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“NAMELESS ORPHANS”

HE VIEWS shown above are taken from actual photographs of scenes in the Near East. The

top picture shows a Near East Relief bread wagon distributing bread baked from flour sent

from America. The other three pictures are of orphans who do not know their .own names
or from whence they came. Replying to a request from the editor for specific informatlon
showing the identity of these children and the circumstances which reduced them to such a
condition, Mr. Irving Sayford, director of Near East publicity in Michigan, replied: .

“It is not possible to give personal names of the types photographed because in only a
rare instance does the child 'know its name. These .waifs are unidentified wanderers, orphans
whose parents have perished variously, their deaths commonly having occurred many miles
from the orphange which takes them in, and in a manner seldom known to the rescue agency.
These children are picked up, or wander in, from‘ far away streets, or distant valleys that have

 

been laid waste by war and the raiding Turks and Kurds, or from mountain places to which

they with their parents had fled, or from massacre points in the desert.” 2

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THE NEAR EAST’S APPEAL
TO THE FARMERS OF
MICHIGAN

N THE very lands where the feet
of Christ once trod people are
starving to death. Tens of thous-
ands of men and women have been
driven from. their farms to become

wanderers upon the face of the earth,
and other tens of thousands have
been slaughtered or have died of
disease or hunger leaving behind
them a horde of little children with-
out kith or kin to love and feed them.

The Near East Relief, an organiza-
tion chartered by the United States
government, and supported by char-
itable Americans, has undertaken
the enormous task of housing and
feeding these people. In the brief
time that has elapsed since the work
was undertaken the organization has
equipped over 200 orphanages in
which they are today caring for 125,-
000 children who, but for the Near
East workers would today be occupy-
ing nameless graves.

How imperative is the need for
bread may be judged by the follow-
ing telegram which was received by
the New York offices of the Near East
Relief on August 25th from workers
in the Caucasus region:

“To the Farmers of America:—
Situation in Armenia and Transcau-
casia desperate. People bravely en-
deavoring to produce necessary food
but this year’s harvest pitifully inad-
equate to supply needs. All agricul-
tural operations demoralized by re-
cent war. Nothing short of large gifts
of grain from America can prevent
enormous loss of life. Heartrending
scenes on, city streets as dead-wagon
takes its daily toll. Near East Relief
orphanages taxed to capacity while
thousands of destitute orphans clamor
for admittance.****At best children
daily dying for lack of sufficient
nourishment. Winter will inevit-
ably mean certain death to thous-
ands unless outside aid is extended.
Will not American farmers at their
present harvest make generous con-
tributions of grain? Near East Relief
equipped and ready to extend its
life-saving work but need for addi-
tional food supply unlimited and im-
mediate.”

It is to answer this appeal and save
these children that the farmers of
America,——the farmers of Michigan,—
are asked to contribute just a mite of
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Write out a plain description and
figure 10c for each word. intial or
group of figures for three insertions.
There is no cheaper or better way of
selling a farm in Michigan. and you
deal direct with the buyer. No
agents or commissions. ‘If you want
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run MOTH THAT DESTROYS
RIPENING FRUIT _ .
HE LAST week has brought to
the entomologist of the Agricul-
tural College many samples of a
pretty little moth which spreads
nearly two inches; across its 6 'end-
ed wings. The creature is of a gray
color with an opalescent pinkish
tinge and is quite pretty, especially
when large numbrs of them are
clustered together.

This creature is to be found in
the morning sitting around where it
has been attracted to lights the
night before or else sitting on fruit,
engaged in sucking the sap.

It is capable of doing a great deal
of damage to ripening peaches,
pears, ever-bearing strawberries or
any other juicy fruit that ripons at
this season of the year.

“This creature is normally a nat—
ive of Central America and southern
Mexico and dies out wherever frost
occurs and then starts working
northward in the spring, producing
generation after generation, each
spreading a little farther north so
that on certain seasons it reaches
us, since the maths are very strong

fliers they come a long distance and .

when they do get here they are no-
ually in enormous numbers.

The moth is the only one of
which I know is capable of tearing
the skin of fruit. After tearing
their way in they seem to infect the
ripening fruit with a rot which rap-
idly spreads and completes its de-
struction. -

Now, as to the other side of the
question. The first frost (that is
the first killing frost) will end the
matter and all of the insects will be
killed, way back to some place in
Mexico. Next year they will start
north again, feeding on cot-ton in
the southern states, being known
there as the common cotton worm.
They appear up north here every
once in a while. There is no telling
just when they will come. In most
years we see nothing of them at all
but in seasons where the spring
starts very early and when the sum-
mer is warm and the autumn comes
late than they succeed in reaching us
up here.

Now, as to control. The moths
are attracted to light and several
years ago we had an outbreak of
this same nature, largely in peaches
and ripening pears. I recommend-
ed the use of a trap lantern which
at that time seemed to help some-
what. Get an ordinary milk pan
and set it 6h a soap box or some-
thing of that sort, out in the straw-
berry field. In this pan place a
brick and then put in an inch or
thereabout 'of water, with one-«half
a teacupful of kerosene oil floating
on top. 0n the brick put an or-
dinary lantern, such as everybody
used to have around the barn and
light up about sun-down. The idea
is to get the moths to fly toward the
light and fall into the milk pan of
kerosene and water where they will
probably die. If one uses a num-
ber Whose in a patch an enormous
number of moths is sometimes killed.
-——R. H. Pettit, M. A. C.

FARM BUREAU WILL ADVERTISE
FARM PRODUCTS

HE DEPARTMENT of Informa-

tion of the American Farm Bur-

eau Federation has established
a co-operativo advertising service,
the State Farm Bureau is advised.
The farm bureau's co-oper’ative ser-
vice is an advertising agency set up
to function especially with co—oper-
ative marketing associations and
farm bureau organizations. The
service will be offered free to such
organizations as wish to avail them-
selves of it. and is strictly in lino
with the American Farm Bureau
Federation's policy of functioning as
the farmers’ national service organ-
isation. , -

The co-operative advertising ser-
vice is already at work on its plan
for advertising .milk and milk pro-
ducts .by co—operative dairy market-
ing associatirns. Plans will also be

outlined foradvsrtisin'g; of , other.

 

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ed tic-operatives. The co—operative ‘

' advertising service (if the American

Farm'~Bureau Federation will fun;
tion with the'-' ‘co-opsration and help
a fthe state farm bureau federations.
It is believed that the service will
be able to make a distinct contribu-
tion to the effort of organised agri-
cuturo to improve the distribution
of farm products. It will also pro“!
to the consuming public that the
farmer is capable of taking hold of
and solving his own problem in s
businesser way.

GRAIN GROWERS SELL FIRST
WHEAT
T CARS of grain sold by tin
U. 8. Grain Growers, Inc., are
reported from Zone 2. the die“
trict embracing the northwest grain
producing area. Thirty-cars a was!
was the start. Burt Karts. a farmer
of Fairmont, N. D., reported that he
received 12‘ 1-2 cents more s bushel
for his wheat through the U. 8.
Grain Growers, Inc., than his local
buyers had oflered him On 1.853
bushels he claimed that he netted
$168.87 over the local bid of $1.05.
His wheat netted him $1.17 1-2, he
said.

Kurtz said that he instructed the
Grain Growers to sell his wheat at
$1.25 or pool it. However, he said
sell on a bid of $1.22 and two 
later was advised that his wheat
had sold for $1.30.

Membership in the U. S. Grain
Growers, Inc., has now passed the
10,000 mark and 392 elevators be-
long to the organization, according
to reports from national headquart—
era.

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MICHIGAN AT NATIONAL DAIRY
SHOW

OURTEEN leading dairymen of

Michigan will represent the

state officially at the Nations]
Dairy Show, to be held at the Min-
nesota State Fair Grounds, between
Minneapolis and St. Paul, October
8-15. The representatives appointed
by Governor Groesbeck are, accord-
ing to H. D. Wendt, acting chief of
the State Bureau of Dairying:

Lauren Read and Ray Ballard, of
Copemlsh; Fred Jotey, Kaleva; Max
Lutz and Maurice Jones, Bear Lake:
Steven Lautner and William Helm-
forth, Traverse City: Lowell Sours
and David Newcomb, Williamsburg;
Clinton Smith and E. E. Owen, La-
peer; George Cardwell, Imlay City:
Arthur Lilly, Hunters Creek; L. C.
Pierson, Hadley.

Arrangements are under way for
Michigan visitors to the dairy show
to go there' by a special train leav-
ing Chicago over the Chicago. Mil-
waukee and St. Paul at 10:10 a. m.,
Sunday, October 9, says Mr. Wendi;
who is in charge of the accommo-
dations for Michigan visitors who
desire to travel together. He sug-
gests that those planning to take
the trip get in touch with him at his
office in Lansing.

A collection of 1,000 of America’s
finest dairy cattle, exhibits of farm,
dairy and factory equipment, edu-
cational displays, ranging from boys
and girls clubs and calf club work
to butter and cheese exhibits and
students judging contests. There
will also be conventions of creamery-
men, dairy farmers, ice cream mak-
ers, cheese makers and milk deal-
ers will feature the convention.

Reduced rates to the dairy show
are in effect on Michigan railroads,
it is reported.

JACKSON COUNTY

SUCCESS -

JACKSON County Fair held

f week before last. proved a great
success in every respect. 'At-
tondsnce was the largest at any fair
since 1914 and the receipts were
correspondingly large. Exhibits in
all departments were quite up to
former standards. Exhibits of wool

FAIR GREAT

‘ and wool products made by the State

Farm Bureau attracted a good deal"

of attention especially frOm farm
bureau 'members. "Bigger and bet-
terthsn ever before" was W115i.

   

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 The Corn Borer has Not Reached Michigan-Jet:

' Samples of Injured Corn Inspected by M.  C. Declared Caused by Common Corn Ear Worm

'T N0 TIME during the past twenty-five
years has the corn ear worm been so

‘ troublesome in Michigan as during the pres-

ent season. This insect which is known in

i the South as the cotton boll worm and which

 

 

‘ works also in ripening tomatoes in the South

gains entrance into young ears of corn at the
time when the silk is pushed out. At the
critical time, a moth, of a dull clay color
which spreads about one and one-half inches
across the wings, lays its eggs on the fresh
silk as it is pushed out of the growing ear.

w The eggs hatch into larvae which follow the

silk down to the ear and work on the soft,
forming kernels, devouring many of them
and tunnelling in such a way as to practical-
’ly ruin the ear for culinary purposes. If the
season—is a long one a later brood of the
moths may continue to place the worms in the
corn clear up to the time of harvest, just as
it happens this year.

,V Now, the only time to control the corn ear
worm is just as the eggs are being laid, that
is when the silk is being pushed out. This
can be done by dusting dry powdered ar-
senate of lead, 60 per cent combined with hy-
drated lime 40 per cent, on the silk as it is
being pushed out. Such a remedy is war-
ranted in the case of valuable pedigreed corn
and in sweet corn in market gardens. Of
course, in field com the damage is less serious
because the kernels are ripened and the in-
jured part of the ear simply does not inter-
fere with the shelling of the perfect kernels.

There is nothing that can be done at this
time in any case.

Now, the question naturally arises what
becomes of these worms that are at present
working in the ears. The worms go down in
the ground where' they make little cells and
go through the winter as pupae, which stage
corresponds with the cocoon stage in some
other moths. In the spring each pupa gives
up a moth and the female lays her eggs on

 

\Nbich (produces
more potatoes, ,
’ t»

OW DO potatoes
grow? Why do
some vines pro-

duce many tubers
and others only a
few?

Do big seed pieces
. produce better pota-

    

toes than s m a l 1
pieces? -
When does the

tuber begin to form?
4 When does moist-
ure have the most
effect on the produc-
tion of potatoes?

What Is the relation of soil Ito potato pro-

 

 

 

. auction?

These are a few among many questions

 which has been asked. about the growth and
. yield of one of America ’s largest and most
, distinctive crops, and which former observers

haVe been able to answer only incompletely.

 Experts in the ,Bureau of Plant Industry,
1 United States Department of Agriculture,

  

have conducted a series of experiments .in po-
tato growth the results of which are publish-
ed in Department Bulletin 958, Development
of Tubers in the‘Potato, which has just been

, » i igued.’ The, information contained is of in-
- - tarest

not only to the plant physiologist but
 Q'cal' grow.” a knowledge of

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By R. H. PETTIT,
Entomologist, M. A. 0. Experiment Station

 

 

 

It is Not the Corn Borer

AVING BEEN a reader of your paper
since the first issue, I take this lib-
erty to inform you that I fear the corn

crop in this vicinity is most seriously in-
fested with the corn‘ borer from the fact
that in basking corn on my farm this fall,
for the past 10 days, I find it very badly in-
fested with a. worm of diflerent sizes, grey
in color, some with yellow stripes; small
ones entirely black, all seeming to enter
at blow end, finding some having entered
under the corn seemingly for winter quart-
ers. , Since having made this discovery, I
L have talked with my neighbors and find
where they have commenced to husk, make
the same complaint. Also one states that
his pop corn is entirely destroyed and an-
other his sweet corn. Now do I under-
stand thjs borer will continue to work af-
ter in crib? I have a. very fine corn crop;
100 bushels per acre, if not for this pest.
I live in Hamlin Township, S. E. part of
Eaton county. Should be pleased to receive
any information on the subject) possible
and others be put on their guard. You
have my permission to make it public and
sound the warning—L. D. Foote, R 8, Eat-
on Oounty, Michigan.

(Editor’s note: As a result of the above
letter and others of the same nature re-
ceived from subscribers the Business Farm-
er asked Mr. Pettit to tell us What these
worms are and how they may be gotten rid
of. Mr. Pettit says none of the samples
referred to him show evidence of the dread-
ed European corn borer, but he warns us ’
that we may expect a visit from the,corn
borer at any time as it is near us on all
sides. Farmers who suspect the presence
of the corn borer should lose no time in
communicating with Mr. Pettit). '

 

 

 

 

 

 

corn, tomatoes, or on cotton bolls, if in the
South, and so the round of life is completed,
the moths appearing two or three times dur-
ing the year.

Some New Truths About an Old Crop  - -

velopment of tubers of the potato may, to a
certain extent, be put to practical use.

Tuber formation, the department experts
state, begins in general at about the end of
the period of flower bud development although
this is not, in all cases an exact criterion. Ex-
periments showed that the number as well as
the size of potatoes in a hill increased for sev-
eral weeks after the first potatoes were large
enough to dig. A small increase in the weight
of tubers was found to occur even after the
vines had been killed by frost. The maximum
rate of growth of the tubers was found to oc-
cur about the last of August or first of Sep-
tember, which was approximately 80 days af-
ter planting. _

An interesting development of the experi-
ments was that the number and weight of
tubers per hill were found to be influenced by
the size and the kind of seed planted. _Whole
potatoes used as, seed yielded heavier than half
potatoes and these more than quarters, and
the larger the seed piece the greater the yield
per hill. 1 A whole potato used as seed yielded
more than a half or quarter potato of equal
weight. r .

The experiments showed ,‘ that ' apparently
light soils are better for potatoes than heavy
soils. The lowest production of tubers, with
respect to both number and weight per hill,

 

Fall plowing used to be considered the
correct remedy for this pest but Fal plow-

ing does not seem to fill the bill nor 0 make
very much diiference in the outcome.
This outbreak is being watched wit
than ordinary interest because Michiga
threatened with an invasion by the Europea
corn borer at any time now.
sect is within a few miles of Detroit on
Canadian side and very close to us in 'o
and is approaching our shores steadily. Re-
cent discoveries show that it is easily spread
by floating corn stalks, in which the borers
are at work and thus distributed along
streams and bodies of water more
than in any other way. The larvae are strip-
ed and the exact recognition of the species
requires work of a highly technical nature.
Therefore, we advise that the Entomological
department at the Michigan Agricultural
College be permitted to pass on all suspected
cases before the matter is considered settled.
Hundreds of samples have been sent in in the
belief that the trouble was due to European
corn borer but in every case it has turned
out to be something else, sometimes one in-
sect and sometimes another, there being quite
a number that work a great deal alike. It is
hoped, therefore, that this explanation will
not cause any one to relax his vigilance in
search for the European corn borer, for wher
we have thus far escaped this new pest, we
are bound to acquire it either this year or
next year and success in retarding its spread
depends largely in finding it when it first ap—
pears. The European corn borer tunnels
right through the cob, through the stalk and
through the roots and crown of the plant and
does not confine its work to the kernels and
outer part of the cob as in the case of the
corn ear worm. The European corn borer
also works on about 150 other kinds of
weeds and plants having fleshy and woody
stalks—R. H. Pettit, Entomologist of Experi-
ment Station. A

    
  
  
 

 

  

and yields were '  7:134
produced on the ‘  . ‘
lightest soil. The , . \, _
department experts ‘ VlnGS killed 
deem it possible, frost  the

however, that these
results might be
modified somewhat
under dilferent cli-

potetoes in

this bill in-

matic conditions. crease In
-Two year tests 3126’ “

with irrigation in—

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early application of ‘

water before tuber formation had started re-
sulted in an increase in the number of tubers

 

as well as in the weight per hill. Late irri- ’
gation actually increased the weight but made ;

little diiference in the number of tubers per
hill.‘ The irrigation experiments were not

carried to a final conclusion, but indicate that .
each application of water at almost any peri- a»
0d in the growth of the plant, provided ex? :‘
cessive quantities are not used, may be ex-"

pected to produce an increase in the weight
of the crap but that little or no increase in
the number of tubers is likely to result from’

irrigation after tuber formation is well-

started. '

This bulletin free on request to: Division of 

Publications, U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture;

 

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‘M. A. C. Shows Striking Contrasts Between Production of Good and Poor Cows,

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(c HE SCRUB must go” has

been a popular slogan
“among purebred advocates for a
number of years. The slogan is
all right as far is it goes, but the
average owner of scrub cattle
wants a few reasons why he should
."‘kill off his scrubs and invest a
lot of money in pure—breds”. The
agricultural colleges and dairy as-

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sociations have done a good deal
of excellent work along the line of
educating farmers to the greater

financial advantage of owning
pure-bred or high grade cattle,
there still remain tens

of thousands of farmers
whogo on feeding and
breeding scrub live—
‘ stock in blissful ignor—
ance of the fact that
. with only a slight ad—
d i t i 0 11 a1 investment
they can double their
dairy and beef returns.

At th‘e Michigan
State Fair this year
the M, A. C. and the
Extension Department
showed a number of
exhibits which should
have been seen by ev-
ery farmer in Michigan.
'These exhibits graphic-

 

Thc first animal is an ordinary scrub
Bull Ass'n of Alpena, county at the 1921 State Fair.
Alpena. county in August, 1921 for $40. She is like the animals with which the
The other animal is a. three—quarter blood Guernsey
cow—shows second cross from scrub cow by use of pure-bred Guernsey bull.
This animal is one of six used in Leer Bull Ass'n exhibit at 1921 State Fair.

Leer Ass’n started in 1909.

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in ‘he exhibit of the Leer
This cow was bought in

de’byiSide

up through these sires the Associa-
tion has developed a splendid line of
_ln'gh grade Guernsey cattle.

“Increased production is estimated
at an average of 100 pounds of but-
terfat a year for the high grades.
With butterfat at forty cents a pound
this amounts to $40 a cow, or $32,-
000 a year increased production
from the 800 heifer calves raised by
the Leer Association during the
last 12 years. In addition, the value
of the animals is increasing greatly.
the association selling grades last
spring for from $100 to $140 a
head while common cows can be
bought for around $40.00.”

Another exhibit staged by the
Extension Department
was that of animals of a
Kent county cow test-
ing association. Five'
pure-bred Holstein cows
were used in this ex-
hibit. T h e actual
achievements of these
cows were printed on
signs tacked above each
cow and covered with
blank paper, Farmers
who viewed the exhibit
\verc asked to examine
the cows and pick out
the best producers. Af-
ter the selections were
made the actual figures
were shown and there,

 

ally proved that scrubs
do NOT pay a; that good
grades and pure—breds .
are capable of producing two to four times
as much as scrubs at no additional cost of
feeding and at only a negligible additional
breeding cost.

The Animal Husbandry Department showed
by means of actual photographs how four
crosses of pure-bred will entirely change the
type and productivity of a scrub cow. I

The Dairy Husbandry Department exhibit-
ed three cows, two of which were pure-brcds
 and the third a, scrub. As shown in the ac-
companying illustration, one of the pure—
bred cows actually produced 40 quarts of
milk a day as compared to only 11 quarts pro-
duced by the scrub. The other pure-bred

reader find any excuse

Note the eomparhtive accomplishments of the pure-breds and srrub in the
here for longer tolerating the scrub?

cow produced 605 pounds of butter in six
months as against 177 pounds by the scrub
in the same length of time. '
The Extension Department exhibited the
types of cattle represented in the upbuilding
of the herds of the members of the Leer Co-
operative Bull Association in Alpena county

from the scrub to 'a. thirty-one thirty seconds.

blood Guernsey grade.

“A good illustration of the efficiency of a bull
association is given in the history of the above
association,” say the M. A. C. authorities. “Start—
ing in 1909 with the common scrub cows, the or-
ganizers of this association bought three pure-
bred Guernsey bulls to head their herds. Building

above illustration.

were a lot of foolish-
looking farmers when
it, was discovered that
some had picked out the very poorest "cow in
the bunch and few had chosen the very best.
All of which goes to show that you can’t
determine a cow ’s producing capacity by
her looks. The only thing that will tell the
butterfat worthof a cow is an actual test,
such as is conducted by cow-testing associa-
tions.

The Extension Department at the College
stands ready to assist farmers in organizing
(to-operative bull associations and cow-testing
associations for the purpose of eliminating
the scrub and the boarder. Farmers who do
not already belong to such associations will
find it will pay to organize along these lines.

Can the

Through Sunny England to Edinburgh, the Capitol of Bonny Scotland

REY MISTS shrouded the

By THE EDITOR

fore. Of course, this proved a

 

River Mersey the morning
the Caronia docked at Liverpool,
7 and partially obscured the view
of one of the largest shipping cen—
ters in the world. But. as the
morning advanced the sun burst
through the clouds as if to wel-
come us to England and we were
permitted a glimpse of the con-
siderable wharfs and the innum~
erable craft at their moorings. In
the immediate foreground adjoin-
ing'the quaint old, round-roofed

 

common bond of interest between
us and he rendered me invalu-
able aid in getting through the
customs house, attending to some.
business matters in Liverpool and
putting me on board my train for
Edinlmrgh. Upon my return
trip I visited him and his family
and drove with them one evening
through the wonderfully scenic
hills of North \Vales.

Two special trains were await—
ing to carry the Caronia Rotar-

 

 

custom buildings, were the Royal
Liver Building and the offices of
the Cunard steamship company. _
The former is fifteen stories high and is said
'to be the most “American” building in Eng-
land because of its skyscraper proportions.

We did not immediately disembark from
our boat. According to prearrangement the
' Lord Mayor and Mayoress of Liverpool were
to visit the boat and have breakfast with the
Skip’s committee and other functionaries on
"board. No one expects Mayors and Mayor—
;éSSeS to breakfast at such an unearthly hour
seven o’clock, so we patiently waited the
‘hour and in the, meantime had our
' sports examined and. secured our landing
gtards and submitted to other red' tape pro—
1 ure :Which must clearly prove that we were
' anarchists or bolshevists before'f‘we would

  

itted to, land; Finally'thp Mayor and

he had been in Michigan “onlyfive weekshe

  

Rural England. Picture taken by the editor from a train moving 40 miles an hour.

his wife put in their appearance. The band

played, the “hobbies” cleared a way through
the crowd that had gathered to witness our
arrival and the distinguished guests came on
board decked in their official robes. Then
we all elbowed our way around the railing
above the dining room and craned our necks
to see his lordship and ladyship eat their
breakfast and so far as I could see they ate
just like ordinary folks! ‘

.Before leaving the boat I was approached
by a young English Rotarian who had come
on board to see if he could render any assist—
ance. .He introduced himself as Liverpool
representative of the Horner Flooring Com—
pany of Reed City, Michigan, and stated that

  
  

ians to Edinburgh. Both the loc-
omotives and the coaches of these
trains were about one-half the
size of those in America. As many of our
readers know the European coach is divided
into several compartments, capable of seating
six or eight persons, and each one usually
having a door opening on either side. In
most instances a corridor runs down the side

.of the car instead of the center, but in others

there is no corridor at all. The passengers
are put into their box—like compartments an

the door is locked, and there is no escape for
the passenger between stations unless he
jumpsgout of the window. Except for this
slight disadvantage the second and third"
class coaches on which I rode

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TRANSPLANTING GRAPE VINES

I wish to ask your advice on moving
grapevines. I would like to move them
this fall. When is the best time and
could the old plants be split up two or
more ‘I—E. S., Rhodes, Michigan.

Late fall is a very desirable time
to transplant grape vines. It is
usually somewhat difficult to get
two or more plants from a single
plant with the grape, as it is usual-
ly trained to a. single stem and hence
unless there are young new shoots
growing directly from the root sys-
tem, one cannot separate the parent
plant into pieces at the time of
transplanting.

Grapes are very easy to propa-
gate, however, by layering or by
hardwood cuttings. In the former
case a portion of a shoot of. the pre-
vious season’s growth is buried ear-
ly in the spring at a leaf joint to a
depth of one or two inches, the end
of the cane being trained above the
soil and the buried portion either
pegged or firmly held in position by
the soil. At the end of the growing
season, the cane will have rooted at
the buried portion—C. P. Halligan,
Professor of Horticulture, M. A. C.

 

PAY ACCORDING TO TDVIE USED

Some time ago I organized a Joint
company of 10 farmers to buy a corn
shredder, the price was $200. It was to
be run for the company’s work only. We
held a meeting of stockholders. A part
of them voted to each pay in $1.00 per
hour for the time the shredder was work-
ing for him. I have 20 hours work and
the other members have about four hours
work. The running expense is 20 cents
per hour. I would have paid tn $16
more than my share of the running ex-
penses and the other members pay in
$3.20 more than their share of the run—
ning expense. We all own an equal share
in the machine which was 'paid for be-
fore the machine was pu to work. Must
I pay in $16 to be divi among the
stock-holders while they pay in only
about $3.20 to be divided. Each to re—
ceive an equal amount?—C. B., Men-
don, Michigan. '

As contributed equal to the pur-
chase iprice each should share equal-
ly in the profits. The profits of the
machine would be the amount of
work doneless the expense. The
one who uses it the most wears out
the machine the most and it is but
fair that he should pay in more to

‘the treasury of the company to

divided—Legal Editor. ‘

 

REMOVING RUSSIAN THISTLES
FROM mama SEED

What is the best method of removing
seed of Russian thistles from alfalfa
sced‘l—E. F. K., Bellaire, Mich.

 

A special screen is usually neces-

'sary to remove Russian thistle seed

from alfalfa seed. The Russian
thistle is not a true thistle and is
not considered a very dangerous
wood in Michigan. If the alfalfa is
sown with a nurse crop or clipped
the first season it is not likely that
the Russian thistles will produce
seed—C. R. Megee, Associate in
Farm Crops, M. A. C.

INCOME TAX ON PROCEEDS
FROM AUOI‘ION SALE

If I held an auction sale selling sine-k.
tools, hay and grain, would I have to
pay income tax on same?4ubscrfber.
Rochester. Michigan.

If you make a profit on the sale
of anything you must include the
profit as a part of the income; big
the sale of personal is a part
your capital, and is n t 'profit. In-
come is counted from the profit.—
chal Editor.

 

CHANGE EXT-BOOKS

Instwintermylittlegirlwas put
inhothethirdgrndeaboutthemiddloof
tho-choolyear. meteaehertoldus
what kind oflmokto get. Now use
wantsustogetanotherkmdofbook.
Wouldnketnknow

The 1919 edition of the General
School Laws of Michigan states nn-‘
der section 60 the law governing the
selection of textbooks. The law
Provides that “each school board

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of this  shall.

make a record thereof in its pro-
ceedings and textbooks once adopted
under the provisions of this act
shall not be changed within five
years except by the consent of a ma-
Jority of qualified voters of the dis-
trict present at an annual meeting
or at a special meeting called for
that purpose."——T. E. Johnson,
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion, Lansing, Michigan.

 

IGNORED IN FATHER’S WILL

_I was born in Dennis, Mass., and my
father and mother parted when I was
small. my father going to Jersey City,
Mass, where he was again married, and
one son was born to father and his sec-
ond wife. I tried to locate my father
ever since I was small and finally lo-
cated his second wife and son and learn-
ed father had died several months be-
fore, leaving his estate to his second
son claiming he was the only child he

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had. I cannot say what my father-{Rhea
when he left Dennis but at his dea he
was considered fairly wealthy. Would
I have any claim on this estateT—A. L.
F., Hartford, Michigan.

If you can establish your relation-
ship and further establish the fact
that he was mentally incompetent to
make a will when it was made; or
that it was made through undue in-
fluence you might be able to share
in his estate but it is a matter that
you should consult a lawyer either
near your home or in Jersey City.—
Legal Editor.

FISHING OUT OF SEASON

Can I catch trout on my own farm out
of season, or has anyone else the right to
trespass onlmy farm to catch trout in
season—O. W. S., (Somewhere up
North.)

 

You cannot catch trout out of sea-
son, either on your own farm or any-
body clse’s farm. If you do so you
are liable to a fine and imprison-
ment. No one has the right to tres-
pass upon your farm either in or
out of season if you do not want
him to.-—Editor.

  

  
   

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ponsomna'mp sonoons

Are all the consolidated schools that
have been built in this state in use dur—
ing school months? If not, could you
give the cause? Are those running on a
normal financial basis cheaper to oper-
ate than the several districts were be—
fore being consolidated? In short, how
does the school tax compare before and
after consolidation? Do these schools
appear to be an incentive or a barrier to
those who might desire to purchase
farms in said districts? Have any of
these consolidated schools at any time,
been maintained by special appropria-
tions from the state, or from private
persons or concernsfi—A L. G.. Cadillac,
Michigan.

All consolidated schools that hays
been built in this state are in con-
tinuous use during the school months
of the year.

In general the cost of operation is
somewhat more than the cost of op-
eration was before consolidation. I
am unable to give you exact figures
that would be fair because as yet
we do not have enough of the con-
solidated schools operating to make
fair averages. There are communi-
ties in which the school attendance

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Evil Is Its Own Undoing

HERE IS an old saying that if you give

a calf enough rope it will hang itself.
The truism applies to all forces of evil. Leave
them alone and they will work their own
undoing.

In the olden days there were two very
wicked cities. The people worshipped idols
and indulged in all sorts of sensual excesses.
Reformers railed against them; preachers of
the Word warned them. But to no avail.
Decency became a mockery and immorality a
virtue. The puny elforts of man having
failed the wrath of God was turned against
them and they were destroyed

Not many years after the American colon-

ies were freed from British rule a few people
began to preach a strange doctrine which
was to free man from a harder master even
than King George, whose name was King Al-
cohol. {These people were booted, spit upon,
driven from place to place. But they per-
severed. Recruits were added to the ranks
which swelled to thousands, to hundreds of
thousands and finally to millions of people.
But strong as they were the prohibition forces
were not strong enough to destroy booze on a
moral battlefield. Their final victory came
when the. saloon, heedless of the warning
signs of the times, became so rotten and re-
pugnant, so menacing to public morals and
to honest government, that the government’s
wrath was turned against it and it was de-
stroyed.
' The moving picture is one of science ’s
greatest contributions to mankind. It has
done more than any other one agency in the
same period of time to educate and entertain
the people of the world. Used rightly it
promises to become the primary instrument
in the education of our youth. But used
wrongly as it has often been in the past it is
an instrument of destruction. Unscrupulous
men have used the moving picture as a means
of portraying the morbid, the sensational,
the immoral, instead of the clean and simple
facts of life. As a result the crusaders have
arisen against that type of moving picture,
but they have made little headway. What
the reformers have failed to do, the moving
picture world has unwittingly done itself. It
has remained for a screen favorite to pull the
curtain on the debauchery in moviedom and
arouse the public to a demand for cleaner
pictures and cleaner living among the film
\ May We continue to crusade against the
forces, of evil. Our efforts will help prepare
the way. But we may confidently expect
 in the future as in the past, the Sodoms
 Gomorrahs, the illicit whiskey maker and
the brothel owner, the Fatty Arbuckles __a.nd
Virginia Rappes will continue to weavethe
' which will enmesh them in their own

  

 

  

  

duoers’ Ass’n, is tom careless. sometimes
withthewayithnndles otruth. Ofcourse,
werenlizothatitisqpito desirable form

  

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"organization of this kind to keep its members

in good humor so they will vote a “straight
ticket” at the annual elections, even if it be-
comes necessary to suppress some facts about
the milk industry and cover others /wifli a
nice coat of verbal varnish. 0n the other
hand, it does seem as if the interests of
19,00) milk producers should be paramount to
theintereslsofafewleaderseven if those
leaderswerothefinestfellowsonthcfaeeof
the earth.
httheptembcrissusofthsMilkMemen-
ger, in which im editor gives BIS OWN
viewsonameefingwhichwasheldutflowcll
to discuss a new milk marketing project, and
carefully WITEIIOLDS the views of the
speakersatthem‘cetinghemakesthisstato-
ment: ' ' ,

“It is an established fact that in no compar-
able area of the United States have the milk
producers received a price nearer the cost of
production for the last five years than they have
in the Detroit area. The practice indulged in by’
some agitators, of comparing the price received
in Detroit with the price received in the South,
in California and in Boston, ls not only unfair
but is based on a vicious desire to mislead the
people."

If such is an established fact the editor of
the Milk Messenger ought to have no difii-
culty in producing the figures to prove it, but
the Business Farmer will not take his WORD
for it. If the Milk Messenger includes the
Businws Farmer among the vicious “agitat-
ors”, and we have reason to believe it does,
it is certainly as “unfair” and viciOus” as it
charges us with being, for the Messenger
knows that the Business Farmer has always
discriminated between prices paid in sections
where conditions are not comparable. When
the price in the Detroit area has been as high
or higher than prices in other comparable
areas we have said so, and when they have
been lower than in these other areas we have
also said so.

When a careful comparison of prices, as re-
ported by the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture, shows that the price in the Detroit area
has been lower more times than it has been
higher than in other comparable areas, how
can the editor of the Michigan Milk Messen-
ger make a statement to the contrary?

A Fortunate People
HERE IS no race .of people 'on this
planet which enjoys so many material
blessings as the American people. Go where
you may from England ’s rugged shores to the
jungles of Africa, from the frozen steppes of
Siberia to the sunny isles of the far Pacific,
from the pine tree forests of Canada to the
waving grain fields of Argentina, and you
will find no people so richly blessed with the
material things of life as those who dwell in
these United States of America. 
‘Why, then, do we complain when fortune’s
wheel turns momentarily against us? We ‘
have passed through many periods of depres-
sion in this country, but there has never been
a timp when our children criedfor bread and
did not get it; when they suflered from cold
and were not clothed; when men deprived of
their jobs gave up in despair and laid down
to die. No, there has never been a time in
the history of the United States, and pray to
God that there never may be, when famine
stalked the land and our people starved to
death. But think of the countless thousands
in other lands who have perished in the last
few years because their cmps had failed or
been destroyed by war. Russia China, Jap-
an, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland, a
score of nations in Asia Minor, Africa, and-
even isolated spots upon the western hemi-
sphere, have all at some time or other passed
through “periods of starvation when people
died like the rats which followed the Pied
Piper of Hamlin. ,
This thought comes home forcibly to us

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people’s burden. But we know that

    
  

have a pound of food to spare we cannot let
otherhmnanbeingsperish. So, outcfthe
abundance which God has bestowed upon as,
we will freely giva—not lavishly, not extrav-
aganfly,—but enough to keep the spark of life
burningintho children of Asia
Minoruntiltheyaroold enough and well
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A Disturbance in the National Grange
HE SUSPENSION of William Bouck as

masteroftheWashingtonStateGrangc.

bids fair to become the subject of a battle
royal at the coming session of the National
Grange, which may conceivably result in a
division between the progressive and conserv-
an'vo wings of that grand old farmers’ organ-
ization. Shorn of all subterfuges the issue
between the Washington State Grange and
the oflicers of the National Grangeis one of
progressiveness, pure and simple. By na
ture and environment the west is progressive.
By the same tokens the east is conservative.
And the two will not stand hitched. '

No National Grange convention of recent
years has been entirely free from a more or
less discordant feeling of sectionalism. Some
years the spirit has lain almost entirely dor-
mant, but on other occasions it has fined strong
leaders to battle upon the floor of the conven-
tion. Up to the present time' the east, numer—
ically stronger and accustomed to leadership,
has prevailed, and the Western delegates have
gone back home discouraged over their defeat.
Finally some of the western Granges in the
hopes of being able to make their voices heard
upon the great national issues, of which they
had despained of doing, through the National
Grange, afiiliated with the National Farmers’
Council, the most radical of all farmers' organ—
izations represented at  This
did not meet with the approval of National
Master Lowell, so 05 came the head of Wm.
Bouck, the chief ofiender.

[It is to be hoped that the National Grange

will not permit sectional discord or disagree-

ment over national issues to destroy its ranks.
Surely there must be some common ground
where methods may be compromised without
sacrifice of principles. The Grange, as’ well
as all other farm organizations, must be pro-
gressive to live. If the Grange suffers today
from the competition of newer farm organi-
zations, it is only because the Grange has
pulled back in the breaching instead of pulling

ahead on the tugs. It will greatly strengthen.

the positiOn of the Grange at a critical time
in its history if at its next annual convention
the west can give it a good shot of twentieth
century'progressiveness and put through an
outstanding program of reform.

~ Do It Now

0 YOU make your decisions quickly, or

does it take you a day or so to make up
your mind about something!

Do not make a decision until you are sat-
isfied that you know all the facts in the case
to be decided. Snap judgment is too often
a judgment rendered in ignorance of all the
facts. Buttoomanymen  all the
facts in the case sway this way and that un-
able to decide what to. do or which way to go.

Indecision, or rather the habit of indecision,
is worse than a bad decision. The man who
is quick in his decisions will often decide the
wrong way. But he will decide rightly more
times than he will wrongly. Indecision is a
sign of mental stagnation. Prompt decision
the sign of an alert mentality.

Learn to decide quickly. Shall I do this '

today or shall I put it oif till tomorrow!
Shall I go there or stay here? Shall I do
this or that, when and how? These are ques-
tions which bother every mortal and some

mortals spend .more time in trying to  ‘ '
what to do than is usually  ’_ ’

  

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ranms service bureau
[I in your paper of September 8,
publishes this inquiry: "Will
you please tell me where there is
a school or college for studying
steam engines, if there is any?” The
Dean of Engineering, I. A. 0., re-
plies suggestiong correspomdenea
schools. No doubt this is the best
possible suggestion: but Michigan
pays enough for higher education to
make possible a different suggestion.
In general, American higher edu-
cation, beginning with high schools,
is primarily for the white collar
class. An American boy who wish-
es industrial education, education
for productive labor, must pay for
it out of his own pocket; the higher
education maintained by endow-
ments and taxation is not for him.
Denmark, said to be the beat ed-
ucated of nations, acts endure op—
posite theory. Our standardized

A - higher education that has no place

for a farm boy who wants to learn
steam engineering needs reform.
We are taxed to teach the real es-
tate business to high school gradu-
ates. The leader whom Denmark
has followed in education would
have said that we are educating for

hunger. Before we spend more men-
ey for higher education, we ought
to learn how Denmark educates

farmers and other producers.

American farmers have left many
things to hired men. They have
had enough work of their own to do
and have preferred not to bother
with finance, transportation, manu-
facturing, education or politics. The
wool growers, for example, halts
now found it quite necessary to fol-
low their product clear through to
the retailing of clothes. Farmers
have found it necessary to go into
politics, even to the controlling of
governments. Denmark has been
more successful than other nations
because Danish farmers decided that
the place to begin reform is in ed-
ucation. American farmers are still
leaving this matter to hired men. If
educators will lead, farmers will
prefer to follow, as farmers would
rather follow politicians than go
into politics. The new president of
M. A. C. has a vast opportunity.
Meanwhile, a look at our own neigh-
borhoods will show us that farm
boys now are generally without high-
er education, and that the excep-
tions are in schools standardized to
lead them away from farming.

America is now said to have the
distinction of spending more for
education than any other country
and getting less for its money. Pos~
sibly we ought to increase our spend-
ing, but surely we ought first to be
sure that the money we are spend-
ing is for education of the right
kind. away from parasitism, toward
plenty, strength, and the luxury of
good taste—Farmer.

You have expressed very concisely
what other people have felt about this
subject. There is, of course, a ques-
tion whether the demand in these mod-
ern times for technical instruction in
steam and in the practical operation
of steam engines is enough to warrant
the expense of including such a course
of study in the agricultural college cur-
iculum. The steam engine ha been
superseded to nab a great extent by
the gas engine and the electric motor
that there is little demand for skilled
engineers of stationary team contriv-
ances. This fact does not. however,
weaken the force, of your criticism which
I think is well-founded. There are others
who believe some fundamental changes
must be made in the course of study
of so~called higher education, and
among them is Dr. Friday. the new
president of the M. A. 0. Give this
man a. chance to work out his ideas and
you’ll see a. decided change in the edu-
Ezéatgcinal policies of that institution.—

1 .

SW1?! &. CO. “EXPLAINS”
N THE September 10th issue of
the Resumes FARMEB. you pub-
lished a letter signed “Reader”
which comments on the figures
which appeared in a recent adver-
tisement of ours comparing‘May,

 

1920, and May, 1921, live cattle
values with beef and by-product
values. “Reader” has determined

that the diflerence between product
cattle cost repre-

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the business, and has ignored the
figures shown immediately follow-
ing the live cost figures in the
table at the top of the advertise»
ment where it reads: ,

“Packing house meat expense—
May, 1920, $7.21; May, 1921,
$6.27.”

The purpose of the advertise-
ment was to point out the change
in try—product values and the effect
of this on the spread between cat-
tle prices and beef prices. Inas-
much as the comparison in this in-
stance could not be based on yearly
figures and bringout the full ef-
fect of the changes that had taken
place, it was necessary to use curL
rent figures prevailing at the time
the advertisement was prepared.

For this reason also, the compar-
ison had to be based on an arbi-
trary profit margin. We consider-
ed it sufficient to work out the tab-
ulation on an f. o. b. plant basis
and used $1.00 per head margin be-
cause it represents the average (ver
a period of years. Our actual re-
sults for the past two years have
been below this figure.

As stated above, the comparison
is on an f. .o. b. plant basis. Hence.
the items $7.21 and $6.27, which
were designated in the Dressed Beef
Department of the plant city, and do
not include freight to and selling
expenses at branch houses.

by~products.

The by-products are represented
at “net values.” In figuring our
beef costs we deduct the “killing-
floor value" of the by—productr‘
from the live cost of the animal
“Killing floor value” is arrived a‘
by using market price of the fin»
ished product and deducting shrink-
age losses and expenses of prepar-
ation.

We regret that “lack of time to
analyze statements” cause the ed-
itor of the M. B. F. to accept without
question the views set forth by
“Reader” and to refer to Swift &
Company as a. “gigantic combine.”
Swift & Company is a separate bug»
iness organization, founded more

than fifty years ago, and handles its ‘

business in competition with hund-
reds of packing companies,
and small.
pany is the largest of the more than
1200 packing establishments re-
ported by the 1919 census, it hand-
les only 15 per cent of the nation’s
meat supply. '

In view of “Reader’s” error and
your comment, we deem it only fall
that you grant us space for this let-
ter in order that the wrong impres-

sions given about our business may .

at least in part be overcome.————Swifi
& Company, per L. D. H. Weld
Manager, Commercial Research De-
partment.

We know 0: no reason why we should
not accept the statements'of a reader
as readily as the statements of Swift &
Co. It is a. matter of Federal Trade
Commission record that the statements
of the packing companies are not always
to be relied upon. But inasmuch as we
have accepted our reader’s statement
“without analysis" we suppose we must
in fairness accept Swift & Co.'s state-
ments the same way. To our mind, how—
ever, Swift .3: Co., have failed to answer
satisfactorily the criticism made by our
reader. If the difference between “pro-
duct values and live cattle costs" does
not represent actual profits, but does
represent merely the spread between pur-
chasing and selling prices of cattle, and
if this spread was $8.21 in May, 1920.
and $7.37 in May, 1921, as stated by our
reader, it would seem that the profits
this year must be at least equal to or
exceed the profits of the previous year,
for certainly the cost of manufacturing
has decreased at least eleven per cent in
that period of time, has it not, Mr. Weld?
Now as to whether or not Swift & Co., is
a combine rests upon the reports of the
Federal Trade Commission which sets
forth ample evidence that the “Big Five"
packers have -- been guilty of practices
tending to restraint of trade and men-

opoly.—-Editor. - ~

Enclosed find two subscriptions. Will
try to find some more neighbors to try
the M. B. F. I am confident that if they
get a trial, .they will want it all the time.
We would be lost Without the M. B. F.
It is a welcome weekly visitor in our
home for the whole familyr—Mrs. DeML.
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' . Rowena
 1 111118 muchot'truth in the

 following letter and yet in some
 places the writer simply scratch-

 ps the surface and does not get
_ ’down to rock bottom.
One naturally approaches this

flsnbject with much reverence and
some diffidence and ,yet when one
reads and thinks and observes, he
is sure to ave some settled opin-
ions. We re all in dead earnest
about religion for it is the most vital
subject we have to ponder and from
the simple to the sage we may each
hit upon our own bit of truth. No
doubt our salvation lies more in our
' earnestness and desire to do right
than in our interpretation of doct-
rine. There is one statement in
this letter that I feel must be chal-
lenged and that is in regard to the
divinity of Christ.

I believe Christ to be divine; a
wonderful blending of the divine and
the human. He was what He said
He was, the Son of God or He was
an impostor and that is impossible
to believe for it would refute His
whole life, the only perfect life ever
lived without which the world would
still be in darkness. He was never
mistaken in anything He said, nor
in any claim made.

Nothing is impossible to our Cre-
ttor. We are surrounded by mys-
teries which we cannot explain and
must simply accept and value by the
benefit we derive from them. To
me this is so plain and so simple
a deduction that the divinity of
Christ should never be questioned.

Yes, some one did come back after
death and speak to His disciples and
to others and I am by no means
sure that He is the only one who has
done so. Concerning the resurrec-
tion of the body a word or two next
week.--Editor.

 

Mrs. J.: Relative to the story of
the “Bird With a Broken Wing,” I
wish to give a few thoughts from
the rationalist standpoint, with the
generous consent of the editor. Let
me say to start with, that theology
and religion are two different
things. Religion is natural and
spontaneous, the natural outcome of
human nature, to admire and to
adore the good, the true and the
beautiful. Religion unites people,
while theology, dealing with dogmat—
ic statements regarding personali-
ties, divides and separates people
causing dissention, strife, hatred
and often leading to war. Thus the
dogma which elevates Jesus, the son
of Joseph and Mary, to the dignity
of a God and makes Him the final
arbiter of human destiny, has no
basis in the facts of the case, yet
orthodox ministers still go on teach-
ing that Jesus came to atone for the
sins of Adam and Eve, two mythical
personages. It is well known now
that the Jewish story of creation
was borrowed from the Babylonian
story and certainly Jesus never re
ferred to the garden of Eden and
Paul, the 13th apostle, was the first
writer to refer to the fall of thc
race, in the fall of Adam and Eve.

Even admitting that Adam and
his wife “fell” who was responsible?
If parents, today should leave deadly
poison around within the reach of
children, call their attention to it,
and then go away for a while, leav-

ing ,children to exercise their
own '1, and those children, eat
the poison and die, who would

we hold responsible for their death?
Science, classified human knowl-
.edge, is leading the world away
from the old and cruel conception
of a God of wrath and vengeance,
and the conception of humanity as
a fallen and depraved race of be-
ings. Astronomy, anthropology and
biology declare the world and hu-
manity to be hundreds of thousands
of years old, and it is unscientific
and unreasonable to assume that
the earth is soon to pass away. Paul
confidently expected to see the end
of human affairs and that was near-
ly two thousand years ago, and the

1 end is not yet.
'COncerning the alleged fact of
mmortality, no one knows, for no
“one has ever come back to tell us
Tabout any other world. But if im-
‘ , mortality is a fact, and supposing
"that Jesus knew the conditions un-
der which immortality is assured, if
“we. read the 26th chapter of Mat-

    
   

 

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who are assured of eternal blessed-
ness, are the ones who did deeds to
and for their fellow men. “I was
hungered and ye gave me meat,”
and verses 35, 86. No reference to
a belief in His divine son-ship, nor
His deity.

It is work, mental and physical
that has saved the world from sav-
agery and superstition. Work of
brain and brawn that leads us on,
away from darkness and fear and
cruelty, into the light of a day more
grand and glorious than has been
dreamed of by poets and seers.

I hope to hear from the editor on
the “Resurrection of. the Body," in
an early issue of M. B. F. Yours
for freedom and truth—E. H. B.,
Shelby, Michigan.

 

TO KEEP HOUSE PLANTS THRU
WINTER

FIND YOUR department for wo-

men very helpful. I‘ am just a

young girl, I keep house formy
Daddy. I would like to know how
to keep house plants through the
winter. I have quite a few lovely
ones and would like to know how to
keep them, so they won’t get frozen.
Also how to make a Devil’s Food
cake. I never have any luck with
the recipe I have, I wish you would
print a pattern for making a velvet

tam. Hoping I haven’t asked too
many questions—O. E. H., Mus-
kegon, Michigan.

We have no tam patterns in our cat—
alog but I will procure one for you and
mail it on receipt of 250 and your ad—
dress. I will publish a recipe for Devils
Food cake next week and directions for
making. Perhaps some reader will help
out on the house plants.

 

A HOME-MADE FLY TRAP

EPLYING TO Mrs. Voorhees’ in-
R quiry about old-fashioned fly

traps, while I cannot tell her
where she can buy them, I can tell
her how with one third of a yard
of 30 inch screen, a needle and
thread, pair of old shears, she can
make one in a very few minutes
time, which equals any patent de—
vice I ever saw, if it does not look
quite as well.

First, cut off 18 inches of your
screen, make a cylinder of this by
rolling around an oat meal box or
anything about 6 inches in diameter.
Lap selvedge over the other edge.
backstitch edges together beginning
at right and shoving box out of way
as you sew.

Next take strip 6 inches wide, off
other side of screen, bend ends care-
fully together and overcast, begin-
ning at outer edge and leaving open-
ing about 1—2 inch wide in middle.
By pressing this in shape you will

Edited by m. GRACE NELLIS JENNEY

  

find, with the exceptions of. the
corners you will have a cone or pr
ramid shape, insert this point first
in cylinder until they just fit at the
outer edge, trim off corners and bind
edges together. I used old-fashion-
ed skirt braid for mine, .but in:
strong cloth will do.

Now a perfectly round piece of
screen with binding seam on one
side of edge, which comes down on
other end of cylinder finishes this
part of trap. or course it is a little
trouble to rip one “side of top to
empty, but it only takes a few min-
utes and oh, the flies they will
catch!

Have very good success setting
trap over bait in basin with one, side
slightly elevated, or make a bottom
by taking small piece of board,
make circle on it exact size of trap,
cut four small blocks 1-4 inch thick,
three or four thicknesses of card-
board will do, tack directly on
circle, drive about 8 finishing nails
to hold trap in place. I find a long
handled swatter, made by binding
three thicknesses of screen 6 by 8
inches and tacked on the end of an
old broom handle very helpful in
catching the flies that light on the
porch ceiling. Never saw flies so
bad as this year. Let's all swat to-
gether and swat hard and perhaps
we will see results next year if not
this.

Thanking you for the many help-
ful things in M. B. F., I am.——Mrs.
A. W., Muskegon County, Mich.

We want to thank you, Mrs. Woodard
for your carefully written out directions.
You are correct, the way to have fewer
flies next year is to start right now. We
have practically eliminated them on our
street by giving them no place in which
to breed and by constant warfare on
them.

WHO WILL?
HAVE READ the letter by Rev.
Geo. H. Simpson in your issue of
the 3rd inst, and note that he
emphasizes the necessity of an atone-
ment for our sins, and that Christ’s
blood is necessary for that atone-
ment. I do not find any authority
in the teachings of Jesus Christ for
the supposition that His crucifixion
was necessary for our salvation.
Will Rev. Simpson or any of your
readers kindly give me chapter and
verses where He even hints at such
a thing?-—-Truth Seeker.

RECIPE FOB CORN FRTI'DERS

I am sending a. corn fritter ~ecipe
which is very nice eaten with sugar,
syrup or honey. One tablespoon olive
oil or lard melted, one pint sweet corn
cut from cob, two beaten eggs, one-half
cup sweet milk, one level teaspooan of
salt, one rounded teaspoon baking powd-
er, flour to make a batter—not too
thicllé. Drop in hot fat and fry.~—-Mrs. A.
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8 or 8 1-2 inches from the floor
and report has\it that they are

to be still longer.
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reasonable distance from the
ground. We look so much neater
and are so much more comfortable.
Who should say if we do not, how
much superfluous material we shall
wear around our ankles.

 

A groun of useful garments, all pat-
terns 120.

A Very Attractive Play Garment

Pattern 3744 is portrayed in this de-
sign. It is cut in 4 sizes: 2. 3, 4 and 5
years. A 4 year size will require 2 1—4
yards of 32 inch material. Seersucker,
gingham, percale, linen, voile, poplin,
repp, chintz, cretonne, and calico may be
used for this style.

A Popular “Wrap”

Pattern 3747 is shown in this attractive
ster It is cut in 4 sizes: Small, 34-38;
medium, 3840; large, 42-44 and extra
large, 46-48 inches bust measure. A 38

’ ‘inch size Will require 3 1-2 yards of 54

inch material without nap. The con"

is convertible. This ~

cape or wrap should

be imade up in a

heavy soft material

and for warmth lin-
ed throughout.

An Attractive, Com-
fortable Apron
Pattern 3719 is

here illustrated. It

is cut in 4 sizes:

34-36; medi-

38—40; large,

large,
bust

measure. A medi-

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' V 00D MORNING eir readeri. I'
. have got here at last. My but I
‘ had to run to get away from ~

the work I was nearly emerged in

   

- but managed to get one foot loose,

so here goes. I suppose when I get
back baby will have the molasses
can open and will have the kitchen
floor painted. Well, if he does, I’ll
just write another letter while it is
drying and maybe it will make good
paint, we'll see. Seeing the sisters
are giving it to Old Dragon Drudg-
ery, I just had to give them a boost
by telling them what I do to him. I
have found out by experience these
labor savers, and am always anxious
to read others.

Different ways to take drudgery
from farm work:

1. By salting green tomatoes and au-
cumbers until winter when they can be
freshened and used as wanted.

2. By canning apple and grape Juice
until winter when it can be made into
jelly as wanted.

3. By stewing up a supply of pumpkin
after freezing weather sets in. (km be
kept all winter in a from condition. Cut
out a chunk the evening before wanted
and bring in to thaw.

4. By making bloomers for the tots
with rubber in top and bottoms they can
be made to match dresses or of black
sateen, poplin or dark outing.

5. By making sonny‘s every day
waists of dark outing and sewing a large

on under side of sleeVe when mak-
saves patching.

6. By buying the very best grade of
materials and shrinking well before

g.

7. By marking each child's stockings
where there is a large family.

8. By hanging all clothes so wind
blows through arms and legs and laying
away towels, sheets, underwear, 8
ings from line, you can bring in the out-
ing waists and hang right up.

9. By being as neat as possible so as
to save unnecessary cleaning.

10. Arranging to out two or more gar-
ments at once by folding goods carefully.

11. By making sieves of different sizes
out of galvanized window screen with a
frame two or three inches high. Bend
edges double to tack through. Can be
used for grapes, tomatoes and to drain
jelly and other things.

12. Two deep basins; make an
master and costs little.

13. By making the creeping baby a
half dozen dark outing creepers, it
takes a very few minutes to wash in a
nice suds. Never need boiling.

14. And sisters, before you go to bed
tonight, stir up a batch of those soft
molasses cookies and surprise hubby at

Keep cool until baked.

Soft Molasses Cookies

1 cup soft lard, 2 tablespoons sugar, 1
cup molasses, 1 cup sour cream, 1 round
teaSpoon soda, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon cin-
namon. one of ginger, 5 cups flour.
Sprinkle sugar over top when baking. De-
licious.-——Mother of Many.

ideal

I am a reader of your page and have
used so many of the recipes so I thought
I would send a few. Maybe they will
suit some of our readers also. Now I
have made dill pickles this fall but I put
them in fruit jars. Fill the ‘jar with
washed pickles and put 3 teaspoonfuls of
vinegar to the quart, 1 teaspoon of salt
and break up some dill d put it in and
fill jar up with cold w r and set out
in sun 9. week. They are fine.

Sanitarium Cake

Cream together 1 cup sugar, 1-2 cup
butter, two eggs, beaten well, 1 cup but-
termilk, 1 teaspoonful soda and 1 tea-
spoonful cinnamon, 1-2 teaspoon of mo-
lasses. a little salt, 2 cups flour and bake
in 3 layers. This makes a good cake. I
have made it a good many times.

Sour Cream Pie

1 egg and 1 cup sugar, stir together
and put in 1 tablespoon of flour then
add 1 cup of sour cream, have your pan
lined with pie crust and pour this in
and sprinkle over top shredded cocoanut
and bake. This is good enough for a
king, let alone a farmer.

I am asking some of the ladies for a
graham bread recipe. I want to give
and receive.

Fried Cakes

3 eggs, little nutmeg, 2 cups sugar, 2
cups sour milk, salt, 1 cup of sour
cream, 2 teaspoons of soda, 2 teaspoons
baking powder. Mix to a stiff dough
They are the best I ever ate and I have
made a good many diflerent recipes.—
M. A. B., Clare. Michigan.

I am a reader of the M. B. F. and en-
joy the various receipes very much but
would like to know if anyone would let
me know how to candy citron. I have
always sent to the ..city for it as the

 

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In reply to an inquiry we have pattern
8488, size 36.

One lady writes me that her pattern
not arrive. She wisely gave me the
of her order. On turning to my
sheets of same date I found the
but also found her name had not
written correctly. I read the last,
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letter printed below interesting? .

I think the idea of “Bob of
Michigan" will make a very in-
teresting game, don’t you? I have

“Bob’s” name and address and if
anyone guesses correctly I will
publish the name and address on
this page. I wonder how many of
you were born on the same day of
the same year. Let’s get busy and
find out. You may find there are
none in our circle and again you
-may discover severaL

I have Just received word .from
the Doc Dads that they cannot be
with us this week but they hope to
be back in time for the next issue.
Roly and Poly have been having a
great time play-ing tricks on Dec bu-t
they are very anxious to get back
now and Doc thought he would get
even with them by making them stay
another week. The old scamp will
not own up to it but the other Doo
Dads write me that Doc is as anxious
to get back as Roly and Poly.—
UNCLE NED.

 

OUR BOYS AND GIRLS

Dear Uncle Ned—I just blew in, I hope
you will excuse me if I was a little hasty
and please don’t let that Mr. Waste-
DaDer Basket eat me up, for I promise
that I will only stay a few minutes. How
are all the cousins? Counsins, I have a
scheme that I think would be great to
try. with Uncle Ned’s permission. I will
be fourteen the 19th of February. Now
I am wondering if I have a twin, by that
I mean, were any of you born on that
day and will you be 14 that day? 'Do
you cousins see what I mean? Now I
would like to hear from my twin (if I
have any) and then Uncle Ned we'll tell
you about it. Oh, dear, that Mr. Waste-
basket is eyeing me, so will leave you
for this time, but will leave it with you
to guess if I am a boy or girL—“Bob
of Michigan"

Dear Uncle Ned—J go to school and
I have much work to do or I would have
written you a letter before this. I am
trying to join your merry circle. My oth-
er girl friends are writing you a letter
too. I am 11 years old. I have 5 cats
for pets. I have one dog. I named him
Rover. I like to go to school. My
weight is 78 pounds. My father takes
the M. B. F. I like to read the Child-
ren’s Hour very much. I take lessons
on the piano. We just got through with
our language. I am writing this letter
in schooL—Arlene Schultz, Kawkawlin,
Michigan.

 

F-"—,—

Dear Uncle Ned—I have to go a mile
to school but I have a pony so I do not
have to walk. I drive her on a buggy.
She is black with a few white Spots on
her. I have a pet cat that will do tricks.
He is black and white. name is
Tiddlewinks and my pony’s name is
Todd. Ialeyearsoldandaminthe
7th grade. Arithmetic is my favorite
study in school and I like spelling too.
Iamonlyfourfeettall. Iamsmallfor
my age. I have dark curly hair and
dark eyes and light complexion. I am in
school while writing this and it is nearly
time to go home. Oh. yes, Uncle Ned,
last Sunday we went fishing and I

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Children‘s Hour

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caught 10 nice sized perch. We went in
a little motor boat and it went fast. I
wish some 01 the boys or girls would
write to me. I would gladly answer
their letters. Well I will have to say
goodbye. Good luck to Uncle Ned and
his nieces and nephewsr—Martha Re}
nolds, 142 King St.. Bay City, Michigan.

 

.Dear Uncle Ned—Our school has been
going three weeks now. I go every day.

have about a half a mile to go t3
school. I am in the fourth grade.
have a pet cat. My brother and I have
three sheep. I have one rabbit. We
own a 1,200 acre farm on which we
live. My brother is busy helping to fill
silos We put in acres of fall
wheat. Papa. did the plowing and drill-
ing and I ‘did the harrowing and roll-
ing. I like to read the other children's
letters. My mamma reads books to me
sometimes and this week she read one
called “The Cruise of the Dolphin." I
liked it very much. It is time for me to
do chores so I guess I will close—JR!”-
sell Phillips. Melvin. Michigan.

 

Dear Uncle Ned—J am a girl sixteen
years old and in the 11th grade at
school. My father takes the M. B. P.
and thinks no paper is its equal We lin
on an 80 acre farm. I have one broth-
er and one sister. I am godng to try to
get Thelma Ransome’s picture. I think
she is twelve years old and her middle
name is Leona. I wish some of the boys
and girls would write to me. ' I will an»
wer all letters. My middle name starts
with 19‘. All those who guess it will re-
ceive a letter and also a snap shot of
EyselL—Marie Beach, Vestaburg, Mich-

an.

 

Dear Uncle Ned—I am a boy 13 years
old and in the 7th grade. I live in the
city now but I used to live on the farm.
I love to read the Children’s Hour very
much. I like to look at the funny Doo
Dads. I could not guess what they
would do next time but they always do
something different. I have no pets but
we have seven hens that are good layers.
I would answer all letters written to me.
-—-Dorr Garrett, 2035 Darwin Ave. S. W..
Grand Rapids, Michigan.

 

Dear Uncle Ned—I read your letter in
M. B. F. and so thought I would write
to you. I go to school every day. I am
in the sixth grade. I forgot to tell you
what my pets are. I have two kittens
and a dove and a pet pig. I have one
sister and three brothers. My sister is
in the seventh grade. She is twelve
years old and I am tern—Mamie Coulter,
Lapeer, Michigan.

 

Dear Uncle Ned—I am 11 years old
and I am in the fifth grade at school. I
like to go to school and go every d .
For pets I have 5 cats and 2 do 3.. 1
have 2 sisters and 1 brother, 6 live
on a 160 acre farm and have 4 horses
and 6 coWsr—Catherine Traynor, 900,
Michigan.

Dear Uncle Ned—I am a farmer girl
13 years old and in the 8th grade at
schooL We live on a forty acre farm. I
have 10 sisters and 4 brothers, 2 nep-
hews and 1 neice. I wish the boys andi
girls would write to me. My brother
takes the M. B. F.—Lydia Ross, Branch,
Michigan.

 

 

Dear Uncle Ned—I am a boy 11 years
old. I have 3 sisters and 2 brothers. I
live on a 320 acre farm. For pets I have
3 cats and 1 dogF—Martin fineltz. EL-
berta, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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If you fill in the proper words, it will read the same horizontally
Besides, the diagonal running from the
hand corner to the lower right hand corner will be the name of a bird:
Contraction ‘of “a girl's name: profound respect or reverance; jumps; to
practice earnestly; a fairy; an exclamation of disgust; in what manner?

 to last week‘s puzzle: There are eleven
' w.;.eoar. rum, TIGER, PIG, cow, CAMEL, ALPACA, BEAR, ELK.

and downwards.

 

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Moulting time is the time thatahm needs assbtance. It is
me ofi-season in the life of the hen.

Think of the amount of a hen’s en
blood that’s required to re roduoe a
(which is only an average p umage)

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digestion.

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health. good appetite and
at’s just wha Poultry Pan-a-ce-a does for a

moulting hen—gives her appetite and good digestion, so‘

that she

11 eat more and digest more.

Dr. .Hess Poultry
PAN -A- CE‘. -A

Helps your poultry through the moult. And starts your

pullets and moulted hens to laying.

It contains Tonics that produce appetite and good
digestion—Topics that tone up the dormant egg or ans—

iron that gives a moultin
comb. It contains Intern

hen rich, red blood an
Antiseptics that desh’oy disease

a red

germs that may be lurking in the system.

N0 disease where Pan-a-ce-a is led
Pan-a-ce-a helps your poultry to stay at par durin the ‘ y "

moult. They don

stead of sitting ,aroun

256. 75c and $1.50 packages.
drum, $10.00.

DR. HESS & CLARK

 
 

i become run-down, pale and thin. T at’s

why a Pan-a-ce-a hen gets back on the egg job uickly in-
all fall and winter as a

pense while regaining her normal vitality.

Always buy Pan-a-ce-a according to the size of your
flock. Tell your dealer how many fowls you have. He
has a package to suit. Good results guaranteed.

25 lb. pail, $3.00.
Except in the for West and Canada.

     
 
  
  

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inn. If you are oenslderlns s set. sl-
onoe end we will claim the do"
Address. Live “ooh Editor. I. I.

g: Richmond _

Oct. 5753th Chime. I. I. Ben-I.
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“gets. 25. Poland _Cbinss. Chas. WotIel

21. Holsteins. Howell Sales 00..

one, Ithaca, Mich.
26. Poland Chine; F. W. HAIL

, Mich.
Oct 27. Poland China. s. B. hound.
3‘. Louis. Mich

s. fidlnnd ohm“ r. r. rope.
2—-'Polsnd (mime. Wesley lime.

or. 10——Poland China; Young 31:03.,
Mich.
2 -—- Hampshire Swine. Lenawee

Feb. I
Olsqu Hampshire Swine Breeders Assn.
Adrian. men

(OPIOIAI. ADVERTISING RATES “of title hood! Moot M
Mhhhnshowyeuepmfend
be received one week before «to of

for them. Write Hey -
BREEDERS' DIRECTORY. TIIR MICHIGAN IUSINEOI FARMIR. It. Clemens. Ilohhen-

of
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DETROIT FAIR CONSIGNIIEN'I slilz‘

October 18, 1921

REGISTERED HOLSTEINS

Amongthemsyearlingdanghters ofMapIeOrestDeKol. All
splendid individuals. 88 lb. yearling bull. Fine bunch of cows bred
tosuchsiresasGenistfigrandson of my Echo Sylvia. Pelle-
tier King Dora. DeKol, son of Woodcrcst Dora DeKol, a 85 lb. cow and
King Pontiac Segis Lad DeKol. a. young 40‘ lb. show bull that Mr.
E. M. Bayne bought at Brentwood sale. an Federal tested. _ Sold

subject to 60 to 90 days retest.

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LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEER‘
Andy Adams, Litchflold, Mich.
Ed. Bowers. South Whitley, Ind
Porter Colestock, Eston Rapids, Mich.
John Hoffman. Hudson, Mich.
August Miller, St. Johns, Mich.
L. W. Lox/reel], So. Lyons, Mich.
D. L. Perry Columbus, Ohio.
I. X. Post. liiilsdsle, Mich.
J. E. Ruppert, Perry, Mich.
Hurry Robinson, Plymouth, Mich.
“'m. Waffle. Goldwater. Mich.
John P. Hutton, Innsing, Mich.
0. A. Rasnmssen, Greenville, Mich.

 

 

7o HEAD

E. A. HARDY

ROCHESTER, MICE.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TUEBOR STOOK FARM

 

 

COW.

 

HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN

SHOW BULL

Sir-d by s Pontiac Asrzie Korndyke-Henger-
void DeKol bull from s nesrly 19
First prize junior cell, Jackson Fair,
1920. Light in color snd good individusl
Bevan months old. Price 8125 to make
room. Hurry!

Herd under Federal Supervision.

BOARDMAII FARMS

JACKSON. HIGH.
Hoktdn Breeders Since 1906

'5: v i" I Breeder of Registered Holstein

..    cattle and Berkshire Hogs. mm on u mum and cm 5 months old.
Everything guaranteed, write

me your wants creams and see Williamsburg. a 1. m

ROY F. FICKIES
Chesaning, Mich.
1b. show

 

POLLEO SHORT HORIIS ;§.;”§ZI...

snd bull calves from best blood llnm.
FRANK BARTLETT, Dryden. Mich.

 

R BALE—REGISTERED SHORTHORIIS
and Dame Jersey-spring pigs. either sex: two

heifers from 6 months to 2 years old.
Scotch Top end Be b A dress
GEORGE W. ARNOLD or JARE‘gaARNOLD
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0W8 I .
 gffered’ s'IEs't-tzx'rciive'gieicL:
before January first. Will trade for good lend.
Wm. J. BELL. Rose OI”. Mich.

 

 

 

HI VAR IUREN OO. "ORTHORN DRIED-

 

King Korndyke Sadie

G'md' indgvirllilfiflmml’rl‘yyens336%?3. 3EXTRA 800D BULL «was con 

RANDONHILL

 

 

 

 

SIRED BY SEGIS FLINT

  Hengerveld Lad.

days from A. l
in:

avenge records of his four nearest dams are
33.12 lbs. butter and 730 lbs. milk in seven

1. . dams representing the iced—
fomllies of the breed with records up to 29

pounds in seven days. Priced to sell.
0

WOLVERINE STOCK FARM REPORTS 6000
sales from their hard. We are well pleasedwith
fin calves from our Junior Herd Sire “King Pon-

Ike

dam

lbs. butter.
rvisinn.

Oscar Wallin. Wiscogln Farm. Unlonvllle. Mich.

for list.
ALI!

REGISTERED

Sired by a son
produ

A

. . K ETZLER
Flint. Mich.

Komdyke sun" who is s son

'King of the Pontiscs” from s dsughter of Po
Ilse Clol‘thilde D’e K01 2nd.
his. .

W. Sprsg‘ue. R 2. Battle Creek.

I AM OFFERING LIGHT (13dOLORED HOL.
stein—Friesisn bull 1 year 0
and sire whose six nearest dams are 83.84
Herd under state and federal lup-

T YEARLIIIO BULL BARGAINS

flgcbfiffeggfeliorndyke De Nulander. e 32
M I . ' lue.
3'35.» 1'3...“ wheihmmfimffln.“ 1%?“ its.
RT 0. WADE. White Pigeon. Mich.

HOLSTEIII BULLS

of King One and from g

n ribbon winner

87 lb. son of King

cows. Write for photos and prices.
EAR‘L PETERS, North Bradley, Mich.

OUNG
BLUE RIBBOII WIIIII’E '3...“

1921 Show Circuit. For sale st s
the Out of an A granddaughter

oi

autism Komdyke.

Sired by our SENIOR SHOW BULL Mod-I

King Seals Glistn 32.37 lbs.

111 ErMaln Street, Jackson, Mich.

Herd under State and Federal Supervision.

 

heifers,

fflNo. 208073.
for foundation herd.
‘priced..to sell.

BRAND RIVER STOOK FARMS
COREY J. SPENCER. Owner

FAIRLAWII FARM

offers for quick sale a few choice
either sired by or bred
to Emblagaard Lilith Champion
The kind you need
TM! are.

J. .F. BIEMAI
Flint. mob. )

 
  

ers' Association have stock for Isle. both milk
sud beet breeding.

GHOIOE YOUNG BULL
READY FOR SERVICE We“ the um ry.
Sire 35.8!) lb.3?onoof

h a
FRANK BAILEY, Hertford. Mleh.

 

From the Maple Ridge herd of Beta

 

horns. Cslvsd in September 1920.
Michigan J. E. TANSWELL. Meson. Michigan.
HORTHORN CATTLE AND OXFORD DOWN

1205 Griswold Ste, Detroit,  .hup. Both sex for “1

o.
J. A. DOOARMO, Muir, Mleh.

 

ADWIN COUNTY PURE BRED LIVESTOCK
ASSOCIATION. Hereford. Shorthomv Jwy ENTRAL MICHIGAN ‘HORTHORN INHIB-
DUTOC'Jemy- P013“? Chm“ ers' Association offer for sale 75 head: all
Oxiord.‘ Shropfim" “1‘1 use, both milk and beef breeding. Send for new

. _ 1m.
3"“ breed“: “ck “ """n m. E. MILLER. eoc'y. one-mm. Mich.

and Holstein cattle;
Hampshire sheep.
lac

A few bull celvu'for

YOUNG REGISTERED HOL- Bu". Old
Julgyooti laggmbgrdua‘:   enouoh for see-
stock. prices reasonable all! vice, tuberculin tested and st bargain prices.
"or! one ruamnteod to be exactly as reDrQ, W. 8. HUBER. Gladwln. Illch. -

M. J. ROOHE '
Mich- RIOHLAIID SIIORTIIORIIS

—'rw sou. GALVES A IIOL- Herd bulls for quick.\n1e. m Acres Goods
on SALE 1:? shout 3 months 'old. Both end Collynie Cullen 5th. Both men five year

from 21.51 lb.
pod bulls end due from

Dams are daughters of Kins his and Durhn
8e Boe-

if e.
GHASE STOCK FARM. Marlene. Mich

SOLO AOAII
Bull cell lest advertised sold but have 2 more

cm are mostly white. They are nice streixht fel-
lows, sired by s son of King One. One is from

ID HEAIIQIIIEIIEQUALITY °‘”
ROLSTEIII cows

due to freshen right away.
MES HULETT & SONS
Lansing, Mich.

 

O. E. ATWATER
8mm

 

"°'" MILKIIIO STRAIII SHORTIIORIIS
REGISTERED HOLSTEIII OATTLE 3;?5’813"??? ‘ifnSousSBBbh’i" Efifingoh Evil?

full-Aged cows.
Richmond. Mlch.

count 25th, 648,563. Price reasonable.
,LUNDY BROS., R4, Devison. Mich.

 

 

olds and tried sires.
Nat “ward ‘50 Best of blood lines and show prospect.

Both quiet to handle.
A real bargain.
Write for particulars.

C. H. Prescott & Sons

Towns City, Michigan

 

other is from s

. d th
‘ 2 yr Old dun .n she° is by e son of UV SHORTHORNO NOW, 4TH ANNUAL
l‘riend Hengerveld De Kol Butter Boy. one of

ulls
JAMES HOPGON JR.. nweuo. Mien, R 2.

IIOTIOE 1 JERSEYS

For s 350 ,‘Liberty Bond we will deliver my

- - 1: so ..
m “cms;.?.3°.szsrs.mws. 2.. RES JERSEYS mm" ‘ “" °"°

in tiers test without a. reactor. Borne beminl
u s. -
JOHN SCHMIDT & SON. Reed om. I'm.

 

 

Young cows in milk sired

by Majesty’s 01f Bhylock 158,692 also young

ord
. HENDEE 0: SON bulls sired by Frolie‘s Hutu Polis.177083. s
Mich. grandson of Pogis 99th end Sophie 19th‘s Tor

mentor, two greet hulls of the breed. Write for
prices and pe

dime.

c. WILIUR. R 1. Ioldlns. Mlch.
EADOWVIEW JERSEY FARM—REMOTE!!-
ed Jerses, cattle. -

J. E. M RRIs A 80". Femunston. Mich.

JERSEY BULL CALVES. Show typo. From pro-

ducers. $50 end up according to en. MILO
I-I. EDISON A 80R. R2. Omnd Builds. Mloh.

 

 

 

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SIIORTIIORIIS FOR SALE who i... so 1...

 

 

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3n:- oi! unarmed notes. herd.
I. menses Reed any. Itch. . new I. RORMIROTOR. Ioele. Itch.

 

|I-' THE BULL I8 HALF THE HERD. now
much would s son of Po’gis 99th's Duke 8th.

cent blood of Sophie 10th. be
worth to your herd“:

Cattle Ranch near Reed Let me send you pedigrees ma  on bull
am offering for solo my hard calves from this bull and Sophie Tormean com
Bhorthor'ns heeded by one of FRED HAYWARD

 

bu the State. Mute: . Scotti, Mich.
This herd of cattle sre prin- "
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by L. 0. Kelly & Sound Bonn.
Kelly, both of Plymouth. Mich. as
name Kelly is a‘ word to conjure z
in connection with live stock

ing operations in central Michigan.
Father and sons have been breeds .
registered beef cattle, sheep I
hogs for more than half a center}. )
Following the death. recently, of a.
older Kelly, the two sons," both 0! 9
whom. from their earliest childbod
had assisted their father in his;
chosen evocation, elected to any:
forward the work under their 0" i
names” and the splendid she
made by them at the fair, in

the cattle and sheep departmenu,‘
indicates that they are worthy de.- 3
cendants of a distinguished sire.

 

The Red Polled cattle made I(
strong showing but the exhibit beb- ’
ed the well-balanced herd shown,
last year by Wm. W. Kennedy di
Grass Lake. Stump a Euler '
on hand again this year. with a? I
herd of splendidly conditioned
tie, giving. Michigan exhibitors I!
this division, the strongest kind d
competition; in spite of the M
mentioned above, a Michigan exhlb-i
itor, Westbrook Bros.. Ionia, show-
ed the grand champion bull of the
show in this department. Herb“
Bros, Birmingham, senior chan-
pion female and reserve; they ob
won first on senior yearling bun.
cow, three years old or over and
two-year-old heifer. Walter Luck-
hardt, Manchester, Mich, also made
a fine exhibit in the Red Polled d}
v-iSion.

 

The line-up in the Galloway diflv
sion was practically the same es' in!
year, the exhibitors being Jam.—
Frantz & Son and Frantz Bros” 0!
Bluffton, Ohio and W. M. Vina,
Howell, Mich. The Michigan exhib-
itor showed a splendid herd of at-
tle but the pace set by the Buck
eyes, in this class, was a killing one
and the majority of the prizes went
to the herd of James Fr-antz s; Sun
on some of the finest specimens d
this husky breed that the writer In!
ever seen.

One of the most richly merited
awards of the entire show fell a
Bardeil, the classy long yearling An- .
gus bull entered by Dr. G. R. Martin
& Son, Croswell, Mich.. in the den-
ior yearling bull class. This thinhw
meated little fellow is the idol!
baby beef type and he is sure to
accomplish wonderful .results when
crossed on the richly bred herd of
Aberdeen-Angus cows owned by the
Martins. Breeders of “doddies” in
Michigan will need to look well to
their laurels during the next few
years, for in the opinion of the
writer, Bardell has conformation
and quality that will make him s
likely candidate for championship
honors. Changing farms last spring
put the Martin herd at a. disadvant-
age for this season’s shows; next
year conditions will be different.
Bardell was junior champion hull of
last year’s International.

The Large Type Poland Chin:
Classes afforded some genuine sur-
prises when the awards were made.
a lad, N. Fay Bornor of Parma, Klein.
coming to the front and winning in
the class for senior yearling boars
and then taking the grand champion-
ship honors of the show with the
same animal. The senior yearling
and grand champion sow was shown
by F. E. Haynes, Hillsdaie, Mich.
Feldkamp, of Manchester, furnished
the junior champion boar and won
first on .breeders young herd and
produce of sow. W. B. Ramsdoll.
Hanover, Mich, won first on exhib-
or‘s herd and on sow under six
months old.

One of the most interesting epi-
sodes, connected with the live stock
judging contest in the» Sh-orthorn d1-
vision, developed when the I senior
heifer calves were led into them. _
Probably never before in the his-tar! ,,
of Michigan as a. state has such, .e
wonderful string of Shortlian holi-
er calves come together in seem.
after long deliberation.  

 

       

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FIRST ANNUAL CONSIGNMENT SALE

MICHIBAHIIIE EUIIIIISEI BREEIIEIISi ISS’N.

SIXTY-SEVEN REGISTERED GUERNSEYS

East Lansing, Mich, October 19, 1921

(Sale Pavilion—Michigan Agricultural College)

Below are listed some of tho consignments. Others as good:

no. CHRISTINE OF ST. SAMPSONS A. R. 8106; milk. 8527.10 1bs.; B.
Fat, 498. 9 lbs. at 2 yrs., ‘re-entry milk. 11645.0 lbs.; B. Fat 608.0 lbs.
(Two daughters offered in the sale.)

JUMBO OF BRIARBANK 64998, dam is Janoca of Briarbank 2nd A. R. 5844
B. Fat 772.23 lbs. (9th Class C.)

EIX SONS AND FIVE DAUGHTERS OF BELLW‘OOD DIMPLE BASS 48941
who is by Jethro Bass A. R. (Sire of 22 A. R. daughters) and out of
Lily of Grasslands A. B. 29-19; B. Fat 540.77 lbs. at 4 years.

IJILA OF CHESNEY FARMS A. R. 8538; milk 7079.0 lba; B. Fat 864.50 lbs.
Class EE.

TAN TIVY OF MARLECREST A. R. 5961; milk 10189.70 Ibs.; B. Fat 507.:
lbs. at 8 years.

VENUS OF NELCROF'I‘ A. R. 3894; milk 10061.80 Iba: B, Fat 496.22 lbs. at
2 years: reentry. milk 11446.10 lbs.; B. Fat 584.59 lbs. at 3 years.
TWO DAUGHTERS OF MAY KING’S LADDIE OF CHILMARK 32065. A.

R. be by Italian Daisy‘s May King of Langwater A. R. (Sold for $20,000.)
MONABCH OF CAPITOL VIEW 6871.1, lst prize, Michigan State Fair, 1920.

 

The Home of

Imp. Edgar of Daimeny

Probably

TheWorIds’ Greatest
BREEDING BULL

Blue Bell, Supromo Champion at tho

Show, 191.. and tho Birming-

ham Show, 1920, is e daughter of Edgar
of Delmony.

The Junior Champion Bull. Junior
Cbamnlol Female. Champion Colt Ben!
and First Prize Junior Holler Calf, Mish-
Iun State Fair, 1920, were the get
el Ida! of Dolmen}.

A very choice lot of young bulls—aired
by up: of Dolmen: are at this dine,

flared for
Bend for Illustrated Catalogue.

WILDWOOD FARMS
Orion. Mich.

w. I. ecu-1pm. Pros. Sidney Smith. lust.

 

 

 

 

 

GALLOWAY

REGISTERED GALLOWAYS. The beef. cree-

k of all ages for sale.

‘toc
“‘1 rot-’3 “em 5 sons, slumon. Ohio

JAM:8 FRANTz I

 

 

 

8T. AUSTEIL DIRECT 57081 (Two daughters. one son in sale). Sire, Don  
Diavalo of Linda Vista A. R. Dam, Richesse of Halcyom A. R. 5339; S  
B Fat 503.2 lbs.

, sired by Golden King of Briarbank (Grand Champion,

Darn has record of 416.6 lbs. at 2 yrs, on retest. UEL

DAUGHTERS OF GOVERNOR OF THE CHENE, 1MP. GALAXY'S SEQ .
MODENA’S YEOMAN OF LANGWATER PRISCILLA’S MAY KING,
LANGWATEB CRUSADER .to.

Announcers—Love and Benjamin.

F. E. FOX, Sales Manager, Waukesha, Wisconsin

Sand for catalog to

 

 

 

POLAND CHINA

 

GILT! ALL SOLD.

.3 one. is a: “823$. W-
Y 0
DIWITT O. PIER. Evert. Mich.

HERE'S SOMETHING GOOD

THE LARGEST BIG TYPE P. 0.
Got o bigger and better
I: “ .peid lfmmt. "mi: eoontod.
uses no as re r
Inmoorvico: L’s Big Orange, Lord

SPRING PIGS BIRED
Ono fine

bred boar Dis from my
Come and see thou.
These been
Cine-q

 

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45.32.3001!“ Walnut-solos. ol

roam:

 

 

 

 

I 1 mourns onu'wlifléf tit.i‘3.%8if imbue
WORLD’S RECORD GliERIIirEY BIiLIahGAL Lug. 8:32, TY“ H
E BY JERSEY sms§a.‘ss°o*1§i¥s.m-2  “WEN-LAKE "MS "“0. Hm ~
MAD s. t. heroes“ A R «we? “we was: "worse mowintfl.”&‘£
A new world's record for all monaAn enca. flaw 3:00“ W°nd°'- 9°“ ‘W
breeds for cows under two years of “"W" R " "mm whaovglcmlvslgiu
age has just been made by the Jer-
sey heifer St. Mawes Lad’s Lady No. AYRSHIRES FOR SALE, LARGE TYPE—-

451568, owned in Oregon. She be-
gan her test 1 year, 11 mos" 28 days
of age and produced in one year
11,756 lbs. of milk, 829.09 lbs. of
butterfat. 975.29 lbs. of 85 per cent
butter. This is the second time the
world’s record for all breeds for a
heifer under two years of age has
been made by a Jersey in Oregon.

Jerseys are winners. Jerseys are
ideal dairy cows. A pure bred
Jersey bull is a money making in-
vestment. Think! Act!

Write

SEC’Y BENDRICKSON
Shelby, Mich.
for free literature.

HEREFORDS

sols-reuse HEREFORD CATTLE —. Kme

surname 713941. and Bean Perfection

mun...“ $31“? 3s. f3 wm‘ 13.3?
“I or or one

i$.iaoonrhord bulls. Oomosndfio them;thoy

m

Tony. B. F Prep Henry Oshrholz. Herdsman,

union It" FARM. Isl-Ion. Michigan

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We can furnish registered bulls from 12
months and older best 0! brooding and at o

my price. vo she some um od
Bord  We hove also I. large ‘lcine
of registered Hon. Gilts, Bows
and Bean.

Writouatolllswhotyouuntndgot
nfiovsvve‘ an ecu.
8700K" .l..olI I

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Best of blood. Come and see.

I. J. TAYLOR. Fremont, Mica
GUERNSEYB

cums“ BIILI. .. mm mug:

more
‘1 cows drug. o “one. Prioo- ramble.
5:. cu 8. lie Rapids. Mich.

ouenusev BULLS, sumo:-
eolvu.

 

 

 

 

able and new
test A. B. records. I have
oborflon nor

  

 

FOR BALE—REGISTERED AYRSHIRE

 

 

bulls and bull calves. heifers and heifer calvea
Also some choice cows. boar pigs. filmed by F’s Cinnamon 891211‘i
“I'm-AV Bfiosu R 6- Vassar. Mich. Michigan’s 1920 Gr. Champion boar, an)
by Smooth BusterH 39§823 I Miglxilixnlll):
1920 131; Jr. Year In: our. mm c
ANGUS double moment. Priced in sell. Write

or see them. Free llvory to visitors.

 

BARTLETTS’:N353 35:31.: AND 0.1.0.

Swine ere
Ipondence solicited and i

A. A. FELDKAMP
“ltnoslu‘ Manchester. R. R. No. 2 Mich-

 

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right and are priced right. Corro-
vitcd.

 

nopoctiou in
OARL BARTLETT. Lawton. Mich.

 

ODDIE FARMS ANGUS 0! both to: for sale.
Herd headed by Burden 31910, 1920 Inter-
national Jr.

r. .

Bob. Achampion

Is sired by Caldwell Bi
His ' is I

Champion. the world.

R. Martin a Son, North Street, Mich.

 

 

BIG BOB MASTODON

of
dams Mastodon,
grand champion at lows State Fair. some breed-
ing. Peter A Fun is my new boar sired by later
Pan. he by Peter the Great, Glover & Fka D.

EG'ISTERED ABERDEEN-ANGUHULLS, 1“ held. Kgnm City Mo. 30111. a“)
Heifers and cows for sole. ' ‘ 'Bo Priced low I:
Priced to move. Inspection invited. mug; med by B“ 1"

RUSSELL BROS“ Merrill. Michigan c_ E_ GARNANT, Eaton Rapids. Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUCTION SALE
35 HEAD:35

BIG TYPE POLAND CHINA
GILTS and BOARS

It the Hillsdalo County Fair Grounds

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Wednesday, Oct. 5th at 1:30 P. M.

Oflering consists of choice gilts and boars, sired by Peace and
Plenty No. 439607 and out of such dams as H’s Lady Clansman No.
1074748. grand champion sow, and Nemo Lady No. 937882, let prize
aged sow and senior yearling champion at the 1921 Michigan State
Fair. All stock double immuned.’ ‘

Catalog mailed on request

F. E. HAYNES, HiIIscIaIe,

Auctioneers:
W. M. Waflle, Goldwater.
John Hellman; Hudson.
J. I. Post,flHilisdale. I r , _
Bids mailed to either of above auctioneers or to A. D. Greg-
ory, Louie,  nominee  I. B. F...wili receive prompt attention.

. John Simuis,
(County Agent Hillsdale Co.)

Mich. A I

 

   

 

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vacuum» roan exhibited by page;
‘. yr ’

land Hell Farm, Nolresville,
Bloomdale Miramar, shown by Carr
Bros. 8: Co., was placed second and
now that it is all over, local Short-
horn celebrities gasp for breath

when they realize by what a narrow ’

maragin Michigan lost the opportun-
ity of furnishing the grand cham-
pion female in the greatest Short-
horn show ever staged in the mid-
d—le west. The Carr Bros. had lit-
tle to regret, however, when the
complete summ of awards show-
ed that they had furnished the grand
champion bull, the reserve (and
champion bull, the senior champion
bull. the senior champion female
and the reserve junior champion fe-
male.

 

The sale of fat steers that was
staged at the fair was one of the
most successful suction events that
the state has ever known. Buyers
were present from Cleveland, BuiL
falo, Pittsburg, Jersey City. _ New
York City, Detroit and Chicago. The
main objective, which Commissioner
H. H. Halladay, of the Michigan De-
partment of Agriculture, had in
mind when he arranged for the fat
steer show and auction sale, was to
demonstrate the value of the pure-

bred sire in connection with bed;

productiom The force of the dem-
onstration became apparent when
the first prize load of yearling steers
sold for four times as much as the
load of scrubs. Without the enthus-
iastic support that local killers of
cattle gave the undertaking, the sale
would have been a flat failure. More
than 85 head of the prize steers were
slaughtered locally and all of the
meat that they afford will be con-
sumed by the inhabitants of Detroit;
it goes without saying, that the
amount taken from these high-prie-
ed carcasses, by each purchaser at
retail, will not be large. A host of
people will therefore get a taste of
good steer beef that would have

missed it had the State Fair omitted

the fat steer show.
F—-—-—

The Michigan Agricultural College ‘

made a very creditable exhibit of
live stock at the fair this year. Out-

side of the horse department, the .

college made only a few entries in
the live stock division, the main ob-
ject in bringing the cattle to the ,
fair was to show the farmers of the

state that good useful animals can ,
be secured for moderate prices. The 1

total cost of the Hereford herd.
owned by the M. A. C. is $1,500.
The college Angus herd with its

grade fat steers was easily the lead- ,'

ing college exhibit in the live stock '
department. In the Belgian division
of the horse department, the M. A.
C. won champion and reserve on Y
aged mare: first prize in class on .
two-year-old and three-I'm}!
mare and second on three—year-old‘
stallion. In the Clyde division, the
college won first on two-year-old
mare, second on five-year-old mare .
and third on mare colt.

As usual, the sensation in
draft horse department of the fair
was the outstanding exhibit of the
Owosso Sugar 00., Alicia, Mich"
with its wonderful display of Bel-
gian horses. Jacob DeGeus, a mem
ber of the board of fair manager;
directs the activities of the Om
company; the Michigan State III!
is fortunate in having on its stall. a
man so completely committed, to the
realization of the highest ideals in
agriculture. Mr. DeGeus is a sport:-
man in the truest sense of the word;
year after year, he comes to De-
troit with his wonderful exhibit of
horses and cattle, whether he wins
or loses, he comes back agate the
next year. ready to contribute his
full share to the success of the fair.
The exhibit of the Owosso Sum Co.
is one of the features which the
State Fair can not afford to lose.

 

F. Helms a Son, Davison, m,
made a splendid showing in the
Duroo classes, the senior year-line
boar and sow with which they won

for males and females being abso-
lutely sensational in character. The
firm also furnished the Junior chom-
pion...board, won first on sow under
six months, on breeders young herd,
on exhibitor’s hard. on- ' 
sow sat-138%: , ‘

the '

s...‘

' the senior and grand championships ,.

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(SPECIAL ADVERTISING RATES under this heading to honest breeders of live stock and Poultry will be sent on request.
write out whu'nu My. u, offer, let us put It In typo. show you a proof and tell you what It will
size of ad. or copy as often as you wish. OoPY 0"

at I lei I r tee: ask for them. Write today!)
M W IBREEDERS' DIRECTORY. THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER. Mt.

 

. 'I'. P. O. DOES YOUR NERVE SAY IUY

h I Vote yes and order a good one. Fall

to 80 to‘niIIO' spring boars. $15 to 825. Two
t ts bred

#1 ch to Hart's Block Price
4m i: so .
“mm 2 r. in "an? St. Louis. Mich.

EONARD'S BIG TYPE P. C. IOAR PIGS
at weaning time. from Mich. Champion herd
825 with pedigree. Satisfaction guaranteed. Call
or write E. R. LEONARD. R 3. St. Louis. Mich.

IO TYPE POLAND CHINAS. Fall pigs for

sic sired by the 1200 lb. boar Monster Bill
Bob 827,623 and of Clansman. Giant Buster
end Yankee breeding. y ship now. All
hogs double treated. Priced right for quick sale.
Write or come and see them. _

OHA8. WETZEL & SONS, Ithaca, Mich.

WALNUT ALLEY

Big Type Poland Chinas, hours and life now
tea The kind that has made g for the

 

past ten years.

A. D. GREGORY

Ionla, Michigan

 

L s P 04 BOARS BY CLANSMAN’S IM-
AGE and Big Defender, that an
extra good. Bred gilts all sold.
H. O. SWARTZ, Schoolcraft, Michigan.

BIG TYPE POLAIIDS‘“5"“'"g “is “"1

, . ll
growthy. Best of blood lines Eggggsentfil? Wilt;
or call. W. Caldwell a Son. sorlncport, Mich.

IG TYPE P. 0. SPRING PIGS EITHER SEX

from large growthy dams and sired by choice
herd boars. Come and see our stock, prices
reasonable.

L. W. BARNES a. SON, Byron, Mich.

T   TO RAISE POLAND CHINA
I HOGS. You can get the
best at the lowest price at Butler’s Stock
firms. e can furnish just what you want;
over 100 head on hand.

JNO. C. BUTLER, Prop.

Bell Phone. Portland, Mich.

 

 

 

 

Am Offering Large Type Poland Chins Bows.
bred to F": Orange at reasonable prices Also
11 Dir!- Write or call.

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

Large Type Spotted Poland Chinas

Some spring pigs at $15 and $20. Sired by
Pride of Mecosta. Satisfaction guaranteed. All
papers with pigs. Phone or write

J. B. FULLER, R 2, Reed City, Mich.

LARGE TYPE POLAND OHINAS

For sale, boars and gilts sired by B’s Clans-
man. grand champion at 1921 Mich. State Fair,
and by 1"": Clansman l920 grand champion.
Prices reasonable. Visitors welcome. Free
livery from Parma. Correspondence cheerfully
answered.

N. F. BORNOR, R 1. Parma, Mich.

 

 

ERE IS SOMETHING GOOD. BIG TYPE

Poland Chinas. One extra good large long
big boned smooth gilt bred to Howiey'l Clause
man. Price $100. Also younger gilts $30 to

$50.00.
HOWLEY BROS.. Merrill. Mich.

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1

FOR BALE—DUROC FALL GILTS AND BRED
sows. One Duroc Boar from Brookwatol
breeding. Choice spring pigs.

Louis R. Elsentrager, R 1, Linden, Mich.

 

OR SALEz—REG. DUROC JERSEY SWINE.
A few real boar and sow pigs by Michigan
Grand Champion Boer and from prize winning
dams. Also a few fall pigs either sex, sired by
5th aged boar Detroit and 2nd at Sash-law.
All stock double immuned except fall pigs.
Satisfaction guaranteed.

F. HEIMS & SON, Davlson, Mich.
EADOWVIEW FARM—A FEW CHOICE
spring female pigs for sale.

J. E. MORRIS A: SON. Farmlngtcn, Mlch.

OAKLANDS PREMIER GHIEF
Herd Bosh—Reference only—No. 129219
1919 Chicago International
4th Prize Jr. Yearling

BOOKING ORDERS FALL PIGS AT $25
BLANK l: POTTER
Pottervllle. Mich.

 

 

 

AM OFFERING SOME HIGH CLASS

SPRING DUROO BOARS

gt reasonable prices . A few gilts bred for Sep-
tember furrow at bargain prices.
W. . TAYLOR
Milan. Mich.

 

ANYTHING YOU

AT
 Fanner’s prices. WANT I

C. L. POWER. Jerome, Mich.

chances must be received one week before date of Issue.

  

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Better still,

out for 1'. I. or 52 times. You can change

Ireedere' Auction Sales advertised

Clemens. Michigan.

oxronns - 20 YRS. nnssnnTe

{’me the best blood lines. Both sexes 'for sale.
choice 2 yr old Herd Header registered
and delivered to your station.

WM. VAN BICKLE, Deckervllle, Mich.

BETTER BREEDING STOOK

1hr the best in .HROPSHIRE and HAMP-
CHIRE rams write or visit

KOPE-KON FARMS

S. L. WING, Prop., Goldwater, Mlch.
See our exhibit at the Ohio and Michigan
M Fairs.

 

 

OR SHROPSHIRE YEARLING RAMS THAT
hove sire and type. Call or write.
Armstrong Bros" R.R. No. 3. Fowlervllie. Mich.

 

6 Head Registered Shropshle Ewe and Ram
lambs, also yearling rams of a quality

ant IIIIAVG given satisfaction since 1890. Priced
se .

C. LEMEN, Dexter, Mich.

F OR SALE

BLACK TOP DELAINE RAMS.
FRANK ROHRABACHER, Laincsburg, Mich.

HAMPSHIRE SHEEP

A few good yearling rams and some ram
Inmbs left to ofier. 25 ewes all ages for sale
for fall delivory. Everything guaranteed as
represented

CLARKE U. HAIRE, West Branch, Mich.

 

 

 

  REG. DUROC SPRING BOARS,
good breeding, prices right.
JESSE BLISS 3: SON
Henderson. Mich.

 

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

 

uroe tows ana gilt: .ired to whom King 8294.
who has sired more prize winning pigs at the
mute fairs In the last 2 years than any other Die
roe boar. Newton Barnlmrt. St. Johns, Mich.

 

Durocs. Hill Crest Farms. fired and open rows
and gilts. Boars and spring pigs. 100 heed.
Form 4 miles straight S. of Middleton, Mich"
Gratiot 00. Newton & Blank, Berriuton. Mich.

 

 

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EGISTERED HAMPSHIRE RAMS.. . All
ages. Bred and priced right. Also reg—
istered ewes all ages.
. CASLER, Ovid, Mich.

 

 

IT PAYS TO BUY PURE TIRED SHEEP
OF PARSONS 'Tfififflzfi"

   

a. ~ A: : m 
. price list. Qxfordg,
e’ ' ‘

I .P m-
us...“ “M

 

 

 

E OFFER A FEW WELL-BRET! SELECT.
li-il.spring Duroc Hours, also bred low! and
Units in season. Call or write
McNAUGHTON a FORDYCE. .1. Louis. Mich.

o. 1. o. “A-” WW“—
0 I D AND OHESTER WHITE.

swine. Spring hours at reasonable

Choice Aug. & Sept. l’igs to be shipped at 8-

10 wcoks old. Prominent Bloodlines. Write
CLARE V. DORMAN, Snover, Mich.

 

 

 

 

. I. C.’s. SERVICE BOARS, SPRING PIGS
at Farmer’s prices.
CLOVER LEAF STOCK FARM. Monroe. Mich.

 

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DUROCS

on SALE—FINE MARCH Ann—Erniiplcs
Sired by Ghdwin Col. 188905. Write us

your wants.
HARLEY FOOR & SONS. R 1. Giadwln, Mlcn.

DUROO JERSEY BOARS-BIG ONES!

cod to move them unick.
VIRGIL DAVIS, Ashley, Mich.

 

 

 

 BRED TO MICHIGANA ORION SEN.
nation a great son of Great Orion’r
Benntion) ' na Demonstrator (one
0 largest bean tn state) for sale at conserva-
pricu. Lino big. growthy spring bears and

filLCHIGANA FARM. Pavilion, Mich
Kalamazoo County
  SPRING FARROW,

Mostly Colonel, Long

nd Sensation breeding.
wondOeI-IASSLEN FARMS, Northvllle, Mich.

 

UROC JERSEY BOARS. Boers of the large.
n heavy-boned type. at reasonable prices. Write,

or better, come and see.
F. J. DRODT, R 1. Monroe. Mich.

urcc Jersey Bred Stock all Sold. garden-shorten
tlin Igs. 1,000 pound rd r.
“DOVE? SCHYJELLER, Weldman. Mich.

O. I. O. avilli‘IE—MY HERD CONTAINS THE
blood lines of the most no'ed herd. Uan furnish
you stock at "lire and let live" prices.

A. J. GORDEN. Dorr. Mloh.. R 8.

 

HAMPSHIRES

HAMPSHIRE HOGS ARE THE MOST POPU-
Lur hogs of today. Spring and full hour pigs.
at a bargain. A few open gilts. 9th year.

JOHN W. SNYDER, R 4, St. Johns, Mich.

An Opportunity To Buy
Hampshire-s Right

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

GUS THOMAS, New Lothrcp. Mich.

SHEEP
WILLOW SHADE sunorsmnss

Ewes and rams of the best breeding. Prices

reasonable.
. w. SOBER,
Fowler-ville, Mich.

EGISTERED SHROPSHIRE

 

 

 

 

EWES FOR
sale at prices that will move them
lie,

 

PEAOH HILL FARM

RED cows and gilts bred to or sired by Peach
THIII Orion King 152489. Satisfaction guar-
enteed. Come look gist: over.

f w open
m . e INWOOD BROTHERS
\ Romeo. Mich.

TBRU ENGLAND TO EDINBURGH
' (continued from page 4),

the station our train entered a. tun-
nel which penetrated for several
miles beneath the city. The cars
were not lighted and the smoke of
the locomotives occasionally entered
bur compartment and nauseated us.
.But after we had emerged from the
"tunnel and began to enter the open
 country we soon forgot all one ex-
._,cept the beautiful vistas which an:
fielded to our gaze on every side. I
had expected to see some In
 country after we had crossed
border into Scotland. but I was
my prepared for the lovely
4 ‘ r7. whichmarked nearly every
‘5 ' our Journey from the time

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him the * l orablg,

SUMNER SIMPSON, Webbervi .Mich.
 oifntlouylv‘etl‘l'ingz LIQaTllis
DEWITT O. PIER

Evart, Mich.

SHROPSHIRES LRM'EEV‘LR‘Té’E‘iHoRQEu
DAN BOOMER. R 4, Evert, Mich.

 

landscape as we glided into the Edin-
burgh station. Reading from my
dairy I note:

“The country is rolling. There
are no precipitous heights, no ugly
rocks, no hidden valleys, but a
pleasing succession of rounded hillr
ocks. declining gracefully into less-
or knolls and beautiful valleys, the
enth-e panorama covered with well-
kept trees, shrubs. flowers and other
vegetation. (This section was some
miles north of the drought area).
It was some time before I discovered
the reason for the vastly diiferent
appearance qt the English
scape with American scenes of sim-
ilar, topography. Willa-t added
charm~to the‘view.-were the innum-

esse-r  divided 1e34-

 

   

 

 

 

rona e.Michigen a
TTO INUIIEASE YUUH RETURNS

from shelep, breed Registered Rsmbouiliets.

For sac y
P. C. FREEMAN a. 8 N
Phone 64-3 or 240 oweil, Mich.

REGISTERED B & O TYPE
American Delaine Sheep both sexes for sale, at

fumiers' prices.
F H. CONLEY & SON
Maple Rapids, Mich.

lWWPSHIHIES. cubism 

Make your selection now for inter shipment.
Will spare a few good ewes.
J. M. WILLIAMS, North Adams, Mich.

 

 

 

APLE LAWN FARM, Shropshires, rams and
mm lambs of choice breeding. Wooled from
nose to toes. A. E. Bacon & Son, Sheridan, Mich.

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R SALE. REG. HAMPSHIRE RAMS shown
at the 1921 Michigan State Fair.
0 O.\ KNAB & SON, Monroe, Mich.

FOR SALE - HAMPSHIRE EYIES

Yearling ewes. ewe lambs, yearling rams, ram
lambs. All in excellent condition. Prices right.
Write for terms, etc.

JOE A. KELLEY, Elsie, Mich.

REGISTERED SHEEP £33335; i'lfl.‘

L. R. KUNEY, Adrian, Mich.

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OR SALE, FLEMISH OIAN'I‘ RABBITS. DOES,
breeding age, $6. Three months old pair. 35.
Registered does 812 each. Stock pedigreed. Qual‘
ty guaranteed.
E. HIMEBAUGH. Goldwater. Mich.

 

ILVERCREST KENNELS OFFER FOR SALE
8. choice little of Reg. Scotch Collie Puppies.
Sable and white.
W. S. HUBER, Gladwin. Mich.

 

 

Read the Classified Ads
.._1N_..
M. B. F.’s Business Farmers'

Exchange

 

lamb,

 

 

from fields and farms from farms.
Up hill and down dale they ran in
savory direction. Nb matter how
mean the buildings the hedges and
the-trees gave them a setting which
seemed to overshadow and subdue
their ugliness. But for the most
part the farm houses were of sub
annual construction, in good repair
and neatly painted. The %
buildings are as a rule much em -
er and set closer together than they
are on Amorican farms. Sheep and
cattle grazing in nearby fields were
sleek and fat. I saw very few
cultivated crops in this section and
concluded that the principal industry
was dairying and sheep raising and
that such root and grain crops as
were  we produced-me! 3.

' :most intensive‘sca‘le.  ortly after

 

 

we entered Scotland the c untry be-
came much more rugged. Farms
were fewer and we saw occasionally
a bit of rough country where pines
and pople denoted lighter soil. The
hills became much higher and
steeper, the farm houses poorer, but
the hedges were as green and grace-
ful as ever. Now and then we saw
stone fences put together without
mortar from flat pieces of shale. In
instances these fences run up and
across the steepest inclines and
must have involved a great deal of
hard and patient labor in their con-
struction.”
(To be Ocntlmsedl

THE DEPARTMENT OF AG-
RIOULTURE

NEW department of state has

been recently created that has

for its main objective the de-
velopment of agriculture in Michi-
gan and an improvement in the eco-
nomic conditions which surrouni
the farmer. In order that the De-
partment of Agriculture shall ac-
complish even a small part of that
which its originators and promoters
have outlined for it to do, it is im-
portant that the farmer, himself,
shall fully co-operate with the of-
ficials directly in charge of the
work. In Commissioner Herman H.
Halladay, the farmers of Michigan
have an ally who will always be
ready and willing to help them reach
a satisfactory solution for all of
their difficult problems. -.

At the recent State Fair, tbs
Michigan Department of Agriculture
made several exhibits, educational
in their nature, which aptly illus-
trate the work this department is
attempting to do. To properly im-
press upon the mind of the average
farmer the value of well-bred stock
for feeding purposes a carload of
scrubs was shown in the barn with
the well—bred yearlings and two-
year—olds. The real force of this
demonstration became apparent
when, under the auctioneer’s ham-
mer, the scrub cattle brought only
one—fourth as much per cwt., as the
first—prize load.

The Department of Agriculture
also displayed a series of charts in
connection with its exhibit that en
plained the nature of the work which
is being done in each of the several
departments into which the work is
divided.

Data was also furnished that
showed the progress, already made,
in the department's fight against Itu-
berculosis.

On August let, a year ago, there
were 377 herds under state and fed-
eral inspection, of which 113 were
fully accredited, i. e., they have pass-
ed two a\nnua1 or three semi-annual
inspections without reactors. On
August »7th of the present your the
number of herds under state and
federal supervisions has grown to
3,469 and the number of these
showing clean tests were 2,954.
while the fully accredited herds new
number 207.

A SLIGHT CORRECTION

N THE APRIL 23rd issue of tho

BUSINESS FARMER, an account wu

given of a collision between two
automobiles, one of which owned “by
an M. B. F. reader was considerably
damaged. From the account rend-
ered by the subscriber the M. B. I".
understood that his machine was in-
sured with the Ocean Accident A:
Guarantee Corporation Which re-
fused to pay the full amount of the
damage, offering to settle for $100.
We wrote the Detroit agents of the
company several times regarding
the matter but receiving no reply
advisod our subscriber to sue the
company for the full amount of his
claim. Several weeks later we were
taken to task by the head office of
the company: in New York which:
charged us with having maliciously
misrepresented the facts for the
purpose of injuring the company.
The company advised that it was not
our subscriber but the other party
to the collision who was insured
with them. and that our subscriber’s
case if he had any was against the
other party and not .them. Ill‘hey
felt. they said, that they were mak-
ing a very liberal offer when they

   

agreed to settle lemme, on behalf ;_
of their loan -  Ht .

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OONSOLIDAMD SCHOOLS
‘ (Gentinued from. page 5)
in the primary schools is so small
that it would be actually cheaper in
dollars to consolidate these districts
because the salaries of the teachers
eliminated by consolidation would
'be more than the cost of transpor-
tation. There are other communi-
ties .where practically no teachers
will be eliminated by consolidation.
In such cases the cost of transpor-
tation would be additional to the
cost of operation in the rural dis-
tricts. However, I would say that
in the schools thus far consolidated
the consolidated schools are giving
much better instruction than it was
possible for the one—room schools to
give. The schools are better equip-
ped in libraries and laboratories.
They are more sanitary and com-
tortable.

We do not have any data at hand
to prove whether consolidated
schools are an incentive or a bar-
rier to those that might desire to
purchase farms in such districts
but I do not hesitate to say that
they appear to be an incentive t(
purchasing farms in these districts.
We have in our office official state-
ments from Ohio and Colorado
showing that in those states the con-
solidated school is a very marked
incentive to buying farms in these
consolidated districts.

, None of our consolidated schools
have been maintained by special ap-
propriation trom the state or from
private persons or concerns. Since
April, 1919, there has been a spec-
ial appropriation for consolidated
schools organized under the rural
agricultural school act. From Ap-
ril, 1919, to July, 1921, the amount
of special state aid was $600 per
year per school toward mainten-
ance and $200 per year per vehicle
used in transportation. For the
next two years the amount of special
state aid will be $1,000 per year
toward maintenance and $400 per
year per vehicle used in transpor-
tation—T. E. Johnson, Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, Lans-
ing, Michigan.

 

DIES WITHOUT WILL
A man buys a farm on a contract
with just his name on the contract.

There are no children in the family and
husband dies. Can the Wife claim all of
property or can his folks get a. share

 

and what share?—Subsc:riber, Antrim
County, Michigan.
"If a married man dies without

will or without issue his real estate
descends one-half to the widow and
one-half to his relatives. Personal
property goes all to the widow if it
does not exceed $3,000. One-hall
of excess to widow and one—half to
his relatives. The widow is entitled
to administration and to the fees of
administratrix.—Legal Editor.

 

SWEET CORN FODDER AS GRAIN
RATION FOR HORSES

I wish to ask what you think of sweet
corn fodder with the ears on stalks, as
a. grain ration for horses. Is Sudan grass
8. good horsa feed?—W. R. K., Goble»
ville, Michigan.

 

Sweet corn fodder with ears on
the stalks makes an excellent grain
ration for horses, especially for an-
imals in poor flesh. Sudan grass is
also an excellent horse feed and
pasture. It produces a second crop
which is not injurious and because
it is sweet like the sorghums it is
especially well relished as a hay.—
R. S. Hudson, Farm Superintendent,
M. A. C.

“LOST, STRAYED on s'rolLEN"

Anyone knowing the whereabouts
of Mr. Warren Osborn, are requested
to communicate with the editor of
the M. B. F. When last heard of
Mr. Osborn was in the vicinity of
Flint, Michigan._

 

 

EMPLOYIN G BROKER

If a man wanted to hire some money
to buy a piece of land and he should ask
a man that was not a lawyer it he
could tell him where he could hire some
money to buy it with, could he charge
a man $28 for telling him where he
could get the money?—F. 0.. Tekonsha,
Michigan. '

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It a man employs a broker to
find a loan for him he is liable. fer
the agreed brokerage iee or com-
mission unless some other condi-
tions exist that you have not relat-
e'd.—.—Legal' Editor. / . .

  

 

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BUSINESS FARMERS’ EXCHANGE:

 

50

A \VORD PER ISSUE—«3 insertions for 100 per word.
Twenty words Is the minimum accepted for any ad. in this department.
as one word each initial and each group of figures, both in body of ad. and in address.
fore Saturday for issue dated following week. The Business Farmer Adv. Deptg Mt. Clemens,

Farm for sale ads. not accepted

for less thaii 8 times.
Cash should accompany all orders. Count
Copy must be in our hands be-

Michigan. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. sums & LAN.D§%

$1000 SECURES ZOO-ACRE FARM WITH
furniture, horses, 12 cows and calves, poultry,
gas engine, incubamrs, crops, implements,
equipment: steady job and good income from
fine herd Holsteins; conveniently located one
State‘s most popular sections; machine-worked
fields, 40 cow spring watered pasture, 1000
cords wood, 50.000 it. timber. fruit; good 2
story 7 room house, spring water, 18 cow barn,
poultry house, storage barn: disabled owner
sacrifices all $5500, only $1000 down, terms.
Details page 32 new Illus. Catalog 1100 Bar-
gains. FREE. S’I‘ROUT FARM AGENCY.
814 BE Ford Bldg, Detroit, Mich.

 

RAVENSWOOD STOCK FARM
Mlch., on trunk line 76,
no waste land, 140 :1

FOR SALE,
in Ogemavv county,
220 acres, all good soil,
under cultivation, 60 a pasture, balance tim-
ber. 2 spring creeks, 4 good wells; 12 room
house. cellar under all. Basement barn 40x60
30x40. Natoo tile silo 16x35, 5 other build-
1m, 2 corn cribs, large bearing orchard. Have
lived on farm over 35 years. Will sell on con-
tract, unable to work it on account of age.
Price $65 per acre. W. B. SHEPPARD, West
Branch, R-l, Michigan.

 

WIDOW SACRIFICES 38-ACRE FARM EDGE
Village; horses, cows, poultry, cream sperartnr,
implements, vehicles, tools included; benefits

 

 

FOR SALE, 28 ACRES OF GARDENING
truck farm, good buildings. 3—4 mile from Eaton

Rapids, located Bear's high school. 3 acres 0!
orcha bearing frult; ‘ two acres of strawber-
ries an raspberries, rhubarb and asparagus bed.
First class gravel pit. the arty wishes to
take up Florist business at Lansing. Price
3 700. Call or write, Wm. IIONDOBJ'.
Spicerville Road, Eaton Rapids, Michigan.

 

80 ACRES, 50 TO 60 ACRES CLEARED,
clay loam soil, good young orchard, 6 miles in
good town. 1-2 mile to fine lake, 5 room frame
ho good well, barn 32:40, good granary.
1 L miles to good school. Price $3000 with
$500 down and $100 or more each yeur until
paid for. Write owner, W. F. UMPHRKI.
Evert, Michigan.

FARM FOR SALE, so ACRES, 1 ACRES
under cultivation. Small house, small barn,
chicken coop, running water, best of nail.
Ternis to suit. $2000. One Mogul tractor 8—1.
good condition. One Beeman garden tractor new.
Tractors sold separate. ROBERT WILKINR
Turner, Mich.

 

WANTED, TO TRADE A HOUSE AND LOT
in Pontiac, Mlch., for stock and tools or half
interest in stock and tools and work farm on
shares or would rent a fann all furnished by
an experienced stock farmer and can give my
kind of ref cren ces you would want. ddre.
l. D. WILLSON, Clifford, Mich.

 

120 ACRES GOOD LAND, ALL WELL

 

 

 

 

 

 

productive farm with conveniences village life; fenced, 90 acres cleared good improvement;.
on state road; 10 min. walk R. IL; all level water in house, barn and pasture, hearing or-
IOamy tillage: cuts 2 tons hay acre; wire-fenced chard and frults, bargain ‘prlfe and cps-y term.
pasture; nearly new 6<room house, good roomy for quick sale. 0. L. OlllilL-RLI'A. Vlhltlemon.
barn, granary, poultry house, etc. For lmmnd- MH'hlgun.

iate sale only $4000, part cash, easy terms.

A farm you will be proud to own. (‘omo mm 120 ACRES SUGAR BEET LAND, ISABELLA
it now, Catalog Free, PETER SALOVVITZ' county, lilronm housc. 3»ix\’-i lmlzll, lfix‘il) tool
Kinda, Mich, house. All psllutml. .\ll ('l‘nllh’, stock and machin—

erv, HIIHEHJH MARBLE, lfl'olmuau, er'll.

- 68 ACRE FARM FOR SALE. MOSTLY ALL '—
cleored. Fair frame house, new lwrn built last EQN'T BUY A_ FARM, BEFORE YOU GET
year, 32x46; frame granary 14x20, good well our 112cc list of_'.v0 good farms. DeCOUIHUGS.
2.90 feet deep: well drained, good (llU‘hes and lib-Hmmnlnlv. Michigan.
fences; clay and black loam land; good road,
mail route, schools and churches. Located in FOR SALE. 114 ACRES, GO CLEARED.
Ray county, Garfield township, Section six. Farm in good Condition. Must. snll or rent a:
\Vith horses, cattle and implements if wanted. Onr‘c. ('ll.‘.ltll-‘.S l’l’l.l".l."llilf, ltlmdns, Moll.
BIARTIN SMITH. It i. Rhodes, Mlch.

HIGHLY IMPROVED WELL LOCATED 118

200 ACRE SAGINAW COUNTY FARM. com farm. Good buildings. rib-ll; l5 miles from
19,791 flay 10mm 100 acres “mic,- mow, 94-00”, Detroit City Hall near Royal Oak. Address
brick house, furnace, 2 big hip roof burns, tile Wle K, Mich. “118111833 Funnel. Mt- Clemens.
silo, plenty of outbuildings, 10 head cattle, 133 Mli'llllltm-
hogs, 3 horses, 40 hens, full line tools, good
roads. Worth $25,000. For quick sale includ- FOR SALE, GOOD 80 ACRES WITH OR
ing 100 a- crops. $10,000, $6.000 cash, bal. without tools. Props, livestock. xNear schools,
6 per cent. RVNJAVYV & SON, 531 L? S. vlmrchcs, market, on state reward road. Write
Saginaw SL, Flint, Mich. l‘u’lX Si, Orleans. Mich.

GOOD FARM FOR SALE. 80 ACRES FOR SALE—GOOD 110 ACRE FARM IN
Clay sell, 55 aeros cleared and fenced, small t'lluton county, 0 miles from Lansing. 1 mile
house and barn, flowing well. 1—4 mile off of from lchirt. Address owner, VICTOR HE.—
stone road. Can raise all kinds of grain and SING, .‘Iusm, Mlch.

 

 

sugar beets. A bargain at $0500. 1-2 down,
balance to suit purchaser. D. A. FOLEY, 'l‘ur»
nor, Mich.

FOR SALE—80 ACRE FARM. A BAR-
gain, between loleman and llcavcrton. For
particulars write S. E. EBERLY, Coleman, ltl,
Michigan.

FOR SALE, 120 ACRES OF GOOD CUT-
over land, clay loam. 1 1—4 miles from gravel
road. Priced to selL \Vrite for particulars.
ROBERT I". KING, I.upton. Ogemaw county,
Michigan.

 

 

WANTED TO RENT WITH PRIVILEGE OF
buying same, b0 or 100 acres good land and
buildings in southern or mlddhx part of the
s‘ztln‘. ‘ll'S THOMAS, New Lothrop, Mich.

 

WANT BEST FARM, STOCK, TOOLS AND
«Irons $3500 will bu)“. Good soil, near school,
apple oxv‘hard. MILTON KUGIJCY, t'oloma,
Mlch.

 

FOR SALE OR TRADE—ROOMINGHOUSE
in Muskcgon for farm. l'ostolllco Box 57,
Muskegon, Michigan._

I for 1

 

 

EggISCELLANEonpfl
DIACHINEHI

ONE NEW 1921 MODEL OTTAWA LOO ‘
Branch Saw never used and will be shipped from

 

 

Ottawa factory to purchaser, S 180. DIETZEL
BROS” Twining, Mich.
FOR SALE. INTERNATIONAL (8-16)

tractor and John Deere plow. Cheap if taken
at once. Will give terms or accept light Ford
truck. J. HOWARD deSPELDEB, Greenville.
Michigan.

 

SAW MILL MACHINERY. PORTABLI
mills for farmers' use. Make your own lumber,
send for new catalog. HILL—CURTIS 00.. 1501
No Pitcher St.. Kalamazoo. Mich.

FENCE POSTS
IUY FENCE Posrs DIRECT mom rou-

 

 

est. All kinds. Delivered prices. Address "M.
u,” care Michigan Business Farmer, Mt. Clem-
ons, Mich.

 

GENERAL

OLD KENTUCKY TOBACCO—3 YEAR OLD
loci. Ripe, rich, nature cured. ‘The Kind
That Made Kentucky Famous.” C ewlng or
smoking, 3 lbs. $1.00 postpaid. KENTUCKY
TOBACCO ASSN. VV5l9, llawesville, Ky.

 

 

TRUNKS, BAGS. SUITCASES. WHY PAY
two middlemen profits? liuy from factory di-
rect. Scull for free catalog. GEM TRUNK &
BAG FM‘TOltY, Spring Valley. Ill.

 

EXCLUSIVE AGENCY
‘nd quick sales to love Dealers selling “IJIIL
Dil'l-Iild’l'Yll'lN RODS." Our copper tests
99.06 per t'r'llt l'llltl‘l. Write for Agency. Prices
are right L. M. Iliddie L‘o., Marshfield, Wis.

LIGHTNING RODS,

 

USE LEATHER TANNED FROM YOUR
own hidrs. .\7.-w prim list just published,__.
llil‘SKlimlN l.l1.\’l'lll-Il: (.‘O., Box 303, Mus-
kog'ou, Michigan.

 

FILMS DEVELOPED FIVE CENTS. PRINTS
regular sizes, three w-nts such. GUMSER Alt’l‘
S'l‘illtlvl, llolaml, Mich.

ALLOW YOUR AD A CHANCE TO “PULL_"

results by running it at least 3  It Is
the most. oconoumlcai way too. 00 per word
insertion—100 per word for 3 insertions.

 

IS YOUR FARM FOR SALE?

Write out a plain description and
figure 10c for each word, initial or
group of figures to rthree insertions.
There is no cheaper or better way of
selling a farm in Michigan and you
deal direct with the buyer. No
agents or commissions. It you want
to sell or trade your farm, send in

your ad. today. Don’t just talk
about it. Our Business Farmers’
Exchange gets results.

Address the Michigan Business

 

Farmer, Adv. Dept., Mt. Clemens.

 

 

POULTRY BREEDERS DIRECTOR!

 

Advertisements inserted under this heading at 30 cents per line, per issue. Special rates for 13 times _or longer. Write
out what you have to offer and send it in we will put it in type, send proof and quote rates by return marl.
Michigan Business Farmer, Advertising Department, hit. Clemens, Michigan.

Address The

 

 

 

 

POULTRY

.. .LEGHOBNS

and Anconas
Yearling Hens and Pullets—Th'm stock is all se-
lected l‘ure Breed Practical Poultry, late moult-
ers and good layers. 3000 Yearlings; limited
number Pulets. Guaranteed good practical qual-
ity. We will send you description of fowls and
egg records. If you want first class paying LCII‘
horns, write to us.
_Also limited number R. I. Red and Black
Mmorca I’ullets, White Wyandotte Yearlings.
STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION
Desk 2. Kalamazoo. Michigan

MUD WAY AUSH-KA FARM

oflers young stock and n few mature breeders in

White Chinese Geese, “'hito Runner Ducks and

\Vh‘ite VVyandottes. Also 0. I. 0. spring gilts.
rite today for prices on what you need.
DIKE c. MILLER. Dryden. Mlch..

 

 

OP QUALITY COCKERELS—MINORCAS,
Iloudans, Rocks. Reds, Orpingtnns, Spanish.
YRONE POULTRY FARM, Fenton. Mlch.

 

w CHINESE GEESE, PEKIN DUCKS, R. C.
Br. Loc'horils.
MRS. CLAUDIA BETTS, Hillsdale, Mlch.

 

 

PLYMOUTH ROCK

HEAD YOUR FLOGK

with a Genuine Park's pedigreed Barred
mouth Rock Cockarel. June hatched $2.50
while they last.

Mlch.

 

Ply-
each

 

_ A. F. BODDE, Goodells.
BAHRED BOG 33933533736325“ 56.33:;

dircelct from Parks best pedigreed pens. $3
a:

. R. G. KIRBY.

Route 1. East Lanslng, Mlch.

LEGHORNS

rabokae’s 8. C. Whlto Leghorm,
cocks and yearling hens for sale.
LEO ORABOWSKE. R 4. Merrlll. Mlch.

 

 

Cookerela.

:1”

 

COCK ER-
Heavy laying

Mlch.

INGLE “COMB BUFF LEGHORN
els, April and May hatched.
strain.

J. W. WEBSTER, Bath,

BREEDERS

We have a fine lot of English and Amer—

 

   

 

ican Leghorn (.‘ocliercls for sale at reason—
able prices. Let us know your wants. _\Vo
ship on approval and guarantee satisfaction.

LORING & MARTIN CO.

East. Saugatuck, Mich.

 

 

\VYA N DOTTE

 

ILVER LACED GOLDEN AND WHITE WY-
andottes. Eggs $2.50 per 15; $4.50 for 30.
C. W. BROWNING, R 2. Portland. Mlch.

WHITE WYAIIDUTTES

Martin Foundation. A t'cw good breeders for

 

sale. No more baby chicks this yeah 011d"
cockerels now for early fall delivery. Price!
reasonable.

0. “F. HEIMBACH
Big Rapids, Mich.

 

PUREBRED WHITE WYANDOTTE COOKER-
els, ltosecomb Fishel strain, March hatch at
$3.00 each.

MRS. TRACY RUSH, Ithaca, No. 7, Mlch.

 

 

RHODE ISLAND REDS

 

HITTAKER'S R. l. REDS. Michigan‘s
Greatest Color and Egg Strain. Both Ron
and Single Combs. Get your cockerels early

ILL HAVE A FEW CHOICE PURE BREE

IL I. Red Cocks, hens and oockem for sale.
Must act quickly if wanted.

Wm. H. FROHM. New Baltimore, R1, Mlch.

LAN GSHAN

 

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DR. SIMPSON'S LANGSHANS OF QUALITY
Bred for type. and color since 1912. Winter
laying strain of both Black and VVhitu. HHVO
some cockerels {or sale. Eggs in season.
DR CHAS. W. SIMPSON
Webbervllle. Mlch.

ORI’INGTONS

 

 

S3 and So.

ORPINGTONS AND LEGHORNS
Two great breeds for profit. Writs today for
free catalogue of hatching eggs, bsby chicks and
breeding stock.
CYCLE HATCHER COMPANY, 14! Phllo Bldg.
mlra. N. Y.

 COCKERELS AND PULLETI

for sale. Bun, White,
Black L‘ockercls at $7, $23, and 810. Pullets a.
' Llso yearling hens $3 and $4.

mtclllllg eggs, $0 per setting of 15.
GRABOWSKE BROS... R a. Merrill. Mlch.,

 

 

and save money. Write for free catalog.
INTERLAKES FARM. Box 4, Lawrence. Mlch.

.—.

-————Every
Breeder

Can use B. F.'s
Breeders‘i Directory
to good advantage.
Run your ad. and
watch the returns
come in

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‘,the crop in Argentina, the prod-no-

TRADE AND MARKET REVIEW
’ MARKED improvement in the

financial anad business situap
' tiou is noted in all parts of the
country. In spite of the fact that
we are in the midst of a. crop mov-
ing season, when money is usually
scarce and interest rates high, the
available supply of money is more
liberal than at any proceeding date,
this year. Improvement in trade
conditions in the south, as a result
of the advance in cotton values, is
regarded as one of the most import-
ant signs of returning prosperity;
the southern group of states have
been the “sore spot" of the entire
nation because of the low price for
which cotton, their leading commod-
ity, was selling. The recent upturn
in the selling price of cotton, equiv-
alent to about $25 per bale when
computed on the showing of an av-
erage crop, will mean an increase of
more than $250,000,000 in the
amount of money which will be paid
to the southern cotton planters this
year.

The steel and iron outlook con-
tinues to improve, orders coming in
more freely and a substantial in-
crease in the inquiry for structural
steel for late winter and early spring
building operations being in evi-
dence all along the line. The de-
mand for lumber is also much more
active than it was on this date, last
month and the big milling interests
are preparing for a record building
campaign, next year. For the first
time since the headlong break in
wool prices, last year, an active de-
mand exists for all grades of wool
at gradually hardening prices. The
goods market is fairly active and
many manufacturers are making
preparations for a moderate in-
crease in production.

Recently, the New York Stock
Exchange has parted with some of
the professional monotony that has
characterized it for so long that even
the most optimistic among us began
to feel like asking—“will we ever
have any more investment buying of
security issues?" The presence in
the market of certain men, who for
a long time back have been con-
spicuous by their absence, has start-
ed talk that favors buying of all di-
vidend payers for a substantial ad-
vance. It is universally conceded
that a big short interest is still in
the market, banking on bad cold
weather conditions to even up their
extended lines at a substantial prof-
it. The improved outlook before the
railroads, a marked relaxation in
the rural credit situation and a
wholesale cancellation of loans, re-
sulting from increased funds in the
farmers’ hands, all favor a contin-
uance of the upward movement in
stocks which has featured Septem-
ber operations.

B. C. Forbes, writing for' Forbes’
Magazine of September 17, says: “I
believe that basic conditions, finan-
cial, agricultural, industrial, com-
mercial and labor, are now such
that, if those who attend the confer-
ence and those they represent de-

cide to put their shoulders intelli-

gently to the wheel, business can be
set in motion, and that the winter,
instead of bringing unparalleled un-
emplOyment and distress, can bring

 

 

 

 

active, healthy, rational business
activity.”
WIIEAT
\I—ui
wan-r PRICES PER su., SEP. gztrwzl
W grade [Detroit lcnlcaflliivjy;
No. 2 Red  1.23 1.25 1.85
No. 2 Whlte  1.25
No 3 Mlxed  1.25

 

 

 

 

PRICES ONE YEAR AGO
[No.2 Rod] No.2 Whltel No.2_ Mixed
Detroit I 2.88 I 2.84 l 2.34

 

 

 

The wheat maraket remains in a
more or less unsettled condition,
and prices are subject to consider-
able fluctuation. For some days up
to the present week‘ the tone was
not strong, due in large part to fall-

ing off of export demafid and spoon-

lation or a bearish nature. Con-
flicting reports of the condition of

e ».

 
 

Edited by H. H. MACK ‘5

P\

 

LGENERAL MARKET SUMMARY

—_

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DETROIT—A11 grains easy.
Hay scarce and firm. Cattle and hogs lower.

CHICAGO—Huge receipts weaken wheat.
easy. Pgtatoes weak. Beans in demand. Cattle steady.

Beans steady. Potatoes dull.

Corn and oats

 

 

to: page is set In typo.
[olng to press_—Edltor.

 

 

(Note: The above summarized Information was received AFTER the balance of the mar-
It contains last minute lnformatlon up to wlthln one-half hour of

 

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tion in France and England, and the
requirements of Russia were suffi-
cient to prevent any advance in
prices. Here, again, we see the tre-
mendously important need of a re-
liable crop gathering agency, prefer-
ably controlled by farmers. The In-
ternational Institute at Rome has is-
sued figures recently which many
people ln this country do not think
are correct, among them the editor
of M. B. F. Separate reports, also,
from France, England and Argen-
tina, do not seem always to bear
to earmarks of truth. One is almost
led to believe that European coun-
tries are deliberately deceiving the
surplus grain companies upon their
requirements in order to keep the
price of grain down. While this is
perfectly natural and excusable as
a measure of self—preservation, it is
well that the producers of this
country know what the true situa-
tion” is, so that they may use cau-
tion in marketing their wheat and
getting it into the hands of specu-
lators who know the true situation
and can afford to hold the Wheat
until prices are higher. The editor
cannot possibly understand how
France and England could have pro-
duced the grain crops recently re-
ported from those countries during
the worst drought in over 100 years.
When France says her grain crops
are average in quantity and excel-

~lent in quality, which was the sub-

stance of a report recently received
by the M. B. F. through the Ameri-
cana Consulate at Paris, one who
has viewed the effects of drought in

France is forced to smile at the de-
ception.

There seems to be a slight in-
crease in wheat supplies the past
week which coupled with the slack-
ened export demand, has materially
weakened the market. Supplies have
not yet become burdensome, how-
ever, and certainly not in excess of
the normal movement at this sea-
son. Later, when cold weather sets
in and roads become heavy, the
movement will show a sharp decline
which should be immediately fol-
lowed by higher prices.

So far as the immediate future is
concerned, we look for some strength-
ening of the market this week or
next, as a natural sequence to the
unsettled conditions of the past
week. But we must again warn our
readers against expecting any spec-
tacular advances in this market for
some time to come. It will be well
after the turn of the year, in our
judgment, before a steady upward
pull will set in.

 

 

 

CORN

CORN PRICES PER BU., SEPT. 27, 1921

Grade matron. lChlcagol N. Y;

No. 2 Yellow  .55 '/2 .53 .69'/2
No. 8 Yelow  .54'/2
_I\|o. 4 Yellow . . . .51 V2

 

 

 

 

amassing 

“Naz‘véullis Yolhl‘flog—YELT.
'oéféaii’i'l 1.24 | 1 _
The weak and unsettled condition
of the wheat market last week was

magnified in the corn trading and
this coarse grain finished the week

 

 

 

 

Foster's Weather Chm for OCT. 1921

Crooked above “night lino worm. below

 

K ...

WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 29.
1921. Indications are that October
temperatures from 1 to 21 will av-
erage lower than usual with cold dips
and northern frosts near 4 and 17.
Temperatures along meridian 90,
which is near center of great central
valleys are expected to be about nor-
mal on October 1 and considerably
below normal near 4, then rising un-
til 7 and remaining high several days.
The temperature will readh sections
west of that line, longitude 90. from
one to two days earlier and the At-
lantic States about two days later.
That up and down movement of the
temperatures is of the least import-
ance of all the weather features and
is immensely more difficult to fore-
cast than any other weather feature,
therefore I get more errors in fore-
casting that line than in all the other
forecasts I make. But these fore-
casts of the common up and down
temperature movements are not im-
portant and the friends of my work
do not notice them while enemies of
my work give great emphasis to these
little errors.

It is the great extremes that count
and interest my readers. They are
caused by the severe stems which I
correctly forecast at least two times
out of three. These severe storms con-
trol the cold waves. hot waves, ex-
cessive rains or snows, excessively

- damp and dry atmospheres, ,high
winds. hot winds, tornadoes, hurri-
canes. etc. On these my forecasts
are good. better than guessing. But
I am constantly working on this un-
important, common temperature line
and I am determined to get it in or-

der to complete my forecast system

 

 

 

 

THE WEATHER FOR NEXT WEEK
As Forecasted by W. T. Foster for The mchigan Business Farmer

 
 

and rob the critics of the few crumbs
they like to pick at.

The extremes in the weather feat-
ures do not move eastward with the
storms. While the latter are mOVVw
eastward the former move westward.
If the severe storms that move east-
yvard cause a cold wave in Indiana.
and the next a norther in Texas.
That is a. curious feature but that is
the way it usually works. I expect
the severe storms of first week in
October to bring down a cold waw
that will hit western New York and
western Pennsylvania. because the
Pittsburg records of the past 100
Years indicate as much and because
the severe storms predicted for the
week centering on Sept. 9 pulled
down a cold wave in the extreme mid-
dle northwest and the next cold wave
should strike eastern sections and
then the following cold waves again .
progress westward.

When that cold wave with temper-
atures at only 20 above zero appear-
ed in the middle northwest. the U. 8.
Weather Bureau predicted that the
warm weather for this season had
ended. I have all the time predicted
that no material permanent change
in the weather features would occur
till after October 15. .

A great weather change will begin
near. Oct. 15 and gradually increase.
The unusually heavy moisture laden
winds from eastward will gradually
cease to carry moisture and will
eventually become dry. Those dry
winds will continue for a. long time
and a. greatly reduced moisture will
come from an altogether different lo-
cality. This condition will greatly
affect some of the crops of 1922. It
is very difficult to describe in a
newspaper article the effects on the
various localities, as the topography,
or land elevations, have much "to do
with local cropweather. The next
severe storm period has been predict-
ed for the week centering on Octob-

 

 

  

 

   
 
 

‘ would 11.9;  gift.

at lower prices. At Chicago on the I

closing day of the week the bulls
tried to cause prices tb turn -up-
ward but their efforts were fruit-
less owing to plentifulness of sell-
ers. Receipts were large all week
while demand was only fair. Re-
ports from the corn belt complain
of wet weather and that the yield is
not up to expectations or govern-
ment estimates. Receipts at Chicago
last week amounted to 2,810 cars,
against 2,206 cars on the same week
a year ago. Shipping sales totaled
555,000 bushels. Corn follows the
trend of wheat closely and when the
wheat market takes a turn for the

 

better corn will do likewise. Ex-.

ports fer the week ending Septem-
ber 17th aggregated 563,000 bush-

els, against 525,000 the week prev--

ions and 39,000 bushels the corres-
ponding week a year ago. From
July 1st to September 17th, 6,073,-
000 bushels were exported, against
97,000 during the same period last
year. -

 

 

 

 

OATS
OAT PRICES (new) 30.. SEPT. 27, 1921
Grade IDetrolt [chloaooillflxzfl
No. 2 V‘Jhlto  .40']: 31% .4999
No. 3 White  .88 .38
No. 4 White  .84

 

 

 

 

PRICES om: YEAR L90
[No.2 wnml No.3 Whltel No.4'Whlto
Detroit | .60 | .BBVI I say,

Weakness in wheat and corn is
reflected in cats, with the result
that the market has lost the slight
gains it made the middle of last
week. A particularly bearish fact-
or in this market is the visible sup-
ply which ls said to be the largest
on record. The carry-over of old
oats was simply enormous, and the
shortness of the new crop is the only
thing that keeps the market up.
Little improvement can be expected
in oats until some of the visible
supplies have disappeared in the
channels of trade. However, farm-
ers are light sellers at the present
time and the excess supplies will,
we believe, rapidly dwindle. We
look for considerably higher prices
on oats by the first of the new year.

96

 

RYE

Rye did not follow in the foot-
steps of other grains last week but
held steady with trading of a quiet
nature. No. 2 at Detroit is worth
$1.02 and $1.04 1—2 at Chicago.
Houses with seaboard connections
have taken large quantities of this
grain and are expected to continue
to for some time owing to the huge
demand from European countries.
Exports for week ending Septem-
ber 17th amounted to 290,000 bush-
els, against 104,000 the week before
and 535,000 the same week last
year. The opening of the current
week saw rye easy at Detroit.

BARLEY
The condition of the barley mar-
ket is very similar to that of rye and
the price at Detroit is $1.25@1.40
per cwt., while Chicago quotes 50@
600 a bushel.

BEANS

 

BEAN PRICES PER CWT.. SEP. 27, 192.1

cm. lustre" Ichloagol I. Y.
c. H. P. "Nuke." $5.42 yaw—-
Red Kidneys . . . . 10.50
PRICES ONE YEAR A00
[0. II. P.
Detroit > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .| 5.25

The bean market is holding up
well considering the liberal move—
ment. The tone on the Detroit mar-
ket is easy but prices have been sud:
tained at $4.50 per cwt., for a 'week
or more. Demand is a litlte better
on the Chicago. and eastern markets.
but supplies are ample. The Cali-
fornia bean crop shows improvement
the estimate, now being for a total».
crop of over four million bushels
which is half of the total estimated
for the entire country. We expect

 

 

 

 

to see lower prices in this msrkfil. ,-

within the next six

    

 
  

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aboutthat, because we believe just
as firmly that prices will advance
to higher levels afterthe turn of
the year, providing always that the
industrial situation becomes nc
worse. A complete survey of the
bean psituation will be published in
an early issue of the M. B. F., in
hopes of enlightening readers who
have beans for sale, many of whom
have recently written to us for

" specific advice.

POTATOES

 

8Puos PER cwt., SEPT. 21. 1921
I Sacked! on";

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Detroit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.“
Chicago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.88
New York . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.84
Pittsbura . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PRICES ONE YEAR AGO
Dotmlt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .l I 2.84

 

 

 

Potato harvesting is in full swing
in the maority of the commercial
producing sections. The Maine
crop is the best, by far, of any. Wis-
consin’s is the poorest, according to
recent reports. Maine growers are
selling freely at between 75 cents
and $1 per bushel, their‘ distance
from market being an obstacle to
higher prices. Long Island and New
York state farmers are faring bet-
ter, some sales at $1.50 per bushel
being recorded. Here in Michigan
growers living near the larger cit-
ies have sold some early spuds to
grocery stores at $2 or more per
bushel, and sales are being made
this week in the lower tiers of coun-
ties at prices ranging from $1.25 to
$1.75 per bushel. These prices,
however, cannot be considered as
the commercial price, most of the
sales being made either to stores or
direct to consumers. There has
really been very little shipping up
to the present time and not enough
sales for cal-load shipment to really
establish a price.

September weather has been ideal
for the finishing of the potato crop.
Some northern sections of the state
reported frost over a ’week ago but
the majority of the lower peninsula
has yet to receive its first call from
the white visitor.

Digging in Wisconsin shows an
average yield in some sections of
only 50 bushels to the acre. John
Carruthers of Owosso, the “potato
king" of Michigan says his late

" spuds will run 100 bushels or bet-

 
 
 
 
  

ter to the acre, which is consider-
ably below the yield obtained last
year. The M. B. F. wishes its read-
ers would keep it advised of how the
potatoes are turning out in the var-
ious sections.

 

HAY

 

if“. 1 Tlm.l sun. Tlm.! No. 2 Tlm.

 

 

 

 

 

Detroit . . 20.00@21 19.000320 18.00@19
Chicago . . 24.00 @ 25 21 .00 @ 22 20.00 @ 21
New York 25.00 @ 26 22.00 @ 25
Plttsburg . 21 .50 @ 21 20.50 6 20 18.50 @ 1 8
I No.1 i No.1 | No.1
lLlcht MIX. lclover Mix. I Clover
Detroit .. 19.00@2015.00@1614.00@15
Chicano . . 21.00@22 20.00@21 12.006218
New York 24.000326 21.00624
Plttsburg . 19.50@1.918.00@1919.50018

 

 

 

HAY PRICES A YEAR A00
i No. 1 Tlm.! Stan. Tlm.! No. 2 Tlm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Den-on . . |31 .00 @ 82l80.00 0 81 l28.00 e 30
‘ No.1 I No.1 I No.1
nght Mix. IOIover MIL] Glover

Detroit . . [80.00 @ 31I29.00 @ 30|28.00 @ 29

 

Receipts are slowing up on east-
ern markets and the trading‘ is bet-
ter than it has been for some time
past. Buyers snap up any good hay
that is received the moment it is
offered. Western markets continue
firm and demand is improving. Re-
ceipts continue small. For the week
ending SepL'17th the total receipts
of 10 of the leading markets in the

' United States were about 350 car-

loadr-loss than the week before and
only about.“ per cent of the re-
ceipts of the cdrrespondi-ng week a
year ago. Some export business in
timothy is reported.

WOOL MARKETS
The wool market continues in
‘about. the same condition as for the
past month or six we ks, with all
grades, moving in go volume at
steady to firm prices. Attempts of
holders, to raise prices have been

‘  refusal to ’buy- at the in-

llerfs prefer to do
. established

 
 

"'thad bé'ans to sell wewoulfdn't worry

      

ht in 1" "than, the? W1! 53‘),-
S‘Q‘fl'fl’zth 5:! foreign marketsand the
70mins of business have led eastern
operators to try to force a rise. but
their efforts so far have been with-
out success.

Locally, good sales of all grades
are reported, and some improvea
menvts in the demand for quarter
blood"'w0013 is noted.

Quotations on midwestern or so-
called native wools, in large lots
such prices as are obtained by the
farmers’ pools—are as follows: Fine
staple, 31@33c; 1-2 blood staple.
31@32c; 1-2blood clothing, 26@
28c; 3-8 blood wools, 25@26c; 1-4
blood, 23@24c; low 1-4 blood, 18
@20-c; braid, 13@15c. Western
territory wools bring 3@4c less than
corresponding grades of native wools
in most cases.

   

 

DETROIT PRODUCE MARKET

Butter ard eggs are quoted high-
er. There is a fair demand for
dairy products and supplies are not

large. The tone is steady at the ad-
vance. Best fat hens are in demand
and firm. The supply is not large,

but in all other lines offerings are
much greater than demand and the
market is weak. Apples are high-
er because of improvement in qual—
ity and peaches because of scarcity.
Fruits
Plums—$250664 per bu.
Apples—$2.75@3.25 per bu.
Grapes—~45@50c per 5-lb. basket.
Pears—Bartlett, $3.50@4 per
bu.; Kiefer, $1.75@2 per bu.
Peaches—New York, $4.25@4.75

per bu.

Cantaloupes—Honeydew, $2.00@
2.50 per case.

Crabapples—British Columbia,

$3.25@3.50 per 35-lb. box.
Farm Produce

Cabbages—50@75c per bu.

Green Corn—60c@$1 per bu.

Celery—Michigan, 20 @35c per
dozen. '

Mushrooms—Fancy,
pound.

Tomatoes—Home grown, $L25@
$1.75 per busheL

0nions——Eastern, $4.50@4.75;
Indiana, $3.75@4 per 100-lb. sack.

Dressed Calves—Choice, 15 @ 16c;
medium, 13c; large coarse, 5 @10c
per pound.

Live Poultry—Best spring chick-
ens, 22@23c; Leghorns, springs, 18

@20c; large hens, 24@26c; small
hens, 18c; old roosters, 13 @ 14c;
ducks, 20 @ 220; geese, 15c; turk-
eys, 30¢ per pound.

’ Jobbing Prices

Sugars — Eastern granulated,
$6.80; non-caking mixture, $8.10;

XXXX powdered, $8.00; No. 2 soft.
$6.50 Michigan granulated, $6.50
per cwt.

HAIRY VETCH PRODUCFION
DROPS

Michigan, the leading state in the
production of hairy vetch seed, pro-
duced only about 75 to 90 per cent
this year of that of last year. This
was not due to less acres but to a
lower yield per acre. The yield in
the northern part of the state was
cut to 75 per cent owing to dry
weather and premature ripening of
the seed pods.“ The yield in the
southern part was reduced about 20
per cent. Only two counties in the
state, Allegan and Ogemaw, have as
much seed this year as last.

 

LIVE STOCK MARKETS

Best grades of steers just about
held their own, in Chicago, last week‘
but all other grades of killing cat-
tle except canners and cutters were
25 to 50 cents lower than on the
close of the previOus week. Gan-
ners and cutters showed a gain of
15 to 25 cents, per cwt. Stockers
and feeders were 25 to so cents tor
cwt. lower for the week. The top
for yearlihg steers, last week, was
$10.90; for, aged steers, $9.75, was
high. Eastern dressed beef mar-
kets opened with selling prices strong
and tradae active but as the week
progressed prices sagged at all
points except Boston where the trade
Just about held its own. Receipts of
cattle last week, in Chicago, were
4,900 larger than during the week
before but they were 12,000 head
smaller  on the corresponding
  {can  was at 

     
 

    
 

11.18 cattle-were lower in 
gMonday of. this week. ' a-
Chicago got a record run of sheep

500@ $1 per

 

 

emit on

and lambs, last week and prices
kept sinking until the loss in lamb
prices was fully $1.75 per cwt. The
better grades of fat sheep were in
light supply; heavy kinds were
plentiful and lower. Breeding ewes
are worth from $4 to $6 per cwt.,
in Chicago and feeding sheep about
$3 per cwt. Detroit had a mighty
dull sheep and lamb trade on Mon-
day of this week and prices were
lower all along the line.

The big packers are in the saddle
and busily engaged they are in at-
tempting to pound down prices by
predicting dire happenings in the
near future. A stupendous foreign
demand for both lard and meats, in
volumne nearly four times as great
as for the same week, last year, was
the outstanding feature of last
week’s commodity trade. Last week
hog receipts were 122,000, fully 12,-
000 larger than the week before.
Hogs were sharply lower at Detroit
on Monday with an eight—dollantop.
Light receipts and somewhat strdng-
er prices are looked for with the lad-
vent of the month of October.

 

 

Crop Reports

 

 

Eaton—Corn nearly all in shock. Hard
rain 20th, ground too wet to work. No
wheat sown here. Beans are nearly all
secured; early poor, late well podded
and filled. Some red clover seed being
cut and well filled. Late potatoes are
very good size; not as many in hill as
last seasonI—C. F. L.

Grouch—Beans are most all harvest»-
ed and a great many threshed and are
going to market at $4.25 as fast as they
come from the machine, Silos all filled
and some are starting husking corn.
Weather very rainy the past week and
it is raining at this writing. Everybody
attended the Saginaw Fair and report
the best ever.——-—G. M.

Shiawasfiee—Corn all cut, a few late
beans out, some rye seeding done and
some wheat seeding done. Too much

' moisture for sowing wheat 'thi week. I.
 and then a few pieces of clever har-
vested for-seed. Have shipped four cars

  
 
 
   

      

of early beans from home town; heavy
pick, 6' lbs. per hundred. A few began
corn husking.——-Verne G. Woodbury.

Hilisdale—Farmers harvesting clover
seed in this locality, prospects are that
there will be a. large yield. Buckwheat
is ready to cut and it is well filled. Fine
autumn weather without much rain. The
soil is in fine condition for fall plowb
ing. We have had no frost this week
and indications are that we won’t have
one very soon—Reno J. Fast.

Livingston (E.)-——Grain threshing all
completed. Silos will be all finished up
this Week and quiteéa. lot of corn left in
the fields besides. om borers are get,
ting in their deadly work; every field is
infested with them. Bean harvest all
completed and the crop gathered in ex-
cellent shape. Potato digging has com-
menced. Late planted ones are doing
fine as the frost a week ago was so
light that did not hurt any thing, Po-
tatoes selling for $1.40 out of the field,—
J. W. C.

Livingston (C-)—Wheat is being put
in and acreage has increased over past
few years, due partly to poor yield of
rye this season. Silo filling still in prog-
ress. While most of the corn crop is in
the shock, some sections of the county
corn crou is affected with the European
corn borer which in some fields has done
much damage, Late potatoes will be a
better crop than estimated earlier; the
late rains having been a great aid:—
Geo. Coleman.

Genesee—More rain came which in-
sures germination and rapid growth of
wheat Pastures growing good and stock
looking well. Beans are a poor crop; no:
many raised on account of blight.
Worms are working in corn; are in the
ear and eat the soft corn—A. G.

Midland—We have had one frost which
did no great amount of damage. Corn
is all out. last cuttings of hay are be-
ing put in. Silos are nearly all filled.
More of them to fill this year, tom—C.
L. H.

Missankee—Silo filling is finished and
the cutting of the balance of the corn
is nearly done. Some rye being sown
but not much wheat. Early sown rye
is looking fine. We are having plenty
of rain now. Potatoes are not doing as
well as they should for the weather we
are having and no frost; they bottom
very slow. Will not average over 40
bushel field run; of course there are a
very few good pieces but a great many
poor ones. Buckwheat turning out good.
Winter apples will be better than ex.-
pected.—H. E. Nowlin.

 

 

 

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Starter.

 

 

Pre—War Prices

Beaten

Chassis,‘ M ’590; now $485
Touring,‘ war 695; m  l
Roadster,‘ m: 695; m 595

MIOW; now 
wa: 1275; m 

‘Prioee f. o. h. Toledo include Electric
Light-.3061.
mummmStedTouringBody
mummy-airman.

“Wire Whede standard equipment.

WILLYS-OVERLAND, Inc.
TOLEDO. omo

Speedometer, De-

 

 

 

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MARTIN CRIBS REDUCED,

In order to move our surplus sstock of brand-new Martin “Corn-
Savar” Cribs, we have cut the price again, the second big cut in 8
months. Prices will be advanced as soon as the present stock is ex-

 

 

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I
Value of the Roads

The GREAT QUESTION in the minds of

, many farmers is: “What is the TRUE VALUE

of the railroads?”

The idea has been spread far and wide that
the valuation on which the roads are allowed
to EARN A RETURN is far TOO HIGH.

Most people are willing to pay a FAIR
PRICE for things they buy—transportation
or anything ELSE.

The return which railroads are allowed to
earn is not based upon the STOCK or the
BONDS but on the value (at pre-war prices)
of the actual railroad PROPERTY— cars,
locomotives, stations, etc.,. used in the service.

The Interstate Commerce Commission
studied the problem THOROUGHLY, and
found that the MINIMUM reasonable valua—
tion of this property was $18,900,000,000.

II
About "Watered Stock”

An act requiring a GOVERNMENT VAL-
UATION had been passed in 1913. That work
is not yet complete.

The work so far as finished shows that the
roads, AS A WHOLE, are worth MORE than
their capitalization.

Taking the roads as a whole, the “watered
stock” argument HAS NO BASIS.

These valuations are NOT BEING MADE
ON PRESENT PRICES but on 1914 prices.

But MORE important to the farmer: Even
if ALL railroads had “watered stoc ” it
WOULD NOT COST THE FARMER A
CENT; for capitalization has NO EFFECT
ON RATES.

III

No Government Guaranty

The farmer has been TOLD repeatedly that
the Government guarantees the railroads a
SIX PER CENT RETURN, and the roads
have NO INCENTIVE to economize.

When the roads were taken over by the

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Transportation Building
Chicago, Ill.

Those dentin" ' further “armada on the railroad situation can secure it‘by addressinl the ofl‘iees o! the Association '

flailroad éluqtion—"Watered stodgy,
No . Government “Guaranty”

Government in 1917, for WAR purposes
1’it agreed to pay the owning companies a
RENTAL equal to the average Which the rail-
roads ACTUALLY EARNED in the three
years preceding.

The Government piled up WAGES and
other railroad EXPENSES but did NOT in-
crease RATES enough to meet these costs.
When the roads were returned, their owners
could not make up losses by TAXATION as
the Government did.

" Under these EIVIERGENCY CONDITIONS
the Government continued for 6 months
(March 1 to September 1, 1920) to make up
any DEFICIT in income bel W the war rental.

But that arrangement CEASED Sep-
tember 1, 1920; now the railroads get only
WHAT THEY CAN EARN up to 6 per cent.
If they earn more they divide with the Govem-
ment. If they earn less no one makes up the
deficiency.

THE GOVERNMENT GUARAjN TEES

. NOTHING!

As a matter of FACT the roads have earned
only about 2% per cent since last September.
The deficit below a. 6 per cent return is PER-
MANENT LOSS.
The roads haven’t earned enough even to

keep the properties in PROPER REPAIR.

IV
Our Interests Mutual

For at least FIVE years, the development of
the railways has been at a STANDSTILL.
No industry can grow and expand its SER-
VICE when it can not pay interest or divi-

’ dends to those who invest their money in it.

The EARNING power of the railroads was
practically DESTROYED during the war.
Only by RESTORIN G it can the railroads
again provide facilities for the business of the
country.

A CONSTANT supply of new investment

is as necessary to the growth of railroads as
FERTILIZER is on the farm.

The farmer can not prosper unless railroads
prosper. Railroads can not prosper unless the
farmer prospers.

OUR INTERESTS ARE MUTUAL.

V, Association of Railway Executives

61 Broadway -
New York

Munsey Building
Washington, D. C.

 

 

 

 

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