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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23

The beds of the ancients were pi'e'
of skins. The first beds resembling
those used in modern times were mao'
of PUSHES and later of straw. The us'
of feathers in making beds has oee'
attributed to the Romans. and Eiaga
balus( (He.iogabaIus) is said to nav
used an air cushion for pillow IN ZIG
Air beds we're frequently used dirin'
the sixteenth century. Feather oed
were largely used during the reign y
Henry VIII. of England.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
Anxious Curiae.

Il hope this is the last sentence
shall pass upon you." said Frenci
magistrate to II tramp who has appear
ed before him regularly for many years
Affecting surprise. the tramp replied
'"Then you think of retiring. your wor
ship?-LOndon Telegraph.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
/ utt's Pills
This popular remedy never fails Il

This popular remedy never fails to
effectualiy cure
Dyspepsia, Constipation, Sick
Headache, B;EiOusness
And ALL DISEASES arising from :
Torpid Liver and Bad Digestion
The natural result Ii good appetite
and solid flesh. Dose small; elegant.
~ sugar coated and easy to swallow.
lake No Substitute.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
ENGINE AND SAW MILL
FOR SALE.

A good Fifteen Horse Power Prick
Traction Engine and Saw Mill for
sale cheap to quick buyer.
2. TAYLOR,
Apr. 25-4t. DERRICK. Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
Household Maneuvsn.

~And what" asked the caller, after
he had been shown all over Mr.. Bobb's
new house, '@is that pretty little article
hanging over the piano?"
Don't you knowr answered Mr..
Bobbs, enthusiastically. why, that Is
a handy match receiver. made by
Mr& Bobbs. scratch q match and
use Il It must not be thrown on the
door-there II the receiver. Holding
the burnt match carefully IN my IN
gess, move the piano away from the
vail 70 the osntsr Of the room. Then
/ 70 down IN the basement and get the
stepladdez. I place the stepladdef
against the wan, mount It. deposit the
match In the receiver. climb down
again. I them return the stepladdef
to the basement come back and move
the piano into IT. former position.
There's nothing Ike having these
handy things about the house. 1t
makes for nsatnsss and discourages
smokinE."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
kerCheval's History of the
Valley.

A few copies of Kercheval's. History
of the Valley for sale at the HERALD
Office. Price $500.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
Naxae On.

Senator Penrose. on q visit to Allan
&c City, rang for . bellboy 70 take q
telegram. but It was not until the
twelfth or thirteenth ring that the boy
appeared.
you've been . long time coming.
said the senator.
Eyes, sir" said the boy. You see
cir, It's our dinner hour"
Senator Penrose smiled grimly.
RI know why you bellboys are called
buttons" he said You're always OF.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23

Invest you money In the per cent
Certificates of the Shen. Valley Loan
& Trust Co., Woodstock, Va. Sc
curity unquestioned. Interest pay
able semi annually, and Certificates
redeemable any time after six months
20 short notice.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23

WANTED-a few carloads OF red
and black oak railroad ties. standard
size. Call on or write. M. 81. Hotel
VI ,cdstock. Va. 1l-22-t,
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06

Along about this time IL began to
dawn on peoples minds that fruit
growing was profitable and more or
chards were planted. / very well re-
member when, in 1879, planted my
first orchard. / bought a piece of
land, 30 acres, for $4,000, just the
bare land, no buildings or orchards.
l paid $1,000 down and afterwards
borrowed the balance, $4,000, of the
late Isaac Phelps, paying him 10 per
cent for the loan and glad to get it
at that. Upon this land | planted
1000 peach trees of various kinds.
Everybody said that / was crazy and
that the market would be oversup-
piled. All kinds of dire results were
predicted. The orchard was a sue
cess, and the first two or three crops
wiped out the mortgage and put some
buildings on the land. Soon after this
planting orchards, especially peaches,
became an epidemic. Nearly every
farmer in the county having anything
like an elevated piece of land planted
peaches. Those who did not have
planted other fruits, apples, plums,
grapes or small fruit, and the farmer
in this county who did not grow fruit
was lonesome. Up to this time we
had had no organization; we were all
amateurs; nearly everybody growing
fruit treated the business as sort of
side issue. Much of our fruit was
shipped out on consignment and re-
turns were often unsatisfactory.
However, this condition brought about
the formation of the Grand Rapids
Fruit Growers association, undoubt-
eddy the largest and, believe, the
most successful organization of its
kind in the country, Notwithstanding
the fact that it had no corporate
charter or legal standing. Necessity
is the mother of invention and neces-
sity drew and held the growers to-
gether, and there grew up in Grand
Rapids the largest fruit market in
the world; a real market where the
producer brought his produce in the
morning and went home with his cash
in his pocket. We brought the buyers
here and they bought what their mar
kets demanded. These were palmy
days for the Kent county fruit grow
ers, with good crops and fairly good
prices.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06

the taste and smell is wonderful, CIV
ing a combination of quality that can
not be beaten anywhere in the United
States. This progressive bank is to
be congratulated upon the success Of
its efforts to bring about such show
as they have on display.
"You have got the apple in this re-
gion that is so far ahead of anything
| have ever before seen or tasted that
| firmly believe, once you have estab-
lished market in the larger cities of
the United States you will be unable
to supply the demand. AS l got off
the steamer at New York on my re-
turn from Europe / wanted an apple
and when l finally located a fruit
store they had nothing for sale but
the western apple, no New York ap-
pies nor Michigan apples. This is
just one illustration of how the west
ern apple is to be found on practically
every market. In this connection /
would advise the use of boxes to pack
your fruit, packing them Al clear to
the bottom and once you have started
this style of packing you will never
return to the barrel. Out west you
never hear the word barrel mentioned
with the shipment Of fruit, it is al
ways the box"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06

| remember one morning when we
had by actual count 120 outside buy
ers on the market. The climax was
reached in 1902 when the following
statistics as to fruit actually market
ed here were taken by the Grand
Rapids board of trade: Peaches, l.
zoe, 900 bushels; pears, 7,4OO bushels;
apples, ia, 900 bushels; plums, 1850
bushels; crab apples, 1000 bushels;
ounce, LOO bushels; cherries $4,000
bushels; pie plant, 1900 bushels;
grapes, 125 tons; strawberries, 213,-
900 crates; raspberries, $4,000 crates;
blackberries, $4,000 crates; gooseber-
ries, 1000 crates; currants, 5,400
crates. For several weeks the trans
portation lines devoted nearly all
their men and equipment to moving
the fruit crop. 1t was perishable and
could not wait. After this a success
sion of hard winters, followed by an
epidemic of fruit tree diseases and in
sect pests, discouraged many growers.
Orchards were neglected and soon fell
a prey to their enemies and were soon
destroyed and removed, and today one
may see bare and in many cases
badly quilted and washed fields where
once grew fine productive orchards.
The farmers, however, who stuck to
the business, giving their orchards
proper care, have found them in
creasingly profitable.
There is no good reason why Kent
county should not be producing more
fruit today than ever before. 1t is
true conditions have changed. The
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06
Peaches We're Shipped From
Kent County as Early as 1875

The writer came to Grand Rapids
in September, 1864, and for some
thing more than year lived on Foun-
tain street, just east of the present
site of the Peninsular club building.
In the spring of 1866 my father pur-
chased a small place on the hill out
West Bridge street and engaged in
fruit growing and market gardening.
While not very old | was of a suffi-
cient age to assist in the work and
from that time to the present day
have been more or less actively en-
gagged in fruit growing.
On this little farm was an orchard
Of apples and peaches planted by the
former owner, perhaps five or six
years old, standing in the sod and
somewhat neglected. Fortunately, the
varieties were good and after a year
or two of careful cultivation this or
chard proved to be a very productive
and profitable investment. 1t con-
tanned about 200 apple trees and 400
or 500 peach trees. The market at
that time was entirely local and our
crop was either sold to the local
grocery men or, more often, peddled
from house to house. OF course, we
were not the only ones growing fruit
and very often the market was over
supplied and the fruit, especially
peaches, went to waste. In 1874 or
1875 we shipped what l believe to be
the first car of peaches that ever left
this county. We loaded an ordinary
box car with probably 100 bushels of
Crawford peaches, setting the bas-
kets directly upon the floor. My
father took this car of fruit to Sagi-
nav and sold them, establishing a
new industry and new market. At
ter this nearly every year we shipped
more or less fruit, both by freight and
express to nearby towns and estab
ished the custom of using the bushel
basket. Previous to this peaches
everywhere were shipped in crates or
slated boxes. The bushel basket was
for years after a distinctive Grand
Rapids package. Time and again l
have been on the Chicago or Milwau-
kee markets when the only baskets
of this character were from Grand
Rapids, while today half the packages
used in the entire country are the
standard bushel.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06
Abandonment of Good Farm Land Often
Due to Failure to Utilize Legume Crops

humus derived from nonleguminous
plants.
"There are 10 important legumi-
nous field crops used in the United
States, namely, red clover, alfalfa,
cowpeas, alsike clover, crimson clover,
white clover, soy beans, peanuts, Can
ada peas, hairy vetch, common vetch,
velvet beans, Japan clover, sweet
clover, bur clover and beggar weed.
"In comparatively few cases does it
happen that one of these legumes can
be used in place of another" contin-
ues the statement. Ceases in which
there is a choice are red clover, al
falfa, alsike clover and sweet clover;
cowpeas, soy beans, peanuts and
Japan clover; crimson clover, hairy
vetch and bur clover; velvet beans
and beggar weed. The department
has been frequently asked by farmers,
where there is a choice of legumes
adapted to the same purpose, which
one adds the most nitrogen to the
soil.
"To some extent this is determined
by the amount of nitrogen contained
in the crop. Thus of 1000 pounds of
green plants cowpeas contain on the
average 81 pounds; common vetch,
Al pounds; Canada peas, 4.3 pounds;
Mammoth clover, "A pounds; crimson
clover, 4.6 pounds; velvet beans, 5.4
pounds; hairy vetch, 5.5 pounds;
sweet clover, So pounds; alsike clover,
6 pounds; soy beans, 6.5 pounds; red
clover, 6.8 pounds; alfalfa, IA pounds;
and bur clover, S.5 pounds of nitrogen.
Additional advantages considered
more or less important in connection
with green manuring are based on the
root structure of the plant. Unques-
tionably, legumes with stout roots
which penetrate the soil to consider
able depths do have a somewhat sim
liar effect to a subsoiler, and further
which shallowrooted plants can not
reach.
Investigations prove the high
value of the common legume crops
whether used in rotation or as green
manure crops. Results obtained from
their use are far more striking in
poor soils than in rich soils. Perhaps
the safest rule to apply where there
is a choice of two legumes is to use
the one which gives the largest total
yield per acre, or If these are about
equal, to use the one whose seed is
cheapest.
"The blowing under of green ma
nure crops as a regular operation is
seldom carried on except in orchards.
In this case there can be but little
doubt that the operation is highly
profitable. With field crops the plow-
ing under Of green manure crop is
seldom justifiable except in the case
of very poor lands or at considerable
intervals, because ordinarily it is far
more profitable to utilize the crop for
feed and then to return the manure
to the SOIL"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06

The impressive thing about the
show of apples at the Traverse City
State bank recently was the great
variety of good boxing apples dis
played. Heretofore the apple dis
plays have been confined largely to
the cooking or kitchen varieties, but
in these days when the city demand
for barreled apples is falling off to a
marked extent, we are compelled to
ask the pointed question as to how we
are to meet these new demands on
our orchards. In other words, are our
orchards producing grades and varie-
ties which the taste or the consumer
demands at this day.
Another thing was noticeable. Our
growers are giving attention not only
to the quality, but also are asking
questions as to the proper sizes of
fruit to grow in order to make a
handsome package. This means that
the large apple is no longer in con-
troll. For example we noticed a box
of Seek No-Further in a standard
Oregon box in which there were IT'S
apples (packed diagonally in five
showed up handsomely, and while the
IIull lOOhCu Slldllg ~ W Dc d olLt Llletl
sells well for both fruit stand and
table decoration. Other good boxing
apples in the display were as follows
10 plates Jonathan beautifully colored
and of medium size nine plates Toll
man Sweet, of good appearance; nine
plates Wealthy, colored nicely and
still firm; IL plates Snow, good clean
fruit; eight plates Grimes Golden,
good size but lacking in high color;
five plates Shiawasee Beauty, fine
color and good packing size; three
plates Canada Red, smooth and well
shaped; two plates Mcintosh Red,
good, but past their prime; one plate
Stayman Winesap, splendid color and
we'll shaped; one plate Salome, good
fruit, good color; one plate Chenango,
exceedingly well colored; one plate
Gideon, smooth skin and very clean !;
% plates Northern Spy, well colored,
but too large for good boxing stock /;
80 plates Wagner, handsome well
formed fruit and of good boxing size,
running about SO to the box; six
plates Winter Banana, smooth skin,
delicate color and in fine form, about
the best of the high priced apples
nine plates King, round, well shaped;
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06

cludes good barreling varieties like
Baldwin, Greening and stark which
may hold their own in the foreign
trade for years when so packed.
G. II. Force, president of the Cali
fornia Corrugated Culvert company,
of San Francisco and Los Angeles
happened to be at Jackson, Michigan,
during the show. Having formerly
been a resident of the state, living at
Grand Rapids and Lowell for about
15 years, during which time he was
in the wholesale fruit business, he
upon learning of the show made a
trip here that he might see just what
progress Michigan has been making
in the production of fruit.
When asked what he thought of the
display he said: 81 am astonished,
simply carried off my feet. / had no
idea that there was any place in the
state of Michigan that could grow
fruit like this. / have visited apple
shows in all parts of the west and
have seen the fruit from the Hood
River Valley, Rogue River Valley, Pa
jaro Valley, in fact from all the big
orchards Of the west and never have
l seen an exhibition that could COM
pare with this. The size Of your ap-
pie is good, with fine, rich color and
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06

probably be ready for operation by
April /. The total cost, including
buildings, real estate, machinery,
labor, etc, will approximate $500, 900,
although the present expenditure is
limited to less than 100000. A 1850
foot electric railway will connect the
M. c. r. r. with the plant for the
transportation of fuel and supplies.
A 5O0-kilowatt, direct-connected 1900
volt alternating current generator
will supply the campus with electri-
city. Steam for heating purposes will
be supplied from eight boilers fed
from Cochran heaters.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06

The above photo shows the Grand
Rapids Coliseum and annex, where it
is contemplated by members of the
West Michigan State Poultry associa-
ton, the largest show Of its kind the
state has ever known will be pulled
off on January 6, z, s and 9. Members
Of the several committees having the
project in hand are reporting crafty
ing progress, and no misgivings what
ever are entertained as to its success
That it will eclipse all previous ex-
hibitions of the kind here is fore
gone conclusion. More comprehensive
publicity is to be given the show, and
prospects are for a largely augmented
list Of outside entries. A good list Of
special prizes besides the cash prizes
have been made.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06

fruit tower of today must be a spe-
calls Fruit cannot be grown in the
old c. reless manner; indeed, / doubt
whether the general farmer from now
on will be able to produce fruit for
question If he can afford to do so. 1t
is business by itself and gradually
we must grow up a new generation
of men who will be primarily fruit
growers and not farmers, and when
that time comes Kent county will
again take its rightful place as the
banner fruit section. Our splendid
market, excellence and diversity of
soils, elevation, immunity from frosts,
all combine to make this the ideal To-
cation If we but meet the changed
conditions. | know of no more pleas
ant and profitable occupation or one
that will more surely and quickly re-
spond to intelligent effort.
We hear a great deal said about
over-production. We have always
had the same talk, but the facts are
that when production reaches a point
at or above local consumption and an
outside market must be obtained, the
greater the supply the greater the
opportunity to interest the buyers; in
fact, until we can furnish solid cars
and in large quantities, we cannot ex-
pect to command any considerable
outside trade. Buyers will go where
there is an adequate supply.-By
Robert d. Graham in Michigan
Tradesman.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06
Fruit Stems
CLIPPED SHORT
Large Variety of Good Boxing
Apples Exhibited at Big Show
BY Edward Paysop
with Fair Oaks Nursery Co.. Traverse City. Mich.

one box Newton Pippin, three to three
and half. large and snowy.
From this splendid list of table ap-
pies the student of market conditions
can readily select half a dozen varie-
ties with which Michigan might sue
cessfully continue her welfare to re-
gain the table and fruit stand trade.
If we only concentrate our efforts on
a few sizes on the same plan used
by the western growers we can then
meet fair and square the competition
of their Grimes Golden, Jonathan, De-
licious, York Imperial, Newton, Spit
Zenburg, etc, in the markets of the
world; and our flavor certainly will
win just as soon as we learn to raise
and box in quantity the varieties
called for by the market. Then, too,
our growers have learned finally that
boxed apples, bring at the rate of
81 ' to $500 per barrel, against the
S to $3.50 when put UP in barrels.
: t 5000 to 10000 boxes of fine ap-
r were sent out from the region
fall, showing clearly our new
Z don on the marketing question.
he exhibit OF plates of Baldwin,
stark, Hubbardson, Nonesuch, Wolf
iNlNNAt NiiNNiiAiSJ WV "oS NCAy
esting. They belong more to the
cooking or kitchen varieties being but
little used as boxed apples and are
thus not covered in this article. We
almost overlooked several fine plates
of Russell and Ben Davis, both of
which ought to box and sell well as
spring apples, as they are good keep
ers. They should take the place of
Colorado stock always found on our
fruit stands late in the season. Ger
tainly the flavor of Ben Davis is
ahead of the western product and is
worth trying out on it's merits. Even
if sold at $1.00 to S1.25 per box, the
profit is good.
If space permitted, we could show
in detail the good prices realized by
our growers in boxed apples, but it is
enough to state that good well packed
No. stock brings $500 per box for
Wagner ard King, 1925 for Snow and
Grimes Golden, $3.50 for Wealthy
and Duchess, S1.75 for Spy and None
such, $3.50 for Jonathan and $500
for Winter Banana. Out of the 70
varieties exhibited at the Show about
% have high commercial value to the
growers of this section and this in
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06

The decorations will be unique and
unusually elaborate. Large display
cases will be utilized, and a min
iature lake for waterfowl is con-
templated as an especially attractive
adjunct. Exhibits of guinea fowl and
pheasants will be introduced for the
first time.
The egg-laying contest, for which
special awards will be made, is a
feature Of the show in which members
Of the association are manifesting
keen interest. For this will be pro-
vided trap nests, feeders and all
requisite accessories, as on the typi-
cal farm of an expert poultry fancier.
1t is expected breeders throughout
the state will make use Of this op-
portunity Of entering birds both for
the contest and the display feature.
II is further expected that the
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06

Michigan Agricultural college will
make an educational exhibit. Manu-
facturers and merchants who have
wares which appeal to poultrymen
and who desire to display the same
will be given opportunity to secure
space.
The railroads are cooperating with
the association and every effort is
being made to carry out the extensive
plans for big displays and features.
The officers aim to make the show
room beyond comparison with the
average shows. Universal coping
will add to the attractiveness Of the
show room.
The elaborate premium list is now
out and ready for mailing and can be
secured by request from the secretary
Mrs. E. r. Wood, $40 Sutton avenue,
Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-12-06
STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC
ABOUT
The Kelley Treatment

There is nothing given in the treatment to
cause nausea or vomiting. but consits OF
Hypodermic Treatment four times each day,
which is admitted by teh best Medical Au-
thorities to be the safest method Of media.
ton In use today. A tonic Ia given in con-
nection with the above every two hours from
7 100 o'clock in the morning until 900 in the
evening This tonic Is reconstructive In its
action and gradually restores the patient to
as near normal conditions as II Is possible
to get him or. in other words places the
patients back where they were before they
ever took a drink Of liquor. When this has
been accomplished the patient is then, we
claim, cured. Lady patients are accepted and
are treated privately in their rooms and no
LADY, need feel timid about coming here for
treatment as the Institute is especially equip
ped for handling these cases In seclusion and
no lady need fear being alone at the In
stitute while under treatment as there are
other ladies In the building at all times. We
urge anyone thinking of taking treatment OF
friends 70 come to the Institute and investi-
rate this matter thoroughly.
For further information address The Kelley
Institute, 1895 Ottawa Ave-, N. w., Grand
Rapids, Mich.