.___. . __ .3 _ ___ Err. _ _ _. __ __ _. __ a. = ‘t 50¢ per Pound ?” “Growers Should Ge d and hxgan \ g is i., 1C ndent O W 1 a t? Rece ine M Sure MARLH 17, 1923 An Indepc ited ‘iri Y» es, {Yet In‘ ax Z a g m mu pm SAT U R D A :_ “Can We Reduce T ts isslie ’ X No. VOL Sin-tame? av tégijij“ .15, $.1Hmw, . ‘ , . , . , H a . A ‘ :L . 2.6 "q‘ét’L-M' '7 m’ “use. . E N G l N E 1% HP. V BATTERY mum $8 17.0.8. FACTORY .Cut down your expenses with this willing helper Reduce your farming costs. Don’t waste six speed changes. Carburetor requires no yourhown valuable time and strength-er adjusting. Aremarkable value. pay ish mced' help-*0th “MM ’ 1 .,3H.P.. timfikm. job. u 1. F i I I M The magneto equl t K H. P and 6 H. P. are realp kerosene engines, but operate equally well on. apoline. ave simple high tension oscxllatlng magneto. Throttling governor assures steady. speed. Prices, F. O. B. Factory. Add freight to your town. , “2" Engine will dolor you somuch quicker. easierandcheaper. At present low prices, this 1% Hos» power, Battery Equipt “Z” Engine is the cheapest farm hel any man can have. It does more work or less money than any othet aid you can amploy. ’3 my. ‘ n. P- Uses gasoline alone. Has high tension bat- odw. T Emu” f" w 20 H‘ P' . tery ignition, hit-and—miss governor and bul- Write for complete details. See the engines anced safety fly wheels. Control lever given It your de er FAl RBAN KS. MORSE eco. Manufacturer: Chicago are“ “We Every old—line smoker has known of CHAMPION e-fifteen, twenty, twenty—five years ago. It still has the same standard quality and unvarying taste. If u are favoring another brand rlghgnow—mr “experi.menting"—you can’t do better than get acquainted with a CHAMPION again. H EMMEI'ER’S ' CHAMPION CIGARS. YonrDealerAl'measThem dandy—Jud“ old rip. tobacco .78 Year. of con- stant favor. sun hand-made, still the some tobacco. 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T 3. meeting called'in Washing- ton, February .5, by the Chief of the Dairy Division, United States Department .01 Agriculture, representatives of five dairy cattle breeders association's agreed to make special efforts to suppress destructive rivalry and to work together in every way possible to develop the dairy in- dustry and particularly the purebred dairy cattle. business. The breeds were the ‘ Ayrshire, slrown Swiss, Guernsey, Holstein Friesian, and Jersey. More than'20 representatives were here from vari- ous-parts oi the country, including the presidents of four of the breed gssociatlons and the secretaries of all ve. . ' Resolutions passed at the confer-. ence called attention to the need for more widespread testing for produc- tion records among breeders of pure- bred cattle; means oi causing a wid- er distribution of purebred cattle: the recognition in counties ' and states of superior sires; rules gov- erning sales of purebred cattle; means of lowering the cost of record- ing animals in herd books; supervis- ion of production records; means of making the showing of cattle at fairs more educational to farmers and other visitors; rules governing public sales; scope of the work of field rep- resentatives of breed associations; and other subjects concerning the conduct of breed associations and the furthering of the interests of purebred dairy cattle. The need of more support for tuberculosis eradi- cation by the area method was also emphasized. ‘BEET ‘GROWEBS ASS’N DIRECT- _ OBS MEET VERY important directors meet- ing of the Michigan Sugar Beet Growers Association was held February 23rd in Owosso at the Hotel Wildurmuth. The meeting was called to order by President Tom C.‘ Price of Saginaw. A sworn itimized financial report was presented by General Manager 0.. E. Ackerman in which it was '» shown that $2,992.90 came into his hands from the 113 local organiza— tions in the state. The balance, $1,156.72 after all bills were paid. handled directly by him, was turned over to Sec’y—Treas. R. P. Reavey oi Caro, Michigan. A great many loc- als sent their money direct to Sec’y— Treas. ‘Reavey which is not included in the above figures. A complete re- port will be made in Saginaw to the Growers at their annual meeting which will be called by President Price in the very near iutune. The ‘ recorded membership of the organiz- ation is around 10,000 members. Membership fees were $100.00 each one—half of which was to be paid the state organization. Many / locals have not as yet remitted their share and on this account the organization is hampered somewhat. The new ,50-50 contract was m- dorsed unaminously by the directors of the organization and a resolution, was passed in which all growers of beets were urged to give the Owosso Sugar Company their acreage for beets on one of their contracts, for beets enough to give them a full ca- pacity run this year. Being. the first to rer Ignize the principal of the '50-50 contract and their willingness to meet with this organizatiOn and iron out the details of anger beet contracts ail-eiiorts will brmade by this organization to assist the agri- culturaldepartment of this company , and any and all other companies that recognize the principal ol.’ the 50—50 contract for beets as the Oweseo Sugar Company has done. , Mr. C. D. Bell, See‘y & Gen. Mgr. - at tho owe-so Sugar Company was ‘ presentat the meeting and explain- ed. their position to the directors as every detail to the utmost mustac- tion of the board. ' "The‘ulee'ting adjourned amid much stealing of ‘good will and all express‘ ed their desire to do everything pos- sible loco-operate tor the general and all industry connected wit plaining t1 3 new 50-50 cor fact in a general way and showing its merits. and the importance of this great step” in Michigan agriculture. . » All local beet egrowers organle tlons Will be asked to (lo-operate and call meetings at which the state or— ganization will furnish speakers if possible to explain to the growers all, the details and answer all- questions pertaining to all three of the con: tracts now offered. Since all banks and-all chamber of comme’rCe boards are directly interested in the welfare 'of the farmer and his welfare they also are asked to (So-Operate with this organization in their efforts to place great Michigan industry on allittle firmer basis. ~ Since the U. S. imports three; fourths of the sugar it is one of the crops that cannot be 'ovw producted- easily so long. as Europe, where half of this sugar was produced, must devote their acres to producing grain to feed their hungry ~millions who have not- the money to‘buy our excess crops of wheat, rye, cOrn, pork and - potatoes, at prices that we can afford to raise. them. It seems a few acres. of beets may be a good investment for the farmer for 1923 audit good cash crop to chance especially since the consumption of sugar is increas- ing rapidly and also the price is ad- vancing rapidly—C. E. Ackerman, Manager, Mich. Sugar Beet GrOWers Ass’n. , / MEXICAN TARIF'F FAVORS WHEAT DIPORTS h the beet industry. ~ ' _. This organization will get outcir-J. cular letters to every member ex- , , DEMAND for American wheat is ,_ looked for throughoutthe Sal- " ' tillo and other Mexican districts following the recent increased duty on imported flour. Flour wills of Saltillo, in spite of the tact that they are located in the heart of Northern Mexico’s richest section, have been closed for some time on accent}. of depleted stocks of wheat, says Vice Consul Earl W. Eaton, Saltillo, in a report just received by the Depart- ment of Commerce. The mills haVe not been buying in the United States on account of the hope that the Mex- ican of four centavos per kilo might be removed, this duty making it im- pbssible for the mills to compete with flour from the United States bearing a ‘Mexican duty of but five centavos per kilo. U. S. STOCKMEN FACING BIVALS MERICAN agricultural interests and farmers can expect real 7 competition from Argentina in the next few years, in the opinion of A. M. McKinstry, vice-president of the International Harvester 00., who has completed an extensive tour of this country and Brazil. He said he found an increasing de— mand for North American agricultur- al machinery in Argentina and felt that, aside from the low ebb in the livestock industry, the farmers here were in as good condition as those in the United States. “I never saw such splendid Short— horn cattle," said Mr. McKinstry, discussing his trips to the big Argen- tinn ranches. “They mean that SOCk miners in the United States have serious competition. The same is true of the grain that they raise here. The soil in the grain country is slmilinr to that of Iowa, and the “ crops are immense. ‘ Argentina is developing some splendid farmers. ' They are coming along rapidly in adopting the most upvto-date tarm- ing methods. ‘ r “The Argentina corn croy has been quite seriously hurt by the intense heat this summer, and the 'wheat' crop will fall short of early spredio-i lions." v « x . EXPORT MAW non U. 3. PRO- ”. ., Secretary Hoover announced last, week that under appropriation made recently by Congress“ the {Depart- . . meat of Gomez-cede atoan under—,v exhausti 9.x? Tifvon 1:. K015- ;. I—‘, 2 within:! any openffor the [WWW ‘ mueme ’ , \w 73., ., ‘ national ,sa ‘ ' t “The Only Farm, Magazine Owned and Edited in Michigan” Published; Eli-Weekly 'Mt. Clemens, men. ~ ' —4 81 PER YEAR I —o ' 9 Entered u second—clans mt- hr W32.M1317 at the act of More: ,.. m. 1879. .- , TAKING FARMERS OR TAKING _ INCOMES ICHIGAN farmers and ‘ wage earners recently helped to de- feat an income tax. They are coming to see that they should not have defeated it; sometime they will correct their mistake, and Michigan will have an income tax that will ex- empt such incomes as those of wage earners and farmers. 'A tax on gasoline is now preposed, and some farmers and some wage earners are supporting it. The pro- posal should be considered a bit care- fully. To put ,a tax on gasoline might be making another mistake that would have to be corrected. — Taxing gasoline was a real issue in Nebraska lately. Farmers and wage earners there gave unusual attention to it, and they defeated the tax. There are three chief sources of mechanical power: steam, electric- ity and gasoline. Steam and elec- tricity give power for railroads, fac— tories and big business generally.’ the farm Big Gasoline is the fuel of engine, the tractor, the truck. , business almost entirely escapes a ‘ gasoline ' tax. Michigan’s power dams would escape it. Railroads would have no gasoline tax to pay. On the contrary the truck would be taxed, and the truck is the railroad’s chief competitor, the railroads have good reason for supporting a gasoline tax: it would tend to free the railroads from taxation and to keep trucks from competing with them. The truck has been the farm- ers’ reliance and hope in avoiding high freight rates; a gasoline tax would serve the railroads by handi-, « capping trucks, by helping to put » trucks out of business. . More is said about the rich man’s automobile than about the farmer’s Ford, which also uses gasoline. Afi’ income tax would reach the big in— come and would not touch the farm- er’s income, but a gasoline tax would be a tax .on every trip the Ford makes to towu with cream or eggs. Farmers have to go to town now and then, for marketing, for repairs to machinery, or to see a doctor. The car proves cheaper than horses for suchtrips, and commonly a farmer finds that he has to have a car. In general, the farmer who has no car - . is hoping to have one. Taxing gas- oline is not a help to the farmer; it is taxing his Ford, his tractor, his buzz— ' saw. To tax the men best able to pay, a gasoline tax is not necessary; an income tax will do the work. Living far from town is a disad- vantage. A gasoline tax makes the disadvantage greater; the farmer who has ten miles to go vmust pay . five times the tax paid by the farm- er who has two miles to go. It is an unfair tax, not a tax proportioned to ability to pay. A gasoline tax is a sales tax, and a sales tax is wrong in principle; it is a tax on the consumer, the man least able to pay. Organized farm- ers and organized labor have thought the subject through, and national organizations are positively on rec- ord against sales taxes. They have defeated sales tax proposals in Wash- ington. . . ° Sales taxes are no new thing. They ‘were tried out jn'Egypt and Babylon and have been’tried out very many ,“times since. Regularly wherever r they, have been tried they have made. » trouble. . hearted the American Revolution. A, ' lee tax would be a device I It was sales taxes that the cost of the ,world war on ab ' y it. A great . sibility‘ of I marketing influences as in the case A. intends. ’ is State of Michigan could wipe out debts amounting to $63,- 500,000 within the next ten years if a four per cent income - tax were adopted, as such'a tax would yield a sufllcient surplus over the amount needed to run the state to accompnsh this task._ If the income tax law were drawn in such a manner as to require the reporting of all incomes. large or small, the grand total report- ed under the law would not be far from two billion dollars in an average year. ,From this amount would be deducted the personal exemptions allowed. If such exemptions'averaged $1,000 for per- sons reporting, they would amount to about $1,400,000,000. The income subject to the four per cent tax rate in an average year would therefore be around $600,000,000, and the tax thereon would amount to $24,000,000.—David Friday, President of Mich. Agricultural College. 1 such trouble in this country as the country has never yet known. Ne- braska farmers chose to stop sales taxes befory they started; and the gasoline tax proposal was an attempt to start them. Michigan farmers may yet decide that they want an in- come tax and no sales taxes. Taxation should be according to ability to pay. A graduated income tax is a tax of exactly that kind. Small incomes are exempt because they are needed; they can not be taxed without lowering the standard of living of the taxpayers. Big in— comes may be taxed Without any harm; but men who have big in- comes are interested in advocating taxes of other kinds. The way to tax the rich man is to tax his income, not his gasoline. ' A state income tax is not unfair even for meeting some local ex— penses, such as the expense of the country school. The incomes of millionaires are not derived from their own school districts; they are contributed by farmers and other producers who must pay for freights, gasoline and farm implements (in- cluding. Ford cars). Some of the tribute that the people pay to the profit system should come back to, them in support of local schools by a state income tax. A real unfairness is giving a poor education to a child merely because the child’s parents happen to live in a poor district; that unfairness may be seen in many places in Michigan. There is talk of discontinuing the help that the state now gives to rural schools; instead, that help should ,be ‘ .reased. An income tax would su; ply the money to increase it. Taxes on farm lands are clearly too high. ‘ They are among the reass- ons why Michigan no longer pro— ' duces its owu food and why the farm population of the United States was 1,700,000 less in 1920 than in 1910 while cities were growing rapidly. Unless some change is made in the system of taxation, Michigan farm lands are likely to have more to pay. There is now a project to prohibit the sale of “lands absolutely unfit for agricultural purposes." Nobody will pay taxes on land that can nev- er be sold. Sending lands back to the state would make heavier taxes to be paid by the rest of the land. That land alsoxwould tend to become “unfit for agricultural purposes” be— cause the taxes would be more than farmers could pay. The project seems honest but a few years ago Kalamazoo celery land and other good Michigan lands were held worthless by everybody. In its time the whole state has been con— demned as worthless. We know that our plains are seldom “absolute— ly unfit” to grow potatoes and cherries, for example. If farming were more profitable, more of Mich- igan’s land could be farmed. Mich- igan land does not need investiga- tion as much as the marketing system that makes cities payr ten cents apiece for such apples as Mich- igan farmers can not sell. There is not need to tax farm land more heavily; there is no need for the state to tax it at all. There is no need to discourage the use of gas- oline. The Wall Street Journal says that the profits of the Ford Motor Company in 1922 were over $125,- 000,000. This is one of the indica- tions that income taxes could easily pay the total expenses of state gov- ernment in Michigan without hard- ship to anybody, without lowering Growers Should Get ,50c Pound for W001 HAVE had repeated requests for I advice on wool markets and prices. I have several folios of reports, forecasts and subject matter relating to foreign anl domestic wool conditions. These can be re- duced to advices on prices which ‘is that the average Michigan wool clip should bring the grower 50c per pound. Any forecast or pricepadvice based on statistics may be negatived by a concerted effort to lower the market by buyers during the market— ing season, or by the timidity of the sellers failing to -hold to a fair market value. There is little pos- local dealers exerting of beans, for example. Many deal- ers are “financed” or are simplycom- mission buyer's"th some wholesaler. Unfortunately there is no community of advices in agriculture operating to advise sellers and acquaint them of , the common demenonator of values, as Mastercf the, Mich. State Grange " B 09‘ lasers, the._;‘:‘§hark to shoot From the consensus of markets in London, Boston and feelers being tried out in the west, the figures quoted seem probable. Based on production costs, the prICe is also equitable. However if lesses sus— tained during the last three years are considered the price is low. The general price level of wool on this basis is according to the price index 166 as compared to 100 in 1914. The general price level of all commodities is 164. Iron 170. Lumber 193. Railroad rates 188. Cotton 209. Wool at 50c per pound is not out of line with other staple products. Michigan is second only to Ohio in the production of bright wools, pro— duoing around ten million pounds, this including pulled .wools. Wool west of the Mississippi river is rated lower than Ohio and Michigan. Ohio and Michigan can make their prices to correspond to thecost of produc— tion by consistantly holding for 50c per pound for average clips of wool. .—-Jas. 'N. McBride, Pres. _Michigan ‘gsheep Breeders Assn. » ‘ ‘ right. n We Reduce Taxes, Yet“ Increase Receipts ? ; Business Farmer’s Correspondents Suggest Many Novel Plans to Answer this Paradox which is ‘ Uppermost in -Minds of Our Farmers. If You'Do Not Agree, Let’s Have Your Plan anybody’s standard of living. In comparison, a gasoline tax is too little a thing to talk about; but the little thing will do much harm if it keeps people from thinking about an income tax and getting it.——C. F., Ansley, Mich. TAXES $120 IN 1905, JUMP TO $602 IN 1921 HAVE just read the article by David Friday published in The Business Farmer of February seventeenth, which is interesting. Dr. Friday states the farmers should not expect prices of farm produce to go higher, and I believe Dr. Friday is I read an item in the “Grand Rapids Press,” written by Ed. K18- senger, of Ashton, who owns one of I the best farms in Osceola county. Mr. Kissenger says “tax farms according to their producing value, and tax gasoline 4c per gal., tax cars by their weight, have every one pay a poll tax of $5. In fact try and get every one to bear their share of the tax burden,” and Mr. Kissenger is right. Everyone says something must be done for the farmers or our country will go to ruin, and everyone is right, but what must be done? At our first good roads meeting held in LeRoy, in 1913, one of our progressive farmers (John A. Nels— on) stated it was not our work to build the public reads, it was the Federal Government’s job, the same as was done in the country he came from, and many other countrys, and Mr. Nelson is right, but when will it' be done? With the present auto traffic the government should build and main— tain all Trunk Line and mail routes. it is the only pcrminent cure for our present condition. Any other sys- tem must be inferior, and a make shift, owing to the present distribu— tion of our wealth. Our law mak— ers in Washington are wasting a lot of wind and have been for several years but have done very little to benefit our hundred million people. One bunch wants to cover the ocean with U. S. Ships to compete with for- eign countries, another bunch wants to build another Panama canal, an— other bunch wants to increase the farm loan from $10,000 to $50,000. All this is rot and a damage to our country. Any farmer who demands more than $10,000 is a capitalist. and should be able to farm without suffering. What do we want with another Panama canal, or why build more ships while our harban are full of them rotting. Our country cannot compete in ocean freight rates with countries where wages are so much lower, and we must have lower rates ,if we sell our produce. With the great auto factories turning out thousands of cars every day, and the public calling for more roads' and better roads, and our state school department demanding of our rural school districts more expensive equip— ment and continually raising the amount of tuition they must pay the graded schools, and the higher wages for teachers added to our regular township, county and state tax, has raised the taxes to about six times what they were in 1905. I have just looked up my tax receipts for 1905, and I paid on a certain lot of property,” $120.69, and on the same property without any improvements made since 1905 the tax for 1921 l_ was $602.82 and the prices on far’m»’“'7 products are not Many farmers are. leaving their farms -and taxes unpaid, this will bring bad»- results, some of our ' statesmen;afe ., trying to find aremedy, but have me 7 ’ .(Centinued‘on Rage“ ~' '1 much different. , r' ' OCKING and castration of lanbs destined for the market mater— ially ,. increases their market value because of improvement in quality, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. There are several reasons for this. Docking makes the hind—quarters of lambs appear more blocky and deep and it also adds much to the cleanli— ness of the animals. Thus they ap— pear more attractive to the buyer when they reach the market. Ewes Which are to be kept in the breeding flock should also be (locked as a large portion of the undockcd ewes ' will fail to breed. ‘ Ram lambs over three months of age tend to grow thin and develop coarse shoulders and neck. Thin— fleshed, coarse, open-shouldered lambs are not of a desirable quality and when they reach the market ' they are discriminated against by the buyers because of these features. If the lambs are castrated and docked when they are a few days old their ’growth will not be retarded. On the other hand they will present a better appearance and if they have been sirable finish at four months of age. Lambs of good quality in this condi— tion command a premium over bucky and undockcd lambs at the markets. Oftentimes during the period when the Jersey (“ity market is receiving large numbers of lambs from the Eastern states, lamb prices at that market fluctuate sharply because of the high percentage of undocked and HIS is a question of interest to many corn growers in Michigan and one on which‘ there is not a little difference of opinion among farmers and students of soil fertility as well. edly, will vary somewhat in accord— ance with soil and climatic conditions and with farm practice. Sandy soil, low in organic matter, and heavy' clay soil rich in organic matter rev spond very differently to fertilizers. Rainfall during the growing season is also an important factor in determ— ining the results to be obtained from an application of fertilizer. Some farmers prefer to apply the corn fertilizer in the hill or row, While others are convinced that it should be drilled solid or broadcast- ed. The arguments for and against the two methods can be stated brief- ly. ' ‘ Fertilizer is applied in the hill so 1 as to be near the seed and give the young corn a “running” start. corn gets'ahead of the weeds and can be cultivated several days ahead of corn that has been fertilized broadcast. ‘The increased yield is daily largerin proportion to the amount of fertilizer used in the case . hill or row application. The Imade, however, that when to 125' pounds of fertilizer ,up by the corn crop or if 8'9. residual effect on the next it is only maths-{old hills or properly fed will have a smOoth, de-‘ The best, method, undoubt—s bucky lambs which are discriminated against by buyers seeking a high— quality priduct. Improving the quality of the lambs intended for that market will help to stabilize prices, according to members of th trade represented there. ' Wether lambs are quiet and easily handled. They feed well and make good gains in flesh, particularly in thehind—quarters, the region of the high—priced cuts. Thus a better quality of carcass is secured together with higher market prices for weth— er lambs. Meat of this quality when sold by the retailer will result in a well satisfied customer and a future demand for more meat of the same quality. It is often stated that lambs which are to be shipped to the market before they are four months old need not be castrated. This is a Lambs for market. should be docked as they are more attractlva to the buyers. Dockan makes the hind-quarters appear more blocky and It also adds to the cleanliness of the animal. 1 . ' Properly Prepared Lambs Bring. Top Price Market Value of Lambs Greatly Increased Through Docking and Castration mistake as some of the ram lambs will begin to worry the rest of the flock and to lose flesh before this time. Furthermore, the market may not be strong at the time the lambs reach this age and they may be held back by the owner for. several weeks for higher prices. During this time the ram lambs will not only rapidly lose in weight but if 'kept with the rest of the flock they wll al— so cause the eWes and ewe lambs to lose flesh. Neither docking nor castrating are dangerous operations if properly per— formed._ Lambs should be docked and castrated when they are from seven to fourteen days of age, as there is practically no retarding of growth and less pain than is the case when they are older. Lambs may be both docked and castrated at the More and Better Potatoes to the Acre Y certified seed was grown on five acres of well manured clov— er-sod ground. On four acres I used two tons of commercial fertiliz— er but did not use any on the other. On the four acres I planted certified seed; on the other mixed seed, most— ly Russets. The unfertilized seed yielded 252 bushels; the other four acres 419 bu. In experimenting with the fertilizer I used one ton on the first acre and one third of a ton each on the other three. The one acre yielded 504 1—2 bushels, the other three aver god 390 1-3 bushels. The “How Shall I Apply Fertilizer to My potato rows were thirty inches apart each way, with an 85 percent stand. I am a firm believer in more and bet- ter potatoes to the acre rather than more acres. My certified seed won first prize at the Michigan potato show in Grand Rapids in December. I also won four other prizes at the exhibit. I hill-select my seed toyplant, take ing hills with vines free from disease and with from nine to nineteen per— fect potatoes in each—By E. Sutton, First Prize Winner at Michigan Potato Show, 1922. Corn CrOp to Increase the Yield?” By Special Correspondent rows and not of much value. It is also claimed by some that small ap- plications of fertilizer cause the crop to draw more heavily on the supply of plantfood in the soil. But so does anything else that is done to increase the yield, such as the use of good seed or careful cultivation. The old adage, “You can’t eat your cake and have it,” applies very well in this instance. Every bushel of corn takes its toll of plantfood and the only question is, how can this plant- food be supplied most economically? There is a common impression that fertilizer in the hill cause, “bunch— ing” of the roots and that as a result corn fertilized in this way is more likely to be injured by summer drouth. The Michigan Experiment Station has carried on a careful in— .vestigation and has concluded that there is no “bunchingf’ of roots nor injury from drouth that can be trac— ed to hill application. The Wis- consin Experiment Station has ob- tained similar results and it would therefore seem that this objection to There Is no need for explanation I ; as to where fertilizer was a II "In .thls ld‘ a d’vlllore It. ' not-erosqu spook-m- themsequ _ " M ' for each operation. ‘pounds, is applied'in the hill or row ‘ methods of applicationcan be obtain- -start, the \«d same time, thus avoiding the neces- ' ‘ sity of handling them twice. The ~ operations should be \performed on a ' clear, cool morning and care should be taken that. the animals are not ex- cited or overheated either before'or after the work is done. v A sharp knife or some type of i docking irons may be used to do the ' docking. [In either case the tail should be cut at the first joint which occurs about one inch from the body. If a knife is used the lamb should be held with the feet up, the rump resting on the top of the fence or up- on the knee of the person assisting in the work. There is less pain when the knife is used but there is more loss of blood and it is sometimes necessary to tie a string around the stump to prevent the lamb from los- ing a large amount of blood. This ' string must e removed a few hours later. When hot irOns are used it is necessary to rest the lamb on 'a I, ‘ I board. The irons sear the stump as the cut is made and this prevents the loss of blood. The wound will heal more slowly, however, than when a knife is used. In castrating, the lamb should be ' j held in the same position as for dock- ing. The lower third of the Schotum should be cut off and the testicles pulled straight out. It is highly im- ' portant that the wound be washed with an anticeptic solution and that the hands and knife be disinfected It; is also neces- sary to furnish clean quarters for the lambs in order to prevent infec- tion of the wounds. ’; ., «'V‘-,....:~ Awu hill application of fertilizer may not be so important as was formerly thought to be the case. Fertilizer attachments for corn planters are, in many cases, poorly constructed. They too often drop the fertilizer in a “bunch” and do not mix it with the soil. Some of them even deposit the fertilizer in direct l contact with the seed and this is 1 very likely to delay or even to pre- vent the germination . . of the seed. There 1s little if any danger in the hill fertilization of corn if the ferti-“ lizer is distributed so that it is mix- 1 ed with the soil near the seed but not g in direct contact with the seed. . . - It is pretty generally agreed that the bulk of the fertilizer used in a ’ general rotation should be applied broadcast. Corn fertilized in this | , way, however, starts slowly and is ’ ' not benefited materially by the ferti- llzer until several weeks after plant- ing. There is, of course, a. large " ‘. . residual effect from a broadcast ap-I .. plication of 200 to~300 pounds of H ' fertilizer on corn. . ’ V’ ‘ All things considered, the best re- . sults will be obtained if a small _ ‘ amount of fertilizer, say 75 to 125 r " ‘ and the rest of it applied'broadcast. In this way'the adyaptagesot both ed. The. corn will be'given a-‘quick- 1. amend or a" larger crop I ‘ ’ for plantfood Will-be me 4.. fig, " ‘V 143.31g A .Q‘ l " MICHIGAN WOMAN FIRST TO TALK OVER TELEPHONE.— 00W TESTERS MEET AT M. A.C.—The members of the Michigan Association of Cow Testers met last month at the “As near as I can recollect it was In the summer or 1814," says . . . The aim of the meeting was to get a better understand ng of the value of the work being done by the\ testers. Mrs. E. G. Sovereign of Bay City, first woman to speak over the The officers and members are as follows, readin from left to right: Front row—B. L. Peck; Harold J. Schaner; S. P. telephone. “The first words spoke were, ‘Can you hear my voice?’ Sexton, Director; Roy Chilberg; Eldon Bruce; arl S. King; Nicholas Gordon; J. H. Mathieson, Secretary-Treasurer; and was surprised when I turned to listen to hear Dr. Bell answer, H. F. Simmons. Middle Row—Ernest Johnson; H. E. Frank; Leslie Wilcox; Fred Leonard, Vice PreSIdent; Hans ‘Ves, I can hear what you say.”' This conversation took place over Kardel; Oscar Sundeli; Hoyt Shisler, President; Eldron Barclay. Back Row—Percy Parkyn; R. G. Powell; Paul Hay: a wire one and one-half mile iong‘at Brantford, Ont. ward; L. J. Carter, Director; Jesse Huggett; L. D. Leisenring; Fred Walker. KING WINTER PLACES ‘HIS SEAL—Together with JACKIE COOGAN ACHIEVES AMBITION OF HIS RELICS OF KING TUT'S FATHER-IN-LAW.—Cast of a Mother Nature, he has produced a picture that for loveliness LIFE.—-Littie Jackie. 8-year-old screen actor, reached the death mask of Akhnaton. father—in-law of King Tut-Ankh-Amen, and 'grandeur surpasses anything mere man could do. Here height of his ambition when under the kindly instruction of whose to. .b was opened recently. The death mask was found is Niagara Falls, in the winter time, with ice and snow adding the big traffic cop on 42nd St., and 5th Ave., New York in an undertaker’s establishment at Tel-el-Amarna, Egypt. and to the splendor of the scene. City, he told them when to “stop” and “go”. is now on view in the University Museum, Philadelphia, Pa. N..FOURTEEN MONTH8.—That is the record of this southern Margy; COMPLETES PAINTING OF PRESIDENT HARDING.—Mlss Margaret Lindsay Williams, an . the h rd.to mm. but here is t record: Twins 11 at In N mber 18 artist of renown came here from Cardiff Wales to aint a portrait of the president for and an ltriletn January 1923. The home of.this prodi of the London branch 6t the Enclish s eakin uiiion- Mlss "Hams oom lead her work an h u 0 Tamil. Scott Kay. euthorvot our! national anthem Who star president for his last sitting at t e Wh te'Housa. where he consent to be photographed! wfi'ili 3‘1: 1. artist and her canvass. l.- 32>) Doitin your spare time. 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THE LEVER HOlST, found only on the Hudson. means no dirty chains to han— dle. it is quick and easy to o rat and forms a handle for pushing? Tuel; is soldered and will not leak. Clean thehhern in your Sunday Clothes if you we Write for our illustrated catalog on modern barn equipment and name of your HOME-TOWN HUDSON DEALER. HUDSON MFG.CO. Dept. 3255 Minneapolis, Minn. Sold Direct from Factory _Wondcriul money savmg opportunity for fence buyers. F a- mous Peerless Fence now selling for as low as 17¢ a rod-lowest prices ever quoted on Peerless fence. Write today for lM—paze catalog giv- in low direct from factory prices on E22? an -"" ill”'z§‘°i' “i” "I; " mute. cs eer ess' ig ‘ ‘e ramifi- opened their doors direct to Farmers itmesnsaclesr saving “40%. - - Wrih fa- csimlog today. ‘ . PIERL EBB WIRE In FENCE 60. x ‘0‘,” t7" OLIVELAND. can 8 . . mt. Factories at . , - Cleveland, 0., Adrian. Mich. , Memphis/Tenn. » W .A ALL AROUND SATISFACTION FOR ANY CULTIVATION. PURPOSE . It's through the nut kind of cultivation t t fouil growths are ke tdown n _ t kind of cultiva- tion and hauling exclusive features, will give satisfac- tion which no other mach- ine Will produce. Thou- sands of farmers have been convinced and we want to show you. Write for free » ‘ , booklet on land cultiva- i‘i’.‘ a?“ bi" ‘° “mi‘sm’” Wino.) KW " e mos success pm: 00 m - Cart. Write for further in~ OWATONNA. MINI. xFREE MEAT CURING BOOK ,jTo learn'the best : ethods of cur- ng' meat, write to E. H. Wright 00., go Broadway, Kansas City, Mo., and ,iahsolutely free a new $1 book. ‘ _Prodnction one the Farm," jolle’nll about meat curing. on (A Clearing Department M farmer? every- day troubles. Psi-nu. careful attention requests for information addressed taxi: you. All Incomes must be accompanied byliull n arm and address. Name not used If as I" complaints or WORKING FARM‘ FOR. THIRD” Please inform us the terms work- ing on a' farm for a third.———Mrs. C. E. G., Concord, Michigan. —Under the one-third stock lease the landlord furnishes farm machinery and all stock and tenant furnishes the labor and gets one-third of the proceeds. Such expenses as thresh bill, seeds, etc., are divided in same proportions as proceeds. If the landlord furnishes [nothing but the farm and the tenant furn- ishes horses, machinery and labor, he is entitled to one—third of the small grains as the proceeds and the tenant pays for the seed and thresh bill. - The hay is usually divided equally and if baled the landlord pays half. Such crops as hay the landlord furn— ishes the seed.-—-—F. T. Russell, Prof. of Farm Management, M. A. C. ENTITLED TO HALF OF STRAW I have been working on a farm on shares beside of my own farm. The man that is agent of the farm re- serves the house and I am working the fields. We do not keep any stock on the farm, raising mostly grain. The agent of the farm sold the straw and refuses to pay me half. 'The contract doesn’t say anything about the straw but it does say: “Each to get one—half the proceeds derived from the the sale of all grains, pro- duce, etc., taken off said farm." Am I entitled to one-half the money from the straw? This straw amounts to about $70.00. I raised, the straw and consider I ought to have half of it. Will the farm hold the straw in such a case.——P., Concord, Mich. ——The clause in the contract provid- ing that each shall receive one-half the proceeds derived from the sale of grain, produce, etc., taken from the farm would include proceeds de- rived from the sale of the straw, and in the absence of a stipulation rela- tive to the straw, each would be en- titled to one—half the proceeds from its sale. Some settlement might have to be made to cover the cost of marketing of the straw—Asst. Legal Editor. APPLICATION FOR DRAIN I am working a farm which is own- ed and occupied by my father and mother. My father ditched the farm several years ago but made no out- lets and we have no co. nty ditches in our neighborhood and father's ditches are not large enough to take the water away. What must I do in order to have the drain commissioner establish a drain as such a drain is badly needed and would be a great benefit to the neighborhood? Would I have the right to get out an appli- cation the same as if I owned the land and, would I have the right _to Sign an application were onemade out and how many signers would it have to have in order to secure the drain7—Subscriber. Vassar, Mich. ———If you have the power of attorney from your father and mother, giving you general powers to deal with their property you would thereby be au- thorized to sign an application for the construction of a drain. ~ Section 1 of Chapter 3 of the Drain law provides that a commissioner will have authority to act upon re- ceipt of an application signed by not less than one—half of the free holders whose lands are traversed by the drain. You‘ should therefore obtain an application from the Drain Com- missioner of your county and procure the signatures of not less than half of the property owners whose lands would be traversed bythe drain to be applied fan—H. H. Partlow, State Highway Dept. ‘ QUESTION OF NEGLIGENCE Two «Of my horses got out in the road. I went after them, while driv- ing them home I met a car. It was just getting/dark. A few rode in front of the car the horse walked up into the road. The car struck it and broke its leg. I called a veterinary and he advised me to kill the Horse. The driver claimshe did not see the g R, I horse although-ho had the lights lit. ly.u8end namcj'tp"-He drill! V. ' at ‘ “ is department. We are hers‘ slightly damaged and he told me that ‘he would expect’me to'settle his bill, on the ground that Lwas not carrying any light. Can I get pay for my horse?-—C. 0., Lake Odessa, Mich. ' ——Your recovery in this case would depend upon the question of' negli- gence.» In a. recent case, the Mich- igan Supreme Court held that it is negligence for the driver of a car to drive at such a rate of speed‘that he is unable to stop within—the dis- tance covered by the range of his lights. If your horse had been stand- ing still in the road, it would be neg- , ligence on the part of the driver to fail to see it in time to stop. How- ever, if the horse ran into the road in front of the car so as to take the' ’ driver by surprise, his failure to stop his car in time would not be negli- gence. The only way you can re- cover is by showing that the driver was negligent and that you were not negligent—Asst. Legal Editor. NATURAL GAS I know where there is a place that if you light a match and pass it over it burns like gas. No snow lies on it in winter and it burns till snouther- ed and there is no smell of gas—H. L., Gladwin, Mich. ‘ ——-I would advise that very probably the inflamable gas isactually natural gas. It may have a. slightly different composition than ordinary natural gas which will account for the lack of smell. I suspect that you have found one of the numerous gas seep- ages which occur in a number of areas in this State. In southwestern Macomb and southeastern Oakland counties the farmers use some of the surface gas, which is struck in wells, for heating and lighting their homes. A gas spring in Montmorency county is so large that probably if the flow could be successfully trapped it would be sufficient for lighting a group of houses. Gas wells of considerable size have been struck in Manistee county around Portage Lake. Such signs are not significant since they are in areas of leakage and not of ac umulation. The pool, if the gas is derived from one, in most cases is distant from the seepage. Drilling in the vicinity of such signs therefore would be of little use in most in—' stances. Many wells have been drilled on the basis of‘these signs and. nothing. worthy of mention has been found—R. A. Smith, State Geologist. REFUSES‘ TO PAY DEBTS Your Service Bureau seems to an- swer all questions I would like a reply to this one. A signs notes with B to the extent of $2,000.00 and se— cures no mortgage. B in about two years refuses to either pay interest or notes or to even renew them. A gets a judgement on stock and mach- inery being forced to hold a sherifi’s sale, and secured about $300 that way. B and his wife own 90 acres in joint deed and A has been told that there isno Way to secure a hold on this farm as it is held in a joint deed. If this is a law in Michigan, why couldn’t any man that holds a joint deed with his wife on property, refuse to pay his honest debts?——G. G., Breckenridge, Mich. —The property could not be reached for the satisfaction of, the debt. How- ever‘, if‘the husband purchased the property after the .debt a’ccrued, tak- ing a joint deed with his Wife,’ his undividedhalf interest could be levi- ed upon for the debt. Before any person extends credit to another or takes his note without security, he should be sure that the debtor is financially responsible, and if he is dependingon certain proper- ty out, of which to satisfy the debt, he should ascertain whether that property can be reached by creditors. The law always looks to the secur: ing to every man of his rights and aims to protect him in those rights from unscrupulous practices by‘oth- etc. However, it expects in return that every man will exercise. reason- able prudence in his business deal- . lugs, and it cannot always furnish a remedy uninjured .m in. i’ r'sJ. ‘9 ; “H I , Couldyon’ explain- thc‘joint stock land bank and loans obtain- , ed, from them, and: the difference be- . tween .‘ is and the federal farm- loan. -—J. N., Sanilac County, Mich. " “- —The Federal Farm Loan Act prej— vides for a dual system of banking, 2 consisting of Federal Land Banks! and Joint "Stock Land Bank's; Federal Land Banks loan their funds through National Farm Loan Assoc-x lotions, and each borrower must take; 5 per cent of his borrowings in stock with a double liability on that stock, and must help maintain nth associa- tion while' he is a. member.._¥ These -- associations are limited to loans of " . $10,000.09 and to men who are act- ually living on the farm. This bank, is limited to loans not to exceed $37 ,- 500.00 to one individual, but is not limited to men who actually live on'_ the farm, just so they use the funds for agricultural purposes. ~ ~ ‘ The purpose of these two types of banks was to give the farmer the choice of joining a co-operative insti- tution or making a. loan direct through a Joint Stock Land Bank without any further liability. This is the reason why there has always been a difference of one—half’of one 'per cent between the interest rate charged by the Federal Land Banks and by the Joint Stock Land Banks. The actual cost of the money to the Borrower is the same. . There is no commission charge in our loans. The total charge we make is a flat charge of $5.00 per ~ thousand *to cover the services of .the Federal Appraiser and the Title E‘x- aminer. We require'that every ap-. plication coming to us be accompan- ied by an application fee of $12.50. which is credited to the $5.00 per thousand charge when the loan is closed. Our .Mortgages are exempt from the Mortgage Registration Tax in the State of Michigan. On account of the limited profits, however, to Joint Stock Land Banks in this business, it is necessary that we receive a number of applications at one time in order to enable us to make all inspections at a reasonable cost, unless an‘ application is for a large amount. If any of your neighbors or friends whom you feel would be desirable moral risks, and who own well man— aged farms, wish to avail t emselves of this type of financingc‘vgf/ will gladly write them at your their requestr—John H. Kraft, Vice-Pres., First Joint Stock Land Bank, Cleve- land, 0. . HUNTING WITH FERRET ON OWN FARM I would like to find out if a person is allowed to hunt with a ferret on their own farm, and do they have to get a, permit to have one in posses- sion?~W. K., St. Charles, Mich. ——The law provides for the issuing of permits to farmers and fruit growers only, to use .. ferret in hunting rab- bits on their own lands. Thse per- mits are issued at the discretion of the Director of Conservation—Dept. of Conservation. ‘ ' LOGS FOR BARN FLOOR Would poplar logs eight inches through at small end flattened on one side be strong enough for barn floor with three lengths for barn 36 feet Wide? That is with 12 feet between supports in basement. 16 feet to eaves of ham. How close would they need to be spaced? Would peeling them when green help the fireliligth of them?—R. R., Farwell, c . ' ~——Pop1ar logs 8 inches through at small end placed 18 inches apart would give sufiicientptrength. Peel- ing them would lessen the likelihood of their decaying and would be ad- visable.—-—F. E. Fogle, Asst. Profess- or of Farm Mechanics, M. A. C. HOW TO PROCEED TO COLLECT NOTE ‘ . ' On Dec. 12, 1921, our rural car- rier borrowed $25 from me. He said . some of his checks were lost in the mail and he needed the money’; I gave. him a check fur $25 and he gave me a note for $30 due in six ' months! When the, note was due in June“ I asked for. the mower. He said“ hecouidnotpay until'Jniir‘ Iii-Jul! . Both , are under the same supervision. '5 ' J is doing fine. 0818‘ t. '0 Ofl “ _ , ,- _ .1Wonld' you, please let “me I f to collectthis monoxhny ; N germation you can give 'Will be I, fly appreciated.7_—-E.. 0., Minden ~ty, 'Mich. ‘ there were any indorsers onthe note, you could prOceed against them, ‘;"‘-a;!ter making proper presentation to ,._ the maker for payment, and after ,,giving notice ‘to the indorsers, your only recourse would be to sue on the i'finoter-Asst. Legal. Editor. ‘ sMALL WHITE BUG AROUND ‘ LILY ROOOTS - 1 I have a lily and there are small “white bugs in the ground around it. ‘When I put water on the lily they come to the top. and float on the wat- .,er'and when water settles down they go back in the ground again. . What can Ipnt on to kill them? The 1in The bug has been in theground about one year.-—A. W. H., Fairgrove, Mich. 1 —-I cannot, of course, be sure what the insect is but I would suggest that a little black leaf forty or fifty per- , cent nicotine sulphate be added to the- water which is applied to the plant, about. one teaspoonful to a pint of water should be sufficient and» if this is used several times in water- ~ mthhe plant I have no doubt that 7 the insects will be’destroyed, without injury to the p1ant.—R. H. Pettit, Professor of Entomology, M. A. C. -EN’1'ITLED T0 DOWER INTEREST I am writing for information. can an old lady, marrying an old man, - collect anything from the estate on the death of man, the woman not helping accumulate any of the prop— . I erty but merely taking care of man? —H. D., Big Rapids, Mich. —--Upon the death oi the husband without having made a will, the Widow would be entitled to her dower right interest, that is, the use during her natural life of one third of the lands which her husband owned while they lived together. Or she may choose instead of dower, her interest as an heir of her husband. , In the latter case, if the husband had two or more children, the widow 1would receive one-third and the children two—thirds of the estate. If there were only one child, the widow ’ ,weuld receive one-half and the child one—half. If there were no children, ” nor heirs of a deceased child, the f widow would receive one—half and the husband’s father, mother, broth- ers; sisters, nephews or neices one- half. If there were neither‘of the I above named relatives living, then the widow would receive the entire estate—Asst. Legal Editor. HIRING SCHOOL TEACHER .Can a director alone or the three oficers of a school district alone hire a teacher at the time of the Xmas vacation or first of January? Has the law changed in the last few years when theyused to take a vote of all the one at the school meeting in July? A few years ago no teachers Were hired until the night of the school meeting in July. Last Xmas our director hired the teacher again for another year.——E. M., Clifford, Mich. . ' —+The board of education is the au- thority for, the employment of teach- . ers and they may do so at any time during the school year. The direct- or alone cannot legally hire a teach- er. The legal voters have not had the right to direct the employment of the teacher in over forty years at least. Section 13 of Chapter 3 of Act 164 of the Public Acts of 1881' provides that the board is the author- ity for employing the teacher and such has been the law ever since.— W. L. Coffey, Dept. of Public Instruc- tion. CAN MOVE 0R SELL A rents a house and barn from B for cash rent, no land included. A buys feed for all his stock, draws it there and feeds it. Is B entitled to ‘ the manure because it is not on ‘ boards or can A move or sell it if he -wish'esl‘é-—L. 8., Lepr, Mich. -—-Under the circumstances you men- : 3,..flm um manure. would be personal 3 and A‘could remove it. The ‘1 feet is not on boardsumakes “ except that it is more tithe A 1! lThé Eyes» EEVROLEL/ SUPERIOR Model 5—Passenger Sedan Holds First Place Among All Show Cars in Number of 1922 Sales During 1922 the public bought more than 50% more Chevrolets than of any other fully equipped car, giving Chevrolet first place in number of cars sold among all cars exhibited at the 1923 N. A. C. C. Shows. I. The remarkablerise of Chevrolet during the last “ twelve months has proved that the Chevrolet ' Motor Company has correctly gauged the shift \ of public sentiment towards the most economical unit of transportation that also meets modern requirements as to quality. Just count the Chevrolets along the great high- ways and parked at the curbs of every town and city. _ Prices F. 0. B. Flint, Michigan SUPERIOR Two Passenger Roadster - - - — $510 SUPERIOR Five Panenger Touring — e — o v 525 SUPERIOR Two Pawcngcr Utility Coupe . - o 680 SUPERIOR Four Passenger Sedanette - - a — 850 SUPERIOR Five Passenger Sedan - a . . . 360 SUPERIOR Light Delivery - o . . . . . 51o .. Motor Company, Detroit, Mich. Division of General motor: ' Chevrolet Applican’ons will be considered There are now morethan 10,000 Chevrolet dealers and service from high grade dealm mm . tory not adequately covered stations throughout the world Household name for shoe satisfac- tion in Michigan farm homes ' for 30 years. Stylish, Sturdy” 0xfords, $5 to $6 'Made by skilled 'Michigan workmen of long training, with painstak- ing work- ' manship Genuine high quality leather throughout Roomy, comfortable, yet stylish in appearance. Fine for dress and busi- ness wear. No better shoe value for men and boys anywhere. Sold by a good shoe store in almost every town and village in Michigan. Herold-Bertscll Shoe Co. ' Grand Rapids Sand for‘ Booklet Wheat and Other Cereals at presenit selling prices will yield a substantial profit from a spring top- drcssing of 100 pounds of Nitrate of Soda per acre Experiment Station reports con- firm my own demonstration results that an increase of 6 to 10 bushels may be expected from the use of each 100 pounds of Nitrate of Soda. The residual results on the following crops will be good. If your dealer does not sell Nitrate send for my list of dealers who do and for my free Bulletin Service informa- \ tion, issued periodically for farmers. Dr. William S. Myers, Director Chilean Nitrate Committee 25 Madison Avenue New York Make It Grow! As your strength grows. your appetite grows, too, you begin to eat heartily—— your bodily health impr )ves. E Snell’s Emulsion i through its rich, nourishingi qualities, helps build up the general strength of the body. I Take Scott’s Emul- sion, watcn it help make your strength grow! Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield,N.J. 22-52 . ——--- Get Low 15:11:; on Berry Boxes and v We“ lllnl luau-lung! summm ' are mm... Warsaw, . : rim'I/lll' musmmmmmmm FOR SALE .E—IERSHIP‘ SILVER BLACK FOX OLUI. panama-s... '5 vs .-...... Writ. today W! i lch loan. 1....— for free instructi; of Concep- book and ‘ Evideelm l. . (Continued from March 3rd Issue) The Ford residence is of gray nat- ive stone and built along the Gothic lines. His study is in the-round tower. Long bookcases. shelter his books, the technical ones among them showing plainly their constant use, and 'a large Window looks to- ward the bungalow which Mr. Ford built in the first days of his prosper- ity as a resting place where he would be safe from intrusion. Its broad veranda and great fireplace sur- rounded with easy chairs make it comfortable in summer or winter. The study windows overlook what at 7 first glance seems an Indian mound, but which is the'natural shelter for the electric boat which Mrs. Ford drives up and down the river- All the windows give a view of the River Rouge, which has been compared to the James in Virginia. Within a short distance of the resi- dence is the gray stone garage in which are Mr. Ford’s laboratory and experiment rooms, and where he per- fected the tractor on which he worked harder than on any other of his inventions. In reality this gar- age building is a modern power plant with exceptionally heavy walls to shut in all noise. often labors until late in the night, just as he did in the red brick barn in Bagley street, Detroit, where he made his first car. t t t . ‘About ten years ago a certain 'lergyman in Detroit, who was am— '>itious to build a costly church, went to Mr. Ford for a contribution, hop— : illg to get a large sum". .you? so " bunk. s , of ale at“. as .1... .. Maxi; ‘ v “No,” replied the millionaire, “I don’t believe in expensive churches." “Then,” said the clergyman, “will you come to my next service and let me preach a sermon especially for I hope to convince you that you are wrong.” The following Sunday the minister cast a searching eye over his con- gregation; then he announced his text. It was from I Chronicles, 17 chapter and first verse; “And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house that David said to Nathan, the prophet: ‘Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord dwelleth under curtains.’ " The minister raised his eyes from his Bible and exclaimed; “The word curtains used here means He followed the text by readlng the verses one, two, four, five and nine with especial emphasis on the fourth, fifth and ninth. Then he turned the pages to 11 Samuel, 7 chapter, and read: “And Nathan said to the King, ‘Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the Lord is with thee.’ “And it came to pass the same night, that the word of the Lord came unto Nathan, saying: “ ‘Go and tell my servant David, “Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in. “ ‘I have been with thee whither- soever thou Wentest and have cut off thine enemies from before thee and I will make thee a great name, like unto the name of the great ones that are on the earth.’ ” The Clergyman launched into his sermon. After he was well started he fixed his eye on Henry Ford and i said: “The church is the dynamo of the Lord's business. It is right and proper that churches should be beautiful and should be as lovely as it is possible to make them. Why should we live in fine houses, houses of cedar, and worship the Lord in tents? There is a rich man in this city, a very rich man, who considers that his engine is the dynamo of his factory. It has always been the cus. tom to place such engines near the rear, in an ugly section of a. factory; facing an alley. This rich man had put his engine in the front part of his factory, it is in a beautiful room With pure white tiling. He keeps men constantly polishing and clean- ing it; he has surrounded it with handsome plate glass windows. The engine faces the most expensive thoroughfare in our city. Sightseer: stop ,_ to admire b ‘ , ” ‘ ~Tlio,_i.very rich Here the inventor ' tents." ' its immaculate. 4whose constant the 311 70.114 warming; as , - in ‘ ‘TheTmthAbom Henry ‘ 0rd Mr. Ford and Religion—His ,Wife’ and His 1 Home (Copyright by Reilly & Lee 00.) this engine; he surrounds it with the best that money can buy.- He con- siders it the dynamo of his business. This is true with churches. They are the dynamo of the Lord’s business. They should have in and around them everything that is lovely and beautiful. No expense should be spared in the construction of ‘a church nor its location.” The minister went on and on with his argument. The following week he went to see his richest parishion- er. No mention was made of the sermon until he was leaving. “I haven’t changed my mind," said Mr. Ford then. as I did. I don't believe in expen- sive churches. But I do think that a minister should be paid a salary that will enable-him to live in com- fort, and lay by something, so that he can buy a, home or a farm or a little place in the country where he can round out his last days. I'm going to disappoint you; I’m not going to give you anything for your new church." He handed the min- ister an envelope. “Please give that to your wife when you get home, just a little token of my regard for you both." When the rector returned home he told his wife-of the disappointing visit and handed her the envelope. In it were twenty one—hundred dol- lar bills. ' The rector later built his ‘big church. He succeeded in his ambi- tions. He was taken abroad, and sent to various parts of the country by the millionaire; eventually he re- ceived a large salary. , Eventually the minister and his wife drove into the country; they _ found a little fruit place, with a tiny houseon it, something to tie to in case of old age or misfortune. It is characteristic of Henry Ford that he took no offense to the frank- ness of the sermon, but did not change his mind. i Q i t In order to keep his factory run- ning full blast through December, 1920, Mr. Ford took a loss of fifteen millions. Against the advice of his business associates he kept produc- tion going until after Christmas Day. When New York reporters telephon- ed his oifice he refused to give his reasons for the shut down, his idea being that a state nt regarding his retrenchments and the re-organiza— tion of his business might depress the market. Immediately there arose wild rumors that he was in financial difficulties. Happily, these were un- true. His aversion for borrowing has placed his gigantic undertakings on a safe financial footing. Detroit is not New York; Griswold is not Wall Street, but a prominent Detroit banker has said: “If Henry ‘Ford should need large sums of money, Detroit will secure it for him." However, it was the serious illness of his son, who went through an ap- pendicitis operation, which caused Mr .Ford graVe concern during the winter of 1920-21, and not financial, difficulties. , A joy he is getting from his money is refurnishing his mother’s old home, which he bought from his brother, John. As stated before, the towu line when finally surveyed ran through this house. The county com- missioners ordered the house mov- ed so that a road called- “Townline” could be built. Accordingly, k,the dwelling was thrust back to make way for progress, and the forest trees in the yard were hewn down because they interfered with the grading. . Mr. Ford is having similar trees plac- ed around the old home. He has gone into the attics and barns of his brothers' houses and has found dis- carded furniture which he associates with his mother's memory and he has said to the rest of the family: Be- fore many years roll by we will be- gin to grow old. We will fix' the home place like mother and father had it. We were so happy when we '-were children there together.” More 7than his vast lwealth, Mr. Ford's real riches consistmfya wife, his? 1th “I feel just ' the River Rouge wound in and out _ V l . a home in Detroit, where girls can - inysn - l3} star. 4 Bushnell“ ' small grandsons, who are his and joy. , CHAPTER X His Wife and His Home No one could hope to write an ad- equate review of the development of ‘ 1 ' ,. Henry Ford’s life and character with- ‘ '- ,_ * " ‘ out including some account of the “1 wife who has meant so muchto him in so many ways .from the day he devised the watch with four hands, through all his struggles, disappoint- ments and successes, down to the‘ present time. During all these Years the home life of Mr. and Mrs. Ford has been ideal. One must know Mrs. pride Ford inti- mately to understand fully her part in the Ford achievements. She is. thoroughly home-loving, capable and charming. So considerate is she, ' V . so unpretentious and gracious, that " visitors to the Ford home forget that their hostess is one of the richest Women in the world, owning in her . own right a one—third interest in the «I corporation that is reported to pay i an annual tax of eighty millions. l i .’ Mrs. Ford dreSses in shades of ,i brown or blue, and mink and sable v’ are her favorite furs. She is small of figure, youthful in appearance, with chestnut eyes. Her voice is low and musical. We sat one winter af— , ternoon in the sun parlor of her ' 'i home watching the birds about the ; weather—worn stump on which each winter, day she places fresh grain for her feathered friends. Beyond, among tall forest trees, snow‘cov- ered the ground and the frozen water was a sheet of gray ice. Be— l hind us in the drawing room, which is paneled in French—bleached Ameri- can walnut and furnished with cozy ' chairs and heavy velvet draperies of l mullberry color, long hickory logs ‘ were crackling cheerfully in the carv- ed white marble fireplace. The con- versation drifted to the part that woman must take in present day affairs. “There are so many demands for ‘ help that it would be unfair to take, ‘- them lightly 6r to consider them in A a haphazard, happy-go—lucky fash- ' ion," she said softly. “If they are handled carefully and systematically , .1 Women can uplift, not pauperize, ,_ / thoSe they seek to help. Every vil- ' lage, city and state has its problems 5 , to solve. It seems to me that every -, homeloving woman should use her ', personal influence to cope with all i l the issues that directly and indirect- i ‘ ly touch her home. If she does this,” ' r she added with a smile, "she will be l compelled to take an active interest in politics. She may have to get out her school books and brush up on ' community civics and the science of government, for woe be unto her if she fails to understand exactly what. she is undertaking. Of course," she added whimsically, “it would be easier and pleasanter to sit at home by the fire and knit, or chat idly over our teacups; but those times are slipping from us.” ' Mrs. Ford seldom has an ilde moment. Large wealth has brought her pleasures and privileges; it has A also brought heavy responsibilities. ' Each day she receives volumes of l mail. Her desk overflows with ,ap- . I peals for help; to answer them per- i sonally would be an endless task. Her name and assistance are sought! by local, state, national and inter- national Welfare workers. Personally | she visits the detention homes; she lunches at the House of Correction; - she consults with the women's police - board ofiicials. Each case she seeks ‘ to help is first investigated by experts . through authorative channels. Some ‘ of us know of thousands of families : she helped while the factories were I closed; many of those she visited; l l l , 4....-- u“—.. .< X \ I r ‘ l to others she sent her agents. She works constantly for the Girls’ Pro- tective League and other active or- ganizations. For many years she has been treasurer of the ' Priscilla Inn, lead carefully chaperoned lives enjoy comforts ‘ and not easily ‘ ‘ buses A- ' V ‘ . v . . ‘ ‘ . . , ‘ . ‘ v. ._,_,_» #4.... < <.-____..._.-‘. I:--—Mv M ‘ ‘ ‘ ' ‘ . I ' .. .v I . v x a I " ‘ Ford’s , room's. ‘ wwalls, border the fiagstone walk and new ' ,,.u e I'V‘VDea’rborn :estate,‘ and half-way 'be- I tween Detroit and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, is ‘a square red brick home, “Valley Farm.” 'Passers-by, in automobiles, gaze at it with frank curiosity. It isyunder- stood that Mrs. Ford is deeply inter— ested in' social welfare’problems and that this Valley Farm belongs to her. Ifthe inventions and vast wealth of Henry Ford have made him a world figure, they have made the‘ activities of his wife of interest wherever their name is known. The general public knows little of the work accomplish- ed at Valley Farm; except that it is some sort of rescue Work. The old house is bravely facing new condi- tions. It is doing ultra—modern work; developed scientifically, by professionally trained workers, for the benefit of, posterity. This is pos- sibly the strongest link in the chain of work of the Dunbar Memorial Wo- man’s Hospital, and the most far- reaching of all the great and good achievements of Detroit women. The farm; thirteen miles out in the ccemtry, has proved’a boon to the hospital in Detroit, which is located on the busy, noisy corner of Fred— erick and St. Antoine. Through Mrs; Ford’s courage and thoughtfulness in sponsoring this work, its results will be felt to. many generations. It has meant the sal- vation of thousands, whose success- ful reclamation has blezed the trail for welfare workers. a What has actually been accom- plished is of more importance than any general theorizing. Mrs. Ford has been affectionately called “the erring girl’s friend.’? She says, “Men are willing to help boys and pulsiveness have brought trouble and distress to many girls and to their families. It is wonderful what has been done for them by those in charge at Valley Farm. They do it beautifully and sympathetically. They reach the girls when they are friendless, depressed and often bit- terly antagonistic to the world. The quiet activities include two months’ training and hygiene, household arts and parental duties. The kindly, far-sighted board of trustees and the tireless, unselfish trained nurses assist each one to secure work and establish a clean, wholesome home.” i i t 3 Mrs. Ford has opened the door of opportunity for many ambitious peo— ple, and has put success within the grasp of others. She is constantly lending a helping hand to those who need it most. Each day she is con- fronted with a round of duties, for she is the energetic, capable type of American womanhood which is playing a tremendous part in world affairs today. Her creed is that “Money should be used to make the world better, not to create envy and breed selfishness.” Being» a musician, Mrs. Ford has i a concert piano in her family living : room; a pipe organ in the walls of her drawing room; in her library, which is lined from floor to ceiling with much-read books, is a Victrola; in her sun—parlor an Edison. “Mus- ic is refreshing,” she says. She organized the Dearborn Gar— den Club, of which she has long been presidenttand through her in— fluence the members combine well- fare work'with nature study. This club holds two annual flower shows. Blue Ridge Mountain rhododendron, which in June is laden with gor- geous pink blossoms, flanks the Ford doorway and the lovely graystone mansion is very comfortable, very. homelike. Seven thousand acres are in the estate. The land stretches back to the city limits and in the opposite direction toward the tractor plant a River Rouge. The first home built by Mr. Ford still stands in the grounds. It is an attractive, frame farm house, with awide veranda and green roof, and is furnished as it was during their early housekeep- ing days. Near it is a rustic bunga- low, where guests are sometimes en- tertained. In spring and summer a rush of lilac and heliotrope fragrance surges through the open windows of Mrs. These purple flowers are banked around the gray-stone trees. The Wanted. are 18 w of. h r under . the big ’ sh , . are re-set outdoors. , This cycle, fol- lOwed year/ by year, has produced specimens five feet in height, with trunks four inches in circumference. Some of' her other flowers are blue larkspur, yellow gaillardias, bronze alpigolossis, blue seabosa, sweet peas, asters, shirley poppies, mari- gold and gourds which she raises to please her grandchildren. The rose garden is. the only hit of for- mal landscape. She said one ‘day while talking about her flowers: “I cannot buy everything I crave. Like my mother I love old-fashioned pinks. I haunted florists’ shops, old homes and cemeteries in search of these tiny, red-flocked, spicily scent— ed plants. It was my dress-maker's sister who, generously, sent the has- ket of roots to form the nucleus of my large beds.” Two miles from the estate can be seen .the twinkling lights of the little village of Dearborn. To it she has given a library site and has built and given to the Elpiscopal church a large brick rectory; she is a mem- ber of the social service committee of her church. Greenfield, where she was born and reared, is five miles from Dearborn. In the sum- mer Mrs. Ford ‘takes a family party for a cruise on their yacht. She "T333" limes-HIGAN: as U?S.'IN'ES,sVrAR‘itnR has traveled the world over, but, withthe exception of a small place at Fort Myers, Florida, which Thom- as Edison persuaded them to pur- chase next to his winter cottage," the Fords have never owned a home ohtside of Detroit or Wayne County. “We have lived here always,” she say, "-and here we love to stay.” Persistent sightseers have made it necessary to keep the gates of the estate locked and guarded. All the servants, both in and outside the mansion, have held their positions many years. They have an air of courteous consideration and softness of voice which they seemed to have caught from the owners of the home. 'The country and the wide out— doors hold for Mrs. Ford more at- tractions than the social life of any city, yet in her home she has enter- tained inventors, statesmen, capital- ists and titled visitors. John Bur- roughs was a frequent guest. He enjoyed the birds, flowers and native trees which are under the care of Longfeather, a southern Indian. In the library is an autographed set of Burroughs’ books; in a seclud- ed part of the grounds is a rough bronze statue of him, and on the drawing—room table an exquisite 'X miniature of the great naturalisit‘ John Burroughs once sent to Mfr , Ford a carload ‘of red, ' sandstone from the Catskill moun- tains of his beloved native state,__ New York. These stones were work- and Mrs. ed into a sort of shelter for th bronze figure and for the bird p'oo This spot the Fords .called their “Burroughs Nook.” Many rare birds, including Kirkland’s warble!- and other unusual members of the. feathered family, tarry-rat this quiet, him-. northern birds, including the Bohemian wax- wing, which he had long hoped to near it. retreat, and here Burroughs, self, discovered several see, but had never been able to find elsewhere. Since his death Mrs. Mrs. Edison have been made mem- bers of the executive board of the Burroughs Memorial association. They attended his funeral and went to New York two weeks later to formulate plans for preserving Woodchuck Lodge, Slab Sides (where Burroughs had his study and where he used to write his books) and Riverby, which was a more pretentious home near Pough? keepsie, just outside of the small town of West Park, New York. (Continued on Page 19.) .. The Coach Hidden of owners. miles or more. the hidden values. car young. out. hard service. ‘ service, always. "1145, Freight and Tax Extra ‘ They Keep Essex Young From the first Essex wins the admiration But the greatest Essex enthusiasts are those who have driven their cars 50,000 They have discovered Design 9nd censtruction details not ob- servable in the new car assert their im- portance as use increases. They keep the Essex values extend to the minute details. 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A round soil punch bar pointed at one end and with an expandei head on the other, with a heavy sledge hammer or maul is nec— essary for quick work in shooting stumps or tree planting or subsoiling in hardpan or dry clay. ‘A punch bar of different type is useful in moist ground, muck and swampy land. This consists of a‘ length of two inch galvanized iron pipe about five feet long, pionted at one end and threaded to receive a “T” at the other. Two shorter pieces of pipe about a foot long each threaded into this “T” which forms a handle. This make a convenient punch for one or two men to operate where the soil permits but it is not adapted to be— ing driven down by a hammer. An axe or mattock are convenient tools for clearing brush around stumps and boulders and a sawed Off broom stick or rake handle makes a very efficient tamping stick. A "shovel handle with the.ronnded end sawed off square, leaving the offset end to hold by, makes a convenient tamp- ing stick in some kinds of work. The tamping stick is used for pressing the charges of dynamite into the bore hole and for pressing in the tamping such as earth, clay or sand to confine the charge. It is not safe to ham— mer this at any time; in fact, it is extremely dangerous. The charges age pressed in- firmly but not pound— e Various types of soil angers are; used, but an ordinary two inch wood auger with an extension welded on in a ring through which a wagon spoke can be used as a handle, answers the pur- pose very well. Do not make the mistake of using too small an auger. , Two inches in diameter is about the minimum. A straight steel bar sharp pointed at one end and chisel- pointed at the other, about seven feet long, made out of one—inch or one and one-quarter inch drill steel shooting- _ however do not cost much mt makes a very handy tool for .making holes under stumps and boulders, getting between roots which the aug- er becomestangled with, and for cut- ting off reotlets with the'chisel end. In the blasting ac, toriez line you will require besides the dynamite, some blasting caps and ‘15s or elec- tric llasting caps, leading wire and a blasting machine. The electrical method is much safer than the can and fuse method but the initial cost is somewhat greater as you have to buy a ' fasting machine and leading wire. The electric blasting caps ‘3 than blasting ate with the required amount of fuss. Cap crimpers are a desirable and necessary part of your equipment if you use the cap and fuse method, and are convenient even withgthe electrical method, as one leg of the crimper is pointed for the purpose of punching a hole in the dynamite cartridge in which the electric blasting cap is inserted. The most convenient Leading wire is call— ed duplex wire because it has two wires laid parallel to each other and insulated from each other and from the ground. This is generally sold in lengths of 250 feet. A shorter amount than this is not particularly safe for shooting large size stumps in the open. The No. 2 blasting mach— ine is the best all round arrangement for generating current for electric blasting as the terminals are dead ex- cept at the moment the machine is operated. Many accidents have oc- curred when dry cells or storage bat- teries are used, due to the fact that their terminals are always alive un- til the battery runs down. A necessary rule in all kinds of electriCal blasting which is put with all possible emphasis is this: Dis- connect the leading wire from the battery immediately after firing‘ a shot of attempting to fire one. In looking for a broken wire anywhere in your circuit, first make sure that therbattery is disconnected, other— wise there may be an accident. A galvanometer for testing the continuity of the circuit is desirable but not absolutely necessary, for the general run of agricultural blasting unless you expect to go into the busi- ness. The same may be said of the rheostat which is an instrument for testing the blasting machine to see .that it is in working order.———Arthur LaMotte, Mgr. Technical section, Ex- plosives Dept., E. I. du Pont de 'Ne— mours & Co. " FRUIT AND ORCHARD Edited by FRANK D. MAKING UNPROFITAELE ORCH- ABDS PAY EASURED by the abundance and M regularity of the crops of high- grsde fruit produced, there are many apple orchards of bearing age that are not successful. Because a large number of these unprofitable orchards can be made to yield good crops of high-quality fruit by special treatment, the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture has prepared Farmers' Bulletin 1284, Apple—Orch— ard Renovation, by H. P. Gould, which discusses the principal pract- ices found useful in bringing neglect— ed trees back into profit—producing condition. - Orchards in need of renovation are found not only in sections where the home orchard or fruit garden is the prevailing type of fruit growing, and in regions where orchards of consid- erable size occur only occasionally, but also in the recognized commerc- ial apple-growing districts. Some orchards are not worth the time and expense necessary to renovate them. In deciding what is to be done the . following factors need to be consid- ered: The orchard must be on a good site with no rock ledges or herdpan near the surface, well drain- ed and without unusual danger from frosts; the trees must have good 11- tality, without decayed trunks, cank- on that girdle the limbs, .or weakness that would mskegood impos— ’sible; the man be good it in .. WELLS there are many commercial plantings much damage may be done by insect pests and diseases that have their source in badly infected trees. In semestates a neglected orchard is practically declared by law to be a public nuisance and is treated ac- cordingly. ‘ If the owner will not clean 1t_up, public officials do it and the expense becomes a lien on the property until paid. As a rule, says the author of the bulletin, a much-neglected orchard does not justify its .existance. , If an orchard is worth keeping it is worth givmg good attention; otherwise, the trees merely encumber the ground and interfere with its use for other purposes. If an apple tree is not of value for fruit production it may be worth converting into tool handles, plane blocks, and other useful things. 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I ‘0.“ 0' ‘9‘. “5.... 1g fi....‘io§.... 1. “am... 9.952322 La 34196:; 1 III can: sustain 'w“ “my” ‘ y . . . t. 131. . , >. . as r l ..... __.A— \. My... Ht .4. .. . . 4.... ._ 1...... .._“' “. x r . . ms~vW.._ . - a j , . em , , splamsmnibe he em, . whilejl'the gsréundhas produced two or three crops of berries it is ii”.er to need‘ I fftertilizer, and‘this may is scattered ' along the \plowed strip between the ' new rows. 'The strip that has been plowed up should be stirred frequent- ly through the summer, and as much I, fresh soil as possible pushed in be— ' ‘ plants «should. be very thick, a strip even j .. " less'than a foot in_width will be suf- ficient tor the new row. ‘ nure. should be used only when the ,tween the plants. It the Stable ma- ground’ may be cultivated to destroy Weeds and grass.———H. F. Grimstead. ‘PR‘UNING AND PROPA‘GA'HNG. pox Is it possible to root bowaod’from cuttings? The kind I have is the tall-growing variety; n A the low - bushes, usually found in old gardens ~ along the path. Is this the proper timeto trim th<‘1..?———C. H. P., Mich. ———Boxwood can be rooted frOm cut- tings made of young shoots, 4 or 5 in. long, either in the spring or fall. Some growers are quite successful in rooting them planted in sandy soil in ' early spring, but the surest and most successful method is. to handle them under glass, either in the green house or cold frame. In either case they should be planted in good propagat- ing sand, and the glass shaded with whitewash to keep the temperature down on bright days. Boxwood, like ‘mostly all other evergreens, may be pruned any time that the wood is not frozen. PRUNING CHERRY TREES I have some cherry trees, planted last year and year before, and ask just where they should be pruned.— ‘V. W. B. ” ——-When planting is done in the fall there should be no pruning until spring. If one-year-old trees are planted, they should not be touched except to be headed on at the prOper height in case they would otherwise make too high a head. If older trees are planted, all branche: not needed for the framework of the tree should be removed, and the remaining branches should not be pruned. The newly planted tree should have plenty of foliage, and as soon as pos- sible. The last year’s growth which is left for the framework will give more foliage if left entire, since the large perfectly developed buds at the ends of the branches, which would be removed if pruned, are the buds which give the most luxuriant foliage in the shortest time. Further than this it is not good practice to prune cherry trees at all, except to remove ‘ dead and broken branches incident to picking, and to remove entire such other limbs as are not desired. SAVING THE HAY THROUGH . 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If not carried by your dealer. write to -8|X-IlI-OII omen conniv— . a ,3,- 800 pounds. . 1041 mm naming. a fl By James Oliver Michigm'o Own and America’s Formost Author of “to Grout W i I (W by Jan- Olivor Garwood q / *- SYNOPSIS DANNE GRAY Is one of tho passengers on tho train bound for Toto Jouno coohoutho homo of "Tho Horde." where she has no friends and all wlll bo stun o stops at a town composed of several tents, rooted to “Bill’s Shock" and hero ‘sho meets a “Illl’o Shook" but II also leader of the la room sho can rent and that ho Will show It to her. As they omen the doorway loadlng off the street. The newcomer ls hon. The train she goes In search ‘of fo an a both. she lo lll Quads, who not only owns and oporatoo wise: men of the town. uodo ho hos o ass out of t o room o newcomer ohn Aldous. o well known novel- lst. He soon the urn a girl enter the place and believes sho has modo o m on otonds In tho doorway h 9 eyes rest upon the curtalnod doorway through whloh tho her In ut a moment the girl stops out. face flamln¢.and He starts to c or the girl money buo before o can do I o blow. Aldous nun-loo the 9 rl own! from tho Joanne tolls Aldous am I: going to Toto Jaime to fin protect her fro ldouo believes Fluflu h lo deed and locates o frlen Jauno they are mot by friends of Aldon tho Blocktonom Aldous decides to do with her to grove. Upon tholr arrival at oto whose plooo they‘ve to my during their stop. off into tho wl ornoos aocomponlod tho gravo and return to tho Blacktons. by Donald MocDona d, ii friend of Aldous. y o‘poosod. ~ Quodo follows her apolo- otopo to thojlrl'o scene to tho her. husband, Mortlmor, Quado ond‘ hlo DE'MI'IOI' ‘Oul'vor who dooloroo. he was soon tho os flash. no. so Aldous Later the oupp- les and They locate secure horses an (Continued from March 3 Issue) OR a moment Joanne stood facing the little lake, and when she spoke again there was a note of thankfulness, of subdued joy and triumpt in her voice. “Before that day had ended I had displeased Mortimer FitzHugh," she said. and Aldous saw the fingers of her hands close’ tightly. “I told him that until a month had passed I would not live with him as a wife lives with her husband. And hewas displeased. And my father was not yet buried! I was shocked. My soul revolted. “We went to London and I was made welcome in the' older Fitz- Hugh’s wifeless home, and the papers told of our wedding. And two days later there came from Devonshire a woman a sweet—faced little woman with sick, haunted eyes; in her arms she brought a. baby; and that baby was Mortimer FitzHugh’sl “We confronted him—the mother, the baby, and I; that he was a fiend. And his father was a fiend. They offered to buy the woman off, to support her and the child, They told me that many Eng" lish gentlemen had made mistakes like this, and that it was”nothing——- that is was quite common. Morti— mer FitzHugh had never touched me with his lips, and now, when he came to touch me with his hands, I struck him. It was a serpent’s house, and I left, it. “My father had left me a com- fortable fortune, and I went into a house of my owu. Day after day they came to me, and I knew that they feared I was going to secure a divorce. During the six months that followed I learned other things about the man who was legally my husband. He was everything that was vile. Brazenly he went into public places with women of dishon- our, and I hid my face in shame. “His father died, and for a time Mortimer FitzHugh became one» of the talked—about spendthrifts of Lon— don. Swiftly he gambled and dis- sipated himself into comparative pov— erty. And now, learning that I would not get avdivorce, he began to regard the as a slave in chains. I remembered, one time, that he suc- ceeded in laying his hands on me, and they were like the touch of things that were slimy and poison- ous. He laughed at my revulsion. He demanded money of me, and to keep him away from me I gave it to him. Again and again, he came for money; I suffered as I cannot tell you, but never once in my misery did I weaken in my promise to my father and to myself. But—at last —-I ran away. “I went to Egypt, and then to India. A year later I learned that Mortimer FitzHugh had gone to America, and I returned to London. For two years I heard nothing of him; but day and night I lived in fear and dread. And then came the news that he had died, as you read in the newspaper clipping. I was free! For a' year I believed that; and then, like a shock that had come to destroy me, I was told that he was not dead but that he was alive, _ and in a place called Tote Jaune Cache, in British Columbia. I could. not live in the terrible suspense that followed. I determined to find out for myself if he was alive or dead.} He is down there—dead. And I am ' glad, that he is dead!” . i .“ And 1.! ho. wasl'not doadfi’. said , b and then I knew" # Aldous quietly, “I would kill him!" He could find nothing more to say. than that. He dared trust himself no further, and in silence he held out his hands, and for a "moment Joanne gave him her own. Then she with- drew them, and with a little gesture, and the smile which he loved to see trembling about her mouth, she said: “Donald will think this is scandal- Ous. We must go back and apolo— gize!" She led him down the slope, and her face filled with the pink flush of a wild rose when she ran up to Don- ald, and asked him to help her into her saddle. John Aldous rode like‘ one in a dream as they went back into the valley, for with each minute that passed Joanne seemed more and more to him like a beautiful bird that had escaped from its prison— cage, and in him mind and soul were absorbed in the wonder of it and in his own rejoicing. She was free, and in her freedom she was happy! Free! It was that thought that pounded steadily in his brain. He forgot Quads, and Culver Rann, and the gold: he forgot his own danger, his own work, almost his own exist- ence. Of a sudden the world had become infinitesimally small for him, and all he could see was the soft shimmer of Joanne’s hair in the sun, the wonder of her face, the marvell— ous blue of her eyes—and all he could hear was the sweet thrill of her voice when she spoke to him or old Donald, and when, new and then, soft laughter trembled on her lips in her sheer joy of the life that had dawned anew for her this day. They stopped for dinner, and then went on over the range and down into the valley where lay Tete Jaune. And all this time he fought to keep from flaming in his own face the de— sire that was like a hot fire within him—the desire to go to Joanne and tell her that he loved her as he had never dreamed it possible for love to exist in the whole wide world. He knew that to surrender to that desire in.this hour would be some- thing of a sacrilege. He did not guess that Joanne saw his struggle, that ex J11 old' MacDonald mumbled low words in his beard. When they came at last to Blackt‘on’s bungalow he thought that he had kept this thing from her, and he did not see—— and would not have understood if he had seen—the wonderful and mys— terious glow in Joanne's eyes when she kissed Peggy Blackton. Blackton had come in from the work—end, dust-covered and jubilant. “I'm glad you folks have re- turned,” he cried, beaming with en- thusiasm as he gripped Aldous by the hand. “The last rock is packed, and tonight we’re going to shake the earth. We’re going to blow up Coy- ote Number Twenty-seven, and you won’t forget the sight as long as you live!” Not until Joanne had disappeared into the house with Peggy Blackton did Aldous feel that he haddescend— ed firmly upon his feet once more into a matter-of-fact world. ,Mac— Donald was waiting for the horses, and Blackton was pointing over to— ward the steel workers; and saying something about to 11 thousand pounds of black powder and dynam- ‘ its and a mountain that had stood a million years and' was going, to _be blown up that night} - ' . “It’s the best bit of work I’veever' done Aldous—ethic ' tend ate a -\ ' to you, an’ we’ll stick to her. A ' “ if totouch the electric button" to (Twen- ‘ ty-sseve‘n to—night, but we've decided "to letMiss-Gray do that, and Peggy. will fire Twenty-eight -to-morro'w . "iiight. Twenty-eight is almost ready. Ifyou say southe bunch of us will go over and see it in the morning. gMebby Miss Gray would like to see for herself that a coyote isn’t only an animal with a bushy tall, but a cavern dug into rock an’ filled with enough explosives to play high jinks .with all the navies in the world if - they happened to be on hand at the “Fine!” said Aldous. "And Peggy wants me to say that it’s a matter of only common every- day decency on your part to make yourself our guest while here,” add- ed the contractor, stufling his pipe. “We’ve got plenty of room, encugh- to eat and a comfortable bed for you. You’re going to be polite enough to accept, aren’t you?” “With all my heart,” exclaimed Aldous, his_blood tingling at the thought of being near Joanne. “I’ve 'got some business with MacDonald and as soon as that’s over I’ll domi- cile myself here. It’s bully of- you, Blackton! You know ” “Why, dammit, of course I know chuckled Blackton, lighting his pipe. "Can’t I see Aldous? D’ye think I’m blind? I was just as gone eyer Peg- gy before I married her. Fact is, I haven’t got over it yet—and never will. I come up from the work four times a day regular to see her, and if I don’t come up I have to send up word I’m safe. ’IPeggy saw it first. She said it was a shame to put you '9, off in that cabin with Miss Gray , away up here. I don’t want to stick my nose in your business, old man, but—by Georgel—I congratulate you! I've only seen one lovlier wo- man in'my life, and that’s Peggy.” He thrust out a hand and pumped his friends limp arm, and Aldous felt himself growing suddenly warm under the other’s chuckling gaze. "FOr goodness sake don’t sa any- pleaded. Blackton nodded wit “I’m going in and night’s fireworks." A question was in ~ but he did not put it in " wanted to know about Culver Rann. forgetful fellow at times that I don’ want to rouse his alarm,” he said to MacDonald as they were riding to- ward the corral a few minutes later. "He might let something out to Jo- anne and his wife, and I’ve got rea- sons, Mac—for keeping this affair as quiet as possible. We’ll have to dis- cover what Rann and Quade are do— ing ourselves.” ' MacDonald edged his horse in nearer to Aldous. “See here, Johnny, boy—tell me what’s in your mind?” Aldous looked into the grizzled face, and there was something in the glow of the old mountaineer’s eyes that made him think of a father. “You know, Mac." Old Donald nodded. “Yes, I guess I do, Johnny,” he said in a low voice. “You think of Mis" Joanne as I used to—to—~think of her. I guess I know. But—— what you goin’ to do?” Aldous shook his head, and for the first time that afternoon a look of uneasiness and gloom overSpread his face. “I don’t know, Mac. I’m not ashamed. to tell you. I love her. If she were to pass out of my life to—morrow I would ask for something that belonged to her, and the spirit of her would live in it for me until I died. That’s how I care,'Mac. It wouldn’t be the square thing. And yet she won’t remain in Tote Jaune very long. Her mission is accomp- lished. And if—if she goes I can’t very well follow her, can I, Mac?” For a space old Donald was silent. Then he said, “You’re thinkin' of me, Johnny, ,an’ what we was planning on?" “Partly.” “Then don’t any more. I'll stick ‘ only" “What?” . . - - ,“If you could get Peggy Blackton ‘hQLP-Yau t n . ‘ ' ' Aldon? ' to stay fora weeks—mebby ten days --'-v_isitin’fl.her, you. know, it would’nt be so bad'1f you told her then, would it, Johnny?” “By George, it wouldn’t!” ‘lYes___" (“Bein’ an old man, an’ seein’ mebby what you don’t see————” ' llYes___—ll ( I "That she’d take you, Johnny.” In his breast John’s heart seemed suddenly to give a jump that choked him. And while he stared ahead old Donald went on. “I’ve seen it afore’ in a pair of eyes just like her’eyes, Johnny—so soft an’ deeplike, like the sky up there when the sun’s in it. I seen it when we was ridin’ behind an’ she looked ahead at you, Johnny. I did. An’ I’ve seen it afore. An I think ” ~ Aldous waited, his heart-strings ready to snap. _ “An’ I think—she likes you a great deal, Johnny." v ' Aldous reached over and gripped MacDonald’s hand. “The good Lord bless you, Don- - aid! We’ll stick! As for Quade and Culver Rann " “I've been thinkin’/of them,” in- terrupted MacDonald. “You haven’t got time to waste on them, Johnny. Leave ’em to me. If it’s only a week you’ve got to be close an’ near by Mis’ Joanne. I’ll find out what Quade an’ Rann are doing, and what they’re goin’ to do. I’ve got a scheme. Will you leave ’em to me?" Aldous nodded, and in the same breath informed MacDonald of Peggy Blackton’s invitation. The old hunt- er chuckled exultantly. He stopped his horse, and Aldous halted. “It’s workin’ out fine, Johnny!” he exclaimed. “There ain’t no need of you goin’ any further. We under- stand each other, and there ain’t nothin’ for you to do at the corral. Jump off your horse and go back. If I want you I’ll come to the Black- ton’s ’r send word, and if you want me I’ll be at the corral or the camp in the coulee. Jump ofl’, Johnny!” Without further urging, Aldous dismounted. They shook hands again, and MacDonald drove ahead ‘ him the saddled horses and the u . And as Aldous turned back to ard the bungalow old Donald .~ mumbling low in. his heard in, “God ha’ mercy on me, but doin’ it for her an’ Johnny—for 11’ Johnny!” . ntinued March 3lst issue) MONY earliest days in the rritory” of Africa, the ‘ wealth of the var- ious : een the number of domest s wned Practical- ly all of in the territory is owned v natives. An- of exchange and l colony one cow ma ,1 M 13 are” {has is E s s: “Fianna” 2"!!! it is a fact, proved over and over again, that the Hupmobile costs less to maintain over a period of three years, or longer, than any other car built today. Owners of passenger car fleets have demonstrated Hupmobile’s unequalled economy beyond any possibility of doubt. Afterexperimentingwith various cars, they have finally standardized upon the Hupmobile as giving lowest cost serv- . ice in the long 'run. There is no secret about Hupmobile economy. It .I'L begins with its better en- gineering design, and comes down to the fact that finer, more durable parts are used where wear and durability pro- mote longer life and lower costs. Most of these parts are concealed within the ‘motor, transmission, or rear axle, where the average owner never sees them. Any disinterested repair man will tell you, how- ever, that, judged solely by the way it is built, the Hupmobile is really a fine car at a low price. Touring Car, 81115; Roads". 81115,- Syria! Touring Car, 31215; smut Rudder. 31215; Nrw Two-young” Cou )1. 81385; Fmr-pmimzzr Chute. 31535; Salon, .1075. Card tin: m 111 model}. Pritu F. 0. B. Detroit—met“ Tax Extra Hupp Motor Car Corporation, Detroit, Mich. Hupmobile , the cattle in that country 680,764, while there were It is believed, however, that the c tle population of the Protectorate about one million. Family I' still dependent upon the ability young men to acquire the number of animals demanded by his prospective father—in-law. These young men are often-times up against it, because the country is very susceptable to cattle diseases. f‘Without my hogs," said Nathan Boggs. “l surely would be lost; My nicgspurebreds, both blacks and re Bring in twice what they cost.” I am taking advantage of your ofler to get something for nothing and am inelasing check for.one dollar and coupon to renew subscription. We enjoy the pamr and are interested in the letters concerning the schools and taxation es— pecially as we are in a newly consolidated school and have had chicken-pox, whoop- ing cough and pink eye, our doctor bill for scans and one hundred dollars extra school tax besides the loss of sleep and dams. : to temper-and fit to have the re. :tth..:8 (1) (2) if YOU act EXPIRATION. and enter the name ONE YEAR. TWO YEARS FOR $1 at once! and the coupon below will renew you own sub- scrlptlon for TWO YEARS FROM DATE OF —or will enter a NEW subscriber’s name for ' TWO FULL YEARS —or will renew your subscription for ONE YEAR of a NEW subscriber for is the greatest offer we have ever made and we do not wish to profit by this 50% MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER, Mt. Clemens, Michigan For $1 enclosed you will enter or renew . u to keep it open over.30 days, so you must act at once, if I saving! (We acknowledge every remittance received with a receipt by first class mail) my subscription for 2 years: My Name R. F. D. No... \ P. 0 State MIN (11 you are renew-ins kindly lend address label from recent issue) For $1 enclosed renew my cum subscription as above 1 year. and add the following new subscribers name paid-in-full for 1 yearr‘” New Name R. F. D. No. ‘ State INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE 1‘3 (388) THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FADYW‘L‘R ‘Tho Hunted Woman t By James Oliver Curwood March 17, 1923 Michigan's Own and America's Formosi Author of the Gmci Noflhlnosf {Copyright by James Ulivm thmcod {9 I “Rural Rusrots’ King of the Late Potatoes! G Y N O P S l S pa‘senqm‘s on the train bound for no (rionds and all will be strange to her. trnts, :he (toes in search of food and a bath. Toto Jauno Cache. the The train Sho ls GRAY Ir: one of the ORNNE home or “The Horde.” where she has t amps at ;: town (:OlllNh‘t'Il of EJ‘Vt‘l‘ni ‘ ' I , . ,. , riirm-ted to “Bill‘s Shack" and how: ‘lzn, moms Bill Quado, who not only owns and operates hi’dt, drUEIth "Bill’s Shack” but. is also leader of tho lawless men of the town. Quads says he has a . ‘ mom she can rent and that he will show it to her. As they pass out of the room a newcomer dlgfl qw outer; the doorway irath‘ng on‘ the stleot. The ncwoornor in John Aldous, a well known novel— »“v v 4 into Ho silt-.5 tho strangle qlrl enter tho place and believes she has made a mistake and as he Hands in tho doorway his eyes rest upon tho ourtained doorway through which they have passed. _‘ ‘ N ‘ H In but a moment thr uirl stops out, fare fiammg and eyes flashing. Ouado follows her apolo/ (JCI-tfiHxQ Not-ad ttetirallyt He slam»; to oilor the girl money but before he can do so Aldous stops to the girl‘s ' " ' side and Ouado with a terrific blow.I Aldous hurries the girl away from tho soentgl to tho , b , _. _ > , w ' . ‘ i r 1 , , t ‘ ‘ ,\ tomes 0 rev 5. Joanne tolls Aldous she 5 going to Toto Jauno to hnd her husbam, orttmer 9' “" "k" “‘1 1h" IKJ“ {"1 .V’HM tlud l '1“()I- Oh“); In‘htlnd FitLHugh. Aldous decides to go with her to prolnct her from Qundo and his partner Culver g y, b p _. 1 7 h a. ‘ . . ‘ \ Rann. Aldous believes FltzHuqh is dead and locates a friend who declare: he has seen the wit 3 t'liltt-lyiwzutllt (Jutland 18/0 Of Ult‘lll (:VCI‘y yCIH‘, (H‘an Upon their arrival at. Teto Jaune they are mot by friends 0! Aldous the Blacktons, at whose place they are to stay during their stop. Later they securo horses and supplies and start. oil into the wilderness accompanied by Donald MacDonald, They locato the grave and return to the Blacktons. {ztiiv tttspwrtt-d Eviw iilj‘Ili: (an F ‘1"? '7) mniw i, V i l M, . . . t . a friend of Aldous. j hm; mr N,th huh grown under Chmnttc and $011 C(mthtmns ,‘. V , V _ l ' _ f,t:.,t.;t})‘:t‘:§ tn Partntte t‘it‘ntltlt‘tttm. :t:-:::_w, —-A ##_.——~_.._. IN V w V . , LV‘H‘ twle C ll: i ".Y ‘Y'\ ,vx ' - .- t . .-u ‘,l ‘ _ _ . I 1th.: (_,Pl.t[t((i1(.ti’b}~.(_\8 .mtl, pmptt spmymg ]Il(I(..1E-(,d H mleM from meh 3 Hm“. 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(Hi: [if ml «iv 'ti Anti t“ '1 llllt‘ :H itttw lil!‘ hm With i‘«-:t::_\' iilnvi ' 1‘ t ' I, .5 A l“ mu um! Hwi l mu: m f tilii i\itir‘ttm Iv“? limit, hz- iratl [iv-.o a; j, ' at E‘JMUHMTHi’mwvfiuii! ,2 H {in m-w :mzwr ‘ wrung E \«t‘ all "liil1\ lltriill hrs! lt-t‘l H'it't‘ utmv \" iu-tn ,f L fl i In .t \' .tr 1 iw-ltrwwi lizni éniv: :. mzttit-t wt tm'l \xnt‘lti T\: «2* I "WWW 5W1“. 1m! thwtn iii w u, \hm'il th it iictti (‘ti'lt~“ ihinuitl \Vzlrz \\'{li!lil_Lf l'ur tht hits“ w it Q‘ l w' it. «losing the», l \m. will that iw :tnti iiiill'klllll win pointing“ mt l‘ It) " E ‘3'” u‘ r 1. «an; not, tlwrtti irlll *hztt humans will; wrtrtl tho ‘sttwl \lhriwt‘v, :tntl 1-“l2l w -' ; ;!_‘|il‘ ill :t t‘iiit't‘ utilwtt 'lt‘tl‘: .iztunn wumwthtng :tlmut t H n thuttsuztni {ly‘ujft/Ilf‘xf (‘nwlny in lirttish (‘hlulnhizL i would pounds of blztrh powtlwr (Lntl tiynn'x h withI'.::;:fi:ttt.tflt‘l ‘ I l not, inn .In tho lt‘l‘l‘liiit‘ HUSpOIlSO that lit} and a mountzun that had stuml x. . H Ht it mt 51w. mttil'wft HIV} ’iwr “Fm”! Wt“. rm mam, muihy t’nllmw-(l i tirtvrmtnntt to find out mtlhon yum :tnd was yours; to l-u, ” [mun . mu mu ll”, .rv,,tti tit,.|‘1t,mgch;‘t mtg-m .‘li \: htiwr [)I‘lllllll‘P «m thv now bu m (me . H ~ H ‘ V . I 4 " MTLMI .W “WWW M] “M”. “Whom”, tzmmw «man u than “I. tn mm pntmtll tor must-l! If ho wu: alive 01 (haul, blown up that ntght. V art‘rl-i-j‘ylmh-v1mm”AImt]filmingtithttttilthgzfi I‘Khilfmfyifi‘r “‘1’!”my“jifgflpfl'ify ‘y‘ggyeflwfg lie is down thorn-wdnod. And l am “It’s the host htt of work i‘vv tmir l. “(Stilt-3:195::i’::;;.:.::t:tn 12%;??le(Ell‘l’dtf"Xli'tl‘flifl‘li? sumo”; BUMPER comm" gléd that he is dead" . don", Aldous. “‘3‘ and Com“ Mm“ LLmrlcan Field Seed 00.. Dept. 12/,Chicago.lll. 1047 Security Bulldmg' Mlnnwuls' lnmom ‘ And if he was not. dead,” satd ber Twenty—elght. Peggy was gotng ‘ b March 17, 1923 to touch the eleetric button to Twen- ty—seven to-night, hut We've decided to let Miss (lray do that. and Peggy . .‘-.". . THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER to stay for a week—moth ten days —visitin’ her, you know, it, would’nt he so had if you told her then, would it, Johnny?” "By George, it wouldn‘t!” I‘Yes ‘‘‘‘ I_~Y' will fire Tweiityueiglit to—morrow night. Twentyceight is almost, ready. If you say so, the hum-h of us will go over and see it, in the morning. “liein’ an old man, an‘ serin' Mehhy Miss Gray would like to see Inehhy what you don't. see " ‘1 for herself that a coyote isn't only "Yes~ an animal with a bushy tail, but a “That she'd take you. .lohiiiiyfl' cavern dug into rock au‘ filled with In his lireast. John's heart seemed enough explosives to play high jinks suddenly to give a jump that (hoked with all the nayies in the world if him. And while he stared ahead they happened to he on hand at the old Donald Wt'lli, on. i “Fine!” said Aldous. "i’ve seen it afore‘ in a pair of 1 “And I’esrzx wants me to say that (Wes just. like her eyes, .loliitiiy so it‘s a matter of only common every— soft an‘ deeplike, like the sky up day deeeney on your part to make there when the sun's in it. l seen yourself our guest while here." add— it, when we was ridin' heliind an’ biilt‘ ed the eontraetor, stutlingr his pipe. looked ahead at you .lolinny. l did “We’ve got plenty of room. enough An’ l‘ye seen it at'oi'e. An 1 i to eat and a eoint‘oi'talile lied t'or think 7 " you. You're going to be polite Aldous waited, hi1: enough to (H‘t‘t‘lii, aren't you?" ready to snap, “With all my heart." (*Xt‘ittiliii‘ti “An‘ I think \‘ilt‘ Aldous. his blood tingling at the ;'l‘(‘(li deal, Johnny." heart string" likes you: (‘1 thought of iH‘illfiI,’ near .loaiine. “l've Aldous i‘t‘;tt'ili'ti ti'yt r Mn) ;-;~;[i;,t.i: ' H” i 0‘“ r , ; fit 9 i H . . . i u "i ’-";m: it w- i got some liiisiiiess With Maellonaid \lzii'lionnld s hand "L ‘ K' I” *' " ' ' ' ' == * and as soon as that‘s oyei' l'll deini "'l‘lie good Lord iiit'fl,¢ \(iif lam, ii‘tt'“ iitiiiiiudeile Lfi it t i . ' Vt . z ' V‘s l" Mw‘v ‘ " tilt inyst lf viltlt. It s hull} of ~ iii tld. ‘\\o ll ‘hilt k is oi e lat. \ it” E“ “lambs” U“; v; L a U H}. ,. Iilaekton? \oii know and ( iilyei‘ iu‘lllii ,A I ‘ ' “\Vliid daininit. oi’ eoui'se l knoWT" ‘l‘ye lieeu iililli‘ilt' ot’ iilt‘ll‘i " iii WWW"! "'“1"”“F‘V‘E‘W'? l’ ' n '7’ eliuekled lllaekton. lighting: his pipo tei‘i‘upted Maelionald. “You it in i;I f “K T;;Hg¢‘trr tip,” Away “4;: it ‘, “t‘an't I see Aldous? hliiid‘.’ l was just as pone oyi‘r Hat'- E)’ itei’oi‘e l married hei‘. li‘aet is. l hayen't got over it _\et and neyer .‘\lis' la~aye 'etn to illt' lt’ it‘s only a win l‘ yoii'ye got to ilt' t‘itii‘U‘ aii’ Ilt‘ftl' i.» i , t- K‘ ‘7 i ‘ * x A k ‘ *' " Joanne i ll tiiid out what {.4va wt imam fig: 2 my li‘ye think l‘in not time to “man (m Huim' Jumm.‘ ‘ i - , H. , , V . (1a: l\i:it imia'; v» ‘ . i y‘n" I] Him“ up from [ilvt‘dflflilj l‘onr Quads .lllr i.\ttlllll .tlt titililL'i'dliti ulii- i “my”3Mu.errlntgtmwlg 3W times a day regular to s4 e hm, and they re goin to do I ye yo! .i t . A ., s 7‘ ,t i if l don‘t eonie up l haye to send up r‘i'heiiio Will you leaye win to no" 3i‘li"ill‘ll)|i<“9H'IWilli'iieti _ , word l"m safe. Peggy saw it i'll‘Hi» Altitills‘nodded. and in tin mum {WWH‘AW imwnnl “Hm, ' She said it was a shame to put you iii‘eath lllitil‘lllt‘ti \illt lienaid oi l'eym‘ l V‘ I, ‘ ‘ off in that enhin with Miss Hray lilarkton's ili\il:ttiiiii The old him; i I”>~'y~1§mii_\-' (7-1 (iutiiit away up here [don't “All! to stii'k (-l‘ i‘illlt‘iiit‘ti exiiltanily llo stopped ? my nose in your iills‘illtih’rl‘ old man. his horse. and Aldous halted ,Aiiei'exiu‘riiiit'iilinL\x:Ei iii”, rliy‘ tlreorge? l t‘()ll{,§l'iti,llif‘ti(f “lt's wortiii‘ yout tine; dolinnx' L “H‘ng imfl Ha: you, lye only seen one loylier wo i2" t‘Xt'iliith‘ti lliere aint no [\tl‘t‘; loan in my life, and that‘s l’eugn ‘ of \‘.till1’itiill‘ any tui'tlier W. umitg itiiitiiv é viii lle thrust out a hand and pumped stand eaeli (liilt‘l', and Iliv-i‘e aiii UN“ 3‘, § w. . t his friends limp arm. and Aldous noiliiii‘ toi' you to «it, Hi, the t‘til‘lft: ; ‘ " felt, himself growing; suddenly warin .liiinii off yozti~ horse and igo hat: i 25'" 4m i f * under the otliei"s ehut'kliiig gaz. ii l nant jitit l'il t'tliiit to the lilai ti H, t. ‘ ’ u « . «M "For goodness sake don‘t sa aii\ ions 'i‘ send “Milk and if you n ,t;‘ 5 ‘ f’ . L ‘ I c ” thing, “1‘ art, anything. old lll‘ lie 111" Hi he at the «oi‘i‘al til’ the 'iiliil t: fl ’ ¢ ‘ ‘ plezided “l'ni 7 just hopii‘ iii the t'tillit‘t‘ ,ltiiiip otl'~ Johnny" i " ' ' ‘ lilai'kten nodded \\'ithotit i‘ui‘tiiei’ urging; Aldon s"; ‘ 2W5 v w ~ ii i z i 3 understanding" in his eye» ‘ _: dismounted. 'l‘liey whooit hand, 2 “t‘oine along yeti ii‘et‘ifiittiaini and Marlionaid drew ahead ” Iill'tiifJil with Ma inald,” he said, xiii!“ the saddled horses: and tie 3 V 2 » T “I'm going in and gait up forfixm 1 3k. And as Aldous turned hail, " ‘ " ‘ “ at a: ; , A onestion was in Amiollfi'diifixfl' e W“ llillliiiiiliii' low in his heard hut he (iid not put it iiiiiyyoi‘ds. fitwmfiiiglll. ‘tlod lia/ inerey on me. lint wanted to know alioni Q ade doin‘ ii for iit‘l‘ an' titlililll}' :m (‘ulvor Rann. _ 5;! "agili' .lolinny'" “I’daekton is such a ridi‘t‘itlonau' a} "i‘ntfigintinued Mail-ii H‘ttm M m; if i it l , t . . t l niglitstireworks.’ (“Will‘ti the litiiiualow old lionaliit i l l l u _ l .ii;t Mai-iii ‘ i i (1:, forgetful fellow at times that l Uon‘k tiff ‘K want to rouse his alarm." he said to VEGANDRJ!‘\’l"l‘lili1 All) T“ M \'l‘l;i MacDonald as they were riding: t0» \IHNY E ward the corral a few minutes later ifilet‘li: (ai‘lievi nay- ii: :ln 3 ,J’ "He might let something: out to .lo l'ganda ti‘l‘litil'} oi Al’rita. tie. i «WWW—~— ~ N. aiino and his wife, and l‘ye got rrau ieasure (a; \\t‘;iiiil of the \‘Lil' vm‘um A sons, Mae-wit” keeping this affair as ions t, 'hes haye‘v it‘t‘ll the nuinlwr «it i quiet as possible. \Ve'll haye t0 dis~ domest Liimais \yned Prawn-iii W‘fiw-in v 1;. W“; » «over what Rann and Quade are do~ ly all of edir'e stt it in the Itii‘rittii‘y 5 5’ v {13‘ inp: ourselves." is owned a ffiggiflod y natiyes ,\|l 1 Q4535 Maelloviald edgzed his horse in iiiials t'oiisti imihél n iyes liaiih .i« ‘ “Mir”: m Aldous i-ouiits and *hi‘éf" tr: int! as“ in A ‘ 5 “See here. Johnny. boy tell me lilyen sini-e the ‘itrodutm’on ot twin. 1 -- it 7 M {PYRQiiW‘ what‘s in your mind?" animals form at? iinporta‘ inediiiin HM ,3‘ H : , ‘ ) Aldous looked into the grizzled of i‘XtiiIlYlHt‘ and ksmne 1);; ,z‘ of in. ‘ ‘* wilt-t: tit‘i“,i in. i ‘ “I fitt'i‘, and there was something in tin «'oioiiy one eow inay‘i’sb'a ownwgpy ,1.» ‘ “1‘41" \r‘ it' 5W” x f v at; ,~ ‘ i I glow of the. old mountaineer’s eyes (‘l‘iti [it-oi)ch says a iFMWt,J[roi .(‘mi f LUKE/"RA HUN that made him think of a father. \lll William lit .it‘liiillf‘ Nadiobify to i or oil; mg,“ ‘l N ,. W ‘ 3 W i ’ “You know? Main” the llepai‘tnieiii of t‘oififippeoflh t ‘ [NWH Hz”; if ' ()ld Donald nodded. toi‘dini: to titiiwmi 13pm», j‘0§‘;17934 x . triki "Yes, l guess I do, Johnny." he the I'Itllie in that reuniry‘ig‘gxmfi’erwfmi “i ‘ ll! "'1' ‘v H‘ “13w i .i W said in a low voiee, “You thinly. of OSMi Z'tit While iiit‘l‘w were ‘i?,’2.‘_’tj’fi ? Air? ii ‘i v i ' iivt t “at \t , M, Nis' Joanne as I used to to tliiiik ilozitn and f‘;:l.fif’i *ilt‘v‘;i_ \y _ i i‘ t‘tNAtt \ gt gig of liei‘, I guess l knew ltn: ".\t’!‘liil<)!t oi mitiin prowl“. ' I H ER ‘ g ‘ a 1 “iii” you goin' to do?" \xivii ii in! w'aiistt i tutti i. ,ittx‘ . _' " " ' ’ ‘ ‘ t ' i l ' .g‘ , ‘ »\ldotis shook his iil‘Ilii‘ and to," T l iw'iith’ih hwy wt iil‘tl liii tg't ’“ l ‘ 1- ‘ ' i Yiw i’it‘st illllv‘ that afternoon a look Tit imputation 4.: t‘ioitnioigm. Fart it is; ;r i t, ;;,. E , .v‘ uneasiness and {doom (Het‘r'pi‘eail :i‘wiiii eiw ltiiitliir‘ wit, tit ‘ ‘ Elsi lave fl’ii iii‘tiz'wiir." iiti- lilv {{i‘liii’\ "l dont know [\‘lai- l‘n; not, itili'lgfl men it, Muffin», ii, ,mmh, n liiiitt-d iti teli you i {eye hit ztlriiiialh‘ (ii'nitfimfi’li iit Ln iti‘i‘)“t,~u§‘v 7 ii “iii \«wi’e to pass out of my life laiiiei‘ iii i:t\\ '2'|i«,.« atinii i at s i at H iiioi‘i‘ow I would :1in itil" “tiltlt‘lillll‘ii it"e often llllit“ iii t i l .i in . ‘p I. v i s “ Y‘itit iit‘itillgg’t‘ti iti ilt‘l'. :lllti iilt’ E‘liil'ii ii!“ itillllll'\ i win itumti-{iit if liei" would iiye in i: for lilt' niitil rattle disease i‘ . died 'i‘lziii's how I (aim, f‘ilai' ii ' ‘«\iil'i(ill’i iie lii»- stt'tzli‘e iiilllf', \iiii '\‘1"‘H'iii Iii\ lwn- .«aiii w? it! the Wtiild it‘llldlll lll Tater .l iiiiie ‘ititiifi, mm long ller mission is (gm-oinie “1 Nil‘uiy Wiilliit in: tony WM "A lied And it it' E‘ilt' goes i ran‘t MY “he piii‘t-iiia-tlw, t-oiii tin. in i, yery well follow hei‘. t'aii l, Mai"? Y‘i'tih'. li‘or a spare old iioiialtl was sil~-iit. iii‘iii“ in twieo what in, f, My? 6, U ‘i‘lien he said, “You're, thiiikin’ of me, ' I _ Juhnny gm‘ what we was planning 1 3"“ Mime". fid\Iii":=~ i' wt’t‘vi ‘ "'1 "NW" “14“ “""' ““ 0” .y to trti soiiietiiiiii' to: nothing Eti‘l'i aii- ' “1"; H inolosing elieeli toi- oin doilai ant: eonimi, t ‘3) i‘tii‘ $1 t-iit iota d renew my own rll'ii‘3-‘l"'i[i i~ i. , , i’tii‘liy. to renew stiltsei'iptiiiii \le enjoy the mid [ho t‘zilitiyiiitg‘ aw ,-i ' V 1’ I'M” “" “1”?” ‘ N‘di‘ (litti "'l‘lieii don't, any more. l'll stick “W” “JM 1”“ '“I<‘l"f~‘1'ii tit Iii“ lv‘ttvi'ri ' g’ 1‘ N Ml"‘””“” “‘“H' 9““, “I 1'11 ioi ‘ year. to You, an’ we'll stiek to her. Only" pilijigil’ifyfliii yivltivaiiiqiii‘liltqnisiiliiv “\thLt-yt school nnd have had (Tilltiiv'll pox, whoop i IV». u \gtii e " ‘ ' “if you could get Peggy Blackton “W WWI“ 1”“! Willi MW “Hi‘ dovtwi‘ hill l ’ ' ’ " " ' ~ 77 ~ 1\ i‘ it m. . H for same and one hundred dollars extra ‘i 10 $1911) you-emf H selieol tax besides the loss of Sleep and I 3011 nieanwr—«r b igan Aldous damage to temper and expect to have the P U ‘ ' (-(lgerly, it“? heft)? filfl'lllfl. “71811ng the, paper ' ””* ""‘fi ”“““““ Std“)u-mmm—MMH.Hm» “That if Peggy Blackton got her Whip "RX. ‘isiiiii’h,“wi§xi3;d {$331333 Iii/122%,” neefll'hfil an' ‘ SATURDAY, MARCH 17.‘ 1923 Edited and Published by THE RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY. Inc. GEORGE M. §LocUM. President . Mt. Clemens. Michigan Represented in New York, Chicago, St. Louis and Minneapolis in the Associated Farm Papers. incorporated Member Agricultural Publishers Association Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. Miloti‘ Grinnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... “1111111111! Emu” ,Grace Nellie Jenney Home Editor Frank 1). Wells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .- Fruit Edito! 3. Herbert Ferrie...... . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . “Radio Edit!" William E. Brown “17" William W. Slocum ................. . . . . . . . ~- . Treasurer Henry F. Hlpxins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Plant Supedntendmt Address All Communications to the Publication, Not Individuals. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR The date following your name on the addr. label show when Your lubacription expires. In mmwln' kindly send this label in avoid mistakes. Remit by check, draft. money-order or WM letter: ltamm and currency are at your We acknowledge by first-class mail every dollar received. - Adevertlslng Rates: 45¢ per agate line. 14 MD“ eoumn inch. 772 lines to the page. Flnt rates. Live Stock and Auction Sale Advertising: We ofler speck} 10" rates to reputable breeders of live stock and poultry: *5 “'- RELIABLE ADVERTISERS We will not knowingly accept the advertising of any person or firm who we do not beheye to be thoroughly honest and reliable. Should an! Md" have any cause for complaint against any advertise! in these columns, the publisher would spprechh an .. immediate letter bringing all facts. to htghlt. Tl: eve case when writing say: "I isw your advertisemen n “forgian Business Farmeri” It will guarantee honest dealing tothe "The Farm Paper of Service " ADJUST PRODUCTION TO DEMAND “FARMERS have just as much right to organize to control their output as union labor has ,to organize for the purpose of shortening hours and increasing wages. Thcy have as much right to cease production wholly or in part as union labor has to strike. It is no more wrong for farmers to reduce products when prices are below cost of production than it is for the United States Steel Corporation to cut pig iron production in half when prices are rapidly falling."—H. A. “'allace, in a re- cent addrcss. - THE FARMER IS A BUSINESS MAN EPORTS of the success met by the acreage men of the sugar factories in Michigan who have adopted the now famous “50-50” con- tract by which the farmer becomes a co-partner of the factory, in the profits derived from the manufacture and sale of beet sugar, seems to prove the fact which The Business Farmer has reiterated so many times; that the farmer is not afraid to take every risk which the business man in any other line will, if he is given an equal chance at the profits. There is, of course, the possibility that every- thing possible will be done this fall by the, manu- facturers who have refused to enter into the growers contract, to discourage its further prac- tice, even'if they find it necessary to curtail their own profits by lowering the price of sugar to do it. Let every grower who‘has signed the “50—50” contract, pledge himself to stand by the plan for three years—win or lose—~if he will, we risk the prediction, that before the three years have elapsed, every manufacturer in Michigan will have offered the same or a more attractive proposition to the growers. When you hear a man knocking the “50-50” contract, ask him how long he’s been on the other follows “pay-r011”, its a safe bet he is there, one way or another! NOW ADVISES PARTICIPATION IN LEAGUE HEY do President Harding and the present Republican administration an injustice who seek to poke fun at-the recent announce- ment that the president and Secretary Hughes ar“’e about to stump the country in favor of par- ticipation in the World Court of the League of Nations, as did Woodrow W'ilson, only a few ‘years back. 7 s 1 Better late than never! And far better for the United States, leader of civilization, that we accept our responsibility and contribute our strength to a plan which has for its foundation, at least, the abolishment of wholesale slaughter' ’3 of human beings, in the avowed cause ‘of patriot- ism, to settle disputes bteween nations. ‘ What matters it now, if in the heat of partisan _f_.po'litics our eyes were clouded by the smoke- },’screen of propaganda, three years ago? What ‘Imatters it whether Democrat or Republican is .toyrbe' given the credit of helping to form the League? What matters anything under" Gods ~ heaven, when the Question is whethe'r it is pos- V‘sihl‘euto prevent so fruitless a butchery of FARMER ’ V boa constrictors hanging from trees ready to em-‘ ported; into sober workers; yuan nations with thousands cronies" of, L as w'itnesswthe United States and Canada, live in peace, why cannot the nations onfithis old live in peace? But you say, families, cominuni- ties, states “and nations have. disputes to settle—— surely, but the individual who kills to settle a dispute is a. murderer and the nation which kills to attain the same result is no less. a murderer and should be so appraised in the eyes of the world. - That is the reason for the World Court and the League of Nations is simply the power, the police force, to enforce the mandates and the punishments prescribed by the court. Let those who will scoff at President Harding and the apparent turn—about—face of his admini- stration to the policies proposed by Woodrow Wilson, have their fling. As for TheBusiness Farmer, although steadfast in our belief in the League of Nations, as the best step out of the I pit-fall of future wars, we would rather see/the , United States go in whole-heartedly and with the unanimous approval of our people now, than three years ago, with the mind of the press and the public so divided. ' It takes a braver man to admit he was wrong, than it does to fight blindly on, altho knowing he is wrong! ,\ I - A WISE APPOINTMENT RESIDENT HARDING has appointed Charles Townsend, retiring senator from Michigan, to the chairmanship of the joint—committee which cooperates with the Canadian government in the control of interrelations between the two great nations of the North American continent. The: zealots who have-fought and fostered the Great Lakes—to-Ocean plan, have thus taken new heart, because they believed the last election which deprived them of Senator Townsend as the leader in their fight, was a staggering blow to the rapid progress the plan had been making during the past few years. The new position gives Mr. Townsend even a more direct point' of advantage and citizens of Michigan and the whole northwest, who are so, vitally concerned over the early consumation of this great project will commend the president on his wise selection and appointment. COUN TERFEIT MONEY _ HE secret service has very recently unearthed the most daring and extensive operations of counterfeiters ever discovered in the United States. The operations of this gang have extended from coast to coast and it has been in operation for almost six months un« checked, While the government slueths have been attempting to reach the master—minds behind the gigantic scheme. When the net was finally com- plete, a campaign of arrests was begun which is expected to enmesh a thousand persons, men and ‘ women in all parts of America. Most of the money has been in large\sized bills, principally of $20 denomination. A greater part of it was passed through the illicit whiskey ring. but naturally found its way into countless hands. Sooner or later a part of this money will reach the rural districts, it therefore might not be bad, advice to suggest, that you have your banker look over any considerable amount of currency you are receiving. ’ A “NEW” CONTINENT DISCOVERED springs up in your mind? Roaring lions, charging elephants, crouching tigers or brace you! Or should not one of these animals get,you, from the rank jungle, hideously painted cannibals brandishing feathery shields and poi- soned spears, leap forward to impale you for their evening meal! Is that your Africa? We confess that it was ours until the very recent few weeks while we haIve been following the traveler Newman from Cape .Town to Carlo, which would be somewhat similar to traveling from Panama to Hudson Bay in our own continent. ' From the spot where Stanley found Living- stone, then in the midst of a wilderness as you remember it described in your, geography, mo— tion pictures (which‘cannot lie or exaggerate 'as the Marco Polo’s 'of old were inclined) show a railway station, giant steamships and in the back-ground the tall stalks of the copper min: ' ing companies. 4 ' Copper, gold, zinc, tin, and radium mines that lwill rival the better known diamond :fields fu'r- " ther to the south, in their output of wealth, now are developing the heart of Africa. The fierce cannibal tribes of stanicy’s than. have been me HEN you hear the word “Africa”; what' ' remind you of the sting which these seemingly. ,msm .. ._ silver screen! ‘ " That, is L pictures prove it; w... Millions of acresotjfertile prairie, that have ’ never felt the scratch (it plow; billions of feet of ‘ fine lumber, from mahogany ’to teak-wood; = enough coal to heat the *world for a thousand years; .wator-power, unharnes'sos that could do. j ’ the work of the world! , ; What, open space for ‘the' teeming millions "of .China, india, Japan and‘Enrope to migrate so..- and bring into productiveness. Here is a great continent, once the very— cradle, of civilization, which is almost as undeveloped to-day as was ‘ North before the war of the Million. It may occur to you, too, as you read this that some of our allies in~the great war, knew' something of all this when they divided up Ger- man South Africa. among themselves. Belgium acquired in Africa is twenty times the area of the mother country in Europe. The copper mines Which Great Britain acquired will produce probably more than all ,7 of the copper mines in America combined, and at a cost .of production which may threaten our on copper in the worlds market. ‘ _ Africa. beckons to the adventurous youth of the world, as once did America, and the same type" of sturdy pioneers are hearing her call. - STATE INSTRUCTION FOR MOTHERS you know that 145 babies out of L ' every thousand born in one county in will know why the women leaders in Michigan are backing the Bohn bill, which ratifies the ac- ceptance by the state of the funds provided from the national treasury by the Sheppard—Towner act, for the purpose of instructing prospective- mothers. . If the bill passes the state will- contribute $29,000 which will be met with a similar sum from the national treasury. In every county in Michigan one or more nurses will be provided to help lower the mother and child death-rate. If there is any possible way in which the state and nation can repay the mother for risk- in Michigan died at birth last year, you_ 'ing her, life to furnish its life-blood, thenrlot’ that means to be speedily provided regardless of the cost. There is a time when dollars lose their significance only as a means to an end. This is one of the times! — _ THE “HIRED” HELP AVE you, father, ever been called a "hired man”? Or have you, mother, ever came suddenly into the dining room to hear your mistress telling her guests that you were their “new hired girl”? , If you have ever worked in either capacity for someone else, this little message will not be intended for you. It will not be necessary to simple words have when they come to your cars for the first time, and you realize that you are a “hired man" or a “hired girl”. This message is to the mothers and fathers of growing children, who are in circumstances which permit them to employ extra help on their, farm, whether in the home or in the. fields. It is a plea for the abolition" of the hated words “hired man" and “hired girl” from the vocab- ulary of every farm home. Learn to speak of yOur employed help as your “assistants”——explain it to your children that the work is too heavy .for mother or father and that "John" Or “Clara”, have come to assist you with your work. Teach your children to respect those who are helpinguyou and you will be sur- prised at the result. ' In 'the first place, you will find it easy to keep better employees. There is something so un- American and akin to slavery, about the hated terms "hired man”, “hired girl”, or “servant” that no intelligent and self—respecting American will remain in a place where it or the attitude ' which means the same thing are continually ex- pressed in word or action. . There are no “servants” in. Americaytha'nk God! Servant, means servile, and, we free citi- zens of this great ropublic,all of us, except the parasite and the loafer, are all helpers, Cooper- ating, assisting one another; no matter what our position be in societies stratus. The Agricultural & Business Survey, appears. again this issue on page 29, it Shows the Ltrnnd of change in every phase of business or finance. which reflects .on'agurlculturc. It-looks' like a lot of gig-mags that you ' want togmiss, but once you: find out how much information itcontainsl you ' would not, iniss it for arfarmirr ‘swcetes ‘ : s k7 ‘in the on Africa—46km -' ‘ The land , w’J. i ,« .F . ml Meme. _ . > agent atLogansport, Ind. has .;:Ioi)fed the ranks of these who are ‘ not particularly fond of The Busi- ’ QTWfi ‘9 I811. ~ ' your-farm-Qr-money-back” TEWe assume “that by- this 3.me our the, 'philanth‘mififi' nose Farmer. It is lucky that we‘ do ,..:,not.' reach every farm home in, Mich- »i‘ or Mr. 'McR’ae would have to .:c' ‘ ago some of his tactics in getting " Since our exposition of we have had; any number of letters our readers, not, allof' min paid the ten dollars. but all of - who‘mgot similar letters to those we published in that issue. , i The one that interests us most and should encourage those n who have use Mr. McRae his listing fee, whether 110 or $2, is one dated September let, 1922, and address- " edto a reader at Cloverdale, Mich, Which contains the following para- Ii~ you are looking for a good _ quick cash sale, kindly fill out (the enclosed listing form and ' return it to me with the regular listing fee of $10.00 and I will guarantee to furnish you with a Myer for "your property at your price and terms within 90 days «I will return your.. $10.00 in full. When the deal is-closed yOu pay me 2 per cent commission of the selling pricei In case the first buyer does not buy notify me and I will keep on sending you buyers until you make a deal. _ If Mr. McRae will make this pro- position to every reader who has a farm for sale and will prove to us that he will return the listing fee, if he has not sent a buyer for the farm ' “within 90 days, we will agree that his proposition is perfectly legitimate and he has only erred in the manner in which he has presented it. It seems a little strange however, that in the many form letters, most of them dated later than the one quoted above, we have seen no men- tion of- this very important “sell- guaran- tee. ~ , t I ‘ t t “We are subscribers to your paper and we, too, got a letter from Warren McRae. He ran an ad. in the Alle- gan News for a few weeks and we. were thinking of selling our place so I told my husband that I would answ- ertthe ad thinking that it was a man that wanted a small farm in Mich. ‘and I enclosed an envelope addressed with 2e stamp for reply but instead in a few days we got a letter and ‘some papers to fill and if we would send 310 he would send a buyer and if the first didn’t buy he would keep sending until our .place was sold and then he would return our $10.00. The letter was similiar to the one you printed in the paper but we didn't ' answer and in a few days we got an- other letterstating that for a limited time he would reduce it to $5.00. He is very generous but Ithink he didn’t get any one around Allegan county and we are sorry .for that widow woman that sent her money to him, because it is doubtful if she ever gets it. I see in the Grand Rapids Press that he is running an adv in it for Kent county. I hope nobody falls for him. All we are out is the 2c stamp and I am sorry he got that much. Such people should be pun- ished—Mrs. J. H. P., Allegan Co., Mich.‘ . POOR. HENRY! , Few days pass but what The Busi- ness Farmer receives a letter from some reader who wants to put a pro— _ position up to Mr. Henry Ford. It may be like the one before me, a farmer who owns sixty acres on which he has been paying taxes for years. spin the Minnesota ironere country. It lies in bet-ween the property of a great mining company. Cursed» claims it has been illegal- ly imbued over and now he is - the lining company is going to take out the ore from honest his ' g'l‘hat’s being attacked .rom' . “Tend * use Amid? " his letters _ methods. in the. February 17th ._:Iissue ' Vlmse‘ of months of come! He makes enough mile lions. while his eyes are closed in slumber to relieve half of the finan- cial worries that beset the poor folk. so they come. But, we'h-ave to' advise that about the hardest man in the civilized world to reach with any proposition, philantrophic or busi— ness, is our worthy neighbor, at‘Dear—. born. His personal mail is (larger. ’ti's' said, and his staif of personal secretaries busier than that of the president of the United States. Mr. Ford is a plain man, very hu— .man, emotional and extremely mod- ' est. Yet he represents a. mass. of worldly wealth which attracts to Dearbern the dreamers and the schemers from every corner of the world. Probably most of them are honest in their purpose, but it still remains, that all of them come to get some part of that pile of gold, whether their desire be for much or little of it. They used to say mat "everybody sometime in a lifetime has an over- whelming desire to write a book,” now if this old saw were changed to “everybody some time in a lifetime wants to- put a proposition up to Henry Ford” it would be more truth- fully a statement of fact. TAXES $120 IN 1905, JUMP TO $602 IN 1921. (Continued from Page 3) a club at every turn, .the State In- come Tax,'wou1d have helped, but met defeat last fall. A tax on gaso- line would also bring sorre relief, but some of the city auto clubs, object because the farmers use it to run their farm machinery, (however I never talked with any farmer who objected). Then some propose to tax the weight higher, this plan has met with the objection that the rich ‘ cannot sell their 01" cars to the poor as they could not pay the tax, and it Would not be just to tax an old worn our car with such high tax. Another wants a poll tax of $5, on each voter, I would be glad to see them all pass- ed‘ in order to get something out of those who are now paying no tax, but have‘full use of our roads and schools. Our large manufacturing cities Where wealth is concentrated, are paying millions of dollars in large salaries to people who pay no taxes, but who own and operate large and expensive cars and the tax on real estate must build their roads and schools for their children, they rent city. homes, and the city land lord gets back at them for his high tax by boosting his rents. The farmer has no way of getting back at any one. There is only one war to help the farmer, that is to relieve him of _ some of the burden he is now hear- ing in heavy taxes, and until our national government takes over the roads, our state should take some action at once. There is a way to relieve the real estate tax, which no honest person can robject to. Put a tax of 4 per cent on the selling price of all autoes trucks and vans of all kinds as well as on motor cycles. etc. Thison the selling price when new, then make a reduction of 10 per cent for depreciation for each year the vehicle is run, for five years, after that tax it for 50 per cent of its value new as long as it is run. This 4 per cent could be increased or de- creased as‘the times may require, but at present some of the real estate is paying 7 per cent on an inflated valuation set by out State Tax Com- \mission at a time that was pre—ma- ture for such. an act, and he is not allowed 10 per cent on his property each year for ‘ depreciation. The government is offering him a. Federal ' Loan, but that is like knocking a per- son in-the head with a club and then selling him a plaster. The 'only relief to any one stagger- ing under a heavy load is take part of the load from him. 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"Id; 95 W I/ITmlll/llm& A'SOLID PROPOSITION booend s 7- ,_ ~_ new wall _ , easy ' g 0,. ‘ Butfietqsklmmng wrung-£5 g 3‘... l . milk. links mvyorllizh'unta'enm. ~ 1': For 1113 of All the Family VICKS is good for all cold troubles --common colds, sore throat, bronchitis, catnrrh, coup, mailifis ‘ donned. nan-yum;- mdgfipTheeeu-enllinflnmmations a: write tutti-ea catalog A," s3, M/Ll the nose, throat or lungs. The wmw mm. a. {lilii ‘ ' agrmmzm-Wtrgzrt mm“: . as. . cedar leaf, etc—male. Vick: equally eflective for inflammation of the skin hruiseennd . some. eldnitchingn. Anidenlhousehold «my day- Write to menus“: Ca,Box 1'94 Greensboro, N. C., be} too! ample. ,oBun ._ - ,‘ .— nilssns SERMON EAR Editor: reading M. B. F. for two years and like“ it very much, we find ' lots of information in it too- The only thing we miss is a scripture text, Sermon. We out here in thelwoods feel rather lonesome on account of not having church preveliges. In reading our M. B. F. we also enjoy “What the Neighbors Say” and it is indeed a pitty that we as people of our good America can not cooper- ate together. Where is the democ- racy of our good U. S. A. going to? Our Government is ever ready to fix a price on Farmers Products, as dur- ing the war to cut the high cost of living, but the consumer had to pay very near the same old price for his flour as before. Now today the farmer has to sell his stuff at a. sac- rifice, but who is gaining by it; sure- ly not the consumer? For instance, cattle that farmers sell, from ,3 to 6 cents per pound, how much do con- sumers in cities pay for their beef in butchershops? Who gets the profit, surely not the farmer and the con- sumer! Why can’t we see the pure fabric law passed? The “all-wool” gar- ments we buy nowadays don’t last at all, the best that can be made out of pure virgin wool would be none too good for the consumer. to pass by all means. , Now they talk of reducing the taxes, but we farmers have to pay more every year, how about it? Our government should adopt “Single Tax” (Canadian style) so farmers Would not have to pay a “fine” every time they improve their Farms. Farmers are all anxious to sell out and move to the city. The boys have gone already, who is going to product the nation’s grub in the future under such conditions if this city move can not be stopped? Why can we as a nation not take an example from Europe? It has gone to the dogs just because of oppressing the poor. We read in Luke 13:1-3, “There were present at that season some that told Him of the Galleans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices ‘ ‘ ‘ and Jesus answering said unto them, ‘Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you nay; ut except ye repent, ye shall all likew1se perish.’ " The judgement of God has come upon the old countries, and will unfailingly come upon us unless, ‘ we repent. The heavy tax burdens “‘3‘”? Wm new leaf flies that in V. have to go or we farmers of America will not much longer be able to pro- duce stuff to live. May God guide our leaders and keep our country from disaster. If not, judgement will come as we read in James 5:1-6, “Go now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come up- on you. Your riches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a wit- ness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasurer together for the last days behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth; and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaeth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he does not resist you.” We have felt it our duty to write these words, may the Lord bless them to his glory.—C. S., Oscoda County. STAND UP .FOR HER RIGHTS TEJNK a great deal of your paper and I read it carefully each week. Several weeks ago on the "What the Neighbors Say” page I read the piece written by Mrs. R. 13., Ohio, and I can’t resist writing a few lines‘in answer to it. pity ‘her. I don’t believe in the women vot- ing and I do not vote. I feel that is. for the men, but‘I do believe in “personal freedom." I must say I think Mrs. R. B. has just lost out and right now if she takes my ad- tall We have ‘-'-'"-been‘ Had ought_ Ireally,_ ' .01"; deal-tins should helrself, do her work just to suit her;- se i. now, after being told for 16 years, that she will relive him of the duty to see to it, also from now on t6 use her own butter and cream money also egg. money as she see fit. Tell him kindly but firmly and plain: ly that she means it and stick to it. It may not be pleasant for her fer a time, but she can win out if she has the grit. *Do not quarrel with him or have any angry words. ‘ Kindly tell him just what is what and mean it too. The very idea of his buying her 'dresses.‘ Does she buy machinery for him? Oh no, of course not, she doesn’t know what kind he likes best. He may try a new kind next time. How about the dresses, she might like a change too and surely the liberty of getting just what you want and being suited is worth a lot, and if ever you have. any rights - while you are young enough to en- . joy them and use them the time is right now. What they have earned together is hers as much as his. Suppose she, not being used to hav- ing her own money, does make a few mistakes in buying. He, I know, has not always hit the market just right. It is worth something to try and to feel you really live and not just simply exist. Get your nerve up and stand up for yourself, don’t cry or scold. He will honor you twice as much for being his equal. Now as to a way to go to church. Are. not the horses as much hers as his? I say yes. want one to drive and have it, or if you can’t, just hire someone to take you and let him pay the bill a few times. He will soon see it is cheap- er and sounds better to take you yo .self. Now I am a farmer’s wife have always lived on a farm. I have been married 24 years. We always talk things over and work together. I have never asked for a horse and been refused, but I never ask when I know they are busy; in fact I have a horse of my own. He always works my horse and I never inter- fere but when I need him I say so. I always sell my eggs and cream and we use the money the same as when. he sells grain or stock. If he did not then I would keep the egg and. butter money for my own self but I think it better to work together, but equal rights I shall have. . I have always worked in the field and do yet. I d0‘ndt believe in either one being the boss. I have no children. He goes where he likes to sales, all men enjoy them. I‘ go where I, wish. We do not always think alike—far from it—but we compromise and I‘ think any man thinks more of his wife if be under- stands she is his equal. I do not belive in parting or di- vorces but can say Mr. R. B. should have changed his ways long ago. If he loves her as he should the mother of his children he will see his mistake and gladly make right the wrong she has endured. If not," quit. The world is wide and there is room for us all. The days of tyranny are past. What‘good time is she having, to alawys live on an uncertainity, never know whether she can go anyWhere or do a‘nything unless he says so.- This is what I think. What do the other readers say?—~“Mollie Brown," Michigan. THE FARMERS’ TROURLEH )V- ERPRODUUI‘ION ‘ HE woes of our farmers are chief-' ly due to the same cause that has deranged our... coal mining industry. To many are in the game, causing overproduction. The great rise in theprice of land, which has doubled, and in some cases trebl- ed and quadrupled, in the last ten years, proves this. If the poor and remote farms and mines (which com- :prise over one-fifth of the total) were «abandoned, it would encourage the others'to produce to capacity. insur- ing bigger crops at lower cost. and it » would release a lot of first class labor to other industries. in,- and now she will manageit to suit ‘ A She sure must know how ,by' Tell him you ' ._. 4" r .4! . r «— _ -....-._____. -. . . suitable furs for. wearing \ ' and peoples. ‘ \ I-NCE the creation of the world and man’s inhabitance upon the earth, the first clothing worn 'Was that of furs. Man’s efirst ch01ce of wearing appearel‘ has been passed ’down through generations and _has been in continuous use by all nations (ince the rapid advanCe of civ111 zatSion, those wild animals that bear purposes, .are very fast becoming extinct, and today the trapper must of necessny, look elsewhere for profitable income. Furs of all species are in constant demand throughout the whole world. I believe no other industry in this 'NorthWest country promises such profitable returns as may be realized from the domestication of fur bear- " nimals. mgl ashall speak principally of the demestication and production of the standard bred silver fox flur. Th1s fur, exclusive of the Russ1an sable, which cannot successfully be‘raised in the United States, is of a distinct— ive class, and cannot be successfully imitated. For this reason its pelt lS capable of procuring very profitable results for the rancher. . , Silver and black foxes are clasS1fied into four distinct types, depending on the quantity of silver tipped guard hairs present in the, pelt. The classes are designated as black, .dark silver, medium silver and light Silver. All types are necessary on the aver— age ranch. The demand at present is for dark and medium pelts and these are produced largely by_ mat- ing black animals with light Silvers. Muéh care and thought is given to V the mapping out of a definite breed— ing program on the large ranches. Most of the northern states are ad- mirably adapted for fox raismg. The - humid, cool atmosphere in the north— ern states makes a dense, dark pel- age on fur animals that always com- mands top prices in the fur markets. In addition, the entire region poss— esses a wealth of lakes, marshes and rocky, hilly, timbered lands unfit for cultivation, but furnishing unequall- ed sites for the prospective fur farm- er. Early, breeders thougl‘t that foxes. would not do well in captivity unless ranched in secluded spots. This has been disproved by the phenomenal successes of American ranchers, most of whom operate in thickly settled communities. It would, of course be inadvisable to build a ranch immed- iately adjacent M a large factory along railroad or trolley tracks or in the heart of a city. Ranches may be built on the outskirts of villages and towns, along rural highways or within a reaSonable distance of farm buildings without danger of creating unfavorable conditions. \ The chosen ranch site should, first of all, be. carefully considered from the drainage standpoint. Fox pens should be erected on a well-drained piece of high land.‘ Foxes will not do well in aswampy hallow, where the soil stays damp for long periods. Disease breeds readily in dampuloca- tions of this character. Clay or heavy black loam top—soil should be avoided. If possible, \choose a loca— tion with a clay subsoil and a gravel or sand top—soil. Many ranchers make the mistake of placing too much stress on the shade requirements of a fox farm site. Proper soil and drainage are and should be foremost. Some of the most successful ranchers have discovered that foxes kept in pens erected in the open have been re— markably free from disease. This is undoubtedly due to the fact that dis— ease, germs cannot exist in soil sub— jest to the direct burning rays of the sun. - Considering the value of the ani- mals, guard fences, pens and kennels are comparatively inexpensive. Frame works can be built of cheap *TliefiemarkableGrowth of Fur Farming; DR. 0. B. SHORE lumber left in the rough or of the best, carefully fitted and painted. In building a large ranch it will pay to lessen depreciation by using high grade materials. Wire should al- ways be the best obtainable. The size and shape of breeding and rearing pens differ considerably ac— cording to the area and physical characteristics of the site. The di- mensions of pens very from 90 feet in length by 30 feet in width to 30 feet in length by 10 feet in width. Height depends on the average snow— fall. The pen should be high enough to permit an average sized man to walk around in same without stoop- ing. Allowance must be made for depth of snow. In some ranches pens are laid end to end and side by side across the ranch, pens and alleys detached or separated by alleys from two to ten feet in ’width. A successful breeder has experi— mented with various types of fox kennels or dens. After giving them thorough and conscientious trials he has found that a simple double ken- nel with separate entrances will suf- fice. The remarkable record of 2 1-2 to 3 1-2 pups average to the pair on his ranches would indicate that his adopted style of kennel is far super— ior to any other. His kennels are double walled and are placed on a block foundation two or three inches from the ground, thus insuring warmth and dryness. The roof is hinged and serves as a lid. The kennel is divided into two separ- ate compartments with covered chute entrances approximately four feet long inclining from the kennel open— ing to the ground. The breeding season on the fox ranch lasts from late January to March. The gestation period is ap- proximately fifty-one days. This period, together with the early rear- ing or pupping season, constitutes the most critical time of the year on the fox ranch. As a rule, the animals are mono— gamous, the dog rarely mating with more than .one female. Segregated pairs must be carefully watched dur- ing the breeding season. and if har— mony does not prevail, the Vixens are paired with new mates, the object being to produce a litter of fox pup- pies in every den if possible. The litter ranges in numbers from one to nine, the average on many of the ranches being 2 1—2 to 3 1—2 which is remarkable. Males are left with the mother and young. They take care of their share of the par— ental duties and are absolutely nec- essary in the pen for the first few days after the young are born, as the vixen relies largely on her mate to carry food to her. Fox puppies are blind for the first two weeks of their existance. They grow rapidly and usually appear out— side the kennel when one month old. Within a short time they learn to lap milk from a basin and when two months old include solid foods in their diet. The mother fox will wean them when three months old. Fox puppies attain sufficient size and fuality of pelt by the first of Decem- ber following the month in which they were born that they may be pelted at that time. Even if the price of breeding stock be brought to one—half or'less of its present level, and pelts bring only $100 apiece, there will be left enough profit to make the industry worth , while. An open invitation is extended by many breeders during the summer months, to visit their ranches. Some raise, besides hundreds of pairs of silver foxes, deer, buffalo, raccoon, wolves, different species of birds, and German police dogs. ' “Everything. comes to him who waits ThBunir',‘ herehis sometthting silicker. e an w 0 goes a or wrat he wan Gets it a darn Sight quicker.” ts De Luxe Th Finest Fox Cubs in U.S. pelts from $300.00 to $1,000.00. 1 9 2 3 cubs. promptly. and then assure your success. ing you ever experienced. Get Rich Raising Foxes, We (/Show You How---We Start You Right The money you can make in raising foxes, if you get the right start—— the right help, advice and co-operation, is so enormous when compared to ordinary farming, as to be almost unbelievable. cubs of our quality bring from $2,000.00 a pair up to $5,000.00. Single $500.00 to $1,000.00,——but our installment payment blan takes care of that—your profits will soon start you on the road to a fortune.\ De Luxe Silver Black Fox Ranch is owned and operated by men who have had years of experience. Qual— ity has been our slogan and as a result we have breeding stock that is second to none in the United States. We are now booking orders for Our supply will be limited, so we advise writing to us We are fully equipped to care for your foxes, breed them . to unrelated stock, help you sell your offspring, get you started right Write for full particulars today, if you want to get into the most profitable and fascinating kind of farm- De Luxe Silver Fox Ranch, Manistee, Mich. Six months old fox It takes some capital to start—— Don’t Send One Can t! 2 absolutely sensational shoe bargains! don't take our word for it and don't send on penny. Let us ship your choice on approval 3 our riskwnot yours! styles at $2.50 and $3.00 elsewhere. If not the gest values in America today, just send them Meg‘s (an wax leather work blucher built on wide, roomy last with solid grain leather insole: and combination oak and toughen! green chrome leather outsoles. No. 5000. Sizes 6 to 12. Price . . . . . . .$1.93 game style as above in black for boys. Wonderful bargain. o. 8810. Sizes 1 to 55. Price . . . . . .$l.83 Special value in Little Cenls' (an blucher. No. 8870. Sizes 9 to 13;. Price . . . . . .$1.83 ‘on arrival. Try shoes on. If not satisfied, return them ACT QUICK! Don‘t put of? sending. Order while stock lasts. No money—jun give name} _ _ - Pay only our smashed bargain price and pounce and we refund your money instantly. ’ Address, number of shoe and size wanted. But Compare with simila . See what a bargain we offer in this men's excellent Illi grain leather Scout Shoe. Built with solid grain leather insole: and genuine oak leather outsoles. Wonderfully comfortable and really an astounding value. No. 0966. Sizé§ 6 lo 12. Price. ......... .$l.9% Same model as above In Boyn' sizes l lo 5%. Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.83 _ No. 9660. L i t t l e Gents’, size: 9 to 13%. Price . . . . . . . . . , . . .. ‘ Get the right start by choosing Rest is- land Superior Quality Hilverh‘oxes for Your foundation stock. Proliiic breeders. “Expert Service to Customers” our mot- to. Visit our ranches or write for prices and FREE descriptive booklet. Rest Island Silver F ox Co. 7 = Lake City, Minn. I ‘ - ArlhurSchleichel Sec. & Mgr Here is the greatest money saving sale‘ you ever heard of. Prices cut to the bone on Fiancee, V. Gates. Steel Posts, Roofing and Paint. GET BROWN’S FACTORY PRICES ‘ Don": spend a cent until you got my prices. You ll be surprise when you compare with others. Remember I pay freight and sell only ‘5 direct from my factories to you. ‘ 104-PAGE BOOK , i or BIG BARGAINS The create 1: b l ' Every pa all: ligandlnlizogi‘o:evyef £393.35} during this d ' m... .asrroawasmrmmm- 390mm mi I Don’t Weara Truss BE COMFORTABLE—— Wear the Brooks Appliance, the modern scientific invention which gives rupture sull'crs immediate relief. It; has'no obnoxious springs or pads. Automatic Air Cushions bind and draw together the brok- en parts. N0 salvcs or plasters. Durable. Cheap, Sent; on trial in prove \Korfth. :ieware ofk iI‘nitu ions. mo or ram—mar )ear- ‘ ing portmit and signature of U. MR- 0- E- "WK F1. Brooks which appears on every Appliance_ None other genuine1 Full information and book- ‘ let sent free in plain. sealed envelope. ' . 463G -. Brooks Appliance C0» Marsha‘iiaifn‘iiz. “W” ONE YEAR TO PAY. V 3 [he Billie SK44- fingers was? new BUTTERFLY 5mm... . lifetime dust defects in material and war r - manslnp. ado also in tour larger size: up to No. 6 1-2 shown here; sold on 30 DAYS' FREE TRIAL a plan whereby they ea own coat -‘I and more by what they save. Postal bring: Free > ‘ "Folder. Buy from the manufacturer .1 8-78 money . ( l) ‘ monument CO. 22 60 Marshall ll. mt H Raise Silver Foxes~ Most Profitable Livestock We sell outright or for monthly: payment: within youruci. ’ Write ' $1.vaqu at ‘ Guarantee Every Pair est crop return. Ith‘. On the better farms you always find implements of the highest type—Tbecause they assure the modern angculturIst long and eflicient service and the great- Then Why not assure yourself of the greatest possible use of your feet by pro- tecting them, your health, and pocket- book by always demanding-t-eGrief De- fying ROUGE REX SHOESaF or Wear. and Comfort for Dad and Son! HIRTH-KRAUSE co. Shoe Manufacturers and Tanners GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN All Under this Head ioeleI'Word. pel- len- FARM AND LANDS ‘ . IIGHIGAN FARM. .0 ‘1‘oo GETS so can 25 bu. beam, {112 pod 110 bu. “a on lgT. sugar beets to here; ecbooh, m as: convmien B. R. town; cIty “; 70 tell-es tillable,_wire—fenced m urns. , peach “kWh—can S-m hem. ea. '85; , 7 0-K. hue- unable to operate ‘I, ry. Owner ‘1 e m 3 horses, Ioo hens, vehicle, tools. 2' , straw, eon. eats. rye, what in- 1' if rattled noon. Details page 19 Free (hurls: Barrim. Just out. BTBQUT 11‘, ARM AgCY. {2 KJ Marquette Bur , .' v , ois. him FARM LOCATED IN CALHOUN O mile from Battle Creek; large burn W h, like, hot of fences; one of thebeet E" has in miles; bat of market facilities; on. oil to work tam, must sell; this has m an excellent money-making farm; can" we invite Inspections. Ad- fi‘: 1. nboonr'r, Bancroft, MIch. DOLLAR AN ACRE—LET ME TELL ouhgw to obtain 40 to 640 acres of valuable tun land in Gladwm county, Mich” gt 1 per core each year for 4 years wrthout Intel'- 5 car mortgage.“ 50’. Interest. U. tREYNOLDg. Gladwm, Mich. LE CHEAP 18 ACRES WITH FRUIT also lot of berries, land good, t M . good insid the limits of this e1 . g" other figmm°n J. HEARD, email, . 40 FARM LAIID coo-endflouu mood (or mutant sell. Inquire BOX 232, cars Met. , 120 sentencing-en on: use eesror “MK -. an or her mlfletobixieHIh- l‘ echo. 0 mill! from 59- ‘ at n. %. mphnsosf‘ tag-Mn. Mich. , ’ mom: FAII. STOCK AND '5‘ " I’rtznulare write owner MIN- sr . m“... .... ..- . .. A" ~ ; AID a “laughs? unoAIu an 8“ MDT. &' $ ‘2: be Miran-es m - pay—h. lagoon. Executor, mum . Irv 1&0" ran. mean my bed. shunting. HOUR . OF 000. Wanamw I. Busmtss rInIIEIIs ExcmuI MARRIED MAN TO WORK A L agsakiaml county, on shares. A’RGE FARM the noun . rich level land bordering on a beeu‘ lake, with e house i' 10%; “twigs: hd- . e or nan " or- chard pleasant place to live. Owner Inn and necessarily silent much of the time therefore the tenant must be the t man ob- tains 1e. Must be able and willing to work every and not down on the )0 has every possible equipment, even to tree r. Owner will furmsh up to 30 cowl for . Tenant not required to furnish tin; his own_ automobile. Contract for any ear with Eu 9 of live. General farming on dairyinz. u i): ginpelled anguish! ' refer- n , n , on u 1 Mi nd to 11.13 a mu I am farmer. ‘. leekymiroéieadd at w e go , ' 705. °" ' you are a hustler and °‘-‘€. brim? "m °° n Woodward ignite. Detroit, Michigan. WAHTED POSITION—OUR 8000388?" firm 86 gun at . widower, nLo giant '1‘ is man honest and I hfid . (5mm U. 01 Hifi. and e RENZEN, Akron. Lancaster PE. B. WE PAY 8200 MONTHLY SALARY. FURN- hh antii expenses to intrrglfgfi our (salvaged {sultry an stock erders. 882, Springfield, ll. ER DANY’ WANTED——TWO 'BIIGLE MEN T won farm. Good on ' 'ents. M I '1' H E L 3., Holly. Michigan. Bell Phone our-21. nine in 17. PLANTS AND SEEDS ITIAWIERIY PLAI‘I")I FOR SALE. c Duh‘péfien a 60 'eu 815°; " )- mthti‘mglid. Pm‘ OBET J. to , l r STRAWBERRY PLANTS FOR BALE—GEN. 3.50'per 1000. Gibm’l 84.50 per M. vurietiu. Also on “gig! ram) sumr. 124 BEHA- eh. \ . oernrlen causes woun:n,o§17£ first. “at We... garment-sag whwlin IeLl m‘ren run. lea vs. D FIN QIERTIFIED wetvgnme OATg-fllctg. arm. ciinton, ma. H ’ wood l EAR Niece’s and Nephews: Did you ever hear of a tree called the “cow tree?” There is such a tree and it grows in South America on the broad barren plateaus of‘Ven- ezuela. 'The sap of this tree re- sembles milk both in taste and ap- pearance, and, is not only wholesome naturalists who have examined it. It is said to be not very dinerent from rich cream aside from a slight balsamic flavor. The trees often grow to a height or one hundred feet and have no branches within less than eighty feet of the ground. The If a hole is boredor any sort of a wound made on the bark, the milk- like fluid will commence to flow and continue for days until it coagulates at the mouth of the wound and forms a waxy substance which prevents further flow. I would like to see one of these trees, wouldn't you?'——- UNCLE NED. OUR GIRLS AND BOYS Dear Uncle and Cousins: I wrote a letter last fall, and seeing it in print, I thought I would write again. When I wrote Iask the boys and girls to guess if I was a boy or a girl. by my name, Leslie. I said it they guessed correctly I would write them a long letter. I received about. fif— teen answers of.which some were right and some were not. . I am now corresponding with five or six of them. Well, as my friend and I want go skiing I will close with a few rid- dles. How many peas in a pint? Answer: One p. What is the com— monest put-up job you know of? Answer: Paper on the wall. Why does a tall man eat less than a short one? Answer: Because he makes a , little go a long way. What kind of a cape does a prisioner like best? Answer: Es cape. Where can all the Words of our last foolish conversa— tion be found? Answerz’ In a. die-- tionary. Patch upon patch and has seams. Answer: Cabbage. Well I guess it is too late to go skiing now. so I guess I will close for sure. Your cousin and niece, Miss Leslie Hillard, Cadillac, Mich., R. No. 2, Box 69. ————q . Dear Uncle Ned: I was out to my grandpa’s Feb. 19th and got inter- ested in reading the Children's Hour in M. B. F. This ‘is the first time I have ever written you a letter. I am twelve years of age and in the sixth grade. I have six blocks to go to school and live right on the river bank. I have two sisters, one eleven years old and the other four years old. How many Valc .Itine- did you get? I got between one and twelve, and the one that guesses how many I got I will write a letter to. We just posted our Africa. maps and are about .to take up the study of Aus- tralia. My father is the general delivery groceryman in St. Louis. I use to live one a farm one mile and half west of Forrest Hill. We had sixty acres of land, and believe me we used to raise crops. We have a "farm two miles south of Elm Hall now but I live in St. Louis. My dad has a different car or farm nearly every day. Well I guess I had bet— ter close for this time—Clayton J. Anderson, St. Louis, Michigan. Dear Uncle Ned: I see by the M. B. F. that I am not the only silent read- er of your paper. My father is a. reader and subscriber of the M. B. F. and likes it real well, especially the article about Henry Ford. I thought Iwouldwrlteetewlinee tonightasl just took a notion to write a letter. I just Wonder if this letter will es— cape the waste basket. I don’t see many letters in the M. B. F. from here. I am sweet sixteen, and have five sisters and one brother. I am the oldest and . my youngest sister was a week old last' Friday. The answer to the riddle at L. D. Biddle is,aflntlron. Sey,Ilikethepeem about "The Wood Box." I don't I have to help new i‘. and I don’t like that well. I haven’t lowed any tor over two weeks, on account I was. sickeweeknndtheothee until“ .99 I BeFIUQdDNengaQ . jgzlaltttnttiiel ‘ “ah-93h . “a . but nourishing as well, ..ccording to bark of the tree is generally mooth. \ have to help. any in the wood but. to be a long letter. you and the cousins. Your Miss Trace] Sweeney, Cadillac, Mich: . R. R. No. -2. Dear Uncle Ned: This is my first time writing to you I am a girl 0116, I’ll be 17 May 20th. I have dark hair and eyes. I are five toot tall and have passed the 9th grade. I signed for the Michigan Business Farmer ‘ just ‘last summer and I like it very. much. I am writing t1 :1 girl in Lansing. I found her address in M. B. F. I like her very much. I will tell you her initials and ii! you guess ,. her name I shall write another letter (E. P.) Will some of the nieces and nephews write me, a letter, please? Your Barker, Route No. 3, Box 102, St. Louis, Mich. -—-—-—4 Dear Uncle Ned: I have never written before. May I join your merry circle? I enjoy reading the "letters in the Children’s Hour. I am .nine years of age and in the sixth grade at school. Well, I will tell you about our valentine day at school although my letter is a‘little late, the old saying is “better late than nev- er.". We had valentine cookies and pop corn. I got twenty-nine valen— tines and my brother got nine. We are writing a composition about George Washington. Who ever has the neatest one gets a prize. No one got the prize yet. Please, some of the girls and boys, write to me.——— Ruth Pobanz, Owendale, Michigan, R2, Box 59. ' Dear Uncle Ned: I have read the - M. B. F. so long I thought I would write to you. I am 6 ft. 4 in. tall. I have a light complexion and brown hair and blue eyes. My age is be— tween' 12 and 16. Any one guessing my age will receive a'nice long letter from me as I love to. write letters. My birthday is on July 22. I live on a 160-acre farm. We. have ,8 cows, 2 pigs, 2 horses and 4 sheep. ‘ I have one sister and 3 brothers at My sister is 11. Her name is 'Amy. My oldest brother iS' 17. His name is Harold. One is 15. His name is Carl and the third one is 6 years old. His name is Leon Graves. Well, I guess this is enough for now, so will close with a few riddles. Why is a caterpillar like a pancake? Answer: Because its the grub that makes'the butterfly. What is the key of good manners? Answer: B natural. See who can guess this one. Why is an important Young lady likes. music book? I will tell the answer in my next letter if no one guesses it. Will close hoping to hear trom some of the boys and girls. Will answer everyone I can. I re- main Your niece, Miss Mario Graves, R. 1, Box 88, Manton, Mich. home. Dear Uncle Ned: I suppose you will be very much surprised to hear from 'me as I have not written for so long. I am a girl 14 years old and in the seventh grade at school. I go to the Greenwood school on the M-10 trunkline road. My father and mother take the M. B. F. and- like it fine. I have one sister. Her name is Muriel. I live on 'a farm of 160 acres. We have 7 horses, 8 cows. 10 calves and 85 chickens. We have a thoroughbred Shorthorn Sire and 2 thoroughbred pigs and 1 little pigs. My eddy shipped two large pigs whic weighed 620 pounds. I think that is‘pretty good for pigs at 7 months old. We haVe a creek that runs through our farm and in the winter it is covered with ice and my cousin comes over and goes skating with my sister and I. We go coast— ing down the hill in trout of our house. My grandmother, who is a widow, is staying with he thisvinter. We girls like her to tell us stories about when she' was young. [For pets I have a cat named 'mm" and two kittens. 71 helm my daddy milk and my eietoryrashee the dishes res-nether. .Itieprettyeoldferm ta ‘0 but to milk ~ guess I must close as this I3 getting , Best wisheswto' “ “ loving niece.—Louess Irene v. ; ‘s. " " I lovely. ’at everybody loves it. , tested by ‘VFOVURNSEASONS. ‘ t ' INTER, the time"- of year, ’at most everybodydreads, is near- ; ly'past. In, a few days it’ll be spring. Spring. is so beautiful ‘an' ' ' Flow- ers begin to bloom in springtime an' folks al’us say “Ah spring is the mast [beautiful time of the whole year-3" ' , I 'Mebbe 'tis, mebbe not, it’s jest as we look-at it, what’makes it beautiful or not; .T‘hespringtime sure is a love- __ ly time. Summer comes rightafter the spring an’ who can say ’at sum- .mer isn't a lovely time? An’ then « when Autumn comes—0h Boy— ' } she’s a lovely time too. Leaves all ; turned to gold, walnuts an’ hickory nuts fallin"——the season's comin’ to "an end when autumn comes. Spring, summer, fall an’, winter—somehow you know I like ’em all. Sometimes I think spring .best—a—young 'life jest startin’ out~—-so it is with humanity. Springtime—etime of love an’ every- thing. Summer—gittin’ together an’ life is all lovely, green like the grass, flowers kinda growin every place—nothin quite like love in the summer time. An' then comes Au- * tumn—leaves are turnin’ yeller— golden they are an’ in our lives we see life in a more serious form. Many of our young folks have decid— ed to marry, now—good luck go with them, and may God help them. Well, alright—I like the season’s jest as- they come. I watch men- as they go through the different stages—spring, fall, winter—an’ all I see— men that “have entered into the—well, we’ll call it the winter of life—hair gray, mebbe white, no matter, they give up ——,the gray hair makes ’em old an’ then they become just grouchy ol’ cusses—you know what I mean? When a man begins to think Winter has come into his life he‘s just ’bout all alone. An’ I’m talkin’ of women jest as much as I am of men. Women git old——'—they feel, talk, an’ act old. Yes, even in our life time, winter is not so bad. Look with me if you will, at the man or woman, silver- white hair that shames the snow— drifts but with a smile that matches the flowers of spring. Yes, they are in the Winter of life, and could make .it somber an’ very disagreeable “but they don’t. God bless the man or woman, with silver-white hair that still sees the “sunshine of life—~that sees the beauty of it all—those who have sympathy for, an’ mingles with the young. To them there can be no real winter—there is no winter to any of us unless we look through gray an’ wint’ry eyes. Oh yes, my friends, I love the springtime ’cause everything speaks of new life; but I also love the summer fall an’ winter - ——not only of the seasons but of life itself, an’ of all the seasons I think the winter jest? the best—’specially if ~. we try to make the winter season—— whether of life of natur’ the best season. Are you linvin in spring, summer, fall or winter? An' are you makin. the most of your seasons? ——Cordially yours, Uncle Rube. THE TRUTH ABOUT HENRY FORD (Continued from page 9.) Mrs. Edison and Mrs. Ford" are to be the only two women on this ex— ecutive memorial board. At the beginning of the European war Mrs. Ford leased Oughtrington Hall, in Chestshire Township, Eng- . land, a short distance from War— wick, where her mother was born. She equipped it as a home for Bel- gian refugees;_one h'undred at a ‘time were clothed, fed and sheltered there. As they found friends, rel— atives or work was secured from the London clearing house. Teach- ers were employed for the children; a school room was furnished: out- door tennis courts v’fere covered and heated for a supervised playground. Tailoring and other trades were taught, the refugees. Among themp 'was a Catholic priest, and a. chapel Was equipped in which he said mass and held other services. Wonderful - results were accomplished, as is at— letters and documents from the” Lord Mayor and others.‘ After the armistice the furniture " J i and equipment; Were sold and the proceeds placed with the Manchester ‘ - efFun‘d toabzut‘ised- by ‘ goodness, makes her immensely pop- V_December 31 the exchange had an maturing capital ‘or $31,000 and a Simon. is inscribed: um" ~ pan-is nannies et Carats.” Mrs. Ford’s most intimate friends are those she knew ’ingirlhood or before the advent; of automobiles. Her poise and culture, her innate ular. Her judgement and clear in- tellect have been of" untold value to her gifted husband. Their ideal home life is a. happy demonstration that love does not dwell only in a ‘ cottage. The following incidents somewhat indicates her tastes. ' Shortly before the holidays in 1920, while she was .shopping in New York, the clerk of a Fifth Ave- nue shop aSke'd her to inspect the Duke of Hamilton’s silver service. It; weighed seventeen hundred pounds, and was heavily. crestedn‘ “It had been sold to a young mid-west- ern manufacturer to match his din- ing-room set, also purchased from the Duke’s estate. ‘fWould Mrs. Ford care to place an order for similar silver?” . ' She has a vivacious and cordial smile. “I have no ambition to col— lect heirlOoms of royalty,” she re- plied. “My resources are needed elsewhere.” The undau-nted clerk produced a short string of pearls, each as large as a hazel nut. “Only a half mil- lion dollars,” he urged suavely, as he laid them on the black velvet square to accent their creamy sheen and luster. Mrs. ’Ford shook her head. "At home I have the finest jewels in the world," she remarked, as she con— cluded her purchases. “Nothing you have on sale can equal them.” The Fords have a son; his home is ten miles east of Detroit, in Grosse Pointe on-Lake Sainte Claire, near the point where it joins the Detroit River. The Henry’ Ford estate is ten miles west of the city on. the Rouge, which also flows into the Detroit River. A private tele- phone wire connects Mr. Ford’s, study with, his son’s; a private wire connects Mrs. Ford’s bedroom with the sleeping porch of her grand- children, Henry II and Edsel junior, chubby, golden—haired, blue—eyed cherubs. 'Like the Athenian mother, Mrs. Ford says: “These are my jewels.” - THE FARMERS’ TROUBLE—OV- PRODUCTION (Continued from Page 16.) of farmers and increases the number and buying power of farmers’ cus- tomers. Any substantial reduction of freight rates can be made (until we have government ownership) only by bankrupting the roads of beggaring their employes. Lending money or giving credit to nations ,whose credit is exhausted to enable them to buy our surplus is practically making them a present of it. If our lawmakers really want to get our farmers more money for their creps, several nations have lately .shown them a sure way to do so. The Jap— anese government, by taking control of the silk crop, has nearly doubled the price of raw silk in two years. Brazil has done the samething with coffee. England is now doing like— wise with rubber and tea. As this country takes 75 per cent of silk, coffee, and rubber that these nations exporf, and they in turn take most of our surplus wheat, cotton, etc., it wouldn’t seem unfair if‘our govern— ment, by taking control, made them pay enough for our wheat and cotton, at least, to give our farmers a slight margin of profit—J. Tierney, Illinois FARMERS’ EXCHANGE SHOWS REMARKABLE RECORD EGINNING with a borrowed working capital of $5,000 in 1900 the.Eastern Shore of Vir- ginia Produce Exchange at Onley, Va,, which is compdsed of farmers on the narrow strip of land separating Chesapeake“ Bay from the Atlantic Ocean, has built up a business that is a conspicuous example of success- ful farmer cooperations in the opin- ion of the United States'Department of Agriculture. In 922, total sales aggregated more the. $9,000,000. A profit of $57,000 w made,’of which $39,000 was distributed as patronage dividend and the remainder carried at surplus. At the close of business n: "of-3.265 000 ‘ l , ill, I N. ./1- ‘4 L, 2 j Balanced b V 7,;3V 0 o A I . Fertilizer l ERTILIZERS are used to increase crops and profits. The right kinds «. and amounts of plant food make profits 3 by reducing the cost of production of a unit of crop, by improving the quality, and by increasing the yield. One-sided fertilizers may be unprofit- able. Today Potash is the cheapest ingredient used in fertilizers, even cheaper than before the war. If one Wishes to increase the number of units of plant food in a fertilizer, German Potash will do it for the least money, and at the same time balance the other ingredients so that the value of them may be more fully secured. For GRAIN and CORN use a fertilizer with 6 to 8 per cent of Potash; for root crops and truck use 10 per cent. It is always safe to use at least as much Potash as Phosphoric Acid. SOIL & CROP SERVICE, POTASH SYNDICATE H. A. HUSTON, Manager New York POTASH 42 Broadway DEMAND PlllAIl B All mun Positively Best Flour Money ‘— Can Buy.“ - ~ FLOUR I, A Trial Bag will prove it! \lHE NEW ERA M‘LuNB [L0r Manufactured by The New Era Mllllng 00., Arkansas Clty, Km a ARKANSAS CITY. KAN 2 J. W. HARVEY & SON, CentralStates Managers, | l\IARION. IND. ‘ Make the First Cost the Only Cot The value of a good silo reaches its greatest height in a Kalamazoo Glazed Tile Silo because the superior quality of Kalamazoo Tile means perfect ensilage. Stockraising and dairying are by far the most profitable types of farming. and silage is unques- tionably the most economical feed for livestock and dairy cattle. W Tile and Wood Silos Our Glazed'l‘ile 31105 are everlasting—decay—proof, storm- proof, vermin-proof ; Will not burn or blow down; save repair and paint bills. ‘ Three dead air spades make perfect insu- lation against cold. heat. dampness. 00 Tile it made from selected quality clay in our own planth in thecenter of the finuttile clay district. our Wood Stave Silos have stood the cut of so years. We are Ameria’l monger- lilo builders. All Kalamazoo Sila- nre fitted with continuous door frames of galvanized angle steel. Sud (or our free book of silo information. The Kalamazoo. Plan Get the facts about Kalamazoo Tile and our" building- service—drawings and blue print. to fit requirements. Write for hm (guy cmme ion of the Mod:- him Pi... Adan. , m. KALAMAZOO TANK & mo mum Ham“ 1396) i we r'nou m. BALLAD on'nnsnme anon r.* By Oscar '"Wilde. N Debtor’s Yard the stones ar ’- .hard, . - ” And the dripping wall is high, _ So it was there he took ‘he air Beneath the leaden sky, ' And by each side a Warder walked, For fear the man might die. 1" II It Or else he sat with those who watch- , ed . His anguish night and day; V’Who watched him when he rose to weep, And when he crouched to pray; Who watched him, lest himself should rob Their scaffold of it’s prey: II t s For oak and elm have pleasant leaves That in the spring-time shoot; But grim to see is gallows—tree, With it’s adder—bitten root, And, green, or dry a man must die Before it bears it’s fruit. ‘ Ill # 1| It is sweet to dance to violins When Love and Life are fair; To dance to flutes, to dance to lutes Is delicate and rare; But it is not sweet with nimble feet To dance upon the air. 3 t t I know not whether Laws be right, Or whether Laws be wrong; All that we know who lie in gaol Is that each day is like a year, A year whose days are long. SI # It The vilest deeds like poison weeds Bloom Well in prison air; It is only what is good in man That wastes and withers there; Pale Anguish keeps the heavy gate, And the Warder is Dispair. “’OMEN HAVE MUCH TO LEARN HE editor of this page recently T had an interview with former Senator Eva M. Hamilton of Grand Rapids. She says that wo- men have much to learn in politics, that, “In the first place they do not back each other as they should, that they allow personal feelings to come in and befog the issue, that women are much inclined to be jealous of each other in politics and it being a new game in the hand of amatuers an unseemly scramble for honors is the result.” This desire to be the standard bearer among the women active in politics and the quite general indif- ference of the majority of women does leave much to be desired and yet a review of the bills that have been passed thru womens efforts and the constructive legislation that is under consideration gives the stud- ent of these matters much hope. From its organization, the Nation— al League of Women Voters has be- lieved in and worked for the removal of' all unfair discriminations against women, under the law. In less than three years, sixty-three laws in twenty-six states have been secured to this end, largely through League effort. The greatest single federal disability left after women were giv- en the franchise, has been removed and the citizenship of married women made as independent of marriage as is the citizenship of men. The League believes in, and works for, also, protective legislation which the experience of the world has shown to be needed for the good, not of women only, but of the race. Be— cause we believe that women need a kind of protection which men do not need, we have worked for minimum wage laws, mothers’ pensions, the 8—hour day for women in industry, the Sheppar—Towner law, and other measures necessary to safe—guard the future physical well—being of the race through proper consideration for potential mothers. ' If you are interested in the work that the National League of Women Voters is doing write to the head- quarters, 25 Traction Building, Peru, Indiana, for pamphlets telling of it’s work. Write for Specific Bills for vSpecific Ills and enclose 10c. 'It is . interesting reading. GLAD 0R SORRY? HE Ballad of Reading Goal came r. to my mind this morning when I picked up the paper and read use more Michigan had voted 1' L I 1» .~ r ~ e r. n' ‘\. v" . "4):" y ' Memrtzumt for the Women two very wonderftil expressions of the English language. Pilgrim’s Progress written by John Bunyan a saintly man and the above mentioned ballad written by a man in which the low and the high struggled for mast- ery, Oscar Wilde, of unquestionable literary ability but who was convict- ed of a moral crime and served two years in a penitentiary. When one remembers that in 1921 there were committed in the city of Detroit alone 100 murders one’s sence of justice cries out for the supreme penalty but when one reads clear thru, The Ballad of Reading Gaol a horror of legalized murder grips the soul, and one is inclined to be glad that the record of our State has been against it since 1847. TEACH INDEPENDENCE WONDER if I dare to call myself I a thotful mother, so as to take part in the discussion of your question. Anyway, I have three children, and it seems to me that I think several times a day. Will that do? ‘ It is my firm conviction that chil- ' dren ought always to be told the reason for rules,-or helped to find the reason. I figure it out like this: If I have not a good sound reason for any rule or request, then that rule or request is unreasonable. If I try to enforce it I am an unreasonable mother. On the other hand, if I have a good sound reason for any rule or request, I can develop the child’s reasoning power by helping him to find the reason. And well developed reason— ing power results in a reasonable child. All too soon our children must leave us to begin manifesting what‘ Edited by MRS. GRACE NELLIS JENNY we have taught them. If they are not taught to reason while 'in our care, they must,» learn by bitter ex- perience later on. If children were horses and parents could always hold the lines we might say “Whoa, back, gee, haw, giddap.” They would have to obey “Because I say so.” But children are not horses, and parents , cannot always hold the lines. I am acquainted with three fami- lies who grew up under that'sort of discipline. After a while the guid- ing hand dropped the lines. ‘ * ‘S The Ones who were gifted with horse sense knew they cOuld only pull, while someone else drove. They are self—supporting. The ones who lacked horse sense believed that after a lifetime of pull- ing, they could new drive, and tell someone else just how to pull; They will end their days in the poor house. ——Mrs. J. C. OUR LEAD ./ HE Detroit Saturday Night fol— lowed our lead this week and came out with an article on how and how, not to take cold. I print the following remedy which we over— . leoked: “I can gib you sobething for your cold,” says a kind friend between sneezes. “Take a raw odiod and cud it into slices. Thed put some vid— degar on it and ead id before you go to bed. Id always cured be.” CORRESPONDENCE ’ COLUMN There are two pattern orders on my desk which I cannot fill for the reason that no post-« “Ice address is given. One asks fer No. 2696, 30 waist measure, the other for the same No., size 26. I will gladly fill =.—____AIDS TO GOOD DRESSING , For Simplicity, Service and Style . Address orders to Mrs. Jenney, Pattern Department, M. B. F. SPRING FASHIONS ~FOR. THE LITTLE FOLKS Catalogs 12 cents Patterns 12 cents " FASHION BOOK NOTICE Send 12 cents in silver or stamps for our UP-TO-DATE SPRING and SUMMER 1923 BOOK OE FASHIONS, showing color plates, and containing 500 designs of Ladies’, Misses' and Children’s Patterns, a CONCISE and COMPREHENSIVE ARTICLE ON DRESSMAKING, ALSO SOME POINTS FOR THE NEEDLE (Illustrating 30 of the , various, simple stitches) all valuable hints to the home dressmaker. A Popular Style .4269. Chambrsy and nngham. portray- s style becoming to slen- der and mature The Pattern is cut in 7 Sizes: 34.38 {8.40. 42, 44 and 46 inches bust measure A 8 inrh size re yards of 36 ch mater ml for the want, 2% yards for the shirt. The width at the foot is 2% yards. _ Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12¢ i‘li silver or stamps. . Blue brosd. cloth, braided with h ould be style is also attractive for Vela-frat, Canton crepe e 31:" wanna" 37/. sue r e rds of 64 inch meter- L The width st tbe Ps‘ttern mailed to any address on receipt of 120 in silver or stamps. ' l v A Practlcsl Apron Model 4268. Gingham was selected .for this d . With white bins ban a for a finish. Sateen, cretonne, chmtz or of us coul be r w h braid for E i 3 s- E 5‘ “m 0:086:1nch to . Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 12s in silver or stamps. A Simple Frock for the : Growing Girl , 4288. Blue wool jer- sey embroxdered in col- ors, or green taffeta with pi and vettltr of on- gee n a ns. 3.1 I do will be pretty for this model. This pattern is cut in 8 Sizes; 12 14 and 16 A l4 e re- 8“ of 36 ch ms ‘ Pattern mailed to any address on receipt 0! 12c insflver or stamps. the .V , necessary" 41611113: 11... .11: came thru this week with no chains or stamps enclosed and no sizes men-y, ' look your. orders over Well before mailing, it ,will save ' tioned. Please yoii disappointment d delay. I have 51st bought a second-hand It is in good shape .with the exception of a little rust. . ’V , Majestic range. Now can any of our readers tell me the best way of cleaning that rust. Is there any kind of enamel paint that will not burn off? Thanking you for an early reply‘.———Mrs. M. E. j q R. _ 2’ .. +To clean steel oven doo‘rs,‘ rub . briskly when the door is warm with. a cloth dippel. in vinegar. . To clean the iron parts saturate a «woolen cloth with linseed» oil and rub until the rust disappears, next rub with a dry cleancloth. Now use a Rust-proof paint and the range should be in very good condition. I am mailing you a card giving the name of a firm that makesa rust; Z proof paint. If any of our'readers have suggestions to make along this line I will publish them. J. D. O.——Tarnished copper may be «leaned with vinegar and salt. Care must be take to remove all traces Iof it or the preparation will corrode the copper. Wash off carefully and rub, dry with a clean soft cloth. ' Claude R.——-Write to some music store in a large city, they will furnish you with what you want if it is ob— tainable. ' I saw in the M. B. F. a request for the Sec. of the Treasury under Lin- coln. I have a picture of Lincoln and his cabinet, as follows: Pres- ident, Abraham Lincoln; Sec. of War, Frederick Stanton; Sec. of Int. Caleb B. Smith; Sec. of Navy, Gideon Welles; Sec. of State, William H. Seward; Sec. of Treas., Salmon ,3. Chase; Postmaster -General, gomery Blair; Attorney General, Ed— ward Bates. Have all the songs as; “ for been received? I had some of them but was too busy in the fall to send them in. ' ‘ This is-my‘first letter to the paper. . We have always taken it and would be lost without it if it did not come, we helped to get it started—Fra— ternally yours, R. A. Kinney. —-—’I‘he Dead Man’s Hand was one poem asked for and not received. The Brier Rose another. We would like very much to get the full name of a Mrs. McAllister whose husband and brother kept a staple and fancy grocery store at Otsego over ten years ago. I will very much appreciate any informa- tion—Mrs. Perry Haven, 530 Pine St., Mt. Pleasant, Mich. Some time ago I saw a recipe for curing rancid lard, in your depart~ ment. _ I intended to cut it out. but was taken sick and did not. The paper is now gone and I ask you to print it again. Will appreciate it very much—A Reader. ‘ —Re—heat the lard being careful not to fill the kettle more than three fourths full. When hot put in a large handful of salt, stir well for a few minutes, remove from the fire and strain. The salt will settle to the bottom of the kettle, the lard will not taste at all salt and will be much improved—From issue of March 4, 1922. ‘ I am asking yen to thank the good woman who gave the cure for ec- zema. I saw it in your helpful cor- ner eight months ago and have been. - helped greatly by it. I wish to thank her and you also. Your corner is my choice of this paper. May the good work go on.———Mrs. Bert Tidey.‘ J. M. B.——Shingles is not a centag- ious disease. It is sometimes pro- duced by‘sudden exposure to cold after violent exercise and sometimes follows acute affections .of the‘resu piratOry organs. The treatment consists in’geut-e laxatives, and pin rectifying any de—- rangement of the system. ' ‘ times has an ' ‘ Monte ' .11. “some; 5 I atch‘es. i‘ whic ‘ ion appears” in irregular The erruptio'n recedes by the fth or ,“eixfth' day. Gentle~ laxatixes, rest "and quiet for a few 'days accompani- e‘d-by-a light diet is about all" one can do to_overcome the disease. \ “My husband is ; cripple. and we ’have three children two boys, one four and one five and also one little girl of two. We are very much in need of clothes for thechildren and in need ‘of quilts, if some readers had pieces of percale and gingham I could make them into quilts. We are trying to raise our'children the best. we know how but I do need help and come to the readers of Our Page asking for it.—Mrs. Mansel Cone, Rosecommon, Mich. ——I believe this lady is entirely worthy and that she needs and des- erves help so do what you can. I am mailing her a bundle to-day and hope . it will be, of use to her and her little family.——Mrs. Jenney. One Of our subscribers will make sweaters, bonnets, crocheted hats, booties, door-panels and table run~ ners. If you wish her address write to me for it.—-Mrs. Jenney. Who can send the words to the song, “The Maine?” I think it was called “Remember the Maine.” SOMETHING FRESH From a youthful writer of very ten- der years, comes an article published in the London Morning Post, called, “The Advantages and Disadvantages of Novel-Reading.” Read it and smile once more. a S ly with regard to the reading of novels there are a good many different kinds of novels, such as 1d., 2d., 4d., 6d. I do not think there is much harm in reading novels if you read them at the right time, and do not spend to much money on them, which is sometimes the case. The. Waverly novels,‘for instance, are not at all bad books if read at the proper time. The great fault of some peo- ple are that they are. always reading novels, and of Course the more they read the more they want. I think it is not right to read a novel on Sun— days; it is just as much harm as playing, because it generally gives great pleasure to the mind. The great harm of reading novels are to be careful not to follow them. Novels do not increase your learning much, but does sometimes decrease it. I think it is about the worst thing any schoolboy could have in the way of books and 4d. novel it generally does a lot of harm. Tom Jones was a very good novel and was written by a very good novelist. George was also a great novelist who died but a short time ago. ' OME person’s opinion differ great- BOUGHT A OONUVIUNITY CANNED». IVE farm women in Bates county have provided full shelves of canned fruit and vegetables for their families at a minimum outlay of time and labor according to extension specialists at the Missouri College of Agriculture. At the beginning of the canning season last summer these women, following the suggestion of their home economics agent, bought a s'iam pressure canner, a supply of tin cans and a can sealer. Through the co-operative ownership and op- eration of this equipment all kinds of food have been preserved, in the safest and easiest way and the cost to any one family has been ca‘mpar— - atively small. - ' POINTS OF INTEREST We still have the unsightly bill— board with us, however. . Buyers of poultry, say the Nook— ' sack, (Wash.) Sentinel, have dis- covered that healthy birds can not be found on farms where the poultry and cattle are allowed to run to— gether except when the herd has ~ been tated and found free frOm tubercular taint. ' . ‘Up ,in the vicinity of Traverse City, Michigan large numbers of robins ‘areréported which the native de- euth‘ last fall. " ii: ‘ as: 2 .,,.sii: ens goingr; ‘ ‘ ‘ 'Apples having neither seed nor core are being'developed in Abbots- ford, Canada. The fruit is a veriety of Farmeuse and has only a slight marking of the flesh where the core is ordinarily found. The windowless room is to health and is unfit for occupation by either man or beast. -—HEALTlOl: HINTS HOW TO CURE YOURSELF B DR. T. N. ROGERS CANCER ANGER is not a local disease or a blooddisease but a constitu- tional one. Coming on very slowly and insiduously. Diet has very much to _do with it, and diet has more to do with it’s cure than anything else. Cancer and rheuma- tism are very often associates. Most cancer gives history or rheumatism. The one big factor is diet. The blood in rheumatism and cancer show al- most the same conditions. . Preventative Measures Eat very little meat. However, I consider starchy foods more harm— ful than meat as they produce an acid condition or an acidosis. The ordinary breakfast foods are indi— gestible and 'so ferment in the stom— ach especially when boiled. Baking or roasting is much better for any starchy food. White bread as bak— er’s bread Should not be eaten with meat. The meat takes three hours to get out of the stomach and by this time the starch in the bread is fermented and throws out or forms acids which are .poison. We call this Toxemic poisoning. This. irritates the stomach causing catarrh, then ulcers, or cancer. ** The poison may be carried to other parts of the body and produces a condition of the tiss— ues which lowers the vitality and fav- ors the formation of cancer. Increase of Cancer Cancer has increased 30% in 20 years. Cold storage foods, meat and vegetables create too much acid in the body and so breed germs which cause cancer. V The public taste for such food is increasing every where, also the habit of eating meat in large quantities. ’ CONSTIPATION cause constipation and the colon becomes clogged and a seed bed of disease. The safeguard is a re— formed diet of nutritious and natural foods, fruit, cereals and vegetables well cooked. ‘ Test the saliva with blue litmus paper yourself and if the paper turns ' CERTAIN foods impr0perly cooked red you are on the road to trouble. 7 Better stop and make a fresh start, out down the starch, sugar and meat and cut out coffee, drink plenty of water, eat only two meals a day for a while and fast one day each week. CURE FOR EAR-ACRE Having received so much help from your paper I want to do my share. I enjoy every page of the M. B. F. and am anxious for it to come. I will send my remedy for ear-ache. My little girl of nine was bothered with gatherings in her ears and suf— fered very much. After using this remedy she was entirely cured. Take a cotton cloth, double it and wet it put it in on onion out fine and one— half as much tobacco. I used Peer- less. Tie cloth in a sack shape and lay in hot ashes until the onions are cooked, squeeze out juice and put in ear. It acts at once. I press out all the'juice I can and keep it fer another time.~ Just warm it a little. —A Reader. ' , LAUGH IT OFF Are you,worsted in a fight? Are you cheated of your right? Laugh it off. I 'Don’t make tragidies of trifles; Don’t shoot butterflies with rifles; Laugh it off. ‘ , Does your work get'into kinks? Are you near all sorts of brinks? Laugh it off: - i If it’s sanity you’re after, \' Laugh it off. .- V 0 -—-Modern. Methods ere'g no * recipe "like daughter-— 8. menace assumes ~ a - ‘ S This Wall Paper Contains over 100 Actual Samples Be sure .to get a copy of this book be- fore planning your Spring decorating. It made up oihctual large-sized samples. With each side wall is shown a sample of the border to match. paper this way. “day. V 1 923 Meeteeznsm We ‘1 8 Co- _w 3110’ u - ' '- 99 Just As Good é Don’t accept substitutes—don’t buy baking powder that is sup- posed to be just as good as Calumet—don’t think that a big can at a low price means ~ a real saving. 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Chm. tr ' tot ctr about .anta. Mn of Senator Du p. ' &t&loz Free. . o. D. airman". Rivers, Illehflon. ' it; 4. tomers average 400 crates per 'J. E. HAMPTON & SON, pox 1_4.“Iln'|o? a) . I . 5'3 . ’ I. if“ SHIIIHV manna id Abel-ssh: Ll - , It’d E/Dodge of Dewittville, N. Y" is na'ofthe.many cow owners who have dis- that it. pays but to PREVENT cow diseases. He knows that it is a fine thing to have on hand such a valuable medicine .. as Kow~Kare in the event of actual diseases, such as Abortion, Retained Afterbirth, Bar- renneas, Milk Fever, Scours, Bunches, etc. ' But he also knows that a moderate use of Row-Kare in the feed not only PREVENTS these diseases, but greatly winter 'milk flow. He writes us his expe- rience. as follows: "Since I have been on the County Farm. I have been using Kow-Kare in the dairy for the last ten years. I have 62 cows. My ( .perience is that a few dollars' worth of Row-Kare saves us a great -many dollars’ worth of veterinary bills, and also every new in the dairy that I feed it to produces more all the year thru because of the Row-Kare. I have no sick cows or, trouble. when I begin feeding Kow-Kare, from the first of January until I turn them out in- the Spring." Winter feeds are so much harder on fie digestive and milk making organs of the cow that the vitality of these functions is sure to become impaired unless nature is assisted. Kow-Kare is designed primarily to strengthen these very organs so that they may throw off disease and keep up the nor- mal milk production. , More Milk ther increases the ' . .71 .s s -~..... The best of it‘is this valuable swim». Mont costs so little Inst a tablespoon- 1ui of the remedy mommg ' about one week in each month wil keep a cow inhest of health and heaviest milking. Your troubles from sick and backward cows are over when you have learned to depend on Row-Kare. ' ~ Feed stores, eneral stores and drug‘ sell ow- ' re; rge sine. $1.25, medium, 6'50. hf duleridis not sup; vnll ma , post on recsi Write now pfiyahiable book. for Doctor a Home 00w l umu m mm is. r :2!!!" .'.u‘;'1f"!i'lmmii .azl'riigu mi ! iiilliié '. iiiiiigiaér'ir ‘ mmiiiiiiiiiiiii gauzmsements Inserted under this neadmu ror reputaou oreeoers or Live Stock at special is. rates to encourage the growing of pure-nods on the farms of our readers. Our advertising rate is Thirty Cents (300) per agate line per insertion. Fourteen agate lines to the column Inch 9.- s4.2o per Inch, less 2% for caghEuli") sent with order or paid on or before the 10th of month following date of Insertion. FREE, so you can see how mary lines It will fill. IN YOUR AD AND WE WILL PUT IT m TYPE Address all letters BPEFDFFS DIPFCTOPV MICNI-U‘i“ BUSINESS FARMER, M+. CLEMENS; MICH. To avoid conflicting dates we will withoux- cost, list the date of any live stock sale in Michigan. If you are considering a sale ad- vise us at once and we will claim the date for ou. Address, Live Stock Editor. M. B. F.. bit. Clemens Mar. 21—Aberdeen-Anm. Basel] Merrill Mich. MM. 22—‘Poland Ohmas, Honky Rn... gt. ict. lS—-H9|8tein3, Hoyell Sales Company ( Bros. . Livingston Lounty m. Gri‘" Sec'y. Howell. wail. CATTLE g , // HOLSTEINS Every man who milks cows for a liv— ing knows that prepotency, ability to “breed on," is one of the best reasons for Holstein; HOLS'rEm PREPOTENCY MEANS: Influence of 2,000 years of Breed- : in: for Croat Size and Ruggedneu combined with highest yield - Strong Healthy Calves - Assured improve- ment in grading up common cows with Holstein bulls. Let Us Tell You the Story of the Holstein Cow. EXTENSION SERVICE. The Holstein-Priests AsaocisdonefAmes-lea 230 East Ohio Street, Chicabo. 'HOLST‘EINS YEARLING IULL BARGAIN—DAM A 25 LB. 4- mid Pon Kornd ke-K' Souls. or hire 82 lb . grandson o 35 ‘Mieh- built, nicel marked. 0' pion. Calf well . teatad. Pedigree, photo a bargain on request. RUSSELL JONES, White Pigeon, Michigan. SHORTHORNS o litakenétteucausoafewm ‘We odor one . cowl wits calves at , I C. H. Prescott & Sons ’ - Ofloc at Hard gowns City, Mich. Prescott. m. ' ‘ "gamers. “m'm” m 6. KELLY a’eos, M ANGUS '7 senevue Stock Farm Public Sale of _ Aberdeen -Angus Cattle To be Held on the Farm at Merrill. Mlch., Wort, Mar. 21st, 1923, at 1:00 O'clock P. M. 22 H ea l5 Females—7 Mir—s c"... with calvesby side, 7 Heifers An opportunity to buy real unlit cattl uwn .pI‘lOU: These cattle age right in8 13%;); and 'nidlnduality'. Teemin in the blood of such fashionable _miiiee as ckbirds. ' and rules. In this offering will be found real show ammo m “that'th sale shlougi appeal to beginners. . n .5 me W7. 9 ‘ven notes. Write for catalog. m on bank‘ble Auctioneers: Col. J. P. Hutton J. Mclnner. RUSSELL BROS., Prop. MERRILL, (Saginaw (30.), MICH. Will meet trains on sale day. Good auto roads. WE HAVE SOME FINE YOUNG ANGUS BULL! from Internatiomi Grand Irvoii'i.st(;i'lnhis prices. E. H. KERR G 00.. Addison, c . and Col. D. GUERNSEYS FOR SALE—REGISTERED GUERNSEY "Elf- ers at reasonable prices. also choice bull cairn at May lines breeding. H. w. WIGMAN. Lansing, Mich" Box 52, GUERNSEYS—Reglstered Bull Calves, Cheap also grades. Best of breeding for production an size. George Damien, North Manchester, Indiana. MISSAUKEF GUERNBEYS. A NEW CROP 0F calves coming soon. No ferns for .le. Order that new hull calf A. it, Sire and Iiam, A. I. SMITH. Lake City, Michigan. JERSEYS Jersey Breeders Attention! DO YOU WAIT A 00W OUT OF A SILVER Medal Sire end B. O. M. Dam? Good loo 3 individuals. priced to sell. Photos add price. an HIGHLAND FARM Adolph Heeg, shelby, Mich. Farm Supt. - application. samuel Odell. Owner. REG. JERSEYS. POGIB 99th 0! H- F. Ma'csty breeding. Young stock for sale. Herd fullly accredited by State} and Federal Government. Write or Visit for prices and description, BUY 0. WILIUR, BELDIIO, Mich. HEREFORDS PRODUCE voun o FEEDERO ounce“ mumps "smalls BEEF Pull which uax'antslie maximum prices. nvcstigu 8 personally the success of other Mic ' Farmers. For further informa- tion write T. F. B. SOTHAM & SONS (Rental-es since use) at. our. use." ‘ uaauoans roe use. seven choice .nd calm sad seven. in regains-9th. Internatio Herd‘ est: linked go baits ~r€§mf°,"§;;..,¥3::ugr.t,-flml_ 19. Heavy“ “Wind. 2 years caLvm Jainism one. onlo.’ roll Champion Stock at u _ weaned it. 1038' JOIN NATIONAL ASS’N. EN Michigan 'Dairymen Were re- ' .cently admitted to membership , in The Holstein-Friesian Associ- ation of America, according to an an- nouncement just ‘issued by Secretary F. L. Houghton. They are Lyman of Corun’na; C. E. Chappelli-of Char- ’l‘otte; Robert J. Grouse of Howell; Guncer of Riga; Edward B. Henna of Manchester; Mark A. Knight of Rockwood; O. B. Merriman of Deck- erville and Marion R. Wilkinson of Dowagiac. f The Michigan membership in this association new numbers L443. Ac- cording to the 1920 government census, there were 46,533 purebred dairy cattle in this state, of which 32,702 were Holsteins. With a total membership of over 22,000 living this livestock breeders’ association is the largest in the world. NEW MICHIGAN HOLSTEIN IN JUNIOR GLASS Burke Pontiac Clare is new State Holstein champion in the yearly test period division junior three year class, according to official announce- sociation of America. She is owned by W. C. Cornwell of Saginaw. In one’ year she produced 23,2118 pounds of milk and 747 pounds of fat. MIXTURE OF BEANS AND OATS . UNPALA'I‘ABLE Would like to feed cull beans and cats to milk cows. Would like to know how many pounds of oats to a. hundred pounds of beans, to make a good ration for milk cows, ground .together.—-'-C. Q., Marion, Mich. ~ ——We are feeding the following ra- tion to some of the cows in the col- lege herd at the present time: 500 pounds of oats and beans ground to- gether, 300 pounds of hominy, 100 pounds of ground corn and 100 pounds of gluten feed. This ration as you will notice, contains 25 per cent ground beans. in equal amounts. This ration seems to be a fairly satisfactory one for diary cows. If only beans and cats are going to be fed, I would recom— mend that equal parts of beans and oats be ground together for feed- ing. The percentage of beans in a. ration of this kind, would, of course, be affected by the kind of roughage fed to the cows. I do not like your grain ration, consisting of just beans ‘lng too many beans to the cow. I think you will find that a mixture of just beans and cats in this pro- portion rather unpalatable as the cows have a dislike for the ground beans—J. E. Burnett, Asso.-Prof. of Dairy Husbandry, M. A. C. MAKING ALFALFA MEAL Can you please tell me how alfalfa meal is made?—-—A. Z., Grand Rapids, Mich. —The grinding of alialfa into meal was practiced quite extensively in Kansas for several years but has been more or less discontinued and has moved further west into the irrigat- ed sections of Colorado and Wyom- ing. It is quite an expensive pract- ice costing tram $3.00 to $6.00 a ton to make the meal, and after the meal is secured the feeding value is not materially increased. Stock will consume practically all the alfalfa hay without grinding; consequently, there is littleadvantage‘ in grinding alfalfa—C. R. Megee, Associate in Farm Crops, M. A. C. . CALF WEANED TOO YOUNG Could you tell me what to do for a calf six months old. The call was on the cow until it was three’months old and did remarkably well. It came in July and in October last we It has not done well since. Can’t see anything, particu- 010 MIOIIIG. his Hops TEEN .13. Beach Of Groswell; F. B. Breaks ' A. B. George oi! Garland; Francis D.- animals registered in its Herd Books,~ ment by The Holstein—Friesian as-, to be " Beans and cats are ground together‘ and' oats, as there is‘danger of feed- . ~column for‘a little advise. ‘larly wrong only~lt has a small ap-. . p’etite. We have tried it on all kinds .‘ of feed but it seems the same. '5 Doesn’t drink over ‘1 half pail of p _, fl milk or 3.,‘Alkron, Mich- ~‘ customed to: was weaned? Had use, all. ' thoroughly accustomed to know .fore weaning, this trouble-4 would, 11.6%: I would .adé- vise giving it plenty of good: clever”. hay and as grain, would offer. it‘sfl-r mixture of equal parts whole corn. have, been expericficed. oats end bran and endeavor to have it .eat about ’ one pound of grain ’ ‘I dailyfor each .h‘u‘ndred pounds1 that,” I Geo. A. Brown,“ Department of Anima1_Husbandry. M. A. C. . . it weighs—Prof. VALUE OF GULL BEAN-S as noon ' > FOR CATTLE. .. Can you tell me -how much food value cull beans ground fine contain for dairy cattle? How many'pounds of grain to every pound of‘ milk? Which is the best for ensilage, corn-1 fodder or sun flowers?———-M. B, ‘Mar— ion, Michigan. ‘ ' ‘ ‘ The analysis of cull beans, as is shown by Henry's Feeds and Feed-v . ing, is as follows: Total dry matter in 100 ms. 87.2}! Digestible nutrients in 100 pounds, Crude protein 18.3; Carbo Hydrates 54.3;.Fat 0.8. . , This analysis shows that two pounds of cull beans have about the same protein composition as one pound of cottonseed meal. Your second question is not quite clear. You ask how many pounds of grain to every pound of milk. I am assuming that you mean how much grain to feed for each pound of milk produced per day. This var- ies somewhat with the test of milk. -With a low testing cow 8. pound of grain to each three and a half or four pounds of milk produced per" day is suflicient. For Jerseys or Guernseys, that have high testing milk, we feed a pound of grain to each three or three and a half pounds of milk produced per day. _ The best ensllage crop we know of is corn. Corn fodder, as mention- ed in your inquiry, does not make a. very satisfactory silage. It isonly in times when corn is very high in price that it pays to shuck the corn- off the stalk and put the stalks into the silo. I would never advise the use of sunflowers for silage in a sec- tion or locality where it is possible' toobtain a good yield of corn, but in the northern part of the slate, where corn is a gamble one year with another, sunflowers will make an ex- cellent substitute for corn in silage. O. E. Reed, Professor of Dairy Hus- bandry, M. A. C. PUTTING PIGS ON SELF-FEEDER _ I have forty fall pigs—that weigh about eighty pounds each. I want to put them on a‘selt—feeder. They get twenty gallons of skim .milk a day. What would be the best feed to put in the self-feeder to make the best gain? Where one has that much skim milk, is tankage necessary?— P.-M., Farwell, Michigan. ~Twenty gallons of skim milk will not be sufficient to provide enough protein or growth producing food for forty pigs weighing eighty pounds each. I would, therefore, advise_putting tankage as well as corn in the self-feeder for them, us- ing a separate compartment for each. If barley could be obtained any cheaper that corn, I would advise the use of barley—Prof. Geo. A. 1Iii-own, Dept, of Animal Husbandry, . A. C. , VETERINARY DEPARTMENT OPERATION V PROBABLY NECES-7 ' SARY = I am writing to your veterinary I have a' mare seven years old and is in 'the best of health. In October, 1922, a swellin came on the left side of her bag, it iept swelling until it broke and about one quart of slate colored matter came out of it. I took her to a veterinary and he. cut it, cleaned it all out and gave me some dissinfect— :- ant to. syringe it out_.’with and said she would be all, right- that; it was In abcess’..but item not-getgailright; «' 1 M It swelled.“ , m Self.p¢¢d § saves You Money The 1923 “improvement; on the Papec’e "never-fol «impression Self-Feed make it a than-ever Ensilage Cutter. '1‘ ' f- feed saves you money—does the work of the men at the feeding table and does it-better. You can'buy this new and improved Cutter, by the Papec Guarantee. at a new low 0. The simple design, tremendous _ uction and specrahzed machinery make {his possible. THROWS ‘ AND BLOWS ‘Farm Account ' I ‘ "> Book FREE our Farmers’ Record and Account Book Will he . you find and stop the money leaks. It con .50 pages arranged for farm and household mventones, cm s and breeding records, cash account, etc. rite us, telling the size of 0110 you own, or intend to bu , and mention your dealer’s nameand address. 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Moore. 0... lien. _ normfirggfigms ‘21.: Jenniupdfra» 1. we: OM mus.- rm ‘ A - WW. * meg:- ‘ :and said-fies" long as it stayed» open aird‘dr‘aiénedv'sde would ’g~t along. I Was not satisfied so I saw another veterinarian and hetold me about the same. If Igwould bring her to him he would keep her and chlori- form her and take care of her every day. But it was too' muCh expense, I could not stand it and to have him come 'to my place would cost me twenty ddllars a trip, so I. thought you could give me advise—G. H., -Nessen, Mich. . —_This is a case that in all'lprobabil- lty will require an operatibn before a cure can-be ‘ rought about. There may be a. foreign body at the bottom of the fistula tract or it' may be a diseased lymph gland that Will have to be removed.—~—John P. Hutton, Assoc. Prof. of Surg. & Med., M. A. C. REMOVING WAB'I‘S I have a yearling steer which has large white warts about the size of a quarter in clusters on the sides or his neck and about his back. Have been on him for some time. He seems healthy and is in good shape. Would consider it a great favor in giving some remedy for it. —-F. H. B., Cheboygan. ——We do not know the cause of these Warts. Where there is only a very few warts present on the surface of the skin about the best treatment is to remove them by cutting them off after the surface of the skin has been well disinfected. The appli- cation of a little glacial acetic acid to the surface of the wart will some— times cause it to disappear. Where you have a large number of them on the body and they'are in clusters little can be done. Better send the steer to the butcher as soon as he can be gotten in good condition to kill.—John P. Hutton, Assoc. Prof. ‘of Surg. and Med., M. A. C. COW POX I have a cow which has some kind of a breaking out on the bag which are small pimplesywhich scab over. She is due to freshen in about eight weeks. Would like to know the cause and a remedy.-—V. B., Dryden, Mich. ' —From the history given of the case I am of the opinion that the trouble is cow pox. Try washing the udder after each milking with a 1 per cent solution of sodium hyposulphite. No internal treatment is required.— John P. Hutton, Assoc. Prof. of Surg. & Med., M. A. C. . FEED SOW SCOBCHED CORN What should I do with my Poland— China sow, as I have her in a large 'pen and she doesn’t come in heat nor hasn’t been in heat for the last six months. Have raised two litters with her already. She is two years old, and I feed her tankage and corn. Have given her cats at times and also charcoal——Reader. —A method that often proves effect— ive in getting sows to come in season is to feed them entirely on scorched corn for a. few days. If this fails, drugs may be resorted to. We have used a. preparation known as Vetol, put out by Lehn & Fink, 124 Williams Street, New York City, with very satisfactory results. If this sow is fat, it would be a good idea to limit. her feed allowance to reduce the condition of flesh.— Geo. A. Brown, Prof. of Animal Hus- bandry, M. A. 0. ~ N0 LAW ON DISTANCE HOGS MUST BE FROM ROAD I would like to know how far from the public highway do I have to keep my hogs that are being flattened in a‘ building? And how far from the highway must the other ones, brood sows and such, be it confined? They are in a small pard 0; less than one half acre—J. B. B., St. Charles, Mich --—-"l‘here is no State law fixing the distance that hogs must be removed from a public highway. It is simply a. question of whether of not they are allowed to become a nuisance. The matter is under the control and within the jurisdiction of township ' officials—M. J. Smith, State Depart- ment of Agriculture. 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(Continued on page 31.) F AUCTION SALE “32”” LAPHAM FARMS White Butterfly No. 686- 420, Short Horn Cow, com- ing fresh. 12 Registered Duroc Jer- sey Hogs. Boar, Livingston’s Pride No. 438751, coming three years old, a son of Cherry King of Maple Row 2nd, 3 credit to any breeders yard. Orion Defender 2nd., No. 444321, ‘one and a half years old, good all around hog. 8 Boars, seven months old, sons of Livingston’s Pride, any one of them you would like to own. , Sow, Nell No. 896716, coming four years, a daugh- ter of Red Nell, sired Brook- dale Prince, a large, long Single Comb Buff Leghorn hens. 1 Mare and Colt. ‘ LAPHAM FARMS are located 1 mile south of Pinekney, 18 miles north west of Ann Arbor. Bus passes, fame {our tunes daily. We willfmoet all trains at- aud Dexter or Thursday, March 22nd Sale of Implements at 9:00 a. m. Sale of Live Stock at 1:00 p. m. CATTLE SWINE POULTRY 500 Thoroughbred Single Comb Buff Leghorn Cocks and Cockerels.‘ 40 Thoroughbred Single "lets. 5 HORSES ' - 2 Good Work Teams. 2 Colts, age two and s. D. LAPHAM, Col. John w. Faweett, a. a. amen—A. Stock Pinckney, Mich. Duke of Pickney, roan Bull, son of White Butterfly. sow, due to farrow April , 10th, one of the best sows "7' in Michigan, her average, 15 pigs to a litter. Sow, Some Girl 2nd., bred to Livingston’s Pride, a very choice sow, weight about 400 pounds. 3 Open Gilts, s e v e 11 months old, sired by Liv- ingston’s Pride. Dam: Nell, good as the best. ’ 1 Open Gilt, four months old, sired by Orion Defend- er 2nd. 1 Grade sow‘and six pigs, three weeks old. _ 2 Grade Sows, bred. ‘ 1-2». .: a .9 v » 5O Thoroughbred Single Comb Black Minorca Pul— three years. Proprietor. . . , ‘l Auctioneer. ‘ Fm f . j p '? ‘- these varieties will return. i Seea’ Deparfmenf MICHIGAN STATEJFARM BUREAU LANSING . MICHIGAN M Michigan Farm Bureau Brands include thegBest varieties of alfalfa, clo- ver, seed grains and other field and gfass seeds. Their Vitality, Description and Purity is guaranteed to be as represented to the full amount of the Purchase Price. Certified Seed Cats and Barley These varieties are certified after field and bin inspection on the basis of freedom from mixtures, foul seeds and diseases. Through years of constant selection and elimination of weaker strains, they are the highest yielding in the state. Even those who purchased seed of these varieties two or more years ago can afford to purchase new seed stock at the reason- able prices quoted this year. ‘ v If you are growing “Just Oats” or “Barley” you cannot afford to miss this opportunity to make money on the increased yields Wolverine, Worthy Cats 6 to 25 bushel lots, $1.00 per bushel, f. o. b. Lansing, Michigan. Wisconsin Pedigree and Black Barbless Barley 6 to 25 bushel lots, $1.40 per bushel, f. o. b. Lansing, Michigan 2% bu. jute sacks extra 16c each; 16 oz. grain bags 470 each. Seed Corn, Beans, Soy Beans, etc., should also be ordered now. If your Local Co-Op. cannot supply you with these high yielding, disease free, certified varieties, Write at once to Erick Bowman Discoverer oftlie Bowman Abortion Rented! Contagious Abortion ‘ Can be Stopped in Cows and Sows . That statement applies to Your herd. It’s no - use to worry about past losses which this dread disease may have caused. The impor- tant thing to do is to save yourself from future losses by stamping out every trace of Cox» tagious Abortion Now. The Bowman Abortion Remedy has behind it a record of positive results in the thousands of cases where it has been used. These should recommend it to anyone facing the problem of how to eradicate Contagious Abortion. The experience of satisfied users is your best guide. The Bowman Abortion Remedy will positively rid your herd of Contagious Abortion. Any farmer can administer it with ease. Cattle and hogs like it and take it read ily when it is given to them. Write roaay “It did all you claim for it. ” writes Mr. Weiner Columbus, \Nisconsin, December 3rd, 1922:. Erick Bowman Remedy Co.. Owatonna, Minn. Gentlemen: . - ' In reply to usmg your abortion remedy, I can say that it did all you» claim for it. We had last six calves but after using your remedy, we have not lost any more. 6 hava seventeen live _ calves now. glows cleaned nice with cleanings nice and res . Yours respectfully, HENRY WEINER. for Bowman’s Bulletin. It is FREE. _ about Conta 'ous Abortion and how to to it, as we as the experience of many farmers who have used Bowman’s Remedy; A postal cont today wlll bring you a copy y return mull. ERICK BOWMAN Gives full information mama EXPERIENCE CULTIVATION of land begins with will be, when and how deep. VWhen 'to plow will vary according to the crop and land conditions. Plow- ing long enough before the crop is planted to get the Weeds killed on the surface is a big gain whenever pract- ical. c As oats, barley and spring wheat need sowing very early in the spring, the only way to plow long before planting in this state is to fall plow and while this is fine under some conditions it is bad under others. Soils that are heavy and wet or hill- sides that are bad should not be fall plowed so they will have to be sowed as soon as the ground can be fitter for them and in case of heavy wet soils don’t plow them too wet as you will injure the soil if you do. As to depth, oats will do well on shallow plowing if a sod has- been turned down the year before sowing the oats. When plowing sod for corn I get best results by going by the depth that the grass roots go as soil that is much below where the grass roots grow is generally poor or in a poor condition to feed the corn roots. Plowing as early as the ground is fit to work and harrowing smooth to get the surface Weeds to sprout so they can be killed give the best re— sults with corn as this warms the soil and kills the weeds at one time. Potato ground needs to be plowed a little deeper than for corn an can be worked longer before planting and harrowed deeper if it needs to be, but it can be made too loose. In a dry time the ground should be just loose enough for the roots to penetrate easily and yet to press some against the roots and then air must get into the ground enough for chemical ac- tion on the soil, but not enough to dry it up too much. . Watch and see what condition the soil is in when the crops grow the best and then aim atrkeeping it in that condition. Cultivate shallow if the ground is loose and dry and deep- er if the soil is heavy and wet or caked. Cultivate ‘with fine teeth and nearly level in a dry time; use larger teeth hilling up when the soil or weather is wet. Potatoes should.,be hilled enough to prevent them from sunburning or freezing .too easy and this -means more hilling if they set shallow than when they set deep. "Cultivate beans .level and smooth.-—-—Francis G. Smith, VALI’E OF TIMOTHY OR CLOVER FOR FERTILIZER I would be pleased to received your estimation as to what hay (each all clover & all timothy) ought to« be worth to be of the same value to me, to leave in the barn and leave the new crop on the ground as fertilizer.——F. H., Scotts, Mich. —It is rather difficult to arrive at a satisfactory estimate of the value of timothy and clover hay for fertilizer purposes. The feeding value is us- ually much greater than the fertiliz— T'ing values especially when we con- sider the fact that when the hay is fed and the manure well taken care of from fifty to sixty-five percent of the nitrogen, sixty to eighty percent of the phosphorus and sixty to eighty percent of the potash of the original feed may be returned to the land in the manure. Of the organic matter from twenty to thirty-five percent is returned. Consequently, er profit is usually secured by feed- ing the hay and carefully— returning the manure to the land. ‘ Also, the value of hay as a fertiliz- er depends greatly upon the need of that particular soil for organic mat- Remedy Company ' 230 Bridge Street Gwatonna, Minnesota ” , erful “ "loi- V 7's mi: Your on. non. “sizes magi ' foil: 1 h ter and (whether or not the succeed- CULTIVATIONéFROM 53 YEARS’ plowing and the first question in the barn. a the great- - ' tility ‘- like leaves and with stems and roots ing crop can -make use of fertility, in this condition. \ ' . . The following table from Henry’s “Feeds & Feeding” shows the fertile izing constituents in 1,000pounds bf. hay and the fertilizing and fanurial value estimating nitrogen at 18c,per"f'-;1 pound, phosphoric acid at 4%c and potash at 50 per pound and assuming that on the average a. farm animal T r will return 80 per cent of the fertil- 71-»?! izing value' of the feed in the ma; nure. The manure will have to be very carefully handled to prevent , ; additional losses: . ~' , .' Fertilizing Constituents in 1,000.? " lbs. Timothy Hay,- Nitrogen 9.9.,’ 1 Phosphoric acid 3.1, Potash 13.5, g. Fertility Value per ton $5.20, Manur—- f ial Value per ton $4.16. - . p ' ” ' Fertilizing Constituents in 1,000. “ pounds Red Clover Hay, Nitrogen 20.5, Phosphoric acid 3.9,. Potash 16.3, Fertility Value per ton $9.86 Manurial Value per ton $7.49. . Timothy hay then is worth approx— imately $5.20 per ton and red clover’ hay $9.36 per ton for fertilizing pur- poses according to the above esti— mate—Prof. C. R. Megee, Farm Crops Dept., M. A. C. CROPS DRAW ALL ELEMENTS ‘ OF FERTILITY IN SOIL , “Will you please inform me what substance corn takes from the ground and what it gives back to the . ,~ . soil? Also wheat, oats and potatoes; ——T. L., Onaway, Mich. ' . . ~—The crops, corn, wheat, oats and ~ potatoes draw all elements of fer- 'j in the soil. The following ' gives the amount of nitrogen phos- phorus and potassium in pounds in the above crops: ‘_ Corn 100 bu. including stover, Nit- rogen 148 pounds, Phosphorus 23 pounds, Potassium 71 pounds. . 6 Wheat 50 bu. including straw, Nit- rogen 96 pounds, Phosphorus 16 pounds, Potassium 58 pounds. - Oats, 100 bu. including straw, Nit- - rogen 97 pounds. Phosphorus ‘ 16 ‘ pounds, Potassium 68 pounds. -- Potatoes, 300 bu., Nitrogen 63 Er pounds, Phosphorus 13 pounds, Po- ‘ Ch tassium 90 pounds. , lea Inasmuch as these crops are non~- : legumes they return to the soil, when . the entire crop is returned, only the , amount of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium removed by the ‘crop. In 1 addition to the elements of fertility - organic matter is returned which is Ha a great benefit to most of Michigan. .. e 1 soils—G. M. Grantham, Soils Dep’t., mg M. A. C. . y . fir! e_____ ' ha' CHEROKEE CLOVER '1’“ I would like some informaion re— 01? garding Cherokee clover. Is it: B“ adapted to Michigan conditions? 311‘ What kind of land does it require a“, and what is its feeding value?——’—D. ' G., Alanson, Mich. 9? 0 ——Cherokee clover is an early matur- ing variety of beggarweed. This is an annual legume with large bean- somewhat like sweet clover. There are approximately twenty—six var— ieties of beggarweed, only two of which are of value commercially; namely the Florida beggarweed and the Cherokee. The Cherokee is the earlier variety and probably the best adapted to northern conditions. , Beggarweed has become quite pop- ular in the sButh where it is used for hay, pasture and green manuring- purposes. Some authorities claim that it does quite well on acid soils. It has not been tried very extensive. ly in Michigan and should you care to try it would suggest that you do so in a small way. Soybeans, on the ‘ other hand, have been tried quite ex— tensively and for the southern half of”« the lower Peninsula have been found quite satisfactory for hay and green manuring purposes—Prof. C. R. Megee, Farm' Crops Dept., M. A. C. re- 15? [re -D. 11‘- - Tried Sows Bred ‘ purchases Were made with this in view. 19"" _‘ A .DTCREMERv FARM I, A t ' ‘ * ‘ e “ OMPL—ETE Dlél’ERSION SALE ENTIRE HAMPSHIRE HERD I on ,Monday, March'19th, 1923 CONSISTING OF 13 Gilts Bred ' 5 Bears LOCATION—This dispersion sale will be held in Fred Smith’s Sale Barn at Utica, Mich. TE {MS—Cash. Gl’ARANTEE—Every animal is guaranteed a breeder. Every bred sow Guaranteed safe to date of service given should any prove not to be with pig, we will refund 30 per cent of purchase price. Complaint must be Lnade within 30 days. IADIIfNE—The entire offering has received the double treatment for hog cholera and should be im— mune. ENTEl-{TAINMFNT—Parties from out of town can put up at the Utica Hotel as our guests. Lunch will be served at 11:30 A. M. by the Ladies Aid. MAIL BIDS—Although we wish all who can to at— tend this sale. your bids mailed to C. R. Bowers, care of Detroit Creamery Farm, Mt. Clemens, Mich., will be treated hono 'any. Every animal purchased by mail will be shipped on approval and it‘ found unsatisfactory, may be re- turned at our expense and purchaser will be cheer- - INTRUDER NO. 103987 NTRUDER is considered by expert judges to be the greatest son of the National Swine Show Grand fully reimbursed for full purchase price. Al'CTI‘ONEER—COI. F. H. Hulick, Atlanta, Ind. Champion, Messenger All Over, who in turn was the greatest son of that great pillar of the breed, Messenger Boy. ' . .As a show boar he was defeated’only by the great General Perishing, Grand Champion of the Nation— al Swine Show in 1921. _ Intruder was Junior Champion at the Ohio State Fair, Grand Champion at At Sidney, Ohio, he was placed Royal Grand Erie, Pa., Dayton, Ohio, Sidney, Ohio, and Troy, Ohio. Champion over all breeds, an honor never'before won by an under year Hampshire. He is a gre at boar with a great pedigree. leader of his kind and unapproached. FIELDMAN—C. R. Bowers of the Hampshire Ad— vocate. For mail bids address him in our care. l’EDIGREES—Certificate of registry duly transfer- ed will be supplied purchaser, as soon after sale as transfers can be reasonably and correctly made. He stands a . ANNOUNCEMENT It is with the greatest regrets that we announce the dispersion of our entire ampshire herd. , In our short Hampshire career we have collected some of the finest breed- ing material that could be found in Ohio, Illinois and Iowa. From the very first it has been our aimto develop one of the best herds of Hampshires. We have always endeavored to keep in mind, the true Hampshire type and all our One of the important additions to our herd, is the recent purchase of the great boar “Intruder” from C. G. Bitzer and Son at Washington C. H., Ohio, a bear that has one of the greatest show records of the breed. A large percentage of sows and gilts in this sale are,bred to him. We realize that this is the wrong time of the year to dispose of our high class boars, still there is no other course open to us, our loss will be the gain “or the Hampshire breeders who attend this sale. In addition to breeding Hampshires, we have some of the world’s finest breeding stock in Poland China’s, Duroc Jersey's and Chester \Vhite’s. The extra labor and expense involved in maintaining four separate breeds is prov- ing to be too much to carry on the business profitably and rather than let any one breed suffer from lack of attention, we are dispersing our most recent addition, namely the Hampshire Breed. We do not wish anyone to infer from this that We think the Hampshire are inferior to any of the other breeds. Even to this day it hurts to sell out all our Hampshire sows and boars that we have become very much attached to. Since we have a larger and more established herd in these other breeds, our loss would be far great— er should We dispose of any of the other breeds at one sale. We want every one who possibly can to be present, it it is impossible to honor as with your presence, we would appreciate your mail bid. Any co- operation you can give us will be greatly appreciated. ~D. SCHECK', "Assn, Supt.“ . ' DETROIT CREAMERY FARM A. A. SCHULTZ. Supt. You Hatch Raise them the PAN-A-CE—A way. Start them right—keep them right along without any backset. PAN-A-CE-A gives chicks good appetite and good digestion—helps them develop rapidly—gives them vigor to resist disease. PAN-A-CE-A prevents fermentation of the food; fermentation is where most of the bowel troubles start. PAN-A-CE-A is a gentle tonic to all the little-chick organs—keeps the system in order. PAN-A—CE-A contains the Salts of Iron, so essential to early chick life, and during the rapid growth of feathers. growing PAN-A-CE-A ‘prevents and cures gapes, indigestion, diarrhea and leg weakness. PA'N—A-CE-A your chicks and then watch them feather! A Pan—a-ce-a chick will out- feather a non-Pan-a-ce-a chick every time. Tell your dealer how many hens you have. There’s a right-size package for every flock. 100 hens, the lZ-lb. pkg. 200 hens, the 25-11). pail 60 hens, the 5-H). pkg. 500 hens, the 100-113. drum For fewer hens, there is a smaller package. GUARANTEED I s p e n t a 0 years in perfect- ong Pame-ce-a. Gunner Hess MD.. D.V.S. DR. HESS & CLARK Ashland, O. Lease Killer Ki‘ - m‘vu-W’Jh-X —-Quality ChiCks— 9‘" "m 1” and y. The famous BARRON arm ENGLISH WHITE LEGHO s, AN 0mg U UALITY user ~0 ~ GIFéGHOBNS CiHCKb HA D T a r m lléiimii‘i’ all. IT I l l.‘ ' l' ) " ’ ' . PROFIT. l12L] TRY MEMB C'l‘ FRO THE KARSTEN’S FARM. Iceland, Michigan, Box 102. 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In fact, it has been demonstrated that hens do not eat readily of,grass or other range green food later in the much of its succulence. The commercial poultry‘men have long since learned that. it is just as important to supply green food in succulent form during the summer months as it is during cold weather and they continue to feed sprouted oats. Several 'articles have been published in these columns in recent sprouting on large and small scale. For the small .flock raiser the best method is to use oat sprouters such as are to be obtained on~the market. For large commercial flock use, other methods may be used. Lettuce from the‘garden, especial- ly where a succession is planted, can well be used. Lawn clippings, es- pecially clover, are valuable during the summer. Cabbage is not ordin- arily to be recommended, although there is no harm in it if not fed to ex- cess. . An abundance of green food is es- pecially valuable for the growing chicks. Too often it is overlooked" and the beneficial effects lost. It tends to supply deficient elements will the ordinary ration which, at this season, contains an excess of animal proteins, and it tends also to act as a digestive corrective and purifier. Green food, on the other hand, is not recommended ‘ for use where fowls are to be fattened for market. Most commercial feeders contend that fowls do not put on weight as readin when green food is given. CURING HENS OF EATING EGGS We have been troubled with our hens eating eggs. Have you any remedy for this?—J. H., Clare, Mich. ——The egg eating habit is more pre— valent where hens are in heavy pro- duction and are receiving limited quantities of mineral matter such as is supplied in oyster shell. Close confinement and insufficient straw in the nests also help the spread of this undesirable habit. Poor quality of shell causes the heavy breakage that occurs during production. The eggs are naturally extremely palatable and are greatly relished by the hens. This trouble however, may be contin- ued to such a degree that the hens will actually break the shell in order to get at the contents of the egg. There is no very satisfactory rem— edy other than eliminating the ring leaders, darkening the nests and placing plenty of straw in the nests to reduce the breakage as much as possible, and encourage the hens to exercise which keeps them in better physical condition. Oyster shells should be available in liberal quanti- ties which contains mineral matter necessary in shell production. Some people practice doping the eggs with some condiment such as mustard, pepper, etc. to make them unpalat- able—E. C. Foreman, Associate Professor of Poultry Husbandry, M. A. C. POND NOT NECESSARY Will you please tell me thru the column of your paper if a swimming hole is necessary to geese to insure fertility to their exalt—M. J., Turn- er, Mich. —-It is not absolutely necessary to have a pond available for swimming purposes in order to maintain or to secure good fertility and hatchabmty of geese ates. However, if such a pond is available, the breeding pen should be located near by because of the beneficial results in the increase of fertility and hatchability of the eggs. If-a pond is not available; eggs can be produced that are of... good fertility although this is loss if you expect the best egg pro-. summer months when it has lost. ‘ 'iMstmiecimg‘NhaPami It takes less than five minutes to mix the Carbola powder'with water and V " ,haveitreadytouseas awhitepaint ‘ and powerful disinfectant. No wait- ing or strainingmo clogging o sprayer. Does not spoil. Does not pee or flake. Disinfectant is right in the paint powder—one operation instead of two. Gives better raults, costs less. Used. for years by leading term. came: mass fuMndBeekyle no CARBOLA CHEMICAL 00.. Inc. in, Au. mum as. N. Y. OTT 1481 0 Wood St. OTTAWA KANS. Is your own lune emitted? ' ' y Un2lmeum. (tutu-ID. _ V : v our book Cf not satisfactory ONE u can at 31.25 m lufieiont. II muffins. .. , “WW (uswrou’s. r u A veterin 9%: Horses. genes, .\. - 80 ya 3’ sale m] N THE uswrou sensor (20.. 1mm. Ohll ' HIGHEST QUALITY CHICKS Michigan's Old - Reliable Hatchery (Themtmodernandb‘tt ' I r ’ I equipped Hatchery m the ltd.) ' « V PllliE 335nm ““ American S. C. W. Leghorns; S. C. Aneonas; Barred Plymouth Rocks and It. I. Reds. Strong well hatched ch1cks from tested Hoganize 11 stock that make wonderful winter layers. Chicks sent by Insured PamLPost Prepaid wuui‘irtlgr. 10007,, flive delivery untan- . n ears 0 experience duclflg and shipping chicks bu 'ven ed- win We. to thousands. . illustrated free catalog and price Get lowest price on best quality chicks be- fore you buy. Holland Hatchery. IL 7, Holland, lion. l.........._..... VIOLVERIIE BABY CHICKS m 3333; Bred for 13 years. named. Write 1a} roe. WOLVQIIII Iceland. Ildl. ~ 100 0/n catalogue. HATGHE RY, safe arrival It's R. melon-ileum trut- ‘ ' liable» than where: s ” ‘éII'ITEbWVANosOT-er'gs 'E‘WflltfloncAs, she-E“ o EXTRA sELEo‘rEo FLOOKS. ' ‘- Pesiénid full 1m delive v vfcomul.‘ pure-bred ' mrefully selected. . t’d And save time ahdndiszsppomtment. Ref ,STOP! - LIB“ 8. 0. If we could show IMMEDIATELY. OurFLOCKs are all PEDIGREED MALES of from 250 to 2 You want EGGS? GET our CHIC WHITE LEG HORNS. for g production. Highest “035. 100\ chicks . nor 100 higher. Poe ,_ ‘ f; ence. Catalan free. 43‘. IF. CHICKS, $10 pct “)0. 318.50: 500, $15. Postpaid to . ‘ your door .I- ~ , FROM HOGAN EST D FREE R NGE‘ HEAVY LAYINY IR wn andr BRUEF'LEGHOR e and mucous 'WIIITE Rock's; ' ia'u'r'r'" Rocks: '. '. '. '. . .' RPINOTONg......... . . . . . . . . . . . .. All Me of ._ $1.00 per 100 discount. ' ‘ . . . . . .$2.00 per 100 higher cubati No catalogue.- Order fi‘itfwmg‘iiié State Bank or any business in aluminium Address BARION’S FRUIT AND POULTRY FARM, Guy L. Babion, Prop.. Large Price List for return mail. the most modern method of in safer packed. erenoe'Cheeanina gusrainteed. Hatched b! ENGLISH WHITE LEGHORNB, BROWN LEGHORNS. quality chicks from 500, $60.00. F 12.50; d.. 100% delivery guaranteed. 0 Box ~ B. to . . . . .. 0U talk with our 8 EV EXPER 8 and headed tested Oup1 .eAttrachve Chick Investments ‘ _ FROM "SELECT PURE-BRED FLOORS. ' - .Wi-IIITE’and BROWN LEGHORNS. ANOONAS, 60. $7.50: 100. $14: 500, $85. BARRED ROCKS. REDS and MINORCAS, 50, $8.50: Discount on orders of 1,000 or more. em select flocks $2 per 100 higher. Postpaid to Your door.‘ m1 live count guaranteed. Bonk refel'enmi. will be to your advantage to get our mtnlog and full price list before making a final decision regerding your investment in Chicks this season. Send for it TODAY. COLONIAL POULTRY FARMS. Free Cotelog. We know it Zeeland. Michigan $11 per 100 and nooks. ,ALL VARIETIEs. would RQVAL HATOHERY a FARMS. R.- 2, Iceland, Mich. s. P. Wiersma. 100 and From Cheeaning. Mich. LOOK! ' READ! , GUARANTEED BABY CHICKS From WORLD’S GREATEST LAYERS and LAYING CONTEST WINNEns. Imported stock. SHEPPARD’S FA you our Flocks and have you OULLED Ks. " Write today I .. TOM BA “RON E . ANCONAS. "G GUS OMERS you Direct. order with VIGOROUS IN. Our CHICKS be cm or our free illustme CeA'I'NRlI.%g.m LAYERS .’ . ‘ SILVER WARD HATCHERY, Box 420, Zeeland, Michigan. Prop. Postpaid to your door and full [we count guaranteed “on” Prices on ~ 6 oo auo 500 -1 00° FF LEGHORNS . . . . . . . . . ..31.oo $13.00 $38.00 32_ ~ - yfl'flb “Em ‘é‘ngi‘i mnoncAs and mucous. 8-00 15.00 44.00 s72.3" ’}3°'83 ‘ , '5 _ WHITE ROCKS, WHITE MANDOTTES and ‘REDS. . . 8-50 16.00 46.00 75.00 ' i . ‘ Burr MINORcAs so. In: 100. 325. i ' 850. PMd. Fukl‘I live ehvery gmrnn ‘ ' pure-hr envy ng . Order n‘z’ht from $1. ed. ‘ ' - HE EAGLE Only 1Thours from Grand Rapids. and save time. MIXED cIIIcKs FOR BROILERS, so . I man a all! flow on free '1' Reference, Citizen's Saving Bank. HATCHERY Box K Upper sand NEST Can re'ech any 'poln usxy' 1n the best possible manner and packed to go Y safely. on take Ohi t in Michigan in 24° hours. 145.00 $9: 100. $11; 500. No mtaiog' no chancel. Podium! and Utility Grades of Borron‘Type White Lahorns. Barred Rocks. 3. o. R. I. Reds. Customers report pullers laying aft 4 months and 20 dsyil. Pedigreed chicks from flocks heeded b males bred h Michigan AgriI-ultursl Coll from mgnested hens of 200 to 300 082 recur LEGHORNYS, 25, $5.50' 50. $10: 100. $20. RO Ks and REDS. 25: $3.76; 50. $12.50: 100. $26. Utih chich from selected free-run e flocks. ure—bred, he: en- lg'lin hens. Great Value in M ium Priced Chicks. LEG ORNS, 2 , $4.50: 50. 7.60: 1 0." $153 500. :70: 1000, $136. BARRED ROCKS and REDS 25, . ' v 9-503 100. 1.: 500. 85: 1000, $105. SpecIAI Discount of 20 per chickpn all orders vah re- mittance in full sent in before April 1st. Prepaid. 97% hrs delivery guersnteed. In- etructive actalog free. Bnnk Reference. MICHIGAN HATCI-IERY & POULTRY FARMS, Box c, Holland, Mich- HILLVIEW HATC HE RY GUARANTEED TO ARRIVE Chicks from selected heavy lsyin . Hogan tested flocks.ENGLl8H WHITE LEGHORNS and BROWN LEGHORNS. Ileavy Lnying EXTRA GOOD BARRED ROCKS. Postpaid to your door and full live. delivery ,gusrsntced. Our flocks are kept on free run e, mopeds fed and cared for Insurmg the v1 or necessqry in the Chicks to live and M KE A P OFIT. Give us a tnnl and you come again. HILLVIEW HATGHERY, Route 12 E. Holland, Michigan. BABY CHICKS W Strong and Healthy. v . v is , vigorous hens. White and Brown Le horns Ancones, 50 §E?'7“s§el18333fi‘s}i?;yeodmfiezso. Barred Rocks, 60, $8.50: 1306 sic; 500, $13 Exm'SeIeot $2 p r106 higher. Mixed chicks, 50, $5.50; 100, $1 ; 500. 550. ell hatched in I'nodern machines. Carefully and correctly packed and shipped. Postpaid, full live arrival nteed. Bunk reference and this guarantee makes you perfectly ede in ordering direct from th'n ed NOW. Get them when you want em. ll orders have our careful personnl “tendon. WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS. Ce 3 Free. WINSTROM FARM I HATCHERIES, Box H 5, Iceland. Michigan GUARANTEED RURAL CHICKS EXCEPTIONAL VALUES IN HIGHEST QUALITY. PROVEN LAYERS. . S. 0. Barron White Leghorns, Heavy Laying Brown Leghorns, Selci-t Anconas. Heavy Winter Layers. Result of constant breeding for high flnr‘k nvrmm’m. Buy direct from large modern hatching and iii-ceding institution. All stm-k ' ‘ ved nd headed by large vigorous males. NEW LOW 11ySaint“elgoetpamndidEm Ilive delivery pummeled. Write for fine 1923 cat- nlogue. Its free. Reference: > we Banks. RURAL POULTRY FARM, Department B, R. 1, Iceland, Michigan GUARANTEED CHICKS Hatched {mm High Laying Quality Fowle on free range. properly fed and housed to insure strong Chicks. BARRED‘ ROCKS. 8. 0. WHITE WYANDOTTES. WHITE. BROWN and REDS, MINORCAS, ANCONAS.50, $8; 100. $15: 500, $74 BUFF ROCKS. . . .... . .. .so,$s.so;1oo,$1c;soo,$1g BUFF LEGHORNS . . . . . . . .50, $7.60; 100, $14; 500, $65 ' Postpaid to your door. 100% live delivery guaranteed. Catalog free, MORENCI HATCHERIES, Box B. Momnol. Mich. Bank Reference. Member I. B. c. A. CHICKS» THAT GROW, LAY AND PAY Barron English White 1163' horns, Brown Leghorns and Anconas. .. PURCHASE TI-IIS YEAR'S onor '.0F CHICKS from tested layers. headeg ' ll)" large vigorous 260 to 288 Pedigree ale‘s. I . " CUST MERS REPORT BIG PROFITS - ‘ ‘ with talles- wonderfui layers. Write today for our large illustrated catalogue. tells all about them. it’s free. ‘ I 7- WYNGARDEN' HATGHERI ‘ ' Box 13, Zeeland, Mich. I . _ 7 .. Star Hatchery ‘ : ‘ '”“I..fi%§’°‘en‘éi‘i%§°“éioc'2“" (1 ‘BROWN LEG- WH.gE an ANCONAS BABY CHICKS 0— 8 100—$18.500——$15 ' gntclised by modern methods in best machines under our personal supervmon. Cgrefuliy ' "“ packed angdsegi: p‘osfipafid and mute . an e erence. lYggozialI-ienngemhyceguin ordering STAR BABY CHICKS. Place your order now and get them when you went them . y rSTAR HATCHERY. Box X. Holland, Michigan ° ARISTOCRAT STRAIN BARRED ROCKS. FAMOUS PRIZE wm. ‘IA ‘NVI‘NELDAND HEAVY LAYING ' STRAIN. Barron White Leghorns Splén’diigpbig. heavy weight. heavy laying ens. Everlay Brown Leghorns Beautiful "business hen. Wonderful winter layers. Second to none. Sheppard’s Femous Strain 331 m ""‘grea' t strains. Postpaid From all Lheee 3 nd full live delivery guaranteed. Also KFORE HATCHING en BmedlngA‘Sfock. Reference Banks. Member~ B. 0. Route 2- K. leeiend. Mich. 4 Fell-view Poultry Fam- BABY CHICKS . SPECIAL MATIIIos s '. ' t. breed urnlsh‘ y in, 61-’ production. WRITE a N all}. ' in qua finalist fllmtg‘ rARM‘ ‘ [Hell-M. men. “WEé‘ii‘y’s‘m I e Wqfi. « 3’", -mxuehoenaflssflvl'wu“ JELECTEO odious ‘ new 5 V .9! it,” . d.- MEADOW BROOK FARM l cH'cKs—Eouogtls? )WHITE LEGHORNS, BROWN LEGHORNS (Ho'léaond Birgarég ’ Big strong ‘thhatched n ran 50 - - . - -‘ i " ’ x ' ROCKS, REDS, BUFF iEGfiosgfiseogd’ 513;, 156,0“ $31652;5g60?.g9g:sg; 1,000 $14.0. (hicks from selected OI WHITE WYANDOTTES (Heavy Laying Fiocks) ab. $3: 10 $17. Postpaid: in“ 1‘“ 1” 3?"ka 0" me “Me' dell”)? Egamnteed. All flocks composed 'Of Seiecled Heavy yers. Order now from WWW” “"1 3”” house-d t“ this advertisement and get them when you want them. I have been producing good Chicks Wfill“E “mm and “gm' iucéESSqurv for the past 20 yous and KNOW HOW. I want your business an if! LEG'I'O'RRQOWN & Bug? Pkfitg'g efisemyou. Free (htalog. Bulk Reference. MEADOW BROOK FARM. Hour! 0° 100 13- ’500 '$62 56 P 0 i‘. Route 1 H. Holland, Mich. Member Michigan B. O. A. aAéRED ' a. ’ WHiTE' _ FjOCKS S. C. Q R. c. oaiEigg-Jinconns, 50. $8: WYANDOTTES, 50. $8.50; 500 $7 . ’ iNc‘rons, SILVER WYAN- F ‘ DOTTES, b0, $9.50; 100, $18; 500, \ mm northern bred. heavy luyma, closely selected parent stuck in ENGLISH‘WHIITE $81.50. POSTPAID. LEGHORNS, BROWN LEGHORNS AND SHEPPARD ANCONAS. Our breeding bmls We cunrantes. full 100% live mimi- nre well—‘fetl and housed to insure vigorous brooding (mniiiiinn and vigorous “111ka 0r 0‘” “emrenger Citizen's Bank- 0rd" direct customers. POSTPAID FULL DELIVERY GUARANTEED. LOWEST PRICES. CAT- from this ad. and save time. Free circular. ALOG FREE. Write your exact wants and let us quote you prices before you buy CthkB MODERN HATCHERY elsewhere. YOU NEED these vigorous, northern bred chicks to make Dmmfi. Box F. Mt. Blanchard, Ohio CITY LIMITS HATCHERY,’ Box M, Holland. Mich. Reference, Holland City State Bank. QUALITY CHICKS 10 years careful breeding for heavy egg3 Big. stron , vigorous well-hatched chic production. at followint macs: WHITE and BROWN GUARANTEED. tested, free range stock. Our plant 13 Rosewood Farm Healthy, Hardy Chicks From Hogn ll modem 65 acre poultry farm. \Vinners at leading shows. LEGHOR s. SELECT, 50, $8.50, 100. $1 00, $71.50. ANCONAS SELECT, 50, $9; 100, $11; 500 $82.50. WHITE and BROWN LEGHORNS, Wan-hatched. carefully packed, SELECT 50, $7; 100, $13.50- 600, $66. ANCONAS, SELECT, 50, $7.50,; 9nd shipml- Select heavy lay- 100, $14.50'_500, $70. Ifosipni to your door and 100% live delivery guamu— WHITE LFGHORNSé 50' teed” Order dlrect from. this ad. early and get them when you want them. Also i v 10% 513- 500- $3 50" breeding'lsgwnarligEspePcéalLimiting (jhipks. Get OurzCataiiag. "Illeffix‘rcnce 1: Banks, A300060 12$0.5§elec1toéiNC$(1)2: I U T Y FARM' 3” 27' “'3” ' '° 93" A 500, $65.50.'Seiect BARRED' .‘ ‘ - ROCKS, o, 8. ; 190, .1. STRONG pURE BRED CHICKS $18-5Q= 500. $80. Pom ud, full live deiive D S. C. English White Leghorns, Barred Rocks. Anconas Direct from our free range forms, by Prepaid Parcel Post to you. money to you. Returns on your investment in 4I bring our free Catalog and details of our contest offer. Detection guaranteed Most modern equipped Hatchery in Michigan. guaranteed. ()ur chicks Will render satisfaction and you will COME ByA‘OKmqf US W'e have had long experience in producing good Chicks and our flocks are second to none. Circular free. ROSEWOOD FARM. R 12 A. Holland. Mich. best 0 O Bred for egg reduction because it means most to 5 months. A Post Card will Highest quality—Bargain I“ Mum O“ Riverview Hatchery and Poultry Farm B A B i I H I ‘ S r I. Yunlsl’pnltr’ You can new order Chicks in 11 I “La-7‘“ R. N“ 1 Zach“! Mich!“- Pure Breed Practical Poultry that $332113: 33!: A Wgradfirgziiés on our customer’s own 300,000 Chicks B'ROWN LEG HORNS ENGLISH WHITE and arms “in”; .5 New .; '. . VIROI'OUS 10 mm on 0C 3. OUR CUSTOMERS. Cat‘donK ymz CHI PRIcEH’ HITE. IARRED ROCKS S. c 13; 500, $60. BARRED R00 1,000 orders at 500 rote. RHODE 200. $_5. Postpaid, full live delivery. guaranteed. Strong. right from I free. Reference, Holland City State Bank. KNOLL’S/HATCHERY. Box L, Holland, Michigan C K S $12.00 per 100 and Up 100% SAFE ARRIVAL GUARANTEED BROWN and BUFF LEGHORNS. . an R. C. rrE WYANDO Order If you want stock that Rhodel. Reds will make real money. Balm for Wyandottes ' . . Orpinatons 0111' description and ‘ ' Guaranteed MICIlIl’an . Leghorns— All stock guaranteed 1333; I"; B" (I (I H II had Amh"3""°"" paid- We Want you to tie! poour lie an a C e ‘Mmg'llgzs stock this year. it is the bag; practical stock you can b STATE FARM ASSOCIATION u" 202 Chase Block Kalamazoo. Michigan. BABY CHICKS E Our Baby Chicks are the kind ovrvl. White Leghorn, Brown Iietilzlggniirg B‘u fiia‘mefii”film “viiui‘él‘i‘w‘ 3‘13"“ 3““ 3°33 Minorcss. and ing'tons. 3113:: gttelg'gléincfinm- burg stock and eggs for sale. CatsIOag Free. Rosedale Farms SHEPPARD'S Famous Strain KS. R. and s. c. REDS, ISLAND this ad. WE SAT SFY 5:, I 100. $13: 500, $60. \ REDs. ANCONAS INORcAe so 38- 100 515- s 370. Vim Es. WHIT oéxe and sun: 'ORR’IIIO'i-ON .’ angréioibne 83":oo gag” 163cgn1_ ova/um MINO on, ea. $3.50; 1080. “W” 1' 3” 74- P0" Huron. Michigan. 'Hetohed rouieelec sa’ dying’nom'that' r"v'vllfd;.nd - ' - strongmlivsble chick: that wiiI make 'a profit for i021. Rosium 1??)m‘iidi’5'fi “333%? ORD DIRECT FROM THIS AD and SAVE TI R. Catalog free. Reference, Geneva “ GHIGKS m “m” Bonk. THE GENEVA HATCHERY, Box 505. Geneva. Ind. J 'White Leghorn. Produced humus? » ' i a “so i; r. “13’! B. IO. Brown English § ’ IV nnderm noun . mohbgcuuc ire. 8 in new! CHICKS—FROM eELEcTED I'Locxe “‘W' “‘ml' “‘3 . . maimed. 50 chic mien. vs I P I I K _812.50;500.8 he i s U N Bi: A 'M H AT- H‘E‘VR T 7 soil are induced ‘under in personal ‘ on in a good. mhery which is kept i]: best’possible condil on. fThe parent stock envy» ying :1:- . . 11.60 E "h mm“ c..- afiefeience. Caphiiog FrePYOu ermno CHICKS THAT $7' subouhs w 06 . wm'rs AND o, 313: coo $81.60. I guarante w and will sing) when you want them. H. B. Tlppln, Box E. Flndlsy, hie. Member I. I. 0. A. $10 FEB 1011 AND UP. From vigorous, ree reuse, woll- , on fed. TEE enables me to ‘ ' m5 customers. P “is ‘l‘io%°°¢1l . , 'r'rés, A ' . M N R— IUFF ORPINGTOMS. 9 full live MAKE PROFIT fire-bred flocks on free range .fo “vary-laying ualities and well cared for w prices considering exc tionsl quality. WHIT . BR N and DUFF LEGHORNS, 50,“?1' 100 13; 500 6£02.30' 1,000, $120. WHITE and nausea ROCKS wmrs YA p s, Burl: enrm’ovous, cos: and 8. O. REDS ANOONAS, '50, 88' 100;}:15' seq, $12.50: 1,000, 140. Mlxed, all varieties for broilers, $10 per 106 strain . timid to your door on full we count niaranteed. You can order new direct from this ad and set when 7011 mm them. Bank reference. Free attics. BLUFFTON HATOHERV, Box L, 'Bluflton. Ohio $10.50‘PER 100 AND UP From Ho an tested, well-kept and housed heav Isyln flocks gagegaqd Vtxhltemfiks,mds,dA&°oonu, Mlnorcas: :3, s 9. 0‘- 00 8, sylogosogb 113.3(5) u n ns 0 an o s: . . . . . . . . .. ' . - : . to, rogvn a'nd Buff Leghorns: . . . . . . . . . . 50, S1i0': 100i§1p4: 500, $6150 Whl Mlxed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Postpaid, full live delivery a -__,. TRI-STATE HATCHERIES. .' guaranteed. Order NOW from ths ,4 when you want them. Catalog ree. or 100 straight ad. and get them ALSO EGGS FOR HATCHING. Reference, 4 Banks. Box 511. Archbold. OhIo CHICKS WITH PEP, $11 per 100 and up . S. and R. . HEAVY BROILERS. 50, 100, $18. MI E ALL Selected H n T ted Fl cks. Poe id full live delive guaranteed. RUFF ORPING- TONS, Wlti‘fanndGSSIL. WIYANDO ES 50, 9.25; 110, $18: BARRED and WH. ROCKS c REDS, MINOR‘CAS, 0 $8.25; 1 0 $18. ANOONAS and. 1.25' and BUFE LEGHORNS, 60 1 0 814. H., R. 7' x o ARIETIES, $11 per 100 straight. On 500. 5% on: 4.006 10% off. Reedy F'ebruary 26th. Free Catalog. Member I. B. C. A. HOLGATE HATCHERY, Box B, Holgate, Ohio. HEAVY LAYING breeding stock or real quality helps producers ()vie's’ strong healthy and husky chicks. 25,000 Thrifty Chicks Weekly «w “I” Write for catalo . 110 and up wrung”. Mun. 12 leading breeds. Delivery guaranteed. Ovie’s Poultry Farm and Hatchery 132 Boots Street, Marion, Indiana QUALITY CHICKS GET THE PROFITABLE AND LAYING KIND They will pay Fyou big. range. Selected. LnOutons, W. .) , .. ; , 1 . Roc , Reds, Minorcas, 50. $8.25; 100, 6. Anconas,hoa brailers. 60, 7.25: 100, $14. ieghorns, 5.0, ’ 0, S 3. Mixed“ all varie- ties. $11 per 100 straight. Post— id. .‘nw (It‘llvery. Circular free. Bank reference. Elddlepoint Hatchery. Mlddlepolnt, Ohlo, Dept. B. Day Old Chicks Strong, sturdy, S. C. White Lezhorns (English Iain) from large, vigorous, yearling hens, raised on our own farms. That by and pay. Barred Rocks and Rhode Island Reds, from best laying strains. lend for our illustrated catalog, free. Hillcrest Poultry Farms and Hatchery R. R. 2, Holland, Michigan Selected Baby Chicks and Breeding Stock Tom Barron strain White Leghorn; Also Barred Rocks. Guarantee 100 per cant live delivery on chicks. Cockcrels and pallets in season. All stock reftu selected Write for catalog and prices. Reference Zeeland State Bank. IRANDT'S POULTRY FARM AND HATOHERY R. R. 8 M ZEELAII'D. MICHIGAN White Leghorn CHICKS Writ. Quick. Fm Iced-[I'd lees-Ii Cl early orders: World-st egg strain travgnested, pedgFreed Eng- -Ainericsn S.C. hwmhm. Payer-.8110“ B, y . Res 43 erygunnnuedmp mod IEIUI'S IIAIII VIEW nun "ll. White Leghorn CHICKS Men? Laying, pure bred. English strain. Flock: eulle and tested for laying Iblli . strong. health chicks. 100 or cent live do guar- antee . Postage aid). Catalog,lew p e is! ree. Write quicE. " Cstalps Grove Hatchery.Bex 4 Llama-thick- BABY GHIGK * Buff Orpingtons, Barred and sum Isan White and Brown Leghorns, Rocks, Anconas. and White Wfimdottes $15 per 100 and P. w. STONE ATOHERV, Lock 30x 44, enton, Mlch. F. M. Mllllken, Prop. BABY CHICKS and HATCHING sacs Direct from our farm at greatly reduced prim only 9c . Barred Rocks. White Leghorns an coma, rite quick for particulars and special troductory offer. MODE POULTRY «FARM A HATOHERY. Iceland, R. 4, Mlchlgan. VIIIITTAKEII’S II. I. BEDS‘M‘Elifi‘SQI‘ Color and Egg Strain. Bred from winter layers for 13 years. hicks and 0888. Write for free cat- alog. Interlakes Farm, Box 4. Lawrence. Mlch. HAVE SHIPPED THOUB ups breeds r beach deviled? t1904'd ENE: ~ , me 00 e so an e vs "price. ,l’reeport Hatchery. SL1 . Freeport, lien. vv . —. leek whereas, . semantic» “reinstating I!" '9'" 5 Ali,- I OH OKHUREBRED IARR‘ED BOOK gems. . we. 3 ow 'Ia'ltinier'e. l289 Ecog 289 Eggs in one year, no ,trap—neet record. "LADY MICHI- GAN" also made record of 283 eggs. in one year. Shedaid 294 eggs in 381 consecutive days. Sons and daughters of "LADY MICHIGAN" are now in use in ,our matings for 1923. If you want Real Barron Leghorns 7 Single Comb Whites, get our 1923 catalog _and learn full particulars In regard LU our flock which we have carefully bred for high-egg records for the past 21 years. Our best matings are made up of mature females with actual trap—nest records from 200 to 289 eggs. Chicks and Eggs for Hatching that will ‘put the PROFIT into your Leghorn flocks, Write postcard for catalog today and before ordering Chicim or Eggs elsewhere. STRIC POULTRY FARM, Route 4 M. Hudsonvllle, Mlch. Old Chicks From Select. Hogan Tested. Flocks on Free Range. W fed and handled to Day 5; rohg, vigorous chicks. H is. PRIOES: WHI E and BROWN LEG- 0NA8.50, I 5 I ,_ .7- $8.50; 109,516; 600,315. -——-‘-" Hatched right and shipped right. Postpaid. 109% live delivery guar- anteed. Bank Reference. Order direct from this ad. Circular free. BORST & ROEK, Box P, leeland, Mlch. WASHTENAW CHICK PRICES: , March 26th and following hatches : Rocks and Reds, 5 $8.5 Barred 0 0: 100, 516; White Rocks,- White lsO, $9.50; 1oq, wn _ p 4; , S .. F‘rom - - hatches due March 12th and 19th add $2 per 100 to these prices. Postpaid. full live delivery guaranteedr Our flocks lly selected and bred for high g pro- duction. Order from this ad. Reference, armor: and Mechanics Bank, WA‘SHTENAW HATGHERY, Ann Arbor, Mlch. - principal ’froc . the nitrogen, DeKoster’s Hatchery Strong. vigorous Chicks from se- lected heayy laying ENGLISH STRAIN W ITE LEGHORNS and BROWN L R0 K N ONAS. 100 $13; aqo. $81.60. Postpaid, full live delivery suamnteed. Catalos {no Bank Reference. , 1'8 HATOHERY, Box X, Zeelsnd. Mlch. DE- ' Peerless Chicks HATCHED FROM BRED-TO-LAY 8. 0. WHITE LEOHORNB They are selected ion; deep-bodied, with large lopped combs. Liberal discount. Live arrival guaranteed. Catalog free. PEERLESS HATOHERY a POULTRY FARM, Box 10, Iceland, Mlch. BABY CHICKS Iiatched from stronz and Wourous fl ks of E GLIBH HITE L GHORN AND ANOOII 8 BRED FOR HIGH EGG-PRODUCTION. We guarantee 10 per cent - , .1“! chicks on arrival. Pos e PAID. l’iyre‘s reasonable. Insttuctive Ca 10 and Eur-es free on request. QUALITY HA OH- RY. Box A11, leelsnd, MIoh.’ SINGLE Ind U]; r ‘ I timeless?“ . “installers”... .. imam-marries"... , MW noes , o s sir-rim nor HE average p0u1try raiser at- taches little or no value to the manure produced by his flock. Its gradual accumulation beneath the perches of his fowls receives only occasional ’attention, in many instances, and even when cleaned out more frequently is thrown aw‘ay. When its removal becomes necessary he considers il. one of the unavoid- able and unpleasant evils .that go with the business. But poultry manure has a Very real value, and may become a profit« able by-product of the plant. It has been determined by the Maine Ex- periment Station, working ,in co-op- oration with the United States De- partment of Agriculture; that the average night droppings of the med- ium breeds amounts to 30 pounds a year for one fowl. V On this basis 100 fowls would produce 3,000 pounds, or one and one-half tons. The an- alyses of this manure show it to be especially high in two of the three fertilizing elements. If the plant food contained in a ton of average fresh poultry manure were bought at the price paid, usually, for it in “the form of commercial fertiliz- ers, the outlay would be about $10. Taking into account the fact that the quantity of manure produced in the daytime is at least equal to that produced at night, the specialists find that one average hen produces about 60 pounds of manure in a year. How- ever, only the night droppings are available for use, as the day drop— pings are Widely scattered over the yards and ranges. The night drop— pings from 1,000 hens would be worth about "$150 a year. As hen manure, as it usually is cared for, contains only about one-half its 01'- iginal value, the loss thru this form of neglect must be very largo for the entire country. If immediate use is resorted to, the manure should be applied some- what sparingly. It is from two to three times richer in nitrogen and three to eight times richer in phos- phoric acid than the ordinary farm manures. This, of course, is due to the kinds of feeds used, and also to the fact that the liquid and solid matter are together. It can be handled most satisfac- torily if mixed with loam to remove stickiness in the summer. In the Winter it should be mixed with a fair proportion of loam, sawdust,‘or coal ashes, sifted dried earth, land plaster or gypsum. Wood ashes and lime should never be used, as they set which must be avoided. - ' Keep it in a Dry Place To put the manure on the ground in the Winter should mean to lose one-half or more of its value. The better plan is to store it in barrels or boxes until time to use on a grow- ing crop. When stored this way the container should have several large holes bored in it to aimit air. Some plants having several thousand fowls have large bins of concrete for saving this manure. Untreated, a large part of the nitrogen escapes into the air as ammonia escapes. The Maine Experiment Station recommends using with every 30 pounds of poultry manure 10 pounds of sawdust, 16 pounds of acid phos— phate and the kainit. The acid phos— phate and the kainit prevent the loss of nitrogen, and the sawdust absorbs the excess moisture. If sawdust is not obtainable. dried earth in about the same proportion may be substi- tuted. After being treated in this way the manure should be put in' a sheltered place until used. If the materials are kept handy the busi- ness of mixing soon becomes a rout- ine task. 1 FERTILIZERS EOR CORN ROM 300 to 400 pounds per acre F of a 3-12-4 fertilizer is recom- mended for corn by Director 0.. G. Williams, Ohio ExperimentSta- tion, when neither a. clover sod nor manure is at hand to help make the cro‘p. ‘ If there is .good clov- er, 300 pounds per acre of an 0-14-4 will answer, while if there is plenty of manure from 2.00 to 300 pounds of acid phosphate only isad-' vised. l ‘ o V, ‘ A ' vnom-"‘ ‘/ of White . White Diarrhea is cadsed by bl", cillus Bacterium Pullor‘um transmit- . 'ted through. 'tho yolk; There is? scarcely a hatch without some In: footed chicks. The germs multiply very rapidly and one infected chick may infect the entire brood. .Fl‘he germs can be killed by the use of preventitivos. Intestinal Antiseptics to kill the germs shOuld be given at ' soon as the chicks are out of the shell. It is much easier to Prevent than it. is to cure. How to Prevent White Diarrhea Dear Sir: Last Spring my first in- cubator chicks when but a few days old began to die by the dozens with White Diarrhea. I tried different remedies and was about discouraged. Finally, I sent 600 to the" Walker Remedy‘ 00., Dept. 683,, Waterloo, Ia. for a box of their Walko White Dia- rrhea Remedy. It’s just the only thing for this terrible disease. We . never lost a single chick after the first dose. We raised 700 thrifty, healthy chicks, where before we nev- er raised moro than 100 a year. I’d be glad indeed to have others know of this Wonderful remedy. Ethel Rhoades, Shenandoah, Ia. ’ . Don t Wait Don't wait until White Diarrhea? gets half or two~thirds our chicks. Don't let it set started. Be prepar _Write today. Let us prove to you that Walko Will prevent White Diarrhea. Send 50c for box on our guarantee—money back 11 not satisfied. (manger Remedy co.. Dept. 688, Waterloo, ls. v. “.i I": 0 s The most . Hatchery in tire myrrh-r By years of experimenting we have evolved a . system of sex determination. We guarantee of the sex ordered. Our average is consid higher. We tee 100% live delivery; bred from males w dams have records of 250 to 287. Specialize S. C. White ghorns but fill orders for any breed. Further information if asked ORDER FROM THESE PRICES I q ’3 .1 Adidas-114ean . i \ cndo M chicks “)5 ea— . . . ‘ ' GndeAAAcI-ldusilomu Dept 61 iflmmm" . . orders. 25% down. rend-h TIMMER’S HATCHE‘RY Hard , health Chicks from se- lected heavy laying floc WM. and BR. LEGHO NS 50. :1; 100 :13 500. seats . u- conlA 5’0 $1.50- 100 sis- 500. 3157.56. ssndso R lid and ED 5 $8 , 100. s . - 16.50; 500, so. Postpaid. ull live delivery. Bank reference. Free Catalog. TIMMER'S HATCHERY Route 8 A, Holland. Mlch. Hardy Northern BredChicks o. W. LEGHORNS BARRED ROCKS The great egg producers known. Heavy Winter layers. See record of our pen. now at. ' ' ' International Eg Laying Contest. Got Quality chic at Reasonable prices . from Holland’s poultry farm. Catalogue Plno' Bay Poultry Farm, Box 56. Holland, Mich; CHICKS BARRON’S 8. O. W. LEGHORNS, SHEPPARD ANCONAS, and BARR-ED ROCKS, EGGS and CHICKS FROM SELECTED STOCK Our Leghorn 'flocks are headed by large vigorou- males from M. A. 0.; Anconas rom Sheppard’. 285 hens. Buy from an old reliable' poultry farm and you will be proud to. own a flock_ of h' h pro- ducing hens that will brmg‘- on a big pro t. We guarantee safe delivery an prepay shipments. pioneer WM. H. ’ f catalogue. 331$th osursn POULTRY FARM AND HATOHERY Box R, Byron Center. Mlch. White Leshorm. - Barred Rocks, An~ conas. 5.000 culled , Nbreedgrs.thl240y8a)ig & experience. EW 11)] . hatchet. Member Baby Chick Sigma. Send for Folder B and prices. BIG BEAVER. BIRMINGHAM, MIOH. Rhode‘ Island Reds, Tompkins strain, hat hl gigs and baby chicks. Eggs per hundred $12.03.; ‘ mks i- hundred 2 .00. n all orders to either s ck. e so or c icks f $15.00 or more, I will size the hands Ifilanid. léflrnal £1130 for on. our. ew goo coo ere ' 0’: Rhode Island Reds. both combs. ’ B‘eed" FROHM. New Baltimore} Mlch., n. 1. its. CHICKSe—Exhib‘ition and Utility: Inn-gas Americans neafisnd Barred Rocks. and Bro , Wyandottes Ais- p D to 62 o“considered: 18 H TO ERY: Oeder Spring, Mich: i i Iql‘u‘ I v-vw'rw'r,‘ 4 VisUMMARYz' ' .» Foreign demand Purchases by Europe V producersg,of.whea_t, cotton, pork and tobacc other agricultural groups. European purchasing The principal ways in wh years, have been paid imports of gold; (3) the purchase of foreign bonds. totaled 8,144 million but, for the two years, of exports over imports o imports of gold, for the two years, foreign bonds of 1,463 million dollars. was as follows: . 1922 1921 With Russia and the Danube countries still out of the Euro ean Exports 0‘: goods - - - - - - - o - o - - - - . - 3,765 4,373 volume going out of the United States in 1922 was disgppoinmtifilg‘?“ Tiifissnvirfl Imports of goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘ 3,000“ 2,509 partly due to an excess supply in Canada and Argentina and the substitution .of Net Imports 0f gold. - - - - - - o - - - - - - - 238 557 corn and other cheaper grains. Europe has had two short grain years in suc- New foreign loans - - ~ - - - -/- - - o - o - - 769 694 cession and will need our grain badly in 1923. With purchasing power low, * Partly esti Note that exports in 192 net imports of gold are less; commodities are to b is the most uncertain element in have a determining influence upon the prosperity of the o, and affect—to a lesser extent— What is the condition and outlook in regard to p ower ? by extending credit, dollars. mated. e maint other three items must be maintained or expanded. namely, new foreign cent of the loans for imports cannot be ex'pecte [think that they will increase in 1923. loans, has declined sharply in recent months, only 23 per 1922 being made in the second half of the year. d to continue indefinitely and there is no reason to Europe is probably in a position to send 1. Production and Trade 5. Agriculture: U. s. Production—#000,000 omitted. Dec. lst Dec. lst‘ 1922 1922 Estimate Average Estimate 0 ‘ 1921 1916-1920 Per cent Corn, bu. 2891 3069 2831 102 _ Wheat, bu. . . . . . . . . . .. 856 . 815 799 107 Oats, bu. .. . . . . . . . . .. 1215 1078 1413 85 Barley, bu. . . . . . . . . . .. 186 155 197 94 Rye, bu. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 95 62 68 139 Buckwheat, bu. . . . . . .. 15 14 14 107 Potatoes, bu. . . . . . . . .. 4'11 362 373 128 Sweet Potatoes, 1:1. . . . 110 99 89 123 Bay, 8.11, tons . . . . . . . .. 113 98 102 111 Cotton, bales . . . . . . . .. 10 8 12 83 Tobacco, lbs. . . . . . . . .. 132:) 1070 1378 96 Flaxseed, bu. . . . . . . .. 12 8 11 109 Rice, bu. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4.). 38 42 100 Peaches, bu. . . . . . . . .. 57 33 44 129 Pears, bu. . . . . . . . . . . .. 19 11 / 14 136 Apples, total, bu . . . . . .. 204 99 179 114 ' Apples, com'l., bbls. . . . 31 22 27 115 Sugar Beets, tons . . . . .. 5 8 7 71 Cranberries, bbls. . . . . 6 4 . 4 150 Beans, bu. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 9 13.3 90 Onions, bu. . . . . . . . . . . . 18 14 17 105 Cabbage, tons . . . . . . . .. .7 143 Sorghum Sirup, gal. . . . 37 46 40 93 Cloverseed, bu. . . . . . .. 1.9 1 5 1.5 127 Peanuts, lb. . . . . . . . . .. 624 829 1043 59 Hops, 1b. . . . . . . . . . . .. 26 29 32.1 81 'As percentage of average 1916-1920. . World Production—000,000 omitted. . . . ' Average 4 1922 1921 1909-73 Wheat, bu (1) . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . ..3,058 3,069 2,890 Corn, bu. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.450 3,781 3,572 Bye, bu. (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 785 773 Oats, bu. (4) . .‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3,003 2,759 3,009 Barley, bu. (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 833 818 882 Potatoes, bu. (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3,123 2,445 3,066 Cotton, bales (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., 16 14.1 19.6 (1) Russia and Mexico (2) 17 countries. (3) 25 countries. ' exoluded. 2. Mining: Figures express production as a, percent of normal. (6) 16 countries. excluded. 18 countries. (4) 27 countries. (5) (7) 500 pounds net, linters In esti- mating normal’produotion, due allowance is made for seasonal variation and year to year growth. Anthracite coal Bituminous coal Copper Petroleum . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3. Manufacturing: Wheat flour Meat Sugar Cotton Pig iron Steel ingot Lumber . s . u c o . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . tPreliminary. *Not available. 4. Building: Contracts awarded in 27 States: (F. W. Dodge Co.) Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Value (000,000 omitted)....$ 215 -$ 199 5. Transportation: Freight car loadings: Total Grain and grain products. Livestock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coal Coke Forest products . . . . . . . .. Ore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . March. and Miscel. . . . n . . o o o . . o o o c . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . e . . . . . - . . . Dec., 1922 Nov., 1922 Dec., 1921 . . . . . . ..t 96 99 74 . . . . . . ..i 85 81 59 . . . . . . .. 84 87 15 . . . . . . ..1121 119 112 . . . . . . .. 9 102 74 . . . . . . . . * 98 77 . . . . . . .. 136 147 144 . . . . . . . . 95 106 94 . . . . . . .. 105 92 58 . . . . . . .. 89 88 48 . . . . . . .. ’ 129 79 . . . . . . .. ‘ 91 2 . . . . . . .. ‘ 111 103 . . . . . . .. 127 127 98 . . . . . . .. ‘ 140 113 December Twelve Months 1922 1921 1922 1921 7,080 6,181 107,637 78,222 $ 3,346 8 2,359 Week Same Same Week Ending Week Week Ending Feb. 3, Month Year Feb. 3, 1923 Ago Ago 1922‘ 865,675 770,303 753,886 115 41,736 45,498 48,969 85 33,675 31,686 27,998 120 189,773 187,746 185,151 102 14,199 13,028 7,844 181 69,767 57,530 50,204 139 11,239 9,718 4 015 280 505,286 425,097 429:705 118 ‘A5 percentage of Week year ago. .7. Bank Clearings: New York City ....... Outside New York City. 0. Hall Order Sales: I ' Hontxomery ’7 . #7 Co Units of $1,000,000,ooo Jan., 1923 Dec., 1922 Jan, 1922 . . . . $19.78 $18.90 $17.30. . . . . . 17.52 16.51 13.39 January .Seven Months Ending . January 1922 . 1923' 1922 8 5,594,153 8 56,261,864 3 47,263,497 14,188,122 118,598,581 101,788,110 ich our exports of commodities, the last two for, are as follows: (1) by imports of commodities; (2) by particularly long-time credit through During these two years exports of goods have Import figures for 1922 are 'not yet complete. will be close to 5,509 million dollars. This makes an excess f 2,635 million dollars, which was paid mainly by net of 906 million dollars and the purchase of new The situation for each of the two years 2 are less than in previous year; imports are higher; new foreign loans are slightly more. ained or expanded as is desired, one or. all of the u. Foreign Trade 6. Stock and Bond Prices: 1 ‘7 000 omitted ' 112122-39, Jig-23w Rib->12” _ —December——— Twelve Months 20 Industrial stocks . . . . . . $100 8" $08 63 83.0 Commodity. 1922 1921 1922 1921 20 Railroad stocks ' ' ' ' ' ' ' n 6017 37' $~ ‘ 5 Grand total, all exports...$339,352 $291,175 $3,765,192 $4,378,928 40 Bonds ‘ i ' I ' ' ' ’ ' ' ' ’ ' ' ' ' ‘ ” 86"4 0'09 '6‘" Beef and ve:tl,l . . . . . . . .. 1,94 1,702 32,686 41,009 7 - ' ' ' ' ’ ' ' ' ’ ‘ ' ' " ‘J 89'“ 80'“ Pork, lb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 74,955 40,304 699,618 737 756 ' Bus'm” Fa'mres' Lard, lb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 78,596 64,542 766,950 868:942 . "—wL‘CK End‘“g‘_‘ Neutral lard, lb. . . . . . . .. 2,516 1,513 20,497 23,951 1.1. . “"‘gumgg Dem—1'19” Feb-8'19” Butter, lb. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 362 439 10,938 8,015 1;“ .5”th ' ' ‘ ' ‘ ' ‘ ' ' ‘ ' ' ‘ ' ‘ " .43)” “"9 58° Cheese, lb. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 307 439 5,007 11,772 “’1” ‘ ‘ ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ‘ ' ' ' ‘ ' ‘ ‘ “ “‘1 54" 581 Hides and skins . . . . . . . . ..$ 428 $428 $4,019 $4,067 ' - (lalornl, bud. h . . . . Hm . . . . .. 4,738 10,243 163,609 128,975 IV- Prices ca an our, 77.42.... 6 6 F. ' ' ' ‘- Wheat, bu. . . . . . . . . . . 9,676 10,45i 164,332 230.02.: “ w‘homsa'" Pr'cei °f Hm" commo‘j't'es‘ Flour, bbls. . . . . . . . . . 1,500 1,014 15,020 16,801 Q“”“‘“"“3 3‘ Chm!“ “1W” “3 “0W- Onts, bu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 332 98 30,011 3224 W’- 3": “"1"” Yea? Meal and rolled oats, 10.. 11,188 9,127 144,123 988%) . 1933‘ A6" A30 Fruits and nuts . ' . . . . ‘ _ H $8,434 5,669 75,864 70,157 l‘llt hogs, cwt., average . . . . . . . . . . . ..$ 8.00 $ 8.30 $10.35 Vegetable oils and hm”. $1,464 1,204 14,162 27,668 B‘ccl’ steers, good native, cwt., 21v... 885 9.35 7.55 Sugar, lbs: _ _ . t . . ' . . . . . n 5,974 71,270 1,836,722 933,792 but lambs, cwt., :lvor'dgc . . . . . . . . . .. 13.00 14.20 14.90 Leaf tobacco, lb . . . . . . . .. 36,954 38,772 430,907 515,353 13‘ Shem". cm” ‘5‘"‘-“"‘““ - ' ' ‘ - - v ‘ ~ i -~ “‘5 7-90 7‘70 Cotton, bales . I I I . . . . . N 608 640 6114 6474 Wool, 01117) dclnllle Ullll'ilh‘lll‘il, lb. wool, lbs. _ . . . i _ _ _ _ n _ . U 3 82 3153 1'92, (Boston) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .575 .57 49 2 mums i Egtter, 93 score, 1b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .52 .50 '36 . : ‘ eese, o. 1 twins, lb . . . . . . . . . . . .. .2 r "I womb“... Ten Months Eggs, fresh firsts, doz . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3725 Commodity. 1922 1921 1922 1921 Poultry, hens, lb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .2375 H2." '25 Grand total, all imports...$345,083 $188,008 $2,527,132 $2,060 704 Wheat. No. 2 hard. bu . . . . . . . . . . . . .' 1.017% 1'13r 1457s Beef and veal, 1b . . . . . . .. 4,504 3,5 31,502 25595 Corn, No. 2 mixed, bu . 4 . . . . . . ‘ 74°13 '60; '5775 Pork, lb. ..; . . . . . . . . . . .. 54 226 637 661 Oats, No. 2 white, 467% '46? '3925 Butter, lb. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 232 1,858 2,967 14,031 Rye, No. 2. bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' i H '856‘ '87); 10425 Cheese, lb. . . . . . . . . . 6,776 3,953 33,019 19,487 Barley. bu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' i ' H '63 .625 '63 Hides and skins . . . . . . . .. $13,487 5,252 81,915 56670 Kafir. No. 2 White, cm. (ll-hints" ' ' ' ' Corn, bu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3 . .. . 100 ’157 City) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 59 1 rwr 1 34 Oats, bu_ . . . _ , _ , _ _ _ , , _ H 3 65 1,279 3,147; Hay, No. 1 timothy, 21:00 21:000 21-00 that, bu, _ . I I I _ , , _ _ . H 2556 373 15,387 21685 Flax, N0. 1, bu. (Minneapolis) . . . . .. 3.1575 234 259 _ smite and- nut::......... $ 8,724 9,114 57,703‘ 52.577 Cotton, middling, No. (New Yol'k).... .29 32875 1853 Vgeetable 0115, fats , , , , , ,_ 3 5,166 3,140 50,987 31297 Beans, White, cwt. (f. o. 11. Michigan) 8.15 8,05 595 Sugar, lib. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 432,456 362,079 8,866,467 5109581 Potatoes. northern whites cwt.... 110 ‘70 1’0 Leaf tobacco, lb. . . . . . . .. 6,285 908 57,841 '422052 Onions. midwest yellow, 'cwt-m-I: 2:65 2'75 700 aggrlin, bales . . . . . . . . . . .. 25 238 9033 266 173 applestinter varieties, bi»! . . . . . . . .. 5.30 5:00 9.00 , . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. , , 86 303,894 297,200 ices, o. 1 native heavy, lh . . . . . . .. .205 .t r ' i 3' Prices of Foreign Drafts: Sugar, fine granulated, 117. (New 20‘) .105 ' I, Price of Demand Drafts York) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .0825 0,7 .05 Ngmgngllgolg Value $9, J3n_ Feb. 30‘ 2. U. S. Department of Labor Relative Wholesale Prices: :1 0 lie ange 2. 1923 22 )‘ u ‘ w ‘ n 7 “ England . . . . ..$4.87_t01£ Sterling..$4.70 $4.66 mm m 3“" mi” “{1}; 310' ' ‘ (13:31?” . . . . . ..1$2938§c:01fran; 6.066. 6.34c 9.150. All'commoditics (weighted ovonwo‘m" " “c"1922 1m" 192. . . . . . .. .co mar . . . . .. .005 . 7 . r I - ii ” Belgium .v . . . . ..19.'3c to lfranc . . . . . . 5.3360 egg? 8.74386“: rniiiigiiriidblctgme 1m” ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ’ " 159 148 Italy . . . . . . . . ..19.3c to llire . . . . . .. 4.90c 4.72c 5.03c ' Food products ' ' i ‘ ‘ ' ' ' ‘ ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ‘ U 141 I 1i) 116 Spam . . . . . . . ..19.3ct01peseta .....15,65c 15.627: 15.947: Cloths and cioihihé ‘ ' ' ' ‘ ' i ' ' ' ' ' ' ' H 196 1 4 134 Austria . . . . . ..20.3c tolcrown .0014c .0014c .0275c Fuel and lightinrrh i ' I I I I . . . ‘ ‘ i i i H 018 194 183 Denmark . . . . ..26.8c to lcrown .....19.18c 18.686 20.737: Motels and nletalhpl-odlli'is‘i ' ' ‘ ' ' n 13:; ii6 183 Norway . . . . . ..26.8c to lcrown ......ls.56c 184.647: 17.00 Building materials i ' . ' ' I ' ' u 188 1‘1 117 Sweden . . . . . ..26.80to1crown _....26.62c 26.860 26.557: Chemicals ‘lnd dink ' l i ' ‘ ' ' ‘ i ' ' ' H 161 :85 202 Holland . . . . . ..40.2c tolflorin . . . . ..39.56c 39.507; 38.057: iriou‘se’fum‘iohin s h ' i ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ‘ ' ‘ ' " 1'7 1'59 159 ' Argentina .....42.5ct01peso . . . . . .37.2c 39.25c 30.56«: Miscellaneous g ‘ ' ' ' ' ' ' O . ' ' ' ‘ ' "11>: 2” ' Branil . . . . . . ..32.4ct01mileris ....11.556 11.45c 13.66c 3 P- ' ' ' ' ' ‘ ' ' ' ' ' ' ‘ ' ' ' ' ' " 7 . 7 146 India . . . . . . . ..48.7ctolrupcc . . . . .31.?50 32.25c 28.75c ' “m M Farm Pmducts at the Farm Rem'v‘m “"3: Japan . . . . . . ..49.9cto1yen .......49.45c 48.85c 47.37c , . Prim “1 3'0“ “‘13 equal 100- Canada. . . . . . . ..1000toldollar .....98,81c 99.130 97.07: (omnmdlm Dec-71922 NOV-71922 Dec- 1921 4_ Dlscount Rate of the Bank of England: Cotton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9 ’ 30 Feb}; 1923 MontgAgo YenrAgo Right . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 117 111 72 ‘ o 3 a 5/0 011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 135 129 118 . Hay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 107 115 110 Ill. 501210008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 92 90 173 l. Gold, Currency and Bank Deposits: (titlie. 1.. . I I I ' ' I ‘ . ' I - I ‘ ' i o I u 1%; 132 78 000,0000mitted ...._:..:::::::::::::::::::' 22. 249 222’ Jun. 1, Doc. 1, Jim. 1, Butter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 155 15 V 1023 1022 71922 Wool 211 9 2 Stocks of monetary geld in the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 9 101 United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..$ 3,943 $ 3909 s 3657 4' Relat'“ Purcms'” Pow" °f Farm Pmdumi Total supply of currency in the ’ ' The quantity of various commodities which a given amount fl '7‘ United States . . _ . . _ . . ' . . ' . - . . H 4,733 4,617 5,775 each farm product would purchase at prices prevailing ln-1913 r Sept 15' June 30' germ 15' is put equal to 100. The figures given represent the percentage 1922 1922 1921 of this quantity which the same amount of farm products would Total deposits in National Banks..$16,599 $16,321 $14,561 Durshase in December- 1922- Priées at the fam unused for Jan. L Dec. 1' Jam 1, afirlcultural (products, and wholesale prices at central markets it! Deposits in New York City banks $ 410,37? 3 398%?) $139331 0 m commz‘“ Cloths Fuel M W B ildl H .2. Gold Movement; ' 'H’ ’ mosties etc. ' etc: eetcs' uMilena Fe» 0m“? 000 omitted (‘otton 127 102 92 1 1' ' ' 1922December Twelve Months t - ' - - -- 54 39 lg; lg: \ . ‘2 ea .... ) 6 Exports of gold . . . . . ..s 2,710 $ 2,162 $ 36,875 $122591 Hay - - - - - -- 69 55 53 1g: i: 5; Imports of gold . . . . . .. 26,440 31,666 275,170 691,248 Potatoes -- 59 47 43 ~ 70 50 51 I 3. Federal Reserve Ratio: ’ Beef Cattle- 57 40 41 68 48 49 ~ Feb. 14, Jail.17, Feb. 15 11063 ---- -- 65 53 47 7s 55 56 1923 1923 1922' Eggs ..... 147 11.8 106 175 124 126 Ratio of total reserves to deposits Bum" 104 34 75 124 88 89 ET] FedilialdReseI-VB note liab11_ 7 W001 135 109 ‘ 98 161 114 116 es com ne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 75.3 a 76.1% 76.4% Average purchasing power of all arm tax-mg 4. Interest Rates: Jan D J 031;? commodities. Same basis as have Bibi?“ m or ’1 ., ec., an," 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 100 Decanber 1921 , 1923 1922 ' " 4—6 mos. commercial paper.......... 4.72% 4.88% digit """" """ " iii mm' 1922”"""""‘ - 60-90 days commercial paper........ 4.40% 4.62% 4.90% 1916 """"" as July 7. 5. Discount Rate of Federal Reserve Banks: 1917 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' 19¢ WB"””""""~--¥ .9" . . . . . . . . . . . . . er . ' F911;)? nigh; Feb.1, 1913 v . . . . . . . 112 osteoa- . ' a -_ 9 . . . . . . Range of rates for the \twelve 1922 ” 18% Nmmr "unu'u'"". bsnks on commercial agricultural 1921 ZIIIIIIIZIZCIIC'II: 07 January and livestock mor.............4-4yi,s ems 444-5% 1522 ..... .. u " Revised ‘Monthl b i in.- psrtruent of Risesrych (it ” .‘ American Fhrm Bureau eratwn._- Siness S't t' ' us.as many goods in 1923 as last year but much of an increase would be sur- . prising. These factors, combined, point to a diminution of export demand in 1923. At least 11: will be conservative for farmers to lay their plans on the basis of a strong possibility that foreign demand for cotton, wheat and pork will be_less than last year. This need not be true if improvement in European con- ditions Increases production abroad and brings a return of confidence among American investors. ' I Cotton wrll start the new crop year with practically no" carryover. With the price of cotton around thirty cents per pound the incentive will be strong to plant a large acreage. Also with the price high, fertilizers and poisons will be applied more generously. The weather and boll weevil may restrict output In spite of the factors tending to increase it. A crop of 12 million bales the average for 1916-1920, would probably not prove excessive even with lbwer exports. - The proportion of wheat exports to production was 27 per cent in 1922 compared wrth 43 per cent in 1921 and 23 per cent for the tWenty year average. the agricultural situation. Europe can be expected to continue to give preference to our cheaper grains. With wheat prices unsatisfactory, winter wheat acreage was cut three per cenl and it is anticipated that the spring wheat area may be reduced. From reports of the United States Department of Agriculture, we may con- clude that the number of hogs raised for market in 1923 will be about 15 per cent larger than last year. Pork and lard exports are now making up about 15 per cent of production compared with an average around 11 per cent before the war. Exports in 1922 show a slight decline from previous year. With an indication of a large supply of pork products in 1923, larger exports than last year would seem necessary to sustain the market. If exports of The last item in the list, Net gold a... a ’ v a 'steers fetching $4.25 to $6.25. FOOTE'S MARKET LETTER ' By W. W. Foote HE cost of living is increasing and is much higher than a year ~ ago, and farmers are complain- ing of their great increase in taxes above pre-war years, while their farm profits have been far lower. A matter of interest to dairy farmers is the recent arrival in New York of a . cargo of 5,320,000 pounds of butter from New Zealand, and the arrival the same day of 2,500,000 pounds of poultry in the same city from Cali- fornia, both by way of the Panama Canal. It was stated at the same time that a fleet of butter carrying ships was on the sea carrying nearly 10,000,000 pounds of New Zealand butter destined for consumption in this country, and predictions were made that it would force prices for domestic butter lower. According to an agreement between the Chicago milk‘distributors and the milk pro- ducers association, composed of dairy farmers in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana, the wholesale price fell ten cents per hundredweight a few days ago, the new rate to be in force until the first of May. The new price of milk for twelve gallons of milk fell from $2.50 to $2.40. No reduction was made in prices to con- sumers. Grain on Farms Reserves of grains on farms in the United States on March 1 aggregated 1,706,000 bushels of wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley, as given by the government report, being 187,000,- 000 bushels less than last year and 822,000,000 bushels under two years ago. It is estimated that reserves are ample for domestic and normal export requirements until the next crops. An increased percentage of the wheat crop was moved from the farms this season, this amounting to 67.1 per cent, comparing with 61.7 per cent last year and a ten years average of 57.7 per cent. One—third of the wheat reserves are held in the four northwestern state~. amounting to 51,706,000 bushels, of 24,700,000 bushels more than last year. Corn supplies on the farms of 1,087,000,- 000 bushels were 210,000,000 bush- els less than last year and 477,000,- 000 bushels less than two years ago. A heavy consumption of oats is shown by reserves of 421,514,000 bushels. Prices for wheat hold up remark- ably, although sales are made far be- low the prices paid one and two years ago. Sales are made of May de- livery wheat in the Chicago market around $1.20, comparing with $1.37 a year ago. May corn sells at 74 1-2 cents, comparing with 62 1—2 cents a year ago; May oats at 45 cents comparing with 39 1-2 cents last year; and May rye at 83 3-4 cents, comparing with $1.06 1-2 a year ago. Cattle in Moderate demand The only way that will keep prices for cattle from declining is for stock- . men to market their holdings moder- ately, avoiding large shipments at one time. Many more cattle are re- ported as feeding in the corn belt than a year ago, and because of the comparative cheapness of hog pro- ducts, they are largely substituted for beef. The present tendency of cattle prices is to narrow, very few prime beeves being needed to meet the demand, and late sales of beef steers offered on the Chicago market were largely at a range of $7.75 to $9.50, with the best lots at $9.50 to. $10, a few head of 1135-pound long yearlings fetching $10.40. Steers grading as good are salable at $9 and over, medium grade lets going at $8 and over, and sales down to $6.40 to $7.75 for common to fair lots of light weights, a few inferior little The packers compete with country buyers for fleshy, feeders, a moderate busi- ‘ neSs being carried on in stockers and feeders at $5.25 to $8.40, sales being principally at $6 to $7.75. Most stockmen hesitate about loading up ‘with thin cattle at high prices, as 'jthey are afraid of the future market for finished cattle.’ _ s ghave been marketed liberally, caus- ing bad breaks in prices, with recent [sales at $5 to $11.50. steers zand fairy yearlings I sell at Spring calves Prime heavy MARKET SUMNIARY . ‘V v Wheat steady. .Corn and oats unchanged. Beans quiet afte small decline on opening day of week. Supply of butter moderate , and demand good. Receipts of eggs exceed demand. Potatoes ‘ firm. Poultry steady. All live stock steady. to active and higher. I (Note: The above summarized Information was ionolvod- AFTER the balance of tho mar- Iot page was m In type.) [t contains last minute Information up to unnln owns" nom- of Iolnc to pron—Bolton 41,7 $10. Most cows and heifers sell at $4.50 to $6.50,,pr‘ime heifers going at $8 to $8.75. A year ago the best steers sold at $9.40 and eight years ago at $8.75. Excessive Hog Supplies Stockmen owning hogs and cattle are marketing rapidly, being opposed to a long feed, and hog receipts are especially large, causing frequent-de- clines in prices. Eastern shippers are purchasing a much smaller pro-- portion of the swine offered on the Chicago market than several weeks ago, and lack of competition between buyers has favored the decline in prices. Comparisons with prices pair a year ago show a big decline, the top at that time having been $11.50, the high point for 1922, but last November the best hogs sold down to $7.85. There has been a marked in< ease in the marketing of pigs and underweights, and the spread in prices has narrowsl mater- ially, the bulk of the hogs selling within a range of 35 cents. Prime light bacon hogs still top t‘ « market, selling 25 cents above the best heavy butchers. Recent Chicago re- ceipts of hogs averaged 229 pounds. The principal bullish factor in the hog trade is the extremely large consumption of lard and fresh and cured meatsat home and abroad, ex- ports continuing much heavier than a year ago. During last, week Chi- cago received 215,650 hogs, com- paring with 194,865 a week earlier and 150,798 a year ago. And yet the good demand put prices higher, closing sales being made at $7.25 to $$8.65, comparing with $6.90 to $8.45 a week earlier and $9.50 to $11.30 n year ago. , Early Spring Lamb Supply The early spring lamb supply available for the markets of the country promises to be materially larger an to start to market earlier than last year, according to the Bur- eau of Agricultural Economics. This applies to lambs which go to market before the first of June. California lambs are expected to arrive in the markets in large volume in April, ' while marketing from the southwest will not be well under way until May. Marketings from Tennessee and Ken- tucky for April and May promise to be larger than last year and, about the same as in 1921. Last fall the number of breeding ewes in those two states was estimated as 7 per cent larger than a year earlier, and earlier breeding than usual was the rule. Lambs from Virginia will move later than the Tennessee and Kentucky flocks. Such states as Iowa, Illinois, and southern Ohio be- gin marketing lambs in June. These lambs are dropped mostly in Febru~ ary and March. Ewes generally wintered well, and are in good con- dition all over the Corn belt, feed be— ing plentiful. Shed lambs dropped in February and March in Idaho be- gin to go to market in June. Wooled lambs are selling in Chicago at $12.75 to $15.25; The University of Wisconsin had a car load of superior fed western lambs that averaged 87 pounds on the Chicago market rec- ently that sold at $15.25, the top price. Sheep are making much more money on the Wisconsin farms than either cattle or hogs, both lambs and wool selling extremely high. Shrop- shires lead other breeds, but Cheviots are becoming more popular in parts of Wisconsin. WHEAT , - Prices in the‘wheat market fluct- uated considerably during the past two weeks. The forepart of this period the trend wasdownward and during the last week prices have ad- vanced until at Detroit they closed last Saturday within 1—2e‘ofrthe.cles—' w 4 ing price on the same market two weeks previous. During the entire time the news circulated about the market was very bearish, but it ap- pears that bearish news has been used so long to bear the market that it is losing influence on prices. The wheat outlook, as far as present wheat is concerned, could not be much more bearish, but that has been the case for a long time and no attention is paid ,to it. Strength is coming from the new crop outlook, which is far from favorable. The southwest needs rain and any pre- cipitation in recent days has not been over the dry districts. This is the most important point in the grain sit- uation and will be for some weeks or until spring weather has definitely developed the strength of the plant. Foreign news is more favorable to the constructive side of wheat, but export buying has not yet given much evidence of returning life. Some bullish dealers believe they see an early end of the Ruhr trouble. , The invasion of Germany by France is held as the reason why Europe is not buying American wheat and it is believed the buying would be resum- ed should the French settle up and go home. Foreigners took about half a million‘ bushels of durum Wheat last week, buying it at Min— neapolis.’ James A. Patten says: “I believe‘that the Whole question of a continued movement back to general prosperity rests upon a return to the former relation between the price of farm products and such commodities as the farmers need to buy. I re- gard corn as the keystone of the agri- cultural arch and fortunately every condition appears present for a price range for the rest of the year that will do much toward restoring the farmer to'his position of the greatest element of purchasing power in our population.” Prices Detroit—Cash No. 2 red, $1.351/é; No. 2 white, $1.351/2; No. 2 mixed, $1.351/2. ‘ _ ‘Chicago-—Cash No. 2 hard, $1.19- 1;§@1.201/2; No. 3 hard, $1.19. New York—Cash No. 2 hard, $1.34; No. 2 mixed, $1.25. ~ Prices one year ago—Detroit, No. 2 red, $1.37; No. 2 white, $1.34; No. 2 mixed, $1.34. . CORN Corn showed more strength on the closing day of last week than proba- bly at any time during the past two weeks and considerable grain chang- ed hands as demand was active and selling of good volume. Bearish news has dominated the market re- cently but a bullish statement was given out that offsets the bearish in- fluence. Mr. James A. Patten, in discussing the domestic needs after March 1 to the new crop, stated that our present corn reserve of 1,089,— 000,000 bushels is short by 119,000,- 000 bushels of our actual consump- tion during the last two years. Re- ceipts are smaller than expected. ' Prices ' Detroit—Cash No. 2 yellow, 79c; No.3, 770; N0. 4, 750; No. 5, 73c. Chicago—No. 2 mixed, 74@74- Béc; No. 2 yellow, 74%@751,éc. New Yorkfi—No. 2 yellow & No. 2 white, 930; No. 2 mixed, 92 39c. Prices one year ago—Detroit, No. 2 yellow, 64%8; No. 3, 63c. . OATS Oats are quiet and-steady with the Detroit price at the same level as two j weeks ago. Cash oats are reported in good demand. » Prices _ ~ No.3, 8c:;iN,o 4,, :16 56 r heavy, 5 @80 per lb. Detroit—Cash No. 2. white, 491360.; '. Chicago—Cash‘No. 2-whitej4efi, 46%0; No. 3, “@468”. - , ‘ New York—Cash No. 2 white,56¢. Prices one year ago—Detroit, No. 2 white, 42c; No. 8.400. . RYE- . r . Demand in the rye' market is 4: Export business is at a standstill and." indications are that it 'will remain: that way until some kinda! ‘a settiev', ment is arrived at .in thesze‘c'tionn where 'war threatens. some time. The future trend of rye will depend much on what the other grains do. ‘ ' Prices . _ .Detroit—Cash‘No. 2, 8455c. Chicago—Cash No. 2, 8356c. .New York—flash No. 2,. 960. Domestic de-I‘f’ mand is very light and‘has been for, Prices one year ago—Detroit, Cash ~ No. 2, $1.02. BEANS ‘ r The bean market continues steady in tone with prices unchanged. Trad- ing is rather quiet at present but it is expected to show more activity soon. Prices Detroit—C; H. P., “$7.75. Chicago—0. H. P., $8.00@8.25.J‘ Prices one year ago—Detroit, C. H. P., $6.65. ~ ' ' POTATOES Potatoes are firm in spite of the fact that receipts are in exces of the demand- points than they W‘ re two weeks ago. Receipts on western markets are small while markets in the east are' plentifully supplied. Dealers are inclined to be backward about buy— ing more than for immediate needs as they feel that prices should go lower. Prices Detroit —' Michigan, per cwt. Chicago—Wisconsin round white, 9OC@1.00 per cwt; Idaho russets, $1.15@1.35.. Prices one Michigan, $2.06. HAY . ‘ Markets have been steady witha decidedly stronger feeling in the central western section. The stormy weather had a\ strengthening effect on most markets as the demand pick- ed up and arrivals delayed. The eastern terminals report slightly larger receipts and prices have soft- ened a trifle froma week ago. Prices Detroit—,-No. 1 timothy, $16@- 16.50; standard, $15.50@16; light mixed, $15.50@16; No. 2 timothy. $14@15; No. 1 clover mixed, $13@- '114; No. 1 clover, $13@14. Chicago—No. 1 timothy, $21@23: light mixed, $18@19; No. 2 timothy, $17@19; No. 1 clover, $13@15. New York—'No. 1 timothy, $27 @- 28; No. 2 light mixed, $24@26; No. i 2 timothy, $25 @‘26. Prices onegyear ago—Detroit, No. 1 timothy, $19@20; standard, $18- @19; No. 2 timothy, $17@18: No. 1 light mixed, $18@19. ’ 'Alfalfa—Chicago, 'No. 1 and choice, 9$23@25; No. 2 standard, , $15@1. MISCELLANEOUS MARKET QUO- TATIONS Detroit, Tuesday, Mar. 13th APPLES—Greenings, $1.60; Baldé wins, $1.65 @ 1.90; Spy, $2 @250; other varieties, $1.50 @1.75 per bu; western boxes, $ 2 @ 3 ; in barrels. Greenings, $5.25 @ 5.50; Baldwins, $5.50 @ 6. ' HONEY—Comb,23@25c per lb. POPCORN—4 @ 4 %c; Little Bust- er, 7%@8c per Ib. : DRESSED CALVES—Best-, 1 5 @ - 160;"Ine‘d/ium, 13@14c per lb. ' DRESSED EGGS—90 to 130 lbs., 11@12c; 130 to 169 lbs., 9@10c; «LIVE, POULTRY—Best chickens, 260276: leghOrns, .22@24c; stage, I 24c; medium and. large hens, 26 27cgsmall hens, 24c; roosters, 17c: 27 @ 28c for small {561‘ lb. ‘ pU'rTER—Best ore ‘ ‘ Prices are higher at many ' 31.17@1.33' ' year age—Detroit. geese. 2,00; ducks, 30;; for large audio - Ina-n! non-m l ' .‘ ‘ \ -‘l auncl n flail 92'] “I! n no.1.hidn-ni i uni-so I'm-:2: ‘ mm on“ .lr . .01- omzi an H mm! dial—13.5.1115 I nun-n n—I n .4. ’ «110 H $5.00 each. 7 , Selected bombing eg e bal‘pficeafrin the: middle west're- ' ~ . goals on a steadyto firm basis, with ‘1. 'A'dvortisements inserted under ' this heading at 300 per agate line, :vber issue. Commercidl’\Baby Chick ,advertisements 46c per agate lln‘e. : Write out what you have to offer and send "it in. We will put» it in type,.send proof and quote rates by return mail. \ Address The ..Michlgau . Business Farmer..Advertising De- p‘uviftment. Clemens. Michigan. W’LLETS, HEllS m oooxrnns f»s."o. White Leghorns and s. 0. and n. 0. Black Minom Must make room before cold west: or. 7 About resdy to lay. V LAN-Ml FARMS. Plnoknsy, Mich. ' ‘ V LEGHERNS LEGHORNS '0. Buff Leghorn Hens, Pulls“ and Cookerels. m and pullets $2.50 each; cockersls $3.00 to Show birds a matter of correspond- LAPI-IAII FARMS. Plncknsy, Mo . YOUNG AND WYOKOFF WHITE LEGHORNS 0 setting. Prepaid 2. a _ciroular. 1'. Arthur fist-tin. Indian River, Mlch. PEDIGREED 8. c. ENGLISH W. L. COOKER- els. Egg record 275 to 300 each $2.00 JOHN W. MORGAN, YIIO. Mloh. \ WYANDOTTES ‘ # FOR SALE—HEIMDAOH’S WHITE WYAN- ' dottes. Few A1 cock birds and cockerels. Hatching eggs in season. Write for prices. 0. W. HEIMBAOH. Big Rapids, Mlch., R. 5. FOR SALE-~PURE BRED PARTRIDGE WYAN- dotte coekerels and hatching eggs. For immedi- ate delivery, send for rices. FRED RIERSON, . 5. Bronson, Mlchlgan. ‘ r WHITE ROCKS—— HEAVY LAYER$—CHOI50E Quality. Guaranteed .eggs, 15, $1.50; 60, $3. 0; 100, 86.60. Program. v MR8. FLORENG HOWARD. Petersburn, Mloh. WHITE wrnnooms hills? ills:- WAYNE OHIPMAN, R. 2, Washlngton, Mich. SILVER LAOED AND WHITE WYANDOTTES Four In , beautiful roosters. Eggs 32.50 per 15. 0. If. BROWNING, Portland. Mlohlgan. PLYMOUTH ROCK » gill-T 300K EGG“? asvnd101stLBCinTi‘rlrli-Et: . vnnners. vHogan ted hens, heavy layers. J. 0. cure a. SONS, Box M. Saltulo. Ind. BARRED ROCK COOKEREL8_ AND PULLETD f eries's rum Am rice—Winning strains. Winners 0f 18 first prlm at_Detroit Ind M. A. O. the last two seasons. Low rises. TOLLES BROS, R. 10), 89.. Johns, liloh. DARRED ROCKS. EGGS AND BADY Chick! from Silver Cup Winners and Chain pron Winter Layers. Eggs 3 per 1 5 and (‘hrc from 18c 11 delivered. @1er free. FRED ABTLING, Clanstantine. Michigan. JOHN'S BIO BEAUTIFUL BARRED ROCK Cookerels. light and dark .eolor. Sold on spprovul. $3.00 to $6.00 esc . 1: rs. ‘JOHN NORTHON, Clare. Michigan. #4 ‘ruompson HEAVY stma ssnnso ROCK 1.75-15' 53-30. Dark matings. > fins. FRED kLOMP. 8%. charm. ulchlgan. COOKERELS, NORMAN IAIRED ROCK 8m in, shi n approve) reos pa. ; Ins. JESSE é). DEAfl. It“? Meson. Mloh. ' DARRED AND WHITE ROCK MATCHING eggs for sale from exhibition utility stock. Farm- ers: prices. Dansons' Farm. R. 4, Muskogee. Mich. son SALE—FIIETOOCKEnfi £2.50“ gluon ank months 0 emu ~ r“: 85.00 3.5:... o. graces. mevllis. Michigan. QBPINGTONS BUFF OflPllGTGI BDGKERELS r000ks st in. u A. J. BREWIAKER. Elsle. Mloh. BRED BUFF OHPINGTON EGGS A'l' Pun 32-15: 35.50-50. Pr m. use. ANNA use a. Footerla, Michigan. RHODE ISLAND BEDS son sALE—e. c. nuooa ISLAND use COCKEBELS. Pure bred. Manhood strain. lens red bhdLPrico ‘33 apiece {1.332% calcium“. n. s. Pigeon, memo... GOOD LAYING STOCK, fl.” 8. $8.00 for 100. of ‘ 16.00 per 00. EDWARD GRYDER. Ahmo, "lab. I f TURKEYs—DUCKs—GEESE 6. o. REDS. color. number BOURBON BED TURKEY “15-53:” 75103. a. on LA’SHAN. Fenian. sum. or so BIG BIIIIIZE’ ,TON "nausea: Gilli“? 631.35? a saris. Ber rs. wlb, Ind, rm: vmomue seems use To. -2 mfi’suv sssoom. nil-rm, lichIosn. marinara 1a.: runners. Tours 18 BRO ' 10 lbs. 815. Era $8 for 19. all-uncles, Box 151. Plalmnll, mu. m 8A1. : on: was DIED nua- man: ‘ " cow- a st 312. mu: turbo . ~ 1 We‘dn’ufususou. sou... .Ilehlosn.’ see-n vuexcvsrnou 0' rectum-o 1mm, not of very large volume,_on account of 'the ‘shortage of stocks. Reports “from the West indicate that growers are inclined to hold for good prices. better financing arrangements and 'the general feeling of optimism be- ing factors in this tendency. Throughout the country the trade seems to feel confident that wool prices will be steady to firm this spring season. , WEEKLY MARKETGRAM U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Econr ' omics _ ~ Washington, D. C.———For the ‘week ending March 10, 1923. FEED—Demand quiet. Deliver- ies of Wheat feeds by flour mills heavier and track stufl.’ is available in Minneapolis. Cottonseed meal mark- et weak; transactions small. Export- ers bid $46.50 for slab cake delivered Gulf Ports. Fair 'teeding demand from west. Hominy feed offerings exceed demand and prices are easier. Gluten feed unchanged, demand fair, production heavy. Linseed meal in liberal supply. at lower prices. In- terior demand fair. Storage stocks of wheat feeds good. Movement light. Quoted March 9—bran, $28.- 4 25, middlings $28.50, flour middlings $30, Minneapolis; 36 per cent cotton- seed meal $40.50, Memphis, $41.50 Atlanta; 34 per cent linseed meal $47.75, Minneapolis; $48.75 Bufialo; gluten feed $42.65 Chicago; white hominy feed $.29 St. Louis, $29.50 Chicago. ' Why are we buying western ap- ples by the pound, when our own Michigan apples rotted on the trees last fall? Week of IL!) weather coming at the end- M of last week or beginning of this will be followed by a cold wave” temperatures falling to be- tween 10 and 15 degrees above zero on or before Tuesday the 20th. Heavy local rains will change to sleet and snow which is liable to cause local hinderances to trade or com- munication. The Winds at this time will also be high. About Wednesday temperatures will begin to moderate rapidly in this state and during Thursday or Friday one may expect showers or snow hurries. At the end of this week there-will beenother change to colder but we do not believe it will be as severe as the previous low temperature period. Week of March 25 . Cold, (air days and nig ts will be the rule during early spa t of this week but by Tuesday or Wednesday in Michigan. Unsettled conditions ‘vrill continue for the balance or the week but we believe there will be about or a. little above the average fmount of clear sky, notwithstand- ng. Beet Sugar Outlook The outlook for the Michigan sug— ar beet sugar content is fairly prom- the weather will be during the com— ing summer and tall. [twill not be beet year for all parts of the state. While the rainfall will be heavier during some of the summer months th‘fn' others, we believe June, July. A gust and September as a whole will average about normal. in: or sugar boots in Hiehigap will produce a greater tonnage that the early seeded'crop and that the sugar content will be equally as good. Faun room use: nu. one In. n. W Mloh. HATCHING EGGS EKG. . A , “h. Bums min. 2 “I w" > ‘ ornhper touA'm'il 87:11.30 :3 areas.” ,I%‘ infill" trading of good character, thoughi Still no HONEY l m your money. CAMPAIGN HATS 9 Order 1: No. 9 GIVE ‘IZE U. 8. Army Campaign Hats made of pure wool felt. A very serviceable and practicable hot for farmers, campers and Boy The best grade of wool felt was used in making these hats. Sizes 6% to 7%. Easily worth twice our priceof 99c plus postage. ARMY KHAKI COAng Pouslage Order by No. 11X ONLY SIZES 82 'te 81 $2.00 Would not dupli- ca this value. U. 8. Emma your noy‘ practically as new. Ma e of fine ma- 3 . yours at the low price of 89c Plus Postage. 100% PURE WOOL $39 Plus Postage you to mail your ord- st once. All Wool O. D. Trousers $49 Plus I’m:- Order by No. 13X U. 8. Army 0. D. quality 14 oz. wool ser 0 and melton wit ut cuffs. Have {our pockets made of extra heavy ‘ u trousers are e u b l e stitched bout. They re worth at least 8.00. _Sizes 30 to 36. While they last 0 n l y $2.49 plus D08 E . U. s. SALVAGE co. Wabash St, B, Cor. 10th, St. owl, Minn. mm; GOODS convinced that you have more than mo 1! worth we Don't delay. Order now before the article you want is sold out JERSEY ’ PAY OI ARRIVE will zlsdly ooARAnIEEo 10 won 9 our mo Plus Postago ' « — < e .. U. 8. Amy Field shoes, at less than one—half the price originally paid by the governmmt. ads of the best leather obtainable, soft toe. bellows tongue; glove finish inside; solid leath er counter, steel heel plates, hub nails in sob and heel. Three full super quality soles, al most impossible to wear them out. Sizes 8 t' 111,5. Special Price $2.89 plus postage. ARMY Plll’ l'Elll'S Regular United States Army issue Pup Tent consisting of two shelter halves. Everyon knows the quality of regular army issue toul: waterproof and of best, longest wearing mats rial. Tent is large enough to hold two people At $1.69 they are a wonderful bargain. Genuine Army Wool Shirts will ‘ Plus ' \» ‘3 Postage Order by No. 7X This is the most won dertul shin value tbs! been cred .01 neatly to red. our full. Made of the fin» est gray wool mate rial; with reinforce. , elbows; lined chest ‘ large breast pocket; If this shirt were to be muggy- 202‘ If- {Wm-Ma... l, T. - with flaps. tured today it would cost at least $4. 15 to 171,5. KHAKI SHIRT 5 Plus Postage 89‘: Order by No. 141 U. S. army style khaki cotton shirts. Thinl. of it—vonly 89c for this splendid khaki shirt, l'ull out, perfect fitting; has large breut pool.- Sims 14% 2.23117. r0ur price— SAL." light rain or snow will be in evidence , rising judging by what we believe however, the best kind of a sugar: We estimate that a very lste plant— 3 0 have developed two . {sutures that put the Coleen. Mixer in a class ofxtsowu. It isthconlymixer with Patent- ed Reverse Unloading Gear And Curved Minn; Blades. insuring thorough mixing in shortest tune. Loads on one side, dumps on the other side. Due to the special Curried Mixiu Gflsonthoroughly will}; the tune required by the ordinary type of 1mm. Handles 2% to 3 cubic feet of concrete at onetime stihcmo of one batch per minute. Turns out 34 cubic yards in to: home. Hixcs perfecti‘lty eoncac. mortar or plain. Any 1 H. P. Eagine Blades the IRECT 0 YOU red mixer made. Built “3:3; $43.50 The iowut priced, vandal, BREEDERS Dmnorony (Continued on page 23.) SWINE billions SEHSATIGII MABSI (gig... “rhyming;- Beserve grand champion National Swine Show 1922. We are taking orders for gilts and so“ for Sfiflflg furrow bred to this wonderful best. so AFFER BR08., Route 4, Oxford. Mich. PEAGH IIlLL FARM $353.“??? "it‘d"... sex. l’riced very reasonable. Write us. INWODD BROS" Moo. chh. HILL CREST DUROCS, PEHHIHTON, MICH. We are breedin tweut sows and e' hteen "l to a son of union orlION smsfi‘lon Y:lr2 1mg, spnng and fall hem NEWT LINK, N 8 Farm 4 mlles straight south of Middleton. Mot Go., Mich. ounoc JERSEY scans sssov Foe SER- vioe. Sired b Faun" J ' 9 Will shin c. b. D. Write as 233?)” “'5 ‘mh‘ H. a. mansion: a son. Romeo, Ital. 0. I. C. 0. 15th. 22 w s. Bred to L 1numerator, so moisten bin-xi1 We have eight, re mg . ’s for 20 « NEWMAN’S "gunman. Harleito, Mlcnylefil‘. REGISTERED 0. I. c. BRED GIL sale. Weighing 250 lbs. A few fall Ion J. I. All WEN, Gllffoni, Mich. _ CHESTER wnrrns . the only “Armando-yum“ Bllo sows Alp nu. oIL're FOR sALI "h. Co. £0 031:. full Pedigrees (mashed. * mfltA a mummmuemmum _. ' ruin . ’ . HAMPSHIBES ‘ '— uwmmzs—ornnm so am "Kl- ms EGGS, w“ “an 2‘ A we I t‘P I‘M-CID In. so Holly, Mlch. afi‘f‘yn‘h4marfl- 10“! I. C. IIG‘TVPE Git-1’8 FAHHOWED A night»; 800 lb "My " and gait}: ' yard acid-proof. Dresses 29.3} A Tery beautiful tunic model in “stout” v o i I 9 dress of graceful, slenderizing lines, for stout women. Made of g o o 6 quality polka dot roile With tunic . ov_erskirt attrzic- ' tive lytrimmed ' with pretty or— giiiidy collar and cuffs. You will pa y much more for a dress of equal value else- where. Better get your 0 r d e r in early. Sizes 39 to 53. State size wanted. Choice of colors. No. 96E6811. Black; N o . 98E6812, Navy; No. 98E- 6813, Brown. Send no money. Pay only $2.98 and postage on arrival. All Wool Polo Coat For Women and Misses $ Made of genuine all wool polo With beautiful large col- lar with _two rows of stitching a n d n o v e l t y buttons. Has inverted pleat in the b a c k like 98 city pockets, button trimmed. 34 inches in length. Comes in colors of beau- tiful Reindeer tan. and eopeii. Misses' sizes, 14 to 20. Women's 6900. Order Co- pen by style No. 96E6901. Send no r money. Pay only $4.98 end postage on arrival. GUARANTEED SIX MONTHS’ WEAR V U. 5. Army Shoes For W ; Men and Boys Send no money State Size ' ' ' Men! Don’t lose a moment '1!) orderin -thi.s won- derful brown Work shoe. It is made 0 leather as near waterproof as can be made—_—~s