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FEDERATED LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE OF THE FARMERS' ORGANIZATIONS OF MICHIGAN
president of the Michigan State Farm Bureau: A. 8. Cook. chairman, Master of the State Grange: Rep. Frank Mosier. father of

Seated. left to right: James Nlcol.
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Standing. left to right: 3. M. Iowell. State Farm Bureau: Alfred Allen, iresident Affillated Farmers’ Clubs: N. P. Hull. State Grange: Fred Smith. State Farm Bureau: 0. H. Bramble. State Grange.

Watchdogs of Farmers’ Legislative Interests

Representatives of Farm Orgnizations Wield Big Political and Legislative Influence

ESIRES OF the organized farmers of

Michigan are being effectively brought
to the attention of the present sessiOn of the
legislature. Never before have the lawmak-
ers listened as attentively to the voice of the
agricultural interests of the state. \Vhile
this is partly due to the better organization
which has been achieved by Michigan farm-
ers, it is more directly a result of the policy
of co-operation which has been adopted by
farmers’ organizations in all legislative mat—
ters. This friendly co—operative spirit has
found its expression in the formation of the
Federated Legislative Committee of the
farmers’ organizations of Michigan.

This federated legislative committee had
its inception over two years ago in the mind
of Edgar Burke, who was at that time presi—
dent. of the Association of Farmers’ Clubs.
He appealed to the officers of the Grange
and Gleaners to unite with the farmers’
clubs to secure the election of some real ag-
ricultural members to the State Board of Ag-
riculture. Results of this co-operative activ-
ity were apparent when their approved cand-
idates, Mr. Whitney L. Watkins and Mrs.

VDora Stockman were elected to this position.

Encouraged and inspired by their success
in their first undertaking, the representa—
tives of these co-operating farmers’ organi-
zations decided to stick together and unite
their strength On a constructive legislative
program for the benefit of the agricultural
interests of Michigan.

When the Michigan State Farm Bureau
was organized it was asked to elect members
to this committee.

During the present legislative session the
membership of this committee has been as
follows: Farm Bureau: James Nicol, Fred
Smith, A. E. lllenden; Gleaners: Grant H.

1921 Wool Pool Under Way

SPECIAL sales and bargain days will
feature local wool pooling days at sev-
eral of the 100 grading warehouse towns, ac—
cording to the state farm bureau. Lapeer
was the first to develop the idea and it is
reported that business "men there are com—
pleting arrangements for such a day. Other
wool pooling centers are said to be planning
similar action.

Local grading warehouses announced to
date are at Lapeer, Imlay City, Holly, South
Lyons, Howell, Oxford, Merrill, Durand and
Lansing. Wool growers’ recommendations
have been considered and are being given
serious consideration in the location of ware-
houses, says the department.

Repeat visits of graders have been arrang—
ed for in case of necessity, says the wool de-
partment. Farm bureau wool growers living
in the remote districts haVe been advised that
they may find it to their advantage to ship
to the nearest grading station or to Lansing.
The freight rate to Lansing is said to be one-
half cent a pound.

Elimination of local freight rates which
amounted to 1-2 and 344 cents a pound on
most of the 3,000,000 pounds in the 1920
pool, will be effected thru the local pooling,
grading and storage system. The expenses
of the grading teams will be far below the
extra costs incidental to shipping to Lansing.

Slocum, Ross L. Holloway, George I. Strach.
an; State Grange: A. B. Cook, N. P. Hull,
J. W. Hutchins; Farmers’ Clubs: Alfred
Allen, Edgar Burke, James N. McBride.

Foremost in interest among the various
measures receiving consideration by this
committee is the proposal for a. state income
tax. Realizing the advisability of such a
measure to relieve property owners from
part of the heavy burden now borne by them
and to place a tax on the individual ’s ability
to pay, thus reaching the salaried classes,
they urged Frank Mosier to introduce a con-
stitutional amendment allowing for legisla—
tive enactment of a state income tax law.
This issue, appearing in the form of a con-
stitutional amendment, required 67 votes in
the lower house to secure its passage.

When on final passage, March 23rd, but
64 affirmative votes could be mustered, Rep.
Mosier moved to reconsider the vote and
placed the bill on the table. Since this date
he has awaited complete attcmlance of the
representatives in order to secure the votes
necessary for the passage of the measure.
On April 6th the bill was passed, but with an
amendment which exempted corporations
from its provisions.

Another important measure which is be-
ing urged by the Federated Legislative Com-
mittee is the proposal for the gathering of
agricultural statistics, relative to crop acre-
ages and the number of the various. classes
of livestock, by the township superVISors at
the time of making their annual assessment

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Potash for Swamp Land

OES the corn grown on your

. swamp or muck land look like
the large ear or like the small one? The
small one shows the kind of corn pro-

, duced on potash hungry muck land.

When 100 to 200 lbs. per acre of
Muriate of Potash, or 400 to 800 lbs.
of Kainit, are broadcasted on potash
hungry muck, full yields of sound corn
are produced.

For onions, on such lands, 100 to 200 lbs.
per acre of Sulfate of Potash is the
right amount to produce full yields of
sound onions that ripen normally and

keep

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With potatoes and truck crops, like
results are obtained.

Even at war prices potash gave a good profit
on swamp lands. Now it can be bought for
very much less. It will help you reduce the
cost of production, and greatly improve the
quantity and quality of your crops. There
is plenty of it if you will take the trouble to

insist

The following firms have requested
us to state that they will sell unmixed
Potash Salts:
Ashcraft—Wilkinson Co., Atlanta, Ga.
- Dawhoo Fertilizer Co.,

on having it.

Harby & Co.,

A. F.

TheNitrateAgencies Co., 85Water St,N.Y.

Pringle, Inc.,

Baltimore, Md.

Norfo

lk, Va.

Jacksonville, Fla.

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B. A. HUSTON, Manager

42 Broadway

Charleston, S. C.
Sumter, S. C.
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FINN’S PEACH TREE
COLLECTION

10 Peach trees. 2% to 3 it. Prepaid for $4.75
3 Elbem. 2 Late Crawford, 3 Rochester

1 Champion; 1 Yellow St John

Free Catalogue of all fruit and ornamentu

shrubs. plants and vines.

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AN EFFICIENCY

EXPERT
T HAS been an-
nounced that we

' are tohave an “ef-
ficiency expert,” who _
shall make one of these “high Spot"
survey of departments and institu-
tions of the state to determine what
the state is getting for its tremend—
ous annual expenditures for so—call-
ed personal service, for the impres-
sion has somehow found lodgment in
high ofliclal consciousness that while
it is highly pleasing to have a large
number of your friends' sons and
daughters on the pay roll, there is
also an element of danger in the sit-
uation when the public learns that
their name is legion; that in many
cases they are in each other's way
while performing perfunctory or
construction service. So we‘ are to
have an expert from "outside" to
tell us just how many Willies and
Lillies may be let out of the state's
service; how many parasites can be
loosened from the payroll. This
move on the part of the administra-
tion is sure to meet with popular ap—
proval, and its eflects closely watch-
ed. We have, however, some rea—
son to be slightly skeptical as to ex-
pected results, to. most of these so-
called experts are themselves para—
sites who must needs get away from
their acquaintances to be taken at
all seriously, to say nothing of be-
ing regarded as “experts.” For real

efficiency experts and expert house‘

cleaners, prophets who do not need
seek credit in places remote from
their own habitat, but are accorded
it most freely by those who know
them best, who could be relied on
to make suggestions the acceptance
of which would result in placing the
state on a real service basis, we sug-
gest the names of Ed. Frensdorf of
Hudson and Nate Simpson of Hart-
ford. If either of these two men
were to "expert" on any agency of
the state government and his rec—
ommendation were carried out, there
would not be a single useless em—
ploye on the payroll’when they have
finished their “survey.”

Chas. J. Deland, new Secretary of
State, needs no “efficiency expert" to
tell him what to do in his depart-
ment. Without “expert” advice he
reduced the force in that depart-
ment nearly fifty per cent and by ef—
fecting some other reforms was able
to tell the legislature that his de-
partment would need only half the
amount provided in the budget and
therefore the appropriation should
be cut in two, and we want
to ask the “oldest inhabitant
and the oldest M. B. F. reader, what
do you think about that?"

 

ANOTHER MORTAL NINETEEN
HE FOLLOWING interesting
item appeared in a state paper
recently: “Lieutenant Governor

Read took a hand in the duty of

whipping into line an organization

of the senate Which will make fu-

ture coups more difficulty if not im-

possible.

“He called into conference several
members 0. senate and told them
what must be done and what must
not be done, and formed a real or-
ganization of senators to see that
things run a bit more smoothly than
has been the case heretofore."

This move is probably in anti—
cipation of sharp opposition to the
Osborn Public Utilities bill which
will be on final passage about April
13. This bill is probably the most
vicious this session will produce. It
would absolutely destroy our cities’
rights of home rule regarding their
public utilities and have them to the
tender mercies of Gov. Sleeper’s util-
ity commission which some uncouth
citizens have had the temerity to
say they suspected had been stacked
against the people. In the sesswn
of 1919 the public utilities act was
amended so as to put a big crimp in
the commissions power to set aside
franchises and fix rates and it is
well known that such action was
taken on the insistent demand of

   

BY SENATOR
HERBERT F. BIKER

. the people,

April 16, 1921

then Attorney General
Groesbeck. The Os-
born bill now seeks to
restore the commis—
sion's power to disre-
gard city government,
ignore contracts, and arbitrarily fix
rates satisfactory to utility owners.
The group behind this measure is
composed of those who-m the Lieu-
tenant-Governor is said to have call-
ed in-to his office for “instructions;"
they are all members of the “Me
Too's” and the “Thumbs Up" Clubs,
whose members take pleasure and
find recreation in vying with each
other for the privilege of officiating
as message bearers. One thing is
certain, the Osborn bill cannot go
across without the Governor’s ap-
proval for the “Show Me” Sena-tors
are all opposed to it, so that such
support as it gets must necessarily
come from the “Me Too's.”

 

THAT INCOME TAX

ELL, THAT income tax resolu-

tion submitting the question

passed the house Aphil 6, by
the skin of its teeth, getting just
two more than the necessary two-
thirds vote. Of the twenty-six votes
against it, two were cast by farm-
ers: Aldrich of Cheboygan and Read
of Kalamazoo, the remaining twenty-
four votes all came from the cities
where banking, power, and manu~
fucturing interests are the big noise.
The vote was taken after Rep. Lord
of Detroit has seconded adoption of
the following amendment: “Amend
the joint resolution by striking out
of lines 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 of section
3 the‘words, ‘Provision shall be
made by law for a tax upon or with
respect to gains, profits and incom—
es, from whatever source derived,
which tax shall be graduated and
from which reasonable exmptions
may be allowed. For the purposes
of such tax, property and persons,
firms and corporations, upon which
such tax may operate may' be claw
ified,’ and inserting in lieu thereof
the following: ‘The legislature may
provide by law for a tax upon, or
with respect to gains, profits and in—
comes of individuals, from whatever
source derived, which tax may be
graduated and from which there
shall be no exemption except to
those persons, who, because of pov—
erty, are unable to contribute to the
public burden. Such tax upon in-
comes shall be in lieu of all assess-
ments upon and taxes levied against
intangible personal property.’ "

Mr. Lord is one of the most adroit
and eflective members of the house.
He is always with and for the “big
fellows."

This amendment had, it is said.
the double purpose of exempting
corporations and on the other hand
including everybody down to crip-
pled crossing flagmen and scrub-
women. These matters will be harp-
ed upon by those opposed to the
amendment for the purpose of mis—
leading people into voting against it.
They assume that farmers and peo-
ple of small means are anxious to
impose this tax on the well-to—do
hut object to being themeslves in-
cluded, and that when they find
find themselves included will defeat
the measure by voting against it. We
believe our smart Alex friend are
mistaken in this; that the average
citizen will be willing to make his
small contribution under this tax
for the satisfaction he can find in
seeing the $3,000,000,000 in in-
tangible property now escaping tax
entirely, brought under tribute to
the government. The statement
that corporations have been exempt
would find a parallel in the state—
ment that families had also been ex-
empted. If the individuals who
make up each of these organizations
are taxed on their incomes, why
should they again be taxed as parts
of either such groups. The will in
the discussion of this matter, if it
passes the senate and comes before
be found many strain—
ing at some knot in this matter who

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Volume VIII THE MICHIGAN April 16’
 BUSINESS FARMER 

 

 

 

 

 

Big Farm Conference Convenes at Washington

Largest Representative Gathering of Farmers in History Grapple with Problems of Agriculture

FOR THE first time in the history of Amer—
ican agriculture the representatives of
every farm organization in the country have
come together this week in the city of Wash—
ington to discuss and, if possible, to arrive at
a unanimous agreement upon the pressing
economic problems of the day. Industry
says, “The organizations which will be rep-
resented by their authorized ofiicers and exce-
utive committees include more farmers than
were ever associated together in any formal
group of farmers in the history of agricul-
ture in this or any other country, or in all the
world together.” The organizations _repre-
sented are: The American Farm Bureau Fed-
eration, the National Grange, the National
Milk Producers’ Ass’n, the Farmers’ Nation—
al Council, the International Farm Congress,
the People’s Reconstruction League, the Na-
tional Board of Farm Organizations, the Na-
tional Federation of Farm Loan Associations,
and the Farmers’ Educational and (Io-opera-
tive Union. The total membership of these
organizations is placed at between four and
five million farmers.

The session, it will be noted, is being held
simultaneously with the opening session of
the sixty-seventh congress, probably with the
intention of impressing upon that body the
importance and influence of the organized
farmers when acting in unison.

The problems to be discussed are many.
They include the tariff, taxation, farm cred-
its, restoratiOn of farmers’ prices, freight
rates and transportation. Of these by far
the most important and pressing is the con-
dition in which the farmers find themselves
at the present time by reason of the great de-
cline in the prices of farm porducts. VVheth-
or there is‘a legislative remedy for this farm
leaders are not in a position to state, but they
recognize that the condition is wrong, pro—
(inccd by artificial means, and can possibly be
cured by artificial means. What recommend-
ations, if any, the conference will make for
the purpose of correcting this situation has
not been made public.

A legislative measure, however, which the
majority of farm leaders believe will go a
long way in checking the decline in farm
prices, is the proposed emergency tariff bill.
This can be speedily enacted and with the or—
ganized farmers on the job it is safe to say
that it will be speedily made into a law. In-
deed, it would not be surprising if it were
enacted and put in full force Within another
ten days. OpiniOn is divided among the farm
organizations as to the extent which the tar-
iff will restore order and strength to the mar-
kets. Many insist that it will have a large
and immediate beneficial eflect. Others are
as certain that the sellers and buyers in the
markets have long since discounted the ef—
fects of the tariff and that its adoption will
make little if any impress upon market tran-
sections. The next two weeks will probably
tell the story.

Taxation is another subject upon which the
organized farmers are going to announce their
views. As stated elsewhere in this issue the
excess profits tax is likely to be repealed and
a sales tax substituted to make up for the loss

' of revenue. The farm organizations are hit-

terly opposed to this program and will never
stand for a consumption tax if the excess
profits'tax is taken off the statute books. The
sales tax has already been introduced by Sen-
ator Smoot of Utah and promises to precipi-
tate one of the hottest fights ever staged upon
the» floor of congress.

 

 

Who Speaks For the Farmer?

HAT’S a question which has ' bother-
Ted Congress for a long time. A half

dozen organizations claim they speak
for the farmer, and yet they disagree among
themselves on many important issues. Per-
haps the farm conference now in session
at Washington may settle for all time the
question of “W’ho speaks for the farmer."

 

 

 

 

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Big business is frankly fearful of what this
great conference of farmers may do before it
adjourns. The greatest fear is that it will
adopt some plan for the curtailment of pro-

N. Y. Bean Shipper Urges

Farmers to Hold Beans

E HAVE TAKEN your paper for some

little time and we note in some of your
late issues that Michigan beans are being sold
for much less than they can he produced.

We cannot understand why farmers in
Michigan are selling their beans at such ri-
diculously low prices. In the first place the
Michigan bean crop of 1920, was never finer
grade and of such good carrying quality as
this year.

We understand that the yield of the Mich—
igan crop this year was 13 bushels to the acre
or 780 lbs. and that they are now being pur—
chased from the farmers at $2.75 per hun-
dred. Do you think if the farmers thought
that the coming crop of 1921 would yield on—
1y 13 bushels to the acre or 780 lbs. and that
the price would not be more than this year,
(or equal to about $22.00 per acre gross) and
have to pay out of this amount the following
charges: Fertilizer, fitting land, harvesting,
threshing, and various other expenses, which
would more than offset $22.00 per acre, would
they plant many beans this year? We weiild
answer this by saying “no.” Still they will
go on selling a crop at ridiculously low prices
and for an article that is one of the cheapest
food products in the world today.

One quart of beans which is c-rgual to a
little more than 2 lbs. Will amply i'ccd ten
people. Pretty cheap food for the people out
of work. Don’t the farmers realize that the
Michigan crop of beans will carry indefinite-
ly this season? WAKE UP, FARMERS,
BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!

If the farmer disposes of his holdings at the
present time he will not see again right away
where he can replace them.

Now Michigan holds the key to the whole
situation. New York State has less than 100
cars of pea beans at 40,000 capacity and with
five months demand ahead, so the writer has
no reason for writing this from the New York
State end of the game; he merely thinks that
the Michigan farmers are maln'ng a very ser-
ious mistake in marketing the remainder of
their crop at such ridiculously low prices.

This letter is not written from a specula-
tive standpoint, but merely to try to convince
you, as Editor of the Michigan Business Farm-
er, that the farmers are not justified in sell-
ing beans at today’s prices, and that a bean
crop is a most valuable one year in and year
out, provided it is handled judiciously and at
its true value. '

Hoping you will accept this in the spirit
it is written, that is, with a view'to justice
and not a view to speculation, we remain——
New York State Bean Shippers Association,
I“. G. li‘errin, Secretary, Rochester, N. Y.

duction and the fixing of prices. In an “op—
en letter to the American Farmer,” Henry

llarrison Lewis, publisher of Industry, an
organ of big business, makes a confession of
his apprehensions, and cautions the farmers
that “holding movements, pooling movements
for the purpose of holding, curtailing produc~
tion by artificial means, so-called farmer
strikes. the seeking of monoply control for
price-raising purposes, are all opposed not
only to good law, but to good public policy.”
Also:

“We are sure that no association of produc—
ers should be permitted which will so control
the supply as to arbitrarily fix the prices, and
that, this applies to producers of agricultural com-
modities as it undoubtedly does to producers of
manufactured commodities. Further than this
we are assured that the public which is the gov—
ernment, will not permit the selfish consumma—
tion of such control. and that efforts at such
control lead to either one of two serious results,
the assumption of the control by a paternalistic
government, which is socialism and the end of
democracy, or the assumption of control by some
individual constituted for this purpose, which is
individual or bureaucratic autocracy and equally
the end of democracy."

But it is unlikely that the farm organiza-
tions will follow the admonitions of Big Bus-
iness which can never escape the imputation
of having irons in the fire. For years corpor—
ate interests have virtually directed the mak-
ing of our laws which conferred upon them
Special privileges. Their power has been
greatly lessened in recent years and they fear
that the organized farmers may destroy it and
their privileges altogether. Generally speak—
ing a movement to curtail production and fix
prices would strike a blow at the great inter~
.csls who profit from over-production and low
prices on agricultural products.

The progress of this farm conference will
be watched with a great deal of interest by
farmers everywhere, for it is entirely possible
that out of the discussions may arise a legi»
lative and economic program which will strike
the shackles oil of agriculture and put it in its
rightful place among the industries of the
world. Ilcrctoforc the farm oreunimtious
have been fighting among themselves ow‘l‘ n;-
suns which in nowisc concerned agriculture
and refused to get together on issues in which
all. farmers have a common interest. in-
came of this division of opinion Congress has
been bewildered to know which orgi'mization
actually represents the majority of farmer
sentiment. Let us hope that out of the pres-
ent conference may come a unanimity of opin-
ion which will leavc no doubt in the minds of
Congress what the farmers want.

Fruit Marketing Organization

PRESIDENT James Nicol of the Michigan

State Farm Bureau has been appointed

chairman of the American Farm Bureau Fed—

eration Committee which will plan a fruit

marketing organization and a national fruit

marketing program for the federation. The ‘
appointment was made in a resolution adop- .
ted at the National Fruit Marketing confer—

ence in Chicago, April 6.

Michigan farm bureau men took an im— '
portant part in three Farm Bureau meetings '
of national interest, held during the week of 3
April 5.

Secretary C. L. Brody of the state farm
bureau discussed the relation of county agents
and extension men to the farm bureau at the .
Mid-West Conference of Farm Bureau Pres—
idents and Secretaries, held at Indianapolis, ,
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.-T'H"E MICHIGAN BUSINESS. FARMER

April 16, 19.21

Farmers Organize U. S. GrainfGrowers’, Inc.

Delegates to Ratification Meeting Unanimously Endorse National Marketing System

NANIMOUS ratification of the coopera-
tive grain—marketing plan of the Com-
mittee of Seventeen marked the national con-
vention of representatives of the farm organi-
zations from all the grain-producing states in
the union in Chicago on April 6, 7, and 8.
It was a picked gathering, made up mostly
of the leaders who for years have been tried
in the cooperative movement and not found
wanting. There, was the Committee of Sev—
enteen, itself made up of men who have led
in the various organizations that have sought

a way out of the mire in which the grain
farmers have been struggling for years.

There were farmers’ elevator leaders, some of
them with first—hand knowledge of the fight
made 20 years ago by the grain interests to
choke their then new business. There were
equity men who have learned through hard
and long years in the Northwest that it takes
strong men and true to give battle to the or-
ganized grain exchanges. There were farm—
ers' union men from the Southwest, and farm
bureau men from the Middle States, sitting
alongside the leaders in the gigantic wheat
pool now forming in the Pacific Northwest.
Nearly every one of the 101 delegates was a
man of long experience in the grain-market—
ing game, and those who were not represented
some of the general farm organizations like
the grange and the farm bureaus.

l‘?eture the leaders named above, also 300
or so farmers spectators and you have the
scene which began \Vednesday of last week in
the IlaSalle Hotel in Chicago. First was the
call to order by James R Howard, president
of the American Farm Bureau Federatioi'i,
who told the farmers assembled that this meet-
ing was the sun—up of American agriculture,
and that as the liberties of the English-speak-
ing race were wrung from King John at Run—
nymede, so the farmers were just beginning
to wring their marketing liberties. He told
something of the history of the Committee of
Seventeen and how it had spent, seven months
in arduous study of every phase of the grain-
inarketing problem before it finally issued a,
report recommeluli“'1' national system of co-
xperative grain-marketing. .

Then l'ollowed Henry H. Wallace, Secretary
of Agriculture, who delivered a ringing en-
dorsement of the plan oli'cred by the Commit--
tee of Seventeen, and followed that by telling
the farmers that so far as he was concerned
the, United States Department of Agriculture
would function as much in developing better

 

 

HE FOLLOWING men have been elect-

ed as the Board of Directors of the new-

ly organized U. S. Grain Growers’, lnc.:
Missouri—P. E. Donnell of Waco; Iowa—
Frank Myers 01' Fort Dorge, Adam Middlck
ton of Eagle Grove; Illinois—William G.
Eckhardt of DeKalb, Robert N. Clark of
Stronghurst, Fred Mudge of Peru; Indiana
—Ja.mes Mason of Milton; Ohio—Harry
Robinson of Cleveland; Kentucky, Virginia.
[Maryland and Michigan—Jsz Nicol of
South Haven, Mich; Wisconsin, Minnesota,
North Dakota and Montanar—J. M. Ander-
son of St. Paul, W. F. Schilling of North-
field, Minn, Usher L. Burdick of Fargo, N.
1).; South Dakota, Nebraska and Colorado——
0. H. Gustafson of Lincoln, Nebraska, John
Book of Henry, S. Dale, and J. D. Pancacke
of Loveland, 0010.; Kansas-R. (l. Okrecht
of Topeka and H. W. Avery of Wakefield;
Oklahoma—('3 H. Syde of Alva; Texas——
Henry Coit of Bonner; California, Oregon,
Washington, Idaho—George Jewett of Spo-
kane, Wash., Victor H. Smith of Waco, Ore-
gon. O. H. Gustafson of Nebraska, was
elected president of the national association.
and Frank Myers of Iowa secretary of the
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systems of marketing as it would in finding
better methods of producing farm products.
This was a new line of talk from a govern-
ment otficial, strangely in contrast with the re-
marks made by former government officials of
high position heard by these same farmers,
that it came almost as a shock.

Then came (I. II. Gustafson, of Nebraska,
chairman of the Committee of Seventeen, who
explained the plan adopted and followed by
ansWeriug a. host of questions in regard to it
u—most of them of a routine and technical na-
ture. None of the questions came, in a criti-
cal mood, and Mr. Custafson soon had the aud-
ience pretty well instructed in the manner in
which the’ new plan will work.

Out of a clear sky came an explosion, which
did not wreck the convention but it caused it
to pause for two days and debate a fundamen-
tal marketing question more thoroughly than
it. had ever before been debated in a farmers’
meeting or anywhere else. It came in the
form of an amendment, offered by ('. l"). Moser
of 'l‘exas. providing for a compulsory national
wheat pool of one-third of all the wheat pl‘()~
dueed by each grower. It will be borne in
mind that the original plan provided for a
series of voluntary optional pools.

The proponents of the national pool advo—
cated the amendment on the ground that in no

other way could the surplus of the wheat corp
be handled without breaking the market for
the entire crop, as is so frequently done at the
present time. Some of the proponents were
inclined to fight the whole idea of. pooling,
but soon dropped that defense under the hea-
vy artillery of the advocates of pooling, who
declared that pooling was the fundamental
principle of true cooperation. The debate
quickly turned on the question of expediency,
and-finally every opponent declared himself
in favor of the whole idea of pooling grain
but advocated that the amendment be defeat-
ed because it might rouse public sentiment
against the plan in its early stages.

The Moser amendment was supported by all
of the delegates from the Pacific Coast States,

_ the delegates from the National Wheat Grow-

ers’ AssociatiOn, the delegates from the South-
west, also the majority of the three big dele«
gations from Illinois, Iowa, and North Dako—
ta. The backbone of the, opposition came.
from the farmers’ grain dealers’ association
representatives, and also included nearly all
of the delegates from such strong states as
Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, Indiana and
Ohio.

The vote was not taken until after fourteen
hours of almost continuous debate, the result
standing 3% to til for rejection of the amend—
ment. Its defeat was a foregone conclusion
from the. start. though at one time 45 votes
were supposed to have been pledged for it.
The debate had the effect of thoroughly
thrashing out the merits of pooling. and there
was unanimous agreement at the conclusion
that the only reason for rejecting the amend
ment was on the grounds of expediency.

The report of the committee was thereupon
adopted by unanimous vote. It may be stat—
ed upon excellent authority that a number of
amendments had been prepared by the, rep-
resentatives of the farmers’ grain dealers,
which were intended to take considerable of
the “kick” out of the plan as presented by
the. committee. This idea was abandoned af~
trr the debate on the MOSer amendment be—
cause that debate bad the eii'ect of compelling
the grain dealers to strongly endorse the, com-
mittee plan.

A board of 21 directors was elected to earn
iy on the organization of the United States
(train Growers, Inc. and the (‘ommillee ot'
Seventeen was diSchargcd from further sers
wee.

Mid-West Farm Bureau Frowns Upon Paved Road Program

Points to Wisconsin’s F arm-to-Marhet Gravel Roads as Example for Other' States to Follow

IIE PRESIDENTS and secretaries of

the Mid-West farm bureau federation,
who met at Indianapolis, April 4, sent a tele-
gram to Henry C. ,VVallacc, Secretary of Agri-
culture, asking him to urge upon Congress and
l’rcsident llarding the passage of an emer-
gency tariff upon farm products. They were
also unanimous in their decisions that farm
advisers and county farm bureaus should not
engage directly in commerical and business
activities.

That the main work of the county farm
bureaus is educational was brought out by M.
Ii. Mosher, of Eureka, 111., who said, however,
that this educational work could often times
be accomplished by commercial means. In his
eight years as county agent, he said, he had
come across several such instances, and as an
example, told of one case where he had been
trying to get the farmers in his county to use
more rock phosphate. He organized a farm-
ers’ company which acted as a dealer and local
distributing agent for phosphate. When this
was done, the amount of phosphate used in
the county increased greatly.

Clark Brody of the Michigan Farm Bureau
also gave such an instance, telling of a car-
tain case where the adviser was trying to im-

 

 

INUE THE advent of the automobile the
world has taken a new interest in roads.
The question no longer is “shall we im-

prove our roads,“ but “how shall be im-
prove them." Upon the former question
there is no disagreement. Upon the latter
there is much. The state highway author-
ities of most of the states are committed
to a system of paved trunk lines to be fol-
lowed by farm to market roads. Frankly,
many farmers do not approve of this policy,
feeling that paved roads are at present too
costly, and that gravel roads will bear the
principal part of the traffic if properly pa-
trolled and kept in repair. The action of
the Mid-West Farm Bureau Federation upon
this subject is important as it is likely to
arouse some agitation against the hard
road. Whatever one’s opinions upon the
subject may be, the experience of the road
authorities and engineers should be given
careful consideration. We have but barely
begun our “good roads" program, so let
us be sure we are right before proceeding
too far. What do our readers think about
it?—Edit0r.

 

 

 

 

 

 

prove the clever and grass seed grown by the
farmers in his county. I’pon finding out that
it was impossible to get high grade seed any-
where in the county, the agent organized a co-

operative seed company. This company went.
into the commercial seed business and sold
high class seeds to the farmers at a reason-
able price. '

The presidents and secretaries also approv-
of the plan of constructing country roads of
cheap materials such as gravel, and keeping
them in shape by means of a patrol system.
The paved road idea was frowned upon be-
cause of its present high cost.

The subject of roads was introduced into
the meeting by Howard Leonard, president of
the Illinois Agricultural Association. “We
will all be dead and gone before we can get
enough country roads paved to benefit any
considerable proportion of farm people,” he
said. “In Illinois we have made a thorough
study of the several systems of road mainten-
ance, and we have come to favor the‘plan of
Wisconsin; that is, using available cheap ma-
terial for building roads, and keeping them in
good shape by a system of patrols. The Illi-
nois Agricultural Association has asked the
legislature to adopt such a system for Illinois
and we have found the members of that body
inclined favorably towards our request.”

According to Mr. Leonard: a large portion
of the roads in (Continued on page 11)

 

 

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No. 1. Equipment for Docking No. 2.

: \ '
:Importance of Docking an

iTHE SHEEP industry depends for its
principal returns upon the lambs and
. wool produced from the flock. The meat side
of the industry is of great importance and
bears a direct relation to the profits from the
flock. A desirable lamb carcass must first be
the result of good breeding; second, the re-
sult of proper feeding, andthird, the result
of castration and docking of the lamb. The
most desirable and thus the most profitable
f lamb carcass can not be produced from lambs
jwhich have not been docked and castrated.
Agencies interested in‘the sheep business are
.making an effort to educate the American
2 public to eat more lamb. If this effort is to
be a marked success, the lambs must be prop-
erly bred, properly fed, andthe carcass of a
desirable character. The competitive prices
ofbeef, pork and lamb are on equal footing,
and thus the larger consumption of lamb de-
pends upon its being as palatable and tender
when served on the table as beef or pork. The
farmer does not market his bull calves as bulls
nor his boar pigs as boars. Why should he
market his lambs as ram lambs, rather than
wethers. .The correction of this neglect with
regard to the docking and castration of lambs,
is vital, and upon a more general practice of
docking and castration in the farm states
hinges real profits and more general success.
If the industry is to be made to yield sat-
isfactory returns, the docking of lambs and
castration of males not intended to be kept

Lamb In Position to Dock i No. 3.

d Castration of Lambs

Eighty Per Cent of Lambs Reach Market Showing No Uniformity in Weight, Quality or Condition

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for breeding purposes should be attended to
without fail at the proper time.

It is conservatively estimated that 80 per
cent of the native lambs, those produced in
farm states, which reach the markets, come
to the market undocked and uncastrated, and
that the percentage of ram lambs among the
offerings during the last year has been as large
as ever before. The remark, “\Vhat a trashy
lot of natives,’ is one often heard in the sheep
houses of the leading markets. This is be-
cause lambs come to market from the farm
states in lots weighing all the way from 40 to
140 pounds, uneastrated, undocked, part fat
and part lean and showing no uniformity in
weight, quality or condition.

Buyers Discriminate Against Inferior Lambs

The severe discrimination shown by buyers
against strong weight and heavy ram lambs
and the harmful influence on consumptive de-
mand accruing from the slaughter of such
great quantities of stock that cannot make a
satisfactory food product cannot be fully re-
alized else more Vigorous efforts to improve
the situation on the part of those directly in-
terested in the welfare of our sheep industry
would have been made. Big coarse ram lambs
produce by no means, the best meat, neither
do the thousands of thin, untrimmed cull na-
tive lambs that have to be slaughtered because
the feeder will not buy them. It is not sur-
prising that the consumer balks at such meat
and refuses to eat it, for with our markets
flooded with low grade lamb, the average con-

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Docking Wlth Heated Irons No. 4.

 

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Properly Doc ked Lamb

sumer, a poor judge of meat on the block, has
little chance of escaping frequent disappoint-
ment in purchasing this meat and instinctive-
ly turns to other meats in the purchase of
which he feels he has more chance of getting a
palatable food product.

In the fall of 1919, the Chicago market has
received large supplies of native lambs. Dur-
ing this period (and the condition reported is
but the repetition of conditions prevailing in
the summer, fall and winter months of preced-
ing years) the discrimination against ram
lambs especially those carrying weight. has
been very marked. Packer buyers have de-
manded the throwing out of heavy ram lambs
from loads, buying the bulk of such stock dur--
ing September and October to date $4 to $5
per cwt. below the price paid for the top end
of the load. Farmers and shippers sometimes
state that they receive as much for their bucky
lambs as they get for their ewe or wether
lambs. Often the salesmen at the central mar—
ket, when very busy, do not sort out the bucky

‘ lambs from a shipment and sell them separate,

but he takes into account their presence in the
load, and makes a dockage as a result. Thus
the ewe and wether lambs have to bring up the
avearge of the sale, and the farmer or shipper
is penalized because he failed to dock and cas—
trate. The killers know from experience that
the bucky stuff won’t produce the best car—
cass, and they take this into consideration
when buying. Thousands of these heavy ram
lambs have sold at (Continqu on page 12)

Some Timely Suggestions on What to Sow When Clover Fails

Legumes or Mixtures Containing Legumes are Best for Hay and for the Soil

HIGH QUALITY clover or alfalfa hay is
to be preferred to that secured from the
ordinary one season crops such as the millets
and sudan grass, however should the clover
seeding fail it will be necessary to sow some
crop that will produce haythe same season as
sown. In this case it is advisable to sow a
short season crop to tide over until the cause
 of the failure of the clover crop can be determ-
i ined and a new seeding started. Short season
crops may be divided into early spring and
i summer crops.
’ Early Spring Sown Craps—Oats and Peas
Extensive tests with various short season
‘ hay crops have been carried on at the Michi-

gan Experiment Station the past two years. A
, mixture of oats and peas is one of the best for
" fertile clay and sandy loam soils. The mixt—

ure of one bushel of oats and one bushel of
«field peas sown at the rate of two and one-

fourth bushels per acre yielded one an three—
fourth tons of air dry hay per acre while oats
alone when out for hay yielded‘one ton per
acre. For highest yields this mixture should
be sown as early in the Spring as the seed bed
can be prepared. The mixture of oats and
peas is well adapted to Northern Michigan.

In sections where hairy or sand vetch has
proved adaptable a very good hay crop may
be secured by sowing two bushels of oats and
twenty pounds of hairy vetch seed per acre.

By C. R. MiEGEE
Ass’t Prof. of Farm Crops, M. A. 0'.

This mixture should be sown in the early
spring and the vetch seed should be inoculat-
ed. The best quality of hay is secured by
cutting when the oats are in the early dough
stage and the pods are forming on the vetch.
Nearly two tons of hay per acre were secured
from this mixture at the Experiment Station.
After the hay crop was cut the vetch made a
second growth that was quite valuable for
either pasture or plowing under. If the
vetch is not cut for hay a seed crop may be
secured even though the vetch is sown the
same spring. The oats will mature two or
three weeks earlier than the vetch, conse-
quently it is advisable to include half of a
bushel of spring rye in the mixture to help
hold the vetch off of the ground.

Summer Sown Crops—Millets

Golden millet is one of the most dependable
of the short season crops. It should be sown
the first week in June on a well prepared seed
bed at the rate of twenty-five pounds of seed
per acre. The tests at East Lansing have
shown the‘Golden and -Hungarian to yield
nearly the same the Golden being slightly in
the lead with an average yield of two and one-
fourth tons of air dry hay per acre. The Hun-
garian is better adapted to mucks and poorly

drained loamy soils than the Golden. Com-
mon millet is earlier'in maturity than either
Golden or Hungarian but does not usually
yield quite so heavily. Due to the shallow
root system and comparatively large amount
of hay produced in a short time, millets of-
tentimes have a slightly depressing effect. upon
the yield of the following crops. This effect
is not usually permanent. Millet should be
cut for hay just after blooming when the hay
is desired for horses, but for cattle and sheep
it may be left until the seed are in the late
milk stage. It is not advisable to feed hay con-
taining mature millet seed to horses. For best
results millet hay should be fed with some
other roughage.

Sudan Grass

Sudan grass is producing gOOd yields on the
loamy soils in the southern part. of Michigan.
\Vhile the yields secured are larger than those
from Golden millet the quality of the hay is
a little coarser. Only one hay crop is usually
secured in a season, however some aftermath
will be produced which will be found valuable
for pasturing‘or plowing under. From twenty
to twenty-four pounds of seed should be drill—
ed in aboilt the first of June. Sudan grass
has about the same feeding value as tim-
othy hay and is a safer hay for horses than
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Will Big Business Behave? .
lllfl QUASllING of the indictments

against alleged violators of the LGVGI‘
act and the adoption by the Attorney Gener-
al’s department of a more lenient policy tow-
ards Big Business indicate that the powerful
financial interests are once more in the saddle
and will have things their own way for the
next eight years. There is nothing especially
sinister about this if Big Business behaves it-
self, but if it continues to employ its vast pow-
er as in the past to secure special privilege,
crush competition and control the necessaries
of life, the American farmer and consumer
may well tremble over the prospect. If the
corporate interests refuse to be good under the
stern eye of the government, why should they
be expected to reform their ways when the
government indulgently turns its back?

Of course, there are those who argue that
Big Business is pure, and is entitled to the
thanks and respect of the American people for
the great efficient organizations which it has
built up. But what shall we say of the find-
ings of investigating committees, the Federal
Trade Commission, and of the courts which
haVe brought indictment after indictment
against corporations for flagrant violations of
the trust laws? Take the packers, for in-
stance. For twelve years their business meth-
ods have been under scrutiny, and positiVe ev-
idence of collusion, unfair trade practices and
profiteering has been uncovered and presented
to Congress and the courts. Yet, except in a
f cw cases justice has been bafiled. Backed by
hundreds of millions of dollars and employing
the most skillful legal talent in the country,
the packers have successfully dodged convic-
tion and regulation for over a dozen years.

The bill introduced in the last session of
Congress to provide for government regula-
tion of the packing industry was approved by
the Senate, but action in the house was so dc-
layed by the agents of the packers that the
bill was still in committee when Congress fin—
ally adjourned. Scarcely a fortnight later the
organized workers in the packing house made
most sensational charges against the packers
in a telegram to Washington. Said the. tele—
gram:

“We charge that the packers, having forCed
live stock prices down to a lower than pre—war
level and having filled their storehouses to over—
flowing with meat bought at the lowest of prices
on the hoof, now propose to cripple industry de—
liberately for the purpose of unloading this meat
at advanced prices, on the public, thereby achiev-
ing the double purpose of enormous profits by
adding to the cost of living to the general public,
and of striking at the same time, a body blow at
organized labor for the purpose of destroying it."

The farmers can swear that some influence
has been responsible in forcing live stock pric-
es to less than pro-war levels, and the Depart-
ment of Labor can produce statistics to prove
that the consumer is still paying sixty fiVe per
cent above pro-war prices for meats, and the
Department of Agriculture can show that the
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largest on record. These related facts may
be nothing more than pure coincidence, but
viewed in the light of the charges by the or-
ganized packing house workers. they appear
significant. Until retail meat prices follow
the course of live stock prices to prom lev-
els, we may be excused for believing that at
least a portion of the charges against the
packers are true.

Gem ,' .g at the Truth

CAN’T HELP but. admire you more and more

on account of your page, "What the Neigh-

bors Say.” I wonder if you really realise
how wise your policy of letting. the opponitianz
state their side is? Instances. that parochial
school amendment. Had you only allowed things
published along the line of your views I am cer-
tain you would have lost friends and subscribers.
But as it. was I really think you came through t..o
tight stonger than ever before. As most every
man will. grant his fellow the right to his own
opinion, I am glad you have the nerve to express
yours—Nelson Rename Van Buren county, Mich.

O'U HAVE called us wise. We prefer to

be called fair. Those who pride them-
selves on being wise are not always fair, but
the fair will some time attain wisdom. The
old saying that “there is two sides to every
question,” is partially true. Man is not in-
fallible. His judgment is often faulty. He
is liable to err in his opinions. Experience
has shown that what was once accepted as
truth was really error. The discarded theor-
ics of today may some day be accepted as the
truth. \Vc arrive nearer the truth by weigh-
ing the evidence and discussing it. Men’s
Opinions are quite largely shaped by' their
personal interests, preconceived notions, and
training. Without discussion, without con-
sulting other men’s opinions, we are almost
sure to arrive at unjust conclusions.

The constant aim of mankind should be to
discover and present the truth. That at least
is the aim of the Business Farmer. Neces-
sarily it must hold opinions of its own. Men
and newspapers without opinions are entitled
to no respect. Some times these opinions will
be wrong and those who accept them will be
deceived. To guard against this we have
provided a public forum where every reader
may express his views. We are thus ac-
quainted with what our readers think and
they become acquainted with each other’s
views. While all of us may err, this open dis-
cussion leads us inevitably nearer the truth.
Strange as it may seem, however, some of our
subscribers while expressing their own opin-
ions deny us the right to express our. We
are glad that you and others are as fair as we
try to be and concede us the right to hold and
publish opinions upon matters that affect the
prosperity and happiness of the farm people.

The Sales Tax

REMENDOUS pressure is being brought

to bear upon Congress to enact a sales

tax in lieu of the excess profits tax and sur—
taxes. Corporations claim that the excess
profits tax discourages investment and expan-
sion which not only injures capital but labor
as well. The difficulty of collecting the tax
and the case with which it can be avoided by
the dishonest are other arguments advanced
for its repeal. If the farmers and laboring
men of the country had their way about it the
exoess profits tax would stand at least until
some of the heavy debts of the war are liq-
uidated. But as it now appears their remon-
stranccs will be like chall" before the wind.
It is a foregone conclusion that Congress will
wipe the excess profits law out of existence,
and deprive the government of a very large
source of income. Of course, something must
be devised to take its place, and that some-
thing which the big corporations and \Vall
Street are suggesting is a consumption tax.
The tax would work this way: The farmer
would take a load of wheat to the elevator and
sell it say, for $50.00. On this he would col-
lect from the elevator a tax of 1 per cent or 50
cents, which he would remit to the govern-
ment. Upon selling this wheat the elevator
would collect a tax of 1 per cent from the
purchaser and so on (km the line, every
transaction from the farmer to the consumer
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, 1921

mine owner would pay one per cent on his
ore, the smelter one per cent on his iron, the
steel manufacturer one per cent on his ingots,
the manufacturer one per cent on his machin-
ery, and so on. The whole tax eventually
comes back on the consumer which is every-
body. The poor consumer would pay the
least tax because he would buy the least and
the rich consumer would pay the most be-
cause lie would buy the most.

The majority of the leaders of farm organ»
izations have already expressed their oppo-
sitiontoanyformof’asalectax. Amdyet
looked upon without prejudice it is. an equit.
able. tax. It hits everybody alike; and is eas
iiy collected. It could be adopted‘ with jus-
ticeandrcason,notuamhsfitote,hnwevcr,

for the excess profits tax but as supplemental ,

thereto. The sensible thing to do would be to
revise the schedules of the excess profits tax
to a slightly lower scale and make up the re-
sulting loss of revenue from a. moderate to:
on sales. That should ease the burden of
taxation on industry, revive business, restore
work to the unemployed, and strengthen the

'farmers’ markets,

Butter vs. Oleo

HE FARMER who eats oleomargarine

instead of butter is, figuratively speaking,
slowly killing the goose that lays the golden
eggs. Consumption of oleo is rapidly on the
increase in this country. The amount that is
eaten annually is no longer figured in the-
thousands of pounds, but in the millions, and
thefarmers whose product is must displace are
singularly enough among the best customers
of the oleo makers. “But why shouldn’t I
eat oleo if it costs less than butter,” argues
the farmer. No reason at all except that but-
ter is a food of known value. Oleo, if a food
at all, is of questionable value. No reason at
all except that every farmer who serves oleo
on his table encourages other farmers to do
likewise, thereby throwing the butter which
these farmers formerly ate, upon an already
stagnant market. The best way in the world
to perpetuate the oleo industry and discour-
age the use of butter is for farmers to eat
oleo instead of butter. The best way to kill
the oleo business and make a better market
for butter is for farmers to quit eating oleo,
and encourage a greater consumption of but-
ter. Oleo will be manufactured and sold just
as long as deluded people will eat it. But
when they learn the truth and return to but—
ter the oleo industry will lapse.

Speaking personally, we have never served
oleo on our table, and I have never eaten it, to
my knowledge, but once. I would feel like a.
traitor to agriculture to do so. Then, too,
my children are all at an age when they need
the nourishment contained in butter. We
do like butter. We put it in everything that
is supposed to have butter and many things
that are not. We smear it all over the top
of the mashed potatoes, butter ‘em again
when they have been transferred to our
plates, and then to make doubly delicious,
cat a little piece of butter with every mouth—
ful. No oleo for us, if you please.

The income tax amendment has passed the
House of Representatives by a very close vote.
Four legislators, elected by farmers and classed
as “farmers”——Read, Ramsey, Coleman and Ald-
rich—voted against the measure which if adopt—
ed promises to relieve a part of the farmer’s bur—
den of taxation. Writing to the BUSINESS Fm
another representative says, “These counterfeit-
ers are more dangerous than men who are open‘
ly for the corporations, and I hope you will ex-
pose them.”

 

The presidents and secretaries of the Mid-West
farm bureau federation in recent session, declar-
ed unanimously that farm advisors and county
farm bureaus should not engage directly in “com-
mercial or business activities,” whatever that
means. If this pol-icy prevails the Michigan State
Farm Bureau will have to change its “organised:
for business” slogan and get out of a number of
activities in which it is now engaged. But we
have a feeling that the farmers will have some-
thing to say about that.

 

If Henry Ford has his experiments on. his iron
cow in a position so he can leave them for a short
time we know of several consumers who would
like to have him invent a. hen that marks all
her eggs with the day, hour and year laid. -

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

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BONUS A SMALL REWARD

WONDER if Charles H. Sanford,
of Alpena county was ever in the

army. It also seems to me he is
taking in quite a large amount of
territory when he calls all drafted
men slackers. I know a few draft—
ed men that if anyone would call
them a slacker he would find they
could fight without having to go to
France. A man cannot enter the
army and pick his job, but must be

contented to serve his country
wherever he is placed. '
The contemplated bonus of fif-

teen. dollars is hardly sufficient to
permit much argument over class
legislation. The enlisted man receiv-
ed $30 per mouth, which left $8.50
after deducting $6.50 for insurance
and $15 for allotment. The propos—
ed $15 would bring this up to $23.50
per month, a rather insignificant
sum compared with $8 and $10 a
day for those who stayed at home.—

Geo. C. McManus, Grand Traverse
county. ‘
Agreed! Don't any of you soldier

lads get it into your heads that there’s
a single good American citizen who be-
grudges you one cent of extra compen—
sation. The good Lord knows and we
know that the nation can never repay
you in dollars for what you gave in time
health and energy. What difference of
opinion that has arisen has been entire-
l-v over the manner in which the bonus
should be raised and whether all should
share alike in the distribution. Senti-
ment Should not bliml us to the practi-

ml phases of the question. But what’s
the use of arguing, A substantial pro-
citizens voted to

Egrtion of Michigan
nd the state for $30,090,006 to pay
the bonus. 'I‘halt settles Lt. When tax-
paying time comes I shall pay my share
of the bonus without grumbling, feel-
ing that it is a little enough mend for
the returned soldiers. And I am quite
sure that all other good citizens will do
the same—Editor.

 

ENWTRAGWENT FOR THE
FARMER

. HF} RECENT Supreme Cmirt de-
cision sustaining the Federal
Farm Loan Act, should greatly
hearten the farmer, who wishes to
borrow money through this National
Farm Loan Association in his local-
ity. as well as every American citi-
zen. as it shows that the largest ag-
gregation of money the world has
ever known, which has been the
plaintiff in the suit. hasn’t enough

coin to buy a decision from the
United States Supreme Court.
The Farm Loan system is now

firmly established and has become a
fixed factor in the development of
American agriculture. The farmer
is“ given every advantage in borrow—
ing the funds he needs. Even the
revenue stamps on his note are un—
necessary. The recording tax is ex—
empled. The Federal Farm Loan
bonds are free from every form of
tax including the income tax.

Let us hope also that the new Sec—
rclz-lrv of the Treasury, who becomes
ex—officio chairman of the federal re—
serve board and the farm loan board
will reverse the policy of sharp cur—
rency deflation, which has stopped
the wheels of industry and brought
idleness to the working man and
ruin to agriculture and was a great-
er factor in the defeat of the Demo-
cratic party which created both
boards, than is generally recognized.

It is deplorable that the idealism
of a great president should have
been marred at the close of his ad-
ministration by appointing as Sec—
retary of the Treasury a man whose
every act as Secretary of Agriculture
has shown the influence of big bus—
iness against the interest of the pro-
ducer.——Geo. B. Smith, Addison,
Mich.

Yes, the Supreme Court decision was
a great victory for the farmers in many
ways. The law having been preserved
to us. howeVer, We should now take
steps to amend it so that it will be eas-
{er for the average farmer to secure
money. The law as it now stands is a
little complicated and not broad enough.
._.Editor.

AN ENEMY OF FREE SPEECH
OUR article in the M. B. F. of
March 19, 1921 about Kansas
hoodlums, etc., proves you eith-

er an N. P. L. man or an idiot. The

sheriff had warned these men out.

Part' <..n

nounce nor defend the Non

They disobeyed and were caught. and the thinking public is convinced

    
  
    
  
   
    
  
    
   
   
  
   
  
  
   
 
 
   
  
   
   
   
   
    
    

- League as an organization, or it.‘ nad—

They had violated two promises, to of that fact. As you would know 11 em. But I do defend the several. Wm
remain away and the tar party was you would read facts and inform are? thousand.farmers!1 Wlflgnélagx},lo:1fi2%
’ K ' . a organize. lOIl in e _ l‘ .v

a hint for them to keep their word. yoln‘self 0f the ms and onts before it would help them out of their troubles,
‘ flymg up- Your attaCk upon Kansfas and whose loyalty has been Cllllbél 11:
BeSIdeS’. as you very we” know’ is a despicable and unforgiveable ln—‘ quesgiggi tlgytfiléeLzéigilt: 1330;322:1111 ctrlege

- ' ' O. , x .

the Amemcan Legion has been re sun to true An‘qncanlsm' Kansas gpdord of the state of North Dakota

quested to be on the watch for pro—
Germanism, I. W. W.’s etc., and un»
less you are a fool you know that a
goodly number of the American Le—

during the war is sufficient evidence of
the loyalty of the members of the Lea-
gnc. I still maintain, madam, _that the
men who assaulted the organizers of
the Non Partisan League are unfit to

always has been first in reform move-
ments and stayers until wrongs are
righted. Your article is a libel from
start to finish and the truth is not

gion are farmers. Because the N in you HOW many battles have {m cltlzeris {aretigeggi‘tglOstigfiéti’purtighfiy

' {now no ' c
P. L' have fOOled and swmdled' the YOU fought for your country. I have liberty, of law and order. And the
Norweglans and SWBdeS Of North seen more disloyalty in Michigan sheriff who warned the Leaguers away

ought to have a few lessons in citizen-
,ship as well and learn where he got the
authority to abrogate the constitution
of the United States and of Kansas, It
might not be out of order to suggest,
madam, since you respect Kansas so
highly (and I haVen’t a doubt at all but i
what it is a grand old state) and think ,
so little of Michigan that you return to .
your native state where you may be

free to encourage if not to engage in ‘
“tar and feather" parties—Editor. ,

Dakota and ruined the state is no
reason they should be allowed to do
the same thing in Kansas.

than I dreamed existed. Kansas men
have always been at the front when
it comes to defending the United

I was born and raised in Kansas States But where are you?~_1n Dis-
and lived in Kansas until this year gust, Mrs_ E. Smith, Antrlm county
and I am proud of being a Kansan  ’ _ _
for so far, thank God, the majority yox‘ggif clear. Gilligan  Now?
of Kansas are 100 per cent Ameri- L_ man, and I dldn't attack the people
can. Why do you not print the truth of Kansas, and I probably know as
instead of a parcel of lies. I suppose

much as you do aboutkthcist Non Igartisan
Lea ue because I ma 8 my usmess
that no matter how much the N. P. g
L. breaks the laws or swindles ig-

madam,

Best farm paper printed in the state
of Michigan. Send her along and your
money is ready any time. Stay by the
producing elements. You have helped

to know, and I don't care if every man
in the American Legion is a farmer. if
he lays hands on any citizen of this

norant people’ or innocent foireign' country who keeps Within his constitu— him that needs it. If you haven’t. he 
ers they are angels only they haven’t tional rights, he is an enemy of free is to blame. The root and branch of
any wings They have been in government and ought to be denounced all business has to be consuiered first.

Jr., Oakland county,

1.1.... "k

If these sentiments are evi- ..
Michigan,

I neither do-

as such. Downey,

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ON COLOR SCIIEMES

N DECORATING your rooms this

spring a little time spent studying

color schemes will be conducive to
good results.

Soft neutral shades are the most
popular and the effect: of one shade
or tint on another is always to be
considered. Loud patterns and very
gay colors are not much used and
one is very apt to tire of them no
matter how attractive they may be
at the first glimpse. Especially in
the dowustair rooms should the col—
ors he quiet and restful. The bed-
rooms may be gay with bright tints
and pretty cretonnes and be in good
taste.

Some houses have all the bedroom
walls done in French grey, leaving
the contrasts to be brought out by
the different colored rugs and hang—
ings and the effect is very pretty
Almost any bright color is attractive
against a soft warm grey. There is
an oatmeal paper that is a very good
grey and it is as you know inexpens»
ive Here. are a few suggestions on
colors:

Greys, blues and all delicate tints
respond to the same sympathetic
treatment, a tint is always either
warm or cold and, being made from
a sunlight color or a shadow—color, it
is sympathetic to and harmonious
with its own class.

A warm color used on a warm col-
or makes the latter appear lower in
key, Here is an example: blue over
a blue—grey makes the blue—grey less
cold. The stronger tone always takes
from the weaker in its own class. A
little experimenting will easily prove
this, In opposing colors each one
grows stronger and the effect is apt
to be unpleasant for instance red
becomes hotter and blue colder when
placed side by side.

In considering colors always put

them in two classes, the sunlight
class and the shadow class. All is
harmonious within each class but

look for trouble when you mix them
Unless you consider carefully this
fact. that black, white and their child
grey are friendly to each and every
color and when one of these stands
between the two they cannot fight
Strong colors always take from the
weak therefore a greater quantity of
the weak colors should be used than
of the strong. Example: A very lit—
tle orange to a large surface of buff;
a small amount of golden—brown to
a large surface of olive.

Colors are full of meaning and no

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EAR CHILDREN: Many have

written me the past. week say—

ing they read the New York
state girl’s letter and thought her
ideas were very good And then they
wrote about a trip they had taken or
intended to take this summer, mak-
ing their letters very interesting in-
deed. One little girl wrote that our
boys and girls could not. tell about
a trip before they Went because they
could not tell what would happen.
This is true. Those who cannot tell
of a trip should write stories or tell
of the tricks they have learned their
pets. Maybe your dog saved the life
of some person or animal. If he
did and you know about it tell us
about that. A great many of you
belong to boys' or girls’ clubs. Why
not write about that? There are so
many thing to write about,
\lVouldn’t a story about the day the
entire school went. on a picnic or
floWering be interesting? Sure it
Would. Just try and see who can
write the most interesting letter
Let‘s hear from Eathel Fay Sharp.
She is a good writer of interesting
letters—UNCLE NED.

OUR BOYS AND GIRLS

llear Unclo Nedzv—I am a girl twelve
years old and in the Sixth grade at the

school, My father takes the M.. B. F.
and- we like it. very much 1 am 5 feet
tall. We livo on an 80 acre farm. I

have to walk half a mile to school. For
pets I have 2 cats and one dog, I have
six brothers and five sisters. My 515.
ters names are Alice, Emma, Josephine,

Eugenia and Virginia. My brothers.
names are Albert. Bruno, Ernest, Rauol,
Arthur and Wilfred—Leah Dimers,
Cooks. Michigan, Box 6,

Dear Uncle ,Ned:-—I Just finished

reading the letters of the girls and boys
so I thought I would write too, _ I am
14 years old and am 62 inches high and
weigh. 108 pounds. I passed the Eighth
grade last spring. We haVe 2 tractors,
a Samson and an International. a Ford

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IV‘E US that grand word “woman” once again,
And let’s have done with “lady;" one‘s a (man
Full of fine force, strong, beautiful and firm,
Fit. for the noblest use of tongue or pen;
And oue‘s a word for lackeys.
The Mother, Wife, and Sister; one the damc
Whose costly robe. mayhap, gives her the name.
One word upon its own strength leans and rests;
Who would be
The perfect woman must grow brave of heart
And broad of soul to play her troubled part
While each day we see
The “perfect lady" skilled in what to do
And what to say, grace in each tone and act
("[‘is taught in schools, but needs some native tact.)
Yet. narrow in her mind as in her shoe.
Give the first place then to the nohlcr phrase.
And leave the lesser word for lesser praise.

The other minces tiptoe.

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doubt have a strong effect on people
although they may be unconscious of
it.

There is no doubt that certain col-
ors belong to certain people and that
they have a mental and physical ef-
fect is an acknowledged fact. This
is a very interesting subject and
goes both into the scientific and
psychic real. Just keeping on Well
known ground the colors that we
most enjoy are those that are best
for us, our instincts are a pretty sure.
guide.

 

A HANDFUL OF SUNSHINE
ID YOU ever consider having a
bed of flowers all yellow, of
every describablc shade? Try
one this year, the effect is wonderful
and unusual too. Here is a list and
most of them are very well known
and also hardy. It will be a‘succes-
sion of glory from early spring un-
til the frosts.
Nasturtiums of all shades and
sturdy marigolds, Zinnias, Scabiosa.
Porlutca. yellow stocks, dahlias, the

. .lilo. it

One suggests

——Ella “Wieelcr \Vilcox.

 

 

pale pretty primrose and the sun-
flowers siandiug guard over all in
the background. Would it not be
exciting
play of gayety quite unexpectedly.

If any reader knows of any other

sturdy plant bearing yellow flowers
will you please inform us of its
name? It is probable we could add
to the collection?

HAND POW’ER VACUUM
NOTE request. in the Women’s De-
I partment for information regard—.
in‘g successful working of vacuum
sweeper that is not run by electricity,
and in‘reply would state that I have
3 Gem vacuum sweeper, hand pow—
er, which does very satisfactory
work. I prefer hand power as it is

not apt to get tangled up in cord.,

It is easier to clean. If I could not
replace it I would not. part with it at
any price—Mrs. .I. T. Daniells. Clint-

' on County.

you for your assistance, Mrs.
Dauiells, At any time. I can he of any
service to you please call upon me. Let
us hear from some, of our other sisters
regarding the hand poww vacuum
sweeper.

Thank

 

 

   

horses, 6 cows, calves and

ducks and a carload of
steers. We live on a 280 acre farm, I
have 1 brother and 2 sisters. My moth—
er is in Detroit so I have to do all the
work myself. A riddle—~Something red
on a hill, Give it hay it will eat. Give
it water it will die. Answer—~Fire. I
wish some of the girls would write to
me.—Alma Rumptz, Ruth. Michigan.

touring ear, 7

pigs, chickens,

 

Dear Uncle Ned:——I am another girl
who would like to join your merry clr~
cle. I am 12 years old and in the 8th
grade, I live on the farm. We have
120 acres. 5 horses, 2 cows, 12 steers. 26
pigs. We shipped a. carioad of pigs a
month ago. We have rented one of our
farms. This year I finish the country
school and intend to go to high school_
We are building a house in town. I have
one sister; her name is Adaline, and
she is fourteen years old. I also have a
little tiny brother. He. is the cutest lit-
tle baby, I go to church every Sunday
We have 336 members on the roll. My
father is Sunday school superintendent
and my mother is my teacher. My
father takes the M. B, F. and I read
The Children's Hour every time. I am
very glad the D00 Dads have come
back, Your niece.-— Evadne Maierle,
Riga. Michigan, R—Z.

 

Dear Uncle Ned—«I have just been
reading the M, B. F. and thought I
would write to you. I am a girl eleven
years old and in the sixth and seventh
grades at school. I have three brothers
and no sisters. For pets I have a rab-
bit, a.’ little puppy. two kittens and a
Holstein calf. Would you please tell
me Eathel Fay Sharp’s address? I Wish
some of the ‘girls and boys would write
to me, I' Would be glad to answer
them. I have two brothbrs who go to
high school. My father takes the M.
B. F. and thinks it is a nice paper. I
think the D00 Dads are pretty busy
these days. There are twenty—nine
scholars in our school. My father has
a Ford truck. Will close hoping to hear
from some of the girls and boys,———Alice
Wellington, Mayville, Michigan, R-2.

 

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Dear Uncle Ned—May I join your
merry circle? I am a farmer girl 12
years old and in the eighth grade. We
had a drawing contest at school and
drew the map of the world.
very good. We have 43 scholars in our
school. We had 8 eighth graders, but
two of them have gone away for an
operation, We have five cows and six
calves, We also have two horses. I
wish Uncle Ned would put his picture
in the paper, don't you, boys and girls?
I like to read the boys’ and girls' letters,
the D00 Dads, and last but not least.
Uncle Ned’s letters, but I wish he
would write longer ones. I wish some
of the boys and girls would write to
me. I would answer an yletters or cards
received—Ruth E. Schlegcl, R 2,
i4, Hersey, Michigan.

Box

 

Dear Uncle Ned—I am a girl 7 years
of age and am in the 3rd grade at
school, I go to a consolidated school.
I ride in a covered wagon. I start at
8 o'clock in the morning and do not
get home until five at night I live on
a farm. We have 3 horses, 6 cows and
one calf. My father is a cripple but he
is able to manage the farm. My grand-
father takes the. M. B. F, I like to
read The Children’s Hour. If some of
the boys or girls would write to me I
will gladly answer them,—Marion L.
Cowell, R 5, Adrian. Mich.

Dear Uncle Ned—I am a farmer's
girl. I live on a 120 acre farm, I am
15 years of age. 1 am in the eighth
grade. go to the East Side school. We
have about ten cows and three horses.
For pets I have a dog and one cat. We
have a Ford car, I have two brothers
and four. sisters. I hope some of the
boys and girls will write to me. I will
answer them.——Beatrice V. Doran, West
Branch. R 1. Mich.

Dear Uncle Ned—LI have been end-
Chil 11"
the paper comes and
is" for the boys and

time
nice it

Hour every
think how

girls to have such a good time in The‘

Children's Hour. It reminds me of :0-
ing to’school when I was a little boy.

to come upon such a dis-

They were i

t : April 16, 1921‘

RECIPES TRIED AND TRUE".

Fried Cakes

NE cup buttermilk; 1 cup gram
0 ulated sugar, 2 tablespoons sour
cream, 1 teaspoon soda, dissolv-
ed in a little of the buttermilk, 2
beaten eggs, vanilla, 1—2 teaspoon of
salt. Bread flour, 2,teaspoons bak-
ing powder and as little of flour as
can be used, but enough to handle
easily. Bread flour will. not cook as
badly as pastry flour. This receipt
will make about 31 cakes. ' Should
any of them become crusty or hard
place the amount used for the meat
in a covered dish, set in slightly
warmed oven for a short time just
before using them. It freshens them
and also softens them; do not steam

over a kettle.
They are fine with coffee if two at
a time are placed in a small sack
with about 2 tablespoons powdered
sugar and shaken until sugar coats
them, but do this only with cold

ones, as the sugar dissolves when
warmed.

I will send my original graham
bread recipe, if you Wish. I would

like some salt rising bread hints and
recipes. The name plum, French, is
prune. See prunes. a sun-dried grape,
a raisin. a prune, hence the plum
pudding taken from 20th -Century
Encyclopaedia.-—~L. S.. Pierson, Mich.

We will be glad to have the graham
bread recipe.

 

 

RESULT OF DVRA'I‘E'
0U requestedghat I let you know
Ythe result of our Grange debate
on the subject “Resolved, That
Education from Books is: of, More
Value, Than Education from 'EXper-
ience.” The negative sidei'won 9

to 7. 

Perhaps the result will be more
interesting to you ifI tell you that
the affirmative side was taken by
three seniors in high school/z} young
lady and two boys. The. negative
side was taken by an elderly gentle—
man who reads extensively from
such magazines as The Literary Di-
gest, etc., an elderly lady who was
well educated in Sweden but finds
English very difficult. and myself.
a former school teacher but now the
mother of two babies aged 2 1—2
years and 16 months. All six are
farmers and the debate was lively.

I cannot tell you how much I ap-
preciate your interest in our little af-
fair and thank you so much for the
help and material you sent me.—
Mrs. W. E. F., Big Rapids, Mich.

Am I too old to
I live in town but

I am 19 years old,
come in your club?
am a. farmer boy. ‘We moved to town
about a year ago. Hope some of the
boys and girls will write to _me. I will
answer all of the letters they write, W.
V. VanKleck, 11 Pope St., Lapeer, Mich.

 

. 'Dear Uncle Ned—Am I too old to
10m your happy circle? I" will- be fif-
teen the sixth of April. I .see girls four—
teen write but not those over. I have
never written to you before. I am about
5 foot 2 inches tall, have medium
‘brown hair, dark complexion, dark
brown eyes and weigh about 108 pounds.
1 live on a forty acre farm. I have four
sisters and one brother,. We. have a
Ford touring car. I am going to learn
to drive it this summer. Ruth Helm,
Traverse City, R 7, Box 7-3, Michigan.

 

Dear Uncle Ned—«May I join your
cirle? I am a farm boy 12 years old.
We live on a 80 acre farm. We have 2
horses, 4 cows and 9 head ‘of young cat—
tle. For pets I have one cat and one
tame heifer. We have about 80 chick-
ens. We have a'touring car, a Briscoe.
I am in the 6th grade at school. We
have 47 pupils in our school now. I
am .very glad the Doc Dads are back
again. Well, I will close, hoping to
hear from some of the boys and girls.
3.1  Ball, R 2, Box '53, Maple City.

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Dear Uncle Ned—I am a farmer boy
12 years old and in the 6th grade, I live
on a farm of 160 acres; We have 5
horses and 15 head of cattle. For pets
I have 8 rabbits. 3. dog and a steer and
a horse, For the nurse Ithave a riding
outfit. I have only lived on a farm two
years and like it very much. For chores
I bring the wood in, feed the horses and
2 head of cattle, milk one cow and feed
1t‘lire h rabbits—Ralph Powers, Milford.

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Dear Uncle Ned—I am a member of
The Children's Hour which I enjoy very
much. I have just‘a short distance to
go to school. I am in the sixth grade.
I think the D00 Dads must have some
dandy times at Dooville, I have one
sister and one brother. I have planted
some tomato seeds in some cans and I
am going to set them out in the garden
when set large enough. ‘1 am go-
in: to ant some flower. seeds. My
cousin is visiting me now. We have
some fine times together_ Well I will
close for this time. ' Your loving niece.
Marjorie Vandercook. Howell, Mich.

     

 

 

 

 

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MUST PAY DOG TAX

- We have always paid our dog tax but
there are 12 or 15 dogs in our neigh-
borhood that their owners never pay
taxes on and they say they never will.
Why is it fair for one and not the oth-
er? Why can't they be compelled to
pay their tax or be punished for it?
Please publish the dog law in your next
' Can’t the sheriff be compelled

' ‘ r who is to look
glitli‘vethlg) dtggstihgioltaVZaged?—-C_ K. P.,
Wilmot, Mich.

The dog law of 1919 is too long to
publish in full. It may be found in
practically every township. It may
be found on page 603 of the Public
Acts of 1919 and covers 8 pages. It
provides that the owner of every
dog over 4 months old must have a
license. Sec. 17 provides that the
sheriff shall locate and kill all un—
licensed dogs. The prosecuting at—
torney is required by the same sec—
tion to take proceedings against the
owners of unlicensed dogs. Section
26 provides that “any person or po-
lice officer, violating or failing or re-
fusing to comply with the provisions
of this act shall be deemed guilty of
a misdeanreanor and upon conviction
shall be sentenced —to pay a fine not
exceeding $100, or to imprisonment
in the county jail not exceeding three
months, or to both such fine and im—
prisonment at the discretion of the
court.” In section 17 it is provided
“Failure, refusal or neglect on the
part of any sheriff to carry out the
provisions of this section shall con—
stitute non—feasance in office.”——-W.
E. Brown, legal editor.

RAISING CUCUMBERS

1 would Like some information regard—
ing the planting, cultivation and haru
vesting of 10 or 20 acres of cucumbers
How much help would be required thru
the cultivating and harvesting season
per acre or per 10 acres? What price
per thousand or hundred pounds is us-
ually paid for harvesting?——A. J. D..
Bad- Axe. Mich.

 

As a general thing cucumbers are
grown on a comparatively small scale
in this state and the crop is grown
and harvested by the family. The
area usually grown is from one—half
to one and occasionally one and one
half or two acres.

The picking of the crop is the
thing that is not only very exacting,
because the pickles must be remov-
ed at a certain stage in their growth
but it is hard and back—aching work
and to secure suitable help to pick
ten acres or more would be impos-
sible except possibly in a very fav-
ored locality where women could be
employed in large numbers.

The cultivation of a ten acre
tract of cucumbers would not con-
sist of very great amount of work.
One man with a suitable cultivator
could properly handle the task if he
had little else to do. When it comes
to picking, however, it would re-
quire an army of laborers. Cucum-
bers should never be planted until
all danger of frost is past. Exact
time will depend upon the location
in the state. A sandy or clay loam
soil which is so located that it will
retain moisture well throughout the
season usually proves a very suitable
place for cucumber growing. Much
better crop will be secured where
careful attention is given to the fer—
tilization of the land either by care—
fully building it up previous to the
planting of the op or by fertiliz-
ing in the hill wih well rotted ma—
nure or commercial fertilizer before
planting—C. W. Waid. Extension
Specialist, M. A. C.

 

AUGUS'I'IN 1 AI'TOMA'I‘IC ROTARY
lNGlNE COMPANY
is the Augustine Automatic Rotary
Engine (‘ompuny oi’ Bufialo. N. Y., do-
ing business? Is the stock of this com-
pany a good investment’.’———B. D., Odessa,
Michigan.

A well—known advertising agency
of Buffalo advises us this company
has been in business for 8 or 9 years
in that city, and, so far as they are
able to learn, they have done noth-
ing much except sell stock on the
original idea and had one or two re-
organizations. An ‘investment in
this concern should be considered
highly speculative and one consid-

«. Farmers Servic

(A clearing Department for farmm' on" My troubloo.
to all complaints or requests for Information “Ide to this dopnrtmont.
you. All Inqulrlu must no uooompnnlod by full nnmo and “dross. Nuno not mod if requested.)

   
 

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Prompt. conful nttontlon given
Wo m hero to «Ho

ering the purchase of stock in this
company should institute a thorough
investigation before paying out his
good money—Associate Editor.

 

GRIND FEED FOR NEIGHBOR

Has a farmer any right to grind feed
for his neighbor? Has he got to have
a license?——M. G. B., Mulliken. Mich,

I do not know of any statute re-
quiring you to obtain a license for
grinding feed for your neighbor.
There may have been some war
meaSure governing but I suppose
they are over with. I do not have
access to them. There are so many
regulations and so many boards that
it is pretty hard matter to keep pace
with the legislature in making regu-
lations and the changes therein—W.
E. Brown, legal editor.

MAKING HENS SET
13 there anything that can be fed to
hens to make them set? If not, is
there any way in which they can
made to sct‘?——B. B., Carsonville. Mich,

Broodiness is a question of breed-
ing. I do not know of any way in
which a hen can be induced to want
to set.

It usually commences at the close
of her egg cycle. Those hens that
lay in the winter time will naturally
come into brooding condition at the
close of the Winter cycle, which will
be early February. Hens that are
spring layers will come into broodi-
ness the latter part of May.~C. H.
Burgess, Professor of Poultry Hus-
bandry,'M. A. C.

 

OWNERSHIP OF LAND

There is a partially drained lake in
our vicinity. The land is a deep muck
and parts of it are tillable, So far as
anyone can find out the land belongs
to the U, S. government, having ever
been surveyed, and there is no known
way of purchasing it. Some argue that
tho people. whose farms encircle it are
the legal possessors, but I do not think
so. If your legal adviser could enlight-
en me on this subject I would be much
obliged—H. (T. C'aseville. Mich.

Write the Public Domain Commis-
sion, Lansing, Mich, giving them a
full description of the land you are
interested in. and also the section. or
quarter section, and town of its lo-
cation and ask them such questions
you desire about its purchase.~—W
E. Brown, legal editor.

 

 

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POLISH PAPERS

Will you please give me the address

of a Polish paper published in Detroit?

—I.. A. V., White Cloud, Mich.

The Polish newspaper in Detroit
with the largest circulation is the
Dziennik Polski which is issued by
the Polish American Publishing Go.
There are several others published
in the city of which the Ognisko
Domowe, Polonia Rekord and Rek-
‘ord Codzienny are three of the lead-
ing ones—Associate Editor.

 

PAYMENT FOR LABOR

I rented a piece of land on shares last
fall to put into wheat. I plowed and
fitted the land but it was too dry to
germinate. seed and kept that way so
late that I did not get the wheat in_
Since the partner has sold the farm
without any provision for my labor. I
would like to know if I could hold the
land for a spring crop. If not could I
get pay from the partner that sold the
farm?—~H. A. M.. Flushing, Mich,

If you rented the land to put into
Wheat you would have no contract
for anything else but if you rented it
for crops you can use it for spring
crops. If you rented for wheat and
did not sow wheat you could recover
nothing for your- work.~—W. E.
Brown, legal editor.

 

EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION

Could you kindly inform me through
the columns of the M. B. F. about the
law which was passed that exempted
farmers settling on new land from pay-
ing taxes for a certain length of time?
Please tell me also where I could get a
copy of, the same?——J. M_, Vulcan, Mich,

The statute with reference to “cut
over or wild land” exemption from
taxation may be found in Public Acts
of 1913, Act‘298, and section 5192
of the C. L. 1915. The exemption
may be made for five years but must
be applied for to the supervisor.—

  
 

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TRADE AND MARKET REVIEW

HE PASSING of another week

finds industrial and commercial

conditions, the country over,
nearer normal than at any preceding
date since the work of deflation be-
gan. The number of men employed
in industrial lines is increasing,,rap—
idly, from week to week. The most
encouraging feature connected with
current developments in labor circles
is the fact that less than 20,000
men are out On a strike in this coun-
try which is the smallest percentage
that has been known in many years.
That American laboringmen are
more willing to listen to reason than
ever before is indicated by the
promptncss with which the threat-
ened packinghouse strike was settled
by the new administration.

lf industry and trade are being
f0stered and energized by the atti-
tude of American labor then it is
the opposite of this that must re-
sult from the widespread labor
troubles which seem to be rocking
the very foundation of the British
government. American business is
suffering from the stubborn course
taken by British labor, stifling as it
does, all export trade with Britain.

The steel and iron industries of
the country are sinking lower, each
week in the production scale, mak-
ing it certain that a deep cut in sell-
ing prices is the only step that will
stimulate buying and speed up pro-
duction. A recent report on the
country‘s iron production shows that
the average daily output for the
month of March was 51,468 tons be-
ing smaller by 25 per cent than for
February and 51 per cent smaller
than during the month of October.
last fall.

While the bankers and leading
business men of the country are con-
gratulating themselves'lover the fact
that the country has been saved from
a general financial panic, the ex-
tended list of business failures which
took place during the first quarter
of 1921, directs our attention to the
havoc wrought by the diminished
volume of business and the money
stringency which followed, closely,
the signing of the armistice. R. G.
Dunn & (‘0. report 4,770 business
failures, din-int: the first quarter of
1921. involving a total indebtedness
of $178,589,689. During: the first
(Iiiarier (if 1920, 1,627 failures were
reverted involving liabilities of
94:.‘5i.702,-l.'m. 'l‘he liabilities of the
insolveiiz‘il‘s which have taken place
timing: the past quarter were larger
lll‘il? of any other three monlhs‘ per-
iod in the history of this country.

The recent decline in all farm
[it‘tflliu‘ii'z is sure to be viewed with
alarm by merchants and manufact-
I't'ci-s who have been counting on the
farmer for a generous buyer. The
coming: season is sure to be a trying
one to the traveling,r salesman; the
lack of ready money and the bad
()2illl?t;l( llli‘kl" it very difficult to in-
terest buyers.

The New York stock market has
been a mixed deal of late, tight mon-
cy curt-ailing speculation and en-
couraging" the bear crowd to raid the
market at every opportunity. 0}]
the lniddle of last week call money
was to be had on the New York
Stock [Cycliange for 5 1-2 per cent;
before the week came to an end
rates has risen to (1 1-2 per cent.

 

“'HEAT
nan PRICES PER au.. APR. 12. 1921
Grade. W iDe‘ *1 lChicaqOerN. V.
‘10. 2 Roi ....l1.43 11.42 I 1.53%
‘0. 2 lN'hite .. .l 1.41 l I
womgwmxoi ...l 1.41 7i W_IA1.§1I/p

VPR!CES our vcan’A’oo'v:_;
' lNo.? Pe'll Mo.,” Whitel No.27lllllxerd

Detroit i' 2.12 l 2.10 .i 2.76

 

Last week was the brightest week
for some time for holders of wheat.
The market had a more two-sided
appearance instead .of having only
one side, and that downward, as has
beenthe tendency the past few
weeks. But in-spite of the bullish
turns to the market it was the bear
that won in the end. Cr-op news
were bullish up until the closing

'  can "'13 11.81511 E 5 5:2?

   
  

 
 

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Edited by H, H. MACK

 .16, 1.92.1-

    

POTATOES

 

GENERAL MARKET SUMMARY

 

 

easy. Beans dull.

grains firm. Hogs lower.

DETROIT—Wheat, corn and oats weak.
Potatoes lower.

CHICAGO—Frost scare fails to hold up wheat prices. Other

Rye lifeless. Hay

 

 

iolng to press—Editor.

 

 

(Note: The above summarized Information was received AFTER the balance of the mar-
ket. page Is set In type. It contains last minute Information up to wlthln one-half hour of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

day of the week at which time cold
weather caused some concern among
dealers and the market tightened
up. Houses with seaboard connec-
tions bought heavily all week, which
indicates that foreigners are satis-
fied with present prices. Their mon—
ey will now buy twice as much as it
would a year ago, owing to reduced
cost, lower ocean freight and bet-
ter exchange. Unsettled industrial
conditions contributed a depressing
influence to the trade. General in-
terest in the market was not large.
The frost of Saturday and Sunday
nights caused the market to open
strong the first day of the current
week but it was soon reported that
the damage to wheat was only slight
and prices turned lower. It is said
farmers are selling more freely but
for the past week receipts have been
light. Millers claim there is no in;
terest shown in the flour trade, and,
due to new grass, demand for feed
is small. Special crop correspond-
ents report farmers of Michigan are
marketing very little grain. They
say the average price paid at coun-
try elevators is $1.41. Chicago re-
ceived 330,000 bushels last week
and 495,000 were shipped.

 

 

 

 

CORN

CORNWPRWICES PER BU..W APRIL 712. "r1921
7 ‘Giade {Detroit lghlneno Lil. Y.
No. 2 Yellow ...l l 58%, .77'/2
No. 3 Yellow ...| .62 i
No. 4 Yellow  .59  A AL m

_7PRICEVSWONE YEAR 1160 n?

7  77 mwm I No.3 VOILI no.4 Yell.
Detroit. . . . . . . . . . .l 1.73 l 1.68

 

In Detroit last Saturday corn fin-
ished at the same level the market
opened on Monday of that, week.
Small receipts had much to do with
the firm, steady tone which prevail-
ed in the, market during the entire
week. There was fair export de—
mand while domestic wants were
small but demand was sufficient to
consume all offerings. Receipts for
Chicago last week were 1,047,000
bushels and 1,106,000 bushels were
shipped. The opening Monday, April
11, found corn prices off one cent at,
Detroit. Both receipts and demand
are light this week.

   

 

OATS
0A'r PRICEs PER au.. APRIL 12. 71";
Grfl‘n =oeernir If‘hlnnuo lWN. 
No. 2 Whlte 7...l .43 I .3332! .49
No. 3 White ...I .41'/z| .37‘/2l
Nakghyvnlte _.7. .IH .38 V2! l

__ “~I5‘Ric Es Me ME _'v E Adi}: oi; 7

' _ mo.2’wfiiiei"No.3 wigglingownitg

Detroit! 1.112‘ i " 1.12 i 1.41

Continued inclination to follow
the trend of corn was shown in the
cat market last week. The market
was very dull and the desire to
trade in this grain was lacking, as
the price is considered too low for
selling efforts and there is nothing
in the present situation to warrant
a bullish stand. Domestic shipping
trade improved but export demand
was conspicuous for its absence. Re-
ceipts were only moderate. Monday
of the current week found oats part~
ing ways with corn and while the
last named grain was seeking lower
levels the former was advancing.
This grain is believed to be damag-
ed very little if any from the frost.

RYE
The price level for rye at Detroit
seems to be $1.47 for No. 2 and no
matter what happens to the other
grains it continues to remain at
this figure. However, this week's
opening found it down 4 cents but
before another writing it will un-

undoubtedly be back.

 

 

BEANS
BEAN PRICES PER cwr.. APR. 12. 1921
Grade 7“ Chicago! N. Y.
c. H. P. . . . . ..l 3.25 l 4.30 i 4.15“
BedMKidneys ....l 8.25 | 9.00 Ir 7 > 
PJEVIQES om: YEAR A60
7  V l0. H. F
Detroit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .l 6.75

 

 

Beans dropped 10 cents last week
and Monday of the current week
they declined 5 cents more, making
a total decline of 15 cents since our
last writing. Trading is dull and
slow with little prospects at present
for a better market. Something
that will prove of interest to Mich-
igan bean growers is the letter from
the, Secretary of the New York State
Bean Shippers’ Association printed
on page three of this issue.

 

 

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Foo“?- Wouhcr Chart for April 1921
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WASHINGTON. D. 0.. April 16,
1921.-——Not far from April 16 a cold
wave will come into the Alaskan
Northern Rockies and will soon
thereafter cover Manitoba, Saskatch—
ewan, Alberta, and northeastern
British Columbia. This will be an
important and dangerous cold wave,
carrying frosts farther south than
usual. The cold waves of March
that did so much damage and of
which my weather charts gave ac-
curate and ample forecasts were
double, the two occurring about nine
days apart. the greatest damage
coming with the last one during the
week centering on March 31, The
April cold waves will be very much
like those of March. the last one of
the April freezes occurring during
the week centering on April 18 near
meridian 90; a little earlier farther
:vest and a little later east of merid—
an

 

THE WEATHER FOR TH‘E WEEK
As Forecastcd by \V. T. Foster for The Michigan Business Farmer

 

On account of the season being
later these April frosts will not go
so far south as did those in March.
The average time of last killing
frosts in Washington State and the
northern Rockies varies greatly; for
east of the Rockies they occur along
a line running from "Texas pan-
handle,” via Hannibal, Mo., Lexing-
ton, Ky., Bristol, Va., to eastern
Massachusetts. Preceding and fol-
lowing this great high. or cold wave,
the lows, or storm centers, will go
to the other and equally great ex-
tremes. This cold wave and its
storm centers belong to the severe
storms predicted for the Week cen-
tering on Aprl122, for which in~
creased rains and changes of location
have been predicted, These rains,
however, are expected to reach two-
thirds of the continent, the locations
most favorable being cast of moun-
tains and ridges extending north and
south, east of hills like the "Black
Hills." along rivers and valleys ex-
tending east and west; because
moisture will, come from central
parts of the North Atlantic Ocean.
Summer and Fall fishing will be
best where this moisture will be-
evaporated. '

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Potato prices drOpped consider-
able during the past week on all
marketsand the tone'at present is
easy. Supplies are plentiful while
demand is slow. On April. 4th po-
tatoes at Detroit Were quoted the
lowest, with the exception of Chi-
cago of eleven of the leading mar-
kets in the United States. April
4th sawpotatoes at $1.05 per c‘wt.
in DetroitQMarch 28th, $1.15 “to
$1.25, compared with $5.85 to
$6.00 a year ago. 'Crop correspond-
ents write us that farmers are rap;
idly unloading their holdings on the
markets as many bushels are rotting
and they wish to get them off their
hands before all are spoiled.

 

 

 

 

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‘fltrolt . . l20.00 @ 21 I1 9400 @ 20" 8.00 o 1 '
“ism . . I25.oo a; 21l28.00 @ 24121 .09 d2 2'

low York l?8.00 @ 29l 124.0 m 7‘
‘ittsbum . 125.50 @ 25l28.00 G 24l21 .00 0 2

i No. 1 l lo. 1 I" No. 1
lem. M’x. ICIover Mix. I Glover

nonoif'f‘f'naoo o 20” 1.00 a 131mm m - "
"chaoo . . 123.00 0 24121 .00 @ 22MB.” 9 2.’
New York I?! M a "venom-i211!
$9533.11? 90,3 2232:9139 2330-00 “P ”
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This week finds hey off a dollar
at Detroit. in large supply and the
market easy. News that hundred.
of acres of clover have been des-
troyed by the frosts of Saturday and
Sunday nights may tend to strength-
on prices it is believed.

 

LIVESTOCK MABIETS

The live stock markets of the
country have seen little but adver-
sity during the past week and the
close of business on Saturday was
at new low levels for everything, ex-
cept sheep and lambs which were
slightly higher in some markets. In
Chicago, cattle sold on a declining
market all last week, the total loss
in the steer division being from 50
cents to $1 per cwt. Chicago cat-
tle receipts were about 4.500 larg-
er than for the week before and the
quality was called fairly good, all
the week. Compared with the mar-
ket’s general average the week's
supply was only moderate but the
trade suffered from an over—supply
every day and nearly every sale
made lost money to the shipper who
sent in the stock. On Monday, April
4, top steers and yearlings sold for
$10 per cwt; on the following'Wed—
nesday, the best slipped down to
$9.40 and on Thursday, tops brought
$9 per cwt. The Chicago dressed
beef trade showed some improve-
ment but eastern cities reported very
hard work to keep from shading
values. Good, heavy steers, which
could not be called quite choice,
showed more ,decline than any
other kind: at the other end of the
cattle trade. canners were almost un-
salable. Stockers and feeders were
from 25 to 50 cents lower, some
coarse heavy feeders showing even
more less than that.
tle showed a decline of 50 to 75
cents per cwt. for the week and 25
cents was taken off the price for
bulls. The average price for good
beef cattle, last week,‘ was $8.50
which is about the lowest point
reached since 1915. Exporters took
1,500 steers, during the week, but
price levels were not affected by
this demand.

A shrinkage in the volume of
sheep and lamb arrivals resulted in
an active trade and a gradual hard-
ening of prices: the loss in Chicago
sheep and lamb receipts, when com-
pared with those of the week before
exceeded 17,000. Sheep and lambs
shipped direct to the packers last

Butchers cat- .

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“She Keeps the Old
Machine Going”

That is what experienced
threshermen say about the

Nichols - Shepard
Oil-Gas Tractors

It was designed with one purpose in view
—-to give the thresherman the ideal power
he's always wanted in an Oil-gas tractor.
Built by men who have made a life
specialty of building threshing outfits.
It keeps the thresher ‘11 steadily
under the most trying conditions and
lasts for years.

It's good for more than threshing. It fills
every place in general tractor work
economically. burning either kerosene.
gasoline. or distillate.

Messrs. Cook 8r. Olson. Eagle Bend.
Minnesota. say:

“As you know. we are pulling our Red
River Special Separator with one of your
Oil—Gas Tractors. We find we_can do
considerable more threshing WlthOtlllB
Tractor than with steam as there is no
waiting to get up steam. {or water. or,
for. fuel. She is always readyforbusmess
and has plenty of reserve power...

Write for Circulars

Nichols 8r. Shepard Co.

(ln'Continuoao Business Since I 848)

Builders EXclusiVely of Red River Specisl'l‘hreshers. Wind
Stackers,,Feeders, Steam and Oil-Gas Traction Engines.

Battle Creek. Michigan

 

 

 

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Name “Bayer” on Genuine

 

Beware! Unless you see the name
“Bayer” on package or on tablets you
are not getting genuine Aspirin pre-
scribed by physicians for twenty-one
years and proved safe by millions. Take
Aspirin only as told in the Bayer pack-
age, for Colds. -Headache, Neuralgia.
Rheumatism, Earache, Toothache, Lum-
bago, and tor‘Pain. Handy tin boxes of
twelve Bayer Tablets of Aspirin cost few
cents. Drugxists also sell larger pack-
ages. Aspirin is the trade mark or
Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacid-
ester of Salicylicacld,

MONT GLEHEIS
MINERAL fBATllS

World renowned for Rheumatism, Nervouoneso
end that run-down condition. Open all the your.
Twenty miles from Detroit. Write for Booklet.

Business Ian's Association, It. Clemons, lick.

 

 

AMERICANour POULTIU ADVOCATE
m Y . M Trig],
Year. Intergtin: ngygis’flted Artuhsloo‘lfin;
I filfiiho‘infifiitBn‘fli‘m?" ““ WE
Writers. SAMPfi COPY undunoou‘ kb 15?.111“
AMERICAN POULTRY ADVOCA
Dept, 23 Syrocuoo. N.

 

 

The Best Breeders

advertise in The Michigan Bus~
iness Farmer. It Will be worth
your while to read the livestock
advertisements in every issue
to keep posted on what they
have to offer. l

 

 

 

THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARME-R

week equaled 10,700; week before
last direct shipments to Chicago
packers from western points, were
27.700.

In the fat lamb division of the
trade, prices gained from 25 to 50
cents for handy weights and 25
cents for heavy stuff. As in the
sheep department, export buying for
shipment to England helped the
trade and eastern order buyers were
constantly on the job paying the best
prices of the day.

The hog trade had a. bad time of
it last week, packer buyers having
the trade to themselves, pounding
the market and resorting to all of
the tricks for which they are famous
in the short to scale down values.
So far this month, the live hog and
commodity markets have been going
downgrade, together, at a terrific
pace and the end is, evidently, not
quite yet. The present situation is
not the result of burdensome meat
and lard supplies overhanging the
market for the "visible," in both of
these commodities is smaller than
for many years. The slump is not
the result of a sluggish export de-
mand, for the stuff has been going
out of the country at a wonderful
rate during the last 60 days.

The cause of the persistent decline
in hogs and their product is, simply,
the inevitable "evening up" of the
commodity gamble on the Chicago
Board of Trade; looking for better
timeshthe public went long of the
May option in mess pork, lord and
ribs. The packers sold as a hedge
against the accumulation of the
season; then came the threat of a
packinghouso strike, the reparation
trouble with Germany; all of the
above bogies were played for all they
were worth by the provision market
manipulators. Being heavily inter—
ested on the short side of the gamble,
the big packers settled back in the
harness and refused to buy the hogs
except at a tremendous discount. A
weak live hog market was followed
by a rotten commodity market and
this in turn by another decline in
the value of live hogs. The bulls in
the speculative provision pit got
panicky and threw their holdings ov-
erboard causing the market to go
still lower.

It is the opinion of the writer
that liquidation has just about run
its course, for the present; a dull,
quiet trade may be looked for dur—
ing the remainder of April but with
the passing of the longest speculat-
ive option of the year, live hog and
commodity values should harden,
somewhat, gradually working higher
as 21 result of a greatly increased d0-
mestic and foreign demand.

FRUIT MARKETING ORGANIZA-
TION
(Continued from 79am? 3)

said that while the efiorts of county
agents along organization and mar-
keting lines were of highest import-
ance as service to the farmer, they
Were equally as valuable to the con—
sumer and public in general, and
that in promoting the greatest good
for the greatest number, their activi—
ties could no longer be devoted to
production alone.

President Nicol of the state farm
bureau, A. B. Cook, master of the
state Grange, and Hale Tennant,
agent in marketing for Michigan,
represented the state at the ratifi-
cation meeting on the national grain

lmnrketing plan of the Farmers’
Committee of Seventeen, which
opened at Chicago April 7. Ratifi-
cation was effected April 8. Michi—

gan, in the farm bureau elevator ex-
change, has a co—operative grain
marketing organization, modeled on
the lines of the national plan. which
has been imminently successful on
a state-wide scale.

MID-WEST FARM BUREAU UPON
PAVED ROAD PROGRAM
(Continued from 11006 M
Wisconsin are made of gravel and
others are made of mine waste, or
other available cheap material. “This
enables the Wisconsin authorities to
improve 7,200 miles of these roads
in the Badger state, or all the prin-
cipal highways leading into the
towns. In other words,” continued
Mr. Leonard, “Wisconsin has a real

tarm-to—market system of roads.
“In Illinois a similar system would

 

 

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include about 20,000 miles, such as
the state aid roads, bond issue roads,
and federal aid roads combined. In
1918 the people of Illinois voted
$60,000,000 for a hard road system
of 4,800 miles. Material prices have
advanced so high by this time, how-
ever, that this sum will not new
build more than 1,200 miles. Gov-
ernor Small has wisely refused to
let road contracts costing from $38,—
000 to $44,000 per mile. This does
not mean, however, that we will have
to abandon our hard road program
altogether, but merely postpone it,
and substitute for it another which
will give most miles for the least
money. If there is any money left,
we can still build some hard roads,
especially around the larger cities."

“The interest on a $40,000 high-
way will build and maintain a gravel
road,” said John C. Brown, presi-
dent of the Indiana Federation of
Farmers’ Associations, “Present
prices have about driven hard reads
out of the question.‘

James R. Riggs. of Sullivan, Ind,
former assistant Secretary of Agri-
culture, also stated that he was in
favor of the Wisconsin plan. “Grav-
el roads are just as satisfactory as
concrete or brick, and are much
cheaper,” he said.

 

TIMELY SUGG lSTIONS 0N \VHATv
T0 SO‘V \VHEN CLOVER FAILS
((‘ontinrmvd from page 5)
Billion Dollar Grass or Japanese
Millet does not usually produce

(725) 11

'—
. 100% to 500% '
Increase! ”

    

TI!" heavy growth of clover,
ind. uted by the darkstreak:
in illustratioer theresultol
using Agricultural Gypsum.
The {Marion (3 taken
from the U. S. Department
of A,"ng Bureau of
Plant undustry, Circular 22.

 

Agricultural Gypsum Increases
the yield of clover and alfalfa
from [00% to 500%, besides in-
creasing the nitrogen fixed and
the protein produced by them
still more. Apply Agricultural
Gypsum now, this spring, on
your first sowing. Write today
for our free illustrated book,
which shows the many ways in
which Agricultural Gypsum
helps to increase net profits per
acre.

GYPSUM iNDUSTRIES
ASSOCIATION

 

a heavier yield of hay than the mil-
lets or sudan grass and is coarser
and less palatable. It is not near—
ly so desirable for ensilage ascorn.

Of all crops tested at the Michigan
Experiment Station corn gave the
highest yield of forage and the larg—
est amount of digestible nutrients
per acre. When sown quite thickly
in thirty—two inch rows the cars are
not so well developed but the stalks
are much finer and practically all of
the plant is eaten by the stock. Va-
rieties which normally reach the
glaze or dent stage should be plant—
ed. When planted ln thirty—two inch
rows the crop may be cut with the
corn binder and bound in small
bundles which facilitates handling.

Soy Beans

This crop is gaining in favor in
Michigan as well as in the entire corn
belt. It is being used for hay, soil
improvement, with corn for ensll-
age and hogging off and the past
two years has proven a profitable
seed crop. An article in one of the
early numbers of the MICHIGAN Bus—
INFHH FARMER will discuss this crop
in detail.

 

THAT INGOME TAX
(Continued from page 2)

would promptly swallow a camel on
hearing their “master’s voice.” The
writer is convinced that the amend—

ment is alright and that M. B. 

readers should not be led into a
false position by those offering cap-
tious criticism of it. The vote on
final passage was as follows, the
“farmers” who voted against it be—
ing indicated by bold face type:
i’lGASwAllard, Averill, Barnard, Bra—
mun, Brynn, Burnham, Butler, liyrum,
Curtis, llafoc, Danz, DeWitt, Emerson,
Evans, Ewing, Farrier, Francis, ii‘uller.

Gettcl, Glaspie, Gowdy, Hall. Harris,
I-Iartway, Hopkins, Hubbard, Hunter,
Jewell, Johnson, Kirby, Lucid, Lee, Lee-

dy, Lennon. Lewis, Locke, Lord. Mac—
Donald, McKcon, Manwnring, MeggiSOn,
Menery, Miles, G. H. Miller. W. F. Mil-
ler, Moore, Morrison, Mosicr. Nevins,
Olmstcad. Osborn, Rankin. Rasmussen,
Rauchholz, Robinson. Rowv, Sargent,
Smith, Strnuch, Strom. Town, Town—
send, Vine, Wade. J, E. Warner, V‘Vat—
son, Wells, Welsh, Speaker 69.
NAVS——Al(lricll, Brown, Coleman, COD-
1cy, Culver, Dacey. Dean. Dunn. Prick,
Green, Harm. Hart. ilcnzo. Holland,
Jensen. Jerome. Kooyers. O'Brien. Pal-
mer, Pitkin. Ramsey, Read. Reutter,
Stevenson, Titus, Woodrui‘E.——26.

 

 

“HOW I FIXED IT”

The (:rmntlold Tap and Die Corpora-
tion of Greenfield, Massachusetts, has
‘recently issued for free distribution, a,
little booklet entitled, “How 1 Fixed It"
which describes the thousand and one
ways in which taps, dies, pipe cutters,
wrenches, etc., may be used around the
farm, .Most of the uses employed are
described b farmers from actual ex-
perience. rite this company for a.
copy of their booklet and learn of ways
which you never dreamed of in which
these handy tools may be used.

Dept. 31. ill \V \Vashington Street
Chicago, illinois

Your Building: {upply Dealer Ha:
Agricultural Gypsum in Stack

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Three Advantages
now offered by

SOUND BONDS

1. Larger investment returns
than can normally be secured
from even the highest grade in—
Vestment stocks.

2 An opportunity for ennance-
ment in value almost as gr-ra‘.
as from speculative securities.
3_ A degree of safety which
probably has new-r been qu41—
led before because or the large
increase in asset values of in-
dustrial and railroad corpora-
tions.

 

“'rito Dept. MB-im for our list
of bond lnvestnn-m suggestions
which we recommend as odor-
lng these unusual advantages.

L. LWinkelman &Co.
62 Broad Street, New York
Telephone. Broad 6410

Branch Ofilces in 1.. .ullng Cities

lllr‘vcl Wires [0 Various
Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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close ohm b.durohlo.

NEW BUTTERFLY "$3.3":
lifetime ugh-t defects!!! material and woe —
 ode oloo In (our larger sizes up to
No. 8 own hero; oold on
30 DAYS’ FIE! TRIA
end one inn whorebythqoarn tbclrpwngot .
and more 1 whotthoyoovo. Pedal bring- oo
Catalog Folder. Buy from tho manufnmnror
Ind save money. )
MUCH-DOVER 00. 2130 Moron-II Bl. cue-so

 

HUY WHOLESALE
YOUR  III 5 LB. LOTS
from JEVNE’S and SAVE 10¢ per pound

We Pu Parcel Post. We sell only High (it-do Coffee and Tea
Sold for our Money-Saving Price List. or better still

Send $1.45 {or 5 lbs. Jevne's Economy Coffee
or $1.55 for 5 lbs. Jovno's Exooilo Coffee
or $1.70 for 6 lbs. Jevns’s special Coffee
or $1.80 for Blbs. Jevno’s Perfeotlon Coffee
JEVNE COFFEE CO. (Est. 1881) Cofieo
Specialists
Dept. 38. 2855—51 w. Madison St... Chicago. Ill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     
    
     
      
    


 

 

   

12 (726) THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER‘

 

April 16,, 

 

IMPORTANCE OF DOCKING AND
CASTRATION OF LAMBS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

. . .: ars. fl t ' . i ' l ' -
Iresqiie lsle (Ullni) s clover seed belt Ten per 0 rs on cars and seconi on iiggfici'  Operahon IS performed. See that

(will cash. balance piiyiible with annual clover at Lansing State (‘orn show. l’rii-e '
Sl‘ml crops. The (‘élSll payment loaned to settler bushel. A. \V. JOHNSON & SON. St. Charles. Your handR are clean and the knife   & CO.
for live stock on long time. 0 per nub—JOHN Mivhlmn. ‘ I

has been disinfected. \
Lambs should be permitted to be
the operation. It is

 

(i. KRAI'TH, Millershiirg Mlch.

FOR SALE——-EARLV IRISH COBBLER PO— DETROIT! MICH'
intoes. Grown from hill selected stock. price
$2.00 per cwt. Also reclcuned “’hite Blossom

C. \V. JOHN»

 

 

 

 

FOR SALE—120 A.. 70 CLEARED, TEAM, Quiet affpr

 

Sweet Clover seed at $7.50 per bu.

Busmess Farmers "EX-change  from  5) FREE Boos-“5’0" *
-  '. I » $10 to $12‘ on a market absorbing- . -
 ; l ‘ the general run of. fat handy weight   
50 A WORD PER ISSUE—3 Insertions for 100 per ‘word, Farml'for sale ads. not occupied native lambs at $14 t $15 50 While. '_ A' . _ - 1
for les° than 3 times. Twenty words Is the minimum accepted for any ad. In this dOPlP'v' I I 0 ' 9 ' '4" ' .
ment.b t(gash lshould accompany all orders. Count as one word each lnltlal and each group 0"  the occasmnal straight load of well- 5 ‘ .
was, 0 n ody of ad.'and In address. Copy must be In .our hands before Saturday 0" ‘ ' ' - i r . - ‘1' i
dated following week. "The Business Farmer Adv. Dept.. Mt. Clemens, Mich. fondluoned_ e.We and Wether na’tlve The follOWmB bookie“ ten hOWhWO-
ambs. arrnnng, has commanded vent disease among livestock and poultry i
premiums of 25 to 75c per cwt. over and give directions for using 
HOW TO FIGURE Ans. uNDER THIS HEAD ghet hblghlfst sales 0f fat'and handy I
Words 1 time 3 times Words 1 time 3 times ~~ r r u no y lambs recorded on the 0 i
o .-.m.no moo an .. Mo $3.60 ‘ ISCELLANEOU »~ ‘ -
2] L05 2'10 37 H 1.85 3.70 1‘ same sessmns of the market.   o .
22 . i. 2 .90 3. 0 ' . .0 l
23 _ 1}"; 3:38  2;. {95 390 BFRRY P NTS Very substantial benefits arise  ,. .g ‘ ,' -. .
5);; .   20 . 3.3g  J ' LA from the earl castration of the lambs. ‘ (STANDARDIZED) I j
- ... .... _.) . . - . . . > :
  $30 2.60 42 ..   szsognnfronrowugfsg AT 5%? PER 1.96206 First: They attain to a greater Size. i ‘ I  I i
 .35 2.70 43 .. . -- - 01‘ a : . per Ln. immn e .' Rm .'
g8   ago it  2.48 gifting} pinging orv mung reigndedl.) cin 1:. CaStTaliedblatmbS are more (Inlet ind PARASITIC'DE AND DISINFECT . I
n.  .-) ..0 .) .. .5 u n} ower iew rm. aw a". i0- 80 ma ' . ' '-
30  1.50 3.00 46 2.30 4.60 R. R. No. 2. 8 et (.31. galns second' T ey h. h. .“y
in) _  2.30 4;   P are more eaSily managed. Both sex- dw Edy-Dec“ .11
.L .i ....0 4. . - S ECIAL OFFER! STRAWBERRY PLANTS. a a te oruseon
33 “5" 330 49 2-35 3-90 20.0 Senator Dunlap. 150 \Varfield, $2.00 post- 9.5 may ,then be run together at all p i
35 fig 513.38 50 2.00 .».00 paid. HAMPTON & soy. Bangor. Michigan. times Without the danger of the fe- LI 1 3
«l . -) a...) a u ' - ‘
. males being bred. Third: Early vestock and Poutry
STRAWBERRIES. STRONG. VIGOROUS . . .
,43. pants. late variety, large sweet berries. 50c per castration results in the production 3
_ EARMS a LANDS- inb‘lini3iilnnf’eiriii900’ We ‘0  or a better  It   “T s
‘  “T "“’ L w ‘ G due development of the head and BOOKLETS i
,, , . J. FARMER’S NE EVERBEARIN , -
a... in."    at  came:  or neck and “0'” “arms- Bu-Vers N°-'5'-MMSAW"°N« Decree-M
. .., . .l b ‘ ‘ ’ . — r Y . . '
ern machinery, vehicles. gas engine. potato plant» 5"‘00 D" 100- J. 1" FALLK- Byron, MICh- dlSCOIIIUt severely uncastrated lambs, tells how to prevent disease. commonho \ ;
(3)160(’ll£,'flf'r. household furnitucht crops1 includuh; ranging from $2 to  per 100 lbs. liVCflOCk- ‘
1. acres prosperous communiy, mic ' - V
town; biog ocrcs Iiaaclginegworkrcg; ADI-cow lpast— . FENCE POSTS in comparison to lambs of the same No.l57—DOG BOOKLET. Tells how torid
ure; 8 un ance woo . im er. o app 68. bums; —‘ v '
300 sugar maples. outfit: good 2—stmy house. big guy FENCE POSTS DIRECT FROM F0R- age “hmh have been caStrated and d?" d°g °f ‘1‘” “"3 t° MI" "amt
basernersilC (1:331. t{Erma lllvaix‘sl‘r.)  'EO settle af~ in. All ki‘rbdsl. Delivsered prices. AddressC“M. docked. I (115°33‘3-
airs. . es a . -. own. easy I," .re 'cii n ' 5 Fa er, Mt. lm- . . .
terms. see page 34, spring (mining 1.100 Bar— .,.5_ film. g“ “me a m e Castration is not dangerous, if a N0J60~HOG BOOKLET- Covers the com-
$133:p.51]?“Pinufiifngifif, AGENCY’ 8“ m“ little care is taken, and can be per- m0“ h°8 di°°"°"
SEED formed by any average person, No.l85fHOG WALLOWS. Gives complete
FOR SALE_4O ACRES Two MILES FROM *—-——E_m *_-_—_ Lambs should be castrated when they dlrcdmns {OHM mmm’c‘w“ °f " °°°'
 003v2b::;98Cgl:i;(r(;;l.h:§giq:ll lhaghlgirqi; brand]. {on fing—COW PEAS. MICHIGAN FAV- are from 7 to 14 days old. Choose °’°'°h°3w‘“°w'
n , ‘..1.(’ )i..10 .. ( in '7. .I.‘ '  - ' r ' '
nice creeks clear through the farm. IAn easily ‘ M IMMAN' CGmerV-me' M’Ch a bright day. dontt castrate lambs i N°-'S3‘POULTRY- H°w‘°:°t"d°fh°°
cleared. 1.1300 if taken of once. log house _ . - In mites,asoto prevent iscane.
numbime live in.- Wiii take half down. .l. .5. $1523 fefiLE..nd’§.fi.°p523:EVBa§§Effi...B§["§ on a damp or ram-V day‘ Select all i
MWIM.‘ “hm Mich. wwrsmy Vanderbilt. Mich lambs from the flock that are to be l ——
castrated and fence them off so that . . . . .
FOP SALE—I1601“' 1"‘DW0‘I’D; CLARE th'iis-Ewssirglii: Vi%§.°flqi3§§lefi“b.9323 thev can be ("Night without undue Kn” DIP No' I n '0“ m ongm‘l
(l ., 0 acres l'HlTN. sire t ils. h A'll'il N11 1 ' ‘ '- '; 3 ‘ ',' ".' ' I ’ ‘_ ' / 1 ' ~ ‘
afiiixvrf Small iniyiiienl, down. liii‘iaiicc, ‘(‘:l.“.Vlll'l'lll§. we" first FRARK “001)“ARD (Imu’n' Mmh‘ exmtement. Never WOI'I‘V ’H‘ cnase plek‘ge. atr‘“  ‘tore.'
A. M. \Vl(‘l'l<ll’llAM. 1:14 '1‘ St., 1  ' -
m, MML ‘ ‘ ’ “m” “m V 355.1,190kng. Jfiflnsgmés EARfiLy LEAIN. lambs about before performing the i x . ;
m2 nm )0 c ’5 ye ow (en won rst on 0 ‘ ‘ q ., .+
ears and champion 10 ears and first on single Operation‘ Provlde (' Pledn ‘L‘an or ANIMALINDUSTRYDEPARTMENTOF .
our oven cuy Lo”. Lima in cars at Saginaw county fair. Also first on 100 pen for them to go hazk to after the
I

farm tools. cattle. hogs wheat. rye. corn 80 bii._

best. to perform the operation in the

 

    

 

 

 

 

    

   

potutiies. chickens]. limestone soil. Iliousfi: burn. SON. Palms, Mich. ., V 5 , , . __
l'rii-e $4.800. )AVlD W. SMI'I‘ vering, V. Y I m
Mich. $10.00 iN GOLD FREE To THE PERSON "Wng SO the lambs can he_ “‘P‘mh‘ 9| i I
sending the three best ears of (torn to us .raised (3d during ill!" day and attention giv-  
from (“11‘ famous "Sl‘l’l'lllIOR AI'S'I‘HAIJAN - I ' .
IF you WANT To BUY A FARM 10R iiiii.i.i:sS" pup corn. Il‘ull particulars and pack- 9“ 1f "ll-V become too Weak from loss 
miicli write DAVID KENNEDY. Evert. Mich. age of need 100. OSUPERIOR SEED & PLANT of blood , .- .
for a list. (‘0.. Galcsburg. Mich. ’ ontfla]. Newhmn
_ fl Docking Lambs made,e£:‘ynanninz, -
. _ s . easil e ne - ‘
“"57 CLASS FARM "OME' STATE "E HELP “ ANIED All lambs should be docked at the feet skimming” yamtor. ' W

ward road, 3 74 mile market, schools, churches.
For pa rticiilu rs address owner, JOEL ‘ G. PALM-
ER, Orleans. Mich. '

 

‘ T w same time that they are castrated. “farm 01' 091d ' Different ‘1'?!“
picture which shows larger capacity’

In some cases it may be best to let machines.

5!!
Our guarantee protects 'iliii

      

WANTED BY WIDOWER WITH CHILDREN
competent. and experienced fa rni woman for
housekeeper. Middle aged lady prefered. One

  

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MAGIC VALLEY—60 ACRE DEMONSTRA-

ivho could get along with children. Good home

a few days elapse between the cas-

you. Get our plan of easy

    

 

 

  

“m, m“, in hm” .,f H... 10...... Dem. of me me for the right party. BOX 1. care Michigan Bus— tration and docking of lambs. When   '-
(lrnnde Texas. All plowed, fenced and under "less Barman carp jg used both Operationg can be
irrigation. “'ild land now selling at $450 per ' ' 1, ,‘ andhandsomefreecatalog_ Whether ,
IU'TE. Raise 3 crops (1 yrnr. Become iriaeimmi— AGFVTS performed the same time and labor dairyislarge or 511,311,ch today. r.

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cut. (‘an exchange this beautiful farm for Mich-
izan property at $24000. Encumbrance 58,000 .m........     .. .
at 6 per cent. BENJAMIN & SON. 531 1-2 So. AsENTs MAKE BIG MONEY SELLING OUR

W (stern order: f 70»: W ester” joints.

AMERICAN SEPARATOR 00.
Cox 6067 Bllnbrllgo. I. Y.

saved as the lambs will only have
to be caught once. It should be a

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
  

 

 

Saginaw Stu Flint MiCh- Silos. Write today for catalog and big oom- ' ' I y
mission proposition. NAPPANEE LUMBER a 1);]fanh magme .(llf 12h“? “ho keep
FOR SALE ENE OF THE “s1. 80 ACRES MP0. 00., Nappanee, ind. s eep. at t e tai s on d be remov- i
in thTlOSlil)(‘0..d0ll15mlte hrefill-4rd I‘llbai. hall‘rmki'i , ed When the 15111th are 7 f0 14 days  
from i-iurr~i an si'ioo. a way cween Al c» RA ,
vimv. Mei-osta slid Remus. Good Hmrkll‘tsk For GENE L Old. _ _ I
31,3195. write Louise MONAGLE. n euew. LIGHTNING RODS! EXCLUSIVE AGENCY The lamhvs tail renders no sub_ 12 choice named varieties .. . .$2.00 , p
flail] guiff‘zzabies RLBDLive Dogers selling "DID- stantial benefit to the lamb. Second‘ 6 Chmce named varletles ---~$1-0° - '
Fr .’ ‘ 8." ur copper tests . . . . . ' ~ - ‘
FOR SALE—GOOD FRUIT AND STOCK 99.96 per cent PURE. 'ILS presence 18 anUI‘lOIIS because of “‘9 StOCk that WmS lst Prize 93011 .‘

form very cheap if taken soon. Vl'ill sell 80
1110 or 160. 130 acres under cultivation. 30
acres wood timber. good soil and buildings. Poor
health reason for selling. For particulars write
(llCi). Ill'll’l‘Nl‘llt. R 5, Traverse City, Mich.

 

. Write for Agency. I‘ric . _ ‘ . _ ,
are right. L. M. Diddie 00.. Marshfield. Wis. ? the filth that accumulates around year at the" Michigan State=Fair. ' ; 1..
__ 1“ and beneath the tail. Third: Lambs BAIYMéN‘S DAHLL“ GARDENS 
Birmingham, Michigan

“ are more attractive, look neater and S d f C .t 1 .
en or a a ogue 
— the proof of

deeper in the, leg and [twist if the
U.S.Officers’ Silk Poplin 

tail is removed. When the tails are
left on females they are apt to fail
to breed.
The preferable ways to remove 3 Olive Drab Shorts
lambs tail is by usmg a sharp knife 2 for $3.75
. . _ Regular U._S. Officers‘ 8'":
or docking irons. One man holds the Poplin 'ouve Drab Shiris. l
lamb as shown in figure one. 2 for $53.76. Only two to l.
. a customer. They cannot be r r.
The operator by feeling on the duplicatgg at 53 a piece or i
inside of the tail can detect where $21353 uic.kbeuigstmec§i%3

. . .. two large pockets ‘th b -
the Jomts are. He should push the tons and mm WI ut

 

 

 

 

 

FOR SALE—160 ACRES. 60 CLEAR. 16
acres in full grain, well fenced, quite good
buildings. Sell on time or cash. FRANK
GLA\VE. Ocqueoc, Mich.

the pudding is

 

FARMS WANTED—CAN SELL YOUR FARM ;
or property readily if price is reasonable. Send l
full particulars. PllAS. PETERSON. 2704 N. l
Hamlin Ave“ Chicago.

in the eating.”

(Read below)

 

FOR SALE—120 ACRES. NUMBER ONE
land and best of buildings. fruit, timber. (me
mile to Dixie Highway. station, church and SCll"'l.
30 miles from Detroit. R. W. ANDERSON,

 

 

 

 

("mkswm Mm“ HILLTOP FARM skin on the tail back toward the s PdAY THE 'PosTTMAN .ii
I v on no money. .ust send ‘
52° ACRES CUT OVER LAND. CLARE 00" J. w. Webster body of the lamb so as to leave some your‘mme. address. and Hi
mm grazing. sun cheap or _exchanze for ninth, s. c. BUF FLEGIIORNS surplus skin to grow over the stub. :33- gour’eggmmagfllpbe (
"- W- BARN)“- M‘m‘m' “’0” and then cut the tail at a. joint about pastman $3.75 and. [30:5

 

Bath, Mich. Feb. 1, 1921. age on arrival. -.
Sizes 14 to 18 .l
U. S. Blanket 03.. Dept. 68. 45 w 3“- Sb, New York 'l

 

 

one and a half inches from the body.
The out should be made quickly with
a sharp knife. If any particular
lamb should bleed too much a piece
of cord may be tied very tightly on
the stub of the tail close to the body.

WALKER TOWNSHIP. CHEBOYGAN COUN-
ty (-utrover lands. rich hardwood limestone soil
in great clover. potato and orchard belt. logged
off, burnt off. waiting for the plow. Settled
funnng community. railroads. schools. telephones
$10 per acre, part cash. balance easy. writr
(‘lIAS. \V. OSMUN. Tower. Mich,

You may run our poultry advertise-
ment in the Michigan Business Farmer
for another year. The results from
our advertisement the past year has
been very satisfactory.

 

 

 

so ACRE FARM FOR SALE. cows. TEAM “‘1” ""15"

 

lelll i'iirming fools. Good buildings, good soil, two J “7 “,1ng This W1” Star) the blepdlpg' The
miles from RR town. (lood Schools nihi churches, ‘ ' ‘ ‘TER- string must be rem0ved in a few

 

l’rice $4.000. HERMAN SPRINUS’l'lflICN, Ben.
zoiiia. Mich. —

hours or the tail will slough off.
By using the hot punches no dang~

 

   

  

 

 

and lowest price- on I]

 

ALE—FINE 160 ACRE r- _ ' try _  __ " i ndl '
biiifkofiungy loam. splendid buildings. 2-1.2Hiiiiigr M' B' F LweSEOCk and ITO}? er need be feared from loss of blood. hggimfomfsgm’d‘r‘omgpu ,
in market, near school and church. good roads. , Ads- are g0 gettels- 01d qh'ppp can be “lli‘i‘PSSfllllV dOCk-  GALVANIZED “V “II
For particulars Write A. U. DIAMOND. Vesta‘ ‘ ' ’_ ‘ ' W H * others. had sunnlototelt—FREEDV lotus-and]. [I
burn. Mich- L’ ed With the hot punches. The punch- insnnowursiicnwissco..sepi.1121 «mu-n.0,.

 

 

 

 

 

 

es should be heated to a cherry red
heat and the tail seared off at one to
one and-a half inches from the body.
The wound will be seared over and
no blood will be lost. It is true that
the tail does not heal quite so quick—
ly when the docking irons are used,
especially if they are too hot. When
the irons are used at proper temper—
ature the wound will heal just as
quickly as when the knife is used.

 

 

IS YBUB FARM FOR SALE

Write out a plain description and figure 10 cents for each
word, initial or group of figures for three insertions. There is
no cheaper or better way of selling a farm in Michigan and _you deal
direct with the buyer. No agents or commissions. If you want to sell
or trade your farm, send in your ad. today. Don’t just' talk about it.
our Business Farmers’ Exchange gets results. Address The Michi-
gan Business Farmer, Adv. Dept.. Mt. Clemens, Mich.

It Pays Big * f

or poultry in
M. B. F33

 

 

 

 

 

Breeders Directory

 

 

 


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so.

April 16; 1921 ~*

THE' MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

To ovoid conflicting date: we will Without
cost. list tho duo of any llvo stock solo In
Michigan. If you on considering a sale od-
vlso us at one. and wo will claim the duo
(or you. Address. leo Stock Editor. M. B.
F.. Mt. Clomono.

Apr. 21—-—IIoisteins. Eaton County 1101*
stein Breeders ‘Ass'n. Fair Grounds, Char»
lotte. Michigan.

May 5 ~—.\'iiortiiorns.
cd Sliortliorn Hrceders' Ass'ii., Branch Co.
Farm, (‘oldwater. Mir-h.

May 10, Sliorthorns Central Mich. Short-
horn Breeders’ Ass'n, Greenvillc Fair Grounds,
Greenville, Mich.

May 18. Holsteins. Livingston Co. 1101-
stein Ass'n. Howell. Mich.

June 9, Angus. Michigan Aberdeen-Angus
Ass'n. I‘IIISL Lansing. Mich.

Southern Mich. Poll-

 

 

 

LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEERS

Andy Adams, hitchfieid, Mich.

Ed. Bowers, South Whitley, Ind
Porter Colestock, Eaton Rapids. Mich.
John Hoffman, Iludson, Mich.
I). L. Perry, Columbus, Ohio.
J. I. Post, Hillsdale, Mich.
.I. 1‘}. liuppcrt, I’erry, Mich.
Harry Robinson, Plymouth,
\\'ni. \\'.iii'le., Goldwater, Micll.
.lolin 1’. Hutton, Lansing, Mich.

Mich.

 

 

 

 

CATTLE

HOLSTEm-FRIESIAN

   

 

 

USE PURE BRED SlRES

Estinuiil‘s furnished by the Dairy Division I
of the lliiited Suites Department of Agricul—
ture show that the dziiry cows of the Country
average only 4,500 lbs. of milk per year.

 

Ar goozl Iiolstoin bull will increase the pr 7
ductiou of the ordinary herd 50 per cent in
the first generation. -

Let us help you find a good one to use or
your iicril. You cannot make a better in»
restiiieiit.

MICH. HOLSTEIN - FRIESIAN
ASSOCIATION
Old State Block Lansing, lVficli.

 

 

 

smiw BULL

Hired by 2. Pontiac Aaggie Korndykellengen
vcld DeKol bull from a nearly 19 lb. show
mw First prize junior calf, Jackson Fair,

1920. Light in color and good individual
Seven months od. Price, $125 to make
room. lllll'ryi

Herd under Federal Supervision.

BOARDMAN FARMS

JACKSON. MICH.

Holstein Breederl Since 1906

 

 

 

 

  BORN MARCH 27. 1920, VERY
’ ‘ llli't‘, straight and well grown,
sired by a son of Flint llengerveld Lad whose two
nearest dams average over 32 lbs. butter rind
735 lbs. milk in 7 days. Dam is ii 20.61 lb.
Jr. 2 your old daughter of .Iobaii lleugerveld Lad
68 A. ll. (1 daughters. l‘rice $151). 1" U ii,
Flint. Pedigree on implication.
L.VC. KETZLER. Flint. Mich.

 

WOLVERINE STOCK FARM REPORTS GOOD

sales from their herd. \Ve iire well pleased with
the calves from our Junior Herd Sire “King 1'01)‘
time Ininde Korndyke Segis" who is a sun of
King oi the Pontiacs" from a daughter of Pon-
tmr ' lofliliiii- In: lx'ol 2nd. A few bull calves for
.IulP l \\ Surname. ll 2 Battle (‘rm’k Mich.

HOWBERT HER

WHERE TYPE, CONSTITUTION AN -
DUCTIVE ABILITY IS ASSURED. 0 PRO

TWO grandsons of King of the
Pontiacs from A. R. O. Dams of ex—
c'cllent breeding.

H. r. swims
Eou Clairo, Mich.

 

(SPECIAL ADVERTISINO RATES nndor thls heading to honest broodon or
show you A Proof and toll you what it will cost for 13. 26 or 62 times.
lroodorn' AuotIOn Solo: advertised hero or special low ratos: ask for thorn. erto today i)

llvo stock and poultry will be sent on roquest.
You can chango slzo of ad. or copy in often as you wish.

 

IREEDERS’ DIRECTORY, THE MICHIGAN IUSINESS FARMER. Mt. Clemons, Mlchllnn.

$100.00 WILL BUY HOLSTElN-FRIESIAN
bull calves, nearly ready for service, from siro
whose six nearest dams average 33.34 lbs. butter
in 7 days.
OSCAR WALLIN. Wiscogln Farm
Unlonvllle, Mich.

TWO BULL OALVES

Regiltorod Holstein-Frielian. sired by 39.87
bull And from heavy producing young covvo. Thou
oolvao are very nice and will be priced choc! It
oold won.

HARRY T. TUBES. IIWOII. Mich.

 

FOR SALE

Six head of registered Holstrins for
$1,500 including ll 30 1b. 2 yr. old sire. Three
(‘oWs with A. it. 0. records. These cows are
good size and good type.

WILL CHRISCINSKE
Square Deal Stock Fann
lmlay City. Mich.

 

 

 

Yearling Bull For Sale

Bull born Sept. 28, 1919, evenly
marked and a fine individual. Sir—
ed by my 30 lb. bull and from a
20 lb. daughter or Johan Heng.
Lad, full sister to a 32 1b. cow.
Dam will start on yearly test
Nov. 15.

ROY F. FICKIES

Chcsaning, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

SOLD AGAIN

Bull calf last advertised sold but have :2 more
that no mostly white They are nice straight fel-
lows, sired by a son og King Ons. One is from
I 17 lb. 2 yr. old dam and the other is from a
20'lb. Jr. 3 yr. old dam. she is by a son of
Friend Hongerveid Do Kol Butter Boy. one of
the great bulls.

JAMES HOPSON JR., Owosso. Mloh.. R 2.

 

AKEVIEW DAIRY FARM HOLSTEIN-FRIES-

ians. IIerd sire Paul I’ieterje VViine Prince.
'l‘wo nearest dams average 31.9 lbs. butter, 672
lbs milk in 7 days. Dam milked 117 lbs. in one
day: 3,218 lbs. in 30 days; 122.37 lbs. butter
in 30 days. His bull calves for sale. One from
a 22 lb. two-year-old. Good individuals. Price!
reasonable. Age from 2 to 5 months.

E. E. BUTTERS, Goldwater, Mich.

 

OR SALE—4i GOOD BULLS. LIGHT. MEDI-
um and dark. lbinis' records at 2 yr, 3W5.
and 4 yrs., 16 pounds. 24 pounds and 26.46
ones. First tWo dams average. 22,001) pounds
milk and over 1,000 pounds butter in year. All
flood type. Also a few registered cows and

 

heifers.
J. ROCHE. Plnckney. Mich.
HERO SlRES IN SERVICE
KING Zl'IliMA AlA‘All'l‘liA l’i)\"l'l.\i‘ NH

1131’?) .‘i soil of the $50.00” hull. /

SIR I‘It'llii CLYDE NO. 3473567 1 double
gz‘iiodson of .\l.\\' l-I(,‘llO SYLVIA the, champion
vow of (.‘Illlilllil.

I am offering a yearling Son of King from d
r-ow with a T (lily A. It. 0. of 14.45 ii'ittor
427.8 milk. Next dam 15.11 butter. 397.9
milk. Price $150. Also some yearling .zmnd
daughters of KING Price $150 each. l'ciiigreo.
wot on request.

H. E. BROWN. Breedsville. Mich.

Breeder of Registered Stock Only

 

  LARGE REGISTERED HOLSTEIN
coir, five years old, well marked
and a good milker. Also her bull calf born Or-t.
27; sired by a son of Johan Ilcugerveld Imd, sud
o 22 lb. two year old dam. Price $250 for the
pair.
R. H. BARNHART. R 1. St. Charles. Mich.

BRANDOHHILL FARM

Orinnvi'lc. Michiuap
Riill calves Sll‘fd by 35 pound son
of King of the Pontiacsi—$l.0i).00~
:ind upwards—-g00d individuals*
from a clean herd

JOHN P. HEHL

1205 Griswold Street. Detroit. Michiqan

 

 

 

FAIRLAWN HERD—HOLSTEINS

Herd Sire. Embiagaard Lilith Champion 108013

llis sire’s dam (‘olantlia 4tli's Johanna. \vorld‘s
first 35 lb. cow. and world's first 1,201) lb. cow.
The only cow that ever held all world's butter
records from one day to one year, and the. .Wtil'lil'fil
worlv milk rerord at the. same time. Ilis dam
Lilith I’iebe De Kol. No, 93710, over 1.1.70 lbs,
of butter from 29 599.4 pounds of milk in ‘l
year. \Vorld's 2nd highest milk record when
mode and Michigan state record for it yours. Holy
one \Iioliigun cow with higher milk record today.
His two nearest dams averiige:

It i ii. yeiir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..1.1‘.i‘.i,::
‘ill’li‘r IL? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “28.313.”

i‘hainp's sons from choice A. i. 0. diiins will
add prestige to your herd and money to your
purse.
J. F. RIEMAN. Owner
Flint. Mich.

 

 

records will be sold.

M. C. R. R.

 

A. N. LOUCKS, Sec’y,

 

g5 Registered Holsteins

T. B. Tested—60 Day Guarantee
SECOND EATON COUNTY CONSIGVMENT SALE
A 30 lb. cow and a 30 1b. yearling bun. 

THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1921 at 12 M. l
Fair Grounds. Charlotte, Michigan
18 miles from Lansing oh G. T. R. R.—-—35 miles from Jackson on

For information and Catalog write

 

 

many others With good

Charlotte, Mich.

 

 

 

OLSTEINS _ FOR SALE—EITHER SE‘X.
llulls ready for heavy service from dams With
A. it. 0. records up to 31 lbs. Also bull calves
with same breed. They are all fine individu-
.ils and nicely mzirked and priced to sell. Also

Ll few well bred females.
D. H HOOVER Howell. Mich.

A PROVEN BLOOD LINE

KING SICGIS trziniiiitted to his sons the power
to transmit to their daughters the greatestpf
production over long periods. It is his offspring
that has rccently made the greatest yearly pro~
duction ever dreamed of. 37.3814 pounds of
milk in a year.

We have for sale at moderate prim-,4 beautiful
individuals of show type KING Slfiiilh‘ bulls.

GRAND RIVER STOCK FARMS
111 E Main Corey J. Spencer. Ownor

Under State and Federal Supervision

OR SALE—2 REG. HOLSTEIN BULLS

ready for service from 19 1—2 and 24 1-2 lb.
dams. Price $100 and $125. Ilerd on oc-
i-redited list.

Ulm. GRIFFIN, Howell, Mich.

 

OR SALE—HOLSTEIN COW. MERCENA DE
Kol of Mupiosiiic No. 13711311. duo to freshen
April 24. Price sgnobo,
R J. BANFIELD. Wi'xom. Mich.

I'OR SALE—TWO BULL CALVES. A HOL-
tein iiuo I’llrllrllll about 3 months old. Both
have heavy milking dams. Not registered. 354)
each if taken :it once.
CHASE STOCK FARM. Mariette.

 

Mich

 

 

HF. REFOR DS

  Hangs. HAMPSHIRE

\Ve ('ll.ll furnish registered bulls from 1‘.‘
months and older. best of breeding and at s
VPry low price, have also some extra good
Herd headers We have also a large line
of registered Hampshire Ilogs, Giits, Sows
and Hours.

Write us, tell us what you want and get
our prices.

La FAYETTE STOCK FARM, La Fayette, Ind.
J. Crouch A Son. Pron.

 

EGISTERED HEREFORD CATTLE —— KING
lilCI‘EA’l‘lClt 713941, and Bea/ii Perfection
3237805) head our herd. Bulls are. sold; have
some very filll' heifers for sale, bred or openei.
bred to our herd bulls. Come .ind see them; they
\vil please you,
Tony 3. Fox. Prom, Henry Gehrholz. Herdsman,
MARION STOCK FARM. Marion Michigan

HEREFORDS FOR SALE

Fairfax and Disturber blood, 131) Reg. head in
lirrd. $35.00 reduction on all sires. (‘hoice fe-
males for sale. Write uie your needs.

EARL C. MCCARTY, Bad Axe. Mich.

 

 

150 HEREFORD HEIFERS. ALSO KNOW
of it) or 15 loads fancy quality Siiortsiiorns and
Angus steers 5 to 1,000 lbs. Owners anxious
to sell. \Vill help buy 50c i-oriiniissioii.

C. F. BALL, Fairfield. Iowa

 

LAKEWOOD HEREFORD $32.? 73755.;

young bulls, 12 months old for sale. Also high
class fenuiles any age. Inspection invited.
E. J TAYLOR, Fremont. Mich.

FOR SALE

  {our bulls. ono

.i Lrl‘nlluthH oi" the $1) .300 Iiiilliou 4th. Also a
few females.

Wm. C. DICKEN, Smyrna. Mich.

 

 

 

SHORTHORN

ENTRAL MICHIGAN SHORTHORN BREED-
ers' Association offer for sale 73 head; All
ages, both iiiiik and beef breeding. Send for new
list.
M. E. MILLER. Soc'y. Greenvllle. Mich.
F YOU WANT TO BUY 0R SELL I MAY
have. just what you want. I handle. from one
animal up to the largest consignment sale in the
country.
A. Rosmusssen Sale 00.. Groonville. Mich.

Have You a Mortgage

on Your Farm?

If so buy Sliorthorns at the Feb. 25th solo
at M. A. 4?. held at 1 l’. M. We are listing
four females and two show bulls thiit Will lift
your mortgage if they are cared for.

RICHLAND FARMS
C. H. Prescott I: Sons, Tawas City, Mich.

 

Huron (lo. Slim-thorn Breeder-8' Ass‘n
offer for sale Scotch and Scotch top-
ped males and females of all ages.
300 head to select from. For inform-
ation address
Jas. R. Campbell, Secretary
Bad Axe, Michigan

MAPLEHURST FARM

Newton Loyalist 2nd in service, short horn bulls
for sale.
(3. H. PARKHURST. R 2. Armada. Mich.

 

 

UY SHORTHORNS
' herd test without a
in bulls.

JOHN SCHMIDT a SON. Reed City. Mich.

NOW. 4TH ANNUAL
reactor. Some bargains

 

 

 

 

 

 

Better still. wrlto out what you have to char, let us put it in UN-
Copy or dung” must be rocelvod (no week before date 0! issue

IIA'I‘ DO YOU \VANTI I represent 41

:HOPTHORN breeders. Can put you in
touch wilh best milk or beef strains Bulls all
ages. Some females. C (Irum, President

Central Michigan Shortiioru Association. Mc—

Brides, Michigan.

 

I‘IHE VAN BUREN CO. SHORTHORN BREED-
ers' Association have stock for sale. both milk
and beef breeding

Write the secretary,

 

FRANK BAILEY. Hartford. Mich.
, as, IULLs
SHOHTHORN 323113 351%.“... price.

before .l:iii.iary first. \Vill trade for 2 0d 11nd-
Wm. J. BELL, Rose City. Mic .

 

From the .\l‘:ple Ridge herd of Bates Short:
i‘.i lv-‘d in Heptem ber 1920.
Michigan.

horns.

3EXTRA GOOD BULL CALVES FOR SALE.
J. E. TANSWELL.

Mason.

SHORTHORN CATTLE AND OXFORD DOWN
sheep Iiotli sex for sale.
J. A DeGARMO. Muir. Mich.

ENT COUNTY SHORTHOI‘." BREEDERS’

Ass‘n ire ifl'oriug bulls null. heifers for sale, all

ages Soil the scrub and bur a purebred. ‘
A. AAB. Sec'y. Caledonia. Mich.

OR SALE—REGISTERED SHORTHORNS

iii-l llur .li-rmw spring pigs, either sex: two
red bulls. mo 11 months sud one 7i months o"
He‘wrwi 'l-‘ili‘Y'N' from ii iiioiiili< lo 2 veers till
Scott-b 'i‘ ii» v"i 1! "M bred. .»\ liiress

GEOPGF. W. ARNOLD or JARED ARNOLD
Williamsburq. R 1. Michiqan

 

 

JERSEYS
O
A Great Old Timer
Thzii longevity. persistency and

prepotciicv have long been zi, marked
characteristic of the JE {SKY is well
llllHil‘lllé‘il by the Jersey i'ow, Inter—
est 1“ 31.38%". Interest lived and died
on her native Island some thirty
years zigo. She milked until 18 years
oid——~Longevity. " years Siio

During l
was not dry :i single duyfii’orsis-
ioncy.

,-

She had :i butter test of 2.)
lbs. 6 oz. in 7 days. 56 lbs. of milk in

24 hrs. She was (him of the follow—
ins.r fl noted cows—Proficiency:
lliiitor Milk
7 days ‘34 Iiours

lhuiblo lltli'ri‘sl .. 1% lbs. 1 oz 537- “15. 1 o"
'l'illov liiii'ro-sl . . . .20 lbs. i oz »1 ii ‘bs. 1 -\"
Daisy liliv'rl‘m‘i . . . .20 lbs. 14 oz 1% lbs. 0 oz.
Maggi!- H‘.\iirn . . .33 lbs. 6 o7. 44) lbs. o o7.
Simpli- liitornsl. . .16 lbs. 10 oz 36 lbs. H or.
l“lllillll‘r‘ . . . . . .21 lbs. 3 o7. til lbs, 0 v)’.'
i‘ompouiid interest. 17 lbs. ‘i oz 41) lbs. 8 o'.
'l‘riple Interest . . .21 lbs. 3 o'/. 45 lbs. 4 or.
l“lllle interest . 17 lbs. 1.“ oz 41 lbs " o".

.. I . _ .
i‘ollplinl with the above Economical Production
tll‘l who! is there left to be desired? Be Wise.
.tmde up your dairy herd with :i purebred Jersey

SEC'Y HENDRICKSON
Shelby Mich.

  HEIFERS 1 YR. OLD—
Yoiini: cows in milk sired

by .‘Iziii'x‘iv's Oxford Sliylork 156,692 also young

bulls sired by l"roii<'.'s Master l’ogis 177683. 1

grandson if l'ogis 99th and Sophie 19ih's Torr

mentor, I‘Vi) great bulls of the breed. VVrito for

prices .iihl pedigree.

GUY C. WILBUR, R 1, Balding, Mich.

DO YOU WANT PRODUCTION?

'l‘he, grandson of l’ogis 99th of Hood Farm
and Sophie liitli‘s ’l‘oriiientor, two of the great.-
est sires ever known beads our herd. No other
strain is more noted for past and present prodll<‘—
thin. llull calves and bred heifers for sale st
seasoiiable prices.

RED HAYWARD.

 

Scotts. Mich.
ERSEY YEARLING BULL( SIRED BY PEN-
lilll'lii li'orn .N‘ulliiii. ll. .11. Breeding.

MORRIS & SON, Farmington. Michigan.

HIGHLAND FARM JERSEYSIFEMRIK

ed herd. lligii pmdur'tion, splendid type and

breeding. Vi rite us your wants.

Samuel Odell. Owner. Adolph Hocg, Mgr.
Shelby, Michigan

 

 

. _ YEAVRLING BULL
Sirml by Majesty‘s ()xford Siiylor-k. Nothing better
FRANK P. NORMINGTON, Ionia, Michrqan

 

 

GUERNSEYS

GUERNSEY BULL CALV‘ES

From tested and untested dams.

Satisfaction guaranteed.

Write for prices and breeding to
MORGAN BROS., Allegan. Mich.. RI

REOISTERERED OUERNSEYS

Bull ready for light service, 5100. _-\ yearling
heifer, no relation. $200. The i.’ for 511330.
J. M. WILLIAMS. North Adams. Michigan

GUERNSEY BULL FOR SALE.

Good individual. six months old. l-[erd under
state and fedeml supervision.

Write for particulars to
A. HENNESEY. Watervllet.

 

 

 

Mich.

 

 

REGISTERED ABERDEEN - ANGUS—BULLS,
Heifers and cows for sale.
Priced to move. Inspection invited.
RUSSELL BROS.. Merrill. Michigan

 


 

 

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(SPECIAL ADVERTISING RATES mid." II“: It

show you a pron! end toil y:
Broodbrs' Auction Sales advertised hm

 

The Home of ’ I

imp. Edgar Of Dalmeny

Probably

The Worlds? Greatest
BREEDING BULL

lliue Boll, Supreme (‘bampion at the
Smilhfiold Show, 1919, and the Birming‘
hum Show, 1920, is a daughter of Edgar
of Dalmeny.

The Junior (‘hampion linli, Junior
Champion Female, (‘hnmpion (‘iiif lierd
and First Prize Junior lleiler l‘nll, Mich-
igan State Fair, 1920, were also the get

of Edgar of Dolmeny.

A very choice lot of young bulls—aired
by Edgar of i‘mlmcny are, at this time,
offered for sale.

Band for Illustrated Catalogue.

WIL] )WOOD FA RMS
Orion, Mich.

W. E. Scripps. Prop.. Sidney Smith, Supt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Most Profitable Kind {

of forming, a car load of grade dairy heifer!
from LENAWEE COUNTY’S heaviest milk prm
ducers to include A pure bred ANGUS bull of the
most extreme beef type for combination beef Ind
dsiry firming.

Cu lot shipments sssembled st GLENWOOD
FARM for prompt shipment.

Methods explained in SMITH'S PTtOF‘lI‘ABLE
STOCK FEEDING. 400 pages illustrated.

(RED. 3. SMITH. Addison. Mich.

 

 ’runE IRED ABERDEEN.
ANGUS CATTLEI1 :20 8.I.0.

Swine are right end on p g ‘orrr
spondence solicited end inspection invi d
CARL BARTLETT. Lawton. Mich.

 

 

AYRSHIRES

 

 

FOR BALE—REGISTERED AYRSHIRE
hills and bull calves. heifers and heifer calm
Also some choice cows. M. h

c .

FINDLAY BROS.. R 5. Vassar.

 

~ THE'MICHITG‘AN BaUSINmBs FAR-MEI!“

1'. >- .i

BREEDEIG D

low rates: ask for them. Write today I)

ending to honest breeders of Milo mot and MM' will be

what It. will!!!“ 15" 13. 28 or 62 times. You can change also of III. or my a man

as you Willi.

KREEDERD' DIREGTORY, THE MIGHIOAALE‘UUINESS MRMER. ML Clmnl, Michigan.

BIT. P. C. A FEW TOP GILTS BRED TOl

Highland Giant, the $500 boar. Others bred

to \Viicy’s Perfection. Weight, 700 st 18 months. i
JOHN D. WILEY, Schooicraft, Mich.

 

T. P. C. DOES YOUR NERVE SAY BUY
_hogs‘! Vote __yes and order a flood onc. Full
grits $30 to $00; spring boars. $15 to $25. TWO
Prospect Yank gilts bred to Hartfs Block Price
March 24th at 850 each.

F. Mich.

T. HART. St.
 BIG TYPE P. C. SPRING
boars, bred sows and the best lit-
ter of full pigs in the state. Come and see or write
E R. LEONARD. R 3. St. Louis, Mich.

Louis.

 

WE OFFER A FEW WELL-BRED SELECT-
ed spring Duroc Hours, siso bred sows and
Gilts in season. Cell or write

McNAUGHTON A FORBVcE. 81.. Louis. Mich.

 

DUROC-JERSEYS—PIGS FOR SALE-
BUTTERNUT FARM

Lupton. Mich.

 

e9. Dumcs for sale. Brookwater stock. One bred

sow wt. 47-") lbs. to Brookwater Principle price
SR5. due April 26. Two boars. 5 mos. old. wt.
about 130 and 100 lbs, price $20 and $25. 'l‘wo
Olwn Hilts some littrr “t. about 125 lbs. price
$22.“) each. Reg. from

GE H. SHANKLIN. R 3. Redford. Mich.

 

 

Chine Sows,
Also

Am Offering Large Type Poland

bred to F's Orange at reasonable prices.
fall n‘izs. Write or call.

CLYDE FISHER. R 8, St. Louis, Mich.

 

DIG TYPE POLAND CHINA BRED GILTS

sold. Some extra good fell pigs of both sex
for sale. Write for breeding and. price.

MOSE BROTHERS. St. Charles. Mich.

WALNUT ALLEY

herd has dams mated to Sites that will make Po-
land (lhlna history for Michigan.
Nothing to offer’ at present.

A. D. GREGORY

Tonia, Mich,

 

 

DUROCS

FOR SALE-JEVERAL EXTRA GOOD SPRING
Boars, ready for service. Our bred gilts are
all sold. but we have some fine spring pigs coin-
ing on. Harley Poor .1. Son. Gladwln. Michigan

 

 

EADOWVIEW FARM REG. JERSEY R008.

Booking orrlnm for spring pigs.
J. E. MORRIS a. SON, Fumlngton. Mich.

 

  

Boring pigs by Wall's
Orion. First 8r. Yearling
Detroit. Jackson. Gd. Rnplds and SMIMV- 1".

 

O. l. 'C.

E Special Boar Sale For 10 Days

 

June boars. ready for service. weighin 1‘90-
225 pounds at $30 Gt) S35. (lood strsig t fob
lows. Farmers. your opportunity to breed up

your stock at a. reasonable price.
in the . . O. or (i. W. R.
CLARE V. DORMAN. Snover. Mich.

O l' G' REGISTERED STOOK

We are offering in the next 30 days 3 bone
weighing 300 lbs. at S40; 10 bred gills due
June 1 at 540—200 lbs: 8 fall boars, 150 lbs.
at, $25. All stock guaranteed. Papers furnish-
ed free.

J. R. VanETI'EN. Clifford. Mich.

O. I. C.

GILT8 BRED FOR SPRING FARROW
end one Shothorn bull calf eight months old.
Milking strain, pail fed.

F. o. BURGESS, Mason. R 3, Mich.

Recorded free

 

 

 

O. I. C. 8WINE~MY HERD CONTAINS THE
blood lines of the most noted herd. Gan furnish
you stack st "livo and let live" prices.

A. J. OORDEN. Dorr. Mlch.. R 8.

c.'s. SERVICE IOARs. SPRING PIGS
Farmer’s prices

at .
CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM. Monroe. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

. . . AGINAW VALLEY HERD OF PRIZE WIN

Pb  B Ri M h hing 0. I. C’c. Jan. snd Feb. pigs ready

I   ga,  . priced reasonable. John Gibson. Foster. Mich.
nunoc canon Iosno. Doors of the im BERKSHIRES

heavy-boned type, st msomble prices. Writs. ‘

or bettér. come and see. I ARE QUALITY H068

. J. DRODT. R 1. Mo roe. Moh. '

"  waned pigs of the very

 

BROWN SWISS

 

l'IROVVN SWISS BULL FOR SALE WITH PED.
' four years old Price $125 if taken

'J. H. ssnaorm. Barton City. Mich.

SWINE 

POLA N1) CHINA

 

 

 

BIG BOB MASTODON

of the

 

ls sired by ClildWl‘li Big llob Champion
World. llis dam Sire is A's Mastodon. Grand
Champion at 1mm State Fair. Enough said.
1 have a fine Sn'pli-mbor lloiir l'ig that. will make
u lli‘i‘ii bonr sired by llig Bob. and a lion lot of
spring pigs when \i'l‘illll‘li. Book your order now.
C. E. GARNANT.
Eaton Rapids. Michigan.

HERE'S SOMETHING GOOD

THE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. C. IN MICH.
Get 11 bigger still better bred hour pig from my

 

hem, ill :i rozlwrnuliio price l‘ome and St‘t‘ them,
Expcnsos [mid if Hm as represented. Tin-so bug"
In service. L's liig Orange, Lord Cinnamon,
(mingl- l'ru-o illill ifs Long Prospect.

E LIVINGSTON. Parma. Mich.

 

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINAS

A low choice sprim,r [wars and gills sired by
"Hall 'l‘on Lari," a good son of “Smooth lislf
'J‘on" (‘iminpion of Michigan in 1918. (lilts will
be bred to .iumbo‘s Mastodon 2nd, son of Big
Bob Mastodon for March and April (arrow.

HOWLEY BROS..

FARWELL LAKE FARM

L. ’i‘. l'. (‘. boars nil sold. A few spring boars and
some gills left. Will soil with breeding privilege.
ilours 11] service. L‘isnsmnu's image 2nd, W. B.'s
Outpost and Smooth Wonder. \‘iSitors welcome.
W. B. RAMSDELL
Hanover. Mich.

Merrill, Mich.

 

 

PEACH HILL FARM
offers tried sows and gilts bred to or sired by

 

 

Peach Hill’Orion King 152489. Satisfaction
Kusrsnteed. Come look ’61:: over.
Also a. few open gilts.
INWOOD BROS.. Romeo, Mich.

 

AM OFFERING SOME HIGH CLASS

SPRING DUROG BOARS

at reasonable prices A few giits bled for Sep-
tember furrow at bargain prices.

. C. TAYLOR

Milan. Mich.

 

uroc sows ano gills )red to Walt's King 82949
who has sired more prize winning pigs It the
state fairs in the last years than any other DU‘
roc boar. Newton arnhsrt, St. Johns, Mich.

 

FOR SALE: REG. SOW PIGS OF SEPT. FAR.
row. Maple Law’s Pathfinder is the name of
my new herd boar. Nuf sed.

V. N. TOWNS, R 8. Eaton Rapids.

flAKLANDS PREMIER GHIEF
Herd Roar—Aneference only—No. 129219
1919 Chicago International
4th Prize .Ir. Yearling

BOOKING ORDERS FALL PIGS AT :25
ANK a. POTTER
Potter-ville. Mich.

Mich.

 

 

UROC JERSEY SOWS AND GILTS. BRED
for April and Mny farrow. 1,000 lb. herd boar.
J08. SOHUELLER. Weidman Mich.

 

UROCS—SOWS AND GILTS ALL SOLD.
Have a few choice {all hours at reasonable price.
L. POWER. Jerome, Mich.

 

OR SALE—DUROC FALL GILTS. WE ARE
booking orders for choice spring pigs, $15. 8
to 10 weeks old.
JESSE BLISS a. SON. Henderson. Mich.

 

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINA BRED GILTS ALL
sold but have some fs‘l illiLi-l at reasonable
Will be bred for fall litters.

DORUS ROVER. Akron. Mich.

price.

 

EILTS SIRED BY BIG BOB MASTODON, BRED
to Jumbo Lad. Price very reasonable.
DerTT 0. PIER. Evan.

LSP

Mich.

 

—4 BOARS BY GLANSMAN’S IM-

AGE snd Big Defender, that are
extra good. Bred gilts all sold.
H. O. SWARTZ. Schooicrnft. Michigan.

 

IG TYPE POLANDS. AM OFFERING TWO

good growthy fall tilts. from best sow in our
herd.

W. CALDWELL A SON. Springport. Mich.

 

IG TYPE P. c. BRED SOWS ALI. BOLD.
Closing out a few choice hours It a bargain
also some efrtra good fall pigs. either sex. From
growthy stock.
L. w. BARNES A SON. Byron. Mich.

BIG TYPE POLAND ONINAS

Three August boars for sale. Good bscks end
good heavy bone. Write for prices.
~ HIMM BROS., Ohssaning. Mich.

 

 

 

‘OR SALE: ONE DUROC BOAR FROM
Breakwater breeding stock. Choice spring pigs.
JOHN CRONENWETT. Carleton. Mich.

OR SALE—REG. DUROC-JERSEY SPRING
gills bred to Rambler of Ssngamo .lst. The
bear that-sired our winners at Michigan State
Fair and National Swine Show.
F. HEIMS & SON
Davison. Mich.

Bred and open so:
and gills. Hours and spring pigs. 100 has
Farm 4 miles straight S. of Middleton, Mich,I
Gratiot Co. Newton 5; Blsnk. Perrinton. Mich.

FROM P B I Z E

  WINNING STOCK
ready for service- Geo. B. Smith. Addi-

son. Mich.
' BOY PIGS NON

Registered Duroc Pigs. crated and delivered
to ex recs station for $20 each. Either sex. or
can nrnish them unrelated to each other. These
are late fall and winter pigs sired by State Fair
winners and weighing over 100 pounds. Write
for particulars.

MICHIGANA FARM LTD.. Pavilion. Mich.

urocs. Hill Crest Farms.

 

 

best blood lines of the breed is our specislty. We
guarantee to please or nothing stirring.
ARIA A..WEAVER. Ones-nine. Mioh..

 

 

SPEOIAL SALE

For a short time will sell Berkshire Pigs,
registered, cmted and delivered to station
at $20 each.

These are boars ready for service and gilts

which we will breed if wanted. All choice
Stock weighing near 100 pounds. How many
do you want?

0. H. WHITNEY. Merrill, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

hflffimlfiis ,. 
BOAR PIGS $15.00
At 8 Weeks Old

W. A. EASTWOOD. Chesanlng. Mich.

 

AMPSHIRE BRED GILTS ALL
Spring and fall boar pigs at a bargain.
JOHN W. SNYDER. R 4, St. Johns.

SOLD.
Mich.

 

An Opportunity To Buv
Hampshires Right

We are offering some good sows and gilts, bred
for March and April farrowing. Also a few
choice full pigs, either sex, Write or call

GUS THOMAS. New Lothrop. Mich.

 

HAVE YOU EVER OWNED A HAMPSHIRE
hog? If not. get your start from tho bowl
of my several years of selection as to type and
prolificness. am producing s money-making
hog for Michigan conditions. Spring pigs ma...
read to ship. Also yearling boar.

. TRERICE. Bentley. Mich.

 

 

YORKSHIRES

OR SALE—REGISTERED YORKSHIRE PIGS
either sex 312 each at weaning time.
RAY JONES. R 1, Chesaning, Mich.

SHEEP 

FOR SHROPSHIRE EWES BRED TO LAMB
in Mn~'r‘li, write or call on
ARMSTRONG BROS.. R 3. Fowlervliie. Mich.

 

 

 

ERINO RAMS FOR SALE. GOOD BIG.
) nr-vi. heavy shenrers.
HOUSEMAN BROS. R 4. Albion. Mich.

IRECTORY  

 

i

3.11. an mum. Duet still. Mil-cont what you have“! offer. let us put It In WP“-
cm or chum” must be received one week before date

of Issue.

900 GOOD BREEDING swss
FOR SALE

Only in carload lots.

One to four years
threes.

Commence lambing, June 1st.
May list delivery, all winteredi‘
,Registered Hampshire Rams used.

A big bargain. Come andrsee
them. ' '

i

Location :

Five miles from Durand on Bing-
ham Farm. '

Loaded free.
0. S. BINGHAM
Telegrams: Vernon. , _
Letters: Corunna, Michigan.
This advertisement will not ap-
pear again.

ACT NOW

HAMPSHIRE SHEEP

A low good yearling rnms snd some run
lsmbs left to‘ofl'er. 25 ewes ell ages for sale
for [all delivery. Everything mrsnteed as
represented.

 

cunx": u. HAIRE. wm Drench. Mich.

 

 

BETTER BREEDING STOGK

For the best in Shropshire sud Humpehim rem.
write or visit
ROPE-NON SARMC, 8. L. Wino. Prop.
0

Hum. Mich.
See our exhibit st the Ohio end Michigsn
Stste Fairs.

HORSES

 

 

 

Notice To Farmers!

I own Belgian and Percheron Stallions
than any man in Michigan, including International
and State and put them out
on my breeding Share plan. Have placed over
one hundred state. If your 10—
cality nvods a good or Short Ilcru
bull, lei mo hear from

Fred G. Stevens

Mich.

IllHl‘t‘

Fair prize winners,

head in this
draft stallion
you.

Breckenridge,

Percheron Horses and Short Horn
Cattle

Belgian and

 

FOR SALE OHEAP

lligh class registered Percheron Stallion, three
years old, color brown, 16 hands high, weighs
1.500 lbs. Absolutely sound and right in every
way. Price $300.
JOHN c. BUTLER. Bell Phone. Portland. Mich.

PET STOCK  

FOR SALE, FLEMISH GIANT RABBITS. DOES.
breeding age, $6. Three months old pair. S5.
Registered does 812 each. Stock pedigreed. Qusl-
ty gusranteed.

E. HIMEBAUGH. Mich.

 

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Goldwater.

 

 

BELGIAN HARES, ALL FROM REGISTERED
stock. for sale. Pair three to four months.
$5.00: Single buck. breeding size. 33.00.

A. J. BATIE. R 3. Bad Axe. Mich.

 

Going to hold an ‘7
AUCTION SALE 0

Don't depend on just the "homo-folks". they on not the but haven; since your sdrertisc-

ment. in The Business Former,
miles of your sale.

which reaches .11 worth-while

{Arman within s hundred

SEND US COMPLETE DESCRIPTION

end remember your copy must reach us one week in sdvsnca'ot the dots of issue.

Address

/Advertising Dept, The Michigan Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens

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April 16, 1921

THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER

(729)

 

 

 

POULTRY BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY

Write out what you have to oiler Ind

Advertisements inserted under
send it in. We will put it in type. sen

 

POULTRY

vvw

      
  

D i
"Lilli ICKS.
IIIHOMESTEAD FARMS
' poiiitrixign. :21 xinn {3:133

teres in the Michigan bred
P022 BRED PRACTICAL
POULTRY

the p n of
e Michigan Agricultural Col-

‘ le e and distributed at fair
coo anon-r we Ks rueears
Lash g. Anconee and -1 other breeds. Shell
6%! :0 gnu dour (Ml-page descripsive Catalog?
c s v re roe post repai .
dCeTAgI'E Ram A OOIATION

2. KAICI‘I‘IIZOO. MICHIGAN

 

MUD-WAY-AUIH-KA FARM
elers young stock and s few mature broaden in
White Chinese Geese. White Runner Ducks end
White Wyendottes. Also 0. I. C. sprint lull-
Write gaz.‘ Ior prices on whet you

I!
O. MILLER. DMD". Mleh.

 

ORPINGTONS AND LEGHORNS

Two greet breeds {or profit. Write today (or
free catalogue ~of hatching eggs. baby chicks end
breeding stoc .

CYCLE HATOHER COMPANY. 149 Phlie Ildg.
Elmira. N. V.

 

eolierele A Hens. Leohorne. Mlnoreee. Houdane.
Reds. Rocks, Orpingtons. Wyandottes.

d t so cents per line, per issue. '
Akin-rog‘i‘nini‘ :uote rates by return mail. Address The Michigan Business Former, Adv. Dep t, Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

Specie] rates for 18 times or longer.

 

 

 

 

 

LANGSHAN

DR. IIMPOON'I LANGIHANI
Bred for type end color since 1912.
flying strainbof‘ bothl Blegk and 

k r see. as u see
“u. we "DR oOMAI. w. eIMPOON
Webbervllle. Mloh.

ORPING'i‘ONs
oanGTo" cooxeneee ans PULLITI

for sale. ‘ Bump Jami
lack Cockerele at 87, 88. end 10. u e s

:8 end 85. lilac yeliiltlgifl her!“ “858 end 84.
t h'n one. per ns 0 .

H- cGIlA'IOWIKE BRO... R A. Merrill. Mioh.

ANGONAS

O F (W AL ITV
Winter
Heve

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANCONAS

3‘
."-~
1'5.

%'
J .

PRIZE WINNER. AT
THE BIG CHOW!
end the greatest. of
Ayers. Eggs for
hatching end Baby
Chicks from prise

   

" , Flock average 1
eggs per year per mm
‘ ,1.” Eggs and Baby Chicks.
Also Baby Chicks from selected purebred.
range raised flocks in Reds, Barred and
White Rocks. Brown and Bufl’ Leghorns, Or-
pingtons, Minorcas. Get prices from us be—
fore buying elsewhere. All Eggs and Chick!
safely delivered by Prepaid or Parcel Post.

NEW LONDON HATOHERY

 

 

 

 

 

 

TYRONE POULTRY FARM. Fenton. Michigan. Lock Box 800 New London, Ohlo
. ones. COLOMBIAN. -
Pagi’igg'e. .S‘ilver Penciled. White  0- MOTTLED ANGONM. EXCELLENT
Rocks. Anconas. White Wyandottes layers. Eggs $1.50 per 15.
Rouen Ducks. 82 setting. postpaid. MR8. GILBERT BROWN_ Wheeler. Mlch,
Catalog 2c. ‘
HEPPARD'S FAMOUS—WEST ANCONAS.
SHERIDAN POULTRY VARDS Contain blood world champion lever. Trios

Sheridan. R q. Mich.

 

 

WYANDO'I‘TE

SILVER LAOED GOLDEN AND WHITE WY-
endottee. Choice Cockerels $8, $4 and 8 5 ea.
C. W. Mich.

Baby Chicks and Hatching Eggs

Martin strain White Wyandottcs. Grand utility
and exhibition metings. Winners at W. Mich.
Poultry Show at Muskegon. Order early to avoid
disappointment. Cockerels‘ell sold. Bend for de-
scriptive price list.

0. W. HEIMBACH. liq Rapids. Mich.

 

BROWNING. R 2. Portland.

 

 

HITI WYANDOT‘I’EO. OOCKERELC FROM
200 egg hens or better. May and June hatch.
85 to 88. Eggs 82»per 16.
FRANK DILONG. R s. Three Rivers, Mleh.

 

 

LEGHORNS
nee TO LAY nos: come enoglm LIG-

 

 

horn eggs. $1.75 per 15: 3.00. 3 .
LYNN DURKEE. Plnoonnlng. men.
RABOWBKE'S 8. 0. WHITE LEGHORNB,

Stock and hatching eggs for sale.
LEO GRABOWBKE. R 4 Merrill. Mich.

 

Pure Bred alnole comb Brown Leghorn loos.
postpeid 81.50 setting. 88 per 100. Also
Registered 0. I. 0. swine.

Maple Veiley Moot Ferm. North Adams. Mloh.

PLYMOUTH ROCKS

John's BIG BEAUTIFUL sannzo ROCKS
are hen hatched. develop quick. good layers. 30
eggs $3.50: 50 $5.00. postage paid. Circulars.

 

 

 

 

photos.
JOHN NORTHON. Clare. Mich.
UALITY BARRED ROCKS. CHOICE M. A.
C. and Homestead Farms cocks head. range

bred Ringlete.
ing egg orders.
82: 30. 83.50:
M. J. A R.

Select oockerels ‘5 each. Book-
Ship as required. postpeid. 15
100. 88. Guaranteed.

A. WILOON. R 2. Kingsley. Mich.

 

BARRED ROCK CHICKS—100 per cent safe
delivery. Prices reduced. Write for circu-
hr. H. H. PIERCE. Jerome. Michigsn.

 

"AhRRED Rlogk 510G?) OF A LAYING ITRAIN.

rge. we srre . . ens heeded with d‘

melee. 81.75 per 15: 84.50 per {5. p. mmed
N. AYERS A ION. Allverwood. Mloh.

RHODE ISLAND REDS

HITTAKIR'I R. I. RED CHICK. AND EGG.
Both Combs. Michigan‘s Color end Egg
strain. Prepaid end safe delivery guaranteed.
Bend for free catalog.
INTERLAKEC FARM. . lo! 4. Mich.

 

Lawrence.

 

REDS. ROTH COMIC. IGGB FOR MATCHING
81.50 per setting. 200~280 egg strain.
LEO VAN CONANT. R1. New Haven. Mloh.

 

ARGI. VIGOROUC. .INGLI OOMI
cockerels 83.00 and $5.00 each.
W. I. HUIIR. Gladwin. Mich.

n 0 R230! lfiAND REflD lGGIhFOR HATCH-
g. some ne c rels ‘f .
MRe. ALBERT NARWOOD, ohoIPIOVc els. Moiehnllt;

 

Eggs. :2 for 15: ss for so. Special 100
HERMAN POI-IL. Fowler. Mloh.

BABY CHICKS
BABY CHICKS

v 350,000 for 1921

Our 17th season. Chicks sent
prepaid. Safe delivery guaran—
teed. Leghorns, Rocks, Reds, An-

1 0.
lites.

 

     
 
  

 

cones. Wyandottes, Minorces.
Utility and Exhibiting quality st
very reasonable prices. Cetelog
end price list free.
20th Century Hatchery. Box 5
New Washington. Ohlo
OHIOKC—JHICKI
shipped safely everywhere by mail. 8. C. White
Leghorns end S. C. Mottled Ancones, the great
egg machines. Guaranteed full count, strong,
sturdy chicks on arrival. 13 yeers reliable deal-
ings. Let’s get acquainted. Free catalogue.
HOLLAND HATCHERY. R 1. Holland, Mich.

 

HIGH STANDARD

so our"
BR

HATCHED RIGHT

h Shippedt direct fromd ourr
etche 0 your 00.
BIG. r§TI?.ONG. FLUFFY
fellows hatched from eggs
of good laying strains. and
under Mr o-vn supervision.
Nine leading varieties to

r ‘ 'itlmc' Bhdd Island Reds
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mlifliitemcn 8 0. Rhode Island Reds

Rocks . I
White Wyendottes White Leghorns
Golden Wyendottee Brow; Leghorns
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TRIAL CONVINOEB
Prices reasonable. Write for FREE CATALOG.
NEW WASHINGTON HATCHERY. Dept. a
New Washington. Ohlo

BABY BHIGKS

L din kinds, 11c each end up. Postpaid.
Liveuarri‘vel guaranteed. Quick delivery. 100

k . .
p“. boo k“ HATOHIRY. Windsor. Mo.

ALLEN
BABY OHIGKS

The fluffy lively
kind. The kind that
live and grow. All
eggs are from
FREE RANGE FARM

STOCK -

Chicks are hatched «9 g - ’
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. _

NORWALK CHICK HATCHERY

Box B, No’rwalk. Ohio

HICKS: Improved White end Irown Leghoms.

Get some of
Is right. Order
tenth year. Write

fue with gricm.
NE HAT HERY. R 2. leeiend. Mich.

CL

       

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for utelo
WOLVER

 

In s. c. White/Bud and 3
Rocks 8. C end R C. R

strong and healthy.

 

800.000 In
1 021

 

stock is on free range. Standard
Hatched and shipped by most modern methods. We
send you nothing but the best. h
by prepaid parcel post and guerentee sale. live delivery.

BARGAIN OFFER on chicks and broaden and save money.

WOLF MATCHING AND BREEDING 00.. De 9%.. BF. Gibsonburg. Ohio.

BABY CHICKS. Pure Bred

rown Leghorns. Amuse. White end Barred
White Wyandottaes end W. Orpingtons. Our
end bred for heavy laying. Chicks are

at out of our own tors. to your door
GET OUR BIG
Circular tree.

 

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.lz‘.‘ J. B. FARMS HATCHERY
u. G. White Leghorn Chicks. Best se-
lected stock; large, with capacity for eg
which they DO ley. Only THE BES
trade. Write for terms.
LORING AND MARTIN COMPANY
East Beugetuck. Mich.

 

 

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HELAN'B EGG FARM STRAIN 8. C. W.

Leghorns. lVinners in the world’s layinll 0011'
test . They say they are superior to the world’s
best layers. (Thinks. $16 per hundred. Place
Your order early with n 15 per cent deposit.

WHELAN'S EGG FARM. Tlpton. Mlch.

500,000 CHICKS

at very reasonable prices
from our heavy laying
strain of English and
American White Leg—
horns, Brown Lsghorne
end Ancoms. Shipped
by parcel post prepaid.
Special prices on 1,000
lots. Catalogue free.

Wyngarden Hatchery

Box I. leelsnd. Mich.
not shipped fight.

C s
100.000 best blooded chi k hlx 14‘ UP

—_V__._

 If chlx and eggs are

 

c s over r d . -
(“Kim's 2.305531. hand 5Dto k1!) days 313. uggdva‘i‘i-
-.es._ 3 ng eggs. uc h'n s. ‘ .
hooking avoids disappointment.iz catalog Early

KMAN HATCHERY
28 E. Lyon St... Grand Rapids. Mich.

Chicks with the ‘Pcp

Our bred-today end exhi-
bition chicks will pay you.
Try them end he convinc-
ed. Safely delivered by
prepaid postman.
- Reds. Orpingtons.

‘ dottes. Ancones. Minor-
ces and Leghorne. Prices from 15c and up.
Get our catalog and buy your chicks direct from

the hatchery.
HOLOAT CHICK HATOHERY. Box I
Holoate. Ohlo

BABY GHIGKS

 

MATCHING EGGS. BARRED

Rocks; Norman strain. trap-
nestetl,'bred to lay. Expertly tested for many
generations. Large illustrated catalogue 25c.

Stamps for circular.
NORMAN POULTRY PLANT. Chstsworth. III.

KNAPP’S
“HI-GRADE"

CHICKS
38 years building up

laying strains—begin
where we leave 011'.
Day old chicks from

 

12 leading varieties—
Sate delivery guaranteed.
BY PREPAID PARCEL POST.

 

Send for prices and get early de-
livery.

Knapp's “Hi-Grade" Poultry

Herbert H. Knapp. Prop.

Box B F 4 Shelby, Ohio

QUALITY GHIX
IARRED up!
WHITE ROl'glsKDEs
BROWN LEGHORNB

AND HILLCREST WHITE LEGHORNS
send for circular describing stock and meth-

ods of hatching. r
HILLCREBT FRUIT AND POULTRY FARM
L. L. WINSLOW. Prop.
Cerenac. Mich.

Farm

 

 

IN GLE COMB
Chicks.
reasonable.

DUFF LEGHORH BABY
Order now for spring delivery. Prices
Safe delivery guaranteed.

 

J. W. WEBSTER. Seth. R 2. Mich.

 

    

_ fiEChiCkS

letter Produced Day Old OM!
are the kind you went. Send today
for free catalog. Springfield Hatch-
eries, Box E. Springfield. 0.

 

OR SALE—SINGLE COMB WHITE LEG-

horn da old chicks. Ferris high trepnested
stock 315. get 1 (l.
IAIlIIIemston oultry Farm. Williamston. Mich.

 

GGS FOR HATOHING FROM PURE IRID
li ht Brahmas. $2 per setting of 15.
M 8. E. B. WILLETS. R 1. Reading. Mich.

HATCHING EGGS

BARBED flocxs "aroma; Em

Parks 200 egg strain. Rich

 

in the blood of Park's best pedigreed pens. 82
per 15. 80 per 50. 812 per 100. Pramid by
parcel post in non-breakable containers.

R. G. KIRBY. R 1 East Lansing. Mioh.

 

EGGS FROM BIG BARRED ROCK. BRIO TO

 

ley. $2 per 15; $5 per 50: 88 per 100.
MR8. TH08. FOSTER. R 1. Cassopolls. Mich.
PARKB'

BARRED ROCKS HATOHING EGGS.

bred-to-ley strain, 81.50 per 15: 88 per 100.
Prepaid parcel post.

MRO. PERRY STEBBINB, Seranao. Mloh R. 2

fl.  RED MATCHING EGGS. THOMPKIN'G
Strain. $i2.00 per 100.

Wm. H. FROHM. R 1. New Baltimom. Mich.

 

 

ARRED ROCK EGGS FROM GREAT LAV-
ers with exhibition qualities.
W. C. COFFMAN, R 3, Benton Harbor. Mich.
n. 0. BR. LEGHORN EGGS. $1.60 FOR 18.
Pokln Ilnck $1.50 for 8. \V. (‘hinese goose

eggs 400 each. Mrs. Claudia Bette. Hillsdale. Mich.

 

 

HATCHING. SHEP-
3300, 30, Special rates
'l‘ryon, .Tvrome. Mich.

OR SALE: SICILIAN BUTTERCUPS $1.50
NM 17. eggs. Excellent layers. Good tnth fowl.
K. PRAUSE. R 1. Maple City. Mlch.

008 FOR MATCHING. SINGLE COMB R. I.
Reds. Pen of heavy laying pullots. $1.50 per 15
CRYDER. Alamo. Mich.

ANCONA EGGS FOR
mrri's, $2.00 15:

pvr 100 eggs. Eva

 

ATOHING EGGS FROM PURE BRED BAR-
rod Rooks. l’r‘i‘filitv guaranteed, $1.50 per
15. $4.50 or 50 REY”) Der 100.
MRS. E0. WEAVER. Fife Lake. Mich.

BARRED ROCK EGGS FOR HATCHING. RRID
to lay. $1.75 per 15. $3.00 per 30. Other
prices on request. Parcel post prepaid.

.l. M. Trowbrldce. R 4. Box 41. Gladwin. Mich.

BABY cmcxs e. c. MOTTLED moons

and White Leghorns, the
world's best egg machines, $11 per 100 and up
parcel post paid safe delivery guaranteed. Cat-
alogue free.

KNOLL'8 HATCHERY. R 8. Holland. Mich.

OR BALE—EGGS FOR HATCHING FROM
large Barred Rocks. $1.50 per 15: 88, 100.
MR8. FRED KLOMP. R 1. St. Charles. Mich.

 

 

GEESE

SBTANDARD BRED GRAY AFRICAN GEEBE.
Pairs and eggs for sale. Prices and quality

right.
MR8. TRUMAN FRENCH. Bil Rapids. Mich.

 

Little Livestock Ads.
in M. B. F.
Do the Trick

 

 

A WORD ABOUT RENEWINGI

_When you send in your renewal it
WlII pay you to do two things.

1,—Enciose the address label
torn from the front cover of
any recent issue of )I. B. F.

2,—Send money in check, money-
order or registered letter.

The first avoids our entering your
name as a new subscription and thus
sending you two papers every week
and bothering you to pay up the old
subscription.

The second avoids the possibility
of your money going astray in the
mails or being lost. We often have
our friends write us that they sent
currency or stamps, which we can-
not find any trace of, but money
sent by mail in any of the above
forms, are a recoipt in themselves. or
if lost, can be secured

The change in date of expiration
following your name on the address
label is your receipt, and in the busy
Spring months, when our mails

are
loaded with renewal and new sub-
scriptions it generally takes from

two to three weeks to acknowledge
your remittance and correct your
date.

 

 

 

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the entire state.

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This illustration of the results of a pot
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SOLVAY LMESTONE on clover yield.
La/rge clover yield is due nonconly to lime—
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What Will M. Yield Be This Year?

It Largely Depends on Limestone

This question of the use of limestone on your land is a mighty important one for you to settle right now.
lipon it largely depends what the results of your time and labor during this coming season will be. It
is particularly important to the farmers of Michigan, because tests have proven that the largest per-
centage of all Michigan land needs lime badly.

We don’t ask you to take our advice in this matter. Ask your County Agent. Co-operate with him in
studying your particular soil conditions. Consult reports of the Agricultural‘College. Ask us to send
the names of farmers in your vicinity who have used Solvay Limestone and who can tell you definite-
ly what it will do for you. ~-

Let us send you a book free, which will give you the facts regarding the use of limestone completely
and concisely, so that you can judge for yourself.

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It shows you how you can easily produce a fine crop of clover or alfalfa on land that has never produc-
ed these crops before. It shows you how you can increase your yield of beans, corn, and other crops
twenty-five, thirty, and even fifty per cent by a very reasonable expenditure for limestone.

Remember, there is no other factor connected with your work which so vitally affects all of your crops
as this one subject of limestone.

You can’t afford to go into your work this coming season without knowing these facts, so that you can
see for yourself the profits you will actually make on a small investment in limestone now.

ARCADIAN SULPHATE OF AMMONIA

Increases orchard profits by eliminating off-year bearing of apple trees—makes stronger fruit buds—-
is much more economical than any other ammonia fertilizer—~20.75 per cent actual nitrogen content
equivalent to 25.25 per cent anunonia.

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