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VOLUME 2. 

LANSING,  MICHIGAN,  TUESDAY,  JANUARY  12,  1897. 

NUMBER 2. 

Institutes. 

HAKKISVILEE. 
The  Alcona  County  Institute  opened 
in  the  court  house  at  Harrisville  on 
Tuesday  morning,  Jan. 5, with  Roland 
Morrill  as  conductor  and  J.  Van Bus-
kirk,  president  of  the  County  Insti 
tute  Society,  chairman.  Owing  to  a 
combination  of  circumstances,  the  at 
tendance was very light at  the  first  ses 
sion,  hut  better  in  the  afternoon  and 
evening.  Mrs.  Mayo,  as  usual,  had  a 
room  full  for  the woman's  section,  and 
her  addresses  were  fully  appreciated. 
The  afternoon  session  was  brought  to 
a  sudden  close  by  the  announcement 
of  the  murder  of  a  prominent  farmer 
of  the  town,  and  the  subsequent  ex 
citement  seriously  affected  the  second 
day  of  the  institute.  Considerable  in 
terest  was shown  in  the  subjects  pre 
sented  by the  "outside  speakers,"  but 
few  of  the  local  speakers  responded 
to  their  names  at  all,  and  it  was up 
hill  work  from  beginning  to  end.  The 
county  is  in a  transition  state,  no  one 
branch  of  agriculture  predominating; 
but  fruit  trees,  especially  plums  and 
apples, are being set each  year  in  large 
numbers;  and  here  and  there  in  the 
county  individual  farmers  are  show 
ing  that  the soil and  climate,  combined 
with  intelligent  management,  can  be 
made  to  yield  excellent  results. 

ALPENA. 
The  State  Farmers'  Institute  for Al 
pena  county  closed  a  two  days'  ses 
sion  this  afternoon.  The  attendance 
was  good  at  each  session,  and  the  in 
terest  unabated.  The  intelligent,  pro 
gressive  farmer  is just  as  much  in  evi 
dence  here  as  in  the  lower  and  older 
tiers  of  counties.  Prof.  A.  A.  Crozier, 
of 
the  Agricultural  College,  was  a 
wide-awake  conductor  and  kept  the 
work  constantly  up  to  the  top  notch. 
E.  O.  Avery  is  the  president  of  the 
county  society,  and  a  hustling  presid 
ing  officer.  Prof.  Crozier  lectured  on 
"Green  Manuring"  and 
"Growing 
Small  Fruits."  Plum  growing  is  des 
tined  to  become  a  prominent  industry 
in  this  section.  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Mayo, 
of  Battle  Creek,  lectured  before  the 
women's  section  on  "Home  Life  on the 
Farm"  and on "Mother and  Daughter." 
The  ladies  of  Alpena  and pupils  of the 
high  school  attended  the  women's  sec 
tion  in  large  numbers.  Prof.  W.  B. 
Barrows,  of  the  College,  spoke  on "In 
sects in the Garden  and Orchard."  He 
was  kept  busy  for  some  tiroe  answer 
ing  the  questions  fired  at  him  by  the 
interested  farmers.  J.  H.  Brown,  De 
troit,  spoke  on  "The  Home  Dairy"  in 
the  forenoon,  and  "The  Silo:  Its  Con 
struction,"  and  the  "Feeding  of  Silage 
to  Dairy  Oows"  was  discussed  in  the 
afternoon.  The  discussion  of  topics 
was  led  by  such  prominent  men as  E. 
O.  Avery,  A. R.  Blakeley,  Jas. Olds,  J. 
L.  Sanborn,  L.  J.  Sylvester  and  W.  L. 
Churchill. 

TAWAS  CITY. 
A  two  days'  session  at  Tawas  City 
of  the  second  annual  meeting  of  the 
Iosco 
Institute  for 
State  Farmers' 
county 
evening;  con 
this 
closed 
ductor,  Roland  Morrill, of  Benton  Har 
bor.  His  topics  were  "Small  Fruits 
for  Market"  and  "Business  Methods 
in  Farming."  Prof.  A. A. Crozier  talk 
ed on "Green  Manuring."  J. H.  Brown. 
of 
the  Michigan  Farmer,  spoke  on 
"Dairying  as  Adapted  to  Mixed  Farm 

ing."  Mrs.  Mary  A.  Mayo  conducted 
the  women's  session  as  usual.  Prof. 
W.  B.  Barrows,  of  the  Agricultural 
College,  lectured  on  "Insects  of  the 
Garden  and  Orchard"  and  "Parasites 
of  Domestic  Animals." 

The  attendance  has  been  good  and 
the  farmers  much 
interested  in  the 
various  topics  discussed.  There  are 
many  good  farms  in  this  section,  and 
hustling,  progressive  farmers  manage 
them  to  the  'best  possible  advantage. 
Times are very  hard,  they  all  declared, 
and  the  farmers  deplore  the  excessive 
high  rate  of  taxation.  John  Preston 
is  president  and  George  C.  Anschutz 
secretary  of the county  society.  Among 
the  leading  local  workers  and  speakers 
were  Rev.  A.  0.  Kay,  J.  M.  Walker, 
and  John  Anderson. 

A  Busy  Day in  the  Dairy-

I  visited  the dairy  rooms  last  Thurs 
day  morning  and found  it  a  very  busy 
There  were 
and  interesting  place. 
students  at 
seventeen 
short-course 
work, 
from 
two  of  whom  were 
Amherst  College—one  a  graduate  in 
'93,  and  the  other  the  Japanese  stu 
dent  mentioned  in last  week's  RECORTJ. 
All  were  busy;  some  running  the Bab-
cock  tester  to  find  the  percentage  of 
butter-fats  in  the milk  used;  some  sep 
arating  the  cream  from  the  milk^ oth 
ers  churning,  working  butter,  stamp 
ing  butter,  or  attending  the  ripening 
vats. 

Instructor  G. H.  True  is a  very  busy 
man  from  8 a. m. to 11 a.  m. each day. 
This  is  especially  true  just  now,  when 
the  students  are  learning  the  ways  of 
the  dairy.  Each  student  is  required 
to  go through  the  whole  process,  from 
testing  milk to packing  butter  for  ship 
ment,  and  he  must  keep  a  complete 
and  accurate  record of each  step in the 
process.  By starting  them  in  sections 
at  different  times  the  instructor  is en 
abled  to have  all the various  operations 
in  progress  at  nearly  the  same  time. 

The  student  begins  with  the  separat 
ing  process.  After  testing  his  milk  for 
percentage  of  butter-fats,  he  weighs 
the  milk  he  is  to  use.  Then  it  is  run 
through  the separator,  and both  cream 
and  skim  milk  are weighed  and  tested 
to determine  the  amount  of  butter-fats 
lost  in  the  skim  milk. 

Next  is  the  ripening  process.  The 
cream  is put in vats,  around  which  hot 
or  cold  water  can be  run, to  bring  the 
cream  to  the  proper  temperature  for 
ripening. 
Four  tests  of  acidity  are 
made  during  this  process. 

The 

following  day  the  cream  is 
churned.  Here  again,  by  weighing  the 
butter  and buttermilk,  and  testing  the 
latter,  an accurate  record  of  butter-fat 
losses  is  kept,  so that  at the end of  the 
whole  process  the student  can tell  just 
what  percentage  of  butter-fats  has 
been  lost  in separating  and churning. 

Then  the  butter  is  washed,  salted, 
worked,  and put up for  market.  Some 
is  packed  in  tubs,  and  some  put Up in 
cakes,  stamped  with  the  College  mon 
ogram  and  wrapped  in  oiled  paper. 
Mcst  of  the  butter  put  up  in  cakes  is 
for  home  consumption, 
If  the  cakes 
are,intended  for  shipment,  each  cake is 
enclosed  in  a  wooden  box  or,  more 
properly,  envelope,  which  preserves the 
shape  of  the  cake. 

Just  before  11  o'clock  the  students 
are  required  to  wash  and  put  away 
all  dishes  and  put  the  dairy  rooms  in 

good  order,  for  the  next  hour  is  spent 
in  the  veterinary  lecture  room,  where 
Dr.  Grange  lectures  to  them  daily  on 
intimately  associated  with 
problems 
dairy  work. 

The  first  two  hours  in the  afternoon 
on  Tuesdays  and  Thursdays  these  stu 
dents  are Instructed  in dairy  chemistry 
by  Prof.  F.  S.  Kedzie.  From  3 to  4 p. 
m.  each  day  they  have  stock  feeding, 
In 
and  the  next  hour  stock  judging. 
addition 
library 
work  assigned  them,  all  of  which 
makes  the  dairyman's  day  a  busy  and 
profitable one. 

they  have 

this 

to 

D.  J.  C. 

Michigan  Engineering  Society. 

The  eighteenth  annual  convention of 
the  Michigan  Engineering  Society  will 
be  held  in  Lansing  Tuesday,  Wednes 
day  and  Thursday,  January  19,  20, 
and  21,  1897. 

"Every  person  who  is  interested  in 
civil  or  mechanical  engineering  or  sur 
veying  is invited  to  attend  the  conven 
tion,  bring  his  lady  and  take  part  in 
The  morning  and 
the  discussions. 
afternoon  sessions  on  Thursday  will 
be  held  at  the  Agricultural  College 
and  an opportunity  afforded  to visit ob 
jects  of  interest  in  and  about  the  Col 
lege."  The  officers  of  the  society  are: 
President,  Geo.  L.  Wells,  Bay  City; 
vice  president,  Frank  F.  Rogers,  '83, 
Port 
secretary-treasurer, 
Frank  Hodgman,  '62,  Climax. 

Huron; 

This  convention  will  be  of  especial 
interest  to  M. A.  C.  people,  because  a 
number  of  M. A. C. men appear  on the 
program.  Tuesday  afternoon  Frank 
F.  Rogers,  '83,  will  have  a  paper  on 
"A  Home-Made  Testing  Machine." 
Wednesday  morning  F.  E.  Skeels, '78, 
will  present  a  report  of  the  committee 
on  forestry.  At  the  social  session 
Wednesday  evening  Frank  Hodgman, 
'62,  will  take  part  in  a  half  dozen  or 
more  selections  of  vocal music  and will 
also  respond  to  the  sentiment,  "Our 
society."  Frank  F.  Rogers  will  re 
spond  to  "The  Agricultural  College: 
Its  Engineering  Faculty." 

At  the  College  Thursday  morning, 
President  Snyder  will  address  the so 
ciety, and C. C. Pashby,  '94m, will  read 
a  paper  on  "Highway  Bridge  Legisla 
tion."  In  the  afternoon  John  F. Nel-
11st,  with  '96m,  will  present  "Roads  in 
Western  Michigan,"  and  Instructor  A. 
L. Westcott  "Some  Notes and  Observa 
tions."  The program  is  an  interesting 
one,  and the sessions  should  be  largely 
attended  by  College  people. 

Amazing  Vitality  of  Seeds. 

P.  A. Spicer, of  Marshall,  Mich., writ 
ing to the Literary  Digest says:  "I  have 
no  doubt  as  to  the  vitality  of  all  per 
fect  seeds  under  certain  conditions. 
The  growth  of  seeds,  under  some  con 
ditions  named  would 
seem  at  first 
thought  almost  incredible;  yet  I  have 
seen  an  instance  which  may  appear 
still  more  impossible  to  believe. 

"Thirty-nine years  ago when  Kansas 
was  still  a  territory,  certain  lands,  in 
what  is  now  Franklin  county,  belong 
ing to' several  Indian  tribes,  were  sur 
veyed,  held  in  trust,  and  sold  by  the 
United  States  government  for the bene 
fit  of  these  tribes. 
I  was  one of  the 
first  after  the survey  to examine  these 
lands  to  select  a  homestead. 
There 
was  quite  a  high  hill  on  the  top  of 

Isaiah  Pile, 

which  was  a  "buffalo  wallow,"  and 
extending  in  a  beautiful  slope  from 
this  to  Hickory  Creek  was  the  land  I 
selected. 
"Dr. 

from  Missouri, 
joined  me on the north,  and our  cabins 
were  erected  near  each  other,  on  the 
highest  ground.  Dr.  Pile,  after  a 
short  time, contracted  with  certain  par 
ties to dig a  well  near  his house.  The 
work  proceeded  from  day to  day  until 
at  a  depth  of  a  little  over  one  hundred 
feet  a  limestone  rock  was  struck,  but 
The  men 
no  indications  of  water. 
hesitated  whether  to give  up the job or 
to  go  on;  finally,  the  rock  appearing 
thin,  they  worked  through;  and  found, 
to  their  great  surprise,  a  fine  rich  sur 
face  soil;  digging  through  this  they 
found  gravel, clay, and plenty  of  water. 
"The  earth  which  was  under  the 
rock,  when  thrown  out,  in  the  course 
of  a  few  weeks  was  covered  with  a 
rich  growth  of  tropical  vegetation. 

"There  were  little  date  trees  and 
other varieties of palms, besides  shrubs, 
plants,  weeds,  and  grasses  in  great 
numbers,  all  totally  unlike  anything 
which  grew  or  could  grow  in  the  open 
air throughout  the year  in that  climate. 
"How  many  millions  of  years  those 
seeds  had  been  entombed,  I  leave  for 
the  geologist  to  determine." 

Civil  Service  Examination. 

The United  States  Civil  Service  Com 
mission  will  hold  an  examination  in 
Washington,  D.  C,  and  other  large 
cities  where  there  are applicants,  com 
mencing  at  9 a.  m.  on  January  27, to 
fill  a  vacancy  in  the  position  of  first 
assistant  in  the  division  of  chemistry, 
department  of  agriculture.  Two  days 
will  be  required  for  the  examination. 
The  salary  of  the  position  is  $1,800 
per  annum.  The  subjects  of  the  ex 
amination  will  be as  follows: 
Essay  and  report  writing. 
French  and  German. 
General  and  analytical  chemistry. 
Agricultural  analysis. 
Industrial  and  agricultural  chemis 

try. 

Persons  who  recently  took  the  as 
sistant  chemist  examination,  and  em 
ployes  of  the  department  of  agricul 
ture,  will  be admitted  to  the  examina 
tion  if  they  file  applications. 

Persons  desiring  to  compete  should 
write to the United  States  Civil  Service 
Commission,  Washington,  D.  C,  for 
an  application  blank  and  file  their  ap 
plication  as  soon  as  possible. 

The  Y.  M.  C.  A.  and  I.  W.  C.  A 
Reception. 

A new and promising  field  of  College 
amusements  was  entered  into  at  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A. and  Y.  W.  C. A.  reception 
last  Friday  evening.  One of  Howell's 
farces,  "The  Mouse  Trap,"  was  pre 
sented  by  a  company  composed  of  Col 
lege  talent  in  a  manner  creditable  to 
themselves  and  pleasurable  to  their 
listeners.  The  composition  is  exceed 
ingly  humorous  and  was  faultlessly 
presented.  Miss  Bristol  and  Mr.  Cros 
by were  leading  lady  and gentleman re 
spectively,  and  were  ably  supported 
by  Misses  Monroe,  Smith,  McGillvra, 
Phelps  and  Chase.  We  bespeak  the 
pleasure  of  more  entertainments  of 
this sort  during  the  winter. 

H. 

The  College  is  shipping  butter  in 

tubs  to  Chicago. 

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T HE  M.  A.  C.  R E C O R D. 

JANUARY  12, 

1897. 

tles—all  lend  a  tinge  of  romance  and 
charm  to  this  noble  stream.  Here  in 
the  city  of  Mentz,  about  1405,  was 
born  the  hero  of  this  sketch. 

But  little  is  known  of  Gutenberg's 
childhood.  He  is  represented  as  being 
serious and  devout,  and  at  an  early  age 
•dominated  by  a  desire  to  deliver  the 
people  from  the  darkness  and  ignor 
ance  in  which  they  were  held  captive. 
Said  he,  "Let  us  break  the  seal  which 
holds  the  holy  things;  give  wings  to 
the  truth,  that  by  means  of  speech  no 
longer  written  at  great  expense  by 
the  hand  that  wearies  itself,  but  mul 
tiplied  as  the  air  by  an  unwearied  ma 
chine,  it  may  fly  to  every  soul  born 
into  the  world!" 

A  nature  pregnant  with  so  noble  a 
purpose  could  not  fail  to  stamp  its  im 
press  upon  the  world.  But  great  and 
worthy  deeds  are  not  accomplished 
without  travail  of  soul.  The  law  of 
sacrifice  extends 
throughout  nature. 
If  we  would  be  of  lasting  benefit  to 
our  fellows,  we  may  count  it  inevi 
table  that  they  will  misunderstand  and 
misrepresent  us,  and  "cast  us  out  of 
the  synagogue."  The  true  hero  recog 
nizes this, and  Gutenberg  was  not  long 
in  learning  it.  Untold  worries,  disap 
litigations  awaited 
pointments  and 
him.  One  form  of  litigation,  however, 
would  seem  to  reflect  discredit  upon 
his  character,  if  we  look  no  further 
than  the  meager  accounts  furnished 
by  the  encyclopedias.  He  was  sued 
by  the  father  of  his  betrothed 
for 
breach  of  promise.  A  more  candid  in 
vestigation  will  absolve  Gutenberg 
in  this  affair.  He 
from 
truly  loved  Anna  Von  Isenean  Thur, 
but,  overtaken  by  misfortune  and  pov 
erty,  he,  like  many  another  sensitive 
nature,  hesitated  to 
involve  his  be 
trothed  in  his  own  increasing  troubles. 
Forced  marriages  do not  generally  con 
duce  to  happiness,  but  this  case  was 
an  exception.  Despite  this  untoward 
circumstance 
in 
mutual  affection  and  peace. 

lived  together 

insincerity 

they 

interest 

ENGRAVINGS  AND  STENSILS  USED  LONG 
B5FORE  MOVABLE  TYPE. 
We  make  a  distinction  between  en 
gravings,  stencils,  et  cetera,  and  "mov 
able  type."  While  it  might  seem  but 
a  step  from  one  to  the  other,  techni 
cally  the  difference 
is  an  important 
one.  Seals  and  engravings  had  been 
used  to  a  limited  extent  centuries  be 
fore  the  time  of  Gutenberg;  and  he  in 
vestigated  with  deep 
these 
methods  of  duplicating  impressions  on 
paper.  On  one  occasion  he  was  sitting 
by  his  fireside  absorbed  in  the  exam 
ination  of  a  playing  card.  Anna,  ob 
serving  his  interest,  said  in  a  pleasant 
way,  "Prithee.  .Tolm,  what  marvel  dost 
thou  find  in  that  card?  One  would 
think  it  the  face  of  a  saint,  so  closely 
dost  thou  regard  it."  "Nay,  my  little 
wife;  but  didst  thou  ever  consider  in 
what  way  this  is  made?"  "I  suppose 
it  was  drawn 
then 
painted  like  other  pictures."  Guten 
berg  explained  how  the 
image  had 
been  made  from  a  wood  engraving. 
and  also  told  her  of  the  "Biblica  Pau-
perum"  which  he  had  seen  in  the  ca 
thedral.  The  Biblica  Pauperum  con-
risted  of  forty  pictures 
illustrating 
Bible  events  and  accompanied  with 
written  explanations. 

in  outline,  and 

"And  canst  thou  not  make  a  Biblica 
Pauperum?"  asked  Anna.  Encouraged 
by  his  wife's  interest,  Gutenberg  en 
graved  some  simple  letters  and  pic 
tures,  saying,  "It  remains  that  I.  try 
thy  name,  my  Anna. 
I  cannot  fail  to 
engrave  that  name  on  wood  which  has 
been  so  long  traced  on  my  heart." 
Thus saying,  he  wrote his  wife's  name 
on  a  block  and  cut  the  wood  away  be 
tween the lines, leaving  the  name  in re 

lief.  He  then  moistened  it  with  ink, 
and  gently  pressing  the  engraving  up 
on  a  bit  of  paper,  made  a  clear  imprint 
of  nis  wife's  name.  She was  delighted, 
and  warmly  praised  his  skill,  at  the 
same  time  prophesying  great 
things 
for  the  new  art. 

Hitherto,  engraving,  with  the  excep 
tion  of  simple  monograms  and  seals, 
had  been  applied  exclusively  to  pic 
tures.  But  Gutenberg  had  now  con 
ceived  a  more  extensive  and  valuable 
application  of  this  art;  and  ere  long 
Ave find him  making  full  pages  of  read 
ing  matter  from  engravings  on  wood. 
He  had  associated  with  him 
three 
other  artizans  in  that  craft,  and  such 
was  their  success  that  Gutenberg  con 
ceived  the  idea  of  printing  the  whole 
Bible.  Anna  greatly  encouraged  him 
in  the  enterprise. 
"All  thou  wouldst 
have  to  do,"  said  she,  "would  be  to 
make  more  blocks,—a  block  for  a  page. 
A  monk  can  write  only  two  Bibles  in  a 
long life-time,  and  printing  from  blocks 
is  much  greater  speed  than  that." 

They  were  both  greatly  disappointed 
when  he computed  30 years  as  the  time 
required  to  engrave  blocks  enough  to 
print 
the  whole  Bible.  Time  and 
money  alike  would  fail  him  in  the  ac 
complishment  of  so  arduous  a  task, 
and  his  partners  had  already  com 
plained  of  the  labor  and  time  involved 
in  the  small  works  which  he  had  pub 
lished.  Nevertheless  he  prevailed  on 
them  to  attempt  the  Gospel  of  Mat 
thew;  and  one  day  when  Gutenberg 
liad  nearly  completed  a  page  a  slip  of 
his  chisel  split  the  block  asunder.  His 
partners  upraided  him  with  this  great 
loss, and  he endeavored  to  fit  the  block 
together  in  such  a  manner  as  to  save 
the  greater  part  of  the  finished  work. 

THE  FIRST  CONCEPTION  OF  MOVABLE TYPE 
THE  RESULT  OF  AN  ACCIDENT. 
While  cutting  away  the  few  damaged 
characters,  and  fitting  in  new  ones,  he 
conceived  the  idea  of  making  separate 
type.  He  was  quick  to  see  the  great 
value  of  this  expedient.  Having  print 
ed  one  page,  he  could  reset  the  same 
type  and  priiit  a  second  and  third  page, 
and  so  on.  Not  only  could  he  use  the 
same  type  on  different  pages  of  the 
same  book,, but  after  once  making  a 
complete  outfit  of  type  he  could  print 
any  book.  Of  course  it  would  require 
more  than  one  of  each  character;  but 
still  the  labor  of  making  a  sufficient 
quantity  of  separate 
type  would  be 
incomparably  less  than  if  each  page 
of  every  book  had  to  be  engraved  in 
full.  And  besides,  errors  could  be 
more  easily  corrected  in  the  separate 
type  system. 

Thus  did  Gutenberg  reason,  "Thus 
did  the  patient  hero  seize upon  the  idea 
of  'movable  type'—the  keystone  of  the 
art  of  printing."  But  this  was  only 
the  conception.  The  process  of  mak 
ing  separate  type,  though  apparently 
simple,  was  attended  with  great  prac-
?1 difficulties.  When  all  the  charac 
ters  of  a  page  were  engraved  on  a 
single  block  it  was  easy  to  get  a  true 
face.  Also  the  form  thus  made  was 
substantial  and  compact,  requiring  no 
apparatus  to  hold  the  type  together. 
But  new  problems  had  to  be  solved 
when  the  "movable  type"  system  was 
It  was  tedious  and  difficult 
adopted. 
to  accurately  size  the  separate 
type 
and  more  difficult 
to  bind  them  to 
gether  in such  a  manner  as to present  a 
square  and  true  face  to  the  material 
to  ibe  printed  upon.  Bitterly  did  his 
partners,  whose  Chief  ambition  was 
money-getting,  complain  of  his  long-
experiments. 
continued 
Often  did  they threaten  to leave  him  to 
fight  his  battles  alone.  Even  his  faith 
ful  Anna,  hitherto  hopeful,  began  to 
show  despondency.  She  had  left  her 

and  costly 

port  that  lie  recently  got  out  was  done 
on  the  typewriter  and  is  a,  remarkably 
neat  production. 

The  Mechanical  Department  has 
adopted  a  new  time  sheet  for  students 
that  is  very  convenient. 
If  a  student 
is  present  at  all  work  hours  his  record 
remains  clear,  only  absences  and  the 
time  when  the  absences  are  made  up 
being  recorded. 

' Let  there  be  Light."—The  Story  of 
Printing. 

BY  W.  S.  LEONARD. 

I  have  been  asked  to  write  for  THE 
RECORD  something  about  printing.  My 
connection,  in  a  subordinate  capacity, 
with  printing-press  construction  does 
not  warrant  a very  extensive  acqua'nt-
ance  with  "the  art  preservative  of 
arts."  The  subject  is  a  most  interest 
ing  one, and  worthy  of  a  more  graceful 
pen  than  I  can  wield. 

It  was  fitting  that  the  Bible,  or  por 
tions  of  it.  should  have  been  the  first 
work  done  with  "movable  type,"  and 
no  quotation  from  the  sacred  volume 
could  have been  more  appropriate  than 
the  words  said  to  have  been, the  first 
printed,  "Let  there  be light."  Whether 
or  not  the  tradition  be  true,  these  sub 
lime  words  have  certainly  proved  a 
splendid  prophesy  of  the  conquests  of 
the  printing  press.  This  latter  obser 
vation  will  be  the  more  apparent  if  we 
consider 
the  darkness  and  supersti 
tion,  of  the  people  who  could  refer  to 
printing  as  "the  black  art;"  and  when 
we  consider  further  the  vast  amount 
of  labor  required  in  writing  books  by 
hand,  what  a  contrast  with  the  mar 
vellous  book-making  machinery  of  the 
present  day. 
GUTENBURG  THE  INVENTOR OF  PRINTING. 
Like  other  great  works,  the  account 
of  which  has  been  handed  down  to  us 
through  centuries,  the  origin  of  print 
ing  is  envolved  in  dispute.  The  Chi 
nese  have  been  credited  with  the  in 
vention  long  before  its  discovery  in 
is  well 
Europe;  but, 
founded,  it  would  seem  that  they  can 
not  escape  the  charge  of  having  "hid 
their  light  under  a  bushel,"  for  pre 
vious  to  the  time  of  Gutenberg,  every 
book  and  every  public  document  in 
Europe  had  to be executed  by  the  slow 
process  of  handwriting. 

if  their  claim 

Even  in  Europe  there  were  other 
claimants  of  the  honor  beside  the  re 
puted  inventor;  but  the  bulk  of  mon 
umental  and  documentary  evidence  re 
fers  the  invention  to  Gutenberg,  and 
this  is  not  the  place  to  reopen  the  dis 
cussion.  If  Gutenberg  was  not  the  in 
ventor  of  printing,  certain  it  is  that 
the  world  is  not  far  wrong  in  ascribing 
to  him  the  chief  place  in  connection 
with  this  noble  art.  It  was  Gutenberg 
Who  introduced  it  to  civilization;  it 
was  Gutenberg  who  developed  and 
perfected  the  art,  and  made  it  possible 
for  the  common  people to  own  books. 

Who  does  not  like  to  read  of  the 
picturesque  river  Rhine?  Here  stands 
Strasbourg  with  its  famous  cathedral, 
Notre  Dame.  Here  stands  Bingen, 
"Fair  Bingen  on  the  Rhine." 
The 
beautiful  natural  scenery  of  the  river, 
its  historic  memories,  its  ruined  cas 

At  the  College. 

Mr.  Hoyt  has  39  freshmen  in  each 

course  in  the  woodshops. 

The  Y.  M.  C.  A.  held  a  series  of 

prayer  meetings  last  week. 

F.  W.  Ball,  of  Grand  Rapids,  visited 

his  son.  Waldo  M.  Ball,  '99,  Friday. 

Two  new  lathes  were  added  in  the 
machineshops  at  the  beginning  of  this 
term. 

Quite  a  number  of  the  Lansing  Ex 
change  phones  burned  out  one  night 
last  week. 

Matt  A.  Crosby,  of  Elbridge,  has 
been  spending  a  week  with  his  brother, 
D.  J.  Crosby. 

Enrollment  cards  have  been  taken 
out  by  213  regular  students  and  43 
short-course  students. 

A  disease  of  the  eyes  that  seems  to 
be  contagions,  has  been  going  the 
rounds  for  over  a  week. 

There  are  in  the  Dairy  course  17 stu 
dents,  in  the  Live  Stock  Husbandry 
course  14,  and  in  the  Fruit  Culture  15. 
Hon.  Holland  Morrill, of  Benton  Har 
bor,  gave  two  talks  to  the  juniors  and 
special  students  yesterday  on  fruit  cul 
ture. 

Mrs.  Landou  wishes  to  announce 
that  the  RECORD  exchanges  will  be  put 
in  the  cases  on  Friday  of  each  week— 
not  before. 

The  forcing  houses  now  contain  a 
tine  lot  of  radishes  and  lettuce  ready 
for  use;  also  tomato  plants  and  cu 
cumber  vines  in  blossom. 

Three  new  students  have  enrolled 
in 
the  women's  course.  They  are 
Misses  Kate  Nichols,  Artie  Lockwood 
and  Gertrude  Gunnison. 

The 

junior  agricultural 

students 
have  been  taking  lectures  in  grafting, 
preparatory 
to  the  practical.  They 
begin  practical  work  in  the  grafting 
shop  today. 

Prof.  Philip  B.  Woodworth  is  receiv 
ing  a  visit  from  his  father  and  mother 
from  Caseville.  Mr. Woodworth  is  cue 
of  the  electors  who voted  for  McKinley 
and  Hobart  in  Lansing  yesterday. 

The  Union  Literary  society  has  pre 
sented  the  library  a  complete  file  of 
The  Union  Lit,  which  will  be  bound. 
Mrs.  Landon  respectfully  invites  the 
other  societies  to  contribute  their  pub 
lications. 

Hon.  T.  T.  Lyon,  who  is  in  charge 
of  the  sub-station  at  South  Haven,  is 
84  years  of  age  and  has  just  begun  to 
re-
learn  type-writing.  The  station 

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T HE  M.  A.  C.  R E C O R D. 

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patrician  home,  where  she  knew  noth 
ing  of  want  or  worry,  and  had,  by  the 
course  she  had  taken,  involved  herself 
in  trouble  as  well  as  increased  her  be 
loved  John's  cares.  She  reproached 
herself  for  encouraging  him  in  his  vis 
ionary 
feared 
schemes,  which  she 
would  end  in  his  being  imprisoned  for 
debt.  To  soothe  her  Gutenberg  named 
a  day  when,  if  prospects  were not  more 
favorable, 
temporarily 
he  would 
abandon  his  experiments  and  return  to 
his  trade  of  lapidary,  which  he  had 
learned  in  his  youth. 

But  the  tide  again  began  to  turn  in 
Gutenberg's  favor.  One  by  one  the 
difficulties  were overcome,  and  soon  he 
was  able  to  show  a  complete  font  of 
type  firmly  and. accurately  held  in  a 
square  frame,  and  presenting  as  true 
a  face  as  if  made  in  a  solid  block. 
Anna  took  courage,  his  partners  grew 
more  hopeful,  and  his  creditors,  hop 
ing  for  a  large  share  of  the  results  of 
final  success,  granted  him  further  aid. 
the  actual  printing  had 
been  done  in  the  crudest  manner  pos 
sible.  Gutenberg  now  contended  for 
some  sort  of  press  for  this  purpose. 
His  associates  assenting,  he  set  out  to 
devise  a  press,  and  after  numerous  ex 
periments  and  failures,  and  just  as 
his  supporters  were  again  ready 
to 
give  up,  he  settled  upon  a  successful 
design,  which  was  completed  without 
further  trouble. 

Hitherto 

troubles  awaited 

A  PERIOD  OF  TRIAL  AND  DARKNESS. 
Having  the  type  and  the  press,  they 
now  began  to  do  actual  printing  once 
more,  and  it  seemed  that  they  would 
soon  reap  substantial  reward  for  the 
years  of  toil and  disappointment.  But 
alas!  further 
them. 
A  brief  experience  proved  that  wood 
was  not  a  suitable  material  for  the 
type.  The  ink  softened  it  and  caused 
it  to  make  blurred  letters.  When  his 
principal  partner  first  noticed  this  he 
was  overwhelmed. 
"It  is  my  mind," 
said  he,  "that  the  bubble  has  burst. 
We .may  as  well  give  up."  To  add  to 
their  troubles,  one  member  of  the  firm 
died,  and  his heirs  entered  suit  against 
the  surviving  members.  The  partic 
ulars  of  the  inventions  had  hitherto 
trusted 
been  known  to  only  a  few 
fe'iendis.  Now  there  was  danger  that 
all  would  be  made  public by  the  neces 
sity of  legal  inquiry  into  the  company's 
affairs.  Poor  Gutenberg!  What  would 
he  do  next?  He  could  no  longer  con 
tinue  his  experiments;  all  his  time  was 
taken  up  in  connection  with  the  legal 
proceedings.  As  in  the  exigencies  of 
war  great  treasures  are  sometimes  de 
stroyed  to  prevent  them  from  falling 
into  the  hands  of  the  enemy,  so  Gut 
enberg  finally  deemed  it  expedient  to 
type  and 
destroy  every  vestige  of 
press.  What  a  pathetic 
spectacle! 
What  grief,  what  heartaches,  he  must 
have  felt  as  he consigned  to  the  flames 
the  result  of  years  of  consecrated  gen 
ius! 

We will  not  discuss the  ethics  of  this 
transaction.  He  felt  that  God  had  in 
trusted  Mm  with  the  introduction  of 
printing,  and  though  all  seemed  lost, 
he  hoped  it  would  yet,  he  knew  not 
how,  be  brought  to  a  successful  issue. 
The  trial  aroused  much  fanaticism, 
and  Gutenberg  was  accused  of  being 
"What  su 
in  league  with  the  devil. 
perstition!" 
"This 
exclaimed 
comes  of  ignorance  and  the  scarcity  of 
books."  The nature  of  his  experiments 
was  known  previous  to  the  trial,  but 
the  processes  were  not  understood. 
Neither  were  they  disclosed  during  the 
progress of  the case; and  while  the  ver 
dict  was  in  his  favor,  the  trial  left  him 
overwhelmed  with  debt  and  prejudice. 
The  prejudice  was 
the  more  pro 
nounced  because  of  his  efforts  at  se 

he. 

crecy  respecting  his  art—"the  black 
art,"  so  called. 

What  will  Gutenberg  do  in  this  hour 
of  darkness?  Will  he  give  up  in  de 
spair?  Will  he  acknowledge  defeat? 
No,  such  is  not  the  character  of  our 
hero.  There  is  a  great  work  to  be  ac 
complished.  God  has  looked  among 
the  sons  of  men  and  chosen  Gutenberg 
for  this  work,  and  "the  gates  of  hell 
shall  not  prevail  against  it." 

As  intimated,  Gutenberg  had  learned 
the  trade  of  lapidary—a  very  lucrative 
one.  He  now  betakes  himself  to  this 
calling,  resolving  to  give  every  florin 
beyond  the  barest  necessities  to  his 
from 
creditors.  And  so  he  toiled 
week  to  week,  and  from  month  to 
month;  but  when  the  day's  work  was 
done he would  spend  the  evening  hours 
in  cutting  type,  ever  faithful 
to  the 
conviction  that  he  was  to  be  instru 
mental  in  spreading  knowledge  among 
the  people. 

SCHOEFFER  AND  FAUST. 
All  Gutenberg's  experiments  had 
been  carried  on  in  Strasbourg,  whence 
he  had  fled  while  a  young  man  on  ac 
count  of  his  political  opinions.  Here 
he  still  resided,  and  it  was  here  that 
he  first  met  Peter  Schoeffer,  who  was 
destined  to  play  so  conspicuous  a  role 
in  the  introduction  of  the  new  art. 

It  was  not  long  before  he  had  cut 
another  font  of  type,  but  the  prejudice 
against  him  was  so  great  that  it  was 
useless to attempt  any  important  print 
ing  in  Strasbourg.  A  score  of  years 
had  passed  since  he  left  Mentz,  and  be 
lieving  that  it  would  be  safe  for  him 
to  return,  he  again  took  up  his  abode 
in  his  native  city.  Emily  Pearson, 
from  whose  writings  I  have  liberally 
quoted,  describes  with  much  pathos 
Gutenberg's  return  to  the  scenes of  his 
childhood,  but  there  is  not  space  for 
such  reflections  here. 

While plying  his  trade  of  lapidary  in 
Mentz  he  became  acquainted  with 
Faust,  another  name  famous  in  con 
nection  with  the  development  of  print 
ing.  Faust  was  a  wealthy  capitalist, 
and  quick  to  seize  upon  the new  art  as 
a  promising  investment.  He  supplied 
means  to  start  printing  on  a  large 
scale,  securing  himself  by  a  mortgage 
on  the  equipment.  He  also  became  a 
partner  in  the  business  with  Guten 
berg,  and  the  new  firm  soon  issued 
some  very 
creditable  productions. 
Among  these  were  the  "Doctrinale" 
and  a  "Manual  of  Grammar." 

METAL  REPLACES  WOOD  IN  THE  MANU 
FACTURE  OF  TYPE. 
As  the  work  proceeded,  Gutenberg 
encountered  his  old  difficulty  of  the 
softening  of  the  type,  and  substituted 
lead  for  the  wood.  But  he  still  con 
tinued  the  slow  process  of  cutting  the 
type.  The  lead  proved  but  little  better 
the  wood,  and  further  experi 
than 
ments  Avere  necessary.  Peter  Schoef 
fer,  the designer,  ha.d  been  admitted  to 
the  firm.  Schoeffer  was  not  only  a  de 
signer,  but  also  somewhat  of  a  metal 
lurgist.  He  suggested  a  "mixture  of 
regulus  of  antimony  and  lead,"  which 
was  soft  enough  to  cut,  and  yet  suf 
ficiently  strong  to  stand  the  impres 
sion.  This  was  an  Important  step  in 
the  process  of  the  art  and  was  soon 
followed  by  another 
im 
provement,  viz.,  that  of  casting  the 
type  instead  of  cutting  it. 

important 

Gutenberg  had  experienced  difficul 
ties  from  the  first  with  unsuitable  ink. 
The  firm  now  began  experiments  to 
discover  a  mixture  that  would  obviate 
these  difficulties,  and  finally  settled 
upon  lamp-black  and  linseed  oil,  which 
gave  excellent  results. 
In  the  mean 
time  Gutenberg  had  improved  on  the 
old  press  which  was  destroyed  at 
Strasbourg,  and  the  firm  felt  encour 

aged  to attempt  the  publication  of  the 
Bible.  This  work  was  begun  in  the 
spring  of  1450;  but  it  was  not  until 
five  years  later  that  the  first  copy  of 
the  famous  Mazarine  Bible  was  com 
pleted. 

About  this  time  Faust  became  dis 
satisfied  with  Gutenberg's  manage 
ment  and  sought  to  retire him  from  the 
firm.  Litigation  followed,  ending  in 
the  complete  financial  ruin  of  the  in 
ventor.  One  of  the  legal  documents 
connected  with  the  case  begins  as  fol 
lows: 

"To  the  Glory  of  God.  Amen.  Be  it 
known  to  all  those  who  see  or  read 
this  instrument,  that  in  the  year  of 
our  Lord  1455,  third  induction,  Thurs 
day,  the  sixth  day  of  November,  the 
first  year  of  the pontificate  of  our  Holy 
Father, 
the  Pope  Calixtus  III,  ap 
proved  here  at  Mayence,  in  the  great 
parlor  of  the  Barefooted  Friars,  be 
tween  11  o'clock  and  midday,  before 
me, 
the  notary,  and  the  undersigned 
witnesses,  the  honorable  and  discreet 
person,  James  Faust,  citizen  of  May 
ence,"  etc. 

When  the  verdict  was  finally  pro 
nounced  which  transferred  the  whole 
plant,  type  and  presses  to  Faust,  Gut 
enberg  was  well  nigh  heart  broken. 
For  a  time  he  was  oblivious  to  his  sur 
roundings.  His  noble  Anna,  who  had 
grow  strong  in  the  school  of  adversity, 
soothed  and  quieted  him  until  he  re 
gained  his  self-possession.  Like  a  min 
istering  angel  she  spoke  to  him  of  the 
meekness  and  patience  of  Christ,  and 
bade  him  cast  his  burdens  upon  Him, 
"without  whose notice  not  even  a  spar 
row  falleth  to  the  ground." 

Having  rid 

themselves  of  Guten 
berg, Faust  and  Schoeffer  hastened  the 
work  of  printing  the  Bible,  and  Faust 
visited  Paris  and  sold  a  large  number. 
The  king  purchased  the  first  Copy  for 
750  crowns;  but  the  price  was  rapidly 
reduced  until  a  Bible  could  be  bought 
for  six  crowns.  All  Paris  was  aroused 
by  this  mysterious  new  art;  and  soon 
the  old  cry  of  witchcraft-  was  raised. 
Doctor  Faust  was  summoned  to  appear 
in  court  and  answer  the  charge  of  be 
ing  in  league  with  Satan.  "May 
it 
please  your  honor,  it  is  not  the  black 
art  I  practice,  but  the  art  of  printing." 
As  he  proceeded  with  his  defense  he 
gained  the  sympathy  of  the  people, 
who  shouted,  "Vive  le  Docteur!  Vive 
le Docteur!"  The  excitement  soon  sub 
sided  and  the  accused  was  honorably 
discharged. 

Encouraged  by  success,  Faust  soon 
published  other  works,  among  which 
was  "Cicero  de  Officiis"  in  Greek  type. 
This  was  much  prized  by  the  profes 
sors  at  the  university, "and  on  his  sec 
ond  visit  to Paris he  was  received  with 
great  enthusiasm.  Alas!  in  the  midst 
of  this  enthusiastic  reception  Faust 
was  seized  with  the  plague  and  died  in 
a  few  hours. 

The  death  of  Faust  made  a  deep  im 
pression  upon  Schoeffer.  It  is  said  that 
he  had  repented  of  the  part  he  had 
taken  against  Gutenberg,  and  sought 
and  obtained  reconciliation.  Neverthe 
less,  he  continued  the  business  as  be 
fore,  and-  issued  various  publications 
up  to  1502, in  which  year  he  died. 

Never  did  Gutenberg  give  greater 
evidence  of  his  consecration  and  mag 
nanimity  than  after  his  desertion  and 
prosecution  by  Faust.  While  the  lat 
ter  was  in  the  zenith  of  his  fame  Gut 
enberg  expressed  gratitude  that 
the 
work  that  he,  Gutenberg,  had  planned 
was  being  so  ably  executed  by  Faust. 
Thus  it  ever  is  with  the  heaven-sent 
hero.  He  is  willing  to  die  unknown, 
and  his deeds  unsung,  if  the  mission  of 
his  life  may  still be  accomplished.  The 
mere  time-serving  worldling,  however 
taiented  he  may  be,  understands  not 
the  philosophy  of  such  a  life. 
Inrapt 
with  the  swaddling  clothes  of  a  selfish 
spirit,  this  higher  life  is  to  him  as  an 
unexplored  country. 

After  a  time  Gutenberg,  aided  by  ad 
miring  friends,  once  more  took  up  the 
work  so  dear  to  his  heart.  But  great 
were  the  difficulties  he  encountered. 
He  had  not  only  to  start  at  the  bottom 
again,  but  had  to  compete  with  well-
established  and  powerful  rivals.  To 
further  add  to  his  difficulties,  Schoef 
fer  had  carried  with  him  the  formula 
for  the  type  mixture.  The  lack  of  this 
necessitated  further  experiments  on 
the  part  of  Gutenberg.  Nevertheless 
he  had  succeeded  in  publishing  some 
works  of 
importance  when  death 
claimed  his  faithful  wife.  Alas for  the 
struggling  hero!  This  was  a  greater 
grief  than  any  he  had  yet  known,  and 
he  did  not  long  survive  her.  But  it 
was  enough.  He  had  lived  to  see 
books  in  the  homes  of  the  common peo 
the 
ple;  and  as  his  name  was 
"Lamb's  Book  of  Life,"  he  must  needs 
be  summoned  to  the  supreme  tribunal 
to  receive  the  plaudit,  "Well  done, 
good  and  faithful  servant." 

in 

(To be  continued.) 

THE 

MAPES  CLOTHING  CO. 

207  and  209  WASHINGTON  AVE,  SOUTH. 
Our $5.00  Suit and Overcoat Sale  s ^ ^ Ms 

week's  business demonstrated  the fact  that  LOW  PRICES and  GOOD VALUES  are 
great  trade  winners.  We have sold more goods in  the past  10 days, than,  (consider 
ing the conditions of  the times) we could  expect to have sold in  a  month. 

We  cannot  stop this sale in the  midst  of  a whirlwind  of  business, so will  let  the 
good  work  go on  and  continue  this great  profit  crushing  but  business  producing 
FIVE  DOLLAR  SUIT  AND  OVERCOAT  SALE.  We've got  the goods and  must 
have the  money. 

We  are  getting  desparate  and  bound  to make  business if  we don't  make  a  cent 
and in our higher grades of  Men's, Boys' and  Children's  Suits and  Overcoats as well as 

F U R N I S H I NG  GOODS 

We are  offering  more solid  inducements,  more genuine  and  unmatchable  bargains 
than any  house in  the  state. 

Tti6 mm  ciottiino Co., 

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T HE  M.  A.  C.  R E C O R D. 

JANUARY  12,  1897. 

The  M. A. C. Reeord. 

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standing  of  the  others,  and be  valu 
able  in many  respects. 

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The  RECORD  has received  volume V, 
No.  1, of the Asa Gray  Bulletin,  which 
is  edited  'by  Miss  Constance  G. Du 
Bois,  Waterbury,  Conn.;  Mr.  G. H. 
Hicks,  '92,  Washing-ton,  D.  C.; and 
Prof.  C. F. Wheeler,  '91, M.A.  C. The 
bulletin  is  devoted  to  the  science  of 
botany,  and  numbers  many  eminent 
scientists  among its contributors.  It is 
published  by  W.  Roscoe  Kedzie, '98, 
of  the  Agricultural  College,  is  neat 
and  attractive. 

Our  thanks  are due  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction  Hammond  for a 
neat  little  booklet  commemorative  of 
the  60th  anniversary  of  the  statehood 
of  Michigan.  The  souvenir  contains 
a  history  of  our State,  a  study  of its 
nomenclature  and resources,  together 
with  discussions  of  other  related  sub 
jects  by  Senator  McMillan,  President 
Angell,  ex-Gov.  Rich,  and  Gov.  Pin-
gree.  We  heartily support  the^author's 
hope  "that  the spirit  of  pride  in  our 
native  state  may  thrill  through  all  our 
hearts  and result  in practical  work for 
its  future  advancement." 

lands  will 

"Michigan,  once  covered  with  a 
wealth  of forest,  has  been  a'.most  com 
pletely  denuded,  and much  of the land 
from  which  the  timber  has  been  strip 
ped,  is of  little  value  for  cultivation, 
especially  in  these  times  when  even 
good 
hardly  pay the 
expense  of  cultivation.  There  are 
still  some  forests 
left,  and  much 
of 
the  land  could  be  utilized  in 
the  production  of  valuable  timber  in 
the  future,  as well as for the preserva 
tion  to  some  extent  of  game  and fish. 
This  could  very  properly  be placed un 
der  the general  direction  of  the  com 
missioner  of the State  land  office,  with 
perhaps  some assistance  from  the  State 
Board  of  Agriculture,  who  have  under 
their  charge  quite  a large  body of land 
yet  unsold.  This  would in a few years 
prove  of  great  benefit  to the State, be 
sides  assist  in  reclaiming  vast  tracts 
which  have  become  practically  desert. 
Foreign  countries  are much  ahead  of 
us  in this respect, as are  the  iNew  Eng 
land  states.  The times  are  hard fc;-
making  very  much of an appropriation, 
but  a  moderate  appropriation  looking 
to  some  plan  for  finally  establishing 
a  forestry  department  of the State  is 
well  worthy  of  your  earnest  co isider • 
ation. • 

S T A TE  A G R I C U L T U R AL  C O L L E G E. 

"This  College  continues  its high  rank 
among  the other  agricultural  colleges 
of  the nation.  There  have  been  some 
radical  changes  made,  which  promise 
to  increase  the usefulness  of the insti 
tution,  although 
they  have  been  on 
trial  too short  a  time  to  determine 
definitely  what  the result  will  be.  It 
does  seem,  however,  that  an  institu 
tion  so  well  endowed,  and  affording 
such  a  wide  range  of  opportunities for 
education,  should  be  more 
liberally 
patronized  by  the  great  agricultural 
classes  of  our  State.  It  would  seem 
that  they  do  not  fully  realize  the  great 
advantages  to be obtained  here,  or  the 
attendance  would  be  larger  than  it 
now  is, or ever  has  been." 

The  Governor's  Message. 

Care of Farm  Machinery. 

Governor  Rich,  in his  retiring  mes 
sage,  makes  several  recommendations 
that  are of especial  interest  to  readers 
of  the  RECORD.  Three of these we  take 
the  liberty  to publish: 

FARMERS'  INSTITUTES. 
"The  $5,000  appropriated  by the  last 
legislature  for each  of the years  1895-
96  has all  been  expended,  and  insti 
tutes  held  in practically  all the coun 
ties of the  State.  That  they  have  been 
popular  is shown  by the increased de 
mand  for  institutes  in  1896,  over  the 
previous  year,  and it  is reasonable  to 
suppose a  large  amount  of valuable in 
formation has  been disseminated  in this 
way.  I  would  suggest  in this  connec 
tion  that  not  only  professors  from the 
Agricultural  College  and practical ag 
riculturists  be secured  to deliver  talks 
at  these  institutes,  but those  from  the 
University, as well, who  can  teach  san 
itation,  physics,  plumbing,  drainage, 
rudiments  of law, and such  other  mat 
ters  as may be  instructive  and  valu 
able to those  in attendance.  The  State 
Board of Health  could  also  furnish  lec 
turers  who could  give  much  valuable 
information  in  relation  to  the  preser 
vation  of  health,  and the  prevention 
of  diseases,  especially  of  communi 
cable  diseases.  This  would  not  only be 
the  means  of  a  general  diffusion  of 
much  valuable  knowledge,  but  it 
would  bring  the  people  of  the  State 
and  these  institutions  and boards  clos 

[Read  before  the Farmers'  Institute 
at  Cassopolis  by H. Cobb, of  Edwards-
burg.] 

The  subject  of the care  of farm im 
plements  is  one considered  on  many 
farms  as  being  of  little  importance. 
But  if  so  considered,  we  should  re 
member  that  the small  things  of  life 
go  to  make  up the great  ones;  if we 
could  know  the  exact  amount  of 
money  wasted  each  year  by the farm 
ers  of this  country,  through  neglect in 
caring  for farm  implements,  the most 
of  us  would  be  astonished. 

Riding  along  the country  roads  we 
see a  hundred  dollars  in the form  of a 
binder  going  to waste  lyingjn  the  cor-
ner  of  the  field, in another  field  is a 
mower,  cultivator  or plow  in the same 
condition,  and all because  of the neg 
lect  of the  farmer  to put  them  in their 
through  using 
proper  places  when 
them.  During  the time  an  implement 
is  lying  idle  it  may receive  more in 
jury  than  while  in  actual use. 

Who  can  say  how  much  is  taken 
from  the value  of a  farm  wagon  in a 
single  season  through  exposure  to  the 
hot  sun  and  rain  which  comes  upon  it 
if  left  unsheltered?  Yet it is  noticeable 
how  soon  such a  wagon  becomes  use 
less, paint  gone,  iron  work  rust  eaten, 
and  every part weakened or ruined.. The 
man  of means  may  invest  in the most 
fertile  farm  in the land,  he may  equip 
it  with  the most  improved  implements 

and  procure  the best  seeds  and plants 
to  be found,  but if  he pays  no  atten 
tion  to  the  less  important  details  of 
the  farm,  his investment  will  not  pay 
in a  financial  way  at least.  On such  a 
farm  the tools  used  are certain  to lie 
in  the  field,  exposed  to  the  weather, 
uncared  for.  And how comparatively 
easy  it is to stop  this  waste.  There is 
no  farmer  so  poor  but  that  he can 
afford  some  kind  of  shelter  for  his 
It  surely  is not 
farm 
economy  to  leave  these  unprotected 
for  any length  of  time,  since  they be 
come  useless  by  so  doing,  and it be 
comes  necessary  to  procure  new ones 
when  the old  ones  should  still  be in 
use.  Then,  after  the  shelter  is  pro 
vided,  care  should  be  taken  to  thor 
oughly  clean  and oil the bright  parts 
of  each  tool  as it  is put in its place. 

implements. 

Not  infrequently  it  costs  the  farmer 
ten  times  as  much  time  as  it  should 
to  get his plow  to  work  properly the 
first  day  he  starts  it,  all  because  he 
neglected  to  oil the  mold-board  when 
he  laid  it  by; and at  the close  of the 
day  he  is  neither  satisfied  with  the 
quality  nor the quantity  of work  done. 
When  the binder  is stored  away, the 
sickle  should  be  removed,  oiled  and 
placed  as  far  from  moisture  as  pos 
sible;  the  edge  of  the  sickle  is  very 
delicate,  it  may be  injured  more  by 
rust  in one season  of  idleness  than  in 
two  seasons  in actual use. 

Many  machines  that  appear  to  have 
passed  their  days of usefulness  may be 
repaired  and  adjusted  so  as  to  give 
good  use for  several  seasons.  As an 
example  of  this,  there  is a  case  of  my 
own.  My binder  got in  such  a  condi 
tion  that  it  would  not bind  one  bundle 
in  a  hundred. 
I  found  by  investiga 
tion  that  one  strand  of  the  twine 
that 
passed  outside  of  the  fingers 
forms  the knot;  when  the twine was 
cut  this  strand  pulled  out of  the knot 
and  left  the bundle  unbound.  I  related 
the  trouble  I  was  having  with  my 
binder  to  several  that  were  using or 
had  used 
the  Appleton  binder,  but 
none  of them  could  tell  me  what  to  do 
for  it.  All  agreed  that  the binder was 
worn  out,  and I  began  to think  so my 
self,  and yet I  could  not but think the 
knotter  could be made  to work  if prop 
erly  understood  and  adjusted,  for sure 
ly  nothing  was broken.  I  finally  con 
cluded  to make  one  more  effort'  to ad-
> just  it.  I  found  that  the notch  in  the 
cam  that  should  hold  the twine  in line 
with  the fingers  was so far back  that 
it  threw  one strand  of  the twine, and 
sometimes  both,  outside  the  fingers.  I 
soon  found  that  the plunger  bolt  con 
trolled  this  cam, and, after  loosening 
the  set  screw  that  held  it  in  place,  I 
turned  it  three  or  four  times  around 
to  the  right;  this  brought  the  notch 
in  the  cam  in line  with  the fingers and 
carried  the twine  to  Its proper  place. 
I  have  cut twenty  acres  of grain  with 
it  since  and  it works  as well  as it  ever 
did.  I  came  very  near  buying  a new 
binder,  and now  I  am satisfied  that  it 
will  last  five  or  six  years  yet.  I re 
late  this  circumstance  to  show 
that 
we  sometimes  condemn  our  imple 
fair 
ments  without  giving  them  a 
trial. 

But  there  is another  side to this  ques 
tion;  it  is not economy  to  spend  time 
and  money  in  repairing  an  implement 
that  is  sure  to  give  out just  when  it 
is  most  needed.  We should  use judg 
ment,  and not undertake  to  repair  an 
implement 
comparatively 
worthless. 

that 

is 

When  the farm  implements  are  put 
away  it  is  well  to  take  notice  of any 
needed  repairs  and  when  the  winter 
season  comes  on, time  can convenient 
ly  be used  in  making  them. 

It  is  very 

important  to  keep  the 
burs  turned  up  tight  on all bolts in the 
farm  implements.  Many  break  downs 
have  been  caused  and much  time  lost 
by  this  neglect  alone. 

It  pays  to keep  the farm  implements 
painted.  One or  two  coats  of  paint 
each  year  on  the  wagon  felloe  will 
save  four  times  its cost  in  blacksmith 
bills  in  resetting  the tire,  besides  the 
preservation  rendered  the  wood.  A 
good,  durable  and  inexpensive  paint 
for  this  purpose  can  be made  by using 
one  part  red  lead  to  three  parts  of 
Venetian red. 

Too  much  care  cannot  be  used  in 
oiling  farm  machinery.  Many  of the 
journals  are  placed  near  the  ground 
and  necessarily  have to run in the  dust 
and  dirt,  causing  extra  wear,  besides 
the  tendency  to fill the oil holes  in  the 
boxes;  and unless  the operator  is  very 
careful  about  opening  them  the  jour 
nals  will  not receive  any oil.  Thou 
sands  of  dollars'  worth  of  farm  ma 
chinery  are  ruined  each  year  entirely 
through  neglect  in keeping  it  properly 
. oiled.  For the  purpose  of  oiling ma 
chinery,  good  oil  is  more  economical 
than  poor,  cheap  oil.  The  harness 
should  be  cleaned  and  oiled  at  least 
twice  a  year.  For  this  purpose  I  have 
never  found  anything  as  good  as  cot 
ton-seed  oil.  It  renders  the  leather 
soft  and pliable  and  will  not crack  it 
in  the  least. 

Keep  the tools  and farm  machinery 
in perfect  order.  By so doing  we  make 
an  economical  use  of power  as well as 
muscle.  The  use  of  power  always 
costs  money,  and too great  a  use  of 
muscle  always  causes  fatigue,  and  fa 
tigue  in  either  man or  beast  always 
causes  the work  to  lag. 

To  Save  the  Forests. 

HON.  C. W. GARFIELD SOUNDS A  NOTE OF 
WARNING. 

"Legislation  cannot  solve  all  our 
problems,  and I  have  little  sympathy 
with  people who  expect  to secure a per 
fect  condition  of society  through  legal 
enactments,"  said  Hon.  Charles  W. 
Garfield  this  morning.  "But  there are 
some  important  steps  of  progress  in 
volving  the  rights  and  betterment* 
of  many  generations  of  people,  which 
will  hardly  be undertaken  by  individ 
uals.  I  have  in  mind  now the conse 
cration  and development  of  forests. 

"In  our own  State  the  destruction of 
forests  has been  indulged  in  so  long, 
and  with  no thoughts  beyond  the  im-. 
mediate  income  from  the  marketable 
products,  that  an  area  of  lumber  is 
rarely  looked  upon  except  with  a  view 
of  measuring 
its  marketable  value. 
The  trees  were  in the way of the pio 
neer  who came  here  to  hew  out a 
career,  and he treated  them  as a com 
mon  enemy,  and literally  'fired'  them 
out  of  existence.  Lumber  products 
were of so little  value  in the  early  days 
that  the lumbermen  cut only  the best 
stock  and  left  the  balance  to  stand  and 
dry, becoming  tinder  for the  first  spark 
of  fire,  and a  menace  to all the good 
timber  in the neighborhood.  This has 
resulted  in  the  most  gigantic  waste 
this  State  has ever  known.  Hundreds 
of  thousands  of  acres  of  land  in the 
north  half  of  the lower  peninsula  of 
this  State  bear  witness  in  desolation 
to  this  terrible  and  ruthless  destruc 
tion. 

"The  State  is rapidly  acquiring  title 
to  immense  areas  of  this  land;  add  to 
these  the  possessions  it  has  never 
parted  with  and the trust  lands  held 
for  public  institutions,  all  of  which 
have  no  care  beyond  the  occasional 
collection  of a serious trespass,  and  we 
have  a  surface  representing  a  great 

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value  if it could  only  receive  the  care 
an  individual  would  give  his  land. 

"The  lumberman  when  remonstrated 
with  for  his  careless  methods  and  the 
danger  he  incites  through  his  slovenly-
ways  of removing  the  timber,  asserts 
that  he  cannot  afford  to  clear  up  after 
the  choppers.  If he  should  remove  all 
the  waste  there  would  be  no  money in 
his  business,  and  because  he  can  do as 
he  will  with  his  own  he  practically is 
responsible  for  the  great  menace  to  his 
neighbor's  possessions.  There  may  be 
some  truth  in this,  still  the  large  for 
tunes  that  have  been  taken  out  of 
strongly 
Michigan  woods 
against  this  defense  of  the  reprehen 
sible  practices  which  have  prevailed  in 
the  removal  of  our  grand  heritage  of 
pine.  But  with  the  selfishness  that is 
inherent  in  mankind,  we  cannot  expect 
the  average  man  to  think  much  about 
his  neighbor.  It  is too expensive  a 
luxury.  We  certainly  have  no  reason 
to  expect  reform  in the  management 
of  forest  clearing  to begin  with  small 
owners.  Large  owners  have  never in 
our  State  shown  any disposition  to 
adopt a policy  that  will  not  give  imme 
diate  returns. 

testify 

"But  the  State  can  do  better.  It can 
take a long look  ahead  and  by a  careful 
policy  in  the  management  of its  waste 
lands  add  immensely  to its  wealth 
simply  by  saving  from  destruction 
what  is now  valuable  in  timber  and  by 
ordinary  methods  of protection  allow 
ing  nature  to again  cover  the  burned 
areas  with  a  growth  of timber.  The 
simplest  elements  of  economy  should 
dictate  this  policy.  The  proper  use  of 
the  fallen  trees  and  the  wise  cutting  of 
mature  timber  would,  in the  hands  of 
business  men,  furnish  ample  means to 
protect  the  growing  forest  on  a  major 
portion  of the  State  lands,  and  thus, 
without  expense,  the  State  could  grow 
into  wealth  by simply  protecting na 
ture  in her  work  of rehabilitation. 

"It  is  admitted  by the most  com 
petent  foresters  that  work  of this  kind 
can  only  be accomplished  with  hold 
ings  in large  quantity  under  one  man 
agement.  One  has  only  to look  at the 
maps  in the State  Land  Office  upon 
which  are  registered  the descriptions 
of  lands 
State  from  owners -.who  have  swept  off 
the  valuable  timber,  to see  how  Mich 
igan  fulfills  this  condition. 

that  have  veverted  to  the 

"The  auxiliary  questions  of  protect 
ing  hillsides  from  waste:  utilizing  land 
of  no agricultural  value  in  growing 
timber;  holding  back  the  waters  of  our 
streams  and  preventing  destructive 
freshets;  protecting  our  agricultural 
values  by  maintaining  proper  climatic 
conditions  which  are  conserved  by 
keeping  a  certain  portion  of  the  sur 
face  in forest,  and  the protection of 
our  game,  are  all connected  with  the 
one,  of what  shall  the  State  do to  pro 
tect  its own  lands  and  enhance  their 
value? 

"There  is no  question  that  can  come 
before  our legislature  of  greater  im 
portance  than  this.  The  matter  of  cut 
ting  down  the  appropriations  asked  by 
our  public  institutions  in the  interests 
of  economy,  sinks  into  insignificance 
when  compared  with  this.  The  annual 
loss  by neglect  would  care  for them 
all.  Michigan  cannot  afford  to  let  this 
go  any longer. 
It  should  at  least 
recognize  the  steps  taken  by  New 
York,  Ontario,  Wisconsin  and  Minne 
sota  as  indicative  of  what  it  should  do, 
and  hasten  to check  the  worthless  de 
struction  which  in  no state  has  been  so 
manifest  as in our  own. 

"What 

shall  the  legislature  do? 
Well,  I  have  no  formulated  plan;  but 
a  thrifty  landholder,  under  like  circum 
stances, if he  did  not  know  what  to  do 

ALWAYS  ON  TOP 

DAVIS  6c  GO. 

104  Washington  Ave. North.  104 

OUR  WINTER  GOODS  ARE  NOW  IN—WE  WILL  BE PLEASED  TO SHOW  THEM  TO  YOU. 

OVERCOATS,  ULSTERS,  BICYCLE  OVERCOATS 
PEA  JACKETS  AND  VESTS,  SINGLE  AND  DOUBLE  BREASTED  MELTON  SUITS 
ALL  UP TO DATE. 

Also  Full  Line  of  . . . 
Furnishings  and  Hats 

would  secure  the  services  of some  one 
who  did  to  work  out  his  problem.  It is 
not  to be  expected  that  in our  legisla 
ture  there  will  be  one  member  who  has 
distinct  ideas  of the best  method to 
pursue,  but it is  to  be  hoped  that  there 
may  be some  one  who  shall  compre 
hend  the importance  of the  problem. 
"We  have  a  land  office  with  all the 
equipment  for carrying  on  a  work of 
this  kind.  Add  to this  the  services ot 
some  man  or  men  who  have  been  edu 
cated  for  this  kind  of work  and  there 
need  be no  time  wasted  in getting at 
it.  New  York  set a  good  example in 
the  selection  of a  commission  to look 
over  the  Adirondack  region,  study  the 
situation  and  make 
recommendations 
for  the state  upon  which  it  acted 
promptly. 

"Michigan  might  do well  to  begin 
the  solution  of so  great  a  problem by 
having a commission  selected  to  gather 
information  concerning  the  needs  and 
through  a presentation  of the  methods 
pursued  elsewhere  that  have  been  suc 
cessful,  settle  upon a policy  that  would 
be  wise  and  of long  duration. 

"I  know  the  mere  suggestion  of such 
a  plan  would  be  met  at the  outset by 
the  criticism,  'Oh, yes, you  are just  like 
all  the other  fellows,  arranging  for 
more  offices.'  All  I  have  to  say  in  re 
ply  is to call  attention  to the  method 
of  the wise  lumberman  when  he is 
about  to purchase  an area  of  timber. 
He  does  not  put it off because  he  does 
not  know  how  much  timber  there is 
on  the  land;  he  does  not  trust  his  own 
judgment  unless  he is an expert, but 
he  employs  a  competent  woodsman to 
estimate  the  value  of the  timber,  and 
upon  his  report  he  bases  his  judgment 
concerning  the purchase.  The State 
cannot  afford  to adopt  a  less  careful 
method  than  an individual  in  caring 
for  its  property. 

"I  certainly  hope  the press  of  the 

State  will  take  up  this  important  mat 
ter  and help  to  awaken  an  interest 
commensurate  with  the  importance of 
the  large  amount  involved. 

"Incidentally,  I  might  say  that the 
query  raised  by  the  Evening  Press  not 
long  ago  with  regard  to  the  destruction 
of  our  game  could  be  completely  solved 
in  the  establishment  of a  forest  pre 
townships  wherein 
serve  of  several 
animals  could  not  be hunted,  and in 
which  they  would  be  safe  in  nurturing 
their  young.  Other  game  restrictions 
with  this  established  condition  would 
be  unimportant."—Grand  Rapids  Eve 
ning  Press. 

Among 

.the  visitors  at  College 

last 
week  were  the following  representa 
tives  in  the  State  Legislature:  William 
J.  Oberdorffer,  Stephenson;  George  W. 
Rulison,  Hancock;  George  E.  Gillam, 
Harrisville,  and  John  Caldwell,  Man-
ton. 

Gome in and  see  us  anyway 

Dendrobiums  Growing  Upon  Bones. 

IP YOU  MAKE A 

A  writer  in the  Gardners'  Chronicle 
says  he recently  came  across  "a  re 
markable  instance  of an  orchid  grow 
ing  upon  the  skull  of a sheep,  the  spe 
cies  being  Dendrobium  Parishii,  which 
from  the  size of the  old  pseudo-bulbs, 
was  a very  small  piece  when  fastened 
to  the skull.  This  is its second  year 
of  growth,  and  the  length  and  stout 
ness  of the  new  pseudo-bulbs,  the  ex 
tensive  network  of  roots  around the 
jaw  bones  and  teeth,  in  and  out  of  the 
eye-sockets  and  other  indentations of 
the  skull,  show  plainly  that  the  bone 
suits  requirements. 
Equally  luxur 
iant  is  a plant  of D.  pulchellum  grow 
ing  on the  skull  of a  dog;  where in 
• general  instances  the  bulbs  usually  at 
tain  a  length  of three  or four  inches, 
the.  plant  under  notice  has  this  season 
made  bulbs  approaching  seven  inches 
in  length.  This  information  may  at 
the  present  time  be  all  the  more  inter 
esting,  as  it will  materially  strengthen 
the  arguments  put forth  by  Doctor 
Keclzie,  of  Michigan  Agricultural  Col 
lege,  that  the  growth  of epiphytal  or 
chids  is stimulated  by  their  absorbing 
mineral  matter  through  the  agency  of 
their  roots." 

Why  Stick  in the  Mud. 

During  the  holiday  week  and  since 
then  the condition  of  the  roads  near 
the  College,  and  probably  all  over  the 
State,  has  been  wretched  beyond ex 
pression.  Terrible,  impassable,  knee-
deep mudstreaks  are they,  almost  with 
out  exception.  The  query  arises, do 
not  poor  roads  help  make  hard  times? 
And  would  not  all  classes  of business 
men,  merchants,  farmers  and  others, 
do  well  to consider  the  effect  of  this 
little  stretch  of  unfavorable  weather 
on  their  profits.  Probably  an  expendi 
ture  of the  combined  losses  for  a  few 
years  would  be sufficient  to  provide 
paved  streets  in  the  more  thickly  pop 
ulated  districts,—surely  broken  stone 
surface  for  nearly  all  roads.  And  the 
effect  of  snch  rains  as we have  had 
upon  the  perfect  road  would  be  what? 
Why,  simply  to  wash  it nice  and  clean, 
saving  the  expense  of  cleaning it some 
other  way.  If every  man  will  honest 
ly  answer  the  question,  "How  much 
do  bad  roads  cost  me,"  good  roads  will 
not  seem  so  costly  and impossible, 
even  in hard  times. 

Weighing  Living  Fish. 

A  visitor  at the  aquarium  who  had 
wondered  how  they  managed  to  get 
the  weight  of a  live  fish  accurately, 
learned  that  that  was  really  a  very 
simple  thing  to do.  The fish is  put 
into a pail  of water,  which  is weighed 
with  the  fish in it.  Then  the  fish  is 
taken  out and  pail  and  water  are 
weighed  without  it—New  York  Sun. 

**Mistake 

And  get  in  the  wrong 
place  t ry  Thompson 
&  Van  Buren for  your 
next  job  of  printing. 

IP  YOU NEVER  MADE A 

**Mistake 

s u re 

y o u ' re 
r i g ht  ( f or 

Be 
started 
Thompson  8c  V an 
Buren's) 
ahead. 

t h en  go 

>*^>  OTTAWA 

STREET  EAST 

Report  of Football  Manager. 

Following  is  the  expense  and  receipt 
account  of  the  foot  ball  team  for  1896: 
Expenditures-

Postage 
Telephone 
Bus  and  street-car 

$0  67 
1  37 

fares 
Board 
Advertising 
Eltom  Park 
Railroad  fare 

11  85 
18  70 
8 50 
3  00 
86  10 

Receipts-
$29  19 
Gate 
From  faculty 
31  50 
From  Athletic  ass'n..  55  00 

Indebtedness 

$130  19 

$115  69 

$14  50 

S.  J.  REDFERN, 
Foot  Ball  Manager. 

The  dairy  is now  purchasing  800 to 
850 pounds  of milk  daily  for  use  in  the 
laboratory.  Through  the courtesy of 
the  Lansing  Condensed  Milk  factory 
we  are  enabled  to get  the  milk  from 
one  of  its regular  customers,  Mr.  Stew 
art,  who  lives  near  the  North  Lansing 
road. 

If  you  have  pleanty  of good  points 
about  you  the  world  won't  sit  down  on 
you  very  hard.—Ex. 

6 

THE  M.  A.  C.  RECOKD. 

JANUARY12,  1897. 

News  from  G r a d u a t es  a nd  S t u d e n t s. 

Official  D i r e c t o r y. 

S.  L.  Ingerson  is  again  in  College. 

Sunday  Chapel  Service—Preaching 

C.  D.  J.  Beck  h as  returned  to  Col 

at  2:30  p.  m. 

Y.  M. C.  A.—Holds  regular  meetings 
every  T h u r s d ay  evening  at  6:30  a nd 
Sunday  evenings  at  7:30.  S.  H.  Ful 
ton,  President.  C.  W.  Loomis,  Cor. 
Secretary. 

Y.  W.  C. A.  regular  weekly  meetings 
for  all  ladies  on  t he  campus  T u e s d ay 
evenings  at  8 o'clock,  in t he  ladies'  par 
lors.  Meetings  on  Sunday  evenings 
with  t he  Y.  M.  C.  A.;  Miss  Edith  F. 
McDermott,  President;  Miss  Alice 
Georgia,  Cor.  Secretary. 

M.  A.  C.  Grange—Meets  every  three 
weeks  on  T u e s d ay  evening  in  t he  Co 
lumbian  Society  rooms.  Prof.  C.  D. 
* ,mith,  Master.  H. W.  H a r t,  Secretary. 
Society—Regular 
meeting  second  F r i d ay  evening  of  each 
month  in  the  chapel  at  7:00.  H.  C. 
Skeels,  President.  W.  R.  Kedzie,  Sec 
retary. 

N a t u r al  History 

Botanical  Club—Meets  first  a nd  third 
F r i d ay  of  each  month  in  the  Botanical 
Laboratory  at  6:30.  T.  Gunson,  Presi 
dent.  W.  R.  Kedzie,  Secretary. 

Shakespeare 

Club—Meets 

every 

W e d n e s d ay  evening.  Dr.  H o w a rd  Ed 
wards,  President. 

M.  A.  C.  Athletic  Association—C.  B. 
Laitner,  President.  G.  B.  Wells,  Sec 
retary. 

Columbian  Literary  Society—Regular 
meeting  every  S a t u r d ay  evening 
in 
their  rooms  in  the  middle  w a rd  of 
Wells  Hall,  at  7:00.  T.  A.  Chittenden, 
President.  A.  J.  Weeks,  Secretary. 

Eclectic  Society—Meets  on 

fourth 
floor  of  Williams  H a ll  every  S a t u r d ay 
at  7:30 p. m.  C. D.  Butterfield,  Presi 
dent.  Manning  Agnew,  Secretary. 

F e r o n i an  Society—Meets  every  F r i 
day  afternoon  at  1:00  in  Hesperian 
rooms.  Miss  P e a rl  Kedzie,  President. 
Miss  H a t t ie  Chase,  Secretary. 

Hesperian  Society—Meetings 

held 
every  S a t u r d ay  evening  in  t he  society 
rooms  in  the  west  w a rd  of  Wells  Hall 
at  7:00.  A.  T.  Cartland,  President.  D. 
E.  Hoag,  Secretary. 

Olympic  Society—Meets  on 

fourth 
floor  of  Williams  Hall  every  Saturday 
evening  at  7:00.  W.  R.  Goodwin,  Presi 
dent.  E.  R.  Russell,  Secretary. 

Phi  Delta  T h e ta  Fraternity—Meets 

on  F r i d ay  evening  in  chapter  rooms  in 
Wells  Hall,  at  7:00.  H.  A.  H a g a d o r n, 
President.  C.  M.  Krentel,  Secretary. 
Society—Meetings 
held 
their  hall  every  S a t u r d ay 
evening  at  7:00.  G.  A.  P a r k e r.  Presi 
dent.  F.  W.  Robison,  Secretary. 

Union  L i t e r a ry 

in 

T au  Beta  Pi  Fraternity—Meets  every 
two  weeks  on  T h u r s d ay  evening  in  the 
tower  room  of  Mechanical  Laboratory. 
G.  A.  P a r k e r,  President.  E.  H.  Sedg 
wick,  Secretary. 

Club  Boarding  Association—I.  L. 
Simmons,  President.  H.  A.  Dibble, 
Secretary. 

T ry  a nd  T r u st  Circle  of  King's 
D a u g h t e rs  — Meets 
a l t e r n a te 
Wednesday.  Mrs.  C.  L.  Weil,  Presi 
dent.  Mrs. J.  L.  Snyder,  Secretary. 

every 

LOWEST  PRICES 
Will  bo quoted  to 
SCHOOL 
...  LIBRARIES... 

And others sending lists of books 
wanted to 
Lansing Book &  Paper Co., 

L A N S I N G,  M I C H. 

F OR  A N Y T H I NG  IN 

HARDWARE. 
STOVES, 
TINWARE, 
GRANBTE  WARE, 
CUTLERY,  ETC. 

me  MAUD s 

WIND  MILL AND 
PUMP  COMPANY, 

Manufacturers 
of 

CYCLONE  PROOF 
GALVANIZED 
STEEL  WIND 
MILLS  AND 

"/MUD S" 
PUMPS, 

Lansing,  Mich 

1  M id  SUPPLY  UNIT 

WHOLESALE  DEALER  IN 
B e l t i n g,  H o s e,  I r on  P i pe  a nd  F i t 

t i n g s,  T u b u l ar  W e ll  S u p p l i e s,  e t c. 

STATE  AGENT  FOB 

IWflUD  S  P U M P S, 

L A N S , N„Grc„1 S AN 

Phone 192 

New  Phone  76 

J. G.  REUTTER 

322  Washington  Ave. South 
F r e sh  AND S a lt  M e a ts 

FINE  CHICACO  BEEF  A  SPECIALTY 

V\ e are Headquarters for  all  Kinds of  Home-
Alade sausage. 

TRY 
... Norton's Hardware 
...COLLEGE  BUS... 

HI  Washington  Ave. S. 

...My... 
Neckwear  Stock 

C o n t a i ns 

all 

t he  L a t e st 

I d e as  as  to 

Leaves  M. A. C. for Lansing  at 8:30 a.  m. 
and  1:30 p.  m.  Returning,  leaves  Lans 
ing  at  10:30 a. m. and 4:30  p. m. 

Packages 
prompt  attention. 

left  at  Emery's  will  receive 
Livery  or  Bus  for 

picnics  at  resonable  rates. 

NEW  PHONE 

H.  O.  P A L M ER 

SHAPE,  G0L0R  AND  PATTERN 

lower 

than 
and  the  price 
ever  before.  Would  be 
pleased  to  have  you  come 
in  and  see  it. 

BEFORE  PURCHASIXG  TOUR  FALL 
AND  WINTER 

HAT 

Allow  me  to  show  you 
some  natty  "Up  to  Date" 
styles.  Nothing  but  relia 
ble  qualities  find  place in 
my  stock. 

STUDENT'S  PATRONAGE  SOLICITED. 

ELGIN  MIFFLIN 

THE OUTFITTED. 

HAVE  YOU FIVE  OR  MORE  COWS ? 

If  so a " Baby " Cream Separator will earn its cost for 
you  every  year.  Why continue  an  inferior  system 
another  year at so great a loss?  Dairying is now the 
only profitable feature of Agriculture.  Properly con 
ducted  it always  pays well, and  must  pay you.  You 
need  a  Separator,  and  you  need  the  BEST,—the 
' Baby."  All  styles  and  capacities.  Prices,  $75. 
upward.  Send for new 1894 Catalogue. 
THE  DE LAVAL  SEPARATOR  CO., 
GENERAL  OFFICES: 

74  CORTLANDT  STREET, 

NEW YORK. 

lege. 

R.  M.  Bates,  '83,  w as  in  t he  city 

F r i d a y. 

C.  A.  Jewell,  '96,  visited  t he  College 

F r i d a y. 

F.  H.  Smith  is  again  with  us  as  a 

student. 

F r ed  P  Clark,  '93,  w as  in  Lansing 

last  weel... 

F r a nk  J.  Porter,  '93,  is  farming  in 

Leelanau  county. 

C.  J.  Strang,  '78,  <. *  Sunfield,  visited 

at  M.  A.  C.  Saturday. 

F.  C.  Wells,  w i th  '73, is  a  practicing 

veterinary  surgeon  at  W a r r e n,  Mich. 

L.  C.  Smith,  with  '97,  haiS  r e t u r n 'J 

W a h ey  Matsura, 

a nd  expects  to  g r a d u a te  with  '99. 
'96m,  sailed 

for 
J a p an  from  San Francisco  t he 29th  nit. 
J a s on  Woodman,  '81, is  lecturing  in 
the  interests  of  t he  Grange  in  Oceana 
county. 

C.  H.  Spring  is  among  t he  old  stu 
d e n ts  who  have  returned  to  t a ke  up 
college  work. 

D.  McArthur,  of  Cass  City,  a  brother 
'94,  is  t a k i ng  a 

of  D.  D.  McArthur, 
special  course. 

Geo.  Swift,  with  '97m, is married  a nd 
has  a  carpenter  a nd  cabinet  shop  in 
H a r b or  Springs. 

We  a re  glad  to  announce  t h at  D.  W. 
Trine,  '92,  h as  recovered  from  h is re 
cent  severe  illness. 

D w i g ht  S.  Cole,  '93,  is  one  of  t he 
recently-appointed  clerks  in t he  auditor 
general's  d e p a r t m e n t. 

Wendall  S.  Paddock,  '93, of  t he  Ge 
neva  experiment  station,  N. Y.,  visited 
M.  A.  C.  t he  early  p a rt  of  last  week. 

E.  D.  A.  True,  '78,  is  t a k i ng  special 
work  in  t he Mechanical  course  a nd his 
wife  is  enrolled  as  a  short-course  stu 
dent. 

F.  W.  Lewis,  with  '94,  h as  j u st  fin 
ished  the  work  of  his  course  a nd  h as 
been  granted  a  diploma  w i th  the  de 
gree  B.  S. 

L.  C.  Brooks, 

'92m,  left  Saturday 
morning  for  Schenectady,  N.  Y., to  ac 
cept  a  position  as  d r a u g h t s m an  for  the 
General  Electric  Company. 

Mrs.  R.  S.  Baker,  '91, leaves  for  h er 
home  in  Chicago  today.  She  will  be 
accompanied  by  Miss  Lilian  Wheeler, 
"S3,  who will  visit  in  Chicago. 

L.  B. Hall,  '84, h as moved  from  Beld-
ing  to  Saginaw.  He  h as  recently  been 
made  district  m a n a g er  for  the  New 
York  Mutual  Life  I n s u r a n ce  Company. 

William  Greiner,  with  '98,  will  talk 
on  t he  Michigan  Agricultural  College 
at  t he  Teachers'  a nd  P a t r o n s'  Associa 
tion  in  Elbridge,  Oceana  county,  next 
Saturday. 

Married,  at 

t he  residence  of 

the 
bride's-parents,  Hennepin,  111.,  Novem 
to 
ber  26,  1896,  Florence  M.  Cecil, 
'91.  Mr.  a nd 
J o hn  P.  Church,  with 
Mrs.  Church 
reside  at  2428  I n d i a na 
avenue,  Chicago. 

happy 

C.  B.  Smith,  '94,  writes  from  Wash 
ington  t h at  t he New Year  finds  h im un 
usually 
substantial 
over 
a nd  wholly  unexpected  increase  in  his 
salary.  He further  says  " F r a nk  Hall, 
'88,  has  been  promoted  to  t he  position 
of  E x p e rt  Agriculturist  with  a  salary 
of  $1,500  per  year." 

a 

six and five  dollar 

shoes  *or  gentlemen 

We  are  now  closing  all  broken  lots  of  fine  English 
Enamel,  Patent  Leather,  Cordovan  and  Winter  Russia 
Shoes  at  the  uniform  price  of  THREE  NINETY-FIVE  a, 
pair.  We  do  not  agree  to  furnish  all  sizes  and  widths 
in  all  of  the  kinds,  as  some  are  sold  out,  but  what  we 
have  are  yours  at  the  price  named. 

C.D.WOODBURY 

103 WASHINGTON  AVENUE  SOUTH. 

A  letter  from  A.  R.  Rogers,  with  '97, 
s a y s:  "My  brother,  J.  R.  Rogers,  with 
'90.  a nd  myself  a re  farming  on  the 
home  farms.  He  is  devoting  his t i me  to 
horses  a nd  to  t he  office  of  town  clerk, 
while  I  am  at  the  more  profitable  busi 
ness  of  general  farming."  T he  Rogers 
brothers  live  at  Lime  Creek,  Michigan. 

$6.00  Patent  Leather,  Needle .Toe 
5.00  English Enamel, Round Toe 
5.50  French Enamel, Pointed Toe 
5.00  Cordovan, any toe 
5.00  Russia Mahogany 

" ' " T H R EE  NINETY-FIVE 

JANUARY  12,  1897. 

T HE  M.  A.  C.  E E C O E D. 

New  Books  in  t he  L i b r a r y. 

Allen, Commercial  organic  chemistry, 

vol.  3,  pt.  3. 

D'Anvers,  A rt  guide  to  Europe. 
Annals  of  Botany,  vol.  9. 
Amer.  Florist,  vols.  10, 11. 
Amer.  Gardening,  vols.  16,  17. 
Abbott,  Principles  Of  bacteriology. 
Berensen.  Venetian  painters  of 

the 

renaissance. 

Berensen,  Florentine  painters  of  the 

renaissance. 

Molyneux,  Chrysa n t h e m u m s. 
Murray,  Study  of  seaweeds. 
Merriman  &  Woodward,  Higher 

mathematics. 

Martin,  H u m an  body. 
Moore,  Ele.  treat,  on  mensuration. 
Parloa,  Kitchen  companion. 
Prudden,  D u st  a nd  its  d a n g e r s. 
Proctor,  E a sy  lessons  in  dif.  calculus. 
Pennell,  P en  d r a w i n g. 
Proc.  of  t he  Soc.  for  P r o m o t i ng  En 

gineering  Education,  3  vols. 

Richards,  Food  materials  and 

their 

adulterations. 

B u r e au  of  Enthnology,  13th  a n n u al 

Richards,  Chem.  of  cooking 

and 

report. 

Birch,  Life  of  Robert  Boyle. 
Burbidge,  Cool  orchids. 
Britton  &  Brown,  Illus.  flora  of  the 

northern  TJ.  S.  and  Canada,  vol.  1. 

Bryant,  Business  m a n 's  commercial 

arithmetic. 

Bunner,  " M a de  in  F r a n c e ." 
Conant,  T he  n u m b er  concept. 
Child,  Delicate 
Church,  Food. 
Crafts,  Practical  christian  sociology. 
Campbell,  Easiest  w ay  in  housekeep 

feasting. 

ing  and  cooking. 

Diet,  of  national  biography,  vol.  47. 
Des  Cars,  Pruning. 
Drinkwater,  Lives  of  eminent  per 

sons. 

E d w a r d s,  B a r b a r a 's  history. 
Ewing,  Art  of  cookery. 
E d w a r d s,  Differential  calculus. 
E d w a r d s,  I n t e g r al  calculus  for  be 

ginners. 

Emerson,  Essays,  2d  series. 
Emerson,  Lectures  a nd  biograph 

ical  sketches. 

Emerson,  Miscellanies. 
Emerson,  N a t u r al  history  of  t he  in 

tellect. 

Frederic,  Damnation 

of  Theron 

W a r e. 

Flint,  Physiology  of  man,  vols.  2,  5. 
Filippini,  The  table:  how  to  buy  food, 

etc. 

flowers. 

Field,  Field 
F a w c e t t,  Agnosticism. 
Fowler,  P o r t r a it  and 

ing. 

figure  paint 

Gibson,  Our  edible  mushrooms  and 

toadstools. 

Gardner,  Hand-book  of  Greek  sculp-

tm"e. 

Groesbeck,  Crittenden's  commercial 

arithmetic. 

Gissing,  The  odd  women. 
Gayley,  Classic  m y t hs  in  English  lit 

erature. 

Headley,  Structure  a nd  life  of  birds. 
Hubert,  Inventors. 
Heliostat,  The. 
H a r l a n d,  T he  common  sense  in  the 

household. 

Henderson,  Diet  for  t he  sick. 
Hug'o,  D r a m a t ic  works. 
Keane,  Ethnology. 
Kinley,  Independent  treasury. 
Lecky,  Democracy  a nd 

liberty,  2 

vols. 

Lincoln,  Boston  cook  book. 
Lilley  and  Midgley,  Studies  in  plant 

form. 

Leonard,  Cap  and  gown  in  America. 
Lewes,  Physiology  of  common  life. 
Luce,  Hand-book  to  Alfred  Tenny 

son. 

Lessing,  D r a m a t ic  works,  2  vols. 
Long,  Ele.  course  in  experimental 

a nd  analy.  chemistry. 

Mich  Bd.  of  Agri.  report,  1894-5. 
Mich.  State  Medical  Soc.  T r a n s.  1896. 
Matthews,  H is  father's  son. 
Mitchell,  S.  Wier,  Collected  poems. 
Muther,  Hist,  of  painting,  3  vols. 
Moulton,  Modern 

reader's  B i b l e-
Proverbs,  Deuteronomy,  Ecclesiastes, 
idyls, 
Ecclesiasticus, 
Genesis,  Exodus. 

Job,  Biblical 

Matthews,  Book-binding:  old 

and 

new. 

Mcintosh,  Diseases  of  horses  and 

cattle. 

cleaning. 

Rouillion,  Mech.  d r a w i ng  for  evening 

schools. 

Report  of  N.  Y.  aqueduct  commis 

sioners,  1887-95. 

Saltus,  Transaction  in  hearts. 
Sartus,  The  pace  t h at  kills. 
Schwarz,  The  horse:  its  external  and 

internal  organization. 

Seyfferth,  T he  ox:  its  external  and 

internal  organization. 

'Sanidow,  Physical  training. 
Shade,  Evol.  of  hortictdture  in  New 

Smith,  Economic  entomology. 
Smithsonian  contributions  to  knowl 

England. 

edge,  3  vols. 

moulds. 

Trouessart,  Microbes,  ferments  and 

Thompson,  Food  and  feeding. 
T r a u t w i n e,  Civil  engineers'  pocket 

U.  S.  ceusus  bureau,  2  vols. 
TJffelmann,  Domestic  hygiene  of  t he 

book. 

child. 

Van  Dyke,  Hist,  of  painting. 
Williams,  Simple  treatise  on  heat. 
Wash,  observations,  1890. 
White,  Money  and  banking. 
Youmans,  Household  science. 

Board  of  A g r i c u l t u r e. 

Hon.  F r a n k l in  Wells,  President 

Constantine. 
Hon.  Chas.W.  Garfield.  .Grand  Rapids. 
St.  Clair. 
Hon.  Chas.  F.  Moore 
Hon.  C.  J.  Monroe 
South  Haven. 
Hon.  H e n ry Chamberlain. Three  Ooaks. 
Delhi  Mills. 
Hon.  W.  E.  Boyden 
Ex  Officio 
Gov.  John  T.  Rich 
T he  President  of  the  College.. Ex  Officio 
Hon.  I.  H.  Butterfield,  Secy... 

Mich.  Agr,  College. 

F a c u l ty  a nd  O t h er  Officers. 

J.  L.  SNYDER,  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  Presi 
dent. 
R O B E RT  C.  K E D Z I E,  M.  A.,  M.  D., 
.and  Curator 
Professor  of  Chemistry, 

of  the  Chemical  Laboratory. 
W I L L I AM  J.  B E A L,  M.  S.,  P h.  D., 
Professor  of  Botany  and  Forestry,  and 
Curator  of  the  Botanical  Museum. 
E.  A.  A.  GRANGE,  V.  S., 
Professor  of  Veterinary  Science. 
L E VI  R.  T A F T,  M.  S., 
Professor  of  Horticulture  and  Land 
scape  Gardening,  and  Superintend 

ent  of 

t he  Horticultural  De 

partment. 
H O W A RD  E D W A R D S,  M.  A.,  L L.  D., 
Professor  of  English  Literature  and 
Modern  Languages. 
H E R M AN  K.  V E D D E R,  C.  E., 
Professor  of  Mathematics  and  Civil 
Engineering. 
H E N RY  H.  B A N D H O L T Z,  2d  Lieut. 
6th  Inf.,  U.  S.  A., 
Professor  of  Military  Sciences  a nd 
Tactics. 
X  H.  B U T T E R F I E L D, 
Secretary. 
CLINTON  D.  S M I T H,  M.  S. 
Professor  of  Practical  Agriculture,  and 
Superintendent  of  t he  F a r m. 
CHAS.  L.  W E I L,  S.  B., 
Professor  of  Mechanical  Engineering 
and  Director  of  t he  Mechanical 
D e p a r t m e n t. 
W A L T ER  B.  B A R R O W S.  S.  B., 
Professor  of  Zoology  and  Physiology, 
and  Curator  of  t he  General 
Museum. 
F R A NK  S.  K E D Z I E,  M.  S., 

Adjunct  Professor  of  Chemistry. 
W I L L I AM  S.  H O L D S W O R T H,  M.  S., 
Assistant  Professor  of  D r a w i n g. 
P H I L IP  B.  W O O D W O R T H,  B.  S., 
M.  E. 
Assistant  Professor  of  Physics. 
A L V IN  B.  NOBLE,  B.  Ph., 
Assistant  Professor  of  English  Litera 
t u re  and  Modern  L a n g u a g e s. 
C H A R L ES  F.  W H E E L E R,  B.  S., 
Assistant  Professor  of  Botany. 
W I L B UR  O.  H E D R I C K,  M.  S., 
Assistant  Professor  of  History  a nd  Po 
litical  Economy. 
W A R R EN  BABCOCK,  Jr.,  B.  S., 
Assistant  Professor  of  Mathematics. 

E D I TH  F.  M c D E R M O T T, 
Professor  of  Domestic  Economy  and 
Household  Science. 
MRS.  L I N DA  E.  LANDON, 
Librarian. 
H.  W.  M U M F O R D,  B.  S. 

Assistant  Professor  of  Agriculture. 

GAGER  C.  DAVIS,  M.  S., 
Instructor  in  Zoology. 
A.  L.  W E S T C O T T,  B.  M.  E., 
Instructor  in  Mechanical  Engineering. 
D I CK  J.  CROSBY,  B.  S., 
Instructor  in  English. 
M E R R I TT  W.  F U L T O N,  B.  S., 
Instructor  in  Agriculture. 
B U R T ON  O.  LONGYEAR, 
Instructor  in  Botany 

CYRUS  C.  P A S H B Y,  B.  S., 
Instructor  in  Mathematics. 
GORDON  H.  T R U E,  B.  S., 
Instructor  in  Dairying. 
C H A R L ES  E.  M A R S H A L L,  Ph.  B,. 
Instructor  in  Bacteriology. 
H.  E.  S M I T H,  B.  S. 
Instructor  in  Mechanical  Engineering. 
K.  L.  B U T T E R F I E L D.  B.  S., 
Supt.  F a r m e r s'  Institutes  and  College 
Field  Agent. 
D.  B.  B A L D W I N, 
Engineer. 
T H O M AS  GUNSON, 
F o r e m an  of  Greenhouse. 
F.  C.  K E N N E Y, 
Assistant  Secretary. 
E R N E ST  W I T T S T O C K, 
F o r e m an  of  t he  F a r m. 
W.  S.  L E O N A R D, 
F o r e m an  of  Machine  Shop. 
T H O M AS  D U R K I N, 
F o r e m an  of  t he  Horticultural  Depart 
ment. 
C H A R L ES  E.  HOYT, 

and 

f o r e m an  of 

the  Wood  Shops 
F o u n d r y. 
E.  S.  GOOD, 
Clerk  to  President. 
C H A CE  N E W M A N, 
Clerk  of  Mechanical  Department. 

S t a t i on  Council. 

Clinton  D.  Smith,  M.  S 

Director  and  Agriculturist. 

J o n a t h an  L.  Snyder,  P h.  D.,  P r es 

L.  R.  Taft,  M.  S 
Robert  C.  Kedzie,  M.  A.,  M.  D 

Ex  Officio. 
Horticulturist 

I ra  H.  Butterfield, 

Chemist. 
Secretary 
and  Treasurer. 

Advisory  a nd  A s s i s t a nt  Staff. 

A.  A.  Crozier,  M.  S 

Assistant  in  Agriculture. 

H e r b e rt  W.  Mumford,  B.  S. 

Assistant  in  Agriculture. 

H,  P.  Gladden,  B.  S 

Assistant  in  Horticulture. 
M.  L.  D e a n.  .Assistant  in  Horticulture. 
Thorn  Smith,  B.  S 

Assistant  in  Chemistry. 

E.  A.  A.  Grange,  V.  S 

Consulting  Veterinarian. 

G.  C.  Davis,  M.  S 

Consulting  Entomologist. 
Botanist. 
Librarian. 

Chas.  F.  Wheeler,  B.  S 
Mrs.  L.  E.  Landon 
T.  T.  Lyon,  So.  H a v en 

In  charge  of  Sub-Station. 

R.  L.  Taylor,  Lapeer 

.. 
In  charge  of  Apiary. 

S u b - S t a t i o n s. 

Grayling,  Crawford  county,  80  acres 

deeded. 

South  Haven,  Van  Buren  county,  10 

acres  rented;  5  acres  deeded. 

M.  A.  C. 

S P E C I AL  R A T ES  ON 
P H O T OS  AT 

SHARPSTEEIVS  STUDIO. 

New  Grand  Hotel 
EVERYTHING  NEW 

Special  Rates 

to  M.  A.  C.  Boys 

R.  RENNER, 

Proprietor 

The  Farm  Home 

Reading  Circle 

OF  THE 

M I C H I G AN  S T A TE 
A G R I C U L T U R AL  C O L L E G E. 

THE  AIM  OF  THE  FARM  HOME  READING  CIRCLE. 

The  fundamental  purpose  of  the  Agri 
cultural  College  is  to  educate  farmers' 
sons  and  daughters  toward  the  farm  and 
not  away  from  it.  She  is  doing  this  and 
in  addition  is  making  it  possible for  those 
who  cannot  afford  a  college  course  to 
become  posted  on  agricultural 
topics 
through  the  Farm  Home  Reading  Circle. 
One  of  the  objects  of  the  F a rm  Home 
Reading  Circle  is  to  recommend  the  best 
books  for  the  farmer,  gardener  and  stock 
breeder  to  read,  and  at  the  same  time  to 
fui-nish  an  opportunity  for  the  farmer  to 
buy 
reduced 
prices. 

those  books  at  greatly 

The  course  of  reading  outlined  has 
been  prepared  by men  who  are  authority 
in  their  special  lines.  The  books  offered 
in  the  course  are  thought  to  be  as  good 
as  can  be  secured  at  a  reasonable  figure. 
The  privileges  of  the  F a rm  H o me 
Reading  Circle  are  not  limited  as  to  age 
or  occupation.  Anyone  who  is  a  resi 
dent  of  Michigan  may become a  member. 
One  of  the  most  commendable  features 
of  this  course  of  reading  is  that  you  can 
read  alone. 

You  do  not  have  to  organise  a  society. 

M E M B E R S H IP  COSTS  NOTHING. 

ADVANTACES  TO  MEMBERS  OF  THE  FARM 

HOME  READING  CIRCLE. 

1.  An  opportunity 

to  pursue  a  sys 
the 
tematic  course  of 
direction  and  with  the  aid  of  all  depart 
ments  of 
the  Michigan  Agricultural 
College. 

reading  under 

2.  The  publications  of  the  Michigan 
State  Experiment  Station  are mailed  free 
to  members  of  the  F a rm  Home  Reading 
Circle. 

3.  You  can  secure  standard  books  at 

greatty  reduced  rates. 

4.  You  not  only  secure  the  benefit 
yourself,  but  you  get  a  certificate  on  the 
completion  of  each  book  which  cannot 
fail  to  be  a  source  of  satisfaction  to  you. 
5.  You  can  receive  a  prompt  answer 
to  any  question  in  regard  to  farm  topics 
by  applying  to  the  college  through  the 
Secretary  of  the  F a rm  Home  Reading 
Circle. 

Full  information  in  regard  to  how  to 
join  and  the  different  courses  offered 
will  be  furnished  promptly  upon  appli 
cation  to  the  secretary, 

H E R B E RT  W.  MUMFORD, 

Agricultural  College,  Mich 

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...WE  KNOW... 
that  not  half  the  people  of  Michigan  are  aware  of  the  superior  a d 
vantages  for  a  good  education  that  our  College  offers. 

WE  HAVE 

three  four  year  courses  running  nine  months  in  the  year. 

These 

are  the 

AGRICULTURAL COURSE 
MECHANICAL COURSE 

AND WOMEN'S COURSE 

The  instruction  of  the  class-room  is  put  in  practice  in  field,  shop, 
and  kitchen,  and  so  these  courses  develop  all-round  men and 
w o m e n. 
Just  now  we  want  to  call  your  attention  more  especially  to our 
four  special  courses. 
session,  are  planned 

These  six  weeks  courses,  which  are  now  in 
for 

those  who  have  not  the  time  or 

money  for  a  full  course.  These  courses  include 

Dairy  -Husbandry 
Live  Stock  H u s b a n d ry 
Fruit  Culture 
Floriculture  **<* 
Winter  Vegetable  Gardening 

We,  can't  give  full  particulars  here,  but  if  you are interested  write 

to 

President  J.  L.  SNYDER, 

AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE,  MICH. 

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