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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
Glover for the Dairy Cow

Clover hay is one of the best feeds
that can possibly be raised on the
farm for the mich cow. 1t is equally
good for the other stock on the farm,
but the cows will yield abundant re-
turns if they are fed properly cured
cloverhay 1t is the common opinion
that only certain soils are adapted to
the raising of clover. OF course,
some soils are better than others, but
the fact that certain farmers in prac-
tically every locality are successful
in raising clover demonstrates that it
can be raised in almost every section.
Some people, too, think there is
some secret about raising it success
fully. The only secret is to sow
clover seed, and then sow more clover
seed. Barley makes good nurse
crop, and if the stand of clover is
not satisfactory, don't do as so many
farmers do and quit in despair. Just
sow more clover seed on the same
ground and you will win out. When
once you have succeeded in raising a
good crop of clover on a piece of land
it will make good clover soil for the
future. Rotate the crops with corn,
small grain and clover, and you will
not only have good crops of grain,
but you will reap a crop of clover that
will be indispensable to you as feed
for the cows when you have once
learned its true feeding value. 1t is
almost a balanced ration for the
dairy, supplying the various nutri-
ments necessary for milk production:
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29

been found in one or two instances
and it is important to maintain
close watch to see that it does
not become established and fur
Their distributed.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
Keeping the Cows in the
Barn all Winter

Some of our most successful dairy
men put their cows in the barn at
the beginning of winter and do not
turn them out again until spring. The
only exercise the cow gets is in going
to and from the watering tank, which
is in an adjoining shed or in another
part of the stable.
The writer had charge of a large
herd of dairy cows one winter, and
the cows never got out of the barn
from November LIST until the latter
part of March, and then we felt sure
that spring had come to stay. We
were thoroughly converted to the
policy of keeping the cows in the barn
all the time. The theory for this
method is that when cows are turned
out into the yard on a sunny day,
they have such a good time that they
expect to get out again the next day,
and if the weather will not permit
this, they are disconnected and the
milk flow suffers. At the end of this
long period that the cows were kept
in the barn. every cow in the herd
was in just as good condition as she
could have possibly been had they
been turned out into the yard part
of the time.
1t is a mistaken idea we believe
that COWS must have lots of exercise.
The cow that is eating lots of food
and producing lots of milk is con-
stantly exercising every function in
her body except her legs, and we have
found in actual practice that it does
not require much running around in
the yard to give their legs plenty of
exercise.
We know also that many successful
dairymen follow the practice of let
ting their cows out on nice days dur
ing the winter months, and we do not
claim that success is impossible in
following this practice. We do, how
ever, believe that these same men
would get better results by keeping
their cows in the barn all the time
during the cold weather. This de
ponds somewhat upon the kind of
stable, as the COW needs sunlight, and
the place that she is to be kept in
all the time should be properly
lighted.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
Another Potato Pest
May Be Introduced

Potato growers in the United
States are being informed by The
Department of Agriculture at
Washington, d. c., that it is hoped
that a potato disease prevalent
in parts of Europe and in Canada
may be kept out of the United
States by quarantine measures.
This disease is known as "powdery
scab."
The disease resembles the COM
mon scab, which is found widely
distributed in this country, al
though the two diseases are read
lily distinguished by several char
acteristics. Affected tubers first
show rounded, blister-like spots, a
sixteenth to an eight of an inch
in diameter. The skin over the pus-
tules soon breaks revealing dark
brown, powdery surface compos-
ed mostly of spore balls which
serve to propagate the disease.
The spots later enlarge and deep
en-, and frequently coalesce, form
ing large areas of diseased tissue,
which makes the tubers unsightly
and greatly reduces their market
value.
Powdery scab is introduced into
uninfected areas through the use
of infected seed potatoes. AL
though practically unknown in
the United States, traces Of it have
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
BabCOCk Test Great
Aid to Dairymen
By Farnk Sandhsmmer, Hart, Mich.

Before any method of determining
butter fat in milk was known there
was no accurate knowledge of the
richness of milk sold TO creameries
and cheese factories and all were paid
according TO the weight of milk de-
livered. At first it was thought that
100 pounds of milk from one COW
would make just as much butter
as 100 pounds produced by any
other cow. So cows were valued in
those days by the number of pounds
OF milk they produced. But butter
makers saw differences in the
amounts of butter produced and
many methods of determining butter
fat were tried, but none was a COM
plete success until 1890. During this
year DR.. S. M. Babcock, the chemist
of the Wisconsin agricultural expert
ment station, invented the test which
was named after him the Babcock
test.
Since the Babcock test was in
vented il has been found that the
weight of butter or cheese that can
be obtained from certain amount of
milk depends very much upon the
weight of butter rat present in the
milk. So now patrons of creameries
| and cheese factories receive their pay
according to the number of pounds
| of butter fat contained in the milk.
In any herd of cows some are bet
| ter than others. In fact, some make
the owner a net profit OF twenty-five
| to fifty dollars year, while othe s
are star boarders and do not even
pay for the feed they consume. By
the use of the Babcock test the dairy
man is able to learn if his cows are
making or losing money for him.
Those which are losing money
should be replaced at once by paying
animals. Some farmers say they can
tell from the way a cow looks
whether she is paying or not. This
may be true to a certain extent, but
a far better way and an absolutely
positive one is to use the Babcock
test.
The skim milk from the separa-
tors should be tested occasionally to
see if the machine is doing efficient
work. Tests of separator milk run
all the way from nothing to five-hun
dredths of one per cent. Separating
cold milk, running the separator too
slow, and other causes may cause
the percent of fat in the skim milk
to rise and so increase the loss. This
is not a total loss, for the fat is
usually fed to calves and pigs, but
it is more valuable in the form of
| butter or cheese.
The three reasons why the Bah
cock test are of value to the farmer
are:
|. By frequent testing of his milk
or cream sent to the factory or
creamery he can determine if the
tests are correct.
2. By testing regularly and select
ing he can improve his herd.
3. If the skim milk is tested oc-
casionally he will discover if he is
losing butter fat
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
(Concluded from LAST week.l

Sweet Clover-Is so widely differ
ent in appearance from other varie-
ties of clover to a superficial observer
that few would recognize it as be-
longing to that family. It's value as
forage plant and as fertilizer is
just beginning to be recognized and
as it is a very productive honey plant,
producing very fair grade of honey,
and blooming for a large part of the
summer, it is a plant of considerable
Importance to the bee-keeper.
Dandelion (Taraxacum lis of great
Importance for the same reasons
mentioned in connection with fruit
blossoms. 1t comes before the clover
flow and is of great benefit in get
ting the bees ready for that flow.
The honey is golden in color and of
very good flavor but very seldom
gets in the surplus apartments.
Goldenrod (Solidago)--A fall flower
very plentiful in many places and
produces a fair quality of golden col
ored honey when obtained in its
purity.
Milkweed (Asclepias Cornuti)-
Where this plant is plentiful it is one
Of the best, producing an abundance
of white honey of a rich delicious
flavor which cannot be beat. 1t
blooms Immediately after the clovers.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29

The Fremont Western Mchganders already the alfalfa
The value of this forage being taken advan
age Of The above of the Joseph Ger
Der field There 200 cocks the three the
return being the rate of three tons the The first
ting June 17 and by June 25h the second crop
inches high. Mr. Gerber three regularly
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
CaterpiIlars Are
Giving Much Trouble

A fern-destroying caterpillar COM
ing from Florida has made its ap-
pearance in northern greenhouses
The caterpillar has the same habit as
cut worms, of cutting or severing
portions of the fern plant, apparently
destroying more than it needs for
food. AS it is always warm in the
greenhouse where it works, the in
sect does damage in winter as well
as in summer. 1t attacks the ten
der leaves, especially the growing
tips of young fronds, thus checking
any attempt of the plant to replen-
lsh its dying parts.
The moth that lays the eggs from
which this caterpillar is Matched Iss
seldom seen by day. When aroused
it usually flies down under the bench
es. Many moths are caught in spider
webs in dark corners of the green
houses. The color of the larvae var
les from yellow or bright green CO.
nearly black. It's length is about an.
inch and half. A cut in a special
bulletin issued by the Federal De-
partment of Agriculture at Washing
ton, d. c., illustrating both moth and
caterpillar, will assist the fern grow
ers to identify it.
Another caterpillar that attacks
rose bushes and young trees is de-
scribed in a new bulletin (No. 124)s
compiled by the Department of Ag-
riculture. Hand picking is advised to
control the ravages of this insect in
case it's work has not been too ex-
tensive, precaution being taken to,
use a glove to avoid being "stung."
Bushes or trees may be sprayed with
Paris green or arsenate of lead If
there is no danger of poisoning hu-
man beings thereby.
1t is only within recent years that
this slug-like caterpillar has been
known to injure roses. 1t has also
been remarked that the larvae feed
on wild cherry, oak, chestnut, hick-
DRY, paw paw, bayberry or wax myr-
tie, dogwood, plum, apple and pear
trees.
The bulletin contains a cut of the
rose slug caterpillar which will inter
est both rose growers and nursery
men. The caterpillar is described as
attractively and strongly marked, and
about three-fourths Of an inch in
length when full grown.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29

has undergone a natural cross
with the common variety which.
together with its exposure to
numerous severe winters which
have eliminated the weaker plants.
has made il one of the hardest
of our commercial strains. The
seed was produced originally en-
tirely in Minnesota, but tests of
the true variety since grown i'm
Dakota, Montana, and Idaho indi-
cate that these lots are all of
equal value and are quite az
hardy as those grown in Min
nesota.
AS it is difficult to detect sub
stitutes for Grimm in the seed
the farmers are urged to buy
Grimm only from reliable dealers
and, as far as possible, to trace
the seed back to it's source. In
many cases the retailers are not
deliberately perpetrating a fraud,
as they have purchased this seed
for Grimm and sell it in the be-
lief that it is Grimm.
This seed has become very pop
ular in regions of cold winters
and is now used not only in tho
Northwest but in the East, par
ticularly in northern New York
and New England.
Similarly it is found that in the
dry-land regions. where the win
tiers are severe and there is lit
tie snowfall and comparatively lit
tie moisture the northern alfalfa
seed grown in cold regions on
dry land is especially useful.
Much of this seed comes from
Montana, and it is found that un-
scrupulous dealers have been tax
ing seed raised under irrigation in
that State and selling it as Mon
tana dry-land alfalfa seed.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
Hairy or Sand VefCh
By Jas. F. Zimmer Asst. AgricuIturis Manstee Mich

Hairy vetch (Vicia villosa) is not
very we'll known to most farmers in
Michigan, but, as it is one of the nit
rogen gatherers (legumes) the writer
feels that it should have a place in
the list Of farm crops,
The pods of the hairy vetch shat
ter very easily, the seeds are small,
globular, and nearly black.
CHM attic and Soil Requirements.
This plant will grow well in we'll
drained soil, but will not thrive on a
poorly drained field. 1t does best in
loans or sandy loans, though excel
lent crops are grown both on sandy
and gravelly soils. On poor land
vetch is often used as soil improver,
and while the yield may not be large
it is often good farm practice to grow
it. On poor soils special care should
be taken to provide thorough inocu-
lation, as without it failures common
ly result. The seed bed should be
quite fine and firm. This plant is
markedly drought resistant, often
making a good crop during extremely
dry weather. 1t is quite resistant to
alkali and will terminate well in soils
too alkaline for most legumes.
Time of Sowing.
Vetches are sown in northern lati-
tudes from the middle of July until
August 20, and at the rate of about
twenty to thirty pounds of seed per
acre. AS this plant is a creeper, or
runs on the ground, it is usually sown
with rye as a nurse crop, using one
to one and one-half bushels of rye per
acre.
incubation.
incubation of the soil when hairy
vetch is planted for the first time is
a matter of prime Importance, as fail
ures due to lack of the proper terms
in the soil are a common experience.
The surest way is to bring soil
from an old vetch field, and scatter
over the field at the rate of 300 pounds
to the acre and Immediately harrow
it into the ground. When soil is not
available, the artificial cultures may
be used, but in this event only a small
field should be planted when starting.
Uses of the Crop.
Hairy vetch is adapted to nearly as
wide a range of uses as red clover,
and in regions where red clover for
any reason does not succeed it is a
good substitute. 1t makes excellent
hay, though it is rather difficult to
NOV.
1t furnishes good pasturage and
may be grazed in the early spring
without materially reducing the hay
crop. 1t makes an excellent green
manure crop in the sandy soils.
Where once established it is inclin-
ed to persist more or less from year
to year as a weed. This is not a
serious matter, except in wheat-grow-
ing sections, as vetch seed is separa-
ted from wheat with difficulty. 1t is
therefore seldom advisable to grow
this crop where wheat is produced.
Is It a Profitable Crop?
II properly managed, this crop will
yield far more profit on sandy soils
than such crops as wheat, oats, bar
ley, ETC., and in addition will leave
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
Think of the Farm

There are several sides to the dairy
question. Almost always we think of
the side that relates to the dollars
and cents we expect to get out of
the business now forgetting that
there is far more important way of
looking at it. We have the satisfac-
ton of knowing that the man who
engages in dairying does not skin his
farm and give the hide away. Every
year he is putting back good share
of the fertility he takes out of his
land in the form of manure, grass
and soiling crops. This is not the
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29

the soil in better condition for subse-
quent crops. When the crop is prop
erly prepared, the yield of vetch on
sandy soils ranges from three to six
bushels per acre, in addition to the
rye with which it is commonly sown.
The yield to be expected is depen-
dent not so much upon the soil as
upon the treatment given the crop.
The seed is selling for $3.50 per
bushel, and at such prices the farm
ers of the sandy soils of Michigan
should by all means grow vetch for
seed. For further information read
ers are requested to write to the U.
S. Department of Agriculture, Wash
ington, d. c., for Farmers Bulletin
515.
To marry a wife, if we regard
the truth, is an evil, but it is a
necessary evil.-Menander.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29

EMMETT COUNTY
N. "A tier' .ssss' brutub
GOGEBIC COUNTY
Northern Land Agency ............ Ironwood
IONA COUNTY
f. II. oiye'''''' Iona
KENT COUNTY
The Crow Agency. ............. Grand Rapids
Geo. w. Brace & Co. ......... Grand Rapids
MANISTEE COUNTY
]. E. Merritt. Observation-Disclosures. Manistee
MUSHROOM COUNTY
W. w. Barcus. Observation-Disclosures uskegon
OCEANA COUNTY
j. ID. S. Hanson & Son. Hart
ALLEGAN COUNTY
Pears Real Estate Co. ........... Saugatuck
OTTAWA COUNTY
j. 4. Jorgensen. ................ Grand Haven
Weersings Real Estate Agency. Holland
MONTCALM COUNTY
Ketchum & Morse. Observation-Disclosures. Edmore
GLADWIN COUNTY
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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29
s IL a Profitable Crop?

II properly managed, this crop will
yield far more profit on sandy soils
than such crops as wheat, oats, bar
ley, ETC., and in addition will leave
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-11-29

case with the man who raises grain
exclusively, keeping little if any stock
and selling his farm here, year after
year, until it will produce little or
nothing.
The daily sentinel., 1913-05-30
GRAND PARADE
IS FEATURE Of
THE DAY
Opera Scene Of Fine Memorial
Services This Morning.
PROF. T. B. SMITH is SPEAKER

With an imposing parade and I'M
presslye and appropriate services at
the opera house Phil Sheridan post
No. IS observed the Soldiers Sab
bath. Scores of citizens Joined the
veterans and their affiliated and aux
iliary organizations in the parade and
the opera house was crowded.
The parade. as it marched up Main
street was a most impressive sight.
The line of march formed shortly
after 10 o'clock, and the city band of
10 pieces led the procession with c.
w, Rumble on a prancing horse, as
marshal of the day.
Following the band came the G. 4.
r. drum corps with fife and drum
filling in the spaces between the
band selections. Next were the Sons
of Veterans and the war veterans, 40
strong followed in marching order
and bower TO their hundreds of ad-
miring friends along the street.
The Woodman of the World drill
team was next and looked very neat
in the new uniforms, which were
worn for the first time today. They
are dark navy blue trimmed with
white braid and with white duck
! trousers Each coat has a green oak
leaf insignia sewed to the right cuff.
the order
Following thu Woodmen came n
lot of small school children and the
rear was brought up by long line of
decorated carriages, containing mem
bers OF various patriotic orders, in
cluding the w. X. C. members and
Ladies of the G.. A. r. National col
ors and flags were much inevidence
all thu way through the parade.
AT the opera house the ceremonies
we're opened by Commander J. r.
Falls, who made a brief address to
the big audience. Adjutant N. n.
Smith read the national and state de-
partment orders for Memorial day,
and was followed by patriotic song.
Comrades in Arms by the male
chorus Rev. II. II. Beach followed
with a prayer and w. S. Della Matyr
read the John A. Logan orders.
/ Prof. 4. b. Smith then delivered
I the grafton of the day. 1t was Il
splendid depletion of the sacred ira
ditions of the day and the solemnity
and Importance of the observance.
l He paid warm tribute to the heroes
/ in blue and gray who struggled in
the early SOS. The Lincoln Gets
burg address was then read by Fred
j. Vosburg
The familiar "Tenting on the Old
Ground" was sung with impressive
effect by the male chorus and, after
the entire audi nee sang America
the service was enCec with benedic-
ton by Rev. Beach.
The cars and carriages then as
sembled and the veterans were taken
to the cemetery. where the rituals
tic service was performed and the
yraVae warp decorated
The daily sentinel., 1913-05-30
CITY OFFICIALS
JOIN POST 50
IN SERVICE
impressive Ceremonies Mark
Observance Of Day.
THE CEMETERIES ARE FILLED

Automobiles transported the mem
bers and wives of Grand Junction
post No. 80, Grand Army of the Re
public to the cemetery from the city
hall. With them rode Mayor Thomas
NJ Todd and Secretary. Lincoln An
ties of the Chamber of Commerce.
who participated in the exercises.
The cars left for the cemetery
promptly at 8 o'clock. The services
were opened by the commander, T.
Il. Fulghum, and was followed by the
Chaplain's prayer for a providential
blessing on the services of the day.
Mayor Todd read the order issued
by John A. Logan in 1856, which was
the first memorial day order. Sec
retary Antics read the Gettysburg
speech which is a part of every OBJ
servance of the day.
Commander Fulghum then deliver
ed a brief address, setting forth the
purposes of the day, its solemnity
and impressiveness.
MY Country. 'Tis of Thee" sung
with all the yigor that patriotism and
enthusiasm could inspire. ended the
ritualistic service and the ceremonies
came to close with a prayer by the
chaplain.
The graves of departed members of
the post were decorated and scores
of citizens who were participating in
the services also laid floral tributes
on the graves of their loved ones.
All day long the cemeteries were
crowded with people who came to
drop fragrant tributes of loves and
emory upon the last resting places OF
relatives and friends who have gone
before The entire day was one OF
splendid expression to the patriotic
feelings of the people. Seldom has
there been a more thorough and gen
eral turning ont of the citizenry to
pay honor to the boys in blue on Me-
mortal day.
The daily sentinel., 1913-05-30
Gold and SHUer
Star for Chief
Presented Tonight

Tonight Chief of Police Matthews
will be presented with his handsome
new gold and silver chief of police
star. gift from the members of the
Grand junction Trades e. Labor AS
sembly. The star has been on exhi-
bition in the windows of the Sher-
man jewelry store all day and is very
fine. II is a fiye-pointed star of sol
i'd silver, beautifully engraved and
in the center on a circle of pure gold
with gold letters shining through
black enamel are the words Chief OF
Police, Grand Junction, Colo
The new star is a high tribute to
the esteem with which the new chief
is held and that he will always cher
ish the gift needs no assurance.
The daily sentinel., 1913-05-30
Maine Heroes are
Honored Today
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
New York, May SO.-The army
and navy and the citizenry did honor
in New York today to those who
perished in Havana harbor on the
hattleship Maine, on the occasion of
the unveiling of the national Maine
monument here.
The monument is a pylon 40 feet
high at the entrance of Circle en-
trance to Central park, 1t was erect
ell by popular subscription from all
parts of the country.
The ceremonies brought dozen
dreadnaughts of the North Atlantic
fleet, the Cuban cruiser Cuba, Secre-
tary of the Navy Daniels, former
President Taft, representatives of the
Cuban congress and government and
Governor Haines of Maine. The un-
yelling of the monument late this af-
ternoon was preceded by a parade in
addition to the usual memorial cere-
monies held at Grants tomb.