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VOL. CXXXIII. No. 12.

Whole Number 3469.





FARM NOTES.





 





Saving the Seed Corn.



Along in May, following a season like

the present one when the corn crop is

late in maturing, there is always a gen-

eral scramble among the farmers who

have. not used good methods in saving and

storing their seed corn to secure seed that

will “germinate sufficiently well to give

them a good stand of corn. But we are

apt to forget, past experiences, and as

two such seasons are rarely consecutive,

history often repeats itself in this par-

ticular. A word to the wise is sufficient,





and it w0uld be the part of wisdom for





every farmer to use. greater care in the

selection and storing of his seed corn this

year than he has been in the habit of

using. Such a course will be good insur-

ance against the situation above referred

to and in which nearly every farmer has

at some time found himself.



The methods of saving the seed corn

vary greatly with individual farmers.





Without doubt the better way to save





seed corn is to select it from the standing

stalk, at which time the characteristics

of the whole plant can be taken into

consideration. In mostgsections of the



s the crop is just; coming to maturity.

and this is just the proper time to make

such a selection. It takes but little time

to go thru [the field and select ears from

the best stalks, and if a considerable

quantity of seed is selected in this way

it can be sorted over for quality of ear

afterward and a very good sample or

seed obtained which will go far toward

improving the variety grown On any

farm. After it is selected it should be,

housed where it will not freeze and where

it can be given a good circulation of air

for a few days, after which it should be

fire dried if possible before storing it for

the winter. Some sort of corn rack, sev-

eral types of which have been described

and illustrated in the Michigan Farmer,

is‘ubest for this purpose for the reason

that it provides for a good circulation or

air around each ear and insures a natural

drying out of the kernels and cob. Where

such a device is used the corn can safely

be' hung in a dry garret or storeroom in

the house after it is gathered, altho it

would be better to have a little artificial

heat to insure a thoro, yet gradual, dry-

ing. Probably about the most satisfac-

tory corn rack for the average farmer

isy‘rga pole into which nails have been

driven, the ears being fastened on simply

by pushing them over these nails which

will easily penetrate the pith of the cob

from the butt. These poles can then be

suspended from the ceiling by means





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DETROIT, MICH.. SATURDAY, SEPT. 18. 1909.





of screw eyes inserted in the top, or they

can be set upon the floor by nailing a

couple of short boards at right angles to

each other and the pole as illustrated in

the Michigan Corn Improvement Asso-

ciation’s exhibit at the State Fair.

Where this is done, however, a hole the

size of the pole should be made in the

bottom of a common tin pan and this

slipped over the pole in an inverted posi-





with entire success, but believes the corn

rack to be a safer means to the desired

end of curing the seed properly and will

use some such device this year on ac-

count of the conditions which seem to

warrant more than ordinary care in this

respect.



But not every farmer will select his

seed corn from the stalk. This, how-

ever, is no reason why he, should not





 





 





 





Scene in the Horse Judging Ring at the State Fair.





tion to prevent the rats and mice from

climbing up the pole and getting at the

corn should any gain access to the room

where the seed corn is stored,



{While this is undoubtedly the best plan

for storing seed, and while it involves

comparatively little time or trouble, yet

it is not the only safe or practicable way.

The old method of saving the seed with

husks on and braiding up into strings

was a good way. but it involved more

trouble than many others. Some farmers

build a. large rack and suspend it from

the ceiling in an outbuilding and store

the seed corn on tlliS,'\\'ltll entire success.

Others cure it in crates by exposing it to

the air on bright days and fire drying it

by stacking the crates around the kitchen

stove, then storing it in a dry room right

in the crates into which it was originally

placed. The writer has used this method





cure and store it in a manner which will

insure good germination. \Vhere the corn

is huskcd by hand from the shock a very

good selection of secd can be made. In

fact, a better selection, so far as the

type of the cars is concerned, can be

made in this way than where. the seed is

selected from the stalk, and there is also

a fair opportunity to judge of the indi.

viduality of the stalk from which the

ears are selected by the careful and 0b—

scl‘ving workman. But the corn should

be gathered up at once and handled as

advised where it is sclcctcd from the

standing stalk. “'hcrc it is allowed to

lie out in freezing weather its germinal.—

ing quality may be. injured at the outset,

and unless stored in some, place, where

severe freezing will not occur until it is

thoroly dried out the results at planting

time will not be "all that might be desired.





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So whatever the method taken of saving

the seed corn, it will pay in a better crop

cf corn next year to care for it in such

a manner as will insure the preservation

of its vitality. Even such care as this

will not obviate the necessity of careful

testing before the seed is planted, but

it will make this a much easier task an}

will, as well, insure a market for surplus

seed at a good price.

The Seed Potatoes.



Notwithstanding the fact that the po-

tato crop is one of the most important,

if not the most important Cash crop

grown in Michigan, the matter of the

Sclcctinll of sccd is one which is given

comparatively little attention by even

the otherwise careful and painstaking

grower. Yet this is just as impm'tant as

the selection of secd corn, and judging

from the experience of those, who have

given it a proper degree of attention may,

he made chn more profitable. Unlike

the corn plant, the parent potato plant

perpetuates itself and its characteristics

independently of its environments. There

is no cross fertilization as in corn, a.

fact which makes selection a, greater

factor in the crop grown from the seed

selected by any method. Hence, if the

potatoes from the best hills are selected

for seed, the chance of getting plants

which will produce a maximum of pota-

toes of a desirable type is much better

than with corn, where one of the parents

is more or less an unknown factor. This

fact is a strong argument for the indi-

vidual hill method of selecting seed Do-

iatoes. “'here the tubers are dug by

hand it will involve no great amount of

labor to lay the potatoes from particularly

choice hills to one, side and gathcr them

up separately to be uscd for seed. or

course, it would be quite a task to

gather sccd enough in this way to plant

a large ficld where one is in the business

of growing potatoes on a commercial

scale, but it is comparatively easy to

save enough in this way to plant a small

area on one side of the field as a seed

breeding plot, from which this process

of selection can again be carried on to

sccurc the Sccd for the next season’s

seed breeding plot and the balance of the

product can be used for seed with which

to plant the main crop. In this way the

prm-css of selection for the best can con—

stantly be going 011, and if the assurance

of some of our most successful growers

can be acc<xpted the yield of the field crop

may be )wrccptibly incrcased from year

to year and the pcrpwluity of the variety

as a successful croppcr can be assured

for a much longcr timc. if not indefinitely.

it is a math-r of common knowledge that





 





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the old standard varieties seem to gradu- have been workingkat‘ the digglngof this





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is every reason to believe that this is

largely due to poor methods of seed se-

lection. There is a great temptation for

the grower to select his seed from the

unmerchantable potatoes, especially when

the price is high, and by this method 0t

selection the weaker plants are naturally

perpetuated until finally the strain be-

comes an unprolific one. But where the

method above advised is used, the parent

plants which produce a maximum of mer-

chantable potatoes of good type are per-

petuated, and a hardy, vigorous and pro-

ductive strain of the variety is gradually

built up.



But some will contend that if potatoes

of good type are selected for seed the

same ends will be attained. This, how-

ever, does not follow, for the reason that

the poorest hill may hear one or two

tubers of good type. What we want is

hills that will produce a maximum num-

ber of merchantable potatoes of good

type, and it is just as reasonable to be~

lieve that a potato plant might be pre-

potent in this respect as to believe that

a good brood sow may have a like pre-

potency which she may transmit to he!

offspring, and this is a fact so well estab-

lished as to be beyond controversy. For

this reason the writer would rather plant

the poorest potato from the best hill in

the field than the best potato from the

poorest hill, even tho the latter was a

better individual tuber than the former.

For the same reason it would appear to

be well worth the time and trouble in—

volved for every potato groWer to save

at least enough seed by this method to

plant an acre or two in next year’s p0—

tgtto field. It will cost little to try it out,

and we believe that the results attained,

especially if the plan is persisted in for

a few consecutive years, will repay the

grower many fold for his little extra

work.



Handling Cowpeas for Fodder and Green

Manure.



\l'ill someone, who has had experience,

tell when and how to handle cow-peas

for fodder, also when to turn them under

for green manure? .



Van Buren Co. I. P. BATES.



Cowpeas should be handled much the

same as clover in making them into hay.

()wing to the succulent nature of the

vines, it is necessary to cure them in the

cOck' to make a. good quality of hay.

Following the mower. after the vines are

wcll wilted, the tedder should be used

and the vines raked and cocked as soon

as lit and allowed to cure out before

drawing.



In the south, where eowpeas are Trtrgely

used for green manure it has been found

by trials at the t-xperirnt‘nt stations that

the best results are secured by mowing

the vines and plowing them under late

in the fall after they are thoroly dried

out. In this state they might, be left

until spring where it is nit practicable

to fall plow, but plowing them under

green is not advisable and where it has

been tried it has given poorer results

than any other method by which they can

be handled.





 





 





FIXING A BAD BARNYARD,





 





"We are located on a Burr Oak prairie,

and those familiar with these prairies

know that there are usually dips or basins

scattered thru them, which seldom hold

standing water unless the soil is trampcd

so as to make it hard, when it becomes

impervious to water and will otfen hold

standing water nearly the year round.



Such a basin comes at the edge of our

barnyard, and altho it forms a drainage

for the upper part of the yard it has been

a nuisance in holding water during warm

weather and in allowing the water to back

up over the yard after rains.



Filling the sag was out of the question,

as the yard is so situated that it must

receive the drainage from the immediate

vicinity. The only way was to provide

an outlet for the water. A number of

years ago it was attempted to drain the

sag by means of a well just outside the

barnyard. This soon filled up so the

water would not settle away. Later,‘

another well was dug and filled with

stone, but with the same result. The

slime from the manure would make the

impervious paste which soon rendered any

sink hole useless.



I was never in favor of the sink hole

idea. as there would be a great waste 0!

liquid manure, but have that that the only

feasible way would be to drain this by

means of a. tile about thirty rods long

leading to a field on the creek bottom

which is at least five feet lower than the

basin in the barnyard. Accordingly, we





to the cultivated field on the flat. Most

of the dirt was scraped or hauled into

the basin to raise the bottom of this and





lessen the depth necessary to dig the'





trench. It was necessary to go from SlX'

to eight feet most of the way. We now

have the ditch thru ready to lay a six

inch tile. Will put screen at. upper end

and a “man-hole” near it to guard

against clogging. With the open ditch

we now have the yard is free from stand—

ing water within a half hour after a. rain

and this water, with much liquid manure,

is spread over quite an area on the bot-





tom ]und. The corn in this region is.





already beginning to respond to the stim-

ulant. Should the ground become too-

rich here we can easily run the water to

other parts of the flat by shallow furrow

ditches.



I have observed many yards about the

country since we began improving ours

that are poorly located as to drainage.

In some cases they are muddy most of the

year and in others the drainage runs to

unimproved land or a ditch or creek so

that much fertility is lost. Many of these

could be improved greatly with. little labor

and the saving in fertility alone, aside

from the convenience of having a dry

yard, would soon repay the cost. I am

giving this experience in the hope that

some of my readers will study out the

problem as it is I)resented to them and

see if a little labor on their yards will

not improve them from both a sanitary

and economical standpoint.



Calhoun C0. S. B. H.





LILLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.





 





The sugar beets are coming on finely.

They were sown very late. We were not

only retarded by the wet weather last.

spring, but we deferred the sowing a. little

bit because I wanted to have the field.

green all thru the summer and not be-

affected by the August drouth, as early





beets usually are. Half of the field was '





potato ground last year and was not

plowed, simply disked. That we could

have put in earlier. The balance was»





a corn fi-eid. plowed this spring..\ The“





ground was in condition so that we could

have sown the beets (arlier had we that

proper to do so, but they were not sown

until along in June. W'e were lucky in'





having a nice little rain after they were.





drilled, and got good germination on both

the fields. They came up and have

grown. constantly. We got them thinned"

out on time and kept them well culti-

vated and with the recent rains, they

are certainly “booming.” The tops in

many places almost cover the ground,

the rows being 28 inches apart. We have

given them shallow cultivation since the

lust rain which will probably be the last

for the season. Present appearances in‘

dicnte that we will have a fairly good

crop, and that at the time of pulling the

tops we will be fresh and in good condi-

tion for feeding. That “as one of the

things sought.



I think I explained before that I ap-

plied lime to this field early in the spring,

with the exception of one strip across

the field. The stand of the beets is a.

great deal better now where we applied

the lime than where we did not.



COLON C. LILLIE.

Roofing Facts for Farmers.



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and more complex every year. There

are so many poor roofings on the market

and so few good ones that it is well

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what they buy. The reason for so many

poor roofings being on the market is

because they all look alike. llut looks

are not what should make you decide on

your roofing. Here is a word from us

which deserves reading. The Breese

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samples of their 1, 2 and 3 ply to test in

comparison with other roofing samples.

They guarantee satisfaction or money re—

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that it will arrive safely at your railroad

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Mississippi and north of southern Tenne-

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FEEDERS’ PROBLEMS.

The Ration for the Brood Sow.



A‘Saginaw county subscriber asks if it

is all right to feed a brood sow that is

approaching the farrowing period, such

feeds as ground rye, whole rye cooked,

and green corn in the roasting stage.

This question of a proper ration for

brood sows is one of particular interest

to every farmer, especially at a time

when hogs are as valuable as at the pres-

ent time. If the sow is on good pasture,

especially clover pasture, a little of the

grains mentioned would do her no harm.

She would not require a heavy grain

ration, and the grass would furnish the

bulk which is important for the ration

for the brood sow. But if confined in a

pen or a small run in which there is not

sufficient grass to form a considerable

portion of the ration, such a heavy feed

as ground rye, fed alone, would net be

either suitable or safe. The writer has

'had trouble result from feeding such a

ration when the cows were on fair pas-

ture, other than clover, and such a.

result would be more likely if the sow

were confined to a pen. Soaked rye

should not be fed, as the waste would be

considerable in feeding such a small

grain without grinding. If the green corn

is to be fed as suggested, it would be

better to cut it up and feed it stalks and

all. Such a feed, with a little middlings

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prove satisfactory for the brood sows ir





kept in an enclosure. The thing to keep

in mind in providing a ration for the

brood sow is to have it well balanced and

of sufficient bulk so that the sow’s appe-

titc can be satisfied Without overfceding

her. Overfeeding, especially on carbon-

aceous feeds. such as corn or rye, should

always be avoided, not only as the far-

rowing season approaches but thruout

the period of pregnancy.



BREEDING FROM MATURE SOWS



OR YOUNG ONES.



In studying the works by well known

authors on hog breeding, rearing and sell-

ing, I have been surprised that they all

neglect to discuss so important a subject

as the one I have selected to bring to

the attention of some breeders and feed-

ers. It is one of the subjects that should

be well understood. The reason, I be-

lieve, that it is not considered more by

the breeders who raise stock to sellas

breeding stock, and the farmers who

raise pigs to feed for pork, to sell in the

market, is the lack of cultivating the

habit of observing closely, and the lack of

keeping a record of what has been done

each year, or failing to keep in mind the

results of the previous years.



If we. were to study OVcr the, records

of the doings of the sows that are record-

ed in the different registers of the dif-

fcrcnt breeds, one of the things we should

notice is the prolificacy of the different

sows. By studying the records, we would

find that; the sows that farrow large lit-

tors are almost invariably mature sows.

If we could diSCovcr which sows misc a

large percentage of the pigs farrowed, we

would find that it is what is called the

old sows.



Experienced breeders often make the

remark that one can not always tell just

what kind of a breeder a sow is going

to make by the results of the first litter.

It is not wise to condemn a young sow

on account of producing a small litter

the first time. There may be reasons

for it, that are overlooked by the inex-

perienced breeder, that will notoccui.

again. Such things as being frightened

by being bred to an aged boar, 01‘ one

that is too heavy. Breeding crates help

to overcome the last mentioned difficulty,

but it will not overcome the fright, nor

will it overcome some of the internal

conditions that exist with the young

sow, that will ever after be removed.

If a young sow is of the right build, is

well sexed and of the right blood lines,

she ought to be given more than one

trial. The characteristic of prolificacy

runs in families, and if the young sow is

by a productive family she will be very

likely to display it by results after the

first litterfi



In my own experience, I have found

that farmers who have raised hogs a

great many years often expect too much

from young sows. Very many reason

that it is a good scheme to buy a young

sow that has been bred to a noted and

meritorious boar. The theory is all right

but it is not giving either the boar or





 





 





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





"so‘w a good chance to show what the





possibilities are within them. The now

if immature, ‘is, or should be, growing

while shé is carrying the litter. There





is a double duty thrust upon her; she is





developing her own body, and therefore

can not send as much blood to the uterus

to nourish the feotus as she will be able

to do in later years. As a rule, the young

sow does not produce as good pigs the

first litter as she will later in life if given

a more favorable opportunity. I am

aware that there are a few notable ex-

ceptions to this rule.



In my own experience I have, as a rule,

raised my best pigs, for show or breed—

ers, from the mature sows. There seems

to be good reasons for this. In the first

place, a mature sow has but the one drain

on her system; that of simply living, and

the energies of her system can be directed

to the developing of the feotus. There can

be a good flow of blood to the uterus, for

the simple reason that she has more blood

than the young sow. The pigs from the

mature sow are almost invariably larger

at birth and maturity than from a young

one. There are cases on record where

a mature sow has farrowed a litter of

pigs that weighed, at time of birth, three

pounds each, while the average weight

of young pigs at birth is between one

and a half and two pounds each.



In the second place, the mature sow

can give the young pigs a better start

after birth than the young one can. The

old ones furnish a larger quantity of milk,

and the pigs are but little hogs, and like

to eat, so if they are supplied with a.

liberal quantity of milk, the first three

Weeks of their lives, the stomach becomes

expanded, the body has been enabled to

grow faster, and they have a better start

in life. In conversation while on a visit

to a noted breeder in the middle west,

who has won a reputation as an ex-

hibitor of pigs under six months of age,

the matter of the sow came up, and his

experience seemed to be along the same

line to my own. I noticed that his were,

all mature sows, and he made the remark

that he not only selected good sows in-

dividually, but he retained in his herd

only those that were good milkers. Cat—

tlemen and sheepmen fully realize the

necessity of selecting mothers that are

good milkers, but few swine breeders have

yet placed a proper estimate on that

characteristic.



Another point ought not to be over-

looked. By breeding ‘from immature

stock there is a tendency toward reducing

the size of the stock. A marc's first

foal, if she is not matured, will not be

so large as the ones that follow later,

and the rule holds good with the heifer

and ewe, and also with the sow.



By the use of immature, sires and dams

some of the leading breeds of swine in

the United States have been greatly re—

duced in size. Some of the breeds of

swine that were classed among the large

breeds a score of years ago, are now

classed as medium. If the size and gen-

eral usefulness of a breed is to be main-

tained, it must be done by breeding from

mature animals.



The results that follow breeding from

immature stock are clearly shown where

men are led away by a craze called a

“Form” in some particular line of blood.

By breeding from everything as soon as

it is old enough to reproduce, the inferior

specimens, as well as the good, being

utilized, the whole tribe falls into dis-

credit, and justly so on account of such

a prevalence of inferiority, the “boom”

seems to ultimately collapse, leaving

some of the crcdulous victims weaker

financially, if not wiser for having had

the experience.



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Does top-dressing injure the taste 01'

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on to during the winter time, this taint





of the manure will be so largely removed‘





that the next year the animals will pay

but little attention to it. In fact, the

taint is practically all removed. Conse—

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As noted in the last issue the judging

of the live stock classes at the State Fair

commenced too late to permit the publi-

cation of any of the awards in our last

issue. We have, however, secured the

full official list of the awards for publi-

cation in this issue, and so far as pos-

sible these have been arranged in their

proper order. Some of the lists, how-

ever, were received too late to place in

their proper positions, and these will be

found under the head of Additional State

Fair Awards, on our editorial page.

Other awards follow-except those for

horses shown in harness, the publication

of which will be deferred until next week

owing to lack of space:





Shorthorns.



W, W. \Vagner, Fremont, Ohio:-—-Bull,

3 years or over, 1st; 2 years, 3rd; senior

yearling bull, 2nd; junior yearling bull,

3rd; junior bull calf, 1st; heifer, 2 years,

1st; senior yearling heifer, lst; junior

heifer calf, 4th; exhibitor’s herd. 2nd;

breeder's herd, 3rd; calf‘herd, 3rd; four

get of sire. 2nd; two produce of cow, lst.



Jay Smith, Ann Arbor,v.Mich.:—-Bull. 3

years or over, 2nd; senioj bull calf, 4th;

senior yearling heifer, 2nd; senior heifer

calf, 4th; junior heifer calf, 2nd.



John Lessiter's Sons, Clarkston. Mich.:

—-Bull, 3 years or over, 3rd; senior year—

ling hull, 3rd; junior yearling bull. 2nd;

senior bull calf, 5th; junior bull calf. 2nd:

junior heifer calf, 5th; steer, 2 years and

under 3, 1st; 1 year and under :2, lst;

under 1 year. 2nd and 3rd.



Sunnyside Farm, Port Huron, Mich.:—<

Bull, 2 years, 1st: senior yearling bull,

1st; senior bull calf, 1st; cow. 3 years or

over, 2nd; heifer, 2 years, 2nd and 3rd:

scnior heifer calf,.2nd; junior heifer calf,

1st and 3rd; exhibitor’s herd, lst; breed-

cr's herd, 1st; calf herd. 1st; four get

of sire, 3rd; two produce of cow, 2nd;

senior champion bull; junior champion

bull; grand champion bull; steer, under

1 year, 1st; champion steer.



.1. A. Gcrlaugh, Harshman, 0hio:—Bull,

2 years old, 2nd; senior bull calf, 2nd;

cow, 3 years or over, ith; senior yearling

heifer, 3rd and 4th; junior yearling heifer.

1st; senior heifer calf, 1st and 3rd; ex-

hibitor's herd, 8rd; lireedcr's herd, 2nd;

calf hcrd, 2nd; four gct of sire, 3rd; two





produce of cow, 3rd; .iuni'v" champion

female. . 4 _

Geo. l-I. Oke, Alytnston, ()nt.:r.lun10r





yearling hull, lst; senior bull calf. 3rd;

cow, 3 ycars or over, 1st and 3rd; heifer,

2 years, lth; junior heifer, 21rd“, grand

champion font-ale; senior champion female.



Druly & McAdams, Kitchcl. 1nd: Jun-

101' bull calf, 41h and 5th; scnior yearling

heifer, Alth; junior yearlng heifer, 2nd;

senior heifer calf, 5th.



Shorthorns Open to Michigan.



Jay Smith-Ann Arbor, Mich.:—Bull. 3

years or over, 1st; senior bull calf, 2nd;

cow, 3 years or over, 2nd and 3rd; heifer,

2 years, 3rd; senior yearling heifer, lst;

junior yearling heifer, .‘lrd; sn-niot‘ heifer

calf, 2nd and .1th; junior hcit’cr calf, 2nd

and 5th; exhibitor’s herd. 2nd; breedur’s

herd, 2nd; calf hcrd, 2nd; four get of

sire. 2nd; two produce of cow, 3rd,



.lohn Lessiter's Sons, Clarkston. Mich:

—~ilull, 3 years or ovcr, 2nd; senior year-

lint,r hull. 2nd; junior yearling bull. 1st;

Senior bull calf, Ctr-l; junior bull calf, 1st;

Cow, 2} ycars or oycr, lth: heifer, 2 ycars,

lth; scnior ycarling hcit't-r, ilrd; junior

ycarling licit‘ci‘. 2nd; senior heifer calf,

:;rd: junior hcit‘cr calf. lth; exhibitor's

hcrd. 3rd; lirccder's herd, :h'd; four get

of sire, :ird; two produce of cow, 2nd;

stccr, 2 ycars and under 3, 1st; 1 year

and under 2, 1st; under 1 year 2nd

and 22rd.



Sunnyside Farm, A. E. Stevenson,

Prop. Port Huron, )Iichgssrlluil. 2 years,

lst; srnior yearling bull, 1st; scnior bull





calf. l>t; cow, 5. ycat's or oycr. lst; hcifct‘,





 





2 ycars. 1st ond 3nd; scnior ycarling

heit‘el, 2nd and 1th; junior yearling





hcifcr. lst; scnior hcit'cr call", lst and

4th: junior hcift-r calf. 1st and flrd; cx-

lttlillul".< lit'lfii, 1S1: DIV-cich‘Vs' lli‘l'ti, ISL;

calf lit-rd. lst; four gct of sirc, .lst: two





produtc ot' sow. 1st: scnior champion

bull; junior champion bull; scnior cham-

pion t'ctnalc: junior champion fcmale;





atand champion bull: grand champion

t'cmalc; stccr under 1 year, 1st; champion

slccr,



Kclly & Nash. 'Ypsiianti. Micl1.:—Bull,

2 years, 2nd; scnior bull calf, ~lth; junior

yearling hcit’cr, lth.



Brown Swiss.



H. \Y, Aycrs, Honcy Creek, “USA——

Bull, 5’. ycai's or over, 1st; 2 years, 1st; 1

ycar, 1st; scnior bull calf, 1st; junior bull

calf, 1st; cow, 2: years or over, 1st; heifer,

2 years, 1st: 1 year, 1st; scnior heifer

call". 1st: junior hcifer calf, lst; exhibit—

or's herd, 1st; lirt-ctlcr’s hcrd, 1st; calf

hcrd, 1st: four get of sirc, 1st; two pro-

duce of cow, 1st; senior champion bull;

junior champion bull; senior champion

i‘cmalc; junior champion t‘cmaic; grand

champion bull; gutnd champion female.



Fat Steers.





John Lessiter’s Sons. (‘larkston Mich.:

vFat stecr, 2 years and undcr 3, 1st;

1 ycar and under 2. 1st and 2nd; 6

months and under 1 year, 2nd and 3rd;

hcrd of thrco, age lots, 1st.



John Cl'iamberlain. Flat ltock, Mich;—

1’at steer, 2 years and under 1:, 2nd; herd

of three age lots, 2nd.



\Volcott & Plumb. Concord. Mich.:—~

Fat steer, 1 year and under 2, 3rd.



Sunnysidc Farm. A. E. Stevenson,

Prop, Port Huron, Mich.:—-Fat steer. 6

months and under 1 year, lst; champion,

any age under 3 years, cup.



Galloways.





Jas. Frantz & Sons. Bluffton, Ohio:~—

Cow, 3 years old. 1st; bull, 2 years old,

1st; 1 year, 1st and 2nd; senior bull calf.

1st; junior bull calf, lst and 2nd; cow, 3





 





 





2nd; breeders hgrd‘. 2nd: four get; of c 5""





years or over, 151: and: 2nd: heifer. 2

years, last and ,2nd; 1‘ year, lat and 3rd;

senior heifer calf, 4th; “junior heifer. calf,

2nd; exhibitor’s herdi,” lst; breeders herd,

1st; four get of sire, lst; two pmduce of

cow, lst; senior champion bull; junior

champion bull; senior champion female;





junior champion female; grand champion, 6





bull; grand champion cup.



Michigan Premium Stock C0., Davis-

burg, Mich.:—Bull, 3 years, 2nd; 2 years,

2nd; cow, 3 years or over, 4th; heifer, 2

yearS, 4th; 1 year, 2nd; senior heifer calf,

lst; junior heifer calf, 1st; exhibitor's

herd, 2nd; four get of sire; 2nd; two pro-

duce of cow, 2nd.



John Chamberlain, Flat Rock, Mich.:—-

Bull, 3 years, 3rd; senior bull calf, 2nd

and 3rd; junior bull calf, 3rd; cow, 3

years or over, 3rd; heifer, 2 years, 3rd;

1 year, 4th; senior heifer calf, 2nd, 3rd

and 5th; junior heifer calf, 3rd; exhibit-

or‘s herd, 3rd; calf herd, lst; four get of

sire, 3rd; two produce of cow, 3rd.



Aberdeen Angus.



Woodcote Stuck Farm, Ionia, Mich:—

Bull, 3 years old, lst; 1 year. lst; junior

bull calf, 3nd; (0\\', 3 years old, lst and

5th; heifer, 2 years old. 2nd; 1 year old,

2nd; senior heifer calf, 2nd; junior heifer

calf, lst; exhibitor’s herd, 1st; breeder’s

herd, 1st; four get of sire, 3rd; two pro-

duce of c0w, 2nd; senior champion bull;

junior champion bull; grand champion

bull.



(Aberdeen Angus Specialsl:——Bull, 3

years old, lst; 1 year, lst; hull calf. 3rd;

cow, 3 years, 1st and 5th; heifer, 2 years

old, 2nd; 1 year old, 2nd and 6th; heifer

calf, 2nd.



\Vilson Bros, Muncie, Ind.:—Bull. 3

years old, 2nd; 1 year old, 2nd; senior

‘null calf, 1st; cow. 3 years. 2nd and. 4th;





heifer. 2 years old, 3rd and 4th; 1 year





old, 4th and 5th; junior heifer allf, 2nd

and 3rd; exhibitor's herd, 2nd: breeder's

herd, 2nd; four get of sire, 2nd.



(Aberdeen Angus Specials):—Bull. 3

years old, 2nd; 1 year old, 2nd; bull calf,

lst; cow, 3 years old. 2nd and 4th; heifer.

2 years old, 3rd and 4th; 1 year old,

4th and 5th.



Ferguson & Hutchinson, Xenia, Ohio:—

Bull, 1} years old, 3rd; 1 year old, 4th;

junior hull calf, 1st; cow, 3 years old,

3rd; heifer, 2 years old, lst; 1 year old,

1st and 3rd; senior heifer calf, 1st; junior

hcifcr calf, 4th; exhibitor’s herd. 3rd;

breeder's herd, 3rd; four get of sire. 3rd;

two product of cow, lst; scnior champion

female; junior champion female; grand

champion female.



(Aberdeen Angus Specialslz—Bull, 1

ycar old, 4th; bull calf. 2nd;.cow. 3 years

old, .‘lrd; hcit‘cr. 2 ycars old, 1st; 1 year

old, 1st and 3rd: heifer calf, 1st.



.Jas. H, Hall, Pt. Austin, Mich.:—Bull,

2 ycars, 1st; 1 year, 3rd; junior bull calf,

did and 4th; heifer, 2 years. 5th; junior

heifer calf. 5th; exhibitor’s herd, 4th;

breeders herd, 4th; four get of sire, 4th;

two produce of cow, 3rd.



(Aberdeen Angus Specialslz—Bull. 2

years old, lst; 1 year old, 3rd; bull calf,

4th and 5th; cow, 3 years old, 6th;

heifer, 2 years old, 5th.



Red Polls.





Geo. Eneichen, Geneva, Ind.:—Bull, 2

years, 2nd; senior bull calf, 1st; cow, 3

years, 1st and 5th; heifer, 2 years, 4th;

1 year, 1st; scnior heifer calf, 1st; junior

heifer calf, 4th; exhibitor’s herd, 1st; calf

herd, 1st; four get of sire, 1st.



.1. M. Chase, Ionia, Mich.:-—-Bul’t. 3

years or over, 1st; 2 years, 3rd; senior

bull calf, 2nd and 3rd; heifer, 1 year, 5th;

junior hcifcr calf, 1st: exhibitor‘s herd,

2nd; four get of sire, 3rd. ‘



[3. M. English, Clarksyille, Mich.:—-Bull,

3 ycars or over, 2nd; junior bull calf, 1st;

cow, 3 years, 3rd; heifer, 2 years, 1st and

5th; heifer, 1 year, 3rd; senior heifer calf,

2nd and 3rd; exhibitor’s herd, 3rd; four

gct of sire, L’lld.



Earl D. Fisher, Bolivar, Ohio: Bull, 3

years or over, 3rd; senior bull calf, 2nd;

junior bull calf. 4th; cow, 3 years old,

2nd; heifer, 2 years, 3rd; heifer, 1 year,

2nd and Atth; junior heifer calf. 2nd and

3rd; cxhihitor’s herd, 5th; four get) of

sire, 4th.



Janws Reynolds, Port Huron. Mich:—

lhill, i.‘ }'('&ll‘>‘. 1st; cow, 3 yours, 4th;

ili‘:f€‘1‘, 2 yc‘trs, 2nd; stnior hcifer calf,

ith; exhibitor’s herd, 4th.





 





Large Yorkshire Swine.



M. S, Jones, Danyille, Digs—Boar, 2

ycars or over, lst; 12.’ months, 1st; under

H months, lst; sow, 2 years or our lst,

18‘ months, 1st; 12 months. 1st; 6 months,

lst; under 6 months. 1st: exhibitor's

hcrd, 1st; brccdcr‘s hcrd, lst; four get

of boar, lst; four produce of sow, 1st;

champion boar. 1 year or over; under 1

ycar; champion sow, I year orwoycr; un-

dcr 1 year; grand champion boar; grand

champion sow: I'll‘t‘lilit'l‘ champion cxbibi-

tor; premicr champion breeder.



Small Yorkshire Swine.



1W. '1‘, Story, Lowcll. MichJAPmar, 2

years or over, 1st: 6 months, 1st; undcr

6 months, 1st; sow, 2 years or over. 1st

1 ycar, 1st; 6 months, 1st; cxhibitor‘s

hcrsl, 1st; lll't‘t‘di"1"S hcrd. 1st: four get

of boar, 1st; four produce of sow, 1x1:

champion boar oycr 1 year; undcr 1 year;

champion sow oycr 1 year; undcr 1 year;

grand champion boar; grand champion

sow; premier champion exhibitor; pre-

mier champion breeder.



Victoria Swine.



M. T. Story, Lowell. llrfichx—Boar. 2

years or over. 1st; 6 months. 1st; under

6 months, 1st; sow, 2 years or over, 1st;

18 months, 2nd: 6 months. 2nd: under 6

months, lst; exhibitor’s herd, 1st; breed-

cr's herd. 1st: four get of boar, 1st;

champion boar over 1 year; under 1 year;

champion sow over 1 year; under 1. year;

grand champion boar; grand champion

sow; premier champion exhibitor; pre-

micr champion breeder.



Geo. InEichcn, Geneva; Ind.:——Boar. 18

months, 1st; 12 months, Ist; 6 months,

find; under 6 months, 2nd and 3rd; sow.

2 years or over, 2nd; 18 months, 1st; 12

months. 1st; 6 months, 1st: under 6

months, 2nd and 3rd; exhibitor’s herd,





 





 





boar,.,2nd; four prOduce of‘sow,>lst~.

- Tamworth Swine.

Frank Thornber, _ Carthage, Ill.:—Boar,





2 years or over, lst and 2nd; 12 months,‘





lst and 2nd; 6 months, lst and 3rd; under

months, 1st and 5th; sow, 2 years. or

over, 1st; 18 months, 1st and 2nd; 12

months, lst and 2nd; 6 months, 4th; un-





der 6 months, 4th; exhibitor’s herd, 1st;,





breeder’s herd, 1st; four get of boar, lst;

four produce of sow, 2nd; champion boar,

1 year or over; under 1 year; champion

sow, 1 year or Oth‘; grand champion

boar; grand champion sow; premier

champion exhibitor; premier champion

breeder. .



Chas Ford, Mortonsville, Ky.:—Boar,

2 years or over, 3rd; 18 months, Ist and

2nd; 6 months, 2nd and 5th; under 6

months, 2nd. 3rd and 4th; sow, 2 years

or over, 2nd and 3rd; 18 months, 3rd;

6 months, lst, 2nd and 5th; under 6

months, lst, 2nd, 3rd and 5th; exhibitor’s

herd, 2nd; hreeder's herd, 2nd; four get

of boar, 2nd; four produce of sow, 1st;

champion sow, under 1 year.



Adams Bros, Litchfield, Mich.:-—-Boar,

18 months, 3rd; 6 months, 4th; sow, 2

years or over, 4th; 18 months, 4th; 12

months, 3rd; 6 months, 3rd; exhibitor’s

herd, 3rd; breeder’s herd, 3rd; four get

of boar, 3rd; four produce of sow, 3rd.





Duran Jersey Swine.





M. T. Story, Lowell, Mich.:——Boar, 2

years or over, lst; 18 months, 2nd; 1?.

months, 3rd; 6 monthsi, 3rd; under 6

months, 3rd and 4m; sow, 2 years or

over. 2nd; 18 months, 4th and 5th; 12

months, 2nd; 6 months, 1st; under 6

months, 3rd; exhibitor’s herd, 2nd;

breeder’s herd, 2nd; four get of boar,

2nd; four produce of sow, 2nd.



J. C. Barney, Goldwater, Mich.:——Boa1’.

2 years or over, 2nd; 18 months, 1st and

3rd; 12 months, lst and 2nd; 6 months.

lst and 2nd; under 6 months, lst, 2nd and

5th; sow, 2 years or over, 1st and 3rd;

18 months, 1st, 2nd and 3rd; 12 months,

1st and 3rd; 6 months, 2nd and 3rd; un-

der 6 months, 1st and 2nd; exhibitor’s

herd, lst; breeder’s herd, lst; four get

of boar, 1st; four produce of sow, lst;

champion boar over 1 year; under 1 year:

champion sow 1 year or over; under 1.

year; ‘ grand champion boar; grand

champlon sow; premier champion exhi-

bitor; premier champion breeder.



Chester ‘White Swlne.



11'. .1. Cherry, X'-nia, Ohio:——Boar, 2

years or over, 1st: under 6 months, 2nd;

sow under 6 months, 13f and 4th; four

get of boar, 3rd; four produce of sow, 2nd.



“’in. ’1‘. Dover, Lucas-ville, Ohio:—Boar,

2 years or over, 2nd; 18 months, lst and

2nd; 12 months, lst and 2nd; 6 months,

1st and 2nd;; under 6 months. 3rd; sow

2 years or over, lst and 2nd; 18 months,

lst and 2nd; 12 months, lst and 2nd; 6

months, 1st and 2nd; under 6 months,

2nd; exhibitor’s herd, lst; breeder‘s herd,

1st; four get of boar, 1st; four produce

cf sow, 3rd; champion boar, 1 year or

over; under 1 year; champion sow, 1 year

or over; under 1 year; grand champion

boar; grand champion sow; premier

champion exhibitor; premier champion

breeder. '



\V. F. Adams, Litchiield, Mich.—Boar,

2 years or over, 3rd; 12 months, 3rd: sow,

2 years or over. 5th; 12 months, 5th; 6

months, 4th; exhibitor’s herd, 4th; breed-

cr‘s herd, 4th; four get of boar, 5th; four

produce of sow, 5th,



Adams Bros, Litchfield, Mich.:——Boar,

18 months, 3rd; 12 months, 4th; 6 months,

51h: under 6 months, ist; sow, 3 years or

oycr, 3rd; 18 months, 3rd; 6 months, 3rd:

under 6 months, 3rd; exhibitor’s herd,

2nd; breeder’s herd. 2nd; four get of boar,

2nd; four produce of sow, lst.



(7. J. Thompson. Rockford, Mich.:——

Boar. 6 months, 3rd and 4th; under 6

months. filth and 5th; sow, 2 years or

oy'cr, lth; 12 months, 2rd and 4111; under

6 months, 5th; exhibitor’s herd, 3rd;

hreeder‘s herd, 3rd; four get of boar, 4th;

four produce of cow, 4th.



Essex Swine.



Patrick Millet, Perry, Mich.:—Boar. 2

ycai‘s or over, 1st; 18 months, 2nd: 1 year,

2nd; 6 months, 2nd: under 6 n‘ionths, 5th;

sow, 2 years or over, 2nd; 18 months,

1nd; 1 year, 2nd; six months, 2nd; under

6 months, 2nd; exhibitor’s herd. 2nd;

brecdcr’s herd. 1st: four get of sire, 3rd;

four produce of sow. 3rd.



L, B. Lawrencc, Grass Lake, Mich:—

Boar, 2 years or over. 2nd: 1 ycar. lst;

6 months, 1st: under 6 months. 2nd and

-lth; 2 ycars or m'cr, 1st; 18 months, 1st;

1 year. 1st; 6 months. lst; under 6 months,

lst; exhibitor's herd, 1st; four get of





site/1st; four produce of sow, lst;

$1 pion boar, 1 year or over; under 1





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,c; r; champion sow 1 year or over;

uinlcr 1 year; grand champion boar;

grand champion sow; premier champion

cxhihitor; premier champion breeder.



(loo. InEichen, Geneva. Ind.:~sl:o;ir. 18

months, lst; under 6 months, lst and 3rd;

lo‘ months, .‘lrd; four get of sirc, 2nd;

four produce, of sow. 2nd.



'l‘hos. Millet, Shaftsburg, Micli.:/—Boa1‘.

1 year, 3rd; 2 years or over, 2rd; 18

months, 4th; 6 months, 3rd; under 6

months, 3rd.



Berkshires.



Hibbard & laldwin, Bennington.

Mir-trzsslioar, 2 year (1' oycr. 1st; 18

months, 1st; under 6 months, 2nd and ith;

sow, 2 years or chr. 1st; 18 months, .‘lrd

and 4th; 1 ycar, 2nd and lth; 6 months.

3rd; under 6 months, 1st and 2nd; ex-

hibitor’s ltcltl, lst; lit‘ccdcr'g ppm-1' 15“

four get of sire, lst; four produce of sow,

1st: champion _h0ar, 1 year or over;

champion sow, 1 ycar or over; grand

champion boar; grand champion sow;

premier champion exhibitor; premier

champion breeder.



Hupp Farms, Birmingham, Mich.:--—

Boar, 2 years cr (yer, 2nd; 18 months,

3rd; 1 year, 2nd; 6 months, 2nd: under

6 months, 1st; sow, 2 years or over, Lind

and 5th; 18 months, 181:; 1 ycar, lst and

5th; 6 months. 1st and 2nd: under 6

months, 5th; exhibitor’s herd. 2nd; breed-

er's herd, 3rd; f'iur get of boar, 2nd;

champion sow under 1 year. I



Bert Clark, Fenton’,





 





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stilt





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you’re

studying

ways to in-

crease business

-—how to make

more trips per day, or how to carry

more pounds per trip—remember





M! GA

.5er. %

GREASE





It puts good dollars

_ into many a pocket by

. saving wagon-wear

t and horse flesh.

» Alittle on each wag-





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on spindle puts

into a whole week’s

business.



The best thing for

wheel: is Mica Axle

Grease. Ask your

dealer and try it.





STANDARD OIL co.

(Incorporated) ’ '





 





Horse DWI-ion Should Use





GOMBAULT’S

CAUSTIC BALSAM





The Great French Veterinary RemeRK.

A SAFE. SPEEDY a POSITIVE CU .





Prepared. exehutvoly

1‘3, J. E. Gombault. ex-

ecerln Surgeon to

the Franc Governmmt

Stud.





 

 

   





sunnswrs All. CAUTERY on name.





Impossible to pgloduce any soar or blemish.





The safest best later ever used. Takes the

lace of all liniments for mild or severe action.

0:61:st all Bunches or Blomlshesfrom Horus



or tt 0.



A! 3 HUMAN REMEDY for Rheu-

ma lam. am, Sore» Throat, em, it

is invaluable.





WE GUARANTEE that one table-

apoonful of Camuc Balsam will produce

more actual resul ti than a whole bottle of any

llnlment or a uvin cure mixture ever made.



Every bott e of Caustic Balsam sold ll

Wmanted to give satisfaction. Price 81.50

per bottle. Sold by dmggists or sent by ex-

press, charges paid, with all directions for in

use. Send for descriptive circulars, testimo-

nials,etc. Address ,





J

Till MWIIGI-VILLUIS CODAIY, Cleveland, Ohio.





 





 





 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 





“SAVETHE—Honsz‘s PAVINCURE.





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Geneva, 1nd,, August to, 1909.



I took 03 n windpufl as big as a list from the withers of one of

my kernel. I only used one bottle. Yours truly, OTTO BOLDS.



Lynn, Mum, August 6, 1909.



Enclosed $6 to: one bottle ot“Save-the-Horle" spsvin cure and



one pound of ointment. I used a bottle on a bone apsvin lut



year Ind it worked to perfection. Respectfully,



2‘ Friend St] W. E. HALLOWELL.



Bay City, Wit, August 10, 1909.



I bought two botthl 0! your “Sua-the—Horu’ 'aboutthroo years



ago fora max. and it did wonders. I worked the mare ovary day

and cured her of two Ipnvins; the is as sound today an a colt.

Yours truly, BEN BENSGN.



on a bottle with legal written guaranteeorcontract.[59nd



$5 - for copy, booklet and letters from tin-inc“ men and



trainers on every kind of cue. Permanently ell-u Spain



’l‘hornughpin, Blncbone (except low) , Curb, Spillane-ppm! Hook



"impair, Shoo But. Muted Tendon“. and m mono-u. No



scar or loss of hair. Hone works u usual. Dealers or EXPI‘G"



l'nid. Troy Chemical 00., £0 Con-torch! Ava. mmmtomN-Y-





IIIRVEY notsnn splines





- Soonnvotheir cost. Makeoverymzonasprlng .

wagon; therefore fruit. vegetables. out. eta,





 





/ bring more money. Ask for special proposition.





 





Mich. z—Boar, 2 .





 





 





 





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SEPT. 18. 1909.“ ,





pulls 1‘

years or over, 3rd; under ,6, months, 3rd

and 5th; sow, under 6. months, 3rd and

4th; four get of boar, 3rd; four produce

of sow, 2nd.



0. S. Bartlett, Pontiac, Mich.:—-Boar,

2 years or over, 4th and 5th; 18 months;

2nd; 1 year, 1st; 6 months, 3rd; sow, 2

years or OYer, 3rd and 4th; 18 months,

2nd and 5th; 1 year, 3rd; exhibitor’s herd,

3rd; breeder's herd, 2nd; four get of boar,

4th; {out- produce of sow, 3rd.



Jas. Reynolds, Port Huron, Mich.:—g

Boar, 1 year, 3rd.



Jno, N. Hammond, Clarkston, Mich:—

Boar, 6 months, 1st and 5th; four get of

boar, 5th; champion boar under 1 year.





Poland Chlnas.





Wm, Waffle, Coldwater, Mich.:—Boar,

2 years or over, 1st and 3rd; 6 months,

1st and 2nd; under 6 months, 1st and

2nd; sow, 2 years or over, 1st and 3rd;

18 months, 1st and 2nd; 1 year, lst, 2nd

and 3rd; 6 months, 2nd and 5th; under

6 months, 3rd and 4th; exhibitor’s herd,

lst; breeder’s herd, 1st; four get of boar,

lst; four produce of cow, 1st; champion

boar, 1 year or over; under 1 year;

champion sow, 1 year or over; grand

champion boar; grand champion sow;

premier champion exhibitor; premier-

champion breeder.



Williams Bros., DeGraff, Ohio:-——Boar,

18 months, 1st; 2 years or over, 2nd;

year, 1st; 6 months, 3rd; under 6 months,

3rd; sow, 2 years or over, 2nd; 1 year,

4th; 6 months, 1st, 3rd and 4th; under 6

months, lst and 2nd; exhibitor’s herd, 2nd;

breeder’s herd, 2nd; four get of boar.

2nd; champion sow under 1 year.



0. J. Charter, Pontiac, Mich.:-——Boar, 2

years or over, 4th; 1 year, 2nd; under 0

months, 4th; sow, 2 years or over, 4th;

18 months, 3rd; 1 year, 5th; under 6

months, 5th; exhibitor's herd, 3rd; breed-

er's herd, 3rd; four get of boar, 3rd; four

produce of sow, 2nd.





 





SH EEP,





Leicestero.



Wm. McLean & Sons, Kerwood, Ont. :—

Barn, 2 years or over, lst and 4th; 1

year, 1st; ram lamb, lst and 4th; ewe, 2

years, 1st, 2nd and 4th; 1 year, lst, 2nd

and 3rd; ewe lamb, 1st, 2nd and 3rd;

flock, 1st; four lambs, lst; grand champ.

ram; grand champ. ewe.



John’ Walton, Rosebush, Mich.:——Ram,

2 years or over, 2nd and 5th; 1 year, 2nd,

3rd and 4th; ram lamb, 5th; ewe, 1 year,

3rd and 5th; ewe, 1 year, 4th and 5th;

ewe lamb, 5th; flock, 2nd; four lambs,

2nd. '



Wm, Newton, Pontiac, Mich.:—Ram, 2

years or over, 3rd; 1 year, 5th; ram lamb,

2nd and 3rd; ewe lamb, 4th; flock, 3rd;

four lambs, 3rd.



Oxford Downs.



J. J. England, Caro, Mich.:—Ram,

2 years or over, 1st; 1 year, 3rd and

5th; ram lamb, 4 ; ewe, 1 year, lst and

4th; ewe lalmb, 3rd; flock, 2nd; four

lambs, 3rd; grand champion ram,



Specials.



Best yearling ram, 1st; best yearling

ewe, 1st; best pen of four lambs, 1st.



Geo. W. l-ieskett, Jr., Fulton: Ohio—s

Ram, 2 years, 2nd and 4th; 1 year, 1’st;

ram lamb, lst; ewe, 2 year or over, 2nd;

1 year, 3rd and 5th; eWe lamb,, lst and

5th; flock, lst; four lambs, 1st.



J. W. Lee & Sons, Simcoe, Ont.:—Ram,

2 years or over, 3rd; 1 year, 2nd; ram

lamb, 2nd and 3rd; ewe, 2 years or over,

5th; ewe lamb, 2nd; four lambs, 2nd.



B. F. Miller, Flint, MiglL:—-Ram, 1 year,

4th; ram lamb, 5th; ewe, 2 years or over,

lst, 3rd and 4th; 1 year, 2nd; ewe lamb,

4th; flock, 3rd; four lambs, 4th; grand

champion ewe.



Specials,



Best yearling ram, 2nd; best yearling



ewe, 2nd; best pen of four lambs, 2nd.





Horned Dorsets.





Fillmore Farms, Bennington. Vt. : -—

ltam, 2 years or over, lst and 2nd; 1

year, 1st and 2nd; ram lamb, 1st and





2nd; ewe, 2 years or over, lst and 2nd;

1 year, 1st and 2nd; ewe lamb, lst and

2nd; flOCk, 1st and 2nd; four lambs, lst;

grand champion ram; grand champion

ewe.



Geo. C. Woodman, Bennington, Mich.:

——Ram, 2 years or over, 3rd and 4th; 1

year, 3rd and 4th; ram lamb, 3rd and

4th; ewe, 2 years or over, 3rd, 4th and 5th;

1 year, 3rd and 4th: ewe. lamb, 3rd and

4th; flock, 2nd; four lambs, 2nd. ,



Wm. Newton, Pontiac, Mich.:——Ram, 2

years or over, 5th; ewe lamb, 5th; flock,

4th; four lambs, 4th.



Michigan Premium Stock Co.:——Ram, 1





year, 5th; ram lamb, 5th; ewe, 1 year,

5th; floek, 4th; four lambs, 4th.

Southdowns.





Wm. Newton, Pontiac, Mich.:—Ram, 2

years or over, lst; ram lamb, 2nd; ewe,

2 years or over, 2nd; ewe lamb, 3rd and

4th; four lambs, lst.



James H. Hall, Pt. Austin, Mich:—

Ram, 1 year, lst; ram lamb, lst; ewe, 2

years or over, 1st; 1 year, lst; ewe lamb,

lst and 2nd; inck, 1st; grand champion

ram; grand champion ewe.



American Merlnos.





E. M, Moore, Wixom, Micli.:—Ram, 2

years or over, lst and 3rd; 1 year, 1st,

2nd and 5th; ram lamb, 2nd and 4th;

ewe, 2 years or over, 2nd and 3rd; 1

year, 1st and 3rd; grand champion ram.



S Blamer & Son, Johnstown, Ohio:—

Ram, 2 years or over, 2ndi and 4th; 1

year old, 4th; ram lamb, lst; ewe, 2 years

or over, lst; 1 year, 2nd and 5th; ewe

lamb, 2nd; fioek, 2nd; four lambs, 2nd;

grand champion ewe.



R. D. Stephens, South Lyon, Mich.:—-

Ram, 2 years or over, 5th; 1 year, 3rd:

ram lamb, 3rd and 5th; ewe, 2 years or

over, 5th; 1 year, 4th; ewe lamb, lst, 4th

and 5th; flock, 3rd; four lambs, 1st.



Calhoon Bros, Bronson, Mich.:——Ewe,

2 years or over, 4th; flock, 4th;'four

lambs, 4th.



, Delaine Merinos.



S. Blamer & Son, Johnstown, Ohio:—

R-am, 2 years or over, 1st‘and 4th; 1

year, 2nd and 5th; ram lamb, 1st; ewe, 2





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





years. or over, 1st and 2nd; 1 year, lot





‘and 2nd; ewe lamb, lst; flock, 1st; four

lambs, lst; grand champion ram; grand





champion ewe.



W. N. Cook & Son, New London, Ohio:—

Barn, 2 years or over. 2nd; 1 year, 1st; ram

lamb, 2nd and 4th; 'ewe, 2 years or over,

4th; 1 year, 4th; ewe lamb, 2nd and 3rd;

flock, 2nd; four lambs, 2nd,.



J. W. Robertson, Cadiz, Ohio:—-Ram, 2

years or over, 3rd and 4th; ewe, 1 year,





3rd.



Calhoon Bros., Bronson, Mich.:—-Ram.

1 year, 3rd and 4th; ram lamb, 3rd and

5th; ewe, 2 years or over, 3rd and 5th;

1 year, 5th; ewe lamb, 4th and 5th; flock,

3rd; four lambs, 3rd.



Rambouillets.



C. E. Lockwood, Washington, Mich.:—-—

Ram, 2 years, lst and 4th; 1 year, 2nd

and 4th; ram lamb, lst and 3,rd; ewe, 2

years, lst and 4th; 1 year, 1st; ewe lamb,

lst and 4th; flock, lst; four lambs, lst;

grand champion ram; grand champion

ewe.



E. M. Moore, Wixom, Mich.:—Ram, 2

years, 2nd and 5th; ram lamb, 2nd; ewe,

2 years, 3rd; 1 year, 2nd and 4th; ewe

lamb, 2nd; flock, 2nd; four lambs, 2nd.



P. C. Freeman & Son, Lowell, Mich.—

Ram, 2 years, 3rd; ewe, 2 years, 2nd; 1





year, 3rd; ewe lamb, 3rd; flock, third;

four lambs, 4th.



Oakwold Farm, Pontiac, Mich.:—Ram,

1 year, lst and third; ram lamb, 4th;

flock, 5th; four lambs, 5th.



L. B. Lawrence, Grass Lake, Mich.:~—

Ram, 1 year, 5th; ram lamb, 5th; ewe,





2 yea-rs, 5th; 1 year, 5th; ewe lamb, 5th;

flock, 4th; four lambs, 3rd.





 





Franco-Americans.





E. M. Moore, Wixom, Mich.:——R-am, 2

years, 1st and 2nd; 1 year, 2nd and 3rd;

ram lamb, lst and 2nd; ewe, 2 years, lst

and 5th; 1 year, 1st and 4th; ewe lamb,

1st and 4th; flock, 1st; four lambs, lst;

grand champion ram; grand champion

ewe.



Michigan Premium Stock Co., Davis--

burg, Mich.:—Ram, 2 years, 3rd and 5th;

1 year, 4th and 5th; ram lamb, 3rd and

4th; ewe, 2 years, 3rd and 4th; 1 year,

5th; ewe lamb, 3rd and 5th; flock, 3rd;

four lambs, 2nd.



S. E. Moore, Wixom, Micb.—Ram, 2

years, 4th; 1 year, 1st; ewe, 2 yearS, 2nd;





1 year, 2nd and 3rd; ewe lamb, 2nd;

flock, 2nd.



Shropshires.

Altamont Stock Farm, Millbrook, N..





Y.:—Ram, 2 years old or ovor, lst, 2nd

and 3rd; 1 year, lst and 2nd; ram lamb,

lst and 3rd; ewe, 2 years or over. 1st and

3rd; 1 year, 1st and 2nd; t‘VVO lamb,

lst and 2nd; flock, 1st; four lambs, lst;

grand champion ram; grand champion





ewe.

(Speclal by American ShrOpshire Assn.)



Flook, lst.



Erdenheim Farms. Pontiac, Mich;—

Ram, 2 years or over, 4th and 5th; 1

year, 3rd and 5th; ram lamb. 2nd and

5th; ewe, 2 years or over, 2nd and 4th;





1 year, 4th; ewe lamb, 3rd and 5th; flock,

2nd; four lambs, 2nd.



W, P. Pulling & Son, Parma, Mich:—

Rarn, 1 year, 4th; ram lamb, 4th; ewv, 2

years or over, 5th; 1 year, 3rd and 5th;

ewe lamb, 4th; flock, 3rd; four lambs, 3rd.



(Special by American Shropshire

Assn.):—Flock, 2nd.



(Edwin S. George SpeCials):—Yearling

ram, lst; ewe, lst and 2nd; ilock, 1st;

sweepstakes, lst.



Elmer E. Bowers, Manchester, Mich:—





Floek, 4th; four lambs, 4th.

(Edwin S. George Specials):—Flock,

2nd





E. E. Leland & Son, Ann Arbor, Mich.‘





—-(Edwin S. George Specials):—Yearling

ram, 2nd.





Fat Sheep.





.Ias. H. Hall, Pt. Austin, Mich.:——Middle

wooled wetlier, 1 year and under 2, lst

and 2nd.



Wm. Newton, Pontiac, Mich.:——Middle

wooled wether, 1 year and under 2, 3rd;

long wooled wether, 1 year and under ..,

lst and 2nd; under 1 year, lst;

wether, 1 year and under 2, 2nd; Merino

wether under 1 year, lst.



Fillmore Farms, Bennington, Vt.:—

Middle wooled wether, lst and Bud.



John Walton, Rosebush, Mich.:—Middle

wooled wether, under 1 year, 3rd.



A. C. Fielder, DeGraff, Ohio:—-Long

wooled wethcr, 1 year and under 2, 3rd;

under 1 year, 2nd and 3rd.



E. M, Moore, \Vixom, Mich.:—Merino

wether, 1 year and under 2, lst and 3rd.





 





Feeding New Corn to Hogs'.



A word of caution right now, if heeded,

with regard to feeding green corn will

save many dollars worth of hogs. It is

customary with many farmers to begin

feeding green corn to hogs about the,

time it is lit for “roasting ears,” giving

them stalk and all. If fed sparingly and

without decreasing the amount of old

corn for several weeks no bad results will

follow, but here is where the troubln

comes. Farmers are not careful enough

and there is nothing that will derange

the system of hogs quicker than too much





green corn. In fact, it is the cause of

much of the so-called attacks of hog

cholera. Every farmer knows that this





fatal disease is always more prevalent at

the time the feeding of new corn begins.

The cause is usually the sudden change

of diet. To make doubly sure it won‘t

break out in your herd be very careful

of the quantity of new corn you feed at

first, and then see to it that your trofs,

pens, etc., are perfectly sanitary. If you

will disinfect them with Hygeno A Dip

you may rest absolutely sure no disease

germs will get a foothold. By putting

Hygeno A Dip into the drinking water

or slop you will be taking additional pre-

caution. Cholera is a germ disease and

Hygeno A Dip is a positive germicide. It





'will do yourhogs good, and make them'





thrive faster. It is also an insecticide

and when used as a dip or spray will kill

all insect pests. We recommend you

Write for their valuable new stock book

No. 132, just issued. It certainly is well





worth a pOStal card request and it comes‘

to you postpaid. l





 





‘ . GEif‘tfiEAfiY

, ‘ roe HAY .BALING





THE demand of the market is for baled hay. There are the

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best of reasons why you should bale the hay you have to

se .



There's a larger demand for it.

It is easier to handle.



And you should bale it yourself rather than hire it done be-

cause the money you would pay the contract baler eats a big

hole in your profits.



You have the time to do your own baling. You have idle

horses in the fall and early winter to furnish the power. And

you have enough help, or nearly enough help, on the farm to

operate the press. All you need is a good reliable hay press.





I. H. C. PULL-POWER PRESSES

DO GOOD WORK AND FAST WORK





Buy one of the strong steel and irOn I. H. C. presses this

year, and if you have any considerable amount of bay to bale, it

will save you its cost the first season. And you will have a reli-

able press for many seasons to come.



I. H. C. presses make you independent of the contract baler.



They are specially valuable to the average farmer and hay

I raiser because they are operated with small forces. at no expense for power,

and the work can be done at times when there is little else for either man or

horses to do. These presses will bale your hay, straw or anything else you

have to bale into solid, compact and uniform bales. The onehorse press. an

ideal baler for small hay raisers, turns out 14x18-inch bales. Under average

I conditions. it will bale at the rate ‘of 6 to 8 tons a day. The twodiorse press



has bale chambers 14 by 18, 16 by 18 and 17 by 22 inches in size. and bales 8 to

15 tOns a day—a profitable machine for joint ownership among neighboring ,,

farmers or doing contract baling. ‘



I. H. C. presses are not horse killers, are convenient to operate and there

is no pounding or uneven draft. Both are full circle presses, and do not -

worry the horses with constant stopping, backing and starting. i~



Call on the International local agent and see the presses, or write to the

home office for catalogue and particulars.





INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY OF AMERICA, CHICAGO, U. S. A.





(Incorporated)





It brings a better price.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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No Better Safeguard Against Cholera. No Sui-er Way to Kill

Lice and Promote Health, Thrift and Profit.





USE KRESO DIP N9!





FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.





“'rite for free booklets about Dipping-Tanks and Wallows, with directions for using Kreso Dip

N o. 1 on ALL LIVE STOCK. Full of really valuable information.





PARKE, DAVIS &. CO.





DEPARTMENT or ANIMAL INDUSTRY, DETROIT, MICH.





NICORN DAIRY RATION—Highest QUALITY





_ Ready Ration on the

market. Absolutely pure and suitable for all breeds of cattle. The most

economical feed dairymen can buy. It will save from 10% to 20 70 of your

feed bill. Send for booklet, prices, etc. CHAPIN & (10., Inc. Milwaukee, Wis.





3i; B 'l .c a , .

fifickf‘ii’ursii’i? When All Others Fall Try

Dr. Fair’s





are hard to cure. yet

Cough é Heave

Remedy





SIX DAYS' TREATMENT FREE to new

customers, If you send 40 to pay postage.





If your druggist can't supply you





Send $1 for 30 Days’ Treatment





W. C. FAIR. V. 8.. Prop.

DR. PAIR VETERINARY REMEDY CO.





 





 





 





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will remove them and leave no blem-

ish-._ Does not blister or remove

the pair. Cures any pufi or swelling. Horse can

be worked. $2.00 per bottle,delivered.Book 6 D free.

ABSORBINE. JR», (mankind, $1.00 bottle),

For Boils. Bruises. Old Sores. Swellings. Genre."

Varicose Veins, Varicositles. Alloys Pain.





W. F. YOUNG, P.D.I-'., 268 Temple SL. Springfield, Haas.





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 





. Slop Buying Sweat Pads!





Use "ameless Amus’abl" co'la's' ‘ 5112-5114 carnogiomnue. clavoland. Ohio.





 





 





 





and .keegfiyour horses in workin con- .

dltion daysxn the year. No ames ‘



to buy or Pads to bother with. Fits



any horse, indestructible, cheapest. '

and best. Ask your dealer—take no I





 





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Age,,,W,,,,g, Wflrg, figme- I tisers please mention the

Johnston-Slocum co., 202 State St. cam. Mich. | Michigan Farmer.





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CONDUCTED BY‘ DR. W. C. FAIR...

CLEVELAND OHIO.





 





Advice thru this department is free to

our- subscribers.’ Each communication

should state history and symptoms of the

case in full; also name and address of

writer. Initials only will be published.

Many queries are answered that apply to

the same ailments. If this column is

watched carefully you will probably find

the desired information in a reply that

has been made to some one else.





Heifer has Bunches on Shoulder and





Leg—I have a 2-year-old heifer that has

hard lumps on left shoulder and leg.

These bunches do not appear to grow





much and I am inclined to believe they

are on the veins. 8. J. H., .Mason, Mlch.

If the bunches are not dmng any harm

and not growing you had better leave

them alone until cool weather, then ap-

pr iodine ointment once a day. '



Bunch on Inside of Hock—I would like

to have you tell me what to do for my

horse; he has a bunch on inside of hock

causing him to travel very lame—~the

hunch is still growing and is without

doubt causing the lameness. G.

()wosso, Mich.——It is possible the bunel

you speak of is bone spavin, or it may

be fibrous, the result of a bruise. Apply

one part red iodide mercury and 513

parts lard every four or five days.



Barb \Vire Cut.——One of my cows cut

both fore teats on barb wire four weeks

ago. “'9 have had to milk her thru a

tube; both fore quarters of udder are

swollen and have the appearance of being

badly inflamed. The fluid that comes

from the swollen quarteris thin and has

a bad odor. H. I, Vernon, l\/Ii0h.—-

You had better foment her udder With

warm water twice a .day, adding a tea-

spoonful earbolic acid to each quart of

water, and apply one part (‘lll‘liOliC‘ acul

and 30 parts warm sweet oil to udder

twice a day. If her bowels are consti-

pated give her 1 epsom salts daily

until they open.



[IliiiLYL‘Sli'lll—vl’llOllITlOllifls-V‘I had a reg-

sick with





 





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isti-rcd Sliorth-orn cow take

what one Yet. called indigestion. Symp-

toms, loss of appetite, arched back,





trembling, had considerable swelling under

jaws and down neck. also between the

fore legs. At the end of two weeks she

had Li high temperature and I ihot her

lungs were, affected and at end of three

weeks she died. .l. .1. L.. Big Rapids,

A‘lieli.~—Yot1r cow died the result of pneu-

monia and i'lropsy; of course. the dropsi-

(':il swelling. was no doubt the result of

other ailments.





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R SALE—Imported Percherons & Gérman Coach snu-

lionl. Blue Ribbon winners at Michigan and Indinnn Foil-a

this year. Addreu CHAS. WILSON. Bloomingdale. lich.





BIG BARGAINS Registered Percheron Stallion.



' 5 years old. sound; 25 registered

P. C. boars; 50 registered sows; 75 reg. Shro shire

rams; 150 reg. ewes. J. C. BUTLER. Portland, ich.





Rummy mmacronv.

CATTLE.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS.





Herd headed by UNDULA'I‘A BLACKBIRD

1T0 83836. one of the beat sons of PRINCE ITO

50006. and Grand Champion Bull at the Detroit

and Grand Rapids Fair. of 1907 and 1908. Herd con-





 





 





 





 





Suppurating Fetlock Joint.—~My 8-year—

old horse ror-ks on t‘ctlock—he was step-

ped on when a colt. causing ankle to on-

has been lame two or three times





large;



during his life, but never as bad :is he

is now. I have applied blisters and lini-

uicnts without good results. I also ap-





plied poultiecs which appeared to soften





the bunch and cause it to break open.

The wound is still discharging consider—

able pus and I have failed to heal it.

The horm- is getting Very poor and zip—

1wurs to suft’i-r considerable pain. (.‘_ \V.

it). i“ Gladwin, l\Iich.—In_‘ii-ct one part

peroxide hydrogen, two parts water. ten





minutes later apply equal parts iodoform,

]i(i\\'tit’l‘i'ti alum and borac acid twice a

«luv.



Luxutiou of Stitle .Tointxwl have a year-

ling (-olt that has had weak stifle joints.

Hur lot-:il Vet. told me she had luxalion

of the patella and she would get all right

as soon as warm weather came. How-

ever. he was mistaken for she is not any

iii-tier now than she was last. Spring.

loth joints ri-niain swollen and the bones

rattle when she walks. Now I am anx-

ious to know what to do for her. F. ’ .

1).. Manton. lVIich.——You had better apply





 





 





one part rt-d iodide mercury, one part

powdered ctintliaridi-s and eight parts

lard lightly. just enough to blister. ’l'he

colt should be well fed and exercised

moderately.



lndigcslionAIrrv‘ 'J'I‘AI‘ Mohair Ton" ~-

I have a iii-7"}:l-Ii.i man» that Tar-w: a

colt this summvr that has not been if. .

iill‘ifil' (‘|']]l]i1iliz‘l f. v . .. .

weaned lit-r will 12‘. :v w: '

would assist ‘2»! 2:. .2 -:~

has :i Inw!‘ :sppu'éi» viz" (‘tii.<ld‘~'l3.,’tr~’

rumbling and inimin‘iwr: {if .12.“ Ill F7""7 "

:lllti il‘l‘iVl‘lr'. HHW SHIN." '» I i! "

H. U. ii, illiit'i. . .'\i‘ ' ,l—‘ir‘s‘ “ 4;

you hilii lwttcr have 3477‘ Iii/‘2': . :xrrfuzj

by a \'i-t. or do it i't'vlli‘Sr"; lil'l’ljdp‘ wi

outside of both upper rows Humid ~.;

limited and the inside of luii'vr' rmw .i

give her 1 oz. powdered lizarrwai. 1-, '17.

hiacrbonate soda. ‘2} 07. ground Hi-illlé-ii,





and 1/3 oz. ground ginger at a dosv in fwd

or as a lil'l‘llt‘ll twice a day,





.iidl'l'i‘illlt‘SS.~vi would like to have you

till the what to do frir a cow it: years

old that has been milked constantly for

l.\‘_ months. which comes in heat every

three weeks and has been bred to several

different bulls without: results. \l'liiit

shzill I do for her? W. H. “7., Lowell,





Mich.wa she has no gleat or uterine dis-

charge try the yeast treatment which is

prepared by putting two heaping tea—

spoonfuls of yeast in a pint of boiled

water. Set the solution near the stove

or in the sun and maintain at a warm

room temperature for about five hours:

then add three pints of boiled water_and

keep it warm for another five hours. lly

this time the solution will have a milkv

appearance and is ready for use. Flush

the .parts with warm water and inject

the vcast. 'l‘he animal should be mated

from. two to eight hours later. The yeast

treatment is effective in curing barren»





e‘enital tract. In cases where the animal

does not come in heat it has no value.

if she has a vaginal discharge dissolve

drs. permanganate potash in. 3 quarts





water and wash out vagina every two or

three days.





sists of Ericas. Blackbirds, Pridea. etc.

W 000’!!! STOCK FARM. Ionic. Mich.





UY Herd and Flock Headers at Kalamazoo. De-

troit and Grand Rapids State Fairs. 6 Polled Dur-

ham and Angus bulls. 10 South Down and Hampshire

Rams. oi Clover Blossom Herds, Pt. Austin. Mich.





-A D i B d 1 ch Hit.

AYRSHIRES You$gr§tocl§efior 29.131130 nBlgk.

shire Pigs. and ten varieties highbred Cockerels_

Eggs in season. Mich. School for the Deaf. Fltnt_

HEREFORDSFfi‘l‘i‘Jfiflt‘t“19535:!





China hogs. R. E.I ALLEN. Paw Paw. Mich.





HOLSTEIH BULLS*1 2-year-old Double G. son





of Dekoll 2d, Butterboy 3d.

1 2-year—old grandson of Alta Posch 27.2 lbs. butter.

and of Sadie Vale Concordia3ii.101bs. butter in 7 days.

1 yearling with a 20-“) 3—year-old dam and six 26.5-lb.

grand dams 8 of the best bull calves I ever offered

for sale. I have cown. too. but want to sell every

bull by Oct. 15th. Buy your bull early, don’t wait

but write at once. L. E. CONNELL. Fayette. Ohio.





' ' ' HICKORY GROVE STOCK

Ho|sloin-Frmuns- FARM. 0w... “nymph“...

R. 1. Oak Grove. Leiv. 00.. Mlcnlgnn. Bell phone





Hols'l‘Ele—Registered bull calves for sale. A

few extra good ones at 875 each.

I. M. SHORMAN. Fowlervllle. Mich.





"ULSTEIH FBLE§|JANS Herd headed by





Canary Mercedes

Royal King. \ . . ONES, Oak Grove. Mich.





TOP NOTCH HOLSTEINS.





Top Notch registered young Holstein Bulls com-

binlng in themselves the blood of cows which now

i hold and have in the past held World’l Records for

milk and butler-fat at fair prices.



McPHERSON FARMS (10.. Howell. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





' -We have some splendid bull colvea for spigfpo





,._ and; l " ~ , , , _

Barnard p. - '1'" :2 .‘A

marathon-m W

one. registered: ?“M33w91%“§my.f§§.§“a““ m





Luciana...“ ' ' Jami...





   





one task“ righthagllid. They are from» oowmw

recur. 540. : o aponmio ofbu «1 ~ you

rite for description and prices. “3’ m .





coach. 0.. Luann. Coowm

mm? BULL CAL]? born Mat. 13. ’09. 2ndcnlf

‘ of shelter that gave» 8&4 lbl. oi milkln 1 you: :





 





 





firstgcnlf 1-year-old. finerlndlvldunl Tim

MURRAY- ATERMAN (30.. R. 6. Ann- Arbon. Mich.

Northerncrowu Jonas . .





norcnon mam. Skin-“1. Miq‘ .





RE]; mm BELLS. hometown) In. our,





brodfromsoo In thine

own. John Berna: dc Son. Grand Lodge. Michlzln.





MARSTON FARM—JERSEY CATTLE.





'1’. F. MABSE‘ON. Bay City. Michigan.





cmlCEmfivfl. 1““ St: Lambert: Young





steel; of o ‘ no; for sole,

CLAMNCE. moron. B. No. a. ton. Mich.





J. KNOWN”! flu HABTLAND. MICH-





No bulls for sale-

Hove some choice cows and heifers at right prions





DAIRYBRED' Shotthorn him Calves For Sale-

Also a few heifers. good notes up good as cash-

(Citlaens Telephone). J. B. Hummel. Meson. Mich





 





 





 





 





 





SHEEP.

HAMPSHIRE. airmen: ya:

Ram Lambs. E. A. HARDY. . rr. Mich.





 





RAM LAMBS AND

HAMPSHIRE .ovoml 0“,“ “Md

YEARLINGS. All Reimmd.



C. u. WOODHURY. mm". Mlchj‘afl.





LINCOLN EWEB & EWE LAMBS. also





I RAMS and RAM LAMBS at

reasonable prices. A. L. MOORE, Okemos. Mich.

lliElliSlEllEll Lincoln Bills. hittiffy'nse‘éé’d‘f

CHAS. H. LAWRENCE. Augusta. Mich.





NATIGNAI. ”ELAINE RAMS FOR SALE.





All stock registered. F. L. BBOKAW. Eagle. Mich.

HEAD YOUR FLOCK WITH





PARSONS OXFOBDMWIS





the popular big, dark faced sheep. with long. heavy

wool. My rams are graded according to their form.

size. wool. etc. I do not ofl’era sheep that should

not be of satisfactory service to you. Ram lambs.

weight 70 to 125 lbs. Grade X815: grade XX, 820;

grade XXX $25. Have rams one to five years.

weight 160 to 250 lbs. Grade X315: XX 320; XXX $26.

Can also supply you with registered hornless de-

lainea. Blacktops and Cotswold rams. Don’t delay.

order now and I will pay the express charges.

ROMEYN C. PARSONS. ,

Michigan’s largest breeder of good sheep—over

twenty years in the business. Addrell

Grand Ledge. Michigan.





0XFORD RAMS & EWES bred by.and ewes





bred to. imported

prize-winning rams. for sale.





 





 





 





 





 





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:hmntii‘flddidtofl’fli’mgw “it:

,SIIMSIIIRE RAMS.





 

   





   





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A. choice lot of 1:83-





Pulilflit ‘39" Brim-331:3; wed:





 





 





Ewes and Lamb; at.

half- price: five young

1101190 cheep. I on closing out all my stock.

ch.w‘o GMT“ . 1'“ku my; m... .

‘ vand‘ Ram





Yen-H” ‘A

Shropshire 1.11%! 6‘! Digit gleam mutton type.

George P. Andrews. Decaying. 111m 00., Mich.





112mm, pulses. tn'éax'e e‘: u ‘.

ity and breedziis litiotslq an t. Al Ln 1 $12 13‘.

robust Rmbou et- nnd Franco rams. aei’iilhe priced

so as to move them quickly. Correspondence and





inspection invited. C. LEMDN. Emburg. Mich.





, . ,

Will make special prim for thirty d: a. on ow

“0li to 3 years old. all bred to Impoged, Coope?

and ansell rams to lamb in March ind April. also

on very choice ewe lamba-thlsis to make room for an

importation that in going to arrivethia sprin .



L. S. DUNH‘AM 65 SONS. Count". ”Inglis“.





“068.





A few bred sows left yet, but'no'bonré. Spring. pigs

of best families. Guernsey Cattle. Plymouth Rocks.

Pekin Ducks and . Turke HUPI'





_. ya.

FARM. Birmingham. Mlch.. G. O. HUPP. Mgr.





LARGE ENGLISH BERKS-HRH.





Have a fine lot of spring pigs. both sexes. The type

for profitable pork production. . Vigorous and strong

Ind of best blood lines. Satisfaction guaranteed.





F. A. BY’W-ATER. Memphis, Mich.

NORTHERN mm

novcnor'raggyng. 825m". Mich. ' ,

A FEW FALL GILTS bred for fall tan-owing.

Premier.





3130 choice lot of sprln pigs bred by King

A. A. PATTUL 0. Deckerville. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





Choice pigs of March and

Improved Cheaters. April furrow; either SEX.

Also Oluteln Cattle. a few cows and young bulls for

sale. . 0. WILSON . Okemos. Mich. Both Phones,



A fine lot of spring





IHMGVED. CHESTER WINES. mg... Wham... g..-





rowed in March and April. Price $10. Satisfaction

guaranteed. Colon C. Lillie. Coopersville. Mich.





nunoc JERSEY SWINE. rear: 22%;; 1





$1

for 15. J. H. BANGHABT. Lansing. Mich. .





CAREY U. Ebluonns. Hun-in. Mick.

DUROC Jersey of size and quality. 40 3031'] ready

for service. 60 Iowa at Farmers Prices. Satin-

faction Guaranteed. J. 0, Barney. Goldwater. Mich





o. I. c. SWINE. My new .. named





with a grandson of

Jackson Chief. the world’s Champion and Grand

Champion. the greatest O. I. C. boar in the world.

He is also grandson of Tutesy. the world's Champion

sow. Pigs by him at live let live price.



A. J. GORDENo R. No. 2. D01." Mich.





- , —ALL AGES. Thirty sows bred

0- l- C s for spring furrow. Shipped

H. H. JUMP. Munlth. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





on approval.





 





 





 





 





Address either B. F.

Miller. Flint. Mich.. or Geo. L. Spillane. Flint, Mich.

FOR SALE-”MREG‘STEI‘“ 0"-

D DOWN RAMS.



ARTHUR H. GIBBS. R. No. 4. Ithaca. Mich.

RAMS and EWES.

l. R. WATERBURY.



Highland. Mich.



2 HEAD year old Reg. Oxford Rome; 85 Breeding

Ewes. took Champion Cup Detroit Fair. Prices



reasonable. J. J. England & Son. Caro, Mich.

DELAINE RAMS—Large. heavy fleeced Delnine

and American Merino Rams.

Also 20 good ewes. S. J. OOWAN. Rockford. Mich.

IG RAPIDS Stock Farm has reg. Rambouillet

Rams & Ewes for sale. all ages. good as the Best.

J. J. TOT'I‘EN. Big Raplda.:itiich.. R.R. 2. Bell Phone.

[0. RAMBOUILLETS—fii rams, 200 ewes and inmbl. Flock

founded 1892, with 40 select ewes. All rams uled imported

or from Imp. rites and damn. J. Q. A. COOK, Morrico. Mich.





 





EGISTERED Delalne Merino Rama—Descandod

from Standard Model and A. T. Gumbel-’5 Ring-

leader. C. M. MANN. Rockford. Michigan.





Breeder of registered Delune





LORIMER “PP: sheep. High-class Rome for sale.

shipped on approval. Rockford. Kent 00.. Mich.





Merino db Delalne Ewes. sheer u

HIGH'cuss to‘24 lbs.. rams to 30 lbs.. lug:

size. well covered. S. H. Sanders. Ashtabuln. Ohio.

REGISTERED Von Homeyer Bambouillet Rams



at Farmer’s Prices. Thou.

Wyckofi. Rambouillei. U.S.A.. Orchard Lake. Mich.





 





 





 





 





~ her choice registered Rambouillei

Log cabin Farm Sheep of both sex for solo at farmers'





for sale. either sex. March (it April boars

large enough for service. Satisfaction

A. NEWMAN. B. 1. Mariette. Mich.





0. l. 0’s





guaranteed.



0 I c Tracing to World's Fair Grand Champ;

I I I pion. All ages. rite your wants.



Glenwood Stock Farm, Zeeland. Mich.. R. 6.Phone 94.





Poland-Ghinassiid‘éiiiétiéifitéie

now. E. D. BISHOP, Route 38. Lake Odessa. Mich.

PutlllD-clllllis. tflz'iii’ai‘iflllfiffiivbfiflfiaf‘é‘éii





for snap-shot photo. Robert Nave. Pierson. Mich.





PiliAliD-GHINA BBEEDEBS





are invited to inspect my great herd at Michigan State

Fair will be there strong with a car load. from the bett

herd in Michigan. Wm. Waffle. Goldwater. Mich.





POUND-mud for use; bred right. Also





oung b'ouw bred; right prices. Write today.

. W. Barnes 6: Son. Byron. (Shiawnasee Co.) Mich.





LARGE ENGLISH 'YOBKSIIIBES.





Boers ready for service $15.00; Gills bred for fall far.

row $20.00; spring pigs either sex. Satisfaction guer-





 





 





 





 





 





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The pitching of a tent at the end of

the Poultry Building annex to shelter 3.

portion of the poultry exhibit at last

week's fair would naturally create the

impression that the department was badly

crowded for room. Such, however, was

not the case this year, as the main poul-

try building contained quite afimmber

of empty pens, altho despite this fact a

goodly number of fowls were housed in

the tent. The show as a whole, while

not a record—breaking one, proved, on

close examination, much better than it

undoubtedly appeared to the casual ob-

server. It was apparent that some sort

of an effort had been made to prevent the

mixing and jumbling of breeds which has

detracted so much from this department

the past few years, with the result that

the various breeds and varieties of chick-

ens had been fairly well grouped and

classified‘ until one came to the breeding

pens. Apparently no effort to group these

or to place them with the classes to which

they belonged had been made, they being

scattered thruout the main building and

the annex, the pens in the annex being»

intermingled with those of ducks, geese,

guinea fowl, turkeys and bclgiun hare.

it is to be regretted that the improved

arrangement noted in the main building-

could not have been carried out thruout,

since there is no feature of a poultry

exhibit more pleasing to the student of.

poultry or to the average spectator than

orderly grouping and careful clasdfica-

tion. In this respect it was considerably

ahead of the show at preceding fairs but

there is still room for improvement.



In character the show was hardly what

should be expected at an agricultural

fair, for while it contained a lot of good





latitudes. has come to stay because it There are around five thousand bees in

practical poultry, more than half the combines more advantages than any a quart. When looking over the col-

entries were h0t Of that kind. The SUD‘ house yct devised. How to construct a onies, judge as to how many quart meas—

erintendent’s office is authority for the house that would approach outdoor con- urcs the bees on the frames would fill.

statement that the entries totaled 0V9" ditions and at the same time eliminate This is not so hard after one has had a

2,000. The total entries 0f chickens Of all wind and storm, has been a problem for little experience in handling bees. Some

breeds and varieties, exclusive 0f ban; poulirymcn for many years. The part- bee-keepers estimate the size of colonies

tams, did not exceed 650. Eliminating ridge, living in the open, roosting in the by the number of frames covered. Anv

from these about 50 games 311d an even trccs in cold regions. has been an object colony covering five frames well is a





greater number representative of breeds

which are bred only by fanciers, the total

entries of practical farm chickens is only

slightly above 500. Add to these about

50 turkeys, an equal number of geese and

a slightly greater number of ducks and

the farmer's interest in the show is ended.

From these figures it will be seen that,

if the superintendent's report on total

entries is correct. the show of bantams,





pigeons and HOVE‘ILV DOUltI‘Y 0f various should be wind and storm proof except o

kinds was very strong numerically. one, which should be left open and face

General Purpose Breeds Lead. to the south. This should be covered





In sizing up the practical end of the

department it was noteworthy that those

breeds which comprise the American

class, usually regarded as general pur-

pose breeds, were best represented, altho





the egg~producing breeds were almost Of the 1101180. to protect the hens from oration. Then set one hive on top of the

equally strong. In fact, the Leghorns, wind and cold. 'Abundance of litter other and smoke down the bees. Finally

which led in the egg-producing class, were should be supplied and the house is ready shake and brush the combs clean of bees.

fully as numerous as the ROCKS WhiCh for occupancy. In half an hour investigate. and. if there

were slightly in the lead in the general There are many open-front houses in is any fighting, smoke some more and

purpose class. The surprising feature of practical 0pci‘alinn in New Hampshire in sprinkle ,with well sweetened water.



the Show, however. was the “113’ ill WhiCh the latitude of, 42 degrees. The writer. \thn one of the colonies has been

several of the newer breeds—the Orping- has visited many of these houses in the made queenlcss. a simpler way of uniting





tons and the R. I, Reds—crowded the

Rocks and VVyandottes for first honors

so far as numbers were concerned. How

well these four breeds were represented

is shown by the entries. the Rocks having

66, the Orpingtons, 65, the \Vyandottes

61 and the Reds about 50. The Reds and

()rpingtons were especially strong as to

quality and are each year pressing the

old favorites a little harder.



The _Leghorns, as leaders of the egg—

laying breeds, were present in six differ-

ent varieties with a total of more than

70 entries. They were ably supported

by the Hamburgs with 45 entries. the

Polish, in five varieties, with 50 entries

and the Minorcas with 30 entries.



The meat breeds made a rather poor

showing. altho there were some splendid

icprescntatives of' these breeds in the

show. The Langshans led with 32 en-

tries. the Cochins were next with 20 and

the Brahmas- last with 16.



Among the breeds which had but a

scattering.representation the Black Span-

ish, Houdans and Dorkings were strong--





1





i





t





S





0





h





nori h crn





lesson to those wishing to approach na-

ture





or double roof, but the single roof is pre-

ferable for





with wire netting to keep out intruders

and keep the hens from the snow.

tain may

stormy weather and one dropped in front

of the roosts.





dead of wintcr

ing





fowls



hcalth.

built an open-front house for the purpose

of testing

“'hite VVyandotte pullets were moved into





During the five winter months they were

confincd not only

but



were

in the same way but kept in houses with

3.

made as

thus proving beyond a reasonable doubt





the superiority of such a house





huge poultrv

open front houses in which 8,000 to 10,00)





These houses are built A—shapcd and ac-





 





THE MlCHlGAN FARMER





seen. The show of ducks and geese av-‘

eraged up well, neary every recognized

breed being represented by some re-

markably good fowls.





 





PREFERS WHEAT To RYE.





 





In the comparison of Wheat and rye

as grain for poultry, which was recently

made in these columns, the question of

palatability was not given the considera-

tion to which it is entitled. While it is

true that these grains are very nearly

on a par so far as food nutrients are

concerned, my experience is that hens

do not relish rye, probably on account

of the coarse husk in which the kernel

is enveloped. Therefore as a prominent

constituent of the ration for a laying

flock, I look upon rye when compared

with wheat, about the same as oat straw

compared with clover as a milk producer.



This fall or late summer, when a fair

quality of wheat has been scarce and

high, I have been paying $1.95 per cwt.

for grain supposed to be wheat, but

which contained probably 25 per cent of

rye More recently I have been paying

$2.20 per cwt.~ for clean wheat of good

quality. With the geod grade of wheat

my egg production has increased 25 per

cent, which is considerable, more in pro-

portion than the good wheat cost over

the wheat and rye.



The growing young stock,

which is getting well grown,

touch the rye unless starved to

of course, that would not pay.





some of

would not

it, and

For me,





I would sell the rye and buy Wheat if

I did not have it, unless the rye was so

low in price that I could afford to get





along with a smaller egg production.

Maine. D. J. RYTHER.

THE OPEN-FRONT POULTRY HOUSE

lN HIGH LATITUDES.





one may say,

—— to find if they are. numerically strong

The. open-front poultry house for cold enough for the winter‘s repose?" No:





climates, as well as for warmer





in the matter of poultry houses.





The house may be built with a single

t





many t





reasons. Every side





i

l





A cur-





be lowered over the front in





which should be in the rear





\





for the purpose of study-

of severe weather upon

every case he found the



condition and perfect

writer’s nearest neighbor





the effects

hens. In

in good

The





I

he 1

l

t

1

t

1





its practicability. A flock of





he house in the latter part of October.





did they lay

their eggs hatched better and they



in better condition in the spring

han pullcts which were fed and cared for





more eggs



1

h

h

cratching sheds H

ear a flock

pen-front





attached. The

of hens were kept



house. Comparisons



before. with the same





next

in the

. were

result,





P





0





In southern New Hampshire upon one

farm there are 500 to 600 ll

11





ens are kept from October until June.





this can be estimated accurately enough.





strong one.

cred the colony is good for cellar wintcr~





weak one.





attend to that.





most stores.





of

Smoke both colonies well before the op-





.nay be used.

paper over top of hive containing the col—





illlt'é‘n may go up.

V‘Vill'llit‘l‘.





onies to





1;

them.





those already in the hive





If the weather is not cool enough to make





>Don’t leaves

by the colony that has been merged with





open-front houses is not a new or untried,

one. ' , .



The henhouses used by our grandpar-

ents, with cracks nearly as wide as one’s

finger between the boards. were better

and more healthful than the, air-tight

houses of today. The house built on the

scratching-shed plan is better than the

closed house only during the day, for the

hens are shut in an air-tight compart-

ment during the night. The modern

open-front house not only has all the ad-

vantages of the other houses while doing





away with their bad features, but is a

step in advance.

It has many advantages. First, it ad-





mits the largest amount of sunshine and





fresh air without drafts; second, it is

the most healthful, keeping fowls in the

best of condition and free from colds,





roup

mits





and kindred diseases;

of the mOSt exercise; fourth, it is

most economical, for it is inexpensive to

build and to care for; fifth, it is the most

profitable, for hens lay better and their

eggs hatch better; sixth, it is self-venti-

lating. _



The open-front house is to be recom~

mended to every poultryman in the land,

whether he dwells in northern latitudes

or sunny clinics, for it is a house that

today most nearly approaches nature,

and a house built after nature’s plans

is an ideal one.



New Hampshire.





third, it ad-





A. G. SYMONDS.





STRONG COLONIES DESIRABLE AT

THIS SEASON.





 





 





Among other things, a sufficient num-

ber of bees is one of the requisites for





   

 





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P-Y-n-A-M-I-I)

_-i-l-e G-u-r-e





 





Does Away With Knife, Nurse And A

Big Doctor Bill.





A free trial package to anyone who

will Write for It.





It ’1: I: III #

At your Drug Store, 50 cents a Box.

a: #1 III 8! It





Cures promptly,

manently.





painlessly and per-





* i II * I





Is easy to use and requires no clever-

ness to get the best results.

II it it It It

Begins its stunt at the start and keeps

on until a cure is consummated.





It * ill I! ii!

Stops inflammation. swelling, conges-

tion, irritation and itching the first thing.

' it a: * It Ii!





This is the beginning of a cure. You





quit gritting your teeth and saying im-

proper things.

a's >1: ai- at

No need to stop your work and “call

your neighbors in." No fuss and pub-

licity.

* * * =l= =0!

A man gets back his ambition, takes





hold of work and has no wish to die.

9" =3 * * *



her



and



with





A woman returns to

looks and cheerfulncss

drawn face is replaced





natural good

1111- pained

a plump,





 





successful wintering. It is said that a

colony of from ten to fifteen thousand

bees is a strong one so far as being fit





for winter is concerned. “Oh, my!” some

“am I to count the bees





 





If only four frames are cov—





If one of the queens is better

ban the other. kill the poorer one. If

here is no choice between the queens

no need not be killed, as the bees wil'





it was not

he





Pyramid Building, Marshall,





tin or iron roofs.

ing made—tor sound roofs. .

book about roofs and roofing. Write to





Dept. 30





smiling onc.





* * * it





There is

with Piles.





no use trying to be Happy





Joy and l’ilcs don’t chum.





* * It 1: 1!





Solid it frcc





lllt‘





and get package; this is

way to commcncc curing yourself. If

all right, no such offer would





made.





* 3|! *





St'nd today for it; it is the best and

only time to do a thing that should be done.

* * * =IK Iii

Yours for a speedy remedy in the use



or the Pyramid Pile Cure.

PYRAMID DRUG COMPANY,

Mich.





*





219





 





The air-tight, closed building. and houses ing but rather weak in numbers for out- TEU. ME ROOF TROUBLES

of the scratching-shed plan, have all had door wintcring. Even a three-frame cof- YOUR .



their day and must, in my 'opinion, by ony can be wintcred in the cellar. Let me tell on, FREE, how to cure your

the natural evolution of building, be sup- A colony covering less than three roof troubles. or koe . ROOFZFIX cures

planted by the open-front house. frames should be united with another ”Of troubles in your to t. gravel. shingle. steel,





The longest-lived roof-dress-

Get my new free





ANDERSON, "The Roof-Fix flan”

Elyrla. Ohio





 





First determine which colony has “in

To that one the other colony

s to be taken. Do the uniting in Octo—

icr, and try to do it previous to a spch

unsuitable weather for bccs to ily.





or

Cut-10mm





OSGOOD





SCALE





indispensable on every farm;

saves the time and money you

9 wouldspendon Ipublic acnle,aud

assures perfect accuracy cl-

wnya. Priced within

/, 3. ‘ your reach; good fora. lim-

‘ is? " time Osgood Scale 00..

Box Ill Binghlmton. N. Y.





 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 





 





WA N T

China Geese.

her to spare.





several pairs of old and young

White Muccova Ducks. Also White

Must be good. State prices and num-





 





First. lay a sheet of news- 9





Barred PI





11:. J. HASKINS, Plttcford Mich.

—Eggc for batch-

mouth “OGkSI l.ng Prlcc,lbfor





1; 28 for $1. 50; £0 for $2. 60: .4 per hundred. Satlaf|c~





tion guaranteed. Colon C. Lillie. Coopersvllle, Mich.





 





my having the queen. and, with a nail,

much a few holcs thru it. Then set

he, quccnlcss colony on top. The queen—





S. (“.BT‘





breeding.





ACK Minorca eggs at .1. 50 per setting of

P. C. Pigs singly or in pairs of the best

R. W. MILLS, Saline. Mich.





 





css bees above will slowly go down and

mite peaceably with those. in the lower

live. In some. cases the lower bees and,





 





B





gets the pick Order from this ad.





ARGAINS in S. C. Brown Leghornc. 100 year-

ling hens .1 each beat flock In Mich. First come!

Satisfaction.

FRED MOTT. Lancing. Mlchlcnn.





 





its the top story is the‘





 





Let us suppose that neither of two col-





SI





ad. for bargains.





LVER Laced Golden and White Wyandottcu. 500

tine breeders to select from after Oct, 1. Watch our

0. W Browning, Portland, Mich.





 





be united have stores enough.

ho if the honey from both were in 0110





l White Wyandoiies.





E A. Franklin Smith R. F. D. No. 9 Ann Arbor, Mich





been breeding them con-

tlnuoualy since 1895.





 





ive there would be sufficient. Then take

alf of the most poorly filled frames out

f cach hive. The bees will. of course.





SINGLE 00MB WHITE LEGHOHNS





.1: 26 for .1. 50; 50 for 02. 50: 04 per hundred. Sntllfnc-

tion guaranteed. Colon C. Lillie. Cooperaville. Mich.





—Egga for batch-

Ing. Price, 15 for





 





luster on the remaining frames. Then





ikc the frames of one hive and carry





DOGS.





 





with the adhering bees,'to the

ther colony. Alternate the frames with

and smoke well.





to bees cluster closely, carry the whole

ivc to the one it is to be united with.





FOX AND WOLF HOUNDS





of the beat English strains In Ameri-

ca; 40 years experience in breedingr

these fine hounds for my own sport;

I nows offer them for sale.



for Catalogue.





1pm

I.B.HUDSPETH,8IM01. minor! 60., Mo.





 





hich on stands occupied





T





Inclose Zc stamp. W. E.





RAINED FOX HOUNDS and Bound Pups

for hunting fox and coonc. Also Collies a Ferrets.

Lecky, Holmesville, Ohio.





 





FERRETS.





 





est, with 'Andelusians, Dominiqucs, An- . commodatc but fifteen hens each. Pullets another. Some of the bees will always

conaspRed Caps, Javas and Faverolles are purchased in the fall and are not {:0 back t0 their 01d D1309 and would

following in the order named. let out of the houses until they are enter the empty hive and perish. if there





From the turkeys shown it would ap-





pear that the season‘s turkey (‘I‘OD is not or .Tulv. This plant has been in succeSs- their new home or else enter some other

especially promising altho a few creditable ful operation for nearly a quarter of a hive.” ‘

specimens of the various breeds Were century, consequently the principle of Wisconsin. F. A. STROHSCI—IEIN.





 





shipped to .live poultry/markets in June





is





no empty hive they will go back to





4,000 UGHT Mill DARK FERRETS





Catalog tree.





C. J. Dll'ilCK. Rochester. Ohio.





 





 





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DETROIT. SEPT. 18‘, 1909.





 





 





CURRENT COMMENT.



A Lapeer county

subscriber has asked

us to give an opinion

touching the probable potato crop of the

country and the prices which growers

may reasonably expect to get for the

tubers from the field at digging time,

stating that our predictions have pro'vcn





Potato Prospects.





.~ so nearly right in this rcspcct for two

I or three years that he looks anxiously

for such advice in our columns. This is





but one Of several rcqucsts of a similar

nature which have recently bccn received,

for which reason we deem it proper to

answer all Of them by stating that it is

too early as yet to make an accurate

prediction touching the probable crop or

the price which may reasonably be ex-

pected from the field. The state and na-

tional crop reports, published in another

column of this issue, indicate that the

yield is likely to be about the average

for a ten-year period, but estimates of

the crop made bcforc digging time are

obviously not to be depended on to the

same degree as final estimates, upon

which our previous cstimates and pre—

dictions mcntioncd have bccn made.

“hen the time arrives which will afford

us more accurate data WU will be glad

to figure out the proposition to the best

f our ability for the benefit of Michigan

Farmer readers, but at proscm we can

do no more than theorize. Organized

potato growers of Grand Traverse Co.

are said to have discussed this proposi-

tion at a recent meeting and fixed 50

cents per bushel as the minimum price

for which they will sell up to December

lst, after which time they will hold for

a minimum price of 60 cents per bushel.

If, as scems probable from present

weather conditions in Michigan and some

other states of large productfion. the

crop should be smaller than is at present

indicated they may realize the figures

named, but, like any opinion which we

might give at this time, these figures are

based upon theory rather than facts, and

the price at which the crop will move

will undoubtedly depend upon the avail-

able supply. Reports from some points

in the state say that some dealers are

contracting for 40 cents per bu., and

from present indications it would appear

that this is a conservative price. consider-

ing the prevailing prices of other food—

stuffs and the fact that the supply of

wearly potatoes has not been large enough





 





 





rmmi -

tobrfn‘s prices defiance low level.” For

this reason " it-i-Wobld seem the wiser'

pourse not to contract, if, indeed,.it is

ever wise to follow this policy, owing to

difficulties which are almost sure to rise

should the price fall after the deal is

made, and the dissastisfaction which the

grower is sure to.feel should it advance

before the potatoes are delivered.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





Foreign.



An effort is being. made by the state

department at Washington to secure an

arrangement with foreign governments

looking to the preventing of pelagic seal-

ing in the Behring Sea, where it is as-

serted that the killing of mother seals

has, during the past season, reduced the

herds of seals by 20 per cent,



It is reported at Monterey, Mexico,

that five towns in the outlying districts

were completely blotted out by the recent

floods. The town of Matamoras was half

wiped out by the breaking of an embank—

ment which held back the water of a.

large lagoon.



Crown Prince W'illiam. of Germany,

may have to undergo an operation to re-

lieve a bad case of blood poison caused

by the sting of a wasp.



A reformation and co—ordination of the

poor laws of England are being made,

and the findings of the department having

the matter in charge will make a valuable

contribution to statistics on. pauper-ism.

It is the plan of those in. charge to regis-

ter tramps. The figures available show

a large increase in the number of vag-

rants in the country.



The Spanish government has sent an-

other division of troops to Morocco.

Still further mobilization of forces at

home will be made. It is asserted. that

the Moors have abandoned some of the





positions held and are massing their

forces at Nador and Zeluan.

The Japanese army authorities are





making investigations to the end of eradi-

cating from the army the dreaded beri-

beri, a disease supposed to be superin-

duced by the consumption of too large

quantities of rice. The authorities are

shipping cattle from England to provide

meat for the men, with the hopes that

the change will overcome the disease.



The official statistics show that during

the past year 1.510 dogs and 29,785 horses

were, slaughtered in Germany under the

government inspection, for food.



The British and Foreign bible society

issued durin the fiscal year just closed

nearly 6,000, 00 bibles printed in every

dialect. know‘n. There were six new

translations made during. the past year.



The putting into effect of the new law

in Gcrmany requiring that all beverages

be marked with terms that properly be-

long to them. has started a war between

consumers, brewers and distillers and

there appears go be at present a boycott





on that is considerably reducing the

amount of liquor consumed.

In the past few days two hurricanes





again visited Mexico, one devastated the

lower part of lower California and the

other swept along the coast of Yucatan.

The amount of damage cannot be esti-

mated at this early date but it is known

from the early reports that it will be

large in both places. ‘



The German government is behind a.

movement initiated before Cook and

Peary discovered the North Pole, to ex-

plore the arctic regions with the aid of

a dirigible balloon.



Francis J, Lee, the well known English

chess player, dicd in London this week.



The Province of Quebec has decided to

check the exportation of pulp wood from

the crown lands. It will not be possible»

to change the conditions of exportation

till September of next year. as the regu-

lations were for a period of ten years

from 1900, but after the period of that

agreement has elapsed there will have

been regulations adopted to retaliate

against the i'nitcd .States for discrim-

ination in the enactment of the recent

tariff law.



National.



The strike of 1,000 cotton weavers at

Fall River. Mass, for an increase of ten

per cent in wages, so incapacitated the

other departments of a large cotton mill

that the whole factory is closed now, with

5,000 operators out of work.





Monroe. Ind., a town without fire pro-

tection, had every business house de-

stroyed by fire Monday, causing a total





loss of about 8100.000.



St. Johns church, of New Orleans, was

struck by lightning Monday and damages

amounting to $200,000 donc.



At the opening of the fall term 01

school in New York City it is found that

the school buildings will not accommodate

fully 60.000 of the children applying for

admission.



The earnings of the railroads of the

country for the last fiscal year are $2,—

437,385.841 according to the reports of the'

interstate commerce commission.





A. grand jury returned indictments.

against the mayor of Cape Girardeau.

Mo, and six ‘of the councilmcn for irre-





gularities in the management of munici-

pal affairs,



High school fraternities of Adrian and

the school authorities are in the courts

with the question as to whether the au-

thorities can expel a student from school

because he refuses to Sign a pledge that

he will not join any fraternal organiza—

tion or be affiliated therewith.



The voters of Kansas City voted for

the outlay of $20,000,000 for a new Union

depot in that city.



Edward H. Harriman. the great finan—

cial magnate. died at his home at Arden,

N. Y.. last Thursday afternoon. He was

conscious nearly to the last and members

of his family were at his bedside when»

the end came. Mr. Harriman was per-

haps one of a half dozen of the most

influential men in the financial circles of

this country. He was born in 1848 at

Hemstead. L. I., and started‘ life as an

errand boy in a broker’s office, from

whence, by natural ability and deter-

mined effort. he lifted himself till he held

controlling interests in about twenty of





the?idea-aimsmiigtig





 





country-z These eds * visuals aggregate

mileage atom firm' ’

talized at over a“ b_ ,_ s._- The»

funeral was held last sunday from his

palatial home and the arrangements were

very simple, considering the station in

life occupied by the deceased.



It is unofficially reported that on ac-

count of ill health, Gov. Black-burn. head

of the department of. civil administration

on the isthmusian commission. is. about

to resign.



On Tuesday of this week President

Taft begins his 12,759 mile trip‘ over the.

country. The course mapped out-will

take him thru 35 states and territories,

will bring him to all four coasts of the

land and will include 55 cities at which

scheduled stops are to be made. The trip

begins at Boston and will close at Wash-

ington, November 10, if the schedule is

fully carried out. There will be included

a boat ride of over 1,000 miles down the

Mississippi river and at El Paso, Mex—

ico. the president will meet President

Diaz of Mexico, on October 16.





from lin'eje’fin’tiie





 





NATIONAL CROP REPORT.





 





The- Crop Reporting Board of the Bu.-

reau of Statistics, of the United States

Department of Agriculture estimates,

from the reports of the-correspondents

and agents of the Bureau. as follows:



The average condition of corn on Sep-

tember 1 was 74.6, as compared with 84.4

last month, 79.4 on September 1, 1908,

80.2 on September 1, 1907, and 80.6, the

ten-year average on September 1.



The average condition of spring wheat

when harvested was 88.6, as compared

with 91.6 last month, 77.6 when harvested

in 1908, 77.1 in 1907, and a. ten-year aver-

age when harvested of 76.9.



The average condition of barley when

harvested was 80.5, against 85.4 last

month, 81.2 when harvested in 1908, 78.5

in 1907, and a ten-year average when

harvested of 83.7.



The average condition of the oat crop

when harvested was 83.8, against 85.5

last month, 69.7 when harvested in 1908,

65.5 in 1907, and a ten-year average

when harvested of 79.8.



Rye—The preliminary estimate of the

area of rye harvested is 0.5 per cent less-

than last year. The preliminary estimate

of yield per acre is 16.0 bushels, against

16.4 bushels last year, 16.4 bushels in

1907, and a ten—year average of 15.8. The

indicated total production is 31.066,000 bu.

against 31,851,000 finally estimated in

1908, and 31,566,000 in 1907. The quality





of the crop is 92.9, against 92.7 last year.“





Buckwheat.-—The average condition of

buckwheat on September 1 was 81.1,

against 86.3 last month, 87.8 on September

1, 1908, 77.4 in 1907, and a ten-year aver-

age on September 1 of 86.4.



Potatoes.——The average condition of



white potatOes on September 1, was 80.9,

against 85.8 last month, 73.7 on September

1, 1908, 80.2 in 1907, and a ten-year aver-

age on September 1 of 80.4.

, Tobacco.~—The average condition of to-

bacco on September 1 was 80.2, against

83.4 last month, 84.3 on September 1,

1908, 82.5 in 1907, and a ten—year average

on September 1 of 82.7. The condition on

September 1 in important states was:

Kentucky, 80; North Carolina, 77; Vir-

ginia, 85; Ohio, 8"; Pennsylvania, 70;

Tennessee, 80; Wisconsin. 73; South Car-

olina, 85; Connecticut, 84; Florida, 85.



Flaxseed.——The average condition of

fiaxsced on September 1 was 88.9, against

92.7 last month, 82.5 on September 1,

1908, 85.4 in 1907, d a six-year average

on September 1 0 86.2.



Apples—The average condition of ap—

ples on September 1 was 44.5, against 46.3

last month, 52.1 on September 1, 1908,

34.7 in 1907, and a ten-year average on

September 1 of 55.5



Hay—The preliminary estimate of the

yield per acre» of hay is 1.41 tons, as com-

pared with 1.52 as finally estimated in

1908, 1.45 tons in 1907, and a ten—year

average of 1.43 tons. A total production

of 64,166,000 tons is thus indicated, as





compared with 70,798,000 finally estimated.





in 1908. The average quality is 93.0,





against 94.5 last year.





MICHIGAN CROP REPORT.





 





Wheat.—-—The average estimated yield

in the southern counties is 20, in the

central counties 17, in the northern coun—

ties 16, in the upper peninsula 19 and in

the state 18 bushels per acre. The qual-

ity as compared with an average per

cent in the southern counties is 96, in

the central-and northern counties 94, in

the upper peninsula 91 and in the state 95.



The total number of bushels of wheat

reported marketed by farmers in August

at 149 mills is 400,541 and at 139 elevators

and to grain dealers 654,547 or a total of

1,055,088 bushels. Of this amount, 941,—

901 bushels were marketed in the southern

four tiers of counties, 77,259 in the cen-

tral counties and 35,928 in the northern

counties. The estimated total number of

bushels of wheat marketed in August is

2,000,000.



Ninety-seven mills, elevators and grain

dealers report no wheat marketed in

August.



Oats.leie estimated average yield in

the state and southern counties is 29. in

the central counties and upper peninsula

30 and in the northern counties 26 hush-





cls per acre. The quality as compared

with an average per cent in the state,

southern. central and northern counties





is 91 and in the upper peninsula 92.

Rye—The estimatcd average yield in

the state, southern. central and northern

counties is 15 and in the upper peninsula

23 bushels per acre.

Corn—Correspondents in several of the





northern counties report considerable

damage to corn, potatoes and beans. by

frosts. on August 20, and again about





the latter part of the month. The con—

dition of corn compared with an average

per cent in the state is 86, in the southern

counties 87, in the central and northern

counties 83 and in the upper peninsula 94.



Beans—The condition of beans com-

pared with an average per cent in- the

state is 83, in the southern counties 85,

in the central counties 81, in the northern





   





 





 





   





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gi'Ves 350,895 as the acreage harvested iii

1903;. from estimates given by crop cor--

respondents and bean growers this

month, coupled with the information ob-

tained from the U. S. and» state census.

this department places its final estimate

of the acreage that will be harvested at

475,000.



Peas—The» estimated average yield in

the state, central and northern Counties

is 15, in the southern counties 16 and in

the upper peninsula 17 bushels per acre.



Potatoes—«The condition of potatoes

compared with. an average per cent in

the state is 80, in the southern counties

84, in the central counties 75, in the

northern counties 72. and in the upper

peninsula 90.



Clover Seed—The condition of clover

seed compared with an average per cent

in the state is 61. in the southern coun-

ties 58, in the central counties 66,. in the

northern counties 68 and in the upper

peninsula 52. - ‘



Live Stock—Live stock, excepting

sheep, is generally in good condition.





CROP AND MARKET” NOTES.





Emmet Co., Aug. 30.—Our first real

good shower since the middle of May

'came the night of the 27th, and another

today. It is to be hoped that others will

follow and that pastures will liven up.

Late potatoes may be helped some and

possibly corn. The potato crop, for, this

county, tho, will certainly be below a.

normal yield. There has been no thresh—

ing done yet in this neighborhood. About

the usual amount of fall wheat will be

sown. Hay worth about $17, but some

farmers are holding for $20. Beans ap-

pear to be well filled and harvesting is

under way.



Branch Co., Sept. 9.—The weather for

August was generally favorable, altho

rather dry at times. Corn made good

progress until Aug. 27, when a storm

from the southwest swept across the

county, cutting a swath about a mile

wide. A very high wind and perfect

flood of rain were accompanied by a.

rattling. old hail storm which left corn

and buckwheat flat on the ground. Plow-

ing for wheat well advanced and the

fine rain which is falling as I write is

what many have waited for before sowing

Wheat. A much larger acreage than

usual will be sown this year. Threshing

about over. ’W‘heat averaged about, 25

bu. per acre; oats 30 to 35 bu. The crop

of clover seed this year will be' the smal-

lest ever. New seeding in fine shape.

Peaches a full crop; few apples; corn,

outside the storm strip, looking fairly

well. Hogs 7(d)71/2c but few ready for

market as most of them have been half

fed. waiting for new corn.



Ottawa Co., Sept. 13.~——This section is

suffering quite a drouth. Some farmers

have had to quit plowing and trying to

fit their ground for wheat. because it is

so dry and hard. Some wheat has been

sown on early plowed ground. Unless

considerable rain falls soon there will not

be much fall feed for stock. Corn is

maturing slowly. A few fields will be fit

to cut up and shock this week, but it

will require from two to three weeks yes

for the majority of corn to fully ripen.

Some fields of corn and potatoes were

injured by frost the first of the month.

A few farmcrs will commence filling their

silos this week; quite a number of new

ones have been built this season. A num—

bcr who have peach orchards will be

obliged to cut down a large number of

trees on account of the yellows. There

will be a fair crop of winter apples. But

little clover sccd will be cut this season.



Lapeer Co., Sept. 11.——No wheat put

in as yet in this locality; plowing only





 





partly done; stubble very hard. It is ex—

pensive to buy plow points, one point

for every half acre. Lots of corn cut





already. The hard frost of Sept. 1 was

very severe with corn. beans rnd other

perishable products on low lands. Lots

of good corn in this part of the county,

still there are some fields that are quite

shy of cars. Cannot say at this writing

what the show will be for the potato

crop this season; one farmer will say,

“my potatoes are good.“ while another

grower talks differently. Cool nights,

weather quite autumn like: a good gen-

eral rain is needed. Pastures are getting

very poor and farmers have to fodder

stock some. Grain threshing nearly fin-

ished; oats do not yield as well as last

year; wheat, 20 to 30 bu. per acre. At—

tica township has quite a crop of apples





and a good show for peaches. Hogs good

property, bring 67.50608 live weight.





Horses good property and sell for high

prices. Sugar, beets are doing finely de-

spite the drouth. Hay contractors pay

$8(q)10 a ton. \Vagcs still high.



Genesee Co., Sept. 8.~—Corn, potatoes

and beans on low land cut by frost. Also

tender garden vegetables. Plowing for

wheat now being done. Ground dry, and

hard in many instances. Corn and beans

now being harvested on a few farms but

the late planting renders it advisable to

delay this as far as possible. \Veather

fine for the time of ycar. Prices good

on nearly all farm produce. Wheat,

$1.03; oats, old, 50:3; corn. 76c;

$1.80; butter, 240; eggs, 22c; potatoes,

60c; hay, $8@10 a ton; apples very scarce

and high.





LOCAL FAIR ANNOUNCEMENTS.



The Lenawee County Fair, designated

by the management as “The big fair

where friends and strangers meet,” will

be held at Adrian, Sept. 20—25, inclusive.

An air ship, good races and a good stock

Show are among the attractions promised.



The Hillsdale County Fair, “The fair

for everybody,” will be held at Hillsdale,

Sept. 27—Oct. 1, inclusive. A feature of

this fair which has always attracted at-

tention is the ‘Women’s Congress. Both

exhibits and amusements will be first

class, the latter including band music

each, day; The liberal purses offered will

mean good racing, and the Hillsdaie Fair

is always good.





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This Magazine Section forms a part of our paper twice a month. Every article is written especially for it, and does not appear elsewhere





WHEN THE TRIBE OF MULFORD MOVED.





ing mail attracted my attention.



With some curiosity I turned it

over a time or two, and looked-carefully

at the postmark before breaking the seal.

Divested of the date line it read as fol-

lows:



“Dear Jimz—I write you on a very

important subject. The directors of the

old Banner school are about to send

the few remaining pupils to the adjoin—

ing districts, and dismantle the building

and permit the play grounds to revert

to the old Brown farm, the grounds being

originally a part of that farm with a

provision to revert in case of non—use

for school purp0ses. I could not help

crying when I heard about it. Two of

the three directors are in favor of it on

the ground that it would be economy to

dispense with the school and send the

remaining handful of children to the

other schools.



“You know that there is a clause in

the law which makes it possible to do

this when the. enrollment falls below ten.

Thtre are just nine ltft now, which in-

cludes my little tousledmaded Margaret,

who will not be of st'hOOl age until next

fall.



“It seems to me a shame that every-

thing in this world must be cut bias and

basted up just so for economy‘s sake.

Sentiment does not seem to have any

place with us any more.



“My husband attempted to

me from coming to you





T HE first letter on top of my morn-





dissuade





BY CHARLES





were but twelve of the thirty-six left,

and in a later letter she gave me their

names. The very first one she mentioned

was Wade Barrows, now down on the

Isthmus of Panama directing the digging

of.that great ditch as if his life depended

on getting it done in the least possible

time. Good old Wade! Many a time

have I seen him throw his old soft felt

hat in the dust in the middle of the road,

spring lightly upon it with his bare feet,

turn a back somersault and alight on the

hat before I could hardly wink my eye.

He could swim longer, dive deeper and

catch more fish than any boy in the

bunch, and the way he could do decimal

fractions on that old glazy blackboard in

the schoolhouse was a strong hint of

what he might make his life work.



Then came the name of Salathicl IVil-

liams, methodical, plodding and carrying

about the nickname of “Late.” He was

always drawing pictures behind the

teacher’s back and had a dry, caekling

laugh, which somehow had a whole lot

of music in it. “'hat of him? Samantha

told me in one of her letters that he had

a farm out west so big that he could not

ride across it in a half day. And there

was Lewis, his brother, who put in most

of his time, when not actually under the

teacher’s eye in the schoolroom, in walk-

ing on his hands in the middle of the

road. He took particular del‘ght in wig-





A. HARTLEY.





to spell against him. We used to go at

him in relays, like old many Johnson

chasing foxes with his dogs, but it availed

us nothing. He was always up the long-

est any way we could fix it. What do

you suppose he is doing now? It will not

be considered ill manners to laugh when

it is stated that he is running a humor-

ous magazine. And I, the sixth and last

of the boys left 1’ “'cll, I am manufac-

turing this story and have all the others

crowded into a corner where they cannot

talk back.



The girls? You know about Samantha.

She always took everything to heart.

That is the reason she started the ruction

about pulling down the old schoolhouse.

She was nearly always able to get help

when she called for it. One day at recess

1 was engaged in the pleasing pastime of

rubbing snow into her ears when she let

out one of her hurry calls for help which

brot down upon me the whole feminine

contingent of the playground, to my un—

doing and deep regret. Her clarion call

for help comes again in behalf of the old

schoolhouse.



Sadie Mason is the second of the girls

mentioned. When she used to go to the

blackboard to do a sum in arithmetic she

Would puckcr up her mouth like she was

saying prunes all the time, and one time

in the grammar class when the teacher

asked her to give an example of a declar-





Nebraska Noble, stenographer down in

the big city, is slightly gray and I am

afraid wrinkled, but her heart is as

young as ever. I know it or she would

not be the Nebraska that I knew in the

good old days.



Mary Kay, sweet and docile and some-

times accused wrongfully, I am now sure,

of being teacher’s pet. She’s married and

lives on the old home place. Samantha

writes that Mary won half the prizes at

the county fair last fall with her fruit

cake and jellies. Last, but not least, is

Angelina Forbes. Angie is Mrs. VVorth-

ington now and comics out to the old

country friends once in a while in an

auto, but she is the Angle of old and as

lovable as ever.



Samantha says I must come back and.

help straighten out the tangle. She says

the whole twelve will be there but “'ztde,

if I will come. and she says he would

come all the way bzuk if it were not for

the army regulations.



WVcll, l have it all planned out. VVe‘lI

go back there about the Fourth of July

and have a picnic on the old school

grounds, put up swings in the sycamore

trees and go in the schoolhouse and cut

our initials {afresh en the seats if we

choose to do so, and if the directors come

about making derogatory remarks we will

shake our fists under their noses and tell

them to do their worst. And we. Will

make speeches and call all the earth to

witness that the old schoolhouse shalI



stand forever and ever





 





with this matter, but I

told him that I could not

let this threatened dese-

cration take place without

some effort to prevent it.



“Jim, you remember the

old days at the Banner

school. For the sake of

those old days take one

hcur from your great

crush of business to think

of a way out of tearing

down the dear old school-

house. Think, and think

hard, and the very mo-

ment you arrive at a

solution of the problem

let me know about it.

There, are twelve left of

the thirty-six of the old

guard of that winter of

the long, long ago to light

off the creeping monster.

Greed of Gain, and I do

hope we can unite on a

plan whereby We can

throttle it. \Vith love to

your wife and children,

I remain,



“Your old schoolmatc.



(Mas) JOHN IMINS.“



I read that letter (Wt-1‘

twice before its full sig—

nificance dawned upm

me. The old school to br-

torn down to save a few

paltry dollars in taxes and

the, ‘sentiment in the

hearts of all those who

had gone from its doors

into the wide world to be

crushed out in this licartless manner!

Not if I could prevent it. Mrs. liains,

who I remembered as Samantha VVig-

gins, plump and pugnacfous, had not

called in vain. I was a willing and anx-

iolls volunteer under her banner.



By further correspondence I learned

that there was yet left six months in

which to circumvent the penurious diroo-

tors and thereby save the old school-

house for a'few more years, at least. At

every lull in business I found myself

devising and discarding scheme after

scheme to bring about the desired result.

Sometimes at night when I could not

sleep I thot long hours of those old days.

Samantha said in her letter that there





 





 





The District School.





gling his toes at the clouds, and where

do you suppose he landed? Right in the.

aisle of a big passenger train running

between New York and Chicago, with a

conductor‘s punch in his hand.



Nial Raiser she mentions as the

fourth. Yes, I remember Nial—great big,

raw-boned and good~natured. Well. he is

right there in the. district yet, plowing

and sowing and reaping and mowing and

doing the best he can in the tussle with

the. world.



The fifth is Fred Cooper, who had little

to say at school, but who was a serious

proposition when the old spelling bee came

around. Why, that boy could spell from

sunset to sunrise if he could get anyone





ativc sentence, I believe it was, shc

looked right at me and said: “James, I

love you." I was about to tell her that.

it was not leap year and that she. need

not be so public, and emphatic about it

if it was, when I happened to glance at

my book and notice that she was reading

what the writer had set down. \Vcll,

Samantha tells me that Sadie is an old

maid, but she is not sour, thank good—

ness—just the sweetest old auntie in all

the land.



Third: M’aria Walker, married. happy,

and the mother of six sweet children, but

unfortunately for the cause. of the old

Banner school she lives just over in the

Morning Star distiict.





and shall never be mo-

lested, moved or dis—

mantled. I shall make. my

speech last, and when I

get them worked up to

the “friends, Romans,

countrymcn" pitch of ex—

(iicmeut I will explode a.

rhetorical bomb which

will send the directors

back to their corn plowing

in :t S'llitlllt‘d and submis-

sive spirit, while the girls

of other days will fall on

my nw k and wch for

Very joy and the boys of

a former generation will

Stand about with their

hands in their pockets and

wonder why they did not;

think of it first.



That is the. way I thot‘

of it when I was dreaming

it out. in the present

ttnsc, I mean, but a bit

of f'iturity had to bo

nuivd in the ingredient:

of the plan. I did not

tltll't‘ to divulge thc whole

inner workings of the

scheme to the others for

the time being, for the

reason that I feared a.

leak which might prove.

disastrous. I knew that

if Samantha found out

Just what was to be done.

she would go right over

to the home of Director

I’m-kins, who was the

chief agitator for econ—

omy, shake hel‘ finger under his nose

and tell him he would lose in the

light and might just as well quit

with good grace. Then she would go

ahead and give him the details and fur‘

nish the wily old hurdtist a weapon with

which to defeat us, so I let her go right

along feeling glum and shrieking for help,

in a figurative sense,



One day I called in a man who had

been in the book agent business nearly

all his life and was as pulling and per~

sunsive as a porous plasttr. We had a

long talk, and toward the last his vig'o‘r—

cus affirmative nods showed that he was

ready to go into the scheme I had pro-

posed with the vim of a sure winner. I
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218 nor

had a little money I could spare for the

fun of the thing and to get even with

‘that skinfiint Perkins. I was informed

that Thompson, the other director favor-

able to the plan of blotting the Banner

district from the map of the nation, was

a tenant on the Perkins farm and no

doubt was unduly influenced by his land-

lord. Bradford, the third director, who

had his face as set as flint against the

removal, was mad at Perkins because of

an old line fence trouble, and was 0p~

posed to Perkins and his tenant more to

be contrary than from principle or senti-

ment.



My persuasive book agent took up the

case at this point and I let Samantha

go on with appeals Without any informa-

tion on the inner workings of the man

shod in rubber, as I called him.



Time wore 011 and the fateful day ar-

rived. Penkins was at the picnic, con-

fident and boastful. He said we might

resolve and make speeches until dooms-

day if We saw fit to do so, but the old

schoolhouse was as sure to go as that the

sun arose in the east. He was that cer-

tain about everything. He seemed, to

me to think that he regulated the coming

up of that orb and noticed that it set

properly, if he was not too busy at the

time in saving a quarter.



Finally, about the middle of the after-

noon, the last pie was eaten, the last

song was sung, and I went swinging con-

fidently up to the rostrum on the play-

grounds to set off the fireworks, in an

oratorical sense. I quoted old school-book

pOetry for a. while until Perkins got tired.

lie went off to one side, doubled up at the

foot of a tree and began whittling a‘dry

stick. Then I branched off into by-paths

which did not interest Perkins any more

than the poetry. The fact was that I

was iiuhting for time and did not intend

to make a speech from the beginning, but

Perkins and the others did not know how

many oratorical bomb shells I had stored

away for use at the proper moment of

scaling the enemy's \\ orks. I kept a keen

eye out down the main road for a cloud

of dust. Finally, it appeared, dim and

indistinct in the distance. "I‘hat was my

cue to chain the attention of all those

present. I rang the changes with the



swiftnoss of a lightning change artist

(me moment I had my hearers eonvulscd

with and the next bathed in

tears. I kept one eye on Samantha and

regulated my flow of oratory according

to what I thot she could stand. She was

it sort of safety guag'e for the occasion.



The cloud of dust drew on and thick-

(died and I continued to pound the air

11nd perspirc. At 121st, when I was in the

middle of a flight of fancy, rambling

without compass or guide among the

stars, :1 moving wagon appeared over a

rise not iii‘ly yards and stopped in

the shade with my book

agent of feet on the front seat.

lie was and so was the man

and woman and tho six children, the lat—

ter tnckcd convenient nooks here

and there amont.r the furniture. A dog

trotted contentcdly under the wagon, a

cat clawed in a basket and a cow at the

tail of the wagon whisked at the ilies

rcstlcsslcssly with :1 bushy tail.



A moment later another wagon drew;

in beside the Iirst, adding seven children

of school 11:41- 11nd two dogs. Then

the third, fourth :1s1l iii‘lh wagons, addingr

:1 not increase in the

trict of 11-11 children,

yearning for in nee-d of 1111 adu-

ciiion, 11111 dogs. 11nd

iltlliivl‘u‘ds‘ (“rules of

in the fore-



soniething to

least by any

and two

and





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:1 wa 1'

ol. the trees,

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long,





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population to dis—





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crowing 21s it‘

11nd last.

came on old mule

coats, the former l1r11ying dismally

the latter chewing industriously.

For :1 litiio time the audience seemed

to think that :1 camp of gypsies had

tumbled in on us, but I did not permit

that impression to 1'1 main long. \Vhen I

('Zilll(’ down from the stars :11 the appear-

the first Wagon l stood

assumed astonishment and

then at the ])s_\'clinlogi1'zll

straightened 11]) 111111 on:

“Friends, :1t the

the migration the

the quail and manna

were the means of

extinction. Today." I went on,

“the tribe of Mul-





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well—

:1t it,

moment I





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11nd

Went

moment in

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critical

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came



saving





in the flush of victory.

'ford descends upon us, not. perhaps in so

mysterious :1 manner 11s of old, but in





sufficient numbers to re—populute the old

district. Hid schoolmates in gen-

Pcrkins in particular, will

of the solution of the prob-

I’erkint: and his colleagues



suitable teacher for the





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next terns->- of: school. Mr: Perkins- will

further take notice that all the .Mulfords

in- Gage township have taken a sudden

liking for Banner district and will make

their future homes with you. I might

add that all the vacant houses- in the

district have been leased for five years

for the accommodation of the influx of

population, by my friend, Mr. Gordon.

there on the front seat of the first wagon.

Mr. Gordon, have the goodness to dis-

tribute your charges to their various

homes,’ and then I jumped down from

the platform and walked over to Perkins,

who was leaning against the tree still.

whittling.



“You can’t run in a. lot of no—account

people on the taxpayers of this district

in that way,” he exclaimed, trembling

with anger.





“No, I see not,” was the answer he





got. “They are here, their rent is paid

in adva '1nce and \\ hat are vou going to

do about it?”





The shrieks of cheers that went up

from my old schoolmates was'pay enough

for all the trouble and expense in moving

the tribe of Mulford to my old district.





THOSE OLD“ RU BBERS.





BY LURA WARNER CALLIN.



“R-hr—rags? Any r-hr-rags?” and a

shaggy black head was thrust in at the

kitchen door while the owner thumped

the porch furiously with his heaVy “black-

snake" to attract attention.



Mrs. Smith was in the sewing room

and hurried out to see what caused the

commotion, a look of annoyance on her

face.



“Any old r-hr—rags-rubbers-iron or

anything to sell. mom?" the rag man

asked, unabashed at her clouded face.



“No, I haven't a thing she answered

shortly and the man turned away. but

siopped as he spied several old rubbers

by the side of the coal box. Picking

these up he turned back with, “Sell these,

mom? Gif scesx cent a pound for old

rubbers.”



“1111 yes,

much aic thev.



A pair of steelyards was brot forth

from its place of concealment somewhere

about his person and the rubbers

weighed; he placed twenty—six cents in

her hand in payment for them,



“I wonder what they do with all the old

trash that ihcv buy. anyway, especially

the old 111bbe ‘.”‘ Mrs Smith asked her—

self she went back to her sewing.



An shifting of the current of

events gave her 1111 opportunity to answer

her question, as she found

booked for :1 visit in a city noted for its

rubber works. At her first opportunity

she took a trip to a plant where old Tub—

bcr “redeemed" as it is called. On

being presented to the superintendent she

said, “I want to know what becomes of

my old rubber shoes.”



The pleasant young man whom she ad—

dressed looked nonplussed for a moment

and then smiled as her meaning dawned

upon him. Asking her to be seated he

gave her a brief outline of the process

that old rubber was put thru to rid it of

its impurities, and then he escorted her

out to the yards.



An electric crane was worked on a track

that: 11111 thru the center of the yard and

on side arose stacks of old rubber

1wo high. More than an acre of

eovu‘ed almost completely

of old tires, bales of

rubber hose assorted and cut into differ-

cllt lengths. Old.boots. shoes and every-

thing clse Were crowded 111) in huge heaps

11nd piles, llctwecn which they picked

their way to the far side where a freight

train stood on the private track- and car-

loud after curload was being dumped out





I suppose,” she said. “How





'11!





as

abrupt





(“VII





is





every

stories

ground was

with tier on tier





on :11111 M platform where it was weighed

and then stacked 111) in the yard until

nz-edcd. In some. instances the rubber

has been shaved off the tires and the

"cores," discarded, but the most of the

ohl rubber \vng ground~+z1nvz1s and 11117——

‘n :1 huge hopper. then the tin:- 111:11111'1'211‘

was run into :1 mt where it was washed

and all of the cloth or other material

used in building ihc hose, shoes, boots.

tires or whatever it might be, was scp:1~

rutnl from the rubber itself. the rubber





is,





~lh.'1t

chemical





coming out in :1 granulated form

from the grinding.

change. it next





tion which





not from any

was treated to :1

tic—vulcanized it or counter—

acted the, effect which sulphur on

purt- rubber, that of l':"~111d(nin,w it.

After this treatment. the rubber.

in a soft. spongy mass. nearly like its

original condition, was passed back and

forth between huge rollers which knead-

cd and rolled it until it became an even

textured sheet of soft black rubber about





solu<





has





HOW





herself





 





 





THE WHIGANFARMER. , 1





ileum feet endure find from: an- inch tmm

inch. and a.»

for‘market.



“Pure rubber,” said the “rubber” man

is like pure gold; it is too soft to use by

itself in very many articles. Rubber

bands such as are used‘in» offices, and the

outside of automobile tires are pure rub-

ber, but in most cases redeemed ,rubber

is used as an alloy, so to speak, to

harden pure rubber.



“VVe sell all that we can redeem right

here in the city and yet we cannot fur-

nish enough. Toys, rubber balls, golf

balls, rubber hose, bel‘ting, mats,

tains, stamps, boot and shoe heels are

but a few of the articles made from re-

deemed rubber. So you see, lady, you:

old last year’s rubber shoes may come

back to you in a door' mat, a lawn hose

or a rattle for'the baby. If you will go

over to the novelty works you can see

how the rattle and other toys are made.”



Turning- to his desk he wrote a few

lines 011 a card and handing it to her with

the suggestion that she give it to the





superintendent he bade her a pleasant

good-day.



Mrs. Smith thanked him heartily for

his courtesy and sought the novelty

works with her “charmed" card of in-





troduction. Here she learned more inter-

esting things about rubber making than

she could remember—that rubber articles

are made mostly by hand; that the parts

of a great many articles are made out

of flat .sheets and fastened together just

by pressing the seams with a paper knife

or a light hammer, a little benzlne or

rubber solution being used, in which case

tale is put inside of tubes, balloons and

other hollow articles to keep them from

sticking together. Rubber dolls are

made in metal presses in two parts, then

stuck together and heated; a hole is

made in some part of the doll so that

the heated air may escape and not burst

the doll as it expands. Another way is

to cut the parts from a rubber sheet,

stick the edges together, put a. quantity

of water or some other fluid that will

form steam into it, place it in the mould

and heat it. The steam'forces the rub-

ber into all of the depressions of the

mould and a hole is made to let the air

in to keep it from collapsing on the C011-

dcnsation of the steam. The sheet or

rubber having been treated to sulphur

before being cut, it becomes vulcanized

on heating so the figure holds its shape.



Rubber balls are made in the same way

and then filled with compressed air, large

balls being filled out of doors on a cold

day because the expansion of air in the

warmth of the indoor atmosphere gives

greater tension. The toy balloons which

form a prominent decorative feature in

the landscape at the county fair and other

outdoor celebrations are made in a glass

globe. A certain amount of rubber solu-

tion is poured into the globe and it is

then shaken until the whole interior is

completely coated, then the extra solution

is poured out. Air is then blown in to

dry out the film, which is then loosened

a little from the neck of the mould; air

forced in between the film and 'glass

gradually loosens it completely and the

film comes out intact. These balloons

are filled with illuminating gas.



The rubber in worn-out toys can be

used again and again if saved, and the

old rubber shoes, in the various transfor-





mations, are practically indestructible

and bound to return again and again





in some form or other. Mrs. Smith was

surprised to learn of the many ways they





might have been ministering to her.

They might have been in her hairpins,

her fancy combs, her toilet set. the backs

of her mirror or brushes. her "coral"

necklace, her ivory belt buckle, penholder

or paper knife. In fact. she, found it

much easier to make a l'st of where she

was sure they were not than to enu-

merate the articles in which they





might be.

THE SEA CALL.

131' F. J. P.





Ah, the deep, full note

(if the gull afloat

Over its great. free field of blue;





it has charms its own

For the sailors lone





And thrills every listener thru.

Far down in the deep

\Vhere the sailors sleep

The brightest gems are reflecting;

“'11 lean overboard '

And dream of the hoard



, Two worlds of beauty" connecting.





The waves piling high



Reach out to the sky



And beckon forever and ever:

They lead on the way



To the brightest day



Where nothing can wound or sever.





 





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These shells make a big

open.’pattern at ranges

most birds. are shot.

With them you ' can use

your duck or trap gun

for field shooting with-

out mutilating the game.‘

They are loaded in

“Leader” and. uRepeatt-n'"

grades. Your dealer.

can get them for you.





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wrltlng to advertisers.
SEPT.‘ 18. 1909.





A/ _

THE SCHOOL BELL.





 





 





"i' .. ' BY tannin: sCHUMANn.





Hark, children,

What does the school bell say?

Listen to its‘ merry chime!

You must not loiter on the way;

Be on time,- be on time!





, hlldren,

Hgvlviiiaf does theschool bell say?

Now the long vacationfs past,

Learn your lessons every day,

Study fast, study fast.





Hark, children,



What does the school bell say?

1 Come to School, come to school!

1 Hear it tolling merrily—





 





Obey each rule, obeyreach rule!





Hark, children,

What does the school bell say?

It will talk as well as it can,

It will tell you every day,

T Be a man, be a man.





Hark, children,

What does the school bell say?

In this glowing frosty weather

To shirk our lessons does not pay;

Work together, work together.





Hark, children,

What does the school 'bell say? ,

Do not spend your time in sighing,

You must work if you would play,

Time is flying, time is flying.





Hark, children,

‘What dees the school bell say?

Toward the setting of the sun

It will gladly toll away,

Work well done, work well done!





Children, what

Do you wish the bell to say?

When your school work all is done

It will gladly tell your friends

Of honors won, of honors won.





KEEPING CHILDREN IN SCHOOL.





BY MARGARET WHITNEY.





When a child starts to school that is

where he should be five days in the week.

In some families the boys and older girls

are kept at home three days out of five,

or they are present a half day and then

possibly do not come for a whole week.

This is kept up until they lose all interest





in: school work and they cannot be

blamed for doing so. It is a natural con-

sequence of irregular attendance.





Sometimes a boy is kept at home until

all the fall work is done on the farm

and ten or twelve weeks of school have

passed. By this time the class with which

he studied last year is so far in advance

of him that he must struggle all Winter

with a sense of being behind, or drop

back into a class of smaller children.

By the time a boy has done this several

times he will find an excuse to quit

schooL



Irregular attendance is just as discour-

aging to the teacher as to the scholar.

Suppose a teacher has four scholars to

whom she has planned to present the sub-

ject of decimal fractions, for example.

She can say the same things to all, if

they are there, just as Well as she can

to each one in succession. But the latter

is whatshe may have to do. John is out

possibly three days and Mary all week.

By the time John gets there and has the

initial explanation some bright scholar

has almost finished the subject and to

Mary, who has not been there at all, the

word decimal is only a meaningless name.

Now this is not John 0r Mary‘s fault, and

both they and the teacher will have to do

the best they can.



It is remarkable that some scholars get

along as well as they do in the face of

all these hindrances. Some boys go to

school four months in the year and yet

manage to stay in the original class they

started with. If they were kept in school

regularly they would finish the common

school course in a few years. While a

few scholars can do this the majority

belong to the other class, and in some

schools in the country you will find boys,

and occasionally girls, who are thirteen,

fourteen and fifteen years old in the same

class with their smaller brothers and sis-

ters and having a difficult time to do the

same grade of work.



In some schools in the country there

are few if any scholars over sixteen years





 





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SONNET T0 COLLEGE HALL, MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.





SI’URWAY.





 





 





College Hall at M. A. C., the





First of all your race you stand alone,

i The emblem of a nation’s liberty

Engraved upon its heart in sanctity,

i Your tottering walls that rise above the

l stone,

; Your shattered lights that have treasures

all their own.

Tho time destroy your outward majesty,

You still live on to all eternity.

For deeds of honored men you can atone.





 





 





First Agricultural College Building in America.





Rejoice, you horny-handed sons of toil,



For treasures such as those within your

”clasp.



Rejoice, you tillers of the fertile soil,



For knowledge wrung from Nature’s

clinging grasp.



\Vhich gives to all who venture to com-



mand,



heritage



land.





The of Freedom's treasured





 





   





Latest Bulldlng Devoted to Agricultural

at the College now rap





 

 





 





 





Learning—the New Agricultural Building

idly nearing completion.





 





“THE MICHIGAN FARMER.‘





 





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old at any time in the year, and» this one

fault of irregular attendance is largely

responsible for this state of affairs.





CHILDREN’S PETS.——Il.





BY HATTIE WASHBURN.



Is itpthe primitive desire to travel by

swifter, easier or surer means than that

given us by nature, or a natural fondness

and admiration man instinctively shows

the horse, that makes the pony the al-





 





The Little Girl





most universal favorite among children's

pets? Happy indeed is the boy or girl

who owns a pony, and the envy of others

less fortunate.



I have often driven a pony, slow, stub-





born and willful, which despite his ap.

parent dislike for exertion and his look

of perfect innocence, hcld himself in

readiness to become fractious on the

slightest provm-ation; and I have been

amply compensated by the admiration

and kindly interest expressed on the





childish faces turned toward my diminu—

tive steed. The cyes looking :it the pony

with such innocent longing,r might let a

spanking pair of horses, or a shining auto-

mobile pass without a second glance.

The pony is invariably practical

many a child is made more healthful

the invigorating~ exercise as he takes lop}—r

with his beloved pet. Often tho

furnishes the only means of the

attendance at :1. distant school,

cilicrwise long~ anl

journeys





and

by





rides

pony

owner's

and what

\Vcary walks

bccztusc of the tiny horse,





would obe





bccomo t'lijoytl‘olt‘





'l‘he pony is not usually considered :1.

household pet, yet the \vritcr once know

one that seemed willing to become such,

ltuinn carried his little mistress to and

from a distant school. Hue winter morn-

ing the little girl‘s father led the pony,

s’addlcd and bridlod, to the kitchen door,

and, as the morning was cold. the man





entered the house. expecting the pony to

outside. To his surprise the pony



mounted the steps and entered

the, doorway. \Vii‘hiu the warm kitchen

the little girl mounted llubcn and rode

forth to school.



'I‘hc pony could be Induced

this cute trick at any time. \\'hen he

did so for the photographer. he eagerly

mounted the steps and turned about in

the kitchen, nearly displacing. by the

sweep of his tail. the tea, kettle singing

on the stove. So great was his eagerness

that lluben resented the necessary pause

at the threshold, cvincingr a most unusual

and coimncndablc anxiety to reach the

edifice of learning.





sin nd

niuibly





to repeat





THE PASSING OF SUMMER.





BY LEONE KENTON.





Summer, I sigh for thee, slowly vanishing.





And turn mine head 'erc 'thou art

safely passed;

Seeing all thy hallowed charms, I dread

thy going,

And dread the coming gray of sore

Autumn’s east.

Summer. fare thee Well! I hide mine





eyes and feel

'l‘hy going Willi a deep and tender pain,

For thou, () Summer—may I really say

farewell '2—





 





FFor thou hast Iil‘fll me much; and

can‘st not remain?

Summer, good—bye! Take with the, fond

memories

0f the dazzled days and the lovo I’ve.

found

Pass thee silently on, while tear drops





dim mine eyes,

And dead leaves of thy past flutter to

the ground.





 





 

 

 





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A LITTLE STUDY IN HISTORY.—

' ROBERT CLIVE.





BY IDA BENSEN.



The recent assassination in London of‘

an English official high in the Indian ser--

vice recalls the troubled history of Eng-

lish domination in India. The story from

the first reads like a romance. It is to'

the courage and spirit of one who began

life an obscure English lad that England.

owes the beginning of her .Indian em~





 





 





 





Mounted Ruben and Rode Forth to School.





pire. (flradually the power has been eX—4

tended and strengthened until today the

King of England can sign himself Em-

peror of India.



It was nearly two hundred Years ago

that a boy named Robert Clive was 'b rrn

in England. At school he was an idler

and was constantly getting into wild

pranks. So, at, last, his friends were

glad to get him it position as a clerk with

the East India Company and pack him

off to Madras, India.



The ‘lCast India Company had several

warchmcws or factories in India, each

with a fort, simply built to protect their





goods, and guarded by a few native

troops. It was as a clerk or writer at one

(f this company‘s stations that Robert

(‘livc was employed.



'l‘hose were wretched, homesick days

that ho spcnt at his desk. “is shyness

and his poverty made the distasteful

work seem doubly hard. llut now the

French and English were at war, and the

governor of the French colony in India

laid siege to Madras and curi‘icd away

captive all the clerks and merchants,

Clive, of course, among Ihcm. llut Clive

escaped 2n disguise and returned to en-

list in a troop which the English com-

pany was forming.



The [French were in league with the

nativcs and only one town in that part of

India held out against their power, and

it was on the point of surrcudcr. But

Clive, by :1 daring stroke, saved it. \Vitli

a few hundred English and h‘cpoys, he

seized and held a stronghold for ilfly

days agaiuSt thousands of assailants.

'l‘ho natives, surpriscd to see English





mcn show such bravery, came to his aid,





and in the licld (‘live was everywhere

victorious z'gainst the French and their

:lllics.



But the hard climate of India told on

his health and he was compelled to re-

turn to England. After staying there a

few years he went back to lndia where

he had been but a fcw liloilills when a.

terrible cvcnt occurred. An Indian

prince, who was jealous of the wealth





and enterprise of the l‘lnglish traders and

who was urged by the French. seizwi

a whole colony of English and thrust one

hundred and fifty of them into a small

prison. The icrrible heat of the Indian

summer, the impure air, and the, hopeless

thirst maddencd them and in the morn—

ing only twenty-111mm remained alive.

History tells of no more terrible suffering

than this of the Black Hole of Calcutta,

as it is called.



Clive, with





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thousand linglishmen‘and

two thousand natives, went to revenge

the crime. The high-spirited lad had

grown into a brave, determined man, who

joined to his bravery statesmanship or

the highest order. “'hen the two armies

faced each other on the field of Plassey,

the enemy so greatly outnumbered them

that (‘livc‘s advisers urged him to re-

treat. But after long meditation, Clive

ordered an advance. The English victory





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was overwhelming; and-it"- is‘. said that

English rule, in India. began with the

battle of Plassey. The name of Clive

became a tower of strength for the Eng:

lish and the natives called him “the Dar-

ing in War.”



Returning to- England, Clive received

the warmest thanks from the East India

Company, and received from the govern--

ment- the title of Lord Clive, Baron of'

Plassey, in honor of his great victory.



He was now enormously wealthy from

spoils he had won and gifts and lands

he had received. But after Clive’s dew

parture from India, many evils arose

there. Everything was in the greatest

confusion and dishonesty was in all

branches of the service. In this emer—

gency Clive again returned to India and

the next two years were the most glor-

ious of his life. Everywhere he enforced

honesty and himself set the example. He

gave up a fortune which had been given

him by one of the native princes, and

he went back to England poorer than

he came. But he had ar.:used the gov-

ernment by his reports so that an inves-





tigation was made into the state of'





affairs in India, and from that day Indian

affairs were better managed. Clive’s own

curly acts were examined and some were

held up for severe criticism. Clive was

keenly hurt by this criticism, but 'When

his enemies wished to take measures

against him, the House of Commons with

one voice declared "That Robert Lord

(‘live did at the same time render great

and meritorious services to his country."

So it is to Robert Clive, who began his

career as a poor, homesick clerk, that

lilngland owes the foundation of her great

Indian Empire.



At present there seems to bc a spirit

of upheaval, antagonistic to the English

rule, at work among thc nutivc races,

and the outcome will be watched with-

interest.





CATCHING THE WILY FOX.





BY ISAAC NOTES.





 





 





Let me say at the outsct that the habits

of foxes, whcthcr black, silver, gray, cross

or rcd, are about the same. so a trap

sct which will catch one kind will catch

the kind in your locality.



The, more you know about the habits

of foxcs the bctt~~r truppor you will be,

of course. Some trappcrs have good suc~

(-css in catching foxes by putting out

bziitcd irups, while others set thcir traps

without halt. The fox stays pretty much

in low swampy country, and ofton trovcls

along dim sheep or cattle trails thru the

lonelicst woods, and ruri-ly shows itself in

gludes, valleys and patches of prairie.

if there are foxcs in your locality you

will soc their trucks along these dim

trails thru swampy rcgions. espccizilly if

the trails lcod tliru dense thickets.



’l‘host- arc good lililt't‘S in which to set

your traps. Scloct a pluce where the

puth is narrow, with obstructions on ouch

side—lrccs. logs or it steep bank, so the

fox cannot well got out of the path here

oven if the ground does look :1 little susv





picious to him. Pig a shallow hole in

the path, just lurcc enough to luy tho

trztp in wln-n opcnr-d out. The hole





should he, burcly ill-(1p cnoug‘h so tliélt

the uppcr wlgc of the juws will be lm'cl

with the surfucc of tho ground. Plucc

the: trup in tho holo and «over it with :1

thin sprinkling of moss. twigs or Dlt‘t‘t‘S

of rottcn wood, with n little sand or dry

dirt, but not though to inlorfl-ri- with tho

jaws of the trup coming together. N0

pzirt of tho Imp or chain should be \‘is—

iblo, for a fox is vcry suspicious of iron

or stwl in the woods, or of anything clsc

(hut looks lllit‘ the work of man. 'l‘heii‘

<ollt<c of sou-ll is ycry acute. so you

should, in approaching the place, muke

us few trucks as possible, by walking on

rocks or the hard grmiinl. Try to stand

us much its possible in one plat-o. It is

it good idea to curry with you two short

pieces of old hourd or thin plank, and

walk on these alternately in npprmu-hing

or leaving your traps, taking up tho pit-cc

behind you and putting it :ihczid of you

as you stand upon the other. The poll

of some animal drugng ovor your tracks

as you walk has a tendency to Olllllt'l‘ull'

all scent of them. Wear gloves whilo

bundling your trups, und when not in use

hang them up at home in actrcc or some

place where the wind can get to them.

lio not allow them to lie around the dog

kennel or burn so that they will smell

of horses or dogs.



Do not dig the hole for your traps with

a knife or other metallic instrument. Ilse.

rather, it‘liurdwood stick sharpened weeks

before you have occasion to use it. so

the smell of new-cut wood will not cling

to the place. Have a basket, sack or





bienheiti With; yduifiand ‘ all 'tlte’dirt .yaou-

have left: over. from filling the place.

around: the trap Should be put into this.

and taken away. To neutralize the smell

of mm about: the-place smoke the traps

or smear them with tainted meat, cow

or horse «manure, or- something of the

kind. See that they rest evenly and

firmly in the bottom of the hole, so that

if the jaWs be stepped on the trap will

not tip and pull the covering apart, or

grate on rock, or jingle the chain.





The chain should also be covered with

dry dirt, moss, twigs or rotten wood. It

should be fastened to a piece of sapling

or a. good sized limb of sufficient weight

to prevent the fox dragging it very

far before becoming tired out. If fast-

ened to something immovable the. fox is

liable to gnaw his foot off and get away.

But if fastened to something‘which he

can drag he will not do this. being en-

couraged by the fact that he is dragging

the weight away and escaping: and he

will continue to drag it until worn out.

when he will lie down somewhere until

you find him. This clog should have

sharp points on it where you have cut

off small limbs. These will dig into the

ground and leave marks which you can

easily follow, and will also retard the pro-

gress of the fox in dragging it away.

The clog should also be covered up, es-

pecially if recently cut and trimmed for

this purpoxc. Do not do any chopping

or whittling, or leave any chips where

the trap is set. Prepare your things at

a distance, then go and set your trap and

come right away. Let things look ex-

octly as they did before you placed the

trap.



If it has snowed or rained hard, render-

ing it impossible to trace the fox, you

may know that he hasn‘t gone far and.

ninctccn times out of twenty you will find

him within two hundred yards of Where

he was caught. IJOUk in the nearest

swampy land or creek bottom and you

will he sure to find him there in some

thicket, perhaps tangled up in the chain

among the bushes. lVo matter what kind

of land animals you are trapping for, it

is better to fasten your chain to a drag

than to a solid stakc, as mink, weasel,

coyotes and coons will sometimes gnaw

their fcct off and get away. . Of course,

when you are trapping for foxes there is

:ilwatys a chunce to catch other animals

us well, such as opossum, coon. wildcat,

mink and coyote.



'l‘hc bottoms of dry gullics running

into lurgcr creeks arc also good places

for your traps; also lilt‘ ends of hollow

logs, the roots of trccs ulong the banks of

rivcrs or (-ri-cks, and in front of holes

in the ground which look as tho animals

had becn passing in and out. A space

under a set of bars, or thru a dilapidated

gutc into 2111 old abandoned iicld are also

good plziccs. If the space is large fill it

up somewhat with brush. and set your

trap in the middle of the opening, but

do not mukc the opening too narrow.

Better let it be somewhat large and use

two traps, us any attempt to coax this

slippery little animal into narrow quar-

ters excites his suspicion.



’J‘hc foot of :1 large low stump is ulsa

a good place for a set, us foxes are much

given to nosing :iround stumps after

mice. if the stump is lurge and has a

flat top set it trap on top of it, making

the top level by banking dirt upon it

:«n'l covering the trap with mess and

twigs. 3hry the. drug in the ground and

hide the chain down the side of the

stump with u couple of boards.



Another g'Ood plucc for :1 set is along

the cdgc of running streams which you

.-:in approach by wading in thc water

with your rubber boots and thus leave

no sccnt. In such cases set the traps

near the gnarled roots- of trees growing

clnsc to the water’s edgo, or on ledges

of l‘tlt‘k protoctcd by other lodges jutting

out ovcr them. It will be bcst to bait

thcsc traps. Place the buit, a dead bird

or rabbit, or a pitt-c of any kind of fowl,

slightly tainted, just zibovc the trap, and

tho fox's ottontion will be withdrawn

from the ground as ho noses around for

tho bait, and he will not bu quitc so apt

to notice anything suspicious on the

ground. A live chit-ken or rabbit tied in

u sapling ten or twelve feet from the

ground will attract :i fox if anywhere in

the neighborhood. The fact of the crea-

ture’s being olive and perhaps fluttering

or jerking in the tree will excite the fox

so that he will not be apt to see signs

of danger on the ground, and in running

around watching the animal he will stand

a good chace of getting caught. If there

is a large stump near set the trap On

top of this as before directed, for the fox

will be almost sure to jump onto the





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The most popular bonds that we

handle today are Irrigation bonds.

secured by first liens on the most

fertile farm lands in America.



They are issued in denominations

of $100, $500 and $1.000. They run

from two years to twelve years, so

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The farmers in the irrigation dis-

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rights give to an Irrigation Com-

pany a first lien on their farms. The

lien is seldom for more than one—

fourth the land's value. It is paid

in ten annual installments.



These liens are placed with a.

Trust Company as security for the

bonds. Back of each $100 bond

there will be $150 in liens. - Thus

the margin of security is very Wide

indeed. _ _



In addition, the Irrigation Com-

pany deposits with the Trust Com-

pany a first mortgage on all it owns

——dams, reservoirs. ditches. etc.

This mortgage is held until the last

bond is paid, as an extra security.

Thus the bonds are doubly secured.





Some Are Tax Liens





Some of these bonds are issued,

like School bonds, by districts. Such

bonds form a tax lien on-all tax-

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interest and principal are paid out

of taxes.



Some are issued under the Fed-

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All of thcse bonds, if rightly is-

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hard to conceive of anything better.

Yet the bonds pay at present a high

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These include Drainage District and

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game. This-is also a good way to catch

coyotes. . . .



A half-grown chicken, a partridge or

rabbit, placed in a cage and left out in

the woods, will also attract Mr. Fox, and

a trap or two set near the cage will stand

a fine chance of getting him. This is also

a good catch for Wildcats and. coyotes.



In visiting, your traps do not go too

near them if you find them empty. Make

sure they are in order, then leave them

and go on to another. In making choice

of a good place for a set select one, if

possible, where some natural or artificial

provision will admit of approach without

leaving much scent—a hard beaten path.

a stone wall. a line of ledges, a succes-

sion of flat rocks, a running stream, or

a combination of such conditions, which

should be invariably followed in going to

or from your traps.



Do not be discouraged if you do not

catch Beyond the first two or three

nights. You cannot reasonably expect to

ratch such a wary fellow until all your

scent has been blown away from the trap

and surroundings. Vthn you succeed in

catching your fox dispatch him at a safe

distance with a small caliber target rifle

carried along for this purpose.





KINKS.





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Kink I.—Enigma.



Altho I circulate In small and vacant

ariel space,



In spacious earth and heaven above, 1

occupy a plucv;



In visible existence I am nvvcr known

to be.



Yet nevertheless in mansions fziir

dwell on land and sea;



I join the ranks of battle, the courageous

21nd the. brave.



In raging war or peaceful calm I'm a

useful thing; to lizi\'¢‘;



In capacities of learning 1 am over there

so fl'i‘i‘,



’Tho nc'vr in church or public school is

ilwro :i plum.) for me;



When you're in wuut oi‘ anythingr I help

supply your new],



You cannot do without Inc. 1 in all things

lake the loud.



So, notwithstanding :ill the mysteries s0

profound,



I'm in your very hwirt and brain and

you carry me around.





Kink IL—American Charade.





One of the. stuics. the syllables being

represented by the numbers in italics.

Under a shady tree on the lawn three

one day sat with ii one



And as two lips in kisses mot three whis-

pci'l-d just for fun.



Please give U. good (-‘nui'zidc to guess and

then the one bi‘g'uu,



'Tis a pleasant site with prairies bright

in the land of two father‘s pi‘iile.



And if you ne‘er i‘nzini o‘er total's plains



You'll one what three has ll‘lt'ti.



Kink Ill.—Four Letter- Word Square.





No._1 means beloved. No. 2 comfort,

N0. 3 a. country, No. l a. pastime.



Prizes for Straightening Kinks.—To

the sender of each of the ten neatest

correct answers to the above Kinks. we

will give choice of a package of 50

post-card's representing 0. trip around the

world, a copy of “Concrete Construction

on the Form,” or a fouuiuiu pen.

\Vhore contestant or some member of his

family is not a regular subscriber a

year’s subscription (750) must accompany

answers. Answers must not reach us

later than (Jet. ‘J. {is correct solutions

will be published in issue of Oct. lli. Ad—

dress aiiswci's to Puzzle 'l)cpi., Michigan

Farmer.



Answers f0r Kink of August 21.





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Fair,” by Rosa. Bouhours-French. 2.

Cecilia,” by Nziujok—artist unknown. 3,

"The Angelus." by Millet

“The. Dance of the Nymphs.” by Corot~—-

French. 5. “Head of Christ,” by Hoff—

man—German. 6. Countess l’oiocku.”

:ii‘i‘ist unknown. 7. “Christmas Chimes,”

by Blzishliolil~Aiiil>i‘i(-;iii. S, "The Au—

rora,” by Guido Reni Italian. 9, “Sistine

Madonna," by Ruphuvlhltziliun. 10. “The

Spirit of ’76,” by \Villiii‘demorii'zin.



There were only two correct answers to

this i'cbus Sl‘iit in to us. They were by

Mrs. lri_ J. Schmnilt. of Trenton, Mich.,

and, Israel Crane, Ovid, Mich.





 





 





 





Time to Buy Coal.



Coal prices are always lower during

the summer than lziicr. when the great

majority of people begin to stock up for

the winter season. ’l‘licrefm'c the provi-

dent ones like to lziy in their supply dur-

ing the period when they 0qu save

money. In this connection we desire to

call special attention to the advertise-

ment of the Harmon Coal 00., 160 Har-

rison St., Dept 3636, Chicago, 111.. which

appeared in the Michigan Farmer of

September 11. pzigc 20. This advertise-

ment offers to sell coal direct from the

mine to the consumer :it a saving of from

$1 to $3 per ton. The Il'ui‘mon Coril

Company publishes .1 32—pugu book en—

titled “Coal Facts——Coal Trust Robbery

Stopped,” which all readers of the Mich—

igan Farmer may obtain free. by writing

to the company at the above address and

asking for it. Do not $0115. to the Mich—

igan Farmer office for it but to the Har-

mon Coal C0. They offer wholesale

prices that will be very attractive to

every one who is going to buy coal for

the coming winter. If you have last

week’s paper turn to page 20 and clip

out the coupon in the lower left—hand

corner and send it to the Harmon Com-

pany as the advertisement directs.





 





 

 

   





 

 

 

 

 

 





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are fuel savers because they are riveted airtight in exactly the same way as a loco-

motive boiler. And to do this, a range must be made pf_malleable iron. Cast iron

or so-called steel ranges cannot be made wrmanently airtight—-they_are_only bolted.

and the seams stuffed with stove putty. hen this putty crumbles, in Six months or

a year, drafts enter everywhere, farming or checking the fire. wasting fuel. and utterly

ruinin proper baking and cooking. Because the ADIAN is permanently air-

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Unless you know inside facts about range construction. it. is easuer to buy a poor

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In nearly every dairy section of the country thcrc' arc

United States Agents. These men have confidence in the

United States Separator. They know what it will do.

They will grant a free trial to any one who means

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Double Disc Harrow '





A complete Forciriick Disc Harrow

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disc sections (in-throw) at.

(zit-hell by a. jointed

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zit one opt-ration.

saving uric-hull in



lime and nearly

.‘ one-hull in horse-

power. 'l‘lielorward

' pair of disc sections

cuts the ground and throw it outward;

rear puir works it again and throws it brick.

leaving the surizicc level and finely pulverizr'rl.

The soil is put into iltllL'l’ condition for sealing

than :iitcr iwo workings of an uriillllll’y ilisc.

Only one more horse rciiiiiri-il than would lie usml in 3

out on trilli with intending piinzlmscrs. Write us let single Disc 05 [113 5-1ch width cut; four are suilicicut for

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THE BUDHER & GIBBS PLOW 00., 808 East Seventh 81., CANTON, 0.





SIZES:

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20-llisc. 5 foot Cut.

24~l)isc, 6 foot cut.

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Unequallcd

ior disciné corn

stubble, plowed

dround, or for any

purpose for which an

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You can try an imperial Double ‘

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The Old “llllTilll OVEN” come Back in Life!





This IMPERIAL Steel Range. with STONE OVEN BOTTOIVI. Odor

Hood and other lit-iiizu'kziblo Iliipl‘ichllHPillS. Exccls even the Old

Dutch Ovens in Baking Qualities, and is a lilarvcl of Convenience.





" Grandesi COOKER. BAKER and FIIEL SAVER Ever Invented





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fections, are we miserly stingy



with our kindness? Why do we

make our most beloved ones hunger and

thirst for a little of our outward love

and tenderness, when we lavish our

pleasant smiles and most charming man~

ners on the stranger who passes our path

but momentarily?



Mother knows, of course, that we love

her, but how often do we demonstrate

our feeling for her by a little caress, a

few thotful words of appreciation for her

many hours of labor and care in our

behalf? Husband is so buSy that he

doesn’t notice how much his wife needs

a little help and ene uragemcnt over the

hard places, to say nothing of a kiss now

and then, and a few of the old lover-like

attentions that endeared him to her years

ago. He would angrily resent,any inti-

mation that he did not love her any

more, but how is she to know it? He

never tells her so, he doesn’t try to

please her as he used to do. His excuse

would be, that he d‘dn't think it was

necessary. But it is necessary, my

-friends, to let those whom you love and

cherish, know it by outward signs.



We all crave the warm affection of





i 3 RE we cruelly selfish with our af-





those we love. Remember that flowers

on the casket cast no fragrance backward

over the weary way. It is the flowers

of your loving thotfulness, the brightness

of your cheery smiles, and the sweetness

of your sincere affection, that lightens

the gloomy chambers of life. The kind

words that you would say when they are

dead, say now, when their lives can be

made happier by them, and the weary

load, that you would give anything it

you had helped them to bear, when you

look at them the last time, lift now from

their drooping shoulders so there will be

no vain regrets to follow.



How often our friends know us better

than our own people, because they are

not afraid to show us that they love us.

They encourage our confidences. They

give us their affection and we give our all

in return. How many stubborn walls of in-

difference stand grimly between ourselves

and the loved ones at home because we

are too proud, or too blind to our own,

and their happiness, to take the trouble

to show them our love. Begin now to

make each one at home feel happier by

your presence, and see how gloriously

the benediction will rebound upon your-

self. ELISABETH.





 





MODERN IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE

FARM HOME.

BY E. E. R.



To thoroly and completely equip the

farm home with modern conveniences

means lightening the labor and in many

ways doing away with the hard work

necessitated when these are wholly lack-

ing. A country friend who moved into

town expressed herself greatly pleased

with gas for cooking. electricity for light-

ing and a furnace for heating the house.

\Vhat appcalcd to her more than anything

else, however, was the drain pipes which

saved so many steps in carrying out slops

as she had previously been compelled

to do.



One of the most gratifying improve-

ments. and (into which can be installed in

any i‘arnihmtsc, at not much more ex—

pense than a first—class coal stove. is a

furnace. At the price named this Would

be a hot-air arrangement and with but

a. single i'cgistcr, located in the t't-lltct‘ of

the house. These furnaces give cxecllent

satist‘actit‘m, heatingr the rooms upstairs

and down, the one rcquircincnt being

that the connecting doors be left open

so that the heat can radiate from room

to room. This it does in a surprising

manncr. and with but little more fuel

than it would require to operate a single

Iargwsizcd stoyc.



(the of lllcsc t'urnuccs can be installed

for less than sthnty-ich dollars, and

the amount of comfort ensured will le

more than can be t'Ftlllltltt'tl in dollars

and ccnls.



Farm houscs arc fast lit-int: touépptl

with heating plant; of onc kind or :m-

otht-r. 'i‘ht-y -:tn easily be placed iirst on

thc list :I,~' a labor saycr, as well as a

comfort dispcnst-r for the household.

)lany homes now warmcd by stoves might

be furnatw- hcatcd the coming wintcr. It

would llt‘ sotnctilillg in which the entire

family would share.



For approximately doublc the price or

the onc-rcgistcr furnace oii'e can be pro-

vidcd which has pipcs conveying the.

heat to the scvcral rooms upstairs its well

us down.



Many farm houses are equipped with a

complete watt-r system which makcs them

as convenient as any city home. ’l‘hiS

docs away with the out—door closet which

has so long bccn a menace to health.

Nothing in the line of tip—to—date im-

provements would be. more fully appre-

ciated than this.



In building or rcmodt’xling a home it

should be, borne in mind that years, pos-

sibly an entire life—time, will be passed



there. XVhatcver contributes to the com-

fort of the family it should be the, aim to

possess, if possible. \Vith the era Of

prosperity now at hand for the agricul-

turist much is within reach which here-

tofore has been unattainable. Rather

than buy more land let the home be rend-

ered more eonVcnicnt and attractive,

something which will be enjoyed by old

and young alike.



From a sanitary standpoint it ought





to be made a rule that no home be with-

out a good underground drain leading

from the house to some spot where slops

may be deposited without endangering the

health. This does away with an illsmell-

ing place back of the house, such as is

often fOund and which should not be

tolerated. Throwing slops out at the

back door ought to be an obsolete custom

in the light of present day intelligence

upon the subject of sanitation of the

home.



it has been charged that the farmer

puts money into home conveniences only

after his barns have been fully equipped.

In some instances this is true. Yet the

number of modern farm houses in our

own and adjoining states attests the fact

that they do not confine their endeavors

to out—of—door improvements entirely.



Surely the wife and mother should not





 





 





 





 





THE NEEDLEWORK EXHIBIT AT THE

STATE FAIR.





 





The exhibit of fine needlework and em-

broidery shown at the State Fair this

year was far better than any display of

the past years. Battenberg is still very

popular and a. great many elegant pieces

were shown, ~perhaps the work which

attracted the most attention were two

large center pieces about five feet in dia-

meter. The borders were done, in water

lily designs and one piece had drawn

work in the center, as shown in the

smaller illustration. There were a num-





 





 





 





 





 





Battenburg Center Piece with Drawn

Work Center.





ber of smaller center pieces, scarfs,

(lollies, etc., and it must have been a very

difficult matter for the judges to place

the awards. One beautiful and tedious

piece of Battenberg was an opera coat

made with a flaring skirt and loose

sleeves. It represented many hours of

hard labor and, while the judges did not

give it a prize, it was “commendec.”

The French embroidery and eyelet work

is also very popular with those interested

in making pretty underwear, and many

beautiful and exquisite. specimens of this

dainty handwork were displayed. In the,

lace and drawn work, a number of beau-

tiful sets of underwear, infants’ clothos‘

and dresses made an excellent showing.

Several pieces of the old—fashioned col-

ored embroidery took one back to grand—

mother's day and proved that there is

still a number of \voinen‘interested in the

bright work. A few striking drapes were

made from silk pieces, woven the same

as rag carpets. For a heavy curtain they

are both nobby and serviceable. Knitted

curtains in crochet cotton, both in colors

and white, showed how some women had





 





 





A Corner of the Fancy Work Department at the State Fair.





be forgotten when these are being ar-

ranged for. It may mean continued

health and added length of years, and

the money which will ensure these to a

faintly is cheap at any price.





 





A basin of cold water placed in an

oven that is too hot when baking will

bring down the temperature more

quickly and to better purpose than by

leaving the oven door open.





passed many a long winter's evening.

The display of quilts, both in the silk

and cotton, was very interesting. The

judges gave the preference to the ones

which had the most difficult quilting,

more than the color schemes in the block

work. The one drawing first prize was

really a wonderful piece of quilting, and

the designs were. brot out by that method





 





SEPT. 18, 1909.





Pressed Hard





Coffees Weight on Old Age.





When prominent men realize the injurir





health that Postum can bring, they are

glad to lend their testimony for the ben-

efit of others.



A superintendent of public schools in.

North Carolina, says:



“My mother, since her early childhood,

was an inveterate coffee drinker and had’

been troubled with her heart for a num-

ber of years, and complained of that

‘weak all over’ feeling and sick stomach..



“Some time ago, I was making an Oil‘-

cial visit to a distant part of the country

and took dinner with one (if the mer—

chants of the place. I noticed a some—

what peculiar flavor of the coffee, and

asked him concerning it. He replied that

it was POStum.



“I was so pleased with it, that after

the meal was over, I bought a package to)

carry home with me, and had wife pre~

pare some for the next meal. .The whole-

family liked it so well, that we discon-

tinued coffee and used Postum entirely.



“I had really been at times very anx—

ious concerning my mothers condition,

but _we noticed that after using Postum

.for a short time, she felt so much better

‘than she did prior to its use, and had

little trouble with her heart and no sick

stomach; that the headaches were not so

frequent, and her general condition much

improved. This continued until she was

as well and hearty as the rest of us.



“I know Postum has benefited myself

and the, other members of the family, but

not in so marked a degree as in the case

of my mother, as she was a victim of long.

standing.”



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“There's a Reason.”





Ever read the above letter? A

new one appears from time to;

time. They are genuine, true

and full of human interest.





 





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made 3 frognm wprstedl fipiepes, It had". 6'.

fiowef‘or vine ‘ orked in the center of

the block. This was made try an old lady

past 75 yeares of age, and was done most

beautifully. , ‘



Quite a. display of sofa pillows was

shown. These attracting the most at-

tention were painted on silk, and em-

broidered. The old-fashioned tatting is

being revived and several collars and

cuff sets, handkerchiefs and dailies, were

shown in this dainty work.



Perhaps one of the most attractive of

all the exhibit was a centerpiece about

two feet in diameter. It was almost

coveredlwith golden rod done in French

knots. The scalloped edge was worked

in the green, like the leaves, and a stripe

of the green run around the edge about

two inches in. It escaped the judge's

eye but was a marvelous piece of work-

manship.





ONE WOMAN DOES NOT BELIEVE IN

PRESERVING HUSBANDS.





 





I read in The Farmer a couple of weeks

ago an article by one who signed herself,

“C. S.” on “How to preserve a husband.”

Think of it, preserving husbands. I have

been very busy since I read that story

canning and preserving .fruit, but every

day I was reminded of that piece about

preserving husbands. and the more I

thot of it, the madder I got, and I re-

solved to write to The Farmer, just as

soon as I got time, and give them my

ideas in the matter.



I will give that woman to understand

that my husband don’t need any pre-

serving to keep. Of course, I will admit

that men are very funny beings, and a

lot of things that “C. S.” said about

handling them is just right. Her advice

about selecting a husband is very good

and you can't expect to start out with a

husband that has had spots in him, and

have‘ him keep good, because bad spots

are bound to spoil the whole apple if they

are not taken out.



She said, f‘you must not stand on your

dignity with your husband." I wonder

if she thinks that I, or any other womun

Who has any spirit, is going to softsoap

around our men all the time. No, siree!

I. for one, don’t believe in women doing

the humble act all the time, and smiling

patiently while a big, overbearing hus-

band does the bull-dozing



“Make him think he is the one. man."

that was another foolish idea that this

woman said. Of all things women have

got to fight against with the men folks

is to keep down their conceit. They just

naturally consider themselves the lords

of creation and unless a wife asserts her





rights occasionally and doesn‘t help to

cultivate their egotistical bump there

would soon be no living with a great





many of them.

I have just us good a husband as any





woman, but I don't believe in spoiling

him. and I am not going to humor him

by preserving him, either. \Vhy don’t





some of these people that know so much,

tell how to preserve the wives and give

the men a few gentle hints on how to

treat the women so they can have it a

little easier? I am tired of all these

pieces on “How to keep your husband's

love." “Making home pleasant for the

men.” and all that stuff and nonsense.

I don‘t see any pupcrs running pieces on

how to make your wife happy. I don’t

believe in catering to the men all the

time.



Now, I have given my ideas on the sub—

jet-t and I believe a lot of poor, dow1n

troddcn wives think the same thing, ii

they dared to say so. Speak up, sisters,

isn't what I say the truth?



MRS. E. G. L.





ENTERTAINING ON THE LAWN.





 





 





There are many pleasant afternoons

during the beautiful days of the lute

summer, which may be spent by enter—





taining u few of your friends with a lawn





purly. Invite them to come early so as

to be thru before evening's chill strikes

the air." Luy a few rugs down and place





the chairs about among the trees. Have

one or two small tables to place things

on and a flag or two could be swung

from a rope stretched between two trees,

us a )ackground.



Arrange to have two or three interest-

ing games or contests to amuse them, and

Serve light refreshments during the latter

part of the afternoon. Hot chocolate with

salted ‘wafers, :1 dainty sandwich, olives

or sweet pickles. and little cakes are

plenty. If the day is very warm. iced

lemonade or tea may be substituted for

the chocolate. ’



An amusing, as well as instructive





 





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pastime was indulged in at a party I

know of that took~ place not long ago, a

collection of local postcards showing

scenes which all should be familiar with

were pinned about on the trees and num-

bered, Of course, the names are not

visible.

paper and pencil and told to travel

around the town and write-down all the

places that they saw. It is quite comical

to see how often well known places puzzle

them. Prizes can be awarded to-the ones

getting the most correct answers. and to

the second best. A postcard album, a

package of postcards, and such things

make appropriate prizes.



Another interesting game is to pin up

pictures of well known men and women

out from the daily papers and magazines

and see how many get them all correctly.

Contests such as driving nails in a block

of wood in the shortest time, carrying an

egg shell that has had the egg blowcd

out, on a teaspoon from one point to

another, and seeing who gets there first,

produce a great deal of merriment.





WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW.



A new and delicious way to cook car—

rots is to boil them until tender then

cover with white sauce, season with bu:-

ter, salt and pepper.



I use cinnamon instead of mustard for

plaster poultices. It retains the heat,

and does not draw so hard.



In making flour pancakes add several

slices of finely-crumbcd old bread. You

will find that it makes the cakes much

lighter and nicer than Without the bread.



I have found a little clock to be a

necessity in the kitchen. “’ithout it I

do not have my meals on time. There

are a great many reasons why a clock

should be found in every kitchen.



Try putting a handful of chopped rais-

ins in boiled frosting for cakes; add them

just before ready to spread on the cake.

You will ilnd this frosting delicious and

a change from the old kind.



A small bowl of fine charcoal kept in

the refrigerator or closed cupboard, and

rtncwed cytry week, will absorb all bad

odors, and ktep everything fresh and

sweet.



An old comb is good to clean the carpet

sweeper.

time and work.



To remove indelible ink spots from cot-

ton goods, rub the soiled spots on both

sides with fresh butter, let it stand for





 





 





 





 





half an hour, soap well, and rub out

thru warm suds—M. A. P.

THE LAUGH CURE.

Laughter induces a mental exhilara-

tion.





The habit of frequent and hearty laugh-

ter will not only save you many a doc-

tor’s bill, but will also save you years of

your life.



There is good philosophy as well as

good health in the maxim, “Laugh and

grow fat.”



Laughter is a foe to pain and disease

and a sure cure for the “blues.” melan-

choly, and worry.





Laughter is contagious. Be cheerful

and you make everybody around you

happy, harmonious, and healthful.



Laughter and good cheer make love





of life; and love of life is half of health.



Use laughter as a table sauce; it sets

the organs to dancing.

latcs the digestive precesscs.



Laughter keeps the heart

young, and enhances physical beauty.



Laughter is nature's device for exer-

cising the internal organs and giving us

pleasure at the some time.



It sends the blood bounding thru the

body, increase-s the 1‘t”.<})ll'llllt)ll. and gives

warmth and glow to the whole system.



It («punds the chest, and forces the

poisoned air from the least used lung

coll.



Perfect health, which may be destroyed

by a piece of bad news, by grief. or

anxiety, is often l'CS'Ol'vd by a good,

hearty laugh.



A jolly physician is often better than

all his pills.——»Succcss.



COOKING KOHL RAB].



Kohl mbi belongs to the cabbage family

and can be cooked as rutubugus, turnips,

or any other similar vegetables. It is





Each guest is given a slip of.





and face -





THE ”manuals/ten.





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best boiled until tender, then mashed :ln-l

seasoned with butter. salt and

It is also nice cut in small





pepper.

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stewed with meat.



Brusscl‘s sprouts is somewhat similar

to kohl rabi, only it has :1 great many

heads. It can be cooked the same. as the

other vegetable, but is not as tasty. .» ‘





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





 





 

 





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and you can get it. But it costs

just as much or more per square

than Amatite, and you have all

the extra. cost for paint.



It looks easy now to give your

roof “an occasional coating ” in

the future. But do you realize

that in 1911 you must paint it,

and in 1913 you must paint it, and

in 1915 you must paint it, and in

1917—that far away year—you

must still be painting that con-

founded old rubber roof ‘!



Why, a new Amatite roof will

cost less than the paint alone.





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were given to you free

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regular prices.



Next time you are due to

paint your old roofing, just let it

go till the roof is worn out and then

get Amatite and lay it right over

the old roofing. It will cost you

less than the continued mainte‘

nance of the old roof.



L) The point to remember is that

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224‘ no

THE SPICES WE USE.‘

BY IRMA B. MATTHEWS.

Gloves.

[The fourth in a‘ series (f articles on



spices]. .



In some of the islands of the sea, and

also in the West Indies, there grows a

beautiful tree, straight, and sometimes

forty feet high, altho generally under

that height, with a lovely head like a.

pyramid, and with glossy evergreen

leaves. It is the clove tree that gives

to the world every year a large amount

of the spice with t name.



Before, we have fled plants that we

used the seed of, the the root and the

bark, but of the clove tree it is neither,

altho all these parts have the same pe-

culiar aromatic flavor. Strange as it

may seem, it is the unopened flower buds

that comprise the most valuable part ot

this tree.



The flowers are borne in great bunches

and in profusion and before they have

rpened they are gathered and dried ready

to ship. Sometimes they are exposed to

smoke first, and at other times they are

merely dried in the sun. When'the flower

buds are first gathered they are red, but

in the drying process they turn brown.



If the flowers are not plucked they

produce a fruit somewhat resembling an

olive. It is red in color and is sometimes

used in commerce, but is not nearly so

strong as the flower buds. The clove gets

its name from a rather peculiar circum-

stance, because the clove of commerce

resembles a little nail it was called a.

clou in French, which means a nail.



This spice was well known to the an-

cicnts and highly esteemed by them, altho

we find no mention of it in the Bible,

unless it be by some other name. It was

brot from Aribia before the discovery of

the spice islands, as they are so aptly

called.



\Vhilc cloves are very widely used they

are not so popular as the other table

spices and thcre is not the amount con-

sumed. As a medicine, clove oil is some-

times uscd to stop nausea and as you are

perhaps awarc, to stop tooth ache. As a

scent for soap it is also valuable. The

best cloves are hot whole, as they are

apt to be. adulterated when ground and

as spiccs lose thcir strcngth after a short

time when ground, it is always best,

when poSSiblo, to buy the spices whole

and grind thcm at home.





SOME APPETIZING TEA DISHES.





 





BY MARY FOSTER SNIDER.



When a mid-day dinner is the rule

something outsidc of the sweets and their

accompanimcnts is very desirable for the

cycning nit-a]. The simple recipes given

below will be found delightfully appetiz-

ing for thcso occasions.



Potato t‘utlt-ts.#'l‘ake cnough potatoes

to weigh tWo pounds after paring, and

steam thcln until iloury; rub them thru

a Slt'VC‘ into a bowl, and work them to a.

smilmh dough with three tablespoons of

milk. half a tcaspoon of salt and two well

beatcn eggs. Sprinkle the pastry board

lightly with flour and lay tho potato

dough ovcr it. dust it with flour, and roll

it out rathcr thin. Sprinkle it lightly with

gl‘atcd and siftcd cllccsc and dust with a.

littlc paprika. l-‘old it over, roll it out

again, foltl, and Sci it in it cold plucc for

half an hour. Mince iinc sufficient cooked

moat, sausagc. or fish to till a bl‘mllii:2<t

cup, moisten it with a bcatcn egg or It

littlc good gravy. and scason it to taste

with salt, pcppcr and a little tomato or

mushroom catsup. \Yllcn rcady to cook





‘thc cutlcts, roll the potato dough out a





ouartcr of an inch thick, cut it into

rounds, put a lit-aping tablcspoon of the

mcat on cach round, and pinch the edges

of the dough togctllcr over the meat.

lirush with cgg, roll in crumbs, and bake

to a light, brown in a hot ovcn. Scrvc as

soon as donc.



Ricc Savouigv.~\Vash one cup of rice

and cook it in boiling watcr until tender,

drain in a colandcr and sot it in a warm

ovcn to dry. Boil six cggs hard, remove

thc shells, and cut the eggs in halves.

Take the yolks and mash them smoothly

with four or five sardines from which

the skin and boncs haVc been rcmovcd,

Season to taste with salt, pepper, and

a pinch of dry mustard, then mix in two

tablespoons of melted butter. Turn the

hot rice out on a shallow dish having

it flat on top. Fill the sardine mixture

into the halved egg whites, and place

each firmly on the bed of ricc, thcn

pour over the whole some thick tomato

sauce and serve at once.



Meat Batter.—~Make a batter with four

tablespoons of flour. a pinch of salt. two

cups of milk and one well beaten egg,





and let it stand a little while. Cut in

small pieces enough cooked chicken, *or

beef to fill two cups, season it well, place

in a buttered baking dish, and pour the

batter over it. Bake in a hot oven for

about three-quarters of an hour. It

shpuld be light' and nicely browned.

Serve as soon as done, with a. well sea-

soned sauce or gravy. —



Peas in Rolls—Cut the tops off as many

stale tea rolls as will be required, re-

move the crumb portion, and place the

crusts with their tops in a slow~ oven to

dry. Make a sauce with two Well beaten

eggs, one cup of scalded milk, salt and

pepper to season, and two tablespoons

of butter. Mix into 'this one and one~half

cups of hot cooked peas, beans, or celery,

fill into the crust cups, put on the tops,

and serve very hot. Diced cooked chicken

or meat of any kind is very nice used in

this way.



Dutch Cakes—Make a dough with one

cupful of mashed potatoes, two cups of

minced sausage, a little salt and pepper,

a few drops of onion juice, two table-

spoons of melted butter, three well beat—

en eggs, and half a cup of cream. Stir

all together well, and form into small

cakes. Egg and breadcrumb them, and

fry in hot butter or dripping to a. nice

brown.



REQUESTED RECIPE.

Chow-Chow.



I notice a young housekeeper of Port-

land, Mich., requests a recipe, for making

chow-chow. This is my rule for making

it and as .it is always eaten up so quickly.

I always wish I had made more. Take

one peck of green tomatoes, six large

onions, three medium sized heads of cab-

bage, one dozen of green peppers. Chop

separately, then mix. Salt well and let

stand over night. In the morning squeeze

out all the juice and, having put in a

porcelain kettle, one pound of brown su-

gar. half a teacup of grated horseradish,

a teaspoon of ground black pepper, one

of ground black mustard, a tablespoon

each, of whole white mustard, and celery

sccd, put all in together then pour in

good cider vinegar sufficient to nearly

cover, and cook till tender, then can.

More sugar may be used if desired, but

our people do not like it too sweet.—

M. E. H. C.





 





CANNlNG CABBAGE,



One of our housewives sends in the

recipe for canning cabbage which she

says is very good.



Eight quarts of cabbage, chopped fine,

one quart of vinegar, one cup of sugar,

half cup of butter. half cup of salt, onc

tablespoon of mustard, one tcaspoon of

black pepper. Place in a porcelain kcttle

and boil about fifteen minutes before tak-

ing from the stove. Stir in the yolks of

two eggs and can at once. If the cabbage

is not as juicy as it should be, add a

little water while cooking.





GRAPE MARMALADE.





 





Marmalade made of fox grapes is very

good. The grapes should be strippcd

front the stclns and put in a wide-

moutlud stone jar set in a dcep pan of

boiling water. llcat until the grapes

twain to softcn; thcn stir with a. wooden

spoon or paddle. \thn they arc thoroly

t'l'llFilOd and broken, rub thru a sieve,

roitcting the sccds.



Moasurc lllc pulp and to cvcry pint

allow oiu-—llalf pound of sugar. Put over

the tirst and boil for a half hour, stirring

«Instantly. Put in sealed jars or jelly

glzisSCs,





PEACH COBBLER.



This is a dclicious (lt‘St'Tl. Ncarly fill

a pudding dish with pared halvcd pcaches.

(‘o\'cr with a rich biscuit dough nearly

an inch thick. Place on top of range

tightly covcrcd with a lid so that the

crust will cook by steam of fruit. When

done (tcst with broom straw) cut a slit

in top big cnougll to pour in syrup Inado

of onc cupful of sugar, one-half cupful

of boiling watt-r, and egg siZod lump or

butter. Thcn place cobblcr in oycn until

crust is brown. The syrup and peach

juicc combine and form a rich sauce—no

othcr is ncodod. If prcfvrrcd cream may

be used as sauce: add at table.



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“’hcn sewing machine oil spots ma-

terial, rub the stain with lard and let ‘7,

stand a few hours; then wash with coldE

water and soap.





 





 





 





 





Scorched spots can be removed by wet- l

ting the. spot and rubbing well with soap,

and then placed to bleach in the sun.





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That’s the question—not what to paint, nor

when to paint. You know that everything

exposed to the weather should be painted. You

know how to utilize your spare time between

regular work on the farm to improve your

buildings and farm machinery.



You may not know that there is as much

difference in the quality of paint as there is in

the quality of seed corn or farm machinery.

Therefore What you need to know is the name





of the paint that makes good every time.





 





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obtainable materials.



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in your town will be of great assistance to you.

Write for our booklet, “Paints and Varnishcs

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\ HORSES.

Percheron Horses. _

E. Metz Horse Imp. Co., Niles, Mich-.:

Stallion, 4 years or over, lst; 3 years, lst





and 2nd; 2 years, ‘lst, 2nd and 3rd; 1

year, lst and 2nd; mare, four years or

over, 1st and 2nd; champion stallion;





champion mare.



Geo. W. Slaughter,

2 years, 4th. '



Clydesdale Horses.



,Geo. Ackerman, Elkton, M’icht—Stnl-

lion, 4 years or over, lst; stallion colt,

3rd; mare, 4 years or over, 1st; mare

colt, lst; stallion and four of get, lst;

mare and two of produce, 3rd; champion

stallion.



'F. A.’ Petz, Capac, Mich.:—Stallion, 4

years old, 2nd; stallion colt, lst and 2nd;

mare, 3 years, lst; mare and two of pro-

duce, lst and 2nd; champion mare.



Calkins & Augsbury, Byron, Mich.:—-

Stallion, 3 years, 2nd.



A. Galloway, 259 McClellan Ave., De-

troit—Stallion, 2 years, lst.



E. M. Starkweather, Nortvl-iville, Mich.:

Mare, 2 years, lst; mare, 1 year, 1st.



English Shire.



Milton H. Nikan, Durand, Mich.:——Stal-

lion, 4 years or over, lst; champion

stallion.



American» Carriage Herses.



Elmdale Farms, W. W. Collier, Pontiac,

Mich.:—Stallion~, 4 years or over, lst;

years, lst; 2 years, lst; 1 year. lst;

mare, 4 years or over, lst, 2nd and 3rd;

3 years, let; 2 years, lst; stallion and

four of get, lst; champion stallion; cham

pion mare.



Geo. W. Slaughter, 90 Griswold Street;-

Detroitz—Stallion, 3 years, 2nd and 3rd;

1 year, 2nd.



Geo. R. \Vest, Ridgetown, Ont.:—Marc,

2 years, 2nd.



Belgian Horses.



Elmdale Farms, Pontiac Mich: W. W.

Collier. Prop.:—Stallion, 4 years or over,

lst and 2nd; 2 years, lst; mare, 4 years

or over, lst and 2nd; stallion colt, lst;

mare, with two of produce, 1st; champion

stallion; champion mare.



Grade Draft Horses.

(Shown by Breeders).



Geo. Ackerman, Elkton, Mich.:——Ma1‘e

or gelding, 4 years old, lst; 3 years, 2nd;

2 years, lst; 1 year, lst and 2nd; mare

0r stallion colt, lst and 2nd; brood mare.

with colt, lst; four grade colts, lst; pair

heavy draft, lst; pair light draft, lst,



. H. Chapman. Pontiac, Mlcll.:~Mare

or gelding, 3 years, lst.



E. M. Starkwcathcr, Northvillc, Mich:

2 years, 2nd and 3rd.





Detroit:———Stallion,





E; B. Updike, Birmingham, Mich:—

Mare or gelding, 2 years, 4th.

Hackney Horses.



Calkins & Augsbury, Byron, Mich;—



Stallion, 4 years or over, 1st and 3rd;





3 years, lst and 2nd: champion stallion.

Endicott Farms, Birmingham, Mic11.:—s

2nd and 4th;

4 years or over, lst,

and 4th; 3 years, lst; 2 years,

2nd and 3rd; 1 year, lst and 2nd; mare

colt, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th; stallion and

four of get, lst and 2nd; mare with two

2nd, 3rd and 4th; champion





1 year, lst; mare,





mare.



Dr. J. E. Roche, 37-39 Detroit Opera.

House Blk., Detroit:——Stallion, 2 years,

1st.



Geo. Ackerman, Elkton, Mich.:—Stal-

lion colt, 1st; mare, 2 years, lst; more

with two of produce, 1st.



Standard Bred.





Elmdale Farm, Pontiac, Mich—Stal-





lion, 4 years or over, 1st; 3 years, 4th;

2 years, 3rd; 1 year, 2nd; mare 4 years

or over, lst, 2nd and 4th; 3 years, 1st;





2 years, lst; stallion and four of get, lst.

F. H. Colby, Detroit—Stallion, .1 years

or over, 2nd and 4th; 2 years, 1st.

A. Strcvzll, Armada, Mlch.:—Stallion 4





years or over, 3rd.



Geo. W. Slaughter, Detroit—Stallion

3 years, lst and .‘lrd; 1 year, lst; more 4

years or over, 3rd.



Geo. H. Nichols, Mt, Clemens, Mich:—





Stallion 3 years old, 2nd.

Sturkweather Stock Farm, Northville,





Mich.:—Stallion colt, ist; more with

colt, ist.

Geo. R. \Vcst, Ridgctown, ()nl.:—Marc

2 years, 2nd.

Non-Standard.

Starkwcathcr Stock Farm, Nurthvillc,

Mich.:—~Mare any age, with coll, lst and





2nd; mare or gelding, 3 years, 2nd; mare





or gelding, 1 your, lst 21nd 2nd; stallion

colt or filly, 2nd and 3rd.



Richard Mlllrhczld, Pontiac, l\llcll.:—4

Mare zlny age, with colt, 3rd; mflrc or

gelding, 2 years, lst; stallion volt or

filly, 4th.



Geo. W, Slaughter, Detroitz—Iilul'c or





gelding, 4 years, lst and 2nd.



Edwin S. George, Detroit—Marc or

gelding, 4 years, 3rd.



G. H. Chapman, Pontiac, illicll.:—Marc





or gelding, 4 years, 4th.

J. Ellis, Clarkston, Micll.:——Ma-rc or

gelding, 3 years, 1st.

. l.. Beardslcc, Oxford, Michx—Blarc





or gelding, 3

Carl

Colt,





yours, .‘ll‘d' and 4th,

Gifford. Highland Park, MichJ—l

stallion or I'llly, ist.



American Carriage Horses.

Elmdale Farms, W. W. Collier, Pontiac,

Mich.:—Stallion, 4 years or, over, lst;

years, 1st; 2 ycal's, lst; 1 year, lst; mare

4 years or over, 1st, 2nd and 3rd; mare.

1st; 2 years, 1st: stallion and

four of get, 1st; champion stallion; cham-

plon mare.



Geo. W. Slaughter, Detroit—Stallion,

3 years, 2nd and 3rd: 1 year, 2nd.



Geo. R. West, Ridgetown, Ont.:—Mare,

2 years, 2nd.





Shetland Ponies.



Geo. A. Hcyl, Washington, Ill.:—Stal—

lion, 3 years or over, Isl. 2nd. 3rd and

4th; 2 years, 1st, 2nd and 3rd; 1 year,

lst and 2nd; stallion colt, lst and 4th;

mare. 3 years, with colt, lst, 2nd, 3rd





and 4th; 2 years, ist, 2nd and 3rd; 1 year,

lst; mare colt, lst.



. M, Beddow, Birmingham, Mich.:——

Stallion, 1 year, 3rd; stallion colt, 2nd





and 3rd; maére, 2 years, 4th; 1 year, 2nd;

nd.

Jacks and Mules-





mare colt,





 





Starkweather Stock Farah—Jack. any





FF FFFFF 2..





age, lst; mule colt, 2 years, 181; and 2nd;

mule colt, 1 year, 2nd and 3rd; mule colt

1 year, lst.



Louis Snell, Royal Oak, Mich.:—-—Jack,

any age, 2nd; mule colt, 2 years, 3rd;

mule colt, 1 year, lst; mule colt under 1

year, 21M.





 





CATTLE.



. Hereford Cattle.



Merritt Chandler, Onzlway, Mich.:—-Bull,

2 years, lst; 1 year, 2nd; senior bull calf,

2nd; cow, 3 years old, lst and 2nd;

heifer, 2 years, lst and 2nd; 1 year, 2nd

and 5th; senior heil'cl' calf, 2nd; junior

heifer calf, 2nd; cxllibltor's herd, lst;

four get of site, 2nd; two produce of cow,

2nd; senior champion bull; senior cham-

pion female; grand champion female.



Louis Norton, Quimby, Mich.:—Bull, 3

years, 2nd; 1 your, 3rd; junior bull calf,

4th; cow, 3 years, 3rd and 5th; heifer, 2

years, 4th and 5th; senior heifer calf,

4th; junior heifcr calf, 3rd and 4th; ex-

llibitor’s herd, 3rd; breeder’s herd, 2nd;

calf herd, lst; four get of sirc, 4th; two

produce of cow, 4th.



Clem Graves, Bunker Hill,

1 year, 1st; senior bull calf, lst; junior

bull calf, 1st and 2nd; heifer, 1 year,

lst and 2nd; senior heifer calf, lst; junior

heifer calf, lst; bl‘ccdcr’s herd, lst; four

get of sire, 1st; two produce of cow, lst;

junior champion bull; junior champion





Ind.:-—Bull,





fcmule; grand champion bull,

SHEEP.

Hampshire Down Sheep,

J'as. H. Hall, Port Austin, Mich:—

Ram, 2 years or ovcr, lst and 3rd; 1





your, lst; ram lamb, 2nd and 3rd; ewe, 2

years or over, 2nd; 1 your, lst; cwe lamb,

1st and 2nd; flock, 1st; four lambs, lst;

grand champion ewe.

W. J. Cherry, Xenia, Ohioz—Ram. 2

1st and 51b; 1 year, 2nd

lamb, lst and 4th; cwc, ‘;

over, lst and 3rd; 1 your, 2nd

cwe lamb, 3rd and 418; flock,

lambs, 2nd; grand champion





years or

and 3rd;

yours or

and 3rd;

2nd; four

rum.



.1. C. Ross & Sons, Jarvis, Ont.:—Ram,

2 years or ovcl‘, 3rd; 1 your, 4th and 5th;





over,

ram





cwc. 1 your, 4th and 5th.



“'m. Newton, Pontiac, Mich.:—Rum

lamb, 5th; own, 2 yours or over, 4th. and

51h; ewe lamb, 5th; flock, 3rd; fOUl‘





lambs, 3rd.

Cotswold Sheep.



J. C. Rose & Sons, Jarvis, Ont.:——Ram,

2 yours or over, lst, 4th and 5th; 1 your,

1st, 2nd and 5th; mm lamb, 2nd and 3rd;

owe, 2 yczlrs or over, 1st and rim; 1 your.

151, 2nd and 3rd; ewc lamb, 2nd, 3rd and

Fill}; ilock, 151; four lambs, 1st; grand

champion rum; grund champion ewe,



V. 1, Montgomery, Hillsdulc, Mich:—

Rum, 2 years or over. 2nd; 1 your, 3rd;

mm lamb, 1st und Mh; owe, 2 years or

ovcr, 2nd and 51h; owc, 1 your, Shh; ewe

luml), 51h; flock, 2nd; four lambs, 33rd.



\Vm. Newton, Pontiac, lilicll.:—Raln, 2

years or over, 3rd; 1 year, 4th; ram lamb,





41h; cwc, 2 yours or over, 4th; 1 your,

4th; cwc lamb, lsi; iiock, 3rd; flour

lambs, 2nd.

Lincoln Sheep.

A. C. Fielder, De Gl‘ufl‘, ()hinzalst, 3rd





and 5th; ram, 2 months old; 2nd and RM

on rum 1 your old; 5th on ram lamb: 4th,





ewe, 2 months old; lst and 4th. cwc 1

your old; 2nd and 4th, ewe 121mb; lst,

flock; flrd, pcn lambs; grand champion

Tall] and owe.



,lobcrt Knight 8: Son. Mariette, Mich:

——2nd, rum 2 monllls old; 1st and 4th,

rum 1 ycnr old; let. Ill-ll and 1th, rum





lamb; 2nd, :1rd and 5th, owe 2 months old;

2nd and film], cwc 1 your old; .‘ll‘d and Sill,

ewn lamb; 2nd, Ilock; 2nd, pen lambs.

\Vm, Nl'wlon. Pontiac, l\Iich.: —-llll,

ram, 2 years old: Sill. mm 1 your old:

2nd, lglm lumb; 5th, cwc 1 your old; 1st.

ch lzlmb: 11rd, flock; 1st, pen lzlnle.

“Glimpses of Thrift-land."



A new book that has just come out,

culled “Glimpses of ’l‘ln‘ift—lund,” is {it-





 





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free C atalogue-





that under: the some conditionsas to power and

peed applied, condition of corn, etc., '





e Appleton Corn Husker





will do more and better work than an other ma-

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..~ nd requires less powcr for successful operation.

The proof of those claims is sent for the asking. ,





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souvonir gotlcn up by the International

Hnrvcstcr (‘ompuny of America, which

they are sending out to friends and put-

rons. \Vc have ncvcr sccn anything

more noycl and original than this charm—

lllg‘ story. told in rhyme and bunlllil'lllly

l-olorcd pictures. It is a sort of nlmll-l‘n





leblc which inll'mluccs :1 fairy-lilu' bring:

who culls himself “Prospy” the Herald

of “Pl'ospcrily.” “Prospy” is a Sun of

tho Soil, :1 \l'ondorflllly ('Hl’lSlllll‘l‘ll little

individual, born of Sunshine, {zlin and

li‘l'l'llll‘ Soil. llc nppl-urs huh 1» Farmer

Brown with it body of ycllow corn, :1

head—dross of red clover, bcdcckcd with





nuts and llll'nlle, carrying a lung spear of

win-at in one build and :L goldl-n shicld

in the other. Sll‘uppml to his back is :1.

supply of timothy arrows. Farmer Brown

pauses amidst the summer llI‘Hl of hay-

making and hours “Prospy‘s” strange

story of the “Land of Thrift." Farmer

irown first scoffs at the fairy mic, but

later becomes microfilm] and finally :ll—

lows his gucst to show iim tho wvll-

marked mud to “'l‘hl‘ift—Lund." 'l‘llv

story itscll‘. the Inulti—colm'ml pictures of





“Thrift-Land" and of “Prospy” are all

f‘xccptionully l-ntcl'lzlinlng. It is quite

Impossible (0 do justice to the booklet

hcre, but any of 0111‘ l‘i’iillt‘I'S may easily

St‘l‘lll‘i‘ 2i ('pr of it and we (“kill assure

you that it is well worth lluy‘ng as a.

l{(’-<‘Il.\‘£ll\'l‘. It is free. A nil-c little mono—





gram tie pin or lapel button accompanies

“Glimpses (-f Thrift-Land" if you send

the- Il'ltl‘l'llilllOl’lill Hzll'vcstcr Company of

Amcrlca the name of anybody whom you

think might buy 21 cream Si‘pnl‘HtOI‘, ma-

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food grinder, hay press. unto buggy or

disk llill‘I‘OVV. 'l‘he tic pin ‘3 made up in

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is in gold finish only. State which you

profcl‘, All communications should be

addressed to “Prosperity.” care of Inter-

national Harvestcr Company of America,

Room 165, Harvester Building, Chicago,

Illinois. .





Received my premium 0. K. and it’sl

fine. I certainly was repaid for the little

time spent in securing subscriptions. In-

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BY IRMA B. MATTHEWS.





CIOveI.

[The fourth in a series



spices]. ‘ V.



In some of the islands of the seal, and

also in the West Indies, there grows a

beautiful tree, straight, and sometimes

forty feet high, altho generally under

that height, with a lovely head like a.

pyramid, and with glossy evergreen

leaves. It is the clove tree that gives

to the world every year a large amount

of the spice with t name.



Before, we have fled plants that we

used the seed of, the the root and the

bark. but of the clove tree it is neither,

altho all these parts have the same pe-

culiar aromatic flavor. Strange as it

may seem, it is the unopened flower buds

that comprise the most valuable part 01

this tree.



Tile flowers are borne in great bunches

and in profusion and before they have

tpened they are gathered and dried ready

to ship. Sometimes they are exposed to

smoke first, and at other times they are

merely dried in the sun. When the flower

buds are first gathered they are red, but

in the drying process they turn brown.



If the ilowers are not plucked they

produce a fruit somewhat resembling an

olive. It is red in color and is sometimes

used in commerce. but is not nearly so

strong as the flower buds. The clove gets

its name from a rather peculiar circum—

stance, because the clove of commerce

resembles a little nail it was called a.

clou in French, which means a nail.



This spice was well known to the an-

cicnts and highly esteemed by them, altho

we find no mention of it in the Bible,

unless it be by some other name. It was

brot from Aribia before the discovery of

the spice islands, as they are so aptly

called.



\Vllile clovcs are very widely used they

are not so popular as the other table

spices and there is not the amount con-

sunlcd. As a medicine, clove oil is some-

times uscd to stop nausea and as you are





( f articlez on





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perhaps awarc, to stop tooth ache. As a

scent for soup it is also valuable. The

best cloves are hot whole, as they are





apt to he adultcratcd when ground and

as spiccs lose thcir strcngth after a short

time when ground, it is always best,

when posslblc, to buy the spices whole

and grind tllcln at home.





SOME APPETIZING TEA DISHES.

BY MARY FOSTER SNIDER.

When a. mid-day dinner is the rule

solllcthim: outsidc of the sweets and their

accolllpanilllcnts is Very desirable for the





evening lncal. The simple recipes given

below will he found delightfully appetiz-





int,r tor thcso occasions.



l’otato t‘utlcts.-—-’l‘:tkc enough potatoes

weigh two pounds after paring, and

stcam them until lloury'. rub them thru

a sicvc illto a bowl, and work them to a.

smooth dou:4h with three tablespoons of

milk. halt a teaspoon of salt and two well





ltl





beaten eggs. Sprinkle, the pastry board

lightly with ilour alld lay tllc potato

dough ovcr it. dust it with ilour. and roll





it out rather thin. Sprinkle it lightly with

;;l'.llt‘tl and sit‘tcd cheese and dust with a

littlc paprika. li‘old it over. roll it out

again, fold, and sct it ill a cold place for

halt" an hour. Mince tinc sutlicicllt cooked

lncat. to ill] a brcakt‘ast

beaten or a.

and season it to taste

and a little tolnato or

\Yllen l‘t‘ady to cook

potato dough out a

of an inch thick, cut it into

rounds, put a hcaplnur tablespoon of the

meat on each roulld. and pinch the cd:4(-S

ot' the logclllt‘l‘ over the meat.

llrush with t:4:4. roll ill crumbs, and bake

to a li34hl brown ill a hot oven. Serve as





or tish

with a





sa usage.

nloistcn it

gravy.

pcppcr

catsup.



l‘t‘ll lllt‘





tup.

lit t lo

with

mushroom

tho





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g'tltltl





salt.





cutlcts,





dough





llS thllt‘.

Sil\'lllll‘_\v,'" \\'ash





soon

Rico one cup of rice

and cook it ill hoililu: \\‘;ltc1‘ ulltil tender.

colander and sct it ill a warm

oven to dry. lioil six t:4_4s hard. remove

tho shells, and cut thc ill halves.

'l‘akc the yolks alld mash thcln sllloothly

tivo from which

honcs removed.

with and





drain ill a





eggs





{our Slll’tllllt‘S

skin and





to taste





with

lllt‘





Scason





or

llt‘t‘ll

salt. pepper.





havo





a pinch of dry mustard. then mix in two

tablespoons of melted butter. Turn the

hot ricc out on a shallow dish having

it flat on top. Fill the sardine mixture.

into the halved lg whites. and place

each firmly on the bed of rice. then

pour over the whole some thick tomato

sauce and serve at once.





Meat Batteanake a batter with four

tablespoons of tlour. a pinch of salt. two

cups of milk and one well beaten egg,





and let it stand a. little while.





   





9.





Cut in

small pieces enough cooked chicken. or

beef to fill two cups, season it well, place





in a buttered baking dish, and pour the





batter over it. Bake in a. hot oven for

about three-quarters of an hour. It

sllpuld be light and nicely browned.

Serve as soon as done, with a well sea—

soned sauce or gravy. —



Peas in Rolls—Cut the tops off as many

stale tea rolls as will be required, re-

move the .crumb portion,’a‘nd place the

crusts with their tops in a slow oven to





dry. Make a sauce with two well beaten

eggs, one cup of scalded milk, salt and

pepper to season, and two tablespoons





of butter. Mix into this one and one-half

cups of hot cooked peas, beans, or celery,

fill into the crust cups, put on the tops,

and serve very hot. Diced cooked chicken

or meat of any kind is very nice used in

this way.



Dutch Cakes—Make a dough with one

cupful of mashed potatoes, two cups of

minced sausage, a little salt and pepper,

a few drops of onion juice, two table-

spoons of melted butter, three well beat-

en eggs, and half a cup of cream. Stir





all together well, and form into small

cakes. Egg and breadcrumb them, and

fry in hot butter or dripping to a nice

brown.





REQUESTED RECIPE.





Chow-Chow.

I notice a young housekeeper of Port-





land, Mich., requests a recipe, for making

This is my rule for making





chow-chow.

it and as nit is always eaten up so quickly,

I always wish I had made more. Take

one peck of green tomatoes, six

onions, three medium sized heads of cab-

bage, one dozen of green peppers. Chop

separately, then mix. Salt well and let

stand over night. In tile morning squeeze

out all the juice and, having put in a

porcelain kettle, one pound of brown su-





gar. half a teacup of grated horseradish,

a teaspoon of ground black pepper, one





of ground black mustard, a tablespoon

cacll, of whole white mustard, and celery

seed, put all in together then pour in

good cider vinegar sufficient to nearly

cover, and cook till tender, then can.





More sugar may be used if desired, but





 





our people do not like it‘ too sweet.—

M. E. H. C.

CANNlNG CABBAGE.





One of our housewives sends

recipe for canning

says is very good.



Eight quarts of cabbage, chopped fine,

one quart of vinegar. one Clip of sugar,

half cup of buttcr. half cup of salt, one

tablespoon of mustard, one tcaspoon of

black pepper. Place in a porcelain kettle

and boil about fifteen minutes before tak—

ing from the stove. Stir in the yolks or

two eggs and can at once. if the cabbage

is not as juicy as it should be, add a

little water while cooking.





in the

cabbage which she





GRAPE MARMALADE.





 





Marmalade made. of fox grapes is very

good. The grapes should be strippcd

from the stclns and put in a wide—

moutlud stone jar set ill a deep pan of

boiling water. licat until the grapes

bcgill to soften; tllcn stir with a wooden

spoon or paddle. \Vllcn they arc thoroly





crushed and broken, rub tllru a sieve,

roiccting the. seeds.



l\llasurc the pulp and to every pint

allow one-half pound of sugar. Put over





the tirst and boil for a half hour, stirring

unstantly. Put in sealed jars or jelly

glasses,





PEACH COBBLER.

This is a delicious dcscrt. Nearly till

a pudding dish with parcd halved peaches.





(‘ovcr with a. rich biscuit dough nearly

an inch thick. Place on top of range

tightly covcrcd with a lid so that the

crust will cook by steam of fruit. When

done (test with broom straw) cut a slit





ill top big enough to pour ill syrup made

of one cupful of sugar, cupful

of boiling water, and sich lump or

butter. Then place cobbler ill oven until

crust is brown. The syrup and peach

juice combine and form a rich sauce—no

othcr is nccdcd. If pl‘ct‘cl‘rcd cream may

he used as sauce; add at table.

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Scorched spots can be removed by wet-

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That’s the question—not what to paint, nor





when to paint. You know that everything

exposed to the weather should be painted. You

know how to utilize your spare time between

regular work ‘on the farm to‘ improve your

buildings and farm machinery.



You may not know that there is as much

difference in the quality of paint as there is in

the quality of seed corn or farm machinery.

Therefore what you need to know is the name





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A talk with the Sherwin-Williams dealer

in your town will be of great assistance to you.

Write for our booklet, “Paints and Varnishcs

for the Farm.” It: is sent free and will tell





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\ HORSES...

Percheron Horses.

E. Metz Horse Imp. C0,, Niles, Mich:

Stallion, 4 years or over, 1st; 3 years, lst





and 2nd; 2 years, 'lst, 2nd and 3rd; 1

year, lst and 2nd; mare, four years or

over, 1st and 2nd; champion stallion;





champion mare.





Geo. W. Slaughter, Detroit—Stallion,

2 years, 4th. '



Clydesdale Horses.

Geo. Ackerman, Elkton, M‘lchz—Stal-





lion, 4 years or over, 1st; stallion colt,

3rd; mare, 4 years or over, lst; mare

colt, lst; stallion and four of get, lst;

mare and two of produce, 3rd; champion

stallion.



'F. A.’ Petz, Capac. Mich.:—,Stnlllon, 4

years old, 2nd; stallion colt, lst and 2nd;

mare, 3 years, 1st; mare and two of pro-

duce, lst and 2nd; champion mare.



Calkins & Augsbury, Byron, Mich.:——

Stallion, 3 years, 2nd.



Galloway, 259 McClellan Ave., De-

troit—Stallion, 2 years, lst.



E. M. Starkweather, Northville, Mich.:

Mare, 2 years, lst; mare, 1 year, 1st.



English Shire.



Milton H. Nikon, Durand, Mich.:——Stal-

lion, 4 years or over, lst; champion

stallion.



American Carriage Horses.



'Elmdale Farms, W. W. Collier, Pontiac,

Mlch.:—-—Stallion, 4 years or over, lst; 3

years, lst; 2 years, lst; 1 year. lst;

mare, 4 years or over, lst, 2nd and 3rd;

3 years, lst; 2 years, 1st; stallion and

four of get, 1st; champion stallion; cham

pion mare.



Geo. W. Slaughter,

Detroit—Stallion, 3 years,

1 year, 2nd.



Geo. R. \Vest, Ridgetown, Ont.:—Mare,

2 years, 2nd.



Belgian Horses.



Elmdale Farms, Pontiac Mich: W. W.

Collier. Prop.;~Stallion, 4 years or over,

lst and 2nd; 2 years, lst; mare, 4 years

or over, lst and 2nd; stallion colt, 1st;

mare, with two of produce, lst; champion





90 Griswold Street;

2nd and 3rd;





stallion; champion mare.

Grade Draft Horses.

(Shown by Breeders).

Geo. Ack’erman, Elkton. Mich.:—Mnre





or gelding, 4 years old. lst; 3 years, 2nd;

2 years, lst; 1 year, lst and 2nd; mare

or stallion colt, lst and 2nd; brood mare,

with colt, lst; four grade colts, lst; pair

heavy draft, 1st; pair light draft, lst,



' H. Chapman, Pontiac, Mich.:—Mure





or gelding, 3 yours, lst.

~ E. M. Starkweuthcr, Northvillc, Mich.:

—Mare or gelding, 2 years, 2nd and 3rd.

E; B. Updike, Birmingham, Mich.:—~

Mare 01‘ gelding, 2 years, 4th.

Hackney Horses.

Czllkins & Augsbury, Byron, Mich.:—~

Stallion, 4 years or over, lst and 3rd;





3 years, lst’ and 2nd; Champion stallion.

Endicott Farms, Birmingham, NllCllJ—«i

Stallion, 4 years or over, 2nd and 4th;

1 year, lst; mare, 4 years or over, lst,

2nd, 3rd and 4th; 8 years, lst; 2 years,

2nd and 3rd; 1 year, lst and 2nd; mare

colt, lst, 2nd, 3rd and 4th; stallion and

four of get, 1st and 2nd; mare with two





of produce, 2nd, 3rd and 4th; champion

mare.

Dr. J. E. Roche, 37-29 Dctroit Opera.





House B1k., Detroit—Stallion, 2 years,

1 t





Mich. :——Stul-

lst; mare





s .



Geo. Ackerman, Elkton,

lion colt, lst; mare, 2 years,

with two of produce, lst.



Standard Bred.



Elmdale Farm, Pontiac, Mich.-Stul—

lion, 4 years or over, lst; 3 years, 4th;

2 years, 3rd; 1 year, 2nd; marc 4 years

or over, lst, 2nd and 4th; 3 yours. 1st;

2 years, lst; stallion and four of get, lst.



F. H, Colby, Detroit—«Stallion. 4 years

or ovcr, 2nd and 4th; 2 ycars, 1st.



A. Strevul, Armada, Mich.:—Stalli0n 4

years or over, 3rd.



Geo. W. Slaughter. Detroit:—Stalli0n

3 years, lst and 3rd; 1 year, lst; mare 4

years or over, .‘h-d.



Geo. H. Nichols, Mt, Clemens, Mich.:-—-—

Stallion 3 years old, 3nd.





Starkwealher Stock Farm, Northville,

Mich.:———Stallion colt, lst; more with

colt, lst.



Geo. R. \V'cst, Ridgctown, Ont.:—-Marc





2 years, 2nd.

Non-Standard.

Starkwcathcr Stock l’urm,

Mich.:—Mare any age, with colt, lst and

2nd; more or gelding, 3 years, 2nd; mare

or gelding, 1 year, lst and 2nd; stallion





Northville.





Mich. :~—4

mflrc or

colt or





Pontiac.

with colt, 3rd;

lst; stallion





More :lny

gelding, 2

filly, 4th.



Geo. W, Slaughter, Detroit—Marc or

gelding, 4 years, 1st and 2nd.



Edwin S. George, Detroit—Marc or

gelding, 4 years, 3rd.



G. H. Chapman, Pontiac, Mlcll.:——Marc

or gelding, 4 ycars, 4th.



N. J. Ellis, Clarkston,





age,

yeurs,





Mich. 2—Marc or

1st.





gelding, 3 ycars,



.I l.. Beurdslcc, Oxford, M‘chgaMare

or gelding, 3 yours, 3rd and 4th,



Carl Gifford, Highland Park, MichJ—i

Colt, stallion or Illly, lst. '





American Carriage Horses,



Elmdule Farms, W. \V. Cilllier, Pontiac,

Mich.:-——Stalli0n, 4 years or over, lst;

years, lst; 2 yours, lst: 1 year, 1st; more

4 years or over, lst, 2nd and 3rd; mare.

3 years, lst; 2 years. lst: stallion and

four of get, 1st; champion stallion; cham-

pion mare.



Geo. W. Slaughter, Detroit:»Stallion,

3 years, 2nd and 3rd; 1 your, 2nd.



Geo. R. West, Ridgetown, Ont.:—Mare,





2 years, 2nd.

Shetland Ponies.



Geo. A. Heyl, Washington, Ill.:—Stz11-

lion, 3 years or over, lst, 2nd. 3rd and

4th; 2 years, lst, 2nd and 3rd; 1 year,

lst and 2nd; stallion colt, 1st and 4th;

mare. 3 years, with colt, lst, 2nd, 3rd





and 4th; 2 years, lst, 2nd and 3rd; 1 year,

lst; mare colt, lst.



J. M, Beddow, Birmingham, Mich.:—-

StaJlion, 1 year, 3rd; stallion colt, 2nd

and 3rd; mare, 2 years, 4th; 1 year, 2nd;

mare colt, 2nd.



Jacks and Mules-





 





sr. smnms . Oxford. Michlnn.





Starkweather- Stock Farm:——Jack. any





age, 1st; mule colt, 2 years, 1st and 2nd;

mule colt, 1 year, 2nd.and 3rd; mule colt

1 year, lst. .



Louis Snell, Royal Oak, Mich.:~—Jack,

any age, 2nd; mule colt, 2 years, 3rd;

mule colt, 1 year, lst; mule colt under 1

ycar, 2n‘d.





 





CATTLE.



_ Hereford Cattle.



Merritt Chandler, Onuway, Mich.:——Bu11,

2 years, lst; 1 year, 2nd; senior bull calf,

2nd; cow, 3 years old, lst and 2nd:

heifer, 2 years, lst and 2nd; 1 year, 2nd

and 5th; senior heifer calf, 2nd; junior

heifer calf, 2nd; cxnlbitor's herd, lst;

four get of sire, 2nd; two produce of cow,

2nd; senior champion bull; senior cham-

pion female; grand champion female.



Louis Norton, Qulmby, Mich.:——Bull, 3

years, 2nd; 1 your, 3rd; junior bull calf,

4th; cow, 3 yours, 3rd and 51h; heifer, 2

years, 4th and 5th; senior heifer calf,

4th; junior heifer calf, 3rd and 4th; ex-

hibitor’s herd, 3rd; breeder's herd, 2nd;

Cillf herd, lst; four get of slrc, 4th; two

produce of cow, 4th.



Clem Graves, Bunker Hill, Ind.:—Bull,

1 year, 1st; senior bull calf, lst; junior

bull calf, lst and 2nd; heifer, 1 year,

lst and 2nd; senior heifer calf, 1st; junior

heifer calf, lst; brccder’s herd, lst; four

get of sire, lst; two produce of cow, lst;





junior champion bull; junior champion

female; grand champion bull,

SHEEP.

Hampshire Down Sheep.

.l'us. H. Hall, Port Austin, Mich:—

Ram, 2 years or over, lst and 3rd; 1





year, lst; ram lamb, 2nd and 3rd; ewe, 2

years or over, 2nd; 1 your, lst; ewe lam-b,

1st and 2nd; flock, 1st; four lambs, lst;

grand champion cwc.





W, J. Cherry, Xenia, Ohi02—Ram. 2

years or over, 1st and 51h; 1 year, 2nd

and 3rd; ram 121mb, 1st and 4th; ewc, ‘:

yours or over, lst and 3rd; 1 your, 2nd

and 3rd; cwe lamb, .‘lrd and 4th; flock,

2nd; four lambs, 2nd; grand champion

ram.





.1. C. Ross & Sons, Jarvis, 0nt.:——Rum.

2 years or ovcr, 3rd; 1 ycar, 4th 21nd 5th;





cwc, 1 your, 4th and 5th.



Vl'm. Newton, Pontiac, I\Iich.:——an‘

lamb, 5th; cwc, 2 ycurs or over, 4th.,und

Sill: ewe lamb, 5th; flock, 3rd; four





lambs, 3rd.

Cotswold Sheep.



J. C. Rose & Sons, Jarvis, 0nt.:—~Ram,

2 yours or ovcr, lst, 4th and 5111; 1 your,

lst, 2nd and 5th; mm lulnb, 2nd and 3rd;

cwc, 2 yours or over, lst and 3rd; l yczn'.

1st. 2nd and 3rd; ewe lamb, 2nd, f-lrd und

4th; Hock, lst; four lambs, lst; grand

chun’lpion mm; grund champion cwc,





\\'. R. Montgomery, Hillsdulc, Mich.:~

Rum, 2 years or over, 2nd; 1 your, 3rd;

ram lamb, 1st and hih; owe. 2 yours or





ovcr, 2nd and hill; own. 1 your. 5th; ewe



lumb, 51h; flock, 2nd: four lambs, 3rd.

\Vm. Newton, Pontiac, MichghRam, 2



years or over, 3rd; 1 year, 4th; ram lamb,





4th; cwc, 2 yours or oycr, 4th; 1 ycur,

4th; 0er lamb, 1st; llock, 3rd; flour

lambs, 2nd.





Lincoln Shee .



A. C. Fielder. De Graft", Ohiozalst, 2rd

and 51h; rum, 2 months old; 2nd and 3rd

on rum 1 year old; 51h on mm lamb; 4th.

cwc, 2 months old; lst and 4H], cwc 1

your old; 2nd and 4th, ewc 121mb; lst,

flock; 3rd, pcn lambs; grand champion

rum and cwc.



,llobcrt Knight & Mich:

—~2nd, rum 2 months old; lst and 4th,

mm 1 your old; lst. .‘iz'd zmd lth, rum

121mb; 2nd, 12rd :md 5th. cwc 2 months old:

2nd and RM, cwc l ycur old; :2rd and Sill,

ewe lamb: 2nd, llock; 2nd, pcn lambs.



Vm, Ncwion, Pontiac, i\-Iich.:—llh.

mm, 2 yours old: Sill. mm 1 ycur old:

L’ml, 131m lamb; 5th, cwc 1 your old; lsl.

cwc lamb; til‘d, flock; lst, pen lambs.





Son, MurIcttc,





“Glimpses of Thrift-land.”





A new book that has just come out,

culled "Glimpses of 'l‘hrift—lund." is at—

trucling wide attention. It is a little





souvcnir got‘lcn up by the International

Hnrvcstcr l‘ompzmy of America, which

they are sending out to fricnds and put—

rons. \Vc have ncvci- seen anything

more novcl and original than this charm—

ing story. told in rhyme :md bcuulil'ully

colorcd piclm‘cx. It is {I sort of lllmll-l‘ll

fable which intl‘mlucvs :1 fulry—likc living

who culls himself “Prospy” the Herald





of “T’i'ospcrily.” “Prospy” is ;1 Son of

thc Soil. :1 wondcrfnlly consliluvcd little

individual. born of Sunshinc. lulu and

l‘V‘l‘llll‘ Soil. llc, :lppcurs bcl'lrc Farmer

Brown with d l‘ody of ycllow corn, :1

lu-zul-drcss of rod clover, bcdcckcd with





nuts and alfalfa, carrying u long spear or

\that in who hand :Ind u goldcn shield

in tho olhcr. Simppml to his back is a.

supply of timothy urrows. Farmcr Brown

I‘lilllS(‘S amidst the, summcr hcut of hay-

muking and hcars “Prospy’s” strange

story of the “Lund 0f ’l‘hril'l‘." I”:1rmcr

Brown first scoffs at the fairy talc. but

later bccomcs lntcrcslcd and finally al—

lows his gucst lo show him tho Wcll—

murkcd road to “'l‘ln'ift~Lund.” ’l‘hc

story ltsclf. (he multi—(‘ohn'cd picturcs or

“'l‘l1rift—l.z,1n(l" and of “Prospy” are all

cxccptionully cntcrtzlinlng. It is quilc

impossible to do justice to the booklet

hcrc, but any of our l‘cudcrs may easily

sccurc a copy of it and we i‘illl assure

you that it is wcll worth lluv‘ng as a

kccpsakc. It is frcc. A nicc littlc mono—

.‘sram tie pin or lapel button accompanies

“Glimpses «rf ’l‘lirit’t-l.uii~l” if you send

thc Intcl'nzltiomll Hurvcslcr Company Of

Amcrica the name of anybody whom you





think might buy :1 cream scpumtor, ma—

nure spreader. gzlsolinc cnginc. wagon,

fecd grimlcr, hay press. unto buggy or

disk burrow. 'l‘he tic pin ‘5 made up in

bronze, silver or gold finish—Aha button

is- in gold finish only. State which you

prcfcr. All communications should be





addressed to “Prosperity,” care of Inter-

national Harvestcr Company of America,





 





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Illinois.

‘ Received my prcmium 0. K. and it’s





fine. I certainly was repaid for the little

time spent in securing subscriptions. In-

tend to try again in December.-—Mrs.

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September 15, 1909.





Grain and Seeds. .



Wheat—Advances that were unexpected

by the public took place in the wheat

circles this past week. The final report

of the government on the spring wheat

crop gave the condition as three points

'below the estimate for the previous

month. This, with the strength coming

from abroad where the market in Liver—

pool is being bolstered by news of Bus-

sia’s short crop, and a promise of short—

age in the crop of Argentine, and from

our own territory where farmers are not

following. the former practice of letting

go of the crop as soon as the threshers

have taken it from the straw, are mostly

responsible for the improvement in prices.

Then, too, the bins have not been filled

up since the shortage of last season’s

crop and this vacancy is adding to the

demand of the trade from a source that

largely prevents the grain getting to the

centers of trade. A year ago No. 2 red





wheat was elling at 981/2c per bu. Quo-

tations for the week are:



No. 2 No. 1



Red. White. Dec. May.

Thursday . . . 1.09% 1.07 1.10 1.111/2

Friday .......1.11 1.08% 1.111/2 1.12%

Saturday . . . . 1.10 1.08 1.10% 1.11%,

Monday ...... 1.1114 1.0014 1.100;, 1.12%,

Tuesday ..... 1.1114 1.09%, 1.12%, 1.13

Wednesday . .1.10% 1.08% 1.11% 1.12%





Corn.——-The near proximity of the sea-

son when new corn will be coming to the

market and its usual effect upon the trade

has been counter-balanced by the report

of the government showing the condition

of the growing crop to be nearly ten

points below what was reported during the

preceding month. Frost has done dam—

age in some sections altho the extent of

the trouble is not so large as first thot.

The demand continues about as before

and the visible supply is changed but a

few thousands of bushels from the amount

reported a week ago. One year ago the

price for N0. 3 corn was 80%0 per bu.

Quotations for the week are as follows:





No. 3



No. 3 Yell7olw.

Thursday ......... 72

Friday ....... . ............ 72 74

Saturday . . . . ............. 711/2 1.31/2

Monday 711/; 73%,

'l‘ucsday ................. 71 123i,

\Vedncsday . . ............ . 701/2 721/2





Oats.w'l‘lie report of the government

on the harvested oat crop places it below

the estimate of last month, but 14 points

above the estimate of a year ago and

nearly six points above the ten-year av-

erage. The figures have, however, ad-

vanced during the week—much of the

new crop being quickly taken to fill the

bins that have been empty for some time.

Last year we were paying 511/20 per bu

for No. 3 white oats. Quotations for the

week are:





Standard.

Thursday . . . . . . . . ................ 40

Friday . . . . . . ..................... 40

Saturday ......................... 40

Nlonday ..................... 401/;

Tuesday . . ....................... 41

\Ved nesday ...................... 41





Beans.——In Some sections of the state

damage by frost has been done the bean

crop. But the acreage is large and the

fields that were in early and had the.

benefit of the longer Season, are coming

on in good shape and will produce a high

class product should the Weather be fav—

orable for the late season operations.

Many of the fields have already been liai—

vested and are out of danger of moisture.

Cash beans are unchanged and October





options are higher. Quotations for the

week are:



Cash. Oct.

Thursday .................. $2.20 $2.06

Friday ..................... 2.20 2.06

Saturday .................. 2.20 2.06

Monday ................ . 2.20 2.06

Tuesday ................... 2.20 2.06

Wednesday ................. 2.20 2.06





Cloverseed.-—'l‘hc condition of the clover-

seed crop is given by the state crop re-

port as 61 compared with an average

crop. This report has given the traders

a desire to get hold of the crop and prices

have suddenly gone tip—making an un—

usual advance for this season of the year

Quotations for the weck are:





Prime Spot. Oct. Alsil; ‘.

Thursdav ......... $7.60 38.00 5:71”)

Friday ‘ ............ 7.75 8.10 7.5;.

Saturday ......... 7.75 8.13 7.7::

Monday .......... 7.85 2.25 1.1;,

Tuesday .......... 3.00 8.40 7. . .1

Wednchay ...... 8.25 8.50 7.85





Rye. —This trade is steady with a fair

demand. Cash No. 1 is selling at 700 per





lac, which is an advance of 10 over last

week.

Visible Supply of Grain.



This week. Last week.

\that ................ 10,741,000 9,167,000

t‘orn .................. 1.957.000 1,868,000

Oats ............. $862,000 7.382.000

‘llve .................... 325.000 239,000

Harley ................ 1,402,000 707,000





Flour, Feed. Provisions, Etc.

Flour.~Market active. with prices un-

changed. Quotations are as follows:





Clear ................................ $5.2»

Straight ............................. 5.49

.3atent Michigan 5.8.1

Ordinary Patent 5.50

Hay and Straw.——Trade is than with

Carlot





prices advanced for most grades.

prices on track arc“. N0. 1 timothy, new,

$13.50@14; No. 2 timothy, $126013; clover,

mixed, $120113; rye straw. $7007.50; wheat

and oat straw. $650717 per ton.





Feed.——1V[arket steady at unchanged

prices. Bran, $25 per ton; coarse mid-

dlings, $26; fine middlings, $30: cracked





corn, $30; coarse corn meal, $30; corn and





oat chop, $28 per ton.



Potatoes—There was more freedom in

the delivery of potatoes the past week

prices





and average about 5c lower.





 





l



Michigan goods. are quoted at 65@700



per bu. \ . , .

Provisions.—-—'Famlly ' pork, $22.50@23;

mess pork, $22.50," light shbrt clear, $22}

heavy short clean, $23; pure lard, 131,40;

bacon, 16@17c; shoulders, 110; smoked

hams, 14c; picnic hams, 11c. .

Dairy and Poultry Products.





Bunch—Conditions are unchanged from

a week ago and the advanced price re-

corded on that date is now prevailing.

The market is strong at the present

basis. Quotations are: Extra creamery,

30c; firsts, do., 29c; dairy, 23c; packing

stock, 2135c per lb.



EggS.-—~The advance of a week ago has

been followed by further rises in quota-

tions owing to the scarcity of the pro—

duct. The price for fresh goods, case

count, cases included, is 23c per doz.



Poultry.-——The supply of poultry is more

liberal this week, but the demand has

increased to overcome the surplus and

kept prices on about the same basis as





a weekago. Quotations are: Hens, 14@

14%C; roosters, 9@11c; ducks, 1060150;

geese, 8@90; turkeys, 16611170; broil-

ers, 15c.





Cheese.—Steady. Michigan full cream,

15@ch; York state, 16%0; limburger,

161/20; schweitzer, 20c; brick cream, 161/2c

per lb.



Calves.—Choice to fancy, 11c; ordinary,

9@10c per 1b.



Fruits and Vegetables.





Cabbage.—Steady. Home-grown, $1

per bbl.



Tomatoes.—Lower

40((1'450 per bu. ,



Onions.—Domestic offerings, $2 per

bbl: Spanish, $1.50 per crate.



Pears.-—Bartlctts, $1.25@1.50 per bu;

common, 75611800.



Grapes.——1‘)elaware, 300; Niagara,

Concord, 20c per pony basket.



Apples.—Home grdwth, 82.50633 per bbl.



Peaches—Michigan grown range in

prices from $1.25@2 per bu, according to

grade. "



Cranberries—Cape Cod berries selling

at $2.50fl2.75 per bu.



Vegetables—Beets, 75c per bu: carrots,





and now selling at





25c;





75c per bu; cauliflower, $1.25 per doz;

cucumbers, 15(020c per doz; eggplant,





$1.25fiiii1.50 per doz; green beans, 750 per

bu; green onions, 121/20 per doz; green

peppers, 75c per bu; lettuce, 500 or bu;

mint, 25c per doz; parsley, 25@ 00 per

doz; radishes, 8@10c per doz; spinach, 600

per hamper; summer squash, 300 per box;

watercress, 2510300 per doz; wax beans,

$1 per bu.





OTHER MARKETS.

Grand Rapids.



Tuesday morning’s market on the Is~

land was the biggest of the season. The

hot weather is ripening fruit very fast.

Peaches ranged from $1701.50, plums from

$1011.25. Grapes are now coming in 8 lb.

baskets, selling at 10((1‘15c. Bartlett

pears are beginning to slow up and are

bringing $1 (41.1.25. ()sage melons are

lower, going ‘at 2560400 pcr bu. Tomat-

oes are selling around 40c, while potatoes

continue firm at 60c. In grain, wheat is





tip 3c, oats 1c. Dressed hogs are iirin

at 101/2c.



Quotations follow:



Grains—VVheat, $1.03; oats, 400; corn,





73c; buckwheat, 550 per bu; rye, (50c.





Beans—Machine screened, $1.75,

Butter.—Buying prices, Dairy, No. 1,

2370240; creamcry in tubs, 29%c; prints,





281/241300 per lb.

Ings.~Cilsc count, 21@22c.

Potatoes—6062700 per bu.

Peaches—$1011.50 per bu.

Apples—50cm: $1; pears,



plums, $1601.25 per bu.

Vegetablesw’l‘omatoes, 400 per bu;





75c@1.25;





sweet corn, 8@10c doz; cabbage, 25@300

dozen.

CattlewCows, $2.50fi04 per cwt; steers





and heifers, best quality, 3@6%c; dressed





mutton. 9ft 10c; dressed veal, 6@9c:

dressed beef, cows, 5@61/gc; steers and

’hcifcrs, 71/24191A3c.



Hogs—Dressed, 1014c.





Fowls, 10@12c; roosters,

14fi>15c: spring chickens,





 





Live Poultry.

7418c; turkeys,





13@14c; spring ducks, 11@12c.

Chicago.



“Meat—No. 2 red, 31097710914»: De-

cember, 9833c; May. $1.02.



Porn—No. 2, 681461683ic; December,

60‘,.(~; May, 62c.



Oats—No. 3 white, 385942401/20; Decem-

ll“i‘, flit-kc; May, 421,.c.



:uttcr.———Stearly and practically un-





changed. ()rcamcrics, 241,136: 29c; dairies,

‘_"_"n‘_’i;t-'

liggstF‘irm. with prime firsts. case





(Hunt, cases included, 23c per dozen.





New York.





Rutter—Steady and highcr. \\'eslorn

factory firsts, 22W235/zc; crcainery spec-

ials, fill/201321:



l-Zg rs.>~-l“irm. “'cstcrn firsts to extras,

23/11261/gc; scconds, 20M22c,



Poultry.—1)rcsscd. \Vcstcrn chickens.

150120c; fowls. 17(1318c per lb. Live—-

Firm. Turkeys, 17%?0180; fowls, 1711/10

18c; turkeys, 150.



Grain—““hcat, No. 2 red, 81.0931, per





bu: corn, No. 2, 700 for old; oats, mixed,

4167420 for new.





 





Elgin.



Button—Market firm at 30c per 1b.,

which is last week’s price. Sales for the

week amounted to 732,000 lbs.



Boston,



VVooL—Following the unusually active

period in the wool markets of a fortnight

ago, there has been a quiet tone to the

trade owing to the satisfaction of the de-

mands of the manufacturers for the time

being. The domestic offerings of the

year are already pretty closely cleaned

up and holders are not anxious to sell

but for the very top price. All along the

market is strong. Leading uuotati‘ons

are as follows: Ohio-and Pennsylvania

fleeces—XX, 366137c; No, 1 washed. 400V

410: fine unwashed, 2760280: half—blood

combing, 3071370. three-eighths—blood

combing, 3661737c; quarter—blood combing,

34@35c; delaine washed, 39@40c. Mich-





T'HE ~: MICHIGAN FARMER. L '





 





igan: 'Wlsconsin' and New York fieeces~





Fine unwashed, 25@26c; delaine un-

washed, 31@32c; half-blood unwashed,

34@350; three-eighths-blobd- unwashed,





34@35c; quarter-blood, 33@34c.





 





THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





 





Buffalo.





September 13, 1909.

(Special report by Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

East Buffalo, N. Y)



Receipts of sale stock here today as

folIOWS: Cattle, 160 loads: hogs, 11,200;

sheep and lambs, 16,000; calves, 1,200.



The best fat cattle and all kinds of

good butcher cattle sold steady at last

week’s prices while the common kinds

were a shade lower than last week. The.

best feeders were from 15@25c lower than

last week and were very hard to sell.

The little stockers sold about steady.

Fresh cows and springers were slow sale

at from $3@5 per head lower. We are

getting too many plain half-fat cattle on

this market at the present time and we

don’t look for much change in prices

until they get rains in the east.

reported very dry there.



We quote: Best export steers, $6.50@

6.90; best 1.200 to 1,300 lb. shipping steers,

$6@6.25;best 1,100 to 1,200 lb. do., $5.50

@575; medium 1,050 to 1,150 lb. steers,

$5@5.25; light butcher steers, $4.50@4.75;

best fat icows, $4.25@4.75; fair to good

cows, $3.50@4; light cows, $3693.25; trim-

mers, $2@2_.25; best fat heifers, $5@5.25;

fair to good do., $4.25@4.50; common do.,

$3.50@3.75; best feeding steers, 800 to 900

lb. dehorned, $4@4.25; 700 to 750 lb. de-

horned stockers, $3.75@3.85; 600 to 650

lb. do., $3.40@3.60; little common stock-

ers, $3.25@3.50; best bulls, $4@4.50; bo-

logna bulls, 832560350; stock bulls, $2.75





(03; best fresh cows and springers, $45

@55; fair to good do., $30@40; common





(10., $20@25.



The hog market today opened strong at

Saturday‘s prices on good hogs and about

steady on others. Two or three loads of

extra quality strong weight hogs, strictly

corn fed, sold at $8.90.



We quote: Medium and heavy, corn fed,

$8.70@8.85; mixed, 5580060875; best corn

yorkers, $8.60@8.75; Michigan yorkers,

$8.40@8.60; pigs, $8@8.10; roughs, $7.35@

7.50; stags, $5.75@6.50.



"l‘he lamb market today was fairly

active at the prices and we think the

prospects steady for the balance of the

week. .



We quote: Best lambs, $7.70@7.75; fair

to good, 365000705; culls, $5.25@5.75; skin

culls, $4414.50; yearlings, $5.25@5.75;

\vcthers, $4.75Q'175.25; ewes, $4.50@4.75;

cull sheep, $2fw3; best calves, $9.50@9.75;

fair to good, $7@9.25; heavy, $4@5.





 





Chicago.

September 13, 1909.



Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

...... 26,000 27,000 30,000

Same day last year ..33,579 ' 18.986 34,943

Received last week ..61,482 82,440 101,151

Same week last year.52,363 78.724 122,811

Cattle of superior quality that had been

fed plenty of corn were far from nu-

merous last week, and competition among

buyers resulted in further sharp ad—

vances, a top of $8.30 being 250 higher

than any other sale. made this year. Ad-

vances Were shown only in desirable

offerings, with common grass-fed natives

going at $4.10fir5.10, and steers sold

largely at $6017.80, buyers discriminating

against cattle not fat enough to bring $7.

No cattle that could truthfully be called

good sold below that figure, and in fact,

very desirable becves went much above

87, medium lots selling at $6.50 and up-





Received today





ward. Native butcher stuff was not

plentiful and had a good demand, with





cows and heifers selling at $3.25611525 and

a few sales of prime heifers at $5.50@

6.50. Canncrs and cutters went at $2@

3.20, bulls at 815041485 and calves at

$3619 per 100 lbs. \Vestern range cattle

comprise a liberal share of the offerings,

the receipts being by far the largest of

any week this season. They wvakened

at first, but rallied later on smaller sup-

plies, steers selling at $4416.40 and cows

and heifers at $2714.60. The stockcr and

feeder trade was fairly active, stockcrs

selling at 827561440 and feetlcrs at $3.85

005.20, but not many buyers were willing

to go as high as $5. Plenty of ordinary

stockers are marketed. but farmers are

scnding in comparatively small numbers

or good feeders. Owners of well—bred

cattle that are fattening well will doubt—

less see the advantage to be derived in

making them prime. Milkcrs and spring»





ers are in good demand at $306160 per

head.

The cattle receipts today. Monday,





were of liberal proportions and embraced

about 8,000 western rangers. Fat beeves

were active at strong to slightly better

prices for the best, with a sale at $8.35.

The unattractiVe offerings were slow and

largely about a dime lower.





Hogs made a new high record last

week when prime 268-113. barrows were

sold at $8.55 per 100 lbs. for eastern





shipment, while a full load of heavy stags

went at $8.60. It was a great Week for

sellers of live, stock, for while the best

cattle sold at the highest price on the

Chicago market since June last, year, a.

gain of 00c over a year ago, prime hogs

sold the highest since 1808. It is a case

of hog shortage and demand in excess of

the supply, with eastern shippers taking

a good share of the daily offerings, and

further advances are predicted. some peo-

ple talking $9 hogs. Provisions are mov-

ing up with hogs, and packers and others

are buying January product. as it is gen—

erally believed that high prices for hogs

will prevail in that month. whereas Jan-

u'try provisions have been selling on the

basis of $0.75 hogs. A large share of the

hogs are needed for the fresh meat trade.

The market was active and strong to-

dav at $7.75fi8.60.





Sheep and lamb sellers have had 'a

good week, despite declines in some in-

stances. range feeding lambs going at





$606.60, larger offerings being responsible

for a break of 15@25c. But range feeding

sheep had a good sale, wethers breaking





1t is





 





. SEPT. 18, 1909., .,

the year’s record by selling at “@4370“,

while feeder, yearlings went at $5Q5.60,

also a new high record. The best range

wethers sold at $5, and range yearlings

brot $5@5.65, while range lambs went at

$6.65@7.60, natives selling at $4.50@7.75.

Range ewes brot $3.50@4.65, native ewes

$2.25@4.75. and native wethers $4.75@

5.25. Breeding eWes were salable at $5@

6.40, range yearlings going the highest.



The market was not much changed to—

day, altho lambs not of good grading

were apt to be slow and weak.



Horses are being marketed more freely

than a few weeks ago or a year ago, but

there is a good fall trade, and good ani—

mals are selling to better advantage.

Drafters are especially active at $170@

300 per head, with wagon horses active

at $140@175, and drivers wanted at $150

@325. The supply of choice drafters

frequently is too limited to go around,

and more prime harness horses for ex-

p01t to Mexico and England than are

offered could be sold. Feeders are active

at $170@225, and small southern chunks

sell at $60@135, there being a. strong

demand. F.





LIVE SWS.





 





 





Retail beef prices have been raised in

Chicago from three to four cents a pound

to conform with a recent advance in

wholesale prices. Somehow, the retailers

always meet the advances in wholesale

prices with a. still greater raise, and here-

tofore such movements have been fol-

lowed by decreased consumption of beef,

many consumers being unable to pay the

figures asked. Advances ’in beef are

partly warranted by the higher prices for

live cattle, there being, as everyone

knows, a real shortage in corn—fed cattle

thruout feeding sections, and it probably

will be well into next winter before con-

ditions show much of a change.



Since March 1 western packers have

slaughtered 12,095,000 hogs, a decrease

of 1,285,000 head compared with the cor-

responding time in 1908. "The total stocks

of provisions at Chicago,

Omaha, Milwaukee and St.

September 1,

of cut meats, 15,418,000 pounds of short

rib sides, 51,450,000 pounds of sweet

pickled hams and 79,000 tierces of lard,

compared with 220,132,000 pounds 0 cut

meats, 54,065,000 pounds of short rib

sides, 57,920,000 pounds of sweet pickled

hams and 128,000 tierces of lard a month

earlier, and 228,794,000 pounds of cut

meats, 46,124,000 pounds of short rib

sides, 57,153,000 pounds of sweet pickled

hams and 206,000 tierces of lard a year

ago.



The Chicago market was topped re-

cently by Johnston Brothers & New-—

kirk, of Iowa, with two cars of fancy

Polled Angus steers that averaged 1,450

lbs. and brot $8 per 100 lbs. These cattle

had been on full feed since the first of

February, having been purchased as feed—

ers the.first of January, for $5.10, their

average weight having been 980 lbs. at

that time. Corn was their main ration,

with some oil meal and plenty of good

timothy and clover hay furnished as

roughage.



James C. Hill, of Iowa, a well-known

farmer and stock feeder, believes in a.

short feed for cattle at ruling prices of

cattle and feed and has bot steers in

Omaha recently at $5.20 per 100 lbs., their

average weight being around 1,200 lbs.

He intends to feed them about three

months. Mr. Hill reports lots of old corn

left in his section and prospects for noth~

ing more than a fair crop of new corn,

there having been too much wet weather

early and too much dry weather later.

There is a scarcity of pigs, and no stock

hogs are offered for sale. Farmers are

crazy to buy stock hogs, and it is safe

to say that there will be no undue delay

in getting to work breeding sows.



The unusual shortage in the supply of

hogs in feeding sections everywhere puts

the packers to great inconvenience in

various ways, and of late they have found

it Simply impossible to meet their press-

ing demands for fresh meats. A new

method of cutting hogs recently started

by packers and butchers has been of

considerable help to them in economizing

and holding in prices from further ad~

vances, but consumers raise strong ob—

.l't'ctions to the innovation, which consists

lll trimming about all of the fat off from

pork loins and in cutting the hogs so that

the shoulder blade, which formerly was

s"p.’tl‘flt9d from the loin. is left and sold

,vcith the loin at the price of loins. This

gives the packers a chance to get more

money from every hog. but the consumer

gets much the worst of it, as he pays for

more bone and less meat than formerly.



In recent weeks the Omaha stock

yards have received a great many light—

weight immature cattle on the feeding

order, owing to the drought in sections

tributary to that market, resulting in

sharp declines in prices. Intending buy~

crs of stockcr and feeder cattle should

improve every opportunity of that kind,

as by doing so they put themselves in the

way if making liberal profits for them-

sclvcs. indications point to a great

abundance of rough feed this season. as

Well as enough corn for all requirements,

even if. there should not -be a bumper

crop. and there is going to be lotsof live

stock I'm-ding in the corn belt ,without

much doubt. It is important to note well

the fact that there is a 23 per cent snort-

agc in the western range cattle to come

to market this year, and purchasers of

feeders should not get their hopes raised

that great bargains are going to be had.





Joseph on





It is now pretty certain that plenty of

cattle Will he placed on feed early and

that the greater part of them will be





returned to market as fat beeves along

in December and January. Prospects are

bright for the future fat cattle market, as

viewed by good authorities, and buyers

of feeders should not wait too long before

stooking up. It is certain that there is

a shortage of native young cattle in the

country, and recent inquiries have been

made for young cattle from states that

in other years have been sellers. Among

such states may be named Wisconsin,

Minnesota, Missouri, Iowa and portions

of South Dakota.





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Kansas City, .

include 174,449,000 pounds \





 





 





 





1,- ass. _- --.—
smi‘i‘f 1433; 4909.? " ,

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Thursday’s Market.



September 16, 1909.

Cattle.

Receipts, 1.288. Market 10@25c lower;

quality common.



We quote: Extra dry-fed steers, $5@

5.25; steers and heifers, 1.000 to 1,200,

$4.75@5; steers and heifers, 800 to 1,000,

$4@4.25; grass steers and heifers that are

fat, 800 to 1,000, $4@4.25; grass steers and

heifers that are fat, 500 to 700, $3.25@

3.50; choice fat cows, $4; good fat cows,

$3.50: common cows, $2.50@3; canners,

$1.75w2; choice heavy bulls, $3.50; fair

to good bolognas, 'bulls, $3@3.25; stock

bulls 2.75@3.50; choice feeding steers,

800 to 1,000, $4604.25; fair feeding steers,

800 to 1,000, $3.50@4; choice stockers, 500





to 700, $3.50; fair stockers, 500 to 700,

$3.25@3.50; stock heifers, $2.75; milkers,





large, young, medium age, $40@50; com-

mon milkers, $25@35.



.Roe Com. C0. sold Rattkowsky 2 cows

av 1,050 at $3.25, 1 bull weighing 600 at

$3.25, 1 cow weighing 1,200 at $3.60, 1 do

weighing 840 at $3.50, 1 bull weighing 58.0

at $3. 3 heifers av 666 at $3.50, 6 butchers

av 740 at $3.50; to Bresnahan 9 do av

678 at $3.60. 6 do av 608 at $3.50, 2 cows

av 975 at $1.75, 2 steers av 610 at $3.25;

10 Sullivan P. Co. S cows av 946 at $2.50.

2 do av 1.085 at $3.10, 1 bull weighing 900

at $3.25, 1 do weighing 1,080 at $3.25, 2

cows av 1.015 at $3.25; to Thompson Bros.

3 butchers av 743 at $3.50, 3 cows av 850

at $3.25, 2 do av 785 at $2.25; to Hammond

S. & Co. 13 butchers av 7 3 at $4.50; to

Kamman 3 do av 806 at $2.50; to Mich.

B. CO. 36 do av 833 at $4. 31 do av 737'

at $4; to Newton B. Co. 22 do av 640 at

$3.50, 4 do av 555 at $3.25; to Caplis 2

rows av 800 at $2; to Smith 10 feeders av

$25 at $3.30; to Cooke 15 butchers av 830

at $3.50; to Sullivan P. Co. 9 do av 800

at $3, 1 cow weighing 900 at $2: to Austin

12 stockers av 700 at $3.30, 8 do av 630 at

$3.30; to (.‘aplis 3 butchers av 750 at $3.75.



Bishop, ll, & H. sold Marx 1 butchers

av 750 at $4, 3 do 11v 636 at $1; to Ratl—

kowsky 12 calves av 280 at $3; to .lohn~

son 12 feeders av 815 at $1: to Micln R.

Co. 1 cow weighing 1.170 at $3, 1 do

weighing 1,010 at $2.50, 1 do weighing

1.140 at $1, 1 bull weighing 900 at. $3.50

to Goose 2 cows av 1,125 at $3, 4 butchers

av 372 at $3.20; to Greene 6 stockers av

616 at $3.50; to Hammond. S. & Co. 8

butchers :Iv 455 at $3. 7 do av 481 at

$3.10; to Markowitz 2 steers av 1,265 at.

$3.80,}12 (10 av 950 at $1.50: to Greene 10

stockers :Iv 558 at $3.50. 2 bulls av 570

at $3: to Goose 4 cows av 1.032 at $1: to

Regan 2 heifers av 605 at $3.50; to Gerish

7 steers av .020 at $1.25, 1 bull weighing

1.:100 at $3.75; to Mich. R, Co. 3 do av

1.033 at $3.35, 3 cows av 1,033 at $3.50,

3 do av 016 at $3.50; to Schlischer 7 steers

and heifers av 724 at $3.65, 7 steers'av

57.0 at $3.20; to Sullivan P. Co. 13 do av

601 at $3.10; to Downing & Furness 3

stockcrs av 700 at $3.60, 8 do 21v 575 at

$3.40. 8 do av 717 at $3.65; to Schumun

2 steers av 810 at $3.75; to l‘lrbnn 5 butch-

I'I‘S :Iv 100 at $2.70; to j.resnahan 1 cow

weighii‘ig 1.010 at $3, 2 do :I\' 765 at $1.75;

to Newton R, Co, 2 lvulls av 620 at $2.75,

2 heifers av 665 at $3.75, 1 bulls av 630

at $2.75, 2 cow-s av 1.015 at: $3.50.



Spit-er, M. 8: R. Sold ilammond. S. 8.:

(‘o. 19 butchers av 812 at $1, 15 do av

450 at $3, 6 do av 741 at $1. 12 do av

575 at $3.40, 1 bullvweighing 1,000 at $3.25;

to Mich. B. (‘0. 2S butchers av 772 at

$1.25: to Dombetka 8 do av 517 at $3. 1

('()W \voighing S70 lit $3.50; 10 Ink 1 bull

weighing 830 at $3. 4 stochers av 685 at

$3; to Regan 8 heifers av 530 at $3.10; to

Sullivan P, Co. 1 do av 730 at $1. 1 cow

weighing 1,000 at $3.25; to (‘aplis 6 do

:Iv 950 at $2.75, 4 butchers :Iv 665 at $3.50.

1 cow weighing 1.110 at $2; to I.:l(‘:lllll 3

do av 1.013 at $3.30, 7 steers av 776 at

$21.70; to Brvsnuhan 3 cows :I\' 723 at

31.75; to Sullivan P. Co. 6 butchers :lv

m3 at $3.35, 4 do av 612 at $3.10, 7 do av

501 at $3.25; to Cooke 10 steers av 760

:it $3.75; to ink 15 slockers av 585 at

$3.50. 20 do av 607 at $3.50.



llaley sold Thompson 7 steers ave 671

at $3.60.



.lohuson sold Brodero 2

at $3.55.



ll'uley sold same 3 do av 960 at $2.60,

1 steer W't5‘1f4'lling‘ 100 at $3.10.



llaley sold Smith 16 stockers av 688

at $3.70.



Alien sold some 7 do av 661 at $3.50, 2

(lo :I\' 610 III $3.70, 3 bulls av 516 at $3.10.





cows av 1,150





llaley sold Schlischcr 16 butchers av

410 at $3.10.

iiiiley sold (loose 4 COWS «'IV 1.090 at





$3.15, 2 do av 1,105 at $3.50, 1 do weighing

1,000 at $3.



Same, sold Rattkowsky 1 cow weighing

10:20 at $1.10, 2 do av ('95 at $3.20, 2 do :w

910 at $3.60.



Same sold Sullivan P. Co. 23 butchers

av 5.80 at $3.10.



Allen sold same..1 heifer Weighing 670

t $1. ._

H.1ey sold Hammond, S. & Co. 6 butch-

ers av 748 at $3.50. 29 do av 747 at $4,

1 bull weighing 1,340 at $3.65.



Same sold Marx 8 butchers av 770 at

$3.00, 2 steers av 775 at $3.60.



Same sold Regan 12 heifers av 522

at $3.35.



Same sold Greene 15 stockers av 519

at $3.35, 3 do av 600 at $3.40.



Veal Calves.



‘Rcceipts, 592. Market opened steady

with last week, closing $1 lower. Best,

$8.50@9.50; others. $4627.50; mileh cows

and springers, $3@5 lower.





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-. THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





. ' Roe Coin. co. sold Mich,- B.-,-Co'. 11 av





150 at $9, 2 av 160 at $6. 2 av 180 at $9.3

‘av 140 at $9; to Parker, 'W. &. Co. 9a»:

'180 at‘ $4, 4 av 155 at $8.50, 3 av 215 at

$5.50, 4 av 125 at $8.50.





Haley sold Sullivan P.-Co. 3 av 165

at $8.50. . .



Kalaher sold Newton B. Co. 5 av 155

at $8.50. /



Bishop, B. & H. sold Mich. B. Co. 4

av 185 at $8; to Burnstine 1 weighing





280 at $8.50, 4 av 160 at $9.50. 3 avdTo

at $9, 1 weighing 110 at $9. 2 av 181; at

$8; to Fitzpatrick Bros. 16 av 160 at $9.25,

10 av 132 at $9, 1 weighing 170 at $5;

to Markowitz 5 av 155 at $8.50, 5 av

125 at $8.’ *

Allen sold Mich. B. Co, 1 weighing 180

at $6.

Waterman sold same 12 av 155 at $7.75.

Haley sold Caplis 2 av 150 at $5, 7 av

140 at $7.75.

Same sold Fitzpatrick 27 av 260 at

7





3. 5.



Groff sold McGuire 8 av 150 at $9.



Spicer, M. & R. sold Mich. B. Co. 2 av

160 at $8.50, 2 av 155 at $8; to Newton B.

Co. 4 av 135 at $8.75, 8 av 180 at $8,

weighing 100 at $5, 4 av 140 at $8.50,

av 210 at $5; to Mich. B. Co. 4 av 13.1 a

$8.50, 1 weighing 210 at $6.



Lewis sold Burnstine 7 av 160 at $9.



Stephens sold same 3 av 155 at $.., 7

av 180 at $9.



Noble sold same 3 av 170 at $0.



Terhune sold same 4 av 125 at $7.50.



Young sold same 7 av 180 at $9.50.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts, 3,93 . Quality common; prices

average about steady with last week;

will close lower.





1

2

t





Best lambs, 562562650; fair to good

lambs, $5@6; light to common lambs,

$3.50071.50; yearlings, $450615; fair to





good sheep, $3.50@4; culls and common,

$2612.50.

Spicer, 3M. & R. sold Ink 25 sheep av





100 at $4. 2 do av 125 at $1, 18 lambs av

60 at $5.75: to Mich. B. No. 73 do av 75

at $6.60; to Stoker 15 do av 55 at $5.50;

to Powers 51 do av 73 at $6.10; to ink

14 sheep av 80 at $3.50: to Fitzpatrick

Bros. 26 lambs av 75 at $6.10, 37 do av

80 at $6.60, 1 sheep weighing 110 at $1.



Haley sold Sullivan P. Co, 56 lambs

av 75 at $6.50.



Roe Com. C0. sold Eschrich 27 lambs

av 50 at $1.25; to Mich. B. Co. 51 sheep

av 00 at $3.75; to Erwin 38 lambs :iv 70

at $6.50, 38 do av 75 at $6.50. 180 do av

78 at $6.65: to Hammond, S. &

sheep av 125 at $3, 15 lambs av 50 at

$1.50: to 'l‘hompson Bros. 30 sheep av 72

at $3.50, 30 do av 00 at $3.50; to Rarlage

69 lambs av 70 at $6: to liaise 63 do av

65 at $6.25: to Young 55 do av 70 at $6.40,

10 do av 63 at $5



Stephens sold

70 at $6.



Bishop, B. & ii. sold ilschrieh 41 lambs

av 60 at $3.75; to Mich. ll. (‘o. 21 sheep

av 05 at $3. 12 lambs av 75 at $6.50, 19

do 21\' 1‘3 at $1.63, 16 sheep 21v 100 {it

$3.75, '23 (lo av 12') All $3.73; to ink 12 do

av 10.7 :11 $1 15 lambs av 57 at $5.50, 16

sheep av 110 at $1.10. 2 do av 100 at

$3.50, 12 do av 90 at $1.25. 60 lzimbs :IV

65 at $6; to Sullivan P. Co. 11 do Mr 67

at $1.50: to N‘ch. 15%. Co. 0 sheep av 115

at $2.50; to Parker. \V. & (‘1. 31 lambs

av 70 at $6.50: to Powers 12 lambs av ll)

at $6.50, 40 do :’I\' 73 at $6.25, 10 do av

80 at $6.67; to Fitzpatrick ltros. 21 do :l\'

70 at $6.27. 10 Slim-D av 110 :It “.27, 17

llllXtd av 68‘ at $1.75. 0:: limbs av 75. at

$01”. I? Sheep :I\' 87 .‘ii $1.27.,



Groff sold ilurlund :7 lambs :1v 60 at

$6. 1 shmp :l\' 1::0 .n so,



Snyder sold 'l‘hompson l7 sheep av 80

at $3.60, 2i lambs av 77: at $5.50.



Haley sold Mich. I}. (‘0. 15 sheep :Iv

125 at $1, 13 do nv 00 at $3.60, 7 do :I\’

05 :Il $1.15.



Alb-n sold same 2.0 lambs av 70 at $6.



lizlll'v sold Newton ll. Co. 31 lambs av

75 :11 $6.50, 10 do :lv 61 at $5.



Johnson sold sunn- 10 do av 73 at $6.50,

5 .16 m- 7.0 at $3. 2 sheep av 130 at $3.30.



Kulahcr sold .s‘il‘lllt.‘ 30 lambs av 67 at

$5.50.



Allen sold Ink 11 sheep av 90 at $1.50,

20 lambs ;I\' 60 at $6.





Harland 27 lambs av





Adams sold some 36 lambs av 65 at $6. ‘





Hogs.

teeeipts, 5.223. Market very

filSc lower; qualitv common. ,



Range of priccs: Light to good butch-

ers, 5181561825; pigs, $7017.50; light vork-

I‘I‘S. $750618; sings, 1?, off.



Bishop. L’. A” H. sold Hanmnond, S. &

(“(1. 286 av 180 at $3.15. 656 21v 160 at $3,

175 av 170 at $7.00, 105 :tV 190 at $8. 161

:I\' 175 at $6.05, 180 av 100 at $8.20, 81 av

175 at $3.25, 105 ;I\' 160 at $7.75.



Sundry shippers sold same 256 av 180

at $8.20.



Roe Com. Co, sold Parker, TV. & Co.

31 :IV 135 at $7.35, 20 av 160 at $7.70, 176

av 175 at $8, 70 av 185 at $8.15, 26 LIV

185 at $8.25.



Spit-er, hf. & ll. sold same 109 av 175

at $8.15, 106 av 180 at $8.20, 106 av 160

at $7.85. 171 :I\' 160 at $7.90, 130 av 170

at $8, 109 av 175 at $8.15, 70 av 220

at $8.35.





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Friday's Market.

September 10, 1909.

Cattle.

The run of cattle at the Michigan Cen-

tral stock .vurds Friday was light and the





market steady with Thursday. Good-

SIzed young milch cows are selling un-

usually well at present, but common.





broken-mouthed cows are very dull and

hard to sell. There was verv little de-

mand for stockers and feeders:



\Ve quote: Dry-fwd steers. $5005.50:

steers and heifers, 1,000 to 1,200. $4.504?

4.35; steers and heifers. 800 to 1.000, $3.75

@125; grass steers and heifers that are

fat, 800 to 1.000, $3.756'v4.25: g‘ass steers

and heifers that are fat, 500 to 700, $3.25

603.50: choice fat COWS, $3.7571‘150: good

fat cows. $3.50: common cows, $250052;

canners, $175702: choice heavv bulls. $3.50

€133.75; fair to good bolognas. bulls, $36?)

325: stock bulls. $2.50W2: choirm feeding

steers, 800 to 1.000, $4fi‘425: fsu‘r feeding

steers. 800 to 1.000. $3 25703.50: fair stock~





ers, 500 to 700. $3703.25; stock heifers,~

$2.50m‘3: Inilkers. large. voting, medium





age, $40@55: common milkers, $25@35.





‘Roe Corn. Co; sold Erban 26 butchers

av 717 at $3.65, 2 do av 450 at $3.



Same' sold Starrs 2 bulls 'av 885 at $3.25.



Same sold Sullivan P. Co. 6 butchers

av 903 at $3, 2 cows av 890 at $1.50, 1 do.

av 900 at $2.50, 2 'do av 910 at $3.50.



Bishop, B, & H. sold same 1 bull weigh-

ing 1,100 at $3.25. -



Roe Com. Co. sold Bresnahan 5 butch-

ers av 510 at $75-25-



Sheep and Lambs.



There was a’large number of sheep and

lambs offered Thursday that could not be

sold and they had to go Friday. The

bulk of them went to feeders and were

shipped back to the farm to be put in

condition. Buck lambs were almost un-

saleable. The general market was about

the same as at the close Thursday.



We quote: Best lambs $6.25mr6.50; fair

to good lambs, $5005.50; light to common

lambs, $3.50@4.50; yearlings, $450715; fair

to good sheep, $350604; culls and com-

mon. $250703.



Spicer, M. & R.

av 60 at $1.65.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Carmody 48 lambs

av 63 at $6.40.



Same sold Venton 225 lambs av 65 at

$6.10, 67 do av 57 at $6.25.



Same sold Feldkrap 80 lambs av 65

at $6.25.



Same sold Anderson 43 lambs av 70 at

$6.25, 24 do av 55 at $4.25, 106 do av 63

at $6.25.



Same sold Mich. B. Co. 33 sheep av 90

at $3.75, 57 lambs av 75 at .1.75.



Lucke sold Parker, V‘V. & Co. 25 lambs

av 60 at $5.75.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Allen 27 lambs

av 55 at $6, 61 do av 68 at $6.25, 5 do av

83 at $6.50, 12 sheep av 105 at $3.50.



Roe Com. Co, sold Newton B. Co. 10

lambs av 57 at $1, 43 do av 75 at $6.50.



Spicer, M. & R. sold Sullivan P. CO.

24 lambs av 80 at $6.50.



Hogs.



The hog trade was active at strong

Thursday's prices for all grades. Range

of prices: Light to good butchers, $8.20

618.35: pigs, $7.25GI7.60; light yorkers.

$173419; slags, 1,2; off.



Bishop, B. 8; H. sold Hammond, S. &





sold Eschrich 31 lambs





(7‘0. 386 av 165 at $8.20, 2.0 av 200 at $8.30,.





51 av 170 at $8.10, 18 av 140 at $7.00, 68





av 180 at $8.25.

Spit-er, M. & R. sold Parker, TV. & Co.





60 av 170 at $8.20.





 





 





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The quantity of fruit shown, the qual-

ity of the exhibits, the arrangement of

the tables, and the displays and decoran

tions in the horticultural building at the

1909 meeting of the Michigan Agricul-

tural Society at Detroit, surpassed, it

seems from the universal praise awarded

it by the public and men qualified to

judge, any fruit exhibit yet seen in the

state and was one of the most popular

places on the grounds.



The ability of Prof. Taft, of the Agri-

cultural College, to collect and arrange a

fruit show that does credit to a fruit

growing state like Michigan was seen

everywhere in the building, for there was

nothing left undone that would distract

the multitude of visitors from admiring

the thousands of specimens. The floors

were clean, the air pure, the walls and

archways were very appropriately decor-

ated, the tables were kept in order, and

the specimens did not want for the proper

attention to keep them showing to the

best advantage, all of which appealed,

unconsciously, perhaps. but no less no-

ticeably, to the public as well as to those

who admire fruit particularly.



And no other exhibit on the grounds

better represented Michigan. Every

quarter of the commonwealth was repre-

sented, and represented well. The an-

nouncement of the awards on this page

shows this. There would be seine excuse

for a fruit exhibit showing up some parts

of the state more liberally than others,

for we speak of “fruit belts” and “fruit

regions,” signifying that certain condi-

tions are necessary for the best produc-

tion of fruit. But Prof. Taft has seen

to it that the household part of the in~

dustry was not overlooked. The home

supply of fruit was emphasized quite as

much as the commercial side and it was

this fcature that gave the exhibit a.

(Iotlbic hold on the patrons of the fair.

\N'liile a dozen counties are concerned in

the commercial production of fruit. every

township of the eighty—four counties of-

the state is intcrcstcd in the home use

of apples, pears, peaches, etc., and want

to learn the kinds best suited for that.

purpose. This they could do and not a

few took advantage of the opportunity.



The following is a list of the awards

in the different classes. and the varieties

shown in the different exhibits winning

prizes in classes for both commercial and

home use:



Oceana county received the Sweepstake

l’rcmium and Silvtr t‘up for the host

exhibit of fruit from any county in the

static.



County Exhibits.



Southwrst Quarter of Statc.——First,

()ccana county; 2nd. Allogan county; 3rd,

licrricn county; ~ith, Eaton county; 5th,

Kcnt county,



Southoast Quarter of State.—lst. \Vash.





lcnaw county; 2nd, llapccr county; 3rd,

Bay county; *IIIl, Sanilac county,

Northwest Quarter of Statt'awlsl, lrand





’l‘ravcrsc county; 2nd. Clare county; 3rd,

Emmet county: 4th, Charlevoix county;

5th. Benzic county.



Northeast Quarter of Stateklst, Ros-

common county; 2nd, Montmorcncy

county; .‘lrd. Alpcna county. ..





General Collection of Fruit for Famil

Use.



lst, H, S. Ncwton, Hart; 2nd. State



Horticultural Socicty: .‘ird, icnlon (ii-b-





llurt, Hart; ith. \V. l”. liiid, Ann Arbor.





Special Collection of Apples.

licst exhibit of .‘i‘.’ varieties of apples

for family usc:~-~lst, Ii. S, Newton; 2nd,





I‘illlltlll (lobhart: 3rd. \V. F. Bird.



’lcst exhibit of it} \"Hl'lt'lil's of apples for

m'lrkct:~1st, H. S. Newton, for Yellow

'l‘ransl’iarcnt. Iiuclicss of (llilvnburg,

\\‘calthy, Maiden Blush. McIntosh. \Vinlrr

ianana. \Vagcncr, Jonathan, ialdwin.

llubbardston, Sutton. King. Spy. {cd

('illllltill, R. I. Greening and Stark.



Second. to Benton (ll-bhart. for Yollmv

'l‘ransparcnt, Duchess of Oldenburg, Al-

exander, (thnango Strawberry, Famcuse,

\'\'intcr Banana, Maillcn Blush. McIntosh.

Jonathan, Baldwin, liubbardston. Sutton.

Northern Spy, King, It. I. Greening and

llmtl (‘aliada.



’l‘hird, \V. I“. Bird, for Ycllow Trans-

plrcnt, Golden Sweet, {Duchess of ()lmm-

burg, Alexander, Winter Banana, Wag-

iucr, Baldwin, ('lrimcs' Holden, Ycllow

l-icllflower, Esopus Spitzenbcrg, Pcwau-

kee, King, Northern Spy, It, I. Greening,

Red Canada and Mann.



Best exhibit of eight varieties of winter

:lpplcsz—First, H. S. Newton. for VVag—

cncr, Vt’intcr Banana. Baldwin, Grimes’

lioldcn, King, Iiubbardston, Northern

Spy, It. I. Greening and Red Canada.



Second. to H. S. Bird, for “ragencr,

\Vinter Banana, Baldwin, Northern Spy.

King, Pewaukee, R. I. Greening and Red

Canada.



Third, C. .T. Monroe, South Haven, for

Jonathan, Wagoner, Grimes, Baldwin,

Northern Spy, R. I. Greening, Red Can-

ada and Golden Russet,



Best exhibit of 16 varieties of Pears

for family usez—First, Geo. F. Chatfield,

South Haven, for Osband Summer. Clair-

neau, Howell, Flemish Beauty. Boussock,

Sheldon, Anjou, Pond, Clapp’s Favorite,

Kieffcr, Bose, Louise Bonne de Jersey,





Duchess de Angouleme, Bartlett, Seckei,

Winter Neils. , - , , -



second, to'H. S.’ Newton, for Bartlett,

Clapp‘s Favorite, Vermont Beauty, Anjou,

Bose, Boussock, Duchesa, Flemish Beauty,

Howell, Louise Bonne de Jersey, Seckel,

Sheldon, Winter Nelis, Clairgeau, Gray

Doyenne and Tyson.



Best exhibit of eight varieties of pears

for marketz—oFirst, Geo. F. Chatfield.

South Haven, for Clapp’s Favorite. How-

ell, Anjou, Bos-c, Seckel, Bartlett, Duchess

de Angouleme and Flemish J.»t‘..tU[,\'.



Best exhibit of 16 varieties of plums for

family use:—First, Newton, for

Abundanca, Hale, Climax, Bradshaw,

Duane Purple, Green Gage, Gold Drop,

German PruneJ Washington, Quackenboss,

Bavay, Monarch, Yellow Egg, Burbank,

Grand Duke and Lombard.



Second, to Benton Gebhart, for Wash-

ington, Bradshaw, Bavay, Hale, Coes’

Golden Drop, Lombard, General Hand,

Arch Duke, Giant Prune, Quackenboss,

German Prune, Grand Duke, Shipper’s

Pride, Burbank, Abundance and Apple.



Third, to O. W. Braman, Grand Rap-

ids, for Shipper’s Pride, Burbank, Smith’s

Orleans, Monarch. Guii, Lombard. Shrop-

shire Damson, Washington, Quackenboss.

\Vickson, Arch Duke, Bavay, Purple Egg,

Pond, Bradshaw and Green Gage.



Best exhibit of eight varieties of plums

for marketz—First, to O. W. Braman, for





Shipper’s Pride, Pond, French Damson.

Quaekenboss. Monarch, Bavay, Lombard

and Bradshaw.



Second, to Benton Bebhart, for Arch

Duke. Monarch, Duane Purple, Union

Purple, Black Diamond, Coes’ Golden

Drop, Bavay and Grand Duke.



Third. H. S. Newton, for Monarch,





Grand Duke, Arch Duke, Black Diamond,

Bradshaw, Quackenboss. Gold Drop and

Burbank.



Best exhibit of 16 varieties of peaches

for family user—First, Benton Gcbhart,





for Barnard. Hale, Wark, Conklin,

Greensboro, Prolific, Early Michigan,





Reeves' Favorite, St. Johns, Dewey, \Vad-

dell, Triumph, Bronson, Chili, Salway

and Snow's Orange.



Second, to H. S. Newton. for Arp Beauty.

Engle, Triumph, St. Johns, Bronson, Early

Crawford, Mixon, New Prolific, Barnard,

Davidson, Gold Drop, Hale’s Early. Chill,

Champion, Smock and Early Michigan.



Third, O. W. Braman, for Hill’s Chili,





Smock, Early Michigan, Willett, Hale,

Salway. St, Johns. I'licley, Gold Mine,





Triumph, Late Crawford, Early Barnard,





Oceana. Elbcrta, Kalamazoo, Early

Crawford.



Best cxhibit of eight varieties of

peaches for market:~First, H. " New-

ton. for Hale’s Early, St. Johns, Early





Crawford, Engle, Bronson, Elberta, New

Prolific and Smock.

Second, to Benton Gebhart, for David-





son, St. .lohns, Early Crawford. Elberta,.





Early Michigan, Triumph, Arp Beauty

and Mamie Ross.

Third, O. \V. Braman, for Englc,





Smock, St. Johns, OCcana. Dewey, Late

Crawford, Early Michigan and Elberta.



Best exhibit of 16 varictics of grapes

for family usez—First, \V. F, Bird, for

Salem, \r\’yoming Red. “'ilder. Yergcnncs,

Concord, Lindlcy, VVoodruft‘ Red. Brigh—

ton, Campbell’s Early. Agawam, \Vordcn,

Moore‘s Early, Niagara, Diamond, Dela-

ware and \\'inchell. ,



Second, to \V'. K. Munson, Grand Rap-

ids. for Concord, Black .luly, Campbell,

Elvira, Diamond. Brighton. \Vordcn,

\Vinthcll. Martha, l')cl:tw:1rc, King. \Vest-

ern Quccn. Empire State, Niagara,

B/ioore's Early and Moycr.





licst exhibit of eight varieties of

grapes for markct:—I«‘irst. \\'. l“. Bird.

for Moore’s Early, Brighton, ("ampbcll’s





Early. \Vordcn. Delaware, Niagara,

VVoodrufi‘ Red and Lindlcy.

Second, \\'. K. Munson, for Niagara.

Moore's Early, Delaware. Diamond, \Vor-

den. Concord, Campbell‘s Early and

Brighton.

Third, IIIrs.





A. Freeman. Owosso, for





Moore‘s _Early, Niagara. Concord, I’M"

mond, Delaware, Pocklington, Worden,





and \Vinchell.



Best Floral Designz—First, Frank I’Iolz-

nagle, Highland Park, Mich.



Collection of liahlias, not less than 50

varieties and 200. blormis:——I<‘irst, \V. F.

L’ole, Ada; 2nd, .las. Fraser, Port Huron.



Collection of Dahlias. not less than 2.”:

varieties, 40 bloomszhli‘irst, \V. I“. Bole.



Collection of Cactus liahlios, not less

than 10 varieties, 4U blooxns:——l'irst, \\'.

F. Bole; 2nd, .ius. Frascr.



Collection of Pompon Dahlias. not less

than 10 varieties, ill blooms—First, \V.

i“, L’Ole, 2nd, .Jas. Frost-r,





FBUIT NOTES.





 





There is a fairly gtr()d.))(‘ach crop on

most varietics this year, tho some vario-





Iics are light. Ycliow St. Johns is one

of the light croppcrs this season. Our

itcwcys have had a good crop, but we

wcrc much disappoinlcd to find that 50





trees bot for Dcwl-ys four years ago. of

what is supposed to be a, reputable nur-

sery, have turncd out to be a late white

peach and a very shy bcarcr. This gave

us a short crop of curly peaches. The

nursery will probably pay back the cost

of the trees, but their original cost is but

a more fraction of the present cost and

consequent loss incurred. \Ve can not be

too careful in buying our nursery stock,

and the nurseryman should use every

precaution to avoid mixing varieties if he

wishes to hold his customers. Some nur-

series are doing business too much on a

reputation worked up years ago. Its

founders may have worked up a reputa-

tion for furnishing gmd stock true to

name, but they pass away. a new man-

agement assumes control, and working

upon a previously earned reputation the

present managers grow careless and such





- THE fMICHiOANIFARMBR.





mistakes occur. This is not the only miss}

take this company has made, and we are

keeping note of them to jog their con-

sciences later. ' C \



Elbertas, Gold Drops, Kalamazoo,

Crosby, Engel’s, and Smock trees all have

fair to good crops. We have been quite

lucky in this section in regard to freezes,

but the yellows is becoming a bad enemy

of the ‘peach grower, and one which must

be reckoned with by the grower who sets

peach trees here in the future.



There are few peaches grown in this

vicinity and the local market takes all

we can produce at prices which are steady

and sure, if not quite as high as those

paid in the cities. There are so many

“snidcs” in fruit put up in original pack-

ages that when a customer finds a grower

who packs fruits to his liking he is apt

to remain a customer. In the smaller

markets we find that the size first and

the color second sells peaches. Quality

is a secondary consideration. It is more

important to please the eye than the





I





palate, but the best customer is the one





who has both satisfied.



There are few early apples in the vici-

nity. hardly enough to supply cooking

apples for farmers, while many villagers

have to go without. Winter apples will

also be very scarce. Northern Spy is the

standby this year, and it is good enough

for anyone.



'We picked the last of the Minnewaski

blackberries on September 4. The last

of the Snyders and the first of these were

hurt by the dry weather. A few of the

former Minnewaski’s have come on since

the rains, but the variety is too subject

to rust to be generally recommended.

Our young Eldorado plants have made a

good growth this season and we are hop-

nity, hardly enough to supply cooking

ing for much from them.



Strawberries are growing nicely,so are

the runners. The new plants are pretty

well established now and we can get

after the runners and weeds. In hoeing

we pull them out across the spaces so we

can cut them with a roller cutter at-

tached to the frame of a hand cultivator.

For a small patch an old hoe with the

shank straightened out and filed sharp

is a very convenient tool for the purpose.



Calhoun Co. S. B. HARTMAN.





CULTIVATE THE GARDEN LATE.





It has been awfully dry and the only

way to save the moisture is by mulch—

ing or constantly working the surface to

keep the dust blanket at its best. Even

those precautions have pretty nearly

failed me for the showers so persistently

went round us that it seemed a grave

question whether vegetables could pull

thru or not. 'iut now that recent silowcrs

have liclpcd us out, they force us to dig





again to loosen up the soil for the air

and sunshine to do their work. The

plants must have the aid of these in

ordcr to thrive, and they cannot cuter

the soil except the digger gocs before

them to prepare and open up the way.

So, from either viewpoint the digging





must go Oll.’ Dig. if it is dry. to prcsorvc

the dust mulch; and if it is ‘wet then

dig. dig to opcn the way for the air and

sunshine to entcr in and perform thcir

part. From early to late this feature

of garden work is always on the calendar,

staring at us and urging us on to duty.

'l‘ruc, tho crops in their season get be-

yound the cultural point and must be

laid by; but othcrs come on and press us

with thcir invitations to come and dig

about them and “thus, without stopping

the music of digging, keeps llroping, for

night aftcr night and for day aftcr day."



Then. too, there arc some kinds of

weeds that take special delight in pester-

ing us with their presence during the

cool weather of autumn, and one of the

most troublesome of these upon some soils

at lcast, is chick “'(‘t d. This will thrive

clear on up to cold Weather, and in rich,

loamy soils will often overrun thc crops





unlcss we, eternally keep after it. ”As

mean as fuslcy” might wcll be applied





to chickweed also, and many times it. gets

the start of us so that. plowing down or

smothering is about the only way to get

rid of it. Smothering by heavy mulching

will put it out of commission and when

it gets too much of a foothold where it is

not convenient to plow it down. covering

it deeply with any kind of litter will rid

the ground of it.



The turnips, rutabagas, spinach, onions.

etc., will be greatly benefited by the au-

tumn culture. whether with the hoe or

cultivator. In the culture of the former

two, work the soil away from. instead

of to, the rows, as the maggots there,

if present, will do but little damage as

they will not work above the surface.



Wayne Co. J. E. MORSE.





 





enemas, 1909. ..





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A man who has a weak and impaired

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CONDUCTED [BY COLON C. LILLIE.





THE DAIRY DEPARTMENT AT THE

STATE FAIR. ' '





 





Located as it is, between the grand

stand and the main building, the dairy

show did not fail to attract the attention

of the large crowds that passed it at the

State Fair last week. One—half of the

floor space in the building was given over

to manufacturers of dairy machinery, all

of whom presented attractive exhibits.

In the other half were the exhibit of the

state dairy and food department, the

samples of butter and cheese entered in

the August scoring contest, samples of

cookery, a replica of the castle on the

Rhine built of bakers’ dough, and a farm

scene in high relief, _moulded from but-

ter, besides other attractive features.



Among the butter entries there were





'53 samples of creamery butter that had





an average score of 92.33, and ten samp-

les of dairy butter that averaged 91. The

score for creamery butter was next to

the highest average recorded since the

beginning of the scoring contests in this

state. Thirty—three samples of' cheese

were given a score of ninety or above.

It is believed by the department having

the scoring under supervision that the

increase in the membership fee, required

before entries can be made, from $1 to

$2 kept down the number of entries,

and for this reason there were fewer

who availed themselves of the opportu-

nity to have their produce Scored by a.

competent judge.



In the cattle department there were

fewer herds by two than were exhibited

a year ago, and nine less than two years

ago. The Jersey breed had three herds

that figured in the awards, the Holstein-

Friesian five herds, the Ayrshircs two,

and the Guernseys one. It must be said

that the herds occupied as 'i‘nuch space

in the barns as was occupied a year ago

and the quality of the stock was of a

high order. All the herds were exhibited

by Michigan parties. The announcement

of awards on the follOwing page shows

how the judges placed the ribbons.





 





MILK FEVER, ITS CAUSE AND

TREATMENT.





Probably at no other season of the

year is milk fever so prevalent as in the

fall, due no doubt to the fact that in

dairy districts at least more cows freshen

in the fall than at any other season of

the year. This disease, until recently,

was very frequently fatal. It usually at-

tacks the best members of the herd, so

every dairyman should acquaint himself

with the present very successful method

of treating it, viz., the injection of fil-

tered air into the udder,



Milk fever is a disease that attacks

well-nourished, heavy milking cows and

usually occurs during the most active

period of life or from the fourth to the

sixth calf and is characterized by the

complete paralysis of the animal and by

following closely the act of parturition.



There is, perhaps, no disease among

our domesticated animals upon which

there is such a diversity of opinion as

there is upon the cause of this disease.

Experience teaches us that one of the

most prominent causes is the great ac—

tivity of the great milk secreting struc-

ture. viz., the udder. The disease is

rarely found in any of the beef breeds,

but is confined to the heavy milking

breeds in which all the food that is not

used in maintaining the body is used for

the making of milk. At the time of par-

turition all the blood that has been sup-

plying the fcotus with nourishment is

suddenly thrown back on the system and

if the udder does not begin active secre—

tion at once milk fever is likely to result.



The first symptoms of the disease are





excitement, restlessness and the animal

walks about uneasily. These are fol-





lowed by the more noticeable symptoms

of paralysis which gradually affects the

whole body and finally the animal goes

down and is entirely heedless of her stir-

roundings.



Of all known methods of treating this

disease the new sterilized air treatment

is the most practical, harmless and effec-

tual and can be administered without the

aid of veterinarians. This treatment con-

sists of injecting sterilized air into the

udder by means of a simple and inexpen-

sive outfit. With this instrument the air

must pass thru sterile absorbent cotton

before. entering the udder, thereby making

it impossible for any disease germs to





 





arise ‘later. ,



In using this treatment the ultmost

care should be used to see that every-

thing is thoroly disinfected before be.-

ginning.



Each quarter of the udder shOuldthen

be pumped full of air which may be left

in for 24 hours and when recovery is as-

sured it should be gradually milked out.

It is always advisable to secure a veteri-

narian when possible but with one 'or

these instruments at hand the dairyman

can rest reasonably assured of success

tho no medical' treatment be given.



Livingston Co. C. C. O.





A MODEL DAIRY.





 





At the forthcoming Dairy Show to be

held in Milwaukee in the middle of Oc-

tober, one of the educational features of





the show will be a model, or modern,

dairy. Some 25 cows, common grade

cows, will be included in this dairy. It





was thot best to take common grade cows

because if any particular breed, or if

representative animals of the different

breeds are selected, it will cause breed

jealousy and breed rivalry and interfere

with, the value of the test. Consequently

only grade cows will be selected. These

cows will be kept in patent cow stalls

that are on sale in this country. The

idea is to give the dairy farmer an op-





portunity of seeing the cows in these

different stalls. Dairy farmers realize

that there are a great many different





kinds of cow stalls and stantions. They

see them on exhibition but they do not

see them in practical operation. Here

will be offered such an opportunity. Cows

will be kept in them. some fourteen days

so that patrons of the show can see 110w

the stalls affect the cleanliness and com-

fort of the cow.



'l‘hesc cows will be fed different bal—

anced rations and will be charged up

with the foods composing these rations

at the market price. Each cow

given credit for the butter-fat, or the

milk which she produces. at the market

price. In fact, this dairy is to exemplify

the modern idea of a co-operative cow

testing association. It will be a test of

economical production. A chart will be

placed every day over each cow showing

just what ration the cow ate the day

before and how much it cost, how much

milk she produced and the value of it,

striking a balance with the cow. This

will show the dairy farmer the difference

there is in cows using the food they con-

sume. Cows will be fed different rations.

Different foods will be compounded and

a palatable ration will be fed to illus—

trate the fact that you can compound a

good ration and a balanced one out of

chine and hand milking. This model

dairy will be in charge of IIelmer Rabild,

of the Dairy Division of the Department

of Agriculture, who has charge of cow

testing work of that department. Other

experts in this line will assist him and

from time to time short talks will be

given on different phases of feeding and

management of cows and an opportunity

will be given to answer questions. Part

of these cows will be milked with a milk—

ing machine during the entire test. This

will give a good comparison between ma-

chine and hand milking. This modern

dairy will be instructive and interesting

to dairymen. This one feature. of the

show will be ‘worth any dairyman‘s time

and expense for a trip to Milwaukee,





 





SPOILED ENSILAGE FOR MANURE.





 





 





'\\'ill you kindly give us more informa-

tlon concerning (-nsilage that is spoiled.

This cnsilage was put in too green and

the stock will not cat it. \Vould it be

desirable to use it for manure?



Sanilac (,‘o. SUBSCRIBER.





This green immature corn silage will

not be very valuable manure, but you

have got to get it out of the silo and





must get rid of it, and the only thing

you can do is to draw it out and spread

it on the land. It will do no particular

harm, and it won't do very much good.

It will furnish a little organic matter to

be. plowed under and, of course, a littln

plant food. I do not think you need to

fear about making the soil acid from





turning under this matter, especially if

it is put onto the ground this fall and

spread, and plowed under next spring,





or even plowed under this fall. I don’t

think it would do any particular harm

in that respect, and of course it will do

a little good.





 





The dairy cow is saving many farms

from ruin.



Butter takes from the soil less fertiliz-

ing material than any other farm product

shipped to the cities,





 





rare :Mr‘cm-GAN FARMER.





enter. which might cause complications to





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REASONS FDR BUYING 'A





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Every owner of a mileh cow and every user of other than

an Improved De Laval Cream Separator is interested in the

reasons why all the big and lon’g experienced users of separators

and all the Experiment Station and other competent authorities

endorse De Laval separators and the great majority of all buyers

purchase them.



De Laval separators save enough over any gravity creaming

of milk, in butter-fat, quality of cream, sweet skimmilk, labor,

time and trouble to pay for themselves every six months.





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cool milk, greater capacity, easier cleaning, easier running and

less repairs, to pay for themselves every year.





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million machines, and under the protection of important patents

preventing use by others.





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and they last for twenty years, while the average life of inferior

machines is from six months to five years, according to the grade.

They are sold for cash or on such liberal terms as to actually pay

for themselves.





These are all facts, and capable of proof and demonstration

to anyone, who needs but to seek the nearest De Laval agent or

communicate with the Company directly, and is urgently invited

to do so.





THE DE LAVAL SEPARATOR co.





 





 





 





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WATER RISING ON MILK.





Kindly inform me thru your paper, why

water rises on the milk which is set over

night, with very little cream. The cows

have always been good butter cows, but

this is something new, to have water





instead of cream.



Muskegon Co. S. R. MCGUIRE.



The fact stated by Mr. McGuire is very

interesting and peculiar, indeed. In

fact, it is something that I never heard

of before and I cannot go on record as

giving any particular advice on this sub-

ject. Of course, milk is largely com-

posed of water, and yet that water does

not separate from the other substances

in milk and come to the top like cream

The specific gravity of milk is a. little

more than that of water, consequently

the water might rise to the .top for the

same reason that cream does; but it is a

chemical part of the milk, it is one of

the constituents and does not separate

in this way unless something abnormal

occurs. I suspect that; there is a bacte-

rial development there which has in some

way worked upon either the milk or-

cream, and made the milk “whey off,"

as it is called. \Vhen milk is made into

cheese and the rennet is added, the milk

whcys off and the curd settles to the

bottom and the water comes to the top.

Now my belief is, from Mr. McGuire's

statement, that there is some bacteria

present which causes an abnormal con-

dition in the milk and I would advise him

to disinfect all of his dairy utensils, to

thoroly clean and disinfect the udder and

tents of his cow. to scc if. in case it is

so, he cannot get rid of the bacteria

which is causing the trouble. I can see





I no other cause for the condition he states.





 





DAIRY CATTLE AWA—RDS AT STATE

FAIR.





Jerseys.



T. F. Marst‘on, Bay City, Mich.:—Bull,

3 years or over, lst and 2nd; 2 years. 1st,

1 year, lst and 2nd: senior bull calf, lst.

and 3rd; junior hull calf, 2nd; cow, 1’.

years or over, 2nd and 3rd; heifer. ‘1

years, lst; 1 year, 2de and 3rd; senior

heifer calf, lst and 3rd: junior hcifcr

calf, 2nd; exhibitor’s herd, lst; breed-

er‘s herd, lst; calf hcrd, lst; four get oi

sire, lst; two produce of cow, 2nd;

all champions.



H. B. Wattles. Troy, Mich.:—~Bull, 2

years, 2nd; 1 year, 4th and 5th“, senior

bull calf, 2nd and 41h; junior bull

4th; cow, 3 years or over, «ith and 5th;

heifer, 2 years. 53nd and 3rd; 1 your, lst:

senior heifer calf. 2nd; juinor heifer calf,

lst; cxhibitor’s herd, 2nd; four get of

sire, 2nd; two produce of cow, lst.



Fishcrton Farms, Pontiac. 1\'lich.:—-Bull,

1 your. 3rd; junior bull calf, 1st and 3rd:





cow, 3 years or ovcr, lst: senior heifer

calf, 4th; junior heifer calf, 3rd.

Ayrshires.





Michigan Sch-001 for Deaf, Flint, Mich:

Hliull, 3 years or over, lst; 1 ycar, lst;

senior hull calf, 13nd and 3rd; junior bull

calf, 2nd and 3rd; cow, 3 years or over,

2nd and 11rd; heifer. 3 years, 2nd; 1 your

1st and 2nd; senior heifer calf, lst and

2nd; junior heifer cult. 1st 2nd; ex-

hibitor’s hcrd, lst: lu‘ceder’s lst;

calf herd, 1st; four get of sire, two

produce of cow, lst.



.l. P, Blackmorc, Vassar, Mich.: Bull,

2 years. lst; s<'nior bull calf, lst; junior

bull calf, lst and 4th; cow, 1! years or

over. 3rd; hcift'r, 2 years, lst and 3rd;

1 your, 3rd; scnior hcifcr calf, 2rd; junior

lu-ifi-r calf, 3rd; t-xhihitor‘s ht-l‘d, 2nd;

lmwdcr’s herd. 2nd; four not of sil‘c,

Ind; two produce of cow, 2nd.



Holstein-Friesians.



F, E. Earn-r & Son, llowcll, l\lich.:»-

31111, 3 years or ow-r, lst; 1 your. 2nd and

nth; junior bull calf, 2nd and .‘lrd; cow,

4 years old or over. lst; hoii‘i-r. 1;

41h: 2 years, 2nd and 5111; 1 your, ,

senior heifer calf. JSt; junior heifer calf,

lst and 55rd; exhibitors herd. lst; brct-d—

“l"S llQl‘d. 2nd; calf llt'l‘tl, 21M; four got

of sire, 3rd; two producc of cow, .‘lrd;

senior chainpinn bull: grand champion

hull: senior champion l't‘llllllt‘; grand

champion fvmiilc.



lioyvr & lumscy,

Bull, 3 years or m't-i',

senior hull calf, ith‘, cow. '1 )‘I'ul‘s old,

Sill; heifer, Ii yours. Bill: 1 ymil‘, 5th;

senior lu-ifpr calf, Ifii‘d; junior lit-lf(,‘l' calf,





and

herd.

lst;





 





Mich. :—

4\'t 211'. ill];





T’lllFlill'tl,

L’iitl; 1





5th; exhibitor“: hvrd, «11h; iii-omicr’s herd,

fifth; calf hcrd, 51h; four get of sire, 5th;

two product: ()1' row, 3th,



.1. l’. lzlm-kuorw, Vassar, Mich.:—Bull,





3 years or our, 51rd; senior hull calf, lst;

junior hull calf. lst; t-iw, xi years old.

4th; heifer, 3 yours, 3rd; 2 years, 3rd; 1

your, 4th; jun'or lit‘ll'l‘ calf, 4111; ex—

hibitor‘s herd, 11rd: lll‘Ct‘(l(’l"S herd, 3rd;

calf herd, 3rd; four get of sire, Alth; two

produce of cow, 4th.



Pierson Stock Farm, Hadley. Mich;—

Bull, 2 years, 1st; 1 year, 1st; scnior hull

calf, 3rd and 4th; Cow, 4 yours, 2nd;

heifer, 3 years, lst; 2 years, 4th; 1 year,





lSt and 3rd; senior heifer calf, 2nd and

4th; junior heifer calf. 2nd; exhibitor's

hcrd, 2nd; lirecdcr’s lit'l‘d, 1st; calf herd,|





lst; four get of sire. 2de: two producc4otl

cow, 2nd; junior champion bull; JlllllOI‘,





champion female.



B. E. Hardy. Owosso,

year, 3rd; senior hull calf, 2nd;

years old, 3rd; heifer, 3 years,

years, 2nd; scnior heifer calf, 5th; breed-

er’s herd, 4th; calf herd, 4th; four get of

sire, lst; two produce of cow, lst.



Guernseys, 4



E. & J. T. Miller, Birmingham, Mich.,

was the only exhibitor in this class and

received first awards in each number,





cow, 4





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O r Motto—“The Farmer‘ is of more

consequence-7' than the farm, and should be

first improved. ”





TH E SEPTEM BER PROGRAM-8.





Suggestions for Second Meeting.—-Pomona

Day Program.



(Prepared by Miss Nellie A. Mayo, Po—

mona of State Grange. The hall should

be decorated with autumn leaves and

fruit, while Pomona’s station should be

made particularly attractive for the oc-

casion).



Roll call, each one giving helpful sug-

gestion in regard to fruit culture or pre—

serving of fruit; the ladies on canning,

etc.



“Spraying fruit,

all t1uits.’



“The best way to make a strawberry

bed.



“Growing small fruit for market”



“Up- to- date methods of marketing

fruit. "



“Fruit growing for women.’



“The growing of currants; why do not

farmers grow more of them?’



“Fruit for the general farmer.’



”Fruit and its place on the menu for

the farmer’s table.”





the best method for





“Fruit as a. means of health and

beauty.”

“Improved methods in canning and

pickling.”





”Apples as a money crop in Michigan."

“How best to sell and market the apple

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QUESTIONS FROM A NEW POMONA

LE‘CTURER. '





The lecturer of one of our new Pomona

Granges asks:



,1. When and where will the next

County Grange be held? Is it always at

the county seat?



The dates of holding regular meetings

of a Pomona Grange are fixed by the by-

laws which the Grange adoptsupon its

organization. Most Pomonas meet once in

three months; some once in two months

and a few oftener. Special meetings may

be called by the master and executive

committee. It is the duty of the secre~

tary to give sufficient notice of any meet-

ing to all the secretaries of the subor-

dinate Granges in the county. Since the

mission of at Pomona Glange is to build

up the subordinates, it looks to them, for

the most part, for places in which to

hold its meetings. In some cases, the

Pomona, or a “locating” committee com—

missioned to act for the Pomona arranges

the places of meeting for the year, after

consulting with the subordinate Granges.

I11 other counties, invitations from Subor-

dinates to Pomona Granges are extended

and accepted or declined, as conditions

seem to make advisable, at each meeting.

The former method of locating the meet-

ings for a term in advance is greatly to

be desired by every lecturer Who is am-

bitious to do his or her best. The county

seat in most instances affords the most

desirable place for holding important

business meetings, such as elections and

installation of officers, etc.



2. I believe my duty will be to select

different subjects and assign so many

of each Grange to render the same. Am

I correct in this?



It is your duty as lecturer to formulate

the program, make assignment of parts,

and conduct the same at the Pomona

meeting. In doing this you will consult

with the master as to important plans

and general character of the topics. It

is wise, also, to submit special plans to

the Entire Grange and ask for an expres-

sion of preference in the matter. In fact,

this is your necessary course if expendi-

ture of money is involved to carry out

your plan.



3. “’ill the literary program be given

one hour, as in our subordinate Grange,

or longer? ’



The literary program, or “lecture hour,"

as we call it in the Grange, may occupy

as king a time as the Grange itself may

choose to devote to it. Ordinarily, how—

ever, about two to two and one—half hours

in the afternoon and one to one and one-

h-alf hours in the evening are given over

to the- direction of the lecturer. If there

is no evening meeting, and no initiation

in the afternoon, the afternoon pro-

gram often extends over more time than

this. JENNIE BUELL.





 





TWO MORE POMONAS IN UPPER

PENINSULA.





 





In addition to the two meetings re-

ported last week which resulted in the

organization of Pomona Granges in Luce

and Delta counties, similar meetings

were held in Menominee and Mackinac

counties, completing a series of four

which mean much to the farmers of this

new Grange territory. The third meet-





_ , ling of the serieg was held at Carney, Me-

. nominee 00., Aug. 28.





The meeting was

addressed by Deputy Wilde, State Secre-





‘tary Hutchins, Prof. Wojta of the Me-





nominee County Agricultural School, and

Hon. Michael Doyle, of Menominee.



This was a typical Grange meeting and

in actual work accomplished for the good

of the Order it was the equal of any.

The Granges in this county are older

and among the largestin the state En-

thusiasm is at high pitch and the mem—

bership rapidly increasing. All the

Granges in the county were represented

by large and wide- awake delegations.



Charity Pomona Grange, of Menominee

Co., will remain to commemorate the oc-

casion. It was organized with 82 charter

members and the following officers:

Master, Peter Garrigan; overseer, Even

Anderson; lecturer, Ralph .N. Seward;

steward, Theodore Dirkman; ass’t stew~

ard, Emil Seaman; lady ass’t steward

Mrs A Halverson; chaplain, Mark Pow-





ers; treasurer, T. Esterbrook; secre»

tary, Frederick Geadke; gate keeper,

Chas. Erickson; Ceres, Ruth Garrigan;

Pomona, Mrs. E. Anderson; Flora, Mrs.





C. Erickson. These were chosen in the

regular manner and are the permanent

officers for 1909 and 1910. The first regu—

lar meeting of this Grange will be held

at Stephenson, Friday and Saturday, Oct.



12and



The meetin in Mackinac county was

held at Enga ine, Aug. 30. This was not

as well attended as the other meetings,

a few of the Granges in the eastern part





 





State Deputy John F. Wilde.

This indefatigable organizer is rapidly





converting the Upper Peninsula into





strong Grange territory.





of the county not being represented. In

the afternoon the organization of Fidelity

Pomona Grange, of Mackinac county, was

completed with the following temporary

officers: Master, E. Ketcheson: overseer,

Edw. Parcels; lecturer, D, A_ McDonald;

steward, Patrick Collins: ass’t steward,

John McDonald; lady ass't steward, An-

geline Courville; chaplain, Minnie Wa'Ch-





ter; treasurer, Saul McAlpine; secretary,

Geo. Feneley, J12: gate keeper, Allen St.

Dennis; Ceres, Arbie Boucha; Pomona,





Delme Cardinal; Flora, Blanche McAlpine.



These meetings completed a red—letter

week in the history of agriculture in the

.Upper Peninsula. Hereafter the farmer

will hold a larger place in the active

forces that make for progress in the

region “above the Straits.” Convinced

that organization is a necessity for their

present and future welfare, the farmers

have taken hold of the work in the ad—

vancement of their local interests but

have united in the larger field of county

organization with an enthusiasm that

promises well for the future of the Grange

in~ this section of our state.



Incidentally, the result of the week’s

efforts have shown that the campaign

conducted by Deputy Wilde has been a

great success. His earnestness, his de-

votion to what he and they both believe

to be for their social and influential ad-

vancement,vhis perseverance and the en-

orgy which he has put into the work,

have won the people. Everywhere are

heard only words of praise for Bro.

Wilde.





 





Limestone Grange—Deputy John Wilde

organized a Grange at Limestone. Lime-

stone township, Alger Co.. Monday eve-

ning. Sept. 6, with the following officers:

Master, Chas. E. Johnson; overseer, Jacob

Hendrickson; lecturer, Britta Johnson;

steward, Alfred Swanson; ass’t steward,





Ed. Jackson»; lady ass’t steward, Ellen

Anderson; chaplain, Jonas Storm; treas-

urer, Swan Anderson; secretary, Louis





Mandocks: gate keeper, A. Storm; Ceres,

Mary Hendrickson; Pomona, Milda Jack-

son; Flora, Mrs. A. Jackson,



COMING EV—E—NTS.





 





Pomona Meetings.

Emmet Co., with Pickerel Lake Grange,

Friday. Sept. 24.

Menominee Co., at Stephenson, Friday

and. Saturday, Oct. 1 and 2.





Kent' 00., with Paris Grange, Wednes-

day, Oct, 27. Miss Ida Chittenden, state

speaker.



Grange Fa-lrs.

Fife Lake Grange, in,G. A. R. hall,





Friday and Saturday, Sept. 24 and 25.

Summit Grange. at Grange Hall, in





Summit City, Wednesday and Thursday,

Oct. 6 and 7. .





THE MICHIGAN FARMER.





EFARMFRS’ CLUBS





 





 





OFFICERS OF THE STATE ASSOCIA-

TION OF FARMERS CLUBS.

President—A. L. Chandler, Owosso.

Vice- President—Mrs. Clara L. French,



Pompeii.



Secretary—Mrs. W. L. Cheney, Mason.

Treasurer—D. K. Hanna. Caro.

Corresponding Secretary—Clayton Cook,

Owosso.



Directors—D. M. Beckwith, Howell, D.

M. Garner, Davisburg; T. B. HalladaK,





Norvell; E. C. Hallock, Almont; B.

Holden, Wixom; Wm. Marks, Fair

Haven.





Address all correspondence relative to

the organization of new Clubs to Mrs. W.

L. Cheney, Mason, Mich.





 





AssociatiOnal Motto.

The skillful hand, with cultured mind,

is the farmer's most valuable asset.





Associations! Sentiment.—

The farmer; he garners from the soil

the primal wealth of nations.





 





IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR CLUB





DISCUSSION.





With preparations already being made

for the coming annual meeting of the

State Association of Farmers’ Clubs. it.

is important that the local clubs thruout

the state take up for discussion such

questions as appear to them to be of state

wide importance, to the end that the

opinion of the members on any of these

questions may be well known to the pros-

pective delegates and properly formulat-

ed for presentation to the state organi-

zation at the appointed time for this de-

tail of the state meeting. Just what line

of discussion shall be followed as such

preliminary work will, of course, depend

upon the vie1vs of local club members

touching the relative importance of ques-

tions which might be properly brot before

the state meeting, since a single club

should not bring up too many topics for

discussion at that meeting. Indeed, it

would be better for all concerned if no

local club in the state presented more

than a single subject of state importance

for the consideration of the annual meet—

ing, since there will be many clubs repre-

sented and a large proportion of them

may have topics which they would like

to have discussed by the larger body,

and the elimination of all such topics by

the local clubs except those which they

consider of first importance will lessen

the work which must be done by the

committee of thc state organization and

reduce the time which must be consumed

by such dIScLIssions on the floor, and at

the same time such topics as are pre—

sented will receive more thoro and ser—

ious consideration at the hands of the

delegates present.





 





Another item of preparation which

should be made for the annual meeting

by every local club at an early meeting

is to determine what t‘caturcs of thcir

organized work are worthy of particular

mention at the session of thc State As-

sociation devoted to the conference of

local club workers. Probably there is no

one feature of the Associational meeting

which is more universally apprcciatcd

and enjoyed by the delegates who attend

the state meeting or by the local clubs

to which thcir rcports are made at latcr

meetings, than this conference of local

club workers. Here the diffcrcnt methods

of conducting the local clubs in the state

are. brot to the attcntlon of all the clubs

by the delegates present, and the special

features which they have found to be

useful in maintaining an interest in the

club work are given prominence. These

special features should always receive

particular emphasis at the hands of the

delegates who participate in this confer-

cucc_ to the end that the club delegates

present may gain a good idca of the fea-

ture work which is bclng successfully

conducted in other clubs to carry home

for the benefit of the clubs which they

represent.



There are other things which may just

as profitably be discussed by the local

clubs to the end that they may get the

full benefit which it is possible to derive

from representation at the Associational

meeting. But the most important of all

is that they decide early to be repre~

sented at that meeting. It is none too

early to determine that point, and it

should be brot up at the very first oppor—

tunity and settled by determining to send

one or more delegates. No club in the

state can afford to neglect this oppor-

tunity. It will help them locally and help

the movement in the state, which makes

it an obligation which they are in duty

bound to discharge.





 

 

 





231

THE FARMER’S INSECT ENEMIES

AND FRIENDS.





(23)





 





Synopsis of paper read by John Bower

at the Odessa Farmers’ Club, as reported

by the cox-:respondent





The Hessian Fly causes a loss of from

50 per cent to a total failure of the wheat

crop in some localities. The smallest

annual damage as estimated by the de—

partment of agriculture is about 10 per

cent,of the crop in the United States,

making an annual loss of over 40 millions

of bushels. The wheat midge wonks in

the wheat head while in the milk; dry

weather is unfavorable to it. The wheat

plant louse, the wheat joint worm and

straw worm are not so destructive as

some of the others but they bring their

share of annoyance. The wheat bulb

worm is a relative of the Hessian Fly.

The army worm is a local enemy caused

by- wet weather in May or June which

prevents their enemies reaching maturity.



In the orchard the apple aphis is the

more destructive. The apple maggot is

very destructive and has been reported

in our country since 1885. The canker

worm infests the orchard and the forest

on the elm, cherry, etc. In cultivated

orchards they are seldom found. The

coddllng moth is, excepting the San Jose

scale the worst enemy of the orchard,

and attacks summer, fall, and winter

fruit. Thousands of dollars are lost an-

nually to the farmers because of this

moth, which a little work might save.

The bean maggot is also doing damage

among beans.





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





How to Make Farm Life Attractive.—

The Riverside li‘armcrs’ Club met at the

pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. Shcffler.

Friday aftcrnoon. Sept. 3. It being in

threshing season some, were late in arriv-

ing. Mccting was called to ordcr at 2:30

p. m. In the abscncc of both president

and vice—prcsidcnt, Mr_ Sutterby, of

Owosso, acted as president. The meeting

was opened by singing song No. 16 from

our small songster. Then our chaplain,

Mrs. Matthews, took charge of the de-

votional exercises. The secretary’s re-

port was read and accepted. Roll call





 





found a number of families absent. Our

general routine of business was then

dispensed w1th. The names of Mr. and





Mrs. L‘. H. Barrett were voted upon and

accepted to fill first vacancy. This was

follOWed by song No. (3 by the. club. The

first topic was “How to make farm life

attractive,” by Mrs. A. G, Matthews.

She said a farmer could have as attrac-

tive a home as his city friends if he only

would take the pains with his lawn and

keep his fences up, and also good stock

helps to make a house attractive. Also

harmony in :1 home is an attraction and

it was possible if people would only cul~

tlvutc their ways and habits.



Alfalfa for Michigan.——“c‘ould we make

a success of :11f:.11fa‘."‘ Mr. Kentficld

thinks we can. He has had good success

raising and halvesting a few acrcs he put

in Ior a til-11.110 thinks thc mason a

gieat many fail to get a good catch is

that they smother it out by cutting the

green clover the first ycar and letting it

lay on the ground and by so doing

smother out the young plant and then the

hard wintcr does thc rest. lle thinks

once started it is the hardiest clover in

this country.



October Topics—This complcting our

program we were giVIn our topics for

the October meeting. which will be held

with Mr. and Mrs (Eco. lichtticld to an

all day meeting. “IS 111 Amtricun Cit-

izenship a right or a 1)IiVi11-:.,0'.’”R0V.

Young. “l'liliziug Ihc DIHtIlltls‘ of the

farm," Mr. 1?. (Vise. “The college bred

woman as \vil‘c and mothcr. Has she an





advantagc UVt'l' thc lcss educated wo-

man?" Mrs. Slu-lllcr. “llouse and

llomc," Mrs. Black.





The Farmer’s Enemies and Friends.—

The Odcssa Farmcr's (‘lub met at the

home of Mr. and Mrs. \V. L. Heard, Sal-

urday afternoon, Scpt. -l. The meeting

was callcd 1o ordcr by President Curtis.





The young people sang two selections

“September." and "Our Daily Brae d; ”

all juincd in singing “America.’ John

Bower ncxt z'cad his paper on “Our





Insect Enemics and Fricnds.” a synopsis

of which is publishcd in another column.

111 the discussion, lcd by .l, 1. Carter,

many good thots Wcrc cxprcsscd.



The Farmer Feeds them Allerrs. J.

L. Carter read a paper cntitled, “The

Farmer Feeds them All." Among the

good things contained in this paper were

lhcsc: “The first, last and most i11sist~

cnt dcmund of the human body is food.

Suppose the cook should close her kitchen

for one day: can you himgine the state

of mind of that housewifc‘.’ ()r, if all the

kitchcns should be closcd for a week, or

if the food supply of the world should be

cut off for one week? Our meats, with

the exception of fish and wild game, are

the products of agriculture. \Ve can see

a splendid example of farm productions

all around at present in our section of

the country. Our 36 per cent of the pop-

ulation of the United Statcs are employed

in agriculture and 75 per cent of all man-

ufatltuing interests of the United States

are dependent on farms for raw products.

In earlier days nothing was done to main-

tain fertility of the soil. Oklahoma shows

a diminution of fertility in 36 per cent

of its farm lands. We find in states

awakening to better methods, but a small

per cent of the lands have suffered this

loss. This paper was thoroly discussed

The question box brot out the usual

lively discussion. Meeting was adjourned

adn supper served to all bv the hostess

and her assistants. Next meeting to be

at the Fellows’ home in October.
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Send for Our NeW Catalogue.





Do Not Think of Buying a Gasoline Engine Without It.





 





 

 

 

 





THE OLDS ENGINE





la the most economical engine to run.





(1) the gasoline cost is very low because the

new Seager mixer automatically makes exactly the

right mixture of gas and air all the time.



(2) it is the simplest because it has no small

delicate parts to get out of adjustment.



(3) You are guaranteed against buying any

repairs for one year because we make the followmg

proposition:



We agree to replace, free of charge any part of an



Olds Engine that breaks or becomes worn, FROM



ANY CAUSE WHATSOEVER, within one year



from date of shipment, provided the replacement is



one you think should be heme b the manufacturer.



YOU ARE TO BE THE ONLY UDGE. There is to





be no argument, no delay in returning old parts and

getting new ones, you decide and l abide by your





decision.

This makes a big possible saving to you the first

year when 99 per cent. of your troubles would

naturally come. 1



(4) The Seager mixer has no moving parts—

once adjusted it is adjusted for a lifetime.



(5) The Olds Type A Engine has no gaso-

line pump. The piston sucks the gasoline into

the mixer automatically,



(6) The Olds water jacket is a separate casting.

In case of freezing this part alone can be replaced

at slight expense, instead of having to buy a whole

engine bed and cylinder.



(7) A guarantee is limited by the financial

- responsibility of the concern making it. Ask your

banker whether we are good for what we say.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





The things that should decide you in selecting the right engine are: what will it

cost to run the engine—(1 ) how much gasoline does it use; (2) how many parts are there

to get out of order; (3) what will the repairs cost; (4) will the mixer always work; (5) will

the gasoline pump get out of order; (6) if water is left in the engine and it freezes, What will

have to be replaced; (7) if it is guaranteed, what is the guarantee worth.-





There are cheaper engines made that are painted just as

prottily as ours, and their catalogues contain many tempting

claims, and make many attractive promises; but in spite of all

that has been claimed and promised about other gasoline en.

gincs selling at all kinds of prices, we have been making

steadily for 30 years an engine that has become the standard

of the world.





An engine that is as finely built as the Olds, that has Olds

quality of material and workmanship, backed by our kind

of a guarantee, or with a record of so many thousands of

satisfied customers, could not be successfully sold for any

less than our price.



The l'nitod States Government uses them in its military

pcsts, government work of spraying 'and irrigating,” because

the Olds Engines haVe stood the most severe tests they could

put them to.



Every farmer who requires an engine can afford an Olds‘

Engine. It does not pay to buy a cheap machine of any kind,

and the price you pay for an Olds is only a slight per cent

over what it costs us to build them right. We make‘so many

in a year we can afford to have our percentage Cf profit small.

You are really getting an engine of the very highest possible

quality at the right price. In fact you get all of your money’s

11 orth—one hundr1d (ents worth for eveiy dollar



0111 catalogue mailed you free tells 1ou just what you

should know about an engine. Write f01 it today before you

foigct it. '



Vi'rite me pc1sonullv telling me what you want the engine





to do, and you will get a pé1sonal letter from me that will ’





giVe you the facts you want. Tosave time you can write to

my nearest representative. - -





 





 





Every man has a hobby. Mine is

building engines that are so good the

user will want his neighbor to have

one. I insist 011 every Olds Engine

becoming an Olds salesman.



Anybody can paint a cheap engine

to look good; _I never built cheap

goods and never will. When I took

hold of this business my task was

easy because I did not have to start

a new concern. It had already gone

through over twenty years of success.

The Olds Engine was a magnificent

engine, but now it is 100 per cent

better than ever before—better ma-

terial; better mixer, no gasoline

pump; automobile quality cylinder;

jump spark ignition—five parts only,

all of which are stationary——instead

of thirty moving parts as in the old

style igniters; removable valves;

simplicity; three separate inspections;

economy and certainty of operation.



Everyone will be satisfied with an

31ds Engine—he cannot help it. I care.

more for having a pleased Ulds user

than I do to sell a large number of

engines. Every 1151-r of an Olds En—

gine must be. satisfied—I Will not have

any other kind of a customer.





I gua1'unt1 e every Olds Engine to be -





in perfect running 011ier when itvleav'es

the fa1tmy. I know the engine you

get is all right, and that the high Olds

standard is maintained. It is the best

you can bu1, whether you pay more

or less than the Olds price.



J. _.B SEAGER, Gen. Mgr.





OLDS GAS POWER COMPANY BRANCHES





J. B. SEAGER, Gen. Mgr,





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