The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1918-02-08
Frank McLain is ON the sick list
and absent from his work shop this
week

week.
Master Wesley Young celebrated
his sixth birthday last Saturday. He
was assisted in the event by Master
Jerome Warner and from all reports
it was one grand celebration.
! Next Wednesday at the Coterie
will be "Social Day" in charge of
Mrs. Anna Tuttle and Seventh COM
mittee. Bring your knitting or your
sewing and get acquainted with your
neighbor
Speaking of high prices, just COM
pare prices here with those reported
to be in force in Berlin. Butter at
$2.25 per pound; sugar at Sc cents
per pound; ham and bacon at $2.11
per pound and Ivory soap five bars
for SLIP.
Under the direction of the County
Road commissioners and in conjunct-
ion with state authorities, the main
road through Van Buren, county is
being ploughed out with four horse
teams and force of workmen. The
road will be opened across the state
from Detroit to Chicago.
O'Grady Bros. are invoicing now
and getting ready for the big spring
drive. Spring goods will soon be on
display, and liberal use of printers
ink, in which the O'Grady Bros. are
firm believers, will tell the public
about the best gertlemen's furnish
ing store in the state. Watch their
space in this paper. In the meantime
it might pay to look over some Of
their closing out bargains on winter
goods.
During the remaining months of
the winter season is good time to
test for termination seeds which are
to be used for spring planting. No
matter what you have done in pre-
vious years about testing seed, this
above all years is the time when you
must be sure of your seed 1t is a
simple matter to test oats, barley
peas, beans, garden seeds, clover
alfalfa and grass. The following
method is suggested for the testing OF
seeds by the County Agricultural
Agents office. 1t should be remem-
bered that some seeds germinate
slower than others, but at the end ot
about ten days for most kinds anc
much sooner for others, it will be pos
sible to tell the percentage of ger
minaticn:-To test the above seed.
take common tea saucers 3nd secur-
ing blotter paper or out flannel, cut
a piece large enough to cover bottom
OF same, count Jut given number o1
seeds of the kind to be tested 600 is
a good. ;rimber to use) put them upor
the paper or cloth and fill saucer
about one-third full of warm water
put over the seeds a piece of paper
or flannel similar to the one they are
on, and turn common sauce dish
over the cloth and seeds to check
evaporation. Put the saucer i'm a
warm place and look at same at least
twice each day to see that the seeds
are supplied with the proper amount
of moisture.
On October 25th. 1918, Mr.. Ernest
Foreman of the Poultry Department
: at the Michigan Agricultural College
came to Mr.. f. A. Wang's place
, near Paw Paw and sorted his hens in
, three lots, A.B.C. In lot A. were
placed the hens which according tc
the system of culling used, should
: be the best producers and profit pay
, ers. In lot B. were placed the hens
which were likely to at least pay the
| cost of keeping, and in lot c. were
placed the culls or boarders. Mr.
Wang dispensed of all the hens il
Lot c. and reports as follows up t(
, January 28th, on the other two lots
Lot A. consisting of twenty eight
hens have layed to January 2Sth, 2Ot
| eggs, or an average of 7.35 per her
: as compared to 299 eggs for the s.
hens in lot B. which is an average Of
: 5.64 eggs per hen. A gain of 1.6!
, eggs per hen on an average for lo+
A. over lot B. Both lots of hen.
l have been fed, housed and cared fol
in the same manner, and the hens il
lot A had the disadvantage of be
( ing in full molt at the time the tes
e started, and after few weeks check
ed up on production to a certain ex
!, tent while growing a new coat. How
!, ever, the last ten days the hens in lo
' A. are coming back to full production
) The results from this test so fai
!. speaks well for Mr.. Foreman's abilit,
; along the line Of culling flocks, am
, it looks as though it might pay poul