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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-05-13

For generations men have watched
this plant and have realized its i'm
portance. They have seen its ire
mendous yields west OF the Missouri
river and In the arid state, and many
farmers realizing its value have tried
TO grow Ii in the eastern and central
states. Unfortunately, some portions
or the country are not naturally adapt
Cd TO growing this plant, and there
have been many failures, which have
discouraged the farmers. We are glad
to note now, however, that scientific
study OF the subject appears to have
solved practically all of the troubles,
and that it is possible TO grow this
plant in any state in the Union, and
to make II succeed in spler ID condi-
ton even where the soil is not natural
ly adapted to it. Men are doing this
all over the country today, says G.
b. Wing in the Farmers Review, max
ing their soil right where it is not
so naturally, and their success is in
spring. Entirely too much mystery
has been made of the growing of al
falfa, so that many farmers hesitate
about trying it, simply because Jones
recommends one method and Smith
another and the uninitiated are uncer-
tain as to what the proper way really
is. Alfalfa really requires four things:
Lime, drainage, incubation the condi-
We think we have stated the condi-
tons in the order of their relative inn
portance. We believe there have teen
more failures throughout the country
owing TO the lack of sufficient lime in
the soil than from any other single
cause; and we feel sure that the inter
est that is now being taken in the
question of lime, and the number of
men who are using lime on land on
which they contemplate sowing alfal-
ia, will result in very large increase
in the acreage of this plant. Formerly
II was supposed that there were al
falfa belts" throughout the eastern
and central states which were the
only places in which alfalfa could be
successfully grown; but this theory
is now rapidly becoming obsolete, be-
cause many are changing their condi-
tions sufficiently to permit splendid
success with alfalfa IN every state in
the union, and this in the face of the
fact that many of their localities were
very illsuited to its growth. 1t now
seems TO careful observers that the
reason why alfalfa succeeded so SPLEEN
didly west of the Mississippi river is
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-05-13
ORDER FOR PUBLICATION.
N'irst insertion May I5N.
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THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE COUNTY
OF GRATlOT.
At a session OF said court. held at the probate
office i'm the village of Ithaca. in said counts
the eth day of May. A. ID 1000
Present. Hon. Isaac : Seaver Judge of Pro-
bate
In the matter of the estate Of Robert carpen-
ter. deceased.
stephen Carpenter having filed in said
court his petition praying that said court adiu-
dictate and determine who were AZ the time of
his death the legal heirs of said deceased an q
entitled to inherit the real estate OF which said
deceased died seized.
1t is Ordered, That the 4th day OF June
AID. 1000 at 10 o'clock IL the forenoon n said
Probate Office. be and is hereby appointed for
hearing said petition.
II is Further Ordered, That public notice there
of be given by publication of a copy of this or
der. for three successive weeks previous TO said
day of hearing in The Alma Record. a news
paper printed and circulated in said county.
A true copy. ISAAC ;, SEANER.
I57S-3t Judge of Probate,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-05-13
Combining Dairyins, Poultry, Fruit

Combining Dairying, Poultry, Fruit
and Pigs.-Dairying may be profitably
combined with poultry keeping, with
fruit raising, or with pig growing.
With any of these combinations, one
Is able to have two substantial in
comes. utilize the waste products. and
give profitable employment the entire
year to hired help. If whole milk is
sold TO village or city trade, fruit
growing and dairying are the best
combination, the manure being used to
fertilize the orchard and land for
growing forage crops. When cream
or butter only is sold. daifying and
pig or poultry raising are a good COM
bination, the skim milk and butter
milk being fed to the pigs or chickens.
Pigs, poultry. fruit and dairy may all
be profitably combined under certain
conditions. The success of nearly all
of the great industries has resulted
from good management and the full
utilization of all the by-products.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-05-13

line and have a fall of not less than 2
inches in hundred feet.
The first job will probably be prun.
ing. Do not make the common mis-
take of OVERRIDING it. To do all the
pruning that NAV seem desirable ar
one time. would bring forth "a forest
of water SPROUTS in the spring. Begin
in March bv taking the dead limbs
and the suckers In June. cut OFT the
water sprouts and take out few of
the interfering branches Aim 10
omen the top and let in sunshine and
allow free circulation of air. for
both are needed to help produce fine
fruit. Do not cut off large limb
until you are sure it is necessary. In
removing limbs. cut back as close as
possible. The wounds will then heal
over quickly. while if stub is left. it
cannot heal and decay will begin.
Paint all large wounds. Spread the
job of pruning over several years. The
balance between root and top can be
controlled in this way If the trunk
and limbs are covered with old. shaggy
bark. AS they probably /. are, they
should be scraped. Many insects and
diseases find place to hibernate
under the bark. Tools for this work
are manufactured, or one can be made
of an old hoe. Do not scrape down
too CLOSE.
Probably for some years, the trees
have been in sod anu have not had
anv fertilizer and are in the process of
starvation. The sod must be broken
No. Plow it up as we'll as it can be
done If the orchard has been in sod
for long time. many of --the roots
will be near the surface and some will
be cut off; but blowing will do many
times more good than.the injury to
few roots. after blowing work down
with harrow. "A good job can hardly
be expected the first wear especially if
the orchard has been neglected for
some years. but improvements can be
made every season. 1t will be likely
that fertilizer must be provided. 1t
is advisable to proceed with caution in
giving fertilizer at the beginning; a
moderate dressing of BARNARD manure
Is better than ANYTHING else.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-05-13
Can The General Farmer Afford to Grow
Apples?
Apples I?

latitude of time in which to do 1t.
time too when the farm work is not
pressing; but the spraying. or at least
part of it. must be done at certain
times, for delay of week will
make great difference in results.
Ii must be done thoroughly That
spraying must be done to growing fruit
Is settled fact. and in regions where
the San Jose scale is present. it is
another settled fact that spraying
must be done to save the trees.
This spraying could be done by
those who make il business to
furnish apparatus and materials and go
from farm to farm spraying all
orchards for less than it would cost
the farmer who owns few trees. If
some reliable party can be found to
do this and do 1t on time. bv all means
secure him, and paw the price without
grumbling But few can command
such service, and must do the work
for themselves if it is done at all. The
outfit need consist only of good brass
pump with barrel. % feet of hose. a
good to 10-foot extension rod. and
one or more standard nozzels the
whole costing from 500 to S25. which
is only fraction of the equipment
needed to grow other crops If San
Jose scale is present. an iron kettle is
needed in which to cook lime and
sulphur wash. unless he prefers to
purchase the ready made commercial
preparations. A barrel or two for
mixing the materials and one horse
buggy. or even an ordinary wagon, to
carry the spray barrel can be found on
every farm, and generally there is
spare horse to draw the outfit A half
day or at least day. two to four times
wear will suffice to spray an orchard
of from % to so tress, according to
size.
Hints On Improving Neglected Or
chards.
Before undertaking to improve a
neglected orchard. some facts should
be considered Look to the varieties
and make sure they are good kinds.
such AS are known and in demand.
Usually the more trees of one good
variety. the better. for it is more
satisfactory TO have good sized ship
ments of one variety than small lots
of many kinds.
The trees should not be too old an
old. WORKOUT tree cannot take on
new life In general. il can be said
that the trees should not be more than
30 to 35 years old. There are instances
were it has paid to work older trees,
but thew unusual cases. If thew are
too badly broken or diseased, or too
seriously weakened by long infestation
with San Jose scale. or over 30 TO 40
per cent of them have died out, il
probably will not nav to attempt to
improve the orchard.
Further consideration must be given
TO location. air and soil drainage An
orchard cannot be expected to pay if
it is located in a pocket or on fiat land
where spring frosts are likely to de-
stroy the fruit buds.or on an exposed
site where the fruit buds will be
frequently winter killed. Trees will
not flourish upon poorly drained soil
The lack of drainage in an orchard is
often manifest by crooked twisted
trunk Unless there is good natural
drainage. it must be provided. Tile
(3-inch) are more satisfactory than
ANYTHING else, and the amount neces-
sary depends, of course. upon the soil.
They should be laid below the frost !
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-05-13

1t is to consider whether the
general farmer can grow apples as a
farm crop. or more particularly,
whether he can afford tn care for the
trees now on the farm so as to grow
fruit for the family use and for sale.
provided there are enough trees.
The orchards herein described have
been handled in connection with
general farming operations and small
fruits. with the additional disadvant-
age of two of them being four miles
from home. The size is about the
same as the average orchard in many
farming sections. and about the same
difficulties are presented, including
the unavoidable use of the orchard for
stock, the presence of San Jose scale,
and the previous neglect
In addition to returning a cash
profit that averaged 1857. % for the
past five years. AS previously mem
toned. they have Furnished fruit
for several families and considerable
food for stock. During this time. the
trees have been brought from a state
of neglect to fairly good condition.
The work has been done without en-
couragemnent from. and against the
advice of relatives and friends, and
without the investment of cent of
capital not secured from the trees
themselves. Neither has any farm
nor small fruit crop been neglected
on account of the apple orchard.
1t seems reasonable that any farmer
who has the willingness TO care. for his
orchard and will follow few direc-
ions can do as we'll or better. 1t will
be difficult for many farmers to name
q crop that will give greater net in
come for series of years. and at the
same time involve less risk or require
less capital. To make measurable
success of such proposition. a
farmer must have little love. or at
least respect for his trees and per-
form the operations upon them in a
careful manner and at the proper
times. If the spraving is left until
he can find nothing to do. it will
never be done on time. and often
will not be effective. The farmer is
then likely to conclude that spraying
is of no value Some of fruit of fair
quality can be grown without spray
ing. in some seasons considerable good
fruit but a GOOD paying crop is never
assured without spraying; should it
chance to come. it is generally when
fruit is abundant in the neighbc rhood
and consequently cheap. During the
past few years. there have been few
instances of good CROPS from unspray-
ed orchards.
There are arguments against the
care of small apple orchards by stock
or general farmers. and the arguments
are sufficient for those to whom the
care of an orchard is distasteful. if
they will purchase and keep on hand
during the season such fruit as a good
home orchard will furnish. This
proviso well nigh nullifies the state.
ment. for few farmers will or can
provide such supply of apples during
the entire season as good orchard
will furnish.
The chief difficulty in caring for
small orchard is the spraying. Fairly
good fruit can be grown without
cult walton. if some mulching or
manure is applied. and home or
chard can be utilized as hog pas
ture much of the season. The prun.
ing is not difficult if the trees are
not badly neglected. and there is
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-05-13
Goats Need Much Exercise-Goat,

Goats Need Much Exercise.-Goats
need a great amount of exercise, much
more than sheep. The one is by ma
ture browser and the other a grazer,
and the browsing habit naturally re-
quires more activity on the part of the
goats. They are sensitive to restraint
and do better If not herded, but of
course herding is often a necessity
and therefore should be done under as
favorable circumstances as possible.
They should not be allowed to feel
their restraint. If constant attendance
is necessary. the herder should be of
quiet disposition. The next best thing
to the freedom of range is a large
pasture, where the goats may have
oversight. but not constant atten-
dance. Such pastures are considered
the cheapest method OF keeping these
goats. They can easily be trained to
come home by feeding a little aud
sailing regularly at home.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-05-13
NOTICE OF HEARING CLAIMS BEFORE
COURT.
First insertion May I5).
STATE OF MICHIGAN.

GRATIOT.
In the matter of the estate of Robert CarpeI-
ter late of the township of Seville. in said
county. deceased
Notice is hereby given that four months from
the 9TH day of May A. d., 1900 have been
allowed for creditors to pi esent their claims
against said deceased to said court for examina-
ton and adjustment. and that all creditors of
said deceased are required to present their
claims to said court. at the probate office in the
Village of Ithaca in said county, or before
the 9TH day of September A. ID. 1909. and that
said claims will be heard by said court on Tues
day the 9TH day of September A. d.. 1909. at
ten O'Clock in the forenoon
Dated May 9TH. A ID. 1909.
ISAAC 5. SSEAVER
f57s-3t Judge of Probate
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-05-13

Give Pigs saIt.-Do not wait till the
pig is dead before you give him salt.
He should have salt every day in his
life and then some rubbed in after he
Is dead.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-05-13

How Coyotes Were klled.-Brga-
der General X. Fl. Pratt, stationed
in Oklahoma i'm the COS, wrote lately
to an acquaintance this story of how
he got coyotes pelts to make a robe.
Coyotes and wolves were plentiful
about the camp and | decided to get
a lot of skins and have an Indian
woman tan them, leaving the tails
on and making a carriage robe for
sister A Conanche named Essatoyet
and his wife agreed to get the skins
| would give them a beef and some
poison. The beef contractor sold me
a beef for ST. We were then paving
$3.50 a hundred for the best of beef
for army use. / got the poison and
went with Essatoyed and his wife to
see them set the bait. They drove
the beef to a glade a mile from camp,
killed it. took of the hide and re-
served all the best meat for their own
use, and sprinkled the poison over
the carcass. Essatoyet had cut thirty
sticks a foot and a half long and
sharpened them at both ends. These
he stuck in the ground in a large cir
Gle enclosing the carcass, and on each
put a chunk of liver or heart, saying
as he did so, Sugar wolf heap like
him The next morning | went with
them to see the result of our venture,
and we found twenty-seven coyotes
and two large gray wolves dead about
the carcass and vicinity. So | got
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-05-13

because these soils are extremely rich
in deposits of lime; that the reason
why certain portions of Ohio. for in
stance, succeed as well as they do,
is that the soil there is also heavily
charged with lime This fact Is borne
out by many things that we would
like to enumerate, but we will Il. y
ton one. In our own county alfalfa
is growing wild for many miles along
the railroad tracks. Section men
complain bitterly of II, saying that it
seems impossible to kill it. When we
stop to think of the unfavorabe con-
ditions under which these plants
started, merely dropped from a leak
ing bag being transported on this rail-
road, falling among gravel and Gin
ders, with lack of moisture, no seed
bed whatever with the birds to prey
upon it, and soil, where there is any,
that is more than likely of sub-surface
origin and decidedly lacking in fertil-
ity; when we consider these things,
il seems to us that the only possible
reason for its splendid success under
these difficulties has been in three
things: First, the railroad embank-
ments are composed of limestone
gravel; second, they are thoroughly
drained, and third, owing to the pres
ence of sweet clover growing along
the railroad tracks, the probabilities
are that the alfalfa very frequently
finds its incubation quickly. Humus
is certainly deficient as well as soil
preparation. We know of other in
stances where the alfalfa grows we'll
along the railroad tracks, when the
soil adjacent TO these roads refuses
TO grow alfalfa satisfactorily We be-
lieve that this confirms our theory
of the lime, drainage and possibly
incubation which the alfalfa finds on
the railroad track, but which are
probably lacking TO a certain extent
when this ground is left. Our theory
on this matter is confirmed from a
great many other sources. Farmers
who have had their alfalfa terminate
properly in the first place, but gradu
ally "go back" and in a year or so
have it all gone, have probably in
nearly every instance been unsuccess-
full owing to lack of lime. Farmers
living in sections troubled by crab
grass or by sorrel have actually
found that liberal applications of lime
would do serious injury to these
weeds, while the alfalfa throve splen-
didly
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-05-13
The Victories of Buick Cars


thinking
$3.50 respectively competing every
with
high Foreign
ious i'll practically entered
Mr. Prospective Purchaser Think! What Does it Mean?
No regardless price. surpass BUICK Workmanship
refinement
Below Shown Models of Buick Cars that have Notably
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mi
Omaha daily bee., 1909-04-25
OFFERED FOR SALE
Pianos ana Musical Instrument..


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