upon request, eep you posted at. all times, and send in (irket reports and prke lists-FREE! Write TDO AY. HARRY LEVY Em‘Ipo'Iter of Raw F1113 2A? Seventh Ave, New York Get started right thisseason and damake more money Send your name toda ' BUMBIUGH’S MARKET REPORTS now ready to mail. The note latest list rices. Fara fro northern state aremygpeseialty and ’ll paypthe moet' footie? forth em. Correct grading means more money for you. entee my grades or return your furs. Writeto to.day BUMBA 0H When Writing to Advertisers Please Mention The Michigan Farmer. ' Yes, you may keep lhis new Edison—and ’ £0 ur choice of records too for only a single dollar. ay the balance at rate of only a few cents a day. ' Tr the new Edison In our Free Tr'a' ow: home before on decidye to buy. Have all the newest entertainments. fintertai nyour trio ndfl. We will lead it. to you without a penny l’tmdown. 1 ‘ Write'l‘odaym '°' 2" “assuage binds? o...” and pictures of new Edison.m phonograph hump). Dutnbutore ' Chicano. 1111.61. fig: Cowand horse hides tanned perfectly & and made into handsome coats rob ARTE AND Morn PR'OOF. FUttBegsbRESSEDmllR kinds. ) HEADS MOUNTED J [ Booklet and samples free. Sylvania Tanning Co., Dept. 4 ,Sylvuiwlio We want our furs-we {hi ‘ -—WI cu ROE “000“” today ”or III! mute listm and ofour FRE I trapper-e. HILL IROS. "IR 00. 8.8 I. III" ‘Toto ‘1‘- WUIS. HO. TRADPERS I!“ do... so“ m FEW days of mild weather fol- lowed upon the debate of fur- nace vs. stove between Grace and John, and in the meantime circu- lars began to arrive from the various firms to whom Grace had written for information regarding the cost of in- stalling a heating system. John, busy with work which the warm spell made possible, almost forgot the matter, but Grace devoted most of her waking hours to study Of the best plan of at- tack. She was determined not to shiv- er through all her winters with one hard coal stove to heat an 18x20 liv- ing-room, 16x16 dining-room and two bedrooms, each as large as the din- ing-room. “It will end by everybody sitting around the kitchen stove nine-tenths of the time, just as they always did at home,” she reflected, “for the heat of one stove would be lost in all that space. VVhat’s the use of living if you can’t have some comfort as you go along? I may die in my early youth and never live to enjoy my sav- ings in my old age. I’d rather have some good of my earnings now. We’ll have the furnace.” However, {she kept her decision from John until the last stove com- pany was heard from. Then, in the good old way, she set forth a feast for her victim, and when he had eaten to satiation, she led him forth to sac- rifice. An easy chair took the place of the ancient sacrificial block, and the fragrant smoke of a Havana arose as incense. John’s hand strayed laz- ily to the table for the daily paper, but encountered instead a large en- velope bulging with leaflets. “VVhat’s all this stuff?” he asked, cocking the cigar up towards the ceil- ing and squinting through the smoke. “Oh, some circulars that came in the mail,” Grace replied. “I thought you would like to look them over. It looks like stoves. Maybe we could get one cheaper at the factory than we could here in town.” “I shouldn’t wonder if we could,” agreed John. “Anyhow, it won’t do any harm to find out. Here’s an old codger that looks exactly like dad,” he continued, pulling out a leaflet where- On was pictured a jolly old man in Shirtsleeves, reading the paper he- side a bookstrewn table, while snow- storms raged without. “My, but that looks comfortable.” “Doesn’t it?” Grace agreed inno- cently. “I suppose he’s just set up the baseburner and is sitting down to enjoy it” “Baseburnei nothing,” sniffed John. “There isn’t a stove in that room. See that thing in the floor? That’s a reg- ister. They’ve got a furnace.” “Oh, so they have,” said Grace. It was an hour later before John finally left the circulars and bethought himselfgof work. Meantime he had delved into the mysteries and intrica- cies of boilers and radiators, warm air heaters, fireboxes, coils, flues, pipe- less furnaces, cold air intakes and reg isters of various patterns and patents. He had found that he could buy a fur- nace warranted to burn hard coal or soft coal, coke or wood, and guaran- teed against about everything, even to letting the fire go out in the middle of the night in zero weather. In fact, if he wanted to pay for it, he could have an attachment to open and close checks and drafts automatically, thus eukeeping the house at an even heat without supervision. He had dipped into prices, minus various per cents MllfllllllllllllIIIIIHIHIIHIIHI”Illl”IllmIIMIIHIIHUHHHHIHIIIlllllllIillIllIlillllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllillllll||llllllllllllillllllllillllIllllllllllllllull"llH”NH”IllHmlllilllllllllllllllllll|lllllllllIIHHIIHIIIHIE fi'flEllHl|l||||IHIIUHIHIHIIHHHIIHIIHIIIIIIHIIIIHHIIHIIHIHII|IlIIllII||l|lllll|IIIIlllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllIIlHIIIHIll!“I|IIllIlllIHIHHHIIIHIHIHHIIIHIIllllllllilllllllllilllIIIHIHIHHIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIHIHHIE The Domestic Crucible—17 Grace Develops Business Instinct. for installing, and though he fully in- tended to buy one medium-priced coal stove, his mind was sub-consciously figuring out the cost of installing a. furnace that would do good work at the least expense. “They’re all very fine for folks with money,” he said, as he tossed the last booklet aside and got up to go to work, “but yours truly is not going to sink his money in any such unneces- sary luxury. A stove did for us both at home and I guess it is good enough for us yet ” “They still plow in the old- fashion- ed way at home,” said Grace, “But I notice you bought a sulky plow.” “That’s economy,” John replied. “It saves time, and it’s already paid for itself.” “A furnace would save my time,” came back Grace. “Every time you touch a stove you leave a pile of ashes for me to clean up, and the dust settles on everything whenever a stove is cleaned out. With a stove I’ll be brushing up and cleaning half the time. With a furnace, the dirt is all in the cellar.” “We haven’t any money to throw away on tomfoolery this fall,” John flung back as he made for the door. “We’re lucky to get out without hav- ing to borrow.” “Borrow,” Grace exploded, as the door banged after John. “And him with $500 in the bank to make a pay- ment 011 that other 20 acres he wants to get hold of. What do we want of any more land? It would only mean another hired man for me to cook for, and I’m worked to death now. That’s just like a man, though. All he ever thinks about is grubbing away buying more land to make himself and his wife old before their time. What good is land or money if you ’re too worn out to enjoy it?” She spent a large part of that fore- noou poring over the circulars. “Hot water would really be best for a house this size,” she mused, “but it would cost nearly $400 to put it in. I know he’d never do that unless I went into a decline and the doctor ordered it. But why heat the whole barracks?” she suddenly thought. “Twelve rooms for two people is six or eight too many. I could shut up six rooms right now and never open them until spring and we’d still have more room than we actually need. Then we could put in one of those pipeless furnaces until we tear this thing down and build a bungalow.” “How much am you planning to pay for a stove?” she asked that night at supper. “‘Oh, I’ll have to pay $45 or $50 to get one big enough, I suppose,” John answered. “‘Vt’e might as well get a. good one while we’re about it, and it will need a monster to do any good in these rooms.” “I should say it would,” Grace ex- claimed. “You might as well set it up in the cellar and expect it to heat the whole house as to put it in the living. room and expect it to warm things up any out here,” “That might not be such a bad idea,” John agreed. “That’s the the- ory of a pipeless furnace. You put a. huge stove in the basement, brick it around to keep in the heat, connect it with cold air intakes from registers in your floors, heat that cold air in the jacket between the stove and the brick and let it out through a register in the floor. directly over your furnace. The warm air rises and spreads ,.-i'__.,_ 3;. ... ”.4 » mortgages at six per cent and let the NOV. 20, 1915. through your rooms and the cold air goes down through the cold air regis- ters to be heated and rise again. You have a continuous current and warm the whole house with the one stove." “How much would that cost?” ask-l ed Grace as innocently as if she had not figured it all out to the last centl, that afternoon. l “Oh, they run all the way from $85! to $135, depending on the size,” John; answered. “If I was going to get one! I’d get a good big one. It would prob- ably take the highest priced one to: warm this house.” “Why not get it then,” Grace asked. “You don’t need that 20 acres you’re planning to buy, and you certainly need some way of keeping comfort- able. You’ve got more land now than you can work alone, and another 20 acres means another man to pay and feed. How much will you be ahead at the end of the year?” “Land’s going up every month," i John demurred. “If I don’t take it now I’ll not get it at that price in the! spring.” ' “But why get it at all?” argued Grace. “What good will it do you? It only means more work and worry for both of us. If you want to invest .your money, why not invest it in farm other fellow do the worrying? We'd have time then for a little pleasure and spirits enough to be decent to one another instead of always being so tired we’re ready to snap each other’s heads off.” “I had a chance to lend $300 today at seven per cent,” John said, “but I wouldn’t promise it because I wanted that land.” “Then call the folks up now and tell them they can have it,” Grace urged, Cards. “and invest another $100 in a pipe- less furnace. That will bring you 50 per cent in my increased good temper. Who wanted the money?” “Stilwell wanted it to make a first payment on the ten acres joining his," said John. “He has 220 acres now. You never go there that they aren’t just finishing a scrap, or don’t break out while you’re there.” - “You can’t wonder at it,” Grace an- swered. “No one can work beyond the limit all the time and keep even tempered. Do we want to follow in their footsteps, or take life a little easier and keep sweet?” “Bother the keeping sweet,” John re- plied. “I’d trust you for that. But I don’t know but that I’d be as far ahead in the long run to lend my mon- ey at seven per cent as to buy land on a contract, pay six per cent on that and then board and pay a hired man to work the extra land. Your mush talk doesn’t move me, but your busi- ness argument has some weight. I might take a flier in pipeless furnaces and if I come out all right, make a heavier investment in future.” “Good enough,” said Grace. “Any- ting so I get the furnace. And I’ll give you my commission for making the sale. That ought to bring the profits up enough to make it pay.” —— FOR THE THANKSGIVING DINNER. BY N. M. PAIRPOINT. 'A set of name cards for the Thanks- giving dinner table, add a most at- tractive note to the decorations, and ,er edge of the card, place a ruler [the closed scissors along its edge, so lam thecard will be indented. This A Suggestion for Thanksglvmg Place is called “scoring” and makes the card THE MICHIGAN FARMER‘ make vei'y pretty little souvenirs, to remember the day by. I like to use a piece of stiff water-color paper, or cardboard with a water-color surface that is quite smooth, what is known among artists as a “hot-pressed” sur- surface. Mark out spaces three by four and a half inches for each card, and trace or draw the 'design at one end. If tracing is the method to be used, a piece of regular tracing paper is best, but ordinary tissue paper will do very well. When the design is traced on the tissue paper, turn it over and blacken the back of it all over with a lead A Design Emblematic of the Day. pencil. Now lay the black side down on the card, and go over all the lines of the design with a pencil when the subject will be transferred to the card. The simplest possible way to finish the design, is to go overall the lines with a pen and good black ink. This is very easy, and makes a nice effec- tive card. Or the cards are more at- tractive, if colored crayon are used, for the different parts. When the pumpkin design is traced on the card, if it is to be finished with colored crayon, make the pumpkin itself orange, and the leaves and stems green. Use the dark brown crayon to outline the pumpkin, and to show the divisions, and an outline of brown round the stems and leaves, will clear up any places where the color may have run over the edges. One and a half inches from the low- across, and lightly draw the point of fold and crease very nicely. Bend back this strip, and the card will stand up when placed on the table. The grape design is pretty, if the grapes are made a red-purple. Use the red crayon first, lightly, then work over it with the purple crayon, and the two will blend. Using one crayon over another in this way, makes the color quite strong, and the crayons should each be used lightly, or the color will become darker than you ex— pect. Make the leaves and stems green, and the whole may be outlined with brown. The turkey is effective if left white, with red used for the head, and brown for the details. Such an arrangement The Grape is Suggestive of Festivities. is not quite true to nature, but it makes a very attractive card. Make the scrolls he stands upon green, and outline any parts with brown that need making more distinct. 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[EllillIlllIIllllllllllllllIlllllllll"IllllllllHIIllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllll||||lllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllIll"lHlllllllllllllllllIllllHl”NIHIllll.‘IlIllIlIllllIIlIIllllllI|lllllIllIIll!|IIllllIlHlIlllllllllllllll|IllIllllllllllllllllllllllg gFEII’II] Commerce g s 'g Elllmllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllll|llllllllllllllllllll|III|IIllI|HIIllllI|ll|IHIIllllllllfllllllllllllllllll|lllIlllllIlllllllllllIllHllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllll|lll|IlllIlllllllllllllllllmllgi The Power 'of the Packer May Be Modified by a General Revival of Farm Slaughtering to Fur- nish Local Meat Supply—Suggestions on Butchering Hogs. IVE the meat packer more pow- G er. That is what we do when we sell to him all the live stock grown in the community. In principle it is like an unconditional auction sale with just one bidder present— that bidder sets the price. This in substance is the conclusion of an gricultural economist who furth- er reflects that the above is only half the story. The other half is the man- ner of supplying the same community with meat. After all the animals have been sold on foot, it becomes neces- sary to go to the packer for a supply of animal carcasses—hundreds and thousands of buyers purchase from the same seller. Then it is that the situation stands reversed. Instead of the bidder saying, “I’ll take a hind quarter, please, and pay you so much,” the seller says, “No, the price is so and so.” Now in supplying meat to the peo- ple of our great cities we admit that the methods employed by the packer enables him to slaughter the animals and distribute the carcasses in a most economical manner, but in getting meat on our own table and on that of our cousin who lives in the home town the supply should come from farm slaughtered animls. We deem it more generous than good sense calls upon one to be, to pay transportation to Chicago and back again, plus the dis- tributors profits on meat consumed in a producing district when the commu- nity grows more meat than its people can eat. We believe a general revival of farm slaughtering to a degree suffi- cient to supply the wants of the local farmers, and the home town folks, and perhaps some retailers and families in the near-by larger cities, would have a wholesome effect upon the trend of prices for live stock, would save mon- ey to the community, give the farmer a larger income and cut down his meat bills. To assist those who desire to do this and who may have forgotten the method of or never had experience in butchering hogs we give the following directions: WELL selected butchering out- fit and a convenient place for working are important consider- ations at hog-killing time. To aid in this work demonstration specialists recommend to farmers as a handy and complete “kit' the equipment shown in the accompany illustration. This consists of two butcher knives, two “bell” or candlestick scrapers, a meat saw, and a sharpening steel. The meat saw is for sawing down the backbone and cutting up the carcass. The candlestick scrapers have detach- able handles, and are used to remove the hair and scurf from the hogs. A long water-proof apron, which will protect the clothing, can be had at a small cost. Preparation of Animals for Slaughter. A 24 to 36 hour fast, plenty of wa. ter, careful handling, and rest before slaughter are all important in secur- ing meat in the best condition for use, either fresh or for curing purposes. Food in the stomach decomposes very rapidly after slaughter, and where the dressing is slow the gases generated often affect the flavor of the meat. Water should be given freely up to the time of slaughter, as it keeps the temperature normal. It is highly important that the ani- mals be not excited in any way suffi- ciently to raise the temperature of the body. If the animal becomes heated, it is better to allow it to rest over- night before killing than to risk spoil- ing the meat. It is also essential that the hog be carefully handled so as not to bruise its body. Points on Killing. It is customary on the farm to stun hogs before sticking them, although in some localities this is not done. An- other method is by shooting the hog through the head with a rifle, though extraordinary care should be exercis- ed in using a rifle around farm build- ings. After stunning by a heavy blow on the center of the forehead imme- diately above the eyes with a poleax, the eight-inch straight-bladed knife is inserted into the hog’s throat in the under portion of the neck, to a point just in front of the chest cavity, but not into this cavity. The knife is giv- en a twist and side'ward motion to sever the blood vessels and allow the blood to flow. By laying the hog on one side and elevating the ham end the blood will gravitate freely. Proper Temperature of Water for Scalding and Scraping. A barrel is the receptacle commonly used for scalding. If it is set at the proper slant, with the open end against a table or platform of the proper height and the bottom securely fastened, there is little danger of ac- cident. A strong table built for the purpose would be a very desirable thing on which to work, though it is not absolutely necessary. A box often serves very well. The wateiI for scald- ing should be heated to the boiling point. This will allow for a reduction of temperature when the water is put into a cold barrel, the best tempera- ture for scalding the hogs being from 145 to 150 degrees. Be careful not to have the water so hot as to cook the skin of the hog. If the water is too hot the hair is likely to set. A small shovelful of hardwood ashes added to the water aids materially in removing the scurf from the body, though it has no effect in loosening the hair. A lump of lime, a handful of soft soap, a little pine tar, or a tablespoonful of concentrated lye has the same effect. How to Scald a Hog. The hog should not be scalded be- fore life is extinct, or the blood ves- sels near the surface of the skin will be cooked, giving a reddish tinge to the carcass. While being scalded the hog should .be moved constantly to avoid cooking the skin. Occasionally it should be drawn out of the water to air———when the hair may be “tried.” As soon as the hair and scurf slip eas: ily from the surface, scalding is comJ plete. If it is suspected that the wa-- ter is too hot, scald the hind end of the hog first. If the water is too hot and you overscald the head, you will be adding to the trouble of scraping the part most difficult to clean. When the water is about right, begin by scalding the head. The scraping and cleaning of the hog’s skin should be done as soon as possible after removal of the animal 5 from the Scalding vat. Scraping a cold hog is a difficult, if not an impos- sible, task. Where it is necessary to reverse the position of the hog in the barrel to complete scalding, the por- tion scalded should be cleaned before attempting to scald the other end of the hog. When the hair starts readily, re- move the animal from ‘the water and begin scraping. The “bell” scraper should be used with a long, sweeping movement over the sides and ends while the hog is still hot. The head and feet should be cleaned first, as they cool quickly. Pull the ears through the hands to remove the bulk of the hair. Grasp with the hands the lower portions of the legs and twist to assist in cleaning them. Use the “candlestick” scraper for removing the skin and scurf from the flat sur- faces and as much as possible from the other parts and finish the cleaning of the entire carcass, removing all hair, scurf, and dirt by rinsing with hot water and shaving with large knife. Cut the skin on the side of the ten- dons below the hock to expose the tendons so that a gambrel stick may be inserted. The next step is to hang the hog by his hind legs by means of the gambrel stick high enough so that his head clears the ground. Wash down with hot water, shave over any unfinishedgpatches and wash the en- tire carcass again to remove all loose hair and scurf. Occasionally a hog is killed that is too large to scald in a barrel. If it is covered thickly with blankets or with sacks containing a little bran, and hot water poured over it, the hair will be loosened readily. In some localities hogs are skinned, but scalding is far more satisfactoryfl Directions for Removing Entrails. In removing the entrails, first split the hog between the hind legs, sep- arating the bones with the knife. This can easily be done if the' cut is made directly through the union of bones between the hams. Run the knife down the center of the belly, shield- ing the point 'with the fingers of the left hand and guiding it with the right. There is little danger of cut- ting the intestines in this way. Split the breastbone with the knife or an ax and cut down through the sticking place to the chin. Cut around the rec- tum and pull it down until the kid- neys are reached, using the knife wherever necessary to sever the cords attaching it to the “bed.” Remove the sexual organs, then cut across the art- ery running down the backbone; cut around the diaphragm (skirt) and re- move the intestines, stomach, and “pluck,” that is, heart, liver, and lungs, with a backward and downward pull—grasping the mass of organs near the union to the backbone and diaphragm, sever attachments with a knife where necessary. In this oper- ation the windpipe down to the head should be removed with the pluck. Do not disturb the kidneys or the leaf fat in carcasses to be shipped, except in warm weather, when the “leaf” may be removed to allow quicker and more thorough cooling. If the hog is to be cut up on the farm and not intended for shipment in carcass form, it is ad- visable to loosen the leaf fat from the abdominal wall, allow_ing it to remain attached to the carcass at the ham end. Open the jaw and insert a small block to allow free drainage; then wash out all blood with cold water and sponge out with a coarse moth. In hot weather the backbone should be split to facilitate cooling. It is good practice to do this also where the hog is to be cut up on the farm and not intended for shipment. The fat should be removed from the intes- tines before they get cold. Since it is strong in flavor it should not be mix- ed with the leaf fat in rendering. ll|IllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIHllllllllllllllllllHllllllHIl”Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll“l”llHlllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Marketing the Poultry Crop ROM now until the year-end holi- day season Michigan farmers will be marketing large quanti- ties of poultry and a few suggestions on methods of getting the birds to market so as to realize the largest profits will be in order. It is an easy matter to deliver poul- try of any kind to the local buyer, but where the producer consigns to a re- tailer in some distant city or to a. commission house, certain precautions are necessary to insure the safe ar- rival of the birds. Shipping Live Poultry. Coops should be in good condition before using, as the transportation companies handle them roughly and es- pecial care should be taken to have them strongly secured by thorough nailing and re-enforced with wire or metal strips. Have the coops suffi- ciently high to give the birds needed freedom as low coops cause heavy Turkeys losses through sufiocation. of course, require higher coops than do chickens. The great tendency is to overcrowd the coops; this probably comes from a desire to em down transportation charges, but it usually results in a loss through heavy shrinkage and smother- ed birds before destination is reached. During the colder months the birds, of course, can be crowded a little clos- er than in hot weather. In cold weath- er about 120 pounds of old hens can be placed in the regular size coops, while of spring chickens 60 pounds is the maximum for small size, and 90 pounds for the larger birds. It is desirable where one has a suffi- cient amount of stock to ship to grade into different classes and ship sep- arately. for they can be handled to much better advantage after they reach the market. If'the hens, spring chickens, roosters, turkeys, ducks and geese can each be sent in different crates, they will find a better demand Motor Power is Gaining in popularity as a means of marketing farm crops. Above illustration shows Wm. Neddermeyer, of Wayne County, with his car and trailer loaded with 65 bags of sweet corn weighing 50 pounds each ready for a fourteen-mile trip to market. He has carried the same size load every day for two months. ‘ NOV. 20, 1915. upon the market in that the needs of buyers can be more easily satisfied. Of course, where a limited amount of stock is to be sent, it will be neces- sary to send a mixed crate. Where the members of Granges or Farmers’ Clubs or other local co-operative socie- ties pool their poultry for shipment, they are enabled to gain the advan- tage that comes from grading the stock. Tag the crate carefully with the name and address of the shipper and of the party to whom the shipment is consigned. It is wise to place two tags on the crate, one on each end, so that if one should be pulled off, the other will identify the shipment. Avoid placing the tags on topof the coops, as when piling one on the other in shipping and carting through the streets, the tags are almost certain to be detached. It would be well to suggest further that the stock be caught the evening before shipment, given a good feeding in the morning and put in the coop without undue excitement. The birds should not be exposed to the extremes of cold and heat while being trans- ported to the station and shipments should be made by express and start- ed in time to reach the market be- tween Tuesday and Friday. How to Dress Poultry. Where one’s market demands dress- ed birds, the owner should aim to have the stock in good condition at the time for shipment. The birds should be well fed and well watered up to within from 20 to 24 hours of the time for killing, when they should be fasted. This will clear the crops and entrails of food which would like- ly sour before reaching the customer. Chickens—In killing do not wring the necks, but bleed at the mouth or cut the veins of the neck. Hang by the feet until properly bled. The head and feet should be left on. As scald- ed chickens sell best. one should scald rather than dry-pick. The water should be near boiling point, or about 170 degrees F. Before scalding pick the legs dry, then by holding the head and legs in the hand, immerse the re- mainder of the body five or six times. Do not put the head in the water, as it gives the bird a sickly appearance which detracts from its saleability. Remove the feathers immediately without breaking the skin, then dip for about ten seconds in water near the boiling point, after which hang in a cool place or put on shaping shelves until the animal heat has left the body; they will then be ready for packing. Do not remove intestines nor crop. Turkeys.—Dry-pick while the body is warm to avoid tearing the skin. In pulling the tail feathers, give them a little twist and they will come easily. Market the older turkeys and gob- blers before the Christmas holidays, as after that date the demand is for younger stock. . Docks and Geese.——Feathers are re- moved by scalding in water of the same temperature as for chickens, but more time will be required for the moisture and'heat to penetrate and loosen the feathers. Avoid dry-pick- ing previous to killing to save the feathers, as it infiames the skin and 'hurts the sale of the bird. Leave the feathers on the head and for two or three inches on the neck. Do not at- tempt to remove the down or hair from the body by singeing, as it gives an undesirable, oily appearance. After picking scald in water for about ten seconds and then rinse off in clean .cold water and allow to cool. Packing for Shipment. Be certain that the birds are thor- oughly dried and cooled before pack- ing in the container for. shipment. Clean boxes or barrels of the proper size, lined with manilla or straw pa- per are generally used for packing poultry. Straighten out the bodies and legs and pack snugly, filling the box or barrel as full as possible to THE MICHIGAN FARMER prevent the birds shuttling about. If convenient and there is plenty of .stock, put only one kind in a box when shipping to commission houses. Mark shipping directions plainly on the cover of the box or barrel, togeth- er with the kind and weight of each description so that the receiver will understand quickly What the contents consist of. In addition to the name and address of the receiver put your own address and name on the box as the shipper. lllllllillllllflmlllllmllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllmllllllllllllllllllll Crop and Market Notes. Michigan. Isabella 00., Nov. 10.——The average acreage of wheat and rye have been sown. Corn about half a normal crop; potatoes 40 per cent of a crop and rotting badly. The usual amount of feeding stock on hand. Wheat 98c; oats 32c; beans $2.90; potatoes 350; eggs 25c; butter 23c; cream 26c; fowls 100. Lapeer 00., Nov. 9.—-There is an in- creased acmage of wheat and less rye sown than usual. Corn did not mature well. Blight alfected the potatoes ser- iously and the largest yields are 85 bushels per acre, while some fields are a failure. Very few good beans this year. Big shipments of sugar beets are being made. Potatoes 50@600; apples 50@75c; wheat $1; rye 69c; oats 38c; beans $2.50; hay $10@12. Washtenaw 00., Nov. 8.-—-About half the usual acreage of wheat and rye sown. There is a yield of about 75 per cent of a normal crop and not up to the average in quality. Potatoes are of very poor qulity and about 25 per cent of a crop. Very little feeding stock on hand. Farmers generally have enough feed for their own use. Wheat sells at $1.02; com 350; beans $3; hay $13.50; potatoes 750. New York. Columbia 00., Nov. 8.—Beautiful fall weather, some rain and very little frost. The usual amount of rye sown, this being the leading rye county of the state. Corn about half a crop. Po- tatoes in good demand with the price around $1 per bushel. Many farmers will be short of feed on account of the poor corn crop and poor yield of hay. Oats 500 per bushel; hay $20 per ton; apples $2 per bbl; butter 350; eggs 400 per dozen. Orleans 00., Nov. 9.—The acreage of wheat and rye sown is large. The yield of corn was good; potatoes very light. Very little stock on hand. The farmers generally have plenty of feed for own use. Apples all sold or in storage, bringing $2.25@2.35; potatoes 75c@$1; wheat $1.04; beans $3; hay $15@18; no corn to sell. New Jersey. Morris 00., Nov. 8,—Winter wheat and rye have made a fine growth. The corn crop was a disappointment, only about half the usual yield. Corn husk- 1ng slow on account of scarcity of help. Apples about half a crop. Po- tatoes $1; onions $1.10 per bushel; ap- ples 80c@$1 per bu; eggs 40c; but- ter 350; buckwheat 85c per bushel. Ohio. . Fairfield 00., Nov. 9.—An increase in acreage of wheat sown, and is look- ing well, though rain is needed. The yield of corn was very irregular, be- ing from 20 to 60 bushels per acre, and ‘not of the best quality. Potatoes medium yield and quality good, but there has been some complaint of rot. Amount of feeding cattle not up to average, but an increased number of hogs. Farmers will have plenty of feed. Wheat $1.05; corn, new 500; hay $15 per ton; potatoes 75c; apples 50@75c; milk 12@14c per gallon. Hardin 00., Nov. 8.—Weather fine and farm work progressing nicely. Clover seed a poor yield. Corn a good crop but quality not very good. Po- tatoes poor. About the usual acreage of wheat sown. Apples splendid crop and of good quality, bringing around 500 per bushel. New corn 500; pota— toes 750; hogs $6.35; clover hay $6 @12 per ton. . 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Appleton Mfg. Co., 520 F ulo St.. Bot-via. Ill. When Writiné to advertisers please mention The Michigan Farmer. ._._.___..__.__.. .m—.-_w¢.._____.~. - - . . . .... 462—18 THE 'MICHIGA .N FARMER » NOV. 20, 1915. @lelllllllilllilllllllllllllllllllIIllllIllllilllllllI|II||l'lllIlilll||I”millIlllllll||||IIll"llllllllllllllllllllllfll Markets. TElliIllIllllllllllllllfllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|lIllIlllllllllllllllllIIlIllllllllllllllllllllllfi GRAINS AND SEEDS. November 16, 1915. Wheat—The slight depression not- ed in the wheat trade last week, due to record—breaking primary receipts, has been overcome by a revival of buying by both domestic and foreign agents and now the trade is again looking upward. Certainly a market that can stand the stress of such tre- mendous receipts as the northwestern states and provinces have been put- ting into circulation, has much native strength, and most growers who are not obliged to sell feel that there will be higher prices ruling when winter weather cuts off the northwestern marketing. Then, too, good winter wheat is not going to be so plentiful for, while the yield was large the es- timated amount of high-grade wheat is shrinking, as a large portion of me holdings in the central states will have to be fed to stock instead of go- ing to the elevators. The reduction of stocks in Great Britain and the an- nouncement that much buying by her agents would be necessary to supply the required stores for winter, is also encouraging to believers in higher val- ues. The United States visible supply increased 5,124,000 bushels last week. One year ago the local price for No. 2 red wheat was $1.12 per bushel. Last week’s quotations were: Red. White. Dec. No. 2 No. 1 Wednesday . . . .1.12% 1.09% 1.14% Thursday ...... 1.12% 1.09 % 1.14 % Friday . . . . . ..1.13 1.10 1.14% Saturday 1.13 % 1.10 % 1.15 Monday 1 13 % 1.10 % 1.15 Tuesday . . .. . . . .1.13 1.10 1.14% Chicago—December wheat $1.04%; May $1.06% per bushel. Corn—Expecting that with the first cold weather the deliveries of corn will suddenly increase to considerable volume, dealers take hold of the trade with caution, but notwithstanding this hesitancy corn values went up the past week, and there is every reason to believe that the conditions which have held wheat prices on so high a level during the trying days of heavy delivery will do the same with corn. Reports of corn moulding in the shock are numerous. United States visible supply increased 78,000 bushels. Price for No. 3 corn a year ago was 750. Quotations for the week are: No.3 No.3 Mixed. Yellow. Wednesday 67% 68% Thursday 67% 68% Friday 67% 68% Saturday 68% 69% Monday 68% 69% Tuesday ...... 68% 69% Chicago—December corn 60.6c per bu; May 64.2c. Oats.——Steady prices, a fairly good demand, limited receipts at local ele- vators and a comparatively small vol- ume of the grain in commercial store- houses characterize the oat situation at present. One year ago the local price for standard oats was 49340 per bushel. Last weeks Detroit prices were 2 No. 3 Standard. White. Wednesday ......... 40 38 Thursday ........... 40 38 Friday ............. 40 38 Saturday ........... 40 38 % Monday ............ 40 38 % Tuesday ............ 40 38 % Chicago—December oats 38.50 per bu; May 4010. Rye.—Market quiet and lower with cash No. 2 quoted at 990 per bushel. Barley.——Malting grades are higher at Milwaukee at 56@65c per bushel, and at Chicago 55@65c is being paid. Peas.———Market is firm with offerings small. New crop quoted at Chicago at $2.35@2.50 per bushel, sacks inciuded. Beans.—Values are higher. Offer- ings are small. Farmers are confident that prices will be more favorable lat- er as good beans are very scarce. Cash beans are quoted at Detroit at $3.50, November $3.40 per bushel. At Chicago stocks are small and prices are advanced. Producers should not become scared at any attempt by deal- ers to bear the market. Pea beans, hand-picked, new, are quoted at $3.90 @4 per bushel for choice. Prime at $3.70@3.80; red kidneys $4.50@4.75 per bushel. At Greenville the farm- ers are offered $3 per bushel. Clover Seed.—Trade inactive; cash, December and March, quoted at $12 per bushel; prime alsike at $10.20. At Toledo prime cash $11.85; March at $11.80; prime alsike $10.35. Timothy Seed—Market rules steady at. $3.65 for prime spot. DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS. Butter.——Fancy grades of creamery are scarce; prices have advanced 1c. Ordinary stock quoted easy. Extra creamery 300; firsts 29c; dairy 210; packing stock 190. Elgin.—The scarcity of fancy goods caused an increase in price of lo; de- mand is moderate at the advance.Stor— age stock is being drawn on to fill demand. The price, based on sales, is 300. Chicago.—The advance in price caused by light receipts have made buyers conservative. Storage stock in better demand on account of the advance. Extra creamery 30%0; ex- tra firsts 29@29%c; firsts 26@280; extra dairies 29c; packing 19%@201/4c per pound. Eggs—Offerings of good eggs are very light. Prices remain unchanged. Market is firm. Current receipts are quoted at 30c; candled firsts 31c. Chicago—A steady feeling exists for fresh stock at advanced prices. Refrigerator stock is easy and lower. Firsts 30@30%c; ordinary firsts 27@ 28c; miscellaneous lots, cases includ- ed, 20@300; refrigerator Aprils 21140. Poultry.—Supply is good and prices for hens and springs are lower. The market is quiet. Turkeys 14@15c; spring turkeys 19@200; fowls 8@12c according to quality; spring chickens 1%:269130; ducks 14@15c; geese 13@ c. Chicago—Market is quiet with tur- keys in fair demand. Spring turkeys and fowls are lower. Light weight young turkeys not wanted. Turkeys 12@16c; spring turkeys 17@17%c; fowls 9@12%c; springs 13c; ducks 12 @13%c; geese 10@13%c. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Apples.——Are in good supply and ac- tive. The market is steady.‘ Fancy $3@3.50 a bbl.; common $1.25@-1.50. At Chicago trading in small'lots is good. Choice goods held steady. Of- ferings of bulk stock moderate and only fair quality. The Michigan pack brings above country pack prices. No. 1 Greenings $2.50@3; Jonathans No. 1, $3@3.25; Baldwins $1.50@2.25; Wageners $2@2.50; Spies $1.75@3; bulk apples $1.25@2 per car, depend— ing on quality. Potatoes—Receipts are ample and demand moderate. Many off-grade po- tatoes being received. Minnesotas are quoted at 65@700; Michigan 60@650 per bu. At Chicago the market is ac- tive and prices ruled strong. Michi- gans are quoted at 43@50c; quality poor. Other prices range from 42@ 58c. At Greenville 450 per bushel is offered. The receipts are normal. WOOL. Boston.———The trade is strong and prices are advancing. The 'seller of wool dictates the price today as the evident shortage of the world supply is being more and more impressed up- on users. For some time manufactur- ers were scouting about, taking all the wools they could secure from producing sections, but these stocks have been well cleaned up and now they must go to the dealers, who are not at all anxious to let go. Improvement in domestic business conditions is stim- ulating the demand for manufactured wools. Michigan unwashed -delaines are quoted at Boston at 28@29c; do. combing 32@37c; dol clothing 24@30c per pound. DETROIT EASTERN MARKET. Short crops, especially of potatoes and apples, and the cold weather at the beginning of the week out down the volume of business Tuesday, and the farmers were sold out early. Ap' ples ruled between 500 and $1 for the bulk of the sales, while some hand- picked offerings went at $1.50 per bu. Potatoes were offered in small quanti- ties at around 900 for fair quality. Cabbage 60c; turnips 50c; chickens 750 each; pork $11.50 per cwt; loose hay is coming slowly, with inquiry only fair at quotations ruling from $18 @22 per ton. _ GRAND RAPIDS. The potato market shows no special change, but is stronger if anything, With Greenville quoting at 45c; though at other places there has been buying at 35@40c; sales on Grand Rapids city market are reported at 500. Beans have also recovered somewhat from the recent setback, with quotations to farmers for white' pea at $2.80@3, red kidneys $3.25@3.50. Turkeys are in demand for Thanksgiving trade, with dealers offering 16@17c live weight and chickens 9@11c. Fresh eggs are firm at 33c and No. 1 dairy butter is steady at 24c. Grain prices at the mills are as follows: No. 2 red wheat $1.06; oats 37c; corn 70c; buckwheat 750; rye 90c. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Buffalo. November 15. 1915. (Special Report of Dunning and Stev- ens, New York Central Stock Yards, Buffalo, N. Y.) Receipts of stock here today as fol- lows: Cattle 285 cars; hogs 175 d. d.; sheep and lambs 75 d. d.; calves 1200 head. With 285 cars of cattle on the mar- ket here today, the strictly prime cat- tle sold from 15@25c higher; the com- mon and medium cows were a strong quarter lower than last week; handy butcher cattle of the best quality sold steady with last week’s prices; stock- ers and feeders were 10@15c lower than last week, and the common kind of light stockers were 25c lower. There are a few loads of cattle left over tonight unsold. We ‘had an excessive supply of hogs today, footing up a total of 175 double decks, and with liberal runs all over the west and lower prices, our mar- ket was forced in line with other points, showing a loss from Saturday’s best time of 15@25c per ct. on all but pigs, this class sold generally steady. A few selected lots of hogs sold from $7.10@7.25, latter sales very scarce; bulk of the yorkers and light mixed generally 70 per lb; pigs $6.10; roughs $5.75@6; stags $5@5.50. About everything sold that was yarded in time, but with a fair supply in sight for tomorrow we do not look for much if any improvement in the market. The lamb market was active today, prices a quarter lower than close. of last week. All sold and we look for about steady prices balance of the week. We quote: Lambs $9@9.10; cull to fair $7@8.85; yearlings $6.75@7.50; bucks $4@5; handy ewes $5.25@5.35; heavy ewes $5@5.25; wethers $5.75@ 6; cull sheep $3.50@4.25; veals good to choice $1_0.75@11; common to fair $8.50@10.50; heavy calves $6@9. Chicago. November 15, 1915. Cattle. Hogs. Sheep. Receipts today..23,000 45,000 40,000 Same day 1914.. 1,392 17,514 21,472 Last week ...... 51,589 169,178 82,237 Same week last year, stockyards quar- antined. No shipments. Shipments from here last week Were only 4,520 cattle, 14,740 hogs and 1,663 sheep. Hogs received for the week averaged but 193 lbs. in weight. Extremely large receipts today caused a general break in prices, cat- tle below the choice class averaging at least 10@150 lower, while hogs show- ed a similar break, and sheep and lambs were off 25@40c. Top lambs sold around $9, and the best hogs sold around $7.05. Only 1000 western range cattle arrived. Cattle were marketed liberally last week. The early market was a bad one for sellers of cheap and medium grades, with a Monday run of 22,616 head, and there were many of the $6.50@8.35 steers that failed to get bids, the market breaking in many cases 25@35c. By the middle of the week the market became active and stronger for fat beeves, and in some instances $8.25@8.75 kinds went a shade better than the mean close of Monday, while for right good to choice steers that had a good corn finish buy— ers paid 10@15c higher, with the rise in isolated instances 25@35c by Thursday. The choicer class of steers were quotable at $9.50@10.50, while the inferior to fair class of light weight grass-feds went at $4.25@6.45, with warmed~ups at $6.50@7.45,short- feds at $7.50@8.50 and pretty good lots at $8.75 and upward, although no really good cattle were offered below $9. Yearlings of prime quality were scarce and nominal much of the time, good to prime yearlings being worth $9@10.50. Prime heavy steers sold up to $10.40, and prime to extra yearling heifers brought $8@9.50 in limited numbers, with sales all the way down to $4.35@5.25 for grass-fed heifers, while cows brought $4.60@7.25. Cut- ters sold at $4.10@4.50, canners at $2.50@4 and bulls at $4@7.50. Calves were taken on the basis of $4@11 for coarse heavy to prime light vealers, while western range cattle were in good demand, steers going at $6.75@ 8.50 and cows and heifers at $3.75@ 7.35. During the week the bulk of the native steers from feeding districts brought $7.25@9.50. . Hogs continued to pursue a down- ward course of prices for still another week, with greatly increased receipts of hogs of light weight and pigs. These kinds sold at a large discount. The highest sellers were prime hogs of rather heavy weight, while choice heavy packers sold at the usual large discount from prices paid for the best matured barrows on the shipping or- der. Only limited numbers of hogs were purchased for eastern shipment, and most of the buying was left to lo- cal packers and smaller butchers. Packers claimed that the thin, light hogs were dressing very poorly. At the week’s close hogs brought $6.20@ 7.25, comparing with $6.25@7.55 a. week earlier, while top pigs brought $6.25. Mixed packing hogs brought $6.20@6.70, medium weights $6.75@7, selected butchers $7.05@7.25 and pigs $4@6.25. Prime 314-lb. hogs sold close to top prices. ‘ Sheep and lambs made extremely high price records last week at the best time, with light receipts, offer- ings falling far short of former years. Fed flocks comprised most of the of- ferings, although a few big bunches of Montana range“ wethers and lambs showed up and sold well. At the high time of theweek prime lambs brought. $9.35, and prices throughout the list were far above those paid in former years. Lambs and yearlings closed largely 15@25c higher than a week earlier and matured sheep 10@150 higher, closing prices being as fol- lows: Lambs $6.50@9.25; heavy lambs $7.75@9.10; wethers $5.75@ $6.40; ewes $3@5.65: bucks $4.25@ 4.75; yearlings $5.75@7.60. (Continued from page 461). $1; corn 85c; oats 30c; rye 750; eggs 300; butter 20c; clover seed $10 Illinois. Marion 00., Nov. 9.——About half the usual acreage of wheat and rye sown. Corn will average about 25 bushels per acre, mostly well, matured. Yield and quality of potatoes fair. No feed- ing stock on hand except a few hogs. Farmers have, plenty of feed for own use. The apple crop is all harvested. Apples, barrel stock, 50c per bushel; cider 200 per cwt; wheat $1@~1.05; corn 65c; hay $7@10; potatoes500; butter-fat 27c; butter 25c. ‘ Wisconsin. Polk 60., Nov. 8.—-Wheat and rye have made a. good growth so should- stand the winter well. Corn is of poor quality. Potatoes a good yield and quality good, but bringing .. the farmers only 25c per bushel. Stock is plentiful and very cheap at auc- tions. Wheat 950; oats 32c; barley 45c; hay $5; butter-fat 300; eggs 28c. Waushara 00., Nov. 9.——No heavy frosts yet, and potatoes all dug, with the yield lower than last year, while there is much rot. About half the corn is soft. The usual acreage of rye sown. Plenty of roughage. Pota- toes 35c; wheat 900; rye 93c; beans $2.75; Greening apples 50c per bushel. PURE-BRED CATTLE SALE POST- PONED. The sale of pure-bred Galloway and Red Polled cattle at the Kolb-Gotfred- son Barns, 1093 Gratiot avenue, De- troit, advertised in our last issue for Thursday, November 18th, has been post—poned until Saturday forenoon. November 20. Owing to a car short- age which delayed shipments, Messrs. Roberts & Roberts, who are offering these cattle found it necessary to postpone the sale as above noted. 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The market at the local stock yards this week wasthe worst seen here in a very long tune. 'The service given by the various rail- ways was far from being satisfactory, and live stock that should have been unloaded early Wednesday morning did not reach the yards in time to un- load until long after dark and a large portion of it was not yarded until mid- night. It looked as though every ship- per in Michigan tried to get here at once and late Wednesday night the Michigan Central put out an embargo on cattle, which will stop shipments here until the accumulation is cleared up. Other grades of stock may come as usual. - The cattle trade was a dull draggy affair, with prices on all grades full 25c lower than they were a week ago. The demand from the country was fair but hardly as good as it was a week ago. A good many healthy stock- ers are arriving that have not been dehorned and there is fully 50c differ- ence in the price of them and the de- horned stuff. The quality was com- mon, even so with stockers and the close was decidedly dull at the de- cline. Best heavy steers $7.25@7.75; best handy weight butcher steers $6 (17; mixed steers and heifers $5.50@ 6; handy light butchers $5.25@5.75; light butchers $4.50@5.25; best cows $5@5.50; butcher cows $4@4.75; com- nzon cows $3.75@4; canners $2.50@ 3.50; best heavy bulls $5.25@5.50; bo- logna bulls “@525; stock bulls $4@ 4.30; feeders $6@6.75; stockers $5@ 5.30; milkers and springers $40@85. Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 1 cow wgh 1090 at $4.50, 8 butchers av 671 at $5.25; to Mason B. Co. 17 do av 810 at $6, 2 do av 655 at $5.50, 11 do av 909 at $6.85; to Parker, W. & Co. 1 cow wgh 1100 at $4.25, 3 do av 840 at $3.75; to Applebaum 9 butchers av 680 at $4.70; to Newton B. Co. 14 do av '787 at $5.85, 1 cow wgh 1090 at $4.50. Haley & M. sold Kamman B. Co. 1 SIPG‘I‘ wgh 1320 at $7.25, 1 cow wgh 900 at. $5, 2 heifers av 925 at $6; to Applebaum 2 bulls av 820 at $4.25, 3 butchers av 640 at $4; to. Sullivan P (‘0. 2 do av 765 at $5.75, 11 cows av 913 at $4.35, 2 do av 935 at $3.75; to Schroder 3 steers av 770 at $6.50, 1 do wgh 1090 at $6.75 1 bull wgh 1320 at $5.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 19 butch- ers av 762 at $5.50, 3 steers av 1162 at $7.10, 1 do wgh 1260 at $6.25, 2 cows av 990 at $4.25; to Heeney 12 feeders av 737 at $5.50; to Kelly 7 stockers av 630 at $5.25; to Hinkley 7 do av 600 at $4.75; to Newton B. Co. 4 cows av 1137 at $4.60. Reason & S. sold Hammond, S. & Co. 2 steers av 975 at $6, 7 do av 991 at $7, 1 bull wgh 1520 at $5.75, 10 butchers av 859 at $6.35, 2 steers av 1050 at $7.50; to Sullivan P. Co. bulls av 1410 at $5.50; to Fish 3 stockers av 810 at $6; to Schroeder 8 steers av 840 at $6.25. Veal Calves. Receipts 735. The veal calf trade was full 500 lower than last week and would have been very dull had it not been for eastern orders. Best grades sold at $9.50@10, and medium and heavy $6@9. Sandel, S., B. & G. sold Bernfret 10 av 167 at $9.50, 2 av 170 at $10; to Sullivan P. Co. 1 wgh 140 at $10, 2 av 180 at $10, 11 av 135 at $9, 12 av 180 m $8.25, 3 av 180 at $10, 2 av 150 at $9.50, 4 av 145 at $10; to Burnstine 5 aa- 165 at $10, 2 av 180 at $10. Sheep and Lambs. Receipts 12,667. The sheep and lamb trade was active and on Wed- nesday top lambs brought $9; on Thursday the general market was 10c lower but active at the decline. Prices dropped in sympathy with other mar- kets, which were all lower. Best lambs $8.80@8.90; fair do $8@8.50; light to common lambs $6.50@7.50; fair to good sheep $4.50@5.25; culls and com- mon $3@4. » Sandel, S., B. & G. sold Sullivan P. Co. 40 lambs av 80 at $8.50, 78 do av 77 at $8.20, 21 do av 75 at $8.20, 20 sheep av 135 at $5, 89 lambs av 75 at $8.60, 23 sheep av 125 at $5, 42 do av 95 at $4.65, 65 lambs av 77 at $8.65. Haley &: M. sold Newton B. Co. 20 sheep av 110 at $5.50, 63 lambs av 75 at $8.90, 9 do av 55 at $7.50; to Nagle P. Co. 79 lambs av 75 at $8.50. 0 s. Receipts 12,119. in the hog depart- ment the trade was the worst seen here this season and was 15@300 low- er than on Tuesday, pigs bringing $6 @625 and yorkers and mixed $6.25@ ' 6.60; closed very dull at the decline. THEIR-[MICHIGAN FARMZER' NATIONAL CROP REPORT. (Continued from page 446). weather in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. Potatoes—The estimates of potato yield show a decline of 2.3 bushels per acre from the promise of amonth ago. The estimated yield of 96.3 bush- els indicates a total crop of 359,000,- 000 bushels, 47,000,000 bushels less than the large crop of last year, and 3,000,000 bushels greater than the five-year average. The heavy damage from rot during September apparently ceased with the coming of favorable weather during October. While yields are seriously lowered in Maine, New York, Michigan, and Wisconsin, they are good in Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, and in most of the important potato states west of the Mississippi. The western crop is average or above, ex- cept in Utah and Idaho. The quality of potatoes, 85.3 per cent, is the low- est since 1904, except for the crop of 1911 which was the same. Quality is particularly 10 in New York and Michigan, due to blight and rot, and in the northern potato producing states generally, they are undersized. In the middle and southern belts and in the western states they are gener- ally of good quality. ‘ Apples.—~The apple production for local and farm as well as commercial consumption as reported November 1, 76,670,000 barrels, more than confirms the earlier promise of a large crop. - The crop is approximately 8,000,000 barrels leSS than last year’s bumper crop, but 18,000,000 barrels above the five-year average. The production is particularly large in the north central states, being more than double the 10- year average in Ohio, Indiana, Illi- nois, and Iowa, and almost double in Wisconsin, Missouri, Nebraska, Kan- sas, and Kentucky. In Indiana and Illinois the crop exceeds the full nor- mal by four and eight per cent, re- spectively. The total production, how- ever, is exceeded in recent years not only by that of last year but by the crops of 1912 and 1906. The crop is below average in New England, New York, Michigan, Montana, Colorado, Washington, Oregon and California. The quality, 84.8 per cent, is high, be- ing in comparison with 83.6 last year and an average of 76.1 per cent for the past six years. It is better than the average in all important states, except , Michigan and the Rocky Mountain and Pacific coast states. Clover Seed—The clover seed yield reported is 1.7 bushels per acre, against 1.9 last year, which was an average yield. The yields were bet- ter than average in the Atlantic coast states, but very much below in the im- portant clover states of the north. cen- tral group, and slightly below average in the western states. The low yields Were due to the continued moist weather conditions over much of the principal clover producing belt, which prevented fertilization by insects, caused rank growth, and created con- ditions favorable for blighting of the clover heads. The total production is estimated at 67.6 per cent against a 10-year average of 69.3 per cent, the heavy loss reported in most of the north central states being partly offset 2 by the favorable crops in Missouri, Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mon- tana and Idaho, and by the rapid in- crease of acreage in the western states, as well as the recovery of acreage lost in the central states from the droughts of the past few years. However, the acreage harvested was not as large as expected to be on Sep- tember 1, when it was estimated as 14 per cent larger than last year’s acreage. Instead of 14 per cent in- crease, the increase was probably only seven per cent. Grapes—The total production of grapes is estimated at 86.6 per cent, compared with the 10-year average of 81.3 per cent, the production having been generally favorable in the grape sections of the Mississippi Valley and California, but poor in New York, Pennsylvania and Michigan, owing principally to early frost damage. The quality of the grapes, 87.7, is several per cent below average, being partic- ularly low in New York and Michigan, and only average in California. The sugar content in the northern belt ap- pears to be low. Pears—The production of pears, 66.8 per cent, is slightly above the av- erage, but poor in New York, New Jersey, Michigan and Colorado. Blight damage is complained of in practical- ly all sections of the country. Qual- ity is slightly above average. Sugar Beets—Sugar beet condition is reported at 92.3 per cent, compared with an average of 91.4 per cent, the crop being six per cent under the av- erage in Michigan, 12 per cent below in Utah, six per cent above in Nebras- ka and Kansas, and near the average elsewhere. The crop in Michigan is good, except where destroyed on flood- ed lowlands. The Kansas and Nebras- ka crop is exceptionally good. F caturcs. madc VELLASTIC the choice men, women and children. Elan/c Ribbed. :cintific health undchear. . 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Room 73 Washington,D. . natures, (truth-Hun Mnmlp» (2m. pA‘PA/A‘“ . price lowered from 520.000 Must Settle Estate, to $7,5ooio get immediate sale. 600 Acres; $2,500 worth of saw timber, no ques- tion about it. 10 Barns. 2 houses, 3 silos, water piped to buildings. Raised big crops; can show them. It‘s a great big bargain, but must go at once; a s uare deal—- remember the lumber and one good crop vi 1 pay for it; never been rented; high state cultivation, land covered with his grass now. HALL'S FARAI AGENCY. OWEG , TIOGA 00., NEW YORK. 1% M 0V E T O M ARY - . TheState for Thrifty Farmers. Delightful, heaHiy ’ climate. Good d, Reosonablegrices. Close to bi \ L3“ . g -. marketing! Ior cities of the net. Send for-free ‘ descriptive booklet dz mag. ‘1‘» ‘ STATE BUREAU .0 IMMIGRATION, A43 66 Hoflnum Building, Baltimore, Md. WHY PAY RE" beet farm land in Michi- gan at from $12 to $20 an acre on easy terms. Write for particulars. STAFFELD BROTHERS. Owners. 15 Merrill Bldg. . Saginaw, West Side. Mich. when you can buy the FM 3 h_ 1065 acres unimproved (arm lands is well a located in one body in township of Marion county of Osceola near Park Lake station on Ann Arbor Railroad is well located for a cattle ranch or sub-divide into large or small farms. This tract will be offered for sale the next 30 days. For information, terms and Drlces write, J. H. Seaver, lthaca. Michigan or J. Berry, in care of Armour and Company, Chicago, Ill RIVER BANK FARM. 3.3 acres $750._ Unimproved, on beautiful riverbnnk. Ideal for fruit and chicken farm. Onlyllvé miles fmm Beaver-ton. Gladvnn Co. UJG. Reynolds, Glndwin, Mich. FOR Sale. Stock Farm in Van Buren county. Good buildings. New Basement, barn 30 x 80, tile silo. Woven'wiro fences. Will trade for cut-over lands angcmawnr (llndwm counties. Terms. Dr. D.W.Crnnkahaw. Lawrence,lllich “ M Y FA R M S ” ”vé'fl'ci‘iéaii’f“ Address, Locker 114. Bach. Michigan. FOR SALE—é 33 OR 8.0 AWEUFARM.. w. A. Romania giggle? iiiciliéalf“ "' 29.) acres in Grattan Tow sh" . Farm FM :8”. Co..Michigan. Good imd‘fo‘rpsiioiif Fruit or General Farming. Good buildin :4. Price. sea per acre. w. J. LESSITER. Beldiug, ism-mg“. One of best farms in St t . 20 240 Acres miles Detroit. 1 mile fmzinei‘z‘imd town. A sacrifice. Ask for details. . V. YE . THE ASHTON. GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN. SOUHIERN FARMS—M133 issippi. Tennessee. forum-n shock or mhArikans-as. Cheap lands ' 8030 I'll M‘m“ 8! Cole. us nucleon”, Memphis. Tenn ——The Farm of Bonniemoor, situated For sale in Ionia 00., 12 miles from county seat, 5 miles from Muir. 320 acres. 21) being under cultivation. Rich soil. well fenced and watered. per acre. Jae. M. Shirran, Bonniemoor, Muir, Mich. In Glodwin 00., Mich. F ll Own a ram and Winter bargain list not Improved forum. Stock Ranches and unimproved turn 1 U. G. REYNOLDS. Glndwin. Michignn. F you have $5500. or n good Michigan farm to invest in n first-class produce business and feed mill, write Box 3-1120, care of Michigan Farmer. 464 ~20 .THE MICHIGAN FKARMER‘ Buyi ylng the Best Plugs AC plugs, because of their superiority shown on comparative tests, were adopted for regular equipment by these leading manufacturers- Apperson G. M. C. Oldsmobile Brockway Haynes Pai e r11 Harley- Pee an! Buick Davidson Paterson Cadillac HI'II'lson Peerless Cue Tractors mobile Pierce-Arrow lrnera son Pilot Chandler Knox Reco Chevrolet Lambert Cole ufililltoll'HOWIPJ Scripps-Booth Davie McFarl an imp ex DodgeBrotlIero Adeline-Knight Stems-Knight Dort Monroe St utx Engel- oon Velie Federal National Westcott Glide Oakland Wilcox Tm: There are a few manufacturers, however, who do not use our plugs, such as Ford, Overland, Studebaker and Maxwell, but there is an A C plug made for each and every motor which will give the user greater efficiency and a better running car. Champion Ignition Co. u p GUARANTEED GAS-TIGHT Flint. Michigan park Plugs HORSE Made and Warranted by ARMSTRONG & GRAHAM DETROIT. WHOLESALE ONLY. ESTABLISHED I880. IG FOUR POULTRY JOl liNAL—thc l’rIIctiIIIl B l'oultn Paper for l’IIIIIiI IIl l’oultly liaison. Ile- \I'Iltml to flu poultry intc rests of Michigan, IIIIli IInII. Illinois and WisIonsin. It should be your pIIpI00 r. Blight. SIII Ipp\ and Alii'I. 51k one _\I1Ir. 3 \eIIrs ii bowl 120 in. sI-Itunyls 1m IhIIe [months triII. B1( (1 4 l’Ul'lI'I‘RY .1101 “NI-1]., -11"-I'-' ’l.\ Ct. ., (‘hiI-I,Igo Ill. comers POULTRY 1311° 1‘ 111 your birds. Get :1 pail. Conkey (10., Cleveland. FERRETS FOR SALE. Catalogue free. C. D. MURRAY. R. 2. New London. Ohio. lhtm good hunting strain and Ferrets-blokento hundle. Writel’or prices. I. G. SUT TON Decatur. Michigan. -the niftiest, shag-longest and most ..,. ‘ mlish buggies . ELI-MN Hares line pedigree. bucks 4 months 5‘1. 50 each. over “11.1 roa teed 1 hi .. utility liuI-ks $1. 00 each fine healthy stock No Does fol 80 ‘ ““5“” . r 200000 .- “.15 Rose (omb White Legholn CockeI'Rels $1. 00 S. S Hum- ‘ , ~ ' . ‘1"?! hnrg (Iickercls $1. lliverview Farm. .8 Vassar lich. cgwsmwm Farm (1 iii/1.111111: POULTRY. —for Sept. and Oct fairs 500 Barred llOOII GOORGI'BlS yearling liens and pullets for shows and breeders W. C Cofl'IIIan. R. 0 Benton Harbor, Mich. BA RRED ROCKS‘I‘Z‘SZ‘I‘I“ 233385331313 season. FRED ASTLING. Constantine Michigan 16 BAII (iAlN 8111' 01" BARR]: l) ROCKS 200yemling hens that lIIne laid 140 eggs Inch since Jun. 151. 1915 to Aug. lst, 1915 an IlveI age of ‘10 eggs per hen per month. Pricesfi liens $10,12hcns $18 ‘10 hens $2.3 :10 liens for $60.1‘hey are pure bred lnlge and closely Ielzlted to uni first winnels at I‘liiI-,ugo Cincinnati and lndiunIIpollis shows. Suitable males to go with them at $2 1.056 eth. 1.100 young hilds growing. G. EARL HOOVER. R. 7. Mattlieus. lndl ana. Cooke rels now $1. 50 Bll‘ll [lawn Bu“ ROCkS, \IillI-ost $3.00 inter. Hull LI ghouls and Him ()I pingtons. COI kerI is $5 to $111. 4 (‘IIiI 111:0. MIIIIII II mils and Madison lWiIIneI‘s. BIRD LAWN FA AR Lawrence Michl l.¢an ()URBON RED TURKEYS and Black Langshan ( 01' in rels for smile w nnted —lI‘mbden Goose and WhitI AIIII- ‘lil Guineas 11111). 13. MI: Nutt Otscgo Mich. RED-1‘04 AY R. (1 Rhode Island Reds. Breeding (‘ockcrels A few exII‘II good ones from Vlbert, 25.5 egg strain. J.( .Grecnc St. Johns. Mich. FERRIS WHITE LEGHURIS FOR EGGS 'l‘mpnested 15 years 60 first prizes, 15 big shows. Large vi rous, laying. breeding, exhibition stock 11.50 up. ghippedO D. or on approval. Satisfac- tinon or money bIIVQck 36 page free catalog “gives prices particu Write for it and savem Stanhii‘igdfigzegoisntgombs. We won lstIock. ‘ndh en fERIIS lEIlllllllla FARM. 934 Union Grand Rapids,e 3Allohlglii. State hFdlir this year Prl(e.~l $2 to '20 'ilV-ishboné bl l f 1’ 11 Pine Crest While Orpinglons, .12‘1382%‘§ci.1‘1§n&. on pens, pullets. and cockereis and Belgian Hares' Mrs. WIllisHough. Pine Crest. Farm, Royal Oak. Mich. llose Comb Brown leghorn Cockerels féinAUDlA BtliTwli‘rSllerl-llsllsdhle.hMlchIIZan RHODE ISLAND REDS and PLYMOU THP ROCKS. Males 5 to 12 lbs. according to ageS‘lR to 35;? .R. hens weight 5 to 9% lbs. eggs 15 for $1. 00: 6888 $5 per r.100 Mammoth Bronze Tom Turkeys, 8 to 38 lbs. according to age 88 to 3%.10 eggs 83. A. Cramp ton Vassar. Mich 0.11mi S. 0. RHODE ISLAND BEDS from rise 0 strains. fine layers with long bodies and ric red color. JENNIE BUELL. Ann Arbor. Michigan. Silver laced Golden and While Wyandolioswofiéggl. a specialtv. CircularI tree. 0. W. Browning, Portland. lich. HARNESS Ask Your dealer Ior Ihe Label HE investment in poultry hous- es on the average farm is not large andwhere there is no in tention of going into the poultry busi- ness on a large scale the farmer can hardly afford to invest much money in buildings. During a recent experi- ence in Iemodeling a small poultry house I_ visited several farms where they are raising poultry in the right manner and I picked up many ideas that might be of interest to the pros— pective poultry farmer who desires to give his farm flock better accommoda- tions during the coming winter. The old-fashicined poultry house did not have an open front and much of the disease that occurred in the ill- ventilated houses was laid to every- thing but a lack of fresh air. An open front house is necessary to the health of the farm flock and any poultry houses built of substantial material can be made into the open front style by removing the old windows or cut- ting larger ones- and covering the space with a fine mesh poultry wire. Curtains must be provided for stormy weather and these can be made by tacking. muslin or canvas on light frames and hinging them to the wall above the windows. When these cur- tains are not in use they may be fast- ened with hooks close to the ceiling of the house and they should always be hooked close enough to the ceiling to prevent the birds from roosting on them when it is not necessary to have them down. it might be said that the curtains are never necessary except during very stormy weather, as the hen is well protected from the cold although she cannot stand dampness and draughts. The roost in the hen house deserves considerable study as the hen spends many hours there and the right kind will soon pay for one of these Automatic Sell- and Heaters Keeps water at the : right tam erature da dand nig tin the dent weather and week :Msde of Galvanized ousa needs one. I: and 2 8 on Autgmnic Fountain complete 81.16. Write for Circular 1 dteatlmonlals. Agents wanted. C. A. S. FORGE WORKS. SARANAC. MICHIGAN requires less thana couart oil gfll.?110n teltwantaupn ed. a 0 enter all Leghorn Ooekerels, ghorn Form. A. 8.52 wants. DAVID HAY 202 Forest Ave. Ypsilanti Mich. OSTET R. St. Johns. Michigan. DOGS on and fiel.d Prices right 000k eh m3 :5 h. St 111 I. n can EEuWYT‘lfig. li'red‘erlhlraburg.y Ohio. Pure J. M. Wilaey R. 6. Ann Arbor. Mich. a fine lot, male and femaleat White Wyandotte low price and write your WhiteP. Rocks. Pekin and white runner ducks. Whitefiuineas. 6f? sand day old ducks and chicks. NOV. 20, 1915. Remodeling Poultry HOuSCS By R. G. KI RBY. ,once each week during the winter when the house is thoroughly sprayed with the carbolic acid and kerosene. Many commercial poultry men object to the Ioosts being too long as they maintain that it causes overcrowding and overheating. Probably twelve feet is about the proper length for the roost in the average house. While recently visiting the home of a successful poultry breeder he told me of a new style nest which I imme- diately constructed in one of my poul- try houses and it is proving first-class. Possibly it is not a new idea but it was new to me. The usual way of building poultry nests is to divide the nests into sections about twelve inch- es wide. This takes considerable ex- tra lumber plus the time of cutting and placing the sections. In the new system illustrated in the drawing the nest boxes are built under the win- dows or on the sides of the walls in the usual nianner but there are no sections. The nests are filled with a liberal quantity of clean straw and the hens build their own nests side by side down the entire length of the box. The advantage of such a system is due to the fact that the poultryman can scarcely furnish enough nests for his birds in the spring when they are usually laying above fifty per cent and this results in possibly two or three hens trying to crowd on the nest at the same time and this is often re- sponsible for broken eggs. I have found by observation when many of the hens were laying at the same time that they seem to place themselves side by side in as con- tented a manner as if they all had an individual section. After a few days a regular number of hen-built nests will be found in the long laying box. In an open system nest of this kind 1 of a most cannot fail to be of great benefit. The hen that is allowed to select her own roost will probably choose the smooth round limb of a tree and a two—by-four with the upper edges rounded smoothly makes a strong substantial substitute for the hen’s natural roosting place. There are two methods of attaching the I'oosts which I have observed in com~ nlercial plants. The first is to have the roosts fit\into sockets either in the, partitions or the sides of the wall. They can easily be removed and ther- oughly sprayed to kill all of the mites that may hide beneath them. Anoth- er method in quite general use is to attach the roosts together with a cross—piece and then hinge them to the wall above the droppings board. When cleaning or spraying the house the roosts can be hooked to the ceil- ing. I installed such a roosting sys- tem in a coop which I have been re- modeling which contained many mites when I took charge of it. I filled a potato sprayer with a solution of three parts kerosene to one part of crude carbolic acid and left it in the poultry house. Every morning for a week I raised up the roosts and hook- ed them to the ceiling and then spray- FOX, 00011. 8111“ All) RIRBIT 1101111118 Fox and '.ed them thoroughly underneath with the solution. At this date there is not a mite to be found in the house and the handy method of hinging up the lllllllllls F0" H"I""E~Fox.m Goon and Rabbits dall cent, .Imp w. n. waif“, "0.33311“? 6%..2‘roosts will prove economical at least A New But Practical Nest Arrangement. there are few cracks where lice and mites can hide and the nest can be cleaned very easily. If the bottom is placed on hinges, at any time they can be emptied out and sprayed with a minimum amount of work. If the bottoms are also constructed on a slat system or with fine mesh poultry wire, the place for mites and lice to hide are greatly reduced. In building such nests the roofs must be quite steep to pIevent the birds spending too much time upon them during the day or Ioosting on them at night. After the most and the nest, the dropping board is doubtless of great— est importance. It may be con- structed of scrap lumber if such ma- terial can be placed together without cracks as the surface of the board does not show. It should be covered at, all times with clean dry soil which will fix the nitrogen in the manure and make it much easier to handle while being carried from the house to the garden. During the past summer I have frequently cleaned the dropp- ing board by raking the material into a bushel basket, the material has been liberally mixed with good gar- den soil and sprinkled on a badly run- down strawberry bed. Cleaning the poultry houses is not a. difficult job if the hen house has been modernized and the work is done regularly at fre- quent intervals. I (Continued on page 467). NOV. 20, 1915. mmImtmzlInnmummuumumummummtmm Grange. E MIIHMMWWWWWWHHHIM The 43rd session of Michigan State Grange will be held in the Hill Au- ditorium U. of M., Ann Arbor, Decem« her 144‘}, 1915. THE GRANGE AND THE PROBLEM OF DISTRIBUTION. lllll‘lllllllllIlllllllllll There is much talk about “The Problem of Distribution” of late, and properly so too, for it is indeed a great and important matter. Distribu- tion of the necessities of life often has as much to do with their ultimate cost as the production of them. It is not strange that people are waking up to a knowledge of this fact, nor need we wonder that now and then we find a man who says, “So much talk about co-operation as a bet- ter means of distribution is getting on my nerves. Why don’t the people who are talking about this matter all the time, show us some real co—oper- ation?” It is quite true that a practical dem- onstration, of any theory is many times more effective than simply talk- ing about it, and it is not best to tie up too closely to the fellow with a new idea, who has not prepared himself to demonstrate its worth. What we need most in every Grange community is a few men who realize the possibilities that lie along the line of neighborhood co-operation, and realizing them, lead out in a practical way so that the largest possible num- ber of people may get the benefits. Our Grange contract system is old. It is one of the strong factors in real Grange growth. This system is not perfect, because it was originated by human beings, and human beings are not perfect. In the past it has served a useful purpose. There is no reason in the world why it is not as much needed today as ever, unless it is that this plan of direct selling has been taken up by so many private compa- nies that opportunities for direct buy- ing are now on every hand. But the Grange contract system will always possess advantages over the ordinary catalogue house~ at least so long as our Grange contracts are properly supervised and the in- terests of our Grange members who buy goods in this way are watched with care. As we look back, it seems a long time since Past Master Horton first submitted “The Michigan Plan” of di- rect buying to-the State Grange. Since that time the system has been broadened and expanded until it is now serving a large number of people each year. Our success in handling wire fence, fertilizers and twine has been the wonder of private dealers everywhere. And yet, in these lines, We have not done more than a small part of what might have been accom- plished. In addition to these things, the Grange should assist its members in the purchase of flour and feed stuffs, in spraying materials of all kinds, and in the near future we should be able to distribute a large share of our gro- ceries by means of this system of buying. But we must not ignore the prob- lem of co-operative selling. To be sure, we have talked about it a lot, but here again, our friends are wait- ing for an exhibition of some real business. They are not content with reading of some neighborhood quite remote, where practically everybody sells his fruits and grains through a co-operative association. They want to see a little of this thing right at home, and just about the only way to interest them so that they will help, is to actually co-operate and sell something to the advantage of the consumer and the producer alike. (Continued next week). TH‘E MICHIGAN FARMER Wimwarmmflmmmmmw- ; 9 g Farmers Club aluminumuminimumnmmu”mullmunumnmmamnmi Address all communications relative to the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. J. S. Brown, Howell, Mich. Associational Motto: “The skillful hand with cultured mind is the farmer’s most valuable asset.” llllllllllllllllllilllllll ll Associational Sentiment: “The Farmer: He garners from the soil the primal wealth of nations.” CLUB DISCUSSIONS. Roads and Their Care—A very suc- cessful meeting of the Arbor Farm- ers’ Club was held at the spacious farm home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Freeman. After a social hour and a chicken dinner, served by the com- mittee, President Chester Martin call- ed the meeting to order and an inter- esting musical and literary program was rendered, of which music by the Arbor Orchestra was a feature. The topic, “Roads and their Care,” was very ably discussed by Mr. Ehnis Twist, who is one of the commission- ers of the Vl’ashtenaw good roads dis- trict system. A vote of thanks was given Mr. Twist for his talk. The meeting adjourned to meet in Decem- ber with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Schieff. ——Ida B. Haas, Sec. Favor Good Stock.——At the last meeting of the Conway Union Farm- ers’ Club held at the home of Mrs. James Grant on October 29, the ques- tion, “Which is the better investment for the beginner, grade or pure—bred stock, and which are the best breeds to start with, considering future pros- pects?” was discussed. Mr. J. Snyder who opened the question, choose pure-bred stock, either cattle, sheep or hogs, as the beginner might prefer, as it pays to get the best and keep the best. The best breeds to start with will depend upon location. Demand makes the price, and stock that is suited to a locality and gener- ally kept in that locality, will be in better demand there. He also made the point that one must like the breed he works with in order to meet with the greatest success. Others who fol- lowed in discussion emphasized the pomt that pure-bred stock is all right for the man who likes it, but for oth- ers grade stock would be preferable. The question, “Which is the greater influence to our development, the church or the school?” was opened by Rev. Clay, who thought people are negligent in their duty to both. Ordi- narily they are too busy in their ev- eryday work to visit the place where their children spend most of~the time. He thought the school and church should go hand in hand, and that all should improve the opportunity to get acquainted with the young people by gomg to the school, and with the old- er people by going to church. Exam- ples of social work being done by churches and schools of cities were mentioned by others who discussed the topic, the consensus of opinion being that if the church lived up to its opportunities it would have the great- er soc1al influence in the community. The question of the desirability of ex- tending the workmen’s compensation law to include farmers was discussed, but without action by the Club. The next meeting of the Club will be held on November 26, with W. E. Stow. Question Box Important Factor.— At the November meeting of the Howell Farmer’s Club, held with Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Beebe. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. _Brown gave an interesting de- scription of their western trip. Mrs. Brown gave ia fine description of the many things she saw, particularly at the Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Reed were elected delegates to the State Association of Farmers' Clubs, and were instructed to vote to contin- ue holding the state meeting at Lan- srng. The question box was an im- portant factor in the program of this meeting, several questions of general interest being included". Several of the questions touched on the problem of national defense, one such being, “‘Are militray training camps for cit- izens desirable?” The discussion showed the members to be pacificists rather than militarists, the trend of opinion being that before the great Eu- ropean war is over there will beagen- eral disgust with militarism. Follow- ing the discussion and transaction of routine business. the Club adjourned to meet ith Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Lat- \ l i .; «gig ' um" i... ’ ' A €11: .~ 0.0 . Things to Eat For the Worker on the Faun! “You want things at your house that are nourishing and Wholesome as well as tasty and tempting. Then take my advice- use Calumet Baking Powder every bake day. “Such tender, light and appetizing bis- cuits, doughnuts, muffins, cakes and other goodiesl—all so tempting ydu just can't keep away from them. “My mother uses Calumet all the time would- and I know she knows what’s best. It’s unequaled for sure results—for leavening and raising qualities—- for purity and economy. Try it on the money-back guarantee.” Received Highest Awards New Cook Book Free See Slip in Pound Can Prizes Awarded to Western Canada for Wheat, Oats, Barley, Alfalfa and Grasses The winnings of Western Canada at the Soil Products Exposition at Denver were easily made. .The list comprised Wheat, Oats. Barley and Grasses, the most important being the prizes for Wheat and Oats and sweep stake on Alfalfa. No less important than the splendid quality of Western Canada’s wheat and other grains, is the excellence of the cattle fed and fattened on the grasses of that country. A _recent shipment of cattle to Chicago topped the market in that City for quality and price. Western Canada produced in 1915 one-third as much wheat u all of the United States. or over 300,000,000 bushels. Canada in proportion to population has a greater exportable y (p surplus of wheat this year than any country in the world, and at h present prices you can figure out the revenue for the producer. 9 “ In Western Canada ou will find good markets. splendid schools, ex- @919 ‘1‘?“ '4‘ ceptionalsoclal conditions, perfect climate, and other great attractions. There In no war tax on land and no conscription. Bend for illustrated pamphlet and ask for reduced railway rates, informatbn as to best locations, etc. Address M. V. McINNES, I78 Jellerson Ave., Detroit, Mich. * ‘6:- Canadian Government Agent. FUEL SAVING Male Su ar Makers! wnrrrncmrs gN o w Kerosene, Dostlllato, Gasoline, Gas. 00L- mcr mom FACTORY. s-vtnn “Alum. 2 H-P $34.95; 3 11-]? $52.50: 4 H-P 369.75: 6 11-? $97.75' 8 H-P‘3139.65: 12 H-P $1971”; 16 11-? $279.70; 22 H-é . Portable Engines Proportionally Low. Price. F. 0. 3. Factory. ' Besides lower price, Wl’l‘TE engines use less fuel per H-P hour_— from one-fourth to one—third less— enoug'h saving in a year to pay entire cost of engine. _ .smtmg; no cranki Our 28 years engine bull makes this higher quality for on, at a small one pro 1: for us. Used for all kinds 0 work. Write us, so New Book Free M, WIT?! ENGINE WORKS. 2193 Oakland Avenue. wecanpendyouby to fit u) for: r; ‘ , full mformtion. I “mm"g' If ou want the best and andlekt l‘lrapomor ‘ on the markt, buy the I. X. L. Write us for catalog and prices. Mention Michigan Farmer. Warren Evaporator Wka, Warren, 0. 218:... ' Ill . rmswmh. ‘ The him: of ad a: mumlnatlzi? vanish whefiquiu Installa“ Best ” Lights stem. son, December 2. zoo styles are In our catalog—every one 0! them guaranteed to give a clear. radiant white llght'at lower cost than any other llluml n can Alfons tcdi‘ M I - wan u TI"!!! .31 L16]! 0 .l 280 Inst Ell: 3g, out“, 00: a \ [Woman to live ln' new tenant house on large farm and board the extra help. Good place for widow with children to support. Wanted- M. H. Chamberhln, Jr, Romeo, Michigan. F0 “hr Thriving drygoods business in live manufac- r turlng town in Southern Michigan, 3,000 population. Stock about $6000.00. Big discount for cash. The opportunity of a. life time. W (1 trade for improved form. A. KLAABSE, Omego, Michigan. Get'l'heBest. given to mamms at wflggfagosilmn ms Mal to .1 r WEBSTER’S Nrw WIWAEOI‘“ Superiority of Educational Merit. This Supreme Authority contains a clear, concise, final answer to all kinds of puzzling questions. The type matter is equivalent to that of a l5—volume en- . cyclopedin, a “Stroke of Genius." - f 40mm Words. 2700Pagco. 6000111119. G. & C. MERRIAM COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD. MASS.. U. S. A. Wrdefor swam Page: udfiru Patter Map: 466~22 BREEDERS’ IIIRECTIDIIY. Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us Ten Days before date of publication._ CATTLE. ABERDEEN:ANGUS HERD ESTABLISHED IN 1900. TROJAN-EltICAS and BLACKBIRDS only. Also breeders of Percheron. Hackney and Saddle~ Bones. You bulls and Percheron stallions for sale. “700% STOCK FARM. Ionia. Mich. ABERDEEN ANGUS If you are in need of anextra good bull or a few choice oung cows or heifers, we have them for Sale. Our herd is headed by the Grand Champion Black Monarch 3rd. We invite you to come to our Farm and see them. They a 3 bred right and priced right. U. L. Clark, Hunters creek, Mich. Sh ney Smith. Mgr. ‘THSHIHEs—One of the foremost dair breeds. The most eoonomioalmilk to ucers. Calves for sale. White Leghorn cockere ; Duroo Jersey swine. Michigan School for the Deaf. Flint.Miohigan. ' 26 cars of high grade breeding. ”ohm For Sale. 19...... a... will sell. . M. GRAY. 1508 Western Ave.. Toledo. Ohio. THE VILLAGE FARM, Grass Lake, Michigan, GUERNSEY CATTLE. MILO D. CAMPBELL CHAS. J. ANGEVINE BEACH FARM GUERNSEYS The buyer of breeding stock should know that the herd from which he buys is healthy. Vie believe the Beach lfi‘arin Herd is as near perfect health as is oss- iblc. The tuberculin test docs not show the east sign of reaction. We never had a case of contagious Abortion. Have went a whole year without calling a Vetcrinary or giving a dose of Medicine. “’13 OFFER FOR SALE Registered Guernsey Bulls Very High Bred Grade Guernsey Cows 'Br‘ed Heifers, Open Heifers and Heifer Calves. oAMPaELL Kb AnoEva, Goldwater, Mich. G u E R N 3 BY S39t‘i‘i‘%it%%‘§ Cniitainiii blood of world champion . HICKS’ (lUERbleEY FARM. Saginaw. . 8.. Mich. ‘IUl-IiiNSEY BULLS FOR SALE. ready for service from A. R. , Dams. If voii want the right kind Write for price and breeding. MYERS .t BARNES 81105.. Goldwater. Michigan EGISTERED Young Guernsey Bulls. great grand- sons of Gov. Cheno. Servicable age nicely marked, exceptional breeding. Avondale Stock arm. Wayne. Mich. FOR SALE A choice lot of Registered Guernsey cows. heifers and bullsof Mav Rose breed- ing. H. W. WIGMAN. Lansing. Michigan. of scrvice age and calves from Guernsey BUIls choice. Adv. reg. brccding. T. V. HICKS, Route i. Battle Ceeek. Mich. Calves from A. R. dams and whose Ellemsey 8U” dams are running for A. R. One ready for service. {G. A. WIGENT, Watcrvllet, Mich. Yea rliiig and (‘ali' bulls. It‘cmalcs all N e r SI 0 r d 8 ages. l’ollcil and Horncd. All i'c 'istcrcd. W. H. McCarty & Sons. Bad Axe. ich. Herefords—3 Bull Calves ALLEN BROS. PAW PAW, MICH.‘ DAIRY TYPE Plus PRODUCTION Equals Crandall’s Holstein Friesian Herd Some very Choice young bulls from one to twenty months old sired by Our Junior Herd Sire. From large Producing Dams. Prices Reasonable. Frank R. Crandall & Son, Howell, Michigan. Do You Want A Bull? Ready For Service. From a grand daughter of The King of the Pontincl. Hired by a bull that is more than a half brother to the Champion Holstein Cow of the World. and whose dam is a 30 lb. 6% 5 fat dau%hter of Pontiac Aggie Korndykewho has more ' lb. daughters than any other livmg bull. If you do write for pedigree. EDWIN S. LEWIS, Marshall, Mich. EGISTERED Holsteins-Hsrd headed by Albina Bonte Butter R Boy. liis dam has A.Il.0. records as follows: at 2 yrs. milk 430, but or 18.85; 4 yrs. milk 604.8. butter 27.03; at 6 yrs. milk 620. butter 28.55 lbs. . B. READER. Howell. Mich. The Two Greatest Bulls KING OF TIIE PONTIACS llli Kill. Zd’s BUTTER BM 3rd [have young bulls from cows having hi h ofllcial records and Granddaughters of above bu] . Stock extra good. Prices reasonable BIGELOW’S IIOLSTEIN FARMS, BREEDSVILLE. MICH. ' ' One to 2) mon hs . clinics Holstein Bull calves: 13...... by s....‘....§’.{i‘. Alcnrtrn Pontiac. whose dam is the famous Alcartra Polkadot. and from fiod A. R. O. dams. Will sell at reasonable rices. me or write your needs. Farm 5‘ milseefrrom ourt House H B. RUBER'I‘, Howell, Michigan. OLSTEIN Bull Calf, week old, for $40. Well bred H and nicely marked. One months old. Bull in good oontition. J. H. CATTON. White Pigeon, Mich. One of the best bred bulls. 3 years old. Gill; 8150- Sure breeder. Out of 25 lb. butter cow. White. A beaut . ROUCEMONT PARNIS. 418 w st Canfleld.D ., rolt. THE MICHIGAN” :FARME-R/ HERD of butter in a year. Hengerveld Count DeKol. yet produced for yearly production. D. D. AITKEN, . . Mapleoiest Korndyko Hongervold and Findeine Pontiac Johanna Komdyko The two great Holstein sires at the head of the herd. Hengerveld’s dam and grand dam each made more than BOO-lbs. of butter in a year, and including the great grand dam each made more than 30-lbs. of butterin 7 days. His sire has sired three daughters that averaged over 1200-lbs. Finderne Pontiac Johanna Korndyke is the son of the world’s champion 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 idlb. 4 yr. old Mable Segis Korndyke. The dam of the sire is a 30-lb. daughter of Pieterje This is believed by many to be one of the most productive combinations in Holstein breeding. I take pride in tendering the services of these animals to the breeders of Michigan who are interested in yearly production. Many people feel it is the yearly work that makes the greatest profit and our effort is along the lines of yearly records. These two herd sires represent the highest culmination ever A few high class heifers in calf to Maplccrest Korndyke Hengervcld, and a few bull calves from dams with records as high as 30-le. butter in 7 days, for sale. SIR ES Maplecrest Korndyke FLINT, MICHIGAN. Duroc Jersey Bears and Sows The Record of this Herd at Detroit Proves Conclusively that Our Durocs Have the Individuality and Blood Lines that Insure Good Results. Choice Spring Pigs and Mature Stock. A large herd gives ample opportunity fox selection. Send for our new circula and state your wants. Write, or better come. Swine Dept., Breakwater Farm, Ann Arbor, Mich. 375 Gets 6 weeks old Hazcl-Let grandson of Mfiple- crest Dc Kol Partlicnea Pontiac Maid, 30 1-:) be. butter 7 days. Dam's sire is a son of Jolionna Korn- dykc DeKol (2 304i). daughters). Hcr dnni‘s a18.481h. daughter of Calamity June’s Paul A. M. S. McLAULIN, Redford. Mich. 1 Have Holstein Bulls, 33.? iatteérafls‘l‘ifil‘é? I can show breeding. records. individuality and attrac- tive prices. L. E. CONNELL. Fayette. Ohio. Espanore Farm, LANSING, MICHIGAN. Offers for sale, registered Holstein Cows bred to the great bull Pledge Spafiord Calamity Paul. If you need a bull. write for prices and pedigrees of our bull calves. CHASE S. OSBORN. ADAM E. FERGUSON. Top Notch Holsteins! Before )uying your bull look ahead and think of the fine herd you hope to own in a few years. Fifty per cent. or over, of its value do icnds on your bull. 'I ere- fore. get a good bull. An don’t be too particular about the price if you can be sure of the'qu_a ity. M 91’. Farms (lo. sellsniiills of strictly hi h quality. Write them for a good bull or come on see their ‘lop- N0tcll"bulls for yourself. McPherson Farms Co..llowcll Mich. Guernsey Bull Calves For Sale At Vi'lNDl‘IliM I‘llii‘l FARM, Watcrvlict. Mich. 6 weeks to 13 iiiontlis old. Grandsons of Jethro 5 May King of Linda Vista and Golden Noble II. Strong A. Ii. brccdin ' on both sides. A chance to get best blood lincs. riccs from $60 lip—half cash, time pa_\'~ ments for balance. Address J. K. BLATCHFORD, Auditorium Tower, Chicago. Ill. l Owners. ' Holstein bull. Sire is son of former state HeEISIeer cham ion cow, 32.94 lbs. of butter in 7 days. 2 months olr . mostly white, a beauty .in every particular. $34) brings him right to your station, safe arrival guaranteed. Write for pedigree andphoto. HOBART W. FAY. RIASON. MICHIGAN. ' 6 mo. old. 30 lb. sire and from a "0'3“," BIIH ca“ proniising‘l yr. old dam $60 with all papers. Elmer E. Smith. Redford. Mich.’ $7 Buys registered Holstein Bull, Blumiled ‘Korn- dyke Johanna. No. 147706. mo. old. Lvenly marke( . B. B. BEAVEY. Akron. Mich. H A T C H H E R D YPSILAN'I'I, MICHIGAN Registered Holstein-Friesinn sires. grandson's of World's reatest dairy sire. out of choice A. It. . dams an KiniPontiac Jewel Korndyke; Brother of K. P. Pontiac ass 44.15: average record of 50 dams in his pedigree 31.2.") in 7 days: average per cent of fat three nearest dams 4.37: of his own dam 4.93. Sires in first three generations already have over 600 A. R. 0. daughters. Afew females bredto “King". Prices reasonable. FOR SALE Registered Holstein Bulls ready for service. and bull calves. also females. FREEMAN J. FISHBECK. Howell. Mlehighn. Re . Holstein Friesian Bull Calves rom heavy produoin dams. Bargain prices. DEWEY C. PIE SON. Hadley. Michigan. REGISTERED IIOLSTEIII BULL. 321333 iiil‘ghi'nliiii Send for description. W. C. TAYLOR. Milan. M ch. OLSTEIN CATTLE and Dame Jersey Swine. , Choice pigs of both sex now ready twshl . Prices reasonable. . R. CORNELL. Powell. ichigun. ' Young bulls of best individuality “Inbred HINSIGIIIS and breedin t reasonable prices. Write us. G. L. SPILLANE &SO , R.D. 7. Flint.Mich. ‘ ' All from LR. 0. Dams. Semi-of- cho'ce "OISICIH Buus' yearly records 720 lhs.biitter in Jr. f‘yr. old claastoover 1000 lbs. in mature class. Breeding: Cross King ofthe Pontiacs" and the ”Demmich blood. "Cherry Creek Stock Fariii.Hilliards, Mich. M. E. Parmeiee. Proprietor. HOLSTEIN Bull one year old. Sire.l). D.Aithen’s Maple Crest Korn dylre Heiigerveld. Dam 23.73 Butter. Dam of 28.73 Butter 2 year old daughter. John A. Rinke. Warren. Mich. APLE Lane R. of M. Jersey Herd. Tuberculin tested by the U. 8. Government. For sale R. of M. cows. bull calves and heifer calves from B. of M. dams and grand dams and Hood Farm Sire. IRVIN FOX. Allegan. Michigan. LiilgeniaibmsteadlJcrficthattl? Bulld calves from R. o . ows. use 9 or as ves an heifers for sale. Colon C. Lillie. Cooperzgllltlldllth HE WILDWOOD J arse Herd. T Cattle of Quality. Herd Re stared Jersey ggagnmlg. onte 31f ghetbesizvgoni:l of Royal Majesty. The no u es 's Iliriajesfty's lefortfi Kirilg. Hcgi‘der are mated to a son of ave or an e a ew c oice youn lulls f f ll from high producingcows. AlvingBiilden,OCailiacggdrivdli‘.a The All-Around is the farmer’scow. She'shis Jersey friend and pride—the beauti- ful,gentle.ever-paying milk machine that lifts the mortgage, builds up the fertility of the farm, and puts the whole business on a sound paying, ermanentbasis. She ada ts herself to all c imates and all feeds andadoes not need fancy care. She matures early and lives long. And she’s so sleek,cleancut and handsome, as to be the family pet and pride. She produces well and sells well. Learn about her in our fine, free book,“About Jersey Cat- tle." Write for it now. THE AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE CLUB 346 West23d33-o KICK] ersoys. Bulls read¥for service. exlgfiajguglity sired by Jacoba's Fair manon. No. rom hi h producing dams. S ITH & PARKER. Howell.Mic . from high-producing dame.with Jersey Bulls Ior sale testing Asso. reoords. also on semi-official test. 0. B. Wellner. R. 6. Allegan. Mich HILLSIDE Farm Jerseys. yearling bulls. solid colorJialf brothers to ex-world's-record senior 2y:- old and from B. of. M. dams. with records from 400 lbs. to 800 lbs. 0. and (l. DEAKE. Ypsilanti. Michigan. .ll‘IIiSI‘IYE’QVVc a"e over now Is Your Chance. sllu‘kl'll. Harv goi'to sell. licg. of Mcrit Stock. Cows. Heifcrs Hcifci-calves— Bulls. \I’atcrinan dz “'ntcrmnn. Ann l'l)()1‘. Mich. iinimo soonmonns. monsoon?“23132.92: DAVIDSON 8L HALL. Tecumseh. Michigan. Shor horn Cattle oi both Sex ior Sale W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan. NOV. 20. 1915. \‘fl-IIS I . O. I . e. 80" WEIGI'IED 932 L38. A 23 MONTHS O D ‘ lONIA GIRL a hon-ice mm ms"- °i or mo ma- man v ng. avet e as an 11- est herd in the U. 8. Every one an sag-T: developer, ready for the market at six months old. want to lace one hog in each community to advertise my erd. Write for my plan.“How to Make Money from 080. a. 8. IIN‘IAHIN. Iolosl O Poflllnd. "I... of the best of breedin . A rll fart-ow either ”limes sex or pairs for next 38 dayESZO each. Two fall boars. Oct. farrow $30 each. Also Holstein bull one year Oct. 6. . H. G. KEESLER. Cassopolis. Mich. ooooo JERSEY noins snobs“ “issuers. i not akin. W. C. TAYLOR. Milan. Michigan. Breeder of D3100 J. II. KEEIEI. Elie, Mich. Swine D,M. on local from Monroe or Toledo, Keeney Stop. DUROC Jersey. Mar. & Sept. pigs either sex sired b _ a son of Volunteer, Chanpion of 3 State Fairs and Chicago Show in 1912. E. H. Morris. Monroe, Mich. s I II . Big Heavy Boned lluroc Jerseys 365.225.23.2fiii M. A. BRAY. Okemos. Ingham Co.. Michigan. Registered Dnroc Brood For 8 a I e 0 Sows at farmer‘s rices. E. J. ALDRICH, R. No. l, Tekonsha. Mic igan. HAMPSHIRE Swine—Breedingwstook of all ages from most pc ular strains. rite for breeding. Inspection invited. Floyd Myers. R. 9. Decatur. In . H AM PSHIRE HOGS—the belted beauties. One year- ling boar and spring pigs, either sex. “'rite your wants. John W. Snyder. St. Johns, Mich.. R. No. 4. ‘ Bacon's choice. 6 months old. flamPSI‘lre Boar Perfect belt. Sired by Tolb! Tiler. A. E. Bacon & Son, Sheridan, Mich. ' —Special prices on March boars ta Chalet Willi” next 30 days. Fall Pigs. F. W. ALEXANDER. s-'Th , . 1 l I s CHESIEH WHIIES. citfiei'ns'igntv (i‘itgly9diifi‘cii'liihntg. Mcadow View Stock Farm. R. 5, Holland. Michigan. E i PRIVATE SALE. .sfiésiirheitinit’es‘.“°§%‘t%“”§§3 Boats. Champion and Grand Champion. at liveporlr prices. Bonnie Brae Farm, Algonac, Mich. —A O. I. C. SWINE mags.“ $2.“: choice bred new to farrow the last of Aug. or for! part of 38%.? If you are. write me I have them. A. J. ORDEN. R No. 2 Dorr. Michigan. Vassar, Michigan. o | c Serviceableboars. choice Giltsnot bred. Spring ' . I_pigs not akin. also Toulouse Geese. Write for low prCies and photo. Alvin V.Hatt, Grass Lake.Mich. 0. I. C. GILT Bllllll SPRING PIGS ready to ship. H. J. FERLEY. Holt. Michigan. 0- " C’s—Bred sows. bred gilts. spring Pigs both sex. Service Bears. Price ow. A. B. GRAHAM. Flint. Michigan. REGISTERED 0. l. C. BOARS t3 GILTS Hiholassfall isat es hi i . 3‘. emu. m Tr.’iwi‘a‘§33. 1h c'n‘?“ SPRING BOARS of 0d t 0- I. 00 Red Polled bul oculveh.p0 “I. John Berner and Son. Grand Ledge. Mich. o I c SERVICEABLE BOARS. Priced to I o I sell. and recorded in buyer’s name. H. W. MANN. Dansville. Michigan. '0. l. C.’s STRICTLY BIG TYPE. March. April and May pi . Sired by Len hti' Prince “'liiic M (march and Frost‘s: Choice.all big tvpe boars, and sows weighin' from 500 to 7001bs. with uality sccond to none. an furnish in pairs not akin. rices reasonable. Newman’s Stock Farm. Mariette. Mich. R. l. BIDWELL SHORTI'IORNS For "heel and Milk" Registered Bulls. Cows and heifers. Scotch- tocped roans. and reds for an 9. Farm at N. Y. Central De t. also D. T. & I. 'y. BIDWELL STOCK FARM Box B. Tecumseh. Mich. Albion Stamp 352670 8 young bulls also female. farm Shorlllonls For sale 52’ mile east of Davis crossing on A. A. R. R. W. B. McQU'I.LAN, Hole. Mich. Sh HI --Dairy or beef bred. Breeding stock all “I Urns ages for sale at farmers prices. (7. w. Crum, Secy. Cmt. Mich. Shorthorn Breeders' Assn. McBride. Mich. ' of best Bates Strains. You all" Bred Sharlhorn: bulls 7 months old for salt: Price 8100 each. J. B. HUMMEL. Mason. Mich. Shorihorn and Mind Durham: §%’$“'§;.nn.f.l§ white. C. CARLSON. Le Roy. Michigan. (lLLED Durham Youngsters both sex. Mule Foots read\’ for use. White “'vandotte Cpckerels, the best. FRANK BARTLETT. Dryden, Michigan. "005. ' ' -Grand bunch of Gilts Duroos 8b Victorias gggllggfgztmgggk of Superba. Defender. Much 001.. rions and others. few young boars. M. T. STORY. Lowell. Mich. T S ing Boar left. A BERKS" ‘RES chViJTce llhrt of fall gusts for sale. A. A. Pattullo. R. No. 4, Deckerville, Mich. Berkshires—sons. daughters. firandsons. granddaugh- tcrsiof such noted hours as ival's Champion.Bamn Duke 170th, Symbeleer's Star 2nd. Grand Champion breeding.st fariners' prices T.V.Hicks. R.l.Biitile (‘i-eek.Micli. Iioyalion Brod Bork:hiros'$$‘in%°iie“Situ’iémt‘ggs Royalton Emperor. Both registered with papers at fair DJIOG. Write to D. F. Valentine. Supt... Teliiperaiice,Mich. DURDG JERSEVS‘S‘MESV Bil‘l‘ifi readyto ship. Carey U. Edmonds. Hastings. inch. numc JCISQT—i—ggmh 35;) either sex, also am book- orde or fall pigs for Nov. ship- mentlnspoction invited. E. . Heydenberk,Wayland.Mich. Cagitol Herd Duroo Jersey Swine. Established 1888 pring ige for sale. satisfaction guaranteed. Ex- press prepa d. J. H. Banghart. East Lansing. Mich. —Big '1‘ pa, Hen Boned Bears ready Home Jump for who... mite... headers 51...... o l cls two yearling boars and a lot. or last-Spring pigs - - not akin. Also a lot 01 this tall pigs at $10each at. 8 to 10 weeks old. Good stock. 5:; mile west. of depot. Otto B. Schuize. Nashville. Mich. Citizens phone 124. O I (:95 Spring Bears read. for fall . o . service. Write JULIAN P. CLAXTON. Flint. Michl‘an, R. 8. t o. l. o. SERVIcEiBlE EDIHS sensors; iree. E. B. MILETT, Fowlerville. Michigan. 9 Seriiccable boars, 0- I. C 5 fall pigs. I pasig‘ixngsrq-and G. P. ANDREWS. Dansville. Mich gun. 0 l 0 Choice 18mm. old boar. GrandChamp. atWest . Mich. State Fair 1915 also M . dA . . A. J. BARKER, BELMONT. MI‘éT-Iin RPI‘Itf-“ltbs. O. l. C. and CHESTER WHITE SWINE. lloais that have not been beat at the big state fairs this fall. We also have the unbeaten. young herd of Six State fairs. choice bears and gilts forsale, any age. Rolling View Stock Farms. Cass City, Mich. ’ One March and one April Boar. 9- l' C' S Spring (tilts, June and July Pigs. either sex. C. J. Thompson. Rockford. Mich. Ilay Brothers Stock Farm. 33:. 83% $83.33: for sale. Registered free. J. R. Way. Pompeii. Mich. . XG TYPE P. 0. Either sex. pairs or trim not ki . Bred sows and gilts. Have several lOOOlb. boafprld- spects. Absolutely no lar er breedin . Everything guaranteed right. FRANK RUGER. havenna.Mioh. ‘ POLAND CHINA all ages. Herd boar Blg Type .4 Bawains in springlboars. Satisfaction guaranteed. G. . Holton. R. , Kalamazoo. Mich PDLAHD CHI“: of the big type. Boers ready for service. Barred Rock 0 k . A. A. WOOD & SON. Saline. Mlchfgchieifels ' two extra d 8 large Siraln P. c- Boers. 3‘583 ulsmfiriiiaffih“ Spring pigs that are beauties. sire by Big Defender the boar that ever body goes wild over. 0 see him. H. 0. WA RTZ. Schoolcraft?ml&i:lhé Lar estinMich. Boar i . d f Lafg. gnu P. 0' sex-v cegoodenough to'chi‘iniii’vh’érgf £1? 0] er gteltg firstchsczicze. FPriocid to sell. Sired ywoa arsin ae. ree ' t ' . w. IVINOSTON, pARMXeiiiigrilmom “a“ "pp p 0 3°” yervsafhoiog April and May in February. w.‘ J, 'nmii’smew.‘ {msawnidlf 10 Type Poland Chinas as big.asgood escrow inIowa with but to i ease ou. ROBERT MARTIN. R. 3. Intllo. I) Rulings. Mich Volunteer Grand Champion. F..i. Drodt. 11.1. Monroe. lie Breeders’ Directory—Continued onpage 467. Tun-sag" _ ‘y—z-n..m — AF— ——./ NOV. 20, 1915. You like to go Hunting Fishing Trapping . 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Jacloon, lllcll. i‘ness and they prefer to depend on TH E M I C H I REMODELING POULTRY HOUSE-8.] (Continued from page 464). The old poultry house on the aver- age farm never boasted of a cement foundation and yet it is the best in- surance against rats which steal feed from the hoppers and eggs from the nests and often kill the young stock. If the old poultry house can be moved to a well drained site and placed on a. cement foundation the business of making hens pay a profit will be greatly simplified. Many old houses will be found so full of mites that it will require along battle to overcome them. The walls are full of cracks and crevices where the mites can hide away from the: spray dope and even after the living mites have all been killed the large supply of eggs in the cracks serve to replenish the supply. Frequently such a house may be protected by covering the walls with tar paper, making the surface as smooth as possible. Anoth- er method is to thoroughly Whitewash the wall so that the cracks are all sealed. However, many experienced poultry breeders object to whitewash as they claim that it holds the damp- spraying thoroughly to eradicate the mites, lice and disease germs. A metal sanitary drinking founda- tion is a good investment, especially during the winter when the birds are confined and ordinary pans and pails are soon scratched full of straw. There are many such devices on the market and some of them are constructed along the lines of the fireless cooker and they will keep the water warm on the. coldest winter days. The feed hoppers should be constructed so that they will hold a good supply of oyster shells, dry mash or grit as frequently other farm duties prevent filling them more than once a week. In building a hopper for dry mash the opening for the mash to fall through must be large enough to prevent clogging or the birds will frequently not receive the balanced ration of dry mash which is their due. During damp weather a dry mash containing a large percent of bran will sometimes clog in the hopper. It does not cost: a great deal of mon- ey to remodel an old poultry house and make it entirely suitable for the farm flock. The hen is not an aristi- cratic bird in her demands and she is willing to pay well for a clean, well- ventilated house. The open front house equipped with the simple con- veniences mentioned seems to be suf- ficient on many of the best managed commercial poultry plants and the farm hen is certainly earning the same equipment. our sales oflice near- . est you for prices and terms on fertil- izers adapted to your soil and crops The American Agricul- tural Chemical Co. New York. Baltimore, Phil- adelphia. Buffalo. Cin- cinnati. Cleveland. 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Bursal Swelling—Four months ago I bought a four-year-old mare with soft flabby bunch on fore part of stifle JOint which seems to affect her only when turning. P. P., Mesick, Mich. —Clip hair off and apply one part powdered cantharides and four parts lard every two weeks. If you are anx- ious to keep her at work apply equal parts tincture iodine and camphorated oil daily. Impaction.—I have a good cow that had a sick spell some time ago; her bowels were blocked and after they moved she seemed better. When sick she breathed hard and grunted some as if in pain. Since having first se- vere attack she had mild one but SAINT 0.. mire .. . " _ .‘ Euiiy applied I “00PM“; “mom!" '0 with I meel '...““ When writing to advertiser please mention The Michigan Farmer. IMich.—You should feed her carefully soon recovered. W. M., Marshall, and on food which is laxative and eas- ily digested. Give her V.» oz. of hypo- sulphite soda at a dose in soft feed three times a day. She should be ex- ercised Some every day. 1 GAN. FARMER 23—467 . 5 A sole that’s not afraid of hard work! 3' xxx IIIHIIX‘II‘1‘Y‘Y x 1“ (x “!I“"“:““ ‘ m1xx“.“““‘l“‘ ‘ ‘ “- 1‘ "Sl"“.‘x““‘ 1‘ ‘1 1". “ .5- ! “x- ‘u“‘ ‘ ~:-' Goodrich Tires. Built like a Goodrich uto Tire. "Best in the Long Run” Goodrich Tires run thousands of miles without showing appre- ciabiewear. G00(lrich“_PI_Il’RESS” Rubber Boots and Shoes—because .:_ they are made in the same way— ' 4“" of the same tough rubber—give you I the same long-wearing service as “HIPRESS”-—this new process, orig- in_a-ted. perfected and used only by Goodrich—welds the layers of fabric and rubber under enormous pres- sure into one solid piece that can’t leak, peel, crack or splitapart. lions of enthusiastic users dc “HIPRESS’ ’ and will accept no other. As]:- your dealer for “flPRESS.” caller—If you are not one of our 17.000 dealers. write quick for prices and samples. The B. F. GoodrichCo. , fl AKRON, OHIO ‘ ‘ ' There is only one Himess Rubber Boot and Shoe. and it is made with the RED-LINE 'round the top. Goodrich “HIPRESS” _ The original Brown Rubber Footwear “With the Red-Line ’round the Top” Ask for the "RED-LINE" Mil- " BONED POLAND CHINA Spring Bonrsand Gall gilts not akin. Also older stock. Prices right. CLYDE FISHER. St. Louis. Mich. ' ‘ ' c—Bred from Spring Pigs at Half Price. m mam strain of Poland Ohinas on earth, none bigger.‘ If you ever expect to own a registered Poland China, this is your opportunity. Get and order 3t. once. Pairs and trim not. akin each. A few bred sows at 825. J. C. BUTLER, Portland. Mich. Bell Phone. BIG type Poland Ohinas with quality bred right. feed right, and Kriced right to no to their new homes and do right. . D. GREGORY. Ionic. Mich. Oxford Dow ii For Sale. J. A. DeGarmo. I will sell a few OXFO R D S - eweaorewelanbs O. M. YORK. MILLINGTON. MICHIGAN. Sheep and Foiled Durham Sallie R. No. 2."), Muir, Mich F s k.A regia-ered Oxford Down Ram. Ram Lambs .i' I - $10 each. Alsoafewewc lambs. 'siered Berkshires both sex. Chase‘s Stock Furm.R..1,lariette, Mich Begisiered Oxford flown Sheep. L. N. OLMSTED. J. SPAANS. Ram Lambs. Yenriinngefl. HUI". MICK. For Sale Poland China: °’ 333’“- Ayreshire Bull. B. M. WING s 8011. Sheridan, Mich. DOES THIS LOOK GOOD TO YOU To advertise our hard and fit“ you started right. we oilern few MG TYPE POLA D CHINA pigs. at wean- ing time. (either sex) from 1000 iound sires and great big stretchy sown. of best bree ing, for $10.00 each. if ordered at. once, ole!- withdraum soon. Extra good spring hours and gilts for sale. Hiiicrest Farm, ~ Kalamazoo, Mich. . ' ~W'estern bred extra large Big iyp. POialii ma boned. Stock for sale. Pairs not akin Satisfaction guaranteed! W. BREWDAKER & SONS. Elsie. Mich. R. No. 5. POLAND CHINA Syn-inc Pig from heavy honed prolific stock. Also. Oxford Sheep. both sexnt bargain prices. ROBERT NEVE. Pierson, Michigan ' Spring Pigseithersex. both medium Paiaiid chinas- and big ty )cfromlnrgciittors. Prim-s right. L. W. Harness: on. Bryon. Michigan. 25 BIG TYPE POLAND CHINA boars sired by Big Smooth Jumbo 810 lbs. at 20 mos. and Giant Des Moincs 743 lbs. at 17 mos. At farmers' prices. 5 Sent (3. O. D. Write or come and me 130 head of good big types. Wm. Waffle. Goldwater. Michigan. either sex. all ages. Some- .. For saie ”mid ml” thing goodat a low rice. P. D. Long, R. F. D. No. 8. Grand Rapids, ich. ‘ 6 MM. Stanton, Mich. Colby'sRa-dl, has - . I for sale 100 head of Registered Poland China. Bears and Sons. 50 YORKSlllll Rooks. Prices reasonable. —All “a. Rod Pollod Oottio. Oxford Down Sheep. W. P. I. R. Ducks. E. H. CARR. Homer. Mich REGISTERED YORKSHIBES Imported Strain. Roth sexes. Prices Reasonable. [latch Herd, Ypsilanti, Michigan. Large Yorkshires €332.35 .‘Si October furrow. Servioabie boars. Pigs all ages. Prices reasonable. Cook. Route 42. Ada. Michigan,” ~ ' —Also sows and full figs. illl'iISilii‘B SONIC. Burs pain not, akin. No (‘hoierzi Send tor Photos. CHAS. hi ETZ. Ewart~ Dllcb. . . s. —.—————_———_—__— ——Weunlng Pigs, Brood flows and. MM” Hogs Gilts. Young service Bears. Pairs not akin.erte for prices. 0. F.Bacon, R. 3 Britton,Mlch. MULIS F00l H068 ilEiiISIEIIEII 3.3%? ”‘53:? ”.2252 right. LONG BEACH FARM. Auluata. chh SHEEP. 1T PAYS TO BUY PURE lSRED SHEEP or Ansons pursue- I sell and ship every- where and no ex- “ E’efé‘fii‘fiifi'ineiciii L. 2%. We. in. price but. Oxfords, ' Eh {oFs'higm m- P our . e an Pallad- lumen. ’— J-.' ‘ ’ De PARSONS, Grand Ledge. Michigan R 1 OXIord flown Sheep. and ewes oi.‘ all aces for sale. M. F. GANSSLEY. Lennon. Michigan. BARGAIN SALE OF CANADIAN BRED SHROPSHIRE RAM LAMBS Ready for service. $15k“. Order now. They are good ones. OPE KON FARM. S. L. WING. Front" Klnderhook. Michigan. Shropshire: Ewes and ilam lambs lot Sale. DAN HOOKER. R. 4. Ewart. Michigan. Big Hobusi Wool-Mullen Shropshire Hams Priced right and satisfaction guaranteed or non” back. Write tod for S ooial Price List Iii. A. H. POST!) . Allezan. Michigan. ' ' —Large, choicely bred. long Mums and Names staple, oily, heavy shearers. Delivered, priced toseIL S. H. Sanders. Ashubula, Ohio. liillililNS RAMS and EWES Irom pygmy: (lotswolds. Leioeater and Dorset. These sheep have been shown at; the biggest state fairs in the country imd some have never been beaten. HARRY T. CBANDELL. Cass Clty.Mich., ' —Yearlin and rum lambs from Champion lolcuiors flock of humb of Mich. Also select Berk- shire swine. Elmhurst Stock Form, Almont, Mich. HORSES LOESER BROS. We have 100 head of Belgian and Per- cheron Stallions and males. Imported and home bred. We have sold pure bred horses in Michigan for the last 25 years,and have the right kind, and at the right price. We can supply anynumberofwork horses, both geldings and mares. Get in touch with us. LIGONIER, INDIANA. FOR SALE Imported Belgian Stallion 7 years old, weight 1900 lbs., bright bay. Kind and gentle. Will sell cheap. For price and terms address A. H. FACE, Belding, Michigan. ~R ' t (11’ FOR SALE .Ei‘in‘iif’... aii‘é'lié‘é‘ltii?"i?£§“ifif spoction invited. F. L. KING 1!: SON. Char otte.Mioh. Registered Percheron: Brood mares. Fillies and Young Stallions. Priced to sell. Ins action invited. L. C. HUNT & 60.. ton Rapids. Michigan. BELGIAN‘ STALLIONS FOR SALE. 8year old. welfht 2.000; 4year old, will be 1.800; 2 year old, will be .800. _ H. E. HOBART. Caro. Michigan. Bell Phone. Percherons. Holsioins. lngus. Shronshires. Iluroc: DORR D. BUELL. Elmira, Michigan. Good Yearling Field namsilWhen Writing to Advertisers Please Men’tion The Michigan Farmer. The price of one bushel of Wheat will more than pay for a subscription to The Country Gentleman. 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