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exterminated by keeping the hog without food for twenty-four hours, and giving to each shote or old pig one tablespoon- ful of turpentine thoroughly beaten up with one egg and one-half pint of milk.
TUBERCULOSIS (CONSUMPTION ). - A contagious disease common in man, cat- tle and not rare in the hog.
Symptoms .- Loss of flesh, cough, diar- rhœa, swelling about the head and neck, which may open and discharge with little tendency to heal; death in from few weeks to months. Post mortem shows various sized tubercles, which may be situated in any part of the body, most commonly in the bowels, lungs, liver, or glands of the neck.
Causes .- Direct contagion from other hogs, but generally from feeding milk from tuberculous cows, or by eating butcher offal from such cows.
Prevention .- Care as to the source of the milk fed; if suspicious, boiling will render it safe. Do not feed butcher offal; separate suspicious hogs at once, and if satisfied they are tuberculous, kill and bury deep, or burn them. The tuber- culin test can be applied to the remainder of drove, as without it it is impossible to say how many may be diseased.
WOUNDS generally heal readily in the hog if kept clean and free from maggots. The result of neglected castration wounds is sometimes serious. Have the animal clean as possible when castrated, and endeavor to keep it clean and give opportunity for abundant exercise until wound is healed. There is probably nothing better and safer to apply to wounds of the hog than creolin one part, water six parts.
TRAVEL SICKNESS .- Similar to ordinary sea-sickness in man; very common in shipping pigs by wagon.
Symptoms .- Vomiting, diarrhea, great depression ; scldom if ever fatal. May be rendered must less severe by very light feeding before shipment.
To Find the Amount of Wall Paper Required to Paper a Room
Measure the distance around the room deduct the width of each window and door, take two-thirds of result. Divide this result by the number of strips that can be cut from each roll and you have the number of rolls required. A roll is generally a foot and a half wide, 24 feet long and contains 36 square feet, or 4 square yards.
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Handy Things to Know
A rod is 161/2 feet, or 51/2 yards.
A mile is 320 rods.
A mile is 1,760 yards.
A mile is 5,280 feet.
A square foot is 144 square inches. A square yard contains 9 square feet. A square rod is 2721/4 square feet. An acre contains 43,560 square feet. An acre contains 4,840 square yards. An acre contains 160 square rods.
A quarter section contains 160 acres. An acre is 8 rods wide by 20 rods long.
An acre is 10 rods wide by 16 rods long.
An acre is about 2083/4 feet square.
solid foot contains 1,728 solid inches.
A pint (of water) weighs 1 pound.
A solid foot of water weighs 621/2 pounds.
A gallon (of water) holds 231 solid inches.
A gallon of milk weighs 8 pounds and 10 ounces.
A barrel of flour weighs 196 pounds. A barrel of salt weighs 280 pounds.
A barrel of beef weighs 200 pounds. A barrel of pork weighs 200 pounds. A barrel of fish weighs 200 pounds. A keg of powder equals 25 pounds.
A stone of lead or iron equals 14 pounds.
A pig of lead or iron equals 211/2 stone.
Anthracite coal broken-cubic foot- averages 54 pounds.
A ton loose occupies 40-43 cubic feet. Bituminous coal broken-cubic foot- averages 49 pounds.
Cement (hydraulic) Rosendale, weight per bushel, 70 pounds.
A ton loose occupies 40-48 cubic feet. Cement (hydraulic) Louisville, weight per bushel, 62 pounds.
Cement (hydraulic) Portland, weight per bushel, 96 pounds.
Gypsum ground, weight per bushel, 70 pounds.
Lime, loose, weight per bushel, 70 pounds.
Lime, well shaken, weight per bushel, 80 pounds.
Sand at 98 pounds per cubic foot, per bushel, 12292 pounds.
18.29 bushels equal a ton. 1,181 tons cubic yard.
MEASURING HAY AND CORN
Hay is often sold in the mow or stack where the weight has to be estimated. For this purpose 400 cubic feet of hay is considered a ton. The actual weight of 400 cubic feet of hay will vary ac- cording to the quality of the hay, time of cutting, position in mow, etc. For making an estimate in a given case multiply together the length, breadth and height of the mow or stack in feet and divide the product by 400. The quotient will be the number of tons.
Corn is measured by the following rule: A heaped bushel contains 2,748 cubic inches. To find the number of bushels of corn in a crib it is therefore necessary merely to multiply together the length, width and height in inches and divide the product by 2,748. The number of bushels of shelled corn will be two-thirds of the quotient. If the sides of the crib are slanting, it will be necessary to multiply together one- half the sum of the top and bottom widths with the height and length.
The legal weight of a bushel of shelled corn in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia is 56 pounds.
In Pennsylvania, Virginia and Mary- land 32 pounds constitute a bushel of oats; in New Jersey, 30 pounds.
A bushel of wheat is placed at 60 pounds by most of the states of the Union.
Pennsylvania recognizes 56 pounds as a bushel of white potatoes. In Mary- land, New Jersey and Virginia the legal weight is 60 pounds.
A bushel of clover seed in Pennsyl- vania must weigh 60 pounds; in Mary- land, 60 pounds; in New Jersey, 64 pounds; in Virginia, 60 pounds.
A bushel of timothy seed in Pennsyl- vania must weigh 45 pounds, and the same weight in most adjacent states.
To estimate the amount of land in different fields under cultivation use the following table :
5 yards wide by 968 yards long, 1 acre
10 yards wide by 484
yards long, 1 acre
20 yards wide by 242 yards long, 1 acre
40 yards wide by 121 yards long, 1 acre
70 yards wide by 69 1/7 yards long, 1 acre 80 yards wide by 6035 yards long, 1 acre
60 feet wide by 726 feet long, 1 acre
110 feet wide by 396
feet long, 1 acre
120 feet wide by 363
feet long, 1 acre
220 feet wide by 198 feet long, 1 acre
240 feet wide by 1813%
feet long, 1 acre
440 feet wide by 99
feet long. 1 acre
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CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
MAPLE LAWN FARM James Mead and Son, Props.
Registered Jersey Cattle
Mulliken Phone 23-12 Bell Grand Ledge Phone 41-L2 Cit. Herd headed by GEM'S EMANON, No. 199028 Descendant from such cows as JACOB, IRENE and LARETTE D R. D. 2. GRAND LEDGE, MICHIGAN
Wilcox-Arms Realty Co.
Farms and City Property for Sale or Exchange, on Terms to Suit Purchaser
GRAND LEDGE Citz. Phones 137-B or 82-A
MICHIGAN
GROCERIES
Everything you need in the line of Groceries
Fresh Meats always on hand
Good living is not high when you buy here
HARRY H. KINGSLEY GRAND LEDGE - MICHIGAN
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Grand Ledge Green House ALICE E. WOOD, Florist CUT FLOWERS and FUNERAL DESIGNS We make a specialty of FRUIT TREES, SHRUBS and BULBS at less than the USUAL WHOLESALE RATES. Let us quote you prices.
Citizens Phone 29-A. GRAND LEDGE, MICHIGAN
GEO. LANGEVIN Dealer In Lumber, Roofing, Lath, Shingles and Interior Finish; Coal, Cement, Lime, Plaster and Brick BELL PHONE 51-2
MULLIKEN
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J. S. DUNHAM Manufacturer of General Side Delivery Wagons AND ALL KINDS OF REPAIR WORK Also New Auto Truck Bodies Prompt Service EATON RAPIDS PHONE BELL
Best Materials
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Trade Mark
FARMERS ASK YOUR LOCAL DEALER FOR THE ELDRED FAMOUS HARNESS MADE SINCE 1877, AND FULLY GUARANTEED BY
WILLARD H. ELDRED
BATTLE CREEK MICHIGAN
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Seed Per Acre
It requires less seed per acre to sow in hills or rows than to sow broadcast. The hill or row system permits of after cultivation, which is not possible with a broadcasted crop. In all calculations for hill and drills it must be remembered that an acre of land contains 43,560 square feet. A square piece of land, 209 feet on a side, contains about an acre. The following figures are merely suggestive, as practice varies with locality :
ALFALFA, 25 to 30 1bs, broadcast.
ASPARAGUS, 4 to 5 lbs. in drills; 1 oz. to 50 feet of row.
BARLEY, 11/2 to 2 bushels drilled; 2 to 212 bushels broadcast.
BEANS, bush, 11/2 bushels in drills.
BEANS, pole, 10 to 12 gts., in hills.
BEETS, 5 to 6 lbs., in drills.
BUCKWHEAT, 1 bushel, broadcast.
CABBAGE, 14 lb. in seed bed, to be trans- planted.
CARROT, 3 to 4 lbs., in drills.
CELERY, about 1 oz. for 2,000 plants; 1 lb. per acre.
CLOVER, red, 8 to 10 lbs., broadcast.
CLOVER, crimson, 15 lbs., broadcast.
CLOVER, white, 6 lbs., broadcast.
CORN, field and sweet, 8 to 10 qts.
CORN, ensilage, 12 qts., in drills.
Cow PEAS, 1 bushel, in drills; 11/2 bush- els, broadcast.
CUCUMBERS, 2 lbs., in drills.
EGG PLANT, 1 oz. seed for 1,000 plants : 14 1b. to the acre.
GRASS, lawn, 2 to 4 lbs., broadcast.
LETTUCE, 1 oz. of seed to 1,000 plants; 1/2 lb. to the acre.
MELON, musk, 2 to 3 lbs., in hills.
MELON, water, 4 to 5 lbs., in hills.
MILLET, 1 bushel, broadcast.
OATS, 3 bushels, broadcast.
ONIONS, 5 to 6 lbs., in drills; for sets. 30 to 50 lbs., in drills.
PARSNIPS, 4 to 6 1bs., in drills.
PEAS, 1 to 2 bushels, in drills.
POTATOES (cut) 8 to 10 bushels.
PUMPKINS, 4 to 5 lbs., in hills.
RADISHES, 8 to 10 lbs., in drills.
RYE, 3/4 to 11/2 bushels, in drills. SPINACH, 10 to 12 lbs., in drills; run- ning sorts, 3 to 4 lbs.
SQUASH, bush, 4 to 6 lbs., in hills.
TIMOTHY, 15 to 20 lbs., broadcast, if used alone; less if sown with other grasses. TOMATOES, 1g 1b. in seed bed, to be transplanted.
TURNIPS, 1 to 2 lbs., in drills; 2 to 3 lbs., broadcast.
WHEAT, 11/2 bushels, broadcast.
Suitable Distance for Planting Trees
Apples-Standard .. 25 to 35 feet apart each way Apples -- Dwarf (bushes) 10 "
Pears-Standard ... . 10 to 20 ..
Pears-Dwarf 10
Cherries-Standard .18 to 20
Cherries-Dukes and Morrellos . 16 to 18
Plums-Standard . . . 15 to 20
Peaches
16 to 18
Apricots
.16 to 18
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Nectarines
16 to 18
Quinces
.10 to 12
Currants
3 to 4
Gooseberries
3 to 4
Raspberries 3 to 5
Blackberries
6 to 7
Grapes
8 to 12
Shingles Required in a Roof
Double the rafters and multiply by length of building. Multiply this by 9 if exposed 4 inches, by 8 if exposed 41/2 inches, and by 7 1/5 if exposed 5 inches to the weather.
One thousand shingles, laid 4 inches to the weather, will cover 100 square feet of surface.
Eight hundred shingles, 5 inches to
the weather, will cover 100 square feet.
One thousand shingles require 5 pounds of four-penny nails.
Five to ten per cent. should be al- lowed to these figures to cover waste and shortage.
One thousand laths will cover 70 yards of surface, and take 11 pounds of nails. Two hundred and fifty pickets will make 100 lineal feet of fence.
Nails Required
For 1,000 shingles, 31/2 to 5 pounds 4d., or 3 to 31/2 pounds 3d.
For 1.000 laths about 7 pounds 3d. fine, or 8 pounds 2d. fine. For 1,000 feet clapboards (siding), about 18 pounds 6d. box.
For 1,000 feet covering boards, about 20 pounds 8d. common, or 25 pounds 10d.
Nails-Common
Size
3d
4d
6d 8d 10d 12d
Length
.11/4
1 1/2
2
2 1/2 3
No. to 1b.
. 500
300
165
90 62 45
Size
.16d
20d
30d
40d
5
5 1/4
8
No. to lb ..
35
24
18
13 10
50d 60d 6
Length
3 14
4
41/2
Eighteen to twenty-five pounds of nails are required per 1,000 feet of lumber.
Grease a nail and it won't split wood.
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Willow Brook Poultry Farm
"PURE BRED BARRED ROCK" OF IMPERIAL RINGLETS-THOMPSON'S STRAIN EGGS GUARANTEED-MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED MR. & MRS. C. W. MILLER Phone 13-1 L, 1 S, 1 L Eaton Rapids 42, Mich.
Our Policy is All we can give you for your money Not all we can get for our Goods GOOD UP-TO-DATE GARAGE IN
CONNECTION We keep the best Tires and Accessories, Oils and Greases kept anywhere. YOURS FOR SERVICE NOBLE IMPLEMENT CO. General Implement Business
Mulliken
Michigan
JOHN H. GEARHART
Cash Department Store
Dry Goods, Clothing, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings, Boots and Shoes FANCY DISHES and STAPLE GROCERIES Highest Prices for Your Produce, cash or trade Phone 90-2 SUNFIELD, MICHIGAN
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WE BUY MILK AND PAY BEST PRICES
FARMERS, BRING YOUR MILK TO US Branch offices at FENTON and GRAND LEDGE, MICH.
Grand Ledge Milk Co. Main Office 507 Grand River Ave. Detroit, Mich.
Dimondale Phones: Citizens No. 41, Bell No. 15 Potterville Phone: Citizens No. 32 A. A. EDWARDS
Licensed Embalmer and Funeral Director Casket Parlors at Dimondale and Potterville, Mich. Auto Funeral Car and Horse Drawn Funeral Car HIGH CLASS MONUMENTS POTTERVILLE, MICH. DIMONDALE, MICH.
D. D. SHANE OPTOMETRIST
Office, Shane's Jewelry Store GRAND LEDGE, MICH. Specializes in the proper fitting of LENSES for all defects of VISION. Removes eye strain which causes headaches and nervousness. 25 YEARS' EXPERIENCE ALL LATEST APPLIANCES
BELL PHONE 79-J
EATON CO. PHONE 216 CHARLES W. PARISH Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating Sheet Metal Work, Red Jacket Pumps CHARLOTTE :
MICHIGAN
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C. J. ARGUBRIGHT DAVID SILLERS H. M. HEANEY
Michigan Business and Normal College "THE SCHOOL THAT GETS RESULTS" Battle Creek Michigan
TENTS
AWNINGS, HORSE and WAGON COVERS, STACK COVERS, BINDER COVERS, Etc.
Canvas Goods of any and all kinds Made-to-Order
FARLIN MANUFACTURING CO. 115 UPTON AVE. Bell Phone 1437-F1 BATTLE CREEK, MICH.
VIDOCQ No. 98298 In Service
Lest You Forget HILL CREST FARM
Home of
PERCHERONS AND SHETLAND PONIES SOMETHING GOOD ALWAYS FOR SALE
L. C. HUNT & CO., EATON RAPIDS MICHIGAN
79-187-1
Count the Farm Residences in this Picture
A Partial View of "Valley Farms"
New homes are continually going up on "Valley Farms" -because it is the ideal place for a man to live with his family. Nearby school and store.
Half acres up to ten acres, any size you like, with each little farm bounded by 58 inch fine woven fencing. Deep well on each place. Electricity right at hand at low rates, On St. John's interurban line only 12 minutes from heart . of Lansing,-3 miles from State Capitol. Good loam soil, suited to practically everything.
Just the Place for Retired Farmers
The health and freedom of Country Life, with all the conveniences of living in town is offered to you in "Valley Farms."
Sold on Fair Terms
"Valley Farms" is being developed by the same organi- zation that is handling the Westmoreland project for the city man in Lansing-an organization with sufficient cap- ital to do business right. Houses built to suit buyers. Pay cash or part down, as you choose. Prices depend largely on size of farm you want. Phone or write for information.
The Standard Real Estate Company 121 W. Allegan St. Both Phones LANSING, MICH.
City National Bank Lansing, Michigan
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Commercial and Savings Departments Safety Deposit Vaults Travelers' Checks-Foreign Drafts
"Oldes"and L ... . ' Pank in Lansing"
CKMAN
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