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SHORT COURSES IN AGRI­CULTURE.

For the Benefit of Michigan 's Busy Farmers.

T he short winler C'Ollr:;C'~ at ;>"1. A. C. will open on Jan uary ~. [9/":, and it is hoped to holn"! a cl ass o f 500 durill).!" the six or eight wee ks. The courses arc offered du ri ng the winte r, whcll it is most conn:nicn l fo r the farmer to k,l\"c home. ,Hid each \'Caf has wi t llcSSCt! :ttl ill­

creasc~1 number in this w ork . The cOurses offe red arc ;IS fol.

lows: Genera! :lg:riclllulre, J :lll. ..: to

Feb. z+ Crc,Hllery mall,lgc mcllI, lSI ye:n,

J:ln.:2 to Feb. :!-l ' Creamery mana ge ment, .! 1l1! yt:;II',

J an. :: to Feb. lO.

P oultry. Jom. 2 to Feb. 24-Fruit Growing,.I:lIl. 210 Feb. 16. Chcescmakillg", jan. ~ \0 Jan. ~i' T his is HII opporlllllit y which 110

}oung ,lll:lll inter~stcd ill agriculture C:ln afford to miss. T he work of each course is made intensciy prac­tical , and those in atlend:111ce a rc givell Ihe best the college affords in Ihe wa} of instructioll anti equip­mcnt.

Th e farm (mel farm h uildings fur­nish laborato ry pr:lc ticc o f the most practical kind . The library, wi th its 3z,ooo volumes, is a\':lilable for the use of Ihe sh ort course men, and the coming together o f Se\'eral hund red representative farme rs ;md d:li rymen is, in itself, all impo rt;\lll feature which always lends to more progressi "e metholls and a g reate r in te rest in one's call ing.

T he L i"e Stock Breeders' Asso_ ci:uion mcets at the college (luring the third week inJ :Lnuar)\ and at the close of the eight weeks' cou rses th~ R ouml - Up In stitute. T his will give those in alll'm[;Lll ce an oppor­t uni ty to anc nt! hath, and to h~a r the addresses ami discnssions of specialists in al! lines of ag' rinLltu r:Ll work.

Lectures, e ll te r tainLl1{'1Lts, And musical progra1l1s will no douht be made :l fe:lture as heretofore, and , taken altogether the winter sessi.on is to be made as pl~a5ant ,LILt! p ro fit­able as it is possible to make it for our short course ml'n.

AGRICULTURAL JOUR­NAL1SM.

The cou rse in agricultural jour­nAlism, given as ,ilL ekctil'e to juniors and senio rs, has been ch<luged fro m the spring term to the winter term, at which time it will hereafter be giyen . Students who arc interested in t<lking this co urse sh ould see the he:ld of the E nglish departm ent concerning the matter at once, ;"IS no s tudents ;"Ire permitted 10 classify for the course without fi rst having secured pe r ­missiou to take it. Dnly;"l limited number of students w ill be admitted to the course, and no one Ill ll:y take it who does not confer with the head of the dep;"lrtment before the close of Ihis term .

EA.ST LAS~I.\"G. ~IICH1G_L\". Tu:s nA Y, DECDIHER 12. I~II.

AG RICULTURAL BUIL.:OING

SPECIAL EVENTS DURING SHORT COURSE

SESSION.

All effort i~ made to m;lkc the l ime that the short COUfse student spends at the college both inte rest­ing :lnd profitable hy having as many special a;,:-ricultural ,md ellte-r­taining events as poss ihle take place during the short cou rse session.

Early in thc course the re w ill be held the an nua l meetings of the various b reede rs' <l ssoci<ltions. wh ich bring- to the college the prominent bret:ders of <l11 classes o f live stock . T hese lLleetings arc open to all who arc interested in the b reeding' :wd im prove ment of stock, :lILt! ~ tudcnts a tt('nd the meetings of tht: aSSOl·ill­t ion in w hich the\' :Lrc particubrh' intL': reSletl. T his 0' affords an LlLlll;. u~Ll vpportunity to meet and kno w the men "ho arc in!1uenti,,\ in li\"c "toc k circles, alld to hea r addn:."sses by thc leadiug" s pt'ci:.lists o f this and othe r states as well. The :;en~ml session of the :"Ilich ig'a n Im pwn'd Live Stock Breede rs' 'tlul Fet:de r ~' ;\ssot iation is held thl' day folio\\" ­ing' the meetings o f the ~CiWr:ltc

b r<:ed associ:Ltions. Practica l p rob­lems of the hre~'ller ami feeder lire tiistllssed ;Lt this meeting hv men w ho C<'l n pr~sent up·to.datc m .-lteria!.

Special onc-\\"cek courses in corn pro(luction, Ibiryi ll g al\([ poult ry arc hdd d\lrin~ ]:lL\uary and Fehruary, a/ld cach o f these bring to the col­legt: men of rccog"llized ability in their special subjects. O pportun ity is g i"cn the short cou rse studen t to attend delllonstr;lIions ;lI1d hear lectu res gi"en by these men , and to Illeet and t:llk with them abOLLt thei r ow n particular questions.

:\ se ries o f Fri<by night en ter­tainments is planned, to g i"e some ­thing of interest ap:l r t from reg \Llar school work. These <lrc begun by a reception given to thc short course !'i lUden ts by the \". 1\-1. C. A. T his is. a lways a very pleasant affair, _t which th e short course st udents be­come acquainted with the regu lar students and faculty. Other Friday

ni~hts arc occupied h}' 1l1llsici:Li pro­gra ms, ;jnd illustnLkd lect lLre~ on popular :U.ltl l'ntcrtaininJ{ suhjects .

All specLal stude nts arc welcome to attend the meetings of the Farm­er 's Club ;"Ind H orlicultunLI Club, whi ch a re held el'ery week 011 T ues­{lay :lnd ThurSday' nights. These cl ubs offer all opportunity to meet thl' regul;"lr s tudents" hear topics o f general inte reSI p rcSt" nted, anti join ill general discussiolL.

O ther thing'S of much inte rest to :111 will take place during the Short Course weeks, and 110 opportunity will be lost to make th;lt time one full of cvents to be remembered.

ENGINEERING SOCIETY.

" :\'oteS on Line Construction" was tho.: subject o f the :ldd ress g i,'en hclore the En~i LL ecring: ~ociety 1:ISt \\ ·o.:dnesday elening by '\[r. Li. ~. Lemmon, slLperilltelldellt of the :"II. U. R.

ILl the eourse of h is talk, :"Ifr. L~mmoll b rought out the Ll t'ecssit\· in p~esellt electriC:LI engineering. practice o f making alteratiollS in power house equiptLlem <llld Olltdoor cOllstrtlctio ll while Ihe plant is in ope r:ltioll . Thesc changes LIlllS t be brought about w ith the le:lst incon· venience to the power eonsumcr, :LIld at the lowest possible cxpen:se to the operator. Also, the re must ho.: 110 b re:l k in the service <lu r ing­these chan:;:e!> .

H o w this was acco mplishcd in a specific inst ance, when it \\'a$ found necessary hy the :"II. l-. R. in Youngs town, Ohio, to change th e insu lators on a l !()Q" 'olt tr:Uls\llis­s ion line 10 a size capable of with­standing a r~quire{1 "oltage of ~3°O, was most instruct ively brought out by means of s te reopticon dews, to­gether with many photographs which we re sho'wn lhose in attend­ance. Such ill ustrations clea rly bring out the ingenuity and re­sourcefulnes s re(luired o f the p res­ent day e nginee r.

The next regular meeting o f the society will be hellIon Tuesday even ing, D ec. t9.

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BERT K. CANF1ELD, '89_

Dies at his home in Ravenna, Ohio. on Thanksgiving Day.

Dr. Hcal se nd s to t ~Le R E COI( 1) n clipping from the ,Vc:t' }orl; Til/U'S, concerning" the de,Lth of Bert K . Cllnficld, a ~ucces~fLL! artist and sculptor of K.:w York Cit\". n rc 'I ILote from the 7'illlc.< a:> follows:

"Toledo, 011 in. :-.lOY.3o.- Bert 1-.:. Canfield, a w ealth\ artiS1, 10 \,e:IfS old. die\1 this afie rlLooLl fror;l ,HI

attack of hydrophobia, at his home in ILn 'e lHl:L, Ohio.

"Canfielll m:lde :lnilllal {lrawill)::~ his spcd:rlt} . Ten weeks a"o he

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and Joseph ( ... rahon(·au, a Iso 0 f R Avenna, we re hitte n h)" a mongrel <log-, whkh S<lnk its teeth into :"Ilr . C :mficld's hnnd. Both ' \1('n had their wounds cauteril:~d and for){ot the inciden t until latc in Daoher, when Gr:~honeau de~c!oped symptoms of r:lbles. lIe (hed o n XOI·. 1<1-

" .\Ir. Canfield weLlt to Sew York the sa me eveni ng:, and look the Pasteur t reatment, rcturning to Ra~'enn:l last w eek. H e seelll('d to be all ri~ht until :--;undllY, wheLl s trong symptoms developed. On ?ll ond~r )' he went to thc \V hite hos­pi tal, w here he b~camc. worse, and on \\' ednesd<lY mo rning was t:Lkcll to his home, whe rt: he died this a ft ernoon ."

:\Ir. Canfield had met with spkndid SLlcces~ in his chosen work, one of his productions h~iJlg- a bust of ex.president \Viltqts, now in our College lib rar \" . li e \\as a p rominent member of the Phi Della T heta organiz:Lt ion.

li e was promineLH in athletics, and during his sen ior re;Lr pitched for the bas(·balt team, aLld also cap­t:lined the S'Lllle. li e was ,rlso :Irt edito r o f the first :l1uluaI at ,\I . .-\. C., and his da ss, ',s9, w;)s the larg_ est ill the earlier hist ory of the instiuLtion.

'05 J. Lynn Th om:Ls of Colleg-e Sta­

tiol1 , Te xas, writ" s ,H5 follows: It c~ rt:Linly is :.:re:Lt to see:l friell,1

from your home 10 WIl. but I think the pleasure is more to meet n m;m from your own l'ollege cl;Lss w hom you h:l\'~ not seen s inee the ua} of g- r:ldu~ t ion, as I did C. A. R ecd the other day. Neither of us kLlt:W

that the o ther was in this parlor the country, o r that the other was in thc g-overtlment sen·ice . Both ill the same work, :md not Il;lvi tw seen each other since our college ""d;LY~, we speut a ve ry enjoyable Jav to­gether, going over old times- and discussing things as we now find the m out over the country in our work.

'oS The following an nOUllcement has

come to our desk; " l\lr. :rnd 1\'frs. Newell J. Hi ll, at home afte r Feb_ ruary 1st, 73 Hig hland Ave., H igh­land Park , Detroit."

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S UIIIICRI"'ON 110 CENTS P ER Y[II,R

Y.nt~red ftl H<'(>nd..,I ..... nUl11 matter I\t Lanlln". Mlcb.

Addre .. ALI .u~rlpl lon.,,,,d Ad,-erlls!"/( maner 10 ~be ~1. A U. HKCOKO. ~~"n LAn· "nil'. ~lIcb. Addrt!SS "II eontrlbutlonl to t h e MAnAIJllI1I' I::dllo,.

}(.e'n't by P. O. Money 0.<1*-, •• D.Mt Or Rerltlenld Lelle r. Ik> nol .MInd ,lamps.

!JUilne .. OOlce " lib I",wrenei! ol Van Buren I'rtnttoll 00 .. ~I\).~I~ nrllnd An', ~o •• [.01"111111111:, Mlcb.

TUESDAV, DECEMBER 12, 191 L

T HI S issue uf Ih .. ~L A . C. RECO il!) is maik'd to sc\'cr:tl

thOUS:Uld young men throu}{hout the 510.\c, with the idea in mind o f pre ­senting !ll0re forcibly the advantages to be gained ill attending one of our spccbl winler cou rses. Xcarly :2,300 men have atlcmlcd these cou rses in past yea r:;. and we arc sure that c:lch one has berll grcatlr bendited thereby.

E: .. :h departmcllt has "cr_v kindly furnishetl arlicles 011 the p:,rticular work llltt!mpted by them, alld wc trust they will be r(!ad with care. [f you hu,'c nol :lIready rccei"etl II

circula r wrilc tn Pres. Snyder, :md :l copy will hc m:u[ed a t OIlCC. Think thc · lIllllte r o\'cr serious[ ,", :\IId ,hcll (kcidc to come to :\1. A. C. on J;m.2.

=== APPLIE D SCIENCE STUDIES

IN THE SHORT COURSES.

The pro~pcclil l' short cuursc man is apt to wOllder \\"h~ slIbjects sllch liS bacle riology, botan~', entomology, a~ric\lltu ral ('hcmislry .lIld physics appear all10ng the list offered, w hile his judJ.:'lllent would seem to indi­cate Ihal Ihe timc ought 10 be gil'cll solely 10 agricultural subjects, sUl'h as s lock jud~ing and feeding. dairy­ing . crop production, soil cuhil';uioll, farm couslruct ion_ ctc. \\'hilc it is true Ihou olle carlnot el'cn start a stud, of tht'l-e sciences in cight weeks. it is al;,o true thai the) hUI'e such :1 direct ix'ariu;: on thc su .... cess or failure of Ihe prat' lical lines that certain principles :11 least must be known lind rel,;koneJ with in good farming tnethods, T he fanner of toda)' oughl to he able to inlerpret ~he commoncr terms u~cd III these sciences :l.!l llpplieu to farm methods lUld (oudi tions in the agriCUltural p res!>.

Bactcriology is a hig high sound· ing word, but the farmer must real­ize more and more that bacteria hSI'c powerful influence in regard tu the success of his operations. Soil is nu longer regarded as simply " dirt," but flS a real m inhabited by myriads of b.'1cteria having 10 do directly with crop production, :uul that certain cult ural mcthods must be employed to produ~-e the proper conditions to en:lble them 10 do their w ork. T he dairyman of today Inust know how to suppress certain undesir.lble bacteria and stinml:lte others e5sential to the production o f des irable fla\'ors aud good keeping ([u:llities in dairy products, And !;o, too, the d iseascs of domestic ;Ul­imals from which g re .. t losses occur nre o f a bacterial character; the h r mcr should know hOIl" to avoid t hem as far as poss ible.

The dise:lses of farm crops arc included under studies in botany , and the Jist comprises some of vital in terest 10 the farme r, such :lS the smuts :1ud rusts of cereals, the ra v·

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agcs of which m :ll' eausc losses of f rom z5 to 50 per cent , o f the .... rop unless al"oideu or clll·ckcd. It i! importa nt, too, that the f:lrmer should be able 10 iU"lItif, the 1II0s1 troublesome 1I0Xl0llS ~\"I:cJs :md thei r seeds, and should know the peculiarit ies of thci r habits of g rowth and methods o f control.

Entomology bears .. close rciottion 10 the succc~s of fhe farmer, fruil g:rower, and gardener. It is pos· sible for such insects as Ihe lI essi an tiy, cut worm, win' worm, root borer, clol'c r m id).!"e, ct('., to :llmo~1 lotally ruin cc rc:1I or legu nlillolls crops, according as the case may be; mcthods of :\\'oidance ;11\d ~'O lllrol arc possible if the farmer IInder­stands the ~'ondiliolls :lI1d mcthod s of cun trol. Th ........ nl oll1olo:.:isl hilS IIlfide it possible to control sl':lle ill­scc t ~. such :IS the Sail los~' st:ale, O\'ster sh,,!! hark IOllse :liul the cod­liil).:" moth, etc" which 1I"0uld rell(le r the dforlS of the horticul1u r ist fruit­less.

The slIccessful fcedcr of brm animals must know the m e:1I1ing of terms used in agricultu ral che mistry rdati llg to the constitllellts of foods. liuch :lS prol ... in, carboh"tlr:lles, l'te" ill order to forlllul :llo;> rations intclli. gelltl~' . The farmer shoulll 1I1>:0 kllow how to properl_1 i'llerprct the terms most com monly used in re· Iation to fertil i7.iug- constiluellls es­sential to plam g:rOIl th, wi th whit:h he now has to deal as II comme ro.:ial commodi ty 011 the nwrket,

The principle" of physit:s have a direct bea ring on Ihe 1110st corn­mOil farm pr;lclice>:. as well as the most imricate. Aj{riculture is bc­coming more and more mechallit:al ; the machinl' is playin~' an e\' e r in­creasing p;lrt in the business. T he principles of drllh :lS :Ipplicd 10 farm implemellts :lnu m:lchincr\' i~ IlO W one of great impo rtance. ..-\ nll so, too, in allot her ;"Ind el'C'n gre;1\er fieltJ, physics in its relation to soil conditions, is hecomin:: lIlore lind more unuerstood, en:lhlin)! the farmer to produce :lnd col1t rol ph) si­cal conditions in thl' soil essenlial 10

plant lifc. These consilicr:ltions ret:u c to such :lS Ihe 1':lnous w:lIcr mOI"crnents in the soil.:ls well :IS

conditions of aeration! Icllll'er:lture, ctc.

The brief designations necessarily used in con nect ion with the work gil"en under the :lbol'c subjccts Ill:l)' at first thought p resent:t fo n nid:lble :tppeanm ce. le:lding illlo p:lths of mystery, hu t the opposile is t ru(;', for a consider:lIioll of the IIl>plic:l­lion of this w ork to :lg ricill wre is both pleasant :lilt! profit:lblt!.

Prof. Chapman, with his class of sophomores, will m:tke :In ill spcc­lion trip to \':1riou s manufactorics in the city ncxt Saluru:I)'.

THE LIVE STOCK SHOW.

A bout twenty-five junio r ;lIIU serl' ior ag ricultural studcnts, with In· ,;trllctor George 13rowlI, were in Chic;tgo ~I ollday :md Tue~da)" of I:\st week, to attcnd the Interl1:Hion:11 Li\e Stock Exposition.

.:'Ilomby was Spellt:1t the I ~xposi­lioll :lml stock I·ard s. Tn ... exhihi­tiolls of horses, c:ltlle, sheep and s w ine were all splendid. T he horses were !.hc ;,:-reat d rawing cOl nl, ami Ilearl\' even' br<O"ed knowlI lI"a :;; repres(,"lltcd. Great ca re is taken in the g-rooming :lIId decorating u f these hc:nrti ful auimals, :Hld IIlel' 1ll:ld ~· a \'cr_I' p relly pic-turc ill th'c rill~.

T hl' .-\herdl·CIl An$(u;> :md Il cre· furds prest llte~1 the finest l';ntlc ex· hihit", and were \·il"\I'et! h,· humJrcds of enthusiastic ("nllIC 'lH~ll:

:\I ollllay evcnin),!" \\ as SpClJt at the hor!>e show, Ihe ),J. .--\ . C. m en oe· t:upyin :z- scats in Ihe lI"est clul of the pal ilion.

Tuc-'llay mornin;,:- the hoys made :1 trip Ihrou~h the \':\ r ;OIlS pack ing­hou,>es. \\"ilhout such a trip the magnitude o f Ihcse estahl ishmt:llt!> and the I:umber of c:Hlle handled cannot be comprehcnded.

The bnd show, held in the hi;,:­Colist'um b uilding, was alsO:l place of interes!. It is conceded to be Ihc g;rt':II<O"st show of its kil,d ever held, aut! prol'ed a g-reat allractiOIl for tho:: hundreds o f \·isitors.

A ft:w of our M. A, C. men st:tyed Ol'e r for thc coll ege hanquet on '\'educsJ:\\' cI·clling. This ball­quet is :Ul :<l111u;11 affair, alld each collcJ.:"~' in lurn is ~i\'ell Ihe man· agemcnt. Ohio Stalt: did the honors at Ihis time.

T he Irip was elljo)'{'ll by LVNY '

one, and earh , we hdiel'c, felt well repaid for the timc :tnti montyex· pended.

VENISON ROAST.

T he Olympic Society held thei r 1I1lnulti venison roast Satllrt!:l I' cI'en­ing, and thei r rooUls we re'tr:ms· formc\1 illto a \'eritahl~ forest. Danci ng beg:lrl btc ill the a ft e rn oon, followed b~' a h:lnquet in Club A at six o'clock.

\\':1(\1 Parke r preside(1 as 101lSt­lIll1SICr, and Ihe following toasts were called for:

,. Oursell'cs," R. H. D avison. "The E tcnt:1 J Feminine," C. L.

l\1{'rw in. " R c miniscenct's," E. H. Burl. Log an's Orchest ra, of Lansing,

furni shed music. T he patrons w t:re D ean and Mrs . Oisscll, Prof. nnd .Mrs. Eusta ce and Instruct or S. L. Cro we,

A large number of former society men were present to enjoy the feast and dancing.

GENERAL AGRICULTURAL COURSE.

The first ye:lr general ;Igriculturotl cou rse is \lcsiglled to gil'e the stu­Ilent ins tru ct ion ill the wide r:lnge of prohlerns encoullIered 011 a .\::"ell­er:11 f:lrm, l'(lual promincnce b<O"ing g-iwlI 10 the siully of Ih-t' 3Im'k, soils, allli crops, The work ill stot:k eomhines let:lUrcs. recitations, ami work in Ihe judgillg room, with :111 ebsses of f:lrr11 animals. Courses are ~iv'ill in the feeding-, c:lre and mlln:l.\::"elll('"nt of stock in both health :1I1d dise:lse. The Illo re important kinds of soil arc s tudi cd, attention being- Kilen to the relation of these soils to c rop prooll .... tion. Thc im­port.lnt field nops of :\1 ichig;1Il :Irc tak t'n up, nut! their rotalinll, Cl1lt ha. lion alltl improl'en1l:nt tliscu3s .... d . I~rot cti .... l· is g-il'(," 11 in iron ;"Inri wood work, in whi~h 11lI1 .... h st re~s is 1:lid on the usc amlcar~' o f tools, This pr:tclil"l~ iIKre:l".es Ihe ~lUdl'nt's ahil­ity to rio work with his h:mds. mill :t~colllpl ish lhe lig-hl repair work of thc !:trill II ith case 011111 s:1lisi:lO:-liou. Instrl1t:tion is also ~i\en ill f ruit culture. sprayin:,.:-, prunill~ aud g-ar­dellill~, such as is ill pl:!.\"c on the 1I1'entge :\ l ic hi~l1n f:lnn.

The St'coud yea r general agri .... l1l. tur,,1 course continucs thc work o f the first year in live stock, soi ls, ;11111 crops, and offers olher 1lI0r .... ad­I',meed suhjects in ;tddition. In these SUhjl'Ct S, special problcms of the f;trm arc considcrcd. such as in­SCdS of the garden; o rcll:1nl. far m crops lind dOme!t;c anim als : syll1P ' 10m", :l1ld trc;llmellt of the cspeci:dly comlllOIl diseases o f f;lr lll animll!s; bactcriolog~" includi ng disinfeCli on , ~anitatioll, cont rol of co ntagiol1s and infl· .... tious dise;lses; lht! t:hemistrr of common thing:s; prohlems of physics of gNler;11 interest. such as cold sIOr;t;;;-l', heating. \-e llt iJati ng, powc r appliances, :md lighting farm buildings. In addition. work is gil'en ill farm tb iry ing, whit:h de:lls wilh sep:I(;lIors. Bab .... ot.- k test, and the 1,;;lre ;1I1d llIanufactu re of dairy products on the farm, T he ca re ;1I.ld oper:llion of stellill al1<l g:ls en­gilles, com'rele construl·tion, pi pe linin!,:", construction of brm equip. ment, l'tC., are taken up in farm ell­g- ineering.

'93· Sid ney S, Bump, with the class of

'93, dietl l I t his home in Petoskcv o n 1)ec, 5, o f typhoid fC'l'e r, after a;l illness of three week s . .:'I I r, 13ump has heen engag ed in the hardware husi ncs~ for scveral .re:trs, and was one of the city's mos t p ro minent and pro),{rcssil'e you ng business lI1en. He le:t\'es a wife :mt! two lit­tle g irls ,

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THE DAIRY COURSES.

The short courses ill d:1i rying comprise four sep:Jrate and inclc­pelldclH {"ourses. They arc ;15 fol­lows : Creamery butter makinl!. creamery ma nagement, cheese mak­ing and farm llairying. The course in cre:tme ry butter making h;ls thus far proven the Illost popular of the above cou rses, if the number of students taking the course is to be !I guide to its popularity. This dc:!ls quite l:,rgely with the theory of butter m:lking, and to prepare the man of limited experience for 1111 ·

dcrtakil1~ the wo rk with morc con­fidence. It gives (bily practice at the chu rn :1I1c1 thorough llrill in the different p rocesses of the crcamcr.\"' It enables him to take holll of his season's work with a much more completc knowlcdl{c th:lII h ... could have ~rnm se\'eral years of factory cxperlenee.

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meut is in telHlcd for thos ... "ho hll\'c already co mpletcd the cour;;~' ill <- rcamery bmter IllAking, and who have suhsequent to this h:lli :I IIlIIII·

ber of ycars of ,;uccessful (>xperic 'H.:e ill creamery work. It is illtelll](.·11 10 givc a better scientific backgroulld for the work which thc mcn ha\'C al rcady heen \\'ork ill1;!" 0 11 , :lI1d which the\' will continue to carr v 011 in the fi,turt:'. .

\\'hile the lIumhcr o f l'hcesc f:tc · torie;; in the Slale of :\Iichiga n lIfC

nol incre:lsing ;IS r ;lpidh' as the number o f c re:ullcries, du'e to the hct in some inst:lI1 ces th:1I the con· densery htlsine~s is ill sOllie sections of Ihe s tatc eSlahlished in thc cheese: makinj{ :Ireas, " till the number o f men who h:lve taken the cheese nwking COIIf"e ill P:lst yo.:ars h!we found r<'lul.v c lllplo."lIICllt.

For those whu arc to return im· mc(liatclr to thc brm, the cou rse in farm dni-"yin~ is pro\' il1].:" cspec1nlly desi rahle. The prOlluctioll of milk and CreHnl, and their p~oper C:l re and management hdore marketing Hrc topics of \'ery vit:ll and h:lsic im· port:Ulce to the: llairy illdust~y of the state. This is pa~ticul:1rly truc since the gathercrl ~' rI!IHn system of huttt' r making is (luite' gener:lUy prncticed in this .. hlte. The e rec­Tion and opcffltion o f the farm sep· arato~ is tauJ.!ht 10 all mell who take the ;;ccolld year course in general agriculture. These also rccein; in­sl ruction ill m:lkinll the Uabcock test. T his is extrc11lely necessary in conne(:\ion with tho.; S('parMar, because without it the ctlicicncy o f the machine coul{1 Irol be measured. It also gi\'cS the man upon the farm thc ability to m('asure the pro­ducti\"ity of the cows in his herd.

Each yellr more i,nport:u1((' is attached to the da.i ry operations a" carr ied on on the: brm, and the ;n· slructiOIl as gi\'e n the men help to impro\'e the ' 11I:llit)' of thc dairy farm p roducts,

The corps of instructors in the c reamery course for Ihis coming year arc as follows;

Prof. r\. C. Anderson, who, be · sides the general supen'ision o f all courses, will teach the work ill dai ry cattle as gi\'ell to Ihe members of the c re:l!llery managemcnt cou rse.

Instructor H , \\ ' , :\ewh:.lI, who, besides tem:hing the thcory of but· ter making, w ill teach the Babcock and othe r tests.

Dr. C . 1-1. Marsh:lll will g ive a ser ies o f lectures on d:,iry bacteri­ology.

i\lr. Simon l lagedorn will Ill·

st ruct alt the creamery men ill the

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mailer of p:lsteuri,f.lition :md stane rs.

:\Ir. II. O. \ Vendt, besides :IS­sisting in the work in farm d:lir,ring, will teach the operation of the churn.

Up to the present time lin UIlUloU· ally large number of lJ1quirics h:we been r(."Ccived, and mor..: ha,'e ap­plied for admission to the cre;lrnery courses thall ever Ix'fore :11 this sea­son of the )ear.

:\lr. ehas. II, Dear will have charge of the course in cheese mak· ing, and wilt nlso assist with the '9~' work in fa r m (hirying. It may not be gener:rll.\· known

:\lr. Chas, \\'. Brown, of the that E, R, )Olesen'e, ali :\1. A. C. bacteriology dep"rtment, will have s\Ullcm in 'Sl')....'~, died at his home charg-c of the cou rSe ill l' reamery in Los Arrf!cles 011 Aug, 3t last, management in 50 far as it reliltes to following an att:lck of (l llcumonia, ferment:1I ion, st:l rtcr, pastcuri'l.:ttion, i\1 r. :\1 cscrve waS ;\ p rominent Hor-and kindred topics. ist :\llll Ilu rserynlltll ill Los Angeles.

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.............. POULTRY COURSE.

If the sun.:t'i;S ,jf tit(' work ill a department may be judge,l a..:cord­in).!' to thl' rcsuh s o f thosc who h:l\'c followed the ]ines of thcir teaching''' and sug;..::eslions, :lI1d who h:n e hel'n s uccessful ill their commcrcial Cll'

tl'rprises, the Dep:lrtment of (.>ouhry I (usllltlldr,' has reaSOIl to I>e-lie\'c th:ll its effons have pro\'ed helpful in suppl~'ing II short l'ourse for Ilw bll,,\' persons who wi"h Ihe knowl· edg'e, yet who c:wnot IC:I\'c thei r 5iw;llioll for gre:ilt:r Icngth of time. In ad(lition to ,,"pplying- the clt'mltnd for the rl'~ular "horl cuur"e, there ha" beell added :l shorter COUfSe. or one week's illstitutt." which 1lI11)' he a g-reat aid to the fanner, fandcr , aud business m:uI who IIlust limit himself to so short a time, }ct who desi res 10!1.\ ail himSelf o f an oppor· llmit} to obsc rvc the work o f indio \'iduals well posted in the mOllern methods of poultry raisin;.:.

Th e reguhlf course will CO\ e r a pe r iod o f e ight weeki, bUI will in· dude the subjects t'rll].{ht in the course for regular s tudents. File hours each day will he dc\'oted to poult ry work. T hree hours a ~hl ) mlty be reserved for work ill other departments, s uch as stock feedillJ.!, hort icultun', or farm mechal1 ics. Lectures will occur dllil)' upon the \'l'lrious phases of poultn' raisin).!', stich as house cOllstruction and Yll rt!. ing, f~'~'{I,s ami fee,ling, figuring' ra· tions, judging, exhibiting, incuba. tion, hroodinJ! and disellSeS. Lab· ora lOr)' wo~k will consist in the pr:lctic:lI applil'lllion of many of the principles, o f st udying fecds, d raw· ing plans. estimating' cost, judging, exhibiting, etc. Practice work in feeding for egg- prOllu(l ioti amI oper· ation o f incubators will he allowed, and much {lenlonstratiOIl work will he {lonc ill capoui'l.ing. grading and candling of eg-gs lind killing :In<l d rl'ss ing' of poultry. \ -isits will also be made 10 nea rby po ul try !:t r ms,

Last w;nlcr the first :ul11u:tl P oul· t r \' Institute, which is in ilself ;'I I' ~ry bencficial one week's course, met wi th such favor th:1I there is

.......... , ..... el'ery as!!illr:mce "f :::-rcatcr intcrest thi., <;e; I~ ()I1 , :11111. the be"t o f "pl·ak. er ... hale bCl'1I secured f,)r th..:: lel" lurl' work , I'rofcs"or tirahalll, o f the Oillario Ag-riculw:tl Colle).:'e, wi!! he 111051 h{'artih' wekO!l1l'd, as will Frallklanc L. -l-'e\\dl. a rti st for thc Ameril-;1I1 I>oulln' Asso· ciatioll. These men w~'re !;oth will1 us lasl vea r. :md need no introduc­tion, ('rofessor . \, J. I' hi11ip". of Purdu!: l · l1l\erMty. LaL,.n·ttc, Iml., has consented 10 :It\ent! part of the "elosiolls. :\1111 will hrin~ \\ ith hi"l 111:111\' llood lante rn slides for his lecuire work, ~Iichigan people willl}(: l'specially glad to kllo\\ Ihat Chlls. ,It Cook, of Owosso, will Itlso spe:lk ,luring the wcek.

The \·"luc of this work eal1not he estirnateli. :\Iichigan pOultr.\·l11l·ll eallnot afford to miss thi~ oppor­tlluil} .

In ~'onl1ection with the short course, anll at the timc of lhis Poultry [l1s1ilute, will oct.'lIr the Fourth j\lIl1ual Poultry Show. ::-':0 entry ft'e will be ch ;lrged. Score ca rlls :111<1 ribbons will he given, Brel'llers arc reljUes tet! to send their hi rds 1ll1d TO attelHI the show, The best of C:lre: will be given the hirds,

' without eh:l rge, :rnd judgment will he passed hy .las. T ucker and \\ 'm . \\ 'isc, who will be g-Iad \0 offe r sug­gestions and rClISOll S. ;111(\ to other· wise ;'Ii{1 in the educational feature of lhe show. The reg-ulaf studl:nt jlulging contcst will be held :lt this time, for which prizes will be of· fered.

During- the term, reg-ular 1I1('et in:.:-s of the 1\1. A. C. Poultry Asso­ciation will be held. and :111 !oho rt course students will he most cor· di:,lIy im·ited to ('O'operate in mak· ing these helpful :1tHI itr teresting.

Poultry Showalld 1 11,,';l.lIte \\'eek will occur during the week of Feh­ruary 1::-17, 1912.

I t is hoped th:rt our p.\Sl experi. ellce will aid in I1Hlkil1:; this cou rse 1Il0rc helpful tha" e,'cr. The ciulr].:"e is not grein , Ihe time is 110t long, hut the benefits :Ire many. Xo one int erested in poult r_v clll tlire should miss this occasion 10 lake all o r part of the work offered.

3

THE FRUIT COURSE.

Fruit g ro\\ iug in :\1 ichignl1 is lie­velop)!rg rapidly, an<i each /,'c:tr he· comes a more speciali'l.ed Ju!;im:,ss. To be success ful requires:I pral'tical knowledg-e of how to handle trees and ~ro\\' fruit; and in aJ,litioll, a­llIan mll st ha\'e :l knowledge of plant diseases and il1sects :lIld the 1II0st approved wa}s of cOllt rollillg them. T o know !!untethin~ :\bout soils and the" why lIllIl how" of tillagt!; the fer ti lil'cr clements allli how they :Ire supplied, i~ of g:reate~l import· :IIH.:e. T houSlll ldii of dollnr" a re Spl'llt fur cO""lIre r~'ial fcrlilit;t'rs every "cason and the SlhTcssful fruit grow.:r mllst lll1derSI:lll<1 how to blly (lilt! 10 mix :1Ilt! "ppl}' them ill the U10"t e('01l01l1 ic:11 \\;t\. Our· ing the past few )e:lr:; the- g'as en· /tine has COllle illlO I('r)' g-cneml use 011 IIwn) fnllt farm s :lIlll it is highly Ilc"irable th:ll ~'\ l' r \" m;1I1 who h:15 to handle a "Pfllyitl~ outfit ~ho\lld h:l\'e:1 good umlersl:l1Iding' of the principles o f the ).:':h ctl:.:ine lmd kilO,," ho\\ to "]ler:!!e :111.1 l'arc for tht! Ilifferell! I_I pes of cngines that lire 110\\ tI~~',i on po\\er ~pr:I,)'il1g: oullll.5.

Ourirrg- the f(lur \\eek~ of thiil fruit coursc, ncr) f"l'llit) uf the conc).!e "ill be uscll 10 :,:i\e lhe ~\lI­IlenlS:1 pra~tit:1I knowlcllgc uf the aOOn' subjects,

Fruit g- rowin:,:- will he thorouJ.!hl} ..:onsidc r!:d fr0111 the sdc(, t ioll uf thc silt! to the 111:1rkl' ling' of thc crop. A larg-e l'ollc~ti(l11 of varielieS of frllit from the colk;.!c on'hard .. ;lIld the )-Ool1lh 11:I\Cll e'.:perimellt stat ion arc bl·jUg' hcld ill cold sto r,,;.!e for ,;11I<h, ami !:\l'n' H1l'mhl'r of lhe d:tss will Illl\e ' :111 opponllnit} to hc~'ol1le thoroll;.("hl} f:lllrili:1f with all thc \arietie!! of :\lkhi~:Ul wil1ter frui t. In ;'1I1(litiol1. the Ill'partillelll of h"rti..:ulture h:t~ sCl'urerl, frOIll ll1an,)' o lher slate". collections o f apple .. and thc.,e '" ill he comp"rC'11 \\ith the :\ Ikhi:.:-:m kim!" .• \ brg-e collection of :lpl'les h:~s beel! securCt.1 to sho\\ the reiuhs of .. prayill).:' with the Bo rdeau'.: rnill<tnrc :Ilk! the ne\\er mixtllr>,! kllowu as lime-sulphur. This collection is olle of the grerHesl interest to frllit growl'r" in )Ofich· i;.:'an ut Ihi" timc.

The import:ulI prac ti..:c of .. pnty_ ing- will be thorolll{hl) di~ulsse{1 ami t':1I!:h student will he c'.:pel'lcd to make ant! test e \'cry kind of spray· ing- solution allll poison I IOW in usc. A Inr;.:e collcctioll uf spr:l\'illg: :I]>. pli:Ul~'es will be Oll h: ind to he tried :rnd les\CII.

One of the ple"~:l1l1 Icatllres of this l'ourse' will he thc talk" 10 hc givclI from limc to !ime by some of the successful fruit ].{rowers of this slilte. It will be lUi inspiration to meet :Ind hear the,;e mell tell of their methods tll1d results.

T he husillc"s of renting am} in)" pro\ iug ripple orchard" in :\1 ichigan is no\\ an important one and some of the men \\ ho lIrc taking this work on a large scale will tell of their methods.

Thc college is COllSt:llllly re:e!:iv· iug' illl]uiries for )'Ollll)! men of some pr!lcticl'll exp...rienl'e :'llId I'l

kno" ledge of Ihe fUm\;lInenlai prin. cipleil of f ruit g-ro\\ iug to till posi­tions .. s m:u1!Igers al1(l 6upcrinten{l. ellis of fruit f:lfIll S. These positions fr eque ntly ~'!I rry a su lary :II)(! a per­CClltll);:'C of the profi ls, and offe r at­tr:lCti"e opcning" for yOUirg me n who do 110t b uve the capitnl to start in the h usiness for themseh'cs.

4

THE VETERINARY DIVISION OF M. A. C.

Th e many inquiries concerni ng the characte r of wo rk and oppor­tunities ::lffordcd in the "Clerin;!r,)' science cOurse,designcd to gi\'c vo­cational t raining, th:lt 11;I\"c been made recently c mph:'ts;zes the fact that members o f the sophomore :'I lld freshman classes UTe dev otin g 110

little thought \0 this q uestion; ill­

dco::d , 50 ofte n arc we called upon to give information rdativc to the ne w course that c\-en though int urring: the d:lIlgcr of repealing ccrt:lin s tate ments prcscmcd ;1 n~ar ago, we are prompted 10 bclicyc ;l few facts will prove o f intcrCSl\O many .

l"'l ode rn vctcrinarv science, which has of bIt \akl!ll a ieadill\{ place ill the professiona l w ork o f lillI!!, and after many years of empi r ical strug~lc fOllnd its o wn , is deiilled as "~-o1llp rising :t kllowletl)!;e of the cO llfOrm:lliOtl al1(l strul't\!TC o f ,Ill dOllll'5t ic unim:th:;; thei r physiolog-y :Inll speei:tl r:lcial ami individ ual char:lderistics, thei r Iwmanc man­:tgemelll and t;tilizati on ; their pro ­tection fronl alltl meJicnl and su r}! i, ca l trealment in the dise,lscs ,m d in­ju r ies to whid. thcy are exposed; thei r rebtion 10 the human famil y, with rderence LO CO\ll municab!e tlis:· o rdcr.;;; and the lOUpp!y of food d e· rin-~d f rom them for Ilse of m:11l­kim\." Ih ( :\reful perus'li of thLs dclillit ion ihe most skeptical individ· llal !IlIlSt be cOll vinced (If the useful­ness and hu mani tarian ;;t"tus of those eleni n" I't' tcrinary s{"iencc as a chosen pro fcs5ion"

In the chuice of a profession, few are il1ituel\ced hy thoughts entirely voill o f pecIL Lli ,n y cOll sirlcr:l1 ion, and hellee we fln.! justified in de\"otin g the "reater p<1rt of space h e rc alloUe\\ to aediscussioll o f the fidds of acti\"­ity "pen tu g-radu:Hcs, At p resent, with the ,\cmand for sk illed \'Cler" in:\ r ians gro" ing a t ,I g rc<1te r p,LCe than the supply, the re arc, among other fi elds of scr\" ict':, the following opportunities of choice:

P ra..:tict- in [naLl'" clt::si rable lOca­tions awaits the g-"raUIl;tIC, as there an' loda" in this state and clsew hcr(: towns, rl t it-s. and o.:ounties whcre there resides no rC'lularly qU:llitied prac titioner. and :I)!ain thert- arc th ree times as m:1.n~" physicians of human medici ne as \"elcrin~lrians : henc~' it is oh\'i()u~ thai gnlduatcs pos>ies5ing: fitne5S and aptitude fo r this kind of wor k wi-II meet a re<1d\" clcm:llld and substanti31 cO ll\pcn~;" lion for hIS ","nices. In Ihi" ('un " nccnon, 11 ij "d1 to cal[ all cntiul1 to a fact'Jr so prominent in many liu es of work, "i;( "" that of the am'Jullt of capital nccessary to launch a ne\, business e!1te rprise; but in estah· lishing: veterinary work, capit.:!1 plays;\ ,""ry suhordinate part. as ex­emplified in suce,,:;.s r,)et h y the num" ber of ~ raduates th;l\ an nua lly ICll\'e the ,"arious veterina ry colleges with lit tle if any cash, and today lIIal1_\" such men ;I re en joyin.)! a ~-carly in­come excecding th"c thousand do! ­lars"

Stock f:lnn manager~ arc fre­quently selected from the vth;rinary profession, anclthe eo"oper:<tion o f veterin:t r ians w ith ll\"e s tock hr~cd" e rs in advice pert~lini!\g to hreed ing, judging and caring fo r the ,-ast il~ " terests of the country :llong- thIS lille bas bee n found especi:, lly iL ttrae­tive. Fcderal meat ins pection, em­ployment in the" bureAU of an~mal industry and Ollr 1I1su!ar pOsseSSIOns attrac.t scores of graduates owing to

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the att ractive nalure of the work and lucn. tive returns. Sala r ies runge from $1,400 to $?,300 per year.

The o lli ce of s ta te vctcril\ar ian is maintained in many of the s tate!> fo r the purpose of com bating prevent­,l blc diseases o f !i,'c s toc k, :md 011 ;ICCOUl1t o f :1 recent 11Iw go ve rning the inte rstate transpor tat io ll of liH! s tock, such an ollicial becomes in­dispells'lhle, ,llId the lime is not far \list:Hlt when :111 states will sec the necessit\" of cl'eatinJ;;" this o lll ce , T he (hit ies of a stale \" clerin~lriall :Ire 1)\" 110 HlL':tns distasteful and the remu;ler:ltioH is quite satisfacto r r,

i\1 ullicipal he:tl th o lli ce rs and S<1 ;\ . ita ry science w ork as ilH"eSligators o f con t'lgious and infectious dis­eases of li ,-e stoc k, arc a lways open to properly qualified veterinarians; veterinarians to experiment s t'ltiol1s, and inslrlLctu rs in agri~"ul tun!l ami vete rinary colltges both in America (\Jle! forcigll fields; milk and meat inspectors; army ,-eterin"ry ser vice w ith :l1Iow:llII;e pay and re!irc lJll'llt priv ilc;,{es of sccond lieu\<'n:rnt moulHed, and o th er positions ;Lrc :Hnong thc growin){ field o f \"cteri­lIary s peci al izat ion .

\':ISt iLllpro\'t~ments ha\·c recen tly beell uI,u!e il1 \-ete ri llarr o.:olleges, CSpCc111l1 y in rcg:lrd to the rl..'quire­IlLCllts for el1 tra m:l' a lld the cha racter of instruction g-i,·t:Il, This adnlLlce­men! is la r;;<:Iy due to ;[ de!l1and !Il:1de fo r a morc sciel1lific, broad ­millded g r:tdUak', whose futurc suo.:­cess depend~ upon his ;lbilit)" to cope with Ih e new duties that art' .;;o COIl " stanlh' bein~ u nt u\'cred fo r him to perform" ).l ost o f the s tat (" iUslitll­l ions now maintaini ng- ;1 n~terill:LT\"

dil-isioJl require :1 hi;.:-h school diplom:., o r its equi\"ak nl , thus d im­in,l\il1g a class of students th:lt hal-e bet!ll hc re tofore poorly prep:lred fo r a professioua! coursc, for it is gen­e raUy conceded that :t prepa ratory course i~ indispensablt: to tI full con'prehensin n of the compl\!x prob­leu ls Im·olved in the c!licicnt st Util' of vctl..'r;nar\" science" The 'Ctcf" irian' dil"il' io;l o f this institutiolL re­qui r-cs fo r t!!1t rance fou r y~;\rs' hig'h school I\"ork, or its eq uil·:dcllt; the eolle)!(' course co ,'e rs fOur ye:Lrs, and success ful completion of this w ork as prcscribed ;n the c:n alog leads to the degree of doctor of ve t" erin:lrv medicine,

THE VALUE OF AGRICUL­TURAL EDUCATION.

The quest ion is often askell , :'Does un education p;'y: -. In :ltl­swe r We would lIsk: D ocs it pal' to inc rcase a Lll;rn's emdenc),: .-\J{"ain, Due;. it p:ly to increase :1 m:It\'s powers of appreci;ltioll ;'Illd diSl' r jm­ina tion : And again, Docs il p:l)' to inc rease the p r,)dUClive puwers of the:. individual: All thcst: must he answered in the afiinn:l1i \"c , ~"ow the aim :lIId purpo,,;e of ed_

ucation is to de\"eJup dfCl' ti,'ely thosc pr inciples as st:r lcd, and to produce the abilitie" ment ioned "

T he gre:u wo rd in the industrial world to (l ~" is " ellicicnc)" j " :md efficienc\' comes alone f ronl traini ng and de\'clopmellL If the farmcr is to become 1I10 rc efiic ient, he 111 11 :51 hc trained for his work. III.' must know more about "it. T he purpose of the establishment of a ll fo rms of schools (lIld colleges is tha t th rough these means m ell and women sh:!!! be enabled to see more, hear lIlo re, fee! mOre, p roduce morc; that is, to 1/-;:0: mOre; and if it can be shown

that ed ucation produces thesc re­sul ts, then we answer elllplHltica!ly that an education p:t)'s"

Just now there is :1 g reat IIwak­r::llinK o f interest in the s ub ject of agriculture. Commercial needs de­rn~lIld iI, and the fannin g popula­tioll must nICe t these needs. AI! cll!mot attend college, (LIlU becau se of thi j fact institutions arC offe riug summcr cou rses and short courses o f ,"ariOLlS kiJlds, the pu rpose of wh ich is to assis t in bridgi ng over thl' prcscntC!1le rKellcy, T he .i\Jich. ig-an Agricul1ural CoHeg c offcrs sh ort cou rses ill :tg"icul lllre 1H1d h{Jr" ticlli tun' tlu ring Ill(> will ter m ont hs, wh en the farmer h:ts (he lal'~est

am ount of l ime which he can :;in; to s t ud~' " En.:ry ruung man in the st ate who h~s 1I0t tak en, or who is not able to take, a cou rse in all agri­cultu ral school should aV;Lil himseif of the pril"ileg-r.' the shO rt CO UfH'

offers, Th e y oung- zn,L1\ of tod:I.\', \\'ho is to he the malllr(', St>asolled farmer of tomorrow can, throug:h these sho rt courses, sccu rc t!le filII.

d:l!lll'nt;11 infonn:ltion upon which Ill' C:l n b:1sC a successful C:I1"('el', and to be SL1ccessful is the dcsi rc of el'en' hu rnau ht'nrt.

Sl~ccess does no t necess"a rily me:1!1 mo re monel", It me;ms I1lOre C011I­fOrt , more' ple:1su re. more power, It is to these JltLrpo~es th,tt the sho rt COurse add re;:.ses itsl'l f. The lloors o f thc inst it ution arc wid e 0Pl·1l to the young men who :lre now in Ihe :lctil'C pr:1dicc uf 'Ig-r icultu rl', and who fcd the llccd of more infor ma" t io n in o rdc r Ih,et the\" ItWI' becomc 1110rc Llseful ;1Ilt! 1H0~e pO~\"l"rful in the productin.' wo rld "

The short cours!'! is not eyual to tlw collc:gc COUrSl', bUI it docs 1,1\ a foulldatiull. ~111d on this fo ull(I:ltiun the young fllrmcr C,III h ui ld :1 su\:­cessflll career if be will.

FARM MECHANICS.

Thc work gi'"Cll 10 the short cou rs(' !\leLl ill the farm mechalLies deparUn('lIL includes much o f that tak en by the reg ular fo ur-year me n, T he ii rst "year 1IIen get work ill both the C:lrpent t! r alld fo r.,;c shop. An fllIempt is madl' in 1111 the work to 1Il'lke it appliciLhle tu actu:tl wo r k­in~ com!i !ions" Bcsides :Lcqui rill g" fa ul il i'l r il\" wi th the usc o f tools in the wood shop, the studen t has ex" e r tises in L's taking- uut" hu ildi ngs, layinJ.:: ou t '1!1d cutti n:; COm mon rafters , anu constrll ning- 5111:111 mod ­els of f:Lrm uuildin;!s" This work is not intended to 1l1akc a l"ar pcnter o r builtler of the studell t. hu t it docs ellable him to pl:m and ronst rllct sma!J buildin!;s, suo.:h as chicken houses, hog: houses. etc,

The forge work requires ;!ood haru work in h ammering: OUI, under the direetioJl Qf the ins tructor, holts, dc, ises, whillktree irons and o thl'r ,Irlicles u f lise aboul thc !;Jrm" T cmpe rin g: to!)ls also oCl'upie:;. a s mall p,er t of the tillle. ),J,". \\"al\ 's anvil chorus. as this wor k ha~ bcen termcll, hils hecome a f<l1Ll iliar sound under the very shadows of thc ncw ag:ricultural build ing.

P erh aps the most iLi te rcst inJ; par t o f th~ short course w urk in farm !lI('("hanics is Ihe I:ou rsc g-i\"c n to the second '"Cllr 'I)en, c'll!cd farm ell"i" neering: In this w or k, power n~a " ch inen- and COIL crete work arc in · cluded"" III powcr mach incn" the study of the g:lsoliuc e llJ;;"in e I;ro\" ("s to be most f:\ seil1:1tillg:. A ft e r :I

course of lec tures e xpl:lining the principles of openLtion, the stu,Jent

is taken into the laboratory, After learnin~ to m'tnipulate and control all cnginc, it is thrown out of com­mission. It may prove a shor t c ir­cuit, broken spark plug, o r wate r in the gasoJiLle. Th e stllde11t sels to wo rk to correct th(' f,wlts, lie is admonished to pllt thc cng in l: in nHlIling order by going through certain tes ts beforc atte mpting to s tart by ~" r:lnkillg. H o w beit, he often feds the pe rspiration t rickli ng do wn his fa ce before the ('llgine ill silell t s tu bbornlless vic Ids to some little twis t of a th;l!nhscre \\" that has becn o\"er lookcd . Besides th e work ill po we r machinen', there lire :dso exercises ill b:lbbitt{llg, solde r . ing, helt I;Lcing and putting up line sh:r ft:rl g "

EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES FOR ADMINISTERING THE

AGRICULTURAL COURSES.

The college lauds :It £,Isl Lan­silL:; compri se 6S-l acres ,-al ur.:J at $68,,100. T he>;..: land~ :ll"C suh_ d ivillcd :\5 fulluws. \"iz ": Athletic tield ami d r ive, 13 ' at" res; e,lCll pus, 90 :Krcs ; o rcha rds, l\l1rseries :mcl gardcLls, "f5 ac re,; j expcrirncnt :d pIOIS, "10 :Icres; forc-st :\ml fo rest nursery, !6-J a~n'$ , and th ... fa rm prope r, 331 al'r{'s ,

The to t;d \"lIllie of all h1Lildin~s bc1o ll gill ~ to the colle)!c is $ S39.t)UO. The f:rnn bui l~lillgs iucluding" tltvse IIscd fo r hortL ~'ul tlLre, pouhn' :'nd c."perimen l:!l jlurpOsl's :I r~' \"<Ifued at $3J,"\7S' T he \':IJlle of;\lllivc s lor k, indue/ iJ1 g" pOILltry ,is $25 .092 , T here is o l-er 13 rl1i l e ~ of tile d r:li n 0 11 the fnrm , whid. is t:f1dos,·d ;llld sILh-11il' i,1..:d by 13"3 miles o f fClll"r.:.

i\lllCh of the lectu re :-111 .1 !aLo ra" to rr wo rk i;;: g:ivl'll in thc new agri. cultural bui!d in ~,:1 picttlrc of which is shown 01\ page one" T his is a live-st,)ry building w ilh cbss rOO Ill c:lp:wit)" for ahout 1,<'150 Studen lS, hcsides the snils Iabor:tlory, wit h spaCe and e'luipmcl!l for 96" the c rops la boratory fur 72 :l lld the Ih'c stoek jud~iJl~ pavilioll which ~" Ml accommod ate two cJas"l":5 of Ovcr 100 each (It ont: lime, )'1 05t of the 01n..:es o f the 'Igrieu ltu ra l di\'isioll an' : Ll ~o i n this b ui ld inJ{. Thl: horti­cultl1r;z] and (lai ry huildlll J.:" s are full)' eq uipped wi lh mall'rial :UIIJ :.c p pli­allces needcel in the ~ped:1 1 ~"otLrscs in thuse li nes"

For s tudents ill horticulture_ grc,-,nhotL ses cove ri ng :luout '5,(}()() !:'qu:lrc teet of ~rouLld splice arc ;l\"ailablc fo r lahon ltory w or k in ad. dition to -+5 :Ieres o f I.) r o.:h :rnl , nu r ­sery, )!;lr(it:ns, e tc, . used for demon­s tratio n 'lml pr'll'lkt: wo rk. Iliad ditioll to this Ihe l':1mpUS, comprising about 90 al' res, furms a s pacious lamlscape l{(m,kning laboratory with its almost endlcss va rid)' of trees and shrubs inll'rsperst!d w ,lh Ilrives lind walk s. The hor ticu!lI1r:LI s ub" station o f \.) ac rcs, at :::iouth II:l vcn, !\lich ", C:l n fu rnish abou t ~,ooo nlri­t il'S of fruit s fo r class lise.

t.!\'E STOC K,

The livestock equipmclliconsists approximately of 30 horses, 60 beef cattle, 55 dairy cattle, 175 sheep, IS O h oxs and fro rn l,fX>O 10 ~ ,ooo ch ickens. Twenty"ei~h t breeds and types of li\"e stoc k are repre­sented ;IS follows , \"iz": horses, 3; beef ca tt lc, 5; \Jairy cattle, -+ j she"ep,

7; hogs, 6, not including 12 b reeds of ch ickens.

E XPJo: IUMIl::-1T STATIO!'.

Nearly an of the d epa rtments giving instruction in the short courses are dirt:ctly connected with the experiment station work, there­by bringing the studenl in closer touch with this institu tion and the most rece-nt investigations. T he s t:ltio ll publishes from fifteen to eighteen bulletins, cireu!:lr!!, etc., per year, Hnd has a mailing list of 65,' 000. A":lilablc bulletins of the ex­pcrimt:llt station, of especial illlt-rest, may be procurf.."ti at the bulletirt room ill the Agricultunll Uu ilding".

1. lunARY,

The college lihrarycont:lins3~.600 \'olum<:s with c\'c r)'thin~ up to dalc pcrtllilling to ag riculture . The short course student has access to the library, enjoying the s:une pri,·i­leges as regular students. T he reading rOOIll eontaillS :1 la rg~ I.mlll· ber of literary, polilic1\1 1\ud scie n . tific jourJl:lls as wei! as th...: le:lding' <i:Ji ly :Ind weekly papers of the stalc.

TII OSE WIW IIA\·E ,\T1· t::."t)J' n

THE SHOUT COCUSt:.

The first class md in 1~7 wilh an Ilttendancc of 4S; this Ilumi.>cr has incrc:.sed e:lch p'ar to 330 in 1911, making a total ellroHmel1l duro ing this period of ::,l99'

THE COMMUNITY BENEFITED BY THE SHORT COURSE

MAN.

It is not an e:lsy mattcr to foretell the estcnt \0 wh ich a COllllllUllity may be bellelited by ha"ing Ollt: of its !:Ions attend the short courses Ht the ~Iichigan Agricultunll College. The Lountry lacks young, st rong, energetic men, imbued with the 11e wagricultural ideas :ll1d inspira­tions. 'l'he agriculture of 1\1 ichigan i" sufferi ng becallse so many of her young men have been g-i,·cll up to the developmcilt of the wesl, o r hll\'c j!one to the towns and c ities. The older men, the 1:U1l1 owne rs, ha"e retired 10 the ,·mage and town, Icavillg the farm in the hamls of the te nant. Tho;; t~nant, with the shurt lease, takes as much out of the soil as he can, returning compHrati,'cly little, while buildings and f~llces de· teriorate and the property becomes less v:tlll ot ble from a market stand­point.

In an eight weeks' short course it is not possible to present more than a few of the fundamental prin. ciples relating to imprO\'ed agricul. tural p ractices, and if the young mall acquires but one or two new ideas only. and receives a stimulus to go home and apply these pr<lcticf.".5 well and persistcntly, mudl good nUlY e\l!ntually rcsult in the comnHllIil}.

I t ,·ery ohen happens that cxam· pie wields a more pow erful fo rce than writlen or spoken words. New methOlls, if practicable :trtd successful, stand as silent witnesses before the farmers of the commu· nity, th roughout which they arc s llre to spread . For instance , the follow. ing example is n characteristic olle: A short course man introd uced alfalfa into II community where it was practically unknown, and but t wo or three )'ears elap"ed before th is wonderf ul c rop WliS being gro wn on 11. large pe rcentage of the farms, fu rnishing a food fa c tor for live stock which relie,'ed the necces·

The M. A. C. RECORD.

APPOI NTM ENTS AND PROMOTI ONS.

HEADQUARTERS CORPS OF CADETS.

Subject t.o the approval of the President of the ColJege, the (ollowing appoint· ments and promotions in ths Corps are annouoeed:

(ContlnLl~.t fro'" ],,~t \\'eek,)

SECOND B,\TT.&LIO:S. To be Mlljor, [lammond. U. L .

lst Lisutemmt Ilnd BatU,liou Adjutaot. Bolle, U. E. 2nd Li@utenantaud B.t.ttlliion Quarterma.ner and (;Qmmlssa r'l"", Ibrnum, C. r. IhtlaJioli S@rgeantMajor,O·Donnell.C. L. •

To ~ Cumpany " E·' Compaoy " F"' Company"G" COUlpnllY " [I " Csptain. Stahl. C. A. Gib&on. K U. Sorenson. A. <.\ . Ryther, C O. 1st Lieut.. Fields. W. 8. Webb, C. E. \' iocent. W. C. Bo,·ay, A. G. 2nd Lieut.. Vinning. K. K. Allen. P. I. Parsons. C. W. o&,· js. F. R Ad·12nu Lt., Delzell, U. W. Cryl ler, F. W. Wood, W . A. Prescott. L. G. I$t Serg·t .. Goodwin. O. T. Da'·!$On. R. H. Gilson, C. A. En~lalld , t:.J. Co. Qm. Sg .• Spraker. E. C. Oilley. A. J . Geyer, E. C. lUcUowlln. W.S. &!rgelmt@. )Ioore. J. M. Nile.;, C. M LQree. K E. HlitchiulI, L. 11 .

Yuncker. T. G. PicUord. L T. IJauer. W. F. Lo'·elace. E. K. ThompGOll. L. H. Friedrich. O. U. Harrill. F. R.

TUlhi ll. C. B. Fronci,;co. D W. postm, (' . Milburn . L. C. Pickrord . V. C. Gauthier, G. A.

!:Iible.,·, J. S. Norman. R. P. Corporats. Yolt. 1::. C. Taylor, O. A. Herr. C. It.

)lllhlte'lliss. KC Conl<"By. L. J . Aldrh.:h. U. E. Bnrman. D. E. Johnston, Jfl.SC. Blerema. J. A. Bird. U. S. l~ynold8. C. W. l.)end{'l, L. P. DauE::herty. C. J . Foo;ter. P. E. Hamilton, R.ll. Knight . J . H. Holcomb. 11. J . Brennl\n. J . R. TumD BATTALION .

To be llajor. Conwny. G. F. 1st Lieutenant and lhttalion Adjutant, Caldwell. T. l:f. '.:!nd Lieutenant and B!lttalion Quarterml\8ter and Commi!l.'Jan- Hock, E. r. Dlttallon SerJ.:eant )Illjnr, C . .II1way. T. E. . '

To be Company " I" (Jomp/l."Y ··K" C.)mpany " L" C,)mpany":U·· Captain. Tellkollohy. R.J . EdilJ(ln, A. W. Ge/l.ring.:'1. J . Holden. J .. \ . ht Lieut., Itunner, A. J . Taylor. C. n . Hanseu.;\1. B.t.rnum, H. H. 2nd Lieut., P31mer. O. H Clothier. II. G. Klinger, K. ~t. Sandhll.mmer, F. Ad'i ~Ild Lt .. , Bissell. It E. Sm9.tield. W. B. Remer. G. D. Chamberhlin. R. G. 1st Sergt.. Dennis. J. Siool, S. 8. To"·nr. J . de r •. ~ie!l. W. L. Co. Qm. Sg, BriJg~, J. U 8Jl.rtOtl. C. F. Shaver. T. R. ):Iclnll' re. B . H. Sergeants. Carsten,.. C. C. Schuyler. B. A. Stone, D. O. Gr/l.n~r, F. L.

R..iley. W. ~man. H. N. TolaI.lJ .D.P. W. We:>t\"elt.:'1 Merwin. C. L. DeGrRll. E. W. Ketchum.P. W. Ward , H. M. Sanborn, W. F. Wilson. A. J .

Corporals, n. ... ker. P. C B:shop. It. S. lil\rt. E. Tolchan. A. Frsliek. B.. L. Pnlmer. J. E. Gallagher, H. J . Smith. L. A. Pra.tt, P. C. Moran. F. Sn~·.:Ier. K. :'1. Woodman. J. G. Finch, A. L. Cralte. H. B. Zlel. H E Wooo.lruff, L. A. Weloh. "\ . E. Churtn~nd , L. Hodgkill l!.R. I). Pringle, 0 G. Streiter. 11. L. Buter, E. G. l:Iolden. U. P. ~iber l, J. T.

HOSi>IT,\L coups. To be tat Lieutenant , DOfIn. G. H.

Serge/l.nt, 1st Cll\8I!. O)wles. H. R.

SIDS.U. CORPS. To be 2d Lieutenant. O'Dell. G. M.

ht Chus SerJ::·\. DavidSQn, W. L. Sergeant. Filkins. S. J .

ORI)S,\SCE CORI'S. To be 2d Lieutenant. Griule}". ~ . II

Ordnance SergeRut. Wri!l:ht, H. K. A. C. CRON,

l ilt . Lieut .. 10th U. S. Infantry. Proressor Military Science and Tactic..

~------------== sity for thc purchase o f high priced C011l llle rcial feeds, at the sam e limc improving the soil in stead o f caus­ing it to deteriorate. In (mother ill­stance, a young short course man went horne ,md purchased a few rel{istcred lhliry cattle, ,,;hich re­sul ted in the quite general lise of this v31u:lhle b reed in the locality. In still another notllble instance, a desimhle c rop rotHtion was estab· lished which, comhinecl with up·to· doVe tilbge methods, resulted in greatly increased crop yields with· out seriOUSly depleting the soil of its fertilit y. There is :llso another st riking" instance ill which an im· pro"cd variety of corn was intro· duced, alld its use has now become quite wide spread in the locality. T hese urI.' hut a few of the m:!ny W;I)'S in which the community may be benel;t!:'!! by the short course man. I f the\' do not producc illll\\e· diale important impro\'emcnts, this is nearly always llue 10 conse rvative influences in the home or commu-nity pre\'enting them out their plans.

from carn'in" . "

Ea.st Lansing now has a full fledged U.!::i. express odice. Mr. Bauer, of the College Druj! and Gro­ccry Co., has been duly appointed ;lgem fo r the company , and will rc­cc i"e packages :tnd h ave in charge :1. 11 express sent 10 East La"si"Jr. Jt is hoped that it free delivery will be established soon.

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY AT LUDINGTON.

Sc;:hleussner and Smith Are Seniors to Get F irst Places in Speak-

ing and J udgi ng Contests.

One of the most sueCl.'ssful meetings in the history of the 1Iieh ig:l11 S I ate IIorticultur.l.1 Society took plllce :It Luding­ton last w eek. They starteo.! 011 Tuesday morning, ;lnd the }oJ. A . C. delegation a rri" ed Tuesday evell­ing in time fo r the. balHJ1let. Prof. Eu stace and r-,'Iessrs. Gunson, I l nl· ligan ami \\7hite were present, be· sides twcl\"(~ of the sell iors . That e\'ening Prof. Eustace and G. Y. B ranch responded to toas ts at the annulil banquet, and thus repre· sented the college with other speak. ers at Ihis functioll .

The busy day for the clliors was \oVednesda,·. At ten o'dock they were on -the program with their five·milHltc talks. The topics of thesc were u follows: ··Horti­culture in the \V cst," I J. L. Uali­croft j "Conlhillll.lioll Shots in Ilor· ticulture," G. \'. Britnch .. "Life Hi s loryand Control of San .J ose Scale," E .• \\ '. Dc Graff; "Pear Bl ight ami Its ContrOl," A. \V. Eidson; "Life lIisto rv lind Cont rol of Cod ling :\'Ioth," L.- B. G:trdner; "The B rown Rot of P each," F. H. l\"leDermid ; "Co\'t~r Crops," M. T.

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Muon; "Apple Scab," F. \V. Crys. lerj "Co.operation," H. G. Kirby ; " I-l ow Lime·Sulphur Kilts lh ... San Jose Scule," O. \r. S chleussner i ".'\ pple COn<litiol1s in \Vestern N~w York," Edwin ' mith; " T he Peach Tret' Borer," H. G. Taft.

These titlk" seem to he very pop. IIlnr a] the IIIcetin~s o f these practi­cal fruit grOWNS, and thc speake rs received the besl of attention . The judges accorded first pri..:e. $15.00, to U. \V .. :;chll·ussncr, ~. Y. Cit)"; second pnzc, $10.00. to F. II. M e Dermid. Battle Cr<:ck; Ihir<l prize, $5.00, L. B. (iardl1t: r, Lall~in.K'

.The fruit judging ~'ontC!!t followed thts. and cOlIsi:.ted of iden]iticlil ton of I'arielies and colllTtiolt judging". )'Ir. U. K . Whitc ami l'>ruL 1lalli _ )[:111 ac tl'd :15 oJti ... i tll~, nlld pri:t.cs Werl· awardc,l as follo'\,,: First, $'5.00, 1::d'III1 ~mith, LOfli. x. Y.; seconcl. $IO.DO, 1 J. (i. Tah. East Lmsin;!; third. $,.00., O. W. ::iehlcllssller, ~. Y. (ill_

Th ... practi ... :11 eo.lu<":I·tioll sl·t·ur ... ,l In· sttl(lcl1l~ ill attellll:lItcc lit Ihese Inccti ng"s is o f ).:" r l·;tt , alue, as a larue , . " r:tIl).:"C 0 tOpll·~ was ,·ol·e red each day hy practical fruit ;!rOWl'rS, Among the collc).:"c Ill ... " to appe,lr on the prOg' r :11I1 'n're: !'rof. 1::11"t;lC(', \I itb '. Fruit F;trll1 Cold ~torag"e Buildings," and a "ter"'optlcon leelure "Scellcs on ).!all\ ~l irhi"aJ1 Fruit F:lnl\S"" l" rof. P"';u it, will, all Illus­Irate!1 talk, "Insects 1!:,'cry Fruit. groWl·r Should h:1l0 \,·:" Prof.P:II . ten, with "Pr:lctic:tl Demonstration in Bu~ in).:" 1··erti1i.tc r ~.·' A large lIumher of Aluumi wen' present, somc of whom were eOllsi>icuous 011 the program.

F ARM ERS' CLUB.

The studt,ttt hody :1 1 ~,. A. C, duly apprel;ah:" its techniC;ll dubs. T o the students in agriculturl', Ihe F armcr's Cluh has always been the phlee where they could feel:l.t home. It W:IS especially eviden t durim; thi;J year's meetin:.:-s. The I:cr;.:-e ;OOIll I 109 A i;. buildi,,).:", was lIlo re than once crowd~d 10 its full capacit)·, :tnd 110 meetlOg: could complain of a me:lgl'r ,llIendallce. T his is p rinc i. p:tlly due to the fa ... t Ih:1\ the c1 uo ha5i hecil fo rt unate ill sencrill;.:' speakl.'fS wholleli\ creel a mt'SS:lg:'" o f prime in. terest to th<.' future f:trll1er.-;. Dur­ing Ihis term, addresscs "ere m:uie by both studcllts and f,lculty mern. bers. T hl' followill;! ;I re some of the lopics t<lken up:

!'rof. GUI1S011_ B CII1IIih ill<' the Farm J 101llc. . ...

Prof. Frcllch-Ag ri<"ultnral Ed. ucation and its \-alue to the Furmer.

Inst ructo r Lill ton _ Marketing P oultry PrOlluce.

Talks we re also .c;i'·cl1 on "reclt malluring, m:trketing milk pn;luce. s<1l1it:cr)' dairying, "How aud \Vh)' be a Good Farmer."

I~or the winter term an elaborate program has been a rranged, ",ilh sp'."ci:l l attention to the needs of the short course s tudents. The latter h:!,·c :Ilways nvniled thcmselves o f the opportunity to attend these meetings. II is a fact that these meetings hnve, in themsch'es, been nn incentive to many 10 attend the sho r t courses.

The meetings take place even' Tuesday evening, at 6 :45 o 'dock, in roorn 109, f\gr. Building.

Chas. R ose, 'II, "':IS a college "isitor over S unda)" Mr. Rose is fanning at Evart, ~Iich.

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ENGI NEERING SOCIETY BANQUET.

One of the most successful terms in the life of the Eugincering Soci ­et\' W:lS concluded 1:.st F r iday eve]}­illg by a banquet held at Club B. Although this was the firSt banquet of t.he sociel)", it was 11 complete success from oyster stew 10 ci~:trs. The menu ca;Js provided b}" the program comco.ittce were III the fo r m of blue prln!s.

As toastmaster, Dean Bissell wielded the "oil elm" most efficienlly, and k"pl the wheels of the progrllm rU!Jnill~ without 11. hitch.

I IlSlrlKtor II. E. Marsh, 'oS, of the eng ineering dcp<lrtlllctll, re­viewed the history o f the society, of which he was a CbarLer member. 1-11.' conl'1l11k'ti his talk by wishing SilCCCSS to those who have started the movemellt to change the college mune, ami declarcll himself heartily in favor of such ;1 ch:llJg'e.

Prof. Kun ze, of the Enginecrin~ Faculty, su rprised those -who h:ld attempted to ~lICSS what his inter­pretatioll (If the suhject .. Rech ri ,,­telling" would lx', by tr:mslating it into the wonls "~ I it hig-an State College." TIl:I! the Professor is mia-htil\' interested ill the proposed ch;uge - in lIame W:lS e\'idenced by h is remarks.

.. A n ';Irt to 'art talk" W:lS h:lndlcd b\· Professor \\"ilson. After gi\' ­irig much g ood ;Ithice to tbe mem­bers of the society, the Profe~snr took the opportunity to tell how he stoOod on the" ~1. S. C." quest ion. which C;11I he summcI\ up by hi~ closing: remarks: "Success l\1ust be achie\'l~d Iwnorahlv."

The last loa,,\ of th-e e\'ening was presented by F. 11. K:me, ' I"! , who IOld sever ... 1 amusing stories, :Inti condmkrl hy reviewing the act ion!; of the :'-.1. ~: C. Associlltioll.

The en:.ni ll :: was ;t thoroughly ('njovah1c 011e, :Intl President Groo­thllis and Ihe banquet commille-e arc to be cong r:u ll];ned.

NAME QUESTION AGAIN AGITATED.

A short ti111e- al,!O'" h ... l1d of sen· ior ellg-ineers issued ;$1)(.1 distribuled posters <lnlOllg the entire student body, bearing the headlines. ··~l i ch ­ig:m !::)tatc Colh:~c or ),1 icbigan Agricultun,l Colleg-e. \\'hieh :" a_lll\ setting forth re;1",ons fu rthC' <.: n:lIl:;!:e. with the- admo niti on to "'T:d k it vI' ~.,

T hi s Wil~ follo wed l:ls t Tue ~ rbv eveuiwI ],\, a /IH·ttitw o f the Se lll(;r . . . cngineers , :,1 whit h F. Ii. K!lnc presided . Prof. E.J. }.;:U Jl ite- \\:<5

called upon, a lKi g;"HC an (:nthu ~i liS ­

tic ami il1~pir;Il;( talk. briogin~ OUt mall )" new points. Amollg olh e r things. il was karnnl that in the cast, and C'\ en in \\. iscomin. the b e t thai there i~ an eng ineer·jng: course here is unkno\\ 11. 1.'\ ell :ilnong pro· fcssors of (1) .~il1cering c"llc;::es. This is IJUt' to the facL thllt eastern institutions of this dass "dtlorn teach anything: hili ;tgriculturc. It i", be· yond queslion that the cll~incers a rc ser iously handiC1lppcd hy the p resent l1:u ne. Prof. KUIJ'(e ;lIso point ed OU I lines of <letion and !,:;""l\"C graphic illustrati.olls. showing II h:lt tl b.md of perslstC'nt w orke rs (" :m .1ccOomptish.

·.Mess rs K. B. Sle\' ens, '06, and E. C. Cul\'er gave their experiences in pr:H:tice, substan li:tt.ing what had been s:lid before, :Ifld dllho rlltillg

The M . A. C. RECORD.

upon the handicap that the p rcsent !lame imposes upon ou r graduates am! students. The ZlanlC Mich igall Stale College WOU!I! not ouly give all '1 squa rc deal, but ;t\so give the school more prestige :ts a wholc. Several committees were appointed , and the cause p romises to be a live olle.

Thc Idlers arc phlllni llg a Christ· mns cnter tainment in the '\'ome ll's Building Saturday evcn ing, from 7 to 10.

Prof. Babcoc k's friends will be gLtrl to know tha I he is s ti ll on the gain, and indic:ltiolls all poin t to a completc reCOI-e ry .

Insl ructor Lillton was ill :-;:tug a . tm: k Friday and ~alUnJ.ly of laSI w el' k, when~ he scored se\"er;ll birds and instructed in mt:thods of scoring, elc.

A party of eight poultry studen ts , including Ins truc tor Linton and ~Ic\'ittie , 't I, left ~Ionday fo r Guelph, where they will attend the winter fair and poultry institute.

Th e Alumni c:tlalogs h:I\' c been reeei l'ed frolll the press. :lnd will bc mailed to graduafes upon request. It will not be possible to hand these directories OUI at random, as 0I11\"

::,CX>O l'opies have been ordered. .

J\lr. O. K. Whit e, while iiI Graml Rapids last week, met J\lr. C. A. Reed, 'aS, now of the Bureau of Plant Industry o f the U . S. G O\'efil' men l, who was at that lime on his way to :'-.lidd!cl- illc to se.: his wife. who has recently been seriously ill. :\-1 rs. Reed will be remcmix:n.:d as ~! iss Katharine 1\1 e ~ augh to:l, of the same class.

The 11C\\ c;tfe in C011 nection with the East L:msing' Drug :lIld Grocery Co. is in :Icli\'c oper:llion. :U1d is prol'ing" a drawing card. The room is prodded with l'ating tables which will ;tCCOnllnouate six or eiXht per­sons, and $0 can \"t'r\' cflsih- he taken cu re uf <11 a single lll~a1. 5.Jr. I-lig-gs has ell tir~ charge of this Ilepanllll·l1 t. which in it"clf is :t~sural1ec that prope r attention will h.: gi'<:n to ,Ill patrOnS.

r{,ilJl~ ~/ _\-(1 ::' } ",.,l', a "olurne of Ol-er 600 pages :.nd many heamiful colo r"d pl:lle5. has JUSt bet:n sent to ourlihra.ry by the author. Prof. C. P. Il ed rick. !Iorticulturi~t of the ~e \1

York Experinlt:m Sta lion. The work c()!1sists of a ~ omplele discus· sion o f I-;lrieties of plums. origin. specie~ and vicinity in which eil .:h thri\·cs. Among P rof. Hedrick's ass i 5t arH~ it) this work was ~l. J. Ut.lrse .l" '06.

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A mOSI inte rcsliug letter hns heen rcccil-cd from Emest F. Smith. o f the aho\"e d:tss, whose lIdclress is 16.12 \ ''' a rren .. \I·e., Chicagu. ~lr. Smith i'i slill in the chief engiuc('r 's office of the Hock Iflam] lines. J lis work is general ofticc work :\lld d ndting ; und always plenty to do and ellough of mOlll'Y to keep from starring, for which hc Stilte!> he- II';(S

truly thankful ;'\ovcrnher 30. Er­nest S:1\'5 that himself and \1 ifc :!rc "tl:it (I\-"cllc rs, a method of Ji\' ing dc­veloped from the cliff dwdlers of ea r lier llges. There arc some dis· advantages in Ihis so r t of life, hilt the Oil!! hig advau tag-e is that when you g-et. tired of one cliff, you call alw3),s liml another." On the whole, l 'lr. Smith likes Chicago, and is very w ell satisfied with his wor k.

A REVIEW OF THE FOOTBALL SEASON OF 1911.

Th~ outlook for the football team at 11. A . C . fur the sC:lson of 191 t was very dubious.

The schedule was lighter than that of t91O, owing to the disc.,ntinu ­...tion of athletic relat ions with :\"ot re Dame all(~ ~Isrquctte. AS:l result , it was a difficult malte r 10 secu re competent g:11l1CS i ll the time given tOo the a thlelic director. Nevenhdess, the sensol! w as quite salisfal"tory .

Through g:raduation nnd men not rcturniug 10 collegc, we lost f rom last year's te:ml Ex·Captain Exdby , Capt. Cortri~ht, Leona r<1soll, Camp. bell, Pattison, :\Iontfort and P ingle . \\·c were therefore eompelled to build :1 team a round fou r of last rear's better men .

\Vc opencd lhe season on October ith by defeating Alma 12--0. T hen the team settled down to hard work in prepara tion for its lmnual game with Mich igan. For three qua rt"'s w e hel\l tllc slron:; L-. of ,,1. tcam to a tic score, bUI owing 10 lack uf ('!lough good substi wli:s and the short time in which we had to prepllrc for this g-aml' our team weakened, :1I1d we were bcaten, llfler the h:lrr!esl tight C\'e r seen on Ihe :'-.1. _'\ . C. neld, 15~3. llad we been :tble tosubstilute strong, there is absOlutely. 110 doubt in till' writer's mind th;lt we IYQuld bave bel'l) able to have be;lt{'n our old rinl!. J\lichi!:i"n . Our tl· ... m pl;tycd ... s g-oud as ~ Iichig:tn. if not beller; hUI it \l'llS purely a case of weight and ('ndurance w hich defeated itS.

Althuug:h , \-C were {Iefeatcd squarely, it waS:l moral "ictory for ~I.:\. C _ This game g-an' \IS our preslig-e for Ihe remainder of the season, for no one had ;Hl itle:1 thai, with the material at hand, \I'C would he able to make even a fair showi ng.

On Oct. 2 I we c:lsily dcfe~ltcll the s trong OJiVc1 team z9-3. II hich Ieam later won the ,\1. L A. A. ch ampion ship.

C'n forlun:lIe l~' fo r us, the BUt'hle! ~:lIllC \\":1 5 c'IIKe\ed b}' thelll, owing to faculty restrictions. As a result the v:l rsity pl:lyed thc r.:serres aud tlcfc:tted them 23-0.

In a hanl fought game the 1':Irsit)' met :lnd defeated Depaul\' L-ni\'er­sity 011 .;..ro~·. 31.1 by the dose lScore of 6-0. T he :::.me WI.S h ;lrd fou::ht from beg-inn ing to end, hut the score does no t show Ihe reid strel1:,::lh o f ou r te:tm O!l Ih;1I d;l)" for we coc llinuall.' IlwrchcJ (lUII'll the fidJ 10 with_ ill striking dist:ulce o f the goal, then were pCl1alized and filially forced 10

punt. In the fi rst fh'c minutes o f play Ill' scored frOIll the ; j-yard linc on a delaye,l pass, bitt the refc rce rlai med that the hall W;IS passed forwanl s is inches amI Ihe m;w who receil-ed it w:ts nOI fh'c ";In!S hn~' k of the line. :\" n result" c 1051 ... louchd{j\\ n all :1 legitimate jlby. Il:td \1"': hall om even hre:lk in luck it is Ihe \I·rit{·r's opinion Ih:lt w.: would have defeated thcm a l It:::Hst IS points.

011 XOI". II \\e pr"yed and ddcatt'd thc strong ~l t. L"niOIl t~'am of Alliancc, Ohio, ~6-6. whidl add s more cr"dil 10 our team's showing:. when I~' e take inlo cOllsitienltiOIl Ihc fact th;l ! ~It. L' niOIl st:or.:d more points ag;t inst l3uchtc1 th:1Il R escf\·c . Caiie, Hiram al1d \\' OOSI~' r cmnbined. Thc)' scored ncarly tw il'c as mUllr point s a~ainst Iliram :'15 Rl'Serl"e, Obe rlin , .\J!cgbclI)' and \\' oolSler ~·o lllhilll:~d . On :'\0\' . 30 :'-.11. Ullioll de­fe:lI"d Ohio ~orth('rn L' nil"crsily 19 to O. :-'11. Gn ion is 1101 ill the Ohio confe rence, but fronl the abol'': rerord olle .::In e:l!>ily sec lhat they hat! one of the stroll~est 1~';uIIS in Ohio.

On Xu\". lith, when we w ere to play Ohio :\"ortb('rn Unin'rsiIY , "Old l~hl\-ius " :.rot in his good work and proceede{\ to Ilwkt· our field :t minia_ ture lake. As a resul t thl:' ~:tllle \\,:1S calle,1 o ff, Illu.:h 10 thl:' chag- r in of ;111 conce r ned, but it W;(S :Ibsolutely usekss to play ttllller such t·ondilion~.

\\'ith this g:atne canceled we '''l're forced to go Ihret· weeks without a ;,:ame hefore {lur tinill clash with \\ 'ahash on turkey d:tr. During: theS(' three weeks Ih{' tcam dc"cf\'cS a wholt: lot o f ere-llit for it.;; f:tilhfulncss and s pirit shoWIl . anti jhe relll results of their efforts were brought fo rth lery s.trt.ln.:;ly when we defe;l\ed our ohl ril·als. \\·abash. 17- 6. Tht' \'ictory practic:t1!y gave liS the millor collcg:c championsh ip of thc \\'eSI.

:'-. !cl)ermid. who has bce n on the S,!U;Ic! fOUl" yell rs, was .:;-i\·cn a mo no_ gram SWe,uer in appreciation of his spkndid wDrk . Ti e has heen Olle of ou r most t'OIlSCiclltious workers,. ami though he was not allowe,\ to plav ill but one ~ame this SeaSOI1, alld th a t for ollly a fel\" mottlen ts, the spi rit o f the man was g ood to "ee. Martin ;11lt! B;lllard were :llso awarded monogramS. ill ;ldditiol1 10 the r~)!ular pl:tyers. Shuttleworth, Davi" and Day werc awarde-u ,. Ie' sweakrs.

A photo~raph of the srlu:lc! was taken S:Hurd:lY. but we wl.'rc Illlllh!e to secu re a print in time for this issue. R iblet, our s tar (Ju;\rter·back, was eleCled captain of the te:llll for t91.!.

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F. A. Stone (Capt. ) .. I. E. E G. Culver ........ It G. J . E McWilliams . . . C. L . J. Hi!l. .. ...... R H. w. R Riblet ....... Q. E. F. Gorenflo. ...... R. E. G. W . (li(ford .. .. . . k . T. .,. G. :Markham. .. . . L. H D. MeLa.ughry L. T. .. .... J .. W. Campbell ..... L. G. V. E. Julian. ..... ... F. B. s. A. Martin ....... . G. F. R. Davis. ....... E. A. E. Day .. .... .... G.-T. F_ fJ . McDermid ..... C. C. V. Ballard ....... . \ li. Il. E. H. Shuttleworth . . Q.

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"The Riv<1!s" will be presemcII on Thursday c\"cning Dec. q . Note the change ill d:ltc.

1\.\ r. \V. O. H ollister, Entomolo· gist for P :lrke, D:l vis, & Co., of De­troit, was at the College t~e p:l~t week, looking up data on InSl'ctl­cides.

:Miss Caroline Holt, of our Draw­ing Dept. , :lttelllled the 24th ant~ual exhibition of the Americ;tIl P:nnt­ers' and S{'ulptors' Association, held at the An Institute, Chicago, the past week.

A trial by ju ry was held in the Chapel on Tucsday and \\'cdncsday o f last .. veek_ T he trial was the outcome of an attempt by the cit)· of East Lansipg to condeolll a s treet through ce rl:lin property owned by Mr. H. U. Angell. J udge Black, o f Lansing, represented the city, and the trial was heard by Judge Gardner. The jury disagreed, alld a new trial has been set for Dec. 26.

in the Hasti'lffS JJaf/ttcr o f No\" . 30 is an article"on the .Michig~n Good Roads Association, and a ells­cussion of the 3.ctivities of \-arious counties in connection with the S tate aid hUld. The "ice presi ­d ent of this association is N . P. Hull with '89, master of the State G ra~ ... e and recently elected nation-

" , . f al lecturer. ~Ir_ Hull IS one 0

.Michla-an's progressive farmers and a good rO:ltis enthusiast. \V. K . Pruddell, '78, is 3. member of the board o f t rustees of the above asso­ciation, and has always contributed largely in connection with the cause of better rO:lcls in Mich igan.

Prol. :md l'Irs. Y. T. "-illion s pent the Th:l.I1ksgi ving recess in Detroit, visiting friend s.

Dairv week will he held at M. A. C. ~'eb . 19- ~+ T his w ill be in connection with the tuberculin test work gi\'cn by Dr. )'larshalL

Mrs. Besse), and lillIe daughter left OZl Saturday for Om;lha, ~e· brask a, where she will visi t her parents. She e"pects to be gone until about the close o f January.

The annual foot b:lll banquet, which has become so imporwllt a fu nction ill ou r college activities, will be held Friday eve ning in Club D, \Vells . The feed beg ins at 8 :00 o'clock, and :l good progmm of toasts is assured . The tickets arc $1 .00 each, and may be procured at the Secretary's oflice.

On the evening of Dec. 5, ~I r. and )'lrs. C. C. \-Yood entertained, wilh a musical program, SOOle 50 guests. Prof. Huston, ~Irs . Hesse, of L:lIlsing, and Miss Dykstra, of Grand R apids, were among the soloists. Refreshments were served and n thorouD'hlv good time en-joved. " •

Prof. Shoesmith and M r_ R:l\'en spent the g re3 te-r part of the past week at Union City, where they conducted 3 series of demonst rat ions and ~ave lectures on live stock, dairying, ferTility, etc. Some 40 or 50 enthusinstic farmers were pres­ent, and the session was a Inost profit:lble one. Claud Nash is In ch.1.rge of the <1 g ricultural work at this pl<1ce, and one of the moving spirits in this work.

Dean :lnd ).frs. Lnnan wcre ill Chicago a few daFs the past week, when the Dean attended the big stock show_

Instructor L_ C. Emmons h:ls been appointed genernl inspector of dormitories, and will .Issume his duties at the beginning of the winter term.

T he grcn te r part of last we~'k W3S milch like spring :'I.t M. A. C. The snow p raet icully disappearc,1 on \Vcdnesday, and one could {Io ve ry nicely without coat and wraps.

Neat moldings have been placed in the halls of the Engineering Huildillg, upon which, f rom lime to time, will be placed v;t riou s photo­graphs and drawings for the bene­fit of students allli others interested in engineering.

Announcements have been ro:­ceived of the marriage, on Thanks­gi\'ing day, of Miss Bertha )'fa)'

~larshal1 and 1\lr. ).lilesJ. G ilmore at Libb}', M ont. Afte r ).Iarch I, '9 IZ, Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore will be at home at Old )'Iission, 1\1 ich_ The bride was a former clerk in Dean Shaw's office.

Season tickets will be sold this year admitting the holders to the oratoric<1l contest, and also to the sophomore and freshmen contests. In addition to th ese, the ticket witl also be good for reser\·ed scat at the peace oration contest and <1dmis­sion to the debatc with Ypsilanti. A general :ldmission will be charged at the peace omtion contest, the sea­son ticket being good only for re­served seat.

1\lr. allJ )'frs. Emmons will occupy the rooms in the tt!fracc ill which i\lr. alld i\lrs. Bowditch now Ii ve.

The ch urch bir and salc proved a big SlKcess. Ii is reported thnt the \r omcn's So~-iety c1e:lred 3bout $160 on the ventu re.

A Ilew shed, 20xi~ feet, is being constructed sOllth of the shops on the line of the f:lilw;I\. It will also serve as a cover for supplies of pipe, ceEllcnt, etc.

Prof. Sh aw was at St. J ohns Saturday, where he spoh· before the agricullural students in the hig h school. )'Ic\'iltie, 'II, is in cha rge of the Ag. work.

A number o f the faculty mem­bers plan to attend the meetings of the American Asso~iatioll for the Advancemenl of Science, hel(! in \\-ashi ngton the I:ltler part of De. cembt:r_

At a meeting of the Station Council on Friday nfternoon two bulletins we re authorized,_ one by Dr_ Beal , on "\Veeds," aud the othe r 011 the subject of" Drai n<1ge," by Prof. J effery.

The Department o f Drawin<J" and O - I' " eSlgn {CSlreS to make correction of a statelllellt published recently in connection with the namc of the in­stitution . The Dept. docs IIOt re. quire swdents to put the name of the college in their title, as indicated in the :lrticle mel1tioned~ If they did, the one r{'centlv authorized by the legislature would be the one reo quired.

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THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AND THE SHORT COURSE

MEN. --

)len who e nter the college for Ute short coti rses nwy be in terested in knowing something of the work of the English Dcpart1lleut.

1 In the regul:tr course!>, stu( cots are required to study English dur­ing their fresh mall and sophomore rears. T he courses include much IJril1 III ICller writing: and 111 other forms of com position, d rill ill ex­temporaneous spcnking, and dri ll ill the prcp.mltion and dcl.ivcry of vari· O\IS kinds of addresses. In the junior :11)(1 scnior years, agricultural studen ts have open to them a wide range of c!ccti,-es ill the study of litcnlture. T h is includes the read­ing of fiction, of biog raphy. of fa­mous foreign classics translated into English, of orations, o f poetry, o f the d ram:l, of short stories, etc.

A s the men who come for the short courses are primarily here for technical work which will be o f practical \'alue to them 011 the farm, comparatively little time has been gi,-en in the p.ast to work along the lines of English. However, courses ha,"e beell presented in lette r writ· mg, III p:trliamentary law, etc. It is hoped that in some way during the present w iuter some practical work III leller w riting, as well as some work ill parliamentary law :lnd in extemporaneous speaking, may be presented. III addition to the courses offered by this depart­ment, it has been customary to ha,-e at least nne talk gi,-cll to the entire body of short course men concern ­in~ books of interest to the JOU'lg people on the hrm. •

Allied to the "ork o f the Depart­mcnt is the work cared for b,- thc students themseln's in their P ublic Speaking A ssociation. This Ill'

dudes original oration CODtC>Sk> fo r freshmen . fo r S()phomor~-;;. ana at least two oration con1bt.s. 0Jkn to all Ihe studcu~ of Inc .olreo:!t:. The .-\5-sociation al-o .. Q!lduc'~.an annual cle­bat~ ,\itn Yp"i.atl · i Sf'}rm~ Co:.lle,.!'c and with _\ ,ma C,,;iege. "'Oale of these coni~ .' - 1 he he • .f d,",rin~ the time one ~n.IJ:- cour,e,. a.:eo are here. T (!c\· are Ul ned to ;l,lerA these conto;:'~I~ free:~ _ thu'i em;;: something of to:;; ph~c o f ""oI)Ue::!e liIe.

.-\. dehntin,!! svci~t:· mel:t!' each ThursdaJ eH:.nin~ at se\"l:1l o'doek_ In this, question;; of prc~ent day interest arc discussed. Short C6u rSe .u en will be wcicomc·d at the meet­ings of Ihis dub. \\-hen you come, come with the purpose in mimI of being ill this debating socict)· regu· larly each week, and of taking part in the generul d ebutc which, elleh evening, follows the formul debate. Should enough sbort coursc men care to oruallize themselves into a debat-. . ing dub to m~et once o r tWice a wet:k, plans Will be made to accom­modate them.

The head of the E nglish depart­ment will be glad to consult with short course men at any time du r­ing their Silly, concerning any mat-

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FIBRE PLANTS.

The chapel was filled to over­flowi ng and many w ere turned away who came out to hear Lyste r D ewey, '88, \V ednesday evening, in his illustrated lecture on "Fibre Pl nntsand Plant Fibres." Lantern slides were used showillg views of the growing plants, method of prep­aration o f fibres, etc. )1r. Dewey took up the most important fibre plants o f the world. such as cotton, hemp, jute. abaca pIanilla hemp). flax. SiS:I!, henequen, ixtle, zapupe, etc. T he speaker has made ex· tensh-e studies of the fibrc plants at home and abroad while in the gove rnment sen -ice, :ulli his talk was 'en ' instructive, as well as no n · interesting.

~Ir. Dcwey spent Tha nksg-h·ing at his ol~ home, Ilear il. d ri:ln. nnd it wa- hecause of his visil to )Iich ig-an thal he was secu red for Ihis lectu re. After Lhe lecture, the members of the - Research Club, with thei r wivb, J{a\"t: an informal reception for :\ I r. Dewey ill the rooms of the Botanical Dept.

..\1 r. IJewey left, Thursdny morn­in~, to \' isit his da ughte r, at the L-niversity, :1Od expected to reach \\-!l!>hinglon on Saturday.

P res. Schlcussncr has caJ!ed a meeting o f the State Oratorical Hoard fo r Saturday, Dec. 14, at !'.1. A. C. The State Oratorica l Con· te.st is this fea r to be held a t Olivet, and this meeti ng is culled to deter· mine who shall act as judges, aJl(1 also to conside r any other matters which may come before the Board at that time.

Prof. Pettit and Mr. Patlon were among those who attended the Hort. meeting in Ludington las1 week.

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T he Uni forms w orn at

michigan Jlgrl,"lIlIr'l CoII.g. arc fitlished examples

of our product.

J acob R e ed's Sons 11I.lIars of

"Gold Meda l Unifor ms" 142ol·26 Chestllllt 8t. PhU .. delphi ..

DIRECTORY LA::'>lSI:'\G B US IN ESS AND

PROFESSlO:\"AL i\-fEN . T he nalneS In till! ])1r<leIOry. lUI "-e/ll\./!

those o f all ou r other IIl.h·ertisers. lIre of relillbl" IlArUe~. W e hope that the flleulty and JtudeuiS will Ulke oaln~ to pat ronl~e tb.,..., wbo Pfltrnnlze us.

BAKED GOODS.

" -BARBER S.

CO "L~:(l~; HAIU~to:R SHOP. Tn Bath Houlie. Andy-I)ell- ~~rnle. Yon get the be6t .. ·ork ber~. Tr,. It Il nd see.

BOOKS AND STATIONERY.

A M.I'.MER Y. lie WaSil . Ave. S . Books. • Fi ne Stlltlonery. J.:nllra,·ed CalUng

{Jardl,.. f"oun Ulhl Pens. Pictures. Frames. Fine Frllm lng ... Speel ... lty. Up-to-da t e Ityles_ Out GIII.S~ut In 1.a1l81n ll".

BOOK BINDERS.

G£O- G_ BLu nEAU oi OO.-Bookblnd eu. a ccount book mllkera. J>ftoer ruling.

IIbrar,. a.nd n ne ... rt blndlnll"8. Ille boxeR. map monntlngs, albums. pocket books. etc. OltlzeUS ' ohone No. ~8IiI. In Oltl National BanI< Build In.

CLOTHING.

E LGIN MIFFI, IN . Lll.dleIJ and Gentle_ meo'. FurnlsblnllOoods. See ad.

TH~: MA P ES OO_ H llrt.SblllTncr"Mllrx Olo t hesa.nd Men·. }o'umlsb lngl_ ~-lltII Wnsblnaton A ' ·e. Soulh_

CR OCKERY AND GLASSWARE.

DENTISTS.

N H. MOOR~;. fl . n_ s. Office .Il~l:l H ol_ • IISler Bulldln/!.". LlilfSIIl II" . :'>I lch. 0 111·

~p."s pholf~. AutomlltJell41i11

D f.~_ PATt~H; I..;E. \)entlst. IJjX Wasb­• Ingum Ave. 5 .. l..nnslng. ~ l lchlp"lIn.

Autom81t.;: phone. omce ~1Ot: r"gldenee.lI-IO::l.

J E. STO ~' FE R.. D. I). S. Otlle,,~(JIt,. • N ... tlonlll R.tnk Bldg_ Automatic phone

561: l:ellphone ~I. Fortner M. A_ O. student.

DRUGGISTS.

ROUSEH·S OA PITAL DRUO STOHI<:_ Uo to dM .. _ uarller store. OpJ>051te HolllKt.er Hlocl<.

DRY GOODS.

J w. KNA I'P co. Thy Goods IInti Fur­• nl8hlnl!:s. ~I Washlnll"t<.>U A,-e So_

M l1.t.S DRY GOODS 00. nr'y Good s, ~un.s. DoniS. " ·II!sU. A rl Xeedle W ork. E t e . 1(6.110 Washlnl< ton A.-.:~ . South.

ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.

CAPITOL ~~LF.OTRW Y.SGINEERISG 00. - Full Un ... of EleclrlCli1 8upolles .

Includ Ing stlKlen u' shade! lind eords. ear· bon. 11I"lnlutn lind n"n<le relltilng III.U1P8. II, 1<: . ~Ilehlgan Ave.

FURNITURE DEALERS.

M J . .t B.)1. BUO K.-Furnltur .... Oorner • W ... sh(ngIOfl Ave. lind 10nl11 Street.

See "" .

HAR DWARE, STOVES & T IN W'RE_

N O RTOS·S HARDWAR ~~_-Gene r ll l H"rd"'·lIre. TIn ... " ...... Grllnlte ... llre. Uut_

]e r y. Slo '-e!. e i C. III WlIshlnllton A'I""e. S. See act.

MANUF ACTURlNG AND HAlR_ DRESSING_

M RS. 0. T. OA S E. ~lllllurlielurlng. 8Iu. U1l>OOllll< ,t H "lr(lreS>llnll" P"rlors.

S",-Itebes m"lle or eut hlllr or comt>lnll"s, 1I1s00010r"d and (·eno,-nl .. <1 1o loot.: n~ Ilnod liS new. The Frllnco-A""·.lclln 1·1)'1<1 ... "le Tollel Hequhlt~l<'" ~"Ke I AI.TY . Automatl" phone &>1. :!:!loy. WlI$hhllltoll A'· .... s_

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,

G ftISSE I.I. HHnS.-··~I Jehl/l .. n ·~ 1 ... 8dl". ~h l SIc 1I0u~e:· 1111<h Gm<.l" 1'1"n08

and 1' llIyet 1'111"0;;. ~old 011 con,-ellient lernl~. ~:.-erythl"/l In musle and "'11,1 .. ,,1 IIIt' rchoutihc. 1."".1"11 B.rtl!lch. ~lll s. WII~hlnll"to" An·_

PHYSICIANS.

D u. OSOAK H . HH U t:GEI.. H ours, 7 to 8:l1fl II . tn.: tlollind H oS p.m. Sun­

dRYS. I~ 10 I "nti !>IO ~ 0.1lI. E"~t L1In~h)il , Mich. () ]tlze1l8 ohone 1311.

D R. H. W_I.ASt)(lS. Elisl 1..""81",,'_ ~lI ch. OIlkl' hours: ;" 10 ~::.l e. m .. It:;JO to ~

lind 6 : ~) 10 8 P. tn . SundAYS. II) to II ~'IU 11_ m .• 71080. IIf. Cl l lzl'ns· t>hon~~ .

PRINTING.

L A WRENOJ.: .t "AN Bl'Rf.:::'- PHIST· lS(' t·O.-~Hl-2ItGrli"<I An,"ue North. 1'-1",: I' rlnlln¥. Both I'hon ... ~ .

A LLJ.;~ PH I~TING 0 0_ ]11 Grl!.nd An .. • lI u e soutb . PrInting II.nd oIllet! lu pplJes. Hill l ollolle 10111. Automff.1 lc obone 4oot1 .

RO B I>RT S M ITH PTG.OO.-Cor. Wasb­Ington Aye. find Ionia 51.

SHOE REPAIRING.

1'RY KE N l)AU.·S S HO P tor ShOf! Re­Plllrlnll. Al] ... ork gUlI.ranleed. ) Ia­

cblne or H a nd Se..-etl Solu. Rubber Heela .... hlle YOU ... a lt. n ne line ot Oonfet;tlonery Walter .. old SIa.nd , "lIc hlll"al1 A ~-e ..

UNIFORMS.

JAOOB REEO'S SONS. Idl-~ Ohe~ t nu~ St.. P hHlld e lpllla . Pa. Ma k er! of ··Gold ~Iedlll UnUorms .• ~