jgaflmxl-«autagem’ 1“ a . A , . : y A V ‘__ h; . . s ____: ” Owned and. ichigan ms- 'hmoughbre’ds in “T t n e .0 n C D. C .0 n I n A CLEMENS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1922 Edited Farmer’s Weckl MT. ___».——— VOL IX NO 542 L 53....7LJJ I.. A - M... . .. . ramme- nns OPEN OOMMiBsION rnousn . , 137: 3m , ‘ ICHIGAN, Ohio'snd Indiana live stock producers “are .to have a _( cooperative produc’ers' com- mission house on the; Buffalo live stock market. Organizationl’of the Producers’ (lo—operative," Live . Stock Commission Association was completi- ed at Bull'an July 31 by producers' representatives. E. A. Reamer of minefield, prominent Michigan live stock man, was elected president. P'roducere’ co—operetive commisw m... ._. -- .—__..._.. vne UL ‘ 1 V.) . ‘L. Striv ” , 'Castillé. ; V .eaSur J ; New Yerk. Budalo commission house “was in: c'orporat'ed under New York law and has one New York director. Mr. Striving is president of the New 1York State Farm ‘Bureau. The executive committee of the board of directors is F. G. Ketner, P. L._ O'Mealey, Pittiord, Mich; Geo. Brown, Angola, Ind.; W. L. Striv- ing, Castillo, New York and E. A.- Beamer, ,ex-oflicio. Other members of the board of directors are P. M; Granger, Charlotte, Mich.; , l The , _ ‘ one, The Vial: W.E.‘ stock exhibi an guns the livestock 'menfiin educational campaign to Stimulate morainterest in the raising of better stock. and' heavy sales or ; surplus: breedin stock are expected to result trim the Work. done. ~ ' - 7 r . “Women and children will'fl'nd much to interest them at the fair. Boys and girls enrolled in the club work. have entered exhibits good enough to winvprizes in many of the open classes in competition with the "- . . I y t 4 .iilfiywsncc‘essfui; -~ camper'ating with ,~ they are“ secured by real estate holdings. If you want an income that’s safe and sure, _ sendtheooupontom. Letusgiveyouthefscts that provetheseCertificatestobe the kind ofsafe and profitable investment you can depend upon fora steady income. The Standard Mortgage & Investment Company . ,flnflthe ’W at... Banal-rs Detach Hutu“ H1! no: by; North Dakota,»f Haw ‘Jersey and, Montana. The IMan-j condition is 'l’ cent sbmithe” average for the entire United'ms. -? . ' Theftotai production of ,imM'” ntf.‘ p products this year j with, lest you n estimated -u-,tsiiewar" Corn. 98.0 per cent; ' are invited to take part in the toxin. (111mm SUGAR GROWERS U81! FOREIGN SUGAR FALLING to keep pace with mod- ern developments, China’s sugar industry, like the tea industry, has declined to the point where the country depends upon foreign sugar for its supply. Fifty years ago Chm was an exporter of sugar, says Con- \ sui General Edwin S. Cunningham, . Shanghai, in_ a report to the Foodstnirs Division of the Depart- ment oi; Commerce. but modern methods‘have won (mina'rold mar—'- lieu. In China the” juice is still pressed from the cane between grs- '~ which the cane is drawn by sex: b‘vllceisam tuned. ‘ ' by bullocks. A stone n is [boiled without any atteni education in o to the air so or item according to the weather, m8 conte hits or hardwood rollers thrown " “mouse: L‘_ beneath receives the juieiejg ; m houses are makin s lendid suc_ perry, Leipsic, Ohio; W. H. Favinger. entries of elder exhibitors. Many per cent: oats, 117.9 per cent: ceases on the St. Pail, Eds... Indi— Albion. Ind. mm" V111 and W “197 will in." 157' 1373 W cent: 77% m; ' _. anapolm Chicago, Omaha and De_ to’hnstls to best their daughters cent; buckwheat, 97.9 mt tron markets, They havé the active WEST MICHIGAN FAIR OPENS when the judges begin their work in white potatoes, _127’.2 per cent; 1 support of their respective state farm SEPT- 18th- the womfin 5 department. " .SWeet Potatoes. 113.6 per cent: - bureaus, In several instances the WELL-ROUNDED fair- in all “The- entertainment program, *bacco, 132.5 per cent; ‘flaxseel, . producers are handling more cars departments will be thrown which is, being worked out in de— 141.1 per-«cent; rice, 106.0 per cent; , each week than any other commis- open to the public by the West tail. 101' BRCh day 0.1 the lair, will hay (all) 115.0 per cent; sugar '. ’ sion houses. They are effecting. Michigan State Fair at Grand Rapids present the best - DIOIBSSIOM 9nd beets, 65.3 per cent; cotton, 148.971., .- " V a satisfactory marketing savings for on September. 18th. The fair will amateur talent it has been 120581010 per cent; apples 205.6 per cent;L‘.' - ‘ , 9 their members. The Detroit co—op— close on September 22nd. for the fair to engage. The leading peaches, 171.2 per cent; peanfi, i W erative commission houSe is oper- “Visitors will find the'exhibits of features on the amusement bill will 153.7 per cent; grain sorghum. 1 911“ ated by the Michigan Live Stock Ex- every department a little fair in it- be horse I‘aCing. music. fireworks 98.9 per cent; beans. 140.7 per Cent. 3 "W1 change, which represented Michigan self," says Secretary L. A. Lilly. and vaudeville. The midway shows The amount of oats remaining on ‘ I fair at the Buffalo meeting. “The liberal premiums oflered for Will interest everyone. ,, . farms August 1, is estimated at 6.9 - m Other officers of the Buffalo house educational displays, totaling several ' The fair management is getting per ,cent of last year’s crop, or about . ' I tr are vice-president, W. H. Settle, Pe— thousand dollars, have aroused such buildings and grounds into hurried 73,204,000 bushels, as compared j at troleum, Ind.; secretary, F. G. Keb- wide interest in the exhibition that shape for the tblg eXhiblflon. The with 161,108,000 bushels on August \ “a: l _ ‘ 1,,2'1921, and 78,170,000 bushels the ‘ . Y *1 ayerage of stocks on August 1 for ; .Or, I r . , — the five years, 1916—1920. r . -; spa: ~ if I = 1t 18 ____ L ,, TO CONDUCT DRAINAGE TOUR m : m ‘1‘ k _' ‘ ST. CLAIR COUNTY 3 It _._ V . 4-? M. KIDMAN, agricultural agent was I v t" w of .St. Clair county, announces a f 11, fi 191:, \, drainage tour‘ to be conductesl 9’ 5 - fi . on Thursday, August 31st, under the “ j '“m ; -_- ' is auspices of the County Farm Bureau. T3 1 The tourists will assemble at eight WW 5 v ‘ _ ‘3 * o’clock at the farm of P. M. Stein 10 d‘ ?_ a“ on Lapeer avenue rend, pne—hatf 1 U. s _r mile east oat Wadhams where thq a. VA 7 . ,_ w i will witness a tile ditching machine so" : ‘41 L in operation. From ten -to twelve wm . I v ‘ mere will be an inspection of ,i - v' drainage project on the H. J. 7°” 7 W~ iv term. in Columbus township whens" ' ‘ 511d“ '70—fi - "W dinner will also be served by tie "_ 148M :An I + Columbus Ladies' Aid, followed by a E "N 1 short program ‘ 4— 'i‘he afternoon itinerary will In- : 1— - -w—---- elude inspections of drainage pt)- § ‘ _. ‘ Sect on Peter Distelrath farm. in- ‘ emotion or model Poultry house on ; 7’ B u ‘ Robt. Mike Poultry Farm, on". 1 a ‘ mile east of Old Belle River Hill. the t inspection of drainage project on, 1 h 1 . u n North westbrook Farm. Town Line ' °u read, one and one-half miles north— {1' ‘ Hes“ g . . . west of Marine City, to be concluded f “me Don’t be satisfied merely to save a little money 2:; a831, Wight-1:811 the Diamond Crys- * has I . . I or . sued ~use it to buy an income—one that’s regular SW” at the mammal. mot wm ‘ and dapmdable. . gram will include C. L. Brody, see-u . punt? ~ ' rotary-manager Michigan State ‘ _ "we You can have such an income if you invest in Farm Bye“: H- H- Musselmeu ‘ com, M (a Inv t Com profess r of Farm mechanics of Standard origflge 631018“. _ 9611? ~ A. _c., and e. v. Ballard, assistant , we? Certificates. The? pay 7%%. glvmg you a high a count;ng header. and metal nth-‘A‘ “:1;- ‘ , . or no es. . ‘ ~— ‘ » " I 1 rate of interest withu high degree of safety, for All tame" interested in drama“ . {mu i l v ..45} 1. ‘ same of the state, the mem- ‘ its seventy-third annual .. .. Detroit, September 1. The tairfis to , res»- use o.w..mckinsen, secretary-man-' W; approximately “ - 590,000 persons manager was in the midstof framing. “,v-{Etbc'nrcsrsmlroresch'er the 10 days of the ap- mmintexp'osition recently when a young man his‘oillce. Quietly ‘introducing himself. “mat importance has agriculture to the state fair,” the young man spoke up. I Mrmckinsdn was taken back a little with the , franknesspf the stranger but he answered point blank: , a . ,"W'ithout agriculture the Michigapéate Fair “or, noother fair could exist. Agriculture is re- ;‘sponsible for this fair thriving for 7 2 years and it is the foundation of the fair which opens now in less than three weeks." It matters little who Mr. Dickinson’s visitor was but his attitude toward the relation of the fair and agriculture is mighty important—to the _. Three agencies which have taken up the int- ' of the farmers and dairymen and promises-- We do much at the fair for these interests are the ‘11. 8. and state departments of agriculture and the Hickman Agricultural college. The U. S. sentiment, of course, is directing the work it Twill carry on at the“ Michigan State Fair this year through a series of chart exhibits toward hiding the dairymen in this state while the state . , C What agriculture is designing an exhibi- . ' { ..._.... H _ ._..4._.__.__..“ ‘ f , ' Announces " 7’ . ’BOUT a year age the Business Farmer asked ' the M. A. c. for a list of- the dates on which ‘ the farmers of the various counties in Michigan should plant their wheat to lessen the danger of . iiy. At. that time. the College was un- able to\ give the infirmation, but since then it has made some investigations and has just is- .‘e'hedh compilation of dates which, it believes, ‘ will prove a fairly safe guide to follow in the planting of wheat. a 'We are told by Prof. R. H. Pettit that there comes a time each year, usually in Septemlmr, : .uttcrvhichnp eggs are laid, and if we cansz our seeding that the-plants will not be suit- ‘ a, receiving 088! until after the files are through, then we escape the “fly” altogether. This ii i 3qu unfilled the “fly-free date" and varies with g each season. It is, however, possible to compute . I relativetirne between different parts of the ..1.ooo.sot. or“ Lam‘s:- » s .. -«Isept.11—2 .,. x ,mimc u ” sonnet. -0ct.11(dlend 1‘ 1 n 1, Mt goo ~ M W ' O 4- ‘ ' titude Mgofi.» ~ We. of 7 Mn Ibo O u u s e '“e l sewam L eee m Hare to an appeal-tor and to the s. net. to Tenth tion to increase the productiveness of the farm- er’s acres. The college exhibit is similar. "Cow testing associations, the detection and elimination of bad cows, how to replace bad cows with productive cows, breeding associations and correct feeding are some of the important issues which the government strikes at in an educational exhibition. Those who were at the National Dairy how last year will recall an ex- hibit similar to this which caused much favorable comment. What interests the farmer most for he is the most important exhibitor and visitor at the fair, is the increase in premiums at this .year’s fair. More than $100,000 are being offered compared to $70,000 paid a year ago. Premiums for the important breeds in many cases have been in- ‘creased and the less important breeds have been eliminated. . T00, of paramount interest to the Michigan farmers is the new coliseum building where will BIG NEW SERIAL sromr sunrs L mm resent Watchforthofleptmnberflndiesuoin which will appear the opening chapters of the biggest and best serial story that has ever appeared in The Business Farmer. It will hold the interest of every member at -your family and will appear in generous quantity in every 5ch issue. . te Fair f ' Be Bigger, and Better Than Ever ‘ ' ' If e I Attend seventy-third Annual Exposition at Detroit from ' be staged each evening a thoroughbred horse ' show. This building will be completed befch the fair starts and has a seating capacity of 8,000 persons, providing ample facilities /for those int- erested in watching the judging. The structure of reinforced concrete and steel represents an in- vestment of $300,000 and is considered the finest fair building in North America. A recent announcement of Mr. Dickinson's has to do with the decrease in admission to the fair which this year will be We compared to 75¢ a year ago. The fair chief believes this will have a great influence on the ticket sale. Practically every department in the fair has been Widened in scope and several new att - tions—a baby parade for one, have been added. Farmers throughout Michigan touring to the State Fair this year will find in the State Fair tourist camp a place to camp that will be sani- tary and accessible at all times. Ample police protection for property will be provided constant- ly and nothing left undone to make the visitor’s stay an enjoyable one. While the fair fundamentally is an educational institution, there are, of course, a number of at- tractions designed to relieve the monotony of constant lecture and contructive exhibits—4nd these will be found on the midway where the Rubin & Cherry hows—artistocrats of the tent- ed world—will be found. Added to the fair this year are radio exhibits and new exhibitions. The radio and what it promises for the farmer and a thorough presenta- tion of the plane as a means of transportation will be presented. ssFly,Free”_ Dates for Seeding Winter Wheat State and to base the time for sowing on the aver- age tim‘b observed during a period of 25 years' over the entire United States. This study is based on an investigation made by Dr. A. D. Hop- kins of the U, S. Bureau of Entomology. The calendar on this page shows the dates for the diflereni counties in the Lower Peninsula. It is, of course, imperfect as yet because no one can forecast what the weather is going to be a month or so in advance. Furthermore the table deals with averages based on the weather of years past. It is based on a study of the advance of the sea- ~ son frdm the South to the North and the dates are determined by the latitude, the longitude, and the altitude. It should, ‘as well, be corrected for character of soil and for the influence of bodies of water. Furthermore, some of our counties vary a good deal in altitude, and a high altitude hastens the date of seeding. No attempt has been made in this calendar to compute for areas smaller than counties, nor to allow for the influ- ence of large bodies of water, although Lake .Michigan undoubtedly lengthens out the period during which new seeding may get established and, therefore, makes it safe to delay seeding somewhat beyond the date set. This applies merely to the west" coast for a few miles inland. Asgalready stated the higher the altitude the earlier the planting should be done. In this ."brief space it is impossible to name .the planting date for each 100 feet of altitude. In the calcu- darshown the highest altitude is given and farm- . ers living in the‘ respective counties should gauge their planting date accordingly. While there is . no set rule. the planting date may be safely ad- vanced one day for each 100 feet below the al- titude given, or. delayed one day for each 100 feet above the :given altitude. Exampleza The highest recorded‘iltitude in» Allegan county is 800 The pl'antingdate as shown by the calendar hohf'fiept. when 28th. _‘A. farmer " ’ ' " ‘ hundred feet below that al- t‘s‘ectio ,iotAllegan county, level he "-‘.da§rg.-;,later'"'befere seeding» - points in the state, it does have many records and Mr. Pettit says he will be glad to furnish this information for individual locations on ap- plication, so far ashe has it. BAKER LEADS IN STRAW BALLOT , THE first returns on Michigan Business Farm- _ er’s straw vote on the United States sena- torship shows H. F. Baker the choice by a very large majority. ‘Baker’s total up to Tuesday noon, August 15th, was 121, or over three times as great as the vote of all his opponents put together. The vote on the other three sena- torial candidates is as follows: Emery, 10; Kel- ley, 14; “Townsend, 15. Ninety-six votes were registered for Groesbeck, 30 for Fletcher and 22 for Joslin. . One hundred and nineteen expressed themselves in favor of the gasoline tax and forty-four against it. The straw vote will be continued until the primaries. Those who have not yet voted are urged to do so at once. ‘ 4-— Clip this coupon and mail to Editor Business Farmer, Mount Clemens, Mich. .-----------------<---- STRAWVOTE (Place cross before name of candidate for whom you desire to vote) ForUnltedBtatesSenstor CIVBAKER D‘mxm C] sunny [1 rownsrmn [3T [j enonsnncx, _ , ' ' ['3 menu»:- i ( 'HE Dairymen’s League Co-operative Associa- organizations, seeks to obtain for its ‘mem- bers the best current, prices and ,a stable "market for their products. But that is only-part of the problem. For‘if the best price“bbtainable does not cover the costof production, the' dairy farmer will be in 'a hole; 'he will be pretty much in the position of a man who is trying 'to fill a bucket which has a hole in- the-bottom; the water will run out faster than he can pour it in. Now while a group of dairymen can undoubted- ly get a better price for their product through an organization like the Dairymen’s League Co-oper- ative Association Inc., than they could through their own individual efforts, yet that price may still fall short of the cost of production. The obvious way to get around this difficulty is to re- duce the cost of production by buying raw ma- terials at the lowest possible figure. This can be done through a successful co-operative purchas- ing organization. Such a plan not only elimi- nates the middlemen’s profit, to the benefit of the purchaser, but it effects an additional saving through quantity buying. The New York State Dairymen and the farmers of the state generally are enabled to enjoy the advantages of co—operative buying through the Co-operative Grange League Federation Exchange Inc. This association was organized in June, 1920, by three farmer groups: The old Dairy- men’s League, the New York State Grange and the Federation of County Farm Bureau Associa— tions. , The Exchange, or G. L. F., as it is called, has a board of directors of nine members, three from each of the three founding organizations, three directors being elected annualy. The organiza— tion is incorporated under the business corp— oration laws of the state, under which it is quali— iied both to buy and to sell. The capital stock of the G. L. F. is $1,000,000, of which more than $750,000 has been subscribed for by the dairymen and farmers of the state, there being more than 40,000 stockholders. The stock is non-assessable and pays a maximum dividend of six per cent. After this stock divi— dend has been paid and the reserve fund taken Soil Fertility is After All the Big Factor int ICHIGAN is not one of the great wheat pro- ducing states and yet wheat is grown on over 100,000 farms and on more than 1,000- 000 acres. Only three crops, hay, corn and oats, are more important from the acreage standpoint. The Experiment Station at East Lansing as- sisted by hundreds of farmers all over the state has succeeded in breeding and widely disseminat- ing a high yielding wheat of excellent quality which makes raising in Michigan much more prof! tion Inc., like other co-operative marketing » Léague Caope‘miaeiil. Wishidlgef’aauyingai in. is ‘ B'y GILBERT. I. sroin'oL'A" _ View of Huge Mixing Plant owned by the Co-o'pera- tive Granite League Federation at Buffalo. N. Y. care of, the surplus profits are divided among those who have bought from the organization, the amount of the“ purchases made by each customer. However, stock-holder customers are entitled to refund rates double those paid to non-stockhoders. There are several methods followed by which the farmer-customer get their supplies from the G. L. F. In some cases they pool their orders and have a purchasing agent handle the transac- tion, this man receiving a commission for his ser- vices. The goods are then shipped by freight in one or more cars and distributed to the poolers right from the car door. In some communities co-operative buying associations have been formed and a manager is employed to supervise the work. Many local organizations. have a warehouse and mill of their own, although some entrust to the local miller the work of grinding feed. The cen- tral organization of the Dairymen’s League Co- operative Association Inc., does not undertake to buy supplies for co-operative distribution, as the local branches of the association are incorporated in such a way that they are permitted both to buy and to sell and thus the members of the as- sociation can purchase farm supplies from the G. L. F. without difficulty. When the Exchange was orgahized, it was planned not only to cut down the cost of hand- By H. R. SMALLEY itable. However, better seed, higher yieldingfiya— rieties, and more thorough preparation ,of the seed bed, results in a more rapid depletion of the available plantfood in the soil which is directly proportional to the increased yield obtained. The above.statement is not made to discourage the use of good seed, better varieties or thorough preparation of the seed bed but only to call at— tention to a fact that is too often overlooked. Every bushel of wheat requires a certain amount of plantfood in difierent amounts. It is also true that crops vary considerably in their plantfood requirements. For these reasons fertilizers that are especially prepared for wheat, tobacco, cotton and for a great variety of crops and groups of crops grown under different soil and climatic conditions are on the market. In wheat fertilizers the percent of phosphoric acid is considerably higher than the percents of ammonia and potash. They usualy contain from 2 to 4 per cent of ammonia (nitrogen), from 8 to 16 per cent of phosphoric acid and from 2 to 4 per cent of potash. Clay and silt loam soils ord- inarily need less ammonia and potash than the sandy loams and where manure has been used heavily the ammonia and potash in th‘e'fertilizer can be cut down accordingly. ‘ ' The use of fertilizers on wheat is 'very profit- able in Michigan, often meaning the difference between a bumper crop of excellent 'quality and a ’ i 5 to 10‘ bushel yield of inferior wheat. _ Atest conducted in Kalamazoo County illustratestthis point very'well. Without. fertilizer the yield was -"2é'.7 bushels of shrivelled almost worthless grain iv'Vhile with fertilizer the yield was 19.4 bushels :of good quality wheat. f . e ' ‘ ‘f ' Afstudy'of the State Chemist’s reports shows thatthe quality of. the fertiliZer sold in Michigan : has imprpved. somewhat durins'the nastier? years: “but than; "are still entirely? ted; mshy. 19W analyses ‘ sold, _ Fertilizer manufacturers, ' however, must sell, 'what farmers'want to buy. buy fertilizer at a very low price per ton and yet j‘iiay ahighprice'for‘ the plantafopd andit'splant- , j i’fbo‘d you want, ii’ot‘iust sormanygtons '91"! tinge}, : ' [There ’ is “just as" much vpianttood *in ~ ,ling'farm suppliesfroni.thégsounces of supply .ttlis ultimate consumer,;1_whic11 has; format s . It is possible to ten)» of 3“ .s large‘ja .part of the ainoiint‘i‘nyol‘ved in the usual , commercial. :transaction, but it Wasadecided to," tarnish “goods only of‘the highest .dugiiti. This principlehas been adhered to and in'.fact’zzi-n some instances goods of~equal qualitycannotfibe ob-"5 tained elsewhere atany price. Foremmple, the feeds sold by the Exchange are prepared‘accord- ing to‘a public formula, that is to’say‘the exact ingredients in pounds per ton are stated. tality, being especially selected because ' of its . being thoroughly adapted "to New Yerk~ State con-‘ ditions. Imported grass seed is‘not handled. Par- - ticular pains are taken with fertilizers, to, make certain that their mechanical condition is perfect, so that when they reach destination. theywill be just right for drilling. This is accbmplished by. regrinding and carefully screening the ingredi- ents before mixing. The formulas used are based on those approved by, the New York. State College of Agriculture at Ithaca. The G. L. F. handles feeds and grains-include ing dairy rations and 'poultry feeds; grass and, field seeds; standard commercial fertilizer mix- tures as well as fertilizer chemicals for home mix- ing; ground limestone; hard and soft coal; binder twine; house and barn paints, and «motOr oils. The various departments are in charge of special— ists in the particular lines. Incidently, it is of interest to mention that the head of the seed de- partment is a former Michigan mam—A. L. Bib- bins. ‘ During the year 1921 the Exchange did about $4,000,000 worth of business and hopes to reach the $5,000,000 mark the coming year and go be- yond it. To do this would of course really mean ' a very large increase in business, in view of low- ered market prices. Already fertilizer and seed sales this season indicate an increase of about 100 per cent over last year’s sales and the balance sheet for the first quarter of 1922 shows a sur-i plus of nearly $30,000. ' ' (The above is the fifth and last ,article 'in Mn Stodola’s series on the New York Dairymen's League” Co-operative Association.) -. ' heMaking of] a Crop _ 2-16-2 fertilizer as in .two‘tons of 1_-8-1‘and there; .is onlyhalf as much material ,to handle. 1 Besides." the more concentrated mixture willfgo twice as . far, ton for ten, and there is a big saving, in the cost of the plantfood. Don’t fail to look into this. question before buying fertilizer for wheat. The seed sold is of known origin and .of strongest v'i-- i 1 ii I ll 3! H I; i 32?: ii» 22..., 5:3 883 g4... g 33:“ .w‘mwxxifi ‘7 Sep 30 \“i i. to the State Fair 1 0 Days 10 Nights ‘ ‘ Ba, DETROIT ' in the upper peninsula '_ of stump land 4 aliases Lake, Traverse county; first off farming-’55:. Z . ‘1' seems to be productive'it‘mrfmfii 7 ” ’ sent an order L 1-10 stand beiowthe. straits: Beg [Ham deeply interested in "f clearing-projects as .1- hs'vo (so ' j Moths but: oh; w these} bing stumps. ‘ The question do,‘ how an I to remove them. as my means are very limited at present. I saw an article in the M. —B. F. a year ago regarding picric acid. I in at once for 600 pounds but "was promptly informal .-.that' the almme‘nt for-Michigan had been all spoken for.“ I recently heard there would be another but of course the big corporations will gob- ble it all up same as before. It is s. noticeable fact if our government has anything good to offer the large smiling fellows with the pull get it. While the fellows without much means, struggling along trying to make good, go without it. The writer of that. article speaks about stump pullers, horse and one man power. Beg to say have done considerable corresponding with re— gard to the one-man puller. I have never seen them at work but ,those that have say the latter is inpract— able as it is too slow. Would be glad to get the experience of those using it “as I have been on the'point of ordering one several times. Any information you can give me to help - me in the clearing of my land or otherwise will be appreciated.——B. 0. 0., Kingsley, Mich. Will some of you boys who have tus- sled with the big pine stumps tell our discouraged friend how You get rid_ of them? A little discussion of land clearing methods may help a lot of puzzled farm- ers. Let's hear from you with a. story of your experienoea—Editor. SOME SENSlBLE SUGGESTIONS 1TH pleasure we read your com- ment on taxation and refer- ence to the platform of the several candidates for governor of Michigan. How can any elector re— concile the attitude of at least two in the past with their present vague utterances in ambiguous language? Why don’t someone hire space in the M. B. F. and put in something like this: “I am in favor of laws taking the arbitrary powers away from] boards and commissions as to determining the necessity for costly works which make for mortgaging- the future such as roads, drains, condemnation sites, etc., and give said determination to- electors who are liable to pay for same and subject to a vote of inter- est all around as determined by a review to be held before instead of after ilnal determination is made." This would challenge the views of Judge Covert, but no matter as the welfare of the property owners who have their places mortgaged “Willie Nillie” (by electors without property and high salaried commis- sioners) is of greater moment than any ex-legislator’s views or wishes. Also why not have one class of electors in Michigan. Not one fran- chise for general elections and anoth- er for school electors with both of too short a residence to become ac- quainted with the community needs? Why do not .our would—be law makers in talking higher education .for the masses, present a plan for public examination of the pupils of all our schools that it would be next to impossible to grow ‘up without a, fair ‘knowledge of the three R's. A resolution to-congress along the same .line would» be worth considering. with a national primary school fund available to any state so complying. This would do what is sadly needed, spread knowledge, broadcast like radio and “red’f doctrine so called I would vanish. , , ’ There is a growing feeling among taxpayers that the-standard of eighth ‘ grade work in school beraised: in”- nglish and ' beyond” the ~ .edseaflon ham ‘ “ A A » that it guarantee to each and everyfi “death grip" to pay when Tthere-ei but 339 capital with taxes creased-.7 meanwhile 280 per cent Risa-.- time were .congnizance that itx-isi ’ farm labor that isto‘ be deflated ; .the I undoing of our boasted civilis ‘ nation with no party to benefit ex- cept the bondholder probably living.” ‘ whore.tsxes.sre lower. . ' . j V. This 1 is too, Ions but the “darn” might shorten‘ t it by destroying :its meaning. best whines-Ernest, Richardson. Huron County.- r ‘ . -’ You uen’tzthe calf one. frl'eniiflmeh- iines, and I am sure‘your muons will I find a response in thousands of other minds. Just the other day Ingres dis- cussing the double franchise rights you speak of with s. prominent farm leader. He took the position that all clti’uns whether taxpayers or not should vote on schoolmattersastheydohlthegenenl, His position being that all men If mm f the word’, t ' do not pay taxes ‘ in the form of rants. But whether _ increase the voting rights in school so- tions or decrease then in general sloo- tions. we are that the (inclinations should cases. What do other this and other points readers , raised by Mr. Rich- ardson1—Editor. _ THE CHICAGO FIRE EING a reader of your paper I saw the question about the date of the great Chicago iire. The answer was that the fire began in ' the evening of Oct. 8, 1871, and was , not extinguished until latesthe‘ foi- , lowing night. If you care to print the following here it is as a matter of history: \ j , The fire began as stated Oct. 8,. 1871, and burned all of the 9th,. 10th and 11th; four days, destroy— ing 17,450 buildings iii-the city of Chicago. 250 people lost their lives, and $290,000,000 worth of property was destroyed. The fire covered 11 square miles. Nearly 100,000 peo- ple were left homeless. Property was insured for $96,500,000, but only $38,000,000 of this sum was paid. Contributions were sent in amounting to $7,100,000. .This lls worth knowing for our. children—LL. ; J. B., White Cloud, Mich. g; Thank you for the additional Our information as to the length of J36 f fire was taken from the American E.— cyclopedia—Edltor. ‘ ' ' \ , STRIKES _ mHE present great loss, to the . 1 public. occasioned by the strike,“ ing railroad employees and the coal miners; gives groundafor earn-y est inquiry as to the cause there-,; for and the effective remedy thereof. The right of a citizen to labor, , on terms that are lawful and~ satin-7 factory to his employer and~ to him? " self, is guaranteed to. everyone by“; the constitution of our state and if? he is deprived of this right, by the, combination of strikers, has not the" general government a duty to do? 7. The national constitution requiring ,, state a republican form of governs ment, underwhicheach citizenship.“ be protected inhis individual night's ' The writer is a farmer-x-and.‘ sympathies are with the laboring , class but the disregard for. i “ nority, this 'lbeing (a we'll priIncipler iniié're‘fpuhli ndeed, t esie TREEWiaalfilfififiiffial? f I- f ;. our f, Chart ofRecommendations . g I Burnoil......... ........E.H. Capitol—All Models . . . . . . . . .E. H. Case. 10-18 and 15-27 ...... . .H. 030.2240 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. Case, 20-40 ............... H. Clem 9-16 and 12-20... . . . .H. Coleman .................. ..E. H. CommonSenae ............ ..H. Dakota ................... ..H. DartBlue “J”...............1H1 e .................... .. . ' 12—22 md 10-30. . . .E. H. E- . 16 and 12-20.... 3-3.16-32 ................ ..H. Finn Home..... .......... .. H. Farrah-r. 15-25 ;, Flour' Wilmer”? ' 20-85 "" ".2331 Flour City, 30.50 and «noun. . hick: 15-28:::::::::::::::.:H. omnad..................g_. Gnm' Belt ............... ",1 mm"".':.::::::::::::n Hart-Pm—All Modcb EH. Haida—Model "C" . H ' Model“D" ....... .. Bolton ,' BoltCa ' n)... H. HdtCste‘rp‘i (10 Tall).....E.H. Holt Caterpillar (15 Tu)..." Ligl'fik Four" IllinoIaSu Dri Mini ....... ..nn fifl'tfi """" "Lu 1. m 115-3617221233 M'GW..........LE Kim. ........ .......‘..'.. ‘, [gem-..H.- ............. .. lZ-flsndlE-SO n. a u 12-18mle .... “fig. Fm ............. "gm. “aunt‘wl'é'iaiililiiiii H Fox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . j Four WheelDrivo M......E. H. Friol: 12-20 - E; H. M. L—an Moa- “I'll- ‘ M. W Mulc- Heavy. . H—Pdufio Heavy. 4 Models, 12-25.......n. N. B. .mobiles and trucks 00ml! Co. (Indiana) station. E. "rm Elli HIV!- Forrécommacdatiam ofde (casein WSW: - Tudoflamo Motor; Oll ""'(')6£E.'.'."II'IIH.' . . . . . 12-25 and 17-3011. 2244Md35-70.g.fi. """C'L°.'IIIIII.'IIH' + ....... ..E Nikon JuniorkSenior ..... ..H Ohio . . . . . . . ............ ..E. Oil Gnu, 20-42 ............. H. ' G ............. H.‘ Pan-ett ................... ..H. eorin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H.. Plioneer. 18-86 and 30-60, B. emu”QIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHI Port Huron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..H Pmn‘ 'e Dog, 10-18 and 15-30. H Quadpull ................. ..H. '"IIIIIIIIIIIZIIIIIIIIEIH. x ....................... . . Rumer Oil Pull, 12-20 ..... ..E.H. ‘0“ Pull, . . . . . H. Oil Pu 20-40 ..... H. OilPull, . . . . . ..E.H. “Big Boa," H. "Gi t,"30—60 . . . . . ..E H. “Little Boa." 15-30 H “Junior” 12-24.......H Samson ModelM .......... ..H 'v A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..E H. Shawnee, 6-12md9-18.......H Shelby ModelC ........... ..H be y ModelD ........... ..E H.’ ' ......... ..E.H. Stinger: HmvyDuly.........H. K tan .................. .....H. ........ ..,H. H13. Tme 'f'1""'£:i&'2b;ib'2.'n. m. “2.32... ..E... TwinCfity. 00-90 .......... H. Uncle Sun—AllModela .... ..H. - ' Vim ...... ...... .......... ..H. Wallis ....... ....... ...... ..H. WalliaCub ................ ..H. Wm ..... :31 ..... ..‘IIH‘. ' Western. ..... ... ......... H. Wheat .................... H. Whi .................. “EH.” Wichita...“ .............. .. Willa ................... ..H. Whom. lmudaw,..E.H. YuhquthQd—AllMdoll.Hq . . Ave. . ¢\\\\\w HE heart of your tractor is the engine. The life I blood of the engine is the oil which lubricates it. When you give your tractor correct lubrication, you are adding years of life to the machine. There IS no such thing as a second best lubricating oil or grease. There is only the right kind and the wrong kind. The right kind not only prolongs the life of the tractor, but gets more power out of it, and substantially reduces your fuel and repair bills. The wrong kind means “scored” cylinders, “burned” bearings, and a host of other expensive damages. Repair bills for such dam- ages are simply ineXcusable in the . light of present scientific knowledge. ‘ Egg Colorine THE PERFECT MOTOR 0!” Made in ,Four Grades Seals Pistons Against Loss of Power The correct grade for your tractor is indicated in the chart. Expert chemists working 1n the modern laboratories of the Standard Oll Company of Indiana have perfected these grades of Polarine after studying the design of the tractor, the type of lubrlcatmg system used, and the behavior of the engme both in the shop and on the farm. There. is nothing theoretical about Polarine Oils. They are screntlfically correct and practically efficient They take into account all the mechanical factors; for instance, clearance between the piston and the cylinder wall, method of cooling, lubricating system used, etc. I - Polarine flows freely berween the. bearing surfaces, seals pistons against loss of power, leavmg no dry spots which would rub together and score the cylinders. vail yourself of tested, scientific lubricants recommended by the staff of lubricating engineers of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) bearing the name Polarine, The Perfect Motor 011. Consult the chart to the left. Qt Standard Oil Company (Indiana) Chicago Illllflll ,Agreat increasein Earlsales in the smiler cities is the Earlpower economy ake it the car most striking fact in recent Earl history. ’AEarl dealers‘in these cities report that a large number of the cars already delivered or now on order have been sold to discriminat- ing farm owners, after exacting road tests and compari- sons with other cars—many much higher in price. To the makers of Earl cars this is great and significant news. Any good car can meet the requirements of the 7 average city dweller, with brick and asphalt under his tires and only occasional runs into the country to tax his machine. To satisfy the men who live and produce in the country, however, a motor car must be able to stand up under all kinds of weather and road conditions. It must be comfortable and safe and easy on the roughest highways. It must havepower tospare in the deepest mud and on the longest hills. And to earn its keep. it must be economical. The Earl is built to meet just these requirements. Its powerful, long-stroke motor and balanced chassis deliver greater mileage pet gallonoigasolinethan anyother carol itssizeor price. It iseasy todriveeasy to keep inorder. easy on your pocketbook at all times. Earlvalnesareoutstandirg. Siaethem upfarywrself atthenearestEarldealer’s. Writetothe factory iorthe illustrated catalogue of five great Earl models—now. EARLflKIgtnrgn ll llnllllllllllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllmlllIllmlllllfllflllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllflllllllllllllllllfllllllll II II I 11' iv. a M 1': .‘ . :2 :1 Touring Car, $1095 Broughm $1795 Cabriole. $1395 Sedan. $1795 Cm Roadster, $1485 All prices f. o. b. lack-on ‘ unmmmmmmlllmuuununmunm A Befre You Bug ASilOf The first patent ever issued on a silo was awarded Kalamazoo over 30 years ago. Experience has asamproved a good teacher. If alamaioo $33. Eli: are the standard of the world today. A Kalamazoo silo is a money-maker for you. A poor silo is an_ expense. Oyer 70.000 farmers can testify to Kalamazoo reliabilitde stability. Our Glazed Tile Silo. are built of absolutely moisture- proof glazed 'tively weather tight. Blocks have three dead air space sist heat. cold. moisture, vermin. eedno paint or repairs. E{’Vill not warp. decay nor blow down. Our Wood Stove Silos havestood the testof 30years. Alr- tight joints, dee ly grooved. tongued and splmed. Shipped ready to erect. lilo nails or screws needed. Both tile and wood silos fitted with our famous continuous door tram of heavy galvanized steel. ‘ Kalamazoo Glazed Building Tile lane many uses about the farm. It is permanent, everlasting, economical construction. Reduce: fire risk and urance. beandfies the farm. There's a difference in tile. book tells you bowto indge _ for a copy and our new low prices today. o Kalamazoo Tank e: Silo Co. Dept. 244 Knlemzoo. M Ask In «one our Endings Cutters Real Self-ailing Windmill Oil an Aermotor once a year and it is always oiled. Every moving part is completely and fully oiled. A constant stream of oil flows on every ‘ hearing. The shafts run in oil. The double gears run in 5 V w oil in a tightly enclosed gear case. Friction and wear .(“i.;.rs,.-.-.,::.~ are practically eliminated. ' ‘l 1" “ ' _ '2 ' Any windmill which does not have the gears runningin oilisdnly i half oiled. A modern windmill, like a modern automobile. must have V ‘ its‘gears enclosed and run in oil. Dry gears. exposed to dust. wear rapidly. A o' a Mark °’ my W -:« and dry gears cause friction and loss of power. The breeze it is correctly in the lightest . ‘ To get everlasting windmill satisfaction. buy the Aermotor. " fit; V " p . ‘_. ' contempt for the real estate dealer. . I .- u, as shows! at , 'or alfalfa in so burg. The son in this particular solid ' names to be sand clear through late China. or the clay is so far. Mn» it is lemming proposition. type, of land that excites unusual pity for the unfortunate owner, This one in my banality After- rfutils efforts to harvest- "crops from the-surfac'c of this sand' lot other than vegetables Mr. Nichol- son abandoned the darned field, but later on, with a half hope that a deep ern Michigan have about 1,285 acres of commercial cabbage compared with last‘ year’s area. of 590 acres. This is an increase of 118 per cent over-1921. The counties and their respective acreages are: _Ingham, 160 acres; Eaton, 225 acres; Jack- son,.67 acres; Hillsdale, 233 acres; Branch, 600 acres. 'The principal Vincreases‘over 1921 are in Hillsdal’o and Branch counties. The crop is generally in excellent condition. I In .Hillsdale county, consume}: 00 acresxrof which 13 , acres 1 a A tho Nicholson mime the my, not is m. Nicholson a ob- . :aPD no" Jen abbege‘fé. V i in the same county- 40. acres 3% I 1 . ‘ d»; In northern’ Michigan, “Sigurd County has 1,400 of comfiléfc ~~cehbage, 3400 acch offihlth ’ (I or contract. . ‘-; ' Camry-e'l‘he combined Larisa. commercial celery in Lenawes; " _ ‘ . , Kent counties is" 10, acres, an increase of 4-50 Serb! 1921.. ‘Lenawee has 117 acres. ~118,.acres, Allegan .170 acres, Kent 600 acres. calm condition. . -311. ; The crop is in; "ext; » Plant might rustle itleving ‘Onlons—uAilegan county had-about”: 7: _ " thehowels of the earth, seededt'he“ 663' acres of commercial culture, or ’_._ ' f ,KGl place to ‘ 88 per cent ' V] Tin-tester: more than i1" cor alfalfa. ‘As' in 1.9 21." Eli you will The. Gull.._‘ Ylil note, this Swamp sec—1 box {field is no 121011 - (Mar-— till: 'longer a n tin, G u l 1 con eyesore to Plain, Shel- . .1 Mr. Nichol- b y'vi l l e , Hi} son or his Cooper)has she neighbors. approxim 0 fine Icould tely 5-5 ‘ sho loud you up 1 1:14:th glfalfa.f:::xdting waist-Melt}; «I»: sign! acres. 0th—J i We ' an . 10 0 son our on ne- ~ ' ' ' southeast of Millersburg, Presque Isle glounsy. 1:310:19. .. " 2 falfa crops growing on land of first land 8 acres, Door 25 acres and t It ‘9 quality, but they would not carry Harps 20 acres. The condition of g has a hopeful message to their owners the crop in Allegan county is above hlgi of land such as I have described the average. Kent county has an ‘ but herein. onion acreage about the same as last ; sec: In alfalfa Michigan has one of year's. . S . "I the most valuable grass plants in ’ _, g F13] existence, so Wonderfully rich in SWEET (IDOVER, HMILLE'I‘ AND 7 5 Can bone and muscle food. The one ‘ SUDAN GRASS FOR SILAGE 3\ er] grass that should find a xii-staged Can lint: m 'cgiyfir, millet or Sudan ‘ Wish place on every farm adapted or 31‘“ .9 ' 00m 01' V1910“. -. , ‘ Still this plant, but for pessimistic rea— figtgfifi, iafl-mmm refiiiéigetoafifirgfif g: ' { Hfl] sons it is only admitted on the pre- hay and feed it dry?—.O. R. D., {lance-a- ‘ hon mises as ‘a, very last resort to keep “Mr Midli- , ‘ ~ 1 way the red flag from the ‘door in so sweet 010W. millet and Endan‘ I 0 many cased—John >0. Krauth, Pres- 81m may besuccessfully mad; into“ A ‘ of 1 Que Isle County, Mich. “mm Howeva‘, is hetbr f gieko these cropb Into hay and feed ; k *’ test - ry. When mkmg ensllage it is The Mynml‘melggwd;Hc'chgmbluerl‘Evifuluml ad's“, very important that sumcient mole-U ' nor: 3:: countermeasure aunts 3.11;; ‘5: W13...” “1“; “2°33”? ~ 0°" . - ‘ e pa'c e an e a r. r rese églfmgoesiengh Bagged; 3131221113113nt $31.11;: ex9luded' If Sweet 010?" ‘ i. out » ham be verfi, 31%,! . to you 1131),.“ egguifi «3:1: fiulttelgrfienfiegt is beédvlsz-ible to allow ~ H me w a s 18 caused. ' ~y an t v 8 can . ore ing putvinto the, are indecgvhat to do for alt—SLIM. G... Eagle, filly} If put in before wilting it 18' midi - - i e y to contain an excess of moisr 1301‘t wh'l'flf-agleelggunadnivilggj 131.13; 2111:: ture' This Wm cam-1119 ensnage t0 Dub] . be too juicy—C. R. Megee, Associate are affected with the Bacterial dis- . F , - ease, called “Wilt.” It attacks musk- m arm crops“ M' A‘ 0‘ El melon, cucumber and squash vines ’ p 5 and may ruin the entire crop. The BORDEA'UX MIXTURE v 4.4 CC bacteria which are responsible for t I h?“ heard a lot Ibout bordeaux mix-t: the disease are carried from diseased flagemteglotfigeiowt 1???? 312%“ 2:? » to healthy plants by insects such as about applying itx—C. 1)., Oakland Countyp ' v 091“ the striped cucumber beetle, and in mch- , r l _ {the order to control the disease success- The formula (for bordeaux mix-i " ‘ the : fully it is necessary to watch Very ture is 4 pounds blue stone, 4.pounds to c carefully for the first signs of wilted stone lime or 5 to 6 pounds hydrat— Fom plants and remove and burn that]: im— ed lime and ‘50 gallons of water. The. ' men medlately. Wilted vines should not bordeaux mixture is made by dissolvs repr‘ be left in the vicinity of the field. ing 4 pounds of copper sulphate crys« 1181' They should be burned in order to 128.13 in 25 gallons of water and in a: yield destroy the infectious material which separate vessel slaking 4 pounds of: thou they contain and in addition‘ it is, stone lime or 5 to 6 pounds 0! the so p: necessary to adopt some measure in hydrated lime, and then adding water on 5 control of the insects and keep the to make 25 gallons. The dilute lime Germ plants thoroughly covered with arse- and the copper sulphate solutions are the!“ hate of lead. which is probably the poured together into the spray tank. ‘T1 most satisfactory thing to do.—-Ray The bordeaux mixture should be Nelson, Research Assistant in Plant a plied to the potatoes immediately 1;.the Path0108y, M. A. C. a ter'it is made. Most growers find qflons‘ I it more satisfactory to make up stock" - ‘ Gern MICHIGAN FIELD REPORTS solutions of the copper sulphate and “View EPORTS from the field service lime. The stock solutions areimade - tho of the United States Depart- in the following manner: ‘ 7 , Fran ment of Agriculture for July 25, Arsenwte of lead or calcium arses M 1011.8 concerning commercial cabbage, cel- hate Should be added in the b0)“: 3'} {and cry, and onions in Michigan, contain deaux for the control of potato bug's; . com the following information: Arsenical poisons are more effective: - this I Cabbage——Five counties in south- when combined with bordeaux {mils 9”“ ture than when they are mixed in": water alone. The bordeaux miflureg tends to make the poison stick toe-tho: leaves and it also acts a‘sra spread Furthermore menus that is ingthea bordeaux mixture 1. prevents ’serlo burning or the'v‘mcs'from sue-hi ‘ one as paris green}. o“ " '1 - Growers should applications urinsith‘e; ,_ . . n nichins, agricultural agent ', p‘h county. reports that. ,4 t that drew thrives“ es the horseshoquttcuiug ' ” Ten contestants. subtracted. ' ; Scott; a young man. 'livingtcin a. ' flirt Locprrt tOWnship,yas der is ad the winner, and ‘he will rep- "t’ St. Josephfcounty at the State Luce Pitching Contact at the “Scott. threw ten ringers) fifty points. A 'fine . j‘iugprogram was given in con- Hion with the picnic, the posters sliding Clark Brody and Hon. J. 0. Winners in the Berrien county . $8“. “reported by County Agent ‘ '1 Emerson Vere. *Ben Beel, Water- . - vliet, flrstf’E. C’. Virkus, Benton Har- p .bor,'7se r . Ofllcial figures for grain imports into Germhny in 192-1) not published hitherto, are as relieve: wheat, 2,- 286,918 ,metric'ltons; rye, 375,904; tons; barley, 307,690 tons; onto, 85,- 654 tons; com,.1,870,624 tons. Im- ports for the first six months of the present your are: wheat, 618,555 metric tons; rye, 44,245 tons; barley, : " .. m a: at them: .. to come em 3,; L 7 mania. “these 'wns may now’flbe’ exported from j that country without ' 1,, export requirements. Wheat and rye are still under government control.» Heavy export taxeson‘ grain tend to raise the price '01 Rumanian cereals to‘ the level of the world markets, and so will, reduce the competitive power of this grain in foreign markets. . SENSE AND ‘NONSENCE , Was It Instinct ' N the early years of our ,marrled li We were one day visiting my uncle who lived seven miles from our borne. We mentioned the fact that we had no cat and my uncle said he would give us a mother cat and her kitten. then a few weeks old. We accepted his otter. The cat and kitten Were put in a. grain sack 1 hard ‘ here mightflnd a. scam the Next morning? mother cat was gone - r and on the eig day tram the time we brought her home my We opened this door of his kitchen early in the morning and there she sat on the doorstep. She was so poor and hungry and tired but so happy to be in her old home. My uncle said he never would give her away again tor she thought too much of home for that. . How did she know what direction ta takei—B. R. , Breckenridge, Mich. ‘ . A young sailor was on shore leave and went to see a girl he knew slightly. They Were sitting on the piazza. and finding it hard to keep up the conversation, she finally asked: ~ "You have been on the water so long 1 suppose you are accustomed to sea legs.’ "Honest, ma’am” he stammered. "I wasn’t even looking at ’em." ‘I . '* H An};- 'v - .v ~. -. n! r ‘ '.. ,J- I’Mfi ' I‘.\‘b‘".'l‘ - i I 29‘“ ii; \ “’4”er . 4 . 932414 1.x ~’1. if, N, l“ ‘ 3,0, 5‘51. 6 X} 1‘! . >\\:\: .~ 1.. xii-3,- v / X x v- .. [7/11.]; ’9‘, exciting. .' 'There‘ were 22 entrants. The win- . rye duringthei .. _. L sinners August: a [- i THE oak tree is a living symbol of solidity, sturdincss and dura- bility. " H ‘ Only after an amazingly long and sturdy existence does it bow to the [ will of Time. Having read about the marvelous you doubtless have wondered how permanent it is. How long it will continue to shed its incomparany beautiful white light. How long your wife will have that delightful city convenience of cooking, ironing and heating water by Carbide Gas. How silnplc will be its operation. How economical. How much atten- tion will be required.‘ How often you will have to call for service, replace parts and units, mend and repair. weather the Test of Time. Let COLT users Speak. They know. They speak from experience—long experience. And there are legions of them. Altogether close to a half . million farmers and others in rural ' communities light and cook with this wonderful, non-poisonous Car- bide Gas. Here are three letters out l ‘ of scares that testify to the oak—like durability and sustained perfection ' of the COLT. - Twenty-four year-3’ Service, I _ - , April 28, 1919. ""‘ LECdtCo..NewYorkCity.. Gentlemen: -Amwer'm¢ your letter of recent date, will say: We have used your Colt Generator for about twenty-four years. It is a ZOO-light machine and We have 200 lights hanging on it. The Gen- erator has given In the best of ‘ f ‘PAY IN AIZYEAR I . Nod - COLT Lighting and Cooking Plant, \ In a word, how will the COLT" .5 Steadfast as the Oak Tree —Time’s,. Judgment on the Colt “Gas Well” oervice in all this time. The ma- chine has been doing its work at practically no cost to us for'rcpaira of any kind. Very y yours, (W) P. R. JOHNSON. There is the test of time. b i \ Another letter from Bradford Nor- man, 5 West Marlborough Street, Newport, R. 1., reads: “1. B. Colt (20., New York, N. Y. “Dear Sirs: “Will you please send me one felt filter for my machine? This machine was installed over twenty years ago and has given perfect satisfaction during that time and the above order is the first expense outside operating (an occasional drum of carbide) that I have bad to make.” The test of economy—less than one dollar in twenty years {or part tepIacement! V» ¥ \ After Ten Years, Works ' Like New q Cheapest and Best Farm Light Shiloh, Ohio, MM] 22, 1920. To whom it may concern:— Tcn years ago I had a J. B. Colt lighting system installed in my former home at Lexington, 0., for whichyle used continuously during that time for both lights and cook- ing, 9nd never cost One penny for repairs, to—day my younger brother lives there and it works as well as the day it was installed. One year ago I purchased the farm where I now live, and one of the first things I did wan to buy another}. B. Colt light plant and have it Installed. I have my house and burns both lighted with it and wouldn’t do without it for several tunes the 00*, after ten years nee . J. B. COLT COMPANY- 30 East St., New York 8th and Brannon, San Francisco v ’ ‘ Oldest and largest manufac- turers of Carbide Lighting-dud Cooking Plants in the World A. _~"canmns 9,5 5 ~ « ,‘ w J") "I! '3) 81‘ "73W. in it“ .3“ Z w A ’ (x " h " ‘ r-‘ ‘ i ‘ - . mism‘l; .I . _ . .my-fiiiinfllmulg, ‘ x x} "’« v ' f I figure it the cheapest and be” light for the farmer. Very Respectfully Yours, C. K. INK, Shiloh, Ohio “‘ The Final Test The Government needs for its bea- con lights at the entrance of harbors and along rocky ocean shores the most dependable and economical lighting system it can procure. What light is used? CARBIDE LIGHT- ING! What generators? MOSTLY COLTS! ' Simplicity and Economy Feed the generator Carbide once in a while and run water into the water chamber—that’s all you need do. The machine makes the gas auto- matically. No continual replace- ment of parts and power units. No service necessary. Your CoI t is a lifetime investment in reli— abiIity, simplicity and economy. The COLT comes from factory to farm—sold direct to you by COLT solicitors—no distributors or dealers to take a profit. This applies every- where. A substantial saving here. Don’t Invest in Any System . Until You Have Heard the Fun Story of COLT An investment in better light, better cooking, comfort, convenience and happiness indoors is the best invest- ment you can make—Get the FULL STORY of the COLT be- fore you make that investment. Send post card to address below today. G . 91 nNo Argument-n This is :1 "Machinery Age Once you use a good tractor, you will become a Power- ‘Farmer for Life! As» our contribution toward motoring the Farm, we offer a genuine Allis-Chalmers Tract- or at a price within the reach of every farmer. Cut overnight—not by degrees —from $795 to “ Cheaper than a portable engine of equal horse power. Broader utility—and greater conveni- once. Keep that Boy on the Farm 12 horsepower at belt—six at the drawbaw—right size for hay-loader, binder, manure spreader, or sulky plow. Puts 3 horses on pasture. Thou —'— grinds feed, cuts cnsilag’c, saws. wood. Not a catch price—$250.00 in- cludes governor, air cleaner, magneto, belt pulley and lugs. Send $50.00 deposit with your order. NOW! Write today for illustrated folder showing the work this tractor will do on YOUR farm. l ALLIS- CHAIMERS MFG. (:0. Dept. L-3 Milwaukee Wisconsin Prompt . deliv- ‘from stock at special low Pine or ed d Mk tattom on the 0 SIEIt WOOD cost little to erect. give splendid scrvwe with least upkeep cvst. Purchase guitar shlliliment Wart“ reek ~ 0 om p cee. or illustrated o agen . e " so ‘e 'femous HOOBIER TILE SILOO end BUILDING Tl L c - for —-' HOOSIER OILO 00. M880 ' y Albany, Ind. Fir. the world’s‘ ‘the "cow: through the ..n ston. Midi. ~ ' ASSESSING LAND FOR ROAD ' BENEFITS ~ . If a ‘ road d strict fer special benefits. can the Board of County Road Commission— ers assess it in another road district for special benefits at the same. time?—-R. S., Sanilac County, Mich. There is nothing in the law .to I prevent the board of county road commisioners assessing a certain parcel of land any number of times. according to the. number of reads which benefit the property in ques- tion, the statute specifically provid- in (that lands shall be assessed ac— cording to benefits received, hence I if there are benefits received on your land from six' different roads you are subject to assessment for the benefits to that many roads or in that many different districts—State Highway Department. WIs. EXPERIMENT STATION Please send me the name and address of the Wisconsin Experiment station or Agricultural College. What is the address of the “National Provisioner" paper?— C. C. D., Wheeler. Mich. The Wisconsin Experiment Sta- tion is affiliated with the College of Agriculture; University of Wiscon— sin, Madison. The National Provisi- oner is published at New York City. CANNOT CLOSE ROAD ACROSS GAME RESERVE In order to gain access to a govern- ment lake ..it is necessary to cross a game reserve which is traversed by an open road that has been in use for forty years. Would it be lawful for a person to go through this reserve on the road carrying a gun? Have the owners of this reserve the right to close the road to the public?—G. S., 'lk‘averse City, Mich. If the road is a public highway and has been used as such for 40 years one has the right to use it as a highway including the carrying of his personal effects but he w0uld not have a right to have a gun in his possesson for the purpose of shoot- ing game. If it is a public highway it can not be closed except by taking the steps required by law for the closing of highways.—Legal Editor. .0 THE INHERITANCE TAX Is the tax on money which one in- herits considered a direct or indirect tax? Two different books in school do not ee.»-—A. M. M., Gaylord, Mich. Tge tax on an inheritance is a dire tax—Legal Editor. FALLEN TELEPHONE POLES . Has a telephone company the right. after their poles and lines have fallen on the roadside, to leave them strewn along the highway. such company having removed boxes along the line? If not, what can. farmers do to havethem re- moved?—M. J. 8., Mt. Pleasant, Mich. There appears to be no specific statute on this point, but the general laws prohibiting Obstruction of the highways or improper use of the highways would cover such matters. However, the enforcement of those laws might be slow and complicated, perhaps the best method to pursue in such cases would be for citizens who are endangered or inconveni- enced by these poles and lines to re- port the condition to this Commis— sion and an effort will be made to have the lines removed promptly, or if they are to be re-constructed, re- paired pro'mptly.~—Michigan Public Utilities Commission. OLD MORTGAGE IS ’}OOD If a mortgage becomes du’, and the borrower is unable to pay the principal,, but pays interest, is itmecessary to have a new mortgage or is the old one all right—L. M., Stockbridge, Mich. The mortgage is just as good as ever upon payment of the interest. and may continue as long as the mortgagee’is willing to let it run. He, may foreclose at any time after it is due if he does net agree to ex- tend the time. A chattel mortgage must be renewed within 30 days next preceeding one year after it was filed. DIVISION OF PROCEEDS I am about to rent my farm. I furnish nothing but the farm, have no stock of any kind, the other man furnishes .the cows. What share ought I to have out of the proceeds ,of the cows for 'pasturing . summon—E." .. w- ‘ mm face of» land is. assessed in .one . service schools mislead pasture, for the summer. - nothing else. A further considera- tion comes from the fact that each cow maybe credited with 8 tons of manure, valued at least at $2.00 ‘a ton. ~This of course will be left on the place-for the next year. The landlord will, therefore, be sharing-* inthe returns from the cows indirect- lyth-rough the manure for crops of ‘which he will get a share and through .the better maintenance of the fertility of the land. The land- lord, therefore, can well afford to make certain concessions in case of livestock—H. M. E.,‘M.. A. C. CANNOT COLLECT NOTES IF ' CASE OF FRAUD In 1918 ome parties from Chicago came to Six Lakes, Mich, and sold stock at $105.00 per share to the farmers to establish a. chain stores known as the “Universal Stores Corporation.” W. F. Vedder was president of the corporation. I gave my note for two shares, but never received my certificate of stock. This was to be delivered to me when I paid ~- for stock. The stock holders'were to re- ceive 8% interest on their money also a percent of all surplus over expenses. They were to buy and ship cattle and as soon as fully organized ship all produce for the farmer. Were to purchase goods in carload lots and retail to the consumer. None of. these were done. Finally they went into the receiver’s hands. I did not pay my note, never received any divi- dends. Now the receiver threatens to sue me if I do not pay the note. Can $111931; collect this from me?——A. J ., Trufant. c . If this concern was for the pur- pose of fraud and notes were given for which they received no value I would be of the opinion that they could not be enforced if properde- fence was made to an action upon the note if it had not been trans- ferred to an innocent purchaser, for value before it became due. It is possible that the regulations of the statute had not been complied with allowing the sale of the stock and sales of stock might have been in violation ' of law; ' I would advise all Who are “concerned in the matter furnishing the prosecuting attorney with all the information they have. If I was sued on one of these notes, as it appears now by the receiver, I would defend against the same.+- Legal Editor. - OAK IS “HARD” WOOD A agreed to furnish the school district with wood. Now a controversy arises over whether oak is hard or soft wood. Would 'like to know what kind of wood oak is. and the kinds of hard wood—D. W., Washington, Mich. Most assuredly oak is hardwood. In fact, it is one of the hardest of hardwoods. Other well-known hard- woods are mahogany, birch, beech, maple and elm.——Editor. EXAMINATION FOR RAILWAY MAIL CLERKS Will you please tell me where I can ob- tain information as to where and when examinations for railway mail clerks are held and where I could obtain the so- called “schemes” to study on before writ- ing the examinations?——G. H., Merrill, Mich. _ No examination is now pending for the position of railway mail clerk, and the Commission is unable to say at this time when another such examination will be necessary. Railway mail clerk examinations are not held with regularity, but only when the needs of the service re- quire them. ' ‘ The Commission is unable to give you any information regarding the merits of correspondence courses in preparation for civil service exami- nations, except to say that a large percentage of such so-called civil the public and Obtain money under false pre- tenses. ‘fA favorite method of ad- vertising“ of such schools is to say that the government is in need of ‘ railway mail clerks, notwithstanding the fact, that no such examination is pendin or is contemplated at an early. as. . Of course the govern- ment'is at alltimes in need of rail- way mail clerks to fill vacancies, but it can do so from established regis- ters~.of rfoligiblp ...- ..»z ( b proceeds-of the cows to pay fornthe, ' ‘ , ' , Avgoodfi' - method possibly'would be» to charge :rent‘for land used .for pasture and .the threat 9 let ~ , ’ Vtoafamiér , .. _ ,r to :mgher, W lch -,be'elee.ned'of’all ravines. What could'a farmer do with the one 11 Bottlie seed from it clean seedf—F. '1‘., cultural seeds 'Comp. Laws, 1915, at section. 6307 to 6318 inclusive. If one represented ‘ that it was clean seed at, the time. "of sale I am of the opinion that the? seller would be liable for damages.‘ ——I‘.egal Editor. OLD AND NO HOME Will you kindl 11 us a. few facts about mother's ll e _ . She bad part' of the old home left her at father’s death. Their son who, earned the balance of the old homestead persuaded mother to sign, her life lease to him and wife. They held joint dead. They both agreed to keep mother. and provide all care for her. but soon after she had signed her title to them the son died. and all the property went to the wife. the daughter-in-law. She married again. has the money received from the farm and will, not do anything for mother. Mother was, about 80 years old at the time he signed her, life lease to them and is 96 now, and has no property at all, and she has no papers to show the agreement as they never gave her anything to bind them for her keeping. The daughter-in-law has cared- for mother some and kept her at her place for sometimes a. few months until a year and a half ago. She sent mother away and does not do anything for her. The daughter-in-law has kept mother about two years in all since“ she got the property.—A. F., Tuscola County, Mich. If the circumstances related could be proven the Circuit Judge would have the right to set aside the deed or require the daughter-in-law to carry out the» agreement.-—Legal Editor. /‘ ' MUST PAY COMIVIISSION While I was here attending school I listed my property with real estate men on July 6 and on the 10th I sold my place to other parties. The real estate firm say they have done nothing but send my ad vto a paper yet they say they must have $50 to settle with me. Their contract says they have, for $1 and other valuable considerations. made this contract. They did not pay me anything. Will you kindly tell me if I will have to pay” them the" $50.-——D. W. D.. Kingsley, Mich. » Yes, I think you are both morally- and legally obligated to pay the com- mission. In signing the contract you. ' acknowledged receipt of $1 and oth- er _cousiderations, and it is imma- terial whether you actually received it._' _You agreed to pay them a com- miss1on if you sold the place your- self, and you’ll have to abide by your agreement.——Editor.__ ’ ' REGISTERED BONDS NIAY BE DISTINGUISIHED Would you tell me if there is any way to tell whether bonds. including especially the Liberty and Victory bonds. are regis- tered or not?—Subscriber. Alden. Mich. Registered bonds bear the name of the owner stamped on their face. They are also devoid of interest, coupons.—-Editor. ' » MUST PAY HIRED MAN Is a farmer compelled by law to a. a' hired man- who leaves just at halfngest time. when man has promised to stay uny ' tilfall, and has given no notice of his ieavmg?—Subscriber. South Lyon,“"-Mich. Yes. In the absence" of a written contract, specifically outlining the nature of the work and the tenure of oflice and providing for a pen-' alty for nan-performance, the em-. ploye can collect the full amount of his wages for the time he has worked—Editor. ’ FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES What is the best fire and lightening insurance company. the State Mutual or Gleaner’s? / , If one has a barn. started and just the wall up the second Monday in April, and the siding and roof put on the last of April and during May, and .the inside work not done until the following winter, was it lawful to assess the barn as a fin— ished barn that year? My barn was as- sessed as a. finished barn before the roof was on and I do not think it was lawful. , geese tell me if it was—H. B., Copenish, ic . ' Both companies you methionine sure farmers on_ the mutual plan , under a similar set of 'by-laws. The ‘Flint company“ insures .buildingsr'for‘ 290 per cent cf their ' _mined and the Gleam value, deter , brsgbut ,5; ‘ 'The‘ use its: ‘ stion z 9- 0! out" .* 1' he claimed itwasf :- ’ n. M e The regulations -' concerning may be . found inf . .3“ '° Kilian.“ ' ' * 3 "7 '1 The Elint company was organized 9’8 “and had "1113511335 at i'sk‘-Dec.!31st last, _while the Glean- e s; was organized in ‘1917 and: at ‘_’ sesame date had $23,453,004 at risk. -‘«.The, former is the largest mu- tual fire insurance company in Michi- 1 gen insuring farm property and the 'Gle'aners stand in fourth place. ‘ . on the plan of furnishing insurance Ptptection to the farmers“ treating tliei'r members with fairness when théy meet with loss, keep their ex- ,» » pense of‘operation at the lowest pos- 2' -- ,, sible point, make honest and plain i ' - v statements, and keep in mind that ‘ thebusiness :shOuld be conducted for the‘good 'of‘its members not for the purpose of creating a good position for’the'ofilcers‘ in charge, is a safe one with which to entrust your pro-‘ -tection whether it be avstate-wjde . or county mutual. \ These companies operate under the blanket policy plan and make the claim that it is much more advan- tageous to the member in case of loss. We would suggest that you ask for their statements and compare same, which will no doubt furnish you the information you are seeking. Both of these companies no: doubt have members in your immediate locality. Ask them of their experience. It would seem decidedly unjust to. assess a building under process of construction as completed. It would seem that a fair assessor would assess the property based up- on its value the date as of making the assessment. It would be just as reasonable to assess a suckling colt as a full grOWn matured horse. Did you ever hear of assessing a field of oats as threshed grain when the crop was only well out of the ground. The only fair basis of valuation would be to determine the'value of ' the lumber on the ground and erect- ed, together with the hardware and paints, foundation and labor costs to the date the assessment was tak- en. Unless your property is assessed on this basis. it is your duty to ap— pear before ‘the Board of review of your assessing district and inform them of the injustice, and they will be quite sure to appreciate the just- ness of your claim and» reduce the valuation accordingly—Editor. ' \ COMMISSIONS IN REAL ESTATE DEALS Will you kindly tell me if a real estate man can collect from both sides when two men trade places, one a farm, the other city property?———Mrs. Wm. 1., Flint, Mich. * It is entirely per-missable and is common practice fer a real estate man to —collect commissions from both parties to a trade—Editor. FARMERS MUST CUT OBNOXIOUS . WEEDS Is there a. state law that compels farm- ers to out such we'eds as milk weeds, Canada thistle and burdock? I was talk- ing with one of my neighors and he said if a man had money to fight it through, that the law couldn’t make him out his weeds. That is what the prosecuting at- torney told him and,~he says like the weed commissioner should miss some weeds where he was cutting'on the man’s prop- perty, he could make it hard for him. As I am weed commissioner of one half of this township would like to know the laws. They say in the next township they are not compelled to cut their weeds. I think there should be a law that money couldn’t stop it. for I believe it is 3. ben- efit to every farmer to see that he gets weeds cut—A. J., Boyne City, Mich. According to Act No. 66, P. A. 1919, every property owner must cut his weeds. If he does not do so the highway commissioner is required to have them cut and charge the ex- pense to the property owner. The more important sections of the act are as follows: “It shall be the duty of every ow‘ner, pessessor or occupier of land or corporation having charge of any lands in this state to cut or cause to be cut down and destroyed all Canada thistles, milkweed, (ascle- pica corautus'), Wild carrots, ox-eye daisies, or , other noxious weeds growing thereon, at. least once in each year, before the’fir‘st day of July in townships. south of range sixteen north, .. and before theeiif- eenth day‘of. July in townships ‘ ma; range slateen north, in: Any company insuring farm risks 2 or of every person‘ or persons, firm' .ynge sixteen north and [as ' Don’t You Miss this Money Saving Opportunity This Cata ogue is Yours FREE . 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"The Farm Paper of Service " Grain Growers Reorganize HE announcement that the .U.dS'._ Grain Grows Inc., have reorganize 18 a pa- thetic admislghn of its failure. It reports total liabilities of $394,582.75, assets of $109,§15.48, leaving a net deficit of $285,267.27. y It is now in order for some emissary of the grain trade to mount the "house—tops and howl, “we you so; farmers can’t market their own gram. What was the-trouble! Well, ‘.m the first tlace, the men who essayed to build the big- gest marketing organization in the world were novices at the game. They knew a few rules of business, but not enough. And the ones they didn’t know were exactly the ones they should have known. They started down the wrong road and kept a—going down the wrong road and paid no attention to the yells of their friends to warn them of the dangers ahead. “We’ll show ’em we’re hep to this marketing game,” they said, “it’s assimple as A B C.” ‘ But they changed their minds when a detour led them straight into the mire! . In the second place, they knew but they ldld not practice that good old busmess principle of economy. They had a lot of money to spend and they proceeded to spend it. They set up elaborate oflices, hired expensive legal talent, paid their department heads generous salaries. In a few months their funds were gone and they had accomplished virtually nothing..l\l‘ow they are “broke’_’ and a quarter of a million 0 dollars in the hole. _ D In the third place, they met the united op- " position, of the grain trade, the force of which they failed to appreciate. Thousands of dollars were spent by the grain men to discredit the U. S. G. G., and they were not spent in vain. In every independent grain elevator in the country posters were stuck admonishmg farm- ers to beware of the U. S. G. G. grain contract. Thus was the. seed of suspicion sown and farm- ers who had formerly looked upon the organi- zation with favor,'turned against it. Was the experience worth what it cost ‘l‘ We think it was. Our own faith in the principles of co-operative dealing have not been shaken in the least by the cooperative disasters of the past year. We are sorry to see lose their. money in enterprises of this kind but where they haVe lost pennies in co—opera- tive failures they have lost dollars in. worthless investments of other kinds. Every business or- ganization has had to pass through the fire of experiment before it has tasted, the rewards of ..tiontothe.ru1e., ~ ~__'l‘hose who undertook the job of buildings antiwar marketing -' were a brave 'n ., , . ; « Writml’d'have I _ . N. , V.- too.‘ ‘ Bwnflflm" started. “They know now i done this-afld'mofldnothace - .. have reorganized and are ' ready for another journey. We- wish them well. There , are rocks and chasms yet before .,them, but the experience of the past ,year has. made »them* wary and they will be prepared for the stum‘bl. :‘ng blocks and the way. ‘ ” ,. Give them another chance. Curb the Commission Crook STATE Commissioner ‘ of “Agriculture J 01111 A. Doelle has under advisement a com- mission licensing bill which would. put an efiec— the check upon the‘dishonest’commission firm. The present state law, of which Sen. H. F. Baker was the author, is an excellent law so far as it goes and sufliced well enough‘for ac time. But it still leaves a loop-hole for those who are dowmight dishonest and are clever enough to see it. The present law - provides that all commission firms shall be licensed, de- pending upon the good behavior of .the licensee. On submission of evidence showing that any commission house has sold produce without ro- mitting the proceeds to the rightful owner, the state may take away the firm’s license and forever bar them from the commission game. This provision is well enough for those who intend to remain long in the business but it does not touch the “fly-by-nighter” who is here today and gone tomorrow. ' . Many such feIIOWs have gone into the com- mission business in Detroit, circulated flatter- ing quotations, accepted and sold the farmers? produce and promptly put the entire proceeds in their pockets. Before the wheels of justice could be gotten in" motion they have closed 'shOp and skipped the country. ' The key—note of Commissioner Doelle’s, pro- posed‘measure is a bond in the sum of $3,000 which every man applying for a license to do a commission business would be required to file before his application would be granted. This bond would remain in the hands of the state so long as the giver stayed in the busi- ness, and would constitute a perpetual indem- nity for those who might ship their produce to the licensee. If the giver of the bond sold goods for which he failed to remit, the owner would appeal to the State Department of Ag- riculture and be reimbursed for his loss from the proceeds of the licensee’s bond. The idea is not exactly new, being a pattern of the Market law of New York and other states. It has been tried andfound to provide the desired protection. Let it be tried in Michigan. . l . Potatoes ONCE more the fatal cycle moves ’round and we are confronted again with the prospect of an over-production of potatoes. Present estimates are for a production one- fourth larger than last year, .which simply means one-fourth more potatoes than the coun-, try can consume. ‘And that means glutted arkets and no prices. It is well enough to call to mind the old pro- verbs about an ounce of prevention being worth a pound of cure, and kicking the barn after the horse is stolen, but that doesn’t help the situaton any. We know well enough that such a huge acreage should never have been planted, andlthe fact that it was planted is an evidence that agriculture is still in the feeble- mlnded stage, but the potatoes are in the ground and growinglike weeds—worse luck-— NéTICE 'ro sunscnmuss \ . Bathe!- thnn issue incomplete summer .numbm. omitting important departments, .nsmostfnrmpapershsvebeentorcedto, , the past few months, ThevBusiness Farmer . has to tesuemoomplete number ' . “missed.” hasrbeonr' " ‘editeaio theexp « .. "with pitfalls which they encounter on. " of potato consumers a '«to abandon their. ,1 andu‘get ’ and 0‘ ' adopted resolutions as, extensive adVertisin'g in ganspuds. ‘ _~ . - . i need not sufr, from "3 Worst effects of over-production if they" M on their and lay early plans for keting of their crop. Foaquality but do the folks outside know it? Well, let’s tell ’em. cf the Cheboygan' county farm bureau in a good one and should be acted upon by the?!)- tato growers’ exchange. ' . r Hands Up! NOTHER “steal”vis reported as having been discovered in the pending tarilf bill. In the interests of the gigantic snielting cor- porations congress has provided for a 2 cent a pound tariff on white arsenic Which is the basis of all effective insecticides and sheep and cat tle dip. And despite the fact thntthe United States annually consumes than she produces. “Not a fruit grower or pota’wgrorwer, not s single raiser of vegetables or cotton from Maine to California but needs a and in fact is dependent upon them for saving a high percentage of his crop.” The Michigan potato grower will sufler' as greatly as the California fruit grower if the foreign supply is shut out by an excemive tariff The cost of Paris green is high enough now without ad- ding to it by a tarifl corporations. When the whole truth about the new tarifl " ’ bill has been unmasked we are quite likely to find that it is one of the biggest frauds ever perpetrated upon the consumer for the bene- fit of special interests. No wonder Pres. Hard- ing’s conscience has been smitten and he re- fuses to accept the monstrosity unless accom- panied by authority to name a tariff emis- sion. Like the resolution seating Sen. New- bcrry the tariif bill must have some redeem- :ng feature to remove the curse. When Organization Scores RGANIZATION has again value to farmers. " Through the com- bined eiforts of the Michigan State Farm Bureau and the shippers the proposal ofthe l’ere Marquette to abandon its Big Rapids— White Cloud and Freeport branches has been nipped in. the bud. After listening‘to the argu- ments presented by the Bureau proving that ‘ the railroads were a necessity to the served the' Interstate Commerce Commission ordered the railroads not to abandon the two branches. 7 ’/ ‘ ‘ This is one of several railroad abandonment ‘ cases which is attracting the attention of the Michigan publicand causing farmers depend-N out upon these avenues of transportation no end of uneasiness. The railroad is like many other of our modern conveniences. We fail to V. V fully appreciate them until there is danger of L, losing them. Then we are appalled by the; thought of an existence without them. We have been fiddling with the 5»; question for a half dozen years now and no nearer a settled policy than when, westartg ed.’ A bad mess has transportation system is r-in 'a more state than ever before: The giiltliey',w _. I short... " farmers'iand othersoffitheiri f . cilitiesonghtto‘be smashes“ ‘ I, intoes can’t be beat. We know it here - of ' The-suggestion 1 7,000 tons more subsidy to the melting prover: its " ‘ VWWN—W 0‘..— ‘1 -,Y°IirS+UNQLEj.-.BBE.-g. ' p; v " Breed n at the mines an' thatfiwua a hi it price for. coal. Jjflll now mines it's‘gumped to seven altars” au‘ the; suits—not: yet. Then times themaiiroa’dfi‘htflkean’ there’s he possibility jurist. everything will .. potentntes, whafi'ver that means, an? ' ' the than fight to see_who's boss.~ .. ' A ’Kinda seem-s ' like the 'railroad d. labor-hoard, to whom such questions are left, he: sort a mixed things-up somewhat an" have got in where they "‘can't’get‘ out. ' V _. 'Now this labor board must be drawin' pay for their time an' seems like the public must be payin' ’em but what good is a labor. board if they can’t enforce their orders? ‘Klourse our president is tryin' to do .somethin’ but you see how it'll! with him. Most every week he has to take his reg’lar vacation of two weeks an’ what "with gawf, Laddie Boy an' everything there ain't much he can do ,toe'settle things an’ so we wait with bated ~breath-——mebbe, in some cases at least, I should say . halted—but no matter. We are wait- in’ an' wonderin’ whether we’re goin' to freeze next winter. Whether we’ll have a job' next week—we wonder 1681: what we're goin’. to do! ’ Looks like jest a few men com- paritively speakin’ can tie up all the industries in the country an’ we mustn’t say a. word. If we try to do somethin’ to relieve the situation we're scabs. We're lower’n the un- derside. of a snake! «Children may starve or freeze, mothers an’ those about to become mothers may worry an’ fret, hardships of all kinds may be heaped upo‘n- us but we must take it all 'cause t is is a war ’tween cap’tal an' labor an’ each must fight ’till one wins ,out. Now jest stop an’ think for a minute jest where We’re at. A few men,’an’ take ’em all 'togfither, mine operators, miners, railroad owners an' railroad workers, all of ’em to- gether'is only a handful when com- pared to the whole pepulatio’n of this great country of ours. An’ yet this handful can stop every wheel of industry, can close our schools, courts, churches, can put millions of men an’ women out of work, can bring suffering an’ misery—even death into hundreds of thousands of homes an' the gover’- ment, our gover’ment, that could draft five million men an’ had the power to send ’em across the ocean. to light in foreign lands, seems to lack'the power-to handle a situation . that is more of a menace than Ger- many everqu or any etherforelgn country over can be. . _. Now I wouldn’t want to interfere A with anybbdy’s ggwf games or poker games or nothin’ of that sort an’ two weeks vacations every week or so ain’t so awful unreasonable an’ yet . if there is anything our president .can do or congress can do to stop the thing that is menacing the very life of this 'counfi'y, don’t you think . it’d be all right if‘Mr. Harding cut out one or two games of gawf an' even let. Laddie‘Boyrtake care of-him- self for a few hours—~an’ even if Mr. Harding didn’t have his picture tak- , en‘for two or three days, We wouldn't mind so much if he’d get down to business an’ do somethin’ that would stop the intolerable‘condition we’re in 'jest at the presenttime. ‘ Either the~gover’ment has power to do ,it or'it lacks the power 'an’ we, the common people would jest like to know which is}which. Cordially oar»? - v . Michigan ‘fifimpshire Swine ' Association, that was, _ 3’ 9138.31.11. 2.83. the'M. 1%. 6.. dur-w ingflBi-eeders' ; weekllast winter, are on .. ~ ,;-1i 9‘". ’bout three dollars: .0 tied .u,,:j;tight§¢-‘that yousanf. I’ll ~ ,0 out} ' work While the railroad“ ~cial aid to building into large corpora— 3‘ Midi?" it Arm; oasis she! rec a. sat. a: thatstate, .isto yer anyzcaddress at 2 p. in. Mr. ‘ lard‘preduced the grand champion Stack; Show in 1920. This spring "he. has 85 brood sowsthat are raising ‘ 673» pigs, and all of this he does with an equipment that any tenant can afford to have. To hear him ex- \ plain, his methods will be a rare treat: , ‘ . . p, ‘ Brother Lee of Notre Dame Uni- versity, will have: charge of a hog a judging demonstration at 10 a. m‘. He maintains One of the finest herds— or hogs in the middle west and to Watphhim pick the best beg out of a herd and state his reasons for so doing should interest every man who ‘ owns a hog. E. M. Harsch of Peoria, 111., who is assistant secretary of the Ameri— can Hampshire Swine Record As- sociation, will also be present. Mr. Harsch is in a position to study the hog business in a national way and should bring us some very valuable information. He speaks immediate- ly after dinner. There will be sports and contests for all the children, including a special pig race for all pig club mem- bers; boys and girls foot races, etc. There will be a horseshoe pitching tournament for men and something equally as interesting for the ladies. Suitable premiums will be awarded for each event. The Cass County Pig club picnic and the Cass County Swine Breed- ers' picnic will be held in connection ' with Michigan Hog Day. In fact it is to be the one big day in 1922 for all Michigan hog raisers to get to- gether. Bring your lunch'basket for a picnic dinner and stay all day. — STRIKES (Continued from page 6) her power, the upholding of obedi- ence to established law. If this be not done our republic, like those of past ages, will crumble and perish. Would that this might be fully realized. ere that fatal catas- trophy destroys this nation, now standing in the vanguard of the nations of this century. As a citizen, I love my country and I will respect and obey its laws and uphold‘its honor, in return for the many blessings it gives to me. ——-.I. T. Daniells, Clinton County. Yes, when respect for law and order is lost, allis lost. We cannot help but sympathize with striking laboring men who see the gains of years in danger of being swept away. And labor once more put upon the auction block. At the same time we cannot countenance the slightest suggestion of violence or duress which some union leaders are guilty of condon— ing. We cannot deprive men of the right to bargain collectively in the sale of their labor or the product of their labor. but we can and must arise against all ef- forts to prevent others from working or disposin of their goods if the ch do see-idiom y 0088 to v “WHAT IS A SAFE INVESTMENT? .‘What is the limit of return on an in- vestment, without sacrifice of safety?’ is a question we are askd continually,” B. F. Hudson. the president of the Standard Mortgage &,Investment Company of De- troit says. - “The-logical way to consider this ques- tion is to first determine what is a safe investment: then look the field over, and see what is the highest return we can get in‘the approved type. ‘United States Bonds are considered first in safety; but because of the high credit of this government, the return is relagively low. “ as, municipal and count bonds, where the'bonded‘ indebtedness lsylow. are well consuiered. The rate ,of return is slightly higher than on U. 8. bonds. The third kind of preferred investment is that which is based on real estate. where the money loaned is well below the market value of the property. There are two methods of loaning money on real estate—4n mortgage and‘ on contract.’ The former has long been popular with the individual capital- ist: but with the growing tendency to- ward concentrating this important finan- tions. the land contract has. cases. proved safer than‘the mortgage." Did You Ever Find One? we found what seemed to us a van 1 nal egg in a have nest one day. Itrwasmerhans two-thirds the size of. a and: contained-v one ordinary stood out are their and onyegwitho t any 1- ‘Howhde'yogiegcount {or i fi—B. 11 many and more profitable rgest and, most preca- ' " amass: hogs at “Monica” Fat ‘ M ULE-HIDE EXHIBIT a! the 7’ State Fair Come and get a crayon You are cordially halted to visit the -“ way u .1 K « mnH/Luorrfn‘ ROOFING Theré is a Reason for the satisfacrion of property owners whose buildings are covered with MULE - HIDE. It’s built into MULE-HIDE itself; built up from a foundation of honesty and a desire to make overhead protection that will meet the most exacting require- ments. Try MULE—HIDE once, then you will understand the true significance of that» unusual record: “Not a Kick in a Million Feet” You will understand why we urge you to insist on MULE—HIDE. ' The discriminating dealer in your com- munity has it. Don’t accept “just as good,"—insist on MULE—HIDE. MANUFACTURERS 44th to 45th Street on Oakley Avenue ' CHICAGO, ILL. { THE LEHON COMPANY Mi again find that 42 Broadway _ y ‘2‘; it should rece‘ve the they are to be profitable under the present trying conditions on the farm. Use a fertilizer containing 3 to 5% POTASH and 6% to 8%_ if these grains are to be followed by grass or clover. There is plenty of Potash in thecountry at much lower prices than last year, and if you insist on getting it, you will Potash Pays ’ SOIL AND CROP SERVICE, POTASH SYNDICATE, H. A. HUSTON, Mgr. Wheat Winter Oats - - and Rye _ right kind of fertilization if New York New Lehr Bean Harvester This harvester has been on the market for a number of .. ‘ ’0‘”, uni‘ I I verse! Mention. .. If your local agent does not carry them ,1; v; the. factory for l m sou“ I | 'I‘IIII, * rogress" varies, that ,is all. we are , moving . ~ . ‘ . . in but . ’ the '. general ‘ progress of ‘ course is upon the way marked o ‘ onus. ‘ v ' ' 'We‘ will .better- if we in no .way to imitate our brothers. The why force and logic, man’s special re women perhaps excel. Force ‘been'tried and has done it’s 4k, logic has been found faulty. ‘. see a bright era when intuition , ion is more sure than logic, and .‘ the great power of the universe, 1, bathe new light which shall V to better conditions, not for Omen alone but for the race. No, Hart is worthy which has for it’s ébject the uplifting of one expres- sion of humanity and leaves out the My sisters of the League of Wo- en voters will not agree with me BEMEMBBANCE By Violet Alleyn Storey U may remember scenes in other lands: Gay cities on a summer holiday; , right cattl‘avans that pass across gray san 5. 0r singing peasants on the Appian Way. ut. I shall all my life remember this , my most clear and cherished ' » memory: Two children drinking deep of God’s own ’ liss. it: Watching the sunset far across the sea. You may remember perfumes rich and rare: . AIncense that comes when some jeweled censer sways: e scent of blossoms that have drunk dim air; Exotic odors that are swift to fade. But I who have been poor, shall always . ow The smell of sea-enamored winds that crawl ,Over the blug to talk with flowers that » ' w gro In bright array flocked wall. You may remember luxury and ease; The touch of silken cushions. soft and cool. no taste of fruits plucked from dark- fronded trees against my moss- ‘By hands that laved in some warm . eastern pool. But I’ll remember struggle-flavoring ' 08806: ' The roughness of my cottage small and ., bare: The taste of fish I fry in bubbling grease: rAnd little hands that set the table there. ' But wlao can tell which memories will be _ carer. ' 1 And who shall care if they bring youth the nearer? ——Harper's Monthly. A GOOD MOUTH WASH most effective and harmless soi- nt to use as a mouth-wash is lime _ er. Dr. Russell. Bunting of the ’ versity of Michigan is respon- e for the statement that if but 2 thing could be had to prevent ‘7 of the teeth lime water used ‘ times a day would prove to be . most valuable. "B‘ive cents worth of unslaked , e such as is used by masons for . ‘se plaster will make enough f e water to last a family a whole 0 he refined lime from a druggist not so good. Buy from a paint u e a lump of coarse lime, crush into a line powder, put a half ,. ful in a quart jar and nllalmost 11 with cold water. , Thoroughly shake and then allow ' lime to settle. This will take v hours. When it has settled “r out as much of the clear water _. you can without losing any of lime, this is just to wash the e. wAg'ain 1111 with cold water and let tie. Pour into a twelve ounce bot- « the clear lime water, being caree not to stir up the lime in the i _ dental floss between them. V'ittie of the lime water in the . nth and force it back . and, forth " til it. teams. _ 1 arabeen-tra'. tome andm'enl'as'well. The ' very 1 fast . "‘1.- i ,1 method to better» conditions is‘ lities, but by intuition and "love, work. while:youf'bleepifand cause you ‘ both pain "and “expense. ’ "The directions for the mouthar‘e _ enactl‘y as Dr. Bunting gives them. A WORD ABOUT OUR PATTERNS I Often an. order comes in for.“ pat- terns asking that they be sent by returnyinail. This is not possible, for the patterns are all sent out from the place..Where they are made and the company s‘BHS‘only thru the newsf papers. This may entail a little de-, ‘ lay, but whenyou realizethiiti; yeti save from 20c to 30¢ on a‘ pattern:- I know you will feel that yOu‘ are willing to wait a few days. 'You should have your pattern in about one week from the time you order it. If it does not come promptly just send me a card and state the DATE of your order and I will see that your pattern is received. Delay is sometimes occasioned by an ad— dress not plainly written or by ne- glect to state size required. There are no better patterns 501d. V GOITRE CURE There have been several requests for the goitre cure published in our paper of March 18. Rather than mail out copies of that date I will re- print the article. We are known to be in the goitre belt in this part of Michigan. It is found to be prevalent where there is not much if'any iodine in the drinking water but this may be sup- plied if one will by adding two or three drops to a glass of water and drinking it. No harm could result if it were done once every day. This is simply a preventive for goitre in @lDS TO’GOOD DRESSING ‘- f v ‘ its first stages. Use five I drops tof; it" iodine in a half a glass of water three 0r four times a' day. "‘I saw Mrs. J. W. of Illinois res - quest for a goitre cure. Take,1,cu'p of kerosene, 3 cakes of camphor ' gum, put in a pint can with rubber on. ' When all the camphor gum that will dissolve has, rub lightly on ‘ goitre three times a day: do not put any cloth around neck or the kero- sene will blister. My sister had a , very large goitre and she commenced using it Dec. 3, 191,8,and used it faithfully, often rubbing on five or six times a day, and before the year was up her goitre was-gone. If she thinks it is growing she uses‘it as directed for a month. A specialist on goitres gave it to er. She was doctoring with him fo‘ her heart; goitre had affected it.——R. E. B., Ill." Of course the very best course is to consult a. specialist as there are two forms of goitre, each requiring very different treatment. One is caused by over stimulation of the thyroid gland, the other by under stimulation. CORRESPONDENTS COLUMN Can anyone tell how to take varnish from white organdy and green and white gingham?—A. B., Romeo. Mich. \ Turpentine will remove varnish but is apt to make the goods yellow. Plain White goods can be bleached with Javelle water but that would take the color from the green ging- ham. Has anyone a suggestion? I spilled a quantity of iodine on a blue and white muslin dréSs and everyone said “you have ruined your gown," but plenty of soaking and rubbing in cold water removed every For Simplicity, Service and Style Address Mrs. Jenney, Pattern Dept, M. B. F. ACE mitts such as were worn in our girlhood are now being shown in the city shops. They come in black, white, tan and‘grey. If you are lucky enough to have laid away a pair you can now wear them with comfort and satisfaction. One sees very few well-dressed women on the street in skirt and shirt waist this summer. The light coat often sleeveless as pictured some weeks ago or the much loved sweater is generally worn over thin waist and this arrangement really makes a proper street costume. The one-piece dress is good and more popular than ever and it pro- mises to be very plain‘ in design. Loose-fitting and rather long waist- ed. The hem may be straight or un- even as suits the individual. An Appropriate Bathing Suit 4062. Plaid gingham and white linene are. here portrayed. The design is comfortable and easy to develop. The bloomers may be finished separately. The pattern is cut in 4 sizes: 8. 10. 12 and 14 years. A 10 year size requires 3 3-4 yards Q1 32 inch material. For yoke and sleeve and skirt facing 8-4 Yard will be required. A Popular Apron “7‘0 4068. Here is a model that with a guimpb will serve as a emnplete -frock._1t.ia niacin nor- an. or dimity, . uqrell \ eretonno. sateen g), V is out in :‘3. l 141,36: - 5304mm...» _83,-4,0ri,.~ , no» ' material 32 inches,wide. 1811 18 ear result-es ‘10:; tidings-in v We are told that an effort is be- ing made to return the wasp-like waist and hoops! ' I will just prophesy right here that it will fail. Our clothing has been so comfortable these last few years that our waist-lines, our feet and our bumps of common sense have all increased in size and no fashion edict from some foolish de- signer shall rob us of our comforts. Our new and up-to-date Fall and Winter catalogue is now ready with some lovely colored plates and an article on dressmaking. It is really a fashion book, in earnest and some- thing more than a mere catalogue. Do you not want to see what will be worn this coming season? Just 15c for the book. “Latest” Play Suit Fashion 4042. This garment is made for freedom and comfort at play time. The toy pockets will ap- peal to the young wear- er. Gingham with fac- ings of linene, or pon- gee with chambrey for trimming would be at- tractive. As here shown gured percale and cam- bric are combined. The y F . quires 3 1-2 yards of 32 inch material. To trim as illustrated requires 5-8 yard of contrasting One of the Season's Bot) Miles 4061. With lines that for d {cum an d good style eatures waist and skirt. this model is sure to please. Green and white plaid singham with facings V organdy a is file , e. rifle out in “I, , 10, 13 and 20 . y sin by 1“ flavoring. Everybody loves it. ' r -' ,VAnglikes'tohaveiteall- ~' * . shouldn't-ha , i ,. . ing column!» Q n- ressed 1‘ :9,“ M .. ‘ 5 [Who can give7 directions for eanv ning baked. beans! '_ - 4 Get Rid of. 'Mol‘ea I so, often notice the query, “to rid a garden of moles” will say thata tablespoonsfui of kerosene. poured in runs every few feet will driv them away. *1 take a round stick on _ a .hole down into their. runway and, then ' War in kerosene. ~ ' H , - Of course kerosene will kill all.‘planto it ,touches but use kerosene between tom of. plants in" the .I- 7 and sell many. doaens of‘Gladioli blooms eve season and itgisf here 'I haveyused the erosene'and found it effecuvm C. 0, ,F. Fowlerville. Mich. The Milwaukee Fire As I am a reader of the M.‘B. F. I would like to send in a. request and find . out if any of the other, readers can nish me the song called “The Milwaukeo Fire,” and oblige—Mrs- Wm. Page. St. Johns. Mich. F. ‘11, Box 10. Words to Poems Will you please publish the following question in the Womens’ Dept. of the Michigan Business Farmer? Who can send me the words of the poems called Kentucky Bell and The Switchman'o Tale? Thanking you, I tun—Ina MacHale. Hersey, Mich. Wanted: Pumpkin Seeds A dear old lady who lives next door to me is a shut-in, having used crutches for years on account of a swelling on the knee. The only relief she has found from the pain has come from using cloths wrung out of pumpkin seed tea. but as the seeds are so. hard to obtain if any of th subscribers hafve some on hand and won mail them to me I would gladly take them to her and I know-a prayer would be said and another charit- able act placed to the credit of the sender. -—Miss Lucille Shultz. 1160 Reed Plaoa Detroit. Mich. . My Favorite Perfume ’- I think all women like perfume wheth er farmer’s wives or no. I use lily-of- the-valley. There is a- more fragrant kind but I have forgotten the name. I also agree with Dorothea and you about short dresses, not too short and not as long as they used to be and, 1‘ like them nearly 2 ' yards around the bottom. . =. -.. I would like to ask a favor throu this column. Can anyone give me t 9 recipe for nut bread, as you buy in be shops? It has some raisins in and nuts and is not white but a dark color. some- thing like gray or' like rye or buckwheat floug Icwould be very glad to get it.— P. 'S.-;-A subscriber and always will be. I don’t know how a farmer could .get along without M.’ B. F RECIPES ' Corn Relish As I have received so many help. from your page I want to pass on. to your readers a corn relish recipe given me last year by a neighbor. We think it is just fine. ’ ' 1 head of cabbage, 18 large ears of sweet corn. 4 onions, 8 green peppers. 1 bunch celery. Grind all but corn, coo all one hour with 2 quarts vinegar. 1 1-f2 pounds brown sugar (scant), 4 table- spoonle salt, 1 pint/pro red mustard. Are any of you othered with Buffalo bugs? I am, and so far I have had best results by dusting with a powder gun, powdered black flag. Does anyone know of anything more efficient than that. ~ With best wan s to all if B. n. read- -ers.—Mrs. C. . ' Butter| Scotch Pie I am going to as d my butter scotch pie recipe. to the M. . F. ladies: Scorch tablespoon butter. 1 tablespoon flour. 1 cup of brown sugar; then add 1 1-2 cup sweet milk, yolk of ,1 'egg. vanila. for Use white of eg for frosting. Oat Meal Cookies ' 4 cups oat meal. 4 cups flour. 2 cup. sugar 2 cups, shortening“ 1 teaspoon cin- namon.~ 1 cup- boiling water, 1 teaspoon soda, 1 cup chopped raisins.——Mrs. F. S. Japanese Grabmeat Home Made Biddlea‘ (All but the answer) No one ever saw it 'Till I dug it from the ground. I found it when I lost it. And I lost it when‘I found I washed it and dressed it ' ' -‘And buried it once more—- Dug it up and loved it then Better than before I was paid for finding it, I don't know why or howL . But I lost. found. and kept i And haven’t got it now. Sometimes it's a-Il_alene—- : t . Sometimes in scrawdz, ., -. ‘ It says a thousand bright things“ But'nmrtalksaloud. we , ., at ,. . ~e we . .bv'f, o ' , Tum Assign. .scnoonn CLUB 'Abber school was in a state of eat excitement. The new teacher. ' Miss Vane]. had just suggested a new idea to the school children. They had been .delighted'with the plan and. as they were naturally a hustling bunch of youngsters. they were-anxious tocarry out the scheme. . ’ — But I have not told you of this won- derful idea, It was, indeed. extremely new and strange. As it was just the beginning of the school year ther'children were fresh and studious. They had long been wanting to organize a club in their school. They « ‘wanted to raise vegetables. and other farm products but their parents dissap- proved of the idea and, refused to give them a piece of land to try on. They had been very disappointed and when Miss Vanel came them told her all their troubles. The teacher was very sympa— thetic and immediately began to work out a plan to help them out. She, herself, was interested in club work so she soon devised a plan. K About a week later, the morning on which this story opens. she told-them her p an ' When school was called in the morning she said that instead of the usual mom- ing exercises, she wanted to talk with the children. Then she began, "How many children are willing to work hard this winter and have a garden all their own next spring ” Every little hand went up enthusias- tically. ‘ “That's fine!” said Miss Vane] with a pleased smile. “Now, I shall tell you my plan. There are thirty children here. all strong and healthy. Now. I have asked Mr. Bakel who owns this land next to the school ground how much he will charge us for renting a couple of acres next to the school ground. He says he will rent it for one year for $25. The land isn’t very good but I think we can fix it up by fertilizing and cultivating it. Now we will all work hard from now until next spring and we will make enough money. to rent this land. We can have socials, make things to, sell, and do many things to make money. We will also have to get money for seed so we must hustle right now. Do you think you can earn 33 or $35 this winter?” Every one was certain they could be- cause winter was a long season. ‘ en the parents heard of the plan some disapproved but most of them ad- mired the children’s pluck' and courage and were willing to lend many tools. to prepare the ground with. The older boys were going to work the grbund. ’V During the winter the school made 310 -- and .in the spring they were all ready to Qwerk. Each child had a liberal portion of‘land and a prize was offered for the best garden raised. Everything went fine. People going by would admire the chil- dren‘s work and Would say their garden was the best around there. Every noon and recess saw a troop of children at work in their garden. Miss Vanel was very proud of her industious workers. But one day one of the little boys was taken sick. He was sick a week but‘ his garden didn’t get full of weeds. No, the rest of the children, with a true spirit of good will, worked in his garden and kept it as clean as their own. The little boy was very grateful to them and worked very hard after that. That fall the Abber school gave a club exhibit. The parents all came to the school house and were much pleased with their children’s work and were no longer opposed to clubs. At the exhibit :the prize for the best garden was given and the little boy who Was sick won it. He had worked so very hard that he had the best garden. The prize was a set which contained a hoe. rake and spade. He. also got a package of watermelon seed from his parents. 4 The school sent some of their products ‘to the county fair- and won first prize. After that they sold their products for :5100, thereby gaining $60. The money was given for school purposes. This encour— aged them greatly and they wanted to try again next year. Mr. Bakel was will- ing- to rent the land again for $15 be- cause the children had taken such good care of it that it improved the land very muc . .- -The little boy who won the prize said, “t was the happiest year of my school life, even tho‘ I~~did have to work at my garden during vacation" work at them during vacation) So they are now planning on‘ raising anoth r garden next year. We wish them al ,- good luck—Edna Federspiel, Sterling. l ' our :‘children. Even to M ,, g;ng kindly while marion was snappy . retum,’x.. 7' ‘ Mich. THE WONDERS OF A RESCUE "Oh, that Nellie Howard. ll. makes me tired the way people speak of her,” said Marian Campbell. "They are always say— ing she is so kind. Perhaps she is, but I certainly wouldn’t want, to be seen visiting those pauper children,” as she tossed her head in a proud manner and took her friend Hattie Murray by the arm and walked :out of the room. ,"You are right, Marion. I 'jut hate Nellie," said Hattie. This and many other things they said as they walked‘down to the seashore. . Marion' Campbell was the daughter of Dr. Campbell and she thought herself far above most other girls. She was very proud and bold.~ Hattie Murray, her friend was a bold girl. too. They so dis- -1 ed Nellie because eVeryone loved her. e was so kind -~to everyone. e eciaéllly on e girls {reached l, the - shore ed... “on. ., Nellie, let ‘us said» I; ‘ cues .‘na 'vtl‘my unis, j .mt- octlieir‘ being , as m As the. .two (for they did ~ . to help a little way from shore. I dy .to go ' A the iris came back rea in {hey sgw Nelli Howard and 8013; other girls in banging sniiitrsiogvaalfiglgfla _ the? beach towar em. a _ . tie went in while the others stood watch in them. ' gMarion was in advance. and £316? once Nellie screamed, ‘Marion, traightv Oh, come . back. you are going 5 to Bth‘e (iiuiIiiclitsandVi g no u ar on payn words, Went on. Then as she bggg-gga'f: sink she realized the danger anh r but to scream for Hattie to help Egg. her Hattie, frightened. stood Wrn ,ted for hands. near the shore. Nellie waiM rion no more but hurried out to where a and- “ who was up to her chip in the water over her knees in qmcksand. was. e Though sinking herself, Nellie was v r3; careful and told Marion to put her a‘rm around her neck. This she did and be tale they reached shore Marion had faifn the; Dr. Campbell was soon notified o ,5; accident and hurried to his daughtert side. She was taken borne amid the flex day she was feeling we a an. There was one thing wh ch she was always thinking about and that was. why Nellie. who should have hated her. risked her own life for Marion and why Hattie. to whom she had called. didnt come. Then all of a sudden she said to herself; "Oh. why have I been so mean to her. I see my mistake. I shall go to see. Nellie this minute and ask her to forgive all my meanness to her." ‘ When she got there she rang the door bell and Nellie came to the door. To see Marion was a great surprise to her for she had never been there before. “Nellie. please forgive me. I have thought it all over and I now realize that you are my true friend,” and she threw her arms around Nellie’s neck and cried. _ Nellie was so happy she kissed Marion and after that there were never any dearer friends than they.-—Irene Palach. 1, Tyre, Mich. THE BOYS’ POTATOES Mr. and Mrs. Tompson and their fam- ily lived in the city. They ha({ tWO boys, Theodore and Ray. Mr. Tompson was a cashier in_ the county bank there, and he was receivmg a fairly large income. ' Theodore, the oldest son, who was SlX‘ teen, was a junior in the Central high school. He was tall. but very muscular. His hair was light brown, he combed it long pompadore. His eyes were of a deep blue, which at times were very sparkling. He had high arched eyebrows; together with his smoot features gave him a very manly appearance. His usual pastime was reading papers and magazines, especially those contain- ing farm articles, which would always be of great interest to him, as he was very fond of farm life. Ray was different from his brother. But he also was a good scholar. He being but fourteen, did not have much thought for himself, but more for a good time, His health was very poor. caused from living in the city, and not having the advantages of the country boys and girls. For this reason and on account of Theodore's desire for farming Mr. Tomp- son decided to purchase a farm a few miles from town and take his family there. He thought, too, that he could make more for himself on a farm than in town. «besides being independent of others. It was in March Tompson with the their new home. The farm consisted of eighty acres, part of which had not yet been cleared. The soil was Very fertile. Thru one corner of the pasture was a little stream. which contained some of the finest fish anywhere near there. ‘Altogether it was a perfect paradise’ to every one, they especially. _ After the family got settled in their new home. and the winter began to make room for a cheerful spring, Mr. Tompson began. to plan out his summer’s work. He told the boys that he believed that in order to make a success of his farm- ing he would-have to subscribe for the M. which he was positive would be of great value to him. He told his A Islons thialt1 itflwould be up to them to help im w s summer’s wor ' willingly agreed. k and they “ One day, soon after Theodore asked, of‘aitfiiéerérare dyou gtciling to clear up any oun on e ' , weggsr’ other Side of the e father replied th t he was “ whséndo intihask, my so: ?" n0t' But “ , no ing much," he re lie. with that he turned and left hi2 fadtheénig quest of Ray, whom he found busily em- ploys: in ttl‘ie woirk slfiop. " y.” e sad a ter he had re a the side of his brother. "I have anafdle? \ It is early yet. so what do you say about us taking the weekly vacation of two days which father has allowed us and clearnup an acre of that ground on the farthest side so that no one else will, ow about it? You see.” he continued, "we can-use the horse which father gave us, to plow and fit up the ground”. ‘ers,,”«' replied Ray. “I think 'it is a very good idea, and I will do all I can éyou. And what .‘do you propose planting ’f . ' 4 ‘~ “Potatoes, I believe; .if they are well cared for. they ought to produce from one hundred and twenty- ' acre ’ ‘ ' * ' when Mr. and Mrs. .two boys moved to one hundred to five bushels an _ . I 1 a Itall’being settled the brothers parted. fewedays later thebgysbegan clear;- ""t,l}$..1r acts of thanvvoodal as..the‘y There was quicksand in one place 1‘13? heed to her, - ' a. Irma/er labor wénflgallr Then» he the plow-- - @LAYRSREACH name to make a funny sentence. they will spell each said before—No. 1 is Douglas people. 000.00 reward. In case of in qualifying. to assist you sheet of paper and PRINT corner. ‘ EIHISJ.XSI; ' @No FLASKISAGUDWRLD SAME om ©LETMAMADOG RAN @JAM [swooumzx LEN BE [5 BAD CLEAN wmaiJLEED @PUU. TIN HAVEN DOOQ‘ 'un MAIL MAN HWL Am was LENS Can You Solve This Movie Mystery? .L d of“. You’ve heard of Murder Mysteries, Bank Mysteries, Fraud Mysteries an _ many kinds of Mysteries. but have you ever bleatrd gt a Movie Mystery where $1,000 in cash is being offered for the best so u ion 1 . The Blindfolded Face of a Man above is that of a well known Movie 1mg; You’ve seem him dozens of times, we'll wager—and you think hes a page No - an actor. too. Who is be? Do you recognize him? Why. of course! Its ~ FLASK IS A GUD BAR. 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The FAIR that’s Different. WEST, MICHIGAN * Bigger FA SEPTEMBER Reduced Rates on all Railroads. $30,000 Paid in Premiums—Write for List. e Day, 50c Grand Rapids, Mich. Sept. l8-ZZ--D3)i EVERY ‘ Fireworks mam N i8 ht, Dim ONE YEAR ’ ' . , 10 PA f New Wu“ N '3 T0 In ' ' "(Continued on 17) , .. ‘ An. ,AD 1N- r Take Your Auto With You—To land or Buffalo. D. , ers leave daily for Cleveland 3.1.1:,i Buffalo 6 p. m. Auto rates red to 25 per cent. Day trips to, . Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday,” Leave Third St. Wharf, Ea; té ‘ ' ‘WANT “To; sag, ' LIVE'STQC EQUIPPED. owner unable cs» 1*1 I;oo 39w , I . suns. $93 “We ADHES. PRAOTwALLY nu. cusses. ll fumed with ocd orchsrd flno ' ‘ 1.: "1‘3"" “Mn 5 4o 60 - room ouse,‘ e um, x . 80:4 , haunt ell. B ild- hnuluedstugfi .goodclsylosmhnd,part under 11 pm to g, 4 miles out of town, state MalarMIhortdisun-cctoschool. .c :4 0 #00 ‘30“, balance gsyable to suit mixed. rite . r. UMPH’RE , Evert; Mich. ' FOR SALE—120 AcRE FARM, 2 1-2 nih- nortb of Belhire, Antrhn county. 1-2 ‘ from trunk lino highway. 60 acres under stion. Inlean second growth hardwood, good re. Seven sores orchard. Large house and m. both in good condition. Silo. 800 rods fences Price or quick sale, $3,500 cash. . I. BEDELL, Route Not 2, Bellnire, Mich. ao-soss FARM AND 0R0", OONSISTING potntoes. good garden cream separ- calves, poultry. (load soil, ex. 3 011 M10 road. close to hOWLl anl l. for 1.260. Terms. Write owner. JOHN BARBER. Ancoln. Mich. . FOR 8AL_E—_80 ACRES LEVEL OLAY some soil; good buildings, silo and windmill; seer Green- ville on trunk line. Must be sold to settle estate. Write the Administrator, GEORGE NELSON, Route No. 2, Greenvrlle, Michigan. FOR SALE—160 A. FARM.' 1 from Onswsy Mich” on State P tinted dork clay soil, m, use.' IArge bank burn. Good dairy term. Ad- owner, A. J. BRENISER, Onowsy, Mich. 1631 ACRES NUMBER ONE LAND BEE: 1-2 MILES A i gs, fruit timber, one mile to Di 0 ghwny, station, church, school, 30 miles from ctmit. R. W. ANDERSON, Christen, Mich. FOR SALE—95 ACRE FARM, GOOD BUILD- gs and soil, near school easy terms. For por- llifiuilm Rwrigs nus. mums GIBSON. Inpeer. C .. . . CORD-W001).de suzz sAw rum». moss. lessens Rind. bullies. wood»er machinery, It». at Gagging! 'e' F rr'etéfm'wlri'i: 5nd. ’ A . Fayetteglndions. - ‘ BEES. AND HONEY BEE HIV E8. SECTIONO. . also are, etc. Complete outfits for Liners with or without I: tor A. 1. Boot Co. goods in bed. Ii . for . Beeswax wanted. 1!. 3% (3108'. m. Cedar 8L, Dinning. Mich. TUBAHOO NATURAL LEAF TOBACCO—CHEMNO. $1.50: 10 lbs.. $2.50: Smoking, 5 lbs.. ' 10 be., Bend no money. m received. TOBACCO GROWEBS' U100 , Ps— dn . s usrunm. LEAF rosscco—cuswrna. s "mung. 331.355;- llli5 pounds?” $4.000.0 Smoking. ’0 galley: y‘i'm'en received. Millions TOBAC- oo AS column. Padumh. Ky. ##NATURAL LEAF TOBAOCO, CHEWING, 5 pounds. $175: 190 pounds 33 00. Smoking, uds, 5125- pounds, $2.00. Send no 3°33”. P36 when received. TOBACCO snow- ERS' UNI N. Psdurah, Ky. D KENTUIGKV “snacks-gauche] girl on' sen a. perm r coo a s when received. e. chewing 10 lbs. 35- smokinf 10 lbs., 2.50‘ me um smo' 16 lbs. 3 .25 ms ' uNION, Hawesville, Ky. KENTUCKY'S NATURAL LEAF. Mild. Mellow smoking 10 lbs. $2.25; and se- lected chewing 3 lbs. $1.00. Free receipt for preparing. WALDROP BROTHERS, Murray. Ky. TOBACCO, rosscco. xsmcv's newnsn' LEAF. “rat‘s mated?“ - m’ls' ‘i’ filth . De . . ' 35. mnnnns' TOBECCO UNION, gedslis, Ky. TOBACCH ENTUCK Y’s PRIDE. EXTRA fine chewinfii, 10 lb., $3.00: smoki 10 1b., g2ig01K’20 » $3.50. FARMERS UB, Mog- e . - NEAT LITTLE FARM OF 23 ACRES, ONE mile from Charlotte, Mitch, on state reward mad. Seven room house. Buildings All first clam. B. R. MOREHOUSE. FOR SALE, A GOOD _80-AORE IMPROVED all under cultivation. Berries, grapes other fruit. 3 1—2 miles to good town. Inquire It MORGAN, R. F. I). No. 8, Bad Axe, Mich. BUY A FARM NEAR ANN ARBOR AND educate the boys in the University. Write for §rrhfarm bargains. Jerome Probst, _Ann Arbor, 1c IF YOUR FARM 0R COUNTRY HOME IS .xr sale. Write us. No commission charged. CLOVERLAND FATPM AGENCY. Powers, Mich. FOR SALE—80 ACRES, FAIR with or without crops, stock. tools . MILLEN, Remus, Mich. It. 2. " _WILL SELL HALF INTEREST IN STOCK: crops. and tools, in 500—"ch (lair farm. Write FRANK Gltllllll, Otter Lake, M chigan. MCELLANEOUSEQ: GENERAL BUILDINGS, . R. A. Mc- FARII PIONIOS AND FAIRS OFFERS .E‘x- tionsl opportunities to make money solicitlng '=mdptions for farm iLibersl commis- offersd to responsi I pets. and exparienced solici- P. . BO e f» For particulars address X 110, ' burg. Pa. ‘ ["iET us TAN voun HIDE—COW AND Kaila" hide for or costs and lichen. Cow and ., Mr hide?” into‘t Harness or Sole Leather. Oat- . " on request. We repair and remodel Worn estimates furnished. THE CROSBY FRIS- IAN FUR 00., Rochester, N. Y. v RN HARVESTER OUTS AND PILEB 0N 1353331.“ or winrows._ Man and horse cuts and '33:“ “1"” tFPddB‘W-“m “tunes? that 181 g . - 0 $25 M o erFREE showing re OI l. and Catalog Emilie. rsocsss usuvns'rsu .. Selina. I a WHEAT—HYBRID N0. 2 WHEAT $592119“) yielded this_yesr'35 bu. r acre, '11). test, vigorous plant: medium gro straw, mm r .5“? 96.; ”“‘-'1.R‘tto§‘§" 3...: c , is crap mu m mamr tilled promptly. G onos . RIDGE- m, Vassar, Michigan, UBER PEA AND BEAN FOR SALE—ONE H m 2 42, lete and in good . . {DEE}, 1333:, Route No. 8. Sheridan DAUAGED SLIGHTLY. , alumi- IARREL oooklngware. ’«-mckery. hotel 'l'uulnware, etc. . against. Write or particulars. ls. & 0.. Portland. Mame. _ slum wsNrro—w: HAVE AN 3 for working foreman on our modern t I morn Ax‘il’l’l‘ilcf’?“m§°“$"xm°£ remind, Mich. RIN‘I'ED STATIONER'I, 200 SHEETS. 100 , apes with our name and address on both. ._0 THE ENTE PRINT SHOP. biome- {schism hOTs chine ware , SWASEY ‘ v Shi ped direct from factory to - Cured Her Rheumatism Knowing from terrible experience the suffering can.r ‘ by rheumatism, Mrs. J. E. Hurst, who lives at 608 E. Olive St, B—368, Bloomington. Ill, is so thankful at having cured herse‘f that out c.‘ pure gratitude she is anxious to tell all other suffers just how to get rid of their torture by a simple way st home. Mrs. Hurst has nothlng to sell. Merely cut out this notice, mail it to her with your own name 21d address. and she will gladly send you this valuable information entirely free. Write her'st once before you forget. g Enjoyable Economical Travel — Via. D. & steamer from Detroit to Buffalo. Leave for Buflfalo 6 p. m. For Cleveland 11 p. m. (2 steamers) Daylight trips to Cleveland Tuesday. Thursday. Saturday, 8:30 a. In. Low fares. Autos carried. Leave Third St. Wharf, East- .em Time. ' “EVERY - saunas +— Can use M. B. E’s Breeder-8’ Directory to good advantage. Run your ‘ ad. and watch the returns come in, x What Have You to Offer? 13mm FARM FOR. SALE 7 AN AD IN Mun. p. "J OH CL Av "& COM P AN CQMM'SSfl...“ ' use so. 111.. _so..sr. losers. ' ‘so. 51'. ' r rmrcow. V. sloux .. WILLBELLIT. ‘HA'I‘. was .A, "antennas im “9°” the future: crap yl‘eiss‘oc am? This ‘shOuld be a. rector, in detaining the size of the structure. ' to: it should be large enough .tohousc the greatest crop you will probably raise during the coming ten or twenty years. Convenient. arrangement and modern equipment in the stable will enable you to care for more stock - and will also conserve the soil on- riching properties of the manure. and this improvement in the quan- tity. and quality 0! mm should swell crop yields. ‘ " Furriers often write to us stating that they intend to build. a barn at certain dimensions and also or a stable plan to . suit. The c set method is to determine how any stalls and compartments you will probably need, consider the mge- ‘ ments that suits you best, provide for the necessary alleys and pas- sages, and then enclose the entiren’ layout with walls of the required dimensions. You will then. have a stable proportioned according “ to your needs. . - A barn of a certain size and ar- rangement may fit in perfectly with the methods, and needs of the owner but the vast majority of his neigh- bors who copy the design in all its details find in many respects it does not quite suit them. Each barn is a separate problem. The farmer who is thinking of erecting a barn should consult an experienced barn archi- tect, for neither he nor the average carpenter is competent to design a barn particularly adapted to his needs. The efficiency gained by con- sulting a barn expert will repay many times the fee charged. The barn is a farm necessity, used every day in the year, and a building at- fording comfort, convenience, econo- my and efieciency is to the owner and user “ a joy forever." Recently a farmer submitted to us a rough sketch of a barn, asking our advice. We redesigned it for him at a. saving of $500 in the cost of construction—enough "to pay for steel stalls, stanchions, litter carri- ers, etc. Suggestions on barn build- ing, we believe, will be more timely than the discussion ol'some particul- ar barn design. " Location—If possible, build the barn on a gentle southeastern slope, with the long way of the structure extending north and south. The early morning sun streaming through the east WindOWS will cheer the en- tire stable. In the late afternoon a similar effect will be secured from the west, just when 11 t is most desired. There should ' , o be some windows in the south end. Then all day long sunshine'will be stream- ing into the barn from some angle. Sunlight banishes disease. It .13 cheaply and easily obtained. A barn placed in this way will also shelter the east yard from the west winds. A wind-proof fence across the north end of the yard will complete the protection. Foundatioan gravel or other well drained land the foundation may safely be laid after merely re- moving the sod and roots. In clay. and other damp soils it will be neces- sary to excavate to a depth below the frost line. Make the founda- tion trenches about 24 inches wide and fill them with field stone and concrete. A mixture 01 one part cov ment and five parts of clean sand and gravel will suffice for the concrete, providing it is thoroughly mixed and an abundance of water used. Care must be taken to tamp concrete well in betvreen all the large stones so that no voids remain. A tile drain should be aid all around the building. Place gravel in the ditch over the. tile to facilitate percolat- ing ,9! the surtace water. Walls—Stone walls take up too {/ . . '9 effect of your- .. from the -‘ rout” um there’s.» ode. 71%” 'hoguw'. ‘ molds ~ are me concrete? 1: (issuable wan. such 00311.9? ’“ only a reasonable: amount ot‘spsce,‘ are not very expensive and are ' easily erected. , , Hollow clay tile has come to: the from very rapidly as at bars hm. V “‘5 material during the ‘ytars. . ' a worm, .. moistnreproof and sanitary which prostates the health otf‘tli'e herd, and’i‘ls 'af-permanen't addition to the worth and appearance at the ' If. built of wood 21! or 2:6 etude ding ere used .whlch are? covered with 1x6 drop siding on the outside and 1x6 D. _& ll. flooring on the inside. ' ' The first cost of hollow tile, hol- low concrete or concrete blocks is more than offsetby the sum: in repairs, depreciation and insurance. F100 7 etc laid to a thick- ness of. four inches will make a good stable floor. Vitrified tile drains to carry all the liquid excrement no the water used in flushing "gutters. mangers and floors, should be hid before the floor is put down. It concrete is thought too cold for the cows, the stable floors maybe in- sulated from the ground by placing a layer of square building tile be— neath the concrete, or the floor may be floored with pruned cor-k brick; The horse stalls should be surfaced with two inch plank. - oars—All the min openings through the stable walls should be thrceandabaltorfonrteetwm. The doors should swing outward. WindowF—At least four square feet of glass area should be provided for each animal housed in the stable. Ventilatioan‘or each cow there should be about 600 cubic feet or air space in the stable. A thorough system of ventilation is no . Allow at least nine square inches at f the mouth of the intake pipes tor ' each animal housed in the stable » and fifteen square inches at the mouth of the outlet; thus an int» 6x18 inches (the area out the mouth of which should be 108 square inches) is the mininmm ..;sizc re— quired to supply ventilation for 12 cows, while an outlet 10x18 inches would be necessary. It will be Iound advisable to have several small and well distributed intakes instead of one, and at least two out— let lines with two months for each line. The outlet is in reality a. line and the ordinary precautions exer— cised in the construction of a chim— ney must be observed, except, 0:. course, that it need not be built at brick. It must, however. be as near- ly straight as possible and its walls must be sir tight so that it will “draw” well. It the/flue is constructed of wood it should be made of two thickness ‘ of closely matched lumber with heavy building paper between the layers. It galvanised Iron pipes are used, heavy insulation should be placed between the outer and inner ‘- walls of the pipes. The mouths ca! '. . . s the outlets should be about one tool: ‘ from the floor line so that the dune, foul air will be drawn out through - the fines. . . Stable Equipment—Sanitation'and cconbmy of space demand that cow stalls be built of steel tubing. Mod- ern stable equipment repays its cost in saving time alone. In e stable properly equipped with modern ap- pllsnoes, including teed, sud litter carries, the labor of tending shard ottorty cows willbe 1cm than that. required tor twenty cows under the old. method or feeding and cleaning, v Homm, the teed bills will be» less. , Without just the proper kind of men— ‘ gersthecowswillthrowoutgrahh notion one pint a day, or 140 quarts "in. 13‘» yea!” milking period of 280 ""days. .At four cents per quart that“ . ‘will amount tout”. finch an aver— .:;_l'agetlhcrease in a or thirty cows ' swenthe annual income 3168, without one center/added expense. ' 'amonnttis' equivalent to the * _'lnterest, at six per cent on $2,800, ,‘mngn, to» construct a new every modern dairy con- g. meme- ' - « r. “New... figure the saving in feed, the '1 health of the cows, the effect on the and ask yourself if, after all, modern equipment for the stable isn’t one of the ‘very best invest- ments you could possibly make.-—-By Harley M. Ward. ' COST OF TIIJNG Can you give me omc idea of the cost of tiling 160 acres of muck land. Have direct outlet into dredge ditch. The muck is not deep, eighty acres spotted with clay - and sandy locum—H. A. 8., Capac, Mich. , There are a number of local fac- tors that might influence the cost with which I may. not be familiar. Ordinarily, muck land which is underlaid with clay will require prac- tically the same sort of drainage as clay land because after the muck has been drained it will settle and Work into the clay so that there will be practically no muck left after a fewyears of cultivation. I would suggest that this be drained about 4, rods apart. It, however, you have 2 feet of much it might be drained 5 rods apart. The :ptile should be laid at least 8 test deep and better 3 1-2 feet if you have two feet of muck because the muck will settle at least a. font leaving your tile only 2 1-2 feet underground. I am assum- ing that the me in this case will be laid in the eh! subsoil. If the tile 4 rodsnpart it will take ‘ ximately coo the per acre. If soft clay tile are used, they will probably cost delivered at your sta- tion about 885 per thousand. Glued tile would cost mm .45 per thousand. This would mean that it will. cost for tile, $21 to $27 per acre. The digging should be done for around 50¢ a rod, which will ' cost $20 per acre where the tile are " spaced 4 rods apart. I am assuming in making these calculations that you ' wish this farm thoroughly drained so that it will be suitable for nearly all kinds of crops, espe- cially cultivated crops. If the muck land is merely intended for hay it might be possible to get satlstactory draininge by spacing the tile drains ‘10 rods apart. .The upland will cost practically the me as the lowland when tiled erode apart. The drains on high ground, however, should not be put inmore than 2 1-2 feet deep. ——0. E. Robery, Extension Specialist Drainage. M. A. C. MUST OUT NOXIOUS WEEDS (Continued from page 11) if any owner, possessor or occupier of land, or any person or persons, from or corporation having charge of and lands in this state shall, ,know- ' ingly, ‘ suitor Canada thistles,. milkweed, wild carrots or other nox- ious weeds to grow thereon or shall .suder the seeds to ripen, so as to cause or endanger the spread there- of, he or she shall on conviction in any court of competent jurisdiction be liable to a fine of ten denim, to-r senior-with costs of prosecution for every such silence and he or they ‘ shun my the costs of cutting and destroying such weeds; Provided, V nothing in this act contained flail/be confirfiéd as mung or I pronoun: um cultivation or grow-4.. , mg of milkwsed .tor the production M plume: froylded further, That the or corporations growing such" ‘m‘flkWeed‘shslldo so in such a way » sad, to. In“; “a?” woven: own- I 7 duty. ’61" -, A: h ‘ f w " abletype’uand posted one in. each "of four conspicuous places in the road ‘ f district, and notices shall also be . .2099 0!: p " sited in ’ clear, read published in some local paper hav— 5 ingia‘ general circulation in the tourn- ship. 'The notices shall set forth the fact that all-noxious weeds must be cut or before a certain date, which date shall be fired by the commissioner. The posting and pub- lishing of such notices shall take place at least ten days prior to the date upon which the weeds must be out. Also, at the time of posting said‘notices to mail a copy of the same to every owner, possessor or occupant or occupier of land and to every person or persons, firm or cor- poration having charge of any lands in this state, whereon noxious weeds are growing, whose "postofllce address is known. ~ "In case the owner, possessor or land or the person or persons, firm or corporation having charge of any land shall refuse or neglect to com- py with such notice and to cut the weeds on or before the date stated in such notice or within ten days thereafter, it shall be the duty of the highway commissioner and overseer of highways, or some one whom said overseer may employ to assist in carrying on the work, to enter upon the land and to cause all such nox- ious weeds to be cut down with as little damage to growing crops as .may be, and he shall not be liable to be sued in any action of trespass therefor. , “Highway commissioners and oversoers of highways shall keep an accurate account of the expenses incurred by them in carrying out the provisions 'of section three of this act with respect to each parcel a! land entered upon therefor, and shall make a sworn statement of such account and present same to the township board of the township In which the expense was incurred. The township board is hereby auth- orised and required to audit and al- low such‘aecount and order the same to be paid from the fund for gen- eral township purposes of said town- ship out of any moneys in the town- ship treasury not otherwise appro- . “The supervisor of the township shall cause all such emanditures to be severally levied on the lands on which such expenditures were made, and the same shall become a lien upon said land and shall be collected in the same manner as other town- ship taxes are collected; the same when collected shall be paid into the general township fund to reim- burse the outlay therefrom afore- said- - ' “It shall be the duty of the high- way commissioner and overseer of highways to cut all noxious weeds on state lauds, school land and so ’ forth, and all brush and noxious weeds on highways passing by or through the same and the cost of same shall be allowed by the town— ship board and paid by the tOWn- ship treasurer of the township in which such land is located." THE 3018' POTATOES (Continued from page 15) ins, 6W. etc. but this. toe. all thru the‘season. So far the b had not been dingo-tamed but still thgskept the potatoes .1134! been secured thetmbmonewiflahishoe,th with'the potatoes, went to the hone; tothelr mother who came to meet them, excl'alming. “0h, g” I l glare did you , M ‘y . I Than the boys revealed to her their secret. _ . highs-proud parents could hardly believe ‘1' 0.761 when the wore .thgt . area for flgd v: p633: Do at Drive Your Antonio- Almost any auto owner can tell Mutual agent is—or write, phone or wire as and we will have arr agent call AT ONCE, before you start for the fair. . c""‘"' -\ bile to, the Fairs unless it is insured against Fire, Theft, Liability and Collision ' 1n the Citizens’ Mutual Auto Insurance Company. V When full protection against the risk of what may prove a large; financial loss may be had at so small cost. Do Not Park Your Car on City Streets Take it to a garage where you will be sure to find it on your return. Thieves watch for unsuspecting visitors and pick out their cars as The small amount you pay for storage will be well Drive Carefully; Take N o Chance Most accidents can be avoided. Watch out for loose gravel at the V new 35 mile speed limit. glaring headlight fool refuses to dim his lights. chance at the railway crossings—“Stop, Look and Listen!" will save you if you do it ALWAYS. Stop at one side of the road when the Before you start for the FairHfll up the Citizens’ Mutual agent in your locality—don’t be satisfied with any other company—make them show their statements; your insurance is only as good as the company that writes it. you who your local Oitizcns‘ W. E. ROBB, Secretary 'Citizens’ Mutual Automobile Insurance Company HOWELL, MICHIGAN Gives you every comfort and convenience of much higher priced plants You’ve been wanting electricity for a. long timw-but felt that you couldn’t adord it. Here, at last, is an eflicient, dependable electric light and power plant that you can afford. It is the Simplest, lowest priced plant on the market and will give you every comfort and convenience of much higher priced plants. Made in Detroit—in large quan- tities—1tls remarkably low price . ow. operating cost— 32-volt, d 1' h " places it Within the reach of Let us 1::ny every farm home in America. Write for it today- Thllllik of afi—tfigr only $275 you can ave clean safe light you want to use and an . abundance of power—for bathhouse and ham, for running household appli- anccsg such as milking machine, cream separator, churn, washing machine, iron, sweeper, and for pumping water, turning grind- Two Models lG-volt, for light only . . . . ..-.... 833! Dealers’ Opportunity This machine is marketed direct from factory thr gh to — (no. - o o 0 men. Its low price is making it a wonderful scllgr; deal:- pggpglsiigion. See our exhibit at Michigan Sm. no, a; Machinery Hall Bremrd Electric Corporation, Detroit, Mich. B RE‘VARD ELECTRIC ch‘n‘r AV,» powsv. pin-er ‘mcmGAN BUSINESS F 4 72m 43970321 " ‘ . Piper «Sonic? Don’t take a H l" t M “W” (‘BPEOIAL ADVERT RAT “pouitry will be sent on .mueet. H , two. show you a pose! and tell you what it 7 size of ed. or copy so often as you wish o_ . issue. Breede ,IREIDERS' DIRECTORY .‘rl-IE MIOHIOAN :8 under this needing eo'é't'lenost breeders at a: still write out” what you have to. allot-.7 Lil! . Oopy el- chances 'inue't' re' Auction Sales advertised here at special i‘ ii ’Iiliiil' iiilIil.’ will cost for 18 cast titties. .. new '°:.° M s... n ,w,.:es or em.r ey BUSINESS IFMMERr It.»-DIOIHCAI} Mlohlflhn. To avoid conflicting dates we will without list the date of any live stock sale in ichiqan. If you are considering e eeie ed- vlse us at once and we will claim the date for, ou. Address. Use Stock Editor. M. B. F.. t. Oiemens Sept. 1—Herofords. T. F. 3. Sons. led Axe. Mich. Sothamdt fi‘ #_. ‘ SOLD AOAII .3011 “ll lest advertised sold but have 2. more I are mostly. white. They are nice éznlahtffei- “ b! a son' of King , e I“ lb. 2 yr. old dam and the other is from o 301)- r.Iyr.olddsin,sheiebyesonof Hengerveld De Kol Butter Boy, one of e zroat bulls. JAMES HOFSON JD... Owosee. ’l'h-e I I. HOLSTElii FRIESIAN""::£?‘.3..2§n ' herd. Prices are right. Detroit. Michigan. YEAILOLD REGISTERED IHOLSTEIN. BULL LIVE STOCK AUGTIONEERS K 813.; mplmefitmfififitj. Ewbmegé I . 0111 m _ e I Andy Adams. Uwhf‘l‘elgkleyhflcgid nud ' V I V in G ‘0’ I“ q ty Ed. Bowers. South ‘1} , N . or “ML king“. we. ma mm mm] “In B L Benpmin We as ., “some”. E. 31-MHENNE' R. 8' Manchme MIG". PM" Emma“ 9‘35“... cl? iii 2? if “ll”; lllc'h 1 ' R GALE-Ewe :uu.‘ some”; lg;- Jom Ho m‘n' u n " tein and Dur am e. out men 0 ' _ John P. Hutton, {Amlnflwfiéglayn x h". h“" D‘ an“. N“ “m” A ’50 I; n. no", Wl’lulst) f. ons Miéh Cock if taken at once. If ‘ny' {33'th A‘umllon’ cites: eroox rams. mrlgtu, m... " "b.01’uo -- . D' L' Pemhialhdlumm “Mich. FOR Uch SALE we an: orrsnme J. 1. Post. , _ O A. Ramussen Greenville. Mich. our oice of nearl p0 bred Holstein. J_‘ n. Rufipert. 'P‘edrrbelcth. Mich. J~ em? “tinge? 031d egergflgflmfiedd‘xn Byeug f, m I finchobllgllmplimofig uMich. since 913. Write in our “nu, Wm Waffle.051dwatcr.1M{th WOLVERINE DAIRY ARM, elmln, mm lag-"r. \Vood. Livernn-w .' “* ocx AUCTIONEER runs one: LIVE 81' J. T' "OHM?" WM. WAFFL Hudson. Mich. $M$:%hrlm' In the ring_ specialty of selling pure bred big 3;. “Eggnd‘ Chime. Spotted Poland China: and Duroc Jerseys. We are experienced. We sell ’em and we get the money. We are expert hog dges. We are booking dates right now for 1922 sales. We would like to sell for you. We have one price for both of us and its right. Select your date; don't put it off; write ’today. Address either of us. U-Nood-A Practical Competent Auctioneer ‘ . to insure your next sale being a success. Employ the one Auctioneer who can .fill the bill at a price in keeping with prevsihng conditions. Satisfaction GUARANTEED or NO CHARG- ES MADE. Terms $50.00 and actual ex- penses per sale. The same price and service no. to {Elisha in selling Polands, Durom, and Chesters. Let me reserve a 1922 date for you. wl . Ale EOKHARDT. Dallas City. Illinois JOHII P. HUTTOII LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEER ADVANOE DATES SOLICITED. ADDRESS 113 W. LAPEER ST. LANSING, MIOH. * (fAlTLl: HOLSTEIN-{FRIESIAN SHOW BULL Bired by a Pontiac Aeggio Korndyke-Henger- veld DeKol bull from o nearly 19 lb. show cow. First prise junior calf, Jackson Fair, 1920. Lizht in color end good individual Seven in o Price 8125 to make room. H i Herd under Federal Supervision. BOAROIIAII FARIIS JACKSON. MIDI-I. Eel-tin Breeders Since 1900 SHORTHORNS Richland Shorthorns We hate ‘Wo splendid white yearling bulls by Imp. Newton Champion, also. some young cows and heifers that we are offering for sale. Write for particulars to , C. H. Prescott & Sons Herd at Office at Prescott, Tawas City, Mich. FAIRAORES STOOK FARM A small, but select herd of registered Shorthom cattle is ' built up at Eairacres Stock Farm, one mile north and one-half mile east of Capac, Michigan where a few fine nyoung bulls can be rchssed very reasonably. hose interested are nvited to come to the farm and see the cattle or write to CHARLES A. KOHNS. Capac, Michigan IIIHERITED SHORTHORII QUALITY Our pedigrees show a judicious mixture of the best blood lines known to the breed. to to JOHN LESSITER'S SONS. Clerkston. Mich. MILKIIIO STRAIN SHORTHORIIS Registered stock of all ages and both sex. Herd headed by the imported bull, Kelmscott Vb- count 25th, 648,563. Prices reasonable. LUNDY BROS., H4, Davison, Mich. FOR POLLED SHORTHORIIS Shropshire, Southdown and Cheviot rams write to I... O. KELLY & SON. Plymouth, Mich. SHORTHORNS and POLAND CHINAS.‘Wo ere now offering two ten-monthsmld bulls, one bred heifer. and two ten-months—old heifers. SONLEY BROS" St. Louis. Mich. SHORTHORN CATTLE AND OXFORD DOWN sheep. Both sex for sale. J. A. OeOARMO. Muir. Mich. FOR POLLED SHORTHORR‘S FedraiA Herd e ccreditod PAUL QUAOK , ~ Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. RED POLLED lurson STOGK Hill Breeders of Registered Holstein cattle and Berkshire Hogs. Everything guaranteed, write " me your wants or come and see them. ROY F. FICKIES Chesaniug, Mich. Choice of Herd of Registered Holstein Cows FOR SALE Warner Dairy Co., Feminism, Mich. HOLSTEIII BULL BARGAINS- Ko dyk D 82 i d b Segis ru 9 o Nulander. a 8“ y twice Michigan ribbon winner .her ms are daughters of King ‘ will? W rigs f l' t mun, . ' or 13 . ‘ ALBERT a. WADE. White Pigeon. Itch. OME 000D YOUNG REGISTERED “Ola; ‘ R. 0. stock. prices reasons be exactly as ranteed to I. J. ROOiiE FOR SALE—OUR RED POLLEO H'snn BULL. Cosy Ella Laddie, and a few heifer calves. PIERCE BRO'8.. Eaton Rapids, Mich. n. 1_ ANGUS BODDIEFARMS ANGUS of both sex for sale. Herd headed by Burden-81910. 1920 Inter- Jr. Champion. R. Martin a Son. North Street. Mich. WE HAVE SOME FINE YOUNG ANGUS BULLS from International Grand ion Stock .t reasonable prices. E. H. KERR A 60.. Addison, national Dr. G. EOISTERED ABERDEEN - ANGUS—BULLS, Heifers and cows for sale. Priced to move. Inspection invited. RUSSELL BROS" Merrill, Mich..." mnhnonns Mohey - Making HEREFORDS a: St. can; for sale and ready for unm' ediate delivery. Registered Cows and their Sucking Calves ~~ . Reflstered Bred Heifers—R Yearling siren—Resistor“ “Sim” Grade WG—Unfonllt- and their Bucking Calves—Good Bulls. various ease. ‘ _ m.n:n““‘e£wr.£se§nsri:éa§*ifics 5111mm cash outlet for “$33..” e. wire or write, "film now. '1‘. F. B. ,SOTHAM A: SONS .(oufle Busine- Ihhblflud 1885) ‘ saint Clair. Ween ‘ . > Phone m ,sr-s LARRO RESEARCH FARM, Box A North End: ‘ .- - smoni‘~-u VER ninety per cent of all our com. Indian corn. is king of the silage plants; this fact, howeVer, does not mean that corn is the only plant valuable ‘for silage. We are discovering every year that, good silage can be made from many dif- ferent kinds of forages. popularity as a silage crop. Espe- cially is this true in the south and west sections of the ,country. As sorghum can be grown with less moisture than Indian corn, it is favored in many sections where rain- fall is light and hot seasons severe; and what is said of sorghum can al- so be said of all the plants relating to it such Jae-mile maize, fateria, sedan grass, kafllr corn and napier grass. .The‘se‘ sorghum7llke plants all make rapid growth, and produce a iarge,__yolume ofexcellent forage which when put into‘ the -‘ silo will come out as good silage.’ " ' such as alfalfa, clover. soy beans, cowpeas and vetches have been suc- cessfully siloed, tho’ it should be un- derstood that if possible to make hay of such plants it is better to do so. The lack of sugar‘in the legu- minous plants is one of the weak points in their perfect preservation. Rainy seasons often prevent the making of good hay from the first cuttings of clover or alfalfa, in which case it can be successfully sliced and turned into a good feed. For many years beet pulp and cannery refuse has been siloed in stack, pit or building, and such silage, as a rule, is of good quality and! its feed- ing vaue is well known. Beet tops have also. been used as silage, and when free frdm dirt will, as a rule, produce excellent feed. Cane tops and sorghum baggage ,make good silage,,and in places where this ma- terial is a by—product they certainly should be preserved. Sunflowers have recently become very popular for silage in many sec- tions of the north and west. There are large areas in this country where corn is not a sure crop owing to the short growing season and to frosts which come early in the fall. In such sections the Russian sun- flower has proven.the best silage plant. Sunflowers make a. rapid growth and will stand_ considerable drought and hard freezing. In many latitudes they will yield twice as much feed as Indian corn, while their feeding 'vaiue is‘ nearly equal to that of corn. Iuis Valley. of .Colorado silos filled with Mexican peas and the silage was of excellent quality. Russian thistles, and many of the weeds have also been sliced and fed out successfully. The common wild sunflower which grows so plentifully in many of the Plain states will make good silage, and large quantities of it are used annually. I have examined corn fields where over fifty per cent of the forage was made up of wild sunflower, pigeon grass, ragweed and pigweeds, and I have examined the silage made from such a crop and found it to be excellent not only in quality but also in feeding value. This, of course, does not mean that a. man should let his corn fleld run to weeds, but simply that evenrif the field is extremely weedy it does not follow that his silage is destroyed or x» even greatly im- paired. We do not, yet know all the plants that. can be made into silage, and we wili- probably find as years go by many plants for this use not yet commonly known—A. L. Hacker. WHICH Is MOST PROFITABITE— BUTTER on CREAM? ‘ Butter is 26c and cream 30. Which is the more profitable to sell and how much? ing about the milk of-a cow soon to be fresh which. would make it aunsafo for children? It seems to have a. salty taste. What muses itf—Mrs. P 8.. Mouton. Mich. ‘ . It requires 80 pounds of batterfat to make a hundredpoundsof butter. 8 . n this 'bnttorf‘at were sold t , @0331 11'» , ‘ silos are annually filled with ‘ Sorghum ranks second to corn in Many of the common hay crops I have'cxamined in the" high San' . work. lie at ’ lave..- angel... so her also. b , n .rterfat andsold at 26¢ per pound/this butter income would be S 2 6. The ‘33“; 5 ferencs between .Vmak'ing the butter» / and selling the .cream is that .1011 " would get $2.00 more fox-smoking the butter. You can figure out just exactly what you would be getting with the amount of butter that you .' would be making each week by using these figures given here as a basis for your,computation. , There is really nothing unwhole— some about the milk of a cow so ‘ to be fresh, but as far as feeding t. to young children is concerned, would‘ say the composition of this milk differs greatly and it is very likely that this difference in ‘composi-- tion‘ would upset the child’s diges- tive system. We know that the milk that the cow gives shortly after freshening, for the first few days, varies greatly in its composition as. compared with normal milk and it also tastes different at that time.“ ' This is caused by the phyical ,con- , ' diltion of the cow at that time and the difference in ‘ composition "is brought about by the plan of nature to furnish the kind of milk the young: calf needs when it is first born.—' 0. E. Reed, Professor of Dairy Hus-- bandry, M. A. C. WOULD LIKE START IN HOL- STEIN CATTLE I am a young farmer and would like- to get a start in registered Holstein Catte. I haven’t the money to buy a start. I have heard that there are breed- ers in the state that will let their cattle- out on shares. I own a. farm and can give reliable references. I also have has! 16 weeks of school at M. A. C. If you could send me the names of men who would let their cattle out like this, or any other information along that line. I would' be much obligedJ—H. R, Tustin. Mich. There have been in the past at, number of breeders who have far-med out cattle under contract, and I believe that such a plan would be a very good one for you. A short time ago Mr. Freeman J. Fishbeck, of Howell, and Mr. E. w. ,McNitt, V R. F. D. No. 9, Grand Rapids, were both working on this basis and had a. number of cattle out in different sections of the state. Whether they are still doing this I am unable to say. Mr. Alexander W. Copland, R. F. D. No. 3, Birmingham, Mic'h., ad-. vised me a short time ago that he- wouid be willing to put out a part of his herd in this way, and I would suggest that you write to each of these men—Michigansr Friesian Ass'n, H. W. Norton, Jr., Secy. VETERINARY DEPARTMENT ' ANIMAL BARREN I have a cow that does not come in. heat. .What can I dot—A. E. 0., Grand- Blanc, Mich. » ’ This animal may be barren, or she may have diseased ovaries. My ad- vice would be to fatten this cow and: dispose of her. HORSE HAS AZOTURIA I have a four-year-old horse which ha! done a lot of hard work this spring. He has been in good condition, all spring. After my work was done I turned him out in pasture and d not harness him for about ten days an I started for town with him and he got lame. I did not go only two miles and I unhitched him and the muscles on the front legs 'were swol- len up and quite hard. I bathed them‘ with hot water and salt and hot vln r and the next day he was all right. ow what ctautses this hang lvigilant can Imd’o to reven or wou en aga —-A. E. Lincoln. Mich. p [The horse no doubt had a mild attack of azoturia, a disease that occurs quite frequently in well-fed horses accustomed to regular work. The predisposing causes are heavy feed during a short two or three day rest, the horse being used, to regular Exciting causes of azoturia are not known. In all probability it woud be found to be due to the for- mation of certain toxins which de- velop either in the muscle or‘ the digestive tract during rest. The dis-v , ease sometimes reoccu’rs' in certain individuals, the best preventive A in f to give] the horse duty and red _ Holstein— , the was. “We’ve-1 filed it ‘ . done." through civic, church and social. The lady who contributes the . mistakes of others—Editor- ID u ever go to your nearest raian station and have a good talk with the agent? Go and .be \benented. Learn~ the why of 81111; ping the products of your mat on soil. Michigan is well blessed with 1trail facilities, both steam and elec 13c. The latter is quicker and cleaner e- cause of rapid transitwith no stop- overs. I amagent for such a line, but I have met you before, Mr. Farmer. From the selling side of such a count- er in a busy general store I, learned all your faults and virtues. I know you sell your butter and eggs In ' town at half what you an get soime where else. -Why are you accept ng fiventy-five cents for eggs when mothers in cities are clamoring for fresh ones at twice thatvprice. When hotels and hospitals, boarding schools and sanatariums, clubs and colleges are willing to pay top price for fresh country produce. Why be longer blinded by the idea you can‘t be both producer and middleman? The United Fuel and Supply Co. of Detroit and New York have a model farm near Oxford. Mr. John Danforth, manager of mm farm 13 a progressive sort of fellow. I put 'a flea in John’s ear and new John Is in the mail order business. One day he took a day off and spent it in Detroit. He call on the chef of the troll: Athl ‘0 Club. The poor fellow fell on John's neck and wept. .Fresh eggs! Impossible. But John cenvinced the chef all eggs are fresh - at first and the chef decided to have fresh eggs all the time. Now. Mr. Danforth ships a crate of ten dozen eggs every other day. Right now he is getting forty cents, and the local market reads twenty- two. Get the difference? The Club pays the freight on the eggs and pre- pays the empty crates back at the end of the week. All because .they like John’s fresh eggs and because John likes the forty cents. r . Then again» are you willing that hueksters with messy push carts should sellvvegetables from house to house, handled by bargaining hands when you could ship them cool and green to their very doors, with little handling. Do not peddle. Even as a mail order househas ‘a catalog so you can have your business card. Try, it; Guarantee your produce and . then: live up to it. y And‘therailways‘will help you for , they want the timers" good will , and business. «Whether? it's potatoes, apples or vegetables "there is only .go‘ne'cornect .way of shipping these products, Ship solacth apples in castes... others. well as potatoes islet» h T ' " ‘ ‘ m1 was..er , ,, . _ “tyrants are paying‘.85“to 40's adosen for fresh eggs-and. the best Jones, Known atthe’Ooi-ners' I Is soc. Whhoikggnowto 3 him tit. I'd. measly e.” f‘Better n 1 ,' cau- “ go before mourners-ow. ,Betwen the ~; crooked cosnmisslcnman seashesponag’e on use way, we use too big 795i: finance," “amt the name,”"lsaid.John. “I dmfhsee why it can’t be w Wth ? “Is there an hem-mountable Obstacle between the pro- " of food" , and the com” or"? sol-14:52: “mimdg 1“?ch of - "mun ' ’ bscrvance of simple, in 38 ’ ding or o " s at the big cities would I .' pester to with the farm andjpayghlm a premium over the finalist "fresh goods. But consumer who wants - to buy straight. from the farther satin contact with the farmer who. ‘ so solidirect to the consumer». ’ I _ _ I to demand: a contact by the names of buyers and sellers, ’ but for some, reason the scheme didn’twork. There is no magic way 'lnwhichthiscontactcanbemade. Merswhoareanxionstobufld . up a city trade will simply have to go to the city they want to ship to as did John Danforth. in the following article, and work up a trade. There levn'o doubt that thousand good, goods and good service rendered, a format can maintain such a m for yms' following article knows some of the ' “so ' “directirom-produciar-to-consumer” scheme some 171223.21 her article and learn how you may profit by the ; whole it folks. I‘d wln’only mmemhsr “ " 3.70 N will _»:j ~ a... market I wage," _ The said. to his wife, “the ‘ postoflice department tried one. Once established and rel of miscellaneous vegetables or the same may apply to some fruits. A barrel is the only container fit toi use. We have an order to fill before us. In the bottom we will pack the doz- ens heads of new cabbage, root end down. 1 Then such roots as carrots, radishes, onions and beets, all free from soil. Save all paper sacks coming into the house, you will need them. Wet a sack thoroughly and fill the order of string beans and peas. Lay these flat on the last layer in barrel. Now place a. damp- ened paper over the whole. All leaf vegetables such as lettuce, asparagus and chard should be packed next. If com and cucumbers are in season these should be placed around the sides of barrel. Cover the top with a damp paper. Do not head in the barrel. Use a double thickness of burlap and fasten down with the Wooden rim. This covering allows the air to enter and eliminates sweating of the produce. The damp— ened paper takes care of the rest. Tack two tags on either side of the barrel. Then also write on the side of barrel with‘ blue pencil, “Fresh vegetabes, Rush." Be sure the bill of lading gives full name and address of consignee, telephone number also if possible. I Weigh the barrel when packed as it must have exact weight before ship- ping bill can be made out. Otherwise the agent or freight. house foreman must take time to ascertain the 'weight and it might mean less of ime. Many times I have had just such shipments come in and the local freight car all ready to ‘ Better still, if you are shipping. much,"ask the agent for a block of lading bills. Make your own, be sure they are just as you want them billed. ' Ask the shipping rates on commo- dities you wish to ship, then remem- ber. them. It is your right to know, especially if you must pay the freight out of your profits. And in carload ' shipments the same rules should be followed as to billing. The agent .will furnish you with car sealers. If you are shipping from a. crossing you will seal the car yourself. Be sure to do it well. I remember a car of apples spread from Oakwood crossing to Detroit. The shipper was to blame. The car was almost empty when it reached Detroit. ‘ . Farmers! Use the rails ‘and save the highways—Marie F. Haines. , CANADIAN 1921 WOOL CL - . pnors . HE pi‘oductionzof wool in Canada ' in use amounted «3:21.251,- »4$6.ponnds,-compar with the Watedrclioln issuer 74.01.210.000 to- theepominion ' _'«"'-'to'r his. LAB-BO execution sows obtainable. We have I sows an m ratio; 1921 no: Earl-n, Pavillion Detroit. - You wmrr on: or gash sgm m: I Pics of April and May furrow. sired mm Bender: and Model ‘ niece. P ' ROI'l' cnmmr Hoe rm, 3mg aims. Mich. ' . PURE aneo DUROO—JERSEY- or lace your order now. . " RD AUCTION Bad Axe Fair Grounds Bad Air's, Mich! Friday, Sept. 1, 1922 (Last day Bad Axe Fain—1o 20 Females . _ (Many with calim by side.) 1'. 3. 7231-6. Roma-won mm «on: each 3&“11‘1 an” ftstandcing “on bd A I, 'V A on -. Semflon'f the twice world?” ' 2 King 4th. at web" prlca. Write W. H. CRANE? Lumen. Niel: REG. DUROO JERSEY SPRING PIGS. sex. Can furnish pairs unrelated. Also bred E, Priced to sell. VICTOR G. LAD Merrill. Mich. UK 511 9, at service E. E. A ety Distnlb P rfecti d r at e on Prime Star Grove and Dale breed‘ Arc of uni ood thrif use 5-: will a? the user most good. Are ' . for consumers who It from Detroit Packing Comma . The Sale We ‘ nun catalog and full particulars. Write now. Addrul. T. F. B. SOTHAM & SONS GUERNSEY 8 GUERNSEYS OF MAY ROSE AND GLENWOOD BREEDING. No abortion, clean federal sires dam made 19,460.20 milk, 909.05 fat. Their mother's sire’s dam made 15,109.10 milk 778.80 fat. Can spare 3 ' for Aug. and Sept. farmw. A few shot? for service boars. Shi on i. don (Hammad. F. megd “mm BE PARTICULAR rowed my In won 1 State It: Imggm "Ii-e331; am! ' ' every thug I eel Send for photos RA l. THOMPSON, Ohm M .' "asses nuaoc min? so. yea!- eld. No. 182429, Ilium Drip! Also some May '9' PM I: ones A raw wen-emu mtofi' . ed spring Duroc Boers. also Mod ml all" Giltl in season. Call or ' ‘ ' lIcNAUOHTON a FORDVOI. u, lam. IIQ‘ , some mos av Hume's so: one. an; Pathfinder Orion. Priced to loll. 83mm guaranteed. Write. H. E. LIVEBMOBE & 808.; Romeo, Mich. , FOR saLE—SEP’rEMIEn ours—ores oi. bred. sired by A. Hod CHAS. F. RICHARDSONrg'Bli'nzm LL caesr ounces—snap sows IE‘ I H sold. Annehnoefboars weighingfmn 15 pounds on. Farm Middleton.‘ Gratiot Co. NEWTON & BLANK. Per-rim, Kick. 4 miles bond: of LUROO JERSEYS—43nd son and am . ready. f stints? our wants to census co. no: 0G ASS‘N. v. Lidgnrd see. Hastings 1% 2 heifers and a beautiful lot of young bulk . HICKS. R 1. Battle Creek, Mich. j HAMPSHIRES E GUERNSEY BULLS READY FOR service and bull calves carrying K‘bi blood 0’ my heifer Normn's Min-nice. M Rose, World Champion G. G. 81nd by has gm. Dams flninshing splendid A. R. Records. A. M.- SMITH. Lake Glty, A CHANCE TO GET SOME REAL HAMP- shires. Boar pigs, sired by Gen. Peuhiu Again. Gilt Edge Tipton, Messenger All Over 10th. Gear. Pershing 2nd., and other great been. Writes for list and prices. DETROIT (BREAKER! HOG FARM, Route 7, Mt. Clemens. Mich. Hampshlres—A few choice Bred Gilts with boar . Dis no kin to gills. John W. Snyder, St. Johns, 'Mloh. AYRSHIRES 0. I. C. FOR SALE—REGISTERED AYRSHIRE bulls and bull calves. heifers and heifer cal"; Also some choice cows. moan enos.. n 5. Vassar. Mlch. O. I. C. AND G. W. sows, BOARS. FOR 1928 litters, $12 and $15 each. Polled Sher-thorns. Mail your wants. FRANK BARTLETT, Dryden. lloh. O l. C. TRUE TO NAME, PROLIFIO STRAIN. open gilt}; bred gilts. booking orde for September boar and sow pigs; we ship C. 0. D. Ask for d SPnDthD' and weight. the price will be right Maple Valley Stock Farm, North Adams, Mlch. FIVE PINE FARM JERSEY’S ARE MAJESTY bred. We ofi'er two 6 mo. old bull calves out of high testing Rof H. 8. WEI. swnuf POLAN D ( IHIN A FOR SALE, LARGE TYPE—— 'soLAnn onlnn by F’s Glansman 391211. “_‘d—~__ double treatment. Priced to sell. Write or see them. Free livery to visitors. I. A. FELDKAUP N FBAIGISBO FARM POLANDOHIHAS Big stretchy spring boars as good as grow. Pairs Can spare two or three of our good herd sows bred for September. ' P. P. POPE Mt. Pleasant L T. P. C. $15-$20-$25 Spring pigs at above prices. for summer furrow, priced fight. and tries not akin. Top fall gilts bred REGISTERED O. I. 0. SPRING BOARD Sired by R. 0. Big Prince. Write for prices. DETROIT CREAMERY HOG FARM. Route 7. Mt. Clemens. Mich. . BIG LYPVE 0 I 6 PIE ’ fiflul-n BILYEU . Powhatan. 0M0 BERKsmBES ‘ WE HAVE A FINE LOT OF BERKSHIRE spring boars for file. sired by [Me/[MM Don- ble, Bob and Duke of Manchester. ‘DETDOI'! CREAMERY HOG FARM. Route 7. m. (heme , ., SHEEPW HAMPSHIRE SHEEP A few good yearling ram: and some rain lambs left to offer. 25 ewes all uu for sale I l for {all delivery. Everything guaranteed a! represented. . ' ens, Mich. CLARKE u. muss. West Branch. In. J 17 HAMPSHIRE Choice stock at bargain prices. '1! O a; E anuss VALLEY FAR-A. Roch-cur. may; REGISTERED SHROPSHIRE SHEEP, Vania-f in be. e Type P. ,0. Bear Pigs, they can’t be, beat. in Michigan. Sired by Big Bob Mastodon and‘ . Pan 1! son 1,075 Peter Pan. 0. ing rains.- mm in , ewes. lambs. Breeding size, covering, also 100 high. grade Shropéhire ewes. Flock mum 1890;" LEMEN, Dexter. Ildl. ARNANT, Eaton 'Rap'lds. E TYPE POLAND CHINA SP LARG C Clansman, now ready to s w. ALDWELL a SON. Sprlngport, Mloh. AI SELLING A GREAT OFFERING or DUROC BRED SDWS AND GlLTS h " mostly mated to_0rion Giant Co]... Ohio Grand Champion. Get on maili- ‘rn'VLos._' Mllen._llloh. ' 735 FINE slime sons A ' mums Top Col. .a Knudsen of the l LET «m BUSINESS Ir .«We went mm,“ - ‘ . at these {boa BREEDERS ATTEN'rro‘ilL-I If you are planning on “ this year, write uS’now ands.» This service is free test, stock industry in idle I avoid conflicting salegda rodt. mum. an. n ‘ 5,: ounces—POPULAR BLOOD Luisa—cane vet-using Department; .1“. -.z '_‘\,,I_A). I . -_ I ‘ I _- under this hdading,s£_;15 cents per line .per issue. , Clemen send it in. _ V root‘snd quote [rates by return mail. Address;‘.l'he Michigan Business Farmer, - , e ut what you have to oii'er, ands. Michigan. , .x' We. will put it in type, send l g ' i PLYMOUTH noon CHICKS! , CHICKS! ‘ "" It will on to look over these 10333310... for June and “ July delivery. Better chicks at real bargain-prices. Pug-e ,8. O. W. Leghorns, $5. 5 :for, 50; $10 for 100; $47.50 for 500. Pure rron Ens. Leg- horns $5.75 for 50' 811 for $11 for 100; $52.56 for 500 100; $52.60 for 500. hrs . a ‘ . 8. C. Anconghflifllii for 50 ‘ Patch every- esday In June .md Jul . 0rde direct from ad. Prompt ship- 'Fflnt by insured Parcel Post prepaid to your flier. Full. count strong lively chicks on arrival. in)! Quick service and an entirely satisfactory ‘3 “3d 113 Youriorder. Fourteen years reliable lqlinln. Fine instructive catalog free. HOLLAND HATCHERY ' Holland, Mich. ” \ » ‘uild up your flock with pure bred chicks that y earlfi and often. best cits eds, Wyandottes, Ancon 'eé’mngtons. Silver Spangled Hamburg -, .00 per setting. We deliver at your door. our price list and free catalog. .1 J. G. PHILPOTT l‘ R. fl, Box 74 > Port Huron. Mich. ‘_ I'R-79 Leghorns, Minorms, E B: et qualig. _ "j JUST'RITE WA Postage PAID. 95 per cent arrival guamnteed. MONTH’S FEED FREE with each Order. A hatch Get our low July prices. July chicks for January layers. every week all year. 4 0 9 Breeds Chicks. 4 reeds r Ducklings . Select and Exhibition Grades . Cat- ,alogue Bree. _‘. nssoa HATCHERIES, Dept. 30, Gambler, o. JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER OHIX— ~0rder now. Barred or White Plymouth Rocks. B. I. Reds, Black Minorcas. White Leghorns or -Ancon.as $14.00 per 100. prepaid. 16c each In 25' or 60 lots. 100 rercent hve delivery gusr‘ antsed Order our 12 {car producing cheix that rom , tiease. Order direct this ad. R AWN POULTRY FARM. R. 3, Fenton, Mich. I. 0, Bull Leghorns one of the largest . {locks in Michigan My price Is in reach of 111. only $15 00 per hundred. Detroit win- ners, none better LAPHAM EARMS. Plnckney. Mich Day Old Chicks. Standard Varieties. Make your nice“ as. Catalogue and price list now ready. H H. PIERcE. Jerome, Mich. (—7 POUIJI‘RY PULLETS We have pullets in the following breeds ready for out now. In most of these breeds we have mung: plulllets that we are still selling at the men D co. : White and Barred White Leghorns; Anconss __Jor ’Sin is ,ooks; White Wyandottes: White and Buff Orp- '~‘ atom; Rhode Is and Reds. -, STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION = Kalamazoo, Mich. RUFF . nOcKHronze .Turkeys—For 20 year's, by J ‘0‘. Oiipp ’& Sons. Bx. M, Saltillo, lndf. r LEGEORNS. A PllllllD PULLETS ‘°' °' w- ‘9’ “"0"” 15th- delivery. s raisedlmlyio sickness. No crowdins.‘ Satisfaction or most 'back. Will lay in August and all through e 1’ ll season when 3223 are the highest. agoRsEfiLEOHORN FARM, Beldlnu. Michigan Ian ‘ ‘ I ;'.’71000'.'Ohicks‘ 'ro" urine-sham , . .. - t} " I ‘ 1‘ . 2' “ 1‘ 2 : a,” a ' {figtfiiirilm liqu s it .6qu k4 'LAPHAM FARMS. "Finelthsy, mph. ' h l . 1 surrJLEsHonIs-szmtfi 83%;... W. WEBSTER, Bath, Michigan RHODE ISLAND mans ODE ISLAND REDS, TOMPKINS STRAIN Boghfloombs. Stock for sale after September 15th. WM. H. FROHM, New Baltimore, Mich R. 1. WHITTAKER'S R. I. REDS. 200 SINGLE comb red pullets_at $2.50 . Also to 5.00 each mi 111 la Comb coc and cockerels. $3.31.. for acalaim? Interlakes Farm, Box 4, Lawrence, Mich. ROSE 00M: RHODE ISLAND _RED8. Hatch- ing Eggs reduced to $1 per setting. MRS. AL- BERT HARWOOD, R. 4. Cbarlevoxx, Mich. (P) ORPINGTONS HITE BLACK H5355; eggs in 'season. AUGUS E T GRABOWSK Merrill, Mich., Box 41. Route 4. HATCHIN G EGGS $1 SETTING. Parcel Post Paid. Thor- oughbreds. Barred Rocks, White Rocks But! Rocks, White Wyandoettes, Anconas. Bufl‘ Minorcas, White shorns, Brown Leghorns, Rhode Island Reds, Bufl' Orplngtons. PHILIP CONDON. West Chester. Ohio. — IF YOU POUIII‘RY ' _ 3 FOR SALE IT WILL PAY YOU 'ro ADVERTISE IN THE MCHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER : : : THREE LEADING BREEDS CHICKS White Leghorns I Barred Rocks and R. I. Reds. Broiler chicks $7 00 per 100. $35.00 money. I. BRUlIIMER’S POULTRY FARM, TOM BARRON ENGLISH WHITE LEG- HOBNS, PABK’S BARRED ROCKS, S. C. PRICES FOBZIEUGUST $2.50 $5.00 $10.00 $47.50 $95.00 100 per cent live delivery prepaid to your door. layers obtainable on free range and We uarantee satisfaction Give us a. trial and be convingced. or refund your B. I. BEDS 50 100 500 1000 , 3.00 6.00 12.00 57-50 115.00 ' for 500. Selected Pens $1.00 Extra. ‘ These chicks are from the best ~‘ Catalogue free. Importer“ ' - - - Holland Mich., [Box 28 advertising. 5 but they did have to eat. lite. best fed and most contented. "thousands of years, but the principle is doand how to do it. He’s up eonsequentiy he gets most from 1110. We owe it much. Cave Man Stuff ., ACK near the beginning of things, our prehistoric forebears would have perished from the earth if they had not understood the science of reading ’The cavemen didn’t know much about underwear, The one who could follow the tracks of the he hunted, ’or read the meaning of a. twisted Then, as now, the most consistent, reader of advertising There has been something of an evolution in advertising in the last few The consistent render of the advertisements is invariably? best informed on what to eat and .wherehto get it; what to wear and how ' throughout the. ages. advertising Ins done , ’Ln'r's um nosr or 11'. ‘ I~ hair tonic or phonographs, game leaf, or broken twig, was best of was best dressed, Just the same. much to pay for it; on the most important things in life. much to smoke lite livable and .. MAROH 20th.,” $1.2o‘ Finet lot 7 l ' ' \ WK OR BEEF SCRAP INCREASES EGG PRODUCTION ‘ OWLS need animal-protein food. Bugs and worms furnish this in the summer; buttermilk .and beef 80 an make good substitutes in the wi‘_.er. 3' results of an Ontario experiment. Twenty-five hens receiving butter- milk in their ration made $11 profit in 8 months;"a similar, flock fed beef receiving no meat, or milk’was kept at amines of 33. If you feed beef scrap, get good quality, testing 60 or 65 per cent protein. Be careful not to feed too much. ~ , A part of the protein given to the hens in the winter must'be ani- mal food. They need a substitute for the worms, bugs and insects which they relish so much whenlon free range in the summer. Buttermilk or beef scrap is a good substitute. All farmers know how hens start to lay after they butcher. This~is because the bones and offal are thrown to them. They get the meat .food necessary for egg pro- duction. The Ontario experiment lasted 8 months, starting the first of Sep- tember and ending the first of May. Seventy-dive hens were used. They ’Were divided into three pens, 25 in each pen. Hens in pen No. 1 were fed but— termilk; those in pen No. 3, beef scrap, while those in pen No. 2 had no milk or meat food. Pen No. 1 produced 1,762 eggs .and pen No. 3 produced 1,625 eggs. Pen No. 2, the pen having no milk or meat food, produced only 7?” eggs, not quite half either of the others. The buttermilk pen made a pro- fit of $11, and the beef scrap pen a profit of $10. But there was a loss of $3 onthe pen receiving no milk or‘beef scrap. Of Course it costs more to keep the buttermilk and beef scrap pens but it is the (profit rather than the cost that counts, If by using the buttermilk-or skim milk you have on the farm, or by. spending a little money for commercial beef scrap you 'can keep your hens at a profit rather than at a. loss, isn’t it good business policy to furnish the butter- milk. or beef scrap? A Similar experiment conducted in Indiana shows practically the same results. Skim milk was used. instead of buttermilk. The skim milk pen produced 133 eggs per hen annually, and the beef scrap pen or meat food produced only 36 eggs per hen. .The skim milk and beef scrap pens made a profit of about $1 a hen per year, while those having no 'meat food were kept at loss of 4 cents per hen. I 'Plan to have some sort of meat food as a part of the winter ration. Give the hens'the offals when you butcher. II. wild game is plentiful, kill rabbits or squirrels and hang them in the poultry house dust high enough so the hens will have “to Jump» for them. --Feed"sour_ 'f‘skim' milk - ~01," I buttermilk. ' a mile) 117 noun The, illustration below gives the pounds of the ground feed. scrap made 31-05mm, while a ‘flock ' ._ ered.80me baby chick as many as. 135 eggs. ‘The pen having no milk . / accompanies 'c'h‘olera..'-“I w ‘ arrested bird's . to’ffeed or +1: «txnon 9:. being vi ,Beetsscrapns ra'9proudct- oi-Vt'h‘o- '- ' packing houses. Waste :ieces and " oflals are ground, .disi 'ected and cooked. In this form theykeepfin-r a deflndélfi Get a good quality, one? testing 60 or 65 per centvprot'blnf Mix_ the beef scrap with the bran, ' shorts and corn meal. Allow'3 or .4 pounds of beef scrap to 12 or 15. Couldnnonn ISLAND'REns ., . youpleasetell me throu h our gall-Er. Which is r" ht' coloring fogr pyureq re Rhode Islan' Red chickens’1HII‘ord- .8 mm a. o and gqompany. They arrived the 21st of J1 no. my I see they are getting black feat rs in their wings and some are lighter and have crippled toes. Evggn’tgielrfinintdfil think Ithasftml 33:22:26: Mrs. M. z.. Inféifiéieiiiifi’éfifi R" 1' Rf" Be advised that the Rhode Island Red chicks come in various shades of colors. from almost 9. buff to a distinct red. Sometimes tile chicks that are very light when hatched develop into deep colored specimens; however, the majority of chicks are rich and deep in color when hatched. The first'chick feathers that ap- pear do not always. indicate the finely colored pattern of the adult. Sometimes the feathers, Wing feath- ers especially, will contain consid- erable black and white in addition to the red," but this disappears when the adult feathers grow in. When the bird is matured, the plumage calls for a deep cherry red In all sections but in the wings and tail. The tail carries considerable- black and the wings carry approxi- mately half black and half red. The lower part of the primaries, and the upper part of the secondaries are black and the balance of the feathers should be red so that when the wing is folded, only the red color is exposed. ‘ . . ‘ ' The hatchery was a little careless in their. selection, otherwise .the- crippled toes would not be present. In a well-bred flock of Rhode Island Reds there is a uniformity of color and type and in the poorer stock a: high percentage of" variation oc- curs—E- C. Foreman, Associate Prof. of Poultry Husbandry, M. A. C. FAILURE WITH GosLINGs We have just subscribed for the Michigan Business Farmer. So I thought I would write you for some advice on how to raise goslings. I have tried it for three years and have had a- failure every year. I had 19 goslings last year and only raised. one. And I had 19 this spring and- have lost them all but seven so far. I have turned themdoose every year and thought that perhaps they were running themselves to death, so I put them in a yard this year 43 feet square and picked grass and °cut it all up fine for them, and fed them . dry oatmeal besides. I had a trmIgh for them to swim in but people told me that they must not sit in the wat- ter all day, so I got a drinking foun- tain for them but nothing seems to help. ' " They seem to be nice strong gos- lings when they are hatched, and seem to be all right till they get to be about four or five‘ weeks old, then they start to die off 2 and 3 at a time, they seem to get weak in the. legs and can’t walk, and they have a diarrhoea, they dont seem to grow as fast as they ought to either while they are growing. Will the readers please write and tell me what to do to raise th'em.-—JM rs. R. C. B., Sag- inaw County, Mich. ‘ I. . HENS DIE , Cbuld you tell me what to do for my hens? They are dying almost. every day. Cholera. and White Diarrhea is what I think is the trouble—E. 11., Adrian, Mich. Bacillary White Diarrhea seldom‘ affects mature hens f in“ as far-as; diarrhea symptoms are, concerned. There is, however, a diarrhea which" , , ouldrecen? lite: seems .33 . v, . mend immed ‘ against . basement all this time. I L' hitched and pro- ii‘. DaVis, Assistant in Poultry Hus-' V “. I’EVER‘ Say' Fall" is the slogan ' of the Collection Box ' Editor. But once in a while ‘he has to admit failure. Take that case, for‘ instance, 'of M. C. A., of Twining, the ,“Am'erican Literary Ass‘n,” of Kansas City. This asso- ' ciation induced Mr. A. to part with $1 “initiation” fee before they would agree to examine a short story he had written and was desirous of putting on the market. Having sent both the dollar and the manuscript he awaited results. They didn’t come. He wrote the firm... His letter came back marked “no firm of this name known." He appealed to the Collection Box.‘ But after having our letter to the firm meet the same fate as his and learning direct from I the Kansas City postmaster that the firm had actually “flew the coop” leaving no tail feathers to mark the trail, we closed the files on the case, regretting, of course, that Mr. A. is to lose his dollar and his manuscript, both of which have probably caused him many hours of labor. Beware of the glib circular letter that promises to find a market for your songs and stories. The person who thinks he or she can write are as susceptible. to flattery as the maiden.la‘dy of forty summers. But the market on both is limited. There are a few reliable song and story syndicates whose names and ad- dresses can be learned by writing any literary magazine. All others shun. " THE EXPERIENCE POOL Bring your everyday problems In and set the experience of other farmers. uostlone ed- dreeeed to this department are p lshed here and answered by ou,'our readers who are graduates of the chool of Hard Knocks and who have their diplomas from the College of Experience. If you don’t want our editor’s advice or an expert's advice. but Just plain. everyday husiness farmers' advice. send In your question here. We will publish one each week. If you can answer the other feiiow'e question, please do so, he may an:- vver one of yours someday! Address Exper- Ienoe Pool. care The Business Farmer. lit. Clemens, Mioh. TO SPRAY PLUM TREES N your issue of May 27 you tell the disease to plums but don't tell what to do—except to spray. Good—but with what? I had it in my grove and sprayed with Bor- deaux. Dried up the bladders and saved the plums, and never had more of it. That'is only the experience of one fellow. May be it won’t work for others. If you try it, do the job yourself and do it thoroughly—4 to 6-times at least. Don't give the trees just one shot, and because it don’t work for you, say it’s no good. But gonfor ’em and go frequently—all season through, Remember the Bible says: “If you try anything—- try it~fu11y before you condemn.” Now you plum fellows—-—cut -this out—make a copy for every plum tree and paste on every tree—so When spring and spraying time comes ——you can find-the prescription—A. A. Weston, Galesburg, Col. ~ VINEGAR HAS BITTER TASTE We have a half barrel of cider two years old and it has not got into vinegar, but has a bitter taste. It looks pale and it has been in the Can I.do ; we. mini d, in arresting the . There“ is -' no satisfactOry." I , . reament for the fowls if they are ” - affected with fow1 cholera.——-George ., is after 3 and . ,T' 9? fruit. Peaches'set (‘1, 11. but three-fourths neuron?“ 91!. Puma are loaded the heaviest 'ever saw and they are staying- ‘on‘.’ 'My trees are on.” ood soil and have cared ~for. Was it the cold;.damp'weather at blossoming time that caused the fail- ure?——A. R. H.. Macomb County. You are, we think, correct in\your supposition that the: weather at blossoming time shouldcxlie-blamed for the poor showing the. trees are making. It was noticeable that the bees were not very busy much of the time. Poor polination resulted. Plums fared best. Peaches were in- adequately fertilized, so are weak and have been dropping. Apples came later still and fared worse. The ‘ importance of bees in the orchard is anything to help it or not.——-G. C.,_ Standish, Mich. , TO TREAT TURKEYS - Mrs. C. M. B. of 'Langsburg, Mich., 'asked how to treat her ,aming turkeys through the M. B. I have 'vfoun‘d the following successful. 10. drops fluid extract of Ipecaqthree times. a day for th—reegdays, twice. a I airy for twogdays,‘ .once a day for ee days : .nrevsn‘t .disseae 1.11 iv gone teaspooniul powdered - a twenty- r’tui‘km‘ twice... . i . . “~ I B '_(111344119171?!vvéfil‘li’iisf'mhei‘deratmn'by ’ obvious. Keep bees. There is no prospect of any new tangled method to take the place of bees. NOTES AND COMMENTS WIG-BLIGHT on apple trees has been the cause of considerable. injury in recent years; Cut back six inches or a foot beyond the affected part, then sterilizethe knife before using again. -A weak solu- tion of lime-sulphur or copper sul- phate will do. Either of these is strong enough to kill germs when only a small quantity is used in water. The former is strong enough at 1.35, the latter at-_the rate of a pound to 50 gallons of water. ‘An ounce would be enough to Sterilize the knife and saws for a small army of pruners. It is also well to brush the wound on the branch with the , liquid. If an orchard is to planted next year and the ground is in sod it should be plowed this summer or early fall. Especially is this true of an old or heavy sod. The sooner it is turned under the better. A new- ly plowed sod is a poor place for an orchard, yet just" such ground is often used. No wonder there is such a less of trees the first year. Then the n rseryman is blamed for sending ou worthless stock. The poor fellow is guilty of enough at best, he should not be blamed for the shortcomings of others. There is usually a demand for green apples, even though berries are plentiful nothing quite takes the place of apple pie, even though the “makings” are not half-grown. Then is the time the enterprising . orchardist markets his surplus, thus getting enough to pay for the cost of thinning the ,fruit. When there are clusters of three, four or more apples reduce the number to a pair. The benefit does not stop with the present. Buds for next year’s blos— soms are formed in mid—summer. Thinning fruit aids in this. A half— grown apple re oved may result in one, perhaps t o, for next year. In thinning apples there is danger of pulling off too many in trying to remove one. A pair of grape shears for clipping the stems Will' be found useful. A little practice will enable an operator to use the shears rapidly. Some men are good at the work, but women are better trained in the use of such instru- ments, girls are usually handy with tililem, boys mostly worth the least of a . ’ ' Many unkind things have been said about the Gideon apple, so much so that it may be considered as a rival of the Ben Davis in un- popularity. ‘To be sure it is’a poor keeper and} is of not much account as a dessert fruit" But it has sev- eral points in its favor. The tree is hardy and a wonderfully vigorous grower. It bears early, 'often and much. By the last of July the crop may be thinned by the removal of the largest apples. Later the thin- ning may be repeated and so on till the fruit is all gone. As a green < fruit the Gideon is hard to beat, and some markets seem never to get enough. Growers have found it profitable for this purpose. Some say the Gideon has proved -the., most pro- fitable tree in the orChard, masthead »_.tl.1e siege-13...; when planting orchard; V .0 many. “phenom. wAppJes' cherriesv‘bIQESdmed heavily. but: set lit 1e - , , If there. . is a good ...demand for. green apples. ’been sprayed-"and"cu iva’t‘éd- ‘~and~well— ‘\ Plant-Maker ° With Roller Bearings “ v and a; Mach Lower Price"? " f. HEN the new-design International Manure Spreader came on the market in large numbers about two years ago, it immediately met with such an enthusiastic demand that dealers could not begin to fill orders. This machine marked a great advance in good spreader building and the farm public was quick to realize it. Stop at the McCormick-Deering dealer’s store and find out the reasonior this pronounced 1. Roller bearings at seven points. o 2. Power delivered from both wheels. 3. Double ratchet drive with six feed speeds. 4. Short turn front axle; no pole whipping. 5. Rear wheels track with front wheels. 6. 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I ' ,rnrr‘soonon CONTAGIOUS ABORIWN Describes cause eil'eote and treat- 0 . . are sto ping the ravages of this costly malady. Write for free copy (odo- ABORNO usomrronv 42 Jon emu, Lancaster, wn. ment; tells how farmers in all part- FBEE sAurLr can or. --—'-an SUPPIES.-."' .Aerial Wire, magnet wire, insulators, Barker Fowler Electric Co". _ an I. men. even LANSINIG. mes.- urw ropuun Enumfi". on Health. Success. Psychoioey.‘_9hliqeee, _ allotment. e ~ rm Manoeuvres e oox. veneer: Save in Travelln Cw Steamers rte ‘ » ‘ land. Leave Third Street " - - time: for \Buifalo‘ 6 p. m.‘ ’ nip. m._ (2 steamers) .De. Cleveland Tuesday. Thu "carried. receivmg sets. 58:301.. 7m. . Fe v ,» ENERAL business conditions which looked so promising a » .few weeks ago have taken a de- ~5Lcided turn for the worse, and unless the strikes .are settled shortly we , may look for an extended period of ' unemployment and depression. The - coal strike which. should have "been and could have been settled months ago by proper governmentalaction, is still paralyzing the production of "coal and the entire country has at last been aroused to the dangers of ' a probable shortage. Industries which have been running full blast are slowing up becauseof lack of fuel and it is but a matter of a few weeks at the outside before all manu- Iwcturles depending upon coal for their motive power will have to shut down completely. _ Fully as menacing to the nation’s s well-being is the rail strike which has reached such proportions .that train service has been badly crip- pled and hundreds of trains have been taken off. We do not like to he pessimistic, but present condi- tions cannot continue much longer . without costing everyone heavily in . money and inconvenience. The ad- ‘, ministration has made a mess of the Whole industrial situation, and the people are suffering the conse- quences. - Prices of the things the farmers buy are again tending upward while the prices on all farm commodities have a downward. trend. Apparently the agricultural “deflation” has not yet run its course. Those who swore they Would have Wheat back to the dollar mark by the first of September appear to be making good on their threat. Wheat prices have tumbled rapidly this last two weeks and further price declines are in sight. Other grains are in sympathy, and the general tone of all farm commo- » dities is weak and uncertain. It may yet be necessary to adopt dras— ‘tic legislation to save agriculture from disaster. Certainly prices can- not go much lower without causing farmers great financial loss. Crops in general are very good, the July estimate showing a consid- erable improvement over June in many states. Several bumper crops are in prospect. Under other cir— cumstances we would welcome them, but in view of Europe’s low buying power, they are likely to prove a curse instead of a blessing. WIIEAT We are frank to confess that we don’t know What is the matter with the wheat market. Mr. Foster, our ,;,i,;lweather forecaster, charges that the grain gamblers have conspired to Y'force grain prices down and lay the cause at the door of the legislation , ,which has been adopted and is pend- ing to regulate and restrict the grain exchanges. Foreign demand is fair, ,the strike situation would naturally have a bullish effect, and everyone ' knows perfectly well that the rest of the world is short on wheat. But «despite these bull factors the price keeps going down. It is now the “ lowest in several .years,'and $1 wheat _' on the Chicago market is in eight. . The price decline has caused farm- " are much uneasiness and frightened 1 many of them into sellingtheir grain. ‘Others have been obliged to sell to Hmeet obligations. Few people be- lieve, however, that wheat prices will tremain long at their present level. The general belief is that artificial ef- forts to depress the price must soon “give way to natural factors having an upward influence. We do not .believe farmers should sell at the spresent level of prices. Prices ' Detroit—No. area, $1.06; No. 2 bite and‘No. 2 mixed, $1.04. Chicago—No. 2 red, $1.04 1-2@ "Pricesflone year ago——Detroit, No. 31.27;. No. 2 white, 31.24; *2'mixed;.,31.33. -_ . g I , - ' n .V _ I _ r V ' mm“ ET SUMMARY ' {2 yellow, 62 1—2c; No. 3 Wheat opens week but later” takes on easy tone. Corn steady; Oats unchanged. ' Rye lower. Beans quiet. Fair demand“; .\ for butter and eggs." Potatoes in good supply and easy. Cattle steady to lower. L ‘Hogs”‘activo and’ higher. Sheep IOWer. (Nata: Thumbs» annual-Izod information was roe-lied mu. hum «'m me- ntpqnwuucln typo. "contains mil-mt. Inth on to with!» one-halt hour of going to Dryer—Editor.) , r ; CORN- OATS Trade has been broad during the past couple of weeks while prices have been weak, the market losing. 2c at Detroit. , Domestic demand has been, and continues, small. Export business was fair the fore part of the last fortnight but at the close of last week was rather quiet. Re- ceipts are light. Many sections re- port a more liberal country offering but the rail strike situation con- tinues not favorable. Crop news as a whole show the growing crop in fine condition. Iowa reports the crop making good progress. In gen- eral thecrop is about 10 days late in that state but, it is stated, with normal weather there should be. a good crop. On the opening day of the current week the market de- veloped. some strength and prices were firm. Prices Detroit—No. 2 yellow, 700; No. 3 yellow, 69c; No. 4 yellow, 68c. Chicago—No. 2 yellow, 62 1-2@ 630. New York—No. 2 yellow and No. 2 white, 79 1-20. Prices one year ago~Detroit, No. yellow 61 1-2c; No. 4 yellow, 58 1-2c. Present ,oat prices remind us of the “good old days” of calico and homespun. Highest cash prices at Chicago at the close of last week’s market ranged well under 33 cents ,a bushel, with futures selling as low Stock of oats remain—' .ing on farms is less just now than as 31 .cents. for some time—but that fact seems not to have any eflect upon the mar- ket. Oats are acting in sympathy with wheat and will not likely show independent strength. We are in for a longperiod of low oat prices. Prices Detroit—No. 2 white, 35c; No. 8 white, 33c. Chicago—No. 2 white, 31@34 ‘1—2c; No. 3 white, 29 3-4@33c. New York—No. 2 white, 45c. Prices one year ago——Detroit, No. 2 white, 36c; No. 3 white, 340; No. 4 white, 33 1—2c. RYE Rye follows the trend of the wheat market and the grain is easy at the present time. Prices on nearly all markets declined some during the last two weeks. The Detroit market ’ THE WEATHER FOR NEXT WEEK As Forecasted‘ by W. ’1‘. Foster for T he Michigan Business Farmer ram-s wall-man 'annr roe Time: 19221 12345 7,8910 1213 ¢ omcmwu-mcr wmnnseoob;dunondamform drain 'Iolid, tumnumoruumasbetwmmmsom More“;ka r x u: r ' ' mmuammmmlwniumqmfiww ° 36' M". rend want of Rockie- cuth mmm ummmmm m Strugb heavy horizontal line is for normal anger-tutu; crooked linen, tamper-suns forecasts; when 1h normal bola mm ux inane-o gym" ad line «mountingmufa'iVJ —WAmNGMN, Aug. 18, 1922—North part of South America will continue dry and south part, including Argentina, wet. The drouth in Europe, within 500 miles of the Mediterranean Sea, will continue and other parts of Europe about as for past three months. and New Zealand will continue. Shortage of rain—not a drouth—in Australia In Eastern Asia and Japan a little better, but shortage of rain will continue. or crap weather ; North merica is assured of good. average crops, but the dry spots will continue except a little increase in moisture on Pacific Slope. Cropweather in Mexico will continue as for past three months except a little increase of rain west of Rockies crest. I have completed the forecasts for 1924. Severe storms are necessary to good cropweather. Without them we would not get rain, only a mist and more perpetually cloudy, damn weather as men- tioned in Genesis of the Bible. That weather condition probably prevailed be- fore the moon came to the earth. 1 have not before mentioned that the severe storm periods take effect on all parts of the earth near the same time. but in vastly different features. tensity. cold, will be more radical. Whatever the prevailing feature is: increases in in- If wet weather more wet, if drought more severe, Recently severe storms were approaching China The storms, heat, and my severe storm period for last days of July turned these slow moving storms into a terifllc destroyer and 5.000 Chin one were killed by it. The severe storm period centering on August 20 will be of importanoe’to all parts of the world. Local mem—Northeast, north of 36 and out of 90: Highest temperatures near August '23 and 28; storms and most ra ' two months; more than um! west, 20 and 31; average near normal; most severe ' in during week conform; 20: distributed about as for past Cropweather of this section above normal. for 1923 for all of North America Reports t I have aided a Groom are not 002‘ch 1 rimmed that serious «booth. in alarze section of North Amrl on, will begin within tw I lived nearly all my life in er. lawyer, publisher of 11 believe that people of thou era and other bushels esltly watcher ta '3 are n Sealing to gain wealth... Host at capitalism Yor . districts so are give its t tw grain and provisions wool feed'iha"dt¥ vpe . V miners, loos. .daa‘ers, l N , robberma _ 0 your. from Octo agricultural , . . . editor, merchant, lecturerp oocupationp, also bankers, miners, loco. I as who live. in agricultural districts. really and hon- mm - ot opposed to wealth, but in favor of it; But all of them are opposed to capitalism whicnnow means unfair haven“ sgppfigdgom . Another I; was .s e _ ba- 81. 1922.- sections, was a tanner, school teach- litician. I grain deal- hovers around Chicago -and New ' me n mes war todet'roy manufacturies in the agricultural s at the" ac 0 ways to railroads: build it cities sojhat agrl‘c ; uni districts to : “on a" name for v ., “RM‘f'lerifiiswg the was V _ ”' . Auteur. 1,2." .. . - at Chicago, 539580 For Detroit—~—Cash, Nd". 2, lie-.7. ‘ v -. Chicago—No. 2,: '11 315297133353 “131‘in smo- Are’nr Baum... ' o 9" ‘ ~ v 1'8 r ‘ _ .—~‘ c—p Barley yules quiet with, they _ ABEANS - our last issue, but in the absence" of scarcely any supplies therein” tie trading. A well-known in beans told us a short time that he had been scouring’tho" coali- try forbcans but was unable to” Ed enough to fill his orders. Speculation is. still keen on what the opening 'price on t-he‘new crop is likely to be It is reported that one Richi'gan jobber is on’ering beans for October delivery at $6 per cwt. The gentle- man is likely to get his fingers, burned. Certain it is that he and others who are acceptingcontraets for future delivery at prices tar bow , low those now prevailing will do everything in their power to depress the price to the level of their fig- ures. The Michigan bean Jobbera, are in a position this year to die- tate within a certain wide range what the' price of beans shall be. Let us hope that they will not for- get the interests of the growers, but will so far as possible, keep the price somewhere near the level nee-.- essary to yield the growers a fair profit. If they do not do so, the bean growers may’have to act upon the suggestion of A. B. Cook, master of Michigan State Grange, and or- ganize to keep the price above the cost of production. 7 7 Detroit—C. H. P., $835116: ewt. Chicago—C. H. P., $9@9.25; red kidney, $8.75@9 ‘per cwt. ‘ New York—C. H. P., cwt. ' Price one year ago—Detroit, C. H. P., $4.65. per cwt. ' $0.75 per POTATOES There is nothing new to say about this market. [All the dire predic— tions that have been made as to the " trend of the market are gradually being fulfilled. The trend is down- ward. Prices on early stock are the lowest for some years and unless a general holding movement is inaugu- rated all over the country there is bound to be a rush of spuds to the market in early October which will allrbut destroy, it. It seems as-if there should be far~visioned -men in the potato organizations who can bring forward a plan to prevent or at least defer the calamity of low prices which, barring the unfore- seen, is sure to-overtake the potato farmer. _ A Prices ‘ Detroit—s 1.65 per cwt. Chicago—$1.35 per cwt. New York—$1.10 per cwt. Finishing—$1.22 per cwt. Price one year ago—Detroit, $4 per cwt. HAY Receipts of hay last week were much lighter at most‘ter‘minal points, but the demand was not heavy. As there is a large quantity of unmer; charitable hay in the 'oflertngs, there are accumulations of this sort 1'81- ported, which are hard to more at any price. .. Did hay is in very small receipt and will bring a premium of — from $2 to 33 over top (lactation-lg; {:7 of new hay. in smne markets. Home . ever, there is little ot- the batten grades altered and, indications are, that the best old hay, is getting closes." ‘ Iy cleaned up. ' . g ~ Detroit—fitmdard timothy.“ ‘ _ 2;»‘atimatby, omega: , _ OWE: ' Bean prices have stiffened. .. _ .l. tweak were 115.com, in. ' g V filtrth opened 25c higher-on : 0W..-Jmedlum weight and weighty I steers, which were in very light sup- butcher steers and handy weight steers were in {light supply. ‘ 151:0 2'5c‘higher: heifers were . f" in] very light. supply, sold strong; ‘ bulls were inth supply, sold 15 to -,‘-25c Viewer; all . grades of ’ cows were-binary. supply. acid 25 to 50¢ lower; stacker: and feeders Werein light IEPW. will steady; yearlings in very light supply. sod 15 to 85:: higher. . were no good heavy cattle on the m_ ‘ ,Top was $10.50 for one load of choice long yearlings, averaging 1043 -;pounds. - . - The receipts of hogs Monday, Aug. 14,.totaled 10,400 head. The market opened steadyto 15c higher on the Me $13 More Per Cow ' Free Book for D Planer. Tells How to Cut Waste; Given Valuable Building Hints Do you know that the manure produced by one cow in twelve months contains elements valued at 039? And do you know that one-third. 02813 ofthin mm in loot .- tee of I you tong improper heddling ? By pro- ding a is easy- " - m It! outside the been. this lose “breasted. Welt-grains“. M ncrete Dairy . . and lane-e yous-moneys 3% m madame in M Ampleteiinedm" _ Civee on various . ' to Queue *1. p. m ‘ l t a g l cattle Monday ct" ' Feed l " ' ‘ 1 “u: at $10.75; w :* ,5‘01 stage. 83.5665. screed-piss o onv'mtlhe opening day or this week were 22 cm: or 4,499 head. Choice lambs said-1:251: over last weeks .clese, selling 1mm $12.75@13, culls,»$9.50@10; yearling, 59.60% 10;. wet-hers are quoted from $8@ 8.25 weight ewes: “a 6.60; heavy ewes, $4.50@5.50. ' The-receipts oi! calves were 1,500 head. Choice calves sold 50;: higher last week, best selling from 613.500 13f throwouts, 1'20 0 140 uo@11; heavy throwous, 160 ' to 190 lbs., 37.5069; heavy. fat veal selves, $8.50@10, asrto weight and . quality. MISCELLANEOUS MARKET ouoranons . Aug. 15th. “fwry, in tube. 31 i ' lb. ‘1'” “9% current 21 age; candied 2 1- o ‘ r n. Piwmsfiaasgmear M E $1.60@1.76 per bu.; . per bu. CKLEBERRIES—S @58 per hu. 8— . 0 per bu. 8—4“ 2.50@2.75 per sack of 100 ""°@1'7is%?§ohap‘§rp%”az N— c . EggBAG-gggflome grown, 40@50¢ per HONEY—Comb, 18@200 per 1b POPCORN—~—4 1—2@5c; Little '- Ib. . 1 r'CALVF‘“——C1hoice. “@150, medium. 12@13c; large coarse. “@110 ULTR'Y—Best springs. 30c; medium.:1:rcings. 280; leghorns, 23@24c, “5° "‘*mhmlf'hzz@ai°e1e°m:e .332: 22 Se: lens. '. :- m. zliiez n"13¢; ducks. 1802M, mrk . 250 r . CfiRY—gdeichlgan. “@200 per dos. ecei so 20 1-3 landzt’rtded. 22 '* 'Buster, CONDITION OF VARIOUS TRUCK ‘ CROPE 0!! AUGUST 1 The commercial cabbage crop had gmal condition on August 1. accord- ing to reports received by the United States Department of Agriculture. This is much above the ‘lqear ever-- use condition of 82 per cent of nor- mal. me! “I reported for commercial onion- ou August 1, compared with' ' the—qu average condition for this date at 7& cent of normal. For com tomatoes 9. condition of 88 per cent of normal was reported, compared with the 7-year average condition at 81 per cent. WOOL MARKETS _ The wool market seems now to be in a very strong position. Stocks, at least in the middle west, are not re- l ported large. and holders are not in— clined to sell, no that very little is moving. For the pment, what little isbeingsominchanzmgmdsat about the quoted levels, but most western dealers are looking for bet- ter priecs when buying in volume is resumed, probably in‘September, and consequently there is no anxiety to sell. The trade views the situation 1 as bullish. as the estimated supply and demand figures indicate that ,thiflconntl‘yilgoinstoneedmore thanisavaflabie at ’eeentprice liven. . m m Lucius“ ~ 94mm * files. .. on, more ~ha‘1r'e'been'101‘ ~ r sheep and lambs - a condition of 90 per cent of 3 nor— , 3 A man of the people, who knows the people’s prob ' less, Independent, Big-Hearted, Able. Progressive, but not - My” , Herbert F. Bakeft’l . Progressive-Republica' n Candidate ron United States Senate \ RadicaL A Self-Educated, Self-Made Man. BAKER’S RECORD Born on a farm in Lenaw sinned charge of farm when only 15tyyeen nt inder in following “minim” 0ch Worked 1113 we school. Set- Lew eetsblishlnz hm er “'1'” Phat 1" tied in C boygan county in 1889. taught Jackson prison; law for advulorem flon school, mr ed in woods. b0 ht wild land of _telephone telegraph and exprele com‘ and hewed a farm out of if“; wilderness. names; election reform law“ all prohibi- Now owns and emonnlly operates one of “031 “tongue” .“t'; 3 1’“ finest mm in ‘hebonw county. la?on;dcreditedd vnth ado tion cadmigiatim. re erenum an rec we; 1 en en ti Momf ber’ot Michigan Home of Re ruenta- porter of equal suffrage amendment; pusedp— va qr six years. Speaker in 191 . Mem- through house after memorable fight his ' be; men Senate for four years. 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Send no postage on arrival Durable Outing Men’ eeout shoe of soft, pliable brown leather. Absoluter guaranteed barnyard proof. reliable sturdy a les; low 0 broad leather rdest Wide widths. to 12. 1 3: euro: to . ve Size. . - Order No, .a1A138. solid 2, not mtaney. u Pay,~ s .fve an " . no on a - ; ‘, a w ' ‘ al. mar-little b 3' sizes a to 13 1-2 by No. eneee. Price”. a. order big‘ boys' sizes 1 y No.~91A564. Price $1.89. Pa[y_bamaln price and postage on arrival. state axe. . , "* A oak ‘ hula "‘ ($3? almost unheard-of ce 1 r this fame- Latest hid. c1331: undo ml petunia ed co re. all feel; an yarn-d by No. 97F8414.u8end no money. 990 I‘and postage on e.va 23 l 0 jYarda Fancy . “Outing Flannel Ida! ' hi: 1' 'und arment. I all ht all! nail; $1315 26%;... segue pattern aim coal}: 0 by No. 91F3425. Send no money. Pay $1 and postage. 1 Yard: 36-inch Percale only V oh ic tterns in fast colors. In white. ery Calcuettamand Ind' 0 blue with neat strip. res or dots. State co or and ttern. Order I! 9 Feeoei Send no money. Pay 1.49 and pm on arr va . , ‘ Broom Leather Splendid brown ooze leather durable ' extra strong, soles; leather insoles; low broad leat heele- leather loop pull~strap and -relnforced leather beef stay. Roomy last. S 6 to 12. Order No. 97A758. Send No Money. .Pay'81.9,9 val. Order boys’ sizes 1 to 59$ 97A554. Price $1. 0. Order little boy a 8 to 13V by No. 91A655. Price $1.19 and mum on arrival. Mention size. work shoes. Heavy ll 1: leather Brand New Standard Tires Guaranteed 6,000 Miles 80x8 sife low > postage arrive. ' BARGAIN PRIGE LIST No. IMO—30$ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 No. 91041—80st2 No. 91042—42318 GUARANTEED INNER TUBES ' ch buy extra th liqbgwniniyoutliih t t"b vim ' r1 1' ‘, _ .. 33: time Lil-i I ‘ " . some . - - ce and V “ l a \ $122.! ‘i