Ail Independent- -Farmer’s Weekl Owned and Edited in ichigan MT. CLEMENS, SATURDAY;-SE1)EEMBER 30,3922" olefi. lths. ‘ Pay / “So [sing merrily, merrily, as we gather it in; ‘ We will store it away gladly, in gamer and bin.” ‘ —Song of the Harvest, by Henry Stevenson Washbum. nix/mm. [AV/Ill?! II “mumIlllumaummi I" Chart of Recommendations ' . mm. of cu M0!“ on N.” d c" MM“ 03 Ace, , , Locomobile ....... . . M L. V ‘ ’ . Lozier.............MH V _ Maibohin ........ . .MIHI _ Marion Handley— ECont. Motor). . . . Apgerson Rond’pl. . . . Au . 3 “.- + Means Loss or Gain HE life of your automobile engine depends to an extraordi- nary extent upon your choice of lubricating oil. Upon how you choose depends whether you lose or gain: 7 e ' g . economy (in repairs and operation) I I w savingin fuel . .: Gommmm'm ' 3 w ' i - ’ If you needed expert legal advice, and at the same price could Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . Cr°W‘E'kh*“------- - ' 7 : choose between the most famous jurist in the United States and Cunningham ...... . . gas: ......... .. . - P?“ 2 an untrained, untried advocate, which would you take? Identical “‘9‘” """"" " . : Pu . I reasoning applies to the choice of a lubricating oil for your car. ' ' ' Hundreds of untested lubricants beg for your attention. Forthe same or less money you may have the knowledge, experience, and expert attention of the staff of lubricating engineers of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana). U32 Oolarine THE PERFECT MOTOR OIL Made in Four Grades Seals Pistons Against Loss of Power The grade indicated in the chart to'the left as Correct for your car has been created espec1ally to meet the working temperature of the bearing surfaces of your particular engine. It has been evolvedgwith reference to the clear- . ance between those particular surfaces to the speed at which the bearing surfaces move, and to the weight of the moving body. 7- The Standard Oil Company (Indiana) leads the world in its research into - them}? “wtfirmmfimaummcfi‘fimi wmt'fibombt’émuf” . M“ tneans e—v. yin ' eto ma .. ra ry or Miami-n $5"é‘£23"£3a“c2 mam gnfiproved, lubrication is one of the important contributions of the Standard Company (Indiana) to this industrial era in which we live. Standard 2 8H) Company T 9 1 0 So. Michigan Ave, ' Chicago I - Manistee r months. i said that the - tamar- " ’t Let “ Wild-Eatters ” Trick . I I Could you 3 inform -me' «whether land that there is oil on, shows any V “signs of oil on water in ditches, creeks and springs before wells are _ _‘ driv‘,en.4W. R. R., Edmore, Mich. ' _ ’. VERY year the Geological Sur- vey 'Division of the Department of" Conservation receives many reports and samples of "oil." ' sam‘plesjar‘e generally wet sand or bad smelling water, black or reddish mud, and often oil from some dis— carded. 'bottle of chilblain or dan~ 'drufl.’ remedy: Unfortunately the in- V 1 quiring .public is not always judi—- cious or- particular in its choice of containers for samples, but those re- taining pleasant (1’) odors are in favor. Prince Albert and Lucky . Strike/are competitors for first place. The odor of petroleum is pro- nounced and distinctive, but the smell‘from some of the bottles puts it beyond the powers of the human nose. ’ Seepages of oil and gas are the most common signs in Michigan. They are very numerous in the southeastern and northern parts of the. Southern Peninsula, where the surface deposits are directly under- , lain by the oil and ’gas rocks. Seep- ages are most common around T'sp'rings and in water wells. Gas has been'struck in a large number of wells in the region northwest of Detroit and around- Portage Lake, county. Many of the farmers in the vicinity of Royal Oak and Warren, Oakland and Macomb counties, have used the gas for heating and lighting their homes. The-iwells are generally small, but some of them last several years. Others last only a few days or Recently a Warren drilling for water, struck gas, which caught fire and burned up his.home. So much gas was 'struck near Portage Lake that it blew nearly 200 feet of drill rods out of the well'and scattered them ‘ around in. the trees. Large gas springs occur near Kil- 'master, Alcona county, and near At- , lanta, Montmorency county. It is Atlanta gas spring, when lighted, would burn indefini- tely if it were .not blown out by heavy winds. ' These are belts of leakage rather than accumulation. Several wells have been drilled on the basis of these seepages but without success. The ,little oil found in Michigan_,was , in regions where signs were few or absent. Had the promoters known the facts they would not have been so enthusiastic in spending their money. ' ' _ "Marsh gas,” commonly observed in wet, swampy places, is often mis— taken for seepages of rock gas. Marsh gas, is formed from the decay of‘ plant material in the swamp, con— sequently it is of no significance. Often films showing rainbow colors occur around springs and in wet or swampy places. Generally these are due to ironoxide and not oil. Most of the samples of water sent The -- farmer near ‘ to the Survey contain a sediment chiefly of iron oxideand dark or- ganic matter—teil-tale of iron bear: ing Water and a spring. Such waters are abundant in many parts of the state, especially in Jackson and Cal— houn counties where there is much iron carbonate in the surface de- pOsits and the underlying rock beds. A simple test is to stir the water. If the film breaks up and collects in irregular patches Which do not spread again after the water is quiet, it is probably iron oxide. If the film streams around on the wat- er and shows a play of rainbow colors it‘ is oil. ' Many “wild-catters” of little ex- perience lay great stress on another so-called indication—the “lay of the land." ‘ In some states this may be of some importance, but nearly everywhere in Michigan the “lay of the land" is about as useful as the stars for locating Oil pools. Some of "the old time Pennsylvania wild-cat- ters set great store on the “Forty— five.” In Pennsylvania the folds, and likewise the pools, extend in a north- esat-southwest direction, or at an angle of 45 degrees from a north- south direction. When these pros— pectors come into Michigan they look for a valley ridge or stream northeast and southwest. The fold— ing in the two states is entirely dif- ferent, consequently the “Forty—five" is of no value in Michigan. There is, however, one sign of im— portance. That. is a fold or anti- cline in the rock beds. Nearly every- where the rocks are hurried by sur— face deposits, therefore folds are rarely seen in Michigan. They are more often'found by comparing re- cords of deep wells. Most of the pools of oil and gas in this country are connected with folds of “structures” in the rock beds. This fact makes the discov: cry of a fold of great importance to an intelligent and experienced oil man. Given a “structure” and a pose sible oil bearing bed, an oil man considers he has sufficient grounds for a. wild-cat test. Numerous wild- cat wells have been drilled for oil in Michigan during the past two years. The newspaper accounts of these have contained more or less meaningless jargon about “surface, signs,” “lay of the land,” “struc- tures/i and “anticlines.” Even some of the. standard oil journals have' been guilty of repeating some of the nonsense. In summary, one may say that aside from rock structures, surface signs in Michigan appear to be of little or no importance so far as in- dicating the presence or absence of oil at a given pace. The Geological Survey Division of the Department of Conservation has a large amount of information’concerning surface indications, deep borings, and geolo- gical formations, oil structures and possibilities, in the state. Informa- tion on any particular locality will 'mcewoum Wm ‘ mamasmmsmammm. . «Zr / ‘msumm scum neuumqutaoumsmm rrs muruawmrrmrmmmou suuwmv- lanmwmm-I NOW ’ / ‘ mmlcma be gladly furnished on request to the Department at Lansing. CLUB \VORK TAKES ROOT IN UPP‘ER PENINSULA UCCESS attended the Farmer ’ Round-up which was held at Chatham the middle part of August, under the auspices of the M. A. C. experiment station at that point. Particular interest was shown in the boys’ and girls’ club camp which had double the enrollment of any previous camp, and the judging contests between the boys and girls. Upper peninsula folks feel that the work which is being done among the farm boys and girls means a great deal to the future of the peninsula’s agriculture. Another feature of the round—up was the huge blasting demonstration when two acres of stumps were shot simultaneously, Pres. Friday of the M. A. C. turning on the switch that did the business. A number of other demonstrations, all under the super- vision of M. A. C. department heads, made the ocassion one of consider- able instruction as well as entertain- ment to the more than 2,000 people in attendance. The M. A. C. as well as Mr. D. L. McMillan, who has charge of the up- per peninsula station are to be com- plimented on what they are doing for the farmers of that region. Agri— culture pursuits have been neglected across the straits because farmers have not had a true appreciation of the value of the section as a pro— ducer of crops. But the agricultural authorities of the state are demon- strating that the upper peninsula is an extremely valuable field for ag- ricultural exploitation and we may some day look for itpto rank among the richest farming sections of the state. GRADES FOR GRAPES PROMUL- GATED IN MICHIGAN TATE grades for grapes have S been promulgated by the Mich- igan Department of Agricul- ture, Lansing, Mich, under date of September 13, 1922. The rules and regulations governing the packing, branding, and sale of grapes Were es- tablished in order to encourage the improvement in the quality‘of grapes sent to market. The grades are known as “Table Grapes,” “No. 1 Grapes,” and “Unclassified.” Table Grapes shall be packed in closed con— tainers of 16 pounds or more capaci- ty. They shall be mature and of one variety. The individual bunches shall be compact, free from immature berries and from damaged fruit. A tolerance of five per cent by weight is allowed in this grade. No. 1 grapes shall conform to the standard for Table grapes, except for an allowance for less compact bunch— es, and shall be packed in closed con- tainers of 15 pounds or more. capac- ity. A tolerance, other than comlpact- can: 09 mummy—mom l.- OII ML . September 30, 1922 ndicatiims Are No Sign of Oil Pools You Into'Drilling for Oil Where There is None—State Geological Survey Will Gladly Give Facts , ness of bunches, of ten per cent by weight is allowed. ‘ Unclassified grapes are those pack- ed in closed containers of ‘16 pounds or larger, which do not comply with either of the foregoing grades and which consist of vineyard run; mark- etable fruit. This grade allows a tol- erance of twenty per cent by weight. All grades must be marked and the containers must also show the name and address of the person or firm under whose authority the grapes are packed, sold, or offered for sale. Inspectors will be placed at five important shipping points in the State, who, under the direct super— vision of the inspector of fruit of the Sl;ate_l%1n‘eau of Foods and Stand- ards, will carefully inspect all ship- ments of grapes. Through this service the growers hope to improve the quality of their pack, and also to educate the buyers in the various markets that Michigan grapes can be depended upon as to quality. One association of Michigan grape growers is conducting an ex- tensive consumer advertising cam— paign. Daily papers and posters are being used to educate the public to ask for its brand of grapes. FARMERS’ CLUBS GET BUSY HE Board of Directors of the State Association of Farmers’ Clubs met at the Hotel Went- worth, Lansing, Monday, September 11. The object of this meeting was to outline a program for the regular annual meeting whim will be held In Lansing the first week of Decem- ber. Various Farmers’ Clubs in the state all co—operate closely with the forces generally for better country life. They meet regularly to study and improve local and general con- ditions in Agriculture. The Directors note that many clubs still have not federated‘with the State Association. Organization is power. They pro-pose a policy for the clubs next year that should enlist every progressixe club in the state. The key to country life now rests in organization and education. The farmer is just the sort of collective being that conditions of late have make agriculture prosperous. A best mind of our day. The Clubs’ great opportunity is an educational campaign for the bet- ter things of country life—better business, better homes, and better communities. The farmer alone can make Agriculture prosperous. A fair share of the consumer’s dollar is the first essential. With eflicient production and other rural condi- tions to match, agriculture becomes the best business on earth. ‘ In general this is the type of pro- gram outlined for the next year. In it they have the co-operation of all forces that stand for American de- mocracy. May the program succeed in this day of crisis agriculture. -———Lee S. Noble, President, Oxford, Mich. "barium eat me more 001Fme mauv’ WWW TIE mqur LETENINQ To CONCERTS TKEY'RE LAYING OUT DOME DEMONSTRATIONS 1N THAT [’0me HELD ALONG THE "MN ROAD. nus momma m Asoora urn: new an: M an: tASI’NifiifL--GEE.1HISM an: mos mrmummmm MA coon; u- ems-Mommas unqu mumgwmrnmaswm m, museum um “Manges; WY. A healthy litter of Silver Black Fox Pu!!! plea on the Hendricks Fox Farm HE Hendricks Silver Fox ' ' > Farm was started three years 1 ago in the fall of .1919 with three pairs of the highest grade Silver Black Foxes on a 210-acre Farm near Flint, Michigan. The Fox Farm was successfully operated as a side line in connection with the farm until this fall when we rent- ed the farm to enable us to take up the business in better shape. We now have on our Ranch 74 beautiful black Foxes with a sprinkle mand now-days, which it figured at the same (price the original was bought for, the ranch would be pay- ing over 800 'per cent at the end of the breeding season. i Five animals have been added to the ranch so as to imbreed and a number of males have been ex- changed with the ranchers. Out of the 41 pups secured this spring we have raised all but one. This pup got through the fence when very young. ' We have had no difficulty in,rais- ing these animals. The young‘ if properly cared for grow very rapidly. We have puppies on our ranch less than five months old that are now larger than their mothers. They usually have a litter when they are a year old, the number ranging from one to nine. Our litters this year range from two to six with an aver— age of four _or a little better. i Mating season takes place in Feb- ‘ruary or March and the young are born about 52 days later. Great *' care must be taken at that time of :the season not to get the mother fox frightened as in this case they will .often destroy their young by carry— ing them around hours at a time, and sometimes when they become real nervous they bury them alive. Ranches are generally closed from Jan._ Ist. to July Ist. During this time no visitors are alIOWed in the iranch, and no one except the care- taker is admitted, for they readily look for him when feeding time comes. Their principal food for summer is cereals of different kinds, bread made of entire Wheat, dog biscuits, milk and. in fact most anything that a dog will eat. We also feed a small amount of meat during the Sum- mer months. Beef hearts make a good Slimmer meat. These are bought at wholesale prices at 5c a pound. Owing to extreme high price "‘1 flyifi'f'cfi1691?? FOX Farmiilél’rofitahle ,' Many Business Farmers Making Small Fortunes in Breeding of Black Foxes of nice clear silver so much in de-' MONEY IN Farms BOUT three years ago the Business Farmer received a letter from Mr. Richard Hendricks of Flint, MLich., asking- for information on the breeding and raising of silver black foxes. We sent Mr. Hendricks a number of government bulletins containing complete in- formation on the subject, and gave him the names of reliable breeders from whom he could buy foundation stock. Mr. Hendricks started with three pair of foxes on his 210-acre farm in the fall of 1919, carrying on the business as a side line to his farming. He now has 74 foxes, Worth upwards of $50,000, and has rented his farm to devote his entire time to the far more profitable enterprise of fax farming. Mr. Hend- ricks’ success with black foxes reads like a fairy tale but it is no dif- ferent than the success which hundreds of others have attained in this industry. Given a few thousand; dollars to start with, a suitable loca- tion, an average knowledge of the habits of foxes *vvhich are very, sim- ilar to those of well-bred dogs, and a little patience and perseverance and an farmer can duplicate what Mr. Hendricks has done. His story, told herewith for the benefit of Business Farmer readers is very inter- esting. Read it, and learn how you may take up the profitable and facinating side line of breeding fur bearing animals. If you haven’t the money to start with foxes, try skunks. Thousandsof farmers and farmer boys are making good money raising these much deSpised and misunderstood little animals. Further information on the raising of foxes and skunks cheerfully given on request.—Editor. of the animal the small amount it cost to feed them is hardly recog- nized. In the winter time a large portion of their diet is horse meat. Old horses that are too old to work bu otherwise sound and healthy are properly slaughtered and fed during the winter months with very good re- ' sults. Every farmer is glad to get rid of them which makes fox farm- ing still more profitable. The demand for live foxes is grad- ually increasing year after year and there is a ready demand for good an- imals.’ One can readily understand with the few fur bearing animals that are left in the wild state today it. is plainly feasible to take this step and those who will take it in time will reap a large harvest. I can remember the time when muskrats were selling at 80. to 100,. each. Two years ago when I attend— ed the !St. Louis Auction Fur \Sales I saw muskrat skins selling as ‘high as $6. This, of course, was the highest price on record paid for furs, when all other things were up in propor- tion and have since then taken quite a drop with everything else. But prices are gradually pressing back to the higher .mark. ' Remember that once every lake and pond was covered with Musk- rat and our streams lined with mink, otter and beaver, when one could take out the old coon dogs and tree from four to half a dozen before midnight, when foxes were so thick in the woods they would destroy our lambs and pigs and about all the chickens one could raise. . But they are gone now, never to come back unless they are raised on fur farms. Our timber has been cut off, our swamps have been dried up by ditch- Panoramic View of the Hendricks Farm near Flint, showing the Method of Housing the Silver Black Foxes . ing and dredging and their hiding places have been destroyed. The great Hudson Bay Fur Co. who used" , to shiLloads of furs to London are out of existence and trappers are go- ing out to the‘extr-eme northern sec- tions and will soon be'to the end of the rope. ‘ The United States government has h "been urging the people of the United States to engage in the new fur farming industry'and I want to state right here that the farmer is the man who is adapted to the business as he has had- all kinds of experi-enée rais- ing live stock, and furthermore he is situated where he can raise them. It requires about an acre and a half to ranch fifty pairs of foxes thus allowing you to build the pens about 25 ft. square which we find in our experience is plenty large enough. Fifty pairs of foxes can easily be handled by one caretaker and with ordinary success should produce 150 puppies annually, which if sold as live stock at a very low_ figure would net $100,000 per year. This may sound too good to be true, never the less such a ranch could be started with a few pairs as a side- line on any farm. You do not necessarily have to have $1,500 per pair for Foxes which is a very reasonable price, one could raise them at $100 per pair and make 'money. I never expect to see the time in my days when good silvers. will not bring that price. Every farmer knows that it takes three years to raise a cow and if at that age she is worth $100 'she must be a good one and if her board bill was taken out there would be a very small fraction left for the farmer. The mother fox produces a litter of four on an average every year which are full matured at the age of seven or eight months. She 'will raise three litters up to maturity while the cow grows up which at the present price of foxes would be worth from $8,000 to $12,000 we can cut this figure in two and then cut in two again and yet have a handsome profit left. Again, fox farming in a fine job for a retired farmer who does not care to move to town and wishes to have something to drive at for ex- ercise and at the same time lay‘ up more cash than he had been able to dig out of the farm by hard labor in the past 40 years. Having been a farmer myself for the last 30 years, farmed in three different states, fed all kinds of live stock, milked as high as 25 cows, sold the milk at a little less than it cost to produce it, I think I am well able to make this statement. ‘ Why Do Not Michigan Potato Growers Raise More to the Acre? HE farmers of Aroostook Coun- ty raised an average of 252.1 bushels of potatoes to the acre in 1919. Their total production was 21,331,934 bushels, in a single coun— ty. That’s considerably over one— half as many potatoes as all the farmers of Michigan raise in a normal year. ' In the same year the farmers of Montcalm county, which is the lead- ing potato county of Michigan and granks ninth among all the United States in the number of acres plant- ed to potatoes, produced an average of only 92.8 bushels to the acre, or a total of 1,745,998 bushels. r In the same year the farmers of ‘Kent county which ranks second in gMichigan in point of acreage, pro- lducedan average yield of 80.7. (or less than a third of the Aroostook .-‘yie1d), and a total of 944,683 bu- ‘shel‘s from a total acreage of 11,712. .3 Oakland farmers in the same year '{pro‘duced 1,037,021 bushels from only 11,144 acres. But Osceola county farmers had an . average yield in 1919 of 120.4 bush- HO‘V DID YOU DO IT? S mentioned in the accompanying article, the average yield per acre of potatoes in certain Michigan counties is less than 100 bushels, while inoAroostook county, Maine, it is 252 bushels. Of course, we know there are lots of farmers in Michigan who are raising more than 100 bushels of potatoes to the acre. But we don’t know who they are or where they live. But we would like to know. If you or your neighbor secures an extra big yield of spuds this year we’d like to have you tell us about it, and we’ll gladly publish the story, together with a picture of the grower and his potatoes. Help us to find the man who grew the largest number of bushels from a single acre. “’e’ll allbe mightily interested in knowing how he did it.—Editor. ewls to the acre and grew 1,002,240 bushels from 8,321 acres.‘ Why the Difference? Why all this discrepency? can the farmers of Aroostook, Maine, in the Same year and under practic- ally the same conditions, produce over three times as many potatoes to the acre as the farmers ‘of Kent county, Michigan. ' Again, why can the farmers of Oakland county, also in the same Why .. . and Oakland fanmers but .93 and year and under the same conditions, produce 90,000 MORE potatoes from 600 LESS acres than the farmers of Kent county, a hundred miles away. Still again, why can the farmers of Osceola county raise nearly 100.— 000 MORE potatoes fram"3,000 LESS acres than the farmers of Kent who are just aetone’s throw away? And why, instead ~0f Kent farmers producing but 80 bushels to the acre, Montcalm farmers but 92 and Grand Traverse farmers but 101, aren't they all growing twice as many to the acre? ‘ One more question, “how can the farmers of Michigan, with an aver- age yield of less than 100 bushels to the acre, compete with the farmers of Maine with an average of nearly 200 bushels, when the total crop is ‘ big and prices are low like they are this year?” .. A, Maine’s Huge Advantage The average value per acre of the Aroostook county crop in' 1919 was $517; the average of the Montcalm county crop was $190; 'of the Grand Traverse, $209 and of the Osceola,» $247. It is to be presumed that it cost the Maine farmer a. little more to raise $517 worth of potatoes than'it did the Montcalm farmer to raise $190 worth. But could the extra cost have possibly amounted to the difference between the two or $327 to the acre, or to even one-half the difference between the two? Let us assume that is costs , the; g (Continued on page ‘6), ideLine ' 2.; “in: ‘ _ ' ' .63); PHCTURES From FAR AND NEAR‘ -— .a.1.. ' l ~' HE “HOOKS” WHAT HE WANTS—In Epite of the fact that he lost botli PHEW! SOME JOB !-—Sd this lad fOUnd out When IE fried to push 8- ‘arms in the World War C. F. McGonnegal, Grand Forks, North Dakota. finds Reklaw, hotel proprietress of London. who modestly claims the weight of 27 life sweet.. His artificial arms do the work. and while he politely dofl‘s his hat and a half stone. or 385 lbs. ’Tis said that unlike many “great” people she With one “hand” he holds his cigarette in the other. hasn’t a. lazy bone in her body. z‘ . ,. :,-" THE GISH SISTERS—Lillian and Dorothy are ABOVE—Boys’ live stock judging team at 'work during HE’S NOT DOWNHEARTED—Othias known the world over wherever moving pictures the recent annual round-up held at the Chatham Experiment Longfellow, 70—year-old former of Elin- are shown and they rank high in the affections of Station, Upper Peninsula. wood, Ohio. who lost all his fingers 3 the theater-attending public. What? Yes, the one Below—Professor Reed of the LL A. 0. giving a, dairy dem- years ago, farms 5 acres of land and on the left is Lillian. onstration on the Station Farm at Chatham. says he could handle 70. .. I L2)”.- _.r F . . 7 ‘ ,, WHERE 18 BE GOING NOW?—Kint Alfonso. of Spain. who is stopping HUGHES PARTY SAILS FOR BRAZIIFSeFreta'r‘Si 61' State Chair-lei 2E.v 3* .uro'pe's most popular watering place. Deauville-. France, keeps every- Hughes and members of his party on board ship ready to sail for Brazil to 01“ kuessing an to what he will do next. He seems to be having the iii-me attend .the Brazilian exposition at Rio de Janeiro. Reading from left to right 0'1 his life—hiking, .golf, tennis, horseback riding, polo—doing something we have: General Bullard, representing the navy; Sec’y Hughes, America’s new fivefY’mlnnte of the day. The popular young monarch is shown here olficial representative; Catherine Hughes; Mrs. Hughes; Dr. Cochrane de in the front 'seat of one of his sneedy cars. I . Alencar, Brazilian Consul General: Admiral Vogelgesang, chief naval aide. (Copyright Keystone View Company) ‘.__ nary .5 ~. m, a“... 1'.“ . x 1 i f'eyes could not follow, (Continued From Last Issue) '7 A twist of the-wrist so swift their a metallic 'ciick, and the startled group were staring "into the black muzzle of a: menacing little automatic. “That’s known as the sleeve trick, boys,” explained Aldous with his im- perturbable smile. “It’s a relic of the old gun-fighting days when the best man was quickest. From now on, especially at night, I shall carry this little friend of mine just inside my wristband.‘ There are eleven shots in it, and I shoot fairly straight. Good-day! " - " Before they had recovered from their astonishment he was gone. ~ He did not follow the road along which Joanne had come a short time before, but turned again into the winding trail that led riverward through the poplars. Where beforé he had been a little amused at him. self, he was now more seriously dis- gusted. He was not afraid of Quade, who was perhaps the most dangerous man along the line of trail. Neither was he afraid of the lawless men who worked his ends. But he knew that he had made powerful ene- mies, and all because of an unknown Woman whom he had never seen un— til half an hour before. It was this that disturbed his equanimity—the woman (if it, and the knowledge that his interference had been unsolicited and probably unnnecessary. And now that he had gone this far he found it not easy to recover his balance. Who Was this Joanne Gray? he asked himself. She was not ordinary -—— like the hundred other women who had gone on ahead of her to Tete Jaune Cache. If she had been that, he would soon have been in his little shack on the shore of the river, hard at work. He had planned work for himself that afternoon, and he was nettled to discover that his enthusi- asm for the grand finale of a cer- tain situation in his novel was gone. Yet for this he did not blame her. He was the fool. Quade and his friends would make him feel that sooner or later. His trail led him to a partly dry muskeg bottom. Beyond this was a thicker growth of timber, mostly spruce and cedar, from behind which came the rushing sound of water. A few moments more and he stood with the wide tumult of the Athabasca at his feet. He had chosen this spot for his little cabin because the river ran wild here among the rocks. and because pack—outfits going into the southward mountains could not dis— turb him by fording at this point. Across the river rose the steep em- bankments that shut in Buffalo Prairie, and still beyond that the mountains, thick with timber rising billow on billow until trees looked like twigs, with gray rock and glist- ening snow shouldering the clouds above the last purple line. The cabin in which he had lived and worked , for many Weeks faced the river and the distant Saw Tooth Range, and was partly hidden in a clump of jack- pines. He opened the door and ent- ered. Though the window to the south and west he could see the white face of Mount Geikie. and forty miles away in that wilderness of peaks, the sombre frown of Hard- esty; through it the sun came now, flooding his work as he had left it. The last page of manuscript on which he'had been working was in his typewriter. He sat down to be— gin where he had left off in that pi- votal situation in his masterpiece. He read and re—read the last two or three pages of the manuscript, struggling to pick up the threads where he had dropped them. With each reading he became more con- vinced that his work for that after- noon was spoiled. And by whom? By what? A little fiercely he packed his pipe with fresh tobacco. Then he leaned back,' lighted it, and laughed. More and more as the minutes passed he permitted himself to think of the strange young wo- man whose beauty and personality had literally projected themselves in- to his workshop. He marvelled at the crudity of the questions which he asked himself, and yet he per- sisted in asking them. Who was she? that could be hermission at Tete Jaune Cache? She had repeated to him what she had said to the girl ~ in thecoacli—that at Tete Jaune she had no. friends. Beyond that,:and . Th ; ' , “‘“Bp‘lames; Oliver Cu mead: Michigan’s Own and America’s Forrnost Author ofthe Great Northwesr‘. ~ THE SYNOPSIS -WQMAN with u pearl-gray veil drawn closely about .her face is .one of. the many passengers on. the train that connects “The Horde” with ’ the civilized world. friends and all will be strange to her. For eighteen hours she has been riding steadily bound, for Tete Jaune Cache, the land of “The Horde,” The train stops at a composed of where ’she . has no several tents known as Miette and. as many of the passengers 'got off and, walk about. she inquires of a “Straying Angel” how long the train will stop and is advised it will not move for at least two hours. both she asks where she can secure them and is directed to “Bill’s Desiring food and ‘3 Shock”. Bill’s Shock is owned and operated by Bill Quade, leader of theiswless band of the town. When she steps inside the doorway she recognizes him as a brute but as she has entered and is very hungry and dustyvsh'o decides to go through with her plan. Quade says he has a room she can rent and asks her to follow him. As they pass out of the room there appears a newcomer in the doorway opening off the street. The newcomer is not of the kind of men lounging about the room but shows in face and in actions that he is'of the wholesome living type. He has seen the girl enter this place and believes she has made a mistake and as he stands in the doorway his eyes rest upon the curtain-covered doorway through which the girl and Quade as Just passed. In but a. moment the girl steps oht, her facc'flaming like fl e and eyes filled with the flash of lightning. Quade follows her apologetically. He starts to offer the girl a. roll of money but before he can do so the newcomer steps to the girl’s side and strikes Quade'with terrific force. The Brute goes down in a heap and the newcomer hurries the girl outside and away from the scene. The newcomer, who is John Aldous a. novelist and known as a woman hater, learns from the girl that her name is Joanne Gray. , He takes her tothe home of a friend and returns to Bill’s Shack warning Quade. to leave—the girl alone. That brings the story up to our present installment. \ her name, she had offered no en- lightenment. In the brief space that he had been with her he had mentally tabu-- lated her- age as twenty—eight—no older. Her beauty alone, the purity of her eyes, the freshness of her lips, and the slender girlishness of her figure, might have made him say twenty, but with those things he had found the maturer poise of the Woman. It had been a flashlight picture, but one that he was sure of. Several times during the next hour he turned to his work, and at last gave up his efforts entirely. From a peg in the wall he took down a little rifle. He had found it convenientto do much of his own cooking, and he had broken a fewlaws The part— ridges were out of season, but temp- tingly fat and tender. With a brace of young broilers in mind for sup— per, he left the cabin and followed the narrow foot—trail up the river. He hunted for half an hour before he stirred a covey of birds. Two of these he shot. Concealing his meat and his gun near the trail he continued toward. the ford half a mile farther up, Wondering if Stev- ens, Who was due to cross that day, had got his outfit over. Not until then did he look at his watch. He was surprised to find that the Tete Jaune train had been gone three- quarters of an hour. For some unac- countable_ reason he felt easier. He went on, whistling. 'At the ford he found Stevens standing close to the river’s edge, twisting one of his long red mous- taches in doubt and vexation. “Damn this river,” he growled, as Aldous came up. “You never can tell what it’s going to do overnight. Look there! Would you try to cross?” “I wouldn’t,” replied Aldous. “It’s a foot higher than yesterday. I wouldn’t take the chance." “Not with two guides, a cook, and a horse—wrangler on your pay-roll— and a hospital bill as big as Geikie staring you in the face?” argued Stevens, who had been sick for three months. “I guess you’d pretty near take a chance. I’ve a notion to.” “I wouldn’t.” repeated Aldous. “But I’ve lost two days already, and I’m taking that bunch of sight— _seers out for a lump sum, guaran- teeing ’em So many days on the trail. This ain’t what‘yeu might call on the trail. They don’t expect to pay for this delay, and that outfit back in the bush is costing me thirty dol- lars a day. We can get the dunnage and ourselves over in the flat—boat. It’ll make our arms crack—but we can do it. I’ve got twenty—seven horses. I’ve a notion to chase ’em in. The river won’t be any lower tomorrow.” “But you may be a. few horses aheadl’ Stevens bit *off a chunk of tobacco and sat down. For a few moments he looked at the muddy flood with an ugly eye. Then he chuckled and grinned. "Came through the camp half an hour ago,”»he said. “Heard you cleaned up on Bill Quade." - » “fA bit,” said Aldous. .. Stevens rolled his quid and spat into the water Blushing at his feet. Guess I saw the woman when she got off the train,” he went on. “She dropped something. I picked it up, but she .was so darned pretty as she stood there looking about I didn’t dare go up an’ give it tO‘ her. If it had been worth anything I’d screwed up my courage. But it wasn’t—so I just gawped like the others. It was a piece of paper. Mebby you’d like it as 'a souvenir, seein’ as you laid out. Quade for her." , " As he spoke, Stevens fished a .Aldous had sat down beside him. He pocket and gave it to his companion. crumpled bit of paper from his smoothed the page out on his knee. , There was no writing on it, but it was crowded thick wth figures, as if the maker of the numereals ‘had been doing some problem in math- ematics. The chief thing that in; terested him was that wherever monetary symbols were used it was the “’pound” and not the “dollar” sign.” The totals of certain columns were rather startling. “Guess She’s a millionaire if that’s her own money she’s been figger- ing,” said Stevens. “Notice that fig’. ger there!" He pointed with a stub- by forefinger. :Pretty near a bil- lion, ain’t it?” “Seen hundred and fifty thou- sand,” said Aldous. He was thinking of the “pound” sign. .She had not looked like the folded the slip of paper and put it in his pocket. 4 Stevens eyed him seriously. "I was coming over to give you a bit of advice before I left for the Mflgne Lake country," he said. “You’d better move. Quade won’t want you around after this Be- sides ” ‘ ' i “What?” “My kid heard something,” con- tinuedthe packer, edging nearer. “You was mighty good to the kid when I was down an’ out, Aldous. I ought to tell you. It wasn’t an hour ago the kid was behind the tent an' he heard Quade and Slim Barker talking. .So far as I can find from the kid, Quade has gone nutty over her. He’s ravin’.- He told Slim that he’d give ten thousand dollars to get her in his hands. What sent the boy down to me was Quade tell- in’ Slim that he’d get you first. He told Slim to go on to Tete Jaune—- follow the girl!" “The deuce you say!” cried Al- dous, clutching the other’s arm sud- denly. “He’s done that?" “That’s what the kid says." Aldous rose to his feet slowly. The careless smile was playing about his mouth again. . A few men had learned that in those moments John Aldous was dangerous. “The kid is undoubtedw right,” he said, locking down at Stevens. ' "But I am quite sure the young wo- man is capable of taking care of her- self. Quade has a tremendous amount of nerve, setting sun to fol- low her, hasn’t he? Slim may run up against a husband or a brother." ‘ Ste ’haiinched his ‘ alder: - behind her}. w vexed asked Aldous, looking across the, river with a glimmer of humour, *1 his eyes , ‘ ‘ ' “Oh. well!” was” the packer-’14“ joinder. ' ‘ “ ’ Slowly he‘ unwound.his long legs and rose to his feet. “Take my 0 He stalked away in the direction of his outfit, chewing viciouslyat his quid. saw lounging restfully a distance be- yond the grazing ponies. ens had made him acutely aware of a new danger. He was thinking of his cabin—and the priceless achieve- ment of. his last months of Work, his manuscript. ' If Quade strov that . , He clenched his hands and walked. swiftly towad his camp. To “bun cut” .an enemy was one Of Quade’s favorite methods of retaliation. He had this. work was done so cleverly that the police had been unable to call him to account. . ,. Quade’s status had interested Al- dous from the beginning. He had discovered that Quade and Culver Rann, his patner at Tete J‘aune, were forces to be reckoned with even by the “powers” along the line of rail- They were the two_chiefs of the “un- derground”, the men who controlled the most dangerous element from Miette to Fort George. He had once seen Culver Rann, a quiet, keen—eyed ' emmaclately groomed man of forty-=— the cleverest scoundrel that had ever drifted‘into the Canadian west. He had been told that Rann was deally the brain of the combination, 'and that the two picked up a quarter of a million in various ways. But it was Quade with whom he had to deal now, and he began to thank Stevens for his warning. He was filled with..- r a sense of relief when he reached his cabin and found it as he had left it. He always made a carbon of his work. This copy he now put into a waterproof tin box, and the box he concealed under a log a short dis-. tance back in the bush. I - ' “Now go ahead, Quade,” he lau - ed to himself, a curious, almost :1;- ultant ring in his voice. “I haven’t had real excitement for so long I' can’t remember and if you sta .. . r fun there’s going to be fun!” t the He returned to his birds. perched ‘- himself behind a bush at th ' edge, and began skinning thznfvefig had almost finished when he heard hoarse shouts from up the river From his position he could see the stream a hundred yards below the ford. Stevens had driven in his horses. He could see them breasting the first sweep of the current,-their heads held high, struggling for the opposite shore. He rose, dro his birds, and stared... pped “Good God, what a“ fool!” he gasped. He saw the tragedy almost before it had begun. Still three hundred yards below the swimming horses was the ' gravelly bar which they must reach on the opposite side. He noted _the grayish strip of smooth water that marked the end of the dead-line. Three or four of the stronger animals were forging stead- ily toward this. The others grouped close together, almost motionless in their last tremendous fight, were left farther and farther behind. Then came the break. A mare and her yearling colt had gone in with the bunch. Aldous saw the colt, with} its small head and shoulders high out of the water, sweep down like a chip with the current. ran through 'him as he heard the whinneying scream of the mother-- ’ a warning cry that held for him the . ' pathos and the despair of‘a creature that-was” _ human. it meant. “Wait—I’m coming—I’m - coming! " was in that cry. - He saw. " the more give up and follow sistlessly with the deadly her eyes wanker salt.“ Th. d advice—move!” ‘/ said, “As for me, I’m going , cross (that ,cussed river this after;- ', noon or know the reason 'why.”. For a few, moments Aldous stood undecided. He would liked to~_ have joined the half-dozen men he; But Ste‘v- ~~ should deaf ' ' He also knew that Quade’s " '1 A cold chill ” He knew what * .saved the little fellow .10 ' over "iiibé 30,.‘1922‘ ‘ ’_ {Eweeping down to its destruction. . Aldous felt like turning his head“ But the spectacle fascinated him, and he looked. He did not thing of Stevens and his loss as the first herd plunged in among the rocks. hands, leaning over the water boil- ing at his feet, cursing softly in his helplessness. To him came the last terrible cries of the perishing an- imals. .He saw head after head go under. of a great rock against which the flood split itself with the force of an avalanche he saw one horse pitched bodily, as if throwu from a huge cataxpaultt. The last 'an- imal had disappeared when chance turned his eyes upstream and close in to shore. There‘ flowed a steady current free of rock and down this—head and shoulders still high out of the water—came the colt! What smiracle had thus far Aldous did not stop to ask. Fifty yards below it would meet the fate of the others. Half that distance in the direction of the maelstrom below was the dead trunk of a fallen spruce overhanging the water for fifteen or twenty feet. In a flash Aldous was racing toward it. He climbed out on it, leaned far over, and reached down. His hand touched the water. In the grim ex— citement of rescue he forgot his own ' peril. There 'was one chance in twent- 'ty that the colt would come within his reach, and it did. He made a single lunge and caught it by the ear. For a moment after that his heart turned sick. Under the added strain th- dead spruee sagged down with a warning crack. But it held, and Aldous hung to his grip on the ear. Foot by foot he wormed his way back, until at last he had dragged the little animal ashore. And then a voice spo'ke behind him, a voice that he would have rec- ognized among ten thousand, low, sweet, thrilling. “That was splendid, John Aldous!” it said. “If I were a man I would like to be a man like you!” He turned. A few steps from him stood Joanne Gray. Her face was as white as the bit Of lace at her throat. Her lips were colourless, and her bosom rose and fell swiftly. He knew that she, too, had witnessed the tragedy. And the eyes that looked at him were glorious. CHAPTER IV JOHN ALDOUS Joanne’s ap- pearance at ,this moment was ,_ like an anti—climax. It plunged him headlong for a single moment into what he believed to be the ab- surdity of a situation. He had a quick mental picture of himself out on the dead spruce, performing a bit of mockiheriosm by dragging in a half- drowned colt by one car. In an- other instant this h~ad passed, and he was wondering why Joanne was not on her way to Tete Jaune. “It was splendid!" she was saying again, .her eyes glowing at him. “I know men who would not have risk- ed that for a human!” “Perhaps they would have been showing good judgment,” replied Aldous. He noticed now that she was hold- ing with one hand the end of a long slender sapling which a week or two before hehad cut and trimmed for a fish -pole. He nodded toward it, a half-cynical smile on his lips. “Were you going to fish me out— or the colt?” he asked. “You,” she replied. “I thought you were in danger.” And then'she added, “I suppose you are deeply grateful that fate did not compel you to be saved by a woman.” “Not at all. If the spruce had ' snapped, I would have caught at the end of your sapling like any drown- ing rat—or man. 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The weather prior to and at harvest time was generally favorable, but in some regions recent hot, dry Weather, sim? ilar to that of last year, has reduced yields considerably. Prices offered to growers on August 28 for red and alsike clover were $2.80 and $1.65 per 100 pounds, respectiv¢ly,than “on the same date last year and about one- half as much as were paid two years ago. Almost every important producing section, except southern, Wisconsin and southern Minnesota, indicate an increased acreage of red clover rang- ing from 9 per cent to 61 per cent and almost all sections indicated larger yields per acre. In most Sec- tions the spring rains gave the hay crop an excellent start and it was cut early. Rains continued long enough after the hay crop had been ’“removed to give the seed crop a good start. Dry weather at‘the time the seed was getting further aided in in— creasing the yield over that of last year. Very little Winterkilling was reported except in southeastern Wis- consin, where it wasiairly serious, while last year a numbenof import- ant sections reported varying degrees of damage from that cause. Harvesting of the crop began in- Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois (second crop) about‘August 20—30. and in Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin, August 25, September 5. Threshing began in scattered localities in each of the sections a week or 10 days after harvest, but the bulk of the crop probably will not be threshed before October 15 or later, depending largely upon the activity of buyers. Prices paid to growers for country- run seed on August 28, in the most important sections, ranged from $10.25 per 100 pounds in north- eastern Missouri to $13.25 in south— ern Wisconsin and averaged for all sections about $12.20, 7 compared with $15 11 the same date last year and $23.65, two years ago. Prices for reclaimed seed, or “basis clean seed,” averaged about $1 per 100 pounds more than for country-run seed. ‘ _ , The acreage and yield per acre of alsike clover seed 'in most sections were larger than last year, but the increases were not so large as in the case of red clover. Increases in acre- age over that of last year range from 2 per cent in northern Indiana. to 27 per cent in. central Illinois: in- creases in yield peraerelrenge from and the crop in most seetions made better growth than last ’year,.wh ,. drought and hot. weather reduced‘th“ ’ yield considerably. 4 The harvesting of the alsikoerop, was later in most sections 1118!! last- year. In Illinois, _ __ , Ohio, harvesting "began July .1713" and followed shortly afterwardsljiiu‘r run. alsike seed on‘ August 28 ranged from $10.75 per‘ northeast Wisconsin to $ .50, in, northern Indiana and averaged about $11.40, compared with $13, last'year,“ - and $24, twoyears ago. Prices for reclened seed averaged about $1.40 per 100 pounds more than~for coun- try—run seed. EDITED BY FRANK D. WELLS FRUIT and ORCHARle DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRAW- BERRY - T is safe to say that no fruit has I; been developed during the past 25 years as much as the straw- berry. At the beginning of the cen- tury the overbearing strawberry was i, looked upon as a curiosity, or a freak. That it could‘ be made of com- mercial importance was scar-oily thought possible. Now it has 8 rec- ognized place in the fruit market and its importance is increasing. The first varieties introduced were shy bearers and made few plants. While the quality of the fruit was in— ferior, but these defects seem to have been changed for the better. some of the kinds now grown bear abund- antly. make manv plants and have a sprightliness that matches that of the spring fruit. . . One of the latest varieties has come from a cross with a wild berry as one of the parents. The result is a berry with the much desired ' ‘wlld'- flavor, the absence of which in cultivated strawberries is so often deplored. larger than the well-known Pro- gressive, making it a heavy cropper. The plant is vigorous and thrOws out a plantiful supply of runners. To make it still more attractive, it bears y in both spring and fall. The variety is not yet being dis- fy-gmuna and may not be Within reach of planters for a season or two more. bu.. when it becomes available It promises to surprise berry growers, unless it develop some weakness not . in evidence. Anyhow, if this variety should fail In the" final test, which. seems improbable, it is a prediction of what may be expected withinthe near future. ‘ NOTES Give grape vines, room. Plant them In" rows eight or ten feet apart. Set them ten or twelve feet apart in the row. ' _Japanese walnuts are not uncommon and are listed by many nurserymen. The rree is a wonderfully rapid growers; and early and abundant bearer. when plant- ed in a moist place. But the nut is in- ferior to the common black walnut, both . in size and quality. In sha e it is mid-- way between the black wa nut and the butternut, while the tre e looks some-_ what like the latter. Some of the claims for it have been rather extravagant, as is always to be expected with anything new. However. It is a valuable tree .for those who want something that will be- gin bearing by the time American wal- nuts have nicely started at growing. The Cuthbert is still the queen among raspberries. Miller’s red Is earlled and better looking, so sells better, but Is in- ferior in flavor: It is grown for market, ; but the Cuthbert is wanted at home.’ The gooseberry has been highly de- veloped in England, while in this coun- trp it has been negelected. As a reth the fruit there has an important. place. in the market. while here it is of com-1 paratlvely small. importance. Yet the ripe berry has a pleasing mayor andmlf it were lam might be served more often ' than it is as a dessert fruit. Here ls'an opportunity for somebody to do good Work by developing a. large berryh suit-_ able for serving ripe. The English varIe-fi ties do not thrive well. our hot summers. being unsuited to them. Are any of our.“ readers growing them? If- so, what have. they found the best method; for controll- ing the blight. mildew and ' [all ments’ of the bush? . , . ANY ONE CAN WIN Tim ' . , FIRST PRIZE y . Read all about our ’d 3 per cent in northern Indiana to ’22 his Contest; animations percent In southeast Iowa, The -* Thefius' ,_ ~ ' elover 11 'v “ ’ spring " rains Indiana, * . and. V Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan.“~" Prices paid to growers for country; I 100 pot: as”; iii- Besides this, the fruit is." e. . . l ‘~ / ..,, (3 living Department for ni-mm' every day- troubles. Prompt, careful Mien [inn D dtoomplalnu or requests for Informatlon”oddro nod to this department. We are here to can. IvyAI‘l inquiries must be accompanied by full _u amo and address. Name not used If so requested.) 5 'QUALIFICATIONS"OF HIGHWAY f OVERSEER “3'Would like to know if any but tax— “T.pa.yers can vote lawfully, for a road- .‘master. We» have a. farmer in our dist- .riot who gets into that office by bring- in in the workers from the plaster mi is‘ to vote for him.——-A Reader, Grand '1 Rapids, Mich. > - Concerning the election of “road master,” which I presume is meant for an Overseer, I would call ' Your attention to Sec. 6, Chapter 13 ofthe General Highway Law, which provides that any resident of the district, who is an elector or any elector of the township having tax- able property in the district (but who is not a resident of the dis- trict), may vote for such overseer. If the township in question is op- erated under the provisions of Chapter 25, of the General High- way Law, the same provisions ap- ply, i. e;, any elector may vote for an overseer in his district.—I—Iarry H. Partlow, Legal Adviser, State {Highway Department. THAT ETERNAL LINE FENCE QUESTION ' A and B have a dispute over a line between farms. A certain maple tree. the center of which the line was sup- posed to be by both parties until A claimed the line was over on B, thirty feet south of the maple tree. B sug- gested they employ a surveyor, which A agreed to; each to pay half of same. . When the surveyor arrived, A refused to pay a rent, but agreed before three witnesses if B paid surveying charges, he would accept the established line. One survey was made, the surveyor was unable to set the corner on the east end, on account of lack of time that day, but returned in a few weeks, with new evid- ence, surveyed same again and estab- lished a corner about 18 feet north of said maple. During B’s absence A erects a woven wire fence, supposing he has run same on the line B once had a fence, but which B built with his own material and labor for his own benefit, but set- ting same over on B‘s own side, also on south side of maple, making A’s fence at present about two or three feet 0n B’s side. There never has 'been any fence on this land before only what B con- structed for his own use, but not build— ing same for a line fence or claiming any as sucn. Can B have sufficient evidence to warrant action in the courts to comin Ato remove his fence, A claimed before two or three people the line was 30 fcgt on B. The surveyor located the witness trees by his field notes to a dot? Please advise regarding procdure of same and all information you may be able to get on same. Also can B com- pel A to keep his chickens from trespas- . sing on B’s land? 7 The controversy started in this case was by A wanting to cut the maple tree which was until then supposed to be the Illne.—-S. R., Three Rivers, Mich. Under the statement I would be of the opinion that B could maintain a right to the land established by the surVeyor as the proper line between the two properties. Old fences are good evidence of where the true line is. A very old fence undisputed may be the best evidence of where a true line is but if a fence has not been there in such a way as to establish by agreement where the true line is then I would be of the opinion that the survey‘would control as to the place the true line should be located. A verbal contract as to some sub- jects may be as good as a written one and it may be void and no good as to other subjects—Legal Editor. THE DIFFICULTIES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT Would you please tell me the law in regard to arrests for ’ stilling moon- shine. Two men went to a . place where thy found two other men 1 a house with a still. They went and tried to get the prosecutor and shenff but the phone lines were not in order so they then went to a justice of the’ peace and asked for a. search warrant to be served by the deputy sheriff. The justice said he wOuld not have any authority in that case. It had to be , _done by the sheriff and prosecutors but the deputy sh riff proposed to go any-' way, so the t ree then went. They found one man on guard outside and he got away but there was one man in the ” house. The still was on the stove, a good hot fire and a can set to catch the liquor. pliers was about a gallon and three barrels of mash. ' They took the still and man before the p osecutor and I. 1' he let him go because the eputy had no Search Warrant. How with all of this evidence can’t there be anything done, 1 ,or.,has this got to be let go in this man— i'ner because people will not act who 1 have the authority—L. F., Clare Coun- difficulties which followed og-"fmts presented in '3' hm mien in the error committed by the Just- ice in» declining to issue a search warrant when asked for by the De- puty Sheriff. The Deputy Sheriff should have secured a search war- ranteither from this Justice or some other Justice, 01" upon order from the Prosecutor, as he certain- ly under this state of facts was en— titled to a search warrant. How- ever, failing to secure a. search warrant for the reasons assigned by him did not justify him in making an entry of the premises and a search and seizure of the incrimin- ating evidence. We do not think that the evidence taken under these circumstances could be used in a. prosecution». However, we do not see that this would necessarily pre- vent a prosecution for the manu- facture of liquor, for, if the officer, and others, were in the home and saw the still in actual operation and could tell from the odor, or otherwise, that the product was 1i- quor, a prosecution could be sus-. tained upon this evidence without \ the necessity of using the still or the liquor itself, and we would re— commend that the case be presented to the Prosecuting Attorney from that viewpoint.—A. Daugherty, Deputy Attorney General. ANIMAL MISREPRESENTED I purchased what was supposed to be a three—year old gelding. He proved to be an original as soon as I got him home. I complained to original owners and they said that they knew nothing of it. I can furnish proof that they did know‘ it. Are they liable for return of purchase prioe?——O. F., Pavilion. Mich. The return of the animal or dam— ages in the sale will depend upon the warranty made at the sale. If no warranty or representations were made at the sale you will be without ‘ any right of action for damages. The seller is only liable for some kind of a warranty or the failure to make some disclosure that he was in duty bound to disclose—Legal Editor. SEEDING ROLLING LAWN We have a rolling lawn and it is san— dy soil. What kind of grass would you seed it down with?——Mrs. J. D. L., Pent- water, Mich. We would recommend a mixture of the following grasses: Chewing’s Red Fescue Rhode Island Bent grass and Red Top, mixed in about equal proportions.-——C. P. Halligan, M. A. C. . SCHOOL BOARD CANNOT SELL FURNACE I would like to know if a school board has any right to dispose of a fur— nace that had been in use two years be— cause one member of the board did not want it and then buy a stove and use it one winter and then it got newsed around that the furnace was gone and up comes a man with a big stick in his hand and says “put back that furnace," and so they did, so the shift has cost the district about 150.00. Can the school board he made to refund this monwy'? The director of the same board could have hired a teacher for $70.00 per month but the teacher would not board With the director so they went and paid $80.00 in order to get the teacher to board there.———H. H., Davison, Mich. School officers cannot dispose of any school property without a vote of the people. In regard to buying a stove and using it one winter, we would say that no heating plant can be in— stalled in any school building with- out the approval of the Superin— tendent of Public Instructian and a stove Without a ventilating system in connection would not be approv- Ired by the Department. I do not’understand your refer- ence to a “big stick” nor to the board putting back that furnace, “that furnace” probably being the one referred to above as disposed of by the board, but in answer to your question as to whether the board can install a furnace will say as above, that if the furnace meets the approval of the Superintendent of Public Instruction the board‘has a right to put it in and spend what- ever money is necessary for it. You ask if the board can be' made to refund this'money. I would. say yes. ’ You state that the director of the (Continued on, page ‘19). 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A square deal always. 0. . c 1! c . 825 W. 80. Water St. Chicago, Illinois MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER , I. “The Farm Paper of Service” --Toll your friends about it - EAR Nieces and Nephews: In my letter in the last issue Where I announced the new contest regarding birds I neglected to mention two important things. They were: first, your list of names should contain only the names of Michigan birds and second, you must compose this list without the assist- ance of any book. Just notice on your way to and from school how many: different birds you see and write the names of them down and then in the evening sit down with your notes and write your letter to me. Because of my error I will not close the contest until midnight, Oc— tober 7th, so all of you have plenty of time to write if you have not al- ready done so, and if you have you may send another letter and I will count that instead of your first one. Look on the next page and read about the great contest the Business Farmer is starting. The first prize is $500.00 and you can win it and stand just as good a chance of win- ning it as anyone. One of the win- ners in the picture puzzle contest put on by M. B. F. last year was only eleven years old, so you see age doesn’t count. Just think what you could do with that much mon- ey. And the‘best part of it all is that it does not cost one cent for you to try. If you do not win first prize remember there are 14 oth— ers and M. B. F. is going to give them all away to its friends, and you could use some of the money I know. Last year you had to find the words beginning with the letter “S” while this time it is the words that begin with “B.” But before you start at work be sure to read the directions over carefully and if there is anything you do not under-' stand ask your mothers or fathers to explain it to you. Or you can write direct to the Contest Manager. He will be pleased to answer your questions. Now one thing more; be sure to clip the puzzle picture and Send it to the Contest Manager when you send your list of words to him. How many of my nieces and nephews are going to win some of this money, or how many are. at lcnst going to try to win some of it? -—— UNCLE NED. OUR BOYS AND GIRLS Dear Uncle Nod —— Here are the following birds that I know: Sparrow, robin, bluebird, black- bird, kingfisher, condor, catbird, thrush, wren, quail, bobolink, blue- jay, meadowlark, swallows, parrots, Chickadee, stork, hummingbird, canary, snow bird. killdeer, nbcnbn, doves, pigeon, hawk, crow, owl, yel- lowbird, kingbird, crane, ground bird, graybird, brown thresher, mud- hen, aimless robin, skunk bird, chippy bird. ostrich, woodpeckm‘, vultures, bittern, high holder, mourning dove, nightingale, whip- poor—will, snipe, bat. The bird that T like best is the robin. It has a red breast and its back is a dark brown. It is about three inches high and about 4 1-2 inches long. It will'come early in the spring and build its nest, in a barn or apple tree. When it has its nest built it will lay three or four eggs of a pale blue color. Then it will set until their eggs are hatched. We should never harm the robin or any other birds. Miss Carmen Shook, Reese, Mich., age 12. Dear Uncle cht—Herc are the names of birds and the description of the ones I like the best: Brown thresher,» mockingbird, tufted titmouse, golden—crown king- 1et, bluejay, blue grosbeak, catbird, snowbird, ruby-throated humming- bird, loggerhead Shrike, sparrow, woodpecker, kingfisher, canary, red- winged blackbird, crow, owl, crane, wren, m'eadowlark, killdeer, eagle, parrot, bluebird, blackbird, condor, oriole, snow bunting, vermillion fly- catcher, g‘olden-winged warbler, bul- locks oriole, blackburian warbler, myrtle warbler, horned lark, yellow- throated vireo, American, ,crossbill, .. oriole, partridge, cedar waxwing, yellow-breasted chat, yellow-bellied sapsucker, redpoll, purple finch, robin. - I like the canary the best because you can have it for a pet and it has a, sweet voice. And its sweet voice may make happy hours out of lonely ones. The canary I had was yellow on the back and breast and the head. The wings have a little black on them. Its legs are yellow. The canary will take a bath and it cuts seed—Marian Wyckoff,. Sher- idan, Mich., R. No. I, Box 13. Dear Uncle Ned:—-I am only 9 years of age and in the sixth grade but I thought I would try to get the pl‘lZJ anyway. Robin, bluebird, hummingbird, killdeer, pheobe, pigeon, dove, blue heron, kingfisher, blackbird, canary, woodpecker, quail, wren, green her— on, crow, hawk, eagle, catbird, mourning dove, owl, sparrow, swal— low, lark, parrot, redbird, bluejay, peacock, baring gull, sea gull, magpie, thrush, whip— poor—will, stork, marsh hen, cowbird. The quail is not a. very handsome or attractive bird but to me it is a very nice bird. I do not live in the city so I can hear the quails sing. Almost every day I can hear their shrill voices calling out, “Bob white, bob white.” I have become so at- tached to their pretty songs. They build their nests of fine things, such as horse hairs. They build them on the ground. The bird is a brownish color. Their eggs are pure white. They are quite large for a bird’s egg. The young quails run around soon after they are hatched—Lois Rens- berry, Fenton, Mich., R. F. D. No. 2. Dear Uncle Ned——I am a girl 10 years old and in the 4th grade. My father takes the M. B. F. and I read the Children’s Hour. We live on a 160-acre farm and I like the farm better than the city. We have a dog, four old cats and three little kittens. We have about 100 chickens, 9 pigs, 12 cows 22 young cattle and 6 liors‘ts. i will tell you about my trip to Chicago. We went on a boat named “Ala- bama” and it was rough the entire trip. We started and I. There were many animals on board the boat and there was a hospital on the boat for them. There is so much to tell about about Chica- go that I cannot tell it all. Write to me—Ruth C. Nelson, R. 2, Grant, Mich. iwur Uncle Ned Here is a poem I composed: The Three Happy Maids I’ll tell you a story that I’m sure You'll like quite Well, It’s about three maids Whose names I will not tell. Thcir home is the prettiest ever seen, With a. back—ground, oh! so lovely and green, The porch is covered with roses so bright It is just a beautiful sight. The words break forth From their lips so soft, And the wonderful voices Are heard far off. Early in the morning They‘re often seen Strolling along The meadows so green. They’ve nothing to do But work and play, This is the reason They're happy and gay. Their love for each other Can never be told, It's always increasing Though they’re getting old. The moon shines down On the maids so fair, While their voices softly float On the evening air. 80 now you see My story’s told And hope you’ll like it As good as gold. I -—Iris Arnold, Mt. Clemens. Mich., R4. “WHAT I THINK OF CALF CLUB WOR ” RECEIVED my inspiration in become a club member at a mass meeting conducted at the Rogers School, by Mr. George '13; Bishop, now Secretary of the. Upper. from Muskegon,_ my grandpa, mother, sister, brother . State .Ch Peninsula Development ty Club Agent. purebred stock club. so I joined On April 28th, 1921 we held Bureau, ;-, a and Miss Mary'V. Hall, Iron Conn-i}; I was inte’restervm» ‘ the * a meeting and organized the Clov-' erland Calf club. We have had' about ten regular meetings and six meetings for preliminary judging, all of which I attended and enjoyed, and can say that there was not a - meeting held but that I learned something new. At these meetings we had speakers who taught us how to judge, and how to carry on our club work successfully. Mr. George E. Bishop soon after organization, " left for Wisconsin to purchase the pure bred ,calves for the members of the club. I had chosen the Guern- sey type because of the permanent yellow color of its cream, which brings a high market price and be-‘ cause of its hardiness and gentle- ness and its remarkable dairy qual- ities. The follOwing week I receive ed word that the calves were to ar- rive on the 4th day of May. I went to the station to get the calf. Ding! Dong! The train was coming. The train came into the station and switched the stock car to a side- track to be unloaded. The calves were carried onto the platform in» their crates and were distributed to club members by lot. They were all Gucrnseys but two. which were Holsteins. My calf was small, in fact, one of the smallest of ,the group, but now she compares fav- orably with some of those that at first were larger and is gaining in weight Wonderfully. I have fed mv calf milk since the day I bought her, and have also fed her grain. She does not care for oil meal alone, but when mixed with ground feed she eats it readily. My calf has not had any sickness, and is strong and healthy. It fol- lows me around and comes readily when called. One day I went across the road to a neighbor and the calf followed me as far as the gate and waited until I came back and then followed me to the house. Every month I lead her one mile to be weighed, and I also led her three miles to the fair at Iron River with- out much trouble. I am more pleas: ed with my calf now than the day she arrived. My grandfather did not think much of it either at first, ‘ but he also has changed his mind. I am taking as good care of my calf as I know how, brushing and cleaning it every night and when I exhibited her at the county fair as did other members of the club I thought she must be the best calf of the group. The judge, however, decided differently, explaining to us in what respects other calves were superior, and awarded my calf second. place out of fifteen exhibited that day, much to my satisfaction. Most of the calves exhibited be- longed to club members and I learn- ed that some of the members did not take care of their calf as well as others. We also judged stock that day and three of our members took prizes winning trips to the Livestock Exposition at Chicago. I am planning to take up this work again next year, and am aiming to win first place at the fair this fall instead of second. More than half of the members of the Cloverland Club attended the Upper Peninsula Club at Chatham and in the stock judging we carried off several prizes. Russell Hartley. Iver Peterson and I won free trips to the State Fair at Detroit while Russell Hartley won in addition a pure bred Holstein calf, and Iver Peterson a pure bred Duroc-Jersey hog. I believe that the Cloverland Calf Club has made a very creditable record and I hope that more such clubs may be organized. This kind of Work should be carried on. The club work has been of* great value to me. The project work has given me experience in making records in a business—like way; has taught me to judge with a_ fair degree of accur- .acy-the various 'types of cows, sheep and hogs, and has enabled me to learn by practical experience the, proper care of calves. But its great-. est value probably lles in the fact that it is interesting many boys in agriculture from which will come‘ our future farmers. club leaders or‘ agricultural agent i 93’,» s.——Andrew .Waite A , I 1'. The Michigan Business Farmer’s Great $500 Puzzle F U N FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY COSTS NOTHING TO “Young folks, old folks, everybody come, join the Business Farmer’s Contest, You’ll have a lot of fun!” TRY THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER is going to give every man, woman and child the chance to have lots of fun at the same tima'the chance to win\ any one of fifteen big cash prizes. The whole family can take part in this simple yet amusing fun game. Every object has been drawn plainly so everybody can recognize it. There are no hidden 'objects. Every one of them is as plain as the nose on your face. You don’t have to turn the picture upside down or sideways. Just look at the picture and name the objects, that’s all. The person who sends us the largest and most correct list will be awarded First Prize, second largest list Second Prize, and so on. Ask for them. How Many Objects Can You Find in this Simple Picture that Begin With “B” ? But don’t wait to send in youn list. Get it inearly. We will furnish additional proofs of this Puzzle Picture free. I...” Here are a few of the Words: BOOK, BEAR, BALL, BEADS, BADGE, etc. Just pick out the words and write them down. We are running the “B” Puzzle Picture to increase the poularity of this paper. It is not a subscription contest and you do not have to send in a single subscription to win a Prize. If the judges award your answer the First Prize, you win $20.00; Second Prize, $10.00, etc. But if you want to win more than this, we ............J make you the following Offer: You Can Win $500 If the judges award you First Prize and you have sent in two $1 subscriptions to the Michigan Busi- ness Farmer, you will receive $300 instead of $20.00; Second Prize, $150, etc. (See second column of figures in prize list.) But, if you are awarded ‘ First Prize and have sent in five $1 subscriptions to the Michigan Busi- ness Farmer you will receive $500 in- HOW MANY OBJEUBS CAN YOU FIND IN THIS PICTURE THAT BEGIN WITH “B”? SUBSCRIPTION RATES $1.00 PER YEAR PAYABLE IN ADVANCE Ex-Governor Fred M. Warner. A. B, Cook, Pres. | lVIichigan State Grange and G. W, Dickinson, Sec’y- I act as judges and decide the winners. Mgr.. lilichigan State Fair, have been asked to stead of $20; Second Prize $250, etc. (See third column of figures in prize list.) It is easy to get subscriptions for the Michigan Business Farmer, all of your friends and neighbors want it; they are only waiting to be Rules of the Contest--Observe Them 1. Any man, woman, boy or girl who is not an employee of the Michigan Business Farmer or a member of employees family, may submit an answer. It costs nothing to try, 2. All answers must be mailed by November 25th., 1922. and sent to the Michigan Business Farmer. 3 All lists of names should be written on one side of the paper only and numbered consecutively, 1, 2, 3, etc. Write your full name, and address on each page in the upper right—hand corner, Do not write subscriber’s name or anything else on the same paper with list of words; use separate sheet. 4. Only words found in the Webster's Unabridged Dictionary will 'be counted. Do not use obsolete words. Use either the singular or plural, but where the plural is used the singular can not be counted. and vice versa. Do not use hyphenated, or com- pound words, where each word in itself is a separ— ate object, When an object can be correctly called by two or more names, any one of such names will be counted as a word. 5. Words of the same spelling can be used only once, even though used to designate different objects. An object can be named only once; however, any part of the object may also be named. 6. In making the awards each list will be con- sidered solely upon its merits Every incorrect word counts against the contestant just as much as a cor- rect word counts in the contestant's favor. There— fore it is very important that no incorrect words are included in a list. Address All Communications to 7. _Thc answer havin the largest and nearest correct list of names of gisiublc objects shown in the picture that begin with the letter “B” will be award- ed First Prize etc. Neatness, style, handwriting or the matter of subscriptions sent in have no bearing upon deciding the winners. 8, Candidates may co~operatc in answering the puzzle, but only one prize will be awarded to any one household; nor will prizes be awarded to more than one of any group outside of the family where two or more have been working together. 9. In the event of a tie for any prizes offered, the full amount of such- prize will be paid to each tied participant. 10. All answers will receive the same consider— ation regardless of whether or not subscriptions for the Business Farmer are sent in. 11, Ex—Govenor Fred M. Warner, A. B. Cook, Pres. Michigan State Grange and G, W, Dickinson, Secy—Mgr. Michigan State Fair, have been asked to act as judges and decide the winners. They wlll use. Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary as reference and participants agree to accept the decision of the judges as final and conclusive, 12. The judges will meet directly following close of the contest and announcement and correct list of ‘ words will be published in the Michigan Business Farmer as quickly thereafter as possnble. CONTEST MANAGER ' THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER, K MT. CLEMENS, MICH. v'l'lh is tln nee-Id mt Cub Prise Contest we have conducted. In. A. E. Tuner, Spring Arbor, Mich. was the winner of the First his. I; '_ content. Mun-o regarding the hit, and square way The Business Far-er conducts these "on popular contest. asked to subscribe or renew at $1 a year. Your own subscription or re- newal will count for one and all you have to do is to get the additional new or renewal subscriptions. The subscriptions can start at any time. When sending subscr'ptions, write order, names and addresses on a sepa— rate sheet from your puzzle anSWer. The Prizes: Winning Answers Will Receive Prizes as Follows: Prizes given Prlzes given Prizes glven 15 Grand If NO If TWO $1 If FIVE $1 Prizes Subsorlptlons Subscriptlons Subscrlptlons are sent are sent are sent $20.00 $300.00 $500.00 10.00 150.00 250.00 5.00 75.00 125.00 5.00 50.00 75.00 5.00 30.00 50.00 3.00 20.00 40.00 3.00 15.00 30.00 3.00 10.00 20.00 2.00 10.00 20.00 , 2.00 10.00 15.00 Cash lst Prize. 2nd Prize 3rd Prize 1th Prize 5th Prize 6th Prize 7th Prize 8th Prize . 9th Prize 10th to 15th 12 (so) by 73¢ Wit/rise.» ’ ' An Independent Farmer's Weekly Owned and Edited In Michigan l SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. 1922 Published every Saturday by THE RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY. Ino. Mt. Clemens, chhlfln Represented in New York, Chicago. St. Louis and Minneapolis b! the Associated Form Papers. Incorporated ‘ Member Audit Bureau of Oirculations. GEDRGE‘ M. SLOCUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "PUBLISHER FORREST A. 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Mich. “The Farm Paper of Service " _ The Farmers Right’To Strike \ ECONOMISTS hold up their hands in hor- ror at the very idea of the coming to pass by some miracle a “farmers’ strike.” No one has yet prophesied how it could be brought about, but Secretary Wallace, in his very able talk before the Farm Bureau at Leesburg, Va., Vnought out the facts comparing farm and la- bor wages, which are timely in View of the re- cent upheavals He said in. part: “Take the average wage received by the coal miner for mining a ton of coal. In 1913 the wage per ton would buy 1.1 bushels of corn in Iowa; in 1921 it would buy 2.5 bushels of corn in Iowa. In 1913 the ton wage would buy .7 of a bushel of wheat in North Dakota; in 1921, .9 of a bushel. In 1913 it would buy 4.7 lbs of cotton in Texas; in 1921, 8.5 lbs. In 1913, 7 lbs. of hogs in Nebraska; in 1921, 14 lbs. In 1913, .8 of a bushel of potatoes in New York; in 1921, 1.2 bushels. In 1913, 11 lbs. of sheep in Wyom— ing; in 1921, 18 lbs. In 1913, 1.6 bushels of oats in Illinois; in 1921, 3.1 bushels. In 1913, 2.4 lbs. of butter in Missouri; in 1921, 3.2 lbs. “Taking the average yearly earnings of rail- road employes, we find that in 1913 the yearly wage would buy 1,492 bushels of corn in Iowa, and in 1921, 4,112 bushels. It would buy 1,028 bushels of wheat in North Dakota in 1913; in 1921, 1,466 bushels. In 1913 it would buy 6,4‘49 lbs. of cotton in Texas, and in 1921, 13,934 lbs. It would buy in 1913, 102 cwt. of hogs in No- braska, and in 1921, 237 cwt. It would buy 148 cwt. of sheep in Wyoming in 1913, and in 1921, 296 cwt. In 1913 it would buy 1,087 bushels of potatoes in New York; in 1921, 1,916 bushels. In 1913, 2,174 bushels of oats in Illinois; in 1921, 5,109 bushels. In 1913, 3,309 lbs. of butter in Missouri, in 1921, 5,285 lbs. “The purchasing power of the wages of the railway employe in 1921 was 51 per cent greater than in 1913. The purchasing powor of the wages of the coal miner in 1921 was 30 per cent greater than in 1913. The purchasing power of the farm band who works for wages in 1921 was 4 per cent less than 1913, while the purchasing power of the farmer himself was, on an average, from 25 to 45 per cent less than in 1913. “In short, the farmers of the country, number- ing almost one—third of our entire population, have borne altogether the heaviest burden of de- flation. They have endeavored to get relief by all lawful means. They have apealed to the Ad- ' ministration, to Congress and to every other agency which they thought might be able to help them, but while making these efiorts to avoid their heavy losses they have not struck. They have not created disorders. They have kept on producing and in the face of extraordinarily low prices have this year grown one of the largest crops in our entire history. The farmer believes in law and order. He believes in government. He believes in fairness in working hard and pro- ducing efficiently.” it is strange that labor-leaders cannot see what is plain to all men, that wages cannot rise, while the greater producers of America, the farmers, are forced to accept lowered “wages” in the price paid for the products of their toil. Practically, the farmers of Amer- ica. cannot strike, but it is highly doubtful, though way were. opened. SINESS ARMER mum Farmers “ca-whole are Juana, than will not be lead far by false sprophetsvfand ,they prefer to believe, as we do, that “right Will, in the end triumph. ” » ' The State Fair MidWay ' HEN Commissioner of Agriculture Doelle sent Ezra Levin, an employee of his own department, to investigate the Michigan State Fair and report personally his; own opin- ion of it, we doubt if Mr. Doelle had in mind that the reportwould be so pointedly critical or that it would so quickly find first page po- sition in the daily press as an “attack on the fair management”. ‘ We cannot view it as such, because Mr. Levins report was really an attack on the “midway”, which has always, and will always, be. a source of lively discussion, just as placing bets on the horse-races was, until it was per-- manently abolished from the fair grounds. In defense of Mr. Dickinson’s able manage- ment of the fair, it is readily apparent that [he “midway” is a source of revenue of first importance. Particularly is this true of the Michigan fair. because of its proximity to De- troit, the fourth largest city in America. No other state fair in the United States is situated so near a city of half Detroit’s population. City folks are accustomed to spending their money on “shows”, so the question of how greatly the abolition of the “midway” Would effect the gate receipts of the fair is one that the fair management will find hard to answer. If the. midway with all its freaks, cheap- ‘shows and games of chance, has been the con- tributing factor to provide in a large measure, the profit at the close of each fair which has made possible the new Coliseum, the' concrete barns and the hundred and one educational improvements Which are each year added to the fair, then here indeed is a problem of mor- ality versus finances. This criticism of the midway and the kin- dred concessions on the Michigan State Fair grounds is not original with Mr. Levin, we have heard it from visitors often, usually qual- ified however by some remark regarding the “suckers who wouldn’t be satisfied unless they squandered some money at the fair.” But there are we believe several successful state fairs in this country where no midway is toler- ated, it ought to be easy for Mr. Dickinson to get the facts regarding their experience. \Ve want to see the Michigan State Fair live up to its opportunities, we want to see it con— tinue under the management of Mr. Dickinson and we cannot believe but. what the airing of this midway matter, with the hope of bringing fourth the fac ts even though they establish its necessity as a profit~producer, will be Of gen.- uinc benefit. Alcohol from Potatoes HE Washtenaw Post says the Business Farmer is mistaken when it claims there are too many potatoes. The problem is not one of regulation, but of utilization, says our critic. “The real fact is,” claims the Post writer, “there hasn’t been a single potato mare raised than could be profitably used if the farmers knew their business, which consists not only in producing potatoes, but in selling them. Not selling them in the form of potatoes, but in the form of alcohol. * * * No, there are not too many potatoes; there is only an absence of commonsense on the. part of the farmers, in dealing with the problem of an over—supply but which really does not exist.” - This editorhas suggested nothing new. As a matter of fact the United States government and many individuals—including Henry Ford, NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS. Rather than curtail departments and print incomplete issues, as some farm pa- pers have been forced to do, we have pro- terred to issue The Michigan Business Farmer, eVery-other-week temporarily. Each issue missed has been Credited to the subscriber, so that in the end no one will lose a single issue for which he, has paid. We respectfully .ask your' patience and thank you for your loyalty to “The Only Farm~Weekly Owned and ‘ “gm «h W1?) I ’ l never ,been' any questiOn about the .of the country were fishing, this Somme 2 among the, reads mam ex hopes ‘of demonstra potatoes: ~ The _ . museums profitably extracted _ ‘ of getting alcohol from potatoes, but. there-has; been and still is a good deal of question about, ' the practicability of the operation. For unless, ‘it can be done at a profit the scheme value; less. One might as well suggest that 'thesur, plus be sold to the inhabitants of Mars. It is, one thing to suggest What the farmers ought ; do and another how to do it _ . At the present value of fuel alcohol not more than 10 or 15 cents can be paid for a bushel of: potatoes to be thus utilized. In fact experie meme conducted to date give us' noreason expect that the common table variety of potato will ever prove a prOfitable source cf commer- Several years ago,—-itxis said, ; ‘ Henry Ford imported from Germany a larger 2 .. ‘ and coarser variety of potato from which he" hoped to secure alcohol in paying quantities." " ', cial alcohol. but his failure to do so up to the} present time > is impressive testimony Vof the difficulties to be “ I! overcome. ' , It is entirely possible that the United States may some day consume in one form or another all the potatoes which the farmers can raise but that time is not yet. If the farmers are due for any criticism it is because they were so. short sighted as to plant so many potatoes and- not because they do not know how to market the crop at a profit. The Tariff is in Effec ' - ' HE Fordney-McCumber tariff bill has} been signed by the President and is this. minute in effect, whether or not you have“ as . yet felt its effect in bringing you greater prof- its on what you sell or making what you buy cost more. progressive members of, that party who might have hailed it a few years ago as a “bulwork af protection for our infant industries.” But- in the year' of Our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty—tWo it praises have a hollow sound. The infant industries of a few years back are some of the mightiest trusts of the present day. They need the protection of the govern- ment about as badly as a pugilist needs a burs- ing bottle. Anyway, the Fordney-McCumber bill adds a few more tiers to the wall of pro- tection around them to make sure that no com- peting Europeean product may ever clmb over to the American consumer. ‘ Much has been said of \the. “recognition” which the bill gives toagriculture but as was pointed out in these columns when the bill was first under discussion, this recognition is more! apparent than real. During the few months that have elapsed since the introduction of the, bill the thinking men in the agricultural field have come to realize that except in a very few cases the tariff on agricultural productswill prove of no value whatever to the farmer. No lessaperson than. Dr. Friday of the M. A. 0., speaking before the potato growers at Cadillac, " . pointed out the fallacy of gxpecting a benefit from a tariff on products of which the United State produce a surplus. ’ . Michigan Crops In Lead T is encouraging toxnotc how the condition of Michigan crops has surpassed those of nearly .all other states for every month of the year. The September crop report shows Mich- :gan outdistanced by only four states, two only of which may rightly be termed agricultural. -. Farmers can stand poor crops when prices are high, but poor crops and poor prices are a com; 7 a bination which will put a mortgage on most any farm. With good crops and in easy reach ‘ of the big consuming centers the farmers of, C _ Michigan are better able to withstand, of low prices than are the farmers of almost any other state; ; r .f How @bout The Lot?” 7,..." POLITICS may be mam hi coal prices we. predictedfiwhenwthe, ' I. p acre. Sometime ago EYE conducted . The tariff bill, altho avowedly, a. . Republican measure, was attacked by many o o, '1" l-HH Puer‘V SUV 'n"m 0? W cry-w \- vp—Vr-aivwww'l,‘ ~q l " of a capitalist. ,hold to gain his point. ‘ children. ll. . _ methods t befits ' . WALL STREET AND The FARMER /' N an article recently. published in‘ «the Dearb'orn Independent, a writer says: “The business farmer is. the backbone of civilization." Gideon was thrashing near the wine press in the vineyard to keep the grain hid from the Midenites Who lay in the valley to pounce upon any grain harvested by the Isrealltes. The present day farmer has no hiding place. He threshes his grain. The stock exchange fixes the price ‘ and it is "take or leave it,” and in too many instances he has to "take it” for he has immediate obligations to meet. There is a bird known as the “Boob” that is an industrious fisher, there is another bird, the frigate, that is a pirate, who never fishes, but when the “boob” comes in with his pouch loaded with fish the frig- ate bird pounces upon him and makes him disgorge and he returns home as empty as he went out. Likewise, the farmer produces his grain and the pirates in Wall Street and elsewhere pounce upon him and “eat 'em up" and he frequently comes out at the end of the horn as empty as when he started out at the first of the season. What’s the remedy! Destroy the power of the pirate by letting the government own. and control the currency. By some people it may be denied that we have a private owned and controlled currency but the fact remains. There are some signs of a break- ing up along political lines. The nominations that; have been made to date. The fusion of parties in New York and other surface indications. Labor is a sleeping giant that may roll over, rub its eyes, shake itself and set up and take notice or cause the candidates to take notice. Ford has opened the eyes of the lindustrial and railroad world and demonstrated that labor can be paid living wages. ' The chief trouble with corpora- tions is that the “overhead” absorbs the earnings and if there is any- thing left labor can have it.——T. E. T., Oakland County, Mich. STRIKES AS THE FARMER STRIKES THEM HE farmer is more of a laborer T than a capitalist, so he does not look at strikes with the eye He believes in the organization ‘of the laborers in a common cause. He has some organ- izations himself and is nowtrying to perfect others. He believes that an important effort of class organiza: tion should be” to get fair pay for the labor of its members, but he does not believe that should be the only effort. An organization in the eyes of the farmer is not a success unless it makes of its members better work- ers and better citizens, as well as gets more money for them. The can- ning'club emblem suits him and his organizations. He would have his farmers’ club, Farm Bureau or other farm’organization train the head, the heart and the hand. He would or- ganize to eliminate waste and in that way would help the consumer as well as himself. When it comes to the walk-out the farmers emphatically does not be— lieve in that. He believes in planting the crop to fit the market, but not in starving a world to get exorbitant prices. He accents his task as the producer of food and would not or- ganize to stop production to force his point on the rest of the country. He will try the best he can to sell what he" grows at a profit, but he who has not «"the heart to let the old'cast-off horse starve or to shoot him and end the feed bill will not use the. throttle He will not try to get what he thinks he ought to have from the consumer by stop- ping productiOn and causing misery and starvation ahenong women and . Of course he will plan, organize, and. try as best he can by up-to~date o betteruhis Conditions. He the. e is Working his (way to ‘ ‘ e 1.1th burden ‘ Ham ‘6: ”’ it at too great a sacrifice to himself and family, but he will not walk out n0r make threats to gain his point. Education and the elimination of un- necessary cost of delivering farm ‘ products to consumers are the main lines of action. Of course, planning the crop of the country to fit the probable demand and systematic marketing will enter in, but this will hurt the food speculator and not the consumer. He does not intend to strike and believes that no body of workers. bring suffering on a whole people. He has no thought of affiliating with the labor organizations and recent actions of some of the unions force the conviction that his ideals and the ideals o". the members and leaders of those unions are very far apart.———L. R. Neel, Tennesee. DOES TARIFF INCREASE CLOTHING COST? DITORz—Well, the tariff has E been passed, signed and now the great American people can shoulder their load. Did you read what the head of the wool growers said? Listen:—~ “The charge that the proposed duty will add $5 to the retail cost of a suit of clothes is absurd. In the first place, the duty will apply to considerably less than half of the domestic consumption of clothing wools, for in 1921, 262,000,000 pounds were imported as compared with a domestic production of 302,- 000,000 pounds. Furthermore, in practice the price of domestic wool is never equal to the price of the foreign wools plus the fundamental duty. Secondly, the average amount of grease wool in a suit of clothes is only 8 pounds. Taking an average and fair general estimate of a 50 per cent shrinkage of the wool, the aver- age suit of clothes contains only about four pounds of wool, which at the duty of 33 cents, would add an outside maximum of $1.33 to the suit of clothes. The fairer figure which we are willing to admit would be pos- sibly as much as $1 a suit that might be added to the retail cost of a suit of clothes by the wool tariff.” Now, watch carefully and you will see the clothing merchants start pull- ing the $5 out of the “dere publik” all right. How much advantage will the wool growers of Michigan actual— ly get. We shall see what we shall» see—E. B. K., Montcalm County. SHOULD MAKE IT UP TO SOLDIERS All our soldiers should have full compensation for their time and risk in the World War. Those who were disabled should have a substantial pensidn for life. Thousands of the boys came home believing their jobs were waiting for them as had been promised. Only a very few found it so. Why don’t America citizens stand together for the betterment of home and nation and quit whining about the- folks across the pond.—-W. C. Anderson, Green Forest. WHEAT PRICES AND MILL PRODUCTS Who gets the cream? I sold my wheat for $1.03 a bushel I am pay- ing $2 a hundred pounds for shorts, $1.85 a hundred pounds for bran and $1.10 for 24 pounds ‘of flour, grown and milled right here. Is that not as much of a crime as bootlegging? We are paying our attorneysibig salaries. They run their legs off after bootleggers, yet leave the big corporations unmolested.— H. G. Myers, Morehouse, Mich. SOMETHING WORSE Once a friend of Mark Twain’s was conversing with him regarding a terrible affliction of a person known to them both. The friend said, ‘ “Can you imagine anything worse than having diphtheria and scarlet fever at the same time?" J “Yes,” replied Mark; “I can easily imagine some things worse than that —-—for instance, rheumatism and 'St. have the moral right to walk out and“ a when , Ul‘l'ION, Paduoah. UMORITE is the cheapest of all farm _dynamites—it does not give you a head- ache from handling it. . . . . .and, in addition, it is non-freezing. You can use it right on into winter-time. Dumorite has approximately the same strength as 40% dynamite, stick for stick, and shoots with the slow heaving action of 20%. A box of 135 to 140 sticks of Dumorite costs the - same as 100 sticks of 40%——onc-third more dynamite per dollar. Send for 105-page Farmers’ Handbook of Explosives. A It’s free and gives complete instructions for using dynamite on the farm. E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO., Inc. McCormick Bldg., H u Bld ., Chicago, m. n ey g Duluth, Minn. NON-HEADACHE a U p U N T NON-FREEZING DU 0 lTE BUSINESS FARMERS’ EXCHANGE A WORD PER. ISSUE—Cash should accompany all orders. Count as one word each initial and each grounof figures. both in body of ad and In address. Copy must be in our hands before Saturday for issue dated following week. The Business Farmer Adv. Dept., Mt. Clemens, Michigan. LET _US TAN YOUR HIDE—COW AND Horse Indes for fur coats and Robes. Cow and Steer hides into Harness or Sole Leather. Oat- ?éig on t‘rmutlhest.f ch repair and remodel worn .; cs lma es unnSicLl. 'I‘llE CROSBY FRI - IAN FUR CO., Rochester, N. Y. S CORD-WOOD SAW FRAMES BUZZ SAW FRAMES. BLADEsa MANDRELS belting, pullies. wood—working machinery, can, 0 every description. Low prices, prompt Shipments. Catadozue free. Write GEO. M. WETTSCIIUR- ACK. La Fayette, Indiana. . SAVE MONEY. BUY SILVERFOAM WASH- ing r‘mmxmnd direct from manufacturer in bulk,’ T“BA‘- 10‘) absolutely Softens water, washes clothes without - _ rubbing. “omen throw away washboards. Write (illllflfiqffir‘ freew momma. _ SILVERFOAM _LABOR- NATUR?L5LE11F Tofincg“ 00 HEWiNG, 5 . t .S. hl-io (u'atmt Ave... Detrmt Mich. ands, . ; uns, '. . ' , " 300mm. $135: f5popounds sa'oofimsoetigg n3 sALEsMAN—ARE vou nooxme FOR A money. pay when received. ("Alanine 'romo- “mm” ‘3” “0” t" farmers? “my “"9" ““d‘ 00 ASSOCIATION, Padumh' Ky. our product. It_has a large repeat business. N0 1nvvst‘.nicnt required. No collections to make. V. 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TELL YOUR FRIENDS anon! rr MICHIGAN BUSINESS ,_ FARrfiift‘ ‘ ' . 14, (62) SELF-MASTER"! ELF Mastery, thus autwsugges- S tion, by Emile Cone, it tells ‘how to cure yourself by calling in the sub—conscious mind as the doctor. The cure—all is very simple, it is just this formula, repeated twenty times each night, aloud as you are drifting off to sleep. "Every day in every way, I am getting bet- ter and better,” or “Every day in ev- ery way, thru God’s help, I am get- ting better.” , It is his theory that the sub-con— scious mind which governs all our organs, processes of digestion, res- piration and circulationpwhich go on while we sleep, can cure us of al- most any ill if we direct it to do so. We have to admit that our other self manages us in many ways and so relieves our conscious self from much’ detail, for we say, “I will wake up at a quarter to six to-morrow morn— ing,” and at that time we wake’from a sound slumber, look at the time, it is a quarter to six. Our sub-con- scious mind has taken care of the matter for us and is apt to be very accurate. This happened to me just last week. I made up my mind to waken at just seven o’clock on the following morning, when I wakened I looked at my watch and it read, 7:15! "What, now I said you have played me false”! Just then the seven o’clock whistle blew and I found my watch was fifteen minutes fast but my sub-conscious mind reg~ istered central standard exactly. In our waking hours our conscious con— trols our conscious acts but during sleep control is given over to the sub- conscious. On this principle Dr. Cone’s plan works, he puts the sub— conscious mind at the business of re- pair not only of our physical selves but mental and moral as well. Dr. Cone is a Frenchman and holds his clinics at Nancy, France, where its is said he makes some won- derful cures. This is somewhat along the line of Christian Science and New Thought and is interesting at least. The air is full today of the general principle that we have powers Within ourselves that we lit- tle dream of. It is well to keep an open mind. You remember we have many miracles before us con- tinually. Radio is just one of a dozen things we would have called impos— sible a few years ago. I am often reminded of this saying by Charles Austin Bates—“It is generally the man who doesn’t know better who does the things that can’t be done. The fool doesn’t know that it can't hendone, so he goes ahead and does If that is so any one of us may be glad to be in the fool class. \VHO NEXT? . "If a woman will. she will You may depend on‘i. If she won't. she won't And there's an end on’t, I am another farm woman that W111 not wear long skirts again and several of my friends say the same. I am going to make mine either six, seven or eight inches from the floor, it depends upon the kind of dress. —Miss Althea L. Masters. A PATRIOTIC DUTY F we do not take the time to get out to the poles and vote at the November elections then we are neglecting to perform a very reasonable duty to our Common- Wealth and have no right to complain when public matters are not man- aged to our liking. Unless you believe (which you will never admit) that you have not good judgement, then go to the polls and use ‘your vote for the best in- terests of your country which in the end is nothing more nor less than your own selfish interest. Do not think that how you vote does not matter. It does matter, your vote counts just as much as that of the President himself. “The man or woman who fails to vote this autumn ought to have a white feather pinned on,” says Mrs. Maud Wood Park, president of‘ the National League of Women Voters. “Such a man, such a woman, is a slacker. In time of war there are several ways of betraying the coun- try; in time of peace there is one—- failure to cast a conscientious vote. Men and women who will not vote are doing all they can do to destroy [gemocrac‘y for no country in which ,7 ....n.._......_ a. '1':V.‘,-no .~. “new _ ‘I‘ ll. "“-liil‘l' " ' ' *‘-’ *3" ~ Th . k. V ‘7‘! r, . . i eDaILment for. the W :1: Edited by MRS. GRACE NELLIS JENNF" elections are decided by the votes of the minority, no country with a great body of voters too lazy of mind to take part in elections, is anything but a despotism, the rule of the indif- ferent many by the selfish few. CARE FOR THE EARS T is extremely dangerous for a mother to use any hard object ‘“ with which to clean children’s ears, such as a tooth—pick or hair- pin. To remove wax use a little warm water and wash the ears very gently. It may not be generally known that any heavy oil as hen’s or goose oil is not safe, for it mats the fine hairs which are in the ears for a good purpose and makes them in- effective. A little glycerine may be very thankful to any one, that has made them with success, if she would er tried making perfumed beads or any other kind for pin money? If answer through the paper or write ' me. In the summer time I raise chick- ens and garden for pin money, but in the winter time, when one has the most time, I’m undecided what to start at. Some of the readers must have some good pin money ideas for winter, and here’s hopeing I hear from some of you please—Mrs. M. Edict, Norway, Mich. FRIED CAKES This fried cake recipe has been taken from the Bakers recipe for IF I CAN BE BY HER I D—D-D-Don’t c-c-c—are how the r-r- ,r-obin sings '1 ' how the r-r-r-ooster f—f—flaps his wings, Er Whether ’t sh-sh—shines, er Whether ’t pours, Er how high up the eagle s-s-soars, If I can b-b-b-be by her. I don’t care if the p-p—p-people s-say, ‘At I’m weak-minded every W-Way, An’ n-n—never had no cub-common sense, I'd c-c—cuh-climb the highest p-picket fence. If I could b-b-b—be by her. If I can be by h—h-her, I’ll s—s—swim The r-r—rest of life thro th-th-thick and thin: I’ll throw my overcoat away, An’ s-s-s—stand pat on the c—c-c-coldest day. If I can b-b-b-be by her. You s—s—see sh—sh—she weighs an awful pile. B-b—b-but I d-d—d-don’t care.— sh-she’s just my style. An’ any f-f-fool could p—p—p-plainly see She’d look well b—b-b-by the side of me; If I could b-b-bsbe by her. I b-b-b-braced right up, and ‘had the s-s-s-sand To ask ’er f-f—father f-f—for 'er hand; He said: “Wh—W’h-What p—p-prospects have you got?” I said: I gu-gu-guess I’ve got a lot, If I can b—b-‘b—ee by her.” It’s all arranged f—fJfor Christmas Day, Fer then we’re going to r—r—r-run away. An then s—s—some th-th-thing that cu- cu—couldn't be At an b-b«before will then, you s—s-see, B-b-b—because I’ll b-b-b—be by her. used. for it can be washed out with warm water. Specialists say that the ears are more difficult to treat than almost any organ of the body, even than the eyes, so it behooves us to be'careful. Deafness is easy to attain and very hard to cure} CORRESPONDENCE COLUMN Any reader having cuttings or combings to be made up into switch- es may write direct to our subscrib- er, Mrs. Oscar Adrian Standish, Mich. Rt. ,2. CAN YOU ASSIST? I am a reader of M. B. F. and like it fine. I have never yet asked the readers for any help, but am. now about to do so. Have any of you ev- so, how were they made? I would be a smaller batch. It makes between four and five dozens. They are just fine. 'The secret of good fried cakes is to have your grease real hot so the dough will not soak the grease. 1 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon butter, 1-2 teaspoon salt, 2 tps. bak- ing powder, 3 cups flour. Milk enough to wet the dough, about 2 cups, nutmeg seasoning. ' CANNING TOMATOES Since I am a farmer’s wife and enjoy the farm paper, I will send in a recipe for canning tomatoes when ripe. As a rule they are hard to keep for usually they turn, sour even if they do not work. Canned in my way they will be as nice as if they have been scalded, peeled and cut in AIDS TO GOOD DRESSING: For Simplicity, Service and Style A Stylish Coat for the Growing Girl 4105. Broad cloth, homespun, velours, and duvetyn also silk and pile fabrics are suitable for this model. The sleeve, in raglan style, is very comfortable.T‘he fronts may be but- toned close to the neck with collar rolled high. or, open with the collar rolled low. in 4 Sizes: 6, 8. 10, and 12 years. A 10 year- size requires . 3-4 yards of 44 inch material. Pattern mailed to any address on re- ceipt of .120 in silver 1 or stamps. A Splendid Model in ‘ Wrap Style - 4125. Stylish and very attractive in blue serge with black braid and but- ' tons for trimming. Jersey and knitted fabrics are good also for this design. The Pattern is cut in 3 Sizes: 18 5 and 20 years. An 3' \ 18 year size re- quires 4 yards of 54 inch material, The width of the dress at the foot is 2 3-8 yards. . . \ - Pattern mailed to . any adress on re- ceipt 01,120 in silver or. stamps. _ . 1.,v .neck, or rolled low The Pattern is cut" A Comfortable Coat 4102. A Good feat- ure of this style is the convertible col- lar. It may be rolled high with the coat buttoned close to the with the coat fronts open, This is a very popular model, good for all cloakings. The Pattern is cut , in 5 Sizes: 6, 8, 10, 10 year size requires ‘ 4 yards of 44 inch material, Pattern mailed to any address on re- ceipt of 120 in silver or stamps. A Simple Frock for a Young Miss 4117. Smart belt extensions on this dress. effected by slashes at the sides. and an outstanding style feature. The sleeve may be in wrist or elbow length. The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: 6, 8, 10 and 12 years. A 10 year size requires 3 1-2 yards of 32 inch material, Serge, crepe knit and jersey weaves, also taffeta are attractive mater- ials for this style. Pattern mailed to any address on re- ceipt of 120 in silver or stamps. '- ‘ ‘ ,dough, 'were bought at the store. . "Thisw eipe is tried and. true: ,, Take enough tematoes so there will be about six quarts after they: Put on stove and add 1 tps. of 1 two. baking-soda, this will raise askum, skim it off and boil until they be- ‘come clear and the skum does not‘ raise. .Then can while boiling, use new rubbers and caps, stand a while and tighten the caps, doing this several times while they are still hot. Hoping this will be of help to some one who likes toma- toes as well as I do.—-M. T. S., Onap way, Mich. ‘ ' A * HELP. PLEASE I have an oxadized brass bed. It has become tarnished and I wish to ask through your Column where I can get it refinished, or if there is a way I can clean it myself.—Mrs. John R. Kissinger. RECEIPE WANTED Will some one please send me, through the columns of the Michigan Business Farmer a recipe for "a plain old fashioned English boiled pudding?-—-L. M. S., . Charlevoix County. DUTCH CAKE When Mrs. K. B. asked for a re-- cipe for Dutch Cake (Apfel Kuch— . en), I thought I would send my re- cipe at once but I neglected to do so, until now. I see three sisters have contributed, but I believe they will relish the flavor of the apples. If I am not too late, enclosed you will find the recipe as follows: Take 1 pint of bread sponge, add a quarter of a teaspoon of salt, Have 1—4 cup butter and 1-2 cup sugar creamed, add to sponge. Then add 1 well beaten egg, flour, to make soft dough. Knead lightly, let rise. When light roll 1-2 inch thick and place in two well greased shallow pans. Brush with butter, sprinkle with sugar. Pare apples and cut into eighths (if apples are too large, cut smaller) and press into the sprinkle with cinnamon. Cover and let rise about 1-2 hour. Bake 20 minutes. Keep covered with pan first 10 or 15 minutes, in order that the apples may be thor- oughly cooked. I prefer the Northern Spy apple, but any tart apple Will Stanley Green. , JELLEY-ROLLS ‘I am a 'reader of the Michigan Business Farmer and like it very well, I also like the Women‘s Page. I noticed that one of the readers wanted a recipe for a jelly-roll, so I will send mine. 3 eggs, 1 cup sugar, 1thls. water; 1 rounding tps. baking powder, 1 this. melted butter, 1 pinch salt. Separate eggs. beat whites until stiff. Add the sugar to the yolks and butter and beat light then add the hot water and one full cup of flour add whites last, spread a cloth with powdered sugar an" salt. Filling One cup of raisins ground. Boil one cup of sugar with a little water to make a syrup, add raisins and beat in white of one egg, add pinch of salt. When cold potatoes boiled with ‘jackets on are hard, to peel add boiling water to them. Vaseline applied every night to corns will cure them.— P. Y. K., Harbor Beach, Mich. HOME-SPUN A little turpentine added to starch will prevent the iron from sticking to the clothes. Scorched spots on clothing may be removed by ap lying a thick paste made of ordin ry starch. Let the paste dry on. More thanl? one ap- lication may be necessary. Turpentine will- remove paint stains. ' Cold water removes tea—stains but use boiling water for coffee stains. Rust stains may be removed by soaking in boiling rhubard juice. For iron rust: Apply salt and lemon juice to the spots and leave in the sunshine until the rust disap- pears. In obstinate cases two or three such treatments are necessary. Peach stains: Rub glycerine over the spots two or three days before laundering and they will disappear _ in the wash. . ,1 .7 3’0" 9’2. ; *‘ . let them - do.—Mrs. . < :5 z.» I l .4 T l f 1r. / A J o f t , y l l.‘ y, 5 n'. R “ an’-‘Ww .Arv"\.. ’ 5 in the center. 0—... Pour boiling water through the stain. v Fleas: should be taken out of doors, cleaned, and sprayed with benzine or gasoline. The floor should be wash- ed with soapsuds, secial attention * being given to cracks between boards and along baseboards, and rubbed or sprayed with gasOline, benzine, or kerosene. Ink sots: Remove goods by immersing in eroxide, then rinsing three or more times in clear . water before drying. The chemical action of soap on the peroxide will eatholes through the fabric. These spots on colored goods will yield to an application. of equal parts of citric acid and cream of tartar melted ’on a plate. Mix well, rub over the spots and wash the goods thoroughly after they disap- pear. Mildew: Rub common soap on the spots, then work in all the starch the soap will absorb. Blood stains: Soap at once in cold water; the stains will come out in the washing and drying in the sun- shine. / Grass stains: Touch the spots with alcohol before washing. Pitch stains: Grease with lard ' then use soap and cold water. Turp- entine is also good for these. Wagon or automobile grease stains: Wash the spots well with kerosene before laundering, the sooner this is applied to fresh spots the quicker it works. Cocoa tains: Wash in cold water first, then pour boiling water through the spots. FORGET-ME-NOT EDGING This is a very pretty trimming for curtains, dresser scarfs, pillow slips, runners and table linen of all kinds. Number 30 hard twist crochet cot— ton, worked with a steel hook No. 9 looks especially well. For the flower, chain (ch) 4, make 2 double trebles (dt) in first stitch and draw out the loop on' the hook a little longer because the next ch forms the center of the flower. Ch 4, (4dt, ch 3, (4 dt, ch 3, st st) in cen- ter, repeat from * once, then ch 3, 2 dt in center, sl st in starting point to complete flower. For each follow- ing flower: * ch 16, 2 dt in 4th ch from hoop (center for new flower) ch 7, take hook from the work and insert in fourth petal of flower just made, draw dropped stitch through, ch 7, 81 st in top of last dt, ch 3, 81 st) in center, finish flower as before ,and repeat from * until the desired length has been reached. After the last flower ch 1, 14 over each chain. ’ HEALTii HINTS—— HOW TO CURE YOURSELF BY DR. T. N. ROGERS HAIR UNDER ARMS What Will remove hair from the arms? -—Reader. Merrill, Mich. Is this a general covering of hair all over the arms or the apilla? Per- oxide applied freely is a safe appl- cation. It bleaches the hair and in time destroys the roots. BED WETTING Please give remedy to cure a. child of bed wetting—“Mother” Pin worms often causes it. Treat- ment: Give very little if anything to drink in the evening. Elevate the foot of the bed after the children go to sleep. Putting it on a chair will do. Give one teaspoonful of the following mixture. Get from your druggist Tinct. Belladonna,, one teaspoonful; Tinct. Rhus. Tox., one teaspoonful; Listria Hydrangae, four ounces. Impress upon the child this will cure and that they will not wet the bet but will wake up. Sugges- 41’0n counts. WORMS What will cure a. "child of worms? —Su’bscriber. . Pin worms look like small pieces of white thread and some times are very troublesome. Give turpentine ' as forfrou'nd worms and inject into the howsls soapsuds with turpentine, 4‘ yi’twq teaspoo "ful to a quart Better If a room becomes infest-7 ed with fleas, the carpet or rugs- from white. inject about 3 teaspoonfuls and have 'it-~retained for half an hour 3 times a day. Infusion of quassia chips will answer the same purpose. CORRECTION FROM LAST ISSUE Acetanilide 4 drams should read drams 10. ‘ Uncle Rube Spinach Says THANKS RHODA Y dear Rhoda:——Your recent let- ter in M. B. T. was sure a rip- snorter an’ I want to thank you for the suggestions—No I ain’t read “Behind the Mirror”-—in fact I’ve never read much of any thing, you see I’ve been pretty busy most of the time an’ most of my knowledge I’ve got in barber shops, p001 rooms an’ blind pigs. Wuz you ever in a blind pig or a barber shop Rhoda? You know the knowledge dispensed there is just wonderful! ’Course I’ve read some books an’ the works of great writers—for instance Host- tetters almanac an’ Lydia E. Pink— ham’s complete works an’ so you see my dear Rhoda I know there’s some— thin’ wrong with our government but I cant b’lieve its our pres'dent——- my shucks isn't he doin’ ‘bout all any man can do? Gawf is the great National game an’ ain't he doin’ his best? An’ jest think how many times our pres’dent has to. change his pants 80’s to have ‘em white an’ nice for the next pic’tur, an’ then there’s Laddie Boy~—don’t you see Rhoda how he must be looked after ’cause his own pict’ur has to be took every few days so’s the papers can let the dear people know how President Harding an’ Laddie Boy looks like. Mr. Pres’dent Harding would like more power—really an’ truly he needs it Rhoda. You see the May- flowers or whatever his yachts name is don’t go fast enough to take him as far away from his job as he wants to go so he’s goin’ to ask for more power so’s he can get away from all the trouble an' tur- moil of his terrible position. There’s lots of things Rhoda in our political atmosphere that any pres’dent wants to get away from. ’Course Pres’dent Harding could prob’ly have settled things up long ago but What wuz the hurry? It wuz warm an' comfortable when the miners wuz out—nobody really needed coal there an’ the gawfin wuz real good an’ out on the gawf grounds a president’s picture looks purty scrumptious an’ so he let the strike an’ the strikers bother him not at all. Hostetters wonderful book of knowledge s‘ez—least I've seen an’ heard it some where— “work for the man that gives you a job.” My dear Rhoda, if, as it has been openly intimated, Wall street gave Warren Gamalier Harding his job why shouldn’t the said W. G. H. work for Wall street. For the nice things you said about me Rhoda I thank you. I am glad there is someone that seems willin’ to set me right any 01’ time. I ain’t goin’ to freeze ’cause I ain’t a married man any more an’ I don’t have to buy coal nor worry’, bout it ———I’m free from that kind of wor- ry an’ that’s why I talk about our national gawf player. Nero, we’re told, fiddled while Rosme burned, well our pres’dent. with a freshly laundered conscience, plays gan While the profiteers, operators an' labor combinations fight about—— well nobody seems to know what. Any way, my dear Rhoda you must admit that President Harding plays a nice game of gawf an’ this bein’ true what else matters? Cordially Yours, —-UNCLE RUBE. OUR NEXT SENATOR’S AGE Will you please tell me the differ- ence in ages between Mr. Townsend and Mr. Ferris? I have heard it argued that Woodbridge N. Ferris is too old to serve out his term as Sen- ator, if elected—J. U. H., Huron Co.‘ Senator Charles E. Townsend was born August, 15, 1856 and would therefore be 66 years old. Ex-Gov- ernor Woodbridge N. Ferris was born January 6, 1853 and is therefore 69 years old. 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Mich., Enclosed finds . . . . . . . . . . . . in check, money-order or draft for which renew my subscription to your paper for . . . . . . . . years and send me the following periodicals for ONE YEAR. each: (Mark those you are renewing with an (R) eIoccult-looe-olooeoCDC-oeotoelns-o i tee-eseeoeo-oeoo-eessecession-loo... poaccooooooo-soo-uuucunno..a.....o_,_ 1.....-o.-.....-....o-o-o.ooo--nsooo pone-Ieocoeoo-eessences-oeoese-soe. mTo F. I). No..., cocoon-IceeeICIOIOOOIolIoOUQ. P. 0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......’........8tate ' a111. ‘ Bring your. everyday one the experience of other farmers. Questions ad- dressed to this department are published here and ans-"rod by gou,- our readers who are- omduates r the ohooi of Hard Knocks and who have ...elr diplomas from the Cell 0 of Experience. if you don’t want our ed tor’s advice or an expert's advice. but Just plain, oorvdav business farmers’ advice, send in your question here. We will publish one each week. It you can answer the other feiiow's question, please do so, he may ans- wer one of yours some day! Address Exper- lenoe Pool, cars The Business Farmer. Mt. Clemens. Mich. _ * * CEMENT FENCE POSTS .What experience has some'of the subscribers in making cement fence posts?——W. E. S., Michigan. THRUSH IN FOOT Clean horse’s hoofs. 'Take one pint of salt, cover with kerosene and then put on horse’s hoofs twice daily until cured. —H. S. P. GETTING RID OF THE PINE STUMPS The appeal from Mr. B. 0., of Kingsley, published in a recent issue, for information on the ‘best and cheapest ways of getting rid of pine stumps on cut-over land had brought forth several interesting replies. Let’s have some more of them for our Experience POOL—Editor. TO FRIEND B. 0. C. HAVE rid some 40 a. g. pine I stumps with dynamite but think that where the stumps are thick the Stilyard stump puller is a cheaper way unless you can pur- chase T. N. T. cheaper than 25c lb. I had good results on clay soil with dynamite but not on send as it takes nearly twice as much and some times a piece of stump did not come out. Any questions answered -—Jas. Dexton, Isabella county. ANSWERING THE MAIL OF THE STUMP FARMER HAVE just been reading in the M. I B. F. the wail of the “Stump” farmer and I think he will realize it is some job on 480 acres of land,‘ if they are thick on the land at Still if he goes at it right it's not so bad as some jobs after all., In 1908 I removed on to 80 acres of wild land, nota brush cut on it. I bought one of the best cable stump machines on the market and with the help of one man went to work to clearing the land. It was in the month of June, We moved on and we did not get any crop in that year, but did raise our potatoes and some corn the second year. It was pretty slow business for a few years trying to stump the land and putting up all buildings one has to have on a farm. " I also worked for neighbors with my stump machine and would get helpback sometimes money which all helped. Now I have my farm all or nearly all stumped. There are not many farmers in this section of the country that are stumped. Have a good 8 room house, barn and feed mill, do custom grinding, sheds and necessary out buildings. If B. O. C., Kingsley, Mich., will write to me I will give him more information.— Frank Seldon. How I RID MY FARM OF STUMPS I have just read in the M. B. F. what B. O. C. Kingsley, Mich. writes about his troubles with the big pine stumps in his land. Now I have used one of the one-man stump pullers for two years pulling pine and other stumps for other farmers for day wages. I had the K hand power stump puller, manufactured in San Francisco, Cal. I will mention a few advantages of the hand .puller, ad if Mr. B. O. ,C. will send me his full name and a 2 cent stamp I will answer any question he‘may ask. The hand power Stump puller can be placed where no horse puller can be worked, because it requiresl but very little room and it can be worked in wet ground where no horses could work. and can be worked in any posi- tion upright, and side ways and even upside down where the cable spans over a. Slow. I and my boy 16 years of age have pulled pine measuring 3 ft. across the top, the machine has power enough to break, a 7-8 inch steel cable, but I think it is best to use some dynamite to split the big stumps and then pull the piecesforit is very. hard ,to, ‘ Ballad. Bushman st in and cheerfully. ' stump ' " no flies 1 but two man can-don v-iet‘ifnor‘e or pulled were in Oscoda county—P. B. Movice, Mich. F ‘ .‘ WHY NOT GROW MORE PMA- TOES TO THE ‘ACRE?—'\. (Continued from page 4) Maine grower twice as much to grow ‘ as potatoes as it does the Michigan grower, although. we all know that it doesn’t. Let us assume that it cost the Montcalm county grower $46 per acre to raise 92 bushels of pota- toes. bushel he breaks even. But if it costs the Aroostook grower thrice as much or $92 to grow an acre of po- tatoes and he raises 252 bushels at 50 cents a bushel he .receives 34 cents a bushel more than it cost him to grow them. Therefore, he is making money and as long as he can raise 252 bushels to the acre he will continue to make money with pota‘ toes at 550 cents a bushel, and the Montcalm grower will have to in- crease his acre-yield or turn'to other crops. . There is not a single good reason why the farmers of any of the Mich- igan counties mentioned or ofvmosi. of the other counties cannot increase their acre—yield. As a matter of hard fact, they must increase it or go Out of the potato game. All indications point to a long era of low potato prices and farmers who cannot raise more than 90 bushels to the acre will have to quit. At one time the farmers .of Mont- calm and of Kent counties raised as many bushels to the acre as the farmers of Osecola and Grand Trav- erse. But that was when their land was newer. The day is coming, un- less more scientific methods are adopted, when the farmers of Os- ceola, Grand Traverse and others of the more northerly counties will drop back into the Montcalm and Kent class and the farmers of these coun- ties will be producing even less than they'are today. Many years ago the farmers of Maine learned the lesson which the farmers of Michigan must some day learn. They exhausted the fertility of the soil just as our farmers in Michigan are doing, and grim neces- sity forced them to replace some of the fertility which they had taken from the soil. And today, by follow- ing scientific methods of conserving and rstoring fertility to the soil, they are prducing far more potatoes to the acre than when their land was virgin. AS THE JAPANESE DO IT Listed below are a few of the Jap- anese sign painters’ attempts to solve advertising English. In the. Japan— ese signs are the most sought for virtues of an advertisement—they they attract attention. “Best resistant wet coat.” “Trunks and bugs." “Oil for hair and cooking.” “Bes stealing knife.” “Hen and beef met.” “0er sold and retailed here.” “Respectable ladies take fits stairs? (Tailor shop.) “Kids for brightening the home more than untold gold." (Doltl shop.) ‘ "Whale and all his relatives sold here.”—Indianapolis News. NEW LAMP BURNS 94% Alli Beats Electric or Gas up- A new oil lamp that gives an amaz- ineg brilliant, soft. white light. even better than gas or’e’lectricity. has been tested by the U. S. Government and 35 leading universities and found to be an- perior to 10 ordinary oil lamps. It bums without odor, smoke or noise—eno pump._ ing up, is simple, clean. safe. Burns 94 per cent air and 6 per cent common kero— sene (coal-oil). ' ' ‘ The inventor, A. R. Johh'son, ' 009 W. Lake St., Chicago, is offering to send a lamp on 10 days’ FREE ‘trial, or even to give one FREE to the first user in each locality who will help him intro- duce it. Write him today for fall more LL tlculars. 5 Also ask him to, explain; how 3nd you can get the agency, experience or. money .makehteoo‘ . . my} . V ., . n . per most (A We have pulled from 10' to 25.: his» stumps a day and smaller" cusses 'many as 50 and over: The stumps With potatoes at 80 cents a_ sworn": .’__ ~ I “ " i r t: - ; .2 - e. i1 — v .\ i * ‘. , r , fix; /" i - i ' ii "' t *2. ’1“. \_ , r “ s..- : .x “ M. s. F. B. BUYS FEED retro and which is v v through ,local co-operative associa- FOR MEMBERS ' I I ICHIGAN State Farm ,Bureau members are buying their winter supply of dairy rations ' through a Co—oeperative Feed Buying Service organized by the Farm Bu- taking orders 'tions from September 5 to October 20.. The Bureau is purchasing feed- k-stui‘fs at favorable prices and will deliver them ready mixed in equal monthly Shipments during the wint— er. Members contracting .feedmare not investing any cash, according to local co—operative associations, but will pay for the feed as it is deliv- ., ered. The Farm Bureau Service is on a 25% protein public formula dairy ration developed by the Farm Bu- reau and called Michigan Farm Bu— reau Milkmaker. The ration is made up entirely from the milk producers’ 'viewpoint—to get the most money for the least investment in feed. The ration has the approval of the Mich— igan Agricultural~College Dairy De- ' pertinent. ' The Farm Bureau's public formu- la is a new idea in feed marketing. Every bag of the Farm Bureau’s feed carries on the regular analysis tag 'the exact number of pounds of the 'milk producing ingredients in the feed and shows that the ration car- ries no filler. This enables the dairy- man to tell exactly what he is pay- ing for, says the Farm Bureau. 0 ' The Farm Bureau is buying M. F. B. Milkmaker ingredients in quantity at times of low seasonal prices as determined by records of previous years and when in the opinion of the best postetd experts the” markets look right. The State Farm Bureau is offering feed buying service to members on the basis that farmers and their co- operative associations will form local Feed Buying Service Units on their winter dairy .feed .needs and will sign contracts to buy definite quant- ities of the Farm Bureeau feed for monthly shipment from October 20 to the following March 20. Headquarters of Feed Buying Ser- vice are at the State Farm Bureau at Lansing. The local Feed Buying service campaign opened Septem- ber-5 and closes October 20. ‘ SPUD GROWERS WANT LOWER CATTLE FREIGHT RATES ONTINUA'I‘ION of efforts to ob- tain lower freight rates on po- tatoes to Cincinnati and other A points in that territory was discussed at the annual meeting of “the Mich- igan Potato Shippers“ association, Sept. 23rd. 'Accordng to shippers, Wisconsin has an advantage of five cents in freight rates for a longer haul and this results in keepingIMichigan po- tatoes out of those markets in a considerable degree. \ . The new tariff, it was stated, adds one cent per 100'yards to cost of sacking material, which ultimately \Jvill be absorbed by the farmer.-The matter of the freight rates was heard at an interstate Commerce Commis- sion hearing here last February but potato shippers said that while a de- cision favorable to Michigan was in- timated, no action has yet been taken to their knogledge. NORWEGIAN CO-OPERATORS RE- PORT REMARKABLE ~ PROGRESS DESPITE the severe industrial de- pressions in Northern Europe, the achievements of the Nor- wegian Cooperative movement dur- ing..the past year, reported at its re-‘ cent National Cooperative Congress, indicate a remarkable expansion both of cooperative banking and consum-' ers’, cooperative sto_res. '_ The two national cooperative bod- ies in Norway, the Samvirkecentral- en, composed of agricultural cooper- ,atives, and the Norges Kooperative Landsforening, founded by the city Uworkers‘ and consumers, new cover ' over 3,000 'localcooperatives,with a gmhership in excess of 130.000 "reaching nearly , in excess of wegian Cooperative Union’s Whole- sale Society shows annual business 21,000,000 crowns, backed by a reserve fund of half. a million crowns and a banking de- pprtment with deposits in excess of 3,000,000 crowns. _ In addition to this large wholesale .business, the Norwegian cooperators’ retail societies report an annual turnover of 110,000,000 crowns, on which a saving of 12,000,000 crowns, or 11.37 per cent was made for the cooperators. ,. In addition to their stores and banks, the Norsk cooperators conduct a thriving insurance company, Sam- virke, founded in January, 1922. It writes fire, marinefl burglary and liability insurance, and has opened agencies in connection with the co- operative banks throughout Norway. The cooperators also own 71 factor- ies, making their own boots and shoes, meat products, flour, butter, clothing, and knit goods. Cooperation is a business proposi- tion, but it is something more,—-—it is a moral ideal asserting the broth- er hood of man and daring to make a practical application of this ideal in the business world. CREAMERY MANAGERS ARREST- ED FOR LAW VIOLATIONS E wonder how many farmers know that there is a law on the Michigan statute books which requires all creameries to pasturize all the skim milk and other milk products sent back to the farm- ers to be fed to stock. Well, there - is. And recently the managers of three Ottawa county creameries were hauled into court for failing to con- form to the statute. All three ad- mitted the offense and two of them paid fines and costs, but the third appealed. He based his appeal on the argument that the law is a discrima- nation between-the creameries that fail to paseutrize their milk and the indvidual who separates his own milk and feeds it to his own cattle. The latter is not required to pasteur- ize the skim milk and the creamery manager thinks that is discrimina- tion and will test out the law. The creamery manager furthemore claims that pasteurized skim milk rots and that it poisons the cattle. The purpose of the law? Pre- sumably to help curb the spread of tuberculosis among Michigan cattle. If you have a grievance against your, local creamery manager and he’s sell- ing skim milk without being pas— teurized, here’s a way to 'get even. Have him arrested. SUPPLY FOR THE KITCHEN T a cost of a very few dollars an ingenious arrangement for furnishing running water to the kitchen of the most humble home, may be provided. Three feet above the floor, on the outside of the building, erect a platform against the wall, and on this set a large barrel. It is best to place the barrel where rin water from the down spout can be turned into it. In addition to this supply, provision should be made for filling the bar- rel by means of a hose attached to the pump spout, if the well is near the house. To insure a plentiful supply it will be found desirable to have two or more barrels, connect— ed by short pieces of pipe near the bottom. These mav be set on one long scaffold extending along the outside of the house. It will be nec- essary to provide the inlet and out- let for only one of the barrels. Pumping the barrel full at one time instead of going to the well for wa- ter as it is needed, will‘usually be found to be a saving of time. The barrels should be kept covered to keep out dust and trash. A short piece of pipe with faucet at the end extfinds through the wall above the sin . ' - " WATER WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH $500 There’s a chance for you to win it as First Prize in our Second Puzzle Contest snnouncedon page 11 of this issue. year we paid our readers who joined this some .3031. in uh V on nines} use, is; as M ULE - HIDE Cor- du- roy Panel Strip Shingle New- good—Difi‘erent ONG wear and good looks combined in a four/unit asphalt shingle, which will put . life into the appearance of any «' I roof, and add refinement and dignity to any structure. 80 made that they will lie flat on the roof. Ask a Mule’Hide dealer to show you samples and quote prices. Hyatt-HID? It! l THE LEHON COMPANY MANUFACTURERS 44th to 45th St. on Oakley Ave. :: CHICAGO, ILL. “NOT/l KICK IN A MILLION FEET” s J... A; r v—n SHORTHORN SALE .....30—HEAD--30..... Good, High Class Registered Cows, Heifers and Bulls Including a few cows of the dual purpose or milking strain. This sale will be held under the auspices of the Southern Michigan Shorthorn Breeders’ Association. All stock is sold on consignment from members of this Ass'ociation and is _ of quality which commands attention. :HILLSDALE, MICH. FAIR GROUNDS, 3} Wednesday, Oct. 18, 1922 - .. For particulars and catalog, address W. C. OSlUS, Sec’y, Hillsdale, Mich' V ANDY ADAMS, Sale Manager. ' '--0n'e Farm Engine noes it All Write now for famobouuiis wonder engine. Guolipc orkcr- oeene. No cranking. Portable, light, durable Only one size. adjusts from 1% (06 horsepower. Pumps. saws, grindadocs 57‘: all chores. Plenty of po'etfm'every rposc. Easytoopcntc. ‘g‘ Prion Now Lower Pro-Wu- f ; Tremendous value. Money-back guarantee. Write a .o Run/5 wooo on» firm GRINDER _ . 657197470}? “ ' PUMPS fill/V5 WASI/[P man 51‘ once for catalog and special ofier. THEEDWARDSIUMN. 234 IshSl..Svrilsfill 0 . THE GREAT BELL OF ATRI HE village of Atri had a. great hell that was run: only in time of need. For years it had been unused. for Atri was pronpn-oud and content. Its rope, covered with green vines. trailed to the ground. One day a starving .. horse turned out to shift for himself seized the green tendrils in his teeth. "~ The bell above him began to ring, attention was called to the predicament of the poor beast. and he became a well—fed ward of the town. Manufacturers. who are making something they think you will want are using [It’s clanonfigoa: gotta“; y’onfio their wares.‘ 0 you re ver 9 g any people do. The are the wi h o the economical buyers—the ones who are strictly up-tz-date on'thesdp;o:grnft:;: I _tor saving money or spending it to greatest adventure. Bend the ndvertisments. They will tell you of many things you need. Read them to save steps—to save money. Read them because they place before your 33$“moving panorama of business progress. Read them to keep yourself ‘18- 1(66) iii (SPECIAL ADVERTISING RATES under this heading to honest breeders Better still wrlte out what you have to offer. type, show you a proof and tell you what It will cost for 13, 26 or 52 times. Copy or chaz-tees must be received one week before date Sales advertised here at special low rates: ask for them. Write today!) poultry will be sent on request. size of ad. or copy as often as you wish. of Issue. Breeders’ Auction BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY, THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER, Mt. Clemens. v CLAIM YOUR. SALE DATE 6‘55 J To avoid oumncimg u'dLeS we will without cost, list the date of any live stock sale In Mlchigan. If considering a sale ad- vise us at once and we will claim the date ou. Address, lee Stock Editor, M. B. F., t. Clemens 9' . \ \ gm. ‘ ‘ 4 . Oct. 18—Holsteins, Alexander W. Copland, Birmingham. Mich. ' Oct. 19—lloisteins, Howell Sales 00., of Liv- ingston County, Howell, Mic . Oct. 19—l’oiaiid Chinas, I". E. Haynes, I'IllleiLle. Mich. fl LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEERS I A.id Adams. thchfield, Mich. EdyBowers, South Whitley, Ind. . R. L. Benjamin, Wankesha, 'Wisconsin Porter Colestook, Eaton Rapids, Mich. Harry A. Eckhardt, Dallas City, 111. C. S. Forney, Mt. Pleasant, Mich. him Hofi'ma , Hudson, Mich, John P. Hutton, lansmg Mich._ I R. Love. Waukesha, Wisconsin L. W. Lovewell, So. Lyons, Mich I E ack. Ft. Atkinson“ . L. Perry Columbus, Ohio J. 1. Post. liillsdale, Mich. , (i A. liaiimssen, Greeni'iiie, Mich. .T. E. Ruppert, Perry, Mich. . Guy C. Rutherford, Iloczitiir._Mich. liarry Robinson, Plymouth; Mich. Wm. Waflle, Goldwater, Mich. v H ’l'. \Viiiiil, Livornwl \ V LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEERS WAFFLE & HOFFMAN OUR SPECIALTY: SPOTTFD POLANDS AND DUROC JERSEYS We are experienced salesmen, Expert Judges and etters. milling prices. writ"? today for good dates and . ridrcss m or 0 us. our mm” a. WAFFLE, Coidwater, Mich. JOHN HOFFMAN. Hudson. Mich. U-Need-A Practical Competent Auctioneer to insure your next sale being a success, Employ the one Auctioneer who can ill] the bill at a price in keeping with prevailing d't' ns. consdtiligfaction GUARANTEED or NO CHARG- ES MADE. Terms $50.00 and actual ex- The same price and service pen-es per sale. to everyone. I specialize in Cheaters. Let me reserve a 192 to wire, WIIIARRHY A. ECKHARDT, Dallas City. Illinois JOHII P. HUTTOII LIVE STOCK AUCTIONEER ADVANCE DATES SOLICITED. ADDRESS 113 W. LAPEER ST. LANSING. MICH. " CATTLE ‘ HOLSTEIN-FRIESIAN selling Polands, Durocs, and 2 date for you. TUEBOB STOGK FARM Breeders of Registered Holstein cattle and Berkshire Hogs. Everything guaranteed, write me your wants or come and see them. ’ ROY F. FICKIES Chesaning, Mich. BARGAIN Purebred Registered Hol- stein Heifer Calves 1 month old $50; 6 months old $75-$100 Federally Tested ' HOWARD WARNER, Pennington, Mich. O _——_ ______—____ ll'lllliilllllllillllliliillillliIIllllllllllllllllllllllillllliulllllllillllllIllllllllllllllllllllillllllillIllllllllllllllllilllIlllIllliiiliiiliiiIIImillii'liiiiiillllllililiii‘i BREEDEIKS DIRECTORY “In V all llillIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIllllIiIIIllIHIlllllllliiillllllllliillilllllilllII'lllIllllillIIIIlllIliIllIllliilllllllllllllllllllllilllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllllllilllllililllllilni OI IIVO stuun unu let us out It In You can change Michigan. SHORTHORNS Richlandl Shorthorns We have two splendid white yearling bulls by imp. Newton Champion, also. some young cows and heifers that we are offering for sale. Write for particulars to C. H. Prescott & Sons Herd at Office at Prescott, Mich. Tawas City, Mich. llIHEIlITED SHOBTHOBII QUALITY Our pedigrees show a judicious mixture of the best blood lines known to the breed. Write to JOHN LESSITER’S SONS, Clarkston. Mich. MILKIIIG STRAIN SHOBTHOBHS Registered stock of all ages and both sex. Herd headed by the imported bull, Kelmscott Vis- count 25th, 648,563. Prices reasonable. LUNDY BROS., R4, Davlson, Mich. FOR POLLEB SHOHTHOIIIS Shropshire, Southdown and Cheviot rains write to L. 0. KELLY 8: SON. Plymouth, Mich. HORTHORNS and POLAND CHINAS. We are now offering two ten-moiitiis-old bulls, one bred heifer, and two ten-months-old heifers. SONLEY BRO$., St. Louis, Mich. HORTHORN CATTLE AND OXFORD DOWN sheep, Both sex for sale. J. A. DeGARMO. Muir. Mich. FOB POLLED SiIiLPEIIIIi'HOBIIS Federal Accred er . PAUL QUACK, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. RED POLLED -—A few choice bulls and heifers for sale. ROYSTAN STOCK FARM Michigan wm Cottle. n. R. 1. West Branch FOR SALE—OUR RED POLLED HERD Cosy Ells Iaddie, and a. few heifer 1915;, PIERCE 3520’s.. Eaton Rapids, Mlch. n. 1; ANGUS DODDIE FARMS ANGUS of both sex for sale, Herd headed by Bardell 31910. 1920 Inter- Jr. Champion national . Dr. G. R. Martin A Son. North Street. Mich, WE HAVE SOME FINE YOUNG ANGUS BULLs from International Grand Champion Stock at assignable prices. E. H. KERR & 00., Addison, c . REGISTERED ABERDEEN - ANGUS—BULLS, Heifers and cows for sale. Priced to mom. Inspection invited. RUSSELL BR08.. Merrill. Michigan HEREFORDS Money - Making HEREFORDS At St. Clair; for idle and ready for immediate delivery. Registered Cows and their Sucking Calves Re lstered Bred Heifers—Re lstered Yearling atom—Registered Grade ows—Unreoist- ered and their Sucking Calves—Good Bulls. various ages. Our Detroit Packing Co. Hereford Baby Bee _ tract and the Sctham Hereford Auction éygfin guarantees our customers profitable cash outlet for all increase and we can help oe responsible purchasers. Come, we or write. right now_ T. F. B. SOTHAM & SONS (Cattle Business Established 1835) Saint Clair. Michigan Phone 250 GUERNSEYS , ijlsn er. 2 "china ribbon winner .her HOLSTEIII BULL BARGAINS Siredby Seals ngndyke DeN d :8 ‘ "1290113 lbs. Dame are daughters of Kins Pontiac, s 3'! lb. son of King Seats. Bee. up to 30 11:8!ch at 8100 up. Fedemily adhzdv'rm’is. ofvno‘e. White Pigeon. Mich} IE GOOD YOUNG REGISTERED HOL- stain cows. F‘air size, good color, bred to bulls and due from July to December. Most, E from A. R. 0. stock, prices reasonable teed to be exactly as repro- one guano II. J. BDGHE Pinotnoy. Mich. GUERNSEYS or MAY ROSE AND GLENWOOD BREEDING No abortion, clean federal inspected. Thai; sires dam made 19,460.20 mm, 909.05 fat. Their mother's aire’s dam made' 15,109.10 milk 778.80 fat. Can spare 3 cows, 2 heifers and a beautiful lot of young bulls. ‘ T. V. HICKS. R 1. Battle Creek, Mich,‘ Axnsnmns FOR SALE—REGISTERED AYR bulls and bull calves. heifers and heisfrrlnefilm Also some choice cows. FINDLAY 35:08.. a s. Vassar. Mich. 00M WE OFFER CHOICE YOUNG Fllulls of Meplecreet Korndyke Benzen- mxi Kins Lyons breeding. Herd clean under 0 VERINE DAIRY FARM a. a. Booth L(oi-on.) Boevorton. Mich. R. a. IIOLSTEIII FBIESIA and bad. Prices on right. . LARRG RESEARCH FARM. Box A North End, Detroit. Michigan. ,II" PAY Noni? Tifimieinm helix: ,dclhlo. Grecian free. OONDON’S cum. West one». PURE-DRE!) BULL calves; tuberculin JERSEYS FOR “LHEAUTIFUL YOUNG bull 1 1-2 years old. (Jersey) B. of M. AA. Price $150.00. W111 sell 20 J heifers as. games. 1.2% at“ swaps“ *‘m w Heights, Grand Rapids. Mich: A KER' Bum" FOR SALE—JERSEY BULL 3 YEARS OLD lo to tion 0 American Jersey attie Chib. . O. Shower-man. Sunfleld, Mich. o. a. poems, Minutes. lab. 1 T n" E .. m c v v c A ‘N sacs mess, s Ann an; = DAIRY and ‘LIyESToc'K, s‘LE—YEARLING JERSEY BULIS Shopie 10th Torment breeding. _V WILD CARROTS NOT POISONOUS Will you please inform me if wild carrots will hurt cows or sheep in hay after it is cured? I have heard say they will while green. — Reader, Petoskey. Mich. . Wild corrots in hay are not poi- sonous to either cattle or sheep. There are same plants closely re- sembling the wild carrot which will prOVe poisonous. If you have much of this material in your hay and are not absolutely sure that it is the wild carrot it would be best for you to send a few samples of the material to Dr. E. A. Bessey of the Botanical Department, Michigan Ag- ricultural College, who will identi- fy the weed present and inform you as to whether or not they are dan- gerous—Geo. A. Brown, Prof. of Animal Husbandry, M. A. C... "‘ CARROTS IN SILO Is it advisable for me to put carrots with my corn fodder in silo, the corn having two ears on a stalk. Would rather put the carrots in the silo than pit them as I am short of cellar room.—G. B., Luzerne. Mich. . Carrots could be preserved by adding them to the corn silage As it is run into the silo only a small proportion should be used, however, as they contain too much moisture to make a good quality of silage. It would also be necessary to exercise considerable care in cleaning the carrots so that there would not be too much dirt get into the silage along with corn, you should have at least three times as much corn, as you have carrots and the carrots should be Well distributed through the corn silage. It would not be well to runin alternatingjoads as in this way the carrots and corn would not be well mixed—Geo. A. Brown, Prof, of Animal Husband- ry, M. A. C. ' GRADE COWS TO BE SHOWN’ 111‘ NATIONAL EXPOSITION VIDENCE in the flesh that good E cows pay will be the keynote of the National Dairy Expos- ition to be held at the Twin Cities, October 7-14. Proving the slogan, “Prosperity Follows The Dairy Cow,” a score of cow testing as- sociations and scores of individual farmers wll exhibit at the Ex- position grade cows with established production records. For the first time in the history of the National Dairy Exposition, the bars have been let down and grades, if sired by thoroughbred animals will be admitted to the exhibit and the prizes ofiered will be similar, class by class, to thosevoffered for pure- breds. Several of the exhibits will be sold at auction after they are judged. This innovation, it is pointed out by Col. W. E. Skinner, Secretary and general Manager of the Exposition, “is fundamentally in accord with the high purpose of the Dairy Expos- ition in attempting to show that profits increase in proportion to the breeding. “We have been encouraged to do grade cattle among the farmers of the Northwest, following the Nation- al Dairy Exposition of 1921, held at St. Paul and Minneapolis. Anticipat- ing an even livelier demand follow- ing the 1922 shows some provision must be made so that Show visitors are enabled to see for themselves some of the resultsvobtained from grade cows and thereby be able to ,judge what they are getting when. they buy animals ~for their own farms.”- . . . .Wisconsin Iowa, Minnesota, Michigan and North Dakota already are represented in the exhibitors of grade cattle. The new classification of the Dairy Association provides that all such cows must have cow testing association records and must be sired by pure bred bulls. In the first class will be cows having pro- duction records of 500 pounds or more of butter fat 8. year the second class taking in cows whbse records are 350 to 500 pounds. - The third class comprises groups of five cows each, the quintette com- Ing from a single testing associa- tion; the fourth includes groups of four cows sired by one registered bull and the award in the fifth class ‘ will be made to. the champion ‘pro'-" ducing grade cow sired by a thor- oughbred and an association record. Among the Association ex- hibits sent by the various states Will be one consisting of fifty grade cows from Wisconsin demonstrating how the production of daughters over dams have been increasediby purebred sires. The Wisconsin ex- hibit is being arranged by Prof. L. Hatch of the University'of Wis- consin and will be limited to cows with records of 360 pounds of but- terfat produced in one year. Exhibits from-“Minnesota will in- clude a dozen grade cows sired by purebred Jerseys, built up on a foundation of ordinary scrub cows by George Christianson of Plain- view. The exhibit represents sev— eral generations and as has been part of the Plainview El- gin Cow Testing Association for some years, it is accompanied by definite figures on what various an- " imals have earned, together with the cost of production. This is all in keeping with the efforts now being made by _the Northwest to establish itself on a permanent, sound agricultural basis with the dairy cow as the basic unit. Last year, the National Dairy Exposition was taken to the North- west at the solicitation of agricul- tural leaders, farmers and business men who believed that it could be made the symbol of renaissance of agriculture in that section of the country. According to members of the various committee on promo- “tion, with headquarters in the Twin the recognition of the part the grade cow must play in the movement will mean new inspira-V tion to the farmers of the whole Cities, , territory. SILO ON THE LIST ROGRESSIVE farmers who are planning improvements for the coming year will have a silo on the list. We are much behind in our building program both in the city and on the farm, and equip- ment of all kinds is greatly needed to facilitate proper and economic production. . The stock-keeper, especially the dairyman, has proven again that his business is economic and sure of a profit. He has demonstrated repeat- edly that to market grain and forage thru the cow is not only a saving but gives the largest returns 'for his acres. This has stimulated the stud: business, and alt supplies for the in- dustry will be in good demand. In a recent investigation by the Department of Agriculture it was found that the prosperity of a com- munity could largely be determined by the number of cows that they kept. Comparing crop farming sections with dairy communities it was found the ’bank deposits per capita of the dairy section were nearly twice those of the crop grow- ing. In communities where dairy farming is the leading industry there is little concern over the hard times. People generally have good bank ac- counts, there is plenty of money for those who wish to borrow, and as the result of a cash paying plan a prosperous condition prevails. The silo is going to be one of the first buildings considered, for it no longer is an experiment, but has been paying big dividends these many years. The silo comes nearer paying 100 per cent than any other structure on the farm; Many reli- able figures are shown where it has paid for itself in a single season, and ‘the experienced feeder would count it a calamity to give up his silo. So many experiments have been conducted by our stations and col- l‘e-ges that it seems almost useless to quote them, for practically all of them have demonstrated the econ- omy of the silo in all sections of the country. Summing up these experi- ments, concusions point to the fact that a. silo will save a dairy farmer 1 ten cents or more on every pound of butterfat produced and forty cents on one hundred pounds of milk, one dollar / on a’ hundred pounds of beef. and one dollar and fifty cents on a hundred pounds of mutton. For growing stage; dry animal‘s thO‘Sa'NlfiE" ‘ri’m om I ~ 5 Sims» V test~ the herd ' . '-’. v, u". '.I :31; , ‘-r It \‘ ‘ i the" same as last year.—O. T. B., ’neath the surface and n0 Sprays yet péi'heédfi ,. It would ‘not..bo uilding of a silo. If: _::“-Many farmers are taking advant- age of the War Finance Corporation and securing loans with which they 7. ' to equip their farms so they “7 can derive an income and handle the in the most economic and pro: ductive way. The silo can most wisely be added to their list of im-l' TprOvements, and the more this sub- ‘- ject is investigated the more firmly they will be convinced that the silo should head the list—A. L. Hacker. ‘ VETERINARY ._. 3 DEPARTMENT NO SUCH DISEASE Does a cow get hollow-horn? If so, what is the cause, the symptoms. and whatshould I do to cure it? ——C. H. 13., Fremont. Mich. , There is no such disease as hol— low-horn.——John P. Hotton, Associ- ate Prof. of Surg. and Med., M. A. C. SORES ON AND BETWEEN TEATS , We have a cow that has sores on tents and between them. especially the two next to you when you are milking. . Have been there for over a month, solid scab on two. have to use a milking tube. bleeds when milking. Sometimes milk seems gargelty a little and won't “go through time. Don’t see why it doesn't heal. We have put on iodine diluted, a little lard and carbolic acid and perox- ide.--—Mrs, P. D., Deckerville, Mich. The cow in question I think is suffering from cow pox. The med- icine you have been using, iodine _ and carbolic acid, is,too irritating keeping the would and'no doubt is wounds from healing. I suggest that you try sulphur oint- ment; ——-John P. Hutton, Assoc. Prof. of’Surg. and Med., M. A. C. PIGS LAME I have two pigs about 4 months old that have become lame. Their joints are swollen almost like knobs on the first leg joints and these joints seem awful sore. They have dry quarters to sleep in and run in.,Would like to know what can be- done for them and what the trouble is and cause—S.- L.. Bear Lake, Miché‘ ‘ _ The pigs may be suffering from I rickets or they may have articular rheumatism. From the symptoms you give in your letter it would be almost impossible to tell which they have. I would therefore suggest that if possible you consult your veterinarian and let him see the pigs. It is hard to make a diagnos— is of cases of this kind without hav- ing an opportunity to examine the patient. —-John P. Hutton, Associ— ate Professor of Surg. and Med., M. A. C, ' ' SCHOOL BOARD CANNOT SELL ' ‘FURNACE . (Continued from page 9) same board could have hired a teacher for $70.00 per month but the teacher would not board with the director so they went and paid $80.00 in order to get the teacher to board there. A teacher can be legally hired only by a majority of the members of the board at a legal board meeting. If any person in the district believes that any action 'of the board was fraudulent they should make complaint to the. com— missioner of schools or prosecuting attorney—wt). A. Rinehart, Division Rural Education, Dept. Public In- struction. BLACK STINK BUG ON SQUASH ‘ __ PLANTS . Will you please at your earliest pos- sible convenience tell me. if you can. what to do with our squash plants? They have become large, thrifty plants with the squash set, now are being ruin- ed with hundred of black\peculiar shap- ed bugs that eat the stalks and leaves bugs”, We have tried almost everything but have not struck the proper thing yet. ‘Will. you please reply as soon as you can as I am afraid .they will do Paw Paw. Mich. The. large black stink bug which you describe is not to be controlled - 4 by sprays. in the ordinary way. The creaturesucks its «food from be- weggherefore, take advantage of ii _ a otsma‘ll pieces of board I mic-she'd i. nor: your mg'. the as: nights. is losing by delaying the e ' taken up. ‘devis'e‘dfoSee‘m; to be able to kill the- adultsgivithout injuring the plants.-. {at hiding away and advise. c ' stun. _ . board need int he more than a foot square and should simply be thrbwn . 0n the soil so that there will be space underneath for the reception of the bugs, then early in the morn- ing the trapboard should be exam— ined and the bugs destroyed, The easiest way to. do.this is to pick up the boards carefully, early before the air warms up, and jar them on the edge of a bucket containing a little'water and kerosene. The ker- osene will float on the’ surface of the water and the bugs on being jarred in the bucket will touch the oil and be killed. . . ‘ Now,- the young bugs are more apt to stay around the roots and on the plants themselves. It is possible to kill the young bugs by sprinkling on .a coarse spray of nicotine sulphate and soap - suds, wetting them down whenever they are found among the roots of the vine. Use -40 per cent nicotine sul- phate, one brand of which is black leaf 40, at the rate of one ounce to six gallons of soap suds. ——R .H. Pettit, Professor of Entomology, M. A. C. HUSBAND MAY DEED PROPERTY Husband and wife own real etate property. This property was clear of debts. There was no will, Deed was in husband’s name, and upon ~his wife's death does he become the sole survivor of the property? Can he deed. will or sell this property without the consent of his heirs? Three heirs were under age at the time of the wife's death. I am a paid-up subscriber of the M. B. F. and like your paper very well—S. D.. Hale. Mich. If the real estate was in the hus- band’s name at the time of the wife’s death the husband’s title is complete and he may dispose‘ of it as he pleases. Upon the .death of the mother the children do not acquire any title or interest in the real estate of the father during his life. He can deed it, will it or mortgage it at pleasure—Legal Editor. NOT OBLTGED TO BUILD BRIDGE Would you kindly give me some in- formation as to the right of a county drain commissioner? A ditch running through my farm taken over by county drain commissioner made deeper and Wider to the extent of 2 feet Wide about 18 to 20 feet deep Is the commissioner not supposed to give me a bridge? About 120 rods of fence was taken down, are they not supposed to put the fence back and level off the banks as they are on places 8 to 10 feet high. or is it all left to the do?-—H. K., St. Johns. Mich There is nothing in the drain law which provides for the construction of a bridge across a drain unless the drain 18 along the highway adjacent to the property owner’s premises. There is nothing to indicate that the drain in question is within the limits of the highway, hence the property owner would "have no right to exact a bridge. The Drain Com— missioner does not have to levelthe embankment made by the excava- farmer to tion.— Harry H. Partlow, legal adviser, State Highway Dept. HEREFORDS AVERAGE NEARLY $200 PER HEAD The Hereford auction held on Sep- tember 1st at the fair grounds, Bad Axe, Michigan, under the auspices of T. F.1B. Sotham & Sons proved to be very‘ successful in spite of the fact that it began to rain early in the morning and continued throughout the sale. The crowd was large and apparently most of those to attend were there to buy as the bidding was lively and animals were quicklv The average made on the females was nearly $200 with the top sale at $250. Mr. Lee Soper of Bad Axe purchased Berna Fairfax, No. 739798BC, for $250 and later paid the same amount for Star Beauty, No. 643,524HC. The bulls sold for from $105 to $155. i EVERY FAMILY MUST JOIN THIS GAME The Second Annual $500“ Puzzle Contest conducted by The Business Farmer is announced on page 11 of this issue. Last year we distributed $931 in cash among our readers who entered the friendly game.” All of the family can help find the objects in the picture that begin with “B”, but the list must be sent intby one person. You do not need to send in one penny to .win a. first prize, but. if youwant to increase your winning, your-renewal can count as one subs , These: bits- 01'" 1‘ t67)".19: 1‘ OCT. 519th Thursday, OCt.‘ At‘ Ten O’clock Howell. Sales Company of Livingston County Will hold their 9th Annual Sale, 85' \Head of Registered Holstein Cattle . at the Sales Pavilion on the Fair Grounds at Howell, Michigan This sale consists of young cows and heifers due to freshen this fall and early winter. Sired by and bred to bulls from dams with records from 30 to 45 pounds- also a few open heifers and several good bulls, includ: ing a 31-lbs, 4-year-old, son of Rosie Mercides Butter Boy, 210357, with a yearly record of nearly 1,000 lbs. of butter; also three sons of King Ona Champion, 257513, from 29-30-32-lbs. dams, mostly from accred- ited herd with 60-day retest guarantee. Catalogs October 10th Auctioneer, J. E. Mack S. T. Wood in the box Wm. Griffin, Sec’y, Howell, Mich. 'PURE ERED DUROC-JERSEY BOA}; Pigs of April and May furrow, sired by Brook- wnter S,ensatlon and Model of Orion.) Master- (hllfIce‘N31'eiingorder now, prices right DET- . «1 . a noc- ‘ ' (name‘s. Mien. hARM, Route 7, Mt. SWINE I DUROC'S DUBOG JERSEY BOAR FOR SALE OR examine: , 7. FINE SPRING BOARS 2 years old. No. 182421), Masterpiece ()rion Fired by Srlmbros Top (‘01. (1% priz . . King 4th. Also some May pigs at reasonable 1921 at Springfield 1a,,er A] ‘ ‘3 Spnng D18 1 our stock double $20.00 each ' ' Schafi'er Bros., Oxford, :1“ Write W. H. CRANE. Lupton, Mich. heated for Cholera. your name. prices. ’ E OFFER A FEW WELL-SHED SELECT. ed slil’lug Duroc Boers, also bred cows and Giltsrin season. Call or write McNAUGHTON a FORDVOE. 31.. Louis. Mich. BOAR PIGS BY FANNIE’S JOE ORIO Pathfinder Orion. Priced to sell. Saflli'facAt'i't'): DUROOs—POPULAR BLOOD LINES—SEND “0mm Mich- )mir wants to ()UEANA U0. DUROU JERSEY HOG ASS’N. V. Lidgard Sec., Hesperia. Michigan. PURE—BBED DUHOG JERSEY HOGS We usually have good beers and sows of all ages for S‘llfl. Reasonable prices. LARRO RESEARCH FARM, Box'A North Enc Detroit, Mlchlqan. guaranteed. Write, II. E. LIVERMORE dz SON. FOR SALE—SEPTEMBER GlLTS—OP bred, sired by A. Model Orion King. EC'i‘illog wett'e. CHAS. F. RICHARDSON, Blanchard. HILL CREST DUROOS; SOWS AND both bred and open. also service boarsflEfilllIl-r-IOSN' A BLANK. Four mlle m", Gran“ co” Mlchs straight south of Mlddle- YOU WANT ONE OF THE BEST DUROC sows obtainable. _We have them for sale. Tried sows and fall gilts. Sensation blood predomi- DUROO JERSEY—WE HAVE A CHOICE LOT rating. Our herd boar lltlaklt‘il'gnd aged lim‘i at of extra good spring boars rmdy for a '- - ' 1921 Illinois State Fair. Swme Dept. Michi— ped on approval satisfaction miamntglell‘f‘e' Shlp‘ guns. ann. Payillion, Mich. -— F. a. undo-r. Monroe, Mich., n. 1. —-’-Complete Dispersion Sale— Birmingham, Mich., Oct. 18, 1922 50 50 21 Daughters of King Korndyke Echo Sylvia 5 5 3 3 3 3 ' Most of the females bred to a son of a 31.8 lb. cow that milked 742 lbs. Several bred to a son of Sadie Gerben Hengerveld DeKol (First 40 lb. 'cow under the new rules). Several bred to King Korndyke Echo Sylvia, who is a son of Avon Pontiac Echo from a 29.11 lb. jr. three year old daughter of Pontiac Korndyke Het Loo. 'V Sold with usual breeder’s guarantee and subject to 60 to 90 day retest. Terms can be arranged but must be done b'efore the sale. ‘ For catalog address, . "Albert E. Jenkins. Sale Mgr. Oscoda, Mich. Purebred Holstein Friesian Females Daughters of Hardy Pontiac Segis Daughters of Aristocratic Pontiac O Daughters of Segis Cynthia Alexander W'. Copland, Owner, Birmingham, Mich. 20 (68) POLAND cums —-ANNUAL SALE-— Large Type Poland China Swine New Stock Pavilion, Hillsdale County Fair Grounds Thursday, Oct. 19, 1922 50 Head Sififi‘cit“ Better than ever. "There’s a reason.” F. E. H A Y N E S Hilisdale Michigan “Pigs is Pigs” But Haynes’ Pigs is Hogs. Watch this space for further particulars. FIIAIIGISGO FAIIM POLAIID GHIIIAS Big stretchy spring boars as good as grow, Pairs 3nd,.trios not akin. Can spare two or three of our good herd sows bred for September. P. P. POPE Mt. Pleasant Michigan I. T. P. C. $15-$20-$25 _ Spring pigs at above prices Top fall gilts bred for summer furrow, priced right. HART a. GLINE Address F. T. Louis, Hart, st. Mich Big Type F. C. Boar Plus, they can't be beat in Michigan. Sired by Big Bob Mastoden and Peter A. Pan a son 1,075 Peter Pan. 0. E GARNANT, Eaton Rapids, Mich. LARGE TYPE POLAND CHINA SPRING PIGS sired by C’s Clansman, now ready to ship. Write for particulars. w. CALDWELL & SON, Springport, Mich. BE RKSIIIRES FOR SALE—REGISTERED boar two years old, $35; also a few open gills, $2. E. R WILSON, Ellsworth, Mich. HAMPSHIRES _A CHANCE. TO GET SOME REAL HAMP- shires. Boar pigs, sired by Gen. Pershing Again, Gilt Edge 'l‘ipton, Messenger All Over 10th. Gen. Pershing 2nd., and other great boars. Writes for list and prices. DETROIT CREAMERY HOG FARM, Route 7, Mt. Clemens, Mich. HAMPSHIRE AND SHORTHORNS—MAROH and April pigs weighing 100 to 150. Price $20 to $25 each. ()ne red and one white bull 4 months old. Price $40. Each registered. Write or can GUS THOMAS, New Lathrop, Mich HampshiresI—A few choice ,Bred Gilt: with boar pig no km to gilts. John W. Snyder, St. Johns, Mich. O. I. C. BIG TYPE 0 I 0 PIG 8 gigs?” E. V. BILYEU. Powhatan, Ohio o I 0'8 SPECIAL PRICES ON FALL PIGS . for Oct. 15th delivery, also spring boars for immediate shipment. I can an e u , . \Vrite CLARE V. v :0 mnney DORMAN. Sn ver, Mich. O n. C. TRUE TO NAME, PROLIFIG STRAIN, open gilts bred gilts, booking orders for September boar and cow pigs; we ship 0. O. . Ask for de- scription and weight. the price will be right. Maple Valley Stock Farm, North Adams, Mich. Q SHEEP} HANIPSHIRE HAMPSHIRE SHEEP A few good yearling rams and some rain lambs left to offer. 25 ewes all ages for sale (or (all delivery. Everything guaranteed as represented. IOLARKE U. HAIRE. West Branch, Mich. ‘ IREGISTERED HAMPSHIRE AND DELAINE sins; a 0 some goor grave rams f r s l h. . Write A. F. LONGPRE, OHar’ds, cMTtiii). SHROPSHIRE REGISTERED SHROPSHIRE SHEEP, YEARL- ing rams, ram lambs. Breeding ewes. Ewe lambs. Breeding size, covering, also 100 high grade Shropshire ewes. Flock established 1890 c. LEMEN, Dexter, Mich. ' COTSWOLD OQTSWOLDS RAMS AND EWES, LL priced to sell. Come and see there. AAiSJES' collie pup. A. M. BORTEL, Britton. Mich. OXFORDS \. 'oxronos RAMs ALL AGES— bmedem and to please. A few ewgsusigonllg-EEW: lambs. Wm. Van Sickle, Deckervllle, Mich., R. 2. FOR SALE—10 THOROUGHB ewes and 2 thoroughbred Oxford OXFORD c KNOWLES, Caro, Mich. DELAINE FOR SALE—IMPROVED B AGK O Merino Rams. L T P Dal-Al": FRANK ROHRABAOKER. Lainosburg, "lam WANTTOSELLPOULTRY? ANADINM.B.F.WILLDOIT BERKSHIREV POULTRY TOUR CONDUCTED THIS WEEK ITH “Buy Michigan Chicks” as their slogan the. Michigan 1 Chick Hatcher’s Association puts on its first annual tour of south- western Michigan starting September 27th flnishing up on September 29th. The tour starts from the Michigan Agricultural College at East Lansing at noon Wednesday, September 27 and ends at Lakewood Farm, Ottawa County, where the Association holds a meeting and en- tertainment. The party will visit the largest and best poultry farms and hatcheires in that section. : The members assemble at the Col— lege Wednesday at 10:30 where short talks are given by Pres. Friday, Dean Shaw and R. J. Baldwin after which they immediately leave for Charlotte, Battle Creek and Kalama- zoo. Three stops are made between East Lansing and Kalamazoo and it is at the later place where the tour— ists spend the night. They leave Kalamazoo at 7:00 in the morning going to Bangor and after several stops enroute to visit farms they ar- rive at there in time for dinner. From there they go to South Haven where they spend Thursday night. Friday morning the party starts at 7:00 a. m. on the last, day of their tour. On this day their visits cover farms and hatcheries around James- town, Zeeland and Holland. As a special feature for those who desire to attend on Saturday morning, Sep- tember 23, at 9 o’clock Prof. Fore- man of the M. A. C. will conduct a poultry culling school at the city hall in Zeeland. This will be done so that each hatchery man can get points on culling so that each can go out and cull the flocks from which eggs are bought. Mr. C. J. DeKoster of Zee- land who is secretary of the Ass’n expects the tour to be a, big success in every way. And Mr. DeKoster be- ing the proprietor of one of the larg- est, poultry farms and hatchcries in this state is in a position to know. A complete repmt cf the tour will be given in our next issue. DO NOT GRIND WHEAT HALF CHAFF I have a chance to buy wheat that is half chest. Is there any food value in it if ground for poultry? —J.B. L., Dav— ison, Mich. We would not advise the grinding of wheat that is carrying 50 per cent chaff. While it will have con- siderable feeding value the high percentage of indigestiblc fibre Would greatly lower the feeding val— ue, decrease the palatability and cause too much bulkiness. If this subscriber desires to use the Wheat and chaff as an ingredient in the dry mash I would suggest reducing the bran content and also the ground oats because otherwise the poultry would not relish the mash that is so fibrous. In adding the ground wheat and chaff it would be advisable to mix with corn meal, middlings and meat scraps, equal parts by weight. Grain, however, is so reasonable now that it would be a wiser method to have this wheat sifted—E. C. Foreman, As- sociate Professor of Poultry 'Hus— bandry. M. A. C. INCREASING EGG PRODUCTION IN GENERAL-PURPOSE BREEDS HE best mash for stimulating T egg production in hens of gen- eral-purpose breeds, such as the Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes, according to experiments carried on by the United States Department of Agriculture, is one that is not so rich in corn meal and meat scrap as those frequently fed to Leghorns. On the department’s poultry farm at Beltsville, Md., the best results with general—purpose hens were ob— tained with a mash containing only 18 per cent of meat scrap with con- siderable ground oats and wheat bran. The entire mixture is made up in the proportion of 3 parts of corn meal, 1 part of bran, 1 1-2 .6 per cent of linseed meal. ‘ing the best results with the parts of meat scrap, 1 part of.mid-- dlings, 2 parts ofground oats, and, “test on page 11. As Ia. result of using this feed the hens produced a good yield of, eggs, but did not become overfat and were in good breeding condition. Leghorns and other breeds of the samé type can use a heavier and more stimulating ration without endangering their physical condi- tion and the hatching quality of the eggs. The mash that has been giv- de— partment’s Leghorn flock is made up of 4 parts bran, 4 parts midd- lings, 66 parts corn meal, and 26 parts of meat scrap. Barred Ply- mouth Rock pullets fed on this heavy mash laid a few more eggs than pullets of the same breed fed on the first mash, but they suffered in health and their eggs were low— er in fertility. - Among the vegetable proteins fed to poultry the department has found that gluten meal seems to be the best, although cotton seed and pea- nut meal are very satisfactory if supplemented with animal protein in the form of meat scrap, tank- age, fish meal, or milk, and with mineral salts. For good results the vegetable proteins should not exceed 10 per cent of the total mash Tests have sh'own that a good grade of fish meal is practically as good as meat scrap or high-grade tankage. TURKEY BREEDS HIRTY—fl‘WO years after Colum— T bus discovered America our na- tive wild turkey was imported into Europe. There it was domesti- cated, and thence has come our d0— mestic turkey. Wild turkeys are still found in our southern swamps and in Mexico. They are still crossed with domestic stock to restore vigor to the later. The Bronze turkey is the largest, as well as .the most popular, of all breds,, and most nearly resembles the wild turkey. The standard adult cock weighs 36 pounds; the young cockerel, 25; the hen, 20; the pullet, 16. Showier specimens far exceed these weights. The male of this breed should be richly, brilliant, golden bronze as to neck, back, breast and wing surfaces. Wing flights when spread are black, with White barring across each feath- er, most regular in the better birds. The tail is black, with parallel brown transversing lines, each feathered with white, not with red or rusty tips in the better birds. The hen is like the male in color except for white or gray edging on each feather of the breast, body, wings and back. The White Holland turkey is a “sport” from the bronze. The cock of standard size Weighs 28 pounds; the cockerel, 20; the hen, 18; the pullet, 14. They are reputed the best layers among turkeys, the most do- cile, and less roving than the bronze, better suited to limited range than that variety. All their plumage is White except the black beard of the male. Bourbon Reds are a breed of turkeys first noted as wild birds, They are dark red parts, bordering on brown, with white wings and tails; their under parts are of buff, running out to nearly white. The feathers have a blue sheen when shifted in the sun- light. The standard cock weighs 30 pounds; the cockerel, 22; the hen, 18; the pullet, 14. They are said to be a very hardy breed. Female turkeys reach full growth at 2 years of age; males at 3. Hens from 2 to 5 years old should be bred to toms from 2 to 3 years of age. Never breed related birds, for the death rate among the pullets will be high. For market birds breed from medium-sized birds, plump but not fat, fine in bone, active, vigorous. For exhibition stock breed from the birds of largest frame. From 10 to 15 hens may be mated to a male.— Washington Farmer. in their upper Read the M. B. Fla, Puzzle Gon- I "POULTRY BREEDE -—DIRECT0R, P‘ Advertisements lnsex’ad under this heading at 800 per agate lino, ‘ per issue. Commercial. Baby Chick “advertisements 450 per agate line. Write out what you have to offer and send it in. We will put It in type, send proof and quote rates by i return mail. Address The Michigan Business Farmer, Advertising De- partment, Mt. Clemens, Michigan. I . BABY CHICKS , CHICKS! CHICKS! It will pay you to look these low prices for June and July delivery. Better chicks at 163a] bargain prices. Pure S. 0V8! . Lec- horns $5.75 for 50; $11 for $11 for 100; $52.50 for too 100; $52.50 for 500. to Ance'r'la%£($75_ 10550 n . every 11 in one and July. Order direct from ad. Prgmpt ship- ment by insured Parcel Post prepaid to your diet. Eull count strong lively chicks on arrival. For quick service and an entirely satisfactory dea send us your order. Fourteen years reliable dealinizi. Fine instructive catalog free. HOLLAND HATCHERY _ R. 7, Holland, Mich. Baby Chicks Build up your flock with pure .bred chicks that lay early and ften, best quality. Leghorns. Rocks Reds. yandottes, Anconos, Minoroas. ()rpingtons. Silver Spangled Hamburg $2.00 per setting. We deliver at your door. at our price list and free catalog, ‘3]. G. PHILPOTT ‘ R. 1, Box 7 Port Huron. Mloh. . . 1" JUST-RITE iN‘AB .1 . x .~ Balm Chaim ' POSTAGE PAID 95% II" A Hatch hhh‘w‘hié straws. ":15, y‘gfk with each order. 40 Breeds chicks, 4 breeds ducklings, ‘ ‘ select and exhibition grades. (atacg tree. stumps appreciated. 0 NABOB HATCHERV, Dept. 80, GAMBIER, O. BABY GHIGKS S G Buff Leghorns, one of the lar {locks in Michigan My price is in reach of all, only $15 00 per hundred. Detroit win- ners, lnone better APHAM EARMS. Pincimey. Mich Dav Old Chicks. _ Standard Varieties. Make your selections (‘ataiomie and price list now r . H. PIERCE, Jerome. Mich and, POULTRY PULLETS AIID cochnELs White and Butt Omngtons; Barred Rocks: Aq- conas; hlto Leghorns. Pullets 4 months old and older at the 8 months e. pr 0 g HIGH EGG PRODUCING LEGHORNS . ome especially highly bred English I h and Pullets and rokerels and Hens {:5 diggingogg: gigguegg piodulction. t Slomc oé’hthe very best egg 0 eing eg orn soc ' . describe thegc birds. m m “at. Let u. STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION Kalamazoo, Michigan ——150 WHITE WYANDO‘I‘I‘E _ 'Oockerels and pullets. All from my'priZe Winning stock of very best American White Wyandottes laying strain. They win for me. The; Will Win for you. . W. OASE, Rochester, Michigan LEGHORNS POUIID' PULLETS L.) HATGHED H 20th. 1.2 for May 15th delivery. Finest lot weseve?’ raised. No sickness. N0 crowding. Satisfaction or money back. Will lay in August and all through the fnll season when 9228 are the highest, . MORSE LEGHORN FARM, Beldlng. Michigan LEGHDIIIIS Single Comb Bufl Leghorns, 1000 Chick April first delivery. It will cost you ' st 2 fleeing to find out my plan how to get 10 Elaby Chicks 4‘ . LAPHAM FARMS. Pillckneyy MIG". 00MB. Early J Hatched Cockemls. w. WEBSTER, Bath. Michigan RHODE ISLAND REDS RHODE ISLAND REDS TOMPKINS 8 Iinth combs. Stock for sale’ after Septembellletilli‘. WM. H. FROHM, New Baltimore. Mich R. 1. naps. 200 SINGLE \ , WHITTAKER’S R. I. comb red pullets at $2.50 to $5.00 . both Rose and Single Comb cocks andefii‘gtlikei'gl: Write for calatog. Interlskes Farm, Box Lawrence, Mich. ORPINGTON S Bu FF WHIT 0"”'I“Sidecarhorsehair" Merrill. Mlch.. Route 4, \ Box 41. PLYMOUTH ROCK BUFF Rocks—Bronze Turkeys—For 20 um, by J. c. (Him: a Sons. Bx. M. Ssitllio, Ind. .3 TURKEYS V PUREBRED”.IOURBON an,“ LA, El " E“ I J -. ‘, s roqu " Ra.“ I ; {it P “if ‘ x l ftp}. \ I I" ' l, I s, "', -. 0 {Vi II, .1 (J ‘i '0 . r- xx 1 , «h l ‘h l V '1' l ‘64, ‘v 3? I.‘ “Vigil’fil‘fiier 30.1522“ , like you. - and ' THE HUNTED WOMAN ' 1 (Continued from page 7) _, up suddenly and caught his eyes up— on her. . “I came quite by accident,” she - explained quickly. “I wanted 'to be alone, and Mrs. Otto said this path would lead to the river. When I say? You I was abou' to turn back. And then I saw the otlIer——the horses coming down the stream It was 'terrible. Are they all drowned?" “All that you saw it wasn't a pretty sight, was it? ' There was a suggestive inquiry in his voice as he added, “If you had gon- io Tete Jaune you would have missed the un- pleasantness of the spectacle.“ “I would have gone. l)'l‘2 something happened. They say it was a cave—in, a slide—something like that The train cannot go on until to-morrow.” “And you are to stay with the Ot— tos?’ She nodded. Quick as a flash she had seemed to read his thoughts. I “I am sorry,” she added, before he couldspeak. “I can see that I have annoyed you. I have literally pro— jected myself into your work, and I am afraid that I have caused you trouble. Mrs. Otto has told me of this man they call Quade. She says he is dangerous. And I have made him your enemy.” “I am not afraid of Quade. The incident was nothing more than an agreeable interruption to what was becoming a rather monotonous ex— istence up here. I have always be— lieved, you know, that a certain amount of physical excitement is good oil for our mental machinery. That, perhaps, was why you caught me hauling at His Soltship’s car." He had spoken stiffly. There was a hard ote in his voice a suggestion of something that was displeasing in his forced laugh. He knew that in these moments he was fighting against his inner self—against his desire to tell her how glad he was that something had held back the Tete Jaune train_ and how wonderful her hair looked in the afternoon sun. He was struggling to keep himself behind the barriers he had built up and so long maintained in his writings. And yet, as he looked, he felt something crumbling into ruins. He knew that he had hurt her. The hardness of his words, the cold‘hess of his smile, his apparently utter indifference to her had sent something that was almost like a quick, physical pain into her ey'es. He drew a step nearer, so that he caught the soft contour of her cheek. Joanne Gray heard him, and lowered her head slightly, so that he could not see. She was a moment too late. On her check Aldous saw a; single creeping drop—a tear. In an instant he was at her side. with a quick movement she brushed the tear away before she faced him. “I’ve hurt you, and God knows I’m a brute for doing it. I’ve treated you as badly as Quade—only in a differ- ent way. I know how I’ve made you feel—that you’ve been a nuisance, and have got me into trouble, and that I don’t want to have anything more to do with you. Have I made you feel that?” “I aim afraid—you. have.” He reached out a hand, and almost involuntarily her own came to it. She saw the change in his face, regret, pain, and then that slow—coming, wonderful laughter in his eyes. “That’s just how I set out to make you feel," he confessed, the warmth of her hand sending a thrill through him. “I might as well be frank, don’t you think? Until you come I had but one desire, and that was to finish my book. I had planned great work for to-day. And you spoiled it. I couldn’t get you out of my mind. And it made me—ugly.” “And that was—all?” she whisper- ed, a tense waiting in her eyes. “You didn’t think———” “What Quade thought,” he hit in sharply. The grip of his fingers hurt her hand. “No, not that. My God, I didn’t make you think that?” “I’m a stranger——and they say women,don’t go to Tete Jaune alone,” she answered doubtfully. I “That’s true, they don’t—~not as 'a general rule. Especially women You’re alone, a stranger,- ‘I don’t say that . .too beautiful. ‘issue, We sent checks to the winners , issue you will find out how you can get H , to flatter you. You are beautiful, and you undoubtedly know it. To let you go on alone and unprotected among three or four thousand men like most of those up there would be a crime. I And the women,‘too———the Little Sisters. They’d blast yam. If you had had a husband, a brother or a father waiting for you it would be different. But you’ve told me you haven’t. You have made me change my mind about my book. You are of more interest to me just now than that. Will you believe me‘?’ Will you let me be a friend, if you need a friend?” To Aldous it seemed that she drew herself up a little proudly. For a moment she seemed taller. A rose— flush of colour spread over her cheeks. She drew her hand from him. And yet, as she looked at him, he could see that she was glad. “Yes, I belieVe you,” she said. “But I must not accept your ofier of friendship. You have done more for me now than I can ever repay. Friendship means service, and to serve me would spoil your plans, for you are in great haste to complete your book.” - “If you mean that you need my as— sistance, the book can wait.” “I shouldn’t have said,” she cut in quickly, her lips tightening slight— ly. “It was utterly absurd of me to hint that I might require assistance +~that I cannot take care of myself. But I shall be proud of the friend- ship of John Aldhous.” “Yes, you can take care of your- self. Ladygray," said Aldous softly, looking into her eyes and yet speak- ing as if to himself. “That is why you have broken so curiously into my life. If that—and not your beau- ty. I have known beautiful women before. But they were—just women, frail things that might snap under stress. I have always thought there is only one woman in ten thousand who believe you are that one in ten thousand. You can go on to Tete .Iaune alone. You can go auvwhere alone—and care for yourself.” He was looking at her so strangely that she held her breath, her lips parted, the flush in her cheeks deep— ening. “And the strangest part of it all is that I have always known you away back in mv imagination,” he went on. “You have lived there, and have troubled me. I could not construct you perfectly. It is almost incon- ceivable that you should have borne the same name—Joanne. Joanne, of ‘Fair Play.’ ” ‘ She gave a little gasp. “Joanne was — terrible,” she cried. “She was bad—bad to the heart and soul of her!” “She was splendid,” replied Aldous, without a change in his quiet HI US IRES S" i. FLA R M ER P MOULTERS MOULT If you want your hens to moulii naturally— If you want them back on the egg job promptly—fall and winter laying... Then you must make sure that your. moulters are healthy and hungry. They must eat lots, and be able tq . digest what they eat. That’s just what Dr. Hess Poultry PAN-A-CE-A does-for your moulting flock. It’s a tonic that begins with the appetite—s improves a hen’s whole system. It: has Iron that keeps the paleness away, makes the combs and wattles red—the blood 1'1 . Pan-a-ce-a starts the food the egg way as soon as the moult is over. No time lost. No dormant egg organs after the moult, where Pan—a—ce-a is fed. Tell your dealer how many nens you have. There’s a right-size package for every flock. 100 hens, the lZ-lb. pkg. 200 hens, the 25-"). pail 60 hens, the 5-H). pkg. 500 hens, the loo-lb. drum For fewer hens, there is a smaller package. GUARANTEED - DR. HESS & CLARK w . I spent 80 years in perfect- ing Pan-a-ce-a. GILBERT Hess M.D., D.V.S. Ashland, O. ...—, .. . , . , it" Din-e5; Initéfit:‘19nse;._KiIIer‘Kills voice. “She was splendid—Amt bad. I racked myself to find a soul for her, and I failed. And yet she, was splendid. It was my crime—anot hershthat she lacked a son]. She would have been my ideal, but I spoiled her. And by spoiling her I sold half million copies of the book. I did not do it purposely. I would have given her a soul if I could have found one. She went her way.” “And you compare me to—~her?” (To be continued) DID YOU GET YOUR SHARE LAST Y IAR ? , Last year in a contest identical to the one announced on page 11 of this totaling $931. If you did not re— ceive your share last year. don’t miss sending in your list of objects this year. Contest closes last week in November. BOOK FREE TO LAND OWNERS Have you a copy of Ropp's New (‘al- culator. Mr. Farmer? If you haven’t you have heard about it and I’ll wager that many times you have thought about it and wished you had one. Maybe your neigh— bor wanted to buy what there was left in your crib of last year’s corn and when you come to measure the crib and the, depth of the corn and figure up how much com the crib contained your neighbor got one answer and you got another. Or may- be you were trying to figure up the inter- est on several small notes and you were tired and the figures wouldn't add up right. It is just such times as these that' Ropp’s Calculator proves itself the hand— iest book you ever owned. To go to the store and buy it would cost 50c but if you will read the ad of the Keystone Steel and Wire 00., published on page 10 of this it by just sending them a post card. Send JOHN CLAY & COMPANY LIVE STOCK COMMISSION Ame AT TEN MARKETS BUFFALO, N. Y. 50. ST. JOSEPH. MO. SO. ST. PAUL, MINN DENVER. COLO. EL PASO, TEXAS E. ST. LOUIS, ILL. SIOUX CITY. IA. CHICAGO. ILL. OMAHA, NEB. KANSAS CITY, MO. for it today because you will find use for Don’t miss the chapters which follow of Curwood’s great story, “The Hunted Woman ’ ’ KEEP M. B. F. COMING To January, 1923 - - - 25c To January. 19-24 - - One Dollar To January, 1926 - - Two Dollars m1 ....IIIIqu The Michigan Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Mich. I enclose $ , for my subscription to Jan., 192— To ‘ P. o. 7 I R. F. D. No. State If this is a renmal mark (X) here I] / it tomorrow.-—-ADV. " 2’2" 1 (7‘0) ' Z TRADE AND MARKET REVIEW HE early part of last week a hundred thousand men, most of them living in Michigan, were facing the prospect of a winter with- out a job. Henry Ford closed down his gigantic enterprises and an- nounced they would not run again until coal became more plentiful and prices became lower. The shuts down of the Ford plant cast a gloom over the country. It was felt that Mr. Ford was setting a dangerous precedent which other manufactur- ers might follow in their “strikes” against the profiteering coal mine operators. A general shut—down of manufactories would have been little short of a calamity not only to the workmen but also to the farmers. But the Ford “strike” was short- lived. Ford got his coal at 'the price he thought he ought to pay and last week Thursday the Wheels of his great factories were again set in mo- tion. Although there is still some un- employment and farmers’ prices are ' very much below the level of other prices the country looks forward to the coming winter with the least ap- prehension of several years. Auto— mobile manufact/urers are months be- hind with their orders and with some exceptions, they anticipate they will be able to run at full capacity the entire winter. Building has been ac- tive all summer long and is still and if the weather permits the building projects the next few months are ex- pected to exceed those of the last three years for the same period. The partial settlement of the strikes, the President’s veto of the soldier bonus bill, and the promise of some slight reduction in state and local taxes have all combined to create a more confident feeling in the future. " The still discouraging feature of the economic situation is the low level of farm product prices, but even these are showing surprising tendencies to advance. We know of nothing that could happen to add more to the general prosperity and contentment of the nation than a 25 to 50 per cent increase in farm com- modity prices. WHEAT The wheat market had a merry time of it last week due to a general belief that war was imminent be- tween Turkey and England. The memory of what the last great war did to the Wheat market is still fresh in the minds of the traders who cleaned up fortunes in that period and the slightest hint of war between European nations causes a consider- able flurry in the wheat market. Al- though as we go to press actual war- fare still seems remote, the wheat market is from five to seven cents above the low of the previous week in the primary markets, but there has been little if any effect upon the local markets. Frankly, the immediate wheat out— look does not look good to us. We do not expect to see a long draan out war between Turkey and Great Britain, and while a few skirmishes may send up the price of wheat for the time being it will take more than the exchange of a little fire to cause any substantial and permanent changes in the market. We believe a good deal of the activity that took place in wheat last week can be dis- counted as speculative. Virtually no other influence appeared to warrant the advance in prices. On the contrary nearly all the news last week and this is of a bear- ish nature. An English statistician declares there are over a hundred million more bushels of wheat in sight than the world has- need of. Even if the statement is true, which we doubt, it offers no occasion for . alarm. The wheat grower must remember that in normal times the various countries of the world carry over several hundred million bushels in their granaries to provide against crop failure. The carry—over was sadly depleted by the war, and very few reserves have’been laid up since. Unless the threatened hostilities that the demand is now gradually MARKET SUMMARY Wheat makes small gain. Corn steady. Oats unchanged. Rye declines. Beans firm. Eggs higher and butter firm and higher. Potatoes steady. Poultry inactive. No demand for dressed calves. Receipts of fruit large and market easy. Cattle shows little activ- ity but mostly dull. Hogs steady. Sheep unchanged. (Note: The above summarized inforination ket page was set in type. It contains last minute going to press —Edltor.) was received AFTER the balance of the mar- information up to within one-half hour of between Britain and Turkey reach proportions which we do not antici- pate we look for an early drop in wheat prices to be followed by an ex- tended period of even prices. Wheat may again drop to below a dollar a bushel before the next crop, but we doubt it. The rush of wheat to mar- ket has been stemmed somewhat by the rising trend of prices and with fewer supplies the market should show a better tone. Wheat prices are considered too low by all con- cerned and the violent fluctuations of last week show that it doesn’t take much to send prices up. 1 Prices Detroit—No. 2 red, $1.12; 2 white and No. 2 mixed, $1.10. Chicago—No. 2 red. $1.10 1—2. New York—No. 2 red, $1.17 3-4. Prices one year ago -— Detroit, No. 2 red, $1.28; No. .2 white and No. 2 mixed, $1.25. No. CORN The corn market has enjoyed a rather healthy, tone the past couple of weeks and at the close of last week prices on the Detroit market were higher than they had been for several weeks. Reports from Chi- cago show a fair amount of corn for exporting was taken from that market last week, shipping sales for the week, including domestic, aggre— gating 2,500,000 bu. Receipts have been liberal the past. fortnight but the movement continued to be re- stricted by the shortage of cars. De- mand has been stimulated by the ac- tion of wheat and the war-like news coming from Europe but the talk of peace reaching this country on the opening of the current week caused the market to weaken on the open- ing day and prices turned lower. The prices on the Detroit market were 1 1—2 cents lower at the close of the day, while the decline at Chicago amounted to only one—half cent. Regarding “the future of corn a market expert in Chicago says that this grain is governed in the end al- most entireiy by domestic conditions, the amount going abroad being rela- tively insignificant in comparison with the crops. “We know that the total supply of corn for the country\ is at least 300,000,000 bushels or more less than last year. The govern- ment September report showed 60,- 500,000 hogs on farms compared with 56,000,000 last year. Here is a fact- or of greater importance as far as the disappearance of corn is con- cerned than the export sale of 10,— 000,000 bushels or more grain.” He goes on to say, “A high price for corn never hurt the consumer and simply booms general business.” Reports from cornbelt show the crop in most cases out of danger of frost. Prices Detroit—No. 2 yellow, 70c: 3 yellow, 69c; No. 4 yellow, 67c. Chicago—No. 2 yellow, 631-4@ 63 3-40. New York—No. 2 yellow and No. 2 white, 81 1-2c. Prices one year ago—Detroit, No. 2 yellow, 55 1-2c; No. 3 'yellow, 54 1-2c; No. 4 yellow, 51 1-2c. No. OATS For ‘the reasons which it is not eaSy’ to understand cats have shown some strength the past few weeks and prices are somewhat higher than we anticipated they would be at har- vest/time. It is apparent that the influence of the enormous crop of 1920 has about run its course and overtaking the supply. War news of .a reliable character might very easxly send the price of oats up ten cents a bushel in no time. Prices Detroit—No. 2 white, 43c for new, 45c for old; No. 3 white, 41c for new; No. 4 white, 38c for new. Chicago —- No. 2 white, 40 1—4@ ‘ 41c; No. 3 white, 39@39 3-40. New York — No. 2 white, 49c. Prices one year ago — Detroit No. 2 white, 40 1-2c; No. 3 white, 38c; No. 4 white, 340. RYE Practically the same tone that has prevailed in the wheat, corn and oat markets during the past fortnight also ruled the rye market. The de— cline in prices on the opening day of the current week took place in rye as Well as other grains. The Detroit market reported a decline of 1c and the prices on the Chicago market dropped from 1 1-2c to 2c. Prices Detroit—Cash, No. 2, 750. Chicago—Cash, No. 2, 70 1-4c. Pricss one year ago—Detroit, $1.02@$1.04 1—2. . BEANS A most unusual thing has hap- pened in the bean market. Prices have advanced from 25 to 75 cents per cwt, during the very height of the marketing season, and in the face of one of the biggest crops which Michigan farmers have pro- duced for a long time. The drastic decline in bean prices which was registered from about the first of August to the middle of September was most discouraging to Michigan bean growers who had begun to hope that prices would remain at a fairly high level and enable them to re- cuperate their losses of the last few years. The efiorts to bear down the market was for a time successful, but with every elevator and farm bin empty and farmers not over anx— ious to contract their new crop, the bears were soon routed and the fact that there was a substantial advance in prices at a time when the change is normally downward gives us good reason to hope that prices on the en- tire crop will be stabilized at not less than $5 per cwt. The more reputable jobbers ap— pear to be anxious to do everything they can to help the grower get a good price this year, but of course there are black sheep among the job- bers just as there are among the farmers who will take advantage of a situation for their immediate gain, without thought to the future. If these fellows can be kept in leash, and the farmers will use a little judgement in selling their crop, they will not, we feel, be disappointed in the returns. Prices Detroit —-— C. H. P., $5.25 per cwt. Chicago—C. H. P., $5.50 1—2@6 per cwt. Price one year ago —— Detroit, C. H. P., $450 per cwt. POTATOES Wet weather and early frosts have damaged the Michigan potato crop to quite an extent, and we would not be surprised to see the October estimate for Michigan take a drop of several million bushels. The ' September estimate indicated a crop for Michi- gan of over 36 million bushels but we hardly think that, actual digging r ‘ will produce that many potatoes. However; the production will still be , suflidiently large to w over the final outcome. Quite contrary to rule potato 1 prices have registered a fair advance,- ‘ Our readers . will recall that we stated our belief.- two weeks ago that we looked for” the market to strengthen “before ' . very long”, basing our belief on "the the past two weeks. probable over-estimation of the crop,» arrant some I _ and on the prohib’itbry freight rates ‘: which at present prices exclude west-‘ ern potatoes from the eastern marv ' . _We also said in our September ' 16th issue that “because of the low' * kets. opening .market it is unlikely that there Will be any. drastic declines when the bulk of the crop is har- vested, which fact, we believe war- rants the grower in hiding his time aid waiting for the developments of ' " the next sixty days." was written buyers have advanced- their prices to farmers from 7 to 10 cents a bushel throughout the come mercial potato growing area. Farm» ers should not, however, become over—optimistic because of this ad- vance. Potato prices may be a little higher than now but if the final esti— \ mate bears out the forecast of Sept. lst, there will be nearly 100 million more bushels‘to market than last year, assuring that last year’s esti- mate was ‘correct, which we have reason to question. It seems highly improbable at the present time that farmers will see 75 cents per bushel on their 1922 crop. Prices ‘ Detroit —— $1.50 per cwt. Chicago -— $1.10 per cwt. ' New York —- $1.30 per cwt. . .v Prices one year ago ~—— Detroit, $2.84 per cwt. HAY Eastern markets were , barely steady last week. Arrivals continued ‘ heavy as there was lot of hay in transit before the embargo was placed and this will have to be ab.— sorbed before there will be a strong- er tone shown. Country loadings are reported small, but the demand is limited also. firm and steady, due to smaller re- ceipts and a good demand, especial- ly for the better grades. Prices Detroithtandard timothy and light clover mixed $15.50@16; No. 1 clover, $14@14.50 per ton. Chicago—No. 2 timothy, $20 t@21; No. 1 clover, $14@16 per on. ‘ New York — No. 2 timothy and light CloiIer mixed, $19.00@23 per ton. - ' Prices one year ago — Standard timothy, and No. 1 light lover mix- ed, $19@20; No. 1 clover, $14@ 15 per ton. APPLES During the past fortnight there was more activity in the apple mar- ket than had been expected and buy- ers have been booking orders rath- er freely. There seems to be a. more optimistic feeling prevalent among the dealers than at any» time previous this fall. Prices have rul- ed firm on all grades on most mar- kets. American apples/are constant- ly gaining in popularity with our Since that I. Western markets are \ \. foreign neighbors as reports show ' ‘ 41,647 barrels and 21,640 boxes of apples were shipped from the Unit- ' ed States and, Canada during the week ending September 16th, as compared with 31,852 barrels and 1,199 boxes the same week a year ago. Total exports to date this sea- son aggregate 118,525 barrels and 89,220 boxes. V - , 4 MISCELLANEOUS QUOTATIONS Detroit, Tuesday, 0 Sept. 26. BUTTER—-Best creamery, in tubs," 1‘ 36@36 1-2 per 'lb. ’ . EGGS—Best current receipts, 2,8 300;» fresh candied and graded, 3'16 34c; refrigerator firsts, 25 1-2@28¢ per doz. ‘ ' ' 3 GRAPES—Michigan, $2 @3516 y T 4-quart basket and 132.5 0@_.‘.’g}péan 6 APPLES sic), it] ,« an ‘. , ,_ x. I I .,' i .I‘d. i.“- V _ hikcommon, $.1.50@2 per bu. —j_—Michigan, 20 30c per [MUSHROOMS—Fancy, 50 @ 60c Eper lb. s _ g .GREEN CORN—20@25c per doz. ' r “HONEY—Comb, 22@33c per lb. - 'QABBAGE—Home grown, 50@ . 75c perdb. ‘ ' f; 'POPOORN——4_ 1-2 @ 5c; Little Buster, 7 1-2@8c per lb. 1". ONIONS—$150632 per sack 'of [100“ lbs. . *‘y‘@$1 per bu. ' .DRESSED CALVES—'—Choice, 18c; medium, 15 @ 16c; ’ V V _/ 11c per lb. , ‘ ,i' MELENS—Watermelons, 4o @ i ' ' 600 each;‘ Colorado pink .meats, . $L1.25@1.50per flat. Osage, $1.50@ » 2 per bu;'honeydew, $2@2.25 per . 5. case. " LIVE POULTRY—Best springs,22 @23c; leghorns, 19@20c; large fat ' u _ hens, 250; medium hens, 22‘@23c; j... ‘ .small hens, 17@18c; old roosters, 115m geese, 15c; large ducks, 20@ _ * 22c; small ducks, 18@20c; trurkeys, " 25c per lb. . ,, HIDES——No. 1 cured, 12c; No. 1 green, 10c; No. 1 cured, bulls, 8c; No 1 green bulls, 6c; No 1 cured calf, 17c; No 1 green calf, 150; No 1 cured kip, 12c; No 1 green kip, 10c; ,No 1 horsehides, $2.50; No 2 horse- hides, $1.50; sheep pelts, 25c@$1; No. 2 horsehide, 1c under No. 1 calf and kip 1 1-2c under No.1. ‘ j CHICAGO BUTTER MARKET The butter market ruled firm Monday, Sept. 25. Quality of cur- ‘rent receipts was better but the de- mand for fine butter-was sufficient to clean up the supply, and some of the more critical buyers were forc- ed to pay a slight premium} for ' goods to suit their needs. Medium grades were a trifle slow and deal— ers were rather anxious to move these grades, but the supply was not burdensome. Undergrades were scarce and in good demand. Cen- tralized were slow and. irregular. CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET Widening of the price range feat- -‘ured, the beef ,steer market during ’iast‘ week. Choice and prime steers were scarce as compared with the urgent demand,vand values climbed daily until the peak was reached ,. on Friday, when practically all steer of value to sell at $11.00 and better _ , before last. There was 'a certain ' - 2 ' ' class of steers selling around $10.50, - ' ' slightly below and sight‘ly above that figure, which was considered about ,_ steady with a week previous, but J , 1 these selling downward from $10.00 ‘ showed uneven declines amounting to 25c to 50c generally, cases of 50c or more representing extreme low spots measured with last week’s best selling. The best steers were in b strOng hands and at no time looked Weak, except perhaps on Friday. when demand was rathnr indifferent. Lower grades of natives were ad- versely influenced by the profusion of western range cattle Which came u directly in competition with them andafter the initial session values- , slumped almost daily. On the other hand, new higher tops were break- ing out every day and prime weighty steers were flirting with the $12 mark after midweek, only to get within 50 of that figure before the week—end. ' Chicago’s receipts for the week at ~ ‘ , , 72,500 were the largest of any week " I : " ,, pmvious this year and the largest _ r? I ‘ ‘f " since the week ending Oct. 23 of‘iast " . year, when 73,580 arrived. With 3 ' the exception of that Week, the past i I W 3‘ six-day receipts ranked highest 'since 9:" the third” week in January, 1921, Men 77,601 cattle were marketed, ‘ Ithat week being the largest that year. . . total of 304,000 cattle for the past gsixlday period, which is the largest g,w‘eekly run since the third week of 7November, 1920, when 355,000 cattle were marketed. . . ». ,ffAlthough offerings of hogs last ‘Wee'k were among the smallest of the ' a year, were slightly aboye normal for this, season at . 118,800, being 8.0" ‘ ' than previous“’weok. ~ ‘ . an a year ago, 40.200 ' sage and 43,10 not U I I - p . i Red with more'hogs than last week. ,‘I’TEA‘RsséBartletts, $2.25 @ 2.75- Home grown, 75c large 'coarse, 8@ _ stood 25c to 40c above'close of week, inglihe'a-past eleven years were cred: The general run of hogs last week was only slightly heavier than pre— vious week, with the estimated av- erage weight of 250 lbs.,' showing 1 lb. gain as compared with a week ago, 9.lbs. compared with a year ago and 14 lbs. comparing ~with eleven year ayerage. Last week’s average sta/nds third heaviest in over eleven years comparing with- corresponding periods. Agood demand together with a scarcity of desirable light hogs, re- sulted in sharp advances on the lat- ter class after midweek,.with top reaching the highest point since ear ly last month. Last Week’s extreme top at $10.55 paid late in the week shows a 55c gain over previ- ous week's top being $1.80 above corresponding week a year ago, $7.70 below two years ago and Within $2.25 of the eleven year av- erage. - - Active outside competition on best grades in practically all class- es added tone to the trade last week advancing the general average cost during the 'week to $9.00, being $1.50 above a year ago, and $7.70 lower than two years ago and $2.70 below the eleven year average. Last week’s average stands highest since first week of August. Offerings of sheep last week total— ing among the largest of the _ year at approximately 85,000, are com— paratively small for this part of the season, being below any correspond- ing period in several previous years. Practically half of the receipts ar- rived from the range, although sup— ply included just a sprinkling of aged stock and only one large ship- ment of yearlings. Handy aged sheep met an active demand from country and local buy- ers, with valueslargel‘y 25c above previous week's close, best light ewes quoted slightly above $7.00. However, cull and weighty sheep were neglected after midweek and prices fluctuated at‘the recent gains closing largely on ,a level within a week previous. Wethers were consideraby fewer four diagram. “Ska” “ii-ii - with yearling wethers generally 25c _higher—,~ while a com- paratively liberal supply of range yearlings during midweek, sold for feeding purposes at_-$1'1.50. A few aged killing wethers brOught $8.00, late selling up to $11.75 for local slaughter. Lack of aged sheep quality ac- counted‘ for the 10c drop in the av- erage cost during the week, with last week’s average of $6.40, com- paring with $6.50 a week ago, $4.10 a year ago and $6.00 two years ago. Combined offerings at the seven leading western markets last week at‘ 238,000‘are the largest thus far this year, but considerably below normal for this season, being small- er than any corresponding week in over eight previous years. Arrivals for the year to date at the same cen- ters are practically the lightest for any same period in over seven years. WOOL Actual signing of the tariff law immediately lent a feeling of strength and security to the wool trade, and prices are well maintain- ed, with a good active business. Though price levels remain un- changed, the tone throughout is firm and the volume of wool mov- ing is slightly larger than recently. All grades are sharing in the activ— ‘ity and dealers in the midwest are almost uniformly in a rather opti- mistic mood. Quotations on mid—western or so-called “native” Week; in large lots —~ such prices as are obtained by the farmers pools —— are as fol— lows: Fine and medium staple. '47 @48c; 1—2 blood staple, 46@47c; 1—2 blood clothing, 34@45c; 5-8 blood wools, 43@45c; 1-4 blood. 40 @420; low 1-4 blood, 3063320; braid, 26@28c. Western territory wools sell at prices which range from these levels to 4c lower, for the corresponding grades. WHEAT AND CORN EXPORTS Bradstreet’s of Sept. 16th says: wheat, including flour, exports from the United States and Canada for the week ending September 14, aggregate 6,945,930 bushels, against 8,713,163 THE WEATHER FOR NEXT WEEK As forecasted~ by W. T. Foster for The Michigan Business Farmer r ‘ FOSTER’S WEATHER—CHARTFOR 047': 191.1. I ' . ' . : l , '. LL 2 3' 5 6‘ 7 s seiomlziiislis 17!18l19‘2,0.21'22;23:24 25%” 30.31 1—1 i ,.. . I .-i- - “1‘51 ' ‘ ‘-~ ‘5 4’“ ‘ if! i "' ‘ ' 5- ' ' s ' 1 “ " .o‘a,'+ ' - quv‘var zo °2 ‘1 1.x ‘3‘}: "° 0 x X 0'0 4' .° . 14" °—'~ — o X o a o 0 J 9 x w. “to” °".° * " z ‘ 0“? for section 1.north . ml : temperatures. whi lathe years. Crooked lines above normal wage of same days of! . lines mean warmer; below. cooler; that marked 1 is latitude 47. between meridian 90 and Rockies crest—2 for section 2 on my section map ,‘s for east of maidien so. north of latitude 47—3. be’twoen latitudes 39 and 47 and between maidian 90 and Rockies asst—4. east of meridian 90, between latitudes 39 and 47—6. south of latitude 39. between meridian ‘90 and Rockies acct—6. east of meridian 90. south of latitude 39—7, north of latitude 43%. was! of Rockies} «cu—.8.nuthof|atimdn43% toMexicanlineandwestofRockiesa-est. thinlll'eflous week, with quotations \ FSeven primary markets reported a. - which causes motion when it breaks its bonds. Washington, Sept. 29, 1922.—-I advise not to sow winter grain on dry soil. There are many risks before those who are interested in planting and sowing for the crops of 1923 and 1924. With confidence I can say to Mexico a great winter drouth, including four or five months, covering the whole of that country, will begin in October, 1923, and ruin a large part of winter farming products and winter grain. But the drouths-that will come to America, Canada and Alas— ka within those two years will be local, cannot be explained in a gen- eral] weather bulletin, and therefore must be dealt with privately. Australia and New Zealand have short crOps on account of the long foretold shortage of rain—not a drouth—but the great drouth, begin- ning in October, 1922, will ruin their crops and they should prepare for ‘a famine that will hit them about May, .1923. I am not expecting a drouth in North America this year but—after the general] of heavy rains of October—a rapid decrease of rain may be expected where excessive rains have fallen for several months. I will again warn you of great extremes of temperatures in,-0ctober averaging colder than usual east of the. Rockies ; better weather west of the Rockies. Michigan: Highest temperatures 1, 9 and 18; lowest 5 and 12; average much colder than usual; Severe storms and most rain during weeks centering on Oct. 6 and 14; cold waves and threatening frosts following 1 and 9. The c’ausecf the motion and force is the all important question in all the sciences. Further weather cannot be known without under- standing that cause. I know that the forces of the solar system are moving inward toward the sun; all other scientists say they are mov- ing outwardfrom the sun. There are three causes of motion that drive the forces toward the sun—pressure from outer ether, condens- ation of inward moving matter at the sun, the pull of the sun’s electro- magnetic force. See my explanation of that electro magnetic form and, force. Besides these three causes we all know of the incidental energy that comes from compressed matter, not chemically combined, I. (71)” 23 » bushels last week and 11,601,497 bushels in the like week a year ago. Forthe eleven weeks ending Septem- ber 14 exports are 91,733,299 bush-e els,‘against 110,128,664 bushels in the corresponding period a year ago. Corn exports for the week are 1,763,,- 954 bushels, against 1,994,712 bush- els last week and 3,737,437 bushels in the same week a year ago. For the eleven weeks ending September 14 corn exports are 28,530,705 bush- els, against 25,690,264 bushels a year ago. 1922 LAMB CROP SHORT Realization of how short the 1922 l.mb crop was is now dawning on the trade. Those who knew this early in the season and made lamb contracts at early prices have been substantially rewarded. The highest prices of the season have been re- corded recently and still further ap- preciation is possible, although lamb is always in competition with pork which is actually much cheaper. However, there is an element among consumers that will eat lamb regard- less of cost and just as long as that market is not saturated, stability is assured. Native lambs have never been marketed as early as this year, and, except for feeder grades, the end of the Western movement is al- ready in sight. As recuperation of breding flocks will require several Seasons, a good market, both for the 1923 lamb crop and wool clip ap- pears assured.—Round—up. STOCK 0F WOOL IN U. S. 479,151,184 POUNDS Stocks of wool in and afloat to the United States on June 30, 1922, totaled 479,151,184 pounds, grease equivalent. according to the Quarter- 1y Joint Wool Stock Report just re- leased by the Bureau of the Census, United States Department of Com- merce, and the Bureau of Agricult- ure Economics, United States Depart- ment of Agriculture. This is the first- report issued under a joint arrange— ment between the two Government departments. Stocks by condition consisted of 322,332,921 pounds of grease wool, 35,648,032 pounds of scoured wool, 16,629,680 pounds of pulled wool, 23,346,363 pounds of tops, and 8.— 328,283 pounds of oils. Dealers held 176,857,999 pounds and manfactur- ers 197,652,634 pounds. Of the total quantity reported, 54.8 per cent was foreign wool, and 45.2 per cent was of domestic production. The supply of 1—2 blood and fine wool is said to compare favorably with that of ,1—4 and 3-8 blood. The distribution by sections of stocks by manufacturers was: New England 116,664,403 pounds,.Middle Atlantic 87,099,512 pounds. Pacific 'Coast 2,773,443 pounds, all other Sections 18.544.333 pounds. Hold- ings of dealers according to markets were: Boston 108,167,907 pounds. Chicago 10,833,492 pounds, 'New York 6.854.977 pounds, Philadelphia 24,039,626 pounds, Portland 2,849,~ 854 pounds, St. Louis 12,416.061 pounds, San Francisco 1,849,948 pounds, other cities 14,091,633 pounds. MAINE POTATO GROWERS HOLD- ’ ING ('ROP Aroostook county farmers are un- willing to sell their potato crop at present prices’ as they expect better conditions later in season. Growers are selling just enough potatoes at present to get money enough to pay help for digging. As the crop will average only 60 to 65 barrels per acre, the present price of 90c@ $1 per barrel is not sufficient to pay the fer- tilizer bill and digging expenses. Digging is nearly half over and there is no doubt that Aroostook county wil harvest a good crop. This fact, together with reports that late blight and rot will reduce the yield in/some of the other states which compete with Maine, is the basis for a general feeling that prices will rule better as soon. as Long Isand and Jersey commence to sacken up a bit on their present heavy shipments. Shipments from Maine at present are not heavy for the time of the year, averaging only about 50 cars per day. Early Cobblers are all pretty well shipped out. Mountain varieties are now being loaded and the 'quality of thevlatter is excellent. The tubers run even? size, ‘ bright, smooth and sound. . ‘ » Every item on this page means a big money-saving that no one can afford to miss. hese are the Low- est Prices in America and we want Manchurian Wolf ' Fur Scarf you to prove it our risk 3 There isn't a woman any where“thut doesn’t want and need a handsome fur scarf. 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Pay $1.98 and pastage on arrival. WOMEN’S KID FINISHED SUPPER Black or Brown Always Imntion size Soft kid slipper. Stylish strap two buttons. Medium round toe.. soles. Medium rubber heels. soles. Sizes 2% to 8 by No. 28A228. - Send no money. rival. model with . Cushion. 1n- _ Solid oak leather . Wide Widths. Order black Order brown by No. 28A229. Pay $1.59 and postage on ar- Woznen’o Black Calf and Kid Kid Hi-Cut Send for this rich ible soles. S to 8. ' lacs 21/; Wide Widths. Order b N 28A12 . Pay 1.98 and postage on arrival. rder same style as above In durable black on metal finished leather by No. 28A416. any $1.98 and postage on arrival. State size. price and postage. Send no y now. bargain Letter or bargains as you want -. not satisfied when you see you have saved, return t in goods. Very Richly ' Embroidered Gabardine Order N Brown by .0 . 28E5521. Navy by No. 28E- 5520. Send no money.~ Pay 2.98 and postage. back if you’re not satisfied. State slzo wanted. Gun Metal Bluclier For Men and Boys $.23 79 — UP Don‘t fail to take advantage of this splendid offer in a practical blucher. St y dress shoe for men boys and little fellows, of heavy, genuine gun metal veal uppers and solid leather soles. Low, broad Be sure get your order in at once. Big or men’s sizes 6 to 11 by No. 8A Pay $1.99 and postage on arrival. Order little boys’ gun metal blucher, sizes 9 to 131/: by No. 28A590. Pay $1.79 and postage on arrival. Order same style for big boys, sizes 1 to Sl/z' by No. 28A589. Pay $1.89 and postage on arrival. Always mention size. 1 D02. Work Gloves, 99c Regulation stout ' " -- , . c a n v a S gloves money now. Pay 990 and postage ' for one dozen pair on arrival. Men’s Special ' Hip Boots Men’s pure . gum hip boots; friction lined; heavy. corrugated sole - guaranteed Usually retoiled at‘ $5. Sizes 7 to'1_2. Wide ~widths. No half soles. Order by No.3 28A949. $219 Olve Size. Shar'oocl especially recom- m e n d 9 this pret- ty model. A becom- ing '_ style phat 18 go- ing to1 be popu at this Fall. has Wide lowing sleeVes two new fashion panels. handsomely embrOid— ered at top of waist. and on sleeve . W o me_n’a and miss< / Underwear 99c: " The are the best bargains ygiis’ find at anyth‘ supply right now— . Jaeger color No. 2801213. Grey Random No. 28¢- 1280. Send no money. Pa! 990 an postage on arriv- .V at Knit Unlois Suits of fine guailty cotton. Sizes 24 to 3 for 3 to 19 years. Order No. 280- 1358. Price 7 0. Pay 19° and postage on arrive. Men’s Popular Stitchdown Dark Brown Oxfords Classy stitchdown, Oxford for women. Wonderfully com- fortable and stylish. Uppers of dark mahogany leather. Smooth leather insole. Flexible stitch-down oak outaoles. . Sizes 2% to 8. Wide Widths. Order by No. 28A288. Send no money. Pay only $1.98 and postage on arrival. Comfort i Work Shoe For Men Order your pair quick——while this rgain ofl‘er lasts. Wonderful w o r shoe for men. Has soft. strong uppers that resist barnyard acids. Solid or insoles. All seams stitch with waxed ' Strong leather soles. \Vide widths. Size 8 to 11. Order by No. 28A158. Send no money. Pay 1.00 and postage on arrival. Order boys' sizes 1 to 5 Price $1.98. Order little on /2 by No. zsnlsss. Prloe 31.1%.an 8 ze. Men’s and Boy’s Durable Outing Bal Fine scout shoe of soft pliable brown leather. Ab- solutely guarranteed barnyard proof : reliable sturdy I soles; low broad leathei heels; leather insoles: reinforced leather back stay. uamntoed to stand hardest _wear. 31%92 Widths. Sizes 6 “Sum on: six: '. order by lo...‘ . ' sues. and no' . money. Pa 1v.99 ' veer“ ' imi1eebo 'Eliia'bsnmigg, by lineages. - fl . . s'szooitoObyflo. .‘r 64. Price 1. . on arrival. $ 80 six? "mm ""0. m 8!“ Be Sure to Mention Sizes, Colors, elm. and Send all Orders from this Page to Dept. 25 “i and we'll refund your mo ‘ > Men’ Winter . ‘