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‘OL. CXLV. No. 6

Vholc Number 3874





DETROIT, MICH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1916





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The Importance of Farm Poultry





E boast of the great numbers of

live stock raised on the farms,

. their great value and import—

tnce in supplying the meats for the

iungry millions who perform the labor

.n our factories, build and operate our

wenues of traffic and travel, and car-

ry on our commercial enterprises, and

vet there is a branch of our live stock

.ndustries which the public economists

generally ignore when speaking of

)ur farm products, which exceeds in

value and general use, any one of the

other branches of our live stock. The

poultry of the country and products

)f the poultry, meat and eggs, repre-

;ent a value exceeding the value of

3111' great cereal crop, wheat.





In what this Country Leads.





We sometimes say that we have one-

fourth of all the horses in the world

1nd can show a greater variety of, and

3. better quality of horses, than any

other nation in the world. We say we

have about as many hogs in the Uni-

ted States as has all Europe, and that

we have more breeds which represent

a quality superior to anything produc-

ed anywhere else in the world. We

can teach the peeple of the old world

the art of making cheap pork and yet

the poultry industry leads the swine

industry in productive value during

the year.





It may be well to see if we can dis-

cover why poultry is in the lead in

value and general usefulness. Pou1~

try seems to be the natural accom-

plishment of humanity, both in the

country and in the villages and cities.

We find‘the turkeys, geese, ducks,

hens and pigeons on the farms. We

find the hens of various kinds and

breeds in the back yards of the resi-

dents in the village and city, for it is

considered cheaper to raise and keep

a few hens on the table wastes and a

little purchased grain feeds than to

pay the butcher the high prices asked

for poultry meats, and to take the

chances of getting stale eggs at the

grocery. Yet with all the plans to

avoid buying eggs and poultry, there

is an enormous traffic in poultry and

eggs. The sum of all that is paid to

the producers as the poultry and eggs

pass through the channels of trade is

enormous. This sum increased by the





products that do not go through the

channels of trade, has been estimated

to exceed a billion dollars a year.



There are three grand divisions of

territory of our great country which

are referred to in considering the

great industry as a whole. The first

division is the New England states,

New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey

and Maryland. The second embraces

all the Pacific slope. The third com-

prises all the Mississippi Valley and

covers Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois,

Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Nebraska,

Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky,

Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arkansas and

Texas.



It is in this third section that the

vast majority of the eggs of the coun-





 





ers. The losses to dealers and ship-

pers during the spring, summer and

fall seasons on account of bad or spoil-

ed eggs, is about 15 per cent of the

entire value. Could these losses be

prevented, better prices could be paid

to the producer, which would encour-

age him to adopt better methods in

management and increase the number

of eggs produced.

Poultry Demonstration Work.



Appreciating the necessity for bet-

ter methods of poultry management,

the federal Department of Agriculture

operated a poultry and egg demonstra-

tion car in the southwest last year.

They covered about 7,000 miles of





railroad and visitedllli’ different egg‘





shipping towns. Over 11,000, farmers





 





 





Well-bred Fowls, Well-kept, are Essential for Successful Poultry Raising.





try are produced. The methods fol-

lowed by the producers in any and all

of these divisions of country are faul-

ty and can be improved upon in many

ways. A better knowledge of the bus-

iness, both in producing and market,-

ing, is required in order to secure

largerprofits for the producers and

give better satisfaction to the consum-





 





and dealers attended the lectures at

the different places, and received in-

struction in the best known methods

of handling poultry and poultry pro-

ducts. The lectures covered the sub-

jects of producing, gathering and mar-

keting the eggs. Candling eggs to

prove their present. condition was dem-

onstrated. Packing and shipping eggs





in the proper manner was explained.

Charts were used to show the types of

hens of different breeds. Breeding,

feeding and caring for chicks for

growth and for market received atten-

tion. Good methods of handling the

laying flock were explained. Pictures

of different houses were shown and in-

struction on how to keep them in san-

itary condition given. In fact, it was a

traveling school where all interested

along the lines of railroads could get

a good deal of valuable information

for the time and trouble required to

attend the school. The car made whole

day stands at every station visited.

The doctrine of egg conservation was

handed out to all who would listen. It

is estimated by the departmem ex-

perts that in the state of Kansas alone

the loss from spoiled eggs alone ex-

(weds fifteen million dollars per year.

The teaching by the lecturers in this

demonstration car was based on the

fact that 30 per cent of the egg pro-

duct of the country is wasted. It is

nor so much a question of tools and

capital invested, as it is care and in-

telligent management.

Value of Educational Campaign.





Such an educational campaign would

be of great, benefit to all portions of

the country. The benefits derived

from such traveling schools would not,

only pay to keep one car going all the

year, but several years. The produc-

ers can properly ask for such a move-

ment, and the consumers who demand

more wholesome food at a living price,

can well ask for it. Let the poultry

producers lead and secure what they

deserve.



It is not difficult to see why the poul-

try and egg producers should receive

first attention. There are, one hun-

dred individuals who pretend to study

poultry in some phase or other to one

who studies any other kind of live

stock. There are twenty volumes writ:

ten on poultry to one on horses, cattle,

sheep and hogs. And farther, poultry

and eggs are used as food, and eggs

are so universally required in cooking

that, the great masses of people are in-

terested in having them brought to

their doors in the very best possible

condition. N. A. CLAPP.





(Poultry Dept. continued on page 180).





 





 





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CURRENT COMMENT.





Michigan bean grow-



ers are in a different



position with regard



to the bean crop

than any other crop grown upon Mich-

igan farms. Inasmuch as Michigan

growers produce approximately 75 per

cent of the total bean crop of the coun-

try, they collectively have a larger de-

gree of control of the future supply of

beans in American markets than that.

of any other

Michigan farms.



l'nder average conditions prevailing

during the past few years the bean

crop has been a very satisfactory cash

crop and has fitted nicely into the crop

rotation practiced upon many Michi-

gan farms. ln recent years fungous

diseases, notably anthracnose and bac-

terial blight. hutvc curtailed the pro-

duction to a. point which has made

badly infected crops unprofitable, al-

though the shortage of production last,

year has increased the price to a (le-

grce which partially compensates for

a near crop failure in some bean pro-

ducing scct ions.



In planning next season’s campaign

many farmers who have formerly

grown bcans will deliberate seriously

over the advisability of planting their

usual acreage, on account of the prev-

alcnce of these diseases and the poor

crop of last year. On the other hand,

the high priCc secured for beans this

ycai‘ will look attractive to the man

\\ ho had a fair crop, as well as to

many of his neighbors.



The problem of the eradication of

the serious bcan discases above men-

tioned has not yet been successfully

solved, although the scientists working

on same have expressed hope for its

solution in the not distant future. In

the meantime the experiment of send

ing Michigan beans to a higher and

drier climate for the production of

seed stock has worked out. successfully

in some cases, as shown by samples

exhibited by Prof. Coons at the recent

meeting of the Michigan l‘lxpcrimcnl

Association at East Lansing. Inas-

llllll'll as the prevalence of these dis-

cuscs in common with other fungous

plant diseases depends to a consider—

able extent at least, upon seasonal con-

ditions, there is every reason to be-

lieve that they will be less destructive

in future seasons than was the case

last year when the weather conditions

were more favorable to their rapid

spread than in any previous year with-

in the memory of Michigan bean grow-

ers, hence the advisability of farmers

who are equipped to grow this crop,

and who have their rotation planned

to that end, planting their normal

acreage next spring, securing as clean

seed as possible and giving the crop

the best of culture to afford it a max-

imum resistence to the encroachment

of fungous diseases.





Michigan’s Bean

Crop.





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





At the recent midwinter meeting of

the Michigan Bean Jobbers’ Associa-

tion, State Market Director McBride

advocated an increased production of

beans in Michigan, together with the

adoption of publicity plans which

would bring to the attention of more

peeple the superior value of beans as

human food, thus increasing domestic

consumption. While this expedient

would undoubtedly help‘ market condi-

tions in years of abnormal production

—as has been demonstrated in other

lines of production in which the pro-

ducers have marketed their product

through a central organization—quick

results could hardly be expected in

this direction, and a sudden great ex-

pansion of production would probably

result. in a considerable lowering of

values. ‘



The supply and demand have been

in about the proper ratio during the

past five years to make the average

price for the product a fairly remuner-

ative one to growers, who could scarce-

ly afford to give the crop even its

present. prominence in their scheme

of farming at a much lower figure. On

the other hand, there are factors af-

fecting the probable future supply

which would seem to warrant an in-

crease in Michigan production of beans

without grave danger of such a result.



At the recent meeting of the Michi-

gan Bean Jobbers’ Association, Mr.

Paul Strauss, of Budapest, Hungary,

spoke on “European Bean Growing and

Marketing,” advancing the idea that

the European war would greatly ex-

tend the European market: for beans.

His own country of Hungary produces

about five million bushels of beans an-

nually, about one million bushels of

which normally found their way to our

market. A considerable portion of the

balance of the crop was exported to





other European countries, domestic

consumption b e i n g comparatively

small, and the price usually low.





Due to the shortage of other provisions

beans have become more popular food,

and more beans are being eaten at ex

tremely high prices now prevailing

than formerly under cheap prices, and

Mr. Strauss predicted that in the fu-

ture a very large proportion, if not all,

of the Hungarian crop would be used

for domestic consumption.



Italy which was formerly a large

producer of beans now imports beans,

and France has also become an im-

porting country, the so-called French

beam: which sometimes reach our mar-

ket being in reality a Roumanian pro-

duct. Certainly during the war our

own market will not be invaded by for—

eign beans, and with the prospect that

Europe will not only take her own

crop, but possibly some of ours after

the war is over, there 'is unquestion-

ably room for a liberal increase in

Michigan production without serious

danger of reducing market values be-

low the point. of profitable production.



Thus, except for the hadicap of fun-

gous diseases against which the grow-

er can guard to some extent at least,

and which will doubtless be lcss trou-

blesomc in normal seasons than was

the case last year, the future outlook

for the Michigan bean crop would ap-

pear bright, particularly as Michigan

growers now have the nucleus of a

working organization which could be

brought into play to save the situation

should speculators undertake to force

values too low in good crop years.





HAPPEKITJES OF THE WEEK.





Foreign.



The European \K’ar.——Active war has

been confined to restricted distrIcts,

during the past week. An attempt to

break through the French lines in the

west by the Germans, activity in the

(‘aucasus region by the Russians and

fighting between the Turks and the

British along the Tigris, are the main

items of note. Constantinople reports

that Turkish troops captured 1,000

camels and, other property from the

British and have placed the invading

forces in a difficult position. In the

Caucasus region, conflicting reports

are at hand. The Turks declare that

recent Russian advances have been

halted, and in a few. instances their

lines have been thrown back, while

from Petrograd comes reports that the





Russians are pushing their campaign

with much zeal and that an expedition

is organized to push through and re-

lieve the British forces along the Tig-

ris. Innorthern France south of the

Somme river, the Germans captured

French trenches along a front of 3,500

meters and to a depth of 1,000 meters.

The latest news states that counter at-

tacks were repulsed. In the Cham-

pagne district artillery duels have been

lively but in the other sections bad

weather has restricted the fighting.

There are no changes in the Balkan

situation except. that the Allies are

strengthening their positions about

Greece. The Russian front is quiet.

A Zepplin atack on Paris Sunday night

resulted in the killing of 24 civilians

and the injuring of 27 others.



Five Norwegian steamers from Var-

ious American ports are being held up

by British military authorities at Kirk-

wall.



The women of Yucatan are appeal-

ing to that state for equal suffrage.

The governor has passed resolutions

to make suffrage universal and the

holding of office open to all citizens.



The next budget of Great Britain will

include taxes on theaters, music halls

and other places of amusement and

also on railway tickets and an import

duty on automobiles and pianos.





National.





Weather disturbances have been

mores or less general over the coun-

try. In the Ohio Valley heavy rain-

falls occurred late last week and early

this, doing considerable property dam-

age. In southern California the worst

storms in years have resulted in the

sweeping away of dams and flooding

large areas of inhabited territory.

Sixty people are reported to have. been

killed or drowned by the floods and it

has been necessary to land marines to

preserve order in the stricken district

about San Diego.



President Wilson is endeavoring to

make plain to the American public the

provisions of the administration’s pre-

paredness program in a series of ad-

dresses being given at. different points

in the central states.



A difference of opinion among alder-

men of Bay City resulted in the clos-

ing of all saloons and resorts over

Sunday.



Col. F. W. Swift, one-time postmas-

ter of Detroit, and a colonel of the

Seventeenth Michigan Infantry during

the Civil War, died in Detroit Sunday

at the age of 85.



Seventy members of the Ford peace





party arrived in New York Sunday

aboard the Holland~American liner

Rotterdam.





Wireless telephone communication

between warships for transmission of

orders in movements at sea has been

developed in the Atlantic fleet in the

manoeuvers off Guantanamo.



An aero club for the training of avi-

ators is to be organized at each of

eight different points in this country

for the training of men for military

purposes. It is proposed to locate one

of the clubs at Detroit.



The. members of the Michigan State

Bankers’ Association will meet Febru-

ary 20 at the Agricultural College in

connection with the state Round—up to

discuss rural credits with the farmers.



Reports on the production of radium

in this country show that the market

has been greatly restricted by reason

of the European war, and that much

less was produced last year than for-

merly. The United States have the

largest known deposits of any country

in the world.





 





FARMERS’ INSTITUTES.



Superintendent of Institutes Taft ad-

vises that, since the list of Farmers’

Institutes for the first two weeks in

February was issued, it has been found

necessary to make slight changes in

two or three counties as follows:



Macomb Co., Utica, Feb. 4; Armada,

Feb. 5.



\Yashtenaw Co., Saline, Feb. 10;

\K’illis, Feb. 11.



‘renesec (‘o.. Flint, Feb. 10-11.



Charlcvoix Co., Marion Center, Feb.

7; Maple Grove, Feb. 8; Pine Lake,





 





Feb. El; “(‘(‘1' Lake, Feb. 10; Clarion,

Feb. ll; Springvale, Feb. 12.



In \Yayne County One-day Institutes

will be held at Northville, Feb. 14;

(",anton, Feb. 15; Belleville, Feb. 16;





Martiusville, Feb. 17; New Boston,

Feb. 18; Flat Rock, Feb. 19; Eureka,

Feb. 21; Romulus, Feb. 22.



Monroe Co., Azalia, Feb. 14; May-

bee, Feb. 15; R'aisinville, Feb. 16; Sa-

maria, Feb. 17; Carleton, Feb. 21-22;

Milan, Feb. 25-26.



The County Institutes will be held

as follows:



Hillsdale Co., North Adams, Feb. 18-

19.



Washtenaw 00., Ann Arbor, Feb.

22-23. ‘



Lenawee 00., Adrian, Feb. 2324-25.



Monroe 00., Monroe, Feb. 23-24.



Wayne Co., Redford, Feb. 23-24.



Oakland Co., Pontiac, Feb. 24-25.



Livingston, Howell, Feb. 25-26.



Ionia Co., Ionia, Feb. 23-24. '



Montcalm Co., Stanton, Feb. 25-26.





 





 





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  “The Farm Wood Supply





duties are less urgent the prob-



lem of the farm wood supply is

of first consideration. In the fruit

belt where large commercial peach or-

chards are owned, old trees are con-

stantly removed and these make a fair

brand of fire wood if they can be work-

ed up cheaply. A buzz saw is the most

economical method of using up this

waste material and at the same time

large quantities of wood from the

prunings and accumulations of waste

lumber can be turned into stove wood

lengths. A buzz saw is not an expen-

sive investment and usually a farm

Will possess a gas engine for running





DURING the winter when other





more, fir, hemlock or short-leaved pine.

Third in value comes the cedar, pop-

lar, catalpa, cypress or white pine. A

cord of the best stove wood is said to

have a heating value equal to a ton

of good quality coal, while the second-

class wood is two-thirds as good as a

ton of coal and the third-class is only

one-half as good as coal.



Coal is an ideal fuel on the farm in

many ways. It holds the fire very

well, much better than wood, and it is

not so bulky for the fuel value that it

contains. However, it is expensive

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Hauling Four-foot Wood From the Farm Woodlot.





it. I have seen an old-fashioned steam

engine used very successfully in run-

ning the buzz saw. A gasoline engine

will doubtless prove more satisfactory

in most cases. It is surprising how

large a quantity of wood can be turn-

ed into fuel in a short time with the

use of farm power engines and a buzz

saw. In sections where there is not

enough wood to make such equipment

a profitable investment it can some-

times be purchased on a co-operative

basis, or one farmer can own the

equipment and make a fair profit by

renting it out or by performing the

work himself for the neighbors. The





' old buck-saw should never be used for





the farmer’s fuel in this section of the

country as long as the woodlot flour-

ishes and the neighbor owns a few

acres of uncleared land.

VVhile‘recently talking with a west-

ern man he said: “There are a few

near-millionaires in our town who ac-

casionally enjoy the luxury of a wood

fire in the grate on Sunday morning.

The remainder of the population can-

not afford to buy wood and there is

nothing that a man enjoys more when

returning from a woodless region than

a good sparkling fire in the grate.”

Possibly his statement was slightly ex-

aggerated and yet he came from a

state where wood is very scarce and





 





 





Buzzing Wood with Gas Engine on a Van Buren County Farm.





turning out stove wood when the work

can be turned over to the engine.



The wood from old apple orchards

makes an excellent fuel. Sometimes

it can be sold for the manufacture of

tool handles but where this is not pos-

sible apple wood makes about the hot-

test kind of a fire and it will burn for

a long time. Doubtless there are many

decayed and broken down apple or-

chards which might be used to advan-

tage in developing a good fuel pile in-

stead of standing unpruned and un-

sprayed as a harbor for insect pests

and fungous diseases. ,

. If wood is to be purchasedof neigh-

bors for the home fuel supply there

should be some understanding as to

the kind of wood furnished. The best

fuel wood comes from the hard maple,

oak, hickory, ash, elm, beech or birch.

Second will come the soft maple, syca-





his remark increased my pride in our





bountiful wood pile, which I received





on an exchange for a feu loads of

clover hay which I did not need. It is

true that the virtue of the open fire

built with wood can scarcely be exag—

gerated. The best of coal fires may

look very comfortable but they do not

radiate the cheer which comes from a

heap of crackling wood.



The farmer who has no wood on his

farm appreciates the value of good

fuel and if he has ever known the ter-

rors of the winter’s fuel bill in the city

he has an increased respect for the

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buy that wood, it is easy to see where

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tor in the system of farm manage-

ment. Furthermore, fuel is a necessity

whether the other crops fail or not

and the fuel crop in ,a well managed

farm woodlot does not seem to fail.

On farms where there is now a. flour-

ishing woodlot some study of the best

method of preserving the supply will

prove practical and profitable. This

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the Michigan Farmer and the facts he

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timating Timber in the VVoodlot,”

have set me thinking about my own

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our “near millionaires” will enjoy the

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FARM NOTES.





Land Plaster, Lime and Fertilizer.



I have been a. reader of the Michi-

gan Farmer for a number of years, and

read the articles on building up run-

down land with great interest, but I

never happened to see an article on

land plaster or gypsum (which I under—

stand is one and the same thing). Now

what I would like tO' find out is, which

would be the most practical to sow

with corn to get a good yield, land-

plaster, lime or fertilizer, and how

much? The land is a sandy loam in

not very good condition. I manured it

last spring and put it into beans. (But

they were a failure on account of the

weather conditions). I have fall plow-

ed it shallow (because. there is quack

grass on it which I want to kill out).

Now I want to manure again this win-

ter and plow it deep next spring and

put into corn.



Tuscola Co. J. C. K.



Land plaster or calcium sulphate

was formerly used quite extensively,

often producing markedly beneficial

results when applied to new seedings

of clover. Land plaster is not, how-

ever, a fertilizer in any sense of the

word, but under certain conditions it

may be a soil stimulant, tending to re-

leasemnd make available certain un-

available mineral plant foods already

in the soil notably potash. This ef~

feet is, however, produced only on new

soils which have an abundant store of

this mineral element of fertility held

in a form to be easily converted in this

manner. The process naturally leaves





them more impoverished in this natur-'





a1 store of plant food which is so con-

verted into an available form for the

use of plants by nature’s method un-

der cultivation.



In recent years scientists have point-

ed out another objection to the use of

gypsum for this purpose, which is that

if continuously applied in suflicient

quantities it tends to produce an acid

condition of the soil, since the lime

contained in the gypsum is used up

and the sulphuric acid which it con-

tains is left in the soil. After the land

plaster has been used for a time as a

soil amendment on new land it no

longer gives apparently beneficial re-

sults, for which reason its use is al-

most wholly abandoned on the older

soils of the state which, would prob.-

ably be in better condition at the pres-

ent time had gypsum never been ap-

plied.



Other forms of lime, as ground lime-

stone or calcium carbonate or quick-

lime, which reverts to carbonate in

the soil, are very frequently beneficial

on Michigan soils, particularly those

which have been cultivated for some

time, inasmuch as they correct an acid

condition of the soil and" restore a

proper balance of calcium for a. maxi-

mum s‘dcce‘ss of clovers and other le—

guniinous crops. For corn, however,





 





better results will be secured by the .





use of available plant foods in the form

of commercial fertilizer. Commercial

fertilizer will give better results on

land that is in good physical condition

and is well supplied with humus, but

when used in combination with stable

manure as proposed in this case, a

good degree of the same results will

be secured. It may be applied in the

hill in small quantities not exceeding

125 to 150 pounds per acre with good

results, although fertilizers containing

potash should not be used more liber-

ally than this in the hill, as the germi-

nation of the corn is likely to be in-

jured in dry seasons. For corn a

more liberal application of say 500

pounds per acre sown broadcast and

worked into the soil when the land is

being fitted for the crop will, in the

writer’s opinion, give more satisfac-

tory results, since the corn plant has

a. very extensive root system and will

thus be nourished to some extent

throughout the season, provided the

plant foods in the fertilizer are thor-

oughly distributed through and incor-

porated with the surface soil.

Clover for Seed Crop.





I have about 14 acres of land which

I would like to sow to oats and seed

to clover. It is good alsike ground. I

would like to know how mucn 1 should

sow per acre, if it is a paying crop to

cut for seed and what is average yield

per acre? Also, why does it benefit

mammoth clover to clip or pasture it

down in spring, as I understand it

should be clipped about the first of





June.



Van Buren Co. C. E. B.



Alsike clover yields about the same

quantity of seed as the red clovers un-

der similar conditions. Average yields

are difficult to estimate for the reason

that the yield varies greatly owing to

seasonal conditions. Two bushels per

acre can be considered as a satisfac-

tory yield, and is at least well up to

the average. Alsike is more adapted

to heavy and wet soils than the other

clovers and on such lands gives better

results. Mammoth clover where grown

for seed is clipped back early in June

as a means of lessening the damage

from the clover midge which attacks

the blossoms and prevents their filling

with seed. Alsike is sometimes pas-

iured earlier in the season for the

Siti'le reason, but never as late as

111112110111 clover. This brings the blos-

soming period at a season when the

nudge is less prevalent than at the

normal blossoming period.



Value of Ashes as a Fertilizer.



I would like to ask the fertilizing

value of wood ashes; especially in pot-

ash, and would it pay to draw them

four miles to put on muck land where

onions are to be planted? How should

they be applied?



Hillsdale Co. E. C. S.





Wood ashes is the best available

fertilizer to use on muck soils which

will be available the present season.

This is true owing to its content of

potash, a much needed mineral fertil-

izer on muck soils, yet a. very scarce

article since importations of potash

from Germany have been cut off by

the European war. Wood ashes are

not of as good an average quality as

formerly, when only the best hardwood

was burned. They, however, contain

from four to seven per cent of potash

and one and a half to two per cent of

phosphoric acid, besides about 25 to 30

per cent of lime. which will also prove

beneficial on muck soils. Leeched ash-

es contain much less potassium, and

are consequently of much less value.

(foal ashes have not sufficient value

from a. fertilizer standpoint to make

their application to the soil profitable.



It Will undoubtedly pay to draw ash-

es from the distance mentioned to ap-

ply to the muck soils for growing on-

ions. The ashes should be applied to

the surface and worked into the soil

after applying and When same is being

fitted for the crop.





 





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KEEPING THE YOUNG FOLKS ON

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A recent correspondent of the Mich~

igan Farmer calls attention to the ne-

cessity of adopting the modern im-

provements on the farm as rapidly as

possible if we are to keep the young

folks in the country. These, as the

writer names them, include centraliz-

ed schools, paved roads, electric lights,

etc., all of which are supposed to work

for the betterment of rural life in gen-

eral. I have no doubt but that some

of these things are desirable—perhaps

even necessary in certain cases, but

I cannot see how they have been ef-

fective in keeping young men on the

farm.



In our own community where cen-

tralized schools have been in exist-

ence for 20 years or more there is no

appreciable change in the social stat-

us. Farm help is as scarce as any-

where; the young people hike to the

city as fast as they can get jobs there,

leaving their parents to shift for them-

selves as best they can. And the re-

sult is that the farms are soon sold

or rented. The centralized school has

to some extent raised the standard of

education and has enabled a few young

persons to gain the positions they

seek, but so far as making farm life

more popular is concerned it has been

tried and found wanting. And I think

the same may be said of other innova-

tions that have been introduced on the

farm. Whatever comfort or advan-

tage there maybe the modern equip—

ment which is being installed in coun-

try homes it is not reflected in a small-

er exodus of young people from the

farm. This is not because they do not

appreciate such things, but simply be

cause the improvements lack the so-

cial element to be found in the cities.





If we are to make farm life accept-

able for the masses, there are two

things which need to be done: one is

to improve the social features of the

country and the other is to increase

the profits of farming. As to the for-

mer there seems to be no practical so-

lution at present, although with auto~

mobiles and paved roads the social

activity.has been enlarged, but still

there is unrest and discontent, for

when once the majority of country

people get a taste of city life they are

ready to pull up stakes and go thither.



It has been predicted by men of au-

thority and intelligence that sometime

the rural population would be grouped

together as it is today in some "parts of

Europe, where the farmers live in

small villages but have their business

outside in cultivating the land. Even

the American Indians adopted a sim-

ilar plan. The early settlers found

these copper colored natives- living

in Wigwam villages along some lake or

stream where they could hunt and

fish, dance and hold war councils or

indulge in any other social affair come

mon to their primitive life. This facfi

offers a suggestion which, if wiselg

considered, may be of great value in

solving the perplexing problems of the

present. o



In our opinion the social life of the

country was better 40 or 50 years ago

than it is now. Then the district

school and country church were great

factors in the community, largely due

to a great number of talented men

who were instrumental in their behalf.

The rural population was somewhat

greater than now. Debating and lit-

erary societies flourished. The people

were more simple in their tastes;

things that are now thought necessi-

ties were then considered as luxuries.

It did not require a spectacularly fun-

nished hall to give an entertainment,

nora fine equippage, or an expensive,

automobile for a young man to go

sparking. There were social affairs

galore and it mattered little whether

they were embellished by splendor or

shorn of every pretense of effect—they

were a decided success. All that was

needed was to get the folks together,

and good cheer and plain democracy

did the rest. H. E. WHITE.





 





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The biggest source of time-waste and

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ARE spots caused by missing

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Good seed, rich soil, and



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THE MICHIGAN FARMER





SOy Beans as





In speaking of the feeding value of

soy beans at the recent annual meet-

ing of the Michigan Experiment Asso-

ciation, Prof. J. D. Harper, of Purdue

University, Indiana, showed the grain

to be more valuable, pound for pound,

than corn, wheat bran, or cowpeas and

just a little less valuable than cotton-

seed meal. The digestible nutrients of

the forage show up better than any of

our other hays, including alfalfa. These





comparisons indicate the high stand-





ing of soy beans among those who

have fed it to live stock.



Where soy beans have not previous-

ly been grown and the micro-organ-

isms which produce nodules on the

roots of these plants are not present,

it is important to see that the soil is

inoculated with the particular germs

required. Careful work along his line

shows that areas which were properly

inoculated produced plants having a.

higher protein content than plants

grown on similar soils but lacking in-

oculation. In this connection it is im-

portant that the medium carrying the

bacteria be put on just before a rain

to be carried down and covered up by

the water, or else drilled into the land

so that the germs will not be destroy-

ed by the sun‘s rays.



In seeding, from a bushel to one and

one-quarter bushels of seed are usu-

ally sown. As with other grains, 3.

smaller amount of seed is needed when

drilled than when sown broadcast. The

practice is when drilling to stop up

alternate holes in the grain drill, thus

making the rows twice as wide as for

the cereals. If the crop is being grown

for seed, the practice is to place the

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As with other legumes, the use of

lime is to be recommended. It insures

a good catch, and usually adds several



ushcls to the yield of seed and in-

creases the quantity of forage grown.

Prof. Harper advised the use of ground





lime, the finer it is pulverized, the

Ibetter.



Different methods of harvesting are

in vogue. In some sections the been





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rows are harvested and cared for very

much the same as our regular bean

crop. Others use the mower and bunch-

er and care for the plant as we do the

clover crop. Still others make use of

the binder, rows are being set in open

shocks and either thresh out of field

or stack and thresh when convenient.

The bean huller may be used for sep<

arating the beans from the pod, or a

regular thresher with the speed of the

cylinder reduced, may be employed.

The yield of seed varies from nine to

thirty bushels to the acre in Indiana.



After the seed has been threshed the

straw makes a valuable forage for the

hogs, cattle and sheep. It perhaps has

about the same digestible nutrients

that bean pods have, the conditions

under which the plant is harvested

having much to do with the quality of

this straw for feeding purposes.



Accounts have been kept on the pro-

duction of soy bean seed and these

show an average cost of production of

$11.47 per acre. The seed produced

showed an average farm value. of $36.-

32. These figures do not take into

consideration the forage value of the

straw after the seeds have been re-

moved.



Tests have proven the value of soy

beans for turning hogs in when the

plant has attained its maturity. In

one experiment 823 pounds of pork

were produced from an acre of the

crop. Another farmer kept fifteen pigs

on one and one-quarter acres and se-

cured a gain of 534 pounds per acre. In





on fifteen acres 961 pounds of pork

were produced for each acre of the





crop, and the hogs made an average in-





crease of two pounds per day.

Dairymen have found soy beans an

excellent forage to mix with corn sil-





 





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FEB. 5.1916.





21 Farm ~ Crop

had soy beans mixed with his corn

filled his entire‘ silo with the mixed

forage, except about four feet in the

center which was occupied by clear

corn silage. When feeding he found

upon reaching the clear corn pro-

duct that the cows fell off consider-

ably in their milk flow, but regained

to their normal amount when getting

back to the mixed silage.





 





COST OF HUSKING AND SHRED-

DING CORN.





 





I noted in your issue of January

8, 1916, an inquiry regarding the cost

of shredding 40 acres of corn to be

hauled three-quartersof a mile to the

machine. I also took particular notice

of three of the conditions in your re-

ply: First, who bossed the job; sec-

ond, the capacity of the machine, and

third, the kind of men that run the

machine.



This reminds me of my own job in

the fall of 1914. The following were

my expenses per day: I had five





teams hauling corn from the field.





three-quarters of a mile. Two of these

teams were my own. I had one man

and team hired for $2.50 per day. My





teamsters were hired by the month;





three men got $20 per month and one

man $25 per month and their board.

My other men were all hired by the

day. I had three men in the field to

load, one man at the machine to help

the teamsters unload the corn, two

men to look after the corn and unload

same, pick off the husks and silk and

pick out seed corn. Those men ex-

changed work; one would look after

the corn at the husker while the other

was unloading the corn. I had one

man haul water and haul the corn

from the shredder to the crib, about

ten rods distant. This team was my

own. There was one engineer, one

man to help look after shredder and

oil machine, etc. The last man I speak

of was the,boss paymaster of all this

work—that was myself. Now let me

go back and figure up those men’s time

for three days: ‘ ’

Three men in field, 3 days@$l.50 $13.50





One man and team, 3 days@$2.50 7.50

Three men hauling corn, 3 days



@770 ........................ 6.93

One man hauling corn, 3 days



@$1 ......................... 3.00

One man hauling water, 3 days



@$1 ......................... 3.00

One man shoveling corn, 3 days



@3150 ...................... 4.50

One man picking out seed corn,



3 days@$1.50 ................ 4.50

One man assisting teamster at



machine, 3 days@$1.50 ....... 4.50

One man assistin’g feeder at ma-



chine, 3 days@$1.50 .......... 4.50

One engineer, 3 days@$2. . . 6.00





 





Total ........................ $57.93



But this does not answer the ques-

tion, for we have not figured up the

board and wood. Vi'ell, I will deduct

the engineer's wages of $6.00, the wa—

ter hauler, $3.00, and the assistant;

feeder at $4.50, this makes $13.50 we

will deduct from $57.. 3, leaving $44.43.

Plus $2.00 per hour for 30 hours, or

$60. This we have got to allow this

boss we have been speaking about for

the use of his machine, labor and 0th-

cr expenses. This figures up to $104.-

45, plus $33.40 for board and lodging

or $137.85.



I will say that my shredder is a ten-

roll self-feeder, Port Huron, and my

engine is a 12 h. p. Huber, the kind of

an engine for me where you can burn

old rails 01' boards, in fact, anything in

the way of trash and rubbish from a

foot long'to eight feet long. You can

see I did not bring in any bill for

wood; $137.85 would be my reply, Mr.

Editor, to your question for shredding

this 40 acres of corn. This is $3.45

per acre, or ten cents per shock 12

hills square, or seven cents per bushel.





It is also understood that in differ-





ent localities and states wages vary, .





but this is the average here in north-

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THE MICHIGAN FARMER

Strawberries—an





YOUNG man writes me that he

is thinking of setting an acre to

strawberries in the spring as a

means of helping out with a four-year

college course which he has just taken

up. His vacation begins May 25, and

he wants to know if the plants may be

set as late as that; and also what I

think of the plan.



Yes, the plants may be set as late

as the last of May, but, of course, not

with the same results as if set the last

of April or the first of May. More per-

fectly filled in rows of larger, stronger

plants will be secured by setting early,

which means increased yield and high-

er quality. It will not“ be possible in

a case like this to do all the work

one’s self and it might be best to hire

the fitting of the ground and setting

done. However, setting plants right

is very important, requiring painstak-

ing thoroughness; hence, if skilled,

competent help was not to be had, I

should prefer to do the work in per-

son later in the season, taking my

chances with results.



Fertilizing Necessary in Growing Prof-

itable Crop.



Assuming that. the ground is only

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FEB. 5.’ 1916.





Educational Aid





recting. The young man in question

has the advantage of being farm born

and reared, and so is not unacquaint-

ed with problems pertaining to the

proper working of the plan. Certain

it is, I know of no other crop that of-

fers so great returns from a given

area one that may be worked in so

advantageously to the purpose.

Emmet Co. N. M. Enunnrox.





BEFORE PLANTING THE OR-.

CHARD.





Undoubtedly there are many readers

of this paper who are planning to set

out an orchard as soon as the soil is

in condition to work, but have not giv-

en the matter of soil preparation a

great amount of thought. The amount

of care necessary to get the area in

the desired condition will, of course,

depend largely 011 the nature of the

soil itself as well as upon the crops

that have been grown previously but;

it is usually only in exceptional cases

that the young trees can be set out on

any piece of land without regard for

its previous treatment: and still get

the best growth the very first season.



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heavy application of fertilizer to make

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methods of culture will insure reason-

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The one undertaking a plan of this

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very important, but to get in touch

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of strawberries. To grow a highly

worth-while patch requires both knowl-

edgs and plenty of painstaking. This

is where interest and enthusiasm gets

in its work.



Increasing Productivity.



If this plan is to be made use of

throughout the. fourvyear period, it will

be advantageous to make provision to-

wards increasing the productivity of

the. plots to be used in consecutive set-

tings. This may be (lone by plowing

down soiling crops, such as vetch, or

peas. Commercial fertilizer may be

used with these crops both to increase

their growth and to add to the chemi-

cal elements of fertility.



As to just how practical this plan

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So much depends up-

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lntensive Methods in Strawberry Growing Insure Profit.





ual grain and hay crops have been

grown in rotation year after year, it is

seldom that the soil has been plowed

deep enough to justify the setting of

young trees without first planting a

hood crop or perhaps sowing to some

legume and subsequently plowing un-

der. If necessary, spend two or three

years in preparing for the orchard for

it will certainly pay, considering the

life of the trees. Should the fertility

not be too low a crop of potatoes is an

excellent one to precede the planting

of the orchard, for in the cultivation

that the crop demands the weeds are

being eliminated to a certain extent

and at. the same time the soil struc-

ture is being favorably modified.

Where the, supply of organic matter is

low a clover crop plowed under the

fall before planting will prove quite a

factor in enabling the trees to get a

good start.



It. is a more or less common belief

that an orchard will grow on the poor-

est hillside on the farm and yield well

even though other crops have failed

to return a profit on the same area.

It. is true that the trees will usually

grow but the question of whether it is

a good plan to follow brings in other

factors that need to be considered. No

more care is required and usually not

as much to bring the trees to bearing

age on good land than on the poor

clay hillsides and considering that

greater returns per acre are received

from fruit that is properly cared for-

than from other farm crops, would it.



(Continued on page 162).
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not b‘e-better to give the trees an equal

ior even better chance? However, if

ithey are to be placed on soil that is

inot as fertile as it should be, then by

Lall means manure it rather heavily be-

ifore planting, preferably with ordinary

fstable manure if obtainable, otherwise

‘with commercial fertilizers as a sup-

plement to a green manure crop.



It is not my aim to discourage the

planting of an orchard this spring, for

the present prices of good fruit seems

to insure a profit from the business at

least for several years to come, but

I do want to emphasize the necessity

of getting the soil in proper condition

to allow a good growth the first year.

A stunted tree can never catch up

with the one that started a vigorous

growth the first season regardless of

how much care is given it. While it

is possible to manure and cultivate af-

ter the orchard has been set and thus

partially overcome bad conditions such

a, method is certainly not to be recom-

imendcd unless the trees have already

been set. Select a well drained slope

somewhere near the house and then





an endeavor to make conditions as



nearly ideal as possible. Then order



the trees and begin the operations of



planting. F. E. ALLISON.



WELL-KNOWN FRUIT GROWER

DIES.





 





Wm. King Munson, 72 years old,

died January 22 at his home on Knapp

Avenue, just outside oi? Grand Rapids.

He leaves two daughters and a son, J.

Pomeroy, former president of the

Michigan State Horticultural Society.



Mr. Munson was born in Onondaga

County, New York. Ills experience in

the nurseries of that state, especially

in grape growing, was extended before

coming to Michigan in 1870 to take

charge of a nursery at Lowell in this

county. Since that time for many years

with his son he has owned and operat~

ed a fruit farm and large vineyard

near Grand Rapids. lie planted one

of the first connncrcial vineyards in

this part of the state in 1878 and has

been very successful. The King grape

originated at Vinccroit, the.Munson

ifarm. Mr. Munson was the first see-

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TROUBLE DEPARTMENT.





Mushroom Growing.





Please give me some advice about

mushroom growing, as for some time

I have been much interested in, and

;would like to start a bed for trial. As

jiI have to build a house for that pur-

pose I don’t dare to run the risk and

,expense Without knowing if they can

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Mushroom growing, like all agricul-

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knowledge and special markets to

make it a success. It is one of the

lines of which we hear of great profits

being made, but in actual experience

these profits often fail to materialize.



Mushrooms are best grown in a

shady place. If grown indoors such

places as barns, cellars, pits, green-

houses and regular mushroom houses

are the best. The usual practice in

making a mushroom bed is to start

preparing the manure in September.

This preparation consists of heaping

up fresh horse manure, Wetting it thor-

oughly and allowing it to heat. When

it begins to steam, the pile should be

turned over and thoroughly mixed and

then tramped down solid. When it

begins to heat again the turning and

trampiug should be repeated, and if

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trampled down until it consists of

about half the depth of the bed, after

which sufficient prepared manure

should be put on and firmly packed to

make the required depth. When the

heat of the bed has fallen to about 90

degrees, the spawn should be put in.

The temperature of the room in which

the bed is, should be kept at from 55

to 60 degrees. For best results, IOOSe

straw, hay or some old matting should

be placed over the beds to keep them

moist. If the atmosphere in the room

is dry, the floor and walls should be

sprinkled, and the bed should also be

sprinkled when it gets dry. '



Mushrooms can be marketed in al-

most any large city. In Chicago they

are quoted all the way from 15 to 40

cents per pound; the report is that the

market is rather dull and it is hard to

get~ rid of them. We doubt very much

whether you would find this business

profitable from a commercial stand-

point unless you can develop a special

market for your products.





GROWING MUSKMELONS.





Muskmelons should not be planted

in the open ground until the weather

is warm and the ground in favorable

condition, as the seed is liable to rot in

cold, wet earth. Plant in hills from

six to eight feet apart, according to

variety. Melons do best in a rather

light warm, sandy soil which should be

made very rich with well decayed ma-

nure, two or three spadesfull worked

into each hill being advisable.



A dozen or more seeds may be plant-

ed in each hill and all but three or

four of the plants removed when the

bugs have deserted them. As soon as

the plants have made a foot or more of

growth the ends of the shoots should

be pinched back to induce the forma-

tion of side shoots and the early set-

ting of fruit. Vines pinched back will

mature fruit from one to two weeks

earlier than when this precaution is

ncglected.



The ground about the vines should

be kept free from weeds and cultivat-

ed constantly until the vines begin to

run freely and in working among them

care must be taken that they are not

trampled upon. One ounce of seed will

plant sixty hills.



Such small varieties of melons as

Rocky Ford and the like, may be

grown on wire netting and in this way

occupy but a small amount of ground

and are far more easy to cultivate and

gather than melons growing on the

ground.



The principal enemy of the melon is

the squash bug which attacks the

plant in its early stage and may be

held in check by spraying the plants

with arsenate of lead. Better still,

would be a cover made from a circle

of wire window screen, slashed nearly

to the center on opposite sides and the

slits folded over each other to produce

a tent-shaped cover, these being plac-

ed over the hills and a little earth

banked about their base to hold them

in position. These may be flattened

out and stored away when no longer

needed and be serviceable for several

years. IDA D. BENNETT.





A MEETING FRUIT GROWERS

SHOULD ATTEND.





The mid-winter meeting of the Mich-

igan State Horticultural Society will

be held at Pontiac, February 15—16, in

conjunction with the Oakland County

Horticultural Society. The meeting

bids fair to be the best mid-winter

meeting ever held, as the program con-

tains speakers prominent in Michigan

horticulture, and subjects which are of

immediate interest to all fruit, grow-

ers. The Oakland County Society,

which was the host at the most suc-

cessful summer meeting the state so-

ciety ever held, is determined to have

this meeting touch the high mark in

mid-winter meetings and they are go-

ing to succeed. If you are at all in-

terested in fruit you will miss some-

thing worth while if you do not attend“

tend. Remember the place and the

time, Pontiac, February 15-16.
, H._.... W...





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THE MICHIGAN FARMER-





FEB. 5, 1916.





The Care of Young Lambs





WISH to give some of my experi-

ence in caring for young lambs

which may be of interest and ben-

efit to other farmers who have ewes

that will lamb within the next few

weeks. Some lambs are very weak

when born, perhaps not able to stand,

and must be helped to their first taste

of the food nature has provided for

them. To thiSvclass we must direct

eternal vigilance. If good feed and

good care have been generously sup-

plied the ewes during the period of

pregnancy little trouble will be experi-

enced during the lambing period.

Before lambing begins I make a.

numbcr of low hurdles about, four feet

long and two and a half feet high. I

make them light and strong. I fasten

to one end ordinary small door hooks

and to the other end screw eyes or

staples. Made in this way these can

be hooked end to end and made into

a square or, starting in the corner of

the sheep shed two of them hooked to-

gether and using the sides of the shed

for two sides will make a. small pen.

Two more fastened to these, using the

barn again for one side, make another

pen, and so on. These pens are almost

indispensable for properly caring for

ewes with weak lambs, ewes with dis-

owned lambs, clc. I make enough of

them so that one pen can be provided

for one ewe out of every eight or ten.

When a ewe is about to lamb I make

a square of four of these little hurdles

and set it over the ewe, leaving it

there until I see lhal, evcrylliing is all

right. The cwe is by hcrscll' with the.

lamb, they cannot lose each oihcr and

other molhci'ly inclined old cwcs can—

not bother. II also pi'cvcnts one of a

pair of twins wandcring away, which

often results in a disowncd lamb. The





ble. About the best plan is to wait,

until some ewe loses a lamb and then

give her the hated twin. She will ordi-

narily grow fond of it if they are shut

by themselves for a few days. After

they are. turned into the lot with the

other sheep they must be watched

closely, lest the ewe then desert the

lamb and the work of inducing her lo

own it must be done over.



Some have advocated training the

lamb to steal milk from other ewes

while they arc letting their own lambs

nurse. This can be easily done, but. I

have secn these lambs become very

bothersome. They became so bad, in

fact, that they worked nervous ewes

up to a point Where they refused to

own their own‘ lambs. In the case or

only one or two disowned lambs or on

phans, it is not a bad plan to I‘nisc

them on cow’s milk fed from a nipplc

bottle. I know it is a good deal or

trouble to thus raise them, bul il‘ lherw

are no ewes in the flock that can be

induced to take them it is certainly

better to go to the troublc of raising

them by hand than to lom‘ them.



Illinois. V‘x'. M. ll.\l:l)\'.



FEEDERS' PROBLEMS.



A Forage Crop to Sow with Oats.



What can I sow in my cats this

spring so as to have a pasture for my

cattle, horses and sheep, after my oats

are cut, and to have a crop of green

manure to turn under for corn in the

spring of 1917? I would like sonic-

lhing that does not bloul cattle and

sheep and that would be vuluublo ul-

1er pnsturing this full, as u green ma-

nure.



, St. Joseph CO. E. L).



\Ve know ol.’ no better forage crop

to sow with outs than dwzu'l’

rape sown at the rule of about,





Essex

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Members of a Branch County Co-operative Shippers' Association Delivering





 





use of these littlc hurdles sums a lot

of trouble and some lambs, loo.



If a lamb happens to get chilled I

lose no time in warming it. up. I covcr

it with warm blunkcls, not too heavy,

and put it by u lll'l‘. Pulling il, in

warm bran and cmrring well is also

a good method, or pullng it, in warm

water, but the water musl not, bc loo

hot. Tho ~newly born lamb cannot,

stand as much heat as ilic lo‘ughenod

hand of man. Al‘Icr warming the lamb

I am \‘cry careful about, exposing it

suddenly lo the cold air. I got, a low

feeds of its mother's milk inside it

and lhen l illll prony surc that: 1116

lamb is all right for the time being.



If a lamb comes very weak, almost

dead in fact, often it can be revived by

cleaning out the nostrils and mouth

and then gently blowing a lillle air

into its lungs. Then put it on the.

ground with its back up and gently put

its sides just back of the fore-quarters.

If the first treatment fails of the de—

sired results iry again.



Disowned lambs are difficult prob—

lenis and a good deal depends on the

judgment and patience of the flock-

master. Putting the ewe with her dis-

liked offspring into one. of the little

pens I have described and putting

them away from the other sheep for a

few days will often remedy the trou-





 





 





Live Stock to the Loading Station.





 





 





pounds per acre. Under favorable

weather conditions this will make, a

good growth after the cats are harvest-

ed, and will furnish an abundance of

paslurc, particularly for sheep and

hugs. Young (tulllc may also bo pus

lured on it. to advanlagc, but, it. is not,

:1 suitable pasture for milcll COWs, as

it, givcs the milk :1 strong taste.



Like any other succulent l'oragc, it

sometimes causes lunch or bloat, bc-

ing about, on a. Ilill‘ wiih clover in that.

\Yllli l'cas(')liul)lc care, how-

ever, iliorc is no need of trouble from

this sourcc. The wriicr has used rzipo

in ibis way and as :1 summer pasture

crop sown alone without any bad rm

sulis from bloat; for many years.



Sometimes lhe rape makes a sum-

cicnt growth so that it bothers a litllo

in the out bundles, making them a lil«

the more difficult to cure, but this is

lhe cxccplion miller llmn the rule.





l'cspccl.





 





The substantial profits owners of

hogs are now securing has been one of

the pleasant surprises of recent

months, following the threatened big

slump in values that caused so many

stockmen to hurry their pigs to mar-

ket prematurely. Hogs are now bring-

ing much higher prices than in most

former years at this season, and ev-

erything promises a countinuance of

high markets.
FEB. 5, 1916.





CO-OPERATIVE LIVE STOCK SHIP-

PERS’ ASSOCIATION.





For the beginner in co-operative

movements the live stock Shippers’ as-

sociation offers the easiest opportu-

nities of community service. Very lit-

tle capital is required, nor is there ex-

pensive building or machinery pur-

chases as is the case with more pre-

tentious organizations. Since the great

bulk of live stock is sold to the pack-

ers by the commission houses at the

yards, no highly trained experts are

required as is the case in some other

lines. The unit of a transaction is the

carload and many doubting individuals

are willing to give the plan a tryout

as non-members, with a small addition-

al charge, and later to become mem-

bers. There is less hazard of manage-

ment than in many other forms of or—

ganization for each week’s or carload

transaction is cleaned up and there is

little chance for mismanagement. It

is this condition that makes the live

stock shippers’ organization the form

of co-operatio‘n for beginners, to edu-

cate the community to work together

and develop managers, leading up to

the more complex problems that come

to every section for solution.



The purchase of live stock by buyers

in many places is upon a reasonable

basis of service, and honesty prevails.

Then the volume of business is cut

into by other buyers until all are work-

ing below the point of efficiency and

the cost of this surplusage of services

must be paid from the business. Co-

operation is rarely a protest against a

middleman, but rather against the

number of middlemen who intrude on

business and compel payment for ser-

vices not needed.



(Io-operation in many cases has

amounted to the selection of one man

to do the business and the dismissal of

the unnecessary ones. If the hired

man was doing his proper work and

at a satisfactory price, and several

more men established themselves to

do the work where only one was need—

ed, and could compel payment there-

for at the same rate established for

the one, the case would be a parallel

of many of the agencies of distribution

which now are compelling support

rather than rendering services.



There are approximately twenty live

stock shippers’ associations in Michi-

gan, mainly in the southern counties,

with one each in Tuscola and Genesee

counties. The united organization of

these bodies looks toward a systematic

marketing plan. The shipping methods

are very simple. The manager lists

the stock by telephone and knows

when to plan for additional shipping

days, when necessary. Hogs and lambs

are classified and weigher’s receipts

given. Cattle and sheep are individu-

ally marked, so that each shipper is

paid for his stock equitably. In case

of hogs being “stuffed” to secure more

weights, these are marked and sent

separately and paid for separately,

thus preventing impositions. The man-

'ager is the main spoke in the wheel,

is courteous and for his services in

weighing and doing the work receives

a small commission per hundred

pounds. He becomes the expert mar-

ket man and advises the farmers from

day to day the conditions of the live

stock market. It is the last word in

market advices to hear, in Mr. Shel-

don’s olfice at the creamery, Litchfield,

the manager of the shippers’ associa-

tion giving the market that has just

been received by wire, over the tele-

phone.



Under this plan the most remote

farmer can know the live stock mar-

ket, sell with intelligence and ship

economically. Knowledge is not knowl-

edge unless it can be known, nor is it

effective unless used. The (Io-opera—

tive Shipping Association informs its

members and enables intelligent and

economic marketing. This season ev-

erybody was conscious that a slump

in pork prices would come, but no one

knew the time. “The buyers began to

hedge on prices or stay out of the





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





 





9'





John Deere Spreader

The Spreader with the

Beater on the Axle





ONLY hip high to the top, but _ * ..

has big drive wheels. Wheels- 3543‘

out of the way when loading.





 





Jehn .eere.





Beater drive works on the prin-

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John Deere Two-Way Plow





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Auto fool: frame shift works with great exactness.

Slight foot pressure swings frame and moves work-

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Automatic horse lift—no work for operator. Each

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The Accurate “Natural Drop” Planter





CCURATE—becausc it has the “Natural-Selec-

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Kernels do not have to be tipped on edge to enter

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A full—variable drop planter. Plants two, three

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Drilling distances varied, and change from hilling

to drilling or back to hilling made just as easily.





All corn plates for this planter have 16 cells. There-

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8, 12 and 16 cell plates.



The gears are always in mesh and can be shifted at

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YRACUSE chilled shares fit perfectly—the extra





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WORMS!

_ ' Enemy

Worse even than hog cholera, because worms

attack all hogs, cause indigestion and reduce

their vitality and naturally make them suscep-

tible to cholera. Get rid of worms and you’ll





have thebest bunch of shoats and hogs you ever

raised and be almost certain to escape cholera.





DR. DAVID ROBERTS’ WORM POWDER is a sure

riddance of stomach, intestinal and lung worms

It. loosens and cleans the bowels and puts the

digestive organs in condition. Hogs eat. and

digest and grow better. The hogs get the benefit of what they eat

instead of the food going to sustain thousands of worms.





DR. ROBERTS’ HOG TONIC AND DISINFECTALL mean healthy hogs. Hog

Tonic tones and builds up the system. Disinfectall destroys most disease

germs. Experiment is more costly than neglect. Do the right thing at

the right time. Use this Roberts preparation and prevent hog losses.





Co to your druggisl, buy Dr. Roberts animal medicines and tonics. There' is 11 Roberts'

medicine for every common animal ailment. Over 3500 drug stores carry them. Take no





FED. 5, 1916.





market.. The co-operative associations

were on the job and had two weeks’

shipments ahead of the jolt that came

t othe hog market. In one instance of

comparison the co-operators were get-

ting 40 cents a hundred more for hogs

based on home weights.



Another benefit is the listing of live

stock for inter-sale with the co-opera-

tive manager, and when he is “on the

line” he asks, “can you use a fresh

cow?” 01' “Smith’s long on feed and

short on hogs. Have you any unfinish-

ed stuff you want to sell?”



In Shipments of feeder cattle or

lambs the association enables the

small feeder 01' the beginner to buy

and sell at the same .advantage the

carload man has, and this has been

the beginning of increased community

feeding operations. Poultry can be





 





 





other. If our dru ist hasn 12 Roberts' goods. write us direct. Give us his name. we will

see that ygu are prggnptly supplied. Look for and insist on getting the package that bears

D! Roberts' picture.



Over 500. 000 copies of his great book (184 pages). "Practical Home Veterinarian” are

already' in the hands of live—stock owners If you do not have a copy of the' 'Practicnl

Home Veterinarian.’ 'enclose 25c and copy will be sent postpaid. together with an 8-ounco

sample of STOKVIGOR, enough to feed a hog one month





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960 Wisconsin Ave.

Wankeshn, Wis.





 





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summer rush; that’s costly.



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floral prices locally

7:1 activities.

3 The initiative to organize shippers’





shipped in the same way and the gen-

respond to these





associations often comes from exist-

‘ing units of organization, lke the co-

operative creamery at Litchfield, the

Grange in West Calhoun county, the

Farmers’ Club in Tuscola county, and

the Cooperative Merchandising and

Supply organization at Tecumseh. The

live stock shippers’ organizations are,

in turn, beginning to be the nucleus

for other (lo-operative enterprises.





. There is at the present time perhaps





no form of cooperation so much need-

ed, nor is the opportunity for commu-

nity initiative as inviting in any other

field as in the organization of live stock

shippers’ associations.



Shiawassee Co. J. N. MCBRIDE.





LIVE STOCK NEWS.





The awful war now devastating a.

large part of Europe is the cause of a.

wholly unprecedented export move-

ment of army horses from the United

States to Great Britain, France, Italy

and other allied powers. Of late the

French government has been the prin5

cipal customer, paying in the Chicago

stock yards around $135 per head for

cavalry horses and around $165 for

the heavier class of cavalry horses

The French purchases often foot up

as many as 400 horses 11 day, and it is

estimated on good authority that more

than 2,000 horses on an average are

purchased daily in this country for

almy purposes. These armv horses

ale shipped bv the French government

from Jersev Citv and Portland, Maine,

and in all probabilitv this outlet will

continue on a liberal scale as long as

ithe war lasts The French gOVeru—

.‘nient has built at Crestline, 25 miles

‘1‘1'0111 Chicago, horse accommodations

.covering an 211911 of nearly a mile

isquare, and the horses bought on the

’Chicago market are foxwarded there

;until a trainload is accumulated, the

'pens sometimes holding 0191' " 500

horses. A‘rmy agents estimate that

there are in this country 7,000,000

horses that can be purchased 101' less

than $250 per head, and it is believed

that there are enough horses in the

United States to supply the European

army requirements for at least, five

years without bringing about any scar-

01 y.



The existing conditions governing

the sheep and lamb trade are altogeth—

er faVorable 1'01'ow111rs, who should

spare no pains or expense in making

Stheir flocks as prime as possible, qual-

ity commanding a libelal 11111111111111 in

the markets. Many former sheep 1131111-

ers who held back last. autumn, now

.see plainlv their mistake, and of late

tthoie has been a good demand in the

iMissouri ri' or markets [01 good feed-

ing lambs at a range of from $9 to

$19.25 per 100 lbs, While sales are 1'11-

ported of some lambs carrying a little

Itie-sh at $9.50 to $10.25. The sheep

industry in this country has retrograd-

ed terribly, and small as was the 111st,

crop 01' spring lambs, the next one will

be still smaller.



Several days ago an Illinois cattle-

.man had a shipment of four carloads

-Eof fancy black polled steers in the Chi-

[cago market that averaged 1, 353 lbs

and brought $9.7 The cattle had been

intended for the Christmas holiday

trade, but had been tied up in McDon-

ough county by the quarantine. At, an-

other time G. P. Cooper, of Marshall

county, Iowa, marketed in Chicago two

carioads of 1,390-lb. steers from his big

feed lots and obtained $9.15. This

makes a total of 340 head of cattle he

has marketed in six months, and he

has several carloads left Mr Cooper

is one of the most successful and larg-

est cattle feeders in the Hawkeye

stat-e.
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FEB. 5, 1916.





WINTERING HORSES”.





 





Generally speaking, there are on the

majority of farms three divisions of

horses—namely, those that will be

worked throughout the Winter, idle

horses and foals.



In regard to the first class there will

not be, much difficulty. Their feed will,

of course, be governed by the amount

of work that is required of them,‘ and

therefore will not differ materially

from other seasons. Grooming and

blanketing are important, not only be-

cause they improve the appearance,

but are no small factors in keeping

the horses in good condition and econ-

0mizing in feed. By blanketing in the

stable it is possible to have the ani-

mals comfortably warm without any

sacrifice of ventilation. The trouble

is that where horses are stabled in

the basement of a barn, as the major-

ity of our farm horses are, the stable

is too warm and close when the doors

and windows are closed, and when

any of these are left open it becomes

too cold. This is bound to cause dis—

comfort to the animals and endangers

their health. It will be seen, therefore,

that “comfort” and “ventilation” are

two inseparable points.



How to treat the idle horse, how-

ever, is a matter that is more open to

discussion. There is no need to sun-

ply fat and flesh nor stimulate muscu-

lar energy. All that is necessary is a

maintenance ration—that is, one con-

taining sufficient nutrients to rebuild

the tissues of the body broken down

by the every-day activities of the vital

organs. This can be done in most cas-

es with no grain whatever, by feeding





clean oat or wheat straw with a few .





pounds of roots in the form of turnips

or carrots daily, to keep the bowels in

good condition.

quantity of oats, say two quarts a day,

may be given him, if desired, as may

also a moderate allowance of clover

hay be occasionally substituted for the

straw.



As exercise is very essential to good

health, it is a splendid practice, after

the morning meal has been disposed

of, to allow freedom in a large yard or

field, where he may roam at will. Ev-

en on comparatively stormy days,

when rain is not falling, a few hours

in the open air will be profitable. When

this course is impossible the horse

should at least be provided with a

roomy box-stall, and in this case he

will voluntarily obtain enough exercise

to safeguard his health.





In respect to the winter care of

foals, it may be said that there is but

little danger of them being too well

cared for. The future of the mature

horse very largely depends“ upon the

well-doing of the foal during the first

winter. As to the feed, he should be

given all the nice, well-cured clover

hay and finely chopped oats he will

eat up clean, three times a. day. It is

a good plan, in feeding the chop to

scald it by putting it in a pail and

pouring boiling water over it, after

which cover it with a blanket and al-

low it to stand for a few hours or

over night before feeding. A mess of

this feed morning and evening will be

much relished and give good results.

As they enjoy a variety, I do not con-

sider it good policy to make a whole

and continuous ration of hay and oats.

A turnip or a carrot fed at the noon

meal will always be acceptable. In

addition to this, a feed of bran con-

taining a small quantity of linseed

should be given two or three times a

week. Exercise is, of course, necessary,

the barnyard or an adjoining paddock

again answering for this purpose. It

frequently happens that when such ex-

ercise is on straw, manure, or some

such soft, yielding material, his feet

require special attention. Under such

conditions the growth is greatly in ex-

cess of the wear. It is therefore ini—

portant that the feet be dressed to a

natural shape with a blacksmith’s foot

knife and rasp.





. Canada. J. H. MCKENNEY.





As a luxury a small .





THE ’MICHIGAN FARMER





 

 





When Detroit, the city





that produces more than three-fourths of the cars

manufactured in the United States, shows by

official figures for the entire year of 1915 MORE

Studebakers in use on Detroit streets than any

other car selling at more than $500





 





 

   

   

   

 





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is making cars.





’ "SERIES I7 FOUR

-.»,,-.40 horse power

“err? passenger





Four Cylinder Models

Touring Car, 7-passenger . . . S 845





Roadster. 3-passenger . . . . 825

Landau-Roadster, 3-pass. . . . 1145





other community.





Six Cylinder Models 0f the market.





Touring Car, 7-passenger - . .

Roadster, 3-passenger . . . . 1025

Landau-Roadster 3-pass. . . . . l 350





Coupe, 4-passenger . . . . . 1600

Sedan. 7-passenger . . . . . l675

Limousine. 7 - passenger . . . . 2 500





Value of the year.





Half-Ton Commercial Cars

Panel Delivery Car . . . . . . $875

Express Bo y ...... . . 850

Station and Baggage Wagon . . 875





South Bend, Ind.





One-Ton Commercial Trucks





Open Express. complete . .31200

Stake Body, complete . . . . 1250

Bus. 16-9385. full equipment . . 1400





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Think for a minute—think what that Studebaker

Leadership in Detroit means to YOU.

yours has a car, you’d take his.advice on buying a

car in a minute—figure in your own mind that he

ought to KNOW. Here’sa whole city that KNOWS

cars—and knows them better than any other city

on the face of the earth. For Detroit's BIG industry

And so many people in Detroit are

either directly engaged in the industry or else come

into daily touch with others who are, that knowledge

of cars is far more general and EXACT than in any





If a friend of





And so when Detroit makes Studebaker its own

Preference in cars—no man can overlook that

judgment, ,whether he’s running a farm in Illinois,

a ranch in Colorado or a fruit orchard in California.

For it means that in the judgment of the city that

knows cars BEST, Studebaker gives the top VALUE





See the Car that Detroit PREFERS. See this new

F ORTY Horse Power, SEVEN passenger, SERIES

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More than 214,000 Studebaker Cars now in use





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you‘ll have saved enough in feed bills

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Dried Salvage Grain from

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mlured. Price low—Ask for sample.



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farm—indoors and nut. linsilv mount.

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free trail. Write today for firm litmu-

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and hold impurities.





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Not Numbered





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0 SAN/WY





CRBQM SEPARA TOR





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milk between each set of discs, enable the

Sanitary Milwaukee to skim closer with





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We couldn’t afford to furnish this sworn certificate ifwe

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HE management of a herd of



pure-bred dairy cattle is great‘



ly simplified if one has an

abundance of pasturage and pure wa;

ter easily reached in summer, and prop-

erly lighted and well arranged sani-

tary barns, clean yards and sufficient

silo capacity to provide an abundant

supply of succulent food in winter. It

is astonishing how many farmers will

invest in registered dairy stock before

they have the barns and conveniences

necessary to make the undertaking a

success. With poorly lighted, badly

ventilated bank barns where the air is

hot, moist and impure, and yards re~

sembling hog wallows, one can not

hope to avoid abortion, tuberculosis,

foul feet, calf scours and other ail—

ments that dissipate profits and under-

mine the health and constitution of

the animals. Pure-bred dairy cattle

are the result of years of systematic

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Unicorn and she made 80 lbs. of milk on 18

Yours Truly, HENRY PON STEIN.





UNICORN DAIRY RATION





tests or every day dairying.

FOR FACTS AND maunns wmvrn,





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100 lbs. Milk Made With 34

Cents Worth of Feed





Zeeland, ”Eh" I am well pleased with Unicorn and lately made

a best with one Holstein cow that produced 80 pounds of milk on





I tested the same cow on straight

ounds of Unicorn.





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Raise your calves

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are entitled. But do not

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,taking care and unless one is prepared

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" ’he had better keep his money in the





bank or invest it in some less exact-

ing business.





The Care of the Sire.





In the management of the breeding

herd too much importance can not be

placed upon the care and feeding of

the bull. On many farms the bull is

so neglected that his care amounts to

cruelty. Usually he is kept in a dark,

foul—smelling stable, whereas the very

opposite ought to be true, as he must;

be kept in the barn a large part. of

the time, and for this reason particu~

larly, needs sunshine, light and clean-

liness. Nothing contributes more to

the bull’s health and ability to produce

vigorous calves than plenty of exer—

cise. If outdoor exercise is imprac-

tical a tread power for separating the

milk, pumping water and other odd

jobs will solve the problem. The best

powers have automatic governors that

may be adjusted .so as to control the

motion whether the power is being

utilized or not. In this way the bull‘s

virility will be conserved and his life

of usefulness lengthened. Fond him

enough to keep him strong and vigor-

ous all the time without loading him

up with an excess of inside fat. and

outside tallow. Blood, muscle and

bone are what is wanted in a brooding

bull. After his maturity is reached he

should be kept in about. the same

flesh condition throughout the year.

This letting down and building up pro-

cedure is always disastrous. Any rad—

ical changes or feeding too much sil—

age or cottonseed meal should be

avoided. An ideal ration for a breed-

ing bull consists of all the clover, or

mixed hay, he will eat with an appar-

ent relish, a few pounds of roots, and

from four to six pounds of bran and

ground oats. The bull should also

have all of the clean water he will

drink at least once a day.



The pregnant cow should always be

the object of special care. She only

drops a calf once a year on an aver-

age and the saving of a valuable calf

often means a large item, especially if

the cow is a heavy producer.





 





Care at Calving Time.



It requires clever management to

keep the cows bred up and to save the

calves. Vthn the cow that is due to

freshen has been on grass and forage

and fed naturally, little need be done,

the calves usually coming strong and

healthy. The calves dropped in the

pasture seldom get infected. 11” atten-

tion is given to see that the mother is

preperly milked for the first three or

four days the calf may safely be left

with the cow. It is surprising how lit-

tle the calves will live on during the

first three or four days, and how much

damage can be done, both to the calf

and the cow, by neglecting to properly

look after the condition of her udder

and permitting a feverish condition to

develop from stale milk. In winter

he care of the calf pens should receive





 





Care of Pure Bred Dairy cows





FEB. 5, 1916.





close attention. They should be kept

clean and aired everyday and the

floors disinfected with a. little slaked

lime. It is always worth more than it

costs in the field. Never neglect these

things until the calves get the scours,

coughing and running at the nose,

then rush to the veterinary for dope

and have a general barn cleaning and

a lot of unthrifty calves. It is always

prudent to keep, everything sanitary

about the calf barns.



The feeding of dry cows, especially

those that are going to be put to test

for official records, should be generous

in order that they may take on flesh.

Experienced feeders place great em-

phasis on the flesh condition of the

cow, claiming that it tends to increase

the percentage of butter-fat in the

yield of milk. The fact that many

cows lose flesh rapidly when they are

making large records goes to show

that body fat is converted into butter-

fat very rapidly during the testing pe-

riod. Old process linseed oil meal is

highly valued by many dairymcn who

have fed cows that have made wonder-

ful records. In the case of cows that

are not being prepared for official rec-

ords a ration made up of good silage,

clover, or mixed hay, and from two to

four pounds daily of bran and ground

oats should prove adequate. The ad—

dition of a pound daily of linseed oil

meal for a few days before freshening

can do no harm and tends to keep the

cow’s digestive system in good condi—

tion. If plenty of silage is being fed

there will be little danger of constipa-

tion as is so often the case when no

form of succulence is included in the

ration. After freshcning the cows

should be fed sparingly until she has

resumed her normal condition. Then

the ration may be increased gradually

until she is brought up to her maxi-

mum production at the end of four or

five weeks.



The Essentials of Calf Feeding.



Calf feeding requires painstaking

care and attention. It is important

that the calf receive the first milk,

colostrum, which exerts a laxative ef-

fect and purges the system of impuri-

ties. But after two or three days it is

desirable to get the calf accustomed

to eating out of the pail. Teaching

the calf to drink requires patience but

it is not difficult if the fingers are

placed in tho calf’s mouth and the

calf’s head held down so that the milk

will be drawn down in the mouth as

the calf sucks the fingers. Whole milk

should be fed, three times a day-for

the first three or four weeks. Then

the whole milk may be replaced grad-

ually by skim-milk and some kind of

grain substituted to take the place of

the carbohydrates removed in the

cream. Bran, oat meal and whole

corn fed dry in boxes in the calf pens

makes a good supplement to the skim-

milk. Always keep choice bits of hay

where the calves can nibble at it. But

a word of caution about. silage. Never

allow a young calf to get frozen or

musty silage. Many feeders feed a lit-

tle blood meal with the skim-milk and

find that it helps to keep the digestive

organs in good condition. One tea-

spoonful at one feeding is sufficient

for young calves; later the amount

may be increased as the calf begins to

gain in weight.



Calves should be kept inside for the

first few months. Fall and winter

calves that have been properly devel-

oped may safely be turned out to pas-

ture nights as soon as the grass be-

comes sufficiently hardened to prevent

digestive derangements, but they will

thrive better if kept inside of a dark-

ened stable and protected from the hot

sun and flies during the day. Spring

and summer calves should be kept in—

side for the first few months. Exer-

cise is essential to healthy develop-

ment, but too much exercise and ex.

posure causes a vast amount of suffer-

ing and loss of condition. Extremes

should be avoided. Calves that have
FEB. 5, 1916.





been allowed to rustle some and build

up vigorous constitutions and healthy

bodies will make better gains the next

winter than those that have become

accustomed to pampering and heavy

rations of grain feed. The same rule

applies to the feeding and manage-

ment of the heifers. Vigor and consti-

tution cannot be obtained if the heif-

ers are forced into early breeding. By

liberal feeding Of plenty of bulky and

organic food the heifers will develop

large capacity, and if not bred be—

fore they reach a fair maturity will

develop into strong, vigorous cows

and make better records than they

would if fed too much grain and bred

before reaching such a maturity.

Young bulls, too, when fed moderately

and allowed to run in the pasture and

develop traits of character and stam-

ina will show greater powers of pre-

potency than those raised under close

confinement.

The Time for Freshening.



On most dairy farms where pure-

bred cattle are kept it is desirable to

have the cows freshen at various

timesduring the year. This affords

a more even distribution of labor and

provides a regular income during the

year. In the pure-bred herd, where

the cows are maintained in good con-

dition at all times of the year, there

is no noticeable difference in the quan-

tity of milk produced by cows that

freshen in the fall or spring. The

work of handling the calves is simpli-

fied when several come at about the

same time, but when one has the facil-

ities for handling them at all seasons

Of the year it is a matter of less im-

portance than is the case when a

dairyman depends on hired hands to

help in the fields during the busy sea-

son of the year.



It is a mistake for a breeder of reg-

istered dairy cattle to lose sight of the

milk-producing end of the business.

Many farmers invest in registered ani-

mals thinking that the sale of surplus

stock will put the business on a mon.

ey-making basis, but they soon discov-

er their mistake. It requires years to

build up a choice herd of dairy cattle

and the sale of breeding animals is

sure to be slow until a few of the cows

in the herd have demonstrated an

ability to produce. Then, too, one

must retain the best of the females to

replace the Older cows in the herd.

Bull calves, from untested cows, do

not find ready buyers at remunerative

prices. The tendency on the part of

breeders to test out their heifers be-

fore offering them for sale means sev-

eral years of waiting for cash returns

from that Source so that the milk-pro-

ducing end of the business must be

depended upon to meet operating ex-

penses for the first few years. The

man who begins in a moderate way

and builds up a profitable milk-produc-

ing herd and depends on the cows to

finance his breeding operations is on

safer/”ground than the man who in-

vests his money in breeding cattle

thinking that the sale of his surplus

breeding stock is going to put his bus-

iness On a money-making foundation.

Some of the most successful breeders

of dairy cattle in the country feel that

they are making satisfactory progress

when the sales of breeding stock equal

the sale of milk and butter.



New York. W. MILTON KELLY.





DAIRY PROBLEMS.





Is a Pit Silo Practical?



Is it practicable to dig a pit silo?

My soil is a sandy loam with plenty of

drainage. Have a basement barn on

side of hill. How arrange ladder, bot-

tom drainage, and means for one man

to get ensilage out?



Mason Co. D. A. H.



I would say without any hesitation

that a pit silo is not practical. It will





cost nearly or quite as much as a silo





above ground. It will cost about the

same to fill, and it will cost a great

deal more to get the silage out when

you come to feed it. You can elevate





I the silage when filling by steam or gas-





oline power, but when it comes to





feeding it, it must be elevated by hu-

man power. Put the silo above the

ground. The silo was out of date

long years ago.



How to Test Milk.





Inform me how to test milk. Kind

of acid to use and how much.

Eaton CO. W. A. P.





This question can be answered only

briefly in this department. It is quite

a long process though not a very diffi-

lows: Take a sample of 17.6 c. c. of

milk with a pipet and put it in a milk-

test bottle. Then put in an equal

amount of sulphuric acid; mix thor-

oughly. Now place in a Babcock test-

ing machine and whirl for five min-

utes. Then add enough hot water to

bring the fat into the graduated neck

of the bottle, where it can be read.

With a little practice any careful per-

son can soon become quite expert in

testing.



Balancing a Ration with Buckwheat

Middlings.





Please balance a ration for my cows

out of the following feeds: Mixed

hay, bean pods, and corn fodder for

roughage. Buckwheat bran with mid-

dlings at $18 per ton; wheat bran $25;

oats $45; corn $75; oil meal or cotton-

seed $40 per ton.



Shiawassee Co. E. T. E.





Much depends on the quality of the

bean pods. If they are good and the

cows eat them readily, it will lessen

the amount of protein to be supplied

in the grain ration. But if they were

out in bad weather and got wet, or if

too ripe when pulled, you cannot get

much good out of them.





The mixed hay and corn fodder are

deficient in protein, and a grain food

must be used that contains protein to

balance.





Give the cows all the hay, corn fod-

der and bean pods they will eat, but

don’t compel them to eat poor stufi up

clean, as it doesn’t pay.





Buckwheat middlings are rich in

protein, containing 22 per cent, but

with the bran—hulls—it would not be

worth nearly as much. I would sug-

gest mixing wheat bran and this buck-

wheat by‘product equal parts and feed-

ing no other grain. If cottonseed meal

was not so high I would use a little

of that, say two pounds, and then add

a little corn meal, but cottonseed is

too high.





Cottonseed Meal Not Necessary.





‘What is the best balanced ration for

a mixed bunch of dairy cows, both

grain and roughage considered, for the

production of milk? I am selling my

milk to a cheese factory, and they do

not test the milk. What would produce

the most milk only. I have ten cows,

all fresh, but three which are coming

in soon. - I have a silo. I am feeding

ground oats and bran equally mixed,

and cottonseed meal, with clover hay

and silage. What proportions would

you feed these, and what other feeds

would there be to improve the ration,





if any?

Ingham Co. R. C. F.





If you feed the proper amount of‘





grain and all the clover hay the cows

will eat, I do not think it necessary

to feed any cottonseed meal at all, and

as the product is very high this year,

this will cheapen the ration.





Oats are fairly rich in protein and

so is bran, while clover hay is a bal-

anced ration in itself so far as food

nutrients are concerned.



I can simply suggest that you feed

all the ensilage and clover hay the

cows will eat, and then feed ground'

oats and bran as many pounds per

day to each cow as she produces

pounds of butter-fat in a week, or as

you do not test for butter-fat, feed one

pound of grain for every three and a

half pounds of milk produced.



COLON C. LILLIE.





_Fourteen cows at the California Sta-

tion, fed barley in addition to alfalfa

produced 16.2 per cent more milk and

13.2 per cent more milk fat than when

fed alfalfa hay alone, and they also

gained 12 pounds more per head in

body weight. The feeding of silage in

addition to alfalfa to cows was follow-

ed by a gain of 22 per cent in milk, 10.8

per cent in milk fat, and 12.3 per cent

in milk solids over a roughage feed

composed of alfalfa alone.





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MOre Efficient Than Subsoiling Attachments to Plow—Increases Crop Yields—





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





A New, Method of Subsoiling’ "





 





FEB. 5, 191-6.





Bull Wheel of Tractor Does the Work, without Attention, While yOu Plow.





a depth of four to five inches



year after year, you soon have

a “hard-pan.” This hard subsoil be-

comes more or less impervious to

moisture—-your land does not have

sufficient moisture storage capacity for

your crops.



Another thing—the roots of grain

when growing cannot penetrate this

“hardpan,” but creep along the top of

it. Then they have to depend for their

sustenance upon the moisture that is

retained in the four or five inches of

cultivated or top soil. When the grain

is heading out, the entire crop is act-

ing as a million pumps, working con-

tinually every minute of the day,

drawing moisture from the roots to

sustain and develop the head. Remem-

ber, also, that the sun is constantly at

work during the day, evaporating

moisture from this top soil. This

evaporation, combined with the ab-

sorption of the grain itself, soon ex-

hausts what little supply of moisture

can be retained in the top soil. The

result is: Unless it rains frequently

enough, your crop is retarded in

growth or ruined entirely.



How can you remedy this condition?

Ilow can you avoid this kind of dis-

aster? The only answer is—plow deep

s—plow 6 to 8 inches deep, at least,

and then cultivate the subsoil, besides,

to an additional depth of 3 to 5 inches.





WHEN you continue to plow to





This method will do at least two

things for the good of your crops.

First, it will permit, the grain roots





to grow straight down into the subsoil

and thus tap a much greater moisture

supply than can be retained in the top

soil alone.



Secondly, this method of cultivation

increases the moisture-holding capac-

iy of your land—makes the subsoil a

reservoir that holds the moisture just

where it, is most needede—around the

roots of the grain. This is ( demon—

strated fact, proven beyond question

by every agricultural colle. , and ex-

perimental station in the United

States. These institutions have ex-

perimented on this until they can now

determine, in bushels per acre, the

advantage of such cultivation over the

ordinary shallow plowing in every kind

of soil in the United States.



The increase of moisture supply by

subsoiling is as much as 50% or more.

The hazard of damage to the grain

from drouth is therefore reduced 50%

from what it is under the shallow

plowing. Think what this means in a

dry territory or in an unusually dry

season. It has been the experience

of many experiment stations and

ti.ousands of farmers that deep filling

has actually increased their crop

yields from 20% to 50%.





How the New Subsoiling Method Was

Discovered.



()ne of the first and most, note-

worthy features perfected in the Hull

Tractor was the single bull wheel

running in the furrow. l‘he designers

planned it this way for several good

and sufficient reasons. For one thing,

the bottom of the furrow furnishes

a perfect, track and a splendid footing

for the traction wheel. Then with the

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on the bull wheel to make the traction

posxtive and avoid loss of power

through slippage of the bull wheel.

Here it was, quite accidentally, that

they gave to American farmers a new

and more efficient subsoiling device.

They noted the subsoiling tendencies

of the cleats on the bull wheel run-

ning in the furrow in their preliminary

tests and demonstrations, but they did





How This Method Works.



Then the designers got busy and

perfected three sets of detachable

lugs that were even more effective in

subsoiling than the kind that were

used .on the first model of the Bull

Tractor. These new lugs are wedge-

shaped—each of the three sets are 31/5,

4% and 5 inches long respectively.

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It’s Not the Number of Plows You Pull

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plows more acres per day than

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plows, because it travels faster and keeps going.

“I have plowed 15 acres in 19 hours at an average cost. for oil and gasoline of

I have not had one moment’s trouble nor paid one cent for repairs.”

Theodore Sharp, Saginaw, hlich. _

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ferent ‘engths so as to fit the needs of

different conditions of soil, the longest

ones being used in very soft soil.

These “spade” lugs are placed in

either 2 or 3 rows on the bull wheel,

in sucha way as to affect the largest

amount of surface in the furrow. As

this bull Wheelrolls along the bottom

of the furrow under the load of the

plows, these “spade” lugs dig into the

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Experience of Mr. Hylden.



The following letter from Mr. O. A.

Hylden, of St. Anegar, 1a., is typical of

many received by the Bull Tractor Co.:



“The scheme of the bull wheel in

the furrow has permitted us to aban-

don the old type of subsoiling attach-

ments for plows, as it does better

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inches, giving me a foot or more in

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THINK you had better go over to

I the sugar camp, this afternoon,”



said Mr. Landon to his son How-

ard, one morning in early March. “The

season will-be soon coming 011, and we

ought to be getting ready.”



“‘I’ll go if you wish me to, sir,” re—

turned his sixteen-year-old son. I’m

just anxious for the kind of a run it

will give me. If I start right after

twelve I can be back by dark and still

spend a couple of hours doing a little

fixing up around the camp.”



“It will need it. We haven’t been

over the hill for a long time now. You

won’t be able to do much in the time

you have, but you can see what needs

to be done and later we can run over

in the sleigh.”





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A Battle Ina Sugar Camp





By EARL





“I shall take the rifle along,” said

Howard. “1 saw wolf tracks the other

day out near the edge of the clearing.

It would be a fine thing if I could get

a good wolf- skin yet this winter. ”



He did get a good wolf-skin, and this

story is to tell how he got it——a story

in which the pluck and stamina of a

settler's son is matched against the

hunger-edged cunning of wild prowlers

of the woods.



The Landons had lived scarcely a

year in the Cedar valley, so named

from the river that wound its way be-





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tween the wooded slopes in one of

Michigan’s up-state counties. The

spring before, Mr. Landon had bought

two tracts of land in that section. One

of these, an eighty acres, was partially

cleared, and on it were the house and

barns of the settler. It sloped back to

the wooded hills, a series of hogsbacks,

owned by a lumber company, and

worthless for farming or fruit grow-

ing. Beyond these hills and a good

three and a half miles from the Lan-

don house was the other forty. It was

covered by a heavy growth of hard-





wood, in which the sugar- maple pre-

dominated.



Here, in a convenient place a sugar

camp had been located by the former

owner, and the Landons, though com-

ing too late to profit to any extent the

first year, looked forward to a later

regular source of revenue. In the

meantime, a few traps Were stored

there, together with such other things

as one would expect. A rough lumber

road ran back from the eighty, across

the hills and down the Cedar toward

the forty.



Howard was delayed a little in get-

ting started on the afternoon of our

story. His course lay along the gen-

eral direction of this old road, but it,

at best, served only as a guide. He. did





 





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not follow all of its windings, but, cut-

ting across in many places, saved both

time and energy. The snow of early

spring lay heavy on all the hillsides,

and in the cross valleys was almost

untouched by the mounting sun.



He carried a rifle of modern make,

and had been careful to. fill his cart

ridge belt. He kept a sharp lookout

for game, and once or twice caught a

partridge “budding" in the. bare

branches of young trees. Fox tracks

crossed and recrossed the way and

now and then the heavy, claw-marked

foot-prints of a wolf. On the, side of

a hill he saw the mute evidence of a

bob-cat‘s surprise of a rabbit. But he

had trumped the woods too often in

vain search for these animals to ex-

pect to take, any of them off guard.





After a vigorous trump of an hour

and a half he came in sight of the

camp among the trees. .It was in a

sheltered place and near it, toward the

river, a tangled thicket of underbrush

extended away in almost impenetrable

cover. Tracks of wild animals in the

crusted snow, some of them months

old, were to be seen everywhere.





The camp was unpretentious and as

Howard drew hear he noted that its

two buildings seemed to sit lower on

the ground than formerly. In from

was a roofed-over space with 0.91111

sides and ends, fifteen feet long. The

arch and bed for the evaporator occu-

pied most 01" this protected space. How-

ard glanced up at, the roof. There the

evaporator swung just beneath the

graft (11‘s on strong wires where it 111111

been 19ft the, your before. ()111‘ corner

of the great pan, however, was sag-

1ging, and Howard spent a half hour in

.putting it back in position.



It was a little late, therefore, when

the boy turned his attention to the

‘other building, a substantial log struc-

ture, twenty feet long by fifteen wide,

l‘und With low drooping eaves. A wide

door, strongly padlocked, in front,'and

four small square windows on the dif-

ferent sides, were its only openings.



The windows had been boarded up

for the winter and the snow had drift-

ed in a considerable pile before the

door. But at one side of the drift How-

ard’s attention was drawn to a pile of

fresh dirt, and as he stepped forward

he saw 11ew~111111le trucks in the, snow,

land running under the sill of the door

was 11 burrow through which 11 large

dog might easily make his way.



Howard quickly swung a brass key

from his pocket and snapped open the

pad-lock on the door. He pried off the

hinge clasp with a piece of broken

board and pushed open the door.



In the half darkness beyond the lad

made out the dim forms of objects,

and for a moment he tried to remem-

ber the place as he had last seen it.

Gradually the rough table in the mid-

dle of the room took shape and then the

The stove, 100,

la patched up box, stood in place in the

lc'orner, on a brick platform raised a

ilittle above the hard packed dirt floor.

.All this was familiar, but a queer smell

lfilled the place and assailed the nose

Iof the young settler with an unpleas-

ant sensation.



Howard paused on the threshold

and listened, but there was no sound

from Within, and, reassured, he step-

ped to the side of the table. With

moment later, he

groped to the side of the room and

felt along the wall for the kerosene

lamp he knew to be there. He found

it as expected, and striking a match

attempted to light it. But either the

oil was all gone or the wick too dry

from disuse. It sputtered a moment

and went out.



There was another lamp on the oth-

er side of the room and he stepped

around to it. As he did so he laid his

rifle down upon one of the benches,

that his hands might be freer to act.



He was in the very act of lighting

the wick when something, a faint,





 





 





him to turn his head. His heart al-

most leaped out of his breast in his

surprise—for, standing between him





 





scratchy foot-fall, it seemed, caused.





FEB. 5‘, 1916.





and the doorway and ranged alongside

the bench on which his rifle lay, was

a gaunt timber wolf, his red tongue

licking his snarling jaws! And as he

looked, a half dozen others glided like

spectres into the room and ranged

themselves a. pace behind the louder of

the pack. I



There was no time to plan a way of

escape, none to put up a defense

against such numbers. He could not

reach his rifle. To attempt it would

be, folly.



The quick witted boy took in that.

phase of the situation, in an instant.

Without a moment’s hesitation he

threw the tin reflector in his hand

straight, into the mouth of the fore-

most wolf, and at the same time leap-

ed to the top of the table. He grasped

the overlays above and swung his body

up to a place of safety.





.He was not a second too soon. The

wolf lender sprang at him, and only

that the impact. of his weight over-

turned the table and tumbled it, to-

ward the. corner of the room, the hun‘

gry brute would have caught in his

snapping teeth, the leg of the boy. As

it was, he made a fang-gash that run

from the too to the heel of the lad’s

1111.1. 'y winter boot.



The whole pack, with sharp, angry

yelps, sprang again and again toward

11111 crouching figure above, and ceas-

ed only when convinced that he was

beyond their reach. Then, ranging

around inside the dimly lighted room

they cast hungry eyes at the. quarry

and filled the air with the animal

smell of their sweating bodies.



Safe for the moment, at least, How-

ard moved from one to another of the

overlays until he reached a half dozen

boards near one corner of the open

loft. Here he stretched out his aching

legs and rested, the while he consider-

ed a way out of his predicament. He

bitterly regretted that he had put his

gun out of reach: He had no other

weapon save a small knife and that

would be of no avail against such foes.



Nor did he find anything within

reach that could be of help. There

was a scantling or two on the over-

lays but they were too long to be of

service as he presently learned. He.

took one of them and from over the,

edge of his little platform poked fierce-

ly at one of the wolves. He succeeded

in merely rousing the whole bunch of

forest dogs and in setting them leap-

ing and snapping again.



Then he tried another ruse. Creep-

ing along until he reached the side of

the room directly over the wall lamp,

he reached quickly down and wrefiched

it from its place. He lighted it with

trembling hands and piecing out a

string from strips of his coat he made

a sort of basket into which he placed

the lighted lamp. This he lowered cau-

tiously toward one after another of

the wolves, hoping to drive them out of

the room. They sniffed at it and snarl-

ed, and at first retreated. But each

circled out of reach, and none of them

was sufficiently scared to bolt. Grow-

ing bold the leader charged the lamp

and only by his quickness did Howard

save it from being smashed.



Almost in despair the lad stretched

out on the narrow platform and wait-

ed. The lamp sputtered by his side

and sent its feeble rays into the dim

corners of the room below and lighted

up the loft. Tired of watching the

waiting wolves, that had apparently

entered upon a regular siege, he turn-

ed his gaze upward and let it run

along the rough rafters over his head.

But no way of escape could he see and

no new weapon of offense.



He was just turning to watch the

floor below, and deciding that the only

thing he could do would be to wait un—

til help should arrive, when an inspir-

ation came. He saw dangling from

stout nails at the farther end of the

room a dozen or more steel traps.

These he remembered to have used

the autumn before and on taking them

up bad stored them in the camp. To

each was attached a chain a yard long

with a ring at the end.
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“I think I could do it,” he thought.

“I’ll try anyhow.”



He did try, and after several jour-

neys to the farther end of the room,

he had all the traps beside him on the

boards.



He unsnapped the chains from each

and joined them end to end until he

had two longer chains, each. of a dozen

feet. One of them he fastened secure-

ly about the lamp, and left the other

free for other use, but leaving a ring

and staple at the end. Next he shov-

ed board after board along until he

had moved his platform to a place di-

rectly over where his rifle lay ten feet

below upon the floor.



His every move was followed by the

wolves. Nor did they cease to make

attempts to reach him. Once his foot

slipped and the length of his leg hung

down. Only by the greatest dexterity

did he save it from the gleaming teeth.



“All right, old fellows,” he gritted

after this close call. “Keep at it. It's

going to be my turn soon.”



He lowered the lamp carefully over

the edge of the platform and brought

it to a stop just out of the wolves

reach. It, cast a broad shadow. on the

floor and in the half darkness of this

shadow he slipped the dangling end of

the other chain downward toward his

gun, where it lay on its side in plain

view. His aim was to slip the ring

through the trigger-guard.



(“areiully he measured the distance,

and at last the metal ring struck

against the metal of the gun. Once,

twice, many times, he tried in vain to

slip the ring through the guard. At

last he succeeded, but when he tried





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ished showing her guests through



the dairy where herds of Aphids

or Ant Cows, were feeding on the

roots of the rosebushes that grew

above, changing the sap into milk, a

number of workers came rushing up,

all out of breath from running so fast.



“Oh, your Majesty, the marriage

flight has begun," cried one of the

heralds, making a low bow.



“The marriage flight ? What is that?”

demanded Billy Be By Bo Bum, catch-

ing the excitement of: the new arrivals.



“It is the annual faring forth of

the young Princesses and their mates

to found new cities of their own,” re-

plied the Queen. “Ever since the day





JUST as the Queen of the Ants fin-





' they were. born, the baby queens and





males have led a life of ease. From

morning until night. they have done

nothing but play and eat, and oh,

how they do eat. They have not even

had to forage for their food, as the

workers have tended and fed them.

But now the time has arrived when

they must shift for themselves. I am

glad their wedding day has arrived,

for there are so many of them that the

city has been dreadfully overcrowded

this last, month or two."



When the Queen saw the prepara-

tions being made for the departure of

her royal children, she became as ex~

cited as the most giddy young prin-

cess and would have joined the busy

throng if it had not been for her body-

guard. These constant attendants

formed a circle around her and start-

ed hustling her down a side passage

that led to her own apartments at the

very bottom of the city.



“Goodbye, Billy Be By Bo Bum,” she

called. “You see, my bodyguard is

afraid I will run away with my chil-

dren, so they are going to look me up

until the marriage flight is over. Don’t

forget to come and see me again when

all this excitement blows over,” and

she disappeared down the passage for

all the world like a prisoner being led

away to jail. She did not struggle or

try to escape, for leng experience had

taught her it was useless to dispute





 





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to raise the weapon the ring slipped

out and he had it all to do over again.

But with patience and pluck he tried

once more and this time the ring held. l

He pulled'softly—could he raise it? 1



Gradually he felt the weight of the

gun’s eight pounds on the other end of

the chain. He tested the hold and it

held. Swiftly he pulled and the gun

leaped up to his grasp.



Howard threw open the breech of

the rifle and took out the shell and

fitted another in its place. He wanted

to make no mistake when he opened

fire.



Gun in hand he waited a. moment to

steady himself. And then he laid down

the weapon.



“Why not get them all ?” he thought.



He had been careful before that the

door be kept open in order that the

wolves might go out. Now he was as

careful to close it that they might stay

in. He poked the door shut and drop-

ped one of his boards on the floor be-

fore it. The wolves sniffed and scratch-

ed at it as if sensing their danger.



With as careful aim as the flicker-

ing light of the fast dying lamp would

permit the plucky boy picked out his

targets one by one. He only waited

between shots till the smoke lifted and

the commotion subsided. Three of the

wolves lay dead upon the floor before

the others bolted for the hole beneath

the door. He got another as they

crowded into it and blood marked the

tracks of the two that fled for cover

outside.



“I wonder what father will say,” was

the boy’s thought as he stood a victor

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their orders, and Billy could not help

feeling sorry for the poor Queen Moth-

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A year ago this month Dodge

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You knew little or nothing

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Do you know anything about

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Have you heard anything

that was not in its praise?



It has been a wonderful year

in point of production.



$38,000,000 worth of Dodge

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The passage was now so crowded

with ants that Billy and Tinker Teedle

Tee had hard work making any head-

way, but by dint of pushing and shov-

ing, their guides managed to force an

opening through the throng.



At last Billy and his friends reached

the gate of the city, and here they

found a whole company of worker ants

busily engaged in digging. new en-

trances to the city, for the main gate

was far too small to let pass the vast,

throng of young princesses and males

struggling to get out.



When Billy and Tinker finally man-





aged to wriggle through the gate, they '





found the plain surrounding the ant

hill was literally alive with winged

males and females. Five wide doors

had now been opened in the side of

the ant hill through which streams of

excited insects were pouring. Every

minute the crowd on the plain became

more dense, until Billy couldn’t help

thinking that all the ants in the world

were passing in review before him.



Groups of excited workers hung

around the gates, but they were not

hindering the exit but helping it by

urging the pilgrims to make haste and

join their comrades on the plain be-

low, and the outgoers seemed as eager

for the chance. As they emerged from

the city they mounted the trees of the

grass forest. For a moment the queen-

lings and their mates poised them-

selves on their perch. Then they

spread their wings, swayed back and

forth once or twice as though half

afraid to trust themselves in the air,

and then launched forth on their first

flight. They did not soar very high,

for flying was a new experience and

they had not yet full confidence in

their wings. The thick foliage of the

surrounding trees hindered their flight,

so that soon the leaves were alive with

the winged throng. And next week

I’ll tell you more about the ants’ wed-i

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CHAPTER XII.



Five months brought all that Still-

well had dreamed of, and so many

more changes and improvements and

innovations that it was as if a magic

touch had transformed the old ranch.

Madeline, Alfred, and Florence had

talked over a fitting name and had de-

cided on one chosen by Madeline; but

in this one respect her wishes were

not complied with. The cowboys nam-

ed the new ranch “Her Majesty’s

Rancho.” Stillwell said the names

cowboys were bestowed were felicitous

and as unchangeable as the everlast-

ing hills; Florence went over to the

enemy; and Alfred, laughing at his

sister’s protest, declared that the cow-

boys had elected her queen of the

ranges, and that there was no help for

it. . So the name stood as Her Majes-

ty’s Rancho.



The April sun shone down upon a

green knoll that nestled in the lea of

the foothills, and seemed to center

bright rays upon the long ranch-house,

which gleamed snow-white from the

level summit of the knoll. The grounds

around the house bore no semblance

to eastern lawns or parks; there had

been no landscape gardening; Still-

well had just brought water and grass

and flowers to the knoll-top, and there

had left them, as it were, to follow

nature.



His idea may have been crude, but

the result we. sbeautiful. Under that

hot sun, with cool water daily soaking

into the rich soil, a green covering

sprang into life, and everywhere upon

it, as if by magic, many-colored flowers

rose in the sweet air. Lavender dais-

ies, fragile bluebells, white four-petal-





ed lilies, and golden poppies—deep.





sunset gold, the color of the west—

bloomed in happy confusion. Califor-

nia roses, crimson as blood, nodded

heavy heads and trembled with the

weight of bees. Low down in bare

places, isolated, open to the full power

of the sun, blazed the vermilion and

magenta blossoms of cactus-plants.



Green slopes led all the way down

to where new adobe barns and sheds

had been erected, and wide corrals

stretched high—barred fences down to

great squares of alfalfa, gently inclin-

ing to the gray of the valley. The bot-

tom of a dammed-up hollow shone

brightly with its slowly increasing

acreage of water, upon which thou-

sands of migratory wild-fowl whirred

and splashed and squawked, as if re-

luctant to leave this cool surprise, so

new in the long desert journey to the

northland.



Quarters for the cowboys—comfort-

able, roomy adobe houses which not

even the lamest cowboy dared desig-

nate as crampy bunks—stood in a row

upon a long bench of ground above

the lake. And down 10 the edge of

the valley the cluster of Mexican habi-

tations and the little church showed

the touch of the same renewing hand.



All that had been left of the old

Spanish house, which had been Still-

well’s home for so long, was the bare,

massive structure, and some of this

had been cut away for new doors and

windows. Every modern convenience,

even to hot and cold running water,

and acetylene light, had been install-

ed; and the whole interior painted and

carpentered and furnished. .



No slight task was it to oversee the

many business details of Her Majesty’s

Rancho, and to keep a record of them.

Madeline found the course of business

training upon which her father had in-

sisted to be invaluable to her now. It

helped her to assimilate and arrange

the practical details of cattle-raising

as put forth by the blunt Stillwell.



She split up the great stock of cattle

into different herds; and when any of

these were out running upon the open

range she had them closely watched.

Part of the time each herd was kept





By ZANE GREY





 





 





in an enclosed range, fed and watered

and carefully handled by a big force

of cowboys. She employed three scouts

whose duty was to ride the ranges

searching \for stray, sick, or crippled

cattle, or motherless calves, and to

bring these in to be treated and nurs-

ed. There were two cowboys whose

business was to master a pack of Rus-

sian staghounds, and to hunt down the

coyotes, wolves, and lions that preyed

upon the herds.



The better and tamer milch coWs

were separated from the ranging

herds, and kept in a pasture adjoining

the dairy. All branding was done in

corrals, and calves were weaned from

mother cows at the proper time to

benefit both. The old rough-and-ready

method of branding and classing.

which had so shocked Madeline, had

been abandoned; and one had been in-

augurated whereby cattle, cowboys,

and horses were spared brutality and

injury.



Madeline established an extensive

vegetable farm, and planted orchards.

The climate was superior to that of

California, and, with abundant water,

trees and plants, flourished and bloom-

ed in a way wonderful to behold. It

was with ever-increasing pleasure that

Madeline .walked through acres of

ground, once bare, now green and

bright and fragrant. There were poul-

try-yards and pig-pens and marshy

quarters for ducks and geese.



Here, in the farming section 0f the

ranch, Madeline found employment for

the little colony of Mexicans. Their

lives had been as hard and barren as

the dry valley where they had lived;

but as the valley had been transform-

ed by the soft, rich touch of water, so

their lives had been transformed by

help and sympathy and work.



Here, Madeline felt, was her home.

She meant to go back to New York

for a time, and to visit her old friends

once or twice every year thereafter;

but she shrank from making her first

departure from the ranch. In New

York she would have to make explana-

tions, and they would not be under-

stood. Her father’s business had been

such that he could not leave it for the

time required for a western trip; oth-

erwise, he wrote, he would have come

to take Madeline back with him. Mrs.

Hammond could not have been driven

to cross the Hudson River; her idea of

the wilderness westward was that In-

dians still chased buffalo on the out-

skirts of Chicago.



Madeline’s sister Helen professed

herself eager to come out to the ranch

—as much from curiosity, Madeline

suspected, as from sisterly regard. She

invited Helen to visit her during the

summer, and bring as many people as

she liked. Madeline thought that this

would be the best way to let her rela-

tives and her eastern friends realize

and understand her determination to

break old ties.



One April morning Madeline sat in

her office wrestling with a problem.

She had problems to solve every day.

Most of these were concerned with

the management of twenty~seven in-

comprehensible cowboys. This partic-

ular problem inpolved Ambrose Mills,

who had eloped with her French maid,

Christine.



Stillwell faced Madeline with a smile

almost as huge .9 his bulk.



“Wal, Miss Majesty, we ketched

them, but not before Padre Marcos

had married them. All thet speedin’

in the automobile was jest a scarin’

of me to death fer nothin’. I tell you,

link Stevens is crazy about runnin'

thet car. Link never hed no sense

even with a hose. If my hair hedn’t

been white, it’s be white now. No

more rides in thet thing fer me! We],

we ketched Ambrose an’ the girl too

late; but we fetched them back, an’

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oblivious to their shameless conduct!"



"Stillwell, what shall I say to Am-

brose? How shall I punish him! He

has done wrong to deceive me. I nev-

er was so surprised in my life. Chris-

tine did not seem to care any more for

Ambrose than for any of the other

cowboys. What does my authority

amount to? I must do something.

.Stillwell. you must help me.”



Whenever Madeline fell into a quan-

dary she had to call upon the old cat-

tleman. No man ever held a position

with greater pride than Stillwell, but

he had been put to tests that steeped

him in humility. Here he scratched

his head in great perplexity.



“Dog—gone the luck! What’s this

elopin’ bizness to do with cattle-rais-

in'? I don’t know nothing but cattle.

Miss Majesty, it’s amazin’ strange

what these cowboys hev come to. I

don’t know them any more. They dress

swell an’ read books, an' some of them

hev actooly stopped cussin ’an’ drink-

in’. I ain’t sayin’ all this is against

them. Why, they’re jest the finest

bunch of cow-punchers I ever seen or

dreamed of; but managin’ them is be-

yond me. When cowboys begin to

play thet game of gol-lof an’ run off

with French maids, I reckon Bill Still-

well has go to resign!”



“Stillwell! Oh, you will not leave

me? What in the world should I do ?”

exclaimed Madeline in great. anxiety.



“VVal, I sure won’t leave you, Miss

Majesty. No, I never will do thet. I‘ll

run the cattle bizness fer you, .an’ see

after the hosses an’ other stock; but

I’ve got to hev a foreman who can

handle this amazin’ strange bunch of

cowboys.”



“You’ve tried half a dozen foremen.

Try more, until you find the right

man,” said Madeline. “Never mind

that now. Tell me how to impress

Ambr0se—-to make him an example,

so to speak. I must have another

maid; and I do not want the next one

carried off in this summary manner.”





“Wei, if you fetch pretty maids out

hyar you can’t expect nothin’ else.

Why, thet black-eeyed little French

girl, with her white skin an’ pretty

airs an’ smiles’ an shrugs—she bed

the cowboys crazy. It‘ll only be wuss

with the next one.”



“Oh, dear!” sighed Madeline.



“An’ as fer impressin’ Ambrose, I

reckon I can tell you how to do thet.

Jest give it to him good an’ say you’re

goin’ to fire him. Thet’ll fix Ambrose

an’ mebbe scare the other boys fer a

spell.”



“Very well, Stillwell. Bring Am-

brose in to see me, and tell Christine

to wait in my room.”





It was a handsome debonair, bright-

eyed cowboy that came tramping into

Madeline’s presence. His accustomed

shyness and awkwardness had disap-

eline’s face as if he expected her to

wish him joy; and Madeline actually

found that expression trembling to her

foun dthat expression trembling to her

lips. She held it back, and tried to be

severe; but she feared that she would

fail. Something warm and sweet, like

a fragrance, had entered the room

with Ambrose.



“Ambrose, what have you done?”

she asked.



“Miss Hammond, I’ve been and gone

and got married,” replied Ambrose, his

words tumbling over one another. His

eyes snapped, and there was a kind of

glow upon his clean-shaven brown

cheek. “I’ve stole a march on the oth-

er boys. There was Frank Slade push-

in’ me close, and I was hevin’ some

runnin’ to keep Jim Bell back in my

dust.



“Even old man Nels made eyes at

Christine; so I wasn’t goin’ to take

any chances. I just packed her off to

El Cajon and married her.”



“Oh! So I heard,” said Madeline

slowly, as she watched him. “Ambrose,

do you—love her?”



He reddened under her clear gaze,

dropped his head and fumbled with

his new sombrero, and there was a

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powerful brown hand tremble. It af-

fected her strangely that this stalwart

cowboy, who could rope and throw and

tie a wild steer in less than one min-





ute, should tremble at a mere ques3





tion. Suddenly he raised his head, and

at the beautiful blaze of his eyes Mad-

eline turned her own away.





“Yes, Miss Hammond, I love her,”

he said. “I think I love her in the way

you're askin' about. I know the first

time I saw her I thought how wonder—

ful it’d be to have a girl like that for

my wife. It’s all been so strange—her

comin’, an’ how she made me feel. My

—it——well, I guess I have a little un—

derstandin’ now of Padre Marco‘s

blessin’. ”



“Ambrose, have you any thing else to

say to me?” asked Madeline.



“I'm sure sorry I didn’t have time to

tell you; but I was in some hurry.”



“What did you intend. to do? Where

were you going—when Stillwell found

you?"



“We’d just been married. I hadn’t

thought of anything after that. Sup-

pose I‘d have rustled back to my job.

I’ll sure have to work now, and save

my money.”



“Well, Ambrose, I’m glad you real-

ize your responsibilities. Do you earn

enough—is your pay sufficient to keep

a wife?”



“Sure it is! Why, Miss Hammond, I

never befor earned half the salary I’m

gettin’ now. It’s some fine to work

for you. I’m goin’ to fire the boys out

of my bunk-house and fix it up for

Christine and me. Say, won’t they be

jealous?”



“Ambrose, I—I congratulate you-—

I wish you joy,” said Madeline. “I

shall make Christine 3 little wedding-

present. I want to talk to her for a

few moments. You may go now.”





It would have been impossible for

Madeline to say one severe word to

that happy cowboy. She called to

Christine.



“Mrs. Ambrose Mills, please come

in!”



N 0 sound came from the other room.



“I should like very much to see the

bride,” went on Madeline.



Still there was no stir or reply.



“Christine!” called Madeline.



Then it was as if a little whirlwind

of flying feet and entreating hands and

beseeching eyes blew in upon Made-

line. Christine was small, graceful,

plump, with very white skin and very

dark hair. She had been Madeline’s

favorite maid for years, and there was

sincere affection between the two.





Whatever had been the blissful ignor- ‘I





ance of Ambrose, it was manifestly

certain that Christine knew how she

had transgressed. Her fear and re-

morse and appeal for forgiveness were

poured out in an incoherent storm.





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maid had been overwhelmed. It was

only after Madeline had taken the emo-

tional girl in her arms, and had forgiv-

en and soothed her, that her part in

the elopment became clear. Christine

was in a maze, but gradually, as she

saw that she was forgiven, calmness

came in some degree and with it a

story which amused yet shocked Made-

line. If ever a cave-man had taken un~

to himself a wife, if ever a barbarian

had carried off a Sabine woman, then

Ambrose Mills had acted with the vio-

lence of such ancient forebears.



“He say he love me,” repeated the

girl, in a kind of rapt awe. “He ask

me to marry him—he kees me—he

hug me——he lift me on ze horse——he

ride with me all night—he marry me!”





And she exhibited a ring on the third

finger of her left hand. Madeline saw

that whatever had been the state of

Christine’s feeling for Ambrose before

this marriage, she loved him now. She

had been taken forcibly, but she was

won.



After Christine had gone, comforted

and betraying her shy eagerness to get

back to Ambrose, Madeline was haunt-

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Stillwell’s interest in the revolution Why Cl Utte r

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across the Mexican line had manifest- I .

1y increased with the news that Gene 2» . . . . 1

Stewart had achieved distinction with i

the rebel forces. Thereafter the old

cattleman sent for El Paso and Doug-

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knew on the big bend of the Rio

Grande, and would talk indefinitely to

anyone who would listen to him. There

was no possibility of Stillwell’s friends

at the ranch forgetting his favorite

cowboy, though he always prefaced

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ment that Stewart had gone to the money for labor and material, 1313’

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The old man nodded gloomily.



“I straightened him up once; mebbe

I can do it again.” Then, brightening

somewhat, he turned to Madeline. “I

jest had an idea, Miss Majesty. If I

can get him, Gene Stewart is the cow-

boy I i'ant fer my foreman. He can

manage this bunch of cow-punchers

thet are drivin’ me dotty; an’ since





name El Capitan, all the greasers in

the country will kneel to him. Now,

Miss Majesty, we hevn’t got rid of

Don Carlos an’ his vaqueros yet. To

be sure, he sold you his house an’

ranch 2111’ stock; but you remember

nothin’ was put in black un’ white

about when he should get out, an’ he

ain’t gettin’ out. I don’t like the looks

of things a little bit. I’ll tell you now

thet Don Carlos knows somethin’ about





. the cattle I lost an' thet you’ve been





losin’ right along. Thet greaser is





, hand an' glove with the rebels. I’m





willin’ to gamble thet when he does

get out, he an’ his vaqueros will make

another one of the bands of guerillas

thet are hai‘rassin’ the border. VVal, I

need Gene Stewart. I need him bad.

Will you let me hire him, Miss Majes-

ty, if I can get him straightened up?”

The old cattleman ended huskily.



“Stillwell, by all means find Stewart

and do not wait to straighten him up.

Bring him to the ranch,”



Thanking her, Stillwcll led his horse

away. '



“Strange how he loves that cow-

boy!” murmured Madeline.



“Not so strange, Majcsty,” replied

her brother; “not when you know.

Stewart has been with Stillwcll on

some hard trips into the dcscrt alone.

There’s no middle coursc of feeling

between men facing death in the dos-

ert. Either they hate each other or

love each other. I don’t know, but I

imagine Stewart did something for

Stillwell—saved his life, perhaps. Be-

sides, Stewart‘s a likable chap when

he’s going straight. I hope Stillwell

brings him back. It's true that we are

worried about Don Carlos. Some of

his vaqueros came into my yard the

other day when I had left Flo alone.

She had a bad scare. The vaqueros

have been different since Don Carlos

sold the ranch. I never would have

trusted 2i white woman alone with

them; but they are bolder now. They

have got assurance. They know they

can ridc off any night and cross the

border.”



During thc succccding wcck Made-

line discovcrcd that a good deal of her

sympathy for Stillwcll in his hunt for

the reckless Stewart had insensibly

grown to be sympathy for the cowboy.

It was rather a paradox, she thought,

that opposed to thc continual reports

of Stewart’s wildness as he caroused

from town to town Were the continual

expressions of good—will and faith and

hope universally given out by those

near her at the ranch. Stillwell loved

the cowboy; Florence was fond of

him; Alfred liked, :idiiiii‘ed, and piiictl

him; the cowboys swore their regard

for him the. more he disgraced him—

self.



Stillwcll was so cariicst and zealous

in his search that one not familiar

with the situation would have believed

he was trying to find and reclaim his

own son. He made Several trips to lit-

tle stations in the valley, from which

he returned with a gloomy face. Mad-

eline got the details from Alfred. Stew-

art was going from bad to worse——

drunk~—disordcrly—.— savage—sure to

land in the penintentiary .



Then came a rcporl: that hurried

Stillwcll off to Rodci'o. He returned

on the third day, a crushed man. He

had been so bitterly hurt that no one,

not even Madeline, could get out of

him what had happened. He admitted

finding Stewart and failing to influ-

ence him; but when the old cattleman

go so far he turned purple in the face

and talked to himself, as if dazed.



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Bill like thet'.”

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The Giving Habit





of some orphan or old man or woman

whose relatives had turned against

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at all; they would be more apt to

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It’s the way a large number of us

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$1,000 a week. It is not at all a ques-

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It’s a fine habit to get into the habit

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vegetables. Perhaps we can give noth-

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given to the service of your neighbor

might do her more good than much

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else we can all give cheeriness. That

would not be easy for some of us

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dous effort we might change our ment-

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instead of a groan or a scowl.



Whatever it is you have to give,

know if you do not give new you nev-

er will. DEBORAH.

A CROCHETED MUFF FOR LITTLE



DAUGHTER.





 





BY GBACIA SHULL.



Make a chain (ch), of 52 stitches,

turn.



First Row—Treble crochet 1 in

eighth stitch from hook. * ch 2, skip 2,

treble crochet (tr e), 1 in next. Re-

peat * to end of row. Ch 3, turn.



Second Row.—*Double crochet (dc),

3 in first space. Repeat from * to end

of row. Ch 6, turn.



Third Row—Same as first.



Fourth Row.——-Same as second.



Fifth, 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th Rows.—

Same as first.



Sixth, 8th, 10th, 12th Rows—Same

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Fourteenth Row—Chain 3, dc 2 in

first space, ch 3, do 3 in same place,

single crochet (so), in next space, *

do in next space, ch 3, dc 3 in same

place, so 1 in next. Repeat from * to

end of row. Ch 2, turn.



Fifteenth Row—Shell in shell to

end of row.





Sixteenth, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th,





4 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th Rows.





——Same as 15th.



This completes front and back. Slip

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be broken to begin on the first end.

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space. Repeat from until there are

5 (It in the same space, ch 2, so 1 over

center of next space. "Repeat from

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same way for other end. Trim ends

with a full frill of narrow pink ribbon

under scallops. Line with outing,

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1. A common name for an Irish lad?



2. To what country in South Ameri-

ca did he intend to go?



3. What girl did he meet who per-

suaded him not to go?



4. On what condition did he say he

would remain at home?



5. What serious fall did she take?



6. When were they married?



7. What did he say his wife was to

other women?



8. What kind of a face did she

have? .



49. What did she call him?



10. What did she bake for his sup-

per?



11. How did she keep him?



12. What did he wear after he was

married? -



13. What did he become after they

moved to the city?



14. What did he succeed in doing

with his invention?



15. How did she show that she was

pleased about it?



16. What did they then do at the

bank?



17. What came to gladden their

hearts?



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must be used in the answer to each





question. ,

1. Patrick.

2. Patagonia.

3. Patricia.

4. If she would love Patrick.

5. She fell in love with Patrick.

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baking soda, four ounces of saltpetre,

dissolved in four gallons of water. This

should be enough to cover the meat,

but if not, add more water. Put a

weight, on the. meat. to keep it beneath

the brine, as any exposed parts will

spoil.



Keep the vessel in a cool place, and

lezne the meat in the brine until you

are ready to use it. If the brine ap-

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the meat and repaek it in new brine.

The brine 011 corned beef must be

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beef spoiling much more readily than

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CANDIED CRANBERRIES.



(.‘andied Clanbenies make a de-

licious and inexpenshe confection,

much resembling candied cherries but

having a distinct flavor. This is a sug-

gestion to housewives from the home

economics experts of the l S. Depart-

ment of Agriculture. They have de-

veloped a method which if followed

closely gives a bright, firm, plump,

semi-transparent candied fruit which

can be eaten as a sweeimeat or used

to give a touch of color to frosted

cakes, whipped cream, orcustards. or

which can be used like citron in cakes

or puddings or chopped up and added

to “tutti—fruiti" ice cream.



The secret of candying cranberries

lies in handling the fruit so that it

will become saturated with sugar. This

calls for slow cooking on the install-

ment plan and the use of a dish large

enough to permit all the berries to

float at the top of the syrup during

cooking. The skins are so tough that.

they must. be pierced before cooking

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eighth of an inch lon g, should be made

in e: ch berry with the point of a pen—

knife. Use. selected large, firm cran-

berries. The direction for cooking are

as l'ollows'



For one and a half cups of berries,

make a thin syrup by boiling together

until clear two cups of sugar and two

and a half cups of water. Vi'henthe

syrup is cool, add the berries and

bring very slowly to the boiling point.

11' the berries are heated too quickly,

the skins will burst before the syrup

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drain the syrup from the berries and

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minutes, then allow to stand for two

hours or more. Then boil gently a

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dish probably will be needed for the

third and last: boiling. When thorough-

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day, drain off the syrup and spread

the berries out on a lightly buttered

plate or a sheet of clean, waxed or

lightly buttered paper until the sur-

face of the berries dries. The berries,

if directions have been followed, will

candy separately and not into a.

sticky mass.



To make a delicious ice cream, add

half to three-fourths of a cup of chop-





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ped berries to each quart of the cream

mixture. They also can be combined

with bits of candied orange or lemon

peel, or other glace fruits to make

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left over after the berries are candied

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HOME QUERIES.





Household Editor:—l always enjoy

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have never written before. Someone

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cumber pickles? Take one gallon of

pure cider vinegar, one cup of sugar,

one cup of mustard, one cup of salt,

one tablespoon of celery seed and one

tablespoon of turmeric if you like. Put

all together and boil for five minutes.

Pack cucumbers in cans and when vin-

egar is cold fill cans and seal. I some-

times take large cucumpers, pare them

and cut; into rings for a change.



Another recipe that. I have mied for

years is: Wash cucumbers, pack into

cans, put. in two tablespoons of salt

and one tabelspoon of mustard. Or

you can just use the salt and cover

with pure cider vinegar and seal. Eith-

er way will keep the year round.



Someone asks for recipe for pick-

ling or canning hearts and tongues.

Boil hearts and tongues in water, salt-

ed to taste, until tender, slice, pack in

cans, cover with pure cider vinegar

and seal. These will keep all summer.



A beet pickle recipe that I think is

very good is as follows: One and one-

half quarts vin'egar, one and one—half

cups sugar, one-fourth cup salt. This

will cover three quarts of beets that

have been boiled and sliced into cans.

Seal—Mrs. R. H. P., Williamston.





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greater part of a large hatch die in the

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must be ousted, if you wish success.

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it sets level. A carelessly banged door

may cause any number of dead chicks.



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DOES TRAP NESTING PAY?





M. KENNEDY.





The farmer is a busy man and can

scarcely afford to keep careful records

of the farm flock by means of the trap

nest. llovvever. on the large poultry

t‘arms which are successful they seem

to be making more money and breed-

ing better birds because of the trap

nest. On the Roycroft Farm in north-

ern, Michigan they have had great suc-

cess in the producing of fine Jersey

cattle and when the owner, Mr. Prick-

ett, went into the poultry business he

decided to try “dairy cow-testing meth-

ods" on the hen.



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ot‘ the Jerseys, in the way of eliminat-

ing the unprofitable individuals and

developing the efficient ones, led up to

applying similar methods to the poul»

try on loycrot‘t Farm and trap nesting

was begun in 1914. For the five pre—

ceding years the average egg produc-

tion was 98.8 eggs per hen per year,

and while it is too early to give defi-

nite figures we are far enough along

to know that We will get, a flock aver-

age 01 ov e1 130 eggs pe1 hen for the.

fitst year, and vvith a number of indi-

vidual records of over 250 eggs. N0

bird that has ever shown anything but

perfect health. laid under 50 eggs he»

tore January 1, or 25' 0 eggs for the

year, is eligible to the bleeding pens.

The male birds used for breeders are

large and VlgOl'UllS—~-tll€ pick 01' all

raised on the farm and from hens with

records of not less than 250 eggs in

one year. \Vorking along these lines

we expect, to get. a flock average of

over .175 eggs per hen per year, and at

practically the saute yearly feed cost

as previous to 1911."



'l‘rap nesting takes quite a little

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't'arm hen lays around sixty eggs per

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trap nesting pays and the commer-

cial breeder can hardly afford to neg-

]et-t this method ot‘ improving his flock.

Mr. l‘rickett has increased his flock

average from 03.8 to 130 eggs per hen

by trap»nesting. The increase of 31.2

eggs per hen did not. take any more

poultry food and doubtlessly the 31.2

egg s per hen per year will much more

than pay tor the cost of trap nesting

and record keeping. The small farm

tlock may not pay for the work of trap

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platform. Then some of the flock will

I get off the perch and seek the nests in





i the dusk of early morning. If they get





Ioverly energetic it may become neces—

-sary to provide a lantern for them to

start work, as we did once before with

I a. flock of Brown Leghorns. The mem-

| bers of this flock got so interested in

I iilling the egg basket that a dozen or

I so would be found groping around

I when I made the early morning rounds

I to fix the grain in the litter. Not be-

ing able to reach the nests the eggs

Would be. deposited in any old place

So I took to loaning them the lantern

after doing the barn chores. This

worked well. Sometimes as many as

a dozen eggs would be laid before day

afforded sufficient light. It was sure

enough fun to see the hens make for

the nests as the lantern was hung on

the nail; while others would seek the

water crock.



Waiting on such a flock was greater

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is anything nicer than to see a nice

flock of Barred Rocks, snowy pluined

White Leghorns, or glossy coated

Brown Leghorns, busily at, work in the

scratching shed, then I don’t know

what it is, unless it is a well-groomed

strawberry bed either in full bloom or

fruitage. M. N. EDGER'I‘ON.





 





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Our hens have their eyes swell shut.

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forms under the eyelids and the side

of the head seems inflamed. There are

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though filled with pus. They do not

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wheat, ground oats, corn, milk and

have all the water they want. Are

kept in a good warm coop with south

windows which are open in good

weather and have canvas upper sashes

for colder weather. .



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the secretions from the eyes get thick-

er and the eye swells and often closes.

This condition with the swelling and

inflammation of the head indicate that

the t’owls are troubled with contagious

catarrh or roup, as it is generally call-

ed. The condition of the comb would

indicate sore head or what is common-





 





iIII , 1y called chicken-pox, which is thought

if ‘ to be nothing but another form of

I! I I roup.





While these are what is called germ

diseases, the fundamental cause of the

itroubles is a lowering of the vitality

lot the chicken, either by improper

ii‘eeding, poor ventilation or unsanitary

Isurroundings. In treating for these

ftroubles separate all birds which show

Ilsymptoms of the disease, from the

{healthy ones. Remove all litter from

Ithe house and disinfect freely with a





 





’ five per cent. solution of carbolic acid.

I In the drinking water put one to two





I teaspoonfuls of a saturated solution of

ifpotassium permanganate. For local

itreatment wash the eyes at least twice

‘daily with an antiseptic solution such

‘as a one-half per cent solution of cor-

rosive sublimate.



We would suggest that in addition to

what is now being fed, the chickens

be given plenty of green food and also

have available in hoppers dry bran. Be

sure that all the utensils used in'feed

ing and watering are well cleaned. It

is advisable to scald them thoroughly

frequently. 7



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coop could be improved by putting the

canvas sashes on the lower half of the

window instead of the upper. As the

coop is now ventilated the warm air

which rises to the top is carried off

through the upper sashes, while the

foul air which settles to the floor has

no means of escape. If there is any

indication of dampness in the coop

correct this by remedying the source

of dampness. Undoubtedly changing

the canvas sash as suggested will have

a good effect in this resptct. In feed-

ing the chickens put all of their grains

in deep litter so that they are assured

sufficient exercise during the day as

exercise is one of the chief essentials

of t'owl health.





WITH HENS IN COLD WEATHER.





Milk, sour or sweet, whole or skim,

is excellent for poultry, but. will not

take the place of water, which should

always be furnished.



Store away some of the second qual-

ity cabbage and some. mangel wurzels

to furnish the flock with green food

during the cold days.



Make sure that. currents of air do

not strike the fowls when they are on

the roosts at, night; but. also be sure

there is plenty of good air for them to

breathe.



01' course you covered the ' leaky

coops with tar paper or some water-

proof fabric, for protection from rain

and dampness is necessary for fowls

and chickens both.



Remember that one or two grains

will furnish sutlicient of the different

food elements to make healthy, pro‘

ductive fowls. Corn, wheat anti oats

are staple foods and others may be ad-

ded for variety.



it is always a good plan to rake up

and save the dry leaves as they fall

from the trees, for they make the best

of scratching litter for the poultry

house and are good to place in chicken

coops and boxes.



During the winter some sort. of meat

food should be given to the fowls to

take the place of the bugs and worms

which they capture in summer. There

is nothing better than the beef scraps

sold by dealers in poultry supplies for

this purpose.



Vermont. F. H. SWEET.

POULTRY HOUSE CONSTRUCTION.





A house with a large area of glass

and no muslin has a high moisture

content and low temperature, accom-

panied with rapid changes. An ex-

treme open front house furnishes ideal

conditions, providing the birds are

protected from rain, snow and drafts.

A house, the front of which contains

some muslin and glass, is a very effi-

cient type. Hollow tile construction

makes a very desirable house, but it is

doubtful whether at the present prices

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increased cost, warrants its use. A

roosting closet: with double walls is

desirable in shed roof laying houses.

The providing of ample means of prop-

erly ventilating shed roof, paper cov-

ered houses adds greatly in reducing

temperature during spring and sum-

mer. Tongued and grooved boards for

the outside walls when covered with a.

layer of building paper are reasonable

in cost and supply in a great measure

the non-radiating qualities of a double

wall.





 





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have at hand. Its tables for aiding in

the diagnosis of disease and the prac-

tical descriptions of diseases and their

treatment make it easy for every poul-

try raiser to be his own poultry doctor.

The chapters on sanitation, feeding





 





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1“(l(ls for hatching. llilll) (‘lllt'l\" a specialty. From

4 pure ll. (l. ltlmde lslautl l-‘etlsaiitl H. (I “like Leg-

lioriis. $1.00 persettiiig. Hill!) whit-ks 2510 per ltltl. Book

your orders now. H. A. Niclioiis. iiilulit‘, Mich.





 





E s for hiltt‘hllllflwl‘yl‘filll {llll'l‘ l)l‘t"l “'liite l'li’iiinutl’l

gg Rocks. l’t-kin anti Vl‘ iitt- rttniim-rtlut-ks. ll'iiite

African guineas. H. V. Hostetlt-r, ii. 1, St . Johns. Mich,





' a few Bull Hock (‘ocks and

For Quick clearanc.r (‘ockerels at Sifeaclt. liens and

pulletsSlJJJ each. liliieUrpiii rttiiis. hot it sexes $2 each.

Must liesold lit-l’tirt-Februarylltli.\\'iii iii-rs- at (‘hicagm

l911.'12,'13,'ll alivl'lliJlirtl Lawn Farm, l.awrt-iict-..\l it‘ll.





FOWLER’S BUFF floors. ,





. . to $7: liens

$1 to $3. \K into llollantl 'l'ui'ke} Twins 3."); liens $3,

it. Ii. lt'tlll'lllli. llm'tl'ortl. Michigan.





Put)“ SALE: —' Light liraliaiuas. h". (‘. It. I It.. lion-

tliins anti “hite \‘l'yaiiilnttes. (‘oekcrels aiitl pul-

lets front $2 to 55. Mrs. U. U. lit’llllll‘lll. Uweiidale, Mich.





' —200 Egg Strain. ()ne customer's

Ferns Laghllms flock averaged 102 eggs in six winter

mos.. another lh'l eggs- in 1H mos. another 199 eggs in

1'3 mos. You can (lo its null. I‘Iggs. chicks, breeding

stock from lit-us \sith records up to Elli eggs. Prize

winners at largest 5h(l\\‘~. Prompt shipment. prices low,

(\ualit) guaranteed. White Leghorns areliest foreggs.

\ 'e raise thousands. Free catalog and price list ives

particulars, Vl'rite. for it now. ll‘ivears squnrt-dea ing—

t lioiisaritls ofplcast-d customers. l’l‘lliltlh‘ LEGHUHX

FARM. 934 l iiion, GRAND ltAl’ll)S. .\ll(‘H.





'l‘otns $6: Hons $4. Fawn; 1 ti

Mammolll Bronze lurkflys White Indian lilllln‘tfll‘.

White egg strain. $1 each. Collar Bros.(‘onkiin.Mich..R. 2.





IV! AM MOTH Bronze Turkc) s Mammoth Toulousotiecse untl





 





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- ' ' Strou ,vi orou b' is

Pine Crest lllulc Orptnglon: We? §stratité§gs

after Feb. 1st.. baby ch cks later. hfits. WILLIS

HOUGH, Pine. Crest Farm. Royal Oak, Michigan.





ii. I. Bods, Both Combs. Most Popular seas:

Elggs forhatchiug‘. Baby Chicks. Write for catalog.

1 TERLAKES ARM. limit 39. Lawrence. Michigan.





R and S. C. R. 1. Red Cockerels, W. Runner Ducks,

. B. O. Ducks. Eggs in season. Fine stock. Prices

reasonable. 0.19. Ilawley, Ludington, Mich.





RHODE _ISLAND REDS and PLYMOU TH ROCKS.

Males o to 12 lbs. according to agefl to 35; P. R. hens

weight 5 to 9% lbs.. eggs 15 for 81.00: P. R. eggs $Sper 1w.

Mammoth Bronze Tom Turkeys. 8 to 38 lbs. according

to age 36 to $2). 10 8388 33. A. E. Cramp ton. Vassar. Mich





Rose Comb Brown leghorn Cockerels

From Mad. Sq. and Mich. and Ohio State Fair win-

ners $2.00 each. CLAUQIQ BETTS. Hlllodolg._l_\!lch.





 





 





‘ and White Vl’yandottes. First prize

Sliver said." winners at Ionia. Choice cockerels rea-

sonable. Sand for circular, C. \\'.Browninz. R.2.Portland.lich.





S C. White Leghorn Cockerelo. Grand Birds—Utility

. or exhibition. We won State Fair this year. Hatch-I

ing Eggs” Slim and 32.50 per setting, 38 per 100. Wishbone

Leghorn’ Form. A. B & .l. M. Wilsey. Ann Arbor. Iich.





White Wyandottefi. both fancy anl



Walnlll com". utility a nice lot of cockerels for sale.

Satisfaction guarantee . VV.J. Scholl, Bremen, Ohio.

' Healthv farm raised cockerel

“ll! Plymouth "Wilt $2 and to. Pallets 31.50. Eggs

orders booked now 81.5. Ray M. Winters. Allenn, lion,

‘ a fine lot. mole and female at

Whte wyme low price and write our

wants. DAVID HAY. 202 Forest. Ave" Ypsilanti. ioh.





' From Bred—today stock.

While Wyandolic Bechtel: 32.50. 83.00 and 33.50.

EGGADAY POULTRY RANCH Marshall Mich.

wflfiE Wynndotte Cooker-em. $2.50. 83.50 and 35



each. From H Bred stock and heavy layers.

A. FRANKLIN SM TH, Ann Arbor. Michigan.





While Holland Turkeys. FfiJJ‘sls‘ifio? enflysssfib‘ik'

Alden Whltoomb. Byron Center. Mlchlton.





 





 





 





witth‘comgete outfits. tsdmg8 for 11316 V W sh‘ th do each can on [Ten

ca 21 o . eeswax wan e c cos or c ip ousan a .

30cmnge delivered here CI‘CKSg varieties. Ancona'sm a hundred. free





I. ll. Hunt 6 Son. Box 525. Looting, illchlgan. booklet. Freeptm Hatchery. Box l2.Freeport.Mich. ,





 





Pcltln and Room Drakes “infield." 3

Sheridan Poultry Yards. Shorldnn. Mlcblg-I.
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the careful attention of all progresswe farmers.



It won a Grand Prize at both San Francisco and San

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It can be used with profit on small farms, doing all the hardest

work of the horses, and much that horses cannot do. That

proves its usefulness. .



It betters the plowing and other work of seed bed preparation,

While reducing its cost, and—



It burns kerosene under all conditions. This one reason is

enough to sell a Mogul 8-16,because, on the average, gasoline costs

about 65 per cent more than kerosene. That proves its economy.



It costs about half its equivalent in horse flesh.



The price is $675 cash, f. o. b. Chicago.



A tractor so good, so useful on farms of all sizes, so economical

and at such a price, deserves a thorough investigation. Your local

dealer should be able to show you a Mogul 8-16. If he can't,

write to us. \Ve’ll see that you get a look at it, and we will also

send you our new book, “Tractor Power vs. Horse Power.”





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It digs down deep and chops up turf and roots without bringing

trash to the surface. Does awaywith the axe, bush-knife and shove].

Quicker, cheaper, better. Also used for all kinds of deep or diffi-

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HE present co-operative egg cir-

cles have come about largely

through the efforts of a few



persons, who realized the justice that

could be done to all handlers of poul-

try products through co-operative

methods. Co-operative circles have

been formed in various parts of On-

tario, Quebec and some of the states.

Their influence has already been felt

through the improved quality of the

produce the result of more careful

handling by producers.



In Victoria, B. C., the local poultry

association has been buying grain for

the farm fiocks in carlots from the

prairie farmers. On the first carload

of grain a saving of $300 was made to

the poultrymen. This same system be-

came so popular that it spread to oth-

er sections, and has been established

on the mainland district, including

Hammond and Fort Harvey. The sav-

ing means thousands of dollars to each

community. The grain is stored at a

central warehouse from which farmers

may obtain it accordingto their needs,

on fixed days of each week. Though

this agency is being conducted primar-

ily by poultrymen for poultrymen, it is

found that the neighboring ranchers,

dairyrnen and mixed farmers are only

too glad to avail themselves of the op-

portunity of buying any surplus. These

same individuals market their eggs

through the association, the average

for 1914 being an advance of ten cents

per dozen over local prevailing prices.



Extend Incubation Work to Commu-



nity.



Working economy at both ends, the

feeding and the marketing on the same

co-operative basis, brings the farmer

a much wider margin of profit. He is

able to feed more cheaply and receives

a higher price for his products than

formerly.



The Arrow Lake Poultry Associa-

tion, in British Columbia, has probably

gone further in the co-operative poul-

try plan than any other in the Domin-

ion. This organization has a commu-

nity hatcher or incubator cellar which

is the central point, doing the hatch-

ing for the members, who include near-

ly all of the farmers of the community.

The average hatch from incubators in

the hands of a competent man who un-

derstands the machine, and can give it

undivided attention, is apt to be great-

ly increased.



The Women Get Together.



It seems natural in this day and age

to do things on a large plan, because

there is more economy in it. The

farm women of Lyon county, Kansas,

asked themselves, “Why are we pro-





 





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transportation. 5 sizes—cutting 5 ft. to 12 ft.w1de: Write for free

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ducing eggs and poultry at a loss when

the local jobbers and city commission

men make a profit handling our eggs?”

Their husbands had already made a

success in marketing and buying their

farm supplies and crops through what

is known as the Lyon County Farm-

ers’ Produce Association. Why should

not the Lyon County farmers’ wives

form an organization for poultry pro-

ducts and receive like benefits? They

determined to try, and today they are

receiving better prices for eggs, poul-

try and butter. They formed the Lyon

County Quality Egg and Poultry Asso-

ciation, composed of various neighbor-

hood organizations or egg circles. The

organization’s purpose is to better the

poultry industry in the county by im-

proving the quality of the stock and in-

creasing the prices paid for eggs and

poultry; also to get supplies at whole-

sale prices.

Built a Reputation.



As a starter it was decided to ask

only an advance of one cent a dozen

on eggs over that paid to the local

market. The advance was based on





More Money for Eggs





the fact that the association would-

market only guaranteed eggs, where

the local dealers had been selling any-.

thing with a shell on for fresh. Each

member 0 each egg circle is designat-

ed by a érticular number, so instead

of being known as “Mrs. Chas. Brown,”

the farm housewife is rated as “No.

121.” Every member is required to

gather the eggs produced daily in fall

and winter, and twice daily in warm

weather. The name of the association

and the number of the member must

be stamped on each egg, the member

being provided with an individual

stamp for this work.



Clean eggs of uniform color, not

more than five days old, are classed as

“Grade A, No. 1.” They must weigh

not less than twenty—four ounces per

dozen. “Grade No. 1” must be clean

and packed neatly and not more than

five days old. They must weigh not

less than twenty—one ounces per doz-

en. No other kinds of eggs are hand-

led by the association.



Rules Are Rigid.



“No woman who is not in good

standing in her neighborhood canpbe-

come a member of this association,” is

one of the rigid rules of the organiza-

tion. “Any member violating the afore«

said agreements may be required to

forfeit her stamp and her membership

in the association,” is another strict

provision. The members agree to pen

up or dispose of all male birds on or

before June 1, of each year.



“Our first object was to establish

a good reputation,” said one of the di-

rectors of the organization. “We want-

ed to protect the buying public as well

as ourselves. There, is a big demand

always for strictly fresh eggs and our

organization assures the consumer on-

ly strictly fresh eggs in boxes marked

with out label. Our association sec-

retary has a check on each member of

the association. Should a bad egg be

found in a box we ship the number on

the shell is verified on the books and





the guilty party discovered. A second-





offense will mean suspension.”

Cut Down Waste and Increase Prices.



This co-operative egg distributing

organization was not formed because

the farm women held any particular

grievance against the middlemen, as is

many times true. They desired to

eliminate unnecessary waste and to

obtain higher prices; they wanted all

the profits that were to be had. It is

paying the producer and consumer.

The extra care is, of course, worth

something. The people have to be ed-

ucated up to this point, and when bet

ter care is taken with the eggs :1 bet-

ter market follows. Even if no higher

prices were obtained, the organization

officials feel certain that the waste

eliminated would make the co-opera-

tive plan a success. \Vaste and low

prices will wreck any poultry keeper.



Indifferent Ones Converted.



The launching of the Lyon county

organization was attended with some

indifference. Instead of becoming en-

thusiastic, as Ihey should from the

start, a majority of the farm women

said they were willing to stand off and

“see how the thing would pan out.”

But they soon saw that better prices

were being received from the very out-

set, so each neighborhood formed egg

circles, and today there are very few

farm women in the county who do not

belong to the organization. All co-op-

eration is done through the county as-

sociation.



That the egg and poultry association

has been placed on a business basis, .is

certified by the fact that the manager

of the Lyon County Farmers’ Associa-

tion is now egg manager. He is find-

ing a good market for the poultry pro-





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ducts in Kansas City, Denver, Chicago,





while a few large shipments have been

made as far distant as New York in

proper seasons. At the time that the

Lyon county grocerymen were paying





'Lyon county farm women fifteen cents





a dozen for their eggs, the eggs sold

by the association were finding ready

buyers on the Kansas City market for

twenty-five cents a dozen.



The Lyon county farm women want

the additional profit, and like all wom-

en, when they start after a thing, they

usually get it. They can safely sell

direct to the consumers without extra

handling because they Know their pro-

duct is quality goods. Where large

quantities are handled, as with this or-

ganization, the marketing cost is small.

Consumers pay a premium and are

glad to do it for they know that the

eggs are not over five days old.



The best results will follow the or-

ganization of large associations made

up of several smaller ones; but to

place the business on a firm basis it

is expedient to organize the local asso-

ciations first and then amalgamate

these into a large society.



New York. EARL W. GAGE.





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Michigan.



Eaton Co., Jan. 24 —’I‘he ground is

bare and wheat is suffeiing from the

fieezing and thawing of the ground

hew seeding also injuied. Most farm-

ers have enough feed for their oyvn

use. About the usual number of cat-

tle and sheep being fed this winter,

but a larger number of hogs. Very lit-

tle marketing of any kind being done.

\Vheat $1.20; beans $3.40; corn 700;

potatoes 90c; butter 250; eggs 26c;

lambs $6@8.50; hogs $5.50@6; steers

$5@6.50.



Gratiot Co., Jan. 24.—Heavy sleet

covered the ground for some time, but

the ground is now soft and the mud

very bad. Meadows and wheat are

green and looking well. Farmers have

all the stock they can teed through the

season. Milk $1.75 per cwt; cream 29c;

wheat $1.18; beans $3.50; potatoes

$1.15; hay $9@11; hogs $6@6.50.



Monroe Co., Jan. 24,—Condition of

wheat and rye good. Farmers have

sutficient feed for their own use but

none for sale. Very few cattle being

fed for, market. Hogs about all 111ar<

keted. Eggs a scarce article at the

present time. Whole milk three per

cent $1.65; four per cent $1.80; beans

$3.85; wheat $1.26; corn 82c; hay $10

@12; cattle $4@7; hogs, live $6.75;

potatoes $1.25 per bushel; ggs 30c;

chickens 13@14c.



New York.



Genesee Co., Jan. 24.-Though we

have had little snow, fall-sown grains

look good. About enough feed for the

farmer's own use. Only a limited

amount of feeding stock on hand. Hens

ale beginning to lay better. Milk $1.75

@2 per cwt; beans $3.511; Wheat $1.15;

oats 45c; corn 800; hay $15; steers $’i

@7.85; hogs $7; potatoes $1; dairy

butter 28c; creamery 350; eggs 34c;

fowls 14@150; lambs, live $10.



Pennsylvania.



Lancaster Co., Jan. 26.——VVheat is in

quite good condition, but would be bet-

ter if we had more snow. Farmers

have no more than enough feed for

their own use, as corn was a short

crop. A good deal of feeding stock on

hand. Hens are beginning to lay well.

More alfalfa than usual will be raised

this year. Butter-fat 37c; milk $1.80

per cwt; wheat. $1.10; corn 800; pota-

toes $1.10 and scarce; hay $20; steers

$6@7.50; hogs $8



Ohio.



Sandusky Co., Jan. 26.——It has been

warm and muddy since December 19.

Farmers cutting wood and butching.

1N0 ice harvested yet. \Nheat crop is

being damaged. Much corn .Vet in the

field. Hens are beginning to lay. Some

farms selling around $160 per acre,

and numerous inquiries for land. Lots

Of feed in farmers’ hands, with corn

selling at. $1 per cwt; wheat $1.32 per

bushel; oats 490; hay, best $15 a ton;

potatoes $1 per bushel; cattle $7, hogs

$7.20; eggs 280; butter 280.



Wisconsm.



Pierce Co., Jan. 28.~—VVheat is injur-

ed some owing to small growth and ex.

posure to cold or ice smothering.

There is a great deal of complaint of

potatoes and apples not keeping well.

Cabbage in storage also affected. Cat-

tle and hogs healthy and there seems

to be plenty of feed. VVheat$1.50; oats

3.90; rye 85c; barley 65c; butter 30c;

eggs 30c.



Hancock 00., Jan. 24.——Severe cold

weather, with no snow, greatly dam-

aged wheat and young grass. Live

stock is in good condition. Many hogs

are being shiped at $7 per cwt.





 





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HAT are you planning to



build this spring? Are



you ready to make those

long needed improvements—the

new feeding floor, the new hen

house, the cistcrn that needs re-

pairing, the new milk cellar, the

new steps for the house—or even

a new silo? Now is the time to see them

through to a finish.





That means that you will want to make

them of concrete ——:1nd of the best concrete

-—becausc a good concrete job stays good.

The thing's you build this spring with

good concrete won't have to be rebuilt

next year—or any other time.





Only remember this— be sure of your sand,





of your gravel or stone, and, above all, of





your cement.





Be sure. to use one or more of the Medusa

Cement products in your Concrete. You

can rely on them all for best results——

Medusa Gray, Medusa \Vhite and Medusa

Waterproofed Cement, both colors.





MAKE YOUR CO NCRETE

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But you want something more than just

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cent. of Medusa Waterproofing

mixed with your cement.





A comparatively lean mixture of

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construction. The addition of

Medusa Waterproofing will make.

such mixtures water-tight as well

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setting or hardening; qualities of the con-

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GRAINS AND SEEDS.

February 1, 1916.

Wheat—After a steady advance for

a fortnight wheat prices reacted last

Friday and on Monday holders at«

tempted to take profits, forcing a

further decline. This came in spite of

the American visible supply, including

wheat in bond, decreasing over two

and a half million bushels, wheat afloat

showing a large decrease and ship-

ments from the southern ‘hemisphere

running light. One year ago No. 2 red

wheat was quoted at $1.571/2 per bu.

Last week’s Detroit quotations were:

No 2 N0 1





 





Red. White. May.

Wednesday .....I‘.36 1.31 140%,

Thursday . . . .1.37 1.32 1.41%

Friday .........1.361/2 1311/; 1.41

Saturday . . . ..1.351/2 1301/? 1.40

Monday . . . . “1.33%; 1.28%, 1.38

Tuesday . . . . . . .1.351/2 1.301/2 1.40





Chicago—May wheat $1.347/g; July

31.25% per bushel.



Corn—Primary receipts have been

small, due to poor country roads, and

despite the bearish influence of wheat

and the possibility of liberal deliveries

at this season, the market for corn ap-

pears well founded, as the price chang-

es show. The visible supply increased

1,756,000 bushels. One year ago No.

3 corn sold at 781/20 per bushel. De-

troit quotations for last week are:‘





No.3 No.3 9'



Mixed. Yellow.

Wednesday 75 76%)

Thursday........... 75 761/2

Friday.............. 751/2 77

Saturday 761/2 78

Monday ............. 76 771/2

Tuesday .. .......... 771/2





76



Chicago—May corn 80.50; July 80.40.



Oats—"Receipts ot‘ oats have been

fairly large and the eastern demand

somewhat restricted, which conditions

gave the bears a chance to force val-

ues down. Visible supply decreased a

half million bushels. Standard oats a

year ago were quoted at 61 cents. Last

week’s Detroit quotations were:





No. 3

Standard. White.

Wednesday 55 531/2

Thursday . . ..... . . . . 55 531/2

Friday.............. 55%, 54

Saturday 551/; 54

Monday ............. 54i/2 53





Tuesday . . ....... . . . 53 /2 m

Chicago—May oats 51.70; July 48.50.

Rye.——Cash No. 2 has advanced to



$1.03 per bushel.



Barley.—Milwaukee price for malt-



ing 76@800; Chicago’s price 68@800.

Beans.——Market is firm and inactive



with immediate prompt and February



shipment steady at $3.70 per bushel.



At Chicago Michigan hand-picked pea



beans are ‘quoted at $4.10@4.15; prime



$3.90@4; red kidneys $4.90@5.25. At



Greenville farmers are selling on a.



$3.30 basis.



Timothy Seed.—-Prime spot $3.80.





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





Flour.——Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detroit

market per 196 lbs., as follows: Best

patent $7; seconds $6.70; straight

$6.50; spring patent $7.40; rye flour $6.



Feed.—In 100-lb. sacks, jobbing lots

are: Bran $25; standard middlings

$25; fine middlings $30; cracked corn

$33; corn and oat chop $29 per ton.





 





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





Button—Market is easy and prices

are 1.0 lower. Supplies are ample. Ex-

tra creamery 300; firsts 27%0; dairy

200; packing stock 180.



E1gin.—Trade has been quiet and

market is easy. Prices are down 10 and

quotation being 300. .



Chicago—The trade is slow for all

kinds at prices slightly lower than

last week. Extra creamery 300; extra

firsts 281/2@29c; firsts 25@27c; extra

dairies 29c; packing stock 191/20.



Eggs.~The supply is light and the

prices are 1/20 higher. Current receipts

are quoted at 271/20; candled firsts

281/20 per dozen.



Chicago—The feeling is firm. Many

of the arrivals are not fresh. Prices

higher. Firsts 29c; ordianry firsts .27

@280; miscellaneous lots, cases in-

cluded 24@29c; refrigerator stock 14

@170, depending on quality.



Poultry.—The market is firm and

the demand is active. Prices are un-

changed. Turkeys 16@17c; spring tur-

keys 21@22c; fowls 10@160, accord-

ing to quality; spring chickens 15@

161/0; ducks 17@18c; geese 16@161/20.



Chicago—Little change in the mar-

ket. Springs and fowls a little higher.





 





Staggy young chickens will be discrim-'





inated against hereafter. Turkeys,

young and old 12@18c; fowls 151/30;

springs 160; ducks 16@180; geese 10

@131/20.





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





Apples—There is no change, the

market being quiet. Greenings at $2.50

@350; Spys $3.50@4; Baldwins $2.50

@350; Steel Red $4.50@5. At Chicago

the peddlers are taking lower grades

but the demand for better grades is

slight. No. 1 Greenings $2.50@2.75

per bbl; Jonathans, No. 1, $3@3.50;

Baldwins $2.75@3.25; Wageners $2.25

@275; Spys $3@3.75.



Potatoes—Are firm but prices are 50

lower. Carlots on track, white and

red $1@1.05 per bushel. At Chicago

the demand was slower and prices

lower. Fancy Michigan Rurals sold

for 92@97c per bushel. Other prices

range from 900@$1. At Greenville the

farmers are being paid 75@800 per

bushel. The arrivals are light.





WOOL.





Sales at Boston last week were large

and the market was very strong. East-

ern houses have already sent repre-

sentatives to western producing sec-

tions to make early arrangements for

the new crop. Fleeces are again ac-

tive with some Michigan delaine un-





 





washed selling at 290; Ohio half-blood l ’





at 320; three-eighths blood 35c.





 





DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.

Offerings limited, apples going at

600@$1.50; potatoes $1@1.40; carrots

900@$1; parsnips 70@750; cabbage 60

@700 per bushel; pork $10.50; loose

hay moving slowly around $20 a ton.





 





 





GRAND RAPIDS.





The local egg market is off to 250

at the opening this week, though pric-

es will be higher if: cold weather comes

as promised. Dairy butter is steady at

230. The potato market does not show

much change, though locally the mar-

ket has weakened a little during the

past week, due to liberal receipts. Ap-

ples, common stock, are being quoted

at 50@75c; cold storage stock at 750@

$1.50, and with season so well advanc-

ed the situation does not look encour-

aging for people with apples to sell.

Hay sells for $14@17 on the city mar-

ket. Fowls are worth 12@14c live

weight. Grain prices as quoted to the

farmers at mills are: No. 2 red wheat

60-lb. test, $1.29; white oats 500; corn

780; buckwheat 700; rye 900; White

beans, hand-picked basis $3.75.





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.

January 31, 1916.

(Special Report of Dunning and Stev-

ens, New York Central Stock

Yards, Buffalo, N. .



Receipts of stock here today: Cattle

130 cars; hogs 100 d. d.; sheep and

lambs 42 d. d.; calves 1000 head.



With 130 cars here today our cattle

market was very slow and draggy, the

bulk selling 10@150 lower, although

there were a few loads of good ship-

ping cattle that sold about steady. The

cow trade was very mean and the bulk

of them sold 10@150 lower. We look

for the weather to get cooler and look

for better market next Monday, as the

past two Mondays have been very

mean.



Receipts of hoge were rather light

here today and with a good demand

from all sources market was 10@250

higher than the close of Saturday, the

bulk of the best grades selling around

$8.35, a few fancy loads a little more;

pigs and lights, as to weight and qual~

ity, from $7.25@7.75;‘ roughs $7@7.25;

stags $5@5.75. Choice grades of hogs

closed firm, but light stuff very dull

and some of the latter kind going over

unsold.



The sheep and lamb market was ac-

tive today and prices steady with the

close of last wek. All sold and we

look for steady prices balance of the

wek.



We quote: Lambs $11.15@11.25;

cull to fair $8@11; yearlings $8.50@

10; bucks $4.50@6.25; handy ewes

$7.25@7.50; heavy ewes $7@7.25;

wethers $7.75@8; cull sheep $4.50@6;

veals, good to choice $11.25@11.50;

common to fair $8@10; heavy $6@9.





 





 





Chicago.

January 31, 1916.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today..12,500 62,000 15,000

Same day 1915.. 6,550 33,146 13,208

Last week ...... 51,935 278,117 57,621

Same wk 1915..38,861 191,902 70,362



Shipments from here last week were

cattle 9,000; hogs 42,317; sheep 9,026,

comparing with 11,714 cattle; 53,116

hogs and 17,451 sheep a week earlier,

and 4,464 cattle; 24,382 hogs and 4,955

sheep a year ago. Hogs received last

week averaged 200 lbs.



Cattle looked 10@150 higher today,

the recent slump in prices resulting

in an unusually small Monday supply.

Hogs advanced 10@150, with sales at

$7.45@8.15. Buyers of sheep and lambs

were holding back and trying to break

the market, but early sales were at

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Thursday’s Market.

January 27, 1916.





Cattle.



Receipts 1693. The market opened

at the local yards Thursday morning

with a fair supply on sale and about

100 cars in sight at eight asm. All

roads did well and everything was

yarded early. Weather conditions

were very bad on Thursday, it havmg

rained hard all night and the yards

Were in a terrible condition.



in the cattle division the market-op-

ened Wednesday with all grades bring-

ing about last week’s closing prices,

but the close Wednesday was dull and

on Thursday everything but canners

were fully 10@15c lower, the demand

from the country for stockers and feed—

ers being light and wholesale butchers

say the dressed beef trade is very dull

and draggy on account of the unusual

warm weather. The close was dull at

the decline as follows:



Best heavy steers $7@7.50; best

handy weight butcher steers $6.50@

6.65; mixed steers and heifers $6@

6.25; handy light butchers $5@5.65;

light butchers $4.75@5; best cows

$5.50@5.65; butcher cows $4.75@5;

common cows $4@4.50; canncrs $3@

3.75; best heavy bulls $5.50@6; bolog-

na bulls $5@5.25; stock bulls $4.25@

5; feeders $6@6.80; stockers $5@5.75;

inilkers and springers $35@75.



Sandel, S., B. & G. sold Hammond,

S. a C0. 2 cows av 955 at $4.50, 2 do

av 1.000 at $3.75, 1 do wgh 1240 at. $6,

2 steers av 980 at $7, 2 do av 650 at

$5.50, 2 cows av 1135 at $5.25, 2 steers

av 925 at $7.50; to Golden 7 butchers

av 700 at $5; to Steinberg 3 do av

757 at $6.25; to Bray 3 cows av 913

at $4.25; to Mich. B. Co. 2 steers av

910 at $7, 10 butchers av 869 at $5.35,

17 do av 761 at $6.25, 1 bull wgh 1150

at $5.50, 14 steers av 1042 at $6.90, 10

do av 858 at $6.60, 1 cow wgh 1310 at

$6; to Hammond, S. & Co. 1 cow wgh

113 at $3.75, 1 do wgh 940 at $4, 1 do

ugh 1170 at $5.25; to Mason B. Co. 1

bull wgh 1050 at $5.50, 4 steers av 970

at $6.75, 1 do wgh 1000 at $6.25, 1 do

wgh 900 at $7.25, 4 butchers av 715

at $5.60, 1 steer wgh 830 at $6.25; to

Mich. B. Co. 2 do av 780 at $6; to

Thompson Bros. 14 butchers av 716

at $5.90.



Reason & S. sold Bray 4 cows av

1017 at $5.10; to Thompson Bros. 3

steers av 1130 at $7.25, 6 do av 993 at

56.50, 4 do av 792 at $6.15, 7 do av

7‘30 at $6.35, 2 cows av 960 at $5.50, 2

do av 1150 at $5.50, 1 bull wgh 1010 at

£53.50; to Bray 5 cows av 983 at $5.



Haley & M. sold Bray 1 cow wgh

:‘10 at $4, 3 do av 970 at $5, 5 do av

1094 at $5.50; to Hammond, S. & Co.

1 bull wgh 1880 at $6, 1 do wgh 1370

at $5.50; to Applebaum 1 heifer wgh

570 at $5.25; to Thompson Bros. 1

:w‘er wgh 1120 at $7; to Kamnian B.

(‘0. 3 cows av 1007 at $5.60; to Ham«

mend, S. & CO. 2 do av 750 at $3.75,

2 do av 925 at $4.25, 1 do wgh 970 at

$1.25; to Breitenbeck 18 butchers av

771 at $6.25; to Hammond, S. & Co.

19 do av 1091 at $6.90, 2 do av 790 at

$7. 1 cow wgh 1060 at $4.





Veal Calves.





Receipts 642. The veal calf trade

was dull, especially so on common and

heavy grades which were 500@$1 low-

er than last week. Good grades steady.

.lcsl $10.50@11; culls $7@8; heavy

$5fip7.



Haley 8: M. sold Nagle P. Co. 9 av

170 at $10.50, 8 av 150 at $10.60, 7 av

1.30 at $10.50, 2 av 140 at $10.50, 1 wgh

130 at $11.



Sheep and Lambs.



l’tcceipts 4819. The sheep and lamb

trade opened steady on Wednesday

morning but prices at the close were

]3@20c lower and on Thursday the

market was steady at the decline, top

lambs bringing $10.50. Best lambs

$10.50; fair do $9.75@10.25; light to

common lambs $8@9.50; yearlings

$9.50; fair to good sheep $6@ 6.75; culls

and common $4@5. .



Haley & M. sold Parker, W. & Co.

6 sheep av 120 at $6.75, 8 do av 85 at

$5.50, 6 do av 135 at $6.75, 37 lambs

av 75 at $10.60, 8 do av 75 at $10.50;

10 Nagle P. CO. 14 do av 75 at $10.60.



Roe Coni. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co. 11

lambs av 65 at $10.25.



Sande], S., B. & G. sold Sullivan P.

Co. 13 lambs av 65 at $9.50, 18 sheep

av 100 at $6.75; to Hammond, S. & Co.

18 sheep av 90 at $5.75, 35 lambs av

90 at $10.50.





. Hogs.



Receipts 10,982. The hog trade was

dull and draggy and 50 lower than on

Wednesday on all grades. Pigs $6.25

@665; yorkers and heavy $7.35@7.45\





 





 





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





RINSE ALBERT





the national joy smoke





puffs its kindly way right into your good will

because it is so friendly and cool and fragrant. You

may smoke it as long and as hard as you like and

it will not bite or parch or tire your taste The

patented process by which Prince / - ~

Albert is made fixes that!





You smokers should realize /

that the Prince Albert pat- / ~

ented process is owned V g

exclusively by us; that no

other tobacco can be like /





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 





Prince Albert. And



you’ll find out how dif .\ l

ferent P. A. is from '\



any other tobacco (4.

you ever smoked ~

just as soon as you

try it and know for

yourself that What

we tell you is

p r o v e n b y

your own test!





Buy some today

and smoke it in

your old jimmy

pipe. It Will

absolutely V *’

d e 1 i g h t

you!





Tobacco 00.





On the reverse side

of this tidy red tin

youwill rend: "Pro-

cou Patented July

30th. 1907,” which

humde threcmen

smoke pipes where

onennoked before!





Buy Prince Alb!" everywhere tobacco i.

sold. Toppy rod bozo, 5c; tidy red (int,

10:; handsome pound and half-pound

Jin Mmidorl—and—in that fine cry-tal-

.nlau Immidor with oponaw-moiotencr top

that keeps the tobacco in such splendid

condition — alway: .'





R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Winston-Solon, N. (2.





400,000 TWHM

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’5 D‘ .t blade or Open Hearth wire,

71'] “1.3L, ,_ heavily galvnnlzod—o strong,

-: r, i durable, ong-lastlng,rust»re

N's V' aiming fence. Hold direct to the





 

 





 

   





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HORSES





DUNHAMS

Pnrchernns





For Filly Years The Best





Send lor fine Photographic

Catalogue.





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Wayne, [lupage County, Illinois





Edisnn BROS.





We have 100 head of Belgian and l’er-

cheron Stallions and mares. imported and

home bred. Weliave sold pure bred horses

in Michigan for the last 25 years-and have

the right kind, and at. the. right price. We

can supply any numberol‘work horses, both

geldings and mares. Get in touch With us.





noonnsn, INDIANA.

Percheron Opportunity





70 lead must be sold to close Estate.





General No. 67466 winner of Senior Grand {linin-

pionsliip at 1911 International at head 01 ncrd

for two years".





A. A. Palmer, Estate

(BIL) Orleans. (PAL) Holding. Mich





211 Head 01 Percheron 20





Stallions and Mares





 





As good as can bc found. ltoyally lm-d. mine of

them by the grcat $10,000. ('hampioii Carnot! 0431360).

All rccoi'dcd in 125. A. Stmlliook. if you want

gnml ()iics conic and see me direct. They Will be

priced right.



H. A. ROHBS & SON. ll. D. No. 4. Napoleon. onlo,

M 1.5le ES





Raise mules and get rich. 200

head fine large jacks. jennys

and mules, 14 to 17 hands

high. Large registered jacks

and dratt stallions cheap now.

Vi ill trade forsheepmattleor

horsr-s.\\'ritc for ["1004 today. -

Stock guarantee-cl. Address , "

KREKLER'S JACK FARM West hlkton, Ohio





 





 





FDR SALE—Registered Percheron Stallion Moro-

. _ and Fillies at reasonable ricoer. In-

spection muted. F. L. KING & SON. Charlottelldioh.





 





Registered Porcherons

Brood mares. Fillies and Young Stallions. l’ricod

toeell. Ins ction invited.



L. C- HUNT & CO., nton Rapids. Mlchlun.





Percheron; llnlslom, lngfius, Shropshim, Dunc:





DORR l). BUELL. lmira. Michigan.





Registered Black Percheron Stallion,



For Sale‘ seven yrs.old, sound and a sum foul



fietterm'eiuht eighteen hundred lbs. Address CHAS.

IART. it. 30.7. Traverse City, Michigan.





 





 





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. ’ Farmer at wire mill prices.

Here‘s a tew of our big values:

26-inch Hog Fonco - 12 etc. a rod.

Odd-inch Farm Pence - 18 as. a rod.

48-inch Poultry Fons. - 24 on. a rod.

clal Prices on Galv. Barbed ero.

of fence values shows 100 styles





 

   





 

 





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Jr.” Every inch Basic





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Sign 1,-1 Open Hearth wire,

5) ,1. "'". Double Galvanized.

‘ 13c pen ROD up.

' ' Money Saving Fence Book and

. sample free. Just write posh] now to

THE BROWN FENCE 8x WIRE CO. 7 ,





Department 49 Cleveland, 0.





 

   

   

   

   

 

   





 

 





 





and heights of «arm, Poultry and Lawn Fence at

money-saving prices. Write for it to—day. It’s tree.





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any fence, get





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able book. ' :1 (lea er profits.

Empire. Fence

Big No. 9 Wires, 'f Thousands write

open hearth steel th s. t it outlasts





heavily galvanized.

Bond Steel Post Co.





.. , everything else.

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. Buggy Book is now ready. It IS

bigger and better than ever —— A

the finest vehicle catalog ever pub- ,K"

lished. Iwant you to have a copy this year sure. /

Every year thousands of buggy buyers write for my big

Free Catalog. They read it to know how line vehicles .

i. are made and what they should cost. They know that

- for 16 years Split Hickory rigs have set the pace in style

and price. Just. drop me a postal and I'll send it free—

postpaid. Shows 150 styles -— more than you could find





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: Show: 3 as

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for your Free copy TODAY. Do it NOW - before you forget. 3’ "'3'" . .0





Vehicles are famous the world over for quality, style, com-

fort and serVice. They are the finest made—built of

second growth hickory—split, not sawed. They look trim; they



run light they ride easy; they stand up under the hard-

est knocks. To prove the superior quality I give





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ing announcement any vehicle manufacturer ever made. Write





.. You can drive a Split Hickory on your own roads-under

_ V your own conditions for30 days before you decide. You take no

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offer enables you to get a genuine Split Hickory now as low as only $39.25. Write

for my big Free Book today. See for yourself the money you can save.





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Year after year for many years, we have made more spark plugs than all





the others combined.





ll Year after year we have greatly enlarged our output.





This year we will double last year’s production.

i! Year after year we have made Champions more and more dependable.





11’ ' As our production has grown we have been able to adopt extreme and

Ill still more extreme measures to insure dependability—





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1‘ larger number of spark plugs.





] Your dealer will supply you with the Champion designed

to serve your car more dependahly than any other.

‘ll Look on :1»: par-(clam [not merely on the box] for the a





name Champion.





504 Auburndale Ave.





Champion Spark Plug Company

l. Toledo, Ohio





Because—as our production increases we can distribute the expense of

.7 these extremes of engineermg, of testing and of processing over a vastly





.7 That’s why Champions are so much more dependable.





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The W is the oldest tractor on

the market. Years of hard service has developed

every detail and it is entirely out of the experi-

mental stage. It is a Real Tractor and will

stand years of hard work.





It you buy a it will last you

along time. You won't have to buy a new machine

every spring.





No Chains





The W has positive Steel

Gears that are guaranteed not to break for

five years, you won’t have to bother With

troublesome chains that have proven a failure

in all self-propelled machines.



A Four Wheel Tractor



The 1m.oil/swm/h-f‘rw has four wheels. two

Wide rear wheels for drivers which provides

an abundance of traction and won’t mire in sandy

places or on soft round in the spring of the

year but will go W iere horses can be driven

practically. This construction has become a.

standard with manufacturers who have had

long experience in building self-propelled ma-

chines. therefore. we could not ask our customers

to accept a machine that is experimental.





All Steel

The Exits“.iI/Sfir/UIITI'; '11" is light in weight





which is accomplished by the use of steel in its

construction. however. we have not gone to the





 





   





 





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extreme and sacrificed strength and rigidity that

we might produce a machine that is extremely

light. Our engine is slow speed and will last a





longtime.

Oil For Fuel

The Oil Carburetor used in the





is manufactured in our own

factory and is 0 special design. It can be found

only on our engines and is the product of 20

years actual experience in the manufacture

of gas engines. It is fully developed and will

operate equally as well on kerosene as asoline

under all speeds and all loads. It won’ bother

with carbon or tar. You won’t have to change

from kerosene to gasoline when the engine is

running empty or under part load. Think of

the immense saving with this cheap fuel.





Solid Facts





The _ 71""\»l/3’~9'!‘~"""7~'W is directly connected

to the plow carriage and you can back the





   





- plows into the corners of the fence and plow





all of the field. The plows operate independ-

ently and will do good work in stony and mu h

ground. One man can operate the entire on t.





The Barwl”-S‘<£-”0"1"t-7'-"1r has two speeds for-

ward and will draw heavy loads up steep hills.

Our cab is appreciated by hundreds of our cus-

tomers. We are not assemblers, we build our

entire outfit in our own factory.



2 sizes: 16 and 30 H. P. Send for catalog.





 





 





 

   





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MadeIof special saw steel after our

own analysis. Every saw given uni-

form and tough tcm er to the very

points of the teeth. T ese saws hand

set and filed. Arbor hole 1% in.





Satisfaction Guaranteed





Size Price Size Price.

24 in. $3.50 was in. $4.75

22in. $3.00 Ziin. $4.00 30in. $3.25

Hardwood Tilting Table Saw Frame. Weight

870 lbs. Thoroughly braced. comp‘l’ete. $14.90. Send

personal check or money order. a make immedi‘

ate shipment by express or freight.





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and become independent With no capital invested.



Every branch of the business taught in 5 weeks.



Write today for free catalog.



JONES’ NAT'L SCHOOL OF AUCTIONEERING.



281'. Sacramento Blvd.. Chicago. Ill. Carey H. Jones. Pres.





 





When writing advertisers mention Michigan Ian-mei-





 





Is your soil gumbo or sandy. loam or

muck? The right plow to turn rum is

THE G. D. JUNIOR



tted with an style of bottom. The

iiightest tractoii- low built. Double-

braced whei’re 0 iii are wlgak. a12) lor

. - Bac -u e.

:bgtstgliiigtf slag}? 1:itx':.\stl'i.0i:11y hi ch. Th

a tract .

hibtefigdimoior catalog—tell us how much

you farm.





. Grand Detour Plow Campaign





 





 





 





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Practical





GASOLINE.





With the increasing use of automo-

biles and internal combustion engines

among the farmers of the state, and

the use of gasoline for fuel as well as

light, there has come a considerable

demand for acquaintance generally by

the people with safe methods in the

handling of gasoline. Gasoline is a

commodity which is used very exten-

sively, of course, and is much more

hazardous'to handle than is kerosene,

with which people are more familiar.

In the interests of‘safety, we have felt

it extremely timely to offer the follow-

ing article, gotten out by Mr. Burrell,

of the United States Bureau of Mines,

on “Hazards in Handling Gasoline:”





Introduction.



With the increasing use of gasoline

and other liquid fuels that are danger-

ous because of their ready inflamma-

bility there is each year an increasing

number of accidents that cause loss of

life and great damage to property. In

connection with investigations regard-

ing safety and efficiency in the use of

petroleum and its products, the Bureau

of Mines has made numerous tests of

gasoline and kerosene. This report

discusses hazards that may result from

handling the liquids mentioned, and

outlines precautions to be observed in

handling them.



A recent tabulation by K. G. Martin,

of the fire prevention bureau of New

York city, shows that during 1913 in

the United States 1,040 persons were

burned to death and 3,120 persons in-

jured (a weekly average of 20 persons

killed and 60 persons injured) on ac-

count of gasoline fires.



A study of 1,000 fires showed that

77.1 per cent were due to gasoline,

naphtha, and benzol; 53 per cent were

due to open flames, matches, and sta-

tic or frictional electricity.



In 1912, from transportation of gas-

oline on railroads alone, there resulted

a property loss due to fires, of $31,215,

and in 1913 the loss from that source

had increased to $117,697.





Miscellaneous Hazards in the Use of

Gasoline.



In gasoline-lighting systems, there

are many hazards that can be intro

duced by faulty design and construc-

tion of aparatus. Among these are

corrodible material, improperly made

joints, and valves of poor design.



Many fires originate from the clean-

ing of silks with gasoline, the violent

rubbing of the silk generating static

electricity which produces a spark

that ignites the vapor.



Many jobbing tailors cause fires by

using gasoline in an open vessel and

smoking a cigarette or cigar at the

same time.



A dangerous practice, common in

many garages, is the cleaning of auto-

mobile parts with gasoline from an op-

en can. Employes find it easy to clean

grease and oil from the motor and

other parts with a brush saturated

with gasoline, and the gasoline is read-

ily ignited by a spark. Such a spark

may be caused by striking two pieces

of metal together, by the ignition sys-

tem on the automobile when the start-

ing crank is turned, and in other ways.

In one instance a nut that stuck was

struck with a wrench, causing a spark,

and the car was instantly enveloped

in flame.



Oily waste should at all times be

placed in a safe receptacle, to avoid

the danger of spontaneous combustion.

Oily waste will decay, smolder, and in

time burst into flame. Sawdust, when

soaked with oil drippings will do the

same thing, and its use should be for-

bidden. Sand is a safe material to use

as an absorbent of oil.



Another source of fires is the use of

kerosene in lighting fires in the ordi-

nary cooking or heating stove. Kero-





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sene should never be poured in a stove

in which there is a spark of fire;

neither should it be used in a stove in

which the fire is out, but in which

parts of the stove are still warm.

Neither should kerosene lamps be fill-

ed while lighted, a practice that is

widely prevalent in country districts.

Kerosene lamps with metal oil wells

are safer than, and are preferable to,

lamps with glass fonts.



Detailed Precautions Concerning the



Handling of Gasoline.



In establishments where benzine,

gasoline, naphtha, and other inflam-

mable liquids are used, care should be

taken .to see that the smallest prac-

ticable quantities are used, and that

the liquids are handled in an approved

manner. No open light or flame of any

kind, nor any machine or belt capable

of producing a spark should be allow-

ed in the room where the gasoline is

being used. All shafting and machines

with belts that are liable to cause a.

static electric spark should be well

grounded.



Only incandescent electric lights

should be used, and these should be

provided with guards to prevent their

being smashed.



All electric switches, fuses, etc.,

should be outside the room.



Danger signs should be posted on

all doors opening into the room, warn~

ing against, the carrying of open lights

of any kind inside.



When large quantities of the inflam-

mable liquids mentioned are used the

main supply should be stored in a.

metal tank buried underground and a.

safe distance from buildings. The

working supply should be pumped into

the buildings as needed, and the sys-

tem so arranged that when the pump

is stopped all liquid in the pipes will

flow back into the supply tank. When

it is not possible to use a pump and

a buried tank the main supply should

be stored outside and well away from

other buildings, under lock and key.

Only small quantities of working sup-

plies should be taken into the build-

ing, closed metal cans, preferably safe-

ty cans, being used as containers.



When the use of an open pan is nec~

essary the opening should be as small

as possible and a cover should be pro-

yided. The cover should be put on

whenever the pan is not in use.



Signs should be posted prohibiting

an open flame near the place of 'stor-

age or near a pump or other handling

apparatus. The signs should explain

the danger involved and give instruc-

tions for safe methods of operation.



Empty gasoline barrels should be

stored with bungholes down, in safe

places in the open air.



Rooms in which explosive or dan-

gerous gases or vapors are used or

generated, should be safely inclosed,

and should be provided with an im-

proved system of ventilation.



Gasoline vapor is heavier than air,

and a suction fan should be used to in-

sure proper ventilation.



Joints in tanks, pipes, conveyors,

etc, used for storage of explosive liq-

uids, gases, or vapbrs should be kept

tight.



Before work is done on vessels,

pipes, etc, sufficient time should be

given to allow gas to escape.



Special care should be exercised be-

fore work requiring the use of heat or

flame is done. Apparatus that has con-

tained explosive gas should be filled





with water or steam to force out the





gas.





 





Every Farmer Should Read It.





“I think every farmer in Michigan

ought to read the Michigan Farmer,

as it tells more about agriculture in

Michigan than any other paper. I

have read the paper for three years

and expect to read it as long as I am

%}riililing.”——Carl Tolpo, Ludingtonr

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FEB. 5, 1916.





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Farmers’ Clubs:





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OFFICE RS OF TH E STATE ASSO-

CIATION OF FARMERS’ CLUBS.





President—R. J. Robb, Mason.



Vice-president—C. B. Scully, Almont.



Secretary and Treasurer———Mrs. J. S.

Brown, Howell.



Directors—Alfred Allen, Mason; C.

T. Hamline, Alma; W. K. Crafts, Grass

Lake; Edward Burke, St. Johns; Mrs.

(,1. J. Reed, Spring Arbor; Mrs. R. E.

Moore.



Address all communications relative

to the organization of new Clubs to

Mrs. J. S. Brown, Howell, Mich.





 





CLUB SECRETARIES.





Secretaries of local Clubs represent.-

ed at the annual meeting in December

are requested to send the names and

addresses of their delgates to that

meeting to Mrs. Jos. S. Brown, Asso-

(-iational Secretary, Howell, Mich. Mrs.

llrown has been unable to date to re.-

cover herregister book which was tak—

en from her desk at the annual meet-

fag: A prompt compliance with this

request will be appreciated by the sec-

retary, and will enable her to com-

plete her records of that meeting.





VEARLY PROGRAMS.





President R. J. Robb, of the State

Association of Farmers’ Clubs, offers

a suggestion which should be produc-

tive of good results it" adopted by the

local Clubs as far as possible through-

out. the state. He suggests that inas-

much as a large number of our local

Clubs now use printed yearly pro-

grams, it would be well for all Clubs

having such booklets to have a suffi-

cient. number of them printed for ex-

change purposes, and signify their wil-

lingness to exchange programs by

sending a. copy with this information

to the editor of this department, in or-

der that an exchange list may be pre-

pared fer the benefit of Clubs desiring

to make such exchange. State Presi-

dent Robb also expresses the desire

to receive a. copy of such programs to

be used by the executive committee by

way of suggestion in making up the

program for the next annual meeting.

He also adds that any Club that has

on any program an especially interest-

ing and instructive paper would be ex-

tending its area of usefulness by send-

ing a copy of same to the editor of this

department for use at such time as

space will permit.



The ideas advanced by President

Robb will, if adopted by the corres-

ponding secretaries of local Farmers“

Clubs, add materially to the interest

and usefulness of this department, and

we trust that they may be generally

acted upon. It is particularly desira-

ble that any new Club feature, such as

an institute, a lecture course or any

variation in the regular Club program

which is of more than ordinary local

interest he passed on by way of sug-

gestion to aid other Clubs in making

their programs a more potent force. in

promoting a general attendance of the.

(‘lub meeting, especially by the young

members of a community in which the

(‘lubs are held.





 





Plan Year’s Work—The Four Towns

Farmers’ Club met, January 20 at the

pleasant home of Lucius Jones, when

there was a general round-up of the

members and all enjoyed the dinner.

Guy Baker was appointed chairman for

the day and the following officers were

elected for the year: President, Mert

Aldrich; vice—president, Guy Baker;

secretary and treasurer, Allen Find-

lay; assistant secretary, Miss Myrtle

Jones; corresponding secretary, R. Mc-

Quater. The retiring officers were

Lucius Jones, Fred Kibble and John

Young. Committees were appointed to

supply music and entertainment for

future meetings. At the next meeting

it is expected that a schedule of meet-

ings for the year will be read, includ—

ing subjects for discussion regarding

the raising of beans, drainage and how

to market farm products by co-opera-

tion with the federal government. The

next meeting will be held at Mr. Mer-

cill’s just west of Gilford, February 17.





 





 

   

   

 





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Fifteen Granges were represented at





- the meeting of the Lenawee Pomona





Grange, held January 18, which was

one of the first of a series of meetings

which are being held in Michigan on

call of State Grange Master Ketcham

for the purpose of getting into closer

touch with individual Grange en-

deavor.



On January 17 Grange deputies were

called together at, Lansing to receive

instructions t‘rom Master Ketcham rel-

ative to these Pomona meetings.

Among the deputies present at the

meeting was A. l‘]. lllenden, who repre-

sents liciiawec county. Each of the

deputies will represent the master at

the Grange meetings held under the

special call, gathering data concerning

the various Granges and information

concerning the work which they are

attempting for the coming year. This

is to be returned to the. master, who

will then be, enabled to formulate plans

for the state organization.



Deputy Miller, 01' (‘alhoun county,

presided at. the Adrian meeting. Un-

der his direction all manner of ques-

tions were put. to the Grangers as to

the‘ present, status of their organiza-

tion, the work which had been done

during the past. year and work which

is to be attempted during 1916. The

answers and discussions which ensued

formed the basis of a report, which

Will be presented to the state master

on Lenawee G ranges.



Not the least interesting part of the

meeting came when a committee

which had been appointed a week pre-

vious to adopt resolutions expressing

the attitude of the Lenawee Grangers

on preparedness, made its report. The

committee had been instructed to

sound sentiment from as many sources

as possible and to embody theexpres-

sions in the report.



That the Lenawee Grange is oppos-

ed to any increase in the present ex-

penditures for army and navy; that

while it does not believe the time has

yet arrived for disarmament, it be-

lieves that the present expenditures

are sutficient‘fif economically used;”

that. the “calm judgment of peace”

should rule our actions; this, in brief,

is the sentiment of the Lenawee

Grange as expressed.



Copies of these resolutions were au-

thorized to be sent to the Congress-

men and to the Michigan Senators, by

a unanimous vote of the Pomona body.



There was considerable discussion

when the resolution had been read by

the committee, most of which was in

line with the sentiment which the

resolutions expressed. Vl'hen the vote

on the adoption as expressing the sent-

ment of the Grange was taken it was

unanimous.



A Special Meeting of Pomona Grange

was held January 18 in the. hall of

Charlotte Grange and there was an ex-

cellent attendance, 12 of the 17,subor-

dinate Granges of Eaton county hav-

ing representatives present to give re-

ports.



‘The meeting was called to order by

William Huber, Master of Pomona,

and Miss Jennie Buell was the princi-

pal speaker. The ccntral idea of the

meeting was to find the weak points

in the subordinate Granges of Eaton

county in order that they might be

strengthened and to point out the

strong features of the various Granges

in order that they might be adopted

for the general good of the various

lranges. The successful Granges were

studied with the. idea of finding out

what makes them successful in order

that all the Granges might co-operate

to make the year 1916 the banner year.



Miss Buell gave some splendid sug-

gestions for lecture work, co—operation,

helpful suggestions in regard to the

initiatory work, etc.



A vote was taken that the. executive

committee should be given the author-

ity to assist in re—organizing the weak-

er Granges in order to'put them in a

good flourishing condition.



Glass Creek Grange entertained Bar-

ry (‘ounty Pomona Grange here Jan-

uary 18. Owing to the weather not. a

large crowd, but an enthusiastic one,

was present. The meeting was open-

ed by the worthy master, A. G. Hath-

away. The subject of the county agri-

cultural agent was taken up and dis-

cussed by the members of the Granges

represented. Mr. L. C. Root, of Alle-

gan, the st ate speaker, was then intro-

duced and gave a splendid talk. Some

of the subjects he touched upon were

preparedness, trade contract, Grange

urogression. The trade contract of

the Grange is one ofthe main factors

of the many benefits derived from the

Grange. After the close of Bro. Root’s

talk the Pomona Master and Mrs. J. C.

Ketcham gave some splendid sugges-

tions for Grange work.——Mrs. George

Havens, Cor. Sec.





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CATTLE.





ABERDEEN ANGUS





If you are in need of anextra good bull or a few choice

oung cows or heifers, we have them for Sale. ()ur

erd is headed by the (irand Champion Black



Monarch 3rd. We invite you to come to our Farm an":



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ERD ESTABLISHED IN 1900.

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Horses.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionia. Mich.





 





 





Four young bulls also young

Aberdeen AIIIIIIS cows and heifers. Extra good.





Priced rasonable. Inquire F. J. Wllber, Clio, Mich.





‘TRSHIRESMOMB of the foremost dairy breeds The

most economical milk reducers. Calves

for sale. White Leghorn cockere s; Duroc Jersey

swine. Michigan School for the Deaf. FlintJdichlgan.





THE VILLAGE FARM,

Grass Lake, Michigan, >

GUERNSEY CATTLE.





 





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BEACH FARM

GUERNSEYS





Combine quality and health, the foun-

dation ofa. perfect Herd.





In the sixteen months we have advertised in The

Michigan Farmer, we have sold 17 bulls andESOCemalcs

oi our own breeding which we consider very satisfac-

tory when most llrcctlcrs are complaining of slow

sales, llut good stock is always in demand whenoil'cred

at fair prices. It has been impossible to answer all

inquiries but we wish to thank all who have writtcn.





At present we have Registerd Bull

Calves only for sale.





CAMPBELL &. ANEEVINE, Goldwater, Mich.

G U E R N 3 BY —-REGISTERED





BULL CALVES

Containin blood of world cham ions.

HICKS’ OUER SEY FARM. Saginaw. ’, 8., Mich.





reg. fo r sale, “'atervliet,Mit-h. May Rose

GUBI “says Seven A. It. cows in herd.

Address J. K. Blatchford, Auditorium Tower, Chicago, Ill.





l‘jGIS’l’ERED Young Guernsey Bulls._ great grand-

sons of Gov. Chene. Servicable age nicely marked,

exceptional breeding. Avondale Stock Farm. Wayne. Mich.





of service ago and calves from

Guernsey Buns choice. Adv. i‘cg. bi'ccding.

T. V. HICKS, Route l. Battle (leeck, Mich.





and whose

(inc ready

Mich.





Calves from A. R. dams

Guernsey 8“” dams are running for A. R.

Ior service. (G. A. WIGENT, Watervliet.





for sale from A. R. dams. 2 heifers bred to

lllleilSOIS freshen in June. 1 2—yr.-eiti bull and 3 bull

calves. Geo. N. Crawford, Holton. Mich.





. Registered yearling (iucrnscy

For sale. Bull also liull Calves. Vi’ritc

JOHN EBELS, HOLLAND. MICH. R. No. 10.





L-JGISTERED Guernsey Bulls from A. It. Damsmcady for

strvice, tnbercular tested, also Registered Bull calves from

A.R. llains,nt Farincrs' prices. Byers& Barnes t‘oldwaterJiicli.





Choice» Guernseys For Sale C°ii~.;;fi‘.3f‘°rs

.1 Bl. \VILLIAMS, NORTH ADAMS, MICHIGAN.





“IANTED. best producing grade Guernsey





$100 WILL





State test, quantity, age, (late due to freshen and other

particulars. Beechwood Farm, Grand Haven, Mich.





HerefordS—3 Bull Calves

ALLEN BROS. PAW PAIV, MICH





Do You Want A Bull?





Ready For Service.





rand daughter of The King of the



Pgrli‘tixdc: 8Hired by a bull that is more than a half



brother to the Champion Holstein Cow of the



orld. and whose dam is a 30 lb. 6% 1: fat daughter



of Pontiac Aggie Korudylgewho has more 60 lb.



daughters than any other livmg bull. If you do

write for pedigree.





EDWIN S. LEWIS, Marshall, Mich.





The Two Greatest Bulls





KING 0F 'iIIE PONTIACS

IIE Roi. Zd’s BUTTER BOY 3rd





0 oun bulls from cows having high official

:oldg‘rds’and gGranddaughters of above bulls. Stock

extra good. Prices reasonable





BIGELOW’S IIOLSTEIN FARMS,





BREEDSVILLE. MIC II.





HATCH HERD





YPSILANTI. MICHIGAN





Registered Holstein-Friesian sires, grandson's of

World‘s reatest dairy sire, out of choice A. R. O.

dams and; Kin Pontiac Jewel Korndyke: Brother of

K. P. Pontiac ass 44.15: average record of :30 dams in

his pedigree 31.25 in 7 days: average per cent of fat

three nearest dams 4.37; of his own dam 4.93. Sires in

first three generations already have over 600 A, R 0.





A few females bred to “King". Prices





daughters.

reasonable.

OLSTEIN Bull Calf: Born Oct. 5. A splendid in-

dividual. well grown, and of choice breeding. Dam has

A.R.0 record. butter '1 days 18.04 lbs. milk419.8 as n2yr.old. Sire

Albina Bonte Butter Boy No.93l24. W. B.'Reader, Howell.Mich.

5'90 Buys Reg. Holstein heifer 8 mos. old and

Reg. Bull 3 mos. old. Not akin. Good



breeding. FERD J. LANCE. Sebewaing, Michigan.





' ' All from A. R. 0. Dams. Semi-of.

Clinics Holstein Bulls. ,...., “wanna... bu“... h...

4 yr. old class to over 1000 lbs. in mature class. Breeding:Cross

"King of the Pontiacs" and the “Demmick blood“, (‘herry

Creek Stock Farm, Billiards. lich. M. E. Par-melee, Proprietor.





 





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Feb. l8, l9l6, at





16 Mammoth yearling gllts.





BROOKWATERS' WIN

Best Blood Lines. Individual Merit.





in Michigan we have him for sale.





 





Purebred Registered





HOLSTEIN

CATTLE





Advanced Registry cows sell for more. The

Advanced Registry Office maintained by the

Holstein-Frieslan Association is of great advant-

age to owners of purebred Black-and—Wliitc cattle.

The official records of its absolutely impartial and

authentic tests of your cow establish a. positive and

relatively high value on the animal. IIer official

record is proof positive to the buyer ofhcr true value

as a producer. Carefully compiled records show

that the average auction price of Holstein cattle in

1008 was 5150. in 1914 the average auction price

was $255. Investigate the big “Black—and—Whites.”





Semi for FREE Illustrated Descriptive Booklets

The Holstein-Frieslsn Association at America

F. L. Hougliion. Scc'y., Box I“. Bratileboro. Vt.





 





 





 





 





 





ALFA I.l"A DA Ll‘l Ilt'l‘tl oi’ Holsteins. Contains aged

cows producing 32.94 lbs. of butter in7 dayszl _\'r.elds

producing 31.70: 3 yr. olds producingr 26.37 and 2yr. olus

2569 all officially tt-stcd. Sonsttbrothers of these high

testing cows for sale. (iPo. H. Gillespie Ar Son..\lasen,Mich.





DAIRY TYPE Plus PRODUCTION

Equals Crandall’s





Holstein Friesian Battle





Two very Good young Bulls for sale, Siredby Beauty Walker

Pietortjv I’rince 2nd. No. 107658. Dani, Hengerveld DeKel's

Best I) tughtvr. Butter 33.62, milk 582.70. Write for Pedigree

”wanting bull.





Frank R. Crandall & Son, Howell, Mich.





 





 





 





$50 gets another ‘2 mo. old Hazel-let grandson of

.\iaplctarcst llc Koi Parthenon and Pontiac

Maid 30.2“), butter 7 days. Dam traces to Pontiac,

Korndiketwicc l’icn-rtjo 2ndiwice, DeKol 2nd five

times. M. L. McLaulin. Redford, Mich.





. Registered Holstein yeungbulls

QFSIland Garms oi“ choicest breeding at $50 and

up. Ypsilanti, Michigan.





Holstein Bulls Ready

For Service.





(trandsons of Friend Hengervcid DeKol Butter

iloy and Pontiac Aggie Korndykc: From high

record A. it. i). dams at farmers prices.





LONG BEACH FARM,

Augusta, Michigan. (Kalamazoo Co.)





Choice Holstein Bull Calves





Ready ior service, World’s Champion Paronlags





lIlLLCllEST FARM - Kalamazoo, Mich.

Special Notice





Registered Holsteins for Sale.

Our present farm being more valuable for real

cstateihan dairy farming, we are going to move

our herd further out from the city. We have twelve

bull calves which will be sold at prices from $35 to

$150 according to breeding—A rare chance to buy





a bull calf ata low price. . .

Espanore Farm, Lansmg, Mich.





' Bull Calves and Cows

I Have "Olsteln Bulls, that, I offer for sale.

I can show breeding. records, individuality and attrac-

tive prices. 1.. E. CONNELL, Fayette, Ohio.





“fl‘0 P N OTC ll ” llolsieins





By careful retention, for many years. of largest: re

ducing females, and use of superior sires. a. bree ing

herd of wonderful quailty has been established. We

are scllingyoung bulls of this‘"l 0P NOTCH”quality

of sewn-cable age. at moderate )rices. Information

pedigrees,etc.. on application. cPHEltSON FARMS

00.. Howell. Michigan.





FOR- SALE





Registered Holstein bulls ready for service; and

registered Holstein bull calves, the best breeding in

the world, grandsons of Grace Favne 2nd‘s Homestead.

Pontiac Korndvke, Kin Fayne Segis and Hengerveld

De Kol. The dams of t ese bulls and calves, have

large advanced registry records. For rices, write





Callam Stock Farm. 204 Derringer Bldg" gaginawdllcli.

FOR SALE Registered Holstein Bulls





ready for service. and bull calves. also females.

FREEMAN J. FISHBECK. Howell. MI can.





 





 





 





HAGELSHAW’S

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINA

BR ED SOW SALE





 

 





FARMER





     





Augusta, Mich.





60 head go into this offering. Consisting of 11 big Mellow tried Sows.

27 Stretchy Spring Gilts. 6 Massive Spring .boars.





Write for Catalog to Walnut Brook Farm. Augusta. Mich.

Duroc Jersey Bears and Saws





NING COMBINATION





Prices that will make you money.





This is our record. one which we shall maintain. Choice fall and spring pigs and mature stock. Sand for

our new circular and state your wants. Write or better come. If you Wish one of the best young Jersey bulls





Breakwater Farm, Swine Dept, Ann Arbor, Mich.





Re lSI I d HOLSTEIN BULL. Sire is son of former

g e 3 state champion cow, 32.94 lbs. of butter

in 7 da '8. 4 months old, mostly white, beautiful in-

dividua . 2. nearest dams average 26 lbs. of butter and

647 lbs. of milk in 7 days. $100 delivered, safe arrival

guaranteed. Write for pedigree and photo.

HOBART W. FAY. MASON. MICE.





 





8 Reg. Holstein heifers, 4 are8 months old and 4 are5

months, at, $100 cat-b. Also, 4 young bull calves at

$30 each. lfil‘ncst A. lilack. R. 3, Howard City.Mlch.





} OLS’I‘EIN Friesian son of G.Champion female Mich.

State Fair.A .R.0. 2 yr. 9 days 372.5 milk,16.l43 but—

cr. Mongrel-void DeKol nreeding..lohn A. Riulie,li.l, Warren. Mich.





 





F() i . ale~llcgistercdlflolst5iiis‘,~3 Bull calves sired

by a 30 ll). bull. Ifl‘nll a?8.581l). dam. Also 2 heifers 8

and l?) monthsold.Wnl. Griffin, R. No. 5,Howell. Mich.





 





$200 Buys Holstein cows 5 to 7 yrs. old. Fresh soon.

Calves contracted at $100 each 11' heifers.

B. B. REAVEY. Akron, Michigan.





 





Advertised in this paper last. week is sold.

The Bull but 1 have another good, robust young

bull, Ready for Service, sired by a Grandson of

Colantha Johanna. Lad, “rite, GEO. D. CLARKE,

Owner of cherland rarms. VASSAR. MICH.





illie Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Bull calves from It.

, so! . Cows. also heifer calves and several bred

heifers for sale. Colon C. Lillie, Coopersville, Mich'





HE VVILDWOQD Jersey Herd. Registered Jersey



.Cattle of Qualltv_. Forty hcad 'l‘ubcrculin test-ed

Majesty’siWonder 90417 hcads tiiehcrd. His daughters

are producing from 400 to fviKllbs. butter in one year as

twoyoaroldhelfers. and are brcd to Majesty's Oxford

Fox 131214 a classy Grandson of Oxford Majesty which

combines type and production. Alvin lialden,Camc,llI lCli.





 





APLE Lane R. of M. Jersey Herd. Cl‘ubercul i n tested

by the U. S. Government. For sale bulls cows,

bull calves and heifer calves. The lowest record of any

mature cow of this strain is :73 lbs. of 8.3% butter.

IRVIN FOX. Allegan. Michigan.





erseys. Bulls ready for service. extra ualit i d

by Jacoba's Fairy Ema/non, No. 10711 . tron: Bhieh

producing dams. SMITH & PARKER. Howell,Mic .





 





from high- rodi i d ‘

Jersey Billls for sale testing Asso. tleici‘rfisfgl12333

semi-official test. 0. B. Wehner. R. 6. Allegan, Mich





 





HILLSIDE Farm Jerseys, yearling bulls. solid

color.half brothers to ex-wcrld’s-record senior 2yr

old and from R. of. . dams. with records from 400 lbs.

to 800 lbs. 0. and O. DEAKE. Ypsilanti, Michigan.





 





I l i . ‘S I

23 Registered Tuberculm iii:itJf-i.f.-¥..Sfl?¥3.t‘2‘l'

HERMAN HARMS. Reese. Michigan.





BIDWELL SHORTI‘IORNS





For “Beef and Milk"





Registered b ulls,

Scotch - topped roans,

reds and white for sale.

Farm at N.Y.C. Depot;

also D. T Jr 1. R’y.





BIDWELI. STOCK FARM

Box 8. Tecumseh, Mich.





 





 





 





 





Albion Stamp 392670





 





Shorlhorn Cattle of both Sex for Sale





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





Shodhom —Dairy or beef bred. Breeding stock all

3 ages for sale at farmers prices. C. W. Crum,

Secy. Cant. Mich. Shorthorn Breeders' Assn. McBride. Mich.





Shorihorn and Pulled Durhamsferdmhafas

white. C. CARLSON. Le Roy. Michigan.‘





‘lléllflll Sale M ar. 1 st, 1916. 25 head shorthorns.7 males,

at “Locust” on 1). U. R between Almont &

ImiBy City. WARNER BROS. Almont. Mich.





Bulls old (men h forservioe. Golden

TWO Shorllllll'n Wyandotte Coc erels.Coilie puppies

S. G. BELCHER. R. No. 5. Hudson, Michigan.





Sh ”h For Sale—One redscotch bull 16'mos. Sire

o (""3 Uppermill Omega. no white scotch tog-

ped. Sire Bright Sultan.W.B. IcQuillan,Howell,Mic .





FOR Sale—~18 Reg. Short Horn Bulls by llIaxwalton

Monarch 2nd,a son of Avondale, from‘l to 13mos.01d

John Schmidt, Reed City. R. No. 5.. Michigan.





MIIKING snonniosnsEurasian?“





'DAVIDSON & HALL. Tecumseh. Michigan





OLLED Durhams for sale. pure Short. Horns. bred

Phornless. Rose of Sharon and Young Mary. 2 bulls

12 mo.10young cows and Heifers.L. C.Kelly, Plymouth Mich.





 





 





H005. ,

Durocs & Vic'ofias—Grand bunch of Gilts





due March and April.

Corn rising the blood

of Superba. Defender, Much 00].. Hans and others.

Afow young boars. M. '1‘. STORY. Lowell. Mich.





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I have started thousands of breeders on the road

to success. have aver-y large and fine herd. Ev-

ery one an early, developer, ready for market at six

months old. I want to place one hog in each com-

munity to advertise my herd.





G. S. BENJAMIN R. NO. 10,





 





Portland. Michigan





 





 





 





Emperor, registered with papers at fair p





 





 





 





lloyallon Bred Berkshires—3%: 352%"? ”fla'ii’é’fi

rl’ces. Write





to D. F. Valentine, Supt, Temperance, Michigan.





- of best broedi . 8 cial rice

.erkShlres on two sgging Ileana!)

D. W. SMITH, Wixom, Michigan.





SWIGARTDALE BERKSHIRES





Are the kind that win at the Fairs and also produce

the litters as all of our show stock are regular breeders.

They have the size with the bone to carr them and

their breeding is unsurpassed. Allthelea ing families

are represented. We have a few chorce Spring Bears

now crowding the 300 lb. mark. for sale, rices from

$20 up. We are new booking orders for all pigs for

January delivery. Can furnish choice Tries not skin,

for $45 to $30. We Guarantee Satisfaction.





Swlgaridalc Farm, Pctersburg, Mich.





of best breedingoie various ages,either

BEI‘RSIIII'CS st-x. all registered stock, no akin.

spl—‘Uliil reduced price. Write your wants quick.

Mitchell's Lakeside Farms, “.2, Bloomingdale, Mich.





' Have a choice leto ilts. Iam breed.

Berksnlres ing forspring farroging. Write me

your wants. A. A. Pattullo. Deckerville. Mich.





 





-—'I‘hree nice spring gilts bred for Ma

BerkShIreS farrOW, one Boar ready for Servicd:

Fall Pigs either sex. Priced for quick sale.



HIVERVIEW FARM, Ii. 2, Vassar, Michigan.

' 0f various ages. either sex open orbred

BBIkSIIlIGS- prolific strains, Register . at moderate





price. Elmhurst Stock Farm. Almont. Michigan.





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CHESTER WHITES. $3.333,tyyi’,%.§§‘:§.‘,‘i°,¥,‘.?.‘;

Meadow View Stock Farm. R. 5, Holland, Michigan.

Chester White males and females. Iieg.





neglflend Holstein male calves, herd bull and cows.

l’arham’s Pedigree Stock Farm. Bronson. Mich.





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Chester's and 0. I. C 3.833.? ”395.5“.213233



F. W. Alexander. Vassar, Michigan.



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Capitol Hard 0.]. Sum. Kiiilfigfii’wifiifi‘l’eif’ifi‘i

pmfir‘u prepaid. J. H. BANGHAR'I‘, ansing. Mich.





DUROC JERSEYS





(‘hoice Spring bears and fine lot of gilts we are

breeding for Spring farmwmg m Michigan

Masterpiece and other noted boars. {Prices reason

able. The Jennings Farm. R.l.. Bailey. Mich.





nunoc JERSEYS-2...”..e: Bails





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





nunoc JERSEY BOIHS iiii’i"i§%f:§§t§5’i’ifitb‘€?f§é





not akin. W. C. TAYLOR. an. Michigan,





 





—Fail and spring pigs either sex. from

lllll’oc JGFSBIS. choice strains. . 0.8TAHLMAN.

CHERRY LAWN FARM. shepherd. Michigan_





' ' Gilts forA ril Farrow.

J. W. KEENET, Eile, MIGII. Breeder of urec b‘wme

I). M. Jr T.lecal from Monroe or Toledo, Keeney Stop.

of the grewthy, heaV' boned

Burnt: lersoy Boar: t'pc, a... a. few ilts. ’11.“...

tion owned. 1321). HE DENUERK. ayland. Mich.

DUROCS of the best of breedin . April furrow.

Either sex. The gilts wr I be bred for Apr.



furrow. Price $20.00 to $25.00 while they last.



H. G. Keesler. R. No. 5.. Csssopolis, Mich.





"III SALE Dum" “ailing Soils Igld 1_May Gilts

. ‘ .

[5.1. Aldrich, R. I, Tekoqrlesh .11 us 0“ s





 





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UliOC Jerseys. Yearling Hows & giltsbred for Apr.

furrow to a ton of Orion (‘herry King the greatest Bear of his





" brood. Also fallpigs either sex. F.J. Drodt.R.l. Monroe. Mich.





DUROC Jerseys——A couple of choice giits bred for

Apr. farrow. Also an extra good 8 ring boar. Send

card for price, etc. 121R. Cornell, oweil, Mich.





lllll'llc Jerseys for sale——a few choice fall pigs of either

_ sex. Fancy Buff Rock ceckcrels. JOHN

Blob. ICOLL, Route 4, Bay City, Mich.





UROC Jersey. liar. gilts brcedfer A ril. Septpigs

either sex and Holstein bull calves 4 Registered

Holstein cows. E. H. MORRIS. Monroe, Mich.





“'3' Ballfll numcs—A flmii fbllncill of Bred sows

M. .3 an... newscasts Fajita...

DUROO JERSEY é’é’éfiiifidpi‘éflit’ifii’fléxs°33





sale. Wm.W. Kennedy, R. B, Grass Lake, Mich.





-—A few or those big bone Duroc

For sale Gilts. bigger and better than ever.

Safe in'pig to an Orion boar. Prices [from $25 to 340.

Also tried sows and a few boars chea . F. A. LAMB

d: EON, CASSOPOLIS, MICHI AN.





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O. I. C. Bred Gilts





Choice 100 lb. Pigs 816.

J. CARL JEWETT. Mason, Mich.

5 Fine gilt farrow in February. year-

0. '- C 8 ling, red, sows, price right.

A. R. GRAHAM. Flint. Michigan.





0. I. C. SWINE maxing





to your express office on August and September pr 5

during the month of January. I also have choice gilTs

bred for April farrow. A.J. Garden, R. 2, Dorr, Mich.





O l C SPRING BOARS of od type and

s 0 ¢ Red Polled bul calves.

John Berner and Son. Grand Ledge. Mich.





Breeders’ Directory—Continued on page 191.





 





 





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I . FEB..5,1916. THE MICHIGAN FARMER “ 39—191 ‘





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gauntlet“Itlltmtmmlumullmmumlmulmllmumeemtmmullleluutuulmu L“ - « Th h 0, h ,

~ - The Time Wheel llnve That Beats Them All l2ti:°l':.2t.§3::l.i:’i-sazaitiaeaits'.

veterlnary. -— — _— o. I. c serviceable boars. tried sows, gilts bred for





I IMurt-hantI1,AR1iiqllf)a§I-§v‘rvs§mfineran‘dlfal] is;

‘ . payexpross. . . . ansv e. c

'1' fitteutumutttmmutImlumIlllllIllllmlIIlunulmItulllletIIItIulltlmeImlmllumllfi

CONDUCTED BY w. c. FAIR, v. s.





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furrow. Recorded in buyer's name.





0 ' c Gilts bred for March. April and May

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H. W. MANN. Dun-ville. Michigan.





 





’ ‘ ' Four boars fit for

0. l. C s. Strictly Big Type. service, F O u ,

July boars, 25 Spring gilts, four mil yearlin 5, four tried

sows, all bred for Spring furrow. Also tall p gs not akin.

Extra good ones. As I am crowded for room. t. good

stock will be sold at Farmersf prices. They are good

enough that I will send them 0.0.1). & record them free.

Newman's Stock l-nrm. Mariette, Mich. R. l.





0. l. O. and CHESTER WHITE SWINE





Big typo. with quality. We havo the undofcatt-(l hlecders

young herd at seven State fairs this war. They wort-s

sired by Aho 2nd, one of our many good lit-rd boars.

Spot-la priccs on all boars for the next 30 days. Got

a. Urilt bred to the Great Schoollnastor. the highest

“riot-d hoarof the broad, Champion over champions.



'rito for our big catalogues with history of the best

herd in the whole country. Conic-Lind soc them.





Rolling View Stock Farms, Cass City, Mich.





. Thrush.~—I have a mare that is trou-

, bled with thrush. J. F. N., Fennville,

‘ , Mich—Keep foot dry and clean and

,‘ apply calomel once a day.

Injured Hock.——-I have a three-year-

old colt that was kicked, injuring hock

joint, leaving a bunch on back part of

' hock, but it causes no lameness. G. M.,

Belleville, Mich—Apply tincture of

. iodine three times a week.

Scout‘s—When my calves are about

two weeks old they commence scour-

ing and soon die. I might, add that

this is the third year that I have lost

calves from this ailment. G. L., Whit-





 





 





.‘ temore, Mich—You will find it difficult a . q . l H 1 G.“

~‘ . - ' " ' - ' ‘ homo .[rlng ionrs am in»: l s.

. to clean and disinfect yout cow and O. I. . Wmm- Expmmlml ”mistwfrm



Glenwood Stock Farm. Zeeland. Michigan.





calf stable perfectly, so as to feel sure

that you have destroyed the infection

that kills your calves. Your cows

should caiye in a tohroughly clean and

disinfected stable; the navel string of

calf should be tied at birth and end of

cord painted with tincture iodine; be-

sides, the navel and surrounding parts

should be wet With one pd” carbollc In the Michigan Farmer of January load with a lighter machine; which 0 i C Choicogiltshrcd forAprilanszlyfarrow.

A. J





 





' ’ Attractive prices on full plus

naglshrfld 0' l- c s' and last, spring gilts. All from

large litters. Elmer E. Smith, Redford. Mich.





 





o I c, 20 bred sown for 5310.8 last April gilts nrnrnged‘zm

I I silhanu. 10.1916. They are u very growtlly lot. liar-,-

some May gilts and last fall ymrlingsmlso a few service boars

and plenty of last full pigs. Otto B. Schulzo, Nashville, Mich.





 





 





 





acid and 20 arts water and the hind _ _ . . .

parts of cowIs) washed with this same 8 we announced that we should have moans economy of fuel and less wear amalgam“?0.4333113133381ng-

solution. our Three Wheel Drive tractors on the and tear on the machine. ' ' ' ' -

Scout‘s in Cattle.——VVhat causes cat- market during the 'ensulng season. Nearly all these letters say, “I in- 0 i c sowshrtwlrm-iluroluuulAmum-row. Priced

tle to scour that are pastured on low The letters received 1n response to tend to buy a tractor the coming sea- h". Itostfihjtjrnu‘qlilijfiifift‘ifk'1 1“?fi‘°l‘,{;‘.19}t925M

muck ground? Is it. because 01- the our announcement, show that farmers son,” and coming by the dozen in ev- "'3 ”’me' " ' ‘ ‘ ‘ "W “m 0’ “ “ "W“





heavy growth of grass, 01. causcd by [fully understand that driving all three ery mail, they indicate tho hosts of

the wet condition 01- the ground? H. lwhecls means Greater. EfflClency, and farmers who are only waiting to buy ‘

getting all our weight on our driv- tractors until they can decide “which





i: A. S., Cap-ac, Mlch.——Both are causes, . _ n

z 01. scours .ers W111 enable us to pull a heav1er',one. -

‘ ' ' From our thousand pound (lrnnd (‘lunnplon Boar

and Big Strctt-llySows of host hl't-mling. Spring





5 Cow Holds up Milk.——I have a cow?



. that does not let down her lnilk very] Boars ataburgain. Brodtiilts and lit-oodbi'ows.



‘ freely and there is some obstruction“ . . . Ilfllcrest Farm, Kalamazoo, Mlch.



in the, end of one teat, and perhaps in



quarter. it. V. 0. Berlin Mich.—-Kind- ’ ‘ . v i. l(‘.l' . ll- ds Sil‘b‘lt.Ji .



we... a... W... hulking, by Der.14 Jefferson Ave. East, Detroit, Mich. Blfl Type fw 1w

M \' wilt-ring (‘xH'iis‘ any (lift-ring: ever offered at public





SOD. h'db' a gOOd efi'GCt‘ OH CO‘VS 111“" are — — _ — -_ sa tA itltllc Staten \Vl'itu l’ort'tliulog.

inclined to hold up milk. Gentle hand- _ '— —" _ — — — —" —— —- — — WILLIAM WAFFLE. Goldwater. Michlmn.





 





 





 





 





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4 . . . .

rubbing 0t udder and carefully passing MAIL THE COUPON ' ’

. . ' . -. .. . . - . ' IC TYPE P. 0. Either sex. pairs or tries not akin-

d. bolallddlo (“Idle “id-t: Cdndl; 15 (ill thd't . Pl , , B‘rod son'sltsndlgilts.lfiavoslovergl10001b.bourlpro.

" B 0119. K , ' ‘ . ' - - - . ’ . - . sxts. Also uto y no arger iree ing. Every: ling

can ease mail me catalog and Ddl‘llculdls of spoolal often to first buye1 s. :fxiraneeod’ngm. FRANK lmnolen. szennaJlich





 





Flat: Warts—J have a cow that is





 





 





 





 





 

 

 

 





 

 

 





   

 

 





 





troubled VVlth flat warts OIl udder. O Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . u. . 1G Upt-Pu‘nnd Chinns—Vi'ostornbrefi pairsor trios

H- B" hllgilShV'llle, l\éIlCh-—'I'Xlll)1." 1} 53v“ ‘ R D [allotnkindhehurt:(nun) it‘oseluneycrd' ,ICroorgt-Alnrj

urated solutlon 0t sallcyllc aCld In a]. ‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . . P. 0.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . ,,. , lshtllihrccdlng. ()nliorwrlio. \\.Bre\\'haker&Sulls, Mme. Mich.

cohol every dav or two. |

.' '. ........... ........-......... v L ’ no... p... n . "lilf l‘ii“hi l‘ "1'"

Loss 01 ADPewter—I have two calves . . . . _ .-.,,--__ _ ,, ,,o-_,._._w.933]??? - St??? - - -- — - . ' - - - ‘ . - - - - -- , POLAND cunt salt; ".35” 1.1;. *;:.,,.l::.,;},§;e1,5531,

about a your old that are very poor ~ unteed. o. w. HUL’J‘UN. Kalamazoo, .Vll'L'hleu.

which have no appetite. W. G., Orton- I .

x . ., . , . . , . . of the big type. Sprin * boars, Gllts

Ville, ni_lch.-——(;1ve_30 drops of fluid ex- increases Keeps hogs POUND (:HINAS [nod for April [’lmmw,

l tract 0t nu); vonuca,‘ a teaspoontul of milk ‘Flow heath Makes horses A. A. WOOD & son. Saline. Michigan.

fluld extract gentlan and a teaspoonful hardier , r l . b I . l

' H (‘\Y(' lOlL'l' ()HI‘H O sprlnp: um

Large Sham Pr clearly sumlncr furrow. A choice lot;





of fluid extract cinchona at a dose in

feed or in a pint. of water as a drcncu

three times a day.



Cow Fails to Come in Heat—We

have a cow that has been fresh SOlllt‘

time ago, but fails to come in heat. C.

i J. 8., Rockford, Mich—Give her 1 (11‘.

of ground llux vomica and 2 drs. of

ground capsicum at a dose in feed

three times a day.



Piles—l have a sow that is with pig

which is troubled with piles. (I. N.

Wayne, Mich—Dissolve 1 oz. ZlCHiatl"





i of Spring Grilts bred for spring furrow sit-(ed. h) “it:

Defender the hour that, cvvry body {zoos Wild over.

H. WAR'I'Z. Schoolcraft. Michigan.





 





j Cilts and sows. Bred for Mar. and

i Lafge type P. - April furrow. Sin-d by “in Des

‘ Molnes, Big Knox .Ir..:lild Giant. Defender. Bred to Big

Knox Jr. Smooth Wonder 3 and Big Jumbo, lourgrt-at-

est boars in State. (‘unlonl' write. \\'. l5.LivillgstonJ’nrlna,Mit'll.





Less feed; more profit





Your animals are just machines—for pro-

ducmg milk, meat, work, wool. etc. How 1

mUCh you get from them depends, not on ’ strain of Poland Chinas on carth, none bigger“ If

h h “f 1-, f d . i you-9ver expect. to own a registered Poland China.

0W muc uc ( ce ) you glvc them but I téhlsls yolu'r opportiunizty.n_Got biuayznfd oréleriat once.

' rios no a in a sac 1. ew re sows at

on how much t/zey get from Mat fled. i m...





   

   

   

   

   

 

 

 

 

 

 





 





, Spring Pigs at Half Pricez—Bred mm





the largest





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





 





 





 





u of lead, 1 oz. tannic acid in a quart of ‘

water and apply to protruding parts D L G ,

' r . . - . .' . . ‘ Ty c Boar: ullsold. l‘iln'o several good Cilt.

} thcc a {id}. lt 1s possible that. some a r. e ear 3 StOCk POWders Blgbrcdpto smlmtl. Jumbo. Jr. Top Hour of .11.]:

i surgical \VUl'k Should be (10119 on your l ex Bl woxm d d. . . Collin Sale. Priced rlgllt togoq ick. A.D. Gregory.lilillfl.i“i('il.

‘ sow; however, this is work for a Vet. p s an put mum“: organs in perfect .





condition to get crusty ounce of nourishment n‘ T Pol n1 (‘lllna (um bred t a Mod on 1

out of i _. ype ya ( .. ‘ ‘ . 0 gt.” 5 ‘ o ‘a

the feed. Used regularly, they’ll cause COWS to , \Vondcriul \‘i ontlu. 11c soldlnlowator 56...). ’lhls





it is well to keep in mind that consti-

. . j willp lease you . Robert M artin. R. 7. Hastings, M ich.

yield more milk. hogs to fatten faster. work animals





nation and weakness are the principal .

causes of piles. .





 





 





 





 





‘ oi -.. ‘ —— - . < - . to become stur ' i, - c'thcmcxnlle s s :-

i ilolt intuitionh Elave lost seven dler. sheep to make more wool. . For Sale Poland China: thing] Quotihtzigitm' 13-1511.

3 p gs ate 3 \\ ion t e), were about 111110 , Because they scmllydo gettheee ' t P. D. Long, R. F. D. No. 8. Grand Rapids, Mich.

weeks old. ’l‘hcy refuse to eat, were: aeaults. Dr. LeGeags Stock Pow- F St k ‘

rather thirsty rrow weaker and weak- i ' 9“ are now 1188 reelflarl! b! or DC : 1) .1. .1 Ch' 2... n thsx'l lzll mum;

or until they ,die Their f d ‘. t- EachofDrLeGears thousandaof tarmerseverywbere. - d P tHeavy BOMd iuli‘gnln ”i‘l'it'es.0 .- Qt”). .‘ ’.llim-|'

. _ . . _ oo consls 3 2| different Remc- . an oultry (lockerels. ROBERT views, Pierson,Mlchigan.

ed of'all the separator milk they cared dies is his own pren- 506 81:06]! book free! 0 .

to drink and were kept in poll 2111 the cription tested and 1f yourdealercannot sell you any Dr LEGearS ‘ GLAND (‘illllllh‘fiilfl andnlcdium typo. Giltslm-d

’ of Dr LeGear's Remedies, send 0 1 Pto bi . typo hours for April furrow. Fall pigs, either





time. F. C. l{., North Street, Mich. ~- - .

I am more inclined to believe that, your proved m 23 years “a ma name and we'll send you a





O

. ‘ . 7 . . . . 'na line 500 stock book ire 9—116 pages 2

lugs die the result of food infection personal Veten ry ' ' ' ' EGISTanl) Poland China Spring Boom and Bow;

’ practice. Ask your and 64 illustrations. Write today. i at $15 cacti. M a king thisspccial price to make room





, sex. . W. Barnes 8L Son. Byron. Michigan.





 





 





than from disease‘ however I would

. . . ‘ ‘ , .n. Dr.L.D.LeGerM dic' . One for ‘ ., w ‘- ‘ -

adVISe you to clean and dlsmlcct, your dealer for them. 712 Howard Sta. 551.0333. every (urable mr Others. A'GAlUde‘btwwu'MMHCOHWSRMHL

Dig pen, and add somoground oats and ' d'lmont F 3 i ~Big Type Poland China Hours mun for

Wheat bl‘fln l0 tholr lllllk. ‘ or a e survive. Also sows at bargain prions.



.. . JOHN GUKEE, i{.No. i, On'osso, Michigan.





 





 





VVormsty 12-year—old mare is

troubled with worms. A. A. S., Novi, E

Mich.——Mix together one part powder—i



ed sulphate iron, one part of ground

uh wormsed and two parts ground gen-

tlan and give a dessertspooni'ul at a

dose in feed twice a day.



Ind1gestion.——I have a cow that came

fresh last September, since feeding her

dry feed her milk flow has lessened,

her appetite is poor and it troubles

her to raise her cud. P. N., Sears,

Mich—Mix together one part cooking

soda, one part ringer, two parts of

ground gentian and two parts powder-

od charcoal—~give her two tablespoon-

fuls at a dose in feed three times a

day. Also feed her more roughage.



Weakness—Roarer.—My eight-year-

old horse does not appear to be much

,sick, but whenever he is exerted, he





. . Bred sow sale, Feb. 18th.

' Blg T p6 PI - Writcfol'(‘:ltalog.



. ‘ W. J. HA ELSEA W. Augusta. Michigan.



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. ' (‘iltsbred fors rin’



_The Truth . Large Yorkshlres imw smile:



_ . . boars. Pigs llii nexus. Prim-s licasonahlo. W. .



You may be preludlccd seams! (10 K. Route No- It ADA- MlCHIGAN'



I‘tl'u: Jimmy [Energise you don‘t



now er. oo 6! up. She's in ‘ ' H Yorkslres Pa the



the Money Co«u;_ Joule: [Payfl th' fr?.ght Morgig'uzle. 1811",; (dllts



- __ . for IV are 1 an Apri snowing. cat ow and Farm,



G“ Th“; B°°k "11““?1'3’0f \‘V atcrnlan & Waterman. Ann Arbor, Mich.



the breed and full of very Inter-





csling tests and facts. it roves _. ll 1 B S and



This conclusively that for pure dairy type,p6con- Mulch)“: Hogs Gilli: “iii? seréi‘igdisoags Pa rs



Book cmy of production, richness of mil . long notakin.Writefor prim-3.0. F.Bacon,R.3Britton,Mlc .

life 131:: adaptability toi fcegs and silmaln \l h' f l 1 ‘



-—a cue com me -5 e Man , way H h- H -- ot mg: ’or sa 0 mt. .- pr. "oars.



above th u. ‘ u all s it. figs Tukinuorders forspring ligs. Writ 1



cm a Th" book About Jerscy yonre’ants. John W. Snyder, '81:. Johns, ii. A o. 4, Michfi





 





 





iii. DOORS on hinges—easy

to open and close——

never bind. stick or freeze

in. Better quality of silage

because of air-tight doors al-

waysm placer—prevents silage

freezmg In Winter and dryin

In summer. Safe ladder, stee





Catlicn'il free. Get your copy now. You i

and it 11113th good reading.





TheAmericanJerseyCattleClub “Impbliim SWifle. boars. Write for )rices. Price to





Pigs of both sex. Bred Sows.Servicc





346 cht 23rd Street, New York City sell. ‘1LUYT) 1V1 YERAS, R. N0. , Decatur, 1nd.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





weakens and breathes hard and very frame. rfect anchorage sys- H P

often (-0.... .down- He does .0. ap- zamammressa" . 5 EE ' w

pear to be sick and his appetite is able doors. The chicken silo , “005 no stock for sale

good. u. r. c... Thompsonville, Mich. . “amasgfigggegfiri. , . oxford Down Sheep. at mm.

——-1 am lnCllllPd 10 belleve that your mu‘ “om "as. 81"” I 0 I c Spn'icabledxmrs. . spring gilts .and fal N. F' GANSSLEY' L°nn°n‘ Michigan.

horse has throat trouble which will re- 1i {-3 Dept- 15,u-cdn $.53 oh.oto. A. ’i'rflfiiitk‘h..‘2:tiflli li’iichmea and

. . _ . _ l‘ p . . . . . .

quire i surglcallovsritlon to make hlm 1, "HI“: hummus... _____ A U C I I O N S A [13E

1‘ lowever 111i ’ a, , ' ' -- at 8!. Louis Ill. 1 1 1 , Bred ilt.‘ with size :'0 Extra recorded Shropshire ewes. 25 extra uric

“$41.1, for ‘d 001,11 letelglt LV (id that ihlS IS ‘I'I‘ " , . ' ’ 0' l' c' S 3 Jliliid il‘iix'ifity $22 15.53:) elm-ll. , :OWS. February 16th. at KOPE KOMFARM. Kinder-

“ 01 i I e ' i C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford, Michigan. hook. Mich. Write for catalogue and plan to come.





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Eventful Career

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Barbed Wire Less Than 3 Strong F encmg l 5 5 9 7 Buys M etal 40 Buys Ready Roofing

,m. {123; 2:331:53 C 2.123%??? C 801-93111 C Roofing C Eisn'fifififiifiafmm ' r .

d ‘ I . . . .

3r1§3u‘i“‘163"ifll‘.°°§ Per 0...“... .na Per Rod v P" 5'1“" .Never I... . . -. Per £li:i:%%iif:.%:fii£"3€$i¥§

ggri'iveiiiiriifiie {oi-fig: R°d big deals enable us to quote heretofore fore heVe been so splendidly equip- . - ‘ 1 Square kind at p rl c ea a solutely

service. Price per :00 lbs.. ease. Order by lot No. AJ-as. unheard of low prices. Strong, heavy p_ed to supply best metal roofing, slayghtcged. Our famous Afiglgn Brand -'

Galvanized Barbed Wire, light weight, first grade Fencing fortunately secured recently siding and ceilings at lowest prices. 5" if: gfiiiif’éficéiefgym owns. our

$212": Image ousting]? 96:32:! agrog's goth; reels. 2 e(zitnl: bgfilgs. at our own price. We h?'° made bette' m‘ngemenu ' cgmplete with nails andcement: 4 iv,

mimetibubed 'w'u'o'. per 100 lbs.. $2.36. Order by lot $033,143: A sfplendid fencing for hogs and all en- f°l' t5“ ”‘9?“ than °V°" before. t° ' 40¢: 1 ply 75c: 2 ply 83¢: 3 NY 9: -

. . era! arm purposes. 26-inch, 7 line wres supply positively the best roofing l

Galvanlzed Fence wlre s 6 . high. Sguare mesh, stays 12 inches apart. hrgamp. Buys Red or Gray

, ' I. Put up in rol s of 0, 30 and 40 rods. Order by lot No. Wecanfurnish Corfu ated V-Crim ed, c -

» - Smooth fgalvanized wire. AJ-33. Same as above. except stay a seed 6 inches, per Standing Seam Bead Ceili’ng all 1; nda Slate Roofing

salable or fenci-‘B. slay wirfs. rod,21c. Orderb lot No. AJ-62. gtaples for erection. of omamental'ceiling plates ’st lowest Red or Gra Slate

a :hi‘c’ii $i§§1§d“en‘é¥a 1333.133? buys ’00 “’8" 52-50- ”d" by ‘°‘ N°- “‘34- 0‘“ W1” D 098 ever made- Paint“ Sheets from ’76 Def P“ Slate—2 and 3ypieces to

‘ Elfin?” .n 1:01 5‘0, 16:39:36 100 lbs. catalog tells more. square up. Square ”1:; 96¢; better “a“.

g a “my“? ’9'“ 5 ° ° ° 0 t 31.16 R Gra Slate outed Shin les $2.50 or

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pig‘NoT‘a‘;,Sg.932",.:,,‘,;’;,3°2,;g°“;§;.?§ 3 Buys Harris Lawn Fence $ :2-25 Buys Galvanized ROOfing square. We have other grades at proportionate] slow

3mg??? .5, 13:? A‘j‘3‘?,_"°" “med “m- 4c Edi): yugséhithgggsPaly‘fir zigewlgi‘lve gs: gapzlsendid Cialvamz'Tedl Roofing from £32385“de 1.33;". oviiid :érgifiixiggin-l‘riiiffang 223

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Galvanized St-ples. 2%c Der lb- er big saving. Made 0 best alvanized wire, P..- needs cccguailimg u l: of: SELm‘il'fi ir°.°83'§féi.i'mo; ii»: triiim.m$dd. £12175: ”m" m

p coated with metallic aint. pri hts No. 9. S uare 0070!” “in" n! the kind of bulldins. exact dl-

. . Foot Cables 0. 121-2: Cab ea spaced 6 nches a art. q mansions of roof, w on you expect buy. etc.,

- . . . . - . - . 0.... mom». was. a pone-men. m... root. 4 as:sm;‘..**s:.uatsizzafi‘s‘.12”... .. e"- hm - - ’ - - - . ' -

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savmg o portumties. Tho countless thousands, of shrewd

posted uyers, who are familiar with our original and

different methods of purchasing. know the reason for this

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The reports of the Mercantile Agencies





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l i No matter where you are, or what

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Thousands of Home Lovers have proved

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has a definite meaning all its own. It is

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It means 2.; years' experience





$229 Buys a Car of New Lumber!





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In quality, quantity and low, “direct-to-

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A whole car brand new lumber for only $229.00!

Every stick guaranteed up to grade. Immediate

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their stocks, no matter how-large, for ready cash. No

auction or forced sale of any importance takes place with-

out our knowledge and the presence of our buyers. Dur-

ing the closing months of 1915 our $0,000,000.00 buying

power gave us an overwhelming advantage in efl’ecting

many of the greatest purchases we have had the good for-

tune to make since we launched this business 23 years ago.





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you expect to build a house. barn or any structure. send at once for deuces, Farm Homes, Bungalows, Duplex Houses, Cot-

OFFER BOOK talgesgi Czarages. Colr‘n Cribis,tetbc.“dTlLis Pkg?! Book is gn-

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.1 9,, 01911,] gecmc $29.50 for a "RUMELY" $ .50 Splendid opportum -. greatest“ P

‘@:i ng t lant ‘l 1' 500 lb‘ The patented (hi-3' it B ' i (1 th 5e are engine values ever ' '0

Cap. ‘ ‘ “PTPICt-em every detal f°_ tributing blades make this . Vi R 3;“ 1n mtsn d tg‘s eat if d H , _ 111' Y 2

75 Vb"; S‘mplevsafE-emm‘?‘ the bestdisc Separator made. Capacity rea _umey produc an 1 3" 0 ere - CTCSSO 1 . ; .

)cal, anybody can run it. 500 lbs. Skims a gallon perminutc. Good sale gives them to you at tremendous chance to own a famous '1' ,.. ._ .,





j RUMELY_- OLDS Gas—

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All Sizes—l ‘A t065H.P.

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for 20 years—quiet smooth-running; no

delicate mechanism, simple Biron , Inter-

changeable arta. always easuly o tamed.

S_kims close y—thick or thin cream, as de-





This 8-in Rumel Mill—weight ‘

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rheostat, yo I t meter, 7. ’ _. - . in cob corn and small rams course medium or fine. A! . . "9° ‘7'" puwmph ‘0' g 93 °“ ' ° ‘3' Genu-

erfect brand new—satisfactory order 3’ ._ - rtlonately unenumcIy-OIds Engines, remember! Bland new, u _c

lot No. AJ-IIOI p . ' infil for shelled corn at 35'50' 10 and l2inch Size" ”if? AJ1235. crl‘oct, for quick shipment. direct. to you. Get our-“$23313:





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Mixed Wire Nails Wallboard Snap xed Paint our G r e at Purchase of Steel. Fence Posts Vacuum Cleane 3’ 81300?

IOOLBS s 90 Per $ 39 PerlOOSq.Ft. . ngim 1 7c % $359 . 33"; 98c ‘ . V



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'4 “’5' "5 5'” Y “’5“ Harris high A big fortunate ~ Lot No. “47. ‘

scam” N e v er be- (I): o n r 2 grade ready . urchase linings . . 'ghisb splendid -

or i ‘ fore such a 955333.“? $193,322? Our recent gigantic purchase of Rumely he“ tub“ 8” ° , -, Bfifizfnfi’i‘ié“oi':

Wm}; l Iii gi‘anlfi’0325333 ._ {nlnufsgc- s e n t s a stock of Gasoline Engines. Cream Separators, ’ Thou- cm"... _:;D,f=¢&:55;,

. -‘ nails. Buy lib- " W 3”}, $15 splendldfor- Electric ‘nghtmg Plants, Ensxlage Cutters, Feed Bands sold at $10.00. Vacu- iiiiifiinizi‘ii ‘31::

NAILS " ”any. be:dypa?:regecofidlt: . I0.... I 5 xi es cfiiifiietteggtt Mills, Corn Huskersi,‘ Corlrll Shiner; anddHag Bali- umfiegrggcgwit. Tgfiftcé, nnfel. “Meg

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a,” mixe _ nee p" 83‘ ( up a t wutllin bulityl)‘ ed house paint at 89c ‘1" 2211- used to pay m earload lots, 5 ow any ish;ru}3bert1re.ballboar- millwork bar-

sggo. Olrder by lot No]. lilitiii" Snpmyfile;'{“r‘e:fn°fot It}: 161%.]; Ion. llnll'lril 113:)an “A? 42“ . . o 51in- vyviigtandfence lyrics»; cifiiiéiegflflll‘é‘niiifiiiy’ 53“?" 33:: liiiiliiing informa~

Lg;'ggfg_'3,§;'ggsfiofi;,,_4g; 1830. Price 100 aq.n.. $1.39. figfg’fgfipfigg pm, £50k: ' Never :11 our 23 years of grime Wrecklvlsg :0} belo‘w tells more. $3.59. Order by loter. A347. non you require. Low price--

. —.———""‘ W have we offered such wonder u bargains. e ""-“'.—‘ , ‘—-—-—--————’

Closet Outfit Four TOOlS In One F me Incubator believe in truthful advertismg. An army of Shingle Bargalns Heahng Plant Snap Rugs at Half

V .. a $ 75 satisfied customers know 1tl “So when we say t.° "I, s 77 A, low as m 1 Good

NOW $998 , 4— our customers everywhere Here and now is 1000 2— 00 , ":1 9..

Only - ' \ the; greatest opportunity wef hgyekevgrplaced ill. , . $6 7- F' m

Ele ant low ‘ ~ V "L'ttle 65“!" be ore you m mere an 155: o _ is m , every _ ~;:~' me. up

dink closet ' «so-in. all met— one. awake to opportunity lS bound to take i‘diniiiiligrgg [i if . Youcan “k 1: Sign; 11:5; ,

saunter: 2-.53 warms notice of our words. - magma... * H, 3...," r“: We, 5-,“, , g.

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constructed - ~ a or stagnant air pockets four random selections to give you some idea of the bar— show you ed' see them In actual col-

throughout. Porchl acting flush. atfgthfagfd J:v3'35' 239?sz iii Heavy plate glass tog. tDoultfle gains represented. Remember these are real . Rumely Exm ole" 5_2 gig?“:gflw_:gd_§“:;°°g;sg on; in our book.9x12ft.rugll

All complete at this low price. J . . wafer thermostst— 0 we or products at these low prices that should convmce the loo-in. 'Was'hington red cedar $.81- steam “Mend hot wat- 53- Axmlnster Rugs





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