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VOL. CXLV. N0. 7

Whole Number 3875





DETROIT, MICH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1916





50 CENTS A YEAR.

82 FOR 5 YEARS.





Tree Planting on Public Highways





By W. l. GILSON.





HE prosperity and progress of a



farm community as well as its



intelligence is said to be indi-

cated to a very large extent by the

appearance of the highways. High-

way planting should go hand in hand

with road improvement.



Nearly all people have the tendency

to develop to the fullest extent, that

which brings the largest and quickest

returns. The roadsides have suffered

neglect while the hustle for wealth or

possibly the struggle for a financial

existence has been going on. The

fields yield a return each year, but

highway planting never a direct in-

come, probably accounting for the fact

that it has been so grossly neglected.

Rented farms are not apt to have well

kept roadsides or have much atten-

tion given to planting unless the own-

er is in position to do it himself. The

renter is primarily an exploiter, who

does not expect to live on the same

farm for a long period, and he sees no

inducementto spend his time where

there is no direct. return or where the

results of his work will give little evi-

dence until after he has gone.



\‘t'hile the result. of tree planting is

a few years deferred, it is not of a

temporary value. The same trees re-

main as living monuments to the plant-

er through the passing of several gen-

erations.



There are many advantages of road-

side trees, some of which are aes-

thetic or sentimental and others com-

mercial. Their presence gives charac-

te ‘ and distinction to the surroundings

and the tree foliage forms the frame

for the panorama of fields and grow-

ing crops observed when'passing the

farm. The traveling public is more in-

clined to travel the route of beautiful

and well-shaded highways, and prop-

erty has more value on well traveled

roads. Roadside trees no doubt in-

crease the value of abutting property

directly. They shelter the roadways

from the hot sun in summer and have

an effect in preventing the blowing of

dust. The penetration of winter winds

is lessened and snow is caused to lay

more evenly on the surface rather than





to drift. There are likewise a few

apparent disadvantages of roadside

planting. It is a well known fact that





thrive





in the edge of





crops do not





fields beside rows of trees. Leaving

a strip of permanent sod along the bor-

der has been suggested, but this is un-

desirable where the common crop rota-

tion is practiced. The partial failure

of crops in the"‘zone where the trees

draw nourishment from the soil is

largely offset: by the value of the trees

as shade to g‘azing stock or to men

and work animals during their rest

periods. If limbs come together over

roadways they cause the retention of

too much moisture in the soil, by shad-

ing it. too completely, and prevent.

their drying up after the rains and





is recommended. Elm, oak, hard ma-

ple, and tulip or whitewood, have

large crown spreads and oppositely

planted are adapted for standard

width or wider roadways. Two meth-

ods are open to the planter on more

narrow thoroughfares. The first is to

plant. the trees alternately so that no

two stand opposite each other, in or-

der that: the crowns will never over-





lap or the roadway receive complete-





shade. The second is to choose trees

smaller at. maturity, such as Norway

maple, red maple, and basswood. The

average distance at which to plant





 





 





 





Every Farm Should Have a Rubbish Dump not Visible to the Public.





the spring break-up. Such results are

the fault of the planter in setting the

trees too close together or choosing a

species of too great size. when in the

near mature stage.



The standard width of Michigan

highways is 66 feet. The crown spread

of the average American elm at. a

stage near maturity is 55 feet, thus in-

dicating that they may be planted

along the fence line with enough open

overhead space left above the road-

way to allow sunlight to enter and dry

the roads up after 'ains. Where there

is sufficient width, setting the trees

opposite each other along the highway





 





 





The Only Existing Roadside Trees Are Such as HaVe Sprung up by Chance.





 





fences.





trees apart in the rows is 45 feet. Elm





which is above the average, should

stand at, 50 feet. Sugar maple and





oak 45 feet, Norway and red maple 40

feet, and basswood 38 feet.



The three essential features of ideal

highways are, good roads, clean road-

sides, and rows of shade trees. The

trees should, as far as possible, be of

the same. species, evenly spaced, and

planted a uniform distance from the

This rule cannot be followed

precisely because the problem of sav-

ing native trees, already growing, en-

ters in. They should by all means be

saved if they are of desirable species,





sufficient size, and not so near the





roadway as to form an obstruction.



The trees which grow in a commu-

nity are a good index as to what is

most likely to succeed. Hard maple

leads asthe most popular roadside

tree, with American elm, oak and Nor-

way maple also very desirable. The.

future of elm is somewhat qeustiou-

able because of recent insect attacks.

Norway maple is not a native tret- but

succeeds well under a great varit-ty of

conditions anti is well adapted for

roadways a little narrower than the

average. The roadside is not a place

to experiment with little known or in-

troduced species. The place for such

trees is where their failure will not

destroy the landscape effect in a con—

spicuous manner. It is doubtful if

there is any locality in Michigan where

some one of the dependable

will not thrive.





species





As a matter of economy, fruit trees

have been set along highways. They

grow with average success, producing

fair crops of fruit and serve partially

the purpose of ornamentation. They

fall in not fully performing any of the

functions of shade trees. They do not

give the desired amount of shade such

as produced by maple, elm, oak and

other of the larger tree species. The;-

are usually shortlived. rather ragged

appearing in winter, and the fruit

a temptation that results in )ltlrxfit'l'h“

by injuring the trees.



Pruning.



No serious error will be

pruning large roadside trees if the

function roadside trees should serve

is kept in mind. Knowing that their

primary use is for shade, there will be

no temptation to “top” them. The

large branches should be removed high

enough above the ground to clear the

roadway for the highest load that will

pass underneath, allowing considera-

ble extra »overhead space for such

times as sleet and snow weigh limbs

down. It is important also, to keep

the foliage anti limbs from obstruct-

ing the View of the fields and crops

from the traveler. Other aims of time~

ly pruning are to maintain a symmetri—

cal, well-rounded outline to the tree,

and to remove branches that are cross-



(Continued on page 196).





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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





Sisal fiber, which is

the principal avail.

able raw material

for the manufacture

of binder twine at the present time is

produced almost wholly in Yucatan, a

southern Mexican state. During the

early days of twine manufacture, ma-

nila fiber secured from the Philippine

Islands, New Zealand and Calcutta,

was extensively used as a raw mate

rial, but, owing to its cheapness, sisal

fiber grown in Yucatan gradually be-

came the chief raw material used in

the production of twine, particularly

after the port of Manila was closed by

Admiral Dewey in 1898. The ensuing

disturbances enabled the Yucatan

planters to practically double the price

of sisal fiber produced in that country

and with the return of normal condi-

tions they were reluctant to again ac-

cept old prices for the material.



Several attempts were made to form

a syndicate to control the production

and increase prices. The most recent

effort to this end culminated in the

formation in 1912 of the Comision

Ruguladora del Mercado de Henequen,

which undertook to control the selling

price of sisal. Because of the severe

drouth in the Philippines that year,

thus reducing the production of manila

fiber, the Yucatan syndicate was en-

abled to advance the price of sisal

fiber to a very high figure.



The breaking out of the European

war in 1914, cutting off export demand

reduced the consumption of fiber to an

extent which made it impractical for

this new pool to hold up prices which

again dropped to a low level. The

blocking of the port of Progreso, fol-

lowing a revolutionary outbreak in Yu-

catan last February, threatened to

again complicate conditions, but upon

representations at Washington by the

twine manufacturers showing the need

of additional raw material, the block-

ade was raised within a month and

sufficient supplies of sisal were secur-

ed to manufacture the twine for last

year’s use.



In the meantime, however, the regu-

lating committee had secured almost

absolute control over the market and

since that time no Yucatan sisal has

been obtainable except from that com-

mittee or commission, which has the

support and is under the control of

the government of Yucatan and the

present recognized government of Mex-

ico, thus forming practically a govern-

ment monopoly of this raw material.

American capital has been enlisted in

this enterprise by the organization of

what is known as the Pan American

Commission Corporation under the

laws of the state of New York in De-

cember, 1915. with a capital of _ 31.-

000,000. Reports from apparently au-

thentic sources indicate that this cor-

poration, thehstock of which is said to





The Sisal Fiber

Monopoly.





be held largely by New Orleans banks

ers', has agreed to furnish the Yucatan

regulating committee any amount up

to $10,000,000 advanced on warehouse

receipts of the committee, enabling

same to hold the sisal supply in ware-

houses in this country, thus controll-

ing its market price. It is stated that

six per cent interest is paid on the

capital thus loaned, in addition to a.

commission or bonus of five per cent

on all fiber sold, which on the basis of

the American consumption of about

320,000,000 pounds would amount to

around $1,000,000, thus insuring an an—

nual profit to this corporation equal to

its authorized capitalization.



At the present time the cost of sisal

fiber is 7% cents per pound f. o. b.

New York. It is stated by twine man-

ufacturers that the Yucatan combina-

tion is paying planters four cents per

pound, the big profits going into the

Yucatan and-Mexican governments and

to the stockholders of the American

corporation above mentioned as giving

the scheme financial support.



It is estimated that each cent added

to the price of binder twine means an

added cost to the farmers of the Uni-

ted States and Canada of $2,500,000.

Naturally this state of affairs has. call—

ed forth a storm of protest from Am-

erican farmers’ and dealers’ organiza-

tions as well as American twine man-

ufacturers. Many resolutions have

been introduced in Congress providing

for the investigation of this monopoly.





The law on the

Federal statute

books regulating

the sale of oleo-

margarine was, as every reader knows,

enacted for the purpose of placing a

handicap on commercial dishonesty by

placing a tax of ten cents per pound

on oleomargarine colored in imitation

of yellow butter, while the natural un-

colored product was taxed only one—

quarter cent per pound.



While the law may not have entire-

ly stopped the traffic in oleomargarine

under the guise of butter, it has dis-

couraged it to an extent which has

aroused a determined attempt on the

part of interests engaged in the man-

ufacture and sale of oleomargarine to

secure a modification of the law which,

in the Opinion of prominent men who

are identified with the dairy interests

of the country would make it practical-

ly inoperative. The argument advanc-

ed by the oleomargarine interests in

favor of the proposed change in the

Federal law embodied in the so-called

Lever bill now before Congress, is that

the present law by the high tax impos-

ed materially increases the cost of liv-

ing for a multitude of people who can-

not afford to purchase high—priced but-

ter. While this claim could not well

be substantiated, it has been so per‘

sistently advanced as to have been re-

flected in certain state papers, the pub-

lishers of which should have been bet-

ter informed. ' _,



As a means of refuting this claim

and of avoiding a controversy as well

as of showing that the dairy interests

do not desire to add in any way to the

consumers' burdens, a bill was prepar

ed by representatives of the National

Dairy Union and allied organizations,

including the National Grange, which

eliminates the ten cent tax now im-

posed on colored oleomargarine, in

consideration of a provision that the

coloring of oleomargarine in imitation

of butter and the mixing of butter with

this product in its manufacture be pro-

hibited.



Another feature of the bill is the

prescribing of a color standard beyond

which oleomargarine cannot go, which

provision is incorporated in the bill to

facilitate its administration and is

made possible by working out a prac-

tical means for scientifically measur-

ing colors by the bureau of standards.

This bill is known as the Haugen Bill

and was officially approved in its pres-

ent form by the dairy and other agri-





Desired Oleomargar-

ine Legislation.





cultural interests above mentioned last 26





June. This bill in its original form

has been pending in Congress since

April, 1912, but on account of other im-





portant legislation. engaging Congres-

sional attention, no action has as yet

been taken on same.



The repeated reiteration of the ar-

gument that the present law increases

the cost of living would, however, indi-

cate that oleomargarine legislation

will be urged upon Congress in the not

distant future bythe opponents of the

present law. The action taken in the

preparation and subsequent perfectiOn

of the bill above mentioned by the

dairy and allied interests of the coun-

try indicates, however, that the pro-

ducers’ interests will be well cared for,

and that such oleomargarine legisla-

tion as may be enacted, if any, will be

of a progressive rather than a retro-

gressive nature.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





The Euproean Wan—Perhaps the

most important feature of the week’s

news is the complete subjection of the

German forces in the African province

of Kamerun by Anglo-French forces.

The only land now left to Germany

in Africa is the East African province.

This has an area of 384,000 square

miles and a population of 5,500,000.

Operations along the Tigris river by

the British and Turk forces have been

brought to a standstill by the weather

conditions, thus causing further delay

of relief for British troops surrounded

by Turks at Kut-el-Amara. To the

north the Russians continue their ad-

vance in Turkish territory from the

Caucasus mountains. Both Teutons

and Allies are pushing preparations

for the battle before Salonika. A skir-

mish between French and Bulgarian

troops is reported. The Russians have

been successful in protecting their

newly-captured positions in Galicia.

Farther to the north insignificant fight-

ing has occurred at differnet points

without definite results. On the west

artillery duels have been frequent but

no important changes of lines are re-

ported. Last week two visits by Ger-

man zeppelins to English soil resulted

in a few persons being killed or injur—

ed and some damage done to property.



There were riots in Lisbon, Portu-

gal last week. Republican guards in

the Portuguese capitol were attacked

by crowds and stores were pillaged.



The parliament building of the Can-

adian government at Ottawa burned

last Friday. The general opinion is

that the fire was the result of incen~

diarism and German plotters are be-

ing charged by the authorities. The

building was completed about 40 years

ago at a cost of $5,000,000.



A portion of the city of La Paz, cap-

itol of Bolivia, is sliding into the

Choqueyapu river. Thus far there

have been no casualties but property

damage is estimated at one million

dollars.



Swiss factories manufacturing muni-

tions for the entente allies have been

threatened with destruction.



Judge Wm. T. Mitchell, of Port Hur-

on, died at his home last Sunday morn-

ing at the age of 98. He continued his

law practice to within a short. time of

his death. Under President Cleveland

he was consul to Quebec.





MICHIGAN FARMERS’ INSTITUTES.





County Institutes—Berrien 00.,

Three Oaks, Feb. 14—15; Cass 00., Cas-

sopolis, Feb. 14-15; St. Joseph 00.,

Sturgis, Feb. 15-16; Van Buren Co., Paw

Paw, Feb. 16-17; Branch (70., Coldwa-

ter, Feb. 16-17; lonia (‘0., Portland,

Feb. 16-17; North Adams, Feb. 18-19;

Kalamazoo Co., Kalamazoo, Damon

Church, Feb. 18-19; Shiawassee Co.,

Owosso, Feb. 18-19; Jackson (10., Jack-

son, Feb. 21-22; VVashtenaw (30., Ann

Arbor, Feb. 22-23; Lenawee Co., Adri-

an, Feb. 23—24-25; Wayne (‘0., Redford,

Feb. 23-24; Monroe Co., Monroe, Feb.

2324; Oakland (10., Pontiac, Feb. 24-

25; Livingston C0,, Howell, Feb. 25-26;

Montcalm C0,, Stanton, Feb. 25-26.



One-Day Institutes—W’ayne Co.,

Northville, Feb. 14; Canton, Feb. 15;

Belleville, Feb. 16; Martinsville, Feb.

17; New Boston, Feb. 18; Flat Rock,

Feb. 19; Eureka, Feb. 21; Romulus,

Feb. 22.



Monroe 00., Azalia, Feb. 14; May-

bee, Feb. 15; Raisinville, Feb. 16; Sa-

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

Milan, Feb. 25-26.



Ottawa 00., Coopersville, Feb. 15.



Eaton Co., Mulliken, Feb. 16; Di-

mondale, Feb. 19. .



Jackson 00., Tompkins, Feb. 17.



Clinton 00., Laingsburg, Feb. 15;

Maple Rapids, Feb. 18.



Bay 00., Auburn, Feb. 16; Pincon-

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_THE MICHIGANV FARMER





 





The State Champion Bean Grower





HE truth of the statement,

“Youth Leads the Way,” has

again been demonstrated in



Michigan. A sixteen-year-old boy from

Osceola county gave us a demonstra-

tion in potato-growing that has set the

state to thinking and now comes Mar-

tha Powloski, of Huron county, with a

remarkable demonstration in the grow-

ing and handling of our other great

cash crop—beans.



This 16-year-old girl raised 36 bush-

els of beans on an acre of land in Hur-

on county. On the same farm, her

father raised six bushels per acre. The

average yield for the entire state this

year is 8.6 bushels per acre, which is

three bushels lower than the average

for the last 11 years.



This young girl farmer was one of

the 39 bean club members in her coun-

ty. Of the 39 members, 21 completed

all of the work in connection with the

project. The average yield per acre

for all who completed their work and

handed in a report was 24 bushels and

23 pounds. ,



The Huron County Round-up was

held at Harbor Beach on January 8,

and over 400 farmers and their fam-

ilies gathered for the event. Professor





Township and County Winners at the Huron County Bean Contest.





County and also in the State Contest.

won second place in his County and also in the State.





By E. C. LINDEMANN





scientific methods, has been the great-

est lesson the county has ever had.”

And here is Martha Powloski’s re-

port and her story of her prize acre of

beans:

Report and Story of Martha Powloski,

Champion Bean Grower.

Estimated rent of land ($5 per

acre) ............. . ......... $

Cost of seed (state value if your





own . . ..................... 1.87

Cost of plowing, harrowing,



spading, manuring, and other



work of self or team ........ 22.00

Cost of planting ............. . .90

Cost of cultivation ............ . 3.00

Cost of marketing your crop.



(This includes bags, labor,



etc.) ........... . ........ . . . 2.00



Total cost ................ . .$ 34.77

Total number of bushels of



beans from your plat ..... . . . 36

Price per bushel ............. .$ 3.50

Total value of crop ...... . . . . . 126.00

Net profit on crop ......... . . . . 91.23





How i Made my Crop of Beans.



One day father told us that girls

could enter the bean contest, my broth-

er persuaded me to enter, so I wrote

for an application.



May 22 I got my brother to plow the

land for me. It. took five hours to

plow it. If we had had a sulky plOw

I would have plowed it myself. In





She is the girl in the first row. The





My brothers and my friends made

fun of me many times. But I didn’t

give up. I was proud of my crop, but

at the last they were badly damaged

by the heavy rains.



One hundred and sixty-eight hours of

work for myself and horse.





MANURE AND FERTILITY.





Nitrogen, phosphorous and potassi—

um are the three elements absolutely

necessary for the growth of crops.

These three things predominate in the

fertilizers that we are forced to buy

to replace what we have taken from

the fields with the crops harvested.

The crops grown upon the farm con-

tain varying quantities of these ele-

ments of soil fertility. And when the

products ‘of the farm are fed to live

stock, these substances are being

mostly voided with the manure. Rec-

ords show that the manure from a

1,000-lb. horse in one year contains

about 125 lbs. of nitrogen, 21 lbs. of

phosphorous and 35 lbs. of potassium.

At normal prices these «would have

had a value of about $28. The value

would be considerably higher now as





 





Martha Powloski won first place in the





boy on her left is Alex Bochardt, who





Martha won a twenty-dollar gold piece for the county cham-





pionship, a gold watch for winningher township championship, and she also won a scholarship at the Agricultural

College for being State Champion in bean growing. The man in the rear with the glasses is Mr. A. L. Chamber-





lain, the father of the bean-club idea in Michigan.

of the Michigan Agricultural College that the Huron Count





the “finest farm demonstration in the state.”





Muncie, of the Agricultural College,

spoke on the general problems affect-

ing the bean crop. Mr. A. L. Chamber-

lain awarded the prices, which consist-

ed of $20 in gold for the first prize in

the county championship, and $10 in

gold for the second prize. Alex Bo—

chardt won second place in his coun—

ty. Martha Powloski was not only the

county champion, but after all reports

were in, she was found to be the state

champion. Each township winner was

presented with a gold watch, and those

receiving second place in the town-

ships received large woolen sweaters.

All others in the contest who did not

win prizes were given pocket flash-

lights.

siastic meetings ever held in the east-

ern section of Michigan.



An influential citizen and farmer of

Huron county in commenting on the

work of the bean club said: “If the

state or the federal government had

grown 36 bushels of beans on a dem-

onstration farm managed by an ex-

pert, it would have had little influence

on the farm practice of the county;

but to have a little girl, on one of the

mediocre farms of the county, demon-

strate what can be done by following





It was one of the most enthu—.





the afternoon I harrowed and dragged

it for three hours.



I let this alone, until June 8, when I

harrowed and rolled it for three hours.



June 9 I marked the land. It took

seven hours to mark it. This was a

hard job.



June 10 I planted the beans with a

hand-drill, planting two and a half-

pecks to the acre. It took the whole

day to plant them.



June 25 I cultivated the beans for

the first time. I got them cultivated

in six hours. This was a hard job, too.



July 10 I cultivated them again. It

took four hours this time. It wasn’t

as hard this time as it was the first.



It took me six days to hoe them.

July 12 to July 17. I enjoyed hoeing

them.



It took me eight days to pull them.

I pulled them by hand. My back ached

before I was through. I pulled them

October 4 to October 11.



In the afternoon of October 16 I

hauled them into the barn. I got three

big loads. It took half a day to haul

them. November 26 I got them thresh-

ed, and got 36 bushels. I paid $2.00

for threshing. My brother didn’t

charge me anything for his work. '





It was through his efforts and the efforts of Professor Muncie

y Contest was made so suCCessl'ul. By some it is called 1





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But no matter how rich in the de-

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nure is to haul it out to the fields as

soon as possible. The nearer any

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‘ ing each other or competing too sharp-





ly for the same growing space.

Source of Tree Stock.



Most communities produce, ,along

roadsides, or in unpastured wooded

areas, natural grown stock that is suit-

able for highway use. Of whatever

species they happen to be, they should

have a stright stem, 21 crown that is

even and compact, and a well-develop

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adapt themselves to a change in light

conditions, and young trees taken from

a location receiving partial shade from

other trees often die or sunscald when

ransplanted in the open. If a choice

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should be selected from the most ex-

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planted. with Only a small portion of

the root system intact.



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every way, but a saving in cost may be

effected by using natural stock. The

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and the rootlets short and bushy by

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grown Trees.



the nursery. Pruning in the nursery

has given the crown good shape and

the trees are already accustomed to

full light. Highway planting is aprob-

ism that should receive its first atten-

tion during the winter months. The

neighbors’ co-operation should be en-

listed in making the planting uniform

and continuous over a considerable

length of highway. Natural stock

should be located or nursery stock or-

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CARE OF THE ROADSIDE.





 





Michigan legislators have made pro-

visions whereby each township in the

state can build and maintain a reason-

able amount of good roads each year

at a comparatively small expense to

the township. This has been done

through providing for the state reward

road. A large number of these roads

have been and are being built.



This is a fine thing for those that

are using the roads, but the farmel

along whose farm the load is built re

ceives greater benefit from it than

anyone else and as the grade has been

harrowed and is in good shape for

seeding, he should be. enough interest-

ed to see that it is properly seeded to

some grass crop. But in passing

through the country, we see that not

more than one-fourth of them have

done so, but have allowed ragweed,





 





dock, and other objectionable vegeta-





FEB. 12, 1918.





tion to get a good foothold. It seems

as though it‘WOuld be a wise thing for,

the state to require the t0wnship to

seed the road grade before it allows

them the state reward.





One of these roads passes along 160

rods of my neighbor’s farm. The next

spring after it was built he broadcast-

ed oats and a mixture of alfalfa and

clover, seed on the grade, which was

then harrowed in with a spring-tooth

drag and rolled. After the seeding had

a. good start the cats were clipped.

This summer he cut the hay along the

grade twice and could have cut it the

third time. He got about three-fourths

of a ton at each cutting, so he was well

paid for his work, besides making his

farm more beautiful and up-to-date.



Montcalm Co. M. GEORGE.





FARM NOTES.





 





Seeding Alfalfa with Oats.



I have a. seven-acre field in a good

state of fertility that grew corn last

year. It is well fall-plowed and is now

nearly covered with stable manure

drawn directly from the stable and

spread. . I want to sow this field to al-

falfa this spring, with cats as a nurse

crop. Shall I run alfalfa seed with

cats or ahead of drill disks? How

many oats shall I sow per acre and

how much alfalla seed? Would you

adv1se the use of inoculating bacteria?



Isabella Co. L. C. .



It would be preferable to use a light

seeding of cats, say one bushel per

acre, and to sow the alfalfa seed ahead

of the drill rather than with the cats,





using from 10 to 12 pounds per acre.





By all means the inoculating bacte:

ria should be used, providing alfalfa

has not been grown upon this land be-

fore and no inoculated soil is available

for use. A test should also be made of

the soil to determine whether lime is

needed to neutralize an acid condition.

Alfalfa cannot be grown with maxi-

mum success upon very much Michi-





gan soil without the aplication of lime.’





It is quite as essential to have the soil

in a fit condition to favor the multi-

plication of the bacteria for which al-





' falfa is the host plant as to inoculate





With the bacteria, if they are not al-

ready present in the soil. These bac-

teria will not thrive in an acid soil,

consequently alfalfa will not be readily

established on land which is in an acid

condition. Besides, the alfalfa plant

is high in its requirement of lime as

an actual plant food, which is another

reason for insuring a plentiful supply

in the soil which is to be sown to

alfalfa.





Where Should the Manure be Applied?





The soil on my farm is a black sand

mixed with clay. The first of last Ap-

ril I had 20 acres of good clover. I

turned 104 hogs in the clover and pas-

tured it until September without cut-

ting any hay off. Another 20 acres of

clove1 and timothy sod was put in

corn last spring. This field is to be

summer fallowed this summer and

planted to wheat next fall The field

which was pastured last summer is to

be planted to corn this spring Which

field had I better put the barnyard ma-

nure on this spring?



Cass Co. I). M.



Under the conditions mentioned, it

would undoubtedly be better to put

the stable manure on the sod ground

intended for corn next year, in fact,

only under» exceptional conditions





should manure be applied to other than





sod ground, and better results will be

secured if the manure is gotten onto

the grass land as soon as practical af-

ter it is made.



Summer fallowing land for wheat is

not generally considered a profitable

practice at. the present time unless at

the same time a green manure crop

is used to add needed vegetable mat.-

ter to the soil. If vetch and rye had

been sown in the corn ground on the

land intended to be summer fallowed,

a large amount of vegetable matter

could have been added to the. soil at

small cost, and the physical condition

and fertility of the soil improved ma.-

terially by this course. Summer-fal-

lowing fallow ground as corn stubble

depletes the soil of humus to about

the same extent as though another cul-





 





 





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tivated crop were grown upon the land,

consequently where such ground is to

be sown to wheat next fall, a crop of

beans'or early potatoes might almost

as well be grown upon it, provided lib-

eral fertilization is practiced. Possi-

bly the succeeding wheat crop would

not be quite as large as on the sum-

mer fallow, but with supplementary

fertilization if the soil is in good con-

dition, a greater income would be de-

rived from the field under this plan of

management, and the physical condi-

tion of the soil would not be materially

injured in comparison with the sum-

mer fallow.





Summer-fallowing involves the giv-

ing up of the land two seasons for the

growing of one crop, and under con-

ditions which obtain on most Michi-

gan farms when summer fallowing is

practiced the opportunity offered for

the growing and plowing down of a

green manure crop should be improved,

particularly where it can be so cheap-

ly sown as in corn at the last culti-

vation. .



The Inoculation of Legumes.





I have been told that soy beans will

not inoculate the soil for future crops,

such as alfalfa, vetch and other le-

gumes. Will you please inform me

through the Michigan Farmer in re-

gard to the matter?



Lake Co. I. 1.





Whether the bacteria peculiar to the

different legumes are separate species

or have accustomed themselves to dif‘

ferent forms of growth on different

host plants, is still a debated ques-

tion, but with few exceptions it is a

well established fact that the pres

ence of the bacteria peculiar to one 1e-

gume will not insure the inoculation of

all other legumes. ‘



The bacteria which find lodgment in

the roots of alfalfa and sweet clover





are said to be identical and will read-'





ily make a host of either plant, but

the bacteria peculiar to ordinary red

clover will not serve to inoculate the

soil for alfalfa. In some soils these

various bacteriaappear to be present

without artificial inoculation. Lime-

stone soils notably will grow almost

any legume readily without artificial

inoculation of any kind. This is doubt-

less due to the fact that a limestone

soil is a sweet soil and furnishes a fav-

orable home for the development and

rapid multiplication of soil bacteria

of all kinds. Whether the bacteria pe-

culiar to these various legumes and

essential to their most successful

growth and development are wholly de-

pendent upon host plants of this kind

for their development and existence in

the soil is not thoroughly settled. Very

generally, however, the soil upon

which it may be desirable to grow 1e-





.guminous crops new to them—with





perhaps the single exception of alfal‘

fa~—are soils which are not in the best

condition to favor the development of

these bacteria. This fact is indicated

by the necessity of applying lime up«

on a large proportion of the older soils

of the state, in order to place them in

condition to be a desirable medium for

the reproduction of nitrifying bacteria

upon the roots of the alfalfa and oth-

er leguminous crops which it may be

desired to introduce.



The growing of soy beans on such

soils, even though they may be inocu-

lated, will not insure the development

of the bacteria in the roots of other

legumes without artificial inoculation.

The baceria peculiar to some legumes

are more tolerant of an acid soil

than is the case with others, so that

success with soy beans or cowpeas

would not necessarily insure the suc-

cessful inoculation of alfalfa, for in-

stance, by artificial means, without

liming of the soil. On the other hand,

a soil which gives a good inoculation

of soy beans or any other legume with-

out the artificial inoculation of the

seed or the soil itself, may give favor-

able results with alfalfa or other le-

guminous crops without artificial in-

oculation but is undoubtedly more

likely to give such results than a soil

on which these legumes would not de-

velop root nodules without such arti-

ficial inoculation.





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Efficiency Methods In Fruit Growing





, HE advantage of summer prun-

ing to induce hearing was told

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cock, Maryland, who talked on “Prac-

tical Experiences of an Extensive Or-

chardist,” at the recent meeting of the

Western New York Horticultural So—

ciety. Baldwin trees twelve years old

that had not borne, were pruned late

in summer, and the next year bore a

fair crop, and the next year after a

large crop. He said the large limbs

which must be removed should be cut

in the winter only. In summer prun-

ing small branches only should be

thinned out.





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said he had to reduce the expense of

producing a barrel of apples in order

to make sure of a profit. The fruit

grower should know the cost of pro-

duction and use good business meth-

ods to reduce it. We tag each tree

that shows scale and spray only those

trees instead of the whole orchard,

thus making a large saving in mate-

rial and-labor.





Cutting the Cost of Production.



Again we saved eleven cents a bar-

rel by making our own barrels. We

found the labor of making a barrel is

only five cents. We buy the material

and contract with local coopers to

make them during the slack season.

We never work more than ten hours,

men begin and quit exactly on time.

They learn our requirements and con-

form to them. We are just, with the

men and they try to be always on time

so something is saved this way.



All of our men Work by the day. We

feed and house them all. The men

who are temporarily with us we house

in tents, and furnish them with cots

and blankets. We feed these men so

well that it costs us seventy-five cents

per day. Good food, housing, wages,

and just hours for work holds the pick-

ers. We keep the tents sanitary and

the men appreciate it.



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it so that we never have to worry

about a scarcity of pickers. We don’t.

use city pickers as we find country

people are the best help. We pay our

pickers when they want it, instead of

holding back pay, which is often the

enstom.



Other labor-saving methods are the

use of boxes instead of baskets to put

the apples in in the orchard and using

low wagons so one man can load the

barrels. We have girls to do what

work they can in the packing house as

they will work for less than men. We

also graded our roads so we could

draw larger loads.



The Value of Bud Selection.



The prominent pomologist, G. T.

Powell, spoke on “Transmission of

Qualities through Bud Selection,” as

follows: In order to begin some defi-

nite work along this line I gave an or-

der for 150 Northern Spy trees to be

planted for top-working, and a second

order for cions to be taken from a

very good Sutton Beauty tree that I

had seen and admired. These scions

were grafted upon the Spy trees a

year later. There are at the present





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" ’succeeding generation, that were near-





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iingly good type of the variety.



There has not been an unproductive

tree in the entire three blocks. For

ten years the first block has borne,

regularly, yielding from five to seven

barrels to the tree. The past year,

there were individual trees that pro-

duced eleven barrels each. The entire

crop practically made two grades, A

and B, minimum two and a half and

two and three-quarter inches. The ap-

ples on these trees were heavily thin-

ned out.



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yielded heavily, requiring thinning.



Another experiment in top-working

trees through bud selection, was start~

ed with the King variety, in 181. The

King tree is constitutionally defective,

and is especially subject to attack by

canker. In the Hudson district, King

orchards seldom live beyond twenty

years. The trees beginning to fail, at

from twelve to fifteen years.





We got buds from a tree that had

borne for thirty years, and was still in

good physical condition. These were

grafted upon two-year-old Northern

Spy trees. Excepting last year, when

the blossoms were injured by a frost,

this block of trees has borne regular

annual crops for eighteen years. Ev-

ery tree is in place, as planted and top-

worked, without a trace of canker in

the entire orchard. Five barrels is a

good yield for a King tree. This or-

chard has produced from Six to seven

barrels, while individual trees have

yielded nine and ten barrels.





On a citrus fruit ranch of 1,200 acres

I was shown lemon groves that had an

annual average yield of 460 boxes per

acre, and one block that has yielded

annually 600 boxes per acre. These

trees were not only grown from spe-

cial bud selection, but the tillage, fer-

tilizing, and general care were of the

very best.



While the average yield of lemons in

the state of California is 200 boxes per

acre, with an average cost of produc-

tion of $195 per acre, the difference in

results in these comparative averages

is very wide.



Results of Bud Selection in Citrus



Fruits.



One of the most striking results ob-

served was from an orange tree, that

from bud mutation, produced a branch

with variegated foliage of light green

and yellow colors of a mottled charac-

ter. The oranges on that branch were

heavily ribbed, and of no market val-

ue. Buds were taken from such branch-

es and top-worked upon other trees

which invariably produced the same

character of foliage and fruit.





In these blocks we saw numbered

lemon trees, twenty‘five years old,

from which the regular monthly pick-

ing filled a two-quart paper bag, half

full, while other trees in the same row

produced from half to a full box at a

picking, of the finest quality lemons.

The trees that produced the very low

yield were of a strong woody character

smaller trees which produced the larg-

er yield of good quality lemons.



Another large grower who for four

years had kept, and is continuing to

keep, individual records of every tree

on 1,300 acres of citrus fruits, finds

that the unproductive trees, and the

undesirable types of oranges and lem-

ons they produce have entailed an an-

nual loss of $100 an acre, which loss

has been going on for years.



In California one of the interesting

results of this investigation of individ-

ual tree performance, have been the

change of methods that is now being

adopted in the propagation of trees by

some of the most progressive nursery—

men. These nurserymen are now us-

ing bud wood taken only from trees

that have a record for production of

fruit in large quantity, and of the best

type. We were shown one lemon tree

in a grove that had an annual record

of 1,280 pounds of lemons that graded

high in quantity of fruit that com-.

mended the highest value, and which

produced but two per cent of cull fruit.

We saw one block of lemon trees prop<

agated from buds from this tree that

at eleven months from the time the

buds were set. had upon many of them

fourteen to twenty blossoms and young

lemons, set. Every inch of bud wood

that it was possible to obtain, was tak-

en from this parent tree by nursery-

men, for whose trees thus propagated

planters paid $1.25 each, while other

trees could be purchased for from fif-

teen to twenty cents each.



New York. W. H. JENKINS. .
FEB. 12, I916.





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TINGS.





 





Ordinarily there is “nothing doing”

in the line of gardening at this time

of the year, January 25, except to haul

manure on to the ground, perhaps. It

is still too early to start the forcing

beds for the growing of early vegeta-

ble plants. But the present mild

weather is so much out of the ordinary

that we spent a part of the forenoon

digging blackberry plants and making

root cuttings. It is best to do such

work in the fall before freezing weath-

er sets in; but I didn’t get to it. We

could not have done this work today

had it not been for the protection af-

forded by a large snow bank, about 18

inches of which yet remains, keeping

the ground unfrozen.



The object of digging blackberry

plants or making root cuttings in the

fall instead of in the spring, is to se-

cure callousing of the roots. Thus

treated, a more fibrous compact root

system is secured. Plants grown from

root cuttings require one year extra

to grow to bearing age; but root cut-

ting plants are superior to sucker

plants. Propagation is far more rapid

too, by this method.



During a conversation last season a

fellow gardener said to me, speaking

of the Eldorado blackberry: “The El-

dorado is a good berry; but sucker

growth is so slow that it takes a long

while to get a few plants.”



I replied that that didn’t need to

trouble him. Then I explained how

one could get new plants in quantities

limited only by the quantity of roots

obtainable. Roots the size of a lead

pencil and up, answer the purpose

best, though some will make plants

smaller than this. The roots are cut





into lengths ofabout two inches and.





buried in sand safe from frost, and

where they will keep moist. The fol-

lowing spring, as early as the ground

will keep worked, the cuttings are

planted in rows; about two inches

deep and three inches apart in the

row will be about right. The ground

should be moist and tamped down well.

The amount of growth secured the

first season is determined by the size

of the root cutting; soil conditions and

tillage given.



It is best to dig these root cutting

plants in the fall, that callousing may

again take place, resulting in a still

more compact fibrous root system. The

following spring they may be set di-

rectly to the open field or grown an-

other season in the nursery row.



Emmet Co. M. N. EnGERTON.





TROUBLE DEPARTMENT.





 





Peanut Culture.



I would like a little information in

regards to growing peanuts in Michi-

gan. Will they ripen in Michigan, and

what time should they be put in to

ripen? What seed house handles such

seed? Should they be put in to be

worked both ways? What do they gen-

erally turn out where peanuts are

grown as a crop, and what price do

they generally market at, and how are

they handled after ripening? Have

they ever been grown in Michigan as

a crop, to any extent? SUBSCRIBER.





The peanut is particularly adapted

to southern states on account of the

long growing season required. It needs

at least five months in which to ripen

and is very susceptible to frost. On

this account it has been grown in

Michigan for home garden purposes

only.



Peanuts will do best on a sa y

loam soil and in locations in which/tqge

soil warms up quickly in spring and

which is well protected from frost.

They should be planted as early in

spring as one can feel certain that the

place in which they are put will be

safe from frost. They should be plant-

ed not less than two feet apart each

way and about two inches deep, with

about two seeds in a place. The seed

should be hulled but care should be

taken to not break the inner husk.



During the growing season they

should receive frequent and shallow

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bloom they should not be disturbed.

After the vines have been pulled they

should be shocked in piles about seven

feet high, placing a pole in the center

if necessary. , The Vines should be so

piled that the peds are on the inside

of the pile. They should also be kept

off the ground as much as possible.

After the vines have dried from 15 to

20 days the pods may be picked. The

average yield is about 18 bushels of 22

pounds each to the acre.





We know of no seedsmen who han-

dle peanuts for northern growing. Most

people growing them in a small way

buy their peanuts from confectionery

stores, which have them in unroasted

form. This is probably the most likely

and convenient source of seed, but one

must make sure that the nuts are not

roasted.



Peanuts are not usually sold on the

general market by the producer as the

practice in the peanut growing districts

is to sell them to large concerns which

manufacture them into various pro-

ducts or sell them to dealers. We





would suggest that you make inquiry





of the confectioner and the baker as

to what they would be willing to pay

for peanuts, as undoubtedly you could

sell your product to greatest advan-

take in that way.





GROWING EARLY LETTUCE.





 





To many it seems a long time from

the time lettuce seed is sowed in the

garden until it is ready for the table.

We have found that the best way to

provide lettuce early is to sow some

seed in the hotbed late in February or

early in March and then transplant

the young seedlings to the garden

when weather conditions admit of do-

ing so. When the young plants are

set from four to six inches apart in

rows they develop quickly and the re-

sult is a head large and firm, with

crisp and tender leaves.



It does not requIre many plants for

home use so that the seedlings may

be raised in a box in a window if one

has no hotbed. It is necessary that

the seed be not planted too close or

the plants will be weak and spindling,

besides the seedlings will grow quite

large by the time they are ready to be

set out and should therefore be thin-

ned in order that they may have some

dirt-left clinging to their roots when

transplanted.



While this plan may be followed

with pleasing results, seed should also

be planted in the garden as early as

possible. The lettuce can be thinned

when it emerges from the ground and

thus a continuous supply may be had.

It is a hardy plant and can really be

planted a little earlier than most

farmers are in the habit of doing.



Indiana. J. L. JUSTICE.





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When fruits, such as apples, peach-

es or plums become smeared with

Bordeaux mixture it is often difficult

to remove the stains without also in-

juring the fruits. But this need not

be the case. Bordeaux mixture being

composed of lime and copper sulphate

can be readily dissolved in acetic acid

—not pure acid because this might in-

jure the fruit, a dilute solution will do

the business just as well, though not

quite so quickly, but there would be no

injury to the fruit. All that is neces-

sary is to dip the fruit into the liquid,

let it stay a few seconds, raising and

lowering the receptacle several times

to get rid of bubbles, then to place it

in a vat or a spray of clean water.

This will wash away all the Bordeaux

stains because the lime and the copper

sulphate will have been chemically

changed to the much more soluble ace-

tates. Drying is .all that remains to

be done before packing.



Penn. M. G. KAINS.





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Pasturing Corn With Sheep





Paper read by E. G. Read, of Kalamaz'oo 00., before the Michigan Sheep

Breeders’ and Feeders Aesooiationat its recent meeting at the Michigan





Agricultural College. .





' WAS both surprised and amused to

receive on Christmas morning an

invitation to be present and take



part in this, the Second Annual Meet-

ing of the Michigan Sheep Breeders’

and Feeders’ Association; surprised

that I should be asked to take part in

anything anywhere, and amused to

find there were actually some people

in the state who were becoming inter-

ested in the topic assigned me, name-

ly, “Pasturing or Feeding Down Corn

with Sheep.” I realize there has been

little said in public in regard to this

method and what little there has been

is nearly all uncomplimeniary.



Sheeping down corn has been term-

ed the most wasteful method of har-

vesting the crop. \Vastefulf—it makes

me laugh to think of it; I guess the

people who made those remarks were

not acquainted with the Read family

and know nothing of their bringing

up. The only money that I ever wast-

ed in my life, I believe was when I

was picking out my wife, and on re-

fieciion, I believe that was the best in-

vestment of them all.



The School of Experience.



Ever since the age of fourteen, I

have been managing a farm, without

the advantage of an agricultural col-

lege, or even a high school, education.

For seven years I had followed the us-

ual practice of selling wheat, corn and

oats, and if we had more than we

needed both hay and straw, from the

farm which was not satisfactory, as I

considered the farm should noi be rob-

bed of these elemcnis of fertilization.

We had a. neighbor adjoining farms

with us who had 70 acres of good

strong, rough land. I knew it was not

as good as ours, but try my best, I

could not produce as much as he. He

was buying a few sheep here, a few

cattle there, and turning them into

beef and mutton, and producing ma-

nure to cover the thin spots on those

side hills. His example and council

got me started right. \Vhaievm' suc-

cess I have attained as a former, the.

credit is due to him more than to any

other person, with the exception of

two women I might mention.



-Live Stock Farming Brings a Home



Market.



I then commenced a system of live

stock farming in order to utilize and

make a market at home for these pro-

ducts and give the farm the benefit of

them.

both sheep and cattle; the past. eleven

years have been devoted entirely to

feeding sheep, finding that it was tak-

ing a part of my sheep profit to pay

loss on cattle. .VVhy did I commence

the'practice of shccping down corn?

To find a more economical method of

harvesting the crop. Previous to the

year 1905, ii had been necessary for

me to hire my corn harvested by the

job 01‘ acre and on account of the rape

which we were growing in the corn, it

was costing me about $6.50 per acre

for harvesting. corn, including board.

It was also taking the greater part

of one man’s time to properly care for

about 2,000 lambs which I usually had

on the farm at that time of the year.

‘If I could induce the sheep to harvest

the corn it would surely not take any

more time to take care of them than

before. I would save the cost. of har-

vesting and could therefore stand

some loss from waste which I expect-

ed would be considerable.



An Original Experience.



That year found me with twenty

acres of very thin corn, not over 60

per cent of a normal crop, but with a

very heavy growth of rape, it was go-

ing to cost one~third of it to harvest.

Now Was the time for my experiment.

I turned in 650 native lambs of all

kinds and descriptions, such as you

would generally find in this state.

These lambs were turned in early in

September, during the warm weather,

before we had even a frost. I see by





 





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the smiles on some of your faces that

you are guessing my first experience.

I had no intimation of it until one at-

ternoon in showing the lambs to a vis-

itor, I saw what looked like maggots.

The result was that I had to tag fully

three-fourths of the flock, there were

at least fifty that had them at. that

time, and I only lost one lamb by the

operation. What they left of that field

of corn was not worth mentioning. It

netted me $20 per acre, figuring gain

on lambs at six cents per pound, and

I was sorry that I had not harvested

another field the same year in like

manner. I sold $10 worth of pelts that

year from 2,000 lambs which I fatten—

ed—a very low death rate; have been

able to increase it materially since.

The following year I had the same

field in corn, but after my'former ex-‘

pericnce I decided to try western

lambs, and purchased 640 in Chicago.

Before turning them in the corn, I

took out 150 native lambs that had

been in the field two weeks, but left in

50 hogs that had been there the same

length of time, for two weeks longer.

The hogs ate about five acres of the.

corn, which left 15 acres for the lambs.

These lambs gained 9,600 pounds in

just five weeks, or 15 pounds per head.

If the natives for the two weeks they

wore in, made as good a. gain, and I am

sure they did, I would have 10,200

pounds in gain from 15 acres of corn:

at six and ii half cents per pound for

the gain, amounts to $663, or $44.20

per acre; only lost one lamb out of

the two curlozids. These lambs were

thcii put in another corn field for about

two weeks and then sent to market

Well fattencd. It will be easy for you to

determine if that crop of corn netted

$44.20 per acre, at six and a half

cents per pound for gain, there must

be a fair margin of profit, when 3011

can get present prices for the gain and

also some advance in price on the pur-

chase weight. I think I have given

sufficient proof of the good results of

harvesting corn in this manner.

“The Proof of the Pudding.”



For further proof. while ten years

ago, in my county it was considered

both a wasteful and extravagant meih<

0d of harvesting corn, there are

now twenty farmers doing the same

thing successfully and some of them

are the very oncs who condemned it

at the start. We have no patent on

this method of harvesting corn. Mich-

igan is one of the most ideal states for

the practice, being situated between

Chicago, which is getting to be the

largest consumer of mutton in the

world, and Buffalo, which has been the

distributing point for the Eastern and

Middle states for many years. Any

successful farmer should get the same

results by giving it the same attention

he gives the harvesting and market-

ing of his other creps.



Gentlemenz—l have found that

sheeping down corn is not a wasteful

manner of harvesting the crop, but

that harvesting corn with lambs is an

economical way of fattening them. I

have not mentioned the beneficial ef-

feet on the crop that follows. I sug-

gest that anyof my hearers who con-

template trying it out, fence off a por-

tion of the field to be fed down and

not allow the lambs on the balance.

Note the difference in color and rank-

ness of the growth of oats the follow-

ing year and determine for yourselves

the benefit andtause.



Watching the Results.



I believe I never enjoyed myself for

five weeks to a greater extent than

during the period these lambs were

cleaning up the corn. .They had to

come about sixty rods to the barnyard

for water, which was in plain sight of

the dining-room windows. They would

come up in squads of from a dozen to

200 in a bunch. There was scarcely a

day that I did not sneak out on them

and run a bunch of them on the scales.





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FEB. 12, 1916.





I was wasting some time but‘was hav-

ing- a genuine picnic, determining

Whether I could economically harvest

thecorn not. They were bringing

me in about $19 every day and I was

hoping it would last indefinitely. I

took more money per acre from that:

field of corn than from any crop up to

that time. I bought twenty pigs that

fall to clean up after the lambs and in

ten days’ time they were squealing for

feed.



Don’t imagine that I am going to

tire you out with my experiences since

that time, suffice it to say that I am

still raising corn on shares—I grow

the. crop and the lambs take it all for

their share and leave me the balance,

and I fully believe; yes, I know, that I

got bigger net returns out, of the deal

with those lambs and the corn field

than I could in any other way.



Vt'hat wonderful machines that can

harvest and convert into money, and

at the same time spread the fertilizer

for the next crop! We have had some

wonderful inventions in the past (cen-

tury, but. if some man could invent

such a machine, wouldn’t he have a

‘ bonanza.





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Essentials of Success.



Lambs fattening in the corn, as any-

where else, require plenty of salt and

good fresh water, and will not make

suitable gain if the water is neglected.

\Ve have also found it. a good practice

to have them on a self-feeder of some

light grain—we use bran and oats—-

before turning them into the, corn, so

as to get them to eating the heavier

feed as slowly as possible, trying in

this manner to avoid loss by over-

eating. \I'e also keep the self-feeder

where they can get to it all the time,

it makes them in a way, independent,

oi' the corn so that if we should at, any

time have a severe storm, which we

are liable to have at that time of the

war, they can get plenty to eat, then

when the corn is finished, it is an easy

lilililt‘l‘ to remove. feeders and lambs

to the barmard without much danger

of loss. It is also advisable to furniSh

t-lt-nty ot‘ roughage along with the

corn, pasture, or plenty of good hay.



My advice is to feed corn fields

down with lambs. If, when corn is

gone they are ready for market, ship

them; if not, take them to the barn—

yard and finish fattening them, then,

if you have hay and straw still on

hand, buy more lambs and grain to

feed them, and try and hold your farm

in as good condition as when it first

came. into your possession, instead of

selling it out from under yourself and

family inch by inch, as at least 90 per

cent of the farmers in the country are

now doing.



Raw Material of Soil Fertility.



During the season of 1911 and 1912,

I purchased and fed on my farm $7,-

697.24 worth of feed profitably, besides

what was grown there, which consist-

ed of $1,930 worth of alfalfa hay pur-

chased in Chicago, and the balance

grain, which was better for my perma-

nent, investment; than it' I had carted

everything to market, for you cannot

keep even a farm running successfully

without supplying it with raw materi-

als, any more than can a manufactur-

er. It will run somewhat longer than

your automobile without certain re-

quirements, but there is a limit. Keep,





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words—~keep your gasoline tank full.;



For example, I will take you again!‘

to the 70 acres that we spoke abouti

earlier; what has happened to it? It

will tell you. My English neighbor, as

thorough a farmer in those days as I

ever knew, got tired of workingthat'

rough land, sold it, with 45 acres of

wheat on the ground good enough to

yield 33 bushels per acre. It has pass-

ed through what I term two land rob-

bers’ hands since that time and is now :

in the hands of a third, and has dete-

riorated to such an extent that last

season there was taken only three-

fourths of a ton of hay to the acre

from one of the 20-acre fields, while

several fields in the same neighbor-

hood cut two and a half tons to the

acre, to my knowledge. Isn’t. it a won-



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VERY valuable part of any-dairy

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Wet Brewers’ Grains for Cows.



Would fresh brewers’ grains make

a good feed for Jersey cows for making

butter? They are quite dry, the water

being all drained out. I would feed

them with corn and oats, ground half-

and-half, silage, clover hay and corn-

stalks, or what feed you would advise

me to get. Do you advise having wa-

ter in front, of cows or in a tank out-

;doors? I could water them in man-

‘gers but Iain afraid it will make them

sticky and dirty. What kind of bowls

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clover. J. E. M.

Wet brewers’ grains are a splendid

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ous and not at all likely to develop

into a first-class animal. In fact, it is

almost an impossibility to develop

such calves into profitable dairy cows.



Loss is almost certain to develop

from another source, for when a cow

is not allowed a suitable period of

time, before l’reshening, in which her

system may rest up, she is not at all

likely to regain her old time flow of

milk. Should this occur but once her

value may not be seriously impaired.

but a repetition is certain to injure

her milking qualities permanently.

Quite often, when a cow has not had

the opportunity for renewing her

strength before calving, the dairyman

becomes discouraged thinking that her

best days have passed. Often times

valuable animals are sacrificed when

they could yet be made the most val-

uable animals in the herd.



When, through carelessness or over-

sight, a cow has been allowed to get

into this sort of condition she should

not be disposed of, but. steps taken to

get her back into her old time form.

This task should be commenced at the

feed box by placing liberal quantities

of the best ration that can be devised

before her. Give her the best of care

and then, next year before she is to

freshen, put her dry long enough that

she may rest up well. This will, usu-

ally, if the cow is not too far along in

years, bring her back to the old-time

usefulness. It is best, however, to

avoid all of this work and loss by giv-

ing the cows such attention as will al-

ways insure their being in first-class

condition for production of milk.



Ohio. SIIERLEY Coxxnmh





begin to spoil. You say they are quite

dry, and they may be dry for wet

brewers’ grain, but they contain con-

siderable moisture when compared

with dry grain. They contain prob-

ably 75 per cent moisture.





I don’t think you can get any better

feed than corn and oats ground half-

and-half and wet brewers’ grains. I

would estimate it would take three

pounds of the wet grains to equal one

of dry. Then if you follow the rule of

feeding a pound of grain for every





four pounds of milk, have two-thirds '





of this pound of ground corn and oats

and the other one-third of brewers’

grains, and since it takes three pounds

of the wet grains to make one of dry,

feed one pound of brewers’ grain for

every two-third ot' a pound of corn and

oats. -



I think it is best to have water in

the stable where the cow can help her-

self when she wants it. Any of the

enamel-lined iron bowls on the market

are good. Watering the cows outside

often chills them as the dairy cow is a.

sensitive creature. This naturally has

a detrimental effect on the production

of milk.



If you try to raise all your own grain

you cannot keep so many cows, and

cannot utilize all your roughage to so

good an advantage as where you buy

some grain. I think it is generally

best to try and raise only part of your

grain and buy part, then we can util-

ize such by-products as cottonseed

meal, wheat bran, gluten feed, hom-

iny, etc.





A Heavy Feed of Cottonseed Meal.





I have five Jersey heifers two years

old that have recently freshened and

are now giving from 25@30 lbs. of

milk per day. Before freshening they

had no grain feed, but had good silage,

bean pods, and rather poor pea vines.

Since freshening I began by giving a

small feed of bran, middlings and cot-

tonseed and have gradually raised un—

til now they are getting two quarts of

bran, one quart of middlings, and one

quart of cottonseed. Can I better the

above feed or can I cheapen it and

still keep up a good flow of milk by

using other feeds?



Kent Co. E. J. P.





A quart of cottonseed meal per day

for young heifers is pretty, heavy feed.

I would not want to feed so much. I

would cut down half on this and sub-

stitute oil meal or gluten meal. You
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FEB. 12, 1916.

may not get any bad results from feed-

ing heavily Of cottonseed meal for

sgme time, but I think you will event-

ually. I have given it a pretty thor-

ough test in past years, and think I

am right. So far as food nutrients are

concerned, your ration is a good one,

and the yield of milk from two-year-

old heifers proves it.



I- can offer no suggestions as to the

amount of grain fed, because it de-

pends upon the kind of grain used.

Two quarts of bran is not very much,

but one quart of cottonseed meal is

a lot.



I suggest that you feed not more

than two pounds of cottonseed meal

per day. Then mix bran, middlings

and gluten feed equal parts by weight,

or you can cut out the middlings (they

are high), and mix bran and gluten

equal parts. Then feed one pound of

grain per day for every pound of but-

ter-fat produced in a week, or one

pound of grain for every three or four

pounds of milk produced.



Can Make Butter from Scalded Cream.



Can butter be churned when the

milk, a day Old, has been heated to

make the cream rise more quickly? I

have churned for hours when tempera-

ture was right, and got no butter. Will

scalded cream make butter?



lenesee CO. . M.



It is not a bad plan in making butter

from a few cows to Scald the milk.

Heat it hot but don’t boil it. I think





 





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





a job of milking on the second ten

coivs as they do on the first ten.



My own judgment is that where the

work can be properly planned, it is

best to have a man for every ten

cows, then have him do other work

the rest of the time. Good milkers can

stand 15, and on a pinch once in a

while it is necessary to milk more,

but I do not think it best as a general

rule.





 

 





Cost of Filling Silo.





What is the cost and time of filling

a 12x30-ft. silo when corn is to be haul-

ed 20 rods frOm filler and the corn is

a good height? Will it pay to fill a

silo with corn that will average 50

bushels per acre of good corn to feed

to dairy cows on a farm where hogs

are selling from $7@8.50 per own, live,

and cream is selling from 25@320 per





pound?

Gd. Traverse Co. C. L. P.





A silo 12 feet. by 30 feet will hold

about 75 tons of ensilage and this can

be filled in one day with a good cutter

and plenty Of help. The cutter will

cost $1.25 to $1.50 per hour, or not to

exceed $15. It will take two teams to

haul the corn, and two or three men

to load in the field, also one extra man

to help teamster unload, and one man

in silo. If it costs $3.50 per day for

man and team and $1.50 for man, then

the labor cost would be $14.50, or

$29.50 total besides board for men and

cost of cutting corn.



If you feed the corn crop dry or the





 





million

cow owners





ORE De Lavals are being sold than all other makes combinedw

Mnearly 2,000,000 are now in use. Year by year an ever increas-

ing proportion Of farm separator buyers reach the conclusion that

the De Laval is the only cream separator they can afford to buy or use.





In fact, about the Only excuse ever offered for buyin i any other

separator nowadays is that its first cost is_'a little less than t .eDeLavals.





But they soon find out that the last cost of a cream se )arator is

what really countsuand when they realize that the De Lava giVes the

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Profitable Producers Are the Result of Good Breeding and Care.





your trouble came from not ripening

the cream before churning. Warm it

to 70 degrees and let it stand for 24

hours, then cool to 60 degres and

churn.





Wheat Bran and Corn Meal Sufficient.





Please give me a balanced ration for

my cows. I have cornstalks and clo-

ver hay, with one-third alfalfa ‘mixed

in. I have been feeding cornstalks

at night and hay in the morning, to-

gether with corn-and-cob meal, wheat

bran, equal parts by weight, and glu-

ten, half as much as either of the

above. I have the corn but have to

buy the bran and gluten. What change

would you advise, using what I have

on hand?



\Vashtenaw Co. R. W.





\Vith clover hay one-third alfalfa

you can get along nicely with corn

meal and wheat barn. Or if you want

to feed corn-and-cob meal then I would

use gluten fed, and there is no Objec-

tion to using both bran and gluten

feed, using a less amount Of each. Feed

all the hay they will eat up clean, and

feed corn-and—cob meal and gluten feed

equal parts by weight, or corn meal

and wheat bran, equal parts by weight,

or corn meal one-half, gluten meal one-

quarter and bran one—quarter, and feed

as many. pounds of grain per day to

each cow as she produces pounds of

butteiufat per week.



How Many Cows Can One Man Milk?





How many cows is it figured one

man can milk on the large dairy

farms? I don’t mean the limit, but





the average allowed.



Oceana CO. C. G. S.



The proportion of milkers to cows

varies considerably. Some dairies re-

quire one man to milk 20 cows, others

15, and some think 10 cows are all a

man should milk and do the job right,

and do it every day. You cannot get a

proportion that will work alike in all

instances. It depends on the man;

some milk continuously for several

hours seemingly without becoming tir-

ed, but most men will not do as good





 





 





 





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9 y ' quantity and quality of the milk yield.





This constant strain

proves too much for

many a good COW;

, some important

function becomes impaired and for want of proper

medical assistance she becomes a “backward" cow.

In just such cases as these Kow-Kure has made its

reputation for success when used to





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of the herd. Kow-Kure is a medicine for cows

only—not a stock food It has wonderful

medicinal qualities that act on the organs of

production and reproduction for the preven-

tion or cure of many serious cow

ailments. It is especially useful in

cases of Abortion, Barrenness, Milk

' Fever, Scouring, Lost Appetite,

Bunches, Retained Afterbirth, etc.

Farmers who have used it keep Kow-

Kurc on hand constantly. Most feed

dealers and drnggists sell it.





Sold in 50c and $1.00 Package.





 





 





 





Because the dairy cow is subjected to





 





Old way, more than one—third Of its

food value is lost, but if put into at

good silo the loss of actual food is less f

than five per cent. For cattle there,i

can be no question as to how to har-F

vest the corn. For hogs, however, sil-J

age will not do. The hog is not built

right, not adapted to such foods as sil-

age. Silage is pre-eminently the food.

of ruminants, (animals that chew their i

cud). To finish hogs for market some 9

ear corn or shelled corn is the best

food. Part, of the corn crop can be

husked for this purpose, or the ears

may be picked or snapped Off as soon?

as mature enough, and then the green

stalks put into the silo. If you have

only enough corn for the silo you can

buy corn for the hogs.

Cottonseed Meal for Calves.





In looking through your paper I read

where one man says you should not

feed cottonseed meal to small animals.

I am feeding about 20 head of good

thrifty calves and Would like a bal-

anced ration for them. I have en-

sllage, cottonseed meal, oats, barley,

corn, clover hay, and bean pods for

roughage. Some of these calves run

With cows yet and some are about sev-





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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are affected. It contains a poison that

in small amounts will not affect ma-

ture animals, cows, horses, etc., but

hogs never should be fed cottonseed

meal.



Ground corn and oats, (chop), is the

best food for young calves after they

are weaned. A little wheat bran mix-

ed with it is splendid. Let the grow-

ing calves have all the clover hay and

corn silage they will eat. Bean pods

are also good for roughage, and ground

barley is another splendid concentrate.

I would not under any circumstances

feed cottonseed meal to these calves.



COLON C. LILLIE.





 





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EVOIUtiOn Of Hope HOHOW DIStFICt NELLIE





ER the land sakes, Henry,” said



Mrs. Andrews to her husband



one evening when he came in

from work, “What kind of a teacher

have the directors hired this time to

teach our school? It was bad enough

last year. The children might as well

have staid at home for all they learn-

ed, but this new teacher does beat all

with her queer notions.



“Ever since school began Mary and

Sammy have been telling the queerest

things the new teacher has been doing.

I don’t believe they study their books

much, but it do beat all how they’re

taken with her.





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“The very first day she told them as

how they spent most of their time at

the school house they must fix it up.

You Wouldn't think that old school

house could be made to look decent,

but Mal y saV I it looks real nice The

teacher put. “hite curtains to all the

windows and has put some, pictures

and flags of h<1 own on the walls and

now she is haVing the scholars bring

leaves and bunches of grain and ears

of corn to put up. They 11 soon have

all the holes and dirty spots covered

up. Now she has started what she

calls an exhibit table. They are get-

ting samples oi‘ nearly everything





 





 





 





 





 





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that’ s raised around here. They’ve ev-

en got bottles of dirt, soil they call it

She tells them all sorts of things about

the kind of. ground it, takes to raise

things and if the soil isn’t right she

tells them how it ought to be or where

they can find out about it. Today they

were talking about corn and how to

pick the. right kind for seed and how

to keep it. Sammy is chuck full and

says he can hardly uait to help you

gather the seed corn this fall.



“But tonight was the climax when

Sammy and Mary came home they

were wild over a new scheme Miss

Brown, their teacher has. She has





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been telling them she was going to

give them Ctedits for their “01k, I

guess that’s a mark or something that

tells when their work is good, for she

said they had to have :0 many Credits

to be promoted and the ones that get

the most are honor pupils. They each

brought a card home and if it ain't. the

craziest thing. There’s a long list of

things she gives credits for. Besides

the things they do at school, there’s

places for credits for nearly every-

thing a child can do at: home. On

Mary’s card are places for credits for

washing dishes, making beds, sweep-

ing, dusting, feeding chickens, and a





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lot of other things. On Sammy’s card

was a place for getting in wood, milk-

ing, hoeing, pulling weeds, and I don’t

kndw what all, but you can see them

when you get the chores done.”



Mr. and Mrs. Andrews had in their

early days of married life taken a

claim which had not proved very pro-

ductive. They had toiled on year af-

ter year for their little family, each

year farming under the same old meth-

ods. The soil had not been improved

and Mr. Andrews had become discour-

aged with life. He laid it all to his

poor luck, saying some people were

born lucky but he wasn’t.



The district was not a prosperous

one and the poor wages paid the teach-

ers had not been attractive to many,

but this fall the directors had hired

from a distant state a young lady who

having lost her parents had come on

an extended visit to one of the patrons

of the school. Miss Brown had taken

a course in agriculture and having liv-

ed in an up—to-date farming community

saw great need for improvement in

this locality and had determined to do

what she could to improve conditions.





That evening the new teacher and

her notions, as they called them, were

discussed . by the Andrews family.

Mary had 'washed the dishes without

being called to do it, and had even beg-

ged to do them all by herself so eager

was she to earn credits.



“It’s a good thing if it makes you

youngsters take hold of the work a

bit,” said Mr. Andrews, “but I don’t

suppose it will last long.”



But it did last. Days slipped by and

the whole neighborhood waked up to

the fact that their children were learn-

ing many useful things.



The school house yard which had

been an unsightly, weedy place, was





run. 12, 1916.





mowed and cleaned. Many a farm

yard took on a neater appearance and

unconsciously many parents were

changing their conditions.



Miss Brown had a Parents’ Day at

the school before the cold weather.

After a short program she had a social

hour; with light refreshments. Neigh-

bors mingled with each other and

school matters were discussed.



Before the company left it was de-

cided to have an all-day picnic the fol-

lowing Saturday; the men to make

some needed repairs and the women

to do some general house cleaning and

furnish the dinner. This was only a.

beginning.



An agriculture class was started,

some ground near the school house

was rented and the pupils were given

some plots of their own to work. Bul.

letins from the state Department of

Agriculture were studied and discussed

by pupils and patrons.



To the Andrews family, especially

were all these things helpful. Sammy

sent some samples of soil from their

farm during the winter to state ex.

perts to be examined. The instruc—

tions returned were such as to make

almost a complete change in the man-

ner of handling the farm. It‘s true,

Mr. Andrews was at first a bit skep—

tical, but agreed that things couldn‘t

be worse than they had been and con-

sented to try the new methods.



What is true of the Andrews family

is true of many others in Hope Hollow

District. Farm life has been elevated

to a higher place. No longer it is a V0-

cation to be disliked by the young peo-

ple. With the school as a social cen-

ter radiating happiness. encourage-

ment and contentment the neighbor

hood is fast becoming a prosperous

community.





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Madeline was stirred with an anger

toward the cowboy that was as strong

as her sorrow for the loyal old cattle-

man; and yet, when Stillwell gave up,

she resolved to take a hand herself.

She sent Nels, mounted upon his own

horse, and leading Majesty, to Rodero

in search of Stewart, with instruc-

tions to bring him back tothe ranch.

In due time Nels returned, leading the

roan without a rider.





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“Yep, I shore found him,” replied

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an’ somebody hed put him to sleep, I

guess. Wal, ,When be seen thet roan

hoss he let out a yell an’ grabbed him

round the neck. The boss knowed

him, all right. Gene hugged the boss

an’ cried—~cried like—I neever seen no

one who cried like he did. I waited



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LIGHT'OF WESTERN STARS.

(Continued from page 206).





a. while, an’ was jest goin’ to say

somethin’ to him, when he turned on





me red-eyed-—mad as fire.





“Nels,’ he said, ‘I cared a lot fer





, thet hoss, an’ I liked you pretty well,





but if you don’t take him away 1’11

shoot you both!’



“Wal, I lit out. [didn’t even git to

say howdy to him.”



“Nels, you think it useless to try to

persuade him?" asked Madeline



“I shore do, Miss Hamomnd,”. re-

pli'ed Nels gravely.



Madeline dismissed Nels, but before

he got out of ear-shot she heard him

speak to Stillwell, who awaited him on

the porch.



“Bill, put this in your pipe an’

smoke it—none of them scraps Gene

has bed was over a woman. It used

to be thet when he was drunk he’d





scrap over every pretty greaser girl





he’d run across. Thet’s why Pat Haws

thinks Gene plugged the strange vaq-

ueor who was with little Bonita thet

night last fall. VVal, Gene’s scrappin’

110w jest to git shot up hisself.



Nels's story of 110W Stewart wept ov-

er his horse influenced Madeline pow-

erfully. Her next move was to per-

suade Alfred to see if he could do bet-

ter with this doggedly bent cowboy.

Alfred needed only a word of persua-

sion, for he had alreadsxconsidercd go-

ing to Rodero. He went-and returned

alone.



“Majesty, I can’t explain Stewart’s

actions,” said Alfred. “I saw him, I

talked with him, and he knew me, but

nothing I said appeared to get to him.

He has changed terribly. It actually

hurt. me to look at 111111. I couldn‘t

have fetched him back here—not as

he is now. I heard all about him, and

if he isn’t out of his mind he’s deter-

mined to get himself killed. Some of

his escapades are—«are terrible, and

not for your ears. Bill did all any man

could do for another. VVe’ve all done

our best for Stewart. If you had had

a chance, perhaps you could have sav-

ed him; but it’s too late now.”





Days passed, and each one brought

additional gossip 0f Stewart’s head-

long career toward the Yuma, peniten-

tiary. He had crossed the line into

Cochise County, Arizona, where sher-

iffs kept a stricter observance of law.

Finally a letter came from a friend of

Nels‘s in Chiricahua, saying that Stew-

art had been hurt in a brawl there.

His hurt was not serious, but it would

probably keep him quiet long enough

to get sober, and the opportunity,

Nels’s informant said, would be a good

one for Stewart’s friends to take him

home.



This epistle enclosed a letter to

Stewart from his sister, which had

been found upon him. 11' told a story

of illness and distitution, and made an

appeal for aid. Nels’s friend said 111m.

he forwarded it without Geno‘s knowl-

edge, thinking Stillwell might 1211-11 10

help the en ant cow box’s 111111in Stow-

art had no money, he said.





The sister’s letter found its way 10

Madeline. She read it, tears in her

eyes. It told her much more than its

brief story of illness and p0ver1y,and

of wonder why Gene had nOt written

home for so long. It told of motherly

love, sisterly love, brotherly

ties that had not been

It spoke of pride in this El





mous. It was signed “your loving sis‘

ter Letty.”



Not improbably, Madeline thought,

this letter was one reason for Stem

and long-continued

abasement. It had been received too

late—after he had squandered the

money that would have meant so much

.to mother and sister. Be that as it

might, Madeline immediately sent a.

bank-draft to Stewart’s sister, with a.





letter explaining that the money was

drawn in advance on Stewart’s salary.

This done, she impulsively determined

to go to Chiricahua herself.





 





(Continued next week),





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“How pleased John will be,” she ran

on. “The house was so bare and

cheerless when he lived here with only

a housekeeper to look after things.

The rest. will have to go until after

dinner if I am to have it on time,

though.” And‘ with a last gloating

look at her draperies she left the room

and was soon deep in finishing up the

imeal, for which she had planned and

lprepared the night before.



A boyish whistle, with the stamping

of horses’ feet and clanking of har-

ness soon told her that 12 o’clock and

John had arrived together.



“I won’t tell him what I’ve done,”

she thought happily, “just let, him walk

into the living—room and surprise him.”

A pleased little smile hovered about

eyes and lips as she returned John’s

kiss. “Just three minutes more and

it’ll be on the table. Go into the liv-

ing—room and wait,” she said. At the

dining-room door she waited expec-

tantly for his exclamation of pleasure.



But the looked-for outburst of ap-

proval did not greet her latest im-

provement. There was a moment of

tense silence, then—



“Gee Whillikens, Grace, what have

you got it so dark in here for? I had

three more windows cut in here this

spring just to get plenty of sun and

air, and now you’ve gone and draped

’em all over so thick the sun couldn’t

shine in if it wanted to. I suppdse

we’ve got to have curtains to be in it,

but aren’t white ones enough? What

do you call these red things on top?”



The silence which followed John’s

outbreak was even more tense than

that which preceded it. During the

minute before she replied Grace ex-

perienced more real live emotions

than she had supposed could be crowd-

ed in sixty seconds. Disappointment,

chagrin and real red fury swept over

her. Her precious maroon drapes for

which she had planned and hoped and

actually sweat, to be dubbed “red

things!” Her mind could only register

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mor flashed forth to relieve the situ-

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alone kept her from flying at John like

a Virago. Her heart had been so set

on her treasures, she had been so sure

of John’s delight, that the revulsion

was tot} much for her. When she did

reply, it was very quietly, the quiet

of suppressed rage: .



“They’re over-drapes,” she said,

“and they’re not red, they are maroon.

Everybody has them, at least every-

body who has sense enough to know

what’s good taste in housekeeping and

the money to carry out her ideas.”





X





The Domestic Crucible—”21





thrcin Grace and John Differ





“Count me out on good sense, then,”

said John, deceived by her calm. “If

it’s sense to have your windows cov-

ered all over with two or three thick-

nesses of cloth I don’t see it. I’ll take

mine clear enough to look through.”





“And I’ll take mine exactly as they

are now,” flared Grace, turning to the

dining-room. “Dinner is ready.”





“Oh, very well. I’ll sit in the kitch-

en while those things are up,” flashed

back John. “I prefer to look out.”





The dinner over which Grace had

spent so much thought was relished

only by the hired man, who, undis-

turbed by domestic dissension, ate

with a gusto which further infuriated

Grace. She could hardly sit at the

table until the men were gone, but

pride kept her from letting John know

how much she really cared. The. kitch—

en screen had scarcely slammed be~

hind them before she was lying face

down on her bed, crying stormily and

breathing forth wrath and defiance.





His windows clear, indeed! They

Were her windows, too, if he did have

the farm partly paid for before she

came. She was working just as hard

as anyone else around there, and she

would show John Ludlow that one

farmer’s wife was going to be an equal

partner. Hadn’t she worked from half-

past six in the morning until ten at

night, in Bascom’s store all one sum-

mer just to earn money to buy things

for their home? And now he was go-

ing to try to tell her he wouldn’t have

curtains over “his” windows. Her

precious curtains, which had meant

more to her than anything else, be-

cause no one else in their neighbor-

hood had them. Those drapes were to

define her social pre-eminence, and

now her own husband presumed to

criticize them. Men were always like

that, no sense whatever of the niceties

of life.



And Grace, who dearly loved the

finer things, who reveled in hand em-

broideries, fine laces, delicate china,

rich rugs and soft colorings, wept

afresh. She recalled with exquisite

torture the thrills of pleasure with

which she selected her drapes the sum-

mer before. How the suave salesman

in the big city store brought. out fabric

after fabric and draped them over the

long rods for her admiration and

choice. And when at. last she had

made her selections her one great

over-whelming thought, had been of

John and his delight. in their artistic

home. It was too much. No one but

a brute could be so utterly oblivious to

his wife’s feelings. Well, if he was a

brute he should be treated as one. The

curtains should stay up and he could

sit in the kitchen all his life for all

of her.



Thoughts of the kitchen recalled the

table still waiting her, and with a final

enraged sniffle Grace arose, washed

her face, dabbed a generous coating of

rice powder over nose and eyes, and

went forth again to battle. Dishes

must be washed though tragedy reign-

ed, and there were the rest of the cur-

tains to go up before supper, for up

they should!



Grim lines settled . about Grace’s

mouth. Married life had not been all

smooth sailing, but things were grow-

ing worse. She’d put in a few rocks

herself, then, just to even things up.

With which determination she pro-

ceeded to dishwashing.



DEBORAH.





WHY WE ARE CHEATED_|N BUY-

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How often we hear the remark, “I’ll

never trade at that store again, the

wool they sold me was half cotton.”

But stop and think. Did the clerk say

it was all wool or did he call it some

name which’ you supposed meant all

wool? I saw a clerk sell a lady a piece

of material which he called “mungo,”

solemnly assuring her that it was all

wool, which was true. But had she

known that “mungo” is wool recovered

from old clothes, rags, etc., usually

ground up and used to fill in with long

fibers to make cheap woolens, she

would not have been cheated into buy-

ing it. It seems to me that it is our

place to know what we are buying and

the sooner we learn it the better it will

be for us.



Let us take up silk materials first.

We have the “silk cotton” and “arti-

ficial silk.” Artificial silk looks very

much like. real silk, but is torn more

easily. It may be tested by moisten-

ing a few threads. If it is artificial the

threads become soft and either break

or form a pulpy mass. Natural silk

remains the same as before moistened.

“Silk cotton” may be told by the elas-

ticity of the material.



In the wool substitutes we include

“mungo” and “noils.” Mungo was de-

scribed above, and “noils” are short

fibers in worsted yarn combings. New

materials of either mungo or noils

are hard to distinguish from long fiber

wool goods. After they are worn, how-

ever, the short fibers rough up, and in

a short time the material is unfit for

wear.



Then we have shoddy, which is sim-

ilar to mungo, except that it; is made

from old soft woolens like blankets,

stockings, etc., whereas mungo is

made from hard or felted woolens.

Both shoddy and mungo are raveled

old woolen. In shoddy the threads are

rather short and of different colors. By

the color is the best way to detect

shoddy remanufactured goods.



Linen is often simulated by a grass

fiber called “ramie.” It is a good sub-

stitute but when we buy it we should

not pay linen prices for it. “Ramie

linen” is often sold at linen prices and

will continue to be until people learn

the difference. We must not condemn

the store—keepers, they are for busi-

ness and it is the purchaser’s fault if

she buys ramie for linen. (But ramie

is a very satisfactory material, and

costs 15 to 25 cents per yard—Editor).





“Sizing” is a widely used method of

adulterating goods, generally cotton

and silk. If a piece of goods is thin

or loosely woven, it is often heavily

starched which gives it the appearance

of being heavy. But when the materi-

al'is worn or washed it loses this

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the fingers, the “sizing” fills the crev-

ices between the warp and woof

threads, and this is visible if closely

examined. Muslins, cambrics, and

such materials are the ones commonly

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Now, let us consider colors.‘ Red,

black and‘dark blue are poor colors

for cotton goods as they lose their

brilliancy in washing. Lavender and

green fade unevenly. Pink and light

blue generally fade quite evenly. In

woolen, brown, black, red and dark

blue are very satisfactory colors.



There are several methods of test-

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Showing them the country by auto, covering more than 600 miles,

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real farmers. They were conservative, calculating people who

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and hay. And they saw diversified farming with its sure returns

paying still better under California conditions.



The reasonable land values, based on earning capacity, convinced

all that California land is a good investment and a dividend-earner.



Many in these two parties expressed a desire to live in California.

Some are now arranging for farms and homes there. All said they

would like to visit California again and again.





A Book of Pictures





taken on this trip is now ready for free distribution. Let me send you a copy. It

includes many views of just what you have wanted to see. These Eastern farmers

are proving for themselves the truth of what they. and you. have read about

California.



You can prolong your active business life at least fifteen years in

California. It is a country where you can farm twelve months in the year.





You need not spend a large share of your earnings just to keep warm.





Write me to-day. Let me help you plan your trip. Reduced fares next spring and

summer will give you a chance to see the San Diego Exposition and agricultural sec-

tions of California at small cost. Winter tourist fares now in effect. Ask all the

questions you want, and say: “ Send Farmers' Special Book."





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Prizes Illirarded to Western Canada for

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The winnings of Western Canada at the Soil Products

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Wheat, ()ats. Barley and Grasses, the most important being the

prizes for Wheat and Oats and sweep stake on Alfalfa.



No less important than the splendid quality of Western Canada's

wheat and other grains, is the excellence of the cattle fed and

fattened on the grasses of that country. _recent shipment

of cattle to Chicago topped the market in that City for

quality and price.





Western Canada produced in 1915 one-third as much wheat

as all of the United States, or over 300,000,000 bushels.





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Practical





Gasoline





(Continued from last week).

A Few Terse Directions.



Don’t spill gasoline.



Don’t fill the tank of the liquid-fuel

stove full.



Don’t use a liquid-fuel stove that

leaks.



Don’t fill a. gasoline stove in a closed

room. Have plenty of ventilation to

carry the vapor out of the room.



Don’t use gasoline or naphtha for

washing the hands.



Extinguishing Burning Liquids.



There are two principal methods of

extinguishing burning liquids, as fol-

lows:





 





2. To dilute the burning liquid with

a non-inflammable extinguishing agent

that will mix with it.





Water may be used for extinguishing

burning liquids, such as denatured a1-

cohol, wood alcohol, and acetone, that

are miscible with it. If such a liquid

as gasoline, which is not miscible with

water, catches fire, the application of

water produces little or no effect ex-

cept to spread the burning liquid, and

thus scatter the fire over a larger area.

However, the application of a large

quantity of water to a small quantity

of burning oil, by its cooling effect,

may aid in extinguishing the fire.



Of materials used to form a blanket

of gas or solid material over burning

liquid, thus cutting off the oxygen Sup-

ply, several are in common use. These

include sawdust, sand, carbon tetra-

chloride, and the so-called foam or

frothy mixtures.



The efificiency of sawdust is due to

its floating for a time on the liquid and

excluding the oxygen of the air. Saw-





 





,dust itself is not easily ignitible, and

lwhen it does ignite burns without a

flame. The character of the sawdust

and its moisture content, is of little

or no importance. It may be well

handled for extinguishing small fires,

when just. started, by means of long

handled wooden shovels.



Sand probably serves about, as well

as sawdust for extinguishing fires on

the ground, but, is heavier and more

awkward to handle. \Vhen thrown on

a burning tank it sinks, whereas saw—

dust floats.



Carbon tetrachloride, the basis of

various chemical fire eminguishers, if

thrown on a fire forms a. heavy non-

infiammable vapor over the liquid, and

mixes readily with oils, waxes, japan,

etc. The vapor is about five times as

heavy as air. Much of the carbon

tetrachloride contains impurities that





 





give it a bad odor, but. when pure its

specific gravity is 1.632 at 32 degrees

F. When thrown on a fire, it produces

black smoke, the hue of which is caus-

ed by unconsumed particles of carbon.

Pungent gases are also produced, prob-

ably hydrochloric acid gas and small

volumes of chlorine gas. Although the

fumes are pungent, brief exposure to

them does not cause permanent injury.



The efficacy of carbon tetrachloride

depends largely on the skill of the us-

er. If liquid in a tank is on fire, the

height of the liquid is important. When

the liquid is low, the sides of the tank

form a wall which retains the vapor,

but when a tank is nearly full of high-

ly volatile liquid like gasoline, only

the most skilled operator can extin-

guish the fire.



For smothering some small fires of

burning gasoline an ordinary blanket

may be used.





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to mix in a tank, whereupon foam is

produced. The tank is made air-tight,

and sufficiently strong to permit the

foam to be forced out under pressure

of a gas (carbon dioxide) simultane-

oust generated. The frothy mixture

owes its efficacy to its blanketing ac-

tion in excluding air (oxygen) from

the fire. It is stiff and shrinks only

slightly in volume even after half an

hour. In one installation water, bicar-

bonate of soda, and soap bark are

used in one tank and acid in another

tank. A fusible link, which will melt

at 212 degrees F., releases a hammer,

which breaks the glass tank contain-

ing the acid. The released acid is let





the tank of burning oil.



The National Fire Protection Asso-

ciation has experimented with this and

OlllPI‘ methods of extinguishing fire.

These experiments show the method

to be promising.



In some large plants gasoline is con

iiuually stored under the pressure of

non-inflammable gas, as nitrogen or

carbon dioxide. In other plants it. is

stored in a tank, which is always kept

filled, no air being admitted at. any

time. The tank may be filled with all

gasoline or part, gasoline and part wa-

191‘, when desired. The water may be

drained off when more gasoline is to

be added to the tank.





Relation of Properties of Gasoline and

Gasoline Vapor to lnflammability

Source of Gasoline.





Gasoline is a product obtained by

distilling crude petroleum, and the dif-

ferent grades used for various purpos-

es differ somewhat in chemical and

physical properties. Some grades of

gasoline, particularly the better grades

used to drive automobiles, are much

more hazardous to handle than are

others. They mix with air in larger

portions and pass into the vapor form

(evaporate) more rapidly, and hence

more quickly render a given volume of

air explosive than do the heavier

grades, such as are used for cleaning

purposes and for fuel in the engines’of

some motor trucks and other large in-

ternal combustion engines.





Action of Gasoline Vapor in Air.





Gasoline vapor mingles with air in

the same manner that water vapor

does. At any particular temperature

a definite proportion of water vapor

will be found in the atmosphere if it,

has become completely saturated, a

condition that seldom exists. Usually

ii limited supply of water has been

given off into the air, and the atmos-

phere is spoken of as having a certain

i‘eziltive humidity, meaning that. the,

saturation is incomplete or that more

water vapor could exist, in the air were

a source of moisture available. In a

similar manner gasoline vapor mixes

with air. The amount of vapor carried

will depend on the temperature of the

air and the readiness with which the

vapor can be obtained.



If gasoline is exposed to the air of

a room for a long enough time, the air

will contain at a certain temperature

a fixed portion of gasoline vapor, dif-

fering for different grades of gasoline,

that can not be exceeded. The author

has worked out the values for four

different grades. The results for a

temperature of 17.5 degrees C. (63.5

degrees F.) are shown in the follofing

table: ‘



Proportions of different grades of





gasoline vapor that air will carry at a

temperature of‘17.5 degrees C.





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MILLINGTON GRANGE AN AC-

TIVE ORGANIZATION.



An organization among farmers

which will help to make farm life

more interesting and to make the farm

return dividends in pleasure and hap-

2uiness, as well as dollars and cents,

jshould be encouraged and supported

:by every farmer. In fact it seems that

lsuch an organization is the very life

land backbone of every farm commu-

nity. -



The Grange has a larger member-

ship than any other farm organization

and consequently has greater Oppor-

tunities and greater possibilities to do

a greater work. Millington Grange,





which has a membership of over 125

Iis exceptionally fortunate in having

‘among its members some of the best

farmers, dairymen and stockraisers in

,the state. It is again fortunate that

ithese men are qualified and willing to

discuss points of interest which will

help Others to become more success-

ful. These features and many others,

help to make the Millington Grange

one of the successful Granges in Mich-

igan and a benefit not only to its own

members but to the entire farm com-

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AMONG THE LIVE GRANGES.





 





Portland Grange held a highly en-

joyable session at Blanchard’s Hall

on February 4, when a class of six can-

didates took the first and second de-





by the men was a feature of the noon

hour. Fully sixty members of the Or-

der sat down to the two long tables up-

on which the big repast was spread.

The society is enjoying a very gratify-

ing growth, several applicants for

membership being on the waiting list

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Get Suggestions from State Meeting.

——The Salem Farmers’ Club held its

January meeting at the pleasant and

commodious home of Mr. and Mrs.

Bert Nelson. A large number were in

attendance. About 75 members and

guests of the Club sat down to the

bountiful dinner which the ladies of

the Club know so well how to prepare.

The Club was then called to order by

the president; program opened with

“America” by the Club, and prayer by

Rev. L. Carter. " The delegates to the

state meeting at Lansing, Mrs. I. John-

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called on and gave. an excellent report.





Club. Meeting on Saturday so the

students could attend attracted atten-

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tuberculosis campaign was something

deserving the attention of every mem-

ber of the Club. A good musical and

literary program was rendered—Mrs.

H. C. Thompson, Cor. Sec.



Hold Annual Meeting—Th2 Putman

and Hamburg Farmers’ Club eld their

annual meeting at the farm home of

Mr. and Mrs. John Chambers, Satur-

day, January 8. After partaking of a

fine dinner the meeting was called to

order by the president, C. E. Dunning.





The following ofllcers were elected for

the ensuing year: President, Lyman

Hendee; vice—presidents, John Cham-

bers and George Van Horn; secretary,

Mrs. Frank Mackinder; treasurer, My-

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Swarthout. Mr. R. C. Reed, of Howell,

gave an excellent talk on ‘Tarmers’

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Frank Mackinder gave a humorous

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Suggests State Grade Products '





By A. HAYMAKER. ‘





LTIMATELY a carefully planned

scheme of inspection will char-

acterize our methods of dispos-





ing of ,farm products. This is the only

hopeful way of thoroughly standardiz-

ing agricultural goods, and since the

careful grading of these products as to

size, shape, color, moisture content,

etc., is necessary to place distributing

on a sane business basis and to do it

with the greatest economy, it is im-

perative that not only .those who grow

and those who buy give the matter at-

tention, but the whole state should be-

come keenly sensitive to the problem.





In making a sale there must of nec-





essity be two parties to the transac-

tion. Both have a direct financial in-

terest. The man who sells wishes to





secure the highest quotation for his





goods and since quotations advance





with the grades, he is desirous that

his products be placed in .the best

grade possible. On the other hand,

the buyer seeks to purchase the pro-

ducts at the lowest possible cost,

which is more likely of achievement if

he succeeds in having the product out

down in grade.





This conflict of interest is responsi-

ble for a large number of the ills of

our marketing system, and inspectors

chosen by either the seller or the buy-

er are quite likely by reason of the

source of their authority, to be favor-

able to the parties who employ them.

The records of farmers’ co—operative

associations would afford many exam-

ples of disaster through inefficient in-

spection service. The insistence of

some influential members on having

their products graded higher than the

quality warranted has often moved the

inspector to do this, with the result

that dissatisfied buyers discriminate

against the association’s products.



City boards of trade have been

obliged to appoint inspectors to grade

grain, hay and other products sold

through the organizations. These in.

speciors who receive their pay from

the boards hiring them would be

tempted to favor the members of the

organization rather than the produc-

ers or primary shippers who forward

the goods. Even if this is an unjust

charge to make against these men, the





parties who forward the goods are





quite likely to place such an interpre-

tation upon their acts because of the

fact that the inspectors are in the ser-

vice of the purchasers of the goods.





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Again we have criticism coming

from another quarter where the in-

spectors are responsible to one side

of the deal only. We refer to the in-

spectors sent out by the cities to pass

upon the dairies of farmers who are

supplying milk for consumption with-

in the limits of the respective munici-

palities. As suggested in the beginning,

this inspection has come to be a nec-

essity and the benefits are pronounc-

ed, but dairy farmers feel that greater

justice would be meted out if these in-

spectors could be made responsible to

both parties instead of to the buying

side alone.





The testing of butter-fat by cream-

eries, milk stations, and itinerant buy-

ers, the examination of sugar beets

for sugar content, the picking of sam-

ples of beans to learn the amount to

be deducted from basic price for a,

load of. beans, etc, are all exam-

ples of how one party to the sale, of

these products has control over the

processes necessary to determine the

grade or class to which the products

belong, and upon which the price is

based.





It is apparent to all 'sane minds that

those whose business it is to deter-

mine maiters of this kind should have

no outside influence acting upon their

minds to cause them to make unfair

decisions. It would certainly be an

improvement over the present system

if these men were responsible to both

the seller and the buyer when making

determinations.





The probability is, however, that an

inspection service where the men em-

ployed are answerable to neither side

would prove to be the most ideal one.

Here the inspectors could work abso-

lutely without fear, and would be free

to grade goods upon merit. When we

consider the large amount of transat-

lions of the character we have hinted

at it at once seems feasible to employ

public men qualified to grade these

products and to pass upon them, and

it would further appear to us that it

is within the province of the state

through some of its departments to

provide for this service. With the in-

creased interest in the marketing of

farm products and the effective organ-

zation of the buying interests, it would

seem a prudent move on the part of

the agriculturists of the state to de-

mand the gradual organization of a

service of this kind.





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Doings of Michigan’s “Co-Ops”





The Hillsdale Clo-operative Associa-

tion met at Hillsdale and elected the

following ofleers: President, B. S.

Lamb; vice—president, Marion Mosher;

secretary-treasurer, Elmer B. Haga-

man; business manager, Angus Beers;

stock manager for Hillsdale, Osseo

and Pittsford townships, E. D. Chen-

ey; stock manager for North Adams,

Ora Holcomb. The association has

shipped $125,000 worth of live stock

during the past year.



About 50 farmers of southern Cal-

houn county met at Tekonsha and af-

ter hearing a talk by E. A. Dunton,

manager of the Goldwater Association,

voted to organize a co-operative asso-





ciation to market live stock and buy





and sell all kinds of produce and sup-





plies. The temporary officers are:

Roy Sanders, president, Haskell Doo-

little, secretary.





The co-operative association formed





at Jonesville, Hillsdale county, last

March, now has 117 members and from

one to three cars of stock are shipped

each week. Officers for the year have

been elected as follows:

Wm. P. Green; vice-president and

Th"gm‘””°'89°g’1antth“gf,°lg§_ Supmormall manager, Grant S. Emery; secretary-





President,





ture. Builds up wom-outsggil quickly and pmdnfii int: treasurer, Elsworth Lovell.





Three hundred farmers of Ingham





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met in the capitol city and organized

the Central Michigan Milk Producers’

Association, with officers as follows:

President, John Hull, Dimondale; vice-

president, H. D. Box, Lansing; secre—

tary-treasurer, John B. Fay, Holt.

Standardization of milk tests and oth-

er matters tending to better conditions

in the trade are the main objects in

View.



The Bridgman Fruit Growers’ Asso-

ciation of Berrien county, has closed

a successful season, re-electing the fol-

lowing otiicers: President, Wm. H.

Gast; vice-president, T. A. Botham;

secretary-treasurer, W. S. Seymour;

directors, Wm. Baldwin, P. VVein-

heimer, T. Katzbach and A. F. Mayer.

The association loaded 28 cars of

strawberries, or 19,539 crates, with av-

erage returns to growers of $1.19 per

crate; 49 cars of grapes (about 60 per

cent of a crop), with average return

to grower of 14.82 cents per eight-

pound basket. The association deo

ducted six cents per crate on straw-

berries and one cent on grapes for 0D-

erating expenses but was able at the

close of the season to refund to grow-

ers $728.46, or two cents on each crate

of strawberries and a quarter of

a cent on each basket of grapes that

were shipped.





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F. Kern, of Wisconsin, has been hired

by the Grand Traverse Fruit & Pro-

duce Exchange of Traverse City, Mich,

to build up a big selling organization

for the fruit growers or Northwestern

Michigan, which in a limited way is to

do for the Grand Traverse fruit grow-

ers what the California Exchange is

doing for the citrus growers of the

west. Mr. Kern is hired at a salary of





$3,600 for the first year, with promises

of advances for each year for the first





four or five. He is assured of work-

ing capital in sufficient abundance so

that he can go into the big consuming

markets of the North Central states

and establish marketing connections.

The Grand Traverse Exchange which

is a cooperative association of grow-

ers, last season tried marketing their

cherry, peach, and apple crops through

a brokerage organization and with

fair results, but the members are'now

convinced that their best interests call

for their own selling machinery.





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Crop and Market Notes.





Michigan.



Kalkaska 00., Feb. 5.—-’l‘here has

been some ice on wheat fields, but a

light snow now affords some protec-

tion. Not more than 20 per cent of

the usual amount of wheat sown on ac-

count of wet fall. It will take all the

feed farmers have to finish the feed—

ing season. Cattle and hogs were sold

off close last fall. Live stock gener-

ally in good condition. Hogs are very

scarce. Most of the potato .crop has

been marketed at 80@900; corn 80c;

oats 500; rye 90c; hay $15@18; cows

$50@75; fine young horses can be pur—

chased at a reasonable price.



Hillsdale 00., Feb. 5.——Conditions

are not very favorable for wheat and

clover, though not much damage done.

Clover had an excellent showing when

winter set in, but wheat was small.

Roads are in very bad condition. The

farmers have plenty of all kinds of

feed, and about. the usual amount of

stock of all kinds except feeding

lambs, is being cared for. Wheat is

$1.30; rye 950; oats 460; clover seed

$10@11; potatoes 75c ;hogs $6.50@

7.50; beef cattle $4@5.50; veal calves

$10; chickens 13c; eggs 260; butter

25c a pound.



New York.



Columbia Co., Feb. 3.——An unusual

amount of snow during January, and

winter grains have been well protect-

ed and are in good condition. Winter

feed is rather scarce, as the hay crop

was short and corn below the average.

About the usual number of cattle and

hogs being wintered. Hens are laying





better than formerly. Butter 35c; milk .





$2.25 per cwt; potatoes $1.25; timothy

hay $24.

New Jersey.

Monmouth Co., Jan. 29.——Fall sown

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Very little stock being fed for market.

Production of eggs small for this time

of year. Milk 41/20 a quart; wheat

$1.25; corn 85c; cattle about 100 a 1b;

hogs 8@81/2,c.



Indiana.



Elkhart 00., Feb. 5.——The weather

the past month has been rough, with

little snow. Winter grain has had lit-

tle protection, and the freezing weath-

er has been hard on it. Corn has not

been keeping well, as a large amount

of it was immature when frosted, and

the damp weather has kept it from

drying. Hens are. laying better, so the

price has dropped to 300. Cream 480

per gal. for 20 per cent; wheat $1.28;

corn 60c; potatoes 75c; hogs $6.50.



Laporte Co., Feb. 2.—-—Cold weather

with about an inch of snow. Feed is

plentiful; not much stock being fed,

though all live stock is healthy. Very

few hogs fed, as most of them have

been sold. Not much demand for dairy





cows.

Ohio.



Medina Co., Feb. 2.—Considering a

lack of snow, wheat and rye are in

fairly good condition. Farmers have

sufficient feed for own use. There

seems to be a surplus of cattle on

hand. Hens are beginning to lay.

Wheat $1.34; potatoes $1; hay $16;

cattle $6; hogs $7.50; milk 18c per gal;

butter 32c; eggs 26c.



Shelby Co., Feb. 2.——The open rainy

weather is hard on fall sown grains

but still looking fair. Plenty of feed

for farmers’ own use. Not very much

stock on hand for feeding purposes as

the corn crop is a little scarce. The

egg supply 18 coming in heavy, with a

drop in price to 18c a dozen. Cream

31¢; wheat $1.29; corn 70 per cwt;

oats 480; potatoes $1.25; cattle $5.50

@725; hogs “€7.25. ‘





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Potatoes . 375 bush. per acre

Com . . l 15 bush. per acre 10 Prize Winners 96.74 bush. per acre

When! . 59.86 bulb. per acre 10 Prize Winners 48.50 bush. per acre





The crop shown in the photograph was good but notgood enough to win a prize.





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cleaned and graded his Seed,,raised a bumper crop, then .

paid for his machine out of the increased Dl‘UfitS and had 3415 net («in for his

work. Charles C. Wine claims he made $700 extra profit in one season. ~

George Dunnington made $257 out of his Chatham first year. Geo. Bridel 7‘ "

made 3330 extra on oats alone. M r. I. C. Foote made 348 the first ll days by ;.~





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GRAINS AND SEEDS.

February 8, 1916.



Wheat.———The bears got control of

the Wheat trade Monday morning and

prices declined in American markets.

The chief reasons were limited bot-

toms for carrying wheat to Europe

where there is general need of the

grain, and the expectation of larger

receipts from farmers in the north-

west as soon as the weather allows

them to deliver. With the visible sup-

ply and wheat in bond decreased 3,432;

000 bushels during the past week, to-

gether with the growing foreign de-

mand, farmers should not. make tem‘

porary conditions worse by crowding

the markets when the quotations are

headed downward. One year ago No.

2 red wheat was quoted here at. $1.621/2





per bushel. Last week’s quotations

were:



No. 2 No. 1



Red. White. May.

Wednesday ..... 1.34 1129 ‘ 1.381/2,

Thursday .... . . 1.3414 1.291;; 1.38%

Friday ......... 1.3514= 1.3014 1.39%,

Saturday ”1.34%, 1.2914 1.38%,

Monday ...1.31 1.26 1.35%

Tuesday ....... 1.33 1.28 1.37%,



Chicago—May wheat . 1.3014; July



$1.22 7/8.





Corn—The weakness of wheat and

liberal primary receipts forced corn

values down on Monday. A year ago





No. 3 corn was quoted at. 771/20 per

bushel. Last week’s local prices were:

No. 3 No. 3

Mixed. Yellow

\Vednesday . . . . . . . . . 76 771/2

Thursday . . . . . . . . 76 771/2

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

Saturday ..... . . . 75 76%,

Monday ............ 73%; 75

Tuesday ............ 74 751/2

(‘hicago.-May corn 77140 per bu;

July 771450.

Oatsser \ aiues have declined with





wheat and corn notwithstanding free

buying for seaboard concerns. Domes-

tic needs are moderate. A year ago

standard oats were quoted at 61c' per





bushel. Last week’s prices were:

,, No. 3



Standard. White.

W’ednesday ......... 531/2, 52

Thursday ........... 531/2 52

Friday .............. 531/2 5

Saturday ............ 52 M2 51 1A,,

Monday ............ 1

Tuesday ............ 51 50





Chicago.——May oats 490; July 46180.



Rye.———(‘ash No. 2 has declined 20 to

$1.03 per bushel.



Barley.wMilwaukee’s price steady

at 74@80c for malting, and Chicago

price higher at 68@810.



Beans—No dealing here. March is

quoted at $3.70 and immediate, prompt

and February at $3.65. Private sales

up state have been quoted above these

values. At Chicago pea beans, hand-

picked, are quoted at $3.80@3.85 per

bushel; prime choice $3.65@3.70; red

kidneys $5.20@5.25.



Timothy Seed—Prime spot $3.80.





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





 





FIour.—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.—ln 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.





 





Bunch—Market. firm with prices un-

changed. Extra creamery 30c; firsts

2712c; dairy 21c; packing stock 180.



Elgin.——'l‘he feeling is firm, especial-

ly for fancy goods, and prices have ad-

vanced 1c. l’rices based on sales,

are 301/20. .



Chicago—«The feeling is firm With

prices for fancy goods l/éc higher. Ex-

tra creamery 301/20; extra firsts 29@

:391,:_.(:; firsts 25‘/2fi1»27]/€;C; extra dair-

ies 290; packing stock 191/30.



Eggs—Receipts are light. and the

demand is active. Prices l/zc higher.

Current receipts are quoted at 280;

candled firsts 29c.



Chicago-412w feeling is unsettled,

prices for fresh have declined 1/20, but

storage stock has advanced. Firsts

281/20; ordinary firsts 27@27‘/3c; mis-

cellaneous lots, cases included 24@

281/2c; refrigerator stock 15@200, de-

pending on quality.



Poultry.——The market, is firm with

prices for chickens and geese higher.

Turkeys 16@17c; spring turkeys 21@

23c; t'owls 12@17%c, according to the

quality; spring chickens 16@171/30:

ducks 17@18c; geese 161/2@17c.



Chicago—The market, is steady and

prices for all kinds except turkeys are





higher. Turkeys, young and old 12@

180; fowls 161/430; springs 17c; ducks





16@17c; geese 10@14c.





 





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





Apples—There is no change, the

market being quiet. Greenings at $2.50

$3.50; Spys $3.50@4; Baldwins $3

@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 $3@3.25; Wageners $2.25

@275; Spys $3@3.75.



Potatoes—Are firm but prices are 50

lower. Carlots on track, white $1.05

@1.10; red $1@1.05 per bushel. At

Chicago the market ruled quiet. Fan-

cy stock brought, an advance of 3c.

Fancy Michigan Rurals sold for 970@

$1.05 per bushel. Other prices range

from 92c@$1.05. At Greenville the

price is 800 per bushel. The arrivals

are light on account of cold weather.





WOOL.





 





Boston—Trading active at Boston

with prices firm to higher. The bulk

of the sales is of foreign wools. Half-

blood Ohio wools sold last week at

320. No Michigan sales reported.





DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.





 





 





Potatoes $1@1.25; apples 600@$1.30;

cabbage 50@650; eggs 38@400; pork

$10.50 per cwt; loose hay $18@22.





GRAND RAPIDS.



Potatoes are quoted at 80@900 here,

with movement light on account of the

cold weather. Firm markets and high-

er prices are looked for in both pota-

toes and beans, though consumption in

cities is reduced because of the high

prices. Choice hand-picked apples in

storage are selling in a small way at

$1@1.75 per bushel. Sharp weather

has stiffened egg prices, with fresh

laid quoted at 26@27c early this week.

Grain prices at the mills are: Wheat,

No. 2 red $1.27; oats 500; com 780;

rye 900; buckwheat 70@900.





 





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.





February 7, 1916.

(Special Report of Dunning and Stev-

ens, New York Central Stock

Yards, Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts of stock here today as fol-

lows: Cattle 110 cars; hogs 100 d. d.;

sheep and lambs 65 d. d.; calves 900

head.



With 110 cars of cattle on the mar-

ket, the trade today was unevenly

higher. The stale stock, held over,

and common thin stuff showed least

advance. All fresh receipts of killing

and shipping grades was up 25@35c,

and some desirable lots of steers were

40@50c higher. With a good clear-

ance of the light receipts and weather

colder, prospect, from present outlook,

is good.



We had a rather light supply of hogs

today, a good demand and prices

strong on yorkers and mixed, while

pigs sold anywhere from 25@5OC per

cwt. higher than Saturday. The bulk

of the sales around $8.60, with a few

selected lots at $8.65; pigs generally

80 per 1b; roughs $7.25@7.50; stags $5

@6. Everything sold at the close and

looks like we will have a strong mar-

ket the balance of the week.



The sheep and lamb market was ac-

tive today and prices 150 lower than

the close of last week. All sold and

we look for steady prices balance of

the week. .



\Ne quote: Lambs $11.40@11.50;

cull to fair $8@11.25; yearlings $8.50

@1025; bucks $4.50@6.25; handy ewes

$7.75@8; heavy do $7.50@7.75; weth-

ers $8.25@8.50; cull sheep $4.50@6‘

veals, good to choice,





 





$12.25@12.50§

common to fair $8@11; heavy $6@9.





 





Chicago.

February 7, 1916.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.

Receipts today. 22000 62,000 16,000

Same day 1915. .13,473 41,339 15,589

Last week ...... 37,392 234,110 66,496

Same wk 1915..21,799 160,091 61,520



Another week opens today with ear-

ly steady prices for steers and fat

butcher stock showing especial firm-

ness, but later signs of weakening in

the commoner class of steers were

noticed. Hogs went higher than ever,

with sales at $7.65@8.25. Hogs re-

ceived last week averaged 199 lbs.

Sheep and lambs opened firm.



Shipments from here last week ag-

gregated 7,752 cattle; 60,987 hogs and

12,367 sheep, comparing with 9,000 cat-

tle: 23,252 hogs and 2,148 sheep a

year ago.



Sheep, yearlings, wethers and ewes

of desirable quality sold extremely

high last week because of meager of-

ferings and a large local and shipping

demand, despite some sharp breaks in

prices at times, and at one time, when

the bulk of the lambs sold much lower,

prime lambs made a fresh high record

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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKET.





 





Thursday’s Market.

February 3, 1916.

Cattle.

Receipts 1332. There was alight





supply in all departments at the local;





stock yards this week, and nearly all

the Detroit lines had their stock in be-

fore noon.



The cattle trade was active from

start to finish at an advance of 15@

200 on last week on all grades, few

going back for feeding purposes, and

only a few bought for outsiders. The

Newton Beef Co. bought heaViLv and

every head was cleaned up early and

the close was strong. Good milch cows

sold well but common grades were

dull and draggy.



Best heavy steers $7.25@7.60; best

handy weight butcher steers $6.25@

6.75; mixed‘steers and heifers $5.50@

6.50; handy light butchers $5@6.25;

light butchers $5@5.50; best cows $5.50

@6; butcher cows $4.50@5.25; com-

mon cows $4@4.50; canners $3@3.75;

best heavy bulls $6@6.50; bologna

bulls $5@5.50; stock bulls $4@5;.feed-

ers $6@7; stockers $5@6.25; milkers

and springers $25@75. .



Bishop, B. & H. sold Sullivan P. Co.

19 steers av 1126 at $7.25, 3 do av 1217

at $7.25, 12 do av 852 at $6, 1 bull wgh

1570 at $5.75, 10 butchers av 1047 at

$6.75; to Hammond, S. & Co. 21 do av

726 at $6.50, 12 do av 650 at $5.75, 6

do av 760 at $6.75, 2 cows av 1045 at

$5.75, 5 do av 1050 at $5.60, 1 do wgh

810 at $4, 1 bull wgh 1000 at $5.75, 1

do wgh 1340 at $5.75, 1 do wgh 1610 at

$5.75, 9 butchers av 757 at $6.50, 3

steers av 1151 at $7.25, 7 do av 743 at

$6.50, 11 do av 852 at $6.75; to Newton

B. Co. 1 bull wgh 1300 at $5.60, 6 cows

av 1021 at $5.65, 18 steers av 904 at

$6.75, 3 do av 1073 at $7.25; to Bres-

nahan 3 cows av 677 at $4.50, 7 do av

900 at $4.25, 15 do av 1052 at $5.25;

to Sullivan 1’ Co. 26 steers av 973 at

$7.25, 4 cows av 1060 at $5.75, 4 do av

1092 at $5.75, 3 do av 1073 at $5.65, 2

do av 1125 at $4.25, 2 do av 1025 at

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do av 910 at $5; to Egan & Co. 6 do

av 1093 at $5.60, 3 do av 1057 at $5.40,

11 do av 1015 at $5.35, 2 do av 910 at

$4.75, 2 steers av 1390 at $7.25.



loe Com. Co. sold Hammond, S. &

Co. 1 cow wgh 1430 at $6.25; to Brei-

tenbach 1 do wgh 1020 at $4.60; to

Applebaum 3 butchers av 413 at $5;

to Sullivan P. Co. 1 steer wgh 620 at

$6, 1 do wgh 780 at $6.85, 2 cow and

bull av 1265 at $6.25, 5 cows av 960 at

$4.35, 6 butchers av 765 at $5.85; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 1 bull wgh 1430 at

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$5, 2 do av 1055 at $5; to Kull 11 steers

av 941 at $7; to Thompson Bros. 2

cows av 1275 at $4.60.



Veal Calves.



Receipts 595. The veal calf trade

was steady to atrifle higher than last

Week, a few small bunches of choice

selling at $11.50, but the bulk of sales

for good was at from $10@11; heavy

and common $7@9.



Haley & M. sold Thompson Bros. 8

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

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$10.50, 3 av 125 at $11, 3 av 135 at $10;

to Burnstine 4 av 105 at $10.50.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 3667. The sheep and lamb

trade was active; good lambs 10@15c

higher and sheep strong; top lambs

bringing as high as $11 per cwt. The





 





 





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lambs $10.75@11; fair lambs $10@‘





10.50; light to common lambs $8.75@





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'Haley & M. sold Nagle P. Co. 16

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$10.25, 33 do av 65 at $10.40; to Mich.

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Roe Com. Co. sold Sullivan P. Co.

4 sheep av 90 at $7, 27 lambs av 60 at

$9, 29 do av 65 at $10.65; to Nagle P.

Co. 7 yearlings av 80 at $9.50.



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sheep av 110 at $7.25; to Young 50

lambs av 65 at $10.65, 25 do av 70 at

$10.25.



Hogs.





Receipts 8202. In the hog depart-

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mon order, being made up largely of

pigs and light weights, the general

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perches. There are always a few

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better advantage with less danger of

over or under-feeding.



Anyone at all handy with tools can

make a feeder that will answer the

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iron, a Clothespin, a couple of spools

and a short piece of light rod or heavy

wire. All the materials used in mak-

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graph were taken from the farm scrap

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(a) A can with a cone-shaped top





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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Diagram of Home-made Exerciser.





and mouth about an inch across. Four

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(c) is a tin disc, two and one-half

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(f) For the bait rod nothing is bet-

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The Kind of Bait to Use.



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theirrcrops full at roosting time. When





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Will you please describe the open-

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1111‘. :5 be double walled and a good qual-

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weds. If the coop is not made draft-

proof the hens will undoubtedly suffer

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A poor layer is usually poor. Hens

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ning to lay, which goes to prove that

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fore she can lay.



Even during severe weather, the

poultry~house should be well ventilat-

ed. The excess of moisture in a fowl’s

body passes off through the breath,

and a tight house soon becomes damp.

Fowls can stand any degree of cold,

when the house is well ventilated and

from of draughts, but dampness is fatal.

The best method of providing ventila-

tion is to leave at least part of the

south side open. During stormy weath-

er the opening should be covered with

a curtain to keep rain and snow out.



If a supply of dry road dust cannot

be had for the dust box, finely sifted

coal ashes are a good substitute. VA

pound or two of sulphur, Persian in-

sect powder, , or powdered tobacco,

thoroughly mixed with the dusting ma-

terial, improves the “bath” as a kill-

ing agent.



Abrupt changes in feeding will like-

ly throw the hens out of condition.

Any change in the bill of fare should

be made gradually.



Charcoal, grit and oyster shell

should be kept before the hens all the

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POULTRY.

BARRED ROCKS—9"“ a... m...

_ stock and eggs in

season. FRED ASTLING. Constantine. Michigan

ROCK (‘OCKERELS. lame, farm





BarrEd Pllmmlnlh raised from prizewiiining flock. $3

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Cm'kerels. $2.0) for single- bird. $1.50

Barred “Wk math for two or more same order.





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Barred Book Cookerels'm" b‘h"££§"3§ii§{£“”"ml“

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' ' The noted prize strain. Grand

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1G Beautiful Hon hatched liar-rod Plymouth Books

sold on approval 82 i083 each. (4 females and male

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IG beautiful B. P. rock cockerels from heavy laying

striiin farm raised. none better. .52 .00 each. 3 for $5“





. Edg-A-lhiy Poultry Yards,Cereoco, R. No.2, Mich.





 





Bred *0 la , R.(‘.Rhodc Island Reds. S. C‘. White

y- Leghorna. Eggs oc each, stock In season.



J. C.GREEN1£, SLJOhns, Mlch., R. No. 7.

LEAHVISIVY l’oulti‘x] Farm Established L‘KJU. ’l'rap.

nest strain of S. O. . Leghorns Eggs for hatching,

15, $1; 50. $3.; 100, 3.). T1108. H. Barns, Cresion. Uliin.





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mini) prizes. _ Sumo nice Cockeri-ls and Pullels for sale.

Ill rite ior prices. l):i\'iii W. Cousins. Nortliport. Mich.





 





 





 





I l'P‘l“ Ll‘Kili‘UliNS"Cookerols, lullets. bone or

.Dt'llfl; anything you wish in liu iwuhorns. Grout

la) int: strain. Dr. William Smith, l‘etersbiirg,.\licli.





' ' ’il'o', \" 'u; 1

Chicks that two $15 per 10 . h,.:..‘......,f”t..23.!

dottes. “'liite Leghorn Chicks $12 per 1m, l’i-liiii

and R’nueii Ducklings 22') cents L‘iH'll. ALOHAM

POUL I‘KY FARM. R No. 37 Phoenixville. Pa.





CHICKS “'1: ship thousands ouch ieiisnii. Ten.

9 varieties. Ancoiia‘s $11 ii hundrid. free

booklet. Freeport hatchery. Box 12.Freei.ort.Mlch.





 





 





1“ (168 for hatching. Baby chicks a specialty. From

A pure It. 0. Rhode Island Reds and S. (‘. “'hite Log-

horns. $l.l,0pi-rsetting. liabychit-ks $10 er 1(1). Book

your orders now. H. A. Nicholls. E ake, Mich.





 





Rocks. l’ekiii and W iitc rumiiier ducks. “'hite





E gs for hatcliingnlfi‘om pure bred .Vl'hite Plymouth

Agriouii guineus. H. V. Hostetler. li.1,St.Johns. Mich.





 





- a few Bull ltock Cocks and



For quick Clearance,(}ockcmls ill $‘3t-ach. Hensiinil

ul]ets$1.50 each. Bluethpin tons. both sexes$2 t-ul‘h.

Rina, beguild before. Fobruar) 1 MILWiniici's at Chicago,

1911, '1'.’,_'1li,'ll uiid‘ldlliril Lu“ ii Farm,l.anv1‘i-nc(-,I\licii.

C(it'lgei‘els $2





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“‘hito Holland Turkey Toms $0; hens 33,

R. B. FOWLER. Hartford. Michigan.





 





 





 





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10“ SALE: — Light. lirahamiis. S. C. R. I IL, Hou-

dims and “hire “'i‘andotti-s. (lockerels and pul-

lets from $2 to 33. Mrs. ll. (‘. lizmiield, Uwondiilo. Mich.





 





- ——200 Egg Strain. ()no customer's

Ferns Leghorns flock averaged 102 eggs in six winter

mos. another 181 eggs in 10 mos. another 199 eggs in

12 mos. You can do as Well. Eggs. chicks. breeding

stock from bone with records up to 264 eggs Prize

winners at largest shmi s. Prompt shipment, prices low.

auality guaranteed. White Le horns arehest foreggs.



'e raise thousands. Free. cata og rind price list ives

particulars. “’rito for it now. 16 ears square den in —

thousands ofpleased customers. ER RIS LEGHOIE‘I

FARM. 934 l nion. GRAB-D RAPIDS, MICE.





FOR SALE _ Mammoth Bronze Tom



Turkeys. Large Bone. Fine

Marking. Price $7 each. Farm at Nunicii, Michigan.

Address Mrs.W.W.Burch,6634 Newgard Ave. Chicago.





 





Toms $6; Hens SI. Fuwnand





Mammoth Bronze lurkcys WM... 1nd... an...“

VVhlte egg strain.$leach. Collarons,Conklin,nlich..B.2.





 





A M MOTH. Bronze Turkeys Mammoth Toulouse Geese 5nd

B.P.Rock and S.(‘.White Leghorn ("ockcrcls.Berkshires,both

sex alleges. Chase'HStock Farm. MurietteJUich. 1L].





. Beautiful i'owls. vigorous, nick

Parimige ROCkS' maturing. Pullets lay at five 1% six

months. Cookercls weigh 7 lbs. at same age. Kg 5

now ready $l.o() a set ting. Paul Ward, Hillsdale, Mich.





 





 





a Pine Crest While Drpinglonx mfi‘i’efif‘ifé’flfifi:





after Feb. 1st., baby chicks later. MRS. WILLIS

HOUGH. Pine (‘rcst Farm,~ Royal Oak, Michigan.





R. I, Bods, Both Combs, Most Popular {£3,333





Eggs for hatching. Baby Chicks. Write for catalog.

INTERLAKES FARM. Box 39. Lawrence, Michigan.





RHODE ISLAND REDS and PLYMOU TH ROCKS.

Males 5 to 12 lbs. according to 8.3632 to SE): P. R. hens

weight 5 to 9% lbs” eggs 15 for 31.00: P. R. eggs $5per 1m.

Mammoth Bronze Toni :l‘urkeys. S to 38 lbs. according

to ace 36 to $2). 10 cage 53. A. E. Cramp tau. Vassar. Mich





Rose Comb Brown tcghorn Cookerels





li‘roni Mad. Sq. iiiid Mich. and Ohio St t F; ' ‘ .

11(‘1‘5 $2.00 ouch. CLAUDIA BETTS. HIII‘OSBIe:l§/I‘IVCIR.





 





 





 





and s. (i. R. I. Red (‘ockereluieggsrand bub 'chi

R. W.Emdeanndcrs. 13.05. Ducks. Finse stgckl?

Prices reasonable. O.E.Hawley. Ludington. Mich.





' and White “’i‘andottes. First )rize

Sliver 60M." winners at lonia. Choice cockerelsI rea-

sonnblo. Send fm circular. C. “KBmwning R.2.l‘ortlund.lflicll.



- - 10 ll ‘ - .

Single Comb Black Minorcas, 2".‘.‘...f;‘f'.}‘.’..‘.i2t “$.32:

cheap. D. C. Huggett. Grand Ledge. Mich.





 





White Wyandottes. both fancy and

walnlll come" utility.“ nice lot of cockci‘ols for sale.





Satisfaction guaranteed. “1 J. Scholl, Bremen. Ohio.

' Healthv farm raised cockerels

“Ill ”WW“! “Nil“- 32 and so. Puiieis $1.50. Egg

orders booked now 81.5. llay M. “'intcrs. Allezan. Mich.

' a fine lot. male and femalent

White Wyandoue low price and write your

wants. DAVID BAY. 202 Forest Ave. YpsilantiJMch.

0 From Bred-to—lay stock.

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BITE Wyimdotte Cockerels. $2.50, 83.50 and 85

each. From High Bred stock and heav ' layers,

A. FRANKLIN SMITH, Ann ArborLMlch an.





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Sheridan Poultry Yards. Sheridan, Mlchlha'n.
THE MICHIGAN FARM ER,





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1 PASTURING CORN WITH SHEEP.





(Continued from page 201).

der that land will produce anything

when everything has been taken from

it and scarcely anything returned for

nearly a third of a century?





How the Champions were Fed.





The western lambs that won the

grand championship at the 1912 Inter-

national Live Stock Exposition in Chi-

cago, were turned over to me unex—

pectedly. My berths in corn fields were

already reserved. I only had 51 days

for their preparation and must act

quickly. They were put on a self-feed-

er of grain the day following their ar-

lrival and gained 25 pounds each in 51

days, without a sick one during that

,lime, and had to compete for the

championship honors with a car of

Inative lambs from Ohio that had won

.in their class from five of the best loads

[of native lambs that had ever shown

in Chicago at one time, and that had

[been close-fed and been on feed for

lmore than twice the length of time.

}T0 show you that they might have

[been finished in the corn field in like

manner, I will also state that the year

previous, out of a bunch of 498

yearlings, weighing 83 pounds in Chi-

cago, and on feed in Michigan 80 days,

I took out one car weighing 120 pounds

each, good enough to win first in their

class, and was informed by the judge





 





 





. that if they could have had two weeks’





more feed, they would have been en-

titled to the grand championship over

all and they were strictly corn field

fed. ‘



Can we Get Western Lambs?





Four years ago we had a two-day in-

stitute in our county. By an extra ef-

forc I was able to attend the second

day. I was interested in two of the

topics; one was a talk on growing po-

tatoes, the other, fattening western

lambs. The potato man told what he

had done, the success he had attained

and advised us to follow his example

and we would reach the same results.

The sheep feeder also told us what he

had accomplished, the money he had

made at the business, but finished his

address something like this: “It is

practically all over now, the deal is

off, or nearly so, you are not going to

get many more western lambs, they

are going to be all fattened in the

west.” ' '



. Those last. remarks would have

spoiled it all for me, but for an oppor-

ltunity that immediately presented it.-

self. A messenger handed me the fol-

lowing telegram: “Can you use load

good feeding lambs at five and a half

cents?” Could I use them? I would

have had those lambs then after those

remarks if for no other reason than to

demonstrate that the remarks were

misleading. This purchase was fol-

lowed with three more loads, one Feb-

uary 27, costing $5.85, and two loads

March 27, costing $6.85, making an av-

erage cost of six and a half cents laid

down, an average weight of 71 pounds,

costing, all told, $4,976.45. Sold lambs

after 80 days’ average feed, including

wool, for $10,318.43, arr-rage gain 26

pounds, besides the wool, bringing

$5,342 more than first cost; allowing





corn per head per day and three-quar-

ters of a pound of alfalfa at $25 a ten

for alfalfa, and 80 cents per bushel for

the corn, I had left for the care and

interest on the money, $2,066, $25 per

day, and nearly $2.00 per head; there

were 1,084 of them.





Michigan Can Successfully Compete

in Lamb Production.





Thus far we have been able to get

western lambs and will be as long as

we are willing to pay as much as the

other fellow. Since I have been feed-

ing lambs, yes, in the last ten years,

at Schoolcraft the largest sheep feed-

ing point in our county when I was a

young man, sheep feeding fhas dwin-

dled until at the present time they are

feeding scarcely any, not because they

could not buy them, but because they

would not pay the price. During this

time, the state of Iowa has developed





 





they had eaten two pounds of shelled





‘into one of the greatest lamb-feeding





states, especially for feeding down

corn, and this on land selling from

two to three times as much per acre

and a market at least one-half dollar

per hundred lower than ours. Shall

we, the sheep-feeders of Michigan, ad-





.mit that we cannot compete with the





feeders of Iowa under these conditions?

Let them take away their western

lambs if must be, We will be better off

then than before. Michigan will do

what she should have done long ago——

produce on her cut-over lands in the

north, the feeding lambs for the south-

ern, part of the state.





Will you, the sheep breeders and

feeders of Michigan, take up the work

and carry it to a successful conclusion.

Induce the state, if need be, to locate

an experiment station somewhere in

the northern part of Southern Michi-

gan and demonstrate to the people

what can be done in sheep raising.

Persuade the Land Promotion Asso-

ciations in Northern Michigan to de-

vote their time and energy to an in-

dustry peculiarly adapted to their cli-

mate and conditions. They will not

again be in the same predicament they

were last season when caught by an

early frost.



I am not a prophet nor the son of

one, but would say if the same amount

of encouragement is given sheep rais-

ing in the state that has been given

other industries, those lands in the

north will not long be a drug on the

market. .



Michigan will then be recognized as

one of the great mutton producing

states, will pass many of her sister

states in the production of live stock.

Her farm lands Will-be materially en-

hanced in value, for the production of

one good lamb to the acre 011 much of

that norlhern land will be a greater

return on their present values than we

the grain producers, are receiving at

t present 'me.



’ et all this come about through your

efforts and The Michigan Sheep Breed-

ers’ and Feeders will come into their

own. Accomplish what I have outlin-

ed and your industry will be one of

the first in the state and it will be an

honor to become a member of your

organization.





FEEDERS’ PROBLEMS.





 





Rye Meal and Oats for Horses.





Would rye meal be good to mix with

cats for horse feed and what propor-





tion?



Ingham Co. F. C.



Rye meal can be successfully fed

with oats, preferably using in combi—

nation a little bran and some oil meal

in making up a ration for work horses.

It, has practically the same feeding

value as corn, but is a sticky feed and

should either be fed on cut straw or

with a liberal admixture of other

grains to overcome this dimculty. In

Germany it is often used as a horse

feed, from two to six pounds per day

being fed per animal in Combination

with other feeds. A change to rye

should be made gradually where this

is made a considerable factor in the

horses’ ration.



At present market values, however,

it will not pay to use rye as a horse

feed, since rye is much higher in price

than corn, to which it can be best com-

pared and which is a better horse feed.





 





Never before were such high prices

seen for live muttons in midwinter as

have been paid in the Chicago stock

yards recently, and the prevailing opin-

1011 18 strongly inclined to the View

that the top has not yet been seen,

predictions having been made recently

that before next Easter prime lambs

of medium weight will be selling for

$12.50 per 100 lbs. It is simply a case

of meager receipts at a time when

there is a large demand from local

killers and shippers, with fat lambs

weighing from 70 to 80 lbs. especially

favored by killers, while their compar-

ative scarcity compels killers in many

instances to buy lots averaging 85 lbs.

or more as substitutes. There has

been a good demand in the Missouri

river markets for good feeding lambs,

and buyers have paid from $9@9.50

per 100 lbs.





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1.4:.» W ' Q5“ 'xd‘h‘.
‘THE MICHIGAN FARMER





FEB. 12, 1916.





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THE LIVE STOCK ORGANIZATIONS.





The following is the list of officers

elected by the various live stock or-

. ganizations of the state at the recent

meeting held at the Agricultural Col-

lege. Officers of other orgamzations

will be published as soon as complete



reports are received:

Officers of the Michigan Improved Live



Stock Breeders’ and Feeders’

Association.



President, W. H. Schantz, Hastings,

‘. Mich.; vice-president, F. R. Crandall,





AGAINIEHGINEPRICESBUSIE 7.

nurturing. narrower ”’





est quality of materials bought in big quantities. .

I cannot afford to sacrifice quality. My engine LARGE BORE—LONG STROKE gggt geggir'sevggarg: “363125333131:

' ‘ at in and year out—a lifetime of satisfaction! Users say so!





business has grown to its gigantic proportions . in §

because quality has been maintained. I could WI“ “and “9 5" mean eat I. f 1 , d

blinld belleape!‘ engines but I could no‘7 budd- VALV Es IN THE H EAD cconomgyr, simriligfy anginofigsr: ufisigcri)??klbmghe

t em ewcr- Itthey were ”M7 as 800d 35 I say, hi heat priced motor cars! Don’t buy old style engines in 1916.

I 9011151 no” afl'ul‘d *0 Put them out on the {T93 Bil “-T IN M AGN ETD at small extra charge, means throwing batteries

trial plan 8nd easy term?! I build the, quality m away. Starts ens , winter or summer. A fat, hot

—you get the satisfaction out. spark at a quarter turn of the fly-wheel! Why waste time with batteries?

HERCULES CYLINDER HEAD cannot blow off. Art-hing makes it

. _ strongest engine head ever designed.

Water cooled head and valve stems. .Big intake and exhaust valves.

MASTEBPI ECE IGN ITER insures sparking and tiring of charge in coldest

. . _ . weather. No spark plugs. ulnke and break

ignition. Best, Simplest, surest, safest. 75,000 users approve it.





Bill Hill LESS MONEY HOW





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‘ Howell, Mich.; secretary, G. A. Brown,

.i East Lansing, Mich.; treasurer, C. P.

.r ' Reed, East Lansing, Mich.



Executive Committee.——Colon C. Lil-

lie, Chairman, Coopersville, Mich.; C. n

G. Parnall, Jackson, Mich.; J. Fred ,



Smith, Byron, Mich.; A. T. Roberts,

Marquette, Mich.; Jacob DeGus, Ali-

cia, Mich.



Michigan Horse Breeders' Association;



President, Jacob DeGus, Alicia,-

Mich.; vice-president, June Elliott,‘ .

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because increased output makes my 1916 low prices

pOSSible. If you're go-:1g to buy an engine within the



next twelve months. then ask for my new big book.

have determined to build more engines and

my special proposition will prove it.





SAVE 825 To $300





by bu us a. Galloway 1916 Masterpiece.

It is rough savmg my farmer friends

and customers money and selling direct

from . my factories that I have built

into the millions! I can save you money. too.





ECONOMY CAnBu moisurges.212..w;:::::.e:2.§s .ssi



amount of gasoline. Our own inventioEi. .Ext usizéily us?! Md lllllasterpiecurengines.



because .



No OVERHEATING faces. oWzfilg wilfnolt figil.BnCyl?; fl; cfififprigxf‘.



PERFECTED OILING not oesophagusrisers?- 1......



e s o . ‘.



IMPBOV ED FU EL FE ED ’i‘uav’cpr'iing’glif. w‘ ..szrz’: 1°31 ”32% iii:

Examine 1;: eoikiytvgllliseegfi mean smoothness in running. -





I34 lol6 H.P.





From pumping and light work engines,

stationary an rtable, to heavy

duty moguls or the heaviest

Jobs. For farm, she or fac-

tory. New bi .boo shows

every stylean size we build.

Engines shipped from Water-

00, ansas City, Council

Blufis, St. Paul and Chicago.





WM. IALLOWAY 00.

185 oALLovww STATION

WATERLoo - IOWA





   

   

 





 





 

 





 

 

 

 





' Oonodaga, Mich.; secretary-treasurer,

i R. 8. Hudson, East Lansing, Mich.

Executive Committee—Thos. Swee-l

ncy, Mason, Mich.; William Hicks, St.|

Johns, Mich.; R. E. Whitney, Ononda-

ga, Mich.

Michigan Shorthorn Breeders’ Associa-

tion. I

President, Jay Smith, Ann Arbor,|

Mich.; vice-president, George Prescott, I

Tawas City, Mich.; secretary-treasur-

er, W. W. Knapp, Howell, Mich.

Directors. ——Floyd Anderson,, St. 1.





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,‘ V up this businem runnln

~ . on high grade engines. t's why I say



‘ if you are going to buy an engine. Don’t get fooled into thinking that

youoangetabetter engine than the 1916 Master ' into behaving

that you can buy an engine for less money that s anywhere near as





ood—into thinking that Galloway's claims are ex erated a d 11 ll

filly 'vegottodoisaskforsfl'eocopyd agg n o OW!





’ THE BIG NEW BOOK—JUST OUT





which tells you why we save on money and give you a better engine—-

why light-weight, high-s ed engines are not to be compared with

Masterpiece engines and why you are asked four profits for some

engines no better. The truth of the engine business is all set downln

black and white and I want you to get this book. If you expect to buy

an engine I 11 pay the postage and be glad to send the book.





 

 

   

   

 

   

   





 

 





 





 





Johns, Mich.; J. B. Humniel, Mason,

Mich.; W. B. McQuillan, Howell, Mich.

Michigan Jersey Cattle Club. ’





 





   

 

   

 





 





   





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President, R. R. Smith, Howell,

Mich.; vice—president, Dr. G. A. Water-

man, Ann Arbor, Mich.; secretary-

trcasurer, Phebe H. Walker, Kalama-

zoo, Mich.



Michigan Guernsey Cattle Club.



President, J. L. Snyder, East Lan-

sing, Mich.; vice-president, T. V.

Hicks, Battle Creek, Mich.;

vice-president, H. E. Squire, Decatur,

Mich.; third vice-president, G. .

Pope, Pontiac, Mich.; secretary-treas-

urer, C. G. Parnall, Jackson, Mich.

Michigan Hereford Breeders’ Associa-





tlon.



President, T. F. B. Sotham, Lansing,

Mich.; first vice-president, E. J. Tay-

lor, Fremont, Mich.; second vice-pres-

ident, Louis Norton, Quiniby, Mich.;

third vice-president, Robt. H. Rayburn,

Alpena, Mich.; secretary-treasurer,

Earl C. McCarty, Bad Axe, Mich.



Michigan Aberdeen Angus Breeders"



Association.



President, Cephus Buttles, Lewiston,

Mich.; vice-president, G. W. Gilbert,

Onstead, Mich.; secretary, Alexander





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Here’s the Durable

Construction





BECAUSE it gives 11 every advan-



tage that you shoul get with tile—the

ideal silo material. The b ocks set together

with a "ship-lap" joint—you brace tile

against tile—get maximum durability. The





LAN 5 I N G

Vitrified Tile Silo.





 

   

   

   

   





Percheron Opportunity





 





70 must be sold to close estate.

Purebred Percheron mares at $250-$600.

American bred Stallions 3800-31000 few

higher. No salesmen need apply, we

deal direct and give terms to respon-

sible parties.





A. A. Palmer, Estate

(11.11.) Orleans. (P. 0.) Balding. Mich.





LOESER BROS.





Minty, Ionia, Mich.; treasurer, G. A.

.., Prescott, Jr., Tawas Clty' leh' _ is free from weather changes—defies age, .

’1 M'Ch'ga" Red P0” Breeders ASSOC‘a' winds. heavy frosts,prolonged cold snaps and We have 100 head of Belgian and Per-

. tlon. . . . dry summer Winds' cheron Stallions and mares. Imported and

ii President: N 0' Hel‘bison, Birming- Reinforced with twisted steel—10% stronger than home bred. We have sold pure bred horses

film» lilimh-inwf'preSldent, J‘ M' East, 519913“ ‘WiSted- in Michigan for the last 25 years and have

i ' arce us, ic .: secretary-treasurer, Only thin mortar line exposed between blocks— the ri - .- " - , 7

i - - , ght kind, and at theiiglit price. VS 6

E. J. Peabody, Mulliken, Mlch. silage settles better and is protected from frost can supply anynumberofwork horses,both





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Director—Newton Parish, Allen-

daie, Mich.

Michigan Swine Breeders’ Association.





President, W. H. Schantz, Hastings,

Mich.; vice~president, Carey Ed-

nionds, Hastings, Mich.



Executive Committee—J. W. Hub-

bard, Bennington, Mich.; Robt. Mar-

tin, Hastings, Mich.; M. T. Story, Low-

ell, Mich.; C. M. Case, Adrian, Mich.;

E. N. Ball, Hamburg, Mich.; . S.

Adams, Litchfield, Mich.; George A.

Waterman, Ann Arbor, Mich.; W. Hu-

ber, Charlotte, Mich.; Ralph Emory,

Kalamazoo, Mich.



Michigan Chester White Association.



President, Harry T. Crandall, Cass

City, Mich.; secretary-treasurer, J.

(‘arl Jewett, Mason, Mich.



Executive Committee—J. Carl Jew-

el‘r, Mason, Mich.; O. W. Wilson, East

Lansing, Mich.; Albert Newman, Mar-





President, C. A. Tyler, Goldwater,





 





   

   

   

   

   

   

 

   





Put a Tiger ,

InYour Field :3,





Sets plants as fast as

horses walk. Makes you inde-

pendent of the weather.

lots of time—two big items to farmers

and market





Tiger Plant-Setter





Can be operated by one man and two boys.

furrow, spaces, waters and fertilizes tobacco, cab-

bage, tomatoes, lweet potatoes, etC.





 





~silo has better appearance.

Write today [or catalog





J. M. Heston Company

Dept.309 . Lansing. Mich.

Get our offer on Cline: Cutters Ind Bidwell Thresher.





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Saves work and





growers. The





Plows





Write

as Circular 0 for





 





 





' ’ ‘DUNHAMS

Perchernns





For Filly Years The Best





Send lor fine Photographic

Catalogue.





WPPBallfiffiflibfliiflE '





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lotto, Mich. . o.n.c.um 0 Ohio Rake

Michigan Sheep Breeders' and Feed-

ers’ Association. ‘5 D u n h a m S, JAgfi:

M U LE





geldings and mares. Get in touch with us.





”comm, INDIANA.

20 Head ul Percheron 20





Stallions and Mares

As good as can be found. Royally bred. some of

them by the great$10,000. Champion Carnott tititilili).

All recorded in l’. S. A. Studbook. If you want

good ones come and see me . They \\ ill be

priced right.

H. A. ROHHS & SON. ll. ll. No. 4. Napoleon. 0M0.





FOR SALE





Imported Belgian Stallion.

Five years old. High class individual and extra

good sire. Will sell very reasonable. Might take

some other stock toward him. For further





particulars address

II. E. SWAN, Burl, Mich.





 





Raise mules and get rich. 2m





 





 





Mich.; vice-president, H. H. Hinds, l (H, 1 _ ks.

Stanton, Mich: secretary-treasurer, .31“. ,”',‘f ”Tim” Jew"

, . . . 1 As, ti Ti 11 ll\

W. . H. Schantz, Hastings, MlCh. If You Want to Buy 1.1.4.. 31...}. mmgmmijx‘iks

Directors—H. E. Powell. Ionia, ‘ii-‘a‘ii‘fiiffii‘iiii‘liiiif‘i‘i331333}

M... s. L. W... Km... A Good Horse ~-

. . ' A (l(" L’llilfillll “ . . ( ‘ SS ‘ ;"

MlCh., I. R. Waterbury, Highland, KREK1.ER‘S film “he,“ Waugh”.





Mich.; Carey U. Edmonds, Hastings,

Mich.; R. A. Kyser, Lowell, Mich.;

Bert Smith, Charlotte, Mich.; E. N.

Ball, Hamburg, Mich.; H. H. Halliday,

Clinton, Mich.



Michigan Shropshire Association.



President, H. E. Powell, Ionia, Mich.;

vice—president, W. P. Pulling, Parma,

Mich.; secretary-treasurer, W. H.

Schantz, Hastings, Mich.



Michigan Merino Sheep Bceeders’



Association.





President, H. L. Mayo, Nashville,

Mich.; secretary, E. N. Ball, Hamburg,

Mich.; treasurer, R. D. Stephens, South

Lyon, Mich.



Directors—Louis Adams, Armada,

Mich.; 0. Frost, Armada, Mich.; J.

Smith, Dexter, Mich. ’





 





 





 

   





100 Pound Assortment





BOLTS & NUTS





An assortment especial! e-

paredtor Farm, Repair digita-





 





. “it, Write

horse.





shows





 





8‘8, etc. so 8 . .

named. Chump. .





 





lugs. Box





Avocation 86048.





F. J. Sullivan,





Prrclmm, Holstein. In us, Shropshim, Dunc:

DORR D. BUELL. h an





ANTED: Man and Wile experienced in rann work—

Stesd work good house and pleasant surround.

25. In one oiMlchlgan Farmer.





HORSES





 





 





 





 





2113 two year old Percheron Stallions h 1

Malawi“. P welg t 550





her at the Eastern

old, wt. 19001bs., sired

by a Son of Jules out

of an Olbert dam.





208 King Ave., Detroit

on- Windsor, Ont.





min. Mic l .





me about this

A Prize Win-





this year. 4 yrs.





 





Registered Porcherons

FOR SALE-{‘8





rioed toeell. In

Enter:





tlon invited.

9MB. Michigan.





 





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stored Percheron Stallion Haro-

l‘illig: at reasonable ffl . 1 -

Ipsction invited. F. L. KI G «t SON. at otte. ioh.





 





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Au inmates: and best. iunny one and stories

the FORD automobile. Hundrgds :1 them and :3

good ones. Also JITNEY jokes, Moving Picture

and Stage Jokes Laugh till you shake,A neat colored

covered book by mail for only Tm CENTS.

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PATENTS Send Sketchrzlfil'cgdeff‘dg Semi}:

BOOKS AND ADVICE F R E E

Watson I. Coleman, Patent Lawyer.Washln¢ton,D.c





AIL! IDEAS WANT“). Manufacturer:

PA N want Owen Patents. Send tors tree

’ books; inventions wanted, etc. I hall:





{on market you invention without charge.

town 8. OWEN. 126 Owen Bldg, Washington. D. 0.
222—3)-

BREElll-IRS’ lllRliC'l‘ollY.





Change of Copy or Cancellations must reach us

Ten Days-before date of publication.





4 CATTLE.





ABHE D DEEN-ANQUS





ER ESTABLISHED IN 190 .

TROJAN - ERICAS and BLACKBIRDS only.

Also breeders of Percheron. Hackney and Saddle





Horses.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionia. Mich.





ABERDEEN ANGUS





If you are in need of ancxtra. good bull or a ijew choice

young cows or heifers. we have them for .bale. ()ur



erd is headed .by the (ii-and Champion Black

Monarch 3rd. We invite you to come to our Farm (info

see them. They are bred right. and priced right. U. L.

Clark, Hunters Creek, Mich. Sidncy Smith. Mgr.





 





Four young bulls also young

Aberdeen Angus cows and heifers. Extra good.

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





‘IIISIIIIIESF—One 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. FIintJflichigan.





THE VILLAGE FARM,

Grass Lake, Michigan,

GUERNSEY CATTLE.





 





MILO D. CAMPBELL CHAS. J. ANGEVINE





BEACH FARM

GUERNSEYS





Are free from Tuberculosis and Abortion





We are offering a. nuiiibor of line .-\. ll. cows for

sale. Some of the cows have lllllHllNl their test

and othcrs soon will, with rccords running from

400 to 450 lbs. of fat. \Vc will xvii IIH‘M‘ cows at

a wry rcasonablo price, quality (*oilsilll'rcll. We

also liavc ill-g. iiull calves from A. it. (‘o\\‘.~‘, for

sale. (inc .iuil old enough for sci-vice whosc

llillll':; rccord is 6201113. fat as a four ycar old.





CAMPBELL {l ANGEVINE





Coldwater, Michigan.

~REGISTEREI)





GU ER NS EY BULL CALVES





Containin blood of world champion .

HICKS' OUER SEY FARM. Saginaw. '. 8.. Mich.





re . for saic,\l'iitl-rviiet.Mich. May Rose

Guelnseys g Hmcli A. it. cows in herd.

Address .I. K. Illatclifnrd, Auditorium Tower, Chicago, 11]_





EGIS’l‘EllED Young Guernsey Bulls. great grand-

sons of (iov. Cherie. Servicable age nicely marked,

exceptional breeding. Avondale Stock Farm. Wayne. Mich.





if service age and calves from

Guernsey BUIls‘ (-boicc. Adv. rcg. brl-cding.

T. V. HICKS, Route 1, Battle Ceeek. Mich,





Calves from A. R. dams and whose

Guernsey BlIII dams are running for A. R. Oiic ready

[or service. LG. A. WiGEN’l‘. Watcrvllct. Mich.





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

Buornseys freshen in June. 1 2-yr.-oid bull and 3 bull

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





. llcgistcrcd yl-arlilig (iucrnscy

l or sale. llull also lluil Calms. “rite.

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





EGISTEREI) (lucrusey Bulls from A. R. l)alus.rciidy for

service. (ubcrculzir icstcd. also ltngistcrod Bull culvcsfrolu

A.R.Dnuls.at Flirillcr§ prices. li_.cr5& Barnes,CoidwaLer,Mlch.





Choice Guernseys For Sale (”’Yitfigf’e”

J QM. WILLIAMS, NORTH ADAMS. MICHIGAN.





Herefords—3 Bull Calves

ALLEN BROS. PAW PAW. MlCH





\K'l-il dcvclopcd, bccfy bulls. bl-st

HEREFORD 9 of blood lilies. Serviccallle agc.

Registered. E. . 'l AYLOR, Fremont,, Mlch.





Do You Want A Bull?





Ready For Service.





7* rand daughter of The King of the

Pbrxicllltlic: igiiired by a bull that is more than a half

brother to the Champion Holstein Cow of the

World. and whose dam is a 30 lb. 6% 1i fat daughter

of Pontiac Aggie Korndyk'e’who has more .30 lb.

daughters than any other llvmg blill. If you do

write for pedigree.





EDWIN S. LEWIS, Marshall, Mich.





The Two Greatest Bulls





KING OF 'llIF. PONTIACS

DE hill. 2d’s BUTTER BOY 3rd





‘ n bulls from cows having high official

goggi‘dsyacii‘ll gGranddaughters of above bulls. Stock

extra good. Prices reasonable





BIGI'ILOW’S IIOLS'I‘EIN FARMS,





BREEDSVILLE. MICK.





HATCH HERD





YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN





Registered Holstein-Fricsiau sires. grandson's of

\Vorld‘s greatest dairy sire, out of chmce A. R. 0.

dams and Kin Pontiac Jewel Korndyke; Brother of

K. P. Pontiac .ass 44.1.3; average record of 50 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.





daughters. Afew females bred to “King". Prices





reasonable.

OLS’I‘EIN Bull Calf: Born Nov. 8th. IA nice indi-

vidual.Well grown, about evenly marked. His dam

and Sire'sdam have A.R.O. records that average Butter

‘3 days 24.83 lbs. Milk 563 lbs. W. B. READER. Howell. Mich.

190 Buys Reg. Holstein heifer 8 mos. old and

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

breeding. FERD J. LANGE, Sebewaing, Michigan.





 





I ' All from A. N. ". Dams. Scull-or.

Illicit. "OISIOII‘ Bulls' yearly i'ecords'i‘Qfllbs. butter in Jr-

4yr. old class to over 1000 lbs. in mature cl'lfiil Breedingzcrosg

“King of the Pontiacs" and the “Deiiilnick blood.” (‘herry

Crook Stock Farm. Billiards. Ilicli. M. E. Pal-melee, Proprietor. I





TH E M I CHI (3 TAN ;. FA R?M:E‘:R' '





HOLS'IFnghI BBULLS

Callam Stool: Farm





. Prince Fayne Callam, ready for service, born December

Sire—King Keka Fayne.

record 24.67 lbs. of butter and 515 lbs. of milk in 7 days.





N 1

24th, 1914.

daughter of Hengerveld De K01.





Keka Fayne.





De Kol Callam.

making big A. R. 0. record.





7 days.

——Burke De Kol Callam.





Callam, an A. R. O. cow.



No. 6.

—King Keka Fayne.

record 17 lbs. of butter

cial test and will make a record

milk in 7 days.



King Keka Fayne, the Sire of

King Fayne Segis, a grandson of





7 days.





junior sire.





These bulls are all registered,

and of perfect dairy conformation.

disease.





No. 2. Lucky Burke Callam, born October

Burke De K01 Callam. Dam—Lucky Girl Callam, now in olficial test,

and making big record. Her dam an A. R. -



No. 3. Pet De Kol Callam, born October 23rd, 1915.7

Dam—Pet Fairmount De K01,

of butter and 406 lbs. of milk in 7 days.



No. 4. De Kol Callam, born November 24th, 1915.

Dam~—Segis De Kol Callam, now in official test, and

Daughter of Pet Fairmount De K01, an

A. R. O. cow of nearly 20 lbs. of butter and over 400 lbs. of milk in





No. 5. Sir Clyde Burke Callam, born December 11th, 1915.

Dam—Miss Korndyke Callam, now in offi-

cial test, making large A. R. 0. record. Daughter of Clyde Burke





King Keka Fayne Junior, born January 12th, 1916.

Dam—BessieVVithroon Pauline 3d. A.

and 366 lbs.





Homestead, and a‘ great grandson of Pontiac Korndyke.

of his sire’s dam, Grace Fayne 2nd’s Homestead is 35.55 lbs. butter in

No better bull in the United States. ‘

Burke De Kol Callam, the sire of Nos.

His dam is the great A. R. O. cow, Rockledge Callam,

whose dam is a granddaughter of De Kol Burke and Lord Netherland

De Kol, two of the greatest sires of the breed.

is by the noted A. R. O. sire, King Keka Fayne.





Write me today for price and description.





JOHN F. O’KEEFE, SAGINAW, MICHIGAN.





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Sire—King

A. R. 0. record 19.16 lbs.





   

   





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Sire

R. 0.

milk in 7 days. Now in offi-

of over 25 lbs. butter and 450 lbs.





Nos. 1, 3 and 6, above, is a son of

King Segis, Grace Fayne 2nd’s

The A. R. O.





2, 4 and 5, above, is my





Burke De Kol Callam





choicely bred, handsomely marked

They are guaranteed free from





   





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   





   





 





 





On February IBIh |





I have ever owned.





ing condition. Not fat.





8. L. WING,





 





Kope Kon Dispersal Sale





My flock of 60 recorded Shropshire Ewes sired

by and bred to the best of Imported Rams.





ALSO





20 tried recorded Duroc Sows Bred to Fancy

Defender No. 54575 the best Producing boar





I will also offer at private sale about two hundred

recorded Shropshire ram and ewe lambs. I have rented





my farm and everything goes, .

Come to Goldwater, lVIlch.,





or Fremont, Ind., and I will meet you.





 





Will Sell at Auclion





This stock is in breed-





Kinderhook. Mich.





 





Duroc Jersey Bears and Sows

BROOKWATERS’ WINNING COMBINATION





Best Blood Lines.





Individual Merit.





Prices that will make you money.





This is Our record, one which we shall maintain. (‘hoicc fall and spring pigs and maturc stock. Send for

our new circular and state your wants. Vl'i‘itc 01' better come. If you wish one of the best young Jersey bulls





in Michigan we havc him for sale.





Brookwater Farm, Swine Dept, Ann Arbor, Mich.





FALFADAL HERD“

A L Holsteins.

Contains aged 0 o w s producing 32.94 lbs” 0

butter in 7 days: iyr. oids producing 31.76: dyr.

olds producing 26.37 and Zyr. olos 25.69 all pflicia ly

tcstcd. Sons and brothers of these high testln ' cows

for salc. (ieo. H. Gillespie 8: Son, Mason. ich.

$5 gets another 2 mo. old Hazel-let grandson of



Mapiecrcst DeKoi Parthenca and Pontiac

Maid 30.211). butter 7 days. Dam traces to Pontiac

Korndyketwico Piotertje 2nd twice. DeKol 2nd five

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





.1 d 6 Registered Holstein youngbulls

9pm an armg of choicest breeding at$50 and

- up. Ypsilanti, Michigan.





lioistein Bulls Ready

For Service.





Grandsons of Friend Hengerveld DeKoi Butter

Boy and Pontiac Aggie Korndyke. From high

record A. R. 0. dams at farmers prices.





LONG BEACH FARM,





 





 





 





Augusta, Michigan. (Kalamazoo Co.)





 





[ i [lave Holstein Bulls, fill?“il°§.“fiic.filzf





 





I can show breeding. records individuality and at'rac—

uve prices. L. E. CONNELL. Fayette. Ohio.





Special Notice





Registered Holsteins for Sale.

Our present farm being more valuable for real

estate than dairy farming, we are going to move

our hcrd 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





abull calf at a low price. . .

Espanore Farm, Lansing, Mich.





Choice Holstein Bull Calves





Ready for service. World's Champion Panning.





lllllCllES'l‘ FARM - Kalamazoo, Mich.

“10 P N OTC ll ” Ilolstcins





By careful retention. for many years. of largest‘ ro.



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



herd of'wonderful quality has been established. We



are selling young bulls of this"’l OP NOTCH"quality.



of servxceable age. at moderate rices. Information



sedigrees, etc. on application. ll cPHERSON FARMS

0., Howell, Michigan.





 





 





FOR SALE Registered Holstein Bulls





read for service. and bull cal es. also fe‘ loo.

Fa mun J. FlSHBECK. fibwell. MichT:nn.





   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 





II ' t d HOLSTEIN BULL. Site is son of former

'5': on state chain ion cow. 32.94 lbs. of butter

in da's, 4 months 01 , mostly white, beautiful in-

dividua . '2 nearest dams average % lbs. of butter and

647 lbs. of miik‘ln 7 days. $100 delivered, safe arrival

guaranteed. \I rite for pedigree and photo.

HOBART W. FA . MASON, MICE.





 





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

months, at $100 each. Also, 4 young bull calves at

$30 each. Ernest A. Black, ll. 3, Howard City,1\lich.





 





QLSTEIN Friesian son of G.Cham pion female Mich.

State Fair.A .R.O. 2 yr. 9 days 372.5 milk,16.143 but—

cr. Hengerveld DeKol nreeding.JollnA. Riuliu,R.1, Wfll'l'vJLMICIl.





 





FOR'Sale—chistered Holsteins. 3 Bull calves sired

by}: 30 lb. bull. l fron a 28.58 lb. dam. Also 2 heifers 8

andlo monthsoldJVm. Griffin, R. No. 5,Howeli. Mich.





 





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

Calves contracted at $100 each if heifers.

B. B. BEAVEY. Akron. Michigan.





 





Advertised in this pa er last week is sold.

The Bull but I have another pgood. robust young

bull, Ready for Service. sired by a Grandson of

C‘oianthaJohnlina Lad, Write, GEO. D. CLARKE,

Owner of cherland Farms. VASSAR, MICH.





 





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Raglsiored Holstein: at half Price. 33?..2ffebV-‘ggg?

Cow two you rs old, calf by side. Heifcr one year old

bred bull world’s record bleeding. 23 lb. dam. one

year old. Sold scparately or the six head for 8500.“).

Also 8 hi%li grade cows for gill“).

J. C. BU LER. Portland. Mich., Bell Phone.





 





one 3 car old Registered fitdfihfiFJQE

kind. JO N R. MCCARTEN. Three Oaks, Michigan.





 





WANTED Registered Holstein Females. Must be will-

ing to have them tuberculin tested. Give description

and lowest cash price. Lynn Pardee, East Lansingdflich.





Lillie Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Bull calves from R.

or M. Cows. also heifer calves and several bred





heifers for sale. Oolon O. Lillie. Coopersvilie. Mich'





HE “'ILDWOOD Jemcv Herd. Registered Jers v



.L‘att'lc of Quality. Forty head Tuberculin testfd

Majesty s I} under 90717 heads thehcrd. His daughters

are producing from 400 to 51.1le. butter in one year as

two yearoid heifers. and are bred to Majesty's Oxford

I ox l:_i4214 a classy Grandson of Oxford Majesty which

combines type and production. Alvin Balden,Capac,Micil.





 





. APLE Lane R. of M. Jerscv Herd Tubercuiin s

M by the 1'. S. Government. For sale bulls. tfolneid

bull calves and heifer calves. The. lowest record of any

mature cow 01 this strain is 553 lbs. of 85% butter.

lRVlN FOX. Allcgan, Michigan.





erseys. Bulls ready for service. extra l't ' '

by Jacoba’s Fairy Emanon. No. 107.11%.UPI‘231131 Ills:

producing dams. SMITH & PARKER. Howeli.Mich.





from hi h- d ' '

Jersey Bulls for Sale mm... 5.5.5.“ 333-2151331853 ‘3';

semi-oflicial test. C. B. Wehner, R. 6. Allegan. Mich





ILLSIDE Farm Jerseys. yearli '



color.haif brothers to ex-worid’e-rgcgcnguslelhiosro‘lig

old and from B. of. M. dams, with records from 4001i»;

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





23 Registered luberculin 9.0““ Jar-V (‘m for





hull-.Ah ,J- r ‘. . .

IIERRIAN SHARKS. Reese:ohdl)gl?i‘gj:lgl‘lks





Registered and lin b i

or Sale = Cows ani e rel Jersey

tested. Chas. B. Cook ( heifers. ’lilberculln





Farm, Owosso, Michigan.

BIDWELL S





 





HORTHORNS





For "Beef and Milk"





l‘lcgistered b u l l s.



bcoicli - topped roans,



rode-sand white for sale.



I‘ill‘nl at N.Y.(‘. Dcpot;

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BIDWELI. STOCK FARM

Box B. Tecumseh. Mich.





 





Albion Stamp 3.32670





 





 





Shorthorn Cattle of both Sex for Sale





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





——Dair or beef bred Breedin



. 5: stock I

Shorlllorlls‘ ages or sale at farmers prices. 1". W. Crullnl

Secy. Cent. Mich. Shorthorn Breadcrs' Assn. McBride. Mich.’





' Sale Mar. 1st.1916. 25 head . ho

‘IICIIIIII at “Locust" on D. U. . gctwrltzlelgnlislmrdlnagez

Imicy City. \VARNER BROS. Almont, Mich.





Bulls old cnou h fora ' v‘ - ‘

Iwo Shodhorn “'vandotte C L: elylge. (roldcll

. 2k . . ' -

s. G. BELCHER. R. No. 5, m "918 conwiliii'i’iilt.





For Sale—One red scotch bull 16 . ."

SIIIIIIIIIIIIIS' I'llil‘t‘l‘llllll Omega. (inc. white Slslill‘il Ed".

ped. hire Bright buitaanJLM cQuillaiiJlowcll, .\l il-li.





Hudson,





 





 





()It Sale—IR Reg. Short Horn Bull. l ' - ~

FMonal'ch 2lid,a H01] of Avondale, frogm a‘tglull‘llllllbllllll

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





MILKING snoiiriioiins.Y°:ig.riiihis”





DAVIDSON & HALL. Tecumseh. Mlcui‘an





COWS FO R SALE





13 high grade Short Horns. Reds and Roans, 0



8 iiilifizh gi'achlllolstgins 91%“)ng xtillrec and four? 0((11 gig:

in ' now. . so it out your rigs and calv . ;

three quarter blood Holstciiis. (S h m to

B. J. DOVVINING. ST. CHARLES. MICH.





 





()LLED Durhams for sale. pure Ghort '

hornlcss. Rose of Sharon and Ydung MEIEFISQ 11:53";

12 mo.10 young cows and Heifers.i.. U.Kelly, I'Iyiinllflh um.





H005.

Dumas & Victorias‘é’JS'ii‘cacicfiill?





O . .

of Superba. Defender, Much 00:31183322853360311333‘4

A few young boars. M. ’1‘. STORY. Lowell. Mich:





 





, _F. . ‘

loyallon Bred Berkslllres all: 35:3”‘1; walla:

Emperor“, regmtercd with papers at fair prices. lWrite

to D. In Valentine, bupt., Temperance. Michigan.





' of best breeding. S ecial r' -e

Beng’sS'I‘tllllgfles on two Spring {oar-sup u

. . ,





ixom, Michigan.





SWIGARTDALE BERKSHIRES





Are the kind that win at the Fairs and also produce

the IIIIGI‘SEH all of our show stock are regularihreeders.

They have the size with the bone to carr them and

their breeding is unsurpassed. All the leading families

are represented. We have a few choice Spring Boars

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

$20 up. “’8 are now booking orders for I‘Pall pigs for

January delivery. Can furnish choice Trios not akin,

for $4.) to $00. We Guarantee Satisfaction.





Swigartdalc Farm, Pelersbiirg, Mich.

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raisinsassesses“artist's?



itohell's Lakesideis‘arms. Bliuhmln‘l‘ilcie} Mich.





Berkshires if.” a “vice loto i... 1am breed-

gfors n f _ W

your wants. A.A. Paml’iio'.lg Balm... Mill: “9





Breeders‘ Directory—Continued on page 223.
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Cats were Poisoned—Worms.——We

have lost five cats in as many weeks.

At first they sleep, don’t want to be

disturbed, then they stagger or crawl

around, begin to vomit and their eyes

have a strange sunken appearance.

They appear to be in terrible pain as

the disease progresses, and usually die

within one or two days. What isllt‘!

Can it be prevented or cured? Have

a fox terrier that is bothered with

worms. Misses E. & 8., Shelby, Mich.

-—I am inclined to believe that the food

your cats eat kills them. Perhaps

they eat mice and rats, or pick up meat

which contains ptomaine. See treat-

ment for worms in dogs, this column.





Bunch on Stifle.—I have a yearling

colt with bunch on its stifle which our

local Vet. has 'been treating, but fails

to remove. J. H. 8., Bad Axe, Mich.—

Apply one part red iodide mercury and

eight parts lard once a week.





Warts—My 12- year-old mare has

«two hard lumps in mouth, one in front

of grinders the other on upper lip—-

each about the size of a hickory nut.

M. 0., Shepherd, Mich—Have bunches

cut out. Dissolve 1 oz. borax in a pint

3f water and apply to sores twice a



ay.



Sore Shoulders—I have a pair of

horses that have sore shoulders which

I am unable to heal. W. H. B., Lewis-

ton, Mich—Dissolve 1 dr. oflperman-

ganate of potash in one quarter of a.

(pint of water and paint sore once a.



ay.



Weakness—My 16-months’-old bull

appears to be sluggish and indisposed

and does not promise to be a good

stock bull. I have been feeding him

ensilage, clover hay, cornstalks and

grain, and I might say that he has

been running with my cows. E. J. H.,

Lapeer, Mich.——I do not believe it a.

good plan to let the herd bull run with

cows, especially if any of them are in

heat. Give 1 dr. of ground nux vom-

ica, 1/2 oz. of ground ginger, 1/2 oz. of

ground gentian at a dose in feed two

or three times a day and discontinue

feeding him ensilage.



W. F. H., South Boardman, Mich.—

Writes me that some time ago he had

trouble with pigs choking when they

went to eat, and he gave them a tea-

spoonful of turpentine in some milk

daily for three days and the trouble

stopped. Neighbors of his put turpen-

tine in the swill a few times and had

no more trouble. (Doubtless if their



" fits were caused by worms, turpentine

is one of the common and none too

expensive remedies—Ed.)





Piles—My hogs have been troubled

with piles and I would like to have

you give me a remedy. Have been

feeding them three or four ears of

corn each once a day and have also

fed equal parts of corn and oats. J.

B. C., Mendon, Mich—Piles are very

often the result of constipation; there-

fore if the bowels were kept more op-

en, this nasty ailment would be avoid-

ed. Dissolve 14 lb. acetate of lead and

3 ozs. of tannic acid in a gallon of

clean boiled water and apply to tum-

ors two or three times a day. In my

practice I often find. it necessary to

remove a portion or all of the tumors

on bowel, using a clamp and knife-

shaped red hot iron to burn them off.





Mange—I have a young hound

whose legs are sore from the knee

down. They itch and he licks them

continually. The hair is off and the

skin is wrinkled and appears as if

blistered. I have treated twice a day

with a mixture of. lard and sulphur but

this does not seem to do any good.

S. F. H., Milford, Mich—Apply one

part iodine and 24 parts vaseline ev-

ery day or two until the itching ceas-

es. If your dog suffers from follicular

mange and the case is chronic, you

will never be able to cure him.



Snagged Breast—Ringworm.——Have

a 12-year-old horse that was snagged

in breast last spring and she is sore

and stifi. Our local Vet. says she will

not recover. I also have a steer trou-

bled with sores on heels. M. A. G.,

Bellevue, Mich—Are you sure that

there is no foreign body in breast

which keeps wound from healing? Ap-

ply tincture iodine every day or two

to breast: also paint sores on steer’s

heels with tincture iodine three times

a week. '



Indigestion—I have a brood sow

that bloats after meals. E. L. 0., Che-

boygan, Mich.——-Give her a half tea-

spoonful of hyposulphite soda in feed

two or three times daily. ‘.



Stomach Worms in Horses.~—I have

a horse that has been troubled for

some time with stomach worms and

the remedies I have given him have

done no good. F. W., Goodrich, Mich.

wGive 2 ozs. of turpentine in 20 ozs.

of raw linseed 011 once a week for

three weeks. «





 





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' Long type prolific kind. Orders

lilletllr While“ booked for spring pigs. “'rile your

wants. Meadow View Stock Form, ll. 4'). Holland, Mich.





DUROC J ERSEY 8





Choice Spring hours and line 101:. of gilts 'we' are

breedin for Spring far-rowing from Michigan

Masterpiece and other noted boars. ,l’riccs reason

able. The Jennings Farm. ILL. Bailey. Mich.





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choice strains. 8. .H’IAIILMAN.

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J. w- KEE'EYI Elia! Mich' ”(:diilfcl",(lifAleiit‘iiif‘gii'li?ivivl-

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—F' ll nd rin i neither sex. from

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of the growthy, heavy boned

lllil’oc 10's., an.“ ty e. alsou few gills. Inspec—

tion invited. E. D. HE Dl‘iNliPiliK. “inland. Mich.





DUROCS of the best, of breeding. April furrow.

Either sex. The. gilts will lM‘ bred for Apr.

farrow. Price to $231)!) while Illi'} lust.



H. G. Keeoler. R. No. 5., Cassopolis, Mich.





 





UROC Jerseys. Yearling Sows & giltsbred for Apr.

furow to a son of Orion Cherry King the greatest Boar of his

brood. Also fell pigs either sex. I“. J. Drodi.R.l. Monroe. Mich.





 





UROC Jerseys—~A couple of choice gilts bred (or

Apr. furrow. Also an extra good spring boar. Send

card for price. etc. l). R. (‘oriu-ll. Howell, Mich.





 





n Jerseys for sale——a few choice (all pigs of either

“I00 sex. Fancy Bull Rock cockcrcls. . N

.‘McNICOLL, Station A, Routc .1, Bay (‘in. Mich.





 





DUROC Jersey, Mar. gilts brccd for April. Scpipigs

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E. H. MORRIS. '





Holstein cows. .\l on you





lllavy Boned Barnes—A 11351 liltfili.‘i¥.,.-“.L1‘.‘.‘i‘.f““'“

M. A. BRAY. OKEMOS. (Ingham Co.,> Mich.

DUROC JERSEYS lit:‘.‘.{iiill".3‘.’.§it‘if?“fia§“lfit‘fi





sale. Wui.\\'. Kennedy, ll. Fl, (iruss Lukl‘. Mich.





 





 





 





lllllocs Aug, Bum-g. ”(nilfin: orders for Spring pigs in wean

iiigliiiic. I}. .l. ALDRICH, ll. 1., ’l'ckonshal'ulh.um tr... Mich.





 





   





I have started thousands of breeders





munity to advertise my herd.





     





to success. I have every 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-





a. s. armsum R. No. 10, Portland. Michigan





. - ‘w‘ . ..

on the road





 





 





 





 





Fall Pigs either sex.

BIVEBV





—Three nice sprin gills bred for May

BerkShIres iarrow, one Boa? ready for Service,

Priced for quick

IEW FARM. R. 2, Vassar. Michigan.





sale.





 





Irgirlu





Holstein male calves, herd





F. W. Alexander.





 





 





press prepaid J. H. BANGHART,





I“ Chester White males and females. Reg.





bull and cows.





Pnrham’s Pedigree Stock Farm. Bronson, Mich.

9 S b . f -



Cheaters and 0. l. C s. 2:; X‘Sfii“’.i‘.‘:;$.“.

Vuenr. Michlxm.



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Bapilol limi- ll.J. Swine. 33:,2F.??‘;“b3{fi12,£f“fi;€





arising, Mich]





DUROC JERSEY ”$1.33.. "4173-3





Carey U. Edmonds. Hastings, Michigan.





—A few of those but hope l)lll‘()('

For sale Gllts. bigger and lli‘lli‘l‘ than cvcr.

Sale in pig to :m Orion hour. Prices from 952:3 to $40.

Also tried sows and a few boars chcap. li‘. A. LAM ll

& SON, CASSOPOLIS. )llt‘llluAX.





' or gills, Duroc Jersey. Also

Will all, In Bred sows 20 fall pigs, gills. Quotcprice

delivered at Pavilion, Michigan, Grand Trunk Ry.



I“. W’. WAl’I‘. Sturgls, Michigan.





 





 





 





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_ Valuing;





 





 





O. I. 9' Bred Qilts





C oloe 100 lb. Pigs 516.

J. CARL JEWE’I‘T. Mnson. Mich.





o I c, Fine gilt i’arrow in February. Year-

I I s " ling, bred, sows, price right.

A. R. GRAHAM.





O I C SPRING BOARS of good type and

' 0 ' Red Polled bull calves.





 





John Berner and Son, Grand Ledge. Mich.





Mich. .





)t’ili'llllg sows and gills bred for Apr. furrow. '





31—223





0 l 6 choice serviceable boars: bred slits ior Apriland

. . -Moy iarrow; Full p not akin. Write for low

prices and photo. A, V. ntt. Grass Lake, Mich





O. I. C’s.





C. J. THOMPBO O





 





All sold except one July boar

and a few l Oct. pigs.

Rockford. Kiohilan.





 





lay Brothers Slack Farm. $3.3. 8?;3‘8, fififi‘gdfi:

for sale. Registered free. J. R. Way. ThreeRivoi-s. lien.





 





o l a serviceable boars, tried sows. gilt: bred for

. . ' March and April farifiw summer and (all pigs.

Ipay express. G. P. ANDB Ws. Dansville. Mich





 





furrow. Recorded in buyer‘s name.





0 I c Gilts bred for March, April and May

I I I

H. W. MANN. Dansville. Michigan.





 





’ ' ' Four boars fit for

O. I. C s. Strictly Big Type. Mme, F o u .

July boars, ‘25 Spring gilts, tour iall yearlings, {our tried

sows. all bred ior Spring iarrow. Also {all pigs notnkin.

Extra good ones. As I am crowded tor room, this good

stock will be sold at Furmers‘ prices. They are good

enough that I will send themC.0.D. .5: record them free.

Newman's Stock Form. Mariette, Mich. R. I.





0. I. G. and CHESTER WHITE SWINE





Big type with quality.VVe have the undefeated breeders

young herd at seven State fairs this year. They were

sired hi' Abo 2nd, one of our many good herd boars.

Speciu prices on all boars for the next- 30 days. Get

a Gilt bred to the Great Schoolniaster. the highest

wit-ed boar of the breed, Champion over champions.



rite for our big catalogues with history of the best

herd in the whole country. Comofiand see them.





Bolling Vicw Slack Farms. cm tily, Mich.





0 I C Choice Spring boars and bred Gilts.

0 0 0 “'0 pm" Express and Register free.

Zeeiand, Michigan.





 





 





Glenwood Stock Farm,





 





' ' Attractive prices on fall pigs

“Cg“lemd 0' l' c s' and last spring gilts. All from

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





 





o I 0’8 20 bred sows for salo...‘i last April gills nvarugsd 270

l I Illis.l:in.10.l916. They 81‘0 u very grnwlliy lot. Have

some May gills and last fall yearlingmnlso u few service hours

and plenty of last fall pigs. Otto B. scliulze, Nashville, Mich.





 





0 l C (‘hoicc gilts bred for April and M uy furrow.

- o - Also last full pigs of cxccllciit quality.

A. J BARKER. ADA. MICH. R. 1‘40. 3





 





0 ' c Sows bred for March and A iril furrow. Priced

- I v to sell, from best of stock. rite for photo and

pedigree. E. :B. MILE’I‘T. Fowlervillc. Michigan.





I am offering

0- I. C. SWINE choice guts

strictly O.EI. O. ty 9 bred to furrow the fOI‘t'piu’t of May,





also fall pigs 1' co ri ht. Stock rcgiSll‘I‘Pd Input-

chaser‘s name rec of c argc. A..l.Gordcn, n.2, Dorr,li‘:ich,





POLAND GHINAS





From our thousand pound Grand Champion Boar

and Big Stretchyfiows of best breeding. Spring

Boars at a bargain. Bred Hilts and Brood Hows.





llillcrest Farm, Kalamazoo, Mich.





' Poland China Brood Sow Sale Sat. J an.

BI“ Type 29th. 50 Sows bred for spring litters.

M oil'cring cxcclls any olloring ever olIe-red at public

so c in the State. W rite for catalog.



WILLIAM WAFFLE. (:oldwntcr. Michigan.

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

bred sows and gilts Have several 1000“). boar pro.





spects. Absolutely no larifiar breeding. Everything

guaranteed right. FRANK llUGEIi. Havenna.Mich





Pouin CHINA ”33.2: “i2911"‘.’,‘{.i-lf‘iéi’éislifiitliri‘gifiii



unteed. Li. W. HUI/JUN, Kalamazoo, Michigan.



Pouun cums 0’ “trials?Estates: 6“"

A. A. WOOD & SON. Saline. chhigan.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





' a few choice hours of s ring and

big Slram P- c-earli summer l’arrow. Alilioicc lot

of spring Gills bred for spring furrow sired by Big

Defender the boar that every body goes wild over.



H. 0. SWA It'l‘z. Schoolcrafi, Michigan.





 





(lills zuid sows. Bred for Mar. and

large I pe P. 0. April fill‘l‘uw. Sli'cd by mi: Des

Moines, ilg Knox Jr.,ahd (:iiuit Defender. Bred to Big

Knox Jr. Smooth W coder 3 and Big Jumbo. four great-

) est lonrs in state, (‘oinaor write. I\ ,l'I.Livingslonfl’minmhicll.





Big Tipo Hours all sold. I‘lli“? several good (lilts

bred 10 Smooth Jumbo, Jr. 'l'op Mom-of J. 1)_

Collin Sale. Priced right to goo ick. A.D. Gregory.li-iiiu,Mich.





 





10 Type Poland (‘hlnn Gills. bred to a good son of

Wonderful Wonder. llc sold in Iowa for $62.5. This

willp lease you . Robcri Marlin, R. 7, Hastings. Mich.





 





 





 





' eillici' scx. all ages. Some.-

For sale POlalld Chin‘s thing good iii a low rice.

P. D. Long, R. F. D. No. 8. (lrand Rapids, ich.





 





 





l’olundd‘liiiius. llolli st-x and all ugesnt

lmrizmn prim-s. Also. li. l’. Rock





Heavy Bone





 





 





l Cooke-r015. ROBERT NIiVE, Pierson, Michigan.



i 1‘)Hl..\.\'ll (‘liiiius lliu illlll Illi-llllllll lipo (iills l)l‘('(l

2 to his" lino boars for April l'url'im. l-‘ull | ins. i-illier

,sm. . V: ' Barnes 8: Son. Byron. Michigan.





 





l .

‘ EUIS'l‘I‘IIll‘Zl) Poland (‘hiiui Spring lloui'snndSows



in $15 each. Making thisspecial price to make room

{or others. A. (i . Mcadc. Stanton. l\llcli..(‘o|b_\'s llaiich.





“Big Type P. C. B’i‘x‘fi‘lllr‘J‘r'Eziifil’oQim





'. .J. HAGEIA-lHAW. Augusta. Michigan.





 





 





 





Bill 1) pl' l’olaniH‘hiiiusAV‘ ostci'ii bri‘d. large liodil-d.

l‘.\ll‘.’l lzlruu bmic, pui I‘S (ll‘l ”()5 not akin. We limo

l’clcr Mun“. ll. hem-iiiii(-_\oraiiid (Eco. Marshall Ill‘tfl'd-

lug. (‘ull ui' '.\ rilc. \l. Bri-ii'lmkcr d‘ Soils, l‘Ilsic. Michigan.





' (iillsbred forspriiig

Large Yorkshiresr........ 3......

boars. l’igs ull elm-s. l’ril'i‘s lit-nsoimhlv. \V, C.

‘(I()0K. Route No. I, ADA. MICHIGAN.





 





 





i H ' H Yorksires Pay the

‘ Jones Pays lhe Frillglll Mortgage. Bi't-dfliltn

lorMarcli and April inrrowmg. Mcaulowland Farm,

\"ntcrnmn 8r h ntermnn. Ann Arbor. Mich.





 





— Ii'ull Plus, Brood Son's and

MUlEIOOI Hogs (Hits. Young service Hours. Pairs

not akiii.\\'i‘ite for prices. (J‘. lilllacon, Ii. 3 Britton,l\l lch.





 





' vNothing for sale but Apr. llours.

Hamil“ re Hogs ll‘iikiiigm'dcrs l’oi'spring uigs \Vrile

)‘(llll‘\\‘llnl.\'. John \V. Snyder. St. Johns. ll. . ‘o. 1. .\l ich‘





 





Pigs of both sex. Bred Sowsfiervicc





Hampshire Swine.





 





boars. “rilc for prices. l’ricc to



sell. FLOYD M \‘liilts‘. it. No. 9. Decatur. llKI.

A.“ I’Slll ll l‘l Swino. 'l‘lii- groin piisliii'i- hog. Select

hci'd lll‘ll'll‘il li) a iimmliiotli son of ”iv (ii‘cal‘dmok

()lll." :ivc n l'i-iv broil sows nod full pigs for sole.





up: in pairs null lr'ios. iiol ilklll, at





. Starr, Grass Lake, Mich.





Booking orders for sprlng

reasonable prices, Geo.





SHEEP.





 





”mm 30W“ Sheep. ”° “"





M. F. GANSSLEY. Lennon. Michigan.





' —Yearling and min lambs from Champion

l..lc.3l.r3 flock of Thumb oi' Mich. Also select Bcrk-





Flint. lichigan. \v shire swine. Elmhursl Stock Farm. Almont. Mlt‘ll-





' Registered bred ewes. also ewe lambs,

Slll’0 Shlre 'I‘hoscnre first class sheep at reason,

able pr ceS' U. P. ANDREWS, Dansvillc, Michigan.
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Tom Manufacturing

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