. An independent Farmer’s Weekly Owned and Edited in Michigan MT. CLEMENS, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1921 "i'llllllllllll||||||l|||IllIllIIIllIllillllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|l||llIl|IllllIll|llllllIlllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIHIHIIIIIlllllllllilI!IIllIllllllllIllllllllllll||!|||IllIll|lllfllPllIllllIlllIIHIHIIIIHHHIl!!llllllllHIHEHIHIllllllIHIIHHIIHEHI!!!HE}i!lillHimilllllllllllllllll lllllllllilllflllflllllllmlIlllfllllllllllllllII]lllllllllllllllmlllllll|[fllfllllllllllllllllfllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|llllllllllllllllllllllllll‘ I In the Wake of the January Thaw. fill!IlilllIlllllllllllllllllllmlIlllllllllllIllllllllllllllHllllllllllll"IllllllllllllllllllllllllmllllllllmlllllllllllllllllmIllmIllullllllllllllllllllllllllfllfllfllmllllllllllllmmllllJiIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIImmlllllilllllllmlllllmmmmuunmmmlmm f Department of Agriculture Places heat and Rye hortage at 280 Million Bushels. See page 8 MlflflllllilflfllfllllllllllflllllllllllHIlmflllllIlflflflflflllfllllflflllllllllllliflllllllllllllllIll|llllllll|IIlIlIIIIIHHIHIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIll|llllllllIlll||||||l||||||l||ll|l| I.‘ I! l n— llllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllIllllllllllllllfllllllllllllIHIIIIHIIIINHIHIIHllllllllllllIllHlIllHlIllllllllllHIHHHIHHHHHIlllllHlHllHllHHIIIIHHHHIUHIIIHHHIHIIlllllllHHHl|lllHlHlHHHllllilllllllllllllllllllillllIIIHIIHHIIHI Illlll[HIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllll|llllllllllllllHIlllHlllIllllllllllllllllllllllli WI ORIEONE has mailed to each member or the legislature a tasty looking button hearing the word “optimist.” If on ' optimist may «he described an a peroon who pecnlnrly lttlng that than buttons he cline in prices of agricultural pro- ducts has brought a large percent- age of our farmers face to face with actual bankruptcy, when in spite of the unprecedented high taxes of the have not met the states' expenses by when we contemplate the greatly in— creased appoopriotlons demanded by practically every agency of govern— ment to whth nut he added this eight * million deficiency. When we his constituents when they pay their 19-21 and 1922 "inflated" their “deflated” full; mfg gratuitous iii-“439w: teem way to. «whiting " ~ 2 usvw‘k‘c ‘ , or deep despair ~ "‘ w c molt “sinners lie." '- ‘.~-" ’— THAT DEAR 0W \ 0V. OSBORN in his inaugural (j address swntted the junket and it has not been" It particu- larly popnlnr institnu'on since. The junket probably was developed iron: the desire of the bucolic legislator to see Michigan at Michigan's expense; to ride in Pullman can. to test the cuisine-of the dining car and of the great hotels with their orchid ceil- rides heck-word in the cars. it is n‘ se’ntto legislation at this time when- lebor is unemployed. when the de- A past two years we learn that they approximaer eight million dollars“ contemplate the mental attitude of h} the - lose an d CUSE hoe always been a. desire to learn the needs of the several state institutions and the neeees-tty for making the appropriationo' asked which in most cases is put-chunk. Here’s an illustration: The Hon. 'Si Plunkhard of Che'boygan, the. Hon; Sallie Waters of Kent City and the Hon. Julius Pennypacker‘v 0! Hum.- tramck are appointed a Senate com- mittee on Nor-oi school of which. . ' “Name. Ht. - I‘M Yflllentl h”; » » ~ 2w mama .9: - .. . e um- iffi‘lt‘t’?‘ yam committee. con- .izrsiegm xtjfltdraown iinnltntions. would 'make a .mtlon' any 'soonerthan it would assume to make suggestions to (surgeon during the performance or an operation. It's principal, if not only function. is to pose on the necessity for proposed improvements and the amount of money required to make them. The matter settles down to a question or npproprintions end appropriations is - a matter dealt with exclusively . by the Finance and Appropriation Com- mittee 'oi the senate and the 'W'nys and Means Committee 0! the house.‘ These committee are the final ar- hiters. These committees very properly visit They control the findget; their Ethi- institutions, opian ser- pass _on v i t ors — , their neces- —here is _ v ' Fm ' f‘j attics ,in- "to be round , .f. .4 if}, 545' g r _ \ eluding 191:- - the mo“. .. ‘1/1», ‘ 2:: '; _ .‘x | ' movements voting lm~ ‘ ‘~ ‘ and fix the pulse ' end - m; vmn ‘3‘“;‘7 amount of the Ex- 3’ To“ F their re- spective ~With these hot: in. new, it is diacult to see what useful purpose is ~ to be served by, a Junket to these in- stitutions by. your Uncle 81's JOOHI‘. These observations apply; to r mittee. ' e‘very institutional committee with possible of those on penal iuetitutiony~ appointed V in either m. The "mi-eta! untrue of these * warm-r insis- -‘ "u x. u r nee with the ‘ u» had noyiex- mr alum crime :5 with an apologetic air. the whole ag- gregetlon went noisily and joyonsly torthlsnd it was. i. centlnnnl round oi! pleasure. commencing at Detroit, go- ing up to ' machine. traversing the upper peninsula and returning - to Lansing via Milwaukee and Chicago neither of which pieces were "dry" in those days. These trinkets of “the good old days" were taken in special trains of Pnlhnnn can well stocked with solid and refreshments and "it in charged" (quotation from ponderons pnichritode of that Hon. Jimmy Jerome) that many of the salons took their wiveoaalong tor the trip at state expense while others “good old days" when instead of slip- ‘ ping away quietly and conning hack‘ .- 1 Service will [12¢ ' Pmmmmhmwmmmw m . Thcyuefldbym,mt;uwh.mWh9qexo clunvealeem-e w- ‘ "‘7‘ Sound p“ mayhem. Murmansk“- will The Winthrop Tapered Asphalt Shingle How Pasco Products _ amd ’ ‘ them” MWWhM Rodde / not I ,mhwczc..mmn W a: , - is... _- » _ ‘ , leutceotlythntyoucdn . I low}. loltlnlooethotu , p "‘ tampon-elemwimmfiecw .e'r- mm“, a..." 1 HER," PECK e LEWIS, Deficit, Mich; Y n end will hand went to. please do not ed on "mm: hystnnders." Little orno 'pretense was made thst.,the trip meant anything more than a gvnln‘dayxnteach-plece where the special train poiledon'to the aide track; nod its uncle! more was ap- parent teen. Governor morn slimmed the practice and its oil-er-“ , once since those days for: tire and apologetic. ‘ . BUNK-’1‘ oomsmox UR BUDGET Commission seem to he a Joke. This long-hero - aided and muchadvertieed form that was to give us emciejnt government at materially‘ reduced rates, at Seen & Wk prices is ' itwereseemstohuennshed intho vpnnmehow,oeemsnottobefqu-' tioning up to the tions of Its enthusiastic proponent-J l. At rate the legislature is going ahead}: the good old way in considering the appropriations to be made just as it did before we had a budget commis- sion. Our old friend the Hon. Geo; W. Welsh, of Grend Rapids, pot- iisher of the Fruit Belt, erstwhile candidate for speaker‘th nine sup- porters including Lord Fauntleroy; - of the’Seeond City; well the George W. Welsh hit the nail on the. r ' Budget Commission never nudged—4" a hood when he said, sea '0: m now norm erase '- AST WEEK'S to the I ‘ Hoover Relief tend boosted the total from 351655 to $732.39.- Among the subscription: receivedte date. we are pleased to note, are each from 1. public school, 'a Sundny school end I. Gleaner Arbor. Now. folks. you've done splendid- ly in your contributions to this full and when we turn the total over to the committee the first or the week it is going to he. with a teelingot great pride in they-tanner in which you have responded. The coupon appears this week for the last- time he found on page 22. It you haven't alrendy contributed dehy further. I would like if possible to note the total an even thousand dolirs. On behalf .ot the Basin. Pusher end the hunger-lug children of Europe. let he that you again for your generosity—letter. see—In. Ir. a hue. Creek. ‘ ' . Bach-on, 810 Each—Ir. and In. A. Olin. Lawrence: A. 0. 0. 0-. by I. F. 8% huh—Wu. 1. “oil. Iwertz out: . _ m Icahn: hulk Omar. Ia- nsu'u on Ian's-us. (3.; me norm, m' 3. n n a : “m . Gum ' sees—Hz. In. I‘. n.- 13mm. H. Elva-d, kit Jordan. ' $2.73 WM 8“. Merrill: Ha Creek 81m School. m ,V I. 8%. 1. MM. Wilton: Normsn Geod- eIL, m; (be. Tho-an Wheeler;". R Brooks. 0.!- “ once—.1; Win. 3... some 81.5. Mrs. M Jehnflon, Glenda: Ira. than. Idaho. Glennie. 1_ Eta—(nu. W'lihdo M; A M M " : C. ill. low. 3 It. took along thooe out might be cuss- Zlml'} rear/«:1: .f-“l'Fr-l '1 O Hot! :5 e-i-cs‘lJ-u-Lwn A H Midi-via B we {>99 HVG. £0. ‘ A "i THE spring I» - 1 ,. ,,_ of 1919, . by)“ overwhelming majority, the people of Michigan voted 119501110000 road bond issue If” the pupae-of «1111pr the trunk line = road system. .This was followod by two Acts ' o! the-Mature, namely, Act 19, Pubhc » bf 1919 which provided that» “all line ' highways established under the ' provisions of, Action-or Public Acts of 1913, shall hereafter be constructed, maintained and improved un- am- the direction, supervision and centrol of the State Highway Commissioner.” Act 25 of Public Acts of 1919 provided that the bond money should be used solely as follows: (I) for. the purpose of paying the state’s portion of the cost of constructing Federal Aided roads; (2) for the pupose of paying the tate’s portion ofthe cost of construction on state trunk line highways or state. reward payable onlsueh highways; ( 3) for the purpose of pay- ing the cost of building trunk line bridges; and (4) for the purpose of paying state reward on highways other than trunk line and Federal Aid roads, in case that should become neces- sary. - _ To make the state’s activities on this work clear" it should be understood that there have been two Federal Aid appropriations, one in 1916 amounting to $75,000,000 and, one in 1919 amoun'tingto $200,000,000. The Federal Aid Act provided that this money should be ap- portioned among the-states, one third accord- ing to area, one third according to population and one third. according to trunk line mileage. 0.] SF 1‘... 4N 'r 1 +' By FRANK. L. noonns State Highway Commissioner Under this rule; Michigan’s share of this mon- ey is slightly less than $8,000,000. . __ The sta’tebegan work on the trunk line sys- tem under“sn"Act"‘of'the Legislature of 1917 which providence the counties should "ran- der some financial assistance in this work, the richer counties paying as high as 50 per cent of the cost of same and the poorer counties'pay- as low as 25 per cent, counties of other valua- tions ranging in between. .The Legislature of‘ 1919, however, removed a .part of. this burden from the counties for both Federal Aid and trunk line roads and now the richer counties pay only 25 per cent‘and the poorer counties as low as 5 per cent of the cost of new construction, other counties ranging in between. Federal Aid projects have been approved and placed under construction in 33 of the 83 counties of Michigan,eovering 350 miles at a total cost of $6,541,999.93. Of this mileage 215 have been‘ completed at a cost of $3,001,- 915.52. _ \’ Trunk line contracts, under the provisions of Act 19, above referred to, commonly known as the Aldrich Act, have been placed under con- struction, covering 698 miles at a total cost of $10,870,019.95. Of these 275 miles have be completed at a cost of $4,848,971.19. From the foregoing, it will be seen that 1051 "Becoefs 0f the State Highway Money Record Shows; Great Road Building Activity During Ye‘dr Clli‘s'ed. files of road; mostly I on the trunk lines, have beenhplaced, under construction under the provisions of thefitwo Actsreferred to, at a total cost of $17 ,412,019.88. 1 ‘ All of‘the state’s portion of this construc-' tion must be met from the bond issue, except such, portion of the cost of Federal Aid roads as was met by an appropriation of $450,000 by the‘Legislature of 1917. TheAct providing for the expenditure of the bond issue specifies that “not more than five million dollars shall be. expended by the state for highway purposes in any one year.” At present, (January lst, 1921) we are in the second fiscal year. Bonds to the amount of $7,000,000 have been sold, leaving a balance of $3,000,000 which may be sold between now and July 1st, when another $5,000,000 of high- way bonds may be sold, making a total of $8,- 000,000 available for construction work and the completion of contractsnow outstanding, _ during the building season of 1921. A It has been noted that contracts amounting to upwards of $17,400,000 have been awarded and that something over $9,500,000 will be rel : quired . to complete contracts outstanding. However, since about $3,500,000 of the out- standing contracts are for Federal Aid roads on which the Government pays approximately 50 per cent of the cost and the counties approx- imately 25 per cent of the cost, only $882,304 will be required to pay the state ’s portion of Federal Aid contracts now in force. But since the state on the (Continued on Page 9) "Western Growers Place Cost of Producing Wool Clip at, $1 Pound T' I. _ E president of Idaho Banker Submits Figares Showing Losses Suffered by Wool Ranchers Last Year , Period? and how I ""1 , an Idaho bank 7 ' ' ‘ wrote. a letter to the editor of the Wall Street Journal a few weeks ago complaining of the' low priCe of wool and stating that the 1920 clip 'cost' the wool growers of Idahomorc than $1 per pound. The Journal 8611.01: didn t believe it. Being surrounded on. all sides .by two-legged sheep and goats and qmte familiar with "the" "‘fleeces”"'of Wall Street, he thought he ought to knew something about the cost of Idaho fleeces. So- he wrote right back to the Idaho banker and asked him to produce .lns proof. The preof came,- ‘and was So convmc- ing that the editor‘of the Wall Street Jour- nal published the facts in detail. . The Business Farmer has often - heard ' it. stated that’the cost of the 1920 clip in Mich- igan‘was around $1 per pound but in the ab- sence of any cost records we were obliged to disbelieve it. We are not prepared to say how much more . it costs to produce wool 1n Idaho than in Michigan, but thedfierence is probably slight. We, therefore. produce the proof of the Idaho cost, leaving it to our road. ’crs' to compare with their individual costs. ‘ . , The Cost " . "Our long—term grazing period,” says the west- ern authbrity, f‘is from’May‘ 1 to November 1;, thevbalance of the time the sheep must be cared for crime reserve and largely on farms or ranch- es. 5111,13 feeding period-.£or the winter 011920 was. between 120 and 140 days; the other‘ time, about 00 daysh'was covered on farm pasture. ,‘beeep in «this section‘will use “from three to fou‘r_,poun¢§'01 hayper‘d'ay: one pound otfécorn per day, it. well supplied with good hay, and. two ” refinance, cake 31.1.9: can hay; corn esded; cafe constituting the feed dur- slstst twiasgeeriodi-.t-.Eor the last, three ‘“ ‘ ’ " to goodfherdersnwere $125 (to: their board, ‘The price 3313315314303“ 201:. The price. of “(roan-$22 to $40 per top.- the a ‘o «station-V800“ As a» Detailed Cost of Wool Growing Fees to Forest for’1,000 sheep 5. . 175.00 Herder for 12 mo. @ $125 .. 1,500.00 1 ‘ lender . . . . . . . . . . . . , 875.00 2 for. 30 days at lamb- . tug . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250.00 ’ Shearingjt 20¢. each . .' . . . . . . . 200.00 - filing and sacking wool, 7,000 lbs 20.00 Gui-ting 7,000.le. wool to station. . 70.00 'Costof2fiwoolbags . . . . . . H... ‘37.50 ‘ Pasture fod- 63: days '@2c per day 1,200.00 Hay. 360 pounds . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,800.00 Caxton-seed cake, 15 .lbs. each 2 oz. per. day for 120 days . . . 675.00 120 lbs. corn, per sheep, 1 lb. per day for 120 days at $3.30 . . 396.00 Cost of food for berder @$25 per month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800.00 Cost of feeding camp tender 3mo. 75.00 Cost of feeding 2 extra men at hmblng . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00 Freight on 7,000 lbs. wool .. . 1.210.00. Cost of maintaining herder’s- '7 .' camp outfit for season 50.00 Cost of salt for season . . . . . . . 100.00 For use of horder’s horse and camp tender’s horse . . . . . . . . ' 75.00 Interest for 1 your on $10,000.00 value ot'sheep at $10 per head . at 10 per cent . . . . . . . . . . 1,000.00 $11,558.50 . . CREDITS “500 lambs ‘Sold at $6 per, head . .3 3,000.00 EEO!” lbs; wool sold possibly, this , .. ,; hangouaverag'e” of 7 lbs. per . sheep, very likely overstated . 7,000.00 rota”..................sio.000.00 r 1,558.50 ‘ Kain—7f. p. .’. ALL , per ton: fol-corn at station $3.30per cwt. 1. In ~' manrtnutlpc‘w these foods sold for more money, and I think I am stating-.thoavmxo. The For- est garricel'cb‘argsgwl‘hlfhe'gfor the long grazing ' dollars; and ’cdbts': "“to . our {unassumin- Idaho, Montana‘ and ,Wyo'm‘lng endeavor to tabulalte a band of 1,000 sheep, that you may see'what goes into the cost. However, before doing so I might say that the lamb crop for 1920 was not, in excessof fortyrlambs to the hundred ewes—— 01' 40 per cent lambs; that few lambs sold for} more than $6.00 per head and many sold as low as $4.00. (Sec boring for detailed cost.) ; Predicts Slump in Sheep Industry It is rather surprising to run across a mem- ber of the slaid, conservative banking fra- ternity who will argue that farmers would be- bettcr off some times not to grow any crops at all than to grow them at a loss. But the Idaho banker seems to be of that type, and talks plain common sense about'tlie losses of the wool growers. Continuing further he says: ‘ : .. “Sheep bred for the first time at the age of two years, and do not breed for longer than five years. You will note in the above computations that no debit is made for the depreciation otvthe useful life'ot a band of sheep. Doubtless that would be around six to seven hundred dollars. You will see that credit is given for the wool at $1 per pound, and still there is a deficit of $1,558.50. The 'cost of the 1920 wool clip is far greater than any other clip of wool that was ever pro- duced in the U. S. I do not believe in excesses; I do not believe in taxing the people of the U. S.~ to grow pineapples in Alaska orto grow wool at exorbitant prices; but I do believe in the flock- master obtaining theneces‘sary cost of any one clipqof wool, and if, you will follow my figuresand verify my «statement you .will' find" thati"it"-~Lis a mathematical certainty that thexlsz'ofi‘cllpc- of' wool cost the flockmasters not one-haltpciiny, less than $1.00 per- pound. And "it We. left" Out of‘ consideration the national facto'r’fo‘r publ'i‘cl’gbod. and took into. consideration alonelvthe matter of ’ ' flockmasters, every would have been better on to have permitted, ; his sheep to, perish during the: winter-,0 1 ill-,- I 1920. " ‘ ‘ In the next two or threeme 1 . 9‘ will be very few men in the sheep business, who are in the sheepbuslness today. “ ' ‘ ' - « char-g. ma. “That College is 9.1 mag “in. FOR A LONG time the M. A. C. has . been losing prestige. For a long time it has been gradually losing the intereSt, faith and support of the farmers. For a long time it has been struggling along the roaduof med— iocrity. And for a long time men who are honestly interested in the work of the College have been vainly trying to put their fingers upon the weak spots and repair them. When the M. A. C. opened its doors for the 1920—2]; term, with a total enrollment of about 1,400 students, the only agricultural college in the United States to report a decreased attend- ance from the previous year, the Detroit News sent its agricultural writer, Mr. Fred Janette to visit a number of agricultural col- leges in this country and Canada, to discover by comparison, if he Could, what was wrong with the M. A. C. After many months of re-' search Mr. Janette announced his findings, which have been published in the News and will form the substance of a series of articles upon the same subject to appear from time to time in these columns. M. A. C. Research Pioneer The M. A. C. is the oldest agricultural col- lege in the United States. It was provided for by the state constitution in 1850, organ— ized in 1855 and opened in 1857. Mr. Janette tells us that in the early days of the College i’armers‘ sons used to don their working clothes and help log, clear brush, and plough in order to rcdemn the college grounds from the Wilthl‘IlC‘SS of which they then formed a part. There was a spirit of real. interest and (to-operation on the part of all who attended and a pride in the work of. the college which has gradually died out. In those days when the college was a pioneer in the field of agri- cultural research some notable contributions were made to the sum and substance of the world’s agricultural information, and some _of the brightest farm educators many of whom are now of national prominence, were graduat- cd. Even in recent'days the research work Review of World Crop Prospects for 1921 Shows Decrease in Cereals. HE AREA sown to win— ter wheat last fall is 40,605,000 acres, which is 12.8 per cent less than the revscd area shown for the pre- vious year. The condition, on Dec. 1, was 87.9 as compared with the ten-year average of 88.4. Although the Department of Agrifiulture and and other crop reporting agencies like to be Optimistic over the 1921 cr0p prospects, there can be no question but that the mild weather has given winter wheat a start which in the absence of snow moy result in widespread dam- age‘should a sudden freeze sweep the country. Here are two opinions. upon the condition of winter wheat: “In the winter wheat country the ground was gen- erally bare of snow when the weather was mild and comparatively uniform in temperature and very little damage repor ed as a result of thawing and freezing, ‘fl'heat is of good color generally and was being pas- iured in Kansas, Soil moisture, however, has been insufilcient for the best growth,”——Price Current Re- porter. "Outlook for the 1921 winter wheat crop is generally very favorable at the present time. However, the W'inter has been very dry in some sections and there is no great amount of subsoil moisture as a reserve for the Spring. It seems safe enough now (this is only January). to predict that unless rains come at the proper time that the Winer wheat crop will be short this year, A small crop in the United States would have a great effect on the World's market, as there will be only a moderate carryoVerIinto the,1921-22 ‘ A Glance at the 1919 and College Heads Fail taCo-operate ' NE 0F _ THE principal weaknesses of the M. A. 0.. which Mr. Janette in his series oi! articles" in‘_,"t;he Detroit News, did not discover or at‘, least discuss. is the Jealousy between "the college heads and extension workers. Some of the most‘ . destructive critics the .Collegc. has are found among the very men "who are drawing salaries to carry- on the; work. of the College. ’ From information given. to the writer some time ago by one of the ex- tension men of the College who recently ' wrote the Business Farmer a letter, the Secretary of the College and the head of the extension department. seem to be the special objects of envy, ill will. or call it what you may, which have at. times resolv- ed themselves into direct charges against . the, campetency‘and integrity of the persons named. Naturally such a spirit of antag- onism and back-biting disgusts the student body and opens the door to criticism.— Editor. of the College is entitled to considerable re- spect. Of this Mr. Janette writes: “Red rock wheat and Rosen rye are Michigan creations, product of a development at the East Lansing college by men who are at this time in the state’s service and pushing these discoveries along. Like the others, Michigan has made and applied discoveries to aid 'in the never~ending fivlit against plant and animal diseases, depletion of soil fertility and many other things. What the agricultural industry of a region needs to ‘ have done is what the college in that region aims to do, and results apply in other states as a‘sec- ondary effect. ~ “Michigan agriculture is highly diversified, much greater in variety of product than Wis- consin's on one side; more like that of Ontario province, on the other side. . f “It is conceded by critics of M. A. C. that the great diversity of interest in this state—wheat and rye, beans and beets. fruit and livestock and. dairy products standing prominently in the gen- eral perspective—may account for the fact they don’t hear as much of Michigan as of some other colleges. It is perceived that one has to look for an average rather than an outstanding perform- Present Conditions Indicate Favorable Growth of Fall SownlCrops, season throughout the world, We are on thin ice as far as wheat supplies go, and will probably remain so for some time to come_”——Rosenbaum Review, Foreign Crop Prospects The U. S. Bureau of Crop'Estimates is like- wise optimistic over the foreign cr0p pros- pects. It reports a decline in‘the pseviously reported wheat area in Argentina, Australia and the Union of South Africa,l>ut an increase of three million acres over 1919—20. The Ar- gentina crop is now in process of harVesting which is progressing favorably. Damage to wheat in New South Wales s reported, due to heavy rains, but, says the Bureau optimistic- ally if unwarrantedly, “it is the opinion 0 ‘many’ that these rumors are evidently much exaggerated.” The Bureau also attempts to discountlreports of drought in South Africa, France, Germany, United Kingdom, India. Regarding the situaton n the latter country the Bureau says: “In India the prevailing drought is unrelieved and moisture is badly ‘ needed in the Punjab, Northwest Provinces, Central Provinces and Bombay. Crop pros- (The last three 1100909 (0005 91-0 omitud.) Responsibglihes -. _ in research, ambit: experts, '-Michizan"s. 7 appears to be good.” " " ' ~ ‘ ‘to‘ spend their lives. ‘ Were the College its duty along this line, and 'were [its .WO'r‘kj 1920 Yields ofvthe PrincipalCrop ProducingisCountirigeg I. i 42953195999 * ' I pute" amt)!!! ‘ men \ ‘, . \’;.College.:Lags._-Behind* .V But after ' all it mustfbe conceded “h prime function of“ the college is' to‘: future feariners how to get: the must out a; farming as a ' business and the farm as a “plat: comparing favorably with that of’other' cultural colleges, it wOuld logically. follow'tliat _ - attendance would increase instead of decrease‘.__; - 1.- Speaking of this phase of the situation ‘Mr. M Janette says: . . “Ninety-nine per cent of the effort at this‘date,”7lii concentrated on the problem of productionrand preservation of the product, be it noted—4&9 ancient. pmb‘em 0‘ teaching the farmer tonnade two blades grow where, one has been growing. with the idea that increase of production. just naturally involved increased prosperity. ’ “The producers some time ago began-to find out that prosperity also involves the problem of getting the products to market. without wastage an'l withbut payment of exorbitant tolls for 'ser vice in distribution. The colleges are onlylbe- ‘ ginning to find it out, or at least to act on their new knowledge ,and it is a specific complaint of the critics of M. A. C. that it is among the slow ones. “The organized institute service, now outworn, having served its purpose and been succeeded by better plans, came into Michigan in 1875 from the agricultural department of the University of Illinois. The institutes taught along the old lines—soil and crop improvement, care of live- stock, increase of production generally. “It is characteristic of the academic mind pre- dominant at M. A. C. and certainly present, if not always so pronounced, at other agricultural col-~ leges, that this kind of instruction was kept up, in the face of decreasing attendance and wide, complaints from the farmers that they were not “learning anything new." The institutes were persisted in till the farmers, by staying away, killed them. They died the death of inanition about a year ago. the extension department can dothe work and do it better, and pnogressive agriculturlsts talk. as though they recognize the fact.” (The'seco'nd article of this series iii/ill appear in an early issue and will deal with/the personnel and policies of the College Board.) pects are generally considered to be fair.” Other crop re- porting agencies are not so sure about this. Damage to wheat is reported in Italy from floods, in North Africa from a plague of mice. and grubs necessitating the replanting of large areas, in Tunis from the: most “devastating; storms in years,” in Morocco from frost. ‘ Little news has‘been received from Canada on her fall sown cr0ps, and no word "from, Russia at all. The acreage in France is slight- ly in excess of thexprevious year’s although the young plants have been damaged to an extent» not yet determined by freezing weather. “AL. ternate freezing and thawing ' in France" is causing some enxiety,” says theBureau. Upon the face of as nearly authentic infor- The county agent service of . mation as can be obtained the World cr0p pr'os~ i' pects are not the most favorable despite the claims of the Bureau tothe contrary. The farmers of Michigan will do well to watch the " progress of the cropsin this andpothery 6999...), tries for it will'have a far-reaching 1 ' the prices for theuca'rry—over as ‘wellj,-ftisétheir_” 1921 harvest. l illnltod 91min“ - u l .‘ ‘ countries, 230 in 1919. *Generally speaking the above countries producethrmajor part ofthe conimnrcihl 'mpl":.0f :3!!! Worm “Ml-3117b! 4110;“ producing approximately 74 per cent of the wheat. crop at the world. The figurestorflnltod Kindom do patr'include _ _ Reliable crop statisticians question-the authoritypf thisestimate 019mm "that though? 3“! “f 111th Pdellcuon way below the II. 1 1'1. countries which produce approximately 80 per cent of the world (iron. The mm] for 00M ill 101' 1 , 5, lit 04 get cent of the world crop; par cent at total crop; for barley 19 countries producinz 51 percent ,0: itotellcyopjz; for rout?» 10.,rcounlgiea modueielesfi..mt cept of 'thltcrop. r. ' If . 4 1 United 81.9091 - I 090909 I ' Aruntlno l Germany I franc. . ‘l 1919‘_'i ""1920 1919. ‘ 1920 i 1919 .1920 1919, . 1920 "ll‘ 1919 , 1920 1919 1920- ,,._1_919‘-' was" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..1 991,299 | 191,129l190.129 299,901. 111.991 224.000 1.9.144 90.000 192.494 290.101 68;320,- 94,990 g , V 00ml . . . . . . ..-. . . . . . . . . ..i 2.999.909. , 9,292,991 I 16.940 1 119.990 240.191 99,000 . » . . . > , - . 091’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..-.i1,291,194 4,929,099 999,991 999,999- -99,102 91,119; 909.999 291.900 109,909 990,929 ~ av: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 99.909 99,919l 10.201 _ 12.190 . . ' ' 212.944 ,199.099 29.190 39.119. ZBARLIV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..‘.| 161.349 2H2.024 99.889' 05.5.“ 1.280 30.219. 93.000 13,900 - 28.629 35.890 ~:_ ;i:-ojrA1-o:9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..i 999,119 430,199 129,919 I 199.527 , v. l K. 4 r ' . |-- ' ‘1 countries my 911901: ., ,Vprlce. . ‘ rltlsh India whichtégroduced 878‘ 8. estimate.' -LL.lI—l-JLLI_IM .-A _ : *ried gen-My Farm a i HE WRITER is ProperrSpraying is One Great Essential to Successful F rult Growing 4 ‘ _ convinced that it ' ' ‘. ‘ ’ _ ' a * pays to Spray all fruit bearing ‘- trees and plants as a protectiOn. against msect pests of _ all kinds, fungus diseases and to prevent wormy and- mis—shaped fruit; Last season in spraying the cherry orchard to prevent worms We. purposely neglected to spray two trees, v * as we wished to 'find out for certain whether ‘ the‘spraying was responsible for there being no worms present in the other fruit. These _ .‘e‘i " ’ .sf‘v‘ essary in any spraying that it be reasonably windstill so that the solution get all over the tree. Especially is it necessary to spray thor- oughly when using the dormant spray, and if the spraying is not done properly it might as well not be done at all. The solution will kill every scale it hits, but it will not kill any that it does not come in contact with. I do not mean that it is necessary to drench the tree, but a sprayer that will throw a very fine mist By DANIEL PBOWANT, Business Farmer ditions as the rest of the orchard, and other- wise received the same care- produced very wormy and ill shaped fruit, while on the other trees the fruit was fine and large,-and a worm was seldom if ever found. 2 "There has been more or less argument among fruit growers as to whether or not it pays to \ :spray any stone fruits to prevent worms, but - We feel that the evidence was very m'uCh in favor of spraying in this case. For the control of such insect pests as Scur- fy,'»San Jose and oyster shell scale it will be necessary to use either a lime-sulphur solution as a dormant spray once or twice per year, or some prepared solution sold for the same pur- pose. There are one or twopre— pared insecticide and fungicide solutions on the markets that have proven cheaper and more satisfac-- . ' ' tory to us than the lime—sulphur. \Vhenever the orchard is badly in- fested with these pests to begin with we feel that'it is profitable to use the dormant spray twice per year for a few years at least until the situation is gotten well _ in hand. Any time in autumn ~ after the leaves have fallen and the temperature is well above freezing it is safe to apply the . dormant spray. Just before the It buds open in the spring another , spraying is to be given, using the same material and same strengt as was used in autumn. A \Vhen giving the dormant spray we like to select a foggy day if "possible, yet we do not wish to select one when there is immediate danger of rain. As the object of the dormant spray is to kill by contact instead of poisoning My Experience Proves , ‘ONTRARY TO general belief and prac- tice, chicks do not grow or thrive as well during warm months or hot summer days as .they do earlier in the spring. Experienced poul— ‘ trymen legalize this fact. The average farm- er, however, does not make any effort to hatch early so that the chicks will have the advan- tage of a longer and more faVOrable growing season. Early hatching not only insures more rapid gains in the growth of chicks, but has a favorable influence on the size of the individ- uals of the flock. Late hatched chicks rarely, if ever, attain the size of those hatched e'arlv. v Early hatching likewise influences early. ma— turity'and consequently early egg production. G i v e n the s a m e food, _c a r e and atten- ' tion, "chicks - h at c h e. d the first, of March jwill Weigh more when fli e y ' a r. er. f o u. r months old t h a is those hat c- h e d a, - month later. T hi 8 -like- w i s e holds true, wi t h, 'c h i c' ,k s [hatched the - 7 two trees grew under identically the same con- 3 These two trees , should be used, and care taken that the solu- tion covers every part of the tree. If no fungicide was used in the dormant spray it will be necessary to spray with bor— deaux mixture or some similar solution for the control of such fungus diseases as black rot, blight, mildew, rust and scab. We, however, do not use a special fungicide solution. It is cheaper and more convenient to incorporate the fungicide in either the dormant spray or both the dormant spray and the spraying giv- (n to prevent worms, and is just as satisfac- tory. The first spraying for worms and leaf thewing pests is given when the blossom buds are beginning to show pink. and a second spraying for the same purpose is given as soon after the petals fall as is pos- sible. It is not practical to spray when the trees are in blossom, as it kills the bees and interferes with pollination. Spraying for Worms In spraying to prevent worms it is desirable to Select a day when the sun is shining. so that the so- lution will dry rapidly. and the spraying should not be continued late in the day. After the two sprayings mentioned above for the control of worms and leaf chewing insects it is only necessary to spray suiliciently often during the grow- ing seasmi to cover later growth, Persistent Spraying and Right Packing Will Win Success in Fruit Growing. it is necessary that the solution remain damp for as long a time as possible, which is exact- ly the opposite of what is wanted when spray- ing against the leaf chewing insects, the ob- ject of .which is to kill by poisoning. It is nec— as if a geod solution has been used it will cling to the foliage during the entire season. As the fruit. nears maturity spraying with anything of a poisonous nature should be discontinued en- tirely. it is not my intention to give the formulas for home mixing of the spraying so- lutions, as we do not (Continued on page 19) that Early Hatching Pays Best in Many Ways By ARTHUR A. HAGAR I Chicks Grow 'lee Woods When Hatched in Early Spring. first of April as compared with those hatched May 1. This is due to the fact that the rate of growth of a chick is greater during the first fourweeks of its lifethan at any other time. Consequently, the early hatched chick, having the advantage of a more favorable ~‘growi—ng‘ se‘ason,“ makes i'greate'r gains, during the first four weeks ofv-its life than the late hatched chick. During the early spring months, when the temperature is not so varied, the growth of. the chicks is'more uniform and constant than, it. is ,during {the summer. MilliODsOf chicks die every year as a result ofibeingj infested with lice which, under av- erage farm conditions, are aft-times difficult to control. anehatc’hea chicks. are not as 3 ers being left subject to lice in the early spring as they are during the warmer months, when lice are more prevalent. If for no other reason, chicks should be hatched early so their growth will not be interrupted by the presence of lice. Many farmers realize considerable money each spring from the sale of broilers. the price of which is usually governed by their size when sold and the time marketed. Thus it would seem that in order to increase, the amount of money from the sale of broilers and "fryers early hatehing would'be employed, so as to have a marketable—sized fowl early in the spring when prices are highest. As the time approaches for the hen to be- come broody or sit, if care is taken to look into the nest, it will be seen that there are downy feath-_ there by the' hen, also the hen stays long- er' on the nest‘ w h e n laying " at this time, and on being a p p r o a ched will quite‘lik‘ei ly remain on the nest, mak— ing a clucking noise, ruifling (cont 179' 19) Lord-of All Ho Surveys—A Born Breeder. t. , . up infection has 128901119 VERY YEAR thousands of Better Cooperation Needed Between Farmers and State “‘3‘ lb? . , .- . dollars of perfectly good I . _ a . .. ._ . so. widely diatrlbuted. no: ., tax money are worse than wasted and With no‘ By E M540K raiser can feel safe until he has immunized , ' his hogs by. a double treatment with serum —' . one at fault but the citizens who contributed the aforesaid taxes. A bill providingfor the appointment of a commission is passed by the legislature, the commission is appointed by the governor and the men selected for the work ‘do their level best to earn the money that is paid them and, incidentally, to carry out the inter- ests and purposes of those by whom the act was framed; in very many cases they are only par- tially successful because of the fact that the class for whose benefit the work was undertak- en, fail to co-operate with the members of the commission. , It is quite probable that there are farmers ' in Michigan who do not know that there is connected with our state government, an in- stitution which is known as the Department of Animal Industry; that there are not-many of which this can be said, goes without saying but there are, without question, very many farmers in this great state who do not under- stand the intents and purposes of this very meritorious undertaking. They never think of this department as having beendealled into being for their special benefit. They .do -- not realize that the only object in organizing this branch of the state government was for the purpose of saving them money and no endyof trouble and inconvenience. The opinionfzh‘cld by many farmers, concerning the work, that this department is trying hard to perform; is exactly the opposite of the fact and many of them deliberately seek to obstruct rather than aid in the performance of the work. The Quarantine Bogy The early antagonisms concerning the in- tents and purposes of this departmentshould be discarded and every progressive breeder-of live stock in Michigan should co-operate with the little group of painstaking, conscientious men who have been entrusted with this most important undertaking. The organization of the department of Animal Industry was the outgrowth of a desire, on the part of some of Michigan’s leading statesmen and lawmakers, to aid the farmer by performing a service for him that, in the very nature of thingshhe could not do for himself. H. H. Halliday, the commissioner directly in charge of the work of stamping out. contagious diseases How a Community Was Reclaimed Through a Consolidated Sch Grayson, Mo., Fur-niches Typical“ Example of"th of Ccnbul'sckool to Social» Life of Community 7 ANOTHER STEP has just been taken in the rejuv atiou of a community that, socially, was 'baiikrup half a dozen years ago. A- community S y school has replaced the ‘ two weak, denominational schools here. A community church is to succeed the two strug- gling church organizations next fall. The latest move in the development of Gray- son as a community center is the result of the success of earlier moves. It follows the suc- cess of Consolidated School District No. 1. The school was established only after a bitter legal battle among neighbors. It has grown. More than that, it brought people together. It provided the first common meeting placo the neighborhood ever had. The idea of a united community, rather than a divided one, grew until the latest step was inevitable. ”* * * The school was built. The district took half of districts on the north, south, east -" "L and west, leaving the remaining half of each district within easy distance of good school. The territory in the Grayson district all is within‘three miles of the school. The school was organized with grades and a high school. The first year it was ‘ placed on the accredited list. Next '. year the school probably will be ,3-5 . ,_ as first class. ‘_ ‘ There are three hundred ’fam- Don’t a Slacker RE PRINCIPAL reasons why mess-ans designed to combat the spread of com. . mus diseases‘tail or their purpose is the indifference of the live stock-'pl'nglucers ‘ themselves. It eighty per cent-got the farm» ers (ac-operate in preventige measures, and. . twenty per cent refuse to and continue to ship diseased stock. the cam-ts of the 80 per cent are largely ol‘set. Contagious dis-‘ cases: among live stock would be virtually wiped out no the industry saved millions of dollars if every farmer would do his part. , finditOf. i from the flocks and herds of Michigan, is ex- tremely anxious that the farmers of the state shall utilize this department to the fullest possible extent; in no other way can the mem- bers of this ‘ commission hope to, bring about results commensurate with the outlay that the state is making. ' ' Statistics are 'not‘ only uninteresting but they are often unconvincing as well and what is muchrworse, any data that can'be secured, in connection with cases "of this kind, must ‘ needsrbc extremely unréliable. Sufice it then to say, that if the farmers of this state could be made to comprehend the mmimde of the work, which is "being done every year by this - commission, they would not fail to cooperate with them and aid them in every possible . way. If they could, in some way, be made to fully realize how many hogs have been saved by the preventive measures against hog chol- era and—kindred diseases, which'have been re. commended and practiced by this department ,- if they could be made to comprehend how many outbreaks of scab in sheep have been cured or prevented and how that dread dis ease, bovine tuberculosis, has. been held in check and gradually eliminated from the dairy and beef herds of the state, they would use their influence to induce every Michigan stock raiser to place the future welfare of his herds and flocks in the hands of this capable band of experts. ‘ The necessity for the use of preventive mea- sures against _hog cholera has been frequently mentioned in the columns of this paper; now ilies'in‘the district. This year there are '120 pupilsin'lthe grades and-thirty-two» in the high Four teachers are employed. The school is equipped in a manner to shame some small cities. The manual training work is made to apply to practical work on farms. The domestic science class serves a hot lunch at noon at a cost of 7 to 12 cents a pupil. The idea is to provide education that not only will interest children of the community, but that will be of value in solving the problems they will meet in work. ‘ and virus, the Michigan sheep raiser has just as j serious a" problem to deal with as has the hog breeder. The modern practice of ship- j ping feeding sheep and lambs, from the west~ “‘ cm range country into the state for feeding purposes, has proved to be very profitable in many cases; these hardy western lambs, if - € ~ they are free from disease and are keptso . by being properly dipped at the right time, , make wonderful gains on feed and are nearly' always fed out to a satisfactory profit. It is - a fuel; that cannot be overlooked, however. ‘ that both growers and feeders are running a ' tremendous risk, in connection with this traf- fic in western sheep and lambs. During cent years many loads of scabby sheep and lambs have been;L discovered in the Detroit stock yards. ' _ Shipping Diseased Stock It is inconceivable that any shipper would be ‘so mercenary and selfish as to send stock ' to a public market that-is suffering from a con- tagious disease; the circumstances, however, a that have developed in connection with every case of “scabbies” that have been discovered in the Detroit stock yards, tend to the inev— itable conclusion that the shippers of the dis- ‘ eased animals knew what they were doing and sent them in to avoid the expense and trouble oi? two clippings which are all that is neces- my to the complete eradication of the disease. , ' course an embargo was placed on all out- ng- shipments by the stock yards officials, «red a complete disinfection of the entire, sheep division was immediately made. It is ‘ _ .-a fact, that in very few cases did the shipper of the disessed animals save anything by. his illadvised act for he was made to pay all of the expense, incident to disinfection and the general cleanup. which is necessary in such cases. How much better it would have been had he been willing to notify the Department of Animal Industry so that the animals could have been quarantined in the country, dipped- and cleaned up without the danger of spread- ing the infection. It is high time that the stock. raisers of Michigan realize that candor and oldfashioned honesty give best results and are by far the cheapest in the long run. 001‘ e I." 1 Each fall a community day is held at the school. There are prizes for the best pigs owed by boys and girls, the best chickens of all breeds, the best corn and seeds, vegetables, fruits, fresh and canned; cake and bread, jel-v lies and preserves, candies, crochcting, tatting and embroidery; the best aprons, the best dressed dolls, schoolroom exhibits, and for motor car and other vehicle exhibits. Last fall more than 1,500 persons attended the community day. Four rows of parked motor cars, each row more than two hundred yards long, brought most of the visitors. The throng was fed by the domestic science-class. But the education doesn’t stop at teaching girlsto sew and boys to use a hammer. When the basket ball teams, one composed of boys and the other of girls,“ went to a neighboring town the first year —-~to play there was no provision for their entertain~ ment. They drove to the grounds, dressed 1;» as best. they could for the games and after”. the contests were left alone at the grounds to dress and get home as they might. a _ \Vhen that team played a return. game at Grayson the visitors were: , . ‘met by a. committee, given, conve ' ient quarters, their wishes learned and complied with. After the co - . test «they were entertainment " , (Continued In. connection with the scab, ., an‘ ' . paw: m R9 idl - ' nc/rin [3/926 r ‘ ‘ . . «it: 4, > I “ VVDGt-"OH; f.|:.‘aken° ' 1 §. _ i. 7': 1 ‘ ‘ 5’ Packin o. anus“! . ' f . ‘ Plant: . . .. ‘:, p . - Sprinéwenr Avenue and M.C. Rn. No. 4. Meat 06qu A corner of our fresh meat c0019 N9. 5, KSuitcase Cooler A small section of our sausagé cooler. 'w u g . o . ‘ , Thetlnudc VICWI Ihpwn algovc. qulcgte a small portion onIy of the space now in full and acuve m. VYour personal mppectnon u v ted , ' enema AND REVIEW _ “BAT Tim menu; of January has ., a wonderful improve- ment in the trade conditions of the world. cannot be successfully de- Enicd'but. of course, following such a remarkable slump. there is will very much to be desired in the way of a general increase-"in the volume of prestige is.inidicated the rapidimh‘oMI-edm exports. nonhuman-cep- ingredvalisnéfleed-innean‘ylines oi commercialand lam activi- ty; to activity is as quietly as v whoarenotinelosotondiwiththe business world. at large. here is n’othingre-arkable or unnatural abouttheconditioudescrlbedabovo: buyers are noted for their --‘.‘quiet9' . ways when there is danger of price enhancement. Retailers, the country overareflockingtosoureesoi'sup- ply and are buying their “stock which will soon be clever! inf-flee pub- lic at prices much very much above pro-"war men. ‘ One of the main causes for the slump in business, which occurred during the last half of the year 1990, was a lack of confidence; without fear of contradiction, it can besaid. that confidence is returning. line conviction that prices have turned “is elbow, is gaining ground among all} classes- and business men. who- will soon need certain commodities or‘ raw material, in with manufacturing ‘or trade. are placing orders. Recent events in the business world have had .s’ elect upon the people-.0! this greet»...~ . co'lrntryandthedesiremr-WNy lukuries has' passed, for the present, atxleast, and it will be some time be. fore marked activity isnoted in con- ‘ nection with the manufacture of art- icles which are not included in the list g household or business neces- sities. ' vOonditJOns of unemployment are changing rapidly. as the productive season approadies, each " on day bringing the mimosa: that a large number of men have been M. I: . Edited-by n. a. MACK _ CHICAGd—Amounfieht by the. Deparhnerit of that-revised show-the wheat and «rye supply .280 milhon "Mela lem than requiranents causes eating the bears. Anoficis‘lrepmmows decrease!me buhels of whuthsnadiancmp,20miilioninArgemins, Australia and India. Many bulls are $2.50 wheat isagain infight. . - As result of these announcements all have firmed up and advanced in price. Beans still dull. rotatom lower. DETROIT—Bull factors strengthen , grain markets. Prices higher. Beans steady. Eggs higher. : 7b. Potatoes lover; Bay weak and lower. warm am as...“ a no.” MMM I "(gusto-Joe In commuters-is Im so some sue-author or. u m k m.—-Im. ‘ A EA i ceedtheneetbof‘fliecurrentyenr bleOpes-cent. new”: olthewholematteristhetactthat foreign countries have tinned our mark‘ ctsandcrammedonrstorehous- eswiflehides,pelts.woolaudfroaen. ' F‘romthestnndpoint‘otthebanks, theiinancial situationis My satisfactorybutasyettheborrower mandioreertainbssicrmwmaterlal antennas-omens“ lealber, wool. lun- on. looms rm! it‘v; berandeoctonnomarkedinereass 1... new. hmmmmmm Io.'liasd..:1.” new. mmehrkmndm””'m m-ensvuasas Wmhuh'm- mm ' lass ulmmm““‘m“m‘“ twumthM' mussel ass I ly, as a result of a revival in the minim 0‘ m d 5"" Wheat has recovered materially Del! M: “In” W “m the from its most unsatisfactory position real situation in “If! m h 0‘ a” of the past week. The'week was a ---why not kill two birds with one stone? YOU CAN DO IT. time each week. i " EVERY TIME YOU GET a new‘subscriber to 'rmr. Booms-as Full! '- lst, you earn a liberal commission, for 2nd,- you gain one more friend for the M. B. F. which in the long run will mean‘ten times as much in dollars. and cents to you than the amount of your commission. SCORES OF FARMERS ALL over Michigan are now earning mon- ey to spread the gospel of “business farming. you do two things: yourself. 1 you? IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO know what kind of a proposition we are making to farmers simply fill out the coupon below and mail it in. ‘Do this at once. r-——-———-———--——- CLIP THIS COUPON--—-——-—---f--—-"" Circulation Hunger, - Michigan Business Farmer, Mount Clemens, finch. Dear Sir: .details oi your Farmer-Agency proposition. If it I will ‘ "'ltry the work with the understanding that I may “not my me , l I l I I l I to. i Name I l I I You need no practice or money. Just a “warm spot" in your heart for the M. B. F'. and a few hours spare . . s a n . . s u n . .nsa,.os-seess a see-so .-‘--,.ssues-ssssvvovsbsvssecs O \ Why not ~ soesoo'nuya'acé-eItliIDOID*IDI ns'sasses-essesbe’os‘kioll.‘ l J Withoutzputting me under any obligations you may send me full : ' l l l l I l l v previous week. continual round of sensational bear news ranging from an alleged dis- covery of 75 million bushels of wheat left over by the Grain Corporation, .and unsupported rumors of the re- peal of the Argentina tax against ex- ports, to actual reselling of grain by 1' As a result of the week’s ' exporters. ‘ v developments, the wheat market clos- ed between eight and ten 'cents a bushel below the high point of the The current week opened with a better tone and the grain is up several cents from the low of last week; Fear that the winter whoat crop is suifering from its long exposure to cold weather, and the information that the Bel- gian loan of $30,000,000 for the pur- chase ot food stuffs. had been over subscribed were stimulating factors. The bulls had their own way with the market the first of the current week. Bull news was almost as sen- sational as the bear news of the prev- ious week. Statistics issued by the Department of Agriculture were tak- en to indicate a total world shortage of 280 million bushels of wheat and rye. (Persistent. export buying is taken as ,a sure index of the great needs of European countries. Im- proved flour demand was also a fact- or in the opening y'market. cons y- ‘* ' nus Tum Foe—mu ss'sj‘m.‘ ' soup“ ..:7 V I use I 1.4;“ Corn coasted last week- ', but firmed up on Saturday and on the m whet as of this week made several advance” the Detroit market does not act on x , and the market has been wither-cue customsry ‘mid‘arlatsc, strength. ;_ B p , v”- -- um Swank! ». as the market in Chicago and did not ~ advance. Falling ,oir ' in receipts ‘ irom now on and seaboard buying _ are the bullishjactors. Reports are about that last Saturday exporters sold about 160,000 bushels a: this; ' coarse, grain to Europe. The hull side of the market is convinced that . Europe will buy more corn and lea, wheat from now on as her mum millions, would prefer three butch of. corn to one of'wheat for the same amount or money. It is thought by many that the. crop has been used ' up by export and home consumption to such an extent that there will soon' be a scarcity here. The bearish elo-~ ment in the market is large receipts but it (does not hold good because as soon as large receipts make their appearance buying becomes active thus holding the prices up. From all information we are able to get the bull rules the market at present and the corn grower is. likely to receive- more for his product in the near m4 ture'. Corn is now under the ten your average while most other grains are tar above. ‘ A ens ‘ OAT Pllm "I lit. JAN.,2I.'1021‘ . Brads Albeirclt l Ohleassvlll: V_._ '0. 2 WM“ . . .l .48 I .‘SVsl ." .0. a “no . . . I .44 V2 ‘ .41 Yd l '0. 4 WM“ . . .‘1 Va ' rnlcss ONE YEAR soc [No.2 Whltol No.3 Whltst No.4 r noun 1 .ss | .ss’ I ’ .31 ' The trend or the oat market was determined by that of corn last week. Monday or the current week found oats traveling the same dune-- tion as other grains. Commission houses are quite active buyers at: present. The cast continues" to be a big buyer and takes care of any sur-j’ plus which may occur on the mar-_ kets. " A BYE » Rye was down three cents at the close of last week in sympathy with other grains and has not yet return- ed to its former level. But the bulls are not worrying any about this grain. They see nothing but a short- age of supplies and steady it slow improvement in the export demand. Rye will continue to follow wheat closely as they are rival breadstufls in many nations. The Detroit mar. kst ranged this week from $1.67 to 81.70 for the No. 2 grain. ' . ’ BEANS suns rss own. can. as. «at Case .mvmlmv. a. r. . . . . "is... less Piss“ Ina-p ass use canissasvsaaase ' " " ‘ Io. N."—P.ll~0sn'_ mam" m Hui-'23! I l ~ Nothing doing—yet. The market firmed up ten days ago but only tem- porarily. Price rules steady , and there is Occasional 'activity, but for the most part the market is without life. It takes courage to hold beans now, but a'good many are doing it.» The feeling is genera} that the mar- ket is at bottom, and that those who hold have everything to gain and nothing to lose. - ‘ .v‘ one. us our. «man‘s-s1 . " "w lull w .ssI’C_IUOII'...-,I. ‘ sum";«V'ICIIII’TIII up » Pym ......\.'{’..... if.“ - v ‘ out vs“ . .Lnuu-gt 0.». 14.", The weather of'Janua'ry has; been a bad thing for the points deal; colder February, motley insthis‘mmtllxand ‘ ‘ the changes in condition as quickly- L I WM... a .2 .. ._ M,” '1 -l_!F"—!"w-w———m .I-iI 1,. no so out]. I! I"! 933.133.31.3131i»Kahlil:< ‘ h \ \ _ ‘ it, bhe,:marltet goes ,migé , seine _ I r tollqwnhe. enactment or. the, suit! years. Q ' I . .bill. Undoubtedly it' will cut on some Canadian. potatoes, but the low. pines now prevailing are hardly an, incentive to’panadian shippers any-j Way. enough, will forestall spring imports Wot Danish potatoes which heretofore have pnt'a crimp‘ in the spring prices. Our advice to potato growers is to keep in touch: with the emergency tariff bill through their congressmen and not g‘et'caught‘ holding the bag to smash next May or June. . . v «LIVESTOCK MARKETS LNéVBr before, in; the history this Conn-try, has the demand. ‘ cheap bee! been so imperative: the wholesalers claim that retailers de- cline to'bny beef from cattle that costs more than $9 per cwt., on foot and retailers claim that with a very tow notable exceptions, their custom- ers demand the cheaper grades of [cowand heifer beef. A glance over the cattle market reports, during the past ten days, shows that the ani- _mals selling below $6 per cwt. alive, are in the most active demand; in fact there have been many dull days in the general cattle trade of late, when the supply of the cheaper grades of cattle in western markets, was far below the demand and many orders went over unfilled.- Good steer. cattle. have had a hard time of ' itin Chicago of late, the number of animals selling above $10 per cwt. being very small. The top for year- lings in Chicago on Wednesday“ lastweek ‘was $10; the cattle that brought that price were very choice load of pure~bred Herefords. aver- aging 9187pounds. - 0n the whole, the general outlook for. the business of cattle raising is extremely discouraging andhnndreds at old experienced operators are pre- of for paring to dispose of their herds, sell ' out their outfits and quit the: busi- ness for once and all; so serious has the situation become from the stand- point of the preducer that the big packers are beginning to regard the situation with alarm, because ot an anticipated shortage of beef animals, later on. A large proportion of the cattle, that are coming forward at this'time, are little better than av- erage feeder quality, a fact which. combined with the information that current cattle runs are much below normal in volume, ‘bespeaks a tre- mendous decrease in tonnage of dressed beet for the current year when compared with other recent Sheep and Lambs The discrimination against heavy lambs and yearlings continues, some odd end. coarse and heavy » lambs selling in Chicago as low aegis. per cwt. Because of exceptionally light receipts, mature wethers‘are steady but yearlings are sharply lower with . a top of $8.50; heavy yearling weth- ‘ers' only bring $7.75. “Aged ewes are 'selling between $4.75 and $5.50 per cwt. ~ During ‘ the past‘week, alive hogs have scored a big gain in'all markets, the extreme top on Wednesday, the high day in Chicago last week, be- ing more thanfsgl per cwt. above the recent low point. Detroit Market Conditions The Detroit cattle trade is-about the worst that was ever known at this point; there is absolutely no lite to the demand tor cattle: that should sell above $9 per cwt. and sellers are having the'time of their lives, making a clearance. There is no demand for stockers audieeders to go baclr into the countryl and many of these are c'ar‘r‘iéd over, every day, or sold to killers at ri-‘ "diculously low prices.‘ 'The'demand for high—grade milch cows :is -mnch better than it ‘wasr-on this date, last . month"! but common; 'c‘ows 'mnsi be sold at beet~cowprioesu f -: r- ' Sheep and lambs havebeeni~ very gamma quiet; all the’ week” with a attic $0130" for lumbar ya The tariff, if enacted. soon . , lower. ‘auotedin prions. -.No. l “Ff-ill“: ' ' work is hmdMA-eoon‘mkeiiy.s:» wasmxoros, n. 0., no} ending Janus?! 24. 1921. . . ..~ ~ . HAYme FEED: Hay market very weak. PM! declining; receipts not large but. in excess of deimnd at most markets. -Demwd'mootlr01:é M alfalfa steady. . nudes almost unsnlable. Mild weather still bear- ish factor. Quote—-No. 1 timothy, Baltimore. $27; Pittaburg. $28; Chicago. $23: St. Louis. $27. No. 1 aliens—Kansas City, $22.50: 0m— aha. 821: St. Louis. $29. .- ' Feed market weak with hominy feed selling 35 potion. lower than a. week no; cotton seed meal of $1. Unused meal steady feeds are dull- and neglected. Quoted—50@$l ,Alfalfa meal easier; gluten feed prices "per inn. ,Stocln, generally larger than normal; demand mine light. Receipts and movement moat, Imported feeds Seaboard markets at materially reduced ted: bran $25.50: middling, $23; flour middlings $27: rod dog. 3 2; mnneapolis, 30 per cent cottonseed meal, 8 9.50 himnhis; linseed med. $39.50 Bflalo: 839 Minneapolis; white hominy feed $26 8t. Innis; $33.50 New York; Glumnfeed, $52.50 markets: alfalfa meal $24 Kansas Calla: beet pulp 340 Boston. . DAIRY PRODUCTS: Bufler markets weak and umettbd. Price deem hovo continued and Junmry 24th prices average 2 l-IQSc lower than a week ago. A hm cargo-of over 18.800 panhan- , better arrived January 20th. supplemented by liberal oat-um {m Argentina and flow Zak-d. mm January 24 at 18 1-2634!) 1-20. but actuating hale interest: duality of domestic butter Ms me ill- provement and more are finer miles of fancy. Prices 02 worse fresh: New York 49 1-20: Chl- eago 45 1-4c: Philademhh and Boston. 50c. Cheese inth firm throughout week. Vol-e of business lighter. but there is confidence in trading. Little export business as prices oflorcd by buyers were too low to antimony real selling interat. January 24 on Plymouth, Wis- consin cheese exclnnge show an adjushnent of values on me me- whim have been 'rehtivw- ly high for the'pest to. weeks: Twins, 23 3-8c; daisies 24 1-10,: double Guides 23 1—2c; young americes 25 1-%: longhorn-is. " FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: white dovm 15c per 100 pounds f. o. h. at 00c@$1. Chicago cariot market lost 5®15m reaching, $1.15@1.25. Sacked round whites 20!! lower f. o. b. New York shipping points, closing 81.15@1.20. Movement very light. New York down 15c, reuzhing $-1.05@1.80- bulk. Northern round Baldwin apples from cold storage (dwell new lower around $4 per barrel. Greenings higher, jabbing at $4 R715. and Iorlrs slightly . Northwestern extra fancy Winesaps steady in New York City jabbing $3.25@4.25 per box. WHAT BECOMES on THE STATE HIGHWAY MONEY (Continued from page 3) average is paying upwards of 75 per cent of trunk line contracts awarded under the Aldrich Act, something over $4,500,000 will be required from the state to complete this work. In other words, approximately $5.- 500,000 of state funds will be required to complete Federal Aid and trunk line contracts now outstanding. But it has just been noted that only . $8,000,000 more of road bonds may be sold during the remainder of 1921. hence if $5,500,000 are required to complete contracts now outstanding, only $2,500,000 of state funds will be available for construction during the coming summer. This will necessarily be considerable slowing down of the work put. on during the past two years and road projects will have to be con— sidered carefully before they are un- dertaken, However, it a reasonable proportion of this money is expended on Federal Aid roads, it would still seem possible to place under contract somewhere between $5.000,000 and $6,000,000 worth of trunk line roads and bridges in 1921. If to the trunk line and Federal Aid roads above mentioned, we add assess— ment district roads'which the state has had supervision of since 1917, the total contracts would exceed $21,500,- 000 and reach into 31 of the 83 coun- ties in the state. To handlc'so large a. program, a considerable force is ne— cessary and it is sometimes thought that the State Highway Department is carrying a large overhead but when the vast expenditures for con— struction are considered, together with the fact that they reach into practically every county in the state, it willflbe found that the percentage of cost of supervisionvis very small. . The financial statement for the last six months of 1920 shows that Fed- eral 'Aid road contracts cost $1,493,-' 954.25” with a. cast of engineering su-' piervision' ohbut $42,482.56, which is less‘than-r3 per centflwhileztrunk liné roadwconstruction . cost $3;M0,259~89 with\a cost of engineering 'supervis'_ ion' of. but $93,291.17,,.jwnicn is also lessthan' 3' per camp-The" cost of surveys and plans” Were‘p‘aid from ,a 5 special fund but.“ .. everything were. added, “the supervision «cost .xmild. still» be below 4‘ peri cent which the ‘ Department considers phenomenally low‘ 'and’ substitute} proof that the r # _ you . -5 of? IO LOADS “9";3' I, or Bu rn VOF COAL THIS WINTER t l ..".’/t‘*-‘u I 'To cut your fuel bill greatly this ideal heating eyes km for old or new homes, churches, hells. stone or pic- ture shows. No alterations or plumbm’ g neceor nary. ' . IQ winter,.install a Cozy Pipeless Fur- nace. - The pipeless furnace is the logical solution for heating problems. 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FREE' To introduce our pedigreed everbearing straw- berries we will send twenty—five fine plants free. MASON NURSERY 00. Piedmont, Mluouri IF YOUR, ADDRESS LABEL (lll THIS 00" BEARS THE BLUE PEIGILED X— it is a sign your subscription has expired according to our records, and we will greatly appreciate a' prompt remittance in the enclosed envelope. IF YOU HAVE RENEWED and the date has not been changed, please advise us when and how you remitted. Or if you are re- ceiving two copies, each week, send 'us "both labels, so we can 'correct our error. *W-E ARE ANXIOUS to have you receive all copies promptly and correctly addressed, so tell us when any error occurs. MAILING DEPARTMENT The Michigan Business Farmer, , .Mt. Clemens. Mich._ hmfimWSMhmemfl, I 5 l . wnvo‘ ,, AWARE mws Do you know anytlhing about the De- troxt Packing Company? Would it be a safe investment, and why is it incorpor- ated under the laws of Delaware instead of Michigan?——A; S., Mariette, Mich, We have already expressed our views, about the Detroit Packing Co. The majority of the stock is held by farmers, and in our judgement, there is no reason why it should not suc- ceed if properly managed. We have asked the company to explain why it is organized‘ under the laws of Dela- ware. - The explanation follows: “This assuredly was done as a mat- ter of necessity and not of choice,.as first, last and all the time Michigan comes first. Our Stockholders all are citizens of this State and we expect to do the major part of our business within the confines of. Michigan. When our conclusions were reached as to what capitalization would be necessary, running as it would into several million dollars, the require- ment of the Michigan law that 50 per cent of total capitalization be sub- scribed at the time of incorporation as the Delaware law is more modern, meeting all conditions under which our Cempany was organized to bet- ter effect, we took out a Delaware Charter. Possibly other large Cor- porations, such as Henry Ford & Son and the General Motors, had equally -good reasons for incorporating under the Delaware law instead of that of Michigan, as was done. ‘ Only a short time ago the writer saw an item in the newspapers indi- ‘catingthat Mr. Groesbeck, then At- torney General and now Governor of Michigan, realized that the Michigan law‘ as it stood did not adequately meet with present day conditions and that in theinterest of the State he felt it advisable that the Corporation laws be revised in such manner as to make it unnecessary for Michigan Institu- tions to operate under charters grant- ed by other Commonwealths."——Franlc L. , Garrison, ‘ Vice'President, I Detroit Packing Company. OWNERSHIP OF FENCE CROSS- ING RIVER If A’ and B's farms join, river runs across A’s farm onto B’s, B'sghalf of- line fence crosses the river, now who has to keep this fence up across the riv— er? Does A have to help him do the work? If A’s cattle get out through the river where B's fence is down and come across B’s farm onto A's farm again in- to his crops and destroys part of them who has to stand the damages?—-—F, L. H. New Haven. Mich, If in the assignment of the fence to B no exception was made in the case of the river, it would be his orb- ligation to maintain all ‘ the fence and dOes not he can c‘ol-l no damage from trespassing animals that went onto his premises through the defective fence—W. E. Brown, legal editor- STATE FARMS p ASS'N Can you give me this information? What is the State Farms Association at Kalamazoo? Is it honest and reliable? -——O, K. '1‘., Greenville, Mich. The State Farms Association is an association of poultry breeders who, apparently, are going in for high standards. From what we are able to learn they'appear to be honest and reliable—Associate Editor. ELECTION BOA RD What is the law in regard to the elec- tion board on election day? They are not supposed to be all Republicans are they? - Ever since we have been here that is the way it has been in Alden. This is a Republican town, only a few Democrats. Seems to me it is a good chance for “skulduggery” is they so want. Had a girl, with me four weeks and five days to board. There was nothing said about the price until she had been here little more than two weeks and she asked me then what I charged, and if I wanted it by'the week, I told her $5 a week and would rather, hate it in a, bunch. In slew days she saidshe be- lieved.she.jwqu2d:,' onto towri and board if I didri’t care' .it- was not science. some there, I said: alright. and that it would be. alright with me as I was crowded for roams anywaysvwreilw she stayed on thenuptil it was four weeks Bafvlznn Unnnafnnn. ‘ could not be absolutely met and. and five .days;‘_ ‘ Sh it would be alright if she would pay in .a feW’ days. ~She came August 1st. and left Sept, 3rd, She paid me $15 and has gone home without paying the rest. How shall :1 proceed to get the rest? ’ A man in town owning a. butcher shop also owns a arm across the way from ours. Their barn is within a stones’ throw of our house. e comes up to butcher his cattle in the ba‘i‘n -which.is on the road line nearly. Kills the stock,. - lets the blood, run out of the door toward the road. Has be right to butcher there winter or summer? What is the my in regard to it? How should we proceed to stop it?—-Mrs. A. P. R., Alden, Mich. The law provides that the sniper- visor, clerk and justice of the peace I whose term‘ will soonest expire shall . constitute the board. If there more than one precinct, the board selects the others. If any of the towdomcers are candidates and do not attend at the opening of the polls the electors present shall elect to fill the vacancy. There is no law that I know of that requires the selection to be made from any party. In the capacity of inspectors of election they are fulfilling the duties of cit- izenship and filling places by the choice of their neighbors and be— cause their neighbors trusted them. There is no more likelihood of “skul- duggery” by a board made of the members of,one party alone than there is of a bi-partisan board as the law provides that each party may, have a representative present to watch the proceedings. 1 Every act of the board may be observed by these partisan watchers. ‘ If your boarder will not pay the balance she owes upon demand, you can sue her, take judgement, if you prove to the satisfaction of the‘court that she owes you. Upon the judg— ment you may garnishee any one who owes her or you may take an execu- tion and levy upon any property she has, that is not exempt under the laws, and sell it to satisfy the execu- tion, ‘ Section 5161 of the Compiled Laws of 1915 provides that it shall be unlawful to maintain any slaught- er houses within 30 rods of any high- way, “except such place with an ad- equate supply of water for daily and constant flushing and purefying of the‘place and with adequate sewer- age and drainage for the speedy re- moval of all blood and other fluids and refuse from such slaughtering.” The penalty is a fine not exceeding $100 or in default of the payment of the fine then confinement in the county Jail not exceeding 60 days. If the health officer will not cause him to stop the slaughter you should make complaint to the prosecuting attorney of your county and take his advice in the matter.—-W._ E. Brown, legal 6 itor. PAYING sows DEBTS ., f A has a son 20 years of age who has collected his own wages since six— teen years of age, can A be forced to {aria son’s debts?—4~A Subscriber, Ithaca, The parent is not liable for the son’s debts—W. E. Brown, legal eds itor. KEEPS TRAPS I loaned a man my five traps last win- ter, He told me he would bring them back in the spring, but he did not, I have told him that I needed them and went after them mYselt, but he refused to give them back, Can he hold them or is there any way I can get them 2—— T. L. 8,, Midland, Mich. Aftq demanding the return ,of your property you may bring replev- in therefor. The officer who serves it will take the'property if it can be found. If it can not be found then the court will render judgment for the value of the property, and ‘you collect from him for the value and the costs.—W.»E-’ Brown, legal editor. _ .‘N'or ENTITLED TO PIGS one. of n my neighbors' boars got among my sows July the first and one with D18. I had him put up $15.00 in. damages. __ Is he entitled to the pigs".if"" he pays :the damages?——H, W.. South" Branch, Mich. _, ‘ -' ' . *“w. E. Brown, loyal editorgg e .went starts-3a if » is quitgwork and also? for: He is not entitled to .th‘gfittersf ,1 ‘DETROI‘EI,’ MORIGA‘GE/EO , 1 , VI wis to know if the, Detroit'Mor . Corporaliion is a ‘.reliable concern? have had’ some of the stock offered by brokers at a very attractive figure Vi'ould you-advise purchasing t ‘ ——-G. E W,, Ann Arbor,'Mich.’ mission June 7, 1917, mon Stock and Stock, par value‘310.00. , J v . On August 1, 1919, the company" was re-organized and capitalized stir-7" 250,000 shares of Common Stock, n03}: par value, and $3,500,000 of Preferred , ., Stock at $10.00 par. Under the last approval permission was given for—thew sale of $1,000,000 worth of Preferred Stock and 85,138 shares of Common Stock was validated to be given as bonus with the Preferred. ' 60,000 shares of unissued Grimm-on Stock 152 sued to the directors of the company for promotion was escrowed with the State Treasurer until the Company was on an earning basis. ' On December 11, 1919, 'the steel: was released from escrow upon state- ment from'the company that is Was earning in excess of 6 per cent net on all outstanding stock. The officers of the company are as follows: President, James F. Murphy, Vice-Pres, Frederick D." Gleanson, Secy.-Treas., Chas. J. Higgins, all of Detroit- The Commission advises that it has had no complaints concerning the company, but does not recommend the purchase of any securityrand its ap- proval should not be construed by investors as endorsement of value. Except fork the fact that the direc- tors of the company have issued to themselves 60,000 shares of stock for promotion purposes for which they paid no money and which must be. paid for by the other stockholders, the company appears to be in a com- paratively satisfactory position. The fact that it has earned 6 per cent "on all outstanding stock indicates that it has become an established, going concern. But there is a. less encour- aging fact which should be borne-tin mind when considering investment in mortgage corporations, and that is the large number of them that are now in the field. Attracted by the great demand for money which de-, veloped during the war at least -a half dozen mortgage corporations were or- ganized in this state, with a capital ranging from three to five million dollars. The field of the mortgage corporation is necessarily restricted because the nature of the business which it is permitted to engage in is restricted. So far as mortgage loans are concerned these corporations en; ter into direct competition with banks When the demand for money is active no difficulty is encountered in plac- ing the funds of the corporation at a profitable margin, but in periods of hard times when people forego in- vestments, curtail their expenditures and the demand for money slack-ens, the corporatiommay meet Withdim- ‘ culty in finding a market for enough _' of its fundsat‘ a high enough interest rate to maintain its previous ehrn- ings. We expect to see within the next few months a very much easier money situation, in which case bank and mortgage corporation stockslwill not be the attractive investmnts they have been the past four years.—- Editor. ORDER _ T0 VACATE HOUSE I employ man by year for farm work agreeing tofurnish house rental free for said employs to live in as long as in“!!! employ, Employe becomes dissatisfied and leaves my employs but refuses to vacate house, What are the legal steps , necessary to force him to vacate?—-Sub- scriber, Milo, Mich, _, - A notice to quite would be the first .. step. If he does not vacate then . complaint to Circuit Court Comm/i.er sioner and summons from him to the ‘ tenant“ to appear and answertostho'; complaint. The tenant would .be‘alif able to you in another action for on rental value of the premises arts ,he you if, hefhi‘red'rfor. aTyea, ,. , without just ~«reuse before his stock! _ The aboVe corporation Was approv-V : ed, by the Michigan Securities Cams“ "7? V ’At that timer-5' it was capitalized at $2,500,000 come" - $2,500,000 Preferred ~ ‘ t . ‘ a ent N.\ ..__.‘ .m >w~ s. New” - . ~. h Wuérwavvia a...“ “bow” “con-T" ’4‘” left is the result of manure a ~_ This. Bookie : FREE All you need to do to secure this book is to ask us for it by postal card or letter. ,It is a handsome book, pro- fusely illustrated. well bound and printed. . t a This illustration drawn from an actual hotograph secure courtesy of the Michigan Agricultural . Station. shows the effects of limestone on clover yield. The (in e on the _' ‘ ‘ pplication only. showmg the yiel fro twentieth of an acre. the clover running 3560 pounds per acre. stations and the results obtained V Evans, ,7 . szscisooxawc. Damon ' i \ “mum \\\\\\\\\ _ \\\\\\\\ .-% d through the ollege and Indiana Ex nment crop runni m one- , \\\‘ The lpile on the right show and imestone. It shows the yield area and of t s the result of an application of manure ' from one-twentieth of an acre. the 5520 pounds per acre—:almost double the yield of the same a same land without limestone. What Limestone Will do forYour Land Every farmer knows in a general way'that wonderful results are being achieved by treating soil with pulverized limestone. Probably you have. read of instances where a single applicationvhas doubled the hay or alfalfa yield—you have heard your County Agent strongly urge the use of limestone-— you have seen your Agricultural College reports emphasizing the necessity of limestone treatment particularly on‘ Michigan soils, But there has been a reasonable doubt in your mind as to what limestone would actually do on your own land. Conditions on your farm are different. Of course, they are. And now we have recognized this fact. So we have written a book which will enable you to‘ accurately analyze the “ conditions as they actually exist on your farm and tell definitely what limestone will do for you. ‘ We have not merely. stated our ideas and opinions as to what limestone will do, but have made this book a concise digest of the opinion of the greatest agricultural authori- ties in the country on limestone, the results of te'St's that have been carried out in various agricultural experimental . V . . _ in actual use on farms under every variety of conditiOn. A glance at a few of. the chapter heads will give you an idea of how thoroughly this subject is covered. ‘ Functions of Limestone Causes of Soil Acidity Determining the Need of Limestone Crone Benefitted by Limestone Limestone and Alfalfa Limestone and Clover Origin. Value and Use of Limestone I lnc., because so large a percentage is sour. Limestone and Non-Legumes Sandy Soils Need Limestone Results from the Use of Limestone Application of Limestone The most profitable thing a farmer can do is to learn the need, the uses, and the results of limestone. We honestly believe that this one subject more largely affects his yields and his profits than any other feature of his work. We have now made it easy for you to master this subject thoroughly. v . ,Th'e bOOk will require not over a half hour’s time to read and will give you an accurate knowledge of this vital sub- ject, which will put you in position to obtain greater yields and greater profits for the rest of your life. 'It would be a great thing for Michigan agriculture if this book was placed in the library of every Michigan farmer and carefully read. We are doing our part to acaomplish this by going to the expense of publishing and distributing this book absolutely free. All we ask‘ is that you do your share by sending for it now while you think. of it. “"1?” The ‘Solvay Process Co. ‘State of Michigan.” _veraity are wide open. sum“. JANUARY 29'. 1921 Published."st 88W with RURAL PU.L'.’"‘. MARY. IM- m. o Ilehlgsn ~ Members Agricultural Publishers mm Represented in New York. Chico”. St. Louis sud “Bomb ’3 the Associated Fun Papers. Incorporated . umnum M. snocflu FORREST LORD ASSOCIATES Frank R. Schslck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Assietent Business Men r Mllon Grinnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Associete lie I Grace Nellie Jenney . . . . . . . . . . . .l'lditor Fsrm Home Depsrtment M. ii. Mack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Herket end Live Stock Editor M. l). lamb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Auditm‘ Frank M. Weber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Plent Superintendent \Hlliam E. Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . Legal Depertnsnt W Austin Ewslt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “me Department DIE YEAR. ‘2 ISSUES. 0"! not“. TM” in". 150 Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “$2.00 five years. 200 Issues 00 The address isbel owl'eiixil'xiuiiiei'fs'élio' in shows to what dete his subscription is us“. ‘ on m M" sent it ususlly requires 8 weeks new“. the lohel is W Advertising Rates: Forty-go's cents per ante line. 14 lines to the column hch.'708 lbs- one. Live luck» so! Cele Martians: We olsr speciel low Auction retes to "Dabble breeders of live stock old mm: '1'“! ‘1' DUI comma!) mm'nsnns 'Ws respectfully st our readers to lever our ed. Vertisers «when- Their amnsnd Dficfl ere cheerfully sent free. end we mnntoe you stein-t loss providing you sey when-writing on or- : dating from. them. "I sew your de‘l my Kiohiasn ‘ -A Redness Fewer." Finland ss-Iscoad-cheswmter. et put-each. It. Clemens. Mich; , The Crying Needs of the University HEN PRES. Burton annouiicedlthat'the University of Michigan would need nearly nine million dollars for the next two years a howl of protest went up from every quarter. No one could understand why an institution which heretofore hadzbeen content with an annual appropriation of a million or so dollars should suddenly find itself in need of .four times as much. The inevitable conclus- ' on among those :who didn’t know anything about the matter, the Business Farmer includ- ..ed, w’a'sthat the our President was an ambit- ious young fellow, keen to build up a reputa- tion "for himself and make the University the first in the land. It was believed that a good share of .the desired eight and a millions was for frillsam’d fancy work which the Uni- versity could forthe time being struggle'aloag without. “No, sir,” was the indignant re- sponse, “we’ll never stand for such a-‘p'rbgrem asjhat.” - , But, softly. Perhaps _ after all Pres. Bur: ton knows "the‘immedia‘te needs .of the Univer- sity better than anyone else. Perhaps he .is light when :he says thgt conditions within the institution are a “disgrace to'the It isn’t necessary to The doors of the Uni- Anyone may enter and see for himself the exact status of Then it is possible to draw honest conclusions onto the urgency and extent of the Univer- ‘sity’s needs. . take his word for it. .I am not going to take the space in this article that is necessary to fully acquaint my readers with the condition of stairs at the University. In a later article I will do this. I will take them. step-by step through’the sev- eral buildings which Pres. Burton desires to replace and which should have been replaced ten or twenty years ago, and describe to them in detail the nature of the surroundings in which millions of dollars worth of property are kept and thousandsof human beings are obliged to work, cat and sleep. The mystery to my readers will be as it was to me how the University authorities could have permitted such a condition of decay, congestion and in- sanitation to develop, But it is there right before the eyes, and as a citizen of Michigan I blush for shame because of it. And I am asking the farmers of Michigan to defer judg- ment upon the University’s budget until, they are acquainted with all the facts in’. the case. These will be presented in an early issue of the Business Farmer. Divorce ’Em! AN IT be true. that the Coalition commit- ) tee is still hanging around after the Farm Bureau? We supposed that attach- mentwas broken up long ago, but it seems that the estrangement was only ' temporary ‘and ‘when‘n’obody was looking the two began keep-~ ing cempa‘ny again. Ofcoursc, it wash sale. as their immediate so Bureau , adv VI. erlines. It iszquite liker that this polite over». eight encouraged the Coalition ‘Committce to renew its adVances, and seek again to capture the farmers’ organization. . . ' Regarding this matter the secretary and treasurer of one of the Southern Michigan county farm bureaus‘writes me asfollows: “As you probably know, the same interests which helped to finance» the Farm Bureau in its infancy and which hoped to mold its policies are still seeking to control it. “Much propaganda has been' sent out through various channels to get the delegates to the State Farm Bureau Board ‘0! Delegates'Jined up in support of the program which has been formu- lated apparently by the Agricultural College, but probably laid out by people who are antagonistic to the things the farmers want to seeaccom- pushed. ' “Another f'act is that the interests which are against us are more afraid of us politically than in any other way and have been fostering the idea of the runners organizing themselves into commodity organizations such as beet growers. live stock shippers. ‘dalrymen, etc, and have combatted the idea ofxt‘he farmers having one or- ganization which would represent them political- lyand economically end which would have de- partments to care for all the diteron't needs of its members, because these interests know that E -' the farmers are only organized in smell grou ‘ with no centralized representation. not-hing of great moment will be done in a political way." These are interesting; statements which iii" true augur not well for the future of the Bar— esu. At the annual meeting which is to he held next week every delegate should feel free to speak his mind upon these subjects. g’l‘he Farm Bureau 'must be divorced fully and at once from all alien influences or it is lost. . The Cheerful Loser HE WORLD hasn’t. much use for the man who can’t take defect with victory and failure with success. Yet _ in the great game- of life how many there are who tuck their winnings under their belt with a self- satisfied smile, but complain bitterly when they lose. Man, you can’t always win, but if you play the, game square you won’t always. lose. When you pat yourself on the back if you want to; but when you lac be a cheer- ful loser. And above all. don’t try to blame someone else for your loss. Do you know what I am thinking about as I ' write these words? i may as well be frank about it,—-I am thinking of the sugar beet farmers who remained loyal to their vows last year,.refused to humble themselve before ‘the sugar manufacturers. and as a. consequence grew no beets. I adered those men for their independence, their cmxrage, Yet my for them and my faith in them are slightly ~W€Pl M “gtg‘gfia c‘e. brdzrnan assortment “ when writing for Cahlog. ‘ (8) m “OI:th HIGH. ' - -' Read woman“. cg: Irown -—-IN—- Big Bargains are constantly offered ' enemy»; ' .Cltnzens’ Mutual Automobile -* Insurance - ofHowell, Mich' ‘ _ The annual meeting or the Citizens’ Mutual. Automobile Insumnce 'Compiny was held in their allies building on|Saturday,2,January,15th. 'mThe {allowing oilicers were re—elected-z Wm. Retails! Howell, Sec-,_ rotary-Treasurer; George J. Burke of the law firm of Cavanaugh 8:; ‘i‘Bnrke of Ann ‘Arbor, director; Dr. C. E. Skinner of Detroit, director, “3.1111 ELI. Etiis,‘director. - . r ._ Membersi'fand agents and l “iron: Kalamazoo, Muskegon, Allegan, ' ~ and other'gbunties of the state. a . e ‘ {_ Secretary Wm. E. Robb gave a short review of the progress made . .by. the Company since organization: ‘ attorneys of the Company were present Washtenaw, Macomb, Gratiot, 3. 4,033.34 ' 7,740.87 27,175.45 43,035.19 71,201.69 104,259.“ Amount . 564.18 “ 25.26042 58,938.91 ' 95,128.00 182,492.27 280,901 .29 Cash Gish .. Cash . Capital Cash and Capital Cash, Capital, Contingent ‘ No. 4 17. 474 781 1m 2,282 5,004 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 L . Claims Paid Year ' ' .' 4 1915 1910 1917 1918 1919 1920 C ' $643,285.07 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 - ,, 1920 Speeches were made by Hon. Wm. F. Nank of Mt. Clemens, Geo. J. Burke of Ann Arborfand S. R. Ketcham of Kalamazoo. 17'I'he.jtact--‘-. was pointed out that'there are still many automobile owners' of the state that-arenot insured especially in the country districts. ' About 250 farmer cars were stolen in Michigan last year which were not v covered by insurance and about 2,000 other theft, fire and collision lo”__es. -- *The necessity,._for insurance has been increasing, every year . museum“): is" prepared to continue its growth 'with an efiieient or— .. ’1 ga‘iii‘iat'ion‘and-ample’sufplus.’ ' '- ' ' .— 1. .738 15,387 27,481 32,908 39,742 45,067 -\ Vin. 3.1..stan Cost " i; To start early business _.we are, ofierin‘g,‘ for limited tithe only, Saginaw Silos at prices actually below cost. , , V _ Stop to considerthat less lfimber production, increased freight rates and higher material prices willforc silo-pricesaup. e- . the “OE season." Silo. “"It‘wiil be to your You save. moneyby buyingght now, we ofier ml! convmce You have been-p advantage to write us now. The unusual you that it: wouldbeunwloetbwait. _ ’ I , . . . Get in on this can’t stardto miss. 1t.__ Write ixnmediately , Address Dept. 12 prov was? THIS WEEKLY in soon "noisy-ms SATURDAY. nuances—g " ' _ ———it «brings you all the news of Miehlnn novel hiding the plain facts. -‘ -—-‘—lt tells you when and where to get the best prices for what you raise! it is a practical paper written by Michigan then close to the sod, who workywith their sleeves rolled up! -———it has always and virilléffiéontinue to light every battletorz' the interest. of the business farmers of our home state no. matter whomrel‘ne it helps or hurts! ' ONE . . . . . .31 "'No . _, 4 “BREE YEW. . 32 . ,No-Jree-list, butworth FIVE YEARS. . . . .93 more than we ask. ~ ‘ one SubSCIliP' A. . . L'fincmGAN-nsm'smnss FARMER,~<-Mt. Clainells,Miclf. «a - Dear Friends—Keep M. B. F. conimge'w-uuie addressI"-below for 2 order, check or currency. . , V‘ . ._ ,, .. _ . . ,.,., .o‘. '03..eee..o‘o’oo‘oc-booq‘jsIe’sooIOIOO'OOOIOOIOOOnOICOlses ‘ .........o....o..-...c....A-o...‘a".'.'...'.‘.'R. F3 > "" “ If‘this {a renewal marki'an’X'iier' ( .) andL'en—clos—éwthe yelfi seasons-else. . . . . . I . . . .years for which I enclose herewith 9 . . L . mon- 3 ' " 4‘ 2 El; m. Sfimfnf‘rm' _ more letters ‘reg'arding 'New i - Year resolutions are coming in 1 every day and they are all good ones. j If all of my girls and boys made as good .molutions‘ -as“those who have ,writteuune Michigan will contain is lot, or. very good, gmde boys this, .year. I am publishingas manyas I ghave room-tor this week- All of you :get busy .and send yours in before it ;is too'late. . v -- ’ Since taking charge ot..this depart- jment I hays received ,letters ; address: :ed to Laddie, Aunt Mary. Aunt Clare,- 'an_d‘-t9day, I received one from a boy :addressed. to Uncle Joe. ~ln the same imail was .a letter. from anothe or boy who asked it“ I was named after Uncle" r Tom’s Cab- Also- I received one from a little girl,;wllo wanted to know how to address a letter toyme so I-would Joe or Uncle Toulner. being a man, jam I huddle. or Aunt ’Clare. I up just plain. Uncle Ned—— .your Uncle Ned—and when writing :to me address your letter Uncle Ned, :Mlehigan Business . Farmer, ,Clemens, Michigan. 'I‘will‘be sure to 'get it if you put that on the envelope. 'Good-bye until next- week—UNCLE NED. . “ WHO IS SHE? Her pen help- ed to’ free the '- slaves. OUR BOYS AND GIRLS Uncle Nedz—I decided on New Year‘s 'day I ‘womd do the best I could; I would ,do my chores: would help my mother ( 1 little sisters. My youngest one is seven 'months old, the middle one is two years old, and the oldest is four years old, I am eight. Goodbye—Verna Ignitchlnsom Shepherd, Mich, R-2. Box . My Uncle Ned:-——I am a farmer girl jnine years old in the fourth grade at school. Well, this New Year’s I decided ,to be good; to do what I was told to do, ‘1 also said I would help in the house and in the barn too.- I'said I would wash dishes also. There are, seven children in our family. besides myself, Their inames are Felix. Teddy, Verna, Phyllis, Aloe. Bessie and»- Beulah. -—- Vivian ,Hu chinson Shephard, Michigan, 11-2, Box 140, - - - 3 Dear Uncle Nedz—My resolutions for this year are as follows: I am going to help my mother and father all I can; I am going to study hard so as to have good marks; I am going to be kind ,‘to everyone: I am going~ tol‘try to make someone happy every, day ;' Lam .going. to! ,pick out some names in, the M, B.,F. every month and write to them; I am ‘g’oing to practice .my --.music every day that I can; If I am sick I am going ,to ,be patient and 'not cross; _1 am going to 'mind my parents ‘and- just-“as they want me to do. That is all of my. New Year resolutions but I think 'they are ,be 'ssreand‘ get it. ,I am not Uncles *. . do dishes and sweep and watch my three . _ ' my. I surely answer Yo’ur. loving niece—Merton; Wiley, Route 6,» Box. ll, Adrian. Michigan. ‘ "' ., Dear Uncle Ned:—-—Ih£,m 'a boy ten Years old and in the 11 ads. I live on" a 1120 acre farm. 0 have ,nine horses, ,thirteen head' of cattle and elev- jen. P488.-—Loms.Krick,-. Bolding. - mom. Dear Uncle Net—«Irena! the M. B. F last nightand found out-that u had offered a prize for the best New ear res- olutions so I thought“! I will do my little duties ta thfu l and mind my mother, father, and t r. SI. will try my hardest .not to lie-cruel. er impolite to any one, whether I am'in the right or wrong.- I will be kind to:-all animals, and try to t high marks in nation Ev: Raglan, R; e ..—- r 19, 'Almont, .do. in sing. I, . Box Dear Uncle Ned :—'—I would, like very much to win the prize for the‘best New Year resolutions so I «guessJAWm tell you about mine, On Newt’s-1’s day I said I was, to charm mostevery and I was goint'to be good and work good. I am 9 years old and am in the fourth grade at. school. For pets [have a doc. I I?' have four brothers and no sisters; ‘ I brother's names is Ivan. , He. is '13 and in the 8th grade. The other’s namejs Owen, He is in the 6th grade. I will have to’ close news-‘Altred Lyons, Hid- dlevil‘le, Mich. R. R. 5. , -—--— _ Dear Uncle Ned:~—I am a girl ten years old, I saw in the M, B.‘ F; that a little girl had written a nice letter: and got a prize for it,‘so I- thou t I would try undiget one too. On ew Year‘s day I washed dishes for my mother and did lots of work, and am going to do it all the rest of the year; I reached to do the work my parents tell me to do- I take care of the baby while my mother does the work- that 1. can not do, My mother is good to me and I am going to help my _ and father do all kinds of work. I hope my letter is goods—Irma Hammond, Lake, Mich“ Dear Uncle Nedz—I saw. intlle I. B. F, that you would give a prize to the~ one who sent in the best. New Year res- olutions, so I will try. Mine are: I will find a way or make; one; do unto others as I-wouid like: to be-done by; and work hard. My oldest. brother plays the drum, My father plays the mandolin.- banjo and violin. 'Mama plays the piano and so does my oldest slster,‘ All I can -I am eleVen .years old and am in the‘sevenfh grade at 01. We have five.cows. five pigs, five cats, three‘ horses and about sixty chickens. I have one sister and three brothers, Our farm consists of eighty acres. 1 wish some of, the girls would write to me’,——Celia Pot-' ter, Lowell. Mich, R."'R. 4 / Dear Uncle Nah—Here comes another boy to make a little. racket. --I am eight years old and in the fourth grade. My father takes the M‘. B. F, and I, like to _ read'the children's letters; We live on an nighty acre farm and we have-'3 homes and 4 cowsand 4 calves. For pets I have a dog, seat and a. pair of ban- tams. We have about 40 R, I Red liens. and 22 young ones. . I have a. brother Frederick and a sister Jean, We have a. lake not far from our house where we have latent: tun fishing and swimming. and I wish Uncle Ned would come and go fishing with me and we would get a highaeket‘fuli orblne kills and bass—Paul Walter, Ho‘tnn. Mich, , I too Wish I could go fishing with you, Paul. Maybe I will get over your way some day and, then we’ll go, What do you say? ' _ C EQQ‘QQ... They ,AR‘E» ALL. ‘ .FMILIAR ‘16 PIE‘ W . , \‘r..i, ‘3',” 1:, . ,'_-. 7.“ .1.» . ._- 1.- ..._.. , _ , ‘ sheen. mm. the front coverfolflth§.fiu_eftd—amid duplication. ~ :,_ zigi‘igoiur-‘fities;hi‘thst J ‘i f. V r. a r ._ NJ» «eh at}: " i m... s not." . madam " iii: tic-lode: tom. " ? mew-the .1 * hope of the Michigan ' ’ o'r’the. antennt’jotaugar rescind. - ‘ln' 7 Home“ ‘ . ,aencm-m.~{f ' * BUREAU Norris FORESTRY departmen. reports in- quiries from fuel dealers ‘in lower Michigan for several uarloads of hardwood fuel. Department is col- lecting information from farm bu- reau members as to quantity avail. able and kind of wood. .Future‘activlties of the forestry department will‘ extend a cruising service to farm bureau members. Through this service timber and wOodIOt owners will r be possessed iot definite Information or the quantity of marketable lumber and inescords of fuel on their various holdings. In addzi-tion,~' the owners will be offered. simple and concise working plans. conducive to better management and greater productivity of their wood- lots. of the state have already lvcen be- gun on the contract plan and a wood pool will not be instituted until next fall. *0. Due to an evident lack» r" interest and confidence in the pro~pects of the 1921 yield on the part of maple sugar and syrup producers, the for- estry committee often has decided not to take any action on P's-opera- tive marketing on this commodity this year. ' A committee of two consisting of Charles Dean of Vermontv’lle and Mr. Hart of _Williamston are perfect— .ing the arrangements and program for the annual meeting of syrup makers. t 0 0 Twenty-one representatives of dairy co-operative associations met in Grand Rapids on January 20 and elected live men as members of the dairy marketing committee I" fif- teen. C. W. Pennock, Nashville;‘J. 8. Kinney. Montmorency; J. C. But- ler, Portland: B. A. McGill, Big Rap- ids; and J. E. Jones, Grand Rapids, were placed on this committee. They will attend the dairy marketing con- ference in Chicago next month and then will work with the committee of fifteen on ‘a plan for state wide dairy organization. 0 O O . Through the eftorts of State Farm Bureau Traflic Commissioner, Mr. F. E. Coombs a concession from the railroads was obtained granting a one and one-half round trip rate to farm bureau members attendingy the annual meeting at Lansing in Fe‘wm ary. County agents of the various counties will furnish identification certificates to members. BRET GROWERG TO DISCUSS 00me . ' ' UCH INTEREST is being mnui— rested in the forthcoming meeting of the sugar beet growers to be held at the M. A. C. during Farmers' Week. It is alto- mer likely that out of this meet- . lug will come a better understand- ing of the sugar beet situation and a contract to which both farmer and ‘ manufacturer can; subscribe their names. ' ‘ Western growers have been emi- nently successful int-securing a slid— ing scale contract',vwllic11 takes into consideration baththe sugar content and the price of sugar. It is the Sugar Beet Growers’ Ass'n vto-incorporate both of.these provisions in the new con- tract. Manager Ackerma‘n writes us as follows concerning this matter: “It seems that the growers’ organ- . izations all over the United States are in favor of a sliding scale con- - tract tori‘beets having the, price for beets based on the following condi- " tions. _~ .q, , ' “Iat.‘ one half ofthe'sugar to go -. to the farmer and the- other half to '. the factory: v > " wand. .Th'e pricelior beets-to be ‘ ~ based on the average yearly sugar sales by factory. I _. « “3111.: ; ,-Thex_-average7 extraction of peach tabs-used» a basis of mm (in the . amount ‘ , of sugar ,in , in the price per ‘- Logging, operations on farms '. - Resolution. Presentod will be necessary to have the follow- ing clauses incorporated to protect the grower. The grower: must have the right to "buy'all his beets in su- gar whenever he may so decide at the factory price. The factory should agree to store and sell the growers' sugar. 4 A payment must be made on the beets delivered each month fol- v lowing delivery and abuse guarané teed price of some sort must be had. The factories claim they cannot run ' ona very low priced sugar and it goes without saying that thegrower cannot either.‘ We claim that inasmuch as we have- as 'mnch. invested as the fact- ories, employ six times the labor we are asking a very fair‘proposition in asking for half "of the beets and as- suming our share of the chances of the sugar market going down and a low sugar content Mex-traction and give the factories all the byeproducts. Below is a table of the prices for beets based on a 60-50 proposition having the price determined on the sugar content and the price of sugar. It will be noticed that this scale 'act- ually divides the heel: and the in- crease or decrease in price of sugar between. grower and factory—0. E. Ackcrman. Man, M. S. B. G. A. 96-. :s o I.I c 9 s o 3 z "5 §3 s a l 5 3 F a n o g N o a o " '0 z :1: - "l! B I "‘ E " 50 I 0.00 l 0.50 ’ 7.00 730 CC I 7.20 7.00 8.40 0.00 10 I I.“ I 0.10 0.” 10.80 M I 3.00 I 10M' 11.20 12.00 90 I 10.00 I 11.70 12.00 3.50 100 I 12.00 l 18.00 14.00 13.00 110 18.20 ' 14.80 13.40 10.50 120 I 10.40 18.00 10.80 10.00 Price was on 'iGifiEo‘yTa’v-ty‘m. "3:11;; Move decimal point one place to the n of sugar and the result will be the price of beets; MAINE GROWERS URGE POTATO TARIFF T THE last session of the Aroos- took Co. ‘Pomona Grange held at Presque Isle, Me., the com- mittee on'tarilf reported, and a sharp discussion followed by the members as they considered it one of the most important questions the grauge has acted‘on for some time. Some were in favor of trying to get the present Dingley Bill through; while others were very anxious to have 'strong‘resolutions presented to ap- pear before the next Congress show- ing the actual cost of producing‘a barrel of 165 pounds of potatoes what we were actually facing in ex- change; that it cost $1.28 approxi- mately. to deliver 165 poundsofpo- tato‘es to N. Y.,. whereas Danish po- tatoes could he landed in N. Y. for 25c per 165 pounds and the exchange is approximately 40 per cent. We cannot compete with the for- eign countries and. stay in potato farming in many sections of this country with these differences. It' was suggested that all our county organizations get in touch with the organizations in our leading western potato producing states and see if. they will co-operate and try and have our next congress put at least one- cent per lb. on all imported pota~ toes. 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AMI: n “In I I . , _ , ‘ v ‘ This Coupon is worth twenty-five cents to any NEW ' 25¢ subscriber introduced by an old-subscriber. .. .. .. .. ff ,5 I want to introduce a NEW subscriber and for a quarter V (25c) enclosed in coin or stamps you are to send "our weekly every week for six months. - .. _. . .. . .. 11.. \ — To goose-seeeeeee oI0-0000000000000-0see-oodeeoeeooootlttt , t":. I Address eaone-eon..-IIoeol'.colooooeOleoIOOOOCOIOOIOJOOQQ ’. . va GIRLHOOD “The lillies are her pretty thots, ‘ Her, shoulders are the May; Her' smiles are all for—get-me—nots. The paths her gracious way”. To My Girls - OT THIS TIME to the little N girls, nor to the old girls but to the real girls of sweet six- ! teen and up a ways. 'We will not say just how far but to as many of you whohave begun to put up your hair even unto those who have looked ap- prehensiver for the first gray one among them (but no further) this letter is addressed. ; “This world is so full 01’ a. number of things I think we should all ‘ Be. as happy as kings." I do not know who wrote that fool- ishly sensible rthym but there is much truth in it and you who are filled withi‘the joy of youth, With strength and ambition can realize its wisdom- The once closed doors of education, employment and » opportun- ..ity have been opened for you by the hard and patient work of‘ .the‘ pre- reeding generations of women and ‘ the road where you walk stretches 011;;932el‘ wider and wider and let us llofiefifil’lOSt-lby thru .green "fields "and I pleasant .valleys, but as it' takes a ‘ -1tain_ torrent, a raging sea or term clouds to make an-inspir— ‘ i115: findscape'so a few (lifliCiilties‘in oui‘.‘l‘iVesz:~dev.elop character and bring forth hidden, powers. V ‘ Opportunities are always‘be’fo‘re us. more than half the time we do not recognize them when we see them. Away 'back' in the 14th century a youngnnan said. to his father,. when asked whatfhe wanted to be, “Father I want” :lan inventor,” and this was the. strange reply.;.“My;s0n, you can not l)e.,an inventor, everything has already been invented!” and the big inucntions have all, come since as you’knmv‘and one-can not even guess; “git, what the’ipres‘ent. and future generations will do.{ When we stop priogrcssing are are dead timber. VVel-l ‘enough ~ moralizing. What? I“ want you to know'is.‘that l want'to’. - be. your real friend andfconfidant; .-.I'., E am not so far from girlhood myself-f l thath can not enter into-“all your; feelings and desires. In fact,_. it it L were not for‘n'iy'looking glass and my two stalwart children IFmight be-“ lieve myself to‘be not more than tWenty—five when in truth I have to" I confess to at least ten years more’and‘ ‘ no woman is expected to own' up"'to' more than that I ‘do not care who she“ ' is. No one expects it. ' As We growrold errwe“ find ‘ourselifesr '6‘ somewhat anchored; our feet, placed in the paths wherein we must Walk" ” but almost all work can be made in- teresting. Our amusements certainly should~be~and thanks to our very ex- cellent newspapers, magazines. and- books‘our', minds alt least;may wank ' der far afield. We may bring to our tables the uttermost parts of the earth, the latest invenions and dis- coveries, the little starving children “ of Central EurOpe are silent guests . at our tables and'We enjoy the good food before us all the more if we have been responsible for filling some poor little kiddies empty stomach. ' ‘ If every boy is a potential Presi- vdent what shall we expect of‘ our girl? We leave the answer to you.— Editor. ‘ ‘ SEEN IN THE SHOPS HILE WE hear that in the ‘ ;_ East, skirts are extremely short and very narrow many. of the newest skirts shown in the spring dash-ions "are very. acceptable as _ to length and width, one especially pret- , ,Vseam up the back. -It- measured three ‘ ~ ' yards in Width and hung in pretty 1 ripples. ,It _was made up In dark. ' blue tricotine? ‘_ ‘ - L, The tafleta skirts show an easy «fullness, while the cloth suits skirts ‘eidom measure.1no.re than 1 33-4 “yids in width, a little narrow for ,mfort. They reach to the, shoe ins «which are reasonably, .high. ' women will in ‘ .t; a. " neck. ‘ over the left ear. ty,model was cut circular, just one 4 ' . _. The Tea Gown Eugene Field in Field and new"; Y LADY has a. tea-gown That .is wondrous Yair'to see—- It is .flounccd and ruled and p‘uited and puffed, As a tca-goWn ought to be; And I that she must be jesting Last night at supper when She remarked, by chance. that itcamo from France » And had cost but two pounds ten_ Had she told me fifty shillings I might, (and wouldn’t you?) Have referred to that dress folks express By an eloquent dash or two; in a way ‘But the guileful little creature 1Knew well her tactics when She casually said that the dream in red , I 1 _ ar- ’Hotne _ A D epartment for the Women Had cost but two pounds ten. Yet our home is all the brighter For that dainty, sentient thing, That fonts away when in properly may And clings when it ought to cling. And I count myself the luckiest 0! all as married man That I have a wife whose joy in life Is a gown at two pounds ten. It isn’t' the gown compels m'e, Condone this venial sin; It‘s the pretty face abOVe the lace And the gentle‘heart Within. And with her arms about me , I say, and say again, - "Twas wondrous cheap”-——and I think heap Of that gown at two pounds ten - their clothes bespeak their character and will be moderate in deciding on the length of skirts and lowness of Women can be stylishly and prettily'dressed andkeep at the same time well away. from the ex-‘ tremes. Plaids are as good as ever. I saW' a lovely one of cream ceior and dark blue rather small plaid; it s 'worn with a dark blue box coat an a cute little hat of dark blue taffeta trini— I There was the brim med with a little braid. a saucy bow of the silk on Cream colored skirts of wool are worn with bright scarlet box coats. Many of these coats have narrow belts of the same material and some ' hang straight. Henna seems to be a favorite col- , or again this year andis shOWn in ' waist of paprika ought to be warm. Kimona waists of crepe are as good as ever and can make them surplice crossing the frontsand tying the ends in soft little bows at the un— der arm seam. makes them attractive, use the darn- ing stitch, the cross stitch, single or double chain in‘wool, heavy silk. I have often thought how advis— able it is to choose one’s own color scheme and hold to it. For-example, blues for summer and browns for winter; your hose, gloves, waists and hat may all conform to your chosen color and one need not look like a rainbow but be a symphony in brown or a harmony in blue.~ ' Choose two colors 'mOst becoming to yourself and gradually work out your wardrobe to conform to these g colors. ” NE OF THE 'novel‘ties‘Tor the present winter season is the " scarf .Witn belt and pockets. Cast on '64 stitchesandknit “in plain garter stitch untilhthé start. is‘ the desiredvlength. .Blndgioi’f. inches for pockets: Opel: son ?3 1°” "nan “‘9. manipulated“ in SCAnF AND BELT f ’ bind off four stitches” twice knit Cast on 30’j3titcliés‘andikni-tjnve. . . l _ M I g _ . . . , ' -0 .ets..as«fllmttated and train .*th‘9:ll . stitches and knit: tihe‘bel‘t ,nch ' dresses, waists and hats. The new names for shades of henna are ori— . Of cOurse when it comes to sum— ole, flame, tomato and paprika. A mer clothes one may break away . . "L - I I ‘ l N \ / v.2 ! #v J ’ \‘ w a /I,// (holes,- _knit three stitches, bind off~ ‘rf0ur stitches; repeat, knit six, three‘,étitches. Next row cast on four stitches in each place wheref they were bound off. “Knit thread ridSQSi bind off. Applythepoqb. firings - Beautiful , Yarn gthisabfiart yeryattrsc-tive, . . “ " ‘EPITETWPWPN- , jmake‘t’ ’ wer any questions that come to me. A little handwork, Chenille or ' sleep, if that last"_event in the day morning." _:control of“ himself then andfcou‘ld‘ _ reason clearlygThe conclusion reach ., : ed was thowhiin'her '1‘ ” ~‘ ‘ "Tonight you wil V3.9 hm. swim .. ‘-...__~-—~! ,, , «‘L-J'W Iv with something bright and dainty, but I find the best dreSsed women hold very, closely to quiet, harmon- ious colors. ’ ‘In about two weeks I will be able 7 _ to give you more in detail about the spring styles and will be glad to ans- THE SLEEPY HOUR n OFTEN wonder if mother realiz- es what the last kiss and tender pat mean to a. child as she tuCks’ him into bed. Perhaps the caress would be. given often'erand with add- ed‘ gentleness if she knew what an influence it had upon the unfolding of a little new life. Over. and over the brain repeats— during the night the events of the day, twisting themainto fantastic shapes. These ideas float through the mind of the child for eight to tenhours out of the 24edur-ing one- third to one-half of his life. Whether the fancies will be happy or sad is often determined by ‘the last half hour before sleep begins. And the ' repetition. of the ideas influences. a . ' ' child’s temperament, making it mere i cheerful or pessimistic. What is the result. of discipline just before sleep? When‘a child has been very naughty and received some; . . physical correction and had a good; cry lie-falls into a 'deep sleep. ~ There '- ‘ is a certain soothingnesSjabout the finality to histreatment; he has been ‘ upset, in'an irresponsible, capricious ij ' frame of .mind..during his naughti~“'_ ness;,;‘_then in a State of 'suspen‘s‘e as‘to’ the ontcome, andith‘e pu‘n‘is‘hmenthas, settled his uncertainty," there is a77- prom-isenthat'v-life will run smoothlyigx in the morning. _ ' ‘ ' ‘ 2‘ There is another kind' of crying to sleep which does n'ot‘bring rest and health. When-a child has' been, just aulflittle petulant or reluctanmd ,y. obey, not naughty enough-to be dealt ’ ' with", severely, the adult sometimes,» speaks harshly or" finds 'l'fa‘ult with . a. the child and insists on exact com— - ~ pliance with commands; ~The-- little one goes- to bed in a bad humor and ,_cries+ fretfuli‘y. gnnjgmider; child. Will toss jrestlessly. sleet) is flight and unrefreshing’,"'thei‘e is a feeling ’ “of something wrong with the world that he cannot help or explaianven if the displeasure incurred? does not cause thechild to’cry. ~ himself to ;l‘-‘-V"‘l 'uq . has been disagreeabl‘éta’nd‘no recon-'- ‘ ciliaoio-n has ‘3 followed, {the "unhappy; 3‘ mood: coldrs the night’s dreams. ~j-_; i What‘sh‘all we‘do,"shall disrfcipli'ne"~ weaken at the end _of theday. . or shall we hold strictly to our rule's? : Shall'we allow the 'child’to'be disobe- dient’or ins_ist_on compliance at the. expense of" everyonefs happiness??-' , What is truly-'tll-embést- fer the child’s- :- goo"? I. ' {'3' Evening isnoti'the time for cord1 rection if itvcan possibly be postpon4 . « ed. Of. course, real naughtiness; “ must always be dealt with positive—.. ly on the Spot by an appropriate con- sequence. But a child should never go to sleep without the forgiveness and sympathy of the person who has been compelled to inflict the punish—. ment. Comfort andlove should go with him into the land of dreams. . '- _ Often we can afford to let the cor-: I I w rection of little perversen’esses and" * misChief waitvover for-the morningj" One little tired 'f‘Cranky” e‘hild re- a fused to put his toysaway. The wise, , mother said; ’;“Mother will do it n to- night and will talk it over‘dn’the , After breakfast " the " heart-to—heartttalk came, he Was'in N .‘ I", Not for ities for the power brought rates. security Write (or , «a hottest of'l'tll'e * .' prices offered able investment. High commodity ensuing - of low bond prices although the representative greater than ever before, Not- ed ecOnomists believe that the upward trend has begun, offer safety. largo income Ind oppor- tunity, for substantial increase In value. L. Lwinkam &Co. 625“ Shut, New York Branch onces in Leading Cities Direct ‘-',from pay 70 years have bond such opportun- both safe and profit- prices with low purchasing the dollar have about high interest This has resulted in behind the bonds of corporations is list of totem bonds which Wires to Various Markets. many The confidence of " ‘nds isone factor hat helps make SCO I I ’S EMULSION the most popular and ‘ widely used tonch food in the world. Buildo‘ShngflI! : Scott & Downe. . Take KI-MOIDS for Indigestion. Bloomfield. N. J. "-53 cum sure to be higher later. Don't buy until you see our samples and pricel. We unranteed Quality Clover, fimoth . Amalia, a; spousal: Illinzis er” y?“ “35;” ' op o exc eut ganglia. Buy now l)wflhile movm . can field seeds ognn kind Y weet Clover shipped subject to mar engrave! and test. Write today or Fm Sn American Mutual Seei'bo. Seed Guide. Denim Will. If you have MGKSON as Our proposition should‘l interest you. BREAD! mums cream to. sell write or call us can .rnoouos too. when, Talon. ' for her beforehand. require the addition of water only. Home mixing of spraying solutions involve considerable trouble and any cheaper and certainlymo more effective, provided the‘ buyer is careful and purchases only standard preparations. Spraying is usually not very effect- ive for such tree pests that work un- der the bark as borers and worms of this nature, but spraying with a strong solution of whale oil soap will kill all that can be reached. The difficulty with this class of spraying is to get the spray solution in con- tact with them. Before spraying at all, any pruning that is expected to be done should be attended to. and all prunings carefully collected and burned. This simplifies the work of spraying and saves considerable of the solution. Extreme care to leave no breeding pests anywhere about the orchard or farm will assist great-e ly in getting rid of them entirely. for if a few trees are left on some part of the farm without attention insects and scale will breed there in im- mense numbers and will either mi- gra-te to the sprayed trem or be car— ried there by birds. Economical Spraying Methods It is usually—not necessary to have a large sum of money tied up in spraying equipment. unless orchard- ing is carried on quite extensively. We have a barrel sprayer operated by a hand pump, and with an outfit of this kind we can handle profitably anything except a very large acreage. Two men and one horse is all that is required for the operation of an outfit of this kind. We carry about twenty feet of one half inch rubber hose and ten feet of half inch pipe on which the nozzles are placed, and this allows the operator to move about freely from almost any posi— tion. We’can spray all but extreme- ly large fruit trees from the ground with this outfit, it being necessary to climb only in'rare cases. We also use a small air pressure sprayer for work on small nursery stock, which we find to be quite satisfactory for use in the berry fields, and also gives good satisfaction for garden work and for spraying potatoes. All spraying equipment is worth ‘ housing when not in use, and should be thoroughly cleansed after each using: Before storing away for the winter special care should be used to have it clean and free from all chemicals, as some of the ingredi- ents used in spraying are very cor- rosive and will eat up metal parts rapidly if they are not kept clean and oiled. The rubber hose may have to be renewed each year, and with us it is dlncnlty to get them to last even one season. EARLY RANKING BEST IN MANY WAYS ‘ (Continued from page 5) , her feathers, and peeking at the in- truder. When it is noted that a hen sits on the nest from two to three nights in succession. and that most of the feathers are gone from her breast, which should feel hot to the hand, she is ready to be transferred to a nest which has been prepared The normal temperature of a hen is from 106 to 107 fahrenheit, which varies slightly during incubation. Dust the hen thoroughly with- in— sect powder, and in applying, the powder hold the hen by the feet, the head down, working the powder well into the feathers, giving special at— tention to regions around the vent and under the wings. The powder should also be sprinkled in the nest. The nest should be in some quiet, out—of—the—way place, where the sit- ting hen will not be disturbed. Move her from the regular laying nest at night and handle her carefully in do- ing, so. Put a china. egg or two in the nest where she is to .sit, and place a board overthe opening so that she cannot get off. Toward the evening of the second day- quietly go in where she is sitting, leave some feed and. water, remove the board from the front or topmof the-nest. and let the hen come 01! when she is . g V e. 5) .yifind- them- to be as satisfactory as '-those already, prepared. for use and time, and in the end are but little if“ son school district.—‘—Kansas City. Star. 835‘“ 356 filial “t6- liar... fiat/egg:ng put under those; that are to‘ be incubated. If the nests-are slightly darkened the hens are less likely to become restless. The American breeds (Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes. Rhode Island Reds, etc.) should be hatched earli- er t'han the"Médite1'ranean breeds, such as the Leghorns, Minorcas, etc., because they take about one month longer to mature. Pullets of the American breed will begin laying at about seven months of age, and those of the Mediterranean breeds at about six months. COMMI'VITY RECLADTED THRU A CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL ( Continued from page 6) nor and treated as honored guests until they left town. The next year the Grayson teams were given a splendid reception when they visit- ed the town in which they had been so ignored the preceding season. The same ‘story'applies to the contests with other nearby towns and not one but has responded to the example set at Grayson. “Lessons in courtesy are just as important as lessons in arithmetic," .Mr. Culver, a member of the school board explained. “We wish our country boys and girls to be just as cultured as those in the city. There is no reason why they shouldn't be. Of course we are delighted with the response in this case. to the example set by the Grayson boys and girls.” Frequently every member of the school board accompanies the teams on trips to nearby towns, hauling part of the crowds. The board mem- bers wish to see the games. They are enthusiastic fans. Each year at the beginning of the school season they call on athletic teams and in— quire what is desired in‘ the way of equipment. inagremove the china egg ' A Lesson in Saw Sharpening “Saw sharpening day” was an- nounced at the school recently. A tenant farmer's son asked his fath- er about taking the new saw to school to have it set and sharpened. The father declined to let anyone take liberties with that saw. He told the lad he might take the old saw and that compromise was agreed upon. ' “And you know,” the father told a neighbor a few days later. “that old saw works better now than the new one.” Pursuant to the expressed wish of the- teachers, the parties around Grayson are given Friday nights. And there are parties now, like there were years ago, before it became fashionable for families in which there were young people to move to_ the cities. The board meets with the teachers once a month. Many opponents of the school are now its staunch friends. Others, who op- posed the project because it would increase taxes and spent ten times the amount of the tax increase in Court costs and attorney fees fighting the consolidation still are bitter. Oc- casionally there are neighbors who do not speak because they were on ! ’_ o o Name “Bayer” means genuine Say “Bayer”—-—Insistl Say “Bayer” when buying Aspirin. Then you are sure of getting true “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin"——gennine Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for over twenty years. Accept only an un- broken “Bayer package" which con- tains proper directions to relieve Headache, Toothache, Earache, Neu- ralgia, Rheumatism, Colds and Pain. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cost few cents. Druggists also sell larger “Bayer packages.” Aspirin is trade Mono- mark of Bayer Manufacture aceticacidester of Salicylicacid. Record Garden I'YIEIdS Plant Northern Grown Seeds Assure yourself of the biggest yields — the best your garden can grow. , Use the label] Catalog Is _ your guide. it shows varieties almost unlimited of the directing- etablos, many winners of international reputation-a produced from NORTHERN GROWN Pl 1 h bee in est. not on yt e t ordi earliest memo i needs. Our 4i yean‘growing seeds in M We“ experimenting. careful selection. and sorbet ' have and. i more than 200.000utisfied lsbe camera. You buy ' from the grower and save ion guaranteed. m: 1921 Catalog Write today—get the 1921 bboil seed book. It's a vain-b. 0 guide for growing greet» - crow. veo no late cultural directions. Pasteur brings it too. O. I. usual. I: "IPA" m 3‘2 Mocha-lo 0!. Josh... Oil-Hm m0§.fl led and . are. Also '1" . (genial! hm . . flow-t.ny 1a,". 20 our re- . a g. 233 man 127 claim an opposite sides of the proposition. These extremely bitter opponents us- ually are persons of wealth who could aid materially in bettering the community now well on its way tow- ard social and educational reclama—= tion. “The first step to be taken in con- SOlidation,” Mr. Culver said, “should be retaining a first class attorney. He can advise best the plan under which to proceed and can prevent mistakes "through which greedy. interests can bring defeat.” People have quit moving. from Grayson to educate their children. Instead the schools now are attract- ing families. The cases of several who moVed into the neighborhood because of the school advantages were cited. One was a tenant farm- er with seven children. Another was a~ family that paid $326 an acre for about two hundred acres of 'land. Members Of the family explained that the price was high, land there usual— ‘ ly selling for about $250, but that it was'desired to get into the Gray- Consnlt a Lawyer First f I {l BOOK 0N DOG DISEASES And How to Feed Mailed free to any nddrm by the Author H. CLAY CLOVER C0., lnc., America's Pioneer no: Medicine: 118 West 313! Street, New York CLOVER & TIMOTHY Greatest Grass Seed Value Known. Investigate. - Alsyko Glover and Timothy mixed~_-finest grass grown for hay 1nd pasture. Cheapest seeding you can make everywhere. You will save l-3 on your grass seed bill by writin ‘ Field . . American Mutual Seed Co. Dept. 527 Chicago. Ill. 85 Bu . grows for free sample and big Seed Guide, offering eeds. all kinds. Write today. Strawberry Plants "ist’lrl’ and illustrated book gives all details about must now pawn. MAVERS PLANT 26 VARIETiES 153.75 per 1000. Vigorous true to nature productive stock Book 1 "rec. NURSERY, Merrill, Michigan Read the Classified Ads '—-IN-— ' M. B. F.'s Business Farmers’ Exchange all}: A- 1:, size of ad. or copy as often" as you wlrh. cop‘v BREEDERB' DIREOTO iII InillilIIIIIIIIiIIIIIilIIIlliiililiilliiiiiiiililililliiiiiiiiiliiiiliilliilixiiiiidilliiiilliiliilllliiliililillilllililiilllliliilllilllllilllllliillillllliilliiillililiiiiiI-i (ersclAL onsn'nsmo nArss under this was. to honeet'br‘eedm «of live-hock m penitry'l'w‘lli'lbeieent a. Mean. ’ write not what you have to offer, let us out It in type. show youn proof and tell you what it will 00“ “$13.: 23 0f 52 film”- h ior changes must be‘ received 'one week before date or issue. ere at special low rates: cell for them. Wr to . ,1 _ T' . . ' ~ .- - ’ RY. THE" MICHIGAN BUSINESS PARTNER. NIL Olerdene, Michigan. y) -r Better, 7am?" I, You can change j Breedere' Auction .SAIOS' advertised To avoid conflicting date: we will without ' costullst the date of any livestock sale In .. Michigan. If you are considering a sole "so us at once and we will claim the date for you. Address. Live Stock Editor, M. e. F» Mt. Clemens. 'Feb. 1, oer, Mich. 1 Poland China; Witt Bros... Ju- LiVE STOCK AUCTIONEERS Andy Adams. Litchfleld, Mich. Ed. Bowers, South Whitley, Ind ' Porter (‘olestock Eaton Rapids, Mich. John Hoffman, lludson, Mich.- D. L. Perry, Columbus. Ohio. J. I. POSL,‘ I'Iillsdale, Mich. J. E. linppert, Perry, Mich. Harry Robinson, Plymouth, Mich. Wm. Waffle, Goldwater, Mich. ‘ CATTLE HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN Yearling Bull For Sale Bull born Sept. 28, 1919, evenly marked and a. fine individual. Sir- ed by my~"30 lb. bull and-from a 20 lb. daughter of Johan Heng. Lad, full‘ sister to a 32 lb.’ cow. Dam will start on yearly test Nov. 15. . "' "ROY F. FlCKIES ' Chesaning, Mich. MR MILK PRODUCER tour problem is more MILK, mechUTTER. more PROFIT, per cow. ' son of Maplecrest Application Pontiac—- 132652—from our heev -yesrly-milkln|-lood-but- tor-record dam will solve - I . Heplecrest Application Politico's dam 85.108 lbs. butter in 7 don: 1844.3 lbs. butter snrl 23421.2 lbs. milk in 865 days. ‘ He is one .of the greatest long distance sires. Hll daughters sud sons will prove it. Wri us for pedigree and prices on his sons. Prices right and not too high for the average dairy farmer. - Pedigrees and prices on sppllcetion. R. Bruce McPherson. Howell, Mich. Esra PURE-BRED SIREéi Estimates furnished by the Dairy Division of the United States Department of Agricul- ture show that the dairy cows of the country average only 4,300 lbs. of milk per year. A good llols‘rein hull will increase the pro— duction of the ordinary herd 50 per cent in the first generation. Let us help you find a good one .to—uso on your Iici'll. You cannot make a better in- vustrncnt. MICH. HOLST‘EIN-FR-IESIAN ASSOCIATION Old State Black Lansing, Michigan fi‘ SHOW BULL .ired by a Pontiac Aaggie Korndykc—Heuger~ veld Dr-Kol bull from a nearly ll) lb. show (.mv, first prize junior calf, Jackson Fair, 1920.’ Light in color and good individual Seven months od. Price, $125 to make room. Hurry I Herd under Federal Supervision. BOARDMAII FARMS JACKSON. MICH. Holstein Breeders Since 1908 SOLD AGAIII Bull calf last advertised sold but have 2 more that are mostly white. They are nice stmlzht fel- lows, sired by 1 son oz King One. One is from c 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 l-lengerveld De K0] Butter Boy, one of the great bulls. JAMES HOPSON JR.. Owosso. Mlch.. R 2. Hawaii“ srnn WHERE TYPE, CONSTITUTION AND PRO- DUCTIVE ABILITY IS ASSURED. TWO grandsons of King of the Pontiacs from A. R. O. Dams of ex- cellent breeding. n. T. EVANS Eau Claire, Mich. OLVERINE STOCK FARM REPORTS GOOD sales from their herd. We are well pleased with the calves from our Junior Herd Sire “Klng l’on- tiac Lunde Korndyke Segis" who is a son of “King of the l’ontiacs" from A daughter of Pon- tiac Clothilo‘e De liol 2nd. A few buii calvos for min. W.. Sprsgue. It 2, Battle Creek, Mich. TWO BULL GALVES Registered llnlstein-Friesisn. sired by 39.87 lb. hull and from heavy producing young cows. These calves are very nice end will be priced cheap if sold soon. Eiwell. Mich. FOR SALE—$450.00 CASH 0R TERMS A Show bull from A. R. 0. Dam born ccmbcr 15. 1918, sired by our Show Bull MODEL KING SEGIS GLISTA whose grand (lam, GIJS'J‘A ERNESTINE six times made better than thirty pounds butter. liuy have 1921-22 GRAND RIVER STOCK FARMS calves. 111 E Main Corey J. Spencer, Owner Under State and Federal Supervision Dc- has of new in order to winter HARRY T. TUBBS. BORN MARCH 21, 1920, VERY nice, straight and well grown, sired by a son of Flint Ilenzerveld Lad whose two nearest dams average over 82 lbs. butter and 735 lbs. milk in 7 days. Dam is a 20.61 lb. Jr. 2 year old daughter of Johan Hengerceld Lad 68 A. R. 0. daughters. Price 3150. F. U. B. Flint. Pedigree on application. L. C. KETZLER. Flint, F OR SALE‘HOLSTEIII BULL registered 2.! years old, tuberculin tested and will make a ton bull. Guaranteed right. If -you want a herd bull write me for particulars. C. C. GATES. Fountain, Mich. Mich. TO SETTLE ,AN ESTATE » 7 registered Holstein cows, 5 yet to freshen, bred to a 30 lb. hull. $1.200 takes them. BERT SLOCUM, Byron, Mich. - WHEN YOU CAN BUY BETTER BRED HOL- stein hulls for less money, we will sell them. \Vrite for list. 42 lb. sire in service. A. R. O dams. Federal tested herd. v VOEPEL FARM, Sebewaing, Mich. -\ 0R SALEnREGISTERER HOLSTEIN 00W. Three heifer calves. 1 bull call. . R. J. BANFIELD. Wixom, Mich A Real Foundatioh Herd 0 Three .. year olds fresh in Sept. with the following records. No. 1 made 13.126 lbs. of butter from 355.2 milk at 21' months. No. 2 mle 16.85 of butter from ‘302 lbs. ,milk at 21 months. No. 3 made‘,16.28 _.of butter from 363.5 milk at 29‘m’onths.‘ Sire to so with them is a 20 lb. grandson of King" of the l’ontiacs just a year old. From an ac‘ -v~sv“iwl hurl and only $1,050.00 for the herd F. O. B V 'JOHN‘BAZLEY 8519 Atkinson Ave. FOR SALE LARGE REGISTERED HOLSTEIN COW her bull calf born Oct. 27: sired by a son of her bull calf born Oct] 27; Isired by a son of Johan Hengervcld Led, and a 22 1b. two year old dam Price $250 for the pair. ‘ n. n. ‘BARNHART, n 1.8L Charles, Mich. BBANOOIIHILL FARM (FORMERLY HILLCREST) Ortonvllie, Michigan Mr. Dairyma‘n: Space will not allow full des- cription of my young bull born March 29th, 1020, 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 bird—My price $200— i'ur a limited time only. -- r - JOHN P. HEHL 1205 Griswold Street. Detroit. Michigan - 2 FOR ‘ SALE Six head registered liolsteins. . Two yearling heifers, bred_to a grandson of Traverse Princess Weg. ' Three heifer calves. ages 7, 6, and 4 months old. One "bull 10 months old, dam has 7 day A. R. O. butter 1.8.71; 427.8 milk. Next dam 15.11; 387.7. milk. igire‘s dam 132.4in butter 503.2 milk.‘ ’ Pedigree'and prices sent promptly on request. ‘. This stock‘, is all nicely grown. ’ - ' . H. ‘ ROWN ‘ Brad's-ville. Mich. . _ greeder .of Registered Stock .Only on SALE-42 REG." i'iOLs'rE’l‘N sous F ready for service “011119 1-2 and 24 1-2 lb. DETROIT? a = MICH. ' ’ ' credited list. dams. ~ Price . $100 and .8125. Herd . ou ag. Wm. GRIFFIN, Howell, Mich. ' of ' milk. . priced from $100.00 to $200.00. Ace. 9 month "whose'twenty nearest dams have records avemainl‘BOJl pounds of ’butterj’trom .‘fisi'pounds 7' These bulls are from dams with room-ls up"to 26.6 as" Jr. foul-year on. and are ' "ears - ~ L. SALISBURY .l - ./ . 5». ~ . saucepan, % \ made to sell. 0R SALE—TWO IULL OALVES. A HOL-w tein and Durham about 3 months old. Both eve heavy milking—dams. Not registered.' 850 och if taken at once. v ~ CHASE STOCK FARM.‘ Merlot“. Mich / . SHORTHORN manure snonrnonss Why buy Bulls that come from Herd: you know nothing about? ' v . For the next thirty days we are -the best lot-of Bulls ever sold in ranging from $200 to. 8500 0-11. PRESCOTT & SONS Herd at Prescott, Michf V Tawss' City, Mich. SGOTGH SHORTHORIIS Priced. right, also my herd bull. THEODORE uchLAs. Metamors, oing to odor ,ich. Prices 5 GOOD BULLS 12 b0 15 mos. old Mich. “ILKINO SHORTHORNS. BULLS FROM COWS makinll records. Priced reasonable. 0. M. YORK. Millincton, Mich. FROM AN AccRED. ited herd. .that are .rizht, st readjustment. prices, JOHN SCHMIDT OLSON. Reed City, Mich. HAT DO YOU WANT? I represent 41 :HORTHORN breeders. Can put you in touch wilh best milk or beef strains. Bulls all hges. Some females. C. . Crum. ‘President Central Michigan Shorthorn Association. 0- Brides.- Michigan. . . . . HORTHORN BULL CALVES FOR SALE. Milking and Scotch Top. $100 and up. W. S. HUBER, Gladwin, Mich. SHORTHORIIS 5' bulls. 4 to 8 mos. old. all roans. pail fed. Dams .gnod milkers. the farmers' kind. at farm- ers"pr1ces. F. PIGGOTT a SON. Mich. HE VAN BUREN CO. SHORTHORN B'EEID- ers' Association have stock for sale: both milk and beef breeding. ’ \Vrite the secretary. FRANK BAILEY, Hartford. Mich. COWS, HEIFERS, BULLS 'oi'fered at attractive’ prices before January first. Will trade for good land. Wm. J. BELL, Rose City, Mich. Fowler. 0R SALE—~REG. SHORTHORN BULL CALV- es ready for service. ‘Also Oxford Down Ewes. JOE MURRAY & SON, Brown City, Mich. ENT COUNTY SHORTHORN BREEDERS' Ass’n are offering bulls and heifers for sale. all ages. Sell the scrub and buy a purebred. A. E. R AB. Sec’y. Caledonia, Mich. apie ‘ Ridge Herd of Bates Shorthorns Of- fers for sale a man bull calf 9 mos. old. Also 2 younger ones. J E. TANSWELL. Mason, Mich. OR SALE—ROLLED DURHAM BULLS AND Oxford Down Rams. J. A. DeGARMO. Muir. Mich. GHESTIIUT RIDGE STOOK FARM offers eight Scotch Topped Shortham‘ Heifers from seven to twenty—two months old and one roan bull nine months old. Also two younger bulls. RALPH STIMSON,‘ Oxford, Mich. ron sin: maven“ no... bulls from'S to' 10 'months old. Villager breeding. Mich. HENRY J. LYNCH, Mayvlllo, n HEREmnpz-l HEREFORD CATTLE Hangs. HAMPSHIRE We csn 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, Gilts, Saws and Boers. . Write us, tell us what you want and get our prices. v ' ,~. . Le FAYETTE ‘STOCK FARM, La Fayette, Ind. J. Crouch a. Son, Prep. . REGISTERED HEREFORD ,GATTLE King Repeater No. 713941 heads our herd. grandson of the Undefeated Grand Champion .epeater 7th No. 386005. We have some-‘flne bulls for sale and also some heifers bred to Re- faction. . I DORUS HOVER. Akron. Mich. HEREFOHDS-FOB'SALE Fairfax and Disturber blood, >150 Res. head in herd. . $35.00 reduction on all sires. Choxce fe- males for sale. Write me your needs. ' EARL C. MCCARTY, Bad Axe, Mich. 160 HEREFORD HEIFERS. ALSO KNOW of 10 or 15' leads fancy .uuality' Shortshorns and Angus steers 5 to 1,000,.JI38‘1‘ Owners anxious Will help buy 50c commission. C. _F. BALL, FAII‘IIBIO, .lowa GOOD TYPE. LAKEWOOD iiEilEFllilDS e...- young bulls, 12 months old for sale.“ class females anyv sigh inspection invited. .J- J'A- R. ‘rrainonzqsugs; 2W .. MEADOWVIEW JERSEY FARM, REG. JERSEY cattle, for sale. , . J. I. MORRIS A ION. Fer-minutely, Mich. DO YOU WANT PRODUCTION'I. 'Th’e grandson fol’. Posts ,QOth ,of grid Bonnie 1-19th’s, Tormentot, "two e , , est, sites ever known hoods our herd._‘j’ .No othbr strain is more noted for past and present produc: tion. Bull calves and ‘bred heifers for" sale at pounds Indonesian-.1316. when his; average; -wusv.iigh’tost on ' zera‘ge , weights 71er [1' William muse“... manage or the National Dairy. Association, has consumer and producer of farm pro-i V ducts closer together by the use of” the‘moving picture. ' r ' ’ . e e‘ e' I At the recent annual meeting, of the Central Michigan Sher-thorn Breeders' Association Roy E. Potter was. elected president, 0.. W. Crum, vice-president, and M. E." Miller, Greenville, Miclu, secretary-treas- urer. ‘\ =0 I 3 Whenever there‘ are any_ handy weight lambs in sight. heavy stock 2 goes a begging for buyers. The fat- ter and better. finished the lamp is the harder he is to sell. This is sure- ly placing a penalty on enterprise for no good feeder likes to sendqthem to market half done. , . ' :h .t. The leading feature of the current cattle market is the demand for light weight steers. Feeders, who have had h'eavysteers in the market, of late, are completely discouraged with the long feed for steers. Both whole- salers and retailers affirm- that ,meat users prefer cuts from cattle of light average weight. , ‘ '* Iiv I: ‘ . It is reported that a serious epi— demic of cattle plague‘is spreading throughout Poland. Efforts to check it seem to be futile. The various em- bassies in Warsaw have been appeal- ed to‘ for aid in the shape 'of motor cars, veterinarians, disinfectants and medicines. ' ' * II- ’3 The need of an emergency tariff measure is evidenced by the fact thatycargoes of frozen sheep and lambs continue to be- dumped on the New York docks and that 28,000,- 000 pounds of imported butter reach- ed the New York market in 1920. A recent consignment of Australian eggs broke the Chicago market. Quite like looking the barn after the horse is stolen is the passage of this bill at this time but perhaps this pre- caution would save us from the loss of the ether horse. . ail Ii! it During the early fall mont—hs‘ pork loins sold at retail up around 50c a pound, and during December they de— clined to 20 to 25c and other pork products suffered a corresponding slump. Packers found much difficul- ty at times in moving products and often had a. large accumulation of lard on hand, for which there was comparatively limited demand. The packers made many foreign contracts which would» have aided the Ameri- can producer greatly, but, many of these contracts were canceled, to th detriment of the trade. ‘ _ O a: * Substantial increase 'in the- pro- portion of female cattle suggests- that feeders who took that stuff out last fall are anxious to unload. Kill- ers claim that cheap steers cost less on the hooks than ‘cows'and when' the stuff is advanced in pregnancy penalization 'is severe. Shippers grab anything resembling a yearling heifer, and take most of the fat kosher cows. Canning and cutting grades have a' fairly reliable outlet and bologna bulls sell readily at an advance of 75c to $1 per cwt. over' the December 10W spot, but all fe- male cattle other than a. few special? ties. are at the lowest levels since 1914, . _ _ , U _ c are , V , __ Decreasing receipts. of - hogs and .a heavier average weight explainedthe relatively active demand at all, times forthe lighter grades, indicating a much smaller. proportion of light stock in morons .of the year. The averageweight for the entire year at 235 pounds was heaviest. ,since 1899, when the average was 237 ~p9unds, with, the exception of. 1910, wipep.,. the figure was 2.35 pounds. The 1220 average'exceeded 1919 by zvpo'iind's, .1918 ,by 1 pounds. And. 1.91:: .by 22 rounder .. and 4' was 25, re“ r, :5... ~ secsonable prices. w , _ a n , ' . EREDDVHA’IWARD.‘ ‘ Mich 'devel‘n’gd Pit-“18“” ~ bringing the? -' { tongue. 9.. i." E‘JAWL‘“ the.,:8’ldojof their lower 331w; V V on 'th‘ejaw niche of them ispart of'rthe bone; On ’the other 'cow!s jaw -~ it -*-=fir,st a SWellifigof the flesh, This swell- v-lng broke and then dried down against mythe bone. Can I tat them up and mar- ket them-?~,-.-Anxious.-".‘Hillman. .MICI}. . ‘. ' 5 \ There gt... two mm. or this disease which ‘affectes. cattle. externally, the most common form is. that which is seen at the angle of the‘lower jaw. Next in frequency as regards the 10- I Wcatlbnis‘that form which involves ,‘ith‘e tissues lying in the space between . the “two lower iaw bones. Not. quite 1:;7 sonfrequ’ent, but yet ‘common enough, "is" another form Which .‘ai'fects the « ormiddle-aged cattle. Old cattle are only occasionally aflected. While it .is presumed to be infectious, one cow in a herd of dairy cattle may "a have the disease in ‘a well—marked form and not another animal in the herd become affected, but often more than one become affected, the num- »ber. sometimes including twenty-five per cent of large herds. When the disease makes its appearance at the angle of the jaw it is in the form of a smooth lump or bunch. early stage this bunch increases in size, becomes more firm, and usual- ly tends to become anchored or fix— ed to the bone. Later the center be— comes necrotic, and the typical, stringy, marrow-volcred pus is dis- charged. If the case is not checked at this time it may progress until the bone itself is involved in the disease process, and the treatment then becomes difficult. When the d‘sease involves the tissues lying in the space between the lower jaw bones, we find this space completely filled with a mass of dense, apparent- ly fibrous tissue. If the disease has existed here for some time, the en— largement can be seen plainly with the animal in a standing position; the under sideof the jaWs between .the chin and throat appears curved from before backwards with a con- siderable belly towards the bottom. After a time this swelling breaks down in one or more‘places. Usual- ‘ ly there are three or four openings, and from these escapes this pus; the [His in this location is usually thin and lighter in consistency. The treatment of this disease is-very sat- isfactory when the disease has con- fined itself to soft tissues. When it has invaded the dense tissue, bone or cartilage, the treatment is not so satisfactory. The treatment consists of giving ,the animal two to three .drams of potassium iodid dissolved. in a little water three times daily and painting the enlargement daily with tincture of iodine. The cases you have are both in the advanced stage and treatment would not be advisable, especially the one that in- volved the bone. You have a per- fect right to'I fatten these cattle, and sell the meat provided the head is remo’ved, the germ causing this di- sease is found at. the seat of infec- tion only, therefore,-by removing the entire head, the rest of the car-. .cass isl‘free from disease. , GREASE HEEL 1 have .a‘ horse that has the scratches and .ihere .are growths similar to warts ,on his legs... What can I do to get rid of them ?—-.T.- .\. H. Twining, 'Mich ' ' , .This disease Occurs as a result of irritationyof the'pa‘rts. and is known as “grease” on accOunt of the pecu- ;. ‘liar oily or greasy character of’the discharge which takes ,_place» from . the affected parts. ‘IHeav'y‘ horses are .'~far‘more‘ subject to an attack "than light horses.- The most . common cause of'grease is scratches, or as it is better called “cracked heels” and the various" causes which operate in ' producing “cracked heels” also "op~ crate in producing “grease.” ” Symp- -51 saw-st. cow's saints -a slum "ion The r urns. ,was ‘ In all forms this disease , i- shows a decided preference for young In the- .‘rwgrrrsv'nzs. asst-ass: i'fist‘ 'V V . E V Worm _ d ,J‘ARM for prom gammy? : - ‘ . 0d ‘ mums]: ‘ ban, to offer.» lot no out It In tyo write out what you no of ad. or copy or often as con with. copy or oho Write today ) hero or 'oociollow rotoo: on: for thorn. , IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIiIlIlIlIiliiIIiIIIIIIIIIiiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII (arrow. n-ovonnomo one: undor um hoodln'oto'h‘onm breeders of Iivo mo: and poultry will be sent on request. Better still. o. show you o_ pm! and tell you what it will cost for 13. 26 or 52 must no rooolvod ono wool: beforo dato of Issue. _. ImnmmmuumuunuumilmulI In. times You can chango Broodon’ Auction Solos odvortisod BREEDERS' DIRECTORY. THE MICHIGAN 'DUBINESS FARMER. MI. Olomons. Mlchlgon. — A 0 Mr. Dairy Farmer! You are keeping cows for.what money you [can make out of them, are you not? You want cows that willmake you the most money for feed consumed, do you not? The JERSEY will do this. She has prov- enit in public‘ tests as well as in private herds. She should; she has been bred for over two hundred years, for economical production. This characteristic is fixed. The Jersey bull transmit it-to his daugh- ters. Grade up your dairy herd by using a pure bred Jersey Sire. It will pay. Ask the man that has tried it. He knows. Remember—Eco- nomical Production is what we must have to succeed. ” 7 Write SEO’Y HENDRICKSON of Shelby, Mich. for free literature. ’EAL BARGAINS IN HIGH GLASS JERSEY Brows. Herd tuberculin tested. ' FRANK P. NORMINGTON. Ionia, Michigan OR SALE—THREE PUREBRED bulls ready for service. Tnbercuiin J. L. CARTER. R 4, 'L'ako Odessa. HIGHLAND FARM JERSEYSJEIEIIOF tested. M’ch JERSEY. SWINE ' ‘3, POLAND CHINA BIC TYPE POLAND CHINA .IARGAIN. $75 buys a bred gilt and a 250 1b. spring boar. Also choxco gilt: bred for S40. Guarantee satis- “tar- Tony B. Fox. Proprietor. HE MARION 8700K FARM. Marlon. Mich. BIC 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. C. E. Gamant, Eaton Rapids, Mich. HERE'S SOMETHING GOOD THE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. c. IN MI Get 1 bigger and better bred boor pig (musty hard, at a renaonnblo price. Come and see then Exponsos_ paid if not on represented. hose so“; in semen: L’s Big Orange, Lord Cinnamon Orange Price and L's Long Prospect. ' E. LIVINGSTON. Parmo. Mich. FARWELL LAKE FARM L. T. P. C. boars all sold. A few spring boats and some glitz left. Will sell with breeding privilege. Roars in service: Clansman's Image 2nd, W. BI: ed herd. IIigh production, splendid type and outp‘mt and smooth \Vonder. Visitors welcome. breeding. Write us your wants. - I. RAMSDELL Samuel O’Doli, Owner. Adolph Heeg. Mgr. Hanover. Mich. Shelby, Michigan V . TH: :ng gasp roumo CHINA rues sun. ' 8 Y is ob Mastodon at the lowest price. GUERNSEYS DoWITT c. PIER. Evort. Mich. J REGISTERED cursiésvs A bull calf, nearly ready for light service—he is a dandy—we have a price that will sell him. J. M. WILLIAMS North Adams, Mich. GUERNSEY BULL CALVES From tested and untested’ dams. Satisfaction guaranteed. ,Write for prices and breeding to MORGAN BROS, Allegan. Mich.. RI REGISTERED GUERNSEYS One bred heifer. one 7 month old heifer, and 2, 4 months old bull calves. Prices reasonable. H. F. NELSON. MoBrIdoo, Mich. AYRSHIRES FOR SALE—REGISTERED AYRSHIRE bulls and bull calves. heifers and boiler calves. Also Iome choice cows. FINDLAY IROS.. R 5. Mloh. Vouor, - ANGUS The Home of Imp. Edglar of Dalmeny . Probably The Wo'rlds’ Greatest BREEDINGB’ULL Blue Bell, Supreme Champion at the Smithficld Show. 1919, and the Birming< ’ ham Show. 1920, is a. daughter of Edgar of Dalmeny. The Junior Champion Bull, Junior Champion Female. Champion Calf Herd and First Prize Junior Heifer Calf, Mich- igan State Fair, 1920, were also tho get of Edgar of Dalmeny. c ‘A very choice lot oflyoung bulls—sired by Edgar of Dalmeny are, at this time, offered for sale. Semi for Illustrated Catalogue. WILDWOOI)’ FARMS Orion, Mich. w. E. “Run. Prom. Sidney Smith. Supt. , b: Ind oro Driood honoo m1 . ma nd~ no um. m "33": pom-1m. .T‘nto‘h. hMIoII. "tannin ‘. 178:: ‘ for [an I silt his”... :fiha: ’t their mil-meantime“ opal s3. coil“ L s P c FLOUR crow: SPRING AND FALL can let. A I left bred for April furrow. cw on“ me. ‘uu H. .0. SWARTZ. Schoolcran, Mich. I: TqYPiE $0LANDS. HERD HEADED BY "s .a lor ob. Spring pigs. both sex for sale. W OALDWELL & SON. Springport. Mich. BIG TYPE P. 0. WE HAVE SOME OHOIC boars we are closing out at a bargain. Ajso some extra sows bred to furrow in April. Ileaitb and growth. L. W. BARNES A SON. Byron, Mich. BIG TYPE Nine fall ,thirteer‘i’. POLAND OHINAS WITH QUALITY gilts out of litters of eleven for sale. E. MYGRANTS. St. Johns, Mich and 3.1”. P. O. A FEW TOP GILTS BRED TO Highland Giant. the $500 boar. Others bred to VViIcy’s Perfection. “Wright, 700 at 18 months. JOHN D. WILEY, Schooicraft. Mich. L. T. P. C l have a fine lot of spring pigs sired by Hart's Block Price. a good son of lack Price, grand champion of the world in 1918. Also have I litter of 7 pigs. 5 sows and 2 hours. sired by Prospect Yank. a son of tho 540.000 Yankee. that are sure Humdingers. Mloh. F. T. HART. St. Louis. BIG TYPE P. 0. SPRING boars, bred sows and the best lit- ter of fall pigs in the state Come and see or write E. R. LEONARD. R 3. St. Louis. Mich. Am OiIorInl Loroo Typo Polond bred to F’s Orango at reasonabl- prices (all was. Write or coll. CLYDE FISHER: R 3, St. Louis, Mich. GM no Sowt. Aloo BIO TYPE POLAND OHINAS Early fall pigs for sale, either sex. Thcso aro real ones. \Vrite for breeding and price. HIMM BR08.. Obooanlno. Mich. OLOSING OUT SALE of Big Type Pnlnnd China hogs. which represents the work of '25 years of conspuctive breeding. Everything goes including our three great herd boars, Mich. Buster by Grant Buster. A. Grant, Butler's Big Bob. Two of the best yearling in Mich. Modern type. high arched great length. biz bone. Come and pick I ut what you want. Our prICes are, right. ‘ J No. c. BUTLER. Portland. Mich. DIG TYPE POLAND OHINAS A few choice spring boars and gilts sired by "Half Ton Lad," a good son of "Smooth Half Ton" Champion of’Michigon in 1918. Gilts will be bred to Jumbo’s Mastodon 2nd, son of Big Bob Mastodon for Much and April furrow. HOWLEY IROS.. Moi-rill, Mich. POLAND CHINAS. SPRING PIGS of both sex for sale at'reosonnblo prices. Registered in buyer's name. sired by Big Long Bob. . MOSE BROS" St. chorios. Mioh ‘7' name. ms at . Jaws-n, wnuin ALLEY 53.3.5355 daughters of the Senior Grand Champion sow of Detroit, 1920, $12.50 each. Also bred gilts priced right. o A. D. GREGORY, Ionio. Mich. BIG TYPE POLAND CHINA BARGAIN. $15 buys a bred gilt and a 250 lb. spring boar. Also choice gilts bred for 340. Guarantee satis- faction. ' DORUS HOVER, Akron, Mich. DUROOS Brookwater DUROC IOARs—READY FOR SERVICE IRED SOWS AND GILTS Write Us For Prices and Pedigrees Mail orders a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed. BROOKWATER FARM n Arbor. Mighioan - An H W. Mumford. Owner I. Andrews, M‘g’r. spring pics by Won't Orion. First Sr. Your-Ian D rolt. Jocluon, Gd. Rapids and Saginaw. 1019 Phillips Bros, Riga, Mich FOR SALE—OUROO JERSEYS. BOTH SEX. Spring and fall pigs. lluve several extra good spring boars Write us your ready for service. wants. HARLEY FOOR & SON. R 1, Glodwin, Mich. VE OME EX- tr‘glEgolldA bretl5 sows for sale priced rrusonnhlc. 0 E. DAVIS & SON. Ashley, Mich. MEADOWVIEW FARM REG. JERSEY HOGS. 'imir‘e lwnr pigs for sale. J. E. MORRIS SON, Farmlngton, Mich. PEACH HILL FARM offers tried sows and giits brv-d to or sired by I‘oach Iiiil Orion King 152489. Satisfaction guaranteed. (‘ome look ‘em over. Also a few open gilts. INWOOD IROS.. Romeo. Mich. AM OFFERING SOME HIGH CLASS SPRING DUROO BOARS at reasonable prices . A few gilts bietl’ for Sep- tember {arrow at bargain prices. . c. TAYLOR ’ Milan. Mich. Duroc sows one gilt: wod to Wall's King 82949 who has sired more prize winning pigo ot tho olnto fairs in the last 2 years than any othor Du. roc boar. Newton Barnhart, St. Johns, Mich. FOR SALE: REG. 80W PIGS OF SEPT. FAR— mw. Maple Law's Pathfinder is the name of my new herd boar. Nuf sed. V. N. TOWNS, R 6, Eaton Rapids, Mfch. UROCS, ANYTHING YOU WANT FROM A spring gilt to a herd boar. at prices you can afl'ord to pay. Cholera immune Satisfaction guar- anteed. ' L ,I‘OWER, Jerome. Mich. UROO JERSEY IOARS. Roars of the heavy-boned type, at reasonable prices. or better. come and see. v F. J. DRODT, R 1, Mich. largo, \Vrito. Monroe, OR SALE—DUROO IRED SOWS AND GILTS prim-(I reasonable and double immune. Write: us your wants. JESSE ones a. son, Henderson: Mich. 0R SALE: ONE DUROO BOAR FROM Brookwnter breeding stock. Choice spring pigs. JOHN ORONENWETT. Carleton. Mich. Sale of Choice Durocs The 7th Sale of Durocs will be held at Dowagiac, Michigan, on Saturday, February 12th, 1921 at 12:30 o’clock. Twenty-one choice fall and spring gilts sired by Liberty Defender and Col. bred dams and bred to Orion Cherry Jack 6th, one of the strongest Orion bred hours in the state. If you want some good Durocs come to this sale. They will be sold regardless of weather. Send for Catalog. If you cannot attend this sale send bids to Auctioneer (7. 0. Burch, Dowagiac, Mich. H. G. KEESLER, Prop. Cassopolis, Mich, R 5 It Pays Big to advertise livestock or poultry in M. B. E's O. I. C. BOAR 5 Choice individuals; shipped to :you _'c."o.' d. express paid and guaran- ~teed right. or- your money refunded. Allfstock registered in buyer’s _ Breeders Directory MASON. MICE, JERSEYS . . , I . , , ,, ,, ., . , , , , ,ght,’ ’Mter' resumes; out tows»: . . ‘ ., 7 m- “uit sores-ruins saris uMer tor-idem I ‘ ‘ ‘ u' " ‘ ‘ and i fif‘fiblfltgfirlhiédlt; :3; . , i ’ m~ 'mr « ~ ‘ -' -. '» - - , ‘ , 5 04810115- as, m f A I i9 . ._ fl. i 95:7” true, v.01: 1‘3"»... on you u ' h m’ "r‘ a M k m to be greater than before, although Pier!!!) '1“! ,thO—whfie‘fhimeh’ andat " an, «as. er an a «to» u re- om or ohm mg: mun” win came the mm). to as. last sitiown tor- awee pinch of peace crease in also for the time being. In More Isms your tired head on a ’ ‘sevefre"casee (cliches you have ‘de- PmoW- * ” - ' 0! Issue. Insect-Auction was advertised. DIEM" DIIIOTOIV .‘I'IOI mum p ‘ . _..¥ scribed) little round growths‘appear If the women sot tired and damn ‘ s an . 3 E i \ unoce. A runinv ’oeo. son no use. mm ‘15 “1 PW W0“ Chem Km! 4“ Fm!“ " " " ‘ " ’ " ‘ ‘ in‘the‘form‘ot clusters, anthers the dent'wonder flirt-me ‘1'“??? Wu“: ., . “and” "W"- “W” W" F‘ land legishlrecim tecjgrll.mn‘:_ “penance of grapes. Usually at this really. do if ,they had to doz‘thework - J [.11. churns. sun sm.’m. ‘ ' “m- ‘- 0"“ “M W1 ‘13 - m - ‘ Sta” there. is. a, very offensive odor both outside and'in. v -‘ - ' - - I also wonder how many there are, V of us‘ in the State of Michigan and, 1 especially in the U. P. ‘ Nine-tenths of . the farm women up here are alonein.’ the winter and this .is.3ii§tj-. about'what they have to dos—Mrs: L. B;.‘ Schoolcraft County. ~| be...» I timid full. God ’rhir» 10 a much. One Inn-h". ° m“ 3 “of All above ripe} 01315}? ‘PBMI ' alllEF j “m "figment lbnl..maD."llch. ‘Herd Boon—Reference only—No. 129218 W 1319' Chicago International: " ""4thiPr-iae 1r, Yearling 300nm. onnm nu. rues A? :25 I m a'ro-rraa m ms. to beidetected. "Treatment: In the grape-stage-ot the disease, the grapes :are to be removed either .with a sharp knife, ,or'with the tiring iron, the latter" method; being the surest and most...ei'(ectual,’ inasmuch as it will control the bleeding .which is quite profuse; the growths must 'be en- tireiy remored, down below, or even. with "the surface of the skin, after loan. was neo...‘aenunmes. we 9!- ier choice pigs. all ages. either sex. Dried-ill. Beliciucti n manned. ,a . e. H. war-illicit,” All. pm». i. . n Hammers staircase. “pm' girtéafii euros- n a. M"- W“ 4;, .,,.. >' . ., say that you'have your 1 But isn’t .it' a blessed thing . V , t, has given us the power to, think nihili- PlelLI—RIC. DUIOC-JERSEV SPRING it bred- im. Rambler oi Sanguine _1et. The liner that aired our winners at liclnaan Stair Fair and. Nominal; swine Sh". ' F. "It". & 80K om ' e o l \ reams; Greet Farms. Indeed "on" and- dill.- Boers and 100 head. Farm 4 miles straight 8. of. ddleton. Rich" Gratiot Co. Mn &. Bill. rrhton. Kick. 7 7' - - more rural ready for service. Geo. B. Smith. Addi- son. Mich. ' arrows" sum-calm" DO CI! . a ' hour. 108. BCHUELLER, Weidman, Mich. “lo-F'II m "LL-'II. 'C‘LIWO Gills in season. all or writ:b .- .. Mcfllnqmon I 'OIDVC‘. “- m wants. Several lines oi lam-I‘ represented incluth The Great Mention. lath. faction guaranteed. 0. F. Foster, Pavilion. filth. AUCTION SALE! "was’finuarr 3,1 5192 s- 12 Reg." 'D'uroc bred sows,’.l‘herd hear and 20 sheets and pin, all of» the choicest breeding and (2mm. Hired by may and ration! show winners, also home well new, ' "'9 Gold- inte and 2 very good Race. Rom cows and one hull. one year old Feb. lat. aho a full} line of new tools. u " " - . Stile will be held at my fans, 1 mile north and 2 miles west of St. Johns. ' . ' t Parties mm a 'disimice will haunt at the ram. ‘ ' AUGUST MILLER, Prop., St. J ohns, Mich. J ' 0.1.0. o. I. c. AND cues‘ren WHITE SWINE. OI! choice boat of Prince ~81; Bone breedina. A‘ big type .iellow, priced to sell. left. Bred sows and gilts. _ 'QLARE V. DORMAN. Snover. Mich. "PURE BRED 0. ‘ l.’ C. 'HOGS‘ f: r sale. Service boom and bred nitIIrHIC her of fall pigs. Papers furnished free. “eh I V." ETTEN, OHM, flleh.' V - o 1 ‘ ' June and July boars and open each ,on’ a guaranteed breeder. Recorded‘andi‘expreu lift! in full for the next thirty days. 0. BURGESS. Mason, Mich. Some . fall pigs a, rehab; sees spoil one scene, seen" saws tn‘fall - piés: as spring gilte, wt. 2‘50 to 285. Service boars, none better in. the state. Write and get acquainted. Registered free. L2 mile west of depot. ‘ ‘ 7T0 I.--‘80HULIE. Nashville. Mich. nuaooe. we outrun. you» ' ' I'I'V ‘IEIKSHIIES , $25,... $22." .4 .beat blood lines oi the breed is our special Lamrantee to plane or nothing, stirring. III. I. WIA‘EK..W, wants. ‘W. 8; Corn. enema noes. t). We ’ anneorz l'Alnl stalemate son profit. Carole. stock for sale. Write your White nan. m. ’ ousarsa nuns stylus. “as either sex. loah‘reedy for ser- vice. Prices right. _ LYLI it. me. Flint. nah” I. F. ll. lo. I W bargain. BOAR PIGS $15.00 At e Weeks Old w. a. "moon. emu-m. lich- An Opportunity To Buy » fee rob and April hm. ehoioe iall pip. either sex. Write or can ' one woman. Iew Lulu-I. lion. '- a SHEEP I In"? I.‘ [mean a Put. your faith in BETTER enemies melt write or visit See State Fairs. (mun "Infill! Ill" A" new raid! to ship. Spring been and fall will at a noun W. “VDEI. I Q 8%. Johns. .Ilfll. Hampshiree Right . and silt. bred We 3;: snoring some [0013 '0'. m . g”. - d a dandy booklet with.list.o1.brm-i.-~Wsitom »ml‘l'A. "LEI. My. 11%“ Ave" Detroit. lien. For the best in Shropshire and moire rains ROPE—ION FARMS. s. L. WWI. Prop. comm. llch. our exhibit at the Ohio and liehi‘gan g lambs left to oaer. for fall delivery. 3 represented. Everything mn- HAMPSHIRE . SHEEP A few good yearling rams and some rain 25 ewes all ages for sale f ounue u. HAIRE. warty-men. Mich. ‘ ‘ a eunorsmu- “use ease To Lane in March, write or can on enmsrnouo anoe., no, Fowl-mm, m... ERIIO fills. FOR: “LE. honed. heavy shearer; HOUGEMAR I801. . “PET STOCK econ are- n 4. am». silos. a one. neuron Illlfllllm.'9028. 'w‘hich coppersulphate should be ap- plied as often as necessary'to prevent the growths from forming again; a warm ilaxseed poultice should be api ‘p‘lied'about once a week to keep the, parts soft andheaithy; a lotion con; sisting of zinc sulphate and sugar or lead, equal parts one ounce, and suf- ficient water to make a quart, should be applied, twice daily; 3. good plan is to soak alpiece of cotton in this so- lution, place over the wannd and. ,keep in place by means of a tight bandage, a certain amount of pres- sure seems to have a very desirable eir'ect. DRYING UP COW Give your opinion through the col- umns of the Veterinary,Department of the Michigan Business Farmer of dry- ing up a cow which has been fresh four or live monthsc—A Subscriber from Ith- aca. Mich. - This would all depend upon the circumstances and conditions sur- rounding the case; [state your rea- sons for wanting this cow to go dry; it the health of the animal, and the udder is in a normal co‘nditionhetc. A complete history of each and ‘fe'very case must be given, if the subscrib- er wishes an intelligent reply. MUSINGB OF A PLAIN FABMER‘S , ‘ WIFE > (Continued from. page 13) Up before dawu. to get breakfast, dress the twins, rush out to the barn and clean stables while little boy feeds the cows. In the house again to mix the feeds, finish. and gulp dowu a. few mouthfuls, put up lunches for school and out in the barn again to milk. Oh, dear, wish I could sit (lOWn for just a min-‘ ute. . Run the separator, do the dishes, sweep, clean, wash. bake, run down to the well for water, out to the wood- -pile for wood, and wait on the little ones between times. ' - > Out to the barn again to water ‘,t_h stock, turn out the cows for a little exercise and get down the hay for night. ‘ . , In again to grab a.‘ little'fii'. lunch, mend up some socks that the man has brought home, no a. little more sewing and possibly a few rounds of knitting. . Wishing to the Dear_'Lord that there was no such a. thing as _ them. work ilonl separate lines at the Mei time! :Whlle the hands lire-busy at, accustomed task tlre__mind can go for; _ afieldvand plan, reflect and dream, bite; would be most uninteresting it «new ‘ not muse while. we We shall-rho glad to hear from you. again, Mrs. B.——: Editor. ‘ ‘ I swarm rim QUAIL . SEE THE season will open this year to shoot ouail‘.‘ Willyo‘u please agitate through your paper ’ to have this knocked-‘_out. There never should be an open season on. They destroy more insects. ' than any other bird and should be protected.'——W. E. IL, Glennie. l understand that a hill. is to be in- troduced into the legis‘eture to extend the closed season on quail. I agree with you. They should be protected.—'—Editor. THE NEED FOR Economy in PUBLIC EXPENSES » T THE meeting of .our' .EsSex Farmers' Club, held on 12th,’ the iolloyving- .,..resglpt§bn was adopted, unanimouslygp’gnd. chi» ies ordered- sent- to the mem‘lfiéfi ot- ‘the legislature from Clio-{ingaouuiy 4" A copy has been sent, awareness- ' erudr GrocebecK—J.‘ " "Danieler Clinton County. , 5 Whereas: The Annual ,Tax-leyy~ 41's,: increased to an alarming extentfiwhcgj the value of American tann'prodnc ‘ has 1' decreased to the amount oi: 87,¢M.00¢3§0_j Whereas: Sound and safe business principles demand a reduction in the pub- lic expenses. Therefore be it ' Resolved: by the Essex Farmer-3' club that. it is hereby earn-stly requested of the members of- our State Legislature“ ~ . that no new State institution be estab- lished and that no additions be made to any present State Institutionand that all unnecessary public expenses be~ elimin- ated until such time as financial condi- tions shall warrant a. more liberal use of the people’s money, - during the past year, and. You are to be commended for your in- terest inu state expenditures. However ._ is it wise to go quite so far without.: having amore intimate knowledge of the \ needs of some of thei-‘nstituti‘ons? Isn’t-'- it barely possible that tile ‘state'might be further ahead in» the long run to make certain urgent appropriations now than _' later when the bill might he..1nnch larg- er? You know a.‘ stitch in.- time saves nine. However, I feel that the legisla- ture is going to take a most economical and practical attitude toward the bud- gets of the variousxstate institutions and wi‘l make-no appgo riation which can be dcfnrred'yiithnut. terial iniury to the institution‘anggthegfstater-Editor ‘ mm semen ‘ " ... W_A «BetwnenssA-smsnsea k Theater-mapper; misteimngeeq- ers’ Aeso'ciation' are ’éaiflryingout ,a plan whichmight well 'be’ copied by other local {organizationsgin: the state. ,Th‘ey_ carry. a.i‘donb~le spread" -in each“ issue. 0: the Barry County Farm Bulletin, “which is: published mom-menu goes. to the homesfof' the {greatest number _ot-afarmersin,.. the county," giving a‘ Holst‘eiuvdirect- ory genddistior the agountiyzslid list- ing animals offered for sale ‘by_the zreeders. Holstein V pictures..- and . news notes make up' the balance of. . ‘ f. the space. This keeps Holsteins bes- fore the Barry County iarmers all?“ the time and around 20 of them start: ed ,in théHlesteip business in 1920. ,l -‘ - ‘ Clip Coupon and Helpfiarrea Child From Starvation ‘— 0. I. c. SWINE—HF HERD CONTAIN. rue , breeding an. 86. Three months old pair. 35. blood lines of the moat noted herd; Cu tenth ,Beaiscered does, :12 each. Stock, Maui. Qual- you stock at “live and let like" pate-e. , ~ . ty guaranteed. I. J. OORDEN. Del-r. Mich" I I. ~; I. umnaunu. Goldwater. .flich. { EGISTERII WHITE m BAIL! COLLIEB puppies. Six months old; Price $15.00 W. 0. MICHEL lemme, Mich, woods and wondering when the time will come thatrwomen will not have to do half the man’s work on the farm and can take time to curl her hair, manicure her nails and go out like ' her city neighbors. Funny how the ,. . city folks like to come out to the country for a bit of fried. chicken or ~ 0 0 a. strawberry Shortcake in the sum- Collie Pupples mer but they neyer think of asking ' ' w C m the country housewife to come into .Th°'°“¢,hb'9d 38"“ “d. We 0 9 WW town in the winter and go to a movie it?a.i"€.i’?§.£tmmtl“mt;‘iik.31“p3 ,or something. Anyway the country imea furnished. Fifteen dollars ($15-00) wife does not have to worry about the Jar quick sale. Send check in first letter. All ‘ stock guaranteed. r. 0'. [RED GILTS FOR Mlle" AID April farmw. Also a few choice eerrice been. ‘ CLOVER LEAF 8106K Full. Monroe. Ileh. ' .“rw _.,v .. “ "saw " . winter’s supply or eatabies and it does ’V'x ‘ not matter so much if she does wear BATH CITY KENNELS a last year’s coat, for very lew people Dr. W. Austin Ewan ' . even notice what ,she has on when she Mt. Clemens, Michigan does go to. town on, business. , ' 45 g: I, “I . V we, ,. . i » . 7i.- .1- 1. lav-:1. " _ .hryrrouu in _ ‘ "‘ .‘uf ' 1 M; F?“ EDITOR‘BUSINESS FARMER, -‘ - I... - MOUNT CLEMENS, MICH. “ i I I I Enclosed find Q. . . . ‘. . . . .‘ .as my contribution to.» *the flloover I WchlielFund. ‘ ' g 1' " I " ’ ‘ . n '_ ‘3 K I; l r. . '1' L J! I .,r. . » .n,‘ ,1. l .3. flc., , 1... r. 31!:‘5‘. i ‘ " ... W17... .. .. ' "r [new v " highest? - ther again now. after three MICHIGAN PRICES specie] report the prices paid farmers _ in: January 22 as follows: REA ' '1‘: Average. 1.67; h t. Flint $1.85; lotto-ti éadiiiac. 51,54. CORN: Average... j «to; Glad- Xig'ragau'lgi; ‘ - t‘ mfi‘fié “mu 1. 2 v, ten 11.1mm": £123: Av *.81.4;- es. n- .: lowest, Wiiilalnsh " - ver ’ . , . .; him“ mCadi ac, $8.50: lowest. POTATOES: view. w l : l ' HOGB: Average, live wei t. 9 2-3c; Cadillac, 120 ; owest, Lake- .view. 8c. warm wea- ays I of real winter weather; The roads were frozen and in good. shape 101- travel during the fore t or the week but now they are in bar shape and are getting, worse every day. “Farmers have been working up wood... “hauling manure and doing road world. The lakes were frozen over and the ice was about eight inches thick be- GEN ESEE—We are havln 'tore 'thls warm spell but now the lakes are thawing again it looks doubtful if we get out ice hou iliied. Farmers 113‘ £09105» potatoes. some hfl-Y an livestock. They are not buying very or anything except email cue/stit— derlng the week 094-. ur, $1.25, nun . ‘ .' m ' nanny. so MEN’S ‘ First grade. perfect. all rubber. {our buckle. » All CTiCS ‘ DAVIS enemas _ ,, FOR CALI ‘ (From Federal Accredited Herd) Thmnnanmivemnofue, bred to e 83 lb. bail. They are due to freshen the Int of Febniery. Price 3350 to $400 each. three two year old- Men. Choice out of six. Three are fresh. otheu oil soon fresh- on. me are out of A. B. 0. dens. Price 3800 «on. Pedigree and papers fur-fled. ' 1 Wu). 0. OOHOO!’ . “inflow lid... I I r - hxm'wmiudnsmm. 413.13 1 ‘fnrmers are selling grain, ies of coal, ,i’eed and flour. Several (arms are for sale a tore summer, as severat'ltasfmere knead to quit and else if the! can sell their arms—C. . 3,. Fulton, January 21. it is r this evenin . mu, lthe hen. i: be- ‘to attract her fni she! re o a- xes-e going to market very la bet that the price hes ' to We per dozen. ow- ever. we ore-fortunate to receive » even § 3’ that. nuch when the: prices. of other things hhow such enormous decreases:- C. L.‘ 8.. land. :1. -‘ ._u INGRAM —- Very open weather No frost in the ground. ‘Tho cross-roe. are mute bad to travel'ou. ,TheUBay City Coal Co, is leasing _ frighteth test- tor coal, The are drilling test wells in several places here withgood prospects of finding pay/mg coal. -Quite a lot of stock is being E shipped from here. One car of heavy horses was ship- ped to Boston this week. Not much grain coming in, A little hay is being shipped Some call for (arms, but there are many oi? them on the market, Some farmers are getting ready for spring work—«C, I. M, Williamston. Jan, 22. CALHOUN—Fume” are doing chores, on wood and some are building up fences. They can do most anything they have to do as the weather is line With no frost in the ground. The soil is in good shape and crops are not looking bad. Lots of hay. straw and oats going to town, and some apples but not many potatoes. There are some sales and cows and horses are selling low, but other things not so bad—C. E. B., Bat- tle Creek, Jan_ 21. WEXFORD—Last Sunday was awful stormy,and Wednesday was another bad one. but itwarmed up in the evening landthe snow melted. quite lively so that ’the hills are bare once more. 8. H. Single and wife are the proud parents of an eight-pound 'giri which came to bless their home Thursday morning .the 20th. at 2 o'clock. It was an early bird, —-8. H S. Harriette. Jan. 20, GRAND TRAVERSEHWe are having great winter weather; rained hard last- night and took nearly all the snow. We have scarcely had a bit of good lie in- ing this winter, Farmers are cuttng wood. threshing beans and doing their chores, Prices are so low that little is being sold. The R. F. D. man goes one day in the cutter and the next in the buggy—C L_ B., Williamsburg, Jan, 20. ’GLADWIN—Jl'he farmers are hauling gravel now. rThe Weather is warm and rainy. The ground is frozen, The Some are hauling hay. Farmers are paying taxes, —F‘. A, F, Gladwin Jan, 21, MONTCALM—The farmers are bun- ing wood and hauling gravel. Some farmers - are selling potatoes and some of them are holding potatoes for higher prices, The weather is rainy and fog~ :7, but not cold. Ground-thawed out so that farmers can plow. No auction sales Just now around here. The ro are muddy.——-G. B, W,. Lakeview, Jan. ' Notice to Farmers! I own more Belgian and Percheron Stallions than. any man in Michigan. including In— ternational and State Fair prize! winners, and put them 'out on my breeding share plan. Have placed over one hundred head in this state. If your io- caiity needs a good draft stai—' lien or Short Horn bu'il, let me hear from you. ' mp G. STEVENS Breckenridge, Mich. Belgian and Percheron Horses and Short Horn Cattle . . nd' more will be listed be-" _ mm ratester‘IjOtimeeor~ . tees: It in “Leon! one! a. quote Advertising fl ~It. Department. rates I) "he. ‘ OIemDM.’ mil-2"" so “in. oer line. or iuue. one“! have to were“ 'ee it in. We remini- Adereu The lllohinn ‘qunm rum-r. m may "7’. mm rams our new explains the Cat- elegtolle how to. breed your Chicks .me-uuliy: it do. Molt Oiaee I And on aim Beth‘ghlch and Batching he: 'ffln' “Rh-d. Id I led t our: ram. 'r'eeocifieioi?” Kean-no. ‘IMIIen -, - NC M’- 0‘! all 9.3.? $3.. .. for Baby prim rank! and heavy lay- ng flocks. - a. S. (J. W. Leghorn. ~ ,» Flock average 267 . ~ r V was per year per hen. ‘ - V’ -. Eggs and Baby Mvv Also Baby Chicks from selected purebred. lanes raised flocks in Bede, Barred and White Rocks, Brown end But! plumbns, Minorcas. ore uying elsewhere. All ‘ nd Chi safely delivered by Prepeid ormP‘e'roa Post. Ch NEW LOIOOI HA‘I‘OHERV Look [or see V and from In London. Ohio MOO-WAV-Mlflt-ll FIRM 05er young stock and e iew mature breeders la White Chinese Geese. White Ducts and White Wysndottee. Also 0. l. C. sprint (ml. Write today for prices on what you need. DIK! O. MILLER. Dryden. Mich. WHITE CHINESE.OIIOI. WHITE PEKIN ducks, R. U. Br. - hams. Pia . use. otaosu wkfiinafl’ ORPINGTGNS AND LEGEORNS Two great ‘ ‘ ' ‘ m. autumn-ode [or mic. Write Marin heel k or“: Hercule some”. us mm. o um». I. v. “" cooler-ole a Hem. Lam. m lleudane. Bode. Roch. . Wyandottee. "me POULYIY Fill. Ponies. Richie-n. “GEORNS FOR B, Hflchmg Pu”! Po“ 100 per com 8“ ‘ fertility 0 Arrival [man it e e . (mnnteed send for Send for our big our Bi‘ catalog an!" S. 0. WHITE LEGHORNS We have the world‘s greatest leyeu. You can hove them too. It or I T hwmeetmomcuch have heavy loving stock. ' {whim-ed" coking. c c end stock and much either i Send for it today before placing your "$5323. whore. course ermne mum! '01 £111. lei-ea. om. ."R' wmre LIOHOIN COOKISLs. Fill" strain. Fine big sturdy isllows.’ The beat breeders that money will buy. Only 83. 34 so and 80 eech. _ Guaranteed to please. i t’ the way I do bull-w Unrelated blood for old customers. I. F. OTIOENCI. Portland. Iich. GIIIOWOKE 8. O. WONT! LlOflORl COOK- ereia (or sale, only 82.50 each and up. '_LEO ORAIOWOKE. Mel-rill. lion" I. 4 FOR 8ALF-—-I. O. I. L. OOOKEIELI. OIRED by Madison Ba. winner. Bred for size and layers, weighing 5 l .. 82.50 each. Flemish Giant rebbita :. Huhuaueu. Goldwater. Mich. s e. Lzonm"'cocxsnsu none Ix- . cellsnt laying strain. Prize winners at Sag- new Fair. 81.50. A. mm. 84. Hemlock, Mich W“?an baby chicks. and grown birds.- state , r I "en-fining , .1; depend on your local mtg.“ to: any“, I. I is an" 19an .Oflfijfl:b¢f9re the. p L . an “in.” the G‘- W better prices and a better infirm... » . , .. , . By your ad. in H. B. F}: poultry roareeflr IN M. B- F- n‘:.. 7.. en. “see .5 u .‘. 15. g “has e: per new “mm W m- . ' rue- see one was. Rich in the Blood e! We . ‘ floor 15. so per so. or: per 10o. .“llergel .Jn nos-breakable oostei wm porn I It!" Laces access aso mm m. ndottss. Choice 88. 84 and 85 ea. c. w. amuse. a z. mane. mm. "Mm; cocaine“ Intel or better. lay and Jose hatch. ’ has OIL“. a 8. Three m. lien. m _ . ' counsel. - It” M81... in. 1...! 333.3%. Boston winners. Low 8am prices. ; on guer- *mlt m. l to. It. Ileh.‘ east mu. 3! Prepaid b! one. ' Killer, n 1. m‘ueunl. _IieI|. i CHICKS ' ofhhhingom.haiyohiohell‘ LADY DID 817 EGGS IN ONE YEAR ‘ ROCK 000K Elli... r Isle at 83 and $4 '0. Wm. cmeaeons. n 2. umnw’n. m 'IIOED HOOK OOOK'EIEL‘I. "IO. FROM great leyere. Bergen prices now. ' W. e. OOFFIAI. R 8. lemon, “arbor. lien. Jean's one "IWPDL "all. BOOK. are hen bombed, grow quiet. good leyere. Bold on approval. 34 to $8 each. Clrcnleu. Photos. 40". mom“, Give. me anon: ISLAND nuns meson-e ' e. l. . ' '1: I“ am unsung: ioior and u oreis. Chit-Lb and lggs. Write {or hoe m I. rm “0., “LII 00! 4. Lawn MNGSHA‘N on. empeon'a mass or can!" If“ for type all ester files 1012. Winter lulu strain 0! M .d m an. I... in season. both some cockerele for file. v on OH“. H. m ' Hm Ilell. ‘ ORPINGNNS W's-'0': cooleseu ass rm.LG . for file. Bill. White, Black Cocksreis at $7, 88. and 810. mm at $3 and 35. Also yearling hens 83 and. 84. Hatchinc you. 88 not setting. ORAIOWSKE,IROS., I 4, Mill, nee. BABY CHICKS M" anion 350,000 for 1921 Our 17th season. prepeld. is delivery . teed. , Been, not, Aa- conas. Wyandottea. llamas. Utility end mm duality ee very reasonable prices. Catalog and price list free. 20th Century “when. Io: New Washington. ‘Ohlo "COLE COMB . IUFF LEOHOIN I“? ‘ Chicks. ’Order now for spring delivery. ‘Prbee reasonable. Safe delivery guaranteed. J. w. WEBSTER. lath“ 2. list. Chicks 'Pep' 0hr bred-to—hy and exhi- bition chicks will lies flu. Try them and be convinc- od. Baldy delivered by prepaid mm W. Roch .Orpiogtons. W”: duties, Ancolne. I”- end Leghorn; Prices from 15c and up. our catalog and buy your chicks direct tro- hetohery. . HOLOITI OHIOK HATOIIERY. Don I How Ohio MATCHING £008. IIIRED I Rocks; Norman strain. trap- nested. bred to lay. Expertly W for men! generations. Large illustrated catalogue 25c. Stamps for circular. NORMAN POULTRY PLANT, Ohm, Iii. 500,000 CHICKS at very reasonable prices from our heery laying cee Got the strain of English and American White Leg- horns. Brown Leghorn- and Anconu. 8 pped by parcel poet prepaid. Special prices on 1,000 Patton. ‘r‘fi‘r oeuvsnv ro BABY GHIGKS (what! We insure good. strong chicks fmtheibeetula‘lltye nstock. ' red and 8. C. Rhode Island Beds, White Wrai- dcttea, 18c; 8. 0. Bill Orpinton‘s and fiber laced Wyundottu. 22c. All chiCKa W More April 1, add 20 each. Gash with or- der. 'Fnturs deliveries booked. MODERN HINHERY In 204. It. Blanchard. Ohio If ch' - DANGER .0. ma" Chlx15c Up 100.000 best blooded. chicks ever produced, selected utility. truncated stock. 20 varieties. Hatching one“ Coking. Ml, booking avoid: disappointment IEOKlfiI usrouenv 20 E. Lyon 8L. lune hide. Iich. __E.;e,y Breeder Can use M. B. F'Js Breeders' Directory , to good advantage. o " Run your; .ad. and watch the returns come in. WHAT HAVE You ’ .l W . V' guerelh :"‘ h a u n . '7 a c 'a O ..."lIII|nII““‘ This and Other 103393 Mr. W. P. G. Harding, Governor of the Federal Reserve Board, says, “Dumping of Farm products- on the market promotes speculation. I am a firm believer in the policy of gradual and orderly marketing.” Every year corn and grain prices slump heavily after harvest because of this heavy seasonal selling. Farm marketing experts say that spreading the selling season over a long period, would av01d these great fluctuations. This will stabilize prices and cut down the difference between the price the farmer receives and the price the consumer pays— in other words, it Will cut out the speculators’ profits. Thousands of farmers today are obtaining all‘the profits from their crops by storing them over the heavy selling season. They get better prices than those who sell on a glutted market. Modern storage structures enable them to hold their crops With- ~. out loss and give them absolute protection against rats, mice, J fire and thieves. - Rat Proof-Fire Proof-cathei' Proof Storage for Y' Cm Giai and then you too, can sell whenever the market suits you. You I , will be safe in holding your. crops for several months or longer if necessary. Your crops Will. be protected from rats, mice, fire, mould and even thieves. selves in what they save but enable you to make greatly increased profits. Owners say they are the best investment they ever made. -Write Today for Our Big 4 It shows how the p‘i‘ices'of. erogs are effected bymani ulatipn and by other causes—4t tells how you can , ‘ make it .pay for itself, y bringing on higher prices for your , a ' v put a Martin on yourfirm an .M‘artin Cribs not onlypay for them— : E. H. Dunlap of Missouri made $1250. in extra profits in 2 years by storing his corn and Wheat in a Martin Crib and Bin. Here is what .he writes: ‘ "I held my 1918 crop of wheat in my Martin Crib and later sold it at an advance of 30 cents per bushel, after which I filled it with white corn and held it until the following Spring and'sold it at an advance of 61% cents per bushel, “In 1919 I again held my wheat and made a profit of 35'cents per bushel over ' what I was offered at the machine, and later filled it with corn which I delivered at an advance of 40 cents per bushel. My extra profits in two years over the * price at harvest time, were $1250.00. This in addition tothe big saving from rats, mice, mould, etc.” . That’s the way to beat low grain“ prices and market fluctuations 4 --store your corn and grain this ;year in I . They can be used for corn, wheat or oats, and-every bushel you put in will co‘me out in perfect condition. Being indestructible, they last a life- time Without any repairs, conSequently, much better and cheaper than wood. Made in circular, oblong, and "doubled-shed types from .100 t0" 10,000 bushels capacity. Easily erected, no special tools required. Patented construction, built of heavy corrugated, galvanized steel. A big and attractive addition to any farm. FREEBoo ton" mcwudau Martin a an bub-lo of our com or 1580 , bushel: of wheat. \‘ac, corn and grain, and by protecting your crops against any. losses. : 'here‘is agreat deal of important inforrr‘mtion for you in this book. Wewant ‘ every farm owner to have a copy. r ~ ‘ Just fill out the cOu n with our name and \ address and we will sen you this va uable book, free \ 1’5 and postpaid. Get the facts — this book gives them. Use the coupon now, mail it today. .MARTIN STEEL PRODUCTS CO. 2614- Adame St. Mansfield FREE BOOK coupon MARTIN STEEL PRODUCTS CO.. ’ 26 Adams St.. Mansfield. Ohio > p p Gentlemen: Please send me your big FREE book (inf ” . 1.. Martin Steel ~“Corn' Saver” Cribs and Run. This does not - obligate me in any way. . . , Q We lain interested in. H . ........... "husband-cornor............bushelsofgrain. . ........'...'...'.;{.R.l?.D.... .... Crib mid Bin honing aim