Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1912 — Page 7

Michigan Wants Farmers!. A Good Place To Locate

MANY FARMERS from the north and central states are going to Michigan’s most progressive district, where new towns are rapidly growing up and a thriving community is being established. This district is in Mason, Manistee and Lake counties, in a large tract of land most fortunately located for commercial and agrciuitural purposes. It is known as the Swigart Tract and men who are familiar with conditions in Michigan recognize that it has entered an era of development such as has never been seen before in the state.

SOME SPECIAL ADVANTAGES that are drawing to the Swigart Tract more settlers than to any part of the Wolverine State are as folows: It lies in the center of Michigan’s Famous Fruit Belt, and is especially adapted for fruit growing, the lands being just near enough to derive the greatest benefit from Lake Michigan’s influence; mild, even climate; a combination of the elements insuring successful crops; local markets, including Ludington and 1 Manistee, with over 30,000 combined population, on the edge of the tract; surrounded by a well settled country; four lines of railroads; products delivered by lake steamers to Chicago and Milwaukee over night; schools . and churches throughout the tract; home conditions ideal; many thousands of acres to select the place for the renter to come ■who is tired of farming where farm iiands are owned by the wealthy alone; the place for the sman to come who is tired of working for someone else. Nowhere can one find lands for sale at $lO to $35 per .acre that can be made to so quickly produce a living. DO YOU WANT a productive piece of farm land that will support you in plenty while you build it up into a property becoming constantly more valuable, then buy in the Swigart Tract. There’s where your money will go the farthest. For

For literature and full particulars apply to GEORGE W SWIGART, Owner, 1249 First National Bank Bldg., Chicago' or his agent,.

C. JJDEAN, Rensselaer, Indiana.

INVESTIGATION SHOWS MONEY OBTAINED BY PRODUCING PORK

W’est Virginia Expert Gives Result of Experiment With Two Brood Sows With Twelve Pigs—Animals Conservatively Valued at $65 When They Were Eight Weeks Old.

(By A. J. LEGG, West Virginia.) A few years ago I was talking to a farmer and business man who said that he always thought that it cost nearly 20 cents per pound to produce pork. At that time he had not had much experience with hogs and I could not give him any definite figures on the subject, but it put me to Investigating. I put a 31-pound grade pig in a pen, fed him and mixed ground feed such as the farm produced mixed with water. , When the pig was-five months old he was slaughtered and weighed 103 pounds. The pig had eaten 384 pounds of feed at SI.OO per hundred pounds. If the pig is valued at $2.00 at the time the feeding began it would make the pork *ost $0,056 per pound. Last spring I weighed and kept an account of the feed required for two brood sows with twelve, pigs. The feeding began about a week before the pigs were farrowed and continued until the pigs were eight weeks old. At the end of the period I found that the pigs averaged thirty pounds each and that I had fed them the fol-

FARMERS’ MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION Of Benton, White and - Jasper Counties • —o— Represented by MARION I. ADAMS Rensselaer, Indiana CYCLONE INSURANCE Am also agent, for the State Mutual, which insures against cyclones, wind and hail.

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$lO to SSO down and $5 to $lO per month you can buy 40 acres. While you are buying the farm, if you should die, it will be deeded to your family free from any further payments. ' THAT HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS of people are becoming aware of the fact that probably never again will such good lands be offered at such low prices and on such low terms is evident because the large number going to the Swigart Tract makes it necessary to run SPECIAL PULLMAN CARS to take care of them—always one car and often two cars, twice each month, for ten months of the year. have learned that conditions in this tract are right. The lands are tried and proven. First excursion of 1912 leaves Chicago Tuesday, March 19, at 12 o’clock noon. THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES over again that our grandfathers had are here, but without their hardships of pioneering. GET THE LITERATURE published on the subject and a large map. They are free and will be mailed to you, if you drop a card for them. Every statement you will then be able to verify when you make the short trip to see the tract. Summer resort lots on beautiful Crystal Lake; residence and business lots in two new towns that are building up on the main line of the P. M. railroad.

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lowing ration with the retail value that prevailed here at the time: 535 lbs. wheat middlings, $1.70 per 100 $ 9.i0 One and a quarter bushels of corn, SI.OO bushel 1.25 102 lbs. mixed feed, $2.00 per 100 2.04 50 lbs. corn meal, $2.00 per 100. 1.00 2% bu. potatoes, 40c per bu... 1.00 Total ..$14.00 If we divide $14.39 by twelve, the number of pigs, we find that the feed bill cost practically $1.20 each for the Pigs. A fair estimate of the labor caring for the sows and pigs and feed for the sows during the gestation period would likely add SI.OO per head to the cost of the pigs which would put the cost up tb $2.20 each. They would have sold readily at from three to four dollars each right from the farm. I sold nine .of them for breeding stock for $52.50 and have on hand one of the best ones for a brood sow and two of the smaller ones for killing. In all the pigs are conservatively valued at $65 at eight weeks old.

Contracts for the Sale of Real Estate The Demoorat now keeps in stoek ’n its legal blank department contracts for the sale of real estate, just what real estate men have ueen wanting for a long time. Saves much time and labor and are in the best legal form. In quantities of 160 or more, one cent each; 25c per dozen;* two for sc. Lecture Course - Dates. March 22—Beulah Buck Co. (Ladies Quartet). All the news in The Democrat.

IDEAS FOR HOME BUILDERS

Mr. William A. Radford -will answei questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he Is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all Inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 178 West Jackson boulevard, Chicago, IIL, and only enclose two-cent stamp for reply.

A good lesson in home building may be learned from the large operators who* make a business of building up whole streets in the suburbs with houses of medium size for the purpose of selling the improved property at a profit, besides increasing the valuation of the remaining vacant property in the neighborhood. These real estate operators have found that it pays them best to gives a great deal of attention to the design of their houses. Of course every house must be substantially built and arranged for practical convenience and utility; but this is not enough. Such houses must be attractive also. Each must have a distinctive, individual appearance. This matter of distinctive appearance is especially important where a large number of new houses are being put up at the same time in the same neighborhood; for nothing looks quite so cheap and uninviting as a whole line of new houses all packed in close together and all of the same monotonous appearance. While the average home builder does not have this exact problem to contend with, still he should take warning from such examples and guard against conditions that may amount to practically the same thing. If he builds a house of commonplace appearance, one that looks just like a hundred others which have been built, or may be built in the future, in the neighborhood, he will find that there is nothing to distinguish his house from the rest. It will depreciate the value on that account, for the prospective customer these days invariably wants a house that he can take pride in. And in addition to the Increased value of such a house at times of sale there is also a more Important phase of the question. A house of attrao-

tive individual appearance makes a better home than one of plain and characterless design. The children take more pleasure in such a home, to take care of it and keep it up; and so the home means more to them; and its Influence will remain with them.

But what is the secret of good design? An experienced architect who has made a study of home building will produce work with seemingly very little effort which stands out unique from all other designs and is at the same time in perfect proportion and possessing the essential features of comfort and convenience. Under

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a master hand the everyday materials seem to be given a new meaning and the commonplace elements, or parts of the building, are arranged In proportion In new and striking effects. It is not so much that the skilled architect uses different materials or more expensive materials than the ordinary carpenter-architect would select, but he proportions them in a different

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way so that the building as a whole is a success.

A house should also be economically constructed. It is a mistake to think that just because a building has an artistic outward appearance it must necessarily have cost extra. At the same time the experienced architect is planning for a striking exterior and convenient interior arrangements he will also see to it that the design is made to be as economical as possible when it comes to be built. For instance, in a two-story house, the story height will be such that 18-foot studding can be used in the side walls and the bearing partitions which sus-

tain the floor joists will be so placed that floor joists in even length of feet can be used without waste. With too many builders who may be called on to draw up plans, these items which mean a substantial saving in the cost are frequently overlooked. In order to get a celling a few inches higher than the standard height when using 18-foot studding, they find it necessary to use 20-foot studding and have to cut off the ends, which means a waste of material as well as a waste of labor which might have been saved by a little forethought. It is always economical in the use of materials and is also good construction to have the partitions and

girders in the basement exactly under the bearing partitions of the first story; and where possible the bearing partitions on the second floor should line up exactly with those ol the first story. There Is nothing like having a good backbone in a house in the way of bearing partitions by having them lined up straight from foundation to roof.

The accompanying design serves as a good illustration of these principles. Although an extremely sensible and convenient house. Its exterior appearance is distinctive and artistic. Lt couldn’t be called fussy, yet there is enough of ornamentation to escap’e monotony. The proportions are good and the material used —cement plaster on metal lath—is the most popular at the present time for high-grade residence work. The interior is arranged very simply, the* idea being for the maximum of roomy conveniences. There is a very large living room of the kind so popular in modern houses. The dining room is of good size and is very conveniently placed with reference to the kitchen, having a butler’s pantry between. An open stairway along the back of the living room leads to the second floor. There ate found two very large bedrooms, a liberal supply of clothes closets and a bathroom. This house, having a width of 25 feet and a length of 28 feet, is estimated to cost $3,000, using a good grade of hardwood flooring and finish and with the modern conveniences of plumbing,- electric wiring, etc.

"I think," said the eminent European diplomat, “that we will declare a tariff war.” “But think of our population?” “1 am thinking of our people and aiming for their peace of mind. Our censored press can always assure them that the war Is A success and they’ll never be able to understand enough about the tariff to know the difference.”

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VETERAN PARLIAMENTARIAN FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

The many Democratic farmer friends of Mason J. Niblack have started a movement to have his name placed before the Democratic state convention, which meets March 21, for lieutenant governor of Indiana. No Democrat in Indiana has a wider acquaintance or more real personal friends than Mr. Niblack. Many of his friends became cemented to him while he served as speaker of the house of representatives during the sessions of 1889 and 1890. He filled this high office with distinction, and had the high honor of succeeding himself, being the only speaker in the history of the state who ever succeeded hiiqself and is regarded as a high authority on parltmentary law and practice. Educated for the law and graduating from the law departmeht of Michigan university, his tastes and inclination turned him toward agriculture, and he abandoned the practice of law to take up the more congenial work of tanning. For the past 20 years he has de-

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BUILDING A SHIPPING CRATE To Get Correct Proportion and Still Make It Light Is Matter Requiring Thought and Experimenting. To build a strong shipping crate in the correct proportion and still make it light in weight is a matter that can not be carried out without some thought and experimenting and for this reason I have drawn plans and 1 built sample crates In an experimental way until the result is satisfactory to me, and I feel sure will be to those

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who wish to build crates after this pattern, writds E. F. Barry, in the Successful Farming. The drawing will give a corect idea of how to put the crates together and the following lumber bills will If followed give correct results. The material, if a person is to use any number of these crates of a certain size he can best go to a box factory or mill and have them cut to order. The long stock should consist of boards any length six inches wide by three-eighths inch thick to be used for bottom. Slats any length three inches wide by three-eighths inch thick. Frame stock any length three inches wide by three-fourths_ inch

MASON J. NIBLACK.

voted his time and energies to agriculture pursuits, and for several years has attended the farmers’ short courses at Purdue university. He is identified with all the agriculture interests of Indiana. . He is president of the Indiana Bee Keepers* Association, a member of the Indiana Horticulture Society, is an expert authority on the subject of pecan culture, and has been an active member of the Indiana State Board of Agriculture for sixteen years last past. Mr. Niblack is a prominent Mason, enjoying the proud distinction of being a member of the 33rd degree. Prominent farmers from all parts of the state are urging his nomination, and the movement thus started, it is belhg widely predicted, will bring the veteran parliamentarian before the coming atate convention t with a following which will insure his nomination for the office of lieutenant governor, a position for which he is eminently qualified and which undoubtedly he would fill with honor to himself and distinction to the state.

thick. Common stock spruce surfaced two sides. It will be found desirable to make three sizes of these crates of a suitable height for broilers and fryers and at least two sizes for mature fowl and for turkeys.

METHOD OF KILLING FOWLS

Neat and Proper Way Is to Clip Head Off of Bird and Place It In Box to Bleed Freely. The following method of killing fowls is a neat and proper one: Set a square post about two feet in the ground and about two and one-half or three feet (or as desired) above ground, writes J. E. Raiser in the

Farm and Fireside. After clipping the fowl’s head off (for this I prefer a corn-cUveer or knife to a hatchet or ax), place the fowl in the box, where it will bleed freely. This method, to my notion, is more humane than to have them flopping about oil the ground.

Backache Almost Unbearable Is an almost certain result of kidney trouble. D. Toomey, 803 E. Oljve St., Bloomington, 111., says: “I suffered with backache and pains in my kidneys which were almost unbearable. I gave Foley Kidney Pills a good trial, and they dpne wonders for me. Today I can do a hard day’s work and not feel the eftecta.”—A. F. Bong. ,n- ‘ ; ■

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