MT. CLEMENS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1921. WIS-State Dairy Interests Unite to Promote Industry Committee Named to Make Survey of Dairy Situation and Recommend Methods for Combatting , MOVEMENT that ‘ s-hould have been EL A started long ago in this state was the 'me'eti'ng of the dairy interests held ‘ in v-‘Lansing on January 11th for Ithe discussion of the present crisis in which t‘he'dairy industry finds itself and the appointment oi a represent- ative committee to' study the problems'eonfront- ing the industry. It is the first attempt that has been made to bring together the various factions of the dairy organizations and consider the problems of the fluid milk, condensary, and cream producer under one and the same. mic- roscope. * ‘A committee of 15 men was appointed. Five of these members are the advisory committee or v the‘state farm bureau department, consisting 01 J; 0. Near, Wayne County: Ray Potts. Macemb; Robert. MOnteith, Allegan; George Ker-he, Shia- “ “A wassee; and Alfred Hendrickson, Oceana,-—all practical farmers and able men. Five other members are to be selected by the Michigan ' Milk Producers Ass’n, and five from the asso- ciations dealing. in milk and milk products on . g the co-operative basis. In the discussion which took place, Mr. M, E. Parmellee, or Allegan coun- ‘ent, told of the troubles of the ‘.Worst- Crisis in Dairy History There should be'no sub- Let us not touch elbows copyright on‘ butter. stitutes for butter. but look arms.” . R. C. Reedysecretary of the Milk Producers’ Association, diacussed co—operation lfrom the following angle. “If any plan can.be devised which will get better prices and marketing con— ditions than the present, it is the duty of each and all of us to co-operate.” _ Fred Erickson, of Menominee County, the only representative of the upper peninsula pres- co-operative creameries in the. Holstein section in finding a market. Cheese is always 2c less than Chi- cago market in his territory, he said. It has to be taken twenty-mo to twenty-five miles to cold storage and then sold at a loss. Many of the farmers, he said, in that section of the state would quit business it they had a market for their cows. ' Milk Down to $2.50 in Detroit Area Beginning with the first of, February the pro- \ ducers of the Detroit area will receive only $2.50 per cwt. as compared with $3 at the pres- ent time. This reduction, it is said, was accept,- ed by 150. representatives of the various locals of the Michigan Milk Producers' Ass’n at a heated meeting in the Board of Commerce build- ing at Detroit on Thursday.aiternoon or last week. , The details of the meeting are reported by the Detroit Free Press as follows: “Pressure exerted on the producers by Detroit distributing companies was responsible for the reduction. William J. Kennedy, representing the distributors, told delegates to the meeting that a drop in the retail price-of ilk was an economic necessity and that it could not be brought about save by a cut in the price to the producer. The smaller price, he asserted, would result in stabilization of the industry. “ ‘Milk consumption is declining steadily,’ he asserted, ‘Every creamery in Detroit has a sup- ply of cheese and other milk products which will have to be disposed of at less than cost or thrown away. Thousands .of milk consumers are unable to pay bills, but the cream- eries feel obliged to supply them.” ty, said that his pound of «butter to .five pounds of'_substitutes are being used at the present time. ' He quoted a merchant who, had said that he ship- ped in oleomargari‘ne by- the, dray load. Mr. Parmailee said that peo-' ple were consuming less milk. in the country now than ever before and that one of thebasic problems of the dairy industry was to increase the use of dairy products on the farm first. Mr. I Elmer Mytrott,_ of Oakland county, said that farmers were cut- ting their heads otl.’ by not sticking by one another. He believed state wide. N organization was vitally important. He said that no dealer with a surplus plays the game square. -. “There is no use for an organiza- tion‘ unless farmers stick by- one an- other and there ought to be a contract to that effect which would last} for . more than one year,” according to Mr. ' Boy Baker, of Hillsdale County.‘ Mr. ~Baker advised the establishment of small condensaries well located to take care. of the surplus. ' v Milo Campbell, of Branch county, said that one of the basic troubl was the? old conflict of the near cit and the country interests. “All agree,” he said, “§hat_organization is abso- lutely essential. Let an organization he established and the details worked out later. The cow should hive a ‘Attean Farmer’s Week Jan. 31 st to Feb. 4th "HE FOLLOWING speakers will address the big general Tafternoon and evening meetings during Farmers’ Week ‘ at M. A. 0., Jan. 31 to Feb. 4. Special associations will hold their own meetings in0 the mornings, but all will meet together in the afternoon and evening. 8. S. McClure, famOus publisher . . . . . . . . .Monday, Jan. 31 W. G. Keiser, authority on concrete . . . . . . . .Monday, Jan. 31 Chas. J. Brand, marketing expert . . . . . . . . . .Tnesday, Feb. 1 A. F. Lever, U. S. Farm' Loan Board . . . . .Wednesday, Feb. M. L. Burton, President U. of M. . . . . . . . . . Wednesday, Feb. A. E. Roberts, rural life leader . . . Dean Eugene Davenport, of Illinois . Hon. Lee J. Driver, rural educator . . . . . . . .Thursday, Feb. . Gov. W. 'L. Harding, of Iowa . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thursday, Feb. Miss Alma Binzel, child training specialist The following state agricultural associations will hold annual meetings during the week: I Michigan State Farm Bureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Feb. 3, Michigan Muck Farmers Association . . . . . . . . . .Feb. 1, 2, Michigan Potato Producers’ Association . Michigan Crop Improvement Association . . . . . . . .Feb. 2, Michigan Poultry Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Feb. 2, Michigan Horticultural Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Feb. 1, Agricultural Section Mich. Bankers’ Ass’n . . . . . . .Feb. 1, State Y. M. C. A. Secretaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Feb. 1, 2, State Boys’ and Girls’ Club Leaders Country Life Conference . . . . . .Wednesday, Feb. . . . .Wednesday, Feb. . .Friday, Feb. 4 . . . . . ..Feb. 1, . . . . . . . . .Feb. 1, 2, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Feb. Mich. Sugar Beet Growers’ Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Feb. County Agricultural Agent Conference . . . . . .Jan. 31, Feb. He said that under the‘new price ar- rangement the creameries would buy the same amount of milk as at present, themselves sustaining the loss should any surplus be included. Reduction Is Fair, Says Hull “N. P. Hull, of Lansing, president of the Michigan Milk Producers' asso- ciation, said Thursday evening that although a reduction in the price of milk would work serious hardship with the producer, the delegates to the‘ meeting believed the consumer should. 3 be given milk at a smaller cost in 1 view of employment conditions. “The city man paid a good price for milk during the war when he was prospen ous,’ said Mr. Hull, ‘and now that he is feeling the pinch of need the pro- ducers think it no more than fair that the price should be lowered.’ “Until February 1 the present price of $3 to the producer will remain in effect. The $2.50 figure will be effect- ive from February 1 to March 1, when the milk commission will change or extend it. Thursday’s transactions were independent of the milk commis- sion, the distributors declaring the need of reduction to be too urgent for the commission’s consideration. The commission will be asked to approve the scale agreed upon by distributors and producers." . “MawWNNWWNWIh Stock Breeders-Declare for Cheaper Production and Better Marketing I BETTER MARKETING instead of better ' production as on former years-characteriz-v . ed the discussions of the three hundred members of the Michigandmproved Livestock Breeders’ [and Feeders’ Aesociation at M2 A. C. , on January 12 and 13. A. loss of'from 205per, .‘ cent to per 'ceut inwthe value or; purevibrsd; rought 'depresttion Jon' fifths ' .wlliv‘estockighad n i ' " 4 tejjwliat’; might natfirit’ll‘fi' r , 7, tuck breeders they were " 1?. mine: . as My; ' nawas he [pk plains.» Truncate ..: ‘ «ciation,-towing ' By CURTIS S. BILL about action along lines of the most economic marketing methods. ~ The productive side of the was industry ~touched upon in relation to the necessity for fithe utmost economy toofiset the drop in price OLIiVestock. lfresident Herbert E. Powell, of ig'IOniEHStruck? the: keynote along thiS'line when “=rhetsaid,."In reviewing: the entire field it seems ,tcm‘e. tin-titre, can hardly look ‘ior higher prices initials immediate. future but must devise ways ,ioigrloyerinsi’ cents '0! production." 1 that,,:-‘We must-turn aside from ' théfibspelfdfrmiak’ing. twoblades of grass grow whereifone did: beforer‘but'we must flndsome way of growing the one blade at half the ex- pense." ' Mr. Powell said also, “The breeder and feed- er of improved livestock is of necessity an opti- mist. *' Ours is not a profession, it is an art. .We are always working from the known to the un- known, we are dealing’with forces of nature and not mathematical quantities. 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"HMIHHII‘HH MM“ "‘Hm‘lllllli'dl‘ll‘l' ‘7‘ ~ mnrronnusmnss/ ~ : I v. legislauve‘grmd -‘ t is on again, and while we are un- able at this time to even remotely prognos- ~ floats as to what the grist will we resolutely "take ~ our pen in hand” to let the readers of Tm: Bos- nnrss Fauna know what are our in- presaions of the process and the el- ements and influences that aflect it for good or evil as it progresses. The new broom sweeps clean and ln'thls new legislature will we have a new governor, a new lieutenant- governor and a brand new speaker of the house .of. representatives, forty new members of the house and tour- teen new members of the senate. The writer cannot speak for new sell- aaors and representatives because he has had no opportunity to study their antecedents and environments. It is by no means safe to place halos on them indiscriminately, because a 601‘- tain small percentage of all who come to the legislature are gradu- ates of the county seat ring which infests every county in the state, in- stitutions not particularly noted for altruism, and again predatory pri- vate interests have long since learn- ed that it is cheaper and more e1- tectlve to have its friends occupying the seats of the mighty than to havb lng them attempting to direct legio- latton from the side lines, and we shall be better able to pass judgment on the legislators of the vintage of 1921 alter they have had a chance -toshowthelrhands. Butastothe governor, lieutenant-governor, and speaker of the house of representa- tives, their past performances con- stitute an index to what may be ex- pected 0! them in their new pool- tlons with the greatly increased re- sponsibilities and the writer, unhea- ttatinglyn expresses his faith in the sincere desire at each of these om- cials faithfully and well to serve the best interests of the whole people. Those who walk as well as those who ride in limousines. The farm read- ers of M. B. F. should look with in- ltlal favor on the services of Speaker Warner and Llent-Gov. Read, both of whom are farm boys and each of whom is a lawyer in high grass towns that could not last a week without the farmers of the surround- ing counties. Their environmenthae been rural. Their associates 'have been rural and necessarily their out- look has been subjected to a strong a; can. HIRIIIT r. nsz rural coloring- them belong to that all a- too numerous class who ' those who make it poe-’ ‘otble to answer the prayer. “Give no this day our daily bread." Few, men in public life shown greater seal in conserving the public ‘weal than Governor Groce- During the fear my: be has ‘b Attorney-General. he has been pro-public all the time and has stood tour square with the people's bed interests from start to finish. He has a well defined program to tematlze the . state administrag agencies, as was done by Gov. Inv- den of Illinois, in the interests d omeiency and economy. 1111‘ pro- gram may be. expected to comm unfolding at once. Indeed, certain spotlight chasers are already warb- lng oyerttme in an eflort to head the procession in carrying out a progre- about which they know little and aa- ually care less. The pathway to a realization of the governor's plan to eliminate certain boards and co.- miseions in the interests of emote” and economy is beset with many dangers. Obviously it means some heads will surely go into the presumably quite a lot o! them. is more natural than that the b- atinct ot sell-preservation should h- splre those enacted to recognize tn community of interest that exist: II.- tween them and by organised M strive to put on the evil day m .‘the governor’s program should oom- oome oi them from that. dear old Id rolL‘ Those aflected by the govern— on": program are from every part 1 ‘ thcstate andtn mylnflmm relatives. close personal or new lrlemls o! the very members of.“ legislature to which the m submits his plan at which to many of them mane ell-- inatien from the throng at, the plot counter. The enthusiasm with wilt legislators now acclaim the govt-i- or's reform reminds the writer 1 that with which the members of a 1911 legislature in its early _ hailed the abolition of the “ . only to elanor let it. a little.“ when the home influence had been. somewhat weakened. You. may fl; the boys that the governor has a hecneyc andasqnarejawandm it will be interesting to watch lo- velopmenu. The Accredited Herd Campaign 9 accredited herd campaign I which started December 7th has made excellent progress and nine- teen meetings had been held up to the first of January, including meet- ings at Flint. Lapeer, Mount Clem- ens, Saginaw, Bay City, O'wosso, San- dusky, Howell, Ypsilanti, Ida, Ply- mouth, Jackson, Hlllsdale, Hudson, Adrian, Marathon, Hastings, Farm- lngton and Gallon. Two other meet- ‘ lngs during this time, one at Care and the other at Holland were post- poned, lateness of trains making it impossible to meet the schedules. These will undoubtedly be held at some later date, as well as a number or other meetings. , Local arrangements are being handled by the Farm Bureau and county Holstein organizations, where such exist, and in counties which are not lortunate enough to have 10- cal organizations, individual breed- ers arrange for the meetings. Dr. T. S.’ Rich, Federal Inspector in charge of Tuberculosis Eradication in Michigan and H. H. - Halladay, State Commiuloner of Animal Ina ductry, have been the princtpal speakers at, the meetings, asobted by H. l. Dennison at Owoaao, s. H. Manson at Howell and Field Secto- . an Norton... ’ ,Tho ml: of cosh-oiling and erad- icating tuberculosis under the state and teen-at accredited herd plan has. gained great bosom in ‘ Item since its inception in 1917, but lim- ited funds have Inch. canto! m velopmcnt u we should like to see. This method 0: protecting the m otthoherdshaenetwlthah-t- universal approval among the breed- ers oi pure-bred castle, and 9! Id!- flclent funds were available so flat the work could. be the broad- eu would almost. without. exception- be glad to place their herds undo! supervision. Such. being the case. ltdsupbothemehlgancatflem cratemtoltthattholegislatnro which convenes this month maka I "liberal appropriation for this work. Holstein are by for the most any mun at any of the breeds of. outta A in Michigan and. two-thirds on all the herds now under supervision in the state are Black and White, and as this reason it devolves upon the El- stun‘ Dresden in mm to, nah a determined effort to have the bud- gcttorthteworkputwv \. Michigan 11013th have long been recognized throughout the coach-y as belng exceptionally free from this disease and mehlgan breeders must do everything possible . to protect their herds and keep up the run-- tattoo. 'Dho recent report at the United m »wv,ern-ment chews“ among the stucco as records. the number of pueMed_,_Holoteiga~ £17 Wrangler, and thereo- W mammmmonoo lea than two and ‘ . lit _ certain that neither. at look with contempt on“ \. l a ——A l THE record of previous years can be taken as a barometer of , future-potato prices it is reason- able to suppose that the potato mar- ket on the ‘ 1920 crop has already reached its crest and that the future trend will be downward, with pos-. sibly occasional bnt slight .upward' spurts. As has already been pointed out in these columns the 1920 crop was the second largest on record. Encour- , aged by the high potato prices which prevailed the previous years farmers in the commercial potato states planted 3,929,000._acres which was about 23,000 acres less than were planted in 1919. But here is the surprising thing. Instead of these acres producing an average yield of 95.9 bushels as in 1918 and 90 bush- els “in 1919, they produced 109.6 ' bushels to the acre. And that extra 19.0 bushels over 90 bushels in 1919 on virtually the" same acreage pro- duced a crop greater by nearly, 75 million bushels than the 1919 crop. But instead of adding to the farm- er's wealth, that 75 million bushels, strange as it may seem, is‘likely to detract from his wealth. On Dec. 1st, 1919, the farm price of potatoes for the United States was $1.60. Fig- uring the entire crop at that price, it was worth in round numbers 568 million dollars. The farm price for the 1920 crop on Dec. lst was $1.16, I which applied to the entire crop would indicate a value of only 498 million dollars. Or a ,crop of 75 - million dollars loss than the 1919 crop. Can you find any argument there in favor of maximum produc- tion? The Potato Magazine 'has drawn Business Farmer’s Hoover European Relief Fund Passes $500 Mark \to be able to announce that the Busmnss FABMEB’B Hoover Relief Fund has passed the $500 mark. The V total as we go to press is $570.95 and we would not be a bit surprised if be— fore the close of the week the $1,000 mark will be in sight. That's fine, better than we anticipated. There are a lot yet to hear from, but we ,ex- pect to have their subscriptions be fore. another issue. ‘ “What the Neighbors Say About It” “Am sending check for two dollars for the Hoover European Relief Fund. Am sorry we can not send many times that sum. Hope you are meet- ing with a hearty response to your appeal this week. Perhaps last week was “busy week” for roost of your readers as it was with us and your excellent paper did not get as much attention as usual. We failed to no- tice your appeal until this week. .Hence our tardy response." ' "I send you one dollar for the European 'Relief Fund. I am a poor ‘1 man 63 years old with poor health. Have 20 acres not yet paid for, but I think if we try to help our fellow- ' men, God will not let us .suifer, so ,you are welcome to the dollar."\ “We are enclosing our subscription to the Hoover Relief Fund. Just IT IS a great relief and satisfaction not because we didn’t realize the ur- gent need. Can—- this fund be kept open some time longer? surely Mich- igan farm folks won’t let the less of x _ anticipated term profits keep them. from extending a little aid to this - .~ noble cause. What :big prices we ‘ have had were at the of these . " ‘ sovlet’s Whisky]! inst forgot to do it at your first request, , sell 'f ’ Comparative Data Indicates Lewer Spud Prices i. 1 History of Former Year‘s, Suggests that Production too Great to Admit of Higher Prices I no mi FARH Pile! or POTATOES Average Price. at First of m Including mm Productions and Stocks on January 1 Month for United States «a 4:2 as. «a some interesting conclusions from a comparison of potato yields and pric- . as for the past ten years. This com— parison is shown graphically in the chart on this page. Please note in examining the chart that the price trends are figured not according to the calendar year but to the “mar- ket” year, or the period in which the . bulk of the crop is marketed. “In this table,” says The Potato Magazine, “a comparison of the De- camber and the following March prices shows that in 1917 and 1918 the March prices were lower than the December prices, and in 1912 and 1914 they were slightly higher, although, allowing for shrinkage and beans, wheat and other farm stuff at a price we think we should have. Times will look better in the near future. meson up; friend farmers. You don’t have to sacrifice a bit to help a lot. The only trouble is that Editor Lord didn’t ask you for a large enough contribution. Share p-” “I am sending only two dollars to help the Relief campaign. I have giv- en beforeto our church and our Sun- day School for this Relief but when I saw your appeal in M. B. F. again 'I thought I could help some more. Kindly accept same. I two hundred dollars." “Is Your Name Written There?" Subscriptions received to the Hoovh or Relief Fund from Tuesday, Jan. 11th to Tuesday, Jan. 18th are as fol- lows: ! ' Silo—Ada. M. Slocum. Mt. Clemens. Sio—Alvin and Mrs, Amy Ruppert, Akron, Mich. . "Hahn R, Genefleve and Mrs. John Deveraux, Howell. Szo—Arnold family, Ovid, $10 each—W. J. Martin, Croswell; H. ’8. Newton. Hart; Yates Hunt, Fenton. $5.00 each '— F. F -Mack. Deck- erville; Mr .and Mrs, flurry Camp, Mc- Bride: Geo. Johnston. Port Hope- Fred Newman, Reading; D. B. Henry, Shelby; wish it was - other losses of storage, they really yielded. a smaller return. That is, in all years having a production of more than 400,000,000 bushels the March price was either lower than the December price or the increase was negligible. When the produc- tion has been less than 375,000,000 bushels, the price has tended to in- crease as the season advances. The farmer may judge for himself wheth- er the same factors will apply to the present year’s crop, which is esti— mated at 413,000,000 bushels by the Bureau of Crop Estimates, and he may apply his own conclusions in de- ciding when to sell his potatoes. “In comparing the prices of one Wm. Dingman and mother, Cheboygan; G, D. Btover, Fremont; Mrs. John Dav- is, Burt; Wm. Toell and family, FarwelL 94 each—Cheyenne School, Brown City. $3.00 each—J. DeCou, Fenton; C. M, Cartwright, Mention, - $2.00 each -——- Mrs G. Goodenough, Mt. Pleasant; Dominic Polk. Parisville; Geo. Prime, Akron; Jake Bailey, Barry- ton; Mr. and Mrs, Walter Rodgers, Char- lavolx; Wm‘. Malian, Rosebush; Merritt Muscatt and wife, Breckenridge; Neil Beaten, Cass City; Geo. Johnston, Em- pire, H, Humphrey, Remus' Henry R. t, Millikan; Mr, an d . Henry Sierert. Graneros, Colo; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ingcrsoll, Mt. Pleasant; Gust Krlegel, Sanford; R. W. Sauter, New Baltimore; James Congill, Jr. Mariette. $1.75—Roy Birmele, Waterviiet. $1.25 each—Mrs. John Philpot. Snover; John Bleesener. inconnlng; Mrs. A, H Che and Mrs. E. E. e suing; Mr. Bailey. Bears. $1.00 each—C. L. Camburn. Grass Lake: Leonard Pritchard. Evart: Jacob Drehrer Fowler-ville: Mrs. A. man. Pigeon; Mrs. Catherine Haner, Freeland- C. Schmerk, Otta Ohio; A. Samuel J, Smettler, Elsie; A. B, omer- oy, Kalamazoo: John Baumgartner, Cole- man ' Ray L. Cartwright, Mendon; . Lamb. Charlotte; Mrs. Charles Ferrell, Sn, Gladwtn; E. J, Allmerndlnger, Corun- na; Mrs. C. E, Hartsell, Gagetown; Fred Kinger Harrisville' Geo. Kemler, Alma; Allen b. Kenaga, holly: J Blaney; Mrs. Frank Fuller City; Mrs. Sam'l Macklem. re- E. . Ros Elm Han; Levi Haynes, Goldwater: M. Hoeflner, Glennie: Fred Yost. Bridgeport; Mrs. Wm. Seaman. Sumner; Wm, Aibright, Marion; Jones Lullach, r- —‘ r cup This‘Coupon and Help Save a and From Starvation — ——l I non-on BUSINESS FARMEB, I nom‘ CLEMENS, MICE. I ~ ~ ‘ ‘ ' II I find Q. . . I European Relief Fund. I . . , I 'e-Oee..oeo..ee-..see,.gse . . a o c ..eo¢..eee..eev . O V l I ' ' I my contribution to the Hoovu-I ‘1 I 'prioes must be eliminated from the year with those of another, allow» a . ance must be made for the rapid de- crease during the lasit few years in ' the purchasing power of the dollar. ' For instance, 81.61 per bushel in 1919 and 80 cents per ’bushel in 1911 i does not mean that potatoes were } twice as valuable at the later date. The' increase in price may have head I nothing to do with the potato bus- iness. It may have come from the 3 general rise which increased the i price of wheat, clothing and map I chinery, as well a potatoes. The I ' eifects o'f the general increase in I calculation. I Potato Exports Small . , “Before attempting to analyze the l relations between the figures of pro- duction and stocks on the one hand and prices on the other, it should be mentioned that potatoes are not en- ported to any great extent, seldom more than one per cent of the crop being carried out of the country. Neither are potatoes carried over from one season to another, as is the case with some crops. That is, the potato crop is practically all con« sumed in this country and each sea- son’s crop is a separate problem in i itself. “This is one of the large potato years and the way in which the ques- tion of time of marketing is settled by the individual farmer means an immense sum of money in the gross returns from one of the nation‘l leading crops. The wise grower wig study every phase of conditions, an will utilize the aide which are fur- nished by the crop and market re» ports of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture." mew« . a Omer: Ceder Anderson, Posen: Mrs, Jag Quim. Case ° Alva. Decker, Elwell; August S i713.er Beach; Wesley Clark, Emm Aug. Winchester Hud- sonville; Mrs, ohn Oswald, Mersey Ralph W. Angeli. Petoskey; Blah-Jag Fletcher, Coloma; Stanley V. Marlette; Mrs. John Stanham, Homer; Q. J. Westerland. Hersey: Mrs. Jay tringer. Reese' Otto Kirbach, Marina; 1‘ Paul Pierson, flops; Napoleon Roberta. . Cathro; Mrs. Wm, Sherman, Caro; Jesse ‘ Childs, Alma; M. J. Parker, Attica; Nar- poleon Whittier, Burt; Jas, Mlsch, Ches- . aning; Geo. L. Franz. Eau Clare; Fred Beaver, Bad Axe; Archie McPherson. Mariette; Etta Fall. Oakley; Louis Rus- sell, Pontiac; F‘red Davenport, Alpine H. R Hill, Remus: J. O, Garver, Springs; Chas. D. Em Coleman; Clare A. Nolfe, Goodrich;'C, Moo , ' Mr. and. Mrs. Gust Turn ; Mrs. Geo. M, Ward, Leslie; Hilda , Croswell: J. H, Quinn. 1, ._, ._‘__,- .. Scot F. Ubly; W. R. J Devils Lake: Anonymous, Harbor Sp ‘ John P, Jameson, Morley' Mrs. Mary? ; Spencer, Au Gres' Win ‘1', Minimum: Lapiola; Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Cook, City; Mrs. Ora. Fuller, - John McNabb, Utica; J. F. ia; Chas, Sickle, Gaines; C. W. Stiles. Morenci; George Schubert, Grindstone City :MGeo. M, VanSIekle, Barr-yton; m. s 3 en. -L. and rs. Hugh Mans, Fenton; Mrs. E. Shreve, Battle Creek; Mrs. La , Fowler, Allen; , Aa Stoneburg, North Branch: Clifton D, Smith, Lake Grim , Less than $1 each—Mrs. Geo. Elia ‘ Fr .. Ono-'9'. \r l.I‘I.\ Clio; Mrs. V. Martiuy. Alanson; Harriett Hill, Grand Blanc; Mrs. C. Gamer, Grosse Pointe; Glenn Mill 3 . Eaton Rapids; B. A. Jones, Goldwater ; Henry Peterson. Whitehall; D. J. Gree - '* Spruce; Mr. and Mrs, r-red White, Ch I A levoix; Leo. Benkert, Swan Creek: Emu-t, U2 est Day, Shepardsville; Mrs. H, D. Ho i. .- lrr’ins, Fremont; Martha J. Vii: Tuyl ‘ ’ , A, Van Tuyl, M , . J. j'. South Lyon; S. S. ed, Carson . H. J , Mesick; Emil E. Tag _. . Gaylord; . F. Conklin Daggett; Ge . Mumer i. Gaylord; . 7i? HE Michigan Agricultural College will probably have to sufler a cut in its appropriations for the next two years. We little appreciate what a blow this might be to Michigan agricul- ture until 'we “learned that it would un- doubtedly mean curtailing the work that in being done by the College in educat- in: muck land farmers to treat their lmdso that it will produce sugar beets of higher sugar content, We wonder if it has ever occurred to the College au- thorities that the only persons in the en- tire State of Michigan who are benefit- ted as a\result of such experiments are the handful who own the stock of the beet sugar factories? We wonder if it would make any difference anyway with Mr. W, H, Wallace sitting on the Board of Agriculture."——Dec. 12th issue Mich- itun Business Farmer, O t O O " IS NOT'my intention to create a mountain seeing a mole hill,” 376 $ writes Ezra Levin, M. A. C.’s man. ‘hnd specialist, appropos the above ‘_ comment. “It may be true that this is a pas! on the fires prepared for the sugar factories in Michigan. If that ,were all, we would pass it by; but this type of thinking and writing de- mands comment from those who be- Have in greater and happier Michi- gan agricultuie. There are those of us who believe that farmers’ co-oper- ative sugar factories are possible and sure to come. But we do not delude ourselves into believing that this will come by aught else but straight, clean, square competition. “Facts, constructive; reliable, au- thentic information is the basis for the formation and organization of any business. Economical, indus— trial and psychological facts. What are the financial and productive da- ta? Will it pay over a series of , years? Can the farmers of Michigan .run this business for themselves? Are the organizing heads available for such a task? These are the questions that business farmers ask themselves. “Some are also asking, was there and is there now one constructive, carefully planned motive in all this bitterness, in all this vitriol which has broken up communities, sowed hatred broadcast, and destroyed the tranquility, peace and good will of neighbors? “What has all this to do with the muck investigations at the Agricul- tural College and the bit of harmless criticism in the statement quoted? Very simply this: As a student of soils. I am interested in the" better- ment of the Beet Sugar Industry, in- terested in all that will tend to main- tain the Industry and give those en- gaged in it the greatest measme of good for life and happiness. I am interested in increasing the sugar content of sugar beets because it aids the industry. ' “As is well known to muck farm- ers, muck beets have been discrim- inated against. One company, based on numerous analyses have refused to take muck beets. Judging by the methods that we have witnessed this last year, should we convince the sugar factories by calling them ,names, by going up and down the state breathing fire and branding them cuttthrats and robbers or are we to carry out the investigations and determine the facts, bring, the facts to the attention of the factor- ies, namely, that the low sugar con- .tent is due to the lack of certain in- vgredients which may be supplied to the soil. Incidentally, wOuld it not be a good plan to determine the his- tory of this Phase of the sugar indus- try in which beets Were bought on test and the reasons for abandoning ,the same before making such com- .ment as will create more and more ' antagonism. . “Not only is it my duty to con- ‘ struct, build, anything which will aid * . the industry, but I must be unalter- v . ably opposed to all that is destruct- ive to the industry. The present *policy of some of those who have as- sumed the tremendous task of agri- ,jicultural leadership and who are sub- stituting agitation and talk, for .ed- location and facts, is viciously danger- ous and threatens the industry. As a student of the scientific method, '1‘ Prof. Levin’s f on: opppsed to that sort of think- . 2? Ants- . INK 5 — w—.—--—- o—w _--—~n-—‘_. W fi-m uh. ~~~ Ace—v / 553" uses — an; OJ. M. A. 0.’s Muck Land Specialist ertes a Letter to The Business Farmer. ing and writing. I am opposed to all that is destructive to the indus- try. ~ “I still believe that the evidence produced up to date by those oppos- ed and those defending the sugar factories, that the balance is in fav- orof the point of view that the sugar factories and their managers ,are a tremendous, unquestionable as- set to Michigan and it has not been shown that we can do without them and still maintain the‘industry. I do not say that there will not come a time when ,it will be shown that ,the farmers’ co—operative sugar fact- ory will be successful and‘profita'ble ,in Michigan. I believe in it but it has not been shown to date. “Most of us who favor such a pro- Cedure will not lend themselves to petty, vicious, emotional, spell-bind« ing and agitation but will meet these men who have helped build ,the sugar industry and with whom .we do business in a clean, straight, square man to man competition. If we want a sugar factory we will either buy one or build one. "‘The farmer is not against big business, he is out to do big business, .to compete with big business and he will no more enter big business by agitation and vindicative'malice than .the captain of industry would be drawn into an investment by such a means. . Like the man said who was asked to put his money into a scheme for turning brass into gold, ‘I be- lieve in- it but I wouldn’t. bet my ,money on it.’ That’s the point. .When those of us put our money in a sugar factory, we want facts, bas- ed on a series of years, facts about the management, men who can man- age, men who are capable of sitting (in a'Board of Directors. We may believe in it, believe absolutely in co-operative factories but how many of us are ready to put our money into it? “Frankly, this spell-binding, bait- ing of big, business, blinding reason with rancor and bitterness not only makes us weary bu-t defeats the very end of a logical and scientific study of_the facts which will bring about real, true co-operation.”—Ezra Levin. Levin Spirit Reveals Secret College Failure RDINA R I L Y w 6 would pass Mr. Levin's letter by without notice. Personally we are not interested in what Mr. Levin thinks about THE BUSINESS FARMER or anything else and we don’t suppose our readers are either. The only justification that we can claim for using so much space to reply to his diatribe is be- cause it reflects the general sentie ment prevalent at the M. A. C. tow- ard Tun BusINEss FARMER and the farmers of Michigan who are seeking to solve their economic prdblems, and should, therefore receive attention. There have been many charges made against the College’s indifference if not actual opposition to the farmers' economic efforts, but Mr. Levin has ‘been the first representative of the College to publicly confess the fact. What ‘Has the College Done? Says Mr. Levin: “This type of thinking and writing (employed by THE BUSINESS FARMEB) demands comment from those who believe in a greater and happier Michigan agri- culture." ' ' It is pertinent to ask how a green:— er and happier Michigan agriculture -. can best be attained. Will it be by following thetrails that were blaz- ed a century ago, sticking stubborn- ly to the exploded theory that the more blades of” grass which the farmers grow the more prosperous they will become, and. putting ob- .stacles in the way of organizations which would secure a fair profit to the farmer on his first blade of grass before the second is grown? Or is that happier day to come by blazing new trails and wiping out the. waSte, inefficiency and costliness of the present marketing system which re- turns ‘to the farmer less than half of , the sum which the. consumer pays for his products? It lathe theory of TH]: ‘ BusiNEss Fauna, the Farm Bureau and all the other great. farinorganiza-r By THE EDITOR -board of control. that the future ._ success and happiness of those engaged in agriculture lies wdith the adoption of the second meth- o . . A careful reading of Mr. Levin's letter might lead one to think that the College had ‘been making a. “log- ical and scientific study of the facts which will bring about real, true co- operation,” between the sugar man- ufacturers and the beet growers. But that is not the case. The facts are that the College have looked upon the controversy between the beet growersand the manufacturers ,as something in which it had no busi- ness to meddle. For four consecu~ tive years the beet growers have been seeking facts to back up their claims for a higher ,price for 'their beets. Did they get any help from the College? Did this “square deal" loving Levin, “scientific” college heads, or the gov- erning board of this “farmer’s col- lege” make one single effort to in- vestigate the costs of the beet grow- ers or the profits of the manufactur- ers, and bring abouta better under- standing between the two? Certain- ly not. Why should they or how could‘they with a sugar manufactur- er a dominating‘influence on the But without the help of the College, and using iden- tically the same tactics “as they em- ployed last year, the beet growers demanded and secured three separ- ate increases in price which they most assuredly Would not have had had they not gone after them. , We tions suppose Mr. Levin must have beenl' 'terri‘bl‘y wrought up over. such “de-’ ‘ Be that as it“ struotlve” -meth‘ods. may, the ’beet growers of Michigan are ,r several thousand dollars I better on, than they would have been had they adopted the _H“puSsy-footing"~ policies that haverbeén sofloften em- p-lo o'ny the,‘-M..A.yo, ‘ v * or any of the other ' agricultural college is an institutio "farmer. the way of profit and he _ .11 this means scientific matter be it: jig. it means sending] s; - plays of the" Qollégexofass'em ' “Most of us,",s”ays Levin,,.‘.'.wil,l ' lend; themselves to petty, ,v-lcio emotional, spell—binding and- agi‘ta tioa but will meet these men an, haveehelped build the . sugar. induct , -and with whom we do business'in: clean, straight, senate man, to‘ ‘ competition.” I , ' r . Ye Gods, .Leyin, if you can meet them on that basis you will do bet-V ter than 12,000 sugar beet growersfl 'V If ever a body of who have tried it. men exhausted every honorable. and dignified means to "meet the sugar manufacturers in a clean, straight ‘ and square" fashion, it was the Michigan Sugar Beet drowers’ As- sociation. But you know what kind , of a reception they got. Thoso Muck Land Experiments When we published the offending :1 1 paragraph reprinted at the head of Mr. Levin’s letter, ’we didn't intend to take serious exception to the muck land experiments in * dues- ‘tion. The sole purpose of the editor-,7- . ial was to emphasize the incongruity of having a sugar manufacturer on. the Board of Agriculture and the possibility of how his presence might naturally have an influence upon/the policies of the college. But since :Mr. 'Levin has thrown down .the gauntlet and declared that this‘ type 'of thinking is “vicious” and so on, and persists in defending his exper- iments with muck lands for the grow- ing of beets of higher sugar content, . we will go further. We will say that we are, unalterably opposed to the? Michigan Agricultural » College spending one nickel of the taxpay- ers" money for this""purpose unless .V and until the price of beets is figured according to the sugar content. Then it will pay each individual farmer to produce beets of higher’sugar con- tent. , ‘ It would seem that the pure- ly “scientific” method of making ‘ the muck lands the most profitable‘ 7 would be‘ to discover and sug-‘ gest crops best. adapted to _ type, of soil instead of trying to "make them over” to grow crops bet- ' ter adapted to some other soil. There are ample lands in Michigan to grow all the sugar beets the present fact- ories can slice without spending any money in v scientific experiments, which may or may not be successful to bring other lands not naturally adapted to the growing of beets into competition with the natural beét lands. Such a proposal seems as in- defensible as would be an attempt to coax heavy clay soils into growing potatoes on a’commercial scale: But then .we suppose that even this tres— pass upon common sense would be, excused upon the grounds of “scien- tific research," and the necessity of providing some budding specialist with an opportunity to try out his pet theories. , . r , THE Busmnss FABMEB is in thor- ough accord withthe excellent record. of scientific accomplishment claimed by our agricultural college. It has no desire to see practical scientific investigation and experimentation discontinued or curtailed. But itris a well knOWn fact to many who are familiar with the policies of the-Col- lege that valuable experiments have ‘ been nipped in the bud and utterly unimportant experiments encourage ed because of the personal interests of certain members of the board.,._ , Cr (While, to repeat, We heartily ape. 7»— prove of scientific agricultural, re- search by the College where made-e sired end seems to, justify . mean, we do not approve of the College’s inexcusable and inexplaln-‘v able attitude toward the farmers? ; busixie‘ss problems. Our ideal 011,3 ,r- ’ that spares no eflort in directing‘th _ ,1! 5E nessin the conduct of, his ‘bu upon 7 the successful "so-opera , . 'terpris ‘ of it #5 the . ,. D0, N‘fr’ V this .pggtefot‘ the; country or - ‘- ,. ,, ,gterCog. » my ow subi lvieion. .Weet Dare! ‘44 SOOVto .3500 a’ lot.,;._withma for? b, of r the Incohereplthhich the city of ne- ‘vwoamn‘mm ’3n 1‘ sniwwSu‘a 3156i: 13491:: " was en ‘ Gaines, Mich.__ “Wot buy this property. In the first place the price is' altogether too steep for_¢he locality, and in the second place it will be eight or ten beforethe city of Detroit can ,-; possibly expand into all the vacant . environs 'which have been subdivided in every direction from the city It the alleged proximity to the proposed - ‘ park were of any real value to ad-' jointing property, I am quite sure that the Frischkorn agents “would not have ‘ to go so far away from home to sell the property—Editor”. .PUTTING ROAD THROUGH I own an 80 acre wild farm that I ' fenced u “lays age. net the town line and the town- ship wants to put a- road through. The road is of no use to me as I have another road. Can the township force ,a ran. through without paying me for the land and make me. move my fence, _ 810 per acre. I am willin to let them _ 1"have the land at a row able price. .I r , oifered to let them have the" dot-what ~-1.it“ cost me before I fenced. it. V. sor advised me that there ' id not be any road put through there or some time and for me to fence .it up: so _, I did—G, C., Standish.‘Mich, , The statute provides that if any proposed highwayis within one half mile of an already established high- ‘way parallel to it the damages shall not be less than the value of the ' » "I have“ . , - cleared said land of “brush at aeeost' of t the Sue for pasture 6 years-ago, It.‘ -.tablespoons of water. «‘1‘. land. You should showathe damage to you both inland and fence. If ' the commissioner does not allow you sufficient damage y'Ou have a num- ber of days to appeal. ,If you do not appeal the award,: whateverit is, be-, comes binding upon . your-W. E. Brown. legal editor. ' , norm-MADE CHEESE , Will you print a recipe for making home—made sweet milk cheese?—Mrs. S, M.,Honor, Michigan. 1 Whole _milk should be removed from the barn immediately and if it is to be heldover night, itshould be cooled at least to 60 degrees F. If the milk isn’t. fairly rich, cream should be added to make it so. For one hundred pounds of sweet milk one rennet tablet, one-fifth col- oring tablet and salt to taste will be required. ‘About 2 1-2 pounds of salt per one hundred pounds of curds is neCessary'. I The morning's milk can be placed in the cheese vat at 'once and mixed with the night’s milk if desired, and d "the whole heated to 86 degrees F. Stir the rennet tablet, which has been dissolved in two tablespoons of water, into’ the milk. Then stir into this mixture one-fifth of a cheese col- oring tablet, also dissolved in two ’ Let stand 20 to ‘30 minutes until it forms a curd. " Cut into squares with a butcher knife and heat to 98 degrees F. and - let stand until the whey separates. Strain through cloth or wire strainer. Salt to taste. Put' curd into press which has been lined with cheese cloth. Either use cheese hoops or a pail punched full of holes for a press. Press about 24 hours. Allow cheese to ripen in a cool place for 30 days. Grease cheese (sometimes butter is used) daily for 10 days. Keep in a cool dry place All materials and equipment need- ed to make cheese in a small way can be supplied by any dairy supply com- DaDY- - In order to make cheese on the farm, one must care for the milk and aim to produce a product which is free from foreign taints and from gas producing organisms. Both of thes have greater effect upon cheese tha they have on butter. Foreign taints will cause an off-flavored cheese, while gas producing organisms will cause the cheese to swell and break open. Both of these undesirable con- ditions will be eliminated by using ordinary sanitary precautions in handling milk. Have all utensils that come in contact with the milk free from rust and all seams soldered, flush so that dirt cannot lodge in them for these will furnish excellent places for gas producing organisms to develop and gain entrance into the milk. The utensils should be scalded or steamed after washing, especially where gas producing organisms are known to be in the watch—Associate Editor. “ BURNING PRIVATE PAPERS Will you please inform ,me. if a man twenty-seven years of age, has a right to burn his step-mother’s private papers and magazines?—Mrs. B. F. 0,, Lake- view, Mich. Not against her Brown, legal editor. wishes—W. E. 1' ' “U COLLISION We were out after dark and as we reached home and went to turn into our yard there was another car coming from the opposite direction and we collided. Both cars Were badly damaged, Now who is responsible for the loss? Both cars had their lights on. The road runs north and south and our buildings are on the west side of the road—C, J. Brighton, Mich. The one who turned into the path of the other car would be the negli- gent party and one liable for the damage unless the oncoming car could see the other car was turning 'in to the gate and had plenty of ‘t-ime to guard against the accident. -—-W. E. Brown, legal editor. FREEZING IN SILO Will silage freeze quicker in a tile silo than a wooden one? Some have told me that frost gets into a tile silo .never gets out until the fourth of July, I have been thinking of getting a tile silo and would like to hear from two or three readers who have them,—-L. V., Marion, Michigan. The Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion at Ames, Iowa, has conducted in- vestigations along this line with the following results: ~“Temperature readings have been taken for five winter seasons in three silos on the college campus—wood stave, monolithic concrete and hollow tile. In each silo thermometers were placed at the inside of the north wall and also in the central part of the silo. The purpose of the work was to find out which type of silo wall at- forded the greatest protection from . free'ting. “The results show that during cold (Continued on page 12) “Teach Benefits of Law Enforcement,” Urges Upper Peninsula Citizen York last Novem- her I spent considerable time .in the Bureau of Municipal Research. i This is endowed by some of the larg-4 » est tax payers in the city of New ~,York.for the purpose of studying municipal administration including counties. I was indeed surpris- ed that it was possible to get so much together on' the inefficiency of our municipal administration. They are most emphatic that the sheriff’s oflice ~as administered woefully out of date. They are lay- ing out a foundation for a campaign of educationto have the oflice abol- ished. They figure that it will take a campaign lasting probably ten years before much of a start iemade. ' ‘But if Icould present it to you as they do from their studies, I am sure ‘ you would be convinced. If you will but stop to think that the sheriff’s ofllce comes down from ages so long ago that the memory of man runneth not to the contrary and from a life "of ‘the people so vastly different from ours. With everybody . educated as we are now, there is no respect for constituted local author- ity. Who is the sheriif anyway? Everybody knows him, his past, his affiliations, and who made him sher- iff? A thousand years ago why he was the wterror of all evil doors—a person ,reverenced and feared. To- day we have. no respect for person- ' ages, respect only for results, Figure up,just “what it costs the state by countries to maintain the of- » flee of sheriff. This cannot now be done”, but at the'end‘ of 1921 when N we get the first results from the new * 1 system of county cost accounting, is- ,r you Wm know this and I'believe you ' , will find the cost of "the constabulary- was a “more song. And then,look at ‘ the inefliciency. ‘ . . ~~ , Our sheriff costourcounty in 1919_ kgove'r- 114,000,. in addition to house rent, fuel, lights, telephone, water, ,,oiiiee,t eta, p'andithere » was not; one s ' . » ~ ‘ $5.909,1.~We arena ; ul , facewith no results. V what it meant to them in the’p‘res- . eat and the future to be the ‘best conviction ' but of every twenty-dye ‘ It sliOnld not have v, the man courts 4 'N I was in New Declares Laws are for the Protection of Weak and Poor and- Should be Respected By I. W. BYERS IL— Law' Enforcement BE ACCOMPANYING article is the substance of a letter received by the editor from Mr. I. W. Byers of Crystalli‘alls, and is a most able defense of laws and law enforcement. It deals with facts in- stead of theories, and seems to prove ,that prosperity and happiness for the greatest number goes hand in-hand with respect for and strict eLu- forcement of the laws. I hope every reader will peruse it carefully.— ” Editor. I whatlvalue are the blue’lwws or for that matter any laws? Why do we want. them? I have asked this ques-‘ tion of a number of people above the average of intelligence, recently. No one can give an intelligent ans- wer. They al-lcan tell you there is money made in the violation oflaw but how its enforcement benefits any- ‘ body they don’t answer. ‘ There is a crying need for a cam. paign along this line. General Park- er used to tell his ofl‘icers to spend as .much time in getting your men to want to do a thing as you do in having them do it. This is the key- note to all successful education. Turn to any journal or magazine, listen to any pulpit or Chatauqua orator and not a word is said of the value to the individual or society of law on- forcement. Violations of the laws are pointed out. The laws themselves are expounded, but not a word of the value'in dollars and cents to each" individual of law enforcement. It is taken for granted, and like all suchéth’iugs it does not exist. could tellyour soldiers .how to be . the best company in the regiment un- til you "-w‘erejblack and blue “in the But tell them company and“ they wouldcome to you .and say,,l“‘iSir,iywhat more can ._ I ' ‘ ' « ' i ‘ . ‘caped‘ jail birds, outlaws or just es- T10, we dot” f , Get museums stylus " great state ' ’ of, Michigan"\to’.se ‘ You . aide. to them, I ' day yet in the south,- that 4 I lynchvllaw is so often resorted to. :4.- The north from Maryland through schools and little red school houses. Our people have enough arms and legs, aye sir, enough brains. They lack the fire. Who will give it to them? Where is the prophet that will preach it from the pulpit, the forum, the market place and the university rostrum? The French people used to say, “\Oh, how much better laws you have in America." I would say, “I am a lawyer. I have read your laws. You have, if anything, better laws than we have.” The answer was then “Oh, yes, in America you respect the laws. Here nobody respects the law.” a When we got to Germany every- thing was different. A law was spok— en of with respect, almost with rev— erence. You can draw a line across Europe and north of that line law is respected. South of that it is never spoken of with respect. And where is life and property the safest? Where is progress and prosperity for the masses? You can read that in the history of this continent. The French coll- onies’ were all failures. So were the Spanish colonies. But where the Anglo-Saxon or the Teuton settled, there was respect for law. Take every colony on the soil of the Unit» ed States from Virginia south and they were settled by renegades, es- caped from debtor‘s prisons. 4 rights of the individuals were not re- spected, that is why slavery flourish- ed" there so long. They know it to- is- why to the rocky coast of Maine were settled by men who respected the rights of the individual, who stood everywhere for prder by law, not unbridled force. They stood for convictions—religious and legal; And where has prosperity blessed the land? The south has always had the more genial climate, more fer- tile soil. Compare the two sections of the land today in wealth of dollars, population, railroads, public high- ways, cities, states and character for that matter. Tell this to these peo- ple‘ that are complaining about our blue laws. The south was never bur- dened with blue laws. Why do the people not flock there? Why do the ‘people from the south of Europe come to the north? Why don't they go to the south where there ‘are no blue laws? Why do we have so many Irish policeman? The Irish have no respect for the law. They have the Celtic view, the Gallic view ——the south of Europe view. That is why the Irish will never make a success of self-government. Why Sir, you know that you will have your rights respected in every English colony in the would, but un- consciously you will carry a pistol every time you set foot in a French' or Spanish colony. Every statesman in Europe knows this, that is why England gets so much territory in every peace, conference. Who are the laws made for? The rich man? No! A rich man cal hire his watchman, buy his automatr ics, build his strong rooms. The laws are made for the poor, the weak. the widows and the orphans. But "just ask a dozen men on the street who the laws are made for and nine out of twelve will say, for the rich man. Where is the tongue or pen that can paint this for the masses? You ,can have real’ genuine“ prosperity only where you have law enforce- ment, rule by reason- and right, rather than by will and force of sel- fishness and. greed of a few. ‘ The American Bar Association a E year ago submitted a resolution to,- > its members saying that to teach the». American people respect for law was. (continued on page 12) 'u ‘u-renn. 3mm! 22, 1920 muss om education RURAL PUBLmO comm. I ‘ II. Mons, We . ‘W In New York! 3!. [gab and w W _ . _ the Associate nun _ lamented , me It. swam: Frank R. h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . nmu’ Inns-I an" So sick I“ u . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. and Liv Stock Edi“! gag. tit-3v"..- .... ........'5?fl'f...i_i‘.n%.'h.....mu; m abs! ..5’ o a n o . n n - . n . . o - . .o I m Theeddre-Isbelonsseh uehohuc' rib-hm“! Ihomfnvihstdetehissubs onllmltLWbeanl.“ sent It usually mm 3 waste time before the label ls chanced- e in! wranglan when possible. Their catalon ,end lich are e do from them. I :— ed. 1- my ml we" firmer.” yam-nu as second-clue newer. at Mes. Ht. maul. Mich. Listen To The Hilary . . AJOR-General Tasha:- H. Bliss: “Dis- . crinament is the only means of pre- serving the world from bankruptcy and civil- ization from ruin.” ' Baron d’Estournelles de Constant, chair- man of the Air Commission of the French Senate: “The piling up of armaments is cause ’ ing general bankruptcy, anarchy, and per- petual and universal war. If governments, after the lesson of the war; do not agree sim- ultaneously to limit their armaments, they commit suicide.” ' ' ~ ~ Baron Hayashi, Japanese ambassador to Great Britain: “It is foolish and tragic to think of the big states of Great Britain, the "“‘ United States, and Japan competing in a race - for armament. Japan cannot afford it.” General Pershing: “The world does not seem to learn from experience. It‘would ap- pear that the lessons of the past six years should be enough to convineceverybody of the danger of nations striding up and down the earth armed to the teeth” . Walter H. Long, M. P., first lord of the British admiralty: “In my speech’on the estimates in the House of Commons this year I exprest the hope that any competition of the future would be in reduction, not in in- crease of armaments My board and the gov- ernment showed their sincerity. by bringing forward no building program. We even did not finish the ships then and now under con. struction.” _ Weigh the above words carefully. They .have been uttered by men holding the highest rank in the naval and military affairs of the leading nations. They show a unanimity of thought, namely, that there should come about gradual disarmament among all nations. Five years ago the man who preached disarmament was a crank and a fool and a pacifist. But now it looks as if the entire world, with the exception of the United States congress, were a bit “cracked.” We havesome men in Con- gress who believe in disarmament. We have others who believe that might makes right and the only way to keep the nations of the world good is by force. Such men as these are two thousand years behind the times. They have no business representing"the. people of the United States in congress. _ The military has spoken. Let the people also speak, not singly i nor weakly, but in such a powerful unison that r f the ears, of Congress ‘will hear and the mind of l Congress will be forced into tune with the un- z iversal spirit for disarmament. A f' May God‘Bless The Givens _: .AS THIS is written it seems certain that b the total contributions to the Hoover Winnduptoflmtimeofgoingtopress this issue will exceed five hundred dol- l; I have never doubted tor a minute, ' that when the plight of these hun- ,2 v solidi”! .yonrxrbif." _ - . , thankful - am thatybn harshesrd‘tlm'cifll J oouq...;‘.q.o.-.: ........ a cue: a q e c - cuhm _ m a n '0.“ annoy Edit" “I,” D I I. Brown ................ .. . 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" u not'hnow' f '1' and responded to , I5 have "no doubt but that when the final returns are in The Business Farmer will be able to over to the Hoover Relief committee fully a thousand dollars as the contribution from I, _ .” May God bless youwho have given to this funds; I know he will from the promise spoken by the Apostle Paul: “I have showed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to supportthe weekend to remem- ber the words of the Lord'Jesus, how he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ " Count The Cost BOYS AND GIRLS who yearn for the bright lights of the city should count the terrible price which so many have had to pay for their few brief hours of fleeting pleasure within the gates of the modern Gomorrahs. Statistics say that ninety-two per cent of the boys and girls who “go wrong” in the great city of New York come from the rural dis- tricts. This does not mean that the youth of the 00th is more immoral than. the youth of the city, but it does mean that it is more susceptible to evil because of its trust in man-. kind and its vast ignorance of the ways of Vice. - ~ The city holds forth an appeal which few peeple are able to, resist The love of lifeand action is strong within the heart of man, and ‘ the tide of the city’s humanity flowing rest- lessly, turbulently, eternally upon its way of busineSs and pleasure, draws the rural travel- ‘ er irresistibly within the flood. But even to the last of those who are swalloWed up within the ‘maelstrom of gayety and forbidden pleas- ures, all are some day cast back upon the shore soiled and broken from the voyage. I know of not a single lawful pleasure which .the city allot-(k that cannot be had within the environs of the farm and rural community. True, the lights are not so bright, and the riv- er of life runs not quite so swift, but that is all the more reason why th'h pleasures of coun- try life should be all the more enduring. “Pleasures,” says Burns, “are like poppies spread; you seize, the flower, its bloom is shed.” And those who' have followed the elusive trail of the ‘city’s delights will testify that they are as deceptive as i the poppy’s bloom and deadly as its juice. . What’s Wrong With. The College? CHESTNUT that’s almost as ancient as “Why does a chicken cross the roadl” is, “what’s wrong with the College?” The De- troit News is seeking to answer thfl: question in a series of articles by Fred Janette,'its ag- ricultural writer, who.has spent ‘a number of months visiting the agriCultural colleges of the country and comparing their work with that of the M. A. C. That the farmer’s col- lege in this state lacks that friendly, intimate contact with the farmers which is essential to the utmost co-operation between, the two is pretty generally conceded. But the key to the trouble has never been discovered. Per- the published on page four of, this issue, a quart to deem- it. at . , 1 V7. be an indication of the unsympathetic ‘ and contemptimus manner in others , connected with the College may unWittingly «Imus toward the farmer.- Possibly a little Would reveal the “skeletonin the closet.” Farm Bureau Invades Manufacturing Field THE STATE farm bureau has engaged in a which will be watched with intent by forum all over the Un‘. States. .It is man - ‘ the coarser grades of wool in pool at the Lansing warehouses, into, woolen blankets and garments. It is thus hoped to take from the market a considerable portion of oil-grade wool for which there is virtually no demand but the presence of] ' which naturally weakens the market for the higher grade stud, and manufacture it int'o commodities for which a demand can be cre- ated. .We have never been able to discover any satisfactory reason why farmers cannot manufacture their wool, grind their sugar, mill their wheat, manufacture and distribute .their milk and pack their live stock products when itappears to their advantage to do so. It .Out of the Farmer IN FOUR months the price of milk to the producer supplying the city of Detroit has dropped from $4 to $2.50 per cwt., a cut of nearly forty per cent. In the same length of time the price to the consumer has dropped from 16 cents to 13 cents, a. decline of less than twenty per cent.’ Why the farmers shouldbeaskedtoacceptalossduringthis readjustment period while the distributors are permitted to reap their customery profits is somefliing that our poor intelligence can neith- er understand norms. The worst feature of this dmsfion is not the temporary losses sufiered by the farmers, but the efiect which the unquestioned acceptance of the situation by the farmers may have upon their future dealings with the distributors. When milk was bringing the farmer $4 per cwt. his rep- resentatives stoutly maintained that he could not produce it for lea and stay in the bus- iness. Yet, today he accepts a price forty per cent less without complaint. - Can you blame the consumer if he puts the farmer down as a “gay deceiverl” ' The Doctor’s Bill ’ -_ SOME PEANUT legislator, we are told, will introduce a bill in the present session to‘ compel doctors to desist from their timc-hon- cred, practice of charging for their services according to the ability of their patients to pay, and adopt a uniform scale of charges. But why stop there? If it is right to dictate to the doctor what he shall charge for his ser- vices, it is right to dictate to the lawyer, the manufacturer, the merchant and the farmer. Prevent the doctor from charging the wealthy patient more than he does the poor patient . the poor" would imrnediately find medical beyond their reach. The only way that doctors can make a decent living and charge the poor only nominal prices for their sernces is by charging the rich in proportion to their wealth. This is an indirect charity 7 which the rich can well slim-d to pay and " which the meat of them are willing to pay. Funny practice they have over in; Russia, shoot- ' lug dead bodies full or holes. The propegandists have had Lennie dead and buried a dozen tunes in the last two years. butlast week’s press dispatches assure us that ,he bad Just been shot by an anti- Bolsheflk. 1 . no: Michigan Milk Producers m ha decided thatthetarmerseannowmwwecityotnetreu with milk atflve cents a quartbvatl; LN I 'AM enclosing my; newsl. ' constabulary. / l i i! l I ' SUNDAY BLUE news ~ A I up- preciate your crop sport lecture as it gives a, tumor a chance to know whether h home market is giving him a aqua deal or not. I have talked with several Farm Bureau mom-hers and not one seems to be in favor of continuing the state \ It looks to me as though tricksters and politicians got into tarm organizations for the pur- pose of compromising them and to ‘make it appear that the farmer is favorable to their schemes. If we can’t keep that class from leading and dominating our organizations there is no reason for expecting any good to come from organization but when they once get in it is hardjo root them out. . I can't sympathise with Mr. Scully In his defeat on account ot his posi- tion in regard to Sunday legislation. I believe Sunday should he a day of worship for those who choose to I worship and a day cl recreation for those who want recreation and many ‘ have no other day and it they go to a picture show or on an excursion they feel first it is their own busi- ness. What’moral right has anyone to force observance of their religious beliefs on some one else who_ feels he has good sound reasons for not believing that the lord created the world in six days of an eve and a morn each and rested on the seventh I or that, Joshua prolonged the day by commanding the sun to stand still, or the wise men could travel west while following a star in the'east and ; a host of other impossibilitiee in the 1 Bible. Sabbath days were not ob- , served by the early fathers of the . or J eslyn Martyn and others. church such as Eurehias, 'l‘estulllan Saint Paul says "Let no man judge you in ’ respect of a holy day or of the Sab- I both days,” (Coiossians ii, 16) also, "One man esteemeth one day above another. Another esteems every day alike. Let every man be persuaded in his own mind." (Rom. XV:5). Sunday as its name implies orig- inated in sun worship and was sdopt- " 5 ed by the church in order to secure y i pagan converts, somewhere before the 6th century, the same as many other pagan ideas were adopted by ' the church. It looks as" though we were to ’ have a tussle with the blue law lan- = what little democracy we may have 4 | ‘ to keep us posted. ' on well. ' atics in Washington and perhaps in our own state legislature, and it seems as though we ought to save lot! after the Wilson administration gets through for a foundation for our posterity to build upon, there- fore, I am not sorry Mr. Scully was deleated-r-B.- P., Williamston, Mich. While I decry as much as anyone the desemtion of the Sabbath day i am afraid that e .“Blue Laws" cure will be worse than, 0, disease itself. It is wdl nigh hipossihle to convince a pee— le accustomed all their lives to a cer- mode of living that their mode is m. e of this is tomid in the m1 of enforcing the prohibition law. owmr, those who would violate 1h nohthitlon laws are so low in num- ber compared to those who respect them tht we do not have to worry. I But the situation in exactly reversed with \respect to when: day observance Even the “Christian? go motoring. picnlcing, attend the theater on Sunday after and thousands of people would have no recreation at all it Sunday hidden. For my part taster 3 Instead oi olutely forbid- thc efforts of our lrected toward el- Q A vows: more THE WEST 5 I‘TER SEEING the song. ‘ to the = tune of Old Black Joe in your ~. paper I thought mine would do Wish the Iowa farm organ- ln'tions had as good a paper as yours from Tun Busmsss Fangs for my papers and speeches let our tarmen’ Our local has 136 or 140 . ' I live. in Iowa—4!. A, That we can all delight in Twill do to spend an entire day Or only half. a night in. .' Chorus It we feed hogs on dollar corn To sell at present price, sir, We 'better join the happy throng An' vote for farmers’ rights, sir. The farmer works from early morn To put a fine large crop in And when he takes it to the town The price he. is skinned right in. The farmers wife is good to work And helps some with the chickens It we hold our grain tor a better price She’ll some day get the "Dickens." .And when the mortgage has come due, We?) sing and shout and holler And join the everlasting throng And pay oil every dollar. Glad to hear tron: you. my poet friend, FARMERS GOULD GIVE FOOD mm MAN MONEY HAVE read ‘both of your ap- peals tor~help for the starving people of Europe and most cor» tainly sympathize most deeply with them. I am enclosing check for all the money which is available at the pres- ent time. ‘I wonder if the relief committee realizes that the farmers are very hard up for money while their cellars are stocked with pota- toes etc., which they cannot sell. I believe that it they had been called on to contribute foodstuffs there would have been plenty given to feed all the starving little ones over there. In our own case, we could have given two dollars worth of provisions easier than one in cash and I know there are manyxmore that could and would do the same. We like your paper very much and hope you will continue your good a tremendous amount 01 detail as to b. impractical. In the first place. the com- mittee has figured out exactly the kinds and uantlties of the roodstufls model. and it had to de rid upon the volts-t tary contributions 0 actual commodities it would soon find it program entirely " upset by receiving too much of one or- ticle and too little of another. Also the handling of tens of thousands of separa- ate shipments afrom all parts of the country would entail an endless amount of labor and confusion. ‘1 think the bob-v ter plan is to raise the money by popu-. lar subscriptiOn among those whom afford to give and then puymg outright the exact quantities of the various food- stufis needed. Indirectly the farmer will benefit from the Hoover campaign as $23,000,000 of this money will be spent to buy his products—Editor, DON’T WAIT. The world will find worth out. they say. But don't you sit and wait, my boy“: They say each dog will have his day. But don’t you sit and wait, my boy. . Some day when you are old and gray The world may think 'tis time to lay Rewards upon your plate—it may—- But, don‘t you sit and wait, my boy. The world’s intentions may be kind, But don’t you sit and wait, my boy; and to know that tthe 'Busfiness‘ Farm: sogreeta ep 0 you nyourwor It Is mm}, mun/m to comm ed. for its good term papers. posted. in either rthyme or what the farmers of Iowa are Will youl—Edltor, have so fine a tion from a. state that is not- Keep us pfoee, on doins. work. Wishing you a happy New Year we are—Subscribers, Ohorlcooio County. Several other farmers have suggested the giving of food instead of money, but I am afraid that this would involve such pmed, _ But don’t you sit and we For worth that waits is hard to find. So don’t you sit and wait, my boy. The world may turn, some day, inclined To cheer the worth that-lags be That through long years has hoped it, my boy. S. E, Kinet- rlde on v I get material _ HOW many. cows in your dairy are in. A-l health? I REVENTION of disease is thefirstchapter in the gospel of profitable dairying. Not every cow in your dairy can make a conspicuous production record, but not one them should be allowed to limp along as “poor milkers” when their yearly yield could be decidedly raised by keeping the organs of production in a top-notch health condition. . This health program does not mean an expensive veterinary servxce; in most cas'es an ade- quate home 3 treatment is simple easy. The most, prevalent cow diseases, such as‘Retained DAIRY ASSOCIATION (10., uflfltffl‘flrm of row-mas m! am BALM . AfterbinhAbortionfiai-renness, Securing, Bunches and Milk Fever, are directly due to a weak- ening of the digestive or genital organs. Proper treatment will make them function normally. KOWJKARE is distinctly a cow medicine; it acts directly on these organs, with prompt and notice- able results. . treatment is so simple and inex- pensive, no wonder it is so widely used. I Feed dealers, general stores and drug ists sell ROW-KARE; 700 and .40 packages. Let us send youour free book. “The Home Cow Doctor.” ' Lyndonvillc, Vt. The KOW-KARE v ,- ‘P ,‘v . l}? '-.- - . 4'3". r. .._\\\-:.‘-. \ \d,»\{::.r , .r s v// z“. m - -- .‘ r. ‘i.A‘. \.=e\ «u. u\‘ .‘3. ua“\' / . ‘ ’““> \_' \\;‘\é‘; ,’ ‘ I 1. z 2:¢‘\1" I Her Milk Record Is 13,227 Pounds AST YEAR this splendid 5-year-old GUERNSEY. besides this notable mark in milk production. had a butter- fat total of 653-4 Ibs- Such profitable producers are only found in. the dairies where cow'health is carefully guarded. NOTE: The trade-mart name he: been changed from K OW-K U R8 to KOW-KARE—a me more cx- . passive ofboth tlu PREVENTIVE and CURA TIVE qualifies of III: nerd,» There is as: the slightest tinge in fer-uh «mqfectun. hm uh “L3 , YOUR BOB AND MY BE'I'I‘Y .’ NE OF the most interesting and certainly the most appealing creatures on the face of this old , earth is a little child. Placed here not of his own volition; given into our care, to train, to spoil, to love or to neglect, surely our Creator has placed much confidence in us to give us such a trust, and if the result is not all we might wish we may search ourselves for the reason. Born with, certain hereditary ten- dencies, placed in an environment not often ideal, we have no right either to expect perfection or to be satisfied with much less. The training of a child should from the first be a preparation for daily al- most homely choice. We may use “pre- ' cept upon precept, here a little and there a little," with infinite patience, with. understanding and with much hu~ mility, help to build the character, the mind and the body, that in the end there may be strength in all these things to run the race without us, to stand alone and perchance to outdis- tance us in all particulars and thus carry on the advancement of the race toward that more perfect result which evolution demands. The kindergarten [principle that pre- ' vention is ‘better than punishment is a. good one... . Suggestion rather than ad- monition, say do rather than don’t. But when the ‘wrong deed has been done. let the penalty fall upon the do- or. We older people know it always does anyway sooner or later, there is no way of getting out of it. If there Was we would all be on that road. It is well to let the child get that fact early in life. If he fall and bump his head do not blame the floor. Very probably you have heard some mother do just that “Oh, did he bump his Naughty chair.” baby. You know all truth has always ex- little ' head? Nonsense—careless .\ a" "f. (2. EAR CHILDREN: The first let- D ters received regarding New , Year resolutions arrived a week ago last Wednesday. There were three in one mail all from girls, and they contained resolutions which are hard to beat. I will not tell much ..about them as I am publishing them so you ‘ may read them yourselves but I want to mention one resolution made by two of the three girls. They resolved to attend Sunday School every Sun- day.- I think this is one of the best things they could decide to do, don’t you? Every girl and boy, and man and woman too, should attend Church and Sunday Schdol every Sunday they possibly can. We go to school to learn the his- tory of our country and how our country is governed and of the great men who have and do direct the gov- ernment. At Sunday School and Church we learn or God who rules the entire world above all human beings. Wecould do nothing in this world without God’s help. Sometimes we mhy think God does not love us be: cause everything goes to the opposite * of, what we want it to but He does vindtakes this way to show us that we cannot always have things. our an way. Mr. Harding, when noti- " he‘was to be our next president, d not strut around thinking what a. 3 man he was and tell of what ' eat things he was going to do. No, age aretold, he retired to his room, ifdQWn on his knees and prayed to ,‘ thanking Him and asking ~Hlm . help him do the things which were eat {for our country and make him "'jgood president. l Howgmany of, my '1 -’: ‘, ‘A Department for the" isted. We are sometimes very slow in discovering it. Some of it is still well under cover. But, it is never to be treated lightly. Let us teach the child ren to know its immense value. I We learn it from observing, exper- iencing and from reading. Next week I will publish a list of fine books for the young people to read. They are good food for the mind and can“ really be enjoyed by the grown-up children also. , _ 1 ELECTRICITY GREAT HELP HAVE BEEN reading the letters I published lately on short cuts in housework and not a few ‘ have helped me. Altho our farm is mostly included in the village limits which gives us the use of electricity I find myself buried in small household jobs at times. By mentally putting these jobs in systematic groups I can sur- prise myself and neighbors by getting through in short order. I consider Bon Ami, La France Washing Tab- let and my kitchen linoleum ’as my I have an electric iron, vacuum‘clean- er, sewing machine and lights. Ne». year I want to get a washing machine. Now here’s'my - excuse for writing. By using these things I can do my work in half the week—sewing includ- ed—‘then-hel‘p run the tractor, gather in corn; potatoes, bean and garden truck in summer and tend all my own fires in winter except to build them on cold mornings. I only weigh ninety- eight pounds and have a baby so some- times on Saturday hubfby. runs the cleaner over the rugs and picks up the papers. We would rather spend our money on a Little machinery than hip ed help and what we can do‘l‘n three ,years you surely can,do as much or“ more who have been married eight or ten years. Electricity is the only thing On a i'arm.‘ It brings more love .and contentment in a home. Hoping I have sent a message to some man who wants all the machinery in the barn, I, am, Yours for service—Jiha- L W. H., Carleton, Mich. Hyeah come Caesar Higgins. Don’t he thinks he’s fine? Look at dem new riggin’s, Ain’t he tryin’ to shine? Got a standin’ collar An' a stove-pipe hat, I‘ll jest bet a dollar Some one give him dat. Don’t one 0' you mention Nothin’ 'bout his close, Don’t pay no attention Er let on you knows But he’s got ’ecm on him. Why, t’ll make him sick Jes go on and sco’n him, My, ain’t dis a trick! 2». Jealous By Paul Laurence Dunbar Look hyeah, what he’s doin’ Lookin‘ the othah way? Dal ere moves a new one, Some one call him, “Say?” Can’t you see no pusson— Puttin’ on you airs ' Sakes alive, you’s wuss’n Deso hyeah millionaires. Neodn’t git so flighty, Cause you got dat suit. Dem close ain’t so mighty— Second-hand to boot. 1’s 3 tryin’ to spite you? Full of jealousy? Look hyéah man. I'll fight you, Don't you fool wid me! l \. Child \ girls and boys every night before they climb into their beds get down on their knees beside their beds and pray to God to make them better girls and boys? All of them I hope. One stands as good a chance as an- other to win this prize so all or you who made resolutions and have not sent them get busy and do so.— UNCLE NED. . ‘ sir. OUR BOYS AN’DJiIRIS Dear Uncle Ned:-—I am a girl eleven years old, My birthday is July the first, I go to school and am in the sixth grade. I have two miles and a. quarter to go. My teacher is Miss Ber-gin, The ren’s Hour There are 8 in our school, I have one kitten named Topsy, I live on a 118 acre farm, Daddy takes the M. B. F. and likes 'it very much. I am going to try for the prize for the New Year reso- lutions; Mine are: I am going to help daddy and mama all I can; be kind. to every one and try to make every one happy: do my best in my work and my play; clean my finger nails and teeth every day and try and do my best in 1? music this year, I wish the M. B, and Uncle Ned a very prosperous New . Year, Your little friend—1Ruth ,M_ Fil- kens, F. D. 4, Howell. Mich. Thank you Ruth! - We wish you the same and hope you do not break one of your resolutions. Dear Uncle Ned:—-I read the- M. B, Jest Animals By Jason Well: in '0de and Fawn” About animals! I GUESS rm kind of r'oonsh— I like"em all around me; vDon’t care if theymmnnd mo——' > ‘Jest dumb animals. Jest sheep and mules and cattle—- (This may seem like brainless prot- tle) - But somehow I don’t Ieel right Unless I, live in sight ' 0! some animals. Some folks jest hates th’ smell—— or » Can’tseemtobeartoteoh’em, Always sends th' dog to fetch ’em- ' Down on unlinalsi' But'mon and tastes will dlfler, And a teller’s spine is stalker. I've noticed. it he cares . For th’ poul , goats animares .And, likes ‘ here's no need to guardyour sec- rets— ' ~ From animals. They don’t lie or doublé-cross you. And they (hurt expect to boss you. Good old animals! V I‘ll keep my sheep and cattle, For they help me in 1110’s battle, And I’m here to say it pays (1! a toilet knows their ways) To keep animals. V' more likely square— Who loves animals. And or woman who likes 'biddi‘ee Almost always loves th' kiddiéaf ‘ . (They’re Jest slum). ”A man’s sum our God likewisegeve'ili’e',‘ “r women ‘ best help with the drudgery. 'Then' I 80 acre Alarm ‘ kingdom sure hicludes ll ' 5 (Though this fact oftimes - In our dailyroundo! strife.) ' " .,f 10F tum Powunorm NAtrron-w M in children. , the-.tood material needed to:- growing bones and mu cles. ILK 'Is THE oést food fer growf. of milk a day. Milk combined with bread, cereals and vegetables should w be thefmain part’ot and girls. A ' Tea and code take away the appetite for the things which make children. grow. Tea and coffee may satisfy the the diet of boys longing for food, but they do not pro- " vide any of the things which the body - -must have in order that it may grow . strong amd healthy. . . > It milk and sugar are used in. the, 1 tea or coffee, ewe food value would- be received, but the coffee and tea are not good for growing muscles and nerves; ' ’ ' Are your children up to the aver- age? - g v ‘ I have a table of average Weights ,ot ' 1 children from six years up, made up ,by the Elizabeth McCormick Memora ial Fund co-operating with. the Nation- . Dairy Council. It is too long to pub- lish but it you wish to know what you children. are supposed toweigh send me sex and height and I will give you the weight according to the table. POETRY ‘ ‘ INE peotry, like good music, must have a well ‘ marked rythm or beat, and should be heard to be thoroughly enjoyed. ‘ This truly ap- plies to the poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar, the colored song writer. His» verses of darky life ;are fascinating and are written by one who truly un- derstands his subject. The one published on this page is chosen from a very attractive book of verse called, “Joggin’ lErlong.” It is beautifully illustrated with photo- graphs taken from living subjects and ‘ attractively bound in red bandanna. .1 i F. Saturday and you asked us to» make some New Year resolutions and you were going to give a prize for the best ones, I have never tried to win any prizes before so thought I would try this one. I have five which I intend to live up to and they are as follows: -Brush my teeth every morning «before break- fast; not to quarrel with my playmates; help mother. all I can: 10‘ to Sunday School every Sunday .I can; go to scho'ol $17 day withoutméa 3 any more ' n necessary— nor- Mae Cr er, I Columbiaville, Mich. - 2 4 , . 18 Dear Uncle Ned z—My mph. and mum take the M. B. . I am a. girl twelve ‘ , I have about one-half mile to go to school. I would like to tell you about my New Year resolutions. II resolved' to endeavor to ove d with all mydmight, mind and soul To lOVe be kind and affectionate to my play- ' To obey my teacher “and learn my lessons better at school and wi h God's help to observe the Golden' Ru 9 all the year through—Marion L. =Mims, ' Tompkins St... Howell, Mich . Dear Uncle Ned:-—I lam a boy ei years old, I am in _. school. Our , er's. name -IS"‘.M1'§. Young. I like her verynwell. I have .tcr a. pet a. cat. We have two horses and tour cows. My father takes the till. ‘3. F. and likes it very w ii. __We live on an - M w. 1" ha- sinister named \r Lafitte and a‘ brother named Wallace City. 'Mich'. ‘- Dear ..Uncle..Ned,:e-'I em a 8&1..an .' ' old and 4d’thc third unaware ’ gm“ maria-'1'?" mm. .hl' mild is Miss. emera- 14m. ‘ “M -13 at“ ' ' , Haz‘r onymaxfii'r; karma.age.» a ' It!” ' W 311071! It contains an Every, child should have at less two big cups '7: a -_l lm'e'hanslgenuine Say “B ayer”j—+In91stl _ Bay “Bayer” when buying Aspirin. Then you are sure of getting true “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin"—-genuine i Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed, by physicians for over twenty years. Accept only an un- ‘ broken “Bayer package” which con-'- .talns proper directions to relieve '- Headache, Toothache, Earache, Neu- .' iralgia, Rheumatism, Colds and ,Pain. Handy tin boxesof 12 tablets cost few cents. Druggists ~ also sell larger “Bayer packages.” Aspirin is trade mark of Bayer Manufacture Mono- ec‘eticacidester of Salicylicacid. . 5!, '~ Greatlioveltiesmcts. \ "’4 '1 AUTUIHCLOIIY.AM‘ lent. 1m 7' r fithfi , or «r streams-ti. - a“ . showing its full glor utter frost has killed nl tender flowers. Greatest novelty in twenty yesrs. Succeeds everywhere, ranching perfection the first season from seed, . and continues blooming for years. 20 cts.~per pkt. Witheeoh order-we send one irlel pseket esoh oh PINK WOOLFLOWERS. nun—nothing can sure pass the mess of pink flowers which it shows all season. DAHLQA LORD eorr. lilac pink. in great profusion. Blooms in 3 to 4 months. JAPAN "us. new hybrids of all colors. Magnificent. DISNER. TOMATO. ck ws to weigh} lbs. As smooth end beautiful as an app . lost startling new vegetable. _ And eur ll cushy. all M 20 ete. , II. est-legume. . flower and vegetsble seeds, bulbs. huts and new berries. We grow the finest Gladioli. ebliss, Cannes. lrlses. . Perennials, Shrubs. - Vines. etc. All prise strains—many sterling novelties. JOHN LEWIS CHILDS. Inc. Floral Park. NY TANNING. Sendusrem'nlu'lwm“. “this hides with the ink a “mini curesndtsnthlll' mtmunhnsnrmfln' fertsbleeoetorrobensde. but "ready WI lid. mkeupbesttoreoeh. M myomhia-buwnlm. it mu] costs. We make rob. he- sn eel-II in ‘the natural color. Wflh ll M 3., gm _m armless i. W. m custom so ,Years' Experience Resdlnu ' o Mich. cLovsns,rimorHv 3:011 Brentd Grass are ca Wash“ .1”; gift“ / ‘~ I, develo me 1 f 42 ' successful sexed golfing.” {'33. ' m ‘m’m' - bushel-anion. (0' . of revealing \ trsted by beam dealers a few years - ago. A the reason why-Professor Levin at this late date give THE BUSINESS '«f‘aqhvvw with} them (doWued from .mye 1) and ready to begin its life work in the spring to bring from $50 to $75 and many a serviceable horse sells below t‘heJlOO mark. The falling priceshave prevented any large amount of busihess being done in connection with the wool' pools; an- other year will determine whether the Farm Bureau is to become a large factor in the‘ fixing of prices ‘or whether it 'will simply beanother avenue of exchange. But after all I think the present is a good time for one wishing to engage in breeding of pure bred stock to make a begin— ning. He can do so with far less capital than. formerly and can pro- cure- foundation stock of a quality that would have been out of the queston a couple of years ago, and by the time he has stock ready for sale, times will'without a doubt have become normal. My advice to all stock breeders is to make this a time to improve the quality of their flocks and herds, if curtailment is imperative do it by discarding the less desirable and above all things let us keep up our heads.” The sheep conference was largely attended because of the rock bottom market in wool. James N. McBride described the wool situation from the international angle. He said thatmore wool was shipped into the United States this year than was pro- duced here, and that the difference in exchange gave an 110 premium to foreign producers if they shipped their wool into the United States. Officers elected for the ensuing year follow: President, H. H. Halladay; vice-president, Jacob DeGeus; secre- tary, G. A. Brown; ass't secretary, W. J. Edwards; treasurer, James Eardly. LEVIN SPIHT REVEALS SECRET COLLEGE FAILURE (Continued from page 4) of their success may be placed before thefarmers of Michigan, well and good; if it means taking the leader— ship in price controversies between . farmers and those to whom they sell, that also is but in keeping with the true functions of a farm college. How woefully the Michigan Agri- cultural College has failed cf its mis— sion is a matter of lengthy record. Not only have the farmers been cog— nizant of this failure, but it has also been sensed by the biggest metropol- itan newspaper in the state which has prepared a series of article dis-. cussing at length the shortcomings of the College, pointing out the re- actionary influence of certain mem- ber. of the board of control, and showing by comparison how the ag- ricultural colleges of other states ' have far outstripped the M. A. C., in point of attendance, accomplishment; and prestige. THE BUSINESS anm has secured permission to reprint this series of articles for the benefit of its readers who are or ought to be interested in the M. A. 0., an-d with the sincere hope in mind that the in— formation so conveyed may bring about the desired changes in the per- sonnel of the board and the policies of the present management, which are necessary, before the college can function properly. This series of articles will tell you the reason why a certain county agent who appeared before the Milk Commission with irrefutable argu- ments showing ,that farmers were losing money at the then prevailing. price of milk, was "called oi!" before he could make his speech by a mem- ber of the College board who re- Imind-ed him that he was overstep- ping his duties. They may also ex- plain why -. another college represent- attive was suddenly gagged by his superiors when he was on the point rtain ‘frauds perpe— ‘Indeed, they may even disclose FARMEB and the organized b "growers "Hail 1"Colu‘m’bia," for baled; iso. naughty last year“th they ask—1; ed, the manufacturers of 'sugar' to the plethoric. “fir ts, of thatbeet sugarindustry, :_ ,.,.thih It willkeep your bar out of the . . 1 pair shop. It will reduce the costs -_ If, f ' of operation. It will save you from - ‘ v > _- bad road troubles. ' ‘ , ' A motor car engine Is 9. delicate piece of mechanism. It operates at . terrific heat and under severe ' ' 3 strains. ' " ' » ' In order ,to protect the parts of your engine from frIction 'it has to be kept well lubricated. Two metal parts, rubbing against each other at high speed, generate extreme heat. The greater the speed of the friction » -. the higher the heat. To prevent this . \ "--— 1 7 friction there is only a. thin coating ' of oil which acts as a cushion bo- - tween the metal parts. If that this film of all Is not of good quality it will not do its work. O . g In buying lubricants for your mo- , I w . tor car, truck or tractordo .not let " ' ‘ price considerations govern your choice. It costs less to produce poor lubricants,~but the price you pay in lost service, in repair bills, in vex- atious troubles is many times -the difference between the cost of good motor oils and poor oils.. " \ It is a general rule worthremen- boring that advertised and trades marked products are safest to buy. , The manufacturer who‘ advertiea_ . I "_‘_;;‘ 1 his trademarked products knows the: ' r g In order to live and prosper he must ' ' put good quality into his products , - This Is ydur protection when buying . ‘ advertised and trademarked motor oils, gear greases and gasoline. . Extracting the different products from crude oil,—-’petrolleum——-Ile 3 process of scientific refining. Crude ' _ oil is a nasty smelling viscous'stufl.’ '/ Its elements are so closely blended. _ that the processes of separating them - 7 a.’ . has been compared to separating the. ' blended colors of the rainbow. . . Scientific refining processes separ- ate these varous elements of crude oil and process them by a long and intricate series of operations. until . ‘ each element is completely isoch ‘ ' with no trace of the other elements. ‘ ' = ~ ' This is called scientific refining. It entails countless costly tests, .. V plug into the millions in big reap- cries. / . » ' . It Is only in this way that it is posit sible to obtain Juror oils that Will wi-thstand‘the tremendous host friction of operating an automobile engine st‘high speeds. “ Don't neglect the lulbrlceition of your “motor cog; « Keep—it. ' well all}. y ' plidd with lubricating-oil at all ‘ * L- . 7 ' ' . Isl-sch“. naysa+‘s.....z.~.jmim.. nu. healing a honest breeder-i of you a proof and tell on what it will cost .a _ I... met and poultry will as cant do request. sum mu, for 18. 20‘» 52 times. You can change size ef ad. er oepy as often as you wish. .numImIIIImmInsumummmmmmsnmunMI umIIII:IIIIIIIIrsIIIImIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIImIIIumIIIIIIIm. write out what you have is offer Copper changes must be received one west Defers date of Issue- let us out it in t1”- SAL . at! 'ro . east. list . the date for- . r Address. F.. Clemens. If you are consider-in Yin us at once and we will clam the date avoid oen‘mwho dates we will without of any live stock sale In a sale ad- LIVO EMA Editor. M. I. . Feb. 1, Poland - I, ‘0“. Inch. Chinas. Witt Bros. Jas- .Bull born ept. 28. 1919, evenly marked and a ’fine individual. Sir- ed by my. 30 lb. bull and from a 20 lb':'1daughter of Johan Heng. Lad, tull'sist‘er to a 32 lb. cow. Dam, will start on yearly test Nov. 15. . . ROY F. FICKIES Chesaning, ' MiCh. LIVE STOC Porter Colestock. . John Hoffman. H J. E. inson, c, K AUOTIONEER8 .Andy Adams. Litchfleld, Mich. Ed. Bowers, South Whitley, Ind Eaton Rapids, Mich. udson, Mich. D. L. Perry, Columbus. Ohio. ,1. I. Post, Hillsda ‘ le. Mich. liuppert. Perry, Mich. Plymouth. Mich. Rob ’ Wm. Waii'le, Goldwater, Mich. e m ‘ mun * . -, ‘ HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN .t MR MILK PRODUCER Your problem Is more MILK. more BUTTER. more PROFIT. per cow. ‘ A son of Maplecrest 132652—from our hea tar-record dam will solve Application Pontiac— —yesrly-milking-goed-but- Haplsorest «Application Pontiac's dam made 85 108 butter in 7 days: 1844.8 lbs. butter and ass milk In 865 day 1.2 l . s. He is one‘ 0? the greatest long distance sires. » His daughters and sons will prove it. Write us for pedigree and prices on his sons. Prices right - and not too high,ior the average dairy farmer. ' Pedigrees and prices on application. R. Bruce McPherson. Howell. Mich. ’ sire? one. Let us know - -,1 I. , M'lCHlGAN HOLSTElN-FRIESIAN_ - ‘Asso ' MR. DAIRYMAN’! ' Are you usihg a first class herd AY'ou can’t afford to use a), poor We have good ones of all ages . listed at reasonable prices. H. Norton. Jr., Field Secretary Old- State Block, Lansing, Mich. yOur needs. CIATION '-1. T“ '7 sired by a Pontiac -, ‘r ' 'veld DeKol bull from a nearly .' , cow. v' 1920. Light in co 1- ‘ Seven months 0d. ‘: 7 room. Hurry! \ Holstein Bree SHOW BULL First prize junior calf, Jackson Fair. Herd under Federal Supervision. f v BOAIIOMAII mus 9. . _ a . JACKSON. MICH. Aaggie Komdyke-Henger- 19 lb. show lor and goodindividual Price, $125 to‘ make ders Since 1906 . I ’ type and production. so butter. g. 11.1 a. Main St. ’“ bred to s 30 lb. buiL ,r ".9" I , Write forlist. 42 lb. dams. Federal tested ) - " FOR SALE—2 ‘ ~ ' a . dams. - ‘, r credited list. Herd sire, Model Kig Segis Glisfi, granddam is Glista Ernestine, the only cow of the breed that has six times made’ better than Price 8100 and $125. HOLSTEIII FIIIESIAIIS FOR SALE A bull calf ready for service. Combines show whose ensue RIVER STOCK name Corey J. Spencer, Owner. Jackson. Mich. fl T0 SETTLE AN ESTATE 7 registered Holstein cows, 5 yet to freshen, 81,200 takes them. BERT SLOCUM. Byron. Mich. A ~ .WHEN YOU CAN BUY BETTER BRED I'IOL. ‘ stein bulls for less money, we will sell them. sire in service. A. R. O. herd. V _VOEPEL FARM. Ssbewaing. Mich. REG. ready for service from 19‘1-2 HOLSTEIN BULLS and 24 1-2 lb. Herd on so- ;Wm. GRIFFIN. Howell, Mich. _ A A Three 2 year olds j. I ;- following records. of butter from 855.2 at 21 months. No ~ with them is a 20 herd r. o. B. nnTRorr Real Foundation Herd 2 made 16,86 of buléter from 862 lbs. . from 363.5 milk at 29 1b.,grandson of King of» the Pontiacs just a year old. ; w. credited herd and “only JOHN Bsznnr 7 3,197 Atkinson Ave. fresh- in Sept. with thg o. I made 13.126 lbs. milk at 21 months. 'No. milk made 16.28 of butter months. Sire to go From I: $1,060.00 for the . lawn; 1., SOLD AGAII Bull calf last advertised sold but have 2 more that are mostly white. They are nice straight fel- lows, sired by a son 0g King Ona. One 'is from a 17 lb. 2 yr. old dam and the other is from a 20' lb. Jr. 3 yr. old dam, she is by a son of Friend Hengerveld De Koi Butter Boy, one of the great bulls. . ~ .JAMES HOPSON JR.. Owosso. Mlch.. R 2. chbert Minita Ormsby I REGISTERED HOLSTEIN HEIFER. APRIL 18. 1919 - well marked, good condition. Sired by a 27 pound bull. Dam a well bred _Ormsby cow. Herd Tubercan tested under State and Federal Sup- ervision. BORN H. 1'. EVANS Eau' Clair-3. Mich. ' OLVERINE STOCK FARM REPORTS GOOD ‘ sales from their herd. We are well pleased with the calves from our Junior Herd Sire “King Pon- tiac Lunde Korndyke Segis“ who is a son of “King of the Pontiacs" from a daughter of Pon- tiac Clothilde De K01 2nd. A few bull calves for sale. '1‘. W. Sprsguc. R 2. Battle Ureek, Mich. TWO BULL OALVES Registered Holstein-Friesian, sired by 39.87 lb. hull and from heavy producing young cows. These calves are vory_nice and will be priced cheap I! sold soon. . HARRY T. TUBES. Elwsli. Mich. BORN MARCH 21. 1920. VERY nice. straight and well grown. sired by a son of Flint Hengerreld Lad whose two nearest dams average over 32 lbs. butter and 735 lbs. milk in 7 days. Dam is a 20.61 lb. Jr. 2 year old daughter of Johan Hengerce-ld Lad 68 A. R. 0. daughters. Price 5150. F. 0. l3. Flint. _Pedigree on application. L. C. KETZLER. Flint. Mich. FOR SALE—TWO BULL CALVES. A HOL- tein and Durham about months old. Both ave heavy milking dams. Not registered. 850 sch if taken at once. - .CHASE STOCK FARM. Mariette, Mich FOR SALE—REGISTERER HOLSTEIN COW. Three heifer calves. 1 bull calf. R. J. BANFIELD. Wixom. Mich. FOII SALE LARGE REGISTERED HOLSTEIN COW her bull calf born Oct. 27; sired by a son of her bull calf born Octi 27; sired by a. son of Johan Hengerveld Lad, and a 22 lb. two year old dam Price $250 for the pair. R. H. IARNHART. R ‘I. St. Charles. Mich. 'ONE-HALF INTEREST IN A PROVEN SIRE FOR” SALE Flint Manicure-st Nomia De Kol 157613 has fivo tested daughters. One a 25' lb. Jr. 3 yr. old. - The other a 12 lb. Jr. 3 yr. old made four months after freshening. He is five years old a’hd gentle. We have over thirty of his daughters. twenty of which will freshen next fall. , He is out of s 27 lb. cow. sired by Homestead Hanger-void Crown De Kol. sire' of 32 A. R. 0. .oows including a 84 pounder “and one with a - The . {031le K01 2d’s Butter Boy, 3rd sire of 118 year record of overy1.100 pounds. He is sire of ofiier’cows which have yearly records of over ' site’s! Homestead Hengerveld Crown De R. 0. daughters- ‘I'hl siren! this'bullisc 30 lb; bull whose dam made over 1.200 lb. butter from more than 25.00011). mlik and. whose sire is Friend Hen— servg‘ld Dc Roi. Butter Boy whose 47 A. R. O. dens tors includs six above 30 lbs. and four 1'.%%O_Doulrlldera. mar ' has ,,one- _ rest in him for 250. rchaisorv to ‘ , have exclusive use of him for one year. 7 . ~ .::‘ 1:): ' ..v ,. tuna. mon- I HEREFORD emu: .32.. ' “ ' REGISTERED ' Hansrosn‘cim 7- emter 7th, No. 386905. 1m! Ortonville. Michigan Mr. Dairyman:_. Space, will not allow full des- Cription of my young bull born March 29th. 1920, except to say he is a perfect individual, light color, and well grown. If you can find an animal to compare with him for $300, I will make you a present of him.-——My price $200—— for a limited time only. ’ . JOHN P. HEHL 1205 Griswold Street. Detroit. Michigan ’ SHORTHORN Special Shorthorn Offer! For the next 30 days we will make attractive prices on females with calves by side, bred and open heif- ers. Bred to our great imported herd sire Imp. Scottish Emblem 680,- 312. Also a few choice roan Scotch bulls of serviceable age by Imp. Scottish Emblem. A great opportun- ity to secure the blood of this great bull. Come and see them or write H. B. PETERS & SON Elsie, Mich. HIGHLAND SHORTHORNS llllhy buy Bulls that come from Herds you know nothing about? For the next thirty days we are going to offer the best lot of Bulls ever sold in Mich. Prices ranging from $200 to $500. ' O. H. PRESCOTT & SONS Mich. Herd at Prescott. Mich. SOOTOH SHORTHOBNS ft. 2??? lift: Priced right. also my herd bull. THEODORE NICKLAS, Metamora. Towns City, Mich. MILKING SHORTHORNS. BULLS FROM COWS making records. Priced reasonable. M. YORK. Mlllington. Mich. FROM AN ACCRED- ' W’ Auction “he vertlesd' here at special low rates: ask fer-them. Write today i) _ g " -» I _, -r _ snaacans' omecroa‘v. THE. MlomongpemEas FARMER. m. Clemens. Mlchlgan.__ ‘ 2 a v - v v I . _. .. ‘ BIIAIIDOIIIIILI. I-‘AIIII IIEIIEFOIIDS FOR SALE "3!- YD “IE I For sale (FORMERLY‘HILLCREST) F‘aisfax and Disturber blood, 150 Reg. head In herd. $36.00 reduction on all sires. Choice 5- maies for sale. Write me your needs. EARL C. MoOARTY. Bad Ass, Mich. 150 HEREFORD HEIFERS. ALSO KNOW of 10 or 15 loads fancy quality Shortshorns and Angus steers 5 to 1.000 lbs_. Owners union to sell. Will help buy 50c commission. C. F. BALL. Fairfisld. Iowa LAKEWOOD HEIIEFOIIDS GOOD TYPE. strong boned young bulls, 12 months old for sale. 11135 class females any age. Inspection invited. J. TAYLOR, Fremont. Mich. JERSEYS ° MEADOWVIEW JERSEY FARM, REG. JERSEY cattle for sale. J. E. MORRIS a. SON, Farmlngton. Mich. DO YOU WANT PRODUCTION? The grandson of Pogis 99th of Hood Farm and Sophie 19th’s Tormentor, two of the amat- est 'sires ever known heads our herd. No other strain“ is more noted for past and present produc- tion. Bull. calves and bred heifers for sale at seasonable prices. RED HAYWARD. Mich. EAL BARGAINS IN HIGH CLASS JERSEY cows. llerd tuberculin tested. FRANK P. NORMINGTON, lonla, Michigan Scotts. 0R SALE—THREE PUREBRED JERSEY bulls ready for service. ‘i‘iiberculin tested. . L. CARTER. R 4. Lake Odessa. Mich. fl GUERNSEYS REGISTERED cussisevs Fine heifer calves 6 months old—$200. Fine bull calves G to 8 months old—$100. ' All papers transferred. J M. WILLIAMS. GUERNSEY BULL CALVES From tested and untested dams. Satisfaction guaranteed. Write for prices and breeding to MORGAN BROS, Allegan, Mich.. R1 REGISTERED GUERNSEYS North Adams. Mich. JOE MURRAY & SON. Mich. ENT COUNTY SHORTHORN BREEDERS' Ass'n are offering bulls and heifers for sale. all lges. Sell the Scrub and buy a purebred. A. E. RAAB. Sec’y. Caledonia. Mich. Brown City. apie Rldqs Hero of Bates Sherthorna Of- fers for sale a. roan bull calf 9 mos. old. Also 2 younger ones. I E. TANSWELL. Mason, Mich. OR SALE—POLLED DURHAM BULLS AND Oxford Down Rams. J. A. DeGARMO. Muir. Mich. OHESTIIU'I' RIDGE STOOK FAIIII oflers eight Scotch Topped Shorthorn Heifers from seven to twenty—two months old and one roan bull nine months old. Also two younger bulls. RALPH STIMSON, Oxford, Mich. FOUR REGISTERED no"; bulls from 8 to 10 months old. Villager breeding. H EN RY J. Mloh- LYNCH, MayVIIIO. HEREFORDS We can furnish registered bulls from 12 months and older. best of breeding and at a very low price. have also some extra. good Herd headers We have also a large line of registered Hampshire Hogs. Guts. Saws and Roars. « Write us, tell us what you want and get our prices. La FAYETTE STOCK FARM. La Fayette. I“ _ J. Crouch A Son. Pres. - h One bred heifer. (mo 7 month 0M heifer, and rig,” at readjustment priceslted berd' t at a" 2, 4 months old bull calves. 'l’rircs reasonable. JOHN SCHMIDT a son; Reed City. Mich. "' F- “13°” MCBP'dOSv Mm"- HAT DO YOU "WANT? 1 represent .41 AYRSHIRES SHORTHORN breeders. Can put you in **** ~~ touch wilh best milk or beef strains. Bulls all FOR SALE—REGISTERED AYRSHIRE ages. Some females. C. W. lrum. President bulls and bull calves. heifers and heifer calves. Central Michigan Shorthorn Association, Mc‘ Also some choice cows. . Brides, Michigan. . FINDLAY BROS.. R 5. Vassar, Mich. HORTHORN BULL CALVES FOR SALE. 1, Milking and Scotch Top. $100 and up. ANGLS W. s. HUBER. Gladwin, Mich. The Home of D‘5 bulls. 4 50k 8 111138. old, all riialils. ptallf fed. ms good m' cm, is farmers’ in , a arm‘ m- mm. Imp. Edgar of Daimeny ' F. M. PIGGOTT a SON. Fowler. Mich. ‘ Probably THE VAN BUREN CO. sHOfRTHOIRNbBtEEEiII); , ers‘ A oci ti ha stock or sec. 0 m “wefilrnzz. '° The Worlds Greatest rite e secretary, ‘ FRANK BAILEY. Hartford. Mich. COWS, HEIZERS. BULLS ' offered at a mains prices before January first. Will trade for good land. 1.3m" Beu' supreme Champion .315 .‘ht w J BELL R c” Mich Smlthfleld Show, 1919, and the Birming m. . . 050 y. - ham Show, 1920, is a daughter of Edgar FOR SALE—REG. suonruonu BULL CALV— 0’ Dame“- es ready for service. Also Oxford Down Ewes. The Junior Champion Bun. Junior . Champion Female, Champion Calf Herd and First Prize Junior Heifer Calf, Mich- igan State Fair, 1920, were also the get of Edgar of Dalmeny. A very choice lot of young bulls—«aired by Edgar of Dalmeny are, at this time. offered for sale. Send for Illustrated Catalogue. WILDWOOD FARMS Orion, Mich. w. E. Scrlpps. Prop" Sidney Smith, Supt. ABERDEEN- Ianfi'g'LE AND O.|.G. wi e are asponndenée solicited and are priced right. inspection invited. ARL BARTLETT. Lawton. Mich. right and Corre- sf farming. a car from LENA ducers to include a pure bred ANGUS bull of the most extreme beef dairy farming. ITOOK a: I The Most Profitable Kind [ load of grade dairy heifers WEE COUNTY'S heaviest milk pro- typs for combination beef and Car lot shipments assembled at GLENWOOD FARM for prom t shipme nt. Msthods' expla nod in SMITH’S PROFII‘ADLI FEEDING, 400 pages illustrated. O. I. SMITH. Addison. Mich. SWINE POLAND CHINA King 713941 beads our hut lrsndson of the Undefeated Grand . We have some ii- ls' for sale and also some heifers bred to B.- Repeater No. ' pester. .. Just .Issmon Fox, Proprietor. STOCK FARM. ’ Tony B. Mulch. Mich. blurs Alas II ml POLAND CHINA BARGAIN. , hrsdxgil't and s 250 lb. spring boar. ». choice glib bred for 840. Guarantee satis- DORUO ROVER. Akron. lid. eeeflenesyou sizeoted.ev°ep hmatepeoieiigwretee- \ (SPEOiAL ADVERTISING RATES under this heading to honest breedere‘of Ilve stool and pool write not what'you have so offer, let aslmcl‘twin type. . y or . eel {or them. to today!) V BREEDERS' DIREOTORY. THE MIOHIOAN B USINESB FARMER. IL clement. Mloiflun. ..,5gunpjpvl'nwiiuilzljii IIKIIIHHIII'II!'II‘iIIIIINIIIH‘SIIIIIUIJIiil » .I U u (’I 'ilelrlt. y will be sent o. request. show you a proof end tell you what it will cost III-~18. zeor 52 times. You ‘ nmuvamweesbefoI-em «tissue. W Auction 1 Better am, can change ale-used- spring boars. ‘ Auctioneers. Ed. Bowers. South Whitley, Will Inman, Albion. M. B. F. F‘ieldman, A. D. Gregory. Combination Bred Sow Sale! 50 HEAD Big Type Poland Chinas at the farm of ” ‘ Geo. McKim, Albion, Mich. . January 28th, 1 921 Consisting of 9Ttried gown, 7 fall year-lingo, 31 spring gilts, 8 Sale under cover. Conveyances from Albion. a. 111.,01 sale. Innis Write for Celebs Will 8611 on de. 12 18c, Mien. ' the last of March and _ Sale of DUROC GILTS ' ‘21 THOROUGHBRED Duroc Fall and Spring Gilts of Defender breeding, April tarrow. to an "Orion boar. Catalogues now ready. 4 H. G. 1:101!an Osmopolis. Mich. at barrage bred for the first Oil FOR SALE—DIED WROO 15 acres farm one end 0 of Coleman. Etch. ED. IRH‘BLEY. boersiredb Wlt' OrioneudOJr.KGiri. ’ . . Mmllsfloutbwest 'Ooielnen. BILTS. ONE PEACH HILL FARM oil'ers tried-sews end gllts bred to or sired b! Peach Hill Orion Kine 152489. Sefieiecfion “0' m sunsan Come 1:101:33” over. Albion. Aka e‘ our open W O BROS; Romeo. Mich. n. w. LANDENBERGER, "‘1 ° ° . Parma. SPRIIIG OUROO B at reasonable prices . BIG BOB MASTODON Sire was champion of the world. His dam’s sire was grand champion at Iowa State Fair. 8 choice spring gilts bred that are pictures, sired by him. Also some sows bred to him for March and April. Priced low and guaranteed in every way. Get my prices; 0. E. Gamant, Eaton Rapids, Mich. 'IIERE'S SOMETHING GOOD THE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. O. IN HIGH. Get e bigger end better bred beer I; be. my d, at e reasonable price. Gone and he then. uses if not es represented. These beers L‘s Big Orange. Lord Ohm-en, end L’s Long LIVINGSTON. Perms. lieh. Orange Price W. E. FARYIELL LAKE FARM L '1'. P. 0. been all sold. A few spring boars end left. Will sell with breedinl Privilege. in service: n's Image 2nd. W. B.s t and Smooth Wonder. Visitors welcome. W. I. RAMSDELL Hanover, Mich. ,_f E BEST IRED POLAND CHINA PIGS SIN- ed by Big Bob Mastodon at the lowest price. DerTT 0. PIER. Evert. Mich. L s P POUR OHOIOE OPRINO AND PALI; beers left. A few extre nics gilt: ‘Ht bred for April furrow. ‘ H. 0. SWARTZ. Schoolcrefl. Mich. My, 011 My, What an Opportunity! We are now offering s few choice big type Poland Chine Boers, from Big Smooth Jones, on. the breed's best sires, from Dams by such noted » es Grand Master, Hillel-est Wonder. Masto- Ion Wonder end Hillcrest Bob. Individual] breeding. cs 850. HILLOREST FARM. Kalamazoo. Mich. - 0 TYPE POLANDS. HERD HEADED IY W's Sailor Bob. Spring pigs. both s? for sale. W. OALDWELL a. SON, Sprincpo , Mich. IO TYPE P. 0. WE HAVE SOME CHOICE boars we ere closing out at e bargain. Also some extra sows bred to ferrow in April. Health end nowth. L. W. BARNES A SON, Byron, Mich. RIG TYPE Nine fell thirteen, for sale. » J. E. MVGRANTS. St. Johns. Mich. POLAND OHINAS WITH QUALITY gilts out of litters of eleven end B.T. P. O. A FEW TOP OILTS IRED TO Highland Giant, the $500 boar. Others bred to Wiley’s Perfection. Weight, 700 at 18 months. JOHN D. WILEY, Schooicraft. Mich. L. T. P. C “ I have a fine lot of spring like sired by Hart's Black Price. a good son of lack Price. grand champion of the world in 1918. Also have e litter of 7 pigs. 5 sows -snd 2 beers. sired by Prospect Yank. e son of the 840,000 Yankee. that are sure Humdingers. F T. HART. St. Louis. Mich. BIO TYPE P. O. BPRINO boars, bred sows end the best lit- te‘t of fall pigs in the state. Come and see or write _ »E. R. LEONARD, R 8, St. Louis, IIeII. ' ‘Am OilerinsVLeI-oe 'ryps Poland chine Cows. bred to F's Oreuse st rnsonebie prices. Ales [ell pigs. Write ores choereuER. R 8. es. Louis. liar. Ie‘Iuo "1;: rouse emcee , hm m3 of n O. 0%.! “I. see] ones. Write for breeding and mass eeos. Obsesnlne. glen. ‘ "' J tember fsrrow at bargain prices. W 0 OLOSIIIG OUT SALE - inu...’fi.'.i.?" AM OFFERING 80M! HIGH CLASS A few gilt. bred for Sep- OARS e1 Big Typngolend China hogs. which represents Maple Law's Pathfinder Nuf sed. R 6. Eaton Our prices are right. BUTLER, Portland. Mich. row. my new herd boar. V. N. TOWNS, at what you went. .INO. O. the w k 25 ' uroc sows ene slits cred te Weir's King .2940 Everything goes 11113815251112! 0210,!“ $13.3",rgf‘dfiz‘fi D who has sired more prize winning pigs at the beers. Mich. Buster by Grant Buster A. Grant state fairs in the last 2 yeers than any other Duh Butler’s Big Bob. Two of the b3“ yeaflmQ roe board. Newton Bernhert. St. Johns. Mich. prospects Mich. Modern t ‘ h h inch. mt north. biz bone. waomtilmenducpizg on SALE: nae. sow PIGS or SEPT. FAR-. ie the mine at Rapids, Mich. rIIO TYPE POLAND CHINAB A few choice spring bears and gilte sired by “Hal! Ton I‘d,” a good son of “Smooth Half Ton” Champion of Michigan in 1018. . be bred to Jumbo's Mastodon 2nd. son of 313 Bob Mastodon for March and April farrow. Duhocs. ANYTHING you w spring gilt to a herd boar, at sflord to pay. Cholera immune S snteed. 0. L POWER. Jerome, Mich. AM" more A prices you can atisfaction guer— HOWLEY BR08., Mel-Fill, Mich. RIG TYPE POLAND OHIIIA BOARS UROO JERSEY IOARS. or better, come and loan of the lame, heavy-boned type, at reasonable prices. Writer see. F. J. DRODT, R 1, Monroe. Mich. Inng, heavy boned spring boars. Sired by Brewbeker I; Son's great herd boar, Glrtsdsle "03008. A THRIFTY DEO. BOAR PIG REG. prices. Registered in buyer’s name. aired by Big Lon 2 Bob. moss IROS.. St. Charles. Mich IIO TYPE P. 0.. 3 fall sow WALNUT ALLEY ,... m... daughters of the Senior Grand Champion sow of 1020, $12.50 eech. Also bred slits priced riaht. ' A BOOKING ORDERS FALL PI . o. ensconv. Ionic. Mich. ' LANK O Panel-ville. Mich. T1mm. Stock all double immuned. $15 in Feb. Orion Chem Kins and Bron];- II. c. oven, Ov|d_ moh- water breeding. Nothing better. Money beck 11 7 not satisfied. BIG TYPE POLAND cHINAs. srnmo I-Ies ‘- 5- O‘U‘Ilsv ‘M'W- "1°11- of both sex for sale at reasonable onuIns . [Insulin c‘HIEF Herd Boer—Reference only—Ne. 12921! 1919 Chicago International 4th Prize .Ir. Yearling POTTER GS AT 825 OR SALE—JEG. DUROOS guts bred Fair and National Swine Show. F. HEIMS A SON mvlson, Mich. D UROC DUROC-JERSEY SPRING to Rembler of Rename 1st. The boar that shed our winners at Michigan Btete Breakwater JERSEYS soane—nssuv FOR assures snap sows AND oILrs Fm“ 4 urecs. Hill Orest'FeIsns. Ired and tilts. Boers-"end miles straight spring 100 heed. S. of fidhm. mil-ha Gretiot Co. v vNewton & Blank, Per-dutch. Mich. end soon sows Write Us For Prices and Pedigrees Mail orders e specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed. BROOKWATER FARM FROM DUROC BOARS ready for servi WINNING STOCK Geo. B. Smith. Addie PRIZE Gilte in seeeon. McNAUOHTON a REGISTERED OUROO JERSEY Ann Arbor. Michi en . H W. Mumford. Owner J. an. Andrews. Mgr. Ion' MiCh' on SALE: ONE DUROO IOAN FROM - Brookweter breeding stock. Choice Ind!!! Pill- JOHN cnousuwm. Carleton. melt "nuns-JERSEY SERVICE IOARS. 630.00 boa Jog. FisrgHearly fell mew, 1,000 lull} 1111.0“! 1'. E]J.EB. ddmln, C film"! He: by Weit's ‘ Orion. mm 31-. Yearling ouaoc spmue IDAHO. to!“ Detroit. .Ieoksen. Gd. Rapids and “sinus. 1.1. and elite of ell ages. Write III e e r . . your wants. Entire herd double use. Phllllps Bros Riga Mlch JESSE sues a son. Henderson. Mich. ’ I u once A Few WELL-IRE. sneer- ed IDrlns Dune Boers. eiso bred sou end Cell or write ronovcs. es. Louie. Mien. boars. gilts. and fall pigs for eels. Herd headed by Breakwater Demonstrator 27th. No. 155217. H. E. LIVERMORE A SON. Romeo. Mich. F Fem? faction guaranteed DUROOS. WE CAN FILL YOUR MIGHIEAuA-wants. Several lines of breedinl represented includingo'l‘he Greet Sensation. Satis- Pevillon, Mich. FOR SALE—DUROO JERSEYS. IOTH SEX. Spring and tell pigs Have several extra good spring beers ready for service. Write us your 0'1. 0' wente. HARLEY POOR R CON, R 1, Oiedwin. Mich. DUROC JERSEYS ..‘:"..f.':":..:°:5. ‘3; sale priced reesonable. '. 0. E. DAVIS ‘ 80'. ACMOV, Mich. EADOWVIEW FARM REG. JERSEY H068. choice boar pigs for sale. n J. E. MORRIS a CON, Parmington, Mich. I. c. sun cuzs'rsn wmvs big type fellow. priced to sell. left. Bred sows end gllts. roan DRE!) 0. 30 rcr sale. Service gilts. 16 head of fall pigs. Papers J. I; VA choice boar of Prince Big Bone breeding. A CLARE V. BORMAN, Snorer. Mich. N ETTEN, OIIITOM, Mich. SWINE. ONE Some fall pigs. 1. C. EGGS hours and bred furnished free. O. l.C.BOARS_ Choice individuals; shipped to you c. o. d. expriass paid and teed right or your money refunded. All stock" registered in name. . _ , MASON. .i. CARL JEWETT, gue’rane : buyer's ‘ MICH- ‘ . or respectable volume. 513.5 55.00, lbs. or .Ierd F and 10,835,000, lbs» - ‘ has petitioned congress tofeflho’rity ‘ to call 9. World’s Dairy Congress to be ing the year 1022. ‘ associations or the country have defray the expense of such a gather ing. A canvass ot the leading mem- bers of both houses leads to the cone" clusion that Mr. Meredith’s request will- be promptly granted. ' O O O The New York Central Railroad company has asked authority from the Inter-State Commerce Gommissiou to lease for a term of years with the k1- Vtentlon of finally purchasing. the Chi- cago Junction railway terminal prop- erties. The amount altered for the said lease is $2,000,000 per year. The property under consideration is con- sidered to be worth about $33,000,000. The railroad tmckage, referred to above, passes through Packingtown, touching the stock yards; the central manufacturing district and a grow- ing industrial section, extending north tram Fitteth street. . — O O O Many important improvements have been made at the Detroit stock yards by the Michigan Central Railroad company during the past year, one of the most important of which is the establishment of a. department for the vaccination of stock hogs and pigs. many of which should ‘flnd their way back into the country to take the place of the hogs that are marketed. This is a' much-needed improvement, tor in the past, thousands of bags have gone to the butcher that were really only good for feeding purposes. O O O The young people’s live stock judg- ing tournament of Wisconsin, sched- uled to be held in Madison Feb. 4 and 5, has enlisted the interest of more than 70 high schools, divided into 19 districts. Most of these have just held meets to select representative teams from the competition. Last year the Mondovi, Wis., team won the state round-up meet and a silver cup. b.0- ' sides the right to represent the state at the nation-wide junior live stock judging tournament at the Interna- tional Stock Show M Chicago. O I O Te annual report of the live stock: receipts of the Detroit Live Stock Market during the year 1920 shows a marked falling oil? in arrivals of eel:- tle and sheep and a large increase in calves and hogs. We publish below 11 comparative summary for the two years 1919 and 1920, compiled by T. A. Meats and.published in The De‘ trait Free Press: 811 . , Cattle Calves Lambs Hogs January ....10,273 8.23 42.739 50,735 February . . 9.740 3,220 22,205 31,301 March ....13.808 1.727 2.288 41.772 April .19 .920 .047 ‘29 res». may 7.709 11.868 9,335 est-745 1 June ......11,203 12,150 4.908 38.173 July .. 8,850 .508 5.270 15,740 August 8,467 .470 13.953 14.844 September ..10.135 5,445 0.47. 80.280 October .968 7.094 47.888 30.291 November ..13.408 8.903 sans 50.494 December .. 0,727 7.351 30.782 37.254 Total, 1920 118,380 98.992 290.117 428,214-: Total 1919 128,201 86,441 814,898 374,903 Increase . . . r 12.545 53.311 Dccmse . . . 9.565. .' 18.781 W as the most undependa’ble period that live stock breeders and feeders ever ' passed through. The experiences in all lines have been similar but his probable that cattle growers have sustained the heaviest losses on their feeding and breeding operations; the year ended With the top price for steer cattle $7.15 ‘lowerlend the ' average prices-about $5.50 lower than those that prevailed during De- cember, 1919. ' ‘ .0. Despite a. light run of hogs pack- ers are accumulating product. Chi- cago's lard stock increased 13,135,- 000 lbs. in December and is now 21,- 375,000 lbs., against 21,578,000 lbs.- last‘year. Two years ago the lard~ stock was 45,062,397 lbs, @ptal , stocks of" meats 'in Chicago Ian. 1. ‘ were 113,651,522 lbs. against? ' 87,-’» ‘ 125,771Ibs. last year and 121,342,-“ 625 lbs. inf1919. "Exports'continu of nests leaving Atlantic before last, compared 5.000 held somewhere in this country dur- ,1 The various dairy ‘ agreed to raise a. fund Qt. $100,000 to‘ The year 1920 will long be noted * ‘ «in l Brunei u—l r—I seven-I II E1: l 12:! 5| Parse 1 . .1531 am am .31 .;.I 1121 :1: I: I e u‘ rem r'yousbekst'fliveudht best~blood lines of the breed is ' An Opportunity To .rOv‘ ' no“ site. ‘mn fly so ‘ m . ‘ , V fell ‘7‘" tree. 71-2 il est or depot. . , ‘OmmI: :CIIULZE. "o. no. mus—mammumrns lines o! themed soled 0!! m .95.“ gen.-.“ R I. I. 0. can cure roll anon use A far Also s few choice service :cLoTIrgR, LEAF 8700K FARM. Monroe. Mich. - =_W 1 BERKSHIRES bred m“!er mm for April Isl-vow t- 850. One Shortborn bull $125. Fall 3;? inur- ris- no end s15 each. One mum“ ‘ Down run hub :35. All above line! eligi ‘ (or registry "haul. . new. on... .IIIIoh- .Acd. 0F- EAA- "'E IE6. "RICHIREO. W‘ . fer choicgatp‘itgs tiall ages. n Jig-101’ sex. N" F radius. 0 on gusts. ? ' o. u. wfmrusv. Merrill. Mich. IOARS READY FOR ' i , both so: ' m." unseen. BRO... R 8. Merrill. Mich sag ousti‘rv no“. i weaned pm of “II "‘7 our MW- w‘ Ohm'ninm won. rhutee to lease or n m EARZA A? WEAVER. noon: rams nmnxsnmns son , Choice stock for sale. rite your wants. W. 8. Cores. White Hall. 111. r ‘ nausmsn H EOTE I “In "I “Iv ° rend! either sex. Boers to: see- ‘ . Prices right. - , Ling Y. JONES, «Flint, Mloh.. R. P. D. No. I “ .2: O W9 EOISTERED HAMPSHIRE GIL'I'S ARE NOW resdy.to ship. Spring basis and implies etc Jon's w. across. a 4. 3t. Johns. Mich. BOAR PIGS $15.00 At 3 Weeks on W. A. EASTWOOD. Ghee-nine. I”. Buy Hampshire: Right be. W ' ofleri some good 'sows and gills. bred 3:13;??? of: ei Iszrite or eel! '. M ,0 also ru’ouss. New; Lew-es. llch. ' sfi'EEr I Put your faith in BETTER lliEEDIII STOCK firmewmmmmmw erlteorvisi t son-son s. Wies- Preo- SeeonrexbibitsttbeOhiesndlficbiun’ Stein Fairs. _ . HAMPSHIRE .SHEEP Afewgoodyeor amendments lambs left to odor. 2 elves all eges_ tor Isle for fall delivery. rytbing Med es repreun OLARKE U. HAIRI. West Burnt, Mich. ANT A SHEEP? Let Amerieen Sheep Annotation send ‘ s (lend; booklet ri con our A. - tb list to ‘ TYLER. See'y. 10 Woodland Ave.. Detrelt. men. FOR eunonmns ms RAID 70 uses . in March, write or call on ‘ARMRTRONO BROS” R 8. Fowler'ville. Mich. [RICO Rm FOR CALI. .000 II.- boned. bee? sbesreu. ‘ HOUSEMA IROC, R 4, Albion. Mich. PET 310an on one“, negleuTheuu-r ass-m. loss, 5 . . no"? age ‘18 I no months old mp“. unteed. " mg. HIMEBAUGH. Oeldwster. Ilcb. TWO m pm furnished. - Home“ fine v homes end poultry. Hole! 8115. Males no R. O. KIRIY, R 1. East Lansing, wen. nEflllTERED WHITE AND BARLE COLLIER mobs. Six month old. Price $15.00 v W. O. IWICIIIR. Rm m ' Best ‘ advertisejn The memo Bus-r ine'ss Former. It will be worth ‘ ‘- , ,your. while to read the livestock - ' in a is” II. 1. year and nose are busy we :up Wood; bailing manure. threshing cloverseed: and do! .for good sleighing. w . \ .ra - then-jos- , w. '-“ on. m. this time or the ‘ road work. '.The main roads are in-goo condition but the cross roads are very rough. Farmers did some plowing last we but are not doing any ~this week on account or the frozen ground. .Pros- pects do not look extra good for getting the ice—houses filled with good ice this year as several lakes have not frozen over yet. Farmers are selling some hay, petatoes and liVestock. Not much feed being hon i for cows an account of low price 0 milk. Wheat ahd rye are not“looking extra good and ladies.- tions point to short crops of be of these grams. Auction sales are begin- ning again. Cows and horses are sell- ing very cheap”; other things are aver- aging fair. Several farms are for sale: the owners intending to quit farming,— C. W. S. Fenton. Jan. 14, MONTCALM — Farmers are chores and hauling produce. West snowy, Fanners are selling some live stock but are holding potatoes for higher DHCW—G. doing is B. W.. Lskeview, Jan. SAGINAW—The farmers are doing chores, hauling wood and sitting by the stoves. The weather is fairly good for January; a little snow but not enough The ground Is froz- en, Not much produce going to market: little hay. Not much building beigf done. A few sales are being auction --J. H. M. Hemlock, Jan. 1 . SH-IAWASSEE—Thé winter here has been unusually mild so far; the ground is not frozen very much, Farmers are ditching and digging post holes. and some glowing is being done on sod oun . Sugar beets have all been auled to shipping points, There has not been many auction sales as yet this season, and not very much changing or dealing in real estate. Horses are very slow of sale except drafters; even that class not bringing a fancy price. Owing to the uncertain markets cattle are quite slow, although market cattle and milch cows are quite plentiful on the farms in this section of" the country—D. H. M, LAPm—Farmers are doing chores. cutt wood and wondering. what they, did their money summer, The weather has been very mild tor the past two weeks but a little colder at present. The ground is net frozen very hard: some plowing done hem last week. Some hay moving now with the price not very good. roads are in fine condition or moving produce but everybody seems to be holding they can—C. A. B, Inlay City, it, MONROE (N. B.)-—-1Ve are having nice whiter weather now: the roads are good, * Farmers are busy husking, shred- ing and drawing com- lots out Some farmers are cutt g wood, draw- coal and doing chores. Not much go to market. some wheat, oats and corn; hay is down but that bought some time ago is go to market, Poultry grices have pick up some: dressed ogs and calves are down or local elevator man is not buying grain or gym at all, Everything is very quiet around here now° no sales as stufl.’ will not sell. It looks like a. good time for a young man to start farming as everything is down and one half the money it took a year ago will start one and farming is the only oh that pays best in the long run, if in dollars. in enjoyment of life and h —G. 8.. Newport, Jan, 13. BERR‘IEN (West)-—Weather has been fine: almost enjoying the "Southland" here in Michigan, Many farmers have taken advantage of the mild weather to get out and trim their grapes; many grape cuttings are being taken for plant- ing and there will be quite a large ac- reage planted to grapes this spring, This 'is rapidly becoming a grape country. A little butchering being done. Not much of anything moving to market now. Work has commenced on the erection of a fine new garage at. Baroda—0. C. Y.‘. Ba- , rods. Jan. 13. MAMEE—There is nothing domg in these arts except the chores and et- tlng woos, We 'haven't snow enou to do any teaming if we wanted to, There is not on? market for farm produce. The weather s blustery today but not cold: is snowing a little at es.—-C. H. 8.. Bear Lake, Jan. 14. CHEBOYGAN (N, W,)—-Farmers are not doing much. A few are hauling po-’ tatoes, some are cuttin. and hauling wood, but the most of e farmers only doing Just their chores. The ' weather is nice; not much snow and good roads. Some farmers in the eastern part of the county are hauling hay but the price is low. They are getting from $15 to $17 per ton. The farmers are holding some hhy and potatoes for higher prices. The farmers are ordering their spring grass. seed through the _ Grange,—-O. W. B,. Briggsvllie, Jan. 14. ' MIDLAND—Everyone is doing chores. cutting wood, and hauling manure, The weather has .changed again. It is cold- er now; but still we have no snow. The ground ls frozen and the roads are like mama .14; few beans are being sold. on a potato“. . Y mar st for at pruent. I sentials. The taxes e. year and no one is of the reduction. The e are auction, sales pom—c. L Jan. I ""1" A ' a , J." WORD—The roads are bad for the want of. snow to my...» much stirri. 0‘ There is no yet».- ‘ Leghorn (bckerels at 31.50 each. . . Advertiseinem .pl'lue, fer 1! the. or lease. ' d «sets rates by return lvertiei. Mt. Clemens. Ila. Inserted under N beefing Write: est will In“ bless. a. --‘1 DECTORY ‘ - Itfleelte rune.me Mubaersndnndit‘lz, It will on: m in '0- W Chicks for the coming season to could. the f our “mm! Bored Practical Poultry will send our new m2: csth. which 9mm i“ t. .3: 35$ slog tells how y; n d? scribes High Clue In Leghorn! All W Em Both Chicks and Hatching sea from d! breeds mnnteed, sud deli vexed poet STATE FARMB ASOOOIATIOI Kalamazoo. Michigan MUD-WAY-AUII'I-KA FARM elm young stock and a few mum breeders in White Chinese Geese, White Runner Ducks and White Wyudottcs. Also 0. I. 0. spring gills. Write today for prices on what you need. DIKE C. MILLER. Dryden. Mloh. HITE CHINESE GEESE, WHITE PEKII ducks, R. 0. Br. Leghorns. Place orders early. MR8. CLAUDIA EETTS. Hliiedele. Mich, ORPINGTONS AND LEGHORNS Two great breeds for proiit. Write today {or free ‘utslogue of hatching eggs. baby chicks and breeding stock. CYCLE HATOHER COMPANY. 14. Phlle lids. Elmira. N. Y. cooker-ole A Hens. Lennorm, Minot-ode. Houdsne. Beds. Rocks, Orpingtons, Wysndottee. TYRONE POULTRY FARM. Fenton. Michigan. LEGHORNS my on) 317 EGGS'IN ONE YEAR GHIGKS S. 0. WHITE LEGHORNS We have the world's greatest layers. You can have them too. Ii you get our eggs. Chicks or stock. There is big money in poultry it you have heavy laying stock. Bend today for our big free instructive catalog. It gives prices for eggs. chicks and stock and much other information. Send for it today before placing your order else- where. PURI‘I’A8 SPRINGS POULTRY FARM Box E111, Isl-ea. Obie s. 0. WHITE LEOI'IORN COCKRELB. FERRI. strain. Fine big sturdy fellows. 'I‘h but breeders that money will buy. Only $3, $4 $5 and $8 each. Guaranteed to please. That‘ the way l do business Unrelated blood for old customers. A. P. STEOENOA. Portland. Mich. RAIOWSKE 8. 0. WHITE LEAHORI COOK- erels for sale. only 82.50 each and up. LEO ORABOWSKE. Merrill. Mich" R. 4 R SALE—R. O. I. L. COCKERELO, CINE. by Madison Sq. winner. Bred for size slid layers. weighing II lbs., $2.50 each. Flemish Giant rabbits. ~ E. HIMEIAUOH, Goldwater. Mich. I. LEGHORN COOKERELS FROM Ex— cellent laying strain. Prize winners at Sag- insw Fair. 31.50. A. McKesge, m, Hemlock, mes O. RUFF OOOKERELB. EXCELLENT LAY! ing stock. 88.00 each. WILLARD LINDSEY, 0m... Midi. NLY 1 MORE PURE DRED I. O. BROWN ISAIAH GREGORY. Brutus. Mich. WYANDO'ITE liver Laced Golden snd White w dot Choice breeding stock our specialty. ywletuu: llrlhb your good cockerels. o. W. snowman. n 2. Portland, Mich.‘ HIT'I WYANDOTTEI. COCKERELO FROM 200 boss or better. May snd June hatch. to to $8. gs 8! per 16. FRANK DELONO. R 8. Three Rivers. Mich. PLYMOUTH ROCKS O re I ' "l HI‘NO zoos ssnnso Books; Norman trep- taoed for t" r. (Ii-Hogan NORMAN POULTRY PLANT. Ohm Ill. COCKERELs AND PUL- _ .lets bred from Detroit and Boston wmners. Low price. So n (“81‘- TOLLES egos. R 10. St. Johns. Mich. ROCK cooxsnns POI Ills at $3 and $4. Wm. CRISMORE, B 2, Middleton. Ileh. ~BARRED ROCK COCKEREL8 FROM HIOII producing strain. These will make strong breeders next year. 33.00 each. MR. PERRY BTEIIINS, Seance. Mich. BARRED ROCK COCKERELB end I In Pul- lets $3.00 spi Cheesnlnc. Mien. R. 2 see. Mrs. W. A. Eastwood, ARRED ROCK COCKERELS, IREO FRO- grest leyem. Bargain prices now. 3 W. C. OOFFMAN, R 8, Benton. Harbor. Mich. JOHN'S IIO BEAUTIFUL IARRED ROOK. 84 to $8 each. Cirouhrs. Photos. JOHN NORTHON. Clerc. Milli. WHITE ROCKS, PULLETS. HE'S, COOKED- els. Flock culled and approved by E 0. Foo- nun. poultry extension specialist l. A. O. ROBT. E. KNIGHT, New Baltimore, Mich. RHODE ISLAND REDS HITTAKER'S R. I. REDS. HIOI‘IIGA“ Color and Egg Strain. Both corhbl. Goeb- srels. and Eggs. Write for he. cam INTERLAKES FARM Box 4, Lawrence, Mich. LANGSHAN ‘ - IR. IIMPSON’O LANOSHANC OF Bred {or type and color since 191 . laying strain of both thk and White. some coekeuh for sale. Eggs in lesson. IA. OHAO. W. SIMPSON Webbervilie. Mich. TURKEYS SPRING MAIMOTH IRONZE TOMS, PRIO- $l0.00, 21 and 22 pounds. MR8. B. I. SMATTGL R1. Em Jordan. Mich. UALITY" Winter Have IANT IRONZE TURKEYB. STRONG. VIOOB— ous birds. Write at once [or {all prices . MR8. PERRY STEERING. Guinea. Mich. OR SALE. MAMMOTH IRONZI TURKEY. 0 Write for prices. Forest View Fem. H. D. HORTON. Filien. Mich. 0R BALE—BOURBON RED Write for prices. MR8. GEO. HULLIBEROER, 8mm BABY CHICKS BABY OHIBKS Mich. I TU RK eve. " I teed. Leghorn. Roch. Reds, An- conas. Wyindottes. Mich Utility and Exhibiting quality a ’ very reasonable prices. Catalog i and price list free. i 20th Century Hatchery. Box I , New Washington, Ohio INOLE COMI DUFF LEOHORN IAIY 1 Chicks. Order now for spring delivery. Prices ' reasonable. Safe delivery guaranteed. _ , l I J. W. WEBSTER. Bath. R 2. Mich. BREEDERS ATTENTION! n1'0“Al'elllimningonasale thisyoar, write usnow and GLAD! THE DATE! This service is free to the live stock industry in Michigan ‘ to avoid conflicting sale dates LET “THE BUSINESS FARMER" CLAIM YOUR DATE I THE SEASON FOR baby chicks and grown birds. the entire state. ' g e e Poultry Advertismg _ IS HERE Don’t depend on your local markets to sell your hatching eggs, Putting your offering before the prospective buyers‘of the en- ' tire state means better prices and a better market. ‘ By placing your ad. in Li. B. 1".‘s poultry directory you cover . ' START YOUR AD [N M. B. F. NOWl . sand. ItWon't CostYou. a Cent Until it // / Paid for Itself ‘\ You would put a new silo on your , - farm tomorrow, if you thought you could get one for nothmg—wouldn t you? Well, we have a Silo Selling Plan whereby you can do just that. You can place a NAPPANEE Seal- tite SILO on your farm and it won’t cost you a cent. That sounds mterestmg—doesn’ t it? Our big FREE Book tells how you can order your. NAPPANEE SILQ now and make it pay for itself on your farm. Think of 1t! On this novel plan you Virtually get a 5:10 for nothin . A silo that will cam its own cost the first year or so and make you a couple of undred dollars clear profit every year after that. Better write for your copy of our, bigesilo book today and find out all about easy way to own a silo. The book is FREE and postpaid for the askmg. Over 1 5,000 NAPPANEE SILOS in . Use on American Farms Thousands of American Farmers have taken advantage of our liberal Silo Selling Plan. The fact that NAF- PANEE SILOS are being used in every part of the country from New En .and to Texas, proves that this Nappanee Selling Plan is ALL RIGHT and that NAPPANEE SILOS are “m good" wherever they go. Get our big FREE Silo Book and see for yourself the many gratifying letters _'of satisfaction which we have received from NAPPANEE owners. Many say that their silo paid for itself With the first crop they put in it. They‘ tell why they like the NAPPANEE better than any other silo and some give actual facts and figures on the profit the NAPPANEEhas made them. If the NAPPANEE will produce big returns for so many other farmers it will do the same for you. And on our liberal Selling Plan you cannot afford to get along without a NAPPANEE 'another day. READ WHAT MICHIGAN FARDIERS SAY: BOND“. m - Twining, Mich. Dear Sirs: I have had my Dear gm; 111 may“ my silo three years and have an. Nappgnog :uo ed it three times and am set- ugod two tailed that it has savod no the success. I pleased price or it alone, in feed. with the extra income I have Some of my neighbors have made from my cows by feed- cement silos round here that in: ensllale. Can truthfully cost three times as much and lay there is no better lilo they my my Neppanee la Just made than the Happened It ’ ugoed, and we are well stand-them with the silo. Frank Wm. Gain. Elm Hall, Mich. Dear Sirs: I like your silo better than any I have ever seen. It stood the test of a cyclone. It never fazed lt. It blew down the silos around here, but the Nap- anee stood. It is a good silo. Camden. Mich. I can any other my. If any tanner is going to buy a lilo he should be sure to look at the Neppenee. It has the bestpointaotulyeiblheve seen. Frank Howard. We have many other letters as gratifying as those above in our files from this state and other states, but the limited space does not allow us to print them all. Send for Our FREE Silo Book Today— .i‘? ’ 7 Use the Coupon 4 . 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'51 Box 237, Nappanee, Indiana , Gentlemen: Please send me FREE and postpaid, v1 _7 , . . , o » g m “. fiégiéghfidgiflaigggpwglfi grits " . “iltlorithlemlfig Tomi : 3”" m I, i ' CO III...O...D.0..OI.COI'OOOOOIIOOOIOOOOOII ’ . . ‘, Yr ~ , l Box 237 . n e e e e eeeee eeee eee e e c e a e e e e e e eeeee'eeeeeeeooeenee I _ I... .‘ x t, ‘ -‘ 1‘ A, ’1, r , . m e e e e e e e e eeeeeeeeoeeeeeeee-ReFen".-e IVII‘J’OOOIOOO’OC lYourown t7th faction. u ; g {Reason , good. common sense will tell you that it would he absolutel impossible to persuade the majority of the liard headed, successful farmers in your community who were some mighty good sound reasons for £1an wood silos the preference. ._ And .you' good logical reasons why most farmers buy wood silos. ~ Did you ever hear anyone. say that silos of other materials will cure silage better or keep it better than wood? No! But many agriE’ultural experts, chemists and thousands! of farmers who speak from actual experi- ence emphatically assert that wood silos make and keep silage far better than do other kinds of silos. ’ It takes a certain amount of heat tocaus‘e ’ fermentation in the silo and cure silage properly for wholesome feed. Wood is the only material non-conductive of heat and cold. Wood keeps in the heat :1 ' for the proper fermentation. and it also keeps out the extreme cold that" causes silage to freeze. g , Of course, you have to paint aWOod silo ever five or six years on the outside. ’ But ‘ painting a wood silo on the outside is a whole lot easier than ‘fdoctoring" up the walls on the silo inside with some preserva- tive preparation every few‘years. And rem ,whenthe roofisonthesiloyou can’t get a ladder inside of it. These are some of the reasons why the majority of silos throughout the country are built of wood. And best wood silo you can buy is a NAPP Seal-tite 511,0,le cause they are the most practical, the most serviceable, themost useful and convenient wood silo for any farm-g—the silo that will give you the biggest value for your money. ~ Wood Silos Cost Less- A N APPANEE SILO costs just about half the price asked for kilos built of other ma- terials. And the cost of erecting it is‘tar less, too. You don’t need a'crew of skilled mechanics to erect a NAPPANEE. The average farmer can do the work himself withthehelpofafarmhandandfinish jobintwoorthreedaystime. - " give you all the convenient, useful, time labOr saving features that you will find in- corporated in the NAPPANEE. such as the Double Anchor System that is as ne‘er storm-proof as it is possible to make-the real Man-Sized Doors that are six inches wider than the average silo door and give ample room, and comfort in entering the“ NAPPANEE—the outta heavy metal Door Fasteners that seal tip the NAPPANEE as tight as a fruit jar—+the safe and sane Lad- der built so it is almost impossible to slip an fall—the Hip Roof Rafters that are fur-s nished FREE with the NAPPANEE and add more room to thesilfiand so on .all down the line. F . < 'i’ ' A NAPPANEE SILO is easy to erect, easy" to fill land will cure your silage perfectly. It , will keep the silage in A1 condition so that it is safe to feed to your live stock. Yetthe NAPPANEE costs you no more and some- times a great deal less than other silos. The Silo You Ought To [Have At the Price You Ought: To Pay a A NAPPANEE SILO on your farm will ‘ make every acre of corn you put intuit do' the work of two acres the oldfashioned way. And the NAPPANEE is backed by an iron- clad guarantee that itwill not only 'Ve you. satisfactory service, but will pay itself on your farm. day. Findoutabout omeasYDaMent‘ 1 whereby you can put a NAPPANEE on farm'now .md‘1make it'pa its own, ‘ ..' ' Don’t failto writeifor our 'g FREE andmostin ‘ the is you: mnemonic: g Werenmmpredi“ .tliatin 'ourneigllw ‘ ii“- 1;’ diatticti a mu .1... egg-2r...“ _ J a , n on ya e ,a ‘ 'f " ft_- ‘ _)Willbebuflptn‘$wood.' my? u Some '- can "bet your bdttom dollar" there are some _ Wood Silos GiveBetter Service I I elsecanyoufindasilothat' 'm Find out about the NAPPANEE sun is . , y BOOK ,8 o. fishing-Ii: : oWnsil'osto build themofwood unlessthere ~- ' .x-‘.- IlllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllfilllllllImmlummmnmmnmm