at~ - .§..‘.Q..<. 44- < u I 1 \ 3 ‘u ! ' An Independent . Farmer’s Weekly Owned and 'Edited in Michigan- ”MT. CLEMENS, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1022 $1 PER YEAR ’ “New-“AvMfifi-I nu AcJ WN..\~_ ‘ ~sfig/éW... .,.’.-VV.W-\A ‘- Blofsom Time Héas National Fruit Marketing Agenéy; Michigan Sends Prize Holsteins to Nation‘alfi‘g' tsuleis a Menace tO-vHu‘mdn [fifeh A Shorthorn H rd ’of Which All Michigan , is. Proud i. ‘ . . ’ I _ _ A I, Potash for Swamp Land DOES the corn grown on your swamp or muck land look like the largeear or like the small one? The small one shows the kind‘of corn pro- duced on potash hungry muck land. When 100 to 200 lbs. per acre of Muriate of Potash, or 400 to 800 lbs. of Kainit, are broadcasted on potash hungry muck, full yields of sound corn are produced. * For onions, on such lands,100 to 2001bs.‘ per acre of Sulfate of- Potash is the right amount to produce full yields of sound onions that ripen normally and keep well. ' With potatoes and truck crops, like . results are obtained. A ' Even at war prices potash gave a good profit on swamp lands. Now it can be bought for very much less. It will help you reduce the _ cost of production, and greatly improve the , quantity and quality of your crops. There is plenty of it if ' you will take the trouble to insist on having it. SOIL 8: CROP SERVICE, POTASH SYNDICATE H. A. HUSTON. Manager 42 Broadway New York P. B. Messick, Middletown, DeL, writes, “We used your L16 3— ' , Papec with a Fordson tractor in 1919 and did knife excellent work, but it seems there is o limitto J . N -- the machine’s cutting capac1ty, asthisyggr/WEE more 140 tons of silage away in 14 hours and then did netkeep her i The powerful Papec is guaranteed to out and elevate with the same power. than any other blower cutter. . Vlruo lor free catalog. It shows why the Pa is eupremewlth men who know. If you own a silo or inten to buy one this lfreer e! state the sine also your dealer's name and address. W you free Ell-page AceountBook. worth adollartoanyfarmsr. Pam Machine Co., 157 Main SL, Show. NY- . .98 Distributing Stations Buildingo'llll? U E . BARNB FORALEInghI'daslI-rs BUILDINGS ten earner braces (an:le tymacbmes. ‘ $6“de Kluge-“3 Ink-l “2,3? “'- MONTHLY PAYMENTS kmg all 0310!- fl " andhandsomofreecaulommeflier : ’1ve- - AMI-"flak" SEPARATOR co. Box 7001 . Unbridqu I “3“? Put your {nu-m 68 oasis 00 IER H 3 ‘ (tastes-worsende on . x ' WRITE US FOR SHIPPING TAGS AND QUOTATIONS AND OTHER PARTICULARS. GUNSBEBG PACKING 00., INC. Commiulon m nimwm samba °' a sum , . . gamma..ng 7" am. at A Better Commzsszon G“ “ll at We" o‘bmrl’g'dui'n' ' , . ant. III-58 Albany. lol- uvlé" “a” of or serum n: my“ em and " " m‘mmm‘ madame 1 n affine principal points 0 an, . teresl; in French agriculture of _ today is the reclamation of fought—over soil. The area of the devastated regions, which includes ten of; the richest agricultural de- partments of France,“ amounts‘to 8,246,000 acres of which 7,167,000 "acres had been reclaimed by Janu- ary 1, 1922. «Thisarea though be- ing ready for cultivation is not ac- tually productive as «yet, due to the lack of buildings and machinery de-_ strayed in war-time. The true in- jury to farmers, however. was not as severe, as might be expected as many were enable; to salvage much portable property,;j and these peas- ants followed the recession of the invading armies and at once started the work 'of reclamation” 'and throughout the war and for two years afterwards, they received record prices for their produce and thus were enabled to restart with new stock and up-to-date machinery. As a result, farming in this region is much more scientifically done than before the war. The younger men are especially interested in modern machinery and fertilizers and deal- ers ‘report an active trade in all classes of American tools and imple- ments. The wheat crop of 1921 which equaled 'a pre-war yield was har- vested from an acreage of 8. out 3,000,000 acres less than the pre- war average. The rye figures show anincreased average yield but the cultivation of rye is considered much less important than wheat which ex- plains the decreased acreage. The rye cultivation as an! evidence of agricultural progress as they are much opposed to sowing rye on ‘land that is good enough to grow wheat. The minor crops’ all show a decrease from the pre-war acre-- age. The sugar beet industry still shows a shortage of about 2-3 the pro-war average production or! beets. The area lies almost entirely in the invaded territory and many of ,the destroyed factories have not been rebuilt, for last year only 72 were in operation as compared with 213 before the war. The vineyards were but little affected by the war but through labor shortage the output of wine in 1915 was reduced to less than half the normal yield though now production has approached nor- mal again. The problem of the in- dustry now is to find a market. The live-stock industry is recup- erating rapidly. Cattle are ap- proaching pro-war numbers as is shown by comparihg the total for 1920, 13,217,000 with 12,250,000 in 1918 and $14,500,000 a pro-war av- erage. Sheep show a considerable decrease for in 1920, they numbered only 9,405,000 as against 16,000,000 at the outbreak of the war. In pre- war times 7,000,000 swine was a fair (10-year preceding war) average. This was cut to less than 4,000,000 by 1918 and in 1920, only 5,000,000 'were reported. . LIVESTOCK DAY AT M. A. 0. ‘ NNUAL visiting day at the Michi- gan Agricultural College for farmers and others interested in on Tuesday, May 16, according to announcement of Prat. Geo. A. ~ Brown. head of the animalhusband- ry department at the college. ter’s work‘ in experimental feeding at the college will-he presented and discus‘sed by the assembled farmers. At the same times plans for‘future experimental program will be tak- .en up in aneifort to plan work of much value to the feeders, of the state. " : During the last six months, three lots of ‘steershave been on teed in " the college barns to determine the well matured husking' corn (normal silage.) and silage made from corn stoves, after the ears had been re- moved. 5 , . . I: ' tests. have, also been run-with s1; 'ifive:‘lots.of Mow-ins instignggw French farmers cite a curtailment of. steer and swine feeding will be held ’ On this day results of the win- _ relative value of" silage made from ‘ 6 3.1118 Mi? ,.,’se:_» and tankases: . ,tankag‘e: “barley, ,mitmfln‘gi - L" ,fink‘ese; rye,lmiddiings may ; . age. ‘ . . , W 1 7 V, ‘ -: Result .--of the-above tests will be compute "just before the May. 16 conference and the results presented 1 then. , t , . _ r _, _ A large number or :state,fe_eders and others interested in the wb‘rk turned. outfor the conference a-year ago, and college authorities are e":- v ' pecting an 'even larger gathering on the 16th. 5 ‘ : , ' LIVE STOCK EXCHANGE BUYS ; DETROIT OFFICE HE Michigan Live change has purchased the of- fi'ce,"equipment and alleys of Stock Ex- ‘ the firm of Sandel, Stacy, Beadel ; and Green, commission merchants, of Detroit, and started business May T lst. ’ Accordihg retary-manager, the secured the services of som , Exchange has e of the - to E. E. Compson, 805-. , best known, and most competent . men on the“ market, at Detroit, as . salesmen and yard men. Among - them are: Hog salesman: John Bea- del, well known to all Detroit, ship— pers, as,a member of the firm of Sandel, Stacy, Beadel and Green; sheep and calf salesman, Chas. Cul- bert of the same firm, with George Boutell of Perry as assistant; cattle salesman, John Ahorn, who has had seven years experience on theBuf- falo market, with Mr. Carr of Huron county as assistant. This is the result of untiring ef- fort to establish a place where farm- er’s can sell their own livestock. Call at your own office and get acquainted with your hired men, and make your- selves at home. A TRAOI‘OR FREE, TO SOME BUSINESS FABMER , ' N June let the Business Farmer Will give away a brand new I tractor. man who gets it a single cent. This And it won'tcost the , tractor is one of the best on the mar- I ket and will do almost any work . a. horse can do. Probably many of our readers have long wanted a trac- tor, but have felt unable to buy one. , Here’s your chance to own one. Solve . f the puzzle on page 8, send in the ' coulpon, and learn how you can earn f' ’ this tractor. AMRICAN CORN ENTERING ' , SPANISH MARKET . ;‘ TRIAL order for 1,000 tons of corn was recently placed in "the . ~ United States by a firm of Bil- bao, Spain, says a report to the De- partment off Commerce by- Consul Wolcot-t, Bilbao. Previously the corn imported in this Section has been entirely fro Argentina, but if this order gives satisfaction it will doubt- less result in large imports of the American product. ‘ l . FARM NOTES ,_‘ . O shed additional light on “co-opera. l tive marketing problems-which eon- tront American farmers, the Ameri- best. says the State Farm Bureau. Mr. ,Adams will sail for England June 3 "where he will be _ gations which 1 brin him into con- tent with noted commo‘d ty organimtiohs in Engiand. Ireland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden. France and Germany. ‘ , ' l Cliflord Theme, legal counsel and direc- torflof the Ameflciznu Bureau Fed- ora on’s iranspor on apartment. has resigned to enter the race for the repub- lican nomination for United States Sena,- . tor from Iowa. He (1 succeed ' tor Charles A. pointed recently to fill the , term of Senator Kenyon, celeb bed as the leader of the agricultural l"like in congress. , ‘ ’ — a series of investi-' Sena-e .‘ Rawson who was ap- ; unexpired The Central Co-operative Commission ‘ association at St. Pam. Minn, is making .Januaxy,_1. 1922 dividend of 25 , room dend of 8 per centan' tanner shippers $19,124.22, or than the farmers _ . id in ascents} Since January ‘1, 1 22 it has ’ ed. profits :of more ‘830 history in comparative live stock market. ‘1 ing. It was established eight months ago. ‘1 . ‘ft.decl'ared a patronage ', and a' «- d it-.paid ack to. the 2.349 more» EQ'Qg‘iZDP‘I—tm‘drz' ‘u1-A.. :HQdAflAD—IIMA.... fa] No cox of Bill; , tio dyl wil ,.‘\ , f ‘ rim: is likely" the, first organized effort to ‘ regulate, the acreage cf perishable crops in order to prevent "under and. over-production is be- ‘ mg undertaken by the Empire State’Potato Grow- ~ er's’i Co-op‘erative'Ass’n, of Rochester, New York. This association has made an investigatibn into other states to determine how much if any they proposed to increase their acreage of potatoes and cabbage over last year. ‘ “The acreage of these two crops,” reports Mr. -. 3L. J. Steele, general manager of the association, “varies surprisingly from year to year. Esti- mates of the U. S. Department or Agriculture shows that the .total 1919 cabbage acreage of the U. s..,_to be 87,497 acres which yielded. 47,023 cars. During 1920 the total acreage was increasedto 115,838 acres or, 32 per cent and this large acreage produced 82,373 cars or an in- drease "of_71 per cent over that of the 1919 crop. It is safe to say that as a result of such enlarge crop and yield, at least one-third of the crop never left the farms." Two separate investigations were undertaken : ' U in New York. one by the association and the- ‘ other by Mr. J. B. Shepard, agricultural statis- tican for the state of New .York. A. total of 444 replies were received to questionnaires sent out to farmers. These replies indicated that the 1922 acreage“wouldlexceed the 1921 acreage by 14.4 per centand the 1920 acreage by 16.4 per cent. Theassociation concludes that if the aver- . age for the entire state Should actually be as large as indicated by the reports and the yield was as good as in 1920, the state would produce the largest crop in its history. Taking the entire . , United States, a 14 per cent increase in acreage would mean a total crop under normal growing conditions of oyer 400,000,000 bushels which is far too large acrop for this country to consume under present conditions. , The" high prices of cabbage the last few months have inspired the farmers to plan a very largely increased acreage to this crop, as shown by re- ; . ' ports fr'om’227 farmers. These reports indicated ' an increased acreage of 35.8 .per cent over the , 1921 acreage and of 23.5 'per cent over the 1920 acreage. If this increase actually materializes ' . .‘New York will produce 4,000 more cars of cab— bage in 1.922 than she did in 1920 when the farm- ' ers “served their cowswith so much potato salad or drew so muCh cabbage cut of storage on the manure spreader." ‘ I ,. _ HE Michigan‘Holstein Breeders? Ass’n has ' W ‘ just sent in the twelfth entry to the sale. committee, thus completingthe Michigan quota for the National Holstein sale. The task of mak— . ing the selections was delegated to Professor 0. r i i E. Reed, of the Dairy Department of.the Michi- ' l __ g’an Agricultural College. 1 , i \ G.’ L. Spillane ‘& Son Company are sending , five animals, including a family. of four genera- tions headed by Vale Cornucopia Fayne, No. r 26856-7, ". a _ ‘wonderfully good seven—year-old . ,daughter' of King Hengerveld 'Palmyra Fayne, I .' ' one ofthe best bulls ever‘owned in Michigan. ..S’he-has a. 32.,5—lb. record at‘ five, years and is , due in August from service to a 1000—lb. son .. 0.1.1;ng Qua. ~ ' ‘ ‘ . ’ ‘ , ' The second generation f of this. remarkable v family is ‘represeiigtédghy Eva Fayne of Cluny, . \Ko. 401615; Who has,jnst.completed a year’s re—_ cord as a Juniorfo-ur-year-oldnwith 961 pounds g o: butter and 22756 "pounds sot-Milk. _ She 21's _ sigeg';jby~a' son of’y»M,ap'lecresit:Bontiac Applies; non; :then3v591b. daughters-f PamMflAq-RSKIGS'Korn- ' '91; (tyres-iii: seeps rec.er ' armerSWould '1 ' Empire'Sta‘te Potato Growers" Co theci‘Op plans of the farmers of .New York and] VNational last year. ~ they”:- 7 1000-1113. son of King Ona. NEW ENGLAND PROSPECTS The Agricultural Statistician of New England reports- asflfollows: The potato acreage seems likely, in most sections to be above equal to that of last year, altho to date re- ceipts of fertilizer in Northern Maine might seem to indicate a small decrease. However, it is expected that enough'fertilizer will arrive in time for an acreage equal to last year’s in Aroostook.” IMICHIGAN PROSPECTS The Agricultural Statistician of Michigan writes as follows: “From the information I have to date, it is probable‘ that there will ‘be an increase in .the acreage of pota- toes planted in Michigan this year. Indications seem to pomt to a. considerable increase in the acreage of cabbage this year. The excellent pric’e obtained in 1921 is the principal stimulus for the current season.” WISCONSIN PROSPECTS The Agricultural Statistican of Wisconsin. basing an opinion upon conversations with leading growers and upon his general knowledge of conditions, does not anti— cipate any change in the potato acreage in Wisconsin as compared with last year. The cabbage acreage how— ever,‘he expects will be 12.5 per cent greater than in 1921. This proposed increase he states would not bring the acreage quite up to the 1920 acreage. If Wisconsin plants the sameacreage of potatoes as last year and gets a yield per acre equal to the average for the last ten years, she will produce 49 per cent more potatoes last year and more even than the big cron of Nicol Heads Fruit Agency AS. NICOL, president of the Michigan State J Farm Bureau, was named president of the temporary board elected at Chicago April 28th to organize a National Sales Agency to market fruit, under the name of the “Federated Fruit Growers.” ' The establishment of this agency is the result of the work of the Producers National Fruit Marketing Committee appointed by the AmerL can Farm Bureau Federation to develop an im- proved marketing system for the fruit growers of America. This committee, consisting of 22 men, has made a complete analysis of the various factors affecting fruit marketing, has closely studied the work of the various co-operative fruit’ marketing organizations and as a resul"~ has de- veloped a plan for the correlation of these local co—operatives into one national organization. The new organization will open offices in Chi- cago at once. The first step 'will be the crea— tion of a sales department. Application for in- corporation will be filed immediately. .National standardization of fruit grades and 'an advertising campaign ,to increase consump— tion of all fruit, will be two, of the jobs under-, taken by, the Federated Fruit Growers. Michigan Sends Prize HolSteins to Great Dairy Show at Kansas Ci By H. w. NORTON, JR. Secretary Michigan Holsteiri Breeders’ Ass’n. The other Spillane entry, Johanna Korndyke DeKol Aaggie Vale, No. 241287, is a beautiful, li'ghtecolored cow, straight as an arrow. She is well along ‘ona yearly test and should 4’ finish with 1,000 pounds. She has five 30—lb. sisters and her sire is a grandson of Belle Korndyke, dam of Pontiac Korndyke. Mr. Aitken will send Rosie Mercedes Butter Boy, No.»210351, the 31-lb. cow which will be remembered as the champion at the Syracuse She looks better than ever now and has just completed a record of 965 pounds of butter from 20250 pounds of milk in and will freshen early in themfall to a. The other Aitken entry, Bertha Vale DeKol, No, 23132074, is a wonderfully deep-bodied, low downcow with a great udder and veining system. She has just-com letedv-a seven—day record of 818.5 pounds of m 1}!" and 30.28 pounds of butter .. andlhas‘beengbred‘recentlth a son of King Oha. ‘ ,3 Qnejofj‘tiis“;most_"‘-'interesting journeys made t during the'iinsp’ectfon was through .the'Franken-a . 5 Saginaw: county to the farm ad Hecht; filterirwasaround ,Pietertje Johan: pf 39.11%? ' K _ 5,,one of‘the larg- est cow the fild,‘ 30'391 b - Regulate Acreage ‘ #01‘Jerative Association Would Prevent Over and Under-Production in so great an excess of needs as to cause mil- V COLORADO PROSPECTS Mr. W. 0. Hood, Jr., manager of the Colorado Cab- - bage Exchange, which handled over one-half o the» cabbage crop of that state last year and expec s to handle a much larger proportion during the coming sea- son writes that according to the County Assessors re- turns last year, 3074 acres of cabbage was grown in Colorado._ compared with 4,500 acres expected to be grown this year. The increasing prominence of the northwestern po- ‘ tato region 18 illustrated in the caSe of North Dakota ‘ \ which by March 18th had shipped nearly six times as many carloads as last season to corresponding date. A group of eight of the newer commercial potato growmg states, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Montana. North and South Dakota show gains of 18,422 cars compared with the same period last. season. This gam is equal to three—fourths of the season’s total gain of potato shipments from all sections. Potato acreages in North and South Eka‘kota Will be doubled and the acreage in Northern 'innesota in- creased 25 per cent this year,, Hugh J. Hughes. State Director of Markets, predicted last week. Mr. Hughes returned recently from a meeting of potato growers of the northwest, conducted at Grand Forks. (From the New York Packer, Saturday, April 15th. 1922) ' SUMIVIARY “Therreports to date taken as a whole,” says Mr. Steele, f‘indicate a proposed increase in acre- '» age of both potatoes and cabbage. Probably these ~ f ’ expectations will shrink somewhat and then, with the acreage in, the weather over the Northern States will determine the total production. If the acreage is increased as indicated, an unfavorable season probably would preve/ over production. A normal season and normal yield probably would produce all and perhaps more, than the markets could assimilate and weather and other condi- tions favorable for these two crops probably would result in serious over production. “Over production and under production both are to be avoided. Both result in great economic losses; consumers, as well as producers suffer. Production is determined finally by acreage and the weather. We cannot control the weather but by avoiding extensive fluctuation in the acreage, we can do much to stabilize the business of grow- ing these two crops”, It is not necessary to dwell upon the disastrous consequences which will follow if this huge con- templated acreage is planted. An enormous crop of grain can be grown without permanent finan- cial loss, but such perishable crops as potatoes and cabbage, in the production of which Michi- gan ranks so prominently, can easily be produced 9' . ,1- 5721;; -1. if r find-d 3;.dv“-..s s 1': hire. 3%.; - a. i . .~, : 'ons of dollars loss. This should be avoided. and it would be a fine thing if all the leading potato states could organize a campaign of education along the lines inaugurated by the Empire State Potato Growers’ Ass’n. committee had ever seen. She weighed 2,225 pounds just before freshening and had calved the day before the committee arrived. She is a remarkable cow in every way, a wonderful indi-' vidual and a great producer. She has a record of 746.4 pounds of milk and 33.995 pounds of butter in seven days and 3012.4 pounds of milk with 141.23 pounds of butter in thirty days. Her sire, King Hengerveld Palmyra Fayne, has al-. ready been mentioned as sire of the 32.5-lb. cow Vale Cornucopia Fayne, in the Spillane consign- ment. ' With the big cow will go her daughter, _ Pietertje Elzevere Cornucopia, who was on tests when the committee visited the farm and had‘q better than 28 pounds. Her sire is a grandson of K. P. Pontiac Lass, the first 44—lb. cow. “ Mr. Hecht has a small had, but he has some wonderful animals, including five daughters and a son of the 34-lb. cow, as well as her dam and a number of her granddaughters. Loeb Farmsat CharleVOix will send- Charlevoixi Marbury Pledge, No. 681453., a heifer of wonder— ful type and conformation. She stood first“ in. her class at the West Michigan State" Fair last": fall and her sire. Charlevoix Marbury, was the" first prize yearling. bull at the NatiOnai‘Dal Show at Chicago in 1920. Her dam asaiyearlingr. has a record of 14626 pounds of mi'lk.,.an'd',603*”' pounds _of butter. She ‘is a fine represen tiff fromvthis great institution. . ' . , > V ' i f _. _ " V a: ’ State Health Department - . issue of the Business Farmer on “Bovine ‘ Tuberculosis” aroused considerable comment and criticism. Some of our critics have looked upon the editorial as a pitiful‘example of ignorance, while others have accorded it a. better reception and have set about to answer the questions asked ‘and to disprove the conclusions drawn. ' 'The question of the relationship between bo- .' wine and human tuberculosis and danger of in- fection from the drinking of milk from tubercu— losis cows is all—important. It involves on the one hand the slaughter of tens of thouSands of ‘vprized dairy' cattle and huge economic loss to governments and individuals, and on the other hand the far more important consideration of ' human health and life. The questions we raise today upon this subject are not new. They have been asked many times before, not only by ig- norant laymen, but by men of science. For years science has wrestled with the question and hun- dreds of experiments have been perfonned tend- ing to prove or disprove the danger of bovine tuberculosis to the human race. As recently as 1901 the eminent German scientist, Koch. “threw a bomb-shell into the conference (British con- gress on tuberculosis.) when he affirmed that the difierence between the bovine tubercle-bacillus and the human * * * * was such that one was not contagious to the other species, or was so slightly contagious that the number of cases of ' tuberculosis thus produced might be left out of consideration without impairing statistics." In 1911, so wrote Jos. Walsh, A. M., M. 1)., physi— cian to the Henry Phipps Institute and to the White Haven Free Sanatorium for Poor Con- sumptives, and recorded in the American En- cyclopedia, “the question of the contagiousness of the bovine bacillus for man is practically Still under consideration." This authority further wrote that the old theory that tuberculosis was the result of ingestion with such food as rmilk (because bottle—fed children seemed espe— cially susceptible to the disease) has undergone a change, because the “majority of clinicians of the intestinal form_ of the disease more fre- quently simply because the intestine is more sus- ceptible at that age” than in the adult stage. Therefore, it may be seen that up to 1911 the ,relationship between these two types of tubercle- ‘HARNESS is a device by means of which A power may be used‘to do useful Work. But when most of us hear the word harness, we think of the device or working gear used on a horse. It is of the common horserharness that I shall write. In order to make my comparison easier to grasp, I shall let the farmer be represented by a horse. In pre—war days the papers and magazines used to picture the farmer as a hump backed, bow legged old codger with his trouser legs hung up over his boot straps. He always had grass or a corn cob pipe in his mouth. But late— ly they are picturing 'the farmer as a big strong robust youth. He is dressed as his city cousin might be, or sometimes he is shown in overalls; but they are always new and full of starch, not baggy at the knees and covered with patches as they mere often really are. But be that as it may, I like the last representation better and so will represent my farmer by a prancing young colt. For what could be a more beautiful repre- sentation of strength and vigor? I consider the first essential. of a good harness, is a good collar; one that is neither too hard nor too soft, too large nor too small. The col- lar of my harness is made up of the farmers or.— ganizations’, the farmers clubs, the gran'ge, the Gleaners, the farm bureau, etc., all taken to- , _ gether. The stuffing of thisycollar is made up of i the individual farmers and their families. When 'a collar maker makes a collar he is very par- ,‘ticular about the stuffing, he sorts it very care— fullyand if he finds undesirable material in it, 7 "likes. Weed or thistle stem, he throws it out. I That isj‘ustvwhat we should dor‘with the members "our organizations. If we find a thistle ‘Stalk e, shOuld‘throw it. out. our most common ' the’town or city, fellow who gets (organizations under the pretense " '1 i" 7isrr‘vitally interested in fat 4 terse, ' ‘ our day (1911) believe that children manifest. HE editorial published in the April 15th 7 [Been Definitely Established - Q long hair and whiskers and either a. spear of. like ' .jpa’h’t ofthe farmer’s, we i Insists ,‘fha'jtx RelatiOnShip 5 By THE ‘ EDITORi bacillus had» not been determined, conclusive evidence of such relationship has been established since‘to make our present skepti- cism appear either foolish or ill-advised. Farmer Writes ‘I-Ils Experienoe With ’1‘. B. One of the purposes of our "editorial was to stimulate thought and‘bring forth expressions of opinions from ourireaders. Judging from the letters that have been received this 'obiect was attained. Among the” communications was the following from Mr. R. A. Wilson, of Kingsley, Grand ' Traverse county, Mich. ,Mr. Wilson speaks from the bitter depths of experience and' his letter presents a strong presumptive argu- ment in favor of continued eradication. He' writes: ‘ > ' ' “I have never knocked the policies of the M. B. F. but your editorial ‘Bovine Tuberculosis’ in your April 8-15th issue I cannot pass by without comment and in view of the"influence of your editorial I think you should’publish another viewpoint. ‘ , “As to the first point you make, while there is no doubt a~very close relationship between bovine and human tuberculosis I believe the best authorities claim there is a slight difference in the germs that cause the two. It does not fol- low, however, that the bovine tuberculosis is not transmissible to human beings. In fact a ma- jority of the'tuberculosis children are apparently afflicted with the bovine type. get it? Your second thought. Should there be a shadow of a doubt of this danger, the slaugh- ter of reacting dairy animals is one of the great- est economic crimes of the age, is open to ques- tion from an economic point of view, as the gain to the live stock industry through the eradi- cation of tuberculosis is incalculable. But many who value the lives of their children would pre— fer to reverse this idea and say, “If there is a possibility of murdering our children through infection from milk from tubercular cows, de- stroy every reacting animal, even though we must sufier an economic loss,” which is very doubtful. “While the suckling child might not take the disease from a tubercular mother, certainly if the mother’s breast were tubercular the danger would be imminent and .the milk glands are very apt to be afiected in a tubercular cow. Remove the Burs from the Collars of Farm Organizations By R. c. HOISINGTON Shiawassee County Farmer ACCORDING To THE cmbomsrs, \ . . i V . / , . \i 1% 3 WWW“: ‘ixti, “Goth. did I on to look like that?” not wanted. And I believe farm organizations will never prosper and accomplish much of any- thing until he is thrown out and told in Plain language that we do not need or want him. Now that I have a collar that will not chafe oI.‘ gall the shoulder, the next important parts are the hames and traces. " The right hame and trace is ,co-"operative buying, and the left hame and trace is co—operative selling. For it is thru these two things that the farmer'must do his greatest work. Few farmers have ever. bought or sold anything. We always let the other; fellow, 8611 to us and buy from us, he sets’thdip‘rice coming "and going. ‘ ' ' The'back and belly band together? are the farm ‘ home. As this part of theharness is the central ' the central portion. sothe farm. home sheu-l'dbe, he!“ “6' '. whic' ~ runsdroin t eh farm ‘leglslat‘l ‘n. I. and no such ‘- Where do they , “If science has: ‘t, ough it is hard to‘ fines reasonfor your pre- sumption that the’flndin’gs' ofgscie'nce'on the sub- ject of bovine tuberculosis, reached after years. of painstaking investigation, are w‘rong.‘ never errs. God intended milk as a food and there is no better food than‘pure .milk' from. healthy cows. Should we blame .God ifmilk from a‘sickcow is dangerous?. . _ “God placed animals on earth intending us 'tb use their flesh formfood.‘ If we eat diseased beef or if we eat pork from a 'hog suflering from trich- ina and we suffer from our carelessness or mist take, is God to blame? I - .. i , “I .am writing‘this because I have been through’ the mill and believe the attitude taken in your. editorial is a very Serious mistake. _ “About nineteen years ago I purchased some registered Shorthorn, cattle. I now realize the disease has been in my herd ever since, though' I did not know it until about a year ago. It has completely cleaned me out or cattle. ' “About eight years ago we found one of our children’s spine was getting crooked.-, The doc- tors,did not say what caused it but said it looked bad for the boy. Plenty of fresh air night. and day and good food saved, him butit left him, with a slight spinal curvature and a shrunken lung. Three of my youngenchildren'andpossibe -ly a fourth have now apparently contracted the disease.'Where did they get it? We know of no way except through the cows as our families ‘are all free from any taint of the disease. The chil{ dren have never to our knowledge Come in con- tact with the disease from any other source. “Now don’t knock. Let us get after this menace and eradicate it even though it does hurt our pocketbooks a. little.”—R. A. Wilson, Kings- ley, Mich. T One cannot help but sympathize profoundly with Mr. Wilson, but his experience does not al4 ' together prove the case. We agree positively with him “if there is a possibility of murdering our children thru infection from tubercular cows, , then destroy every reaéting animal,” .no matter what the economic loss. It is true that God is not to blame it thru carelessness or ignorance we mortals consume the flesh of sick cows. But the probability 'of our eating diseased meat is. remote because an animal usual-1y shows symp- toms of, her ailment by the time. her flesh is poisoned and moreover, the'cooking of the meat usually renders the disease germs harmless. The probability of contracting disease from drinking milk from a diseased (Continued on page 17) breeching are good roads and good schools. While these are very essential to the farmer’s har- , n‘ess». still they help to hold up the high taxes. The brass balls on the hames, and other brass buttons, rosettes and buckle shields are electric lights and other luxuries. While they are not (ssential they make the harness much more at- tractive. ' ~ ' : As the bridle of a harness is used for the pur- pose of holding a horsels head up and guiding him. so is the bridle of this harness. The check rein always goes from the bridle to the back band and \so does it in this harness. For what can better cause a man to hold his head up than a good farm home? papers, and bulletins, the agricultural college and experiment station, crop reports and county agents. statistics which are sent out by big business to fool the farmer, ‘ the direct connection from the 'master mind to the horse. The lines of my harness are religious activities. For a"farmer without the help of his creator, is like a horse without a driver. Now I have the horse all harnessed, and it can'- .not be denied that he is well harnessed; but what shall we hitch him to? Experience has taught me that it is very important to be« careful ’what you hitch a good young hbrse to. His load must be something that he can ‘movebr he will any "back and perhaps not pull again. It must not be too light ‘or it may run on his heels and then there is trouble. what they look to be. Sometimes a. small stump has some very long deep roots, while somexvery large ones set alniOst on the tap cf the ground.- A ’ Also some roads move easin fora‘a time a ,Jw'e come to' ayhill‘fo'r‘ M ' U Halts , ‘ gives; . . _, erred, jifiias; i Naw' ~ . science has erred rbefofe,‘;uand doubtless" will‘again God' I The rest of the bridle is the ., guiding portion and is made up of the agricultural 1 The blinders are the false reports and The lines of a harness are Again all loads are" not. v ' ‘ flagbmfiaa'i—rn 1.....- D HE estate of C. H. Prescott & Sons, TaWas- City, Mich., has come to be 7”“??? familiarly known, throughout the v ‘ United States and Canada, as. the owner and developer or one of the best'fih’e'rds BfTShorthorn cattle on the western Continent. The writer has good reason to believe. however, that ~many who have an acquaintance with - the Prescott family, here in' Michigan, donot understand who are included in the firm name, C. H. Prescott & Sons! The almost universal opinion seems to lie-that the elder Prescott, who resides at Tawas City; is C. H. Prescott and that, the sons mentioned in the firm name, are Ge‘brge A., ~Jr., a'nd‘Charles T. Prescott. 'C. H. Prescott was the grandfather of~the young men men- tioned above. The senior Prescott, so. well known here in Michigan, answers to the name of. Geo. A. Prescott, Sr. .’ He. is the oldest son of C. H. Prescott and the senior member of~the partnership which includes two younger brothers. Besides the real estate and live stock interests here in Michigan, the estate owns and operates the Saginaw Bay Lumber Co., with offices and yards at Cleveland, Ohio. I At the bottom of this page are given illustra- tions of the three wonderful herd bulls which have for the last few years been in use in the Prescott herd. Lorne, an imported bull, was purchased at an auction sale in Chicago, a few years ago, for $2,500; before the hull was settled for, the new, owners were offered $500 for their bargain. Showing how rapidly this bull gained in popular- ity it _may be of interest to note, that before he had been on Richland Farms a year, $6,500 was offered for him and refused. The first four heif—. ers sired by Lorne are shown in the accompany- ing cut; all of these and one more were sold for an average of $1,900. The first two bulls, from this sire, averaged $700. __There is on the farm-a splendid '3- " ‘ ‘year - old bull sired by. Lorne and a per- fect replica of his noted father; this bull is out of one of t h e b e s t cows the Presc o t t s ' ever own- ed.' T h i s p r0 mising ' young sire is held in. j reserve as an insur— anceagainst accident to t h e older bull. .MF-a’rm ACCOII.nfing'l‘eaches Rural Boys and Girls Secrets of Success _ ‘ HAT does the boy'or the girl who has gone i ,, from farm t2) school in the morning ‘and Eback again at night ten long years and is now s'looking eagerly to the time when he or she will ‘break away from the comfortable old nest to seek a fortune behind some city counter really know about the business of .farming? Ask a group 0d? boys and girls how much money is invested in a farm, wihat' the operating expenses \are and how much greater the gross receipts; how many eggs; a hen should lay or 'what to feed a cow. Do these boys and girls know that— the fturn—over on' a farm is once a year, that farm credit needs are from six months to fiveuyears and that success in (farming is not’all just good luck'and favorable . conditions? .Why should theyknow, if‘attention ‘ 'is not called to these things? In Wexford County, Midhigan, eighty boys and girls in dive consolidated “schbols are keeping re- cords ,on their own homef-arms. They have taken " ~ I; ventories; t-heyja're posting sales and expenses, "hell hvfath rs are, keenlyinterestedhand by Janu- ,1 a :tath gda‘ugh‘ter fd son will knew-- .of the Finest Pure-Br I _ records. IBy H". H. MAC‘K. " r Heifers the Get of Imported Lorne In the main, Lorne has been a heifer breeder , and there are still many females in the herd out of him. On the occasion of a recent visit to the farm by the writer, he was shown several young calves, all closely resembling the animals in the accompanying group of four. So uniform in color and other physical characteristics, are the animals sired by Lorne that the stranger, visit- ing the farm for the first time, soon learns to identify them at sight. Lorne was grand cham- ‘ pion bull at the Michigan State Fair in his senior yearling form; as a two-year-old he stood in eighth place at the International with 30 won- derful bulls in the class. In 1920, his get won third prize at the International. The white bull, Newton Champion, while he has never been shown, has furnished many prize winners, the first four bulls-sired by him were sold for an average of $3,100. Many snow white ‘bulls, sons of this wonderful sire, have left Rich- land Farms and are, today, making Shorthorn \ BY 0H. B. KILLOUGH Department of Farm Management, M. A. 0. boy or girl will win a free trip to Michigan Agri- cultural College. Can you imagine yourself tip- ping the porter, hand-ing the waiter a smile, in— specting laboratories with professors, and send— ing all the bills to a group of Wexford County Bankers? The bankers have offered this prize trip to the boy orAgirl who .keeps a record of «fathers’ farm most neatly and completely and analyzes it most accurately. _ Mr. Wm. F. .JohnSOn, County Agricultural Agent, suggested the plan to them. He is‘ a be— liever in boys and girls. .Mr. Roy Noteware, County School Commissioner. is giving the pro— ject hearty support. He has a vision of greater farm incomes, more rural wealth, smaller tax rates, and big, properly equipped, consolidated schools. Messrs Stack, Clark, Walton, Davis and Cohurn; school l'superintendents with vision, ability, and enthusiasm are putting it.across.‘ Last week's lesson was on the keeping of feed_ Earl Adam-s, milked six cows. His feeding e my»; 52f“? V ;. > I {thobroad lightiof reason an ..§9‘Q§i;.1fi on Western Continean d Herds \ history as herd headers. On the farm, at present, is a White yearling bull by Newton Champion and out of one of the * firm’s best cows, registered under the name of Richland Astronomer; he has one of the finest heads the writer has ever seen on a bull and a. wonderful , loin, rib and heart girth. 7:49 Sterling Supreme, now in active use ' in the Prescott herd, is five years old, a ‘ beautiful dark red and without excep-fi tion the “widest” bull for his'weight that the writer has ever seen; this bull is producing some wonderful young Shorthorns .when bred to fe- males sired by the imported bulls, Lorne and Newton Champion. Some of‘ the finest heifers ever produced in Michigan were sired by Ster- ling Supreme. The rich color and matchless bloom of the calves sired by this red bull, when crossed with the ‘ whites and roans produced by the other two bulls in the herd, has probably’never - ‘ been surpassed in the annals of Shorthorn breed- ing in America. The owners of this herd have -, ' V, now gone far enough in cross-breeding the get of these three sires so that the undertaking is no longer an experiment. ’ The Prescotts are extremely proud of the re- cord of Richland Kate, sired by Sterling Supreme and out of the imported cow, Ocean Queen: Richland Kate was the first prize senior heifer calf and reserve junior champion at the Michigan State Fair, 1920; she won fifth prize in compeé tition with 40 others at the International of 1920. She was sold in her senior calf form at the Inter- national sale, of 1920, to Maryvale Farms, Youngstown, Ohio, for $1,750; as a senior year- ling she came strong the next year winning first position at Illinois, Ohio and Indiana state fairs and fourth place in her class at the International, of 1921, in competition with 30 entries. Fairy Lass 3rd, is another young cow that bids fair to ' reflectgreat credit upon h e r s i r e, Sterling Su- preme; out of the im— ported cow, Fairy Lass, s h e w a s goodenough to sell for $1,250 at the Inter— national, of 1920, going to John Borden of c o ndensedb milk fame, ’ to be used i n h i s found ation (Continued on page 19) Total cost I Kind of Number of Kind of Dhin Costner stock animals feed ration unit for month (lows 6 Silage 1801b $ 5.00 T $13.50, ' Alfalfa 60lb 20.00 T 18.0,0 Ground fd 50Ib 24.00 T 18.75 Earl was less than ten minutes in making the entry. He Ihad previously weighed up the feed tor one day. He figured the cost and multiplied by thirty to get an estimate of total cost for the month sufficiently accurate for all practical pur- poses. , Last Week Mr. Jones of Wexford County who is keeping an M. A. C. farm account book brought his summary to one of the consolidated schools to show- us that “for every $100 worth of feed given to poultry last year he got $300 in return- and that for every. $100 worth of feed which went into dairy cows he got only $125 in return. _ The hens were high producers. They laid an aver age of 100 eggs each (not a lot for a recon hen, but about the average for common f hens). His cream sales were only $60 per co compared with $150 per cow from other of which we have records. « V The .boys andgirls of Wexford county at ging the facts right out and/holding th‘ ' ' You Are Sure ‘ when you buy this Saw! When you see the Keen Kutter trade mark on the blade you know the Saw is finest tested steel, full of spring and life, sure to out fast and clean. Roomy carved apple-wood han— dle won’t tire your hand. That practical feel and balance!— Keen Kutter Tools all have it. Keen Kutter assures you the most for your money. 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Dent we. wrdelodayl GARFIELD LABORATORIES Dept-I15, 3935 W. Washington Blvd. CHICAGO. ILLINOIS . ‘ PUT rmsusw , all , light-op N YO u R ' 2:3)1/r’ . é = . >____We.vdo custom work. Bendix: ‘ your wool for betting. V_ Write .‘Weol Betting-as" West. Unity. Ohio WANT" TO 'SEWTV it ‘ . _-LIVEgSTOCK3 “qsmIRTfiE “‘ 'KDOIT} M. a pertixaaLothé'rééglg: . elleomphlnu or menu for infer-Mien you. All imulflu;mnst3be amounted BUCK-HORN IN CLOVER SEED We have about fifteen bushel of clover seed which is about 25 per cent buck- horn. :The elevators here don’t want to buy it for eed. I have been told it is 0 used for dyeing. Could you recommend any place where I coul :sell it'l—M. McK., Linden, Mich. ‘ I would suggest that you send samples or your seed to the follow- ing firms: , . Farm Bureau Seed Department, 221 N. Cedar St., Lansing, Mich. ’ S. M. Isbell Seed Company, . of Jackson, Mich. ~ sing, Mich. These firms are equipped with 'ma- chines which will safely take- out buck—horn, reducing its ‘content to a fraction of a percent. ’ The only use which clover seed has ever been put is in seeding. I have never been able to establish the claim that any use of clover was ever made in the dyeing indus- try.—J. F. Cox, Professor of Farm Crops, M. A. C. SPOT ON PLASTER Can you tell me what to remove a spot of a plastered ceiling? There was nothing spilled that could cause it. It looks like grease an has come through wall paper twice. It is a.new house. I thought it might be something in the plaster.-—Mrs. 0. N. J., Edmore, Mich. It would‘be unusual it there was anything in the plaster which would cause such a spot. If this is the case, that portion of the plaster should be removed and new plaster put in. It is more likely that the spot is caused by a leak .from the water or waste pipe, or possibly from a leak in the roof. In case of a. leak in the roof it should be repaired. Water and waste pipes may be inspected and repaired by removing boards in the floor above—Floyd E. Fogle, Ass’t Prof., Farm Mechanics. RENTING ON SHARES A man has asked me to work his farm this spring, he is to furnish team, im— plements and seed. He said he would pay me whatever I thought would be right, providing it wasn’t toobig a price. What would be considered a fair price to ask of this man? I am to do all the work on the farm as if'it were mine—R. Mc, Benzie County, Mich. * Prof. Eliot of the M. A. C. esti- mates that a fair division in such 3. er and one-third to the renter. --- Editor. - WHAT KIND OF BEANS SHALL I SOW? I am in a quandry to know just what this year. Last year I raised the red kidney but do not know whether it would be good business policy to sow them give me your views on the matter? What does the outlook seem to be for that variety?—W. N. T.. Pigeon, Mich. ‘ The outlook for red kidneys is not quite as promising as two or three years ago. The West Indies have al- ways been the principal market for this variety but the low prices of sugar have decreased their purchas- ing power and they are not taking so many as formerly. However, with continued improvement in the sugar market they should again be fair prospects for red‘ kidneys next fall and winter. We probably won’t see $10 red kidneys for some time to fit. The navy bean market is im- proving right along and the acreage will probably be large. Why not di- vide your field and plant part to red kidneys and the rest to navies? —- Editor. V ‘ OBOE—6N LIGHT SAND will raise good corn and beans. I had it in potatoes last summer and the crop failed me with blight. Do you- think I can get a stand of sweet clover on it without lime by seeding 12 lbs. of good seed with cats early this spring? I did not intend to plow it. there was not a weed in -my potatoes nor any grass. I got a good stand ‘of Alsike clover on it once. Ixhavfiam‘z lbs. of sweet clov