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This action came as a. result of the fric- tion which had existed for some time between , Bingham and members of the: executive com- ! mittee, and which was culminated at the an- ! nual meeting when Bingham was decisively beaten for the presidency by Jas. Nicol of South Haven. _ ' It is understood that Pres. Nicol will devote ' a good deal of his time to the executive work of the Bureau and will personally supervise many of the activities formerly under the di- rect charge of the Secretary. Binghamfs'successor has not yet been ap- pointed.~ A. J. Rogers, who has been a mem- ber of the executive committee since the or~ ganization of the Bureau, has been authorized to act, as Secretary pro tem. Mr. Rogers is a young man of keen business ability, who has ness. There is some speculation as to who will become Bingham’s successor. Whoever it may ‘be, it is held unlikely that he will be given any such powers as were held by Bingham. From now on the policies of the organization are expected to be formulated entirely by the executivecommittee instead of by a single in- dividual. Mr. Fred Van Norsdall of Three was reappointed treasurer. ‘ The ofiices of assistant secretary and cam- Rivers, / _ HE TRUTH of the age-old axiom “The right time to buy anything one needs is when_ nobody else wants it,” is being fre- quently demonstrated these days and with no greater force than in connection with improv- ed live stock. It is universally conceded that no modern farm is complete unless there is, «included in its equipment, as large a. number of productive domestic animals as the land ’ will support. If animals are to be kept at all . no onewill dare deny that pure bred stock will yield much larger returns on the. investment . than mongrels. Granting that every farmer, who aims. at making an outstanding success of his venture, will as soon as practicable be- come the owner of a registered herd, certainly no better time to begin could be desired. If, eventually, why not now? Certainly many rare. opportunities to secure: some royal blood ‘ for a small outlay are just now being offered to the ambitious young farmer whose available funds are limited. Contrary to the predictions of Henry Ford there is no immediate danger of farm animals- bang replaced by a synthetic substitute de- veloped in the laboratory of the chemist- If .1 the chemist of the future. finally discoversthe of the elusive vitamine- and by ingen. ‘ : MACK SAYS: some and the . W4 made a fine success of his own farming busi- on, paid a heavy penalty for Markets do not goall the time the same H _ way; present conditions are discouraging flk.mbntachaugnissmhm Nouylngmsevertrncr-thari _ flat on follows another decimal-Rats. ' ‘ he of those who will get: M I ‘ orwreadfi " justment, will be a harvest. 1“. mm. bike we “WWW * 1. Bingham Out as Secretary State Farm Bureau es Many Changes in Personnel of Department Heads he .- i The New Farm Biireau Line-Up RESIDENT Nicol has appointed the fol- Plowing members of the executive com- ‘_ mittee to act as chairmen of the re- , spective departments of the Bureau: ‘ Upper Peninsula and Forestry—A. T. De- pue, Faithorn, Menominee County. Legislative and Field Work—Fired Smith, Elk Rapids. Dalty—Vlce-Presideut M. L. Noon, Jack- son, Michigan. Seed—W. E. Phillips, Decatur, Mich. Publicity and Home Economics—Mrs. Edith M. Wagar, Carleton, Monroe County. The elevator exchange, livestock and boot chairmanships are pending. paign manager have been abolished and their duties will be passed to other hands. This automatically relieves both R‘. V. Tanner and B. A. Holden, who had charge of those re- spective ofiices.' Rpmor has it that Tanner may be returned to the seed department where Live Stock Men Favor Co-Op. Commission House THE MICHIGAN Live Stock Exchange, in session at East Lansing last week, de~ clared in favor of sci-operative live stock com- mission houses on the principal markets of the state, but were agreed that the time was not ripe for taking such (00mmqu on page 9) By B. H. MACK iously compounding various natural substanc» es and chemical ingredients develops a food the equal of meat and milk he will still be confronted with the plant food'problem. The weak link in the Ford theory is, the fact that he sliggests nothing to take the place of barn. yard manure as a soil builder and renewer. ' Influence of Hard 'Times Nothing is more self-evident than that the influence" of a period of depression upon the financial affairs of the American farmer, is just. the opposite of what it should be; the era of low livestock values is not a year old and yet we hear of many thrifty farmers who are preparing to get out of the breeding business. Struggling to get out at a time when they should be laying plans to get deep~ er in. There are many men living among us who can remember periods, in the past his- tory of this country, similar to the one we are passing through at present. History re-, peats itself, for they tell us that back ‘in those evildays of financial depression and low prices for live stock, there were many farmers who neglected their herds and, later this neglect. own people, makes a combination thatno‘ market can witlmtand. A way ’ will be found to adjust these conditkms. Unemployment will vanish and v a busy people will not 'only absorb our meats and milk but their physical needs, coupled with the fact that they have the money to do bus- iness with,,.wfll cause than to absorb the commodities which are made from our wool, hides and other products. , 7 The far-seeing farmer and live stock grower will utilize the present opportunity to strengthen his had, simply because his money Win 80 mm atanyprecedingdateinflnlastZOyem-s. Howfllkeep up hisngistry records, continue to advertise and exhibit his MIG herm- 1mfindwhcnthedemandagainmterlafizes, hewmbereodytopro— dzht Enact-cockaudgumermtho - first began , his work with the Farm Bureau. ,The new board has also cut down on the personnel of the publicity and legislative departments, which entailed the dropping of J. P. Powers, formerly in charge of publicity but more recently engaged in leg- islative work, and his assistant Stanley Powell. Powers has been retained in important posi— tions ‘with the Bureau, much against the 'wishes of many friends of the Bureau who held that his previous training had not been such as to make him in thorough sympathy with the aims of the farmers. Nevertheless, it can be truthfully stated that Powers had acquitted himself much better than anticipated, and would doubtlessly have been retained had it not been for a, shift in policies and the need for greater economy. His successor in the publicity department, Curtis S. Bill, has shown himself to be the right man for the job, and it is understood that he will continue in that important field. According to members of the executive com- mittee these changes are largely in the inter— ests of economy and a. more compact and har- monious organization. Before adjourn'mg to meet again at the farm bureau oflice in Lansing, Friday morn- ing, February 18, the executive committee voted to advance $500 from an appropriation voted previously by the delegates at an annu- al meeting, to the Sugar Beet Growers’ Asso- ciation for organization purposes. This sum will be added to the funds of the Growers’ Ass’n to hire an organizer to work ‘among the beet growers of other states. Weed Out the Herd Now While .Pure-Breds Can be Bought fora Song There were others, more foresighted and courageous than those referred to above, who kept up their registry records, continued to exhibit their stock at fairs, renewed their ad- vertising contracts in farm papers and con- tinued to order their business just as they had done during more prosperous times. When the time came that they needed a sire to inject new blood into their herd, they did not purchase a runt because he could be had for a small amount of money but they bought the best that the market afforded because these choice animals were to be had for a. price no higher than was asked for culls when conditions were normal. No further comment upon this subject should be required to‘ make the young stock breeder see the point of the argument. Many of the breeders, who stuck to the game, in season and out of season, are still with us; many others, who have passed on, have been replaced and are being ably represented~ by gifted sons who are following closely in their fathers’ footsteps. The herds and flocks, which were carefully kept up during .the years of depression and discouragement, are Winning the prizes in the big fair circuits and at the International. . .. justified. Officers and Executive Committee of the Michigan State Farm Bureau ' \ Rear Row—Left to rlght: A. J. Rogers, Beulah, Benzle County: Fred smith. Elk Rapids, Antrlm County; w. E. Phllllps, Front Row—Le". to right: Fred Van Norsdall, Treasurer, Three Rivers. Stpdoseph Go. dent. South Haven, Berrlen County; M. L. Noon, VIce-Presldent, Jackson. Jackson County. Howard Answers “Pessimistic Farmer” Charge [DE publi- cation has been given to a statement by Roger W. Babson to his business clients in which he comments on the farmer’s “pessimistic state of mind.” When interviewed regarding Mr. Babson’s statement, President J. R. Howard of the American Farm Bureau Federation said: “Mr. Babson says that the farmer'is much better off than before the war. The evidence does not show that the farmer’s position rel- }ative to the laborer, the capitalist, or the sal— aried worker is better than before. The price indices prepared by the Bureau of Labor Sta- tistics show that the farmers’ product reached at their highest point 246 per cent 70f the 1913 level, while the weighted 'total for all commodities reached 272 per cent of the 1913 average. Up to November, farm product prices had declined 32 per cent, whereas, the' decrease over the highest point on all commod- ities was only 24 per cent. These facts do not SllOW that the farmer is better off relative to other members of society than before the war. “‘Mr. Babson blames the Department of Ag. riculture, the agricultural colleges, the farm press, the granges and politicians for uphold- ing the farmer inwrong ideas on the cost of production. Undoubtedly the farmers’ idea upon the cost of production has been wrong in the past. He has overlooked the deprecia— tion and other factors of cost and has arrived at cost of production estimates considerably lower than they should have been. As a re- sult he has been willing to pay a higher price for land than its actual productive capacity It is well known that the average return on farm lands before the war was not over ‘3 or 4 per. cent. Agricultural colleges are pointing out the proper basis for calculat- . ing production costs and in few instances do they endeavor to justify land values based upon‘the temporarily high earning power of the last 3 or 4 years. The sound thinking "farmers deprecate the inflation of farm land .‘ values: Farmers were no more responsible for-the recent land boom than were the local bankers and the real estate promoters. Sta- tistics show that 70 per cent of the increase in value of farms bought and resold during the boom went to residents of towns and cities. “It has not been shown that the business man figures his capital in a manner entirely diflerent from that of the farmer. number of stock dividends issued by industri- - The large ' a1 and mercantile concerns during the last year or two have represented an effort to crystalize temporarily high earning power. Railway executives in endeavoring to fix val- nation for rate making purposes under the Government’s guarantee return were unwill~ ing. to base valuation on original cost, but were determined to have replacement value consid- ered. . “The implication in Mr. Babson’s statement is that if the interest on alleged inflated val- ues in farm land Were ignored that the_ farm- ers’ position would be satisfactory. The av- erage increase in farm land values during the last 2 or 3 years is probably not over 25 to 35 per eent. In Iowa, where .the land boom was most pronounced, the increase amounted to 30 to 35 per cent, or about $65 per acre. Pres- ent prices of crops in many cases are sufficient to pay for the other it- ems in cost of production ignoring rent entirely. Ac- cording t 0 th e Depart- ment of Ag— ‘riculture, the price of'c'orn paid to pro~ ducers in my own state on Dec.1 was 47 , cents. On Dec. 1, 1913, 20 months before the /, war broke out, the price _c. A.‘ BINO'HAM paid to pro- :lucers was 60 ““°""°‘ 4“ swm" cents. State Farm Bureau Helps for Farther in Making Income ,Tax Return ‘ 0 THE THOUSANDS of farmers who this year are, required to file an income tax return and pay, a tax on their net income for the year:1920, the problem of cor- rectly making out the forms is less intricate than in former .‘Years. The income tax law with respect to the filing of returns is un- changed. Every single personwthe term in- cluding widows, widowers and persons not living with wife or husband—whose net in- Takes Issue With Babson’s Statement That Farmers Have No Cause to Complain come was $2,000 or more must file a return , with the collector of internal revenue'for the district in Which they live; If the aggregate net iHCome of husband and wife,equalled or exceeded $2,000 and was less than $5,000 each may make a separate return or the income of ' each inay be "included in a single joint return. 7111» the‘case of hasband and wife .wh0se com- Wbined (net. income exceeded $5,000 separate . returns should be made showing the respective . . amount of income. I - of computing correctly the surtaxi'; Which ap- Thisis for the purpose mes 'in excess off/$5,000. The S from. .slaeuaryrfiébg‘zs March .. I, ': Whose ea, ) 3 of married; persiinsfjmu‘sti 1 be me - ref ,g‘de’penéeet minor f. . ;. example the“ ‘hyishand ’s-‘fnetri. . l H i 0 "his ,Wifé‘bfioo‘and‘ 7... re." ; r. s Decatur. Van Buren County: A. Trbepuo, Falthorn, Monomlneo County. . ; A. E. Illenden,‘ Adrlun, Lonaweo County; Mrs. Edith M. Wager, car-logo", Monro, Goun‘y; James mom, pres]. “It WOuld be . even more un- fair to argue that land values should be based . on present depreciated prices for. farm' pro- ducts than to "argue that they should be based on inflated prices. ‘ ‘ “Part of the increase in land values repre- ' sents additional investment in the form’ of clearing, draining, fencing, etc. “Mr. Babson says that, the wise farmer should sell his crops more rapidly and liqui- date his loans. Board of Trade operators who are endeavoring to justify their positions, state that consumptive demand is insuflieient to absorb the grain now coming to market; that if it were not for the speculators there would, be an insufficient number of buyers and prices would go much lower. Mr. Bab~ son, who by the way received most of his in- come from so-called investment speculators, would have the farmer sell his crops to the speculators, who are only willing-to .buy at a price that gives them a strong chance to re- scll at a higher price later on. Federal Re- serve Bank reports show that farmers are gradually paying their loans. The amount of interbank borrowing by Federal Reserve banks in Agricultural sections has decreased decidedly during the past few weeks. Spec- ulators operate even more exclusively than farmers do upon borrowed. money. The amount of borrowing necessary to carry grain on farms is less than to carry; it in the hands of speculators so that 'the total demand for— credit would not be reduced by following Mr. Babson’s suggestion. ‘ “Mr. Babson states that th wealth of the country depends upon’the nu ber of bushels " 'Iaised and not upon the price. the other classes of society, but it is‘not true of the farmer, as ithas been repeatedly shown that the small crop brings a greater monetary return‘ to the farmer than the large crop. The truism that the, history of agricultural de- pression is the history of agricultural abund- ance is well established. Mr. Babson sug- gests that the farmer return to feeding cattle. Cattle feeders who are now disposing of their holdings at losses of $40 to $75 per head, will not take kindly to this suggestion. “The farmers will be glad'to keep out of speculation except such as that which the ele— ments force upon them. Hence their interest ~ in-a greater degree of stability in \prices for.” farm products. ’ ’ This is true of ' ~ " ity center 7 HERE has beentnriuchw iting _ d] on... the subject; of rural communities. [The , ,coI'Intry, it: is claimed, is, becoming decadent through - loss" of - able and gygcsenterprising people to’ keep it alive. It has been pointed out, that the economic and' educational advantag- es, and especially those .for amuse- 'm.ent, which are so abundantly pro- vided; in the city, are gradually draining the countryside of its most promising members. The universal - query, then, is how to provide suf- ficient attraction in these three _ fields, the, economic, educational and _ "recreational, to bring to the farmer and his family ,opportunities for such a well-rounded existence that the city will cease to be a gem of enticement dangled before the eyesi'of un-A satisfied youth. ,To‘ a most encouraging extent, the answer has been found in many rural districts and villages in the use of the schoolhouse as a community center. Wherever ac- tive participation in recreation in their schoolhouse has been by the community, a resultant co- operation in community‘ affairs (sometimes even to the extent of the building of better roads), a growing persOnalrinterest in the members of ,.the region, a lessened feeling of is-' olation and a united 'have been achieved. With the aid of leadership and a A broad program, the school—commun- runs small chance of failure. It is usually the one available place for meetings and is community is usually free from‘sectarian and. political controversy. people meet here The young for parltes. and dances; the older people attend lectures, con- certs and entertainments in the auditorium, and make profitable use of those facilities for scientific study pf agriculture and home econ- in - agricultural omics which many schools regions provide. . Although the littlelone-room schoolhouse has served as a meeting place,'these small buildings which dot the countryside are not to be..compared for effectiveness, with the consolidated school of the country which is attended. by pupils within a radius often . Many of these consolidat- ed schools are imposing buildings as well . equipped for scientific study and for rec- ' ‘ The play— ‘ ground or athletic field which is part of the school recreational equipment is. a rival attraction tocity amusements and boys and girls find an added incentive to attend the athletic meets, in the joy of being partici~. .pants‘ instead of Spectators. or twelve miles. reation as city high schools. doubt that the country school can "J. l " " _ and. more thought? ' Vftvhe past ‘ half dozen years {expen shared. There is no should play the great part in every-day . 1‘ '. Gathering'P‘IaICe it Would be Worth‘Cost High school, Dumngo. Colo. Schools as fine as this can be found right here in Michigan. life of purveying amusement and entertain- ment to the populace. Advocacy is based up- on very practical illustration of its suitable— ness, for the community school is an accomp— l‘she'd fact and is becoming a rural fixture. _ A centralized 0r consolidated school in In- dian/a may suggest possibilities to other reg- ions. It was built in a section that formerly An evening scene in the kindergarten room of a school building. comprised four districts having numerous one—room schoolhouses. The constructing of the building itself proved the first element of Interest to unite the community, and On the day of its dédication three hundred people attended the exercises and, incidentally, en- center. tural there rural and Plays put on In this way in- terest the com- ,,.,,.....W “ . munlty more than a city production be- cause the char- acters are of their own kind and neighbor- hood. Who does not enjoy a _ “home talent” 1a or a rec- iiatylon or talk by a pioneer‘ sett'cr telling what they used in the school." \ .10an it a bet- ter W81 “0‘” and; the result ' ‘la‘going to be ~ 1 higher plane v of_ education in the - "oeuntrv an; socflal “ «-men ,7 or 1- glefiurol tolks. > *' . . . e: . git possible. 5; ' 11‘ H... ._- (turn, out .0! thoiwav. on Pulley: and . M ' sports. agricultural henna. the gymnasium ls.,transformed into an auditorlw'f on short not . joyed the dinner provided by the" women in the school vicinity. Pleas- ’ ant and profitable evenings were Spent at the school during the year. Four hundred persons were present at the first entertainment given by the pupils in the large auditorium. The domestic science room made an excellently well-equipped kitchen, in which the cooking class prepared” and served the refreshments. Programs of entertainment were given from time to time, and lecturers from the state agricultural college proved themselves benefactors to the large community in giving lectures and. demonstrations in agriculture and on other subjects of rural interest. Music- ians and prominent speakers provided further attraction in this community school. said of the school: “This consolidated school, had it done nothing more than supply a social center for its community, has well been worth all it cost.” ' Another most interesting example of how a. It was school building may preserve intact the united loyalty of the inhabitants of the district and may serve the country so well that the young peo- ple are not tempted elsewhere by other attractions, is found in Put- man County, Illinois. ~This John Swaney Consolidated School may al- so serve, as an example of how school social and recreational, features re- tained families of the community who would otherwise have sought residence in the town for the sake of the advantage of social intercourse. The building is provided with lab- o'atories, a lib ‘ary, manual. training shops, a. domestic science room, a basement playroom and a large as- sembly room. With such social fa- rilitlt‘s it is not surprising to learn that this srhool functioned so successfully as a social Club and literary societies flourished here. and the plays, concerts, athletics and conferences, ’ stock and gain-judgingcontests, lectures on agricul-° subjects were features the year round of entertainment and instruction. The, rural high school constitutes a great- er factor in the possible success of a com- munity than any For it. must not only serve the community directly as a training school for the occu- pations of the farm and the home, but ex- ists as the one source of leadership for rec- reation, the most vital need of the country to-day. greater urgency for of the schoolbuilding in the country than other one institution. For these two reasons there is a complete equipment The is in the city. rural commun- ity’s schoolhouse must be essentially the community’s playhouse. There is still another example in Wheat- on, Minnesota. (Cont. The on page 15) folding platform and chairs utilized for this minion- Awfiie" Bfi‘- ;‘-’~':-<.' 2,... _.-. '5 . l A . " ‘fi-‘E‘ = all -7-+ mus-3'.“ 5”. «u y .Twoym ’ . there were a ‘ of alfalfagrowers’ associations operat-' ing as independent, separate organizations in difierent parts of California. While there was certain bond of sympathy between then in that an older association was always glad to extend advice and information to a group of growers in some section who were trying to .ur- gnize, yet there was no systematic worm agreement between them as a whole. Since that time however, this condition I. been changed and eight associations, represent- ing as many different districts throughout the . state of California, are now federated under the maternal wing of one central organization, known as the “Alfalfa Growers of California 3, Inc,” whose present headquarters are locat- ' ed at 408-10 Pacific Electric building in Los Angeles. Prevent: Economic Waste Here is a sample of the economic waste that it prevents. ‘ At Fresno, two hundred and fifty miles north of Los Angeles, it was found that formerly during the height .of, the alfalfa producing“ season, there had been in- stances where some of the growers in order to get ready money had sold to Los Angeles dealers at a. time when the price was at its lowest ebb in summer. This hay was taken to Los Angeles, then later when a shortage developed at Fresno, was reshipped from Los Angeles back to that point, sold to and con- sumed b‘y dairymen within a short distance of where it was originally grown. You can be sure there was a wide differ- ence between the low summer time price re- ceived for his hay by the hard—up farmer and the fancy figure the dairyman was finally compelled to pay the following winter. Who made the difierence? In this case the railroads were paid for hauling the alfalfa five. hundred needless miles and there was an expense of loading and ’1 unloading twice on board cars, besides the ;' profit tacked on by the Los Angeles dealer to cover his enterprise. 3y.EG.Am takes care of the temporary financial needs of the grower and holds his hay for a time when it is more probable that the demand right at home will consume the temporary surplus. . I In this manner the central organization with its wider scope of action, performas a service of crop distribution for’ the collective associations, that no one of ‘them individually and alone would be" able to accomplish for itself. ‘ During the comparatively short time that. the central association of Alfalfa Growers has been handling the marketing alfairs of the scattered federated district it has succeeded in stabilizing the market so that the growers have not had to part with their hey at less than the cost of production as have some of the farmers , other products. During the past season of 1926 it distributed 100,909 tons of alfalfa for its members at an average price of $25 per ton. ‘ . There are approximately fifteen hundred growm within the California association at the present time, representing a little less thanfiftypercgntofthoseengagedintheal- falfa industry Within the state. The great good accomplished by the federated associa— tions is now being realized by the farmers and it is expected that" when the season opens Mahatma a Highest : ' a ‘ ' it ‘1 V‘ .nextopnn‘ ' g that at . Seventy-“fire » per cent of the, gron throughont'tho i I will be membem of the , A new member pays two dollars per .‘ anon entrance featheamounttobededuotod '. from hisfinst alfalfa-ale. Ami-fund is provided by each farmer signing a note forfb cumin agreed amount, say five dollars acre. Thesenotesfor thogeneralfund are made to run for 'five years and although, of course, each farmer ' stands behind his indi- vidual note, it is understood that it shall run a sufiicient length of time to permit the note being paid off by a sinking fund that is crest ed by a tax of fifty cents ~on each ton of al— falfa sold. The notes are used as collateral and local banks will usually advance nearly one hundred per cent on them. In this man- ner the association finances itself with the least possible inconvenience .to its members. Advance Money to Members I With the aid of this general fund it is pos- sible for’ the organization to advance money to some of its members at a period of the year ' when perhaps a few hundred dollars would enable a grower to tide himself over without sacrificing his crop at a time when the supply is possibly greater than the immediate de- ‘mand. This is the season of the year when the speculator usually gets in his work and reaps a middleman ’s profit that should belong to. the producer and the actual consumer.» Nor does the said speculator confine his ac- tivities to alfalfa alone as all of us ’who have ever engaged in the farming business. can truthfully testify. ,, There is a marketing charge of two dollars a ton if the central association has to ship the alfalfa out of a district. If a market is found, locally, a charge of one dollar per ton is made to cover the expense of general activities. These amounts are saved to the farmer many times over by the advantage gained through having a state-Wide guiding intelli- gence controlled by himself that v- is always alert to protect his interests. ‘ "Should Tax 011 Motor Vehicles Be Raised to Pay for Wear on Highways? 5 THE PI' 6 S 6.11 ’5 Subscriber Raises v Motor Vehic! Law was amended at the last session of the leg- islature so as to increase materially the specific tax collected on automobiles and trucks. Said tax is based on horse power and weight, it doubtless being the thought of the legislature that the speed developed would ordinarily be in proportion to the horse power as rated by the manufacturer. At the time of this amend- ment the general sentiment seemed to be that the burden so placed on automobiles and trucks was sufi'iciently heavy. As is usually the case with such legislation there was more or less protesting against the taxes actually fixed The legislature through its committees went into the subject quite fully and with much care. It was recognized on the one hand that V'motor vehicles increased greatly the burden of road construction and maintenance and that it was desirable to secure as large a rev- enue as possible from this source, for highway purposes. On the other hand the necessity of avoiding placing an undilin heavy burden on the owners of motor vehidel was also recog- nized. The present law is the nesultof the legislative invatigation and judgment. A! to whether such tax should at the prueht. Litimcbeincreasedn'stoaverylargeextentn matter of policy, with which the present and gaucccedinglegflntmu limit dell. It‘is the of »$5.482¢853-45. N ' - ‘ brain!!!“ 13"" the Question on Subject Now Occupying Close Attention of the Legislature adiscnsdon-otmelhodsproposcdand : inveflecttormmAd-gtomonaa’ _ bands-ooh? COULD YOU notgivo 'in your m, flmymnotnfldatmmybufld- target’s-senor“ nod-on cleanse MdMWV.I~M W 4 ‘ In so far as commercial trucks are concern- ed diiferent considerations enter. Many of such trucks are equipped With hard rubber tires which do serious damage to the high. ways, particularly when such trucks are heavily loaded or are rapidly driven. The regulation of the commercial truck, with re- spect tom loading and equipment is one of the most important problems to be consid- ered in. connection with highway legislation. Tint ouch trucks should pay a higher tax than does the ordinary motor vehicle or truck f ' but WHY (m the public renditiepat- ~ out; There appears tobe (3ch senti- ' " fin no: (legitimate .' ores " he «proportionate to the use of high:- .K The Went? . * does not construct railroads for the use ' of carriers transporting freight or pas- sengers for hire by rail, and that it should not be be required to provide roads for the use of commercial carriers by truck without proper recompense. Undoubtedly a license Lax of this nature would produce considerable revenue. _ The proper regulation of the commercial truck with respect to loading, etc, will have a very material bearing on the matter of the upkeep of roads. When the road bed is not in perfect condition, because of rain, snow, or the thawing of front, a heavily-loaded truck . with its hard rubber fires and driven at a speed of fifteen or twenty miles an hour will do far more damage than a score of ordinary automobile: or light pneumatic-tired trucks. 1 The taxation of any particular class of property, and the imposition of license '13er - ate investigation Questions of public policy arealsoinvoivedtoaverygreatextalt. Tho 'factthatchangminthelawhavebmm, by the legislature at nearly any senior: ‘ past'twelve yearnindieates tho \ ’I. yanm'... . ~> ,: I dollars, "for him! - v - many” a' pedigreed W" to W” F flocalrbutc‘her for $65, «someone would . come along‘and.017er;you a thousand ‘ You’d. probably faint dead away. At v_ what Johh;Barrton did, and after you read this story ‘yow wan’t blame him. The author of the story tells us that the incident which ‘forms the basis ,of his story actually happened. He ’ holds it up as a moral to all stock breeders to-heep“constant and accur- ' _ ate records of the daughters of their 'pure-bred sires. It’s the record that counts and may find a market for your ball some day when you have no longer any use for himl—f-pEditor. OHN BARTON sat at the kitchen J table gloomily regarding the pa- pers before him whose figures seemed to portend financial disaster. Three weeks from that day on De- cember first the mortgage which had Aburdened the :farm for ten years, would [be due and Barton’s figures told him he would be $900 .shOrt. “The only way he could think of to ,meet the payment was to sell part of the splendid herd of cattle he had built up, which would mean a new start from the bottom, for he had sold all his surplus stock early in' the fall. The herd he now had was just the right size for the farm, and the future had looked bright until an unforeseen calamity had come with the failure of the bank where part . of- his savings were, and the drop in market values which had out in halv- es the expected income from the farm crops. It Was Mrs. Barton who (finally sug- gested that he make a list-of the items he might sell and perhaps raise the money without parting with the pure bred cattlefiwhich it sold‘ would have .t-o go for much less than their worth. v “Well, all right,” said John, “here goes.” And he proceeded to list the things it occurred to ‘him he coulddo without. ' _“‘We can let almost anything go rather than losetthe farm or cattle,” he remarked. “I wish I could sell some more heifers like that lot I sold two years ago. They went East to some place in Massachusetts,” he continued, “the buyer was manager for some rich [man’s estate, butl don’t remember where it was for he attended to the shipping himself.” . g “Perhaps it isn’t so bad after all, good producers, but three of them ’ Aral! for I don’t need the bay horses this winter, and there is that patch of woodland up the river that Joe Parks r offered me two hundred dollars for, ithere is the new harvester and I could let the black colt go. Then, too, ,I shan’t needthe old bull any more and can sell him to the butch- er, though the beast is rworth for breeding purposes ten times what he will bring to kill. . The trou-ble is I haven’t kept any records of his daughters, and so can’t give any fig- ures that would demonstrate his value and bring a good price for him.” ‘ “Well,” said Mrs. Barton, “why don’t you hustle around and see what you can get for those things and per- haps there will be nearly enough. You could sell the sheep, you know.” Unknown to the Bartons, at the time they were engaged in their fin- ancial conference, another conference intimately concerned with their af‘ fairs was taking place down in Mass- achusetts Where Edgar Warrington was talking over business matters with Harold Norcross, the manager of his splendid stock farm. - - ‘Well, Nordross, I have been look- ing over the cattle records and it seems to melthat those five heifers you bought out West two years ago are" a really remarkable bunch ,of animals.” - . ‘ ' _. _.“Yes,” returned the manager, ‘_‘I was going -to call your attention to _ them. I believe if no accidents hap- pen theygwill snake records .to' be proud of. Not only are they extra ‘ an} remember-3’. seek ',rlbb9¥1s,.jat...the , Expositi‘gn .thls least _ that’s I ‘ “Didn’t pay a great price for them, did you?" “No, I bought them if" or one hundred fifty dol- lars apiece which was cheap consid- ering what they have turned out to be.. Picked them up in Wisconsin from a man nam- ed Barton." By E. L. BIGELOW I for I believe he is- -—- worth it, but of course ’y'Ou can tell better when you see him. Use your judgment but bring that animal home if you can.” At supper time in the evening of that same da y, John Barton came in fro-m the barn “Well, , n o w,” said Mr. Warring- ton, “according to the pedigree their sire is Spotted Sylvia’s Lad, and not only do these heifers show him to be a valuable animal, but his own ancestry is remarkably strong. It it is possible, I want to own that ball or address. and you had better start out for him, tomorrow.” “All right,” replied Norcross, “what price shall I pay?” ' .“Well, don’t 'pay any more than you have to but, if necessary, I’ll ex— change a thousand dollars for him ' O This .Is not the bull John Berton sold. It Is the picture of some Michigan breeder-'3 herd sire which was sent to us unaccompanied by name Who can Identify him? and said to \his wife: “Well, Hender- son the butcher has just been here and will give me sixty-five dollars for the bull. I hate to let him go for I ' know, as a herd side, he is worth more than that, but I can’t use him much here and I don’t know of any- one who will buy him for breeding. I must have the money for that mortgage anyhow. What do you think?” ' “Why I don’t know but what it is all right,” answered Mrs. Barton, “you know I haven’t so much faith di “reed: Bull: " a' that the Pedigree, was. No Good After the Animal was Dead '3‘ 0 AT f‘WbULD"_ you do if after. in this pedigreed stoCk business as. some anyway. When will he take- him?” “Unless I let him know to the con-~ - ' trary he is coming for him Saturday morning. The price is all right for meat but I know he is worth moref for breeding.” Late Saturday afternoon Mr. Nor- cross arrived in the little Wisconsin town from which he had shipped the cattle two years before. Stepping over to the garage near the station he hired an auto to take him out to the Barton farm, where he found the owner just commencing the evening chores. “Good evening, Mr. Barton,” was. his greeting. “My name is Norcross. Perhaps you remember I bought fiver heifers from you two years ago.” “Glad to see you, Mr. Norcross,” said Barton shaking hands, “I was thin-king about those heifers only a few days ago. How did they turn out?” ‘ “Fine,” returned Norcross. “They are first class animals and I have come to see if I can purchase their (Continued on page 21) The plan enables you to get immediate delivery on 6. Titan 10-20, break it in thor- oughlyon belt work during the winter, get some good tractor experience in the mean- time, and be ready to jump into the rush of spring work without a moment's delay. TITAN 10.20 With a Year to Pay—At Next Spring's Lowest Price N .ORDER to place International Har- vester tractors within the reach of every farmer, arrangements have been made whereby the Titan 10-20 may be pur- chased on time-payment terms. and The Titan 10-20 has led the three-plow tractor field for the last five years. Farmers . have bought over $70,000,000 worth of Titans. . ioin those who are making the most of this opportunity and buying Titans now. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER, COMPANY or AMIQICA CHICAGO And you may have a year in which to com- plete payments for the machine. You can buy the Titan 10-20 tractor to- day at absolutely the lowest price that will be quoted before May I, l9Zl, because a guarantee goes with every Titan 10-20 purchased at the present price between now May I, by which, if the International Harvester Company of America reduces its price on or before May I, I92], you will be refunded the amount of such reduction. See the International dealer and USA TRADE AND MARKET REVIEW wuss-r PRICES PER 110.. FIB. 1t. 1921 and. loomn loom» l. v. No. Rod 1." :.oo 1.96 No. 2 White 1.s1 . so. 2 Mixed 1.31 1.01 PRIOI3 on: "an no INo.2 mafia: .Whltol [unfilled . ; Detroit 2.51 I I.“ I a.” " ERY LITTLE change in the trade and market situation has been” noted during the past week; the feeling of discouragement and depression which followed the v temporary tightening up of money. early last week, is gradually disap- pearing and expert judges of business conditions are inclined to be increas- ingly optimistic. The purchasing public is still inclined toward a. non. oommital conservatism; they are not talking neither are they buying. The date is still too early to expect a gen- eral revival in business, especially along retail lines. The volume of the industrial out- put is still small, compared with ‘ tamer production records and it will continue to be so for some weeks; oven in normal years, the Lenten sea». son is never noted for its activity along industrial The commod- ity markets are dull but decidedly firm with little prospect of a change before April 1. The United States Steel Corporation’s monthly report shows a shrinkage of more than a half-million «tons in the amount of unfilled orders on hand; this is the sixth successive monthly decrease in this branch of the business. The un- filled orders now on hand, in the trust‘s order book, mount to 7,573,- 164 tons. The pea-lg of the bookings of the United States Steel Corpora— tion was in April, 1917, when the or- ], ders on hand amounted to 12,183,- 083 tons. President Gary is respon- sible for. the announcement that the trust has no intention of cutting the wages which are being paid to its 265,000 employes; he also predicts a continuance of the present price schedule for structural steel. The Association of American Rail- way Executives, which represents 90 per cent of the trackage of the coun- try, disclaims any intention of cutting the present wages of railway em- ployee, but the public at large, being familiar with the methods and past practices of these gentlemen, will take this statement with a liberal grain of allowance. Julius H. Barnes, formerly direct- or of the U. S. Grain Corporation ex- plains some of the peculiarities of the export grain trade of the current sea» son by noting the fact that the grain buying for foreign countries is be- ing done by government agencies and that an understanding has been reached, between these various agen- cies, by which they make their pur- chases on different market days, thus avoidng the advance in selling pric- es which often results from competi- tive buying. Close students of mar- ket developments have noted the fact that during the last three months, the name of not more thin one foreign buyer at a. time has ap- peared in daily reports of export bus- iness. Mr. Barnes’ statement appar- ently full explains the “how” of this choice bit of market phenomena. The employment situation, in the Detroit industrial district has been improved greatly during the past ' week, by the calling back to work of more than 7,000 men. Of the 240,- 000 men, who were idle at the close of September, about 80,000 are now being furnished with employment for all or part of their time; two-thirds of those employed are, however, only working 86 hours per WHEAT From Tuesday to Friday night of 3 last week, when markets closed ow- " ing to Saturday being a holiday, ‘ wheat prices advanced, with the bull 2 side of he market gaining more sup- ; porters . * was bearish but many dealers 'con-' 8 tinue to believe we have over-sold ' our wheatsnd thotwowill be busy zch hour. Foreign _news Edited by H. H. seem mm sew”! ing. Beans inactive. Cattle steady. Hogs and (N930: kei pale in set in typo. golng to flNSSPn—Edlmf. DETROIT :w—Wheat, corn and oats firm owing to export trad- Hoy cosy with liberal receipts, THICAGO :--——Demand for corn puts strength in all grains. ' sheep lowcr. ' . The above summarized inform-clot: in. molten AFTER the balance of my man.- ‘ It 000an hu‘minuil Information up to withln one-half hour of trying to supply domestic needs in- stead of calling for bids from over.- seas. Another bullish factor at work in the market was reported damage from the green bug. - Markets opened lower this week but the strength in corn soon turned prices upward. Grain market ex- perts are of the opinion that we are close to a sustained advance in wheat prices and the next long turn swing will be upward. CORN PER 30., FEB. 15, 1921 Grade lDetrolt [Chicagol N. No. 2 Yellow . . .61 .8804 No. 8 Yellow . . . .10 - No. 4 Yellow .. .91 skier? oil‘s—‘1 E] R-Ado—W“ [No.2 Yell.l No.3 Yoll.| No.4 Yell; Detroit ..| | ‘150 l 1.48 Corn was in demand by exporters last week and prices steadily advanc- ed; export trading took 500,000 bushels out of the Chicago market last week. Smaller receipts at lead— ing terminals also assisted this coarse grain to seek higher levels. Monday of the current week opened with corn still in favor with foreigners. Re- garding the future of this market we quote the following from the Rosen- baum Review: "Market will hardly advance very materially until after March 1st, un- less wheat gets stronger. Immense reduction in acreage this yea'r prob- able, if scattered reports now coming in are indicative of what happens. Corn will register relative- ly high prices before another crop is harvested." OATS 'oA'r PRICES PER ou., FEB. 15, 1eg1_ Grade lDetrolt IOhIcanl N. Y. _ No. 2 White .43 I 443/. .54 No. 3 White .48'/a .4391 No. 4 WM. . . .48'/2l PRICES 0111-: YEAR AGO mo.2 Whitel No.8 wmuI No.4 wmu omit | .90 i .89 I .83 ' Higher prices are noted in the out market but there is very little activi- ty and advances were due to the working higher of other grains. Re— ceipts are light on all markets. There is also ,9. feeling that this grain is too low in price and higher prices should be seen shortly. - BYE Rye sympathized with other grains advancing 5c at Detroit and is now quoted at $1.57 for Cash No. 2. We 0 actually - look for" substantial advances in the prices of this grain within the next 30 days. KEAst BEANS PER CWT" FEB. 15, 1921 oriao' lDetroli IOhlcagol u. v. . H. . ..’....‘s.9o Isms '4.” Red Kidneys . . . . ‘ 9.25 PRIOES ONE YEAR AGO In. H. P.l Prlme Illed Kldnoys . . . .l 7.00 I Dwell. There has been a. temporary de- cline of 10c in the Detroit bean mar- ket since our last writing, and the market: is quiet. The Rosenbaum Review remarks that the long pull outlook is good but no immediate prospect for sustained price advanc- es. The editor of this paper is a market expert and if what he says is true it is a case ofzsitvting tight for a'time. SPUDS PER CWT., FEB. 15, 1021 l Sacked! Bulk Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2.00 l Chloe" ........... 1.13 ‘1.” New York . . . . . . . . . . .. Pittsburgh . . . . . . . . . . . .1 I PRICES ONE YEAR AGO Detrolt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .l 4.50 [$4.28 Potato markets are weak and have been for the past week, buying be- ‘ ing of only the hand to mouth kind; all markets are receiving larger sup- plies than they can dispose of. Ad- vances are due within the next sixty days and large buyers are advising their friends to purchase at present levels. ‘ HAY Farmers with considerable hay in their barns which they intend to market should take advantage of present prices because no advances are in sight. From now on prices will tend to lower levels instead of higher. Detroit prices are 03 8 del- lar but other .markets ‘are at last week’s level. ; . LIVE STOCK MARKETS . Receipts of cattle showed a. big falling off, last week, in all markets and it is little to be wondered at for the average price paid in Chicago for good beef steers for the week before was $7 .7 0; this was the lowest aver- age for this grade of cattle since 1915. The average for the corres- ponding week," one year ago, was $13.35 and for two years ago, $15.85. The ten-year average, for the same mus. Wm“ [or H "21 he” W N, D. C.. February 19, 1921.—D the early part of the week center as on March 4th a. warm wave will cover all the Rock- ies country and Pacific slope in west- Aa these weather fea- tures move elasth around meenm magnetic po e s warm wav .m0ve southeastward into , the Mis- sissippi volleys then turn eastward, following h I down the St. Lawrence valley and ' out into the European Atlantic steam- THE WEATHER FOR THE WEEK As Forecastod by W. '1‘. Foster for The Michigan Business Former its circle, and finally pass’ of that cok, The storm wave will follow ve, Tempura bout normal during pass-'3 of cross average the first three months of 1921. A and technical mooning. To consti- M This 'foll may occur in a few hours ton on M don Day. ll Phil! mute during last part w two or four days he the cures will ave ' tor than the ave and pre- 1 tion will be above e ed 0 storm period. The base “cold wave" has a definite must fail twenty degrees or more, to thin meaty-four hours. tWenty~four hours. Best weather on the continent is expected at Washing- i. Inmxun *— m. one or two days and cool wave eather features, storm f It! wave is fill out the tut. a cold wove temperature or may take upnocrly all of the- wyeck, was $9.60 per cwt. ., p weekis average price for good steers ,. ~ ~ v by“ '1' """" , ' {ff-w a ‘1' mwf‘damff: he a a. u .5.) Was $8 per cwt. The highest price paid in the‘cattlo department of the Chicago market. last week, was $10.25 tor a load at fancy bullock» averaging 1,333 pounds and as fine on grain and core could make them. It. will readily be seen. then. thct cattle are selling. lust now. much. below prorwar 1914315. H An average on all modes of fat_ steers,’s.old in Chicago market last week, showed a gain of 26 to 50, cents per cwt.; as noted above, the top for aged steers was $10.25 and- for yearlings, $10. The latter were scarce, all the week, but, at that, very few were'sold above $9.50. Some inferior grades of canner stem and heifers made a new low price record, last week.- cattle were steady to 25 cents high- er, last week, than the week before but all other grades of killing cat- tle were from 25 to 50 cents lower. Stockers and feeders average 25 to 50 cents higher for the week. Chicago got 80,000 sheep and lambs, last week and receipts were, liberal at nearly all of the leading markets of the country. The burden of arrivals was too much for the market and, the closing trade, last Saturday, showed a loss, from that of the preceding week of $1 to $1.50 .per cwt. on lambs and about 25 cents per cwt. on mature sheep. Yearling - were '50 cents per cwt. lower for the week. Very little demand for feeding sheep and lambs developed in the Chicago market, last week and the few that changed hands showed a. price decline of from 50 to 75 cents per cwt. _ The top in Chicago last Week for lamb-weight yearling wethers was $7.75 and the range on“ heavy yearl- ings was from $5.25 to 6.25; these. prices are fully $1.75 per cwt.. low- er than at the beginning of the cur- rent year. Choice fat ewes went for $4.7 5 and choice western, aged weth- . The average, in Chi- ' era for $5.25. cage, last week, for all aged sheep was $4.25 per cwt. A few'choice fat lambs sold in Chicago, early last week, for $10 per cwt. but at the close, last Saturday, the best could be bought for $9.25. Heavy lambs were hard sellers all the week and at the close about $6.75 per cwt.. was the best that could be done. The range on western feeding lambs was from $6 to $7.75 per cwt. Breeding ewes are seldom quoted in live stock market reports, these days, but at auction sales in'Lower Michigan they are bringing from $4 to $5 each. Chicago received 206,000 hogs last week, a showing which was 34,000 below the total arrivals of the week before, in that market; the average ,_ price paid was $9.05, the lowest av- erage for five years. The quality of- the hogs that came to hand was fair- ly good, the average weight being 231 pounds. On Saturday, all grades of hogs, except heavy butchers, were active and 10 to 20 cents higher than on the preceding day; the week (3106- ‘ ed with top hogs selling at $10.10, the spread between this price and the week's average, being 95 cents. Cattle were very dull and slow on the Detroit market, all the fore part of last week, but firmed up some- what on Thursday, the last market day. Less than 500,cattle came to hand on Monday and the W grades of killing cattle showed an ad- vance of about 25 cents per cwt.. Calves sold fairly well, early last week, at the local stock yards, but heavy local arrivals of dressed calv- es had a weakening effect on the market and Monday’s quotations showed a. decline at 50¢ per cwt.. Lambs were dull and slow all last. week, in the Detroit market and were still lower on Monday, when the best sold for $8.50 per cwt.. Hots sold right around the low point for ' the season, 'on the close in. Detrdt— last week and, with the exceptional .- pigsy'prlces Were badly out of _A \ with 'other mwrkets.‘ ' buyers are bearing down hoovilyz' all hogs that weigh above 2 ’ Last .1. Choice butchers . . . a . y n .u- {t p ‘ OF'YOU" ' U ' BUDGET EXPERT ” ' -. OARES? l rrn a $73,000,000. 7"“ tk identifies ‘r 'T EACH succeeding budget confronting TH5,Trage-ma ' ' I - . W 1:61 . a , inauguration and as m a situation sinusulfi:itafssonoerveryo;gr opening of the less. 3" “""9" “ENE” where- those who ask islature Lansing is the F' '“ER 1; h f th , . V . . now w ereo _ ey g a - Mecca sought by large groups 01 DO- speak and seem to be inspired with . _ lineal pilgrims’trom, every section of a disposition to get all they can while the state. All of these pllsrlma have the, getting is \good‘, while those who political axes to grind and many 0‘ finally pass upon the needs of the them, are accompanied by other pil- grims With axes to grind, not .neCes- sarin political but all of which are susceptible of being ground on the political grindstone. While the ob- jective of these pilgrims may be as "diversified as the rainbow tints, the force of economic determinism makes g the whole bunch akin. The Downey House is headquarters of the tribe and here gather those with ambi- tions, laudable or otherwise. Here come the representatives of great in- terests with privileges to safeguard or other coveted privileges yet to be lassoed. At this rested hostelry also foregather the Hig-hrollers of the leg- islature; those members to whom the little $800 salary of a legislator is a negligible consideration, those whose economic position and viewpoint are somewhat removed from that of the great mass of the people who pay little attention to their law makers; going along about their business in an abstracted sort of manner until various agencies of government and the amount of money necessary to supply them are generally disquali- fied by want of experience and lack of information properly to deal with the matter of appropriation. The Budget Commission was instituted to furnish expert, detailed information upon which intelligent action upon all appropriation bills might be had, but as our “hit and run” friend has so appropriately remarked: “the Budget Com-mission never budged" and we are apparently again to go it blind except for the fragmentary information picked up in a haphaz- ard way by the indiscriminate junk- eteers whose past‘ performances seem to be responsible for the discredited position of that ancient if not alto- gether honorable institution. or course we make a distinction between a junket and a trip of investigation by the finance committee which pass- es on"appropriations.- There are, probably, honest differences of opin- ion abonb junketing. Certain it is They Were ' "the tax collector comes along With 1 the and going “p.111 the air there are those here who open- like a Sky—POOKet in 8 “are Of 1111' ly defend it in its most advanced .. hue—WW w ‘ , .. potent rage only to settle back into stage of development. But then, that Tho’ Boss Gloves are now worn in every indus- _(- 1.x the same old rut to permit the same is neither here nor there, ~ try requiring hand work, they were first made for l 1: f - upfrfinceg a? blgought :01!"th 1'1:- The dear people are not to be left farmers’ use exclusively. They were planned to l .3,” p°a e y- e “"19? 059 see ‘ facing the bleak winds of adversity 9 -. _. ‘1. ing Privilege; those seeking exu'ava' just because the budget commission * 2:2; tie fairing dnifidsi.’ ghey aref Iii-lade extra 5 .3 l "7 '33!” appropriations; those seeking did not budge nor because the junket g 0 W1 8 n e ar wear 0 arm Work' . 1 3, increased salaries: and those pro- produced nbthlng but, junk. No, For plowing, driving, silo filling and use around -' l moting fantastic and costly exDeri‘ sir-ee. We are not to be led forth to the ensilage cutter, for installing new equipment, ments in government soon recognize execution, without benefit of clergy. ‘ fo’r post-hole digging and fencing, for tiling and drainage work, and a hundred and one jobs around , the farm, Boss Work Gloves protect the hands from , dirt, grease, and minor injuries. ' l Boss Work Gloves are made of the highest quality, heavy weight canton flannel. They wear - , long and well. yet they are so flexible that they ‘ allow a free feel 'of any job. ‘ Look for the Boss trade-mark sewn on the back 'of the gloves. Ask for Boss Work Gloves by name. .They come in-three styles of wrist—ribbed, band, , ' their community of interest and at We are to have “expert” counsel‘and ‘l ’ l and from this point go gunning for ~advice in trimming our budget to a , .‘- T " ' the legislators to put their several point whe're we may hope to escape ll propoations acrosa- NOT BY BRIB‘ revolution when the time comes for "s ' ING but by 02110191? and the creation its collection. The governor has ar- of a false sentiment restricted in ranged with David Friday, professor ‘ t territory and numbers supporting of “economics” at tile UniveI‘Sity, 3 but persistent and vociferous in its §Cientificauy t‘? detefifilme £01: the lfig‘ ~ manifestations. On the other hand' Wat“? What Is the “redumble mfm‘ f the ordinary citizen who goes in the [mum 0f appropriations needed or I . . the next two years. He has a most . a” When he pays his taxes promptly important duty to perform. Let us , I; ~loses interest in the matter and takes hope that like David of Didi he will g5 up the old problem of making two attack the problem with the simple and gauntlet. Sizes for men and women,‘ boys if . blades of grass grow where one has weapons of Truth and Honesty of and girls. , l a. I. '. grown before 01' Spends his Share purpose and that he W111 succeed in THE 3055 MEEDY~best quality, medium weight canton flannel. ' time at pedro, or at the movies or at landing the rock of true economy THE BOSS HEW—ver best quality, heavy wei ht canton flannel. . - , THE BOSS XTRA HE Y—finest rade of extra eav canton flannel. the revwal Where forgetting .the ob- square m.the forehead or the Gonath THE 8088 WALLOPER-—highestg quality, heaviestyweight canton ligations of today placed upon mm of Mounting Taxes. Few of these so- flannel, THE 8085 LETHERPOM—heavy canton flannel with tough leather v called “economists” have sufficient b Divine Providence he becomes, . . on aim , a e dthumb. y ' bTGadth Of V1510“ to get With in his , THE 3085 Elfin—infidel? a(i‘uallity citton jersey cloth in many Perhaps, “0t undub’ “Cited over the perspective with the taxeater who al- - colors- THE 8033 fl'lKMlT—Roomy mittens made of ticking that wears like ProspeCtS'bf sulphur fumes and gets ways is calling for more money, the "on intensely interested in securing. a man on the farm and the man in the run sass ELAsro—smng canton flannel. Made by a patented pairof wings and a robe and crowu shop, who in the end have to dig up Prim“ in one might only. h rewith to 0 111111591 1 the the money to take care'of all the bud- . I Ere away um:ng Come?" I;,.11ile gets. Let us hope the professor has i CO' the “brother” with the axe to grind 11° glass eyes- ‘ Kewanee, mo is steadily on the job of "AXE I l ,, LIVE STOCK MEN FAVOR 00-01). . : GRINDING- COMMISSION HOUSE R K r; How many of the M. B. F. readers (Continued from page 3) , hang up a “danger” sign before their a step. Delegates at the meeting ex- ' ' senator or representative by writing pressed themselves as satisfied with him a letter concerning extravagant the service of the commission houses appropriations, increased salaries, at the Datmit yards, but asserted etc., etc., ‘ln these days when, the their belief that the co-operative n. farmers and workingmen's incomes commission house was bound to colne have been “deflate‘is. from fifty to just as co-operative shipping assocra- seventy-five per cent in the farmers’ tiogiehafiicfigfi Live Stock Ex_ case to one hundred per cent in the change is * the parent organza“ case Of a great PrOPOSition Of the tion for over 100 local co—opera— “ Workingmen. Don’t be afraid to tive shipping associations in the , , write a letter! Don't “let George state, nearly all of which were repreé "\VE IVA/{£- [ RYNACW/IYE do it," go at it yourself! Yourelet- sented at the meeting. Addresses [3500/0153 glnulllml A ll: ll-lllllllll \ A. n. LYMAN m- ,3, ‘. troduced GRIMM 3‘ ‘ alfalfa. Get our ’ . seed direct from 1m. LY 'S GENU- ‘ INE RIMM .will not wintclklll like com- mon varieties. Produces wonderful crops year af— ter year without replantc lug. Because of its stoollng tors are very much-needed here to were given by Hale Tennant: M- A- - .. . ‘ - £§Jfi§0N73813E§°§11§§ mmlSlM Iced 1 . 4.! affect those daily being piled on the 0' marketing expert' and Pres‘ Nico} ' AT/MBER’INTO LUMBER] 51:33.1“? for film prowfflgénhedAfitlh “3.. _ of the Farm Bureau. The election AND ITJ‘ VAR/OU5PRODUCB everygrger.unc‘étnnefir°?r'eeblo'ofilet'now members’ desks by members of the . . .3- . . - r res lt d - - . Lemme Axe Genders! Union. lowing 1.21.3? a:rr:.s.thsa HILL-CURIS Come on now. Put up or shut .up— Beamer, c. J. Miller, E. 'E.’ Comp- '7 o Mlc - Next week we shall have something son, M. W. Stewart. E. K. Manson, KALAMAZO ’- H I Discovered Grimm Alfalfa" and ROI 866d sample. - A. 3, LVMAN Who Introduced Grimm Alfalfa 401 water st"... ExCELSloa. umu. it“ "" l l l. ‘ will lllllllltillllmmm: l H l g” l to say of the excellent teamwork be— P. M. Granger > . l Willi :mlnummmmmillllllllllillllllll”Will”' 1 . ing done. by thosegfavoring the State ‘ N - , , _ . ' PoliCe and the indifferencrbeing ex- ’ ' 0 We . MOI! ’ z ' ,BREEDERS mENTION' _, V ~ ' 1‘ .. The girl walked briskl' Into th - . _ ' Vhibited by those who regard them as store. “Give me”: chick“; she “id? . It you are planning on a sale this year, write us now and CLAIM THE DATE! - - .a This service is free to the live stock industry in Michigan . to u a ' ' ” ' to conflicting sale dates ’ ' -- ,g..”“”_ “.1”: "P1196. A‘ I'muflnlf ‘ _ w , mm “m names panama" CLAIM mun nan: . it nuisance and a; menace entailing "D I V . . _ . . w n n tremendous expenditure} 5 of public keeps: flaked? t affine” "the lton‘ ' ‘ betterv-lusedein r ' —. ‘ .fl— . A ’v . l I if H In 'L i i . E. i \<\ I v. . _ f" 1' I]. j V‘ p l t ‘4 I ’ J 5 : // n‘ if ' I ‘ Face scorching and chills run- ning up and down theback— such are, the conditions 1n most stove heated homes on a cold winter’s night. Cold nights are just when home comfort should be at its best. Don't go to bed to keep warm—installa Cozy Pipeless Furnace and insure comfort at all times-kill the chill. The Perfect (OZYms iliRim can be installed in old houses as well as new. The installation requires but a few hours and only requires one hole to be cut into the floor directly above the fur- nace which is placed in cellar, basement Every Cozy Pipe- less Furnace is sold with a full money— back guarantee that it must perform to . our complete sat- wfaCtion or pit. A Cozy Furnace will heat every See It at the room in your house comfortably and at dealers. a cost in fuel of but % or 175 of what it would require to heat it with stoves. i V Get full particulars from your_ dealer about the Cozy Furnace. or write to us direct. The Schill Bros. Company 423 Mansfield Street CRESTIJNE, OHIO MORLEY BROS., Saginaw, Distributors The Silo That. 1' Always Stays Sold When you build with tile, you build but once. First cost is the only post. Looks better. stays better and keeps better silage. Wnte for our _ catalog telling about the 4 Preston 1 ansin Vitrified Tile Silo -—the tile silo with the "ship-lap" blocks and twisted steel re—enforcing. Extra strong walls. Blocks all of uniform shade——the silo beautiful that lasts for ages. Fireproof. frostproof, weather- roof and vermin-proof. Steel or tile chute. Steel ‘p roof gives more silage space. Write for cat- alog and prices. J. M. PRESTON COMPANY m Dept. 494 Lansing. Mich. . ; Factories at New Brighton.Pn.: “ Urichsville, 0.! Brazil. lnd.; . a ' Fort Dodge. lows. ‘ ,I! I , f E ‘\ nuv' WHOLESALE YOUR IN 5 LB. LOTS from JEVN B's and SAfiEiIGefdpezfpougr‘l‘ P 01PM. Woullonly ix eCe econ Q w. "Ire-r Mom-Suing Pris-Mum“ Sena $1.45 for 5 be. Jevne’s Economy 4.. or $1.66 for B In. Jovns’s Excelio Codes or $1.70 for 5 lbs. Jevm’s Special Coffee , or $1.80 for 6 lbs. Juno’s Perfection Coffee ROBES and LADIES , .IWNE corrrs co. (an. 1881) cums» cum FURS. i ' «Dense, 2355.41w. Midis.- s:., cox.» m. We tan your HIDE ‘ - . and make you a. Fine Filings Tree Collection FUR COAT or ROBE . 10 P h mos. 2 1-2 to 3 feet. Prepaid to.- for $15.00, using the a sac I ‘EIDES and Fuss are Cheap in PRICE So are our PRICES for making ,FUR COATS, best grad ., 0f lining 3 Eibsrta. - 1 Champion. - ‘ ' ' ' ' ' . i 8t. J h . ,for either job. - - ‘ ‘. r gig... Crawford 1 Yolow o n li’res-J‘tbitalogue a: all fruit and ornamental . 1 ,‘ lam nd es. ‘ ' .- mii‘gimp-w. imam» : - sans. 1390 " “ “ " ‘ Wholesale Nurseries “. '* '~ Danullio. N. Y. ~ e . ' LADIES’ FUR SETS made’from ,Ba'bbit, .Ra'ccopn, Fox,- etc. “ . " Get'biir CATALOG-13E. It's FREE. Twenty Years tanning RIDES and runs. 7 ‘ -_ , BLISSFIELD TANnnRI $W. G. White dd, Inc. ’ Blissfl'old. Michigan I I L, _ .y... .o‘wawa-a Grow ownjrufiiz, reduce livinc cont. value. ’.-annean-ncolsn D hard. Fruit muted everywhere; Free ,- latenessilfleem. Okla .- - 1 in singing Department t..- r‘m'non- my troubles. , all complaints. 1r requests for Information to this- Wm. _, erg hove _ , an. ' you. All Inquiries~ must be sycampmlod by full nuns and ,addr’us.’ llama not used If raw.) . Iii-omit ml. matinee". _ »Wo WOLVERINE INSURANCE Will. you please (give me information regarding the Wolverine Insurance Com- Dany of. Lansing? Would you consider it. a. good and safe investment in the buying of some ' of the stock they are now offering for sale'!--S, D., _Hartford, Michigan. _ _ . ._ .' Information supplied by the De- partment of Insurance shows» that iness last June. It has a paid in capital stock of $100,000. The olf- tflcers 'of the company are: Robert K. Orr, Pres.: Clarence E. Holmes, v'ice pres.; Bernard V. Smith, Secretary; Robert Y. Spier, treasurer. .As to whether or not an investment in this concern would be safe and profitable that is a matter which you must de- cide for yourself. You should con- sider that this is an entirely new company and that it must compete with other companies of long stand- ing. Should it fail your money would be lost. On the other hand, successful insurance concerns usual- ly make fair profits. I think our readers should proceed .very careful- ly just now in investing money in anything as the next year or two are number of stock companies are very likely to go to the wall. Generally speaking the stocks of old establish- ed concerns which can now be bought for much below par, preferred stocks of going concerns, and Liberty bonds are rated among the safest and most attractive investments—Editor. MOTHER’S PENSION I have one child and up until my hus— band’s death be contributed' ten dollars each month to help« support our child, We were divorced by the order of the Common Pleas Court. I resided in Ohio previous to my removal to Michigan. Am I 'entitled to a mother’s pension? Would I be obliged to file claims in Ohio?—P, M. 8., Coleman, Mich. Under the statement given you would be entitled to a mother’s pen- sion if you can show that you are a citizen of Michigan, at proper per- son to have the care of the child, and that you can not properly care for the child Without aid. You would have to make this showing to the judge of probate in the county where you and the child reside. Application should be made to him—W. E. Brown, legal editor. ' . CLOSED SCHOOL We have a. school house about one- half mile from us. The school board has closed this school, For two years they forced us to send 3 miles south to school and this year they force us to send 2 miles north. Our school house is going to pieces and we are paying school tax, Last fall we petitioned to open this school. Could you tell me ‘if we have to send so far or do they have to open this school? «school age now and more small ones. ,“i'l‘here are six families with children.— M. T.S Your district must maintain school for the time required by law to be held under penalty of loss of the pri- mary school money. You will not be able to force the keeping of‘a school if your district does not vote PEACE] gum ' rd .\ or mdusfl f Jenn. tn Ahab!" ' * 0'“ o emf-tabs. W to keep one. Your remedy would be the election of a school board that would keep a school in your district. res-W. E. Brown, legal editor. HOG MAN FALLS DOWN ON ' GUARANTEE Some time the first part of April last I bought a pure bred ‘0. I. C. sow of Crandell of Cass City, for $90. which they did not ship. but substituted 3. sow with a. large tumor. I returned her and they shipped another sow. This sow did not furrow nor has she up to this date. About August 15th I was convinced the sow would ,not farroW, so I called in the supervisor of~this_ township to see this sow. He. wrote to Mr, Crandell for me, notifying him that the sow showed no signsyof being likely to farrow, asking them to, take the matter up with him or myself for adiustment, to which com- munication‘Crandeli did not reply,‘ .The .sow would have been satisfactory if» she litter" of pigs.~ but I could not ascertain Just-until near-the time .to furrow. I the sow back and they refund-~my,money _. dug 1y. an em: adjust;t—his‘_;mat- E¥er“fw&e‘?+Mrs. J} *R . Leonard; iMich; *Ws‘ have tried: We. savanna. 7 Grendel! insistsflthat _ cupsubsoribcru P this concern was licensed to do bus-‘ going to be hard ones and a large_ .line in an inland lake?—G. N There are 11 of’ had'bean'dusxto and had farrowed a“. ~ _. without. nelmlssion , for; innered’toyadiu'st- the: matter Miami’ng ' ,wou-ld‘bs'..,llobl’e for, for'Spsyt.;,thern gar-$0 prices for her: Will ' premises!» was not satisfactory. with Crandell. moral and legal-obligation to provide” her with one." In A the first place Candell— did not ship the sow which Mrs. R. bought. her one with a tumor. She returned it. He then shipped her a sow which “ he told her was due to farrow with- in thirtydays after May 6th. sow arrived. Mrs. The R: accepted it, 7 fed it and took care of it, until the middle of August expecting that it would farrow as Crandell had guar- anteed. It showed no sign of far- rowing and an examination by an experienced hog man showed that it would not farrow. Mrs. R. asked for a refund of her money which was refused, Crandall offering to ship her a fourth sow which under the circumstances she does not want. Mrs. R. is out the cost of taking care of the sow, the pigs which she ex- pected from the sow, and has $90 in- vested in live pork which is worth about $25. We leave it to our read- ers. Should this woman be obliged to stand the loss, or should Crandell return her money?—-—Editor. NO JOINT DEED In case husband died could wife sell farm if there was no joint deed? Could she sell personal property? If deed is just in his name what could be done in said case, with or without a child?'——A Reader. A man’s real property goes one half to his widow and the other half to other relatives if he leaves *no children; and if there are no child- ren all his personal property goes to his widow if it does not exceed $3,— 000, after the payment of debts. If there is one child then one-third of the real estate goes to the widow and one—half of the personal after paying the debts. The widow can sell her interest in both the real and personal property, but the estate would have. to be probated to give a good title, as no one would know What title she gets from the husband until‘ it. has been determined what debts are to be paid and how much property it will take to pay the debts—W. E. . Brown, legal editor. ‘ ‘ SPEAR-ING PIKE Will you tell me during what month wall-eyed pike may be speared through the ice, and also caught on hook and ,, Grand Traverse County« 4 Wall-eyed pike may ’be speared through the icerduring the month of January, and these fish may be tak-- . on with hook and line in «the inland ' waters of the state at any time ex- cepting from Feb. 1 to May lst. Sec- tion four of Act 236 of the Public Acts of 1915 makes a closed season on wall-eyed pike from the first day of February to the first day of May. —-John Baird, Commissioner Game, Fish and Fire Department_ Public Doorwfln Commission, Lansing. Michu OWNERSHIP OF , BEES What is the law in regard to bee trees or the honey if found on premises? Who does the honey or bees belong to. ’ the one who finds them or to the party that owns te timber and land?‘ Also. are .the owners of enclosed premises required to post their premises in order to prevent hunting on them?—-G. E. J... Reed City, Michigan. I: s ‘ " The bees and honey belong to the owner of the tree. One ,who cuts a L tree without permission bf the own- er-is guilty of trespass and liable for, the damage which. would not uniting ': _ cludsvithsdamags to the trash ' honey... 7 3It would be a trespass- upon the. enclosed land. of Iago ; . . vul' am'iflltaction}; lay ~— should have notified him within sixty days after receipt of the sow if it." We disagree 7 . » We think that inasr much as he accepted Mrs. R’s money - for a sow with pigs he is undsr'a . Instead he shipped I IT=have>had5about all the attention. they deserVe through the pages of the term papers, but I “still think that 1' ‘ manyfarmers are ‘not aWare of What _ they are overlooking or there would I 'be more silos than, there are today. We have 'been,_using One of these “Scientific Kraut Barrels” as some skeptical folks still call them, for a. littlebver five years, and there are many things that I feel we could get along without better than we could the silo. We have found it a safe, convenient and economical method. of' feeding not only dairy cattle but almost all farm livestock as well. It is not my intention to go deep- ly into the matter of silo construc— tion,~'for I do not wish to advertise anyone’s particular make. It is -suflicient— to say that most any of them are satisfactory if they are properly put up. I have saw con- crete and cement block silos cracked :from top to bottom and utterly use- less, but this was the fault. of the man who erected them, and not of the material used. In every case ,no effort should 1be spared to secure good workmanship ‘in building. This is very important in the matter of the ,foundation. No effort should ~ be spared to have this built strong and level so that it will support the weight of the silo without settling. After the foundation is made the owner should be in no great hurry to put up the silo, for the concrete , work must have time to harden thor-. ‘ - oughly. JOur silo is a full length stave, 10 by 34 feet in size, and is built en- tirely above ground, but if we were to build again I think we would like- ly consider the pit proposition. In order to get a good foundation it is necessary to go to a considerable depth into the ground, and why not throw out the rest of the soil after the foundation has hardened and se- cure a little more r00m at less ex- pense than building the silo higher. ’One of our neighbors used this plan with good results. As ,to the advantages of feeding silage: To quote from our own ex— perience it takes about six acres of good heavy corn to fill the silo, and from this 'we feed annually seven or more dairy cows and from ten to twenty head'of breeding ewes. We also feed some to the hogs, for which purposeit makes a good feed if fed with other foods to term a balanced ration, and occasionally ‘feed a little to horses. I do not advocate feed- ing much to horses, as it makes them too soft. .'So far as the expense of harvesting the corn is concerned there is but little difference between putting it in the silo or in harvesting it in the usual way by the time the owner |has all his help paid up. The economic advantage of feeding silage lies in the fact that every bit of the crop is eaten up, there being -no waste whatever. There is no disagreeable handling of bundled corn fodder in the barn, as the small amount of roughages needed can be fed out of doors. 'Then, too, silage is a succulent _ ,homo‘hlrr E, i'ByLLbANJEL7i? g g ‘ Business :Famer ets. nonouel‘cliouhtir-m V ,. ' of“ ' .: .feed, ‘ ,somethi n'g that is very dim- ~ cult to' get during the winter seals-on by any other method. It is a’ great milk pro- ducer and the same acreage of feed will get much larger, returns if fed as silage than if fed in the regular way. It is not necessary to purchase near- ly so much high priced mill feed or dairy rations where silage is fed to dairy cattle, and but. little if any other grain feed is needed. I‘ have found corn silage to be of great ben— eflt as feed for breeding ewes as well as cattle. The lambs are usually dropped in mid-Jwinter, and before we had the silo I had the greatest difficulty in getting winter lambs to thrive, but when silage forms a part of the rations I have no trouble along this line at all. It is not to be de— pended on exclusively for sheep feed, it being necessary to feed rough feed and a very little grain in the form of oats also. There are occasionally complaints regarding silage becoming badly moulded after it is put up. There are a number of causes for this, the principal one being that the air is not properly excluded. This may be caused by cracks or other air leaks in-the silo, the corn being too dry and ripe when the silo is filled or the lack of suflicient tramping when the silo is filled. I have known 'writers to say that they would not pay hands to tramp silage, but I 'do not agree with this, provided the hands keep marking time instead of loafing on the job. Corn is in best condition for silage purposes a few days prior to the time when it would be safe to put it into the shock. The grains should be all past the milk stage and the fodder still green if no water is to be used. If for any rea- son the corn gets too ri'pe to pack well before filling enough water should be used so that it will tramp down solid and exclude all airpock— In stave silos the felt packing around the doors ought to be renew— ed each year, or air will get in at these places. In order to save a lit- tle corn it is well to jerk the ears from the last load that goes in, as about that amount on top will be moulded anyhow and the ears might as well be saved and fed. . I have several times heard the the continued use of silage would rot the teeth of animals to which it was "fed and that it would ruin the stomach and digestive organs in the course of a few years time, but these. statements always come from persons who never owned a silo nor fed sil- age. Silage is no more a dangerous feed than any other feed that is com- monly used if the owner will use the same amount of good‘ sense in feed- ing that he would expect to use with other feeds. Because an animal oc- ‘casionally gets into the oat bin and eats enough oats to cause serious re- sults and sometimes death rwould be a poor argument. to use to show that oats were not a safe feed for ani- mals. 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Adverthlng notes: mm 4 clnh r u 14 an. in the column inch. 768 lines’ tonnage. m m um. leo Shook and Auotlon 8an Advertising: We ate: medal low smut; reputable breeders of live stock and poultry; write us OUR GUARANTEED ADVERTISERS We respectfully all: our radon to favor our ad- vertiser- whon possible. Their catalogs and price! are cheerfully sent tree, a saint loss providing you ‘hay writinguor or- dering from them, "I saw your ad. in my chin. Busineu Farmer.” Entered u second-clue mtter, at poet-0mm. Mt. Clemens, flick. What’s Wrong With the Primary? VERYONE insists that there’s “some- thing wrong with the primary,” and that it ought to be changed, and so forth and so on. The only thing that’s wrong with the primary is that it hasn’t been given a thor- ough trial. The primary laws were enacted upon the theory that the mass of the people ought to have a greater voice in the selection of candidates for political offices than they had under the convention system which encouraged people to stay at home and left the selection of candidates to a few political bosses. The theory still holds good. The primary still gives to millions of people a chance to name candidates for office ’which otherwise they would not enjoy. The success of the primary depends upon the manner in which people turn out and vote and the intelligence they use in marking the ballot. A good many vot- ers still stay at home. A good many still vote for candidates of whom they know little or nothing. Nevertheless we assert that a much larger percentage of our people are tak- ing an interest in elections and government under the primary system than they ever took when the conventiOn was in vogue. It takes time to get an innovation of this kind in per- fect working order. Let’s be patient. Commodity Marketing HE EDITOR of a Chicago paper re- cently confessed that the joke was on him when after writing a laudatory editorial about a man who paid one thousand dollars for fifty dollar Liberty bond, he learned that the man was later adjudged insane and com- mitted to an asylum. . _ In a recent issue of this publication an ed- ‘ itorial was published which created a lot of misunderstanding, and came mighty . near getting the merry “ha-ha” for the editor. The editorial discussed the alleged attempt of the Coalition Committee to split up the Farm Bureau by secretely striving to bring about its reorganization along commodity lines. It was not the intention of the edit- orial to discuss the respective merits of the two plans of organization but to frown upon the alleged activities of the Coalition Com- mittee no matter in which direction they were aimed. But after some investigation in which it was disclosed that both factions in the Farm Bureau were trying to pass the buck to the Coalition Committee, the conclus-. ion is, that this committee was nothing more * than an interested bystander so far 'as that ‘ particular fracas was concerned. 7 The arguments presented in behalf of the commodity plan of organization are convinc- That, . the evolution of the or- 13‘ganized farmer movement will: be along that . cannot be questioned. ‘ The charge that plan will tend to divide the farmer-sup- ther efiorts at ‘organizatim. ’ ’Tis better to adopt the plan most Iikely to succeed. Let y it beshowu that farmers can cooperate suc- cessfully in the marketing of their‘crops and ‘ it. ought not to be diflicult to Weld them to-. gather fOr political action, = Whenever that appears to‘bedesirable. ' " ‘ how Much Shall. I Plant]? GAIN THE question, “How many acres shall I plant next year?” Shall I fol- low the advice of the bankers and speculators and plant every available acre? The answer is no. Shall I follow my inclinations and cut my acreage below last year’s? Again, the answer is no. Shall I plant a normal acre- age? This time the answer is yes. There will be neither feast nor famine in this coun- try of ours if farmers will consistently fol- low diversified farming wherever they can, plant crops in rotation, and not be lead astray by high prices, on one crop and low prices on another. If you have fallen into the one—crop , habit, get out of it as quick as you can. Po- tatoes and beans ought to'be good crops this year. Sugar beets won’t pay so Well. Rye is one of Michigan’s old stand—bys and ought to be good for a normal acreage this year. Generally speaking there is neither rule nor rote to follow this year except ordinary horse sense. Everything is tepsy-turvy. Today’s apparent surplus and low prices may mean nothing whatever by the time the new crops are garnered in. The. thing to do is to go about our farming this year in pretty much our accustomed way,_ and leave the rest to good Dame Nature. v Poor Bossy ! ENRY FORD is, still kicking over the _ traces of custom, convention, science, and what not, and declaring that certain things which we have all been taught can’t be done, can be done. “Uncle Henry” has just decided that the cow is a wasteful animal. While she may some times hit on all four, she lacks speed andrfficiency. It takes her a dis- couragineg long time to transform grass into milk, and the daily quantity she gives considering her size and the time she has been ‘doing business, is nothing to brag about. Then, too, she occasionally gets with calf which interferes with the smooth operation of her milk producing machinery. How much more in keeping with 20th Century progress it would be to invent a machine which could » run day and night and transform straw and weeds and sawdust, and other things of small value into a steady flow of luscious milk. Mr. Ford says it should be done, and do away with that old relic of primevial days, the. cow. Poor Bessy! Where Money is IPlentiful ECENTLY THE papers have been fulll of “tight credits” and “money shortage.” Farmers have had a time to borrow what they have needed to hold their crops and finance their business at the same time. Banks have been calling in loans. There is one place in the‘ United States, however,_ where there seems to be plenty of money for every pur- - pose, and that is VWall Street. When a few weeks ago W. C. Durant, former'president of the General Motors, announced that he would organize a new .company with a five million dollar capital, Wall Street finaneeers over-subscribed the issue within fifteen min- utes after the announcement was made. ‘A few days later .» Belgium asked. Wall Street , for a loan of thirty million dollars, and got it within twenty-four hours. Still *a ,' few , ,.:days later it was rumored, that Henry ‘_Ford was seeking a lean of seventy-five million dol- lars from Wall Street, and that, he would: have :10" .dificultyin getting it. Instances a of kind cenbe‘ multiplied over and . over , ~~ menarche: cream}: with, up,» fright“ so long hisL it But failure- woulddeetroy all unity and discourage fur: ‘ Wall Street is rolling ‘ r " Big-Hem mam . a . ceaseless, clash between classes; in humanity becomes badly shaken. We. prone to wonder of love. and; charityhayeren- s we READ in the daily papers or the" ; tirer forsaken God’s people. ’But not ‘ quently, like the rainbow which heralds a lull _‘ in the storm, 9. common cause injects itself into the strife. I qui'ets-down whilst all people turn their hearts 7 For an instant the turmoil and their hands to a greater object. We speak now of the needs of starving Europe which have cried out to us in a loud voice caning us to turn and render compassionate aid to _ ,. '- those whose kin but yesterday faced us upon the battlefield. We might have plead “hard times” and gone en about our. business leav- ing Europe’s dying to their fate. But we didn’t. We set about to raise thirty-five mil- lion dollars, and we haVe neafly succeeded "in our purpbse. The readers‘ of the Business Farmer alone have contributed a" thousand. dollars which they could ill afford to spare. ' The (corn belt farmers came forward with ’ their surplus corn. No sooner was the an- nouncement published than the \Railway Brotherhood offered to provide train crews free of charge to transport this corn in train- loads to sea-board, providing the would furnish the cars without charge. Here we, have three distinct groups of people all co-operating harmoniously to further a com- mon cause. And that’s the way it has always been with the United States of America. She has never yet failed in a crisis to do her part E any undertaking for the weal of man- 'nd. . The Farm Bureau Shake-Up HE SHAKE-UP in the Farm Bureau organization which resulted in the dis- missal of C. A. Bingham as secretary and the abolishment of the offices of assistant secretary and campaign manager need cause the mem- bers of the organization no alarm. Too sud- den success is. intoxicating and» often turns men’s heads. The Farm Bureau. has “arriv- ed” so fast that it has thrown some folks out of balance and caused them to have an exag- gerated and extravagant view of things. Also, the promotion, or prospect of promotion, from a poorly paying farm job to a high salaried office position, sometimes has a strange effect upon men’s minds and morals, and cause them to sacrifice the common good to their own selfish ambitions. Likewise, while no- body will admit responsibility for failure, all are ready to take credit for success, which in the nature of things results in petty jealous- ies and playing to the galleries. Summed up, these are the causes for the split in the ex- ecutive personnel of the State Farm Bureau. It had to come, and the sooner the better. No , machine or organization can work well when its parts are out of harmony. With its dif- ferences ironed out the State Farm Bureau should be able to settle dOWn to real, old- fashioned hard work and common sense, and put. its affairs upon a substantial business 8.818. ' Chas. Evans. farmer representative in the leg- islat‘ure, will introduce a bill to abolish them. mary law. In this undertaking he has the back- ing 0: the reactionary element of Lenawee coun- y. tarmer constituentsshould show him in the next election how elective the primary'really is. Gov. Groesbeck’s bill to create a State Doparh, meat of Agriculture calls for the appointment of a Commissioner of Agriculture, Nominations m , in order. i ‘ Lansing has made a bid tort-11038th Fur. i she ’ V, ,‘n’t yetsecured Detroit’s com, new at o the institutions ' .. 7 , ~_ - d Cheer upptolks; Flush! I . '3‘ ': railroads - If Mr. Evans persists in this—ambition .hio ' ' I who ALWAYS ms nuisances ram '- ’ ERE IS THE late’st story. of a man who is too stingy to take hisown paper. A man, who was Iboo economical to take this magazine ‘ sent his little boyto borrow the copy ‘ 'hkeu byhis neighbors. ‘*In his haste the boy ran over a four stan of bees and in ten minutes looked like a warty summer squash. His cries reached his father, who ran to his assistance, and failing to notice a ' _. barbed wire fence, ran into it, break- ing-it down, and cutting a handful of flesh from his anatomy, ruining a tour dollar pair of pants. The old cow took advantage of the gap in the fence, and got into the corn field'and killed herself eating green corn. Hearing the racket the wife ran, upset a four gallon churn- ful of rich cream into a basket of kittens, drowning the. whole flock. In the hurry"she dropped a seven dollar_set of false teen . ‘ g The baby, left alone, crawled thru the spilled milk and into the parlor , ruining a new twenty dollar‘carpet. During the excitement the elder daughter ran away with the hired man, the dog broke up eleven setting hens and the'goat got out and chew- ed the tails of]? five fine shirts. So he signed up for the MICHIGAN ‘ BUSINESS Faulkner—Contributed by O. R. Amblc, Genesee County, Michigan. ’We always knew that an awful fate ‘was in store for the man who always borrows his neigh- 'bor’s paper. but didn’t suppose it would be as had as that. But take warning, all ye borrowers. “brewsrned is forearmed,”. they say. Our cir- ailation department will accept your dollar at anytime in order to spare you from such a pun- Inhment—Editor. THREE BUNG-HOLES THAT CAN BE STOPPED UP ’ S ONE of the neighbors interest- ed in keeping taxation within bounds, it seems to me that we must spend less money. First, in township administration. The reduction oi! fees for collection of taxes will help here. Second, save money in County ad— ministration. The oproposed amend- ment to the constitution allowing commission government for counties will help here and also help ighe townships save money. The saving tothe taxpayers by these two prop- ositions by getting rid of a heard. of petty politicians and th ir fees and salaries and wastefulness would be almost beyond belief. The rub comes in being able to get rid of this hoard of petty politicians. We can do it if we work with patience, in- telligence-and diligence. Third,’ there is the horde of state politicians and their hangers~on at Lansing that must be left jobless by consolidation and classification. There is another job for the patriotic citi— zen where he can use his patience, perseverance, intelligence and non- partisanship without limit and with— out price. Especially Without price because _I think the people are weary of that class who seem to be working for the public good but soon land in a position where their salary and ex- penses are added to,the taxpayer’s burden. These three ways then seem nee! essary to save 'money. in administra- tion. 'lst, abolish the numerous boards and commissions at Lansing by consolidation and elimination. 2d, a commission government of counties » which should abolish numerous tax both ‘ esters and fee gathere'rs in counties and townships. These re- forms are practical, are being agi- tated at the present time and there- fore good neighbors let’s. push and push hard for their accomplishment. "If we scoompllsh anything, however, it will be necessary to‘ keep'a long ways away from candidates for town treasurer and county oflice and poli- I ,ticians 'generally.' So, much for re- luctidn of expenses of administra- ~=rtion of town, county andstate affairs. [Cg-“But before I quit let messy a word “r the proposed‘state income tax as source of. revenue. ~The .4 'me‘a Mast-'3 smile for, it" not because the large major- ity of us would not have to pay any income tax but because it is an em- inently just tax reuniting the person _ who succeeds in gathering to him~ self the benefits of government, to bear a just share in the expenses of government. ' There is another abundant source of revenue which I am not optimistic enough to hopewill get much atten- tion at present owing to the props.- ganda and prejudice that is contin- ually cultivated against it by city holders of land. I refer to taxing si-te values in holdings larger than is necessary for a good home—F. J. Stafi‘ord, VanBuren County. One dimqut of accomplish- on form of county gov— ernment will never be named except by a bitter fight. Sane Will oppose it for in better reason than that the present plan is entitled to respect because of its mt age. Already die counties are e in its adoption. An income tax we should have, but Gov. Gmesbeck ls lukewarm about the mposltlon. The hansrs' tedirated legislative committee should make the income tax an issue and go to the mat with the legislature upon iL—Editor. EXPEGI‘S HIGHER POTATO PRICE A good program. ment, however. TAKE notice you have succeeded I in stampeding the farmers into getting out from under their spud crop so fast they have utterly killed the market. Spuds are quoted in Greenville at 30 to 60c per cwt. In regard to our bumper spud crop it never existed only in the 'minds of those who get out our gov- ernment reports. Our crop was just a little- heavier than normal and were it fed to the market no faster than wanted should bring $1 per bushel to the farmer. Jobless men have also hurt the market something fierce but I see that is being remedi- ed very rapidly. In 30 days most men will all be back to work. For the past 20 years our government has been in sympathy with or for the farmers? They think the farmers will worry along some way and don’t have much to do with'the prosperity of this nation, but I think they will find out differently inside of 2 yea‘s. According to Howard, more than one in four of the U. S. farmers are bank- rupt and I say 1-2 the remainder are right on the ragged edge. The pur- chasing power has been entirely tak- en away from the farmers except for thepbarest necessities. Result, the merchants in all cities and towns outside of Detroit and Grand Rap- ids are simply marking time and of course this has a killing eflect On business all the way up the line to the manufacturer. Manufacturing in all lines is go- ing to start up. There is no doubt about that .but how long can they run when the farmers are not buy- ing? My guess is they will be clos- ing down again in 60 to 90 days. ’ Before this business depression is over with I think our government is going to learn “once for all” that this nation, or any other nation, can- not be prosperous unless its farmers have an equal share in. prosperity. .As things are now farms are {:04 ing to be deserted faster'than ever before this coming spring. As yet, factory wages are out only 10 to 25 per cent and wages on the R. R. not atail which leaves them away up in the air compare-d to what a farmer earns. Year in and year out, av- eraging the fat and lean years the farmer .never has had cost of pro- duction, say nothing about a profit, and has had to work his family with- out any wages at all, so if food has ever cost the townspeople too. much they will have to look for the color- ed gentleman somewhere else than on the farm. The biggest factor in H. C. of L. can be found in the unrea- sonable wages and salaries paid men and officials who conduct our rail- roads—A. A. Lambertson, Kent 00. Friend [amber-teen gives moredit for a good deal of influence we do not have when he lays responsibility for falling potato markets at our door. Michigan does not make the potato price any more than Kansas makes the wheat price. The Business firmer has not even suggested be its readers that it sell a single bushel of potatoes upon the shaky market that has exist for the last two months. And it is a fact that very few potatoes have left the farmers' hands in that time. It is not for us to say that we hope Mr. hmbertson is correct in his predictions but we do mtthinkhakl’untopdcesamnotlikelytogo lower for the simple reason that farmers won’t sell at prevailing prices. For the aims reason they ought to advance shghtly, regardless the size of figt-over crop in the hands of the farmers—— CO-OPERATIVE STORE FAILURES KNOW you are in favor of co—op- erative associations and so am I but we have been robbed of about ten thousand dollars in a co-opera- tive store organized by T. W. Mich- ael of Clare, Mich., under the name of National Consumers’ Co-operative Ass’n. He is going all over Michigan organizing these stores. He charges members $10 for a life membership. I wish you would tell the people of Michigan through your paper that before they invest any more in Mr. Michael's stores they would better come down to Ithaca and look up Mr. Michael’s ability of running co-oper- ative stores. Please do not,think that I am against the movement for I am not. But this man has hurt the Farm Bureau and all other organi— zations by organizing these stores and letting them fall. We put in $10,000 here and it is all gone.——0. F. Gratiot County, Michigan. Don’t know where you got the idea, friend F., that the Business Farmer was in favor ‘of 00-01% erative shores, owned by farmers. We are not. Why? Simply because for every one that suc- ceeds, a score or more fail. We are in favor of farmers engaging in (re-operative production, man- ufacturing and selling of farm products and pur- chasing of the raw material which enters into their production. It is logical for them to deal in these products. But when organized farmers seek to deal in whom, hardware, clothing, shoes, etc., we think it time to draw the line. We’ll any the same thing to merchants and professmnal men if they sought to produce their own sugar, beef. wheat and potatoes. The thing can't be successfully done. Farming and its branches con- stitute a big enough business to keep all the farmers’ brains and capital busy. Why weaken our ova-operative odorts along natural lines by dabbling in side issues which don't amount to anything? But that's beside the point. Beware of Michaell—Editor. Musings of a Plain Farmer OW CLOUDS and a winter fog , I this morning. I have not that J alabrity nor cheer of mind that I once had. Here I go to the stables lame and careworn. There cemes the miIk man a'rOund the corner whistling. wretch. He never sleeps. Breakfast. Now go to the stables, you human year. i ‘ - The spreader is loaded and I am off‘gto the field. ~ -. .. «Experts of the soil say this is nee.- essary to keep up fertility. ’Well, I on going according to the’blue print. -_ I neglected closing that door and thatyoung calfisout. " I’ll drive him m. ’36 ’must'jebliud. He can’t see -the door. Wait .un'tu;,1-‘get aa'c‘zub. I ‘ swear he’ll "drop gifh‘c rune past'me again. curse; him: j; :«He foiled an, goneif undr’ ‘ " gt ton _ p T . the—barn a I am .dfstreseed~_for‘.breeth.. TV Mrs; B; is.--'comlng-twith’3§3.pail~end .- ,, The' the call. is following her into the stable. I’ll go in and beat him with this club. No I won’t, she has order- ed me and the club outside Perhaps I can get permission. to walk down the lane and smoke. Cool 017 a little. That fall plowing looks nice. How many revolutions will I have to make with the bar- rows around that field before its ready for seed. Quite a number. Yes. quite a number. .. ' That field should yield 60- bushels of cats to the sure. Let’s see, at 30¢ per bu. that would be $18 per acre. Ye Gods! I am going back to the stable ,and start a fight with the bull. Farmers should never carry a pen- , oil, It makes them uneasy... Dinner ‘ time' again. Storming this p. In. I guess I’ll case my shanks and peruse the some good book. 'To bed early after assisting. mm, ‘Hich. children‘with [their lemma—P- B. “a. ' ‘ ' ‘ ‘ _ .iapitaL—Edltor. FARM ORGANIZA- TIONS * HAVE READ with some interest » your editorial “Divorce ’Em" in UNITE‘ALL the January 29th issue of M. B. F. , If I am to understand your article ' it his plea for the Farm Bureau Fed- eration as the one and only farmers’ - organization. Who the Coalition Committe was or whom or what it represented I have no means of knowing. If, as I suspect, it was a committee ' either direct or indirect from the, Na— tional Board of Farm Organisations than I could not by any manner of means lndorse your sentiments as ex- pressed. ' How the Farm Bureau, organized and financed by public funds and in most places controlled by Chamber of Commerce and Boards of Trade, can become the official outlet of act- ual farm feeling and sentiment I cannot comprehend. I think that per- haps in your state and Iowa and probably others the organization is well in the hands of men whose de— votlon to and appreciation of agri- cultural problems from the stand- point of the dirt farmer is unques- tioned, but the fact remains that drawing its inspiration from the De- partment of Agriculture and thence through our state colleges will be an enormous handicap to getting ex- pression of real farm sentiment from the farm bureau organization. If the organization were merged with other farm organizations, fin-- anced wholly by farmers, I can see where the combined effort might bring results. But I can see where the commercial interests would balk at such a coalition—F. S. Brong, Soylorsville. Pa. The editorial in question did not intend to con- , vary the impression gained by our Pennsylvania subscriber. Some of those whO'were mostly in favor of the commodity plan of organization were led to believe by those who opposed it that the Coalition Committee. representing in heads, were trying to break up the Fan Bureau ‘ and other farm organizations should as a matter of fact prove a more powerful force than any single organimtion operating alone. A‘ more lengthy explanation of this editorial is published elsewhere in this issue—Edited TERMINAL PLANTS FOR THE FARDIERS WANT to see as many farmers reading your paper as possible. It has stood and fought for a square deal for the farmers in the past and I hope it will continue to use its heavy artillery in their behalf. I note with interest and pleasure in the January 15th issue of M. B._F. the articles exposing the packers' methods in juggling live stock prices and their control- of the Chicagp Board of Trade. Their methods leave the farmers absolutely at their mercy. He must take whatever pric; es they indicate. Only a few days ago I sold six nice hogs, and lost $51.40 to say nothing about trouble of caring for them. Last year farm- ers were robbed just as bad, or worse. It is always so. There is only one of two ways for the farmers; to than; oughly organize and put in their own packing plants, or continue to take these enormous losses annually. The farmers should own their plants; Standard Oil and the packers and all big businesses own their own plants. They do not ask or want the state to erect “terminal” plants for them, and if the farmers ever come into their own, they will haveto do the same. This will stabilize prices. Each farm— er hol‘ding, say not more than. $100 stock; the loss to them this year alone on live stock would amply meet the cost of the plants. Last year, the same. The greatest good you can do them, I believe, is to hammer with your biggest guns along this had until it is accomplished—D. c. Erupts, Kent County, Michigan. 0 no. farmers‘ u. need is better sbora no.5 W'.Dhntsforhis swim... mm as packing plants, which involve intricate mann- u. ‘l .u-.~ \ h‘ . : ‘. . «v p The A * rats J A Department fer . . J‘, m th e Women . 0'5. , ' V. o’...‘. THINK TWICE IF ASKED TO SIGN tion that was being circulated among the women of this state . asking for the removal of Warden Hurlbut of Jackson and other prison officials on accunt of recent newspa— per articles concerning flogging at our state reformatories. We should guard ourselves against being carried away by foolish or thoughtless sentiment in regard to the criminals of our prisons. Flog- ging is not pleasant even to about. It is a pity that it must even bedone but if and when it is done at Jackson prison I for one believe it to be necessary. I met Warden Hurlbut a short time ago and know him to be a big, kind-hearted man whom many of his prisoners have grown to love. He came into Detroit last winter with two lifers, unhandcuffed, and no other escort and he left them sit- ting in Grand Circus park while he attended to-some business! He said, “The boys will enjoy watching the traffic,” which no doubt they did. They were there waiting for him when he was ready to return. This little incident shows two out- standing qualities. A readiness to give pleasure to those whom he UST THIS week I read of a peti- ‘ —thouht deserved it and an unerring’ judgment in human nature. He knew his men. . “7OMEN MES‘SENGERS VVOR‘K FOR BABY BILL ' OLITICAL and social Washing- Pton, probably for the first time in history, has taken a keen inter— est in the arrival of the presidential votes from the state electoral colleges during the .past week. And, as us- ual, a woman,——or women,—is the reason. Six states designated women to de— liver in person the presidential votes. The most conspicuous of the messen— gers were probably Mrs. H. H. Wheeler, Lincoln, Nebr., and Mrs. Draper Smith, Omaha, Nebraska, two courageous gray—haired ladies who started out to make the'trip to Washington by airplane. Climatic conditions forced them to complete the journey from Des Moines by train but when they arrived they were her- alded as the “Flying Grandmothers.” Mrs. H. H. McCluer, Kansas City, Mo., the first to arrive, has the dis- tinction of being the first woman ever to deliver electoral votes. After performing their official duties, the messengers have been in conference with their representatives in Congress and with officers of the National League of Women Voters in regard to the passage of the Shep— pard-Towner Bill. Several of the rwomen, besides being prominent members of their respective political parties, are officers of their state League of Women Voters. Mrs. Pyle is Chairman of the South Da- kota League, Mrs. Wheeler is chair- man of the Nebraska Legislative Committee, and Miss Hayes is an active member of the Kentucky League. Mrs. Dieudonne and Mrs. Smith, both chairman of the Child Welfare Committees of their respect- ive state leagues, are remaining in Washington particularly to work for the bill. , ' “The crucial position of the Shep- ,pard—Towner bill was one of the factors which determined me to take 'this opportunity to make this trip just now,” said Mrs. Smith. "I felt that I must do everything in my pow- er to help with this legislation which -my state feels is so important. Just before I, left, a resolution was intro- ";duced in . the Nebraska legislature urging Congress to pass this bill. I v am, sure that my state stands ready . fito co—operate with the federal gov- ‘ ‘ornmenti to put the measure into ef- ‘ feet immediately.” . ' g’i-Y The Sheppard-Towner maternity and infancy bill-was favorably “re- read ' Edited by MRS. GRACE NELLIS JENNEY \ raise When the Supper Things A re Cooking ' By BERTHA CARMAN HERBST . In Food and Drug Monthly. v I _ ‘ BEN A man is nearing fifty, andhas traveled quite a. bit, ' And the clothes he wore at forty prove by far too tight a fit, When he’s working on a. salary 9. And he’ll have to keep on working till he’s past his working days, There’s a time he always welcomes, for it puts his cares to route—’— When the supper things are cooking, and the evening paper’s out. Then the family members gather, and a scwffling in the hall ‘ Makes him know the boys are wrestling till the weakest haste fall, - And his sticky-mouthed sweet youngest lifts a happy, cherub face With a sigh of satisfaction and a deluge of embrace, ‘ While he mounts the knee that’s ready to be ridden up and down, Sometimes fractions and unsteady till its rider starts to frown. Then his wife calls from the kitchen that he’ll like the pie, she knows, And his daughter, in kid-curlers, answers phone calls from her beans, Then hurries in to tell him that she loves her dad the best, _ And she knows he’s too hard-working, and should take a needed rest. Oh, it sets his heart a-thumping that he’s such a lucky scout, When the supper things are oookin g. and the evening paper’s out. where there’s not much chance fer ~ ported by the Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee of the House, January 25. . The report was not un- animous but no roll-call vote was taken. The bill had already passed the Senate with amendments which were practically all accepted by the House Committee, and prospects for passage by the- House during this session are very good. JUST AMONG OURSELVES F THERE are any readers of these columns who WOuld like to order crocheted yokes for nightgowns or chemise‘or lace edgings for un- derwear or curtains, if you will com- municate with me I will give you ad- dresses of some of our readers who are glad to spend their spare time with such workand thereby add a little extra money to their incomes. I wonder if any one has thought of making potato chips? Everyone likes them and there is always a demand for good ones. You are sometimes able to buy them in the stores, but when you do find them they are of indifferent quality and mighty few in a box. K All one needs to make them is the potatoes, the lard to fry them in and a potato cutter to insure their being cut thin. They should be cool- ed, salted, packed in oil paper and then in boxes. Fry them a light pretty brown and give good measure and I believe one could get a good market for'them and make 100 per cent. ‘ I They could be handled through a retail store and orders could be tak— en for dinners, parties, etc. I If some of the readers of these columns can suggestother Ways of earning money I wish you would write, for I receive letters almost every day asking for ideas and you know if two heads are better than one, many heads may accomplish much. STARTING SOMETHING OUNG MRS. Astor and her Y friends giving prizes to children ’ with the best teeth instead of giving prizes for general prettiness, have started something worth while. The usual plan has given the prize to the fattest baby with the nicest look- ing ribbons in its hair, and often with the expression containing the utmost vacuity, _ ‘ Prizes for good teeth, the tools that make the blood that feeds the brain, thus interesting parents in the teeth of their children, is an intél« ligent innovation. Later, probably, prizes will be given for psychological tests to show how the brain and nerves of the child work together and, possibly later still, other prizes for general symmetry, and balance of the skull.——Arthur Brisbane, in The Pittsburgh Press. Recipe For Making Good Bread EAR YOUNG Housekeeper: I saw D your appeal in the M. B. F. and thought perhaps I might be able to help you. I have always been told I .made splendid bread and I am ' willing to pass my recipe along. In winter it requires about twenty 'four hours and in summer about twenty—one to make bread from the time I set my yeast until my bread is baked. At this time of year I us- ually have mybread baked When my dinner work is‘done. For five loav- es of bread, when I start dinner I put a yeast cake to soak in a cup- ful of warm.waiter. Then I drain the potato' water into a gallon jar, and while the‘potatoes are hot, I run two or three (depending onthe size) through- a’ pan sieve to do away with all;ylumps.‘ If you haven’t two. and one—half quarts; of potato ‘Water add enough cold; water to make that amount: ,gWh‘en the water is cool I’ stirin the dissolved yeast cake, sift a few dashes of flour,‘ over the top, this 'whén yeast is light'wil-l befa Y bubbling mass of" dough on top ~.of the yeast, and set in a warm place. I'usually place the bread” board‘- on, the top of the warming closet and set the jar on that. Just before retiring I make the sponge. First melt some shortening the size of an egg and set it aside to cool. Then I add two tablespoon- fuls each of salt and sugar, and stir in gradually two quarts of sifted flour. Beat well to remove all the lumps, then add the warm, melted shortening. Cover and wrap well in a heay cloth. Next I sift ,three scant ‘ quarts of flour into my- bread pan, ready to use in the morning. About six o’clock I warm the flour in the bread pan on the back part of the stove, stirring constantly, to pre- vent scorching. Remove pan from stove, make a hole in the center of the flour, pour in the spongeand stir with a large spoon as long as the dough- will absorb the flour. Then I placethe dough in the well floured mixing-board and knead vigorously, about, fifteen minutes ’ (adding just enoughflour,to prevent sticking). 'or until it is perfectly smooth and 211098 ‘ not stick to the hands orboard. And just let Ina-add, do not be afraid of» '_ hurting the dough, for the mere vig- ins '61 blue areas so: crously you knead it, the'more oughly you mix in the flour and air. ' . I put the hard loaf back intomuie . ’ . bread pan, grease well ,with..melte'd shortening, cover and. set in a warm-I place to rise. , 7 When hard loaf has raised until it has doubled in size, I put it onto. slightly floured mixing board, cut into five equal portions, shape .into loaves and set in a warm place to raise. ‘ > When the loaves have doubled in size, I put them into a warm oven to bake for one hour. During the first thirty minutes, the bread should raise and just start to brown, and‘ in the last thirty minutes it should find ish browning and baking. Now that the bread is baked I ” remove it from the tips onto a large heavy bread cloth, grease with meat drippings and cover securely with 1 several thicknesses of cloth, to hold ‘ in steam. The above is the way, I make my bread in winter. - In sum- mer, _ the bread chilling in the hard loaf, I mix» my bread into a hard loaf just before retiring, shape into loaves when .I arise in the morning and bake while I am doing my morning’s work. In this way I have my bread out of the way when my morning’s work is done and before the tem- perature by the thermometer goes sky-high. Do not try to do work in the front part of the house and bake bread at the same time. If I haven’t any work to do in _the bring my mending into the kitchen to do while I watch my bread bake. In this way I save time and steps. Two medium'sized sticks of dry hardwood or one large lump of coal with a medium fire to start on, will bake an oven full of bread in most ranges. ~ If bread is not stiff enough it will crumble when you cut it. If too stiff it will break in cutting. Never put bread away until it *is cold. . . I consider thorough kneading, careful attention to the temperature of the bread while raising and care- ful attention to the amount of fire while baking the chief principles of good bread baking. However if you should not have the best of luck the first time, do not be discouraged, for experienca is our best teacher.—Mrs. 0. L. Fesscnr den, Kalkaska County, Michigan. The editor wishes to thank Mrs. Fes- senden for the trouble she has taken in giving this splendid recipe. ‘ LIO'E 0N HOUSE PLANTS Please tell me howIcan kill little green lice and white millers that get on house plants, as I and some of my neighbors are troubled with them. - I have tried powders, but they do not help much.— Mrs. 0 H, G., Barry County. I believe for plant lice on house plants I would use nicotine in some. form either black leaf 40 or some 40 per cent nicotine used at the rate of one part to 800' of soap suds or per: haps rose nicotine used at the rate of 1 part to 200 of water. This will kill all lice with which it comes in contact. As to the mill-ers I would have to see specimens before say- ing anything about it because there are so many different kinds of mill- ers.that work on house plants and f greenhouse: plants—R. H.‘ Pettit. Prof. of Entomology, M. A. 0.- ' ' OALLA LIIJES Will you please tell me how to care for calla lilies to make them grow fast and thrifty? Would woods be suitable?_——,S.nbscriber, Wheeler, Michigan. - " W ‘ j . ' ,. Tcginsuregvigorous .an'd "healthy‘i I growth, calla- 111198" should be. re-L potted every year about the‘dr’st of, Septe’mber,g removing -=.1nuch ‘ of’ old soil and. using-fresh saunter! of about" one-third leaf In" i two-thirds of a compost ’ d1 ithfit 0? I :4,’ when there is less danger of V kitchen, I ‘ ground out of the . Leatmold alone is" not ideal,j.be- C {ling somewhat too loose and friable 'and not containing enough plant food to keep» the plant thriity. Leai ' mold with potted plants: is used more for its physical improvement of the soil than for .its- chemical qualities. .Ar-soil that is well filled with decom- , posed. plant fiber as is obtained by decomposed bluegrass .sod'and mixed with some well decayed manure, is most ideal from a chemical and bac- terial standpoint but it should be mixed with leatmold or sand to make it more favorable in ,texture for the ' dtfl'erent types of potted plants—0. P. Halligan. Professor of Horticulture,‘ M.A.0 POLITICAL GUIDE HE EDITOR wishes to thank Miss Bina M. West, vice chairman of the Republican State Central Committee, for a very well arranged and clearly stated little pamphlet called “Political Guide for Republican Women.” It contains very valuable infdrmation for women voters and being general in its character is interesting and enlight- ening to women 'of all.parties, We will publish extracts from it' at different times and today give the political ‘pro- gram for February and the definition 0} the word "caucus." For February OWNSHIP and ward caucuses at .call of township and ward vice- chairmen to elect. delegates to county convention. ' ' County convention county committee. State convention is called by state central committee to nominate: Two justices of the supreme court. Two Regents of U. of M. One member State Board of Ed- , ucation. _ . Two members. State Board of Ag- riculture. _ One State Highway Commissioner. (Eelected every four years.)‘ I One County Commissioner of Schools. ' A caucus is a meeting of leaders of a political party to decide on the _ policiesof candidates for oflice. ' is called by .MENUS FOR FARM GATHERING _ DINNERS _ ' _ ENUS for Farm Bureau, Gleaner or Grange dinners, private parties, dinners or luncheons will be furnished at any time. Sug-. gestions for remodeling or decorat- ing homes will be given immediate _ attention. In truth, the editor is here to be of any and all service pos- sible. _ ‘ If “Young Housekeeper,” who wanted instructions for bread making will. send 'me her name and address Ipwill‘inail her splendid directio’ns published by the U. S. Dept; of Agri- culture. It takes up bread-making in detail. ' USING CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL AS A SOCIAL CENTER (Continued from page 5) ,Wheaton School Community Build- ' ing was built by the Board o-i‘Edu- ' cation’at a cost of $36,000. It has an auditorium, which is also used as a gymnasium, and a motion picture machine used both fur and entertainment purposes. Quart- ers for the County Farm Bureau, the 0 County Agent’s office and farmers" headquarters, a women’s rest room, a. library, lockers and shower baths, rooms for the 'high school depart- ments of agriculture, home econom- ics, manual training and others are provided. ranged for use of the, building dur'~' ing the day and evening for pupils and for community members,__thus , averting any confusion. The build- ing also offers a meeting place _, to civic, commercial and other organii ‘ zations. During the four years since r'its‘ lerection this community school has "amply demonstrated, its value "as a. school and as a community house. ‘It has "centralized the]. litanof the town, J and that of the surrounding regions, . par with its library,,~County, Farm«Bu-, roan; recreational and , educational meill't‘l‘eséit lathe center of common r to Jommen, Itarmer and educational - A. regular schedule is arm . , , ." Miss Evelyn Button, 1919 )‘ gives an eloquent u" ., , y _ r -‘ V picture of the possibilities for rec-on- }iood- to‘the lily. liontheico ing ‘ear. . structing rural community life even , where the only possible physical cent- or is the one-room district school- house, of which she says, there were in 1915, 200,000 in the United States. 'She tells the story of School in Missouri, and its transi- tion from a ramshackle, unsanitary, badly heated building to an up-to- date School and community house combined, in which old and young alike took the keenest of interest. It is the simple story of a commun- ity where “each family had lived iso— lated—where there were no com- munity traditions and no community spirit and pride,” and how it was “drawn together into a working unit with a common cause and a method of expression.” Surely no greater “democracy’s memorial” could be built up than a community school- house which should have the same spirit animating the reconstructed Porter School. The memorial com— mittee in the little village will profit by reading the account of how it was brought about. Women’s clubs, Parents’ and Tealchers' Clubs, a full community band, a state uni— versity extension course in agricul- ture for the men, boys’ pig and corn clubs, and girls’ social and poultry clubs were among the well—develop- ed community activities. A Shakes- peare reading club, a home econom- ics evening course, and a library were among the features which cre- ated in the young people an enthusi- asm for staying at home, where be— fore there had been a marked eager- ness to get away to larger towns as soon as possible. There are, unfor— tunately, many “Porters,” with ex- actly the same recreation—starved, apathetic outlook on life. With prop- er leadership, however, any one of them'can attain to anvequ‘ally rich and worth—while community program when they put forth the same qual- ity of co-operation as Porter did. The basis of this co-operation lies in any small schoolhouse. There are recognized difliculties, however, in many districts in the narrow, preju— diced viewpoint ,of many of the “old timers” who “have learned the three R’s in the- district schoolhouse and believe that be the proper curricu- lum and the beginning and the end of the schoolhouse’s functions. This misconception has been broken down in many instances through bringing the teacher and the community to— gether. ‘ In one small rural school flistrict in Virginia, the teacher first called upon many of the people in her com- munity to explain. the nature oi! a.‘ meeting "to which she was inviting them. “Ye Old Time School Days," when explained, proved an interest- ing subject,- for‘most of the inhabi- ' tants had attended a one-room school . - house and'were willing to take part in the program. This resourceful leader managed to enlistthe inter- est of the entire community through this school entertainment, and every one who took part was over fifty, years of age. “The Kind of School I Had” was the subject of a talk by a man sixty years of age; “How We Kept Warm” was told by a man of eighty; a grand- mother and several citizens gave pictures of scenes they had experi- enced in their youth. The type of entertainment in this schoolhouse is not ‘significant, however, but the meeting itself is significant as the beginning of a movement .in this community for a better school. In due time defects in school equipment -'were brought to the attention of the community. Funds were raised at ‘various “socials” at the schoolhouse, and at the end of the term pictures for, the room, a collection of books for ali'brary, the l. installation of lights tor the [evening meetings were ity interest. , ‘ .. -. .How , 'much 5 greater, accomplish- v evidences of a‘sympathetic’ commun- ’ment in this field {maybe honed-for, . when en the nonmetal} the school . as {a social center-"may be based its function. as a. memorialr+wuts and. . new 0!? War» Qamsiaammaw‘ r m..«smtoe.)gag * the Porter you buy it. foods. {1ll?”illsll ml “ . l .l. lEiE' Authorities. Powder—at cost. CALUIME .. szth: It IS the best Baking Powder that can be produced. Was given highest awards at World’s Pure Food Exposition, Chicago; Paris Exposition, Paris, France. Szxth: It contains only such ingredients as have been officially approved by the United States Food The finest quality Baking the most economical “The Biggest Bargain That Goes into the Kitchen Today.” Pound can of Calumet contains full 16 oz. Some baking powders come in 12 02. instead of 16 oz. cans. Be sure you get a pound when you want it. ; is scld. at a mod,- erate price. You save'when — Second: It has more than the ordinary leavenmg strength, therefore, you use less. Third; There are no fail- ures—1t always makes the sweetest, most palatable of Fourth: It is used by mil- lions of_housewives—leading _ domestic. selence teachers and cooking experts. ill!!!inmlmmInulummlmmmmumun1mnIulululmllllllllilll1' 0U SAVE it was m Burn-mm use it i I I "l' . 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WritehTONIGHT—for your copy of this interesting, well-illustrated catalog. WE 51W} R R5 ~~'HHIR‘4I~SE1 N @. Nurserymcn and Sudsmcn Painesville, Ohio AGENTS WANTED We want local agents and dealers to sell the most unto-date SILO on the market. It has a. real tight handy door that does not stick. ~ A- mod SILO sold at a right PRICE. The double tight SILO that pleases. WEST BRANCH SILO CO. Williamsport, Pa. ATTENTION BEE MEN We all know that the bees in south the dwindle- away in the winter and in the north they dwindlehway in the spring, after they are taken out of their winter quarters. ,Gomplete information will“ be furnished how to make your bees” increase instead of decrease for the small sum of $1.00. More bees means more honey and more honey means more money. Your -money back if not, satisfied after you have tested it. It will take about 5 months of your time to put them in shape lor.;tlie test, For your One "Dollar you- will get mu particulars how to handle them Address: WARREN WING, W’lnn. Ileh.. Isabella co. n 'e 1: ill {‘2‘ EAR CHILDRENS The Doc Dads are back again! And they are going to be with us right» along from now on. Isn’t that good news? It cost us quite a lot of money to get them for our boys and girls but so many have asked about them since they left and we think nothing is too good for our young readers so we told them we would pay what they ask if they would come back, and here they are. They all tell me they are glad to get back as you were all such good friends of theirs. Doc Sawbones has bought a goat ranch since we last saw these funny little people and in this picture he is taking a walk with his goats. ' It ap- pears the other people of the land of Doo do not think much of Doc’s goats but he does not care and walks along without paying attention to any of them. And the goats are upsetting everyone. Last ,week I told you I was going to publish more of your letters but the sudden return of these funny lit- tle folks has changed my plans and I may not be able to publish as many letters as I planned. But I will print all of them that I can. You are willing that I should spare some space on our page for our old friends aren’t, you? A few more New Year resolution let-ters this week and a lot more waiting for space. We are going to . , . , )1' u t n . - M :.- -.‘.'1.:~;=,,‘.:. have a difllcult time choosing the winner as there are so many good letters—UNCLE NED. OUR BOYS AND GIRLS Dear Uncle Nedz—I am a boy ton years old. I go to school and am in the third grade. I like my school' very much. My teacher’s name is Miss W. Hule, My papa takes the M. B, F. and he likes it very much. We have twenty- two chickens and I help feed them and help do chores. I have a good time sliding here as we' have plenty of snow. -—Howard Warren, Wolverine, Mich. Dear Uncle Ned2—I am a farmer girl 9 years old and in the 3rd grade at school. We have an 80 acre farm. We have 7 horses and a Shetland pony. Its name is Beauty, We haVe 7 cows, calves, 8 pigs and 40 chickens. My father takes the M. . I have one brother. I .walk two miles to school and I haven’t missed a day. I have a dog and a cat—Gladys Runnell, R. No. 2, Brown City, Michigan, Dear Uncle Nedz—Here is another little farmer girl who would like to join your merry circle. I am 8 years old and am in the 3rd grade at school. My teacher’s name is Mrs. Princing and like her very well, We take the M. B. F. and we like it real well. My father owns an 80 acre farm. We have 4' horses, 9 head of cows, 14 pigs and 60 chickens, I have a few pets, 3. little dog named Sport and 2 little kittens whom I call Teddy and Snowball. From your niece—Ruth Uhlman, R. R. 2, Pin- conning, Mich. Dear Uncle Ned:——May I join your merry circle? I am a girl 13 years old and in the seventh grade at schoot. My teacher’s name is Miss Winslow. I have two sisters and two brothers; their names are ‘Jeannette, Vesta, Weldon and Warren, I belonged to a canning club ildren‘s - .. .: '.'.'.".". ._-3 . I' ". I! on. 1"“ I ' -".'\'- . .' ' ‘ .- s} '....--.- t . 0 'l "' " ‘, o ' I 'A :.‘,".‘ $3.4"? .' :II'.‘.‘.".-,-.-£ .zédflnjn'fifl. Quivr' 4?: 3134' last summer and canned about 125 Jars. This fall we organized a garment-mak- ing club of 23 members. We have some new playthings at school. We have lots .of fun now. "take music lessons. We have about 35 head of cattle and six horses. We have been taking M. B. F. for several years, We think it is a fine Paper. I will close for this timer-Anna. Watson, Hemlock, Michigan. Dear Uncle. Ned:—I am a boy 9 years old and am in the fourth grade at school. My teacher’s name is Miss Lucile Close. I like to read the Children's Hour. I find many good letters from our boys and girls. I wrote a letter some time ago but did not see it in print. ZOO-acre farm. We have three horses and one cow and two calves, We have a pig that we are going to butcher to- morrow, an _we also have about 26 chickens. or pets I have two rabbits, one is a large one and the other a small one; the large one has its back broken and the other has but one eye. I guess the dog bit him; he is a great at. also have two cats—Kenneth Halo, Michigan, Box 104. Dear Uncle Ned :-—Well, here is anoth- er boy who wants to join your circle. I am a boy 12 years old and in the eighth grade at school. Miss Laura Duddles. I like her very Well. I hope I can pass this year be- cause I want to go to high school next year. I live on a 120-acre farm, We have 10 head of cattle and 2 horses, For pets I'have I. Persian cat and Collie dog. My father takes the M. B. F. and he likes it very much. We have a Dodge touring car. I am going to have a piano some day; I am crazy for music I will now close and leave room for o ers—Victor Green, Reed City, Michigan, 11,14. Dear the M. B. F. tonight I came across sev~ eral nice letters which the boys an dgirls have written and I am going to ask if I may join them. I am a boy 11 years D Salisbury, I live, on a My teacher’s name is . Uncle Ned:-——As I was reading' :r 1.. - '. 3 ' .' $i‘.’\£%‘»‘.‘.‘a'.i :. old and am in the fourth grade at school. We have about a mile ‘ a half to Walk togschooi and I enjoy, going there every morning. that is when I am. well, In starting a-new year I am planning on working very hard this summer and also obeying my rmother and father as all children should, Iand help all animals that are not harmfu to us. Our teacher’s name is Rose Duby, and do you know what she did one day? She gave us some tooth paste and a brush so I'm going to promise to clean my teeth any- way twice a day, so that my teeth will not decay.-Gustaf Falk, Manistee R. 1, Box 58, Manistee, Michigan. . Dear Uncle Ned:——I was reading the Children’s Hour in the M. about a prize for the best New Year’s resolu- tions. 1 am a boy 14 years of age, and am in the high school. 11 have‘ two sis- ters but no brothers. We have 143 acres of land. We have 7 horses, 9 cows, calves and 1 bull. My boy cousin is. staying with me now and we are trap- ping together, I have one rat already. My New Year resolutions are: To do my best as a Boy Scout; to do well in school; to try and mind my parents; to be a. loyal reader of the “Children’s Hour.” Give three cheers for Uncle Ned. ~—_R. Everett Dunn, Elwell, Michigan. Dear Uncle Nedz—I am a. boy 11 years old and am in the 6th grade, We live on a. 100-acre farm. We have 3 horses, 9 pigs and 1 cow. My New Year’s resolu- tions are: Minding my parents and be good to others: to work hard at school and be kind and helpful to others—Ai- lan Corbin, Dansville, Michigan. Dear Uncle Nedz—I am 13 years old and in the seventh grade. I like to go to school very well. My father takes the M. B F I like to read the Child- ren’s Hour. For Christmas I got a fountain pen, a. flashlight, a book and a lot of other things. I have two broth- ers and two sisters. On the farm we have 11 cows, 6 horses and 6 calves, v ~'. live‘ I ,qmi. OC SAWBONES owns a goat D ranch in Dooville. The goats , are very fond of old Doc. He has a. heard much like the beards of the billy goats and they think that get D00 is a relative of theirs. hey like Doc so well that they fol- low him every place he goes. Today we see old Doe going for a walk and -all the goats on the ranch trying to -fol'low him. They climb over every- thing in their way, for climbing is easy for them. they are used to that in their mountain homes. One mis- chievous little goat'olimbed the cloth- es line post and commenced chewing up the years while the oth- to help, get the ridothislette . Poly was going- down town with a box of pies for the baker but ’ the ‘billy goat upset him and the pics. The same goat also upset Roly so quickly that!» didn’t know what had ha ed. Old man Grouch in get- ~ ting a free ride on the goat that ran between his legs. Sleepy Sam is very much disturbed with-one goat trying meat up his wooden leg and anoth- er “one devouring his fancy sausages. Percy Haw Haw, the Dude, is quite disgusted with such vulgar animals allowed on the .,streets of Doovilie. Flannelfeet, the , is wondering w’h to illarrest ti; o Etna goats at home- on ’ . hey Vwi‘ll itsep the Doc busy that ~ they won't, have for their own. mischiavml pranks; 1'» ' .- _ . see _ Assure curseli of'the ' 7 biggest yyields -V~v the best " {pustgngden can 0:; i" s , ‘ ’V 7081.1! 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See our plan of MONTHLY PAYMENTS Bowl “unitary marvel easily cleaned. _ bother dairy is large or smell, write . for free catalog and month! nutrient . q. ' plan. octane, "do" fiflcd from ' water” vomit. - ' ‘ Wu ' AIINIGAN SIP “TOR CO. “67 . with N. Y- gfmu Incubatol‘ $1215 Egg Size-‘— Guernnteed — he. _ dub]. walla. copper tank. tun-lite automatic thermometer held so that chick. cannot break it when hutchi . too 33‘ hotw :33” owmnflgognbo‘ginechha.’ Detroit Incubator 00. .10 Home! > Dob-o SlLO SALESMEN ‘ Whomunsnossndomnia alum; dth s pmducinr force of lace] mail on a com- - mission basis. Don't answer this advertisement unless you have faith in your ability. Write - * N. OHUBI 118 w. Third St... fulton. N. V. and 1 will connect you with a. growing iii-m. 0mm onus ‘ FARMERS ' ' {Lyon have cream to sell write or call up as our proposition should interest you. VVJAOKSON, FARM PRODUCE 00. w 7 Jackson Mich. ,. -_ Vet-age and am inthe 1 no, ._ . m, \ - -- rm - Dear Uncle Ned:,--,-I am a girl 9 years sixth grade at school. My teacher's name is Miss My- ra. Foster. My father takes the .M. . F, and likes it verymuch. We have 24; cattle. I have a sister Ruth and a brother Frank. I dike the D00 Dads very »Well.-—Celia Ruttman, Fowlerville, Mich, Box 105. Dear Uncle Ned:-—-Here's another farmer irl who would like to Join your merry crcle. Can I? 1 am ten years old and in the sixth do at school. I so to the Lake Ans us school. I have not missed a. do. so far. this year. I helm to a. bi club and a hot lunch club, I am president of both. I have two brothers and no sisters. The names and 8,308 of m brothers are Thomas, 14 years old, an Brendan, almost two years old.-Ione Magulre. Pontiac, Mich, Dear Uncle Nader—I am a farmer girl. I live on a so acre term. I am 14 years old and am in the 6th grade. I go to school everyday. We have \69 pupils in our school. I have 3 sisters and 5 broth- ers. We have a 6-passen er Studebaker ‘touring car. ‘We got’ it ast fall, For pets I have a dog and his name is Tip, We have 3 horses, 4 cows, 13 ducks and 90 chlckens,—Miss Mable Tackman, R. F. D. No, 2, Bay City, Michigan, Dear Uncle Ned:—-—I am a. girl e even years old and in the 6th grade at so 001, My teacher’s name is Mlss' Marjorie Graham. For pets I nave one big rab— bit and 1’ young ones, and some chick- ens. I hope to hear from some of the girls and boys Soon—Helen Lang, Rose- bush Mich, R. F. D. 2.’ Dear Uncle Nedz—I would like to join The Children’s Hour, I am a boy eight years old and am in the second grade. My teacher’s name is Miss Charlebols, . She is an ideal teacher and takes a. big 'lnterest in all the children, I have two brothers whose names are Floyd and Clayton, We take the M. B. F, I have two rabbits and an angora cat which Floyd christened "Lucky." My father is working forty acres of land, We have Jersey cows, three horses, at number of chickens, and last but not least “a tin lizZY." (Ford)——Howard Miller, R, F, D, 2, Bay City, Mich. , Dear Uncle Ned:——1 was reading The Children's Hour and thought I would write to you.~ I am a girl fifteen years old, I go to school five miles from home but do not walk. I am in the ninth grade, We live on a farm of 40 acres, We have four horses and four cows, We also have some small calves and two pct pigs. We are twelve miles from the nearest town.~Miss Effie Gould, White Cloud, Mlch_, R. R, 5. Déar Uncle Ned:—Would you like to have me join your merry circle? I am a boy eleven years old and in the sixth grade at school. My sister wrote a let- ter to The Children’s Hour but it was not in print, so I thought I would try and see if I could do better. My teach- er’s name is Mr. Earl S, Goodman, I like him fine. I have one sister and six brothers. I live on a 120 acre farm, For pets I have a dog and three cats. The dog's name is Ned, We have two cars, a Ford and a Chevrolet, They are both touring cars, We have 6 horses, 10 cattle, 4 calves and 5 young cattle. I wish some of the boys and girls would write to me.—Archie Jerore, Bentley, Mich,, R. F. D, No: 1, . - Dear Uncle Nedz—I am 12 years Old and am in the 7th grade. I live on an 80 acre farm. We have 4 horses, 18 head of cattle, and 1 dog and 2 or 3 cats, I go to school every day, Have not missed a day this ear. My teacher is Miss Zola Dickey. ve to all the boys and If someone will write to me I will gladly answer. Your new friend, gaming Packer, Battle Creek, Mich,, R HELP FOR FARMER IN MAKING INCOME Tax REPORT (Continued from page 4) turn must be made of the total fam— ily income/of $3,100. The exemptions and credits also are the same as those for 1919, $1,- 000 for single persons, $2,000 for married persons and heads or fam- ilies and $200 for each person de- pendent upon the taxpayer it under 18 years of age or incapable of self- support because mentally or physical- ly detective. In the above example, if both sons are under eighteen years of age, the taxpayerwould be en- titled =to a total exemption of $2,400. The tax rate is unchanged; The normal tax is 4 per cent on the first $4.000 of net income in excess of the exemptions and 8 per cent on the re- maining net income. The surtax rates change from 1 per cent on in- come between $5,000 and $6,000 to 65 per cent on incomes in excess of $1,000,000. As an aid to farmers, the Bureau of Internal'Revenne has had prepar- ed e special term—1040F-—40r re- cording sales-oi live stock, produce and miscellaneous receiptsz‘ All farm income from any source 'what- eilrer must be reported in this sched- u e. . -. . ', ’ (Other articles will show how. to Clear More cf this Land in 1921 THE whole state, backed by the Legislature, the University, and scores of locdl organiza- tions, is back of the “Clear More Land This Year” movement. Last year was a record-breaker. This year is going to surpass it. Every one is out to get bigger crops. Most people use fiflllfllD RED CROSS 20% DYNAMITE because it is generally recognized as a quick, efficient and economical means of clearing cut- over land. Join your neighbors. Clear more acres each year. Every acre put under cultivation will return a handsome profit to you. Your local dealer can supply you with Du Pont Dynamite and Blasting Accessories. See him now regarding your spring requirements. And write us for Farmers’ Handbook of Explosives for complete information on farming with dynamite. It’s free. E. I: du Pont de Nemours 85 Co._. Inc. McCormick Building Hartley Building Chicago, 111. Duluth, Minn. illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllrlllllllllllll figure deductions and net income to content; with the law.) ,_ ’- - . .. _ ] All » —.———_____. OPPORTUNITY _ .I have a 400-acrc farm in Saginaw Valley, 18 miles from Saginaw. This farm is in A1 condition. "Just spent $10.000.00 on buildings. Most modern cow barn in Michigan. Two silos and can feed and stable all stock including young stock under one roof. All machinery and tools new, including tractor, feed grinder, silo filler and buzz saw. A city man owns this farm and has discovered that he is no farmer. Mr. Farm Seeker, if you are in the market for a farm of this kind, this is your chance. I have cut the price $20,000.00. If you are interested you must act at once. . C. A. ROBINSON ill Free. Press Bldg, Detroit. $56.1 .wono PER issue . Flor lose mm- 3 times. rung-both In body @4411th $1,500 SECURES 105 A. WITH 3 HORSES 11 cows and calves, poultry, hogs, hay, corn, oats, beans, potatoes, wagons, harnesses, machinery, etc; 800 sugar maples, 2,000 cords wood; 8- room house barn; aged owner’s low price $4,500 includes all, easy payments. Details page 12 FREE .Illus. (hitalog 1,200 bargains. STROUT AGENCY, 814 BE, Ford Bldg. ,Detroit, Mich. LANDOLOGY SPECIAL NUMBER JUST OUT containing 1921 facts of clover land in Marin~ ette County, Wisconsin. If for a home or as an investment you are thinking of buying good farm lands where farmers grow rich, send at once i this special number of Landology. It is free on request. Address SKIDMORE-RIEHLE LAND 00.. 398 Skidmore-Riehle Bids“ Marinette, “.1 FIRST CLASS FARM HOME, STATE RE- ward road, 3-4 mile market. schools. churches. For particulars address owner, JOEL G. PALM- ER, Orleans. Mich ‘FOR SALE—JTANDING TIMBER. TAM- srack. spruce and some oak ash and elm. Also number one 120 acres with good buildings. R. W. ANDERSON, Clarkston, Mich. . FOR SALE—40 ACRES GOOD FARMING land. Mostly clay loam. 40 acres under cultiva- tion, rest wood, timber and pasture, good fences. 4 acres bearing apple orchard; 6 room house, barn 36 x 50; good well with windmill. 2 miles to Beulah, near Crystal Lake. CHAS. BUSH., Frankfort, Mich. FOR SALE—21 ACRES IMPROVED LAND in Ray township, Macomb County. Inquire of owner MRS. O’DELL ARNOLD, Coleman, Mich. FOR SALE—CHOICE HEAVY CLAY LOAM hardwood land, old cuttings, in live farm set- tlement near Millersburg and Onaway. Sweet clover seed crops pay for your land in this wond- erful clover seed belt. It is doing it for others—— why not for you? JOHN G. KRAUTH, Direct Dealer, Millersburg, Mich. 118 ACRES IDEALLY LOCATED ON STONE road, 4 -1-2 miles from live R. R. town, good markets, R. F. D., two houses, three barns, dark clay loam soil, eleven acres heavy bearing apple orchard, eight acres wild with spring water, bal- orchard will pay far farm in few settle estate, prim—d very No agents, deal direct ‘ Sterling, ance cleared, years, must sell to cheaply at $75 per acre. with heirs. A. M. KNIGHT, It. 1". l‘., Mich. FOP. SALE—118 ACRESI OF LAND, 65A. cleared. one big bank barn 40x78 ,one small burn 30x501and big house, 2 1-2 miles west of Brimley, Chippewa County. MIKE O’HARA. Brimley, Mich. 40 ACRE FARM FOR SALE—LOCATED IN Missaukee (‘0. Price $1,500.. For particulars address ALVIN ASPY, 401 King St... Saginaw, Mich. FREE! DESCRIPTIVE LIS'I' 100 FARMS IN “Thumb” District. the Garden of MiChigan. REED REALTY (20., Carsonville, Mich. mom. Ossh should «company all orders. Count 1 ed. and In address. Copy must listen Iollowln‘g woo‘. ’ The Business Former Adv. Dept" M}. Clemons, Mloh. .4; Insortltms for~10¢ per Word. Form for sale ads. not Twenty words Is the mlnlmum' accepted, _for any no.3 In «this as one word such Inlusl and each IrouP be In our bonds before Saturday for In“. .mmémw ' of M- FOR SALE—122 ACRES [HIGHLY IMPROVE: school, 3 'miles ed. .Good buildings, 40 rods to from Lansing. $152 per acre if W. HEMPY. R 7, Lansing, Mich. sold soon. S. -FOR SALE—120 ACRE FARM. 50 ACRES . good pasture. - under cultivation, 70 in flowing well, new house, barn, grain shed, hen house, pig house, granary, corn crib. School 1 mile. Trunk road 1 mile. Terms easy if sold soon. For particulars write or see 0. A. OLSEN. Spruce, Mich. CERTIFIED STRAWBERRY PLANTS. SEN.’ Dunlap and Warfleld, $4.0 Oper 1,000: HAMPTON & SON, per 500; $1.00 per 250. Bangor, Mich. BUY FENCE POSTS DIRECT FROM sst. All kinds. Delivered prices. M," care Michiga ens. Mich. Address $2.00 FOR- “u. n Business Farmer, Mt. Clem- -WANT THE CHEAPEST. HANDIEST BELT power? Then ask me about the LITTLE TWIST- ER Power Transmitter for Ford and Dodge cars FRANK R. WEISBERGER. Sauna. Kansas. FOR SALE—CANDEE MAMMOTH INCUBAT- or. Beef Scraps $5 per 100 lbs. POULTRY FARM. Fenton. Mich. TYRONE SENATOR DUNLAP STRAWBERRIES. Plants at 84.00 per 1,000, 83.50 per 1,000 in lots of 3,000 or more. name. C. H. Farm, R 2, Paw Paw, Mich. Certified STANLEY, Prop. . and true to Flower View FRANCIS' STRAWBERRY PLANTS, $2.00 per 100, $15 per 1,000,- postpaid. TINDALL. the Ever-bearing Strawberry Man, Boyne City, Mich. CHOICE VIGOROUB SENATOR DUNLAP and Warfleld strawberry plants 50¢ per 100 post- paid or $4.00 per 1,000 not BALESKY, Fosters, Mich. prepaid. H. CHOICE WISCONSIN PEDIGREED BARLEY 5 bu. or more $1.50 per bu. with order. B. F. HELLEM, Morenci, Bags free. Mich. Cash KENTUCKY TOBACCO—2 YR. OLD LEAF rich, mellow, nature cured. ing. Special trial offer, KENTUCKY TOBACCO ASS'N, Haweeville, Ky. SONG HITS DIRECT FROM Overall Blues. ” 500 brings the 3. complete. Agents and dealers wanted. everywhere. Dept. Chewing and smok- 3 lbs. $1.00 poetpaid. 222, NEW YORK. “Her Mother is a Better Pal Than Mary." “That’s When I’m Pining For You." and "I’ve Got the BIGGER-HAND MUSIC, 99 Numu St, N. Words—music ’ VICTOR SEED OATS FOR SALE—MADE 101 bushels an acre, 12 to 25 bushels more than $1.00 per others; longer fillers; great stubbers, bushel. Bags free. White Elephant Oats, 75c per bushel. A. I). NELSON, Wheeler, Mich. PRICE CUT 1-3, EXTRA GOOD BUILDINGS, fine location, 148 acres will consider trade, for pcn'ticulars write ERNEST LaFLEURx Vermont- ville, Mich. ' FOR SALE—v-GOOD 160 ACRE FARM, sandy loam, fair buildings, plenty of good fruit, near 3 good markets. Price right. FRANK JONES, Mendon, Mich. FOR SALE—JUMBERLAND berry plants at $8.00 per M. formation write rods, Mich. BLACK RASP- For further in- GEORGE W. HARTLINE, Ba- lAGENTS MAKE BIG MONEY SELLING OUR Silos. Write today for mission proposition. MFG. 00., Nappanee, Ind. Swan Creek, AUCTION SALE Bufifmfifififism, 1921 catalog and big oom- NAPPANEE LUMBER & 8 miles from Saginaw. AllMichigan Central trains (except iimiteds) stop at Swan Creek station on our farm. Full equipment of over 1,000 Implements and machinery. Hol- steins, horses, swine, 45 h. p. Rumeley “oil pull” tractor and heavy tools. Buckeye Tractor, tiler. 500 items of farm tools. Port Huron thresher. press. Fordson tractor. Many unusual ofierings. DON’T MISS IT. | l \ acre farm. Ann Arbor hay ____1_.,_ Will You Introduce a Friend or Neighbor? in coin or stamps. ' nmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmml This Coupon is worth twenty-five cents to any NEW subscriber introduced by an old subscriber. .. .. .. .. 25c Friends : every week for six months. Immmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmg To Address Introduced by your reader: mmmmmmmmmmmm Address ‘ ' g o o o I u v gm q. The Michigan Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Mich. ....-.’........V.q....-...o..‘....... ease-euresuc-oenso.‘uoooossoo-oosoooooooooo I want to introduce a NEW subscriber and for a quarter (250) enclosed in coin or stamps you are to send .our weekly o o o o o s a o o o o o o o n o s u o o o e e o a o o s - n o e o o o s 0"} n !M[ o o s o o e I o O o O I o o o o o o e t O s o o I I o o o o o o o o o o a I O 0‘. o O I O I O E O o a I o o a e o s o - u ' s 4 l!!;;— lllllllllllllll ---- .-.-- d I V mammalian:uuImlummummmuumummllunumumnnmlmmmmmumne__ mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm new :9" CANNERY» ' . The Associated Packing and can» .ning Company, composed largely of ' members, of the Berrien County RaSpberry’Gr-owers‘ Association, have began work on the construction of a. 8 60,0 0 0 packing and canning factory: at ,BentOn mHarbor. This company, while a comparatively young organ? ,ization is organized for business and believes in not putting off until to- morrow what can be done today. PEA-CANNING IN NORTHERN , memes}: V A dream for the future—yet offer- Ing unlimited possibilities by reason of the region’s particular adaptabil- ity to the crop—is the pea-canning in- dustry as viewed by agricultural en- 'thusiasts throughout the upper pen- insula of Michigan. The Develop- ment Bureau at Marquette, after a thorough investigation into the pos- sibilities of the industry, is backing an effort to give to 'northern Michi-y gan its first pea-canning factory, and plans are already well'advanced. The plan, as outlined by the Bu- reau, covers, with local farmers, for a specified acreage of peas each year, and, sec- 8nd, the establishment or a canning factory on a site not to exceed 350 acres for a starter. An industrial concern in Delta county, on the “sunny side,” of Cloverland, now has this project up to: consideration, and it is believed that next spring will see the beginning of construction on' upper Michigan’s first plant—L. D. Tucker. pea-canning NO CORN BURNED IN THE WEST From time to time there have ap- peared in various publications over the country, notices concerning the burning of corn (or fuel in the most. If corn has been burned as fuel eith- er in Nebraska or anywhere else in this western section, I do not know of it. While it is difficult to obtain the facts regarding such matters, I have made an effort to find them out, and so far have not located a single. case. ~ There was a great corn crop har- vested all through this country, and it is true that there is a vast amount 0 O Brief History of HOSE OF the older generation well remember the time when the common impression was that milk came from two classes of cat- tle—“Jerseys” ‘ and “just cows”— and the richness of milk of some of the old Jersey family cows is still a by-word in many families. The average consumer when he - drinks a. glass of Jersey milk, how- - ever,’ls not aware of’the fact that the animal which produced it had two centuries of ancestors, which had been developed for the particu- lar purpose of - producing large amounts of‘milk of the highest quality. Next to the quality and richness of her product the beauty of the Jer- sey is probably her best known char- acteristic. So famous has this be- come that ice cream manufacturers, or manufacturers or any commodity . dealing with ’or containing milk in any form, use in nine cases out of ten, as a trade mark or brand, the head of the Jersey, for with'the word . “Jersey” has always been associated “beauty” and ‘fhigh quality.” Originating about 1734, on the lit- tle Island of Jersey, one of the Chan- nel, Islands group of the coast of England, the Jersey represents today the live stock breeders’ greatest abhie've'ment‘in a dairy COW. - r Jersey Island is only 11 miles long ,by 6 miles yvide. The farms are small and the land high-priced, frequently- renting for as much as $60.00 a year per acre- ‘ ' ' In order that a breed of cattle might be popular on Jersey Island, ,It was necessary first ofall that they have the ability to pr‘oduce‘th‘e most _ ' grain new i being held-on i, Market conditions have not , ti : I, unfavorable for selling. With 3;, ' snowmsm . first, the contracting' . price decline and the sisal-a: Inciin a-tion of buyers to hold off, the mere, ' Tkethas'been dull.~- , p, ,:::. There are more ways .to a grain. than by burning. Right-{now all over the country alarge destrflic" This is “brought, .. . proper farm’ . tion Isin progress. about by the lack of storage. Millions of bushels of corn. are simply piled up on the ground, exposed to all the destroying” ments of weather, and, worse yet, to the ravages of rats, miceand‘othgr animal pests. The amount ’of gin that will be destroyed andruined is hard to estimate. The government has estimated the destruction *, from‘ rodents alone useless to two hu'ugl= red million dollars; but this with the increased exposure of L” crap on account of its size, and ' , inability to send it to 'market, do» truction will be even greater. It is hard to give figures or even esti- mates along this llne, but it is sate ‘ to say that the waste will be alarm, ingly large—A. L. Haecker. WAGES FOR FARM HELP . Wage rates for hired help on the farm reached their highest point in the history of the United States dur- ing the past year of 1920, as national averages, according to the Bureau of Crop Estimates, U. S..Departme_nt (if V ’ Agriculture. The bureau states the average monthly wage received. by” hired men was $64.95, with board; for day labor other than at harvest time, $2.86, with board, and $3.59 without. Figures gathered by the bureau show there has' been a. steady 'in- crease in the wages paid by the farm- ers since 1896, at which time hirings were paid $16.42, Without board. By' 1902 this rate has increased to $22.14; in 1914 it was $29.88, and ‘1915 found it to be $30.15. 'The of- ' fec-ts of the war began to show in 1916 and that year'the average rate was $32.83. From there on the rise was rapid. In 1917 it was $40.43; in 1918, $47.07, and in 1919, $56.29. The rate of gain from 1895 to 1916, 20 years. was 70 per cent; and from 1915 to 1921, 5 years, 197 per cent. the Jersey'Breed' ‘ , . milk and butter from the least amount of feed. The Jersey was - therefore developed for this ‘particu— lar purpose. Furthermore, since most of the milk was converted into butter, it was necessary that the Jer- sey produce milk that contained ‘a large proportion of butterfat, and she was bred for this particular qual- ity for 200 years, with the result that the Jersey today produces more but ter per 100 lbs. of milk than any other breed of cattle. ' 7 The Jersey has been bred pure longer than any other breed of Brit-. In 1789 a law was pass» ish origin. V ed on the Island of Jersey, which pro- hibited under a penalty of a heavy fine and imprisonment, the importa— : tion of cattle for purposes other than immediate slaughter. other breeds and'resulted in keeping the,Jersey pure. Owing to the scarcity of‘pasturage, the custom on the island is to tether the cows separately. Carried on for . two centuries, this has resulted in making the breed very docile'snd of ’a gentle disposition. It was this do- cility and gentleness which contri~ j ' buted largely to the popularity of the Jersey, as a. family cow. with her high production and rich- ness of product, it has made her luv valuable in the large commercial dairy. ' - ' the United States in 1817, when [a few cows'and a bull were brought. over by the master of a sailing 7970' so]. In .1840 a. much larger impure. station was made into Kentucky“, ‘ ’ and from-5th . , :fi.w?;z H, ele- ‘ This kept out ‘ Coupled '* ' The Jersey was flrstlmported I ._q ' for fat . lambs mum «to isms iced: “ -ed1,th'et Colorado lamb feeders will lose $5,000,000. . The business of ‘ sheep growing hassurei’y got a Jolt. ~ this time, that‘it will be a long time \g'recovering from. ’ _ The Institute of American Meat Packers announces . that current dressed beet prices shew a decline of 85 to 85 cents 'per cm. since Sept. 1, 1980;,thisiiittle drop is easy to swirl-y ‘ low compared to the dose that the packers handed the cattle growers during that period. . ~ . 4 , , , Mr. Tallaierro, vice-president of Hammond-Standish & 00., Detroit, . sent a communication down to Wash- ington in which he alleged that the packing business of ’the United states was nearly ruined and that the en-' actment, by Congress, of the K. and K. bills Would complete the Some of the men who produced the pork, with which the H. & S. cellars are filled," could doubtless name oth- ers whohave gone on the rocks in the meat business, recently. The call of Europe's starving is be- ingheard by Wisconsin’s farming in- terests. Following the course of farmers of several states in donating from their surplus of corn and other products, 'farmers in Wisconsin are responding to a request of the Wis- consin Farm Bureau Federation to give one day’s output of their dairy products. The slogan is, "Let us market our surplus in relief and take our pay in good will." Drafters are slow sale in the Chi- cago horse market, but demand for 1,200 to 1,400 lb. farm chunks at $125@175 is healthy. New Eng- land, New,York and Pennsylvania have taken the bulk, but near by ter- ritory is in the market this week, Michigan taking a number of teams weighing 2,800 to 3,000 lbs. at $425 @8460, with a few at $475. Indi- cations pdint to a broad outlet for farm chunks until spring work be- gins, eastern operators having no difficulty in discounting buyers’ pa- ' City trade is comatose all over per. the United States, making a. bad market for big horses. One 1,800 lb. drafter sold to a Chicago concern last weekat $350, but it is a $225 @250 trade for the rank and file of * 1,700 to 1,800 lb. drafters or $25 @ 50 per head lower than two months back. A tew'1,250 to 1,300 lb. we.- gon horSes are wanted at $170@ 180, Otherwise city buyers are out of the market. New York reports the least demand for drafters since 1907. - The eleven primary markets had 3,500,000 hogs during January, of which slightly less than a million reached Chicago, or 25,000 less than a year ago and 100,000 less than in January, 1919. The eleven market run was 320,000 less than last year and 760,000 less thanrin January, 1919, when the record was made. This érop was absorbed at an average cost of $9.40, or 15c lower than De- .cember, $5.60 lower than January, ' 1920, and $8.20 lower than January, 1919'. Continuance of the heavy movement is expected during the next 30 days as the crop has acquired weight and growers are disposed to cash their holdings beiore March 1. ' Not only is eastern demand strong at Chicago and St. Louis, but Pacific coast buyers are operating freely in Missouri River territory, warranting expectation oi a substantial advance the mement the bulk of the winter crop is in packers? hands. The stock oteut meats atChicago Feb. 1 was 103,785,222 lbs. against '134,336,-' 849 lbs. the previous month; new lard 28,473,512, lbs.'against 31,381,- . 50.8“ last month, and other lard .4,- . 9010,0005le against 11.674.000 lbs. The ’ slump in sailing Lfierlsfprosp’e‘ctivo‘ profits look, rather: " email at this 'writinZ; .‘It is estimat- - Ase’n., East Lansing, Mich. job.‘ iiiiiiil-‘liiiiiiillli ’ write eutevhetyoo have to offer. let in size 0! ed. or 0800 Te evoid conflicting «in we will ,wiihom eon, s the dete ed, on live stock ale in Michigan. I! you are con: e ed- II. - me III at once and we will clam the date M Address. Live Btoeh Editor. M. I. F" Oiemene. Feb. 19, P ' . I . M83111, Mich. oland Chinae Howey Bros. obi 21, Du . ' . Paglia”, Mich. too-Jerseys Michigan. Farm e . 22, Dume. Fum- Northville, Mich. male“ I Feb. 24, Hones. Mich. Horse Breeders' B sash. ’2iu8hornt1liorns. -Mich. Shorthorn r are 'n, 'ch. A M Lansing. gricultural College. ho 101, Shargiorma Central Mich. Short- ree ers’ ’n, ' ' Gmenvme' Mich. reenvrlle Fair Grounds, I LIVE STOCK AUOTIONEERS Andy Adams, Litchfield, Mich. Ed. Bowers, South Whitley, Ind Porter Colestocl, Eaton Rapids, Mich. John Hoflman, Hudson, Mich. ‘ D. L. Perry, Columbus, Ohio. 1 J. I. Post, Hillsdale, Mich. J. n Ruppert. Perryr Mich. Harry Robinson, Plymouth, Mich. Wm. Wafl'le. Goldwater, Mich. HOLSTEm-FRIESIAN SHOW BULL Sir-ed by a Pontiac Aeggle Kornd ire-Hen er- veld DeKol bull from e nearly II) lb. elzrow cow. First prize junior calf, Jackson Fair 1920. Light in color and good individual. Seven months od. Price. $125 to make room. Hurryl ‘ Herd under Federal Supervision BOARD-All FAIIIIS .. JAOKBOI.MIOH. no“ Braden Since 1900 FOR SALE—$450.00 CASH 0R 7' A show bull from A. R. Eo'fmlgam born De- 'cember 15, 1918, sired by our Show Bull MODEL KING SEOIS GLISTA 3066. grand dam, GLISTA ERNESTINE hes buttetimes made better than thirty pounds of Buy now in order to have 1921-22 winter calves. GRAND RIVER STOCK FARMS an r 111 E Ml Corey J 8 en _ . oer, Under State and Federal Sirpervisim9wn" TWO BULL GALVES Registered Holltein~Frleeien I! d bull end from heavy producin'g ygmgbycovsvz's'lzhel: very nice and will be priced cheep it HARRY T. TUBES. EMII. .ich. ¥ copy no as you wie . Copy or ohenoee Inuit _ here at eoeolel low retee: ask tor them. Write today ‘ .QREEDERO' DIRECTORY. 1'“ > ‘ I liiillllllllillllllilliliillllliiililliIlllllliliilIlililIllllilliiiIllIiiIlliliiiillllIill-lliilillllllll"Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllii.!: - (SPEOIRL ADVERTIIIRI RATIO under this heading to honest Ml of um um And “0'0”le ‘be 'eent on requeet. 'Better still, ‘ at it In type,.show you e mot and tell you whet it will out for ‘18, so or bereeflreloeeweetbdoredueof lone. $100.00 WILL BUY HOLSTEllI-FRIESIAII , calves, nearly ready for service. whose‘six poorest demon-rage 33.34 lbs. butter in ’1 date. » OSOAR'IWALLIR, Wieooqin Farm ‘Qnionvme. Mich. ‘LAKEVIEW DAIRY FARM IIOLOTEIR-FRIES- inns. PM Jim Paul Plebl'je Wane Prince. Two neare‘ dams avenge 31.9 lbe. butter 072 lbemilkin 7dayl. Dengmilkediil'l lbs. one dll: 3,218 lbe. In‘ 30 days; 122.37 lbs. butter in 30 days. Ell bull calves for sale. One from a 22 lb. twe-yeer-old. Good individuals. Prices reasonable. Age from 2 .to 5 months. I. :. ear-ram. Goldwater. Mich. ‘ To SETTLE AN ~ESTATE 7 registered Holstein cows, 5 yet to freshen, bred to e. 80 lb. bull. $1.200 takes them. BERT SLOOUM, Byron. Mich. I Yearling Bull For Sale Bull born Sept. 28, 1919, evenly marked and a fine individual. Sir- edby my 30 lb. bull and from a 20 1b. daughter of Johan Heng. Lad, full sister to a ’32 lb. cow. Dam will start on yearly test Nov. 15. ROY F‘. FICKJES Chesam'ng, Mich. MR MILK PRODUCER tour problem is more MILK. more BUTTER, more PROFIT. pet. cow. r A son of' Mania-crest Application Pontiac— 182052—4rom our bee -ynrly-milhing-goed-but\- her-record dam will solve t. Pelthc'e dlebm e. made Application butter Meylecreet 85,108 lbs. butter in 7 do”: 1344.8 and 23421.2 lbs. milk in 365 days. His daughter: en eons will prove it. Write us for and prices on his sons. Prion right end not too high lot the average dairy tanner. P and prices on application. R. Ill-m McPherson. Howell, Mich. SOLD AGAIN Bull eel! last advertised sold but have 2 more lint ere moetly white. hey are nice straight iel- lo", sired by I ran og King One. One is from n 17 lb. 2 yr. old dun end the other is from a 201b.Jr.8yr.olddun,sheisbyaeonoi Friend Hengerveld De Kol Butter Boy. one o! the great bulls. JAMES HOPSON JR.. Owosso. M_loh.. R 2. HDWBERT HERD 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. H. 'r. EVANS Combination Dispersion Sale - Registered Holsteins - 40 Eau Claire, Mich. B. E. Smith and H. O. Loomis. supervision. — Michigan Wednes’y, March 2, 1921, at Perry, Mic-II: Complete dispersion of .the Spalding herd, with censignments by These herds are headed by SIR VEEMAN HENGERVEIJ) TRICKSEY a son of Sir Veeman Hengerveld, from a 28.5 lb. Junior 2-year-old daughter of King Korndy'ke Sadie Vale, and MAPLEGREST BANOSTINE APPLICATION a son of Friend Hengerveld DeKol Butter Boy, out of the highest rec— ord daughter 01 Pontiac Aaggie Korndyke. The SDalding and Smith herds have each passed a clean test under Sold with 60-90 day retest privilege. ’ Write tor Catalogue to HolsteimFriesian Association, , V I .H. W. Norton, Jr” Secretary ‘ Old State Block, Lansing, Michigan t.nronth,_‘e decidedly/bullish chow- ” MI. ' _~».-’ ‘1; . T l e e , 7 ‘HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN BULLS 7 . '- slate end ml Accredited Herd, Blred by .. ' WALKER LYONS,174771~ . :31“. twenrtlyl nearest dams have seconds "emanation-Again; or butter from 592 pounds min. e- bulk are from dame ~ priced from $100.00 200.00. Age. 9 3p?“ 3 n Jr. (our mr elde end are rears. 1‘: ' SHEPHERD, MICE. !) J - . E MIOHIOAIIBUSIREOB FARMER. ll. Oiemeee. Michigan- from sire. He is one of the greatest long distance dree.’ 52 times. You een chemo ' Auction Sales advertised YOUR CHOICE OF THREE .REAL sums 1 born Dec. 20th. 1920, 1110er marked and from a 25 lb. 3 year old dam sired by a 25 lb. grandson of the $50,000 ball for $100.00. No. 2 born Dec. 4th, 1920. Nearly white and fro Sired by e 38 ter of King Segis Pontiac. Only $75. No. 3 born Feb. 2nd. from a nearly 20 lb dull and fired by e 25 lb. 3 year old grandson'of King Segis Pontiac Almrtra. Nicely marked and yours for $70.00. All papers tree. JOHN BA-ZLEY 319 Atkinson'Ave. DETROIT M1011. LARGE REGISTERED HOL 'rsm cow, five years old, well garland and a good milker. A80 her bull calf born Oct. 27; sired by a son of Johan Hengerveld Ind, and a 22 lb. two year old dam. 1r. R. H.-BARNHART. R ‘I. St. Charles. Mich. FOR SALE 'Six head registered Holsteins. ~ Two yearling heifers, bred to e grandson of Traverse Princess Weg. Three heifer calves. use 7, 6, and 4 months old. One bull 10 months old, dam has 7 dey A. R. O. butter 18.77; 427.8 milk. Next dam 15.11; 887.7 milk. Sire's dam 22.43 butter 503.2 milk. Pedigree and prices sent promptly on requat. This stock is all nioer grown. WN Breeds-ville. Mich. Breeder of 'Registered Stock Only BRAIDOIIHILL FARM Ortonvlile. Michigan We have cut our'price one-hall: Bull calf. 35 lb. sire . . . . . . . . . . . ..$100 Bull call. 41 lb sire, 30 lb. dam 200 Ball ready for service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Bull, 41 lb. sire, 31 lb. dam . . . . . . 500 All individuals from herd having nosed Third Clean Federal Test. OHN P. HEHL ,- J hanne McKinley 0 J 1206 Griswold Street. Detroit. Michigan 0R SALE—2 REG. HOLSTEIN BULL. ready for service from 19 1—2 and 24 1-2 lb. dams. Price $100 and $125. Herd on eo- credlted list. Wm. GRIFFIN. Mich. NOTIGE Having sold one of my farms I will sell the herd of cows on that farm, consisting of cows, heifers, and caLves. My_ herd is under federal supervision, having pass- ed one clean test last month. Sev- eral prize winners, bull calves from 70 to 80 lb. cows, among them at the Lenawee and Hills- dale county fairs. Had Grand Champion bull at Michigan State Fair. 0. E. WINNS, Adrian, Mich. Howell, BULL READY FOR SERVICE, 10 MONTHS old. His two grand dams averaging 30 and 81 lbs. butter and his dam 24 lbs. butter and 519 ‘ lbs. milk in 7 days. WILLIAM SOHWEITIER. R 3, Boy City. Mich. Bell Phone 6125-.F-14 ' FOR SALE—TWO BULL GALVEO. A HOI. tein and Durham about 3 months old. Both heavy milking dams. Not registered. 850 VI 'Odl if taken at once. CHASE STOCK FARM. Mariette. Mich, OR SALE—REGISTERED HOLSTEIN 00". Three heifer calves. 1 bull call. R. J. BANFIELD. WIxom. Mloh_ chow: HOLSTElN-FRIESIAN IULLe AND bull calves. Send for price and pedigree. c. s. pannsorm. Beiielre. Mich. WORLD’S RECORD BREEDING Back at Carnation Champion, whose sire is . . Soda (the only 40 lb. son King Segfl) sire of the world’s champion Jr. two-yeer-old, *Camaiilnn Pioneer 80:15. 31 lbs. whose dam is Tietle Queen De K01. 42 lbs. the dam of the world's champion Sr. two-yr. old, Glen Alex Queen De Re] 42 lbs. We are now oifering some of his sons from A. R. dams that are ten! bet-gains. Herd under federal supervision. VOEPEL FARM, mm, Mich. Pedigree on application. L. O. KETlLER. Flint. Mlolv. OLVERINE STOCK FARM REPORTS (3000 sales from their herd. We are well gassed with he calves from our J r Heed Sire III. M the Lunde Korndyke Beds" who is e eon ‘et mmdthePontiace”ii-omedenemuren- use Clothilde De Kol 8nd. A In Wk. A. eele. '1‘; w. Sprout. n a. shrug, Price $250 for the - w‘ A I ;‘;V I in It! ” Elihu .ulin IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiIIIIIIiIlllllllIlililIlIiIIIIIIIlIlilIlIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIiIlilillilllili:l ‘ (SPECIAL ADVERTISING RATES under this hudim to honest breeders of,llvo.stoc ‘ write out what you ‘have to offer, let us but it ' me of ad. or copy as often as you wish. Copy or changes must be here at menial low rates: ask (or them. Write today!) BREEDERS' DIRECTORV- THE MICHIGAN Business FARMER. Mt- Clemens. SHORTHORN “ENTRAL MICHIGAN SHORTHORN BREED- ers' Assoc' tion offer for sale 75 head: all’ ages, both mil and beef breeding. ' Send’for new M. E. MILLER, Sec’y, Greenvllle, Mlch. -F YOU WANT TO BUY 0R SELL I MAY have just what you want. I handle from one, animal up to the largest consfiznm‘ent sale in the . country. 0.. A. Rosmusssen Sale Co., Greenvillo, Mich. scores suanruons’s Priced right, also my herd bull. THEODORE NICKLAS. Metamora, Mich. I Have You a Mortgage on Your Earm? If so buy Shorthorns. at the Feb. 25th sale It M. A. C. held at 1 P. M. We are listing (our females and two show bulls that will hit your mortgage if they are cared for. RICHLAND‘ FARMS c. H. Prescott I: Sons, Tawas City, 5 GOOD BULLS 12 to 15 mos. old Mich. ILKINO SHORTHORNS. BULLS FROM COWS making records. Priced reasonable. ' O. M. YORK. Mllllnnton. Mich. FROM AN ACOREm 'BUY SHORTHDRIIS it... herd. that are right. at readjustment prices, JOHN SCHMIDT A SON. Reed City, Mich. DO YOU WANT? I represent 41 QHORTHORN breeders. Can'put you in huch wilh best milk or beef strains. Bulls all ones. Some females. ’0. VW. ‘Crum. President Central Michigan Sborthorn Association, Mc- Brides. Michigan. iIA'l‘ SHORTHORN BULL CALVES FOR SALE. Milking n'nd Scotch Top, 5100 and up. W. S. HUBER, Gladwin, Mich. SHORTHDRIIS 4 to 8 mos. old. all roans, pail fed. the farmers‘ kind, at farm- Mich. 5 bulls, Dams good milkers, ors’ prices. F. M. PIGGOTT & SON. Fowler. THE VAN BUREN CO. SHORTHORN BfiEED- ers’ 'Association have stock for sale. both milk onrl beef breeding. Write the secretary, ' FRANK BAILEY. Hartford. offered at attractive prices before January first. Will trade for good-land. Wm. J. BELL. Rose City,_Mlch. Mich. COWS, HEIFERS. BULLS FOR SALE—REG. SHORTHORN BULL CALV- cs rvzvly for service. Also Oxford Down Ewes. JOE MURRAY 6‘: SON, Brown City, Mich. Maple Ridge Her'd ' of Bates Shorthorm 0f. fer-s for sale a roan bull call" 9 mos. old. Also 2 younger.ones. J E. TANSWELL. Mason, Mich. SALE—ROLLED DURHAM BULLS AND Rams. DeGARNIO. Muir. OR Oxford Down J. A. Mich. GHESTIIUT RIDGE STOGK FARM, offers eight Scotch Topped Shorthorn Heifers from seven to twenty-two months old and one man bull nine months old. Also two younger bulls. RALPH STIMSON. Oxford, Mich. ,KENT COUNTY SHORTHORN BREEDERS’ Ass'n are offering bulls and heifers for sale, all Sell the scrub and buy a purebred. E ues. RAAB, Sec'y. Caledonia, Mich. MAPLEHURST FARM Newton Loyalist 2nd in service, short horn bulls for sale. G. H. PARKHUFST. R 2. Armada. Mich. HEREFORDS HEREFORD cA'n'LE "gals. HAMPSHIRE We can furnish registered bulls from 12 months and older, best of breeding and st a Very low price, have also some extra. good Herd headers We have also 3 large hne of registered Hampshire Hogs. Gilts. Sows and Boars. Write us, tell us what you want and get our prices. Lo FAYETTE STOCK FARM, La Fayette, Ind. J. Crouch a Son. Proo. . REGISTERED HEREFORD CATTLE King Repeater No. 713941 heads our herd. A grandson of the Undefeated Grand Champion ‘Repeater 7th No. 386905. We have some fine bulls for sale and also some heifers bred to Re- peater Tony Fox, Proprietor. THE MARION STOCK FARM. Marlon, Mich. HEREFORDS FOR SALE hit-fax and Disturber blood, 150 ,Rez. head in herd. $35.00 reduction on all sires. Choice.fe- males for sale. Write me your needs. ' EARL 0. MOGARTY, Bad Axe. Mich. 150 HEREFORD HEIFERB. ALSO KNOW _d 10 or .15 load: fancy quality Shortshorns and ' ,gus steers 5 to 1,000 lbs_. Ovmcrs anxious sell. Will help buy 50c commission. " » ' 0. F. BALL. Folrflold. Iowa , ' ' GOOD TYPE, gonna bulls. 12 months oldJor solo. in high due (omele- eny m. 1 Inspection E. J. TAYLOR. Fremont. Mich. (“V‘- In typo. show you a- proof and tell you»wh,at - are you not? .been bred for for free literature. I: and poultry".le It; so it will cost vial-.181. no or .‘recolved one week bolorodate _of Issue. -.-_r Ergodors’ nron request. anVGItOI'WnIIIfi. , _ 52 times .4You. can change 1 Auction Sales advertised Michigan. v FRIDAY, Show 10 A. M. 45 Females. About 1-2 Scotch. 25 Mares. Same Place. S H o A E MIBHIBAN‘ ‘ s’nulinunl insular I ',ASSilfljli-lfli I; _ MICHIGAN AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE East Lansing, Michigan‘ FEBRUARY 25th. I 55 Head. Many of the Best Families Represented. Every Animal Guaranteed, Tested and Sold. subject to 60 days -retest. CONSIGNORS: J. L. Lessiters’ Sons, Clarkston; John Schmidt & Son, Reed City; G. H. Prescott & Sons, Tawas City; H. B. Peters & Son, Garland; Postal Estate, Evart; L. C. Kelly, Ypsilanti; Whitney ‘Bros., Onondaga; J. M. Hicks & Sons, Williamston; W. B. Kelly, Yp: silant; A. J.'Adams, Litchfield; S. H. Hicks & Sons, Lansing; W. S. Adams, Litchfield; R. C. Huckins, Corunna. ‘ If you Want SHflHlHflHNS I [ll Hill Mill" sum 10 THIS SALE PERCHERON AND BELGIAN HORSE Sale 1 P. M. 10 Bulls About "1-2 Scotch Topped. SALE 3 Stallions. February 24. write for Catalogues. Auctioneers, Adams & Hutton. W. E. J. Edwards, Manager, East Lansing, Michigan. JERSEYS MEADOWVIEW JERSEY FARM, REG..JERSEY cattle for sale. J. E. MORRIS a. SON, Farmlngton, .Mlch. DO YOU WANT Pkoouc‘nom The grandson of Pozls 99th of Hood Farm and Sophie 19th’s Tormentor, two of _the great- est sires ever kndwn heads our herd. No other strain is more noted for past and present produc- tion. Bull calves and bred heifers for sale at seasonable prices. FRED HAYWARD. Mich. Scott!- OR SALE—THREE PUREIRED JERSEY bulls ready for service. Tubercuiln tested. J. L. CARTER. R 4. Lake Odessa. Mich. HIGHLAIID FARM JERSEYSAEEHRSH'. ed herd. High production, splendid type and breeding. Write us your wants. Samuel Odell, Owner. Adolph Heeg, Mgr. Shelby. Michigan Mr. Dairy Farmer! You are keeping cows for what money you can makeout of them, You want cows that will make you the- most .money for feed consumed, do you not? The JERSEY will do this. She has prov- en it in public tests, as, well as .in private herds. She should; she has over two hundred years, for economical production. This characteristic‘is fixed. The Jersey bull transmits it to his daugh- ters. Grade up" your dairy herd by using a. pure bred' Jersey Sire. will pay. Ask theman thathas tried it. He knows. nomical Production is what have to succeed-C . _‘ .Write .. .7» _ f: ‘ SEQY HENDRICKSQX ~ of 8110! y, Mich. " . r,,_ It‘ Remember-L413)”. we must EAL BARGAINS IN HIGH CLASS JERSEY cows. ~'Herd tuberculin tested. FRANK P. NORMINGTON. Ionla, Michigan GUERNSEYS ‘ REGISTERED surnxsrvs 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 cuvss From tested and untested dams. Satisfadtion guaranteed. Write for prices and breeding to MORGAN BROS., Allegan, Mich.. R1 UERNSEY BULL CALVES—TWO NICE 5 months old bull calves for sole. Cheap. \Vrite for prices. H. J. NELSON. R 1, Mom-Ides, Mich. Amsgnnns FOR SALE—REGISTERED AYRBHIRI bulls and bull calves. heifers and heifer calves. Also some choice cows. FINDLAY BR08.. R 5. Vassar, Mich. ANGUS . ssnossu-Asiohus CATTLE ron SALE. FIVE tows, some t cult by side and reb d. yearling heifers. One heifer calf. re Two . MARSHALL KELLY, Charlotte, Mich. ‘0 TT nuns IRED sienna: . ANGUS CATTLE AND 0J3. Swine ore - bt and due priced risht. Cone. nce so cited so inspection um mm“ cum. BARTLETT. Lawton. Midi: v ' - V 0 V O ‘ _~|. n... Most Profitable» Irma [. Hat’mtéiimfi’ UggNT%Sfig:viud:iw.¥m ‘ 6mm?“ ‘ mu m- “ :‘fiffi‘f‘dmm a, WOOD ‘ 4 " » I ,Lprom r swarmed-‘54 l "system under which agriculture 6 6' country. 1,. ' farmers receive he‘lowe‘st scale" of ' 'es of any. class of cur'population it: must be admitted that there is saline- thing fundem‘ent—ally.weak in'flth'ej _ 113. operating. '/ r The existing system his. .‘ not only eventuated in the factljujilt mentioned, but is respOnsibletor'th ‘ fact: . , “(3) That more than one-third-of our farm population is tenants. This means absentee landlordlsm, or 21:0 express it more accurately, inefficient- mar bred ANGU bull; . ' . emblutYon farming and.unwhlolesome rural cons. dltions, ’ ' i “(b) That not over tWenty per. I cent of our farm homes have in them ' either running water—:the - burden lifter of the housewife—or artificial lights; the average daily labor of the: average farm, woman is from 12 to , 13 hours. The isolated life of the average farm woman presents the amazing and indefensible tragedy of American life. The farm wdman is the crux or the rural problem. When she is happy and contented with her surroundings, you will find her boys and girls likewise to be happy and contented, but it is the revolt of these boys and girls against -the life, of drudgery which their parents lead. that has resulted in the increasing drift of the population from country . to town, resulting as disclosed .by, the present census for the first time in our history. In there being ;a larger per cent of people in towns and cities than there are in the country. It may sound ridiculous, and by the unthinking, be called fool- ish to venture the assertion that Henry Ford in supplying the world with a cheap, quick method of trans- portation is exerting upon rural life a more profound influence than has ever been exerted upon it by the man living or dead. “(cl That the farmer is without effective voice in the determining or ' the price of his products. “(d) That as a result of this con- dition, the average farmer of Mis- souri will not realize from his 192,9 ‘ ."crop more than sufficient to pay his taxes and the interest upon his cape ital investment. What Causes Have Led. to Such a . Situation ' “What have been the underlying causes resulting in suCh an unwhole- some condition: ‘ “(3.) The farmer has been taught to walk the furrow and produce and per capita he is the best producer in the world. We have taughth‘im to become an expert with his hands and have left him as a child. in “the: ' use of his head in the management of his affairs vother than production. “(bl The farmer has never re- garded himself, nor have the people, anything but a«producer. He is more than that. He is a manufacturer and. a. merchant as well. It would not be wise in my judgment for him to un- dertake in himself tobecome a. mer- ' chant. Of course, he can ‘not escape being a manufacturer. It is wise, however, not only wise but absolute- ly essential, to his prosperity that he , should organize commodity sales. agencies with expert salesmen to do the selling for him and this should take into account both domestic and foreign business. i ‘like wheat, corn, cotton, woolhnd livestock, there is no existing mg:- farm products. ‘ “ ( d). Agriculture quate system of credits adapted to its peculiar needs. ' The System Result 1 . . “,(a) The terrific strain upon tho-I-r flnances of the country. at the cro‘rp ? moving season. . -~ ’ " “('b), An inefficient ,and'expens' 3 system of transportation." 3 “('c), 'An uneconomic and strain upon the-,b.uying, and *t’lve powers ofgthe puwllai’e a»: “products. ' r Under ' this first asking- :th‘ei. n‘v " ‘ .«(c) For the great staple' cm,” I u _. chinery for the orderly marketing of . e; ‘ is both under-7,. 5 capitalized and is without any ade-n idliThe forces the Aisliweive months to prepare £0r~‘- seed, cultivate and prepare for mars :ketfwith the resultant autumnal dip thesprice of farm products. , [The Cost of, Inefficien‘ey ' of System Always . Charged Against Farmer - ‘ ,5 "ItAmIIS't be understood in this fi'disbussiOnEt-hat all, coSt-s anywhere along the line, chargeable to the in- «Iefl‘icient system under which the afarmer operates, are always charge- able against the farmer. If there are expensive methods of transportation of fanm‘products from farmto mar— ‘ A hot, the expense falls upon the farm- * net’s product; if railroad rates are 4' high or if railroad facilities are in- “ 7 adequate to meet the autumnal crop r movement,- with the result that ’ 'wheat and. corn lie the side tracks, these expenses are charged against the "oceanic rates are high because of any , inefliciency or the system, the difference between such rates and rates under an efl‘ic’ient system is charged against the price of farmer’s products. If there is any lack of credit facilities which if ex- isting would enable the farmers not only. to produce less expensively but ,tO’sell more intelligently and. at a “larger profit, here again the differ- ence is chargeable to the farmer. The Solution “The matters which we have just__ discussed are not of a temporary '_character. They are permanent, in- herent and fundamental and nothing savo fundamental remedies will ‘reach' them. The remedies which _ suggest themselves to 'me are: "‘(a) The elimination of all im- necessary factors in the present sys- tem of distribution. “('11) The organization of 7: modity sales agencies. “(0) The standardization of farm products into grades and classes. “(d) The warehousing of suffi— cientq-uant'ities oi! products to set up an even flow of Such products into the market of the world as the im- ' mediate demands of the world .call for them. ' “(9) The devising of much credit machinery as will enable the farmer to market his products in a sane and orderly way. THE DAY JOHN BARTON SOLD HIS PEDIGREED BULL (continued from page 7) , sire. We would like to have him ” v ,in our herd very much.” I . j “‘Oh, why didn’t you write!" cried Barton, “I’ve sold him. He went this .morning." ' “Sold him!” exclaimed Norcross. “To whom? Where has he gone?” , “I sold him to Henderson the fbubcher for sixty-five dollars/f re plied Barton.‘ « "Gone to a butcher for sixty-five _ dollars!” shouted Norcross, “why ' ‘man alive he is worth a thousand dol- *' lars‘. Is he dead yet?” ,2 With one bound Barton was in the car. . “Henderson’s market quick, Bill,” he said to the driver, and the latter. sensing the situation from the talk, drove at a furious rate to the town and ,half the length of Main street to where the market was located. Barton and Norcross leaping from , the machine befOre it had fairly stop.- . V 'ped raced for the store closely fol-' K, loWed by the" driver. Henderson himselt was. behind the “counter and looked up in surprise as the three men rushed, in the‘ door. ‘FHave you killed the bull?” gasp- ed Barton, _ . - “Yes,” replied ’ Henderson, “killed , him first thing after dinner. Want , me to save you some of the meat?” -;,The question was unanswered torf 'as'he realized thvefitruth of the situ- 9 ati'onTJohn Barton sank to,the tloo’r/ in 4a firm- . Two . In One F an’llebeggiadT tosf‘nknow it"s, . . term“ rs” to.»sell“in tour or. five MonthSZ‘OIET' I the year, from seventyeflve to, eighty”, centfotthat which it has taken *' rating on . farmer; if r the. com- tcr of fall pigsin the state. is here at special low rates: ask I r l The Home of > Imp. Edgar of Dalmeny" , . Probably The Worlds’ Greatest “BREEDING BULL Blue Bell, Supreme Champion at the Smithfleld 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 the get of Edgar of Dalnieny. A very choice lot of young bulls—~sired by Edgar of Dalmeny are, at this time, offered for sale. A Send for Illustrated Catalogue. WILDWOOI) FARMS Orion, Mich. w. E. Sci-ions, Prom. Sidney Smith, eupi. POLAND CHINA BIG BOB MASTODON Sire was champion of the, world. His dam’s sire was grand champion at Iowa State Fair. 8 choice spring gilts bred that are pictures, sired by him. Also some sows bred to .him for March and April. Priced low and guaranteed in every way. Get my prices. 0. E. Claimant, Eaton Rapids. Mich. HERE'S SOMETHING GOOD THE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. C.'IN MICH. Get a bigger and better bred boar pig from my herd, at a reasonable price. Come and see them. Expenses_ paid if not as represented. These boar- In aerncc: L's Big Orange, Lord Clansman, Orange Price and Us Long Prospect. W. E. LIVINGSTON. Parma. Mich. FARWELL LAKE FARM L. T. P. C. boars all sold. A few spring boars and some gilts left. Will sell with breeding privilege. Bears in service: Clansman’s Image 2nd, W. B.’I Outpost and Smooth Wonder. Visitors welcome. W. B. RAMSDELL Hanover, Mich. , HE BEST BRED POLAND CHINA PIGS SIR- cd by Big Bob Mastodon at the lowest price. DoWlTT C. PIER. Evan. Mich. L s FOUR CHOICE SPRING AND FALL , boars left. A few extra nice gilt: left bred for April furrow. H. 0. SWARTZ. Schoolcran. Mich. ' IG TYPE POLANDS. AM OFFERING Two good growthy {all gilts, from best sow in our herd. » ' W. CALDWELL it SON. Springport, Mich. BIG TYPE P._ C. BRED SOWS ALL SOLD. Closing out a few choice-boars at a bargain also some extra. good fall pigs, either sex. From growthy shoes. . W. .1 ARNES A SON, Byron.'MIoh. WITH QUALITY Nine fall gilts out of litters of eleven and thirteen. for sale. J. E. MYGRANTS. St. Johns. Mich. BIO TYPE POLAIIIJ OHIIIAS Three August, boars for sale. Good backs and good heavy bone. Write for prices. .HIMM BROS., Chesanlng. Mich. POLAND CHINAS .T. P. O. A FEW TOP GILTS BRED TO BHighland Giant, the $500 boar. Others bred to Wiley’ii Perfection. Weight. 700 at 18 months. r JOHN D. WILEY, Schoolcraft, Mich. L. T. EC. 1' have n. tine lot of spring gigs sired'hy Hart's Black Price. a good son of lack Price, grand champion of the world in 1918. Also have a litter or, 7 IRES;- 5 now; and, 2 boars. sired by Prospect .Yank, a .son of the $40,000 Yankee, but are sure :Hu’mdingers. ' F. T. HART. St. Louis. Mloh: ‘ '- BIG rvps- P.‘ ' c. stuo 8 hours, bred cows and the best lit- E. R. LEONARD. ‘R 3’. St. Louis, MIch. ‘ Am Ulric-Inc .Lcroifype-"Bol‘ond Chino lows. bred to Font-an“ at agreeable prices. Also LYDE , St. Loon, Mich. ‘ '. if‘iaie. . rv‘ra ‘EOL A few choice spring, has \cu'd-‘f- ' cod 0 them. Write today ,BREEDERS' DIRECTORY, TH Come and see or write ‘ _ mine 9, - wd~gi1tssired by? ' I . "Smootbrfialf'. 9 ' Gilt! will IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEIIIIIIiIIiIlIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIlliHlil ’ ‘cLoSiiiii our SALE of Big Type Poland China hogs. which represent. {the work of 26 years of constructive 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 prospects in Mich. Modern type, lngh arched- backs, great length, big bone. Come and pick ut what you want. Our prices are right. - JNO. O. BUTLER, Portland. Mich. \ BIG TYPE P. C" 3 fan so“ . I pigs grand- daughters of the Senior Grand Champion sow of Detroit, 1920, $12.50 each. Also bred gilts priced right. . A. D. GREGORY, lonla, Mich. BIG TYPE POLAND CHINA BARGAIN. $15 buys a bred gilt and a 250 1b. spring boar. Also choice gilts bred for $40. Guarantee saint» faction. DORUS HOVER, Akron, Mich. DUROCS Breakwater ?Elijzl§g$s BOARS—READY FOR SERVICE BRED SOWS AND GILTS Write Us For Prices and Pedigrees Mail orders a specialty. Satisfaction guaranteed. BROOKWATER FARM Ann Arbor. Michigan I w. Mumford, Owner J. B. Andrews, Mgr. spring pigs by Walt's ‘ Orion, First Sr. Yearling Detroit, Jackson, Gd. Rapid: and Saglnlw. 1919 Phillips Bros, Riga, Mich. 'FOR SALE—DUROO JERSEYS; GILTS BRED for Aprii furrow to Gladwin 001. 188905. Also several extra good spring boars ready for service. HARLEY FOOR A SON, R 1, Gladwin, Mich. nunoc JERSEYS ‘3; sale priced reasonable. C. DAVIS a SON, Ashley, Mich. MEADOWVIEW FARM REG. JERSEY HOGS, ‘Ilnir'e hnar pigs for sale. J. E. MORRIS 8: SON, Farmington, Mich. . PEACH HILL FARM offers tried sows and gilts bred to or sired by Peach H111 Orion King 152489. Satisfaction guaranteed. Come look ’em over. Also a few open gilts. INWOOD BROS., Romeo. Mich. AM OFFERING SOME HIGH GLASS SPRING OIIRO'O BOARS at reasonable prices . A few gilts bred for Se umber furrow at bargain prices. p‘ - W. C. TAYLOR Milan. Mich. urge slows lined gilts md to Walt': King 82949 w o _ u Ire more prize winning pigs at tho Itato fairs in the last 2 years than any other Du- roc boar. Newton Barnhart. St. Johns, Mich. FOR SALE: REG. SOW PIGS 0F SEPT. FAR- row. Maple Law’s Pathfinder is the name of my new herd boar. Nuf sed. V. N. TOWNS, R 6, Eaton Rapids. Mich. DUROCSMANYTHING YOU WANT FROM A spring gilt to a herd boar, at prices you can afford to pay. Cholera immune Satisfaction guar- anteed. C. L, POWER, Jerome, Mich. you. what It will cost fonds, 20 or Ii brood-w - imam. novsnris‘mo mus nudor ihiu‘ heading io ion"... broaden of iiumo'ii and poultry will In uni on request. write uot what you have.“ ofl'or. lot ul’ out It In type. show you a proof and tell relic of ad. or copy so otton in you wlsh. copy orrchonuu mun be noolvod one out before as“ of him- 1) . - , . ' El-MIOHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER. Mt. Clemens. Michigan. UROC JERSEY BOARS. Boats of the In... heavy-boned type, at reasonable.prices. Write. or better, come and see. F. J. DRODT, R 1. Monroe, Illch. 0R SALE—DUROC BRED GOWS AND GILT8 priced reasonable and double immune. Write us your wants. JESSE BLISS A SON, Henderson, Mich. OR SALE: ONE DUROO BOAR FRO- Brookwater breeding stock. Choice spring pigs JOHN CRONENWETT. CuImn. Mich. OAKLAIDS PREMIER BRIEF Herd Boar—Reference only—No. 129219 1919 Chicago International 4th Prize .Ir. Yearling BOOKING ORDERS FALL PIGS AT $25 BLANK a POTTER ~ Pottorvlllo. Mich. OR SALE—REG. DUROC-JERSEY SPRING. gilts bred to Rambler of Sangamo let. The boar that aired our winners at Michigan State Fair and National Swine Show. F. HEIMS J: SON Davlson, Mich. urocs. Hill Crest Farms. Brad and open sown and gilts. Bears and spring pigs. 100 head. Farm 4 miles straight S. of Middleton, Mich,, Gratiot Co. Newton & Blank, Perrinton, Mich. DUROC BOARS FROM P B I z in _ WINNING STOCK ready for service. Geo. B. Smith, Addi- son. Mich. Dunoc-JERSEY SERVICE BOARS, $50.00 10g Fine early fall pigs. 1,000 lb. herd boar. SCHIIELLER. \Veidnian, Mich. WE OFFER A FEW WELL-BRED SELECT- ‘.-(l_spr1ng Duroc Boers. also bred com and Gilts in season. Call or write McNAUGHTON a FORDYCE. St. Loult. Mlch. DUROC JERSEY BRED SOW SALE FEB. . 21st. Also sows for sale at private treaty. Sat- isfaction guaranteed. ‘ MICHIGANA FARM LTD., Pavilion, Mich. O. I. C. $100.00 for Quick Sale Michigan Winner 88673 Vol. 28 0. l. C. Sire, Abe 2nd. Grand sire Post’s No. 3, wt. 700 pounds in breeding flesh. Guaranteed right. One young boar. Pigs either sex. RALPH DYE Petoskoy, Mich. o l. C. AND CHESTER WHITE SWINE. ONE choice boar of Prince Big Bone breeding. A big type fellow, priced to selL Some full pigs left. Bred sows and gilts. OLARE V. DORMAN, Snover, Mich. 30 PURE BRED O. I. C. HOGS ii I' sale. Service boars, and bred gilts. '16 head of fall pigs. Papers furnished free. J. R. VAN ETTEN, Clifford, Mich. o. ALL AGES FROM BIG BOARS, AGED sows to fall pigs. 35 spring gilts, wt. 285. Service boars, none better in the Write and get acquainted. Registered 1-2 mile west of depot. OTTO B. SCHULZE. Nashville. Mich. ‘ 0.1. C. GILTS BRED FOR SPRING FARROW and one Shothorn bull calf eight months old. Milking strain, pail fed. F. C. BURGESS, Mason. R 8. Mich. 2 00 to state. free. * pigs. spring gilts and yearlings. Special 4th. V {'Clerk: L_'. A. BABBITT. I v ence to that effect.- DUROC JERSEY BRED SOW SALE On the Chaslen Farms three miles southwest of Northville and three miles east of Salem on the Salem Road, on Tuesday, February 22nd, at 1:00 o’clock sharp, consisting of 60 Registered Duroc—Jersey sows ,all cholera immune by the double treatment and all guaranteed to be with They consist of 8 head of 3 and 4-yr.-old sows and the balance They are mostly of Colonel Breeding cross- ed with such breeding as Defenders, Gold Medal, Sensation, Giant In- vincible, Brookwa'ter, Panama Special and bred to Long Wonder. sire is Colonel High Model; his dam is Red Sensation and he was junior champion at the Minnesota State Fair in 1917. good 500-lb. yearling sows bred to him are good enough to go into anybody’s herd and help build them up, or one of his daughters bred to one of our other herd boars which is Chaslens Giant, High Model, Col- onel Long Wonder, Michigan Special 8th, and Broo‘kwa-ter Panama CHASLEN FARMS, Northville, Mich. Don’t forget these are all cholera immune for life. _ TERMS—Six months" on good bankable notes. Outeo-t-town buy- ers_-mfust,;give a note that their own banke His We believe one of these _ Auctioneer: COLONEL M. R. CLARK. rs will‘tak’e andmust have .;,.; poultry will be. sent on request. ‘ type. show size of no. of issue. or copy as often as n lllllllillllIllil'lillilliiiiilliiiliiililllliiliiiiiiiliiilllliimiUllliiliili‘lliviillilIliliiliilllllmiiiiunini‘lilIIiiIiiiiuiilllllllllllilin r i ,. (SPECIAL ADVERTISING RATES under this heading to honest breeders of live stool end _ lemu- still write out what You» uproot and tell you what. it will cost for 13, ‘26 or you wish. Copy or changes must be received one Breeders' Auction Sales advertised here at special low rates: risk for them. Write MAT!) IREEDERS' DIRECTORY ,THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS PARflER. Mt. clement, Miohlinn. let us put it In You can choose week before date you hove to offer. ‘2 times. O. I. O. SWINE—MY HERD CONTAINS THE blood lines of the most noted herd. Csn turn]!!! you stock at "live sud let live" prices. x ' OORDEN. Dot-r. Mioh.. R 3. e - I. c. BRED GILTS FOR MARCH AND April farrow.‘ Also a. few choice service boars. CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM, Monroe. Mich. V BERKSHIRES 0R SALE: I REG. BERKSHIRE BOAR 2 yrs. old; 5 reg. Berkshire sows born Sep. 4. '20. Wrn. DEGE. R 1, Lachine, Mich. WE OF- either sex, best Satisfaction guaranteed. 0. H. WHITNEY, Merrill, Mich. use BERKSHIBES r:;.:.i...“§:%:..‘f.§ piss. both sex. ‘ RUSSELL BROS.. R 8. Merrill. Mich ARE QUALITY H008. “leaned pigs of the Very lost blood lines of the breed is our speciolty. We mantee to please or nothing stirring. ARIA A. WEAVER. Ohesanino. Mich.. IDEAL TYPE REG. BERKSHIRES. for choice pigs all ages, breedlnz. GBEGOBT FARM BERKSHIRES FOR profit. Choice stock for sale. Write your wants. W. S. Corsa. White Hall, Iii. BRED BERKSHIRE sows, $60 AND UP. Shorthorn hull 31.25.00. MESSRS. M. G. MOSHER a. SONS, Prop. Primeval Farm, Osseo, Mich. YORKSHIRES YGBKSHIBES “'LJinttE'in‘Qfob‘llé wn'rsnmm N BAGOII BilED ‘ “ill?” Ann Arbor, HAMPSHIBES BEOISTEREO HAMPSHIRE GILTS ARE NOW t’Mrcinxl‘y to ship. Spring boars and fall pigs at o 28.1 . .JOHN W. SNYDER, R 4, St. Johns, Mich. BOAR PIGS $15.00 At 8 Weeks Old W. A. EASTWOOD. Chesanlng. Mich. 'An Opportunity To Buy Hampshires Righ We are offering some good sows and gilts, bred for_March and April fan-owing. Alsn a few ehoxce fall pigs, either sex, Write or cell GUS THOMAS, New Lotnrop. M.ch. SHEEP ' “Ang AASHEhEr? Let American Hampshire eep ssoc ton send you s dand b kit with list of breeders. Write COMEORQI? A BETTER BREEDING srocx For the best in Shropshire and Hampshire rsml write or visit . s V 'KOPE-KON FARMS, 8. L. Wino- Prop. Goldwater, Mich. _ See our exhibit at the Ohio and Michigan State Fairs. HAMPSHIRE SHEEP A few good yenrling rams snd some run lambs left to offer. 25 ewes all ages for sale for fall delivery. Everything mnnteed gs represented. OLARKE U. HAIRE, West Branch, Mich. R SHROPSHIRE EWES BRED TO LAMB - in Mnrch. write or call on ARMSTRONG BROS.. R 3, Fowlerviilo, Mich. ERINO RAMS FOR SALE. GOOD BIO- boned. heavy shesrers. - HOUSEMAN BROS, R 4. Albion, Mich. PET STOCK}??? FOR SALE. FLEMISH GIAN‘I' RABBITS. DOES. breeding us, 86. Three months old pair, 35. Registered does 812 each. Stock pedigreed. Qusl‘ ty zunrsnteed. ._ Goldwater. Mich. HORSES Notice To Farmers! I own more Belgian and Percheron Stallions then any man in Michigan, including International and State Fair prize winners, end put them out on my breeding share plan. Have placed over one hundred head in this state. If your lo— cality needs a good draft stallion or Short Horn bull, let me hear from you. Fred G. Stevens Breckenridge, Mich. Belgian and Percheron Horses and Shoi’t Horn TYLER. soc'y. 10 Woodland Ave.. Detroit. Mich: Put your faith in Cattle e AUCTION! Thursday, February .24, 1921 1:00 P. M. v Stock Judging Pavilion Michigan Agricultural College 27 Rigistered Percheron and Belgian 3 Stallions A Few Good Grade Work Horses Mares I (Under. the auspices of :Michig‘an Horse Bre‘eders’ Association For Sale List Write R. S. Hudson, Sec’y-Trcas- East Lansing, Mich. ‘ Short-horn Sale February 25, 1921, same place FOR RESULTS 1', _‘ PUT YOUR LIVESTOCK An in v. . M, 3. r3. BREEDERS DIRECTORY a 'I men] Would you kindly tell me what to do for lies: on cattle and horses?—-J, 8,, Perry, ‘Michigan. - ' H There are more than thirty spec; .ies of external parasites- that infest animals and birds; their economic importance is very great; fowls heav- ily infested with any of them are un- profitable, and many of these para- sites are so injurious as to “kill the infested birds. It Is necessary to these parasites and their habits to intelligently combat their rapid pro- duction. The females of lice are slightly larger than the males. They lay oval, white or whitish yellow eggs (nits) and securely cement them to the hairs and feathers. When the eggs hatch they break open at the end, or a small cap is lifted at the end, in much the same manner that a chicken escapes from the egg. The yOung have much the same shape as the adults and are ordinarily consid- erably lighter in color. The males are usually less numerous than the females. If conditions are favorable the eggs hatch in from ten days to three weeks, and the lice live for a considerable period, several months under favorable conditions. During their development they moult fre- quently, sometimes as often as ten times, becoming slightly darker with each m-oult. Lice breed with great rapidity; it has been computed that the unhindered reproduction of a single pair would reach the enor- mous total of 125,000 individuals in the third generation, which may ma.- ture in eight weeks. Chicks hatched in an incubator are free from lice and stay so until plac- ed with lousy hens or chicks, or in ,quarters infested by lice. ‘Lice pro- duce much irritation; the effect of large numbers upon birds is quite marked. The lousy birds scratch, pick at the feathers, show signs of being drowsy, may refuse to eat, and in growing birds, development is re- tarded. Young chicks infested with lice often sit around, moping, with wings hanging down, and in a week or two may die. For . this 'reason brooder chicks sometimes thrive bet- ter, grow faster, and are freer from certain ~ailments than chicks hatched by the hen. Ithas been said that lousy birds show a. greater tendency to wallow in the dust than those not infested. The effect of lice upon old- er ibirds is not so severe as on the younger ones, but is noted in condi-p tlons of flesh and in the production of eggs. The irritation is sometimes so severe that hens desert their nests. Their com-be become dark or :black. Birds unable to rest day or night he: come emanciated and die. To find the lice, part the feathers and the lice will be found running over the skin or base of the feathers. A favorite location for lice, is around the vent, where the temperature is warm; but they may be found on any part of the body and at all seasons of the year, but are most common in the hottest months of the year, July and 'v WWWWIIIlflllllillfllllllllllllllllllllllillllllililillllllllllllllillliliillfllilllll[ilillliillfllililllliflilfllllillilllillllllllllllllllllifl During'these months conh'_ ditions are more favorable for their know something of the life history of‘ partment Einalt, editor August. propagation. ' - A very effective method of treat-‘7 ing young chicks for lice is to grease. the head and neck, under the wings and around the vent. Blue ointment, lard and sulphur, salt and‘butter, and various other greases are used, but none is more effective than lard "alone, which, although tedious’ to- apply, is justified by the excellence. of the results obtained from its ap- plication. Care must be exercised in using blue ointment, as there is some danger accompanying its ex- cessive use. The same is true to a large extent to the Other ointments. For dipping birds, prepare a five per. cent solution of creolin, or the same strength of either Zen-olium or Kreso Dip. Cattle and colts are often infested with lice during the winter months, and when heavily infested, they will not thrive as they should; in colts these parasites greatly interfere with their development. I would strongly recommend clipping of the animals, after which apply Creolln or Kreso Dip, one part to sixty parts of wa- ter. It is also advisable to wash ther stable, with a strong solution of Kreso Dip. This should be' repeated at least three times about five days apart. . ' CONTAGIOUS ABORTION My cows do not come in heat. They, have milked some 5 or more months since they came fresh. Both old and young cows are_affected alike. What is the matter?—A, N., Montague, Mich, Your cattle are no doubt affected with some contagious disease, per- haps contagious abortion; you should have them examined by a. competent veterinarian; one who should be able to determine the cause. In my opinion, this is a. modified form of contagious abortion in which case‘ you are justified in asking aid from the Department of Animal Industry, whose address is Lansing, Michigan. A BSCESS ' I have a mare that has a. swelling on the outside of her gamble jomt. This first occurred about 2 months ago; it swelled to about twice as large as the opposite leg, then broke and ran an od- orous matter for several weeks. I bath- ed her twice daily with carbolic acid, and when dry used peroxide of hydro- gen_ The flesh all dropped 01! about 4 inches square until one could see the joints working. It is nearly all healed up but the swelling does not go down. Please inform me as to what to do.— J, S. B., Harrisville, Michigan. This was an abscess, and the. sloughing of the skin and flesh was due to infection, or caused by the use of some preparation you used which only added to the inflammation al- ready present at that time. A blist- er, or strong liniment will often cause sloughing when used where there is a. great amount of» inflam— mation present 'A'pply equal parts tr. iodine amd grain alcohol thorough: ly mixed together, twice daily. Cover the entire joint with absorbent cot- ton and bandage. tial profit. for collective orders. 310 Commercial Beak. ' nnnmvun Bill I to make sure of getting your supply from the Michigan State Prison this year. War— den Hulbert is anxious to supply all the farmers first—«but every pound of twins they do not need can be sold outside of the state at a substan-. The Gleeners have saved farmers thonmnds of, dollars every year by pounds of Prison Twine 'on e eta-operative bull end mmty of ordering NOW so thst none will be disappointed in TODAY for an order blank—and our proposition to’ agents ’ < Gleaner Clearing House Associntion ; niggexmflim _ DI \ M .1 distributing million. of ‘ ‘ year we want them to know «the he not beinn sble to get the“ twins they - Grand Rania. e». ‘ ‘1 13‘. ’ | a. LL " ’ 1 3.3 ... ,i ;;..v:“.4.~w“l '2. .723 . - ammo throes : c ...... . were sees: a z ; e n a O s A : . 30.8%.31238: aver-late. 1 L26; hid! nl. ; ow- Omer and (hm. 7c. OGS: Average. dress- :2. 11 .l-4e: highest. . Cadillac and ‘ ' and... 12o: ' Gladwin, K around $16@ 18 per bu., if you want to buy but it is repel-ted that one man had olover seed to 'expect the way 7 ‘mn a, Special correspondents report the prices paid ' the tumors during the teak endinl 1" 0,501"! 12th? as rm- - - ' ‘ 9 mar: HIM 31.0.: and m. 8! 14¢: .highut, sins. 45c; low~ 85c. noes: Avenue. 390: at.» Johns. 20¢. fiends. 26c: - Aver-ea. e: .W. ' I ’ 8: Areas . 21c;. hes «a Walls. and? 8&8! Beer lowest Willismeton, ,1 0c. ABII’NAC Ink—The weather is like sprint—- The blue birds and crows are hmrd. Not much excepting paying taxes (which are higher.) aetting out wood, repairing farm machinery, at- tending a sale now and then. Prospects for lding does not leok good. Some putting up . Some farms changing hands—M. B. R.. Twining, Feb. 11. MIDLAND—Farmers are cutting and hauling wood. The Weather is warm but not very agree- sble. It rained last night and this morning it “it! Very slippery. There was nearly a half inch of sleet all over. Not agreat deal going on. No ~suctions and no building being done. Farmers are s‘elling eggs and butter. A great reduction in the price of eggs has occurred. They are now 23c per dozen. This drop. it is claimed, was caused by the cold'storage houses. They refused to buy eggs until the price was lowerede sufli- eiently to allow them a safe margin—C. L. H.. Midland. eb BERRIEN (W.)——Weather has been fine: threatening snow at present. From the present outlook the ice houses here will all be empty for next summer. Farmers have been unable to get any ice this winter. Everyone is getting plenty of. eggs now .but at 25c per dozen: there is noth- ing in it for the farmer. Nothing much doing now but chores and odd jobs about the farm buildings.-—-O. C. Y., Baroda. Feb. 11. MONTCALM—Farmers are hauling logs to mill. putting up ice and doing chores. The weather is fair. Farmers are selling grain. Farm- ers are still holding their potatoes. expecting them to come up the latter part of this month—M. C. P.. Trufant. Feb. 11. CHEBOYGAN (N. W.)——The weather is line: not much snow so far. The roads are good. It has been mild so far, this winter: the coldest we had here was four below zero. Farmers are putting up ice, some hauling wood and loge but the most are only doing their chores. No farm produce being sold because the price is too low.-— . W. B., Biggsville. Feb. 11. ~ CLINTON (NJ—Not much doing on the farms now. Some are baling hay. cutting wood and all are wondering what will bathe most pront- able crops {or next year. But very little grain being marketed—A. E. J., Bannister, Feb. 12. INGRAM—We are having fine weather; ranges from 15 to 46 above. No snow. R03. are good. 'Farmers doing some farm work. hauling out manure, getting some wood and fitting out the sugar bush for tapping. Some grain. hay and stock going to market.’ Our farmers’ elevator of this place has voted to go into the farm bu- reau exchange. Our company has about five hundred stock holders: the biggest company in the state of its kind—C. I. M.. Willismston, Feb. 12. MANISTEE—Jrhere is not much doing exoept chores and such as hauling manure. cutting wood and putting up ice. The weather is tine: thew- ing a little every day. There is not much selling at present. The Farm Bureau is doing some buy- ing and sailing: they make prices on rye and beans to the farmers and also are furnishing seeds and hay and lime for the land. but nothing in-zbeaildo about potatoes—C. H. 8.. Bear Lake, e . . GLAQWIN—The weather is nice new and the ground is nearly bare. Farmers are selling grain new. There has been three fires in Gladwin City this month. One house burned to the ground. The.farmerrsbsriostill hauling gravel—F. A. R, is . . TUSCOLA——F‘armers are doing very littlebut chores; most of them have got the summer Wood cut and are waiting for spring to open up. The weather is fine: no snow and not cold but not good for winter grain. No ice put up yet; it is not thick enough yet; only about 6 or 8 inches on Cat lake. We are still holding 0am for m to money and some rye; but not much rye in e framers’ hands. Butter and eggs took a big drop the past week: the last thing the farmers had to sell that brought anything. Hay not in good demand; too open winter but grass seed selling 3 e e r o sell and -was offered only $8 per bn., but I can’t :aoy‘if it was true or not—R. B. 0., Caro, Feb. WEXFORDj—Nice weather for winter. Nofls- ing much movmg. Some are feeding potatoes to their cattle. It is rumored that potatoes are ship- ped in from the old country in order to subdue the association—S. E. 8.. Harrietts, Feb. 11. CHEBOYGAN (S. ——Evorything ve gnu We are having one o the finest winters 13v“- wit. nessed in this section. No zero weather. Just enough snow tor both sleighlng and wheeling. Au. toe runnm ._every day- l‘srmers not very except necessary chores and getting an summer incl. A few are uling wood to town ving team 33 to " no!ch for 101m wood. Some are harvesflng ice which is about 12 inches thick and of excellent quality. At 3 meet. he at the ~Che‘boym County Fair trustees, it was decided to hold the next his W 27, 28. ‘ 29. 80. 1921 at Wolverine. The meeting of di- ress s good one and Win one for the but hi: ever. A little country road Josh “is being done. hauling gravel and getting ready to push its work early in the wring. CALHOUN (N. O. m-alihnness are getting out their season's wood. are are cutting wood, than usual; uniting ‘ and any old tiring. The price of coal is so assembly high compared with the price of bogs. cattle and grain that we farmers have to sell. Nothing morn than we could our chief thinkers (and them- jority of our voters) have .been talking the last two years. I was running an elevator and coal business until July. 1920. and as soon as they got wavmgrsln and tgaikbusigzs away frond Pres- ident ' 1: er «an con- ‘ did it with all of the old heart and We her this remark somueh la u only had more men like President W n." and byimen thaw“ been forgery oppose mostly film 161101187 8 mors.,c{ it all the little . .. did‘k‘eell i g Average. sue 2-3: hithcst. ea... win. 81.75: lowest. Midland. 81.34; CORN: Av- imam Write inserted under this heading at 80 cents per line. per in out what you have to o'er] sad send it in. Address The Michigan Business Farmer, Advertising Department, We will put it in ue. Special rates for 13Ltimes or. longer, type, sendvprooi‘ and quote rates by return mail, Mt. Clemens, Michigan. . _l rtwlnnsyrouilfl' . looting oases- ior the coming season to consider the quality of m Pure Iced mum Perm?! We will kgod gob union wring eats, . w c eXD “8 thie medias- Aho th- Catr- , slog tells how to brood you! ,‘ Chicks successfully: di‘ scribes our _ High Class Eu Leghorn: And All Standard Breeds Both Chicks and Hatching Eggs from all manned. and delivered post paid. "ATE FARMD ASSOCIATION Kalamazoo. Michigan PRIZE WINNERS AT THE BIG SHOWS and the greatest of layers. Eggs for hatching and Baby y Chicks from prize .1 "ards and heavy lay- average a“ "I eggs per year per hen. ‘- _ "' ‘Eggs and Baby Chicks. Also Baby Chicks from selected purebred, range raised flocks in Reds,- Barred and White Rocks, Drugs and Bud Leghorns, 0r— pinstons. Minorcas. Get price: from us be- fore buying elsewhere. Ail Eggs and Chicks safely delivered by Prepaidor Parcel Post. N LONDON HATCHERY Look Box 800 New London. Ohlo MUD-WAY-AUSH-KA FARM oflers young stock and a few mature breeders in Whi binsse Geese, White Runner Ducks and White Wysndottes. Also 0. 1. spring gilts. Write today for prices on what you need. DIKE C. MILLER. Dryden. Mich. n. c.' an. LEOHORN secs. $1.50 FOR 15. Pekin duck $1.50 for 8. W. Chinese goose 0828 40c mob. Mrs. Claudia Bette, Hillsdale, Mich. ORPINGTONS AND LEGHORNS Two great breeds for profit. Write today for tree catalogue of hatching eggs. baby chicks and breeding stock. - OYOLE HATCHIR COMPANY. 148 Phlle lid]. llmlrs. N. Y. eckerels A Hens, Len-urns. Mlnoroas. Heudsns. Reds. Rocks, 0rpingtons,. Wysndottes. TYRONE POULTRY FARM. Fenton. Michigan. WYANDOTTI SILVER LACED GOLDEN AND_WHITE WY- findottes. Choice Cookerels $3, $4 and $5 on. O. W. BROWNING. R 2, Portland, Mich. HIRTY WHITE WYANDOTTE PULLETS AND 3 roosters. J. C. F‘ishel strain, direct, $2.50 ea. MR8. CLARENCE BRISTOL, R 3, Fonton, Mlch. Baby Chicks and Hatching Eggs Martin stmin White Wyandottes. Grand utility and exhibition matings. Winners at W. Mich. Poultry Show at Muskegon. Order early to avoid disappointment. Some flne cockerels at $3. Send for descriptive price list. . O. W. HEIMIACH. Blg Rapids. Mlch. HITE WVANOOTTEB. COCKERELS FROM 200 egg hens or better. May and-June hatch. 89 to 58. Eggs 32' per 15. . - FRANK DELONO. R 8. Three Rivers. Mleh. LEGHORNS Young's Strain 8. 0. Ir. Leghorn Cockerels, ApI-II hatched. prize winning laying strain from J. Higgins’ pens. M. 8. Ireland, Cassopohs, Mich. LADY DID 317 EGGS IN ONE YEAR cHIcKs By Fletch!“ Parcel Post “0,81%; 0'" ~. Safe Arrival Mn t o . ‘ guaranteed Send for Send for our big 4 ' Our Big «tales , utalog S. 0. WHITE IIEGHORNS We have the world’s greatest layers. ‘ You can have them too. It you get our one. Chicks fismfi: EWEmhwglh'rflgs; 'n vy-hmgsteok. e today clear tree instructive . . :1 f . a... ... Mme: my...” 2. eendtorittedsywmlhdngyonrordorm PURITAO SPRINGS POULTRY FARM . Box E111. Isl-ea, OIsIo 3:333:25“ e. e. .w 2'3 Hague-Is odou- . ’1‘. o . , - Ll° GRAN”. . “lg: ‘2. O . FOR CALI—R. O. I. L. OOOKERELO. "RIO by c may”. burn. lbs" 32.?th Giant rabbits. ' ‘ ‘ . l.‘ HIMIIAUOH. 'Oeldylater, Mleh. . ‘ , , rm six- w. ,. *- P-me'rn : Barman noon ceoausu. sass rnfi great is ere. Bargain prices now I grain but had lint. ' a. , w..c_. crises .' 4 - sure a.,,senun. Harbor. a»... ' L- BABI‘IEII nocKS.m§.§‘§§§ 33:31:31.1 ” TOL'LE‘ ,Ro‘n R 10. .0. MRI. MIOh. MATCHING EGGS FROM _ Parks 200 egg strain. Rich in the blood of Park’s best pedigreed pens. $2 per 15. 80 per‘IiO. 812 per 1.00. no in non hble containers. R. O. KIN-Y. R 1 East Lansing. Mich. OHN'I IIO IEAU‘I’IFUL EARNED. ROCKS are hen hatched. grow quick. good layers. Sold on approvul. 84 to $8 each. Circulars. Photos. JOHN NORTHON. Clare. Mich. UALITY BARRED ROCKS. CHOICE M. A. C. and Homestead Farms cocks bead, range breed Ringlets. Select cockerels 85 each. Book- ing egg orders. Ship as required. postpaid. 15 $2: 30. $3.50; 100. :8. Guaranteed. M. J. A R. A. WILSON. R 2, Kingsley, Mlch. LAYING Pris-cs ARRED ROCK COCKERELO. “Strain Direct. ” From pedigreed males. $3.50 to 85 until Mar. let. N. AYREB & 80M. Silverwood. Mlch. 11er Rock Chlcks. Guaranteed 100 pct. safe delivery. Order in advance. Circular and prices on application. H. H. Pierce, Jerome, Mich. RHODE ISLAND BEDS 8. C. R. I. Reds and Whites. Canon“: and Whit- taker’s strain; fine large dark birds, price from $3 to 35. Alfred Deichmann, R 3, Pigeon, Mich. HITTAKER'S R. I. REDS. MICHIGAN’S Color and Egg Strain. Both combs. Cock- erels. Chicks and Eggs. Write {or free catalog. INTERLAKES FARM Box 4, Lawnfico. Mich. oekerele and Pullets. Pure Rred R. C. R. l. reds of winter laying strian. $2.50, $3.00 and $5.00 each. In tries, less. MR8. JAMES L. WATERS. R 5. Fremont. Mlch.‘ LANGSHAN on. SIMPSON'S LANGSHANS or QUALITY Bred for type and color since 1912. Winter laying strain of both Black and White. Have some cockerels for sale. Eggs in season. OHAS. W. SIMPSON Webberville. Mich. ORPINGTONS COCKERELS AND PULLETS for sale. Bufi’, White, Black Cookerels at $7, $8, and $10. Pullets at $3 and 85. Also yearling hens $3 and $4. Hatching eggs. $8 per setting. GRAIOWSKE EROS" R 4. McrI‘III, Mlch. ' ANCONAS ANCONA OOCKERELS FROM CECIL SHEP pard’s fine strain, Aug. hatched. $2 and S each. You want one. EVA TRYON, Jerome. Mich. BABY CHICKS BABY CHICKS The fluffy lively kind. The kind that live and grow. All eggs are from FREE RANGE FARM ,2) STOCK ~ Chicks are hatched w in the most modern incubators built, and shipped direct from our hatch- ery to your door by prepaid Parcel Post. Catalogue and price list upon re— quest. ' N ORVVALK CHICK HATCIUBR Box B, Nonnvalk, Ohio ’ BABY cHIcKs 350,000 for 1921 17th season. Chicks sent prepaid. Safe delivery guaran- teed. Leghorns, ltocks,.Reds. An- cmias, Wyandottcs, Minoms, Utility and Exhibiting quality at very reasonable prices. Catalog and price list free. 20th Century Hatchery, New Washington, Box 5 Ohio HATCHI'NG EGGS, BARRED I Rocks; Norman strain. trap- nested. bred to lay. Expertly tested for many generation Large illustrated catalogue ' Stamps for circular. Boston winners. Low prices. Satisfaction guar- INOLE COM. Chicks. reasonable. 4- w- RUFF LEGRORN BAIY Order now for spring delivery. Prices ‘ Safe delivery guaranteed. Mich. Hatchi S. DANGER 100. 000 best selected utility, disappoin tmen t. lected stock; which they DO lay. Erode. LORING AND MARTIN COMPANY WEBSTER, Bath. 3 .2, 500,000 CHICKS at very reasonabl’e prices from our heavy laying strain 01 English and Amoncus' White Leg- horns, Brown Leghorns and Ancones. Shipped by parcel ’post prepaid. Special prices on 1,000 lots. Catalogue free. Wynnrden Hatchery not I. Zeelsnd. Mich. Chix 15c Up blooded chicks enr produced. trapnested stock. 20 varieties. Catalog. Early booking avoids BECKMAN HATCHERY If chix and eggs u». not shipped right. ng 8323. 26 E. Lyon 8!... Grand Rapids, Mich. o THE J. B. FARMS HATCHERY C. White Leghorn Chicks. Best se- large, with capacity for eggs . Only THE BEST Write for terms. East Saugatuck. Mich. the he. css and Leghorns. Get our catalog and buy your chicks direct from Chicks wtih the ‘Pep Our bred—to-lay and exhi- bition chicks will pay you. \f'i‘ry them and be convinc- ed. Safely delivered by prepaid postman. Rocks, Reds, Orpingtons, Wyan- dottes, Anconas, Minor- I’riCes from 15c and up. tchery. HOLGATE CHICK HATCHERY. Box B Holgate. Ohio Better Produced Day Old Chlx are the kind you want. Send today for free cautiog. Springfield Hatch- eries, Box E, Springfield. 0. MI I PRICES SMASHED varieties best grade chicks. lending 100 PAGE POULTRY BOOK FREE. M. ALLEN’S FARM, Lewis Station. M0. COCKERELS, White Anconas FOR SALE PULLETS AND HENS Orpingtons R. C. R. I. S. C. and R. C. Brown Leghorn: Whlte Wyandottee S. C. Black Mlnorcas Price Llst Now Ready Reds VALLEY RIDGE POULTRY-FARM B Ioomlngdale, Mich. HATCHIN G EGGS Have been breeding for ten production. My eggs. 20 HILLCREST FRUIT AND POULTRY FARM Breeders of the Laying Kind Single White Will have 2,000 or 3.000 chicks above my own wants. p years for egg business in high class commercial cents wch delivered at your door. L. L. Winslow, Prop. Comb Leghorns. Day Old Chicks :1 Specialty Saranac. Mich. \ RED HATOHING‘ EGGS. THOMPKIN’8 Strain. $12.00 per 100. Wm. H. FROHM, New Haven, Mich. TURKEYS FOR SALE—A FEW GIANT BRONZE HEN turkeys. Also one yearling tom. All strong vigorous birds. For price write MRS. BERTHA HALLADAY, Ashton, Mloh. GIANT BRONZE TURKEYS. A FEW CHOICE young toms and pullets. PERRY H. STEBBINS, Saunas, Mich. OBS ALE; FOUR EXTRA cuouc: WHITE Holland toms, $15. Money back if not satisfact- NORMAN POULTRY PLANT. cinnamon, w. xxr‘. . ..r., THE SEASON FOR baby chicks and grown birds. ‘ the entire state. ory. 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