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This was crit- m as being a rather loose meth- od and it ms pointed out that a aboard of supervisors might through - hula and inconsiderate action place ' I tax burden of $50, 000 to $500 000 on the people of a county without at- gtecting corresponding benefits and it “VII agreed that the bill should be amended to provide that no county Ihould go into the abstract business Tunhntll the matter had been submit- - ted to the people and approved by ,' a"; majority vote thereof and Senator i Phillips of Bay City presented an - . amendment in accordance with this gases providing that the matter might be submitted by the board of super- sors and that a majority vote ghould determine it, Then came our is'tinguished friend from Jackson Senator Brower, who insists that he In the real "Friend of the People" Ind that no others should be permit- ted to enter without her approval, with an amendment providing that the proposition should be submitted only on a petition sign- ed by twenty-five per cent of the vot- ers and that it should not be carried unless seventy-five per cent of the vote was favorable and calmly an- nounced that the bill wenld not be permitted to pass unless this amend— ment were adopted. a A heated discussion followed by Senators Brown, MacArthur and Baker in which motion of senators and their fitness to sit as senators was discussed with considerable frankness and the .final result was that the amendment of Senator Brower-vva‘s modified to pnovide for a ten per cent petition and a sixty per cent vote and then passed by" the following vote: YEAS—419.‘Amon. Baker, Brewer, 'Eldred. Easel. Hamilto Henry. [1811mm McRme em Phillips. PSmlth 2nd Dist. . Vandenbloonns Icox.W ood(. ) NAYS—B Bryant Clark, Condom. Davis, Forrester. McArthur. McNaught~ 011, Smith (11th Dist).Tu Eta. , It is needless to state that the abstractors attested were fully rep— resented and apparently deeply in— BY SEII‘I‘OR HERBERT F. BAKER E'terested 111 the Brewer amendment thbugh the ‘ ‘ - clatter, strenuously de- nied that lt‘was pre- sented at their sug— gestion or that he had discussed the matter with any Of them ,or anyone representing them, which statement the writer is bound to accept as bona tide and in ac- cordance with the established rules of “senatorial courtesy,” he could not permit himself to entertain a single doubt as to its correctness. . AUTO LICENSE E DISCUSSION on mi! me of Luuky Sandy MacDonald’s Auto License Bill in which its purpos— es were explained and in which the reason why it is being held up were pointed out together with the you and any vote on it in the house, has produced/ marked mult- u several members who voted “not it and whose constituents read II. B. F. have received pet! ions strongly tav- oring the measure and sharp let- ters from irate members of their con- stituency scoring them tor their ac- tion have been received. Several of the aforesaid members have evi- dently seen a new light and have 2 % Quarterly to You . Right reserved to redeem at 5 per cent above par value of $10 at any dividend period com- mencing March 15, 1924, and previous to March, 15, 1931, when entire issue is due’ and payable. omelet city taxes. (2) It is pref (1.) It pays 2 per cent quarterly-{rec from state and county taxes. and the dividends tree from federal normal erred both an to dividends and (U assets; the $500,009 common stock back of it receive no dividends until the full $200, 000 8% Cumulative Preferred I‘his stock, backed by $500,000 common stock which has paid dividends steadily for 15 years, is marketed to provide funds for a new ice manufacturing plant to be built by the Consumers Ice Company of Grand Rapids, Michigan, to supplement the output of a previous plant which has been in sucwssful operation for several years. The company has no debts—this stock isue is merely to provide funds for the new plant. This stock is a good investment for Michigan citizens because: to redeem income .are no divi- flns shock at any W commencing m 15, 1934 and 15. 1831, it m pay a premimn above par value of $10 a share. The stock is being sold dime: and there charges: this method of can clouds on the preferred stock have been paid. (3) “no stock is due and Mia MINI: 1.". marketing being possible because of the de- mand for the stock. Holders of consumer: Ice Comptoy common stock already have tak— enasubstanthlportionotthiemtm‘edstod issue. D . end 01- the session In this connec- tion‘ it might not be amiss to men- tlon that Representative Evans of, y.“ Lena'wee, chairman of the houSe committee on Highways who has been “sitting" on the MacDonald proposition has had introduced in}; the house a bill providing a tax of, , one cent a gallon on gasoline for " road purposes and Sandy, who now has his SootCh blood thoroughly ril- ed up may. find some way to ex- plode the gasoline in the Evans' proposition unless Evans lets the house get to a vote on the Auto Li- cease proposition and Iii-lends of his measure say “Go to it Sandy. More power to you”-—— LEGISLATIVE «NEWS _ (State Farm Bureau Service) -' ESTRICTION of truck load; '~.travcllng on the public high- “ Ways to the rated capacity or the truck with an extreme maxi—' mum of 14 tone. is provided by a bill; which has just been passed by both branches of the legislature and ill " now awaiting the executive signa- ture. An exception is made in the , case of trucks at two tons or less rated capacity when equipped with pneumatic tires. 0 O t For the first time in Michigan's history, a bill requiring lights on animal drawn vehicles.‘ using the , public highways after night—fall has passed both branches of the legishg ture. This bill has been greatly modified and rendered considerably less drastic 'by restricting ,its pro— visions to carriages, bdggi’es, and wagons when travelingon village I city streets and trunk line high- ways. This bill passed the scum 27 to o and also awaits the govern- or’s signature. . ‘ , - o e 0 Senator Smith's bill to prohibit the placing of advertising signs with— in the limits of any public highway or on the private property of n- ether without the owner's explicit consent also passed the senate 81 to 01 and was sent to the house no: the concurrence of that body. ‘ 8 0 . Lately appropriation bills been given right of way in the, legls‘"’ure. The finance and 19-. propriations committee of the sen- ate and the ways and means com— mittee of the house have worked . - night and day cutting to the very ' minimum the appropriation request! tor the various state institutions and _. departments. In most cases their' have recommendations were agreed he " 1931; but it the company exercises its rid!!! - without question, but there were .5:- . * . . , captions. " '(6) The company is being managed by the following well known business men of Grand Rapids: Five insurgents from the hundred per cent support which has hereto- fore heeu‘aecorded to all” admini- trat‘lv'c, measures warh- discovered ' when Governor Groosbeck’s prepoo-‘ al to create a State Department of Public Safety came up for final pue- age in the senate It is proposed that this new department shall on over the werk of the State I“ Marshal’s Department, the State Gil Inspmtor‘a Department and the Dor . , pertinent of the Michigan State Po— lice and be specifically charged wilt I the enforcement of the prohibit!” _ law in Richi'gan. Without any do- ” bate. but with no apologies or el— :nsea, Senators Baker, Bolt, Bryant. Blanche. and Smithw: Wayne voted; any on the Governor's fmeesure. a; Tutti-three standpatters answerfiffl; . m 1-, ‘1 . ~ *-‘ ‘3‘. MMAEmmflLkhe‘v-MOMMINM Vioel’rodllont.&.8.Ainnnrth,onerolBenl-eflhdlloe0¢. Secretary, 0. 0. roll-nor, Isl-barn... Mm, N. I!“ Avery, In! Mate. Mr.hukl.mmflund uplanooIMGO. Dm,01rtbx.Wyno,IubC-II. ' w.wm.umwuamom. which has ta :8 years boa: continually For your conven- wlth or 23 per cent with application, :5 per cent m 15, 25 18.1931. wing MW when the WW8 willheglvendn sperotareutcentln the stock VBW mug-buwuhdnwwportlonotthesomlpflonobdmltlsnld. Mail the Coupon--- Protect Your Interests Now! CONSUMERS ICE COMPANY ” , , . » one house. however on” um mu - mm for the when,“ the Gown-mucous. mmwmmnmn 3.......... a gc.’ nun fl!) _””._”"-,,g‘ flatly. hngmow mm W value. » Invest all you can ‘ . fl’pfl-uflfl-nufinuu ” farm Leaders nVestigate National Issues '-Leading Statesmen Discuss Economic Problems Before Big Gathering of Farm FPRL‘SENTATIVES of a score or more farm organizatiOns met in the city of . ”Washington last week to take a first-hand .‘i’l’ook into some of the important national prob- lems now pending before Congress. By far A the Largest representation was“ from the Amer- loin Farm Federation which had delegates Iron! thirty states; The Farm Bureau gath- - 3mg was in the naturewf a conference and ‘ this organization invited delegates from other has organizations to participate. Simultan- ._ .1 1} sensly an iinportant convention was held by 1;. the Peoplea Reconstruction League which has ‘a number of» ultra-progressive planks in its , ' . flatform, not the least of which is government ”ownership of the railroads. . The railroad question was the principal «topic of dicussion at the Farm Bureau gath- sang, but no definite conclusions were arriv‘ Ved at. After listening to Secretary Hoover of “the , Department of Cemmerce and Chairman 1 Clark of the Interstate COmmerce Commiaion ‘_upon the railroad situation the Farm Bureau ' delegates decided to leave any recommenda- tions that might be made to the legislative ‘ ‘ committee which expects to hold forth in Washington for some time during the present sasion of Congress. The Farm Bureau finds ital! in a more or less embarrassing position: It was one o! the few farm organizations Which Went sled- length for the return of the railroads to the private owners under the Cummins-Esch bill. At its earlier conven- " thus 'its resolutions invariably contained an antirgovernment ownership plank. Prior to thelast increase in freight rates which, figur- atively speaking, was the straw that broke the camel ’5 back, the Farm Bureau has been con- sistently,» actively, aggressively opposed to . further control of the railroads by the govern- “ merit. But since the last increase in freight , rates which has virtually confiscated what lit- the profit there might have been left for the immers after the bears got through with the markets, the Farm Bureau' is confronted with the choice of reversing its former position or aring the brunt of the blame for the pres- . ent situation. It dislikes to change its front, but since many of thechaez‘t minds of the coun- . try have reluctantly a itted that the only, ‘ I solution of the rail problem is unified opera- \ tioii under government ownership, the Farm . Bureau may be forced to fake the same posi— _ tion. _ Farmer and Freight Rate; \ ,p The views expressed by Chairman Clark of _, the Interstate Commerce Commission were for the most part unimportant. The chair- 1 man seldom cemmitted himself to a definite . statement of opinion, apparently holding the position that being a government official his . opinions belonged to the government rather than himself. The farmer delegates kept up rapid fire of questions in the hopes of get-‘ at the true facts of the rail Situation? . “ring the roads enough more b ,p' for their losses Was it true" .glghflifltthat p :1 § 2 country in exchange for public .ment work, under the Department of Farm Manag o1v1sion. m . Organization Representatives charges were reasonable. In other cases he found they were “Outrageously high.” The effect of high freight rates on the farmer was discussed at some length. Mr. - - Clark admitted that lemons brought“. from Sicily could be sold cheaper in New York than those produced in California. A simi- lar situation exists with reference to many other fruits and vegetables. The farmer’s price has been cut to loss than half, but , freight rates have nearly doubled. LaFollette Speaks Senator LaFollette, of Wisconsin appeared before the People’ s Reconstruction League and gave an illuminating talk upon the rail- road situation. He first made clear the duty which the railroads owe the people of the grants and other privileges which have been given them. He said that the railroads were duty bound to give good service, at reasonable rates, with- out discrimination. He ridiculed the idea v M. A. C. 'Impg'oves Course DJUSTMENTS and changes in the ag- ricultural courSe at the Michigan Col- lege, made to meet new and altered conditions inthe agriculture of the country, have just been announced by Dean R. S. Shaw of M. A. C. A wider range of selection in class work for the student, and a generahstrength- ening of the course are claimed for the altered curriculum None of the work previously given has been 1dropped from the course, additional subjects being added as options for the upper class elective work. As a result, a student will be able in the future. to make a wider selection ‘ of studies, getting work along particular lines in which he is most interested. Only very minor changes are announced for the first two years of elementary study in the course, the schedule of the past being consid- ered adequate at the present time. Among courses added to the list of agri- cultural subjects is work adapted to practical dairy farming, including dairy barn man- agement, market milk production, and dairy farm management. Another dairy course will train students in judging of dairy cattle and prepare a team to represent the college andstate at the annual national dairy show. Training in the selection of farm animals will be given in a new live stock judging course. This course also will aim to prepare a student team to enter the judging contest at the International Live Stock Show, at Chi- cage. Other new courses include farm manage- recently established cement; addition— al farm mechanics subjects; a course in farm crops, giving work in potatoes sugar boots. and minor root crops; a course in muck soils; '. and ,a general course in genetics offered by 1"th botany department and fundamental to 7- all Similar work in other departments of the ‘aoah‘ on to the rail problem lay in the w‘ es. He produced figures to 19137 railroad wages were bin 2 -pavment of ten cents per pound. present high cost of living, is little enough. He held that the present method of operation_«_ was wasteful and extravagant, and that the only solution lay in outright government 0%-, 1 1. ., shi p Raps Reserve Board John Shelton Williams former comptroller of the currency, who made 8 spectacular . charges against New York banks se eral menths . ago, gave some startling info ation con- cerning the operation of the Federal Reserve Act. He said the Federal Reserve Board had no fixed rate of interest, that it loaned money .. to certain New York bankers at 41} per cent vhich was in turn loaned to harrassed man- ufacturers, speculators, etc, at rates of inter—l est running from 18 to 36 per cent. Asked if this was an individual case, Mr. Williams 1eplied:“l do not refer to one case, but to many.” Mr. Williams produced copies of his letters to the Federal Reserve Board ask- ing them to fix a standard rate of interest to apply to all transactions. In some of these letters he questioned the policy of the Board in withdrawing credits from country dis- tricts, and claimed that the industrial cen- ters were surfeited with federal reserve funds at the expense of country bankers. Among Michigan delegates in attendance at the conferences were Grant Slocum, presin dent of the National Gleaner Federation, and Milo D. Campbell, president of the National Milk Producers Federation. Mr. Slocum Spoke before the People’s Reconstruction League, on “The Plight of the Farmer.’ Other speakers were Dr E. F. Ladd North Dakota Senator; and Sen. Wm. E. Borah, who spoke on “disarmament.” Bureau Sells Trainload Wool HIRTY carloads of wool from the Mich- igan State Farm Bureau wool pool were sold to a great eastern clothing mill during the week of April 11, says an announcement from the farm bureau wool department. The shipment, nearly a trainload, represents half a million pounds of wool and was sold at sev- eral cents above what growers could have got. ten through other channels, according to the department. Sold direct from the producer to the mill and free from any profits accruing to several in-between agencies, the wool brought the farmer the following prices: Three-eighths blood, 27 cents, quarter— blood, 26 cents, and, short clothing wools, 21 cents. _ About 6,000 checks have gone out to date to growers having wool luthe 1920 pool. The ~ checks were pay menté on the sale of the cheaper grades of wool and make a partial Checks me still going out Sales are now being made on micdium and Delainc wools. Grading of ’ the remainder of the 1920 pool of 3, 500B ,000‘ poundsnvll be complete May 1. New wool is coming into the central warehouse in Lan- sing. R1 110113 from wool department men in the field indicate that the 1921 pool may ex- ceed the big 1920 pool by perhaps a 111111'011 pounds, according to the department. The wool department is now arranging-{01" the manufacture of a portion of the woo ' the pool into a line of hard woven woole _ 0V1 GROESBECK has appointed H. H , QH‘al‘laday to head :his new Departfi; "..of-fiéficglture which Was recently create = ,'-‘tliej.legislature.‘ Mr. Halladay is a well-known f I A He enjoys the. 1,,distignction, of having held the office of State- {fresher and livestOCk , owner. “Commissionerof Animal Industry under four sucCessive governors, having been appointed Tito 'that‘ postition by Gov. Osborn, a position. in which he has distinguished himself by val— ?uable service to the livestock industry and the people of the state in general. _ . Mr. Halladay assumes charge of the pow-' ers and duties hitherto vested in the Depart- ment of Animal Industry, the State Food and Drug Commissioner, the State Veterinary UBbard, the Immigration Commission, the Com- ~"inissioner of Immigration, and the Market Di- , rector. In addition he will be required to act as chairman of the Board of Managers of State Fairs, which is created by the new law, and I which will take over and operate the Michigan ' State Fair. ‘ A Plain Farmer ”Tr. Halladay was born on a farm just out- side the village of Clinton, Lenawee county, fifty-two years ago, coming from a long line of successful farmers. He still owns the farm which was his father’s and until a year and a half ago made it his home. When his official duties become so tiresome that he needs a rest he slips down to the old farm which is now managed by his eldest daughter and her husband and becomes a real dirt farmer again for a day or two. ‘Mr. Hallady has always taken a keen inter- est in agricultural and live stock problems and was peculiarly well'fitted to undertake the duties of the State Department of Animal Industry. When he first began to serve in this position the work was little understood by the farmers of the state, but under his con- structive' and progressive management. the work of his department has become very ex- tensive and useful. ‘ _ His first prominent work on the commission came during the epidemic of foot and mouth disease in Michigan in 1914. The eradica- tion of this scourge, ordered by the federal government in co-operation with the state proved his worth, as to him fell the task of planning and supervising the state’s part in the ordeal. Much credit and appreciation was, at that time, expressed regarding his ef- ficient management and kindly, yet firm, at- » . titude toward all interests concerned. , After the successful handling of this task,‘ he suggested to his associate commisioners, that hog cholera and tuberculosis could be cleaned up just as easily, if the same determ- inatiOn and methods were applied. Since that time, his efforts have been directed along this line, and hog cholera has been pretty gen- erally eradicated, and now the problem of tu~ .berculosis among cattle is receiving intensive work. through co-operation between the feder- al government and the state. His attitude, that people should wake up to this menace; not only because of economic losses to «farm- ‘ers, but as a health measure, is one of his earnest ideas at the present time. His interest and desires for the agriculture , .of Michigan, are very broad and include many if \to jpr’ocasdi in a2" eohservanvs way , ,. ‘4 ,1 .build "a useful,- economic " - depgrtm nit. . . aims to make" "appointments ,for‘“posittohs’ a the department ,fonly to a the men an 0511 fully. ualified‘ to serve,.~a'nd who Mir _ g1: honest, efficient; effort“ " to their wofliitf . ,, these days-of neceSSary eéonoiny, he. Wishes the people to pay only for efficient wormed“ ‘ "and honest serviée.~. [Ms Halladay‘Will-lbe‘ the tarmeis’igén sir 'grepresentative in :Lansingfi'aiid' it shdul be: their aim to make, use of the serviCes whic x this. department is. prepared to offer and to ac “ cord him their (ac-operation. " , ’ . Methods of Transferring Bees '1 .- another—Clarence Bfistol, _ H. u. HALLADAY State Commissioner of Agrloulture lines and plans for assistance. As Commis- sioner of Agriculture, he realizes that he is treading an uncharted course and plans to take plenty of time to study the problems and Agricultural Fair Commission Appointments to the' Board of Managers of the Michigan State Fair have been made by Gov. Greesbeck as follows: John S. Hag- gerty, Detroit; 0. T. Prescott, Tamas City; A. E. Stevenson, Pt. ‘Huron; Jacob DeGeus, Alicia; Frank Coward, Branson; H. S. New- ton, Hart; 'H. W. Norton,'Jr., East Lans- ing; Fred M. Warner, Earmington; Ed- ward Hines, ,Detroit; Oscar A. Webber, De- troit; Robert Wallace, Saginaw; Andrew‘_J. Crawford, Detroit; Clark 'Brody, ‘ Three . Rivers; Forrest Lord, Mount . Clemens; Perry F. Powersf'Gadillac. The first eight men named were directors of the Fair last year, Haggarty being president. ' \ A Central Mishigan , Pioneer. IFTY-THREE years ago this spring an ambitious young man by the name of J. T. Daniells, settled upon an “80”, in section one, Essex township, Clinton- County. He still lives there. Daniells family lived happily for years was displaced in 1885 by the frame house shown in the accompanying picture, A lover of nature Mr._ Daniells early planted a row of maple trees thirty feet apart along, the highway running past his farm. From these , trees the farm gets its name, “Maple Row Farm.” ° , , ' Maple Row Farm is located four miles east of Maple Rapids on the state reward gravelled road between Maple Rapids and St.‘ Johns. » Those who live within a radius of twenty-five miles or even more of Maple Row Farm are well acquainted with the farm and its owner, both- of which successfully conceal the num- ber of summers which they have seen. ~ Mr. Daniells is a well-read farmer, subscrib- The log cabin in which the, eighteen- ZAm-writingto ask tor information on «I: , re-hive- bees, or change them from o‘ne‘ :hi‘v’e _ VNewayvgo Cbu at;- Michigan. . . N THIS article I will refer‘only tort" as. ferring bees from boxes or gums into ié‘l Q ‘ern hives. If the weather is nice and‘thé e., is considerable fruit in the vicinity bees m be transferred during ‘the fruit blobmi period. Usually, however, transferring 1 done just at the beginning of cloVer’ bloom} ;, . If the combs themselires or several Of them ‘ are transferred the work‘ may, be done "any time during the spring or summer but If the sf combs are not transferred then the Work must. -be done at a time when the' bees cansecure“ food from the flowers. " ~ . I shall give only two of thensual‘methods' as I consider these the best, the first of whiCh is the direct. A standard hive withframes should bewfir'ea’ pared and ,at least half ofr-the frames wirbfldg and filled with full sheets‘ of comb ifounda; tion. The other "half may be left empty-4n order that the combs from the box may “be. tied into these frames. Set the b0X‘tQ Oil side and place the newly prepared hive in..it>' place. ’ Turn the box up side down if there is no bottom in it and with a Wrecking bar "or similar tool pry off the two sides of the boX‘td _ which the smallest number of combs are an ‘ tached then with a knife remove ”the tombs one at a time and brush the bees from them iii _. front of the new hive. ,The best combs co taining the _ largest amount of Worker brood,- may be tied into the empty frames using] ""19: twine to secure them in place until'th M " can fasten them up.. By doinggthis af'co erable part of the brood is sa'vedj’and‘the" is very little danger of the Colony deserting ifs new home. .After as many of the combs at tied into the frames as desired brush the bees from the rest of the combs in front'of the'hiveb‘ and carry away all remains of the old hive and burn it. Some honey-can be savedhfrdm the old hive if there is no disease present. ' ' The "above method is only successful when: there is no disease in the hive. . If disease is I present then none of the old combssdare b used, in the new hive. Otherwise the method of transferring is the same. ,The slow method can be used only when: there is no disease in the colony. If the'c‘ol‘ ony to. be transferred is in ’a bottomless be then'turn' it up side down so that the open Side will be upward. Set a standard hive-h” I: . g - with full sheets of foundation (C'ont. 01%- ing to a number of leading farm journals [and-u ’ . . - ‘ 7 H other magazines, and is a frequent contributor ' " . to the Business Farmer. His ideals arehighand he clings‘to them as persistently asi'l-Twhen- he " was a youth. He is the [founder ‘Off‘TMeinory Day."»’.:jj In 1903 his wife. d.ifed:xsand;,-ifi honor Iofhe‘rfmemory he secured a" legislative act “makiflgg September, 30th.. “Memory .Day‘i,’ to 'dévote'd l5 "beifififying he salesmen and vars 051’ latrines. 0" ént'lt'orrodnCéi‘s m Onondaga County ’ By". PHILIP s. Rosa}. 'ReprmtedfroliM‘Ch 19th issue” Country Gielhtiemcnfiyf permission ket. It could not expand when the. flow of milk was heaVy, and the result every summer wasga, ’ we;arrifve:.~_ati«ea , . “ a. lame whack-now :b'eset industry; i thesiisflrmen . of Raga. 7700.1,mty, New York, ‘4; feeling-2 quite, comfortable. " 61? believe they, have-met their ’ seems and's‘olved them. More- , hey are congratulating es en_-_;_having - had the " , fit and the Courage to look fid‘ and take action befor s; difficulties arose. " , . .efly, what theyhave‘ done a to. form a local co-op'erative . as-. eaten. erect :a nan; .eimipped .to take .careTOf all; the milk'pro- “sled ‘ in their; territory ‘ and be-' _ , operations; This is. not by ‘ifiny’means a. new or. a ' novel ' 913,7“; but there-are" “conditions . surrounding the venture a lthat organiser-til ‘tell‘ing. .To begin over-supply and consequent lass to the producer's. The problem of waste is""one., that has confronted the dairy ‘ farmer in every section of the, country for years and- one that existing marketing agencies have not been able to cope with suc- cessfully. . l _ Previous to the era of good, . roads, motor trucks and electric ., daga County was liberally sprinkled with ereameries and cheese factories. These consti- tuted the farm market for milk. The, creameries made butter and the farmers fed the skim milk' to pigs and calves. The cheese factories utilized the whole milk and the farmers carried back' with, they are ideally situated to engageuin- this sort of eo-opera— five undertaking.- Syracuse has » . (populatibn as indicated by the last censu , £ 171,717 situated almost in the center of On- ‘,I‘1daga,.ICounty. There are a number of ether ~ltoti‘r113 and villages which, with, the country palation, give the, County just about 200,- “population. , he city of, _ _ ,Sumemapproximately 50,000 quarts milk daily, besides large quantities of butter, "cheese _'and- other dairy products, including a " rge quantity of ice cream. The local mar- ” and,.with proper stimulation, become'mueh better. They have, , a, big all—the-year—round market ght,-at their very Wdoors Which must depend mainly "upon-_ the immediately surrounding Syracuse and its suburbs con- onntry fer what itconsum‘es.“ It was this big ‘ drket; right at hand that'decided the dairy- am‘en ,of-Onondago County to put up their own e been obliged to go out and deve10p One of the members told me, “the ' at-. J _ , lWhy' my Made: the. Plunge ”Untolast October, when the dairymen openg ”’d their, plant, the city was served by a num- erofindependentcompanies., Some of them Wiesel-ting SerViCe * of United States De \An Army of Two Hundred Tho‘usandMen Gather Crop Statistics Fr ",OT LONG ago a prosperous farmer, on ' .hisfirst visit to the National Capital, jintéred into the main building of the De- [ent- of Agriculture. He looked around, . [started leisurely down the hall toward a _"ll5-groupsof men who stood in a doorway flentlyf'interested in what was . going on in the" room, , .fiAs he peered ; over their lders he saw several men around a table, each-With one hand-On it. holding a large sheet pepaper; gandfiin the position-of a . . .. runner bnuttofstart in airaee. ., - , V’ buyers all [1.50011 11 t ry: A Model of Efficiency} Is the Plant of the Onondaga Milk Producers' Located In the. Heart of Syracuse. - of fluid ‘ ’ est led, him to Leon M. EStabroiok, were fairly well equipped; others were not. In consequence, the city did not receive milk of the highest quality and the farmers did not feel they ._were operating on a satisfactory basis. They had a number of grievances, but the chief one was the inflexibility of the mar- I A’ Illew, in the Butter-Making Room. ’wlth' One of the Big Chums. publish e d ally every in the U. ter seeing . ness wi t h men g o t mation and they em- ' getting it news p a- re al i z e d first time ‘ ' import-2' » producer s, LEON M. ESTABROOK Chief of the Greatest Crop Roponlng Service in ._ - the World in practic- newspaper S., but af- the eager- whieh the the infor- the speed ployed in to their pcrs, he for the '-its great ince Sellers and over the His inte r- an, the leader of statisticians, who is re- ib efor. bu‘i es: {the . 1 records of 1 industry. 21) game i‘chiefi. of: the e 31,, chats-f s games mam "the-s -4.‘14 Co-operative Association to chief of the - whey to the farms. Under the old conditions the market was fairly satisfactory. It had its drawbacks and prices were low; nevertheless the market consumed all the milk delivered to it and it was flexible. Then came a set of neW' conditions. Quick,- easy transportation opened up markets for fluid milk at somewhat higher prices. Daily' milk trains were run to supply New York, Al- bany and other large cities. Receiving sta— tions for fluid milk took the places of the 01d creameries and cheese factories, and the milk industry was placed on an entirely different basis. At first this seemed a profitable change, but as time went on the farmers dis- covered unfavorable features. One of these was that they had placed themselves volun- - tarily in the power of the large distributors. For several years the dairy farmers of On~ ondaga. County discussed the situation when- ever a few of them gathered together rand agreed that some means should be found to take care of peak—time production and elimin- ate the losses. lilinally, a few of them evolved a plan of a co-operative milk plant that would not only handle fluid milk in the city trade but. all other products formerly made in their little local creameries. They decided to com—_ , bine the old methods with the new and thus provide themselVes (Continued on page 18) partment of Agriculture“ om the F or Corners of the Country statistics in the territories under his charge. In addition, there are crop specialists who col- lect data on one crop, as cotton, tobacco, rice, vegetables or fruits, in the area in which the, . crop is grown regardless of state lines. But the big staff of gatherers of statistics is made. up of voluntary crop reports, of which there are approximately 220,000 located in all parts of the United States; - The Bureau of Crop Estimates serves as the statistical clearing house of the U. S. De- , partment of Agriculture‘ and for agriculture " as an industry. It was organized as a divi- sion of statistics invthe Patent Officein 1840, was transferred to the newly organized De- partment of Agriculture in 1863 and became the nucleus of. that Department; wasresor-v ganized as the Bureau of. Statistics in 1903, and as the Bureau of Crop Estimatesingfilfilfl. ' The Bureau of,‘.Crop Estimates prepares; "d issues the monthly government crop‘dfre the Monthly crop Reporter,', the .Appendixito the-Yearbook ofithe , vice; (discontinued in 19,210),f;. Notes "10f Eield Agents, FOreisn' Crop Notes and ' ' ’ “tsko‘n icr‘op'v'rep V 3? I 5:: d Of. Agriculture; thaweeklgy' Truck" Igféw , - interurban transportation Onon- V Jest labor and. " — improper use * ~ grow 'RE than two hundred years ago an a, Englishman coined the phrase, “‘Til- lags is manure.” It is just as true today as get.- apply its meaning in a different way. " f ‘ ‘_ the phrase was coined, farmers believed that a growing plant fed on particles of soil much as a man would eat bread and that the soil particles must be pulverized to a high de- gree of- fineness before the plant roots could' take them up. Long ago we learned that be- fore plant food can be taken up by the tender roots it must be dissolved in water the solu- ticn then being taken up by the roots in the . same :way that a‘ lamp wick takes up salt when " dipped into a salt water bath. We also know that the finer the soil is pulverized the greater is the surface exposed to the soil water, re~ " suiting in more plant food being dissolved and made available for the plant roots. Most of our deep rooting crops require a deep, fine, compact seed bed, but some of our cereals, such as wheat and oats, do betteiswhen the seed bed is not so deep and is firmed down until it is very compact. .In addition to pulverizing the seed bed1 tillage implements are used' to stir and' mix: the soil, to compact it, to destrop weeds, to conserve moisture, and to facilitate the plant- ing of seed. The importance lage can not of good til- ”GREECE! air spaces remain in the seed bed, nor can they» . penetrate the clads. Most (51de result from plowmg when the. The pressure of the mold- ground is too wet. packs the wet soil, especially clayey 3011,30 that it puddles, forming clods so hard that surface tillage tools cannot pulverize them. On the other hand, soil ploWed too dry breaks up into hard lumps that require most of the season to moulder dawn. ' Part of the air spaces referred to are due to the presence of the clods, but most of them lie at the bottom of the furrow and are formed by'the turned furrows piling upon each other, leaving an air spaCe extending along the edge and length of the furrow slice. The’evi-llies in the fact that these air spaces and most of the clods are invisible after hail-revving. The“ clods should be broken up and the air spaces firmed out, or many of the plant room will be handicapped throughout the growing season. 'In addition to restricting the feeding area of the 1'octs,clods and air spaces prevent the rise" of sub—soil moisture—the one element abso- lutely essential to rapid, maximum growth. No. 1 in the illustration represents a plow- ed stubble field. Observe that the ground is turned up in lumps and that air spaces at the bottom prevent a close contact of the freshly- “ fcct seed bed shown in No. peg-tooth barrow to what, on the surface {3}, pearstobeagoodseed bed, buttheaar' > are still at the bottom and the cloth are buried in the soil. In No. 3 this field Was both ed and harrowed. It left a deeper seed _lied but it did not elimmate all of the clods‘ and air spaces below. No 4 shows this field plants. ed to wheat and corn. The runners broke through some at the clcds, depositing thé' seed- » deeper than intended. Perhaps the’ next hill is too shallow, or is dropped alongside a clad, er into one of the air spaces. This kind of seed bed accounts very largely for the dime ence in yield betWeen adjoining farms, be- tween different fields on the same farm, and between difierent parts of the same field.- Now look at No.5. Same field at No.1 but, disked before it was ploWed., As‘ the furrow slice was being turned the disked soil filled .., the open space at the bottom of the furrOW. A f , peg-tooth barrow will put this field in com- paratively. good shape as seen in No. 6, but the use of the disk barrow, spring-tooth hare row and culti-‘packer, as soil and weather con—" ditions require, would have made it the per.- 7—deep, pact, free from .clods and. air With this _kind of seed . bed- be emphasiz-. ed too strong- 1y. While the modern plow . has been one , _of the great— time - saving implement s ‘ ever invent—' ed far the solutely un- - d e r , central a n (1 every seed will be deposited un- der equally » ideal r o u n’dings.’ There will be no break in th e upward farmer, it 5 results in al- most untold annual. losses in yield. This is due to the fact that ten- der plant roots can not rapid- moisture. 1 Ev- . . der root will 1 be imbedded in finely pul- verized sail and do its full share in feeding , dis" plant above. [y W h e n Tmm 1N. Signed Contracts Pour Into Office of Beet Growers’ Association Receipts on Closing Days of Campaign Indicates Growers Throughout State Sign Association 3 Contract IGNED SUGAR beet growers’ dxawn up and presented by the Michigan contracts, Sugar Beet Growers’ Association to 12,000 beet growers of the state, were reported com- ing in bunches into the state office at Durand during the closing days of the campaign, vshich ended April 16. Campaign figures Were not available at that time and will prob- ably not be published until the ”close of a state farm bureau beet growers” association meeting at Lansing during the week of April ’ 18, says the state farm bureau. \ g All preliminary reports however,- indicate “that beet growers throughout the state signed the beet association’s contract in pref‘erenCe ~ the factory paper, particularly as the as- mciation contract is said to represent a con- crease to the grower over the fac- ntract, based on the same price of lity per cent of the growers in Al: " signed groWers . contracts _ Alfred Befiall, * "‘ ers’ board meeting, definite statement is ex- pected to be made on what the beet growers’ association can accomplish for the growers. “The growers’ association is not making guarantees as yet,” says C. E. Ackerman, general manager of the Michigan Sugar Beet Growers’ Association, but if the growers sign the contracts made by their association and stand behind it, We will have control of our crop and be able to say something about the piice of it.” The giowers’ contract is based on the con- tract made by Utah and Idaho sugar beet growers With their factories. That contract is said to have netted the growers an addit- ional $2,,000000 return on a crop far less in tonnage and sugar content than the ayerage Michigan crop.. It provides for $6. 45 a ton for beets when the wholesale price of sugar 13/955, 00 a hundred. For every $1.00 increase , N , , aboard.- Wholesale. price of $6 sugar. The Michigan Sugar Beet Grow- ers contract stipulates $7. 74 beets for $6 sug— ar and $1. 29 per ton addition for. each $1 in- crease in the wholesale price of sugar as against $1 additional offered by the company.” The Holland- St. Louis Company is said 130 have improved- its price when placed in come, petition with the Charles Pope Sugar Com-7” .. pany smaller companies in Michigan are said to be near negotiations with the grov‘Vers ant; beet growers committees are visiting, all of them, according to Mr. Ackerman. ‘ ’ The sugar beet growers’ association is sort— ing all the Contracts on hand, according t the different factories in the state. ’ *: -~ contracts will be ’cfiered to the facto surra ——Oourtay ,o 5; things _ com . spaces. “75'? the, planting ~_ depth is 'ab— I -' O. flow, of, Soil ‘6'; ery tiny, ten—ii I r. u .12. ‘r- yea-«1., .1" ~* a 691‘ ~FARME'RS' UNIONS "GLEANERS --GRA'NGE lead oft ”apples to meat in Wash- - Gray Silver, *rate‘nt fruit. market- ~ - (IA , were twenty pounds of wool, Nth h‘tlle grower could sell for only "ll cents a pound. Last summer; in ,, the eastern part Maryland, and the Shenandoah V‘ale lay of Virginia tomatoes were rot= ' ting in the fields; those sold brought only 50 cents a bushel.- When I got back to the national- capital tomat~ ties were selling at the central mar- ket for 10 cents each. ' “Apples were selling at 1- cent a5 pound down in Virginia, only two hours away,_ while in- Washington retail dealers were selling. them at. 10 cents a pound and I paid 50 cents apiece for baked apples or at the rate of $1.75 a barrel. But found out that the commission men: only got $60 a barrel when he sold' ' .them. to the hotel.” _ There were similar stories frorn Virginia, Illinois, Missouri, and Karl- 88.8. trict (lo-operative marketing associ- ations had helped solve a part of their market troubles. from the remarks of various speak- ; ere, their local and district associa- tions,” like those of Michigan, Colo- rado and Arkansas, have helped con- \ siderably and all well worth while, but are not considered adequate to meet all situations control is secured. . In that respect _, 4 the California and Oregon associa- tlons seem to have a distinct advant- age. fl James R Howard, president of the American Farm Bureau Federw ‘ l ~at'lon pointed out What he regarded as three fundamental things in im- " 'fipr'oving ”fruit growers’ conditions— 'trnas’portation, tariff and coaopera- tive marketing. Four propositions were sot forth in the resolution, aside twenty-one. They are as follows: *1: Authorizing and asking the American Farm Bureau Federation -',to set up a fruit marketing depart- -ment with competent men in charge. Urging that all state trait .mar‘k‘oting specialists ' and work out standardized tier all states, " 3. Asking the .Bureau Federation legislative de- partment to work for a protective " tariff on lemons and some other fruits as these industries face de- 7 struction from foreign grown pro- - édnctu , Warning fruit growers against gr up long time contrick to It was THE ELEVA1‘03 EXCHANGE HEAT AND. rye marketed thrn ‘ .,.i the term bureau elevator em- change by farm bureau! mem- bore during the month of Eehrum '. paid an average premium or 3 1-2'} I' :- , cents per bushel over and?- item the; “ ‘dniiy bids of this large grain job- here of the country. says the slants-c- .or’ exchange in comparing its actual ally sales figures to jobbers’ bids: These figures do not mean, says; all. om ,manager of the of New J may. " Others told how local or dis- ' Judging ‘ except where ' more .or less complete commodity" from the" plan of creating the committee of ' ‘ get together American Farm, ‘ " Seventy-nine - co-operative elevat- , , - one are now amiiated with the elevator exchange. They are joining up at the rate of one or two a week. Elevators affiliated with the exdtaago market all their glen through the state exchange. Many of them have bean and hay - agreements The Tri—County Mar- toting Association at Brunswick Stained with the exchange during the "week of April 11. BUREAU HANDLES MICHIGAN 5W OF PHOSPHATE UT, 50,000 tons of the normal Michigan spring purchases of 135,000 tons of acid phosphate have found their way into'the state because of the almost prohibitive froight rates says the trams depart- ment of the state farm bureau, quot- ing figures from the U. 8. Depart- ment of Agriculture. Freight rates on ordinary 16 per cent acid phos- .phate from Tennessee, the nearest source, range from $7 to $8 a ton, adds the departme This high rate coupled to the big Suppow you do leave the windowo price of com-. merclal fertilisers has cut 75, 000 tons off the 'normal amount of acid phosphate fertilizer shipped into ; the state. The state farm bureau, recogniz- 1.1a: the situation for some time past has been assisting its members to solve the problem. The farm bu. roan method included the taking over for Michigan of the state’s al- lotment of a western made treble suporphosphate—45 1-2 per cent available phosphoric acid as against the 16 per cent available phosphoric acid carried by ordinary phosphate— and disposing of it through its pur- chasing departmen-t at prices the farmers are said to consider right. Freight rates on carlots are prepaid and half the freight rates on less than 'carlots is prepaid, through an arrangement with the manufacturer of the phosphate, says the farm bureau. The farm bureaii further points out that with the treble superphos- phate about three times as strong as the ordinary 16 per cent phosphate, the farmer saves two thirds of the ordinary haulage and labor charges. in on your newly varnished floor-——o at’s nothing Worry about if the surface is finished with lHeath & Milligan ' ELASTIC FLOOR VARNISH Fact is—this dependable varnish stands hot and cold water, even steam won ’t affect it. It drieedustfneelnfrom l to 2 hours and harden: over night with a high lustre. Stands scufing of feet; rolling of meters. Even banana blows that dent the wood won’t break the varnish film. ~ 302;: be used on floors, woodwork, Window lint. doors, refrigerators, etc. If” Dependafle for 70 Years I) and it rains If you have varnishing or kind to do send for our ErecBoo THE mum ABOUT FARM ”or HE MORE or less sensational __ charges made by Rep. H. J.‘ 0616‘- ‘v—‘man concerning the salaries M to Farm Bureau officials brought , flood of letters to the M B. F of- fices from members of the organizer- . tion, inquiry‘ as to the truth of the statements. Examination of the Bureau’s financial statement for the 'flscal year ending January 30,1911. does not show any such salaries paid , as claimed by Mr. Coleman. This '- statement» is available if he desirai‘ to examine it. The M. B. F.~ asked Mr. Jas. Nicol, president of the Farm Bureau, to tell us the facts about the salaries paid and the details of the wool pool, which he has done in the following letter: “Thanking you for your interest , shown toward our problems in your ‘ letter of the 11th. Would state in , regard to statement said to have I been made by Mr. Coleman. “That the largest salary »paid in wool department is $3, 500 and is paid to the grader. The sales sen. ,- (Oontinued on page 19) ‘ Milligan Paints and Varnish for. every par-l pose about the farm and home. There are more than 100 others—all of blue ribbon ‘ quality, best since 1851. only by one best dealer in each town. To find this dealer to the town where you trade look for our trade-mark (shown above). In is on the label of every package—and is your safe guide to durable, lasting results. . They are carried pain of any Boonn¥How to Paint.” It answers 110 Paint questions. ' mon'rANT develop- ments. dining the past week. lend to ent of business and a grad- mm to normlil industrial con- “ In msponse to the call of Precident, congress has conven- ' ' gone promptly to work. The emergency tariff and' anti-dumping Bill was passed, last Friday-by a ' ote of 269 to 112; the wholesome, salutary edect of this nieusure, upon .1. ima- ruil'way poet by the f, 518% Railway Labor Board has the general appearance of a wise mens- gtlile; in making the announcement re- toned to, the board directed that ‘ employers and laborers get togeth-r/ ’erund'formulsteanew codeof working rules and by-lnws so that theycanbeputinfomebyJuly i or very soon after. It is an open sec- , ret tfiat the national labor agree- ments have resulted in a tremendous expense to the railway systems. The Pennsylvania Railway 00. claims that. living up to these agreements cost that system more than $300.- 000.000 per year. The 18 labor unions affected by this decision seem tobe as well pleased with the order 1 as the employers are for they believe that a new agreement can now be formulated which will be much more satisfactory to all concerned than were the terms of the agreements . whieh'dmve Just been abrogated. .. - That the railway companies aflected ' .1 by this decision have been relieved of a tremendous embarrassment was evidenced by a strong upward move- mentinthestockissuesofmanyof these companies. 1 V“ Inviewofthemnny important measures that are still pending in the mchigan legislature. the close of the session. which is set for April 29.111 looked forward to with consid- erable anxiety by the residents of many large and important districts that are being served by electric in- terurban railways; some of the pend- ing legislation seeks to obi-(gate the - terms of existing franchises making it possible to raise passenger rates r of fare on these lines to three cents per mile. This is of vast importance to. the people who are obliged to Wravel frequently over the lines of ' trying to estep franchise regulations. Mem- bers of the legisature find themselves {on delicate position because of the i 7' interests referred to and many of them seem to be dedAas to what com-8e they A One of the most importzmt and ar-rmehing announcements made this spring comes from the United Buttes Steel Corporation in the form 4 ..a sweeping reduction in selling cos of its various products; in this connection. nothing has been said. as yet, concerning reduction in V H the wages being paid to steel work- ers but it is generally understood .l-‘tlnt the cut in quotations will mean . {lower wages for the workers in this industry. The Detroit. United Rail- T-szy has just- announced a 20 per cent cut in wages and it is taken for -grlmted that the new working agree- ,ment, between the steam railroad "I’Mpanies and their employee, will do for a. much lower wage .; Lime. automobile industry seems to ‘ ,1M':Progressing, rapidly, toward nor- anal .. conditions, the Wanna-t the Ford Mojor Company has .. ”emulated 104.000. unfill- " how. absolutely in- ' e American. the .pe‘rmauentud- . Edited ... n. a. MACK cumumm some DETROIT—4—Wheat ...I.“ in ta'e'e {51 bullish" ...... other. grains dull. Potatoes and beans inactive. Cattle active. ‘ . . ' _ CHICAG07—Corn and oats steady Wheat dull. Potatoes weak.» Hog active. Sheep higher. (late: The above in DID Is It I11 tyne. going to pram—Editor. It contains lust blunt. = ‘ _ t wuvmjfiilunmolm'm‘ Information on 10 wltflu cue-Id! bl! d. end the result is nsteody m in the number of the unemployed. The only element in the peasant situation, whichhusanominouslook is the manufacturer, who must sell his products to the farmer. is the Mentions decrease in the pur- ' chasing powprot the aforesaid farms or. resulting from recent declines in the market value of all agricultural products; there is, however. a. well- defined opinion1 prevailing among the men best qualified to judge of future morket prospects, that the present scale of values is in no sense permanent. The general trend of markets in other years has made it plain that selling prices do not re- min for any great length of time very far below the cost of produc- tion. 'llle market for foreign exchange is showing a tendinicy to harden and if it were not for the British labor troubles and the reparations "dispute with Germany, we would be carrying forward an export trade with Euro— pean countries that would be on a par with pro-war conditions. WHEAT W_HEAT rnlcas Pen su.. APR. 10.1021 and. ’ "Sofa-Iii Icmoagol 11. v.‘ wheel: opened 1 1-! cents higher at Detroit owing to tear of crop dam:- age but with rapidly growing opiur ion that the damage would prove to be only’minor and buying that lack-1 ed volume the price again Bagged. CORN 1 com pales: ran 00.. APRIL 10. 1021 Carlo 1mm lglllcugol I. V_._ thnn...n J! l .1016 No.8 oilow ...‘ .82 I I No. 4 Yellow . . . .58 L. "noes" Hawaii—fie . 1 no.3; mm no.4 1.11. 1.11 l 1.12" Corn followed the trend of whewt as usual, working lowar last week up until Saturday and then turning for the better. Saturday’s close found prices at Detroit on the level of those quoted the opening days of the week. On Monday, April 18, prices advanced early in the day but dropped betore‘the close. . _ ‘S'ome improvement in the shipping trade was noted last week and sales for the week at Chicago amounted to 800,000 bushels. VReceipts that point were 578 Cars, compared with 175 a year ago. 1 OATS No. 2 Rod 1.34 No. 2 mm. 1.32 No. a Mixed ...I1.sz Pnlcss on: YEAR 1100 quashed! No.2 mm: No._2_uued 232 l w ’l 2.00 1.50 l 1.84 l 1.41 Detroltl British labor troubles demoraliz- ed the wheat market throughout the entire caun‘try last week. The Detroit market lost a. total of 15 cents. In many sections country bankers assisted the downward trend of the market by showing an anxiety to have farm loans liquidat- ed which forced farmers to rush their grain upon the falling market to meet their obligations. Domestic buying was poor but export buyers snapped up all offerings rapidly al- lowing uo surplus of volume to ac- cumulate at any of the large‘mar- keting centers. The flour and feed business was dull all the week. Passage of the tariff bill by Congress last Friday made for a bullish mar- ket on Saturday and wheat made small advances. Then came news from the west of heavy snow and cold weather. This was the first real crop scare the market has had this spring and prices jumped up- ward, the Detroit market closing 3 cents higher on _ Saturday night? Monday morning of the currenbweek not. decline ’ as sharply osru'gmcrs rs!7_lu..anny.w1o._ 1021, and. lbw-oligflcacqj I. V_._ N0. 2 Mlle ... ANA 38']. I0. 8 Wu ... .40 .8. l0. 4 White ... P111028 ONE YEAR AGO lflo.2 White! 00.8 White! No.1 While ecu-on I 1.18 l 1.12 l ‘ 1.11 Unless something unusual hap- pens in the cat or corn market they are hard grains to write about be- cause, an the average, these grains follow the trend of wheat. and what is said regarding the latter grain applies to all three. Owing to the comparatively low prices oats fidid as other grains last week and selling was not pressed. Chicago receipts totalled 319 cars, against 191 a year ago, and shipping sales amounted to about the same as corn. BEANS BEAN PRIcES PER CWT." APR. 19. 1921 Grade lDotroli IChlcagol N. V. 2;."kuigu;=::::l "“ l 3:33 I "‘° PRICES ONE YEAR AGO After declining 10 cents‘at Detroit during the past week, beans are. THE WEATHER FOR _THE WEEK As Forecasted by W. T. Foster for The _Michlgan Business Farmer -‘Feotu'n Walther Chm bf April l921 WA$HINGTOI$ D. C.._ April 33. MEL—4H3): temperatures have been , expected to. spread over the .middlo‘ Pacific slope“ and middle: Rockies .near “ , April 22, immediately .which a; great (pollwev'e [l » ah. ‘noe’o lntothe _,rm.-wsvo,_ £3.11 ,1 it. This con“ lion, will “result; not dangerous; .butgocv ‘ = ' storms; These. will movagesetw ,_ . thewA‘la.’ coast . din-infl the weeks centering ‘ northwar- not: '_ «mm. or two». ’kina' its om who saved from the extreme northwest; beginning with moderate temperature, but the week centering on May 1 will aver- age much cooler than usual, causing rather unfavorable crop weather for the week. Not much rain. not very stormy weather, not very disagree- able. but poor growing weather. May-~Wlll be ”about ' an ’average crop weather 7100111211; warmer than usual during the fifteen days center-. 1111 on .May 19. and cooler than up us. during the eleven days centering, 6. Unmally severe storms ‘on 19 1M , I WNW” the warning— thet "the lust mentioned will , b. g , Very dangerous storm or set at“ Life: on! 1 ~10“, ~:- fdy om... , , ed tron 5 to 10031113; '1’” at, " steady. ,_ .. , is,;rs.thor._»l&ckin8 at premise-flan ‘ ' «market isinsctlvo. ‘ . * ' : ,1 ..., .1 enema; the fever. uninfected, other eminence-lid down 00 31185153,, Buying 0! anyifl *“ for No. '3 at Detroit. . nature does notshow muchaotlvity _ in, this market at present. Export 5 bufint supplies the main demand in m; grain “4' um, um mi no? f. market rules dull. . 9 ' __ ? POTATOES mm m” 1mm. 1mm 10. 1021'- , Isms-n lull ”......” ..... 144. J .0. m jchimo .....,,.. ........ I new You, ...... ....... m Ceioowooouose.' 1.20 Luv ”Tenors on: visa see .. 1 0mm ..... -..;......~..Is.‘00 l‘ Old king spud is having troubles , ~. of his own when it comes to-prlees going lower. Dealers are as anxious to buy old potatdes as they'nre to catch the“ measles and farmers (are. having a hard time to unload. Some idea. of the stocks of pontoon still" . remaining in the hands of producers ‘- is given in the crop report for the state of Wisconsin, as of April lat. 'On that date there were 6,970 cars of potatoes in growers' lands as compared to 1,300 cars on the same date a year ago. The present hold- ings represent 261.9 per cent of the crop. In acreage of 93.4 per cent of the 1920 acreage is indicated for the present year. , HAY ems ..I20.00’o§21ns.oo¢ 3.00919 Chime . . «one 29122.00. 003:: new You 30.00 @311 puma . ooozamnoo 021 i [10.1 I No.1' No.1 lnght lllx. leiovorlfllx. M net-on . .11 0.00 «1 20:11.00 e 10910.00 e‘ --' cam-o . 42.00 , 3120.00.21 mo 22 New York 29.00a291oanoo21 . ME? 0 20:20.00g31 m 5195:3153?! no _ I I3. 1 11:11.1 8921:1105! '0. 211a. om . .lumcosmsoounggouu ‘ I No. 1 0. lo. 1 l Is. 1 lnght Mix. IOIovorlfllx. I 01010! Damn . . 101.50 @ 35133.50 aisles.” u as Prices on some markets sdvaneed during the past week while on oth; ers went lower. Receipts are grew- ’ ing smaller and the market is in- clined to firm up. . ' WOOL‘ -- ' Fair business was done in the wool market last week, it is report-v ed, but as a-who’le activity is ruth- er less pronounced. Prices ore in- _ clined to hold steady on n erratic 1. market. Woolen mills are inereas- .. lug their activities but the market is heavily stocked and compdftion‘ among, dealers holds prices down. The. passage at the tariff bill may help prices some but not much, it' is thought, as clipping has begun all over the west and the new supply with the stocks of list year’s clip unmarketed will counteract the strength given by the tariff bill. Re-“ ports come" from the west that deal- . - era; are willing to advance only 6‘ to 10 cents for fair to good clips and rarely more than 12 cents for the choicest. ' DETROIT PRODUCE? MARKET There is a. quiet and easy tone in ‘ nearly all lines in the Detroit pro" duce market; Apples are showing very little activity. Demand for eggs is good and both consumer 'and packer are in the market. Fresh receipts,“ eggs are 26 t0}! 1-2; ':ji:'7_ cents a. dozen. Fresh creamery bul:#«*‘~ ,. tel-"ht. 44 1-2 cents is in demand an Poultry is also in dentin and; receipts ore-snot large: rune is litllo‘sjetivlty'in theatres-0d _ market. m dressed" calves 51. new»: with 1‘ 1941' M and. 1.11111. year will $1311.16 exception to the rd. . The (no-go cattle Quartet made a fairly 'g’oei showing" last week, the #4211111 in the steer dspartmsnt being from ”hicceutspercwt Nofi I great improvement -in the demand ‘ was head m the quality averaged extra good and the receipts for the week wére $500 less than for the week before. Eastern order buyers were not especially active last week, -""although higher prices for dressed beef Were quoted at several eastern points. One of the most encourag- ing features of the current cattlii trade is the increaSe in export de- mand. The big packers are handling _‘ the exp'ortde‘aleand» they bought 1,- , 650 cattle last week, shipping near- “ ly all "of them .to‘ Great Britain. ' - The top‘price paid for cattle last week in Chicago. was $9.50 for a band of extra fine yearlings; ‘the top . for mature steers was $9. 40. The Chicago demand for butchers cattle exceeded anything that has been pulled off there this year, prices gaining a. little every market day af- ter Monday and the demand just nicely taking care of the arrivals. "Chicago got 99,000 sheep and lambs, last week, 34,000 coming di- rect to the packers from western markets; the “directs" showed a gain over the week before of nearly 24.000. Twenty markets got 296,- ”000 last week, a gain of 9,000 over 0‘ , the showing of the week before. The L ' _the.less..he brings ._per cwt. for lambs,.last week, ~~ _ wooled stock. ' exporters and. " ferings that came to hand. 2,000 sheep and lambs, nearly, walto Chicago sheep market was a three- cornered game, last week, shippers, packers with each other for the moderate’of— More 11 the fthem heavy weights, were ship- podo lHabroad, last week. Exporters are taking llmbs that weigh above 100. pounds. [The best grades of fat lambs did not show much gainylast week, but the in- -between kind were unevenly from 25 to 50 cents per cwt. higher than the week before. Shorn Colorado and Michigan ewes sold for $6.00 with the wool on, this kind brought $0.50. the yearling wethers that came .to ‘hand had been shorn and they sold for $6.50 to $7 per/cwt. Shorn two year old wethers brought $6.50 and older wethers going at $5.75 to . $6.50 according to weight and aver- the heavier the wether ' .xage quality; The top ‘was $10 for Packers paid?" $9.25 to $9.35 for extra quality shorn lambs. The average price for lambs last week, in the Chicago stock yards ”was $9.80,. being 15 cents higher than the week before. A small band of. feeding lambs sold during week-in the Chicago market for $7.50,.per cwt.‘ The demand for breeding ewes has been very quiet of late. The chief point of interest just now in. connection with the live hog " : . and commodity situation is the spec- .i' ulatiye options in provisions. The May deal is on the last lap and the general opinion seems to be that .whcn liquidation in the long option is over, values will gradually hard- en in order to let the packers out With their big supplies of meat and 12rd. Last week’s hog receipts in 20 markets were 597, 000 hogs being 78 000 more than for the proceeding Week. On‘ Monday and Tuesday of last week, comparatively large- runs of hogs in the Chicago market took 1.11111 pep out of the trade and caused prices to drop lower than on any pre- iceding‘ date since 1916. 1 The top “price for hogs in Chicago last week was. $9. 60, on Monday The spread ht d h - competing 1' Nearly all of , the. .. Grange, "NEW roux SUGAR MARKET On Monday of this week raw and refined sugar opened quiet but let- ‘ er in the day advanced on covering and. trade buying. Raw Cubes is quoted at 4 3-4 cents. Refined is worth $7.65 to $8 for line granu- lated. CUTTING THE COST OF LUMBER Apparently lumber is one of the few items which has kept pace with the downward trend of farm' crop prices. Those who know tell us. that the buying power of a bushel of grain or a pound of_liv‘e stock, is today greater when used to purchase lumber, than any one other farm necessity. Now comes the McClure Company of Saginaw, well and favorably known as the manufacturers on a very large scale of silos and indus- trial hduses with an announcement which appears for the first time on the back cover of this issue of the BUSINESS ann .which means , a still further out in the cost of build- ing in Michigan this season. Their plan, we understand, in- cludes not only the sale of the lum- ber all ready cut up and with plans furnished for easy assembly, but also furnishing the full lumber re- quirements for any style of new house, barn or other building or any alterations to an old building. They have a complete architect- ural service which they have offered to place at the disposal of any read— er of the BUSINESS FARMEB, .to help plan_any new building or alteration which you have in mind and by ap- plying the factory method of cutting up the lumber to save every scrap of waste, they .not only save the builder time in erection but the buy- er many‘dollars in unnecessary ma— terial We hope that every reader of the BUSINESS Penman who has in mind even the possible use of a small or large amount of lumber for eith- er building or alteration will use the coupon from. the back cover to bring without any obligation, McClure folks plan. We are proud to be able to introduce and endorse this money saving plan to our thous- ands of readers within easy shipping distance from their main plant at Saginaw. AN EXPLANATION N THE February 19th issue of the BUSINESS Fauna there was an item relating to the organization of co—operative store at Ithaca by Mr. T. W. Michael Mr. Michael al- leges that certain statements con- tained therein were false and mis- leading and has asked us to make the following statement which, he says, is a true account of his activ- ities along that line: - In January 1920, Mr Michael, former- ly a deputy of the Michigan State entered the employ of the Nat- lanai Consumers Co— —operative Associa- 8.011 of 342 River Street. Chicago Ill, alesman for the said Association at as. jam-y of )35 00 per week and expenses, and“ was ante'd his licens by the Michigan ecurities Commis ion. The .Na‘tlentg Consumers C‘o- -operative A‘sso- eiatfo n were. establishing kCo-operative U11 itcd sates, known as the .1 1.... m. :11 fit“? cool not get .. w e e r. Mellinger anode meeting olffl the boaird 'of directors and had Mr. Mellinger in the parson of Ed. Clark, of Marion. .. particular friend of his, but Mr. Clark could not come until full so the board of directors asked Mr. Michael to man— age the store until that time; Mr Mich- ael was called to Chicago before the central organization and asked why he had fired the manager from Chicago Mr. Michael advised the central organi- zation to allow the local store their own manager, which the Central Organiza- tion did, and Mr. Michael was transfer- red from the salesman’ 3 pay roll to the pay roll of manager, which place he re- tained until relieved by Mr Clark. While manager of the store Mr. Michael discovered that the Central Organiza- tion was not paying the bills of the ' store that the 18m Ir Michael aim the Board of Directors of the 1m, said organization We: and advised the members settle with the National. could not settle as tisfactorily President ‘00 the National Co-operative Anociat 1011 came _. Mr Michael and talked to the stock- Consumers; holders and they voted to remain at}: MNational live or die. While in cage on one trip Mr. Michael sechred -_ the lease of the building held 11 the National, and at the request 0- Hr. Warren Mellingcr had the National tram, fer the lease to him (Mellinger), and , Mellinger has since purchased the build; ing, and now Mellinger, and his friend, - the manager. Mr. Clark, own the busi- ness which the stockholders have lost, but we understand they have given the ‘ stockholders 60 days to make good. Mr, Michael, system of the National Consumers C operative Association was not right, now engaged in organizing cooperative stores on a. plan whereby each store handles its own money, runs its own business, and when fifteen stores are formed each store will take so much money from its capital stock and estab- lish a wholesale house owned 1) these fifteen stores. Each member join ng one of these independent stores pays a. mem- bership fee of $10. This money is used for organizing to bring across the whole- sale. A financial statement is furnish- ed every month to each store showing how the money is being spent, and for what purpose. - the a. central Organ- _ ‘ HHIIHHIIHIIIIIIHHHIIHIIIHHHH HIHHHHIH IHIIIIIIIIHHIII IIIIIIIIH HIIHIHIHHH HIIHIHIHHH HHH HIHHHIHW What One Gallon of Kerosene in a “Z” Engine “(ill Do for You { .~ w,‘ Has. your local “2“ dealer tell you field (line many 51’; advantages: I—Ecoosrnicany use. kero- sene as well u nwflns. i—Eigh tension magneto eliminates betterie. and Home!) fuel feed—no pom—Mendy“!- the» Homnient speed con- troller gives change of .peed while engine I. running. o—Renewehle die-cutbac- 1m 7—Poeitivelnbl‘lcsflon. t-Autometic in o requiring but little at- tendums—sesfly started. Wire-More. quality throughout. Do you realize how much work the “Z” engine will do at the low cost of one gallon of kerosene? It will pump 10,000 gallons of water for your stock, for your home, for fire protection. It will light 10 20-watt, 16- candle power lamps for 15 hours from your light plant. It will grind 40 bushels of feed to fatten your stock. It will saw over Scordsofwood for you. . It will run your churn—reread; separator— milking machine. It will operate your family washing machine—your grind- stone, corn sheller, clover holler, shredder, hay baler and other machines about flie‘farm. _ Over 300,000 “ ” engines have been bought by farmers every-‘ where. They saved labor- got more work done. Over 6,000 dealers demonstrated the many big advantages of the “Z” to these farmers before they bought. Notethese featuresatthe leftand then you, too, go to your near- , est “Z” dealer and. see the “Z." -. 1%H.P....$ 67.00 3H.P.... 115.00 6H.P.... 187.00“ All i'. o. b. factory; add freight to your m FAIRBANKS MORSE a co. WUFACTURIIS - CHICAGO having learned that the. ‘3! known' in your neighborhood as fie threeherman who leaves clean “Fan-aw piles and clean grain—the ' , who “Saves the Farmer ’s . Thrash Bill." Such a name is easily ' It beats out thef instead of . for it tof out. From the time c straw enters the machine until it leaves it—through the Big Cylinder, the famous ‘BMan e- hmd the Gun, ” and over the beat- ing shakers—it is subjected to vio-. , lent beating and shaking. The grain must come out. Make our run with a Red River driven by a Nichols— d Steam or Oil-Gas Engine. Ith’e make you money and cus- tomers. Write for Circular. Nichols 8: Shepard Co. Continuous Bushes-pa Since 1848) mmlé of wand River 011%?“ Thresher-e. Wind Battle Creek. Michigan LE: Saginaw Silos at Rock Bottom. Prices The most complete line of silos ever offered to the American farmer at aston- ishingly low prices. Our new list shows a slash on Steel-Built Stave Silos, Standard Stave Silos, Hol- low-wall Wood Silos and . Get Write Yitrified Tile Silos. if; your order m early. today. Address Dept. 12 _ McCLURE COMPANY ’v'sacmsw, MlCl-l. CAIRO, m, WMOIII'I' CLEMENS MINERAL ‘BATIIS World renowned for Rheumatism, Nervoucneu run-down condition. Open all the your. weary miles from Detroit. Write for Booklet. also“ les' 8 Association, It Ole-lens, list. ”It. POULTRY SHIPPER pure bred pullets delivered here, 43 pound. Young hens 40 cents No Your sworn weighor’ 3 weight accept- Shipping coop with water shippe Business established Commercial references?a Millers River ‘ The farm labor situation in the . United States is. decidedly easier than it has been 1n the past three years. This fact is shown by the following figures, bo1ng averages of. estimates of normal supply and de- mand, made by reporters to the Bu- roau of Crop_ Estimates, United States Department in Agriculture, April 1', each year. Percentage of normal supply of and demand for hired farm labor—— to be read as index numbers: Rel. Rel. Ratio - or sup: do- supply to ply mand . demand .95. 2 87.5 198.81 .72.4 106.3 68.8 1919. 84.4 101.8 82.9 1918 .72.9 101.4 71.9 In Michigan the supply is describ- ed as ”plentiful and demand light; farmers unwilling to pay wages asked ” ‘ 1921 1920 CANADA JOINS U. S. IN GRASS- HOPPER FIGHT, A meeting to discuss the co-opera— tion of western Canadian provinces and northwestern states of United States in fighting grasshoppers was held at Regina, Saskatchewan, Can- ada, April 12th. Delegates Montana, North Dakota and Minno- sota were among those attending. ' CE . At a tractor show held during the month of February in Paris, France, there were 19 American tractors ex- hibited, 18 of French design, 1 Ital- ian, 1 English and 2 Czecho-Slovak. While the demand for tractors does AMERICAN TRACTORS FOR FRAN not appear very active in that coun—_ try, representatives of American tractors express themselves as con- fldent there is a future in the French market for American ma- chines. The prices charged for Amy erican tractor are from 20,000 to 25,000 francs, or, in American mon— ey, about $1, 400 to $1, 750. One large American company has sold 3, 000 tractors in France during thé past five years. Less than half of these were purchased by the French g6vernment. MICHIGAN BOY GOES WITH A. F. B. F. Edwy B. Reid, prominent agricul- tural editor from Michigan, until re— cently western editor of Farm and Home, has accepted an appointment from the American Farm Bureau Federation to its Washington of- flco, according to the state farm bureau. in the office of information of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, going there in 1915 and retiring in 1920 as Director of Information for the department. Previously he had been promoted from chief editor. of the department to chief of the D1- vision of Publication. At one time he was an associate editor of the five Orange Judd Farm Weeklies. He 'is a graduate of the Michigan Agri- cultural College and spent some time abroad studying phases of European agriculture. Mr. Reid was born and reared in Berrien county, Michigan and started his journalistic career on a county paper. BUTTER IMPORTS INCREASE 111-1918, 1,655,407 pounds of but- ter were «imported to (the United States. In‘ 1920 this had increased to the enormous quantity of 87, 454, - 172 pounds, valued at over 18 mil- lion dollars. The emergency tariff will not shut out this butter but it will increase the price of domestic butter. .. , , , - BIG ORCHARD SPRAY DEMON- _ STRATIQN '- . 2 A large. number of far ' ,voral from‘ Mr. Reid spent five years“ fungicides and insecticides for a ,. and yiéfietah vitation of 111. Dow. beautiful country estate Just cut of Midland. On this farm \more ex- perlms‘ntal Work is being carried 'on for the benefit of the orchard in- duet-ry than by any ether private party in the United States. noarnnau Emmi»: GRAIN mama - . A recent survey of thovgrain mar- kets of northern Europe showed 1115 creased alterings and purchases from the smaller producing countries as distinct- from great producers like the United States, Canada and Ar- Of these small nations it. gentina. ~ is expected Rumania will become 11 prominent factor before the end of 192 ~- Imports of rye have been dinilip~ ishlng, the trade enacting the Unit- ed States more than any other'coun— try. Barley and oat importations also .show a marked falling off. Am~ erican grown corn is in domandln all marhets, excepting Germany: DUTCH DAIRY INDUSTRY REGULATED Holland is threatened. with a shortage of milk and milk products due to excessive sales to Germany. The government has inaugurated a strict control over the entire indus- try and dictates the percentage that may be exported. DAIRY COMPANY WIIHHOLDS PAYMENT We have been selling our milk to the Boulevard Dairy Company of Detroit. ever since April, 1920, and we have re- ceivod checks for milk promptly 11 September, 1920. Since then they have been very irregular until now they. are six weeks behind and owe us for all of November and the first half month of December, 1920. Now I would like to- know if this company is reliable as we are still selling our zilk to them. ——A Subscriber. Carleton, i.chigan This letter was one of several upon the same subject which were roceiv-- ad from subscribers during . the month of January and we have only recently been able to secure any . worth-while information. We. wrote the Boulevard Dairy Company for , i111 explanation and got the follow- . 118' ' “We do not know of any of 'our pro- ducers who are not familiar with exist- ing conditions. We have endeavored to can several meetings to explain to them thoroughlyhand I think they all' under- stand that wo have taken their product and put it in storage until such time as we can move it. which means delayed checks. We hays also told them that if there is any who do not desire to sell milk to us on this basis th or find another market wl ut hurt our feelings. Our checks are going 0 regularly to producers, and it is prob. able, no doubt, the people who written you have received some payh ments since they wrote. However, if you win give us their names we will be very glad to take the matter up with them and explain the situationp thon- oughly so that We willbo sure we have not overlooked anybody " The attention of M1211: C. Reed, secretary- of the Michigan Milk Pro- ducers' Ass' 11,, was also called to the matter. He made an investigation and reported as follows under date of April 4th: “We have a committee from our Board or Directors w so business it is to In- v’estlgate com lnts concerning the in- ability of the buyer to pay for mill: which he purchases To this committee has been assigned each one of the buy- are who have been slow in any way in. the payment for the milk purchased. When the Boulevard Dairy Company ' Were not able to meet promptly all their . “if _ thi cited, a committee can hold it have ‘ 11,3361” ' , farmers were furnished dinner all“ ' the Dow Cafeteria by the special in-‘H At 1: 30 the farmers reassembled at Mr, Dow’s ' ore must pay terminator . 010170,! wheat’at ’95 121111 .. 1:504 pounds, 501' figured at normal. " change. $2. 33' ins:- bushe l. means that this English. farmer _ not have. to accept the current has. delivered at”: British ports. This: 212-; nouncoment rennin umthat the Farmefis’ National“ . got Congress to We the buying of surplus crops hy a federal com-r.- passion at a price ennui to the cost-- of production plus a profit. The" .- Council thought that if Congress was willing to guarantee the? rail-- roads a' prom it ought to be as kind to the farmers; , But the scheme fell through. GERMAN SUGAR PRODUCTION" The German federal statistical dea- partmont estimates the total Ger- ' man sugar crop for 1920—21 at abouts-57"- 700, 000 tons which is over 100 .000 tons less than produced the previous year. ,7 . ‘FIGHT THE CAN'KEB WORM In 1920 many of the apple 01-4; chards in southern Michigan. had the appearance of being burned with fire during the months of May and June. This in most cases was the work of the canker worm, although in some orchards the injury was done by the Tussock moth and leaf— -rollers'.v Whatever the insect may have been, the treatme‘nt will be the same. ~ The canker worm is a greenish black insect about one inch in ' length which sets away the soft, green portions of the denies; leaf-stalks and ribs only remaining. It has no legs under the middle of its body and loops its way along; . which gives it also- the names of the inch worm and measuring 'worm." The eggs hatch shortly after the leaves develop, fruit has set the worms complete the stripping of the trees. While most common on the apple, they also feed " on the elm and other shade trees. They are: likely to reappear this season in all orchards which were . attacked last year, as well as in the neighboring Orchards, and steps should at once be taken to fight them even before they appear. The ~troatment is to spray the trees, us- ing two pounds of. dry arsenato of .1 lead. or 1 1-2 pounds of arsenato of; lime, in 50 gallons of water, adding two or three pounds of hydrated lime The trees should be very thoroughly sprayed just before the blossoms open; and again as soon as the petals have fallen from flowers. thoroughly applied it may be neces- ' sary to make a third application at '7 the and of ten days. No. spraying ; should be done while the trees are: in bloom. 2:". The addition of 1 1-4 gallons of " lime-sulphur solution to 50 gallons ~ of the arsenicai spray at each of the?" above applications will guard the? fruit and foliage from the attack of’, apple scab and other fungous die :1 eases, and will give excellent turns for the time and material If the spraying 0'1“ infested 4 chords is neglected, the. l f 1 leaves will prevent the developme _ the I: ‘ and soon after the the Unless the early spray was F4.“ - » a...” Dam—V3. ~ permission'given for the sale of 150,-? t A180 7to» e January, the said? ,, thereafter during personally upon , usual place of residence or bus- ‘es therein, and demand payment ’ f FEES, charged against him, ” . , use...bv‘ziat iress— . , , aided by the su- freme court: ”A uplic cheer is his to private individuals tor in- ice resulting to the. latter from failure to pe‘rjorm ministeriual which the latter have a . ‘ 1151; direct interest. He is 111- . bl .[for a failure to perfOrm the Sioj a judicial nature it he neg- ts them maliciously.” This was d‘ tax case upon failure of treas- urer to collect Public Acts of 1917, triage 775, provides that the b9ard of supervisors to vacate, divide or alter the boundaries of a t6wnship and notice must be posted four Weeks published due in each week fer - ,_, successive weeks immediately receding the meeting- of the board. wW E Brown, legal editor ’ you know anything about The Ma'nrnee valley Sugar Co?- They are selling stock in Saginaw, Bay City and other .. ' Could you recommend them to 11. person as an investment? They gaunt to build a new factory near Tole— ' 0h io.-_——A Rhodes, Michigan. approval ol t‘z 0110,0110 Worth of pre- * ' f3 "ed stock for sale. The company ion did not feel constrained to rave the issue until something efinite Was knoWn regarding the ilitles of the promOte‘rs of the party, insufar as that ability ap—» pl 11‘ to the manufacture of.\sugar. ’ y Were asked to make a showing their ability and return for a "ing by the commission -We re- . a number of letters subse- ' that suggestion from peo- has wthe promoters, vouch- - fit: ,'their ability and Sincerity, ‘11 mayo has been made". on the or the company and the stock has never been approved The cap- stock of the company as auth- . z‘ed was $2, 000, 000 worth of pre- ed stock and 20, 000 shares of men stock, of no par .value.-—_ 4 Michigan Securities Commission. PAYDIENT FOB 'PBODUCE and they order car the car and I (16 th , or éif Will they have t 9 price; stated or will I tt , « 'e’y get Tor produce when tier of M. B. F.,D Delta- 7 009 worth of its unissued cemmon stock, 1~Ats the time application was filed an examination was made by a representative of this Commission 21111131011110 the company to have as- grid- labilities totaling $573, - whichimn Securities Com- We “live on a. stat mail route and the dnail is” supposed to drive on this road but lately. he has used a cut or: road about tWBnty rods east of the house. leaving ‘us without mail service and not letting us know he intended to do so. ~=IrWe; do not think there is any «use in complaining to the Fourth Ass’t Post— 1- master General as he would only write to the postmaster here, who does not run the office as strict as he should, so would slide with. the carrier. The oth- poStmaSter at Merritt is the carrier's couSi-n so of course no help there Can he retuse to use the designated route hen the road is broken and in fine shape"—-—-Mrs J. T. R., Lake City. MiCh. The "Star Routes are under the control of the Federal government and You must take up your com- plaint with the post office or the post office department. - It you get. no 1 GREAT WESTERN on; do Is the Great western Oil Company a reliable concern and is the stock a good investment?——R. D., Ubly, Michigan’ Upon Writing the Michigan Secur- ities "CommiSsiOn we find this ‘com- pany has not been authorized to sell its Stock in the state of Michigan. Better go careful There are too many oil companies selling stock throughout the state. “Sure things” are not being offered to everyone. It is only the "long chances” that the .poor man has an opportunity to buy stock int—Managing Editor. MOVING CAR OF COAL FROM STATION T0 STATION I have been dealing a little in the coal business. Would you please tell me if there is any legal charges for moving a car of coal from one station to another? ,. Ihad a car of coal moved from one statIion to another, a. distance of 7 miles. It contained 53 tons of coal and they charged me $53—H. P, Michigan. A You should write to the Michigan Public Utility Commission, Lansing, Mich, with a full statement of the facts—W. E. Brown, legal editor. ,we ‘V‘Ote' 3115 "it ”tire ens 'w 0 large *~ mark their ballots / . ' 1% ‘board and a Republican 0011,1155“ ‘ 8., Evart, Mich. . a ballot as the voter wants having it lawfully counted. A penalty is also previded tor any labion. There is no reason the. , _ man because he is a Republican or. Democrat is dishonest The inspect- are of election are responsible to th people of the township for the co“, , duct of the election. If a man 0,. woman takes the proper oath there» .. fore he or she is entitled to have the, assistance of the inspector designat- ed for that purpose who mustfieimlalln how -to mark the ticket or ‘himSelfz mark it as the voter wishes, in the presence of all the challengers and other persons outside of the bodth The inspector shall not mark it from a written slip that may be handed to ~ him nor shall the inspector suggest how the voter should vote, nor in - any way attempt to influence himgf No fairer way could be devised and. those who would complain of such an arrangement for marking do not - want a fair marking. —-W. E. Brown, legal editor. __-A rm: ' —_——- \ om.momoucouoomomanmmomomomomo .11mmomomomom nomunauuo'uooouusl oval-1113111011101" . ‘MIIILIIIUIIIIIII IHIIIIIIHLIIIIIHI IUIJIIIIIIIIIIIJIIIIHI XIII 111111111111 IIIIIHIHII III! 1111]"! ‘HIII . Veteran Farmers Use McCormick, Deering and Milwaukee Binders SAFEGUARD your grain crop while you have time, by ordering neces- sary tlme- and labor- sa-ving harvesting equipment and genuine I H C ‘ repairs from your nearby International dealer. Place your reliance in machines bearing the time-tried, service-proved names— McCormick, Deering‘ and Milwaukee. These are names your father and grandfather knew well—and trusted. The reputation of this Company assures you that they are today as ever worthy of your confidence. 0/! Time for Looking Forward After long and difficult wanderings we are coming to steadier days. Let us turn our backs on doubt and dissension and observe with fair minds the ”great problems that face Industry as well as Agriculture. We cannot lag by the wayside and go forward at the same time. For yourself, be the true American optimist. Defend your faith in the success of the year and 1n the future of America—and help your fields to . yield to the limit of their powers. From that foundation, only, can Agriculture and Industry be brought to that peak of health which kindles good fortune in town and country alike. Be one who looks ahead. Plan your labors wisely; govern well your land, ' your crops, {your machines, your help; exercise a broad-gauge economy so that .de'served profit may result. Then the summer of 1921 will see the sun shining 3.011 great seas of grain and the granaries of autumn will be overflowing. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTBR CQlylPANY CHICAGO _ . ‘BMNCH £90636 AND 15.000 DEALERS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (INCORPORATED) 1 l p1110111011101."tern-momom.m-Iuomomom0111.1 1. . . 11mmomom0111o1110111011101110111Guaninemommnommuomo111.ml USA ’ lAfll'UflDAX. APRIL II. 1921 Pubfishcd every Satimisy by the RURAL PHILICHIIB MANY. InI. ‘ It. onions. mum 1h tubers Acioultuui Publishers Association in New York, Ghana Louis and Minneapolis h! its Associatsdfim YIN , x.‘ . . ONE YEAR, 52 IS‘UEO. ONE DOME ' 1 M ”an. 150 Issue: ............................ $2.00 1. “is... 280 Issues .00 ' . T 0 address label on each. paper is the subscriber’s receipt and shay-to what date his subscription is paid. on renewals an ’ER muimawechtinsbotorstholsbelisclmm ‘ m! m: Mfr-flu cents nor mu line.14 lines to tbs column inch. 768 lines to page * -. . Live Rock and Auction 8st. Advertising: abs to Inputs his breeders of g '10! than. . We ofler special low fin stock and poultry: wru- II OUR GUARANTEED ADVERTISERS We respectfully ask our readers to lever our ad- vertisers when possible. Their catalogs and W are cheerfully sent free. and we manta ,0! sninst loss providing you say when writing or or- denng from them: "I saw your sd.1n my mchmn Business firmer." Entered ss second-elu- matter. at postoflos. Mt. Clemens Mich. The President’s Message . A IF weary of the ceaseless criticism di- rected at President Wilson before, dur- ing and since the ~war, the independent press of the country unite in approVal of the Hard- ing policies as outlined in his message to Cougress. This attitude may be taken as ‘evinciug a desire to be fair with the new President and give him a chance rather than a settled conviction that his 'views are One .hundred per cent 'correct. The ’big business interests, harrassed as they, have been by war- time regulations and burdensome taxes, hail the Harding message as their emancipation proclamation. Says the Wall Street Journal, ‘Harding message pleases Wall Street ” In certain respects the Harding message is positive and startlingly frank. *In others it is not so clear. Mr. Harding leaves us in ‘no doubt as to what he thinks of the League of Nations. He is still laboring under the im- pressiou that the tremendous vote given the Republican party last fall was a vote against the League, and insists that the “mandate of the people be respected.” Some day he will find out that he is mistaken. He still speaks of a nebulous “association of nations,” but keeps is entirely in the dark as to the partic- ‘ulars in which it will differ from the present League, “But that. is for the future,” he says. He is right. A proposal to the other nations at this time to scrap the Deague of ‘Nations and build a new one would ‘be met , with scorn and ridicule.- Of necessuy, in— deed, the Harding “association of nations.” ; _must await the kindly developments of time. The country at large will heartily endorse Mr. Harding’s suggestion of a separate peace ' [with Germany. Since the administration cannot sign the Versailles treaty linked as it ' is with League covenant, it is well to end the farce of “technical war” with Germany so that we may resume diplomatic and trade re- latirns with her. . Mr. Harding is strongly in .favor of immed- iate tariff legislation to protect American in- dustry'and agriculture from foreign compe- tition. A well known economist scofis at the idea of a prosperous United States needing ;“protection” from the impoverished nations of Europe, and exclaims, “It is not usually -, necessary to protect the strong from the Weak. ” Nevertheless, certain domestic agri- 3“ .< ”cultural and manufacmred articles are s:'~- threatened by imports and the nation at large ’- "l’l-yappr0ve of a moderate increase in, exiSt- . , tariff rates. ‘We; must abolish the acess profits tax,’ , Mr Harding, and Big Business rubs its 1n glee. No one, will object to remote, ‘ ’ 7 enough Unqualified endorsementis' Harding’ 3 economy pledge. 9 “we promised less government in business and more busts ‘ness 1n government, and we must now make, good on our pledges and practice rigid econ 'omy in every departinent of government. ” That’s fine, but it would have sounded better had Mr. Harding pledged his administration. to a reduction in the naval program. which bids fair to cost the taxpayers close to a half. billion dollars during the present calendar year. The subject of disarmament Mr. Harding discussed in a rather desultory way. He is in sympathy with the proposal to re-7 duce armaments but he wants some other nat- ion to take the lead. Perhaps these slight criticisms are not jus- tified. Perhaps Mr. Harding has, not yet found his feet and is still feeling ‘his .way. ' Perhaps it is well for him to proceed slow1y with suggestions that may appear to be of an ultra-progressive nature. That, wasn’t the Roosevelt way nor the Wilson way, but per' haps the Harding way may be the wise way in the face of the difl‘iculties which now con-' fmnt the nation and the world. Time alone will tell. The State Commissioner of Agriculture “ HEN GOV.’ Groesbeck appointed 'Her- , man“Ha.lladay to head the new depart- ment of agriculture he made a wise choice. Although Mr. Halladay has been in the ser- vice of the state for nearly a’ dozen years, he has managed and lived upon his farm in St. Joseph County nearly all that period, and is still just a plain farmer So many men who leave the farm and are appointed to political office soon lose their intrest in other farmers, but not so with .Mr'. Halladay. He still has the same sympathetic point of view and the same appreciation of the problems of agricul— ture as he had when he was first appointed to office. Mr. Halladay is not likely to inaug- urate any brilliant reforms in the departments over which he now has charge. but “he will, you may rest assured, give every ounce of his. energy and every iota of his ability to making his department an instrument of real service to the farmers of Michigan; Farm Bureau Salaries OME COMPLAINT has been heard from .farmers over thersize of the salaries which it is reported the Bureau is paying to some of its executive heads. In the first place, the Bureau is not spending as much money for salaries as has been reported in the press. In the second place, even if it was, it can prob- ably show that it is getting value received. It wouldn’t b'e'surprising if the Farm Bureau. has squandered some money during the first year of organization. “Easy come, easy go, is an old and true saying. And nothing in the world ever came easier that the money from memberships in the State Bureau. The Bureau has had some pretty high-Salaried men. Some of them were good, and some no good. The good ones it needed and the poor. ones it has got rid of. Those who have been retained are probably worth their salary and could earn as much elsewhere. Farmers must- learn that men With executive ability who can ‘ manage a new business and make it shew a profit will not sell their services for a Song. They don’t have to. Other people are willing to pay them good salaries and the farmers will . have to if they want to keep them. The rea- ’ son so many 0;;-Operative enterprises fail 01- lose money is because the amount bf salary which is :iofliered for a manager is not large « ' ability" The Farm , given ; of 1111»: ' masterpifixe. With infinite 'a stirring appeal for peace. pipé out of his month long enough-its- War? “Think it’s discouragm eh? Weill. sonny you Ought to have been farming bad Farming today is like, Sunday to bkfs Mon day compared to What it was that your" . . The story is told of a painter. who war-bed" five long years on what he hoped might be his " mm t he brought his painting step by step to comple- tion. A few more days and it would be readye ,. for the yes of the public But one night, 8‘. vandal entered the studio and the next; norm ing the painter discovered his. nearly finished canvas a min. F5ve years of hard work and sacrifice gone! Could the masterpiece ever be duplicated! For a time he was lost in de- spair. Then in a little While,- his oldotium persistency re- asserting itself, he brought out a clean canvas, took up his palette and start- ed anew. The famier like the painter, finds his work of the last few years virtually destroyed. The market catastrophe has wiped out his profits and blasted his hopes. No wonder his heart is heavy and his feet like lead as he follows! the plow in the furrow But like the true son of the soil that he is he takes a firmer grasp of the plowr handles, squareshis jaw, ., and says, “I won’t be downed. I’ll stick and win.” Yes it takes courage to go at the- job again this year, and the man who can be cheerful and .happy through it all deserves a lot of credit. But hope,——-the elixir of life,——'—-_- ; will give him strength and determination to survive his present discouragements and go confidently forward. 1 Thank God for the Women! .- - . TTE WIRES were still ringing with the- President’ 3 message to 0.011ng blasting the people’s hope for a program of disarmae merit and werld peace, when a gray—haired. yoma‘n arose before the National League of»: , \Vomen Voters at Cleveland and in an impea- sioned plea implored the women of the United States to bring an end to war. The woman was Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt one of the earliest advocates of woman suffrage. She had been scheduled to give a speech on politi- cal economy, but moved to the depths by a , terrible word picture which Irvin S. Cobb had drawn of the horrors of war, she discarded her set speech and threw her heart and soul int0;; As she spoke many women wept and Others became hysterr icalu The next day the convention unan-. imously adopted resolutions addressed to Con- gress and the President asking that immed- iate steps be taken to co-operate with other nations in world wide disarmament. The junkers and militarists will put all this . down as the “silly sentiment of women,” just as the liquor interests dubbed the early agita- tion for prohibition, ‘_‘the hysteria of a few. , preachers and feifialos’ ” But "the appeal of; ‘ these women has already found a lodging place far beyond the four walls of the conven- tion hall in the hearts of mill'- 011s of inch and women Who hate war and long for the day when it shall be no more. Thank God for the Women! May they be given the courage and the strength to lead a weary and sordid World; in4 a victorious fight against humanity’ a great. est curse! ‘ Now that they're trying to pass a 15111 111 legislature to stop the sale of Henry lord's pa per, the Dearborn‘ Independent, on the macho Michian cities. Henry" has probably in ~ ,, double the force in his circulation dew take care of the new subscrinuo a great booster ‘- . a fellow down at " till g ' . ”h, m the nation at the outline. think: our present laws est-tint. They are proven fail- laws encourage ugh the lax my the slender: . _ handled. Indeed it is hard in . t a "man of the terrible crime fl - murder because of the may fiancee he has to escape conviction h our courts. and as a result at our 1 ' 1m: laws many men are at large to- they. have the fear of #3 Who should be behind the bars or prison walls.- Why fear capital punishment for l'urderors? I say, if my boy com- hits murder let him hang for it..- If the hangs- lnan’ s uooa‘le in their heart they will not take the life of another.‘ . Your correspondent quotes scrip- mes to support his position. Let , noxrefer him to some scripture in to Law of Moses. It was imposed on him to die who took the life of .mther. If a man was hung for ’ . murder society would be rid of him forever, and he would not be pard- ened only to come back and do the same thing again. Now I don' t think that capital punishment would pre— . 1Vent murder. There always has than murder and there always will to, but he who hangs will never touble anyone again. It is claimed that innocent men are hanged, but he Who is honestly inclined never gets into trouble. In conclusion _ H’s have anything in the place of .5 . our present system which is a farce "mu, , if . :.~ on likewise? .nod deal said about the state troop- ._ -:-"~ on. Fer one I think it is too heavy as a restriction for maiden—H. A. Galloway, Michigan. You yloursgilf have stated the most ef- rgu on against Capital punish- but, to" wit, that capital punishment will not prevent murder Wh'y substi- ate one system for another, which leg- antes the taking of human ”crimes has proven that such a sys- llfe, when inn is no improvement over the other. What connection is there between the had at puni‘shment that Is meted out to. . a convicted man and the enforcement of me lanP It is as easy and sensible to provide by legislation for the mere risk enforcement of the law and for the motion of the indiscriminate par- g of desperate criminals, as it is adopt capital punishment Why urge ta! punishment, why even think 01" until all eflforts have been exhaust- :2." to bring about a. better enforcement the law and the full time serving of .- ences. *izl'he, above was written before the .mlsiamro teal:1 111311 tactio‘n on the bill ‘ . was no , a e arguments which ‘ ed the bill were virtual- “the "same as have been 11gb these columns. We think the mole of Michigan feel cleaner anl flare up right because of the defeat of the capital punishment bill than they would had it become a law—Editor "1_ECONOMY TN STATE AFFAIRS ' VER SINCE the legislature has ; - been in session I have tried to _ 5». -~ keep in touch with matters per- hiding to agriculture and have of course watched the appropriations We as farmers have been asked to - raise more and to be economical. we have listened but when will ’ our state- institutions take heed and I see there has been a ; burden to place on the taxpayers who are already so heavily burden- ad that they are ready to yield up the ghost But if we Inust have hem 'will. some member of the legi'sl tore ‘intrOduce a‘bill to do away [with our ._ our “Jill and game wardens; also uterine deputies and constables and aim 1y have a t ”d if ”the egislature wants to?” of. mine introduce a 12111 to_ do. n“ the township treasurer y“ our taxes direct to- crlme ' V ‘be a mighty ‘ census flgu presented - nkey at the 511113..) - taxpayer and have alway- been op- posed to one-man power. in refer- ence to supervisors having all pow- er in the county to the county agents, without consent of the ma.- joflty armor-in the MP8. 0.. , ow (Headland, Bennie” Gout], mob. ‘mm mum-meet ”governor; is a strict. disable of economy or will be made There’s going to scrap when Wayne county ks to double its representation in the le 'slature on the basis of the . new too If this is done. how- the rural sections must be pro. the number of rep- as some otheo ever. tected by increasin rheumatim, allow states now do. one repre tative to every county regardless 0 population and -more as the population warrants. Now about the county agents. It’s a coastion’s that’s soon to be solved by the farmers themselves. The farm Bu- reau. if it survives should and undoubt- edly will. hireand pay the county agent as its active officer. As long as federal, state amd county axes are usedio support the county agent. there will be trouble. Let him be'hlred by the farmers themselves—Editor. ' PLUMB DISGUSTED , N YOUR Lansing news, by Baker, youask, under heading "Auto Licenses,” “What do you think about it?” Here’s what I think, and Idon’t have to think much, either. If all our bright. smart’farmers have gone to the city (and mind you, I don’t admit they have) can you blame them? ‘ Next, I believe that better than 90 per cent of our farmers are feel- ing as though there waSn’t. isn't and never will ‘be any use of mahng any fuss to get something for their ben— efit. Can you blame them? I don't mean to insinuate that Mr. Baker nor Rep. Ferris are not try— ing their best to hold up our end at Lansing. I honestly believe THEY are doing their very best, but what’s the use? Does it mean anything? Can you remember as far back as Mr. Newberry’s case? Most of 11s farmers will never forget it. Such " things exist in American politics to— day, and as long as they do, I for one, don’t care whether I take any part in politics or not. And last answer this please. Why are better than 50 per cent of our farmers (the smartest, too) dis- gusted with the Farm Bureau?— H. L. Briley, Otsego County, Mich. Betadollartlntitmsnhflngtho day you wrote this letter. And it was raining when I started to write this. too Old Man Gloom W m: in a chair right across my deer. "What’s the use of struggling any longs." he said, “the world is going to the dogs. There's no hope for the , They might as well yield to the inevitable.” “Mebbe you’re right," sea “mebbe you're right." Then the ol lighting spirit began to stir bl I look- ed Old Man Gloom in face and said. a very profitable mine. "You'ne 1hr, and the truth is in you. The world is NOT going to the dogs. Then is hr the lam and we'll keep on fighting along this line till doomsday.” I felt bet- ter. and Old Man Gloom gathered up his skirt: and floated out of the wind- . The storm clouds hooh to their. heels or his land the sun beginning to shine. But some of the questions you have 11 m py end, whichever it may be. Let‘s give 'em a chance and die fighting. What say you, friend Briley?—-Editor. GOLD IN ‘ALOONA COUNTY? _ LCONA COUNTY may be the richest county in the state. Some time ago a well-known farmer by the name of Fleming‘was digging a well and discovered some kind of mineral in the earth that he took from the well. He sent a sample of the mineral away and had it analyz— ed and was found to be a percent- age of gold. He then made a more thorough investigation with the help of a mining expert and found that the mineral tested 42 per cent or ‘ $42 of gold dust to the ton of earth. This was proof that Mr. Fleming bad He at once established an oflice in the city of Harrisville‘ and advertised and sold claims that the gold mine would be operated and controlled by Alcona county stockholders. However, Mr. Fleming did not start operation on thevmine. It was rumored that he did not sell stock enough to start op— erations. This happened some two years ago and every thing was left as it was until the present when 2111— ' other farmer living some six miles from Mr. Fleming's mine was dig- ging post holes and be also discov— ered some sort of mineral in the ground and had it analyzed and found to be gold mineral. Two outside mining men from the state of Delaware at once bought the land from Mr. Fettis and has also purchased the claim from Mr. Flem- ing and will at once commence op- eration. These two mining men are experts at the mining business and are backed in this Alcona gold mines by H. Forder. They have already ordered machinery to operate the mine with-«Wallace Barker, Alcona County, Michigan. It may not be impossible that there is gold in paying quantities in Alanna county But the odds are it countless thousands of tar-mm have discovered “strange min~ eralsf' beneath the sod on their farms. M111 have gone to the expense of hav- ”It analyzed only to find that “all is not gold that glitters." Don’t take a metallurgtst's word for this. to the State Geologist meantime defer pay- p ces for leases on A1- farms—Editor. Go soft—17 ¥ Musings of (1 Plain Farmer r soft balmy breeze is stirring. All nature is awake, The milk man is driving a mule now. ’-He informs me that milk has raised 400 per hundred this month. I Swooned and fell prone to the ground. It was a distinct shock to BEAUTIFUL April morning. A .me. This _mold\bocrd brightened the first round.- The ground is in prop- ‘er condition for tillage. quiet like. They know I am a dream- er and never carry a whip. The wheat is looking green and thrifty. The, old boys On the grain exchange will ntb their hands together this year. . An itchy palm is a sign you are going to have money. Don’t yer know. . The cows are looking over the barnyard fence wistful like. I sup- pose the gross looks a foot high to them ' It's: smog, I will unmtch. 1 and fresh. bedding 111 the stalls _ hay in the managers. My two in- , . daughters. ‘ . stackup for a mole Suture Weather. permitting l " FARMERS SHOULD 8m. . USTAlineto tellyoullibyolf J paper 'better than any I W ever read. I wish I could put my W h writing as some do in your col-Int. My education is limited but I on W ways make out your editor-lab and practically all the rest as it is plain. no going around the bush M is. .. Keep it a)! j. I wish I could get my opiniousand‘ what I want to our represented“ . but I can’t see how to do it. and In think there are a good many in ‘1 . boat, that would like to make selves heard But I think it is at- possible to try individually, there- fore the Farm Bureau and Orange and the diiferent associations are good things to assist us farmers to get some of the things we want. 1 I was in the beet deal last m. I was surprised to see so many lay down after I heard them talk It meetings. Some blamed theofli- cars for losing. I don’t. I blame the fiarm‘ers themselves; I mean those that got weak-knead and plant- ed beets. They are out again but!- cannot help this year, as I have been laid up for eight month: with sciatica and I can't get out yet. Therefore I will content myself with reading your good paper.——-Huu'y Leloney, Tuscola County, Mich. ‘ Good gracious. man, I don't see thing wrong with your education You; too bashful, that’s 1111.15. man who the capacity for thinking and knows the English alphabet surely has the coped- ? for putting his thoughts in wash. ou do welL Write again Glad you are for organization and the M. 3. It's a combination that’s bound to wh' 111' the end if the farmers stick— THE BITTER WITH THE swm AY BACK in 1900, folks, you well remember that prices were very low and eggs were down to twelve cents and you have all heard the old adage “History al- ways repeats itself." Well, the meta ' of the matter are it is getting true right now, isn’t it? For the parlodv of years prosperity has blown to all quarters _pf this great earth and ev— eryone who wanted to could W and most all over—reached, and than when this crash came, woe, behold. a great storm came. you might say in one night, causing a gloom to cast over the whole universe that has not as yet lifted and our great men say it will be a whole year be—r fore it will be lifted. With the millions of our men out ‘ of work matters kept growing grad- ually worse until it looked as tho things would happen but our great men said “Listen," The nation did and now it is gradually coming back. But remember, not to such high prices as heretofore, but on a safer basis and unflated prices. During the past few weeks wheat, oats, beans, etc., have reached levels that the pro-war and even lower. But all classes will have to take the. bitter with the sweet and we Mich!» ganders will have to sing “Micki-1 gan, my Michigan, " to turn the till 9 and unit developments. Up here in Arenac the farmers are _ getting busy already for a big cm— : paign and we feel justly proud too ‘ of our country as she has responded . doubly to all calls from most every source Our banks have worked 'wlth the farmers to tide them ivg as much as possible and are now. aiding them in starting out the m1 ‘ with a rush for more and butter. The lumber dealers hollerod eon— ~. adorable about cutting prion but; they also are swallowing the m stuff as well as the rest and .0917 men we have not heard fly much are our newspaper men our loan umd to hard times._, hank our good‘Lord that 'W 1 grand people behind it.» hoping that We may hear ' .ers in this liuegé—«M. R V conditions. _ w— . _ moss: VITAMINES AGAIN ~ NMUQH that five. read today we come, across; the word ‘ “vitamin- "I ii?" iii tcfii’ii’ind fiat many. dictionaries‘ Whencyclopedias have no speaking {‘gcgnaintance with . the word. Perhaps. it has come to stay and 3‘ {funny event we cannot'afford to J J...remain_‘in ignorance of any subject ."so'lmuch discussed and evidently so ' imp‘bl‘tant. ’ , The vitamines, so called for lack , of a; better term, and not because it is scientifically descriptive, are an element found in certain foods and absolutely necessary to our growth and health, so small that they defy and-”puzzle the workers in labora- tories but so. important that a lack ofgthem causes such diseases as scurvy, rickets, pellagra and ner— vous disorders. This however need give us no worry as the vitamines are easily procurable and cheap, be- ing found in fresh fruits and green vegetables, the thin skin of the po- tato and most largely” in‘milk, there— fore in cottage cheese, cream, but- ter and hard cheese, provided that it has been made of whole milk. The fats in the yolks of eggs, in liver; kidneys and sweet breads also pos- sess them. All green leaves from spinach to lettuce. The thin leaves possessing more than the thick ones, such as cabbage and endive. They are found in small quanti- ties in all whole. grains but milling eliminates them and they are ab- sent in white flour, white rice, fine hominy and in sugar, molasses, olive oil and tapioca. These are dead foods and should be combined with live foods. ‘ . Eat milk or cream with breakfast cereals, butter with white bread and "put milk and eggs in rice and tapi— oca pudding. From this we may gather that our own natural instincts and tastes have in some. measure at least lead us aright in the selection and ar— rangement of foods. And although the nature» of vitamines is unknown . we know where to find them. We know that they are necessary to life growth and health and that their absence causes shortening of life. CLEAN‘MILK S MICHIGAN is in the front rank as a dairying state, the wv' following article published by the U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture should be interesting. More explic- . it information will be published if ' requested: I __ Definition of Clean Milk “‘While a rigid application of the » definition of the word ‘clean’ would . exclude milk which contains foreign matter or any bacteria whatever, for ordinary purposes we may under- stand that clean milk is milk of good flavor from healthy cows, that is free from dirt and, contains only a small number of bacteria, 'none of which are harmful. . ImpOrtance of Clean Milk to the Consumer "The consumer is interested in clean milk primarily because no one cares to use a food which is not pro- duced and handled under sanitary . He has a more direct ‘ interest, however, because of the nger of contracting disease which y be communicated by the use of ected milk. Serious epidemics of "hold fever, septic sore throat, -_ . 1d other diseases have been spread . ":3l,hrough milk which was not careful- ly‘i'oduced Or properly pasteurized. 'weight of scientific evidence at ddleates’ that tuberculosis b6 shaman-om mama- to ' Mass , mm emf . Gm Gamma? " a great factor in' preventing contam- lnation. _ view, there is danger not only from milk that contains the specific dis- ease producing bacteria previously mentioned but also from milk that contains large numbers of miScelc; » which may cause ‘ laneous bacteria, serious "digestive troubles, especial- ly in invallds and infants whose diet consists chiefly of milk. A minor consideratiOn is the-loss to the con- sumer from milk soaring or other-_ “FrOm a health point of .1“, “nudging; the business." i _mOst seems impossible. . foundation of all material thing‘siand p.rop9r759ntt of mess‘txnings,..1eaas to greater“. care mom THINKING IND IS isojstro‘ng' a force that, "when used in. the rightfiir-ecn tion may accomplish what al.- the servant of the spiritual forces. Recently I found these .few sug- The: Dairy Cod) 7 By I. G. Bennett, Missouri Dairy Commissionér I .1 AM the Dairy Cowl ' Find me a home on your farm to- day, . I Give me good food and. I'll pay my way, With a profit to you if you have a good barn " 'lhat I can go into and keep myself warm, When the weather is cold, snowstorm is h'er‘e; Then I‘ll fill your pail with milk, never fear-— , For I‘m the Dairy Cowl and a I‘ve fostered the lives of children for 10! these many years; I‘ve paid the mortgage of! the farm, the thot of ‘which brought tears; I‘ve kept the wheels of commerce go- ing with a busy Whirl. I‘ve done my part toward making this a grand old world. And if you feed and care for me, I'll do my best for you— . I‘ll buy you that piano and an auto- mobile too-,— For I’m the Dairy Cow! > You can‘t ask more, I‘m sure“; that‘ 'I‘ll build good roads and‘build' good schools and along; - _, - . I‘ll make your farm W...‘bigg§l' crops, your bank account grow strong;' ' > ‘ When drouths- and floods, andpwind, - and hail . , , Destroy your crops or make them fall. ' I‘ll take what’s left and make for on ' . y _ . _ . The choicest food man ever know—— For I‘m the Dairy COW! ’. Don’t feed me straw and cornstalks that stand out in the field, _ ‘ And nubbins' from a run-down farm. and call that a. square” meal. Remember “me, I‘ll serve ,you the , same as you 'serve me; ‘ as fairasfalr can be; ~ 80 give me a home with pastures $130311. . ' And I’ll pay you with, a golden , For rm the Dairy Queen. wise spoiling before it can be usedfi The cleaner the milk the longer it will keep good and sweet. Importance of Clean Milk to the Producer , "Clean milk benefits not only the consumer but the milk producer as well. Most producers of market milk have experienced the chagrin of having a shipment of milk refused or returned because it reached the market sour, tainted or otherwise in poor condition. Although the milk may be used for feeding pigs, it us- ually is a complete loss to the pro- ducer, since the cost of transporta- tion back to the farm usually ex- ceeds the value of the milk. Fre- quently, also, the producer depends on a certain market as an outlet for his milk and has no means of util— izing small quantities at uncertain intervals, even if he had it at the farm. Another important consider- ation is the unpleasant effect which the receipt of sour, tainted or other- wise unsalable milk has upon the purchaser. Delivering milk of that -kind usually results in the loss of the confidence of the dealer,,or, if it is'delivered directly to the con— sumer, the loss of customers. Clean milk means fewer complaints, 3. bet- ter class of patrons, and a steady marketfor the product. “To safeguard the purity of the milk is., in several 'ways, a promos on to health on the farm? First, the health of the members of ' the farmer's family, who use a portion of the milkpand. second, the health of the calves, which live largely on; milk. ”Healthy cows to breed'from -nd pure milk to feed fromvare two Writ ‘ m and 1:12th » come true: factors ingesting. thrifty ' . . development» and. gestions. for_ right thinking which ‘ means right living and will pass them on. ' _ e o c Promise Yourself Tobe so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk Health, Happiness ,and" Prosperity to every person you meet. To make all/your friends feel there is something in them. To look on the sunny side of ,ev—. erything and make your optimism To think only of the best, to werk only for the best and to expect only the best. - ' "Do be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. ' . To forget the mistakes of the pas and press. on tovthe greater achieve— ments of the future. ’ * _ . 7 To give somuch time to the im- provement of_y’ourself that you have no time to criticize others. To wear a cheerful countenance . at all times and give every living. .creature you meet a smile. \ , To be too large for worry, too noble for anger‘,"to‘o strong for fear and too happypto permit’the pres— .ence of trouble.- . - ——C.. M. Cramer. TO CLEAN, BATHTUB§ This solutionls used by plumbers and disinfects as well as cleans. . Put two tablespoonsof chloride of lime in oneuguart of ‘ water, apply with a, cloth andfrub hard. Thls'solution may be left in bowl -butil'n the» morning. , . 4 ii I proper use” " hot- dishesm t0: . ‘ ’Asbestos “1.1.132: 9n- M ".Women.._readem ha thinking, about“ their _ spring ‘36 and” hous‘e‘c’l’eaning to write" ‘ for...» little page; 1““It seems to 7 me the . our daily “life— andfi various. den It 1'3 the ‘ "we might think‘bf something or help the church - _ , . . . .enough materialto fill tip-one training of chil ren is always a live. . beds of care andmamr 7" agemeflt {of the'fhe'rd "andth‘e study. . 0. 1A: terest to‘write about.» I always» t "thing morsels :what new tame as been Offered. E‘I was'niuch intereéi. ed 11.1.3419 questions submitted. 3 as time ago 16an "The .Uncfilture ‘ ' band"-.fand the trainingof Let us have more of‘ such” to , out our viewpoints. Surely the we- men readers should contribute Let usshake the cobwebs .ou ‘ brains and get 'busy;——A Penfleld, Mich. ~ » It was not exactly for lack~of.l ial that our page was cut in“? two because the paper was .v'e neither Uncle Ned nor I liked the ation very well but we had to 100K natured and hope not to have, it éha pen often. . ' ' , Our reader ‘is quite right; a littleitinfi spared from spring cleaning and's ', v and perhaps gardeningband Minding 011.158ng interesting su jects. a "quite 2dr; 3 ra e, . -' ~ -. , : What shall we discuss? Suppose dyed put on your thinking caps andls’en listsconsisting of three or four” subjects, we wilt talk them, over .insour. editorial allies and decidegon severalmmd ask for your opinions. I; .‘bplieve3 , shall 'then .have some lively 'Ydebateai',§ ' our, subscribers, Write clearly and w 7 and'often open ~.up new views. . Is the phrase, "The ~Uncultured"fins-. band," a happy choice? Perhaps"- 3. can word it differently, at least. it .. ours to your editor that it Would ' like vivisection with the. vidtim, on. While for those.- bf‘"/jl§l$,- lost our husbands, only happy andpl, ant memories houlfl be recalled. Th . Rb a‘ sue. What we shall..‘read, and. = _. thing concerning the, home, the queetlfi as to the desirability of a. dengue- , women voters, farm life as against city life. awesome topics which may be ' ' gestions.;}:;-l.‘ 33 , , . . ' Howeverf I leave, “it " all. amays- 19.9 in dank . child _.1§0ks;lh’”hls stoo ink or? .1, ,1 morhin land the ._ first of tilequnth, ing w‘ei over I expect some .1 please; things. Who will/be the first? _; - OF mm '- y Ines. Wei-Lhave’on hand some good, 139:, liable information; on, home [an 4 ing, ,home made. aflreless coo HANDBOQKS ,_ making a, convenient work sh: the farm kitchen and‘thou‘serclé": ing .made easier. . Questions.*f answered or information sent quest. Also how to make in mented grapei‘juice and. theprfi ‘ ‘ tion of clean ".‘milk; in fact; we; 3 attempt to answer. any and fall a quiries'. . ‘H‘ ’ '. Rhubarb Sauce , RIM AND wash the stalks but do; That peel. Cntginto 344 ”inch ple‘cé. es: For every, 3 level cups 6? ' rhubarb take 1 'cup of sugar. Ppt- the sugar intoa auce pan, ’moistegi With 1-4 ‘Cup of ~' a‘ter, "let misfit? solve and come to a boil, then‘ add, ' the rhubarb. Let all "parts reé‘chfi‘he‘: boiling point then take the; kettle from the fire immediately, ”if keep on cooking for quite a few hit utes; in the hot _ syrup- Q Rhub 'saucepwill taste and’look quite ‘ ,errent' cooked in this imanneris R can also be canned and keeps splen ‘ “ idly. Longggcooki‘ng absoluiteiy‘spoil (‘ the rhubarb’at‘i‘d probably-has been .onqgauas .of; its —unpopularity. _ «or'layator‘ypver’night and scrubbed , . immvf i ' ' 13-236 “Unless you see the‘ name; :17.- package or 0;; tablets -. you,_ getting genuine. Aspirin rpm: ggIljy— physicians~ ,_ for twenty-One _ and proved safe by millions. Take. " only as told in the Bayer pack- " ' .' Headache, Neuralgia, Earache, Toothache. Lum— Handy tin boxes of Druggists also sell larger pack- , ,I, Aspirin is the trade mark of yer Manufacture of Monoaceticacida ad dreSeing. tained by adding to the water in which a tongue is cooked a bouquet of sweet herbs and a few cloves and pepper corns. T-engue may be serv— ed while hot with a white sauce or cooled and served cut in thin slices , for parties or luncheons. - A Delicious Fruit Salad , Place on a leaf of lettuce a slice of pineapple the half of a pear, can- had; a few white cherries which can be procured at your grocers. .Cut them in him and remove the pits or I.wheré possible white malagra grap- es can be used, break a few marsh :mallows in about 3 pieces, then cov- er nicely With. a whipped cream sal- Many'other combina- tions can housed in place of the one suggested Dressing for Fruit Salad Boil together 2- 3 cup of vinegar, butter size of a walnut, 1- tablespoon ready to ma 9 your salad use rpm of dressing to 3 parts of, whipped cream. This'is one Bf. my favorite recipes which I have used many years—Editor. _ MAGIC MITT 1 Did you ever use the Magic Mitt for cleaning cooking utensils whose contents stick or for cleaning po-l tatoes ,which are to be baked or boiled with theskinson? The cost is so small (100) and they are in-' dispensable when once you own one! CORRESPONDENTS COLUMN OMEI TIME ago we received a let— ter frOm’one of our subscribers telling of some linen sheets she wished "to sell andIlast week tnere came a request for some of theSe same sheets. 1 We expect both ladies will be pleased and beneflétted when the transaction is completed. Moral: Having some commodity to sell or exchange use our department. ‘ Shoe in“! onths A Georgian Colonial House Designed by Charles S. Sedgwick . PAY POST MAN , Send no money gust send your name. ad- , - ress and size. Your shoes be sent by return #0an 84 45 and' postage on arrival ARMY & NAVY SHOE CO., , 45 W. 84th 81.. New Your rite of - ' ~ ' Inc 1110110311ng uyinhodvirye‘lz‘tI H“ thmwum. ‘I' this house geonstruction With wide siding and tiarge fluted columns of pine. How: .i eyer, it could be built of stucco on LIVING Ran/v. fJ'-6'/( l5: I N‘E OF THE handsomest de- 0 signs for a home is this Georgi- L"? 'atn 'Oolqnial :house which is shown this week. With tall columns gracing the front of this house, an .air of spaciousness and quiet dig- nity is attained. As shown here, is of .subhtantial frame lath .or of brick with columns A house of this ould not be squeezed up ‘ her- houses, ’but it should‘ :19 grounds‘around it and ' CIM MEIER. cm mm; fMLL. CHAMBER, .9 x lo' (WA/115:2 ’ my /J'—s' way leads from the living room into the kitchen which is connected to the dining room by a butlsr‘s pan- try. A service porch is in the rear with room on it for the refrigerat- or. ‘Four charming bed rooms and bath room comprise the second story, which is eight feet, six inches high. It is intended that this hous'e shall have a concrete foundation with stone face of wall above grading. There is also a full and complete basement which feet high. The first story is nine feet high. The, roof is covered with slate, thus rendering it fire—proof from flying sparks or nearby cons flagrations The interior enamel and the floors are of oak and it is s shown here,- this house, the. ' ls eight l is finish-I god throughout with birch and white Telling Farmers’ Wives AA farmer’s wife ~in Trumbull: COunty, Ohio, wrote to ask, "Why don’t you ~tell us farmers" ‘wives as much about Jell-O as you do the city women,rand why not give us the same chance to get Jell-O when we want it 2’” That was some time ago, and since then Jell-O has been placed on sale in practically every general store in America, including the one at the Corners and the Cross Roads, where it can be obtained as easily as at the groceries in the bigtowns. ‘ The Jell-O Book is free to every woman everywhere. It is full of re- cipes for the desserts and salads that are most popular just now, not only because they are cheaper than almost anything else that is worth serving, but are really better than any made at much greater expense. And most of them can be made in a minute. The J ell-O Book will be sent to you if you will write and ask for it. Jell-O is put up in six pure fruit flavors: Strawberry, Raspberry, Lemon, Orange, Cherry, Chocolate, and is sold by all grocers and gen- eral stores, 2 packages for 254cents. THE GENESEE PURE FOOD COMPANY Le Roy. N. Yuand Bridgeburg. Ont. . _WHO AM 1? I am the fellow that Milk: with “ MEHRING’S MILKER” It makes me smile when I see poor guys pull- ing away by hand. Buy a Mehring Milker and you can smile too. It was the first prac- tical milker and still has the lead in speed, efiiciemy and cheapness of operation and re- pa.ir Send for a catalogue and be convinced. It will milk one or tWo cows at once. Price $80 cash or $85 on trial Also engine pow- er milkers. . M MEHRING, Keymar, Maryland ' Upward CREAM SEPARATOR' On Trial. Easy runnin east cleaned. Skims warmgor cola milk. Whether dairy is large or small. get handsome catalogue and easy monthly payment offer. Address AMERICAN SEPARATOR CO., 8035067 Bsinbridxo. N.Y. DAHLIAS 12 choice named ‘varieties . . . .$2.00 6 choice named varieties . . . .‘ . $1.00 The stock that wins lst prize each year at the Michigan State Fair. BAUIMAN’S DAHLIA GARDENS Birmingham, Michigan Send for Catalogue $ BOOK ON DOG DISEASES m CHILD ’ have something sad I '- to tell you about this week. It is regarding 3one of. my little' nephews whom I wrote about in our December 25th issue of M. ’ 3.1K A .1103? nine years old living at Evart, Michigan, who wrote me that he had no brothers or. sisters and wished to know if I'knew of any litty boy who would like 'to come and live with him; ~Do~ you remember? His name was Levi P. Gug- el. _ ' In my letter to you I ask- ed, that some ofyou write him'a’nd I often wondered if any of you did when one day I received a letter from Irene Kohle of Adrian in which she told me she had read in the paper of the death of Levi Gugel. Then a few days late Levi’s mother wrote me all about it. “You little know how much good 'your page does,” she wrote. “Our little Levi is no more. You printed his first letter to you in the issue of the M. B. F. that came out on Christ- mas d‘ay. He received three letters that he read and enjoyed. There were four more which came after he had departed from this earth and we were very glad to read them.” Little did the writers of those letters know they were giving pleas— ure to a boy who would never live LEV D GUOEL to answer their letters. Un- knowingly they did. a wond- erful thing and the thOug‘hts of how they made the last days of little Levi’s life pleasanter and” brighter should remain With them all their lives. Two of ;my nieces, Meriem "Wiley and Irene Kohle, as soon as they learned of his death wrote letters of consolation to his mother. It is'just such girls as these two that when grown to womanhood, keep the word ”mother” so sacred. They have hearts of gold. ‘ Mrs. Gugel enclosed Le- vi’s last letter to me, which was written on Christmas Day, and, completing her let- ter I then read his. In it he told me how glad he was to see his letter in print and that he had received a letter that day from a little boy. He was~very anxious to answer the letter as soon as he was well enough. Then came a list of the presents he had received on Christmas and how they drew names at school and he had received a cup and saucer. “I have been sick 3 long time," he wrote. “If you could see me you would think I was all bones and no meat left on .me.’ There the letter ended, not even his name signed. Apparently he became tired atthat point and layed it to one side to finish when he was rest- ‘ thorn—Ellen ed. For ,trom his mind was the tiet‘ that. he would never finish his little letter to Uncle Ned, published with the other children’s letters in “The Children’s Hour." Such. is life. well and happy and the next moment the breath may depart from our bod- ice and our souls soar heavenward. We should-do a kind deed whenever it is possible for us to do so, so that if we should suddenly he called to appear before God we could do so believing we had lived our life upon this earth to the best advantage. Believing you all would like to see 'a picture of little Levi, I asked his mother to send me one to pub- lish on our page. ' She did and ‘I am printing it this week. ure was taken a. year ago the Zdth of next May, on Levi’s ninth birth- day. He was a bright love-able boy, very fond of out door life, and much loved by all who knew him. He lov->. ed to attend Sunday school and prayer meeting and I am certain his departure from this earth leav- es an empty place in that home that will never be filled—UNCLE NED. _______z:"___.__ OUR BOYS AND GIRLS Dear Uncle Ned .—+I am a girl twelve years of age and in the 8th grade at school. I live on a farm of eighty acres. I have two brothers. For pets I have a cat and a dog My cat weighs fourteen pounds. I wish some of the girls would write to me. I would write back to Nelson, Bannister, Mich_ Dear Uncle Nedt—I would like to join your merry circle. I am a farmer girl, mail it or seen» One moment we are ' This piet- , 12 years of ago.“ Have one her name is. Pauline. 1 am. in grade We take the I- B F. like it real well. I like to r ‘fl'fi'l‘alib C'hildren’ 3 Hour” We live on a 20 farm. We have four cowsr and 65% horses. For pets I have four ban one cat and (me dag We have a , and I enjoy riding in it in the sum time. —-Ni11a Graceg Randall, Cor na, Mic'h, Dear Uncle Ned :'—--I am a b 16 ~ old. am ,in the tMtrth ggde fq'afl'b have 3 horses, some cows and calves. 1‘ some hens, ducks and geese: We live” on _ an 80 acre farm. It is threestfumei'é‘ of a mile from school We are rear 4 miles from town The Cass river r "' through our farm. We havea row “min in summer. We have lots of .fun with it. In winter we skate. Your friend.—-» George Graves, R. 1, Snover. Michigan Dear Uncle Ned—I am a git-1,5111%“ " teen years old My folks take the II; B F. and I like to read it. I have .: sister, Florence fifteen years old and brother Herbert. I intend to raise 2’: small garden this year I am gt. plant lettuce, onions, radishésh) cameo, oes, cabbages and carrots. I the to read the boys’ and girls’ fleas. .————Ruth Brown, R 1, Hand 1 - Dear Uncle Ned1— My sister tat tho M. B. F. and I always look feral: on Saturday We have three horse and colt. Their names are Iry, We, and the oolt’s name is Beauty,” she looks like Black Beauty. .We also have sever: cows. four calves, two hogs. and about sixty chickens. We have about six ducks and a drake. For pots we have two eats, a dog and ahomi’ng' £13301; h t 11.1 h 25 is ca inc es 3 weig 1 01m and can split wood just like any 111107. love animals of any kind My brother’s horse Roany, is a nice horse ‘to arlde horseback. I often, when I am hog ‘ljake him and go after the cows. I w some of the boys and girls would me to me. Your loving niece ——Martha Tye ach. Rochester. Mich" R F. D ‘JV ' syndicated by BRIUSH Q COLON/AL PRESS w other this week. They have their favorite kind of - " All the rest of the D00 , boat encept the crews of the two ' to out to watch the race and the beatmen Rely appears a: good start but that little h of the tree was fish go; The Doomlle Regatta Roly win the race. Poly is not so- his line caught in Rob’s; c10thes,‘~lfi ., going to upset something—{lmer him-x” 39110111801»; I w under which: will be. the one to ‘ . is doing all he can beat 011,31,“ 'Landhao , for Sleepy Sam as usual, wn nt on the Pjobt Inc to poo is acting as referee. 61' ion mm nm‘es ‘ ~Man Grouch was fl'shin' an by et Garter die races .frhco the river Rho does t . ‘ ' going to rant " . noon ’ straight. intou Old ch‘gawbo that may «in be able to keep the wonderful race. «titan eff letters Your, '. . .J I am 15 years old and about 6 ~ ‘- ‘ e' be sister's. Th slim to school my (me 111.31%v baby ”deter Tom i, BmmClfi. W .,mor REPORTING more or ‘ II. 8. JEEP. 01" AW _ (00mm Mm pus 5) adtdemphsthemmanoldegmt is each state who rem thumb llete publication. The Bum also transmlte to the Inter-unusual In- statute or Agflmltum at Rome the crop aflmatee of use United Scotl- ad resolves team the Institute the mp estimates for all adha-elng countries of the world. The Bu- " mo maintains the most complete reflection of agricultural mm in the world and answers the heavy and growing correspondence lurch- Ting the statistics ‘01 every branch or gheee of agriculture so far es avail- ‘Whet Government Crop Reports Are The government crop reports are estltnates of the acreages planted to dltferent crops, growing condition of crops, forecasts of crop production, estimates of yields per acre at her- ’ves-t, total production. and farm prices for about 60 different crops; estimates of the number II! each class of hvestock on farms ln Jan- nary. number of brood sows. live stock leases from various causes and arm prices; wages of hired farm . labor, hours of labor on farms, and pr!ces farmers pay for. machinery ind supplies; special estimates of seed. labbr and fertilizer requlre- ments on farms, acreage and pro- Auction of prlnclpal varieties of some "of the staple- 'crops and mar- tetable‘ surplus production of cor- tofu frult and truck crops . ’ . Many of the crop estimates are 4hroce8h of production and future apply. Obviously, If such fore- fists could he obtained ln advance ‘d t‘helr publication by any individ- 5“ "who knew how to use them for ” mating purposes. the Informa- would be extremely valuable. '3 is therefore necessary to surround " the preparation of the crop reports with every posslble safeguard to T prevent advance information from ‘ being obtained or utilized by anyone. Winn! mm prohlblts any mloyoe concerned in the prepara- than of the government crop reports - m Wanting in any product of? " the soil, fmm knowingly compiling ‘ or lssuln'g any false statistics, or- from furnishing Information direct— 1y or indirectly in advance of the fietes sppclfled by the Secretary of culture for the publication of the reports under penalty of a use of not to exceed $10 one or Impris- .amenttornottoeneeedIOyears, or both. The work lo the Bureau 3 trlhuiedgsmong expert computers without any else by. which any sec- tlonal‘ sheet can be identified with the particular state or my. except a mere reference number m which only one man In the Bureau has the e key. L {I On crop reporting days on tele- phones are dmonnected, the entire Bureau is locked in will‘ guards stationed‘et the outer doors. and the . Crop Reporting Bohrd ls locked in an inner room, so that thus can be no summation within or without the Bureau. Promptly It the hour and mluute. set a. year in advance by the Secretary of Agriculture, a -summarydthereportlereleesedto 1-9er of’ the was asso- clatlonsby whom ft ls immediately fleshed be all the metropolitan Jon!5 node for publicatlon the me or the following day. At the same time the summary ls also telegraphed to each of the state field agents 01 the Bureau’snd a sufficient neither of copies are run. 01! by him to supply all the “local papers tn no state. W‘lthln a few hours the manuscript her the monthly crop report sent to the publlo printer for prtn'tug. Checking- Speed-don Speculation thrives on the lack of publfi: information. doubt end un- certalnrty. If all the essenthl facts were known to the public there would be very little room for spec- elation. Crops are grown ln the open and cannot "be bid. Speculators have thelr ownsources of information; ‘they obtain it through salesmen. through buyers. through country merchants and local bakers, thru . private crap reporting agencies and through the employment of eo—call- ed crop experts. Nothing would please them so much as to have the government crop report: suppress- ed. so that the public mldbs in doubt and the speculum: would be free to lesue such mm as would best serve their own selfish interests. The greatest protection which farmers and the consuming public can have against holes and misleading reports and the opera- tions of the unscrupulous speculat- ors is tall. complete, dependable. disinterested and mm gov- ernment crop reports. . Belief of many farmers. amount- ing almost to e superstition ls that the government crop reports have some mysterious connection wdth tamtlon. This belief is wholly with- out foundation in fact, beenese all lndlvldual reports are bated as strictly confidential and “ire not accessible to any tax ”or or other public ofllclel om of the Bureau. Only totals pend mrsges are published. It is seed that thls belief is constantly met with in prac- tically every country in the world. METHODS OF WG" BEES (Continued from you 4) In all of the frames on, top of‘ box and fasten to the box finch a. way that no bees can get in or out be- tween them. about a quarter of an use so that the bees must enter and hove from the top of the-new ‘hlve body. It ls useless to attempt thls mod ex- cept with fairly street colonies. As the honey flows comes on end _the Slip the cover has]: __ We \/’ This hale-mark ids-dies m Gloves. Boos Work Be sure it is Hands ERY day, farmers’ hands need protection from grease and oil, cuts, bruises, and many minor injuries. Boss Work Gloves ofier this protection. They are made to stand the hardest, most rugged kinds of work. Yet they are exceptionally flexible. You can adjust a carburetor or handle a screw driver with case while wearing them. You will find them useful for a hundred dif- ferent jobs such as repairing farm machinery, all barn work, plowing and harvesting, handling an axe, driving, painting, installing new equipment, digging post-holes and handling fencing. Boss Work Gloves come in three styles of wrist —ribbed, band, and t. There are sizes for men and women, boys and girls. Ask your dealer, for them by name. _ THE 8055 MEEDY—best quality. medium weight canton flannel. 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A constant stream of oil flows on 'evuy é; fif‘f; . bearing. Theehafmruninoil. Thedoublegearamln ‘3; .23“ " , oil in a tightly enclosed gear case. Friction and wear “1:433; .; are practically eliminated. Any windmill which does not have the gearsrunnincinoiliscnly halt oiled. A modern windmill, like a modern enounnhile. must have -~ its gears endow and run in oil. Dry gears. exposed todust, wear rapidly. Dry bearings and dry gears cause friction and loss of power. The Aermotor pumps in the lightest breeze because it is correctly designed and well oiled. To get everlasting windmill satisfaction, bum the Aermotor. Write; today for Circular. AERMIITOR C0.°'“““' Three Advantages now offered by. SOUND BONDS 1. Larger investment returns than can normally be secured from even the highest grade 111- vestment stocks. 2 An opportunity for enhance- ment in value almost as great as from speculative securities. 3 A degree of safety which probably has never been eQJal— led before because of the large increase in asset values of in— dustrial and railroad corpora- - tions. Write Dept. MB+20 for our list of bond investment suggestions which we recommend a! ofl'er— in: these unusual advantages. L. LWinkeIman & Co. ;62 Broad Street, New York Telephone, Bread 6410 Branch Offices in Leading Cities Direct Wires to Various Marketa. ‘ l Auto Owners WANTED! To introduce the best auto- mobile tires in the world Made under our new and ex- clusive Internal H raulic sion rocess t - natas Ri- Cut and enabla us to 86;” our tires under l,0 000 MILE GUARANTEE community to use and intro- duce these wonderful tires at our astonishingly low prices to all motorcer owners. fREETIRES’ lorYOUROWN CAR - Kreso Dip No.1 (STANDARDIZED) _ Parasiticide. Disinfectant USE IT ON ALL LIVESTOCK To Kill Lice, Mites, Flees, ‘ and Sheep Ticks. To Help Heal Cute, Scratches and Common Skin Troubles. USE IT IN ALL BUILDINGS To Kill Disease Gala and Thin Prevent Contagious Animal Diseases. IASYTO USE. EFFICIENT. RONOHCAL FREE BOOKLETS. We will send you a booklet on the treatment 0! mange. eczema or pitch mange. arthritis. sore etc. We will send you I. booklet on how to build a hog wallow. w will keep hots clean and healthy. Wewilleendyouehookletonhow tokeepyou-hogstreehmninsectpsre- sitesenddlseue. Writeforthanto , Ania-n! MW at ; PARKE, DAVIS & co. DETROIT. m1. AnnualWhitoSweetdlover Guaranteed deed cyan, am on Hughes; growthlnoneeeuoilthetordinerrmclcv'e: ”Wm 1° ”ems... “iii-"m “£35133“ on from The ; down. or Aprn first. ~ plant will receive the e " (of oil its mdmbdl‘l... * 1 were flrsttsken in January on web- um and 1.11 roan; then conhti merit ably seconded by the men Who now constitute the board or direct- ’ . are. Probably one hundred inset: logs were held”, Mr. .Teall told me, before a sufiicieut number of dairy- men .would give their approval and effect the permanent organization. Most of these-_meetings were held in various communities over the coun- ty Every Monday night, however, during the campaign, a mass meet- ings were held, Mr. Teall, told me. oilice in the court house in Syracuse. At first the attendance was ; very -small, but before the campaign end- ed there was a’ weekly attendance of about 250. "We had no idea when we start- ed," Mr. Teall said, “that it would require so much work. At first not more than a‘dozen men would turn out to our meetings, but'we kept right on and before we were through we bid packed houses everywhere. We put on a real campaign of ed- ucation, and whenever we ~got a man to sign up he was sure to bring some of his neighbors to the next meeting." “Were there objections plan?” I asked. . “No," Mr. Teal} said: “everybody thought such an institution as .was proposed would help to solve most of the dairymen's problems, They wanted a milk plant, but they were Just good, careful business men, and they wanted to. be sure‘that what was proposed was feasible. They wanted to know what it would cost, how it was to be financed, who- was to manage the» enterprise and new well he was qualified for the job. They wanted to know” also about their individual liability‘and a thous- and other things. They were not antagonistic to the idea ;on the con- trary, they felt the need of such I plant." , A Big Job Well Done That is the way with farmers gen— orally. When it comes to undertak- ing a different line of business from the one they are in they are, very sensibly, skeptical. The association as finally devel- oped was incorporated; in February, 1919. The site of the plant was purchased in August and ground ~ was broken for the inundation in November. Work progressed all through‘the winter of 1919-20, and the plant was opened for business in October of last year; eleven months after work was begun. Gon- sidering the hard, cold winter of 1919- 20, the shortage of materials, congestion of transportation, the difficulties of financing and difficul- ties with labor, they made a record for rapid construction. The plant is located in the heart to the of Burnet Avenue and Elm Street, with an electric line on one side and a steam railroad- on the other. The plant is designed to admit a street car to the main unloading platform inside the building, and a franchise has been obtained to lay tracks tor the switch. When this switch is completed a madden) or milk will be delivered directly by trolley, thus saving considerable expense in handling. This feature is only one of many "interesting things about the plant. ' ’ ' When the plant opened in Octob- er the association had approximately 550 members who were pledged un- der their contract to deliver all their milk to the lac-operative milk plant. with independent 110me After that m, run-y, 1919. n. K. Munro of doin- ' agent, were the leaders in the mave- moss "and will envoys keep A to ; up new territory and to take of the city of Syracuse, at the corner ‘ We still hove 9. . but we have no taste tor do own peddling. _’f “Tickled to death '“ Teal] exc ed "They take out just what? think they can sell and are not money and building ; ., tride than they ever had before. They are all friends of ours some!“ ‘ - will stick with us.” ’ . The Onondaga County (Jo-opera- tive Creamery Association, Incorp 1.3+ ated, is a non-profit, non—stock cob poration, with each member having - only one vote The members pay" $300 to join and receive theretpr A .. certificate of indebtedness. 'Pllfl-.~ certificate can be sold, but the vote f does not go with it It a. member * goes out of the dairy business he also loses his vote. Each member is paid a certain minimum at the end of each month and the profits are prose. rated on the patronage dividend basis at the end of the fiscal year. In 3 case any member sells his milk thrl “ another channel he forfeits, his membership" fee as liquidation»- of damages to the association. ' ' , Onondaga County‘ is typical of ‘ hundreds of places near the great consuming centers. The evolution or cities, transpOrtation and. indus- try has worked to their advantage; and they simply had to change to ; meet the new conditions. Personal- v. 1y, I think they have done a good job. They are making provision to -' take care of their surplus in la“ perishable products than fluid milk. Being a local institution the ' sociation has naturally attracted favorable attention of the banks The matter of finances .~ easily taken care of, and own ‘ management and finances Area combined within the one can ity. The farmers of Onondaga ty have sensed what many :5 farmzleaders do not always ~ ‘ ficient consideration—the- financial ,backfngi- One may on a farm and get along 3. when it comes to a commercia; terprise where goods are 11119 the Shelves for months and are = , sent out to the markets of the wor‘ldy; credit and financial backing are eb- solutely essential 'NORTHEASTERN MICHIGAN VERTISES FARMS ‘ The Northeastern Michigan” a service which should be of. ; benefit to its district in that the" reau is advertising specific?” and property for those in i tory desiring to sell. This is somewhot of an» t-ion in that always “in; the policy has been for the Bill .; . Advertise in generalities of th ‘ .silillities and resources of th This service should a benefit tor those who Are.) but' only; about 200 of them were 7.11; a free to do so, being under contreot “I. _ “is ‘.'__,.. -. is t. ;. <. 1 . r——-—w-—-: .‘ .. ___ <, _-._. ‘_._ .._...—«».._. v _ ... "'1— s i ““1". ”En“: .. a Anvlwwérwr- . - - serv- W“fll’fl"4— . ., . .. . .. was, under on million pounds, 961 poolbepver .éne" mill-1011‘ pounds; .AmOunt pooled iti6 th6m to three—fifths of ‘ , fifty thousand pounds could been sold at one time at about cents but the farmers did not _.the.t” *ence on the total sale. as to have eh unnoticed. , ‘fAS regards salaries psid, ‘Doleman was reported to state the fitment as $72, 000. I wander if the general public is aware of the ,in'sé‘nitude at our business ,At *present 1we have sixty-seven lp‘l‘oyees in our headquarters build- ‘ ‘ in; at Lansing, exolusive o! the weal department In February, Which business men generally concede the dullést menth in the year, we did the 086 57 worth of business for . our members This month to datr‘ March 15,. we have done $305, 311 66 Worth 01- business and yen realize four departments are just at the *- 'M?. Coleman is right, we will pay :72, 000 in salaries, but we will get value received and divided by sixty- seven employees it will not cover the‘ bill. Our annual statement of re- ceipts and expenditures is printed in book form and open to the public. :"% _We have 97, 000 members in our 01'— aspiration and a salary list of $72 - {000 would amount to 74 cents per wannum to each member ,It will be more than that as our business in- ..-creas'es,--s but where on earth can a stag-pier get'the'magnitude of service Apr-finch _a‘minimum cost. ' _ Hankins receives no salary and. Mhis services in handling vthe Imol pool will certainly extend over eighteen months and possibly two" eamiaMichigau State reap, Jas. Nicol. President MCHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU -” NEWS LETTER ‘ ONTRACTS have been closed with tailoring houses in Lansing and . .Detroit to make fup ladies' on, "mén' s suiting at $20 a suit an- : unces the farm humreau Virgin W1 taller-made suits will not cost are than $28 to $30 each accord— rig to farm bureau figures. All wool ' igoing into the suitings comes from the state pool ,3 The grower stands dn the role of a manufacturing pro- ducer and receives a splendid in- crease on the market valuation of this wool. "61 they have in the pool. 8 t t , Michigan livestock shippers will scan be able to get cars for live» fl stock tour days after date of order ' instead of six. The farm bureau The new )rule reads. :'*;"'Four days after next 7 a. In. afiter. ordering oar. ’.’» Also in case a double :deck car is ordered the carrier must ' either place the double deck ordered? ’ Within the four day limit 01' else- have L. place two single “flecks. This ”is a“ depart? great concession, says the. nt. in that two days. are saved and the“ tact that there is a ”guaranteefi emvfl Farm Bu- : Growers may purchase ’ its and charge the account against. in: department. -Monroe county led the. list with 5f cars. Fer- tilizer, insecticides, binder twine. coal. wire isnce, tile,.sa.lt, pulverized limestone, paint, feeds, grain, flour, harness and other materials were in- .'¢?“d°a. in the purchases made by counties. DAIRY OOhIPANY WITEEOLDS . PAYMENT Contained from page 10) the best thing to do, ’under the circum- jpta noes, was not in any way to injure the mark but to do the same things: all Home business are required to do at the present time and give an exten- lion. Consequently, the business has ' hem continued and the Boulevard Dairy Company today as far as we have been able to determine. in not carr more than ”tenth of the bin-den of debt it 'csrriedslxm monthsmibntitisstm owing something to its patrons " Mr INSURANCE comm menu To PAY I an an?“ the liberty of “mailing you some also a letter from the Ocean Accident Company (The affidav- .. its showed that the Writer’s Aaotcrlidomobnq insured with the‘ Ocea Guarantee Como ration, was damag aned to the extent of 3360 in a. collision with an- other machine.) I could have taken $550 for thecar a. few days before the accident and as it is now the car is a dead loss _to me. The insurance com— pany ordered it repaired and when the bill was presented refused to settle. The repairman held the car for the repairs and the bill was so large I did not feel able to pay it. You will notice that I have waited on this insurance company over a. year, Will you do what you can for me in getting my claim paid or else in exposing the methods of this com- pany?—-Geo. W. Surbrook. Huron Coun— ty, Michigan. The letter received by Mr. Sur- brook from the company was as fol- lows: “We feel that there was no liability upon us in this case We do not feel disposed to settle your claim, unless you should wish to accept. $109_ We would be willing to pay you that amount in order to get rid of the cam. If I do not hear from you by Dem/18th 1930 Iwfll take it for granted that you do notI wish to accept this offer and I will withdraw it." Note what a liberal company this is. It denies all responsibility for the claim and then offers to settle for $100. NThe Collection Box ad— vises you to sue this company for the full amount of your claim plus interest, The above letter should convict them in any court. Other readers to save themselves trouble and expense will. of course. think twice before insuring with the Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corporation. é—Ed‘itor . LEGISLATIVE NEWS (Continued from 7mm? 2) is anotherpf the administrative re- organization measures s o t Independent thinking marked con- sideratinn by the house of Governor 'Groesbeck’s bill providing for a tax on corporations. There was no spir- it in evidence of swallowing the pro- posal whole, and many amendments and prolonged discussions were the rule. An amendment to reduce the ,minimumtax from $50 to $5 and others to increase the maximum above $1. 000, as proposed or to remove any. maximum entirely, tail- ed to pass by narrow margins. It was explained that this tax, inorder Nto be held constitutional must be re- “tramp department has suCceeded in " garded as one on the privilege of do; ing business as a corporation, rather than as a tax on property, The “bill passed as originally drafted, 82—12 Enforcement of the present pro- ghihltion law will be rendered more Complete by final passage of several measures now being considered fav- rably. The Senate passed the Hicks I‘ll t“ require that all patent medi- s ' o. compounded as to be that other cars Will be there in lieu " 'a double deck and within the 3 *-""rhé Bil-s3 1.9a.- 11161141 5 ‘0‘! r". teaév~ / A Home-made Blaster’ 3 Box Saves Time and Trouble :IN Using'ex‘plosiyee on the farm only a few simple tools are required, but it is a great convenience to carry all equipment in a “.blaster's box” where nothing 'wlll be mislaid or lost. “Such a box can be easily made from a soap or starch bo'x. Nail a one inch strap on each side for a handle. Screw a strip of .wood on one end, slotted to hold cap crimperand knife. In the box can be carried fuse, cord to tie fuse “to cartridge, and dynamite. Don’t carry caps and dynamite together in the blaster-’5 box. The most important tool in the blaster's box is the 'cap 'crimper—caps should always be crimped on the fuse with the crimper and nothing else. A sharp knife is neccssary for slitting cartridges and cutting fuse. ‘Most farmers use RED. CROSS DYNAMITE because it can always be depended upon to give quick and effec- tive results at minimum cost. You can get it—fuse, caps and crimpers, too—from your dealer. Write us for “The Farmers’ Handbook of Explosives.” 1! de- scribes the latest methods of land-clearing, ditching and tree- planting with explosives. It’u free. E. I. du Pont de Nemours 85 Co. Inc. McCormick Building Hartley Building Chicago, III. Duluth, Minn. llllllllllllllllflllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIIlllllllllIlllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Going to hold an ‘7 AUCTION SALE 0 they are not the best buyers: place you advertise: Don‘t depend on just the “home-{6111", worth-while farmers within a hundred ‘ merit in The Business firmer, which reaches all mile- of your sale. SEND US COMPLETE DESCRIPTION and remember your copy' must reach us one week in advance of the data oi inns. Addresl. Advertising Dept, The Michigan Business Farmer, Mt. Clemchs Will You Introduce a Friend or Neighbor? HERE’S AN INTRODUCTORY COUPON—Tear it out and hand it to a friend or neighbor who is not a subscriber. It is worth jut“ 25c to him, because we will send The Business Farmer on triallto any new name for six months, for this coupon and a quarter (250) in coin or stam‘ps. gllHlllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllH ' l,MllfllflfllfllfluflfllIllllllllllllllllIllllllllll This Coupon is worth twenty-five cents to any NEW , subscriber introduced by an old subscriber. .., .. .. ._._ 256 The Michigan Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Mich. Friends: ’ . I want to introduce a NEW subscriber and for a quarter g (25c) enclosed in coin or stamps you are to send our weekly every week for six months. . 00......C.‘0‘...V...'IOIOOCOOIIUOOOO'OOOOI'IOE. To Address Introduced by your reader 9 '.no.enh-onus-6"osoooeos-6.6-...-eo’ooooooeoosro' ejek-o-ucso.oeos-eee’eesoooeoooooo-neo reel-eneseoremc-o— é-wgmanunwéégg Gib. WORD PER its". flan. 8 9",“ n9. Cosh should It only ill orders. urns both In body of! «I. and In edema. fluted followlnc was. The Iuslnou Farmer 8301—38 loam-lift; for 109 :01- Twenty words, ms nu Imam . . wot u- in! W m and and» ‘ Copy must be In our hind; before '8‘sturdly for Adv. IAI'oh. . 00119.. l9. Cl m. t How To noun: ADS. UNDER 'l'Hls HEAD Wrdlltll'n; 1time3fimel' 10" u... ”PM“ Weimi. .. o bulb-l moo adamanotawbhhudc acQOQOQououoacac oaouauoaououou Hoanqgao 2-4 cocoooooooo e meeereerreeere reurrrrrrreHcrrr ' H ????PPP¥PPNPPPN. afiwMHQ-CIHQOI‘“NHO ccoooocooeccocco ahsceeononowuwa cowaauhwuwowud ”P“PPPPPPPP?P.. aifiwcflNMh-HOQCOC owbaaaeunuoo e $141918 & L4Np3§ NORTHEASTEBII MICHIGAN LANDS Alli! FARMS No 82 B‘—-1.200 A. Ranch. ‘good water end feed. School house on property. 3 miles woven wire fence. Stock loading pens of M. C. R adjacent to property. 812. 00 oer acre for quick sale. £20. 83 B——Large two story hoteL Good lo— an on. No. 84 D—-880 acres of sugar beet land. Can be subdivided into 40 or 80 acre farms. Situatr cd near Twining. Arennc Co. :00 No. 8.1 E———120 acres. 50 cleared. clay loam soil, 4 1-2 miles from station on pr!» osed stone road. Groom house barn. 301 i no silo. granary. garage. \voodshed .m'z‘hnrd. $38. 00 Der acre. Terms. - No 0. 86 (‘——l°0 ncrc firm stock fools 1"“- chinery. and spring work started. 4 good work horses. milk cows. 2 brood sows with 10 Bird ‘cach. All new buildings. cement foundations and 1 9 loors. silo. Verv best of land. ienced with woven wire. md 5 acres Wheat. 15 acres hay. balance pasture. flowing well. Beautiful farm- ionr miles from county seat. Owner lins other business. will sell this sprim! for 512.000. Dari down. balance easy rum. . No. 87 A—fiB A.. 20 A.‘ improved. balance brush: running stream. flowing well. house. barn orchard. clay loam. Near school and church telephone. mail route. Price $1.200. terms to suit purchaser. No. 88 A.—200 A. clay loam. level. stream. Will make good stock Harm. school snd trunk line highway. Mall mutt. tel- ephone. In flowing well district. $20.00 per acre. terms to suit. 9 No. 89 A—65 sores improved. 15 hul'dWQmi timber. clay loam. barn 54x54 and other bu‘l‘l 11128. good water. On Meridian trunk line high way. school at corner of land. Telephone Ind daily mail mute. Orchard. Price $50 per corn 4 miles from railroad shipping point. This land will hear inspection. No. 9 to close an estate. sores farm and ranch land on State Trunk 2Line Gravel Highway. 300 ACI'ES cleared. with bone es. barns. lilo. farm machinery. Bearing or- {thaw-(l. THE NORTHEASTERN MICHIGAN ' DEVELOPMENT BUREAU .. Bay City. Mlchlaan fenced and cross drainage is perfect 00 scres cleared. running Near FOR SALE—IMPROVED MICHIGAN FARM 480 11cm.lomted in Prcsqus Isle 00., Mich" one-mmrter mile to school and three and one— helf; 111111u to town. There are 60 acres in cultivation. 420 in pasture. , Soil is clay loam th clover and‘ outs grown. Eight springs. Im- provements cons1st of five room house sheep barn. barn. granary. root cellar. shed. etc. all newly minted. Is fenced with woven wire. Nicely arose fenced. Price is 516.000 for tract with p0 , on at once. For further information write or see HARRY A CODDE. Onaway. Mich. 265- ACRE DAIRY FARM WITH 4 HORSES. 17 cows and heifers. 3 calves. machinery. ve- hicles, tools, hay loader. dairy utensils, equip— ment coo, convenient advantages; 150 acres tractor— worked; 30—ww spring-11.1tcred pasture:' 300 cords 4 ft. wood 350 000 ft. timebr: 12- room house running spring water. lOO-ft.b11r11 silo; women owner to sell before planting. S7. 000 taka n11 shout $2, 600 down. easy term 306 page 27 Illus. ”0 Ear 211.1113 FREE. FARM AGENCY. 814 B E. Ford Bldg” troit. Mich. F‘or Spring OUT Do- MAGIC VALLEY—40 ACRE DEMONSTRA- tion farm in heart of the lower Delta of the Rio Grande Tens. All plowed, fenced and under irrigation. Wild land now selling st 8450 per acre, Raise 3 crops s year. Become independ- out. Can exchange this beautiful farm for Mich- igan property It 824. 000 Encumhrsnce 38. 000 st'fi per cent. BENJAMIN & SON. 631 1-! lo. Saginaw 8t. Flint Mich. FOR SALE—ONE-OF THE BEST 80 ACRES in Mecosts 00.. on state reward road. half mi‘o from church and school. ushelf way between Inke- view. locusts end cm Good markets. For £111,115. write LOUISE u‘BMONAGLE. Lek-view c FOR SALE—GOOD FRUIT AND STOCK 1; rm very cheap if Itsken soon. Willsell 80. 120 or 160. sores under cultivation. 430 acres wood timber. good soil and buildings. Poor with reason for selling. For particulars write E0. BEITNER. R 5. Traverse City. Mich. FOR BALE—190 ACRES. 80 CLEAR. sores in full grain, well fenced quite buildings. Sell on time or cash. GLAWE. Ocqucoc. Mich. 1' ' eon BALE—120 ACRES. land and best of buildings. fruit. her. One ‘ mile to Dixie Highway. station. church and school. W. AND 80 miles from Detroit. R. ERBON. Clarkston. Mich. . “, \cheap or exchange for an. Isrion. Mich. a good W. BARTOW. 'flnding the three best NUMBER ONI‘ - szo ACRES our oven uuo. CLARE co. . out-0v :- lands. rich E! “if“ smug. gum 311d 011111133" belt. album-g um o . or ’ . tannins cdmmunity.mrrosds. sch hook. telephones $10 per acre. part cuLa balance my. CHAS. W. OSMUN. Toner. Mich. . 80 ACIIE FARE FOR SALE. cows. TEAM. . took Good In ssiLt ad farml miles from il good town. Good schools sud cums... P1100 84.000. m.-‘1ncux f: HERMAN s‘p rmos'rm.nen- son: Marc 2 11-2 miles c urch. roads. 0. IAMO D. Yeste- FDR SALE-j—J-‘INE 180 " len BERRY PLANtns SENATOR _DUNLAP8 AT 58. EC PEN-1.000. 82. 00 for 500; 81. 00 per 250. theed lint-class plants or money refunded C. SPECIAL OFFER! STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 200 Senator Dunlap. 150 We 32 00 post- purl. HAMPTON & SON. Bangor, Mlchigsn. STRAWBERRIES. Noni: . late verle 100.33 00 per IdOo. FORD. Winn. Mich. L. J: FARMER'S NEW EVERIEARING straw/born r11. NEVER FAIL at l— 2 comb! N10“ or 85. 0“ Der 100.11.. FAULK. Byron. Aflch. FOR 8ALE—4UMBERLAND ILACKI CAP and Eldorado Blackberry. $3 Der 100 ‘3“ LOINI. Columbia l'umle 1:898 55 W 100 335 per 1. 00 00. J. W CURTIS & BOX 2. Box 7. Gladwin. Mich. BTNON G. 11110 sweet 1101.111911] VIOOROUS 60¢ per THEM) G FENCE Poems. BUY I'ENOE POSTb DIRECT FROM POR- clt. All kinds. Delivered prices. Address "M. M." csre Hichlgsn Business Dir-er, Mt Clem- sns. Mich. v7 SEED FOR BALE—COW PEAS. MICHIGAN FAV- erltns. Will send sample and state prices on re- quest. EZRA GESMAN. Centerrillo. Michlenn- FOB SALE—RED KIDNEY SEED BEANS 50 per hundred pounds. Rags free. B 'I‘S.ON Vanderbilt~ Mich. $12 FOR SALE—EARLY IRISH OOIILER P0- tatoes. Grown from hill selected stock price 82 00 -per cwi Also recimned \Vhite Blossom Sweet Clover seed e9 87. 50 per bu. C. W. JOHN- SON. Palms. Mich. $10.00 IN GOLD FREE TO THE PERSON ears of cor raised "SUPERIOR nAUSTRALIAN Full rsand k- SUPERIOR SEFD”. L P NT from our famous HULLESS" popcorn "c of seed 100. 00.. Gslesburg. Mich FOR SALE—HOLLYBROOK SOY BEAN seed $5 00 per bushel hm Included. HABVF HEBBLEWHITE. Amado. Mich , FOR SALE—EARLY BROWN SOVIEANS 4.50 per bu.. and Michigan F‘svorits Cowpess. “21.1.5 per bu. ELMER TOBIN. Three Rivers. c GENERAL LIGHTNING RODS, EXCLUSIVE ACENOV nd quick sales to Live Dealers selling “DID. DI. BLITZEN RODS." Our dapper tests or. right. L 6 per cent PURE_ Write for Agency 11 d10..Oo Marshfield we THE BEST BREEDERS sdvertise in The Michigan Business Farmer. to read the livestock advertisements in every issue to keep posted on what they have to offer. . -——Every Breeder Can use M. B. F.’s Breeders’ Directory to good advantage. Run your ad. and watchjthe returns ’ come in. WHAT luvs YOU 10 01111111 WALKER TOWNSHIP. CHEBOYOAN COUN-r Iiarv’vdo line-toss soil Write . ' ville. ’s cankered ears. ,fthoroug'hly,‘ but gently stabbed out H; . STANLEY Flower View F‘srm Paw Pow. Mich. n R. No. 2. . course; It will be worth your while . -wha.f to do?——A. G on aim ' «.3: ey hive some kind ‘ me I don’t now whit - til :in their cars. It is scaly and fills Itheir ears up. Their ears dub!) down and they are not able to held them up.“ (1 1 put some sheep ip in their are e 1: care will be all right for a. while on th.ey vii‘lil hget worse again —-.-M.. H... Qtis‘ c '. Your rabbit's as suffering from The cars should be with hydogen perondej and absorb- ent cotton swabs It is necessary that the whole canal be cleared of every vestige' of discharge, at the first treatment The ear and canal should then be thoroughly dried and the canal filled with either of the following dusting powders: Chino- sol, fifteen grains, or formadin '"o'f Aristol, or Busmuth Formlc Iodid; any one 'of the three powders and? borie acid or cleaning with perox-: ide, slightly warmed; all subsequent. dressings should be 111 the powdered . form. _Washing the ear or passage of or the use of lotions or liquids of“ any description being only produc—._ tive of pain. I Would advise you pack the ear with the dusting powder morning and night. DOSES USE-OF HIND LEGS What could I do with a. pig thatctmt walk on her hind legs? One day I .let my pigs out and two of them started to fight and the big sow got one ’of' the pigs by the,.fcnce and before I got there she turned the smaller one over and did something to her hind legs. The right one seems to be getting a little better but she can’t stand 'on it. or lift her rear parts. 'I don’t think. the leg ls broken—A Subscriber, Kinde. Mich. _ The only thing to do In a case of this kind is to let nature take its your pigis no doubt injur- ed ln the nerves of the spine and re- covery may be doubtful. He should be kept in warm,‘ clean quarters aside from this nature will do all that can be done. (mops . Our Cows' backs are full or 3111913. What can we do for them? They are in good flesh and are doing well —-A Sub— scriber Indian River. Michigan. These gruhs asyou cell them. are ’ bots and represent“ the larval stag- es of the bot fly. “When matured, thE‘bots work'their way out... fall from the cattle, burrow in the earth and remain'there for abouts m'onth when the adult fly issues. Press out the grubs and destroy them and paint the opening with tincture f iodine. DICE ON CATTLE What Is the best way 10 km lice on young cattle? Mv cattle are covered with lice s.nd can't get rid of them i use lice powder and stock dip and they do not come off Will you please write me S. Bay City. Mich Clip your young cattle and apply Kreso Dip (Parke. Davis & Co) ac- cording to the directions on the can and you will be able to get rid of the lice. The stables should be white~ washed. TWIN CMJVES we have a cow that came fresh the 15th of January She had twin clavcs; a heifer slide-a. bull. Have been told that the heifer would never breed Please give us your opinion through your paper. .-—W. S.. Lake City. Michigan. ‘ In case of twin calves where one is .1 male and the cfhe'r is a female both may. be fertile, however, fre- questly only the male is fertile. Wr—‘w SHEEP INF‘ES’I‘ED WITH WORMS Will you pieces tell me what ails my cheap? .I have lost two add now there Is 9:119 or sick When they first became I dug the dry some: out and: ' ‘ exchanges necessary, fo‘iir canoes or fresh new pout this dosage for on giving each does of Wehk Iaih’bs' may be fed and a little .stlmulaht the same treatment. should be taken in tire ch for there is. great daiig‘e a p a portion of the drenoli Iii-to. , 11111315,: thus ~setti'ng 11110 ‘ ' pneumonia. A two 0 syringe is the handlest article which to give medicine '13) open the mouth but insert t 1 ringe or bottle between the Ii" the side of the month ...._....__.____—._.__.-€-' FERTILITY QF EGGS How soon aftera male bird ha put with hens will the eggs be f or will hatch? A156; how long of mole has been taken. away from Q1 will the eggs hatch?——-Mrs. C1, Coleman. Michigan. . ., '- days for- the eggs to become do after the male is put with‘ the‘ _ male. Eggs will remain fertile fife teen to twenty days after the». ' ‘ is taken away. ~ .r-. l MACK’S NOTES Members of humane societies Iii? the eastern part Of this country hive”. ' started an agitation which huge}: its object an important change. iii the methods used in killing curling! intended for human consumption. the sponsors of this movement clgim that an animal endures memos: “ guish when he sees another animal killed and the suggestion is that some arrangement be made by which: animals can be slaughtered without their fellows witnessing the W lion. it. About the latest in modern :1 195. husbandry is a device known farrowing crate which is designed?“ prevent sows from ever. laying on 1 eating their newborn offspringjm crate is made likewmy other crate except that back .of the , mal, the floor slopes down sh? . out'of danger. The 'crates are high to permit the newborn pig to in them but wide enough will rest easily. A small cated in the rear and f- _ that permits the attendan move the pigs as soon 9.3-1:th ‘ t I The legislature of the stat Minnesota, hafing established cedent‘ by passing a lavV- mak'l obligatory, on the part of grain live stock exchanges, to admit the producer and co-operative organlgfi- tions of producers to membershi 2 similar legislation in other 393.9% may be confidently looked for. ‘ certainly seemed like the “irony fate” that the man'who is“, responsible for the .exisjten-ce‘ 0 _ comm‘od-ities,_which make these _1‘ shoulduh' " pied membership ”in them. ‘ Collection of agricultural 3 vi: in Illinois for the second :1 state agricultural census will be menced soon, it is announce . all county clerks in the state cenSus is to be taken un'de out-ll yy~—,- 5. rr' ,2»... . . ,... ' “A mod .toiHoll Midi mouth-I Ina ~we on. without 'ofi 3m '3: ””5“ live when?” solo II u on Iid nostril we will eioim thol do“ dual Editor-J. I. Southern Mich. Poll- Au'm. Breech Co crush- Central Mich. Sheri“, 7,. ‘_ Ass.n Groonville Fhir' Grounds, 8. £1.“th Livinrston On. Bole an. Harrell Mich. - , alanine. Win WI): von Inch. ,. 9 Am Mickie-n Aberdeen- Angus :Eos‘tglansiml. Mir-h a . 3‘ Adena. Idtchileld, were, Butb Whitley. Ind Caboodlem amounted”. gill? mil «r Colon lg: Bob Plymouth, . Mich. Wo'flIo, Cpldweter. Mich. ttbn. m‘phsinz, Mich. “ debaters-rumor PURE BRED SIRES Mites furnished by tho Doiry Division N‘Uhitods Stet-e Deportment oi' Aerie“!- show .thotth edoir: cows of the country E0 031.7. 4.500 lbs. of milk per' you. % bull willd incgeoso the pro of the 0 per cent in iI'r'st cenerstl‘on. .. simmprzll“ gnu?!“ Politico? lid?“ fl." -FRJIIJSIAN . ASSOCIATION 01d stilt? Block Lansing. Mich. '2' silos suu . ‘~ hi‘o Pontiac Annie Komdyke- Bount- Moi bill] from I nearly 19 lb. show ‘-*li‘irst.h rim juhior coll. Jocksou hit, iii color end good individuoi Price. ‘8125 to note G‘LF DORE MAROR- 27. 1926. VERY nice. straight ond well grown. I son of Flint Honour-void I‘d whose two dour oversee over; I“lbs. - m il! I‘Zuzlm t J b H I M o r o o :‘n scnieflold Hm ; B- 0- denature. Price 515 B. ppllso'tion. . KITZLER. Flint. Mich. ' ii III oroox unis heroine oooo ’ fro .thoir bord. Wo' ere well pleoood with our Junior Koril Biro “Kin;n Pon- ' dikes 0 he of gin s daughter pin Pen- milled. 2A towb no for , mo 2. Bottle or... ERT liEllll IRE; AWPE'. CONSTITUTION Ell-l“ II ASSURED. AND BRO-- TW . grandsoue of King of the.” .Pop two {from A. R 0. Dams or ex- _. silt breeding . Eon Gill“. Mink. -- ‘ . Thu '1" no =1me R Henri? reed: {or LgWillie “are random outage 33.81 lb. ’ ‘ damn iooegi one , h _.....w.. "- l ~odd prestige to ~1 nearest , ibo milkh: 7 donfifiom - ones} ihl'o Mini” honed (or 18. no or ”'2 timoo. You can change one of I low retool III: 'or them. wmo Iodoy I) broodoro or live steer one rum-y will In pm on request. or can do often do you wish. BREED!“ DIRECTORY, TRI‘ MICHIGAN DUBINEBB FARMER, Mt. Clemens}, Michigan. L..— SOLD HAIR self loot odiort‘issd gold but hero 2 more ' ' {w .3:qu {filoy "qu nice shalom fei- boon on Ringo In. One is iro- ld‘dimo the other is iron I It, don. Ibo by I Ion at 't Bollioflold “Do to] Butter Boy. one of ORQON JR- owoooo. Mien. R a. LEXEVIEW DAIRY FARM HOLCTEIN- FRIES- ' :Herd rm Poul Plemrjo Wono Prince 7““ defile Iveroxo 81. 9 lbs. butter. 672 milked 117 lbs in mo 122.37 lbs butter don, 8.218 lbs, in 30 doyo; Ono from in 80 doys. Rio bull am. for I110. ' 'I 22 lb. minor-old. Good individuoio Prices - mum Are .roi 2 to ‘5 months. E. l. IUTI'IRS. Goldwater, Mich. Fe. sue—e neon some. Llour. mam. um Ind. dork Dunn’- r'ocordo It 2 r yrs. 10 pounds. 24 pounds Fit st mi overue 22 .0n milk end over. 1. pounds butter in you type. Alan“ I iew registered cows M. a. . occur... own- Mich. .ond HEREFORDS“ FOR SALE F‘oirfex Ind Uiotnrber [110011.150 Rog. bend in herd. $35 00 reduction on oil tires. Choice uloe (or Iaio. Write mo your needs. E‘RL O. MCCARTV. Bod Axe. Mich. ' I60 HEREFORD REIFERI. ALSO KNOW of 10 or 16 loedo ioncy quality Shortsborno old Anon: weer: ii to 1.000 lbs. Owner! stiono to soil. Will 'beipb 50c commission . F. BALL. Foiri'loid. iowo OOOD TYPE, LAKEWOOD "EflEFUflDs strong being: )OLUIE bulls. 13 months old for sole else: iomoleo say on. i on in ' I. J. TAYLOR. Fremont; Mloh. I zmudson oi-tho 89500 Bullion 4th for iemelen Wm. c. DICKEN. Imyrns. Mich. FOR SALE-—SMALL HEAD OF REG. HERI- iorde. Belvidere 589785. hoods the bani. RALRH.8. SMITH. Kmdln, Mloh. HERD SIRES ll SERVIGE KING ZERMA ALOARTRA PONTIAC N0. :31 I Ion of the $50. 000 bull. ECHO IYD NO 247367 I double' xrandeon of MAY ECHO SYLVIA the chompion vow of Condo. 1 om oflering o yearling son of King from I 7 day A. R. O. of 18. 48 butter Next dam 15.11 butter 387.8 3 50. Also some yearling rand doubters of KING Price $150 each. P zreer sent. on request. E. BROWN. Breedsvilie. Mtch. Breeder of Registered Stock Only BRAIDOIHILL FARM Ortonvlllo. Michigan Bull calves sired by 35 pound son of King of the Funnies—$100.00— and upwards—good individuals—— from a clean herd. ' ' JOHN P. HEHLA 1205 Griswold Street. Detroit. Michigan romuwu neao—uom‘remi —Herd Biro. Embiagnrd Lilith Champion 108073 His sire's dem Colon 4}h’s Johanna world's first 35 lb. cow. and world's first 1 200 lb. cow. The only cow that ever held ell worido butter records from one dayi‘o one year Ind the world's ¥eurly ,milk record at the same time. His dam .iiiih Piebe Do Kol. No. 93710. over 1 150 lbs. of butter, from 29 599.4 pounds’nf mill. in I you. World's 2nd highest milk record when made and Michigan state record for 6 years. Only one Mioliiaan cow with higher mill record tudoy. His two nearest dams ovemzo: Butter one sear ................. l 199 22 Milk 28. 51? . Champs sons from choice A. R. 0. dune will your herd end alone) to your 4. F. RIEMAN. Owner Flint. Mich. TWO BULL GALVES Rumored Hoistei‘n- l‘riooion sired by II. I? ll. bull end from hoovy prod yom eowo. Those ‘eoivoo oro vory nice cool wiilbo boprieol_ Ibooo it sold soon. HARRY 1’. TUIII. liwoil. lion. "OLSTEINS FOR GALE—EITHER SEX. Bulls ready for heovy service from dams With rdo upto 31 ibo. Aloe bulllmxcaivoo nd to sell I few well bred tension 0. H HOOVER. Rowhli. Mich. A PROVEN BLOOD LINE KING SEGIS trsnmittod to his earn the power tool of production over Ionxtgeriodnm It iI that ins recently In duction ever dreamed of. 37. 381.4 pounds of priceo been titnl B ehore for solo at modern: individuals of show when NG SIIIGISR bulls. OAR ND RIVER STOCK F Moin Owner In E . Under Stste Ind Foderol Supervision For: Inn—.2 nee. neuron: IULLe pe:dy for service from 19 1- 2 end 24 1- 2 lb. Price 3100 Ind 2125. Herd on oe— credit list. film. GRIFFIN. Howell. Mich. FOR SALE—HOLSTEIN COW, MIROENA DE K101 of Mapleside No.1.37129.due to freshen 24. Price 3 50.00. . ._R. J. BANFIELD. Wixom. Mich. A HOL- - Both ‘50 m SALE—TWO BULL OALVEI, tein and Durham about 8 months old.- _'-vo; bury milkinlc demo Not reziotored. if taken It on ESE 9100““ FARM. erlotto. [Mich SHORTHORN cENTRAL MICHIGAN SHORTHORN BREED- intion offer for sale 75 head; All oxen, both milk and bee! broeding- Semi for new i. M. E. MILLER. Broonvilio, Beo'y, Mloh. F You WANT TO BUY OR SELL I MAY hove just what you went. i hondie from one mime] up to tho largest cousin-non: solo in the country. 0. A. Solo 0... Oreonvlilo. Mioh. Have You a Mortgage on Your Farm? If so buy Bhorthorns oi the Feb. 25th ooh It If. A. 0. hold It i P. IL We no listing (on: femnleo Ind two show bulls thot will iiit your mortuze if they no cared for. RIOHLAND FARMS O. H. Prescott A Son, Tawao Oily.‘ Roomuoooon Mich. P Huron Co. Shorthorn Breeder-3’ Ass’n offer for sale Scotch and Scotch Lup- ped males and females of all ages. 300 head to Select from. For inform- ation address Jae. R. Campbell, Secretary Bad Axe, Michigan MAPLEHURST FARM Newton Loyslist 2nd in service. short horn bulls for sole. 6. H. PIRKHURST. R 2. Armada, Mich. 4TH ANNUAL Some bargains UY BHORTHORNS NOW. herd text without I 'renctor. in bulls. JOHN SCHMIDT 5 SON. Reed Oltr. Mich. HAT DO YOU WANT? 1 represent 41 SHORTHORN broodero. Gel DuI touch wilh boot mill or beef Itroim Some females C. W. Grins. President Control Michlxsn Shel-thorn Association. Ido- Brides. Kichiun THE VIN IUREN 00. SHORTHORN BREED- erl' Amocistion hove stock for solo. both mill Ind boo! breeding“ Write the oecre FRANK BAILEY. Howard. WORTHONNS offered It Ittroctivo price. More Jenuory first. Will trsdo for good lend. Wm. J. BELL. Rooo City. Mich. Midi. COWS. HEIFERO‘. BULL. From the Maple Ridge herd of Bates Show horns. Colved in September. i920. 3EXTRA GOOD BULL-CALVES FOR SALE. J. l. TANSWELL. Mason. Michigan. 3HORTHORN CATTLE AND OXFORD DOWN sheep. Both sex forsa A. DoOARMO.l oMuir. Mich. ' mvrnwrw- Hrnrronns 5°"..:;.'_: Rotter otlll. write out who: you hovoto {Copy or ehonoeo muoi‘b‘o received on week before date II in“. o: toofler. lei uo pm It in i!”- INT OOUNTV SHORTHORN BREEDERI' ~. Aoo'n ore oilerine bulls Ind heifers for solo. on one. “-8011 the scrub Ind buy I. purebred RA A8. Sec'.y Caledonia. Mich. ON SALE: ONE STRAIGHT SCOTCH SHORT- hom bull five months old. sired by Villa.” ' Detroit. the M. O. herd bull and out of o Missie Sulten cow. A good strn izht calf. pm $75. 8. H. HICKS A SONS. R 1. Lansing. Mich- Ron SALE—REGISTERED anon-ruckus. and Dome Jersey sprinl D183. either sex; two~ red bulls. one 11 months Ind one 5 months old. dIto 2 retro old... Wiillamoburo. R 1. Michigan JERSEYS BEG JERSEY HEIFIRS 1 VIII. OLD— Youn: cows in milk sired by MoJestvs Oxford Bhylocll 156. 692 else young bulls and by Frolico Master Pogis 17 77883 I mndson of Pogie 99th Ind Sophie thh's 'I‘or- mentor. two rreate ebulls of the breed. Write for pricee Ind pedigr BUY 0. WiLeBUR, R 1. DO YOU WANT PRODUCTION? The trondson of Pozis 99th of Hood Fem Ind Sophie 19th's 'l‘ormentor, two of the (reef.- est sires over known hoods our herd. No other stroll: in more noted for post and present produc- tion. Bull cslvce ond bred heifers for ooio'ot oeesonsble prices. FRED HAYWARD. Mich. ERSEY YEARLING BULL( SIRED BY PEN- hurst Fern Sultan. R. M. Breeding. J. E. MORRIS d SON. I=armington. HIGHLAND FARM JERSEYSAESl’zfigf‘T'f Id herd. High production, splendid typo Ind breeding. Write us your wants. Somuoi Odell, Owner. Adolph Hoes. Mgr. Shelby. Michigan Bolding, Mich. Scotts, Michigan. VERRLING BULL Sired by Majesty‘s Oxford Slwlork. Nothing better FRANK P. NORMINGTON. Ionla Michaan GUERNSEYS GUERNSEY BULL CALVES From tested and untested dams. Satisfaction guaranteed. Write for prices and breeding to MORGAN BROS.. Allegan, Mich.. R1 GUERNSEY BULL FOR SALE Good individual six months old. Herd under state and federal supervision. Writ: for particulars to c. A HENNESEY. Watervilet. Mich. RED POLLED ’«efi‘A— BULLS, ALI. AGES. Mich. E6. RED POLLED Bred heifers. E. S. CARR. Homer. FOB SAL TWO HIGH GLASS THOROUGH- bred Shorthoru Durham hallo. Eleven and twelve months old HENRY J. LYNOH. Murillo. Mich. ANGUS I REGISTERED ABERDEEN-ANOUS—BULLD. ‘ Heifers and cows for sole. Priced to move. RUSSELL BROS" The Most Profitable Kind 1 of forming. I car load of [redo deity heifer! from LENAWEE COUNTY’S“. heaviest milk ducero to include I pure bred ANGUS bull of tho ' Inspection invited. Merrill, Michigan most extreme beet typo for combination but end I V dairy farming. . Cor lot shipments assembled It GLINWOOD FARM for prompt shipment.‘ Methods explained in SMITR‘S PROMABLI STOCK FEEDING. 400 pence illustrot ted. GEO. B SMITH. Iddison. Mich. Goldwater, Mich., herd-st home or abroad.- 7 BULLS-45 FEMALES The Southern Michigan Polled Shorthorn Breeders' Ass’m will hold a public sale of Polled Shorthorns at the Branch County Farm, MAY 5, 1921 . ,The altering consists of 22 head 01" show and breeding Buy while cattle are on the conservative side. No factor is destined ’to play such an‘ important , otructive breeding as good animals backed with choice breeding ‘ Those in pursuit will find chimels that will make good in any . pond opportunity to get. tbndotion stock as well as to strength- blood lines and individuality in the older herds. ’ ‘ ‘ cattle. part in con~ Sole cominenc'ee no 1; 80 p.111. Geo. n. Burdiok. Pres. ' ' Caldwell”. Mich. - ; ‘HAJf Ton" Chunpion of Michigan in 1918. a some Inc. on. . Outpost Ind Smooth Wonder. WIRING“ NAT“ eeee'i Ind tell when It?" The Home at, Imp. Edgar of Daiineny Probably The Worlds’ Greatest BREEDING BULL Bile Bell. Supreme Chmpion It the mid 1919. andthe Dinning- mm.1920,hedsnghterofmdur e1 Damn: - fire Junior. Champion Boll. Junior Mn Femle, Cinnamon CI}! Herd lint Pt'lu Junior Heifer CIR Mich- sm- FIJI. 1920, were Ilso ‘the not Engrd dDIllnm. A very choice ht oi young bulls-aired 35- of DIlmer are. It thh time. olered for nie. Bend for mounted OItIiom. WIIADWOOD FARMS Orion. Mich. ” W.E.Mmfiovnfldmmmm \ ' . BARTLETT ’PURE BRIO ABERDEEN- ANGUS 051115 A1150 80:}?- Bwine no right end ere p c 3 once cted Ind inmtlon pond OAfiuEARTLETT. Lemon. Mich. M “ “in when“: breeders e! liveeieel IM I8. ”or 88 umee. 'Ieu eon hates: set in them. Write slate-serouwieh. My. 3,;I33I‘IIIII- prescient; :33; soon ng In. omen. ml- use-“33.33.“ can...“ “"1- in ”133151: noses, R e. OI. mu. lice. DID TYPE POLAND 0H1" IRID DIN“ sold. Some extra :00th piss of both sex breeding h file. Write for Ind price. - HOSE BROTHERS. 8L3 Ohm-lee. lion. WALKII'I' ALLEY herd ins dune mated to sires that will mIke Po- hnd Chine “history for Michal. Nothingto (met It present. A. D. GREGORY loam, M1311 [Him R sALe—sevsnm. EXTRA oooo spams Boers. ready for service. Our bred 'IIB In sold. but we the some lino sgprin com- on. Harley Foor 8. Ion. Oledwin. shim if}. unowviaw FARM acct! .35:an none. Booking orders {or mfl J. E. MORRIS A 80N.MFa1-mington. lich. spring pins by Walt's _ Orion. First 8r. Yearling pea-en. mum. 0d. Rules and same. 1‘" Phillips Bros, Riga,Mich. . wetting 0. I. O- SpeclIl Boar SI!e For 10 DI‘ys figuring-:3“ “The... °°‘ m1”- Good fei- ‘ty to : thp'toock I. mere. your It I reasonable '.price Recorded 1. C. or C. W. OLA RE V. OORMAN. Snorer. MM. 3 0 I (I REGISTERED $100K We no oflen'ng n30 days lbs. It “one Xto med ”snub due It 340—2 00 lbI: b 11 boars, 150 lbs. untesd.‘ Papers furnislr J. R. VInETTEN. enticed. Mich. III.“ IRE!) .FOR .BPRING FARROW end one Reborn cell eight months old. stain. peil led. F. o. IUROEss. Iuon. R 3. lion. Israel at 26. O. I. O. SWINE—MY HERD OONTAINO TNI hbed lines of themes: noetnoiegi herd. Gen furnish you stock It “lire Ind let): A. J. COR DEN. Dee-r. Rich. R I. a; I. 033. SERVICE BOARS. SPRING It Farmer's prices. . Mame. CLOVER LEAF STOON FARM. Mich. SAOINAW VALLEY NERD OF PRIZE WIN Jan. and Feb. Pics reedy John Gibson. Floater. Mich. AYRSHIRES FOR SALE—REGISTERED AVRSHIRE halls and bull calves bakers and boiler eel'reI lso some choice cows. MI h c . FINDLAY BROS.. R 5. Vamr. g..— BROWN sw1§s "ROW" SWISS BULL FOR SALE WITH FED. igtoe; four ymrs old Price $125 if taken loom". H. BANBORN. Barton OIIY. Mich. POLAND 'oHINA BIG BOB MASTODON Is sired by Caldwell Big Bob Champion of the world. His dam Sire ls A‘s Mastodon. Guild Champion It lows Shite Fair. Enough said. I here I tine September Boar Pig that will make shesdboer siredbyBigBob.IndInneiotd wring pics when weaned Book your order now. c. E. GARNANT. Eaton Rapids. Michigan. HERE'S SOMETHING 6000 THE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. 0. Get I bigger Ind better bred boIr pig herd, It I reasonable price. Expenses peid if not. Is repreeented. In service: L's Big Orange, Lord O Gauge Price Ind L's Long t. W. E. LIVINGSTON. Mich. Ila TYPE POLAND CRINAS A low choice .spring boars Ind gilt: sired by Mind.” Igoodson of“8Inoo ii Gilts will be bred to Jumbo’s Won 2nd, son of Big Bob Won for March and April fIrrow. NOWLIY BROS" Ien‘lll, Mich. FARWELL LAKE FARI L. T. P. (i. been Ill Iold. A few spring boom and Will sell with breeding privilege. loan in service: Chusman's Image 2nd, W. B.‘s Visitors welcome. W. B. RAMSDELL Hen’over. Mich. Prospec Perms. BIO TYPE POLAND CHINA BRED OILTB ALL sold. by: have some fall stilts It reasoneble Will be bred for fall litters. DORUS HOVER. Akron. Mich. GIL" 31am IV no son MASTODON, easy to Jumbo I‘d. Price very reasonable. newrrr o. PIER. Evan. Mich. ~———4 BOARS ‘BY OLANSMAN’S IM- AGE and Big Defender. that are extra good. Bred gills all sold. H. SWARTZ. Schooici‘eft. Mlch‘aan. IG TYPE POLANDS. AM OFFERING TWO h good growthy full gilts, from best sow in our en. W. CALDWELL a. SON. Sprlmwoi‘t. Mich. price. IO TYPE P. c. BRED SOWS ALL SOLD. 1‘loeing out. a few (l11iCe boars at a bargain Also some extra good fall pigs, either sex. mm gnwthy stock L. W. BARNES it SON. Byron. Mmh. 1116 TYPE PoLAiin' Chine bmr res dy for service $21. 00 OHN C. BUTLER. Portland. Mich. 33‘. P. G. A FEW TOP OILTS BRED T0 hndGiInt. the $500 beer. toWii’ey‘e ln‘dPexzfnotion. Wuizht. 700 It 18 months. - JOHN o.w.11.:v, echemcren. Mich. y . Vi”. 1'. O. DOES“ YOURr NERVE SAY 30' 0 to " gills bred to Bart's It :50 each. 1". liAB'l'. 3% Ellis. was. D. UROO JERSEY IOARS. III" of "is I”... heavy-boned type It reIsouIblI prices. Write. or better, come and see. F. J. DRODT, R 1. IIonroe, Mich. PEACH HILL FARM OSes-s tried Iowa and gilts bred to Pooch Hill Orion ‘King 152489. mmnmd. Come look 'ezn over. Also I few open gilts. INWOOD BROS., or sired by Satishctloll Romeo. lien. All OFFERING SOME HIGH OLA” SPRING DUROG BOARS It reasonable prices . A few gilts bi'ed‘for Bel? umber (snow at hernia prices. . C. TAYLOR Milan, Mich. our-cc seen In- elite ms to Wall's Kim 3294. who has sired more prise winning Dill It “0 state. fun; in the Lest 2 years then my other Dn~ roe Im.1r Newton BarnhIrt. St. Johns, h- DUROO PIGS READY TO SHIP MAY IST. Extra guilty and breeding. The In!" for Boys’ and Girls' Clubs of Weshtsnow Go. in 1919 were 1mm my herd. One boy rt fined $125 for male pig I few weeks alter pur- Price 815to $20. registeredendhnn- fared. Satisfaction guaranteed. I. E. KIES. R 6. Hilhdnio. Ilioh. oixuiins pnrmrn 911115! Herd Boer—~Referenee coir—No. 11921. 1919 Chicago International— 4th Prize Jr. Yearling ‘ BOOKING ORDERS FALL PIGS A! $25 ANK I ro'r'ra aomen-vim. Mich.“ nuaoo JERSEY sows AND own. III” for April and May know. 1, 000 lb. herd beer. J08. BOHUELLER. WeldmIn m UROGS—«SOWS AND OILTS ALL SOLD. Have a. few choice fall boars It reasonable price. _ O L. POWER. Jerome. Mich. FOR BALE—DUROO FALL GILTS. WE ARE Others bred - 5D?“ s'pring aboard. donate “£25.” Two' booking orders for choice spring Dill. $15. 8 to 10 won ekso “lob. l.d JESSE BLISS & 80". Henderson. 0R SALE: ONE DUROC BOAR FROM Brookwnher breeding stock. Choice spring pig; JOHN CRONENWETT. CANOIOn. Mich. 0R SALE—REG. DURoc-JERSEY SPRING gilts bred to hambler of Sangsmo 1st. The boot that sired our winners It Michigan State Fair and National Swine. Show. F. HEIMS a. SON DIvieon. Mich. urocs. Hm Crest Farms. and gills Doors and spring rm 4 miles straight S Grutiot Co Bred and open so“ pigs 100 head. of Middleton, Mich” Newton & Blank, Per'rinton Mich. 1" R0 M P It I Z E DURQC‘ BOARS ii 1x. \‘lVG STOCK ready for service. Geo B Smith. Addi- eon Mich BUY PIGS IIOW Registered huroc P123 cruted and delivered to express station [or $20 with. Either sex. or can in h them unrelated to each other. Thu no line fell and winter pigs sired by State Fed: winners Ind mweizhing over- 100 pounds. Write for particuls IIONIOANA FARM LTD.. Pavilion. Mich. E orrsa A FEW evenness-oi scum IN!“ “0.“. I W" ' I Gilts In ' c5111 McNAuflmfi “FDflDW. DI- LOUD. MIG. . usoo-‘sicneefvmi, roe sue. ” I Thisumnnaojsnem,gh . sow wt. ”3”.“ , ,1 1mm 130 ‘ s: an. Lows...“ as.“ Bnnns’ilmns r . ARE QUALITY H068- BERKSHIBES Weaned p135 of tho very best blood lines of the breed is our speciIlty W0 mnntee to please or nothing! ARIA I? WEAVER. cmnlnfl. MIoh.. spasm .11.: ' m I short lime will sell Berkshire Pigs, M casted and delivered to station It 320 each. These are boars ready for service and gilts which we will breed it wanted. All choice flock weighing nes‘r 100 pounds. How many _do you want? O. H. WHITNEY. Merrill, Mich. “I? “III. m m PM“ W h. DRIER BREED!“ SIM ,fooIbe’eunshmp-flreeodw ornament See our exhibitf It the Ohio Ind Kieth! tehire. ‘ Notice To Farmers! I own more Belgian Ind Percheron W then my nnn in Mlehlgen. including lntemflonfi Ind Blots Feir prise winners. end not them out , on my breeding share plan. Have placed and ' one hundred head in this state. If Your lo- mllty needs I good draft stallion or Short- Hui bull, let me hear from you. Fred G. Stevens Imam“... "m. 4 ' Cattle on SALE OR- TRADE FOR ANYTHING I can use Registered Percheron Stud. 3 you! - old absolutely right in every way. A hiahc 00115.1 have no use for him OH" O. BUTLER. Portland. Mich. HAMPSHIRES BOAR PIGS $15.00 At 8 Weeks Old EASTWOOD. Chessnlng. AAIPSHIRE BRED OiLTs ALL Sprin Ind fell boerm 'gs at a bar gain. JOH w. SNYDER. RES 4, St. Johns. An Opportunity To BUY Hampshires Right e In oilering some good sows Ind gills, bred Merch and April {II-rowing Also I few' finice {Ill pigs. either sex, Write or cell OUS THOIAS. New Lothrep, Mich. 0 YOU OONSIDER THE HOO BUSINESS lost money in his entirely when I did. Select the nriickest r. easiest keeper Ind best seller (the Hem!» ) Ind caused 01 success. Order early. A. E. TRERIOE.‘ Bentley. Mich. w. I. lch. sou). Mich. YORKSIHRES * CLARKE R SALE—REGISTERED YORKSHIRE PIGS eifller sex $12 each It weaning time. AY JONES. R 1. Ohmnlng. mum. . , o'- y SHEEP , FOR SHROPSHLRE EWEB BRED TO LAM. In MI-‘ch write oi- call on ARMSTRONG 3808., R 8. Fowler-ville. Mich. SALE. R GOOD BIG~ Mich. 'ERINO RAMB FOR , .1 1 heavy shooters. HOUSEMAN BROS . FEW EXTRA l-‘IHE SHROPSHIRE AND Allampshire Yen-ling Ewes for 825 each. These m' "8 mm m J. M. WILLIAMS North Adams, Michigan 4. Albion. ‘ HAMPSHIRE SHEEP,- A few good yearling rams and some mm IImbs leftto toofler. 25 ewes all ages for sale {or tell delivery. Everything gnarsnbeed es represented. ' Mich. u. min-1.3mm - Branch, "Going to held an - "(AUCTION SALE 0 ‘Ldepend on lost I'fhomedolh" hich PET STOCK? OF! SALE FLEMISH GIANT RABIITS DOES, breeding age, $6. Three months old peir. 55.. Registered does $12 eIch. Stock pedigreed. W t, mm Mich. mum E. HIMEBAUOH. Goldwater. ELGIAN HARES, ALL FROM REGISTERED stock. (or sale. Pair three to f ur months: 85 00; ‘Singlea buck. breeding Ige 0.0 BATIE. R 3. Bed Ase. Mich.‘ R SALE—4ILVER BLACK, OROSS “Dy red foxes adults and young stock. F. 0. VANNESS. R3.3192. Port Huron. Rich ~ 'I COLLIE PUPPIES} ' _ EWA 'r's 8m HECTOR A. K. 0. No. 244885_ Service Fee $115.00 " Write Dr W. Austin Ewalt. Mt. Michigan, for those beautiful. ped1greedee. and white 001le Puppies, bred from“ trained stock that are natural heel ‘ ' with plenty of grit. 1 also have I few Alto-i "' dale terrier Ind Shepherd Pullman. All stool: guaranteed. It Pays Big. to mlvertisyo livestock on poultry in . ‘ ‘ M. B. F33 y Breeders Directory they ere hell-the beet mi pie. reacheeel] nub-while farmer! I. Belgian Ind Percheron Horses and Short Hon it... a- ' .\ .,w..-y' :IYO . ' ’°“ Willi”; ‘1 in the lich gs e ~(vu;ila:g IRIUDL TPRRVAOTIOIL «cu: . ll Agricu Elle 1:13.331 “distributed .11 111: pceerl use: WEEKS PULLET8 m ther breeds. Shall .. buggy—p13; 0dcsecriptive Catalog? omens AND 1111111911115 for breeds for prom. Write today «threw at hatching one, baby chicks and M'- ‘ oven ANYONE!!- company 149 Phllo em. Elmira. N. V. ‘ \ it’ll” -- mu” 3 c ing ons fitnon°§1 gout-rev FARM. Mlnercss. "0m".- W yandottes. F snten. Michlfl'flg BARRED. IIIFFe.‘ Silver Pencil ed . Rocks Anconas. White Wyandottes Rotten Ducks. $2 setting. poi ~ Catalog 2c. YARDS ERI AN POULTRY a." 8%erldsn. R 0. Mich. WYANmT'l‘E INVIR ALAN” WVANDOTTE, THE FARM- 1 kind-“ farmer’s prices; 15 eggs, $1. 75. . ‘_ A. H. DURKEE Plnconnlng. llch. 'V‘fi LM‘D GOLDEN AND WHITE WY. 1%“. Choice Cocksrels $3, $4 and 35 ea. W. Inowm no. a 2. Portland. men. Belly Chicks and Hatching Eggs Mush-in White Wyandottes. Grand may Wen rantings. Winners at W. Mich. Poul” st fluskegon. Order early to avoid “Cochran; all sold. Semi for do. ""7'°"”%’: 151““ HEIIBAOH Ila Rsplds. Mich. ll!!! merino-nee. oooxgneu FROM "Lil hens orbetter. May and June hatch. ‘ifitelsmllm 82" per 15. BELONG. 8. Three Rivers. Mlch. ' LEGHORNS 1.75 15; $3 80. ;I:URK E8: Plneonnlné. Mich. HE'S 8. (1.1031111: Insomnia, M ' if“? 49‘11‘3311. such- «Ila ognunFUL BARRED secure it: hatched. déev'elop quick good layers. 30 . .50150 35.0 0. postage paid. Circulars. 5.101"! "11111-11014. Clare. men. rHouPsou's . A. 0. cocks Early bet t.ter Vial-£11513 suing?)- bgild 84.:00 10 $7. so Postpaid 'guar— "I. s. wusou. R 2. Kingsley. Mich. gene; ROCKS. ‘ ‘ ' or s d b M heavy Olayers. y Eggs ~IOOK CHICKS—100 per cent safe . II hides Muesli. Write for circu- .- H. _K 3mm lemme. Michigan. A stuls mulls. bonded with pedigreed Rheum noon goes Peg!) 11:19am ’fihfslgouu :1. per 46. ”M _ fi‘ moon ISLAND Runs :.'mmtm I. I. are omens AND sees me n‘s Color and Egg - delivery mmntesilz luau-1mm" I1 hooked new to: noc‘kerels' and on» 111111: some eockersh lo; ' DR LUM‘BIIN. ' 00 White 'L' m EGG. FOR NATO“- ' per '11... A per line. by rstn’rn mail.- LANGSHAN . 1 P80 ’ LANGSHANS OF QUALll'V 01:11:18 iii: tyge.and color since 1912. Winter strain of both end to. Bare sale. 111 ass-en. OH H“. W. IMP!” . . “mus. loh. ~ ORPINGTONS «OBHNGTON ““5““ “"0 PULLe're for s81111111. d 5110““ thlilt‘;E ii A 7,311 .Pnlle geek” Gogkere 11:0 ‘yearling hens 183 and $4:- hing 0 setting nthRAlgW‘i E “08..“ R 4f Nerrlll. Mloh. 'IANOONAB ANCONAS {3: PRIZE WINNERS AT ‘ THE 31G SHOWS and the greatest of ' layers. En! he s . ' onion from prize .» yards , and . 11an le- » S. CHW. Leghorns. . J Flock average. 121,67 9% eggs per year per en ’ 'Eggs and Baby Chicks. Also Baby Chicks from selected purebred, range raised flocks 'in Reds, Barred and White Rocks. Brown and But! Leghorna, 0r~ pingtons, Mlnorcas. Get prices from us be- fore buying elsewhere. All Eggs and Chicks safely delivered by Prepaid or Parcel Post. NEW LONDON HATOHERV Lock Box 800 New London. Ohlo 0. MOTTLED ANOONAS. EXCELLENT layers. Eggs $1.50 per 1.5 MR8. GILBERT BROWN Wheeler. Mich. HEPPARD' s FAMOUS—WEST ANOONAS. Contsin blood world champion Jayer Tries :10 Eggs. $2 for 15: $3 for 30. Special 100 ates RMAN POHL. Fowler. Mich. BABY CHICKS 350,000 for 1921 Our 17th season. Chicks uni ys sndottes. emu. Utility and Exhibiting quality st very reasonable prices. Catalog and price not free. 20th Century Hatchery. New Washington. OSHIOKHNIOK shipped safely everywhere by mail. a C. Leghorns and S. C. Mottled Anconss. the great egg machines. Guaranteed full count sturdy chicks on arrival. years reliable deal- ings. Lets get acquein n.ted Free catalogue. HOLLAND HATOHERV.- R 7. Holland. Mich. HIGH STANDARD BRED R GALI'I'V . ATGHEO RIGHT Shipped direct from our hatchery to your door. BIG STRONG. FLUFFY fellows hatched from eggs of good laying strains, and under or o m were ervision. Nine leading varieties to select from: Box 5 Ohio Barred Rocks R. ' White Rocks 8. C. White Wystndottes Golden Wxnddtt 0. Rhode Island Reds White Leghoms Brown Leghorns x Ab OONVINGEC rices. reasonable Write for FREE CATALOBG. NEW WASHINGTON HATOHE RV. Dept. New Washington. Ohio BABY GHIGKS ' Leading kinds, 11¢ each and up. Po stpsfid. Live arrival guaranteed. Quick delivery. 100 page book fro ALLENe HATOHERY. Windsor. lo. . GHIGK BARGAINS ’131eBimFlufly.LiveLv kind that LIVE and HEGROW. RIGHTLY HATCH]! ir , Modern Incubatorr A _chicks shipped di- our tchery to by Prepaid Parcel Post. PRICES: Barred and mm Rocks. R. 1. Beds. 50 for $7. 50: 100. $1 . 50' \ 872.50Wh1Wyandottee and B 1111' Owing- tom. 50 for $9. 00: 100. $18.0 0; 500. $87150. and Brogvsn7 Leghorns. 50 for $6. 00: 100 n 99 52101 D1 'to FIRST GRAD‘ r ces CHICKS hstc tchnd irgg free male heavy laying s rains. Order direct from “that ad. at one and chimp? FR your door save valuable time. EE * " 0&1“ narrower Boa: '. Newark. Ohio 9mm thesegoed' new for ”in? Address The Michigan Business Farmer. Rhode Island Reds Special rotes' 161» '13 times or longer. write out what you have to ofler'xnnd Adv. Dsp ’t, Mt Clemens Michigan. @33ng Till 1.3. FARM HATOHERV 0. White Leghorn Chick: Best se- lected stock; large, with cepscity for eggs which they DO hy. Only BEST . grade Write for terms.‘ LORING AND MARTIN COMPANY East Ssugatuck. Mich. NELAN’S EGG FARM STRAIN Leghorns. Winners in the world’s laying con- test . They say they are superior to the world's best layers. Chick ks $16 per hundred. Place your order early with a 15 Del cent deposit. HE ELAN’S EGG FARM. Tlpton. Mich. 500, 000 CHICKS at very reasonable prices from our heavy loving strain of English and American White Lez- l1orns, Brown Leghorns and Anconas. Shipped by parcel post prepaid. Special prices on 1,000 lots. Catalogue free. Wyngarden Hatchery Box 8, Iceland. Mich. DANGER Igocthisxmp and pedeggs hare Chix 14C up 100. 000 best blooded chic gks e r d - my: 2.101082hon hand 5Dto k1_5 (133 gig. u2c0dva‘gii a mg eggs. booking svoicés dkfipointgfem lingo Catalog Early AN HATOHERY 26 E. Lyon 8L. Grand Rapids. 8. O. W. Mich. Chicks with the ‘17.; Our Trapnested. and Exhibition will pay you. Try them a be convinced. Full count and safe de— livery guaranteed. Broilers 13c: Leghorns. 15c Reds. An noona s. Mino cos. Wyandottes. 1513;j GOrningtons. 20c. PREPAID. FREE CAT» HOLGATE CHICK HATcHERY Holoate. Ohio BABY GHIGKS nested, bred to lay. HITCHYNG EGGS. BARRED Rocks: Norman strain. trap- Expertly tested for many generations. Large illustrated catalogue 25c. Stamps for circular. NORMAN POULTRY PLANT. Ohmmrth, Ill. KNAPP’S “Hi-GRADE” CHICKS 38 years building up laying strains—begin where we leave off. Day old chicks from 12 leading varieties— Safe delivery guaranteed. BY PREPAID PARCEL POST Semi for prices and get, early de- livery. Kmpp’s “Hi-Grade” Poultry Farm Herbert H. Knapp, Prop. Box B F 4 Shelby, Ohio nunun cmx ' FF WHITE RogEKSS BROWN LEGHORNC AND HILLOREBT WHITE LEGHOR RNB Semi for circular describing stock and meth- 11-! HILLGREST FRUIT AND POULTRY FARM L. L. WINSLOW. Prop. Sarcnac. Mlch. BABY slNGLE cons BU" 116"”! Prices Chicks. Order no! for spring delivery. reasonable. Safe delivery guaranteed. 6E . J- W. WEBSTER. Seth. R 2. Mich. _¥ THE SEASON FOB _ Doh’ t depend on your local _{h8by chicks and grown birds. " r Poultry Advertising IS HERE markets to sell your hatching «eggs. Putting your altering before the progpective buyers of the that V State means better prices and a better market ' ‘ By Dinning your all. in M. B. F s poultry directory you cover: :1 . Better Produced Day Old Ohlx are the kind you want Send today for free catalog. Spr'lnglleld Hatch~ srles, Box E, Springfield. 0. FOR SALE—QINGLE 00MB WHITE LEG- horn day old chicks. Ferris high trapnested stock $ 1 5. 00 per 100 WIIlIamston Poultry Farm. Williamston, Mich. BABY cmcxs s. o. nor-run uncouse and White the worlds best egg machines, :11 per 10011 5and up £1?ng post paid sue delivery guaranteed. Cet- KNOLL'S HATOHERY. R 3. Holland. lllch. HATCHING EGGS anon-use sees more “MED “MKS Parks 200 682 strain. Rich in the blood of Park's best pedigreed pens. 2 ' $6 per 50, $12 per 100 Prepaid by parcel post in non- breakable containers. R. G. KIRBY, R 1 East Lsnelng. Mich. EGGS FROM BIG BARRED ROOKS IRIO TO lay. $2 per 15; $5 per' 50; 88 per 100. IRS. THOS. FOSTER, R 1.0IIIOPOIII. Mich. BARRED ROCKS HATOHING goes. bled-LO' ‘l‘c’e Ill: 1 :1. 50 or 6: m n. MR8. PERRY STEBBINB, Ssrsnao, Mich R. 2 fl. tl. RE$HDIO MATCHING EGGS, THOMPKIN'S 5 rain I{per 100; baby chicks, c each. Wm. FROHM M. New Baltimore. or)Mlch BARRED ROCK EGGS FROM GREAT LAY- era with exhibition qualities. N. R 8 Harbor. Mloh. OOFFMA Benton n We. BR. LEGHORN EGGS, $1. 50 FOR 15. Pekin duck $1. 56 for 8 W. Chinese goose eggs 40¢: each. Mrs. Claudia Bette, Hillsdale, Mich. ANCONA EGGS pard’ 5 $2. 00 15: per 100 eggs. FOR HATOHING, SHEP- 33. 00. 30. Special rates Eva Tryon Jerome. Mich. FOR SALE. SIOILIAN BUTTEROUPS $1.50 peLr. 15 eggs. "Estcellent layers. Good table fowl. K. PRAU R 1. Maple Olty. Mloh. HATCHING EGGS FROM PURE BRED BAR- red Rocks. Fertility guaranteed $1. 50 per 5 $4 50 per 50. $8. 00 100. FkMRS 8. GEO. WEAVER. DeFife Lake. Mich. BARRED ROCK EGGS FOR HATOHING. BRIO to lay. $1 75 per 15. 3. 00 per 30. Other prices on request Parcel post prepaid. J. M. Trowbrldae. R 4. Box 41. Glsdwin. Mich. n. tLmREsslg EGGISOOFOSR MATCHING. FINE a re per per 50 or 52 r 15. MR 8. MARY RUSH. Alma. MlchPe GEESE GREY AFRICAN GEESE. $15. 00 A PAIR. $20 a trio. Fine standari bred stock. Mrs. W. Truman French. Big Rapids. Mich. Y 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. A “’ORD ABOUT RENE‘VING! When you send in your renewal it will pay you to do two things, l—Enclose the address label torn from the front cover of any- recent issue of M. B. F. 2—Scnd 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 receipt 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. . in Get the McClure Plan Before You Build It Will Save You Money Our plan provides the resources and manufacturing facilities Of a big central lumberfyard that handles Smillionjs of feet of lumber, many carloads of millwork and other building materials every year. Along with this big lumber yard we also offer you an architectural and engineering service that helps you to choose what to build and how to build a house that is correctly designed-that looks good and utilizes materials most economically. We are located in Saginaw, the distribution center of Michigan, an easy place to get to and a loca- tion where we can serve you quickly and economi- cally. This is a big advantage for Michigan folks. You Have Wanted a Plan Like This You waited a long time for just this kind of a proposi- tion. You’ve wanted to build your home with all the guess-work left out—to know just what you were going to get, to have a home architecturally correct —well proportioned, the kind of a place you’ll be proud to look at and live in. All that we want is an opportunity of showing you ~ before you build. Talk to us before you decide. Get our ideas and talk them over with your carpenter or contractor. Get their advice. We’ll figure on your complete house ready cut or bill of material uncut. Better Grades of Lumber Furthermore we have a complete supply of years we have been building Saginaw Silos. materials to choose from. Our wholesale sav— You can’t go very far on a country road with- ~ ings enables us to give you better materials out seeing one. Probably you have one on ‘-~better values than you would Usually find. your farm and you know the reputation of Every piece is carefully selected with an eye the McClure Company for Service. to where it fits~—the best material in the best .S’emvilce Based on Experience As you know, for a good many years, we have been making Saginaw Silos. In addition to our silo busi- ness, we have been building houses in quantities for industries. We have sold them to textile manu- facturers, steel corporations and others who wanted twenty-five, fifty or a hundred homes for their ems ployees. In other words we have been developing scientific methods of construction and designing and our methods have been thoroughly tested. N ow we are ready to give you the benefit of our experience. We have worked out a method of giving to individual house buyers, the benefits of low costs and scientific designing and construction. ’ Your Chance to Save Our large industrial house business and silo manufacturing enables us to buy in big quantities -— all the materials that go into a house come to us at rock bottom prices. You pay but one profit—a small one based on tremendous volume. Everything is concentrated in our big plant here in Saginaw and shipped to you just as you want it. place. And remember that we’ve grown up in the lumber business and know it from A to Z. We Know What You Need In developing this plan and our architectural service, we have been guided also by our knowledge of what the farmer needs—the building problems you have been up against. Our plans are shaped to fit your needs. For Saginaw, Mich. MAIL IT NOW P-....--‘.---------..-..-..~ ecoupon, McClure.Compan'y SaginawyMichigari . Please send me the IVIcClure plan of reducing ‘ . house costs, Without any obligation on my part.” The McClure Company Tell us what you are going to build—if you have your plans made send us' your bill of materials and plans. Our architectural de- partment may be able to give you some sug— _ gestions that will save you money—that will give you a better looking and more satisfac- tory home. Fill out the coupon—at least get the facts be- fore you build. It will pay you. Write today. Note the many railroad lines radiating out of aginaw. ey go everywhere. North. South, East and West. Cairo, Illinois l ,_.._‘.- . hm-e