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Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21
THE ELUSIVE ONION.

Here's a good story related by Rob-
ert Edeson, the popular actor:
can aged country couple on the
urgent invitation of grandson who
lived in the city, were on for a visit.
The grandson's wife were very anx-
ious that the first meal should be one
which the aged couple would enjoy
after their long ride on the train,
and accordingly the table groaned
under its burden of good things to
eat.
an the course Of the repast she no,
ticed several times that the old man
seemed to be making little progress
with the meal.
"What is the matter, Grandfather"
she asked, don't you like my dinner?
"'No, no, my dear mumbled the
old man, 1T isn't that. Only I've a
picked onion in my mouth and I
hain't got but one tooth left, so it's
hardern's Sam Hill to actch it, it's so
lively. Just rest EASY spell till l
get holt on it and III be all right ~"
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21

the same period. 1t would be hard to
Overestimate the value of the atten-
ton given to this work. For the
most part it has been carried on by
the states individually without any
national appropriation. Last year all
the states and territories excepting
Louisiana, Nevada, Alaska and Porto
Rico, held Institutes at cost of about
100000.
Institute workers as a rule are Sc
lected from men of practical eXpe-
rience who have the faculty of being
able to impart their theories and
ideas TO others. These men are paid
according to their experience and
ability and during the institute sea-
son depend largely for their trans
portation, board and lodging, upon
the members of the various county
agricultural societies, where the work
is being done. In no cases are the
Institutes forced upon communities
against their will. And be it said to
the credit of the majority that the
meetings are asked for and attended
with enthusiasm. The one-day gath
erings are usually held in the school
houses and grange halls and the
schools often attend in a body and
furnish short programs that add In
terest and variety to the occasion.
Institute workers generally well
come the school children to the au
dienceS. The young people are often
the most attentive listeners. Some
times they bring their notebooks to
take down such hints as may be new
to them. 1t is recognized by the De-
&c A hof a
most effective instruction must be di
rected to the boys and girls, for old
farmers, from force of habit, find 1t
very hard to change the practices
which they have held to for so many
years. The young on the other hand
are ready to take up with every new
idea and welcome with open minds
and willing hands every advanced
project applying to soil management,
stock raising, or farm construction.
Another decade will show wonderful
changes in farm practices as well as
in farm profits.
1t is surely time that the farmer
were coming to his own. Too long
has he been the brunt of the funny
man and the satirist. If it is true
that he who laughs last laughs best,
the farmers ha-ha will soon be heard
from the fields of corn and alfalfa
along every roadside. The process of
education is necessarily somewhat
slow, but it is as sure in its final re-
suits as the. grinding of the mills of
the gods. 1t has brought about all
the splendid achievements of our
modern civilization now enjoyed for
the most part by the jewellers of the
cities, but it is now at work for the
man who lives in the house by the
side of the road, who has done so
much for the world in the past with
out receiving his share of the ben
eft. Here's to the success of agri-
cultural education and the prosperity
of the modern farmer!
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21

creased through the season TO 1871
cents in November, 1911.
The best results were secured with
the following three rations: No. 1, 3
parts of corn meal, parts of low
grade wheat -four, and l part of
shorts; No. 2, parts Of corn meal and
2 parts of low-grade wheat flour, and
No. 3, 5 parts of corn meal, 3 parts of
0w-prade wheat flour, part of shorts
and 5 per cent of tallOw. The same
feeding value is securd in a ration of
parts of corn meal and parts of
oat flour but at the increased cost Of
81 cents per 100 pounds of gain. Four
parts of corn meal, 2 of lowgrade
wheat -four and ! of shorts gave very
good results during the latter part of
the feeding season, or in cool weather;
thot is, the proportion of corn meal
and low-grade wheat flour may be in
creased in cool weather.
The bulletin goes into considerable
detail regarding the average price of
grain and buttermilk used in feeding
experiments and also gives in detail an
account of the equipment, manage
ment and methods of feeding. Illus
trations are given showing the general
arrangement, feed mixers and elevator
in the interior of station; an exterior
view of a model well-eouipped plant
showing complete ventilation which
can be easily controlled; and the exte-
rior of small fattening station with
feed room in the rear. Other illustra
tions shown individual birds which are
good and poor types of feeders. A
very good feeder has a short. thick
head; a poorer tyne has a crowlike
shape head. The bulletin also treats
of Vradir- pouItrv. shrinkage in dress
ing, initial cost of chickens as affect
ing profit in fattening, relation of
grain fed to manure produced, etc.
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21

go, let me CO. as he pulled at his
chain, some great beast is after me,
and has a great, big, ugly eye
"He screamed so loud that the
keepers ran to the tent to see what
was the matter, and the little boy
ran outside, laughing at the big ele-
plant, that had told how brave he
was, and yet was afraid of a little
boy in the dark when he had a flash
light"
"But, Doddens," said Little Pete,
what made. the elephant afraid of
the little boy?"
what makes you afraid of the
dark ?" asked the Sand Farmer.
80, l don't know. Just cause |
don't know what's there, but if big
elephants are afraid of a searchlight,
shan't be afraid of the dark any
more, for j have my search light
now, and can scare even the bugaboo
man with it,"
Just then Mother said, "Come, son,
it's time you were going to bed, and
Little Pete started upstairs alone,
with his search light, chasing all the
phantoms of the dark that bad
frightened him so many nights.
Mother" said the Sand Farmer,
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21
Commercial Fatten=
ing OF Poultry

termilk In place of tallow produced
better results.
Dat -four produced greater gains
than low graded wheat flour, but the
latter feed produced cheaper gains.
Beef scrap added to the buttermilk
in a fattening ration did not increase
the gain. The addition of condiment-
al feeds did not increase the appetite
of the birds or help the gains. Grit
is of no value in fattening for any
period under Is days.
Under commercial conditions in the
Middle West the best results are Sc
cured by fattening for about ii days
until the middle of September, and
then gradually shortening the period
to six or seven days.
The birds ate more feed on three
feeds day, but used feed more eff
ficiently when fed only twice.
Gains were produced at 1.89 and
1.41 cents, respectively, per pound
cheaper in 1911, and $50 and 2.68
cents less in 1912 on broilers than on
roasters, in two experiments.
There was great variations in the re-
suits secured in fattening. This was
due to the difference in the ability of
the birds to take on flesh, to their
weight, and to the effect of weather
conditions. The variation in birds
makes their selection in fattening of
considerable Importance, if the labor
of the extra work can be handled eco
nomically. The influence of the wealth
er in fattening allows chance of err
ror in comparing fattening expert
80 81 Il
The bleach produced by fattening
with buttermilk varies according to
the amount of milk solids consumed
by the birds.
The average cost of fattening hens
in November and December was 1922
and STA cents in 1911 and 1898 and
10.43 cents in 1912, respectively, per
pound of gain at two stations. This is
j higher than the average cost of fat
tening chickens for the entire season
at the same stations. hut less than the
cost of fattening chickens in Novem-
/ Der and December. Hens cost TT
cents per pound in 1911 and 1913 cents
/ in 1912, into the feeder, so that their
/ flesh can be bought cheaper than pro-
! duced at this time of the year. Cheap
er gains were secured in fattening
! hens in 1911 on the rations used in
/ fattening chickens than on a ration OF
corn chop with IS per cent of shorts
mixed with buttermilk.
! Chickens cost 17.6 cents per pound
into the feeder, in July, 1911, while
the gains cost 7 cents per pound III
this time; in November, 1911, they cost
/ Q cents Der nound into the feeder. and
coins cost los cents per pound. This
influences the profit in fattening and
the hest length Of time to fatten. max
inc it advisable to feed longer in the
first part oe The season. The cost ri
picking, grading, and packing Tin
Guiding freezirp) was about cents
per head, making the total sverare
cost Of pound Of dressed poultry In
July, 20.5 cents, which gradually de-
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21
Agricultural Education
BY Prot. M. Z. buckles, Elk Rapids, Mich.

Agricultural education has beer
wearing its seven-league boots dur
ing the past year. Those who have
been watching its great strides have
been amazed at the advance taken
In no other line Of education, from
engineering to music, has such impOr-
tant progress been made. The lavish
demands Of the American stomach
may be open to criticism, but that or
gan has done its part in creating a
situation that has brought forth an
enormous amount of hard study di-
rected at the economic resources OF
our country. What has come upon us
mighty possibly have been postponed
a few years had we been less waste
full in the consumption Of our pro-
ducts, but most of us are rather glad
that we are now living to see this
wonderful educational revolution,
brought about, though it may he by
a badly regulated digestive apa-
ratus.
Yet it is a pity that we have not
been more saving in our food sup
plies. The waste has been costly
both in dollars and cents and in hui
man life. No one knows how much
poverty, how much i'll health, dis
comfort and distress, has been
caused by our inordinate tastes and
Incorporate practices. And it is
because many Of us just eat for pas
time, for entertainment, for sport.
With a Woodworking hungry man
eating is a business proposition; his
demands are simple so long as he has
enough; but there are thousands OF
people who have TO cater to a nO-ap-
petite taste, people whose chief
thought and aim is TO find "some-
thing different" to satisfy an unnat-
ural craving brought or by little-to-
do and lots-Of-money.
There are other causes TO which
we might attribute our sudden
awakening, but the fact remains that
we are going forward rapidly toward
the conservation and improvement Of
our agricultural resources. The high
school that has not taken steps toward
including course in agriculture In its
study outline, in whatever state, is q
back number. Western Michigan has
been and is at the front Of this move
ment. Her high schools have taken
up the work with an enthusiasm that
means success, success that carries q
score of counties on it's shoulders
The farm owners of this region are
now beginning to enjoy the benefits
Of this movement and have lost all
desire to buy land elsewhere, while
those who went west few years ago
TO the plains beyond the Mississippi,
are lamenting their unwisdom and
praying for means to get back once
more to the forests and streams and
fertile fields they left.
Among the effective agencies pro
noting the cause of agricultural edu
cation are the FARMERS institutes.
These have grown in the last ten
years from $50 session to 20,640 in
Al states. The attendance has in
creased from 904,654 to 2,897,991 in
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21

II guess that we are all children,
more or less, and need loves search
light to drive away the dark things
we often fear, but seldom see.
81 think l will begin to test my
seed corn tomorrow morning, to drive
away the poor-crop elephant with a
little real light on the subject of seed
termination next spring"
Mother smiled, and that was all the
flash light the Sand Farmer needed
to make his way light.
AS he sat by the fire the pine
stumps ceased TO flare, and Mother,
knowing how he would love to watch
the Ticking shadows, turned off the
lights and drew up her chair by his
side Her hand some way found his
chair arm, and the Sand Farmers
instinctively rested upon it.
AS they sat by the dying embers
their thoughts went back TO the little
ones no longer afraid of the dark, and
they wished they could kiss them
goodnight and tuck them up in their
beds when they went upstairs. But
they knew that they were in the City
of Light, where there is no more dy-
ing, and where the Lamb is the Light
thereof.
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21
A flint 10 Parents, or How To
Brighten Away The BugabOO rlan

Gus, because his father was the
clown, and one night he remembered
that he had left something in the ami
NAL tent, and thought he would go
after it.
"His papa had given him an cleo
trio torch, or flash light, for Christ
mas, and he carried it in his pocket,
so that he could find his way around
the circus grounds at night when the
lights were out, if he wanted to.
SO he put his flash light in his peck
ct, and started for the animal tent.
Gas he came near he heard the big
elephant Dragging about how many
lions he had killed, and what brave
elephant he was.
"The lions were replying that they
had eaten a dozen elephants his size.
and the monkeys laughed as they
heard them quarreling, and began to
tell how they had Jnrown cocoanuts
on elephants heads, and made them
run away.
"The little boy listened for some
time, and then remembered he was
after something.
"He was a mischievous little boy
lust like some others that have
known, and he liked to scare folks
but didn't really mean to hurt any
one.
"He crept close to the tent door
and then, without making any noise
crawled under it, and along until he
was right in front of the big ele-
plant.
'"The animals were still telling how
brave they were, and what great
things they had done before they
were captured. The little boy thought
how sometimes he told what things
he could do, but he thought that he
would see just how brave the big
elephant was.
"He went a little nearer, until he
was right in front of the big ele.
phant. and then pressed the button Of
his flash light, which looked like g
greet eye. and lighted up the ele.
plants face.
"'Ohl cried the elephant, let me
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21

Although at first thought this mat
ter of diagnosis appears to be Of
prime Importance, in reality it is not
so important or so difficult as it
seems. 1t is estimated that at least
80 per cent of all deaths Of hogs from
disease in the United States are
caused by hog cholera Therefore, in
the case of any fatal outbreak, the
chances are about nine To one that
the cause is hog cholera. 1t is true
that other infections may and do fire.
quently cOmplicate outbreaks of hog
cholera, but in such cases the germ
of hog cholera is the primary cause
of the disease; and If we can takt.
care of the germ Of hog cholera the
pig will usually overcome the other
infections himself.
The symptoms exhibited by hogs
sick of hog cholera are not sufficient
ly distinct from those produced by
other maladies so that a positive di-
agnosis can be made only through a
careful consideration of a number of
other factors in connection with the
symptoms. From a practical staIlsei
point the important thing is 20 recog-
nize hog cholera as soon as possible
der that anti-hOg cholera serum may
be applied before the disease pro-
crosses too far. Good serum may be
depended upon to protect we'll hogs,
and even to cure a large percentage
of those in the earliest stages of the
disease, but it will not be of much
avail when used upon hogs that are
already visibly sick.
The following suggestions To far
merS are offered as an aid to to the
early recognition of hog cholera in
a herd:
1. Keep posted concerning the
condition and health of hogs on other
farms in your neighbOrhOOd. SicbS.
hogs on neighbOring farm are "a.
positive menace, for the germs Of hog
cholera are easily carried on the feet
of men or animals.
2. Look over your herd regularly
in order that any sick hogs may be
promptly discovered.
3. If any hogs in the herd are
found to be "off feed" or appear in
anywise sick, separate them imme~
diately from the remainder of the
herd, and keep them and the
main herd under close observation
disease to spread in the herd the
trouble is probably hog cholera. This
diagnosis may be confirmed by killing
one of the sick animals and examin-
ing the organs in the manner de-
scribed in Farmers Bulletin 379
A. When the first symptoms of
sickness are observed an immediate
change of feed sometimes corrects
the trouble. This is particularly true
of swill fed hogs.
5. If there is any tendency for the
disease to spread in the herd do not
temporize, but Immediately treat the
herd with serum from the State COLI
lege or State Live Stock Sanitary
Board. Prompt administration Of
the serum is essential TO success.
7. Remember that hog cholera
kills millions of hogs where other
diseases kill thousands. Dismiss
from your mind all thought of such
diseases as "lung plague" infectious
pneumonia" "pig typhoid" etc, for
these are generally merely fanciful
designations given to hog cholera by
uniformed men.
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21

The Department of Agriculture has
been carrying on experiments for over
two years in the commercial fatten-
ing of fowl for the market, and has
proven that mechanical labor-Saving
devices reduce the cost of fattening by
reducing both the total amount of la
Dor and the proportion of skilled la
Dor required. The use of labor-saving
mechanical devices has enabled one
man to acre for 1000 to 5000 birds.
The results of the Departments ex-
periments are published in bulletin,
"The Commercial Fattening of PouI-
try" which has just been issued and
can he had by applying to the Depart
ment at Washington, d. c.
Provided stations are kept clean,
mechanical features may be used TO
good advantage in handling poultry
commercially, according to the Dc
partment's investigators. A mixing
machine is particularly a good invest
ment when one is fattening a large
number of chickens.
The new bulletin gives illustrations
of chickens in feeding batteries wait
ing to be fed and of pouring the feed
into the troughs. 1t also shows other
labor-saving devices, such as the
spraying machine and a rack for
squatted and hanging dressed poultry.
The advantage of portable feed
ing battery are emphasized in the De-
partment's experiments. The portable
feeding battery turned out the birds
in better condition and reduced the
cost of labor per pound of gain. 1t
-. II g Lx -,
of the birds caused by rehandling
where stationary batteries are used.
An expert manager who is paid
higher wages than the regular labor
about a feeding station is a necessity
unless the manager of the packing
house understands how TO fatten
chickens and watches the work closely
enough so that he can successfully di-
rect ordinary help which has had some
experience.
The conclusions of the Depart
ment's governments, which are Just be-
| ing published. are made for the sea
sons Of 1911 and 1912. The expert.
ments were made at four separate
| feedinp stations and therefore fouI
sets of figures are given.
i ne average COSI anu Inc dHlOunl
Of feed consumed in fattening 394.744
chickens in the four experiments dur.
ing the season of 1911 were, respect.
lively. as follows: Grain. per pounr
of gain, 1862. 333, 445 end AIS
Donnds. cost IF feed, per pound Of
gain, 7S3, 7.20, Ills and S.71 cents
tota' cost nor Mound Of gain, 9.18, 9.20
SOC and 1927 cents.
The averages in 1912 for 49s.6S1
chickens were: Grain. per pound n
gain, 40. 35s. 3.72 and 4.98 pounds
cost of feed. ner mound of gain. S74
ITO, 6e1 end pos cents; total cos'
per po~rA If gain, 1927, $50, 7.9S
orI - ~ co-ts.
Tallow. while making the fat on the
birds more pronounced, increased thu
cost Of gains. Thick condensed but
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21
Helps For Advertisers
By J. W. Lafferty

Good advertising is that which at
tracts attention, creates interest and
desire to own that which is adver-
tised.
Asking a question in your "Ad" is
an imposition upon the reader of the
paper. Such expressions as eve Sell
Hundreds of Brooms-What's the
Reason ?" might be answered in many
ways, IF the reader has the time and
wants to figure it out, but it COM
pels him to do something that should
be unnecessary. He should be told
the reason.
Advertising has done more to edu-
cate the people than any form of lit
erature; all new inventions are ex-
plotted through advertising and by
reading it we learn what the world is
doing. Keep in mind that you are
giving out special news of your store
every time you write an AID.
Help your paper to increase its
circulation and you increase the
readers of your Ad. 1t is sometimes
a good investment to pay a few
months subscription to one of your
customers so that you will be sure
that he reads your AID.
/ have known men who say they
do not believe in advertising and yet
these same men keep several travel
Ing men upon the road, reaching
about one per cent of the people they
could reach by good advertising at
an immense saving in expense. Trav-
cling men are valuable, but when
they travel for house that backs up
their efforts by good advertising, it
Charlevoix county herald., 1914-02-21

means increased sales in every ter
ritory. This old adage is good to re-
member by all who advertise: "Ip
matters Of principle stand like rocH Z
but in matters of taste swim with "
current"
Never advertise Goods at Cost"
unless it is the absolute truth. Be
sure that the public will find it out
if you mislead them and remember
that your competitors know the cost
of goods as well as you.
"Sales Days." held weekly or
monthly ARE always good, but they
must be real sales or the public will
loose confidence in you.
Couple up your Ads with the NsN
tiOnally Advertised articles; by so
doing you get the benefit of the ex-
pensive campaigns that are run i'm all
high grade magazines. Every line has
this opportunity and it is good plan
for increasing business.
Take "Big Ben" for instance. If
you handle it tell your people that
they need not send away money for
it when it can be purchased at home.
Do this with anything in yourVine
that is being given National pub,
licity. VI
Do not criticize your competitors
goods in your AID. It never has won
a customer for anybody to ISLAM"
his competitor, but reacts bv adver-
Using him. Let him alone and boost
your own goods. The public il q
great jury and the verdict is always
in your favor If you keep in the Sc
lect class of Advertiser.