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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-31

bushels Of dry shelled corn per acre,
106 report yields of over 100 bushels
per acre, 461 over eighty bushels per
acre and LOG over sixty bushels per
acre. In sugar beet work 546 boys re-
port an average yield of 20.4 tons, with
an average net profit of $376O per
acre. Under irrigation methods the
champion potato grower was produced
by Utah, with yield of 720 bushels
per acre, while with humid conditions
the highest yield, $50 bushels per acre,
was attained by Nebraska club boy.
The person who is determined to
make his farm pay needs only to get in
line with this kind of progress. using
methods which are open to all. As il.
Illustrating what may be gained by
study and cooperation, the reports for
last year of several hundred county
agents are noted. Each county agent
on the average secured the selection
Of seed corn in the fields Of siXty-nine
farmers and had planted selected seed
on 2,132 acres, resulting In an increas-
ed yield as reported by sixty agents
of GA bushels per acre. due to better
seed used or to the better cultural
methods suggested by the agent On
the average there were grown under the
direction of the agent 1.01O acres of
wheat in each county, with Il reporte
increased average yield from fifty-four
agents of seven bushels per acre. Each
agent induced on the average twenty
six farmers. growing total of 100
acres Of oats, to treat the seed for
smut. The increased yield of oats re-
ported from the forty-eight counties
doing demonstration work with oats
was 1916 bushels per acre.
With potatoes, forty-seven agents
reported the growing Of this crop by
2,447 farmers who treated the seed
for scab or used improved cultural
methods. getting in return an average
increased yield per acre Of 266 bush
els. From thirty-eight counties, where
results were reported in hay growing,
the average increased yield on 1859
acres was IL tons per acre. Each
agent secured on the average fifty
eight farmers in each county, who grew
an average Of SO acres of alfalfa each.
The agents reporting were instru-
mental In having the following num-
Der of registered stock secured by the
farmers in the county: Fifty-three
stations, 74S bulls. III rams and 969
boars; 5,063 farmers were induced TO
feed live stock. and balanced I'll lions
were figured for and adopted on 4.69S
farms. The agents assisted In the or
ganization of 37S anti-hog cholera
clubs, which vaccinated POI, 501 hogs
In addition All silos were put up at
the suggestion Of the county agents
and 40 breeders associations organ
lied. During the year ninety-three cow
testing associations were organized.
and through encouraging individual
farmers to test their herds 5S,71S COWS
were brought under test
Upon the suggestion of the county
agents 1924 farmers were induced to
make better use Of farm and barnyard
manure, 1888 farmers were taught
how to home mix 10.341 tons of fer
tilizer, while 1852 farmers were in
duced to use total of 1S15O6 tons of
lime. Commercial fertilizers were In
troduced on 4,93S farms, and 42,304
acres of hay, soy beans. cowpeas and
vetch were grown for green manure.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-31
Standard Weight of Milk.

Most state standards prescribe that a
quart liquid measure shall contain 57.75
cubic inches and a gallon 231 cubic
inches. There is no legal standard for
the weight Of a gallon of milk, but In
order to compare the weight and meas
ure Of milk SO pounds have been taken
by dairy authorities as the weight Of a
gallon Of average testing milk. This
would make one quart weigh 2.16
pounds.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-31
Making the Little
Farm Pay
By {. c. BOWSfiELD

Farmers never gain what we call
easy money until they learn how TO gel
above the average both in production
and price.
This will bring success when coupled
with the maintenance Of soil fertility.
While intelligent management is i'm
portant TO all farmers. 1t Is vital to
owners of small places.
This intensive farming Of which so
much is said is not merely theory and
imagination. but Is based on solid fact
The truth as TO some successful farm
ing efforts is more sensational than any
line OF theorizing.
Reading and observing people know
that for ten years the average yield Of
corn in this country was under thirty
bushels per acre, wheat under fifteen
bushels and potatoes under 100 bush
els, yet in the corn club work twenty
nine boys report yields of over 100
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-31
CARE OF BROOD SOWS.
Essential Points In the Management
During Breeding Period.


The brood SOW is the foundation of
our future pork supply. Her impor-
lance is not appreciated until we stop
to consider that all the future porkers
produced on the farm must be under
her care for almost six months Of the
year. From the time Of breeding TO
the time Of narrowing there are III
days. From birth TO weaving there are
from forty-two to sixty days
The essential points of brood SOW
management are as follows:
Provide suitable food. but not over
feed.
Keep the SOW growing thriftily. but
do not fatten.
Devise schemes to make the SOW take
exercise.
Provide n warm. dry. we'll bedded.
well ventilated and sunlit house.
Feed and exercise so as to avoid con-
stipation.
Avoid radical changes I'm the rations.
Kill Off lice with crude oil and drive
out worms.
Practice gentleness at all times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-31
Low Yields of SUGAR Beets.

Among the causes for low yields Of
sugar beets the greatest single source
Of loss has been found by government
investigators to be improper thinning
Unless properly supervised, laborers In
variably leave too great space between
plants. Other causes for light stands
and low yields are poor preparation Of
the seed bed, improper operation Of
seed drills. late frosts, the damping or
disease or the ravages of such pests as
nea beetles. cut and wire worms
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-31

SELECT SEED BEANS.
Should Be Immediate Selection and
From the Pod.

From the Hod.
Prepared by United States department OF
agricultural
Bean growers who would avoid a
repetition next year of the heavy losses
from disease suffered this season are
advised by the department Of agricul-
ture to give their personal attention to
the immediate selection Of a stock of
seed beans free from disease infection.
They should select the seed beans In
the pod and not after thrashing.
They should simply pick the pods
that are free from all spots, save and
thrash separately. The planting Of in
fected seed Is primarily responsible for
the troubles experienced. Weather con-
ditiOns greatly influence the subse-
quent development of disease, but clean
seed on clean land will go far toward
giving clean crop even in season
ceptionally favorable to the develop
ment Of disease and unfavorable to the
growth of the bean crop.
Two bean diseases are commonly
prevalent, anthracnose and bacterial
blight. Both attack and spot the pods,
penetrate them and enter the beans, re-
naming dormant over winter under
the seed coats, where they cannot be
reached by dlsinfectants.
When the beans are planted these
diseases attack the young seedlings,
causing q root rot and blighting of
stem and leaves, and if the weather is
cool and wet they spread again to the
pods. Bacterial blight is conveyed by
wind and other means TO greater ex-
tent than anthracnose and is less easily
controlled. but clean seed and crop ro-
tation will give best results. Old bean
ground should not be replanted next
year.
AS far as possible each farmer should
save his own seed. Beans have been
so generally affected by disease that
the farmer should not rely on ordinary
so called northern grown seed or eleva-
tor stock for planting. If he has to
buy seed he should make certain that
it has been selected from disease free
pods. Examine all thrashed seed care
fully. and if it shows suspicious spots
or other evidence of disease it should
not be used Home selection also will
tend To build up Il strain adapted to the
locality and better than seed brought
from q distance.
A survey just completed shows that
there are fields in all parts of the bean
states where clean pods or even plants
with all pods clean may be found,
though some fields are hopelessly af
fected. The farmer who expects TO
continue bean growing-and this valu-
able crop should not be abandoned be-
cause Of this years discouraging eXpe-
pick enough clean pods
to plant his next crop or at least large
seed plot. These should be shelled by
hand and carefully stored. If the guam
tity IS small it would be well to plant
by hand two beans every twelve or fiji
teen inches in ordinary rows in a sepa-
rate seed plot.
There should be organized effort on
the part of county agents. bean dealers
and community leaders to have all
available clean seed saved for local use
and not sold with the general crop.
This must be done before the beans are
thrashed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-31
Feedinu Colts.

Proper feeding Of colts should al
ways be accompanied by plenty Of out
door exercise for the young animal. In
no way can a colt be ruined so easily
and surely as by liberal feeding with
lack Of exercise. Close confinement
and the raising Of good colts do not 60
together.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-31
RULES THAT MAKE
FOR DAIRY SUCCESS

1t requires something more than a
herd of good cows and proper equip
ment to bring about dairy success
there must be a real dairyman in
charge of the plant. Some never will
learn, but there are many taking up
dairying who have that thirst for
knowledge that will eventually bring
them the success for which they are
working. To such the following ad-
vice from the dairy department Of the
Wisconsin College of Agriculture will
be helpful. Paste it up in your COW
barn, where it can frequently be read:
Use pure bred dairy sires from cows
having large and profitable productions
of milk and butter fat.
Raise well the heifer calves from
cows which for one or more genera
lions have made large and profitable
productions Of milk and butter fat.
Breed heifers at the age of sixteen
to twenty months.
Feed heifers literally and milk regu-
larly.
In summer time do not try to save
feed by turning to pasture too early.
Supplement poor pastures with corn
silage or green soiling crops, like rye,
peas, oats, green corn fodder, cabbage
and other available feed.
Provide plenty Of pure, fresh water,
shade and protection against flies dur
ing hot weather.
In winter time feed cows daily one
pound of grain for every three pounds
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-31
LIVE STOCK
HUSBANDRY
HANDLING FALL F0AlS.
Youngsters Need Exercise and Plenty
of Wholesome Feed.


of Wholesome Feed.
Among the many disadvantages con-
nected with an effort to rear fall foals
may, first be listed that it is a subver-
sion of natures general purpose to
have young animals born in the bud
ding season OF the year, writes John
Mason i'm the National Stockman.
Green grass, properly strengthened by
adequate rations of grain and dry hay.
seems to be necessary to the best de-
velcpment OF young horses and the
thriftiest condition of their dams.
Fall colts, unless particularly fed
and provided with succulence Of some
sort, too often grow up gnarly, little
stunted things of the suntish or knot
head variety. 1t takes grass as por-
ton of the ration during foalhood to
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-31
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CREATORS OF WEALTH.

: Civilization demands that farm 1
!. ers raise things-for theTsuste- !
: nance of others. for the develop !
!. ment OF the nation and especially .
!" for their own business and social :.
: advancement. The men who raise :
!. most at least cost, who find best !
: markets for their products. who !
!. are not given TO waste and eX- !
: ravagance-these men are the =
!. substantial farmers and solid cit !
!. liens of our nation. They are i
!. creating wealth out of the soil, !
!. the sunshine and the rain with !
!. out impoverishing any man or i
: destroying any asset of civiliza- :!
I. tion.-National Stockman and i
!. Farmer. i
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-31
DAIRY WISDOM.

y Good cows are never cheap, are
@ hard to find and harder to buy.
@ Re-enforce your dairy from your
@ own best cows.
@ Cold rains are much harder on
@ cows than dry cold. Damp cold
g penetrates to the bone. Provide
@ dry shelter.
q If you don't believe in keeping
y cows comfortable visit the stables
q of the men with the big cream
@ check. That ought to convince
@ you.
@ II it is desired to use artificial
@ coloring it should be added to the
g cream just before churning.
q Calves should have daily out
g door exercise when the weather
@ will permit.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-31
TX
fx% IN
FF4'5H
ZlI observation-disclosures

sofa man and appears in the Missouri
Valley Farmer. The bottom boards In
this rack are laid crosswise instead of
the length Of the frame. Take by As
for the bottom sills, use by 4 at
each end, and the frame may be com
pleted. 1t does not make much differ
ence what kind Of brace you use.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-31

About 5000 or 5000 American bred
. Percherons are being produced and
. recorded each year. The registra-
. ton of pure bred draft horses Of
the other draft breeds-Clydesdale
Shire, Belgian, French Draft and
embellishments to approximately
, 1900 animals annually, so that only
$4,000 to 1900 pure bred draft horses
are being bred and recorded annual
ly in this country. This would seem
. to be the time for the farmer to
breed to pure bred stations. The
horse shown is a Percheron yearling
stallion.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-31
Floor For hayrack.

A floor for a hayrack that may be
handy at this time Of year and on
through the winter months Of hauling
and feeding is the design Of a Mime
n
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-31

. The Brown Swiss cattle as breed (.
2 are plain, substantial, although Z.
. rather ileshy, and give the appear (.
. ance of being somewhat coarse in &
. bone and general makeup. The 6
/. head and neck especially are large G
. and plain contrasted with some of 6
. the other dairy breeds. The cows &.
. average about l, 200 pounds in weight (:
. and the majority of them can be G
3 counted on to average 5000 to 1000 G
3 pounds Of per cent milk. The COW G
. shown is a good specimen Of the G
. breed g
=
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1915-12-31
Safe Silaae Rations.

Silage is an excellent feed when
given with Judgment, but I'm some cases
too much is fed and the stock bloats,
says the Farm and Fireside. The table
below gives the average quantity of
silage per day that can be safely fed to
different animals. 1t has the approval
Of p. G. Holden. the corn expert:
Pounds.
Dairy cows..................... IS to 40
Beef cattle. .........................2 5 to 40
Young stock cattle. 10 to %
Horses and mules. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 10 to Is
bneep ........s...s............. TO
Stock hogs. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4to
CnickenS ..................AH they Will eat
The amount Of other feed given
should naturally be taken into account.
Usually II Is safer tn feed less silags
than here listed rather than more.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

such trouble into the world. That was
the way in ancient Rome with an En-
peror they called Domitian, killing men
all the day he was. and his valet catch
ing flies for him to kill at night
'As for recruiting in ireland. have
not the figures, but when left the War
Office seemed quite satisfied with the
numbers that were coming in. | myself
live in ain agricultural district, where
there Is plenty 20 be done on the farms
in war time, even more than in time of
peace, and there never is any recruit
ing from there An army marches on
its stomach and somebody must attend
to the food supplies. The recruits come
from the cOngested districts and from
the towns.
Bernard Shaw. who is more than
anything else Irish has been urging the
formation of a separate Irish brigade.
He says, we fought for France when
she was military tyranny as danger
Gus to freedom as Potsdam Is now.
She is now "A republic and shares with
America. whom she helped to her free
dom, the honor of being the hope Of
republicans all the world over. 1t is
| France that is holding the west against
| Potsdam and all that Potsdam means to
| life and liberty, and It is French soil. on
which So many famous Irlshmen found
! a refuge from British tyranny, that is
being dreuChed with French blood in
| our def nee
"On st. Stephens Day the day after
| Christmas, the wren boys came around.
They are mummers who always come
| round on that day, bringing a wren
| they have killed in memory of battle
a thousand years ago, when the peck
| ing of a wren at crumbs on a drum
awoke the sentinels of the Danes. They
sing little rhyme.
| The wren the wren, the king of all birds
on st. Stephen Day was caught in the
| frs
| Although he Is small his famllys great,
| Rise up good lady and give us a treat.
But this year instead of a wren they
| brought a little boy, one of their num-
| Der, dressed up as German soldier
with brass helmet and all set upon
! him and drove him away. So | think
the young generation, like the old, can
hardly be said to be pro-German.
IT don't see any chance Of peace al
PR sent, nor is it likely any nation will
intervene just now. At least one re-
HltInpeIs tHt olu SdylHBi ne III nBHls
who interposes shall find naught bu
bloody noses"
What think the neutral nations
ought to do is TO inquire into the ques
tldn of the alleged outrages, They would
bring an impartial mind.
AT the beginning of the war mysel
spoke well of the German soldiers, for
remembered the Franco-Prussian war
, When 1t began there was horror at tn
idea of the army invading France, bu
! quite well remember the astonishmen
at the good behavior Of officers an
soldiers when they took possession O
7 villages or were lodged in privat
houses. If the outrages told OF ther
now are true the whole nature of tn
7 German soldier must have been change
; by the forty years of militarlsm.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
O-GERMAN, LADY GREGORY DECLARES


victor Hugo IN writing oil napoleon
uelea' AT Waterloo says that ueie"t
TOOK place pecause II was not accoruInE
|" 'he "a" VI '''e Nv" oe'''uI
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., ~, a,,i,,,r,,
49, 49,, =, a,a,,r'o -, ,,',.,,e ~, ,ho
mart ~ tho univcrsa, one can hardly
think thar If is according TO the law of
this new century the twentieth -
that militarism should he assented to as
the governing force of the world just
at a time when everything is tending to
democracy and increased freedom and
better social legislation.
zone hopes that the horrors of this
war may bring a lasting peace. I re-
member reading one of Lord Lytton's
novels in my girlhood. | cannot re-
member It's name nut remember tha'
IL told OF war IN Whlch ne" l'Nen-
ton was used sort OF poisonous gas
called NrlI, Whlch moved uoWh ""o'o
armies win preath anu so ny us III
evitahle wholesale obstruction maze war
lmposslhle' IL seems us II TINS war WIN
It's horrors ana lts extinction Oh IRE
must IN the same way MAKE war I'M
possible me apoiltlon oil uuelilns was
considered Impossible even III hhsia"u Il,
'he memory Vi people sun WINS anu
yet went ou'' 10 " "''' :"
moment
do you believe the prophecy tha'
Germany viii be dJsmembered al the
end OF this war;"
"As to the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of Ger
many" replied Lady Gregory thought
fulIv ct should think that would take
nloca 90 i,soIf Tho uavv Of this century
49, -, -, t',,,.,.d ,h, roostoh.
llshment of small nationalties, and it is
ouite likely that the German Kingdoms
which took the Prussian yoke at Yer
sailles will find themselves happier with
out II and that we may all feel in the
and that our quarrel il NOT with the
carr,an ,at,or hnt Win Prussia
80 D,,,,,,,,,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07

City Hall in Vienna. When, on July 2S,
Austria Hungary declared war on Servia
/ rendered my regrets and requested
that the intended conference be cam
celled. This act on my part was quite
needless, as the prospective conference
fell to the ground like a house of
cards.
When hostilities occurred soon as
Stunning proportions that had never be-
fore been reached in times of strife,
most Of the warning nations tried to dis
claim responsibility. each in turn shift
ing the blame to the shoulders of its
enemy. This was followed by vigorous
and even bitter accusations, the Gov
eminent or Governments on one side
charging those against whom they
We're fighting with inhuman and brutal
methods Of warning Not only did off,
Gals and the public press of the differ
ent countries pursue this course of
mutual recrimination but artists and
scientists of both the belligerent and
the neutral nations Joined passlonately
in these attacks and discussions
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-07
Danish Critic and Pubcs Declares Great Britain Feels She
Is Struggling Not Only for the Rights Of Small Nation
But She Is Fighting Life and Death Battle for
Her Very Existence as a Great Power

wrong. True we tried our best to pre-
vent war. but when our efforts proved
unavailing. we ought not to have aug
mented the disaster: we should have
remained neutral like the United
States" Therefore this eminent Brit
isher argues: Suppose you should see
a criminal, a drunkard or a lunatic at
lacking a little girl upon "A lonesome
road. Would you not stop him, and, in
case of need. strike him." The follow
ers of Tolstoy will answer: why should
| commit a sin? Let the little girl be
killed! Let the wicked man commit
other crimes! | shall not increase the
number Of needless offences that are
done"
With those who look at things in this
way. the question cannot be discussed.
To Gilbert Murray the case appears
much after this manner: Suddenly Aus
tria said to little Servia: You are a
wicked little State I have annexed
and governed some millions of your
compatriots against their will, and still
you dare to entertain hostile feelings
toward me. l shall not tolerate this.
BE good enough to dismiss Immediately
all officials. politicians and soldiers who
do not like the; and from time TO time
|
you must discharge or punish with
death. II you do not within forty
eight hours declare your willingness
to obey my will l. being much the
stronger, will certainly find means to
make you acquiesce." Servia did her
best. She agreed to two-thrds of Aus
trials demands. but requested arbtra-
| ton as to the remainder, to which she
could not with self-respcct consent.
Austria's answer was declaration of
| war!
In England the matter Is looked upon
! in this way: The murder of the Aus
TRAN heir to the throne and of his
consort was planned in Servia. Until
then the heir had not been particularly
popular in his own country. In fact 1t
was generally looked upon as a poten-
tial misfortune should that man ascend
the throne. But upon his death this
view of him was entirely and strangely
forgotten.
The Austrans and the Germans were
shocked at the deed They even went
So far as to call Servia a murderous
| State. Yet no one ever called Portugal
| by so harsh a term when nearly all Of
the members of her royal family were
killed by an extensive political plot. Nor
was Italy ever stigmatized in this
fashion when the Empress of Austria
was ASA estimated by one Italian an
archist and King Umberto by another.
According to treaties dating back to
| 1881, 1892 and 1899 Belgium was de-
clared ian independent and neutral
| State" These treaties were signed by
Germany as we'll as by Great Britain.