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, clearly recognized as a serious trouble.

,, take on a parched or browned appearance.

 

 

There is hot a great deal that the av-
_erage groWer on dry, sandy land can do
to prevent the drying up of lesyes.

. Spraying which was formerly advocat~
ed Without consideration of costs, may

_ not be profitable for the man growing
to. poor or mediocre crop. With copper
vsnlphate at from 1 Oto 25 cents a pennd,
»~W.1th labor the price that it is and with

:] practically no spraying equipment in
these areas, there is reason for my cau-
tion in urging these men to spray.

Personally I am optimistic about the
late crop if we have a rain or two inside
of the. next ten days. A young growing

. ‘ plant has strong powers of recuperation.

I have not had samples from 'Otsego

' county, but I have had reports from
neighboring counties and my observa-
tions in. Manistee and Grand Traverse
- make me confident that this county is
experiencing the trouble which has been
‘ general frOm'Ohio to the northern lim-
its—G. H. Coons, Plant Pathologist.

 

 

 

showing the disease known as Tip Burn.
This disease, along'with aphis attack, has
caused grave loss in many counties and farmers
are greatly alarmed about this “blight” that has

MICHIGAN‘ potato fields are quite generally

struck the potato. It is the purpose of this ar-
ticle to explain the nature of the disease and
state. what is known of methods of preventing it.

Tip Burn is a disease of the potato which has
been known for a long time, and one which is
The dis-
ease starts by a few leaves here and there in the
fields“ showing leaflets with dead tips. This dy-
ing -of_ the tips quickly progresses around the
leaves so that in the height of the attack the
leaflets show a dead border which rolls and is
very brittle. If the plants are tossed about by
the Wind the dead portions may break off, leav—

«ing the leaflets very ragged in appearance. If
“rains or heavy dews have come since the leaves

showed the dead edges, the dead par-ts blacken

through the action of various molds which grow
5 on the dead parts.

Tip ‘Burn may become so severe that fields
Those

that are at all mature die dowu and the tubers
in the ground ripen. As it frequently happens,

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* This and Aphis Will Cause Great Losses U11-

lees Immediate Steps are Taken. Bor-
deaux Mixture, the Remedy; 'In-

A - ,structions for making

these tubers ‘ may be only half grown when the
’I‘hus Tip Burn may cut a crop in two.

Tip Burn always attacks Michigan potatoes in
years of dry weather when hot winds and blis-
tering sun rob the leaves of moisture faster than
the roots can .supply it. The structure of the po-
tato leaf seems to lend itself to excessive drying
out of the borders of the leaflets. The potato is
a. cool climate 'crop, and it succumbs quickly to
tropical conditions. To the farmer the disease,
coming as it does with a few plants in the patch,
1s a
“blight," but it must be clearly understood that
this disease is not caused by a parasite. There
are two blights of potatoes that are caused by
parasitic fungi——the late and the early blight—
but the weather that favors these diseases is not
the sort that leads to Tip Burn. In fact the cool,
wet weather of July which leads to late blight,
gives a crop of potatoes in which the leaves are
succulent and green and whose promise is. great.
A moderately wet weather favors early blight.
Tip Burn comes when the fields are parched.

As. has been said, Tip Burn begins with a few
plants here and there. The plants that are suffer-
ing from some root or stem disease, are the first
to show the dead tips on the leaflets. Soon the
condition involves even the healthy plants. The
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If we are to get a full crop of potatoes large
enough to escape the pit- falls in the screen, we must
fight “tip- burn" and aphis NOW!

date varieties and plants that have set tubers
show the greatest damage. A rapidly gI‘OWing‘
Pound plant may remain green and active while;
a plant about to mature will quickly succumb.
It seems likely. that the excessive demand for
water upsets the physiology of the plant and the
shock is snflicient to start the processes which
lead to maturity and death of the plant.

The effect of Tip Burn is very pronounced upon
the yield.-- It is well known that early potatoes
do not yield so well as the late plantings. The
chief reason for this difference in yield seems to
be this, the early potato, when the critical stage
meets‘with the weather that leads to Tip Burn
and subsequent death of the top. The late pota-
to, except for the frost, matures its crop during
the cooler months of the year.

Farmers in Michigan are facing the damage
that Tip Burn has produced. It has in many fields
cut the crop in two. This damage has occurred to
the early plantings. The question confronting
the farmer is this. can anything be done to pre-
vent similar loss on the late plantings?

Since the trouble is one associated with lack of
water, and since plants making a succulent
growth, suddenly subjected to hot conditions
show most Tip Burn, it is obvious that cultural
practices, especially cultivation which keep the
plants growing evenly and which conserve the

_ soil moisture are the best general control meas—

ures that the farmer has at his command.

In addition to this, spraying the potato with
Bordeaux mixture has been known for a long
time to be a definite control measure for Tip
Burn. For some reason not at all understood,
Bordeaux mixture keeps potato plants green long-
er than unsprayed plants and in a long series of
experiments has been proved to have a remarka-
ble effect on yields. These results have come in
years when parasitic troubles have not been ser-
ions and it seems safe to conclude that the bene-
ficial results have come about. from the control of
Tip Burn which has been accomplished. The
greatest gains from the use of Bordeaux have
been obtained in New York and Vermont. Exper-
ience in Michigan has never given such largein-
creases as a result of spraying‘as have come in
the eastern states. It is, however, safe to say that
Bordeaux sprays. applied properly five or more
times during the growing season will, with pota-
toes on fertile ground. increase the yield from 15
to 25 bushels even in years when parasitic dis-
eases are not prominent.

But it is noteworthy that this gain

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Bordeaux Mixture—e—What it is, How to Make it

Bordeaux mixture is made when a 2 per cent
.copper sulphate—bluestone—solution is mixed
with a 2 per cent lime solution. In ordinary
practice 4 lbs. of bluestone is diswlved in 25
gallons of water. Four lbs. of stone or hydrated
limo is similarily dissolved in 25 gallons of
water. If stone lime is used, it is first clocked
in a little water. To make Bordeaux, equal
parts of the weak bluestone solution and the
weak lime solution are mixed and then stirred
vigorously. If the lime is good, the quantity
suggested is sufficient.

WILL IT KEEP?

Bordeaux mixture when made should be up-

plled at once. If it can not be used immediate—

ly it ch be kept for future use by adding sugar
to the mixture at the rate of one-half pound for

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' tion and the plain lime solhtion will keep indef— ‘

irringltely. The barrels, however, should be covered
to. prevent evaporation.
HINTS 0N MAKING.
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hot water, or it will dissolve over night if sus-
pended in a. cheese cloth sack in cold water. It
will not dissolve quickly if merely thrown in the
barrdl. Ii' concentrated bluestone and concen-
trated lime solutions are mixed a heavy preci-
pitate results. Good Bordeaux can only be made
by putting thin solutions together and mixing
them thoroughly. Best mixing will result if the
lime solutions and the bluestone solutions are
poured‘at the same time into a third barrel and
then stirred. \Vooden barrels are handlest for
making Bordeaux mixture. For small patches 3
barrel may be saved to make two tubs. or wood-
on candy pails may be used. Bordeaux should
. be strained before putting in the sprayer.

READY-DIADE BORDEAUX MIXTURES

Many of these are made and extensively ads
vertised. While better than nothing, they are
far inferior in results to the home-made product.
They cost more, carry less copper sulphate, give
less protection against disease, and do not last.’
so well as the home- made solution,

-which gives high pressure.

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USES

Bordeaux mixture is our best fungicide for
use on vegetables, potatoes, grapes, and orna—
mental plants. For apples and stone fruits lime
sulphurreplnces Bordeaux. 0n poatoes, Bor—
deaux 'mixture not only protects the potato
plant against fungous diseases, but also pro-
vents the burning of the leaves which comes in
hot, dry seasons. Sprayed plants outyield un-
sprayed plnnts. For use on potatoes to control
the potato beetle, one- half pound of paris green,
or two pounds of nrsenate of lead may be added
to the Bordeaux mixture. Many farmers are
doubling this quantity this year in order to make
sure that the bugs are poisoned.

The, sprayer. Bordeaux mixture is applied
most efficiently on large ucreages with in. sprayer
Good work can be
done with a barrel sprayer pump. Or if the field
Fields of
potatoes have been saved by Bordeaux mixture
that was drenched on the plants with wisps of
hay. The essential thing is to make the Bor-
deaux properly and put it on as best you can.

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ing at am tortoats,‘ 41/2510} ’wheat and also for
other grain. I

tation of being one of. the best thresheran this
country refuses tovmake this charge. They have
told him they would have him arrested if he at-

tempted to threshvfor less money. Also he just ,,
received a letter from the St. Clair Food Admins L

istrator stating that if he did notcomply with
the request \at once he would be turned over to
the state committee. - Who this state committee
is I don’t know. Why should county, state or
national officers care if this man threshed free
of charge if he does a clean job? Is there a law
fixing these prices? Has the county food admin-
istrator any power to enforce these prices, or any
Will the
law protect this man if he charges any less?—0.
A. M., Atkins. ‘

I understand that the Administration has set
the price that threshers may charge in Barry
county at 6, 7 and 8c per bu.. In Ionia county
they are charging us 7, 10 and 11-3. It sure looks
like a hold up. I have been requested to go: your
opinion as to whether they have a right to charge
the above price. We will greatly appreciate any-
thing you may be able to do for us.

Another thing; our local elevator is charging

Isn’t that a little high? This feed was shipped in
here less than two months ago—E. E. 3.. Clerks-
ville. Michigan.

The threShing division of the Grain Corporation
has not fix-ed any price in any county or state for
threshing wheat or other grains. In a number of
counties a uniform price has been established but
we have not heretofore heard of any county charg-
ing as high as the price you name for Ionia coun-
ty, and we have not at the present time any rec-

are not required to do so. If you will give us the
name of the elevator which is charging $60 a ton
for Laro feed, we shall be glad to investigate the
case and learn whether the profit they are taking
is in excess of that allowed by the regulation.—
Geo. A. Prescott, Federal Food Administrator.

 

MICHIGAN RAILROAD FORCED
OUT OF BUSINESS

 

The Traverse City, Leelenau & Manistee Rail-
way Company is no more; the last train wended
its way over this short line last Saturday; the
engine was sent to the round house and the jig is

 

 

     
   
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
   
  
  
  
   
  
  

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up. This line runs from Traverse City to North-
port, a distance of twenty-nine miles, and the con-
ductors call the following stations: Traverse City,
Hatch’s Crossing, Leelenau. Sutton’s Bay, Omena
and Northport. People living along this line have
had two trains daily in the past, but the toot of
the iron horse will be heard no more.

The railway company was organized in 1908 in
the interest of bond-holders of the 01d Traverse
City, Leelenau & Maneistique Railroad company,
who acquired the property by foreclosure of a
trust mortgage running to the Union Trust com-
pany, trustee. Since that time stockholders of
the present company—mostly in Grand Rapids
and Detroit—not only have received“ no return
whatever on their investment of nearly $200,000,
but, through the Union Trust company of Detroit
have contributed in the neighborhood of $500,000
in cash to cover deficit in operation.

CENTRAL MICHIGAN HOLSTEIN
BREEDERS’ BI-ANNUAL PICNIC

 

Lansing.——The Central Michigan HolsteinBreed-
ers held their second bi-annual picnic of the seas-
on at the home of A. R. Black and sons, Tuesday.
August 13. The day Was ideal and the fine grove
in the front yard made an excellent place for the
gathering. There were about two hundred and
fifty farmers and their families present, represent—
ing the breeders within a radius of fifty miles. At
noon everyone enjoyed an old-fashioned basket
picnic dinner with all the ice cream that one could
eat. Following the dinner Prof. A. A. Anderson
of M. A. 0.. gave a judging demonstration, using
a prize bull calf from Mr. Black’s herd. .

The president of the association, J. B. Strange,

A. 0. Training Detachment quartet. The. next on
the program waspseveral readings by Miss Van
Sickle. The president then introduced Myles F.
Gray, who made a hit with the Holstein breeders

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has Set the 91103. 0f thresh‘ .. 7 {m :breEd'eti'sr'» first

' One thresher ‘in this. neighborhood.
Who has his machine paid for and has the rem.-.

$60 per ton for Laro feed. a mixed dairy feed.»

I to grow on worn hilly lands.

0rd of their having such a schedule although they '

 
    

called the meeting to order and introduced the M. '

’when he said, ”this is a time of thoroughbreds',‘

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voted- to holdmanoth
time. of the breeders:

'sion “the; breeders ,
coming, winters at the

ings."arid gave. thefpresid'e'nt poweritoflapp’ein‘tf [at ”'7
‘ sales committee. , gt » . . . .

» After listening to some more songs b'y‘Mr. Cut:
tler, everyone returned home after having enjoyed
one ofthe pleasantest picnics the Central Michigan
Holstein Breeders have held in some time, and
with many remembrances of the day spentpat the
Black farms—sFred R. M cDoncl, Scc'y Central‘Mich.
Holstein Brecders' Ass'n. _ ' . ‘ . -

ADVISED NOT To PLAINTQ'QUACK

“0R JOHNSON GRASS ‘

»I have some hillygand and havetried to seed it,

 

to clover and timothy several times. but cannot
get it to catch. and thinkthat quack grass, or
Johnson grass would do well. Can you tell me
where» I could get some?—_—S. L., Martin, Michigan.

In answer I desire to state that quack grass, 01"
Johnson grass would be" impractical. It is against
the law in Michigan to sell as sound,,seed carry-
ing one quack grass seed in two thousand. Quack
grassis listed as noxious weed.- I know of no
company having it torsell.

Johnson grass, while an
perennial in the south, is an annual in Michigan,
being killed out by Michigan winters. ,

Would suggest sweet clover as an excellent crop
This crop will make
growth under conditions not favorable to" timo-
thy and clover and is- an excellent crop to prevent
washing. It would be advisable on a great major-
ity of worn hillsides to apply at least one ton of
ground limestone or several cubic yards of marl,
per acre, in order to get. a good stand of sweet
clover. After such treatment and a successful
growth of sweet clover, the land should be fertile
enough to hold a seeding of other grasses. for hay
0r pasture purposes.—~J. F. 00:11, Professor of Farm
Crops, M. A. 0. ‘

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.. ported favorably the new draft bill in

substantially the same form as ap-
proved by Secretary of War Baker. The bill was
presented to the senate Monday where is is still
under discusion as we go to press. As explained
previously in these columnspthe main object of
the bill is to extend the draft age limits from 21
to 18 years and from 31 to 45 yearS, which would
provide an additional army of nearLy 3,000,000
men according to the estimates of Provost Mar—
shal General Crowder. The bill contains many
minor features. one of which aims to provide ed-
ucation of drafted youths under the age of 21 at
the expense of the government after the war. An.-
other important provision is the “work or fight”
amendment which would automatically reclassify
into Class 1 any deferred registrant who refuses
for any reason aside from physical disability to
perform useful labor. The amendment would prac-
tically prevent any further strikes for the period
of the war, it is believed.

It I II

The federal farm loan board is receiving pro—
tests from farmers against the exempting of farm
loan bonds from taxation; the claim being’ made
that wealthy persons are able to dodge their just
share of taxes by investing in these bonds which
pay 5 per cent interest. It is hard to understand
why farmers who profit by the sale of these bonds
should be opposed to their exemption from taxes.
It will be remembered that the land banks have
had a hard time to dispose of the bonds because

‘of the unusual demand for money from all other

directions as a result of the war. In order to sell
the bonds and carry out the provisions of the act

in loaning money to farmers the land bank-s have

found it necessary to extend “every inducement
possible to prospective investors. If some of these
alleged “protests” are run to earth, it is more than
likely that their origin would be located among
the members of the banking fraternity who refuse
to become reconciled to the loan act and who, by
every trick at their command have been trying to
bring the law .into disrepute and discourage in-
vestors against buying thebonds.

. by, the‘water @0er along.
practical these “days:

' is over" the nation 'inayfvrell, consider this sues ,
" ‘tion, of making use of the powersggso. freely fur

extremely vigorous .

,‘3’ ’ Alb. ‘ ' ~ -
it ’1‘“ WASHINGTON. D. C.——The senate
*mp military committee last Thursday re- ‘

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nation’s resources“ going to Waste. When .theywan

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Director General oflthe’Railroads McAdoo set
a new precedent and showed once more the kind of
stuff he. is made of whenhe issued a sweeping
Order‘last week for (all railroad trains. and rail-
road stations to cease the serving of liquor .to-_
their patrons. . “‘The sale of honor and intoxicants‘
of every character in dining cars, restaurants and.’
railroad stations under federal control Shall be"
discontinued immediately,” is the brief wording
of the order. Mr. McAdoo’s courage and his Sense
of moral duty will Jbe vigorously applauded by the
millions who agree with him that the “government ‘
should not be a‘ partner in the'saloon business."
Possibly. if Mr. McAdbo has his way, the govern-
ment would no. longer profit from the sale of
liquor thru the collecting of a federal tax.

 

 

 

 

 

A survey of the victories made by the Allies the
past four weeks discloses that they havermore than ‘
recovered the gains made by the Germans during
their previous four months offensive, at a cost var-
iously eStimated at from 750.000 to a million men.

,The losses of the Allies have been comparatively

light, and military history affords few compari-
sons of sit-nations so completely changed in such
a brief period of time as those along the western

front during the Allied offensive. '
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The aerial mail service is to be broadened. Be~
ginning Sept. 1st regular mail service by the air
route will be established between Washington and
Chicago. The postoflice department now has ma-
chines specially constructed for this service and
as experience proves the practicability of delivery
of mail by airplane, the service will be extended

between other important cities.
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The Allied nations are near to a declaration of
war against the Lenine-Trotsky government in
Russia as a reshlt of the Bolsheviki threat of
hostilities against Great Britain and the United
States because of their interference with Russian
affairs in Siberia. The Bolsheviki leaders have
been asked for an explanation of their threat and
providing this is not satisfactory it is believed
that military measures will be employed against

them.
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Scarcely a day goesby now without a report of
submarine activities ofi the Atlantic coast. \The
U-boat (victims are for the most part coast-plying
trading schooners and other light craft, the loss
of which has not so far caused the government
any embarrassment in its shipping. program. Un—
verified reports are also received occasionally of
submarines being sunk by gunners on American
merchantmen.

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Great Britain has followed the lead of Italy and
France in recognizing teh sovereignty of the
Soviet government in Russia, which is Opposed to
the Bolsheviki regime. but the United States gov-
ernment still hesitates to declare a fixed policy
toward Russia as long as conditions there contin-
ue in such a chaotic state.
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The German press has for the first time since
the beginning of the war admitted defeat of its
aims. “The events between the Somme and the
Avre,” says a Berlin paper, “constitutes the first

serious defeat of the war.” .
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Exchange of prisoners between Germany and
the United States will begin about the middle of ‘
September. as a result of Germany’s acceptance 01‘,
this government’s proposal for such an exchange:-

s a -

The British air ministry announces the des—
truction of 80 German planes by English aviators -.
on August 9th and 10th. Thirty¥five British planes =
failed to report to their. bases. . ' ‘ . «

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. lo rland’s grazing
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yards; scarring choice Idaho yearling ewes.
_ ere shipped in three cars and one containing 274
.ghesp was turned over to Mr. Mashek at Escanaba.

  

  

where they are now grazing on the fertile pas-
tprés there. The entire shipment came through
without a loss and with Mr. Hewlett in personal
charge. The following day one earroad of 25 Short-
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31: g “I never saw such graSs. in all my life, and I am
I-' 4 E sure the stock never did,’ Said Mr. Hewlett. “The
0' _ E animals made a grand dive for the grass as soon
8;"; - 'E as they were unloaded and they had the feast of
mg E their lives. I am sure that they will do mighty
x. E ~.-.E well and expect to have a great herd here next
I? E Es summer.” .
g E LE Thus far there have been 20, 574 sheep and 1, 900
e E E citttle shipped into Cloverland this season by West-
3 E E er n grazers. J. L. Gray leads with 12, 000 sheep;
t‘E E C. R. Collin has «4,000; C. Schooler has 4,000 and
n ’ E F R. K Hewlett has 4000. W B MacBeath has
,_ E ‘,1850 cattle; Mr. Burtz has 125; W. T. Riley, 100
1 : , Eat and Mr. Hewlett 25. In addition there are five
1:“. ‘ E other grazers here who have selected tracts and
. E E who will have stock in next spring There are ten
= E E other grazers who have picked out tracts and will
' .3 E bring in stock neirt spring.
, E E INGHAM FARMERS’ CLUB HOLDS
E E MEETING AT OLDEST FARM
3 = E Mason. —The Ingham County Farmers’ club met
E saturday at the home of W. M Webb of Aurelius
g 2 E This is one of the oldest farms in the county, and
1 E E Mr. Webb was born there in 1838 and has lived
y E E there all his life. He has been a member of the
i- E E Farmers club since its organization nearly fifty
h E E years ago. Along the road to this farm, eight
E E miles west of Mason, there is a great variety of
n E E crops, and but very few show any serious effects of
E E the hot, dry weather. There are bumpe1 fields of
3. E "E corn and clover, looking especially good.
1' E E After dinner the. club con regated under the
d E E trees which surround the ebb homestead. and
1- E E President Allen called the meeting to order. There
(I E E was music by the Avery children and a recitation
y E E by Emma Vaughn, B. J. Nicholson of M. A. C.,
d E _ E gave a very instructive talk on wheat, 11s and
E E barley, emphasizing the great need of having pure
E E, and humixed seed. Miss Smith of M A C spoke
if E , E of home economics, and asked the ladies to con-
n E E sider the plan of having a woman to act as county
if «E E food demonstrator. The government pays all sal-
d E E aries of these agents, while the counties are
11 E E expected to meet all local expenses. Twenty counfi
'e E E ties have already adopted the plan, and great good
(1 E E" is resulting. Mrs. E. J. Spink gave a paper on.
d' E E “War Time Housekeeping,” and discussion of farm
it E E matters followed. -
if E " ARMY WORM IS REPORTED AT
I: E e WORK IN BERRIEN COUNTY
;S E Nilcs. Mich.——The army worm, which four years
It E ago overran Michigan farms in such numbers as
1' E to bring consternation to thousands of Michigan
“ E agriculturalists. has reappeared in the vicinity of
n E g Niles, in Berrien county, the Michigan Agricul-
E E tural College has been advised. Inasmuch as no
11 E E other reports have come in, however, entomolo-
is E E gists at M. A. C. are inclined to believe that there ,
;o E E is little danger of the pest becoming serious this
v- E E season. .
:y E E In the event that the worms should become
11- E E numerous the college is asking farmeis to inform
E E their county agricultural agents, 01 to write or
E E wire at once to the department of entomolo ;y at
’9 E M. A. C. so that remedial measures can be adopt-
t E ed.
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_ E. FIRE BLIGHT WREAKS GREAT
d E HAVOC T0 ORCHARDS
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‘East Lansing, Mich. —Reports coming to plant
: patholog1sts of M. A. C. from orchardists in many
‘of Michigans fruit- growing sections, indicate a
-s‘e‘rious infection of orchards this season by fire
blight.- This is a bacterial disease which attacks
fruit trees. - 1

"This fire blight, as is known, lives over the
Winter in soécalled hold-over conkers, ” declares

or; withered negated "and blackened tWIgs.

or of the old Emblagaard ‘

r. Howlett purchased these sheep at the Omaha;
They.

311d then taken to his ranch. The two other cars.
with 500 sheep were taken to the Ives Lake farm ‘

, warehouse on State street and

~ shoes or; the department or botany of
M. has? riches: cankers can be found at the 1133::
ing of; these dimmed twigs is not difficult, for
while the healthy twigs shed their leaves in the

1 fall. the leaves continue to cling to those in which
the disease is present.

or course there are ex
ceptibns to this rule, but these can be remgnized
upon examination 3'

“‘If these diSease- cankers are destroyed, the prob-
lem of handling the blight next spring will be
much simplified.” Orchardists, an announcement

‘ from the college declares, can secure detailed in-

formation on how to deal with the blight if they
will write to the department of horticult‘ e, in
East Lansing. If Owners of 'fruit trees re in
doubt about what ails their trees, a. diagnosis of
the trouble can be secured from the college if
specimens of the diseased limbs are mailed to
the M. A. C. .

THINK THE JOINT WORM

IS .NOW UNDER CONTROL

 

East Lansing; Mich—Careful investigations ex-

. tending over the entire state are inclining special—

ists of the department of emtomology of M. A. C.
to believe that the joint worm, which caused so
much damage to wheatthis season, will not be a
serious factor in 1919. Fear of it, according to
Prof. Rufus H. Pettit of the college, should not
cause farmers tohold back from planting wheat.

The college men think that the joint worm did
so much damage this year because of parasites,
which usually keep it under control, were‘decreas-
ed in numbers by unfavorable conditions. These
parasites, like the “lesser fleas” which in the well-
known poem prey upon the backs of the “little
fleas," are minute insects which lay their eggs in
the joint Worm and kill him off. Their numbers
are increasing in such force, the entomologists re-
port, as to make it only a matter of a short time
before they will have the offending worm well un-
der subjection again.

A bulletin on the subject of.the joint worm has
been issued by the college and can be obtained by

‘writing to the department of entomology of the

NLA.C.

FARM BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY
FIRE ON SHOEMAKER FARM

 

C'oldwatcr.—A bad fire occurred on the Shoe-
maker farm, three miles east on the state School
road, Tuesday evening, when a big hayrbarn, horse
barn pig- pens and chicken coops were all destroy:
ed by the fire H. B. Clouse who lesides on the
farm had gone out to the barn to do the milking
and hung the lanternon a hook as he was in the
habit of doing. For some reason the .anteru ex-
ploded. setting the barn on fire. The neighbors
quickly responded to the alarm, but the water sup-
ply was soon exhausted and it was, impossible: to
save the barns. All the stock was saved with the
exception of 150 chickens. Mr. Clouse lost all his
season’s hay. 100 bushels of barley. besides, much
other grain. Only $700 insurance was carried on
the contents of the barn.

 

CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION MEM-
BERSHIP INCREASING RAPIDLY

 

[Just Jordan—The co-operative association or-
ganized here June 18th, has increased in member-
ship until today there are some one hundred and
fifty representative farmers of this region enrolled
as paid members.

The officers and members have held several im-
portant sessions and considerable work accomp-
lished. The organization has leased the Supernaw
will use this in
handling their produce the coming year.

APPLE CROP IN MICHIGAN WILL
BE LIGHT THIS YEAR

 

 

 

There will be a very limited supply of apples in
Wayne county this year owing to the lack of rains
during the past few weeks. Early in the season
the outlook was good around Northville. the lead-
ing apple section in this p23: of Michigan. But
the fruit has not developed and now is falling off
badly. so that the crop will not average more
than 25 per centof what was anticipated. Plums
and pears are a little better, but when it comes to
grapes they are almost a total failure. Even the
huckleberry swamps are very short this year ow-
ing to the extreme drouth and all reports indicate
that peaches will be the loweét in years. Home
canning will have to run almost entirely to vege-
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, of a carefully laid plan of rotation,

about midnight Sunday. The loss is $5,000.

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C0 OPERATIVE ELEVATOR HAS

BEEN STARTED AT CALEDONIA?

 

The farmers living in the vicinity of Caledonia
have ,recently~puljchased the elevator in’ that town
The
property purchased has been owned by M. Wilson
for a period of more than 20 years, and is con-
‘sidered one of the best equipped plants in that

and will_take pessession September 15th.

section of the state. The transaction involved an

' outlay of more than thirty thousand dollars on the

part of thefarmers. The officers of the new com-
pany are: Jesse W. Pickett, president; J. J Lune
eke, Vice preSident; M. R. Shisler, secretary, and
Henry Adams, treasuier.

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THRESHING RETURNS FROM

THE' P. P. POPE FARM

 

Mt Pleasant. ——Threshing returns from the Popew

fa1m would indicate that the boys in the trenches
are not alone in going over the top. 2773 bushels
of grain were transferred from the fields to the
bin in perfect condition without having any rain
on it. Walter McKay brought in one load that
threshed 82 bushels. Raymond McNamara out
thru a load of 70 bushels in eleyen minutes. The
record yield came from a five- -acre field of Wortln
oats which made an average of 103 bushels per
acre. Mr. Pope states that this crop is the result
fertilization.
seed selection and there tillage.

Edward Carey is actively managing the farm
which contains 200 of Michigan’s best acres, while
Mr. Pope is an employee of the federal govern-
ment.

JERSEY CATTLE CLUB TO MEET
AT MIDDLEVILLE WEDNESDAY

. Middlevillc.~’l‘he Michigan State Jersey Cowl»
Club will hold its annual summer meeting at 1111.
Johnston farm here Wednesday. One of the. big
events of the day will be the selling at auction
of the Shaw & Johnston herd of about 10 pure-
bred registered Jersey cnttle. A fine program 1111.»:
been prepared. Dinner will be served by the ladie<
of Thornapple Red Cross society.

 

 

Sf. .7(1lms.*'l‘11e farm bureau of St, Johns is
securing men to give talks and also instructions
in the interest of the farm bureau work in the
county. Recently C. H. Garves. head 'of the Farm
Management department of the Agricultural Col-
lege, gave a talk on farm management to a grono
of farmers, at the office of P. P. Pope. Mr. Groves
will confine his efforts during 1919 to a limiter!
number of counties, those where farm bureau:
are most <'-(1n11'iletel_v organized. and Clinton mutiny
can be one of those to secure his seriyccs if the
farmers will show a willingness to co-oitel‘dlc. l:
is the desire of the county agent to have ten rr
fifteen men in every neighborhood make on inn-:1-
tory and begin :1. simple system of COSI El('('(‘)llllIlfitY
with the now your. Account books may be 594"TI'“
ed thru the farm bureau.

 

Sf. Jolms.——l\1uch interest is being shown by the
farmers of Clinton county in thoroughbred catt‘e.
Recently I). P. Pope. county agent. uccompzinio‘.
by 24 farmers from Clinton county, enjoyed on
automobile trip to Howell for the purpose of see-
ing the famous Holstein cattle of Livingston ('n

Muir.r-r—-’l‘he longr continued drouth is o‘wvi":
with the growing corn crop. To save the fodder,
farmers in some localities are filling their FII'iS.
The late beans will also be :1 failure for lack of
moisture, while the earlier ones are already being
harvested. Grand river at this point is unusual-
ly low.

Charlotte—The South Bend Creamery Company
of South Bend, lnd., who will open a depot for
buying and selling butter, eggs, cream and poul-
try, have secured a building here and will soon be
ready for business. H. A. Goodrich, who has been
connected with the H. A. Goodrich cream station
here will manage the new business.

Pullman—Fire, believed to. have been caused by
a spark from a paSSing locomotive destroyed the
Whiting & Company potato crate mill at Bravo
In-
surance on the machinery amounted to only $1,500.
The company intended to move its plant to Pull-
man this fall and will rebuild here instead of at
Bravo. .

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East Lansing, Mich hmirymen .-Iiv1ng .111;
vicinity of Tecumseh, in Lenawec security,
found a partial remedy
which dairy feed prices seem “to have become at!-
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haVe perfected a plan whereby they have secured
fer themselves the mixing of a standard feed from
pure grains. This feed is now being distributed
to dairymen in southern Michigan at practical
cost, and is saving members of the association an
amount varying from 10 to 20 'per cent of what
their mixed feeds formerly cost them

The co- -operative organization through which

cumseh Co- operative Association. The feed-mix-
ing project was worked up by it co- -operatively
with the Michigan Agricultural college.

 

tive association sat disconsolately in his office and
watched the dairy feed prices soar—but not for
long. The “sittin’ ” habit is held in very ill repute
in Lenawec county, of which Tecumseh is a com-
munal adornment. When the aforementioned
prices had soared to an altitude record that would
have caused late unlamented Baron Richtofen to
effervesce at the mouth the manager snorted and
also rose His snort was such a one as might
have been emitted by his agricultural forebears
when upon beholding the Redcoats marching up,
Lexington way in 1776 they forsook their plows.
to grab their muskets.

It should be explained that Tecumseh is in a
dairy district—and the new feed prices, quite nat-
urally, brought something akin to consternation
even to the most efficient of Lenawec milk pro-
ducers.

“This will never do," the manager was heard
to remark decisively. Forthwith was born the
idea which in Tecumseh at least, is tending to
make the dairy feed problem somewhat less men‘
acing.

“Let’s make up our own feed,” suggested Man-
ager Beebe (or maybe it was the president or
some mere member of the association, but the
essential fact is that the suggestion was made
and acted upon.

It may be illuminating here to insert a word
about the Tecumseh Co-operative association of
which Mr. Beebe is the business head. As its
name discloses, it is a co-operative body with
which about 400 Lenawec county farmers are af-
filiated. and from which they derive such mani-
fold benefits as accrue to those who have discov-
ered the value of co- operative buying and selling.
01‘ course, when such an organization says “We
will make ou1 own feed ” feed is usually made
forthwith. But let ManagerlBeebe tell about it:

“Our dairymen,” said the manager, “have of late
months been confronted by tw0 serious problems.
In the first place, the prices of dairy feeds have
risen to a point where they must be looked upon
with the awe due those who perch in high places.-
Secondly, our dairymen have never been absolute-
ly sure that even after they have paid the luxur~
ions prices being asked they will secure a stand-
ard feed free from chaff and fillers.

“It was only natural that we should decide to
try our hand at, mixing and marketing a feed of
_ our own and that is what we are doing. In order
Nto make sure that we weren’t going wrong. we
sent a committee to M. A. C. and this committee,
working with the dairy department of the college,
worked out a standard feed mixture averaging
from 21 to 22 per cent protein~—including such
ingredients as bran middl' "s, ground oats, glu-
ten, cottonseed meal, oil meal, hominy and one
per cent salt.

“We are having these mixed for us in Chicago
from the pure grain, and upon beingreceived by
us here the mixed feed is being distributed at
cost to our members and to other (co-operative
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men are now being provided with a standard pro-
duct at a moderate price.”

This price, according to quotations from Te-

- cumseh, is $55.50 a ton in bulk, with a. charge of

$5 more if sacked. Commercial feeds of-‘the same

quality are selling from $65 to $70 a ton, which

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It Speaks for Itself

\ Enclosed find letter from the A. A. Berry
Seed Co. Guess you brought them to .it. .I
offered to meet them half way. before I put
it in your hands, but it seemed-they would
not yield a cent. Thanking you for your
\kindness. Please let me know your charge.
——R.- W. Redman, Levering, Mich.

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for the climbing- habits to ‘1'

. farmers, who are members of one of the mast, ac-»
tive farmer's' co- operative associations in the stem!

. SOME PEOPLE doubt the pi- tlcability._ 1
prOposed national chamber at agricultu1‘e lie-v-
cause they question whether the cost of pro—'1 ,

duction of agricultural products can be determined ‘

the work in Tecumseh is being done is the re.

Manager C. H. Beebe of the Tecumseh Oo- Opera- .

high-priced product of uncertain quality our dairy- '

  
  

sufficiently. accurate to be of real value We 3.11.
admit that .it is a large problem but there. is 1133'
problem that cannot be solved satistactorily if we
go about it in the right way. 1

In the first place the county bureaus are com-
pesed of practical farmers. This farm bureau is
connected in a way with the state experiment sta-/
tion. The work done by its members is practi-
cally under the supervision of the county agricul-
tural agent. These members have expert super-
vision and the cost of growing crops in their local-
ity for any given year can be determined accurate-
1y enough so that there will be no question about
the facts This information from these county
bureaus is to be Carried by the representative
chosen by each farm bureau to the state chamber
of agriculture.
county in the state are to be taken into careful
consideration. It the representatives of the farm
bureaus do not feel competent to fix 'the cost price
for the whole state they will be at liberty to con-
sult experts just as the committee appointed by
the president'of the United States consulted ex-
perts to fix the present price of wheat or to fix

Smith’ 5 Views on otato rades

N CONSIDERING the matter of grading of
potatoes our opposition to last year' s very un-/
fair grading must not be allowed ‘to carry us

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to the extreme position taken by some that there‘

should be no grading of potatoes. Positively all
Michigan potato growers should take a firm stand
in favor of grading all potatoes marketed. Every
car of ungraded. Michigan potatoes marketedthis
year will be a detriment ‘to the great industry of.
potato growing sections of the state.

{would urge all co-operative associations and

individual growers‘as a rule, to make theirvgrade
as adopted by the State Potato Growers’ Associa-
tion, at least one and three-quarters inch. In most
instances potatoes graded this way can be safely
marked U. S. grade No. 1. The exception to this
is ,where potatoes run largely to small potatoes.

The concessions granted by the Food Adminis-
tration last April when I visited Washington,
have been premulgated in part at least by the Food
Administxation in a July issue oflrules in which
is the rule prohibiting more than five per cent No.
1 potatoes in the No. 2’s. Already the shippers
have ordered 17/8 round mesh screens and will
use them. Everybody knows that 17/8 inch round
mesh Will mean practically the same as 134 inch
square mesh as used everywhere before last year,

. except, as I said before, in a few instances where

potatos run largely to No. 2’s.

The other new rule allowing a tolerance of 10
per cent of No. 2’s»in No. 1’s, I have not yet seen
in print except in a letter sent me and I have

There these figures from every~

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’ me last year, which otherwnse would have me -

' ter weekly The largest yield he have\ever

, more money besides keeping the cull stuff at ‘home

written both the Bureau of Markets and the Food .'

-Administrator regarding it but have as yet re;

ceived no reply. 'As soon as one comes I'will
publish it. .

Every member of the Potato Growers’ Associa-
tion is unalterably in favor of a good grade of
potatoes and wisely voted that way of fixing the
grade, “one grade over an inch and three-quarters
round mesh screen,” and two much stress cannot
be laid upon the importance of such action.

It absolutely commits the growers to the prin-.

ciple of grading and establishes what everybody“

considers a good grade. All growers ‘Who wish to
establish suCh a .grade can ship their-potatoes

graded that way and label them “graded over inch .
and three-quarters, as aproved by Michiga‘nPota-
to Growers? Association,” add *I amof the opinion.

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._ I wish. to add a word- of commendation for the
silo in year silo contest.“ I; can not praise the
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the sale of the most of my herd. We milked
and seven cows and made from 45 «to. ‘65 lbs.i_o

  

and we attribute it wholly to the ensilage Hop—
ing this letter may influence some other farmer
to do it now.-;-.—H. G Rosenwar‘ne, Niles, Mach

Build a silo NOW! Uncle Sam would counsel
you to invest in a silo to conserve the food- stuff
that otherv‘vise might not becsaved! '

‘There is no longer any question about the advis-
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that such grade will command prices equal to U.
S. grade No.1.

But if you want to stabilize and advance the.
potato industry of Michigan do so by selling goo dd
clean graded potatOes of the very best quality so
that peeple will want more and be willing to pay
a premium for our good stuff.

I have no doubt but that when farmers take into
their own hands the marketing of their own pota-
toes, they will, if they will stick to a good~ sensi-
ble system of grading, realize better prices and

for feed, than they have ever before received for
their potatoes. A prominent shipper told me a
few days ago that he oWns or controls about 209
buying stations and that this year there will be
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should prove to be a surplus of potatoes, which I
very much doubt, as I believe the crop is short,
there will be a market for a good many of the
No.2 potatoes in the No. 1’ 3 this year. A strong
market might permit what the Food Administra-
tion has recently done in allowing New Jersey to
market No. 1’s and 'No. 2’s together, labelled as
such. I told Mr. Miller of the Food Administra'
tion last spring that rules governing the market-v
ing of potatoes should not be established so that
they could not be changed, but that they should;
be flexible and change according to crop condi-
tions and market demands. Evidently after many

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go with free Americans.

There is no reason why No. 1’s and No 2’s
should not be sold together if any grewer can
find a market for such a mixture, graded, p1‘op—1,4
erly labelled, and. when potatoes are a short crop
they ought to be sold together, for the bulk of the .
crop because together they Will bring just as good -
a price as No.1's when the c'rOp is short, whereas;- '
separated the No, 2’s will be discriminated
against to the detriment of the farmer. “

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duty of democracy when we remain away from
the polls on primary or election day.

— ' «August 27 is the day when your Nation, your
. . ‘ . your congressional and senatorial districts,
' your county—calls for your judgment on the men
Who are to ask for the votes of all true Americans
on ‘electidn day. It is even more important that
ybu attend the primaries than that you vote on
election day. It- is your one and only opportunity
to choose between men—later narrow, selfish, par-
tisanship may determine who shall administer
the affairs of the government, but at the primaries
you have a choice between men. It matters littel
what the party label so long as we have good men,
true men, honest men, as servants of the people.
Here is hoping that the whole organization will
spread over the entire state before primary day.
Surely in these days when loyalty counts, when
every American citizen should stand up and be
counted, voters will be pleased to wear the tag
suggested by the Federation, a fac-similie of
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_“TIP BURN" THREATENS MICHIGAN POTATOES
(Continued from page 1)

which would seem to come from control of Tip
Burn does not come with unthrifty plants that are
leading a starved existence. “To get the effect of
the" Bordeadx mixture it is necessary to have
healthy vigorous plants which are given good
care.
yi’eld'150 bushels to the acre» su'ch‘ field can be
profitably sprayed 'and from 25 to 50 bushels per
acre can be added by this practice.

, How the Bordeaux spray controls Tip Burn is
not known. It’is commonly believed that the
copper ‘of the «Bordeaux mixture stimulates the
plant to increased productiveness. It has also
been suggested that the copper of the spray mix-
ture may actually form a preservative compound
with the chlorophyl of the leaf and thus prevent
the burning and killing which occurs. Be the
g reason what it may, there is good experimental
g foundation for the statement that spraying the
E“ teps thoroughly and regularly will prevent dam-
; age by Tip Burn and will greatly increase the
E crop—~provided that the plants are so nourished
E that they can respond to the treatment.

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In additiou to the control of the Tip Burn the
farmer gets insurance against other diseases of
the leaves, and this forms the argument for spray-
‘ ing pctatoes each year.

In another column the making of Bordeaux
'mixture is discussed The accompanying photo-
graph will make clear a simple device for apply-
ing a spray to potatoes so that most efficient re-
, suits are obtained. This apparatus, which is made

to drag behind a wagon or cart on which is mount-

ed a barrel sprayer—cost $15 to $25—delivers the
-‘ spray upward and slightly backward, thus cover-
.3113 the plants completely. The device as pictured
are No rows,,which is about the limit of the
barrel pump’s capacity, but with larger Sprayers,
’ e evice can be augmented to cover feur rows.
Such, then, is the advice that can be given to
farmers. The water supply of the soil' must be
‘ shanded and the plants must be kept growing
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If the weather should turn cool and there should

come an even supply of moisture throughout the

remainder of August the bulk of the late potatoes

will pick up and produce a satisfactory crop. If,
however, the rainfall is light, we may eXpect this
late crop which now shows considerable pronlise
to pinch oh and go the way’of the early crop.
Thawriter has urged for anumber of years that

the potato is- a crop that can well be made to‘

yield more consistently large crops. Michigan is
in the forefront of the great potato states, but we
raise our large crop on too large an acreage By
attention to the preparation of the soil. by liberal
aplication of manure and by fighting plant dis-
eases we can produce more potatoes on fewer
acres.
to practice methods of fighting Tip Burn and they
can have the assurance that their fields Will stay
green and working in spite of the burning and
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LEGAL ADVICE

THE Legal Editor will gladly answer any or-
dinary question at law, asked by a paidLup
subscriber in this department without cost, pro-
viding the full name andaddress is signed to
the question as an indication of good faith. Only
the initials and county will be printed. If a
direct answer by mail is desired enclose a dollar
bill, otherwise questions will be answered in the
order in which they are received. Address, Le-
gal Editor, M. B. F , Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITY IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Would you kindly advise me in regard to the
following matter: On the evening of July 10th
my son was driving home from Reeman andrin
turning from a cross-road into the road running
north from Brunswick he struck a culvert head
which had been put in by Charles V. Walker, conr
tractor, the said culvert being about a foot in the
old track of the turn from the cross—road to the
north and south road. My son and my brother
and his boy were thrown headlong to the ground.
My brother was hurt so he could not work for
two weeks and the repairs to the wagon cost
I saw Mr. C. V. Walker and he said we
could expect no damages, and if we damaged the
culvert head we would. have to stand the damages
to it. Kindly advise if we can enforce payment
or where we stand.——‘—Y. J. 17., Holton. Mich.

In addition to the statement of facts contained
in this letter if I may assume that'the complain-
ing parties did not know that the culvert had
been placed in the road and that it was not prop-
erly guarded or lighted, or both, I conclude that
they are entitled to whatever damages they have
sustain-ed. If upon the contrary they knew that
the culvert had been placed in the road and that
it was not such a construction as to be a menace
to the safety of those driving along the road and
that the injured parties did not exercise due care
to avoid injury and protect*the culvert then I
think they would not be entitled to any damages
and would be liable for whatever damage they did
the contractor. As to whether the contractor or
township is liable would require a fuller statement

got facts—W. E. Brown, Legal Editor.

WHO GETS GROWING CROPS”

I am a reader of y0u1 valuable paper and think
a great deal of it, and wish to ask a question. In
the column “From All Parts of a Busy World” t
says, ‘growing crops ar personal property ” Now
what would be the law in Michigan if a person was
willed all of the personal property and anothel
one the real estate and there were crops growing
on the real estate, who would hold them? Per-
haps I am presuming to ask for an answer, I will
enclose a self-adressed reply for your answer.—
Mrs. C’. B. 1)., Fowlerville, Mich. ,.

A sale or gift of land conveys the growing
crops thereon at the time of the transfer of title
unless the crops are reserved.

A will that bequeaths land, not mentioning the
crops is subject to several conditions that

might affect the title to the crops, but so far as
the testator and his estate is concerned I believe

   
 

Then potato growers generally can put in- ,

’ removed summarily
”some time under a claim of right it can only be
removed after a judgment in an action of eject"

dment.

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‘gcvernment survey line? Can I

If the fence is a recent encroachment it can be
If it has been in place for

If it has been in the same place for 15
years continuously and adversely under a claim of

'right it can not be removed as the party has ac-

quired title under the statute of limitations. The
facts had better be submitted to a good attorney

‘and let him decide which class the fence comes

' under.—W. E. Brown, Legal Editor.

LosT PAPERS

. I have a note for $75, 6 per cent interest, over‘
due two years last December, but I could not 10-
cate the man until last May, so I gave the note
and papers to a laavyer but he has not done any-
thing toward getting the money and still holds
the papers.
enlisted in the army. We have sent him a letter
but have had no reply, and the letter did not
come back. Is there any way of getting my papers
back? Can the money be collected without the
papers?—T. E., Redford, Michigan.

It is possible that under the statute for lost
papers a bond may be“filed and judgment taken
on the claim by proving the contents. If it can
be ascertained in whose possession the papers
were left I believe the same could be demanded
from such person and replevin instituted if not
delivered. It would be advisable to consult some

good attorney in Wayne county, any number 0F

them can be recommended—W. E. Brown, Legal
Editor.

lVlERCHANT SHOULD REBATE BILL

I am writing to you in regard to a deal I had
with ———— of Pigeon, Mich. I was there on the
18th day of July and bought about $19 worth of
merchandise, among which were six pairs of shoes.
I bought those with the understanding that if

,they were not satisfactory I could retu1n them

and get my mo-.ney 0n the 19th of July I sent
three pairs of the shoes back and Wiote them why
I did so, and asked them to send me a (heck for
the amount which was $5. 84. A week passed and
I got no reply so I wrote them again and another
week has passed, so I am writing you to help me
out, for I cannot afford to lose the money. J.
Kingston, Michigan.

This is purely a question of fact. If the facts
as stated are true and all of the facts, he would
be entitled to recover the money that is due him
and could do so in a suit against the merchant,
if he refuses to pay it voluntarily.—~W. E. Brown,
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Fare and a Half to the Fair

Clo-operation of the U. S. Government with the
Michigan State Fair has resulted in U. S. Rail-
road Director McAdoo ordering a reduced rate of
one and one—half fare for the round trip to De—
troit during the ten days of the exposition. An-
nouncement was made of the reduction early this
week in Washington.

This decision of the Federal authorities is a mo-
mentous victory for G. W. Dickinson, secretary-
manager of the fair association shortly after the
railroads were taken over by the Government Mr.
Dickinsoon inaugurated his fight for lower rates.

Decisio not the director is believed to have been
materially influenced through the interest the
federal department is taking in the state fair and
the co-operation of the fair management with the
government propaganda for the successful prose-
cution of the war.

When the 1918 exposition opens in Detroit on
August 30, the Departments of War. Navy. Inter-
ior. Commerce and Agriculture and the Food Ad-
ministration wil lbe- represented by a gigantic
war exhibit covering 15,000 square feet of space
in the automobile building.

During the fight for the special rates, Mr. Dick-
inson made a number of trips to Washington
where he was in conference with the railroad offi-
cials. His former experience in the railroad busi-

ness with which he was identified for 27 years,

worked to his advantage in this struggle. When
the anouncement was made in Washington he re-
ceived congratulatory telegrams from fair officials
throughout the country.

The lower rate removes the last barrier to the
greatest state fair ever held in Michigan. With
Unprecedented federal, state and county cowopera-
tion and the interest being taken in industrial and
agricultural improvements by the entire nation.

the ensuing exposition will surpass all previous

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' . . .Detroit omce:
Offices: Chicago. New York, St. Louis, Minneapolis.
. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR ,
No Premiums. Free List or Clubbiné Offers. but a
weekly worth five times what we ask for it, and guar-
anteed to please or you money back any time.

_ Adverflslnx Rates: Twenty cents per agate ii-ne,
fourteen lines to the column inch. 760 lines to page.
Live Stock ‘and Auction Sale Advertising: “We offer
special low rates to reputable breeders of live stock
and poultry; write us for them.
OUR GUARANTEED ADVERTISERS.

We respectfully ask our readers to favor our adver-
tisers _when possible. Their catalogs and prices are
cheerfully sent free, and we guarantee you against loss
providing you say whenr‘wrlting or ordering from them,
“ saw your ad. in my Michigan Business Farming.”

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Take off Your Hat to the women of the U.S.A.

“IF we would know the political and moral

condition of a state or natiOn we must
ask what rank Women hold in it. Their in-
fluence embraces the whole life.” The women
of this nation are ‘exertingx their influence‘as
never before. In war work they have been
the leaders since the very day war was de-
clared. And now they are taking the place in
the factory of the men who have gone to the
front.

The women of theflfarms are doing double
service. They are not only doing their work
in the home, but are taking the place of men
in the fields, and during their spare moments
are doing work for the Red Cross. The aver-
age American does not delight in seeing wom-
en take the places where brawn and muscle
are required; in the noisy. shop or in the blis-
tering sun—but we are all proud to know
that when necessity calls they quickly re-
spond.

“Those who vote should bear the responsi— i

hilities of citizenship, and be ready to shoot.”
was the slogan of those who opposed votes for
women a few years ago." \Vell. the test has
bccn applied and we have found that while
the men are away at the front the women are
at home shooting—and they are hitting the
bull’s-eye every time in furnishing food and
munitions for the fighting men at the front.

President Wilson is asking that Congress
immediately on rcconvcning pass the Susan
B. Anthony amendment to the Constitution.
This amendment in the simplest possible man
,ner, provides that all citizens shall have the
right of suffrage. The WON “male” is elim—
inated. And why not? Your wife, your sis-
ter; yea. even your mothcr-in-law, ought to
be just about as capablc of casting a ballot as
“Hunky” Jim. the wharf rat. Now only In—
dians and women are disfranchiscd.

Cheer Up; Attend the Fair; Chute the Chutes

E ARE all wearing long faces these

days. Not because we have any fear of
losing thc war; not because things are going
the wrong way at home. Rut here’s the trou-
ble: The boy is “over thcrc.” and “by
George, We do miss him.” Miss him. of course
you do; but keep this in mind: “He is hap-
py, contented and well cared for, and bestof
all, he has the satisfaction of knowing that he
is doing the right thing for his country and
his flag.

And see here, my friend, you can ’t help the
boy by wearing that long face day after day.
And you are making it. just that much harder
for the father and mother, brothers and sis-
ters over here. Sure he may lose his life over
there. And he would have taken just about
the same chances of losing his life right here
on'the farm.

Did you know that the actual death rate
thus faramong the Canadian troops on the
battlefield has been just about one-half greater

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prr' a awe-:1 see?

the dancing girls‘if you likéfi‘ehutethe chutes

and“ get your money’s Worth? _- Cheer- up, there

”is a brighter day comingj—e—srfiile,‘ darn it, If

smile !

R; FARMER, when you start market;
ward this fall,-keep your eyes peeled
for the “let up” signs. Just remember that
the signcalling attention I
railway crosses the highway is alWays there;
the trains only occasionally. We are'v told
that speculation in foodstuffs ~has been eliminw
ated; but you take that statement with a grain
of salt. ’ . i .
It is a fact that we are not going _to have a
wild market, but no.market will, stand up
under pressure._ The opening price on all
commodities will be low. but this has absolute-
ly no significance under present conditions.
This does not mean that there is an abundant
supply or thattfprices will be higher or lower.

‘ With the Government partially In‘charge of

the situation, every buyer will play safe.
And while the buyer is playing safe you
should adopt the same policy. We expectrtd‘
see avscramble to get to the market, in fact
there is already evidence of insane marketing.
This plan is foolish in the extreme and will
knock the profits into a cocked hat if persist-
ed in. The problem of distributiOn taxes the
resources of the Government in normal times,
what can you expect when increased acreage
and good crops must be taken into considera-
tion? , _ , ‘
Again we say the opening price for“ all com-
modities will be below the actual demand
price. Every buyer’s organization has taken
steps to prevent excessive opening prices; the

- government has advised against free buying;

speculation has been partially eliminated and
the buying of futures in certain commodities
delayed. This being true, it would be well for
you, now that you have garnered your crops.
to heed the admonition. “Market Crossing;
Look Out for the Cars.”

And Now, Let Us “Suppose” the Case

FARMERS living along the line of the R.
U. B. trolley took the law into their own
hands Saturday and brought business to a
stand—still for a greater part of the day. It
sccms that the Governmcnt arbitration board
allowed motormen and conductors an increase
of wages, and in‘their report suggested that
the R. U. B. would be obliged to increase thc
fares in order to meet their increased cost of
operation. The rate was increased from five
cents to six cents. with transfer privilcgcs.
The farmer papers vigorously opposed the
increase, and regardless of the need of trolley
service in these strenuous times. made veiled
threats against the R. U. B. company; even
suggesting that inasmuch as tho supervisor
was away fishing and the county constable

'was taking too' much time‘ in making up his

mind What to _do, that the farmers would be
warranted in refusing to pay the increase.
Saturday morning the trouble commenced.
The farmers got on the cars and handed the
conductors five cents, the old rate of fare.
When he demanded more, the farmers punch-
ed his head. Over on Gooseberry switch a
mob of farmers held up a car, pounded the
conductor, broke the glassand otherwiseldes-
troyed company property. Jake Shinwhiskers,
the constable, war ’round, but he didn’t make ,
much effort to quell the disturbance} .
And now let us “suppose” an [editorial in ‘
the Detroit dailies: "‘ The action of the farm-

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and: the‘éilead’ers'tas, wen" as . ‘

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government”. . We v'haveglaws in this country
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humble citizen,:and there; is no eXcuse for the

employed by" the ruthless .‘-“ rubes. ’ ’

‘1’ “7- Wind Non-Partisan Lea-gm“ methodg

.Yes, dear- reader, this is at, “suppésing’,"'

case, So far asthe'farmersare concerned. But

What the farmers did not do,,the citizens of
Detroit did do, and mind you, the daily papers.

which incited the riot merely excused thevacl"

tion on the~part of the out-lax'vs, and backed in
their corners, “washed their hands of the
whole matter.”

ers. Consistency, thou art indeed a jewel!
When the War is Won and the Bbys Retufn

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these strenuous times, but if care isnot exer-
cised the matter is going to be overdone. Right

now a hundred agencies are at work increas- ,

ing production. From city war. gardens to
federal aid in developing Wild lands, every

efl’ort is being made to increase the supply of ’

foodstuffs to supply a demand, which may or
may not exist. From present indications it is
quite certain that there Will be sufficient food
for all during the coming year. And yet the
farm factories have been operating at just

about three-fourths capacity because of a lack ’

of man power; With every farm factory run~
ning full blast through the incentive of prof-
itable prices, the farmers of the nation would
feed all of our own people and supply the de~
mand ofrthc nations of the earth. We need

but mention two commodities to prove that‘

there is a possibility of over—production, even
with the nations of the earth at war, and mil-
lions of men who were producers; now listed
with the consumers. The potato crop of the
nation last year furnishes a good example of
What can happen even in these times. And
the bean situation furnishes'a very apt exam-
ple of what can happen when foreign fields
are ransacked to find substitutes to make up
a supposed deficiency.

It is worse than foolish to go on and on un~
der the present. haphazard manner. The de-
partmcnt of agriculture could and should
know the approximate demand. .and they

. ought to have at their finger tips the. probable

supply of all staple products. The suggestion
that there is no way in which the actual crop
acreage can be determined. is but to ridicule
the efficiency of the department.

\thi the war is won and the boys come-
marching home. there’s going‘ to be a period

of readjustment which will work injury to'

the agricultural interests if we don’t look out.
If one-half the time and attention that is
given to production would be given to a sys-
tematic survey of the demands and probable
supply. and one-quarter of the time to the
prOblem of distribution, the business of farm-
ing would not be left with its legs dangling in
won._ -

A trip thru

fined to certain small areas, and will :10th-
terially afiect the total yield.

crops right in these“certa1n restricted‘areas”?

Taking all in all, Michigan will stand may
for it never happens—that all crops'faih'j:

’ And yet the cry about the:
Non-Partisan Leaguers and organized farm-

HE GOVERNMENT is rendering a "
splendid service to the farmers during

ljorthern Michigan shows that”-
the damage done by the early frost was con;_

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tenoverthe effects of it either, for the‘thing cost
:m‘efipurty’ nigh two'dollars '.($2.00. borrowed mom
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{of ’em in fact, that most “everybody had one of
"em. an’ that’s what caused my undoin’, blighted
‘my life and has made me a sad an’ miserable
man all the rest of my days.

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brindle brownwa strikin' mixture in the dark;
ian’Kmy complexion was all that couldbe .desired.
a sort of rosy hue (the state hadn’t gone dry
then) an’ takenaltogether I thought myself a
party geod subject for pictures. ’

w - yW-ell, now, jist lissen here a minnit: My opon~
cut, or antagOnist, rather, was a blamed smart
teller, altho I have never admitted it ’til right now,
an’ he didn’t have any pictures made; he knew
the game an’ played it for all it was worth too. an’
that was his winnin’ card. “Let the people guess
at my looks.” he sez, “a'n’ I’ll stand a better show.”
"Well, b’gosh, he was right, altho I did’nt realize
it till I had peppered the whole county with my
pictures‘an’ then. I couldn't help matters none an’
had to take what I took. '

Why. men’WOuld look my picture over carefully
take it home an’ show it to the wife an’ family,
an’ every one of ’em would hollt in quite a loud
an’ noisy voice: “Well, good hevins. no man
could pos5ibly look worse’n that,” an’ b’gosh, 99
out of every hundred that/seen the pictures would
vote for the other teller, an’ he hadn’t spent a cent
for pictures either.

Picturesare all right to send to friends after
you’re dead; they will think more kindly of you
then, or if you don’t, bein’ dead you will be beyond
their reach, and where the picture can do you no
harm anyway; but, in my opinion, candidates are
takin’ a darned long chance sendin’ out pictures
befOre election. no matter how handsome they may
be. After election the successful candidate might,
make pictures very useful an’ of considerable ser-
vice—~have ’em taken of yoursel“ in ac‘ion, doin’
some useful thing you know. smnetbin" to show
you’re trying' to earn your wages (salary). an’
.the harder you work an’ the more you do to earn
your wages. why, the more pictures you are en-
titled to an’ the more you can send out without
fear of a come-back.

This, .feller' sufferers in. the political game. has
been studied out by your Uncle Rube after more’n
two Sleepless hours spent in silent au’ solcm pied-
'itati0n a‘n’ I am givin’ it to you vrecly ‘cause l’v‘e
got more of it’n I know what to do with. How-
ever, don't heed it. if you don’t. like it.~—--send out
your pictures if you want to but, b’gosh don’t say
I didn’t warn yesvtlnclc Rubc.

    
      
   
 
    
 
       
       
      
    
   
  
  
  
  
 
  
 
  
  
   
 
   
 
 
  
  
  
 
   
  
  
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
   
   
    
 
 
   
  
  
   
  
 
   
     
 

 

 

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ments appearing in this column will not necessarily

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‘-Mr. Prescott, Who Gets the $14 a ton Velvet?

In last week’s paper I see Mr. Prescott’s answer
to my question as to why feed prices did not come
dawn.,1' have studied his answer very carefully.
allow-I do not wish to have ‘any argument with
n-h'im,~but I must say that I disagree with him‘ln
regard to prices, and that he dodged the real‘is-

  
   
   
      
    
     
    
   
    
   
 
   
 
   
      

.onlyftwo parties handling feed in our town, and
'fmakee‘ no difierence which one you go to in re-
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velvet of 70c per hundred?, or mm every ten?

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“age thatljhaye forgot about it—nor entirely got— ‘

1y looked better than I did, but were near enough ‘

.gnd surreptisciously ,in various places‘—_~so many

‘,real beautiful hair—white tinged with a sort of-

sue.“ His records must show him that there are

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iron: or $2 per: on. less

      

For your benefit will say middlings- were shipped
in from out of the state. not over 125 miles. ' .
Now. just a little more. Thedealerwhosold

' me these-stated that after the stuff went through

one jobber’s hands they charged what they pleas-
' ed and paid no attention to government price- It
caught they Were only fined from $10 to $25, and
probably they would close the mill down for a
week or two. but they did, not care for that, as
they could make mo‘re profit in one week and take
a chance'than in a month and obey the govern-
ment orders. I don’t-want to criticise anyone but
conditions are just as I state them. . Possibly men

who buy in carload lots are doing better; it is ‘

just us little fellows who are squeezed. and it is
getting worse right along. I think things will
have to change and change quickly, or many of
us will'have to leave the farm. In the face of the
.t‘ood shortage it looks short-sighted when men

like myself. raised on a farm. in fact men who

know the business. must quit. It hurts me to
think of it; to sell my horses and cattle, every

1 one of which I bred and raised. and go into a city
where my children will be coopcd up, and Wife and'

I join the dinner pail brigade. living 'from hand
to mouth. But I have this much to say: I have

always paid my debts and will this time if it takes.

everything. To M. B. F. I will say. keep on, per-
haps there will be a. time when things will change
and farmers will get a living wage. This is the
wish of a subscriber.—J. B.. Blanchard. Mich.

How Sheep Pay on the Farm

In the fall of 1910 I managed to buy ten reg-
istered Shropshire ewes and started them to
work on new ground. Besides the clearing of
the new ground the wool and ram lambs brought
$73. In the year 1911 the wool and ram lambs
brought $182.87. and they kept on clearing land.
In the year 1913 Lhe wool and ram lambs and
some of the oldest ewes brought me $400.67. In
the year 1914 the net profit from the rams and
wool was $340.15. Haven’t sold any of the ewe
lambs yet. but the wool and rams in 915 brought
me $548.35, and, still my flock is increasing. My
sheep are not taking up any cleared land for a
run, just in the brush, helping to' clear, and in
1916 the sheep money came to $501.65. Now
comes 1917 and I am keeping the most of the
ewe lambs but selling some good breeding ewes,
’but the wool and rams for 1917 brought $801.50.
Now, this spring of 1918 my flock is increased up
to 115 head, and while I cannot say what the in-
come will be for this year I have a good bunch of
sheep on hand. Figure the income with the in-
crease and see if it pays to raise sheep. Dogs are
the worst enemy. and I expect they have destroy~
ed $300 worth of sheep for me. I think the dog
tax should be at least $50 on each ddg every year.
Dan Booher. Etarl. Michigan.

 

In regard to the farmer's auto being a pleasure
car, is that it doesn’t take him all day to go to
town for repairs for his machinery it' he should
break downgand his team is ready to go to work
when he gets back. That is.where he gets his
pleasure out of the car. lf that is what you call
pleasure. He can work hard all day and when he
should be in bed resting he is on his way to town
with his cream or when his horses are eating their
dinner he goes to town for chm. or to take his
beans or other grain or a veal call or a fatted pig
to maket. That is what I use my car for. It is a
truck, not a pleasure car. and my neighbors use
their cars for the same purpose. Who needs a car
more than a farmer? I do not think anyone should
begrudge a farmer what little pleasure he gets out
of a car. You men who think a farmer has lots
at, time for pleasure had better come out and to]-
low us for a year: your toes would be dragging
and you would decide that we need a car to help

a. along in our work. and you would say. "boys, take

what little pleasure you call out of your car. for
that won‘t be much. for a farmer works all day
and half of the night. and what would you do
without, the car?” He would have his team on the
road to town half of the time for a tablespoon of
sugar and a pint of flour, and still you want to
tax his car and what little gasoline he uses. Re~
member the farmer is where you get your bread
and butter. What would you do without the
farmer, and who needs a car more than a farmer?
Give them a chance, they earn all they get, and

they are ,doing two men’s work now, so don’t de-
prive them of the car'H. Dulmagc. Tuscola Co.

 

Uncle Sam asks you to build a silo NOW!

 

Buying a silo is not spending, but investing'

your money!

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imbue men in aytub'. , - . , -

' What is the matter, this morning?
While th'eyWere racing

A Uoboat cattle chasing,

And sank them without any warning.‘

 

Little Jack Horner
Sat in a corner ' '
Eating an Irish stew.
He found a potater
And speedily ate her
And, felt like a millionaire, too.

The U-boat guns roar,

And now we have 'war.

And what do the pacifists do,
Poor things?

They simply insist

War doesn’t exist,

And leave all the fighting for you,
Poor things.

Jack Sprat could eat no fat.
The lean made wifey weak;
So pretty soon they both of them
Moved out to Battle Creek.

Pussy-cat. pussy-cat. where have you been?
I’ve been up to London to visit, the queen.
Pussy—cat. pussy-cat. what saw you there?
Six burning Zeppelins up in the air.

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Humpty-Dumpty sat. on a wall.
H-;mpty-Dumpty had a great fall,

Sad was the ownu‘. his wife and his cousin.
For Humpties cost 75c a dozen——Morjoric Hills.

 

Dad (readingl~~“lf the war keeps on we won't
have any oils or fats in another year.” ..
Little Son (hopefully)——“Castor Oil, too. Dad”?

 

ox»: SI'RE TIIIM;

“How do you get to Easy street. anyway

“\Vell. I can tell you this much. young man.
You den’t reach it thru Loafer’s Lane.”

'I‘IIE “ADDING (‘K0\\'D

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Newcomer (at renormm—“ls this a restful place?"

Nativ‘e——“Well, it used to be until folks began
comin' here for a rest."

“Now. Willie” said the Sunday School teacher.
turning to a small pupil. “can you tell me the if-
ference between caution and cowardice?”

“Yes. ma’am.” answered thelittle fellow. “When
you are afraid it's caution; when the other fellow
is afraid it’s cowardice."

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When Florence first visited the form we i‘ok
her down to watch the cow being milked. While
the milk was still. warm we gave brr o cupi‘ul to
drink. She took one rip and handed it back, sur—
ing, “Here munner. fro’ it bat-k in the cow.“

' /

Mrs. Newlywed went to the arm-cry sitro to do
her morning marketing. dcfmmined that the gro-
cer should not take advantaue l her youth and
inexperience. “Those eggs on «ire-ult‘ully small."
she criticised. “l know it." h" ansxwrcl. "Rut
that's the kind the farmer .l;.ii::-".~t me. They are
just fresh from the country this morning." "Yin."
said the bride. “and that’s the trouble with lbw-e.
farmers. They are so anxious to get their 0154
sold that they take them off the nest too soon."

 

It you ever we :1 rabbit running. notice its can
and you will see that tln'y arc laid back flat on its
That is not a chance position. nor is it due
it is a prmlsiou of nature
it is. one Olilllt‘

neck.
to the weight of the cars;
for the little animal‘s protection.
hunted, you sec. and not one of the buntcrs.

lt is (Milt-rent with the fox and tlgc wolf; their
cars as they run are thrust sharply t'm‘ward, for they
are of the hunters. As the rabbit must run away
to escape danger. its enemies are always behind it.
and therefore nature has given it largo cars to catch
every sound and the habit of throwing them back.
because its danger .comes from that direction. .\s
the fox and the wolf must run after their prey.
nature has given them the habit of thrusting their
ears forward.

Just how careful nature is in these matters and
how she suits conditions to surroundings may be
seen in the jack—rabbit of the \Vestcrn prairies. It
is the natural prey of the wolf, and. as it is more in
danger than our rabbits are, its ears have been made
a good deal longer, the better to bear the sounds
made by the enemy. ..

You have seen a horse thrust his ears forward
quickly, when anything startles him; that is his in—
stinctive movement to catch every sound of a threat—
ening nature, A dog raises his ears in a similar
way—Presbyterian Examiner.

 

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Michigan Has 10% Increase. 11¢pr

York. Administration Trying
the Old Stunt

A close survey of the bean Situation
‘as regards the new crop shows that
while the dry weather has caused
some damage, the yield is going to
be fair, and it is safe to say that Mich-
igan will show an increase of more

than ten per cent in marketable beans- '

The quality is going to be far super-
ior to the last two years, as the crop

is ripening fast and weather condi- '

tions for maturing never better.

There is practically no demand for
old beans; the trade is simply wait-
ing for infmmation.
mate shoWs that there are less beans
in the hands of the wholesale and re-
tail trade than ever before, and the
amount of beans in cans is away below
other years. It is for these reasons
that we are looking for a steady de-
mand as soon as the market is es-
tablished 011 the basis of the new crop.
You need look for no “bull” market
until after the old crop has been final-
ly disposed of; in fact the bears will
be prowling ’round for some little
time.

Therollowing dispatch from Roch-
ester, N. Y., shows that the old game
to increase consumption is going to
be tried; although the amount of beans
on hand, as shown by the report. could
be moved in a single order:

The New York State hood Commission
has notified bean dealeIs, g1owers, the
Monroe County Food Administrator and
the Monroe County Fa1 1n Bureau that the
commission, haxing completed its check
undertaken some weeks ago, has found
that the surplus stock of beans laigely in
the possession of growers amounts to
about 120, 000 bushels. The Bureau of
the Food Administrator's office are uiged
to see to it that wide publicity is ghen
to the desirability of housewives adding
beans as a regular part of the family
diet and that when milk and eggs are

included, beans make an excellent substi—
tute for meat. Posters are to be dis«

played in grocery stmes and store keep-.

ers are asked to cut the mice of beans
down to a point where they will show
only a reasonable margin of p10fit above
the pri(es at which they can be bought.

There is no bean business here, nor has
there been fo1 weeks, and there ar no
quotations.

 

 

Chicago
10. 75
“1.00
1050

11111111
our.

'11-: . .
Red Kidney: 12. 75 13.00

The general movement is a trifle
heavier which has eased up the market
considerably. Many of the largest
bean dealers are gradually letting
loose of their holdings believing this
year's crop conditions warrant a large
yield. It is not being their policy
to unload all of their holdings, for a
time at least, because there are yet
many conditions that may come up
before bean harvest that will damage
the crop. In some localities rain is
badly needed and Without rain the
yield will be cut considerably. We
hardly look for a higher market in
view of the fact that crop reports from
all bean producing sections are favor-
able for a yield equal and possibly lar-
ger than last year. As previously stat-
' ed it is a matter of watching crop con-
ditions and the general movement very
closely and then act as your best judg-
ment prompts you.

Rye
The handling 'f'of rye is becoming
more prominent every day. The de-

Detroit
10. 25
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mand is increasing, and with a bump- '

er crop to handle, it looks as though
prices are going to advance. During
the past week the market, advanced
21750. Chicago is quoting on No. 2,
31.66% to 31.62; VDetroit, No. 2, 31.61.

 

 

BOSTON .—-Bon'.n market cable

pricesgo‘ro going to continue.

‘11 grades.

‘EAST BUFFALO.—
cents higher.

 

 

 

11y
PITTSBURGHa—Hay situation cry

CHICA GO.-,—.0'ni; market strong and gaining in strength; on V,
being piled up by Food Administration. Hay continues, firm w 11
V T‘op grades selling premium prices. ‘ V
TOLEDO. —-Clover ed firm and higher. Other sgod and handy and quiet. .

“quartet higher on lionvy' steers.
Sheep and lambs steady. ,»

CHICAGO.-—Cattlo market stronger. Also 'hogs selling 15 and 25 cents higher.
Sheep and lambs easier with slight undertone :mnrket.

DETROIT .——Market firm on all lines of produce.
small lots at $1. 80 to $2 per bushel; Hay scarce, market firm. in good demand.

Hogs

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GRADE

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sumac. 72 1.2 .11 1.2

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Oats are Coming With a Rush

A special wire from Chicago says:
“The movement of new oats increasing
fast. The receipts at Chicago last Fri-
day was 309 cars of new oats; quality
fine and so dry that they could hardly
be told from the old. In weight they
are running“ light, about the same as
last year." Michigan’s oat crop has
been secured in fine shape, and thresh-
ing is well under way. It looks like a
bumper oat crep. throughout the oat—
growing section. Dry weather injured
the crOp to some extent, but on the
whole the yield will be far above nor
mal.

According to the latest threshing
reports the oat yield will be larger
than expected andthe quality is very
satisfactory. The general tone of the
oat market is firm. with a very ac-
tive movement. The consumption is
heavy and the home government is
one of the largest buyers. For the
present foreign buyers are out of the
market but it is expected they will
soon be heavy buyers as their needs
are great Attention is now being giv-
en to the movement of wheat across
and cats to follow later.

Barley

.The barley market is uneven and
there is quite a range of quotations.
Certain markets report a firm situa-
tion while others report market easy
with an uneven demand. Chicago
market strong and active, quoting 950
to $1.14; Detroit quotations
from 90c to $1.10.

range .

The movement of corn has been side-
tracked to permit the movement of
oats. Receipts have been light and
the market firm. Corn crop has been

damaged by the recent dry 'weather "
but how much corn has been lost can-7'

not be determined until a littleJater.
There is one thing in favor of the hot
weather where there is sufficient
moisture and that it will hasten ma-
turity so there will be less chance in
corn being damaged by frost.

Market very firm with ”light re-

ceipts

$1. 90 bushel. In all probability Mich.
igan stock will be moving more freely
as in some districts farmers are now
digging the early potatoes and ship-
ping in less than car lots. It willnow
be but a short time before buying sta-
tions will be getting enough potatoes
to make car load shipments.

Tomatoes

Realizing many of our readers have
large quantities to market we \will in-
clude a market report on tomatoes in
several issues of the M. B F. There
is a good demand for tomatoes and
the demand will continue for the next
30 days The present market on to-
matoes ranges from $1. 75 to $2. 25 per
bushel. Strictly fancy stock may be
able to command a little more.

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151011131315 . , .
‘ rant here that the agricultural advia.

Barreled stock selling at $6 25"
to $6. 50; home grown stock, 31. 80 to'

 

 

 

THE WEATHER

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' Warmer than usual
1'!' i '3

WASHINGTON, D. C.,.August 24.
1918.——Last bulletin'gave forecasts of
disturbance to cross continent Aug. 21
to 25, warm wave 20 to 24, cool wave
23 to 27. Severe storms are expected
with this and it promises some relief to
drouth stricken sections and also re-
lief from the torrid Weather. The hur-
ricane that struck our southern coast
near New Orleans was a great relief
to interior of continent as it brought
cooler weather and some rain. These
hurricanes evaporate immense volum—
es of water, in the forms of fogs and
clouds, the hurricane is broken up
when it strikes land, its clouds are
emptied into the atmosphere above the
interior of the continent and the next
storm that crosses continent feeds on
and precipitates the hurricane cloud
into rain. Without that hurricane the
corn crop would have been totally de-
stroyed In accord' with these fore-

 

slope in July and August than for
many years. ‘

 

 

As forecasted bv W. T. Foster for MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARM“

casts more rain has fallen on Pacific

FOR THE WEEK

Next warm wave will reach Van—
comer about Aug. 24 and tempera-
tures will rise on all the Pacific slope.
It will cross crest of Rockies by close
of August 25 plains sections 26, mer-
idian 90, great lakes and Ohio Tenne-
ssee valleys 27, easte1n sections 28,
reaching vicinity of Newfoundland
about A.ug 29. Storm wave will fol-
low about one day behind warm wave,
cool wave about one day behind storm
wave.

The drouth is not ended but tempor—
ary relief will come from the severe
storms which unfortunately are not
expected to come frequent enough to
bring complete relief. This makes a
serious situation for farmers who wish
to sow winter grain. They‘ must
work out two difficult problems for'
each locality, or employ some one to
do the work for them. That work is
difficult and expensive. Our million-
and- --a -ha1f-a- -year National Weather
Buieau refuses to do the work for ‘the
farmers and no individual can afford
to do it without extra pay I am ready
to show the U. S. Weather Bureau
how the work can be done to much.
greater perfection t n I am financial-
Iy able to do it- But or showing them

\howI L'must be compensated

 

 

 

 

 

 

Washington D 0-——Reports:a

ing that the government guar

, price for next year’ s wheat be inc‘r

ed from 3'2 20 to 32 .46 11 1111811111. V
The board of Which former Gov. H
0 Stuart of Virginia is the chairman,

is said to have been divided in reach-

ing this recommendation, an ‘iwts mom-L
hers asked concerning the decision,
have refused. to diseases it. The rec-_ _
ommendation of the committee unus't

be aproved by the president who Wit

fix the price by preclamation and who

Wm be gu‘ded by the 109d administra-

tor and Secretary of Agriculture House
ton. Mr. HoOver is now in Eurppe. .

If the government is going to. get-
any benefit from_ this increased price;
in the shape of a larger acreage ac-
tion should be taken promptly. The
acreage has practically been decided
upon by the business farmers. and un—
less something is done to stimulate
production Michigan's wheat acreage
this fall will be twenty per cent less
than last year

 

 

 

 

 

7 11.32 1_a_1_x_.a 2.22 . _

All. records for the movement of
wheat have been broken. During the
past week 20,597,000 bushels have been
moved against the old record mark of '
20,000,000 made in November of 1914.
There being no objectin holding back
wheat it is expected the heavy move-
ment of wheat will continue, for some
time. The supply of wheat is going
to be larger than shown by the gov-
ernment’s July report. In all proba-
bility wheat substitutes will soon be‘
eliminated and we willa‘Vll be able to
get bread made entirely from wheat
flour The use of wheat flour will re—
duce the price of bread It, is the
growing sentiment that substitutes
can be sold at cemparatively higher
figures than flour. In some cases mills
are paying a premium of One cent
over the government price in order to
secure the best grade of wheat. The
Food Administration is buying wheat '
in large quantities for export.

 

 

Standard

thy

22 50 0
24 00
25 50 19 00
25 501850 -
30 00 2 .00
2'! 00 2“ “0

No.1
Timothy The
Detroit 25 00 50 .20 .0
Chicago 27 00129 00 21 00
Cincinnati 24' 75 25130.2] 00
”fish-r311 26 00 27 (0’22 50
New York so no 32 00.25 01)
Richmond .26 00 23 00". '0“ .

No.1 No.1 No. 1

Market: Light Mind Clover Afro”!!! 3Clover
Dflnil 21 so l5 00 300
Chicago 22 50 13 90 15 00 ll 00
Cindi-Ill 22.50 17 00 ~ 18 00 12 .0
Pittsburgh 23 00 13 .0, 14 50 H 00 I3 ,
NOV! York 23 00 21 00 .7 21 so 20 00 .20 50
Richmond 25 0° 19 W 20 09 15 00 17'”.

The hay markets are in an abnor-
mal condition. The present situation
followed a grand clean up at all mar-
kets and now the coast is clear for
renewed supplies. The Situation' .
back to where it was last November,
December, January and February, so: »
far as doinand and receipts are (3011- 2
cemed. The present shortage 9L hay
is due to farmers being very busy 11:3

 

 

 

 

 

 

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In: reason may be
he estedin'the agrié.
e shortage of - farm

demand ‘and is bringing satisfac:
H‘ bee." New*h_ay’ arriving is in
good ondition and, brings about as
Erratum—Mai; et firm and active and
’mod‘erat'e’receipts-j Medium and lower ‘
gender-hay supply is beingrap‘idly re-
cedgrand sellers are going to ask
gher priests. Buyers are not buying
:fheaviybut simply taking on supplies
,jifovt‘a'ke' care of their. daily needs. ‘It

'v-looksas though they are, carrying out

,;,__thel.rbeafl3h idea.- We do not wish

"‘thein_any bad luck but it looks as

' .uioug’ix lodds were against them.

New .Yoflcr—The market is a whole

'~-'7"”,:-..§‘1¢t"stronger. not being brought in-

“fibfiheav‘ier'demands but light receipts.
:Flo’fiiimothy is practically wiped out
i_’oif“tl}e"New York market. The only
”:fhay‘fmo‘ving at all is the lower grades
" and with the continued scarcity of
_ the No. l‘gnades, the outlook for high-
” ' er prices on the other grades is favor?
fame. Either large or small bales
will'sell at the same figures.
Cincinnati—éThe high prices paid
for. hay 'on this market simply proves
, than, the shortage is very keen. There
- is 2110' distinction made between old
and:../new hay, duality being equal.
':,The_’indlcations point to a still high-
,. 'er market.

Chicago—It is the same old» story, .

good demand for all~ grades with light
' receipts. .No— 1 timothyhay is sell-
. ing at record prices and all grades
,are»~selling at top market quotations.
St. Louis—Market ruling firm on
all grades. Indications point to still
higher prices which will be realized on
all sales of best grades of timothy and

‘ clover mixed.
Detroit.——A very strong market pre-
vails which is due to shippers selling
"to Outside markets. Very little hay
islbeing offered and sellers have no
trouble in gettingtheir price which
is,equal to any quotation realized at
any other market. Detroit being a
. short haul market we believe shippers
Will profit ‘by‘taking that feature into

consideration.

Fruits

, They are very scarce and in good
demand The peach crop is very light
and prices will run higher this season
than any other season in the past.
Peaches are now selling from $3 to $4
a bushel.

. x , Berries
rAbontuall the berries that ’are now
coming in are huckleberries. They
_ are selling at from $7 to $8“ a bushel.

. Honey

Receipts have been light with fair
demand. New white honey is selling
at 23. to 24c. Now is the time to get
a reasonable amount of honey on the
‘ " whet. High “priced butter will
‘ stimulate the demand for honey,

 

  
  
 
   
 
 
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
    
   
    

 

 

 

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in’ilactwe with light receipts. {The in.
“fill '

" AZ 80031“ average; . . . ,
”take care of; the consumer-an demand.

Select" ireshr‘laid ~ypoult'iry, farm eggs
'selling‘girom‘ 42 to ‘45c; candied store

annOt be moved .

-, . and clover mixed, hay ‘

The market has been unusually firm .

ions ‘ are ' that the market will.
" " and active on account.

.Ql’fi ,Whilig, .Jewislif holi‘days.;g
‘ " ' iil'lie‘keeii i . lat. hens.‘

  

 

  
 

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The; market l continues firm Wanda , c-
t‘ive‘. . ”The; present receipts «just ’about;

receipts. 39‘ to 41c.

       

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gem 453-. .
4. 2s.

Detroit—Receipts running light;
market firm and steady! The quality
is running better and top market quo-
tations are being realized on all sales.
Very little dairy butter coming in as
most of the dairy butter producers
have private customers. The best
dairy butter is selling in line with
creamery butter. Creamery extras
selling at 44c; creamery firsts, 430.

Live Stock

Detroit—Cattle market steady while
movement on some grades was some-
what draggy. Receipts not overly
heavy, which had its influence in keep-
ing the buyers fairly well keyed ‘up
in their ideas of values. Best heavy
steers selling at $14 to $15; mediums
at $12.50 to $13; handy weight butch-
er steers $10 to $11; mixed steers and
heifers. $8.50 to $9;
$6.50 to $7.50; cows, $7 to $7.50; can-

ners and cutters, $5.75 to $6; feeders."

$9 to $10.

Veal calves, best grade, $15 to $16;
medium, $10 to $15. '

Hog market firm and active, receipts
light. Selling heavy, $19 to $19.50;
other grades, 25c to 50c lower.

Lamb market slightly lower. best
selling $16 to $17; fair, $15 to $15.50;
sheep, fair to medium, $9.50 to $10;
common and cults, $5 to $8.

Yields Good in Montcalm Countv

Montcalm (Southwest)~'l‘he tarm-
ers are busy and the order of the day
is drawing grain, altho many are now
threshing. Yields are good. Beans
and potatoes are suffering very badly
on account of the dry weather and
have, been damaged so that only half
a crop is expected this fall. There is
a large acreage of corn in this vicinity
which is in much better 'condition
than other crops, but is in need of
rain. The soil is very dry with the
weather being rather warm. No pro-
duce is being sold except a small
amount of grain which has recently
been threshed.—W. I... Grecnville.

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‘ Association, have had their fields inspected under the auspices of, and . ‘

      

* Why grew common varieties
dfaivfiiestand‘ “rye; when: you can
obtain pure seed of improved _
.- varieties, which. have been thorns.”
.gough'ly tested at the Michigan:
Experiment Station and by hun- Q}
dreds of farmers of the state?
‘ Red Rock Wheat and Rosen
Rye Were developed at the Mich-
igan Agricultural College where,
after a number of years’ testing
they have proved superior to
others.

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Registered Rosen Rye

(Compared to Common Rye)

Has Shorter, Stiller Straw Has Greater Leaf Surface
Has Longer, Larger Héad Has Better Filled Heads
Has Larger, Plumper Grain Yields Twice as Much per A.

A number of farmers,——members of the Michigan Crop Improvement

  
  
  
  

by agents of the Association. After threshing. this grain is again in.
enacted \That’ which meets requirements is Registered and given a
Registry number on the books of the Michigan Crop Improvement
Association.

Registered. Seed

Is now offered for sale at Market price plus the cost of putting it in
condition to meet the Registry requirements. The prices are: - -'
Regd Rock W'heat, 1-9 inclusive, $3.50 per bu., 10 bu. and over, $3.25 -~ 3;
Rosen Rye, 1—9 bu. inclusive, $8.25 per bu., 10 bu. and over, $3.00. ' ji‘
Winter Barley, 1-9 bu. inclusive, $3.00 per bu., 10 bu. and over, $2.90.

Remember Rye costs fertilzer so get pure Rosen! ,
For list of farmers from whom you can obtain Inspected Seed of the above 2-.
varieties, write to the Sec’y of the Michigan Crop Improvement Association.

J. .W.‘ NICOLSON, East Lansing, Michigan

  
  
 

    
   
   
  
   
   
  
   

 

 

 

 

 
  
   
   
    
  
 
  
   
 

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Will buy wool outright or handle on commission
We are authorized government wool agents, ’if you /
have any fleece WOOl write us giving full particulars.

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taking altogether too much time with the scien-
tific side of agriculture and too little“attention
has bSYEnDE—UE to the practical. Thus far young
ladies have not been permitted to take the practi-
cal side of agriculture, but the new college catalog
just out, goes so far as to say that young women

  

Culture, substituting such subjects as poultry and
dairying for such sciences as botany and advanced
chemistry.

“It has been demonstrated.” the statement from
the college reads, “that both poultry and dairying
as well as a number of other agricultural pur-
suits. can be followed with profit and pleasure by
women. It is additionally true, that provided
they are properly trained, women can lend much
assistance to the work of food production.”

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as a pronounced invitation in Michigan’s educa-
tional program. The example set by the women
of France and England is thought to have had
much to do in bringing the M. A. C. faculty and
State Board of Agriculture to their new
point.

Surely the world do move! What a help these
young ladies will be in carrying on the work of
the farm. Surely the farmer’s wife and daughter
need to have a broader vision of farm life; it’s
opportunities and blessings. and no better way
could be devised to bring about this renewed in-
terest than to have the women of the farm better
schooled ni the actual business of farming.

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; . From a Lonesome Lady

Dear l’enelope:——I am a reader of the M. B. F.
and like it very well. I wonder if any of the
sisters are alone like me. I have a large farm
but live entirely alone; no one to take a step for
me. I have a large garden and it takes a lot of
work with the hoe. i am mixing sugar beets and
am going to make some syrup this full. I rent
ground on shares. so get enough to live on, but
have to work for slothing. I have made a. nice
work holder of a horn of a. phonograph. I like it
so much better than a box or a basket. l had a
lot of pictures that came with papers and I used
_7 them for a border in my bedroom after papering
- with plastm'hozird. and l tool: at them in thoinorn-
ing and dream of times gone by. An old woman
fancy. I am til years old. I have taken different,
sized boxes and made me a very convenient cup-
board in the cellar and chamber. i get very lone-
ly and would like to have some woman who needs
a home come and live with me. or a man and his
wife of middle age who would like a home. if
there are any I wish they would write to me for
I find it hard to get help. I would sell a part of
the place. The floor in my living room is covered
with heavy building paper or roofing and it is
ever so much nicer than carpet and can he painted
if one so wished. My roof is covered with this
and yesterday l climber up on the roof and cov-
ered a hole witszh tor. How many of this younger
Sisters can do that? I use my regs; for rugs,
drawn through burlap and they are so soft and
comfy to step on cold mornings while building
the fire. Later I will tell how to cook war meals
in order to save for the boys over there and the
destitute little ones and women-wt. .l. M” Roy
Show. Mich.

Norm—4t any of our readers feel they could
help this lonely sister. or if you know of some
friend who would like such a home, kindly write
us and we will furnish the name and address.
Next winter fuel will be more scarce than GVBI',
" food prices higher. and many will need a home
and shelter. Let us try to ‘nd some one who
would appreciate this most kind offer.

Starving the Children

Our doctors are again worrying about malnu-
trition, which is the highbrow term for starvation.
In New York City a survey was recently held and
it was discovered that out of 1,000,000 school
children no less than 150,000, more than 10 per
cent, were stunted in growth and as a result were
from one to three years behindtin the proper
height and weight for their ages When we re-
.member that. New York is supposed to be one of

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I't’heories have been “discarded and the. practical is ‘

and get right down to present. day needs and de— 3'
All will admit that the colleges have been

students will be permitted to take practical agri4'

. how.

at the college—a fact which marks the new plan"

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We hear so much about?cOhéervatidn :' of; national
resources; and here, the 'very source ‘Of.f:.national'
pewer is admittedly: ..;endang'ered. -"Ijhink ' of, it?!
dare in an era Of prosperity and more than ten

per cent of the hhildren in the largestcity'cn‘ this _ .

hemisphere are undernourished: ‘A- few apologists
point out that there are rich childrenamong them,
that the malnutrition is ,not confined‘to, poverty.
Such apologistsiail to distinguish between fstar-
vation and over-pampering. Give "the parents of
the poor Children proper w‘ages. proper (renditions
of labor, proper ‘hours and aH'the malnutrition
troubles will disappear as if by magic. There are
two kinds of malnutrition in our midst, and each
kind must be done away with as fast as we knew
The starvation of the body goes hand in
hand with the starvation of the brain; Asa na-
tion we all suffer from malnutrition of ideas. We
haven’t. gotten ..it through our craniums yet that
under capitalism the world faces mental and phys-
ical degeneration and utter bankruptcy. The cap
italistic system produces a mentality. that consid-
ers mere questions like starvation of children as
a. secondary matter. The first concern iswgain.

Let children slave in mills, let women with infants
at the breast toil in factories, let fathers labor in

 
   
  

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The little boy with whom, not long ago
I played at soldiers on our kitchen floor;
And walked on stilts; and cut and bent a bow
And whittled arrows—shall I see him
more?

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ing. ,
I’m just his sisten—but I care. I care!
(It’s hard, this new game he and I are
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filth. darkness and serfdom, but let the almighty
dollar prevail. That is their motto, however much
they may hide it with pious gifts and sanctimon-
ions denial. and when Socialists arise and, say
that the lives of little tots are worth more than
the profits of financiers they are attacked as free-
lovers. anarchists, Godless creatures. Capitalism
in its lust for profits invade the cradle: but for-
tunately capitalism now has one foot in the grave
and with its disappearance will disappear the
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Items of Interest to Women

A Vancouver. Vilashington. Shipyard has a wom-
an calker.

The linited States has over 1.500 women den-
tists. .

Over 8.000 women act, as postmistresses in the
United States.

Of the 200 persons which comprise the Finland
Diet. 70 are women.

Carpentry is about the only trade women have
not entered in England.

Female school teachers in York, Pa, have been
granted an increase in pay.

Mrs. Cassie Denney, a full blooded Indian. of
Oneida, Wis. has given three of her sons to the
service of Uncle Sam in the present war, and says
the fourth will go as soon as he is old enough.

AN EASY WAY TO RAISE MONEY

Several ladies’ oragnizations in Michigan have
asked us for the privilege of taking subscriptions
ofr M. B. F. from their booth, tent or building at
the county fair grounds. We are glad to have any
organization that needs funds do this; we will
furnish sample copies, receipts and everything
necessary and pay a'handsome cash commission
which should net from one to three hundred dol-
lars' at any county fairgrounds in Michigan. Only
one organization Will be allowed to work at a
fair, and there are several big fairs where we have
not made arrangements; why not write us about
your organization, surely it is easier taking sub-
scriptions than standing over a hot stove or serv-

ing meals. ., a

straight from the shoulder“ and is held in place
”around the hips by a loose belt which laces thru

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riedgr-and did not haVe much experience in" house?

work. Iowas a town‘girha'll my life up to that
time.» We have two children, a boy and agirl,
who are very dear to us.-

_ my .aimtin'life was to bringmy children up right
, so they may be of some good, inthe; world; “

I think, for all the hardships and losses, at farm-
er’s family oughtf to be the most happy and con
tented. We are not always so but it' is a sin to’
complain when we have plenty to eat, such as it

IS, and enough to wear, and in winter, fuelto,

keep us’ warm, while so many are in such‘need.
We haveno hired help, so it isleft for us women
to help out doors all we'can. -I have run the
binder, the. mowing machine. and horse rake; can
drive any of' the fhorSes we have; can milk. the
cows and do all or any of the things when neces-
sary. We have a cream separator which I know
saves half of the work'in the dairy part of the.
business. I am suresorry for the Woman who is
lonesome. I never was, only when I lived in
town ,and when I was firstmarrie-d.
do not have time to get lonesome, with the garden.

the flowers, the chickens and the housework my‘ “

time is nearly all taken up.
work when I can.

I have a few helps I would like to pass along.
Did you ever try when putting up fruit to cover
the rubbers and covers of each can with parafin‘?
They can not possibly spoil. I have a basin with
parafin in and I just put the tOps of the cans in.

A good cake frosting recipe is, 1 cup sugar. 3
tablespoons cold water, white of 1 egg unbeaten,
put all together in upper part of double boiler;
have water boiling in under part: beat with oval
egg beater, 8 minutes and flavor with anything you
like. .

(Jake without sugar. Scant half cup cooking
molasses. shortening size of egg, 1 cup raisins, 1
cup lukewarm water, 1 teaspoon soda, 2 cups bar-
ley flour and 1 of wheat flour—Mrs. 0. B.. Wil-
Ziamsburg. Michigan.

I help in’ Red Cross

Let’s Have Some Good Vinegar Recipes

Dear Penelopez-Could you please tell me how
to make hdme‘made vinegar without cider? I
have'heard about them making vinegar by put-
ting chopped apples and parings in a cleanbairel
and covering with water and leave stand until
sour, but would welcome a still better way—J. Wu
Recd City, Michigan.

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Generals in th) German army are afraid of the
influence of women and. have therefore banne'l
them from taking any part the warfare at the
front. This is just the. opposite of what it: allowed
by the Allies. for they rezllzo the. worth of the
women and allow them to do all kinds of work on
the war front.

Have You a Knitting Bag?

0 ONE need do without these handy knit-
N ting bags, so easily are they made. and of

any old piece of material one happens to
possess. From oil cloth many have formed the
most attractive bags. using the plain black cloth
and either embroidering a motifi’ On one side, or if
one is capable of painting with oil colors, they
may decorate a bag beautifully. Then there are
the ordinary cretonne bags, which are no doubt
the most practical for all around use. One and one-
half yards of 27 inch material would be sufficient
for a bag as shown in cut, and either straight
straps of the material or fancy cording may be
used f.)‘ the handles. ' The top of the bag is held
in shape by two inch-wide wooden strips. which
are run thru the heading of the cloth and fas-
tened at each end by sewing thru a small hole in
the wood. For a Christmas present or birthday
gift one' of these bags would be very accepta—
ble if made up in a pretty pattern of silk tube
used for a party or theatre u .g. The mother of
a young baby can make more one use for
such a bag. She, may carry the baby's .bottle or
his napkins; in fact all of his ne‘essary “extras”
and no~~~one need know but that she has her knit-
ting. The knitting bag described (No. 8589),. is
illustrated on page 11 under “Latest Styles and
New York Patterns.”

No. 857L—Little girl’s dress.
piece, little frock for school.

A simple one:
3 he dress hangs

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with a deep shawl collar and a nar-
row tie. As shown. the dress is slip-
ped on style, but may open down the

- center front if desired. This pattern

is cut in sizes 6, 8, 10, 14 and 14 years
of age. , .

.No. BOWL—Ladies? shirtwaist; cut
in sizes 34. 36, 38, 40 and 42 inch
bust measure. The square-cut collar
of a contrasting material and the col-
ored turn-back cuffs are the distin-
guishing features of the simple tail-
ored waist. The closing is formed in

the center ‘tront with one large button. ’

The back extends over the Shoulder,
forming a narrow yoke. onto which
the fronts are gathered.

No. 8582—House dress or wash
apron. Comfort is the first thing to
consider in making work clothes, par-
ticularly for hot weather, and the bum
galow apron has become the most pop-
ular work costume worn. On hot
days one may wear it for a dress, and
then it one is dressed and yet has
some win]; to finish this same apron

1 slips over any dress and covers one
completely. Then a narrow belt

across the back, holds the front in
place and large patch pockets are
placed on each side. The pattern
comes in sizes 34, 38 and 42 inch bust
measure. ‘

No. 8564.——The separate skirt. cut
in sizes 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30 inch
waist measure. A two-gored model.
with front gore fitted smoothly across
the hips. the back gore gathered to
the Slightly raised waist line. A
fitted yoke cut narrow across the front
and back, and extending deep over

‘each hip. ending in small pockets. The

closing may be formed on the right
hip under the extended yoke. and the
yoke section brought over to fasten
with a large button in front,

No. 8568.~—Ladies’ house dress or
negligee. for warm weather, mornings
and evenings, when long sleeves and
tight belts are so uncomfortable. one
or these slip-ens of a lawn or dimity
are just what one needs. A soft drap-
ed collar finishc; the neck and adds
to the appearance of the dress. A

' panel effect is formed in the front by

the belt extending only around the

, sides. This same pattern may well

be used in making a kimona of any
of the pretty figured crepes, and fin-
ished either with net for the collar or
a plain. colored soft silk material.

 

 

THE complete pattern for any style
. shown will be mailed on receipt of

three complete patterns from this or
previous iSSues will be mailed for
,Th-irtyu cents (30c) in stamps. A11
patterns mailed direct from New York.
f , ’Michlgan Business Farming,
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, Proml‘nenfly Identified-with the Aeri-
cultural' Interests. of Mlchiean

ELIEVING an we do that Michigan should elect this full 1 United States Senator
whole, and has been, interested k: and conversant with public affairs; 3 man

of sound judgment, and continuity of purpose; a man whose one.r hundred per

cent patriotism cannot be questioned; and a man whohec given suflicient study and

thought to the nutter of national and international policies to enable him to determine
for himoelf where he stands and what he stands for; and believing that Truman H.

Newborry, of Detroit, conforms to this standard, we endorse his candidacy and agree

to support him at the primaries and at the election.

N. ,P. HULL, Biz-Master State Grange and
Pro-idem, Grange Life Insurance Company,

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JASON WOODMAN, Grange Lecturer; Mem-
ber State Board of Agriculture, Paw Paw.
JAMES N. McBRIDE, State Market Director,
Burton

'1‘. r. MARSTON, Secretary North-Eastern
Michigan Dcvdopment Bureau, Bay City.

THOMAS READ. State Representative, Shelby.

CHARLES B. SCULLY, State Senator, Almont,
and President of State Farmers’ Clubs.
ALFRED ALLEN, SecretaryIState Fairs Com-

, minim, Macon. -

H. E. POWELL, General Field Lecturer, State
Grunge, Ionic.

FRANK COWARD, Treasurer, State Grange,
Bronson.

C. H. BRAMBLE, Overseer, Michigan State
Grange, Tecumseh.

A. L. CHANDLER, Corinna.

ROBERT D. GRAHAM, Member State Board
of Agriculture, Grand Rapids.

THOMAS H. McNAUGHTON, Ex-Smte Sena.—
tor, General Field Lecturer..»Michigan State
Grange, Ada.

FRED L. DEAN, Sheridan.

C. F. HAINLINE, Vice-President, State Milk
Producers’ Association, Alma.

COMFORT A. TYLER, Coldwatcr.

HORATIO S. EARLE, Detroit, father of Good
Roads.

COLON P. CAMPBELL, Ear-Speaker, House of
Representatives, Grand Rapids.

__ C. HUNSBERGER, Director, Michigan Expedi-

tion Association, Grand Rapids.
C. S. BARTLETT, General Field Lecturer,
.Michigan State Grange, Pontiac. ’

HON. ANDREW CAhfl’BELL, Ann Arbor.

CHARLES SALEWSKI, Member Board of Con-
trol, State Prison in the Upper Peninsula,
Insulin.

DAVID WALKINSHAW, MarshalL

JACOB F. HARTSIG, Warren.

C. HuJOBSE, Mt. Clemens.

CHARLES H. WHITTUM, Eaton Rapids.

J. GILMAN, Eaton Rapids.

FRED H. KINGSTING, Monroe.

A. T. BORDINE, Dundee.

H. E. RISING, Hastings.

ARTHUR L. CRIDLER, Hastings.

GEORGE E. WALKER, Richland.

ROLAND MORRILL, Farmers’ Institute Lec-
turer, Benton Harbor." ,

ROBERT SHERWOOD, Benton Harbor.

SILAS MUNSELL, Howell.

HORACE W. NORTON, Howell.

JOHN RAUCHOLTZ, Former Chairman Board
of Supervisors, Saginaw.

JACOB DEGUSS, Manager, Prairie Farm and
Member Executive Committee, Michigan
Dive Stock Association, Saginaw.

10!“ H. DODDS, President, Lapccr County

. hrmcfl’ Mutual Pin Woe Company

Lapecr.
GEORGE HARVEY, Lmn, Lapeer County.

GRANT H. SMITH, Supervisor, Lexington.

ALVARADO HAYWOOD, Supervisor, Brown
City.

ARTHUR M. SMITH, Pro-Mont, State Potato
Growers’ Ascociation, Lake City.

JP MES ENGLISH, Former Superintendent—
Blodgctt Farms, Lucas.

R. C. REED, President, Michigan Milk Pro-

d’uccn' Association, Howdl.

JOHN R. WYLIE, Shelby.

CHAS. S. BINGHAM, Resident, State Horti-
cultura_ 1 Society, Franklyn.

ROBERT W. MALCOLM, President, Farmers’
Monitor Insurance Company, Commerce.

EDWARD ROGERS, Clay Banks, Oceana Co

ROBERT BARNEY, Preddent, Grand Traverse
Region Fair Association, Traverse City.

GEORGE W. ARNOLD, Master Grange, Wil-
liamsburg, Grand Traverse County.

WILLIAM D. WRIGHT, Petoskcy.

EDWIN ROBBINS, President, Hillsdalc County
Agricultural Society, Pittsford.

F. S. F COTE, Member Executive Committee,
Saginaw Grange, and Editor Saginaw Valley
Farmer, Saginaw.

E. J. SMITH, Chcboygan.

FRANK FORD, Chcboygan.

FRANK B. KENNEDY, Quincy.

JUDSON W. BROWN, Coldwatcr.

CARL LOWERY, Berlin Township, Ionia Co.

F. H. VANDENBOOM, Marquette. .

W. S. EWING, Repreccntntive, State Legisla-
ture, Marquette.

JOHN HUNT, Verona, Huron County.

FRANK KINCH, Port Austin.

WILLIAM STEIN, Windsor Township, Huron
County.

GUY W. SLACK, Director, totem Michigan
Development Bureau, Cadi lac.

E. M. SHEERBURNE, Supervisor Antioch
Township, chforclL County.

WILLIAM H. KLINE, Supervisor, Fruitport,
Muskcgon County.

MacDONALD RESIDE, Supervisor, Dalton
Township, Muskcgon County.

WILLIAM HARRISON, Constantine.

JOHN H. FRISBIE, LconidAs, St. Joseph Co.

ARLIE L. HOPKINS, State Represent ti
Bear Lake, Manistcc County. a ve,

JOHN BRADFORD, State Good Roads In-
structor, Arcadia, Manistcc County.

CLAYTON J. THOMAS, Owosso.

AMOS PARNIENTER, Durand.

ALBERT SEIBERT, St. Johns.

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THOMAS KNIGHT, St. Johns.

JEDD E. BLAKE, Ex-Supcrm' tendent, ‘M‘achigan
State Prison Farms, Jackson.

WILLIAM A. REED, President Jackson County
Agricultural Society, Hanover.

WILLIAM H. NASH, Manager Gladwin
County Farmers’ Shippmg' Association.

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“My flames}; my2-home,1i’s .
trai apart "of Michigan

est place .to me that I
woods are green and fiel

  

        

’ or, grain in

other place like home _
any one. toga away from home~1ior .a'
, while and then come; back ;_'it makes ,you‘
feel liVe loving your home ‘more. _
ever” .With .your. father and mother to
love and make‘you, happy as no’ other

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the world that yOu would, rather live
than where you do... I liVe in the'countr)’
with pets of all-kinds. , .
[cows every night and like to roam over
the fields ’ '
cows. _ Of course lots of homes are not
pleasant, but there are more hemes that

have a nice big barn and have a good

over town children. ,
crops for our boys “over.-there" instead

DOn't ~think,

earth.

My home is two miles from town.
is a very nice home. 'We had a nice big
house but it burned down.

a large one after the war. The house
sets back among the pines. We have a
very large yard which. is dotted with
pines.
green. On each side ofthe, path there
are lilies and irises.
es, lilacs, honeysuckles and
All kinds of birds build nests. in the
trees and the squirrels chatter, at ,you.
both sides of the house islesge eda ar h
There are two swings under the pines.
On both sides of the house aregardens,
in one garden are strawberries, currants
and rhubarb, and a row} of peonies. My
grandma lives about 40 rods from our
place. There are wildflowers all thru
the woods. Going to town the road is
shaded with pines. It is very nice here
in the winter time. The trees are just
loaded with snow; it looks like crystal.
There is a hill by our house which we
slide down. There is a pond by our
place and a trout stream and people
come from all over to catch trout. There
are lakes all around, and there are some
old camps back of our place, and there
are deer and partridge here. I have two
brothers; Francis is 14 years old and
Elmo is nine months old; I am ,12 years
old. We have three Belgium hares, and
they are very nice pets. We have an Are-
dale dog and a little white pet dog, and
a little black kitten. with a tip,.of black
on the end of his tail, and we also have
a. white kitten. All of our _horses,.cows,
pigs and sheep are pets; we even pet our
Jersey master.——Cora L. Nephew,
Lovells, Michigan.

Dear Aunt Penelopez—I have been
reading the letters from the boys and,
girls in the M. B. and some of the
letters certainly give me a thrill to read
how they are helping Uncle Sam. Well,
I have been trying to do all I ca ndo. I
am saving all the money Ican get to give
to the Red Cross and to buy Thrift
Stamps. A Red Cross sewing bee is
held in our neighborhood every Thursday
which many ladies attend. I helped to
pick berries this year; work inithe gar-
den and also helped papa take care of
the crops. I can’t work with the horses
but I try to do enough +~ make up for,
that. I am going to pick up' potatoes
this fall; I did last fall. I think we all
ought to do all we can to help our Sam—
my boys in France. I have two sisters
and two brothers, theirmames are Edna,
16 years; Grace Anna, 4 years; Stan-v,
ley, 11 years, and Sanford, 6 years. When
school starts in September we will all go
to school but Grace Anna. I will be int
the eighth grade, Edna in, the 10th, Stan—
ley in the 6th and Sanford will just be-
gin. We are a mile and a quarter from

stone and has ten grades; the teacher's
name in the high room is Hazel Sprague,
and in the primary room Alice Gerh’eart.
In front of our house is a very ,pretty
lawn shaded by manv trees. There are
two quite 1arge=ponds‘ in the woode'and
in the winter time» we often skate. I
like to tread in the woods very.»s-much.
From a constant reader, Floseie ,L .Cot-”
ton, R. No. 1, Vesta-burg, Michigan. '

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Dear Aunt Penelope-:L—I have not Writ-
ten to you‘ before, but I have been .\_Very
much interested- in the Children’s Page
in the M.:B.~ F. every week, {391 thought ‘
I would write: -~ *1 live On a.’ 1,126 acre
farm norh ofKalamazoo. I am 13 years

 

  
 

 

 

 

  

Kalamazoo. _, our school let Tout
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old andnl go-gto‘boarding‘schodl ea t 911;,

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playing ball, as townchildren do. * I will -,
close now, hoping ,to . see ‘this {in print. .
Aunt Penelope, I will even
forget my home, the dearest place on the,
.I hope my, letter isn’t ,too lo‘ngg
to be printed. Lovingly your niece, Miss;
Violet VanBuskirk, aged 13, Elwell, Mich.

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the shock, and “oommgh and—”greenrmid ’
it makes one feel as; though there'"was no f
It: is ,. good tor

  

than»

personscan, and it'is a nice feeling too
to feel ‘that‘ there is 'no- other place in~

I go after the-

and woodsvhunting for the;

are pleasant than those that are not... We»

place to play hide and s ek, and all other“
games 'boys and girls ll e to play. What
great- advantages country children have:
.They can help raise;

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of jumping. the rope or. roller skating and?

It.

We have a-
cosy little house but we are going to build ,

The grass is very nice and very,

We have rose bush:
snowballs. '

school; "our school house ismade from ~

' seys,

, in the sixth grade.

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rj‘DePPfimatpmatoes, “‘r’a ishes on
01119.;— gardah y «With , my sister. . -
seven.he‘&dz_of‘cattle. ‘ '
ed all of our-hams, 'b
ettreo _ ettflmi'ecan .
names .0 three or; - ht a
long, one makes, lip. for; the? rest
,vWe‘, have'ra puppy. - His name
He isgver‘y- mischievous. " ->We ,
cats'y their names “are“ Tedd
and Jennie. 'Rogeeradel
Plalnwell,»wMichigan. ; ',_~»: 1-:
[Editor’s Notez—Madellne;has:sent In?
agfine —-littlegpeem on our soldiers, which?
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Dear Aunt Penelopez-wl am a .farmer
girl and papa works for aman who owns. . ; ' 7
120 acres of land. We have a cowandfv -“; ‘-

.,a.. calf and two little, pigsuWVEe steed the ' '
pigs milk fivo times a day andthe catt- .
twice a day.~ I have an uncle whom-«We»
know. is-on his way -to France“ to fight-2‘
for Uncle Sam. 'Papa is in registration
and is in Class 4;)A. My‘friend Midi-have
a, war garden containing- turnips, pate.
toes, beans, peas, cabbage, tomatoes, 'miel—
ons, pumpkins, squash, cucumbers, “suns
flower..-lettuce and onions. We are'g‘oing-A « .
to let the most of it go to Seed'ror next ,
year for Uncle Sam says that‘l‘we will“~ \
haveto raise our .own seed, and-We-v-arej .
tryingtodoit, ’ 7.

I have two sisters and one' 'brOther.

Their names ar Luanna, Delvina and
Ford. We are al members of. the Bed
Cross except Ford and he’s only twogyears

old. We are going- to have a. patriotic’en—
tertainment and ice cream so‘cial With it. .

I am glad th t my sister and I are tak- - _-
ing. part in the'program. The others are

too small to take part or perhaps they
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a lot this summer, and I do- the hou'se— ' _ ~\ .7.
work while mamma works in the garden

and, out in the field, They are hauling hay ‘ ', -
here now and it is a pretty‘busy time. ,
Well, I will select a name for our corner
now for I have a very long letter, "Uncle
Sam's Workers.”——Bernice Sflgden, Whit-
temore Lake, Michigan.

Dear Aunt Penelopez—This is the first
time I have written for the boys and. girls
page. Father and mother take the M. B. ,
F. and like it very much. The part I like
best is the children’s page. I think the
poem, “My Home” is very pretty. ,My
home is in the country near a small lake. , "
We have 40 acres of land and our crops ‘
look nice. My father’s cows are all,Jer-
their names are Clover, Blossom,
Daisy, Brown and Betsy. I have two pet
calves named Butterfly and Edie. We
have a team of roan horses that are very ,
gentle; their names are Chum and Daisy.
A black cat whose name is Harry. Our
house is two large uprights and I think
it is very pleasant as we have lots of
Shade trees and flowers. \Ve have a nice
spring on our farm where the cattle like 7.
to stand and drink'from the large tank.

I have. one sister, her name is Lucile, and
three brothers named Loan, Dana and Al- ~
bert. I am the oldest, 12 years, and am
I like to go to school
and onlyhave half a mile to go. We barre
over 50 scholars in our school. My sister
and I each‘ have a War Savings stamp.
We are trying to earn some more. I am
anxious to help our‘side to win the war.
My papa was in the Spanish-American
I will close for this time asl am ,
afraid you will think my letter too long.—
Miss Lillian E. Meyer, Sand Lake. Mich. '

Dear Aunt Penelope:-——This is my first
letter. I am a girl 11' years old and I
live on a farm of 280 acres. We have
250 little chicks, 6 horses and 14 head of
cattle. For pets I have four cats, Ben,
Jenny Snowball and Belle. I have a
banty and her name is Chipper. I have
one old hen with 10 chicks. I live eight"
miles from Chesaning and have one and
a half miles to go to school. I will be in
the eighth grade when school begins. I
have a garden this summer.-—Goldie Nib-
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S is ‘fhr the sons the‘mothers cher— "
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L is for __the land on Which they‘

   
        
 
      

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Born that was planted
m8 SQOid .for being so dry;
, little short; need :rain; corn
two or three weeks early this year.
.. look good; just commencedcutting;
areal earl-y ones expect .to thresh Sat-
- . some #99168 ii'__:they do not all fall
' dry forfg‘arden stuff. Some are
ya hardtime getting help and the
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, steady work; What little

  

tutu meals. Month hands get from.
to: 360‘ a month ”and board. Stone
Wand factoriesf‘p'ay so highr‘because
thoyzi‘are allowed; 10 per . cent profit and

  
 
 

  

'ngneseore-ls per cent decrease in pota-
Jo acreage’; looking good altho they have
Tlnlaflered, from extreme, dry weather. 10
sperment decrase in acreage of beans; the
, . party planted beans are looking poor ;,-late
7, ‘ "planted. ones are-tairly good but they have
’ scsutlered from the dry weather. Cprn is
. , . about; same as; 1917;, looking good'due
:. ‘ _ 4 Z _ mainly to..extra care taken to secure good
j ., sdedfiglast-spring. About 10 percent de-
«' ’ acreage in acreage of sugar beets; fairly

 
  
   

- good .but. need rain. Cats 10 per cent in—
* , ' ’ - ' . icroasezlnr‘acreage; poor and a light yield.
' ‘. Apple‘siare more plentiful than last year;
fit on peaches; a few pears. Acreage of
" ' wheat smalland a poor yield. Hay about
, . sameas 1917;- orop is‘ light. Rye acreage
' 7f increased by 15 per cent or more; yield
‘_ , will be. larger due to large acreage plant-
, ed. to,Rosen rye. Farmers cannot secure
. much experienced help so the majority are
getting along the best they can with the
,.help they have. A few fafrmers are se-
_‘.. "curl inexperienced help but most farm-
ers Will not hire city fellows'or school boys
claiming they are not worth bothering.
,Farmers claim they cannot afford to hire
inexperienced help at the prices they are

asking.

 

“Gladwinu—Poatoes, acreage about same _

, “ as 1917. Need rain; Beans 100 percent,
‘ , will need rain soon, about two thirds aire-
«. g , age of 1917; Corn, about 2-3 the 1917
i * __ acreage, 1~2 of a crop; Sugar Beets, acre-
‘age about 1.10. percent compared with 1917,
condition 130 pereoent compared to 1917;
Oats; acreage 120‘ percent, condition 90
percent compared to 1917; Fruit. apples.
- ,_ 0 percent, plums, 20 percent, pears, 10
“ percent, raspberries, 75 percent, whurttle-
' berry, 40 percent; Barley, acreage 150
percent, condition 80 percent compared
with 1917; Labor is high but there is,
»~ enough. When everybody works we keep

up all right in this locality.

0sceola-Potatoea acreage about same
as 1917, condition 150 percent; Beans,
1:4 acreage compared with 1917, condition
good; Corn, ‘very small acreage in this
section; Oats. acreage about same com-
pared with 1917, hot winds blasting early
, oats some; not much fruit; Big acreage
* --, : compared with 1917, but the frost of July
" - , 30.. did big damage to the potato crop in

about 3-4 of the buckwheat is dead. Rye,
barley and wheat was too far along for
frost to do any harm.

Clare—Potatoes, small frost hurt early
but late in good condition; Beans, few
planted but looking good. frost cutting

_ , first planing so filling in with buckwheat;
- 1 Corn, looks pretty good but curling bad
‘ from dry weather; Sugar Beets, quite a
few planted but late on account of sand
storm covering young plants; Oats. look
good but short in some fields; Fruit,
scarce, no huckle or black berries; Help
is scarce but by exchanging and working

in that way they get along.

Shiawassee—APntatoes, Acreage about

1-2 but condition good; Beans, about

' - , some acreage, early beans looking fine,l

late planting smal ; Corn, good; Sugar

Beets. looking fair ut only about 1—2 of

. acreage thinned on account of labor; Oats,

fair; Fruit, not much fruit with exception

of apples which will be plentiful; Help is
scarce.

‘ Kalamazoo—Potatoes, about an average
Crop; Corn, not very good; Oats extra
good; Help scarce and wages too high for
the farmers. The most farmers are doing
just what they can themselves and let the
rest go for wages are so high they
‘can’t afford to hire.
. Kailkeska.—Potatoes, about 75 or 80 per
cent acreage.condition of crop better;
Beans. about 40 to 50 percent acreage,
, condition better; Corn, about the same
acreage. condition poor; Sugar Beets, a
. ~. small acreage planted this year. none
last, condition good 'if the hoppers don‘t
"goat them up; Oats about 75 percent acre~
A age. condition good but the hoppers are
* working in them had, farmers are poison—
‘ ing them; Furit, very poor, no small fruit,
~, :and just a few early apples scarcely any
;,5)errles; Farmers are getting along very
well with the help propostion now, but
sthere will be quite a shortage in potato
digging. if the crop turns out as the pros—
,pect no Wshows, but most of the
reduced the acreage so that will he some
on the labOr 'propositmn. ‘ ‘
1' Grand. Traverse—PotatoeS, acreage is
beat the same, condition fair; Beans, 50
percent more than last year, not doing as
all but planting we; searlier; Corn, looks
we had' to buy our seed
, know Whether-“ is early or late;
e‘reage 1:35 , reent. condition good;
‘ " _ '; 1"C err! Huckle-

    

   

  
 
 
 
 
 

‘and go.

. ——-one man getting $23.50*
thbre isaroud here want $4.00..

th 'pfarmer has ,tovtake What he can get‘
$1 thinksome of thernwill come out .

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eyj'f‘goodzThe
s'e one as. the
.. 4 _, _ , , ‘ung men even farm
owners. ; Some ofth‘e young; farmers have
to dispose-of their stock andy"mAchinery

  

 

 
 

 

Mfigpfilb—Cdndltldnfland ’ acreage of ' pota-
toes are about the ,sa, e as 1917. Bean ac-
reage ‘is about two-’1; irds of 1917; back-
ward on account of frost in June. Corn is
about the same as ‘1917; slow ;~ frost and
dry weather .have’ done much damage.
Acreage of oats. sabout-the same; dam~

_ aged by'frost. Withfew' exceptions ‘small
. fruits were killed; apples abou halt a

crep.~ Wheat acreage increased but failed
to come good in-fall'and. was damaged by
June frost. Wages. are high and help

me; , _ . ,. ,

-_.her,ey. his» year: in good. cond-
are‘not .very good; hurtbyt .

ther. ’Not so many solved. a

Fruits scarce and not in very good, cone

' ditionr Small fruits hurt by the from.
Gardens are fair; sugar cane is fbeing

raised quite extensively this. year. .Fami '
The acreage is less .

help is very scarce.
in some parts‘ of the county than last year
as the, farmers knonwing that they could
not get help to harvest did not plant so
much. We n and children are taking
the place 0 hired help to a certain extent;
wages are very good. »

Antrlm.——Po‘tato acreage is about 60
per cen. of 1917; condition fair. Beans,
about 50 per cent; fair. Corn abut 85 per
cent; average three weeks late; mostly a
poor stand. Oats about the same; condi-
tion good. Cherries are the only small
fruit, 25 to 40 per cent of 1917; apples
about 60 per cent of last year’s crop which
was small. Partners generally are trying
by co~operating to do without hiring help.
Are profiting by last year’s experience
and not depending on hiring any help.
However, farmers are doing their utmost
and working early and late, The real

  
 
 

 

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the farmers do not .seem to have much
trouble in“ getting help; there are so few
crops it don't take much help to handle
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acres of rye and sand vetch for cover ,‘

crOp for the young orchard. ,

Clinton—The acreage of potatoes is 80
per cent; condition 75 per cent; beans,
90 per cent; condition 100 per cent; com,
75 per cent; condition, 90 per cent; sugar
beets, 50 per cent; 100 per cent; oats, 100
per cent acreage, condition, 100 per cent
fruit, condition 20 per cent. We are pul~
ling thru as best we can. City help has
turned,‘out to be a fake as boys are.all-
right for playing ball, but not for work,
and besides farmers are not very anxious
to take any stranger for board and lodg«
ing in his family.

city are not up to this proposition as he

does not furnish board and lodging—EB. _ y

Livingstom—The outlook for both po—.
tatoes and corn is very, very discourag—
ing unless rain comes immediately—GE.

 

this section, about 1—2 crop is expected,"

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why the furnace furnishes the maximum of heat at the lowest cost.
With it we will send the names of users in your vicinity, so you can

see for yourself.

Burns Coaly-Cokeg—Wood, Lignite 9r Gas
The Monitor Stove Company

Established 1819—99 Years of Service

3826 Woodrow St.

Morley Bron, Saginaw, Mich.

 

  

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“ Jere killed last winter; we had '250 _
mappietreés, killed. Hu‘ckleberries > are a.
' failure in this County.

It is hard on irthe . '
"poor ' people.

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Red Rock

' The Hardleet and Heavlost Yleldinz

Winter Wheat

For Michigan and the northern states.
Has yielded 37 bushels average per
nc1e at the Michigan Experimental
Station. Record yield of nearly fifty
bushels per acre.

Rose-n Rye

Is a new variety that1 will pay you weyll to grow. Out-

yields common Rye] Oto 20 bushels per acre. Nite
ong heads well filled with large kernels. Ordinary

yield 30 to 40 bushels

Clover. Tlmothy, Votch, and all dependable seeds for

fall planting

Write for free samples and fair priceljst.

 

 

 

HE farm on which I was trying

to make a living as well as pay

for, was light sandy soil, very
much depleted in fertility, and some
12 years ago we decided that Stock-
[raising was the cheapest solution of
the problem confronting us, as we'
could restore lost fertility and meet
payments by the same operation.

We began with gradeJerseys and ,
by careful breeding and elimination
have secured a herd ‘of excellent pro-
ducing qualities Having a number
one butter maker in the house. we
marketed an article that always brot
fancy price8,__and were able from the
start to have something on the Credit
side of the sheet.

Howeve1, the major portion of the
proceeds had to go to purchase the
protein feeds, bran, oil meals, and the
commercial ‘feeds, which year by your
increased in price.

We weresatisfied that a silo would
to some extent solve the feeding prob-
lem and we paid to our local dealer
yearly more than one would cost. Al-
ways we were going to build one “next
year.” Some way "‘next year” didn’t
come until 1917. and if ever good

 

s2 «0 1n Feed Alone 111 Twelve Years

3 lbs. cottonseed meal. 3 bn. ensilage

'With millet hay and the frosted corn

fodder daily. The herd averaged from
7 to 9 lbs §of butter each per week
which found a ready market at 30c
per 1b.. and the beauty of it was we
were not paying it all out for feed.
$27. 30 paid the entire hill, where fer-
merly that would not have paid one
month.

The ho’rseS, pigs and chickens thriv-
ed equally as well on the silage. We
feel that'last year was not a fair test,
a. the corn was very immature when
frosted, so the grain content of the
ensilage was below normal. A

We have a cement stave silo 10x30,

' costing $210. Last year we fed 8 head

of cattle, 4 horses. besides what was
given to the pigs and chickens. from
Nov. 1st to May 15th

The idea is p1eva1ent with many

(farmers that \it. takes such » a .large
acreage to fill a $110.
drilled corn well fertilized and well at-
. tended will fill ours nitzly.
other crop. could one grow on 6 acres
that would feed 12 head of stock for
six and one- -half months?

Six acres of

What

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posure to the heist Suchx expo,
cause the water in the concrete
to evaporate or dry out before the
crete has had an opportunity to harden
and thus' an interior concrete will 13‘
produced, particularly at the surfs ‘
The best way to protect the concret'
against' Such injury is to keep it coveted. .
with water until it has hardened. In”
the case of pavements or flours, this is ('7
easily accomplished by building little
dams of clay or other suitable material” 1;,-
across the surface of the concrete and
keeping the enclosed spaces filled w1th 9
water for several days, or until com;
plete hardening has been accomplished.
In other cases where this method is
not practicable the concrete may be
protected by keeping the air in the £00m
in which the concrete is locatedfisatué A
rated with moisture either by means of _
escaping steam or fine ’spray of water. ,_
The presence of water or moisture
in the atmosphere will not in any way »

   
     

    

    
      
    

 

    

 
   
  

 
  
    
     
         
     
   
    
   
 
 
  
  
 
  
    
 
   
   
 
 
 
 
 
  

F all Bulbs

Beautiful new Darwin Tulips. Hyacinths, Narcissus
Lillics, Crocus, etc Plant these bulbs this ia‘l for
wintt r and sprmg blooming.

injure the concrete either before it has is.
hardened or after. Before hardening '
has set in the presence of moisture in

luck attended mortal man. we Were
that lucky guy, as the frost. of Sept.
4th completely killed our corn and

saying that had a 8116 been built 12
years ago we would now have $2,000
more to our credit which has been ex-

   
    

    
     
    
    
   
  
   
    
 
    
 
     
   
     
    
  
  
  

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Write for it today.

15. M. ISBELL 8:. CO.

Boxl Jackson. Mich.

 

 

 

 

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Seed Rye and Wheat

stamp. $5.00 1111.. sacks free.
New Milford. Orange 00., N.\'.

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MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING,
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DETROIT, )IICIIIGAN.

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Strictly Pure Rosen Rye Cleaned ready
to sow. $2.50 per 1111., 5 bu. or over.
Write for sample. A. 1), Gregory, loniu,
Michigm’l.

 

      
   
 

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Woodward Detroit,

\VA NTED,
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l.:\.\'l) Sl'l’l‘ABLE FOR stock l'zu'ms

“ for sale 111 (lgemaw (30., on easy terms.
Very productive 11nd well located. Harry
0. Sheldon, Algen Mlch.

 

 

 

PAINT “'IIOLESALE PRICES guar-
anteed five years. Eighteen Colors.
Freight allowed. ACME LUMBER COM-
PANY, 3003 Woodward Paint Dep’t.,
Detroit, Michigan.

 

 
 

()RN HARVESTER— One-man, one-
horse, one—row, soltgathering. Equal
to a. corn binder. Sold to farmers for 23
years. Only $25. with fodder-binder. Free
catalogue, showing pictures of harvester.
Process Corn Harvester Co., Salina, Kas.

WOULD. YOU SELL you farm if you
got your price? Sell direct, N0 commis—
sion. Hawley, Baldwin Wisconsin.

ifim SALE—An A\ery s 16 Tractor in
' ' condition. Price $700
',Wm. Belles, It F l). \‘o 2, Monroe, Mich.

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without the silo the crop would have
been a total loss. We put it in the
silo shortly after the frost and we
never fed our cows so cheaply, or had
them produce so much as last winter.
The only feed we bought was a half
ton of cottonseed meal at $55 per ton
and their ration consisted solely of

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PROTECTION OF NEWLY
PLACED CONCRETE

All newly placcd concrete work must
be protected against the elements and
against injury from other outside
causes until the concrete has thoroughly 1
hardened. In most cases this protec—.
tion need be no other than a covering,
of some sort which will
from falling directly on the exposed
concrete surface.

seasons of
precautions must be taken to protect
the concrete against freezing tempera—
tures.
this.

pended for feed.

Perhaps this reads like a fairy tale

or a pipe dream, but they are actual
facts and any farmer can p ove it for
himself.
of feeds we farmers can afford to be
without a silo not a minuter—A Cass
County Farmer.

In this day of the high cost

certain
especial

and in
climates,

In certain climates,

most all

There are various ways ofvdoiug
The most effective and“also the
nest usual and easily accomplished is

to build a sort of covering over the con—
crctc either boards or canvas and place
prevent rain under

this covering small stoves or

heaters which are kept burning contin—
uously until the concrete has hardened.

the air is exceedingly beneficial ’to the
complete and thorough hardening of the
concrete. After the hardening has been
accomplished the presence of moisture
in the air .will not affect it.

The application of paint or other ‘pro-
tcctive coatings to concrete work before
it has hardened will cause it serious in-
jury. This injury arises from the fact
that the hardening process will be ma-
terially retarded by the admixture of
any substance not properly a part of”
the concrete mixture. The concrete'at
the surface will also be materially weak-
ened by this application and in all prob—
ability will peel off after the concrete»
below the surface has hardened. After
the hardening process has been com-
pleted 1io'protective coatings of paint
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‘ sited. by a son of
SFrien Hengorveld
. De" 'éKoiv . - Butter-
; n by a son of Kingfiegis De Kol
dimer.- from A. R. O. dams With rec—
. 18.25. as Jr. two year old to 28.25
. . ,1 Prices) ,reaSonable' breeding
CINE" .GBOVE STOCE’ FAR)! '

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GISTERED HOLSTEIN BULL, 6
months old, grandgm of Hengerveld
--De K01. sired bx— Johan Hengerveld
, who has 61 . 'R. 0.. daughters
mm is an 18 lb. ‘3 yr. old granddaughter
flitting Segis who has a sister that re-
cently made 33. lbs. butter in 7- 'days as a
1 yr. old. This calf is light in color.

,Well grown and a 'splendid individual
: Price $100. Write for photo and pedigree

   

 

L. C. Ketzler. Flint, Michigan.

 

jWe want these Registered Holstein
' Bulls to head Grade Herd:
Korndyko Clothildo of 'Serridalo,
Born June 24, 1917. Price $100
Korndyko Ormsby of Serridelln
Born Sept. 19.. 1917. “Price 385
Prices f. o. b. Oscoda, Mich.
. SERRIDELLA FARMS
\Oscoda, - -' - Michigan

 

 

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lie inch and for loss than is inguertiOns’ under this
tie displayed to best advantage. 'Send in «on! In“

a will ml‘ko

. ates which‘wvild' cheerfully be sent on application to the Advertising lkpf.

», 110 Fort. St, Wash Deli?“

' ' ,' s'rocx 'FARMv offers 1
sunny Plan“ young. bull 3 (old' enough
for light seryice in a short time). D'am‘s
redord as a senior 3 year old 22.48 butter

538 milk. Sired by a grandson" of Pon-

tiac TIorndyke. Price $100. F. O. B. Fowl-

erville. Also a“pair of» large rangy,

grade Percheron geldings. 4 and 5 years
old. " .Phone 581715. ArWin Killinger.

Fowlerville, Mich.

 

One Car-load Registered Holstein.

Yearlings sired by 30 pound hull and

’ from .heavy-prOducing c0ws. Also some

choice Duroc open gilts.
”ii-Hubert Brown, Byron. Michigan.

EARLING DAUGHTER of Maplecrest
,De Kol Hortoy Whose dam is a 30-lb
cow, 30 days, 120 lbs., a son of Friend
l-lengervald De Kol Butter wBoy. four
daughters with year records over 1.000
lbs. Dam—Young Hazel De K0], 7 day
record 494.8 lbs. milk, 19.67 lbs. butter.

Heifer well marked, good individual. price ,

$200. Howbert Stock Farm, Eau Claire.
Mich .
0R. SALE—Registered Holstein Show
Bull, service age; Pontiac Korndyke
breeding. ~Price right. John» A. Rinke,
Warren, Michigan.

 

MUSOLFF BROS.’ HOLSTEINS

' We are now mking orders for
young bulls from King Pieter .Segis
- "Lyons 170506. All from A. R. O. dams
with credible records. We test annu-
ally for tuberculosis. Write for pric-
‘ es and further information; '

Musolfl' Bros., South Lyons, Michigan,

 

 

 

 

HICKORY GROVE STOCK FARM
Offers for immediate sale 12 daughters of
King Hengerveld Palmyra Fayne bred to
Mutual Pontiac Lad. All of the cows in
this herd are strong in the blood of Maple-
crest and Pontiac Aggie Korndyke. We

-. can always furnish carloads of pure bred

and grade cows.
D.’Owen Taft, Route 1. Oak Grove, Mich.

FOR SALEEIev‘t-n head of Holstein
‘ cows and heifers. Three
yearlings not bred, the rest to freshen
this fall and winter. A good start reas—
onable for some one. Write.

W. C. Hendee & Son, Pinckney, Michigan.

HOLSTEI COWS AND HEIFERS; 12
head; high class registered
. stock for sale. Address, -

E. P. Kinney, Lansing. Michigan.

 

 

 

 

Wolverine Stock Farm
Offers two sons'about 1 yr. old, sired
by Judge Walker Pietertje. These
calves are nicely marked and light in
* color and are fine individuals. Write
for prices and pedigrees. Pattie Creek,
Mich, R. 2.

 

 

HOLSTEIN BULL CALVES
Sires danis average 37.76 lbs. but-
ter 7 das. 145.93 lbs. 30 das. testing
5.52 0,1, fat. Dams good A. R. backing.
Calves nice straight fellows 3/, white.
Price $65.00 each while they last.

Herd tuberculin tested annually.
Boardman Farms. Jackson. Michigan.

 

 

 

 

CHOICE REGISTERED STOCK

PERCHERONS,
HOLSTEINS,
SHROPSHIRES,
ANGUS.
DUROCS.

DORR D. WELL, ELMIRA, MICH.
R. F. D. No. l

 

 

 

 

' Holstein Heifers

The cows and bulls advertised have
been sold. I have 6 or 8 registered
Holstein heifers from heavy produc-
ing dams, 3 mos. to 2 years old at
$125 apiece. -

ROBIN CARR

FOWLEBVILLE, MICHIGAN

IHolstein-Friesian Cattle

Under the present labor conditions

 

 

 

herd. Would sell a few bred females
or a. few to freshen this spring. These
i cows are all with call! to a 30-pound

,_ bull. J. Fred Smith. VByl-on, Michigan

 

 

 

 

‘ , \ 'vnnscrooxED—ero registered Hol-

stein cows. Ono 7 years old, mostly
. hite; good size and udders ; due Aug.
'No.,2 three years old; more. black
fwhite, ,due Sept. 5. Pictures if de-
Prlce, $200 each. C. L. Hullett &
Okemos. Michigan. . *

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of both sex.

For Sale RegiStered Jersey Cattle

Smuh and Parker. R. 4. Howell. Mich

 

 

SHOA. I‘IIORN

0. I. C. pigs. Five young bulls. 7
to 9 months. 3125 to $150 each. Ray
\Varner, R. No. 3. Almont, Michigan. "

WHAT DO YOU WANT? I represent {11
SHORTHORN breeders. Can put you in
touch with best milk or beef strains. Bulls
all ages. Some females. . W. Crum,
Secretary Central Michigan Shorthorn
AssociatiOn, McBrides. Michigan.

FOR SALE,.pure bred Shorthorns and

 

SHORTHORNS and POLAND cnINAs.
Bulls, heifers and spring pigg either
sex. for sale, at farmers' prit-c l“. M.

Piggott & Son, Fowler, _,Michig:»th.

 

/ GUERNSEY

 

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FOR SALE

Two Registered Guernsey Bulls.
7 months old. 4

 

 

 

 

 

:Jlarge litters. Price ital:
. . . . , ‘ cheap. Ali-purebredduo
mdll’iduals. ,mtrin.market for register-oi .
Holstein" bull ‘ '6 to 1‘2 months old.‘ B. -
mes. Hill'sdale. Mich. w .

 

   

IDURGC WARN??? #5:; ‘tl‘at‘fii'fi “ "

“Edd Size and growth to your herd. Big-
gt March‘farrowed pigs in the coun-
try._ 20a lbs. and not fat.

.N‘EWth Barnhart. St. Johns, Michigan.

Registered Duroc Jersey Swine.
Forsaie Yearling and spri boars of .
quality. also bred sow, Au . an Sept. far- .
"OW- Spring. gilts. Wr te for pedigree
and prices. Satisfaction guaranteed. L.

 

 

 

 

 

 

7 g v I r F )
GUERNSEYS Hallie ":1le co‘ws if);

sale, also a number of well bred young
bulls—write for breeding. Village Farms.
Grass Lake. Michigan.

——1nakc every

You want this weekly to succeed because,

. ‘ R. B. JACKSON .1. Underhill. Salem, Mich. ‘ .
"RUDGATE FARM"
BIRMINGHAM, . MICHIGAN POLAND CHINA ,-
HEREFORD Large‘Tne Poland China Swme'

 

 

8 bull calves Prince
Herefords Donald and Farmer _
Breeding. ALLEN BROS., Paw Paw, Mich.

 

ARGE TYPE P. C. fall gllts, bred
and ready to ship. Will weigh up
to 365 pounds. Will farrow in Au.
and Sept. Will also Si ll a few spring
boars. Fall sale Nov. ,
Wm. J. Clarke, R. No. 7, Mason, Mich.-

 

 

 

HARVVOOD HEREFORDS '
Yearling bulls and a few heifers
from choice bred cows. . , ,
Jay Harwood, R. No. 3, Ioma. Mich.

HORSES ~

PERCHERON

 

 

 

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BIRCH EROX STALLION; 4 years old.

all black, fine style and high breedzng.
Price right if taken soon. E. P. lunney,
Lansing, Michigan.

SHEfl‘LAN I) PONIES

SHETLAND PONIES miss-.dzi‘t

prices. Mark B. Curdy, Howell. M'ich

HOGS

0. I. C.

0 Bred dGills

l Serviceable Boars
J. Carl Jewett, Mason, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LARGE 1 YPE O. I. C.
Spring pigs pairs and trios. Gilts bred
for fall farrow, at prices that will please.

CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM
Monroe, Mich.

coupon count

it means better profits, and thus better living for
every man or woman who farms in Michigan!

This is a year of cooperation—we must all help each Otllt‘l'vw
down the road in the next homo to yours is a neighbor who does
not receive our weekly. Ask him tonight to Sign this coupon and
send it in. He can give you the dollar now or after harvest; but he

ought to have our weekly and every name you help us add makes

our paper just so much better and stronger.

IF YOU ARE NOT A SUBSCRIBER—use this coupon NOW,

you’ll need our weekly more than ever the next few months. Send

your dollar now or later.

 

' MT. CLEMENS, MICH.

KEEP M. B. F. COMING—USE -THlS COUPON

MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMING,

Send your weekly for one year for which I

 

 

 

 

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Enclose a dollar bill herewith or ( ) mark
I will send $1 by Nov. 1, 1918 ( ) which
Name
P. o. 'RlD. F. No.
County State ’

RENEWALS—If you are a subscriber, look on the front cover at your yellow
address label, if it reads any date before August 18, clip it out, pin to this coupon
a dollar bill and send it in right aw?! so you will not miss any important issues.

 

 

 

 

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IG TYPE P. C. FALL SO“’S bred for

July and August farrow. Weigh 250*
lbs. Spring pigs. Call or write E. R.
Leonard, St. Louis. Michigan.

HARIPSHIRE
IGGISTEREI) HANII'SHIRE PIGS now

ready. A bargain in boar pigs. John
W. Snyder. R. No. 4. St. Johns. Mich.

SHEEP

SHROPSHIRICS

 

llKOl’SHIRE “ALIS FOP (“11111133 ”"3

4—year-old; some yearlings: 1” ewes
and ram lambs. Dan Booker, 11,101). N0.
4. l'h'art. Michigan.

0R AUGUST DELIVERY 50 Register-

ed Shropshire Yearling ewes and
Registered Yearling Rams of extra qual-
ity and breeding. Flock established 1890.
C. Lemen. Dexter. Michigan.

For Sale Our Oxford herd ram. register-
ed, bl‘cd from imported Stock, a beauty.

~ A few yearling rams and ram lamlH while

they last. Write your wants and mention
this paper. Geo. ’l‘. Abbott. l’aliii~:. Mch.

Registered Hampshire Ram Lambs
For Sale. Weighing up to 130 lbs. Aug.
10th, at $25.00 and up. AlSo a low year—
ling rams. Clarke Haire, VVc\t Branch,
Michigan.

 

 

 

 

POULTRY

\VYANDOTTE

ilver Laced, Golden and White Wyan-

dottes of quality. Breeding stock after
not. lst. Engage it early. Clarence
iii-owning, R. 2, Portland, Mich.

LEG HORN

 

l WE HAVE THEM
if you want chliorns that will pay
for their feed a dozen timvs over, write
us. We have eggs for Matching and
Breeding Stock, lt'llrf and pullets only.
HILL CREST POULTRY FARM,
Ypsilanti, Michigan.

 

 

PROFITABLE DUFF LIC(illOR.\'S»rWe
have twenty pens of especially mated
Single Comb Buffs that are not only mat-
ed for exhibition but, above all, for prof—
itable egg production. Eggs at very reas-
onable price. Our list will interest you
——please ask for it. Village Farms.
Grass Lake, Michigan. .

CHICKS

We ship thousands
CHI each season, different
varieties. booklet and

testimonials, stamp appreciated, Freeport
Hatchery. Box 10. Freeport. Michigan.

[II HING EGGS
PLYMOUTH ROCK
F -' '
Barred, Rock Eggs as... m... as;

per year. $2.00 per 15 PIODaid by par—
cel post. Croular free Freq Astling,

 

”Constantine. Michigan.

()RI’INGTON

()ne pen Sumatras. Ten birds
For Sale $20 Chicago Coliseum win-
ners. Some fine females in black and
Buff Orpingtons at $5 each. James A.
Daley, Mohawk, Mich.

ONLY RELIABLE BREED- .
ERS ARE FOUND HERE_

Write them as ybu would to a friend, '
we know everyone to be honest, fair ‘
and square. No amount of money'
would tempt us to insert the name or ‘
ad of a man .we did not trust in
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THIS Is THE SALE YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING Pom

The herd contains some of the very best Holstein strains, including i
one son and two daughters of the famous “Concordia HouwtjeSun-
light DeKol.” Concordia made a seven-day butter record of 31.697,
and 654 1-10 lbs. of milk in seven days. It would be hard to find a ~
better lot ofregistered cattle than are in this herd. If you are looking
for a good calf, heifer or cow, come toxthis 82116. There are also three

herd bulls with records. ‘

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An extended pedigree catalogue of the herd Will be provided, and all
stock will be given a tubercular test and are guaranteed free from all

contagious diseases.

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