An Independen? Farm Magazine Owned and Edited in Michigan . 600 PER YEAR—5 YRS. $2 SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1923 ~ TERMS: TWO YEARS $1 ex-I , end xelf. mask 32:»? gm" us» § ‘, Three Partners of Prosperity v at the Present Legislature has A‘cComplis,h’ed”——-“New York Dairy League Sets ‘e‘Are You Prateq‘ting‘thfelflealthv19f»,Your—“FamflyTL—“U. S. Weather ‘30, . i“ " ‘7” \ Ideal Park where E-J Workers and their families enjoy out-door sports Our way of saving you money on Boys’ and Girls’ shoes Because from the first, the best workers, the best material and the best workmanship were our standards, everybody wanted our shoes. The result is that now we have to make 32,500,000 pairs a year to supply the demand. This quantity production has brought down manufacturing costs to us, prices to dealers and prices to you. Quality stays up! We keep it there. We take pride in our work and always try to make it better. People call us the “smiling shoemakers.” WhyP—Our factories are fine, our homes attractive. We have libraries, playgrounds, medical attention without charge when we are sick. We share, in the profits of our work. . Isn't it natural our work should be better? We are sure you will think so with the first pair of E-J’s you buy for your ,3 children. E E 6% 3i 9‘? \> At any dealer’s with an E-J sign in the win- dow. Boys’ and girls’ shoes'at economy prices ENDIEDTT—JDHNSDN SHoES Made With Smiles V 332 of these ma- chines cut soles for E] shoes. Around the World with ("IE (“LING 100,000 Miles Without Stopping for Oil , An inventor who could develop an automobile, a railroad car or any ~ j other conveyance on wheels which would perform such a feat would be considered a wonder. But such is the record of regular 7 accomplishment by the Auto—oiled Aermotor durmg the past 3 eight years in pumping water. ' f ’ ‘ Did you ever stop to think how many revolutions the wheel of a windmill makes? If the wheel of an Aermotor should roll along the surface of the ground at the same speed that it makes when pumping water it would encircle the world in 90 days, or would go four times. around in a car. It would travel on an average 275 miles per day or about 30 miles per hour or9 hours each day. An automobile which keeps up that pace day after day needs a thorough oiling at least once a week. Isn't it marvelous, then, that a windmill. has been made which will go 50 times as long as the best automobile With one ailing? ‘ i The Auto-oiled Aermotor after _8 full years of serv1ce inever part of the world has proven its ability to run and give e most reliable serwce with one oiling a year. The double gears, and all m vmg parts, are entirely ' enclosed and flooded with oil all the time. It gives more service with less attention than any other piece of machinery on the farm. 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W to f i’i'iqcnn p i ‘4 my, New York. urea srsriouenv, zoo asset's. 100 n “ma boa}, rnm'r snot. _, nonhuman- nuns murmur IulL _ itboinfi'fiusw rife-Wm FRIDAY PREDICTS PROSPEROUS - ,YEAR FOR FARMER ONSIDERABLE- damage done to fruit and truck by freezing dur- ing month,” 9. statement from the bureau of economics, U. S. De- partment of Agriculture, concerning the crop situation in the southern states, bears out the prediction or President David Friday, of M. A- 0., that Michigan is due for an unpre— cedented period of agricultural pros- perity. “From a. purely selfish stand- point,” declared President 'Friday, “the recent frosts in the southern ‘ states have done more to guarantee good crop prices for Michigan pro- ducers than any other factor." He stated that Michigan Agricult- ural College would not have to con— duct an extensive research program in agricultural marketing for the next year, inasmuch as the farmers could find a ready market for their products at prices far exceeding those of any year since 1919. “It will be a banner year for the growers," he affirmed, “and they can thank the frost for it, almost en- tirely.” BIG REDUCTION IN POTATO ACREAGE ' REPORT of special interest to A commercial potato growers has just been made by the statis- ticians of the U. S. Bureau of Agri- cultural Economics in the leading. potato states. By an exchange of this information, L, Whitney Wat- kins,’ Commissioner of Agriculture and Verne H. Church, Agricultural Statistician for Michigan, have been able to make a report on the inten- tions of potato growers with respect to their operations in 1923, in Michi- gan and competing potato states. There is to be a decreased scre- age in all principal potato states, ' but the market decrease will occur in the western states where acute car shortage prevented early moving, of the crop, and where the low pre- vailing prices and high freight rates have made it unprofitable to market at all in many sections. 'Colorado expects to‘ reduce its acreage 20 per cent; Idaho, 22 per cent; North Dakota, 25 per cent; and South'Da- kota, Nebraska and New Jersey, 15 per cent. These are the states that showed the greatest increases in acreage last year, and this report shows the general tendency to re- turn to normal. Minnesota’s statistician estimates a ten per cent decrease, Wisconsin and New York will decrease their plantings to the extent of six per cent. Michigan eight per cent, Maine. seven per cent and Virginia nine per cent. The eastern states were able to clean up their last year’s crop fairly well and if they can finance their fertilizer purchases ' satisfactorily will decrease their acr‘eages only a‘ few per cent. In the central states like Michgian, the increased acreage last year was principally in the counties bordering on the main com- mercial districts rather than on the farmsgof large growers. The dis- couraging prices at which many new growers sold will cause some drop‘ out this year entirely or to reduce their acreage. The reductions indicated will bring the acreage close to, or slight- ly below that of two years ago. With a normal yield, a crop sufficient for the needs of the country should be produced from that area. Such a crop would not leave a large surplus to force the price down below the cost of production, as was the case in 1922. With the tendency toward the increased use of certified seed and suitable commercial fertilizers, better average yields per acre should be obtained. M. A. C. GETS SUGAR BEET TEST STATION federal sugar beet experi- ment station formerly located at Blissfield, Michigan,“ has been transferred to East Lansing under a. by the U. S. Department of ’Agricul- ture and the college will work .to-' into r beet tuneup- r to t new cooperativearrangement where- ‘ value to the sugar beet industry of the state will be undertaken by the new station. Prof. F. A. Spra‘gg. famous plant breeder with the M. A. C. crops department, and his assist- ’ ant, E. E. Down, will cooperate with the federal workers in extensive pro—- jects and cultural investigations. Michigan Tanks third among the states of the country in sugar beet production, and an effort will be made by the college ‘ crops depart-~ breedlng, and experimental were}: " 7 meat, to whom the Blissfleld equip- ' ment has already been turned over, to develop the strongest possible 1 sugar beet work in the state. PLANT LESS ‘WHEAT THAN LAST ‘ i ‘ YE AR - SPECIAL inquiry was made this year in ll states relative to what farmers intended to plant. This was in the nature of an ex- periment to determine whether s‘uch an inquiry would be for practical use- each year in appraising farmers of, the situation ln-other sections of the country. The results exceeded ex— pectations and the U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics believes the information will be helpful to farm- , ers' in planning their season’s work. The following report was issued by L. Whitney Watkins, State-Commis— si'oner of Agriculture, and Verne H. Church, U. S. Agricultural Statis- ,: tician, on the subject. For the United States, the acreage of the principal crops" intended to be planted, in percentage of last year’s acreage grown for harvest is as fol- lows: spring wheat, 94.5;‘ corn, 102.6; oats, 102.6; barley, flax, 189; potatoes, 90.9. In Michigan, the tendency is for an increase of principal crops except. spring wheat ' and potatoes. The spring wheat acreage, is a small fac— tor and has decreased materially in ‘ late years, but a further decrease of 22 per cent is indicated by the re- pors. The decrease in potatoes is reported as eight per cent, or slight- ly more than the increased plantings made last year. An increase of one per cent in corn, seven per cent in. cats and .22 per cent in barley is re- ported, but the backward spring and shortage of labor will probably pre- vent much of thi intended increase. There is much interest in beans, and reporters estimated an increase of 17 per cent over the large acreage of last year. The marked increase in the price offered for sugar beets has stimulated interest in that crop and a gain of 56 per cent over last year is anticipated, last season’s acre-age being far below normal. M. A. 0. TO HOLD FIRST HORSE SHOW 105.7; A z .. ._._._ _.__... w——.__~___...~..._.—~ . -. “ YNAMITING people out of cars : onto horses," will be the slogan ; of the first annual horse show, to be held at East Lansing. May 30. The memorial day fete, the first ever planned here is sponsored by the Reserve Officers' training corps of the Michigan Agriculural college. Captain William 0. Chase, cavalry officer in the regular army, is direct- ly in. charge of all arrangements. He is assisted by the other cavalry officers detailed to the M. A. C. military detachment of R. O. T. C. Many classes of events are being arranged: The charger class, open to all comers; cadet jumping, an ex- hibition of riding and jumping to be ' staged by the military cadets of the college; open jump; the ladies' mount, and the horsemanship class, for cadets only. It is expected the 117th field artillery, of Lansing, will ' enter one gun from each battery in ' the exhibition riding. Cavalry exhibitions will be staged throughout the afternoon, and bands will give a. continuous concert. ' Cups and ribbons are to be award. ed for the evarlous “ events. The ~ cups will be donated by individuals 'l in Lansing. theM. A. C. Ofllcers' " club and the college military unit. Dealing _ “3’ 3‘1 3351.151113th says that snout. 4 . with an. and their up... H vaon. x. “no. 18 ' ‘7-3W.sbso1uhlylindapmdeni ' -3Er oM-bl dist _ .tainina to‘t’lie ‘: “The Only Farm Magazine Owned and Edited in Michigan" - Published Bi-Weclrly ‘ Mt. Clemens, Mich. TWO YEARS 31» Emit“ ‘i 2°§°°”1‘3i‘i" :mfif' rs s ‘ . st-oflllg? at Mt. Clan . under act of lamb ic . 3rd. 1879. What ' the Present Legislature Has AccOmplished '- 0f the Many Bills Proposed of Interest to Michigan Agriculture, Some Have Passed, Some Have ‘ Been Vetoed and Some are Marking Time Awaiting Support, from Home By STANLEY M. POWELL HILE the present session of the Michigan State Legislature is being accused. by the press and public of enacting the least construc- tive legislature of any session in history, itxis refreshing to review its accomplishments and to note the friendly attitude shown toward ' Michigan agriculture. Perhaps this is due to the fact that ’many of the Senators and Representatives are farmers themselves, perhaps it is deem the fact that Michigan farm- , are are today better organized than ever before and their organizations are co-operating in a, splendid way, and perhaps it may be due to the ~fact that the public is realizing that there can beno stable social condi- tions or real prosperity until agri- culture is placed on a sound financ- ial basis: The law-makers seem to be re- sponsive to the general public de— mand for strict governmental econ- omy and the adoption of a pay—as- you-go policy. Appropriation requests are being cut to the limit and no new or radical expenditures have been sanctioned. ,A bill has been passed which will suspend for two years at least the payment of state rewards .on highways. Corporation Tax Extended It is generally agreed that there is great injustice in the present dis- tribution 'of the taxation burden in Michigan and the Legislature has .rbeen carefully considering various proposals looking to a more equit- able solution of this perplexing prob— lem. One of the first moves along this line was an amendment to the corporation tax law which will lower the minimum from $50 to $10 and considerably raise the maximum above the present limit of $10,000. The exact maximum is yet a subv ject of disagreement between the Senate and the House. The Senate placed the figure at $50,000 while the House wishes to assess the large coroporations still more and would place the maximum figure at $450,- 000. Both branches have agreed to reduce the rate from 31/) mills to 2% mills on the capital stpck and surplus of the coroporation. The Byrum Income Tax Perhaps the most far reaching of all the proposed taxation changes now being considered is Representa- tive Byrum’s state income tax. This measure would provide a straight 4 per cent tax on all personal incomes in Michigan after exempting $1,000 for a single person, $2,000 for a married and $400 for each child under 18 years, or other dependent. . This tax, which would yield' $16,- 000,000 or. $18,000,000 annually would entirely replace the general property tax for state purposes. It would thus shift the burden of, state support from real estate and person- al property/which is already struggl- ing under the heavy load of county, township-city, village, school and highway support and would, place it upon those having comfortable in- ' comes many" of whom are not now paying any taxes, except perhaps the federal income taxes. During the past week this state in- come tax measure has been passed by the House of Representatives and is now being considered in the Sen- ate. Enemies of the income tax are, of course, extremely active and if the memo is to receive support in- the'Senute the members of that body . must be assured that here is a strong . demand, it in their local commun- H. «fin-s 1 that .tion. ‘ this bill was up in the _ ELEVATOR EXCHANGE BACKS CASE BILL ENATE BILL No. 308 introduced by Senator Bernie L. Case, ordered printed, and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. To prevent unlawful discrimination in the purchase of potatoes and to. provide punishment for the same. The People of the State of Michigan enact. Any per- son, firm, co-partnership, corporation or association en— gaged in the business of buying potatoes for the purpose of resale, who shall, with the intention of creating a monopoly or destroying the business of a competitor, discriminate between different sections, localities, com- munities or cities of this State, by purchasing such potatoes at a higher rate or price in one locality than is paid for potatoes of like grade and quality by said per— son, firm, co-partnership or corporation in any other locality, after making due allowance for the difference, if any, in the actual cost of transportation, shall be deemed guilty of unfair discrimination and upon convic— tion thereof shall be’punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not to exceed six months. ' WHEREAS, the farmers’ co-operative marketing movement is of the utmost importance to the greatest number of the people I in Michigan including both farmers and consumers, and WHEREAS, unjust discrimination on the part of competitors purchasing agricultural products at several different points in the state constitutes one of the most serious handicaps to the farmers’ co-operative marketing movement. BE IT RESOLVED, that the board of directors of the Michigan Elevator Exchange, representing one hundred and seven local co- operative elevators and associations serving 2,500 farmers, hereby requests, the members of the legislature to give the Senate Bill N o. 308 introduced by Bernie L. Case, their support. - BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the agricultural committees of both houses be requested to report the bill out as promptly as ' possible. The secretary of the Michigan Elevator Exchange is hereby instructed to forward copies of this resolution to the members of of the said commitees. Signed: W. E. Phillips, Decatur; Carl Martin, Goldwater; M. Shisler, Caledonia; Jas. Eardley, Rockford;. Geo. McCalla, Ypsilanti; John Nicholson, Marlette; H. D. Horton, Kinde, Board of Directors, Michigan Elevator Exchange, at reg- ular meeting April 18, 1923. enactment into the laws of Michigan would 'be a. credit to the state. Debate over this bill chiefly cent- ered around Rep. Geo. Watson’s pro- posal to attach a referendum clause to the bill which would require its submission to the voters before be- coming efiective. This motion was finally defeated and probably this fact lost many votes for the bill, but it was finally passed with votes to spare. _ Many representatives who were personally strongly in favor of a state income tax voted against the Byrum bill because the voters in their home districts had voted down the state income tax constitutional amendment at the last general elec— Many of these representa- tives admitted that the voters in their districts were mislead as to just how the income tax would ef- fect them, and so voted against it when in reality they would have been greatly benefited by its pasaage. However they did not care to place themselves in a position of peeming to know more about what was good for the voters than the voters them- selves knew. , Rep. Nevins pointed out that there were two or three voters to each tax payer in Michigan and so it would be hard to get the salaried men and those securing their income from in- vestments in tangible property to vote an, income taxiuponthemselves. He felt that it was up to the legis- lature todecide this matter directly. Rep. John Espie of Clinton county called attention to thelarge propor- tion of the wealth and earning pow- er of the state which is not contrib- uting to its support, and declared, can lie _ c” "this, state, cannot exist half taxed Rep. Byrum, father of the bill, in a masterly address urging the pas- sage of his measure, called attention to the general sentiment which has developed throughout the State call- ing for a reduction of the levy on general property and a redistribution of the burden of governmental sup- port. He quoted official figures show- ing the increase in taxes during the last two decades and pointed out that an ever increasing proportion of the property of the State is unable to pay these taxes. He declared that this proposed income tax would not be burdensome on any individual, but would tax all in proportion to their ability to pay and that it would produce about $18,000,000 annually, which would be sufficient to finance the State without any general prop- erty tax for this purpose. He pointed out that by making the general property tax a purely local matter it would encourage local economy, because high property taxes could not then be blamed on the action of the Legislature. Local economy is after all of first import- ance because 87 percent of all taxes are local and only 13 per cent go to the state. ' Highway Funds Biggest Problem Early in the present session it was realized that one of the biggest taxatiOn problems of the state was the matter of raising funds for high- way purposes. Not only did this .requ-ire larger amounts for construc- tion of new roads and the mainten- ance of roads already built, but there was also the matter of the in- terest “ind principal of the $32,000,- 000 of state highway bonds which had b an issued and for which no ar- rangements had. been made regard- ing final payment._ , After thorough analysis of'this situation it was decided by many of the leading law makers that a two cent gasoline tax would be the most workable and most equitable solu- tion of this perplexing problem. In accordance with this decision the Warner two cent gasoline tax was passed through both the House and the Senate by substantial majorities. HoWever, the Governor vetoed this bill-and so the fight was lost for this session at least. The Senate now appears willing to submit to the Governor’s desire for a weight tax on automobiles to bring in the need- ed in-crease in revenue. . Farmers \Vant Tax Commission There is every indication that the Legislature will yield to the desires of the farmers’ organizations of the state to retain the present state tax— ation commission. It was proposed to abolish this commission and cre- ate a state department of taxation to be controlled by one commissioner to be appointed by the governor at an annual salary of $6,000. It was openly rumored that it was the plan to fill this position with a Detroit man. In view of the great power which he would have over the assess- ment and equalization throughout the state it would certainly not be advantageous to the rural districts 'to centralize so much authority in regard to taxation in the hands of 3. Wayne County sympathizer. The , bill never got out of the committee aud'we trust that it never will. Covert Act May be Amended Abuses of the Covert highway law led to a strong feeling among many people and some of the representa- tives that this law should be repeal— ed. This moverment went so far that Rep. Peter Lennon of Genessee introduced a bill calling for the re- peal of this measure. However, aft- er thorough study of the situation it has been decided that the objection- able features of the law may be re- moved while some of its advantages may be retained. Consequently sev— eral amendments to safeguard the Covert act are now receiving consid- eration and will no doubt become law. The Meggison Primary Bill An equalization of the opportunity for securing a primary school educa- tion in all parts of the state is being sought through the passage of the Meggison bill providing for a new method of distributing the primary school interest fund. Under the present law this valuable state aid is apportioned directly in accordance with the school census of the several districts with no regard to the numb- er of students attending school or to the ability of the district to support schools. The Meggison bill which has al- ready passed the House by a vote of 72 to 22 provides that the fund shall be distributed directly in proportion to the school census of the district, directly in proportion to the school attendance of children from that district and inversely in proportion to the equalized assessed valuation of the district. The enactment of this law will give the aid in propor- tion as it is needed and will be a greatboon to the proper and more sparsely populated districts of the ‘ state where the valuation per school child is very low and where the rate , for school purposes is consequently high at present. If this bill passes the Senate it will be, no doubt, the - greatest advance in educational pro- gress which has ever been made pos— sible by action of the Michigan State. , - Legislature. .. " ' . (Continued on Pa“ 1.)) a ‘33‘ _ Big distribution plant of the, and 19th Street, New York Ci product. Dal men's League cooperative Association at Avenue B y. his 'modern distribution plant of the metropolis was purchased by the League and taken over on September 1. A large part of the pooled milk of the association goes direct to this plant in New York, from which it is delivered to the wholesale and retail trade. distributing milk the .big trucks connected With this plant, are delivering cases of “Dalrylea” evaporated milk, which is the brand name recently adopted by the association for this located in the heagt When they are not busy .waking up in the morning and finding its mental citadels un— der bombardment from the adver— tising batteries of some new kind of tooth paste, face powder, or chewing gum or even sometimes a new kind of food product. It has become a habit for New Yorkers to spend much of their time reading advertis— ing signs in the subways, railroad stations, and newspapers. But New York woke up the other morning to find not only a new brand of food product before its eyes but a new "brand put out by a new kind of busi— ness organization. It was advertis- ing put out by 70,000 farmers, tell— ing about a product as old as the hills and one that is on the tables of young and old in some form or other almost every 'day in the year; namely, milk and more specifically evaporated milk, on the market un- der the brand “Dairylea,” the new trade name of the Dairymen's Lea- gue Cooperative Association, Inc. Authorities say that it is the biggest and best food product campaign that New Yorkers have ever enjoyed. The big gun in the great battery of outdoor signs of the League in New York is an animated electric Sign at the north end of Longacre Square between Broadway and Sev— enth Avenue. Eleven so—called “high spots” illuminated at night make up the secondary battery while there are two hundred and sixty—five painted'walls scattered throughout the length and breadth of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Of course, along with this is linked up a comprehen— sive campaign of advertising in the newspapers, magazines, s u 1) W a y trains, and retail stores. These 70,— 000 dairy farmers of New York NEW YORK CITY is quite used to , State and vicinity who make up this giant marketing association have adopted the methods of big business to get their message to New Yorkers and'they are succeeding. Of course, along with this adver— tising the association has turned loose upon New York and Philadel— phia a group of about forty high powered salesmen who have been - selling this farmer brand of evapor— ated milk almost as fast as the asso— ciation plants could make it. Took Cow to Start Campaign The first inkling that New York) had that the dairy farmers of the League had something up their sleeves was when the association presented a fine Holstein cow to the Central Park animal farm. In his presentation speech, President G. W.’ Slocum‘of the League said that the association was giving this cow to the city because there was so many little boys and girls learning to “‘dfink good pure milk who did not know anything about how it was «obtained. Dr. R. S. Copeland, at that time Health Commissioner of erork but later elected to the , to of the United Sta es, who ac— ted “Dairylea”, which by the way Baexpressed his great 103' and satisfaction at the appropriate— ness of the gift. New York news— papers and newspapers in many other parts of the country carried 'uje. Sets Pace or .1 x d How Seventy Thousand New aria” Dairynten Have ‘ Turned Salesmen and Are Putting Punch ‘ Into Cooperative'Marketing \ EVV YORK STATE furnishes l q consumed in America‘s firSt the greater part .of the raw milk city. Michigan furnishes an even greater proportion of the milk used by America’s fourth city. Our milk producers problems are therefore identical. Detroit and the other metropolitan cities of Michigan have sprung up in a de- cade. New York has had years of. experience. The Business Farmer wants the. Michigan milk producers to study and profit by what the New-York Dairy League has accomplished. .pondence from our readers on —Thc Editor. Corres- this subject is especially invited. By DE‘VEY J. CARTER Editor Dalrymen’s League News. 1y becoming the most popular mem— ber of the animal family in the park. This was the first time that the name “Dairylea” appeared in the New York papers but it has appear— ed many times since and the high quality of the farmer made evapor— ated milk which is being sold under this brand name is now going to many thousands of homes in New York and Philadelphia. We can’t enter into the details of the selling campaign. here but there is certainly one feature of it that ought to be mentioned, and that is department. the assocmtion owns. Dalrymen's League plant at Carthage, N. V. This building was formerly used as a factory but was entirely remodeled under the direction of the League’s own engineering It is one of the best equipped shipping and manufacturing plants which During the present season tnls plant is turning out over 1500 gallons per day or the popular League ice cream. long stories about this gift of the League Farmers to the metropolis. Suffice to say that “Dairylea” has proved herself to be one of the best mixers in the park zoo and is rapid- that the entire operation from the time the milk leaves the udder of the cow until it reaches the retailer’s counter is in the control of the farm— ers association. Their dairies pro- duce it. Their plants‘ manufacture it. It leaves them for a time while it is being transported by railroad to New York but there the League’s own trucks pick it up again and eventually deliver it at the door of the retailer. In other words, 'the farmers of this association, so far as New York is concerned, have con— stituted themselves producers, man- ufacturers, wholesalers, and sales- men. ciation is receiving for its evapor- ated milk the full advertised price without any deduction for middle— men’s services. This advertising and selling cam- paign will gradually be extended to other large centers and over the en— tire eastern half of the United States. Nothing like it has ever been attempted by dairymen any— where in the world. It is doubtful if any more businesslike merchan— dising campaign has ever been put. on by any group of farmers any-x where. It is evident that the League dairymen planned to do something big on a big scale and effective when they hired as sales and advertising director some few months ago Mr. S. Q. Grady, formerly acting in the? same capacity With the Raisin Grow-- ers of California. Cooperative mar-a keting of dairy products under a brand new name has been preached. for some time but it remained for the New York State dairymen to» achieve the first big results. Farmer Made Ice Cream Too And this is not all. The League is anticipating great increases in its ice cream output during the ap- proachmg season. The three manu- facturing plants of the association are so located that unfortunately League ice cream cannot be distri— buted to New York City but it will be distributed throughout a large . portion 0f the state the same as last year. The selling of 430,000. gal— lons of League ice cream last season broke all first season records in the history of ice cream manufacturing. Its high quality was proclaimed everywhere. The pooling dairymen (Continued \on page 25.) By means of these outdoor signs. some [i name of “Delrylea”. the. markets of the world. of Yorkers and many other consumers about the new and advertisinggwhlch they are doing is "take a can-‘and convince yourself. Reproduction of one of the giant outdoor billboards used. to advertise these farmer-made products in New York city and elsewhere. them t farmers who belong to the L hree stories high. these 10.000 These 701000 1 “oreamler” evaporated milk which they are makln These farmers are banking the success of their 'gigantic sales camga‘lgn on quality an no one telling New, un or the new brand the whole idea. In the troll 'lnto w Yorkfarmort Mobilizing a The result is that the asso—‘ Pain ‘3 ‘IN as s7 V'F'IJA’L‘CR’MCEI'R RES " FROM FAR AND NEAR - MAY NEVER PLAY BALL AGAIN.-——George H. slsler, famous LOOK OUT—YOU’LL FALLi—Cario Aldini. known as the VENUS NEWLY RISEN FROM THE WAVES.— player of the St. Louis Browns, who, it Is reported will not play' “Douglas Fairbanks" of Germany, who heads a German film Venus Anadyomene, queen of the winter bathing beau- ball this season, and possibly will never appear on the diamond is seen here on top of a New York sky-scraper doing ties, at San Antonio, returns from communion with again. Slsler's eyes are bothering him. He sees “double” and . This is the first German film company to come Father Neptune. No, the draperied mass IS not a veil even the best physicians in this country seem to be unable to to New York to get proper settings for movie thrillers. None of moss, but her natural, home grown raven tresses, remedy his trouble. _ of it for us. We prefer to keep at least one foot on solid earth. which measure 58 inches in length. CRUISER “DETROIT” NEW SPEED QUEEN F’ UNITED STATES NAVY. ---Michigan's metropolis and America’s fourth city has been signally honored by having the speed‘est boat in the navy named after her. Reports say that her maiden trial trip which was showed her to have a speed of 30 knots per hour, the fastest ship of her size in the world. The new “Detroit” represents a class of speed cruisers developed from the experience in the late war. when it was proven that the heavier and slower boats were too vulnerable to the aerial at- tacks of bomb carrying aeroplanes. The new type of tripod mast, super- seding the basket con- struction is shown on this new ship and her long lines suggest more of the torpedo-boatdestroyer. than the heavier cruiser. She will carry a crew of over 1,000 men. The city of Detroit presented the ship w.th a beautiful ships clock, suitably engraved and of the finest workman— ship. Perhaps with the “lakes to ocean" canal opened up, the cruiser “Detroit.” may sometimes visit the proud city whose name she so fittingly bears- It has been suggested that the “Detroit” be manned with men whose homes are in Michigan. s. ‘ 'x‘ :r «m' ,, g: at ” To TEACH AMERICAN METHODS IN PHILIPPINE8.-— SHE IS ENVIED BY THOUSANDS.—A new and uncon- CIVIL WAR VETERAN STILL ON ACTIVE DUTY. Nat Miss Pllar P. Herrera. a graduate of the University of the ventlonal picture of Rodolph Valentino and Winifred 'Hud- Poyntz who is perhaps the only veteran of the Civil War who Philippines and former Instructor In chemistry ln_the same nut Valentino—snapped on the rear of t eir private car served in the Confederate Army and is now on duty in the U. 8. university who willfi‘reoolvo her ' . . at Columbia Uni- car while on their dancing tour of the large cities. It is Army. He holds the post of field clerk in the uartermaster varsity. Upon her frail ‘sho‘ulders‘ she 'has‘ taken the task rumored that Rodolph and the movie producers have about Corps, assigned to duty at the Arm Base, South oston. Nat of attempting to ‘Inoul ate American methods ot-pdueatlon come to a settlement of their recent controversy and that Is 16 years old and as born In aysvllle, Mason County, Ky. In; her-.natlveweounw ' 1-. - ‘ he ‘S‘JSQOU to return to the pictures. " Ho Joined the Cont erate Army at the age of 14-; p ~' _ ,M‘A.» _._ _ . y _. I ’ ‘1 » “j'lcwrist ._ - “11—5,, , ,‘ nlmal and Other Contamination A 8p;an Protected from Surface Drainage, Protecting A Driven Well from Contamination How to Rebuild an old wan to Make It Safe ‘ IHi illilllllllllllllililllilillilllilllilllillilllllll “HE? A Good Way to Frotect a We" from Contamination Dug Well Adequater Protected Against Surface '. 'p'. Contamination HE water supply for the average T country or farm home comes from 9. Well or a spring. Wells and springs may furnish fine water, or they may furnish water so unfit for drinking as to cause disease or death. In a limestone section there are usually many fine springs. Un- fortunately, a good proportion of these are so contaminated that the water is unfit to drink. Many wells are in the same bad condition. Most of this contamination, however, is due to causes which the farmer can remedy easily at small cost. Springs—While springs are some- times contaminated from sources of pollution a long distance aWay, most of the trouble comes from nearby places, such as an open privy, sur- face drainage from the barn yard or road, and similar easily preventable causes. To eliminate these, a sani- tary privy should be built, and sur— face drainage diverted from the spring. The best way to prevent surface drainage from entering and contam- inating the water is to dig out the spring carefully, going down into the ground 18 to 24 inches, and then walling up around the spring with a tight wall and covering with a tight cover, so that surface and rain wat- er, animals and dirt cannot get in. A concrete mortar does very well. U. S. Weather Bureau Explodes Theory that Man Can Cause Rainfall~ AIN—MAKING is a futile under- Rtaking, according to the Weather .Bureau, United States Depart- ment of Agriculture. To produce one inch of rainfall over an area of an acre, approximately 113 tons of moisture would have to be drawn up into the air and then precipitated. There are 640 acres in a square mile, for which 72,320 tons of mois- ture would be required. A square mile, however, would be scarcely a dot in the center of any section where drought prevails, as in Ari— zona or parts of Texas. It would be less than one—seventh of the area of the District of Columbia. 'Enormous forces are required in nature to elevate moisture above the earth before it can be precipitated. Billions of horsepower are repre- sented in the cloud that separate over the house—tops; and even if some artificial means werefound to cause the aggregation and fall as rain of the infinitesimal drops of which it is made up, calculation shows that only a trifling amount of precipitation would result. There must be some Way by which the moisture laden atmosphere can be lifted to a considerably higher alti- tude, to lower its temperature and thus precipitate a considerable part of’its moisture content. It is quite true that in the labor- atory a. small amount of moisture can be precipitated by the use of special equipment. Meteorolig—ists of - the Weather Bureau of the U. S. De- partment of Agriculture say, that they do not know of any satanic for of a. . could be‘ dissipated, . 1931 great _ . anti , pg; ,, By W. A. HARDENBERGH The main object is to keep contami- nation out of the spring. A pipe in the wall makes a good outlet for the water and prevents contamination by dipping into the spring. . Wells.-—There are various kinds of wells, as shallow and deep; dug, driven, or bored. The shallow dug well, especially when it has an open top, with a bucket to be let down in- to the well, is nearly always contam— inated in some way, though not al- ways, of course, so as to produce sickness or death. Most of this contamination, except in wells less than 8 or 10 feet deep, enters from the top. In other words, the ground water, especially when it is 8 or 10 feet dowu is usually fairly pure. But filth from the shoes of persons using the well, from pigs and dogs, and from the feet of chickens which may have been scratching around an open privy, enter through or around the cover and polutes the water, frequently causing disease. Dug wells are usually 3 or 4 feet in diameter and loosely walled with stone, or occasionally with brick, but the walls are seldom water tight. ContaminatiOn from the ground sur- face easily passes down and around the cover, which is often nothing more than rotting boards, and through the loose wall into the wat- er. Usually it is also easy for pol- Is Organization Helping the Potato Men? By KRIS P. BEliflS, Mason County Agricultural Agent AT is organization doing for the potato grower? That ques— tion confronts potato growers as they look back upon the past sea— son, with its over-production in the Northwestern States, due to plung— ing in potatoes by owners of sow- thistle infested Wheat land. The Michigan Potato Growers Ex- _change at Cadillac, now affiliated havior. 'Widespread drought is due to lack of sufficient moisture in the atmosphere and the absence of other conditions essential to the formation ' of rain. If there is little moisture to bring down, obviously no device for causing rain artificially has any value, because of the absurdity of supposing that human agencies can supply adequate amounts of water for extended areas when the atmos- phere itself is practically dry. In spite of these facts, statements appear at intervals in“the press her- alding new ways of making rain, preventing rain or fog, or forestal— ling the disastrous effects of storms. These ideas are not new. Ten years or more ago certain countries in Europe were thrown into excite- ment, reflected in the newspapers, over the possibility of a scheme called “hail—shooting.” It was be lieved that by shooting bombs into the air before an oncoming storm it thus averting consequent destruction to crops from rain or hail. Contrary to the opinions of the best "meteorologists a good deal of money was spent in experimenting with “hail-shooting," but little is ever heard of it now. More recently, in our own coun- try, a man achieved prominence by advertising a Icontrivance, which he proposed to build at various points where more rain would be welcome. This scheme was entirely from pro- posals to shoot bombs. sprinkle hy- groscopic or nonhygroscopic dust particles in the-air, or electrified sand, to induce precipitation. ' It consisted of powerful fans at the hue! highjoewers to .. 1., air winter. with the Farm Bureau, offers the only grower—controlled agency for selling potatoes in Michigan. It sells for co-operative farmers’ asso- ciations only, and is runfrom the bottom up. It is out to get every cent it can for the grower. Most of you will remember that back in March, in that period of (Continued on Page 23) which occur in storms and cyclones when rain is' produced. This plan is futile and economically impos— sible. _ The case of the man who con- tracted with farmers in drought- stricken regions to produce an inch or more of rainfall within a period of two or three months for a con- sideration of $1,000 'per inch is well known. This man, claimed to be able to cause rain by a secret pro— cess with the use of chemicals. If the rain came and the man collected his fees; if the rain failed he lost nothing. Now the average amount of rain for each region is accurately recorded, and under a long drought and within the limits of the record aLshrewd operator is quite safe in promising precipitation and collect- ing, $1,000 per inch from desperate farmers. \ A recent proposal is to cause pre- cipitation sprinkling dust part— icles in the air by means of appar- atus carried on airplanes, on the theory that these will aid condensa- tion. Cloudiness due to dust part- icles, however, takes place long be- fore precipitation occurs, and fre- quently continues after the rain is over, indicating that the motes and dust particles do not necessarily cause precipitation. If clear weather follows rainfall, it may be because new dry air has moved in from other localities. ” Presence or absence of dust part- icles in the atmosphere does not... in the opinion of meteorologists. have any thing to do with the distribution of rainfall. As a rule, more lution to soak directly thr‘ough the board cover into the well. Even a stone cover allows plenty of chance for the entrance of filth and contam- ination. The driven Well is better, for the iron pipe is tight all the way to the ground water, but there should be protection around the top to prevent the passage of surface wash down along the pipe to the ground water. Open top wells with buckets are most dangerous, for they allow dirt and animals to enter; while the bucket, handled by every user, is us- ually soiled with many kinds of dirt and filth. The bucket ought to be replaced with a pump, and the well protected with a tight top and cas- ng. Of equal importance is a tight top. This should be made of concrete, as shown. Dig out around the well to a depth of 6 inches for 2 or 3 feet back from the well hole. Lay tim= bers across to hold the concrete, while setting, and pour the cover, placing the pump so there will be no leakage around it; or the cover may be poured in another place and. mov- ed over the well. In either case, re— inforcing is desirable, if the well is more that 30 inches in diameter. Wagon axles, iron rods, iron pipe, etc., make good reinforcing.—-—The Progressive Farmer. ' correct, to bring about abundance of precipitation. On the other hand, enormous quantities of rainfall oc- cur over the ocean where there is least dust. Some places in the Ha- waiian Islands have an annual rain— fall exceeding 500 inches, and yet the air is nearly dust free. most dust in the atmosphere, except near industrial cities, occurs over dry and semi—arid regions. The suggestion has also been made that powdered quicklime be employed to precipitate ’moisture. On this point the Weather Bureau says that dry, powdered quicklime, exposed to the atmosphere absorbs a certain quantity of moisture—that is, it dries the air. Dry quicklime is used in many industrial opera- tions for drying gasses. ture absorbed in these cases com- pletely disappears as available water and forms new chemical compound commonly called air-slacked lime. Unless exceedingly fine, this sprink~ led q-uicklime, afterabsorbing about one-third of .its weight of water, would fall to. earth, leaving the air drier than before. - Any exceedingly x ’ it fine particles remaining in the air would very slowly absorb carbon di- oxide. also present in the air in very small quantities and form a sub- ~Mamie chemi ' the same as lime-g stone or ms. in. If the plan ’to sprinkle dust of some sort into the ., ’ air were at can would therefore appear to be betoert'o" sprinkle finely powdered marble the air iii-the first n this would not not the The . The mois- ' If”? m; a7 Tractor Chart of Recommendations Trade Name Motor 0|! Adaptable . . . . . .‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . Allin-Chalmers, 6- . . . . . . .. Allin-Chalmers, 15-25 . . . . . . . .8. H. 20435 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B. All Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. Kinhdo . . . . . . . . . . .E H. ' n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..S H. Adm-Taylor, 15-80 . . . . . ..8. H. Manon-Taylor, 22-45 and 80-60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8. H. Automotive... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8. H. Avery, Model C . . . . . . . . . . . . .H. Avery. 8-16, 12-20, 12-25, 14- 28, 18-30. 25-50, 40-65. 20- Avery 'l‘nck .03 PIP PP! F‘F'IF‘FI PPM Fl PFF‘F’F ‘Fl FPF‘F‘PF‘ FF: t'l‘ncklnyu. All Model: E Bummer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..E BuFourE-B ............. Buck Tron . ...S. . . . . . . . . . . . E. Cipiml, All Models. ....... .. Case. 10-13. 10-20. 12-20, us- 9-13 ................ . .H. Goodl'iold.................H. Go n o I I o n I IIOIOOQOOIOIOOOO E Grain“.................8. E nonnu-oooo-oanoneoo gufé'iv'm.............a H. n. Hoyt-Pun.AllModdl.......E.E “mm ..... ..E .. i ... “.1” Hubs.“ ..........8. H. 1.3.3" “32:33:; a. Dull: ..... ...............JLH. .3“. mm.........& H. n n . u p . g . u o n u n u u n o o .. acne-nono-qeocoooo- bureau's-00.0000... n- Tndo Name 1 Motor Oil Linn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..S. H. Little Ginnt,A&B.... .... ..S. H. Magnet. 14-28 . . . . . . . . . . . . ..S. H. MukVI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . H. McCormick-Doering, l5»30...H. Minneapolis. 12-25 and l7—30.S. H. Minneapolis, 22-4411“! 35-70.E. H. M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..S. H. Mo eUnivotuI ..... .r.....S. H. onu- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..S. H. Montana ................. ..E.H. Nikon Junior and Senior. . . . .8. OilGu,20-423nd25-50.....E.H. Pebrin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. Pion , 18-36 and 30-60. . . . .E. H. Port uron.. ............. ..S. H. Quadpull .... ..... ........ ..S. H. Roed.......;........ . . . . . ..S. H. ........ H. m9: 'ii‘zb. am . . . . . . . . . .. autumn, 12.253313: H: Bog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..S. H. Banal! “Gannt."80—60 ..... H. hpon, ModelM ........ ..H. Song. A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. Shawnee, 6-12 and 9-18 . . . . ..H. Shelby, Alluoddl ........ some»I n.....'IIII.'IIIIIIIIIIs.'H. % de...IIIIIIIILIIIIIIEL H. 'Ihylor . . . . . .......... ..H. ................. ..S. H. Twin .............. ..E. H. Twin City, 12-20nd 20-85...8. H. Tan .4045 ..E.H. Mflun “Models... ..S. H. Allin .............. H. 35% ll: Warmers ..... .... ....... H. l .... .................S. H. ‘Wcatern....................E. H. ‘l'naonlin..................E. H. Yuhhll'l‘rud.......;....8. H.‘ L—Pollrlnguxlll. l—Pohrlnolodlum lL—Polorlnolhavy IJL-PolnrlnoIml-l Heavy. _ ' lll—Pohrlnohh llonw. , M3115!qume mud: In “Wand M. WWCGJWIW Md” PIfine Lubrica’tes Perfect! Makes 25 Tractors Polarine ltrbricates perfectly—137 different makes of tractors. No matter how extreme the temperature —— the grade of , Polarine‘indicated in the Chart will remain of the right viscosity. ~ It will spread rapidly. It will form a perfect film between the moving frictional surfaces. It will insure long life to the bear- ings; complete protection to piston and cylinder. Changing to Polarine has saved many a farmer hundreds of dollars a year in repair bills. Yet Polarine cost 1itt1e,‘if any, more than the lubricant you are using now. 233 olarin ~“FHE PERFECT MOTOR OIL Made in Five Grades It outstrips any lubricant on the market in maintaining its body through any extreme of temperature. Its elasticity and adhesiveness cause a per- fect sealand complete lubrication at all motor speeds and temperatures. Don’t fool yourself into fancied security, by thinking, “Oh, the oil I'm using works all right—why bother to change? It’s just as good!” There is no “just as good,” or even “second best” lubrication. There is one right lubricant for your tractor. It is specified in the Chart. When you do not use this lubricant, you fail to get the maximum of economy, efliciency and saving of wear on your engine. Change your motor oil very fre- quently—it is the essence of economy. Remember the resources— the experience— the scientific experts of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) are behind every gallon of Polarine sold. This means maintained quality—at all ‘seasons, in all temperatures—and everywhere throughout 10 middle Western states. ' . Standard Oil I Company ‘ 910 Ave. Khalid“) Chicago, Illinois it.“ WM...“ ._ _._‘.._ MT...— ..-.. J.“ .... .L .m_._. ....-. g -_. n4. J‘s—“L.,... ..~ ‘AM- .M.r A a». a...“ man ..-v . m. has sz‘asp‘) ‘ , d; , HAVE MORTGAGE RENEWED A loaned B a certain amount of ,money and took a mortgage on P-‘s farm. The mortgage was to run for‘ three years and will expire the 17th of this month. The interest is 7%. ‘ the amount A loaned was $1700, and 'all that B has paid in the last three years is $100. Now A doesn’t xvant the principal or the farm, either. All he wants is the interest! What A wishes to know is this: What is to be done at the expiration of the mortgage to compel B to may the in- terest? Or if A is compelled to foreclose, what proceedings must he' go to?—A. R. H., Elmira, Mich. ——If' A is willing to forego his right of forclosure, it seems that B ought to be willing to pay the interest on" the loan without coercion. If he is not willing to do this, suit may be brought to recover the interest alone, without foreclosing the mort- gage. A should, upon the termina- tion of the mortgage, have it re- newed or take other steps to pro- vide for the security of hisfioanr— Assistant Legal Editor. CHANGING SCHOOL DISTICTS About three years ago I purchased a farm at Lowell, Mich., I did not know at the time that, by request of the owner who had children to edu- cate, it had been set over into the school district of the town of Lowell. Now, I beg that, I may be informed as to what proceedure to take to have it set back into the rural school district where it territorially and naturally belongs? Can my right to be set back into the district where this farm formerly was, be ques- tioned? In other words, is there‘ any condition under which I could be compelled to remain in the town district?—D. W., Pennsylvania. -——It would be necessary first that you get the written permission of the board of education of Lowell to have,this farm transferred to an- other district. This permission will have to be granted at a meeting of the school board of Lowell, and a copy of the resolutions granting the permission filed with the township board where this territory is located. The township board may set the ter- ritory out into the other district. The law governing this proceedure is found under Sections 5655—56 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, pages 21-22 of the 1921 school laws, and Section 5737 of the Compiled Laws of 1915, page 68 of the 1921 school laws—W. L. Coffey, Dept. of Public Instruction. DEFAULTS IN PAYMENTS A and B bought 80 acres of land on a contract. They agree to pay $100 per payment. Contract reads $100 or more on January 30th of each year until full amount is paid. A and B are to each pay half and each own a forty. Now B made a payment then sold his contract to C (contract being transferred was again signed by all parties) C soul to D and took a mortgage of $250 and tax said mortgage to X for cash. Now D’s payment is due January 30th and he cannot meet it. A had to pay it in order to get hold his forty. The contract being for 80 acres. Agreement for each a forty. What I want to know is: How long must A give D to pay the payment back? If A keeps pay- ments etc., up can he get a deed for the eighty without any trouble? Can X collect that mortgage of $250 which was given unknown to owner and A? The contract was not sign- ‘ THE “IDLE” LIFE 0 A «Mom Wm REPORT ome- "FARMERS‘ ’ WIVES ARE Now 50 OCCUPIED wmu aocmn. AFFAIR: THAT THEY Lemme FA’ "rHE SITUATION I3 cameos. HERE pa MRS FARM!!! ,MNG'NG um m MAI. Will“ .5! 701""! u, "w ‘1'! ‘9; m s (A Ole-ring Department. for farmer? every day troubles. all complaints or requests for Information eddre seed to thle department. ' I‘rompt, careful attentlon elven . We are here you. All Inqulrlee must be accompanled by full n ame and address. Name not used It so requested.). ed when transferred last time. A’s contract has never been changed in any shape or form since first written in 1917. The party holding the mortgage has the other contract, a copy of A’s, but mortgage is only pinned on. Is it lawful to pin a mortgage to a contract?——P. E. A., Aloha, Michigan.‘ ——VVhen one of two or more joint purchasers in a land contract pays more than his share of the purchase price, he has a right of contribution from the others for their share. C’s transfer to D would give D the same rights and liabilities in the contract that C had. If D defaulted in his payments, and A, in order to prevent forfeiture, keeps up D’s pay- ments, then as soon as A had paid the entire purchase price, he could proceed against D for contri- bution of his share. The mortgage of the vendee in a land contract takes no greater rights than the vendee had; he simply ac— quires the right to purchase the property for the consideration stipu— lated in the contract of purchase, and a right to require a conveyance from the vendor according to the terms of the contract. Consequent— ly C here is liable to A for contri- bution of D’s share of the contract price which A paid, and before C can satisfy his $250 debt out of the mortgaged property, he must make contribution to A for the delin- quent payments of D. X, as C’s purchaser, or assignee, would be subject to the same liability to A. If the contract is made to several purchasers jointly, one could not arbitrarily take the title in his own name—Assistant Legal Editor. SA‘VING LUMBER FOR MARKET Would you please advise me how to cut and saw the following logs? Red oak, maple, elm, ash, white oak and hickory to the best advantage of the manufacturuer? Also how small may I take the trees if they are clear?——-C. F. E., St. Clair, Mich. —I would not advise cutting or sawing until you had taken the mat- ter up directly with the purchaser and obtained the specifications want- ed. It usually pays the owner of woodlot timber better to sell his product in logs rather than in lumb— er. Lumber cut on a portable mill in a farm woodlot is usually either too thick or too thin, does not make the best use of the grades and the purchaser of the lumber, if it goes to a lumber yard or manufacturing establishment, is put to considerable expense and bother in having it gone over by a grade inspector before be— ing a’ccepted. ' The woodlot operat- or usually fails to see the justice of the grading and is therefore unsatis— fied with his returns. The minimum diameter to which trees may be cut Would depend largely on the use to which the timber was to be put. Bolts for hickory handles must be at least 4 feet long by 6 inches in diameter at the small end. Timber for vehicles and vehicle parts usually requires at least 16 foot logs with a 7 inch di- ameter at the top. White oak for, tight cooperage should be at least 18 inches in diameter and veneer stock the same. The timber usual- RMER’S , WI FE. 1y does not begin to put on “clear” lumber until it gets to be about 14 inches in diameter breast height. The most valuable growth comes from 14 inches D. B. H. to 18 or 20, inches. The growth then usually slows up and decay may set in al— though the tree may continue sound up to 30 or 40 inches D. B. H.——- John C. DeCamp, Assistant Profes- sor, Dept. of Forestry, M. A. C. ALLOWED 30 DAYS TO REDEEM I have been a subscriber for your paper‘for the past few months and» note you always help a fellow when he is down. I would like informa- tion in regard to a farm contract. We have a payment due soon, owing to the exceptionally poor financial year we will not be able to meet the principal. The contract is the usual legal form. If the party holding same insists on payment of principal and refuse to continue same. how long could we hold the farm?—Reader, Traverse City, Mich. ——Compiled Laws of 1915, Secs. 13- 240—13257 providing for foreclosure of land contracts, provides that the vendee shall be allowed 30 days in which to redeem the premises after judgment is rendered against him in the forclosure proceedings—Asst. Legal Editor. KEEPING CHILI) AFTER SCHOOL Would a teacher have the right to make a pupil stay after school each night if he could not pass the monthly tests?—-K. Y., Jamestown, - Mich. ——The statutes remain silent with reference to the type of punishment that may be administered by the teacher. The Supreme Court has rendered a decision that the teacher has delegated parental control over the children while under her juris- diction and that she has authority to administer any reasonable punish- ment. Conditions might arise where in the teacher's judgement the ap- propriate type of punishment would be to require a child to remain after school. If in the case in question the pup- il’s failure was due to wilful neglect or carelessness on his part the teach— er might deem it advisable to re- quire him to devote a little extra time to study and special prepara- tion after school.—B. J. Ford, Div- ision of Rural Education, Dept. of Public Instruction. NO SATISFACTORY METHOD TO CONTROL SPARROWS What can I do to kill the English sparrows round my barn, something that will not harm chickens, cats or my dog if they Should eat it or eat the sparrows?—O. R. D., Manoe— lona, Mich. ——~There is no satisfactory method yet envolved for the control of the English Sparrow. In spite of all the control measures used thus far, the bird maintains its numbers and only by concerted ‘ fforts and persist- ,ent measures can any relief be as— sured from the pest. The Govern- ment Sparrow Trap, made according to the directions which were issued by the Biological Survey Department of Agricultural, Washington, D. C., is sometimes successful in reducing ,9 7. I. 3‘: the number or Sparrows. , Persist-i“ ent destruction of the nests about barns and out-buildings on the farm is also effective. The use. of poison has several bad features. Contrary to general belief, there is no poison _ known which will kill Sparrows and at the same time be harmless to oth- er birds and animals. During the winter season, when snow covers much of the available food and our native birds are in the south, it is possible .to use poison with a fair degree of success. At the present time‘(April) it is not so effective a control measure. The poison‘ us- ually used is strychnia sulphate. Dissolve one-eighth ounce of strych- nine crystals in two quarts of water, then soak four quarts of Wheat in this solution for forty-eight hours, and spread out in a safe place to dry. Bait the Sparrows to a selected feed- ing place inaccessible to birds, doves or poultry and when they are accust- omed to coming there to feed, spread out poisoned grain. Pick up the bodies of dead birds, sweep up pois- oned grain not eaten, and. burn both. Since this poison is dangerous to all animals and birds, handle it “with extreme care—Allen C. Conger, As- sociate Prof. of Zoology, M. A. C. BELIEVES HE IS OVERTAXED 1 am writing in regard to our taxes on 8 acres of land. The valu- ation is $1,180 and the taxes for this year $70.12. There is no personal property on the place. If the taxes were $70.80 that makes 6 cents on the dollar. Is it lawful for that town to tax it that high? If so, what are the limitations? How much can they lawfully assess on a dollar?-—O. L., Ellsworth, Michigan. —-—The amount of money a township may raise by taxation for ordinary expenses is limited by law, the max- imum amount depending upon the population of the township. This does not apply to levies for specific purposes, however, and in order to determine whether you are over-tax- ed it would be necessary to investi- gate the tax rolls and ascertain for what purposes the taxes are levied, and whether the limit is exceeded for any of those items—Asst. Legal Editor. HORSEHIDE ROBE I would like to know how to soft- en a spot about a foot square, in a horsehide robe, which was caused by placing it over a frozen radiator while thawing it out. (The radiator contained a solution of about 50 per cent alcohol.) The steam of the solution caused the robe to harden. , B. D. R., Holland, Mich. ———Try applying butter (not salted) lard or most animal fat. If this has no effect, try using warm water to first soften and them apply the fat or.-most animal oil. The work should be done in a warm room and the hide rubbed and worked for an hour or more, giving~several applications of the butter, lard or whatever you are using—Fur Editor. SIGNS OF OIL We have an open well about 7 feet deep where we water our cattle and horses in the winter, and there is al- ways oil on top. Some days so much that we have to dip of! the top or the horses will not drink it at all. It has been like that for years. Do you think it might be an oil well'f Do you think we ought to have it an- alyzed?——Mrs. G. D. B., Conway, ’ Mich. —-As to the significance of the signs described, I would advise that in By ‘13/50n / \\\\\\\\\'\‘:\\§ ".5 ll ! //// 7%; ’ "first; [at "m; l l- v a.“ ,_ . g.\\ \:=.\~. ’ f‘..._:. A; “ J phenomenon. southeastern; Michigan, such signs; 'appeanito..have>.no significance other than indicating that oil formations are present. There is a belt extend- ing through southeastern Michigan in which seegages of oil and gas are very common about ponds, around springs, and in wells. In fact in many .places the seepages are suffic- ient to make the water unfit for stock use even, except in the manner described. Some of the farmers in the vicinity of Royal Oak and War- ren, orthwest of Detroit, find so much gas in their water wells Abbas- hey separate the water and use the ga or heating and lighting pur- poses. S e of these wells last sev- eral years.) There are large gas springs th ughout the belt extend- ing from,Alcona county northward, in an are around to Manistee where geolo'ical conditions are similar to thos in southeastern Michigan. T e reason for these signs appears to ~ ie in the fact that the above des- belts lie directly over the of formations Which are nown to contain oil and gas. These substances are constantly escaping from the edges of these formations upward into the sands and gravels in the surface deposits which cover the underlaying bed rocks. The surface seepages may be some miles away from the pools if they exist. There is little to indicate just where the most favorable places are for the occurrence of pools. There are de— finite possibilities for oil through— out the belt extending from north of Port Huron southeastward into Ohio. Many small oil and gas wells have been drilled in and about Port Huron. The Mt. Clemens mineral wells yield very considerable quanti- ties of gas and some of them have yielded oil. At least one of the bath houses uses gas from its wells to aid in firing its boilers. \ Judging from your address your farm lies in the northern belt of seepages. Anywhere in the belt northeastward around to Al'cona County would be favorable for such The largest surface gas well ever struck in Michigan was on Portage Lake, just north of Man- istee. The oil formations lie direct— ly beneath conway and seepages in that region are to be expected. As to analysis of the sample, I would advise that if you send us a sample of 'the oil as skimmed from the water we would be very pleased to make a qualitative chemical ex— amination, free of charge. We would like, however, an exact des— cription of the occurance, the precise location, and any other information which might have any bearing on the explanatic‘i of the local causes. ——R. A. Smith, State Geologist. CAN RECOVE‘E FROIVI COMPANY Last November I sold my white"~ pea beans at the elevator and I ask— ed them to screen three bushels of them and save them for me, which they said they would and so I paid them for screening them. The ele- vator at that time wasn’t in working condition, therefore they couldn't screen them that day. When I went to get the beans they said they had forgotten to save out the beans but admitted they remembered my telling them to save and screen three bushels. They wanted me to take three bushels of beans which they had gotten in afterward but wanted me to pay the difference in price; in the meantime beans had raised in price. I have called them up a num- ber of times and they keep putting me off. I understand they have quit buying .produce now and the building is up for sale. How can I get my seed beans? I am not in a financial condition that I can stand to lose these beans—N. R., Sand Lake, Mich. -If you left the beans withlthe ele- vator company with instructions to screen and save them for you, and they failed to save them, I am of the opinion you could recover from the company whateVer amount would be sufficient to purchase the same amount of beans, of like quality, at 'the present market price—Asst. .Legal Editor. GROWTH OF SWEET CLOVER FIRST SEASON ask you'a question ‘ If it Was sowed ' ts couldvlrout hay u an it equal to alfalfa?—R. 8., Harrison, Mich. ’ ’ —The growth made by sweet clover the first season will depend very largely upon soil and seasonal con- ditions. When the soil is well sup- plied with lime, of fair fertility, and there is plenty of. rainfall, sweet clover usually produces a crop of hay the same season as sown. How- ever, if the soil is inclined to be somewhat acid, or the season a little too dry, sweet clover will not make much of a growth. It should be cut early enough so that the plants will make five or six inches of top growth to prevent winterkilling. Sweet clover is a leguminous crop and the hay is quite high in feeding value, but hardly equal. to alfalfa hay.— C. R. Megee, Farm Crops Dept., Mich. Agricultural College. OFFERED TO PAY TAXES A buys a lot from B. A resides in one county and the lot is located in another county. Said lot to be in a subdivision near a certain city, it be- ing an eighty acre description which was laid out in blocks and lots. The purchase was made in the year 1916 B furnished A a warranty deed, said - etc. ~FARMER being on record in said county, shoWing Liber and Page number, A has been making inquiry from year to year as to the amount of taxes due on his lot, always giving his correct description, but he was 'always informed that said tract was not assessed in lots but as acreage and that they ,had no other way of collecting the taxes than such. A again makes inquiry for the year 1922 and receives the following answer: That said tract is still as- sessed as acreage and this plat will never be recorded, so it will always continue to be assessed as eighty acres of land. The taxes on the above eighty acres of land are un- paid on the records of this office for the years 1911.), 1920, 1921, Signed “County Treasurer.” I wish to ask your consideration on what steps to take in order to avoid having said lot sold for taxes. Could the eighty acres (including this lot) be sold for taxes under such circumstances, for A has offered to pay his tax but was always denied of being any taxes against him?——R. E. D., TaWas City, Mich. ——Compiled Laws of Michigan, 1915, See. 4049 provides that “any person owning an undivided share or‘other‘ . part or parcel of real property, as- -‘j Sessed in one description, may pay. on the part thus owned by paying an 3 amount having the same relation 'to‘ the whole tax as the part on which -' payment is made has to. the whole parcel. payment shall accurately describe the part or share on which he makes payment * * *” , If, upon offering to pay your taxes, you are told by the township treasurer that no taxes are due, and, relying upon such statement, you do not pay them, your land could not be sold for delinquent taxes—Asst. Legal Editor. RABBIT HIDE TANNING Would you please tell me through the columns of The Business Farmer how to tan rabbit hides with the fur on?—A. E. P., Detroit, Mich. ——Take a quart of oatmeal, a half pound of powdered alum and the same amount of salt; mix and add soft water enought to make a thick paste. Stretch the skin on a board, flesh side \ut and apply the paste, spreading it on about a half inch (Continued on Page 25) l S S Ex X Touring $1045 Cabriolet $1 145 Freight and Tax Extra Built by HUDSON » . Mfg/(aha; b a L...,/r . ggi Essex Stays Young , Because of Hidden Values In Essex particular attention is bestowed on hidden values. Finest roller bearings are used through— out, Where commonly bushings are used. For weight carried the frame is the sturdiest built, save one. American experts call its chassis the fin- est of its size. Easily made adjustments keep the car snug and free of noise. Essex design and construction minimize service needs, and account for its remarkable acknowledg— ment among owners as a long life car. , European and Essex cars that have seen 50,000 and 60,000 miles of service are today as de- pendable as when new. tinue the economy of their first cost in years of reliable service. The Coach Built by Hudson .‘1145 Fnisht and Tax Extra And they con- ment. 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(«I vs :évriiéfirféiéag} WEED? _ fMORGAN HARVESTER C0.Minneapolis.Minn.DeptNo 24 ll", lllmlllul 14rd! . n. 3 - p‘x- _ . fr \_/-/m‘.r.c .. ‘l- l: 5. u 1 , r, I ’ 13,-617Washingion‘AveSo. ‘ . P: Fifty Cents POPULAR MECHANICS (C(DN .x 1' m m «lid-hm - in the Home. Shaman! on full (indies: for (id-gun" thing: c ' _ ~4"~“‘- ,_ "Cmcséow V ' it THE BOOK CQNCRETE A YEAR’S SUBSCRIPTION TO— The Business Farmer FOR\ $122 . 7.x ‘ ' {I ready become s law, ".b‘ . ‘ » (Continued from Rage 3) Bovine 'l‘iiboncnlooie medication Farm organizations and pure—bred live stock associations have united behind an adequate five-year pro- gram for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis in Michigan. A bill has already passed both branches of the legislature \which paves the way for county co-operation in carrying out this work and an adequate ap- propriation bill to finance-the indem- nities on condemned cattle during the next two years is receiving fav- orable consideration in the Senate. If this disease can -be checked and stamped, out in Michigan it will be 0f great direct financial benefit to Mich- igan farmers and dairymen and will promote .the health of Michigan citi- zens. A Foresting' Measure From the standpoint of the north- ern part of the state perhaps one of the most important bills is Rep. Meg- gison’s' measure, Which is intended to promote useful forest growth in the state. One of its chief provis- ions allows land carrying a satisfac- tory timber stand to be taxed an- nually on its bare—land value with- out regard to the value of fhe tim- ber which is accumulating. Then at the time when the timber is matur- ed and ready for market a. harvest p tax would be assessed. Friends of the bill point out that an annual tax on the accumulated value of all of the stand of timber is not adapted to such a long—time crop and that in actual operation-it re— sults in the timber being harvested long before it is mature. It is thought that this bill would result in more forests in'Michigan and in their more efficient handling. To Curb the “Land-Sharks" Another measure which has for its purpose the orderly settlement and development of the northern portion of the State is also being sponsored by Rep. Meggison. This bill was drafted by the Development Bureau of the State Department of Agri~ culture and is the so—called “Land Certification” bill. This bill has been considered for several weeks by the House Judiciary Committee and has finally been so amended that is satisfactory to them and it will, no doubt, pass the House at an early date. It is the purpose of this bill to prevent the land sharks from dumping worthless land on prospec- tive Michigan settlers and thus giv— ing Michigan real estate a. black eye. Farmers Defeat Full-Crew Bill Farm organizations were, no doubt, largely responsible for the de- feat in the Senate of th proposed full crew railway bill. Thi' measure would require an additional flag man on certain specified trains and would set a visious precendent whereby labor could dictate to the railroads in regard to their operating condi- tions. As long as we continue to make it harder for the railroads and increase their operating cost we can- not logically ask them for lower rates on farm products which we buy and sell. For Cheaper Steel At the request-of the Michigan State Farm Bureau a resolution was passed by both Houses of the Legis- lature urging Congress and the Int— terstate Commerce Commission to take immediate steps to abolish the Pittsburgh Plus basis. Pittsburgh Plus it is explained is a shrewd prac- tice of those engaged in steel manu- facture of selling'all rolled steel on the Pittsburgh price, plus the freight from Pittsburgh to point of delivery. Michigan steel, it must be remember- ed, comes largely from- Gary and South Chicago where it can be manu- factured much more cheaply than at Pittsburgh.» Despite this fact we must pay the higher Pittsburgh price and the phantom freight all the way from Pittsburgh. Filled. Milk Bill a Law Another bill which was also pre pared and sponsored by the State Farm Bureau would prevent the manufacturer and sale within the state of “filled milk,” milk from which the butter fat has been wholly orpsrtily removed and replaced With a vegetable oil. This bill has ah practice of selling all steel on the. « western G Enactment of this measure stunts time is regarded as most timely live-A ' cause Michigan Farm Bureau afici- als discovered that filled milk menu- fscturing companies which had been .‘outlawed in other states were plan- ning to move their machinery and equipment to Michigan. ‘ i not a. healthful product and does not contain. the necessary vitamines to make a good food for children so the passage of this law not only ben- efits farmers and dairymen but city dwellers as well. Eastern Time Detected After considerable debate the House of Representatives defeated the bill which would make eastern time the standard time for Michkan. This proposal had quite general op~ position among the‘rural districts who feel that they get up early enough as it is without turning the clock ahead. Fruit and produce growers and dairymen have especial— ly hostile to the faster time. If the city people want to go to work a. little earlier in the morning the farmers will be perfectly willing. Standardization Bills Pending In an eflort to standardize Michi- gan farm products and increase their demand on the big markets, several bills have been passed setting up definite state standards and grades and requiring honest labeling, in or- der that the consumer may know what he is purchasing. A bill has already been passed and become a law which sets up fat and moisture content standards for cheese and requires honest labeling. perhaps with this law we may win back some of the trade which W'is- consin, with its standardized and guaranteed cheese has won from us during the past few years. At the request of the grape grow- ers, a bill has been passed setting up three standard grades of grapes sold in closed packages within the state. An amendment to the apple standards bill is now being consid— ered. There is some prospect that Mich- igan may take the lead in the adop- Filled mun" tion of a state truth-in-fabric his" ‘ Wyoming passed such an not two years ago and has found it very successful. State legislatures in sev- eral other states now have similar measures under consideration. Even the friends of this proposal are agreed that a federal law would be preferable to a state act, but they point out that Michigan had a-state pure food law 15 years before the federal enactment was secured. Rep. Sanson of Caro has a. very conserva— tive and workdblelstate truth-in-fab~ ric bill which he has succestully piloted through the House commit- tee of the whole. His bill is now up for final passage on third reading by that body. Through fair and unprejudiced leg— islative news sent out by Michigan State Farm Bureau to all of the weekly papers of the state the resi- dents of rural districts have been kept better informed .on legislative issues than ever before. Perhaps this knowledge on the part of the folks back home regarding just what , sort of representation they were get- ting and what important issues af— fecting agriculture were pending has had something to do with the en- actment of this beneficial agricultur- al legislation. Many important bills effecting the farmer still await final passage and it would be well worth the time of any rural citizen to watch closely. what takes place during the next two weeks. Let your Senator and Representative know what you think about these issues. He is there to carry out your wishes. That's what you sent him there for. FARM BUREAU S DEPT. , OPENS DETROIT OFFICE HE Michigan State Farm Bureau has established] brmch oflice of the Seed Department on the. Eastern Mérket at Detroit” in con; nection with ,.the Produce EXchenge ‘et .2729 Russell street. 'VThe‘ “tr; t3 brunch will “carry wuwu ’past tradition. ,"Down with the past." ' " "A Section BY‘REV ' BIBLE mgr—Ir Cor. 5:17..” ' “01‘ things are passed away,” be- . hold they have become new." '1‘ use, this will seem like a A- Sweeping, revolutionary state- ment. But it is. It carries with it a revolutionary spirit and law. It gets clear entirely of Paul poses as an.- reiormer who is crying, It sounds like the cry _of the Bolsheviki. It seems to say there is'nothing good in old beliefs and ways; we must strike out entirely on new paths. ‘ , because of this new temper ardent .in Christ’s teaching, Christianity was- looked upon as a class movement by some. Why? Because of the prom- ise: of social redemption and political release. It piqued the. church lead— ers because of its seeming favoritism and its: breaking down of a conven- tional and unsocial religion: and rulers tried to crush it, because, they said, it subverted all good. govern. ment. - But did Paul have reierence to sudden revolution in. church and state? No. Discerning readers of the apostle know that he refers to a. spiritual revolution in the individu— al; and thru this individual, to a new and reconciled society. He is summoning an inner and. true esti-‘ mate of things and values. He is saying we need a new look upon life, and not according to worldly esti- mates. According to Moflat, he is emphasising, not “externals,” but “inward reality.” Said Livingston, “I will place no value on anything I have or may possess except in rela- tion to the Kingdom of God.” Liv- ingston demonstrated the reality of this Pauline doctrine. Have you? The annauls of history are filled with . the names of those who caught this new thing; this new way of life. “Is your name written there?” And many, to have their old life merge in- to the now, must pay the martyr’s price. How much are you paying? From now on, says Paul, I know ’Christ .no longer after the flesh, after externals; but in inner conscious- ness. The historical Christ had be- come the spiritual,_ abiding Christ. “It is no longer I that live,‘ but Christ that liveth in me.” This Pharisee, “as touching the law," be- ' came a mystic, as touching the spirit, Life no longer consisted in forms, rit- uals, ordinances, and sense matters. The apostle demonstrated in his own life the truth that, “If any man be in Christ” he has passed out of these into the new, creative things of the spirit. And it ought to be said here, that nothing in the church to- day, so hurts its progress as the me- chanical theory of salvation and ar- bitrariness as to its ordinance life. It cuts the nerve of stewardship and is blighting to the spirit of unity. Here is where we may well pray that this old, unreasoning, uncharitable, spirit may pass away. Yet, for most of us, there is something fine and beautiful and necessary in symbol worship. Only, let us be charitable about external-s. Old things have been made into new. This is the divine way. It is the law of transformation, not des- truction. We find it illustrated in Creation; in the scientific law of mat- ter and energy; in the vegetable kingdom where the old seed becomes the new grain; and in the la-wa the resurrection which give us a new body out of the old. And so, there shall be "a new heaven and a new earth." Not thru destruction or annihilation, but thru transformation. .This new earth ‘is to be filled with transformed individ- uals. ,Faith will have the world getting continually newer and freer. Life is full of promise and good in proportion as we accept the spiritual companionship of Christ; the saving mission of the church; and the new, moral push in the doings of men. Said a friend and bank president to me, “There is a place for everyone to grab hold.” This is , true since new and brotherly plans are engag- ing the thoughts of men. A great moral revolution is on and I am. sure it is. the spirit of the lowly Nazarene * has filtered down thru "the cen- - turns. 01d things becom- on a" Ca?“ seei- fih’rist tie the law It .W L DAVID ' versal man. ‘petuated in the man, Jesus. ' standing before God. m a F. WARNER to maintain 0M, wot-moat opinions and allegiances and try to galvanize them into new life. But would adapt the principle in new methods and loyalties, to ‘meet changes and cust- oms in human lite. Just this is the Secret of growth in a religion that was dedicated by Christ to the uni- . Andat this writing .we : have; no better 'evidence of this in the church realm, than a change of front ’ on the part of foreign missionaries, relative to the demands of a western ‘ denominationalism of the natives of the Orient. Good, virtue, love, light, faith—these do not change but they take new forms. ‘ And this is the testimony of his- tory. The Jewish nation 'passed‘ away, but not her witness to the true God. Imperial Rome tell, but not her witness to the necessity of law and order. Similarly, we are be- holading world changes in our day. f‘ wermnents are being made over in- to new forms. God is working thru it all that the old may become new. And who cannot trace the opera- tion of this law in science and inven- tion. What startling achievement by man in our owu day thru a co- working with God’s laws. “For thou hast made him (man) but little low— or than God, and crownest him with glory and honor.” All hail THE MAN! And may his transfigured fOIIOWers soon come into their prom— ised dominion. Even now, “The meek shall inherit thenearth." They may pass from the old to the new. But again, we have the witness of the church to this new creation. For the sin of Adam, God did not destroy the race. But out of a fallen, per— verted, human nature he provided for a converted nature. He took a man of flesh (Jesus) and made him the groundwork of a new man. Man, which fell in the first Adam was made new in the second Adam. God came to our earth in man, and not to destroy, but to fulfil; to perfect and make complete. The Jewish temple, rites and practices were established by God only as parenthetical provis— ions in the process of developing this new creature. Their meaning is per— Hence we are not come unto the old Sinai but unto ‘the new Sinai; “unt Mount Zion, and unto the city of the living God, * * * * to the spirits of just men made perfect" and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant.“ The old perishing world is passing, friend. And Where do you stand? A recent magazine says, “We are on the very threshold of a new age. The dates are unimportant, for in the ad— vance of the plan of the ages it is not the sharp-cut dates, but periods of time, that are important. 01d things pass away in a fading out pro— cess; new things gradually dawn. Only on looking backward do the people usually realize that “a great thing took place back there. Sur— prisingly few of the real turning points of the world come amid signs and wonders and people standing in awe if what is passing. In the minds of most, the War was THE cataclysm, because it was noisy; but something greater than the War, tho much less clamorous, is in passage now.” Jenny Lind, after discovering her power as a singer, was given a new outlook on life. She said, “I got up that morning one creature and went to bed another.” A good, Christian woman said to me “I have passed out of bondage into liberty." These are free testimonies to a. new crea- tion. Verily, we are given a new My Father is near when I know the love and sym- pathy and attention he bestows upon Christ he bestows upon me. Judg- ment is gone. Gloom, suspicion, and doubt are passed away. And when, men, everywhere, will give “con— scious allegiance” to the new, crea- tive power of Christ; when they are ready to line up with Christian duty and “brotherhood obligations; then, “old things are passed away; behold they are become new.” Then will have come to pass the Patmos dream, “‘I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth are: passed away.” ' on ma ‘ The article "Preventing the Potato hznishda" which appeared in «tribal: 3151: inns was new courtesy of Farm, Stock I [12,000 Peeple ' By Automobiles in 1922 Automobile Insurance now a Necessity ‘ More than 12,000 persons were killed by automobiles in 1922. 1,347 chiler are victims in 78 cities of more than 50,000 population. Pedestrians should use greater care, parents should guard the lives of their children, and auto- mobile We should drive carefully and keep insure-c}. Thefl‘itizens’ Mutual pays about 300 claims each month, arnountmg to about 30,000. 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Iow- . k u KEEP THE BUSINESS FARMER comm sac men 25 “Joanne! .. :Joanne!" , She swayed as he sprang ‘to her, but she was smiling——smiling in that new and wonderful way as her arms reached out to him, and the words he heard her say came low and sobbing: “John—John, if you want to, now -—-—you can tell me that my hair is beautiful!” ' ., And she was in his arms, her warm, sweet body crushed close to him, her face lifted to him, her soft .hands stroking his face, and over and over again she was speaking his name while from out of his soul ' there rushed forth the mighty flood of his great love; and he held her there, forgetful of time now, forget- ful of death itself; and he kissed her tender lips, her hair, her eyes—con- sCious only that in the hour of death he had found life, that her hands were,stroking his face, and caressing his hair, and that over and over again she was whispering sobbingly his name, and that she loved him. The pressure of her hands against his breast at last made him free her. And now, truly, she was glorious. For the triumph of love had over- :ridden the despair of death, and her ,face was flooded with its colour and in her eyes was its glory. And then, as they stood there a step between them, there came—al- lmost like the benediction of a cat11- fedral bell—the soft, low tinkling ,chime of the half—hour bell in Al— ldous’ watch! { It struck him like a blow. Every .muscle in him became like rigid 'iron, and his torn hands clenched tightly at his sides. ! “Joanne—Joanne, it is impos- sible!" he cried huskily, and he had ’her close in his arms again, even as %her face was whitening in the lant— ern-glow. “I have lived for you, I ,have waited for you—all these years [you have been coming, coming, com- ;ing to mc—and now -that -you are mine—mine—it is impossible! It cannot happen ' He freed her again, and caught up a lantern. Foot by foot he examin— ed the packed tunnel. It was solid -—-not a crevice or a break through might have traveled the sound of a 'voice or the explosion of a gun. He did not shout. He knew that it ,Would be hopeless, and that his voice would be terrifying in that sepulchral tomb. Was it possible that here might be some other open- ing—a. possible exit—in that moun- tain wall? With the lantern in his hand he searched. There was no break. He came back to Joanne. She was standing where he had left her. And suddenly, as he looked at her, all fear went out of him, and he put down the lantern and went to her. “Joanne,” he whispered, holding her two hands against his breast, "‘you are not afraid?” “And you know “Yes, I know,” and she leaned for- ward so that her head lay partly upon his breast. “And you love me, Joanne?" "As I never dreamed that I should love a man, John Aldous," she whispered. - “And yet it has been but two days I! _“JOhn~—John Aldous " H ’7 “And I have lived an eternity," he heard her lips speak softly. “You would be my wife?" “Yes.” “Tomorrow?” “If you wanted me then, John.” “I thank God," he breathed in her hair. “And you would come to me without reservation, Joanne, trust- ing me, believing in me——you would come to me body, and heart, and soul?” “In all those ways—~yes.” “I thank God,” he breathed again. He raised her face. He looked deep into her eyes, and the glory of her love grew in them, and her lips trembled as she lifted them ever so little for him to kiss. “‘Oh, I was happy—so happy,” she Whispered, putting her hands to his face. “John, I knew that you loved me, and oh! I was fighting so hard to "keep myself from letting you know how happy it made me. And here, I was afraid you wouldn’t tell ” . before it happened. And John ohn ” p fdh’e leaned. back from him, and her , to bands moved like swift shad- : her hair, and then, suddenly,- wed about her—her glorious overing her from crown to (continued from April 14th Issue)“ ' Oh, my God—- 1- e m ,. By James Oliver Curwbod Michigan’s Own and America’s Fomiost Author of the Great Northwest ‘Qopyricht by June: Oliver Garwood hip; and with her hands she swept and piled the lustrous masses of it over him until his face, and head,- and shoulders were buried in the flaming sheen and sweet perfume of it. ' ' He strai ed her closer. Through the warm r chness of her tresses his lips pressed her lips, and they ceased to breathe. And up to their ears, pounding through that‘ enveloping shroud of her hair came the tick- tick—tick of the watch in his pocket. _“Joanne,” he whispered. “Yes, John.” “You are not afraid of—death?" “No, not when you are holding me like this. John." He still clasped her hands, and a sweet smile crept over her lips. “Even now you are splendid," she said. “Oh, I would have you that way, my John!" Again they stood up in the un- steady glow of the lanterns. “What time is it?” she asked. He drew out his watch, and as they both looked his blood ran cold. “Twelve minutes,” she murmured, and there was not a quiver in her voice. “Let us sit down, John—you on this box. and I on the floor, at your feet—like this.” He seated himself on the box, and Joanne nestled herself at his knees, her hands clasped in his. “I think, John,” she said softly, “that very. very often we would have visited like this—you and I—in the evening.” A lump choked him, and he could not answer. “I would very often have perched myself at your feet like this." “Yes, yes, my beloved." “And you would always have told me how beautiful my hair was al— ways. You would not have forgot.- ten that, John—or have grown tir- ed?" “No, no—never!" His arms were about her. drawing her closer. “And we would have had beautiful times together, John—~writing, and going adventuring, and—and ” He felt her trembling. throbbing, and her arms tightened about him. And now, again up through the smother of her hair. came the tick— tick-tick of his watch. He felt,.h_er fumbling at his watch pocket, and in a moment she was holding the timepiece between them, so that the light of the lantern fell on the face of it. “It is three John!’ The watch slipped from her fing— ers, and now she drew herself up so that her arms were about his neck, and their faces touched. “Dear John, you love me?” “So much that even now, in the face of death, I am happy,” he whisp- ered. “Joanne, sweetheart, we are not'going to be separated. We are going—together. Through all etern- ity it must be like this—you and I, together. Little girl, wind your hair about me—tight!” “There—and 'there—and there, John! I have tied you to me, and you are buried in it! Kiss me John ” And then the wild terrible fear of He‘ was minutes of four, ed ‘ a a great loneliness swept through him. For Joanne's voice had died away in a whispering breath, and ,the lips he kissed did not kiss him back, and her body lay heavy, heavy, heavy in his arms. Yet in his lone— liness he thanked God for bringing her oblivion in these last moments, and with his face crushed to hers he waited. For he knew that it was no longer a matter of minutes, but of seconds, and in those seconds he prayed, until up through the warm smother ofiher hair—with the clear- ness of a telling bell—came the sound of the little gong in his watch striking the Hour of Four! In space other worlds might have crumbled into ruin; on earth the stories of empires might have been written and the lives of men grown old in those first century-long sec- onds in which John Aldous held his breath and waited after the chiming of the hour-bell in the watch on the cavern fioor. How long he waited he did not know; how closely he was crushing Joanne to his breast he did , not realize. Seconds, minutes, and other minutes—and his brain ran red in dumb, silent madness. And the watch! It ticked, ticked, tick- ed! It was like a hammer. He had heard the sound of it first coming up through'her hair. But it was not in her hair now. It was over him, about him—it was no longer a ticking, but a throb, a steady, jarring, beating throb. It grew louder, and the air stirred with it. He lifted his head. With the eyes of a madman he stared—and listened. His arms relaxed from about Joanne, and she slopped crumpled and lifeless to the floor. He stared—and that steady beat- be’at-beat—a hundred times louder than the ticking of a watch—pound- ed in his brain. Was he mad? He staggered to the choked mouth of the tunnel, and then there fell shout upon shout, and shriek upon shriek from his lips, and twice', like a mad- man now, he ran back to Joanne and caught her up in his arms, calling and sobbing her name, and then shouting—and calling her name again. She moved; her eyes opened, and like one gazing upon the spirit of the dead she looked into the face of John Aldous, a madman’s face in the lantern—glow. “John—~John ” She put up her hands, and with a cry he ran with her in his arms to the choked tunnel. “Listen! Listen!” he cried wildly. “Dear God in Heaven, Joanne—can you hear them? It’s Blackton— and his men! Hear———hear the rock- hammers smashing! Joanne—— Joanne—we are saved!" She did not sense him. She sway- ed, half on her feet, half in his arms, as consciousness and reason returned to her. Dazedly her hands went to his face in their old, sweet way. Aldous saw her struggling to under- stand—to comprehend; and he kiss- ed her soft upturned lips, fighting back the excitement that made him want to raise his voice again in wild and joyous shouting. *“It is Blackton!” he said over and over again. “It is Blackton and his men! Listenl—you can hear their THE LATE SPRING Oh, day in month of April, Like the month of March much more, For so cold the wind is blowing It prevents the open door. Your looks almost deceive me, As sitting in this chair The sun’s rays thru the window Make you appear quite fair. The fleecy clouds‘of white Sailing in a. lovely blue, . \Vith the sunshine coming in be- tween ' Speak very well of you. But frost is in the ground And how can asses grow In places whic this morning - Were‘cold with sullen snow. The heavy wraps are with us yet, And stoves and coal pails tell That winter still is quite alive, Tho we have sung his knell. Where are the soft and balmy winds To warm and cheer our soul, And where the birds whose melodies From out their throats should roll? Did not we hear a robin About a month ago, Tell as spring was coming, Why does it tarry so? And yet, 0h day in April, Tho cold and bleak you are, We’re very thankful for you—- .It could be worse, by far. 1 —By Mayer ‘. . p t e p .xrock-hammer‘s,i'{’_, . is, "T LCHAPTER Xx ., ' '1‘ LAST Joanne realized that the explosion was not to come, that _ Blackton "and his men were working to save them. And now, as she listened with him, her breath began to come in sobbing excitement between her lips—for there was no mistaking that,_sound, that steady beat—beat-beat that came from. be-- yond the cavern wall and seemed to set strange tremors stirring in the air about their ears. For a few moments they stood stunned and sil- ent, as if not yet quite fully com- prehending that they had‘come'from .out of the pit of death, and that men Were fighting for their rescue. «They asked themselves no questions—why the f‘coyote" had not been fired? How those outside knew they were in the cavern. And, as they listen- ed, there came to them a voice. It was faint, so faint that it seemed to whisper to them through miles and miles of space——yet they knew , that it was a voice! “Some one is shouting," spoke Aldous tensely. "Joanne, my darl- ing, stand around the face of the wall so flying rock will not strike yolu'and I will answer with my pis- o . ' When he had placed her in safety from split lead and rock chips, he drew his automatic and fired it close up against the choked tunnel. He fired five times, steadily, counting three between each shot, and then he placed his ear to the mass of stone and earth and listened. Joanne sllpped to him like a shadow. Her hand sought his, and they held their breaths. They no longer heard sounds——nothing but the crumbling and falling of dust and pebbles where the bullets had struck, and the1r owu heart-beats. The picks and rock-hammers had ceased. Tighter and tighter grew the clasp of Joanne’s fingers, and a terrible thought flashed into John’s brain. Perhaps a rock from the slide had cut a wire, and they had found the wireghad repaired it! Was that thought in Joanne’s mind, too? Her finger-nails pricked his flesh. He looked at her. Her eyes were clos- ed, and her lips were tense and gray. And then her eyes shot open—Wide and staring. They heard, faintly though it came to them——once, twice, three times, four, five—the firing of a gun! John Aldous straightened, and a great breath fell from his lips. “Five times!” he said. “It is an answer. There is no longer doubt.” He was holding out his arms to her, and she came into them with a choking" cry; and now she sobbed like a little child with her head against his breast, and for many minutes he held her close kissing her wet face, and her damp hair, and her quivering lips, 'while the .beat of the picks and the crash of the rock-hammers came steadily nearer. Where those picks and rock-ham— mers fell a score of men were work- ing like fiends: 'Blackton his arms stripped to the shoulders; Gregg, sweating and urging the men; and among them——lifting and tearing at the rock like a madman—~old Don- ald MacDonald, his shirt open, his great hands bleeding,‘his hair and board tossing about him in the wind. Behind them, her hands clasped to her breast—crying out to them to hurry, hurry—stood Peggy Black- ton. The strength of five men was in every pair of arms. Huge boulders were rolled back. Men pawed earth and shale with their naked hands. Rock-hammers fell with blows that would have cracked the heart of a granite obelisk. Half an hour —— three quarters —— and Blackton came back to where Peggy was standing, his face black and grimed, his arms red—scared where the edges of the rocks had caught them, his eyes shining. “We’re almost there, Peggy," he panted. * “Another five minutes and " A I A shout interrupted him. ‘ A cloud of dust rolled out of the mouth of the tunnel, and into that dust rushed half a dozen men led by old Donald. Before the dust had settl- ed they began to reappear, and with a shrill screan Peggy Blackton dart— ,ed forward and—flung her arms about _ W the gold-shrouded figure of. Jenna swatygn an shin; ' ii u ding, of‘their‘ .t‘. ' Blackton. . knocked. Slowly she opened it. 9' "I have told them, dear,” he‘ whispered happily. “They under— I i‘ his great arms about Ald- { ous, cried brakenly: "Oh, Johnny, J ohnny—something told me to foller ye—an' I was just in time-—just in time to see you go into the coyote!” “God bless you, Mac!” said Ald- ous, and then Paul Blackton was wringing his hands, and one after another the others shook his hand, but Peggy Blackton was crying like a baby as she hugged Joanne. in her arms. "MacDonald came just in time," explained? Black-ton a .moment later and hetft'r-iedio speak "steadily,‘., and tried to..smile. .‘-‘Ten minutes more, , and ” He, was white. . “Now that it has turned out like this I thank God that it happened," said Aldous, for the engineer’s ears alone. “We thought we were facing death, and 805—1 told her. And in there, on our knees, we pledged our- selves man and wife. I want the minister—as quick as you can get him, Blackton. Don’t say anything to Joanne, but bring him to the house right away, will you?” _ 1 “Within half an hour,” replied “There comes Tony with the buckboard. We’ll hustle up to the house an I’ll have the preacher there in a ji y.” As they went to the wagon, Ald- ous looked about for MacDonald. He had disappeared. Requesting Gregg to hunt him up and send him to the bungalow, he climbed into the back seat, with Joanne between him and Peggy. Her little hand lay in his. Her fingers clung to him. But her hair hid her face, and on the other side of her Peggy Blackton was laughing and talking and crying by turns. As they entered the bungalow, Aldous whispered to Joanne: “Will you please go right to your room, dear? I want to say some- thing to you—alone.” When she went up the stair, Peggy caught a signal from her hus- band. Aldous remained with them. In two minutes he told the bewilder- ed and finally delighted Peggy what was going to happen, and as Black~ ton hustled out for the minister’s house he followed Joanne. She had fastened her door behind her. He stand. And, Joanne, Paul Blackton will be back in ten minutes—with the minister. Are you glad?” She had opened the door wide, and he was holding out his arms to her again. For a moment she did not move, but stood there trembling a little, and deeper and sweeter grew the colour in her face, and tenderer the look in her eyes. "I must brush my hair,” she answ- ered, as though she could think of no other words. “I—I must dress.” Laughing joyously, he went to her and gathered the soft masses of her hair in his hands, and piled it up in a glorious disarray about her face and head, holding it there, and still laughing into her eyes. “Joanne, you are mine!” “Unless I have been dreaming—I am, John Aldous!” "Forever and forever." “Yes, forever—~and ever." “And because I want the whole world to know, we are going to be married by a minister.” She was silent. “And as my wife to be,” he went on, his voice trembling with his hap— piness, “you must obey me!" “I think that I shall, John.” “Then you will not brush your hair, and you will not change your dress, and you will not wash the dust from your face and that sweet little beauty-spot from the tip. of your nose,” he commanded, and now he'drew her head close to him, so that he whispered, half in her hair: “Joanne, my darling, I want you wholly as you came to me there, ' when we thought We were going to die. It was there you promised to be- come my wife, and I want you as you were then—When the minister comes." ’ “John, I think I hear some one coming up the front steps!” They listened. The door opened. They heard voices—Blackton’s voice, Peggy’s voice, and another voice—a man’s voice. I . 7 1 _ jBlac'kton’s}l voice came up to them i; as: Bi: s “Shah-hm"; came Peggy; Black- ton’s sibilant whisper. .‘Jo'anne's hands had crept to ~John’s face. "I think,” she said, “that it is the minister, John." Her warm lips were near, and he kissed them. ~ ' “Come, Joanne. We will go down." Hand in hand they went down the stair; and When the minister saw Joanne, covered in the tangle and glory of her hair; and when he saw John- Aldous, with half-naket. arms and’blackened face; and when, with these things,, he saw the wonderful joy shining in their eyes, he stood like onestruck dumb at sight of a miracle descending out of the skies. For never had Joanne looked more beautiful than in this hour, and nev- er had man, looked more like enter- ing into paradise than John Aldous. Short and to the point was the little 'mountain minister’s service, , and when he had done he shook hands with them, and again he star- ed at them as they went back up the stair, still hand in hand. At her door they stopped. There were no words to speak now, as her heart lay against his heart, and her lips against his lips. And then, after those moments, she drew a little back, and there came suddenly that sweet, quivering, joyous play of her lips as she said: “And now, my husband, may I dress my hair?” IS*s is A;r:1u E53. “My hair,” he corrected, and let her go from his arms. .Her door closed behind her. A ’ little dizzily he turned to his room. His hand was on the knob when he heard her speak his name. She had reopened her door, and stood with something in her hand, which she was holding toward him. He went back, and she gave him a photo- graph. “John, you will destroy this,” she whispered. “It is his photograph—— Mortimer FitzHugh’s. I brought it to show people, that it migh help isne in my search. Please—destroy t!!! He returned to. his room and plac- ed the photograph on his table. It was wrapped in thin paper, and sud- denly there came upon him a most compelling desire to see what Mort- imer FitzHuLh had looked like in life. Joanne would not care. Per- haps it would be best for him to know. He tore off the paper. And as he looked at the picture the hot blood in his veins ran cold. He stared—— stared as if some wild and madden- ing joke was being played upon his faculties. A cry rose to his lips and broke in gasping breath, and about him the floor, the world itself, seem- ed slipping away from under his feet. For the picture l_e held in his hand was the picture of Culver Rann! 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It will mnnue honest aeolian " The Farm Paper of Service" FRED M. \VAR-NER THRICE governor of the state to which he had come an immigrant boy from England, belov-. ed by thousands of men and women who knew him as “Fred” and went to him with their troubles, as children go to their parents for con- solation, Fred M. Warner, passed away last week at the age of fifty—eight. Only a few months ago we watched him throw every ounce of his energy into the campaign for United States senator, when contrary to the ad- vice of his friends, and at the risk of his position as national committeeman, he backed a man who had in former years befriended him. Fred Warner never forgot a friend and he made friends wherever his smile went. The farmers of Michigan never had a better friend , than this man, because he was never entirely out of the farming business himself. He knew the farmers problems, but only recently he was heard to remark that things were not nearly so dark for the farmer as they appeared on the surface. He believed a better day for all farmers, and particularly for the dairy farmer, was not far distant and he repeated this optimism to many a worried farmer who came to him for advice dur- ing the past year or two. . From his old-fashioned home under the elms at Farmington, Fred M. Warner was taken to the little cemetery, that from the crest of a hill overlooks the town and the industries he helped to build. No more representative throng ever assembled in Michigan to pay its respects to a be- loved and worthy citizen. Rich and famous men who came in liveried equipage, mingled with simple folk whose dusty footgear showed how they had come. From the home to the cemetery, the school—children of Farmlngton, joined hand in hand on either side of the roadway formed a. guard of honor. A fitting tribute to a noble man who served his state so well! TOO MUCH IS ENOUGH NE of the formost agricultural journals in 0 this country denounced last week most sev- erely the policy employed by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and his Department. It was stated in this editorial that running down the farmer’s business was not going to help him re- establish himself. In other words, that the last thing you would tell the banker of whom you were trying to borrow money would be the dis- couraging side of your business. " You would want to paint an optimistic picture, which would go to show that in the near future your business would be on a sound foundation, and you would be back in a position to repay the loan he was making you. ,5 There can be no question but what the airing of the farmer’s demoralized financial condition has reduced by a great many millions of dollars the value of the,farms in this country. The price N of any commodity is set by the demand for it, and were are not going to clamor for a business hich is reported to be in such bad shape as the , mining business Is. . , “‘“Brdbebly it is true that no single source or in- gormetlon so prolific In its output 01th}: f” of publicity as has the Departmeatot Agri- ,.,‘ ,J , "is; to ms. to ” » ‘( session at Washington) ’ that the situation was.” weknow it to be, very-serious, sndethet omega some changes‘were- made and some relief’onlered the farmer, a serious catastrophe might result. It is not clear to us how the Secretary could. have made these facts known without making them public, and if he made them public than the farming business generall had to suffer the con- sequences. ‘ “ ' Farmers as a whole may not be in as bad shape as has been painted. ‘ We have talked with many farmers in Michigan who had a satisfactory year in 1922. adjusted themselves to post-war conditions, knew that the change had to come, specialized in dairy or other cash crops, and were so'fortunately situ- ated that they were able to show a. profit for the year. We readily grant that these are exceptions and that the average farmer in Michigan, as in other states, did not secure a satisfactory return from his material and his labor last year. We do believe, however, that optimistic public- ity given to the farming business at this time will aid in res—establishing conditions, and we believe that Secretary Wallace has in the Department of Agriculture, the most potent force through which this information may be broadcasted. A DAIRYM’AN‘S QUESTIONS " HY is it,” asks a Livingston county dairy- man, “that the price of milk is cut during the months of March and April, two of the most expensive months in which to produce milk, when it is sold to the consumer at the same price as January milk?” That sounds like a perfectly fair and reason- . able question and one which we trust Dr. Friday will include in his present study of the milk marketing conditions in Michigan and particular- ly in the Detroit area. This same inquiring dairyman who is not afraid to ask publicly some of the questions 'which come to him while he is feeding his cows, wants to know why the price of milk is quoted at the terminal and not ‘at the receiving station. Here are two subjects worthy of investigation and study. V We hope to publish the answers from the milk commission and Dr. Friday in our next issue and in addition perhaps some of our readers can throw further light on these or other dairymens questions. Inasmuch as the lid is off the milk- can, lets scrub-it, steam-it and thus steralize it inside and out. The Business Farmer has no in- tention of picking a fight, but we certainly will not stay out if we can help the milk producers and we are pretty sure we can! FARM BUREAU AND LABOR DON’T HITCH LARK L. Brody, Secretary and Manager of the Michigan StateFarm Bureau, had to lay down the law last ‘week to the representa- tives of the labor unions who were trying to se- cure the passage of the Full-Crew bill, which he characterized as unwarranted, “because it added an unnecessary burden on the people of Michi- gan.” It is said that the labor union representa- tives had promised their support of the income tax measure if the farm bureau would support the union Full—Crew bill. Union labor and farm organizations, although theoretically similar, are in fact economically op- posed to one another inasmuch as the farmer is a capitalist, and also an employer of labor. The farmer knows that while 211% has been put through a period of deflation, the like of which is unparalleled in the history of this country, labor, thanks largely to their unions, has been able to maintain a. standard of wages so much higher than the price of farm products that there is no camparison. The farmer is interested in seeing labor well .employed and efficient in its work, but when the hours of labor are cut down to a point where the mechanic is giving only a part of himself for'a wage too high, then it is the former, as the larg- est consumer of manufactured products, who must pay'for this lack of efficiency and extrava- gance. . Theorists and hair-brained economists are al- ways trying to weld a link between union labor and farm organizations, but when it comes down to a show—down and the.sctual' facts are weighed, it usually works out shot as it did in the recent demonstration“ our «state capitol. POTATO GROW GET TOGETHER HE silver lining of the black cloud which hovered over thgpototogrowers has 'elreadf. plan which has been so successfilly used'by . Satisfactory because they had already, neighborhood. . _ l! Reine. “New. York", states, and which [em f spewed 0,, fl, fruit growers ot~Celifornia, the cotton producers a of the south, and the tobacco growers- ot Ken-u .; _ tucky. , ' _ It is planned to operate a. national sales agency with offices ,in the larger cities," and probably a ' direct control of the markets will be thus main- tained. It is our opinion that‘the only way out of the present farm dilemma is the operation of farmer-owned selling. agencies. It would seems that the success met by the co-operetive market- ing on this basis in other states has proved the efficiency of this plan, and we know of no better ' ' staple in which to extend the experiment than in potatoes. We certainly commend this plan to the _ potato growers of _Michigan. K ' THE ROAD BUILDING PROBE HE gasoline tax measure which went down to ' T an inglorious defeat, thanks to. the veto of Governor Groesbeck, focused the attention to the State Highway Department, for which .the extra funds were found to The necessary. ’ Remarks were passed in the legislature which were not complimentary to the State Road Com- missioner or to the work that has been accomp- lished. In answer to these charges, Cornmission; er, Frank Rogers invited the Senate to make a thorough investigation of his department, all of its activities, and where its money ,had been spent, which was so commendable that his sug- gestion was promptly accepted. It seems to be a pretty well-accepted idea. not only from the farmer but from the tax-paying class in Michigan generally that some revision 'of the road building program must be made which will not call for an increase in taxes, except as they come directly from those who use the roads, which, luckily (?), today includes Ir st of us. The Business Farmer will be glad to place be- fore' the investigating committee any instances of apparent misuse of road building funds or any other conditions regarding the road building program which should be brought to their atten- tion. We agree not to divulge the name of the sender, providing all of the facts as stated will bear investigation by us. A SPRING TONIC HE two days last week when the summer i came back to give us a prOmise of what we might expect was a better “spring tonic" than all of the patent potions which we might ac: cumulate from the apothecary. There is'one satisfaction which comes to us who live so far north and that is the contrast which comes in the spring of the year, after a. stretch of winter which we some-times think will never end. I There is a. sensation which comes to the man who follows the plow in new turned earth on a day like this which cannot be compared with any similar experience in this old world of ours. The farmer’s wife and family too, can lift their hands to high Heaven and give same thanks when spring comes that they are not confined within the narrow walls and shut in by the clut- ter of buildings on all sides, as are the millions who live in cities. . Be glad you are alive this year, friends. Take an inventory of the things you have to be thank- ful for and it may go a long ways toward making up for the things you wish you had. ' Try it, and you will have the best prescription we know of for a “Spring Tonic." NAMING THE FARM . DID you ever stop to think as you drove along _ a country road that every farm looks alike except the one with a name on it. As a recent writer pointed-out, there is exactly as much reason. for naming your farm as naming your horse, your dog, or your cat, and yet you name them because you are fond of them and want to distinguish them from others of their kind. A farm is just a‘ farm, after all, unless it is named, and certainly it is not hard to select a. name for something which is near and dear to you for a reason. That lone pine, the orchard, the twin silo, the winding stream, the long view, the hillcrost, the . ' old homestead; look about you and you will and, i. dozen subjects that-3181.11: Basie arm and (re. these select the on best to distinguish your“ term tron 1, .4, cm &— “gw.. ‘, ,, ,, that seemli r; ' ‘ A , . O :.;_« .;g., .L .. . ‘ - . . I . v r y . 1.2- _ fifidkfiamngu '4 o gin-1de rec Ha !‘ on em, more I R! are so many folks with ‘ farms for sale these days that ‘1 the farm land sharks are thick- : er than flies around a molasses bar- rel, if we are to believe the reports which we get. fWe have told readers of 'the y .methods ’ employed by ‘the Warren- McRae Farm Agency of Logansport, Indiana, and recently we have had several inquiries regarding Jones, of Oiney, Illinois, who has a very much dinerent scheme, the efliciency of Which we are not informed. It is, we believe, Mr. Jones’ plan to insert a description of your farm for sale in ‘The Farm Buyers Guide', and the cash payment which he asks pays for this ad. At the same time the seller promises to pay a com- mission if the farm is sold through the advertisEment thus inserted. The scheme operated by Mr. Jones may be all right, and if any of our readers have had dealings with Mr. Jones, satisfactory or otherwise, I would be glad to hear from them, as the number of inquiries I have had leads me to believe this gentleman to be doing a considerable business in the state of Michigan. It has been some timenow since we have heard from any readers do- ing business with Warren McRae, Logansport, Indiana. Either he has withdrawn from ,the state of Michi- gan or Business Farmer readers are suiiiciently warned so that we do not hear trom them. I .feel quite sure that he has cancelled his advertising in Michigan, and if any of our read- ‘ers have had recent dealings with him of any kind, the publisher _ would be glad to hear from them. kl SECOND-HAND AUTOMOBILES Doping up old Lizzie and addin’ a little paint, Makes her run like sixty and look like What she ain't! Let me warn my readers that prices on second-hand automobiles were never lower than they are to- day and I understand that Detroit street corner dealers are planning on driving into the country whole fleets of large and small used cars which might better be headed for the scrap—heap and foisting them off on farmers and small—town folks. The great big seven passenger cars that weigh tons, and burn gaso— * line like a bonfire are the real drug on the market. The agent who of- fers to sell you one of these ice- wagons may in truth tell you it cost $5,000 only three years ago and still he offers it to you for $500! He may not be lying, but the car will probably be a liability and a big one on your shoulders from the day you buy it. Undoubtedly there are good used cars on the market, but if you in- sist on buying one, be sure you get it from a dealer you know and can trust, for buying and trading bosses in the old days was kindergarten work compared to the. second-hand, automobile business of today. PAPERS THAT NEVER STOP Many readers write to ask if they pan be made to pay-for a periodical which has been mailed by the pub- lisher after the subscription paid for has expired/ Unfortunately we must reply “yes”, for'the law is that the pub- lisher may assume that the sub- scriber has simply neglected to re- wfihe Collection Em The purpose of this department to te toot our subscribers from fraudulent deel nee or unfair treatment by persons or eeneerm at ‘ e distance. . lneveryeeeeeewilldoeurbeettomeke a com settlement or feree action. for shame for ear services will ever he 1v-The claim la mode by a pole-up sub- II The Imineoe Farmer. ~ eteinhnotmerethenimeaeii eta—The claim is not local or between peo- ' utthln 'eeey distance one another. M be and net W by mail. . ‘ ' not all letters .lvln toll particular-e, M _ ' 'enelulnl one your ode ' ' m. ' . . n.1,..." a Jan- flc lex. which no made, providing: .. ‘_vo§cher in she has new his subscription and the period- ical may be mailed for one year from date of expiration and remun- eration therefor collected. Many publications make it a rule to stop on expiration of the sub- scription, this as often makes had friends of the reader, as does the policy of cbntinuing for one year, unless notified to discontinue. A publication cannot collect more than one year ‘in arrears, nor for any period after it has been noti- fied by the subscriber to stop. »BUYING NURSERY STOCK Don't buy nursery stock from a stranger! If you will paste that bit of advice up somewhere in your house you will save yourself some of the worries which many of my ‘ correspondents have sent in to me. An agent, who has found it more profitable to carry a nursery order book and catalog, . than do plain “tramping” can be sure of landing one or two suckers a day, out of a dozen calls. Usually he asks for half—cash down, the balance to be paid when trees are received. Some- times however, when in a pinch,» he will take 10% down or $1 on every $10 represented in the order. When the deluded purchaser writes the “nursery company” he gets either a curt letter telling him they never heard of the agent in 'question or the letter is returned by the post-oflice marked “not known at this address". If I were buying nursery stock I world want to know exaCtly the comman I was buying from, how long hey had been in‘business and then I would want to see the stock and examine it before I paid for it. The answer is in my opening sen— tence: Don’t buy nursery stock from a stranger! * a MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE Mutual insurance societies are founded on a perfectly safe and economical system which has been in operation in all parts of the world and on all possible risks for many, many years. The success of a mu- tual depends however so much on the men in whose hands lie its destiny that all too often we hear of one leaving its members in the lurch with nothing but some worthless of- fice fixtures and a big assessment to be paid. Recently I have received more than one inquiry regarding a state mutual fire insurance company, which I have promptly turned over to the state insurance commissioner, thus through promptly bringing this company to the attention of the pro- per authorities, I may be abio to savo the farmer—members what might have otherwise been a most serious/loss, not only to this, but to other mutuals in Michigan. GETTING MONEY ON CHATTEL < MORTGAGES The Publisher is curious to learn it farmers throughout Michigan are unable to borrow money on chattel mortgage. In response to readers in the northern part of the state. an investigation was made and the bank frankly admitted that it was not in a position to_accept chattel mort- gage because it could not watch the collateral. Apparently this brings us back exactly were we started in the l matter 'of extending credit, if the renting—farmer cannot secure a small ’loan- covering a period in which he ,1 is pressed for money, it leaves the router and the tenant entirely at the mercy of the money grabber, and 'makes it doubly hard for him under present-day farming conditions. AMERICAN HORTIOULTURAL COMPANY, DES MOINES, IA. ‘ have several claims pending against this concern; all of them are small, but we have not been able to secure a .satisfac- tory settlement fer our readers. Last year this company sent out vouchers which were to be accepted this year as cash, but a reader in- !onns us that after sending the had no”, reply W doi 118} ' l First Mortgage Real Estate Gold Bonds . 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I sufl'ered as nly those who are thus sfilicted know for over were terribly afflicted. even bedridden, some of them seventy to eiz'hty years old, and the in were the same as in my own case. I want every sufferer from any form of mus- .’ enlar- snd sub-acute (swelling at the joints) ' . ry the Brest v f m im- "Home Treatment“ for i ble power. Don‘t send a cent' sling mail L or name and addreu. and I will sen t free I , l: . After you have used it. and it has prov- lf to be that long—looked for means of rid of such forms of rheumatism. One Dollar, b MARK II. JACKSONr 265.1 Danton Bldg" Noose. N. I. , Jgopon is responsible. Above statement true. 5 ‘f What Wald YOU Like to Study? K . We We“: and fig; magazine Lo PAY ‘ ' mgmlbllzflwlgtfl‘. s. sanding. Philadelphia. Pa. ’" “ ‘ijrnslsusmsss . PALS ON A 50-50 BASIS _ E are retired farmers now, but we hold a hearty interest in the farmers and we enjoy the M. B. F. and feel that it is doing a great service to all. Long may it live and prosper. . Some time ago on “What the Neighbors Say” page, there was an interesting article from Mrs. R. B., Ohio, on “Personal Freedom” of which, it would seem, she is com- pletely deprived of. I hoped some capable writer would defend her, for, unfortunately, there are many wins 'who suffer practically the humiliation and. in your issue of March 17th comes a splendid article of defence from “Molly Brown" I am am just bubbling over to add a few words of support. If there were more women like. Molly Brown there would be fewer men like Mr. R. B. and the world would be better for it. Good for you Molly, you have loy- ally championed a just cause. The marriage license doesn’t rob either party of their personal rights and privileges and there should be equality, co-operation and a kindly unselfish consideration, each for the rights and comfortsof the other. The average wife puts in as many weary hours of toil as the husband and she is justly entitled to a fair share of the profits. If not, why not? The husband doesn’t oblige his hired help to ask for their wages Then why should the wife have to ask for money? Doesn't she earn it? If the head of the house thinks she doesn’t, just let him hire some one to fill her place for a while and it want take long to convince him that he will pay far more for inferior services. ' A generous husband, and there are many of them, too, will give his Wife an allowance according to his means and spare her the humiliation of having to ask for every dollar she wants and then probably be expected to tell what she wants it for. Ye Gods! That is enough to fill the heart of a proud woman, with scorn and contempt rather than love and devotion. But it has been said that a woman can dig her own grave and step dowu into it behind the look and the smile and the duty she gives her husband and it may be years be— fore he finds it out. However, I question her wisdom or if he would love her better for it. For with man its the unatainable that is the most desirable. Come on, Uncle Rube, let us hear from you on this subject. —Sincere Subscriber, Caro, Mich. WHAT IS WRONG WITH FARMING? HERE is much uneasiness and more or less dissatisfaction, be- cause the farmers' products as a whole have not advanced in price as rapidly as other commodities. It is a fact that cotton and wool have advanced more rapidly than the av- erage of the commodities, in which advance the farmer should partici- pate if he does his marketing wisely. Not only the cotton growers and wool growers, but the growers of citrus fruits, vegetables, raisins and apples and dairymen, etc., have very greatly improved their margin of profits through marketing associa- tions. What is known as the “dirt farmer” or the raiser of potatoes, corn, wheat, etc., are the ones who are most badly hit and who are lack- ing in marketing organizations. In fact, they are the victims of organi- zation on the part of others. It is reasonable to say that the export market for American grains is cut of! and will be so for many months, if not years, to come on account of the inability of foreign countries to pay the debts they have already contracted, to say nothing of their ability to pay for new com- mitments. - - It is acknowledged that we raise more grain than our domestic mar- ket will consume. It seems that there is ’only one way to provide for the consumption of the surplus, in- asmuch as that surplus cannot be sold abroad, and that way is to in- crease the home market. Inasmuch as we cannot send our surplus to the" foreigner. ‘we‘ can bring the for- population has required a very con- siderable increase in the amount of farm products. On account of the immigration laws recently passed by congress at the request and in the interest of the labor unions, the flow of immigrants’to this country has been cut down to the minimum. If a considerably larger number of im- migrants were admitted it would re-, sult in the larger consumption of farm products at home and would also furnish larger supply of farm labor. The writer of this article is a nursery man and finds it necessary to pay sixty cents per hour for good help in the nursery. He can secure common labor for forty cents per hour, but it is cheaper to pay sixty cents for good efiicient help. The difficulty in securing farm labor and its extraordinary high cost together with its average inefi‘iciencyDiS due to the scarcity of labor caused by the law mentioned above. Farmers are obliged to hire and put up with the inefiicient labor that is discarded by the manufacturers, who are ob- liged to offer extraordinary induce- ments in the way of wages to secure help enough in a very much depleted labor market. The manufacturers can pay higher wages and get their choice of labor, the inefiicient sur- plus going to make up the supply of farm labor with which the farmer. must be content. There was a time when high grade Irish, English, Ger- man, Dutch, and other skilled‘farm— ers immigrated to this country in considerable numbers. They} are prevented from coming at this time on account of the law restricting immigration and particularly on ac— count of the “contract labor” law both of which were enacted at the request of the American Labor Un— ions and are at the expense of the American farmer. ‘ It does not take a farmer long to figure out and appreciate that an in- crease in the number of foreign im- migrants would very quickly in— crease the domestic demand for his farm products and would furnish a materially larger supply-of help, and would result in a more efficient grade of farm laborers. Neither would it take a farmer long to figure out that if his home market was in- creased and his cost of production from the increase of farm labor were reduced, that his margins of profit would at once be increased with the result of materially changing status of the farmers' bank account. There is another angle that the farmer should consider, namely, that increased immigration would reduce not only the'farmers’ cost of pro- duction, but would reduce the cost of producing the various products that the farmer is obliged to buy. The cost of these manufactured pro- ducts is greatly increased by the re- stricted labor supply as it exists un-‘ _der the present law. We would, therefore, see this happy condition, that the farmers' income and mar— gin of net profits would be material— ly increased at the same time and the cost of the farmers’ purchases would likewise be materially de— creased. This point could be elab- orated, but it seems so clear to the writer that it seems unnecessary to dwell upon it further. There is, however, another thought in connec- tion with this, and that is that after the farmer has produced his crops at the minimum cost he has yet to transport them to his market. The American Federation of Labor has seen -to it that the cost of moving .the farmers’ crops should be at a maximum rather than a minimum, due to labor shortage and to increase cf costs due to higher wages and diminished eificiency, all due to la- bor union conditions. It is not the intention of this art- icle to take up matters in relation to politics, but there is one point in which the farmer is vitally in- terested, and that is that he should not allow himself to be made the cat’s paw to rake chestnuts out of the fire for the labor unions. ’The labor unions are directed and engin- eered by very able and shrer men _ at the head of whom is Mr. Gompers, and anyone who thinks Mr. Goinpers is asleepgat the switch Jamie ken. ically, and. it: see ‘. of labor with us farmers would be ' engineered largely through Federa- " tion of Labor headquarters. We need mention only one instance and that a very recent one as follows: Last summer'there was a. strike on the‘railroads to prevent the re duction of wages and the consequent reduction of freights. The result of this strike was that rolling stock including both cars and engines were “ largely relegated to the bad order yards when the' labor unions ,had gained their end of maintaining high wages (and they are. the highest paid of all labor).vThe rolling stock was in bad order, and the farmers’ crops were ready to be moved to market. What was the result? It was impossible to move a large per cent of the perishable crops,‘ includ- ing fruits and vegetables with the result that the farmer lost his crop and his year’s work. In other words, the farmer held the bag while the labor union came through with undiminished wages. The writer may be a poor judge of con- ditions, but it seems to him that in nearly every‘case, the farmer foots the bill and the labor union absorbs the profit. Please excuse discretion, which may seem to be a. political one and let us return to the question of im- migration. With the very restrict- ed labor market, due to the law afore-mentioned, it is the easiest thing in the world through strikes, for any union to force an increase in wages. This statement hardly needs to be elaborated. There is only one thought in this connection and that is that in England the farm laborers have organized and there is a farm laborer’s strike in progress in that country. The question before us farmers at this time_,is this: With the very much decreased im- migration and restricted labor, how long will it take for us to get into the same‘condition that they are now in, in England and be up against the farm hands’ union with greatly increased wages? The writer has only attempted herein to make a few suggestions which might be greatly simplified and in that way clarified and made forcible. The writer has simply tried to lay before other farmers what seems to him to be the cause of our trouble and to suggest that we can- not too quickly ask for relief in the shape of a repeal of the law which creates for us unnecessary hardship in view of the fact that the farmer in the end has to carry the burden of all increases in costs in all of the industries. - If farmers would promptly write to their senator and representative in congress and insists upon less re- striction of immigration, I am sure‘ would greatly help the situation and in the end would materially increase the net profits of their farming op- »- erations. Let us take some action along this line and do it promptly.— Harry 8., Cooper, Wisconsin. VOTERS DISFRANCHISED BY SMOKE T our April 2nd towu meeting'I noticed several “prominent townsmen" smoking—some al- most continuously during meeting. A certain man being remonstrated with, said “any person that did not like tobacco smoke should not come to the town hall," he would smoke anyway. Not even the women voters pres— ent were asked if they enjoyed ar ap- preciated tobacco smoke second handed. It appeared as if all those citizens male or female, who had not formed the habit of smoking were to b8 smoked out and thus disfranchis- e . - Let us suppose a parallel case. Some person builds a few small fires of old rags and chips in the hall. Would these same gentlemen smok-~ ers stand for it? Not for a minute. As I heard a lady say ‘fWhile so much is being said about health m‘easureHll people should by state law be protected in their natural rights to assemble in public halls, with pure invigorating air free from ' smoke." . . ,, » . I fully~ acknowledge the right 'of the smoker to isolate himself from the public and smoke to ‘his heart’s cintentih' “i h the paces. ers to, .,.. ublict 3v / ms airnost; a fore-.~‘ gone conclusion that such‘a union ‘ ' ~ ( However, when in . public ,. f_uwld". ‘4‘ _ . ht-La—lu—‘AA‘. s—ifh huh—tidat—IM as A mast—4 6H5! MHHHH¢.mmenHA~»—a mum « l l . l ; . arner’s Life an Inspiration *jfEredi M. Warner, Three Times Godemor of Michigan, Rose to Prominence in Spite of Great Difliculties By JoHN FITZGIBBON FRED M. WARNER (Born 1865—Dled 1923) HE son of an English immigrant T who was so poor that, dying when the boy was seven years old, the mother gave him for adop— tion to and Oakland County merch- ant. Fred M. Warner, by his own efforts, achieved large success in business lines and was elected Gov- ernor of Michigan before he was 40 years old. Prior to‘his election as chief. executive of the State he‘had been the youngest senator in two Legislatures, as well as the youngest man to be elected Secretary of State, excepting Stevens T. Mason, the first governor of the state, he was the youngest governor Michigan has had, and the only governor that was elected for three successive terms. Born in Nottinghamshire. Eng- land, July 21, 1865, Gov. Warner was seven years old when he first saw the United States. His parents located on a small tract of wild woodland near Farm— ington, Oakland County. Soon aft- erwards his father died. P. Dean Warner was then a citizen of import— ance at Farmington, about 18 miles out Grand River avenue from De- troit City Hall. He was speaker of theLegislature in 1867 and a state - senator in 1869. Having no sons of his own, Senator Warner adopted the young English lad and gave him his name. ' The boy went through all the classes in the Farmington village school and then entered the Michi— gan Agricultural College. Student life did not appeal to him and so at the end of his first year in college he quit of his own accord and went to work in the general store‘of his foster—father. In addition to the store the elder Warner conducted a »bank. It was here that the young man learned his first lessons in trading and banking. He early showed a strong _aptitude in both lines. In Business at 20 He was barely 20 when he made his first venture in business. The bicycle craze came on and the long obsolete high wheel machine began to appear in the early 80’s. The craze caught the future Governor and he invested $165 of his savings in a wheel. For doing so his foster father reproved him. “You’ll never get ahead in the world if you squan— der moneythatway,” was the paren- ta’l admbnition. But he got back in parental favor on the bicycle ques- tion. Securing, the agency of several makes he cleared $800 the first sea- son. Incidentally, handful of , medals, the amateur champion of Michigan. When he was twenty—one his-fost— er-father turned the management of the 'generalistore over to him. He had been a voter but a year or so he. was 616 ad ‘president or he accumulated a for he became, .Wfilfner. was elected43 , “can: __. ,tfuon niim _ ” 1ll’fian‘ then comprised Oakland and Ma- comb counties, and he was re-elect— ed two years later. From a skeptic on the merits of the primary system when he ter— ed on his first term, Gov. Warner be- fore he finished his third term Was an ardent advocate of the system. In the face of bitter opposition by machine legislators, he had enacted the first genuine State—wide primary law, as well as a law for the selec— tion at primaries of party candidates for United States senator. This was several years before the Federal Consitution was amended so as to provide for the election of senators by direct vote. I Gov. Warner got his second re— nomination with opposition; and, still having no enemies in his party, he was re-elected in 1906 by a plu— rality of 97,549. Gov. Warner had about made up his mind that, having had the cus- tomary two terms, he would retire. When the machine leaders began talking of what they would do to him if he ever again sought office, he accepted their defi. He gave notice that he was going to smash preced— ents and be a candidate for a third consecutive term. Twice he had been nominated by State conven- tions. Now he was going to seek nomination from the electors at the primaries. The machine picked a popular state official for their candi— date. The primary contest was ex— Ceedingly warm. Gov. Warner in a valedictory at the close of his third term, mention- ed that, as the State’s chief executive he advocated and helped make into law the Two-Cent Fare Act, the act creating the State Railroad Commis- sion and giving the commission large powers to regulate rates, and ‘the service of public utilities, and act making stock watering illegal and the act establishing a binder twine plant at Jackson Prison. This lat— ter was opposed viciously by a pow- erful lobby of prison labor contract— or, yet it has proven to be one of the best investments the State govern— ment ever made. In his valedictory he said: “The people also will ben— efit by a score of other good laws ad- vocated by me and passed during my administration which those in con— trol of the Republican Party in Mich— igan at this time do not dare to re— peal.” Never Lost His Temper Gov. Warner’s dominant charac— teristics were never to lose his tem— per in a controversy; never to use heated language or epithets in re— ferring to a political adversary, to try to make friends instead of ene- mies, yet not yield when he was sure he was right, even if by such a course he broke a friendship; to pro— ceed cautiously before he arrived at a conclusion, but when he arrived to adhere to his conclusion; to remem— ber his friends and also his enemies, and to be naturally genial, but never effusiver so. He had a smile that was infectious, never was spoiled in the least by business or political suc— cesses. He had remained just “Fred” even to the humblest of his acquain— tances and had always led a temper— ate life. ' When 23 years of age Mr. Warner started a cheese factory at Farm- ington. Twenty years later he had 2 cheese factories in several counties and was making 1,500,000 annually. At Farmington he acquired a farm of 250 acres and another of 1,000 acres in Sanilac County. He became chief owner and president of the bank his foster father established, now the Farmington EXChange Bank. Hetwas one of the organizers of the United Savings Bank, of Detroit, and has been vice—president of it since its organization. . Shortly‘after he retired as Gov- ernor in 1911, he began changing his dairying business, marketing in De- troit the milk from his herds, in ad- dition to what he purchased from a great many farmers, instead of turn- ing it into cheese. ' At the state election in 1920,, Mr. Mh' Fr -?U'"’S' 'F‘Aifa‘M E R (489) ("17' \' MR. FARMER!‘ Mr. Dealer 'Mr. Jobber Are you remembering in purchasing your binder twine that you have a factory of your own at Jackson? It is making the best twine that can be placed on the market and has a mixture of fiber this year. Manila is added to the sisal to give extra strength. TheState Farm Bureau and other organizations and dealers of the state are in position to handle your twine. If they do not, write direct for prices as we want you to use your own twine as we make 14,000,- 000 lbs. more than Michigan can use. Michigan State Prison HARRY L. HULBERT, Warden JACKSON, MICH. HIS BEUIFUL BIDAL WREATH AND 4 OTHER HARDY, ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS Planting a. few shrubs this season will soon make your home a. beauty spot and a greater Joy to live in. Also, if you should later decide to sell it, you will find it more salable and worth a few hundred dollars more. Our col- lection consists of. the following five most de- sirable varieties. They are not little, green- house-rooted cuttings, such as are often given in offers of this kind. These shrubs are all field grown, healthy and thrifty, and are sure to give satisfaction. We would recommend that you accept our special offer without de- lay, as this offer may be withdrawn at any tme. Beautify Your Home at Our Expense BPIREA VAN HOUTTEI (Bridal Wreath)— A leader among shrubs, and a beautiful orna, ment at all seasons. A round and graceful bush with arching branches, covered with white flowers in early summer. No doubt the most useful of all shrubs. ALTHEA (Rose of Sharon)—A beautiful shrub that nearly everyone is familiar with. Flowers profusely in late summer and early fall, when few other shrubs are in bloom. Spires. Von Houttei (Bridal Wreath) BUSH HONEYSUCKLE -— Handsome bush with pink and white flowers in the eary spring, followed by beautiful and, :hfiwy red berries during summer and a . FORSYTHIA (Golden Bell) —-'1‘h6 first shrub to bloom in the spring, the golden-yellow flowers appearing before the leaves; frequently while the ground is still covered with snow. Branches cut off in winter and put in a. vase of water will bloom in the house. SYRENGA (Mock Orange)—On§ of the finest of the tall shrubs. Valuable for backgrounds, screens, grouping and specimens. Flowers white and very fragrant. Beautiful for cutting. 4 These are the five grandest shrubs for all climates, and will be delivered to you. by parcel post, postpald, as or our special offer below. p ‘ Syringe (Mock Orange), QURSPECIAL OFFER ALL FIVE SHRUBS, above described, shipped from our: Michigan nursery, direct to your mail box, postagepaid and } safe arrival guaranteed, for ONE DOLLAR, which includes“:- a One Year New or Renewal subscription to The Michigan Business Farmer. This may apply on your own renewal 0 add any newname ONE FULL YEAR. ' 1‘8. (490) . ' EAR aNieces and Nephews: All ‘ letters entered in our contest, ' .. including those published in last issue, were put on file and at 12 o’clock, April, 14th, I began reading, one at a time, to decide who wrote the best letter. The first one I read seemed so very good and I laid it one side for further consideration. The second one seemed equally as good and so did the third and fourth and fifth and so on, and I continued to lay each letter aside for further consideration until when I finished the last letter and turned to recon- sider the ones I had laid aside for that purpose I discovered I had not thrown out a single one. I again went through them all but results were the same—they, all best—I was no further ahead than I was when I started. Then the office force came to my assistance by choosing a com- mittee composed of several members of the force and oiIering the service of the committee to decide for me. I turned the letters all over to them and they finally declared that Katie Prowant, Durand, Michigan, was the winner. And the prize 18 a pair of shears, small size, just right to use when doing any sewing, making pat- terns, etc. Each and every department and article was declared the best but the one chose most was the article “The Truth About Henry Ford.” Over half of the writers stated they thought all would be more interested in that article than any other arti- cle or department. I hope you will not forget Moth- ers' Day. Remember your mother with a small token of appreciation and continue to show your love for her each day by helping her all you can with her work. Sometimes it will take you away from your play and you will not feel like doing it but remember that mother is always ready to help you and wants to have you enjoy yourself although many times it causes her considerable ex- tra work—UNCLE NED. OUR BOYS AND GIRLS Hello Uncle Ned:———I am writing to tell you Which department I like best of the Business Farmer, and why I think the readers will like it, too. The “Farmers' Service Bur- eau” is my choice. I think the readers will like it best because it is a clearing department for every farmer’s everyday troubles, and if at any time a question on any subject comes up in their home that they went answered and answered right, all they need to do is to just let the Farmers’ Service Bureau Department know about it and they answer it by return mail or through the next is- sue of the Business Farmer—and say, Uncle Ned, if you can’t decide after April 14th, just ask the Farm- ers' Bureau Service Department. I’m sure it can help you. Ha! Ha! I will close with best wishes. From Katie Prowant, Durand, Mich. Dear Uncle Nedz—I have been a reader of the Business Farmer for about two years and I thought I would write to you and your merry circle. I live on a farm of 400 acres. We raise nearly everything that is to be raised in this county, or is suitable for this climate. I hive heen having the most difficult time trying to find an article for this contest. It seems as tho they are all so helpful and such a service to the people it was very hard for me topick or choose the best depart- ment in this issue, but I found it at ' last. Your niece, Loretta Moore, Levering, Mich. Contest letter at- tacked: ‘ The Publisher’s Desk This is- why I think this depart— ment is the best in the issue and also in previous issues of the Business Ms: Because it enables you to get the best advice available con- cerning your troubles, also there is no charge for this. It warns the ‘ subscribers of this farm paper and concerning .fraudulant companies and farm agencies and companies. This department westegive legal as well as prompt to subscribers. - “M‘mclo Nam—4c“ those that sh town, but their parents own compete in this contest? If, 1.. ‘ “ ' r heghas the 7 law I Children; .m. in. I V 3 .‘ , H. - ex :1 fip'l’llulhili-g? > ' \réuig‘H.‘ h V . .» :PN’JJW'E‘th‘JSVVGIr'J/‘y .v v inept! - thought L . _ ' § file’ to try. “3118” been a ,, the paper and and What I think will prove of great interest" to our par- . entsand all farmers, and that is the. _‘_ Every farmer ‘ wants to get the best he can forvhis' new- . .. , ., . H, , 7' . , a: ,. “Ml” . l .4 ' WALTE ocqvarroN 3 WfiLLMAN llllllllllllllllllumm J°HN 3mm k . E . i II\ 7 lllllllllfll “3’2 AI. HOINIllelhh~l‘lllllull‘lllllullllu-:llI|llIIIIIIII"Ill"!‘iMI'llIIII’IHI'AIIIIIIIIIIHH‘"I"IH‘IIIII'IMI'MIlllhl‘llfllflluhlunu \ ‘ LU, Immmnmmum 3AM TODD business has each? tories have fire departments, tele- phone and telegraph o‘ffices, hospit- als and motion picture studio and everything that is necessary for safe— ty and enjovment. These are for all, the rich and the poor. It shows that he is putting auto- mobiles and tractors on the markets at low prices. It also shows that he is as good an American as anybody in America. This is all for now. Your niece, Mary Klurk, 209 East Plain St., Eaton Rapids, Mich. Dear Uncle Nedz—I think your idea about our letter to you tell— ing you what article we like the best in this magazine is a good one. I also like mystry prizes. I read the last issue carefully, in fact, I read all of the issues. I liked the article “The Truth About Henry Ford,” by Sarah T. Bushnell, the best, because I think Henry Ford is one of our greatest living Americans. You know, too, that Henry Ford may run for president of the United States, he may even be our president, and we" should know more about him. This article has been running . in this magazine for quite a while. I have read it every time. In the last issue it told about his schools, hospitals and other things. Don’t you think the person who is bright enought to invent a Ford deserves a great deal of credit? I do. I will close now so my cousins will have room for their letters on our page. With love, your niece—Beryl Brad- ley, Dexter Mich. s Dear Uncle Nedz—I have read carefully each article and depart- ment of the Business Farmer, and think they are all very good, but have decided that the raising of po- tatoes and learning how to get the bestyleldisthemostinterestingof all. I have M the. fact father, and he also thinks this is interesting article, being that are a quick crop and easily dred Ward, Imlay City, R4, M1011. Uncle Nedz—I am a farmer fifteen years of age and am. in eighth grade at school. I am 4fset 11% inches ins'heighth an weigh 104 pounds. 7 . . mt Several enterprising merchants have decided to combine to use one large advertlsmgdooard, and split the expense. names are John Smith, Sam Todd, Tom Brown and Ed. Moore. What . school. fl‘ ‘ mmsvatammrus These four merchants’ -. . - \. ary man,’ raising up wages and low- ering the price of automobiles. Therefore, I think its the most in- teresting article in the Business Farmer.—Stella Adolph, R5, Yale, Michigan. Dear Uncle Ned: I have read many interesting letters from boys and girls and liked them very much, and thought I would write to you. I am a boy 16 years old and live on a farm ‘ of 40 acres with my father and moth- er. My birthday is the 17th of Oct- ober and if I have any twin sisters or brothers I would like t hear from them. Well, I must close but maybe I will write again sometime. Every- body please write to me as I would like to hear from you—Joseph Forstner, Jr., Allegan, R. F. D. No. 1, Mich. Dear Uncle Ned:——As I was read- ing the M. B. F., I saw you "would like to have some help. I am will- ing to help you decide the most in- teresting department in the Business Farmer. I think the most interesting de- partment is “Poultry for Profit.” I think it is interesting because some people want to buy poultry and they want to know what kind to buy for they want profit off their chickens. I also have another department I think is quite interesting. That is “Michigan Crops.” I think this is quite interesting because some men are thinking of what crops to put in, where, and how much they might earn and if they read it they know better what to do. This is the first time I am writing to you. I would like to join your merry circle. I live one quarter of a mile west of the school house. I am in the sixth grade in school. The one that guesses my age correctly will receive a letter. My age" is from 10 to 16 years. I live on a ninety acre form, I like it very well. I hadslotoffunthiswinterriding on my sled and skating. I have one sister and ,two brothers. I am an- xioustoknowiflwin the priaeor noumlwonldliketohaveanansw-4 or soon. You: niece, Florence Bloemsma, Marion, Michigan, Route 3, Box, 57. . Dear Uncle Ned:——-I have read the letters in the Children's Hour and at times nearly decided to write, so at— last I did. I have three brothers and one sister. I sm‘twelve years old andinthe seventh grade at Three schools negotiate \ Qur it Was a g “Market Flashes.” crops. But do not think I am slight.- ing you‘Uncle Ned, for all us child- ren like the Children’s Hour best“ but I think grown-up peeple are not so interested in the parts we are most. Uncle Ned and «alanine. I wish some of the cousins would write to me. Your , neice, Mildred park. Marion, Mich. . Dear Uncle Nah—Oi the M. B. F. I think the “Pictures from Far and Near” are very interesting, and are most pleasing to every one. The Children’s Hour is very nice, too, but the pictures are the best, because old . people can enjoy them as well as the young. From the pictures that we see and read about, it teaches us what there is on different lands and places. It a person does not travel or even go about a bit, they do not know anything of the world. By having pictures people can look at them and read about them and al- ways learn, because they are never too old to learn. If the people can- not read some one, could read for them to help them. We can learn, how the world is progressing from pictures alone. Your niece, Rose Arnold, Box 474, R. F. D. 4,‘ Mt. Clemens, Michigan. Dear Uncle Nedz—I am a girl of eleven and live an a twenty acre farm and like the Children’s Hour very much. i In the March 31st issue you asked the best department in the paper. I. ‘ think “The Truth About Henry Ford" is the very best. His success rules are indeed true. The story is interesting because he is a real man It is wonderful; his and his wife’s work of helping the poor and friend- less as well as, his employees. My father and mother think the story very nice. They have always liked Henry Ford. friend, and a true American. His factory, foundry and trade school are certainly worth reading about. I remain, your reader, Faith E. Har- ris, Alpena, Mich. -—--—-4 Dear Uncle Ned :—I have never written before but hope you will ac— cept this letter from an old reader. I ' am a farm girl and live on a farm of 160 acres. I am 5 ft. tall and weigh 103,_pounds. My birthday is the 15th of April. Have I a twin? I was 13 years old. I saw Bernice Mauer’s riddle and think the answer is “Each.” Am I right? ’I would like to' earn the prize Uncle Ned is giving, so here is my opinion of the things in the paper for this week: , “Preventing the Potato Land- slide" was good. “The Farmers’ Service Bureau” and also “What the . Neighbors say” and "Fruit and Orchard" are very good. “Poultry for Profit” is also good. I know that a great many people are interested in “The Truth About Henry Ford” It is very good. I think that every Michigan farmer should have the paper. It is very good. All the way around it is hard to pick out which is the best things in the paper. There, Uncle Ned, is what I think. No one helped me make it up. 'I did it myself. - I have no father, but have a step-father. I will go to high school Harbor Springs next year. How many of the cousins go to Sunday School and church? I do and love to. I have always gone and“ always will. We have a v fine teacher. Goodbye 'with love to all the cousins. Let’s boost our page. Lovineg yours, Elsie L. Mahler, Harbor Springs, R. R. I, Mich. ‘ Dear Uncle Ned:—-l_lay I enter your contest about the most interest- ing article or department in your II. B. F3! I have been a constant reed- erof yourM. B. F. for tkelast few years, and I find the entire paper very interesting, but I think “The. Children‘s Hour" is the most inter;- esting', because it and girls closer-do flown did-j Well I must say good-bye to. He is the poor man’s ~~ _' ,. , .._ *4 _ -4__¢‘. ‘ lock l 96¢: ' 5 o my ii on. (as. 3 its: N I it“ Colonials University. Owen/ah: y out! Am * ' st. * 2 nd. a. 0-ith. ‘ (59 smuau®nzwuur©wmm Every evening a curtain goes up on the “greatest show on earth”, and yet it is spread right over your farm home, no matter where you live. That you may appreciate this show we publish this chart of the May sky and the comments of a tamous authority. If enough of our readers indicate their interest in this de- partment, by telling us so, even on a postal card, we will make this a reg- ular monthly feature of The Business Feynman—The Editor. HE first two weeks of May pres- T cut a particularly fine opportun— ity for the observation of the largest planet of the entire solar system, the giant Jupiter. On May 5’ the planet will be in opposition to the sun, which means to the astron- omer that it will lie exactly opposite the sun in the sky; it will rise at sunset and set at sunrise, approxi- mately. Furthermore, the earth will be nearer to the planet, and, therefore, it will appear larger in the telesc0pe and brighter to the naked eye. Its stellar magnitude will be about minus two; brighter than Sirius, the brightest of the fixed stars, whose magnitude is minus one and six—ten- ths. Sirius has already set at map time and will not appear on the map for many months. Jupiter will be found in the-south- eastern sky below Spica, the first magnitude star of the Constellation of Virgo. No other very bright stars - are near the planet and it is itself very much brighter than Spica. Fairly close to Spica is another bright planet, Saturn, with its rings, which can easily be distinguished from the fixed star by the absence of twinkling. Saturn also is much brighter than Spica, although not nearly, so bright as Jupiter. Saturn’s magnitude is about plus one-halt. Spica’s about plus one and two-ten- ths. It will be remembered that the smaller the magnitude order the greater the brilliancy and that minus magnitudes are a continuation of the series of magnitude numbers to- ward the side of greater brightness. If'one is so fortunate as to possess a small telescope or a good field glass, observation of the satellites of Jupiter and their movements will well repay effort and time. The dis- covery of these satellites by Galileo was the first discovery in the.heav— ens made by means otan- optical in- .strument, marking a most significant milestone in the progress of science. Galileo discovered tour compan- ions with the planet and satisfied himself by a careful study of their movements that they really were satellites of the great planet, just as the moon is a satellite of the earth. He discovered only the tour larger at the Jupiter family oi Moons, and these are theonly ones visible in any small moderate sized! telescope. But ' e are, in reality, nine mem- sgtellite family, the re- " V “£59,th been discovered minim” ' than either of these is that of the roller. m and Sofia. all. I ' long after the beginning of what we may call modern astronomy, only the four satellites discovered by Gal- ileo in 1610, were known to the scientific world. In that year Prof. E. E. Barnard announced the discovery of a fifth satellite, lying closer to the planet than any of those already Known. Two more were discovered photographically by the American observer, Perrine, in 1905. Then an eighth was found by , Melotte oi! Greenwich, England, and a ninth and last—at present—by S. B. Nicholson of Lick Observatory in California. These latter two are very far from the planet and have the peculiarity of moving about clock-like direction 1. e., from east to west, instead of the reverse direction, which is the general direction of orbital move- ment in the solar system. Whether the reverse direction means a difier- ‘ ence in origin or evolution/ from these satellites having the normal direction of movement is not at pres— ent clear. I ’ The amateur astronomer, with a, small telescope at his disposal, will find particularly interesting the plot- ting ot the movements of the satel- lites with respect to their great plan— et and also the observation of satel- lite eclipses which are very frequent. Since the satellites revolve about Jupiter, they will at times be hidden from view by the bulk of the planet, and this forms one kind or eclipse. Again, the satellite may be in a pos- ituation where it should be visible from the earth, but is in the shadow cast by the planet, and is thus de- prived of the sunlight by means of which it is made visible to us. This is another kind of eclipse. But more interesting a phenomenon passage of a satellite in front of the face of Jupiter itself. In that case it will often throw a tiny shadow on the planet’s brilliant orb, and this tiny black speck can be seen to move across the planetary disk. The sat- ellite itself can also be seen, in a large telescope particularly, when crossing one of the dark cloud belts seen on the planet. These remarks refer, oi! course, to the Galilcan sat- ellites only. The winter constellations are now disappearing from our map and the evening heavens. The grand aggre— gation of stars known as the con— stellation of Orion, the Hunter, is . below the horizon at map time, al- though, it can still be observed low down in the West at about the end of thevtwilight. Sirius also is gone, , and Procon is about to follow. The visible first—magnitude stars are Capella In the tar Northwest. Promo in the Southwest, Pollux or . the Gemini, Regulus in Leo. Spica in Yugo; Arcturus in Boots: and. ris- ing In the Northeast, the brilliant bloc-white Vega o! the Lyme. ' n :- lame-us; to m that .4- grmt circle * the pacific” of ; s! emetic. ecliptic 't‘ *‘l ‘ “2-. ., J‘ Anything HERE, T00, IS SUPREME VALUE F interested in a 3-piow tractor, don’t buy before getting the facts about the ex! priced 3-PLOW TRACTORS OF ITS “’1 cleaner and pulley. Price will net) present stock is exhausted. Write today for Illustrated folders. Milwaukee, Wis RATING. A smallerbrother to the A-C 20- 58 35 leading 4 plow job of the “grain states. ” ALLlS-CHALMERS MFG. CO., “Builders of Power for 68 years.” BANTING MFG. CO., Distributor, Door St, Toledo, Ohio.. ~ Aims-cum ,lrns 6'I2 "1hr. ‘Worldl' [blunt Triad ‘Ii'actor' , ’ SELF-PROPELLED power plant 1? o r many dollars less than a portable engine of Here’s Trctor Value Way Beyond Else on the Market same belt rating! too—for the field. w} Strictly a one-man outfit. Tractor wheels are the guide wheels when used With a plow, ' _ a - - _ mower or similar tool, the 1m- A~C 15 25.. 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SOIVAY THE SOLVAY PROCESS C0.. Sale: Aunt, WING & EVA-NS, Inc. Detroit, Hick. fitment Pearle-Fence- r Alpaca—W ml “Elm” “In ‘ m 0.. In your H E AV E S m. 2 .a: 31' 'c".‘°‘°‘.t sz'.su. . Ham “but {I not satirical»! “In! It ".25 m M in mils!- furl. NEWTOH’S silica Maryla Roads-Good schools-Good Homes-Good People. Maryland IS one of the garden spots of tho world. Farming pays In Maryland and good farm still available at. reasonable prices. Our catalog of farms and country estates will Address CHAS. H. STEFFEY, Inc. Baltl land is Interest 3367 VN. ' W’MARYL'AN’D’WHZASL“ 321 days of sunshine every 185 growing days—.45 inches of rainfall. nd is a land of Good you. Gent free. Charles Street stuck—best and cheapest means of cation for Hogs. Sheep and Cattle. ~ nan-hu- stamped year. Farms—~Good om. o. r , m.__, ‘11 “Cl TOBACCO HOMESPU‘N 1.75; 10 pound- t3.00; 26 a . S ‘ 0 pounds 3.5 c v . Padumh. Kentucky. TOIROOO. . no in PERATIVE T0 011mm ’ s“ NATU EAL bound: {1275; 10 uni- ‘ 6; . . “3 A 1:0 mm 32 OI I LEAF- Toucan pounds 81 . Pam. ‘ SIGNS OF SPRING The sun’s so bright an’ hot today, - 'I just feel sure it’s spring to stay; My sweater’s -a scratchy thing, An’ that’s a lsure-‘nough sign 0’ spring! Besides, the birds are coming back To the orchard trees. An’ such a pack Of tiny ants on the rockpile, too; An’ the air all smells so green‘an’ new. My daddy says warm days in spring lllake little boys grow like every- thing. . I ‘ ‘—Nina. Hatchitt Du‘fiield. OF GARDENS - ‘ ND because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air, where it comes and goes, like the warbling of music, than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best per- fume the "air. That which above all others yields the sweetest smell in the air, is the violet; espec— ially the white double violet, which comes twice a year, about the mid— dle of April, and about Bartholom— ew-tide. Next to that is the musk rose; then the strawberry leaves dy— ing, with a most cordial smell; then the flower of the vines—it is a little dust, like the dust of a bent, which grows upon the cluster, in the first coming forth; then sweet-briar; then wallflowers, which are very de— lightful, to be set under a parlor, or lOWer chamber window; then pinks and gilliflowers, especially the mat— ted pink and clove gilliflower; then the honey-suckles, so they be some— what afar off. Of bean—flowers I speak not, because they are field— flowers; but those which perfume the air most delightfully. _Francis Bacon. OUR FRIENDSHIP GARDEN 0 you know what a “Friendship Garden" means? It is a beauti— ful thing to have. It cherishes so many loving thot’s and brings us so much closer to our neighbors. Just think, if you want to you can start one this spring and have such a variety of beautiful flowers and shrubs for little or no expense. A “Friendship Garden” means the giv— ing of a slip off some plant or if you have a good supply of pansies or baby breath, lily of the valley, pinks or any flower that multiplies fast and you can spare some out of your garden, give it to your friend and neighbor and in exchange, she may have some different kind that would find a lovely spot in your garden. These exchanges may start with just a root of some treasured plant that would never be missed, and what happiness~ it would bring to see it-growing in your neighbors front— yard. A slip off of the old vine that would help cover up the bare places around Mrs. Jone’s front porch. Surely this would bring a great deal of beauty to your neighborhood and make the whole county known for its beauty and thotful women— folks. A forget~me—n0t bed can give so_much of itself and still re- main as tho untouched. The marigold is always a thing of beauty in a garden and grows so rapidly and propagates so fast. There are so many species of Perenniels that once you have started them growing in your yard you will enjoy untold hap— piness from the wonderful flow— ers that come each year with so little effort attached to them. Let us all try this year to see what we can do to make our front—yard attractive. : ANNUAL FL()\VERING PLANTS OR natural beauty and pleas— ing color effects it is hard _ to beat some of the old-' fashioned flower gardens made up of annual plants. Nowadays temperorary plantings are .not relied upOn when conditions will , .warrant the use of more perma— _nent material, such as shrubs and perennials. Annual flower- ing plants, however, should cer- tainlybe encouraged. ‘ l'..When quick, though tempor- ‘ effects are desired,‘ and when flowers are needed at a boson-.0: the year when, blos— Wm are scarce on permanent ‘ .fmarterial, annual floaweflng is Mamie... . ' s The ADGDflfiInent for. the W it. Edited by MRS. ANNIE TAYLOR this spring to make your ground at Home”, Remember I will never use your name or initials if you do not wish it and your let- tcr to me will be sacredly confidential, if you wish it so, I want to be, A ddress letters: Mrs. Fa EAR, dear friends:——Your many letters have been appreciated and I have not found time to reply to all of them, I wanted to be sure in this page to‘ suggest some things you must do s more attractive. some -more letters on your flowers and shrubbcry, I am going to hold open the prizes until I hear from you. I am passing around the hat for your lettersron “How To Earn Money If you have found a way, how nice it would be to pass the idea along to some other woman, who perhaps has a little brood she is mothering and whom your suggestion will be a God-send. Please, write me, on the above and other subjects. be, 0, such a friendly corner of our paper for the women and girls in the thousands of farm homes which The Business Farmer reaches. , fw, yaw Annie Taylor, care The Business an.» . I H ‘l ' ‘ I" W1, W: . Hom as yet, because Please write me ,Then remember, dear folks, I want this to Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Michigan. suits are obtained with an open lawn as a foundation, with trees making a frame for the house and giving a grateful shade, accompanied by shrubs and permanent” flowers to round off the corners. In the bays or pockets of such plantings, or in beds and borders , annual flowering plants will furnish bright blooms at a time when the shrubs or perennials may be dull and uninteresting. \Vhen permanent planting, especially shrubbery beds, are newly set they oft- en look thin and ragged, and inter— plantings of an- nuals will fill in the otherwise b a r e spaces with attract- ive foliage a n d brightly c 0.10 r e (1 flowers. GARDEN HERBS —LET’S GRO‘V THEDI HE herb gard- T ens of our. grand parents’ time have almost ceased. to exist and the present genera— tion knows nothing of many of the herbs cherished a generatoin or two ago, yet there are some of the Southern gardens that have pres— erved the custom and uses of the herb garden. Many of, us are inter— ested in some of the several more common herbs. All of the herbs be- low may be started in the early spring: Caraway.—- ( Carum carui ) . seeds are used for cakes, confec- tioneries, pastries, etc., and the Crown from seeds The construction 01d ful. About a foot The leaves for soups. A rose arbor constructed from cedar posts. is simple when covered with vines such as morning glories, honey suckle, or roses, the result is very beauti- left on the cedar posts. sowed where they are to grow. Dill.-—-(Anethum graveolens). The seeds of this annual have a peculiar pungent taste and are used in many ways as a condiment and as an addi- tion to (dill) pickle to increase the flavor. The whole plant is strongly aromatic. Grown from seed sown where they are to grow. Fennel. — (Feniculum vulgare). An aromatic annual used for making ' tea for children and as a flavoring in cooking. Simil— ar to oil of anise. The shoots are eat— en blanched. Seed, leaves and stems used. Horehound.— (Marrahium v u l- gare). The leaves and buds of this perennial are used for making cough flavoring c a n d y. Prop a’gated by seeds or division of plants. Lavendar.— (La- vendula vera). This 11 a r d y perennial produces flowers used for the distil— lation of the oil of lavendar, lavendar water, etc. The dried flowers are used for cushions and stored with lin- ens and wearing apparel to which is imparted the pleasant and character— istic lavendar odor. Propagated by cuttings and seed. Peppermint.—- ( Men tha piperita) . A perennial hardy species, grown mainly for producing oil of pepper— mint Which is used in candies, chew- ing gum, and as a disguise in medi- cines and has several other uses. Sage. — (Salva oflicinalis). of the branches is The medicines and for common :herb 'intimatéiy‘f ‘as'soeiat _ ; with pork sausage, used in medicine and as a flavoring for various prod- acts of the cook’s art. The leaves should be taken when the_ fiQWer spikes are forming, 'sprea‘d in. a darli room, and dried as quickly as "pos- sible. tings, and root division. , .f THE FLOWER GARDEN Vines for Arch or Trellis NNUAL ‘ Vines—Balloon - vine, i wild cucumber, hop-vine, morn- ing-glory, moon-flower, pear, scarlet runner bean. Perennial Vines '(Harbaceius).—— “ Kudzu vine, ing, wistaria. I - Woody ‘Vines.—Aklebia, Virginia. creeper, Dutchman’s pipe, clematis, bittersweet, mattrimony-vine, honey- suckle, trumpet creeper, grape, wist— aria. , Vines for Brick and Stone—Bost— moon-flower, everlast- on ivy, English ivy, euonymus radi— ‘ cans, ampelopsis quinquefolia. Beauty Border of the Vegetable Garden ' Annuals—Cosmos (mixed), dahl— ia (mixed), sage, floss flower' (blue), Zinnia, tickseed (yellow), verbena (mixed), petumia (mixed), bache- lor’s button, cockscomb, corn-flower, china aster (white), Spider. plant, marigold, pansy (mixed), Shirley poppy, cone—flower, sweet—William. Shrubbery and Perennial Garden Trees and Shrubs—Apple, golden bell, ’barberry, spirea, globe-flower, deutzia, buddleia, hibiscus, weigelia. Perennials. —— Candytuft, peony (red), Oriental poppy, iris (blue), alyssum, Canterbury bells, milfoil, phlox (pink), phlox (red), phlox (white), tickseed, blanket flower, helenium, pink, Shasta dairy, holly— hocks, golden glow aster. Window Boxes Plants Enduring Shade—Aspara- gus, trailing, green; dracaena indi- yisa, upright, green; dracaena term- 1nalis,. upright, red; English ivy, trailing, green; sord fern, upright, green; whitmani fern, upright, green; pandanus, upright, variegat— ed; vinca, trailing, variegated; Wandering Jew, trailing, variegated; German ivy, trailing, green. ' Flowering—Pansy, prostrate, yel-. low, purple, white. ' I Mothers Problems k Sometimes Delay Punishment A MOTHER of my acquaintance had purchased a beautiful din—. ner-set, the first real “set” she had ever owned. Together she and her daughter were washing it and putting the glossy flQWered dishes in the china closet. The mother, on her way to the dining-room with a stack of bright dinner-plates, kick— ed up the rag rug that lay a few steps from the table. The daughter, following directly after her failed to notice the upturned rug, caught her foot in the fold and -fell, her own stack of dishes crashing to the floor and breaking into hundreds of pieces. ' .At the crash the mother turned and glared angrily at the girl. She placed her own dishes ’on the table and started with hands clenched toward her daughter. Then, suddenly, she relaxed. She hit her lips, then pointed toward the hallway. “Eva,” she said, “go up to your room at once. Stay there till I tell you to come down. Right now I am too angry to think what I ought to o.”' 3 By the time the mother had iced the turned—up rug which she then remembered having kicked up, and calmed- down somewhat, she was ashamed of the feeling she had shown to~ ward the daughter who was not to blame for the accident. As soon as she could she went to~ the girl’s room, where she found her sobbing on the bed, told her she realized it was an accident and asked her to come down and help with the rest of the dishes. ‘ A punishment for that acci- dent would have been unjust, and the child would have known it was unjust and been. hurt, perhaps foreirer, by it. I Yet" many, many unjust punishments cause the parents punish heat . of their waiting ' i " > the Propagated by seeds; cut- balsam t a ‘ cleared away the wreckage, not- ‘ are meted out to‘ children be- . v. I, ggAuflng‘mAuh fll‘flo ll I * .. xi idi e her ‘bw ward therrdaughter; Then, sudden- - 21y,; she .relaxed. She, bit her lips, “then pointed toward the hallwaY- "'Eva,” she' said, “go up to your room at once... Stay.their till I tell you to come down. . Right now I am too angry to think what I ought to do.” . By the time the mother had clear- ed awaythe wreckage, noticed the turnedvup rug which she then re— membered having kicked up, and calmed down somewhat, she was ashamed of the feeling she had shown toward the daughter who was not to blame for the accident. Soon as she could she went to the girl’s room, where she found her sobbing [on the bed, told her she realized it .was an accident and asked her to come down and help with the rest of the dishes. ' A punishment for that accident would have been unjust, and the child would have known it was un- just and been hurt, perhaps forever, by it. Yet many, many unjust pun— ishments are meted out to children because the parents punish in the heat 'of their anger without waiting till they can judge calmly and cor- rectly. Remember this incident the next time some accident or deed occurs which rouses you to‘ sudden anger. Rather than ever punish unjustly, send the child responsible for your feelings to his room and do not go to him till you have weighed his offence most"carefully. If you would not later be filled with regret, it is some- times best to delay punishment.— Margaret Bartlett. MOTHERS’ DAY OTHERS’ Day—it means so much! Mothers’ Day should hold for her all the things that are beautiful. How happy We should be upon May 2nd, when we can show our living mothers all the tenderness and thotfulness that only a child of hers can show. No matter how trifling the deed mother will think it the sweetest and noblest because her boy or her girl was thot— ful of her on this Day set aside to commerate the ones that have passed on and the day to show the living. Let- us not be forgetful. =__AIDS TO GOOD DRESSING: As usual there will be much sewing done in the spring, so the first step Is to get the sewing machine It is hard to spare the shears to be sharpened after work is begun and on the other hand it Is encouraging to find them sharp and well set when work commences. Give the sewing machine a thorough overhauling. or gasoline and wipe off the oil and dirt which has accumulated. Remove revelings which have wound around the joints. is properly adjusted. The machine Is delicate In its mechanism and should be well kept and oiled to keep , it from wear and also to make it run easily. '5 '. , the wooden case and rubbed In well with a soft cloth will "i [K lbpearance. See to it that the machine is Sizes and if the belt is worn a new one in the draw may save a day's delay. and shears in good condition. and bright. the screws and see that everything against another. 4127. able for all cloakings. vertihle. 48 inches bust measure. 4330. ials, for taffeta, kaska, with checkered gingham. finished with three tiers. wrist or elbow length. the foot is 2% yards. Sizes: measure. medium material. size , requires 4341. tractive for this style. mer, 10 years. 32 inch material. . shes on the'iteble and started with hands clenched to-n ;cess will ultimately crown every endeavor, A Jaunty “Wrap” This is a. splendid utility style, As portrayed tweed was used, with trimming braid. This pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: Medium, 38—40; Large, 42—44; Extra. Large. 46- A medium size requires 5% yards of 44 inch material. A Jaunty Blouse Dress for Slender This is a good style for sports mater- jersey and serge. collar and cuffs may be of contrasting material. A very attractive development would be red and gray rutine, with red suede for trimming, or linen, 'l‘he Pattern is cut in 3 Sizes: years. An 18 year size requires 4 ‘4 yards of 40 inch material. To trim as illustrated requires 1a; yard contrastng material 40 inches wide. The width of the skirt at the foot is 2 it yards. A Pretty Gown for “Many” Occasions 40404286. Printed silk with binding of crepe satin is here portrayed. This design is also good for voile, organdy or tissue gingham. The tiered skirt is very new and effective. It may be The blouse has a com- fortable “raglan” sleeve that may be finished in The Skirt is cut in 6 Sizes: 25, 27, 20. 31, 33 and 35 inches waist measure. The Blouse is cut in 6 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 To make this dress as illustrated for a 8% yards of A Simple, Pretty Frock for A Little Miss Printed voile or crepe would be at- It is alsp pleasing in suin- mffeta and crepe de chine. contrasting color would be effective for trimming. This Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: A 6 year size requires 2 $4 ‘ - new SUGGESTIONS AINTING wire screens before ' "putting them up in the spring will keep them from rusting and-will make them look like new. Porch chairs and stands can be ’ gone over with a water-proof varn- ish—also good for renewing kitchen furniture that has become dingy. Provide a place for refuse ‘so that it may be easily put “in its place;” a waste basket of some description does this, and there is need for one in practically every room in' the house. There are innumerable vari- et’ies of sizes, shapes and styles of baskets on the market; everything, from the most inexpensive to ,the very elaborate or some simple home— made one may be made to serve. There is an old trick that many mothers know nothing about. That is to cut off a boy’s stocking at the ankle and turn it around so that the thin darned places at the knees go underneath, where it does not show. The Runner’s Bible We must humble (Ps. 37: 11), willing to be taught (Prov. 13: 18), to receive, nndthen when joy has been let into the heart (Neh. 8: 10), and gratitude is felt, we are in a condition to re- ceive the blessing—to know the Truth. and we can be assured that Love will guide us, that suc- things work together for good. We must also protect ourselves from all that would bring us harm, or even disturb us, by realizing that we are enveloped in an impenetrable armor of love and evil cannot reach us. —if you are well bred! At the table men should remain standing until all ladies present are seated. ' Do not begin eating until all have been served. Place napkin in lap. Eat quietly and slowly. i Fork should be used with tines upward. When not in use, place knife and fork across plate. Sit quietly until all have finished. Notice “Polar Bear Flour” ad in this issue and send for the free cook book. Take a soft cloth. Dip it either in kerosene Wipe until the parts are clean When all parts are clear tighten Oil for all ‘ | ’3‘" i f, b i or write direct to Box 402 iiiilliiil : . A R O Y A L I R O N For the Queen of the House Yes, this handsome, gasoline burning iron will save her many weary steps. Gracefully designed and attractively nickel plated. Instantly ready to use any time, anywhere. Ask your deaIer Think of this. No stove fire, no gas tube, no electric cord needed. Handle always cool. Over 1,000,000 now in use. SELF HEATING IRON C0. ’/~ Big Prairie, Ohio \\\\-t.\‘ ’IWIIuv ’ »-@ u R ,/r Tu: NEW ERA MILLin g ARKANSAS CITY. KAN L. 1» Jflhspoun BEARWPL‘X J. W. Pi] All BEAR i flUli Most Value for Your Money A Trial Bag Will prove it! Write us for valuable Cook Book FREE! DEMAND- HARVEY & SON, Central States Managers, BIARION. IND. in every place where one part rubs A few drops of oil put on improve its ap- supplied with needles of desired suit- The collar is con- Sinall, 34-36; Figures Vest, 16, 18 and 20 The width at and 44 inches bust 3 6 inch u Binding in a. 4, 6, 8 and yards of ALL PATTERNS 12c EACH—3 ron soc POST-PAID Order from the above -or former issues of The Business Farmer, giving number and sign your name and address plainly. ADJ) IOo FOR SPRING AND SUMMER FASHION BOOK. v , Address all orders for patterns to newest; mnnysusmnss Fanning, Mt. Clemens, Mich." 30 years of Honest Shoe Values Behind this Footwear. Scout Light-weight cool and roomy for summer wear I $3to$3.50 at your shoe store Lots of service for little money in this sturdy shoe. Made of all lea- ther. Good grade of upper stock and qualitysole. Michiganfarmers have been wearing itfor years. Try It on and.see how cool and com fortable it feels. Boys’ sizes also. Herold-Bertscli Shoe Co. Grand Rapids Saul for Booklet SENATOR DUNLAP, \VARFIELD AND GIBSON STRAWBERRIES Priced as low as $3.00 1000. Send for s eciai price~list complete. Our customers making 5 .000 per acre, so can you. Alsogrape yines and other mall fruit. union's FRUIT nun PoUL'rnv FARM. chomping. Michigan. At Cut Prices» 800!) Mile Guarantee NO Price ADVANCE on GEM CORDS—the tire that gives 8000 miles of_satisfactory ~service. Cut your tire costs by these excellent tires at low prices. Best tire ever'seen. Another Gem Cord half price for any tire not satisfactory. SEND NO MONEY All GEM CORDVS shipped 0.0.1). Take tire homo and examine it; If it isn'tthe beetbuy you ever made, return the tire and get all your money . 3° ize Cords Tube- x 3 0 $6.15 - $1.05 30x 31-2 I 6.95 o 1.25 32 x 3 1-2 I 8.95 O 1.55 3 1 x 4 c 9.95 o 1.65 32 x 4 a 10.75 c 1.75 33 x 4 a 1 1.25 O 1.90 34 x 4 o 1 1.95 o 1.95 32 x 4 1-2 - 13.75 0 2.00 33 x4I-2 9 14.45 a 2.10 34 x 4 1-2 c 14.95 - 2.25 35 I 4 1-2 a 15.45 - 2.50 36 x 4 1'2 - 15.95 - 2.50 Do not delay. Order your season's cord tires now at thou Barpatn Prices. 5 per cent dio- oouutfor cash with or r G M RUBBEil COMPANY . Dept. 1 63 n-l315 S. Oakley Blvd.. Chicago CONCORD l-Yl-UU]. Heavily Hunted GRAPE VINES 0111250 Selected mail‘tiu vincscirom lhc Michigln (Elam): \ Belt where the finest oncords in the wor are grown. Hardy, healthy. lusty vines. bred up to yield ADI/SHE ‘2! Li: Milnmlflmfl’fk Ellis! .1; :.—~—.. Three vine: planted inéour garden will ', “i' make: vigorous start. i rapid growth, .' they will soon amply supply your table. They will grow and fruit in very cold Io- cutione with a little simple winter covering, gig gig Fruit and Garden Lagazine Sent Four Months L9 _H_elp log Sm—rt‘RlGHTI Filled with illustrated, interesting practical stories ol suc~ tea wirir“Money rope." To encourage a more gcncnl planting oi Grapes we make this liberal ollcr, and I silver Quarter t it all. Send name and address today to v THE FRUIT BELT 15 Market St., Grand Rapids. 300 The Business Farmer Can Use a Good Agent in Every Michigan County. “Write Us. . Mich. STRAWBERRY PLANTS Post . ‘1 150 Dunlap, 150 Warfield Paid HAMPTON & SON, R. 14. BANGOR. MIC“. Simpli 'ty The De Laval Separator is so simple, all of its parts are made with such care, accuracy and precision, that any one, no matter how inexperienced, can operate it successfully under all conditions of use. And any one capable of handling a wrench can completely assemble or disassemble it, quickly and easily. with the one simple tool shown above. The De Laval Separator Co. NEW YORK CIKMO FRANCISCO I55 Broadway 295. Ml Si. 61 Beale Si. De Laval Separators are sold on such liberal terms that they will pay for themselves within a year. See your De Laval Agent or write us for full information. There are over 2,500,000 De Laval Sep- arators in use the world over—about as many as all other makes put to- gether. Sooner or later you will use a .5 De Laval 7*" CreamSeparator and Milken- mixerusements Inserted under [ills heading IOI‘ i'eputanu DPBBGBI‘S of LIVE Stool at SMIHI iuvv Pa 3 to encourage the growing of pure-oreds on the farms of our readers. Our advortloin rate is Thirty Cents (306) per agate line per insertion. Fourteen agate lines to the oolumi'iI inch or $4.20 per Inch. less 2% for cash if sent with order or paid on or before the 10th of month following date of insertion. SEND I YOUR AD AND WE WILL PUT IT IN TVPE FREE, no you can see how man lines it will fill. Address all letters, BREEDERS DIRECTORY, ICH'IGAI“ BUSINESS FARMER. MT. CLEMENS. MICH. FASCINATION FARM, VASSAR, mom ilolsteins“ registered fully accredited 32%“3' Sll'e. Write your want. :@~ CLAIM YOUR, p.30 DATE , To avoid conflicting dates we will with.“ 0081. “st 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 you. Address, leo Stock Editor. M. B. F.. Mt. Clemens May Q—Guernseys. Wigman 8i. Surato, Holt. Michigan. May 10——Holstcins, . McPherson Farms 00., Howell. Michigan. ' I May 10—Holstei’ns, Geo. W. Ridgmnan. Vas— sar, Michigan. _ In! 31—Shortborns and Berkshires—Simon . ichle. Middleville. Michigan. Oct. its—Holsteins. Howell Sales Company of Livingston Co In. Griffin, Sec'y. Howell . r2; GUERNSEYS FOR SALE~REGISTERED GUERNSEY HEIF- are at reason _ prices, also choice bull calves of May Rose breeding. H. W. WIGMAN. Lamina. Mich., Box 52. MISSAUKEE GUERMEYS. calves coining soon. No f that new hull (“if A. R. Sire and Dam. A. I". SMITH, Lake City, Ilehlgaw. A GUERIGEYS—Jleolstored Bull Cains ctr-p also grades. But of breeding for prodnhtiou 3n un , wen size. mm Damion, North Manchester, Indium. REGISTERED cuznwszvs—FEIIAL HOLSTEH‘b Bull Calves. A. R. Sire and. Dam. 5.81.15": emu-m, 4900 West Fort so“: Detroit, Michigan. SIRE—25 LB. DAM. 82 LB. HAVE A 15 nice. old Pontiac Komdyke, King Segis bull. FOR SALE: MAY ROSE GUERNsEV BULL by a 82 lb. grandson of ii 35 lb. Michigan Calf. Born on.Nov.""?0. 1922. Dam on A, R mpion. in, a. 25 lb. 4 yr. old, King Test. Federal Accredited Herd. ‘ ' breeding. Calf well grown, straight, nicely GILMORE BROTHERS, Camden. Michigan. marked. Herd federally tested—filesn. Price, 8100. delivered anywhere lll lower peninsular. I. JONES White Pigeon, Michigan. ‘ EXTRA FINE BULL CALVEs—ALL BORN ANGUS In Jam. From heuvymilking .Dams and Sired “Romeo King Sens Pontiac Korndylre." IE HAVE SOME FINE YOUNG mucus BULLS erd T. B. tested. Bargain prices to move quick. from Internstioml Grand Champion Stock at Write y. SOHAFFER IROS., R. I co PLE E DISPO§AL SALE GEO w. RIDGEMAN HERD 0F HOLSTEIN CATTLE» VASSAR, MICH., THURSDAY, MAY 10,, 1923 Sale starts at one thirty rain or shine at my form 8 miles oath and one miles west Vassar. Michigan or sixteen miles out of Saginaw: ' ~ « 1‘ head of the blond quality "chain cattle "or aimed at dispersal in. find: Pedigrees {re reasonable prices. E. H. KERR I «3.. Addison e. 4, Oxford, Michigan. OF THE Michigan. a fully . 2 r. ace never a motor. including “Eden Whit. Rm" world's ohnm Ion old, producer for 1922, 305 an die. ' .. P 3" g ' an state Ion . yr 0H. m m’r T352 tn the: v lfllohlfi r ., . . in . : two 0 's wont-room, ,gmm mamwuunamm,"ui ' oil of Flint Korndylio utter Boy 'whose dine o n: on um II“ "can; 'uu-ua, . Ileisthobatpmnunolflopb or New Oenwry Sire. catalogues are now Rafi. write for one. ' ‘AUCXI'IONEE‘R: W. E. AIKINS mm: and. A. m3 1 ,4. w i w . '1. 4118.50; 7, sow, sold to Fred Strev- ’Pm MERIING' . OHETIMES farmers who keep cows as source of income rath- er than c gratify a hobby, are inclined to discount records made by pure brads, claiming that big daily three, or four times a day or by re- sorting to other methods which are artificial or unnatural. ,No doubt the claim that the“ yield is the result of extra labor and not due to the natural producing ability ofKtbe cow is true in "some cases, but not in all herds, for example, that of W. J. Gamble of Caro. , In this herd seven pure- bred Hol- stein cows, freshentng since Christ- mas, and milked but twice a day, showed on the barn sheets so far in April, an average production of 64.44 pounds each per day. Of course part of such good production is due to good care given these cows by the manager, Thomas Kimmell, but the. main credit must be given to the cows themselves, that, standing in stanchions, without any baby'lng, can roll out practically 30 quarts of milk each per day. ‘ And some farmers say that once in a while a cow without any forc- ing can give' a big flow for short time but she would have to be pam— pered to stick to it throughout the year. Such farmers may well pond- er over the record made by a pure bred Holstein in a. Cow Testing As- sociation in Livingston County where she was given ordinary care I by an, ordinary farmer, fed ordinary farm feeds and milked but twice a day throughout the year. She yield- ed 17,246 pounds of milk and fat enought for 801 pounds of butter; and incidentally showed a profit ove her feed costs of $187.00. ‘ There is‘ certainly something in pure blood and breeding when cows can show every day production such as these cows did. DOCK YOUR LAMBS R. Louis F. Swift has a farm at Everett, Illinois, thirty miles from Chicago, and has had more or less to do with raising sheep and lambs. Mr. Swift says: “In order to realize best returns in the production of lambs, a. certain rule must be followed. Much mon- ey has been lost by people raising lambs through failure to observe this rule, prevalent in the western states, which is as follows: “ ‘All lambs must have their tails cut off, and all the bucks not needed for breeding pur- poses must be made wethers when about two weeks old.’ “Nothingis so discouraging and in- excusable or financially disastrous as to see lambs in the fall or later, with i long tails (which means negligence on the part of the raiser), or buck lambs sold at a big discount on ac- :count of their coarse quality for ‘ mutton, in the fall, which should have been made wethers in the spring and sold for a. premium as wethers.” DETROIT CREAMERY HOG SALE HE Detroit Creamery Farm had- a very snappy Hampshire sale at Utica, Mich., March 19-. The greater portion of the offering was taken up by Michigan buyers. The top sow selling to C. J. Cheeseman, of Clarkston, Mich., for $118.50. Strevel & VanCamp of Blaine, Mich., bought five sows and one of the good young boar pigs. Three sows and a boar pig to Bert Coulon of Mt. Clem- ens, Mich. Col. F. H. Hulick of Atlanta, Ind... omciated in an eficient manner and was ably assisted by C. R. Bowers of the Hampshire Advo- cate. ‘ 39 pigs sold brought $2,- 486.00 an average sale of $63.74. Lot No. 1, Boar, sold to Fred Smith, Utlca, Mich., $410.00; 3, boar, sold to Fred Strevel, Blaine. Mich., $82.50; 4, boar, sold to W. V. Reid, Richmond, Ind., $85.00; 5, boar, soldVQto Bert Coulon, Mt. Clem- ens,’ Mich., $70.00; 6, sow, Sold to C. Cheeseman, v Clarkton, Mich., e1, Blaine, Mich., 3:52:50; 10, saw, sold to Burt Coulon, Mt. Clemens. Mich., $75.00; 11, sow, sold to Early Terry, Clarkston, Mich., $60.00; 12,. now, sold to Fred Strevel, Blaine,‘ ‘ I stone - Fame. lilieh.,»$4&;00; 13,. sole: Mar 11 a o * * yields of milk are made by milking. ' the following mixture Clemons, Mich.,». $85.00; Fred Smith, Cities, 16’, sow, sold to Gust Cfshke, chester, Mich., $52.50; 17, sow, - 1'6, 50; 18, sow, sold to H. G. Camber, Mt. Clemens, Mich., $67.50; ,100; 21, sow, sold to Richmond, Ind‘., $50.00; ' 22,. saw. 50ch to o. H. Jones, Pontiac, Mich., $65.00: 23, sow, sold to‘ Elmer Moore, Utica, Mich., $62.50;.24, sow sold to Julius Keudt, Mt. Clemens, Mich., $42.50; 26, sow, sold to Helen Target, Warren, Mich., $57.50; 27, sow, old to C. R. Wolfcrd, Ply— _:nouth, Ohio, $37.50; 28, sow, sold 0 $59.00; 29, now, sold to Floyd Gale. 47.50; 32, sold to L. J. Smith, Utica, Mich., 37.50; 33, gilt, sold to H. G. Gamber, Mt. Clemens, Mich., $67.- 50; 34, gilt, sold to W. V. Reid, Richmond, Ind, $45.00,; 35, gilt, sold to G. Cishke, Rochester, Mich., $50.00; 36, gilt, sold to W. V. Retdi' Richmond, Ind.,. $37.50; 37, gilt, 14, sow, sold to lift. 8 i Mich., $60.00.: 3 30"“ 5016 , _ tO‘ W. V. Reid, Richmand, Ind“ $52.-fl 1. z > f 19., I * sow, sold to Mrs. J. C. Brown... Wil— basha, Minn, $67.50; 20', sow, sold to W. V. Reid, Richmond, Ind., 535,-,‘ ' W. V. Reid. . Keystone Farms, Marion, Ohio, . sold to W. V. Reid, Richmond, Ind., , $37.50; 38, gilt, sold to Fred Strev- e1, Blaine, Mich., $55.00; 39, gilt, sold to Fred Strevel, Blaine, Mich., $60.00; 40, gilt, sold to Bert Coulon, Mt. Clemens, Mich., $30.00; 41, gilt, sold to Joe. Weingartz, Halfway, Mich., $50.00; 42, gilt, soldto Fred Strevel, Blaine, Mich., $52.50; 43, gilt, sold to Howard Gibson, Oxford, Mich., $35.00; 44, gilt, sold to Dr. Sharp, Romeo, Mich., $60.00; 45. gilt, sold to Mrs. Leason, Warren, Mich., $50.00. ‘ H VETERINARY ‘ ._, DEPARTMENT CANNOT KILL TICKS BY FEED- ING SULPHUR Will you kindly inform me wheth- er sulphur if fed to sheep will kill the tic-ks on them? How should I 'feed sulphur to .sheep, in their salt or grain, and how long and how much would I give 50 sheep to rid. them for ticks? ——L. K., North Branch, Michigan. ——-The feeding of sulphur to sheep will not destroy the ticks, nor cause the ticks to leave the sheep. Sul- phur is relished by sheep and they use considerable sulphur in produc— ing a good fleece of wool. We, therefore, add some sulphur to the salt which we give our sheep. Just at present we are feeding our sheep in place of salt: 20‘ lbs. salt, 20 lbs. precipitated bone' meal, 5. lbs. sulphur. There should be no danger of the sheep catching cold if they get wet While taking this mixture—G. A. Brown, Prof. of Animal Husbandry, M. A. C. RAISING PIG 0N BOTTLE Will you please tell me what to feed a little pig when raising it on a bottle?———-W. H. L., Beldiug, Mich. ——The feeding of orphan pigs is rather a difficult matter and requires very close attention to detail. As a general rule it is not advisable to endeavor to alter the composition of cow’s milk any, but rather to start the little pigs on whole milk, feeding then from six to eight times per day a. small allowance each time. To start with, a. pint of whole milk per day per pig is sufficient. This shduld be gradually increased until the pigs are receiving about one quart of milk per day per pig, by the time they are two weeks of age, n at which time the number of feeds may be reduced to three or four. The pigs may be taught to drink by placing the milk in a shallow pan or dish and forcing the little plgs’ heads in until they get a taste of milk two or three times and they will soon learn to drink. Where the bottle is resorted to, it means too much work where one has a little of eight or ten pigs. In addition~to the milk, thepigs should be given access to good em and also ings in. a. small. self—feeder, . who: ‘ they may help Wat Salt, charcoal and: sh lie-«kept ' .3 ...l r. ~--.— caliber and greet foun fat the price. .. , i ‘ ‘ not the meant international. '» "erfl a on c . . other noted sire, Perfection Heir 8rd. —-—-.——— vIr‘« New. »e.~i. :sijichland Slmrtho‘rns Elimiouwmm‘ T33. mu. 2.1:.“ “on e w Bod . This show stock of real M m a IMP' n duties material. A bargain C. H. Prescott & Sons. '1 ‘ ' ' - . Hard at :rTawgeffiéltyt, Mich. Tawas City, Mich. ’ SHORTHORNS’ Junior Cham- N-ow ildtl‘i'e {gnu “1. h v several young cows an e1 rs, fig: wguderful bull. to; sale. Also. sev- wbulle ed half me In. of Merry Commander. our Visit or write us at once. . a. ii. panacea m sons, and Axe. Mich. "ease: aim-moans WT Home 14% 19% (31086.. g.) s. dAoggsiteduHeni No. II fin ‘D I 2 Lime. miner”? sou. rim Michigan. Med Shorth Bulls and Heifers 8 so 12 me. n red. Bears dd. 0. W. Gill: b to use. White allow dent seed com, heavy yleldm . Write :fi'mts. Frank Bartlett, Dryden, éieh. JERSEYS FINANCIAL KING BULLS or SERVICEABLE AGE Financial Jersey bull tram register of mm}. cows. Whgjn'rfot own a real bull that Is breed wo'lnderilurl‘I sons? and daughbglrg. Turns to ’r naibe pa 'es. noes reasons. Write to Eml Anderson. Goldwater Jersey Farm, Goldwater Mich. Mich home of Financial Kings. - . JERSEYS PDGIS 99th OF H. F. AND ling:st breeding. Young stock for sale. ‘Herd fully accredited by State and Federal Government. Write or visit for prices and description. GUY C. WILBUR, BELDING. Mich. sureto HEREFORDS HEREFORDS Young Cows with calves by side consisting of blood from Amer- ica's famine at es that enable them under Earh- ripe Hereford Beef .Plan to pay —. for themselves within a year.to ’1 18 mos. Bulls Includmg prise Winners at the lar shows at 'cea. figs. headed Perils r ‘ famous . ' T. F. B. 80THAM & SONS (Hal-alarm since 1839) Saint Clair, Mich. FOR SALE. SEVEN CHOICE “refinaong heifer calves and seven rhpg ulls sired by Wyoming 9th. Inter-muons. Prize winner. Farmers ' Herd established 1880 b Gov. H. Grape. Write for informa- tion. RAPO FARMS. Swan: Creek, Michigan. 'REPEATER snap HEREFORDS. d d d In via 3 75.00. Goo in ivi us . 63' 91-: éELDPAUSCH, Fowler, Michigan. BROWN SWISS . : BROWN SWISS BULL, TEN ifim'flé.‘ Carries the blood of Colage Brav— nra 2nd. FRANK POET. R. 6, Clara. Iiehlgan. FOR BALE—VEL VERDE BROWN SWISS mist ed. Bull, cows and calves, Write “E132 anisaoao, R. 1, aoiiaii-e, Michigan. RED POLLED _ _ . “1 mi muss mil. .3. firms 2.: ROYSTAN CTOGK FARM, Will .Gofllo. R. R. 1., W98! Branch Michigan AYRSHIRES . SALE—REGISTERED AYRBHIRE - Mllnglll‘d bull calves. heifers and heifer calves. ' . . hic cowl. ‘uw filming! emacs” n 5. Vassar. Mich. SWINE DUB/0m Dnroc Jersey Bred Sims and Gilt: of size bone and qnafit . April and M; 5:35, bred. to grandson of international Stock Show Champion. . . J08- SCHUELLER, R. 2, Weldman, Michigan. HILL CREST DUROCS, PERRINTON MICH; :— p—i _—' din twent sows and eigh gm; $335321 weanlst o ION SENSATION Year- ling. springr and tall boars NE ON a BLANK Farm 4 miles acuth of Middleton: Gmlot 00., Mich Billion JERSEY Ffliififainw v3]: .035 am hi orders for arch pigs _ to ship in May. b03161? reg” short time. Satisfaction or money back. 8. E. KIES. Hillsdele. ,Mlch. PEACH HILL Hill ‘53. °h‘31°§..'°‘2?t‘l'1'. Priced vs reasonable. Write us. a INWOIgn straight BR08.. Romeo. Mich. o. I. c. A GILTS Fannoweo MAY 0. i. 0. Bio TYPES mt Bred to L, sigh” ' 00 eighty flsmzzanw “final-.15 boar. , We have' been breedin' and ship in; . i. 0.! for 20 years, "new. we cred)“ renal. aim Michigan. DIGISTEBED 0. I. 0. 80‘”, DUE 'ro FAR. . ' ht bout'fioo lbs;'2 years old; m" inme hair. om: 559.00. Belling a. one _ OIL-re son A' few fall Oilfield Ed "$10 of two sons of 1” EEWghtrnrgi out 01" a. den: of the. Disturbet ' mic f ‘ r. _ “danc‘lis‘awun. n. 1, an, aim, ‘(Co'ntlnuod tram Page _6) severe blimrds, the market under- went a marked raise, from 30c to a dollar in a few days. What was the situation of the organized farmer, selling thru his co-op. and the man who “lets Blinks have ’em because I get the cash right 01!?" C. C. Wells, Exchange Manager at Cadillac, has recently made this clear in a letter. He says, “During the first 16 days of March our aver— age not returns to growers for pota— ties were 52:: a hundred on plain sacks and 60c a hundred on branded sacks. This average is based on the salesbt 151 cars. “During the same period indepen- dent buyers in western Michigan paid an average of only 31.5 cents per hundred. In very few cases did dealers’ prices reach our lowest fig- ure, and at many small country points they paid as low as 15 to 20c a hundred. “The jump in prices which occur- red March 1st- gave our competitors a chance to take unfair advantage of the growers’ ignorance of market conditions. The. advance was so sudden that many farmers sold at the old prices; and, even a week later. some did not know the real situation. Such persons are “easy picking” for speculating buyers who have an opportunity, under such conditions, to regain some of the money lost in bucking the Co-op. heretofore. “A farmer at Weidman made $159.60 by refusing a dealers’ offer of 25c and shipping through the local association. Our pool price netted him 63c. He advertised this result in his neighborhood and, as a result, the Weidman warehouse was again plugged full of potatoes. “Ivan M. Nielsen, Manager at Gowen, wrote me—‘If your prices continue to be as far above local prices as they have been for the past two weeks, we will ship for many new members and will handle more cars than ever before. ’ ” California farmers have ,found prosperity by merchandising their products, not dumping them. The story of the prune, orange, lemon, raisin, and walnut growers is, or should be, an old one to us in Michi— gan. But “selling to Blinks because I get the cash” is not merchandising. To use plain terms, it is pin—healed short sightedness. It is placing enough or your product in competi- tive hands to break your own mar- ket and bear down your own price. The reports of the Michigan Potato Growers Exchange for the past win- ters are in your Farm Bureau Oflice. Run and see them. Learn of the many times when independent deal— ers in Southern Michigan undersold your Exchange in Pittsburg, in Cleveland, in ‘Chicago—undersold them with the same potatoes you “sold to Blinks for Cash”———and forc- ed the Exchange prices down, thus cutting 011' your own nose in return. No, co—operative merchandising is not going to benefit you as long as you let your neighbor do it, and you “sell to Blinks for the cash.” Your organization is now set up and work- ing. Give it your support. If any grower has to sell for cash, a method can be found to deal with his own organization that way. New credit laws, passed through organized farm bureau influence by the last Con— gress, are providing a way to do this. We have got to do it ourselves. Co-operative marketing will at best be but half—success, a milk and water Michigan reflection of the 180— proof California brand, till we see into this thing far enough to stop competing with ourselves in our own market. STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MAN- GEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETO.. REQUIRED THE ACT 9F CONGRESS 0F AUGUST 24 an Business firmer. publishe at Mon lemons. Michigan for April 1, 1 That e names and addresses of the _ ' r and the busi- er, Geoorce M. Slocum, N ' h Ms B. F. .D. c. . c . n- : Editerfnfiilon Grinnen, Mt. Clemens Mich. t the Ionian are: Give 1mm a addresses of individual owners. or, if ’ ll: name and the names and agar cent or. morepf e 1 Publishing 1111‘. H‘Lfic. A' will.” ,. en. ;. “I. ; orth. Odur N. , n; J. Pratt. Charlevoix; J. Bahia, bl. Schick. Chine W i on mums ,‘ ...- November Layers _ Make it ten weeks from peepsto broilers—two-poundcrs. Do it this way: Keep them healthy. Keep them hungry. Feed the old reliable Dr. Hess Poultry 1 PAN-A-CE-A Never mind about indigestion, diarrhea, leg weakness and gapes. Pan-a-ce—a takes care of all that. There will be wellness, cheer and good growth. PAN —A-CE-A your chicks—then put them on the scales at ten weeks, set her at two pounds, and watch that beam come up! You will see a mighty difference in the feather growth, too, between your flock and e non-Pan-a-ce—a flock. , Pan-a-ce-a will develop your pullets into early henhood—fall and winter layers. Tell your dealer how many hens you have. There’s a right-size package for every flock. 100 hens. the 12-15. pkg. 200 hens. the 25-lb. pail 60 hens, the 54b. pkg. 500 hens, the loo-lb. drum For fewer hens, there is a smaller package. GUARANTEED DR. HESS 8: CLARK 1 an eat so were in perfect- ing Pan-a-ce-a. (innss'r Hess MD" D.V.S. Ashland, 0. DISSOLUTION SALE! Bon Ayre Farm Guernseys Owned by WIGMAN a SURATO. HOLT, MICHIGAN May, 9th, 1923 Head of high class, pure bred 5 G U E R N S E Y S 6 This great herd of cows, several with fine official records, together with their offspring, make an aggregation that has rarely been placed at the disposition of the buying public through the medium of the auction sale ring. Included will be 20 daughters of Uplands Monarch of the May, a grandson of No Plus Ultra out of Ellen Maw Queen of Glenmore with 16368 lbs. milk and 816 lbs. fat. All females of breeding age are bred to May King's Prince of Bon Ayre(1sl. at Mich. state fair 1821). I can of Uplands Monarch out of Gala of Weston with 13545 lbs. milk and 760 lbs. rat. For cataue, address H. W. WIGMAN, Lansing, Michigan. ' 34 Registered Holstein F riesian Cattle Pilbllc sale 6(High Grade Holstein Cows All Females) Sale Pavilion, Fair Grounds, HOWELL, MICHIGAN Thursday, May 10, 1923, at 1 o’clock P. M; Horde under State and Federal Supervision, , (60 day retest privilege) Included in the sale is a cow that has twice made a record above 81 lbs. butter In 1 da .‘gauoghllgr of "at ilk. coal. tw‘e guohua of was when". a new that hhae ever. 1 3.!!! y a mouse a uhterolacowta has our 24000 lbs. mill in one year and other: with good t Eran“ J Catalogs ready May 1st. mPHERSON FARMS 00.. w. J. Witty. Howell, Michigan. 24' (2196) ' : W 3W They contain practical suggestions for the prevention of dis- eases common to livestock and poultry and describe in detail the many uses of I Kreso Dlp No. 1 (STAN DARDIZED) Parasiticide and Disinfectant For all Livestock and Poultry FREE BOOKLETS ON FARM SANITATION: No. RSI—FARM SANITATION. Describes and tells how to prevent diseases com- mon to livestock. No. 157—008. BOOKLET. Tells howtorid the dog of fleas and to help prevent disease. No. lac—HOG BOOKLET. Covers thecommon hog diseases. No. 185-IIOG WALLOWS. Gives complete di- rections for the construction of a concrete hog wallow. No. 163—POUL'I’RY. How to get rid of lice and mites, also to prevent disease. z Kreso Dip No. 1 is Sold in Original Packages at all Drug Stores. ANIMAL INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF Parke, Davis 8; Co. DETROIT. mcchu If Ruptured Try Bus Free Apply it to Any Rupture, Old or Recent, Large or Small and You are onthe Road That Has Convinced Thousands Sent Free to Prove This Anyone ruptured, man, woman _or child, should write at once to W. S. Rice, 408B Main St.. Adams, N. Y., for a free trial of his wonderful stimulating appli- cation. Just put it on the rupture and the muscles begin to tighten; they begin to bind together so that the opening closes naturally and the need of a support or truss or appliance is then done away with. Don’t neglect to send for this free trial. Even if your rupture doesn’t bother you what is the use of wearing supports all your life? Why suffer this nuisance? 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Double galvanised. open hearth wire. R00 n: and plintl. THE BIO"“‘ use: l WIRE 00. T - n...“ m ~I-...qui nun ' BA RCA/N5 sfifiuw BLASTIN G DRAINAGE BITCHES 1 WITH DYNAMITE ITH the possible exception of clearing cut-over land in the states of Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota, more dynamite is used for blasting drainage ditches than for any other agricultural pur- pose. What this means can perhaps be realized by considering that one single orchardist uses more than a carload of dynamite every year for planting fruit trees. distinct methods of blasting ditches, known respectively as the propaga- tion method and the electrical meth- od. These names are not entirely satisfactory, for a propagation ditch can be shot electrically, as will be explained. Straight notroglycerin dynamite of 50 per cent and 60 per cent strength has the pr‘perty of transmitting the detonation impulse from one cartridge to another, even when these cartridges are buried in the ground, with incredible speed. In soft, mucky, swampy land, dyna- mite of the type mentioned will propagate an explosion when placed in holes as far apart as twenty inches and some-times farther. Eigh- teen inches is the standard distance between holes for ditches requiring but one cartridge per hole. The operation is as follows: A line or string is stretched along the course of the proposed ditch. At every eighteen inches a hole is-mar‘a in the ground, usually with a point- ed crowbar, to the depth desired, and a cartridge f 11/,” x 8” 50 per cent straight dynamite is placed in each hole not deeper than thirty inches. It is necessary to prime, or put a cap in, but one of these car- tridges and that is the one nearest the center of the line of charges. Either an electrical blasting cap or a blasting cap and a piece of fuse may be used. We usually put an extra dynamite cartridge in this central hole to be sure that the init— ial detonation is perfect. In ordin— ary swamp land it is not necessary to tamp the holes at all. The central hole is exploded either by lighting the fuse or by connecting the elec- tric blasting cap wires to a blasting machine by leading wire and oper- ating the blasting machine. The shock is communicated from the center charge to the adjoining charges which pass it on to those next and so on at the rate of about 15,000 feet per second, so that as far as the eye can see the whole line of ditch explodes at ‘once and a regular curtain of mud goes up several hundred feet in the air. The result is a perfectly straight and completed ditch requiring no trimming and leaving no spoil bank. This is the quickest and most efiective method of digging a ditch in wet soil. It is not practical however in dry sand, and care should be taken in attempting such a ditch in wet sand or gravel. In any case it is not wise to attempt to blow the Whole ditch at first. Test shots of fifteen or twenty feet along the line of the pro— posed ditch should be made with different spacings and difierent charges until the operator is satis- fied that the charge and spacing is There are two ‘ correct for his purpose. The prins cipal error that beginners commit in blasting a ditch is placing the charges too deep. While the action of explosives is in the line; of the least resistance, they are so quick that the ditch will be excravated several inches below the bottom of the charges. ' The propagation method is used extensively to make ditches for draining swamps, meadows and low lands and can be used where any other method would be out of the question, as for instance through a tangle of briars, underbrush and other vegetation. Where stumps, logs, boulders or other obstructions are encountered in the line of the proposed ditch, extra charges of dynamite are placed under such ob— structions so that they will be blown out along with the ditch. The electrical method has one ad- vantage over the propagation meth- od in that it can be used in any kind of soil whatever, although in dry, shifting sand it is not possible to blast a ditch very economically. Holes are mr"e in the ground .to the desired depthas before, but are spaced farther apart up to thirty-six inches for ditches requiring only two or three cartridges per hole. Each hole is primed with an electric blast- ing cap and these electric blasting caps are connected in series, up to the capacity of the blasting machine available; that is, if you have a No. 3 blasting machine you can fire only thirty holes at a time; if you have a No. 5 blasting machine you can shoot one hundred. Another ad- vantage of the electrical method is that any kind of high explosive can be used, although a 40 per cent Red Cross Extra is the grade usually rec— ommended. Where stumps or other obstructions are encountered in the line of the ditch and extra’charges are necessary to blow them out, each of these extra charges has to be primed with an electric blasting cap. While ditches blasted with dyna- mite are perfectly satisfactory for open drainage, the surrounding material is so loosened and shaken up by the explosion that they do not serve well for placing tile drains. Blasted ditches retain their 'shape and slope as well as, or better than, dug ditches. Of course, no ditch is a permanent channel. Most ditches will fill up in time, but a blasted ditch does not fill up any sooner than any other kind. - Up to about the first of January, 1923 the agricultural representa— tives of one manufacturer of dyna- mite had collectively blasted about one hundred and twenty miles of drainage ditches with dynamite, nearly all of it by the propagation method. How many hundred miles of ditches have been blasted” by- farmers, road engineers, health of— ficials, and for mosquisto and ma- laria control is not known but is doubtless an impressive mileage. Al- most any kind, length, width or depth of a ditch can be blasted by dynamite if enough explosive is used and necessary care and intelli- gence are exercised—Arthur La. Motte, E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. CHANGING TIMES . By JOHN T. BARTLETT ARM taxes have gone up rapidly. Moreover, they are not likely to come down, in most places. That is not such unpleasant news as it first seems, if we look into the sit- uation. ' ' The explanation of higher taxes is partly a higher standard of commun- ity living, and partly a higher level of community fliciency. Taxes in the writer’s ne ghborhood, for ex- ample, for 1923, are practically double what they were in 1922. The district has put inra new and costly school plant. This fine, large, brick building has running water, electric lights, excellent heating and venti- lating systems. There are manual training and domestic science de- partments. Teachers ‘ employed grade with those employed in large . a higher level; of G do cities: they surefire;pager-atmmng ,‘e youth—and they receive far higher salaries. Though we are “in the country” we have city educational facilities. Now, this district could have got along with the kind of schoolhouses districts commonly used ten, fifteen and twenty years ago. It wanted something different. The best was not too good for "*e boys and girls. So the district voted to have _the best. «And now the district is pay- ing the price—high taxes. On one side, high taxes are caus- ed everywhere by a higher standard of community living. The commun- ity‘treats itself to a: softer deal at the hands of life. And pays the price in taxes. . i“ The secondcause of- high taxes is community ease- Farms are'o'perat'ed, at a ,V.,'gir.‘eat profit: or. Taxes are a part of thercost of, ' 1 AR M v M E CH A N 1 C ~ . ' . I _ ' .' . the most from its resources and lab doing business. , - - The receipt for low where is! the same. As a communw ity, do withoutthings. fine schools‘, town buildi roads, etc. You don't! gs, good: But do you want to? SMALLER FARM FAMILIES RECENT survey by, competent A investigators showed that it costs, under typical farm condi—- tions, $3,000 to raise a child to the age of 18 years. The exact figure doesn't matter. What is fundamentally significant is that it costs a great deal to raise a. child properly on the farm, and though this figure is unquestionably much less than for the town child, and the farm child in the way of lab- or contributes considerable to his maintenance, the cost is increasing from decade to decade. Moreover, it is increasing faster through the current period than at‘any previous time. The average family is small, not through fear of childbirthhor a ‘shirking of family responsibilities, but a moving desire of parents to do all for such children as are born as they merit. Back before the Civil war, before the age of machinery, a growing child’s labor matched, sometimes exceeded, his or her keep. There was no economic obstacle to doing for one’s children all thatcth- ers did, and to having a large fam- ily. Then there .were large families. There began to be smaller families as children began not to pay their way—as machine methods came in with which human labor could not compete. As they paid their way less on the avérage farm, the size of families continuallydecreased. The number of children kept consider- ably higher than with town families because it was far less expensive to_ raise a farm child than a city child. The gulf between a farm» child’s economic return and the expense he entails steadily widens, and ,as it widens the number of children de- creases. ~ We can expect smaller and still smaller farm families. One result absolutely assured is that, simultan- eously, more and more operations on the farm will be performed by machines. Tractor farming is an eventual certainty. Investment in farm equipment will constantly in- crease. Farm population, in rela- tion to city population, will grow less—John T. Bartlett. HORSESHOE PITOHIIIG FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY IS WORLD’S CHAMPION 15-YEAR—OLD lad in knickers bockers now holds the national horseshoe pitching champion- ship, Harold Falor, of Akron, Ohio, having tucked away first honors under his belt at St. Petersburg, Fla., where the mid-winter national tournament was held. In taking the championship young Falor dethroned Lundin, of New London, 1a., who finished second in the tournament. Lundin won his: taurels at Des Moines, 1a., last Sum- mer. C. C. Davis, Columbus, Ohio, carried off third prize and Frank Jackmn, Kellerton, Iowa, who held the championship for several years, finished fourth. 'Michigan’s champ- ion, L. M. Wilkes, of Battle Creek, won seventh place. There were 30 men and 6 women entered in the- tourney. ‘ Mrs. J. F. Francisco, of Muskegon, Mich., now holds the women’s na- tional championship, taking first place at the St.,Petersburg tourney. Mrs. C. A. Lanham, of Bloomington, Ill., forfeited her title, failing to compete in the mid-winter event. In addition to winning the nation- alhonors, Falor was bestowed \with a diamond studded gold. medal and was handed a checktfor ,$500._,L,und-v . in won second'and wasgiven $300, while Davis ,got [third money, amounting to 5200, Frank Jackson, fourth, was awarded $175.‘ Many other splendid prizes“ including a. number of 'horsesho'es, were aware. ed, winners. The women ale , r138: M 4 . _ ., ,.axes every— Do without. . there and why-not? these outdoor , quantity of pooled 2”. themselves became boosters and were of constant assistance to the , salesmen. ‘ ‘ This year many new dealers have been taken on and the old dealers haye all requested new contracts. The ice cream activities of the association had a wonderful effect upon its farmer members every- ' They saw signs and painted walls offering to the public a pro— duct of their own farms and fac- tories. They couldn’t go- into town but what they would see. in the stores, their city friends enjoying this delicious ice cream. Frequent- ly alongthe state roads they met the great yellow League trucks equipped with every modern contrivance for refrigeration and delivery. They saw at the railroad stations groups of the League ice cream freezers on their way to and from the market. What could make a stronger ,ap- peal to their pride and interest? What could better boost the moral of the membership? Many farmers offered space on their barns or silos for the outdoor advertising bulletins of the League ice cream. Not only do the farmers of the association read these advertising signs that are so prominent a feature of the Em- pire State landscape but they im- press themselves upon the senses of of the tourist from cities and from other states. And there is another ‘thing that the tourist sees as he rides over New York State highways. At the front gate or conspicuously posted on the front of the dairy barn or house he will see the Dairymen’s League membership sign setting forth the fact that the owner of the farm is a member of the Dairymen’s League Cooperative Association, Inc. and is proud of it. These signs are ten by twenty-seven inches a made of metal and painted n he conspicuous blue and n -' co s\ which are used in all of . advertising. These Farmers' f Just a word as t League products and one word—the “best.” popular approval but b alysis, League ice cream .. evaporated milk and conde contain a higher percentage ‘ ter fat, that is, 'of real cream, tha any other similar product on the market. This h had a tendency to stimulate othe manufacturers to raise the quality of their products but the farmers are still one jump ahead of them. It is quality that these business farmers are banking on. They be— lieve in advertising and advertising in a big way but more than this they believe in making good on their ad- vertising by delivering the quality. This is beginning to bring results with the consuming public wherever the League products are sold. The Plan of Operation The association operates on what is generally called the pobling plan. No matter in what form the milk of these farmers finally reaches the market, so far as returns are con- cerned, it is all blended in, one pool. That is, the money received for all this milk in one form or another is blended into one amount, expenses of administration and certificates of indebtedness deducted, and an aver- age or base price ascertained. The price which each farmer receives for his milk varies to the freight zone and the butterfat of his milk of like quality in like amounts is always paid for at the same base rate. ‘ The association, on April 1, was operating one hundred and fourteen plants, seventy of which it actually .owned. These operations are - all controlled from the central office of the association and’ require about sixteen hundred employees. These farmers now own one of the biggest and best distributing plants in New York City, formerly the Levy Dairy Company plant. This plant is, capable of handling six thousand cans of milk per day and a large pink is now being distributed to wholesalers and re- tail ‘ In _«,New York City through . Sets ’ for MiChiéé“ ‘(Continued‘ from Page 4) ‘ . sl from railroad stations to distributing centers throughout the. city. This plant was purchased by the associa- tion because the farmers felt that they needed to have their own outlet for at least a part of their pooled milk reaching the New York market. At the preset]: time about four hundred people are employed for the clerical work in tin offices of the association at Utica and New York City. There are nine hundred and fifty—four membership units called local associations, each one being in- corporated under the laws of the State. The League territory is di— vided into twenty-four directors' districts with a. director elected for a term of three years from each dis— trict. Each year eight directors ure elected. The locals elect delegates to attend what are called district meetings where directors are nomin- ated and elected. Elections are by ballot and the result is announced at the annual meeting of the asso- ciation held on the third Thursday in- June each year. Only actual dairymen who are producing milk for the market.may become mem- bers of the association. As organized atipresent the high- est departmental executive of the us— sociation is the sales and advertising director. The recent growth in sales and the increasing importance of the marketing‘activities of the asso- ciation have made it necessarv to move the sales and_ advertising of— .fices from Utica to New York City. During the cancellation period in February last there were something like ten thousand withdrawals. A large proportion of these were with— drawals that did not in any way ef— fect the pooling operations of the sociation. During the year nine thousand new contracts were signed up which much more than Offset any reductions brought up by cancellations. In short, the past \ year has seen the Dairymen’s League \solidify its membership. ed to strengthen the loyalty of other words, the Dairy- Cooperative Associa— rap- '. into a business or- ble of successfully ' the face of the in the world, (Continue _ thick. The ’abov enough for two or it remain three or moderately warm, say ' grees, then remove th gently work the skins-Rb hands until soft. The 'm are handled and workel‘ they will be. Rabbit hidgs, er, are tender and must be ha carefully—Fur Editor. TME T0 PLOW CLOVER UNDE I would like to know when w . - be the best time to plow sweet clover down? I want to plow the first crop down, when would it do the most good, when it is green or when dry? ———B. C., Traverse City, Michigan. -—-The first crop of sweet clover should be plowed down during the early fall after the plants have prac- tically finished their growth for that season. It is advisable to plow crop under at the time it has reached its maxunum growth 4nd before the plant has lost too much of its moist- ure. If it is 'still green it will stay decaying much more readily and be— come more thoroughly incorporated into the soil.—-—C. R. Megee, Ass'o. Prof, Farm Crops Dept., M. A. C. HELPF'UL' wmo e on his recent visit to this Foch made a witty reply to , loo 9. inner to o OV‘BI‘ . Criticism . nd rumors and propaganda have. are now entering upon a: where the emphasis will be ' , cc ~ ” 1s; Rural Russets "' King of the Late Potatoes! Resists heat, drought and disease. l Inside the Russet Coat is a wealth of mealy whiteness of excellent flavor. Baked piping hot PETOSKEYS served with butter is a dish fit for a king. Grow them for your table—greatest yielder known. If your Local Cooperative Association or County Agent Cannot take your order write to . 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Iowa THE BUSINESS F A R M E R FA R M--1V112C H A N ICS Illi.\H’l‘l\'(.' lllli\|.\i\(.‘ltl ltl'l‘t'lll‘lS \Vl'l‘ll ll\'\i\)ll'l'l-l t'Xt‘t‘ltllttll ot' land in tho \\'isoonsin, Kilt/lll‘gilll ntoro dynamito is drainzwo ditt'ltos ttur Stilton ttl' Minttt-Hota. llHt‘ti for ltlltSllllLfi l‘ot‘ any ttillt‘l' aurit'ultut‘al \\'ltat this lltt‘HllH (’Itll ttorltatw lto roalixttd ll_\ t'ttlh‘ltlt‘l‘lllLI lltilt ont‘ .‘ilIlLZ‘lt‘ ort'hardivt ntoro than a t':tt‘ltt:ttl ot dynatnito o\’or_\t )t‘at’ tor t‘ruit troow ’l‘ltot'r aro too tttotliod> ot' ltlhwtittt' ditrhott, l‘t‘letl‘t‘ith‘lV 11>: tho ttroitauuw ltttwt. llfit‘fl l\'no\\ n illttll lllt‘lllttll and tho t‘lt‘t‘il'lt‘ill lilt‘lll od 'l‘hoso itantos Ill“ not t‘lllll't'lV w'ttisxt‘attot‘i. tor a propagation ditolt ‘Illt it“ Fllttt t‘lt't'll‘lt'itill', am will lw "\[)lillllt‘tl Straiuht llttll'ttflll't‘t‘l'lll t'ont and tilt ltt‘l‘ly (ti. il’IllI‘illllilllL" tho dotonatton intttulro trout H'It‘ tuttt‘tdgo to anothor, Mon tlttwt oat‘triduwi :tt‘o ltnrittd in \\itlt itttrt-tltltlo rllt‘t‘tl lli molt llllltli“v ‘:\\7!llllt\' land d_\'n:t utttt of tho- l\[tt tnt'tttitmtd \\tll ltl‘ttltgti',:tlt- ,‘tll t‘\{tltlf‘~ltllt \\llt’l’s lililt‘(‘(i illHtl'l :t:~ l\\t'll‘\' illttt‘F tJtt‘tltt‘tfi lulfdlt f-Rtitttdat’tl tltxtattvr tllttltt- rodutt'itts' 't’l' ‘.ll'll‘ltiift' lttl' 'l‘ltt‘ 't Milton: “Altwh tho to round :ttttl "I'll ittt'ltw- 1,“. the 'l\‘.t'tlt littlttw litll‘ ‘t‘lllt‘ ~t'i’lll" mil" it ill ti it"tt[ttt t't’i I'll \. it lll‘l‘ ' 'l'ht rt , W in t' _ « 3' A and tout}:le d t‘tutitrtttt no trltuniinin Ltlfti :iiti: no :‘tttttl Hltlllt. ’l‘litn t‘ tlm ll[jllit“-l ti’lttt'tlb- ii,t"t."tT ‘.":'tlli’ :t itiiwii \‘t‘t anti lrtt't- t llt‘l tttju 5‘ t .tll‘: ‘ ' tort-wt tor his ltlll'lttt"t. 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'l‘ho propagation lIlPtlltttl i» ttw'd t-xtonsirol}: to malto (iiit‘lli'F for draining swaintm moadou's and low lands attd t‘llll ht- tlw‘tl \Vhort- an} otltor ntothod would ltt' out ot‘ tho (ltlttfitittll‘ as for instanoo through a tanglo ot' hriars, lllltit‘l‘ltl‘llfill and othor Vogotation. \Vltoro ,Ktutnnm logs, lttlllldt‘l‘H or othor (lltSll‘llt‘ilUllS aro t‘llt‘tlllllit‘l't'd in tho lino of tho proposod ditth, oxt‘a «harm-s of dynamito art» plattd undor Silt‘ll 0h- :ttrut'tions so that thov will ho blown out along: with tho (llit‘ll 'l‘lto olt-t-trit'al motltod hits our ad \antztt'o ow't' tlit- itrott; tiation tnttlt od in that, it tan ho mud in an) hind ot‘ «oil whatox'or, although in dr)». 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Illltltt‘, tit tattttcw, no llllt'li i- tlllilllltl \lt‘uit tillt'll‘ ltlztétotl tittttt' littlltitllt‘ltl i. in ii tttut ltrtt it titw lttli llli It] .tl'\' l‘illtl tho tr-t (ti iii.lt‘§tvi» Wiltotlllll‘lii ltl‘l'tf‘lllifl it tnaiottartunt‘ of dinU ttt‘ltwlllt‘lfi' llllt‘ill‘ti n‘tll~tl and Hunt) lllllth ttl' (iiltllt'f \\‘ltll dynamitw. to" it ltt' tln propagation lion than) lililllll't'li lltllt‘ !;;l\‘t lwttt ltlzhtt-d 5'» Witt tltf'lltt‘ll”. llt‘fllllt ml to to: no dul to and n;.t l.illl\\ll tttit if» ltlllt‘ZlL‘t' Alr width or l)lii.‘"i(‘(i l>}' tuttlotriro and in i\t'tltu! .‘tltxttfl i.ttttt tri lt‘tl to Motto» *\tt I:ttd lrttz'tli, t::tt‘lt -;ttt ltt' ‘ll‘tll‘t‘lli H A (i l N (L; I M Ii k, ‘1 t3; i;\li\l tztxt, limo your illt nintle Ii \ittl‘tttM‘l, tltt'\ itl‘v llt'l ltlm l‘x ltt It‘lllt' lt‘tttt-i ttlawt' l“ t i I'. t'tlttt‘Jt:-:lltl :tt \\ (tk‘ hath Hill) lilt‘ til donut, lll ltr‘t ill‘tltttl‘ tt:;ttltttt .tl high: t two ‘ in \t;ItwlItl‘(l ttl‘ «'Ittttttltllt lllf‘ll'l 'l‘:t\t’ l5: lllr' ut'ittrt twvi~'hl;ot‘ltood_ tor tT-i :itttttltg lot‘ litiy‘IL aro tvrat'tu‘all‘» doultlo \Vlliti lilo) \\oro in 11th'; 'l‘ho diatrit-t hat: tint in a tit-w and «only St’lltttll plant. ’l‘his lino, largo, lll'll'h building has running valor, ('lt‘t‘ll‘lt' lights. oxt‘ollont hoating and wnti» letting: systoms. 'l‘lmro aro manual training: and doinostio Ht‘lt‘llt‘t‘ do- partmonts, 'l‘oztoltoi'n omitloyod grado, with thoSo omployod in large cities; they have, for better training than the “schoolma’ams” of our 't'ttt- lI_\ lt‘ ' “'Il ,Jttli‘v ;«. lttt'l i t‘tllil ‘tttlt‘:» ’Vll‘dtilti'i lift, li'l‘lilfll"? ititttl glitti lll(’_" l‘tt‘tiw tildl‘lt' ’l‘ltotii'h \\t (ll't ilk, w haw «tity odtuatiottal tut lilltt‘ You. thir: tlir4tt'it't tonld llil\t :tittnz' with tltt l‘.llt(t lill‘ll'lt'l“ tottthtttttlt‘ :tttd l\\‘t‘tll_\ f‘lllllt'lllilll’ di lEttl l Mt lit“ >«tt_t_:=*\"' Li ‘iltil“lll'll_‘~(‘ thud t‘tt: tilttt-t: ll(l f'ltttii di tt‘ttt \ttted o,\tttl non fltw tho [tl‘ltt' hio'h lEi\t',‘-'. (tn ttttw :Ildt'. high od t‘\’(‘l'}'\\'llt‘l“' lt.\' ;t of ootntttunitjt' ll\'lll!". lll' il't‘HiF ilflt' ‘ it tho ltands‘ ol' itrit'o in thM‘H. 'l‘lto sooond (‘illlPt‘ ol‘ high taxos is a hifqhor lovol of community oflicion‘ or. Good roads are not luxuries. ’l'ltoy are community equipment. dis tt’it't lilXt‘F :tl‘t' titllS- hiuht-r Standard The oommun— suitor doal at, And tutyn the April 28, 1923 Farms aro opt-ratod at a groator tu'olit: 'l‘ho wholo (‘()lllltlllnlty gots tho most from its rosourt-os and lab— or. 'l‘axos :tl't‘ a part of the «out of doing: ltllréillt‘SH. 'l‘ho roooittt for low axon whoro is tho samo. As a it)’, do without things. lto tino St‘liools, town roads. t-to. But do ovory- t'ttlttllllllt— without buildings, good you want, to? You don‘t! SMALLER FARM FAMILIES A lllCUlGfl’l‘ survoy hy «(impotent _ invoxtigators showod that it rosin, undor typit'al t‘arm condi— tions, $3,000 to raiso a whiltl to tho ago of l8 yours. 'l‘ho oXat't figure tlttosn‘t mattor. What is t‘undamontally Signifioant is that it t‘().\'lS a ir'roat doal to raiso a r‘ltild iii-ottorly on tho farm, and though this tiuuro is: unuuostionuhly muoh loss than for tho town Child and tlto fztrm (‘lllld in tlto way of lair or oontriltuton ('(tllSltlt‘l‘lllllO to his: maintonanro. tho wont is inoroasing t'roni (it't‘lldt‘ to dooadt. Moroovor. it in int-rousing t‘astor through the t'urront itoriod than at any previous tinttx ’l‘ho aroraoo family i,“ «mall. not through t‘oat‘ ot' t'lllltlltll'lll, or :: shirltintz' ot‘ tatnili' l‘W-iltttllflllllllilOl-l, ltut a moving (it‘Slt‘t‘ ot‘ ttaronts to do all for with t'hildron as aro horn (in thoy morit. llat-lt hot'oro tho (‘ivil war, ltttl'oro tho duo of lllztt’llllH‘l‘y. :1 growing vhild's‘ lztltor ntatt'hody «ontotintos oXt-ttdod his or ltor koopi 't'horo \.\‘;t\ no t’t‘tlllllllti(' (llSlllt'lt‘ to titrlllll: tor out- it vhildt‘t u all that “HIV on»: did. nod to ll(l\lll;1 a largo lain tl\, 'l'ht-n tltoro woro largo itillllllvfi l‘hwt'o ltttztan to ho fltlt’lilt‘l‘ t‘antilior 't: t‘lllltit‘wtl ltM‘Illt not to [tax thoir nit) :tr-i llliit hint Hilth in oith \Vllitlt ltztutan would not omitoto ,‘tt: tltoir wa}t it w on tlto tho fillt‘ ot‘ iilllllllt' t‘ttllllllllflil\ 'l‘llt' ltlllltltt'l' ot t'llliiil‘l‘lt t'ottttidot‘r .;l>lf\ tttizgttwr than \xttlt ttt\\lt tanttltofi ttt't'Hlltu' it out tar lw t-.\1ttn::i\'o It: t‘airto a farm tiillti a t'ity t-ltild. ’l‘ho itult' lwtuot t t'at‘tn t'htld‘.~ wottottzto return and t u t\1ton>2o1io iti’Izll‘ :1tt-adilf-f \\'ltittt:‘ and ill-1 it ‘wltiv n- tho ttutvtttt‘ m fillllil‘t‘ll do~ t'llt tltttdu ’altot tittw ‘Jllti :t\“‘t1ttrtt lat llt. ti"t l‘t‘ilrlt'ti. ltttttt tl‘tgptg \\'o v: lllitilt‘! .lll‘~tlill" l,\' (W: rituallt'l‘ and Hilll llllllllllt‘fx'. (llit‘ l‘t‘Sllll utw-d 1:4 that, toniultau and tnoro ottoraliotn, \\lll ltt‘ norl’ormod lty 'l‘rat‘tot‘ farming is an t’t‘l‘lt‘tllli_\' llt\'<‘titltlt‘lli, in \\lll (t)l|“iilllily in» imputation in rola» population \\'tll glow liartlolt ttxttt‘t t liltll't liil'lll l“(|ll‘*i\. t'li tho tuat'hinm: otontual t'nrnt outiittntont Farm ,illil to oil) in'njx .lolttt 'l‘ t‘l‘t‘llt*\t' HORSESHOE PlTGHlNfi It‘ll-"l‘ltll«J\-\lHl-i—Ulill BUY [8 WORLD‘S ('llAHl'lUN \ if, l'ltlAlerlil) lad in ltnit'ltor ltttt‘lit‘l‘H now holds: tho national put-hing (lianinimr Aliron, ()llltt‘ ltot‘stotthoo llarold lt‘alor, «t‘ tut'ltod away first, honoree. undor his llt‘ll at Sr l’otorslturg. lt‘la, whoro tho tnid«\\'intor national tourttatuont “an hold. ltt taltini’, titt- t‘llltlltltltlllfllllll young Valor tit‘llll‘ttltt‘ti liundin, of Ntw lillllliilll in min: lllll*~llt'(i M‘t’ttlltl ll? lilt‘ ittlll‘llitltttlll tiundtn won lllb,’ taurolrt :tt Hm \lttlllf’Ii lat. last Sun)’ utor, t‘ t‘ ltatim ('tllillltltllft, ()liio. t-art'iotl oit‘ tlill‘tl [ti'txo and Frank [{tllwrtoir. lti\\'il‘ who. hold tltt- tltzttttttltttttdiltl tot“ :uw’ol‘ztl yearn, tittiszltod fourth L‘xlit'htgan'l; ('lllllllll ion‘ ll ;'\l_ \\'ill\tn, (lt' tattle (it‘ooll. \\t n wronth ttlaoo 'l‘horo woro 1H} own and ti womon otttorod in tho tttill’llt‘y. lira. l N, lti‘wtnrisoo. of Mualiogon, .‘tlit'h, now holds; tho wonton'n nai tlonal «ltittttttiottnltitu taking lirst )llltt't‘ at tho Ht, l‘otoimlutt'g tournoy \lt‘o. <‘_ A lianhatn, oi" ltloontintzton lll‘ Yot‘t't-itod hor titlo tailing lt’ t‘ttltlllt‘lt‘ in tho lllltl\\'lll1t‘l‘t‘\'t‘llt. In :tddition to Winningr lllt' nation al littlltll‘:-‘-, lt‘alor wart ltt-stouod Witl: a diamond t-ttuddod gold modal and wrot ltztndod a (‘llt‘t‘li I‘or lifttttt. Mind in Won St‘t‘tllltl and was gzjix'on $300 wliilo Davis got third monoyi amounting to $200. Frank Jackson, fourth, was awarded $175. Many othor splondid nrizos int‘luding a number of horsoshoos, Wort: award‘ pd winners. The womon also were givon cash prisos, Mrs. Francisco oarrying off a Check for $75, in ad (lition to othor pi'izes.~—R. B. HOW« ard, Editor Horseshoe World. :ltiti, having .lzit Inuit! 1923 E ' } Aprll 28, 1923 I T H E B U S I N r E S S F A R M E R (497) 25 ‘yr‘f’iiikié ' N- Y. Dairy League Sets Pace for MichiganE 30 1d 1111)— '()HI of I MHHHHHMI from l’uim i t}!“”]\'("' k j r |\€‘,‘v IM‘VIIH ‘ I x ‘ )H(lr%l4‘]'\' ' " ' Y (IH'I WU”! I‘IIIII‘UH‘] ~(;HI¢)H< ‘” lljw‘l‘il » - 'H. 1111‘ “wry IIHHUHI V‘VUIW‘, ()f {'01} 4:1“! HS_I"I\‘1,HII_II I Ithout NLI“»‘111“IL ‘ " m” ""Ilhxrw lhi‘mwlmm 1111‘ my. 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' Wu wonder- ’ n‘ “we to mold mistakeg " "‘4 if POSSIblo send , ' h° address label from m ‘ or > $v-_. AII lots of or more dlscounted. . $2 00 per 100 hlqhel‘. Large Prlco Llst for return mail. Postpaid full live delivery guaranteed. Hatched b the most modern method of incubation f rom good. Vigorous. pure-bred varieties carefully selected an safely packed. No catalogue. Order ri ht from this ad and save time and disappointment. Reference Chesaning State Bank or any business g1n Cheesnmg. __Addrets BABION'S FRUIT AND POULTRY FARM. Guy L. Bablon. Prop" Ohmnlng, IIIIlch. ’ . o ‘ o ' Karsten s "-Quallty Chicks-— that will lay and gag. The famous BARRON STRAIN ENGLISH ' F a r m WHITE LEGH ANCONA§ AND BROWN LEGHORNS CHICKS, $10 QUALITY CAIN 0W BE PURCHASED AT F . SEND FOR CATALOG , 0 FEED YOUR POULTRY FOR .REMEMBER WE SHIP DIRECT FROM THE KARSTEN’S FARM, Zceland, Mlchlgan. Box 102. Postpaid to your door and full live count guaranteed per 100 and up Varletles float on 50 100 300 500 1,000 WHITE, BROWN and-BUFF LEGHORNS . . . . . . . . . ..$7.00 $13.00 $38.00 $62.00 $120.00 BARRED ROCKS, BLACK MINOROAS and ANCONAS. 8.00 15.00 44.00 72.00 140.00 :JHTE ROCKS. WHITE WVANDOTTES and REDS.. . 8.50 18.00 46.00 75.00 145.00 FF MINOROAS 50, 13; 100, $25. MIXED CHICKS FOR BROILERS 50 6' 100. 11" 500i 350- Postpaid. Full live fieljvery guaranteed. Hatched in the best possible marine} ro'm goo $ g'orous, 171119-er heavy laying flocks on free .rangs. Carefully selected and packed to go safely. No catalog. order right from this ad. and save tune. Reference, Citizen’s Saving Bank. You take no chances. THE EAGLE NEST HATCHERY. Box K, Upper Sandusky. Ohio Only 7 hours from Grand Raplds. Can reach any polnt In Mlchlgan In 24 hours. DIRECT from large Modern acre Poultry Farm. of ten ears .of BRED TO LAY CHICKS careful breeding for heavy egg oduction. Winners at Ieadi sh ws Inspected and Approved. 1081.9; live arrival guaranteed.“ 9 I Bank reference. rdcr at once at these rices or write ENGLISH WHITE LEGHORNS, BROW EXTRA SELECT 60. $7.50; 100, $14.00' 500 S SELECT, 50, $6.50: 100, $12.50; 500, $60. Hardy, healthy Chicks from selected, is PROF lT-MAKING CHICKS WHITE and BROWN LEGI—IORNS uremia. snugly ANCONAS .3? all “await; guaranteed. Bend io'r BARRED ROCKS and REDS QUALITY CHICKS at REASONABLE PRICES. Bunk reference. ’ TIMMER’S HATGHERY. Route 8A, Holland Michlgan. our new, Free Catalog TODAY. Bred and Hatched 300,000 Chicks .; ENGLISH WHITE and BROWN LEGHORNS, 50, $7; 100. 13' 500 780. BAR- ""' RED nocxs, R. and s. .c. Recs, 50, $8.50; 100, 51‘6;'500.'s$15. 1.000 orders at 500 rate. Postpaid, full live delivery guaranteedx Strong, vigorous Chicks from heavy laying flocks. Order right from ' . WE SATISFY OUR CUS- TOMERS. Catalog free. Reference: Holland City State Bank. KNOLL’S HATCHERY, Box L, Holland, Michigan ' a = ' GUARANTEED C H I C K S RURAL ‘ CEPTIONAL VALUES IN HIGHEST UALITY, oven layers. _ a Leg Select Anconas. Heavy .rron White horns, Heavy ying rown . Leg rm,- mter Layers. Result of constant breeding for high flock averages. Buy direct from c modern hatching and breeding institution. All stock scientifically culled and a noes. Sent postpaid. /,, ts free. Reference: I‘wo Banks. ZEELAND, MICH. ved and headed by large. vigorous Inulrs. New low a delivery guaranteed. Write for fine 1923 catalogue. RURAL POULTRY FARM,/\/ DEPT. B. R. 1, {or June 5 and 12 Delivery Improved 8. C. Engllsh type Whlte and Drown Leghorns, $10.00 per 100; $50.00 per 500. Extra selected $12.00 per 100; $57. 0 per 500. From all good profit- able layers. and our selected are from our vs? best layers. is our 12th ear breeding, hatch- ing and ship ing chi , and we are ofler- — ing you chic from the best layers at a very reasonable price. THAT GROW, LAY AND PAY Barron English White Leg- horns, Brown Leghorns and Anconas. PURCHA E THIS OF CHIC YEAR'S CROP headed We y postage up to your door ' from tested layers. and (navy-gnu. you 100% mfg unvaL I” large vigorous 260 to 2‘8 Pedlgreed Order t from this ad to save time, Elle!- lor it pays to be a little ahead of time. CUSTOMER REPO T P OFITS or write for our free 82 page talotue. s R BIO R ca Wolverlne Hatchery, Iceland, ulch. =¢fiQChICKS wlth these wonderful layers. Write today for our large Illustrated catalogue. It tells all about them, It's free. WYNGARDEN HATCHER): Box B, Zceland, Mich. From select vigorous. heavy I t o c k . White. Ansonas, laying breede Brown Leghorn. Bar- num coo n“ Wu“ s H h M vs a very pre- éfijfianget'your torder in now— CHICKS on up rr rt “gig with these wonderful , From Select, Vlgorous, Heavy Write today for I ted Cata- .- Laying Breedlng stock It’s free. Reference State Com- mercial 8a H “fin ‘lgeml'iter M'EB. (IA. . V ueen a ou ry arm. ° 1.....1. .......... Prices Reduced ‘ Hatched b od thud. in best myachlllnesemung: our _ . A personal supervision. Carefully now Chicks in 11 breeds f a: 1007 11 db lucked laid”? i“ id “‘1 m o a To C 761'! m rm Radios Practial Poultry that is making m on ah no chances in ordering STAB .BABI Rock: records on our customer’s own “8- P 1‘0: ‘1’ 0rd” “0" "1d at them Books farms. If you want stock that "hen ’0“ m an ‘ STAR HATOHERY, Box X, Holland, Mlohlgan ARISTOCRAT, will make real money, send for our description and price list. All stock guaranteed 100% post paid. We want on to our , stock year. ’It is t2? but practical stock you can buy. STATE FARM ASSOCIATION "8 Chase Block Kalamazoo. Ilchloan. STRAIN IARRED ROCKS. THE WORLD FAMOUS PRIZE WIN- flw‘g no HEAVY LAYING ' BarronWhitoLeghorns . ' l A moss raciatmuarums W. will?" m“- hm" r . . wn ' be m Our auoouae m Michi— . .. figgormn: strain today—both in exB- —__... I Emma.» ragga son‘r‘i‘s‘ from . select 3mm“ ".00 s as .- hm . I“ 'l‘m all 1: mos. 1 “2°13 ummflay W figegme, Banks. Member u. n. o. a. Fall-flow Halt?! Faun. Route 2 K. Iceland. Itch. POULTRY DOES PAY COMPARATIVELY small pro,- portion of the people who keep ’ chickens have any definite fig- ures to know just exactly how profit- able their hens have been. There is a general notion in the minds of poultry keepers who are giving their birds 3 fair chance by feeding them properly and providing comfortable houses that the time and attention which the chickens require are well paid by the returns. However, it is very diflicult to secure figures which can be used as a definite basis for stating whether .or not~the poultry enterprise, as commonly carried on among farmers, is profitable or otherwise. Indeed, there are many economists who assert that if the poultry flock were properly charged with all the feed eaten and allow- ance were made for the hours of labor actually spent, it would be found that poultry keeping was a. poorly paid occupation. ' f The numerous instances of spec- ialty poultry keepers who are mak- ing satiéfactory incomes from de— voting their entire time to poultry raising rather disprove the assertion that intelligent a plication of time and energy to th problems of poul- try keeping cannot .be made to yield a. satisfactory recompense. How- ever, the fact that here and there a farm, where exclusive attention is given to poultry raising is succe‘sful does not necessarily prove thats poultry flock as a side line on a gen- eral farm which receives only such care as can be furnished in the time left after attending to the various other farm duties is an enterprise ,4. ‘Vthat justifies its existence by the financial rewards. For the reason that such figures are relatively scarce, the reports from, the demonstration farm flocks in Indiana and Missouri ought to be of particular interest to farm poultry keepers in general. ' . A poultry news letter from the Division of Poultry Husbandry of Purdue University, located at La- fayette, Indiana, shows that the demonstration flocks scattered thru- out Indiana managed by practical farmers on their own farms returned a. labor income for 1922 of $2.45 per hen. This report shows that the average demonstration farm 234 hens. These hens layed an average of 128 eggs each and these eggs brought an average of 30 cents per dozen. The records show that it cost $1.53 to supply the feed for each individual hen on these demon- stration farms. This feed cost',>how- ever, includes the feed fed to roost- ers and growing stock and is some— what higher‘than the amount re- quired for feeding hens for egg pro- duction where no young stock is be- ing raised. However, since the typi- cal farm poultry enterprise includes ~ the raising of chicks each year to re- place the layers which may die or be culled out, the feed cost per hen on the basis of the total amount of feed ~ used by the flock, ought to be of practical value to poultry keepers. Reports from the University of Missouri, Agricultural Extension Service, released a few weeks ago show that the records from 289 dem-_ onstration flocks, conducted by farm- ers’scattered throughout the state of Missouri, show an average of 154 hens kept on each farm which layed 128 eggs per hen during the year ending November 1', 1922. The‘feed cost for each hen on these farms was 81.81 and the net labor income over food cost was $2.51 per hen. The average demonstration farm in Indiana kept 23.4 hens, which pro- duced a labor income per farm of $572.81, while the Missouri demon- stration flock , averaged only 154 hens per farmand produced a labor income of $385.24 per farm. In either case the labor income' »would go a. long way toward paying Ordinary farm wages to one person. and anyone familiar with poultry feeding methods on the average farm knows, that the average farm lochd ' 1., ’ ' ‘re attention from all members of _.-the family to justify paying straight" time to anyone for taking care of. the poultry. -‘ " THE “CHICKEN FEVER" HEN the chicken fever gets 'a vcgood hold on anyone it seldom or never lets go. Our‘ "Cullud, 'brudders” are attacked by it in early life and there are" other night ma- rauders which have an appetite for a bit if chicken to the great vexatlon . of the poultry raiser. There are some who raise chick- ens who term themselves fanciers and they are; ,there are some who wish to be fanciers and will become so. There are others who fall to class and they are apt to; join the ranks of utility breeders. The man who is breeding fancy poultry de- pends upon sales of stock and hatch- ing eggs for his income, the utility ' man from eggs alone. To Keep Up Prices - If he is a real fancier he never sells a male bird for within around him dollars of what such a one would bring as market poultry, which is right. No male should ever go into a breeding pen that is not worth $5, and $10 would be rather more appropriate and the fanciers from that price up—or as far as one likes. Sell the market poultry, keep up prices and raise the standard of the flocks. The sale of five hens, win- ners in a laying contest, is reported at $400 each or 02,000 for the quintette. For a. world’s record Buff Orpington hen $5,000 is said to have been reported. The $400 hens were bought by a. commercial poult- ryman, one who sells baby chicks and is no novice at the game. ” Fifty Dollar Pallets _ We never get quite that bad down here in Maine, yet the fever has run fairly high at times. Even at the recent Maine State Poultrnyhow $25 females were frequently quoted and the author seemed toetake it quite as a matter of course and the writer heard of cockerels there which had cost as high as $40 and that would be rather low in real high-class chicken society. Prices depend much upon how badly the owner wants the money and how badly the other fellow wants the bird. There is one Maine man who frequently gets a chance to ship choice pullets at $50 and per- haps even more. Thera- are few early layers among, the birds of the ultra fancy. .A pullet doesn't lay many eggs before she is "off bloom." Time of Hatching The commercial poultry foods warranted to make hens lay, find no place in the pens of the fancier. Foodstuffs are sought that discour- age egg production and methods like walking the’ pullets in the snow have been employed for the same purpose. The object is to insure egg pro- duction around March 15th to May let. A lot of hatching is done be- tween May lst and June lst but not by them who are looking for pullets commencing to lay by October 15th and in a month from then they should be going strong. Hens or Pallets? There are many who behave the year-old hens are fully as profitable as pullets, even more so. It seems probable some one will be hatching ‘ chickens in August for the next year layers. Such chickens would get a good start before winter and could be held back a bit to begin laying in September of. next year. The few who have tried this speaks highly of the laying qualities of the birds hatched at that time. There is or lot of good money in the poultry business. A couple of ladies of our acquainch report about $1.25 each above cost of feed. for 100 cockerels sold at. market ater kept. New this/would give them_th,elr..nulletsfroeiof ‘ e' sweat to. ‘p y: x .- r— ._———.. prices. accounts werefucure- V A Many - . - NYONE- planning the poultry op- " , erations for the season who did not figure on a part of the chicks dying would be indeed an.optimlst [if-he did not deserve to be designat- Led by seme harsher term. ‘ It is en- tirely in the nature of things that some chicks out of every flock will be lost by secident, disease, or the attacks of vermin and varmints. , Since the percentage of the chicks ,which die beforereaching market- able age is a very important factor in determining profits, it should be » of interest to every poultry keeper to have somedefinite figures on the rate of mortality which may be rea- sonably expected in trying to grow chicks. In the hazards of life which are coverable' by insurance, particu- larly as applied to humans, the prob- abilities of death for a given age has been worked out to a mathematical certainty which places the business of life insurance on a scientific basis. Possibly due to‘the fact/ that each individual chick represents such a small economic quantiy but few fig- ures are available to show the reas- onable rate of motality in attempt- ing to grow chickens out of baby chicks. For the reason that such figures are relatively scarce, reports from a large number of demonstra- tion farms in Indiana which show that an average of only 63 chicks are raised out of each 100 hatched, ought to be of interest. These same figures show that for each 100 eggs set only 57 chicks were hatched and since 37 percent of these chicks died before reaching marketable age, only 36 chicks were raised out of each 100 eggs set. Since at least half of these chicks are likely to be roosters, approximately six eggs had to be set on these Indiana farms for each pullet raised. Possible to Raise 75 Percent While definite figures covering any large number of poultry plants are relatively scarce, showing the percent of chickens raised, the Indi- ana average is somewhat lower than is generally-considered satisfactory. On well—managed poultry plants where the chicks are given the bene- fit of satisfactory brooding equip- ment and scientific feeding methods, it is usually possible to raise at least 75 chicks out of each 100 chicks hatched and the commonly accepted figure for a wellemanaged plant is that one pullet may be expected to reach maturity from each five eggs set. It has been frequently stated by observers as well as by great num- bers of poultry keepers that brood- ing the chicks is the most difiicult part of the poultry keeping project on the farm. The Indiana report laid much of the blame for low per- centage of chicks raised there to poor equipment for brooding, lack of experience on the part of the poultry keeper, and disease among chicks. Probably the most import- ant of these items is poor brooding equipment ; For some reasons the development of brooding devices did not keep pace with the discoveries and inventions in methods of hatch- ing chicks, and it is only in recent years that really satisfactory brood- ing equipment has been devised for the use of poultrymen who hatch chicks by artifical heat or Who handle them in large numbers. Not Ideal for Small Flocks At the ‘present time the stove brooder, operated in a movable col— . ony house, provides almost the ideal brooding conditions for the flock owner who can hatch his chicks in units of from 2030 to 500, but not many‘farms are supplied with this kind of brooding equipment. Not so much attention has been paid to the development of breeders for small flocks and evéi today there is no well - recognized, satisfactory method of brooding chicks in flocks of 50 to 200. The__development in electrical brooders offers ‘much promise for poultry keepers who have access to electric current as relatively inexpensive electric hovers canrbe constructed or purchased for brooding the small flocks of chicks. However, the majority of- farm flocks do not and will not "have ac- ' cogs soon to‘electric current, sothe _, development of .these. breeders are dry interest to farm 'poultry ,Very satisfactory results have been \. the safest broader for small flocks of chicks. As many as 25 chicks can be safely intrusted to one good-sized ‘hen providing she has a gOod, roomy coop so she can handle h’er flock. For best results in using hen‘ brooders, however, the hen should be confined and the coop be ,arranged so the chicks can go in and out as desided' during fair weather. POULTRY as A SIDE LINE HERE are few side lines open to dairy or mixed farming that of- fer the same certainty of satis- factory profit as does poultry. Small flocks of poultry are‘ almost an in- tegral part of all farms. e refer particularly to poultry as a worth- while side line looked after with the same intelligent interest that a good dairy farmer bestows on his cows. On many such farms in the Pacific northwest, flocks of 100 and 200 hens are adding many dollars to the incomes of their owners. The farm- er who is acquainted with the best and modern poultry knowledge re- ceives satisfactory returns from his poultry. The fundamentals of pro- fitable poultry keeping may be brief- ly summarized as follows: A breed to lay a strain of pullets hatched out early in the spring and well grown on free range; all culls re-, moved from the flock: liberal feed- ing and correct housing. These are requirements.that are simple and easy to understand. Howe-'er, the personal equation counts for much as it does with high producing cows, for poultry, to be successful, mands regular attention. FEATHER POLLING We have a flock of white Wyan- dotte hens and they pull the feathers out of one another” and eat the feathers. Do you know anything that will stop them? R. T. M., Ulby, Michigan. —Feather pulling is a canabalistic habit frequently caused by close con- finement or faulty nutrition. Very often one or two individuals in the flock are specializing in this prac- tice although it may become quite general if the ring leaders are not segregated once this trouble is in evidence. This practice usually stops after the birds are out-on free range and therefore we would suggest inducing as much out door exercise as pos- sible. The ration should contain at least ten per cent meat scrap or tankage, or some other form of ani— mal protein. mon source of protein for laying stock but frequently we find it nec— essary to supplement it with addi- tional protein in the dry mash which should be before the birds at all times. In. order to break the birds of this habit I would suggest providing a mash of 30 per cent bran, and 20 per cent middlings, corn meal, and' ground oats, and 10 per cent meat scrap plus about 1 per cent salt. obtained by hanging a beef liver suspended off the floor so that the birds may all pick at it. Glandular organs of this kind, usually contain a dietary essential known as Fat Soluble A that is frequently lacking in the ration. In addition, the liver is extremely palatable and should cause the birds to forget the prac— tice of feather pulling.-——~E. C. Fore- man, Associate Professor of Poultry Husbandry, M. A. C. ‘ RAISING GEESE HOW should geese be mated? Should goose eggs be treated differ- ently than hen eggs? ‘What is a good feed for goslings?————M. G. Ber— rien County, Mich. ——-A gander may be mated with from one.to four geese, but pair or trio matings usually give the best results. Wherever possible provide free range, for the geese. Collect the eggs daily and keep in a cool place. It kept for some time they may be stored in loose bran. Usually the first eggs are set under hens, while the last ones that the. goose lays may be hatched either under hens or .under the goose if the latter be- comes too broody. Removing the eggs Iran: the nest from which the goose. is laying is , advised. It not re she 1181131118150” layins‘ on to.an swag de- / Skim milk is a com— Vigorous PureBred 90M“! 150-000 W‘fiyflfh Fully guaranteed. direct from Trapnested. Pedigreed Tom Barron andHoily- I i . \fl ‘ “sting wood Imported White Leghom. World's champion layers, Not inst '- fow I 300-011 birds. but a high flock average egg production—that's wh make your profit. Hatched in the largest and finest Hatchery in Michfizgnyg‘; those who know how. Bargaln prices if you order now. We can also say. you mm on Brown Leghorns, Anconss, Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds andWhlu Wymdottel. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. Handsome, complete catalog fro. for the asking. erto for it today. M Iceland, Mich, ILSA. .. I . Attractive Chick Investments FROM SELECT PURE-BRED FLOCKS WHITE and BROWN LEGHORNS. ANCONAS, 50, 7.5 ; 1 - 500, see. BARRED ROCKS. REDS and MluongAs,oso?osss.;3§ 100, $18.50; 500,576. Discount on orders of1,ooq or more. From extra select flocks $2 per 100 hlghcr. Postpaid to your door. Full live count guaranteed Bank reference. Free Catalog. We know it Will be to your advantage to get our catalog and full price list before making a. final decision regarding your investment in Chicks this L season. Send for it TODAY. COLONIAL POULTRY FARMS, Box B, Zeeland, Michigan STOP! LOOK! READ! GUARANTEED BABY CHICKS From WORLD'S GREATEST LAYERS and LAYING CON ST WINNER us" 3. 0. WHITE LEGHORNS. Imported stock. SHE PARD'S FAMSOUsTOANIkcBoANT‘SONDE'NG‘ If we could show you our Flocks and have you talk with our CUSTOMERS vou would "31"“ IMMEDIATELY. OurFLOCKS are all CULLED av EXPERTS and headed with vmoum er PEDIOREED MALES of from 250 to 280 EGG STRAIN. Our CHICKS become Wonderful LAYOus You want EGGS? GET our CHICKS. erte to—day for our free illustrated CATALOG Ens SILVER WARD HATCHERY. Box 420. Iceland, Michigan. -_ B slo‘per 100 and UP From selected, heavy la . vigorous hens. White and Brow $6.76; 100. $13; 503, $62.50. Ban-ed Rocks, so ss.sd‘:"1°3h°ms‘iean%°dds $15 Elm-a Select, $2 per 100 higher. Mixed Chlclu,50,$é.50;100 $1d-soo' 550' w u hatched in modem machines. Carefully and correctly packed 'and shipped P I 9 full live arrival guaranteed. Bank reference and this guarantee makes ' ' mrgmid' safe in ordering direct fmm th1s_ad NOW’. Get them when you want thexhouAfie can” have our mreful personal attention. WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS (25mm, (’51:: WINSTROM FARM & HATCHERIES, Box H 5, Zeeland, Michigan Egg-Bred Baby Chicks ENGLISH WHITE LEGHORNS BROWN LE - for egg production. Highest quality chicks fmmGPegeRstlayelrsll ygaatrlifggugxeedmz . 3,23%01 fighgg'c'fios gfia5°i1ggg £630 . From Extra selected mating: ‘ ence. Catalog free. " " e very guaram-eedc Order now, Bank‘ refer- PND— GUARANTEED TO ARRIVE Strong and Healthy. Chicks from selected hen la ’n . WHITE LEGHORNS and. BROWN LEGHO‘R’NS.“ iledéggnrliafihhed EflsgzISSRIEINGUSH BARRED ROCKS. Postpaid to your floor and full live (IeIlVUry gnarlntnd GOOD ilocks arekept on free range, prope:|y led and cared for insuring the vial u .' .01” m the Chicks to hve and MAKE A PROFIT. Give us a trial and you wui‘ochnilé'cfiifl HILLVIEW HATCHERY. Route 12 E. Holland, Michigan huh-us Best Paying, Heavy Lay‘ lng, Pure- Bred Tm DeKoster’s Hatchery 0 Barron lu‘ 1"l ' Strbng- V. I ' Leghorns, 156. I‘t‘hthld: 19mm hi‘iglgg’oua 1115111111: ks EII‘h’IIS‘fi Island: 11594;, gunk», gggmm WHL‘EE LEGHORNS and arre ( . Healty Chlgk: haterhg $12 50; 500' from greatest and best HOLTERMAN STRAIN BARRED incubator known. Chicks NA are given full lwenty‘one day; and hatched under proper temperature. 1;. 1live gelriaexiy {guaranteed Catalos i 1‘. Frank Fulerson, Niles, Mich, writes as foL rm" n ‘0 emnce‘ lows: “From the 66 pullets we raised from our DE'KOSTER'S HATCNERVI 3"" xv lee'afld. MIG". stock last year along with the thirty which we ad we get 1,610 eggs m December. Can you beat it?" LeggnnsreiIthehgrsgmsggd oldest importers of \Vhito B A B Y c H I c K 8 Watch our pen number 17 In the Michigan Egg 1.131011?“ fmm strong and Laying Contest. It’s coming strong! All flocks ‘ “Q‘WUHS “W‘ks‘ of ENGLISH s thoroughly culled and properly mated to pure bred WH'T LEGHORNS AND cockercls. Try some real chlcks this year. r “NCO v BRED FOR now at new low prlces. Instructlve catalogue free. .HIGH EGG-F’RODUCTION. We guarantee 100 per cent BRUMMER_FREDERIOKSON POULTRY FARM rm... .m: chicks on arrival. Postage PAID. 'rim's Box 26 Holland. Mich. , reasonable. Instn t‘ (l prices free on request. QlfiA‘IflTYlt‘IIbAKTéI'IE I ERY, Box A11, Zeeland. Mlch. HIGHEST QUALITY CHICKS Michigan's Old Barron strain Selected White Leghorns. Produced under my. personal care. Strong, vig- orous chlcks carefully acked to go safely. l’ostpzud, full ive delivery gimrulltecil. 5” chicks, $6.50; 100 $11.”); 000, $60. Get your order in early, Elgln Hatchery, Box 311A. Iceland. Mich. Hatching Eggs & Baby Chicks Tompkins strain. For April and May chicks. per hundred. $18.00. Eggs per hundred, $8.00. Quality breeder of Rhode Island Reds. both combs. WM. H. FROHM, New Baltimore, R. 1. Mich. White Leghorn CHICKS 3. pure bred En . am I n tested 1’ o r dyinguigshuf‘nsgfi? "0|th clfucks. 10° rr cent I!" de ivor an: free. Wm? . ' ' hw 9' a“ Reliable Hatchery (Tho most modern and best equipped Hatchery in the state) - PURE BBE Eng' lish and American S. C. . . W. Leghorns; S. 0. -~ v -‘ Anconas; Barred Plymouth ‘Rocks. and- R. I. Reds. Strong well hatched chlcks from tested Hoganized Free range stock that make wonderful wlnter layers. Chlcks sent by Insured Parcel Post Prepaid to your .door. 100% live delivery guaran- teed. Fifteen years of experience in pro- ducigg and shipping chicks has given ad- solu tron to thousands. Write for illustrated free catalog and price list. Get lowest price on best quality chicks be- fore you buy. - Holland Matcher-yl R. 1l HollandI Mich. CataluGrneII-tcheryJoX 4 .R.2,llollul.fllcl. BABY CHICKS and HATCHINGEGGS'. Direct from our farm at greatly reduced 2 nly 9c nan-ed n . White Leghomgdm“ ...., 2?..“lfitéfii M... ‘ HATCHERY. Iceland. R. 4. madam F ‘ BABY BHIGKHES‘"*"" mmmT’W = - ~ Pure Bred Chicks “it? Home Broiler Chlx ........ .JHo , Wh Wyomith w_ or . n:..130 lull orolnotons..17o B.Rooks or use ....1 c Light Brahmas .220 W. or Buff Rocks..110 Block Whereas ..-.10o Add 35c if less than 100 lots wanted. Cirmuu, LAWRENCE POULTRY FARM om. 8 Good Refernm R. 1. Grand Rapids. Mleh. o Anoonas. s 0.- am 100% CAFE AII‘RIvAI. GUARANTEED g PRICE WHITE. enoum a a sure LEGRORN . 0, ,. IA R: noose . 0. and 3. c. REDS Aueomsie‘ Die-'39 10. WHITE WYANDOT‘I‘ES. Ilvurr . $8; 100.‘ $11; 500 '0 H'Bble Chicks W] Ina-k9 a DIOflt fox 51%,;5&O‘ 75. A‘HXED, 50 B RECT FROM THIS" AD and SAVE an Hatched from High Insure stron‘gChick s BAR so‘inbc s s c mans MINORCAS > . I .. r I WHITE, WYANWII‘H'TES, sun: .nocxs ‘ ‘and Burr Liaisons-.7. Postpaid t0 your door. 100% live delivery guara "oaks, 8. and R. C. HEAVY BROILERS. 50 $7.25 “dull at 'are well fed gOSTPA _. THE GENEVA HATCH paid full live delive .50. 9.25; 1’3 on. 0 $8.25; 1 , 100 $14. WH., ha. and BU 100, $13. MIXED ALL VARIET $11 per 100 straight. 10% off. Free damlog. Member . . C. A. HOLGATE HATCHERY, Box B, Holgate, Ohio. 10 BLaying Quality Fowl: on free range. properly fed and housed to ANCONAS.60 8:100. sdfiomoo, . .so, 37.50;»100‘, nteed. Catalog free. B MORENCI I-IA'rcHERIEs, Box B. Moroncl. Mich- 1. B. hikes 'A nd BUFF b CRCAB. 50. $8- and cared 1 ID T0 YO?! atalog free. Reference. Geneva ERY, Box 508. Geneva, Ind. GUARANTEED CHICKS Member CHICKS WITH PEP, $11 per 100 and Selected Hogan Tested Fiocks. Post TONS, WH. and SIL. VI'IRYEBMDO CHICKS THAT MAKE PROFIT $10 PER 1oq AND UP. From vigorous, heavy—laying qualities and well cared WHITE, BROWN and BUFF LEGHORNS. 50, $7- 3120. WHITE and BARRED ROG ROSE and S. C. REDS ANCONA ; Mixed, all varieties for broilers, $10 per 100 straight. Iostpaid ire count guaranteed. You can order want them. Bank reference. Free cat ‘ _/ BLUFFTON HATGHERY, Box L, Bluffton, Ohio .‘. 100, $15- soq,’ now direct from this ad and $12.50; 1,000, $1 your door and full set them when you STUNBEAM HATCHERY The Chicks that I sell are produced under my personal supervision moderniy equipped hatchery which is kc t in best possible condition. is carefull selected and of best nea laying strains, ‘ housed an handled. Free from disease and properly fed. This enables me to Drmlucn strong, growth“ Chicks Which Will mean l‘ltOhIT ITE BRO N AND BUFF GH my customers. ICES. 00, 13: 500 $62.50. 1 BARRE ROCKS, R. ND C. E S AND ANCONAS 50 8, 100 $725 WHI AND BUFF ROCKS, WHIT OTTE OAS. , 85 , 100 $16, 500. 775 WH TE AND 0 $ . 0- . . I GIL. L. wvnnioo-rTE’s 50. $9; 1 0, $18; 500 deliv by prepaid post. et your order In now an Bank 1 eference. Catalog Fren. H. B. TiDpln. Box E. Findlay. Ohio. Membe .50. I guarantee full live ship when you I? The parent kept on free range, ’ :89 Eggs in one year, actual thinnest record. “LADY MICHI- GAN” also made record of 283 eggs in one year. She laid 294 eggs in 381 consecutive days. Sons and daughters of “LAD' MICHIGAN" are now in use in our matings for 1923. If you want Real Barron Leghorns Single Comb \‘Vhites, get our 1923 catalog ‘illld learn full particulars flock whichwe have carefully bred for highwgg records for the past 21 years. Our best matings are made up of mature females with uni 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 mtalog today and before ordering Chicks or Eggs elsewhere. STRICK ’POULTRY FARM, Route 4 0, Hudsonville, Mich. WASHTENAW CHICK PRICES: March 26th and following hatches: Barred Rocks and e s, 50 $8.50; 100, $18; 500, $15. White Rocks, White Wyandottes, 50, $9.50: 100, $18; 0, $85. White, Brown, and Buff Leghorns, 50, $7.50; 100, $14; 500, $65.. From hatches due March 12th and 19th ' ' will Sit! per 100 to these prices. Postpaid, full live delivery guaranteed, Our flocks are carefully selected and bred for high egg pro- duction. Order from this ad. Reference. Farmers and Mechanics Bunk, WASHTENAW HATCHERY, Ann Arbor. Mich. Day Old Chicks From Select. Hogan Tested, Flocks on Free Range. _Well- fed and handled to insure stron r, vigorous chicks. ye . PR 0 : WHITE and BROWN LEG- HORNS and ANCONAS.50. $7.50; 100, :14; 500, $63. 3 I V - . _ $8.50; 100,$16; 500,_$75. gym?“ Hati-Bgdq right dagd risingrgfrd ‘ht.Ptld. Ive eve '— rrlzteed. “Balm Refer’ence. Order direct from this ad. Circular free. ' BORST l: ROEK, Box P, Zeeiand, Mich. .00 PER 100 AND UP FROM EXCELLENT PAYING, HEAVY LAYING nos 3 on unlimited range. Well-hatched, stun: , Hea th CHICKS In the following varieties: TOM BARR N ENGLISH WHITE LEGHORNS.R50, QUALITLOGHIGKS " le‘éEpgggStET flocks headed by Michigan Agricultural College cookerels. (Dams records from 230 to 270.) WHI LEGHORNS, 50. $8; 100. $15; 500, $12.50. ROCKS and REDS, 50, $9; 100, $17- 82. . LIVERED RIGHT To YOUR DOOR BY INSURED PARCEL POST. 100% delivery guaranteed“ Order NOW and from thls ed as many \vei'e.disafipornted last year. Profit- able Catalog FREE. ans Reference. LAKEVIEW POULTRY FARM Route 8, Box 3, Holland, Michigan. A 60% guarantee of sex, giving a majority of either cockerel or pullet chicks, ‘as ordered. plus unsurpassed quality‘in high egg bred chicks, bespeaks Utility Hatchery SI. Farms success, and the satisfaction of its customers. Grade AAA flocks are sired by pedigreed males, sworn records from 250-287. Grade AA and Grade A from tested and selected flocks of exceptional merit. Delivery date 60": 'SIIhe UII’ii up; receipt of each S. C. While Leghorn order. Get started now. Order tonight. Term: cash, one one week before BRIBS AND FARMS Dept. 84 ZBELANDJWICH. guaranteed—100% live delivery guaranteed— sex guaranteed—Satisfaction guaranteed. . ty Hatchery a Perms is giving away $5,000 worih'ol k In Amazing Special Contest. Information on conlcsl sent eggs .w-itheiince‘st powder and see that she is given good attention; as the period of incubation is longer than in that of hens eggs,,_running from 28 to 30 days. .Add some moisture to the eggs after the'first week is set under hens or in an incubator. the egg or the nest with warm water. hen and 10 to .13 under the goose. When hatching under hens, since the the eggs hatch slowly, the goslings are usually removed as soon as hatched and kept in a warm place until the eggs are hatched, when they are,_put back under the' hen or goose. The hens with goslings should-be confined to a coop and the goslings allowed to range. Do not aIIOW’ the goslings to "go into the water until they are several days old. Goslings do not need feed un- til they are from 24 to 36 hours old, mashes suitable for chickens or ducklings, or a mash or dough of ‘two-thirds shorts (middlings) and one—third cornmeal, which can be made of equal parts shorts and corn— meal and 5 per cent of beef scraps added after six weeks. Bread and milk has often been found to be an excellent feed for young goslings. fine grit or sharp sand should be provided for goslings by feeding 5 per cent of it in their mash or keep- ing it in a hopper before them. Pro- vide shade in hot weather and when the goslings are young give them at- tention, as they may get lost or caught in deep holes and in rubbish. Drinking fountains or pans should be constructed so that neither gos- lings nor older stock can get-their feet into the water. RATION FOR EGG PRODUCTION Please recommend an economical and practical ration for egg produc— tion.—Reader. -—There are a number of rations for egg production recommended, de- pending very largely upon the feed [at the command of the poultryman. A good scratch grain ration is made as follows: Ten pounds shell corn, five pounds dry oats. For a. dry mash use three pounds wheat bran, three pounds wheat'shorts, oneand one—half pounds of meat scraps. Three gallons of skimmed milk or buttermilk daily will take the place of‘ meat scraps. For successful egg production milk or some form of lean meat should be supplied in every ration. Barley or wheat may be used instead of oats. Barley meal or ground oats may be sub- Stituted for shorts in the mash. Clover or alfalfa meal may take the place of the bran. A good grade of tankage may be used instead of the meat scraps. Feed a grain ration in deep straw so as to compel the birds pt_on advance orders, 25% down, remainder IhIpped ORDER FROM THESE PRICES s. c. WHITE LEGHORNS .. ._.___E.. 166 mHER BREEDS 7 S. C. Brown 700,000 Chicks properly fed and housed to 10 vv I 100 suds orr 5m Box F. to take exercise. We suggest feed— ing the mash in dry hoppers that are self-feeding, in troughs, or a supply may be kept before the birds. Supply an abundance of good clean water and give free access to sharp grit, crushed oyster shell or soft limestone grit. HENS BECOME LAME ALL OF SUDDEJ Would like to know if you could tell me what is the matter with my hens. They seem to be all right and all of a sudden go lame and don’t —r aggfisiiugomisa‘son' 53' 015215; 500. ".50 ' ' ' ILVER WYAN- 100, $18: 500, We guarantee {1111.10007,7 Reference, ' Citizen's from this a . and save time. Free circular. MODERN HATCHERY Blanchard, Ohio W 060 _ _ sad-1.503 Select BAR nods . o. s .5 : 100 . ; oo. 80. P "a? D: Our’chjcka as?“ , .~ ‘ . on: .mesiene 0 are . h... Rosewood Farm Healthy, Hardy Chick Well-hatched, carefully packed. d shipped. Select, heav ITE LEGEHORNS 10 20. $7 5 such as we experience during the ,. spring months affect the rate of..yolk development and abnormal, ru of ithie‘ ""l‘k" 1d.'Iu11 live an ‘ seem to have any use of their legs and lay around under the roost. They don‘t stay that way long but get poor and quit laying. I keep it clean and dry with plenty of oat straw. I have, fed a poultry tonic all winter with their mash—G. H., Ithaca, Mi-ch. ' ' —Leg weakness is a common and prevalent ailment at this time of year. It is sometimes referred to as “spring complaint” or as “layers' cramps.” Very freQuently birds that are in heavy production suc- comb to this trouble. The cause of this ailment has not been definitely understood. In some cases faulty housing conditions are responsible, especially if the floors are damp. We have ‘noted that eggs produced by hens subse- quent to developing this trouble fre— quently contain blood clots which in? dicates internal. hemorrhages are partly responsible for such trouble. Cur variable weather conditions ' -' occur whichéusu I. editm‘l. ' 1,: This is usually done by sprinkling set from four to six eggs under the when they should be fed any of thee . 7 Physical outline . hen, r'esultln‘gyln leg :wealinej .’ _‘ ‘, latter cause applies momentum to" temperorary leg weakne'ss.fll the trouble is more. of. 'a permane' t; nature, it may be due. to. faulty nit-"4 trition. A moist mash containing about five per cent of paper pulp‘w-lll correct this condition 'where. cellu— i lose has been laking in .the ration. There is a possibility that ,tubere, culosis is present in the flock and “in order to make an accurate diagnosis it may be necessary to make a post“ ' morten examination. Doctor Staf- seth of the Bacteriology Department will be glad to receive any specimens you may care to have diagnosed. He will in each caseiidentify the disease~ and prescribe a' suitable r ethod or treatment—E. C.‘ Foreman, As 0- ciate Professor of Poultry ’Busba d— ry, M. A. C. _ CAN HATCH EGGS IN INCUBATOR , Please tell me whether duck eggs can be hatched in an incubator or not? :Can you give me full informa- tion how to do it and how to raise young ducks? — H. S., Croswell, Mich. - —Duck eggs can be successfully batched in incubators providing that a high moisture content is supplied. It is usually a good practice to take a whick broom and a dish of warm water each day after the fourteenth day and spray a small quantity of the water on the eggs. One of the members of the Department is pre- paring a bulletin on the subject of duck raising and pending publica- tion of this bulletin We would refer you to the Department of Agricult- ure, Washington, D. C., for their lit- erature on this subject.—E. C. Fore— man, Associate Professor of Poultry Husbandry, M. A. C. > - MITE INFECTION UNDER SKIN We killed a hen which We were going to Cook. While cutting it up we noticed little yellowish white spots on the flesh just under the skin. When we scraped on the flesh the would come off. They only seemed to be on the breast and und- er the wings and neck. Do you think this is the starting of lice? This hen was fat and had been lay— ing and she looked healthy enough. —Mrs. R. W., Owosso, Mich. _—The condition encOuntered is un- doubtedly connective— tissues mite, scientifically termed Laminosioptes . cysti—cila. It is a mite infection oc— curring on, in or under the skin and is not injurious to health. Birds which have the parasite on the skin sometimes show scaly formations. It may be possible that general measures to prevent mites from bar- b’oring in the coop would keep it from spreading. Spraying the coops with kerosene emulsion and treating the birds with sulphur oint might be a. means of preventation. The condition, however, is not serious—— H. J. Stafseth, Res. Assoc. in Bacter— iology, ‘M. A. ‘C. TROUBLE NOT ENTIRELY DUE «- TO LICE - I have 100 baby chicks a week old, Anconas. They seem to‘ have some- thing pe‘culiar ailing them. Seven have died, others ailing. Yester— day I found one dumping, SO I pick- ed up several and examined them carefully for lice using a little mie- roscope but could not find any but found one on my hand with the mic- roscope that I couldn’t see at all with my eyes. They get seemingly almost raw around the head and neck and across the back. The feathers seem eaten right off and al- so the skin. I put vaseline on but they seem to go faster thez- ever aft: ,erwards. I have them with two old hens, fine mothers which we have dusted about three times with lice. powder.——Mrs. R. F. S., Brown City, Mich. ' ' -—It is very difficult to diagnose the‘ trouble that you are having in your flock of 100 Anconas. If lice are present they will usually be found either below the wings or vent, or near the top of the head.' The use of sodium fluoride‘is generally rec- ommended and has giyen excellent . results. It, can be purchaSed in powdered form and requires only a small pinch applied to .the above}. v- mentioned areas. I am of the opin- , ion that the trouble. is no ' due to'lice and would won on:th 91F» " Hum—n u..-- I—l-I _._. HPFJI —-.——_;-¥-——~—9—-_.~._.'- ‘ ‘ ' - 50ml u-I-I‘I “3-H I :. ._~_~ _- _,-' A. .-.........-m “M m I Ml‘u'flfl'fll II OH“! I II {heavier-II an» I .1” _. .. . Archers. Hans Alli) cocktails _ S. C. White Leghorns and‘s. G. and R. C. Black / ‘wifirs WVANDOTTE COOKERELS: ,Ad'v‘ertisements - Inserted grinder ~trials-heading nil-300 per agate line, .sper Issue. Comrflereiai Baby Chick atadyertlsement‘s 450 per agate line. Write. out what you have to on’er and send it in. We will put it in type, send proof and quote rates by return mail. Address The Michigan Business Farmer, Advertising De- partment. Mt. Clemens. Michigan. Minomes. Must make room before cold weat.‘ er. About ready to lay. LAPHAM FARMS, VPinckney, Mich. GOOD 01d, March hatch, $2.50 ' , 1 ‘r. strong Buds JRFISH, R, 1. Blanchard, Mich. apiece. MRS. A. 'JOHN’G BIG BEAUTIFUL BARRED ROCKS hen hatched, good layers, quick growers, light 3:1 dark matings, 30-eggs $3.50; 50-f5.00 ost- ane paid circulars. John Northton, Care, ,Ich. ICILIAN BUTTERCUPSE GOOD YEA_R ground layers of large‘ white eggs; also White Rocks, good laying strain. Eggs $1.50 per 15. IDA PRAUSE, R. 8, Maple City. Michigan HATCHING EGGS HATCHING EGGS S. 0.. White Leghorns. Tom Barron Strain, 250 egg utility line. November to April, average 85 or cent. Pure white plumage. nge grown, ealthy, vigorous stock. Eggs $1.50 for 15; $4.00 per 50; $7 00 per 100. Prepai . Lim- ited supply. Order from this ad now. MAPLEWOOD POULTRY FARMS .0. W. Bevee, Prop. North Star, Michigan” G 3 FOR MATCHING—UTILITY STOCK. E 6 Grand White Wyandottes—M. A._ C. Champions. Good, square deal. Reasonable prices. Send for rice he t. C. W. H IMBACH, R. 5, Big Rapids, Michigan. WHITE WYANDDTTES ""“RT'” “RM”, Eggs for hatching. ’ WAYNE CHIPMAN, R. 2, Washington, Mich. SILVER, LACED AND WHITE WYANDOTTES Four large, beautiful roosters. Eggs- $1.50 per 15. W. BROWNING, Portland, Michigan. GS FOR MATCHING: FROM THEFOLLOW- varieties, Barred, Bufi and White Rocks; Silver Laced, and White Wyandottes: S. C. White Orpingtons, and . C. Black Minorcas. ngs, $1.25 for 15, $2.25 for 30, prepaid. hrom pure bred Good Laying Stock, Booking orders for eggs. I Order early. BENJAMIN SCOTT, Bannister, Mich. ~ THOROUGHBRE . M LES :avpd‘lolsé-BClncilhnati. Q"J.W&?“éf’ipp12’gé’5n’§f‘tiox ‘h’is'sasfi‘ity, Ifiiir” BUFF ROCK EGGS from Blue Ribbon VVin- 1.50 er 15: $9.00 per 0.0. Bfi’oh’m NOWLIN, R. 4, ’Lalngsburg, Mich. NORMAN BARRED‘ Rocslft HATCHING secs. La rain. . JEsnsglE B. DEAN, R. 1, Mason, Mich. BARRED ROCK MATCHING seas. PARKS zoo—egg strain. $2 per 15: $5 per 50; $10 b re aid parcel post. pg. 13.0 KNRIEYE) R. 1, East Lansing, Michigan. - Fon SALE—BARRED Roc'K HATCHING aces a few. ALDEN WI come from good’ winter layers. $1.25 per 15 or $2.00 per 30 post aid; Mrs. Frankp Miliikln, R. 1, Roscommon, Mich. PSON STRAIN BARRED ROCK EGGS males, bred to lay. ‘1)ark matings $1.75 per 15; $3.00 er 30 prepaid. ' MR8. FRED LOMP, St. Charles, Michigan. 'PURE BRED BUFF ORPINGTON EGGS AT 3 ‘- ' .50-5‘). Pre aid. ZINRC.5A5NNA LA NO E. Fostoria, Michigan. coco LAYING STOCK, FINE . REDS. . I color? Hatchin egsgii,6 03906.00 316 100., Limited , ' . . per . numberEthxalg CRYDER. Aiamo. Mich. COMB RHODE ISLAND REDS. HATCH. 31:853.; $1.25 per setting. Postpaid. Mrs. Albert Harwood. R. 4. Charlevolx, Mich. CHESTER COUNTY Eggs $1.50 per 15 New Haven, Mich. REDS: BOTH. COMBS, and Harrison Pierce strain. postpaid. Lee Van Conant, Eggs for SILVER SPANGLED HAMBURG Hmmg, ' . Write for prices on all varieties, slggssEegNIEE FARMS, Port Huron, Michlgan_ BOURBON RED TURKEYS. Efiiinw “108 a. CALLAGHAN, Fenton. Michigan. OTH PEKIN DUCK EGGS FOR SETTING ls“2A.(')womor two settings $3.00. Also Wild Mallard Duck eggs same price. Very chmcest stock. All orders prepaid. Cedar Bend Farm. Okemos, Mich. LEGHSRNS LEGHORNS - f Le horn Hens, Pullets and Cockerels. gieng'alddlfpulle‘is $2.50 each; cockerels $3.00 to $5.00 each. Show birds a matter of correspond. mm," LAPHAM FARMS. Pinckney. Mich. . BARRON ENGLISH w H IT E‘ Leghornst eight “geek; to mats;- __ to October. ree mg or. s repea e y Zituylledmgy experts. Extra large and Vigorous. Wedge shaped bodies. big looped combs. “Lay- bilt” in every way. Also breeding cockerels, Satisfaction and more or money back. MORSE WHITE LEGHORN FARM, . Belding, Michigan. TURKEYS—D UCKS-~GEESE 2 PUREBRED dBRONZE TURKEY TOMS FOR b‘ . . Rite. IF‘ifA'iIKHIRVINE. R- 2- mva WWW“- GEESE ARE MONEY MAKER . Tm°”‘°”“ come“ a "In is: is i5 9° I . _, m a r on re Water not necefiatl‘ ry Byron center Mich. me, Whlt‘e Rolland 0 ‘ » " Livc‘ ‘ Mtge deei‘lvfig Breeder Giant Ton us has, _ ; “ .c ance'frien s. ebii, g. a vidently .,,th‘e L .1. : notr ’illary 'White Diarrhea infections which may be present—E. C. Fore- man, ,Associate Professor of Poultry Husbandry, M. A. C.’ ’ CHICK ACTS QUEER. ' We have a baby chick that was hatched one night and taken away from the hen the following noon with nine other chicks. This pertic- ular chick acted very queer when I took it off. It would go through the, funniest motions with its head and whole body, then it would drop its head and act lifeless. Then it would rise up and go through the same motions over and over. . What causes this and what is a good rem— edy?——L. R. V., Delton, Mich. ——This is usually classified by hatch- ery men under the head of “Cripples and Fools.” In incubation work a large number of chicks are found whose actions coincide exactly with those described. membrane became glued or attached to the head during incubation and with the result that the chick be- came crippled and had an attack of brain fever.—E. C. Foreman, Associ- ate Professor» of Poultry Husbandry, M. A. C. PACKING DOWN EGGS Will you advise the correct way to pack down eggs using water glass? I put some down according to directions which were published some time ago. I started packing the fore part of August. How long after eggs are placed in the solution before it becomes solid?———A. E., Ap— plegate. ——A certain amount of vaporation will take place but water glass should never become solid. It is us— ually a good practice to keep the surface of the liquid at least two inches above the eggs at all times. This is easily accomplished by ad- ding water from time to time. Some- times eggs are inclined to float and a rock or other Weight is used to keep the eggs below the surface.— George F. Davis, Instructor in Poult— ry Husbandry, M. A. C. THE VALUE OF OATS OST people underestimate the value of oats for poultry of all ages as a valuable and all— around feed. During the war we found that it would largely take the place of wheat in the ration if prop— erly handled in relation to other in- gredients. It is one of the best all- around feeds for laying hens and it is impossible to observe injurious ef— fects from a, liberal use in the ration at all. In fact, we have found that it is gee 15' “and 6 .. , . -, chlpksihave; cached this age so’ that they]. are still in the danger zone of Bac- Possibly the shell ‘ if it is handled with any judgement . < taxi absolute necessity in the laying Uraticn. Many commercial. poultryr men who are loredlted- with .doing wonders with hens and pullets feed. it in large quantities, some keeping .it before the hens all the time in hoppers. Fed in sprouted form, it unquestionably is an economical and _ beneficial feed, increasing the much— desired bulky element in the ration, supplying the necessary green food elements, and cheapcning consider- ‘ably the cost of the ration as com— pared against the more highly con- centrated, and, therefore more ex- pensive grains. For growing chicks, from the baby chick on up to the matured pullet it is, with the single exception of wheat and wheat derivatives, the most val- uable grain we have. Rolled or steel cut oats for baby chicks will make them grow faster than any- thing else. Of course something else has to be fed in connection with the oats, but where it is the' base of the ration it will produce chicks su- perior to any chicks ever raised'on any other ration. As soon as the chicks are two months old, one can commence to feed whole oats, provided they have developed properly. Soak the oats half a-day and feed at noon with the water squeezed out, in pans, all the chicks will eat in 10 minutes. Aft- er the first week of soaking, this pro- cess can be discontinued and the oats fed in dry form in hoppers, al- lowing the growing chicks all they will eat. You will be surprised and gratified at the unusual growth they make and 'at the real economy in feed cost. It is a mistake to make. corn or corn meal the base of the growing chick ration, as so many people do. It is the cause of many of the evils experienced in raising chicks. It often is the direct cause of leg weak— ness because it tends to fatten faster than the muscles develop or are strengthened by exercise, and it oft— ten is the direct cause of digestive troubles, apoplexy in chicks, and of other troubles. Wet corn meal, such~ as so many people fed chicks, is an abomination. The fact that you have “gotten by” in the past on such feeding is not becauseof feeding it but in spite of it. The real compar- ison will be to try oats as a base and compare results with the former method. Oats is always considerably cheap— er on the market than most other grain feeds—certainly such grain feeds as are susceptible of use in the poultry ration. The element of cost often half or more of the cost of corn, and the superior results obtain- ed from its use, should commend the grain to every poultry feeder. 1f oats will “make kids husky,” as one manufacturer of rolled oats states, and as many parents know to be true isn’t it fair to say that they will also make chicks husky? We know they will. TAKE ’EM FISHIN’ \ WENT visitin’ today, had a real good time an’ we all talked of sev’ral things—specially of the number of young fellers ’at was goin' to town to work in factories Where wages seem high. Mebbe they look high to some of the boys ——mebbe some of ’em’s never had any wages——just had What, dad has seen fit to hand out to ’em. You know there’s lots of dads in this country ’at thinks ’bout all the boys need is work shirts, shoes an’ a pair of overalls. With this outfit the boys are all set for work. If they want a dollar or two dad sez, "My gosh boy, I give you a. dol- lar last month, what'd you do with that?” Well, now you know our boys are kinder wakin' up if they don’t do it naturally, why don’t you see there’s always a little girl lookin’ ’round at tells ’em to spruce up a little an’ be somebody. An’ the boys are fallin’ for it an' they’re gettin’ tired of workin’ for jest bread an' butter, pants an' shirts an’ a. shoe or two now an’ then, an’ they’re quittin' the farm an’ the ol'.ma.n jest natch- erly Wonders what makes ’em so un- easy an’ why they want to flock into town. ' ’ ‘ ‘ If you want to keep the boys on the ~ffarm you’ve got to ~,give ’em a gnclc Ruch Spinach Sen 8: l Boy’s are brighter’n r -ia.lly yours, UNCLE RUBE. r C"? y} .. . ‘, .5. V they wuz when we were boys. We thought a few clothes an’ sim’lar wuz more’n enough—it ain’t that way now. Boys on the farm want a chance, they want to git out an’ spread themselves an’ so they go to the city where life looks altogether lovely—’cause they learn their mis- take eventually but for the time be’n’ it looks fine. My little boy who happened to be in the gatherin’ today, said, “Well daddy, why don’t dads take their boys fishin’ once in a while?” Well now do you know that kinda set me thinkin’ an’ every since I’ve been home I’ve been thinkin’ ’bout it. Why don’t dad take ’em fishin’ once in a while? Yes folks, farmer friends why don’t you do that? Don’t you know that the best way to keep a boy on the farm is to make that farm a lively place? Folks, if our boys go to the city to work its our fault—we haven’t given ’em ‘a chance, have we? We must get the habit. The boys an’ girls must have a chance—mebbe they were born an’ raised on a. farm, had cows milk, hens eggs and real bread an’ butter—mebbe solid fried cakes an' cofiee—no matter they all want somethin’ different. My dear farmer friends, just give the boys an' girls an even share—they’ll stay by if the chance is given ’em.——Cord- Diarrhea I .chicks, when l‘ . ducmg high grade chix that please. - industry. Leading Remarkable Experience of Mrs: N C. M. Bradshaw in Prevent . ing White Diarrhea The following letter will no doubt be of utmc st interest to poultry rais— ers V'hO have had serious losses from White Diarrhea. We will let Mrs. Bradshaw tell of her experience in her owu words: “Gentlemen: I see reports of so many losing their little chicks with White Diarrhea, so thought I would tell my experience. I used tolose a great many from this cause, tried many remedies and was about dis- couraged. As a last resort I sent to the Walker Remedy 00., Dept. 680. Waterloo, Iowa, for their Walko White Diarrhea Remedy. I used two 50c packages, raised 300 White Wyandottes and never lost one or had-one sick after giving the medi— cine and my chickens are larger and healthier than ever béfore. I have. found this company thoroughly re- liable and always get the remedy by return mail—Mrs. C. M. Bradshaw, Beaconsfield, Iowa.” Cause of White Diarrhea White Diarrhea is caused by the Bacillus Bacterium Pullorum. This germ is transmitted to the baby chick through the yolk of the newly hatch- ed egg. Readers are warned to be- ware of White Diarrhea. Don’t wait until it kills half your chicks. Take the “stitch in time that saves nine." Remember, there is scarcely a hatch Without some infected chicks. Don’t let these few infect your entire flock. Prevent it. Give Walko ii all drink— ing water for the first two weeks and you won’t lose one chick where you lost hundreds before. These letters prove it: Never Lost a Single Chick Mrs. L. L. Tam, Burnetts Creek. Ind., writes: “I have lost my share of chicks from White Diarrhea. Finally I sent for two packages of Walko. I raised over 500 chicks and I never lost a single chick from White Diarrhea. Walko not only prevents White Diarrhea, but it gives the chicks strength and Vigor; they develop quicker and feather earlier." Never Lost One After First Dose Mrs. Ethel Rhoades, Shcnnandoah, Iowa, writes: “My first incubator a few days old, be— gan to die by the dos us with White Diarrhea. I tried different remedies and was about discouraged with the chicken busi- ness. Finally, I sent to the \Vzllkcr Remedy (‘o., \Vuterioo, Iowa. for a box of their \Vzilko \Vhite Diarrhea Remedy. It's just the only thing for this terrible disease. We raised 700 thrifty. healthy chicks and never lost a. single chick after the first dose." You Run No Risk We will send Walko White Diar- rhea Remedy entirely at our risk—- postage prepaid—so you can see for. yourself what a wonder—working remedy it is for White Diarrhea in baby chicks. So you can prove—as thousands have proven—that it will stop your losses and double, treble, even quadruple your profits. Send 50c for a box of Walko, or $1.00 for extra large box—give it in all drinking water for the first two weeks and watch results. You’ll find you won’t lose one. chick where you lost hundreds before. It’s a postive fact. We guarantee it. The Leavitt & Johnson National Bank, the oldest and strongest bank in Waterloo, Iowa. stands back of this guarantee. You run no risk. If you don't find it the greatest‘ little chick saver you ever used, your money Will be instantly refunded. Walker Remedy 0)., Dept. 680, Waterloo, iowa WHITE DIARRHOEA Kills millions of (‘hicks each season. THEY CAN BE SAVED by using “FADOIL"——a guaranteed remedy nnd preventive. $1 per bottle. Postpaid. Enough to successfully treat (lhicks. Your money cheerfully refunded if not satisfac- tory. Bank reference. You take no chances. Send your order TO-DAY and be iNSURED against loss. hrculars free. Dealers wanted eVH'vwhm'e. FADOIL REMEDY 00., Box 501, Norwalk, Ohio GREEN LAWN GHIX White Box R. I. Reds, an Black Minorcas, $16 per 100. Rrown Leghorns English White Leghorn: or Anconas $14 er 100. Heavy Broilers $14 Odds an Ends $13.00 per 100. 5% discount on 500 or 1,000 lots. All varieties 17¢ each in less than 100 lots. Our 13th year pro— ' , . Our method of ship ing positively prevents chillin and crowd- ing and) we guarantee 1000/ live dc ve . June, July 1c per chi: less. (3 state 'ust when you wish chi: to cas customers. Deduct 5% sent with order. Reference: ton State GREEN LAWN POULTRY FARM. Fenten, Gus Hecht. Proprietor. am cmcxs sent insured parcel post (prepaid. Barred Ros, Bank: Mich. * SELECTED CHICKS FROM I I:th has?! cant]? baby-chick e it re ea -, -’ ducing strains. xiii delivery guaranteed." m m i. ,_ a; for caqu and does. , ‘ ~ . . IL. VAwBI-IOIIEN C~BRO.. Iceland. lion... FOOTE’S DIARKET LETTER , , \_ n - ‘V «I I. BY W- W- F00“? ‘ ' ' MARKET SUMMARY . uture bean market. ARMERS are in better condition ' , -Wheat steady. ‘Other grains .quiet with prices nun. Beans 3;;dbgvt’53egncnnfidhto be about F than a year ago, especially ‘ easy. Potatoes in fair demand. Receipts of butter and eggs small, he had to; on eras about what those who are out of debt, and demand good and prices steady. Poultry shows no change. Some " "rt-ado his been (1 11 t . not many Michigan farmers care to grades of dressed calves moving while others not wanted. Cattle weeks It should be “gr '. 1‘ sell their farms. Aside from the market is steady and trade active. Certain grades or hogs soothe. 8001i flow and We 100k I): a If: N fact that commodities which the others slow. -Sheep quiet. 7 increase in buying. Foreign m farmer buys have advanced in value ' - have hurt somewhat, but there» a“ more than What he .sells’ one .Of the (Note: The above summerle Information Was received AFTER the balance of tho mar. not any more beans in Michigan the worm? features he 18 111) against is lupus was set In type. It contalns last minute Information up to wlthln one-half hour of will be needed when you cerium the scarcity of farm labor, while 00an to Drags—Editor.) . , . ' the amount needed for seed. 7 . wages and helpers demand are lug?— - . do not expect, the price 10 tall holy; f or than that” farmers feel ab 6 0 game." Most of the time fat cows and prices declined. At Detroit the What It now is, and it Should 1m“ - D3?" TIPS resuus 1” many fame.” and heifers are having a good sale decline for last week amounted to prove a little before new “09"1‘” V domg Wlthout at” Work except m at $4.50 to $9.25 but not many sell 2%c making the market/soc lower" “"3911 b,“ SOme-' -' . I : r the harveist tlme’ and the tendency above $8.25. Cattle were largely than at the opening two weeks prev- Efmmates 01' Stooks On hand in 15 t0 cumv‘fie fewer acres and D“ around 25 cents higher in the Chi- ious. Domestic demand shows some Micmgan at this “me Vary greatly- 5 more land mto meadows and 9331:" cago market last week, the best ex— improvement while export business There are pr°b3bly more beans her9~ ” “res” The 1a?“ Sh9rtag9 extends cepted, although there were good is reported good at some points and than there were a year 3301 B“; to manufacmnilg mugs” q’nd there receipts. The best steers sold at '- slow at others. In general, demand Wlth any normal buying 0? the Port is talk of comlng leglslatloh Opfm‘ 510,35, comparing with $9.25 a year for export seems to show that for- 0: WhOI-esalers,’ together.wuh the m" 1118 the way for large? lmlmgrauon ago. Stockers and feeders were slow . eigners are buying only to supply creased quantitythat Will be, needed from Europoan Couhtrlesg our £91“ and lower at $6 to $8 for the general immediate needs. Reports from the for Seed» the SPOCkS Shoum DOt be in. fig? tiadetiiniéfignsiyhlif 13mins; run, no good lots going below $7.25 country show the fall sown grain excess or requlrements' ac on y, s , _ . and the best at $8.25, - is coming along nicely but spring “California and Mi‘fhlgan 00mm? .‘ the turmml. over there’ and durlng Cattle Feeding Propositions seeding is several Weeks behind and the bean Situation thls year; Other I it ‘ the éeisétg gigeggngonltllézd ogfr tleiérpgzt‘s The approaching grazing seasoh in some sections farmers have been producrg states are nearly cleaned ran , , a " . . . ‘ - \ out. Imported beans have been com- ~ - _ warns farmers who are in the hablt unable to get on the” groun.d 30,12” in - - .V . r?spondlng perwdl 3' yea}. agfo' Flfrt of preparing beef cattle for the mar— this spring to do any prepanng' As exfehlt afigtafibgggottoggfi; to Slime - _" elllgnelis aretlargtely gayllilgndgs; Wasd ket that it is time to be looking a result the 1923 wheat acreage will . r 11 ~ V9 em - t ey mpor w1 m re a , - . mmmmmmmta I . _ _ Show a decline over 1 22. to ’be of the quality to establish a.‘ v our gold imports for March were 3'1")“ for thin Icattl‘; ff? kfeedmgé P110689 real continued demand for them. > ‘ ‘E '- ‘ only $5, 559, 257, comparing with but “1”? far Sa 9.3 0 S Ockersha“ - Detroit_oash No, 2 red, $1.36; V“The blg need seems to be some [ $23,524,848 in March, 1922. Fai‘m- feeders 1h. the Chlcag" m.” 9'5 “8 No. 2 white, $1.36; No. 2 mixed, organized chart to increase bean ’- ers are buying tractors more exten- fallen Short 0f .expecmtmnbj' mutiny $1.36. ‘ 'coflsumptlon- Advertising Will. do ‘ 19‘- . . sively because of the lack of farm. StOCkme“ regard1,ng the prlces .e‘ Chicago——Cash No, Zred" 31.32%; thls- SpasmOdlc attempts of the.' ‘ ' workers. "landed 35‘s ‘00 h‘t‘ih compared W‘th No. 2 hard, $1.25@$1.26. — Part of various organizations and ‘ u Wh Wheat Sold Hi her those pa1d for finished cattle. The Prices one year ag0_Detroit' firms have invariably resulted in, u ,l , y ‘ , , g general run of stockers and feeders No. 2 red “Al. N0. 2 white 51 3.8 an increased consumption in the ter- ‘; y c Contrary to predictlons of leaders have been bringing $8 and under v y r - - ritory where it was tried“ and there ,. (L , g in the Wheat market» Who for we?“ for good lots. although inferior de- CORN is' no reason why, on a. national scale, ' .13 past were beaI‘ISh 011 Wheat, Dl‘loes scriptions have sold as low as $5.50 Predictions of a large acreage advertising will not bring into being t scored substantial advahoosy these to $6.50, with many sales of mid- this year is weakening the com a'steady‘and an increasing demand .' . ll; ' ; being based upon the old—fashloned dling kinds at $6.75 to $7. The market also the declines in wheat for beans of the quality kind. We’d "r A law of supply and demand and had best feeders are taken at $8.25 to prices ’aflected the trend of this like to see this development, and will ‘ 1’ % crop reports fl‘om the southwestern $8.75, these steers being really kill- coarse gram Receipts are of 80-0,! do all in our power to assist such 3' ll , [- Wheat Statesy as Well as late 001d ers, but they are sent to Mineral volume amounting to 1246 000 -a. movement." ‘ sully weather in the Spring Wheat regions Point, Wisconsin, for a short finish. bu. while shipments were on‘ly 5’40, Prices ’ _ - :: l; l. 3 0f the United States and Canada" There were around 13 per cent more 000 bu. The grain closed Steamer las’t . Detroit—C. H. _P., $7.00 per cwt. ’ M“: l , a . While predictions are not always cattle in feeding districts in the week’at Chicago owing to better de.‘ Chicago—C. H.’ P., $‘Z.25@$7.75 . -- lif‘ ‘ p easy to make, it looks now more en— eleven com belt states on April 1 mand and a decrease m offerings. per cwt. ‘ ' l, ‘ ' g couraging for the bulls than the than a ’year ago, according to the should this condition continue the Prices one year ago—~Detroit, . o bears, and one of themest surpris- Department of Agriculture_ market will undoubtedly take on a C. H. P., $6.90 per cw . - I Hi,” f ing factors is the _rev1val 1n recent Plenty of Hogs better appearance an over the . ‘ Weeks Of the forelgn DUTChases Of The com be1t states have been country. There are many friends of - ' POTATOES - ‘ ‘ Y united States and Canadlan Wheat' bountifully supplied with hogs the this market who believe higher The receipts at Detroit continue to h exports running Week after week past winter and spring, and they Prices are Coming. be small and prices are firm ,a'; high- " g far ahead 0f correspondmg Weeks have gone to market in vastly in- Prices er levels. Chicago has a quiet to 3 last Year- 011 the Othel‘ hand. our creased numbers compared with m- Detroit—Cash No. 2 yellow, 88 too; dull market with prices unchanged." , exports 0t COI‘II, oats and rye have cent years, Chicago's share being No. 3, 86%c; No. 4, 8435c. Reports from the potato growing ,v g' E undergone a big falling off recently, especially large. Fat droves Dre- . Chicago——Cash No. 2 yellow, 801/4, sections of the country show that the - a ' ' but the large consunlption 0f corn dominate and recent receipts aver- N0. 2 mixed, acreage be considerable - w" on farms is a highly important bull ‘ aged 241’ pounds, the heaviest since New York—Cash No. 2 yellow and under the acreage of last year. The , g ‘ ' h factor. The visable wheat supply in last October. Chicago packers re_ No. 2 white, $1.00; No. 2 mixed, Maine potato crop in 1922 brought 1". this country is larger than a Year ceive large supplies of hogs consigm 9935c. less than one—third of what the crop‘ ‘I ' 3; ago and that of rye is far greater. ed direct from western markets Prices one year ago —Detroit, of 1921 did and the 1923 acreage in ,. 'C but corn and oats are in much while eastern packers receive mam; No. 2 yellow, 67 Vac; No. 2, 660. that great potato growing state will 7. lid - May wheat sold the other day on the mg moderate ’in number Naturally OATS to what extent the acreage will be l3, c Chicago Board Of Trade at $126122. hogs have sold at lower'prices but: Oats were weak along with, other cut, it is hard to determine at this i, g comparing with $1.101/g a year ago. the decline has not been as great as grains and prices declined. Demand time as prices at eastern markets \ ‘ 1' Mar corn at 80 cents, comparing might have been expected Reason_ is dull while country offerings to have,advanced during the past fort- ' " with 61%, cents last year; May oats able prices for fresh and cared meats arrive are small. Predictions are night which may influence growers A d. at 46 cents, comparing with 38 cents and lard encourage domestic com that the acreage planted to oats to plant more than originally plan- ., lg last year; and May rye at 861’7,’1 cents, sumption while exports are running thlS year will be somewhat larger ned. , - 1 A compared with $1.10% a Year ago. far aheaa of a year earlier For than last year. oats will be planted _ Prices A, . A J .- Sugar prices have boomed because of the second week of April e'xports 1p the place ot'spring wheat onmany Detroithlchigan, $1.83 per cwt. 3 4 4 wild speculation, while butter prices from North America incluaed 23 _ farms. Chicago—Wisconsin sacked round .. i: are off under expectations of larger 712 000 pounds of lard comparing, Prices White, 31-25 per cwt.; Michigan ., K. _ 1 ts ’ ' Detroit—Cash No. 2 white, 51%c; sacked round white, 1' $1.25@$1.55. rece p ' With 32’193’000 pounds a week 63‘1" N0 3 500' No 4 48 %c Prices one year a o—Detroit al The Cattle Industry lier and only 6,557 000 pounds a ' -" ' ' ’ ' ' - g ’ h w , ' Chicago—Cash No. 2 white, 46@- Michigan, $1.97. .\ , The mam strength of the cattle pounds a year ago; as well as 18,- 46%,}; No. 3 43%@45%c. a — market today lies in the general em- year ago; as well as 18,054,- New York_'Cash No. 2. white, . HAY M ployment throughout the country of 000 pounds of cured hog meats 5655c. ‘ ' a Bad roads and urgent farm wgrk , = labor at unusually high wages. comparlhg With 213934500 Pounds Prices one 1 year ago—Detroit. are restricting the movement of hay ‘ Still. the profits of Stook feeders for a Week earlier and 6,557,000 pounds Cash No. 2 white, 4335c; No. 3, and markets generally continue firm .. the, year to date have not been very for. the corresponding Week of 1922. 411,“, ‘ under light receipts. Fmtral west- . large as a rule, and this causes It Isa startling fact that during the ' Offerings are slowing up and south_. E many farmers to pause when con- perlOd from the first 0131a8t Novem- RYE , ern demand is less active. Lower E sidering next summer’s operations. her to the close of March exports There 13 uttle to say about the rye grades show some tendency to weak- 13: The spread in beef cattle prices 18 ran 126,396,000 Pounds ahead 0‘ market at the present time as it is ness but good grades are firm and _, l 0 now very wide, with comparatively the corresponding time a year ear- unchanged, however, men who make steady. ‘ - ' ’ " ' " few sales around top figures and the lief. According to the government it their- business to study the mark- ' prices , P bulk of the steers selling on the reports. the number of brood sows ets anticipate higher prices. Detroit—No. 1 timothy, $17.50@ 5; Chicago market for $8.25 to $10. on farms on April 1 W38 6.7 per cent Prices $18; standard, $16.50@17; light in Common steers have sold at $6.75 more than a year earlier. Unfor- Detroit—Cash No. 2, 85c. mixed, $16.50@$17; No. 2 timothy, E and over, good kinds being salable tunately, large numbers 0f Digs died Chicago—Cash No. 2, 851,5 @85%. $15.50@ $16.50; No. 1 clover, mix- ' at 39‘ and upward and the best lots because of the cold, wet spring, and Prices one ' year ago—Detroit, ed, $14@15; No, 1 clover, $13@$14, g . at $9.75 to $10.35, but a few go this will greatly lower the pig popu- Cash No. 2, $1.09. $14. - .‘ ‘ g ’ above $10, with the best yearlings lation. Hogs have been selling at Chicago—No, 1 timothy, r $21@ , r . a, __ ’ salable at $9.50to $10.10. In diacus- $6.50 to $8.40. mainly at $7.60 to ‘ BEANS $22;‘light mixed, $19@$21; No. '2 , ,:j-*, ‘f sing the cattle situation; a leading $8.30, light lots going highest. Pigs Without question the Bean and timothy, $18@$20; No. 1 clover. ' {a ., '_' Chicago live stock commission firm» sell at $5.75 to $7.75. Pea Journal is an authority on the flag $13, . , I .. _ V. _ tells its patrons: “It is not a quest- bean market and conditions govern- ',N9w_York—No. 1 timothy,, :25; , ‘K , ion‘of available funds for buying. tor WHEAT . _ in: it: The following is taken from standard $140317: No 3 “Mom ._ A. .4‘ ‘ money may be had; it is the initial There has been considerable bul- . the latest issue of that, publication.“ $24@.$25; No. 2 lightelover‘ . . u,- 0 ' cost that hurts. The logical outcome lish news afloat in the wheat‘market You will note that in the last para— 24. ~ ., I _‘ - A w» E, ' will be less beet later, and with the the past two weeks and during the graph that they advocate the some Prices W o... undoubtedly short at beet first week and the torepart. o! the _ l o ' Mi . 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A.-. . $15 0 GET? 80. acres. g‘nll ' Farm, 7‘ {£300 I'donlfz ‘ :7} mt 3'00" u. p Q. stance -§ n gummmnuummm:ImmumuIumununmmmmmu"ummuumnnmnnuum!mm BUSIIESS FARMERS EXOHAHGE; Ade Under thls Head 100 per Word. per Issue“; . “WflllululllllllmllflllllllllllllIllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll FARMANDLANDS MICHIGAN FARM. 80 y equip ed. 110bu. corn, 26 bu. beans, 60 bu. cats, 18 . sugar beets grown to acre: schools. stores, churches, convenient R. B. wn; city markets; 70 acres tillage, Wire-fenced past- ure; apples. pears, puma, cherries. peaches. berries; comfortable 2-story 8—room house, 70 ft. nary. Owner unable to oper— 3 horses. 100 hens, vehicles. w. ~corn. oats, rye Details page 1‘ Copy free. UT, Pres" Marquette basement berm- gra ‘ste $6600 gets it. tools, implements, . about Ointcalliided set. ed soon. us. a og. orgasms many ddress m ersons . E. A. STBO @rnour QEABM Elinor. 427KJ _Bldg.. Chicago, Ill. MONEY-MAKIIO LAKEVIEW FARM, 40 horse with . wcow, poultry, tools, furniture to quick asers; near hustling vil- Jm. star churc 6 schools, eta: 32 acres tillage for crops tato ,. 00m. f i} w a. ' woodlot; nrie ruit; ooml’orteble Ii ‘ W; haunt la e view; barn. po ultry- h use, b: other bunineu pressing, 2 000 more. nofni’m cash. Don't delay. G. N. GhdLD, Harbor Springs, Michigan. FORTV-ACRE FARM, ALL UNDER CULTI- vation; send and gravel soil; best of pohto an grow every kind of a crop; 6-rooin house, . w ouse, icehouee, smoke ouse. corn crib, hog house cow barn, tool shed, hen house, barn 24x38. ioung team horses. 6 and 7 can; 3 head.ef cattle. and all hrming tools. A 31400—400 Bel. time. Poor health reason for selling“ Write to owner. WOOD— BURY. South nch. Michigan. 185 ACRE FARM FOR SALE—AT 3100.00 1' acre. Buildin would cost $14,000.00. mock silo, 100 ft. barn. ent basement under all h dings. If sold at once ‘fmilk route” will in hided. Valuable gravel it on farm. Soil good loam. Never had a are ilure Well P . drained. One mile from .city and lake. NAT CASE, Harbor Beach. Michigan. _ FARM FOR RENT OR _TRADE-—TE88MAN 120 acres near Cruise on Quick. ,Road, Chesterfield 10 room house, Windmill, orc rd. etc. subdinde tract. Rent $800 year. GEORGE GIES. owner, ‘311 Majestic Bldg.. Detrmt, Mich. Phone Cherry 0065, FOR SALE—ONE OF THE BEST PRO- dnctive farms in St. Clair Co. 132 acres With 12 cows and all farm implements. See it before you On gravel road. JOHN GLYSHAW, buy. Atkins, Michigan. GOOD HOUSE. 40 FARM LAND and water good for musknt sell. Inquire BOX 2 2. care rmer. ' 80 ACRES, 43.1mm??? liiclfigghn Business FOR BALE—GOOD FARMS AT REASON- able prices in Cheboygan County. ' For bargains write NELSON R. PETER, Wolverine, Mich. 40 ACRES FOR SALE“ INQUIRE IDA EAST. MAN, Grand Junction, Mi ' n, B. 2, PLANTS AND SEEDS . STRAWBERRY PLANTS FOR_SALE. SENA- . Gi n and Dr. Burnll 60 etc. for Dumasgiflo 13.9: thousand. Post%id. Brogressxi): hundred, Ever-bearers $1.00 per hundred, 0 mm Cum ii berries $1.00 .- hun M, 9.00 ‘32? thRgiiisaanosmaid. 11013155511: J. DeGUsRsn. Ovid. Mich. SPECIAL OFFER—3 0 O STRAWBERRY Plants. 150 Senator Dunlap 150 Warfleldg 32.00 poetpai lso Raspberry p _Pncg mum. able. 17 years experience. Satisfaction anteed. Catalog free. Write y. J. E. HAMP- TON‘ & SON, 20, Bangor, . ' innv puu'rs FOR sue—can, DungagAws’fiio per 1000. Gibson's $4.50 per LL Five 0 er varied hem punt es. r‘i list free. _ FRED STANLEY, 12‘4 Mam Stu Eager, Michigan. DAHLIA suns ron BALI. nus B. A. °“°'°E smrn. Walkerville. DEANS: C. LIGHT RED 1. ER MINE. o‘RlA Evert. Michigan. I. "m‘ troit, $13@ 17. De- \ $16®23; WOOL . The midwestern wool trade re- mains on about a steady basis, with trading rather light on account of. smallness of stocks. Reports from the east continue favorable and western dispatches indicate that while buying has been slowed up by the fact that growers are determined to get top or even higher prices, the tone of trade there is still good, with prospects that the growers may suc- ceed, according to the Chicago Daily Drovers’ Journal. Some dealers are less optimistic as to the future trend, but the mark- et as a whole presents a firm ap- pearance.‘ Quotations on midwestern or so- called “native” wools in large lots— such prices as are obtained by the farmers’ pools—are as follows (1'. o. b. Chicago): Fine and medium staple, 53@54c; 1,4,, blood staple, 52- @54c; 1,4, blood clothing, 49@50c; % blood wools, 52@53c; 1,4 blood, 50@51c; low 1,4 blood, 40@42c; braid, 30@32c. Western (“terri- tory”) wools sell, Chicago basis, at about these same prices for corres- ponding grades. MISCELLANEOUS MARKET QUOTATIONS Detroit, Tuesday, April 24th BUTTER—Best creamery, in tubs, 41 @ 42c per 1b. EGGS—Fresh, 2 6 @ 2 6 971 c; stor- age packed, 28 ya @ 29 lyéc per doz. APPLES-v—Greenings, $ 1.75 @ 2; Baldwins, $1.90 @ 2; Spys, $2 @ 2.- 50; other varieties, $1.50 @ 1.75 per bu.; western boxes, Winesaps, $ 3 @ 3.50; in barrels, Greenlngs, $5.75 @ 6.25, Baldwins $5.75 @ 6.25. HONEY—Comb, 23 @ 25c per 1b. CABBAGE—Home grown, $2 @ 2.- 25 per bu.; Louisiana sugar loaf, $5- 75 @ 6 per crate; Mobile, $5.50 per crate, South Carolina. division crates, $5.50. POPCORN—4 @ 4 %c, Little Bust- er, 7% @8c per lb. DRESSED CALVES—Best 13 @ 14c; medium, 10@12c per 1b. ONIONS—$4.25@4.50 per sack of 100 lbs.; Spanish, $3 @ 3.50 per crate; new Texas, $ 4 @ 4.2 5 per crate. DRESSED HOGS—90 to 130 lbs., 10@1lc; 130 to 169 lbs., 9@100; heavy, 5@60 per lb. HIDES—No. 1 cured, 110; No. 1 green, 11c; No. 1 cured bulls,_ 8c; No. 1 green bulls, 7c; No. 1 cured calf, 15c; No. 1 green calf, 14c; No. 1 cured kip, 120; No. 1 green kip, 10c; No. 1 horsehides, $3; No. 2 horsehides, $2. Sheep pelts, 500@. $1.50; No. 2 hides 10 under N0. 1, calf and kip *1 léc under N0. 1. \VEEKLY MARKETGRAM ‘U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics WashingtOn, D. C., for the week ending April 20, 1923. FEED: Mill feed markets dull and declining. Demand slow with buyers holding off for lower prices. Withdrawal of recent low quotations by shipping interest for a few im- portant feeds and change to higher basis also affected demand. Gluten feed quoted $1 higher, ofierings good, demand fair. Hominy feed firm, offerings light, demand fair. Demand for oil meals very light, prices steady. Good inquiry for transit feeds but deferre deliveries quoted at sharp discounts. Receipts and supplies generally ample. Quot- ed April 20: bran $26.50, middlings $26.50, flour middlings $28 Minne- apolis; 36. percent cotton seed meal $39.50 Memphis, $41 Atlanta; glut- en feed $34.65 Chicago; white hom- iny feed $30.50 St. Louis, $31 Chi- cago; 32 percent linseed meal $43 Minneapolis, $43 Buffalo. DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mark- ets continue to remain unsettl- ed and very sensitive to. old condi- tions effecting prices. Supplies am- ple for trade requirements and the added factors of approaching Spring production. and necessary quantities which may be’ inported have had much 'to do in influencing price tend: any which ‘are working downward. .nrices 9.2, score. butter; New rue 4.4; Boston; 44:1- Chis We ins-the: ' ma. than. at. .15.: = . from-h ‘We‘etth-gfinn Monday ‘ cheese markets continued more or less week ‘ and unsettled. Trading shows slight increase in some quarters but on thr- whole buy- ers have kept off the market except for necessary requirements. Prices at Wisconsin primary cheese markets April -19: twins 19%,0; Daisies 201/2c; double daisies 201/4c; long— horns 20c; sq. prints 20%c. Week of April 29 URING the early part of the week beginning April 29th we expect {Michigan temperatures to average cool. About the first of May, however, temperatures will be rising and will continue above nor- mal for are balance of the week. We are expecting the rainfall to be plentiful during Tuesday and Wednesday with high winds general and gales on the Great Lakes. -While there may be indications of storminess or even a. storm itself about Friday of this week we believe the average conditions from the 2nd to the 6th will be fair and cool. No decided fall in the temperature in Michigan is expected this week but colder conditions will manifest themselves next week. Week of May 6 With the average weather condi- tions for the week of May 6th prom- ising to be cold and dry we believe germination and growing vegetation will be retarded. The week offers splendid opportunities for the farm- er.to rush his field work such as planting early potatoes and seeding his barley and oats. The farmer of the southern counties of Michigan can get his corn fields in shape. If the winds do not destroy the blos- soms, pollination should be good among cherry and plum trees since the bees areexpected to be active during this period. Temperatures will be rising at be- ‘ ginning of the week with showers and high winds during middle days. Following the storm the winds will shift to west and north and wax strong at the same time inducing fair weather for the last days of the .week with cold temperatures. MICHIGAN AYRSHIRE BREED- ERS PLAN BIG PICNIC MICHIGAN Ayrshire men are planning the biggest meeting in the breed’s history in the state for May fifth. On that date they are the guests of Mr. William H. Murphy at his farm‘at Birming- ham. Features of the day’s pro- gram are the inspection of Mr. Murphy’s dairy buildings and his prize winning herd of Red and Whites and an address by Paul O. Reymann of Wheeling, West Virgin— ia, president of the National Ayr— shire Breeders’ Association. Breed— ers from all sections of Michigan will attend and take part in the plans being made for the Ayrshire’s further advancement in the state. President W. T. Shuttleworth, Ypsi— lanti, and Secretary Edward C. W. Roberts, of Fennville, officers of the Michigan Ayrshire Club will have charge of the day’s program. Ayrshires have. made notable pro— gress in ichigan during the past eighteen nths, particularly since the organiza 'on of the State Asso- ciation in January 1921. The rapid— ly increasing ‘popularity of the Scottish dairy brléed is resulting in the founding of many new herds. One of these is at the Michigan Agri- cultural College. Professor 0. E. Reed last summer selected five ani- mals which average as high in quality as any college herd in Amer- ica. He bought these animals in the rough at a moderate price and hasdeveloped and fitted them so that their milk flow is proving them‘ to. be among the leading producers of the breed. There are now one hund— red Ayrshire men in the’ state. That they are doing worth while things is well shown by l the interest being taken by the National Association and, that, the president is coming to take W3 in l , «0f; _ -'.\‘31 —‘.——-.- .— "(5o.3x)‘"§‘1" ~ l I A I After I i “is .1. *3 30 da 8' free trial—th ' magma sis-sis iii: _ -' O G I Be can .. igmuss¥'l°tt' shown that vibration of the bowl causes cream waste I Theiflelotte bowl in “cf-bal- ance . Positively cannot get out 0 balance thereforecan- not vibrate. Can't remix' cream with milkJ‘he Malone hoe won. 2“ Gra_ Maud In- ternational Brine. Catalog FREE Write for new Melotte cat- al containin full description of in wonder! and the story of . Jules If: Inventor. Don't buy any up. orator out you have found out all you can about the Melotte and de- tails of our 15-year guarantee which Is infinitely stronger than any lep- nrntor tee. Write TODAY. How nanny cowl do you milk? The Melotfo Separator, H. B. Baboon. U S. 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