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DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1916





VOL. CXLV. No. 17

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Raising Aristocratic Lambs ByWMILToN KELLY





CCORDING toLeslie Rice, who

raises aristocratic lambs in Erie

County, New York, lamb raising



and running a first-class hotel are

about one and the same thing, and Mr.

Rice knows, because he has been

catering to the aristocratic lamb for

eight years, and no $70 a day guest at

any summer hotel has ever put any-

thing over 3. Rice lamb when it comes

to food and lodging.



Traveling through Europe you will

hear vastly more about prime lambs

than you will in America. When the

Dorset sheep was first imported from

England American sheep men began to

wonder if the breed would adapt them-

selves to the conditions in their new

homes. Some made fun of their large

horns; others said that their habit of

dropping lambs in the fall would be of

no special value to flock owners in this

country. Over in England they can

tell you all about this grand breed of

sheep—that they are the only one that

will lamb in what is practically the off-

season. Dorsets will habitually lamb

in October, November

and December. These

three months enable

the breeders of Dor-

sets to place their

lambs on the market

when they command

not only the highest

prices, but are abso-

lutely so scarce as to

bring the breeder’s

own price. In addi-

tion, they are wonder-

fully prolfic, and pos-

ses such a super-

abundance of milk that

the Dorset ewe can»

raise two lambs. with-

out difficulty. Seventy

per cent of Mr. Rice’s

ewes drop twins.



Dorsets might be

called a “dominating”

breed, i. e., a breed

that has been bred

pure for so many

years that, when cross-

ed with other breeds,

the resulting progeny

take after the Dorset

rather than the other

side, and in almost ev-

ery Case we see horns,

white faces, and good milking qualities

in the grades; and if the ewe mated

with a Dorset ram is a grade, the more

surely will one obtain the desired

qualities.



A number of years ago a few far-

seeing breeders began to see the possi-

bilities of raising lambs to supply the

demands of the aristocratic trade dur-

ing the winter. . So there has arisen a

peculiar distinction between the two

branches of the sheep business. You

can keep a few sheep just as a “hob-

by.’_’ .7 But you can’t raise aristocratic

lambs as a “hobby.” Aristocratic lambs

like summer boarders, are a cold,‘ fussy

proposition. If you think raising a

few sheep and aristocratic lambs is

one and the same thing—there is one

piece of advice to give you—don’t.





The thing that started Mr. Rice on





his upward course as a breeder of aris-'





tocratic lambs is a problem that must

be faced by every young man who in-

herits a run-down farmand who is

willing to work hard and accumulate

a little ready cash instead of cropping

his land year after year selling all the

hay and grain raised upon it and ex-

pecting to have a farm left. But let

Mr. Rice put the situation in his own

words: .



“When a boy I was naturally inter-

ested in farming because my father

left me a farm and very little cash. As

far as my knowledge of farming was

concerned he might as well have will-

ed me a cork leg. I had a farm on my

hands that had been cropped for many

years until the land was in bad condi-

tion. It was plain to me that if I kept

on in the same rut I would own just

the line fences before long, for the

fields were diminishing in productivity

each season. Then I woke up—at least

partially—and said that it was time to

put some fertility back on the farm.





 





Dairying didn’t appeal to me, so I

bought twenty grade ewes, twelve

pure-bred Dorset ewes and a very good

Dorset ram. By the time I had raised

two cr0ps of lambs I had learned a

few things. The little flock made me

study the sheep and market closely——

not only as to the demands of the or-

dinary trade but to the opportunities

in catering to the very best trade. The

further I dug into the problem and the

more I studied my animals the more

convinced I became that we were in

for an indefinite era of ascending

prices and that this class of lambs

must be produced by the man' who un-

derstands his sheep and is willing to

cater to their every want. I could not

get away from the fact that there was

almost an insatiable demand among





epicures for toothsome meat to take

the place of choice game which is be-

coming scarce in every large city mar-

ket. As I saw it, there was a general

famine for these delicacies to tickle

the palates of the very rich. And it

would be years before the demand

could be supplied, besides there was

the rapid and steady increase in popu-

lation to be considered.



I find it is no harder to raise October

lambs than March lambs. The ewes

do not need any artificial heat; in fact,

any comfortable barn or shed that is

sufficiently protected from the wet ther

is shelter enough. My barn was built

for dairy cattle, but by changing the

partitions it makes a very good sheep

barn and it has cost me very little to

make the improvements. 1 have rais-

ed nearly all of my breeding stock and

sold a number of purebred Dorset

rams each year. For the past two

years the business has made me a lit-

tle money besides the gradual increase

in the Size of my breeding flocks. From

now on my 120 ewes and my pure-bred





clean barn with lots of ventilation are

what is needed to put the lambs in

fine condition for the January market.

Last January some of my lambs born

during October weighed 70 pounds.

Any farmer can easily learn how to

kill and dress the lambs, as they must

be sent to market dressed, and any

good commission dealer will gladly

handle your business for you at the

other end.



“For the past two years I have be-

gun mating my ewes with the ram

early in May. They seem to breed

better before warm weather comes. We

leave the ram with the ewes at night

and keep them' in a pasture by them-

selves in the daytime. I prefer young

rams and feed them very liberally dur-

ing the breeding season. The ewes

and rams should be in good, vigorous

condition at breeding time. I keep

five or six young rams at all times and

allow two of them to run with the

flock at night during the mating pe-

riod. In my pure-bred Dorset flock I

use older'rams almost exclusively.

“As to the feeding





 





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“w A Bunch‘ of Dorset Lambs—the Bree Best Adapted to Offtseason Production.





 





flock should bring me a good prOfit af-

ter deducting market values for the

feeds grown on the farm, and taking

into no account the large amount of

the very best fertilizer which the sheep

produce.



“The secret of success in caring for

and feeding these lambs is the utmost

attention to every detail that will add

to the comfort of the ewes and their

lambs and inducing them to consume

all the food they can economically di-

gest and assimilate. At three weeks

old the lambs begin to eat and there

is nothing better for them than corn

meal and bran.‘ At 70 days old some

of the best feeders will be fit for the

market and at from 90 to 100 days’ old

even the dainty feeders will be ready.

Plenty of clean feed, pure water and a





queStion, I grow corn,

oats, clover and tim-

othy on about 60 acres,

about ‘50 acres is used

for pasture and 25

acres planted with

soiling crops such as

rye, rape, oats and

peas and roots. Rye

and oats furnish good

fall grazing and the

rye is pastured in the

spring. Rape is an-

other crop that I am

experimenting with. It

produces a lot of

choice sheep feed and

the sheep seem very

fond of it. I find rye

the old standby on

thin land. For sum-

mer pasture natural

grasses keep the ewes

in good order. 1 am

trying out alfalfa on a

few fields and believe

it is destined to play

an important part in

the future of the sheep

business in America.

By changing pastures

frequently and allow-

ing the flock plenty of range I have

had no trouble from worms and para-

sites; however, 1 am figuring on buy-

ing an adjoining pasture so that I can

change pastures more frequently as

my flock grows.



“During the fall months I feed my

ewes a few pumpkins, mangel-wurzels

and carrots. Last winter I fed silage

and find it a good substitute for roots

and it can be raised and stored much

cheaper.



“Too much attention cannot be de-

voted to furnishing the right variety

of food for winter lambs. This also

applies to the rams and ewes before

the lambs arrive and to the ewes that

are nursing the lambs. Care must be

taken to vary the food and properly



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after leaving the farmer the skim-milk,

which is worth'from 25 to 30 percent

as. much for feed as the producer is

getting for the whole milk. Of course,

the producers who have acceeded to

the price made through a committee of

their association are morally bound to

fulfill their contracts, but before anoth~

er contract is entered into, steps should

be taken to insure a compensatory

price for the product. The most care-

fully compiled statistics show that it is

impossible to produce milk under win-

ter conditions for $1.25vper mm, to say

nothing of leaving a profit over the

cost of production when the product is

sold for that price. As sentiment may

crystallize from this discussion, our

readers will be kept in touch with new

developments.





In another column

of this issue under

the above heading

appears a comment by the State Mar-

ket Director on the meeting of wool

buyers held in Detroit last week, and

his conclusions toward the probable

range of the wool market at its open-

ing. The reasons given for the main-

taining of a strong market for the pro-

duct are so sound that Michigan wool

growers would do well to hold their

medium wools for at least a 35 cent





The Wool Market.





A continued dis- market. While this may be giving

0115510“. 013 the Michigan wool somewhat of a specu-

milk inspection lative value as based upon present

problem by the sales, yet all conditions point to a

editor of our Practical Science Depart- strong future market for this product,

ment will be found in another column and buyers will have enough faith in

of this issue. Speaking from the stand- the future of the product to risk pur.





Milk inspection and

Milk Prices.





point of the scientist, whose role has

been the application of every precau-

tion to conserve public health, he ac—

cepts the intelligent inspection of

dairy farms as desirable from an edu-

cational as well as a sanitary point of

view, but emphasizes the still greater

desirability of a laboratory examona-

tion of the product of the dairy farm

to determine its relative desirability as

an article of human food. Those who

have read these articles carefully will

note this constant and consistent ad-

vocacy of a proper examination of the

milk itself as a qualification for ad-

mission to city markets, instead of ad-

mission on a scoring of the premises

where the milk is produced.





chases of good wools at. this figure.



Statistics of last year’s production in

this country show a decline of approx-

imately one and a half million pounds

as compared with 1914, and a decline

of about eight and one-half million

pounds as compared with 1913. With

domestic stocks well cleaned up and

foreign wools practically out of our

market for the present, there is every

reason why wool growers should be

strong holders for at least full present

market values.





The work of the coun-

The Value ofa ty farm bureau and

County Agent. the county agent is no

longer a matter of ex-





Further discussion will touch upon periment in this state. In every coun-

the desirability of the standardization ty where “115 work has been organized,





of requirements for the production of

market milk and the best way of at-

taining same. It has been suggested

by prominent dairymen who have tak-

en an interest in this discussion that a

conference of interested parties be

held at an early date looking toward

the calling of a general meeting of

dairymen for the discussion of this

problem. It is too early to state

whether such plans will or will not be

adopted. Properly this question should

be handled through the existing organ-

ization of dairymen contributing to the

city milk supply so far as it relates

specifically to Detroit or any other

market center. Should it seem desir-

able after a full discussion of the prop-

Osition to start. a state-wide movement

for the betterment of inspection con-

ditions, steps will be taken to that end.



Another question which should be

considered in the same connection is

the schedule of prices which dairymen

are to receive for market milk. The

dairymen contributing to the Chicago

milk supply have recently won an im-

portant victory over the distributors in

that district whereby a material ad-

vance in the price of market milk has

been assured for the coming six

months. The average price demanded

and secured by the association of

dairymen is $1.55 per hundred for three

and a half per cent milk for this pe-

riod of time, as compared with an av-

erage of $1.33-1-6 offered by the larger

distributors for this period. The price

for April milk is $1.65 per hundred as

compared with $1.25 to $1.30 at the

outside loading stations contributing

to the Detroit market, which is not

much, if any, in exccss of the value of

the cream which this milk would pro-

duce at current values for butter—fat,





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valuable results have accrued to the

agriculture of the county, and without

any question the investment has been

a profitable one. Great care has been

exercised in selecting the men for this

work, and in every instance experience

as well as training has been taken into

consideration, so that the men selected

have been admirably fitted for the diffi-

cult task of introducing the county

agent work in territory where its ben-

efits were unknown and untried.



Now that the success of the work

has been so well demonstrated in a

score of Michigan counties, it should

not longer be considered an experi<

ment by counties which have not or-

ganized for the work. In every case

where there is a difference of opinion

regarding the possible value of the

work to the farmers of the county con-

cerned, all doubt may be quickly dis—

pelled by sending a small committee of

successful farmers into some nearby

county where the work is already in

progress, for the purpose of making a

personal investigation as to the bene-

fits derived.



Naturally the development of county

agent work has been slow and difficult,

not alone owing to the attitude of

quite a percentage of the farmers who

have considered it of doubtful value,

but as well due to the fact that no

precedents existed to guide the county

agriculturists in the effective planning

of their work. Then, too, the fact that

agricultural conditions are so different

in different sections of the state has

added to the difficulty of standardizing

methods of work along this line.



No doubt now remains but that the

call for county agents will be greater

than the ability to supply them from

available funds until the Lever fund,





INFARMER





so-called, reaches its maximum limit.

However, every effort is being made

by the State Board of Agriculture in

co-operation with the federal depart-

ment to place agents in counties re-

questing them as rapidly as possible.

During recent months several lead-

ing articles in the Michigan Farmer

have been from the pens of county

agents who have touched upon the

pressing general problems which con-

front the farmers of their section.

These articles have given but a very

narrow idea of the work of the county

agents. As above noted, only a visit

to the locality where these men are at

work will reveal anything like the ben-

efits derived, hence the futility of a.

general discussion on a proposition

which seems already to have been set-

tled by popular approval in a score of

Michigan counties where it has been

tried out.

Right at the begin-

ning of the farm

campaign for the

present year, every

factor entering into the relation of the

work done and the possible profit to be

made should-be carefully considered.

Most of us are striving for increased

yields of farm crops, and this is a

commendable object whenever it can

be secured without an increased cost

of production which more than offsets

the increased yield. Maximum profit

does not necessarily mean maximum

yield, but it does mean a high yield at

a minimum cost of production. It will

cost no more, provided proper plans

are made and carried out, to plant the

crops at a seasonable time and when

soil conditions are such as to insure

the early growth and rapid develop.

ment of the seed, and the yield of any

crop depends quite largely upon the

start which the crop gets. Likewise

the planting of good seed which will

give high germination of strong plants

will tend to make for maximum profit

as well as better than average yields.

Average yields are comparatively low

yields, too low to insure maximum

profits. They should be raised to the

limit of practical possibility on every

Michigan farm without an increase in

the cost of production ,Which would

be proportionate to the increased

yields.





Planning for Max-

imum Profit.





HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK.





 





Foreign.



The European War.——-The great Ver.

dun battle is now in its ninth week,

and general estimates place the num-

ber of men so far killed in this great-

est of world’s battles at around 400,-

000. The latest general atack by the

Germans was checked in practically

every portion of the front by the de-

fenders of Verdun. It is believed, how«

ever, that further drives will be made.

The British captured enemy trenches

south of the Bethune-Lebassee road,

while a British position at Vermelles

was wrecked by mining operations.—

On the Russian front several small en-

gagements have occurred with indif-

ferent success to either side. However,

preparatory arrangements are being

made by the Germans for an offensive

movement looking toward the taking

of Dvinsk.—Last week on the Cau-

casus front the Turks attempted to

make a general attack along the entire

line, which after six days of severe

fighting failed and the Turks retreated

with Russian forces pursuing them.

The Russians have also taken posi-

tions defending Trebizond, an import-

ant Turkish Black Sea city and fort.

In Mesopotamia the British are mak-

ing another effort to relieve General

Townshend and , is forces besieged at

Kut-el—Amara. ablegrams indicated

that they have met with some success,

although reports from Berlin are to

the effect that the British troops under

General Townshend are near starva‘

tion and cannot hold out until the ad-

vancing army reaches the fort. Eng-

lish airmen dropped bombs on stations

near Constantinople, but the damage

is said to be unimportant.



Mexican Affairs—Gen. Villa has died

of gangrene from a gunshot wound, ac-

cording to reports from the defacto

Mexican government. It is claimed

that his body has been found and iden-

tified and is now being sent to Jaurez

for identification by Americans. It ap-

pears that General Funston and his

staff are not relying upon this news,

but give reasons for believing that





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Villa is now in‘ the mountains to the

west of Parral and plans are "being

made to attack this position. In a note

to Washington last week, General Car-

ranza and his advisers protested

against the further invasion of Mexico

by American forces. Despite this late

objection, the punitive expedition is re.

doubling its efforts to capture Villa

and his followers. Should the report

that Villa is dead prove true it will

bring the expedition to a sudden end,

as the purpose of the invasion will

have been satisfied. On the other hand,

the present attitude of Carranza’s gov-

ernment may precipitate international

trouble of a far more comprehensive

nature than at present exists.



What is considered as the final word

of this government on the U-boat con«

troversy with Germany has been pre-

pared and may be forwarded at any

time. Recent violations by Germany

of the conditions agreed upon have

placed this government in a position

Where It seems necessary to make a

positive stand.



Russia is struggling not only against

foreign enemies, but also for the es‘

tablishment of a more democratic gov

ernment. For months the Duma, which

IS a representative body of the people,

has been matching its strength against

the bureaucracy. Now that the army

power is behind the Duma and success-

ful efforts have been made to prosecute

members of the government who have

played into the hands of foreign ene-

mies, the people are becoming more

hopeful for the establishment of a con~

stitutional regime.



While Germany has given the popu‘

lation of Russian Poland an opportu-

nity to govern themselves and has fur~

nished them with seed for the spring

plantmg, Russia has also opened the

way whereby neutral countries may

send food to this unfortunate people.



The Turkish government announces

that the Russian steamship Portugal

was sunk in the Black Sea last month

by a Turkish submarine. The defense

given is that the vessel was not prop-

erly painted to designate it as a has





pital ship, thus placing the blame on,





the Russian government.



What is probably another step in the

plan of the entente allies to tighten

the blockade about the central powers

is the action by Russia in cutting off

trade to Roumania.



National.



In the last 18 months exports from

the United States amounted to $4,797,-

266,560, as compared with $3,545,100,-

349 for the 18 months preceding the

declaration of war.



The present prosperous condition of

the automobile industry is revealed by

the records of transportation lines,

which shows that in March this year

28,600 freight cars were used by auto

makers as against 17,192 last year.

For, the first three months this year

auto manufacturers employed 73,203

freight cars against 38,154 for the first

quarter of 1915.



What is believed to be one of the

largest contracts entered into by an

American concern with foreign parties

is the $5,500,000 undertaking by a Chi<

cago company to build waterworks and

sewer systems in Uruguay cities. This

contract is in line with the general

movement to bring South American

business to United States concerns.



Ex-Governor Geo. W. Peck, of Wis‘

consin, author of “Peck’s Bad Boy,”





and many other books for boys, died in ,





Milwaukee, Sunday, after a brief ill-

ness.



Charges made on the floor of the

United States Senate last Saturday

that federal money was being wasted

by the National guard organizations,

have been denied by Colonel Bersey,

Adjutant-General of the Michigan Na-

tional Guard, at Lansing. -



For the second time in three weeks,

passengers on the Twentieth Century

Limited were in peril when that train

crashed into tank cars outside the Un-

ion Station at Cleveland.



An effort is being made to secure a.

congresswnal act providing a pension

for superannuated postal employes.



Despite the fact that the prohibition

party for Michigan is co-operating with

the AntI-Saloon League in the endeav-

or to make Michigan a dry state the

coming fall, the party will retain its

identity by nominating officers in each

county. ,





INDIANA CATTLE FEEDERS’ con.

VENTION, MAY 6.





 





The annual spring‘meeting of the

Indiana Cattle Feeders’ Association

will be held in Lafayette, Indiana, Sat-

urday, May 6. The experimental cattle

on feed at Purdue will be finished at

that time and opportunity will be giv-

en members attending the convention,

of seeing these cattle and knowing the

cost of production on different rations.

The day will be spent in discussion of

experimental results and listening to

addresses from men prominent in the

cattle business. The public is invited.





 





 





 





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APRIL 22, 1916.





BUILDING A CISTERN IN A QUICK-

SAND BOTTOM.





 





I wish to bild a cistern this summer,

but do not know just how to go at it.

We are troubled with quicksand.

What size would you advise for a fam-

ily of six? Would like to have the wa-

ter piped into the house if it can be

done without freezing. Please give a.

rough estimate as to cost.



Midland Co. A. M.



It is possible to build a cistern in a

quicksand soil, but very difficult and

sometimes, after spending a lot of

time and energy the “job” will prove

a failure. Where water is continually

leaking through a wall or floor from

the quicksand it is almost impossible

to apply a waterproofing plaster or

wash; it would be necessary to dig a

hole deeper than the cistern into which

the water could drain, and keep it

pumped out until the cement had time

to set. p



I would suggest in your case, that

you build the cistern partly below and

partly above the surface. It is likely

that the quicksand is at least two feet

below the ground levd. You might ex-

cavate down to the quicksand and set

up your forms and carry the wall a

couple of feet above the surface, dig-

ging under the bank at the bottom to

give the wall a good footing.





A family of your size will use at

least 50 gallons of water a day and at

least 50 days’ supply should be provid-

ed for during the winter season. Thus

you will need a tank to hold 2,500 gal-

lons, or a tank 8x10x4 or 6x11x5.



A tank of this size will require six

cubic yards of gravel and eight and

one-half barrels of cement.



The concrete should be made of

good clean, coarse gravel and Portland

cement, mixed one part cement to five

parts gravel. It should be thoroughly

mixed dry, then wet up until fairly

wet, (but not so it will run), and well

tamped into the forms. The walls

should be six inches thick and the floor

four. Wire reinforcing should be used

in the walls, especially above ground.

The top can also be made of cOncrete,

it can be put on flat. Build a false

floor of one-inch boards supported by

posts, as shown in the drawing, and

cover with four inches of cement.

Rods a quarter of an inch in diameter

should be laid both ways in the con-

crete. the long rods four inches apart,

the short ones six inches. These rods

should be placed about one inch from

the bottom of the cement. After about

three weeks the forms supporting the

top can be removed. The walls of the

cistern should be plastered about 24

hours after being built, with a plaster

made of one part cement, two parts

sand and one-fifth of a part of hydrate

of lime. Before the water is let into

the cistern it should be washed with

cream cement. With regard to pre-

venting the pump and pipe from freez-

ing this can be accomplished either by

boxing in the pipe and packing with

sawdust or some other insulating ma-

terial, or by simply causing the pump

to lose its prime when not in use dur-

ing extreme cold weather. On the or-

dinary cistern pump this can be ac-

complished by simply raising the han-

dle so the piston rests tightly on the

bottom of the cylinder.





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ROAD BUILDING IN MICHIGAN.





 





The Michigan State Good Roads As.

sociation will hold its annual conven-

tion May 1012 in Battle Creek and the

city is preparing to entertain over

2,000 visitors. It is expected that 81

out of the 84 counties will be repre-

sented. The federal department at

Washington will make an exhibit. Ed-

ward C. Hines, chairman of the good

roads commission of Wayne county,





will give an illustrated lecture shown





ing good roads progress in territory

around Detroit. Governor Ferris is on

the program for May 10 and there will

be speakers of national fame. There

will be a large display of road building

material and machinery.



Keweenaw county will expend about





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$50,000 on its roads this year, most of

the work being done under the state

reward plan. Contracts have been let

as follows: A mile and a quarter of

concrete road from the Houghton and

Keweenaw county line at Allouez to

the Mohawk road at North Ahmeek.

to Paul P. Roehm, of Laurium, for

$19,756. Five miles of turnpike dirt

road from Central to Delaware, to

Parks and Labby, of Mohawk, for'$13,-

750; this road will be built so that it

may be macadamized later. One mile

of macadam on the Mohawk road, from

the county road to the Keweenaw

Central tracks in Mohawk, to Hall &

Labby, of Laurium, for $5,818.



Calhoun county has let the contract

to Wm. H. Ryan, of Lansing, for build-

ing two miles of concrete road on

West Main street, Battle Creek,

through Urbandale, for $26,525. The

road will be 16 feet wide and eight

inches thick at the center.



Four townships of Lenawe'e county

voted bond issues for good roads as

follows: Ogden, $60,000; Dover, $50,-

000; Medina, $5,000; Hudson City, $20,-

000. Ogden has already expended more

money in building stone roads than

any other township of the county.



Van Buren county adopted the coun-

ty road system by a large majority at

the recent election.



Allegan county is active in the good

roads movement. Otsego township has

voted a bond issue of $13,000 to im-

prove the highway to Plainwell. Lake-

ton township votes to bond itself for

nine miles of stone road.



Shiawassee county has an extensive

program of road improvement for this

year, comprising some 40 miles of

state reward highway. Last year the

commissioners built about 20 miles of

road.



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any other state, are beans so scientifi-

cally marketed as in Michigan.



The standards of grades are and

have been fixed for a long time, so that

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United States knows he will get

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orders. The elevator selling, for exam-

ple, a carload to Baltimore has the

railroad agent or express agent sam-

‘ple a given number of bags, which are

guaranteed by the seller to be average

samples. This sample is “split," one-

half being sent to the consignee and

=Lhe other to the arbitration committee

lot the Bean Jobbers’ Association. The

draft attached to the bill of lading is

paid promptly, any dispute as to

grades being left to the arbitration

committee. Any failure to have de-

livered the grade sold is promptly as-

sessed as to the amount, and, to the

everlasting credit of the association,

legal procedure by the slow process of

*the courts has been avoided and jus-

tice done. The purchasers of Michigan

beans outside the state have been ac-

corded such justice and at no expense

to them by the arbitration committee

of the Bean Jobbers’ Association and

ibusiness relations are cordial and sat-

isfactory. This plan of selling reduces

the cost of handling charges and is co-

operation in selling. The more recent

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RE we a nation of dollar chas-

A ers? Perhaps most of us would



like to see how it feels to be

rich, but down in the secret recesses

of our hearts wouldn’t we rather be

sure of an old age spent in comfort?



This thought is illustrated by the

remark, half jest and half earnest,

made to the writer by a. successful bus-

iness man: “I would willingly give up

my chances for getting rich if I could

be assured of an income of $1.50 a day

as long as I live.”



This whimsical notion emphasizes

the point that no man needs a fortune

but all desire ease of mind about the

future.



A National Trait.



Another national trait is our iiupa.

Few Americans are

icontent to wait for years and reap the

Esure harvest. We want to go gunning

for Big Game, and we want it now.

Witness the worship of wealth almost

universally, and the rainbow Chasers

who go daffy over fads like Belgian

hares, ginseng, pigeon squabs, mush-

rooms and other popular get-rich-quick

schemes.



The opposite point of view is por-

trayed by‘ a story of a white~haired

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trees. That busy farmer, concerned

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- THET MICHIGAN-i FABMER

The Bean Situation





_ By JAMES N. MCBRIDE





State Director of Markets.





dial relations among growers, who are

marketing conservatively and not

crowding the crop on the elevators all

at one time. ’





For the season of 1916 an Opportu-

nity, barring unseasonable crop condi-

tions, is for a most remarkable com-

pensatory market for early beans. The

whole country will be cleared of stocks

long before the new crop can be mov-

ed, and if Michigan beans can be mar-

keted in September, extra prices seem

assured. England has been buying

Michigan beans for the Allies and the

Wall Street Journal says the consen-

sus of opinion is that peace looks to be

not sooner than the fall of 1917. The

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ifornia stocks for the Mexican expedi-i

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embargo against culls for canning hasi '

been overcome and culls have goneJ .





into stock food, so the 1916 market will '

call for a heavy stock for the canners. i





On ground suited to early working!

and with the first appearance of al

warm soil in June for planting, thel

grower can have a reasonably certain !

assurance of a good crop of beans and

an extra price. The use of a high-

grade phosphorous fertilizer, 250 lbs.

to the acre, is an aid to early maturity.





Time spent in sorting out irregular

and flat beans, and careful selection of

seed to the ideal of the small pea bean

means many dollars for the results

from the 16 or 20 quarts planted. The

undesirable beans are sports; degener-

ates and of low vitality, not only in

germination but in vine. An investi-

gation of different fields leads to the

single conclusion that low-grade seed

has been the sole reason for an un-

profitable crop.





The bean growers will meet in Sep-

tember at Grand Rapids with every

feature of the supply and demand of

beans for this season at their com-

mand. The whole tendency of trade is,

to command and receive compensatory

prices for products. With these con-

ditions as allowed is it any surprise

that the United States authorities de-

clare that the Michigan bean crop is

handled in the most scientific manner?





chard, and he wouldn’t live long enough

to enjoy the fruit anyway.”



The patriarch then urged his grand-

son to plant some trees, but the young

man only exclaimed: “Why! Grandpa,

you know it takes years and years for

an apple orchard to come into bearing.





I would be as old as you are before I





could get enough apples to make it

pay.”



The old man then procured some

two—year—old trees, laboriously dug the

holes and set out the saplings one by

one. He couldn’t work fast but the

old accomplish much because they do

not hurry—they just keep steadily

at it.



An Orchard as an Investment.



After a year or two grandfather had

quite an orchard at one corner of the

old homestead. It prospered because

he put love into his work. One day,

while he was still able to putter round

at easy jobs, he brought over to his

son’s house a hat full of red apples—-

apples {hat had been grown on his

trees. ‘



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thought I would try my hand at some

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me feel so Spry I reckon I will stay

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APRIL 22, 1916.





observe Arbor Day year after year is

a Sign Of good citizenship. , _



Settingiout an Orchard requires vis-

ion—éseeing things before they happen.

It takes forethought—planning ahead

for the future. It means thrift—for

trees increase in value with little care.

It implies an unselfish nature—for

those trees will be there long after the

planter has been garnered to his har-

vest.



It is not difficult to plant trees in odd

places where nothing else is growing.

The yard can be made a place of shady

delights by the artistic placing of ap-

propriate trees where they will show

to advantage. Rough or waste land,

vacant spots here and there along a

roadway or stream, wind-breaks on the

weather side of things—all such loca-

tions can be made productive as well

as sightly.



The farmer who plants trees about

his place denotes his judgment by the





THE MICHIGAN FARMER





them by the time the babies are grown

up—all this appears like a dazzling

mirage too gorgeous to be true. “Why

didn’t somebody do it before?” Sure

enough. And why didn’t somebody in-

vent the telephone, or electric light or

the thousand other wonders of this

generation long ago?



The Possibilities of a Nut Growing



Fad.



Possibly walnuts could easily degen-

erate into a fad. If all the 6,000,000

farmers in the United States and all

the city-back-yard enthusiasts sudden-

ly went nutty and planted vast num-

bers of trees it would upset the bal-

ance of things and along about 1930

there would be a grand slump in wal-

nuts. Probably, but not certainly.



The point is that any wide-spread

culture of English walnuts is extreme-

ly unlikely with human nature as de-

picted in the beginning of this article.

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kinds he selects. There is no great

virtue in planting scrubs like the box-

elder which gives no fruit, no nuts

and no timber worth mentioning, and

the shade is often spoiled by dead and

falling leaves in mid-summer.



Why set out a soft maple when a

hard maple makes a much handsomer

growth, produces a delectable sweet,

and supplies valuable timber. The

sugar maple is slow but when it does

grow into a tree it is an asset.



Small capitalists have indulged in a.

good deal of financial excitement in

the past ten years over the pecan. For-

tunes have been invested and perhaps

fortunes will be made out of them. For

colder regions there is but one tree

comparable to the pecan and that is

the hardy English walnut. This tree,

when propagated from cuttings, will

thrive in all of our northern states and

bear profitably for two hundred years.

It is a beautiful, clean, shade tree the

wood of which is worth more than

mahogany.



Nut Trees Profitable.



The market for the nuts is steady

and attractive. They bring fifteen to

twenty cents a pound wholesale, and

strange to say, the price has kept pace

with increased production. In spite of

the large number of walnut trees in

California, the United States annually

imports $5,000,000 worth of English

walnuts and about half a million dol-

lars worth of the timber.



The reason why some people do not

grow enthusiastic over walnut trees

is their slow growth; they do not begin

to bear for fifteen years. Yet the

imagination is startled by tales of what

the English walnut has done. To read

of trees in southern Europe over a

thousand years old, and of individuals

yielding over 100,000 nuts in a year; to

be told that single trees have sold as

high as $3,000 for their wood alone; to

remember that in England there are

families living in ease and comfort on

the income from a dozen or two old

walnut trees; to dream of planting a

few acres of these splendid trees and

enjoying a handsome income from





State.

a walnut grove—not right now. Most

Americans are not built that way.





They want action on their money and

they want to spend the dividends them-

selves—and quickly.



Planting Trees as an Investment.



For those of the slowbut-sure type

of mind the annuity makes a strong

appeal. An annuity is where you hand

to the cashier a lump sum of money

and thereafter as long as you live you

walk up to the little window once a

year and draw out your earnings—not

interest, nor coupons, nor dividends,

but what the company risks on your

earthly career.



The annuity is just the reverse of



life insurance where you pay yearly

premiums until you are gray and the

company hands your heirs a lump sum

when you pass over to the Great

Beyond.

, With the annuity, the Older you are

when you begin, the less you pay for it,

and every year you live over the

“guess” of the actuary, you beat the

game to that extent.



Planting trees on your own land is

a little like life insurance and more

like the annuity, except that you have

to wait a while before returns come

in. Yet they soon furnish shade and

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HAT on the actual basis of the

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the Michigan grower for medium

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er hand, some of the real big wool buy-

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wool. The factor of greatest uncer-

tainty is the European war conditions.

The bear argument for a 30 to 32 cent

wool market to the grower of medium

wools is the possibility of the sudden

ceasing of hostilities and the removal

of the need of the English embargo to

force wools to that country. This

would release colonial wools to the

United States with no duty. The hull

argument is that the Wall Street Jour-

nal says the best authorities agree no

peace is possible before the fall of

1917 and all trade is planned on these

predictions.



Again, if peace should come the

needs of the country for woolen goods

and restoration of Europe’s flocks

would prevent any drop in prices. An-

other fact is that ocean freights from

Argentina are increased from $4 or $5

per bale of 1,000 pounds to $40. There

is no apparent expectation of a change

in this direction, which is an item of

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There was a cable read from London

announcing that higher prices prevail-

ed at the London auctions. The claim

was well sustained that the mills were

supplied with wool to care for them

well into midsummer, since the mills

were running on orders they had

bought ahead, and that they 'were an-

der no immediate necessity of buying.





Mr. Flint, of Boston, buyer for

Brown & Adams, made an offer for

100,000 pounds to grade medium F. O.

B. Boston at 38 cents less one per cent

cash in ten days. There was some dis-

pute as to whether the Boston market

was really 38 or 39 cents in Boston.



Mr. Popplewell, of Passaic, New Jer-

sey, said the market was 30 cents on

good delaines and 37 cents paid for

extra Missouri three-quarter blood

wool. Many buyers claim that not ov-

er half the usual clip of wool exists in

their communities.



The present tendencies of the wool

market was shown by one of the buy—

ers relating that their local tailor

showed him a sack of “trimmings”

from his shop that he sold to a huck-

ster at 20 cents per pound. If a buck-

ster could pay that price, it seemed to

him that 35 cents was a fair price for

medium wool.



Mr. Applebaum, of Fort Wayne, said

that wool above 30 cents looked dan-

gerous to him. Some little impatience

was expressed at the attitude of the

eastern representatives of the wool

trade not being more specific, and in

sisting on expressing themselves orac-

ularly. This latter word, in trade cir-

cles, means as one man privately ex-

pressed it, “I think wool (the medium

grades) is worth 35 cents, but the man

who buys below that figure and makes

more money" will regard me more fav-

orably than if he paid more and made

less.”



The Boston wool market often has

this appearance, when you have wool

to sell, the price is down several cents,

when you make inquiry and have no

wool to offer, the price is quoted up.



Michigan wools are said to be rather

above the average in cleanliness this

year and proper twines used.



Silberman’s representative, from Chi-

cago, has been in the state and offered

34 cents for Shropshire ewe’s wool,

and 32 cents for western lamb’s stock.

Some medium wool has been bought at

35 cents and some at 30 cents.



If one can judge the opinion of the

trade it is, 35 cents for medium wool,

with a. degree of hesitation that makes

the game hazardous. The war news

will be read with great interest by

those Who have wool to sell.



JAS. N. MCBRIDE,

State Market Director.





 





' APRIL 22, 1916.





FEEDERS’ PROBLEMS.





 





Balanced Ration for Hogs.



Kindly advise me as to how near a.

balanced ration I have for hogs, with

skim-milk, corn and oats, ground, wheat

middlings, and corn in the ear, and

how much should be fed to hogs aver-

aging about 100 lbs. each, to get the

best results?



Hillsdale Co. SUBSCRIBER.



For pigs of the weights mentioned,

the combination of feeds available will

furnish a sufliCiently well balanced ra-

tion to produce excellent results.

Skim-milk is best combined with corn

meal to make a balanced ration by

feeding one pound of corn meal with

every one to three pounds of skim-

milk, according to the quantity of milk

available. The oats ground with the

corn will reduce somewhat the amount

of milk required to «balance the feed,

as will the wheat middlings. If plenty

of skim-milk is available, the propor-

tion of wheat middlings in the ration

can be made comparatively small, pro-

vided this will reduce the cost of the

mixture, although some middlings to

give variety and lighten up the feed

Will be profitable.



Recent experiments conducted on a

large scale to determine the amount

of grain which it is profitable to feed

to hogs when same are on pasture,

(and it will be profitable to give pigs

of this weight some pasture as soon

as it is available), indicate that more

economical results are secured where

the capacity of the pigs is made the

only limiting factor in the ration,

hence it would be best to feed these

pigs as much as they will consume, es-

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prices if pushed to an early finish than

would be the case if grown more slow-

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RAISING ARISTOCRATIC LAMBS.





 





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house the lambs if one produces a.

lamb of quality that will command the

highest price. If the lambs have ac«

cess to all the bran and corn meal they

will eat, besides green feed and their

mother’s milk, they will grow very fast.

Clover or alfalfa hay, a little corn sil-

age or a few roots and a mixture of

milk-producing grain foods are what

is needed by the ewes that are {511le

ling lambs.



“Too much stress cannot be plLlCcd

on securing the right type of a rain,

one that possesses the general char-

acteristics of his breed and comes from

a line of breeding noted for their early

maturing qualities.



“Some of my best lambs have result-

ed from crossing grade Dorset ewes

with pure-bred rams. Grade’ewes bred

to pure-bred Dorset rams seem to give

very good results in growing Winter

lambs quickly. Some of my grade ewes

conceive as freely in May as in Octo-

ber, and bred at this time of the year

the lambs bring double the price they

would if mated at the usual time. Of

course, the ewes must be well-fed but

should not be too fat.



“1 find it is dimcult to provide good

ventilation for the sheep barns in cold

weather. Vl'hen plenty of sun can be

admitted to the building the tempera-

ture can be kept more even and the.

air will be better. My barn is “mild

feet and with two sheds 20x80 I have

plenty of room for my 120 ewes and

the two young rams and my 80 head

of pure-bred Dorsets. I have gates

that may be fastened together to serve

as partitions for pens 6x6 feet for the

ewes and lambs. Through these pens

I make a creep where the lambs can

go out .and in as they please after they

are two weeks old. In the center of

the floor 1 keep troughs filled for the

lambs where they can go and eat, re-

turning to their mothers when they

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MEETING OF WEST MICHIGAN

HOLSTElN BREEDERS.





 





Breeders of black and white cattle

believe in advertising. The West Mich-

igan Association has been spending

some money for publicity during the

past year, and will spend more money

this year. Members supplying the

Grand Rapids city trade have been ac:

tive in this work and they can see the

results.



The association held its Spring meet-

ing April 5 in Grand Rapids, when the

value of advertising and other topics

Were discussed. The newspapers have

been tried, also street car advertising,

and of the two the latter is favored.

Other valuable methods were suggest-

ed, such as enlisting the co-operation

of physicians and securing their en-

dorsement of Holstein milk as an ideal

food for children and the best known

substitute for mother’s milk in infant

feeding. Birth records in the daily pa-

pers will be watched and Holstein lit-

erature as published by the national

society, will be placed in every home

visited by the stork. N. A. Cole, of

Washtenaw county, one of the speak-

ers, gave a valuable suggestion. \Vhen

in Lima, Ohio, recently, he found on

the hotel menu this item: “One bottle

of pure Holstein milk.”



B. E. Hardy, of Shiawassee county,

and others strongly supported another

way of advertising this breed of cattle,

namely, by making fine exhibitions of

herds at the county and state fairs.

Mr. Hardy succeeded in rounding up a.

great bunch of Holsteins for the Shia-

wassee county fair last fall. Barry

county also made a big showing of

Holsteins at the Hastings fair and

these impressive exhibits are known to

be of far—reaching value in spreading

the name and fame of Holsteins.



An advertising committee was ap-

pointed, composed of A. R. Harring-

ton, C. Hunsberger and J. H. Skinner,

and funds in support of this year’s

campaign will be secured by voluntary

contribution of members. A. R. Har-

rington, of Kent county, gave some im-

pressive facts regarding the high qual-

ity of Holstein herds in this section. It

was stated that 500 farmers are con-

tributing to the Grand Rapids milk

trade every morning, and that almost

all of this milk is Holstein.



D. D. Aitken, president of the Na-

tional Holstein-Friesian Association,

and H. A. Moyer, of Syracuse, N. Y.,

who will conduct the sale of pure-bred

cattle following the national meeting

to be held in Detroit in June, were

present and spoke briefly, urging the

Michigan breeders to attend the De—

troit convention. They were making

a. hurried trip through western Michi-

gan, visiting Holstein farms in the in-

terests of this meeting and sale, and

were guests while here, of Dudley E.

Waters. Mr. Moyer says that he is

putting on the greatest bunch of pure-

breds ever shown in any sales ring.



N. A. Cole, member of the national

committee on official tests, asked for

the opinion of members and the vote

taken showed every breeder to be in

favor of tests lasting nine months, or

through the natual lactation period.

Longer tests are often made at the

sacrifice of offspring and are said to

be a “rich man’s game.”



J. H. Skinner, of the Brewer Farm,

told of the continuous tests being made

to show what every cow does through-

out the year, and also what it costs to

produce a pound of butter—fat. No two

cows in the large herd are fed just

alike. They receive individual atten-





' tion.





C. L. Burlingham, a federal man, is

now working in Kent county in the in-

terests of cow-testing associations, and

he gave an outline of the growth and

importance of this movement. Cow-

testing associations are now working





tions.





Kent Co. ALMOND GRIFFEN.





RESULTS OF COW-TESTING WORK.





 





Following are the results for 1915 of

the Allegan County Cow—testing Asso—

ciationz’



We led cow-testing associations in

this country for 1914 with an average

of 301.3 pounds of fat per cow, which

was the first time the 300-pound fat

mark had been exceeded.



This year our results are even bet—

ter. We have an average of 7,364

pounds of milk and 315.4 pounds of fat.

We averaged about 215 cows for the

year. We consider we have a very

good claim to the national champion-

ship for 1915.

sider we hold it until higher averages

are produced. Our records can be ver-

ified at Washington, D. C.



We increased our milk average over

700 pounds and our fat average 14

pounds per cow. Our net profit per

cow is about $5 greater; reduced the

cost of fat nearly a cent a pound, and

the cost of milk seven cents per hun-

dred and each dollar expended brought

in nine cents more than a year ago.

Eleven herds out of fifteen average

over 300 pounds of fat per cow. A. B.

Lane & Son’s Holstein herd led with

10,675 pounds of milk and 403.7 pounds

of fat. “7. D. Parmelee’s herd of Hol«

steins was second with 10,682 pounds

of milk and 385 pounds of fat. C. F.





Maskey’s herd led the Jersey cohorts





with 6,977 pounds of milk and 366

pounds of fat. J. D. Wedge and M. L.

Wilmot were close up with their Jer-

seys, having a 363 and 347-pound fat

average respectively.



Ray Vahue, who brought his herd up

from 269 pounds of fat to 322 pounds

of fat, and led the association in econ-

omy of production, deserves special

mention. Of the 171 cows that com-

pleted a full year’s work, 97 made over

300 pounds of fat, 20 made over 400

pounds of fat and two made over 500

pounds of fat. Twenty cows made over

10,000 pounds of milk. (Two of these

were Jerseys).





Helen Veeman Artis, a Registered'





Holstein heifer, owned by M. E. Par-

melee, led the association in milk pro—

duction with 15,012 pounds. She also

led the two-year-olds with 471.0 pounds

of fat. The best three-year-old was a

grade Holstein, owned by W. D. Par-

melee, which made 446 lbs. of fat. A

grade Jersey belonging to C. B. VVeh-

ner, led the four-year-olds with 523.8

pounds of fat. Another grade Holstein

owned by W. D. Parmelee, won pre-

mier honors in the mature class with

527.3 pounds of fat. This cow was

high cow for

also.

when net profit is considered. One, a

grade, with $94.43, and the other a reg—

istered cow, with $88.67. A grade Hol-

stein pressed the latter closely with

$88.60 profit.



We have had some encouraging

gains among our members this year,

and we hope to keep up the good work

in 1916.

that was low herd a year ago, made a

gain of 31 pounds of fat per cow, and

we expect even more another year.

The herd that leads this year with 403

pounds of fat made but 320 pounds of

fat last year.



The seven Jersey herds averaged

6,111 pounds of milk and 322.7 pounds

of fat and the seven Holstein herds av-

eraged 8,624 pounds of milk and 312.4

pounds of fat. Our two-year-olds aver—

aged 299.8 pounds of fat for the year

and one three-year-Old averaged 293.8

pounds of fat. Our four-year-olds av-

eraged 342.0 and our full-aged cows

averaged 321 pounds of fat. Our low

herd averaged 230 pounds of fat.



Allegan Co. RUB’J‘. Annr.





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Farm Notes





When to Sow Alfalfa.



I want to sow a piece of alfalfa and

am undecided when to sow. This piece

of ground was clover sod well manur.

ed and planted to potatoes in 1913. In

the spring of 1914 I fitted it and sowed

to alfalfa June 1. I inoculated soil and

seed and the alfalfa came up nicely but

knot grass soon came in so thick that

it crowded the alfalfa very hard. I

clipped ‘it twice; the first time we rak-

ed up two large loads of hay, (knot

grass, not alfalfa), from three acres.

1n the spring of 1915 no knot grass

showed up, but there was some alfalfa

all over the piece (about enough to

make one-third of a stand). The al-

falfa plants all had nodules on. Last

September I plowed this ground, turn-

ed under weeds and alfalfa and applied

two tons of agricultural lime to three

acres and top-dressed with manure.

Will seeding in April get the alfalfa

ahead of the knot grass? I believe

that this knot grass is the worst draw-

back that the alfalfa has.



St. Joseph Co. A. J. K.



The best time to sow alfalfa de-

pends altogether upon the condition of

the soil and the weather conditions

which prevail. On a piece as well pre-

pared as this one which has been both

well manured and well limed, and well

inoculated by the previous growing of

inoculated alfalfa, the best plan would,

in the writer’s opinion, be to sow as

soon as possible, using a light seeding

of oats or beardless barley as a nurse

crop. If weather conditions are favor-

able and there is a good distribution of

moisture up to harvest time, the oats

can be permitted to mature grain with-

out any serious setback to the alfalfa

seeding.



Last year the writer sowed a piece

which had had very similar treatment,

using only 20 pounds of oats per acre.

A very thrifty stand of alfalfa was se-

cured, and as there was plenty of mois-

ture, the oats were permitted to ma-

ture, yielding about half a crOp or a

little more than 30 bushels per acre.

Another piece having had similar treat-

ment will be sown in the same man-

ner this spring.



On land which has not been previ-

ously seeded to alfalfa, and which is

rather foul, it is a better plan to keep

same summer fallowed until mid-sum-

mer and seed without a nurse crop, but

where the soil has had as good prepara-

tion as has been given this field, an

even more vigorous stand of alfalfa

can be secured, as it will get a larger

growth before winter by seeding with

a light nurse crop of spring-sown grain.

In case dry weather comes and there

is danger of injury to the seeding from

this cause, the cats or barley can be

cut for hay at any time and this dan~

ger be obviated.



We have never had any bad en-

croachment of weeds or grass where

alfalfa was seeded in this 'manner. The

piece sown last year was at a previous

seeding without a nurse crop nearly

choked out by crab grass, almost none

of which showed at last year’s seeding.



Seeding Sweet Clover.





I am going to sow some sweet clover

this spring and would like to have

some advice. My soil is sandy. What

time would you sow, and would it go

to seed if it was sowed this spring so

I could have my own seed another





year?



Wexford Co. C. W. S.



If conditions are suitable, it is the

concensus of opinion among those who

have had success with sweet clover

that it is better to sow same in spring

than in midsummer. Sweet clover,

however, requires a good firm seed bed

for best results, and it is difficult to

get a satisfactory seed bed for early

seeding if the land is plowed in the

spring, although if well fitted by re-

peated harrowing and rolling it is en-

tirely possible.



Sweet clover will not seed the first

year; it is a biennial which does not

blossom and bear seed until the sec-

0nd year, after which the plants die

and the stand is lost unless allowed to

re-seed.





 





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tof the crankshaft, and the side-thrust means

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HILE it may appear that there



is a never-ending supply of East-



er lilies with which to decorate

church chancels and the home on East-

er morning, it is a fact that this kind

of lily is becoming more and more diffi-

cult to raise, with consequent increase

in price, due to the fact that the bulbs

which are imported from Japan and

Bermuda are more or less diseased. It

is said that more than 3,000,000 bulbs

are annually imported from Bermuda.

and that an acre of ground will pro-

duce from $1,000 to $2,000 worth;





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A Popular Mode for the 1916 Summer

Girl.





The Supply of Easter Lillies





Because of the diseased condition of

the imported bulbs and because of a

desire to keep as much money at home

as possible, the Department of Agricul-

ture has been at work for some time

studying this problem, and has demon-

strated beyond a doubt that healthy

bulbs can be readily and profitably pro-

duced in this country from seed and

that disease-resistant strains can eas-





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ily be maintained. The proposition has

not proven as easy as might be sup-

posed. Suitable climatic conditions

were determined easily enough but it

was found that almost every bulb im-

ported for propagation purposes was

badly infected with the disease, in

some cases 75 per cent of the resulting

plants being worthless.



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be grown from seed was first made, the

government horticulturists ran into

the statement that many years—from

three to five—were required to produce

a flowering bulb from the seed. Noth-

ing daunted, George W. Oliver, one of

Uncle Sam’s horticultural experts, be-

gan experimenting and the results at-

tained were most startling. Instead of

“three to five years” Mr. Oliver has

obtained blooming plants within 14

months from the time of planting seed

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right in, line with their activities.





This is a profitable and pleasant in-

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The breeding of game birds is profit-

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be for years to come. Pheasant eggs, for

instance, sell today at from 75.20 to $25 a

hundred. Live. birds bring from $5 to

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AVE you ever considered what an opportunity game farming, as it is de-

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Tl‘ousands of ambitious, industrious boys on American farms are playing a big

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forage much of their own food and re-

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stricted area. At the same time those

who own large acreage, or who pool

their land with others, get profit from

those who pay for sport.



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stem with a cluster of 15, 20 or even 30

large beautiful flowers. This success

is most encouraging.

Having riddled old theories and dem-

onstrated to their satisfaction what

could be done the government horti-

culturists began to practically foster

American lily growing by distributing

seed to hundreds of would-be‘ produc-

ers, but here again it was uphill work.

In some instances it was impossible

to convince the florists and seedsmen

that it was possible to produce in one

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seedling two inches high. In other

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cept a five or a ten dollar bill for a.

bunch of blooms, offered by some vis-

iting florist. Others, however, saved

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not supply flowers and bulbs, too, and

consequently the cutting of the blooms

robs the future bulb of its vitality.

“Those florists, however, Who stuck

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ment and grew the seedlings for the

bulbs alone,” said Mr. Oliver recently,

“were more than pleased with the re-

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Turning to look in the other direc-

tion beyond the tent, she saw the rem-

nants of last night’s temporary camp,

and farther on a grove of beautiful

pines, from which came the sharp ring

of the ax. Wider gaze took in a won-

derful park, not only surrounded by

lofty crags, but‘full of crags of lesser

height, many lifting their heads from

dark-green groves of trees. The morn-

ing sun, not yet above the eastern ele-

vations, sent its rosy and golden shafts

in between the towering rocks to tip

the pines.



Madeline, with the hounds beside

her, walked through the nearest grove.

The ground was soft and springy and

brown with pine-needles. Then she

saw that a. clump of trees had prevent-

ed her from seeing the most striking

part of this natural park. The cowboys

had selected a campsite where they

would have the morning sun and af-

ternoon shade. Several tents and flys

were already up; there was a huge

lean-to made of spruce boughs, cow-

boys were busy round several camp-

fires. Piles of packs lay covered with

tarpaulins, and beds were rolled up

under the trees. This space was 3.





trees here and there, and other trees

in aisles and circles; and it mounted

up in low grassy banks to great towers

of stone five hundred feet high. From

under a mossy cliff, huge and green

and cool, bubbled a. full, clear spring.

Wild flowers fringed its banks. Out in

the meadow the horses were knee-

deep in grass that waved in the morn-

ing breeze.



For a few days the prevailing fea-

tures of camp life for Madeline’s

guests were sleep and rest. Dorothy

Coombs . slept through twenty-four

hours, and then was so difficult to

awaken that for awhile her friends

were alarmed. Helen almost fell asleep

while eating and talking.



The men were more visibly affected

by the mountain air than the women.

Castleton, however, would not succumb

to the strange drowsiness while he had

a. chance to prowl around with a gun.



This languorous, spell disappeared

presently, and then the days were, full





 





 





 





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APRIL 22, 1916. .





most a cabbage in size. Compared with

the little kernels imported from Ber-





muda. these indeed portend a new era‘





in Easter lily growing. As for fiow~

ers, we had one plant that had 35 blosé

soms on it after a. grewth of only 14

months.



“While thus far lily farms have been

firmly established only on the Pacific

coast,” continued Mr. Oliver, “I believe

there are many other sections where

some degree of success may be attain-

ed. In the South Atlantic states, along

the Gulf Coast of Texas and in the

southern part of that state, in Arizona

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by and Boyd, however, did not go in

for anything very strenuous. Edith

Wayne, too, preferred to walk through

the groves or sit upon a grassy pro-

montory that commanded a wide view

over the western foot-hills. It was

Helen and Dorothy who wanted to ex-

plore the crags and canons; and when

they could not get the others to ac

company them they went alone, giving

the cowboy guides many a long climb.



Necessarily, of course, Madeline and

her guests were now thrown much in

company with the cowboys, and the

party grew to be like one big family.

Her friends not only adapted them-

selves admirably to the situation, but

came to revel in it. As for Madeline,

she saw that outside of a certain pro~

clivity to be gallant and on dress par-

ade, and alive to possibilities of fun

and excitement, the cowboys were not

greatly different from What they were

at all times. If there was a leveling

process here, it was made by her

friends coming down to meet the west-

eners. .



Madeline found the situation one of

keen interest. If before shehad cared

to study her cowboys, now, with the

contrasts afforded by her guests, she

felt by turns amused and mystified and

perplexed and saddened, and then

again subtly pleased.



Monty Price, once he had overcome

his shyness, became a source of de-

light to Madeline, and, for that matter,

to everybody. Monty had suddenly dis-

covered that he was a success among

the ladies. Either he was exalted to

heroic heights by this knowledge, or

he made it appear so.



Dorothy Coombs had been his undo-

ing, but, in justice to her, Madeline

believed her innocent. Dorothy

thought Monty hideous to look at, and

accordingly, if he had been a hero a.

hundred times, and had saved a hun-

dred little babies’ lives, he could not

have interested her. Monty followed

her around, reminding her, she told

Madeline, of a little adoring dog one

moment and the next of a huge, dc.

vouring gorilla. _



Nels and Nick stalked at Helen’s

heels like grenadiers on duty; and if

she as .much as dropped her glove they
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almost came to blows to see who

should pick it up.



In a way, Castleton was the best

feature of the camping-party. He was

an absurd-looking man, but his abili-

ties were at tremendous odds with

What might have been expected of him

from his looks. He could ride, tramp,

climb, shoot. He liked to help around

the camp, and the cowboys could not

keep him from it. He had an insatia-

ble desire to do things that were new

to him.



The cowboys played innumerable

tricks on him, not one of which he

ever discovered. He was serious, slow

in speech and action, and absolutely

imperturbable.



Presently the cowboys began to un-

derstand him, and then to like him.

When they liked a man, it meant

something. Madeline had been sorry

more than once to see how little the

cowboys chose to speak to Boyd Har-

vey. With Castleton, however, they

actually became friends. They did not

know it, and certainly such a thing

never occurred to him; all the same,





it was a fact. And it grew solely out '





of the truth that the Englishman was

manly in the only way in which cow-

boys interpreted manliness.



When, after innumerable attempts,

he succeeded in throwing the diamond-

hitch on a packhorse, they began to

respect him. He needed only one more

accomplishment to claim their hearts,

and he kept trying that—to ride a

bucking broncho.



One of the cowboys had a broncho

that they called Devil. Every day for

a week Devil threw the Englishman

all over the park, ruined his clothes,

bruised him, and finally kicked him.

Then the cowboys solicitously tried to

make Castleton give up; and this was

remarkable enough, for the spectacle

of an English lord on a bucking bronco

was one that any westerner would

have ridden a thousand miles to see.



Whenever Devil threw Castleton,

the cowboys went into spasms; but

Castleton did not know the meaning

of the word fail, and there came a day

when Devil could not throw him. Then

it was a singular sight to see the men

line up to shake hands with the cool

Englishman. Even Stewart, who had

watched from the background, came

forward with a warm and pleasant

smile on his dark face.



When Castleton went to his tent

there was much characteristic cowboy

talk, and this time vastly different

from the former persiflage.



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seemed to be the most amazed and

elated of them all. “Thet’s the fust

Englishman I ever seen! He’s orful

deceivin’ to look at, but I know now

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It was a distinct pleasure for Made~

line to realize that she liked Castleton

all the better for'the traits brought

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the cowboys. On the other hand, she

liked the cowboys better for Something

in them that contact with easterners

brought out. This was especially true

in Stewart’s case. She had been whol-

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would fall an easy victim to Dorothy’s

eyes and Helen’s lures. He was kind,

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he had no sentiment. He did not see

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dreamy with the strange spell of this

mountain fastness. There were a

smoky haze in the valleys, a fleecy

cloud resting over the peaks, a sailing

eagle in the blue sky, silence that was

the unbroken silence of wild heights,

and a soft wind laden with incense of

pine.



One afternoon, however, Edith ap-

peared prone to talk seriously.



“Majesty, I must go home soon. I

cannot stay out here forever. Are you

going back with me?”



“Well, perhaps,” replied Madeline,

thoughtfully. “I have considered it. I

shall have to visit home some time;

but this summer mother and father are

going to Europe."



“Majesty Hammond, do you intend





' APRIL 22, 1916.





to spend the rest of your life in this

wilderness?” asked Edith bluntly.



Madeline was silent.



“Oh, it is glorious! Don’t misunder-

stand me, dear,” went on Edith ear.

nestly, as she laid her hand on Made—

line’s. “This trip has been a revela-

tion to me. I did not tell you, Majesty,

that I was ill when I arrived. Now

I’m well—so well! Look at Helen, too.

Why, she was a ghost when we got

here, and now she is brown and strong

and beautiful. If it were for nothing

else than this wonderful gift of health,

I should love the west. But I have

come to love it for other things—even

spiritual things. Majesty, I have been

studying you. I see and feel what this

life has made of you. When I came, I

wondered at your strength, your vir-

ility, your serenity, yourhappiness. I

wondered at the causes of such a

change. Now I know. You were sick

of idleness, sick of uselessness, if not

of society—sick of the horrible noises

and smells and contacts one can no

longer escape in the cities. I am sick

of all that, too, and I could tell you of

many women of our kind who suffer

in a like manner. You have done what

many of us want to do, but have not

the courage. I can see the splendid

difference you have made in your life.

I think I should have discovered, even

if your brother had not told me, what

good you have done to the Mexicans

and cattlemen of your range. Then

you have work to do. That is a great

cause of your happiness, is it not?

Tell me. Tell me something of what

it means to you!”



“Work, of course, has much to do

with any one’s happiness," replied

Madeline. “No one can be happy who

has no work. As regards myself, for

the rest, I can hardly tell you. I have

never tried to put it in words. Frankly,

I believe, if I had not had money I

could not have found such contentment

here. That is not in any sense a judg-

ment against the west. But if I had

been poor I could not have bought and

maintained my ranch. Stillwell tells

me there are many larger ranches than

mine, but none just like it. Then I am

almost paying my expenses out of my

business. Think of that! My income,

instead of being wasted, is mostly saw

ed. I think—~I hope—-—that I am useful.

I have been of some little good to the

Mexicans, and have eased the hard-

ships of a few cowboys. For the rest,

my life seems like a kind of dream. 0!?

course, my ranch and range and cow-

boys are real. If I were to tell you

how I feel about them, it would simply

be a story of how Madeline Hammond

sees the west. All these things are

true to the west. It is I who am

strange, and what I feel for them may

be strange, too. Edith, hold to your

own impressions I "



“But, Majesty, my impressions have

changed. At first I did not like the

wind, the dust, the sun, the, endless

open stretches; but 110w I do like

them. Where once i saw only terrible

wastes of barren ground, now I see

beauty and something noble. Then at

first, your cowboys struck me as dirty,

rough, loud, crude, savage, all that was

primitive. I did not want them near

me. I imagined them callous, hard

men, their only joys a carouse with

their kind. But I was wrong. The

dirt was only dust, and this desert. dust

is clean. They are still rough, loud,

crude, and savage in my eyes, but with

a difference. They are natural men.

Monty Pricelis one of nature’s noble~

men. Nels is a joy——-a simple, sweet,

kindly, quiet man whom some woman

should have loved. What would not

love have meant to him? He told me

that no woman had ever loved him,

except his mother, and he lost her

when he was ten. Every man ought

to be loved—especially such a man as

Nels. Somehow his gun record does

not impress me. I never could believe

he killed a man. Then take your fore~

man, Stewart. He is a cowboy, the

same as the others; but he has edu-

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'APRIL 22, 1916.





man. SteWart is a strange fellow, just

like this strange country. He’s a man,

Majesty, and I admire him. So you

see. my impressions are developing

with my stay out here!”



“Edith, I am so glad you told me

that,” replied Madeline warmly.



“I like the country and I like the

men,” went on Edith. “One reason I

want to go home soon is because I am

discontented enough at home now,

without falling in love with the west.

For, of course, Majesty, I would, I

could not live permanently out here.

And that brings me to my point. Ad-





dilltill‘lg all the beauty and charm and





wholesomeness and good of this won-

derful country, still it is not place for

you, Madeline Hammond. You have

your position, your wealth, your name,

your family. You must marry. You

must have children. You must not

give up all that for a quixotic idea of

life in a wilderness.”



“I am convinced, Edith, that I shall

live here all the rest of my life.”



“Majesty, I don’t wish to preach, but

I promised your mother I would talk

to you. And the truth is, I hate—I

hate what I’m saying. I envy you

your courage and wisdom. I know you

have refused to marry Boyd Harvey.

1 could see that in his face. I believe

you will refuse Castleton. Whom will

you marry? What possible chance is

there for a woman of your position to

marry out here?, What in the world

will become of you ?”



“Quien sabe ?” replied Madeline, with

a smile that was almost sad.



Not so many hours after this Con-

versation with Edith, Madeline sat

with Boyd Harvey upon the grassy

promontory overlooking the west, and

she listened once again to his suave

courtship. Suddenly she turned to him

and said:



“Boyd, if I married you, would you

be willing—nay, g1ad——to spend the

rest of your life here in the west?”



“Majesty?” he exclaimed.



There was amazement in the ‘voice

usually so even and so well modulated

—ainazenient in the handsome face us—

ually so indifferent. Her question had

startled him. She saw him look down

the iron-gray cliffs, over the barren

slopes and cedared ridges, beyond the

cactus-covered foot-hills to the grim

and ghastly desert. Just then, with its

red veils of sunlit dust-clouds, its illim-

itable waste of ruined and upheaved

earih, it was a sinister spectacle.



“No,” he replied, with a tinge of

shame in’his cheek.



Madeline said hi) more, nor did he

speak. She was spared the pain of re-

fusing him, and she imagined that he

would never ask her again. There

Were. both relief and regret in the cone

vinion. Humiliated lovers seldom

1:13.110 good friends.



It. was impossible not to like Boyd

Harvey. The thought of that, and why

she could not marry him, concentrated

her unsatisfied mind upon the man.

She looked at him and she thought of

him. '



,ile was handsome, young, rich, wells

born, pleasant, cultivated he was all

that made a gentleman of his class. If

he had any vices, she had not heard of

then. She knew he had no thirst for

drink, no craze for gambling. He was

considered a very desirable and eligi-

hie young man. Madeline admitted all

this.



Then she thought of things that werp

perhaps exclusively her own strange

ideas. Boyd Harvey's white skin did

not tan, even in this southwestern sun

and wind. His hands were whiter than

her own, and as soft. They were really

beautiful, and she remembered What

(2111? he took of them. They were a

proof: that he never worked. His frame

was tall, graceful, elegant. It did not

bear evidence of ruggedness.



He had never indulged in any sport

more strenuous than yachting. He hat<

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pleasantly. If he ever had any sons,

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of his race.



Madeline returned to camp in just

the mood to make a sharp, deciding

contrast. It happened—fatefully, per-

haps—that the first man she saw was

Stewart. He had just ridden into

camp and as she came up he explained

that he had gone down to the ranch for

the important mail about which she

had expressed anxiety.



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“Yes,” he replied. “It was not so

bad.”

“But why did you not send one of}

the boys and let him make the regular

two-day trip?”



, “You were worried about your mail,” I

he answered briefly, as he delivered it. I

Then he bent to examine the fet~



locks of his weary horse.





It was midsummer now, Madeline

reflected, and exceedingly hot and

dusty on the lower trail. Stewart had I

ridden down the mountain and back

again in twelve hours. Probably no

horse in the outfit, except his big black

or Majesty, could have stood that trip.



Stewart 100ked as if he had spared

the horse his weight on many a mile

of that rough ascent. His boots were

evidence of it. His heavy flannel shirt,

wet through with perspiration, adhered

closely to his shoulders and arms, so

that every ripple of muscle plainly

showed. His face was black, except

round the temples and forehead, where

it was bright red. Drops of sweat, run-

ning from his blackened hands, drip-

ped to the ground.



He got up from examining the lame

foot and threw off the saddle. The

black horse snorted and lunged for the

watering—pool. Stewart let him drink

a little, then with iron arms dragged

him away. In this action the man’s

lithe, powerful form impressed Made-

line with a wonderful sense of mus-

cular force. His wrist was bare; his

big, strong hand, first clutching the

horse’s inane, then patting his neck,

had a bruised knuckle, and one finger

was bound up. That hand expressed

as much gentleness and thoughtfulness

for the horse as it had strength to drag

him back from too much drinking at

that dangerous moment.



Stewart was a combination of fire,

strength, and action. These attributes

seemed to cling about him. There was I

something vital and compelling in his

presence. Worn and spent and drawn

as he was after his tremendous ride,

he thrilled Madeline with his potential

youth, his unused vitality, his promise

of things to be—red—blooded deeds,

both of flesh andspirit. In him she

saw the strength of his forefathers un-

impaired.



lie was only a cowboy; but the'iife

in him was marvelously significant!

The dust, the dirt, the sweat, the soil-i

ed clothes, the bruised and bandaged

hand, the brawn and bone~—these

things were. not despised by knights

of ancient days, nor by modern women

whose eyes she-1i soft light upon coarse

and bloody ioilcrs.



Madeline Hammond compared the

cultured man of the east with the un-

cultured man of the west; and that

comparison was the last parting re-

gret for her old standards.



One day, while out walking alone,

Madeline followed a dim trail winding

among the rocks. It was the middle of

a summer afternoon, and all about her

were shadows of the crags crossing

the sunlit patches. The quiet was un-

disturbed.



She went on and on, not blind to the

fact that she was perhaps going too

far from camp, but risking it because

she was sure. of her way back, and be.

cause she enjoyed the wild, craggy

recesses, which were new to her. Fin-

ally she came out upon a bank that

broke abruptly into a beautiful little

glade. Here she sat down to rest be-

fore undertaking the return trip.



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E often sigh for the ”good old

days,” but it is doubtful if any

of us, given the choice, would

really care to go back to the time of

our grandfathers. To be sure, they

missed the strenuosity of these modern

times, but there was much about them

that does not compare favorably with

modern ways, when we place the two





v side by side for close inspection.





In the matter of “glooms,” for one

thing. Who would care to go back to

the days when laughter and joking

were looked upon as next door to

downright sin, and much that we now





, see as innocent pleasure was condem-





ned? We are all glad that “Sunshine





in my Soul” songs have replaced “Hark





from the Tombs a. Doleful Sound,” and

that the idea. of living right today is

superseding the doctrine of preparing

for death.



We wouldn’t go back to the old way

if we could. But of late it seems we





‘ had better stop right where we are,





for so many of us are going so far with

the sunshine talk that we are quite

averse to hearing there is any such

thing as gloom. We have so accus-

tomed ourselves to the doctrine that it





' . is better to think beautiful thoughts,





that many of us are quite put out if

anyone mentions anything unpleasant.

Say in a. company of a dozen persons

who are banded together for a good

time, that Soiand—So is in danger of los-

ing his home, or that his wife is

threatened with tuberculosis, or that

one of the boys is getting into bad

company, and a. half-dozen people will

at once try to hush you up. Bad luck,

ill health or disgrace being unpleasant

things to think about are absolutely

forbidden subjects of conversation, and

you are jokingly but firmly told, if you

can’t tell something pleasant you had

better keep still.



Granted croakers are not agreeable

companions, isn’t it better to croak oc-

casionally and have things remedied

than to shut our eyes to misfortunes

and have them overtake our friends,

when a. little mention of facts might

help to avert trouble? Trouble and

sickness and sorrow are with us as

plenteously today as when our grand-

fathers made them the chief food for

thought. The fact that we are exempt;

ourselves has not banished them from

earth, and are we not selfish to refuse

to recognize their existence in other

lives just because Providence, luck or

our own good managment has driven

them from ours? It doesn’t follow that

because my coal bin is full and my

larder well stocked, that my neighbor

is warm and well fed. Would it not be

better for me to listen to a tale of ill

luck and go out and feed my neighbor,

rather than to shut my ears to

“gloomy” conversation because it up-

sets my own poise and robs me of the

sleek sense of self-satisfaction that

comes with prosperity?



None of us want to sit down and

listen to a. long detailed account of a

lingering disease or a sordid tale of

scandal. That is not the idea. But

Why hush up every allusion to sickness

or misfortune when by spreading a.

knowledge of it the sufferer may be

helped? No loathsome wound is ever

healed by wrapping a cloth around it

and saying it isn’t there. It must be

cauterized and disinfected and dressed

and watched carefully. So misfortune

and sorrow are not cured for others if

we calmly shut our eyes to them and

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souls. And the sunshine we get by





The Present Trend





such methods is a. very spurious kind.

The only true sunshine comes when we

recognize our duty to our less fortu-

nate neighbors, open our ears to the

cry of the suffering and give them of

our sunshine to drive out their gloom.

The idea of harboring only pleasant

thoughts is in danger of being sadly

overworked. By all means keep sweet,

but do not do it by refusing to open

your ears to the cry of the needy.

DEBORAH.





EXCELLENT WAYS OF SERVING

DRIED FRUITS.





 





BY MRS. JEFF DAVIS.



Very few housewives serve dried

fruits often enough as a substitute for

the fresh variety in winter. There are

many delicious ways of serving these

other than the ordinary sauce, or stew-

ed, dish.



The dried fruits most used in cook-

ing are prunes, raisins, peaches, apri-

cots, apples and figs. Preparatory to

cooking dried fruit should be covered

with warm water and allowed to soak

for 24 hours in a. covered dish. They

will then have swollen to their original

shape and become tender.



It is an accepted fact that one pound

of prunes or raisins will furnish the

body as much nutriment as the same

amount of lean meat or white bread.



The following are easily prepared,

and delicious dishes:



Dried Fruit Omelet.—-Make an ome-

let the usual way and before folding

over, spread on a cupful of prunes or

raisins previously cooked, drained,

mashed and slightly sweetened. This

is new and delicious.



Apples and Bacon—Soak dried ap-

ples and drain them. Then fry like

fresh apples and serve with breakfast

bacon.



Dried Fruit Muffins—Add a cupful

of finely chopped cooked prunes or

dates to the muflin batter. This will

be a new dish which the children will

greatly enjoy.



Dried Fruit and Cereals.———Cooked

chopped dates and figs added to the

breakfast cereal makes a more nutri-

tious and palatable dish.



Dried—Fruit Short Cake—Make a

good rich baking powder biscuit dough.

Roll into a round cake and bake in a.

pie tin. When done split and butter

well. Soak dried apples, peaches,

pears, or apricots in water over night,

after washing them thoroughly. Use

just enough water to cover well. In

the morning put on fire in the water

in which they were soaked, add sugar

and a little chopped ginger root, or a

little ground cinnamon. When tender

drain off liquor and chop fine. Pour

the liquor on again and spread between

the warm short cake layers and over

the top. Serve with cream. This is

nice cold but better eaten hot.



Raisin Pie.—One-half cupful of white

bread crumbs, one cupful of milk, two

eggs, two tablespoonfuls of butter, one-

third cupful of sugar, one teaspoon of

lemon juice and one-half cupful seeded

raisins. Soak the breadcrumbs in milk

for 15 minutes. Cream together the

butter and sugar. Then add the lemon

juice, turn this into the beaten eggs.

Add to the bread crumbs, beat well

and add the raisins. Turn into a. pas-

try shell and bake a. light brown.



Prune Pie—Use the above recipe,

using equal proportions of prunes and

raisins.



Dried Fruit Roly-Poly.—-Mak'e bak-

ing powder biscuit dough, roll into a





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long sheet, spread with stewed and

chopped dried apples, peaches, pears,

or apricots. Roll up like a. jelly cake

and bake in a. moderate oven. When

done out into slices and serve hot with

or without cream or pudding sauce.





Dried Fruit Berry Gems.———This reci-

pe may be used for currants and rais-

ins as well as dried blackberries and

raspberries. Line small gem pans with

pastry, fill the centers with the stewed

fruit, sprinkle with sugar and bake in

a quick oven. Turn out carefully and

serve hot with or without sauce.





Dried Fruit Cake—Mix three cups of

flour, two teaspoons of baking powder,

two tablespoons of sugar, and a, half

teaspoon of salt. Rub in two table-

spoons of butter; beat two eggs, add a.

cup of milk and stir into the dry mix-

ture, adding more milk if necessary to

make a thick batter. Spread half an

inch thick on shallow, greased pans,

and press into the batter soaked and

pitted prunes, or any washed and soak-

ed dried fruit. Sprinkle thick with

sugar and bake in a quick oven.





Dried Fruit Tapioca.———Soak a. cupful

of tapioca in a pint of water two hours,





then drain off water and cover with,





milk and cook until tender, stirring in

just before removing from the fire the

yolks of two well-beaten eggs, a heap-

ing tablespoonful of sugar and a dust-

ing of nutmeg, Add one cupful of any

desired dried fruit which has been

stewed, and well chopped. Cover with

a. meringue made from the beaten

whites of the eggs and serve with a.

sauce made from the syrup in which

the fruit was cooked. Add a. little

cornstarch dissolved in a. little water to

the juice to thicken.



Dried Fruit Dumplings—In place of

quartered apples in dumplings take

large prunes which have been soaked

and pitted, halved peaches, or apricots,

cooked until just tender, or figs or

dates, steamed until tender.





Jellied Dried Apricots—Heat to the

boiling point four cupfuls of cooked

dried apricots in their juice, then add

two tablespoonfuls of gelatine which

has been softened in one-fourth cupful

of cold water and two tablespoonfuls

of lemon juice, or one tablespoonful of

vinegar. Turn into a lightly buttered

mold, and when thoroughly cold turn

out and serve with cream.



Dried Apricots and Pineapple—Soak

apricots over night and stew them in

the water in which they were soaked,

adding sugar to taste. Just before they

are ready to remove from fire add some

finely chopped canned pineapple. This

is delicious used as a preserve, and is

good for filling for Shortcake.



A Nice Supper Dish—Children en-

joy this dish for supper. Add a cup-

ful of raisins and prunes which have

been well cooked, to a cupful of rice,

rub through a. colander, add the yolk

of an egg, 8. little sugar and a. squeeze

of lemon. Thin with water and cook

a few minutes.



Dried Fruit Salad.—Plumped raisins,

prunes, dates or figs may be combined

with diced apples, celery, oranges,

pineapples and salad greens and any

kind of dressing for a salad.





By using baking powder a good

sponge cake may be made with two

eggs. As sponge cake recipes given in

cook books call for from five to ten

eggs a saving is thus effected. The

following recipe is tested: Two eggs,

well beaten; one cup granulated sugar,

one and one-half cups of flour sifted

with two rounding teaspoonfuls of bak-

ing powder. Beat well, add a half-cup

of boiling water and bake at once in a.

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I . Tthilk Inspection-Problem





By FLOYD W. ROBISON.





E next come to a consideration

of the question as to “How

shall the quality of milk enter-



ing into city milk consumption be

judged?”



The question itself suggests the an-

swer. In other words, we are prepared

to recognize the fact that we are con-

cerned with the milk, not with the





' dairy farm primarily. It is the product





of the farm which is under considera-

tion and not the farm itself. We be-

lieve that the best information regard-

ing the product itself can be obtained

by a careful study of that product.

While many inspection forces in the

cities have been busying themselves

with a critical study and inspection of

the farm supplying milk to the city,

the milk itself in many cases has been

allowed to go unquestioned.

Undoubtedly there are many farms

which, upon inspectionxwould pass well





the score card requirements and the,





milk from these farms be decidedly in-

ferior to milk produced from another

farm which would not pass so well in

the score card system.



The Laboratory is Needed in Milk



' Inspection.



Steps should be taken, therefore, by

a milk inspection department first of

all to install facilities for a study of

the milk itself as it appears at the

gates of the city. We would by no

means do away with dairy farm inspec-

tion. We think the farmers themselves

would not have this inspection cease,

particularly when it is performed by

diplomatic, conscientious and capable

inspectors.



It will be argued that there are

many difficulties in the way of inspect-

ing the milk from the laboratory point

of View, but there are surely no greater

difficulties than are now entailed by

the farm to farm inspection. One in-

spector cannot cover well a great many

farms in a day. If he inspects, and in-

spects well, from six to a dozen farms

in a single day he will have performed

a good day’s work. It is easily possi-

ble for an analyst in a laboratory to

examine many more samples of milk

in one day' than this, and examine

them well. We therefore feel that it

would be more to the real interest of

the consumer that the inspection forc-

es should spend possibly not less time

in the field but certainly more time in

the laboratory. It is our experience

that farmers are not antagonistic to an

inspection and scoring of their dairy

farm. They are as interested as any-

one to produce from that farm a high-

grade article of milk. They do not al-

ways see the necessity of installing

new articles of equipment or of chang-

ing this or that item for the sake of

appearances only, but when it is ex-

plained to them and clearly pointed out

that a certain change will not involve

an enormous outlay of money and will

at. the same time improve the product

perceptibly, there is usually little diffi-

culty in securing the dairyman’s active

co-operation.



What Does a Laboratory Test Show?



What items should be considered,

then, in the analysis of the milk in the

laboratory? The object of inspection

is to secure a wholesome product, con-

forming in its food value to the law,

and to insure freedom from foreign

matter and from any possible infec-

tious and contagious diseases. A lab-

oratory analysis should determine that

the milk has a good, clean flavor,\and

is free from objectionable odors; that

it carries a low temperature; is free

from sediment, and reasonably low in

bacteria count. Ordinarily speaking,

perhaps, the bacteria count is the best

criterion, for a, carelessly produced

milk will almost invariably be high in

bacteria content. Some cities have

placed the limit of the bacteria in raw

milk at 100,000 per cubic centimeter.

Certified milk must not exceed 10,000

per cubic centimeter. '



The introduction of certified milk





has proven that it is possible to 1)qu

duce milk commercially without pas~

teurization, sterilization or preserva-

tion, which will carry a low bacteria

count. The certified milk farm at Lan-

sing, Michigan, is so conducted that

the milk seldom contains over 2,000

bacteria per cubic centimeter. This is

so low that it approaches perfection in

this respect. The certified milk in the

city of Detroit rarely reaches the limit,

that is, 10,000 per cubic centimeter,

and when it is realized that the great

majority of the raw milk coming into

the city contains from 100,000 to 500,-

000 bacteria per cubic centimeter, and

much of it reaches into the millions,

then the high degree of perfection at-

tained in certified milk is appreciated.

Does Pasteurization Insure Good Milk?



It has been said by some that the

city pasteurizes its milk anyway, there,





fore, why is it necessary to make any ,





inspection of either the farm dairy or

the milk itself as it enters the city?

The answer to this question must be

that, while pasteurization, if effectively

carried out, does minimize the danger

from infection and contagion, and does

reduce to a minimum the bacteria

count, at the same time‘clarification,

pasteurization or sterilization does not

make a milk which was bad when it

entered the city, good after the treat-

ment. ‘





Bacteria Are Indicators of Contaminan





tion.



Raw milk with a very high bacteria

count must be an exceedingly inferior

article of food for a miscellaneous col-

lection of germs in milk does not im-

prove the product in any way. They

represent contamination, not through

the bacteria themselves but through

foreign matter getting into the milk to

which the bacteria cling. There is not

much danger of grossly contaminating

milk through air in the stable. Of

course, milk will absorb odors from the

air, but large numbers of bacteria will

not gain access to the milk through

the medium of air alone. If bacteria

get into milk they do not get in there

as bacteria themselves, but they repre-

sent some other foreign material in

which they have existed in enormous

quantities. Dirt from the stable, from

the clothes of the milker, or from the

flanks and udder of the cow contains

millions of bacteria, and these parti-

cles, falling into the milk pail, carry

bacteria with them. And so bacteria

themselves are not the real sources of

the contamination but are merely the

active indicators of the foreign mate-

rial which was introduced into the

milk at the time these germs gained

access to it. Furthermore, it is not

the sediment or insoluble material in

milk which makes milk bad. It is the

soluble materials which have gone into

solution in the milk and which we not

only do not see at all but which would

only be indicated by a very high bac-

teria count.



Removal of Sediment Does Not Make

Milk Pure.



We once directed that a shipment of

milk which was exceedingly dirty and

contained much sediment, and which

was altogether unfit for consumption,

be held up, our intention being to re-

turn it to the producer. It was turned

over without any specific directions to

a city milk inspector with whom we

were co-operating at the time. He re-

leased the shipment of milk after the

owner had strained it, thus eliminat-

ing and removing the sediment. The

milk was just as bad after straining as

before; nothing was accomplished at

all except the removal of the indicator

by which the consumer would know

the milk was bad.



The consumer’s interests are not ad-

vanced by the clarification of milk un-

less eflicient pasteurization accompa-

nies the clarification. We all agree

that sediment in milk is unsightly and

undesirable. What many do not know





 





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EACHING the most profitable



market is not always possible,



unless the fruit man employs

out-of—the-ordinary methods of ship-

ping. Oftimes a. heavy demand is made

for strawberries, raspberries, cherries,

etc, in a distant market, but the farm-

er realized that he can not successful-

ly ship his product the distance, and

satisfies himself with a less profitable

closer market.



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shipping box solves the problem for

fruit growers. This box has been very

successfully used by Florida fruit men

in shipping strawberries to the New

York market, while Ozark berry men

use it in reaching Chicago, and other

markets.

frigerators, holding from 64 to 80

quarts of berries, and as the walls are

double thick, insure the fruit reaching

market in prime condition.



After the fruit has been packed in

the box in neatly arranged boxes, 3.

metal tray is placed above the berries

and this is filled with ice. The main





will be soon discovered in any farming

community where a low—priced local

market exists, and where the fruit

man desires a discriminating trade.

The stage of maturity at which ber-





HE co-operative shipping asso-

ciations in this section, are spell-

ing success. Farmers, more par-

ticularly those who are members of

an association, are enthusiastic to a

high degree, over the new method of

disposing of farm products. The fol-

lowing facts, while in a way discon-





 





nected, bear in general, on the move-

ment and its success, and go to show

how far the new idea has taken pos-

session of the average farmer.



In the shipment of live stock, mem~

bers of these co-operative associations

are practically unanimous in their

praise of the new system. They not

only present figures showing increased

profits to themselves as a result of

shipping with the association, but they

point to the fact that the few stock

buyers still in business, are compelled

to pay better prices than formerly in

order to buy stock at all. In this way,

the co-operative movement has bene-

fited farmers outside the associations,





, and kept some of the more skeptical





from joining the movement. These





t, ' men are profiting by better prices forc-





ed from the stock buyer by the asso-

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ries should be packed should be gaug-

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grown for distant markets the fruit.

should be fully grown and about three- ,





fourths ripe. When picked before they

are colored the berries are sure to

shrink and wither, making them un-

marketable. Strawberries, for exam-

ple, should be picked with a short

piece of stem attached, about one-

fourth to one-half an inch long, and

should never be slipped from the stem

for distant market uses, as this injures

their keeping qualities and market ap-

pearance.



It would be folly to ship anything

but the highest graded and class fruit

to distant markets. Transportation

sharges do not permit the grower

gambling with his possible price. The

grading should take place in the field,

the pickers carrying several boxes in

each' tray and grading the fruit accord-

ing to size. Only experienced pickers

should do this work.



Put the fruit in the shade as soon as

it has been picked, for heat injures the





advantage of the pony refrigerator boxl fruit for keeping. The shorter the time

that elapses after the fruit has been

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How “Co-op” Associations Grow





other, these co-operative shipping as-

sociations have grown much more rap-

idly in some localities than in others.

Everywhere, however, they have

sprung up and prospered to a greater

or less degree. An instance of one of

the most thriving and successful asso-

ciations may be found at Quincy. This

association, formed about 18 months

ago, now has a membership of 370. It

owns its shipping facilities and ware-

house, and has $700 in the treasury.

Its members are interested and enthu‘

siastic, and the association furnishes a

splendid example of what may be done

by a body of farmers, if they are will-

ing to put aside petty selfishness and

minor differences. Around Quincy, no

stock-buyer can operate successfully.

The farmers have everything their own

way in the shipment of live stock, and

feel that they are getting somewhere

near the price they ought to receive.

An element in the workings of these

co-operative associations, not at first

very prominent, may be seen in the

following advertisement taken from a

local paper. The “ad” was written by

the manager of the Hillsdale County

Co-operative Associations, and we





quote a part of it, verbatim, for the in- ,





formation it contains:





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by’ the people,» for the people. You

will be welcome at our office, corner

of Oak and Railroad Street, not only

dollar day but every day. What have

we for sale? Coal—the best there is.

Feeds, fertilizers, fencing, posts, nails,

staples, salt, spraying materials, ma-

chine oil, axle grease, etc. List your

stock to o in next car. Sent out three

carloads st week.” "



By the above question, it will be

seen that the tendency is for these

shipping associations to handle many

of the bulkier commodities in common

use and necessary on the farm. It is

because of this phase of the move-

ment, that local merchants have fought

the co—operative idea. In spite of the

tendency to buy as well as sell, how-

ever, it is not true that the co-opera-

tive movement is killing the home-

town. For centuries, the farmer has

been compelled to sell for the price of-

fered and buy at the price charged.

The new movement is making him a

little more independent, that is all. It

is not killing any legitimate business.

It is simply bringing the greatest good

to the greatest number. Any move-

ment which brings this result, is an

all-right movement. Too long in Am—

erica, have the few profited from the

toil and thrift of the many. Co-opera-

tion is modifying this unjust condition,

in small measure at least, so far as the

farmers are concerned.





Members Are Enthusiastic.



In talking with members and oflicers

of shipping associations, the writer has

inevitably heard expressions like the

following: “Co-operation is the best

thing that has ever come to the farm-

er.” “The co-operative associations

are great; I only wish we were in a po-

sition to ship our grain and all farm

products.” “The stock-buyers do not

work for nothing; they were in it for

what they could get, and many of them

got more than a plenty; we are now

putting in our own pockets the money

we paid for years, to this middleman."



From these expressions, it will be

seen that the farmers of the associa-

tions are thoroughly aroused, and are

alive to the situation. Never again

can conditions revert to the old days.

It is too much to expect that every-

thing will always move smoothly in

all instances. Co-operative associations

have their ill wishers, even among the

farmers. Few, if any, local merchants

can find a pleasant word for the move-

ment. However, the fact remains that

the movement is here. It is a living,

vital, persistent force. It must be

reckoned with, from now on. Just as

the labor union protects the laborer

and keeps him from serfdom, so co-

operation protects the farmer and

gives him the fruits of his toil and en-

terprise. The local business man who

is wise, will fall in line, accept the in-

evitable, and make his business secure

by giving always, a square deal. The

home town will not disappear. If it

has unscrupulous dealers, however,

they will have a care, when they real-

ize that from 100 to’ 400 farmers stand

ready to embark in an enterprise like

their own, unless they deal honestly

and on the square.





Hillsdale Co. J. A. KAISER.





 





MILK INSPECTION PROBLEM.





 





(Continued from page 559).

is, that that same milk with the sedi-

ment removed, while not so unsightly

is fully as undesirable.





Bacterialogical Tests Get Results.



We repeat, then, that the most im-

portant check on the sanitary condi-

tion of the milk which is sold at retail

in the city is a bacteria count of the

milk, taken as it enters the city and

not as it leaves the farm, and not the

inspection of the farm itself. We say

most important because it is the one

indicator which the analyst has at his

disposal which in a. word tells him the

condition of that milk as far as its

wholesomeness is concerned. How

much more important, therefore, it

would be to supplement the dairy farm

inspection by a more effectvie labora-

tory inspection of the product which





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is sold. We wish to make it decidedly

plainthat We do not antagonize dairy

farm inspection in any way or mini-

mize its importance. It should be car-

ried on, but aside from the 'mere mat-

ter of the elimination of contagious or





infectious diseases, it should not be





this dairy farm inspection which de-

termines whether or not a milk should

have access to the city. We are hold-

ing up sane dairy farm inspection; we

are advocating, and strenuously advo-

cating, intimate laboratory acquaint-

ance with the milk itself.





Not Less Inspection, but More Labora-

tory Needed.



There is seemingly no end to the in-

formation which can be gained about

milk by a careful laboratory examina-

tion. The most up~to-date dairy farm

in the country is unable to produce

satisfactory milk unless there is re‘

ligiously carried out the ideas which

go with and supplement a well con-

structed dairy. It is impossible to see

with the naked eye, on the dairy farm,

teriological analysis reveal in the lab-

oratory, and we deplore the fact that

the tendency on the part of inspection

officials has been to desert the labora-

tory and spend the time in the field.

Field work is necessary and very, very

much has been accomplished by effi-

cient field inspection, but epidemics

of disease have followed in spite of it,

and very grave error has occurred by

not holding up the laboratory end of

the service which is the most efficient

weapon we have to detect the inferior

product. '



A corps of inspectors and a corps of

assistants should be busy all the time

in a study in the laboratory of milk as

it comes into the city. If this were

done and it were checked back from

time to time upon the conditions as

found by the inspectors on the farm

we do not see how it would be probable

that an inferior grade of milk should

reach the consumer.





NATIONAL CROP REPORT.





 





The Crop Reporting Board of the U.

S. Department of Agriculture, makes

the following estimates from reports

of its correspondents and agents:



The average condition of winter

wheat on April 1 was 78.3 per cent of

a normal, against 88.8 on April 1, 1915,

95.6 on April 1, 1914, and 87.3 the av-

egare condition for the past ten years

on April 1. There Was a decrease in

condition from December 1, 1915, to

April 1, 1916, of 9.4 points, as compar-

ed with an average decline in the past

ten years of 3.5 points between these

dates. Upon the assumption of aver-

age abandonment of acreage and aver-

age influences on the crop to harvest,

condition April 1 forecasts a produc-

tion of about 495,000,000 bushels, which

compares with 655,045,000 bushels the





estimated production in 1915, and 684; '





990,000 in 1914.



The average condition of rye on Ap-

ril 1 was 87.8 per cent of a normal,

against 89.5 on April 1, 1915, 91.3 on

April 1, 1914, and 89.9, the average

condition for the past ten years on

April 1.





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Crop and Market Notes.





Michigan.





Branch Co., April 15.—Ground dry-

ing out and roads good. Farmers are

sowing oats, but many more have yet

to sow. Wheat, rye and meadows be-

low the average for the time of year.

Fruit trees in fair condition. Some

farmers are a little short of feed, and

hay is in good demand at $9@14; oats

40c; potatoes 600; corn 65c; eggs 180;

butter 250; butter-fat 360. ,



Eaton Co., April 14.—The prospects

for wheat are improving. Meadows in

good condition. Not as large a harvest

of maple products this spring as in

some years. Spring work is opening

up rather slowly. About enough feed

in farmers’ hands for own use. All

live stock wintered over in fine shape.

Wheat $1.12; beans $3.40; potatoes

Oc; butter-fat 36c; cattle $5@7.50;

hogs, live $9.50; lambs $4@9; veal $13.



Oceana Co., April 10.—Farmers have

begun to plow. Some tile is being put

in. Fruit growers are pruning and

spraying. Live stock looks very well.

Feed is getting scarce and farmers are

div1ding up. The grass is starting

nicely. Eggs plentiful at 17c: butter

250; butter-fat 37c; seed oats 50@600;

beans $3.30; potatoes 800; cattle $6;

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Cave Life or _ CivilizationT





Civilized man is distinguished

from the cave man by his habit of

co-operation.





The cave man lived for and by

himself; independent of others,

but always in danger from natural

laws.





To the extent that we assist one

another, dividing up the tasks, we

increase our capacity for produc-

tion, and attain the advantages of

civilization.





We may sometimes disregard

our dependence on others. But

suppose the farmer, for example,

undertook to live strictly by his

own efforts. He might eke out an

existence, but it would not be a





civilized existence nor would it -





satisfy him.



He needs better food and

clothes and shelter and imple-

ments than he could provide un-

assisted. He requires a market

for his surplus products, and the

means of transportation and ex—

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He should not forget who makes

his clothes. his shoes, his tools, his

vehicles and his tableware, or who

mines his metals, or who provides

his pepper and salt, his books and

papers, or who furnishes the ready

means of transportation and ex-

change whereby his myriad wants

are supplied.





Neither should he forget that

the more he assists others the more

they canlassist him.





Take the telephone specialists

of the Bell System: the more ef-

ficient they are, the more effectively

the farmer and every other human

factor of civilization can provide

for their own needs and comforts.





Or take our government, en-

trusted with the task of regulating,

controlling and protecting a hun-

dred million people. It is to the

advantage of everyone that the

government shall he so efficient in

its special task that all of us may

perform our duties under the most

favorable conditions. interdepen-

dence means civilized existence.





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GRAINS AND SEEDS.





April 18, 1916.



Wheat.—Notwithstanding the grow-

ing appreciation of the large amount

of damage done to the winter wheat

crop in the United States, and a gov-

ernment crop report which shows a

prospective yield between 150 and 200

million bushels short of the two pre-

ceding crops, values this last week

have declined several cents. The rea-

son generally ascribed was political

and not economic. Foreign relations

were so disturbing that dealers in this

and other grains were cautious about

buying. Then, too, the large amount

of stocks of last year’s crop is suffi-

cient to satisfy all immediate needs.

One year ago No. 2 red wheat was

quoted at $1.66 per bushel. Detroit

quotations last week were:



No 2 No. 1





Red. White. May.

Wednesday . .1.24 1.19 1.25..

Thursday . . . . . . 1211/; 1.] 61,4; 1.221/2

Friday ...... -. . .121 1.16 1.21%

Saturday ....... 1.20 1.15 1.20 97.4.

Monday ........ 1.19 1.14 1.191/2

Tuesday . .... 1 19 1 14 1193/2





Chicago.—-May wheat $1.14%; July

$11414; Sept, $1.12.



Corn—Prices remain steady despite

the weakness in wheat. Offerings are

light and cash houses are buying fairly

liberally. Advices from South America

show an unfavorable harvest and much

re—planting has been necessary in Ok—

lahoma and other southern states. The

visible supply decreased 1,121,000 bu.

A year ago No. 3 corn was quoted at

781,330. Last week’s Detroit prices were:



No. 3 No. 3

Mixed. Yellow.





YVednesday . ........ 75 771/2

Thursday ........... 741/2 77

Friday ...... 75 77%,

Saturday ..... . . . . 75 77%;

Monday ............. 75 771/;

Tuesday ............ 7 51,!) 78





Chicago—May corn 76‘,<_)c; July 77c;

Sept, 76%0.



Oats—Trade is steady under normal

conditions. Some export buying has

been reported. Standard oats were

quoted a year ago at 610 per bushel.

Last week’s Detroit quotations filter?



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Standard. Whit .

Wednesday ......... 481/2 471/2

Thursday ........... 48 1A; 47%,

Friday .............. 48 “/2 471/2

Saturday ............ 48%; 471/2

Monday ............. 481/3 471/2

Tuesday ............ 473/4 46%





Chicago—May oats 451,47c; July

4314c; Sept., 39%c.



Rye.——One cent higher at Siri‘éc per

bushel for cash No. 2.



Barley.——At Milwaukee the mailing

grades at 71@77('; at Chicago 63@76c.



Beans—In good demand vsiih stocks

very low. Cash $3.65; April $3.70;

May $3.75.



Clover Seed—Prime red clover $10;

prime alsike $9.35.



Timothy Seed—Steady at $3.60.





 





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





 





Florin—Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling on the Detroit

market per 196 lbs., as follows: Best

patent $6.50; seconds $6.20; straight

$5.90; spring patent $6.80; rye flour $6.



Feed.——In 100—lb. sacks, jabbing lots

are: Bran $24; standard middlings

$25; fine middlings $30; cracked corn

$31.50; corn and oat chop $28 per ton.



Hay.—No. 1 timothy $19.50@20;

standard timothy $18.50@19; light

mixed $18.50@19; No. 2 timothy $16€D

17; No. 1 mixed $15@15.50; N0. 1 clo-

ver $127913.



Chicago.—-Firm. Choice timothy $19

@20: No. 1 do $17.50@18.50; No. 2

$15@16.



Straw.———VVheat and oat straw $6.50

@7; rye $7.50@8 per ton.





DAIRY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





 





Butter.——Market continues firm at

unchanged prices. Extra creamery

360; firsts 34c; dairy 25c; packing

stock 220.



E1gin.——Market is easy at a decline

of 2c from last week’s prices. Price,

for the week, based on the sales 340.



Chicago—The market is unsettled

and prices are lower. Extra creamery

340; extra firsts 331/20; firsts 31@33c.



Eggs.——-In demand at prices Vic low-

er than last week. Current receipts

are quoted at 201/2c: firsts 210.



Chicago—The feeling continues firm

but prices are slightly lower. Firsts

20%@20%c; ordinary firsts 191/2@

20c; miscellaneous lots, cases included

18@201/zc.



Poultry.———The demand is very good

and both springs and fowls are higher.

Fowls, 17@22c, according to quality;





 





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spring chickens 20@21c; ducks 20@

210; geese 17c; turkeys 24@25c.





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





Apples—Apples are easy and ac-

tive. Prices are unchanged. Green~

ings $3@3.75; Spy $3.50@4; Bald-

wins $3@3.50; Steele Red $4@4.50. At

Chicago the market is active and all

firm stock is readily taken. Spys

are slightly higher. No. 1 Greenings

are quoted at $2.50@3.50 per bbl; Jon-

athans No. 1 $3.50@4; Baldwins $3@

3.25; Spys $3.50@4.50.



Potatoes—Potatoes are easy and in

plentiful supply. Prices are lower.

Carlots on track, white 95@97c; red

93@95c per bushel. At Chicago the

feeling is weaker and prices are slight-

ly lower. No Michigan stock quoted;

other kinds sell from 80@97c. At

Greenville potatoes at selling at 750,

with very few coming to market.





WOOL.





 





Market develops new strength with

restriction in supplies and broadening

of the demand. Wool growers are ask-

ing still higher prices which buyers in

many cases are paying. Fine wools

are scarce and farmers in the fleece

states ought to secure high values for

the clip. At Boston Michigan unwash-

ed delaines are quoted at 31@32c; do

combing 32@37c; do clothing 26@31c.





GRAND RAPIDS.





 





The egg market opens firm this week

with prices at 191/2@20c. Creamery

butter is a cent and a half lower, and

dairy butter is quoted at 25c. The po-

tato situation does not show much

change, with prices at loading stations

around 75@80c. Beans are a trifle

higher, with white pea quoted at $3.20;

red kidneys at $4.20. Grain prices are:

No. 2 red wheat $1.13; No. 1 white

$1.08; rye 750; oats 450; com 750;

buckwheat 70. In meats, dressed

hogs range from 10%@111/gc; live

fowls 15@17c; dressed calves 12@130.





DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.





 





Market active for this season. Ap-

pies 600@$1.25 for bulk, with a few

Steele Reds higher. Potatoes $1@1.15;

cabbage 55@65c; parsnips 55@)65c; on-

ions 80c@$1; eggs 250; rhubarb 20@

300 per bunch; pork $12@12.25 .per

cwt; loose hay moves slowly at $18

@22 per ton.





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buff'an.

April 17, 1916.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts here today Cattle 145 cars;

hogs 80 d. d.; Sheep and lambs 50 d.

d.: calves 2,500 head.



\V’ith 145 cars of cattle today, there

were around 25 cars of shipping cattle

and the good choice ones sold freely

from steady to 100 lower, but the pret-

ty good kind that were a little plain

and coarse sold very slow and 15@25c

lower. 13qu of the butcher cattle sold

10c lower. Receipts of cows were

light, but bulk of them had to go at

10@15c lower prices. We look for a

fair run of cattle hext week and no

more than a steady market.



Our receipts of hogs today were ful-

ly up to expectations, about 80 d. d.,

and while the market was active, the

prices were generally 10@15c lower on

all but pigs; this class ruled generally

steady. A few loads of selected hogs

sold at $10.40 and one or two loads at

$10.45, with the bulk around $10.35;

pigs generally $9.50; roughs $9.25@

9.40; stags $6@7.50. Everything sold

at the close and late trade was active,

with prospects fairly good for the next

few days.



Market was active on choice sheep

and lambs, but slow on heavy and

coarse, with prices steady with the

close of last week. About all sold and

we look for steay to possibly a shade

lower prices the last of the week.



We quote: Clipped lambs $10.25@

10.50; wool lambs $11.75@12; cull to

fair $8@11.60; yearlings $8.50@10.75;

bucks $4.50@7.75; handy ewes $8.50@

9: heavy ewes $8.50@8.75; wethers $9

@950; cull sheep $4.50@7; veals, good

to choice $11.25@11.50; common to

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





 





 





Chicago.

April 17, 1916.



Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.



Receipts today..18,000 49,000 19,000

Same day 1915. .17,608 22,839 13,017

Last week ...... 42,650 135,799 63,523

Same wk 1915..40,385 103,263 58,364

Hogs marketed last week averaged

218 lbs. Prices for hogs today were

steady at $9.45@10. Butchering cat-

tle and fat steers sold today at steady

prices, but the prospects were that oth-

er steers would be weak to 100 lower.

Sheep opened at steady prices, but





 





lambs promised to sell 10c or more





. lower.





Cattle were 10@15c lower on Mon-

day of last week. A rally occurred on

Wednesday, but the market was bear-

ish again the following day. Compar-

ed with former years, cattle have been

ruling unusually high. Bulk of steers

$8.75@9.75; choicest steers of good to

heavy weight $9.50@10; good steers

$9.10@9.45; medium to good $8.80@9;

inferior to fair light weight steers $7.65

@875. There has been an improved

demand for yearling steers. Good to

prime offerings bring $9@9.90, and

commoner kinds $8.25@8.75. Butch-

ering cattle are active; cows $5.50@

8.80; heifers $5.50@9.15; cutters $4.40

@0.45; canners $3.50@4.35; bulls at

$5.25@8. Calves were in demand at

$5@10.50, with receipts large. There

was a lively demand from country buy-

ers for desirable stockers and feeders,

and prices rule still higher. Stockers

were salable at $6.25@8.40 and feed-

ers at $7@8.70.



Hogs declined early last week but

advanced later on restricted offerings.

Conditions are such that stockmen are

warranted in making their hogs and

cattle good and fat before marketing.

The late market became strong, and in

spite of the week’s greatly increased

receipts, hogs sold on Saturday at $9.40

@10, comparing with $9.25@9.85 a

week earlier, while pigs brought $7.25

@930.



Lambs, yearlings and sheep made

further advances last week, reaching

new high. records. But heavy prime

lambs were discriminated against by

killers and sold at a discount. Buyers

wanted lambs of medium weight which

sold at a liberal premium. Prime Col~

orado lambs sold up to $12, and prime

wethers brought $9.40, prices closing

the week as follows: Lambs $9.25@

11.90; heavy lambs $10@10.75; feed-

ing lambs $10.25@11.25; yearlings $9

@1090; wethers $8.25@9.40; ewes $6

@9; bucks $6.50@8. Shorn lambs

brought $7@10. _



Horse market was active and un-

changed, with especially good sales of

army horses. Southern chunks sold

at $60@100, farm workers at $70@130,

good farm mares at $135@1.50, com-

mercial chunks at $165@240 and heavy

horses at $245@315.





 





LIVE STOCK NEWS.





 





Lowered recent prices for all de-

scriptions of: live stock offered on the

Chicago market were resented by the

stockmen of feeding districts to such

an extent that on a recent Monday the

receipts were cut down to 9,637 cattle,

19,938 hogs and18,883 sheep and lambs.

Of these offerings shippers purchased

2,245 cattle, 5,344 hogs and 6,494 sheep

and lambs, leaving meager supplies for

local packers and smaller butchers.

Most of the time the eastern shippers

are extremely important factors in the

Chicago live stock market, and this is

particularly the case when the receipts

are so meager in volume. At the pres-

ent time the east is largely dependent

upon the Chicago market for cattle

supplies, most of the eastern holdings

having been slaughtered, aside from

the usual supplies of barn cattle held

in Pennsylvania. All through the long

winter period fat heavy steers have

been much the best sellers in the Chi-

cago market, but on the appearance of

warm weather it is safe to look for a

revival in popularity of the fat little

yearlings, both steers and heifers. As

these are expected to sell the highest

of all kinds of cattle, owners of heavy

beeves would do well not to delay

marketing them much longer. Word

comes from the southwest that because

of the drouth and dearness of cotton-

seed products, Texas has decidedly

fewer cattle for sale than in normal

years.



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Thursday’s Market.

April 13, 1916.

Cattle.



Receipts 1831. The run in all de-

partments was much smaller at the 10-

cal yards than at the same period a

week ago and the general market was

much more active. Especially so in

the cattle division where the demand

was never better and the prices on all

grades averaged about 15@250 higher

than at the same period a week ago.

The quality was good. Good milch

cows were very scarce and the com-

mon grades are still dull and not want-

ed. Few were buying stockers for re‘

turning to the country on account of

the price being so high for butchering

purposes. The close was strong as

follows: Best heavy steers $8.50@

8.75; best handy weight butcher steers

$7.75@8.50; mixed steers and heifers

$7.25@8: handy light butchers $6.50@

7.50; light butchers $6@7; best cows

$6.50@7; butcher cows $5@6.25; om-

mon cows $4.25@5; canners $3. 0@

4.25; best heavy bulls $6.25@7; bolog-

na bulls $5.50@6; stock bulls $5@5.50;

feeders $6.75@7.75; stockers $5.50@

7.25; milkers and springers $40@75.



Reason & S. sold Bray 5 cows av

1072 at $6, 1 do wgh 1220 at $7, 1 do

wgh 1100 at $7, 1 steer wgh 1045 at

$7.50; to Thompson Bros. 11 butchers

av 993 at $7.25, 1 steer wgh 918 at

$8.25; to Breitenbeck 1 do wgh 750 at

$7.50, 3 cows av 1015 at $5.75; to Sul-

livan P. Co. 12 steers av 1153 at $8; to

Fineman 2 bulls av 950 at $6; to Bliss

2 do av 925 at $5.65, 1 do wgh 800 at

$5.40, 2 do av 900 at $5.35; to Thomp—

son Bros. 16 steers av 852 at $7.40, 1

do wgh 770 at $6.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Thompson Bros.

6 steers av 895 at $7.60; to Hely 7

cows av 774 at $5.25; to Mich. B. Co.

12 do av 1008 at $5.75, 5 bulls av 1392

at $6.35, 1 do wgh 1370 at $6.25, 3 heif-

ers av 773 at $6.75, 3 cows and bulls

av 1060 at $6.35, 1 steer wgh 610 at

$6.50, 5 do av 1060 at $8, 13 cows av

1004 at $5.60; to Hammond, S. & Co.

4 do av 942 at $4.10; to Bresnahan 7

heifers av 516 at $5.50; to Newton B.

Co. 22 steers av 1083 at $8.50, 1 cow

wgh 1020 at $4.50; to Thompson Bros.

7 Steers av 750 at $7, 2 do av 720 at $6,

4 butchers av 1150 at $6.50; to Graves

4 bulls av 1400 at $6.50; to Bresnahan-

1 steer wgh 960 at $6.25, 1 do wgh 870

at $7.75, 8 cows av 1070 at $6.25; to

Thompson Bros. 18 steers av 1040 at

$8.75, 6 do av 1090 at $7.75, 6 do av

1070 at $6, 3 do av 850 at $7.65; to

Graves 1 bull wgh 1350 at $7; to Bres-

nahan 1 cow wgh 1080 at $4.25, 1 steer

wgh 1070 at $7.50, 3 cows av 1050 at

$5.75, 4 do av 1000 at $6.25; to Ham-

mond, S. & Co. 3 do av 950 at $4; to

Sullivan P. Co. 2 steers av 1150 at $8,

6 cows av 1000 at $5.90; to Graves 1

bull wgh 1350 at $7, 4 do av 1250 at

$6.40; to Thompson Bros. 7 steers av

775 at $7, 2 do av 870 at $6; to Sullivan

P. Co. 10 do av 902 at $7.40, 6 cows av

950 at $5.50, 5 steers av 1175 at $8.50;

to Hammond, S. & Co. 8 cows av 975





at $5.35.

Veal Calves.



Receipts 1263. There was but little

change in the veal calf department; a

few choice brought $10.50 but the bulk

was at $10 for good and $5@9 for me-

dium and common weights.



Roe Com. Co. sold Nagle P. Co. 2 av

125 at $6, 3 av 165 at $10.25, 2 av 130 at

$10, 3 av 110 at $6, 16 av 120 at $9; to

Rattkowsky 4 av 140 at $10.50, 1 wgh

140 at $7.



Reason & S. sold Sullivan P. Co. 3

av 150 at $10, 20 av 140 at $10, 3 av

150 at $8, 21 av 140 at $10.



Sheep and Lambs.



Receipts 1509. The sheep and lamb

simply was very small and prices aver-

aged 25@5OC higher than they were

a week ago, selling as follows: Best

lambs $11.50@11.65; fair lambs $11.25

@1140; light to common lambs $9.50

@10; clip lambs $9.25@9.50; fair to

good sheep $8@3-50; culls and coma

non $6.50@7.



Bishop, B. & H. sold Thompson Bros.

16 lambs av 95 at $11.50; to Nagle P.

Co. 3 spring lambs av 45 at $16; to

Mich. B. Co. 175 wool lambs av 90 at

$11.65, 13 do av 80 at $11.65, 3 do av 80

at $10, 74 do av 83 at $11.65, 36 do av

65 at $10.50, 21 clip lambs av 80 at

$10, 6 sheep av 75 at $6; to Sullivan

P. Co. 65 wool lambs av 95 at $11.65,

5 do av 75' at $10.50, 4 clip lambs av 90

at $10, 7 sheep av 125 at $7; to Nagle

P. Co. 73 clip lambs av 55 at $9, 38 do

av 60 at $9, 49 do av 60 at $8, 202

wool lambs av 65 at $11.25.





Hogs.

Receipts 11,178. In the hog depart-

ment the trade was about 50 higher

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Wm. E. Blanchard, Conway, Mich. R. R. No.1.





 





LANDS FOR SALE





20.000 Acres of No. l hardwood cut over lands. a. part

of which has been cut over several years and burned

over comparatively clean . seeded in the ashes to timothy,

and clover and now covered with tame grass pasture.

erwlly cleared in farms. Soil heavy clay 0am, slightly

rolling. Good schools close to all the lands, good roads,

good larm settlements surrounding. Clwe to Onawny

with good churches, ood markets and good R. R. ac-

commodations. For rylnf, stock raising and form!

it?) gegeggl no better district 11 Michigan. Price 810.





2'15 per acre on easy term . We own the lands.





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BAD. B. PRESTON. Trustee, Onaway, Mich.





We have many able-bodi-

Ila loll “Nd Finn ".Ip?ed young men. experienced

and inexperienced. who want farm work. Ours being a

philanthropic organization. our services are tree to emr

player and employee. If you need g . steady. sobe-

man. write to JEWISH AGRICULTURAL SOCIE-

TY. 712 W. I2th St.. Chicago. Ill. ,





18 m FARM Families settled in Montana last year.

u Our low priced lands produce more than the

up. Middle-West farms. Government reports prove





 





' . H drone ill 9 ted hookl t.(includinzmn )onrequou

m" 075'in 363331;“. inc. Helena. outrun.





()It SALE; -— Ill) zrcrcs 25 miles from good mam

main road; good 13~room linusc, 3 burns, \‘I’uznr

house and burn, A-lsuil. lund lr-vcl. (orchunl bearing.

stock and tools it wanted. $70 per acre. Sell on run-

tract. Perrin W. t‘ullcn. South Lyon. Michigan.





 





40 Acres good clay loam. well situated. new l-rnum

house. small In: 1‘“. near store. M'linul :md clm * ch.

6 miles to ll. ll. liarvm \\ ilson. li.2, Clare, Mich,





 





4O AeroLl-‘ruit Farm ii‘iimi‘ifiirg





. HOSMER. Column. Mich. R. 3





 





 





 





 





5, 10, or 20 acres, with or withou .

Small Farm Wanled stock and tools. Also nnothert‘

farm wanted on ornear lukc. ROSS LAND (‘0,, 10m)

pcnobscol Bldg” Detroit. and 160S0. (:x‘atiol Avc.

Mt. Clemens. '





nurus B. HOLMES cl.





High and Riopelle Ste. Detroit, Mich.





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Commission Merchants

Poultry. Live or Dressed, Dressed Hogs. Calves.

Sheep and Eggs. Reference, Peninsular Savings

Bank. Sullivan Packing (‘0. Shipments Solicited.

Satisfaction (luarnntcml.





HAY





HE HARPSTICR COMMISSION 00.. Union Stocn



Yards. Toledo. 0.. Sell live stock on commission,

get highest prices and best fills. Try them. Daily

market. force of six looks after yo I: r interest.

Financially backed by over $1,000,000.





 





 





Ship your good quality to us.

Highest. Market Prices.

E. L. Richmond Co., Detroit,





 





 





F‘nnsns—We will pay'premiume whenever ibl.

above the highest oflicml Detroit nrket

quotation for your eggs shipped direct to us by ex.

press. Write us for information. It will pay you.

American Butter 3: Cheese Co., Detroit. Mich,





Shlp To The Old Reliable Haul.

HAY Daniel McCaffrey's Son. Co.,

_—_ 623-625 Wabash BIdm; Pin-bunt PI.
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APRIL 22, 1916.





 





 

 

 





 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

   

   

 

   

   





ERE'S a work shoe that



. , . gives lasting wear under

the severest conditions. Up-

pers are of ResistoVeal, the

special leather that resists

the alkali of the soil and

ammonia of the barn yard.





the sole.

supply you, write to us.





We make Mayer Honorbilt Shoes in all

for men, women, children; Dry-Sox





Shoes, Martha Washington

Comfort Shoes.





F. Mayer Boot 8:

Shoe Company,

Milwaukee. Wis.





   

 





DOUBLE STITCHED NOR“ Sfioe

heavy oak tanned soles—solid





counters—double leather toes. Always com-

fortable, always easy on the feet.

your next shoes are Mayer Honorbilt Shoes.





WARNING—Always look for the

Mayer name and trade mark on

If your dealer cannot





weather shoes; Honorhilt Cushion





 





HONORBILT





See that





styles

wet





 





OHICKS 7c and up. Barred Rock, Wyandottes, Leg-

horns, Miiiorcas. etc. Sale delivery guaranteed.

Circular tree. Reliable Hatchery, McAlisterville, Box 0 Pa.





' f re bred 1i. and 8.0. R.



Egg: and all)! chlck: 170135): Two White guinea



hens $1.50 each. 0. E. HAVVLEY, Ludington. Mich



9 a. few (2110' e (‘ockercls



FOWlel' s Bu“ ROCks from pilm winning



stock 7t091bs. accordingto age $2 to 35. Eggs $1.50for

15. it. B. FOWLE 1i. Hartford. Michigan.





 





 





 





' Bull, Ba rroil, C‘oluinbian. Par- '

"aliihlng triiluc. Siliicr aiileVliite liocks chicks

Pckiiiani iouen )ucks, sheii. '

Riggs dim l‘oillterurds, Shei'idunJUIUh. Ducklings





 





E for hatching—From uro bred VVhito Plymouth

ggs Rocks. l’ekin and \V iito runiincr ducks. \\ hite

African guineas. H. V. Hostetler, it. 1, St. Johns, Mich.





 





MPROVE your poultry. MyYoung's strain 8. C.White

ILeghorns grout. moncy makers. Strougmigorous, free-

range stock. Baby chicks $H1wr100 andup. Satisfaction

guaranteed. Free catalogue. W. Van Appledorn, HoHaanMich.





 





lEGHonus—White, Brown, lluil'. Black. Also Rocks,

Reds, Anconas, Pckin Ducks. eggs, baby

chicks. Prices reasonable. (‘irculiir free. Sunnybrook

Poultry Farms. Hillsdale, lilicli. Chas. G. Burroughs

Mgr. Formerly Foreman University of Wis.. Poultry Dept





ILLIE Farmstead Poultry. 1!. P. ltocks: ll. 1.1icds;

W. Leghorns. 15 eggs $1; 26 rugs 51.50; 50.0ggs $2.50.

P. P.delivery free. Colon C. Lillie. Coopersv11]e.Mich.





strain. Winter layers. Select eggs 15, $1; 50. 2.5 .

MAPLEWOOD FARM.





oanaToNsiar assess-(es:

Special prices. M. E. THONIPSigN, liedio‘rjdfhiich:





- ' A few pullers and hens



l PIIIB cre:‘ White orplnglons 1111119311“ SOld. eggs and



baby chicks. MRS. WILLIS HOUGH, Pine Crest

Farm. Royal Oak. Mich.





RHODE ISLAND REDS and PLYMOUTH ROCKS.

l Males 5 to 12 lbs. according to ago 32 toSf); ‘P. R. hens

Weight 5 to 10 lbs.. eggs 15 for $1. : 100, 85;120._$6.

Mammoth Bronze Tom Turkeys. 8 to 88 lbs. according

to age 86 to 825. 10 eggs S3. A. E. Cramton. Vsusr. Mich.





II. I. Ilods. Bolh Bombs, Most Popular £325,335





for hatching. Baby Chicks. Write for catalog.

IEIETSERLAKES FARM. Box 39. Lawrence. Michigan,





N0 frosted combs with R. C. Brown Leghorns, Kul )





Navarre. Ohio





lose Bomb quwn lighorgoil. "Emmott Ptklgllilcl

5f. .31 ”eéiltiib‘iii“ £51115. niiii‘ii‘liefei‘iicii?“‘°





ROSE AND SINGLE COMB Rhode Island Reds

Eggs, per 15, $1.50 by parcel psost; from special pens,

20c each by express, Jennie uell. Ann Arbor. Mich.





HODE ISLAND WHITES win at the National Egg

R Laying contest. Cold weather don't stop them,

Eggs $1.50. 2 settings, 82.50. H.H.JumD.Jsckson, Mich.





 

 





C h am pm It Get all facts. . mini

proofs, particu-



lars—my low prices—money- ‘



|lszack guaraéitai—aao my . Ilene tut



1300.0 0 era— -



all come with my big illus- 3 e I l e C I ty



trated Free Book"flatchl_ng In C u b a to rs



Facts," in colors. Write



me today. Jim Rohan,Pres. and Brooders



Bellecltv Incubator c... Box 14. Ruin-mm.





Money in Eggs





Why Sell Eggs at 150, when you can keep

them and get. 400.. or 500.? Use Hemlng's Egg Pu-

smer. Will keep eggs 9 months equal to new

laid eggs. Simple, convenient, certain. No liquid.

No cold storage. Approved by State Poultry

Department. Jars cover 100 (102. Sent posipaid

$1.00. For testimonials and particulars. address

I). 11. B1 ETHAN, Blackfoot, Idaho.





BIG FOUR POULTRY JOURNAL—the Practical

Poultry Paper for Practical Poultry Raisers; only

in per devoted exclusively to the poultry interests of

lilinois. Indiana. Mi(’iiigan and_ Wisconsm. It's

YOUR aperi you should read it. Bright, Snappy, Live

SPECIAL OFFER‘G mos. Trial Subscription 1501Send

stamps. Big Four Poultry Journal, Desk 26. Chicago.





POULTRY.





AllRED'PLYMOUTH ROCK EGGS from full blood

stOck, $1.50 er 13. Have won at leading shows for

years. J. A. BXRNUM, Union City, Michigan.





YOU A“ £29.?ch BABY CHICKS.





We give you good qualitvl for your money in both

chicks and hatching eggs from a standard-bred strain

of winter-layers. Winners at Kalamazoo. Battle Creek

and Jackson. S. C. ll.'I. Reds—Bred for busmess and

for beauty. (Scnd for price list.) Babcock & Son,

R. 4, Box 180. battle Creek, Michigan.





' from our own Bred’To-La Rin let Bar-

Baily chick: red Rocks $10per 100 S. C. White ieghorns

810 per 100 and S. C. Buff Orpingtons $12 per 100. Hatch-

in Eggs carefully packed $4 per 100. For further

in ormation write for our Chick Folder. RUSSELL

POULTRY RANCH. PETERBBUBG. LNICE.





ARRED Rocks Parks 200 Eg Strain with records to

Maggi) wear—$1.50 per 15 elivered. By Parcel

post. r Astling. Constantine. Mich.





BARRED Plymouth Rocks bred to lay and exhibit. Buy your

eggs from trapnested birds. Our birds layed 50 per cent.

all winter. Eggs $2.00 per 15 item our best pens. Boswell

Bros. Lincoln Lake Poultry Farm. Box 74. Ludington, Mich,





BARR!” ROCK EGGS gfiilil‘iibiig-lélflihii‘éfii

in12 months. Avera 0237 0 8888011-

W. C. Coflman. §.3. Penton Harbor. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





OSE Comb Rhode Island lied Eggs, dark colored

R matings $1.50 per 15. Utility eggs. layin strain

84 per 100. MRS. '1‘. A. ETTER, Richland, Michigan





UFF LEGHORNS -Cockercls. hens, pens or eggs.

B Anything you wish in Buff Leghorns. Great laying

Itrains. Dr. William Smith. PetersburghlLIich,





ED Breeders Attention. Ten Years exclusive breeding Rose

comb reds. Special, dark cherry red muting $2.00. Range

flock. $1.25 prepaid. Ridgnian lied Farms, Vassar. Mich.’





0 ——200 Egg Strain-Eggs. chicks, 8.

FCIIIS laghoms week—old pullets from hens with

records up to 264 eggs. Prize Winners at largest shows.

Prompt shipment, prices low. quality guaranteed.

White Leghorns are best for eggs. We raise thousands.



ee catalog and price list given particulars. Write for it now.





1"

PEBRIS lEGIIOIII HIM. 9M Unlon. Brand Ilanllil. Mich.





Heavy Winter Layers :’i.Iaé’i2.f"sl5‘.’v‘i3





e 1 ms, W ckofl? strain. E gs $1.50pcr15; $4 per

gafsllopcr100.y H. A. Magoon, fl"): Ann Arbor, Mich.



O. B. Minorcas Cockerels and Pullets. Eggs, Pope

8- strain. 1’. (l. BredSows and fall pigs. llig type

with quality. R. W. Mills. . Saline, finch.





White Leghorns, vigorous bred to lay stock.

8. C. s, $5.00 hundred~75c for 13. afew day old





Egg .

' e delivery a nd fertility guaranteed.

(ll/lifcllflsALsONEY. . No. 1, Kalamazoo. Michigan,





 





' From purebred Rose Comb Black

I“: ll" "alohln Minorcas. Fine layers. 81 per 15.

E, D, Van Natter, tandish, R. 3. Mich.





0. WHITE LEGHORNS. bred for size. shape,



, vigor, egg production. 14 years’ experience breed-

ing Le horns. Hatching eggs $4.50 per 100. Baby

Chicksglo per 100. A. (l. HOWARD, Tecumseh. Mich.





S. C. W. Le horns. Lar e vigorous

lom Barron stock. Eggs ‘.00 per 100. $1.25 per_15,

postlpaid. No Chicks. Bruce W. Brown, Mawllle, Mich



ILVER, Golden and White W nndottes. Eggs from 6 Ionia

S and Lansing prize colonies. {3 per 15, S5 pnr 30. All farm

flocks. $1.50 per 15. 52.50-30. 0. W. Browning. Portland Mich



HITE Wyandotte Eggs from heavy winter layers,

$2.00 per 15, $3.75 per 30. $8.00 er 100. Sn erb

stock. Eggaday Poultry Ranch. iamhall, . ich.



I Cock it Cockerels. E gs 81. 82 83

While w “Ida". per 15. $4 er 50, 8'? per 100.' '

DAVID AY 202. Forest Ave . silanti Michigan.



BITE WYANDOT'I‘ES. Eggs 81.50 per 15. 82.5





W . 7.00 r 100. From choice stock. . ~

A. FEAlil‘liIle gleam. Ann Arbor, Michigan. fl





 





RINGLET BAlilllCD ROCKS direct from Thompson 5

A limited amount of eggs: for hatching from vigorous

stock. $1.50 per 15. G. Gardner. Petersburg, Mich.





Allll'l‘ZD Rock J‘Iggs for batching of Bradley Bros.

strain, $1.50 per setting 13. $3.50 per setting 50 eggs.

A. A. PATTL'LLO. 1t _4 Deckerville Mich.





B “ Wyandotte and Barred Rock (‘ockerclsszoo

0 each. e'-gs for hatching $1.00 per 5.

Mrs. B. W. BLACK, Caro, Michigan





 





' ' ' Barred Plymouth

Boutins Northern King Strain no... 1...... won

many prizes. Eggs $2. for 15. Both matings.Sntisfflcflon

guaranteed. David W. Cousins, North Port. Mich.





' ' Silver, “him an

Chicks that two $15 per 100. pm“... Wm?

dottes. White Leghorn Chicks 312 gm 100. Pekin

and Rouen Ducklings 25 cents cac . ALDHAM

POULTRY FARM. R. No. 37, Phoenixvllle. Pa.





' l B.P. R. 13 eggs $3.00: Utillt

PI'IZI Pfininnd'lo'lal 31.00—13. Pine Knoll, Boil

391,58helby, Oceans 00., Mich.





OHN'S Big, beautiful, lien-hatched 'Barred Rocks. Eggs,

30. $2.50; l00. $7.00. Select matings 15, ti; 30, $7.00, all

postpnid. Photos. Circulars. John Nortlion, (flare, Mich.





 





 





 





BARRED Plymouh Rock Egrs from full blood heavy laying

stock. Fine barring, none better. 15 eggs, $1.00;100.$4,00.

Egg-A-Day Poultry Farm. R. 2, Cerelco, Mich.





 





BARRED Rock Iggs from healthy, vigorous stock.

$1.50 per 15; $3: per 50; $5.00 Ser 100.

Sam Sta e1, Chelsea. Mich.





DAY- OLD CHICKS





30,000 for 1916 from Standard Bred S. C. White

Leghorns. $9.00 per 100. $85.00 per 1.000: S. C.

Brown Leghorns $9.00 per 100. 85.00 per 1,000.

Our strains are heavy layers an are sure to please

you. We guarantee their safe arrival. Catalog on

request. Wolverine Hatchery. Zeeland,Mich, Box 2221





C PHER'S TRAPNEST strain of Single Comb White

Leghorns. Eggs for hatching. 15 $1: 50. $3-

35' 500 $23. Thos. H. Bathon, Ohio.





CIICKS We ship thousands each season, Ten

9 varieties. Ancona's $11 a. hundred. free

booklet. Freeport Hatchery. Box l2.Freenort.Mich.





£66: for hatching from pure bred White Plymouth

Rocks and . C. Buff Leghorns on free range.

Kletzlen a: Webster, Bath, Mich.





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Practical Poultry :

Pomters ‘





, HE following points have been

collected from notes taken dur-

ing the poultry lectures at the



Michigan Agricultural College during



Farmers’ Week. The lectures were



given by Judge W. H. Card, Professor



Burgess of the poultry department, and



several practical breeders of consider-



able experience.



Judge Card claims to have the best

success in producing vigorous stock by

feeding no ground bone, beef scrap or

dry mash. He is an advocate of hard

grain and plenty of green food to de-

velop stamina in fowls.





Plenty of room, fresh air, sunshine

and dryness are the necessary features

to consider in building a poultry house

which will keep the birds healthy and

contented. No house should be less

than fourteen feet deep as this depth

will keep draughts away from the

roosts. The dropping boards should

be two feet from the floor.



The ideal type of a Leghorn is oval

in shape. The Rhode Island Red is

about the shape of a brick. Judge Card

advises breeders of the Reds to place

a. brick over their poultry house door

and study it daily, Especially when

they are mating up the breeding pens

for the year.



A man and his wife by systematic co-

operation should be able to handle

2,000 fowls successfully. if it is neces-

sary to have a hired man to look after

the poultry it means that at least500

of the hens must work to pay the ex-

penses of keeping the man. For exam-

ple, if you must sell 500 hens or hire a.

man it would be just as well to dispose

of the hens, as the financial result

would be the same. The 500 hens

would practically be working for noth-

ing unless the man could be used for

performing other lines of work at the

same time.



In conducting the poultry business.

learn to be a seller and not a buyer if

you wish to make money. By a careful

system of line-breeding you avoid the

necessity of buying extra males every

year. By line breeding you can afford

to pay a good price for the foundation

stock with the assurance that you will

never have that expense again. You

will be able to grow your own breed-

ing stock and produce stock of quality

and then it follows that you can be a.

seller and not a buyer every year.



Inbreeding tends to deterioration,

but it can be controlled by line-breed-

ing. Breed only from the best stock

you can obtain and then continue the

selection wisely. Start with a pair

that is your ideal, the best pair you

can find will have enough defects.

Practice selection for vigor and the

points you wish to retain while at the

same time try to eliminate undesirable

characteristics wherever they occur.

It takes six years to make a start in

line breeding. R. G. KIRBY.





 





SPRING MANAGEMENT OF TUR-

KEYS.





 





A nest covered with brush, or ever-

green boughs, is more apt to attract

the turkey hen. The nests should be

large enough so the hen can turn and

come off without breaking the eggs.

The barrel nests should be firmly brac-

ed and covered so there is a small op-

ening then the sly old hen will creep

in and imagine she is hiding her nest.

They like to hide their nests along a

hedge fence and sometimes they cover

their eggs with grass or leaves, and if

you are not careful when looking for

a turkey nest you will step on it.

Nights are cold this month and eggs

must be gathered every evening to

prevent chilling. Also, we find hens

are more apt to continue laying in a

nest if you put several china eggs or

hens’ eggs in for nest eggs. Removing

all the eggs from a. nest will cause

them to hunt a nest elsewhere.



We have had turkey eggs hatch well





 





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,when kept for. three or four weeks,

but one is more sure-of getting a goOd

hatch‘when‘ eggs are kept not lenger

than two weeks. We keep them in an

even temperature, resting on the small

end, changing their position at least

every other day. , '



Where turkeys. have plenty of range

during the laying—season it is only nec-

essary to feed them at night. Oyster

shell grit, charcoal and fresh water

should not be overlooked as they are

an essential part of their ration at this

time of the year.



We find about 90 per cent of our

turkey eggs are fertile when the breed-

ing stock is vigorous and just moder-

ately fat.



Turkeys of the same breed and age

will lay a varying number of eggs. Last

year we had a turkey hen lay the

entire season and did not offer to sit,

while the others became broody after

laying from 15 to 20 eggs.



Indiana. FRANCES Woon.





 





TIMELY POULTRY HINTS FOR

SPRING.





 





To be highly successful in, getting

hens to do good work at the winter-

egg-basket-filling business it is neces-

sary to begin the foundation structure

now. To make good winter layers, the

pullets must be pretty well matured

by the first of November. This means

early hatched chickens that have been

well-fed through the growing season.

Vigorous growing makes for prolific

laying. Puny, slow-growing pullets will

never lay enough eggs to pay their

raising and keep.



Proper food and plenty of it is nec-

essary to the proper development of

the pullets; so, also, is exercise. For

exercise there is nothing better than

free range, although scratching in lit-

ter for the grain affords a fair sub-

stitute. Where runs are more or less

restricted, it is necessary to supply

animal food to take the place of that

secured on a. free range. Even when

on a. free range we give the chickens

all the cut bone they will consume.



Now is the time to make provision

for next winter’s green food supply.

For this purpose there is nothing bet-

ter than mangels. The sugar mange!

has a larger sugar content than the

other sorts, and for this reason I pre-

fer it. In color it is white, like the

sugar beet, but it grows up from the

ground like the yellow or red mangels.

It is a. heavy cropper and easy to

harvest.



Put in some carrots, too, as they go

well for a change. Cabbages are all

right but they are bulky, and do not

keep so well as roots.



Of course, anyone. who has seen hens

go for clover and alfalfa appreciate the

value of these for winter feed for the

poultry. If there is not a patch of

these plants already established, now

is a good time to start them.



Emmet Co. M. N. EDGERTON.





POULTRY INVESTIGATIONS.





In experiments made at, the Califor-

nia Station a pen of 50 two and three-

year-old hens without high protein

feed laid 102 eggs per hen during the

year. Hens fed high protein in addi-

tion gave the following number of eggs

per hen per year: On soy bean meal.

104.9; meat scrap, 129.7; fish scrap,

131.7.



Five pens of 33 hens each were fed





’a grain mixture consisting of whole





wheat, whole barley, and cracked corn,

150:100:50, also a dry mash consisting

of bran, shorts, charcoal, and salt, 50:

50:5:1, to which was added either 30

parts of meat scrap alone or 30 parts

of a. high protein ration consisting of

a combination of meat scrap with soy

bean meal or linseed meal. The aver

age amount of feed consumed per hen

per year in the five lots was 49.5 lbs.

of grain and 23.5 lbs. of dry mash. The

average number of eggs laid per hen

was 142. The average cost per dozen

eggs of grain and mash consumed was

10.5 cents.
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APRIL 22. 19,16. '





F armers’ Clubs g





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Address all communications relative

to the organization of new.Clubs to

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





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Associational Motto:

“The skillful hand with cultured

mind is the farmer’s most valuable





asset.”





 





Associational Sentiment!

“The Farmer: He garners from the

soil the primal wealth of nations.”





PATRIOTISM.





 





(Continued from last week).





Judge Davis was the leader of the

Lincoln forces in the Chicago conven-

tion, and more than any other, was _re-

sponsible for Mr. Lincoln’s nomination

for president in 1860.



Sometimes it happens that the big«

gest crop of laugh is produced by a

man who ranks among the greatest

and wisest. Such a man was Abraham

Lincoln, whose wholesome fun mixed

with true pholosophy made thousands

laugh and think at the same time. He

was a- firm believer in the saying,

“Laugh and the world laughs With

you."



Whenever Abraham Lincoln wanted

to make a strong point, he usually be-

gan by saying, “Now, that reminds me

of a story,” and when he told the story

everyone saw the point and was put

into good humor.



Before Lincoln was ever heard of as

a lawyer or politician, he was famous

as a story teller. As a politician, he

always had a story to fit the other

side; as a lawyer he won many cases

by telling the jury a story which show-

ed them the justice of his side better

than any argument could have done.

While nearly all of Lincoln’s stories

have a humorous side, they also con-

tain a moral, they contain lessons that

could be taught so well in no other

way. Every one of them is a sermon.

Lincoln, like the Man of Galilee, spoke

to the people in parables. In 1861 Fort

Sumpter was fired upon and President

Lincoln called for men to quell the re-

bellion, and with patriotism in their

hearts they hurried to the front to put

down the Rebellion and save our coun-

try and our country’s flag. It was a

long and bloody struggle, but they gal-

lantly held out for four long years, and

with the right on our side and the help

of God, won. I was but a child at the

time, hardly old enough to know the

meaning of war, but the anxious faces

of father, mother and sisters when the

papers reported a battle, caused me to

early learn the lesson, and I soon wait~

ed as anxiously as the rest for news

from the front.



When treason armed her sires and

sons,

And on Fort Sumpter opened guns,

They kindled every patriot’s ire,

And set the northern hills on fire,

While down the valleys armies tread

With freedom’s banners overhead.

Then on the land and on the floo ,

Heroic deeds were sealed with blood

And many sent their record high,

Ready to do, to dare or die.





Our flag was often shattered, riven,

()ur men to rebel pens were driven.

()r for that flag we proudly trust,

They made the winding sheet the dust,

And through the battle’s thickest fight

There failed not men in strength of

might

To stand in breach which cannon made

And fire with nerve and steel invade,

But blows of battle quick and fast,

The foul rebellion crushed at last.

And then our flag in triumph waved,

Over a nation once more saved.





We honor those whose hearts have





beat

’Neath stripes and stars of battle’s





ea ,

Who stood ’twixt us and freedom’s





doom

And for us faced the cannon’s boom,

And we will honor all its brave

Who nobly fought to country save,

And cherish more than heretofore

It’s brave defenders evermore.





(Concluded next week).





CLUB DISCUSSIONS.





Eentertained in City.—About 150

members of the Ceresco Farmers’ Club

were delightfully entertained Wednes-

day, March 29, by the Kellogg Toasted

Corn Flake Company, of Battle Creek.

The members were met at the interur-

ban waiting rooms at 12:30 p. m. and

taken to the company’s plant in spe-

cial cars. After visiting the office and





 





 

 





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KENT COUNTY POMONA.





 





Efficiency was the keynote to the

program of Kent County Pomona

Grange, which was held with Bowne

Center Grange, March 23. Sunshine,

hospitality, and good fellowship reign~

ed supreme in spite of the drifted

roads. Reports were received and

read from seventeen Granges of the

county.



Pomona Lecturer F. N. Church, op-

ened the afternoon session with re-

marks on the financial and social ben-

efits of the Grange, then called on Mr.

Clayton Johnson, master of Bowne

Center Grange, who gave a very cor-

dial greeting to visiting members and

friends.



Mr. Arthur Clark, ex—president of

West Michigan Holstein Association, in

“Both Ends of the Farm Game,” left

with us the idea}, “No one need be

afraid of a little bit of debt, provided

he is in debt for the right kind of

goods,” especially if he takes energy,

intelligence and a good wife into part-

nership.



Mrs. John Rittenger, of South Low-

ell Grange, had a fine paper on “Needs

in our Homes to Bring About Greater

Efficiency,” which was added to by

Mr. H. G. Smith, county agricultural

agent, by stating that M. A. C. would

send a man to give advice on heating

of houses or planning of convenient

kitchens it five persons wished that

advice.



Rev. Mr. Parshall, Bowne Center,

stated that often poorly planned ous‘

es caused waste of fuel enough to elp

install good heating systems.



“Value of Farm Accounts and In-

voices,” was next given by J. W. Span‘

genberg, Sparta. “Efficiency becomes

the necessity of success—doing the

right thing at the right time in the

right way.” Be efficient in recording

the business of the farm as well as in

planning the work of the farm.”



The principal address of the after-

noon by Mrs. Dora Stockman, state

lecturer, was full of good things and

did not leave out the need of efficient

parents as well as efficient managers

of the work. She also left with us,

“Success is in cans, not can’ts.”





 





 





 





 





This program was interspersed with

music by the Barnaby Family Orches-

tra, the members being father, daugh-

ter and two sons, twelve and fourteen

years old.



The fifth degree session at 7:00 p. in. l

was followed by the program of the‘

evening. The male quartette of Bowne

Center gave the first musical number.

The addresses of the evening were of

the same high order as those of the

afternoon: Mr. T. H. McNaughton,

master of Kent Pomona; Rev. R. Par-

shall, on “The Strength of a Nation,”

and Mrs. Stockman on “The Land of

Promise.” -



In addition to the numbers by the

orchestra and the male quartette, Mr.

Kallanger, Superintendent of Instruc-

tion, also gave two fine vocal solos,

and Miss Leota Bancroft, two recita-

tions, with piano accompaniment for

one of them. ‘



The topics of the day were quite

fully discussed by Mr. H. G. Smith and

others.





 





 





Resolutions were adopted favoring

the budget system of taxation; legisla-

tion to place a limit to tax levy;

against any legislation that will change i

the present parcel post laws; thanking

the members of Bowne Center Grange,

ladies of thet church and owners of

autos for their part in the successful

day.——Mrs. J. W. Spangenburg.





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the corn flake building the guests were

taken to social hall, one of the hand.

somest rooms of the kind in the coun-

try, which has been built during the

past year for entertaining visitors and

for the use of the employes. Here

Prof. Olmstead delivered a very inter-

esting and instructive stereopticon lec-

ture on the different cereals made by

the company and their rapid growth in

popularity. After the lecture a short

but pleasing program was given by the

Club, after which the guests assembled

in the large dining-hall where a fine

founcourse banquet was served. As

this was the second time the K. T. C.

F. have entertained the Club, a rising

vote of thanks was extended to them

and their representative, Mr. Olmstead,

for the very pleasant entertainment

afforded the Club. -The next meeting

of the Club Will be held the last Wed-

nesday in April with Mr. and Mrs. J.

Paul—Mrs. C. A. Palmiter, Cor. Sec.





 





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M ‘ .

ARQL ETTE An Anniversary





 





On the fifth day of April this year, the seventh

Recei'vership of the Pere Marquette Railroad and its

predecessors, was four years old.





Despite the earnest efforts of the Court, the Receivers, the

owners of the Road and the oflicers and employees, It has not

been possible to get the road out of bankruptcy.





The task is a tremendous one, and while progress has been

made and is being made, success is not yet assured.





Sixteen million dollars of new money must be

raised. Investors whose money has gone into the property have

evinced a willingness to make sacrifices. But this vast amount of new

money and these voluntary sacrifices are not of themselves enough.





There must be a reasonable prospect of keeping out

of bankruptcy after getting out. There is little use of

making the effort to reorganize the Railroad if it is going back

into a Receivership again in the course of a year or so.





And this is where the question of

rates‘ comes in. , It is safe to say that if a

reasonable increase in passenger fares could have

been granted at the last session of the legislature

a reorganization could have been brought about

before this time. Why? Not because of the in—

creased revenue so much, although that would

have helped, but because it would have been an

indication that Michigan was adopting a new

policy—~one less repressive, less restrictive, than

the old. It would have been an encouragement to the man who

must go down into his pocket for his part of the sixteen millions.





w For why should a man invest good money in rail-

road securities under conditions existing in Michigan

today? He can secure a greater and safer return in almost

everything else. As a matter of fact he is not investing in Mich—

igan railroads today. Last year in the whole state Of

Michigan, but twenty-one and one half miles of new

main track were built. A very small development represent-

ing a very small investment in a great and growing state.





 





The chief hope for a reorganization of the Pere lVlarquette

rests on a change in public sentiment already manifest in many

other ways, if not yet through legislation. The People Of Mich-

igan are beginnin to realize that the state needs the

Pere Marquette; t at when the State refuses to let

the Road earn enough to pay its way, it refuses the

people the right to the service they need in their

every day life; that bankru toy and service fully

satisfactory, cannot go toget er; and that the state

cannot force the Road continuously and permanent-

ly to operate its passenger trains at a loss and expect

to gfet as good service as though running at a fair

pro it. .





There is hope in this awakening public sentiment as the fore-

runner of a new policy on the part of Michigan—even a generous

policy, and the Road must be so conducted as to merit it. The

State and the Railroad must work together for the common good.

“Co-operation” is the keynote of the future. Railroad

Receiverships so long the rule in hlichigan will then be a thing

of the past and we will all wonder how IVlichigan tolerated even

for a moment the existence of such a shortsighted policy as that





of the present time.





Operating Receiver,

Pere Marquette Railroad





Talk No. 4





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Saving the Little Chicks





’Last year, while her neighbors were losing

their chicks by the score from White Diarrhoea.

Mrs. S. B. Middleton of Wilsey, Kans., never

lost one. F or the benefit of other ~poultry raisers.

Mrs. Middleton has written her experience:



“Two years ago I gave up poultry raising be-

cause I had lost so many little chicks from

White Diarrhoea. Early last yearl began to

read of what Chictone had done for others, so

decided to try again. I obtained a 50c box from

The Wight Company and after using it I never

lost a. chick. I raised between 300 and 400 fine.

healthy chicks, and Chictone gets all the praise for

savmg them." Mrs S.B. Middleton,WiIsey.Kans.





Chictone gets results! Resolve TODAY that you

will save YOUR chickafrom White Diarrhoea. Chic-

tone is guaranteed to save 90%. There are lots of

oubctitutoo, but there’s only one Chictono. Chictono

ionoto poison. Sold in 50c boxohin tablet form

only. Delay in dongoroue. Order today from





THE WIGHT C0., Dept.253. LAMONIJoWA





 





 





BEES, BEE SUPPLIES. BERRY

BOXES AND SEEDS.





Sand for free catalog and save freight.

S. J. GRIGGS & COMPANY. Dept. A. Toledo. Ohio





Strong Day Old Chicks $10 Per 100. £58,.” 0133:

Selected hatching eggs, $4.50 per 100 prepaid. Guar-

anteed delivery and fertility. Ever-fresh Egg Farm. Ionic, Mich.





“PREMIER" PIIIIIIIIIGE WHIIIIIITIES 8078.333"

Eggs$ ' W





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and become independent with no capital invested.

Every branch of the business taught in a weeks.

Write today for free catalog. _ ‘

JONES’ NAT'L SCHOOL OF AUCTIONELRING;

28H. Sacramento Blvd.. Chicago. Ill. Carey M. Jones. Pres.





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COLLIE DOGS





The Best on Earth at Reasonable Prices.

E. A. ROGERS, Dundee, Michigan.





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PAY BIG PROFITS From the best of blood and brokehounds. $5.00 each.

Raine our own hone . We start Broke hounds at all times. stamp photos.



young 9:. Send today orhoSIp- H. O. LYTLE, h redericksburg. 0.

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CATTLE.





ABERDEEN-ANGUS





HERD ESTABLISHED IN 1900.

TROJAN - ERICAS and BLACKBIRDS only.

Also breeders of Percheron. Hackney and Saddle





roe .

BWOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Tonia. Mich.





ABERDEEN ANGUS





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



oung cows or heifers, we have them for .Sale. Our

herd is headed by the Grand Champion Black

Monarch 3rd. We invite you to come to our Farm an-U

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

Clark. Hunters Creek, Mich. Si ney Smith, Mgr.





 





 





Four young bulls also young

Aberdeen An “S cows and heiiers. Extra good.

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





. 0R SALE—~14 Angus bullsi) months and older. in-

cluding our herd bull. Also a few cows and heifers.

Geo. Hathaway a. Son. Ovid. Mich.





‘YflsmnEs-One of the foremost dairy breeds. The

most economical milk reducers. Calves

[or sale. White Leghorn cockere I; Duroo Jersey

lwlne. Michinnn School for the Deaf. Flintldichigan.





VILLAGE FARMS, Incorporated

Grass Lake, Michigan,





GUERNSEY CATTLE

BERKSHIRE HOGS





 





HILO D. CAMPBELL CHAS. J. ANG EVINE





BEACH FARM

GUERNSEYS





Awrage 422.3 lbs. of fat per year. three-quarters

of them being two years old. The average Mich-

igan (‘HW makes leSs than half of that.



liy the use of a pure, bred sire. a big improve—

ment can soon be attained if the right selection

is made. The. breeding of the Beach Farm llerd

i< as good as can be found and we guarantee

them to be free from contagious diseases and to

be >:1Ii\l‘:li‘ltll'.\' in every \\"1_\' or money refunded.

\‘i'rite and let us tell you about them.





CAMPBELL 8 ANGEVINE





Coldwater, Michigan.





—-—.—.-

G U E R N S E Y Sbbli‘ifiaiiifii

Containin blood of world champions.

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





 





 





- Bull (‘aivcs for sale, May

Registered Guernsey Rose breeding. Address

Clint Bishop, Watervllct, Mich.





VONDALI'I Guernsey bulls all sold. Sorry to dis-

. appoint those wishing ourstock. Only registered

bull calvealeft. Avondale Stock Farm. Wayne. Mich.





of service age and calves from

Guernsey Buns choice, Adv. reg. breeding.

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





Fun S‘LE Reg. Guernsey bull calves. dams running

in a, 1'. now. (‘hcap now. write





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





T Farmers’ Prices registered Guernsey Bull calves from

A. R. dams and dams being tested. If inter str-d write or

rhote breeding and price. Byers dz Barnes, (.‘oldwutcr, Inch.





" I'IlRNSl.\"S-—still they go, just one hull calf left—out of

Il‘auline Spots-wood (Hull). fat.) you m-ver saw a bettcrealf.

J..\I.WILL1A.\IS, North Adams. )Iieh.



' . ' F u r



(in: Extra Fine Registered Gucrnsoy Bull. mfg“...

old. Price $50. E. W. BUCKS. Caledonia, Mich.





GUERNSEYS





V' We offer a choice lot of high grade Guerney cows and

heifers, bred to registered bulls La'l‘ertreot Maple

Lane, No. 23192 and Sir 'llena No. 36173. Prices reason-

able. THE JENNING'S FARMS, R. I, Bailey, Mich.





' A Bull calves for sale at reasonable

"OSISIar'd Gunmscys prices. Vlf interested write for

particular!) B. S. KNAPP. Monroe, .Mich.





Herefords——3 Bull Calves





ALLEN BROS. PAW PAW. MICHi





W‘NIE Someone to buy ‘3 Registered 3-year old Hol-



stein heifers uith records of 17.03 and 16.17

and their 1 )car old daughters, all bred to 30.55 hull.

IiIVI‘JliVIEIV FARM, Vassar. Michigan.





. Bulls and Heifers. \Vill

Fl" sale‘IIOISIelII cachS, accept a few ewes in pay.

ment. H. Ii). REED &. SONS, Howell, Michigan.





Holstein Bulls For Sale

Foul-of them from 12 to 17 months old by 31 lb.

siredam'sA.l{.(). Price, $100.00to $150.00. Younger





bull calves from $50.0” up,





BLISSVELDT FARMS. ‘Jenison, Michigan





Livingston County Holstein Breeders’

Sale COmpany





Will Sell 100 head of Registered Holsteins. at

HOWELL, MICH.





Wednesday, May 17, I916

(LARGER AD LATER)

Catalogs May 7. F. J. Fishbeck, Secy.





Do You Want A Bull?





Ready For Service.





From a rand daughter of The King 01‘ the

Pontince. “Sired by a bull that is more than a half

brother to the Champion Holstein Cow of the

World. and whose dam Is 330 lb. 6% 1: fat daughter

of Pontiac Aggie Korndykewho has more 30 lb.

daughters than any other livmg bull, If you do





write for pedigree.





EDWIN S. LEWIS, Marshall, Mich.





Reg. Holstein Females—Pontiac

Breeding 1 to 5 years. John A. Itinkc, Warren, Mich





 





THE MICHIGA





100 Registered Hol





This will be a choice lot of cattle repre

herd sires are strongly bred in the 30-lb





as these. They are mostly young, man





the 40-1b. bull will be sold in this sale,

things, come and see.





00!. Perry and Mack. Auctioneers.

WEST MICHIGAN





Wednesday,





Sale catalogs will be out about April 15, 1916.

W. R. HARPER. Sale Manager. -





Special Ofl’erlng of High Class Full Boar

enough for breeders w





Also some good farmer's boars.





ready about April 20th. If interest





Announcement

Extraordinary





The “Espanorc Herd” of Registered Holsteins

will be oil‘ercd the public at a great Disperston

Sale May 9th. Watch this paper ior particulars.





ESPANORE FARM

LANSING. - MICHIGAN.





Holstein Bulls Ready

For Service.





(li'flndsons of l’riend liengerveld DeKol Butter

Boy and Pontiac Aggie lx'orudyke. From high

record A. R. U. dams at farmers" DI‘iCC‘S.





LONG BEACH FARM,





Augusta, Michigan. (Kalamazoo, Co.)





FOR SALE





SOME VERY FINE YOUNG BULLS

Whose sires have as high as 31 lbs. of butter behind

them. As they are young, will make a low price on

them. BIGELO‘V’S HOLSTEIN FARMS.



BREEDSVILLE. MICH.





OLSTEIN Bull Cali: Born Nov. 8th. A nice indi-

H vlrlual,well grown, about evenly marked. His dam

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

7deyI2-i.83Ibl. lilk 563 lbs. W. B. READER. Howell, Mich.





HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN CATTLE





Herd headed by grandson of King Segis Pontiac,

and tuberculin tested annually. A few choice

young bulls from dams having official recerds .





PEACELAND STOCK FARM. Three Riven. Mich,

Chas. Peters, Herdsman. C.L. Brody, Owner. Port Huron,Mich_





F 8 I . Big Holstein Bull 2 yr. old. Good breeding.

or I 3- Beg. bulls and heifers 10 mos. old.

Ferd. J. Lange. Sebewuing. Mich.





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

chmc. "OISIOIII Bil":- yearly recordsf’iZOIbs. butter in Jr.

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

"King of the Pontiscs” and the "Dominick blood.” Cherry

Creek Stock Farm. Billiards, lich. M. E. Parmelec, Proprietor.





. 5 eis Hazel-let grandson of Maple .rest De Kol

SB 7 v arthenea and Pontiac Mair 30.2 lb. Born

March 26. Traces to De K01 2d 17 times. Dam Pontiac

Hesperia 2d, a Pontiac Korndyke, Pontiac-Cornucopia and Pon-

tiachurke combination. M. L. ML-Laulin, Redford,liiicli,J"





“10 P N 0TCII ” IIoIsteins





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. '0

are selling young bulls of this“’.l ()I’ NOTCH"qunlity,

of serviceable age, at, moderate prices. Information,

pedigrees,etc.. on application. MCPHERSON FARMS

00.. Howell, Michigan.





I

Buy Your Holstein Bulls

When They Are Calves.



Here are seven to select. from, a] from A. R. 0. cows;

3 of the dams are granddaughters of Pontiac Korn-

(lyke. The sire oi? two of these dams carry 75 7‘ the same

breedin as the SEN) bull Rag Apple Korndyke



tli. 'rite for description and prices. ITHLEA

STOCK FARM. Herbert L. Smith, Prop., Ionia Co.,

Shiloh, Michigan.





' Bull C iv d

1 Have Iioistem Bulls, a... Iaofgrahrcs‘ili?

I can show breedingfirxisords, individuality and attrac-





tive prices. L. E. C NELL, Fayette. Ohio.

FOR SALE Registered Holstein Bulls





ready for service. and bull calves. also females.

FREEMAN J. FISHBECK. Howell, Michigan.





and some ready to freshen 3125. Reg. bulls 830 u .





 





REG. Holstein-Freisian cows and heifers, some fresh

Frank Steffen. R. 3. Box 38. Howard City. Mic





HOLSTEIN

Fifth Annual Consignment Sale





AT THE WEST MICHIGAN STATE FAIR GROUNDS IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, 0N





Duroc Jersey





dial invitation is extended to visit» the farm and inspect the stock,

young Jersey bulls in Michigan we have him for sale. For further particulars, address.





Brookwater Farm, Swine Dept, Ann'Arbor, Mich.





HATCH HERD

YPSILANTI, MICH.





Has been breeding better Holstein-Friesian cattle for about ten years.

We will hold 3. PUBLIC SALE at Ypsilanti, May 72nd. Catalogs





 





NrARMER





Howell Consignment Sale 00.





Sixth Annual Sale ol





stein Frieslans 100





IT HOWELL, LIVINGSTON BOUNTY, MIGHIGAII, ON APRIL“ 26, l9|6

IN OUR BIG SALE PAVILION ,-





senting the best lines of breeding. Our





. . class, most of them are from dams, and

s1re’s dams averaging over 30 lbs. Our stock is mostly from, or bred to such sires





A. R. O. cows and heifers. Only two or





three bulls will be offered. A fine hei er calf from King Segis Champion Mobel





space will not permit to tell of the good





Thanking our many customers for their liberal patronage

we wish to welcome you back on above date with many new ones.

Catalogs April lOih





MARK B. cllIillY, Secretary.

BREEDERS’





May 3, 1916





A Breeder-9' Sale of 90 Head of High-Clues Registered Holstein Cattle

rem Breeders’ Own



Everything over six months of age carefully Tuberculin Tested by Government Veterinarians

from the Bureau of Animal Industry. or by competent Graduate veterinarians, and Certificates of





Herds.





Health approved by the Michigan State Veterinarian.

A sale where you get healthy cattle of quality, and where buyers come back the second time.

Granddaughters and grandsons of Pontiac Korndykc. llengerveld (le Kol, (‘olantha Johanna

Lad, Traverse Princess Weg, and King Segis Pontiac. Daughters of Prince Segis Korndyke, and the

tic-lb. bulls ColanthaSir Korndyke Clothilde, Traverse Dutch “kg, and King l’ictertje Pet Canary,

Choice young A. R. O. cows and heifers. bred to 30-lb. bulls.

A chance to buy foundation stock for establishing high-class Holstein herds.





If you are interested write for sale catalog.





Herd Boars





Pigs. Breeding and Individuality good

ho appreciate the best. .





This is the best lot of fall pigs we have ever had to offer. A cor-





If you wish one of the best





ed apply now.





REGISTERED Holstein Bull 6 months old. Two

nearest dams average 28 lbs. of butter and 650 lbs.

of milk in 7 days. Mostly white, good individual. $100

delivered With all papers. safe arrival guaranteed.

Write for pedigree and photo.



HOBART . FAY, Mason Michi an.





 





butter bull, Dam A. R. O. 17 .62 lbs. butter. All papers





WANTED





meat. GEO. D. CLARKE. ASSAR. MICH.





My entire herd 01 high rude Hol. i

FE”. sale Cows and Heifers, Also orize Reg. 3-yrs.tgl(xi

Percheron stud colt or will trade for Reg. Holstein

cows. Arthur N. Birkholz, New Buffalo, Mich.





Lillie Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Bull calves from R.

.0! M. Cows, also heifer calves and several bred

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





 





GEORGE c. BORCK. Grand haven. Mich.





testing Asso. records. also





Grade Jersey Herd For Sale





FORTY COWS





The result of twenty years careful breeding and

selection, are now oil‘ered for sale. Individual milk

records have always been kept and are open for in-

speCtion. _ If interested write for iarticulars and if



ossible Visit and examine the herd and their record.



ellvery Will be made at any time desired during the

spring or early summer. A few registered Jerseys also

for an 8. Address Geo. A, True, Armada, Mich.





HE “'ILDWOOD Jersey Herd. Registered J r



_(‘attle of Quality. Forty head Tubcrculin “€5de

)lzuesty's “'onder 90717 heads lhehcrd. His daughters

are producing from 400 to .300lbs. butter in one year as

two yearold heifers, and are bred to Majesty's Oxford

Fox 1342“ aclassy Grandson of Oxford Majesty which

combines type and production. Alvin Ba]den,czuiuc,llich.





 





' ' A 10 mos. old. solid color hull now

HIIISIde Farm Jerseys ochrcll for Hilts. Dam is a R. of R1.

cow withreccrd of {nit} llw. of butter in a 3 yr. old. “is is a

fine indivrdual. Price right. C. A; 0. Desire, Ypsilanti, Mich.





 

 





 





' limos. old. Darn made .546le. 'lk.

".g- "OISIGIII Bu"! 15.46 lbs. butter 7 days. Nlilitla y '

marked and well grown. E.li. Cornell, Howell, Mic ,





Only $40 Delivered: Efillflilfii’ieciiimstfffiiii’éf





Bougemont Farms. Detroit. Michf





Six good men to buy pure bred HOLSTEI

CALVES. Good notes on a year's thine accepteld frigid:





Hope Farm Jerseys 5.8}: habitual“ '





INS” Bulls I" 8". from high-producing elements):

semi-official test. 0. B. Wehner R. 6 Alle an Mich





APRIL 22, 1916. _





 





 





The All-Around

is efarmer’scow. She’shis

Jerseyfriéhnd and pride—the beauti-

ful,gentle,ever-paying milk machine that lifts

the mortgage, builds up the fertility of the

farm,and puts the whole business on a sound,

paying, crmanentbasis. She ada ts herself

to all c imates and all feeds an does not

need fancy care. She matures early and

lives long. And she’s so sleek, clean cut and

handsome,‘ as to be the family pet and

3 , pride. She produces well

*~ and sells well. Learn

about her in our fine, free

book,“About Jersey Cat-

tle." Write for it now.





THE AMERICAN JERSEY

CATTLE CLUB o

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DAIRY Bred Shot-thorns of best Bates strains. No

more females for sale at any price.

J. B. Hummel, Mason, Michigan.





FOR Sale—12 Reg. Short Horn Bulls by Maxwalton

Monarch 2nd,a son ofAvondale, from6 to 9 mos.old

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





Five cows, Ten heifers, Five bull

SIIIIIIIIOIII caIIIC- calves; also herd bull for sale.

Write. Wm. J. Bell. RoseCity, Mich.





Shorihorn Cow: lgnu! Bulls For Sale





R, B. Station. Elsie. PETERS, Garland. Mich.





For Sale Shortliorn Ilerd Bull chewy.-

description. W. F. BARR. Aloha, Michigan.





Shorihorn A3153: fifiifinafifldflfifivifid

h inherd. c. Carlson Leroy Micii.





Shorlhorn Bulls ‘°'.E.‘lli..§§°ii%.%f‘°°d

M. A, EBAY. Okemos.(Ingham 00..) Michigan





-Dairy or beef bred. Breeding stock all

:IIOIIIIUTII: cues for sale at farmers prices. C. W. Crurn

80c]. cent. Mich. Shorthern Breedon' Ann" McBride. Rich





I'D" dDurhams for Sale. Syoung cows and heifers

. bred. 18 mo. 1505 years. Prices right. Write for

them. L. C. KELLY. Plymouth. Michigan





2Losds feeders and two. load yearling steers. Also

can show you any number 1, 2 and 3 years old irom

600 to 12001bs. Isaac Shanstum, Fairneld. Iowa._R—8





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I have started thousands of breeders on the road

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-

munity to advertise my herd.





c. 5. BENJAMIN R. No. 10, Portland. Mlchlgen





 





 





 





 





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Royalion Bred Berkshires. séi‘elfeerggis‘t’ei’é‘ff 33%;.

papers $7.00 each. Order quick.

D. F. VALENTINE, Supt, Temperance. Michigan.





BERK. HihES, Bred gilts and sowa due to tarrow

in April and May. Priced to move quick as crowded

or room. Chase's Stock Farm. Mariette, Michigan RJ.





' Sows bred to tarrow in A ril. Bee

Burkshlre ”038..” breeding. Maple Mali-e Farmts.

C. S. BARTLETT. Propr. LPontiac, Michigan





SWIGARTDALE FARM





BREEDERS 0F

HOLSTEINS AND BERKSHIRES





Stock for sale at all times, Berkshires of unsurpassed

quality and breeding. at reasonable prices. A choice

buiicali', nicely marked, five months old, sire's dam

with record oi over 27 pounds. Dam oi call a grand

daughter or Hengcrveld De K0]. Price 350.00.





Swigartdale Farm. Petersburg, Mich.





' . Long tl'16 rol'fic k' d. 0

Chester WIIIIGS- booked fo'r spin. l pigsfn Wrimrgoolig

wants. Meadow View Stock Farmfil. 5. Holland, Mich.



' Sprin i . fro theb I

CIIGSIGT "lilies for en e.p $airsuriot 31:35.“) 00d lines

F. W. ALEXANDER. Vassar, Mich.

Capitol Herd DJ. Swme. $°$295g18521g¥fi€

press prepaid. J. H. Banghart, R.1. East Lansing, Mich





nunoc JERSEY nous eerie: 1.. or who...

git akin. W. c. ‘rlwfon? fiiufii‘dwcinhi?

Dllmc .ICISG s—Fgll and spring pigs either senfrom

CHERRY Lil-Wit ogiiltllilsnshhegherdél‘ milling}:





a B d

Dunno JER'A Ev alle 8313:. “Engaging

ordo rs for spring pigs. E. D. Haydenberk, Waylandlich.





 





 





 





 





23 Registered luberculin ifiéf‘iiii‘fifllnff‘m‘iaifé?

HERMAN HARMS. Reese Hichl an.





—————____£___

FOR SALE JERSEY BULL GALE





dropped Dec. 1st 1915. Solid color golden fawn. Fine

mdivulual, grand dams of both sire amidem are It. .

cows. Will sell cheap.





NEWMIN’S STOCK FIRM. Mariette. Mich, ll. 1.





' JERSEY BULLS and Heifers D

Registered gem, Bo... a d b d . u'roc

NOTTEN FARM, Grass Lallre, Michfows for sale.





ll. of M. JERSEY HERD oil . ‘ f ’ .

Marie Lane tuberculin tested cows. heil’gi‘s,mbi§ill:’

an bull calves backed by several generations of ll:

of M. breedng. IRVIN FOX. Aliezan. Michigan.





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For “Beef and Milk"





Registered hul l s.

Scotch - to ped roans.

reds-and w ite for sale.

Farm at N.Y.O. Depot;

also D. T. & I. R'y.



Address 6 .I.Schndor Mgr.

BIDWBLI. STOCK FARM

Box B. Tecumseh. Mich.





Shortliom Cattle oi both Sex ior Sale





W. We KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





   

   





Albion Stamp 352670





 





 





 





UROC JERSEYS-Fall boars of thel r

D boned type. Sired by Champion winnzrge 13g:

gilts ready for breeding. Holstein bull calf a fine individual

3 months old, nicely marked. F. J. Drodt, Monroe. R. 1. Mich:





UROO Jerseys—Fancy fail lgs (either sex) B d

Rock eggs $1.25 per 15; s. c. ivm h ' u

15. John Mc-Nicoll. n.4, Station Affgncziivnoi film





IIHI'OG JOIN —Sfiit1t. boars ready for service also open

s... E. H. Lease: saturates.” “d

D Two ocd fall ilts alsot f ll

uroc Jerseys 1......" W11 1.. a - “°

pigs. Wm.W. Kennedy. RX. 8, airfare figfigfslldliblhg.

DUROG JERSEYS—2.1.333. ”died

Carey U. Edmonds. Hestln Michigan. '

‘ ' Ihave some oodlast

IIIII'OC Jerseys Bears and g Its. Gilstgpw‘iIIITg

bred for September farrow.

E. G. Keesier. R. No. 5, Cassopolis. Michigan

Duroc Aug. Bears at “S. 3.3.11.3: “$3.7... P ‘8'

E. J. Aldrich Tekonsha Itiich., R. No. ilgneu Phone.

DOBSON’S DUROOS Combine size, quality. breed-





. n . Boarsfor sale. Pi sat weani time. -

letters: Jersey bull. Orio . Dobson. incy. Mllgfi.





0. I. C. Billill GIETS. filligml‘dnfi. 1'39“"





J.CARL JEWET'I‘. Meson, Mich.





 





 





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CONDUCTED BY W. ‘C. FAIR, V. S.





 





Chronic Soreness.-—I have been treat-

ing my brood mare for chronic sore-

ness for several monthsand she is no

better. She is due to foal in the early

part of June. C. R., Mt. Clemens,

Mich—Good care, proper shoeing,

light work, or no work, is perhaps all

that can‘be done. for her. Not much

danger of her colt inheriting her sore-

ness, unless it be navicular disease.





Capped Hock—I have a span of

horses that have capped books on the

right hind leg. These bunches have

appeared within the past few weeks.

Our local Vet has been treating them

with rather poor results. G. 8., Port-

land, Mich.——You will obtain fairly

good results by applying equal parts

tincture iodine and spirits of camphor

three times a week, but bear in mind

that capped hock is not easily entirely

reduced.



VVarbles—Unthrifty Mare—I would

like to know more about warbles and

how to treat them. I also have an

aged mare that does not thrive as well

as she should and her hair is long and

shaggy. F. S. W., Luther, Mich—Dur-

ing the months of July, August and

September the gadfly deposits eggs on

the neck, shoulders, fore legs and oth-

er parts of body, which are licked in or

taken in by the food in embryotic

state. The heat and moisture of body

grows them, some of them lodging in

gullet or in thestomach of horses, and

olhers in the back of cattle. Washing

the cattle and horses with one part

coal tar disinfectant, and 30 parts of

water, or applying any of the fly repel-

lants that are regularly advertised in

this paper, you will pretty much pre—

vent your cattle from becoming in-

fected next summer. Squeeze out the

grub or Open hide and let others es-

cape, then apply one part coal tar dis.

infectant and 30 parts water to back

once a day, and any other good home

healing remedy, but be sure and kill

all the grubs that you squeeze out.

Clip your mare and increase her food

supply: also feed her some roots and

she will do better.



Light-Milking Heifer.———I have a heif-

er 18 months old that just had a calf

and she does not give any milk. Her

bag is not caked, but there is a hard

bunch in bag at the top of each teat.

Our Vet. advised me to beef her as she

would never make a good cow, but I

would like to have your advice before

arriving at a decision. S. M. V. N.,

Alto, Mich—Your Vet. gave you good

advice.



Indigestion—Cough.—I have a five-

year-old horse in an unthrifty condition

that has not been well during the win-

ter. I have thought that his urine was

too thick. I also have a heifer that

occasionally coughs. C. A. R., Atlanta,

Mich—Mix together one part powder-

ed sulphate iron, one part powdered

nitrate of potash, one part ground nux

vomica and three parts ground gentian

and give him a tablespoonful at a dose

in feed three times a day until he com-

mences to thrive, then give not more

than one—half the quantity. Your heif-

er needs no medicine, but she should

be kept free from dust and her stable

should be better ventilated and sup-

plied with fresh air during the night.



Punctured Hock Joint—We have a

seven-year-old mare whose hock joint

was punctured with a fork prong, but

it did not go very deep. We called our

local Vet. at the time she was injured

and he left a liniment for us to apply.

We also applied a piece of pork hide,

soaked in turpentine, but this failed to

do any good and she has never gotten

well. T. B., New Hudson, Mich.——Ap-

ply tincture of iodine to hock joint

three times a week.



Infected Udder.—I have a cow that

has been giving clotted milk from two

quarters of udder for the past three

weeks and now the third quarter is be-

coming affected. There is no percep-

tible swelling, nor feverishness in the

udder and no pain. I also have a driv-

ing horse that coughs some when in

the stable, but I never hear him cough

when out doors. E. T. 8., Fremont,

Mich—Apply one part fluid extract of

belladonna, one part fluid extract of

phytolacca and four parts lanolin to

udder once a day. Let fresh air into

your stable and your horse will stop

coughing.



Barren Heifer.——My three-year-old

Jersey heifer comes in heat every

three weeks, but fails to get with calf.

G. D., Dunningville, Mich.——Dissolve 1

dr. permanganate of potash in three

quarts of tepid water, wash out vagina

three times a week and six hours be-

fore you breed her, wash her out with

a soda solution made by dissolving one

tablespoonful of bicarbonate of soda

in a quart of clean tepid water.





 





 





 





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Let These





 





Dakota farmers? PREPAREDNES





growing. for bigger and steady profits. Dairy and live stock

products have more than doubled in the past few years.

Are you farming on high-priced lands? Then read of results





on low-priced land in North Dakota.





M. C. Crockett. one of our big farmers writes:—"I came from Iowa to North Dakota—came

from a goodstock country, and I have always kept a good herdpf cattle and some hogs. and

know that all kinds of live stock can be profitably raised here Just as well as in Iowa. I now

own 2080 acres which I have added to my homestead as I c

loll and farm Just as good as they have in Iowa. for $200 per





Medium-Sized Farms Pay Best





Joseph Kasai is a. mil-acre farmer in North terested in havingthese

Dakota. In 1915 he thrashed from 127 acres in into 160





ggi% wheat, 1,743 bushels—oats, 841—barle . It





   

 





"Sec Amt'r‘ir (\ I‘ll-st"





General Immigration

Railway, St. Paul, Minn





 





(. lnczicr National Pu rk





I Great. Northern Railway in North Dako





'Nblno... Address..





A Holstein Dispersal Sale





. One of Michigan’s Greatest Herds





Espanore Farm, .Lansing, Mich, May 9, I9I6

68 Head. of the Desirable Kind





At the head of this herd is Pled e Spofford Calamity Paul, who has a won-

derful list of A. R. 0. daughters inc uding 3 with records of 30, 32 and 35 lbs.

butter each 1n 7 days. This great sire is to be sold witha number of his





young dau hters. .





SIX Sis ers to Michigan’s greatest cow, N

IMPORTANT! Every animal is sold u





health and breeding powers.

THIS IS A BREEDER’S HERD.





mands the land it occupies. You will find t

For catalog or any other information, addr





E. M. HASTINGS CO

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NORTH DAKOTA

Battleships Protect

Your Prosperity





Here is North Dakota's invincible Prepay-ulnar: [fleet in

one town of less than one thousand population—-

giant elevators which house the farmers' grain.

Why don't you come and enjoy this grotection with our North

with them means more

acres of grain. more live stock, comfortable homes. schools and ,

churches. NORTH DAKOTArls coming rapidly Into its own.

The 1915 crop of grain along the Great Northern Ry. In that

state amounted to more than EIGHTY- SIX MILLION bush-

els. The acreage of corn and alfalfa is lncreasmg enormously

every year. This means stock raising. combined





Big Type Poland China 53t’3.‘i29.2”iit.22§.“‘“





G. W. 'HOLTON. Route 11, Kalamazoo, Michigan.





. -—B . _. .

Illg Typo Poland Illinas b83131; fod‘éii‘ltf‘ééflé

pigs. A. A. WOOD & SON. Bulino. “1011123!!-





I 4choice boars read for servi .

lg". SII‘III '0 cl Some nice fall ll s.y A few b15331

Gilts left. some to furrow the last oi Xpril and first

of a . At Farmers Prices.



H. . SWARTZ. Schoolcraft. Michignn.





Gilts and sown. Bred for Mar. and

large IE” P. Ii. April Iarrow. Sircd by Big Des

Moines. lg Knox J r.,ahd Giant Defender. Bred to Big

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

OII- boars in line. Como 0!: write. WJS. LIl'l'ugsluu,l’ariilu.lllich.





' e'ther sex, all ages. Some-

FM 8". I’lllllltl clllllll thing good at a low )rice.

P. I). Long. R. F. D. No. 8. Grand Rapids. ich.





H av ”mud PglandgChlinis. 1“;le {mid ngmeirul’igl’s.

a g on; rer . Iggs ’rom )ig arrcr or {3



$1.00 or 15. ROBERT NEVE. Pierson. Michigan]

IG TYPE POLAND CHINAS—bred sows and gilts

all sold. Have several good spring boars and fall





pigs. Both sex. Call or write

W. BBEWBAKEB & SONS. Elsie. Michigan





Bi Bone Poland China





Broo Sows bred for sprin furrow. Few choice

males ready for service. Also I. B. Turkeys.

Maplewood Stock Farm. Allegan. Mich.





EGISTERED Poland China Spring Bears and Sows

at $15 each. Making thlsspecial price to make room

for others. A. G.Meade, Stanton, Mich..Colbys Ranch,





T 0 P.0- SOWS & Gilts all sold. Have 3 extra.

lar . égod S ring boars. Sire-(I by Big Defender.

W. . HAGE SHAW, Augusta. Michigan.





Swine all ages. Iled_ Poll Bulls





 





 





ould pay for it. and I figure my

acre. And farm is not for sale. 9





large farms divided

and ”20 acre work rms.

you own or rent. high-priced land, you will



ows, pigs and poultry supply the tab 3 be interested in learning what. our North

necessities. Dakota. farmers are doin

The Great Northern Railway has no land for ductive but which cos

sale in North Dakota, but there are hundreds as much

011mg: forms like Mr. Crockett‘s and larger— terms. In fact, what. i

there agreat amount of [and owned by non- renters will m



residents. We are in- Dakota. farm.





North Dakota Bulletin FREE





and facts about. the soil. amdavlts or

al settlers. We will assist you

tables location in an





3 on land eviually

is only abou one-

nnd may be secured on ver

5 ordinarily pal

aka the payments on a. N





Write for tree bulletin and ma

crop yields, experience letters

In every wa possible in finding a. sui

the state an our services to you are FR .

Home-Seekers. Write today. Address me personally. E. C.





Agent, Dept. 188 Great Northe





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I will send this today to E. C. LEEDY. General Immigration Agent.

Dept. 188 . Great Northern Ry.. St. Poul. Minn.





Please send me free booklets and fulltgtnformation regarding money-making farms along the





orthern Fobes Denver (39.87 lbs.

nder an absolute guaranty as t





Sold only because a





growing city de-

his A SAFE SALE T





O PATRONIZE.





., Sale Managers,

Pioneer Bldg., Madison, Wis.





 





 





g orders for Spring pigs,

Elmer E. Smith. Redford, M icb.





 





   





bred gilts all sold, am offering Sept. boars

rowth)‘ mics. and booking

arker, It. 1, Belmont, .\l icli.





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and gills. large g

Orders for spring plgs.A.J. Ii





 





 

 





 





 





Hastings Block, Lacona, N. Y. O

"003 0.1.6. Swine.

m . . . 8me an

m Stock For Sale—All Ag» oi’

E E l Correspondence “lull-l. Violin ”In: Islam. I I

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A few bred sou-s to far

and June. I havc‘ivl

Have thorn not akin.

. Schulze, Nashville. Mich.





r rrow in April, Mr

0]. '- Ii 8. ust.i‘all boars to olfer),

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in mile wf-stof depot.





 





 





Brluhisldo'F-rm .

Grand Ledge. Mich.





 





 





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Fowlcrville, Michigan.





 





SPRING BOARS of ood type and

00 '0 C0 Red Polled bu]? calves.





John Burner and Son. Grand Ladle. Mich. O l c. SWINE

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o ' 0. Choice serviceable boars. Choice gilts all strictly O. I. 0. type bred to furrow 12th

I I I sold. Fall pigs. either syx. not skin. Write for low also fall pigs

Chaser'n' name





prices and description. A. V. HAT’I‘, Grass Lake. Mich.





0. I. C. October-boars weighingtmo lbs. at $25 0' I. 0





each for,April shipmen .

C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. Mlohllan.





Way Brother: Slack Farm. 323.83% fi’fi,§_“§.§§: 0.1.0.8

A. R. GRAHAM.





for sale. Registered free. J. R. Way. Three Rivers, nich.

Gilts bred for May and





II. I. c. Boar: for source. Junefmow, 1 p... .y .0. I. I:

express. G. P. ANDREWS. Dnnsville, M chi Satisfaction guaranteed. Julian P. Gluten,





o ' c. Servicesble boars, gilts bred for June 308115 at

o c





furrow. Booking orders for Spring pigs,





, _ We still have a few bi

no skin. 11. W. MANN' Dan-ville Michlun boars ready for Servicg. we

at $2) & 525 each. Re istere





IG TYPE 0. I. 0's. and Chester Whites. Special registered black pew





prices on all hours and fall pigs either sex These

are sired by Abo 2nd, this hour sired our unbeaten





Stock registered in pur,

A .l.(iordcn, R.2, Dorr, Mich,





SWINE, Oct. hours and gilts.

ln Bulls sircri by 27 II). I) .

eaf Stock Farm, Monroe, Mich. No. 1.





Some ‘2-3'eai-old sows bred.

‘all pigs, either sex.

Flint. Michigan.





igs, both sex. $10.00 9

coking orders now.





Half Price





this type Poland China

hing up to 250 lbs. not fat.



in buyer's name. so

on 2 years old 8%.“)





 





h

year, other sires are Wonder Boy, White Holland Alle .

this boar was junior champion at Wis. State Fair last

Year. Now Mr. Buyer our pigs are sired

champions, ‘our price is no higher than other breeders

and the Express Co. charges just the same for a r





J C

breeders young herd at every state fair we showed 1; is P





as it does for 'a good one. Get our catalog an see From 9111: thousand

31%.... the good ones are. We are book for Spring and Big Stretchy

pigs sired by Sch oolmaster, the highest pr ced boar of for spring pigs.





llllcrest Farm.





the breed and five times _0. Champion. We Beg. Free and ship

0. o. D. Bolling View Stock Farm, Cass cm. Mich.





 





 





IILANII GIIIIIAS





pound Grand Champion Boar

Sows. Also booking orders now





lagg. YorkShIre ready to use 57:) each.

2. . CARR. HOMER. MICHIGAN.

Large Yorkshires‘fi‘gfii





Se tember i . 25 ring boars. Prices reasonable.

W.pc. c0815? Rogue No. I. ADA, MICHIGAN.





Yorkshires Gilts





For March 6: April farrowing For Sale.

“'atermnn & Waterman. Ann Arbor. Mich.





 





G'ROWTHY TH E means:

PROLIFIC ‘ ‘ MU LE FOOT’ ' RESIST-

Pnaom'nau: HOG me





WE ARE NOW BOOKING ORDERS FOR SPRING PIGS





THE CAHILL FARMS

KALAMAZOO - - - - MICHIGAN





 





 





 





 





Hampshire Swine. the great asture hog.My herd con-

tains the. blood of some 0 the‘ greatest. champions

of the breed. Headed by a son of the Great ”Look Out."

Ilrod sows and hours All sold. Bookingnrders for spring pigs. Can

supply pairs andtrios, not akin. Goo. I1. Starr. Grass Lsko,Mioh





' ' ~Nothing for sale. but Apr. Boar's.

llaIIIIISIII" Hogs Takingordcrs furs-print: Rigs. “'rito





your-wants. John W. Snyder. St. Johns, It. .\o. l, Mich.





' ' Pigs of both sex. Bred SowsServlce

Hampshll’e SWIM. boars. Write for prices. Price to

sell. FLO YD M YERS. R. No. 9.1)cca1ur, Ind.





‘ ofncst breedingmf various ages,eithet

BBI‘IiSIllI‘eS sex. all registered stock, no skin.

special reduced price. W'rito )our wants quick.

Mitchell's Lakeside Farms. ILZ, Bloomingdale, Mich.





FOR SALE. Berkshire SOVVS or BOARS.

I six mollthsold. weighingzilmut



140 lbs. at $20 Vassar. This ad. will not appear again.



GEO. l). CLARKE. Vassar, Michigan.





 





SHEEP. 4“





 





Kope Kon Farms”





SHROPSHIRES and DUROCS. KINDERHOOK, MICH

Good yearling ileld R

OXIOI'II Down “939- cwcs of all ages for “mums and

M. F. GANSSLEY. Lennon. Michigan.

Leicoshrs—Yearling and rain lambs from Champion





. flock of Thumb of Mich. Also select Burk-

shire swuic. Elmliumt Stock Farm. Alumni, Mich.





HORSES





 





 





Valuable Percheron

Slallions & Mares

must be Sold to close Estate





A. A. Palmer, Eslaie,





H. II. Orleans, Mich P, 0. Beldlng. Mlcn

Registered Porcherons





 





Brood mares, fillies and young stallions priced

to sell. Inspection invited.

Ll C. H NT. Eaton Rapids. Michigan





 





Two Registered Percheron Stalll '

For saleithrcc and six, black and grey.. W 3111253333?

their value” sold 50011. ’I‘.Il.l.ovc. it. 3. Howell. Mich





Percherons Holstein: In us Shro ir

pond D. BUEL'L. gEln'iira. relighggi'npum“





FOR SALEwsggig‘tfili-ed Percheron Stallion Mare.





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Leotion lnvrtod. F. L. K ING &SON. Clifr dit§.inchl.





Registered Perch rm St

For .86! e: c... for... .....‘.:...‘191.-.“"

E II. Aldrich,Tekonsha, Mich., R. No.1, Bell Phone.





LOESER BRIE





We have 100 head of Belgian and Per-

cheron Stallions and mares. Imported and

home bred. We have sold pure bred horses

in Michigan for the last 25 years.and have

the right kind, and at the right price. W'e





can supply any num berofwork horses, both

geldmgs and mares. Get in touch with us.





LIGONIER, INDIANA.





 





Kalamazoo. Mich.





 





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the ‘Balanced’ Tire





The greatest forward step ever made in pneumatic tires





On January 8th, in the Saturday Evening Post, we announced

that at last we had made pneumatic Srubber tires more like other

dependable articles of merchandise.





Stop and analyzé this state-

ment—“more like other depend-

able articles of merchandise.”





Unless backed up by results, it

would be almost commercial sui-

cide for a tire manufacturer to

make such a statement.





Now we are ready to tell you

the reason for this fearless confi-





dence in our tires-the reason for

the gigantic sales increases of our

tires since September last.





Many months ago we finally

worked out and began producing

the completely ‘balanced’ pneu-

matic tire—the heretofore un-

attainable goal of every tire

manufacturer. '





To be 1 00 per cent. efficient, a tire must be absolutely ‘balanced’-—- =





that is, the rubber tread and the fabric carcass of the tire must give)





equal wear.





‘ Balance’ the tire maker’s goal\





To have perfect ‘balance,’ the \





rubber tread must have enough \ ' Full rubber—tread





resiliency to absorb road shocks

that tend to disintegrate the fabric,

and still must have the toughness

to give long wear. _





_ Too much toughness reduces

resiliency; too much resiliency

sacrifices toughness.





Problem—find the ‘ balance.’ \





efficiency ;

demands a 50-50 ‘balance’ of resi-

liency and toughness.





Full fabric-carcass efficiency

demands a 50-50 ‘balance’ of

fabric layers and rubber—a union

that will make tread separation

impossible.





Full, complete tire efficiency demands a 50-50 ‘balance’ of the

rubber tread and the fabric carcass—neither may be stronger nor'





weaker than the other.





This is the goal we have reached





By producing this complete

"balance’ between resiliency and

toughness in the tread, and between

fabric and rubber in the carcass,

we have secured 100 per cent.

efficiency in United States Individ-

ualized Tires, or absolute ‘balance’





of wearing quality in both rubber

tread and fabric carcass.





By September last, these abso-

lutely ‘balanced’ United States

Tires began to be “felt on the

market.’ ’





Since September, sales have increased steadily month by month up

to the recent highest increase of 354 per cent—this tells the story.





 





United States-lire Company





‘ Nobby ’ ‘ Chain ’ ‘ Usco ’ ‘ Royal Cord ’ ‘ Plain ’ ,

“ lNDlVlDUALlZED TIRES ”