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DETROIT, MICH., SATURDAY, IVIAY 6, 1916





VOL. CXLV. No. 19

Whole Number 3887





VVhere the Potato Leads In;





OMEONE has said that if farmers

of a. given section will all stand

together in the production of one



crop, they may give a community a

world-wide reputation. When this is

started in our own communities we

are doubting Thomases, but if we will

consider the wonderful strides made

by Aroostook County, Maine, farmers,

we soon appreciate that men of strong

fiber, employing business-like produc-

tion and marketing methods, may win

not only fame but fortune as well.



The largest potato growing county in

the United States is the northernmost

county of that state and the northern-

most section of the country east of the

.Great Lakes, where we would little

dream of finding the greatest industry.

Although potatoes are grown in near-

ly every part of the state of Maine,

the great bulk of the crop for the state

is produced in this one county, approx—

imately 20,000,000 bushels being grown

here. The average yield is 275 bushels,

or 100 barrels per acre. ‘The average

for the United States is slightly more

than 90 bushels, and for England and

Germany about 200 bushels, so this

Aroostook county section presents a

fertile field for thought for those farm-

ers who aim to do better with this

money crop of the farm.



The one peculiar fact that forcefully

presented itself to me was that it

would be difficult to locate a section

east of the Mississippi with more un-

favorable location than this. ,Aroos-

took county has no special market ad-

vantages for disposing of its crop, but

on the contrary, is between 350 and

400 miles or more by rail from Boston

and more than 100 miles from the

ocean. It costs these farmers nearly

60 cents to pack and deliver a 160-lb.

barrel of potatoes in New York. But





it is the old story of Emerson and the

man who can make a better mouse-

trap, for the eastern markets are all

anxious to purchaSe Aroostook county

potatoes, because they are better.

Rotation is the secret of the Maine

farmers’ success with spuds.





The gen-





 





;By EARL W. GAGE





eral method of potato‘ culture as used

today has been adopted within the

past 15 years, and is followed almost

uniformly throughout the county. Upon

this simple rotation has been builded

a firm success that insures the future

development of the crop. Potatoes are

grown on a given piece of land only

one year and as a rule are followed by

one crop of oats or spring wheat, with

which are sown clover and timothy

for hay. This crop is cut for hay one

year and then plowed under in the

fall by the best farmers and the

ground used for potatoes the following





Clover and farm success have become

almost inseparable.



A desirable potato soil must be well

drained, mellow and retentive of mois-

ture. The plant needs a supply .of

moisture to maintain a continuous

growth and the tubers need such a

soil structure that displacement of the

particles during their development is

easy. We may supply an abundance

of plant food, yet these two simple re-

quirements are imperative. Success

in potato growing depends in large

measure on skill in selection of the

soil, or else in its amendment by use





 





 





Harvesting a 225-Bushel Potato Crop in Aroostook County, Maine.





spring. The furrow is usually turned

to a depth of seven or eight inches.

Other farmers allow their land to

stand two years under the forage crop,

but rarely longer, for the land is in too

much demand for the potato crop to

continue in grass more than two years.



Farmers have long since come to

learn the real value of clover sod as a

natural fertilizer. Where clover sod

is turned under, as in Aroostook coun-

ty, we seldom hear of run-out land,

and usually see the prosperous build-

ings prevailing in this Maine section.





 





 





 





 





 





 





of organic matter and proper tillage.

In the selection of soil for the pota-

to crop, the natural fertility is a small-

er consideration than physical condi-

tion. This fact was well illustrated by

one farmer in Maine who planted po-

tatoes on ten acres of old, worn-out

land, employing the Aroostook county

method. No barnyard manure was used

on this old pasture soil, yet a yield of

1,800 bushels was harvested, which

sold for $1,296, leaving a net profit of

$542. Oats and clover were grown the

previous year on this soil, and had





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put the soil in the proper physical con-

dition to insure a profitable potato

crop.



Aroostook county farmers plant their

crop between the middle of May and

the first of June, using five barrels of

seed to the acre, or between 13 and 14

bushels. The seed is cut by hand into

pieces containing two eyes or more

and of proper size to insure passing

through the planter. The rows are

about 33 inches apart, and from 12 to

15 inches apart in the row, so that the

ground is entirely occupied with the

crop and the vines force weed growth

out. From 1,200 to 1,500 pounds of

fertilizer is used to the acre, and this

consists of about three per cent nitro-

gen, seven to eight per cent of phos—

phoric acid, nine to 10 per cent of

potash.



Maine farmers long ago came to ap-

preciate that farmers cannot succeed

on weed crops grown on the same land

with the money crops. Therefore, as

soon as the seed is in the ground, the

weeding war starts. A horse hoe is'

usually used the first time over, fol-

lowing the row just as the plants ap—

pear. The rows are billed up suffi-

ciently to cover any potatoes which

may have appeared. This is usually fol-

lowed by a cultivator of the two-row

type. This operation starts about a

week or ten days after the beginning

of the first working, often as soon as

the whole crop can be worked over

once with the horse hoe. This treat-

ment is usually kept up with the culti-

vator and horse hoe, alternating until

the vines nearly cover the ground,

which is some time in July, usually

meaning six or eight cultivations, end—

ing with the horse hoe, or some imple-

ment that hills up the rows.



Careful cultivation has been the key-

note of Aroostook county potato grow-

ing. An illustration of the results ,of

a cultivation experiment held on one

large potato field shows results ob-

tained by proper cultivation. A por-

tion of the field was fitted by harrow-



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CURRENT COMMENT.





 





This is the title giv-

en a recent report

of the agricultural

development committee of the Cleve—

land Chamber of Commerce. The in-

vestigation which led up to this report

was conducted during a recent contro-

versy between producers and distribu-

tors of market milk. The cost of keep~

ing an average cow for one year was

estimated to be $108, and the fact is

set forth that a 518 gallon cow, as the

committee expresses it, would be los-

ing $30.50 per year for her owner when

the average price of milk is 15 cents

per gallon. At the price mentioned, it

was estimated by this committee that

the dairyman in order to have even the

fertilized produced by his herd as a

profit must make his cows average 720

gallons, or 6,120 pounds of milk, per

year if he sells his milk at 15 cents

per gallon.



The details of these estimates as

shown by the figures presented are

'most interesting, but space will not

permit their reproduction in this com-

ment. The point which we desire to

emphasize is the fact that a commit-

tee of intelligent business men has

carefully gone into the proposition of

the cost of milk production and set

forth their findings in a bulletin for

circulation among other business men

of the city of Cleveland. No recom-

mendations are made in the bulletin,

except to conduct an educational cam~

paign for the concentration of the mar-

ket milk business in the counties im-

mediately adjacent to Cleveland, in-

stead of drawing milk from a Widely

scattered territory including two or

three counties in Michigan.



The point is emphasized that during

the past five years the cost of feed has

advanced nearly 40 per cent, the cost

of labor nearly 50 per cent, while the

requirements of city inspection have

increased the cost of producing milk

by forcing the farmer to construct and

remodel buildings and expend more

labor on his dairy. It is made equally

clear that during the past five years

the price of milk to the farmer has not

increased to any material extent, cer-

tainly not at all in proportion to the

increased cost of production.



The committee recommends a thor-

ough investigation of , the Cleveland

milk problem, in order that conditions

which the committee considers deplor-

able may be corrected in the not dist-

ant future. The agricultural develop-

ment committee of the Cleveland

Chamber of Commerce'has sixteen

members, an of whom have an interest





The Cost of Milk.





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culture. The committee has a paid





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better mutual understanding of the





we not hope that Detroit’s progressive

Board of Commerce may follow Cleve‘

land’s lead in this direction?





One result of the

The Advance in war which is be-

Farm Equipment. ginning to be felt





by farmers is the»





advance in the price of' farm imple-

ments and equipment. Manufacturers

in many lines are finding themselves

obliged to advance the selling price of

their products, due to the very con~

siderable advance of raw materials us-

ed in the manufacture of same.





One‘ large manufacturer of agricul-

turalimplements submits some very

interesting figures relating to the ad-

vance which has already occurred in

raw materials, and the extent to which

it affects the cost of manufacturing

the ordinary farm implements in use

upon every farm. "According to this

statement, bar steel has advanced 67

per cent and is still rising in price,

bar iron 110 per cent, pig iron 45 per

cent, sheet steel ,96 per cent, bolts 85

per cent, nuts 80 per cent, rivets 75

per cent. In addition materials for

manufacturing processes have advanc.

ed in even greater ratio, fuel oil, for

instance, having advanced 78 per cent,

high speed tool steel 500 per cent, high

speed drills 500 per cent, coke 30 per

cent and borax 45 per cent. Other ad—

vances have occurred in equal propor-

tion, and certain materials cannot be

had at any price.





Most manufacturers had considera-

ble stock of materials on hand at the

outset of the war, or contracts which

protected them on deliveries of raw

material for the immediate future.

With the exhaustion of this material

and the expiration of these contracts,

many manufacturers have found it nec-

essary to advance prices, which ac-

tion was delayed while cheap material

was available, for the reason that the

condition encountered was considered

but a temporary emergency. The nec~

essity of such advances is apparent,

however, when one considers that as

figured by one firm engaged in the

manufacture of agricultural imple-

ments, that the shop cost of making a

two-section spike—tooth barrow has ad-

vanced 32.4 per cent, while the cost of

manufacturing an ordinary steel beam

walking plow has advanced 34.5 per

cent, and more than 26 per cent addi-

tional cost has been added to the ordi-

nary riding cultivator.



The reader who has occasion to buy

farm equipment in the near future

will do well to consider these facts

carefully instead of thoughtlessly con-

demning either manufacturer or local

dealer .if a higher price is asked for

goods than the purchaser expected to

pay, since at least a portion of this in-

creased cost must necessarily be pass-

ed on to the ultimate consumer.





Reference h a s

frequently been

made in these

columns during the past year to the

farm management demonstrations con-

ducted by the Department of Agricul~

ture, cooperating with the state col-

leges of agriculture in the various

states. Something of average condi-

tions were recently deduced by a study

of sixty-four groups of farms located in

nineteen states which were included in

the farm demonstrations for last year.

The total number of farms in these

groups was 4,400, and for purposes of

comparison the farmers running them

were divided into five numerically

equal classes according to their labor

incomes.



The reader will understand that the

labor income shows the amount of the

farmer‘s wages or earnings in addition

to the use of the [am home as a

Mme, and such fuel and food aa‘ the

ham malice tree of money cont; utter

five per cent interest on the-capital





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real identity of their interests. , 'May~-.





farms [included in these demonstra-

tions figured on the above basis was

only $387, while the average labor in—

come of the farmers who did best-—

the successful fifth—was $1,421. The

labor income for those in the secondoec

class was $642, while the fifth of these

4,400 farmers who were least success-

ful received no labor income, but on

the contrary lost $517, that is to say,

the interest on the amount of money

represented by their investment in

farm, stock and equipment would have

been $517 more than the farm returned

to them outside of the incidental re-

turns above noted.



The conclusion reached from an an-

alysis of this large number of demon-

strations is that in almost any north-

ern community one~fifth of the farm-

ers who may be termed the successful

fifth are making an income approxi-

mately $1,000 per year more than the

average labor income of all farmers,

and $2, 000 more than the least success-

ful fifth.



In addition to the influence of the

personal equation in determining the

labor income of the farmer, these dem‘

onstrations have shown that there are

certain factors which in almost every

case have direct influence upon the

size of the farm income. These fac-

tors have been pointed out in a gen-

eral way in previous comments on this

subject. In counties where county ag-

ricultural bureaus are maintained, and

county agents are at hand, they will

be glad to explain personally to any

reader just what these general princi-

ples are, but the greatest help toward

making the farm business profitable

in future years can be rendered by the

farm demonstrators through the keep-

ing of accurate accounts in suitably

prepared books which are furnished

for the purpose by the county agents,

and then making an analysis of the

business at the end of the year, apply-

ing the general principles found to ob-

tain in average cases as a means of

discovering the reason for a low labor

income where same prevails.



Those farmers who are in the less

successful classes may never be able

to overtake the successful fifth, who

will continue to grow in capacity for

productive work. They may, however,

easily get into the class which the suc-

cessful fifth now occupy by making a

systematic study of their own method

of farm management to determine the

reason for failure in previous years

The first important step to be taken

in this connection is the keeping of an

adequate system of farm accounts, pre-

ferably the same as is used in farm

demonstration work, to the end that

the results secured may be more read-

ily analyzed and compared for future

enlightenment and guidance.





With ‘the advancing

Federal Aid for season the prospect

Good Roads. of the enactment of

a bill providing for

federal aid in the matter of building

good roads becomes less likely. Last

week the Senate adjourned on the day

set apart for the consideration of a

road bill without reaching a vote, af-

ter three days of discussion in the Sam

ate. Charges were made against the

bill pending, in th t it was a socullcd

“pork—barrel” ap opriation. Under

the proposed bill $75,000,000 would be

appropriated‘during the next five years

tobeusedinconncctionwlthunequal

amount to be appropriated by the

states for a like purpose.



It is a. matter for encouragement,

however, that while the fedml con—

gress “plays horse” with the proposi-

tion of federal aid for good roads,





The average labor bloom of all the





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along aimed

this district. on Sunday French troops

occupied German trenches on both the

right and left banks of the Mouse rrv-

er, which had been taken earlier. by

the Germans. On the extreme western

front minor engagements were fought

the first of this week without changes

of positions, and the same is true in

the Vosges mountains, where the Ger-

mans are attempting to break the

French line. On the Russian front vio-

lent artillery engagements are report-

ed from the Riga and Jacobstadt dis~

tricts to the north, while about Lake

N arocz fighting has greatly diminished

in intensity. At the extreme southern

end of the Russian frontier the Czar’ s

forces recaptured trenches that had

been taken from them early Sunday

morning, included in the capture were

600 Magyars and 22 ofli-cers. In the

Caucasus region an advance undertak.

en by the Turks at Diarbekr failed. It

has been reported that the English

garrison at Kut-El-Amara has capitu-

lated, but confirmation of the report

is lacking:



An uprising took place in Ireland

last week with Dublin as the center

of the revolt. It appears that the gov-

ernment has subdued the rebels and

the situation seems well under con-

trol. Over 700 prisoners were taken

and a large number of casualties re‘

sulted from engagements between the

troops and rebel bands. There is a.

general belief that German support

has been given the movement.





Mexican Affairs. —Gen. Scott, repre-

senting the United States, and Gen.

Obrego, Mexican Minister of War, are

in conference at El Paso, Texas, on

matters pertaining to the presence of.

American "troops in Mexico. The po-

sition of Gen. Obregon is that ‘unless

American troops are recalled from

Mexican soil, the Carranza govern-

ment will soon be facing a formidable

revolution. This attitude was support-

ed by the recent plots against Mexican

officials at Chihuahua City and else-

where. 0n the other hand, Gen. Scott

insists that the American people are

in such frame of mind that if troops

were withdrawn and another raid sim-

ilar to the affair at Columbus, N. M.,

should take place, it would be lumps.

sible to stem the demand for an im-

mediate invasion of Mexico. In view

of these positions, it has been suggest-

ed that Mexico accept the co—operation

of the American troops in 111111

down the bandits and thus stave off

the American sentiment of ’War on the

whole Mexican country. '





International relations between the

United States an. Germany have an

optimistic outlook in that German

sentiment is reported favorable to the

granting of demands ‘made by this





country to modify the character of the ,





submarine warfare carried on by the

German government, particularly as it

relates to passengers and shipping of

neutral countries.





National.





A new world’s aviation record was

established at Newport News, Va.,

when Theodore McCauley remained in

the air one hour, ten minutes and five

and two-fifths seconds, traveled 88

miles and covered 100 kilometers in

50 minutes and ten seconds, with six

passengers in his machine.



Mail service from eastern states to

Michigan points has been poor for sevo

eral weeks past, and protests have

been made to the department at Wash-

ington which have thus far been fruit-

less in obtaining relief



The twenty-seventh general confer-

ence of the M. E. Church is in session

at Saratoga Springs, N. Y. Nine hun-

dred delegates are present, represent-

ing 132 conferences.



While labor conditions are i]

in the middle-western states, a num r

of disturbances have occurred and

promiseto occur in eastern sections

of the country. In New York City

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ing twice with a spring-tooth harrow;

the rest of the field was harrowed





thoroughly four times, twice with a »





disk and twice with a spring-tooth har-

row. ‘In other respects the remainder





' of the field was treated the same. The





Crop on the section which received the

less preparation averaged 80 barrels

per acre and that on the thoroughly

prepared part 100 barrels per acre.

The thorough and frequent cultiva-

tion of the land for the potato crop has

served to solve a problem Which pre-

vails in nearly every potato growing

section of the north. When. the pres-

ent system of potato culture was start-

ed in northern Maine, witch-grass, or

the common quack-grass, threatened





the success of the crop most seriously. ‘





Today this weed is one of the least

serious difliculties met here. Thorough

working of the soil planted to potatoes

is part of the solution for this prob-

lem. This includes especially the work

of. I the potato digger, for it shakes

loose from the row any witch-grass

roots which may have escaped the cul-

tivation of the early season. The short

rotation is another secret tending to

the successful extermination of quack-

grass, little opportunity being allowed

for it to get a hold in the ground.



The cost to Maine farmers on an av-

erage for cultivation, spraying, har-

vesting, is $60 per acre, allowing $24

for fertilizer and $15 for rent of land.

The men in Maine who put the most

into growing the crop raise the great-

est number of bushels. The increase

in yield as a result of the more costly

method is certainly sufficient to more

than pay the difference in cost, sup-

posing potatoes to sell as low as 35

cents pet“ bushel. A yield of 125 bush-

els, grown at a cost of $15, would bring

a result of $26.66 net per acre, as

against $31.66 net profit on $60 crop-

ping, with harvest of 275 bushels. But

Maine farmers sell at an average of

one dollar per barrel, and their quality

recognition insures against low prices.



A potato grower in Van Buren coun-

ty, Maine, advises that his potato crop,

mostly marketed in the fall, sold at an

average price of 44 cents per bushel

for a period of ten years. At this

price the more expensive method of

culture yielded a profit of $61 per

acre, as against an estimate of $40

from the cheaper method, which is

common in Michigan and other states

in which the potato crop is an import-

ant source of income. Always remem-

ber, too that better quality potatoes

result fi'om bumper yields, and not

from small yields.





LILLIE FARMSTEAD NOTES.





 





 





Business men in other lines are

quite apt, especially some of them, to

criticize the farmer because he does

not do things in a more businesslike

way. I have heard of this criticism

before now, when it was pretty harsh.

To one unacquainted with the actual

conditions on a farm for a series of

years the criticism might seem just

and in some instances no doubt, in fact

we know it is just, but we also know

that much of it is unjust in the ex-

treme and it comes from real, genuine

ignorance of actual farm and weather

conditions.



Farm work cannot be carried on as

systematically as factory work. It is

utterly impossible. If the farmer had

a roof over his farm, like the manufac-

turer, crops would be in on time, at

least most mom, and they would be

planted in good condition. Many a

farmer sows his oats or his wheat like

last fall, when the land is not properly

fitted and he knows it. He does not

need someone to tell him, but he puts

in the crop because he thinks it is to

be that way or not at all. He has per-

haps prepared his land well and is al-

ready to sow the seed but rain inter-





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of it and forgets bad conditions in the

hopes that they never will occur again.

Spring Conditions.

I never saw land workup in better

condition than it’has this spring. Much

of our heavy clay. soil is as mellow as

an ash heap. Even the clay knolls

that some years are baked down so

hard that the best of implements will

hardly make an impression on the soil,

can this year be fitted almost perfectly

with a spring-tooth harrow. Harrow-

ing both ways on a field made an ideal

seedbed for peas, also for oats. We

began sowing peas on the 14th and

finished 32 acres by noon on the 18th.

Then got nicely started on a 20-acre

field for oats that day and have not

turned a Wheel since, and we can’t for

several days yet. We have had a week

of wet, cloudy weather and everything

is at a standstill. The manufacturer,

however, can go right along with his

work.



This rain, however, has been a very

good thing for wheat, clover, and per-

manentpastures. They are looking

green even if the temperature is below

normal. April showers make grass,

but they cut down the oat'crop. The

hurry to get the oats sown after the

wet spell will cause many good farm-

ers to sow before the land is well pre-

pared, and the result will be a poorer

crop. On the other hand, if the sow—

ing is delayed much longer there prob-

ably Will be a poor crop anyway.



The Dairy Business.



The dairy business is not so subject

to bad weather as crop production.

That can run along more nearly uni-

form even if the weather is bad and

this fact seems to be the salvation of

business at Lillie Farmstead. If there

was not this stability of the dairy bus-

iness to fall back on the profit and loss

account would many times have its

balance on the wrong side. Dairying

is, I feel, the most reliable branch of

farming. Where this is made an im-

portant part of the business, had years

can be, in a measure, bridged over

and the whole business of farming sav-

ed from actual loss.



Milk Inspection.



I am pleased and interested in this

question that has been discussed so

well by Bro. Horton and Dr. Robison.

They are both absolutely right on this

question. The condition of the pro-

duct should be the test and not the

cost of stable equipment. No one likes

to see enameled tile stables, etc., bet-

ter than I do. They are fine, but the

right kind of a man can produce bet-

ter milk in an ordinary farm stable

than the wrong kind of a man will in

the stable with costly equipment.

You and I are living through this pe-

riod of experimental bacteriology as

applied to dairying. When I was dairy





\and food commissioner a few years





ago scientists had all sorts of notions

about bacteria. Cows must not be fed

hay immediately before milking, or

the bedding stirred. Some went so

far as to take the cows into a separate

building to milk them, etc. This was

all because they were jumping at con-

clusions—they did not know what they

were talking about and the dairyman

suffered. Now they' have caught their

second breath and actual experiments

like those at Cornell which Mr. Hor-





ton refers to, are doing much to clear





the atmosphere and. give us all a

chance. We learn now that the bac-

teria that destroys, the food value of

milk are rarely if ever in this dust.

From this standpoint a man can feed

his cows when he chooses. What he

must be especially careful about is not

to let any dirt from the cows udder or

flanks get into the milk pail and he

must sterilize the milk utensils, pails,

straws, cans, etc. These are the two

sources from which the injuroius bac-

teria come, i. e., dirty cows and dirty

pails, separator cans, etc. Keep the

cows' clean anyway you choose, keep

dairy utensils clean and you have got

COLON C. LILLIE. ‘





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The Rural New-Yorker says: “This

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By‘ top- dressing’ we mean spread-

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pant food over the grain fields.



here are some seasons when the

grain comes through the Winter in

such shape that this top= =dressing

would hardly pay, but this year, the

sudden cleanup of Winter reveals the

need of a little stimulant to start the

grain off quickly. Much of the wheat

was late seeded last Fall, and did not

have a good chance before Winter

set in. Then came a season of cold

weather with bare ground and then

ice and snow. Now comes a quick

thaw with a hot sun on the plants as

they are uncovered. Add to this con-

dition the fact that prices will be high,

demand heavier than ever, and the

total crop a little short, and we have

every argument in favor of using avail-

able fertilizer this Spring. It will be

impossible to obtain potash econom-

ically this year, but nitrogen and phos-

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An Inter-County Tra tor Day:





RE Michigan farmers interested

A in the tractor proposition?

This question was answered em-

phatically in the affirmative by the

success of the recent Tractor Day ob-

served at Carson City, Montcalm coun-

ty, under the auspices of the Inter-

County Corn Growers’ Association.



It rained practically all day, but not-

withstanding this, fully 500 interested

farmers were present by- noon, and

stayed through to the end of the dem~

onstration. Many of these farmers

came twelve and fifteen miles to wit-

ness the operation of different types

of machines. Besides this evidence of

the attention our farmers are giving to

power farming, it should be noted that

the machines used in the demonstra-

tion belonged to farmers living near

the place where the day was observed.



There were eight machines exhibit-

ed, representing six different makes—-

The International, Steel Mule, Bates,





 





 





 





 





Sorting Potatoes at Harvest Time in

an Aroostook County Field.





 





Case, Avery and Bull Tractor. Farmers

were given a chance to see one-wheel

drive, two-wheel drive, and a crawler,

and the inclemency of the weather of-

fered a splendid opportunity for com-

paring the traction efficiency of these

machines. The different types of

wheels and lugs employed was a mat—

ter of considerable comment among

the farmers present.

Adapted to Many Uses.



It was apparent to the casual ob-

server that the recent development of

the tractor for the trade in sections

where farms are of ordinary size, has

shown a general abandonment of the

mammoth machines that are used on

the large ranges of the west. The

smaller machines appeal to the aver-

age farmers of Michigan, and manufac‘

turers are making every effort to meet

their needs. Not only are tractors be-

ing constructed 011 smaller lines, but

they are also designed with the idea

of being employed for a variety of

purposes. The first tractors were

made simply for plowing, but the new-

er machines are designed to plow, har-

TOW, disc, cultivate, handle the ma-

nure spreader, draw loads about the

farm and upon the roads, pull road

machinery, besides doing all kinds of

belt work that the ordinary farmer

would have to do. By reason of this

yariety of uses, farmers upon the av-

erage sized farms have sufficient work

for a machine of this kind to make an

investment therein pay good dividends.



The “program of the day included a

street parade of the tractors during

the forenoon, which was folIOWed by a

plowing demonstration after the lunch

hour. On the roads, which had been

made very muddy by continuous rains,

the ability of these machines to get

through difficult places was made apr

parent. The field where the plowing

was done ,was too wet for working;

one would not have chosen to work in

it with horses, yet with a few excep-

tional places these tractors were able

to pull their full quota of plows over

the entire area of the fifteen-acre field.





 

   





of the machines had some trouble b9-

cause the soil was very loose and of-

fered no footing for the drivers. There

appeared a general opinion among the

farmers witnessing the work of the

machines, that under reasonable con-

ditions, the results would be entirely

satisfactory so far as getting over the

ground is concerned.





Looking to Economic Advantages.





the men inquired into different fea-

tures of these machines, and the work

they could do, would indicate that

their interest was one of no idle cur-

iosity. The economic side of the ques-

tion is appealing strongly to the farm-

ers, and they are looking beyond the

mere fact of being able to plow or do

other work, more cheaply with the

tractor than with horse power. They

are fully apprised of the fact that time

is an important element in the accom-

plishment of farm work. If through

the use of a tractor they can prepare

a field for planting in two days which

might take them four or five days with

teams, these men realize that the ad-

vantage is well worth considering, be—

cause such saving of time frequently

means the production of a good crop

instead of a poor one. It may mean

the saving of the entire season’s work

upon a particular field. When this con

ditional insurance against crop failure

is coupled with the possibility of doing

the heavier work upon the farm more

cheaply than can be done in the old

way, the reason for the farmer‘s inter-

est is apparent.



While general knowledge of the es-

sentials in the operation and up-keep

of the automobile has made the farmer

conversant with the handling of the

gas power engines, there appeared to

be a general sentiment favorable to

the simple tractors Complicated de-

vices are too quickly gotten out of or-

de1, and are usually difficult to adjust,

for which reason the simple machine

appeals more strongly to those who

are looking for a tnctor to do farm

work.



Intelligent Operation Pays.



Another feature more or less force-

fully brought to the attention of ob-

servers was the difference in the abil-

ity of the operators. Some of the trac-

tors were spouting smoke as if they

were some species of steam engine.

Other Operators were qualified to

handle the engine perfectly well, but

did not appear to know how to adjust





and handle the plows. The large num-,





ber of wearing surfaces, the tremen«

dous strain and the careful adjustment

required in many of the parts make it

highly important that the operator

should thoroughly acquaint himself

with his machine. The manufacturers

are aware of this condition, and while

they have done everything that inven-

tive genius has discovered to make

these steel horses “fool proof,” many

of them are taking the further pre-

caution to offer courses of instruction

to parties purchasing their particular

machines, as well as to others who





 





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and a number of. books have recently.

been issued with the same end in

view. Many users remarked that the

life and efficiency of this kind of pow-

er upon the farm may be increased





'fully fifty per cent through careful op-





eration and oversight.



This, to our knowledge, was the first

Tractor Day of its kind to be held in

the state, and the Inter-County Corn





improvement Ass’n is to be congratulat.





ed, not only upon introducing the inno-

vation, but also upon the succes of the

event. Too much credit cannot be giv-

en to the public-spirited men who ar~

ranged for the meeting. Their contri-

bution to the development of agricul-





ture in that section of Michigan, no





one can measure, but it is safe to as-

sume that through the educational ben-

efit resulting from this exhibition and

other important movements that the

association has undertaken looking

toward a better agriculture, many

farmers will be assisted to greater

prosperity and the community as a

Whole made richer and more progres‘

sive than ever before.





ROAD WORK IN MICHIGAN.





 





Barry county has adopted the coun-

ty road system.



Cass county turned down the propo-

sition of a bond issue of $200,000 by a

majority of three to one.



Barton township in Newaygo county

voted a bond issue of $2,500 for build-

ing two miles of state reward road ex-

tending to the Mecosta county line.



A bond issue of $6,000 was voted by

Merrill township, Mecosta county for

building a trunk road across the town-

ship.



Genesee county will vote in Novem-

ber on a bond issue of half a million

dollars for good roads.



Two and a half miles of road will

be built between the villages of East-

lake and Stronach, Manistee county,

completing the round-‘the-lake drive.



Macomb county has let a contract

for $27,000 for building two and a

quarter miles of asphalt road, with ce-

ment curb, completing the lake shore

road between Detroit and Mt. Clemens.



Chippewa and Mackinac counties



plan to build six miles of reward road

south of Pickford, on the main line

connecting the S00 and St. Ignace.

_VVomen ‘voters saved the day for

good roads in Ottawa county, in the

matter of a bond issue of $36,000 for

continuing the West Michigan pike

through Laketon township, a distance

of nine miles. Olive township will ex-

pend $1,000 in connecting the Harlem

road with the Michigan pike, and H01-

land township has authorized the reg-

ular assessment of 15 per cent for

good good roads to be used in building

an asphalt road connecting with North

River avenue, Holland, and extending

west to Pine lodge.



Muskegon county will try a “binder”

on a mile of the Cedar Springs high-





 





vided for instruction" alongth‘is lino.





. coal must be screened out.





" a” it, .9 ‘ .

her on” a, rbdna issue ”df‘$200,000 for '





good roads, to be paid in four years,





consisting of trunk lines and six miles





of road in each township not touched

by trunk lines.- Bonds will be issued»



Extensive road building operations

are under way in eastern Calhoun

county.



Many pieces of road will be built in

Branch county this season, largely

gravel, withthe exception of two miles

of crushed stone on the state road

west of Goldwater, the contract having

been let to Wm. H. Ryan, of Lansing,

for $5,525.



Washtenaw county has let contracts

for building gravel roads as follows:

Whitmore Lake road to James Burke,

$7,000; Saline road to C. J. Schneider

&. Sons, $3,500; No. 6 trunk line to J.

W. Schneider, $7,000; Ann ArbOr-Dex-

ter road, to J. W. Schneider, $2,800;

Salem road to Lans & McFadden,

$3,250. '





Kent Co. ALMOND GRIFEEN.





CROP AND FERTILIZER QUES-

TIONS.





Fertilizing Old Meadows.

I have a piece of old meadow, tim-





othy and alsike, that should be plow- -





ed up this spring, but as I am short

of meadow I thought some of sowing

fertilizer on it after it dries and cut

ting another crop of hay. Would that

be advisable? I probably could cut.

about a ton per acre without putting

anything on it, Please tell me what

would be best? I have no manure or

I would top-dress it.

Van Buren Co. L. T.





A meadow can 'be kept productive

for many years if it is annually top-

dressed with fertilizer. This practice

has been thoroughly tested in the east.



For this year’s crop, however, it





 





 





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would have been better to have applied

the fertilizer last August. Much of the

nutriment that will produce the next

crop is already stored up in the crown

and roots of the plants. The applica—

tion should be .made just as soon as

possible. 'The earlier the beter. As it

will be a little late I suggest you apply

fertilizer on half the field and note re.

sults. If you keep this meadow anoth-

er year I think you will notice quite as

much or more benefit from the fer-

tilizer then than you do this year.

This has been my experience.





Applying Hardwood Ashes to Corn

‘ Hills.



I have a limited amount of hard-

wood ashes which have accumulated

this winter. I wish to use these ashes

for corn in the hill, using a hand~plant—

er with fertilizer attachment. Is there

any danger of the ashes burning the

seed corn or doing any other harm,

and can ashes be successfully distrib-

uted in a hand-planter? .



St. Clair Co. N. S.



Hardwood ashes contain about 30

per cent of caustic lime, (oxide of

lime). Too much of this right with

the seed would injure the germination.

In applying with a hand planter there

would be little danger of getting on

enough to cause any injury. In apply-

ing this way the ashes will be more

or less mixed with the soil, and very

little come in actual Contact with the

seed





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Farm Notes

Will Clover Self-Seed?





Will clover self-seed? I have a field

in which I plowed a good crop of clo-

ver'unde'r'Wh'en it was' ripe enough to

out for se‘ed-fiin the fall of 1914. Last

year I had this field into beans and po-

tatoes and I wanted to plow it this

spring and sow to oats and I wanted

it seeded. Now if I plow this field

deep enough to plow up the clover, will

the seed grow and make a successful

stand. I have had several neighbors

tell me it will.



Saginaw Co. L. C.



Under favorable conditions clover

seed will live in the ground over one

or more seasons, and much of it will

germinate when it is again turned up

near the surface where conditions are

favorable. It is too uncertain a propo-

sition, however, to make it a profitable

dependence in the getting of a seeding

of clover. If there is a strong proba-

bility that some of this seed may grow,

it might be all right to sow the clover-

seed thinner than common, say about

one-half a seeding, but even this would

not, in the writer’s opinion, be the





'wiser course. Clover is too important





a factor in the crop rotation to take

any unnecessary chances on getting a

stand.



‘ Installing a Ventilating System.





I am planning to ventilate my base-

ment stable. It is a stone basement

under a 40x60-ft. barn. It would be

46 ft. from the floor of' the basement

to the peak of the barn. Would two

outlet flues 16 inches square be large

enough, if I were keeping 30 head of

cattle from cows down to calves?

How near to the floor should they

come? Does it make any difference

whether they come down in front or

behind the stock? If 16 inches is not

large enough please state how large

they should be. How large should the

holes be for letting in the fresh air,

say three on each side, as I under-

stand it, the fresh air is let in at the

ceiling. Was intending to build the

flues out of tongued and groved inch





lumber. ‘

Gladwin Co. SUBSCRIBER.





Prof. King, in his work on ventilat-

ing, states that out-takes for cows and

horses should provide not less than 30

square inches per head when the out-

take has a height of 30 feet. With a

height of 40 feet, only 24 square inches

would be required, and with a 50-foot

out-take flue, probably 20 square inch-

es would be the minimum of cross sec-

tion area which should be allowed for

each animal.



At this estimate, two out-take flues

16 inches in diameter would be about

up to Prof. King’s.estimate for ade-

quate size of ventilating flues needed

for the ventilation of a barn contain-

ing the amount of stock mentioned in

this inquiry.



The out-take flue should reach nearly

to the floor, allowing only ample space

for the in—take of air nearly equal to

the diameter of the out-take flue. The

intakes should open on the inside at or

near the ceiling, and on the outside at

a lower level to prevent the discharge

of warm air from the stable through

them. Their total cross-section area

should be equal to, or a little greater

than, that of the out-take flue.





. Matched lumber if of good quality so

that the flue could be made tight,

would be all right, but a double thick-

ness with an interlining of tar paper

is recommended for best results, or

some other means of making an abso-

lutely air-tight flue which will give the

maximum movement of air through the

same.



Seeding Alfalfa.





Have a piece of sand that grew a

fair crop of beans last year. Took the

beans off and plowed ground late,

(there was some grass on It), _and

drilled to rye, but looks like a failure

at this date. This ground had two ap-

plications of manure the last two

years. I want to‘ seed to alfalfa. How

much should I sow to acre, how sow

and how cover seed? Also about What

time should I sow? Would say the

ground is very firm. Would I stand a

better show of a catch without a nurse





crop?



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- fa fa as soon as practicable. Probably





enough rye would survive this treat-

ment to make a thin stand and keep

back the weeds. This could be clipped

high at a favorable. time in case it ap-

peared to encroach too much on the

alfalfa or draw too much moisture

from the soil.





If the soil is in an acid condition, it

would be very profitable to apply some

lime, using say 500 pounds per acre of

hydrated lime toget immediately ben-

eficial results in sweetening the soil

and placing it in a proper condition to

encourage the multiplication of the soil

bacteria peculiar to and necessary for

the success of the alfalfa plants.





The method of seeding should prop-

erly depend upon the condition of the

soil. The seed can be successfully

sown broadcast and harrowed in under

normal weather conditions, in which

case about'ten pounds per acre would

be a liberal seeding, provided seed of

good germinating quality is sown. On

land which has never been seeded to

alfalfa, it might be a better plan to

use some clover seed with the alfalfa,

so-as to insure a stand of grass in case

the alfalfa did not do well the first

year.



Eradicating the Sand-Burr.





Is there a safe and sure way to rid

a farm of sand-burs? My farm is sand

loam, not very light sand, but nice

loam. Am going to put potatoes, corn

and tomatoes in the field that has the

burs in it. Will a sod kill them, or will

cultivation kill them? Am going to

put the field to alfalfa soon, but do

not want it full of burs.



Kent Co. R. J. J.





The best method of eradicating the

sand-burs is thorough cultivation of

this field and hand-hoeing if necessary

to prevent them from seeding this

year. Then before the land is seeded

it should be well fertilized, and if any

difficulty has been experienced in get-

ting clover or alfalfa to grow on same,

it should also be limed to encourage a

better stand of the legume. This is a

weed which is far more troublesome

in waste places and on land poor in

fertility than on a fertile soil which

produces a vigorous growth of grasses.

If you succeed in getting a good stand

of alfalfa, the frequent cutting of this

crop will soon eliminate this trouble-

some grass.





Wisconsin Seed Beans.





Do you advise Wisconsin beans for

seed?



Gratiot Co. SUBSCRIBER.



Beans from northern Wisconsin

might be of a superior quality of seed,

since bean growing there has not been

as extensive as in Michigan and the

fungous diseases which have been

such a handicap to bean growers here

may not have been so prevalent. The

superior value of seed beans from any

locality lies, however, in their free-

dom from disease, and unless they are

more free from the spores of these

fungous diseases, beans from a dis-

tance would not be likely to give bet-

ter results if, indeed, they give as good

results as beans which were produced

nearer home.





Manure as a Source of Bean Infection.





Would it be alright to draw manure

on bean ground containing bean pods

that were infected with the blight and





anthracnose. The pods were used for

bedding.

Gratiot Co. SUBSCRIBER.





Experiments conducted at the Mich-

igan Station during the last year have

shown that the spores of bean blight

and anthracnose are practically all de-

stroyed by passing through the ali-

mentary canal of animals. Where the

bean pods are used as bedding, how-

ever, the proposition would be entirely

different, and it would be an unwise

procedure to apply the resulting ma-

nure to ground intended for beans this

year, since this might easily, and ’prob-

ably would, become a source of infec-

tion of the season’s crop, especially if

prevailing weather conditions .7 were

favorable for the development of these





. diseases.





 





 





 





 





 





 





 

 





 





 





 





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Save half the time and labor and have a better seedbed. '

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come famous. Steel

is scientifically

used to give the

Saginaw Silo strength and rugged-

ness—the Steel Door frame—the

Angle Steel rib and the Mighty Spline-

Dowel, together with the Anchoring

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iled Yellow Pine. Redwood will not decay,

shrink or well, and resists fire. Siloiled Yel-

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HILE the strawberry 'is not an

W exhausting crop on the land,



yet in practice it has been

found that it requires a far more lib-

eral manuring than most fruit crops.

In a recent experiment, a crop of 6,000

pounds of fresh berries were harvest-





. ed from one acre, which is a very fair

yield, and the analysis showed that -





the soil had lost in the production of

this crop 8.4 pounds of nitrogen, 10

pounds of potash, and 3.5 pounds of

phosphoric acid.



The reason why strawberries de-

mand fertilizer for successful growth

lies in the fact that it has a compara-

tively short growing season in the

early part of the year. With favora-

ble weather conditions after the plants

start in the spring they will grow fast,

soon blossom, and rapidly develop

their fruit, thus requiring in a short

time relatively large amounts of im-

mediately available nitrogen, phos—

phoric acid, and potash, and these ele-

ments most be in the soil in abund-

ance to meet this demand if the best

results are obtained.



Applying Manure.



Well—rotted barnyard manure is the

fertilizer most generally used and rec-

ommended for strawberries. It should

never be used fresh. If not well rot-

ted, it is generally foul with weed

seeds and fungus diseases, and con-

duces to a rank growth of vine and a

fruit of poor shipping quality. To sup-

plement the barnyard manure, which

is often of poor quality, from 50 to 100

bushels per acre of unleached wood





 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

   

 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





 





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It is frost and acid proof and it is as

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It is properly made and saltglazed and



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ashes should be used.



The soil may be supplied with hum-

us from other sources than rotted

manure, such as by turning under the

green manure crops, like clover and

cowpeas, together with commercial

fertilizers. A strawberry grower in

Maryland tried one plat of berries un-

der fertilization with stable manure,

which cost $31, and another plat with

commercial fertilizer which cost $7.

The result of the experiment revealed

‘the advantage of growth of vines and

early maturity of fruit decidedly in fa-

vor of the commercial fertilizer.



Other Fertilizers.



Where barnyard manure is not avail-

able, or its use unwise, ashes and

ground bone may be used to supple-

ment green manuring. The green

crops should be plowed under in the

fall, and the bone and ashes applied

broadcast in the spring, and lightly

harrowed in. This plan has given

quite general satisfaction among the

strawberry growers.



Some Wisconsin growers have found

that a liberal top—dressing with fine

manure after the fruiting season is

the most satisfactory method of fer-

tilization. The dressing protects the

crowns of the plants from excessive

summer heat and furnishes the young

roots with abundant nourishment

throughout the growing season, devel-

oping strong plants which are able to

store up in the short stems a good

supply of reserve material for the first

leaf growth the following spring.



New York. Emu. W. GAGE.





 





 





As soon as growth in vegetation be-





' gins, it will be necessary to look'after





the strawberry bed that was provided

with a good winter mulch. The mate-

rial has become pretty well packed

from the weight of snow and rain, and

that directly over the plants will need‘

loosening that light and air may have

freer entrance and that the new leaves





: and the fruit stems may grow up un-

, obstructed.





It is best to disturb no

more of the mulch than it necessary

to accomplish the purpose for the rea-

son that the mulch will best fill the

purpose of soil water conservation

while in a. state of compactness like

that secured through the agencies

named.



It is necessary that this matter be

given proper and timely attention for





 





 





 





the reason that‘zrowth made ““1





such abnormal conditions will be! nor-

mal in no particular. Growth made

under such conditions will be a sickly





white or yellow and not ableto tuner





tionate properly, even though the

leaves do finally succeed in reaching

air and light.

Emmet Co. M. N. EDGEBTON.

TARRED PAPER COLLARS FOR

CABBAGES.





 





After repeated experiments in vari-

ous parts of the country, it has been

found that collars made of tarred felt-

paper are very efiicient indeed in con-

trolling the cabbage maggot, both with

cabbage plants and cauliflowers. When

failures are reported, they usually" can

be traced to some carelessness in mak-

ing the collars or adjusting them on

the plants. These collars are simply

discs made of one-ply tarred felt-pa-

per. Common tar paper will not serve,

because the heat of the sun causes it

to curl up instead of remaining flat on

the ground, which is absolutely neces-

sary. Felt-paper is soft and smooth,

and for that reason can be made to fit

snugly around the stems of the plants.

The discs need not be more than three

or four inches in diameter. The one

shown in the illustration is much larg-

er than is necessary. Also, they may

be octagonal or six-sides as well as

round. They are adjusted by cutting

a slit in one side, making it possible to

slip the collars around the stems of





 





A Good Cabbage Plarit Protector.





the plants. Then the slit must be

brought together as close as possible.



When these collars are in place the

little two-winged fly which is respon-

sible for the cabbage maggot is un-

able to lay her eggs in the stem of the

plant or close to it, as she likes to do.

Instead, she must either deposit them

on the tarred paper, where they are

certain to dry out before they can

hatch, or else, on the earth outside the

limits of the disc, in which case the

maggots will be unable to reach the

plant.



It is important to have the discs put

in place as soon as the plants are set,

for if the flies are present they will

begin laying their eggs immediately.

And the ground under them should

first be smoothed with a flat stick. In

a small garden these collars can be

quickly and easily made with a pair of

large shears, but when large fields of

cabbage and cauliflower are to be pro-

tected in this way it is customary to

use a special tool for cutting them out.

One person can adjust 200 or more

collars an hour, when they are all

ready to be slipping on the plants.



The files usually appear late in Ap-

ril or early in May, having spent the

winter in piles of rubbish, under the

bark of trees or similar hiding places.

The eggs hatch in about a week and

the maggots soon bore into the roots

of plants like the cabbage, if they can

find them. Turnips and radishes, as

well as cabbagesand cauliflower, are

attacked. Preventive measures of sev-

eral kinds beside the one named are

sometimes adopted. Tobacco dust, for

example, is scattered thickly about the

base of the plants by some growers,

while others use hellebore in the same

way. Hand-picking is occasionally

practiced and consists of pulling up

the young plants and crushing any

maggots found in the roots or also kill-

ing the pests by washing the roots in

a strong soap" solution. In either‘évent

‘ ermine ' ’ ' "





on growing with but-little





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- ' WORKING FOR ORCHARD

‘ PROFITS.





 





The prices obtained during the past

few years have not been such. as to

offer any great encouragement to

those who have embarked in the fruit

growing business, especially the grow-

ing of apples. If the problem be con-

sidered from its many different angles

it will be found, however, that the out‘

look is not really so dark as it appears.

Possibly the one thing that has served

to give the industry its worst knock





 





is the methods employed by real es-





tate agents in certain sections of the

country who have been too prolific in

their claims of the enormous profits

that are to be made from apples, thus

inducing many persons wholly unfit

for the work to purchase. land that is, _

in many instances, unfit" for orchard- ‘

ing. This host of would-be growers

with their extravagant ideas and meth-

ods have failed to reap the profits

which they anticipated with the result

that “they have become careless and

demoralized the entire business.



If we dig deep down into the ques-

tion, however, we find that there is

yet money to be made from, the or-

chard. To do this the old order of

things must be given up entirely and

the modern methods and‘proper lines

of economy practiced. There should

then be no doubt of the orchard re-

turning a per cent of profit equal to.

that obtained from any other crop.



The very foundation of economy lies





tical way of doing things. Know what

your own time and the time of those

who assist you is worth, also what the

various operations of pruning, spray-

ing, picking, packing, marketing, etc.,

are costing you. It should then be

possible to figure whether or not mon-

ey could have been saved by using

other methods, thus devising a system

that may be-improved as additional

knowledge is secured, with the result

that the profits may be made to in‘

crease from year to year.





,Possibly the. best place to begin

making the orchard pay more money

is with the pruning tools. Cut high

tops from the trees and remove such

limbs as prevent the sun reaching the

center of the tree. This means easier

spraying and better fruit that can be

more easily picked:



Putting more money into the spray-

ing outfit and the chemicals used with

it is a very good form of economy. An

outfit that does the work more thor-

oughly and in less time may cost more

but it is certainly worth the extra

outlay.



There are many other places where

the spending of additional money he

gets an increase in the returns. For

instance, better ladders may cost more

but if the picking can be accomplished

with greater rapidity and ease they

mean more profit. More convenient

picking bags that prevent damaged

fruit, and better and neater packages

that insure it reaching market in a

more attractive conditions are com-

mendable forms of economy.



Do not lose faith in the orcharding

business, for the Almighty never de-

vised a fruit that is superior to the

apple, and that fruit will always be in

demand and the man who studies the

business and carries on his work in

a systematic and economical manner

is the one who will harvest the profits.



Ohio. SHERLEY CONNELL.





 





One of the problems confronting the ' ,. I

orchardist has been the long waiting

period before the trees come into hear-

ing. The use of fillers helps to keep. ._

up the farm income and fillers are , “:1?

practical if they are removed before“ ‘- "

they injure the growth of the perma— _

nent trees. Peaches can be used as ..

fillers in apple orchards and small

fruit, such as gooseberries. blaCkber- .

i625. and strawberries Wilma”

fine inmtort . ‘





 

 

   

   

   

 

 





 





 





 





 

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   





 





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HIS to the American who hates to be “the Goat”!

Tires CAN be sold on 3. “BUSINESS” basis, with suflicient

profit to both Manufacturer and Dealer, as Goodrich experience

proves. .-

1 But, they can also be sold on a PREMIUM basis, whereby the “Safe and

‘i Sane” Car—Owner pays for the Speeding Propensities, and Careless Driving, of

Others whd, leaning upon an extravagant “Guarantee,” knowingly burn up

Tires in half their natural Life and Mileage. ,_

; Speed-Maniacs and Careless-Drivers may very PROPERLY pay the Pre-

minm over normal Value (which is really an Insurance Premium), on fancy-

prlced Tires. an- r“ ‘ .. W. We ma We»

p Because, the Premium they pay may be less than half what other Care-

ful Car-Owners indirectly contribute for them, when buying the same brand of 3

Premium-priced Tires, and using them so reasonably that practically no ‘ ‘adjust-

ments’f are. in their case. demanded, though paid for in the Premiumed Price.

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f MERICAN S who want their money’s worth,-who dislike to pay

/ for the Reckless-driving extravagance of Others,-—in the price

4 of their own Tires, should sit up and take notice of following

FACTS:—-

The current Goodrich “Fair-List” price on Tires, is based upon what it

Ycasts the largest, and ,best equipped, Rubber Factory in America to produce

,t em.‘ ,

.II No"‘Insurance” Premium added to the NORMAL retail price of

,lGoodrich Tires, in order to protect the Reckless Driver at the expense of the

" Careful Driver, through a fancy List Price which is high enough to absorb

”that Premium. 1'

\ The excess Mileage each Goodrich Tire is reasonably certain to deliver,

when given reasonable care in driving, thus becomes clear “Velvet ” to the

Owner of GOODRICH Tires.\

Money can’t make, and can’t buy, better Tires of Fabric construction,

than Goodrich Safety-Tread Tires, as Test will prove.

And, money can’t buy the B. F. Goodrich Co. to produce Tires which

would discredit the 269 other lines of Rubber Goods made by the B. F. Goodrich 3:





Co., for which its name stands Sponsor. -





 





 





 





 





 





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OMPARE prices on Goodrich “Fair-List” Tires with present prices



on any other responsible Tires in the field bearing in mind that N O



“LARGER-SIZED” Tires (type for type and size for size) than

Goodrich Black-Treads, are made in America.



Then, Test out at least ONE pair of Goodrich black-tread Tires, on their

per-DELIVERED-Mile cost to you, against any other Tires in the field, at any

price, and—abide by the Result. ,.



Why (if YOU are not a Reckless Driver) should YOU pay MORE than

the “BUSINESS” price of the Goodrich Tire, for ANY Fabric Tire in the field?

' Get a sliver of the new Goodrich “Barefoot” Rubber from your nearest





Goodrich Dealer or Branch. 1

' . THE B. F. GOODRICH CO.

Akron, Ohio.





 





 





 





 





 





 





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of Carriers.





No Oder NoSmoke

No Ashes





Truly that is the house-

wife’ 8 idea of paradise. And

those features are only a

few of the many advantages





of cooking with New Perfection Oil Cool: Stoves.



No longer is it necessary for you to suffer from

the intense heat of the wood or coal burning range

long before you are ready to begin operations.



Just touch a match to the wick and your fire is

ready when you want it.



You can have a slow fire or an exceedingly hot

one; just as you wish.



You don’t have to watch it either. The flame

will not creep up or diminish.





The Long Blue Chimney





is the key to the efficiency of the New Perfection

Oil Cook Stoves.



The flame never touches the bottom of the uten-

sils. Every atom of oil is burned and converted into

usable heat in the long blue chimney. No waste—no

dirk—no odor. It makes your summer cooking easy.



Write for booklet giving full description and

prices of the various types.





Standard Oil Company (Indiana)

72 W. Adams St., Chicago, U. S. A. as





For best results use Perfection Oil





’ A complete line a! dmfirmt prime Strength. M 1 T(" E [L

easy to operate. safe and simple locks. The





best of materials are used 1n all models.

Wood or steel with wood lining. They are





Adjustable to Small Call or Large Cow





We also make a complete line of Steel Stalls for

cattle or horses: Water Bowls: Cow. Call and Bull

Pens: Feed Trucks and 25 styles .

Ask us about Stanchion No. 3——it’s a winner. STEEL





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9 Units Used in 1907

18,000 Units Used in 1915





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OUR first shop was on our Stockbridge, New York, farm. There, with ordinary

tools, our first machine was made to work satisfactorily.

well equipped machine shop 1n Oneida—devoting our time to the perfecting of details.

FROM the first we have worked on the p11n01plc of a Valve Chamber 1n pail cover—

and to make and break air pressure by an individual pump connected to Valve

We thus did away with complications of compressed air

tank and pipe line and saved over one—half the cost.



OUR plant has been doubled three times.

a u eck This alone IS evidence that the H I NMAN MILKER 1s right. Our practical

farming; and dairy experience has enabled us to solve the milking problem Hardly

a day passes but that we receive expressions of deep regard from the dairymen

who have found that the





HINMAN MILKER





has made it possible and profitable for them to remain in the dairy





business.





Write us your requirements and we will advise you to the best

of our ability. We will not advise a larger outfit than you really

need, or a smaller one than you can use to advantage.





We have an outfit at a price that we know will pay for ‘,





itself in a short time.





It is SIMPLE, DURABLE and





EFFICIENT





Send COUPON for Free information





Out of our experience as dairymen and with

our eight years’ success selling EINMAN

Milkera, we can advise you about size of

equipment that will handle your dairy eco-

nomically.





Hinman Milking Machine Co.

‘73-83 Elizabeth St. ONEIDA, N. Y.





. Service Dealer-e Everywhere





Today we are turning out 500 machines





'5

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‘ Hinman Principle Proved

by 8 Years’ Success





 





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Gob? 73-83 Elizabeth 5L. Oneida. N.Y .





:1 ' Without obligation to me. send

catalog and quote approximate

price on outfit to milk:





. .No.of Stanchions. . . .

Dist.between each. . . ..Kind of power

......... , Where located . . . . . . .





No.of Cows . .





on on





 





 





 





HE conditions surrounding the

marketing of perishable articles

of food, particularly of the milk

type, make necessary the consideration

of other items than is usually the case

in the marketing of ordinary food

products.



We find, for instance, in the milk

supplied to a city as large as Detroit

that it becomes necessary to reach far

out into the state to secure a sufficient

supply. The number of dairy cows of

average milk capacity necessary to

supply milk to the city of Detroit is

considerably in excess of 25,000. At

the present time probably nearer 50,-

000 cows are furnishing milk which,

through one or another'channel, reach-

es the City of Detroit, and there are

many problems involved other than

the mere producing of the milk and

distributing of it to the homes in the

city.



Cleanliness and Cold.



It is a generally accepted maxim

that two great factors govern the pro-

duction and marketing of wholesome

milk. The first one of these factors

we call cleanliness; the second factor,

cold. Not only is it desirable to throw

every precaution possible around the

production of milk from; the stand-

point of cleanliness, and not only is it

desirable that every precaution be fol-

lowed that it is possible to follow in

transporting that milk to faithfully

conserve the question of cleanliness,

but the milk must be produced, trans-

ported and marketed as near the freez-

ing point as it is possible to do in or-

der to retain it in anywhere near the

original condition of purity in which it

is produced.



Officials having charge of the en-

forcement of milk ordinances in cities

are fully aware of this fact and have

attempted to bring about the fulfill-

ment of the proper conditions with the

enactment of ordinances which permit

them to refuse milk which does not

reach the city below a certain maxi-

mum temperature. Some cities have

placed this temperature at 50 degrees

F., some have placed it at 60 degrees

F., and some have placed it at 70 de-

grees F., and there is no definite tem-

perature which has been decided upon,

as shown by the different ordinances.

as giving a milk with a certain degree

of perfection in this respect.





The real ideal condition would be

milk at a temperature just above the

freezing point as at this temperature

the activity of the bacteria is reduced

to a. minimum or as nearly minimum

as it is possible with the handling of

milk without subjecting it to the unde-

sirable condition of freezing. Enforc~

ing an ordinance of this kind seems

perfectly simple. All that an inspector

has to do is to take a thermometer, in

sert it into the milk can and if the

‘temperature registers above the max-

imum allowed, the milk is rejected.





Don’t Put the Means Above the End.



Here again the means to the end

are permitted to take precedence over

the end itself. It is easily possible

that a milk which registers above the

maximum temperature allowed by the

ordinance may be vastly superior in

quality, in cleanliness and in every

consideration which from a food stand-

point we would be interested in, than

is a milk which may conform rigidly,

as far as temperature is concerned, to

the ordinance. In fact, persons famil-

iar generally with milk will recall that

very frequently milk or cream may

reach the city in a frozen condition

with the thermometer consequently

registering 32 degrees, and be so badly

contaminated, so laden with bacteria,

that before it can be thawed out it

will sour. This is an illustration where

it would be decidedly preferable if it

were possible to accept milk uponits

‘quality, and quality alone, rather than

upon any arbitrary set of standards





 





 





By FLOYD W. ROBISON.





   

 





tion rather than the quality of the fin-

ished product itself.



It must be apparent to anyone who

has given extended study to the prob-

lem, therefore, that any attempt to

reach perfection in the working out of

a problem of the magnitude of the

milk problem must resort to some plan

which will permit of a. judging of the

product itself rather than the means

adopted for the production of the pro-

duct in question.





The Laboratory Study Should be

Paramount.



If milk is clean and comparatively

pure then it is desirable to keep it

cold in order to preserve the original

purity and the testing of the tempera-

ture of the milk is a‘ test worth while

under these conditions. If- a farmer is





capable of producing sanitary milk





and the laboratory examination shows

that he is producing good milk then an

educational inspection of his farm will

work out to his decided benefit. If

the farmer is not acquainted with the

methods to be followed generally in

the production of wholesome milk,

then by all means the milk which he

does produce should be accurately

graded in the laboratory because, no

matter how well his dairy'farm may

conform to the score card require-

ments of the inspector the milk which

he produces will in all probability be

a product the entering of which to the

markets of. the city is of questionable

propriety. ‘



Must the Farmer AlwaysBear the



Brunt?



We have had numerous dairy farm-

ers appeal to us to show them some

way they could be protected in the

production of a merchantable article

of milk in the matter of temperature

and marketing. The milk ordinances,

for instance require that milk shall

not be marketed in the city which is

above, say, 50 degrees F. in tempera-

ture. The farmer has yearly been in-

creasing the expense of the production

of milk on his farm by the installa-





tion. of more or less modern devices;





by the use of cooling systems; by the

icing of his milk, etc., and he delivers





this milk to the railroad station in'





proper condition. Through delays in

transportation; through improper afa-

cilities for caring for milk at the rail-

road station, and possibly through de-

lays in distributing the milk in the

city, the temperature rises to a point

where its no longer complies with the

ordinance. The milk inspector accord-

ingly rejects the milk and the dairy-

man through no fault of his own, is in

this manner deprived of the income,

from the product, which rightfully be~

longs to him.





In several such instances as this we

have advised dairymen to be certain

that .the milk delivered by them is

within the requirements of the ordi-

nance and then to fasten a tag to the

can reading something as follows:

“The temperature of this milk, when

placed upon the station platform, is

below 50 degrees F.”



This brings up the question as to

when the sale of this milk takes place.

Does it take place in the .city or does

it take place at the farm, or the sta-

tion platform? And now the answer

of this question will revolve around

the individual contract of the dairy-

man.



If the sale takes place in the city,

then, of course, whether justly or not,

the farmer will be held responsible for

the temperature and other conditions

of the milk when it reaches the city.

If, however, the sale takes place at

the railroad station when the farmer

delivers the milk to the transportation





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SAW an article in a recent issue of

the Michigan Farmer which told

about the small farm dairy propo-

sition and so I am tempted to give





my experience along the same line.





My farm has onLv 24 acres in it with





a little over 18 acres available for





crops. the rest being occupied by the

buihlings. lane, small grove, orchard

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three to five horses, eight or 10 hogs

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. my mind to cut out the hogs, as I sell

‘ whole milk, and it takes nearly all the





corn to fill the silos.

The Rotation.



I have the crop laud divided into

three fields on which I grow the fol-

Clover sod covered

with the year’s supply of manure, fall

plowed if possible, and mpdressed





'with two or three hundred pounds of





fertilizer put on crossways of the rows

with grain drill in spring for corn, (all

seed ear tested and graded). The corn

ground was fall plowed for oats and

oats seeded with a mixture of alsike,

common red and mammoth clover,

with a good percentage of timothy mix-

ed in to give me some hay in case the

clovers winter-killed. This mixture is

seeded with a hand seeder and covered

with weeder. Have never failed to get

a good catch yet.



I would like to grow alfalfa but it

doesn‘t work in well with my rotation.

I would surely grow it if I had land

enough so that I could leave it three

or four years, but as it takes about

one-third of my ground to fill my two

10x30 silos, alfalfa is out of the ques-

tion with me. However, I hope to get

my ground in such good shape that

four or five acres will fill the silos.





A Good'Corn Crop.





My neighbor raised a crop of corn

last year that only required about two

acres to fill a 10x30 silo and last year

was about as poor a corn year, in this

locality, as we have had in years.



When I bought my first silo I

thought I had everything fixed for

keeping all the stock I wanted to, but

as the herd increased I found I needed

more silage and so I bought another

10x30 and now have enough to last

the whole year.



I have seen it stated that a silo

could not be used with less than eight

or 10 head as you would not be able to

feed it fast enough with less, to keep

it from spoiling. I found that I could

use a 10-foot silo with only four cows

and if the silage was put in right, and

enough care used in feeding it off, no

spoiled silage resulted. I don’t believe

I would want anything smaller as

nearly all of the silos I have seen

freeze in from a foot to 18 inches, and

that would not leave very much un-

frozen in a. six or eighbfoot silo.





Filling the Silo.





Now, just a word about filling. I

notice [some writers say they use two

or three teams, two men in the field

and one or two men in the silo. I

don’t know what kind of a filling rig

they use, but such a gang as that

would not keep our rig busy more

than one-third of the time. There are

a. number of 10x30 foot silos in our

neighborhood and nearly every one

uses six teams,I six men in the field,

and from four to ten men in the silo.

Of course, if our silos were larger, or

we didn’t fill so fast, we would not

need so many men in the silo, but

when you pay $2.50 per hour for cutter

and engine and two men to run them,

and 20 cents per hour for'all the help

you don’t change with, you want to

fill as fast as you can. Our average

time for a. 10x30 foot silo is three





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Dairying On a Sma.





farmers, get a. silo, and when you get

one get a good one and one that is big

enough to furnish feed for all the

stock you want to keep through the

winter. Then if you want to keep the

stock the whole year, put up another

of the same height. but a. little smaller

in diameter.

Monroe Co. S. W.~JACKSON.





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The approaching warm weather will

make it necessary for dairymen and

housewives to take extra precautions

to prevent loss through soaring of the

milk and cream. As milk is an ideal

food for both babies and bacteria, it

frequently happens that in warm

weather the bacteria are the first to

enjoy this delicate food. Though the

acid developed in the milk during sour—

mgisnotharmfultothehealthof

adults, it is injurious to infants, and

distastful to many older people, and

will surely cause dairymen to lose

money.



One successful dairyman has solved

this problem by removing the causes.

Since dirt is loaded with bacteria he

first keeps both dirt and bacteria out

of his milk, by using a small-top milk

pail, by keeping his pails, cans, strain-

ers, and other milk utensils clean, and

by keeping his cows free from dirt

and filth. This can be cheaply and

efficiently done by thoroughly wash-

ing the utensils with hot water as soon

after using as possible and setting

them in a clean protected place to

drain until used, by brushing the cows

daily and preventing them from be-

coming dirty, by using plenty of bed-

ding, and by keeping the barnyard

clean.



Since bacteria will not sour milk un-

less they grow in it, he prevents their

growth by cooling his milk as soon as

produced and keeping it cool until de-

livered. The best of dairymen cannot

furnish milk so free from bacteria

that it will not sour if left for hours

in a warm place. Both dairymen and

housewives will do well to remember

that cleanliness and low temperature

(50 degs. R), will prevent this loss.



M0. Ag. Ex. Sta. P. WERNER, JR.





THE MILK INSPECTION PROBLEM.





 





(Continued from page 600).

upon the dairyman if he is diligent to

protect his own interests in the mat-

ter. But in either event there is mere-





ly a shifting of ownership and a shift-.





ing of responsibility, for if a farmer

does not assume the responsibility,

then the city milk distributor must as-

sume it, for someone owns the milk

and the one who owns it is, of course,

legally, the one who must take the re-

sponsibility,

(Continued next week).





INSPECTlON FOR A HlGHoCLASS

. PRODUCT.





 





I have been an interested reader of

the articles on “Milk Inspection” by

the able editor of the Practical Science

Department, and can heartily endorse

nearly all of his statements, particu—

larly that part where he lays stress on

more bacteriological work.



I am thoroughly convinced that this

is the most important work of the milk

inspection department, nor would ad—

vise against less inspection ,of the dair-

ies, in fact, I believe the city of De-

troit should employ more of these

men, if they possess the same amount

of energy, brains, and common sense

as the one who scores the writer’s

dairy.



As I said before, I think a great deal

more of laboratory work should be

done and at least monthly reports of

the same sent to the dairyman who

produces the milk, these reports tend

to keep the dairymen more interested

in producing better milk.‘





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spector ought to be the man capable .‘ i





of showing the dairyman how best to

produce this milk.



We ought not to forget that the in-

_speCtor primarily represents the opp-

sumer, as it is not practical for all of

the city people. to find out for them-

selves just how and under what con-

ditions this, the most important artio

ole of food, (especially if it consti-

tutes the .sole diet of their little ones).

is produced. .78. A.,BAR.\'ETT.





Work of a, number of cow-testing as-

sociations in New Hampshire has demo

castrated that while the heaviest

milkers consumed the most they are,

nevertheless. the most profitable. Av-

erases were made from 742 cows. Due

to improvements resulting from the

association methods In one large herd

the average increase per cow, result-

ing from four years’ work, was 1,077

pounds of milk and 48 pounds of but:

tor-fiat per year—an increase in the

fourth year over- the first year of

$2.35 per cow. In another herd the

mereased profit was $23 per cow. -





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. Succulency Lacking in this Ration.





What is a good balanced ration for

a cow .weighing about 1,000 pounds,

to produce milk? I have the follow-

ing kinds of feed: Mixed clover and

timothy hay, brown middlings, bran,

and oats. If there is any other kind

of feed that would produce more milk

let me know about it.



Jackson Co. W. S. H.





The only fault I can find with these

foods, if fed in the proper proportions,

is that there is no succulent food in

the ration—silage 0r roots. In this

case I will recommend feeding dried

beet pulp at least once a day. Moisten

it five or six hours before feeding. This

will come as near being a substitute

for a succulent food as one can get.

Take three or four pounds of the dry

pulp and wet it, feed after the water is

absorbed and count this dry pulp as

so much grain.



Feed all the hay the cow wants, and

mix the middlings, bran and oats equal

parts by weight, and feed a. pound of

grain for every three pounds of milk

produced. If the cow is giving 30

pounds of milk per day giveher 10

pounds of grain—four of dried beet

pulp moistened, and six pounds of the

M. B. 0. mixture. -



Probably Poor Silage.



Can you tell me why my cows will

not eat their ensilage readily? They

will nibble at it and eventually clean

itup before the next feed. They are

three-year-old heifers and freshened

the eighth and twentieth of this month.

I have an idea that possibly I overt‘ed

them right after they freshened, by

giving them as much of it as they

ought to get on a full flow of milk, but

don’t know for sure. I give them an

ordinary bushel basket nearly level

full twice a day and a good forkful of

hay at noon. They eat the hay up

good. Am feeding a prepared dairy

food, which is claimed to be a balanc~

ed ration in itself. Will they come up

on their milk flow when turned out on

pasture? Have not acted this way

only for about three weeks.



Gd. Traverse Co. F. V. W.



It would seem that the silage is not



rst-class. If it was there would be

no trouble about getting the cows to

eat it. I never knew of cows mincing

matters with good silage. They are

always ravenous for it. "It is almost

impossible to overfeed on silage so the

cows would refuse to eat it again inva

few hours. You might feed at one time

more than they could 'eat but they

would be ready for more at the next

feed. It would be entirely different

from overfeeding on grain. In fact, it

would be like overfeeding hay.



I would not even suggest why this

ensilage is ,not of good flavor. It might

be from many causes. But if I could'

see and examine the silage and knew

all the conditions I think I could tell

what makes it poor. Smell of it, taste

a it. You can readily ten good from

poor silage. So can the cow. ’



Another Silo for Summer.



I have a 10x80 silo, and another Will"



ter I want. to ribo i: 16 Or _
, ill 11666 With this one, to have enough

feed? Will Eurekaensila'ge corn rip:-

en enough for good ensilage? --

Wayne Co.. , B. .

A 10x28 silo will hbld about 40 tons

of silage and if each cow will eat 40

pounds of silage a day this will last

16 cows a little better. than four

months. B. F. does not state that the

cows are to be fed silage the year

round. But if one has the silage it is

the cheapest food to feed the whole

year. I would suggest that another

silo 10x36 feet be built, or possibly

12x36, and feed from this during the

cold weather and leave the smaller

one for summer feeding. Besides the

17 cows there will be some heifers and

young stock and the horses can be fed

one feed a day all through the winter

with good results. Also, the brood

sows and hens like a. little every day.

With a favorable year I think Eu-

reka ensilage corn will mature suffi-

ciently to make good silage. .It will

want the whole season. Plant it fairly

early on good land and it will yield

enormously.

How Did Mrs. Harris Raise the Big

Crop of Com?





In a recent issue of the Michigan

Farmer you tell of a Mrs. Harris, of

Lenawee county, who actually raised

70 tons, 800 lbs., of ensilage on one

acre. Can you tell us what kind of

corn she planted, also how much seed

to the acre, what time planted, how





   





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us, 800 lbs.



You say this was an exceptional con-

dition. Yes! The land undoubtedly

was rich to begin with. It was well

manured and well fertilized. The soil

was favorable, the season was favor-

able. Mrs. Harris besides getting the

wonderful crop of corn for her work,

also won a prize of $50 in gold from

the seed company. It was a paying

investment.





 





ASSISTING THE DAIRY FARMER.





Recently twenty-four pure-bred Hol-

stein bulls were donated to farmers in

what is known as “Egypt” in southern



linois. This was done by the Illinois

Central railroad for the purpose of

dairy upbuilding in that section of the

state.



Largely the dairy subject has been

worked up by W. S. Matthews, who is

connected with the pure-food commis-

sion of the state. Matthews is a farm-

raised product of Marion county, and

for a year he has been arranging meet-

ings of bankers, merchants, profession-

al men, and manufacturers, in a cam-

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cultivated and fertilized? It has been

our greatest trouble to get enough en-

silage corn raised.



Monroe Co. F. L.





I will undertake to tell the story of

Mrs. Harris’ corn crop as it was told

to me by one who knew all about it. I

have also read several accounts of this

crop. If I do not get the facts sub-

stantially correct someone can make

the correction.





The story as I remember it, is as

follows:



This acre of land had been a hog

pasture and a chicken park for years.

Mrs. Harris had the hog pen and the

chicken coop removed to some other

location. During the winter the land

was covered with a good coat of stable

manure from well-fed dairy cows. This

was plowed down in early spring, the

land prepared in the usual way by har-

rowing and disking. Then, 600 poimds

of commercial fertilizer was applied

broadcast and harrowed in. Two ap-

plications were made, sowing 300 lbs.

both ways to get the best distribution

possible. The corn was Eureka en-

silage corn, planted rather thick, pos-

sibly eight or ten quarts per acre in

drills.



The corn was given clean culture.

No weeds were allowed to grow. The

soil was a sandy loam. The season

was favorable.



The acre of land is within the cor-

poration of the city of Adrian, or very

close by. The crop was estimated by

the official sealer of weights and

measures of the city. He accurately

measured one rod square in four dif-

ferent parts of the field, loaded this



, onto a wagon and weighed on a pair

. of tested scales. Then the weight of

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venture, and as a result there has

been a greatly increased purchase of

high-class stock in several different

sections of Illinois. Dairy farms in

both Michigan and Wisconsin have

been drawn on for this purpose.



The same kind of a movement is be-

ing carried on by the St. Louis and

San Francisco road in Missouri and

Oklahoma. A large amount of stock

has been sent to promising dairy sec-

tions of the two states. Bulls and heif-

ers have been purchased from the sur-

plus stock of \Visconsin dairymen and

are now forming foundation herds in

the southwest.



In “'alworth county, Wisconsin, a

great deal of fine dairy stock has been

imported by the millionaires who own

country seats on Lake Geneva and

Lake Delavan. Farmers of the sur-

rounding farms have bred from this

stock. Some of the finest young stock,

bulls and heifers, have been produced.

Recently several carloads of this grade

of dairy animals have been bought and

shipped to the southwest.



Illinois. J. L. GRAFF.





 





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pounds of milk fat; and a yearling-

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cost of feed of one pound of milk from

these goats was approximately 90 per

cent that of one pound of milk of a

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by a group of .five cows in the univer-

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A S we stand on Point Lookout, their intrigues, thwarted their mur-





that rugged promontory of M 1C h lgan’ S D a n i 61 B O O n e derous attempts, bought their furs and





Mackinac Island, and gaze upon dried venison, smoked the pipe of





the tossing, blue waters of the Straits, By MARY L D ANN peace with them, but never allowed

and upon the old fort, grim and defiant them to find him for one moment nap-

we picture in our imagination the men the British, and all the vicissitudes of more “efficient training for his work ping. He was their counselor, provid-

who, in those early, troubled days, oc- early Indian warfare, and of the oper- than did Robert Stuart, in assuming er and chastiser. A splendid mixer,

cupied the center of that stage. In ations of the American Fur Company, the management of the American Fur yet he himself was never mixed. A

fancy we behold the weird funeral prosecuting its tremendous trade With Company at Mackinac. His thorough walking embodiment of the Declara-

fleet of Father Marquette, with its the Indians, from the Lakes t0 the knowledge 0f WOOdCI‘aft, his keen diS- tion of Independence, yet always care-

plumed and painted braves, tears flow— Rocky Mountains. With all these cernment into the traits and charac- ful not to treSpass upon the liberty of

ing down their angular cheeks, bearing events and characters we are familiar, teristics of the Indian was of inesti- others, even of ignorant savages, He

the sacred remains from the mouth of but of that really remarkable man, mable value. He met with the Indi- was always willing to make an honor-

the Marquette River to rest at last in Robert Stuart, the Daniel Boone of ans, treated with them, supplied them able compromise with the Indians.

his beloved St. Ignace. We catch a Michigan, most of us have heard little. with food and clothing and was a fath- As manager of the American Fur

vision of the surrender of Mackinac to Never a man came to a position with er to them. He outwitted them in, Company’s interests at Mackinac, and





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all of the vast, northern” region,- Ito . . ' , , ‘

this perilous exped





Stuart was a great and influentialmn

although he had none of the hysterics

of greatness and took on no high and

mighty airs. His relations with John

Jacob Astor were very ,close. In mat-

ters of difficulty and doubt, he was

the counselor of Mr. Astor. '



Robert Stuart was a native of Scot~

land, but left the land of the kilts and

plaids when but twenty-two years of

age, to come with his uncle, David

Stuart, to Canada, where he-studied

French with a Canadian priest. Hav-

ing acquired a working knowledge of

the French, he went to New York and

joined an expedition which was being

fitted out by John Jacob Astor, to es-

tablish a trading post on the Pacific

Coast. The grand scheme was to

monopolize the fur trade at the mouth

of the Columbia River and its tributar-

ies. Robert Stuart entered into‘ an

agreement with Astor and two other

influential men of New York, to sup-

erintend this undertaking.





Mr. Stuart, accompanied by fifty

other persons sailed in the Tonquin, a

boat of so light'draft of water that a

modern seaman would consider her

unfit to run in anything but a heavy

dew. This boat left New York Sep-

tember 6, 1810, for the Oregon Coast,

where Mr. Stewart organized the

Pacific Fur Company and laid the

foundation of the flourishing city of

Astoria. A Cooper might have im-

mortalized him in tales as thrilling as

those of the Leather Stocking series.

Washington Irving, in his delightful

“Astoria” graphically recorded the

perils, disasters and interesting inci‘

dents of the enterprise.





If Mr. Stuart and fifty companions

were going to the coast of Oregon to

day, they would take a limited ex-

press, with its drawing rooms, barber

shop and diner, with service, a la carts,

and arrive there after a few hours'

ride, spick and span and little fatigued.

But instead, he and his men stored

themselves away on board the Ton-

quin and sailed down the coast of

South America to Patagonia, doubled

Cape Horn and then cruised back al-

most the length of two entire conti-

nents, arriving at the mouth of the

Columbia River about June 5, 1811.

The captain of the boat unloaded the

company destined for the station at

Astoria, then sailed for Nootka Sound

on a trading expedition. Robert Stuart

intended to accompany the boat, but

he and the captain had such a soul-

stirring misunderstanding that he re-

fused to go on board and this refusal

was the means of saving his life. A

company of twenty—three went with

the boat, and whether this is where

the belief in the ill luck of this num-

ber originates, we shall probably nev-

er know. In a few days the Tonquin

cast anchor at Neweetie, Vancouver’s

Island. The temper of her captain

was as bad as his manners, and his

peevishness and obstinacy aroused the

wrath of the Indians who came to

trade. They were soon very much ex-

cited, with the result that, being armed

with knives and having been admitted





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had not traveled far, when they met a

tribe of Indians who pretended to be

friendly. The much befeathered chief-

informed Mr. Stuart that when chiefs

met, it was the custom to exchange

horses as a token of friendship. Mr.

Stuart, having none of the swapping

blood of David Harum in his veins,

declined with thanks, as the chief’s

horse was an old, worn out pony and

Mr. Stuart’s a. fine animal. Upon‘in-

forming the Indian that such was not

the custom with the pale faces, the

chief caught at the bridle of Stuart’s

horse as though to take it by force.

Stuart ordered his men to cover the

Indian with their rifles, which they

did, when he turned away laughing,

averring that he was only in fun.‘

However, the Indians followed them?

and one morning the guard heard the;

well known whistle, which any horsef

in the country would follow and he:

knew the Indians were upon them.’

They rushed down to their horses;

only to behold, through the sober hues;

of the gray dawn, the animals canter-.

ing away after the whistling Indians."



Thus they were compelled to resume-

their perilous journey on foot through

vast, unexplored wildernesses, across

sandy—waterless deserts, treacherous

swamps and wind-swept plains, over

rugged mountains, through a land

which one of their number declared

“God made and then forgot.” They

battled with storms, starvation and

hostile savages. Their most experi-

enced hunter became insane and had

to be turned back to make his way, as

best he might, to Astoria. They start-

ed on the twenty-ninth day of June,

1812, and arrived at St. Louis on April

30, 1813. Here they first learned of

the war with England, although it had

been in progress over a year.



Upon the arrival of Robert Stuart

in New York, Astor and his partners,

recognizing the fact that they must

abandon the post of the Pacific Fur

Company, turned their attention to es-

tablishing a. similar post at Mackinac,

with Mr. Stuart as general manager.

Having been secretly married to a

New York girl before going on his

Columbia River expedition, Mr. Stuart

made the marriage public, and, accom-

panied by his wife, made his way to

Mackinac, to take up his work there.

Upon his arrival, the first thing he did

was to map out the entire Indian coun-

try, loc'ating every tribe and establish-

ing among each a trading post, presid-

ed over by a principal trader, thus cut-

ting off the French traders, who were,

even then, quite firmly established.



Mr. Stuart’s natural disposition was

firm, stern and unwavering, with the

Scottish keen native sense of justice

and honor. He was perfectly familiar

with the customs of the aristocracy of

Scotland, and imitated the gorgeous

old feasts of the Highland Castles, and

presided over them with wonderful

grace and dignity.



When Rev. William Ferry, the mis-

sionary, arrived at Mackinac in 1822.

Mr. Stuart, the rugged, fearless man





. , of the world, tendered him the hospi-

tributed themselves among the ships -





company andeach marked his victim.

A savage and blood-curdling yell was

the signal for the onslaught and a.

bloody engagement followed. When

the savages finally withdrew, there

were but five of the ship’s crew alive,

and of these four attempted to escape

in a life boat and were captured and

terribly tortured? The one man left on

the vessel, being desperately wounded,

mediated revenge and the next day,





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“Shore she is,” interrupted Nick.

“But she’s got more spunk than you

think she has, Gene Stewart. I’m no

thick-skulled cow. I’d hate somethin’

powerful to hev Miss Hammond see

any rough work, let alone me an’ Mon-

ty start raisin’ thunder; an’ me an’

Monty’ll stick to you, Gene, as long as

seems reasonable. Mind, ole teller,

beggin’ your pardon, you’re shore stuck

on Miss Hammond, an’ over tender not

to hurt her feelin’e or make her sick

by lettin’ some blood. We’re in bad

here, an’ mebbe we’ll hev _ to fight.

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in great numbers for pillage, he watch-

ed his chance, set fire to the magazine

and blew up the ship, the Indians and

himself in one terrific explosion.



The little company at Astoria, hav-

ing lost their boat, were without means

of support, as well as without means

of escape. It, therefore, became neces-

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Robert Ingersoll. While at that time , '

in no way religiously inclined, Mr.

Stuart met and thwarted every scheme

of Bailey in his efforts to retard the

work of Mr. Ferry. He and Bailey

were constantly crossing swords and

neither were a. button on his foil.



”Whiskey was one of the principal

articles of exchange in the fur trade

and the slimy trail of the serpent Rum

was over all. Mr. Stuart was a tem-

perance man, and he considered it iné

consistent for him, as such, to be send-

ing rum and whiskey to the Indians

by the barrel. Mr. Astor offered to

deputize another man to handle the

liquor, but the friends of temperance

believed this would only increase the

evil, so at their request, he tried to

lessen an evil that he could not cure.



Mr. Stuart was the possessor of a.

set of hard-featured virtues that were

absolutely unComprising. He was a

staunch believer in the strict keeping

of the Sabbath. Every hour of the day

was considered as sacred by him as

by his Scotch covenanter ancestors.

However, it was the law in the fur

trade, that if the trader succeeded in

fastening his boat to the wharf, if an

accident befell after that, the fur com~

pany must lose it. One evening a great

wind was blowing and the waves were

thundering in. It was reported to Mr.

Stuart that a Mississippi boat had just

touched the wharf. If he unloaded the

boat, he violated the Sabbath; if he

did not unload it and it was lost, his

company would be the loser and he be

guilty of betraying his trust. He was

very much disturbed, but at the sug-

gestion'of his wife, told them to 'tie

the boat to the wharf and if she ‘went

to pieces before morning, he would

pay the company the six thousand she

was worth out of his own means, rath-

er than violate the Sabbath. He went

to bed and slept soundly till midnight

then rose and unloaded the boat.



In 1855, the Astors closed the busi-

ness of the American Fur Company,

and Robert Stuart moved to Detroit,

where he entered largely into the ac-

tivities of the city, doing much to

shape the moral and political standing

of our state, During those terrible

days of wild-cat banking, when two

million promises to pay were sent

broadcast only to be declared uncon-

stitutional and void, Robert Stuart was

state treasurer, under appointment of

Governor Woodbridge.



Soon after his retirement as state

treasurer, Mr. Stuart was called to

Chicago, where he was spending the

evening with some friends, apparently

in perfect health. Some allusion was

made to death, and each asserted how

he would like to take leave of the

world. One asked Mr. Stuart how 'he

would prefer to go and he replied,

“Like Elijah.” That night he was

found dead, sitting upright in his

chair. And so, at the age of sixty-two

he entered, like Elijah, into the king

dam of perpetual rest, leaving his man-

tle to fall on whosoever might be able

to wear it.





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you a million pesos thet if you got

goin’ wunst an' she seen you as I’ve

seen you—wal, I know what she’d

think of you. This old world ain’t

changed much. Some women may be

white-skinned an’ soft-eyed an’ Sweet- ,

voiced an’ high-souled; but they all

like to see a man. Gene, here’s your

game. 'Let Don Carlos come along. Be

civil. If he an’ his gang are hungry, . ,





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named Bailey opposed-thermission with ..~'

all the sarcasm and bitterness of. a‘ '
see the .wtimen—jest. jump. him, ‘ same



as, ”you 'jumped Pat ‘I—Iawe’.

Menty’ll hang back fer thet, an’ if.

your strong bluff don’t go through—if

the don’s gang even thinks of flashin’

guns—then we’ll open up. An’ all I

got to say is, if them greasers stand

' fer real gun-play, they’ll be the fust I

ever seen!”



“Nels, there are white men in that

gang,” said Stewart.



“Shore; but me an’ Monty’ll be

thinkin’ of thet. If they start anythin’

it’ll hev to be quick!”



“All right, Nels, old friend—and

thanks,” replied Stewart.



Nels returned to the camp-fire and

Stuart resumed his silent guard.





Madeline led Castleton away from .





the brink of the wall.





“By Jove! Cowboys are strange fel~ . .





lows!” he exclaimed. “They are not

what they pretend to‘ be.”



“Indeed, you are right,” replied Mad-

eline. “I cannot understand them.

Come, let us tell the others that Nels

and Monty were only talking, and do

not intend to leave us. Dorothy, at

least, will be less frightened if she

knows.” '



Dorothy Was semewhat comforted.

The others, however, complained of

the cowboy’s singular behavior. More

than once the idea was advanced that

an elaborate trick had been concocted.

Upon general discussion this idea gain-

ed ground. Madeline did not combat

it, because she saw it tended to a less

perturbed condition of mind among her

guests. Castleton for once proved that

he was not absolutely obtuse, and help-

ed along the idea.



They sat talking in low voices until

a late hour. The incident now began

to take on the nature of Helen’s long—

yearned-for adventure. Some of the

party even grew merry in a subdued

way. Then, gradually, one by one,

they tired and went to bed. Helen

vowed that she could not sleep in a

place where there were bats and crawl-

ing things. Madeline fancied, however,

that they all went to sleep, while she

lay wide-eyed, staringvup at the black

bulge of over-hanging rock, and be-

yond to the starry sky. ‘



To keep from thinking of Stewart

and the burning anger he had caused

her to feel for herself, Madeline tried

to keep her mind on other things; but

the thought of him constantly recurred

and each time there was a hot commo-

tion in her breast hard to stifle. Intel—

ligent reasoning seemed out of her

power.



In the daylight it had been possible

for her to be oblivious to Stewart’s de-

ceit after the moment of its realiza-

tion. At night, however, in the strange

silence and hovering shadows of gloom,

with the speaking stars seeming to

call to her, with the mean of the wind

in the pines and the melancholy mourn

of coyotes in the distance, she was not

able to govern her thought and emo-

tion. In the darkness she had fancies

that had been wholly unknown to her

in the bright light of the sun.



She battled with a haunting thought.

She had inadvertently heard Nels’s

conversation with Stewart; she had

listened, hoping to hear some good

news or to learn the worst; she had

done both, and had also found enlight-

enment on one point of Stewart’s com-

plex motives. He wished to spare her

any sight that might offend, frighten,

or disgust her. Yet this Stewart, who

showed a fineness of feeling that might

have been wanting even in Boyd Har-

vey, maintained a secret rendezvous

with that pretty, abandoned Bonita.



At this point hot shame, like a live,

internal fire. always ended Madeline’s

thought abruptly. It was intolerable,

the more so because, she could neither





control nor understand it. The hours .





wore on, and at length, as the stars be-

gan to pale and there was no sound

whatever, she fell asleep.



,' She 'was called‘out of her slumber.

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tent to let her stay.

found her a place somewhat farther

back than Madeline’s position, where

he said there was less danger of her

being seen.

her to silence, tarried a moment to

comfort Christine, and returned to

Where Madeline lay concealed. He had

not been there more than two . or

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way in which the cowboys soon led the

party higher up among the broken

shelves of lock, caused a recurrence of.

anxiety. Madeline insisted on not so

ing beyond a projection of cliff from

which she could see directly down into

the camp.

one affording concealment, Ambrose

consented; but he placed the frighten-

ed Christine near Madeline, and re-

mained there himself.





As the vantage-point was





“Ambrose, do you really think the





guerillas will come?”'asked Madeline.





“Sure! Nelsyjust rode in and said





they were on their way up. Miss Ham-

mond, can I trust you? You won’t let.

out a squeal if there’s a fight down

there?

out of sight or keep you from lookln’.”





Stewart toldme to hide you





“I promise not to make any noise,”





replied Madeline. '





Madeline arranged her coat' so that





she could lie upon it, and settled down

to wait developments.

slight rattling of stones in the rear.

She turned to see Helen sliding down

a bank, with a. perplexed and troubled

cowboy.

where Madeline lay, and said:





There came a





Helen came, stooping low, to





“I’m going to see what happens, if I

I can stand it if





She was pale and big-eyed. Ambrose





promptly swore at the cowboy who

had let her get away from him.





"Take a half-hitch on her yourself





an’ see where you end up!” replied the

fellow, and disappeared in the jumble

of rocks.





Ambrose, finding words useless,





sternly and heroically prepared to car-

ry Helen back to the others.

hold of her. In a fury, with eyes blaz-

ing, Helen whispered:





He laid





“Let go of me! Majesty, what does





this fool mean ?”





Madeline laughed and explained the





cxigency of the situation.





“I might run, but I'll never scream,”





said Helen.





With that Ambrose had to be con-

However, he





Then he sternly bound





“I hear bosses. The guerillas are





comin’ ! ”





Madeline’s hiding-place was well





protected from possible discovery from

below. She could peep through an op

ening in the tips of the pines that

reached up to the cliff, and obtain a

commanding view of the camp circle

and its immediate surroundings. She

could not, however, see far either to

, ', right or left of the camp, owing to

-." the obstructing foliage.



Presently the sound of horses’ boots

quickened the beat of her pulsetand

caused her to turn keener gaze upon

the cowboys below.



Although 'she bad Some inkling of

the course Stewart and his men were

to pursue, she was not by any means

prepared for the indifference she saw.

Frank was asleep, or pretended to be.

Three cowboys were‘ lazily and uncon-

cerncdly attending to camp-fire duties,

such as baking biscuits, watching the

ovens, and washing tins and pots. The

' elaborate set of aluminum plates and

‘ on s, to other with the other camp

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Madeline’s party, had disappeared.



ed. Nick Steele sat with his'bakck to a

”who. llog, smoking his pipe. Another com

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louder and slowed its beat.

the cowboys pointed down the trail,

toward which several of his comrades

turned their heads for a. moment, and

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been consumed merrily, as Well as ‘

hungrily, had not Ambrose enjoined; And bloomed the first blossoms at

silence.



“They’re expectin’ company down

below,” he said. ‘





the new green . was back on

the clever, ' - '





May-tide,

Some dead leaves—leaves from last

year left over. ' . ‘





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springing

And the zephyrs of springtime were





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Maying.





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And the bee was a foraging rover,





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Hung the leaves—leaves from last

year left over.





Like hope that lies withered and





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roses, ,

Like some half-forgotten love taken





That the heart's past affection dis-

closes; ,





Like portraits and paintings of faces





0f the friends who’ve gone over the

river;





Like pictures of scenes and of places





O’er which time reigns triumphant

forever;





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ng;

Like mortality’s portcnts that hover





O’er life with a threat and a warning,





Hung the leaves. leaves from last

year left over. '





How often in life do we carry





The dead weights that cucumber and

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Dead weights that were wiser to bury





’Ere we stagger along in our hurry!





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plighted,

When the green comes again to the

clover,





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fussing over a pack. Stewart was fill~

ing his pipe. Monty had apparent-

ly nothing to do for the present except

whistle, which hewas doing much

'more loudly than melodiously. The

whole ensemble gave an impression

of careless indifference.





The sound of horses’ boots grew

One of





Presently a shaggy, dusty horse





bearing a lean, ragged, dark rider rode

into camp and halted.

lowed, and another. Horses with Mex-

ican riders came in single file and

stopped behind the leader. ' -



The cowboys looked up and the guer-

rillas looked down.



“Buenas dias, senor,” ceremoniously

said the foremost guerrilla:



By straining her ears,

heard that voice, and she recognized

it as belonging to Don Carlos. His

graceful bow to Stewart was also fa-

miliar.

have recognized the former elegant

vaquero in this uncouth, roughly dress-

ed Mexican.



Stewart answered the. greeting in

Spanish, and, waving his hand toward

the camp-fire, added in English:



“Get down and eat.”



The guerrillas were anything but

slow in complying. They crowded to

the fire, then spread in a little circle,

and squatted upon the ground, laying

their weapons beside them. In ap-

pearance they tallied with. the band

of guerrillas that had carried Made-

line up into the foothills. only this

company was larger and better armed.

Thcmcmmoreover,wmjmtallmn-

cry, sodas wild and beauty.



The cowboys were not cordial in.

their reception of the visitors, but

they Were laughable. Tholaw at the;

desert bod elven ”.103”!!on -





Another fol-





Madeline





Otherwisc she would never
whispered Ambrose, “includin’

white men.





   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





Pretty rummy gang!”

“They appear to be friendly,” whis-





, pered Madeline.





“Things down there ain’t what they

seem,” replied Ambrose.



“Ambrose, explain to me. As long

as you will let me watch them, pleaSe

let me know the—the real truth.”



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if he ever knows I let you look, and

told you what’s what. Well, decent

like, Gene is seein’ them poor devils

get a square meal. They’re only a lot

of calf-thieves in this country. Across

the border they’re bandits, some of

them; the others just rifiraft outlaws.

That rebel bluff doesn’t go down with

me. I’d have to see first before I’d

believe them greasers would fight.





They’re a lot of hard-ridin’ thieves,





and they'd steal a fellow’s blanket or

tobacco. Gene thinks they’re after

you ladies—to carry you off; but Gene

—-—well, Gene’s some highfalutin’ in his

ideas lately. Most of us boys think

the guerrillas are out to rob—that’s

all.’9



Whatever might have been the se-

cret motive of Don Carlos and his

men, they did not allow it to interfere

with hearty appreciation of a generous

amount of food. Plainly, each individ-

ual ate all that he could. They ,jab-

bered like a flock of parrots; some

were even merry.



Then, as each and every one began

to roll and smoke the inevitable cigar—

ette of the Mexican, there was a sub-

tle change in manner. They smoked,





‘and looked about the camp, off into





the woods, up at the crags, and back

at the leisurely cowboys. They had

the air of men waiting for something.



“Senor,” began Don Carlos, address-

ing Stewart.



As he spoke he swept his sombrero

to indicate the camp circle. Madeline

could not distinguish his words, but

his gesture plainly indicated a ques-

tion in regard to the rest of the camp-

ing-party. Stewart’s reply, and the

wave of his hand down the trail, no

less clearly signified that his party

had gone home.



Stewart turned to some task, and

the guerrilla leader quietly smoked.

He looked cunning and thoughtful.

His men gradually began to manifest

restlessness. Presently a big-boned

man, with a bullet-head and a blister-

ed red face of evil coarseness, got up

and threw away his cigarette. He

was an American.



“Hey, cull!” he called in a loud

voice. "Ain’t ye goin’ to cough up a

drink?”



“My boys don’t carry liquor on the

trail,” replied Stewart, turning to face

the guerrillas.



“Haw, haw! I heerd over in Rodeo

thet ye was gittin’ to be strong fer

temperance,” said this fellow. “I hate

to drink water, but I guess I’ve gotter

do it.”



He went to the spring and sprawled

down to drink. All of a sudden he

thrust his arm down in the water to

bring forth a basket. The cowboys,

in the hurry of packing, had neglected

to remove this basket, and it contain-

ed bottles of wine and liquors for Mad—

eline’s guests. They had been sub-

merged in the spring to keep them

cold. The guerrilla fumbled with the

lid, opened it, and then got'up, utter-

ing a loud roar of delight.



Stewart made an almost impercep-

tible motion, as if to leap forward;

but he checked the impulse, and after

a quick glance at Nels he said to the

guerrilla:



“Guess my party forgot that. You’re

welcome to it.”



Like bees the guerrillas swarmed

around the lucky finder of the bottles.

There [was a babel of voices. The





drink did not last long; and it served ah





only to liberate the spirit of reckless-

ness. The white outlaws began to





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Billy.



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showing by their ill-concealed expec-

tancy the nature of their thoughts.



It was the demeanor of Stewart and

his comrades that puzzled Madeline.

Apparently they felt no anxiety, and



. .no particular interest. Don Carlos,

who had been covertly watching them,

now made his scrutiny open, even ag-

gressive. He looked from Stewart to

1.01s and Monty, and then to the other

cowboys. ‘ ‘



While some of his men prowled

around, the others watching him, and

the waiting attitude had taken on

something sinisted. When the guer-

rilla leader. turned his cunning face

upon Nels and Monty he had the man-

ner of a man in whom decision was

lacking. ' p



In- her growing. excitement Made-

line had not clearly heard Ambrose’s

low whispers; and now she made an

effort to distract some of her atten~

tion from those below to the cowboy

crouching beside her.





l The quality, the note of Ambrose’s‘





whisper had changed. It had a slight

sibilant sound.



“Don’t be mad if sudden like I clap



my hands over your eyes, Miss Ham~



mend,” he was saying. “Somethin’ is



brewin’ below. I never seen Gene so



cool. That’s a dangerus sign in him.



And look, see how the boys are work-



in’ together! It’s slow and accident



like, but I know its’ sure not accident.



That foxy greaser knows, too; but



maybe his men don’t. He’s not payin’



so much attention to Gene, either; it’s



Nels and Monty’s he’s watchin’. There,



Nick and Frank have settled down on



that log with Booly. They don’t seem



to be packin’ guns, but look how heavy



- , their vests hang. A gun in each side!



‘ Those boys can pull a gun and hop



over that log quicker than you can



think. Do you notice how Nels and



Monty and Gene are square between



them guerrillas and the trail up here?



I reckon, Miss Hammond, there’d be



dead greasers round that camp long



ago if Nels and Monty were foot-loose.



They’re beholden to Gene—that’s plain.



How it tickles me to watch them!



Both packin’ two forty-fives, butts



Swingin’ clear. There’s twenty-four



shots in them four guns; and there’s



twenty-three guerrillas. If Nels and



Monty ever throw guns at that close



,range—why, before you‘d know what



was up, there’d be a pile of greasers!



. There, Stewart said something to the



den. I wonder what! I’ll gamble it



was something to get the don’s‘ outfit



all close together. Sure! Greasers



have no sense; but them white guer-



rillas—they’re lookin’ some dubious.



O-ho! Now for the grand bluff! Looks

like there’d be no fight at all!”



The guerrilla leader had ceased his

restless steps and glances. He turned

to Stewart with something of bold res-

olution in his aspect.



“Gracias, senor,” he said. “Adios!”



He swept his sombrero in the direc-

tion of the trail leading down the

mountain to the ranch; and as be com-

pleted the gesture a smile, crafty and

jeering, crossed his swarthy face.



Ambrose whispered so low that

Madeline scarcely heard him:



“If the greaser goes that way he’ll

find our hosses and get wise to the

trick. 0h, he’s 'wise now; but I’ll

gamble he never even starts on that



trail!”



Neither hurriedly inor guardedly,

Stewart rose out of his leaning pos-

ture and took a couple of long strides

toward Don Carlos.



“Go back the way you came!” he

fairly yelled, and his voice had the

ring of a bugle.



Ambrose nudged Madeline;

whisper was tense and rapid.



“Don’t miss nothin’~Gene’s called

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Bent and stiff—that

means every muscle is like a rawhide

riata. They’re watchin’ with eyes that

can see the workin’s of them greasers’

minds. There ain’t a hoes-hair be-

tween some of them outlaws and the

next world!”



Don Carlos gave Stewart one long,

malignant stare; then he threw back

his head, swept up the sombrero, and

his evil smile showed gleaming. teeth.



“Senor——” he began.



With a bound Stewart was upon

him, and the guerrilla’s cry was throt-

tled in his throat.



A ‘fierce wrestling ensued, too swift

to see clearly; then heavy, sodden





blows, and Don Carlos was beaten to.





the ground. Stewart leaped back.

Then he hunched down with his hands

on the butts of guns at his hips, he

yelled, he thundered at the guerrillas.

He had been quicker than a panther,

and now his voice was so terrible that

it curdled Madeline’s blood, and the

menace of deadly violence in his

crouching attitude made her shut her

eyes; but she had to open them.



In that single instant Nels and Mon-

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were hunched down with hands on the

butts of guns at their hips. Nels’s

piercing yell seemed to divide Monty’s

terrible bawl of rage. Then they ceas-

ed, and echoes clapped from the crags.

The silence of those three men,

crouching there like tigers about to

leap, was more menacing than their

nerve—racking yells.



The guerrillas wavered and broke,

and ran for their horses. Don Carlos

rolled over, rose, and staggered away,

to be helped upon his mount. He look-

ed back, his pale and bloody face that

of a thwarted demon. The whole band

got into action and were gone in a

moment.



“I knew it,” declared Ambrose.

“Never saw a greaser who could face

gun—play. That was some warm. And

Monty Price never flashed a gun! He’ll

never get over that. I reckon, Miss

Hammond, we‘re some lucky to avoid

trouble. Gene had his way, as you

seen. We’ll be makin' tracks for the

ranch in about two shakes.”



“Why?” whispered Madeline breath-

lessly, conscious that she was weak

and shaken.



“Because the guerrillas surewill get

their nerve back and come sneakin’

on our trail, or try to head us off by

ambushin’.”. replied Ambrose. “That’s

their way.‘ Otherwise three cowboys

couldn’t bluff a whole gang like that.

Gene knows the nature of greasers.

They’re. white~livered; but I reckon

we’re in more danger now than be-

fore, unless we get a good start down

the mountain. There! Gene's callin’.

Come! Hurry!”



Helen had slipped down from her

vantage-point, and therefore had not

seen the last act in that little camp-

fire drama. It seemed, however, that

her desire for excitement was satis—

field, for her face was pale, and she

trembled when she asked if the guer-

rillas were gone.



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E used to sing a song in school

which started out something

like this:





“It matters but little whether you live,

In country, city or town;



I’d like to ask if ever you tried

To run a rumor down?



The sailing is easy enough at first,

You smile as you onward go.



But all at once, at a certain point,

Nobody seems to know.”





Most of us have found out by sad ex-

perience the truth of the song, for

most of us at some time or Other have

tried to find out just who it was start-

ed a malicious story about ourselves

or some one we were deeply interest-

ed in. And we’ve all of us found at a

certain point that nobody started it.

Like Topsy, it “just growed.” The

song wenton to say, somewhere along

in its half dozen verses and chorus,

that of this we might rest assured,

“’twas a miserable lie, when nobody

seems to know.” And this is about all

the consolation we ever get when we

try to track rumors.



I’ve often wondered if good women

ever think of the harm they do by

their perfectly innocent, to them, gos-

sip? I needn’t confine the remark to

women, either, for men are just as

inveterate gossips as women, though

they resent the accusation and lay it

all on Eve. But as a matter of fact,





,don’t we all gossip unless we are

Edumb? For gossip is merely repeating





what we haveaheard about someone

else, and the average conversation is

about people more than it is of books,

places and abstract reasoning. We

heard this and that about so—and-so

and we repeat it. The thing may be

innocent as we tell it, but after it has

gone through a half-dozen mouths we

would hardly recognize the statement

as the one we started. Yet no one

has actually lied about the matter.

Each has simply colored the story

with his own individuality.



When so much harm comes from in-

nocent gossip what shall we say when

the gossip is malicious? And every

neighborhood has its venomous ton-

gued individual who is always watch-

ing for something that will make sala-

cious conversation. The reputations

which have been destroyed by one

mean tongue in every community are

legion. What ought we not to do to

the man or woman who cares so little

for his fellows as to take from them

their good name? One longs for the

ducking pond and the pillory of our

forefathers when the village gossip

club gets in action.



It would bad enough if the gos-

sips confined ‘their attention to people

of mature years, but no age is sacred.

Many an innocent girl has been brand-

ed for life, many a young man driven

from home because the village gossip

club sat in judgment upon them and

passed on every indiscreet word and

act that could be caught. How much

better to lay the little slips to the ig—

norance of youth and quietly give the

word of warning which would set the

young feet straight. The average

young person is not vicious. They

would much rather be good and re-

spectable than bad, but they are ig-

norant. Mistaken modesty on the

part of parents has left the boys and

girls untaught, and the things, which

to the watchful gossip are so terrible.

to the youth mean nothing. They be-

come scandal only when repeated, and

then the young folks, feeling marked,

become reckless and plunge into things

which would never have occurred to





 





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watching them to get something to

talk about.



But the gossip doesn’t stop with the

young people. Boys and girls of the

tenderest age must take their share.

This boy of four has an ungovernable

temper and is bound for the gallows,

as his parents do not know enough to

control him. That girl of six is tricky

and you must never. leave your chil—

dren alone with her. That twelve-

year-old girLisaAegenerate and must

be shunned. Many a. girl not yet in

her teens has been branded for life by

petty gossip and never given the

chance to become the good woman

she might have been if silence and a.

mantle of charity had shielded her

and hands had been held out to pull

her up instead of push her down. For

what chance has the ignorance and

inexperience of childhood against the

venomous tongue of maturity?



Suppose you do see someone do an

indiscreet thing. Why repeat it? It

becomes scandal only if it becomes

known, and unless published broad-

cast the culprit has a chance to re-

form. But after gossip has once been

started what hope is there for even

the angels to live it down?



An anti—gossip club in every com—

munity would be a good thing. Are

there any present willing to sign as

charter members? DEBORAH.





HANGING PICTURES.





 





BY OLIVE RICHEY.



In hanging pictures, striving for

elaborate effects should be avoided. In

this, as well as in choosing wall paper,

arrangement of rugs furniture, etc.,

simplicity is the best form and will al-

ways create the best effect. Many

make the mistake of having too many

pictures on the walls of a room. Not

unusually one sees a wall having a

double row of pictures. This creates

the idea of confusion and gives the

room a picture-gallery effect.



A purpose of picture—hanging, aside

from the beauty of the pictures, is to

relieve the sameness of the wall pa-

per or the painted wall. Two or three

pictures to a wall will create a much

better effect than will a larger num-

her, and will emphasize or bring out

the beauty of the wall paper instead

of hiding it, as is frequently the case

when a number of pictures are used.



Uniformity should always be prac-

ticed in the matter of picture—hanging.

If three pictures are to be hung on a

wall and one is larger than the other

two, a pretty effect is created by plac-

ing the large picture between the two

smaller ones. If the pictures are near

a size, a neat effect can be had by hav-

ing the middle picture six or eight

inches higher than the other two. Per-

sonally, I would never think of using

more than three pictures to a wall.



The pictures should be hung low,

about on a line with one’s eyes. Pic-

tures are placed to be admired, and to

lend beauty to their surroundings.

When one has to look up at the pic-

tures, their full effect and beauty can

never be properly realized.



The pictures should be hung to pic-

ture-moulding, tacked near the ceiling

or a foot or so below, depending on the

height of the room. Driving nails or

hooks into the wall on which to hang

pictures not only injures and disfigures

the wall but is unsafe, as the nails or

hooks may pull out and the picture fall

and be broken or injured. For the

same ‘ reason, that of safety,( picture-

wire should be used inste’ad‘of cord.





The wire is cheaper in the long run as

it will last a. lifetime.



A plain, unobtrusive picture-frame

should always be preferred to one that

is much bedecked, beflowered or full

of fancies. As a purpose of the pic-

ture is to set off the wall, the purpose

of the frame is to set off the picture.

A frame that is so pretty in itself as

to excite admiration will detract from

the picture. Plain frames in black or

gilt are the best.



Enlarged portraits of members of

the family or friends should not be

hung in rooms where guests are re-

ceived or entertained. The pictures

used should be of a character that will

interest guests as well as members of

the family. Family portraits should

be hung in sleeping apartments.





 





EARLY SALADS AND GREENS.





 





BY M. A. L.



First harbinger of Michigan’s.spring

in the vegetable world is the dande-

lion. Weed or flower, according to

whether you are an adult with a, desire

for a "smooth lawn or a child anxious

for the first posy, this ambitious bit of

vegetation is ubiquitous. A pest, most

of us consider it, but it is a pest which

many a housekeeper turns into a bless-

ing. The family has been longing for

something fresh and green on the ta.-

ble. Here it is. Dandelion greens, or

dandelion salad, whichever way you

wish to serve it.



There is no better salad than dan-

delion salad if picked while the leaves

are young and succulent, especially if

the thrifty housewife has covered the

young plants as soon as they poked

their heads above ground, with flower

pots, old boxes, or even bits of boards

so that they are nicely blanched. The

leaves should be thoroughly cleaned,

dried, shredded and served, either

alone with oil and vinegar, or with

finely minced onion and dressing.



Watercress, which the children can

gather for you along the brook, makes

a delicious salad, or without dressing,

3. good accompaniment for almost any

sort of meat. A nice apple and cress

salad may be made by cutting tart ap-

ples in small slices, heaping on a. plate

with a spoonful of your favorite dress-

ing, or simply a sprinkling of lemon

juice, and arranging a border of cress

around the outside. The much despis-

ed sorrel, purslane and peppergrass

are prized by city cooks as salad vege-

tables in early spring, and, of course,

there are the more aristocratic endive,

iomaine and chives, which you may

grow if you wish.



For g1 eens, long before we may hope

for young beets or spinach out of the

garden, ,the country housewife may

gather the common “pigweed” and

cowslips as well as dandelions. Purs-

lane, too, makes good greens if cooked

as spinach. Mustard, another pest,

either alone or with other “weeds,”

furnishes a fine feast for the lovers of

fresh greens. Spinach and Swiss chard

may be sown in September and cover-

ed over as freezing weather comes on,

with straw. Remove the covering as

early as possible in the spring and

fresh greens will reward you early.

The young shoots of milkweed, while

not suitable for greens, may be cooked

as you do asparagus, and some like it

as well. Cut in inch pieces and boil

until tender in salted water. When

done flavor with ‘salt, pepper, butter.



It takes courage to mention leeks,

but so many people, children especial-

ly, like this cousin to the onion,‘ per-

haps there will be some who would

like leek soup.

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This may be varied by using only half

as much water. Put the soupthrough

a sieve when done, return to the kettle

and add a quart of hot milk. Beat

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Since the extensive introduction of

aluminum ware, the housewife has

found that silver' is more easily

whitened by boiling the ware in an

aluminum vessel.



it is necessary to add a small

amount of salt or soda to the water

used. The removing of the tarnish is

a chemical process and results from

galvanic action.



Before cleaning, the silver and al-

uminum must be thoroughly cleansed

of grease by the use of warm soap-

suds. A small amount of aluminum is

dissolved during-the process and the

vessel will be darkened, though this

coloration is easily removed by scour-

ing, or by cooking fruit in the vessel.



Equally as good results may be ob-

tained by boiling the silver with a

piece of zinc in dilute salt water, us-

ing any available container. The sil-

ver must be in contact with the zinc,

as is also necessary when aluminum

is used. For this reason, a piece of

sheet zinc large enough to nearly cow

er the bottom of the containing vessel

is desirable.



The size of article cleaned is limited

only by the depth of water. After

whitening, the silver may be brighten-

ed by rubbing with a suitable cloth.—

Col. Ag. College.





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Marketing Summer Eggs





WE read a great deal about winter





egg production but possibly the

summer egg crop is more im-





portant due to the fact that the bulk

of the eggs during the year are 11'0-

duced during warm weather.

state that millions of dollars are lost

annuany

faulty methods of egg production dur‘

ing warm weather.





Reports

in the country because of





Common sense





care of the egg crop will transfer a

large part of this loss to the profit side

of the ledger.



After the breeding season the male

birds should either be killed or ex-

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.White Eggs Sell Best in New York City, while Brown Shells Appeal to

Chicago Buyers.





producing fancy poultry there will be

plenty of enclosed breeding yards

Where the cock birds can be isolated

after breeding season. On the general

farm where the birds are given a free

range it is good management to kill

off the males and depend on vigorous

cockerels for the matings during the

next spring. The fertile egg grows

very easily during hot weather. In

that case the egg is unfit for food. The

high-class egg market requires infer-

tile eggs and will accept no other kind.



During the summer the eggs should

be gathered at least twice per day and

stored in a cool dry cellar. This will

retard the development of that stale

taste but the eggs must not be held too

long before marketing. I believe that

the farmer should market his eggs at

least twice per week during the sum-

mer. The egg seems to absorb odors

quite readily and so the egg cases

mUst not be stored in a cellar near on-

ions or cabbages which will sometimes

cause a. contamination.



Eggs from “Stolen” Nests.



The small flock on the farm prob-

ably contributes the large part of the

“bad eggs” appearing on the market.

The commercial poultry farm depends

entirely on the income from the birds

and for that reason the egg crop at all

seasons of the year is given special at-

tention. The farm flock is usually giv-

en a. free range and this leads to stol-

en nests. Eggs found in a nest of this

kind should not be mixed with the

fresh stock and marketed. I once saw

a. set of pictures depicting the travels

of some questionable eggs. Scene 1.

James crawling out from under the

corn crib with a straw hat full of eggs.

Scene 2. James and his father driv-

ing to the city with a case of eggs.

Scene 3. The unhappy city consumer

cracking one of the eggs for breakfast.

Scene 4. The groceryman swearing

vengeance on the farmer and the con-

sumer roundly cussing the egg busi-





 





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ness in general. What is the result?

The egg business loses a friend as one

consumer will possibly use fewer eggs

and the farmer who has sold the poor

stock loses any reputation that he may

have had as an honest producer.



Eggs from stolen nests should be

marked and only used at home where

their probable condition is known and

sudden surprises will cause no embar-

rassment. When eggs are gathered

and placed in a large pail it is fre-

quently the custom to use from the

top of the pailand during the spring

and summer the busy housewife fails

to note the passing time and the eggs





in the bottom of the pail stay there

too long. Then there comes a day

when the pail is overflowing and the

time has come for marketing. The

eggs in the bottom of the pail may be

stale and one more careless act has

performed its part in reducing the

prices that buyers are willing to pay

farmers for their summer egg crop.

Cater to Your Market.



In shipping eggs to market it is well

to find an honorable commission man

and send him your entire output if you

are raising enough eggs to make ex-

press shipments possible. By such an

arrangement you will gain some stand-

ing with a reliable firm and thus ob-

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than as if you practice shipping to

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mands a brown egg. I once heard a

housewife state that brown eggs ap-

peared richer and for that reason she

liked them best. Possibly that is the

excuse for brown eggs being favored

in Chicago. I have never heard the





reason for the special attention that,





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City. The slight value of color in

eggs should not make any difference

but as the market determines the

product that it desires to use it is the

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Be Certain of the Quality.

Clean eggs are the only eggs you

can ship at a profit. If the free range

flock occasionally steals their nests it

means a loss, if all the birds have the

habit it is very serious unless you can

locate all of the nests and visit them

frequently. Hunting all over the farm

for eggs, however, is unsatisfactory

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Eggs furnished to a select trade

must be candied. A prominent poul-

try breeder recently told me that ce-

ment floors were responsible for blood

rings in some "of the eggs from his

flock. Plenty of litter would doubtless

do: away with the slipping on the hard

floor which probably causedthe blood

rings. However, the hens _may be

frightened before laying or the spots

may occasionally occur from many

causes. The point is simply this, eggs

must be candied before they can safe-

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an absolutely perfect egg and is will-

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THE PREPARATION OF FROZEN

AND DRIED EGGS.





 





Many eggs which could not stand

long shipments may be preserved as

wholesome food by freezing them out

of the shell or by drying. In the be-

ginning, however, there was a natural

popular prejudice against the business,

which was increased by the ignorance

and carelessness of some of the pion-

eers. It was under these conditions

that the Department of Agriculture

undertook a study of the problem in

order to lay the groundwork for a

scientific preparation of an extremely

perishable product.



The eggs commonly used by reputa-

ble firms for breaking are small or

oversized eggs and dirty, cracked, or

shrunken eggs. To the trade these

are known as “seconds.”

not to be confused with eggs that are

unfit for human use, such as the class—

es known as black, white, mixed, and

sour rots, green whites, eggs with

stuck yolks, musty and moldy eggs,

blood rings, etc. These should be re-

jected entirely or else used for tan-

ning purposes only. Eggs with a bad

odor should be rejected absolutely.



Careful handling before the eggs go

to the breaking room is one of the

principal points upon the importance.

Careful candling is not only necessary

to prevent the use of unfit eggs which

it will also prevent the waste of a

number of perfectly good eggs which

might otherwise be rejected. In order

to insure that the eggs are well can-

died, a recent bulletin by the Depart—

ment of Agriculture recommends some

system by which the work of individ-

ual candlers may be checked. Eggs

that it is found difficult to grade

should be set aside by the regular

candlers for examination by an ex-

pert. Furthermore, the eggs should

be graded again when out of the shell,

for certain kindsof infection can only

be detected when the eggs have been

broken. When grading eggs out of the

shell, only two grades should be rec-

ognized—food eggs and tanners’ eggs.



While it is desirable, from a finan-

cial standpoint, that the breakers

should work with rapidity, too much

speed is not to be desired because of

the danger that unfit eggs may be in-

cluded with good ones before the

breaker can detect the difference.

When this happens, no attempt should

be made to save the good eggs. In

practice, it was found that in order to

prevent waste and to insure good

grading, no more than three eggs

should be broken into a cup before it

is emptied. It was also found that

from twelve to sixteen eggs a minute

is as rapid work as can be done sat-

isfactorily. Even this is not possible

if the breakers are permitted to talk

or their attention is distracted from

their work in other ways.



Bulletin No; 224, of the U. S. Agri-

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found, all apparatus contaminated by

it must, be. exchanged for clean, and

the hands of the operator washed be-

fore beginning work again.



The production of frozen and dried

eggs, it is said, is primarily an indus-

try for the egg-producing sections.

Many. eggs that now reach the large

consuming markets in a totally unfit

condition could be saved and a large





portion of the annual waste eliminat. _





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Crop and Market Notes.





Michigan.



Berrien Co., April 25.—Cold weather

has detained work. Oat seéding near-

ly finished. Wheat on rolling land is

badly injured. Clover seeding is fine,

but old meadows injured. The usual

acreage of corn will be planted. Seed

corn is somewhat scarce, with perhaps

suflicient for home needs. Clover seed

$11@11.50; beans $3.50; corn 75c;

wheat $1.10; oats 45c; butter 27c; but-

ter-fat 360: eggs 19c; hogs 9c: beef

6@1/§gjio70; cows $80@100; horses $150





Gladwin Co., April 24.~——Cold wet

weather is delaying spring work. A

few fields of cats are sown, but soil is

generally too wet for seeding. Roads

are in bad shape. Wheat and mea-

dows have improved. Some farmers

are short on feed. Seed corn scarce.

Hay $16@18; oats 48c; potatoes 900;

cream 350; eggs 18c. ‘



Monroe Co., April 24.—Condition of

wheat is improving and prospects at

this early date are promising. Condi-

tion of rye is good; meadows are the

same. Marketable cattle and hogs are

about all sold. Feed scarce, especially

hay and corn. Orchards generally are

neglected and some dying from effects

of San Jose and oyster shell scale.

Spring work is opening up slowly on

account" of unfavorable weather. Very

few oats in yet, majority not finished

plowing. Whole milk $1.60; butter~fat

350: potatoes. $1.10@1.25; beans 34;

cattle $4@8; hogs $8.50@9.25; chick-

ens 16@18c; eggs 20@21c.





Pennsylvania.



Lancaster Co., April 25.——Wheat and

meadows are in very good condition.

Ample supply of feed on hand for

home use. Farmers are feeding a.

good deal of live stock in this section.

Fruit trees are in good condition and

some are now in bloom. The spring

is rather late. Roads are in good

shape, although we have been having

frequent rains. Eggs 200; butter-fat

40c per lb.



' Ohio.





Hancock Co., April 24.—About hall

of the oats are in and some plowing

for corn has been done. Grass is

short. Most of winter wheat ground

has been sown to spring crops. Hogs

$9.25@9.50; cattle $8@8.30; eggs 190;

butter-fat 33c; hay $12@15. Rough

feed nearly all used up. ‘



Indiana.



Jay Co., April 28.—Corn acreage will

be the largest in years. Oats about

all sown. Roads are in bad shape.

Some plowing has been done for corn.

Trees are leafing out and the peach

blossoms are showing. Indications

are for much fruit. The egg crop is

below normal and the early hatch of

chickens not up to the average. The

lamb crop is good.



Wayne Co., April 24.—-Spring work

is delayed. Wheat is in poor condi-

tion. Oats are all sown. Meadows are

only fair. Live stock is in normal

condition with plenty of storage feed

on hand. Roads are in excellent shape.

Hogs $9.25; wheat $1.10; corn 65c;

oats 360; hay $12@14; butter-fat 34c.



- Kansas.



Franklin Co., April 24,—The month

has been cold with much moisture, and

farming has been delayed. Wheat and

meadows are looking fine. Cats are

growing slowly; the acreage is very

large. Corn planting is now in pro-

gress. Not Very much market stock

on hand. Horses are scarce. Farm.

ers have plenty of feed. Fruit trees

are in good condition and berries of all

kinds look promising. Butter-fat 33c;

eggs 18c; hens 13c; potatoes $1.40.



Missouri.



Warren Co., April 24.—-—A 50 per cent

wheat stand, but that is coming out

fine; also rye and meadows. Plenty of

rain. Live stock on pasture looks

well. Prospects unusually good for

fruits, especially apples. Oats up nice-

ly and acreage is large. Corn land is

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total work done by I H C'mowers during 1915.

interesting fact presents in a striking way the popu—

larity of the reliable mowers and rakes sold under-the

old trade names—Champion, Deering, McCormick,

Milwaukee, Osborne and Plano.



I H C mowers and rakes were the first ever made.

Their sales have grown larger steadily, year by_ year, show-

ing plainly what the farmers who use them think of them.

They out clean and close in all kinds of grass, clover, alfalfa,

With reasonable care they do good

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If you are already using I H C haying machines, we need say

ou to look over your machines before

you take them to the fiel and order now any repairs they may

If you have not yet used any of them, see your local

dealers, or write us for catalogues and other information about

International Harvester haying machines.





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. -’ May 2, 1916.



. 'Wheat.—Cold rainy weather led to

a ’sharp advance in wheat prices early

this week, in that it rendered certain

a. further curtailment of spring seed-

ing in the northern states and Canada.

'v‘sltlis estimated now that the abandoned

acreage for wheat in the spring wheat

sections will be even greater than that

where winter wheat is produced. Re.

cent reports from various states would

indicate that fully ten per cent of the

wheat sown last fall will be plowed

up and sown to other crops. The sit-

uation is further augmented by an out-

look for short crops in European coun-

tries. The visible supply shows a de-

crease of 2,025,000 bushels. One year

agoNo. 2 red wheat was quoted on the

local market at $1.60 per bushel. The

quotations for last week were:





No. 2 No. 1

Red. White. May.

‘ Wednesday . . . .1.21 1.16 1.20%

Thursday ...... 1.21 1.16 1.20%

Friday . . . . . ..1.21 1.16 1.201/2

Saturday . . . . . . .121 1.4 1 161,; 1.22

Monday .........1.231/2 1181/2 1241/2

Tuesday ....... 1.23 1.18 1.24

Chicago.—May wheat $1.43 $1, per bu;





July $1.16; Sept. 1.151/2.



Corn—Improvement in wheat prices

was a bullish factor in the corn deal.

Delay in farm work due to the unsea-

sonable weather prevailing over our

chief corn states also assisted in giv-

ing the market a firmer tone. The tardi-

ness in the growth of meadows and

pastures further adds to the amount

of the gran needed upon the farms.

The visible supply decreased 2,210,000

bushels. A year ago No. 3 corn was

quoted at 790 per bushel. Last week’s

local quotatons were:





, No.3 No.3

Mixed. Yellow.

Wednesday 761/2 ‘ 79

Thursday ....... 761/2 79

Friday 761A; 79

Saturday 761/2 79

Monday 61/2 79

Tuesday 761/2, 79





Chicago—May corn 76%c per bu;

July 76%c; Sept. 761/2c.



Data—Besides the effect of other

grains upon this cereal the market has



een given support by means of an

active export demand. Weather has

also interfered with seeding, and it is

likely that many fields intended for

oats will be used for other crops. The

visible supply decreased 879,000 bush~

els. A year ago standard oats were

quoted locally at 580 per bushel. De-

troit’s quotations last week were;I 3



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Standard. White.

Wednesday ......... 461,42 45 11,,

Thursday .......... . 461/2 45 11,,

Friday ............... . 461/2 45 11;

Saturday ........... 461/2 451/;

Monday............. 47 4%

Tuesday ............ 47 45%





Chicago.——-May oats 461/80 per bu;

July 43%c; Sept. 39%c.



Rye—Values are a fraction higher

at 95c per bushel for cash No. 2



Barley.—Milwaukee prices are high-

_ 131‘ at 72@79c for malting grades, while

Chicago quotations have advanced to

64@800. _



' Beans—There is a good healthy de-

mand for this product, and because of

limited stocks, prices have gone up

another. 5c the past week. Cash and

May beans are now quoted at $3.80,

and June $3.85 per bushel. At Green-

ville the elevators are operating on a

$3.35 basis.



vClover Seed—There is a brisk de-

mand for clover seed, which is having

an extended season because of the

lateness of sowing the spring grains.

Prime red clover and prime alsike are

quoted at $8.75 at Detroit, and at T0-

‘ ledo $8.621/2@8.70.



- Timothy Seed.——Prime seed is 10c

lower at $3.25 per bushel. At Toledo

' cash seed is $3.15.





FLOUR AND FEEDS.





 





1Flown—Jobbing lots in one-eighth

paper sacks are selling 0n 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, jobbing lots

‘ are: Bran $24; standard middlings

$22; fine middlings $30; cracked corn

31.50; corn and oat chop $28 per ton.

‘ Ham—No. 1 timothy, $20.50@21;

standard timothy $19.50@20; light

mixed $19.50@20;. No. 2 timothy $17

'@18; No. 1 mixed $15.50@16.50; No. 1'



er -$12@13.





l-RY AND POULTRY PRODUCTS.





 





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Extra creamery 32c; 'firsts 31c; .d'airy

25c; packing stock 23c. ‘



Elgin.-———Slow1y increasing receipts

indicate a backward season. Prices

are 10 lower than last week but the

market is firm and the goods well sold

Price for the week,

based on sales is 320. - ‘



Chicago—Prices are lower and the

market‘is easy. Extra creamery 320;

extra firsts 310; firsts 29@300.



Eggs—The market is firm and the

demand good at a slight advance in

prices. Current receipts are quoted

at 203/;c; firsts 2114c.



Chicago.——The feeling is firm at

slightly advanced prices. Firsts 201/2

@21c; ordinary firsts 19@200; miscel-

laneous lots, cases included 19@20%c.



Poultry.—-The market is firm and

quiet. Fowls 19@210 according..to.the

quality; spring chickens 19@21c per

lb; ducks 21@220; geese 16@17c.



Chicago—The demand is good, re-

ceipts are light and high prices. are be-

ing maintained. Quotations for live

are as follows: Hens 171/20; ducks 18

@190; geese 10@130; roosters and

stags 13.





FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.





 





Apples—Apples are easy and active.

The demand is good., Greenings $3@

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

3.50; Steele Reds $4@4.50. At Chica-

go the market is greatly improved.

The demand is very good and prices

are slightly higher. No. 1 Greenings

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

den Russets $3@3.25; Baldwins $2.75

@325; Spys $3.50@4.50; Ben Davis $2.



Potatoes.-——Potatoes are firm and

are selling well. Carlots on track $1.05

@110 for white and 95c@$1 for red.

At Chicago the market is firm and

higher. No Michigan stock is quoted

but others sell from 9OC@$1.05 per bu.

At Greenville potatoes are selling for

80c a bushel.





WOOL AND HIDES.





 





Wool—This trade continues strong

with sales generally limited by small

stocks. In the fleece states buyers

continue anxious to secure lots from

farmers and usually are willing to al-

low the producers to have a little to

say about the prices. The prices gen-

erally paid in Michigan is around 35c,

with higher figures for exceptional lots

of superior quality.



Hides—No. 1 cured 17c; do. green

150; No. 1 cured bulls 130; do. green

10c; No. 1 cured calf 250; do. green

24c; No. 1 horsehides $4.50; No. 2

$3.50; No. 2 hides 1c and No. 2 kip

and calf 11/2c lower than the above;

Eggpskins, as to amount of wool, 50c





 





GRAND RAPIDS.





 





The egg market this week is un-

changed at 1914c and dairy butter is

still quoted at 28c. Home-grown green

stuff now in market includes pieplant

at $1 per bu; young onions 25c for

three dozen; spinach $1.25@1.50 per

bu. Grain prices are as follows: No.

2 red wheat $1.14; oats 45c; corn 75c;

rye 750; white beans $3.20.





DETROIT EASTERN MARKET.





 





Farmers are busy these days and

consequently the number of teams on

the market is small. Apples are get-

ting well cleaned up with prices rang-

ing from 500@$1.25; potatoes 900@

$1.10; parsnips 35@4OC; cabbage 50@

650; eggs 25c. There were a few loads

of loose hay with the asking price

around $22 per ton.





LIVE STOCK MARKETS.





Buffalo.

May 1, 1916.

(Special Report of Dunning & Stevens,

New York Central Stock Yards,

Buffalo, N. Y.)



Receipts here today: Cattle 170 cars;

hogs 100 d. (1.; sheep and lambs 45 d.

(1.; calves 2400 head.



With 170 cars of cattle today, there

were about 40 cars of shipping steers

and the good quality and best classes

sold 10@15c lower. The trade was

very slow on the plainer quality ship~





 





ping cattle and on the plain coarse ,





butcher cattle and the bulk of them

sold 15@25c lower. The good light

heifers and steers sold about steady.

The good cows and bulls were scarce

and there was a. strong demand for

them and they sold at steady prices.

We look for a fair run of cattle next

Monday and if they do not have a

heavy run of cattle in Chicago Wed-

nesday, we look for a little better

trade. >



Our receipts of hogs were close to

100 double decks, quality poor and

while the bulk of the offerings sold 5

@10c lower, the common and light

grades were extremely dull andsuffer-

ed a strong 25@40c' break in. price. A





 

 





   





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fewvchoi-c a .n “s 20.

@1025, With. one 'lot‘Of fancy at $10.35;

the bulk of t e best around $10.15,

With common, ight .hogs, .weighing

around 130 to 150 lbs;, ranging . in





 





price from $9.25@9.75; .pigs generally.





$9; .roughs $9; stags $6@7. Our late

market'was extremely dull and quite

a number are going over unsold, with

a poor prospect of much if any im-

provement” for the next few days.



Market Was active on choice sheep

and lambs, but slow on the heavy and

coarse, with prices 15 higher than the

close of last week. About all sold and

we look for steady to possibly shade

lower prices last of the Week.



We quote: Clipped lambs $10.25@

10.40; heavy lambs $8.50@8.75; cull to

fair $6@10; yearlings $8@8.25; bucks

$4.50@6.50; handy ewes $7.25@7.50;

heavy do $6.50@7; wethers $7.75@8;

cull sheep $4@5.50; veals, good to

choice $9.25@9.50; common to fair $8

@9; heavy $6@9.





 





Chicago.

May 1, 1916.

Cattle. Hogs. Sheep.





Receipts today..13,000 50,000 7,000

Same day 1915. .18,745 51,942 13,829

Last week ...... 43,333 136,111 59,993

Same wk 1915..44,960 124,962 43,092



It was raining this morning, and de-

spite the meager cattle supply, trade

was slow in starting. Butcher stuff

sold a dime or more higher, and such

early sales of steers as were made

were at largely 10c higher figures.

Hogs were about 50 lower, with sales

at $9.40@10.05. Hogs received last

week averaged 220 lbs. Sheep and

lambs were scarce and 15@25c higher.



Cattle started off on Monday last

week largely a dime higher, with a

run of only 14,736 head, but broke

sharply on Wednesday, when the re-

ceipts rose to 21,401 head—an unusu-

ally liberal supply for the middle of

the week.' There was no later im-

provement, with the bulk of the sales

of steers during the week at a range

of $8.65@9.75 and the/best class of

weighty steers going for $9.40@9.90,

while the inferior to fair grades of

light weight steers brought $7.50@

$8.60. Middling steers sold at $8.65@

8.95, while good lots brought $9@9.35,

with the better class of yearling steers

taken at $9.40@9.90 and sales all the

way down to $8@8.50 for ordinary lots

of these cattle. There was a good out-

let for butchering cows and heifers

at $5.50@9.25, the best cows going at

$8@8.50 to a limited extent and only

a few sales of choice yearling heifers

higher than $8.50. Cutters sold at

$4.85@5.45, canners at $3.50@4.80 and

bulls at $5.25@8.10, with prime little

yearling bulls going the highest. Calves

were marketed in large numbers, com-

ing chiefly from the dairy districts of

the surrounding country, and there

was a good demand on the basis of $5

@925 for rough heavy to prime light

vealers. There was a strong demand

for stockers sand feeders .at ruling

prices, the former going at $5.75

8.50 and the latter at $7@8.65. Fee -

ing heifers at $6@6.75 and stock and

feeding bulls at $5.90@6.40. Indiana

stockmen were in the market for larg-

er numbers of cattle for finishing, and

the call from Michigan and Ohio be-

came a little broader. The time has

arrived when demand for long-fed cat-

tle is abating, and fat handy weights

are becoming more popular. Nebraska

has been furnishing a goodly number

of fat beeves, and so have western

Iowa and central Illinois. Most kinds

of cattle closed 10@15c lower than a

week earlier.



Hogs were not marketed last week

with anywhere .near the freedom seen

a short time ago, and while eastern

shippers failed to buy liberally as has

been their custom, the big local pack-

ing demand caused a firm undertone

most of the time. The hogs marketed

showed up very well in average qual-

ity, and the greater part sold within a

range of 200 per 100 lbs., going not

much under daily top quotations. Re-

cent receipts have averaged 220 lbs,

or 13 lbs. less than a year ago, and

the highest prices were obtained for

prime light shipping hogs, most of the

best heavy selected butcher and ship-

ping barrows selling 50 under top fig-

ures. The best swine sold close to

the highest prices of the year, and at

times yard speculators were liberal

buyers, while the packers brought in

fair numbers of hogs from other mar-

kets. Hogs sold on Saturday at $9.45

@1010, comparing with $9.15@9.85 a

week earlier, top being the highest of

the year. Pigs brought $7.50@9.25,

and the best heavy shipping hogs sold

at $9.95@10.05.



Lambs, yearlings and sheep were

marketed in small numbers for still





to, pay extremely high prices all the

time, even at such times as values

werelowered more or less. . Colorado

wooled lambs topped the market, and

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lambs

much weight to sell satisfactorily.

Feeders and shearers were wanted, but

few were offered, even at the high rulc

ing prices. Closing prices were as fol-

loWs: Lambs $9.25@11.65; feeding

lambs $10.25@11.25; yearlings ,$9@

10.60; wethers $8.25@9.25; ewes $5.25

@925; bucks $7@8.50. Clipped lambs

brought $_7@9.40 and spring lambs $9

@14. Prime wooled lambs advanced

about 15c.



Horses were in much smaller supply

than usual last week, and prices were

firm, With army horses especially want.

ed. Farm workers were in’demand at

$75@140, while farm mares were sal-

able at $145@240. A few big horses

brought $250@325, while chunks sold

at $165@235. .





LIVE STOCK NEWS.





 





. Extraordinarily high prices are be.

ing paid in the Chicago market for de-

sirable consignments of lambs, year-

lings, wethers and ewes, and only a

short time ago prime feeding lambs

sold for $11.50 per 100 lbs., smashing

all records in the history of the trade.

The top for prime killing lambs this

season stands at $12 per 100 lbs., the

recent top being $11.50, and no matter

how sharp the breaks in values are

from time to time, values are still won-

derfully high. Limited numbers of

spring lambs are showing up and sell-

ing at fancy figures, and some contract-

ing of lambs for future delivery is go-

ing on here and there, but it is pretty

certain that the supply will prove to

be far below the large demand. Hence





it is taken for granted that there will '





be much less feeding in the country

east of the Missouri River than in past

years. A short time ago contracts

were reported as closed for Wyoming

lambs for delivery next fall at the sta-

tion on northern Colorado account at

$7.25@7.50.



Cattle of every description sell unus-

ually high in the Chicago market, but

while prime heavy steers have been

bringing fancy prices, with not many

offered, plain heavy steers are rather

unsatisfactory sellers. This happens

every year about this time, these cat-

tle selling around $8.75@9.25 per 100

lbs. of late, while the choicest lots

have found quick sales at $9.50@10.

Cheap cattle of light weight have made

good money for their owners of late,

with steers selling below $8.50 of the

feeder class, although the packers

have competed for the better class of

feeders. All accounts agree that no

large supplies of cattle remain in most

feeding districts, but in the course of

a .few weeks more the distillery cattle

Will be headed marketward, and they

will be of some helpin making godd

the. shortage of corn-fed cattle. These

“stillers” are now in the finishing

process in slop sheds in Peoria and

Pekin, Illinois, and in Tere Haute, In-

diana, and in a few weeks the Ken.

tuckytdistilleries will close, thereby

foreing a good many cattle on the

market. There has been a. wide-spread

demand for stocker and feeder cattle

to ship into feeding districts, but this

important movement has been greatly

hindered from the start by inadequate

offerings and the high prices invaria-

bly asked for cattle has been chiefly

from Illinois, Indiana and Michigan

stockmen, with some calls for cattle to

ship to Iowa and Ohio. Stockmen of

the southwest are awake to the im-

portance of utilizing the good pastur-

age, and it is certain that extremely

little grass will go to waste in Kansas

and Oklahoma this year. Rush of

field work has up to a short time kept

farmers from buying feeders,.but now

the growing pastures warn them that

the time is here to look around for

supplies.





 





EVART HORSE SHOW.





 





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better horses for the surrounding com-

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Wednesday, May 10, 1916. No entrance

fees are charged, and_local breeders,

farmers and horse owners are expected

to show their stock. Liberal prizes

are offered through the courtesy of

business men, and two band concerts

during the day will provide musical

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DETROIT LIVE STOCK MARKET.





 





'Thurs'day’s Market.

May 4, 1916.

Cattle.





Receipts 1924. The run in all de-

partments at the local yards was con-

siderably less than at the same period

a week ago and on account of a mark-

ed improvement by all roads every-

thing was yarded early and an early

close was made.





The quality in the cattle division

was good and the market was active

at strong last week’s prices on all

grades. Several bunches sold at $9

per cwt. Milch cows were scarce and

cod ones were in active demand.

tockers and feeders sold. well and

several country buyers were on hand

looking for them. Prices look pretty

high for feeding purposes. The close

was hardly as active as at the open-

ing, selling as follows: Best heavy

handy weight

butcher steers $8@8.50; mixed steers

and heifers $7.75@8.25; handy light

butchers $7.25@7.75; light butchers

$6.75@7.25; best cows $6.50@6.75;

butcher cows $5.50@6.25; common

cows $4.75@5.~25; canners $3@4.50;

best heavy bulls $7; bologna bulls $6

@650; stock bulls '$5@5.50; feeders

$7.25@7.75; stockers $6@7.50; milkers

and springers $40@75.



Sande}, 8., B. & G. sold Mason B. Co.

10 steers av 800 at $7.85; to Mich. B.

Co. 26 do av 1048 at $8.35, 10 do av

.936 at $7.50; to‘ Bresnahan & Bray 4

do av 855 at $7.50; to Sullivan P. Co.

4 cows and bulls av 962 at $6.50, 1

bull wgh 560 at $5.50, 15 steers an 960

at $8.25, 2 do av 775 at $7.25; to Sim~

mons 2 feeders av 795 at $7.50; to

Newton B. Co. 2 steers av 865 at $8.25,

3 cows av 1100 at $6.50, 2 do av 1060

aty$6.50, 11 butchers av 873 at $7.50;

to Mason B. Co. 11 do av 909 at $8.25;

to Mich. B. Co. 12 steers av 1340 at

$8.60, 15 do av 919 at $7.85; to Bres-

nahan 2 heifers av 795 at $7.50; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 1 bull wgh 1430

at $7; to Bresnahan & B. 2 cows av.

1015 at $5.50, 3 do av 1016 at $6; to

Breitenbeck 5 do av 1098 at $5.75; to

Hammond, S. & Co. 2 bulls av 1900 at

$7; to Sullivan P. Co. 1 heifer wgh

830 at $7, 10 steers av 900 at $8.40;

to Kamman B. Co. 1 steer w h 1200 at

$9, 1 cow wgh 1050 at $6.4 , 8 steers

av 825 at $8.25; to Newton B. Co. 7

do av 871 at $7.60.





Haley & M. sold Thompson Bros. 7

steers av 1137 at $9, 1 do wgh 930 at

$8, 2 cows av 1065 at $6.75, 4 do av

1112 at $6, 11 butchers av 800 at $7.35;

to Bresnahan & B. 2 cows av 920 at

$5, 2 do av 1015 at $4.60; to Dingman

3 do av 963 at $5.25, 5 do av 1000 at

$5.10; to Hammond, S. & Co. 2 do av

1335 at $6.50,1 bull wgh 1770 at $6.65;

to Kamman B. Co. 1 do wgh 1520 at

$7. 25, 21 steers av 1114 at $8. 75, to

Sullivan P. Co. 16 do av 1129 at $8.70;

to Newton B. Co. 13 do av 927 at $7.75 :1

to Kamman B. Co. 8 do av 909 at

$8.15; to Breitenbeck 17 do av 934 at

$8.35, 6 do av 755 at $7.25.





Veal Calves.





Receipts 1312. The veal calf trade

was about the same as last week;

heavy and common grades were dull.

A few small bunches of prime brought

$9.75@10 but the bulk of good was at

$9.50 with medium and: common at

$6.50@9.



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

Bros. 2 av 145 at $9. 50; to Sullivan P.

Co. 25 av 140 at $9, 9 av 150 at $6.50,

14 av 135 at $9: 25, 7 av 150 at $8,

av 125 at $8.25.



Erwin & S. sold Thompson Bros. 1

wgh 240 at $10.50.



Sheep and Lambs.~



Receipts 2342. The sheep and lamb

trade held about even with last week

the quality being very common. One

car of good clips was bought by a

speculator at $9. 75 but the bulk of the



good ones went for $9. 25@9. 50. Best

lambs $9. 25@9. 50; fair do $7.25@8;

light to common lambs $6. 50@7; fair

to good sheep $6. 50@7. 25; culls and





~ common $4. 50@5. 50.





Erwin .8: S. sold Thompson Bros.



70 lambs av 55 at $9, 20 do av-50 at



$6. 50; to Sullivan P. Co. 31 do av 70



at $9. 50.



Haley & M. sold Thompson Bros.



139 lambs av 70st $9.10. .

Hock



Receipts 11, 979. In the hog depart-



ment on Wednesday the best grades



brought $9.60 but on Thursday they



‘, "'5c highs , selling as follows:



$11.6 ,ch «1111;; 18,50,





after running there for two weeks,





.and bins, road graders





 





firm that handles sheep and lambs ex-

blusively says. in a. recent letter to its

country patrons: “The nearby feed

barns have not as many sheep and





lambs on feed as usual at this time of .





the year, and there. seems to be a ten‘

dency on the part of the owners to





unload their holdings as soon as possi—

ble, owing, of course, to the high pric-

es they are bringing, together with the

high prices of feed. It is very expen-

Sive feeding lambs for the future mar-

ket. However, we are betting that

the market has not seen its highest

time yet. We think that the market

this May will be a repetition of last

May and that all records for high pric.

es will be broken.”



Prices for beef, mutton and pork

have been raised in retail meat mar-

kets in recent weeks throughout the

country from two to three cents per

pound, and there are instances where

the best cuts have been'advanced to

higher prices than asked in midwinter.

These advances have followed higher

prices for cattle, hogs, sheep and

lambs, and cheap meats now look a

long way off, for there is general un-

derproduction in nearly all parts of the

United States. It is going to take con-

siderable time to produce new crops

of cattle, hogs and lambs, and mean-

while high prices seem assured. A

matter of the utmost importance at

this juncture is the calling off of the

long-existing restrictions which were

placed through quarantines against the

shipment of feeders into feeding dis-

tricts. The Chicago Live Stock Ex-

change recently issued an announce-

ment to apprise stockmen that all the

former embargoes on trading in stock

and feeding cattle at that important

market have been removed, and at the

present time business in thin cattle

adapted for finishing is shooting ahead

at a lively pace. Plenty of the inferior

descriptions of little stockers are of-

fered for all requirements, but as a

general rule these cattle are slow of

sale at relatively low values, with the

country buyers keen after the well-

bred lots and paying liberal premiums

for them in every instance. Steers on

the feeder order carrying some flesh

are wanted, not only for fattening pur-

poses, but at the same time for killing

and converting into a comparatively

cheap grade of beef, and it is this com-

petition that is responsible for lessen-

ing shipments of high-grade feeders

into feeding districts, as happens reg-

ularly every year. The result is that

prices are apt to be advanced to pro-

hibitory figures, and in all probability

values will go still higher about the

time the demand for cattle to place on

grass is keenest. In buying cattle for

feeding purposes weight is cutting less

figure than quality, and little stock

steers are frequently among the high-

est sellers. Some country buyers are

purchasing stock cows and heifers,

these offerings selling at a range of

from $5. 85 to $6.75 per 100 lbs. The

packers are not only preventing nor-

mal shipments of feeders to the coun-

try for finishing, but of late they have

been sending their buyers into the

feeding sections with instructions to

purchase beef cattle, this course being

directed for the purpose of eliminating

competition so far as possible in the

open market.



Albert J. Swanson, of Nebraska,

marketed in Chicago a short time ago

47 head of fancy mixed Hereford and

Shorthorn steers which averaged in

weight 1576 pounds'and found a quick

sale at $9.75 per 100 pounds.

owner purchased these cattle on the

fifteenth day of last October in Den-

ver, having been raised in Idaho. They

were put at once in a corn field, and,





were started on snapped corn. Later

on Mr. Swanson substituted shelled

corn with alfalfa, and upon this ration

the cattle were fed throughout the en-

tire feeding period. When purchased

as feeders the steers averaged in

weight 1150 pounds. GoOd gains were

made, but because of the poor feeding

quality of the corn, larger amounts

had to be fed in order to bring about

final satisfactory results.





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EGINNING' with the bulky por-

B tion of the ration, I believe no

horse requires more than one

full feed of hay in the twenty-four

hours; and, by personal experience I

have tested the soundness of this doc-

trine to my own satisfaction. Farm

horses that are working every day are

subject to just this condition, there

being no, time for them to eat more

than a small quantity at either the

morning or the noon meal. This does

not mean, however, that a, horse

should not be fed three times a day,

but to emphasize that the evening

feed should be the more substantial.

The work being over, there is ample

time for rest and digestion and for the

renewal of exhausted tissue or muscle.

The French are reputed to be the

most skillful horse feeders in the

world, having for centuries tested all

kinds of methods of feeding. Among

the rules laid down, one of the most

important is that there must be an in-

terval of four or five hours between

meals to keep a horse in good condi-

tion.



Oats take about two hours to digest,

while hay takes three hours, and for

this reason a full feed of the latter is

not given until night, when sufficient

time may be had for it to digest. No

horse is in fit condition for work with

a stomach distended with hay, be-

Cause it being situated right behind

the lung space, if full, bulges forward

into the chest to such an extent that

the lungs have not room to properly

expand; and, anything that interferes

with the function of the lungs predis-

poses to heaves. Feeding should be

regular, and while a horse should be

required to do as little work as possi-

ble on a loaded stomach an interval of

half an hour ought to be allowed to

elapse before food is given to a heated

and tired animal.



Timothy hay is the form of rough-

age most widely used for horses. Its

popularity depends chiefly on its free-

dom from dust, rather than on its nu-

tritive qualities. Unfortunately, how-

ever, it is a poorly balanced food and

I would greatly prefer good mixed hay

when free from dust. Better still is

the red clover cured in a semi-green

condition; there is no dust, the horses

eat it better than any other roughage

and the protein content is rich enough

to considerably reduce the amount of

grain otherwise required. ‘



A Run at Pasture is Beneficial.



During the early grazing season and

during the hot summer months when

the pasture has become fairly well

matured I prefer to turn the horses

out nights, if at all possible. From

year to year a. horse consumes an

amount of dry heating food which

calls for special regulation to neutral-

ize the excessive proteid consumption

that has taken. place. Substituting

the grass for a certain part of the dry

feed might for a time lessen, to some

extent, his energy and power to en-

dure protracted hard labor, yet it is a

fact that such a procedure would ena-

ble the average horse, during his life

time, to perform much more labor

than if kept continually on dry feed.



It is generally admitted that oats

are the most satisfactory grain for

horses. Corn may be used in combi-

nation with other grains, ,but it is too

heating a. food to be fed exclusively

to horses. Bran forms a suitable and

desirable addition to a ration, being

cooling and soothing in its action. Ap-

proximately ten pounds of oats, five

pounds of corn and three pounds of

bran, divided into three equal feeds,

make a. day’s ration that it would be

hard to improve upon. The weight

fed at each meal should be about the

same, although for the sake of variety

the corn may be omitted at the morn-

For the

evening meal it is a good plan, when

possible, to feed crushed oats along

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and salted to render it more palatable.



It sometimes happens ‘that when

horses are being well fed for heavy

work and are allowed to stand idle

for a day or two, the disease'known

as lymphangitis is apt to get a. foot-

hold. More_especially is this true of

the heavy draft types. In England, it

is sometimes called, “Monday morning

fever,”_ because more cases are re-

ported on Monday morning, after the

Sunday rest, than any other day dur;

ing the week. A horse getting three

full grain feeds a. day generates in ‘his

system a large amount of heat and en-

ergy, which is just what he needs to

perform a. good day's work. When,

however, he gets a day off, and the

full grain ration is continued, there is

not vent for it. Being the function of

the lymphatic glands to dispose of

this excess of nourishment, if they

fail to do so they become inflamed

and an atack of lymphangitis results.

To counteract this tendency the grain

ration should either be reduced or a.

bran mash substituted, at the same

time allowing exercise.



Another matter about which much

diversity of opinion exists, is how and

when to water a horse. Dr. Reed, of

the Ontario Agricultural College, has

expressed the very sensible conclu-

sion: “When a horse is thirsty he

wants a drink.” This is probably the

very best guide for the attendant and

certainly an acceptable one to the

animal himself. There is a great deal

of exaggerated fear about watering

horses when warm. When a large

amount of perspiration has been se—

creted while working, it leaves the

system parched. A pail or two of wa-

ter of moderate temperature is the

best thing that can be given, and ordi-

narily they should have it at once. So

long as precautions are taken to have

the chill off it will not hurt him

in the least, but rather refresh and

prepare him to enjoy his feed.



A variety of factors must unite in

keeping horse flesh in good shape.

judgment in working, feeding and

care—in a word, that rare quality call-

ed “common sense”-——are the secrets

in maintaining the teams in present-

able shape and strong working condi-

tion. Someone has said: “It is not so

much what you feed as how you feed

it,” common sense without oats being

better than oats without sense.



Canada. J. H. MCKENNEY.





BLUE GRASS FOR HOGS.





 





Blue grass has long been profitably

used by the Missouri farmer for feed-

ing cattle. It has not been generally

recognized that it may also be utilized

for pork production. At the Missouri

Experiment Station during the five-

year period from 1908 to 1912 the aver-

age amount of pork produced from an

acre of blue grass amounted to $26

when the live weight value of hogs

was calculated at eight cents per

pound.



In securing these returns from blue

grass pasture, it is necesary to recog-

nize two qualities which clearly distin-

guish blue grass from alfalfa, clover,

and rape pasture. In the first place,

a much larger amount of grain must

be fed to hogs on blue grass than to

hogs on rape, clover or alfalfa. An-

other difference lies in the fact that

during the middle of the summer from

about July 15 to August 30 blue grass

is of little or no value for hog pasture.

During this time clover, alfalfa, or rape





pasture should be provided. The grain '





fed to hogs on blue grass pasture

should be well balanced—a. grain mix-

ture of six parts of corn and one of

linseed oil meal, or ten parts of corn

and one part of tankage. A good rule

to follow in determining the amount of

grain to be fed is to feed just as much

grain as will cause the animal to gain

an average, of three-fourths of a pound

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Feeders Problems



Value of Skim- Milk for Hogs.



I have a. chance to purchase a large

quantity of separated milk. What is

the feed value of separated milk, com-

pared with middlings, etc. ., for hog

feed, and what is it worth per gallon?



Luce Co. H. E P.



Skim-milk and corn meal at the rate

of one pound of corn meal with one to

three pounds of skim-milk fed to pigs

weighing 100 pounds or over, will on

the average of a large number of trials

give 327 pounds of skim-milk a feed-

ing value equal to 100 pounds of grain.

The nutritive ratio of one part corn

meal to three parts of skim-milk is

1:52, which is rather too wide for

small pigs just after weaning. For

pigs of this age four to six parts .of

skim-milk to one part of corn meal Will

make a properly balanced ration. Mid-

dlings may be added to give variety to

the ration in any quantity desired, this

grain being a well-balanced ration in

itself. ’



At present prices of grain, when the

skim-milk is fed with corn in the pro-

portions above advised. the milk will

have a maximum value of. about 45

cents per hundred weight, when the

milk is credited with the total oi in.

creased gains promoted by its use in

the ration.



In some trials made last year at the

Iowa station, this value was reached

when the milk was fed in connection

with 70 cent corn, together with mid-

dlings at $1.45 per hundred and 60 per

cent tankage at $2.50 per hundred. In

fixing a value on skim-milk for com-

mercial purposes, this price would not.

allow a fair profit on the feeding oper-

ation, the figures being evolved simply

to show the farm value of skim-milk

when utilized as a pig feed in combina-

tion with corn in the proportions above

noted. Where a larger Quantity of

milk is fed in proportion to a given

amount of corn, the value of the milk

in the ration is considerably decreased.





LIVE STOCK REPORT.





A recent report issued by the U. S.

Department of Agriculture shows that

losses of live stock from disease and

exposure during the past year were

moderately smaller than the 10-year av-

erage of such losses, and the condition

as to health and flesh of animals on

April 1 was slightly better than aver-

age, according to estimates based upon

reports of agents and reporters of the

Bureau of Crop Estimates, U. S. De-

partment of Agriculture.



The epidemic of hog cholera seems

to be on the wane; for the total losses

ot‘ hogs from disease last year is esti-

mated at 6.6 per cent of the total sup-

ply, as compared with about 10 per

cent a year ago, 11.9 per cent two

years ago, 11.0 per cent three years

ago, 8.9 per cent four years ago, 4.5

per cent five years ago, and 4.5 per

cent six years ago. The development

and decline of the epidemic may be

observed from these figrues. During

the past year losses still amounted to

or exceeded 10 per cent of the supply

in Ohio, Indiana, Arkansas and

Florida.



The condition as to health and flesh

on April 1,_ 1916, and the average on

April 1 of the past ten years, are rela-

tively as follows: Horses and mules,

96:7 and 96.2; cattle, 96.0 and 95.0:

sheep, 96.1 and 95.4; swine, 94.2 and

94.0.



The number of breeding sows in the

United States is estimated to be about

1.6 per cent more than on April 1 last

year. The increases are mostly in the

southern states.



One important reason for smaller

losses of live stock from exposure is

the increasing practice on the ranges

of feeding hay, generally alfalfa, to

the sheep and cattle, when the winter

is severe and'grazing diflicult. Stock

is thus kept in better condition, and

losses‘trom exposure become less.



For the entire United States the

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[red as 1.75 per cent,’ compared with a. g





ten-year average of 1. 95 per cent of.

the supply; losses of cattle from dis-

ease, 1.96 per cent, compared with the





ten-year average of 2.01 per cent; loss-I





es of cattle from exposure, 1.07 per.

cent, compared with the ten-year aver-

age of 1.56 per cent; losses of sheep

from disease, 2.16 per cent, compared

with they ten-year average of 2.48 per

cent; losses of sheep from exposure,

2.17 per cent, compared with the ten-

year average of 3.11 per cent; losses

of lambs from disease and exposure,

5.22 per cent, compared with a five-

year average of 5.99' per cent; losses of

swine from disease, 6.63 per cent, com~

pared with a ten-year average of 6.62

per cent.





SUMMER CARE OF HOGS.





 





The diet for our hogs in summer is

grass, some slops and a little corn.

This, with the worms and insects ob-

tained on range, is amply suflficient to

sustain a steady growth until the cool

autumn weather sets in, when we be-

gin feeding corn heavy enbugh to fin-

ish them for market or for home

butchering by‘ about the first of De-

cember. This process of taking hogs

through the summer applies equally to

hogs that have been wintered, or to

spring pigs, except that pigs are fed

a little heavier on account of their

more rapid growth.



As to summer pasture for hogs, we

have never tried any that were better

than clover. Hogs are not very apt to

root when there is plenty of pasture

of any kind, yet we always put rings

in their noses in order to be on the

safe side. We allow them to have all

the grass they will eat as early in the

spring as possible. Hogs that have

run of pasture all summer can be shut

up in a pen and fed to advantage six

weeks or two months, but no longer.



Summer is the time to make pork.

Making it in. winter is much like run-

ning a boat against the wind and tide.

It requires too much food to keep up

the supply of animal heat. If hogs





'have plenty of grass in summer, and a





small amount of grain with it, they

will fatten rapidly, and about three

pounds of pork can be made with the

same amount of grain in this way than

one pound can be made in cold weath-

er wlth the hog in a close pen. The

grass is cooling and loosening, and

counteracts the feverish properties of

the grain.



Aside from the great value of grass

in the care of hogs in summer, free

access to pure water and good shade

is also important. The hog delights in

a cool damp locality, and isrvery sen-

sitive to heat and cold, and suffers ex-

tremely from exposure to either. Any

unusual exercise is baneful, and may

even be fatal, to a hog that is very fat,

on a hot day, if it has not free access

to water.



A pig should never be allowed to

stop growing. In fact, that rule holds

good during its entire life. A poor,

mangy pig is of no value. Close con-

finement to filth and dirt will check

the growth, however generous the

feed, but if starved at the same time,

it will be a mercy to both pigs and

owner to send them to the manure

pile. Filth and dirt are in many cases

a sure breeder of cholera.



Milk is a very cooling drink, and al~

most indispensable in raising young

pigs. Cows and pigs go well together,

and on farms where the milk is separ-

ated, the milk thus obtained can be

turned to good advantage. We never

feed corn or corn meal to pigs before

they are ‘at least three months old.

Young pigs fed on this diet become

costive, then they will scour. They

will then rub against everything they

come in contact with, and rub their

hair off. A dry, black scurf will begin

to form on them. ' Such pigs should be

washed in warm rain water or sour

milk, the latter being the best. It





slbps are fed, they should never be ’





allowed to become stale.

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ILLIE Farmstead Poultry. B. P. Rocks; R. I. Reds;.

W. Leghorns. 15 eggs $1; Ki eggs $1.50; 509 gs $250.

P. P. delivery free. Colon C. Lillie, COODQX‘SVIl e.Mich.





0 frosted combs with R. C. Brown Leghorns. Kul i

strain. Winter layers. Select eggs 1:3. $1; . $2.’ .

MAPLEWOOD F





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ORPING T0NS§<‘2312rilrisss.si%§éii%°fii‘f





Special prices M. E. THObIPSON, Redford. Nlich:





' ' ' —Eggs $5 and 33

Pine Bresl 8. ll. While Orpingions I... .5. utility sg

er 100. Chicks 40 cts. and 25 cts. each. MRS. WILLIS

OUGH, Pine Crest Farm. Royal Oak, Michigan.





HODE ISLAND REDS and PLYMOUTH ROCKS.

Males 5 to 12 lbs. according to age $2 toSf); 'P. R. hens

weight 5 to 10 lbs.. eggs 15 for $1.00' 100, 85:120.’$6.

Mammoth Bronze Torn Turkeys. 8 to 38 lbs. according

to age 36 to $25, 10 eggs $3. A. E. Craniton. Vassar. Mich.





ll. blinds, Bolh tombs, Mosi Popular





Eggs for hatching, Baby Chicks. Write for catalog,

INTERLAKES FARM. Box 39. Lawrence. Michigan.





lRose Comb Brown Leghorn





E 3 er setting. $5 er 100. W. China Geese 25 cents

“Iii-31p CLAUDIA ETTS, Hillsdsle, Mich.





HODE ISLAND WHITES win at the National Egg

Laying contest. Cold weather don't stop them.

,Eggs $1.50, 2 settings. $2.50. H.H.JumD.Jackson, Mich.





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' UFF LEGHORNS—Cockerels, hens, pens or eggs.

B Anything you wish in Buff Leghorns. Great laying

strains. Dr. William Smith. PetersburgMich.





V. ' —200 Egg Strain—Eggs, chicks. 8

III": Lflghoms week—old pullets from hens with

‘ records up to 264 eggs. Prize winners at largest shows.

“Prompt shipment. prices low, quality guaranteed.

5 White Leghorns are best for eggs. We raise thousands.

Free catalog and priCo list gives particulars. Write for it now.





FEBBIS lElillOllli FARM. 934 llnlon. Grind llanltlt. Mlth.

-—Long, lar a





Heavy Winter Lagerss; 30.0%., $50 _

. fl t ' . . . per '3; . per

figg‘ifiasf ZlvilIOYCkI‘I). A? Midgoon, 585, Ann Arbor, Mich.





OSE Comb Rhode Island Red Eggs. dark colored

R matings $1.50 per 15. Utility eg 5. laying strani

84 per 100. MRS. T. A. ETTER, Ric land, Michigan





. OSE and S. C. R. I. Red eggs by mail $1.50 per 15

‘ R or 20c per 9 g from special pens: $0 per 100. Hens

for sale. JEN IE BUELL, Ann Arbor. It. 8, Mich.





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

S. strain. P. C. Bred Sows and fall pigs. Big type

with quality. R. W. Mills. Saline. Mich.





0. WHITE LEGHORNS. bred for size. shape.



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

ing Le horns. Hatching e gs $4.50 per 100. Baby

Chicks 10 per 100. A. O. HO ARI), Tecumseh. Mich.





' S. C. W. Leghorns. Lsr e vigorous

Tom ”arm" stock. Eggs $5.00 per 100. €31,125 per'is.

post paid. No Chicks. Bruce W. Brown. MayVille. Mich





W ndotte and Barred Rock Cockere_ls $2.00

Buff yaeach. eggs for hatching $1.00 per 1:). .

Mrs. R. W. BLACK. Caro. Michigan





SILVER, Golden and White Wyandoties. Eggs from 6 lonia

and Lansing prize colonies, $3 per 15, $5 per 30. All farm

flocks. $1.50 per 15. 52.50410. (3. W. Browning, Portland. MH‘II

HITE Wyandotte Eggs from heavy winter layers.

$2.00 per 15. $3.75 per 30, $8.00 per 100. Superb

stock. Eggaday Poultry Ranch, Marshall, .Micli.





C :k & Cockerels. E gs $1. $2, $3.

While wllanllOllfl 0k per 15. $4 per 50, 3'? per .100.

DAVID tAY, 202 Forest Ave . psilsnti. Michigan.

HITE WYANDOTTES. Eggs $1.50 per 15. $2.50

- W per 30. $7.00 per 100. From chmce stock.

. A. FRANKLIN SMITH, Ann Arbor. Michigan.





“PREMIER" PlllllllllGE WIIllllllllE 803323;“

Eggs $2.0) per 15. W. H. BACON. Petersburg. Mich.

Ham. llronzo Turkozvigg: $3 lor 10. “311.5%



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ARRED'PLYMOUTH ROCK EGGS from full lilood

stock, $1.50 per 13. Have won at leading shows for

years. J. A. BARNUM. Union City. Michigan.





YOU A” :56}?me BABY CHICKS.





We give you good quality] 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. O. R.'I. Reds—Bred for business and

for beauty. (Send for lprice list.) Babcock & Son.

R. No. 4. Box 180, nttle Creek, Michigan.





a b “1' R from our own Bred-To-La Rin let Bar-

3 I "l sred Rocks $101ier 1008.0. hits 9 horns

$10 per 100 and S. O. BquOrpingtons $12 per 100. etch-

in Eggs carefully packed $4





er 100. For further



in ormation write for our Chic Folder. RUSSELL



POULTRY RANCH. PETERBBURG. . MICE.



BARRED Rocks Parks 200 Egg)Strain with records to



290 eggs a year—$1.50 per 15 elivered. By Parcel

post. Fred Astllng. Constantine. Mich.





BARR!” ROCK EGGS and Bab Chicks. Four





. pullets ayed 950 eggs



in 12 months. Averafie 237 eggs each.



W. C. Coflmsn. . 3. enton Harbo r. Mich.



RINGLET BARRED ROCKS direct from Thompson s

A limited amount of eggs for hatching from vi vorous



$1.50 per 15.





ARRED Rock Eggs for hatching of Bradley Bros.

strain, 81.50fer setting 13. $5.60 per setting 50 eggs.

A. A. PATTUL O, . Decker-Ville Mich.

Bonito ROCK laces £56635.pt’lolé‘édilfli‘ilz





$1.00 per 15. PINE KNOLL, Box 391. Shelby, Mich.

B. P. . , t .

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laying strain in America,



cockcrcls $3.00 up. eggs $1.50 an $3.00 per setting

Write JOHN NASBERG. Crystal Falls, Michigan.



Barred Plymouth





Cousins llorihern King Strain 1 0.... H... W...





many prizes. Eggs $2. for 15. Both matingsfiatisfaction

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





 





 





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

30. 82.50; 100, $7.00. Select matings 15, 84; 30. $7.00, all





Eostpaid. Photos. Circulars. John Northon. Clare. 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 chliorns $9.00 per 100, 385.00 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

CHICK We ship thousands each season. Ten

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

booklet. Freeport Hatchery. Boxl2.Freeport.Mich.





Strong Day Old (think: 310 For 100. mgr-gag:





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

anteed deliverv and fertilitv. Everfresh Egg Farm. lonis. Mich.





HICKS 7c and up. Barred Rock, Wyandottes. Leg—

horns, Minorcas. etc. Sale delivery guaranteed.

Circular tree. Reliable Hatchery, NIcAlisterville. Box 6 Po





I I

While l0 llom chicks! bred to lay stock. At abar-

gain. A ew cock birds, 220-265 egikpedigree.

M. Maloney. R I. slamazoo. Mich.

YPHER'S TRAPNES'P strain of Sin 1e Comb White

Leghorns. Eggs for hatching. 15, 1: 50, $3; 100,

$5: 500, $23. Thos. H. Barnes Creston Ohio.





E668 for hatching facing pure bred White Plymouth





Rocks and ufi‘ Leghornson free range.

Kletzlen & Webster. Bath. Mich.





Eggs allil Baby chick: iloii'é are bred R.and 8.0. R.





10 cents each. Vigorous.





'1‘ hit ‘

hens $1.50 each. 0.1‘ HAWLEY. ffdifigoiifiliiifif

. B if,Barred,Cl l' P - '



"alchlllg tPrlilgge, Siéifiar agdlgl’lliiggltgcalgs Chili’s

e in an ouen . S -

EB diin Poultry Yards. Shegfdasn,Miecrh. nucklmgs

E for hatching—From Kore bred White Plymouth

A; 3 Rocks. Pekin and W its runnner ducks. Wh to

r can guineas. H. V. Hostetler, R. 1, St. J ohns. Mich.

UTILITY EGGS I! .50 for 15;

$3.00 for 30: 84. for50; $7.00for 1(1). Send for-circular.

R. B. FOWLER Hartford. Mich. . R. 2.

' REE. R . . .

Eggs Delivered ii... QEmEi‘wghiie 13.30

Barred P. Rocks.White RunnerDuokb. White ,

Turkeys. Circular tree. Biwerviewl‘atiuflabat





DO not advise hatching chicks late

if it can be avoided, but there are

times when we' have them and wish

to rear. them to the best advantage.

Chicks are not nearly so easily grown

in July as they are in May. The hot

weather is as hard on them as it is on

babies, and we all know how the ba-

bies suffer from the heat, especially in

crowded communities, and too often

chicks have the same crowded condi-

tions to overcome. .





Plenty of shade is absolutely neces-

sary for summer if you have to make

it temporarily by the use of boards or

canvas. The ideal place is under the

trees, or in a cornfield, provided the

cornfield is not down in a hollow or

otherwise located so the air does not

circulate through it well. A good cir-

culation is needed as well as good

shade.





Cleanliness Essential in Summer Feed-o

mg.



Summer feeding must be given spe-

cial attention, for feeds that are moist-

ened are apt to sour quickly, for which

reason they should be mixed fresh

when used. Old feed left in the trough

or on the feeding boards will cause

disease, so everything of the kind

should be kept away from them.

Cleanse the troughs before using them

at least once every day, and give them

a good washing once a week with boil-

ing water in which some disinfectant

has been dissolved. Permanganate of

potash is a good disinfectant for the





ter a deep purple.



While I do not advocate keeping the

chicks to a. dry ration all the time I

would not use much wet mash in the

hot weather. I keep a box of bran

where they can scratch in it at all

times, or in a feeder. If I use a feeder

I use a growing mash containing some

meat meal, alfalfa meal, and corn

meal in addition to the bran, though

at least one—third the mixture is bran.

I aim to have about eight per cent of

the entire ration by weight of meat

meal in the mash. This eight per cent

is of both the mash and the grain that

I feed, not alone of the mash it is mix-

ed with. By having this where they

can get it handily whenever they come

up to drink they will eat much more

than if they just fed their regular

feeds.



Use Good Feeds Only.



Avoid cheap chick feeds in summer,

for so often they are made up of spoil-

ed grains. Better pay a, little more

and get feed that is prepared by a re-

liable company especially for poultry.

or take clean grains to the mill and

have them ground for you. A good

mixture would be one—third cracked

corn, and then equal parts of as many

of the following as you can provide;

kaffir corn, wheat, buckwheat, and

coarse cracked oats.





I always provided a box of crushed

bone, regular poultry bone of the chick

size, as it helps them to make bone,

and they like it. If the soil is not

sandy and gravelly better have some

good grit also. Everything that helps

to mature the chicks rapidly and keep

them healthy is an advantage and a.

profit. Charcoal should be kept where

they can pick at it, for it is especially

valuable to keep the food sweet after

it is in their digestlve organs. Bacte-

ria germinate so fast in the hot weath-

er one can never take too many pre-

cautions.



The coops should be kept clean and

thoroughly disinfected, as cleanliness

is most essential in keeping the chicks

healthy. A good coal tar disinfectant

will do very well for spraying the

coops and will also tend to keep the

mites down. The masts and other

harboring places for mites should be

frequently inspected for the presence

of the mites. Special care should also

be taken to. see that the chicks keep

themselves free from lice by dusting.





 





purpose, using enough to make the was





If they do not a hoe powder or blue,





Roismgilate Hatched Chicks





ointment should be used. Freedom.





from pests is essential





, in growing

thrifty chicks. ‘





L. H. COBB.

HANDLING YOUNG‘ CHICKS.





Chicks need no food from two to

three days after hatching. They should

be kept warm. During the first week

the temperature should not fall below

95 degrees and during the second week





it should be held up to 90 degrees.





When they crowd under the hover of

the brooder it is a sign that they are

cold. Fifty chicks is enough for one

brooder. When too many are put to-

gether they sometimes pile on top of

each other and some smother. When

the chicks are 48 to 60 hours old feed

them equal parts of bread crumbs and

oat meal to which add a little chick

grit. Feed four or five times a day

and only what they will eat up in a

few minutes. After the third day feed

a good quality of chick feed. Sprinkle

it in the litter which should be made

up of a thin layer of short cut alfalfa

or fine cut straw. A home-made chick

feed can be made as follows: Cracked

wheat, 25 pounds; fine screened crack-

ed corn, 20 pounds; pinhead oat meal,

10 pounds; crushed peas, three pounds;

millet see, two pOunds, and fine char-

coal, three pounds.



After the first week begin giv-

ing beef scraps in small quantity. Feed

sparingly at first, one ounce for 40 or

50 a day. Provide green food, sprout-

ed oats are best. Mangels, green clo-

ver and lettuce are also good. When

on open range the grass will answer.

After the chicks are two weeks old a.

mixture of equal parts of wheat bran

and beef scraps may be kept‘ before

them all the time. When four weeks

old the following mash mixture can be

fed in hopper: Equal parts of bran,

corn meal, wheat middlings and rolled

oats to which add 10 per cent of meat

scraps. When the chicks are six weeks

old ground oats may be used in place

of the rolled oats. And when six

weeks old the chicks’ feed can be dis-

continued and equal parts of Wheat

and cracked corn fed in its place.





A FUNGUS DISEASE ATTACKING

CHICKENS.





Will you tell us what causes little

rings or circles to come on heads of

chickens (feathers come off in a small

circle there andlatei' on back). Diarr,

hoea follows and they die. Can find

no lice or other cause, and keep hen-

house and roost well sprayed for lice.

They are in good flesh and cannot un-

derstand cause of death. R. C. K.





A common cause of the formation

of rings on the heads of chickens is a.

fungous disease called “favus.”



This disease shows itself in concen~

tric rings which have a cup-like forma-

tion. The scaly crust which forms of-

ten gets as much as one—third of an

inch in thickness. The trouble pro-

ceeds from the head to the neck, then

to the parts around the vent, and 00—

casionally to the back of the chicken.

When the disease attacks the feather-

ed parts, the feathers become erect

and brittle, and finally break off, leav-

ing the cup-like crusty formation. The

diseased bird always has a peculiar

disagreeable odor, something like

musty grain or mouldy cheese or fetid

animal material.



At first the health of the bird does

not appear to be affected, but as it be-

comes more serious, the bird loses its

appetite and becomes exhausted and

finally .dies. The disease is a. contagi-

ous one, and should therefore be given

serious. attention. All birds having

the trouble should be isolated and if

valuable they should be treated as

follows: The crusts should be soft-

ened with warm water or oi and then

scraped with’the back of a. hits or a.

spoon handle. The parts should then

be painted with tincture of iodine'and

rubbed with slalvebmade of chiral parts

of lard and. sulphur j. . V - ‘ “
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.A WEEK AMONG THE GRANGES

OF JACKSON COUNTY.





 





It was my privilege to spend a week;





7 among the Granges of Jackson county





recently and the story of it may pos-

sibly be of interest to the readers of

the Michigan Farmer.





They tell a story in that county, of

a certain organizer who, after he had

concluded an address at a meeting

where’he was endeavoring to build a

new Grange, was asked; “How many

Granges are there in Jackson coun-

ty?” His reply was, “After we get this

one and two more, we shall have





three.” This. however,.is an old story, '





for the 1904 roster shows three Grang~

es, and one of the old ones is not in-

cluded. The next year it had been re‘

organized and things went on in this

way until five or six years later, when

Brother John Wilde entered the field

and formed eleven new Granges.



It is unfortunate that only five of

them appear on the roster of the pres-

ent year. Doubtless two or three of

them should not have been organized,

owing to their nearness to Granges al-

ready in existence, but the greater

part of them should have been saved,

and might have been had someone

been sent there to help them just a

little at the right time.



The organizer is often blamed very

strongly because he leaves his Granges

before they understand the work, or

have learned much about why they

have been gotten together, or what

are the conditions which they must

comply with to achieve success.

Among the patrons of Michigan have

been discovered a few excellent or-

ganizers. It has been my privilege to

know all of them quite intimately.



I have heard each of them criticised

severely at dittorent times but have

not felt that they were to blame.





Everything can not be done for a.

Grange in the beginning. A Grange

must learn its lessons as an individual

learns hiswlittle by little, day by day.

assimilating them in the field of expe-

rience. l have taken space to say

these things in a general way. be.

cause I am sure that very few of us

realize the importance of following the

average new Grange for the first few

months of its experience. and render-

ing just‘ that service that shall result

in that Grange having a program or

practical work. and following it out to

the letter, or just as near it as is pos-

sible for human beings to do.



But to get back to the story of our

visit to Jackson county, at North Hel-

ena Grange, Worthy Master St. John

is demonstrating what can be done in

a community by the right sort of

Grange leadership. The oflicers are

prompt and regular in attendance, and

understand their work very well. The

ritualistic work is well performed and

the lecturer’s hour is observed. Then,

too, the attendance of the membership

is very regular. Several new mem—

bers have been initiated this year so

far and there are a number more com.

ing. North Helena Grange is in line

for the distinction accorded to “Stan-

dard Granges,” as are one or two more

in the county.



Our next meeting was with Munith

Grange. This is indeed a remarkable

Grange, organized but a little while

ago. It is adding members faster than

any other Grange we know of. Five

or six weeks ago, 18 candidates were

received and two weeks before our

meetin‘. .83 received the first and soc-

ond degrees. These are to be 517511





the third and tourth at next meeting.





   

   





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, evening. Ice, cream will

The speakers willhe announced later.





Emmamummmmmummlnnmuimummmmumummmm

CLUB mscussmns.





 





The Clover Leaf Club—Gun Plains

Farmers Club met at the pleasant rur-

a1 home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Smith

on Tuesday evening, April 25. There





were about 56 members present, and .





everybody seemed in just the mood

for a 'Jolly time. It was decided here

after to hold the meetings once a

month, owing to the approach of sum-

mer. The Club was favored by a talk

from Mr. Stratton, judge of Allegan

juvenile court. He is much interested

in the welfare of delinquents or unfor-

tunate children who have ventured

from their homes into paths which led

to misery and crime. His one aim is

to make good citizens of our boys and

girls. He thinks foreign missionary

work is splendid, but on the other

hand, should begin at home in..the way

of helping poor orphans and children

whose arents live in poverty, by tak-

ing un ortunate ones to their homes

and educate and teach them to do hon-

est labor. But much, he thinks, de—

pends on the home environment and

training. Also, there has been a law

passed in this state where defective

children who have eyesight. hearing,

etc., are treated, the state bearing an

expense where parents are unable to.

His talk was very good and instruc-

tive. At the conclusion of the lecture

all repaired to the dining-rem where

large tables were spread for a feast of

maple sugar and biscuit. The tables

were prettily decorated with bouquets

of roses and carnations. The next

meeting will be held at the home of

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Barker, of Otsego,

May 23.—-—Mrs. F. Myers, Cor. Sec.

Commonwealth Club, of Saginaw

county, held their monthly meeting at

the farm home of Mruand Mrs. Jacob

Botimers, April 20, whose beautiful

home is always open for anything that

is to help the community life. A num-

ber of visitors were present. The

farmers of this community have adop-

ted President Wilson’s policy of watch-

ful waiting for a chance to get their

cats in, with the result that a few

missed the address of James Mc-

Bride, State Market Director, on the

problems of marketing. He comment-

ed on the name of the Club. which is

called “Commonwealth,” and express-

ed the thought that' the members

should be congratulated in choosing a

name so far reaching, which indicates

the common weal and welfare of the

people and so much to the community

life. Mr. McBride gave a short his-

tory of the Grange movement, which

was started by two ~employee of

one of the government departments

in Washington, D. C., in the year 1867

with 60 members and in five years had

two million members. These pioneers

started with the proclamation of un-

ion of the strong and faithful tie of

agriculture, with a mutual resolve to

labor for the good of the Order, the

country and mankind. and endorsing

the motto, “In essentials. unit : in

non-essentials, liberty: in all t ings.

charity.” Mr. McBride further adds

some of the European countries are

far ahead of this country in systematic

cooperation, also adds what the Ger-

man government has done for rural

communities. The pro ram was con

ducted by Bert Maxwel , a farmer and

member of the Club, who equals some

of the best entertainers of the state.

This was the statement of several out-

siders visiting the Club when they

heard his conversation. C. J. Steph-

en’s. of Vassar State Savings Bank,

gave some good advise in his remarks

and also read a paper of interest to

the farmer and banker, his intentions

are to give a talk in the neighborhood

soon on “Corn clubs and the benefits

therefrom." The True—blue class gave

a song entitled, “My Little Girl." Rev.

G. B. Marsh gave some incidents of

his early pastorage in a rural commu-

nity, and the beauties and advantages

of organized effort. Rev. Gladwell, or

Gilford U. B. Church, also gave a short

talk, and Archie Lindsay gave one of

his old-time songs. A letter from

Congressman Crampton was read be-

fore the Club, relating to rural credits.

u n which he asked the views of the

Cub members. A letter was read

from R. J. Baldwin, extension director

M. A. C.. advising us of the acceptance

of our application for a week's school

in Union Church in January next.

There were 88 signers and the school

will be condu‘cted by teachers from M.

A. (3.. the subjects will be general ag-

riculture and stock feeding. A num-

ber of questions were asked» by .Mr.

Dowling and Mr. John Kirk, which

caused a discussion. Our next month

iy meetin. will be held at the farm

home or v Gardner May 18 in the

be served.





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CATTLE.





ABERDEEN ANGUS





If you are in need of anext ra'good bull or a few choice



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

herd is headed by the Grand Champion Black

Monarch 3rd. We invite you to come to our Farm and

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

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





ABERDEEN-ANGUS





HERD ESTABLISHED IN 1900.

TROJAN - ERICAB and BLACKBIRDS only.

Also broaden of Percheron. Hackney and Saddle





Horses.

WOODCOTE STOCK FARM. Ionia. Mich.

- 0R SALE—l4 Angus bulls9 months and older. in-





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

Geo. Hathaway 8: Son. Ovid. Mich.





‘vnsmnES—One of the foremost dair breeds. The

most economical milk ro uoers. Calves

for sale. White Leghorn cockere s: Duroo ersey

swine. Michigan School for the Deaf. Flint.liiohigan.





 





 





VILLAGE FARMS, Incorporated

Grass Lake, Michigan,





GUERNSEY CATTLE

BERKSHIRE HOGS





 





MILO D. CAMPBELL CHAS. J. ANGEVINE





BEACH FARM

GUERNSEYS





Average yearly production 422.3 lbs. of fat. three-

fourths of them making their records as two year

olds. By the use of a pure bred sire, a big im-

provement can soon be attained if the right

selection is made. The breeding of' the Beach

Farm Herd is as good as can be found. and we

guarantee them to be free from contagious dis-

eases and to be satisfactory in every way or

money refunded. Write and let us tell you about

them.





CAMPBELL 8 ANGEVINE,

Coldwater, Michigan.





6 U E R N S EY —REGISTEHED





BULL CALVEB

Containin blood of world chamg‘ilons.

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





 





0 Bull Calves for sale. May

RegIStered Guernsey Rose breeding. Address

Clint Bishop. Watervllet. Mich.





 





VONDALE Guernsey bulls all sold. Sorryto dis-

appoint those wishing ourstock. Only registered

bull calves left. 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 SALE Reg. Guernsey bull calves, dams running

in a. r. now. Cheap now. write

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

AT Parniers' Prices Registered Guernsey Bull calves from





AJR. dams and dams being tested. If interested write for

photo, breeding and price. Byers & Barnes. Coldwnter, Iiich.





 





UERNSEY'S—stillthcy go. just one bull calf left—out of

Pauline Spotswond (M6 in. fat.) you never saw a better calf.





J. IE. \VILLIAMS. ‘Isorth Adams Mich.





GUERNSEYS





We offer a choice lot of high grade Guerney cows and

heifers. bred to registered bulls La Tertre of Maple

Lane. No. 23192 and Sir DenaNo. 36173. Prices reason-

able. THE JENNINO'S FARMS. R. l. Bailey, Mich.





Herefords-One Bull Calf.

ALLEN BROS. PAW PAW. MICH.

"OgiSleflll suerns‘ys Bull calves for sale at reasonable





if interested write for

mrticulars





irices.

B. S. KNAPP. Monroe. Mich.





noieriN BULLS FOR SALE





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

sire dain's A.R.(). Price $100.00 to $150.00. Younger

bull calves from $50.00 up.



BLISSVELDT FARMS.





Do You Want A Bulfi





Ready For Servrce.



From a grand daughter of The King of the

Pontiacl. Sired by a bull that is more than a half

brother to the Champion Holstein Cow of the

World. and whose dam is a30 lb. 6% 5 fat daughter

of Pontiac Aggie Korndyke‘who has more 30 lb.

daughters than any other living bull. If you do

write for pedigree.





EDWIN S. LEWIS, Marshall, Mich.





Complete Dispersion Sale





OF THE ,

Espanore Hard of Registered Holsteins

TUESDAY, MAY 9th





AT THE FARM, LANSING. MIC".





CHASE S. OSBORN

ADAM E. FERUI'SON





Holstein Bulls Ready

For Service.





Grandsons of Friend Hengerveld DeKol Butter

Boy and Pontiac Aggie Korndyke. From high

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





LONG BEACH FARM,

Augusta, Michigan. (Kalamazoo, Co.)





FOR SALE





SOME VERY FINE YOUNG BULLS

Whose sires have as high as 81 lbs. of butter behind

them. As they arewung. will make a loyvmprice on

them. BIGELO ’8 HOLSTEIN ARMS.



BREEDSVILLE. MICK.





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

vidual well grown. about evenly marked. His dam

and Sire' dam have



Idayfltsa lbs. Iilk 563 lbs. W. B. READER. Howell. lick.





Jcnlson. Michigan





 





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unisoncoumfmsmuinseam s

100 Head of RAggi’sfilei-sdda H’iilsieina





at the Sale Pavilion on the Fair Grounds at Howell Michigan





on Wednesday, May,l7, 1916, at 10:30 a.m.





This is not a lot of cull stuff. 75% of our offerin

and include 5 granddaughters of the $50,000.00 bull, 6 o

and 2 of Pontiac Korndyke, 4 daughters of King of the Hengervelds, 10 from a

30 lb. bull and 11 from a grandson of Pontiac Kornd ke.



Our reference sires are a superior lot and inc ude a son of Mabel Segis

Korndyke, 40.32 lbs at 4 yrs. old and sons of cows with records from 29 to 35 lbs.,

A fine chance _to get good young foundation stock.

Catalogs, May 7th.



F. J. Fiohbeck, Sec’y., Howell, Michigan.





SECOND





from well known sires.

Remember the date.





)Iich., Secretary.





HOLSTElN-FRIESIAN CATTLE





Herd headed by grandson of King Segis Pontiac,

and tuberculin tested annually. A few ch01ce

young bulls from dams having official recerds .

PEACELAND STOCK FARM. Three Riven. Mich.





Chas. Peters, Herdsman. (‘.L. Brody, Owner. Port Huron.Mich.





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

or I 0- Reg. bulls and heifers 10 mos. old.

Ferd. J. Lange. Bebewuing. Mich.





'4

$ 7 O anhciiea and Pontiac Man .. lb. Born

March :53. Traces to De Kol 2d 17 times. Dam Pontiac

lies eria 2d, a Pontiac Korndvke. Pontiac Cornucopia and Pon-

tia Burke combination. M.:L. McLaulin, RedfordJlichJ





“10 P N OTC ll ” llolsieins





By careful retention. for many years. of largest.’ ro-

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

herd of wonderful quailty has been established. We

are selling young bulls of this“'.l 0P NOTCH"qua1ity.

of serviceable age. at moderate vices. Information.

pedigrees.etc.. on application. .\ cl’HERSON FARMS

00.. Howell. Michigan.





I

Buy Your Holstein Bulls

When They Are Calves.

Here are seven to select from. all from A. R. O. cows;

3 of the dams are. granddaughters of Pontiac Korn-

dyke. The sire of two of these dams carry '75 1 the same

breedin as the SW bull Rag Apple Kornd kc

8th. l'rite for description and prices. ITH EA

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





Shiloh. Michigan.



‘ Bull Calves and Cows

E Hove “Olsteln 30118, that I oiler (or sale.

I can show breeding. records, individuality and ammo

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





FOR SALE Registered Holstein Bulls





ready for service. and bull calves. also females.

FREEMAN J. FISHBECK. Howell. Michigan.





cts Hazel-let grandson of Maplgggest De Kol





EG. Holstein-Freisian cows and heifers. some fresh

and some ready to freshen $125. Reg. bulls 830 u ,

Frank Stafl'en. R. 3, Box 38. Howard City. Mic .





EGISTERED Holstein Bull 6 months old. Two



nearest dams avera e 28 lbs. of butter and 650 lbs.



of milk in 7 days. Most y white. good individual. $100



delivered with all p.lpers. safe arrival guaranteed.

\Vrite for pedigree ant photo.



HOBART W. FAY, Mason. Michigan.





' 5mos.old. Dam made 546le. milk.

"lg-"DMIIH auIIyIBAG lbs. butter 7 days. Nice y

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



HOLSTEIN Bull ready for





YEAHUNG "EEISTEBED active service. Showtgiel.





Price $100.00. Chill. S. Riley, Metamora. Mich..R.

Handsome registered Hol.





Only $40 Delivered: stein bull calf. Sire 25 lb.

butter bull. Dam A. R. 0. 17.62 lbs. butter. All papers-

Rougemont Farms. Detroit. Mich.





Six good men to buy pure bred HOLSTEIN BULL

CALVES. Good notes on a year's time accepted in pay-

ment. GEO. D. CLARKE, VASSAR. MICH.



My entire herd of high grade Holstein

F0r Sale Cows and Heifers. Also one Reg. 3—yr. old





Percheron stud colt or will trade for Reg. Holstein

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





HOICE HOLS'J‘EIN Bl'LLS—all from A.R.(). dams

Entire herd on Semi of. test for yearly work. Jr.

2-yr.-old just finished year’s record of over 15.000le.

milk.over10001bs. butter record in mature class.Cherry

Creek Stock Farm. M.E. Parmelle. Prop.. Hilliards.Micli.

F0" SALE Reg. Holstein females. Pontiac Korndyke

and Hciigei'veld DeKol Breedin . Price



right. 1 to 5 years. John A. Rinke, Warren. EiVIich.

F o r sale.





EXCEPTIONAI. 0PP0ll'l'lJNl'l‘: we...“





yearling. high-bred Registered Holstein heifers!

eauties. $125 to $150 each. All papers.

0 ROUGEMONF‘ FARMS, Detroit. Mich.





 





 





 





 





 





 





Lillie Farmstead Jersey Cattle. Bull calves from H.

of M. Cows. also heifer calves and several bred

Colon C. Lillie. Coopersville. Mich.





heifers for sale.



FOR SALE—8 1'

loge Farm Jerseys 1...]... 2 mm card?“ ”‘8

GE RGE C. BORCK. Grand Haven. Mich.





 





 





from high-producing dams.with





19,33, Bil": for sale testin Asso. records. also on

semi-oificial test. 0. B. We nor. R. 8. Allegan. Mich





Grade Jersey llerd For Sale





FORTY COWS





 





 





The result of twenty years careful breedin and

selection. are now oifered for sale. Individuaf milk

records have always been kept and are open for in-

spection. If interested write for articulars and if

Bosssible visit and examine the herd) and their record.



livery will be made at any time desired during the

sprin or early summer. A few registered Jerseys also





 





A.R.O. records that average Butter J





tors 0. Address Geo. A. True. Armada, Mich. ~





if i t





s are under 4 years old

Colantha Johanna Lad





PERRY and MACK, Auctioneers.





Public Holstein Sale





The Wayne County Holstein Consignment Sale Company. of Belleville, Mich. will hold their

first annual sale of Pure Bred Holstein-Friesran Cattle. on .





MAY 16th, 1916, at Belleville, Mich.





This consignment of 85 head consists mostly of young cows.

ular breeding. COL. D. L. PERRY, Columbus, Ohio, Auctioneer. LJ. FORREST LINDSAY. Romulus.





heifers. and heifer calves. of pop-





Duroc Jersey Herd Bears





Special Oil'ering of High Class Fall Boar Pigs. Breeding and Individuality good

enough for breeders who appreciate the best.



Also some good farmer’s boars. This is the best lot of fall pigs we have ever had to oifer. A cor-



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 F arm, Swine Dept, Ann Arbor, Migll:





If you wish one of the best





. ._. .m......~—~_

' Majesty Breeding



The Wildwood Jcrsey Herd 401...... “scammed,



herd now on It ofM test. No females forsale. Choice



firing bulls for sale from Dams that

egister of Merit.



them before buving.

ALVIN BALDEN





. . are on test for

Vi rite your wants or come and see





Capac. Mich.





 





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

Hillude Farm Jerseys we... .0. “1.. D... .. . n. .t M.

cow with record of 546 lbs. of butter as a 3 yr. old. He is a

fine individual. Price right. C. & O. Deake, Ypsilanti. Mich.





 





' JERSEY BULLS and Heifers Duroo

BagPEETCd Jersey Hours and b d f. 1

N0 TEN FARM. Grass Lake, filehfows or ea 8'





 





Ii. of M. JERSEY HERD oil’e s f l



Maple lane tuberculin tested cows. heifgrsfnbiiilg:

and bull calves backed by several generations of R.

of M. breeding. IRVIN FOX. Allegan. Michigan.





JERSEY BULL CALF FOR SALE





Ready for service. Majesty—Raleigh breeding.

Meadowland Farm. Waterinan& Waterman. Ann Arbor. liich.





' BlDWELL suonrnonus





For “Beef and Milk"





Registered b ul 1 s,



Scotch - to pad roans.



reds and w ite for sale.



Farm at N. .C. Depot;

I R’y.





 





 





 





also D. T. & .

Address 6.ll.8chrodoi flu.





BIDWELL STOCK FARM





Albion Stamp 352670 Box B. Tecumseh. Mich.





 





Shortliorn Cattle oi both Sex ior Sale





W. W. KNAPP. Howell. Michigan.





AIRY Bred Shorthorns of best Bates strains. No

more females for sale at any price.

J. . Hummel. Mason, Michigan.





 





()R Sale—12 Reg. Short Horn Bulls by Maxwalton



Monarch 2nd,a son of Avondale. fromfi to 9 mos.old



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



Five cows, Ten heifers, Five bull



all" “10m Cattle. calves; also herd bull for sale.

Write. Wm. J. Bell, Rose City. Mich.





Shorthorn Cows and Bulls For Sale

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



AND POLLED DURHALIS F R LE.

Shadhom Have red roan and white. Haipe ovse? 100

head in herd. C. Carlson, Leroy. Mich.





 





 





—Dairy or beef bred. Breeding stock all

Sherman“ ages for sale at farmers prices. C. W. Crum

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





 





2Loads feeders and two load yearling steers. Also

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





600 to 1200 lbs. Isaac Shanstum, Fairfleld. Iowa. R-S





HOOS.





 





' 8 t 10 k ld. b th

lloyalion tired Berkshires. .93., $12.58;... .3...

Bapers $8.00 each. Order quick.



. F. VALENTINE, Supt. Temperance. Michigan.





BERKSHIRES, Bred gllts and sows due to {arrow

in April and May. Priced to move quick as crowded





 





 





or room. Chase‘s Stock Farm. Mariette. Michigan R.1.





 





' Sows bred to farrow in April. Best.

Berkshire Hogstoi’ breeding. Maple Place Farms

C. S. BARTLETT, Propr. Pontiac, Michigan





' of best breedingof various ages.either

BerkShlres sex. all registered stock. no akin.

speCiaI reduced price. “’rite your wants quick.

Mitchell's Lakeside Farms. R.2. Bloomingdale. Mich.

-———-——__—_—_





BERKSHIRE





Sows bred for August and September farrow. Send

for sale list of fall boars. W. A. and R. E. Freehofl.

\Vaukesha, Wis.





SWIGARTDALE FARM





BREEDERS 0F

HOLSTEINS AND BERKSHIRES





Stock for sale at all times, Berkshires oi unsurpassed

quality and breeding. at reasonable prices. A choice

bullcali, nicely marked, five months old. sire’s dam

with record of overs 27 pounds. Dam of calf a grand

daughter of Hengerveld De K01. Price $50.00.





Swigartdale Farm. Peiersburo, Mich.

mud" “hills gprin pi from ttlieéiiestblood lines

1?. w. nexanpfifiiaféssaifrifign? n'





One yearling; two 10 mos; two 6

£031.: {gaggl'gr' mos; first class specimens.





 





 





 





 





a :boice lot of spring boars





 





ouooc JERSEY Milli:





an i

not akin. w. a. when? _





lE GNP-NY“ “m“ m”





East Lansing. Mich. .





ill: paifsmnd tries .





infinitesimal. or ..-_





entrant,“ an. shepiror'd. 'nioiiim.‘

nunoc JERSEY .‘E‘E‘Ji’if‘ ‘i‘i‘é‘oEiii':

ordersfor springpigs. E. D. Heydanberk, Wayland.llen.





DUROC JERSEYS—Fall boars of the large heavy

. boned type. Sired by Champion winners. Open

gilts ready for breeding. Holstein bull. calf a line individual.

8 months old. nicely marked. F. J. Drodt, onroe. R. 1. Mich.





UROC Jerse 's—Fancy fall igs (either sex).

I) Rock gs $13.25 er 1.); S. C. MRLe horn 038831 per

John cNicoll.p R. 4, Station A.gBay City, Mich.





, ——Sept. boars read for service also open

numc J'r'3L8llts and some shws bred for Aug. and

Sept. E. H.



Two good fall}





KRIS. MONROE, MICH.

Duroc Jane” boars. Will 00 orders fora ring

pigs. Wm.W. Kennedy. R. )8, Grass Lake.. ich.





DUROG JERSEY 3.1.933. ”dig

Carey U. Edmonds. Hastings. Michigan.

I have some ood last Be ' tember

”IP00 Jerseys Boats and its. Giltspwill be

bred for September arrow.

B. G. Keesler, R. No. 5. Cassopolis. Michigan





OBSON'S DUROCS Combine size, quality. breed-

ing. Bears for sale. Pi at weaning time.

istered Jersey bull. Orlo . Dobson. Quincy. Mio .





. d

lleav Boned liurocs Safe" as... 9m

Sping igs. M. A. Bray. Okemos, (Ingham Co.) Mich.





 





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I have started thousands of bre ders on the road

to success. 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. s. BENJAMIN R. No. 10. Portland. Illohlgan





o. I. c. Bill-Ill ours, scales. 85”"





J.CARL JEWETT. Mason. Mich.





 





 





 





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“trunnion. [Mulder Alsop lotus. ii





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Bngbtaldo Farm .

Grand lodge. Mich.





SPRING BOARS of good type and

' Red Polled bul calves.

John Berner and Son. Grand Ledge. Mich.





o ' 3. Choice serviceable boars. Choice gilts all

I I I sold. Fall pigs. either sex. not akin. Write for low

prices and description. A. V. HATT. Grass Lake. Mich.





' —A nice lot of s ring pi s. Write

n. I on am“. your wants. breadow giew Stock

Farm, Holland, Michigan. R. B. No. 5.





O l C October boars weighing 200 lbs. at 825

- 0 0 each for,April shipmen .

C. J. THOMPSON. Rockford. iehigan.





Way Broilers Stock Farm. '53:. ohffii. $5.336?





for sale. Registered free. J. R. Way. Threemvou. Itch.





- Gllts bred for Ma and

0. l. 0. Boar: for :emco. Jun. 1...... 1 pi.

express.





Day

G. P. ANDREWS. Dansville. Mich! ,

o ' c Servioeable boars, gilts bred for June

0 I 0 fax-row. Booking orders forgpring pigs,

no akin. E. W. MANN. Dan-ville. ichigan.





IG TYPE 0. I. C.'s. and Chester Whites. Special

prices on all boars and fall pigs either sex These

are sired by Abo 2nd. this boar sired our unbeaten

breeders young herd at every state lair we showed this

year. other sires are Wonder Boy, White Halland Allen.

this bear was junior champion at Wis. State Fair last

year. Now Mr. Buyer our pigs are all sired from

champions. our price is no higher than other breeders

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

pig as it does for a good one. Get our catalog and see

where the good ones are. We are booking for Spring

pigs sired by Sch oolmaster, the highest priced boar oi

the breed and five times G.Champion. We Reg. Free and ship

0. 0. D. Rolling View Stock Farms, Cass City. Mich.

' I am booking orders for Spring pigs.

O-I-C- SWllle. One yr, old Holstein bull for sale.

Elmer E. Smith. Redi‘ord, Mich.





o 1 c bred gilts all sold. am ‘oflering Sept. boars



- a o and gilts, 18.538 growth ones. and booking



orders for spring pigs. A. . Barker, it. 1, Belmont,Mich.

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strictly O. I_. C. ty 8 bred to farrow the forepart of May-



also fall pigs pr 06 ri ht. Stock registered in pur.



ohaser's name free of c arge. A.J.Gorden. n.2, Domitich.

Holstein Bulls sired by 27 lb





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Cloverleaf Stock Farm. Monroe. Mich. No. 1.

Some 2-year-old sows bred.

00,0008 Fa 1 pi , either sex.

A. R. GRAHAM. Fl nt. Michigan.

0 I 0 Spring iigs, both sex. $10.00 each at weaning

. - I time.





ooking orders now. Recorded free.

Satisfaction guaranteed. Julian P. Claxion, Flint. Mich. R. 8,





O.|.c.'s Strictly Big Type





Four last September boars. large enoug for service.

right good ones. One 1914 Sept. Sow raised Nine pigs

last fall. Due to farrow May, 10th. Will sell cheap





if taken soon.



NEWlllil’S STOCK FARM. Harlem. Mlch., B. F. ll. 1,

0. I. Co September pigs, both sex. Bred

E. B. MILETT, F





A few bred sows to furrow in April. May



and June. I have20]ast.i‘all boars to oil'er.

Have them not akin. All good stock.

chulze. NashVille. Mich. % mile wesiof depot.





 





SWINE. Oct. boars and gilts.b 311Registered





 





 





sows all sold.

owlerville, Michigan.





 





Boers at Half Price





We still have a few big boned. big type Poland China

boars ready for Service. weighing upto 250 lbs. not fat

a 825 each. Registered in buyer's name.



registered black Percheron Stallion 2years old 8250.“).

J. C. BUTLER. Portland. Mlch.. Bell Phone.





Big Type Poland China Pairs and trio notakln





out oi large litters



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

ii I o Polimi china-booms.“ m... . em.

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India, llay 9, 1915

Lansing. Mich. '1



A choice herd, containing .many

A. R. 0. cows with records up to 28

lbs. in ‘7 days. Herd sire, Pledge

Spofiord Calamity Paul, who has

three daughters with 7-day butter

recordsdfio, 32and35 lbseach.





, Everything over 6 months of age

tuberculin tested. ,





Every anirual sold under





an . absolute guaranty as to

. health and breeding powers





IUGTlllllEEllS:—Gols. Pam and Allen.





A Safe Sale to Patrenize, Under-Ike-

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For Illustrated Catalog, address





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11. SWA ABTZ. Schoolarai‘t. Michigan.

I I Gilte and sows. Bred forM and

am April fGarrow.Si1-ed by Big Des

Molnes, igKnoxW Jr. 0,1,3th «Defender Bred to Big





K.noer Smooth der3 andBig Jumbo, roux-great-

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EGIBTERED Poland China Sp Boars‘aodSows

1.815 each. Making thlsspecial tom akeroom

tarot hm A. G. Meade, Stanton. Mich. .ColbysRanch.

Type P. O. Sows & Gilts all Iohl. Have 3 extra

£3,“ng 00d spring boars. Siredby ”Defender.

{AGELS HA Aug-Ito. Mi

Bl Bone Poland China

B Sows bred for sprin farrow. low choice



males read) for seerice. Also ..B Turkeys.



Maplewood Stock Farm,





Alleged, Mich.

BIG TYPE POLAND OHINAB—bred sows and 3111.8

sold. Have several good spring boars and fall





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, Barren Cow—Warts on Teats.——r

have a cow nine years old that comes

in heat every three weeks, is bred reg-

ularly, but fails to get with calf. If I

apply vinegar to remove warts from

cow’s teat, will it have any bad effect

on her milk? G. D. S., Remus, Mich.—

Dissolve 2 028. of bicarbonate of soda

in three pints of clean tepid water and

inject her when she comes in heat,

and breed her three or four hours lat-

er. Applying vinegar to warts will

not affect the milk in cow’s udder. The

applications should be made when the

udder is empty, but all long warts

should be clipped 011'.



Call Has Poor Appetite—I have a

calf four weeks old that has a poor ap-

petite for milk and is not thriving. R.

H., Lawn, Mich —Give your calf three

tablespoonfuls of castor oil to clean

out bowels, then give 15 drs. of tinc-

ture gentian (comp), and 20 dro s of

tincture cinchona (comp), and 1 grs.

3f bicarbonate of soda three times a



ay.



Rheumatism.—I have a lamb six

weeks old that is stiff and rheumatic.

This. trouble I believe to be the result

of exposure to too much wet weather;

also, one of the knees is swollen, but.





 





pus. Mrs. C. W. B. Sauble, Mich—-

Your lamb may suffer from bacterial

navel infection. Apply to knee joint

tincture of iodine three times a week.

Also give 1/2 gr. of sodium salicylate

at a dose two or three times .a day.





Grub in the Head—Can you tell me

what to do for my sheep that suffer

from grub in the head, which is caus-

ing the death of some good young

ewes? J. B. H., Charlotte, Mich.—

Blow some Scotch snuff into nostrils

to induce sneezing; also, place your

sheep in a warm comfortable place

and if this mild treatment does not

help them, trephine 'through bone of

face and head and wash out grub with

tepid boric acid solution.



Sore Mouth—I have a flock of Rhode

Island Red Hens and some of them

have spots on their tongue which ap-

pear like small ulcers. What had I

better apply? E. D. W., Ovid, Mich—-

Dissolve 1 oz. borax in a pint of water,

wash out mouth twice a day, but the

first treatment should consist in touch-

ing these little sores with either tinc-

ture of iodine or a strong solution of

permanganate of potash and water.



Shoulder Lameness.——I have a male

that is very lame in shoulder; besides,

the muscles are sweenied. C.

Tuscola Co., Mich. «Apply equal parts

tincture cantharides, turpentine, aqua

ammonia and raw linseed oil to the

shoulder two or three times a week.

She should be rested and well fed.



Mechanical Lameness.—I have mare





n, 11 years old which had a. ringbone ap~





pear on right fore pastern a year ago

which our Vet. killed, but he said she

had another on left leg which I blister-

ed three times. She has also bumped

her knees on manger and is very stiff

in both fore legs. Our Vet. tells me

that she is incurable. W. C. B., Owos—

so, Mich.——Your mare doubtless suf-

fers from low down ringbone which

stiffens the lower joint of both fore

legs and is incurable. Paint swollen

knees with tincture iodine three times

a week.



Hip Lameness. -—I have a four-year-

old colt that went lame last December

and our local Vet at first thought it

might be a spavin developing, but lat-

er believes it to be hip lameness. I

have given the horse a long rest and

occasionally applied a blister. A. S.

H., Avoca, Mich—I would suggest that

you blister hip twice a month and give

horse a rest.



Chronic Bone SpaVin Lameness ——

I have a large mare that is bothered

with a sort of weakness in hock joint





”and when she walks her feet fly up





very close to body. E. B. 0., Summit

City, Mich. «Doubtlese your mare suf-

fers from stringhalt and a surgical op-

eration would be the only remedy, but

it is doubtful about this being success-

ful She will show it less in the hot

weather.



Barren Cow. ——I have a cow that

aborted some six months ago; have

treated her and failed to notice any

discharge for about two monthgsm

she falls to get with calf. E. B arm-

ngtoa, Mich—If she continues to come

in heat 10¢“!me and she

“may perhaps at with all



Cow Fails to Come in Heat-I have

a cow that fails to come in heat, but

there is a remote chance of her hav-

ing been accidentally bred G. S. L.

Oak Grove, Mich. —Give her 175 dr. of

ground nux vomica, 1 dr. of powdered

capsicum and a teaspoonful of ground

ginger at a dose in feed twice a day





 





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I do not believe the bunch contains not





that she is not with calf; furthermom,

if she is- pregnant this treatment will

not do her any harm.



Weakness—Bunch on Hooks-71 have

a calf three weeks old that has poor

use of hind quarters; besides, she has

been troubled with a sore mouth. H.

B. M., Morgan, Mich —-—Your calf needs

plenty of good milk, and rub back with

alcohol twice a day. Apply one part

coal tar disinfectant and 20 parts of

water to scurvy portions of skin once

a day. Apply tincture of iodine to

bunches on horse’s leg three times a

week.



Atrophy of Udder.——I have a Jersey

heifer two years old that came fresh

January 7, giving 18 pounds of milk

daily for two and a half months, a very

even flow from all quarters; then I no-

ticed that one forward quarter began

to fail in quantity of milk and now the

quarter is much smaller than the op-

posite quarter and she gives very little

milk from this portion of udder. But,

the quarter is free from bunches. Can

anything be done to bring the milk

back to this quarter? A. E. S... Otse-

go, Mich.——Hand-ruhbing and proper

feeding is all that can be done.



Warts—l have a heifer with warts

about the size of hickory nuts and she

also has one dry quarter which I would

like to know if it will be all right

when she again freshens? E. J. 8.,

Woodland, Mich—Cut oi! warts and

apply tincture of iodine occasionally.

No person can tell without making a

careful examination of the quarter

whether it will remain functionless or





Shoulder Lameness.——-I have a mare

that is very lame in shoulder, besides,

the muscles are sweenied. C. E. M.,

Tuscola Co., Mich—Apply equal parts

tincture cantharides, turpentine, aqua

ammonia and raw linseed oil to shoul-

der two or three times a week. She

should be rested and well fed.



Chroea—Azoturia.——I have a mare

that had an attack of azoturia about a

month ago and it left her with par.

alysis of the cheek and one hind leg.

Her mouth is some better but she has

not much use of her hind leg. The hip

and thigh is pretty badly sweenied.

L W. Stanwood, Mich.—Rup lip with

alcohol twice a. day. Apply equal parts

of turpentine, aqua ammonia and olive

oil to sweenied thigh and hip every

two days, but before treating her, clip

hair off sweenied parts. Give her 1 dr.

ground nux vomica and 1/5 oz. ground

gentian at a dose in feed two or three

times a day.



Indigestion—Ovarian Irritation—l

have a. seven-year-old cow that came

fresh January 7, at which time she

gave 14 quarts of milk daily for about

a month; now she is only giving two

quarts a day. This same cow has been

constantly in heat for five weeks. J.

S., Yale, Mich.~—-If good care, proper

feeding and breeding your cow will

not help her, drugs will not. Let more

fresh air into your stable nights and

keep your barn clean and your colt

will cease to cough.





Dog Eats Eggs.—~We have a fine Col-

lie dog about one year old that has

contracted the habit of egg eating and

we are at a loss to know what to do

with him. F. De C., Sullivan. Mich.—

Either put him to sleep or sell him to

a person who has no poultry.



Luxation of Stifle. ———I have a. two.

year-old colt that is all right most of

the time, but has trouble in starting

to walk, and while walking, occasion-

ally, one of the hind legs is affected,

but soon seems to get right This

trouble shows most in the morning

before colt is exercised. J. S., Buck-

ley, Mich. —-—Apply equal parts tincture

cantharides, aqua ammonia, turpen-

tine and raw linseed oil to stifle joints

two or three times a week and the colt

will get all right.



Roarer.—-I have a three-year-old

mare that blows a. g00d deal when ex

erted. but has a good appetite and does

not appear to be sick. Is peach butter

a proper remedy for heaves? H. F‘. S.,

Danville. Mich. —Rub her throat with

camphorated oil twice a day and avoid

feeding her too much bulky food.

Peach butter will neither do a broken-

winded horse any good, or any harm



Indigestion—village! Catarrh—vSDayed

Collie. -—-I have a four- -year- -old gelding

that has been coughing and discharg-

ing at nose for some six weeks that is

not thriving. I also have several oth-

er horses that have a slight discharge

from nose and occasionally coughs. I

also have a spayed Collie eight years

old that cani hardly get around and is

utindlned tol ie down most of the time.

J. S, Rives Junction, Nicks—Give

oz. bicarbonate soda. léoz oferoun

gentnnatedoseinfeednthreetimes

a day» to your four'vcareld home Also

mix one part powdered Iai-

pbate , one part salt, two parts

ginger and four parts ground gentian

and give each of your other horses :1.

dessertspoonful at a dose two or three

times a day. Give your spayed Collie

10 drops of tincture nux vomica and

10 drops of Fowler’s solution at a dose

thre’e tunes :1 day.





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