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This will give us facilities for the storage of roll paper stock in several months advance of our needs, allow ample and light work rooms for our printing departments and ample office space for editorial, advertising and circulation departments. It will allow us to develop, if we so desire, an extensive job printing department in connection with our publication work for which we already have the necessary mar chinery. PAPER CONTRACT—We are extremely for- tunate in having closed at the beginning of this year with the largest paper makers in America. from whom we have purchased for several years our roll stock in car-load lots, an advantageous contract which will guarantee us an adequate sup— ply of this precious material. We have on hand at this writing a very large quantity of good qual~ ity paper stock none of which cost within 50 per cent of what it is worth on the market to-day. This paper has tied up an amount of our capital and credit which we must secure from some other source if we are to continue to take advantage of the contract we have. RAPID PROGRESS—You are familiar with the rapid progress which this weekly has made since its founding, as an independent weekly in 1917. The strength of a publication is measured exactly by the number of its loyal friends and we will leave it for you to judge the present circulation or “good-will" value of THE Mrcnman anmnss Fm It has not been easy sledding over these war years with a new paper, but our advertising receipts for the first six months of 1920, were just 50 per cent in advance of last year, while our cir- culatiou receipts for the same period showed a gain of 26 per cent, or a net gain from all sources over 1919, of 34 per cent. The net earnings for this period amounting to more than the total net earnings from the first issue in 1917 to the end of December, 1919. , A DOUBLE INVESTMENT—While we know that your investigation of our balance sheet and your knowledge of the growth _ of our business. will justify your confidence» in this pre- ferred stock issue which we offer at this time, we want you to feel too, that you are makng a double- investment. Tm: 110mm Business Faun: is more than a business without a soul or a purpose, it is an institution which we dedicated from its first issue to “the needs of ALL the farmers of Michigan !" It has no creed. nor politics, sponsors no single farmers' organization but believes in ALL that are working for his welfare. Particularly have we tried to be the friend of those who need— ed help or encouragement. We have never run vou—mumwmmmummmawmdm dmumumammusm. "hen-muth-tmot so 11". WILL II ALI. PRO-AIL"? II f!!! “L! PUBLIC racers “m Immfidnphsseesnd "mafihm-fil Mr. George I. Slocum, President. ‘ TH! RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, INCORPORATED. Mt. Glmmlieh. me, otherwise this reservation order does not obligate me in anyway. 1 e = _ o. .. . h A ’ ‘ - ‘ . 5 ‘5" 1 / e.l"g~I.Q'O“UI.. ribs-soulne.‘ A 'V‘ b ’\ a. i .3. :1 I I“. _ in“> ‘ \ U , s‘ ‘ H ' inihis- , g‘ M. B. F.—please‘ read thiS! fem Mysteries-Mechanism. l..lll.".lll.ll0..l.'. ’s'ssen- I o s s s e o s s a a uses-eesese‘eesssessssenses-I . . . i; e o 0 ran. as baffle-“e ii is?” . is .1. $31.. ism-i ‘e orb}; if.“ ‘. V H to” “0f. tines: ' in .i'! ‘."i moss Covering I! ha d m “not Oil‘s! III-I N THE RURAL PUBLISHING COBIPANY (A We Oorporafion) .. incomnhd 1910* from the-fight in the famers' lichen or hesitated a. moment between the'righf-and the wrong. with» So when we lay before you, our friends, who have stood by this weekly during the first trying 7831‘“ this opportunity to help put it well over-the-to‘p, we hope you will know that you are not onlymsk- ing a good investment for your money, but giving a boost to a Michigan imtltution working a service for this state, the value of which you are best able to judge. \ TEE’PBESENT- OFFERING—From all the above you might take it that we had sev‘eral hund- red thousand dollars to raise. As a matter of fact, we need just TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOL- LARS ($26,000), which we have decided to issue as a Preferred Stock, paying Eight per cent (8%) semi-annually or cumulative if any dividend is passed. «The preferred stock is a prior claim to all dividends and to the business and property it— self, over the common stock and the dividends of 8 per cent per annum MUST be paid in full on the preferred stock before the common stockholders can secure one penny in dividends. It must be re- deemed by the company on June 2nd, 1940 at par. The company, however, believing that it will de- sire to retire this preferred stock after a few years. reserves the right to buy it back at a premium« of 50¢ per share or 5 per cent premium on a share of :10 par value, after three years from date of issue. This means that if the company at the end of even live years should decide to buy back this preferred stock. they would have to Day you $10 per share, plus accumulated dividends at the rate of 8 per cent per annum, plus 5 per cent or 50¢ per share, which would, if bought back within a live your period amount to 9 per cent per annum on your investment. SAFETY IN PREFERRED. inter-~ est in the building, machinery, oillce equipment and paper stock of the company is to-day appraised in value at $45,000. or nearly double the entire amount of this preferred stock issue. This does not take into consideration nor attach any value to the circulation and good will of the publication,- Tns Missions BUSINESS Fumes, its franchises branch oilices and advertising contracts, which, as you can imagine are very valuable and would sell as a going-business at a high figure. It is on all the property of the companythat this $25,000 has a prior lien over the common stock and when it is understood that the common stock is owned by the publisher, editor and those actively interested in the direction of the company’s business, it is ob— vious that the management will always be so con- ducted that neither the preferred nor common stock will be in jeopardy. A CIOSING WORD—We hope to have only friends and readers of long-standing among those fortunate enough to get a block of this stock issue. We hope that it will be scattered into every county in Michigan. For this reason we will sell it in blocks of ten shares or more at $10 per share, while it lasts. Payment to be arranged for on a. mutual- ly satisfactory basis. when allotment of stock is made. I v '— v \ President, . Rural Publishing Company, Inc. or more thousand dollars h”, runs sewer", If mm is all sense-rm RESERVATION ORDER FOR 8% PREFERRED STOCK; CID-.00....-IO...-DIODOOOOOOOIOOII’2. ’x O .1 it; 1?. C..‘i.."l.0’.;.0, v) 1.. llllillflllllll|IIIIllIlllllllillHillIlllliliiililml—ig JMill!fllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|IlllllllllllllllllllllllIIllllIflIllllllllllllllllllilllllllIllfllillllllllilllllilfllIllllllflllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllilllllllIllllIIIIIllllIIllllIIIIIllIllIlllllIIIll|lllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllfllflflllllllllIflllflfllfllfllfllflllllfllifljflflllllllfllflllfll . If not already said, please reserve for men..............shares of light Per cent (8*) ~Pre- -_ ' ferred stock in the Rural Publishing Company, at Ten Dollars ($10) per share. ‘~ ' Payment to be arranged for on a mutually satisfactory basis. when allotment of stock is made to . ansn.-na.(soooesoeeeeauo€eouebe' .é ' i 1—." .— - V grep. _.3'-12—;Detroit:..fnich _ I is”. aoezl—Gd. Rapids w. Mich Fair r » . Piece - \ County Fairs ' ' . Date Place County Aug. 17-20—~Cass City . . . . . Tuscola Aug. 17-20—Ionia . . . . . . . . . .Ionia Aug. 23-2 7——Caro . . . . . . . .‘Tuscola Aug. 2&r27-Greenville, ..Mentca1m sang. =24-27—0w03so . . -.Shia'wassee Aug. 31-Sep. 3+Allegan» ._ . .Allegan . Aug. 30-Sep. l—Allenville Mackinac Aug. 31-80;). 3—Bad Axe. . .Huron Aug. 31-Sep. 3—Howell, Livingston Aug. ill-Sep. 3—Ithaca . . . .Gratiot Sep. 1-3——1Montrose . . . . . . Genese‘e 1-3—_——West Branch . . .Ogemaw 3-6—Norway . . . .Diclrinson 2-4—Pickford . . . . .Chippewa 7-io—oisewm . . sep'. Sep. . 7-11--'Mt. Pleasant . 7-10—Petoskey . 7-9—-Sault Ste-Marie Chippewa- Sep 13-18—Bay “City . . . . . . . .Bay .. Sep. 14-17-—Cadiliac . . . . . .Wexford sop. 1‘4-18——-‘Croswell . . . .Sanilu Sep. 14-17—Davison . . . . .f . Geneseo Sep 14417—East Jordan Charlevoix Sep.14-17-——Evart . . . . . -. l. -Osceoln. Sep. 14-17—Holland . . . . . . Ottawa Sep. 13¢18-Jackson- .‘ . . . . . Jackson ,: Sep. 15-18—Milford . . . . . . Oakland Sep. 14-16—Newberry . . . . . ..Luce Sep. 14-17—0nekama . . . . Manistee Sep. 15-17——Iron River . . . . . . Iron Sep 15-17—Ludington . . . . . Mason Sep. 14-17—Wa1verine . .Cheboygan Sep. 14-17—St. Johns . . . . . .Clinton Sep._, 14—17—Stephenson Menominee Sep. 15-18—Wolverine . .Cheboygan Sep. 17—0tia . . . . . . . . . . .Newaygo Sep. 20-25—Adrian . . . . .Lenaweo Sep. 20-24—Camden . . . . . Hillsdale Sep. 21-24—Big Rapids . . .Mecosta Sep. 20-24——Centerv_ilie . .St J oseph Sep. 21-2 4—Escanaba . . . . . . Delta Sep| 21—24—Harrison . . . . . . . Clare Sep. 21-25—Hart . . . . . . . . . Oceans. Sep. 21-24—Manistique Schoolcraft Sep. 21-24—Marshall . . . . .Calhoun Sep. 21-24—North Branch . .Lapeer Sep. 21-25-—Ann Arbor Washtenaw Sep. 20-24—Traverse City, Gd Trav. Sep. 28-Oct. l—Bellslre . . .Antrim Sep. 28-Oct. l—Berlin . . .Ovttawn Sep. 28-Oct. 1—-Charlotte . . ...Eaton Sep. 28-30—Geylord . . . . . . . Otsego Sep. 28-Oct 1.—-—Hartford Van ,Buren * Sep. 27-Oct. 2-—Hiilsdsl‘e % Hillsdale r‘ Sep. 28-Oct. 2—Houghton Houghton Sep. 28—Oct. l—Imlay City_. .Lapeer Sep. 29-Oct. z—Northville . . .Wayne Sep. 27-Oct. 2—Saginaw . . Saginaw Oct. 5-8—Armada . . . . . . . .Macomb Oct. 5-8—Fowlerville . . .Livingston MICHIGAN JERSEY cams CLUB *" ‘ The annual summer meeting of the Michigan Jersey Cattle Club will b9 held at the Agricultural College, East Lansing, on August 11, 1920. This will be a big day for all lov- ers of the “Fame.” The program promises to be one of the liveliest and most enthusiastic ever. “pulled: Michigan ' ) oi!" by the Club. . Fellow Breeders ! August 11th will-be your day. If you any at home. it will do you very little good. By spending it at East Lansing you will help yourself and every other Jersey breed- er, because you will thereby boost the Jersey cow; and “boasting” the Jersey cow is one of the most hon- orable works that man has 'ever been endowed with the privilege of doing. Doing good deeds is the essence ol life. Do not miss this opportunity. Come and enjoy a whole day of J er. sey enthusiasm. It will lengthen your life and make the balance of your days more worth while. Check the date, August 11th. on your cal- endar.~AlTrcd Ream, Sec" Treat, Nicklaus Jersey Cattle Club. FARHBBS' CLUBS PICNIC ' The m hrmers' Clubs picnic willheheldAag.1thsttheM.A.0. last Inning in connection with the meeting given by the College on that date. Program will be furnished by the College and will be along educa- tional lines to the farmer. Everyone is invited. p farmers’ cluhs'bring out a big delega- tion of members and non-members. A picnic dinner and business meet» to: we ask that the varioII ~ : -2 to: Fair-y . _ e sale—mood”, L. ..'. .'..G‘ogehhn a .....'.'Emmeti. in: at the» noon hour. You who, in“. ,_ L '_ ' v‘ ‘ . lost of t EPRESENTATIVES of farm bu- reaus of Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, .. Minnesota, Nebraska, South Da- kota. Kansas, Missouri and Iowa rubbed elbows with the Michigan State Farm Bureau officers last week at Lansing and discussed a. program of action which if carried out will revolutionize the marketing of all farm products.. The conference was aroused to great enthusiasm by Aaron Sapiro, attorney for a dozen or more cooper- ative organizations in California, and who according to an agricultural writer, “is so saturated with co—op- oration that if you stick a pin in him a certain amount of co—operation oozes out.” Sapiro was the gentle- man Who spoke in behalf of the bean growers' committee who went to Washington last fall to ask for a special tariff on beans. At that time he made a presentation of the bean growers’ case which Claud Kitchin, former Democratic minority leader, said was the best of any that had been made before the committee. Sapiro has spent his years studying co—operative law, organizing co-op- erative associations and defending them in the courts. At both the Chicago and Lansing meetings of farm bureau men Sapiro revealed some of his views on a na- tional marketing organization con— trolled by farmers. He said: “The big speculative grain com— panies have representatives in every grain producing country in the world. They gather information for their own use. They give out only such portions as may help them win the particular gambling operation in hand. You county elevator manag- ers sell on this colored information that the speculators give you." “In the 226 pages of testimony be- fore the congressional hearings on the price of wheat there is not a word from any grain grower. Here is a statement by J. Ralph Pickell, saying that Australia has 250,000,— 000 bushels for export. President Gates of the California Board of Trade, in his infinite superior wis- dom guesses that Australia has 210,- 000.000 bushels to export. Con- gressman Haugen has figures to show that it will be 45,000,000 and along comes Julius Barnes and says they are all too high. Mr. Gates poses as a prophet. statistician and economist all at once, but if his reputation is to be estimated from these state- ments he is~not worth two cents on the dollar. “The Board of Trade is absolute- lv unnecessary. Ye gods, why should a“ co-operative elevator assomation r'rint a seat on a gambling exchange? We do not need to fight the board of trade. We can just quietly take away its customers. “Here is the way to do it, based on our successful California experi- ence- "In the first place, We must. co- operate on the American plan and no“ on the English Rochdale plan. We must organize by commodity and not by locality. We must have a grain marketing association in every 1min producing state, organized W"h0ut capital stock, because no cap- “:il stock is necessary. The local and terminal elevators should be owned lw a separate corporation, organized on the co—operative principle and w'th both common and preferred stock. The common stock should be held'by the marketing company, so as togive it the voting power in the elevator company; The preferred szock‘ will, have no voting power; and can be,,sold,toanyone. ‘ ~ “The elevator company will'do no marketing. It will simply depths . mechanical workof handling -' the rain and charge enough to cover’i-the; ' ' ' he service.” The marketing s. that have” 'a £653?“ij ' 5‘03"; ‘ tract with at least 51 per cent of the grain growers in the state, turning over to it for five years all the sur-, plus grain grown by these farmers. The marketing company is then ready to do business. The Same Price to All i “All grain should be pooled by grade and variety, and all growers should share equally in the proceeds. For instance, when. all the 'No. 1 Northern’spring wheat is sold and the expenses paid, each farmer who furnished wheat of that grade will be paid his share of the proceeds. The, price per hushed will be exact- ly the same to each grower. That is true co—operation. As it is now, one grower gets $2.20, one $2.30, and one $2.40. When the co-opera- tive elevator completes its year's business it declares a pro rata divi- dend, but the man who sold at $2.40 gets just as much as the one who sold at $2.20. That is the English Rochdale plan, but it is not true Am- erican co—operation. “The grower will be given a cer- tain agreed advance onihis grain as soon as it is delivered to the elevat- or. In all probability, this advance will be greater than the entire price he receives now. The elevator com- pany will issue warehouse receipts to the marketing company, and with these warehouse receipts, which will be bankable all over the world, all the money necessary to finance the advances can be obtained. “If possible, the plan should be carried a step farther. A national marketing company should be form- ed. Each state company should have one man on the board of directors of ‘ the national company and one addi- tional for each 50.000 bushels of grain upder contract. The state companies will then contract to fur— nish their grain to the national com- pany, which will do the actual mar- keting. “I would have the national com- pany set the price of grain, taking into consideration. the cost of'produc- tion and world supply and demand. It will control enough grain so that it can make its price effective. I would have the interests of the public pro- tected by including on the board of directors with full voting power, representatives of the U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture and the Federal Trade Commission. You never heard of the Armour Grain Company or the United States Steel Corporation do- ing that, -did you? “But the farmers will have abso- \ arm Organizations War on Grain Gamblers , Michigan Meeting of Farm Bureau Representatives Urges Farmer Control of National Marketing 1": lutely nothingto cover up. They, want only a "fair honest profit and a" stable market. The public can’t ob- ject to that. There are no legal ob— jections to the plan I have suggested cod no laws need be changed to put it into operation. “In case ,of overproduction in any year. it will be necessary to storo some and perhaps to cut the acre- age the following year. much can be done in founding new markets. China, India and Japan hardly know what wheat is. An advertising ex- pert told me that .by spending half a million dollars in advertising, he could increase the world consumption of wheat 100,000,000 bushels a year. "The national marketing company will need to have departments of transportation, statistics, grading and warehousing, each in charge of the best expert that can be hired. The collection of statistics is especially important. The directors of our fruit exchanges on the Pacific coast, for instance. know more about all conditions affecting the supply and demand of their commodities than any other group of human beings in the world.” What California Did Sapiro drives home his grain mar- keting plan by quoting the experi- ence of the California fruit growers. The raisin industry was in a bad way in 1909, when there were more fore— closures- than in the entire period from 1911 to 1920. They organized along the line suggested for the grain growers and now the directors meet, says Sapiro, not to accept a. price from the board of trade, but to fix their own price. They their marketing director $30,000 a year, and he has run the raisin spec- ulators out of California. “The 1911 raisin crop was sold at about 2 1—2 cents a pound—~less than the cost of production. The associ- ation sold the entire 1912 crop and 20,000 pounds carryover from the preceding year at 3 1—2 cents, and in one year changed the raisin industry from the sickest to the most pros- perous in the United States. "This and the other co—operatlve marketing associations in California have brought unheard-of prosperity to the farmers of California,” says Sapiro. “They have made the Uni- versity of California the second larg- est in the United States. They have made possible splendid farm homes, and farm living on the 1920 scale. Bankers and business men are all back of the farmers’ companies, for “Get Into Politics” Urges State Farm Bureau LTHOUGH the Michigan State Farm Bureau is not in panties. it has something to say on the subject, and it is something that .is of much interest to the urban population of the state as it is to the 75,000 farmers. who are members of the bureau. The state has been circulaer and the farmers urged not to neglect voting at the August primaries. The advice follows: “Presidential, congressional and general state .olectiou is "just aheadoquaudtheresultsofitarebouudtohaveafltaliufluonee on national and state policies for sometime to come. Numerous candi- dates are in the fleld——some worthwhile and some not so good. It is not the purpose of the farm bureau, with its thousands of members, to interest itself especially in drawing lines between these candidates, as their own constituents, if they exercise their privilege of the ballot. aud with a knowledge of their personalities and qualifications, can do this better than the farm bureau or any other organization. , “But unless those aforesaid constituents are keenly alive to their duty, the farm bureau will be seriously handicapped in its attempts, along whatever lines they may be, to secure enaament of mandatory or new legislation that will be of agricultural benefit or worthwhile from the viewpoint of the common weal. ' ‘mmulmottheelectionwillbolargolyindicatodatthestate filament" primaries, which mnow Justa month off. and with this fact in mind, itisthoadviceotthefarmbmmuoffltdflgmth‘everyeflortpossi- iblebomodetohavothothousandsoffmofthostategotothe pollseumassomdcutauinoelligentvotehasedon then-own good~ plan. Day ' 'American Farm Bureau Federation is: Texas, Arkansas, New Jersey ' 3‘000 a parity. _. . my “The thing to do withyoni-grain ‘ marketing problem is to appoint 3 committee to work out a definite“ __ Then take six months for ode ‘ ucational propaganda. The WholO' machinery can be set up in time to, " handle the crop of 19224-40 machau? dise grain instead of dumping. it. Give this plan one year and good : night board of trade." > National \Vool Pool President Howard of the Ameri- can Farm Bureau Federation an- nounced that deveIOpment of a wool pooling system, similar to the cen— tralized system established in Michi- gan and a few other mid-Western states this year, on a scale that will embrace practically all of the large wool producing states another“ year would be pushed vigorously as part I of the national organization’s pro- : gram. Unity in extensive advocation of the merits of the “truth in fabric”- " bill now before congress, which pro- ' vides for the compulsory labeling by i manufacturers of the percentage of shoddy in cloth was agreed upon. I The seed department of the Mich— igan Bureau, with its features of pro- tection for individual farmers in guaranteeing quality goods was look~ ed upon with favor and representa- ‘ tives'of several states went home de- termined to establish machinery that would operate similarly in their ter- ritories. The Michigan department handles no seeds that are not guar- anteed as to quality, and arrange- ments are effective in the majority of the organized counties in the state whereby each county takes care of the home demand with home grown seeds, calling upon the state depart- ment only for extra supplies. The plan also provides for the marketing of each county’s surplusage of seed through the state department. In the purchase of west alfalfa and clover, considerable of which is be- ingdone this year the original grow- er is called upon .to guarantee the quality of his product by affidavit Tidewater Project . ' That the mid-west, agriculturally at least, is solidly in back of the proposed l Great Lakes-St. Lawrence to the sea ' waterway movement was indicated by "I the reception given the description of ~ the plan by Charles P, Craig of Du- luth, secretary of the national associ- '4 ation, which is urging this develop- 3' ment Craig pointed out how millions or dollars may be saved farmers of 0‘ . the mid-west in handling of grain if 5 ‘ the commodity may be loaded in ocean ‘ carriers at Great Lakes ports and moved directly to foreign matte, elimv inafing the present long and expens- lye railroad haul from the midwiest to the ports on the Atlantic seaboard. ' He predicted that the favorable senti- ment prevailing in his county End in Canada. will make possible the scour; ing of appropriations that will mit the starting of the development:‘ work on the waterway in 1922. .1 - “Upon motion 9f President Leouand of the Illinois Agricultural tion the meeting endorsed the action taken at the recent grain produ‘ conference held in Chicago and voted to support President Howard in his selection so! a committee represent}? tire of all grain producing sect!" that will study conditions with a v to working out,ways and meals?! the unification of grain mark ‘ " methods in vogue in different n was with interest that thou ing learned from Mr. Howard that-{K5, they, too, profit by thefarmers'proos \ assisting in the launching or " membership campaigns in mont, Of a similar‘nature'f .tii paign that in ion than a'yoa“ rolled more than 75,000 mi mm 15385511 ' TITGREA'I‘ winner 7 of .. battles.” That was ’ a" » the description.1 had of the man and the 'search for him ,took me to the very top story of a my office building in Washington. , I Wanted to see this warrior—this man who fought the battle of the farm boy and farm girl, the -farm woman, and the .farmer himself. Quite naturally, I expected to find 2a. typical fighter, a man lean ’- frame and strong of jaw; a man of steady eye and brief, curt address. ' 'But when a door opened and I step- . pedinto the office of Dr. A. C. True, Director of the States Relations Ser- vlice, United States Department of Agriculture, I met a man who had none of those marks which' denote the warrior—excepting, perhaps, the eyes, which were steady and direct in their gaze. The man looked more like a scholar than a fighter; yet I had another’s word for it that he was a winner of battles. But was that all that my inform- ant had said on the subject?,Wasn’t there another phrase? Oh, yes! “He wins the battles ‘without fighting them!" That was the rest of the sentence} the qualifying statement that, helped me to reconcile this scholarly appearing man with his reputation of accomplishment. “Win— ning battles without lighting them i” Strategy instead of force of arms. Didn’t a great general say that more battles are won by marching than fighting? Haven’t history's greatest soldiers been scholarly men? ,I be- gan to understand. Dr. True is not a fighter in the sense of plunging against obstacles; rather he is a diplomat and wins his point by clearing away the trouble- making barriers. He has great faith in common counsel, mutual under- standing, and broad—mind- ed co—operation. In the days W Dr. True was beginning the task that was to be his life work he was often met by strong, sincere opposition from men or from organiza- tions. When this occur- red, did ‘he rave and rant ‘and antagonize? Indeed, he did not! He gave his opponent credit for a sin- cerity equalling his own, and then set about to find why their “minds did not meet," as the lawyers would put it. Nine times out of ten he found the obstacle, nine times out of ten it was only the confus- ion of two minds striv- ing for the same worthy goal, ’but approaching along different paths, and nine times out of ten he succeeded in clearing the misunderstanding away and enlisting the support of his one-time opponent .In the great cause for which he worked—the el- evation of agriculture to its true rank as a profes- sion, and the enlisting of effective co-operation of all worthy forces to this end. . Dr. True was educated at Wesle- ’ yan University, graduating from that institution in 1873. He attended Harvard University from 1882 to 1884. His education was classical and scientific, though it proved to be admirably adapted for the service he was to perform. Hris interestin ag- riculture came later, when the es- ;tablishment of agricultural experi- ment stations and the development of e land-grant. colleges opened the our to professional training in ag— tz-riculture. Dr. True’s,wo-rk, after he ;left college, was that of teaching, but ,he was soon called to Washington to {organize and' edit the Experiment '-‘Station Record, whichis now,recog- nixed as the most complete review of scientific investigation in agriculture in the'worldt This was in 1889, and in that-time on Dr. True's .eifort rooted toward. organizing and organizer of: a Nation-I'Wide-‘Spstemiy‘ » p ‘ h g ‘_ A v: - - . a Economics is Dr. A. C. True, Director'tjf“_the Slates? ' . By - CAPT. ; H. P. smallpox of, 5 3f" Bananas:fanafaesearéh:in \ ' w» z ' HIS is the second of a of articles this publication is v in co-operation with the U. S. Department of Agriculture, to ac- quaint our readers with the type of men who are making possible the wonderful Service the department is rdandering and stands ready to render our readers that these not now availing themselves .of these services may _do so.—rEditor. establishing agricultural research on a sound scientific basis, putting agri- cultural subjects in pedagogical form —shaping the science of agriculture so that it could be more effectively taught in American colleges and schools—and making agriculture a recognized, honored, and useful pro- fession. “Judge a carpenter by his chips" is a homely way of stating the great truth that a man must be judged by the work he has done. 'Dr True has heaped his bench with the right sort of chips. His tool has been the Office of Experiment Stations and its enlarged successor, the States Rela- tions Service of the Department of Agriculture, and here are some of the finished products turned out by this bureau under his direction. It has helped greatly to bring about the present system of agricul— tural experiment stations, which is “unsurpassed in the world for its efficiency and practical usefulness to agric‘ulture." ' It has been influential in putting the subject matter of agriculture and home economics in teachable form for Guam and the Virgin Islands—is also being developed and made more nearly self-sustaining by the 'work of the service. It has made important contribu- tions to the scientific and practical knowledge of the economical and ef- ficient use of the products of agri- culture and to the subject of home economics in general through its in- vestigations relating to foods, diet, clot-hing and household equipment, work and management: To the inquiring person, Dr. True will probably emphasize especially the contribution of the States Rela- tions Service toward making: the science of agriculvturelan accepted course in American educational in- stitutions, but you will find many men high up in farming affairs who hold this accomplishment second to that of organizing and developing station work under the Hatch and Adams Acts, or the co-operative ex~ tension work in agriculture and home economics under the Smith- Lever Act. In the latter case there was a new idea in agricultural ed- ucation to be tried out on a. bread I ~ The ‘ideagof' service" to - the farmer isithemutive » [back of‘every projects of the 90f ' .‘Agri'c‘nlture is ' expressed by V the .rz‘Stat'es Relations service, .mcstly. in terms of agricultural and home dem; onstrationr agents—‘fm‘en and Women county agents.” The department aims to have one each of—these-use- "fulicitizens in everycounty in the United States. At present, the score shows one-third of the total number ,of'countiestsup-plied with both, one- third with men agents only, and one- third 'w-ith none at all. ‘ The battle is not yet won—there is still much to be done in the way of organizing the co-o-perative ' forces throughout. the country, and training men and we- ‘men for the very exacting work of the profession, but the Doctor is. steadily scoring his quiet victbries, and he will win for his idea, if there is any virtue in, straight thinking, clear vision and unwavering faith in the cause he advocates. Dr. True’s relations and recre- ations are what one might suppose ,them to be—travel, trout fishing and botanizing. He loves vacation in the beautiful Cham- plain country ovaermont, where he finds ample opportunity to indulge in his pastimes. His Vermont neigh- bors remember instances when, with the hay out, and a summer storm ap- proaching, they have welcomed the appearance of the scholarly volun- teer‘and his pitchf'ork. In these tasks as well as in the greater work of the office he holds in the Depart- ment of Agriculture, Dr. True has been as loyal in nature as he is True in name.. . ’ WORK OF STATES RE- . I Dr. A. 0. True. Dlreoter, sum Relatlons' Service. 0. 8. Department of Aorlculture. In his office Itwuhlnaton, the use of agricultural colleges and lower schools. - It has helped the masses of farm. people, who could not go to college, through the educational extension work in agriculture and home eco- nomics carried out by the county ag- ricultural agents, home demonstra- tion agents, club leaders, Specialists, farm bureaus, and publications. A widespread revival of the pro- ductio'n‘and conservation, 'by can- ning and‘other means, of fruits and vegetables for home-consumption is a notable achievement of the exten- , sion workers of the service: Alaska owes its agricultural awak- ening to the service, and hardy cer— eals and vegetables are now groWn within a comparatively short dis- tance of the Arctic Circle; ‘ “The agriculture «of _- our posseSsions—Ha‘waii, Porto * insular .Rics» ~ tang problems.” LATIONS SERVICE HE States Relations ; Service represents the Secretary of Agricul- ture in his relations with the State agricultural col- leges and experiment sta- tions, under the acts of Congress granting funds to these institutions for agricultural experiment stations and co-operative extension Work in agri- culture and home eco- nomics; in carrying out the provisions of acts of Congress making appro— priations to the depart- ment for farmers’ co-op- erative demonstration work, investigations re- lating to agricultural schools, farmers’ insti— tutes, and home econom- ics, and the maintenance of agricultural "experi- ment stationsin Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands. The service is divided into five main offices: (1) The Office of the Direct-‘- or, (2) Office of Experi- ment Stations, (3) Office of Extension Work in the South, (4) Office of Ex- tension Work in the North and West, and (5) Office of Home Economics. scale. If it should prove sudcessful the extension system promised to be the most intimate and effective means for carrying precise andspec; ific information to the farm people. v Thanks to the efficient organiza- tion 'which was built up, the exten- sion system did work, and it worked so well that in the years since the first county agent went out» to his work the number of county agents, home demonstration agents,» club'. leaders and extension specialists 911-. I gaged in extension Work has-"increas- ed to about 5,000 specially trained men and women—the infantry of the Department of Agriculture and the state agricultural colleges;.,.t~he live, intimate, friendly personalities .‘wh‘d help the" funnier a-ndrths .jarmer's wife, as .well' as thaz‘bQYS‘.i,and girls 1 of the, ferm,;in t-heir_,dsily,_jbaittle " “ !. . , ‘ Office of the Director The Office of the Direct- or handles all administra- tive matters relating to personnel, finances and other executive business. It also includes the Editorial Divi— sion, and sect-ions dealing with inves- tigations on agricultural instruction in schools, and farmers' institutes and movable schools. The section dealing ,with, agricul- -.tural instruction in schools studies the methods and subject matter 7 of ~ school instruction in agriculture I ~ I in this and other countries,- furnishing schoolswith up-to-date and .prOperly organized subject matter andlillus- trative material. ' ‘» 5 "The section dealing with farmers' . institutes and movable schools stud- ies and '_ the. methods used/and pres” » publications and illustrative . . material especiailx;_:-adapted to these. tox/ spend his . , Copyright. 1920, by The Goodyear Tire a Rubber Co. “Your Goodyear Cord Tires on our truck go right thrOugh the - plowed ground of our citrus groves, permitting loading at the trees, and they protect the fruit, particularly the lemons, which; are very delicate, by smoothing the haul to the packing house.! They save labor, fruit, time.”—-H. J. Kelly, Packing House Manager, Charles C. Chapman Ranch, Fullerton, California N rural hauling like this and in farm duty radically different, the use of Goodyear Cord Tires on trucks has been found produc- tive of a variety of important advantages. Their traction has increased truck utility for ‘ farmers, ranch men, fruit growers, dairymen and others, particularly owners of motorized farms, by enabling easy hauling through soft fields. Their cushioning has effected continuous savings in the marketing of delicate vegetables, fruit, dairy products. and of eggs and live- stock, all of which suHer on slow, jarring solid tires. flllIllIIllllllllIllllllIII")mlIllIllIII!IllllllllllllllllmllllllIllIIlllllIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIHIIIII1IIIIItIIIInIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDIHIIIIIIInlllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIImIl|lmllllll|llllll|llImlIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIll|IlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIlunulnmmlumummnlulnllluulmlIIIImllImnlmmmHulmlnllnlullllIIIIIIInmIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIlIllllIllIIIIInIIIquIIllInlnllllmxlIlInIIIIIIIluuIllIunHullIxulllmmunnlInIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII_ ‘ l Their nimbleness often has accomplished more hauling with less driving and resulted in a quicker feeding of power machinery while releasing hands and saving time for farm work. Throughout extended terms of service these virtues have been delivered with the stout reliability developed in Goodyear Cord con- struction by manufacturing methods that pro- tect our good name. Farmers' various accounts of their successful use of Goodyear Cord Tires on trucks can be obtained by writing. to The Goodyear Tire Sc Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio. r f 01': ~ T THE meeting of agricultural 3- ., editor's in Chicago a committee ' was appointed to study the Mc- — Fadden bill which provides for the establishment of a co-operative sys- tem of farm credit based on personal ’ security, as distinguished from land- mortgage security. It is a well known fact that under existing credit conditions the farmer .who is in greatest need of money has, as a rule, ‘the hardest time to get it. Th. is because our credit system ig- nores the personal equation and the large majority of loans are made on real estate security. This does very well for the farmer who has no or little encumbrance upon his farm, but it does not take care of the farm- er who is carrying a large mortgage, the renter or the settler upon new land. In recent years the federal govern- ment has enacted laws which amply provide for the extension of credit to commercial interests and to farmers who are in a position to give a real estate mortgage. The first of these laws is the federal reserve law and > the second is the federal farm loan law. Both of these are excellent measures and have been of inesti— mable valu in keeping the whels of industry and agriculture going at full speed during the war. But there are a very considerable number of people owning or renting farms in the United States who receive no benefit whatever from the farm loan system. And yet it is of the utmost importance to the nation that they shall have credit facilities which will enable them to expand their op- erations and produce a portion of the nation’s food supply. The Mc- Fadden bill which is now before congress seems to provide this re- lief and is well worth the study of all who are interested in the develop- ment of American agriculture. Based on European Idea The fundamentals of the bill are adopted from the personal credit systems of Europe which have been in successful operation for centuries. The organization for operating the system consists of three units, a cent- ral bank, a branch bank in each state and a local association. Because of the complexity of the measure it will not be possible .to discuss more than the most important features in this article. We will start with the local associ- ation. This in some respects re— .sembles the local association of the farm loan system. In other respects it is radically different. ,Seven farm- ers may organize a community as- sociation, as the bill calls it, a “com- mune.” Each member must “buy stock in the branch bank for the state in which the commune is locat- ed. This stock will bear interest, but no dividends can be paid upon it un- til the branch bank has accumulated ' " t l;.:i~...-...¢.....zia...Maugham. as... ,gfimgcmfdm V an... McFadden em 7 J pointed by the American Agricultural Editors’ Ass’n, to examine ' THE EDITOR of 1110 Business Farmer is one .1 the up. and make report on the McFadden . Personal. Credit bill. Other " members of thiscommittee are Dr. M. J. Spillman, former chief of the otllce of Farm Management and now associate editor of the Farm , Journal; Carl Williams, editor-Oklahoma Farmer and Stockman; John Thompson, editor Iowa Homestead, and C. A. Pugsley, editor Nebraska- Furmer andpresident of the A. A. E. A. At the Washington meeting of this Ass'n. the majority of this committee expressed themselves as in favor of the McFadden bill, but out of deference to other members of the committee who, while they approved the main points- of the bill did not want to openly endorse the measure. the committee simply reported favorably. the fundamental features of the bill, and recom- ‘ mended that the next congress be requested to conduct hearings on the need of personal credits along the lines embodied in the McFadden bill. It is not true as stated in a recent issue of a Michigan farm paper that the majority of the editors were against the bill. trary, they were very much in favor of a personal credit measure and .1 were willing to accept the recommendations ' of the committee. seems certain that the next congress will be asked to pass the McFad- den bill or one somewhat similar.. The accompanying. article is a very . brief and incomplete summary 01' the bill. fore congress, we shall go more into its details—Editor, 0n the con- It When the measure is be- e a safe surplus. There are three classes of communes, in each of whichthe extent of the liability of each member for the debts of the other members is different than in the other classes. The amount credit of each member of a commune of the first class shall be limited to twenty times his paid-up stock: in the second class to twenty times his paid-up stock, and in the third class to five times his paid—up stock. Applications for loans are made to the proper officers of the local commune. As under the farm loan system loans can only be made for productive agricultural purposes such as the purchase of animals, ma- _chinery, seed, feed, fertilizer, etc. Where the article to be purchased is not to be consumed or used up, a chattel mortgage is given, and" such other security as the officers of the commune may see fit to demand. The applicant then draws up a number of “bills of exchange” against the com- mune. These bills are similar in some respects to a promissory note, except that they show upon their face that they are drawn for a pro- ductive transaction, and may freely be used as mediums of barter and exchange. In Europe millions of dollars worth of business is trans- acted through bills of exchange drawn by merchants and farmers. These bills are drawn in denomina- tions and are for a period of time suitable to the convenience and de— sires of the borrower, subject to the approval of the local commune. They are sent, together with the chattel mortgage, to the branch for' the state which issues a check against its de- posits and forwards to the borrow- er. These bills are then endorsed by the branch bank and sent to U. S. Supreme Court to Determine (Note: To several letters that have recently been received asking for in- . formatioa on how to secure a loan un- der the federal farm loan act, the ac- (‘Ompanying article is an answer. The farm loarn banks have made no loans for over three months and Will make none until the Supreme Court deter‘ mines whether or not the loan is con- stitutional. This may be a matter of several or more months.)-—-Editor. (1) In July, 1919, representa- 'tives of the Farm Mortgage Banks brought suit in the Federal Court at Kansas City, challenging the valid— ity of the act. ' The court dismissed the complaint and the constitution- ality of the act October 31st. (2) The case was appealed to 'the Supreme Court of the United ' tates and heard January 6th. On I '1 26th the Supreme Court or- dered a reargument of the case to be taken some time during its next term in October. (3) The Federal 'c: 3 Farm Loan‘ I . Board has offered no bonds for sale ' ‘since the litigation was begun and does not intend to offer any for sale while the litigation is pending. (See 1 Lobd-ell’s letter to Platt.) .Mr. Platt, Chairman 'of the (4')“ l { Banking and Currency Committee of the House introduced a resolu- tion which would have given the Secretary of the Treasury authority to purchase farm loan bonds to the amount of $64,000,000, this sum be- ing the amount available to the Sec— retary of the Treasury from the $200,000,000 appropriation provid- ed by congress January 18, 1918, at the request of the Secretary of the Treasury, McAdoo, to be used for the purchase of farm loan bonds, in or- der to avoid having these bonds on the investment market in opposition with Liberty Bonds. Of this $200,— 000,000 about $136,000,000 had been used in the purchase of bonds, leav- ing a balance of $64,000,000. In his letter to Mr. Platt; Secre- tary Houston said, "I would urge that the congress limit the amount which the Treasury may use to pur- chase bonds to the actual commit- tants of,the Farm Loan Banks, which as I understand it, Will not exceed $32,000,000." (6) The Federal Farm Loan Board through Commissioner Lob- dell took the same position as the Secretary of the Treasury. (6). The 1 Banking and Currency A I 4 of' the- central bank which in turn endorses them and places them on the mar- ket where they are bought and sold in much the same manner as are Liberty bonds and other securities. Bills Are a Good Investment The question will be immediately raised that these bills are not at- tractive investments because they are given by persons who are not known to the purchasers of the bills and whose credit rating as judged by the usual standards is not of the best. It is not the maker but the endorser of these bills which guar- antees their safety and makes them one of the best investments for peo- ple of moderate means. The bills will pay six per cent interest and are readily liquidated. What is the Central Bank? The whole stability of this system rests in the central bank. In Eur- ope the capital of this and branch banks is originally furnished by the government and the merchants, but the McFadden bill would designate some insurance company having at least $400,000,000 of approved as- sets to bear the principal burden of underwriting and carrying the risks of this system. To inaugurate the system the bill would appropriate $25,000,000 from the National Treas- ury, this guaranty fund to be repaid in instalments from the sinking fund of the central bank. The insurance company would also provide the cap- ital of $50,000 for each of the 48 branch banks, this capital to earn 6 per cent interest. There is no more- substantial tin- ancial institution in the United States than the old line life insurance com- pany. The mere knowledge that such a concern was endorsing to the limit of its financial resources the 7 bills of exchange of the rural credit society would naturally, instill great _ confidence in that class of paper as” an investment, and it is believed that no difficulty would be encountered-tin finding a market for the bills. ' ‘ ‘ », Advantages of System .L'l‘he principal advantages of this system- in additimr to those already ‘ discussed is that .of giving every farmer a flexible credit system which would take ,care of both 311011 and long time credit needs. Discussing the need for such a system the auth- or of the bill says: ' 7 “To illustrate the inadequacy of our present banking or credit system. let us take the cattle~breeding indus- try. It is 9 months before a cow calves, and 16 to 21 menths more before that calf may be converted into beef. Altogether it requires about, the same time for credit used to build a'sllo to reproduce itself that is not safe business for a deposi- tion banker, whose borrowed cap- ital l spayable principally on demand. But this business is done with per— fect safety by European rural-credit systems doing open—market opera- tions. Our beef production is not keeping gpace with the increase in our population or industrial activi- ties, and unless we provide adequate credit machinery to meet the require- ments of that industry we may expect even higher beef prices than w now have." Farmer Control Speaking before the House in be- half er the McFadden bill, Congress- man Goodwin of Arkansas said: “Let us examine the responsibility of this control for the rural credit society. It will be observed 'that the directors, executive com-mitteemen. and advisory councilman must be members 'of communes of the first or second class—that ls communes whose members are unlimitediy li- able for the payment of the obliga- tions of their respective communes. The farmer who cannot go out and find six farmer neighbors whom he is willing to trust, and who are will- ing to trust him, should not ask the privilege of legislating by enacting hy—laws for farmers throughout the country who are willing to trust their neighbors. The communes of the first and second classes are noth- ing but partnerships, and the twen- tieth century corporation is but the evolution of the first century civil law partnership; And the only jus-. tiilcation for the twentieth century corporation limiting the liability of its stockholders to their stock sub- scriptions is to raise capital from strangers,-——strangers to those who control the corporation. But we do not .want strangers in these com- munes. Only farmers who are close neighbors, so that each may see that the others do nothing wrong, should form a commune." Constitutionality ‘of Farm Loan Act Committee amended its original res- olution and limited the authority to sell bonds in an amount only suffi— cient to cover loans approved prior to March 1, 1920—in round num- bers, 832,000,000. (7) The Federal Farm Loan Board .on June 2nd adopted a resolu-‘ tion providing that the office of Sec- retary of the Board, held by Mr. W. W. Flannaghan, be declared vacant, and 'for the removal of clerks and stenographers and other assistants to the number of. sixteen. To those who are familiar with Mr. Houston’s record as Secretary of Agriculture and his lack of insight and sympathy for farmers' problems it will not be surprising that now as Secretary of the Treasury he will welcome the dismissal of Secretary Flannagan. Mr. Flannagan has deep— seated convictions'with reference to the questions of money and credits, which are believed to be not'at all to “ the liking of Secretary Houston. For - instance Mr. Flannagan in a pre- amble to a plan which he has sub- mitted states: ‘ (1) The _’ nil-hue ,1 supplies ' the; credit which enables the substitutes for coin to circulate as money. (2) Such substitutes bear no in- terest and the public is entitled to the benefit arising from the use of such substitute. (3) The National Currency Act gave to the banks the benefit arising from. the public use of such substi- tutes and the Federal Reserve Act continues this benefit, except as to excess profits by the twelve Federal Rserve Banks over 6 per cent. (4) The exclusive right to bene- fit. from the use of this substitute is class legislation in favor of—the bus- iness of banking. 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This movement calls for money from the middle of July to around the last of October or the first of November and one of the main reasons of the campaign by the Federal Reserve Banks to curtail non-essential loans was to meet this demand. The extent of the demand will depend largely on the efficiency, or otherwise. of the transportation system, but it is fully believed that it will be considerable greater than last year. Last Saturday the Interstate Coni- merce Commission named the increas- ed rates which the railroads will be allowed to charge in order to absorb the 600 million dollar wage increase granted to railroad employes by the commission. Passenger fares were increased 20 per cent. Freight rates were increased 40‘ per cent in the East, 25 per cent in the South, 85 per cent in the West and 25 per cent in the Mountain-Pacific territory. These increases may take effect on five days’ notice given the commis- DETROIT—Grsin market bullish. Wheat, corn and rye ad- vance. Beam take drop of 25c and market remains dull. toes Cattle and hogs lower. Oats unchanged. CHICAGO—Enlarged demand sends wheat up. Corn and as also advance. Hogs Wyn—lower. Csttlcmketslew. Pota- (ilm: The above VIM L r. ston‘ is: the m and m be putinsneflectbyimyhlm. butitisthoughtthatflteywillbe putintoforcebyfieptemherfirst.” the gmrmnent guaranty to the roads expires at that time. Shippers oi milk will have a 20 per cent increase in rates to bear. If we can get bet- ter service and transport the crops to the' market when we wish, thus enabling the farmer to sell his pro- ducts when the price is right, the in- crease in rates will not seem so bad; in fact, better service will more than make up the diner-once in rates. Crops in general are in favorable condition with excellent growing weather. Reports from the West and South show winter wheat all harvest— ed and threshing well advanced. (Phe v harvesting in the East has been held up the past week by rains. The con- dition of spring wheat varies; some states report it to be ready to bar- vest and others that it is in the dough, but the general opinion is the yield willnotbens largoasthe winter wheat. There is some dam- age done to corn in my states by cutworms, cinch. hugs and army worms, but the outlook in general promises a big yield. It looks like there will be plenty of cats this year. Threshing has started in many see- tions while others expected in har- vest this week. Rye is ova-aging fairly good. Prospects of a bumper fruit crop is very favorable. Condition of crops as a whole looks T, ‘ ' receivedmfifl the manage? on It ‘ In no. .Tbor cunt-lit last .nlauu lulu-manor: up l9.VII1.lllfl"OflO-MN hour qt coin. ‘w‘m‘ . r . “ (POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT) products. tics. their families. sentative, Senator and took great interest in relation. of MARTINDALE STATE OF MICHIGAN He was born on a farm and has lived on one most of his life. He owns and. operates under his personal supervision a h large well—equipped farm in Oakland County and is a mem- 3. He advocates the providing of certain'facilities by the State for the better handling and marketing of farm 4. He favors lake to ocean route as an outlet to Mich- igan products and agateway for Michigan necessi- 5. “He believes in generous treatment of service-men and He has had broad experiane in State mm as Room-l pure 100d laws. health laws. laws rolating to good roads and the betterment of farm conditions. 7. He has at stir: the highest good of the. State, the car. in varied utivitiu and the fullest de- wlepment of its bureau, social and religious lite. MARTTNDALE FOR ’ GOVERNOR , comm - ‘ Frederick c. l FOR GOVERNOR OF THE ber of the Michigan Farm Bureau. State Secretary of State and as such advancement of child welfare. 5 l ,_u‘. I I _A_ l_. __‘V _ _ _" ‘ Mun—m J .- mm .. .‘. .. .n- n.—A..¢I~ g.— r—u. n...— A‘ a. .._~—— l mflwewerelirlnghiaworld ‘of plenty, doesn’t it? It makes me thinkotaeartoon.liawlnnfm1n paper the other day. The-tile was “Driven From Home.” and it showed thofarmerandhistunilyontin the road, the barn bulging because it was so full of grain and hay, and his house had been pushed from its foundation by growing crops. \VHEAT LOWER this crop is- not entirely out of ding- ,er yet. Indications now are that we may be ruined by on early trout. They also say they think prices are about as « z of the year, owing to thotliquidntion of livestock, thus'les- son the demand from that quar- held ‘for some time,-and, if you re- member, we have expreSsed in these columns. The government estimate of July first was aroundfi‘3 billion but with the present outlook it‘is thought that the estimate for August first will be about one-quarter of, a billion was" PRICES PER no- son. a. 1.20 more than that 7 Grade "Detroit lcmmo I. Y. . ' :0. : afi‘ . . . 2.3 {2.23 fig OATS FOLLOW THE DOWNWARD N3: 2 Ilse: :33! 2:23 2:10 TREND OF OTHER GRAINS PRICES ONE YEAR :00 our, sauces pen su.. suousr 3. 1920 and. wagons Ichka'ol N. v. or“. matron [change] N. v. No. 2 an ant/1:2." 2.34 so, 2 wm. .35 .74 I .95 In. 2 who. 2.11 2.17 l .. . ...... .’ :33: 2 was: ::- s I '7'“! . Pnlcss on: vans AGO Drastic liquidation has been the and. lDetrolt [Chicasol N. v. feature of the wheat market the past 9“"0‘” - - - - - - - ~92 week. At the beginning of the week ‘71: .: mm. 111‘ '"V', '89”, the market was weak and lower pric- es were in sight but about the mid.- dle of the week an attempt was made by some dealers to cause an advance. They succeeded in causing the mar- ket to halt and it looked like it might turn and advance but the strength only lasted a short time and then the market waswesker than it has been at any time since liquida— tion has set in; in fact, at one time on the Detroit market it appeared that prices could not decline fast enough. attributed to a wire received by op- erators from a, Chicago dealer, who advised selling wheat and lose no time in doing it. There is no mill- ing demand for wheat at present. The country is oversupplied with flour and many mills have shut down. Export buying has also dropped off considerable. A few foreigners bought during the declines of the current week. The British are out of the market for a week. Reports of damage to spring wheat by the black rust continue to come trom the Northwest, but there is nothing to, indicate that the damage is sum- cient to bring the crop much below the government estimate of July first. Threshing returns show the winter wheat yield to be better than was expected. Returns from Kansas indicate the yield of that state will be around 147,000,000 bushels. Nearly all states where threshing has begun report yields satistactory or higher than expected._ Michigan has suflered some from the Hessian fly. One report from Alle- gan county shows a yield of 23.5 bushels paracre. 0t counties, ow- ing to fly damage, show yields of only 6 bushels per acre. Markets are well supplied with old wheat and farmers are rushing their 1920 crop to market, thus keeping'tbe markets over-stocked. . There is nothing to in- dicate that prices will not go still lower. ' - " use em on no. on. c.1020 . 'om> u. v. in. a Fan- . us- 1.4: v1.3“. “at 2 l“: ..:: . i This panicky feeling was" i am sndinricea not ‘ -- hflflufi: “0 It 1601:: like a general liquidation had set in with oats as well as other grains. The price dropped 30 on the Detroit market last Saturday. How low the prices will go depends large- ly on how big a yield we are going to have. Threshing returns from such states as have started threshing are very good. Some states report ab- normal yields, but the biggest share of the cat crop hasnot been harvest- ed yet. Reports by government field agent’s give the standing grain to be excellent and a yield beyond expec- tations is promised. Some damage has been done by smut and dry weather in a few states, but not enough to lower the yield to any great extent. Chicago is receiving new oats from her own state. The crop is expected to move freely as soon as more cars are available. Farmers are not expected to like prices" but, as the Rosenbaum Review expresses it, “it must be re- membered. that the present decline is only natural, and that grains are readjusting to a new crop basis, in addition to seeking a. post-war level.” BYE SLUMPS. Rye was caught in the downward sweep of the grain prices during the current week and dropped 25c on the‘Detroit market, which brings the price down to 81.76 for No. 2. The market is quiet and easy. Reports from the country” say the crop is yielding very good. The condition of this grain in foreign countrks ap- pears to be good. Harvest began in France, Belgium, Holland and sev- eral manor countries about the first ofJnlyandtheyauropoz-ttholrerop very promising” for. mils Iss1 III P“ I. “I. no. 3. 1020 Int m Gus-luv. ‘ t '. III... . M ....l L150 . m I00 are. . thloan o c ~ n o nuaou 2 Prime ma Klan lN.Y. ou- C. H. 1?. bonus dropped 15c during the past week on the I “1-. hot and 50.: a the p p _ The {New York market rules fairly I 'meeec'eonis-eoe- I: 41.00 .‘.. .....'.'..'..'.'I:.'.' 14345 . g Moss one run soo . go’s-etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..i i i one . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..1 i szu'xzrxxrrxi 1 (Potato markets in general are weaker than last week. The De- troit market declined around a do]- lar per cwt.; the New York market around 50c and at Chicago over one dollar. Potatoes at Detroit are very weak owing to‘ an overstocked mar- ket caused by the railroads inability to deliver cars as per schedule for 8 days last week and then the roads brought in the 3. days’ receipts all in one. day. The result was, 117 cars arrived at the yards that day and the bottom dropped out of the price. One company reports a loss of $400 per car on 41 cars. Another claims to have lost 81,372 on two cars. Receipts on the Pittsburg market are about normal with prices much lower. Most of the markets report the consumer is not buying very many "spade," as they are wait- ing for the prices to work lower. New York dealers say that the only thing that keeps the prices from de- clining faster is some demand for ex- port. The crop appears to be in ex- cellent condition throughout the country. Late potatoes in Michigan are reported'to be coming along fine and an average yield expected. HAY I No. 1 Tim.| Stan. Tim.1 No. 2‘Tim. Detroit . .135.00 @86184.00 @ 35138.00 @ 34 Chicago . .185.00 @ 88182.00 @ 34128.00 @ 80 New York 141 .00 @ 391 31 .00 @ 40 Pittsburg . 134.00 @ 35182.00 @ 88130.00 @ 31 V 1‘ No.1 1 No.1 I No.1 Light Mix. [Clover Mix. 1 clover Detroit . .184.00 @ 351 130.00 @ 31 Chicago . . 82.00 @ 34125.00 @ 281 New York 34.00 @ 40127.00 Q 32 Pittsbura . 130.00 @ 811 HAY "nose A vssnwsoo 1 No. 1 TIm.1 Stan. Tim.l No. 2 Tim. Detroit . .131 .00 @ 32180.00 @ 31129.00 @ 80 Chicago . .35.00@37188.00@34181.00@32 New York 39.00 @ 40135.00 @ 38129.00 @ 31 Pituburg . 88.50 @ 38134.00 @ 36126.00 @ 29 No.1 1 No.1 1 No.1 Light Mix. 10lovor Mix. 1 Clover Detroit . . 127.00 @ 28124.00 @ 261 Chicago . . 131 .00 @ 32123.00 @ 25115.00 @ 22 New York 135.00 @ 38180.00 @ 82‘ Pittsburg .138.50@ 881 The demand for hay is at a very low point as pasturage is excellent and the consuming trade has been well supplied. Markets are congest— ed and supplies that were loaded for- ward during the high value period continue to arrive. New invoices are small, owever, but most markets re- port su cient hay in sight to supply the demand fonthe next thirty days. DROP IN WOOL CONSUMPTION A drop in wool consumption of nearly 17,000,000 pounds from the average for the six months of 1920 is seen in figures for June, 1920, just released bythe Bureau of Mar- kets, United States Department of Agriculture. According to the re- port, 48,000,000 pounds of wool, grease wool equivalent, entered into manufacture during that month, compared with 65,000,000 pounds for the corresponding month last year. Summaries for preceding months of 1920 have shown the fol- lowing amounts used: January, 72,- 700,000 pounds; February, 63,700,- 000 pounds; March, 67,900,000 pounds; April, 60,900,000 pounds; May, 58,600,000 pounds.‘ The sharp decrease in wool con- sumption is a result of the curtail— ment of operations which began in the textile manufacturing industry in May and became more extensive in June. Many mills have been run- ning on a short-week schedule, 'while some have suspended operations en- tirely, the suspensions in many cases being for an indefinite period. Lack of orders, cancellations and deferred shipments are given as primary causes for; the unstable situation. p A comparison of the relative con- sumption of the different grades with figures for preceding months shows that fine 'wools not only continuelto hold first place in demand, but ap- pear to be‘recovering the points lost a few . months ago- The percent- s for June are}; Fine, ’31.t5~ gs; c "f; 1+2«'b1¢ou,,_15.;_ persona,- gum ,. a cent} 141"-bl§ed""20.§ _;-::.W‘ It! 1 per cent.” The per- Iy were: Fine, 80.5 ,1-2 blood, 10.! per cent; 841310064107 percent; 1-4 blood, 20.8 per cent: low, 8.2 per cent; carpet, 12 per cent. 0f the total reported, the amounts by conditions were: Grease wool, 33,- 940,086 pounds; scoured wool, 5,- 477,628' pounds; pulled wool, 1,- 262,206 pounds. Arranged accord- ing to states the figures show Massa- chusetts leading with a total of 14,- '- 668,380 pounds, with other states in the following order: Pennsylvania, 8,981,973 pounds; Rhode Island, 4,- 922,651 pounds; New Jersey, 4,075,- 587 pounds; New York, 3,352,566 pounds; Connecticut, Ohio, New Hampshire and Maine approximately 1 ~ 1,000,000 pounds each. . BOSTON WOOL MARKET The Camera-lot BM: says: “Uncertainty still reigns in the wool market and values are hardly more than nominal. Everyone is watching the course of the goods market, which is revealing little at the moment. Sales of wool have been few and small. The foreign primary markets ted; newisreporteid; v ‘ , tinny an business being men-ts. Mohair is dull and nominal.- - Ohio and Pensyivania fieeces.—. Deiaine unwashed; 70012:; fine unwashed, 60062c; 1-2 blood comb- ing, 6_8@72c; 3-8 blood combing, 50@ 53c. Michigan and New York fleeces.— Fine unwashed, 58@60c; delaine, un— washed, 68; 1-2 blood, unwashed, g;@68c; 3-8 blood, unwashed, 50@ c. Wisconsin, Missouri, and average New England—~14 blood, 60@68c; 3-8 blood, 48@50c; 3-4' blood, 40@ 430. Kentucky, West Virginia and sim- ilar—~3-8 blood, unwashed, 53 @58c; 1-4 blood, unwashed. 48@50c. Scoured basis—Texas, fine 12 months, 81.506130; fine 8 months, 51.256130. ‘ California, northern—$1.55 @ 1.60 middle county, $1.50; southern, $1.25@1.30. Oregon—Eastern, $1.45 0 1.50; $1.65@ valley No. 1. $1.50. Territory—Fine staple, 1.70; 1-2 blood combing, $1.50; 3-8 blood combing. 9‘5c@ $1. Palled—Delaine, $1.60@1.65; AA 1 w r 'ing up strong and active while LIVE ’ "Britannica I. The week opened with high graded beef cattle selling fairly well in all: i markets but all grade of grass-fed ‘~' cattle were dull and lower with some of the poorer kinds almost 111183.183)ng ._. In Chicago, on Monday, prime kill? ing steers and the better grades of . heavy cattle were in active demand 4. and about steady in price but in‘ all 1" other kinds were dull and lowers Buffalo, on Monday, showed the same, symptoms as Chicago, the demand for tidy killers and heavy steers shovii a grades of grassers were neglected. Detroit got a light run of cattle last week and prices for everything that carried killing quality sold from 15. to 35 cents per cwt. higher than the average of the week before. Some very good steers came to hand in De- troit last week and $15 per cwt.‘ was paid in one or two cases. The top in Chicago, last week. was 817, this price being 25 cents higher than the week before. The average price for (Continued on page 17) 1\ MN... . \ 1 ~\ 111“ SM ‘1. \\ at next year’s harvest. to miss the fly. Federal Fertiliser Federal Fertiliser Peed ’ cowmeus, o. . 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Thi ‘ "can ho” Out? turn at 'once. - , V BASC‘OM." v they clutched Torres by collar . and trousers and started in a pro- pulsivevrush for the door. All others in the room ran to the windows to behold Torres’ exit; but Enrico, quickest of all, gained a window first. And, afterward, into the middle of the room- the Queen scooped the gems from the table into both her hands. and gave the double handful to Leoncia, say- ing: . "From Francis and me to you and Henry——your wedding present." 0 Yi Poon, having left the crone by the beach and crept back to peer at the house from the bushes, chuckled gratifiedly to himself when he saw the rich caballéro thrown off the steps with such a willas to be sent sprawling far out into the gravel. But Yi Poon was too clever to let on that he had seen. Hurrying away. he was half down the hill ere overtaken by Torres on his horse. The celestial addressed him'humb- lifted his riding whip savagely to slash him across the face. But Y-i Poon did not quail. “The Senorita Leoncia,” he quickly, and arrested the blow. “I have great secret.” Torres waited, the whip still lifted as a threat. “You like ’m some other man marry that very nice Senorita Leoncia?” Torres dropped the whip to side. “Go on,” he commanded harshly. “What lb the secret?" . “You no want ’m other man mar- ry that Senorita Leoncia?" “Suppose I don’t?” “Then, suppose you have secret, you can stop other man." “Well, what is it? Spit it out." “But first," Yi Poon shook his head, “you pay me six hundred dol- lars gold. Then I tell you secret.” “I’ll pay you,” Torres said readily although without the slightest thought of keeping his word. “You tell me first, then if no lie, I’ll pay you—See !” From his breast pocket he drew a. wallet bulging with paper bills; and Yi Poon, uneasily acquiescing- led him down the road to the crone on the beach; “This old woman.” he explained, “she no lie. She sick woman. Pret— ty soon she die. She is afraid. She talk to priest along Colon. Priest say she must tell secret, or die and So she no lie.” “Well, if she doesn’t lie, what is it she.must tell?” “You pay me?” “Sure. Six hundred gold." “Well, she born Cadiz in old coun- try. She number one servant, num- ber one baby nurse. One time she take job with English family that come traveling in her country. Long time she work with that family. She go back along England. Then bime by—you know Spanish blood very hot—she get very mad. That family have one little baby girl. She steal little baby girl and run away to Pan- ,ama. That little baby girl Senor Solano he adopt just the same his own aughter. He have plenty sons and r.) daughter. So that little baby girl he make his daughter. But that old woman she no tell what name be- long little girl’s family. That fam- ily very high blood, very rich, every- body in England know that family. That family’s name ‘Morgan.’ You know that name? In Colon comes San Antonio men who say Senor Solano’s daughter marry English Gringo namedMorgan. That Gringo Morgan the Senorita Leoncia's brother." “Ah !” said Torres flcent delight. ' “You pay me now six hundred gold,” said. Yi_Poon. . “Thank you for the fool you are," said Torres with untold mockery in his voice. “You will learn better perhaps some day the business of selling secrets. Secrets are not shoes- or mahogany timber. A secret is no more than a whisper in the hair. It said his ,comes. It goes. It. is gone. Itfl‘is a ly, and Torres, in his general rage. ' with male-. ghost. Who. has seenit? Youcan claim back shoes or mahogany timb- er. You can never claim back a secret when you have told it.” “We talk of ghosts, you and I," said Yi Poon calmly. “And the ghosts are gone. ‘I have told you no secret. You have dreamed a dream. [When you tell men they will ask yOu what told you. And you will say, ‘Yi Poon.’ say, ‘No.’ And they will ‘Ghosts:' and laugh at you." 1 Y1 Poon feeling the old yield to his superior subtelty of thought, de- liberately paused. ~ ‘ “We have talked whispers,” he resumed after a few seconds. “You speak true when you say whispers are ghosts. When I sell secrets I do not sell ghosts. I sell shoes. I sell mahogany timber. My proofs are what I sell. They are solid. On the scales they will weigh weight. You can tear the paper of them. which Say is legal paper of record, on which 5 they are written. Some of them, not paper, you can bite with your teeth and break your teeth upon. For the whispers are already gone like morn- ing mists. I have proofs. You will pay me six hundred gold for the proofs, or men will laugh at you for lending your ears to ghosts.” “All right," Torres capitulated, convinced. “Show me the proofs that I can tear and bite." “Pay me the six hundred gold." “When you have shown me the proofs.” “The proofs you can tear and bits are yours after you have put the six hundred gold into my hand. You promise. 'A promise is a whisper, a. ghost. I do not do business with ghost money. You pay me real mon— ey I~can tear or bite.” And in the and Torres surrendered paying in advance for what did sat- isfy him when he had examined the documents, the old letters, the baby locket and the baby trinkets. And Torres not only assured Yi Poon that he was satisfied, but paid him in ad- vance, on the latter’s insistence, an additional hundred gold to execute a commission for him. Meanwhile, in the bathroom which connected their bedrooms, clad in fresh underlinen and shaving with safety razors, Henry and Francis were singing: “Back to back against the mainmast, ’I - Held at bay the entire crew . In her charming quarters- aided and abetted by a couple of Indian seamstresses, Leoncia, half in mirth and half in sadness, and in all sweet- ness and wholesomeness of generos- ity, was initiating the Queen into the charmingness of civilized woman’s dress. The Queen, a true woman to her heart’s core, was wild with de- light in the countless pretties of text- ure and adornment with which Leon- cia’s wardrobe was stored. It was a maiden frolic for the pair of them, and a stitch here and a take—up there modified certain of Leoncia’s gowns to the Queen’s slenderness. . . “No,” ‘ .Leoncia judicially. “You will not need a. corset. arethe one woman in a, hundred for whom‘,a corset isnot necessary. You have the roundest lines for a thin woman that I ever saw. You . . .i" Leoncia paused, apparently deflect- ed by her need for a“ pin from her dressing table, for which she turn- ed; but at the same time she swal- lowed the swelling that choked in her throat, so that she .was able to continue: “You are a beautiful bride and.Francis can only, grow prouder of you.” _ - shaving first, broke off the song to respond to the knock at his bedroom door and received a--telegram from Fernando, the next to the youngest, of the Solano, brothers; And Francis read: . _v_ .-' : “Important your’ immediate . re-~ turn. ' .‘ile But Yi Poon will. You * Leoncia. In the bathroom, Francis. finished - wan, _ ' In the living room the two Morgans found Enrico -- and his sons opening wine. ,~ > “Having but had my daughter re-- stored' to me,” Enrico said, “I now lose' heragaim But it is an easier loss, Henry. Tomorrow shall be the wedding. It cannot take place too quickly. "It is sure, right now, that that scoundrel Torres is whispering all over San Antonio Leoncia's latest unprotected escapade' with you." Ere Henry could express his grat- ification, Leoncia, and the Queen en- tered. He held up his glass and. toasted»: “To the bride l” Leoncia, not understanding, raised a. glass from the table and glanced ‘ to the Queen. “No, no,” said Henry, taking her glass with the intention of passing, it to the Queen. . “No. no," said Enrico. “Neither shall drink the toast which is incom- plete. Let me make it: “To the brides !” “You and, Henry are to be married tomorrow,” Alesandro exDlained to Leoncia. Unexpected and bitter though the news was, Leoncia controlled her- self. and dared with assumed jollity to look Francis in the eyes while she cried: ' “Another toast! grooms !” Difficult as _Francis had found it to marry the Queen and maintain equanimity, he now found equani- mity impossible at the announcement of the immediate marriage of Leon- cia. Nor did Leoncia fail to observe how hard he struggled to-control himself. His suffering gave her see- ret joy, and with a feeling almost of triumph she watched him take ad- vantage of the first opportunity to leave the room. Showing them his telegram and assuring 'them that his fortune was at stake, he said he must get off an answer and asked Fernando to ar- range'for a rider to carry it to the government wireless at San Antonio. Nor was Leoncia long in follow- ing him. In the library she came upon him, seated at the reading table his telegram unwritten, while his gaze was fixed upon a large photo- graph of her-which he had taken from its place on top the low book- shelves.- All of which was too much for her. Her inv‘Oluntary gasping sob brought him to his feet in time to catch her as she swayed into his arms. And before either knew it their lips were together in fervent expression. Leoncia struggled and tore herself away, gazing upon-her lover with horror. “This must stop, Francis!" she cried. “More: you cannot remain here for my wedding. If you do, I shall not be responsible for my ac- tions. There is a steamer leaves San . Antonio for Colon. You and your wife x must sail on it. You can easily catch passage on the fruit boats to New. Orleans and take train to New York. I love you leyou know it." “The‘Queen and I are not mar- ried !” Francis pleaded, beside. him- self, overcome by, what had taken place. “That heathen marriage before the Altar of the Sun was no marriage. In neither .deed nor ceremony are we married. ,I assure you -of that It is not too late—4” ,, "‘Tha't heathen. marriage has last- ed you thus far," she interrupted him' with 'quiet' firmness. “Let it last you, to New York, or, at least to . . . . COlon." ’ _ “The Queen will not have any further marriage after“ our forms." Francis said. “She insists that all her female line before her 'has“be'en To the bride- so married and that the Sun 'Altar ceremony is “sacredly binding.“ Leoncia shrugged her shoulders non-committally, althOugh her face was stern with resolution; _‘ . “Marriage or no,” she replie .' you must gore-toni.ght_—}the- pan; ‘2 ,Else I shall comes 71.3” r '11" ' a. yOu start to‘_re- ’ ' Wire me at‘once. ,, , ,_.rr;_ as r r please, I please," do, not understan not in the . ._ . not in that way » ’ _ :notin the way I love you, I— . 39nd I am not ashamed of the bold‘ . _:.,,_.ness with which I say it—.—I love ‘. Henry about as much as you love the gQ-ueen: but I love you as I should love Henry, as you should love the Queen, as I know you do love me.” 1 She caught his hand and pressed ‘ it against her heart. “There ! For the last time ! Now go 1” But his arms were around her, and she could not help but yield her lips. Again she tore herself away, this time fleeing to the doorway. Francis bowed his head to her de- cision, then picked up her picture. “I shall keep this,” he announced. “You oughn’t to,” she flashed a ‘last fond smile at him. “You may,” she added. as she turned and was gone. Yet Yi Poon had a commission to execute, for which Terres had paid him one hundred gold in advance. Next morning, with Francis and the Queen hour departed on their way to Colon, Poon arrived at the Solano hacienda. Enrico smoking a cigar on the veranda and very much pleased with himself and all the world the way the world was going, recognized and welcomed Yi Poon as his visitor of the day before. Even are they talked, Leoncia's father had dispatched Alesandro for the five hundred pesos agreed upon. And Yi Poon, whose profession was traffick— ing in secrets,_and not averse to sell- ing his secret the second time. Yet was he true to his salt, in so far as he obeyed‘Torres’ instructions in re— fusing to tell the. secret save in the presence of Leoncia and Henry. “That secret has the sering on it,” Yi Poon apologized, after the couple had been summoned, as he began un- wrapping the parcel of proofs. “The Senorita Leoncia and the man she is going to marry must first, before anybody else, looks at these things. Afterward, all can look.” ‘ “Which is fair, since they are more interested than any of us," Enrico conceded grandly, although at -the same time he betrayed his eagerness by the impatience with which he motioned his daughter and Henry to take the evidence to one side for ex— amination. He tried to appear uninterested. but his side-glances missed nothing of'what they did. To his amazement he saw Leoncia suddenly cast down a legal appearing document, which she and Henry had read through. and throw her arms, whole-heartedly and freely about his neck, and whole- heartedly and freely kiss him on the lips. Next, Enrico saw Henry step back and exclaim in a dazed, heart- broken way: _ . “But my God, Leoncia! This is the end‘fl everything. Never can we be husband and wife l" "Eh?" Enrico snorted. “When everything was arranged. What do you mean, sir? This is an insult! Marry you shall, and marry today !" Henry, almost in stupefaction, looked to Leoncia to speak for him. "It is against God’s law and man's,” she said, “for a man to mar- ry his sister. Now I understand my strange love for Henry. He is my brother. We are full brother and sister, unless these documents lie." And Yi Poon 'knew that he could take. report to Torres that the mar- riage would not take place and would never take place. CHAPTER XXIV. ATCHING a United Fruit Com- pany boat at Colon within flf- - teen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s prog- ress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate con- nections. At New Orleans a taxi fr 111 the wharf to the station and a 1 racing of porters.with hand luggage had barely got them aboard the train Just as ‘it started. Arrived at New York- Francis had been met by Bas- “ » com, in Francis’ .private machine- and ’ the rush had continued to the rather ornate rpalace R. H. M. himself, Francis father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive. ., ‘ ;"Soti-t was that the Queen knew ” “_ , iy. moss, “the great world than ed he: travels by- } '- en aroun‘ her. « (1 me. .I do love Henry. ' ,u : she: was royally inconseqa ' cepting such civilization as an offer- ing from her royal spouse. Royal he was, served by many'slaves. Had she not, on steamer and train, observed it? And here, arrived at his palace, she took as a matter of course the showing of house servants that greet- ed- them. The chauffer opened the door of the limousine. Other ser- vants carried in the hand baggage. Francis touched his hand to nothing, save to her arm to, assist her to alight. Even Bascom—a man she di— vined was no servitor—she also di- vined as one who served Francis. And she could not but observe Bas- com depart in Francis' limousine, under instruction and command of Francis. She had been a queen, in an iso- lated valley, over a handful of sav- ages. Yet here. in this mighty land of kings. her husband ruled kings. It was all. very wonderful, and she was deliciously aware thalt her queenship had suffered no diminish- ing by her alliance with Francis. Her delight in the interior of the mansion was naive and childlike. Forgetting the servants, or, rather ignoring them as she ignored her own attendants in her lake dwelling, she clapped her hands in the great entrance hall, glancing at the marble a tie], ac- . Jurist. “Item ths’li ioned in them first time sh-e""say Francis. And the vision realized itself, for Francis en- tered with her into the great room ’ of books, his arm about her, just as she had seen him on the fluid-metal surface of her golden bowl. The tel- ephones, and the stock ticker. too, she remembered; and, just as she had foreseen herlself do, she crossed over to the ticker curiously to examine, and Francis, his arm still about her. 7 stood by her side. Hardly had he begun an attempt- ed explanation of the instrument, and just as he realized the impossi- bility of teaching her in several min- utes all the intricacies of the stock market institution, when his eyes noted on the tape that Frisco Con- solidated was down twenty points— a thing unprecedented in that little Iowa railroad which R. H. M. had financed and builded and to the day of his death maintained ppudly as so legitimate a creation that, though half the banks and all of Wall Street ‘ crashed, it would weather any storm. The Queen view with alarm the alarm that grew on Francis’ face. “It is magic—like my Mirror of the World?" she half queried, half- stated. Francis nodded. “It tells you secrets, I know," she continued. "Like my golden how], it s .' ,.. ‘,'t-‘r., ‘, irr r of the World the , what "trouble- can” thi — pictures of great railroad and steamsj . . . ye you, I who' are one of its‘i'grefat He opened his mouthg'tol. [ply her last question- halted, rand nothing, realizing the imposs'ibil ‘ of conveying comprehensionto has?” the while, under his eyelids. orj the while, under his eyelids, or at ship lines, of teeming terminals and, noisy decks; of miners toiling _ Alaska, in Montana, in Death Val- ley; ofbridled rivers and harnessed waterfalls, and of power lines s»tilt-; ing across lowlands; and of all the mechanics and economics and finane- es of the twentieth century civiliza- : tion. ' “It brings you trouble,” she re- peated. “And also ! I cannot help you. My golden bowl is no more. Never again shall I see the world in it. I am no longer a ruler of the fu- ture. I am a woman merely, and helpless in this strange colossal world to which you have brought me. I am a woman merely, and your wife, Francis, your proud wife.” Almost did he love her, as, drop- ping the tape. he pressed her closely for a moment, ere going over to the battery of telephone. She is delight- ful was his thought. There‘is'neith- er guile nor malice in her, only‘wo- man. all woman, lovely and lovable (Continued on page 15) i... phone, farm loads? .. OUR live stock and the produce from your fields, carried in freight trains to the cities, thunder past count- lk v less danger-signs With the warning, I “Look Out for the Cars!” Each one of these marks the crossing-place of a country road—a road without rails, lead- ing to railroad and town. Each one marks a farmer’s right-offway- E Since your farm is a 1920 enterprise, ‘ probably it is fitted with most of the followin modern equipment—the tele- éod lighting and heating, a silo, a manure spreader, a cream separator, an automobile, an engine, atractor. , ._ But have your haulingproblcms foun their proper solution? 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The tabulation of census returns from four of Michigan’s best agricultural counties shows that their population is much less today than it. was ten years: ago. . 1 Does this signify that the people of the rural communities are no longer begetting children? Is this situation a counterpart of that which prevails in some parts of France where people die at a greater rate than they are born? Not at all. While it be true that the people of the citicqs are not as prolific of child- ren as in days of yore there seems to have been no dimunition of child-bearing and rearing in the strictly rural communities. Judging from the birth columns in the local papers farmers are still producing future citizens in much the same old-fashioned way. What then has happened to this multiplied rural population? For an answer examine the census returns from some of the large cities. In 1910 Detroit had a population of 466,000, which it took over 200 years. to acquire. T04 day the city has close to a million. In other words Detroit’s growth from 1910 to 1920 al- most exactly equals hcr growth from 1710 to . 1910. The city of Flint affords another strik- ing example of the tremendous growth of cities at the expense of the rural communities. To the cold eye of the census enumerator there is nothing startling about these facts.‘ But to those who have an eye on the social and economic progress of the race they contain dcop significance. He is apt to ponder upon the question, “How much longer can the drift of population from country to city continue without disturbing wth various elfeCts the bal~ once that ought to be maintained between the populations of the two environments?” The population of the world is increasing rapidly and consequently the need for more food becomes daily greater. Manifestly we cannot meet this increased demand for food products’ if the food producers leave their farms and go to the cities. It, would seem that the very safety of the world depended upon stemming tho-migration cilyward and encour- ag'ng men who are fitted for farming to go on with their job of producing food. There may or may not be a man-made solution to this problem. It is easy to theorize on how to keep folks on the farm but to actually keep them there is another matter. It is unlikely, except . in possible ‘cascs'of wide-spread crop failure, that the people of this country will ever suffer starvation. The abandonment of farms might so reduce the food supply as to require ration- ing for a period of a year or tivo, but in the last extremity self-preservation will force peo— ple back to the land and the crisis will have been averted. Over-production and under- production always act as automatic checks 2 Cool! other. ... _ 'ezmayc 4m 1m and Send thé workers-into the 11 duce crops, or we may..import Mexican and Japanese labor, but how shall we repair the break in our social andmoral fabric caused by the shifting of population from farm to city? The rural community has often and correctly been called the “foundation of the democ- racy.“ In its obscurity the world’s greatest men have been born. In its crude and poor en'- virons genius is a daily discovery. The rural community has for ages pact been the crucible where science, invention, art and religion have had their rude beginnings. We do not at- tempt to explain in this editorial why this is true. We only know that it is true. History furnishes the proof. We also know that this foundry Where the instruments of progress are forged must be strengthened if we are to gain new and greater achievements. The mi- gration cityward must be stemmed. The com- munity spirit must be developed. Rural com- munities must be brightened and enlivened to attract the younger folks and keep them there. The children of the country must, be impress- cd with the fact that the glamour of the city is like the ,pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Its glitter can never bring contentment. Life in the country can be made as attractive as life. in the city, and when that is done the mi- gration to the city will be halted. , The Candidates *llVES got the best of Sam Seeds in a horse trade some years ago and Sam never got over it. Now Jim is a candidate for sher- iff of Podunk county, and he’d make a right smart sheriff too, but Sam, who is some pump- kins in his community doesn’t intend to let’ Jim get the nomination if he can help it. So he’s out working for that good for nothing Ed. Edwards who never earned an honest dollar. in his whole life and who if he got his just deserts ought to be jailed instead of jailer. Sam also has it in for the independent cand- idate for Governor. Seems that once upon a time this gentleman defeated one of Sam’s fourth cousins for town constable and the Seeds family never quite forgave him for thus robbing them of the chance to acquire official honors.‘ And so while the independent candi- date for Governor is the only real man in the bunch of candidates he’ll have to struggle along without the support of the Seeds family. Every community has its Sam Seeds. That may not be his real name, but you can spot him when he talks and reveals his narrow prejudices. He is the same type of individual who a few years ago voted for Bob Boozer be- cause Bob was a friend of the saloon, and in Sam’s eyes that was the all important issue upon which the country must survive or per- ish. Or mebbe he is the same fellow who didn’t believe in war, or who painted his neighbor’s barn yellow because he didn’t be— lieve in‘ war, or who spanked his wife for at- tending a woman suffrage meeting. Anyway he’s the type of American citizen who believes that a man must be all good or no good; who cannot understand why all people do not think alike with him, and has no use for anyone who differs with him in the smallest detail. Some months ago a man came to my office to remonstratc against a criticism that had been published against a. man holding a position of influence in a farm organization. He said, “I have no use for that man personally. We have been enemies for some years. But I do think that he is the best man obtainable for the’job he is holding and I am willing to forget my personal grievances in order ‘ to keep him there.” Naturally we admired that gentleman for his broad-mindedness and outspokenness, and we wished that all might be able to put aside their petty personal grudges for the. common good. ' We are approaching another primary elec- tion. Nearly every man who takes an interest in political affairs will have some objection to offer to some of the candidates who ' . present themselves to the voters. It is right that the voters should scrutinize these candidates. It is' right that they should weigh their previous _ acts and "public, recOrds if they havoany. It has to pro- ,atlon- " .conal prejudices are too- often permitted to warp a voter’s judgment. The» average Voter ' ictoo prone to consider his own individual wel- fare instead of the welfare of his neighbors and the state in general. A certain" amountof self- ishness in choosing public servants is excusable but it should not be the dominating. factor. The man who gives promise of best serving the interests of his constituents as a whole is gent erally speaking the safest man to vote for. Trading at Home OES IT PAY to trade with mail order houses? Does.it pay to send money hun- dreds of miles to firms whom you do not know - to purchase an article you have never seen, and take the chance that your money may be lost in the mail, the goods be delayed in transit, or- not be what you expected? Examination of scores of complaints over mail order transac- tions that have been brought to our attention convinces us that it does not pay to buy of a Chicago or New York .mail order house whcn the merchant of your home .town can furnish the goods at a reasonable price. We have complaints covering almost every conceivable kind of purchase. Shoes, clothing, paints, roofing, incubators, books}, plows, fur- niture, pumps, cream separators, etc. The purchases represent in the aggregate several thousand dollars. Of course, we are scouring a,» satisfactory settlement in most instances and are mighty glad to be of service in this respect, but we cannot help but think that in the majority of cases our subscribers would have been much better off had they gone to their local merchants where the goods are on display, where credit can usually be bad if needed and where if not satisfactory the good can be returned the next day\ and the money refunded. The price tags in the catalogue books are al- luring. The pictiircs, done up in attractive col- ors are attractive, but after all does it pay to patronize them? Occasionally you get a pur- chase with which you’ are satisfied,.but obser- vation convinces us that the average‘ trance-- tion between the farmer and the mail order house entails a dispute or a grievance of some sort which costs the farmer time, money and patience. ‘ A good deal could be said about the failure of the local merchants to live up to their re- sponsibilities in meeting the needs of the farm- ers with satisfactory goods at satisfactory pric- es. Many merchants are merchants in name only. They do not try to attract the farmer’s trade. They make no efi'ort to give good ser- vice and conduct their business sons to be able to sell at a reasonable margin over the cost of the goods. We hold no brief for this type of merchant, but the average country merchant who will go half way in meeting the farmer, is we believe entitled to the trade of the farm- _ers in preference to mail order concerns who pay no taxes and have no interest whatever in the local communities. ' ’ The country merchants are absolutely de- ‘pendent upon the farmers. The farmers, in a lesser degree perhaps, are dependent upon the merchants. It ought, thnx fore, to be .to their mutual interests to co-operatc with each other. Just as no merchantcould exist in a commun- ity deprived of its farmers, no farmer would care to live in a community depriced of its merchants. The farther farms are located from trading centers the less desirable thoy are. The farming cdmmunities would be in a . sad way if the people who inhabit them should suddenly divert all their trade to. mail order concerns and force the merchants of the vilQ' lages to close their duors. This argument may , not deter. farmers from buying their supplies , ,_ from mailorder concerns, but, .it is, nchr-1tth “ lam one‘that is A ' 0%.." minor; mountains on: "or. more hills; ‘A. , ‘ .ing objection to .onecandidatje‘oftonleads them ~ to vote for another of far less capacity. Per- , st wwnHGLHL-eDfiWC-ab is? :‘ ’-. .j f’ ‘ iii.- ("impish Wehave 3' Faith Roman :" . AUTHOR OF AMENDMENT RE- PLIES TO FERRIS The statement of ex-Governor Fer- ris demands an answer owing to his high position as an educator, states- man and lecturer. We want to be very clearly under- stood on this subject—that our sole Jim in this movement is complete separation of church and state. We eharge the opposition with stirring up religious hatred by constantly and consistently crying "religion" “religion” "religion" and nothing but "religion" when it is not religion lit all that is at stake. We have nev- er attacked the Roman Catholic or any other religion as a religion. Our explanations of them, have been call- ed forth by their interference in Am- erican politics. Our interest in the public school lies in the fact that they are the very ,cradle of Democ- racy, and upon the proper upbring- ing of our youth rests the salvation of our institutions. Prof. Ferris says that the propos- ed amendment has for its object the closing of various denominational schools. This we admit is true, in- so-far as it refers to five hours a day, for 160 to 180 days in the year—— during which the children will be required to attend public school. Surely, Prof. Ferris, neither you nor your allies will deny the state the right of compelling attendance in a school which was organized for the sole purpose of making Ameri- cans, and to teach its future citizens to learn to live together. The Pro- fessor says “Why should quarrels among churches be kept up any more than quarrels amongst na- tions?” What church is is that claims temporal power as well as spiritual and when checked in its pursuit of temporal and financial gain, begs to be relieved from "re- ligious" persecutions? Had Mr. Droulard and Mr. Gildray of Erie, been raised in a public school they could never have been induced to join a party to go to another com- munity, eight miles away, for the purpose of breaking up of a religious meeting. They would not have lost their lives, nor would' they have been a never—dying blot on their families, to say nothing of the heartaches caused the community as a whole. Prof. Ferris also speaks of the su- preme loyalty of the parochial school adherents. Until this time, we have refrained from entering into this phase of the controversy, but when such a learned gentleman as the ex- governor advances that as an argu- ment, we must present to him a few of the facts. Religious organizations conducting parochial schools and having for their cardinal loyalty to the flag which‘gives them bread and protec- tion, should function the same the world over, under any and all flags. We regret exceedingly being forc- ed to say these unkind and unpleas- ant things. During the‘ world war there were many priests in Italy shot for their conspiracy on the Piave (which all but cost the Allies the war) and for sinking of two Italian battleships, Benedetto Erin and Leonardo Da Vinci, in which 248 men lost their lives; the Pope’s cham- berlain, Monsignor Berlach, is now a fugitive from justice from Italy. The parochial school in parts of‘Ire- land, Quebec and Australia are the only parts of the British Empire that produced traitors to that flag during the World War; and if they were, as they have‘often boasted, fighting a war for Democracy, the same prln- ciple was at stake in Great Britain and Italy as, in the United States. The German Lutherans have fur- nished more ministers that have been convicted for disloyal acts than all other denominations in the land, and they-are the only religious denomin- ation conducting foreign parochial schools that have taken the question into court to fight a legislative act when the legislature of Nebraska passed a law, compelling elementary instruction to be in English. Prof. Ferris says the parochial schools teach all their subjects in Catholic school here in where not a word of English is spok- en. - Our Civil War is not entirely for- gotten, and the figures of the pension officers of the U. S. is just about com- plete, and it shows that practically 90 per cent of the desertions from the Union Army were Irish Roman Catholics, after the Pepe recognized the Confederate states and gave his beloved child, Jefferson Davis, his papal blessing. Out of 144,000 Irish enlisted or drafted in the Union Army during the Civil War, 104,000 deserted. The names of tens of thousands of people who signed the petitions for the school amendment were printed in lists, tacked up on the walls of churches, read out from the pulpits and' instructions were given to the congregations to boycott those peo- _ple. Is this the kind of Christian ed- ucation Prof. to defend? Err-governor Ferris infers that oth- er denominations are a party to the objections to this Americanization amendment. Let us hear who they are. Name them and let them ad- vance their reasons for s?) believing. The distinguished gentlemen is the only one who has come out against the amendment, who has of- fered to “go forth and show his friends that this amendment is cow- ardly and un-American." To Prof. Ferris, Father Command, Rev. Cochran, Bishop Gallagher, Dr. Vance, Charles McKenny, Frederick C. Martindale, Dr. Hall, and all oth- er parochial school proponents, we make the following proposal, which we recommend they accept. Inas- much as Prof. Ferris says this amend- ment is cowardly and un-American. we will let the reader supply the proper term to be applied to Mr. Fer- ris, if he does not accept the follow- ing offer to give all the people both sides of the question and let the peo- ple decide for themselves. Our of~ for is as follows: 1st.——Each side writes 1,500 words of declaration of principles. 2nd.—Exchange briefs. 3rd.—Each write 1,500 words in rebuttal. 4th.—Publish them together, each paying half of the expense and re- ceiving one—half of the copies. We believe the whole problem could be settled by people reading both sides of this question. If Mr. Ferris and the others were sincere when they made their respect— ive statements, they will unquestion- ably accept our offer. The gentlemen mentioned above are rather distinguished; while the writer. not even an eight grader, will undertake to present our side of the Ferris is going forth Detroit. question, in the firm belief that the A TEACHERS ‘rm‘ws 0N“, superior justice of our cause. will more than offset the fine rhetoric and sophistry of the above mentioned distinguished gentlemen and scholars. :as. Hamilton. RIGHT TO EDUCATE CHILDREN IN PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS Having just read the letter of J. B., of Kent county abbut “Abolish Parochial Schools” must say that he is either narrow-minded or has just looked at one side of the question. This country fought once for free- dom of right and religion and it is our right to educate our children in a parochial school if we wish. About things being taught behind closed doors, that is not so, at least in the Catholic parochial schools. I am of the opinion that the other parochial schools are the same. You do not have to go to the parochial schools of any sect to find the pro-Germans. Right in our own country our worst pro-Germans are people educated in public schools. I do not think that any school has any influence on any child’s patriotic opinion if the par- ents are true Americans so are the children no matter what they are taught in school. In our parochial school at Vernon you will find as many non-Catholics as Catholics and our friend J. B. would be welcome to visit that school at any time. I think you will find the scholars of these schools farther advanced than in our rural schools and our children are taught music. cooking and can take up any branch or subject they wish. Of course they are taught our religion, but that is our right. We do not compel non- Catholics in our schools to accept our faith but they must respect it while in school. Our children are also taught to defend our country and our boys were the first to take part in this late war. So do you think when we know that all these reports are false about our schools that we would stand by and see our schools abolished. I say no, nor could you expect us to. So let us look at both sides instead of read- ing some 'books or papers that tell these false stories about our paro- chial schools. " Our public schools we must have and will give our help to maintain them. But we want our parochial schools, too. Every child should be in regular attendance at some school In our school at Vernon the scholars must be there every day as the Sis- tors are very strict about a child be— ing absent without a good excuse. Hope to see more express themselves on this matter. We like the M. B. F. as it is the only paper for us.— E‘. B.. Isabella County. “@Z’VVQ ek'S Editorial COX MAKES A PROMISE The promise made by Governor Cox that if elected he will appoint a “dirt farmer” to be secretary of ag- riculture was made in part, of course for its value in the campaign. Secretary Houston, who recently vacated the office, is an educator who specialized in economics and college administration. In' one aspect that is not bad preparation for a secre- tary of agriculture, for the depart- ment is an educational establish- ment among other things. Segretary Wilson, who held the office for so many years, was a farmer part of the time. Before him came Nor- man Coleman, the first of all, and he was a farmer before he was sec-‘ retary 'and for many years after- ward, though he probably gave more time to his farm paper than to his farm. All of these men had exper- ience that was valuable in office and some of the experience that they did not get in farming was as valuable as any that was acquired while they were next to the land. The fact is that the secretary of ag- riculture oughtto be an all around ‘ Free __ Press. , man and an administrator. He ought to have the kind of mind that will understand farm problems and if he has had direct experience with farm problems so much the better. If he has had no other kind of exper- ience he may find that taking charge of a department that numbers its em- ployes by the thousand is not the kind of a job he is cut out for. The problem of finding a good sec- retary of agriculture is like that which every great corporation faces when it is looking for a president. Technical men of every grade and kind, whether they be dirt farmers, . bell will support the man that I hop ~will be president. steel experts, automobile engineers, I ac-tuaries or what not can be found, but the man who can take all of the experts and all of the men who are not expert and make them work to- gether to some useful purpose is rare and precious. Such a man should be secretary of agriculture, and if he is .a practical farmer actually engaged in farming so much the better, but the possibilities are that any man. whois big enough for the job will have a variety of interests, of which farming will be only one.'——Detroit . fundamentals of Americanism, name- .' ‘or girl an education. rwill not appear on the ballot in Nov- , n SCHOOL AMENDMDENT' " Speaking of the school amend ment, no, you are not “lined the wrong side of this question; Mr. Lamb says you are. ‘But have he is the one who is sadl'ygz‘iit informed. You need not consult. priest in any one ‘of the Cathol faith on this question but onlyfo‘ls low the dictates of an unprqdjudiced, conscience, and it will tell any true, American follower of Washington and Lincoln which side to choose‘h the controversy. Mr. Lamb need not worryabout the Pope forcing himself on any one. much less, bigots. He is only zeal? one that Catholics in America receive the inalienable right to life, liberty : and the pursuit of happiness. Catholics have no fault to find with 7 the public schools. They are excel-4 lent and our nation could not en- dure without them. In fact I am a teacher in one of them. I am also a graduate of the hated parochial ‘- schools. And in view of that fact ‘ I am still a true blue American. I do not feel that my education has 1 been impaired by my attendance at ‘ the parochial school. Parochial teachers are efficient in every respect. They teach the very 1y, love of country and brotherly love. They do not teach the latest fads in dancing, sex study, etc., but. they do teach religion. And that is" the only thing that bigots really see wrong with the parochial schools. My farmer friends. this amend- ment spoken of is a strict violation of the constitution, also of the North West Ordinance of 1787, which pro- vides that “schools and the means of education shall forever be encour- aged." Parochial schools as well as _. public are "schools and the means of education” and who has the right to abolish them? I should say “No one has.” We haven't too many schools that we can afford to close 1 any. Let us be fair-minded! We need public schools, parochial schools and every school that can give a boy It was only a few months ago that our boys went overseas to rid’for-' eign countries of autocracy. And while our boys were enduring the horrors of war the very seeds of an- tocracy were sown here in Michigan. The falling heroes in the great war have thrown the torch of education, religious liberty and rights of prop- - erty to us to hold high, and if we break faith with them who die they shall not sleep though poppies grow in Flander's fields. ' Lastly, it has been officially an- nounced by Secretary of State Vaughan. that the school amendment is unconstitutional and therefore, ember. Now I do not know what Mr. Lamb will do for his “happy time" he is planning on having in November. But I know of twoau- . thentic dates in November for every, American to celebrate—Armistice Day and Thanksgiving Day.-—S. M.” Mt. Pleasant. Mick. WANTS CAMPBELL NOMINAme I do not know that Milo D. Campvr I do not know that he could have: prevented the grasshopper plague in Michigan. . I do know that I like some of h views. ' I I do know that I think he wi make_Michigan a good Governor. I do know that I havea email fruit farm in Benzie county, gan. ‘ I do know that I have not so vote in Michigan. . I do know that I want to s Milo D. ,Campbell, therefore it "~ closed $10 tomgB. Cook tor bell-to-r-Governor Gums. Chicago. Illinois;- ‘ ‘ ' .1} ‘U {’51: - g ‘ II", mm L 3y lilllllllllllllllllllilllllIllIlllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllIlIllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll I How I Made Threshing Day Work Lighter Write and tell me how you did it. Threshing day is one of the busiest days in the year for' the farm wife if she has the men to a meal and if any of our readers have found a way to lighten “the work on that day would like to pass it on to oth- ers. Maybe you do certain things the day before or you may have certain menus or some other way that reduces the work. Just write me .a :5 common letter telling how you - ‘- do it. For the best letter re- ceived on this question I will pay $2, and the second best letter (BL—CLARE NORRIS. Wis; W Imzmmuusmnu mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmhmmmm L llllllllllllllilllllllllllllIllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfi - HE FACT that the bankers are tightening up on their loans does ' not necessarily mean a panic—- in fact they are very optimistic about it—they say, and it certainly sounds reasonable—that no more money will be lent to firms or corporations for the buying of luxuries—unless they V have sufficient capital to advance the price or pay when it is due—they will have Mto stop buying. This applies to high priced articles of clothing, toilet articles, etc. In the past two years the stores have loaded up—prices have soared ——the people have paid the price, and the stores were able to meet all their obligations with few failures. Now the tide has turned—the stores which are stocked with high priced silks, etc., are all advertising sales. Oh, don’t let their advertisements delude you—it isn't that they want to re- duce the high cost of living, but that the banks are calling for their mon- ey—and they must meet their obli— gations—credit will not be longer extended and at last they are will- ing to unload these goods for about what they cost them—and as time goes on we will have more and more sales of this kind. The staple articles will not be much reduced in prices, so say the bankers, for it costs too much to pro- duce them in these days of the high cost of labor—but the luxuries are bound to be curbed. It may be a stiff dose of medicine for some of the profiteers, but we will be better off without those gougers. If you want to build a home for yourself, and have the land all paid for and about thirty per cent of the amount needed to build and you are responsible—but builders who have been building to speculate—to sell at inflated prices have found that they can’t get a dollar of credit at the banks, and private individuals who used to be able to borrow 50 per cent of the valuation of their building after the place was-all clear, have found that they cannot get such a high loan now. This is ing felt in the building world, and is doubtless responsible for some of the shortage of houses, but not whol- ly, for while materials are as high as now, unless one has unlimited means, can do the building themselv- es. or are driven to it, they will not build while labor and mateiial re- . main so high. And it is the women of the house- hold to whom this problem of hous- ing their families satisfactorily—of “strongly, therefore we shall watch , terest. FPOLITICAL CALENDAR FOR THE _ ‘ -BALANCE OF 1920 “Women get into the parties!" , “August—Primary election, last Tuesday (31st). To nominate can- jid to for the ethos of governor, lieu- ‘ ’t governor, state senators and ,ressntatives, congressmen. - >1 .1 “elective. county offices except ‘ be careful .making improvements appeals most . e trend of affairs with a great deal ‘ ~ A D epartment fer the We’men EDITED BY CLARE NORRIS county commissioner of school. To choose delegates to county conven- tion. September and October—Re—reg- istration of all qualified voters in townships and cities with\a popula- tion of 10,000 or over; in others if so ordered by local legislative au- thority. This re-registration must be completed on the third Saturday preceding the next general November election (October 16, 1920.) October—County convention, at the call of the county committee To chose dele— gates to the state convention. State convention at the call of the state committees. mmmmmlmmummummmmnnmc |lIlllll|llllll|llll|l|I[IllllllllllIIllIIllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllmmllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll"Lg- Weekly Cheer Sing and the world’s harmonious, Grumble and things go wrong; And all the time You’re out of rhyme \Vlth the busy. bustling throng. jams syrup can be used in place of sugar with good results. And in can- ‘ ning there are a number of fruits that can be put up without sugar, such as peaches, plums, cherries and Ferries of all kinds except strawber- ries and red raspbernies. The can should be opened a short time before serving and the sugar added and in many cases I have found the fruit has a more natural flavor, and it doesn’t take as much sugar. In using syrup (in jelly-you must . be very careful because it is apt g to get waxy'but g in conserves and g jams it works E very nicely. ' g Peach Conserves g 3 pounds of E To nominat e peaches. candidates f o r filllllllllllllllllIIIlIlIllIlIlllllllllllIIIlIlllllllllilllllllllllllI|IllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllHuh? 2 gmau orang— state offices not - es (rind and provided for in the August primary election. To nominate presidential electors. November—~General election, first Tuesday after the first Monday, 2nd. To choose—— Presidential electors. Congressmen. State officers. State senators and representatives. County officers. (Arranged by Bertha C. Buell, of Citizenship Committee, League of Women Voters, Headquarters 106 Pingree Ave., Detroit, Mich.) HOME COOKING (Contributed by Miss Mathes'on) HE MOST common ways of pre- Tserving foods are canning, dry- ‘- ing, preserving, pickling and jelly making. Fruits for a good many years have been put away for wint— er use, using one of these methods for a number of years. But vege- tables that could not be stored in the cellar has had to be either sold or thrown away. The great demand for food, for the last few years, has taught us many things and the can- ning of vegetables has taken a de- cided increase. The cold pack canning has been taught throughout the country and if the directions are carried out care- fully there is no reason why any one couldn’t make a success of it. Just in selecting your vege- tables never using them if they have stood over a day. And one thing, don't be frightened if the can is not full of water after you remove if from the clanner. The vegetables will keep; never fill the can with water. let it remain as it is. The question that we are facing as we come to the canning season is the high cost and shortage of sugar. and it certainly is a serious one. For the use of fruits in our diet is very nec- essary for they contain acids and juice.) 1 Cup dates, cut in small pieces. 1-4 lb. walnut meats. 1 1-2 cups syru-p‘ (commercial.) 1-2 cup seeded raisins. Remove skins from» peaches, stone and cut in pieces. Add syrup, rais- ins, finely chopped oranges and dates and water to cover. Cook slowly for about one hour until thick. Add nuts five minutes before removing from the fire. The dates may be omitted. .- Put in jelly glasses and seal with paraffin. Ginger Pear 1-2 lb. ginger root. 4 oranges, 3 lemons, rind. 8 lbs. sugar. 1 pint water. 8 lbs. pears, weighed after, pared andcored. ‘ _ . . . . Cook the ginger, orange and lem- on peel with the water until tender then add the sugar, orange and lem- on juice and cook until the sugar is dissolved then add the pears chop- ped coarse and cook slowly for two. hours. Seal in cans or jelly glasses. juice and BUTTONS AND MATCH BOXES GREAT TOYS FOR KIDDIES By Carolyn Sherwin Bailey 0 YOU remember that long ago day when you put the dolls and dishes up in the attic, because you had outgrown them, and how you shed a tear of two because you had? Never mind; I know a young lady who earns a lot of pin money mak— ing toys that sell. There are always the kiddies at home or next door for whom you can make play materials. Button Dolls Get those white bone buttons that have two large holes for sewing them on; they are the heads of these quaint paper dolls. Glue a button to a body that you cut from rather heavy card- board. The holes ingthe button, with the cardboard mineral salts that help pur- ify the blood and build up the bony tis- sues of o'ur‘ bodies. In a great many cases, especially in the making of preserves and There's a. wondrous smell of spices In the kitchen, Most bewitchln’: t There are fruits, out into slices That Just set the palate ltchin'; There’. the sound of spoon on plotter And the rattle and the clatter; And a bunch of kids are hutin' To the splendid Joy of tutlu’: It's the fragrant time of year When fruit cannin’ days are here. There’s a good wife gnyly smilln’ And perspirin’ A si‘m°an”i.‘““'ifi h ’a‘ llln' n w e on r I o :D ' And the nooks 0’ them ‘phe'sr_w.irln' Used with permission Edgar A. Guest. back of them a l l o w i o r ~ painting a pair of most ex- pressive eyes, and the other features are painted on the bone itse l f. ' Dress the s 9 button dolls in I’m ‘3 sittin' here an’ dreamin’ 01' the k°ttles that are steamin" And the cares that have been troublin’ All have, vanished in tho bubblln' I am happy that 'Im hero .. As the oannin’ time of your. Lord, I’m sorry for the fell°r - That‘i. missln' All this hissln' 0f the Juices, red and yoller, And can never sit and listen To the rattle and theolottor Of the sound of spoo on platter. ' I am sorry for th' Fowl:th missing thrill and tingle of the tillers! your ’ ‘ When "the canton: hero, ,lished at an early age. llllnllllllllllllllllllllIlllllIIllllllil“Illlmllllllllmllllllllllllllllllllllllllfllllllfllml What are the 0 Women Asking? I g V We want to know what the farm women of _Michigan are thinking about—what‘questions they are asking—about house, farm, their husbands or their children problems.. Let's get - this big family of 60,000 wo- men readers talking it over. In order to give you an idea to start on I am suggesting “How I Made Threshing Day Work Lighter.” To get live. questions which women want discussed on this page I will I“ pay $1 for each question I use for a future prize letter contest. mmnnunnmmmmnmummmnmumnnmnmmmmmmummmmmunmummmmmré 43mm or IlllllllllIllllllllllIlljllllllllIllllllIIIllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllm character using other scraps or some crepe paper. They lend them- selves to all sorts of different characterization, such as babies, ke'w- pies, soldiers, clowns, fairy tale he- roes and heroines, old folks. Match Box Furniture The small boxes, lined with thin ' wood, that hold matches will make the foundation for delightful d'ol'ls' house furniture. Glue, scraps of cretonne and'chintz in a small flow- ered pattern and hand silk are all that you need. Glue together three or four match boxes so that the boxes will pul) out like drawers; finish with a cretonne ruffle and a piece glued to the top, and you have a bureau. . One of the boxes with the cover glued upright to the end makes the dolls’ bed. Make diminutive bedding for it, a valance of cretonne, and a curtain of the same for the head. Cut one of the boxes in half, glue it, inverted inside the cover and you have a high backed chair that you will be able to uph-olster in silk or cretonne charmingly. FOOD FOR GROWTH ROM A bulletin issued by the de- Fpartment of interior the follow- ing suggestions have been select- ed as important to consider in the selection of food best suited for the growth of the child. - The child is the adult of tomorrow. The kind of food a child has today determines, to a considerable extent, the fitness of the future citizen. Good food habits should be estab- Meals should be taken at regular times; plenty of water should be taken between the meals; a child should be taught to like things that are good for him; plenty of time Should be allowed for meals; a child should not be allow to eat when angry or cross. ‘ A child should not be allowed to make his entire meal from one or two articles. He needs a variety of foods to supply all kinds of groWing material. > v Milk shouldform an important part of the food. for the growing child. No other; food can takg its place. age should have at least three cups a day. Milk slightly warm is more easily digested than cold. If a child rebels against taking milk alone, it be given in the form of cocoa. * milk soups, custards, etc. Tea and coffee should not be given to' child- ren at all.~ '- , Very little meat need be given be- fore the seventh year where plenty of milk and. an egg 9. day'are. in- cluded in the diet of the child. [Do not allow more than two‘ ounces daily for a child from seven to ten “years; three ounces dailyfor a child from ten to fourteen years.. When ‘ meat and eggs .cannot - be, used because of scarcity or ‘cost, the should contain a . quart. or milk - * wi diet V th 1998... orgheanwv-snupgygpgnf.’ A child over five years of _ , . use-a ' Ilshallfnever‘have! “More magic," the miured, as Francis, emce, said: I _“Mr. Bascom will undoubtedly ar- ' rive back in half an hour. This is Morgan talking—Francis Morgan. ‘ Mr. Bascom left for his office not five minutes ago. When he arrives, tell him thatI have started for his of- .flce and shall not be more than five minutes behind him. This is import- ant. Tell him I am on the way. Thank you. Good bye.” ‘ . Very naturally, with all the wond- ers of the great house yet to be show her, the Queen betrayed her disap- pointment when Francis told her he must immediately depart for a place called Wall Street. “What is it?" she asked, with a pout of displeasure, “that drags you away from me like a slave?" “It is business—and very import- ant,” he told her with a smile and a kiss. ‘And what is Business that 'it should have power over you who are a king? Is business the name of your god whom all of you worship as, the Sun God is worshipped by my people?" He smiled at the almost perfect appositeness of her idea saying. : Queen mur- getting“ Bascom's “It is the great American god. Also, is it a very terrible god. and when it slays it slays terrible and swiftly.” “And you have incurred its dis- pleasure?" she queried. _ "Alas. yeS, though I know not how. I must go to Wall Street " “Which is its altar?" she broke in to ask. ' “Which is the altar,” he answer- ed. “and where I must find out wherein I have offended and where- in I may placate and make amends.” His hurried attempt to explain to her the virtues and functions of the maid he had wired for from Colon, scarcely interested her, and she broke him off by saying that evident— ly the maid was similar to the Indi- an. women who had attended her in the Valley of Lost Souls, and that she had been accustomed to person- al service 'ever since she was a little girl learning English and Spanish from her mother in the house on the lake. But when Francis caught up his hat and kissed her, she relented and wished him luck before the altar. After several hours of amazing ad- ventures in her own quarters, where the maid, a Spanish-speaking French woman, acted as guide and mentor, and after being variously measured and gloated over by a gorgeous wo- man who seemed herself a queen, and who was attended by two young women, and who, in the Queen’s mind was without doubt summoned to serve her and Francis, she came back down the grand stairway to in- vestigate the library with its myster- i‘Ous telephones and ticker. Long she gazed at the ticker and listened to its irregular chatter. But she, who could read and write Eng- lish and Spanish, could make nothing of the strange hieroglyphics that grew miraculously on the tape. Next, she explored the first of the tele- phones.- Remembering how Francis had listened, she put her ear to the transmitter. Then, recollec-ting his use of the receiver, she took it off its hook ‘and placed it to her ear. The voice, unmistakably a womans sounded so near to her that in her startled surprise she dropped the re- ceiver and recoiled. At this moment Parker, Francis'cld valet, chanced toenter the room. ‘She had not ob- served his carriage, and, so immac- ulate was his-dress, so dignified his carriage, that she mistook him for a friend of Francis rather than a servitor—a friend similar to Bas« com who had met them at the sta- tion with Francis’ machine, ridden ‘ inside with them as an equal,»yet departed with Francis’ commands in his ears which it was patent he was obe . ' to At syight of Parker's solemn face she laughed with embarrassment and “‘ointed inquirineg to the telephone. golemnly he picked upthe receiver, urmured “a mistake,” into the “smitten: andlhung up. Inthose ” ' s the Queen’s'th .ug‘ht ’ ties. ’No 'lgo ’s or . ‘ rein , x ., n , nd' herself whom ‘Parker merely stiffened up more stiffly, assumed a s'olemner expres- sion and boWed. ‘ "There is a woman concealed in the house,” she charged with quick words. “Her voice speaks there in that thing. She must be in the next room—" “It was central," Parker attempt- ed to stem-the flood of her utter— ance. "I care not what her name is," the Queen dashed on. “I shall have no other woman but myself in my house. Bid her begone. I am very angry." Parker was even stifler and sol- emner and a new mood came over her. Perhaps this dignified gentle- man was higher than she had sus- pected in the hierachy of the lesser kings, she thought. 'Almost might be an equal king with Francis, and she had treated him peremptorin as less, as much less. She caught him by the hand in her impetuousness noting his reluctance, drew him over to the sofa, and made him sit beside her. To add to Park- er's discomflture, she dipped into a box of candy and began to feed him chocolates, closing his mouth with the sweets every time he opened it to protest. “Come,” she said, when she had almost choked him, “is it the cus- tom of the men of this country to be polygamous?” , I Parker was aghast at such raw- ness of frankness. “Oh, I know the meaning of the word," she assured him. “So I re— peat: is it» the custom of the men of this country to be polygamous?” ‘ ciate. 3;: lie man’aged to enun- “Th’at'voice you heard is not the voice of..a woman in this house, but the voice of a'woman miles away who is your.servant, or is anybody’s servant who desires to talk over the telephone." “She is a slave of the mystery?" the Queen questioned, beginning to get a glimmer of the actuality of the matter. “Yes,” he husband’s valet admit- ted. “She is a slave of the tele- phone.” “0f,the flying speech?" “Yes, madam, call it that, of the flying speech.” He was desperate to escape from a situation unprecedent- ed in his entire career. "Come I will show you, madam. This slave of the flying speech is yours to command both by night and day. If you wish, the slave will enable you to talk with your husband, Mr. Morgan—" “Now?” Parker nodded, arose, and led her to the telephone. “First of all," he instructed, “you will speak to the slave. The instant you take this down and put it to your ear, the slave will respond. It is the slave‘s invariable way of say— ing ‘number?’ Sometimes she says it, ‘Number? Number?’ And some- times she is ve‘ry irritable." “When the slave has said 'Number’ then do you say ‘Edystone 1292,’ whereupon the slave will say ‘Eddy- stone 1292?’ and then you will say, ‘Yes, please—’ ” “To a slave I shall say ‘please’? she interrupted. “Yes, madam, for these slaves of the flying speech are peculiar slaves that one never sees. I am not a 2 . -, dam; exceptser— n 910 _ , man, -Who’ is gymflefl LEW” @0195 first one, will say to. you, . is I wish'to :« Eddystone 1292,’ and? you'wi .‘ ‘I am Mrs. Morgan, I , with Mr. Morgan, who is I-think, Mr. Bascom's private ofl’icelg I then you wait, maybe fpr a half in; ; ute, or for a minute, and the” - Morgan will begin to talk to‘ “From miles and miles awra “Yes, madam—just as if in the next room. And when Morgan says ‘Goodbye,’ you will. ‘Goodbye' and hang up as you 11%;; seen me do." ‘ " And all that Parker had told her: came to pass as she carried out hi instructions. The two different slav es obeyed the magic of the numbing she gave them, and Francis talked? and laughed with her, begged hen? not to be lonely ,and promised to b6 home not later than five that aftera noon. - ‘ Meanwhile and throughout th;‘ day, Francis was a very busy an ; perturbed man. “What secret enemy have you?” Bascom again and again demanded._ while Francis shook his head in 1114 tility of conjecture. : (Continued next week) ()HEERING WORDS I have been a reader of the M. B. F. for several years. I consider its valuable paper as it stands for the interests of the farmer and not the millionaire. It is always a welcome, visitor in our home—B. 0., Lapeer ' County. Look for the ROWENA trade-mark on thesack' striction. eliminated. THE SIGN OF QUALITY Positively the Finest Flour Milled in America The making of fine flour into bread—known for as the “staflc of lif most people realize. This can safely be done with Lily. White “The Flour the Best Cooks Use” ,' l I because it is positively the finest article of flour that , v is produced in Michigan. LILY WHITE has been the reliance of real home-making wo- men for‘three generations. Countless women have made, and still are achieving, proud reputations for their skill at baking, by using this flour. The choicest selection of wheat is used. It is subjected to num- erous cleanings and scourings before being ground and milled. An astonishing amount of dirt and undesirable materials are Completed, after close expert inspection at all stages, the flour is supremely fine, white, clean and beautiful. That is why it makes such delicious, palatable and enjoyable bread, biscuits and pastry. ‘ Be a~LILY WHITE FLOUR user. It is guaranteed without re- VALLEY "CITY MILLING co. GRAND RAPIDS,- MICHIGAN “Millers for Sixty Years" e”——is a more scientific process than They take flour for granted. ages _ EAR CHILDREN: Only a law more weeks and then school be- ‘ gins. Are you sorry or are you glad! When I was little and lived on the farm it seemed as it the months during the vacation time was the shortest months in the you. ,.Does it seem that way to you, boys and girls? ~ Boys. do you remember the story and pictures of Raymond Buckman and the cup which he as Junior Waylon Corn Grower at Michigan (or 1919 that we printed in the front part oi! M. B. F. last May? He lived in Macomb county and raised one “hundred and sixteen bushels of corn on an acre otground, and was only twelve years old. Remember it? Well, I would like to have you boys write to me and tell me if you have a corn club in your neighborhood and if you belong to it, how your corn is» growing and everything. If you don’t have a corn club in your neighborhood tell me about what you have planted on the farm this year and what you are going to do with the money when you sell it. Now girls, do you remember that in the story I just ask the boys the girl's canning club? How one girl canned over twelve hundred quarts in one year. If you have a canning club I would like to have you write me about it. If you haven’t any such club but have canned it, will you? If you don’t remember the story I speak about ask papa or mama, or find the May first issue of the M. B. F. and look on page 4. Affe-ct‘ionate- ly yours—‘—AUNT CLARE. . EARNING MONEY (c O-O-HO—O-O, Skin-n-a— a~ y ! YDid you know that us boys, and the girls too, can win some of the money in the M. B. F.’s Bdg Gold Contest?” ' ' Yes girls and boys,.you can win the money as well as your mama or papa or your big brother or sister. Maybe you haven’t read about it yet. In case you haven’t I’m going to tell you something about it. We want to get a lot of new subscribers this month and are going to pay our read- ers, both children and grown-ups some money to get these subscribers for us. We have taken $100 and are going to divide it up into six prizes. The first prize is to be $50; the second prize, $25;,-the third, $10; , fourth, $5; the fifth, $5 and the sixth '1‘. $5. Now as to what you have to do “ to earn this money. First, the sub- scribers you are to get for us must .be people that do not take M. B. F. now. Second, they are to give you $25 for which they are to receive this paper irom‘now until January 1, 1921. Third, you must send the *money you get and the names and addresses or the people who gave you the money to us every Saturday. And the last names you send us must (reach. us by the first day or Septem- ber. I'l‘hen we add the names up and the one that sent in the most. '-names and money gets $50 and“‘ths' .next One gets $25, and so on. “$100 in prizes! Gee, let's get busy.’r' OUR BOYS AND GIRLS Dear Aunt Clare—This is the first time I have written to you. My father takes the M. B, F. and likes it fine. I have sewn brothers and one sister. I :[m heleven years old, Lucy Max. Alger, ic . Dear Aunt Clare—t1 am a girl ten years of age. I.will be in the sixth ade, This is the second letter I have 5" filtten to you. I would like to see my Miss Grace Groh, Pin- .ter in print. conning Mich. * ,Dear Aunt Clare—I have never writ. ten to you before. I am a girl 9 cars gold. I will be in the sixth gra Q at 001 next year. For pets I have two ‘ We~take the M. B. F. and like it nt'IClare—I have 'never writ- ... .ore.’ humanist-8 years. will be 10 year. old the 8th 1 the 'reu ’9 about, there was a little story about- something this summer tell me about en'- e .II'Cm .l. Muskrat Champion OW WOULD you like to live in a house that is washed away every spring so that you would have to build a new » ‘ *" one for the next winter? 'That is ',. what the muskrat' ‘ _ does. ’ He has two hous— . es, though- In. the summer he and Mrs. Muskrat live in a house dug out of the bank .0 i a stream. He starts‘ the entrance to his housebeiow the wa- ter and digs up into the bank until he is above high water line. Then he starts making a sort or a chamber or room in which he and his mate can live. Some- times these holes cause a lot of troub- le. No end of dams and levees have been washed out because the Water got to seeping through the holes leading to Mr. Muskrat's home and soon grew into a hole which wiped out the dam. When winter comes, Muskrat and his mate travel to some swampy‘place where they and several of their rel- atives build another sort of a house, a little conical affair made !" reeds and clay and looking much like the beaver’s house only smaller. The of March. We have 5 cows and horses and 3 calves, For pets we have a dog and three cats. Will close for this fitneh. Mildred Wheeler Fife Lake, 10 . {W0 Dear Aunt Clare—I am a girl 12 years old and am in the‘eigh‘h grade next year. I am sending a picture of a little overall boy. I live on an 80 acre farm. We have 3 head of horses and 6 milk cows and 6 caIVes. For a pet I have a dog named Buster. Leota Lamb, Lake City. Mich., R 2. Dear Aunt Clare—J like the Child-- ren's page the best of all. I will be i the 4th grade at school next car, have two brothers and one sister. I live on a farm of 70 acres. An aeroplane slit on my father’s field about two weeks ago, I hope my letter will be in print. Adaline Alice Zylman, Vicksburg, Mich. Dear Aunt Clare—I have never writ- ten to you. I am a girl ten years old. I have five brothers and three sisters. I will be in the fifth grade next year. My father takes the M. B, F, and likes it very well. I like to read the Children’s page. I live on a 100 acre farm. As my A'l‘ ’5 i321 T V ' ‘ ‘33} ,, herself. ‘ “339113392 WNW. u,‘ . |,. Whites? they? . N. Vin .a-lu CI ' 1'. .l-. '", J...- Builder; Two Homes Every By J. H. DHLLAR DY WATR' : Mabel is her vacation, and is wondering what to .doto arouse On the trees are represented four things which usually please "“—.~.“--— ~- -— -' "-3.4"! a -. i.- Year root to this home too is underground. In one of these houses several tami- lies of muskrats spend the winter. , In the springlthis house is washed away by the floods, and Mr. Muskrat is too, it he doesn’t get out in time. He then moves some- bank or the stream and builds or rath- er digs his summer home. _ He is oi brown- ish color, shading from a black brown on his back to a chestnut brown on his sides. His tail is ‘black, almost blue on the under side. This tail is a very interesting afiair. It is flattened sideways into the shape of a paddle and fringed with still hairs. Mr. Muskrat uses it as a tool with which to swim. This tail takes up more than a third of Mr. Musk- rat's length. He is usually about twenty-one inc-hes long, so you see, his tail is something over seven inch- es in length. He needs it, too, for the greatest portion of his existence is passed in the water and f9r that reason he needs a good strong swim- ming instrument. Il|lll|llllllllllll|IlliU|lllIlilllilillllllllilllllllillllllllII!IlllllllllllllIlllllllllllliIlllilllllilllllllllllIIIIlillillIllIllllllllilllllilllllillfllllllillIlllillilll . letter is getting long I will close, hoping to see my letter in print. Paulina Weber, Freeland, Mich. Dear Aunt Clare--This is the first time I have written to you. We take the M. B. F. and like it very much. We live on an 80 acre farm. For my pets I have a calf and a pig. I hope to “(tin a. prize for my horse and see my lette in rint. I am a boy 12 years of age. Igarry Madzelna, Mesick, Mich., R I. Dear Aunt Clare—I have never writ- ten to on before. My father takes the M. . I like to read the Children’s page, I am a girl 12 years old. I go to school nearly every day. I will be in the seventh grade next year. For pets I have three cats. I will close hop- ing to see my letter in print. Clara Weber, Freeland, Mich. \ Dear Aunt Clare—I am a girl 15 years old and am I too old to join in with the rest of you? I hope to be a school teacher when I grow up. I am in the tenth grade and like to go to school very much. I can tat and crochet and do some plain knitting. like to exchange some tating patterns ‘0 a!ll|ill||[IllllIIlillllllllllIlllllllIIIilllIllIlill||llll"IllIIIIIIililllllllillilllnlllilmillllllilIll]IiIIllllllllllllllillllIlllllllilllllllllllflllllilillIllllHill][Iill|HllllIllllll|llill|llill|i|lllll|lllIi|llIllli|lllIllllIlllillllllilillillillillig humannulmmmumnumunuummmmmmmmmmunummuummmunnmmliumnmnmnIum:ummnumnnmlmmmnmmmuvmmmmnun I/ x x.‘ - 1 § . ‘ ‘u . \“\\\\ .m- x . c-Cl.‘ .._._, Hr. where out along the ' '0:- Viva . .n"‘ on I "i 23 #1- 4‘5: xiii?" 5"“- .ncv.‘ with some of the We and I'll send them some of mine. a live on a 40 acre farm. For pets I have sales. and tour We have a car and my brother has a motorcycle _with a side car and sometimes he takes me to ride with him. My father takes the M. B. F. and likes it very mu . W111 some of the girls write to ,me I will be yery sin. to hear from them. Will close with best wishes to all. Fern Rosella Harrington. Dorr, Mich. v ' Ix‘i‘i‘m“ y 40-39 In ‘ . ' on 8' farm ahaltmiletromtown.lem Mutt and Jet which I have drawn —-Iis.sel Johnson. Newam. Mich- Ol- Dear Aunt (Haze—I am a girl 9 years old, lellbe la-shsmurthgrade next year. My father takes the M. B. F. and lites it v much. ,1 live on a farm of 99,, acres. e have 8 and 6 cows and 16 pigs. This is the first time I have written to you. I hope to see my letter in rint. Bernice Sartwell. Hes- perio. Mi igan, R 1. Dear Aunt Clare—I am a girl nine years old and .I live on a farm of 120 acres. I read the letters in the M. B. F. and enioy reading them ve much. I live with my grandma. I hep all I I am learning to make cake and We have seventy little chick- ens. I help talae care 0% tliem.I all): it: th fourth gra e at so 00. o e: my letter in print. Gladys Gulick. Shaftsburg, -Mich. Dear Aunt Clare—I am a girl eleven years old and I like to read the M . F. especially the Childrens Page. My father takes the M. B. F, and likes it very much. I do not live On a farm. I live in town_ I will be in the sixth grade next year. I hope to see my let- ter in print. This is the first time I have written to ou. I will have to close to leave room or others. Elsie Wells, Midland, Mich. can. to iron, Dear Aunt Clare—I have just been reading the boys and girls letters and am very interested in the Childrens I-Iour. I wrote once before but my let- ter was not in print. I'am a girl nine years old and in the 5th grade, For pets I have three rabbits and two cats I have one brother and one sister. will close, hoping to see my letter . in print. Lydia Mae Osborne, Mason. Mich. . Dear 'Aunt Clare—This i the first I have written you.’ I am eeven years old and will be in-the sixth grade next year. We take the M. B. F. I read the Children’s Hour and enjoy it very much, We girls went in swimming the other da and the.pony went in with us. He on eye swimming as much as we do. I am sending a picture of him and we three girls in the cart. Virginia Sutton, Bancroft, Mich., R 1. Dear Aunt Clare—This is the. first time I hava written to you. My father takes the M, F. and likes it fine. I am eleven years old and weigh 108 pounds, I help my father with the hay- ing. We own a farm of 250 acres. I have two sisters and two brothers. We have an Overland car. For pets we have five kittens and a dog. I hope to see this letter in print. Olive Fraleigh. Jeddo, Mich. Dear Aunt Clare—This is my first letter to you. I am in the third grade ’and I am 8 years old. I have one milb and a half to go to school. My father takes the M. B. F, and likes it fine. We have 200 acres of land,‘6 horses and 18 cows. 4 calves and 44 sheep. We keep one hired man, We live 18 miles from Muskegon. Will close, hoping'to ‘see my letter in kpilot. Mildred Pierson, Mus- ‘kegon. M Dear Aunt Clare—Ibis is the first time I have written to you. I like to read the boys and girls letters very much. I live on a 120 acre farm in Fraser township, Bay county. I the following little venue * the other day and I send it in. Perhapg some. like to read it. If this escapes the waste basket I will. write again and send in another one. Beatrice McKeon, Pint conning. Mich.,, 2. Twas midnight on the ocean Net. a street car was in sight The forest fire burned dimly bright It rained all day that night. ‘T’was a winter’s day in August The. snow was sleet!ng"fast. When. a barefoot boy with shoes on Stood sitting in the grass. Dear Aunt Clare—I am a. girl 11 years old and in the 6th grade_- For pets I have a dog and a cat. We live on a 20 acre tarm and We also have. 3, horses read :1 a .naper I would and 2 news. I am going to write a true story 045 my. wren. Will close. .hoo- ing to see my letter _in.print. Stanley Bangor, 'Michi,’ It ~ - My Wren and I . Once I. heard a wren out by the gar- den and it was trying to find a place to build her nest. so I ‘went and made ' a little.an house. and out a pan -on the Miss. Douise ‘ post near by- and nailed the house to the post and went back and sat ,down to. watch. and soon‘she'had “built her nest and layer] her and than it didn‘t ' 806m:de ~5'heforo . V - (Wfimwme a). . agood steers in Chicago last week Was $14.50; this price was'35 Cents low- or than the week before (and $1.75 lower than for the same week‘ last year. Detroit got a liberal‘run' ‘of cattle on Monday of the, current week- and the outlook favors further price recessions locally in this de- partment. The demand fer yearling cattle of good quality is strong in all markets and current receipts are far short of the' demand of this kind. The demand for dressed beef show- ed. a marked improvement last week over the week before which contain- ed a string of Jewish holidays. On Friday of last week, carcasses of beef which carried good quality, were from $1 to $2.50 per cwt. high- er in casterncitlee than on the‘same day of the week before. Kosher beef took, a big jump all around the mar- ket circle; these conditions had a marked effect upon the sale of cat— tle. Beginning a week ago last Monday and continuing.,up to the present, the spread between high grade killing cattle has steadily in- creased until it is a fact that some of the poorer grades of canning cattle will little more than pay freight and shipping expenses. In Chicago and western markets the dividing line in the steer division is at about $14.50 per cwt, Kansas City is about the only market that is getting grass cat- tle that yield satisfactory dressing percentages. The chief drawback, connected with .the purchase of the grass cattle just at this time, is the uneven quality which they show; killers find it very hard to estimate the “yield” of these cattle so they Eloy safe by buying them very low. or some weeks to come, prime kill- tng cattle will gain in value and the kind that invoice only hide and bones will continue to work lower. Veal calves are fine under moderate re- ceipts. Stock cattle are sharply lower. The outlook for the sheep and lamb trade is decidedly bad at this writing and nothing but lower prices can be safely predicted. The larg- est run of the season, at the week end in Chicago and western markets, made a bad finish of a week that had shown a'trend toward lower prices from the opening on Monday 0 the close on Saturday night. The average price for fat lambs in Chi- cago last week was $15.20. Bo-th native and western range lambs showed a loss in Chicago, from the eginning to the end of last week, of 5 cents to $1.00 per cwt. Mature sheep made‘a better showing, prices aining about 25 cents per cwt. from he close of the week before. The top in Detroit. on Monday of this week was $14 forlambs, a (11‘!) of $2 per cwt. in two weeks. The wool market is still in a comatose condi- tion but there is a fair prospect of an early revival in demand. Feeding lambsare lower and slow sale at the decline. , The hog market of last week While it was rather disappointing to the men who had hogs to sell, was considered a decidedly healthy trade; or: {115.36% artists “at “ a decidedly active call? .for finished hogs, than on Monday of last week. The speculative trade in pro- visions has had a hard road to travel of late, but better things are looked for in the near future. The writer expects to see higher prices for both live hogs and hog products before the close of next month. DETROIT PRODUCE MARKET ‘Potatoes are a little lower and“ in ample supply. Cahbages are easy and there is a steady tone'in other of the vegetable deal. Berries» are-’hflarse? supply and there, is not mach doing. Butter easy and ahead- .ant. ‘ Receipts are holding up well “and consumers are not specially act- ive as purchasers. With eggs the tone,“ is firm and all receipts that-are in. good condition find competition among consumers. In the poultry deal. there is an oversupply of small broilers and consumers are not tak- ing that kind freely. The price is a little lower, but other lines hold steady and there are plenty of buy- ers for the best hens and broilers. Dressed calves and hogs are steady. Blackberries—$9 @10 per bu. Huckleberries—$9 @10 per bu. Black Currants—$11@12 per bu. Apples—~New, Michigan, $2@ 2.50 per bu. Gooseberries—$1@1.25 per 6 qt. basket. Raspberries—Red, $11 @ 12; black $9@10 per bu. Cherries—$2.75@3 per 16 quart case for sour and $3@3.25 per 16- quart case for sweet. Cabbage—4@5c per lb. Popcorn—Shelled, 100 per lb. Green Corn—50@600 per dos. Celery—Michigan, 25 @ 40c dozen. per Dressed Hogs——Light, 1 8 @ 206; heavy, 16@17c per lb. . Dressed Calves—Best, 26 @ 26c; ordinary, 20@23c per 1b. Tomatoes—Home grown, $6 @ 6.50 per bu.; hothouse, $1.25 per 7-pound basket. Cantaloupes—$5@6 per standard crate; $2.25@2.50 for flats and $4 @5 for pony crates. Live Poultry—Broilers, 48@52c; Leghorn broilers, 38@40c; hens, 36 @37c; small hens, 34@35c; roost- ers, 20@22c; geese, ,18@20c; ducks, 36@38c; turkeys, 4-0@44c per 1b. Hides—No. ‘1 cured calf, 28c; No. 1 green calf, 25c; No. 1 cured kip, 20c; No. 1 green kip, 18c; No. 1 cur- ed hides, 16c; No. 1 green hides, 130; No. 1 green bulls, 10c; No. 1 cured bulls, 13c; No. 1 horsehides, $7; No. 2 horsehides, $6. Tallow: No. 1, 80; No. 2, 6c. Sheep pelts, 25c@2.50; No. 2 hides, 10 and No. 2 kip and calf 1 1—2c off. ’ Team’s W WASHINGTON, n. rA v am WtVO. Wig-mm m.» are. 1:... 5'. i 28 and the Pacific alone- she W .......... n oer and lower - ‘- an 10. 11, 85 81: lower lakes and eastern some; 0:1,“). . as, nape. 13 19 u. I. about August 1 i v .. THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK As Forecasted by W. T. Foster for The Michigan Business Farmer CbaflfovAw 192° east quadrant The northeast and southwest quadrants will average about same temperatures as the cent- er of the storm. Big storms have a clear or partially cloudy center with dense clouds all around that center. Most precipitation falls ‘on that side of the atom which is in the direction from its center toward that part of the ocean waters from which moisture comes, Some moisture new still coming from the Gulf Mexico but most of Rooms: from Bailing Bay. Beans Ba» moisture will increase for several months and that from the Gulf of Mexico decrease. The storm threat will better than average Some great destruction ?!” will I (rein terms-am his will cover comparatively nan eso- tions. My m of storms for e' .v on July 23 was certain atoll August as weather: it‘zviil he radical. a re- ” , break in values was regain- ; edwh’ut the market cleaned up Well every day and the week ended with york weights and medium hogs but rather a slack *demand'for the heavy kinds. Chicago took a little off on Monday of this week and Detroit was higher for pigs and about 15 cents lower for it .:-when “delicious and re- freshing” mean the most. THE. Coca-COLA Comm ems-rs. ca able your cream ‘0“! 00" Prices Guaranteed for the week Send your name for weekly prices We pay shipping charges Buy now. Cairo, Ill. Low prices-made possible by Government Redwood at 102% V figure; Write today. Address Department Nam ' Big sale of 110's. 7,} McClure Co'. Saginaw, Mich. sag" Saw. fill-traces . .% mm. m “not”. ANowBookon macaw. sum HUSBAND“ .——BY-—— Will. A. BURNS A nicely illustrated book on tical methods of producing, ’ Not connected with hat. - For best results on your Poul- try» “Veal. Hose. etc. ship to CULOTTA & nmorr ' md fattening sheep and lambs are market. . ‘ Sent postpaid $1.00. lion any other, 7' ' «a.-. - for th rage I . , , _ adjoining * ‘ ‘9 ' on _‘ year. becauseof this and others given no «attention.- Is there any law or way to compel the Highway Commissioner to see-that these are cut?5He notifies me, with others every year to cut all foul stuff on my premises, but these vacant ‘ farms are let go and a menace to the », entire country. There must be some- 1 thing done at once, as the seed balls are “grits-ed now.———Subscriber, Thompsonville i c in Sections 4603, 4604, 4606, 4606, and 4607 of the C. L. of 1915 pro- vide that it shall be unlawful to al. - e l low such weeds to grow. If the own- ' er d'bes not cut them then the high- . way commissioner, overseer, or some one employed by them shall cut them 1 and the cost shall be levied as a tax. To collect the tax strict compliance ,- with the law laid down will be neces- sary. The law provides that the highway commissioner neglecting his duty may be fi=nedr.——W. E. Brown, 16- agl‘eclitor. .f SOWIN G ALFALFA Will alfalfa sown this August make hay i next summer? My land is sandy. Will it do Well on sandy soil? I have heard it i is hard on the land.. Is it?—J, M. W. Gratiot County. “As a general rule, plantings i made in early August in lower Mich- ‘ igan secure a good start before wint- j er, and furnish two cuttings of hay ( the following year. Should extraor- dinarily dry weather occur soon af- i ter planting, or 'in case of an early ‘ winter, the start made in summer and {fall may be retarded and a light stand secured. During the present season, however, we have had a good i supply of summer rain and alfalfa . seedings made in early August should I do well. Seed beds free of weeds can be prepared'at this time. Sandy land is well adapted to al- ‘ falfa if properly handled. The ap- plication of two tons of ground lime— stone or several cubic yards of marl should be made. It is important that light land be firmly packed with 1 roller or cultipacker at the time of .’ seeding. Several rollings just before : seeding, or use of the cultipacker, both before and after seeding, is ad- f vised. A light top dressing of ma- ‘ nure worked into the seed bed at the time of planting or applied in late fall, should aid in giving alfalfa a good start. Culture for inoculation of alfalfa may be secured from the Department of Bacteriology of the Michigan Avg- ricultural College, East Lansing, Mich. The price is 25c per bottle and one bottle contains sufficient material to inoculate a bushel of seed. Land is greatly benefitted by growing alfalfa and crops of corn, potatoes and following crops of small grains after a stand of alfalfa, are usually considerably larger than when grown in ordinary rotation. Circular No. 97 from the Michi- gan Agricultural College gives de- tailed information in regard to al- I ' falfa growing—J. F. 00w, Professor ' Farm Crops, M. A. 0'. SAND VETCH When is the right time to sow sand vetch and how much to the acre? Are the roots as good as clover'sod for the ground? As for hay, can horses be fed on sand vetch in winter time? Where can the seed be bought?———E. L. M,, Bailey. Sand vetch for best results, should be planted during August or early September. Seedings made during the middle or latter part of August have a much better chance for a good start, before winter, than plant- ings made in the latter part of Sep- tember. We would advise planting 20 pounds of vetch with one bushel of rye. The seed bed should be pre— pared as is usual for rye with par- ticular attention given to packing firmly with roller or cultipackcr be- fore planting. . Applications of finely ground lime- , stone and marl are usually necessary I on lands needing lime. Culture for. the inoculation of vetch may be secured-from the De- partment of Bacteriology of the , inhlsan «Agricultural College. East Mich. Therpri'ce 13254: per, . my farm. .My land, the roadsides and- other farms are .being re-seeded every ' M. . their either.» If it .mou-u (A ole-rm Department for fli‘l‘flfl‘t' every day troubles. um department. 0 are here to serve you. Subscribers duh-m s jpemm of seed. Directions for application accompany the .material. ‘ The vetch and rye mixture makes, an excellent hay and the vetch alone is comparable to alfalfa in feeding value. The mixture of rye and vetch can be fed safelyto horses, but vetch alone should be fed with a mixture of other hay, as alfalfa isfed. Sand vetch may be secured through the Farm Bureau Seed Department, Lansing, Mich” or from the S. M. Isbell Company of Jackson or the A. J. Brown Company of Grand Rap- ids—J. F. 00:12, Professor of Farm Crops, M. A. 0. EVICTED; NOT PAYING RENT Is it possible to evict a tenant _who is behind in paying his rent, even though he has a garden planted? I will look for an answer in the M. B. F.-—J. M. A,. Gould City, Mich. Tenants who fail to pay rent ac- cording to contract may be evicted. Upon his eviction his rights in the garden are terminated. To protect his garden rights he must pay rent as agreed—W. E. Brown, legal editor. TRANSPLANTING PEONIES Will you please inform we through the columns of your paper, when it is best to transplant. peony mots—A Subscriber, Caro, Mich, We would advise that the plants . be dug either in the fall or very early spring. Since the peony start to grow so early in the spring it is bet- ter to transplant in the fall after growth is completed. The peony plants desire a moder- ately rich, well-drained soil. Fresh manure should not be used near the roots. If old plants are dug for transplanting the crowns can be di- vided, but it is usually two or three g |Iill|lIill|IIIlllIIllillliililillIllllHIIlllllllill‘lllllllllllllllllllllllllIlIllillllliilllilllliillllIii"ll||Illlllllllllllllll|lllllllllllllfllililiillilillllIiiIll“illlrlllllllIlllllllill|llllllliiilllilimllllflllillllilllllllllllililllllIlilllllmillllfi=3 s FIRM SETTLES AFTER NEARLY ' A YEAR “I sent for a hat, waist and coat. I received the hat and waist. The whole order amounted to $28.25; The part they sent amounted to $7.96 and I have never received the coat I have written twice to them and have had no reply. The coat and parcel post amounted to $20.29. I put it in the Justic of the Peace’s hand. He wrote to them and had no reply. Then he made draft on our ' home bank and they would not send it in. The firm sent me a card that if the rest of my goods did not come in a few days to send it back and I did so and I had no reply. My order was sent Sept. 27, 1919. I got the card about the middle of November, before I put it in the Justice of the Peace hands. The order was sent to Bellas, Hess & Co., New York, N. Y. —Miss M. 11., Twining, Mich, June 30th. - On July 15th the Bellas Hess Co. acknowledged receipt of the com- plaint and enclosed copy of letter written to our subscriber as follows: “We are in receipt of a. communca- tion from THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMEB, relative to an order placed with us for which you have failed to resolve a satisfactory adjustment. Enclosed herewith is our check for $20.29 the amount due you. We realize that you have sufficient cause for complaint, but we want to as- sure you that we are glad you have given us an opportunity -to adjust matters satisfactorily.”—-Bellos, Hess & 00. . , M LAWYER FAILS TO COLLECT; M. ' B. F. SUGGEEDS “The 31st day of March last / I sent to the Home Tire 3:; Rubber Corp., of Grand Rapids for two 30 x 8 tires they sent me a circular ad- vertising then» for $10.45 each.’ I sent them a check for 320.90. In about 8 days I received one tire. I wrote, to them twice and could not get any reply so I had a lawyer in town write and he‘ . (1063115; get any so .I zthcy: are sign I w was your“de 30 ir- i answer by. ms! to IlllllllillillllilllllllllllllllllllillllIllllllllllillilIiIIllllllllllllllllIlillllIIIilllillllllllllllililllllllllllllllllllllilllillilllllllllllllilIiIIIll!Illl|llllllilllllllllilllllilllllIlillllIllllllllllllll|lllllllillilllilllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllil' before Mr. schslck'm letter-gyros re- }i‘ minimise lines. ' ‘suyuthncf‘s. years after-trhnsplanting before such would but} or‘a inch aplents become: thoroughly .re—estabc gageagfig 31°91? dished and~pnoduce.the'beetdilmmsfi‘a two‘horsétc iti‘veto‘r‘ The plants should be setrat the not out wide snout same depth» as they were previously afifl‘f tlfifl‘g“ “flag? W 5”“ growing, deep planting. or shallow, Subscriber,: Marlon, planting both being common errors xii as under tho’gro wide. , The, objection. ‘ Lime seen Iron " that " theyr‘dof ake their "*oio.‘ " in setting any plants. The crown of. ’ "I knew 0‘ '16 Iatméhme‘lt’ [#é',‘ the'plant should be slightly MIMI manufactured which will meet the the s 1 amer planting_ Plants may needs as you describe them. _‘I called~ glhted over winter with leaves Ft the JOhn Deere HOW (JO-branch or straw—0. P. Hallegan, Prefessor at Lansing. recently _9~nd Mr- Hum informed me that to his knowledge there is no such implement except as it is found on the two-horse cule ' tivator. He suggested that ‘ be pr of Horticulture, M. A. 0. PURCHASED BEANS AT OWN RISK In the first part ofGMay We:ng1d 601110 over the land with a double disc har-‘ beans to say John De mate. ,0 was at one placo and looked at the beans that in ‘row wohld be an efficient means of he looked at 2 b885- We told him to destroying the thjsfles look at all the bags but he. ,at that time said that he did not have time to look '433" Professor at all the bags, He asked my brother chanlcs, M. A. 0 how the other bags were. H told him that he did not know as ey were threshed at the time he was in athe army, but he was buying the beans just as they Were then. He and my, brother ernment loan. went to my other brother who was in the a, new farm in the woods, field workinx- This brother asked him office or bank in this part of the state? if he had seen all the beans. He said -—Subscriber, ~Cheboy “yes I do not bu a cat in the bag,” then ——_.___, they started tal ing about the price, Then my brothers told him that if we would not sell them for less than :3 a bushel, but finally they agreed on 2.75 when received he said that the beans beans and bought them as they were. Can he new force us to return him the writing metham- price that he payed for the beans. He to have an abstract of title, to be Bible has returned the beans, that is, he has to Show a clear title in the applicant to have their own appraisers praise the land and to loan only one half of the appraised W. E. Brown, legal editor. thrown them on the road after we re- fused to accept the beans._—G, R Zeeland, Mich. ‘ . ' You'are not liable upon your state- ment of facts. He bought the beans at his own risk.~—W. A. Brown, legal editor. RID-REGISTRATION Understand-that in order to vote on the parochial school amendment eve voter has to re-register before Aug. 1 1920. Please let us know if that is con- E.’ 0. Sauce. ,‘Dept. of Farm Ho- .. GOVERNMENT LOAN Please give me the facts of the go I am just starting in on- I have understood that the Land couldn’t get over $4 a hundred they Banks have not been making recent would feed them to the hogs but the}r loans on account of the financial con- dition of the country and also be- a bushel. He payed 350. Then we were cause of legal contests involving the to send the beans which we had but banks thermaelves. lithink ether-e “1. were mouldy and that he wanted .a re- no bank “eater to you that the Fed‘ bate on the same which we refused to oral Land Bank of St. Paul, Minn. do on ‘the grounds that he hadseen the You could obtain It is their method ' valuation.--i ' I A re—registration is required 5 THE COLLECTION 39x ._ Mich. ‘ This complaint was promptly tak- follows: . “Three cheers for your paper.” ' I received a check in full'frOm that ’ Grand Rapids .Tires 00., you wrote Fowlervllle, Mich. COMMISSION COLLECTED my neighbor. I received a letter ter some time ago and received no Mich, July 8th. ‘ On July 15th, the Babson Com- . gal editor. pany sent us a copy of a letter they WHEAT‘ 0N BARLEY GEO I have a piece of barley ground sown on corn stubble. Imdisced the ground in u , fitting for the barley. ' I just received a. letter ' from was sod turned under for the corn, Th gall istclay loalm, lwell duraineg. Wguld a . _ etsae n_powng..a er arves .an "I depend 8: great deal on my Old top_ dressing-.withstable manure? What customers in recommending the Me- -' WOUId‘You “Vise .me to flow with tim- lotte Separator and making sales fer $33154 ‘gfkglficggg‘icglfg’g °r had written to our subscriber, as fol- lows: - Tim MICHIGAN BUSINESS Fumes. me. It is of course, my desire and in- ' ten-tion to ‘send every — commission you the commission duo on'the sale ' the seed bed to Mr. Will 'Prichard promptly when. due. This, however, was forwarded ceivcd. «I appreciate. the“ interest you . ' lowed _ in the, M .-tc,1and'wlll have townships and cities having a popula- _ , tion of ten thousand or more, while 81's '50 know-n—O- 17- We Fowler’v’illei in cities and townships of less than ‘ ten thousand a re-registration will' be had in any township or city where an up with the firm in uestion. No the council or other legislative body reply was received fron‘llthem, but declares, by resolution, that it under date of July 9th, two -weeks desirable to have a re-registration later, our in Such city or subscriber wrate ‘u-B as 0: Vaughan, Secretary of State. township—Coleman PAYMENT OF LEGACY lin bJamllianl my fafthfil ill I to t e erm o s w was to' You certainly brought them" to l‘igve 33:1 money can hand at time of hi. time in a hurry. I would be willing deceas the prgpeigiy‘goshbggal and per- to pay you but I see in your paper 30m“ W“ to e V 8 W99“ . ‘ ~ two sisters and a deceased sister's chi! you make no Charge so many thanks There is a 70 acre fruit farm valued at to you and here is a check for $2 $100 peir actre afidbtciols andt stock.me to extend my subscription I think are try ng 0 so u as ye ave oun i ' ..N hatI . ..t ask on the legal advice is worth many times 3.1ngIrioe‘s'pgiewmoneywwl‘ilcho was the price of your paper."—0. F. W., to me (it amounts to $410) have to . here in this bank until the estate is set— tled? The administrator is the bank here, and of course he wants the use that money as long as possible at a per V H . cent while we have to pay 7 per cent Several months ago I sold a an a mortgage on ‘our farm at a neigh- cream separator, for H. B. Bavbson to ’ 1’01""3‘ bank—x Y' z“ mnkmrt' MM" If the debts and expenses of ad- from Babson acknowledging same but ministration have been posed to receive. I wrote him a let- .401. the payment,“ your legacy. Th. administrator may otherwise with- “P‘y- Win 3'0“ kindly help me 001- hold distribution until final 1"“ my c0mfli33103"'TG-M'r Wheeler. ment of the estate—W. E. Brown, lo- I think the land 4 .Whilo you do not, state that you promptly as .it falls due. 111 your : . desire to sow wheat this fall, under own position you undoubtedly rea- (the conditions you mention this is 1126 It Present the help‘ situation. probably, advisable}? and ' Wei Wauld Through oversight on the part of one recommend 91511115 3.3100117 ’31“? of our bookkeepers, I failed llama: 9930.139 I ,V _ bio. monument! , ' working this into the. soil.- the. then: iii-sown 'of timoth- Iced Mus—AHHAQ... . Hmdfl'nnr’afln nanonomwgaumroaee W p omce ’is broadly organized to ' ’me the supervision provided by ’ _ an over the funds and operations of the State agricultural experiment stations under Federal appropriations andwto aflord such advice and assist- access will best promote their edi- cieucy. r . , This omce also collects and dis- ’ nominates, through the Experiment Station Record and otherwise, in- formation rdlng similar institu- tions and work hroughout the world. To this oilice is assigned the general direction of the work of the insular experiment stations in Alaska, Ha- - wail, Porto Rico, Guam, and the Vir- gin Islands, which carry on investF gations and experiments with refer— ence to native and introduced crops, plant and insect pests, and improve- ment of live stock, with a view to the diversification and general improve- ‘ ment of the agriculture of these out- i lying possessions of the United States. . Offices of Extension Work The two oflices of extension work, one for the South 'and the other for the North’and West, undertake, in co-operation with the State agricul- tural colleges and local organizations to carry directly to the iarm,and the farm home the‘lnformatlon regard- ing agriculture and home economics_ collected by the department and the State agricultural colleges and ex- periment stations. \At the present time the department eo-operates with the state agricultur- al colleges in employing 3,800 ex— tension agents, of whom 2,340 are engaged in county-agent work, 1,040 in home demonstration work, and 410 in club work. Approximately 2,000 counties have men agents and 800 have women agents. Altogether ' there are over 2,800 counties that have suflicient agriculture to demand the employment of an agent, but only about two-thirds of these coun- ties have men. agents and not quite one-thh‘d have women agents. The ideal to be attained is to have a man and a woman agent in every agricul— tural county. _ Appropriations During the present year there is available $14,250,000 to carry on this work. or this amount 35,7 00,000 is provided by the Federal govern— ment under the provisions of the Smith-Lever Act and the direct ap- propriation to the department for farmers’. co-operative demonstration work and for demonstration work to be carried on by the investigating bureaus of the department. or the 88,470,000 available from within the states, $4,640,000 was contributed through sources within the respect- ive counties, the remainder being contributed by direct appropriation of the State legislature or from funds under the control of the state col- leges. Of this fund, $7,872,000 is being used to pay the salaries and ex- penses of agents employed in coun- ty agent work, $3,560,000 for home. demonstration work, and over $1,— 000,000 for the employment of coun- ty club agents and leaders. At pres— ent it is dlfllcult to maintain a suffi- cient force of suitably equipped ex- tension agents, on account of high prices and the competition of outside agencies for the type of men and we— men that make successful extension agents. Oflice of Home Economics The Office of Home Economics in- vestigates, both from the scientific and from the practical standpoint, the nature and uses or agricultan products utilised in the home for food, clothing, and equipment, and the methods of houSehold work and management. I The publications of the Office of Home Economics make avalia‘ble to housekeepers, teachers, students, and extension workers the results of such studies. This oli‘ice conducts investigations with the respiration calorimeter, an instrument that measures energy in terms of heat and‘ the exchange of gases due to respir- ation. The investigations include studies or the emciency of foods, clothing and household equipment and various methods. of work. . This ‘ omoe'ls’ omens in, the governs, .. a. , to" farm women. v x “ Panoanrk ’ H A The publication work of the States Relations Service is handled through 'its Editorial Division, which also has charge of lantern slides and other il- lustrative material for service use, and the duplicating and publicity work of the service. ' In all matters of printing and dis- tributing publications and dissemi- nation ot publicity matter the ser- vice works through or in co-opcra- tion with the Division of Publications of the Department. The States Re- lations Service makes an annual re- port to Congress on the work and ex- penditures of the agricultural exper- iment stations under the Hatch and Adams acts, and on mpemtive ex— tension work in agriculture and home economics under the Smith-Leve‘r set. It publishes the Experiment Sta- tion Record, a technical review of the world’s scie‘ntiflc literature' per- taining to agriculture, the distribu- tion of which is restricted to persons connected with the agricultural col- leges, experiment stations, and sim— ilar institutions, and to libraries and exchanges. The Record is issued in two volumes of ten numbers each an- nually. It publishes the results of the work of the experiment stations in Alaska, Hawaii, Porto Rico and Guam in re- ports and bulletins. It publishes the results of the Of- fice of Home Economics on food, clothing, shelter and householdman— agement, in the form of technical bulletins and through the Farmers' Bulletins of the department. It issues professional bulletins and leaflets based on the work of the Di— vision or Agricultural instruction in Schools. It also prepares reports on studies of problems in agricultural education in co-operation with the Federal Board for Vocational Education and the Association of Land Grant Col- leges which are published by the Board or the Association. The co-operative extension work is . . 5 , . . material, prepared by the, service in -co-operation with the other bureau‘s of the department and the state, ex- tension services. The service makes contributigus to - the Fa‘rmers' Bulletin series of the department, especially on subjects in, home economics; it prepares articles for outside publication in technical journals, and supplies a considerable amount of material relating to the more popular features or its work for the use of the Oflice ot Informa- tion of the Division of Publications oi? the department. REPORT SHOWS PRODUCTION OF LIVESTOCK DEGLINES The Institute of American Meat Packers' recently issued the fol- lowing statement: Meat produc- tion in the United States during the halt-year just closed, as compar- ed with the flrst halt or 1919, shows a decrease of about five per cent, which amounts to several hundred million pounds, according to omcial figures of slaughter at the sixty-nine principal stockyards. At these sixty-nine markets com- bined, slaughter of cattle, hogs and sheep for the first six months of the year shows a falling- oil? of more than two and a half million animals as compared with the first six months of 1919. This indicates a probable decrease at the sixty-nine markets of more than 400,000,000 pounds in meat production for the first six months of 192,0 as compared with the same period in 1919. If this rate of increase should continue the same for the rest of this year, meat production in the United States in 1920 at these markets probably would be nearly a billion pounds less than in 1919. Such a decrease would be just under five per cent of the 1.919 production. So far as domestic supplies are concerned, it is possible that this decrease would be counter— acted to some extent by the decrease in exports. During nearly every month of es on best.- ‘ er , products aresubs sunny. _ 0 than at this'tlme‘ last year, is ly to diminished exports, '1‘th crease in slaughter indicates the a result or these losses, some“me ducers have out down their hot and may restrict production. Sn » a situation would be an econoni oi: misfortune for both the livesmp'k producer and for the public. experience has been normally that“ higher prices for meat animals, and" hence for meat, have rollovved stricted production, after which the; consumer again restricted consump- tion. The ratio of livestock to pop- ulation tor the last twenty years, with the exception of one or two of the war years, has been constantly decreasing. In some quarters world crop COR? ‘ ‘* dltlons and the price trend in corn . and hay are interpreted favorably to producers of livestock. Those hold- ing this view point out that lower prices for grain obviously would re— duce the cost of raising livestock. Fluctuations in receipts during May and June brought the price of- beet cattle in May down near the level prevailing when the United States entered the war, and then, in June, sent it up again so that the average poles at Chicago for native beef steers—$14.95—was, with the exception of June, 1918, the highest June average on record. At seven leading markets the receipts for the. first two weeks of June were less by more than 100,000 than the receipts during the first two weeks of May. INDIANS USE PUREBREDS More than 191,000 head of live- stock owned by Navajo Indians in New Mexico henceforth will be bred only to purebred sires. The female stock includes 6,000 cattle, 8,000 nhorses, 150,000 sheep, and 30.000 goats, besides smaller numbers of swine and poultry. m gt; devotes .iits' ,~-tim§,y a .. ~ m aspiration. subjects all .z _ llWill!!!“lllllfillllflllll|ll ijllll ., I v all}; ’ . 9' 59: is! all“ \ .‘ll B will make your bat- tery last longer—no matter what its brand. Say J you bring us your battery. You’re sure it's ‘deacl.’ You are willing to buy a new one. But no, there is no sale. For we‘open your battery up, Show you where aslight repair will make it as frisky as a spring lamb, and give you . OUR, SERVICE . is the kind you would want , ~ T if you could know batteries ‘ ,msigig and “\Yv‘u‘ll.‘ 4 " ZE'Ill'é’! .- R, 2“," ‘ ~11!” ’ , .\\\\\v i “v . I ‘ - vI ‘ , , / a guarantee of 8 months more battery life." “We've saved you money and made an honest profit. And when you really need a new battery we'll be glad to sell you the USL--the one with Machine-Pasta] Plates." “The reason we USL men prosper is that, once people try our honestly. built battery or our Golden Rule Ser- vice, they know we're the right people to trade with." r U. 5. Light & Heat Corporation, Niagara Falls, N. Y. L'kelythere's of our fift n hund :1 service stet' ' to . If ch ' ' 50 d: address of the biotic-t. insetedrop argon card to tbznfollowiiz fitfi'ibulon: ~ United mam. Service 00.. Benoit, Mich. U.8.Idght&fioatflorp’n,0hicago.m 9.-. ‘t GS we Z. ll fill? I M?! g. 4,, «2 2/ . llllll'//} ,7; ll/IZ/, ,__ O! ;, . , 44. d 1 .° \ I .1 A? ‘4 ./ l I 81 §ERfVIcE 1!,“ '4. , El ‘ (ll 1 J‘ 1' '.~‘;.,;;‘ The USL ' Farm Lighting Storage Battery T _‘ _ I M._ :y‘Wesm‘h states.- ' ’ the U. 8. fr artum, Amen: Florida and a or by Sudan grass was being » Slice ‘ cessfully grown in nearly—ail parts of the United States. It does not [serve well either as a “money crop". GENTS PIR'WORP, PIE! 1 ~ 20 words or less. 31 a mhwmh order. or 10 per , charged. .pount as one word euoh- mum and each group, of; figures, both In body of ad. and In address. copy must be In our hands Saturday for Issue dated fr:- oi , o‘w . ‘ I V ., . . r , . a an alums Prev9n..‘r§u°°e”_m‘th ‘31”. gr?“ ' thesameE-time 'loweré" t "e"- iii in the first two regions named,- ;a.n.d “the manure, “we the.’forl§ing%vé disease is the limiting factor -’ along, ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ , compacted-manure exposes“ it: to" the ' 'f . Iewlng week. The Business Partner.» .11 I I I ‘ w . oops. Mt. Clemens. Mich. or a s01 mprover,_hence it may never the Gulf Coast. In a majority of the, an. and Shea-the material a batter ~ , I find a permanent place in regular Central and Southern States,-how- chance ‘to ferment and decay.‘ For . crop‘rotations. It has, nevertheless, ever, climatic and soil conditions are , ~ ' -. "_., w . , . these reasons it is best to leave ma a1 & LANDS/fir} a yery important place in the farm- favorable to Sudan grass. _ mfre undisturbed where produced, so or ‘ s “A; S , 2;: 382101": “’19 “defense as a camh Although Sudan grass is best far as possible, until it can be 'haul- f: » 2 cows . f ptw c eta” be planted to give “at” adapted by nature to use as- a. hay ed to the field, says F. L. 'Dule'y of ‘ ; ur— r0513? 5:23.1(‘1'3'31032’333' togvn, close: if ac obry re urns When conditions crop, it is also used with great suc- the University of Missouri College of " "-"" creliimeryie bamd plachine-wtgrked ligelds, lag-firm 0:31:38 Fggght. failure (tit: tother hay cess as a soiling and pasture crop for Agriculture.- ' 5 ’ p ‘ p apnng-wa re pas ure; 2-3 ry, ~room 0 se, . S is e ver 0 pronounc- . . M ta 1 ha , bi t lr be. , ill. . summer pastures. Its use as a silage . . . , . 33$ .J'Spn’, {fill-£11035... ogngrohnablgnooolrpy ed by the united States Department material is limited by' the fact that “33218;: 23.1.3.2]: fgfdingmygfi‘: “it; t 1“ gigghwisnglny notifies;3 chs,d%ay:ar;lrrég;ing2 0:323. Cf Agriculturedn Farmer's Bulletin it is easily made into hay and fed as manure may be allowed to accunin- v.1 u} then $30319 acre for everything, erlls terms. of: 1126 reqently lssued- _ . such with very little waste, and also late for several months and be ham- 'i'b‘ giggutt'): ill]? Illggtrglggithgatzsggsihln? rl’t‘r‘é’oons Sudan.grass is replacmg millet as because 00"] “‘1 sorghum bow out' ed out only once or twice a year, 5' ea 33 states, copy free. srRoin FARM AGENCY. {£116 Dremlel‘ catch crop in many local- yieldsit and are generally available with a comparatively small 108‘s. of ? in 814 BE. Ford Bide. Detrmt. Micb- . lties because of its ability to pro- throughout the region where Suda plant food. If plentymf bedding is m 180 ACRES FOR SALE 90 ACRES m- déicle a fair Yield and a high Quality grass is grown. ' used it will absorb the liquid manure \ i; proved Good buildings. n'owlng well and Or- :3) 1 ,a.y under conditions or low rain' In the smi-arid districts the high- and the trampling of the animals will t :33"? n’ffgut mem- CASHUS BAILEY' 321’ ins rather Short gmng season; est yields are obtained when the keep this compact and moist so as :8 mm' 1” agngetzfagggti to thrive 0“ 19' Wide grass is sown in rows so as to allow to prevent much or the aerobic ter- STRIPPED HARDWOOD LAND, me" Sudan Pass gpes'bt ling: yeids Of , of cultivation. The advantage in mentation and consequent loss of pm clay loam—easy terms, $12.50 to $15.00 an g “3 0 a “6 on y on yield of the row over the drilled seed- nitrogen. If manure is left in the it ,, $12}. rfifi‘thfl'fim‘Q’Sr‘g' $333? {513:5 “c1032? gfeiglsoélsi but maidgra” fans com‘ ings is so small, however, that most stall or feed yard where it will be Bi. ‘ gfidA 3&1 my byour Mfilyments OHN G and y n 3' on 0° ’ 9091'15’ dramed farmers prefer to avoid the necessity kept moist and thoroughly tramped, ‘ Wf ' m “m' C' Su'dan ms d h n of cultivation by drilling or broad- so as to exclude the air, there is no be WANTED_FARM NEAR SOME GOOD Californiagung prio lice; 93" y' In casting the seed. A common grain better method of storing. Since 3 60- :n‘ town, must have running Water. good buildings. d er rnga 0“ it has drill handles well-cleansed Sudan there is no leaching under these con- : v. A. BARGAIN, n 1, Box 23. Clarion. Mich. {111: eagiegg: 0’ 91:3 to“): ‘1; field cured grass seed without trouble and the ditions there‘will be practically no 3 g: FOR SALE—c 'c "IMPROVED "RM bu: 8 3 tones; 3711;; aiikae 2033331133? hay from drilled seedings is finer loss of phosphorus or potash. The i ' H0 E u - _ ; ' ' I . lands in Thumb Dmitri“ of Michigan. Near my it ordinarily yields about the same stemmed and matures more evenly covered feed yard is extenswely used 9, roads and good markets. Buy direct troglmggfierlg as alfalfa under irrigation in the than row plantings. in some parts of the country. , . at figkfil, bfihtfllorhggrihih. lalcdllzzrfiy' Southwest, but Sudan grass gives its The feeding value of Sudan grass This method. of handling manure 2,? ' full crop in three cuttings against is equal to timothy hay. In locali- is advisable mainly where well-bed- be CALIFORNIA rmms FOR SALE. WRITE the four or five re ulred to If If ties where soy beans or cowpeas do ded stalls are provided for horses, ‘1‘ i '0’ “9’; 1‘3- R- WAITE' Shawnee' Oklahoma: It is the only grass? yet fougdawiicafi well these legumes may be grown in and in cattle sheds or mule barns ‘— , 1 mi t f mixtures with the Sudan grass. Such where the animals run loose and the r}? 122 non: FARM MUST BE SOLD sv FALL n 3 par 0 the United States f h h a very productive, all plow land, good buildings. 40 ranks as equal of alfalfa in point of a mixture produces a hay «0 higher trampling is very t oroug . rte ;?{;S\11l.:)1'5(3]ll'0i);, a; r3333 rfiflhmnolng, Mich. s. yield and quality of the hay. ms feeding value than the grass alone, v . y ,1), n ’ ‘ ' ‘a g' ' record in this respect has led to its because 0f the high pro‘tem content ‘ 7 m . - u -» n of the legumes. DAIRY CATTLE CONGRESS AND . r; GREAT FARM BARGAINS—IF YOU HAVE use In DatChmg Old alfalfa flelds , NV. {5.1, not alreadyrent for our booklet telling you about when the Stand of alfalfa has been Sudan grass hybridlzes freely Wlth INTERNATIONAL BELGIAN p1 $3,; ggfifiafé‘fthgggg‘f:‘2cfifif‘hfiug‘i‘ie? :éw'mffig gestroyedl. Inththe iSoutlhern Grefit ngesoiiéggulugs.seg‘ti iissnegizsdaggégherg , HORSE SHOW :2 9 cum“ '3 8“- e‘me” ““ °°'° e” Elms W ere ere S a 0W rain 3 . ' . ' Premium lists for both the Dairy , it tell , - gifl"‘ill°E§}3‘t:ilf’"l§o€:rfi§:§gifizncggafiéilhfi: tSudan“emerald strewn witthoglht irrtlga— gigging?ffiggaznfifagrgfifmmoigfie Cattle Congress and International :1: i» or yourse. sceo a V ion w yle rom one 0 rec ons ' i ' 1 i H e how to held at ; ifffv’ir’”%.f“n‘駧"on§‘%éifnm 3‘ CARROW of hay to the acre. v' wise, it will result in a mongrel crop 13356:?00, oigwa? Septemggr 274k, ’ .{a There are certain parts of the Unit- the fOIlOWHIg .year- tober 3, are off the press and are be; i 01 FOR SALE—40 acnss or tAND. PRICE ed States where the Department of The Department of Agriculture’s mg sent out to breeders in all states ; .1" ggigggmn Faowg‘fscggg’g“ 85$: Cogggfm” .Agrlculture considers it unwise to new bulletin goes very thoroughly of the Union and Canada. I ’ ' " depend on Sudan grass for hay. This into the details of cropping, plant- The 1920 Belgian Horse Show’is ' FOR SALE_102 ACRE FARM, PART” ,M_ is true of the strip of territory 200 ing, harvesting—~both for hay and the second annual event of its kind t proved. For description and price write to 8. miles along the northern boundary; for seed—as well as the best'meth- The premium list this year ism-sub .‘ 3 2H. 4' DOUGLAS- T‘““‘“" M‘Ch- the regions of high altitudes in the ads of feeding the hay to live stock. Manna“), larger than that Offered re "\w .,- ’ . _ , fbc EMISCELLANEOIEE “ ‘ H D l B - . guts]? firsfhzhgllvcclglsd dish?“ .53; 2 1° suv FENCE Pos'rs maze-r mom son. Orse ea ers are ehlnd on orders show the American Association of if: est. All kinds. Delivered prices. Address “M. Importers and Breeders of Belgian It“ M." care Michigan Business Farming. Mt. Clem- ens, Mich. FOR SALE—BUTCHER FOLDING BUSHEL crates. Practically new. Delivered anywhere ill Mich. 25c each. Cash with order. Special price to County Agents in cariots. A. M. TODD COMPANY, Mentha, Mich. FOR RENT—MODERN 180 ACRE DAIRY farm, 2 miles from Lansing. Equipped with two silos, 40 head dairy barn and milk house. Rent one year with privilege. H. T. LORENZ, East Lansing, Mich. FOR SALE—HERCULES STUMP FULLER and grub plow complete. Clears three acres at NCREASED production of good horses is the great need at pres- ent. Fiss, Do"err & Carroll Horse Company, New York, one of the larg- est firms dealing in horses in the, East, state that they sold more draft horses for city use in the firSt six months of 1920 than in any other similals period for many years, and could have disposed of many more had the supply been available. A. M. Ernst, general manager of the company, when interviewed on Fri~ Dakota and Nebraska,—produce nine- ty per cent of all the good draft horses that eventually find their way into city use, but our buyers in the Mississippi Valley report that farm- ers haven’t bred their mares during the last four years and but few are in a position to sell any heavy draft animals. “In the past, good farms had, young stock coming on, and could and did sell their mature mares and geldings hardened and suitable for city use. Draft Horses has voted to increase the offer $1,500 in cash premiums; The total cash premiums offered this year is $6,500. ~ v The premium list has been prepar— ' ed by a committee after special study of conditions and is intended "to develop the Belgian horse industry in the best possible way; to encour- age the smallybreeder to show; to make the show of the greatest edu— cational value to the breeders and one setting. 200 ft. One incll cable. First class the general public CU'M‘lUOq- 33139;“ 13:23:55,133,Cregq‘od‘iemlfifi day, July 16th, said of the situation Today, on account of the fact that ' ' _ 01‘, Hill 0 l , . . ‘1 “ ‘ Y o — .. .. n r '~')N80N 5, SONS_ Hm Crest Farm, in the east: no young horses are coming on to The Show commlttee for .the In Munson. Mich. How IS THE TIME TO BUY IF YOU NEED 9. tcaism engine or separator. I have a dandy Stcvclls’ 113 ii. p. steam engine traction. Set your ow time to pay. and I have a. dandy little Sterling 20 inch cylinder new separator and a. drive belt that is just the thing for a small com— pany or where jobs are-small. Now is the time to make money threshing by and on your own terms. Write we. LEVERN FYAN. East Jor- dan, Mich, R 5. IF voun ADDRESS LABEL on nus con BEARS THE BLUE PEIIGILED x— .it is a sign your subscription has expired according to our records, and we will greatly appreciate a pmmpt remittance in the enclosed envelope. IF YOU HAVE RENEWED and the date has not been changed, please adwi'se us when and how you remitted. Or if you are re- ceiving two copies each week, send us both labels, so we can correct our error. WE ARE ANXIOUS to have you receive all copies promptly and correctly addressed, so tell us ‘when any error occurs. MAILING DEPARTMENT K The Michigan Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Mich. ' “We have enjoyed an usually good trade this year. City users of transportation are swinging back to big draft horses as the cheapest, most reliable and most efficient. motive power for all heavy transportation within the working radius of a horse, despite the increase in the cost of feed, which has been formidable dur- ing the last year. - “City users are also coming to rea- lize that for all hauls,_ no matter what distance, where frequent stops are involved, as in delivering groc- eries, ice, milk or other supplies fur- nished to customers on regular rout- es, hourses are the only practical economical hauling power. The trade is gaining. Our great problem today is to supply that trade. Good horses are becoming increasinglyscme and prices have been higher this season than we have ever known. Heavy draft teams have been bringing from eight to twelve hundred dollars per pair, but if they go much higher,‘the balance of favor will be liable to swing over to motor trucks. There is a good profit to farmers in raising draft geldings to bring $325 to' $400 on the farm, yet we cannot get enough of that. "The market is here and will con- tinue as long as the supplyis any- where near adequate. I know that about ten central west states._—-—0hio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin. Missoue ri, Kansas, Iowa, North and South ‘plant food from manure are take the place of these older ones, they cannot spare the horses seven and eight years old. It. is a great handicap to our trade. Advises Buying Range Horses “The practical thing to do to meet the immediate situation, is to follow the suggestion onyayneDins- more, Secretary of the Horse Asso- ciation -of America, who advises-all I centra1.'west farmers to buy good; grade...western horses three or four yearswold this fall an sell the older farm stock. ‘These estern horses, raised in Colorado," Wyoming, Mon- ' tana and western states, carry three 2 or four. crosses of draft blood, and fourteen and fifteen hundred pounds. However, Zif shipped: Ltoju corn belt ,fh’rms and .workedwh'ers during their fourthmnd fifth years, withlib'eral - feed. they mature ,at- sixteen 'to‘seven- teen. hundred pounds. The corn belt farms Will benefit doubly because they will be able to sell their old horse's" before any ~matér‘ial depreci- ation' sets in, and they will? also“ gain in the- increase in value of the young western horses purchased as 3 or 4 year olds and grown out to increased size and usefulness.” _' _ ‘ STORING BARNIIA'RD‘ ' mature in the range states between -’ 'ful breeders: Dr. ternational Belgian Horse Show is composed of the following success; T. U. McManus, Waterloo; Chas. Irvine, Ankeny,’ Iowa; and J. W. Van Nice, Garrison, Iowa. Judges for Belgians will be Prof. Donald J. Kays, Columbus, Ohio; Charles Brown, Marcus, Iowa; ._ and George Rupp, rLampman, Sash... Canada. ‘~ . Especially attractive are the prem- iums oflered by the Dairy Cattle Congress management and various breed associationsrfor classes and in- dividual animals of the five dairy " breeds—Guernsey, Holstein, J ersey,» f Ayrshire and-.‘Bmwn Swiss. The to- . substantially» larger than last year due to the ad-1 dition or some special premiums‘aiid: ~ tal premium lists are 3 increases made by'tjhe breed associ- . ations. »..one.doportment...is, devoted. . 3 the 19.19 . show.- to state. association Holstein herds such as-was shown by-Minnesota at ' ’ ~With‘ increased premium 'l'lstsf’for' bothfshows'the management antici— pates a. greater showing ‘ or «dairy cattle and Belgian horses than f . ,» last year and indications point to {the 1. .r ' greatest success-in historyf The ‘» principal sounds ..of‘ loss . ivin through a. e' atlas. d is t -ix'->.vw~:eaz&.<-r - xewawawwnr.wwpzmw-mv , "next morning Xi? wore unable,to locate lameness, Fin- :7 u '= "sWiiiLmNc on WITHERS v “ya a 5 year old gray mare that smash? about 1,100 pounds that while out in ,pasture hurt herself. The she appeared stiff and ,a swelling came on top of the with- ers. ’It was about the size ofa walnut . ‘We operated' on it and found puss, What would you advise? M. 0., Midland County. Your ‘horse has Fistula of the Withers, caused in my opinion by a bruiseI‘While rolling in the pasture. Until recent years this has always been onset the most dreaded diseas- es afiecting the horse; now, if taken ‘ in the early stage, the vaccine treat- "!Dilng man and young lady ment, together with proper drainage is very satisfactory in majority of cases. This consisted of the subcut- tanious injection of mixed infection vaccine every three to five days. A In the chronic form surgical treat- ment is the most reliable resort and if properly done usually brings de- sirable results. These are cases in which a gradua‘te‘veterinarian should be employed—W. A. Ewalt, veterinary editor. LUMI’ ON. HORSE’S HEAD I have a horse that has a lump on top 'of its head, just back of the car. It is about half as large as a hen’s egg, It has been there about two months. What will take it away? I thought it might be a poll evil coming on. The lump is quite hard._—R. G., Newaygo County. This has no doubt resulted from a bruise and will in all probability {terminate in either an abscess or a .Poll Evil. Shave the entire enlarge- ment, and after washing thoroughly ,with a good antiseptic solution, ap- ply a blister consisti _ of one part red iod. mercury to parts of lard. This will soften the enlarge- ment in from three to five days when it should ’be lanced and probed by a competent veterinarian to find out and remove the cause—W. A. Ewalt, petefinary editor. CURING COLLAR BOILS Having seen the request of W. H. S., Newaygo county in M. B. F. regarding the removing of collar 5 balls by surgical operation I wish to say that no operation is necessary and he can work 'his horse every day if he will apply the following mix- . rture: One—half pint of fish oil, 1 gill llllllllllllllllilllilllllllllliIIllliliIllilllilllllllllllilll|llllllilillilllilllllI|llIIlilllilllllllllllllIlillill|llllllillll|llllllIllllllllllllllllHlllllllilllllili[IlillllllllillHHIII||IIllHill|illi|HIHm|llllllillllllllIHIllllll[lHIHIIIHIHIIIIIHIii ,i . " A“v.\~;&wa.v 0 the Bull , 71b;-2 old dam and the other lair lb. Jr. yr SOLD AGAIII all last advertised sold but has. 8 more are mostly white. They are nice stra hi: to- . sired bye son og King Ona. ne Iran on a . old dam. she is by a son of ‘ 'iend Hengerveld Da K01 Butter ‘ Boy. an e! great ‘ . 4. ’ dAMEgayfl-OPSON JR... Owouo. Mich" R 2. {or are. HILL CREST or wait. John P. run. 131 Oclueeld 8L. Detroit, Mich. TWO BULL OALVES Registered Holstein-Friedan. sired by 39.87 lb. bull and from hoary producing you-g corn. These calves are very nice and will be priced cheap Li anon. HARM T. TUBES. Elm". Mich. Dill Mill PRODUCER Your problem is more mm. more BUTTER, more PROFIT, per mu. A son of Maplrereat Application Pontiac— IB2052—from our heavy-yearly-milking-good-but- tar-record dam will solve it. Maplecrest Application Ponti-ac's dam made 35,103 lbs. butter in 7 days; 1344.3 lbs. butter and 23421.2 lbs. milk in 365 days. He is one of the greatest long distance sires. Ills daughters and. sum .will prove it. Write us {or pedigm on Ms'sene. Prices right and, not too high for the average dairy farmer. Pedigrees and prices on application. R. Bruce McPherson, Howell, Itch. FIVE PUREBRED KOLSTEI'K FEMALE! ranging in age {ram seven months to four Years. Priced to sell. STUART SPHAGUE Vennentvllle. Illicit. FARM. Willie, “ch. DIRK Hm SIRE MODEL KIIO SEOIS OLISTA His sire a 30 1b son of Lakeside King Seals Alban De KM. Hie dam. Gusts. Panelist. 32.3? lb. Her dam. Ghats. Ermatirze, 35.” 5. His three nearest dame average mar and his forty II! nearest tested tektites average over 80 bar in seven days. We on one his sons ready for sex-vice. GRAND RIVER STOCK FARM. Corey J. w. Owner. Eaten Rapids. Mich. sums rev nosm mm: 257572. herd sire. son of King Ona. His sire I that nub .. 28 pounds. 1 younger ones. J. E. TWIN). Ham, ion-r «Tl. write out Ybu can change size 0! ad. or copy .ss often as you m on ’ churns nut Ila! DOV .. I“ O wumuwnsm1mmnmimmmzmmimu:hilt"; N :4 v; ‘ ~W... Herd Headed by Johan Pulling Do Kol Lad 236554 a. son of Flint 'Hen‘ge’ryeld Lind and Johan Pauline DeKol twice so’lb. cow and ‘dam of Panline DeNmander» (was. Champion two years old.) ‘ " - ' “' Bull calves from dams unto Roy E. Fiekfee. menu-g. m. ‘ son or OARNATION DRAWER; ‘wm mi sameness-meannemsain ' h- a. ll! m m Om - Nansen». rods-.3 mane. » H. 9.. VOEPEL. We. 'Iich. SHOR'I'HORN We Wish to Announce to the farmers of Michigan that we, are now ready to supply them with Canadian bred Shorthorn temalm either straight Scotch or Scotch topped milieu at reasonable prices. It your community needs the serv- ices or a high-clue Shorthorn hull, write as for. our Community Club Breeding plan. PALIEI BROTHERS Established is seen Bani-u. III-I. HORTHORNS FROM AN AOGREDITED HERD grandma and granddaughters. of Maxwalton Jupiter 754183 lide our herd JOHN SOHMIDT a SON, Heed city. Mich. Shorthorns at Farmers’ Prices FOUR BOOTO" TOPPED BULL GKLVE'B under one'year at! These are an roans m choice individuals. FRIRVI'EW FARM F. E. Boyd ‘ Alli... Elohim SHOETIIOBIS 5 bulls, 4 to 8 non old. all roan. pended. Dams good miners. the farmers” kind, at farm- ers' prices. F. M. PIGOOTT & SON. Fowler. Mich. H! V“ BUR“ 00. SHOWN-ION. IREEIP iers' Association h" stock for uh. hath um: and beef breeding. . Write the secretary. FRANK BALLEY. Hartford. Mich. HE. BARRY COUNTY sworn-Home III”- ' era Association announce their {all rush. for distribution. Scotch. Scotch Pop and Shorthorns listed. Address I. L. nerve. In. .h. u. SHOITIOBIS- a“ " m" u" IT our "EOE. we. a. an. nu- clear. Ines, fromahwmm W nun-samurai. apla m Nerd at laces We: at- fernflnnhamnbuflealmeoldAmz in; ' for 'llEllEFOIlIS 1 i . cows with when at. side. Open or bred heifers oi sale. iopular, breed? ' Also bulls not related- ‘ ALL“ M m PAT. raw. _ . , , more. no Hum“ Irma. am know.“ liar 15 hm: WMAmél-‘Iteenitol I‘D; .gouj'xnm"”_ nan. truss arose um: mm For. neon heath our heath. - the M ma AN GUS M e'rocx me e: INC. [71» Most Men. Kind I d tar-inc. a car load of trade from LENAWRE COUNTY‘S heaviest F'- cherateinciudeapuehred ARGBSMeIth wet extra-a bed type to: We ar lot ammonia assembled at (HIM 2%le for proth figment. {Ismail lifi ‘ theta-d 400 pages inns rnted. B. SMITH. Addison. m sAnrun'rs' m: DIED Ean'gmoz'o ANGUS CATTL A ~. . . juiced fight. M- investigate. Bwine are t and are IDondanee r ‘ CARL BARTLETT. Lawton. Mich. P. Wm UERMEY8 POI SALE. 1’81 '30”... 81'. A08- tell Sultan, sire Longwa r (18714) 4. A. 3'. laughter-s, 410 in. {at at 2 1—2 years old- Dan. Dagna of Hillhnrat (35969) A. R. 548 h. fat at. 2 1-2 yrs. old. } calf. old of ' in he nos. similar Breeding; Also a . heifers of the above bull. It will pay you to Prices and pedigree on a cation. MORGAN BROS». B 1' lion. ' REGISTERED GUERNSEYS ORDER YOUR ML GALF m [for later thinners: Let‘s myoua malt-‘- igree at better breeding. . J. I. WILLIE”. M m "Uh. JERSEYS 6 ‘ Seder Herdi Sire Junior INoble Sensational Lad 1.1853 0 rind runs snrn JERSEY of mm. W and ham. S Fm: roan JERSEY burn mi on: Rejects Pu.flm'mmmmu an...“ all our hallo. Fill! P. WHOM, m am "I mwmtlh arm hit and hit cakes hasten 81—. g!- m “may ease... a Is. m. use. BROWN SWISS E y 3 3 [a l FOR SALE ' 3 REFER OALIB age from 3: to 8 8 III 1 c t. with 18 and 20 lb. seven day records. Fly. with good profitable cow testing records. Writ. for no and prices. Herd free from disease. WN B svule, Mich. Breeder of hog. stock only men ansnr llllLSl'Elll cows Good milkers. some fresh. Also some. heifers. m are: aimed and HA-rnoron wmr.1m—s2 wanna-sax.” touchwlbicatnmetheefm man mm»muzn rm.m-mcw.w mum-mater...“ C'th KW , ‘- hash 'deeaw. tmalmmm n nuns-ma- ‘ ' 0‘ annuals...» E Fromm-aim“; mm» cm I: disassemble: ‘ ‘- “m‘ emu-- nc nosmsrooos m III—annulus" jug—nag hit-5 . htWfihMfl.“ ‘ laser Wm“ .--"‘""““'-'£-u.’ "h?- - In . , 10"" ‘ ant-autum- Bob ’It‘i-i-ll-i- Heel- jun-leo— lend dill-trll‘mm care-recs.an hm‘ml Tum 1:. mm. he "I..." “'1 * Jommmhnloufiuu Ill. ‘ bred M W. J. Lmt. Nouohton Lake, Mich. . LIVE STOCK I. I. “I. FILIX WITT Malawi-Nun. . Business firmer. _‘ They are both honest and competent hm your sale. ate. ennui I r e....sancap-ecologmsnauo-sro u - u a n u emaueuiotvclnl One or the atlas ef the above well-known superb win heathen 0H- and Indiana. as the uclndve Their servhe is and fig Illl ailment any reader of this weekly at an sale, math Write In In care or this paper. They: work exclusively h 1 l FIELD MEN]. '- i . m use ..... . . . . , . ............ Mentalist ' A“. ' . .oL ’- .. 9e" rough" kg"; melt-m. do m. «not .- ,1ngng the’int'e'reats 'ot‘ Kiwangéo figiga-‘sdifi'; " L . , -V .m'rx- .3 ..==". £49331! w 7 is. V m "PE" P. 0 hr a]... -- symgg'm cl excalhfl. summ- : a me ‘p " a, unfi? ‘ lg I. I. I A «Spoil .be_.sirod'by'Gian¥ (fl no Iggisiggt‘lyby 'iant-Clensman and A r I ' A ' ' a“; ' . V '- ' I ‘L-u-uG‘et [on mailing an for, ca. ' i.‘ .716 Ionia, ‘ 4 ‘ "L. 'P. C. i ‘ “I heroine fine lot of spring igs 'sireri b ' Hart’s Black Price. a good son of' Hack Price): grand c of the world in 1918. Also have s litter of 7' pigs, 5 sows and 2 boars, sired by Prospect lank. a son of the $40,000 Yankee, that are sure Hunuiingers. v Mich. HART. St. Louis. I THE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. C. IN Mic". Got anbiggcr and better bredwoar pig from my bend. at a reasonable price. Come and Ice them. Expo-en paid if not as merited. These boars in mice: L's Big o, bed Uismman, Orange, Price and L's Lou ProsmL '. E. LIVINGSTON. Permn. M. I. TYPE P. 0. cm OF cm CREE.- lsls. bred to Big Bone-Bone Boulder No. “126.- 673 for! Sept. (arrow. Spring pigs either sex. Halley .nnd granny... Prices reasonable. I ' L. W. BARNES A. SON. Byron. Mich. Bl. “PE POLAND CHINA BRED GILn-f‘ one fell boar, spring pigs both sex. and triodf :owl whlle’ they list. HOWLEV one... Ion-Ill. Mich. ALSO SOWS AND PIGS. ANITHINO want. Poland China- ol the e Inn bred them big for more the our 1 head on hand. All» registered cloud, olstems and Oxfords. Eva'ything IOU It I mnb'e price. and 3 equal! bl. NHN C. BUTLER. Poul-ad. Mich. FAREWELL LAKE FARM lull type 1’. 0. Have a fine lot of spring pigs by Chmman’s Image 2nd. The. (lutpust and King'n‘Giant. i will sell King's Giant No. 327,- 749. He is a real sire. lIe was first prize year- ling but at Jackson ()0. fair, 1919. W. B. RAMSDELL, Hanover, Mich. BIG TYPE POLARDS In introducing our herd we offer choice pics by W's Sailor Bob and out of dams by Buster Boy. [mm Superba. Smooth Wonder 3rd, and Ounce DesMoinos. Priced to sell. W. CALDWELL a. SON. Springport. Mich. '- s P 0 beers left. A few extra nice gilt left.bred for April furrow. II. 0. SWARTZ, Schoolcran, Mich. FOUR CHOICE SPRING AND FALL BRED 80W SALE. For particulars write Auguste. Mich. TH ANNUAL P. C. March 13. 1920. W. J. HAGELSHAW. I A. Offering Large Type Poland Chino Saws. End to ("3 Orange at reasonable prices. Also [all pip. Write or call. CLYDE FISHER. R3. 8t. Lou“. Mich. 0. FOR SALE. SPRIIO PICS OF Sired by Wiley’s King Bob the BI. Smooth kind. JOHN D. WILEY. Schoolcraft. T. P. C. SOWS ALL SOLD. ORDERS booked for boar pigs at weaning time {mu Midi. champion herd. Visitors always micomo. E. R. LEONARD. R 3. St. Louis. Itch. Mich. NE BEST BRED POLAND CHINA PIGS “Rm ed by Big Bob Mastodon at the lowest price. BeWITT C. PIER. Evert, Mich. ‘Spring pigs by Wall's Orion. First Sr. Yearling Devon. Jackson. Gd. Rapids and suim..19‘li PIIIIIIpS Bros, Riga, MICII FALL BOARS, WEIGHT 200 lbs. each. sired by a 800 lb. boar. Priced reasonable. 0. E. DAVIS Ii SON. Ashley. Mich. DUBOC JERSEYS, use we and gilt; bred to Wall's. KIMSZBIO . who has aired more prize 'winninrphl ‘nt' are" state hire in the last 2 years than any other Dn- ruc . Newton Barnhart. St. Johns. Mich. PEACH HILL FARM i‘hmy spring boars sired by Peach iIill Qrion King. a splendid grandson of Orion Cherry hing. Write. or better still. come ad select your own. i’r‘ii'efi reasonable. lnwood Bros, Mich. APLE LAWN FARM REG. DUROC JERSEY Sows bred to Model Cherry King 10th for Aug. and Sept. farro‘w. Write me your wants. ERN I. TOWNSV R 6. Eaton Rapids. Mich. “We BOAR FIGS. A FEW Gm left. [a me send you 'uue on approval. . . E. CALKINO. R 0. Ann Arbor. Midi. Romeo, BOOBS. 'OIL‘I‘I AND IBOOD m of all nges. Bows beer! or open. Iow- ton A Blank. Hill Crest Fin-ms, Muton. Mich. Farm 4 mil. W mth of mum. m ind cows silo-ML. Have “mm an n“ r;- seal: Lib Defender r . rom re a I will be Ined to an Orion beer (or its“. II. C. KEESLER. CM 355 euros Jrnsrr “my” EITHER SEX Can furnish stock not akin. Also yearl- lng non Will [graced for early fall litters. Set- .” gun rte . . ‘ m I. HEIRS A SON. Dorian. Mich. FROM 1’ It I Z E DUROC BOARS WINNING am“ ready hr service. Geo. B. Smith. Addi- son, m t . r ., accordance biggest lave. ' I n 25 : . hogs. Spring pics for sale. J. E. _MORRIS. Farmlnqton. MIGI‘I- @AK'LAIIDS PREMIER GHIEF Herd Boar—Reference only—~No. 129219 1919 Chicago International . 4th Prize‘Jr. Yearling A for spring pigs left at 825 BLANK “ POTTER PMIIO. Mkhr FOR SALE: ONE DUROG BOAR FROM Breakwater breeding stock. Choice sprina pigs. JOHN osmium. n. M— illie 'EA‘ocw‘iIiew FARM nee: obnoc JERSEY rat-4t .. " ARMSTRONG. EROS. AM OFFERING FOR FALL DELIVERY HIGH class registered Shropshire yearling eWes and rams. . .Flock establis ed 1890. . » . . '0. LEME . Dexter. Mich. b urns rosur w : sane sum or I "PARSONS “3-3333? u nod hip everywhere and ply origin-o 3:: Rogers: 21123512.": V PARSONS.GrsndLedge.Mich. 11-. Your faith in smfiinrsnma srocx ‘Fbr the bed in Shropshire and Hampshire rune “asset... p... - FARMS. ' 8. L. WI 8” on magnum, Mich. M r . st“. “in. at the Ohio nu! ma _.~ . Fen SALE. FLEMISH army has breeding age, $6. Threé:months‘ a Registered does $12 eac11.- Stock peg} ity guaranteed. ~ - ‘ , L ' ,’ E. HIMEBAUGH. Goldwater. Mean. L TOO LATE T0 CLASSIFY-i 7 3- ‘ = R SALE: Duel purpose Red Pulled Balls. 5' L. H. WALKER, Reed City, Web. LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEERS Porter Coleetock. Eaton iispids, Mich. I. E. Rupert. Perry, Mich. «1 Mr. Harry Robinson. Plymouth, Mich. Dunws‘or antloluo SIIE on. c. Jerome. ulna. uroc Jenny Sow: and .m- bred for Ace. Ind " Ia'rrow. 1.000 1!). herd bolt. . M‘I‘OOHUELL‘K. Weldon. .IGII.‘ ins!) rename? un- ibw {.3 Ill: pigs either sex. . 80.. lenders... Mich. WE or!" A "W “LI...” .‘LIOT- I n i [%er¢fl&b sows and li a a lesson. or MCNAUWTON ‘ "ROYCE. “- Louis. Mien. BERKSHIRES LARGE ENGLISH RECORDED BERKSHIRES. iircd grills and spring pigs for Sela." h c . -‘l' ‘a PRIMEVAL FARM. 03300, ONE SOW TWO YEARS OLD due July 7th. one boar Jan— uary furrow and four sows March furrow for sale. Best blood lines of the breed. ARZA A. WEAVER. Chesaning, Mich. GREGORY FARM BERKSIIIBES F08 profit. Choice stock for sale. Write your wants. W. S. Corsa. White Hall. 11!. CHESTER wms . GHESTER WRITES SW"! Pigs in m... .. trios from A-l mature stock at reasonable prices. Also a few bred Qilts for May farrow F. W. Alexander. Vassar. Mich. EGISTERED CHESTER WHITE PIGS FOR sale arts prices tint will intemt you. Either oex. be today. RALPH 005E... Levering, lick. cuss-ran wmr: swmn. either sex. Bears ready for ser- rice. I‘rica right. LYLE I. JONES. I’ll-L Mich" R. F. D. No. I HAMPSHIRES BOARS READY FOR SERVIGE Also 1 Ind Sow .W. A. EASTWOOD. Clues-Mug. Mldl. “upsumEs A FEW once on.“ Lan- nnd loll boar pigs (m new blood linen. JOHN W. SNYDER. St. Johns. Ila- I A HAMPSHIRES Am all sold out on sows and gilts bred for spring farrowing. Have a few sows and gilts bred for June and July isrrowing that are good and priced right. Spring boar pigs at $15 ea. at 8 3 old. Satisfaction gurus Call or will. BUS THOMAS. New Low. Mich. 0.1.0. I. C. AND CHESTER WHITE SWINE Choice sow pigs of March furrow. Bloodlines of the Grand Champions Prince Big Bone and C. C. Svhoohnaster. Write your wants to CLARE V. DORMAN. Snover. Mich. II I II GILTS DRED 'FOII‘ OMEN FA Everyone guaranteed safe in dem choice spring pigs. either sex. F I: BURGESS MIL-10h" n s also I few 0. I. C.'s—8 Choice young been, March and April pigs at weaning time. CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM. Mcnroo, MUD-WAY-AUSH-KA FARM offers 0. l. 0. spring pigs, also special summer prices on breeding stock in \Vhite \Vy'sudottes, Barred Rocks. White Chinese Geese and White Runner Ducks. No more eggs this season. DIKE C. MILLER. Dryden. Mich. O. I. c. SWINE—MY NERD CONTAIN. THE bhod lines of the most no'od herd. Cu furnish you stock at "live and let live" prices. ‘ . J. GORDEN. Dorr. “In. R 3. .-' ‘tll . . . A ,V SHEEP :5] A low cood year-line ren- net! up ram lambs left to. after. ,25 else- elm for sale for (all delivery: Everything guaranteed as represented. CLARKE II. HAIRI. Woo: Drench. Mich. Mich. C ’— AN'I' A SIIEIP? Lot honour Sheep Association end you n dandy booklet with list oi’ breeders. Write comm A. ' TYLER. 'Soe'y- 10 Headland An" eel-ems . I; C. SOWS FOR 3 rm: 86w incite tom In We”. spent hm may for ailment. Choice ldlvld- v em; fr me o. 0.1).. in; axons-rand register in huur’s mm.“- O Advmuemonu- Inserted under this am for 1 or longer. Write out cm». Advertising Don-mm, Mt. handing at ‘80 .m In" . III! III have b efler end and it In. we r. "r I" "In. MM and and commute: Immune nil. Adm . m MR m- Butinm We III... POP ISSUI. The “inn ORPINGTONS AND IEGIIORNS Two nut breeds for profit. Write today for free «cologne of hatching cue. baby chick and breeding Itock. 'cYOLE IIA‘I'Ol-IER COMPANY. 149 PhIIo Ildg. Elmira. N Y. . SINGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS Early hatched. free range cockerela from sland- srd-bred heavy winter layers. Liberal discount on orders booked now for fall delivery. VALLEY VIEW POULTRY FARM Mt. Pleasant, Mich.. R 6 MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEVS. Toulouse Geese. White Pekin e94 web at once. Uld ducks Mich. FOR SAL ducks, either sex, weigh 10 pounds. CHASE STOCK FARM. Mariette. LEGHORNS SINGLE COMB BUFF LEGNORNS, EARLY hatched Cockerels. Farm range from excel- lent laying stock. J. W. WEBSTER. Bath. Mich. RABOWSKE'S 8. 0. WHITE LEGHORNS. Young and old stock for sale. LEO GRABOWSKE. Merrill. Mich" a c. WYANMTTE llnr. Golden and White Wyandouu. Bagel» in. surplus yen-ling stock to mah TOOII for growing birds“ Chi-once Browning. 82, Portland. LANGSHA BLACK LANOSHANS O Bred for type and color sings olg‘lléfTYStnrted Iro- pen headed by thk first :2an cock at Inhrutiom! show at Buffalo. Jan. 1912. Egg- Winter laying strain. I lien 83.50 per setting of 15. 08. OH“. W. SIMPSON. Webbonilo. BABY CHICKS ROSE AND SINGLE COMB II. I. Reds, Barred Plymouth Rocks, $18 per 100, $9 per 50, $4.75 per 2? ' safe delivery guaranteed. h Frreééfmd [fanslf U hatch July 27th. “tame INTERLAKES FARM. Box 4. Lawrence. Mich. der today or you will be too late. COLLIE PUPPY SALE For ten days only I will sell thoroughbred Collie puppies $15, either males or spayed females; natural heel drivers, bred from trained stock. .Send check in first letter; all puppies guaranteed. Or- l)r. EWALT’S COLLIE FARMS, b Mt. Clemens. .Michigan From record laying mus stock. White Leghorn, Brown Leghorn, $16 per 100. :8 Postpaid. Lire arrival guaranteed. SUPERIOR HATOHERY. Clinton. It. hicks. Leghorm, Mime. Spanish. Hoodoo. Campinas. Reds. Rocks. Orpingtons, Brahmas. Wyanduttes. Tyrone Poultry Farm. Fenton. Mich. ‘ CHICKS—CHICKS 5,000 chicks every Tuesday in July. Grand laying strain S. C. White Leghorns at $13 per 100; $7 for 50, full count, lively chicks at your door. Also Anconas at $15 per 100;. $8 for 50. Satisfaction guaranteed. Eleventh sea.- son. Order direct. Catalog free HOLLAND HATCHERY. R 7. Holland. MIMI. HATCHING EGGS Fun SALE HATGHIIIG tees . FROM A HEAVY LAY- nig strain of S. U. R. l. Reds at $2.00 per set- ting of 15 eggs, $10.00 per 100. Stock of excellent type and quality at all times Satisfaction guaranteed. F. HEIMS & SON. Davlson. Mich. . 0. BROWN LEGHORN COOKERELS. ~ench. White i’ekin Ducks, $2 each. MRS. CLAUDIA BETTS. Hillsdnie. Mich. $1 08E COMB BROWN LEGHORN E0“ FOR ale. One flfty per fifteen eggs. Flemish Giant rabbits that are giants. 0nth guaranteed. E. Mich. HIMEBAUGH. Goldwater, EGGS FOR “ATOM- 32 per 15. nil-mid. Mich. RITE WYANDOTTES; ing from selected layers, Penn. $161.0 $25. FRANK DeLONO. R3. Three Rivers. Eggs from vigorous only maturing stock from heavy laying strain. 3:: per 15. $5 per 45 by pn‘pnid parcel post. It. (l. Kirby. R1. East billing, Mich. THE LICE AND MITE'PROOF ROOS'I' THAT so many hundreds of poultry people are tiling; prices and poultry booklet free. Agents wanted. .A\i.ll.l().\' VEIIMIN PROOF PERCII (30., Dexter, Mir liL’llii. for Clyde R. Austin. Proprietor. lackson. They will all make Iierd Headers. Firs l. back. We hays purchased a son of Scissors, i 'I'IiE AUSTIN STOCK FARM . '- ‘ enzaosns or THE \Vorid 8 Greatest Strain of Registered Dur-oc Hogs. ' Offers for sale 6 choice 3 months old boar pins, picked from 3 litters of 11 and 1 ' lured by 900 lb. Ypsilnml 0. C. King by C. 0. C. King by 0. Orion Cherry King bred 3:: lie has 1 C (‘hcrry Chief Dam Pig's Dem 400 lb. yearling by Snperba boar, $40.00 by Brookwater Cherry King, 2 ’ach. 4 sired by 700 lb. Mumford boar by Principal war is a half-brother to Iirnokwnter Demonstrator the Fair. Her (lam Cherry .lvwvll King Mumford dam and 2 by 400 lb. Superha ll.m. chefhgets first choice. the fictional Grand Champion beer of the \Vorid. Bloomingdale, Mich. 6th, by Principal 4th. This Mumford lrand (‘hampion boar at Detroit State have 400 lb. yearling Pedigree furnished. Satisfaction or money $3 0 each. . Dormfefion 7th. whose brother lei for $7.5 Hood Farm Pogis 9th. Interested PM E‘ox COL. o. L. rsn’nv. kuoz. OoImbus. Ohio.. V JERSEY CATTLE AT AUCTION May, Aug. 19, 1920, (on Quad Trunk By.) 95 mils wt 0! Port Huron ' V The entire herd OISophIO’n’ Tor-lento:- Jerseys, owned by Bloss Rm. rich in the blood of Cbsmpion ButtrCows. Several daughters of the herd sire Chunflon 1nd sired 20-11.. of M, .‘cgn_ 0th.": It: ’ Write for catalog. at Swath Creek, Mick, 11's Jubilee and Rioters Jenny 14d breeding. J. -V. OOTTA Solo M r. Crawfordulllo'. Inelan'a, Imiay City breeder says nm%.3m~...m"..~m- new OS -" . V oil from an over the state.“ V 'm . m I: ‘ WILL cnnrscnnsxn, a, r . Imlay City; '_ Mich. a a. A t i POULTRY. BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY. . 3 5 1111 m w Impl