~ An Infliependent Farm Magazine Owned and Edited in Michigan SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1923 TERMS: Two YEARS S1 600 PER YEAR—5 IRS. $2 “It Takes a Good Gambler to Plant’ em Again!” latmzé Chases 3883191: 112 War- Like Array’ Senator Cquzens Urges that Michigan 3' The powerful hold of the Hupmobile upon the American public- is not due to any one or two outstanding features. TheHupmobileis unique , today in that it combines within itself, in balanced' measure, all the advan- tages which are worth while in a motor car, and which every motor car buyer always hopes to get when he buys. In the Hupmobile you obtain, in major degree, dashing appearance. brilliant performance. pewer, strength and stur- diness, extreme endur- ance, very low operating cost and long life, The Hupmobile is un- common, furthermore, because it can be pur- chased at a compara- tively low price, and re-sold again—when the time for a new Hup- mobile finally does ar- rive—at a comparatively high price. 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Fathc have“ M mother on one of the largest stock {until _; ' COW. vzactivities. INCREASED BEAN PRODUCTION I somnm ICHIGAN elevator companies l are taking part in a. nation- wide campaign to increase the every state to such 'an extent that pendent in foreign grown stock at any time of the year, it was an- nounced today at the state head- quarters ot the Michigan Elevator Exchange. The movement was started in the New England states, it is said, and is rapidly being taken up all over the country. It is not to increase . the home-consumption of d‘ry bonds, the exchange authorities c1,alm but to make pork—and-beans a national ash in place of corned beef and cab- If enough beans can be produced to cue for the normal consumption. demands in this country, the ship'- ubietogetsmirprice forhiecrop and be assured of disposing of all he raises. It is up to the farmer to make his crop the predominating one on his own market, it is said, and to increase production to the point where the foreign producers can not compete in this country. MASON DAIRYMEN START G TESTIN ASON dairymen organized the third Ingham County Cow Testing Association, at a meet- ing held in Mason week before last. Twenty-six of the leading dalrymen of the Mason vicinity joined in the association. A tester is to be employed who will spend one day a month on one farm of each member, obtalnlng milk weights, feed: weights, and u butter tut test on each individual It is expected that these ree- ords will form a. basis or judgment as to the producing quality of the cow, and" that the undesirable and unprofitable cow may be eliminated from the herds. Better feeding methods will be pructiceds it is claimed, through the efforts of the association. Mason-Ingham Cow Testing Asso- ciation is the tortieth association to be organized in the state. Ten new organizations are expected to organ- 136 in the near future which will bring the Michigan total to fifty. PLAN DRIVE ON MILK DEALERS NOT LICENSED ROSECUTION of all milk dealers in Michigan who have not. pro- cured their state license is on the program of the dairy department of the state department of agricul- ture, according an announcement of T. H. Broughton, head of the dairy It is the hope of the de- partment that all 2,700 dealers will be reached before the end of the fiscal year June 30. Most of the large dealers in the state have obtained the licenses nec— essary, according to Mr. Broughton, but there are a number of one-man wagons for which licenses have not been issued, and it is to these that the department is turning its atten— tion. The erring dairymen first is given an opportunity to comply with the law, and prosecution is the last resort. Seventeen prosecutions were started during April, according to the records turned into the allies here; In the same time but two prosecutions were started for water- ' lng milk. The state also-revoked the license of one tester, who was detected giv- emu buying stations. DIVIDEND , , GOAL annotations ot the Richl- gun Live Stock Exchange will roost“ during lay a new dividend or about $1. 000 whilst the Exchange is paying to associations winch hove petrontse‘d the use Stock Exchange’ 15 Cooperative Homw at the Detroit during past year;- Th divident is a savings and sound. {0 acreage and production of beans in , the domestic market will not be de- - perselatm,the farmers wmmbe lug incorrect readings at one of the ' fmdsutli sndsnfefornormaftmmc Th em— 3.. .ftlres ed e cooperative conmiSIion W ‘st the Detroit yards May 1,- 1032'. Since then the assoehtion has hud— led 4,129 cal-loads of stock- 5.1.4:, 12, 616 sent to‘ market of 30. 5% of"? the W m show-s e not savings of $13,500. whtehlsusnvfngsotubmt 05%!!! the We paid for em Mange The Live. Stock chaise ‘theregulermmm mix- change voted to return 10% of all commissions paid to members or $7, 000. The remainder gives the Live Stock Exchange C House a. reserve fund on which to" do business. It alsobelongstethe members. The Live Stock Exchange is the community market-y ~ mound Items-n leg exchange to declare a patronage dividend m the past month; Last. week the Inigo.- Elemtor Exchange paid its member associa- tion.: a patronage dividend $8,000. The Michigan Potato Growers hchange has been paying patronage dividends for some time. past. The foregoing commodity ex- changes are addicted win the Michi- gan State Farm Bureau. cmwoon Bumps ms OWN » ' cam James Oliver author and naturalist, who is build-. ing a studio after the fifteenth ccn- ' tury type of castle, has purchased an acre of land across the Shiawas- ‘see river from his studio and will set out a minature forest of pines, firs, balsam and spruce. FARM BUREAU HANDLES MORE SEED FOR 1923 Nearly twice as much certified seed has been handled by the state wmbumuthlsyeeraswas sold M about 400 per cent over a. Ire-race. STAR! COMM 0F EATON The 1923 11111111001" pool of the Michi- gan State Farm Bureau started as- sembltng of wool for the season at Eaton Rapids on April 39th. A flat advance of 25 cents per pound is made at the time of pooling, with A ' final settlement when pool is sold. HURON FARM BUREAU SEEKS NEW MEMBERS “Every Huron farmer a member,” is the keynote of the County Farm Bureau Association drive to open- July 16. Alfred Bentaal of the state organization outlined the work of the campaign in a. talk before the , board or directors at their monthly- meeting last week. Extensive dem- onstrations in ditch blasting, stump and stone blowing, using pioric acid, will be started by the association 8601!. INTERNATIONAL EGG LAYING CONTET AT M. A. O. The week ending May 1 completes the first half of the contest and a. " considerable increase in production is evident. The weeks total reach- ed 3, 609 eggs and the total produc- tion to date is 71, 954. All groups registered an increase, the White Leghorns leading with 81. 0%, An- . cones second with 54. 0%, Berred Rocks third with 45%, Rhode Island Reds, with 43. 0%, nfiscellaneous $113938. .099, White Wyarrdottes with Mich-1m State Highway Depart» 3‘ ' mthfleti-NmM.May1,1923‘ ——Gravel and madam roads in the "' ' southern part of the' state are now in ‘ use edoonditlonand maybe‘ easily injured by heavily trucks and based. To avoid undue .. damage to these mods county road 4 commit-tom have been asked to put forth one: start to protect “the any became more settled TI 1 Lead]? Horne the first ”1-,: of ’ Curwood, Owosso loaded 1 , \.- l .. a 1'. 3Wde . of Agriculture. against wasteful methbds. VOL. at N0. 1% " --' \g..\,{,k,. " Bans absolutely independent. our columns are ope m1ij £13? ‘2 to the farming business. “The Only Farm Magazine Owned and Edited in Michigan” HE settlement of _many issues during the closing hours of the session brought .a fitting «slim to” what one salon termed “the most nerve—racking legislative ses- sion” in his mom. The Gover- rsnur’s minis weight tax. the im- mune tax, and the proposed new method of distributing the primary ~- ‘schuol imprest fund were leading measures the fate of which was not until nearly the final hour of radiournment. Much of the jam in the legislative machinery was caused by failure oi! the Senate and the House to reach ‘ an agreement over the various items in the more important appropriation bills. «As a. rule the Sen-ate was more liberal than the House, and de- sired 'la‘rger appropriations for the 1 Unlvrerstty of Michigan, the Michigan _ Agricultural College and the general , bundling program tor the other state utilOns. As in the closing hours of the ‘ many previous sessions, it was a. re- “'gretable tact that many of the most ‘ in tire taut issues were not settled tan-- upon their merits, log-rolling ' and. ”vote-«swapping seemed to deter- mine We fate of most of the big bills f ‘ that came up in the clo’Sing :h.ours Reforestation Promoted 'Measures to promote the orderly development of the northern part of the state have received final legisla- tive approval. The Senate concurred unarimously in the action of the House in the passing of the Meggi— somSargant bill to provide a defer- red tax on forest growth. Under the terms of this bill, the owner of any timber lands, or lands chiefly valuable for the growth of 'timber within this state, may apply to the Commissioner of Agriculture 2 _.to have such property set apart for the growth of timber. If, after inves- Ligation, the'application is approved .by the Commissmner of Agriculture, the land shall thereafter be taxed at the rate of 5 cents per acre annually. After a. 25 year period the timber would be subject to cutting. under general control of the Commissioner who would guard At this time the owner or the «timber would . be assessed sis-tax equal to 2.5 per cent oi the stumnage value of the timber , to be paid into the state treas- Thene is a provision in the bill which would prevent it from work- ; in: a hardship on any local taxing », unit. Section 6 .of the bill provides ' that “The State administrative board { may, in its discretion, advance to the townships in which any forest re- move lands lie, such sums each year . "out of the general fund of the state = as will compensate them for the amount of taxes which would be col- 'loctiblo~ from such forest reserve lands. had they not been registered." There was a general feeling that the annual general property tax was not adopted for the production of longvtime crops, such as forest pro— ducts, and that the passage of this bill would go a long war toward the most economical "utilization of _ large areas of northern Michigan, and would do more tovpromote forest de. '1 velopment than large sums invested in paternalistic tree planting by the ’7' state. . -,La11d Certification Approved. ” " bill sponsored‘ by Rep. which has for its mobject fist tulle man” his? ._ 011111.- I By STA-Nil?! M. POWELL BITTERNESS BLASTS HOPES FOR CONSTRUCTIVE \ LEGISLATION HEN the smoke of battle has cleared away from the 52nd session of the Mlchigmi State Legislature, legislative ob- servers will probably agree that if it really has been a “do nothing” Legislature, as has been so frequently charged, it is not because the members. did not come there with constructive ideas, but because the bitterness which developed over the gas tax, weight tax and the proposed reapportziomnent of the repre- sentative and senatorial districts made constructive cooperation utterly impossible. There seems to be a general sentiment that, if the Governor had adopted a little different attitude in his deal- ings. with. the Legislature, all this unpleasantness and failure of constructive accomplishment, might have been averted. In somefar off Utopia there may some time .come such a pure form of representative government that issues will be decided 3nd settled solely on their merits, but that day is not yet. Under present condisions every action seems to be a compromise and especially during the closing days of the session vote swapping and log rolling seems to settle the fate of most of the bills of ma ior importance. The squabble over the :gas tax and the weight tax is a case in point. After the House had attempted to pass the gas tax over like Goueramr’s veto and had displayed a rather cool atti- tude towards the proposed weight tax for motor vehicles, as ~ favored by Governor Grocsbeck, the Senate began to hold up all important House bills. -When the House refused to be brow- beaten and by a vote of 56 to 41 defeated the weight tax, all hope that the Senate would pass the major House measures was gone. Big bills which were the victims of this unfortunate condition included the. Byrum state income tax and the Moggison bill to provide .a more. just and desirable system of distributing the primary school interest fund. hear] y all of the tu-x 191011111 ,measurcs passed by the House were put to sleep in the Senate as a rcbukc to the House 1'01 not falling in line behind the \\ eight tax. 111 view of this situation the question manually .11 uses “\Vhy should the House pay such a high price to kill the m ight tax?" The answer is rather complicated, but one need not look far to - find at least some of the 1mtsons. final debate in speaking in opposition to the bill said. Rep. Charles 13111111: in the “This 11 1s ceased to be a question of a gas tax 01 a weight tax, it is no“ pu-vail in Michigan. ” -' a question of whether or not rcprcscntathc gmmnmcnt shall The representatives felt that the weight tax was *lwing forced on them by the Governor after he had arbitrarily vetoed the gas tax which the people seemed to favor strongly. They also objected to the provisions of the bill which placed the administration of the funds under the control of the State Administrative Board. This they regarded as being another effort to build up a strong political machine for the present Ministration. Development Bureau of the State Department of Agriculture. The provisions of this measure are entirely optional and no one need have his land certified unless he de- sires. The owners of worthless land will probably not care to have their holdings subjected to inspection and certification by the State Commis- sioner of Agriculture. The evident purpose of the bill is to protect those desiring to purchase Michigan land from deceptive practices of unscrup- ulous land sharks. M. A. C. Gets Stadium gThe proposal to loan money from the general fund of the state to fin- ‘ance the building of.a stadium at the Michigan Agricultural College, as favored by Gov Groesbemck has pass.- ed both branches of the legislature. The bill provides for the loan of $160,000 from the_State to the Col- lege for the construction of the init~ ial'unit' of an athletic stadium. This loan must be repaid in ten equal an- nual installments beginning in 1924. As far as possible this refund is to be made out of receipts of athletic c011- tests to be held in the proposed stad- . 111m. . Defocflves to be Sterilized One 05 the most sensational der bates of the closing hours of the Ses- sion . ntened around final pasSage throu the House of Senator Sligh‘s to authorize the sterilization of tall t1 ment for many cases and that it in- creased both the physical and mental welfare of the individual to “make good” in his local community with the minimum amount of supervision. Rep. Baxter of Grand Rapids, who led the fight for this measure in the House, declared that the enactment of this bill would allow the state of- ficials to release at least one hund— red inmates from the institutions fer the feeble minded at Lapeer and that 10 percent of thOSe now coming to this institution could be left at large in their home communities if this bill were passed. The great financi- al saving to the state which would result from the adoption of such a policy was also pointed out by Rep. Baxter. . Discrimination Bill Passes Senator Bernie L. prevent unlawful discrimination in the purchase of potatoes was amend— ed by the House to include grain and beans and was passed by them 85 to 3. This bill is intended to protect small local private and co-operative elemtors and marketing associations from the unfair competition practic— ed by some old~line dealers. It has been a common practice for a» few unscrupulous dealers to temporarily pay more than the market price in towns where a-small elevator is try- . ing to get a start in order to freeze out competition. These dealers have been able to pay this higher price ,_ or, 11. short vlnie in a teilm localities not: asst the av aid 11 ch 3 ‘ Case’s bill to . ’erty for local purposes was postpoxi less than the market price in local!- ties where they had no competition. Senator Case's bill was drafted by the Michigan State Farm Bureau and had the active support not only of that organization, but also of the Michigan Elevator Exchange and the Michigan Potato Growers Exchange. Drain Laws Codified One of the constructive measures enacted during the closing hours‘of the session was a revisiOn and codi- fication of all the drain laws of the .state. This bill repeals a multiplic- ity of separate and somewhat discon- nected acts and provides a simple and workable general drain law for Michigan. There had been no codi- fication of the drain laws for 26 years and conditions were such that a Philadelphia lawyer was required to look up the law regarding any drainage project. ' After being involved in one of the most knotty parlimentary tangles which has occurred this session, the general game law, the most interest- ing feature of which is the protec- tion afforded to quail until 1930, was passed without opposition by a vote" of 94 to 0. Rep. Rowe who spon- sored this bill has fought hard for its passage for several months, but because of some of the other feat- ures of the bill it has had a very stormy time in getting through and was nearly strangled to death by a parliamentary tangle of red tape. Tax Exmnption Banned Aftm prolonged debate the House passed by a vote of 75 to 16 Senator Slighs bill to 10110111 act N0. 88, of the public acts of 1909. which ex-. cmpts from taxation bonds issued by any county, township, (-ity, village or school district. The House has al— ready passed the bill which provide an annual specific tax of 3 mills 011 such securities, but unless the Sen- ate also passes this measure, muni— cipal securities will be taxed on the ad valorem basis. If the Senate does not pass the three mill tax, probably the Governor will veto the Sligh bill. Senator Co'ndon’s bill to control the possession and sale and ‘use of pistols, revolvers, and guns and to place their sale under strict govern— ‘mental regulation was killed by the House committee of the whole with- out a record vote. Senate Dodges Tax Issues The Senate has displayed a dispOs- ; ition not to pass any of the import-w ant tax revision schemes which have been proposed and sanctioned by the House. Rep. Byrum’s state income tax bill has never emerged from the Senate Taxation committee. Geo. C. VVatson’s bill to limit the tax on real in and personal property for state pur— ‘ poses to an increase of not more than 2 per cent a year was defeated in the Senate by a vote of 12 to 17. This measure appeared form of. a constitutional amendment which would of necessity have been. in thé' submitted to the voters for their ap- ' proval. ed that such an important tax reform should be submitted to the voters and he declaredthat he felt confi-. “' dent that they would pass it. In a speech in favor of the bill he said that real estate in Michigan is now bearing practically 80 per cent of the . tax burden although it represents; V but 33 per cent of the total wealth o the state. Rep. Charles Evan’s bill to limit in a similar manner taxes imposed on real and personal pr : é‘d from day to day in the Senatt'f and finally referred to the taxation committe for interment, Ran MW Senator Horton maimain- ' 1s , lure 5 0595 Session in war-Like Array:- , (boomer s- Veto of Gasoline Tax Brings Retaliation from House so Weight Tax Loses—Senate then 0' "R ”I; ' . . ‘ Refuses Bymm Income Tax and Possibility of Extra Session Looms l SENATOR JAMES oouzaus OSSIBILITIES for re—foresting the cutover Michigan pine lands will be investigated this sum- mer by the Special committee of the Senate which is considering a national reforestation policy, Sena— tor ’James Couzens announces. Mr. Couzens, a member, of this committee, has returned from a two weeks’ trip through lumber regions adjacent to the Cult of Mexico. where the situation is similar to that in Michigan. He is enthusiastic about the advantages, both industri— ally and in tax revenue, which ef— fective re-forestation would produce. .' Mr. Couzens suggests that the Michigan Legislature should consid- areas being reforested. ,How They Do It The fundamental of the Louisiana "law is the reducing of taxes on lands "during the unproductive period of re-forestation, the revenue being re- imbursed to the state later by a tax 'of 10 per cent or more on the ulti— ,,mate lumber yield. In return afor this concession, land owners bind themselves not to cut any growing timber until the trees have reached a specified size, and then to limit their cut so that' the re—forestation process will be continued perman— ently. ' Originally these Louisiana re—for— estation areas Were valued for taxa- . tion at $1 per acre, but this valua— tion now has been increased to $3. That is to say, if the state tax rate is three mills to the dollar, the an- nual tax on the land is 9 cents per acre. The one serious weakness of Louisiana law, as developed in the Senate committee hearings, is its failure to‘ provide for dividing the tax revenue between the state and the counties. The law specifies that the contracts between the , land owners and the state must be ap- proved by the county boards of supervisors, but fails to allow the counties any part of the revenue. The counties, in effect, are asked 'to strike the re~forestation lands from their tax rolls, without any compensatory return. The natural result has been that the country authorities have been slow to ap— prove re—forestation contracts. Mr.,Couzens believes the tax re— turn to the state during the re— forestation process should be limited to a sufficient fund to maintain an adequate conservation system, to provide fire protection and such supervision as is necessary to insure 5-:compliance with the contract. The V'remaintfer of the current revenue he Would turn over to the counties, the state, however, to receive a liberal division of the tax yield when» the " timber finally is harvested. ' Experts .who appeared before the mmirtee‘estimated the amount of nuded timber lands—that.is, land In which virtually all of the trees é‘ been’ removed, and which is not useifor farming and-other pur— ‘ia‘t, 81,000,000 "acres. There {considerable areas where - _.i‘.he timber has been re- but sufiici'ent trees left to pro- 61‘," atural ‘re-seeding. Of the 7' "that-is necessary for \ .erts. held, is Wili‘be‘l'eft; of taxing the er'immediately the Louisana system‘ . ber lands. their holding against ed from fire. The general opinion was that 75 per cent of the whole reforestation . problem is fire "protection. Cites Benefits The- benefits from refor- ‘estation in a state‘like Mich— igan, which now is a large importer of lumber, are easy to estimate, Mr. Couz- ens declared. “Southern producers told me privately that they start out by placing a value of their timber at $10 per 1000 feet, based on their advant— age in shipping cost, as against the Pacific Coast re— gion, which now has the larger part of the virgln forests in the U n i t e (1 States,” he said. “That is to say, the lumber growers of Louisi- ana, Florida, and Mississippi can sell their lumber in the North and East on an. equality of price with the Westerners, and take an extra profit of $10 per thousand, due to differ- ence in freight rates. “On lumber grown in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, and consum— ed in Detroit and other State cities; of course the advantage in shipping costs would be even greater. It does not require an expert economist to figure, on this basis, the great profit to be derived‘ from re—foresting the barren sand wasts of Northern Mich~ igan, to producers, consuming indus- tries and the Government treasuries alike. Revenue Divcrtcd “In considering re-forestation in Louisiana, the lumbermen early pro— posed what they termed a “severance tax” of one-half of one per cent, on i : Senator Couzcns Urges that Michigan Legislature Take [in ' ' Steps to Bring About Reforestation - By J. c. HAYDEN (Washington Correspondent The Detroit News). all property removed from their cut- over areas, including second growth -- timber, oil and fish. The specific purpose of the tax was to provide a conservation department to guard against fires, and to' foster the work. “The tax, however, proved so pro— fitable that the State Legislature in-- '"' creased it to 2 per cent, and diverted the revenues thus derived to other purposes. At the present time this “severance tax” is providing approxi- mately $2,500,000 annually, most of which is being used for a state uni— versity. “This action obviously was unfair to the lumberman, and illustrates the great obstacle to re-forestation. It is sufficiently difficult, at best, t0x induce men to invest their money in an enterprise which will not show a profit for a period ranging from 20 to 70 years. When you add to this uncertainty about exactions of the state in taxation during this unpro- ductive period, it is certain no. per— son but a philanthropist would stake his money on the proposition. The First Essential “The first. essential in promoting re—forestation by private enterprise, obviously is to let the land owner know exactly what the tax will be during the entire period of re-forest— ation. Lumbermen who appeared before our committee stated that they did not object to a yield tax of 10 per cent, or even higher, if they ” were assured of nominal taxation while .the timber is growing. “The degree to which many South- ern lumber producers are taking up 3' \ . , The Reforestation Possibilities ”in Michigan ' By SENATOR JAMES couzsns (Written especially for The Business Farmer) THE evidence secured by the Sen-are taking such of the land that had ate Committee on Reforesta- tion, which has recently return— \ ed from a ten days’ trip in the Gulf States, where they held numerous hearings, indicates that the public are generally alive to the necessity ‘of prompt action in promoting the growth of trees. Public interest in this is greater than 'most of us sup— posed, and a much greater interest is being manifested every day than the average person believes, andthis in itself is a most encouraging con— ‘dition. This does not mean, how- ever, that there is not a great deal more to be done in an educational way to point out not only the neces: sity' but the advantages to be gained from reforesting our cut-over lands not adaptable for agriculture, and possibly for other lands best adapt- ed for tree-growing. The two outstanding things to be done to encourage private reforest—- ation are fire protection and-stabill ization of taxes. It has been quite clearly developed that 75% of the difficulties will be removed when proper fire protection is assured, and then there will be nothing standing in the way, when each state adopts a taxation plan, that will enable the owuers of timber lands to reforest. Many states are giving earnest con- sideration to these matters, and some of them have adopted plans which are most encouraging. and from which all states can learn. The Committee witnessed several activi- ties based on the plan of perpetuat- ing lumber operations. These were based primarily in protecting the cut-over lands, which were showing re—growth, as .well as the virgin tim— Really, no one actually knows what wonderful accomplish- ments can be obtained by protecting ' the forests from fire. isted everywhere Evidences. ex+ of the damages that fire had done to young growth - of timber. These enterprises“ re- ferred to ’are not only protecting fire, but-the _x.i ., it that ourjtimber. supply, does not I " """I‘e' ~' f’\ .‘I_ , been denuded previously and plant- ing pine trees. Lands that they are cutting, they are limiting their cuts to trees over 12 inches in diameter, ' and where. the stand is larger than- this,’ they are leaving seed trees, which automatically re-seed the cut- over land, and where protected from fire shows remarkable results. They are establishing large paper mills so as to eliminate every waste pos— sible. They are taking their tree- tops and under—sized part‘ of the tree and using it for pulp purposes. They are conducting their turpentine op-’ e'rations on a scientific basis. One large undertaking at Bogalusa, La... is conducting an operation which is planned for an operation in perpet- uity, and they are satisfied that this can be done. The State of Louisi— ana is pioneering in assisting in the protection and growth of timber by making contracts with private own- ers on a basis of stabilizing taxes in the parishes or countries at three dollars per acres, which with a thirty mill tax Would be nine cents per acre per year. The. taxes remain on this basis for ten, fifteen, or twenty years and when the,timber is cut off gross income tax or yield tax is paid to the State government, which tax is used in part for fire protection. Where the land, of course, is more adaptable for agriculture, this is not being done. Many farmers, with large acreage, could, with profit, grow trees on the least valuable of their agricultural land. The State of Michigan, the evidence shows is doing admirable work in the conser- vation line, but they could do more by' studying some of the: plans adopted by other States. ' . While the Committee has not completed its hearings, and will not for some months'to come, I think ' enough infgrmatipn hasdeveloped to show- that our ,peopleare go' g to grow forests,‘and with con nued Federal aid an.d.co-operation see, to cometexpaust. d ~ Michigan. mediate, re-forestation, even under existing; adverse conditions, was-an'encour-r- aging‘feature of ouri hearings. For instance .Bogalousa, La., is .a' city established in the middle of what, 14 years ago, was a virgin pine forest V . Company, - '- The Southern Lumber _ which is promoting the enterprise, is proceeding on- the expectation \‘ that, by the time their original timbf _ er is out, they will have grown a new ~ ‘ crop, and that they will be able to " maintain their ‘business permanently on its present basis. “We saw a large park in the‘ cen- ter of Bogalousa in which were liter- ally hundreds of thousands of little pine trees, ultimately to be‘ trans- planted on the cut-over lands. company is proceeding with re-for- estation, both by transplanting and by the natural process of seeding, _,with every appearance of success.” The committee will resume its-in- vestigation in June on the Pacific Coast, and will work eastward, prob- ably arriving in Michigan in August. The members of the committee which made the trip south, in addi- tion to Mr. Couzens, are Senators Charles-L. MeNary, of Oregon; ‘Dun-a can U. Fletcher, of Florida, and Pat- rick Harrison, of Mississippi. HOW SHALL FERTILIZER BE APPLIED FOR POTATOES? HE question of the- proper method of applying fertilizer for potatoes is one on which there is a considerable difference of 'opinion among potato growers of All agree that fertilizer should not come in actual contact with the seed pieces. Some growers prefer to broadcast fertilizer before planting, while others believe that applicationin the row, either with an attachment on the planter or by means of separate machine, is the proper method. .In the light of present information, it is not pos- sible to state definitely which is the best method, but it is possible to point ont the factors that favor one ‘method against another. \Vhen to Broadcast An occasional failure to secure re- sults from fertilizer on potatoes is an amount. 200 or 300 pounds ‘of fertilizer per acre spread broad-cast is a very light applicatiOn for an in- tensive crop such as potatoes. The full benefit of the fertilizer is. not 1‘97 ceived until the root system of the crop has covered the entire area be- tween the rows. It. has been pretty definitely established by experiments that the fertilizing elements in the ‘soil solution move principally up- ward and downward in the soil, and that there is very little movement- sideways. The young plants there- fore .can feed only on the plant food in'their immediate root zone, which is limited. After the roots have pen-= etrated the entire area of soil be— tween the rows and the plants in the row, all of the fertility in the soil can be drawn upon. By this time, however, the Crop has' been pretty _ well established, and the plant food will not have the same efl‘iciency in making the crop as it would have, had it been available to the young plants in giving them'a quick vigor- ous start. fit of the fertilizer is not likely to be' received, particularly in the case of the nitrogen or amonia. Practically no phosphoric acid and potash are lost from the soil, but nitrogen may be lost very rapidly in leaching and drainage. In the broadcast applica— tion of fertilizer containing a small amount of nitrogen the amount of the nitrogen that is actually utilized by a cultivated crop is open to ques- tion. The broadcast method" of ap- plying fertilizer.for potatoes, how- ever,‘is entirely logical and sound When fairly large amounts of‘phos-, phatic or potash fertilizers are ap- plied to build up the Soil supply. , Fertilizer inthe, Row - -‘ The methods of, equ J6rs-' , , ,eration be-. e'y. are ‘Wprthm'of ,cf causethe - fr led ‘Moreover, the full bene— , eastern: growers“ .' .‘ particularly in ~Ma’1né This "‘ THE SPEED CHAMPS OF MONKEVLAND.—Left to right: “Man 0’ War” and “Spark AWAITING T"E|R FATE IN “UNDERTAKERS ROW” HOG lSLAND.—These costly ; Plug”, as they wlll appear in the monkey race championship to take place at Venice Beach, vessels and many others, representing millions of dollars spent feverishly by America during ‘ California, on July 4th. It is to be hoped that the monkeys will not assert their independence the war, lie idle awaiting a pIIrcnaser. Although they are offered at a small fraction of their _ RI and refuse to race—funless rrore money is_assured them. 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The applicax tion blank read as follows: ‘ ’ "I send herewith $5 and agree to pay $5 each and every month here— after from date of this application until thave aid $65.” I find that I am not able to make the payments and I haven’t the time to study the lessons. I have” written to the school several times and explained it to; them, but still they keep writing me for payments. I have- aid $15 on the course and have received five lessons; Will you kindly advise me if they can hold me to such an agree- ment?——-Mrs. S. K., Bangor, Mich. ——-Such an agreement would be valid, and binding upon both parties. You could not avoid your liability, under the contract on the ground ‘ that you haven’t time to study the lessons. When you entered into the con- tract, you agreed to perform certain acts, and in consideration thereof, the company should refuse to send the number of lassons agreed to send, or should otherwise to perform their part of the contract, you would' feel that you had a right to hold to their contract. Likewise, when you fail to perform your part of the contract, they should have a right to hold you to your agreement; , The facts you have given me do not indicate that there was any fraud or mistake which would re- lieve you of your duty to perform, and if the company has done its part under the contract, they could com- pel you to do your part. or to pay them damages for your failure to do so. . The proper time to consider the nature of your obligation, and whether or not you will be able to perform, is before you attach your signature to the contract. I would admonish you at all times, to think carefully before signing your name to any paper.—Asst. Legal Editor. NOT RIGHT TO SET TRAPS ON YOUR LAND I would like to know through the columns of your valuable paper if a, neighbor has a right to place a. dead carcass and set traps around it on my farm, after I have forbidden him to do so? He claims he can set traps wherever he likes. Thanking you for your trouble I remain—H. Mo. K., Alpena, Michigan. ' -——Your neighbor would have no right to go upon your land and set traps without your permission—As- sistant Legal Editor. THINNING VARNISH STAIN Will you please inform me thru your columns, how I may properly thin varnish stain? I have a. quart can that had not been tightly sealed and has thickened to the consistency of heavy molasses—Mrs. J. L. P., Curtis, Michigan. ——I would advise that you let the can of stain in a dish of hot water, add about 1/8 to 14 pint of turpen— tine. Then thoroughly stir until all dissolvéd‘then strain through cheese cloth or a very fine screen—*8. B. Howard, College Painter, M. A. C. INSURING SCHOOLHOUSE . Our local agent for old line insur- ance companies tells me the attorney general,‘ has made a ruling making it unlawful for us to insure school— house in the Farmers Mutual Insur- ance 00. Is this true and if so has he the right to do so when the charter of our insurance company gives it the right to insure in Bennie, Manistee and Mason counties? 'Schooihouses is enumerated . as zgm‘ong the forms of propertyto be she insureds—J. M.,Bear Lake, Mich: Wmo ' 81.3mm euthor thy 0f— gunmen otter-mere? mu ' mg. shoe: coupenies was'emended in, 19—, magmas We! 19,1».sa in 'lte amended faring-does * notinclude schoolhodsés “property :_ - ‘ (A pairing fowl-mint for ”museum?” m» , co to or “dam to out doom 7 ' you. All lnqulrlu must be accompanied by full n am. and undress. Marne not used If u M , years and which ever way I go must" 'travel over one and one-half miles}, "statute. I wouldvsug‘gest that, «W»; _, » Prompt «mi hunch ent.‘ ' We “if” write to the attorney general's omen" to ascertain if he has recentlym‘eda a ruling on this matter , ' V ' When .a charter is granted to a corporation by theistlate. it'usually contains a provision which, reserv to the state the right to repeal’it by subsequent legislation—em Legal,- Editor. . mu m STATE HIGHWAY" commune ~ Am writing for information as so ' H many others are doing. ‘ I live on a mail route where the roads are. al.-. , . most impassable part of the year. - At such time it is impossible .to get' a doctor, were it necessary. There 4 {'3 has been no work 'on' this road,jof any account, for not less than ten to reach a good read. -Some three" years ago, 31,000 was re to re- pair this road and the money was used elsewhere rind we are still wad- ing mud. Have complained to the officials but they are absolutely in— different and evade the issue. Now, is there'anything that can be done to compel those in authority to build a road which will, be fairly decent? . 4' We do not expect a paved.thorough- fare, but would like a square denl. Our highway tax has gone to build, goods roads elsewhere. Now would like some of the benefit-s at home. Is there any way in which we can get ill—A. H. Y., Alma, Michigan. ——If your county or township ome- ials will do nothing apply to the state highway commissioner at Lana sing. We are sure he will assist you if possible—Editor. - . PERSONAL PROPERTY Can manure be moved» off rented land? A! rents land from B. There‘ was no contract. A leads his stock on B's land. Can A haul manure off B’s {rhea—Subscriber, Sault Ste Marie, Mich: , -—Ma.nure in the barnyard is per& sonal property, and a tenant who furnishes the feed which it was pro- ' duced from would have a. right.to remove it.-—Assistant Legal Editor. SIGNERS OF APPLICATION FOR BRAINS [In making application for a coun— ty drain or dredge drain how- many names are necessary on the appli—' cation and is it necessary the names should be of those along the banks of the stream to be dredged, or in other words can free holders who pay or are liable .to pay but very little tax sign the applicatiOn and put a. dredge through when but a small per cent of land owners along the stream are in favor of such dredge, and in case such a dredge goes thru is it right that those along the stream pay the debt of the tax when free holders miles back. sign said petition to put it thru? After the drain is surveyed and blue print out is it possible to stop said drain pro-‘ viding said drain is liable to bank- rupt the farmers along the drain??— A. 8., Perry, Michigan. “Section 1 of Chapter 3 of the Drain Law provides that the appli- cation for the establishing, widening, deepening or extending of the drain shall be signed by not less than one- half of the treeholders whose lands are traversed by such drain. It is impossible fer a taxpayer to stop the construction of the drain it all the proceedings have been regular and in’ accordance with the provisions of . the statute unless the drain com— missioner and others interested were willing to discontinue the proceed- ”losses—H. H. Partlow, Legal Adviser, State Highway Deartr‘uent. ._ com com Ismssrr - I have a question‘temk. Iwoul‘d, like to have mats mm through - our, W .“ filmmaker .1¥.§1;918_. Bu 4‘ with primros- Pile.- . . ...,, ‘V. ‘ Sidewall Prote anon or Car Owner 29:! 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The picture dropped from his hand to the table, and he went toward the door. His first im- pulse was to go to Joanne. But when he reached the. door he‘locked’ it, and dropped into a chair, facing the mirror in his dresser. The reflection of his own face was a shock to him. If he was pale, the dust and grime of his fight in the cavern concealed his pallor. But the face that stared at him from out"of the glass was haggard, wildly and al- most grotesquely haggard, and he turned fromlit with a grim laugh, and set'his jaws hard. He returned to the table, and bit by bit tore the photograph into thin shreds, and then piled the shreds on his ash—tray s 10 .1:- and his gaunt shoulders shook as" his voice Came brokenly through his‘ -. beard. ' “I did it, Johnny; I did it fer you: . ' ' au’ her! When 'I knew what it would mean for her—I couldn’t, Johnny, I couldn’t tell her, the truth, ’cause I knew she loved you, an’ you loved her, an’ it would break her heart. I though it would be best, an’ you’d go away together, an’ no— body would ever know, an’ you’d be happy. I didn’t lie. I didn’t say anything. But Johnny—Johnny, there weren’t no bones in the grave!” ‘ “My God!” breathed Aldous. “There were just someclothes," went on MacDonald‘huskily, “an’ the watch an’ the ring were On- top. Johnny, there weren’t nobody ever buried there, (an’ I’m to blame—- I’m to blame.” , . “And you did that for us,” cried Aldous, and suddenly he reached over and gripped old Donald’s hands. “It wasn’t a mistake, Mac. I thank GOd you kept silent. If you had told her that the' grave was empty, that it was a fraud, I don’t know. what would have happened. I and burned them. He opened 3. And now~She is mine! If she had window to let out the smoke and” smell of charring paper, and- the fresh, cool air of‘ early evening struck his face. He could look off through the fading sunshine of the valley and see the mountain where Coyote Number Twenty—eight was to have done its work, and~as helook- ed he gripped the window-sill so, fiercely that the nails of his fingers were bent and broken against the wood. And in his brain the same words kept repeating themselves over and over again. Mortimer Fitz Hugh was not dead. He was alive. He was Culver Rann. And Joanne ——Joanne was not his wife; she was still the wife of Mortimer FitzHugll -—of Culver Rann! He turned again to the mirror and there was another look in his face. It was grim, terribly grim—and smiling. There was no excitement, nothing of the passion and half- madness with which .he had faced Quade and Rann the night before. He laughed softly, and his nails dug as harshly into the palms of his hands as they had dug into the sills} of the window. “You poor, drivelling, cowardly fool!” he said to his reflection: “And you dare to say—you dare to think she is not your wife?” I As if in reply to his words there came a knock at the door, and from the hall Blackton called: “Here’s MacDonald, Aldous. wants to see you.” Aldous opened the door and the old hunter entered. “If I ain’t ,interruptin’ Johnny ”' “You’re the one man in the world I want to see, Mac. No, I’ll take that back; there’s one other I want- to see worse than you—~Culven' Rann.” The strange look in his face made old Donald stare. “Sit down,” he said, drawing two chairs close to the table. “There’s something to talk about. It was a. terribly close shave, wasn't it?” “An awful close shave, Johnny. As close a shave as ever was." Still, as if not quite understand- ing what‘he saw, old Donald was staring into John’s face. ”I’m glad it happened,” said Ald- ous, and his voice becamejsofter. “She loves me, Mac. It all came out when we were in there, and thought we .were going to die. Not ten min- utes ago the minister was here and he mafleus man and wife." Words of gladness that sprang to _ He 3’0 11': the old man’s lips were stopped by that strange, cold, tense look in the face of John Aldous. “And in the last five minutes,"_ continued Aldous, as quietly as be- fore," ‘.‘I have learned that Mortimer Enginutoe ago—q! . _ “.8911. he: “is, Jinn, I'm * to kill him. me. little later it will come to be the greatest desire of his existence to ‘ have me dead and tout of the way. I shall give him the chancehto do the killing, Mac. ’ splendid chance, and he will not fail Seen Culver Rann, if she had discov- ered that this scoundel, this black— mailer and murderer, was Mortimer FitzHugh, her husband ” “Johnny! John Aldous!" 7 Donald MacDonald’s voice came now like the deep growling roar of a she-bear, and as he cried the other's name he sprang to his feet, and his eyes gleamed in their deep sockets like raging fires. “Johnny!” Aldous rose, and he was smiling. He nodded. _ “That’s it,” he said. “Mortimer FitzHugh is Culver Ra'nn!" “An’——-an’ you know this?” “Absolutely. Joanne gave me Mortimer FitzHugh’s photograph to destroy. I am sorry that I burned it before you saw it. But there is no doubt. Mortimer FitzHugh and Culver Rann are the same man.” Slowly the old mountaineer turn- ed to the door. Aldous was ahead of him, and stood with his hand on the knob. “I don’t want you to go yet, Mac.” “I——I’ll see you a little later," said Donald clumsily. - “Donald!" / “Johnny!” For a full half minute they looked steadily into each other’s eyes. “Only a week, Johnny,” pleaded, Donald. I’ll be back in a week." “You mean that you will him.” “He’ll never come back. it, Johnny!" . As gently as he might have led Joanne, Aldous drew the mountain- eer back to the chair. “That would be cold—blooded murder,” ‘hesaid, “and I would be the murderer. I can’t send you out .to do my killing, Mac, as I might Send out a hired assassin. Don’t you see that I can’t? Good heaven some day—~very soon—I will tell you how this hound, Mortimer Fitz- Hugh, poisoned Joanne’s life, and did his worst to destroy her. It’s to me he’s get to answer, Donald. And to me he shall answer. I am going But it will not be. murder. Since you have come into ’ this room I have made my final plan, and I shall follow it to the end cool— ly and deliberately. It will‘ be a great game; and I shall play it hap- pily, because Joanne will not know, , and I will be strengthened by her love. _ . Quade wants my life, and tried to- hire Stevens, up at Mlette, to kill Culver Rann wants my life; a kill I swear I shall give,’ him a. FitzHugh, her husband, is not dead. to accept: his opportunity. Perhaps Is it very remarkable that- you do he will have-an advantage-but 1, sin _ not find meJhapDY. Mac? It yon had asjabso ‘ "f n o 1, gig, come a. is ’ ‘ WV “‘- . ._~‘ ‘ 51.“ , . “v— fly ,waas from vigorous AST year over 1, 000 growers in .Michigan planted Michigan Cer- . tified Seed Potatoes in compari- son with uncertified seed. A sum- Vmary of the results reported by these men showed that the average B'increase in yield secured from the certified seed was 45 bushels per acre, and that the quality of the crop grown from certified seed was far superior to that from ordinary seed. ‘ [Many growers reported that approxi- mately 90 per’cent of the potatoes prOduced from cerfified seed Were , marketable while only 60 per cent 'or so of the crop from uncertified seed could be marketed. In all cases the Certified seed was planted under the same conditions and hand- led in the same manner. as the un-\ certified seed. The reason for the better yield of high quality potatoes from the certified seed was that it was free from serious diseases and high yielding strains, while the uncertified seed was generally infested with disease and was lacking in vigor. If growers realized how diseases such as mosiac, leaf roll, spindling sprout, etc., reduce the yields and lower the quality of potatoes, they would make every effort to plant nothing but disease free high quality seed. All of the diseases here nam- ed live over in the seed potatoes and produce weak hills and plants of ab- normal growth which have low yields of poor quality tubers. It is quite common for fields planted with ordinary seed to show 25 per cent or more of these diseases. The planting of certified seed can be considered a very good form of potato crop insurance for this seed when planted in good soil and grown under good cultural conditions will produce a satisfactory crop of good , quality potatoes. Uncertified or or— dinary seed potatoes contain a high percentage of diseases and may pro— duce a very poor yield even when» grown under the best conditions. The initial cost of poor seed may be very low but the rr-sult3 it gives in poor yields and poor quality makes it too costly for any potato grower to plant. There is no reason this year for planting poor seed when high quality certified seed is available -at very low cost. . In 1922 Michigan growars bought only 22 per cent of , the certified seed that was oflered for sale in \Michigan. Seventy- -eight per cent of the seed was sold outside of the state. Pennsylvania last year took 52 cars of Michigan Certified Seed. This seed gave the Pennsylvania ‘planters 50 per cent greater yields than’ did the.uncertified seed with which it was tested. This season Pennsylvania has already bought over 150 cars of certified see-:1 from Michigan. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, Virginia, Missouri, New Jersey, Con- necticut and West Virginia are other states that are buying considerable quantities of Michigan seed potatoes. ' gan soils, which has been adopted this spring, ‘t1f1ed-Séed for Better (Potato Crop Growers Fail to Real( e Amount of Money They Lose Through , ‘ Planting Diseased Seed Potatoes " , . By H. C:_MOORE . (Assistant Extension Specialist in Potatoes, M. A. 0.), Certified potatoes are shipped‘in bags containing 150 pounds. Each bag is .sealed.with a lead and wire seal to which is attached the oflicial green tag of. the Michigan Potato Producers’ Association. Upon re- ceipt of the potatoes they should be emptied from the sack and should be put in a cool well ventilated place where they will not be exposed to finest. During warm weather seed pota- toes are often injured by "being left in sacks for several days. If they are spread out on the cellar or barn g floor they will not become heated and their sprouts will ‘not be in- jured. There has been noted a tendency among growers to be too economical with certified seed. Since‘ the cost of the certified seed is a little great- er than that of ordinary seed many of them are apt to cut the seed so that it will cover as large an acreage as possible. Certified seed should be cut so that each “set” weighs ap- proximately 2 ounces. Each seed piece should contain one or two strong eyes. If the sets are cut square or “blocky” they will handle well in the planter and will not dry out quickly in the soil. One should figure on planting 15 bushels or more of seed to the acre; I During the past few months sev- eral car loads of certified seed have been, bought by Michigan farmers. In some of the counties the farmers have placed their orders for certi- fied seed with their County Farm Bureau, Local Cooperative Associa— tions of local dealers and have thus been able to get the potatoes,on the basis of car load rates and have made considerable saving in freight charges. Those interested in securing certi- fied seed potatoes should write to ,_the Secretary of the Michigan Potato Producers’ Association, East Lan- sing, Michigan. SEEK LIME NEED OF FARMS ' INDING the lime requirements of F every farm in the state, in or— der to take the “guess” out of the important work of liming Michi— is the ambitious program by the soils department at the Michi- gan Agricultural College. 1 Accomplishment of the extensive testingoperation has been made pos- sible by the perfection of a simple yet accurate method of testing soils, developed by Prof. C. H. Spurway of the college soils staff. This is called the Soiltex Method, and in us- ing it a farmer, or his wife or chil- dren, can determine in one short op- eration whether or not a soil needs lime, and just about how much. The Soiltex testing outfit, which is distributed from the college soils section on request, contains enough material for at least 200 tests, gether to— with detailed directions. More Mileage Shoes Double—Tannedm Double Wear [twill be three Rove-rs this Fell since " I bouglnt ourRo rRex shoes and after win I! and easiest walk- ing shoes I have ever worn. The cerminl madam toutsnd the wear an tour em: 11er rsgive shoes, en erg-‘31;- aolt end pliable summer There are six of us and we are all going to buy your shoes. My neigh- or asked me when I was wear this pair out:c end I told him {hat if I knew that ould at another plil' I wouldt doc so. Tie said he would too Yours truly, [Signed] WALTER HOFF. West Saginaw. Mich.. R. No. 1 Feb. 13, 1921. ’13} The Planter A double—tanned horsehide shoe, high enough to protect the ankles. Soft and easy on the feet, but a shoe that wears, and wears, and wears. Ask for Stock Nos. 4127, 442, 4126 Horsehide—Double Tanned That Always Stays Soft Wemake a specialty of work shoes, made exclusively of double—tanned horsehide. Our double tanning process is an ex- clusive method of tanning this most durable leather so it always stays soft and pli— - the fibre is closest and toughest. Men who have worn. Rouge Rex shoes say they never thought leather could last so long, or keep its softness after wetting. You’ll note how thick the leather is in Rouge, able as buckskin. Horse‘hide is known as the tough- est of all leathers. It is the only leather used to cover league baseballs. because it is the only leather soft you can (i moccasin. tough enough to- stand the pounding. We double—tan it, Rouge Rex Comfort Shoe This Rouge Rex is so pliable and It wears like iron but you’ll hardly know you have a shoe on, it is so soft and easy. For tender feet, or where you do not encounter wet weather, wear this Comfort Shoe. You’ll find it a blessing to the feet. Rex shoes. Then you’ll marvel at its velvet-like flexibil- ity. \Ve make a' Rouge Rex 1000 Mile Shoe for every work purpose. For field and factory, for oil field, camp or lumbering. And , every shoe is horse- ouble it up like a increasing its dura— bility yet making it so flexible that you can wear it all day, day after day, and it never tires your feet. And it stays soft. Wet it, soak it, wear it through mud and water, it will dry out just as soft as when new. It never grows hard like other leathers. We use only the choicest horse- hides, and we use only the best part of each hide in making the Rouge Rex —- the butts, where HIRTH K- 0 Dept. . 21918 From Hide to You . _ Shoe Manufacturers andTannei-s ‘» / ‘ ~ . Greed Rapids, Mic}? ,, hide through and through. You’ll say, after wearing a ' pair of Rouge Rex, that this is the most economical shoe you ever bought. For it outlasts all 7 other shoes, and it gives the sat isfaction of perpetual comfort" and ease. ,‘ If your dealer hasn’t the Rouge ‘ Rex we will see that you are su ‘ plied through our nearest dealer? Write us for his name. . RAUSE CO. In your face to face contacts . A Telephone Personality WWW-im- ance, your bearing and many otlnhiebyn-h Ilh the right impression. But in youflqhmflne is only one thing by which you canine finial—yum _ An effective telephone personality is b—dly a inflame and social asset. Everybody appreiim fine person who speaks distinctly and pleasantly, neither too East was In» slow, with a clear emciatitm of eadls ma, swim lass . facing the mouthpiece and speaking into i. In business. this is the telephone personality within induces llamaisle action on the part of the listener. To lire salesmfl 7n may mean the difference, betwem an order and no order; lie- tween an interview gushed and an interview refined. Curiously enough. permit who are careful to make them- selves effedliively head and Wood face to face, often disregardlllse need in MW in their telephone speech. Perhaps they shout, perhaps they mumble, perhaps they hold the mouthpiece far from their lips. And frequently ' they never realize thatttheir carelessness has defeated the muse of their talk. The Bell System maintains for telephone users the best facih‘liies that science, modern (eminent. salad operation and careful management can bring to telephone speech. But these facilities can be fully effective only when the are properly used. toward Better Service s ‘ BELLISXS'LEM " AMERJCAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY _- , AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES ' One Policy, One System, Universe] Service, and all directed . q u— _,.-,.... a." s Apples éPeaches 3 W and other Fruits 1 State Experiment Stations, Horticulturists and Farm Papers now acknowledge that Nitrogen is the limiting element in suc- cessful Fruit Growing and are - recommending the use of Nitrate of Soda ;. 2 to 10 pounds per tree to furnish this . Nitrogen because it is immediately . 1 available. - 1 Your own station will advise you how to treat your own orchard. My Free Bulletin Service will give you much usdful advice on fertilizing all kinds of crops. Ifyou wish to receive 'it send me your name and address and to identify this advertisement and the number 1719 Dr. William S. Myers, Director Chilean Nitrate Committee 25 Madison Avenue New York Cured Her ‘ Ll 3:- nnxlous to tell all other sufferer-s J ,V . Nd of that am. ‘ k u oirn name and address. and she wlll lad An ,_ , 4 gig .wu thls earl. Imam-n 9%.». DON’T Waste Your Money on Cheap Tires 1 ofler Business Farmers, genuine. guar— anteed new stock, CORD TIRES, of standard makes: LOOK AT THESE PRICES ON FORD SIZES .. \Vrite me for equally low prices on other sizes. KELLY-SPRINGFIELD, Oversize Cords, .......... $13.95 (Regular price, $18.95) AMERICAN -AKRON, Oversize Cords, .......... $12.95 (Regular price $17.90) VULCAN FLAT TREAD, Oversize {lords .......... $12.95 (Regular .pdoe $17.90) VULCAN FLAT TREAD, Normal Sine CoMs....$10.95 (Regular prim $15.50,) ”some new sees urination before you pay YOU-1‘ 9WD fifiitman. I warn you that tire ices are already on the. way u DEB A NEW SET FOR YOUR CA TODAY! I guarantee to save you money WM. 0. SCHLIIDT. Tire Broker 134 East J efl’erson Ave», Detroit (Woo: Pulfliher of The 39.6mm Farmer.) . Rheumatism GENERAL {mm ten-Ibis swans. the una- m by Mutton, Mrs. J. E. Hurst, llvos at. 608 E. Douglas 8m 0-489. . “L, to so a My herself that out. of pure gratitude she I: us: has to av brownies“! at me. . has nothing to sell. Merely mall Mn’flum " it” one in ‘ 'd, s Railwa pal .8. M g ‘ as. , TRAINING WET" Conn-i ruined Effluent . ce 0 pa :3 Wet 115. MONEY TO LOAN 0" FIRST OLA 5% interest not ” _._ me ha- d‘lln- CONVIS & sm‘ ,ilg‘ponn N 113 It FOR uni—Goon _,1 mihxl’iggm an.“ s... SPRAY RINGS iMPBOVEMM . ORCHARD W ,' , HE co-operaiglvespray ring. de- veloped In connection with. data: castration 1n orchardsnnaying. the small humour-chard, for an in- cmastng number or tar-mars, accord— in: tampons to the limiter! {States Department 01' Agriculture. While the plan has been used most extents; lively in Iowa, farmers in Minnesota. . *Mlssom‘l, 'Wls'consin, Think, and ‘ Ohio find ‘It a good met‘lmd,‘ .3 ‘ on the Atlantic Coast several ' - has i In Connecticut and New Jersey or- ? mined rings tn. 11921. 'In Eton, the number or counties reporting the organization of Spray rings increas- eil trims 16 in '192‘1, to 31 In 1922. Seven statistics in Illinois report new worm ‘Ihs‘v g‘ - : Marcie, which organized two rings (-1 i‘iv the cm of the term «orchard that mix power-machine rings and live hand-machine dings were organized : in the [summer of 19 22, serving more than 1900 home ondharde. ‘ ‘ , The plan pt vorganimflon of these r—rm x The men interested injsxpmy-ing get together at one 0:! the elaboration meetings and decide to try tie-opera- rii‘me spraying. '{Ialsua'lly a. written . agreement 00W the method of ( managing brualm members and, the . ownership of equipment of the ping is prepared and signed The'kfind of equipment, mind and“ power; is selected and the cost sniper-trimmed, a schedule its made out, and :the mem- bene decide Whether each main will «do his own spraying mm the (ID-(DD- erahi'yse equipment, whether same we member will spray all the web- ends for on agreed m‘pm, or whether an Wide perm will be hired to do the work. Each at the these plane has mm wimy. In Poweshiek County, Iowa, they have found it most convenient to do the work individually; In Stark County mamas, rhhe ream m is lol— lowed. In Union County, lawn, the. sons of two farmeoe wasted the power machine last/season, one turn- ishflmgaheammm Mouthwngaso— on —w— - w. F. 4.. ".N , _.. - ‘4 - —. ~.» 9- ards, some 1,500 trees, completing each spray in two days, the members .g'lving little or no attention to the ’; work. Students of. Runnells Con- f .solidatad School in Polk County, ; Iowa, sprayed practically all_:the orchards in their. community. .Ad- vice as to sprays and time of apply- ing is usually obtained from the . county agent. ' ‘ ' The size of the ring varies, aver- ‘agingtrom .3 or 4 members in the 1 smallest ones to 20m more in the larger. The cost of operation de- . the type of equipment, whether lab— " or is employed or the work done by members for themselves, the (list- ance between orchards, the number _ For one orchard in Webster County; = Iowa, where 4 sprays were applied, ' the average cost of material per tree ‘ was 870, labor 33c, depreciation on _ machinery 50, making a total cost at 75c per tree for the four sprays. A Union County, Iowa. ring spent $210 for «equipment, material, and the labor of two men and teams, and! sprayed 1,509 hm [our times. A twelve—orchard ring organised in Johnna minty, Iowa, several years ago, spends about. 15c per tree per , spray. The ' u) the is solving the. problem at emaylng» spray rings in ~1922. \Starkjflmmty. ‘ h 1921, has honours 'so interested in . ' .139 Meet hholast :5 mantles faintest . stings is kept as simple as possible. . line engine. They sprayed 14 mhv pends, 'of course, on several factors,' ' of sprays put on, and similar items, , {his sin-plus fruit was" a "problem, nun of libsnembers had had- experiencesln picki m ms. ‘ m to: sue id; ’amdim.m market grades. " "rv (continued 1mm Page 63 on War 15. 191:8..m_mii to! W #150 ovary mix “(is It.- _nen>t alter instill 15, 31919,. .15, 1915.. {Ad-m it April If .to‘ (laud it 1&5” 19:“ to 1.5,, 1919 Motor, glvhig Men dreamt-email shemhepartd up until April 15, 1.92.8. able £170 collect interest under those conditions by going to Witt? written with ,pen and illlli.--—A .Sub~ wither, Qekwood, Michigan. —Ymi snyjthe mntmet was entered into on Get. 15, 1918 and reclaimed the purehner to my 31510;»00 every 8i! moulding themafien I don’t see him an. ‘mlld mks this hm my- memt m l «due on October 15, 1919, «comprising use time, as you say, from mid 1:5, 1918.. If the entrant was 1918., and the first installmmlt ms paid m April 155, 1913, wording to insimnm, Imottheopimon‘rtfihe interest on this installment scald be collected, as well as interest on all other mutants whims wane not actually paid in Legal Miller. RUNS W00“! had also! lights. but .it was , muecmwaanot'hoing driven by any one. My our m'edmzsd considerable; Can I collect damage tor my rear! ne‘mw had been at liberty time and in all kinds of .W. She “ran in front of the roar, 1:90 close for me to stop. This happened about mazes wt night—A. 0., Milka- do, Michigan. . —-—'lt‘lli’ere is a statute in Michigan prohibiting owners from ”letting their cam run at large on the highways, except in these townships in which it is permitted by the township. It the by—laws :of your township do not allow cattle to run at large, I am or the opinion you could collect tram the owner of the cow for damages m‘fly— Got-her » 16,1919, but I should We 3 : om my 4' ‘ Would I lie _ It is. darted on. 15, " advance—Mt. ’ i to run an dimmed inl- son's . done your can—Asst. Legal Editor. _ SKUNK JEDE TANNING FOR. ROBE , Will yOu please let through your next issue how to tan skunk hides for a robe? subscriber and like the > much. ,,3 ill“ r l - V.” ‘3‘. n... e... V wBiblé makes the mam lifimh wen‘ttowouhwmt : , ~ truth: arm To be me, there is ' in 3mm. and) in, all .qnq“sumaria;, and! unto the " 5 pm: at ilk emu-“a- months have been following our 1 Lord to the “upper room.” But. , . mey entered? How many join.- of! :the inner circle with Peter; V'J'eiresmlohn, and: the mutt/v ' ‘ Bntvintolest andcuresity have led .. mam Oriental- traveflers to See-k the location of the "upper room." Tim.- 9 W has built there a; Christian dumb. ‘We may not know the site ac’curately; but we do know the “upper room” a place of more than ordinary interest . and significance. And Acts deepens - _ our . interest it We understand that this “upper room” is the found”- ingpl’ace of corporate Christianity. or the Church. Christianity began when John exclaimed “'Behold, the bomb of God, that taketh away the slit of the" world.” But the church ' as spiritually organized and set apart, began in the "upper room.” at Pentecost.‘ Here the disciples wait— ed, prayed, and expected until; they wercvenduedwith a spiritual revela- use»: the promised power. This empowering was unite serv-' ice; mo witnessing: “mud! they be- gan to speak with other toughest” “'0, for a thousapd times to sing my dear Redeemen’sv. praise.” But hare youvpmt into healthful use the one tongue you have? Do you re- member when you were baptized in the Holy Spirit? Did: you. feel per— sonally saved? Were you satisfied with that} But we are not to be ~ . “had until the- “uttermost parts” are savei And now, how about your city—your “Judea and Samaria?.”‘ " Well, how may we. know when the “tenement parts” some within the horizon. oifi our spiritual vista-n and. within the reach of. our help? , The. summer days were long and some- times.- lomesome in a Michigan. groc» m- More. My merchant friend, be- .‘Ing. a: Christian, prayed “without coasting.” Hours were spent with his ,Bible. , And; lo! one day there rush- ed in on; the plane oi his vision the 8m 0!? the “uttem-ost parts;.” oi sinniug,‘ suffering men. He heard the call of ,God to‘evegy man. But. for him it meant to live and labor with a foreign flock. Even so, our horizon is tofibeextend- ed as to include, sacrifically, “Green—s laughs icy _ mountains and India’s coral strands.” This has.» to do with vision;'and vision has ,to do with; pro-wideduess, and: prayer. “A Christian on his knees,” says Grit- flfln Thomas, “secs heathen than a: philosopher ”on his tin-toes,” ‘ But, according to» em text, we are empowered: to witness to the Truth ' ”What it truth?“ The world. is ever ‘ repeating Pilate’s, question. Perhaps. in no other day- has there been such a' widened quest. for truth. Yet mica. folks are straddle”. if truth means. a sacrifice: oi contort, money, prestige, or pleasure, error is more welcome. . Bud: when Christ said. “I m the- Trutha,” He dsidhot refer, in the first intention, to what was written-«in text books, taught in the schools, or worked out in the labocatories. The opinions of‘ men may and- do have some: truth, but Christ meant origin-- ially and new, the truth about the mission; and destiny of men, about, this little and the next; even. the truth about God. ‘ New, regarding these things, the War brought a decided awakening. And he did. . an example at brotherlmess! “And the things he possessed was his. om: ."‘ ”there is not one single race cinch," said. Justin Martyr, in the second! century, “whatnot barbarians or Greeks, or- whether they be called nomand's or mgrants‘, or herdsmeu dwellingfmtents', among whom pray— ers" and giving of thumb are not of-' forerf thrn the name or the crucified! Josue." What magnanimous' sur- render to Truth? Ami in' Our day a. »miilss=fonvary who was erili‘eredE a three» ;fold increase in salary to teach sew, declined, «swingi‘Ch-ina must have the Gospel tho I starve.” This is waited. at service. that Impresses m as devotion to Christian truth. Does devotion to others pay? A little Welsh boy lay dangerously ill. The mother walked five Inst-ks in the: night to. get a. doctor.. The'physici- an hesitated. “Will it pay,” said. he to. himself. "If the baby gets well he will be but a poor laborer." But professional d'uty conquered-and he went. The. boy got well and became Lloyd George of England”. Did. it pay to save a prime minister, who in the timex‘of a; World crisis, made. a; passionate public appeal. fer the ush- ering-in of the reign oi the Prince of Peace on earth? Our Lord’s call' to every man out of this night of world confusion, is a faithful discharge of duty as Truth lights the way, and some day he shall understand it paid. ~ Yesg Christ is the truth. Yet, as a religibus leader, he was the most ca- l‘anritous failure the world3 has m“ known; measured by the standards oi? his own generation: Why?- Be~ cause of his adherence to Truth. ‘."ll‘o power to achieve it. yet- much m M it But oh pharis- aisnnand‘ hypocrisy. Mutts; W». rfiy?’ Biz foburm truth be- fore the wads. In M making life a silage perm. And every man whole: Wow her his OWN sam- . cuss, m.~ram m to this tempta- tibm Tut Jew was mt: anxious: for W was nor. demons of a. brew field. He cared only to be an @1de channel of truth. Hie limbo possessed the gift oi!" a; world redemption, and unparalleled . He knew men stood in: crying need of the personal and Social salvation that he, only, could provide. (And they do yet-) So he must witness to this truth, though he had to pronounce some of the church leaders of the clay as snakes, liars, and murderers; and lose the understanding and. sym— pathy of friends. And were he to make a second advent today, can. you imagine what he would say to quar- reling church factikmss unspoiar re~ ligious leaders, and all the enemies oil revealed truth? At Camp McArthur, a regiment was at the depot to entrain for France. A good, but very ordinary man who had helped the soldier boys much, was there. He- asked: the commanding oflicer if he might pray for the boys? He did so while allli was quiet. Then, stomping fiocwani, the officer said, ”Men, I: have never been a Christian, but I wan‘fii here and now to acknowledge my alleg- iance to Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.” This man of just. the: cannon garden variety, Lad: been in the “up- ' Witness to"Truth as. he? . despicable ‘per:'romn;' with cum. on .. its demos he became». fa » 7 . had \ ienced’ it, robbing Rifle at hell own narrow field, _ Are you ready to stand, as friends, along Side of Bin, who through living in the. midst of mr and hypocrisy, even among a m of liars and murderers, stood calm and reposed upon the im-~ pmgnablle rock of truth? You will Mmer in the “upper room." ‘ “Tabuilii my soul an upper room, A place: of prayer; Where, free from all disturbances, From doubt and care, . Serene it rests. And thou, dear. Christ Art always there. God grant that when I leave this room . For tasks. below; , The peace that" I have found may irons My spirit flow, ‘ "r111 those I meet build upper room And thither go.” , GRAIN CROPS O‘F ARGENTINA TEST: official estimates 01 1922- 1923 grain production in the Argentine have just been re- ceived by the Department of Com: merce from Consul General "W. Henry Robertson and shows a pro- duction of 5,281,718 metric tons of wheat, 1,175,575? tons of linseed, oats, 793,484, barley, 130,171 and rye, 64,197. While, there is a hate aural variation in. the. yields of the: various provinces, the whole crop} of grains is thought to be satisfacf: cry, .- meu AMBH’MI I ('fi: pant to do something, big and. clean baton “Wash an olephant.”-—News from. Home. ., .1 . M . ' . . .’ i'Q‘uifir" ‘ Nun/1,, ’) ,3, Semi for the free book " no effect on it. ~ ATSON RIS’ELEY, o£ Wittenbzerg, N. Y., is one of many farmers who are making a Hercules pay for itself one: and over again in wages saved and in fuel. A year ago he bought his Hercules, expecting to use it only for sawing and threshing. “However,” he writes, “I have found. that it does my work so easily and‘ relieve: me of so many. chores that. I had to do before, mlhmtimetohdpmynmgh engine is the best hi'r-odhelp I. ever. had. Uncom it gives me time to use it to my dprofit.” buns with their work. This pl‘ar‘mng, economical, Mr. Biseley’s Hercules exceeded his expectations. He bought it for a definite purpose. Then he found that there were scores of jobs that the Hercules could do better, more quickly and more easily than they had ever been done before. . . The latest type of magneto is part of the Hercules’ equipment, eliminating entirely all fussing with batteries. snow it keeps the engine on the job. Vleather conditions have A boy can start and operate the Hercules. Rain, shine or You W e “The Gasoline Enr- g'i'ne on the Farm.” May we send you this has book? _It tells,- com- pletdy and"mr35tlw¥’ 1% to 12 H. P. 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DeBar and the woman are with them, and two. other men. ~> They went over the Lone' Cache Pass, and‘ this minute are hurrying straight for the headwaters of the Parsnip. There are five of ’em—five men." “And We are two," smiled Aid-'- “So there is an advantage on . ous. their side, isn’tthere, Mac? And it makes the game .most eminently fair, doesn’t it?" ' , ~ “Johnny, we’regood for thefive!" cried old Donald in a low, eager- voice. “It We start now . ’ , “Can you have everything ready by morning?” , “The outflt’s waiting. It’s ready now, Johnny.” ' “Then we’ll leave at dawn. I’ll. come to you to—night in the coulee, and we’ll make our final plans. My, brain is a little muddled now, and I’ve got to clear it, and make myself presentable before supper. We must not let ‘Joanne know. She must suspect nothing—absolutely noth- ing.” ' “Nothing,” repeated MacDonald as he went to the door. . There he paused and, hesitating for a moment, leaned close t'o Aldous and said in a low voice: “Johnny, I’ve been— wondering Why the grave were empty. I’ve been wondering why. there weren’t somebody’S'bones there just to give it the look it should ’a' had, an’ Why the clothes were laid out so nicely with the watch an’ the ring on top!” With that he was gone, and A1d~' ous closed and relocked the door. He was amazed at his own com- posure as he washed himself and proceeded to dress for supper. What had happened had stunned him at first, had even terrified him for a few appalling moments. ,Now he was superbly ' self-possessed. He asked himself questions and answ- ered them with a promptness which left no room for doubt in his mind as. to What his actions, should be. One fact he accepted as absolute: Joanne belonged to him. She was his wife. He regarded her as that even though Mortimer FitzHugh was alive. In the eyes of both God and man FitzHugh no longer had a claim upon her. This man, who was known as Culver Rann, was worse than Quade, a scoundrel of the first water, a procurer, a blackmailer, even a murderer—though he had thus far succeeded in evading the rather loose and poorly working ten- tacles of mountain law. Not for an instant did he think of Joanne as Culver Rann's wife. She was his wife. It was merely a tech- nicality of the lay—a technicality that Joanne might break with her little fingerhthat had risen now be- tween them and happiness. And it was this that he knew was the moun- tain in his ,path, for he was certain that Joanne would not break that last link of bondage. She would know, with Mortimer FitzHugh alive, that the pledge between them in the “coyote,” and the marriage cere- mo’ny in the room below, meant nothing. Legally, she was no more to him now than she was yesterday, or the day before. And she would leave him, even if it destroyed her, heart and soul. He was sure of that. For years she had suffered her heart to be ground out of her because of the “bit of madness” that wasin her, because of that earlier tragedy in her life—and her promise, her pledge to her father, her God, and herself. Without arguing a possible change in her because of her love for him John Aldous accepted these things. He believed that if he {101d Joanne the truth he would lose er. His determination not to tell her, to keep from her the secret of the grave and the fact that Mortimer FitzHugh was alive, grew eronger in him with. each breath that ”he drew. He believed that it Was the right thing to do, that it was the honor- able and the only‘thing to do. Now that the first shock ,was over, he did' not feel that he had lost Joanne, " but there we. a. 3,913? .3 ‘giéai' ‘“ - ’law .c‘ould. . , .. him; . - Hagalone could Works own, and .Joanhe’sisalvation._ * ' must in: . ed, he would tell Joanne. His heart beat more quickly as‘he finished dressing. ' In a few minute; more he would be with Joannaand in spite of, What;had happened, and what might happen, he was happy.‘ * To—day: . — was reality——and it was a glorious . belonged to him‘.‘ g" She washis Wife, Yesterday he had dreamed. reality. Joanne She loved him. and when he Went to her it Was with the feeing that only a. serpent ‘lay in the path of their paradise-4a. ser-« pent which he would crush with as little compunctio’n as that’ serpent would have destroyed her. 'Utterly _ and remorselessly his mind was made up. \ The Blacktons’ supper hour was‘ ' five-thirty, and he Was a quarter of . an hour late when he tapped at Joann'e’s door. of a strange and delightful embar- rassment, flushing his face as the door opened, she stood before him. In her face, too, was a telltale riot, of colour Which the deep tan partly concealed in his own. “1—1 am a little late, am I not, Joanne?” he asked. “You are, sir. If you have taken all this time dressing you are worse than a woman. fifteen minutes!" ' “Oid Donald came to see me,” he, I, apologized. “Joanne \ “You mustn’t, John!” she expost- ulated in a whisper. “My face is afire now! You mustn’t kiss me again until after supper ” “Only once,” he pleaded. “If you will promise—just once ~ A moment later she gasped: “Five times! John Aldous, I Will never believe you again as long as' I live!” They went down to the Blackton’s‘, and Peggy and Paul, who were busy' over some grownig geraniums in the dining—room window, faced about with a forced and incongruous ap— pearance of total oblivion to every- thing that had happened. It lasted less than ten seconds. Joanne’s lips quivered. Aldous saw two little dimples at the corners, of her mouth fighting to keep themselves o’ut‘of sight—\and then he looked at Peggy. Blackton could stand it no longer, and grinned broa'dly. - “For goodness sake go to it, Peggy!” he laughed. “If you don’t‘ you’ll explode!” ‘ ‘ The next moment Peggy and Joanne were in each other’s arms, and the hands. “We know just how you feel,” Blackton tried to explain. “We felt just like you do, only We had to face tw‘enty people instead of two. And you’re not hungry. I’ll wager that. I’ll bet you don’t feel like swallow- ing a mouthful. It had that pecul- iar effect on us, didn’t it, Peggy?” ’ “And I—I almost choked myself,” gurgled Peggy as they took their places at the table. “There really did'seem to be something thick. in my throat, Joanne, dear. I cough- ed and coughed and coughed before all those people until I wanted to die right-there! And I’m wondering—-” “If I’m going to choke, too?" smiled Joanne. “Indeed not, Peggy. “I’m as hungry as a bear!” And now she did look glorious and self-possessed to Aldous as she sat. opposite him at that small round table, which was just fitted for four. He told her so when the meal was finished, and they were following the Blacktonsinto the ’front room. Blackton had evidently been care- fully drilled along the li ie of a cer- tain scheme which Peggy had form- ed, for in spite of a negative nod from her , which signified that he was to wait a while, he pulled out his watch, and said: , , “It isn’t at alltsurprising if you people have forgotten. that'_to-mor-_ row is sunday. Peggy and I always ‘.do ”some ,‘Saturday-night shopping, . and if you don't mind, we’ll leave you to care for the. house While we go to town. , "We wonf ,be‘gone more ith. ‘ f V ‘ He felt the warmth i S I have been waiting ‘two men were shaking" . .14»... ‘\ . IMacDOnald _ ’ riore .Rann?” » displease me, John, dear? r; elf dear. ,he 11' aimed“ "I have 1, en Wonder-ing how I could have on alene for a few minutes, and tell again to—night. . .afraid you will be displeased with ine, Joanne. I hardly ’know how to begin. .Bu't—I’ ve got,to.” A moment’. uneasiness came into her eyes as she saw how seriously he was speaking. , “You don’t mean, John—there’s about Quade-——and Culver “No, no—nothing like that,” he laughed, as though amused at the [absurdity of her question. “Old Donald tells me they have skipped the country, Joanne. It’s not that. It’s you I’m thinking of, and what , you may think of me a. minute from 1 *w. Joanne, I’ve given my word to old Donald. He has lived in my promise. I’ve got to keep that promise—I must go into the North with him. ” She had draw one of his hands into her lap and was fondling it with her oWn soft palm and fingers. “Of course, you must, John. I love old Donald.” “And I must go—soon,” he added. “It is only fair to him that you should, ” she agreed. “He—he is determined We shall go in the morning,” he finished, keeping his eyes from her. For a moment Joanne did not answer. Her fingers interweaved with his, her warm little palm strok- ed the rough back of his hand. Then she said, very softly: “And why do you think that will I will be ready!" - ‘lYou!!’ Her eyes were on him, full, and dark, and glowing, and in them were both love and laughter. “You dear silly John!” she laugh- ed “Why don’ t you come right out and tell me to stay at home, instead of——of———‘ beating round the b11sh’—— -as Peggy Blackton says? Only you ,’don t know what a terrible little person you v’e got, John. You real- ly don’.t So you needn’t say any more We’ll start in the morning—- and I am going with you!” In a flash John Aldous saw his whole scheme shaking on its found- 'ation. “It’s impOssiblee—utterly impos- sible!” he gasped. , ' “And why utterly?” she asked, ‘- bending her head so that her soft - hair touched his face and lips. “John have you already forgotten what we i» said in that terrible cavern—We told ourselves we would have done if we had lived? We were going adVent- uring, weren’t we? And we are not dead—but alive. And this\ will be a glorious trip! Why, John, don’t ‘you see, don’ t you understand? It will be out honeymoon trip!” “It will be a long, rough journey,” he argued. “It will be hard—hard for a woman.” With a little laugh, Joanne sprang up and stood before him in a glow of light, tall, and slim, and splendid, and there was a sparkle of beautiful defiance and a little of triumph in her eyes. as she looked down on him. “And it will be dangerous, too? You are going to tell me that?” She came to him and rumpled up his hair, and turned his face up so that she could look into his eyes. “Is 'it worse than fever, and fam— ine, and deep swamps, and crawling jungles?” she asked. “Are you go— ing to encounter worse things than beasts, and poisonous serpents, and murderous savages—even hunger and thirst, John? For many years . we dared those together—my fath- er and I. Are these great, big, \beautiful mountains more treacher- . ous than those Ceylon jungles from which you ran away—even you, John? Are they more terrible to live in than the Great African Des— ert? Are your bears worse, than tigers, your wolves more terrible than lions? ’And if, through years and years, I faced those things with my father, do you suppose that I . want to be left behind now, and by my hquand?” So sweet and wonderful was the ‘ sound of that name as it came softly from her lips, that in his joy he for— got the part he was playing, and (j. drew her close down in his arms, ' ‘coyote. —-—-véry fast, Joanne. deal to him. Even you him—for he saved us from the “I am going, Job 1.’ “If. we went alone we would be able to return Very soon.’ ”I am going.’ “And some of the mountains—it is impossible for a woman to climb them!” “Then I will let you carry me up them, John. You are so strong——" He groaned hopelessly “Joanne, won’t you stay with the Blacktons, to please me?” “No.1 don’t care to please you. Her fingers were stroking his cheek. - - “John?" “Yes.” “Father taught me to shoot, and as we get better acquainted on our honeymoon trip I’ll tell you about some of my hunting adventures. I don’t like to shoot wild things, be- cause I love them too- well. But I can shoot. And I want a gun!” “Not a toy—but a real gun,” she continued. “A gun like yours. And then, if by any chance we should have trouble—with Culver Rann—” She felt him start, and her hands pressed harder against his face. “Now I know,” she whispered. “I guessed it all along. You told me that Culver Rann and the others were after the gold. They’ve gone ——and their going isn’t quite ‘skip— ping the country’ as you meant me to understand it, John Aldous! So please let’s not argue and more. If we do we may quarrel, and that would be terrible. I’m going. And I will be ready in the morning. And I want a gun. And I. want you to be nice to me, and‘I want it to be our honeymoon—even if it is going to be exciting!” And with that she put her lips to his, and his last argument was gone. Two hours later when he went to the coulee, he was like one who had come out of a strange and disturbing and altogether glorious dream. He had told Joanne and the Blacktons that it was necessary for him to be with MacDonald that night. Joanne’ s good— night kiss was still warm on his lips, the loving touch of her hands still trembled on his face, and the sweet perfume of her hair was in his nostrils. He was drunk with the immeasurable happiness that had come to him, every fibre in him was aquiver with it—and yet, poss— essed of his great joy, he was cons- cious of a fear; a fear that was new .and growing, and which made him glad when he came at last to the little fire in the coulee. He did not tell MacDonald the cause of this fear at first. He told the story of Mortimer FitzHugh and Joanne, leaving no part of it unbar- ed, until he could see Donold Mac— Donald’s gaunt hands clenching in the firelight, and his cavernous eyes flaming darkly through the gloom. Then he told - what had happened when the Blacktons went to town, and when he had finished, and rose despairingly beside the fire, Donald 'rose, too, and his voice boomed in a sort of ecstasy. “My Jane would ha’ done like— wise,” he cried in triumph. “She would that, Johnny-she would!” “But this is different!” groaned Aldous. Mac? What can I do? Don’t you see how impossible it is! Mac, Mac ——She isn’t my wife—not entirely, not absolutely, not in the last and vital sense of being a wife by law! If she knew the truth, she wouldn’t consider herself my wife; she would leave me. For that reason I can’t take her. I can’t. Think what it would mean!” Old Donald had come close to his side, and at the look in the gray mountaineer‘s face John Aldous paused. Slowly Donald laid his hands on his shoulders. ."Joh'nny," he said gently, ny, be you sure of yourself? a .man, Johnny?" “Good heaven, Donald. You mean (Continued in May 26th Issue) THE WRONG MAN _ A ; rookie was reading .an article about the kaiser which compared him to Nero. "Who was Nero. Bill?" he asked] fellow rookie. "Wasn't he a man that was always cold?” ' "New." ‘was the reply, "that was Zero,‘an- other guy altogether. " . A NORWEGIAN EOV'S ESSAY 0N THnROG "What a wonderful bird the frog are ' I. éw‘g‘a great L I "owe to “What am I .goingrto do,’ ' “John- ,: Be you I II '11.: these letters. thinks of his car. in our files. W actual car value! ROIdBtCX‘ - r s 975 Sport Roadster 1145 ‘Sport Touring 1165 Sedan — -' All Prices F. O. B. 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Movartlslno Rates: 45c per agate linn. 14 lines to tho rates to repubrble breeders of live stock and poultry: mu m a ‘ RELIABLE ADVERTISERS We will not knowingly accept the advertising of any person or firm who We do not believe to be thoroughly honest and reliable. Should any reeds! have any cause for complaint against any advortlse! In these columns, the publisher Would a _ ~.. immediate letter bringing all facts to light. Th every case when writing my: “I saw your advertisement in. e Michigan Business Farmer!” It will guarantee honest dealing " The Farm Paper of Service ” , AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK GOOD VASHINGTON, May 5, 1923.—The gen- eral agricultural outlook now is prob- ably the best it has been 'in three years says the United States Department of Agri- culture in its regular monthly review issued to-day. The domestic market for farm pro- ducts is reported to have improved measur- ably as a result of increased prosperity in urban communities, but ‘that the. prospective foreign demand for American farm products is not as good this year as it was a year ago. “When labor is fully employed and Wages high,” the department says, “farm products find a rcadier sale and better prices. This is what has helped to sustain the price of hogs this spring" likewise lambs, cattle, dairy products, eggs, and certain veget- ables.” , V THE SllME OLD STORY . . F course it had to happen! They had been in session so long, and tried to do so much! But Governor Groesbeck vetoed «the gasoline tax bill, (which had passed both houses with enough votes to prove that the legislature know what they wanted? and of course, any measure which he would sponsor must be assassinated , and promptly buried by the “bitter—enders.” And that was exactly what did happen in Lan- sing last Saturday. The House voted down the Smith Automobile Weight Tax Bill by a vote of 56 to 41, and in so doing they sacrificed their own two pct meas- ures, the Byrum Income Tax and the Meggisozi Primary School Fund Bill, because everyone jknew that if the House voted down the Weight Tax Bill, the Senate would get immediate rc- wnge in refusing the passage of the two bills} mentioned. Now it appears that in order to complete, or seven to keep abreast of the highway require- 52' meats of the state, it'will be necessary for the L Governor to call an extra session, and .bcfore long, because the people of Michigan will de- mand that the expensive road system now com- pleted be maintained, and that some of the un- ,msnpleted _u:nits in the state trunk lines be ' filled in. .. The Business Farmer is still convinced that the most profitable of public improvements is the building of good roads, and that the main— tenance of these roads is important, but we are equally convinced that some method of taxation must be arrived at," which will make those who use the roads pay the greater part oi? their op- kcsp, whether this should .come from a gasoline - link. .as it does in a great many states, or from ‘- an increased weight tax,.‘is in our op ion of ' looser importance than that we tolerate no costly ammunition in our good roads program. , ’5‘ Whether we must have a gasoline tax or a ' ,‘Weight tax to.make‘ the automobile owner pay no greater part of the good roads tax. the fact mains that the people of Michigan will not ' it this vital question to go unanswered. and .mmmmumm thedntemwt who put bathe expense of a extra Wye . mm m of stubbornnns. ' -r arouse. cram: cultural ‘1 H bert r Bath“: £3132" . er . ' 'o l or William £11.25” I'm] Editor William W. Slocum. Treasurer Hm Hipkins Plant Superintendent column inch. 772 lines to the page. Flat rates. Live Stock and Auction Sale Advertising: We ofler spacial 10' “- In Film Rainw.nr rung, am. .. ' fumes an" we the enaZ'W sauna . turd! co‘nditiot‘s‘ih IMichigan' and 0 day as saying that present conditions f‘are may verifying what I have been predicting all along,- _. that the balance will soon be restoredgbe‘tween the cost of what alarmer has to buy and the price he will mceive for his products. , And they indicate, ‘also, that the earning season is to be one of great prosperity for the young men who are willing to remain on the [arm andycan pro-- duce within their own labor resources; granting, of course, that they grow crops that are in de- mand here in Michigan.” . , - Probably no man in America enjoys a higher reputation than Dr. Friday as an economist, and after all, an economist is only a mph-ct of future conditions, based on past experience. Michigan is indeed fortunate to have such a man at the - head of its agricultural college, and whether or not the average farmer has in the past believed " in watching foreign markets and crop conditions throughout the World, he is doing so now after the disastrou5\expericnce which pitched him headlong into the basement of farm produce prices the past two years. . The encouraging sign is, that agricultural pro- ducts are showing an increase in export, but this does not mean that the farmer in Michigan should grow any crop which depends onvthe ex- port market for its sale. . Michigan is rapidly developing as an industrial state, as Dr. Friday pointed out in a recent article which we reprinted completely in The Business Farmer. There is no longer any need for our farmers trying to compete as wheat growers with Argentine and the Ukraine. There is a market, in Detroit and other ‘in- dustrial centers of Michigan which are growing at an unprecedented rate, for a great proportion of the agricultural products of the state. Al- ready a milk shortage in the Detroit area is promised should we have a dry summer. The hopeful thing about all oi? this is, that the farmers of no state in America, are in a better position for making money out of their farming operations in this year, 1923,. «than‘aro the farmers of our own state} / . REFORESTATION .I'N MOTIIGAN S Senator Janice Cannons so vabiy states on page four of this issue, one of the most necessary guarantees for the future prosper- ity of the state of Michigan, can 'be secured through reforestation. Fortunately, the Michigan Legislature. 'just bo— fore closing its hectic session, joined hands in unanimously passing the Moggisonwfiau'gant Bin, which provides for a deferred tax on forest growth . _ Under the terms of this. bill the owner of any timber land, or lands chiefly valuable for the growth of timber, within this state, may apply to the Commissioner of Agriculture to have such property set apart nor the growth of timber. If, after investigation his application is approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture the land shall thereafter be taxed at the rate of 5 cents per acre annually. . After a twenty-«five year period, the timber would be subject to cutting, under general con- trol of the Commissioner of Agriculture, who would guard against wasteful methods. .At this time the owner of the timber would be assessed a tax equal to 25% of the stumpage value of the timber cut, to be paid into the state treasury. There is a provision in the bill 'w‘hich would pre- vent it from working a hardship on any local unit, as it provides that “The State Administra- tive Board may, in its discretion, advance to the township in which any fm'est preserve ands lie, a sum each year out or the generail fund of the state, as will compensate them for the .m‘onnt of taxes which would be collectible from any such forest moses-vs lands had they not been registered.” "It— is seldom first a. legislative body can be made to Ecol: so no ahead as twenty-five, years, * and Michigan -m taken a tor-ward step which will place it among the leaders or conservation in the United m - . v. mom BILL rnssnp , Mess Farmer is being .given some I credit at Burning for its last minute appeal in flavor at theme Bill to prevent unlaw— tul discrimination in momma! ”moss. misery My on Want has gold which . makers Mischiemin g her-us. ”That our W “M68 knownfat Lawns mm wmmagflm mm a... An interview 3“?! published quobcs’m‘; 'Fri- " . of the fairs. pairs on the shortest notice. ' 1-7.. trying to gets, start. These dealers m m to pay this higher price, for a short tinge, V few localities, because -they {were paying the - farmer much less than the market price in local»: ities‘wherothey had no compotition._, ~ , _ 7 The only'thing that willmake this lewj we» give.“ for the .farmer to report cases'which in triage on. this «low. ‘Therewill, be no polio: tome or system of inspection to makethlelaw emective other. than the . direct report :0! _‘ 7 officers. of marketing organizations or th members. This is, in our opinion," one all! most practical and helpful laws passed. tor fie benefit of the fa‘rmingbusiness in Michigan by", the present legislature. ~* R“ FAIR” CARNWALS ARE‘ EXPENSIYE ‘ . UT in Oklahoma the Agricultural College“. made a survey all that state which showed ’. that 41 County fairs had carnivals as part7 ; of their attractions last fall. V'I‘hese carnivals «'j furnish the complete midway,'a whole street of, « attractions on the Michigan Sate Fair midway . pany and travelas a unit. These 41 carnivals- took $114,800 out of the counties in which the fairs were held. .- ' ' There are no available figures showing the number of these amusements held in Michigan or the amount which they take out of the coun- ' try, but we would venture the statement that more than this amount was collected by the attractions on the Michigan [State Fair Midway alone last year. . '_ \ We do not hope to see the midway abandoned on our state or county fair grounds for the very _ «~ obvious reason that they contribute largely to ; , the support of the fair, and it will take a. daring ‘ «fair management to eliminate this or any other _ profit producing attraction. . . ‘ ’ ‘ The responsibility rests with the management ” Every feature of every show or attraction on the midway should be investigated ~\ " prior-to and continually during the falls- lsya per— sonal representative of the management. _ ' ‘ .- 3? 'Too often everything appears all right for the ‘ first day or two, but if the crowds are not Come ing as they should and the fair management has! been appeased, the barker passes along the word, ' “the sky is the limit” and soon the sign hangs on theoutsiéo of the tent “sanding room onlyl?’ ‘We want to see clean, entertaining; and in- structive fairs in Michigan this fall, and we make . "clean" our first requirement because we [be-v.“ leive that it is the feature in which most of nor . lair have been lax. ' THEE SAVING IN STANDARDIZATION HE automobile manufacturers of America ' have taught the industrial world a lesson which is so far-reaching in its importance to all users of machinery that it cannot‘easi'ly be measured. . 4 -, The automobile manufacturer proved that by standardizing» every part down to the smallest bolt 'or screen’ the machine could be manufactured at half the cost when: slaudwrdizatim was not practiced. The automobile today is an outstand- ing example of what standardization has done. Compare, if you please, what a thousand dollars would buy ten years ago and you Will find that your dellar today, while it will purchase only a. ,z " 7; fraction of what it would in .1913 in clothing, . ‘* shoes, or whatnot, will buy much greater value .- in an automobile or truck. ' . , § ‘ The International Harvester Company have . just made the announcement «that for the past two or three "years they have been diligently reducing every line cf their mashin'ery to the fewest number of pieces and a standardization in parts which makes it possible to secure re— ' If the manufacturers of mm machinery gon- L ,3 erallly are bellowing one load of the Harvester . Company and bolts, units, screws and the hundred , and one small parts of ‘tarm machinery one '56- #5., ing made standard and thus interchangeablo it will .‘be one of the best confiibu‘tioins ever made ' to the farming business. _— sum was sum ' WOMEN'S organizaiions 1111th some have ‘ , _ began a buyer’sstrl‘ke outage}, the same \as was practiceddurjng the war. “qua-mu.“ , ,r ‘ 1- *, cm . J . PM ME AN? Business Farmer readers have tried to collect claims . against the American Horti- Lawton Company, of Des Memes. We v‘haitts. had a. large number. of these from on file and we are sorry to _ announces that the campany has gone ‘ ' into bankruptsy am!. we are placing *fih’nflecmmslnthehandsulfi. E. " ‘ of Des Meiues, who has been appointed receiver. ‘ . Tho American Horticulture Com- pany ensued up a spectacular busi- ness career a. couple of. years ago " ‘ and advertised in an unusual manner with push! pictures. They receiv- eJ more business than. they could, handle, and then the depression per- . ' as struck them Betore they could adjust their afi‘airs, they were hope~ ’Iessly in arrears and altho they struggled slang, hoping to he shim to . take care or their creditors this ' ., .' spring by suprlyi'n’g stock to compen- sate their customers, they had to quit. ‘ . , ' Fred wright, the president of the -. American Horticulture Company, started. another company, known as « the Fred Wright Company, which tried to make enough money to pray . 012‘ the Indebtedness of the American» ‘ Horticulture Company, but had little - success. . It is understood that the liabilities ' ' are around $7.5, 000 and the assets only" it few thousand, so- our hope of satisfying our readers claims is meager indeed. Luckily none at the individual claims are large. semen TO PAY FOR: W? Dear Mr. Slocum: Do you know -- anything about —C.‘oal Mining Company, at , Michigan? An . agent. of theirs came here with one of our friends who claimed he had been to the mine and: that they were allrfght, and wanted us to sign. a note for stock in the company. The ' agent claimed we would never have *to pay a. cent out as the company was paying 2% a month dividends, so my husband signed a note for 100 shares, $1,000, but I did not sign the note. We. have 40 acres. We ‘ have a Ioint deed of the place, Now they claim the agent was. a. fraud, and that he should not have premier. ed' the dividends. We have witnesses that he said they were paying divi- dends, also that we would not have to pay any money out, that the divi- dends would pay the note and inter- est. That Was. the 19th of January. -We have not; received any shares. ‘ Is there any, way of getting the notes . back, as I think they are a fraud? Will you please investigate? Please let me know by private letter.—Mrs. P. ~ —1' 11:11:37th my reader that she had best place this claim in ' the hands of a local attorney immediate- ly, Manse it will ,bmmoney well in- vested to havelegal protection from . such sharks. What a pity it is that people will swallow such exaggerat- ed statements as the foregoing. , Does ft not stand to reason that if a coupon could pay .273, per month. or even 1% per. month, that their entire stock issue would be taken up in a new minutes in any money , mart?“ Many times a. legitimate manufac- _ turing institution will have to secure adfltional capital for its business and because there 3 an element of speculation invoked they must go to the general public to raise the funds. Many men have some savings which they can word to speculate with, : ,wisely-‘or unwisely, but the minute a ststalosman starts making an ex- travagant claim, he ought to be shown the door, and mighty quickly, too. 'mmmvmw 'Amphotymmthenusi- local haunts. or two of our readers who have re- centiy inquired about; “that man, Sim ' . ,, , ' an " I WARREN Men 8' FARM AG ’ A reader advises that she has had i a letter from the Chief of Police, ‘ . Loganport Indiana, in which he ad- vises that he could find no ofiice of ' . the Warren McRao Agency, that Mc- ' Rae was making his home at a room- ; ing house, and that he advised her 3 not to send any money as ,“they were after the money and prob-ably would not sell the term.” Have any of our readers heard from. McRao late- 13'. or has the Business Farmer made it too hot for him to do business in.- Michigan? FROM ONE UNFORTUNATE Having- rem!s in your excellent 1 . Spacers the my in which you have helped your readers, I am writing to. 3 We read 5 Warren. McRae’s ad and thinking we 71 see if you can help us. might dispose of our farm we did net wish. to go to the city but the farm is too large for one. man to work and? it is next to impossible to get help, we wrote to him and he ~ answered saying there were several farmers lmihis state who wished to look at Michigan farms. so we sent him $10 as a listing too when we re— ; ceived the communication which E will luclose and naturally we have . heard no more from him. We rea- lize now how foolish it was to trust some one we knew nothing about ' and am sorry your warning came too ' late for us. I think we have learn- ed‘ so next time we will write you for advice first. Am simply writing to ask if any thing can be done to get us back our ten dollars. Please do not publish our name, we don’t wish our friends to know we were so “gul— lible. ” ——.S B., Washtenaw County. 'WORKEIE’ SERVHQE. BUREAU, mousonvmm, FLA. Regarding this and other similar companies which advertise to pay a * fixed sum for home addressing, and other home work, let me repeat my advice, to have nothing to do with a : company which requires a down pay— , ment in. order to secure some sort 0! f employment. ‘ RESUIAIIS ! Recei‘ved- your card that you had taken up my claim and; yesterday re— ceived my check, and a letter which I am enclosing. I am very thankful for your service. We have been readers of your wonderful farm pop-- or for many years and think it a nec- essity in every farm home. I again thank. you for your trouble, as I am 3 positive I should not have received ; my money without your assistance. . —Mrs. W. H., Harvard, Mich. You surely get results when you , I just got your . go utter things card and by the same mail got check paying back my money they have ,, We surely ap- . kept three months. preciata what you are doing for your subscribers and surely expect to al- ways take your most one-Ham paper. —-Mrs. A. J. P... Jones, Mich. I want to thank you for the prompt settlement made me. They did not hesitate to come to a settle- ment after receiving your letter. I ‘ am glad there is a way to wake them , up. Thanking you again, I remain, Mrs. A. J. V" Gaylord, Mich. I wish to thank you again for the quick settlement you secured for me from three different firms, -during ” the past winter, which had owed me a neat sum of money. W., Fonnvil’le, Mich. ‘ In regard to my camera, I received it otter about three weeks delay. As thoycohidnotfindmy own theysent me a new one. Thank you very much 1m“ mm L. r, . .AV‘W": This will answer one? :FirstzMortgagc Real Estate Gold Baird Deep down in your own mind you know that Federal first mortgage real estate bonds are unde- niably, of superior calibre and safety. Write for Booklet AG843 Tax Free in Michigan Free from Federal Income Tax of 45% 61/2% FEDERAL BONDS Are Better Bonds “ FEDERAL BOND & MORTGAGE COMPANY FEDERAL BOND 8c MORTGAGE. 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Cut your tire costs by theoeexcellent tires at low prices.‘ Besttire ever seen. Another Gem if price for any tire not , actory . SENOIPWNO MONEY , as... "Y ”""t$°.'l'.':: ...... ‘their eyes, the motherhood in MUCH PESSIMISM—SOME TRU AKING it easier to slide deeper in debt is of gain to cure a chronic disease gnawing at the very vitals of our agriculture, the cradle of a free people and the very first and last stand for hungry bellies. No loan or increased acre- age yield will right the situation. What is needed is a cure not a dead- ener. With agriculture the real giant in a business sense, and no voice in set- ting the price upon its products, but ‘a never failing cost plus price upon his every purchase; bled white by marketing tolls is a real complicated disease that will not yield to cocaine treatment from Washington nor even Mr. Coue’s suggestions. With no voice in regulating the price of their products; forced will- nilly to supply their wants in a. home market protected by the highest tar- iff barriers in the world—thanks to the farm block support for which the farm world received a string of glass beads. The farmers are skinned from heel to head by the very system they helped to create with their vote. The selling price of our products, in most cases produced by robbing the soil, contending with frosts, drowths, cyclones, floods and bugs is governed in the main by the selling price in the world’s competing mark- et under normal conditions, While our protected industries and trans-'- portation interests depend mainly upon the home market for its fat picking. The only hope for brief periods of . prosperity for our farm world is in foreign crop failures. As our farm world must rely up- on misfortune abroad for its occas— ional silver lining, one need not wonder why the farm game is losing its lure. ‘ How a tree is to remain vigorous and bear fruit annually while contin- ually starving its roots is just a little beyond my think tank. Some how or another, the word “square deal” should carry a real meaning—and a jail sentence even in legislative halls when using it for bunk purposes. Being half Irish, I ,am naturally an optimist—but not on the land question, unless I had reason to be- lieve there was a little oil or mineral below. I can not help but believe, unless some Moses appears upon the scene real soon, and this does not mean a plaster paris farmer, the peasant K, ‘hcledlgubec Spinach Sen 8: stage in'America is just around- the corner, and for this decaying situa- tion, no one classof voters is more responsible than the cock-sure farm— er, buncoed by the magic word “pro— tection” in the childish belief that all property is distributed down from the top layers of society. I haven’t the least doubt but what this same view point was held sacred by old King Tut’s well disciplined field slaves—John G. Krauth, Pres— que Is1e County. WOW! ! THE Editor The Business Farmer —Yes, the gasoline tax went down in defeat, tho not inglor- ious. It was Groesbeck and Detroit who made inglorious asses of them- selves. Two—thirds of the popula- tion of Michigan stood for the gas tax but Groesbeck and Detroit bulli- ed and b'ossed till it was defeated. If the weight tax becomes a law, our car stays in the garage till Mich- igan has a decent form of govern- ment; or we can move. We prefer to move. . Michigan boasts of progression, intelligence and good government. I wish we might see the effect of these fine qualities somewhere. —G. E. Wise, Hart, Mich. A FOOL TARIFF TO'FOOL FARMERS URSERYMAN Harry S. Cooper, of Wisconsin, says in the last issue of M. B. F. that practically all we need is the scum of Europe to work on our farms and we will all sit in the shade as farmers and just pick our teeth and count our money. Now, let’s look at the actual re- sults of the present fool tariff, for and against the farmer. Hardly ten days ago the experts. of the Farm B u r e a u Investigation Committee gave us in the Country Gentleman the exact facts. . On account of,the tariff it costs the farmers of America a round million dollars a day for excess cost of manufactured goods, over a year ago. That means the farmers are “skinned” over two hundred million dollars a year on this “hos-trade.” Now I hear some protection tariff farmer say, “Oh! that supports the government,” when the fact is any high school boy, even with Republi- can parents, knows a prohibitive tar- iff, (and our present one is the high- est and most prohibitive every pass— ed) never supports our. government because nearly nothing moves our way under a prohibitive tariff, which I’M AGIN SIR WM. ORPEN’S JUDGEMENT HEN we Speak of woman’s beauty there’s quite a consid- erable to think about. Beauty ———real beauty is a thing ’at natur' gives to a woman jest the same as she gives to a flower or a bird or anything ’at’s as natur’ makes it. Sir William Orpen, great portrait painter of Paris, sez there’s no beau- tiful women. “In my twenty—five years of painting," he sez, “I've nev- er seen a perfect model nor a really ‘ pretty woman.’ “Ten or fifteen years ago artists had but little trouble to select paint- able arms an’ legs, but now they have to search for weeks,” he sez. Well now, I wonder if arms an' legs is all there is pretty ’bout wo— man? Why I 'can show 01’ Bill Orp- en more beautiful women 'an he ever dreamed of—not ‘only here in my own little town but in other places in our good 01’ state. Beauty does not consist of arms an’ legs entirely —it’s a thing that can exist without 'em. I am aware ’at most all the beauty contests, as shown in the papers dur— . in' the past two or three years, has consisted of arms an’ legs—that’s: ’bout all some young women care to have pictured these days—but friends the real beauty of women is p ' more 'an that. When you see the lovelight iln .ful. A?” every time in the street. May- be some 1 1‘ silvered with age, some just 11thful glow, never- theless, i. velight, the moth- erhood, sh out they are beauti- Maybe they have arms, maybe legs, I never stop to think of it—it’s that something that age can’t take off nor paint put on ’at makes wo- men altogether lovely. An’ .I know so many ’at are jest that way—— Wonderful women an’ beautiful ’cause they live as God intended ’em to live; living for the purpose they Were created for an’ doin' the best, they can at it. Now maybe Bill Orpen knows a lot ’bout beauty but in my foolish judgement he don’t know much ’bout the beauty of women if he 'judges ’em only by their arms an’ legs. An’ yet I’m wonderin' if some of our young women ain’t kinder got some of his notions? The way they’ve been displayin’ legs an' arms for two or three years, I’m most decided to think ’at’s ’bout all they’ ve got. An’ yet I do see many most beautiful an’ lovely girls, girls ’at dress nicely an’ becomin'ly an' show the real beauty that lies with- in. They know they have somethin' besides arms an’ legs to recommend 'em an’ they really are beautiful in every sense of the word. We don’t care what William Orp- en of Paris sez,. do we women friends? He don‘t 'know everything let me, tell you somethi th ,League Of Nations world—salvation, and now he’s at the , gives the manufacturer’s Union, (ten times more , expensive to farmers ,- . .. than any labor union) all the mo.— ' nopoly they can wallow in and “wal- low” is the only fit word, for it there is a bigger hog on earth than our protected manufacturer under this Harding Administration, then as the Judge says, have mercy on your soul. " Of cou'I‘Se Harding was elected largely by women who though keep- ing out of the front door of the was our only back door; but Hardings campaign-y millions came from the‘protected Manufacturers’ Union of the U. S. _A. and today they get those millions back every week from Friend Farm- er, in exchange for political “soft- soap.” How will you have your “soap,” boys?——C. H. MerrifieId, Van Burren County. “May the good Lord' PRESENT CONDITIONS AND 'A POSSIBLE (‘2) REMEDY KNEW there was something that I missed when I got home; It comes to me now-,when Ireceiv- ed your card that it was the M. B. F. Sure thing, I must have it. Send it along and send me the bill if I’m in arrears, it will be paid. It is a long time since I heard from you or you from me, so I’ll send you ' a few thoughts on the signs and con- ditions of the times and the future outlook, for our people and the country. We all know that we are in a peculiar condition—financially, politically, and morally. We can not all agree upon the different ques- tions that arise from time to time, we all know, we are in a precarious condition and it doesn’t appear to be ' getting better fast, at least not for the farmers and the producters. There seem to, be a lot of would be helpers—but when you come to an- alize their mode we discover, it is. only to get us in deeper. They prom-q ise legislation to help the farmers. You get that from all of the omce- . ‘ seekers, and the papers from all over \ the country. But when you come to. find it out the farmers must pay the bill, in the end, with interest. The question is: ’What or where is the trouble? In the first place interest on money q is too high, and our circulating med- ium is not'based on actual products of labor and necessities of life, which is the only actual basic wealth of the country. Lincoln said “this nation can not exist one half slaves.” We are now 90 per cent or better slaves under the bonding system, which not only en- slaves us, but the coming generation, for they will have to shoulder and to pay our enormous bonded indebted- ness. Now this does not only apply to the farmers, it applies to all our citizens excepting a few speculators, financiers nd grafters. Is it possible that the these United States, the decendants of those men that liberated this land. from a foreign yoke, and wrote that wonderful instrument of Independ- ance and afterwards, defended that act by driving from our shores the oppressors who ”sought to enslave them. Are we now willing to let a group of unscrupulous grafters and profiteers enslave us and our child- ' ren? Is it possible that we have so degenerated that no one among us dare to stand up for the right of the , people? Are there no Washingtons or Lincolns or any of that liberty- loving spirit left in the land. Is it possible we are all willing to ' stand by and see the people robbed of the fruits of their labors and prod— ucts of this wonderful country by a few speculators and financiers, the majority of whom, do not even spend their time or money here at home? As a rule they travel abroad, live among royalty in foreign lands. They' spend our money with lavish hand in Paris, Rome, London and Monte Carlo. Sure, they have their agents and lobyists here. They keep well posted and their business interests are well looked after and protected. We have been looking back at the monarchial form 61 government and congratulating ourselves on the fact that we are ’living under a’ govern- ment by the people and for the peo- ple, when in reality we are at that -- , mercy pt .11 nor; cruel, eroil can it people of» , 9 1 begets which lies" a rule; .they either u‘oWn or control - and by that .‘ [they ractically \ntrol our elections. ~ 1 Now let us look, I’ll give you a few not my thoughts along remedial lines in it there maybe some repetitions, - but some of it surely needs repeat- ' ing, so that our people may get post- ' - ed‘ on the actual existing conditions. First, let us consider a few facts , . ' relating to our commercial and finan- ' .cial business—of the nation. ,1ng my 50 years of business exper- x~ience I found that interest on money Dur- was the slickest and easiest way of getting it. All that is necessary is to nget good security and then you can sit right on you haunches and make a fine living and plenty of ’ money, Without producing a single ‘ are $1,017,500,‘000. . different states, bonds, and indebted- . thing, except some trouble for the other fellow—for if you are a good money lender and collector your game is to get all you can, and if you get the right fellows in the proper shape it is your business to profit by their misfortunes. Now that doesn’t only apply to the individual money lender, that is the game of'all our big financial concerns. ‘ Our financ- ial resources are controled by so very few, that it is entirely within their power to withhold and depress credit. In other words, to make . money dear to the people that must have it to do their business with. . This brings me to a little investi- gation as to the total, indebtedness of this nation. Our debt on July lst, 1921, was $23,427,772,447, or a per capita of $216.75. Now our interest bearing debt on that date was $23,738,900,- 084. The annual interest charges Next comes the *ness which amounts to $1,167,204,— .809. Now, these are ourstate and national indebtedness and does not include municipalities, such as counties, townships, highways, schools, cities, corporation 'bonds, etc. Next take into consideration the real estate mortgages, private and individual obligations, which will amount to many times the Na— tional and state indebtedness above referred to. Naturally, we might commence to wonder where the money is going to come from to pay even the interest, let alone the principle. It must all come out of the producer, in some shape. Now, as near as I have been able to find' out by investigations, we have in act- ual money $1.78 for each $1,000 of our actual debt. surely the thing is commencing to look like a crazy—quilt. If we were forclosed and sold out, atour assess- ed valuation and proceeds pro rated among the creditors, that is to say, if we took all the money in the land, our creditors could only get $1.78 on every $1,000 that we owe. (That is on a single standard measuring our wealth by gold.) Now, with such a small amount of actual money to do such and enormous amount of business, it has become an easy mat- ter for a comparatively few to con- trol the finances of this nation, and practically speaking, the entire civil- _' ized world has been enslaved through that system. We have become in bondage to such an extent that we couldn't pay the interest with actual cash (gold) for. three months, and where has this tremendous debt fall- en? What class of our people must pay? The answer, of course, is the producers, and actually we are not paying it in money, it is on paper. 'It is not a matter of good headwork L 'and fine bookkeeping by the money lenders. ' Now you can percieve, the produc- ers havelgot some tall hustling to do. I presume that everybody that has studied upon this subject have seme ideas of a remedy, I know I have and of course it is a radical proposition, but sooner or later some different system will have to be adopted. We are not going to get out of this mire by getting deeper in debt. This ‘hollering about. giving the farmers ‘, more credit'r‘will onlybury him deep- er. ~-Now, I’ll throw out one or two suggestions, which in my humble way of thinking might let us down alittle easier and not‘break all “the bones, in the carcass, by a sudden drop like Germany got, which before hthat time a few, year; ago was the t and most prospefrous country. 1.. ' r diam" g’etfthe' chance to tell his :nibs over there, that I thought he Now, look at that, * ‘ . could lick the wbrld, and I guess Roosevelt did and he believed him, and, of course, ”Down went Mc- Ginty’ but going‘back to my remedy for our ills—First, get the'law upon our statute books, a law strong enough to make it a criminal of- fence equal to the crime of highway robbery to hereafter charge over 3% per annum on any kind of indebted— 'ness.. Have that law made broad enough so that by no hook or crook anyone could hereafter make con- tracts in any way conflicting there- with. ' Now,.that surely would be royalty enough for them lord's who have not produced even a fraction of their own wealth. Now, you may say, you wouldn’t get money enough to do business with at that rate.‘ To that I will say, establish warehouses and elevators throughout the lenght and breadth of this great country, wherein to store our staple grains and produce. Issue warehouse der- tificates not only for the produce but for the warehouse if necessary, and make them a legal tender in the realm and then let the speculators play with the gold on the outside it they want to. Now this is not a new scheme at all, as a matter of fact, it is as old as the Bible. In the time of King Pharoah and Joseph, it was tried out, and afterwards dur- ing the time of King Frederick the '7th of Denmark, along about the year 1840. It was carried out in a very successful manner along the very li‘nes‘alon'e stated. It was the beginning .of the prosperity of‘that little country. Now the actual basic wealth of a nation is its force of lab- or, its raw material and its. ability to produce the necessities of life. Now, why should not our wealth be based upon those things? But as it looks to me, our house is built upon the sand and if we do not look after it and repair the foundation it might be washed away. Now, you think that I, myself, am in some financial difficulty, but that is not the case at all. I have bene- fited to some extent financially by the existing conditions, but I did not really understand what the final re- sults would be and from my point of view it does not look bright. Think this over and improve upon it and as Crabtree says, “Let us help one an- other.” Success to your valuable paper.—Chas. Kerr. . KILL GAME AND POULTRY-KILL- ING BIRDS AND ANIMALS HIS is the season of the year when a few days spent in shoot- . ing game and poultry—killing birds and animals will repay the ef- fort later on. If farmers, trappers and sportsmen would concentrate on a few bad species, the chief natural enemies of useful and game birds, and poultry, would receive such a set—back that the annual saving throughout the country would run into millions of dollars. Among predatory birds, the crow (521)- 137“ occupies the worst place. The Board “H of. Game Commissioners of Bennsyl- , vania say that .he “destroysindivid-y; ual-ly more birds of all kinds, more birds’ eggs and young poultry than any other bird that ever flapped a wing”. The great horned owl is an- other bird of ’prey, so voracious and destructive to useful wild life that he should be killed. This species destroys annually large numbers of partridges, pheasants, fur—bearing animals, rabbits, other game and poultry. It is especially an enemy of the quail. Noxious hawks are another species which take a heavy toll from the farms each year. Two of these, Cooper’s hawk and the sharp-shin- ned hawk, which might be called a miniature of Cooper’s hawk, are ferocious predatory birds of prey, ranging nearly everywhere through- out the country and the damage they do is estimated, in the aggregate, to exceed that done by nearly all other birds of prey. Remains of wild birds and poultry were found in nearly every stomach of Cooper’s hawk, ex— amined by the Biological Survey. When the stomachs of them contain— ed birds, ranging from quail, morn— ing cloves and flickers—which are as large as the sharp-skinned hawk it- self—down to birds as small as warblers and chickadees. During the next few months, game birds and other beneficial wild birds will be hatching, and great numbers of them can be saved if their natural ‘ enemies are checked now. Nash Lead: the World in Motor Car Value NASH Four Touring Model Five Passengers $935 f. a. 6. Factory Five Disc Wheels and Nash Self- Mounting Carrier, $25 additional The Nash Four five-passenger touring type is a model pro-eminently fitted for the hard work a farmer requlrcs of,his motor car. Every inch of it and every unit is fashioned ruggcdly to withstand the wear and tear cf continuous driving under load over rough roads. Advanced achievements in auto- mobile engineering have, increased the vigorous volume of power and at the same time heightened its flcx1b1hty, smoothness and econOmy. . ' Prices range from ' FoURs m SIXES $91 5 to, $2 1 90, f. o. b. factory m v‘. Ewan-a gloomy day in. February, 1832:, that Dr.ySa»inuel F.‘ Smith, [sman’hook of songs, came across the English air “God Save the King." 'He liked the tune. .. Half an hour later he produced the words'ef the national hymn of the United States “America," or, as some, called it, “My County The of Thee,” which he fitted to the mel- ody of “God'pSave the King." Dr. Smith was born in Boston, 1808, and was a theological student. It was in his home town, in the old Park Street Church, that his com- a -’ position was sung in public for the. ' first time. That mas on the Fourth of July, 1832. The words of the great song were. written on a scrap of paper that the composer picked up from the table first thought to write them. They are substantially the same today as when he first jotted them down. Never was “America” recognized generally as a song that greatly in- spired patriotism until the opening of the Civil war. Since that time it has been accepted by the world as one of the greatest of national an- thems. Dr. Smith died in 1895 at the age of 87 years. ANSWER TO PUZZLE IN LAST ISSUE On man was a broker, another a baker, the third an engineer, and the fourth a grocer. , OUR GIRLS AND BOYS Dear Uncle Ned—~Maybe you don't think I was surprised last Friday when I came home from school and foundthe letter from you, saying I had won the prize. I could hardly believe it for I had always thought it was hard to win a. prize. And, say Uncle, you must have known that I am taking lessons in dress- making. I like the scissors fine and I am sure I will make good use of them. I will close thanking you for the scissors. So, good—bye, from your neice, Katie Prowant, Durand, Mich. ———I am pleased to know that the prize was appropriate. Must be some lilttle bird told me what you wanted. e ? Dear Uncle Ned——-I am writing this letter to let you know I would like to join your merry circle, “The Children’s Hour.” I just adore read- ing the M. B. F. magazine after my work is done. I am very interested in the continued story, “The Hunted Woman," and can hardly wait for the next issue of the magazine to come. I live 2 miles west from the village of Temperance. Our house stands on a hill. Near the house is an old apple orchard. Across the road is a forest. We gather pussy .willows there. I live with my moth— er andolder sister, Mary. I also have two younger sisters. One is named “Snowball.” Th 3re are five of us children but one is married and lives in Toledo, Ohio. We have two horses, one is called Patty and the r other Jim.‘We also have 3. cows and ‘ a heifer. Thb cows we named Bes- sie, Jessie and Katie. The heifer’s nhine is Peggy Jane. My mother and my older sister and I do the farm work during the winter and ‘ sum or while my dad works in town. It is real hard to handle a. team of horses and do the work a man is supposed to do, but it is bet- ter to be industrious and know how to work than to be lazy. Don’t you think so Uncle Ned? I will describe . myself and end this letter to you for it is getting too long. I am 16 years old, I was born October 17, 1906, am ’6 it. 3 in. tall. Have dark brown\ . hair, and grayish, blue eyes. ~My , hair is bobbedw—Stella- Voilet Nowak, i R. 2, Box 106, Temperance, Mich. -—Yos it must be hard for a woman turbandle horses and do the work a man is supposed ’to do, but as you (say, it is best to be industrious. Uncle Ned and Cousins—z :in enjoy your merry circle? .I' " it” toot tbroo‘inchos tall, and ‘ toon"yoars old. I msmom or one muons turning over the pages of a Ger-e near which he was sitting when he‘ called Clara and the other we nick- ' F’s-‘9‘ , ._ My». :awswmwmsrm; than of myself. ‘ I have auburn “bobbed” hair,.and blue eyes. We have a radio. I think this invention, a wonderful thing. Don’t you? Ours hasa l’oud' speaker. Well I must close now, hoping I hear from some of you very soon. With love to Uncle Ned and Cousins, Ruth Bow- er, North Branch, Michigan. ‘ -—-Yes a radio is wonderful. In one ,evening you can hear talking or ‘music from east, west, north and south, places hundreds of' miles apart, while you sit in. your own. home. I hope some day that every farmer in Michigan can. aflord’. one. \ Dear Uncle Ned—I wrote aboutz. weeks ago and I have received 12 letters giving the answer to that. rid-- die, but one was wrong 'and her name is Wilma McT‘aggart’. One girl called up on the telephone, her name was Dorothy Casey. If‘ I answ- ered them all I would have to write 12, but I hope you will print this be- cause I cannot answer all of the letters I received and I am going to answer them all in one and I want you to publish, Uncle Ned. The answer to that riddle I asked is "a. candle.” I will write a story about a trip to Detroit. When we left Elkton, it was a nice sunshiny day, but when we. got his! way between Elkton and Detroit it started to rain real. hard, and I saw more than one barn and house that was on fire on account of being =14le TO: GOOD DRESSING moons were never used more plontlfully by inquottes are made show countless bands- of‘ rlbbow by often chosen to form the bustle effect m- of embo on aflornoon -_i_ «a9 ’3' a- - "at In. 1:" fix-Sf" 1 .- 4. 31%“ -,:u' '1. nzwg‘ 5’" 1.. 5+ ’1’: . Order from this on torn-nor lumen, alvlno nu mm mon‘ Pattern [BOND—43h; , a bar of soap and the rest of entlnsly of wldo ribbon fagottod t ALL PATTERNS 12c EACH— .1; “ 3 FOR 30c POSTPA‘JD ", and address Ill-lull. Ann 100 Iron arm All-D FAB developed in show now and attractive features. struck by lightning. When we were" going to get off the street: car we told: . ' the conductor where to_leave us 01!? and I guess ,he misunderstood us be- cause after he left us of! the street..- car we had" to walk 5. blocks up to my grandma’s house. The third day I was their we went OVer to Belle Isle on a ferry boat and saw many animals such‘as bear” alligator, os- trich, monkeY. and; many others. We came. back ina bus and when Irgot home momma. told me, to go down to. the store and. get a bar of soap and some bananas and. she gave. me 75c. So I took the money and went to a store where some Italians clerk- ed and, they could not understand what I meant when I said, “I want my money in bananas.” So. they gave me the soap and 50c worth of bananas and gave me We back. “When I. got home. that time, mom told me to go back and get the rest of my be- nanas, so I went and got them and when I. got home I found out I had $1 worth of bananas and» the soap for 7 be. When we stasted to; Detroit it was. awful." warm. weather, but, when we. got back to Elkton it was cold weather and. my uncle. was: there. to meet‘us. with coats for us all be.- cause we did not take, any and we went to his place for supper and he drove us home in the car after sup- per. I made a mistake in the letters which I wrote to some cf the girls by saying we had to walk one block when we had to walk five. Say, the dmmkers than thls season. Frocksf and another. Some of the new georgctte rocks lllobmont and a my wldo, substantial rlbbon Is a: mnlng frock. Issues at was Business , " r“ and sign your - smell 30“ Address all orders for patterns to ' THE BUSINW FARMEB Mt. Clemens, Mich ox lili with binding! of -'a www.mn-flm. . ' ltisalsos‘uodmel for tofleta, printed georgtte or v0 9. The Pattern is cut in 7 Sum: 84, 86, 88. 0. 42. 44 and 4:6 inches bust measure. A 88 inch use requires 2 yards oi an inch 1. , - mo. * Popular Model-JIM: is a season of short costs. 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If one Q 0 Serial is required.- Th one material 82 inobu wide. 1 hell 3:35.15 With {which}: 1: .Bfi on. galatea, Poplin are made with side cosms. m 2% yards of 88 ms. ‘ use in wrist—fl h r elbow length., As r (1 material. fine-:1. . undo mAimsiu 259‘ ,of27 Dainty Dress For “Matters curb—’Embroidered voilennmgmdy were chosen for (inxha Do 8 and moody id and final ttod con m outlaw'rhoolmin maybe..tth Jam excel-n: 61's. 10.3.1 15 ms made no ilhntrated. ted murderers do chino no hero combined. ‘ or p a 9 Pattern out in 8 Bison: 12. 14 To trim with con- girdle section is we Ti-ui over blouse ’oifect. The at the tab. extensions. 9 _flhbo ‘ ' Ilene, mm and Hunt. - 98 acre farm... We .éd mtew 1, " to'thomé’BtE. .1 have Hazel: Baku; Elkton, Hick. . ‘ f; -’-.-I'a‘m. glad- to. print your rectal", not} just so the cousin can read the ' answer to your riddle Mt loam it is interesting; My name and address is just Uncle-Ned, Michiganmnooi Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Mich; and or, letterwfth that on willows to by . immediate attention. ' Toll: gym -- friends that I shall be pleased, it -‘ hear from them, will you? ~ ‘ ' ; Dear Uncle Ned—Thisis my first, * .. time writing to the. Children’s Henri... My father takes the M. B. F. and: ' likes it .very much. I like to read: ‘ the letters and so. I thought. I would. ,. write, too. I live. on a. small farm; . ' just a short distance from town. and I gototown school mm in; tho.» sixth. grade. Our room had. 100 per , -. cent joined the Audubon Club and. expect. to. studya book called “Bird. Study.” We also have studied the story entitled “The Legend. of. Sleepy Hollow..." Thursday afternoon our room went to Alma to the theatre. ‘ and saw the story in pictures. It. .‘ 55:; was very interesting. Hero are. some g , riddles; Why does. a man ,Weai. a ' HWY [ large watch. and a, woman a small one? How does water get into a water melon? Why is a woman and the. sole of a shoe alike? What is V' the largest word in the dictionary'iI If any of the ousins guess these rid-v dies.- please send the answer to the . (T ‘ Children’s Hour. As my letter is getting long I will close hoping. to - , - u ’hear from some of the nieces and ~ , nephews, Your Ni‘eée, Ferns Irvin, ‘ ,5. ,__j§ St. Louise-Michigan, Route 4, Box 3. ‘ ——I lmow you will enjoy “Bird Study” and I’ll bet you found “The Legion oi Sleepy Hollow" very in- ‘ teresting. I know I did. I have newer seen'tho moving picture of it but as you say it is interesting.’ I will; go the first opportunity I have..‘ Dear Uncle Ned—I have been a silent reader of the Children’s Hour , for sometime and I thought you, would like to hear.from another of * your nieces. Would you? I will desg ‘ Si» ,_ , cribe myself. I am a girl 12‘ years - 7.37:? old, and am in, the 6th grade at ,7 school. I have brown eyes, dark ’ hair and have freckles. I live‘ an a I have 4 brothers- and 2 sisters. I have 1 mile and a.‘ half to go to school. I think the. best departme it in the Business Farmer is the Farm Home Depart- ment and the best department for a man is “Poultry for. Profit.” Well I will "have to close now and leave room forother cousins ,to write. I would like to get a. letter from some of my cousins. I will answer all letters I receive. My birthday is October 18. Have I a twin? I will say good-bye now, Uncle Ned a1. .L . ' cousins—Thelma Crosby, Edenville, - .; Mich. Box 7’7. > '- —-Glad to hear Come again. from you, Thelma.‘ Dear Uncle Ned: I have never written to you before, but have read the-Children’s. Hour and enjoy. it very much. My lather takes the Business Farmer and likes it very much. I am a girl 13 years old, In " in the sixth grade at school. I live ~ about one-half mile irom school. ‘ I live on an 80-acre. ism. I have one sister, her. name is Mary. She is 222 years old. I also have one brother. His name is Walter and he is 25 years old. We have 2 mules. 1 halos, 4 cows, 2 calves and 65 chickens. For pets I have 2. cats. Their names. are Tabby and Tom. My letter is got- ting a little long,» will close with a. ,. riddle. WOuld like to have some of . ' '“ the cousins write to me. Use mo ‘- well and I and everybody? Scratch my book and I am nobody? Answer: A looking glass. Your - nieces-— * Ernestine Prick, Coleman. Mich, R. R. 4, Box £6; ' . .' MLE Me given or“ We; Idi- ' . smelter andspeed needed {or deficient operation. , “The use of the proper-sized pulleYS has alot to” do with the efllclen‘t op- oration of bolt-driven machinery. HOW to select the proper sizes is not “difficult as some peeple think. In every case one knows, or can indent, two facts about one of the buoys—it’s diameter and its speed. Ens sleek-news at least one fact about the other pulley—either how . fast it should run or ‘how large it ”actually is. . X ' An example shows how to figure ‘ unknown quantity brtter than ‘ explanation. . .‘Take an engine running at 600 1 - rmgmlutions .a minute. The engine ,. Yon desire to run a feed grinder at - ' 0M revolutions a minute- What - sine pulleyshould you get? You know the/engine ‘pulley‘s speed is 300 revolutions and its diameter is iiiuches. You know but one thing _ spent the grinder pulley, its speed, ‘ which is 900. How can you find the diameter? . Multiply together Athe two thin-gs a. that you know about one ,pulleyvand ’ divide by what you know about the other pulley. * p . .In the above example, afi‘O’D‘ multi- plied by 12 makes 7,290.. Dividing this by son gives 8. Therefore, an eight-inch pulley is needed on the ‘1 ' feed grinder. ' The result will not always some in certain sizes it is necessary to day. When computing the diameter a; a driven pulley, select the next size smaller. When computing the diameter of a driver pulley, select the next size larger.-—~Farm, Stock and Home. "f " C H A N of No 7- T'I M E q , By JOHN 1’.‘uarL£rr ' ' * Barman FARM WANTADS ,, HAVE noticed this; ymStfsing of only a few years back. Take daily and weekly newspaper * want ads as an illustration: " ' ”The want ads are convenient and efficient business aids, asfarmers ”have realized for years. But there are good ways and poor ways of writing want ads. Only a few years ago, it was a most uncommon thing to find a farm want ad'written with real advertising skill. . The formula - ‘was about like this: Write, “For Bulls," and then what you offer, in the briefest possible words. “For Sale—Cow,"’. “For Sale—Alfalfa hay," and similar ”want ads were '3 .. ;. - common. Contrast these with recent want ads noted by the Writer. ' informs“ the reader that he has eight _ .:- seasonable varieties, at stated prices. Moreover, that “every buyer this ' week receives a free pumpkin.” A farmer’s “cow for sale” want ad which states the breed, age, weight, 'imount of milk given, when to fresh- en, and offers to sell on_trial. A farmerfs want ad oflerlng set- ting eggs for sale which informs us ‘ this farmer sold 300 settings A to "satisfied customers” the year be- $2.50 per head; that 90 per cent fer- tility is guaranteed. ' [These are good want ads. say something which makes reader, if be Is remotely in the market, feel like investigating furth- er. They emphasize that though a want ad» seems .a. little thing, plenty of thought and pains can be put into - it, and ample reward obtained. Thus a fruit district seumg~ fruit on the t-trees to city people, uses several keen want ad selling plans. , VOne, V ,onchardlst advertises he will calltor ;~ customers in- his disses, auditake They 5“” I’m“ " '9‘33mm;i1 ~ pulley is twelve inches in diameter. , out even, and as pulleys are sold only select the next larger or smaller pu1-‘ When indi- “vld'u-al farmers advertise nowa- " days, their advertising is usually‘ *‘ much better than average farm adv A farmer whose want ad on apples ’ "fore; that his flock last year earned the _ comescmms . . V t seems there is loppor- ‘— ‘t—‘I'mi'ty for the individual, adapt- to his special cons ditions, to gain desirableresults by .doing something in a have], .diflwmit way. Poultry color schemes ob- servable at Tulare, a Western dist- rict—attic single large flock, ranging through orchards, showing buff and white, or white, black and brown henHre an interesting illustration of this. "Pliers is a reason for these flocks of these different varieties, and it is intimately associated with' profits. * . Big poultry vilocks usually are of one color. There is a reason—it ‘ paysthe poultryman-best to handle one breed alone. At Tulare a single flock will contain two or three vari— eties. Le'ghorns and White Leghorns. White, black and brown will be White Leghorns,r and Anconas, Brown Leghorn-s. ~ Tulare adopts the color schemes as part of a plan for increasing the total agricultural production of a single man. One farmer is told about who handles 70 acres of alfal- fa, milks four cows, and attends to 1,000 hens. He is able to do this because of labor-saving methods with the poultry. ‘The chickens roam over many acres. Mammoth hoppers, placed here and there, are billed only once in several days. The A m are ibbught of a large hatch- .- , .- ,. ,_ ‘ .. erms'stldim' the farmers. grunt deal the next year another color. Buff and white may be Bull!~ _ of labor; . One year one color will be bought, ,The early. years of a hen's life are the most prodzuctlvc, so Tula-re ships hens to market at two years or three years. If at the end of two years, then tWo colors are kept; if ' at three years, then three colors. The color identification of age is a big time-saver over the leg-band meth- od—tha‘t is why different colors are kept. When-the time comes to cull, , there is no laborous examination of leg-bamds. One glance at the feath- ers tells. It is a mistake to believe the per- iod of method origination is past in American agriculture. New ways of doing things are establishing them- selves rlg‘ht along, and someone al- ways profits. HOW SHALL FERTILIZER BE APPLIED FOR POTATOES? (Continued from Page 4) ways :of applying fertilizer for pota- toes. ’The first of these is by means of a fertilizer attachment on the planter. These attachments have been carefully designed by most of the manufacturers, and are the re- sult of considerable study. Proper- ly adjusted, they mix the fertilizer with the soil so that it does not come into contact with the seed pieces. The fertilizer attachment is general- ly placed ahead of the seed hopper “in such a manner as to‘apply th denim befm'e one seed is new . Generally «adjustment cam be model to either put the fertilizer below the seed with '50111 between, or to punt, the seed in the fertilizer-mixed soil. The limited experiments that have - been conducted on the exact method _ . of placing fertilizer favor distribute ing it below the seed. The second method of applying fertilizer in the row is by means of a separate fertil- izer distributor before the crop is planted. This method seems to be ' growing in favor, particularly where large quantities of fertilizer an us- ed. A two-row distributor open the furrows for two rows, applies the , fertilizer in about any met-bod desir-‘ ed in the furrow, and mixes the soil and fertilizer together. 'The rear coverts leave a mark to follow, in planting. From the standpoint of thorough distribution this method is excellent but it has the disadvant— age of involving a separate opera-. tion. There is a common impression that fertilizer in the row causes bunching of the roots. Careful in- vestigations carried on by both the Wisconsin and Michigan Experiment Stations on corn indicate that hill application of fertilizer on corn does not cause the bunching of the roots. While the results of these investiga- tions cannot be applied definitely to potatoes, there is ground to believe that the objection to row fertiliza- tion is not so important as it once seemed. 1r I \ -g, of: ‘j x/‘ At Custer; Michigan recently the dealer held a Primrose Ser- vice Day andhadaiac- tory expert on hand to . give whatever help might be needed. 0f 5 200 .Primroses sold ‘ locally in the past ten . years, only 11 were brought in needing re- pairs or adjustment. ‘ ,. Of this number the _ . biggest repair bill was ‘ 89cents. Sucharecord " speaks for itself. l‘j‘ ‘ McCormick BALL- BEARING Cream Separators RIMROSE Cream Separators have been making a good name for themselves in all she dai-rying sections of the country. Their good granted, but if you will turn in wherever you see the sign “Primrose Cream Separator Used on This Farm,” and make inquiries, you will find liberal praise for the Prim- rose. Everywhere is proof of close skimming, long wear, and easy operation. Read this evidence: Mr. C. W. Coon, ' McCormick-Deming Dealer, Colesburg, Ia. Dear Sin—You will no doubt be the Primrose Cream Separator which you sold me 5 years ago and is today giving such splendid satisfaction. Ijust returned from the Colesburg creamery and was told that my cream test Was the highest in a year’s average over the 300 other patrons bringing their cream to this station. The cream test averaged 44% during the year 1922 which is 3% higher than the next highest average test. At the same time our skimmilk test was less than 1-100 of 1%, so we were sure that the Primrose was getting all the cream. The repair expense on this Primrose separator has been only $1.50. Anybody looking for a close-skimming, economical cream sepaxator ‘does well to buy a Primrow—ior it’s a machine that can’t be beat. Yours very truly, ‘ HAT is the sort of work the Primrose has been doing See the note at left also. ball bearings and other improvements, the McCormick- for farmers. Deering Primrose Cream Separator is all the more qualified to save cream ' and money and time for new owners. Made in '5 sizes: hand and power operated. _ The McCor- mick-Desting dealer will show you this bail-bear- ing machine. '1 INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER -Deering Primrose Work is usually taken for Colesburg, 1a., Feb. 26, 1923. interested in knowing about [Signed] I. W. Platt 8 Son. Now, with W 1.1“»..- a. . _ COMPANY, ' . .>V ‘3‘; . ~ ‘1‘, .‘my , i' A ‘ . . .V .1 All shallmake' the world anew: Golden sun and silver dew,.... ‘ .. _ Money minted-in the sky, _ fl Shall'the earth’s new garmernts' buy. May shall make the orchards bloom; ' And the blossoms’ fine perfume ‘ Shall set all the honey-bees Murmuring among the trees. May shall make the buds appear Like‘ a jewel, crystal clear, . ’Mid the leaves upon the limb ._ I‘Vhere the robin lilts his hymn. . May shall make the wild flowers tell Where the shining snowflakes fell; VJlfit as though each snow-flake’s , cart, - By some secret, magic art, Were transmuted to a. flower In the sunlight and the shower. Is there such another, pray, Wonders-making month as May? —Frank Dcmpster Sherman. THE PRISONER AND THE FLOWER HERE is a beautiful story in French of a prisoner who be- came attached to a flower. He was put in prison by Napoleon be- cause he was supposed to be an enemy of the government. Walking one day in the yard adjoining his cell, he saw a plant pushing up be- tween the stones. How it came there he could not tell. Perhaps someone carelessly dropped the seed or perhaps it was blown over the wall by the wind. Charney (for that was his name) felt a great in- terest in the little plant, and spent much time looking at it. He‘soon saw some buds. He watched them as they grew larger and larger, and longed to see them open. And when the flowers came at last, he was fill- ed with joy. They were beautiful and with a delightful fragrance. He guarded the plant with great care from all harm, and one day .shielded it from a hail—storm by bending over it as long as the storm lasted. It was something more than a pleasure and comfort to him, for" it taught him some things that he had never learned before—although .he was a very wise man. As he watched the development of the plant—it taught him more than he had ever learned from the wise men , of the earth, it taught him that there was a God. He felt that no one but God could make that flower. ~The plant proved of great service to him, for the Empress Josephine hearing of his care and love for the solitary little plant in the prison yard, and being a great lover of flow- ers herself, interested herself in his behalf and persuaded the Emperor to grant him his freedom. And when Charney left the prison he took the plant with him, for he was 10th to part with the little com- panion of his prison life, that had taught him such lessons of wisdom. TIIE GARDEN LETTERS First. Prize .WANT to tell you something about my plans for this season. ' I belong to that class that are renters and it is necessary to move now and then. Most landlords have other things to think of besides set- ting out shrubbery and building fences to keep out the chickens, and tenants often say, “Well, who knows whether I will be' here another year 80 if the pigs rut up the front yard and the horses and cows eat off the shrubbery and flowers, all well and good.” - I like pretty things and do enjoy flowers and it surely doesn’t cost a penny to keep the pigs and the cows and horses in the pasture. I want flowers for my tables and I want my children to grow up to enjoy nature and be happy and how else can this be taught better than working with clean surroundings. and flowers. Now for our campaign. we thor- ’ough1y clean the yard. We have so much shade in front that our flowers , are. in the back part of the yard. 0n the east side of the house about two feet from the foundation, we'will spade up along the house to putin our dahliais, a few gladilious and later set in asters. We’ will also do the same on the west side. " .911, the West side is a porch and we are planting morning glories here. “We build _hide the oilet ‘and here plant ls"~of zinnias, maragolds, 4 o’clock. ‘ ’ ‘ ‘ st, and all ' v Museums till ~ . .ADe story of our love for her. who have passed on and a colored flower for the living. Address letters: pertinent for th . p ‘ Edited by MRS.”ANNI_"E TAYLOR ' .- MOTIfllR’S DAY N our last issue I mentioned Mother’s Day and find it’falls on Sunday, May 13th. Let. us not forget Mother this year. just love a nice rest day and with a little effort on our .part we~ could give her that happiness that comes with thoughtfulness it is wonderful to have this special Day set checksup onevery other day and if we have forgotten, which we should not, we are telling her by our actions how dear Mother is to us. and make some special dish or little remembrance that will tell Do not forget her if she is not with us any more. A flower or a prayer dearly love. It is the custom to wear a white flower for the mothers W Maybe she ’would , I think aside for her. It sort of Try the in remembrance of one we m , Withey keep supplied fromquflf 150'! / Mrs. Annle Taylor. care The Buslness Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Mlchlgan. until then we cover with brush. We also have a big vege- table garden. We always buy most of the garden seed and a few flower .seed, but this year all we will be out is a few nails and a package of climbing nasturtiuns.——-Mrs. M. start, Second Prize OST everyone loves to see a beautiful lawn in the summer, and I know of no other place which can show the more beautiful and artistic landscape Work than in the country. The first thing to do is to rake your lawn thoroughly and free it of the small branches and other things which might have blown there dur- ing the winter, and if you are a lever of flowers, the following suggestions might add a wonderful appearance to your home. Make a round flower bed in the middle of the lawn of Canna flowers use as‘ a border, Forget—me-nots, or middle sized stones. For a hand— some and showy display they are un— rivaled. And if you do not happen to have permanent hedges, for a border around your lawn, buy a small package of Four—o’clocks, they are a handsome plant, grew very rapidly if properly taken care of. At full growth they are about two feet high, covered all summer with hund— reds of bright colored, showy, sweet scented flowers. . Or, if you do not care for these, you might buya small package of Kochra or Summer Cypress known by either name. ~ This annual plant grows rapidly, at full growth, two feet high. The leaves, very slender, of light pea green, until fall, and then changing to blood red, either plants are very beautiful for station- ary borders. And for a flower bed in front of the house, I suggest, sweet peas, pansys, a flower of the smaller type, and if you have rose bushes, don’t forget to trim them this spring, also the shade trees if any and don’t ne- glect to keep your lawn cut this sum- mer. The next thing is how we are go- ing to improve our vegetable gard- ens. Most every farm home should have a small garden near the house separately from the one. in the fields. I suggest that you have a border of astors around the garden. This looks very beautiful, especially when there is green onions, lettuce, beets, carrots, etc., vegetables of the small- er type, and don’t'forget to keep those horid weeds out of sight. You not only beautify your garden, but also your home, having a vase of astors on your parlor table. At the most, these flower seeds would not cost over fifty or sixty cents, and with a little labor, your home can be 'wonderfully improved. -— Florence Hondorf, R1, East Lansing, Mich. Third. Prize , WONDER if any of our readers have tried planting Four-o’clock seed to beautify their door-yard? I spaded a strip about 3 feet Wide close to the house at the front and along one side and planted the seed as soon as ground was warm, also put a row at the Side of the lawn near the drive-way, and stretched a string across until plants were well started this keeps people from driv- ing on front lawn. It does not seem very long until we have a mass of' beautiful blossoms which open every day about four o’clOck and bloom until about noon the following day. These varicolored flowers will con- tinue to bloom after most others have died, and frost often finds them still giving‘pleasure to all who love flowers. any seed firm and costs very little. The plants are hardy and if ~too tlii-ck can be transplanted—Grace Phare Davidson, R2, Fenton, Mich. VHOVV TO MAKE STAIR RUG WILL tell how my sister made a good stair carpet that has been in daily use for about thirty years and is not. worn out yet. She cut burlap as wide as she wanted the carpet to be, when it was hemmed on the sides, then with a big hook, pull rags through the meshes. Cut the rags about two inches long and one half‘inch wide. Pull one end through half its length, then miss tWo threads of burlap and pull the other end of the rag through so they will be of equal length on the top side. Have the rags not over one half inch" apart the closer to- gether they are the better it will .Wear. Do not trim the top. My sister used sacks that had been cov- ers, for sugar sacks. She used hit or miss rags. If one wanted to make it more fancy one could run a white thread along the side about three inches wide the length of the carpet and use one color for that. It takes a lot of rags to make it.— ,M. s. THE ,FARMwWIFE MAKING EXTRA MONEY HE wOman on the farm who feels she can spare the time from her family and household ‘ duties has every right to try and increase the family income, There are a great many ways that this can be ac- complished. I have received a great many let- ters telling about crocheting and tat- ing. This is a very good way and a pleasant one. For the women folks that live near a town of any size at all, the raising of chickens and selling the eggs_and making good fresh butter, ' has always been a safe way to make money. In our towxi there are quite trellis of several feet . inbing .nasturtiuns,‘ then we have . - GET YOUR FAVORITE RECIPES AND HOME REMEDIES READY OR Mr. Slocmn has promised that if I secure enough, home-test- ed recipes and home remedy prescriptions, ‘The Business Farmer will publish them in book form exclusively for our readers. I cannot. tell you all the particulars in this issue, but I do know that‘.we are going to give some recognition to the sender for each recipe‘published so __I want you to get together your very best . cooking, baking or canni g reCipes and your hams remedy prescrip- . . tions. Just the ones that have been or y0u ,haVe used successfully for year . 4 bout this plan in the next’issue, but do start I’ll tell you, more a . , getting yoarfyerg'beetfr‘eeipes‘uready,fonme. Joyfully, passed along in your family - nice tassel complete the hat or Tam. This seed can be had from ' . beV' fresh-things rm, meager , ~' sellitto a number. of‘”‘custome {C 5 week.’ Just, think. of the amount rhubarb: that is starting up rig now and when the flower season starts, sell, pretty bunches of them' It is surprising how much inane can be obtained this way. . women folks that live aWay from the towns can make a few extra dole 'lars. and help Others with the good sug~ gestion. A letter came into my; oflice from Illinois and I that it so fine that 21 am giving it to you. Making Money At Home——Velvet and plush hats and Tam O’Shanters for little girls. ' I usually earn from $125 to $150 every fall by making little hats and tams for girls from 1 to 12 years old. lvbuy remnants of all colors dur- ‘ ing spring and summer of plush and velvete. fancy trimmings and tassels by watching for special sales._ I live neara gity where there are two factories who make uniforms and lodge re- galias and can buy small pieces by. the pound of velvets and plush and linnnigs. By cutting the Tame in eight section pieces, also so many little‘. hats are made with 6 sections and turn up rim.‘ I also make a square top but, always using up small pieces" Linnings are cut same as outside but of cheaper material in cotton goods. Bend» are trimmed with a narrow beaded or fancy braid. I would like very much to receive, .. any letters telling how some of out: If you have an idea pass it"On‘V-I: A button mold covered with velvet at top and a.“ ‘ ' :‘V Red and black, orange and black. gray and blue. purple and gray are nice in two colors, then I also make them in solid colors of red, green, purple, black, blue. gray, etc. - I usually cut my own patterns and watch for new ideas. In, September] and October I go to town or city with a large box usually 20 or more hats in box and stop at any house where I see little girls. I can only go Saturday afternoons when girls are not in school. and usuually sell 8 or 10 and more at $1.00. $1.25 and $1.50 each. I live on a farm and ‘ am 60 years old, so I think I do fine. My hate and Tums are well made and tasty of good ma- terials. I have made and sold them for 5 years. and can always sell again to same customers, who wait and watch for me. ‘Any woman who is handy and tasty could make théin for her own family and friends and thus save many dollars. I make them any spare time I have and by fall I have them all ready. If one lived near town they could go and sell after school. One can buy hat patterns at any pattern counter, or perhaps our Editor would furnish some—Mrs. M. ———This article on making money at home is a good one and would like very much to thank Mrs. M. and hope more of our readers will pass along their ideas on how to make extra money. Mothers Problems“ ' ’ - PERSISTENCY PAYS ' ERSISTENCY pays—in bringing up children ‘as well as in any: thing else. Many a mother has started her baby out right in life by ‘ studying every available authority, on baby care and doing nothing for her child which would not come und- er the head of “scientific care and' feeding.” She has brought her ‘baby safely through those all im- portant first weeks of his life; she has seen him safely through his first summer, and breathed a sigh of re- lief when the first set of teeth has been entirely cut. And then——-oh, how many times it happens!-—-’she seems to think._'he has got past the period when care must be taken with him. She grows careless about the food he eats, about the condition of his stomach and bowels, about his hours of sleep and the amount of ex- citement to which he is “treated." The child now, She thinks, is, in a‘ measure, big enough to take care of himself! But no child is big enough, either at four or five or six, to take care of himself, and decide what he should eat, when he should go to bed, and how many nights he shall be up late. To .have as healthy school—age children as you have fat babies, there is but one rule to fol- low, and that is, “keep everlastingly at it!" Don’t grow lax in the"care of the older ones! Train them in right eating habits so that they may not become one of that vast army of undernourished children that fill our public schools! Insist upon the early bedtime hour that nerves may not be shattered .by too-little sleep. Throw windows wide at Inight‘that. lungs may be filled with health-giv- ing, health-keeping oxygen while the children sleep. ' »- Even though your children rank high in physical examinations, even though you 'know they are exception- ally well, don’t relax in your efforts ~to maintain that fine standard of health. Keep at it, at it, at it! Your, duty 43 not done when you have seen. "your‘ children through babyhood, nor is it w . yawn they are.» it launched in; c . Dd. Y ' l 8,3 . is“ A \ ‘ can full of good vinegar. ‘are hid with christ in God (Col. We, dwellin Ps. 91:1). His presence shall go with (Eli; 33114): 86 shall we ward of! the fiery arts of evil (Eph. 6:-1518), and need not on what man can do unto us (Heb. 13 6). We shall be safe and can enjoy peace of mind . We shall learn, too, that by' 1' thus daily seeking the kingdom of God, not only thruout the day. Will things be added unto us (Matt. 6: 33). that understanding will rapidly increase becaus Truth Will be more and more revealed. If we desire the Truth which is the remedy for every .inharmonious condition, seek it with love and kindness and do not be afraid to face the bare facts. Personal Column Little Girl In Trouble—Your case is truly a sad one and I am afraid you will have to make the best of it by smoothingout the road with » ' your own leving kindness. The law is that you are under ge until eighteen and if you went away, your ather could bring you back or send you to. some school for delinquent girls. The old clothes do not mean much for unhappiness, because we all have sometime or other had a .dress made over from an ‘older sister or aunts, so little reader do ,not feel badly about the made over clothes. You really are young to go to dances and -it is alright so long as your father is with you. I would suggest your finding some girls your own age and try associating with them. Invite them to your home. What you need is the help and companionship of some good neigh- borly woman and I hope you will find her. Write again. This is a lesson for the parent readers of M. B. F. Don’t put too many burdens upon our young folks and cheat them out of their childhood. It is a big problem to know how and when to scold a girl or boy of tender years, especially be- tween the ages of twelve and eighteen. Their 1minds are developing fast and they need courage and lots of attentions to guide them for their future life. The girl of twelve or fourteen who works too hard at home is spoiling her future life as a mother and wife. Request—I should like to hear from any reader who likes to piece quilts. I have some nice ging- ham and percale quilt pieces, more than I shall ever use. I would exchange for anything usefuL -——Mrs. G. W. Morgan, R. 3, Vicksburg, Mich. Making Blankets Over—Use your thin outing flannel blankets inside of quilts in place of cotton. If double blankets are used, thin at foot and fold so thin part comes in contest—Mrs. G. W. Morgan, Vicksburg, Mich. Brlal‘ Rose——The poem ‘fBriar Rose” was sent to Mrs. M., and she wants to thank the sub- ‘ hcriber who sent it in and hopes to return the favor. Sleeveless Sweaters—I should like-,to receive the address of lady who makes sleeveless sweaters. -—-Mrs. G. M. Canning Horseradish—I carefully clean a quantiy of horseradish roots and grind them very fine with my food chopper: I fill a quart can nearly full and add four level tablespoons of granulated sugar. one teaspoon of salt and fill the This will keep a year if kept in a dark place. —-—F. A. B. One Year's Subscription for Mrs. M. E. 3.— Mrs. M. E. S. has won a year’s subscription on her garden letter and if we can have your name would be glad to award it to you. Absent—Why did he leave me, Could I put forth my arm and stay him—‘- I would not for its God’s decree, Man must work out his own destiny. ' If I could but aid him now, -My sorrow would be less, my happiness more, I'll let go. God can have him as before. Thoughts are mighty, Truth works in Unity, Vibrating through ethereal space, In one grand symphony. Prophets, Seers, Illuminati, Voiced this long before, Many in body, but One in mind, Present foreve1 more. Baker. -—This poem was sent in by a reader of M. B. F. -——A letter asking for recipe for canned meats came into our office and the following is from a subscriber. It sounds real good. CANNED SAUSAGE MEAT Here is a recipe a subscriber sent in and says it has always proved successful. I have kept sau- sage canned this way until Fall. Grind and season meat to taste as soon as possible after butchering so that it has no chance to taint. Stuff in Links or make little pats not too thick, and just large enough to go into a quart or two quart can. 'For a small family one quart cans are better as the meat soon taints after it is opened. Fry sausage in frying pans on the top of the stove. The sausage should be fat enough to make half the grease required. If not, melt lard. Watch carefully and ‘turn so that it does not burn. Fry until done and not too brown. It is then ready to put into cans that are ready, of course. Cane should be packed with sausage up to the shoulder. Pour the grease‘ from frying pan into a small granite pan which should be kept hot on the stove. Then rinse the frying pan with boiling water to get the brown liquid. When this boils fill the can half full, then fill remainder of pan with hot grease from the little pan and éover sausage with grease as the grease must cover the sausage to keep. If you have plenty of grease, all grease can be used to fill cans. It is then ready to seal. ' Heat oven as for baking and cover the bottom of granite baking Dans with sausage and roast in oven. Watch ‘carefully so that. they do not burn, and take pans out once and turn so that all sides are browned alike. Then put into cans and dip the same as above recipe. The meat will have a better flavor by this recipe. Itwill keep just 'as well. Have. tea kettle filled with boiling ’w‘ater while canning and can all sausage hot. ’ Sliced meat can be canned in the same way. —-I would like very much to secure the names of 'pec'mle who have But! Cochins, Partridge C-echihs and Bantams to sell and their prices for camera-fired Hazen Miller. Route 2 Wheeler, the secret place of the Most v abreast on the sidewalk. uo'h appreciated.—-,-Mrs. J. O. 1 u—Any reader that will help Mrs. J.’ 0., can have her address upon request. 1 ~Some time ago I noticed a request for a method of removing rust stains. The lady was mm to use lemon juice and salt and place in the sun. I have found that it is much easier and quicker to place the spot over the top of a steaming teakettle after dipping in the solution of salt and lemon juice. If very bad it may need a second dip. few moments. Ink spots may be treated the same way and then washed' in the usual way to remove the color in the ink. Or they may -be washed first to remove the color, than the yellow spot that is left removed with the salt and lemon. Wlil some reader tell me how to mend broken dishes so that they will stay mended even when washed in warm water. I read a way to do it once with alum or ashes or both but lost the article. Also- wish to ask if any of the readers have had experience in shipping rabbits or other animals to the food and for companies in New York City and Kansas City, Mo., who offer to buy all you raise if you buy stOck of them.—-Mrs. E. W. B. —-Can any reader answer these questions? The article written by Margaret Bartlett was very interesting to me. Only one thing could have made it more perfect; had the mother ex- plained to the daughter, she was sorry she was even momentarily angry, as the daughter was suffering for a mothers mistake. I have two daughters woman grown and we are just pals together. There has been no mis- understandings. If a diflerence of opinion arose, it was easily explained, because of our great love for each other. This is a secret, Love is the connecting link (not disconnecting) every time. ,thre love is first, there is no discord. One daughter is an artist, the other a valuable cashier for a large firm, and when .they return home we trio are arm in" arm as heretofore, and often they say to me, Mother, you are :11: young as we are, thus we have happy times together. So much happiness is in store lor us if we are not oblivious of it. You mothers that think your hemt is breaking, yes and fathers too, go within yourselves and find that glorious calm, that serenity of peace that is ever there, and see only the wonderful beauty in your sons and daughters and rest as— sured it will come forth and love you. This I know from my own splendid daughters. Love fulfills everything—L. Baker. RECIPES CANNING SMALL FISH “All flsh must be absolutely frcsh for can- ning. Do not attempt to can fish that has been dead more than a few hours, for it deteriorates very quickly. . “To prepare fish, fins and entrails scale or skin, remove head, They will scale more easily if dipped for a Jnoment into boiling water. If they are large, remove back bone. Soak fish in brine made of 2 tablespoons salt to 1 quart water, from quarter of an hour to an hour, according to the thickness of the pieces. This draws out the blood. Drain, out into lengths or pieces desirable for packing and serving. Pack into jars, add hot brine made of 1% tablespoons of salt to 1 quart of water. Partially seal, process pint jars 60 to 90 minutes of 15 lbs. steam pressure, seal. Canned fish may be served boiled, 'with sauce, rolled in meal or crumbs and fried, ' baked and basted with butter, deviled, scalloped, crouquettes, flsh cakes, salads and in many other ways. The above directions may be used for all varieties of flsh.”—Mich. Agri. College. RHUBARB CONSERVE Many people have more rhubarb in their patch than they can use up in sauce for immediate consumption. Why not convert this into con- serves? The following recipes are good: Rhubarb and Prune Conserve One quart rhubarb cut in small pieces. One cup prune pulp. Three cups sugar. One lemon, juice and grated rind. One— half cup English walnuts, chopped. Cook the rhubarb. the piune pulp and the sugar until the mixture is thick Add the lemon juice and rind and the nuts. Cook slowly until the con— serve has a rich, red color. Note—One cup chopped raisins may be added. Rhubarb and Pineapple Marmalade Three pounds led rhubarb. Two pounds sugar. Two lemons, juice and rind grated. One cup grated pineapple. Cook the mixture slowly until’it is thick and clear. Turn into glasses and seaL—Home Eco- nomics, Colorado Agricultural College. RHUBARB SHORTCAKE Mix and sift together two cups of flour, four teaspoons of baking powder, one half teaspoon of salt and two- tablespoons of sugar. Rub in one— third cup of shortening and add one egg and enough milk to make a very soft dough. Spread the dough evenly in two small greased layer cake pans and bake in a hot ove11——400 degrees—for ten minutes. Remove from pans, cool slightly. Spread stewed rhubarb very thick between and on top of the layers and serve with “hard sauce, cus- tard sauce or whipped cream:- RHUBARB JELLY Wash rhubarb and cut into small pieces. Mix with just enough water to keep the rhubarb from burning. To each pound of rhubarb add juice of one orange and one lemon and the finely- chopped rind and inside white peel. Cook slova until tender and pour into a jelly bag to drip. When all the juice has dripped through, measure and allow one pound of sugar to each pint of juice. Heat to boiling point and boil five minutes; Add sugar and boil until ; the mixture jellies from the spoon. Pour into sterilized jars and seal with parafllne. . . I —-if you are well bred! In public—only in 'crossing the sfieet the boy takes a girl’s arm. .. The man always walks on the outside,’even ’ walking .with two girls or more girls, Always. acknowledge acquaintanceship with bow or slight smile. 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The makers of this wonderful device say it is too much In (‘Vlll‘l't you to bclicve this, so they are going in giyw you a chance to try it at llullln‘. ’l'ln'y‘l-ll'cr in send it by prepaid purl-cl post 011 11 11-11 !!! .. , pics are favoured in Marthe"..,g” April and Most of" the on pm me Ida e‘ewfwrowe Much 15} all fie pigs suckle 10 weeks they will he weaned May 24-. If. Mm is. “ good condition she may he imm'ed ately rebred‘. that is, within.- "3 oi if . days after the pigs are weaned.” ‘ she were-retired on May 28" she; would. fammw,a.ga£n. about Septic 16, and the In'gswould be weaned November 25, masking passible~ré:‘ breeding for March 20 farrow. It is , not. always ,. possible, however, to keep to such a; schedule, and the". raising of 2 litters a year and has! f 2 them all come at the proper time . W ‘ impossible. If, WEVQI',‘ the pigs “ ‘ are allowed; to suckre 1’0 weeks it: should be easily possible for a. saw to f raise 3: litters hr 2- years, and it is probable that more profit would'be ’ ‘ . made, this way than by crowding the ‘ " sows too. hard. *~_ i TWO NEW CHAMPIONS m ' AN 1 W0 Michigan Holsteins have out- p. " ' classed former records of pro- duction for their age and length of test making 'them ‘new state champions, one. of them taking first g place in two divisions. . canary Maid’ Prometheus Champ» ion is' declared highest producer in, Michigan as a. senior three-year-old in both. the seven day and thirty day division. , . , She is owned by the State Hospit- al at Newberry. In seven days she produced 674.5 pounds of fat. or 34.87 pounds of butter. Her thirty. day record is 263:9;1i pounds of "milk and 106.796 pOunds of fat or 133.? 495 pounds‘of butter. Segis Cornucopia Pauline, owned by W. C. Cornwell, Saginaw, Michi— gan, is a third new state champion. At full age in the ten.- months divis—' ion she produced 22832.8 pounds of\' ' 7 ‘ milk and 766.71 poundsof fat equal to. 958.38 pounds of butter. ~ PRIZE COW’ AT M. A. 0. SETS ' NEW MILK RECORD AULINE Jane Pontiac, 3, pure bred Holsteinr—F‘riestian cow owned by M- A. Cs, has set'a new high mark for seven-day milk and butter fat production among all the state agricultural college herds ’ in the United States: ' ‘ She- produced 731.1 pounds. of milk, containing 36.58 pounds of 80 percent butter in: the seven days of her official test. . That Paulineis performance is .. merely the result of careful breeding is pointed out by J. E. Burnett of the M. A. 0‘. dairy department, who supervised the testing; Pauline was sired by Pauline, Sir Pontiac, one of . the best- of the M. A. C. herd. Another of his daughters, Pauline ‘- Segis Fayne, produced more than 21,000 pounds of milk as a junior two-year—old and still another-.Paiul— inc Colantha' Fayne, produced 19',- 800 pounds of milk at the same age. __; VETERINARY I DEPARTMENT Ron’s-E. HAS POLL EVIL I have a; horse four years old with a- sore about as big around as a small lead pencil located in the edge of mains, about four inches behind his car. It runs probably two tables spoon-s of thick yellow pus in twenty four hours. Has \been like! that for ’ “ sometime- Am of the" opinion that there is a pipe in, there. It isn't sore in the least, around it. and the- horse acts-all right end is doing Well. What would you advise? me to do for it?‘—H'. B.»H., Brant, Mich, , ——In all probability this horse is suf- , ferlng from poll evil, 3. disease which. , 2., 7 causes necrosis of. the anterior part of the ligament that passes elon’gatfhé‘ v top of the spine ofthecerv‘lsalvertee hm: .TWo , fineness "of .. treatment : heiress . wvc. are common is W ‘ pigs? "l i ' , ,a -; operation Whichjonsists. in- ‘the diseased. portion at the Mom "it worth! “win you to, home um ‘bhe owe of a m EDIGES- are writing. to you In regards to _ ;m and me you was «pfiease We me will to do. The sheep We?» eat, M around and W their trout legs m~ Ward , the W ' ' ‘ Mm to cm in. fillet 1nd me sonar. IAm acorn . ms ‘hnthehncknmthe‘eme as the 'e‘wes. I am feeding fine timothy hay-fond alike clover mixed..- I have (ed M hidden. They have plenty fideuitnnd Iamnesdixng bran and linseed mesh—A. a, mam Mich. ‘ .--‘ll'nom the symptoms which you de- scribe, I believe that your sheep are entering mm some form of acute indigestion. This may hedoe to - surge spoiled or smouldy feed, or it , :. 1" I may be due to timothy stalks irrita- ' ' ting the- bowels, or even penetrating them, as they sometimes do. . j‘i' ‘ g ’ I would advise that you give each one of these sheep about one-half x'pounrd or. epsom salts as soon as the , unable is discovered, remove the thothy hay tram the ration, and teen only clover hay and bean fodder . ”roughage—mo. A. Brown, Prof. K at Animal Husbandry, M. A. C. 00w SUFFERING FROM CHRONIC 1 . ‘I have a cow, 8rd generation «from ' purebred bull. .She gave a good lot . of mm: twice a day. Unusual for Ruin county. Toward end of her " arm; season “her milk got a. little _ String in right hind quarter. I , . , utilised her out good for sometime, if}; , alter about 8 weeks. rdry she salted. " f» Ahm'was an easy militargnow that same quarter gives a small stream . , (alum, milks my hard and seems f ' babe sore and tender. > Can you ad- ": " viise med—C. M.,Roscommon, Mich. y-"I‘h'e cow is sufiering from chronic . . , ‘ maStitis, a chronic inflamation of, the 3‘7 gland of that quarter. The Treat- 'ment of cases like this is often very unsatisfactory. Milk out the affect- ed quarter every two hours, message , well with a mixture of sweet oil, one 1" r'ounce; turpentine. one dram; and A ‘mfid extract of phytolacca, one dram ' three times daily. Give internally . gone ounce of artificial carlsbad salts 3,? . . night. and morning for two weeks. If you have a good veterinarian in your locality I would suggest that you put the case in his hands and let him treat it as he will be able to treat the case much more satis- factorily than can be done by mail. ——John P; Hutton, Asso. Prof. of Surgery and Medicine, M. A. C. H . r' SYMPTOMS OF PIN WORMS AND ' . BOTS I would be pleased to know what are . the symptoms of worms in horses, both pin worms and bots, also what is best to rid them of same.—-—-C. M. R., ‘Elkton, Mich. -——Pin worms (Oxurls 'curvu‘la). are parasites that live in the large intes- tine of the horses. Frequently they \are found in the rectum where they sometimes produce irritation and , cause the patient to rub the root of the tail and buttocks. Sometimes as a‘result'ot caterrhal inflamation .ot the rectum a layer of White or yel- "10wish dried exudate is round about the anus. _. , ‘ Bots amect principally colts and 'yOung horses which have been run: - mug on pasture during the summer. ' , . During the winter when the animals " cairly good condition—6:. M. P"; -‘i'n any way that I cam—John P4 - is declared new state champiori pro-' Would like to know what to do; tor my cow. Her milk is thick and stringy from one quarter of her ladder. She has been fresh about two months. She gets three quarts of ground oats twice daily and mixed , clover and timothy hay. She is ini .Mackhaw City, Michigm . l -;—Tme, cow is stuttering mom rimsfla ti: on treatment of which is veryf aim maturactory. I would snug-2} gent that it possible you past the case‘ on th made at a good veterinarian it than (is «one in your 10mm and :let 'hhn "trend it. it is madly very inflammatory :‘to try retreat a case; of this kind by mail. If you, mow-i ever, so not have ,a mtminarien in} your community and will write and§ give use the particular: about the? cm 2‘! will the very glad to help youfi Hutton, Assoc. Prof. of Surg. andf Med., M. A. C. ' E W . . _ 0N : RAVERSE‘ Echo Sylvia. Walker,; 9. Holstein cow owned by the State Hospital at,"l‘-ruverse City, ducer in the junior two year class for production of bxntterfat in thirty days. Tins cow produced 2300.0 ' pounds of milk and 80.453 pounds of butterfat according to oflicia’l an- nouncement from the Advanced Reg- istry ofice. This butterfat produc—' tion equals 10.0.56 pounds of butter. . The new champion takes the place . of Eden Hope, owned by G. W. Ridgeman at Vassar. LIKE AMERICAN BUTTER BETTER _ YER fifty percent of the butter now imported into the Domin- ican Republic comes {rpm the United States, while until three years ago 90 percent to! the butter importuioms into that country were at European origin, a report from Mr. Francisco Fiol of the American Consulate at Santo Domingo informs the Department of Commerce. Itis believed that American dairy and nut butters will have an increasing market in the Dominican Republic provided that they are given due publicity in papers pamphlets, cal- endars, etc. . - THE £X?EBIEIGE WDL - Bring your everyday problems In and get the exporlemo of other farmers. Question ad- dressed to this department are published here and answered b our readers who are (Indium of I Hard nook: and who have their diplomas from the Cbllego of 'Expenm._ If u don’t want our editor’s advice or an expert's advice, but. just plain, everyday buslness farmers’ ‘advlce, send In . your question here. We will publish each week. It you can answer the feHovr‘s huestlon. please do so, he may ans- wer om of your: some day! Address Exper- lence Poolli‘ gen The Buslness Farmer, Mt. c . cremens, CAN YOU SUPPLY THIS INFOR- MATION Has any.reader ever used the well ' boring outfit put out by the Spec- ialey Device (30., Cincinnati, Ohio? Did it give satisfaction? Did it do all they claim it will do? I wfll thank anyone for anyinformation concerning this outfit—J. W., Mich. WART BEMOVEB I would like to suggest a remedy for warts in the case of Mr. F. H. B., Cheboygan. If he will saturate the warts thoroughly with Castor oil every two days for a couple or weeks I think they will disappear. It might not be necessary to con- tinue the treatment that long. I have taken them from cows teats withxwo applications. A neighbor told meet this 15 years ago. I have used it several times and it has never failed me‘yet. This will not make sores where the warts were. ' . Nemesis, Wt, Ind. H thatDelavaI Separators Sh'm the Cleanest Statements from over half the cow testers employed by cow test- ing associations .1111 t the blurted States, reaching over 6000 farms, we additions proof of the superior skimming efficiency of De Lava Separators. ' ‘ ‘ ~ Cow testers know‘best of all what cream separators are used most, . wind) skim cleanest and last lmgest, because they regularly test‘fim skim-mill: from the separators owned by their members. They say: —“I find on an average Do Laval Separators skim cleaner—from a trace to .04 of one per cent. Thirteen out of nineteen separators here are De Levels.“ (.01 of one per cent equals one 1b. out of every 10,000.) —“0ut of 48 separator users 29 use Do Levels. I’ve found them the best skimmer-s lot the longest time." -—“86 members have so arators, and as am D6 Levels. They give the best. conduction after con daring all pomts." -"'De Laval Separators have no equal for quality and eficienoy. 15 out of 20 are Do Lavals.“ —“90% of the separators used bymy members are Do Levels. The majority skim closer than .02 of one per cent.” --“'I‘he De Laval is a very close skimmer under . a and all conditions. 95% of the separators here are Be Lavals.”* —-“.I havezfimembers and 18 use Do Lavals. I have not had one test below .05 of one per cent.“ *Anth'orities for these statements from cow testers, together with many others equally good, arocontained in a booklet entitled "Cow Test- ers—What’l‘hey Do and What They Say About De Laval Cream Separators and Milkers.” Send for it—contains information about the value of cow testing associations. The De Laval Separator Co. NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO I65 Broadway 29 E. Madison St. 6| Beale St. You Get More, Richer and Smoother Cream ll, , % 1131611 5’; filled in days run with Dick’s Blizwd. "We use Dick’s Blizzard on our ranch.” writes Mr. Morgan. “Just keep it supplied and the cutter does the rest.” Dick’s Blizzards save H most labor. All 1923 models are self-feed- ing. Feed Roll Models W have New Paddle Roll m.sxsmseca‘mgwmeamx It takes less than five minutes to mix * the C-arbola powder with water and have it ready to use as a white paint and powerful disinfectant. N o wait- ing or strainingmo clogging of sprayer. Does not spoil. Does not peel or flake. Disinfectant is right in the paint powder—one operation instead of 0F . son endl as b It uteri-l «In-3c: their“? W M. 1 capacity. additional 3th. Some models have automaucieed regulatwn' . Blizzards are ample, safe. m lasting and ecmomrcal 0 report _expa-e. Parts of neural! replaceable. Debs. er malt work per H. P. Uninmted elevating . two. Gives better results, costs less. W "‘16 ‘ummodegwithew Mame“ Used for cars b leadin farms. Describes all 1 m _ y y g ful new features. Also theDrck's “Fanny? Your hardware, paint, seed or drug dealer has Feed Cutter for hand or power cum. . Passengers "emerges“.- smnwd brim-mm , on a . . a . . an Mlge; 20 lbs. (’50 unis.) $2.50 deliveg'ed; 601bs. (50 THE J08» DICK MFG. CO. I.) $5.00delivered: 2001be. (200 gels.) $18.00 deliv- m cred; trial package and booklet 30c. Add 257‘ for Texas and Rocky Kt. States 810 CARBOLA CHEMICAL C0.. he. » Ely Av... Long bland City. N. Y. . beams _.____.____.__._______..____—~_ HILL CREST DUROOS, PERRINTDN MICH_ We/ are breaths? twenty sown and eighteen gilts to a son of GR uA'l‘ ORION SENSATION, Year- ling, spring and fall boars. WTON a. BLANK, , I‘m In a straight south of mm, 'v Gratin Cm; Mlch. ’ (K Full been and '9!“ of? AW’ W Wf uamg. prloozov%|9v¢ or booking on or . re : ' ’ non anwflmn "name: May. 1-0. reg.. short time. an :3. llull- and .bull- only“. heifers end bait-r new money luck. 8. E. KIES, Hfllsdala. lulu, . some . em FINDLAY BROS» .R ‘- er. Mich. . otters ch ic loam ‘ ‘ A PM HILL Fm \m is}. one sex. Priced vs reasonable. Write,“ ' ' ' 1| D 3mm. nun mm “ii. 9 Mr. Dealer twine. JACKSON, ‘ MR. FARMBR?! ” 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. The State Farm Bureau and other organizations and dealers of the state are in positionto' handle your 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 Mr. Jobber 1 , BIICH. THIS BRIDAL 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 time. " Beautify Your Home at Our Expense SPIREA 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. Syringe .(Mook orange), B siness Farmer. .14 . . LOUR’ SPECIAL OFFER a :ALL FIVE SHRUBS, above described, :shipped , from our. ' Michigan nursery, direct to ydur mail box, postage paidfand safe arrival guaranteed, for ONE DOLLAR, which includes. afOne Year New or Renewalsubscription to The Michigan . This may apply on your own renewal-on ,. ' dd any new name ONE FULL YEAR. ” . ’ Spires. Von Honttei (Bridal Wreath) BUSH HONEYSUCKLE —— Handsome bush with pink and white flowers in the eary spring, followed by beautiful and xsghlolwy red berries during summer and a. . FORSYTHIA (Golden Bell) -—The 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. SYRINGA (Mock Orange)—One of the finest of the tall shrubs. Valuable for backgrounds, screens, grouping and specimens. Flowers white and very fragrant. Beautiful for cutting. These are the five grandest shrubs for all climates, and will be delivered to you, by parcel post, postpaid, as per our special offer below. ’ « BOOSTINGBTHE FALL WHEAT 'OLLING the' fall wheat in the spring, after. the ground has be- conre sufliciently dry, has boost- ed many an unfavorable field of wheat. Packers, 'that are now a part of the equipment, on many farms,_ are splendid for this work. They pulverize the soil to a finer degree than an ordinary roller, and leave the top of the ground in a condition. that is less subject to a crust. They break the crust that is usually forming, fill the cracks, and press the freshly pulverized earth firmly against the roots of the plants. This not only gives the wheat a start but aids in preserving moisture that is often needed later on. Last year the writer had an op- portunity to witness the benefit that ‘resulted from harrowing a field of fall wheat. sowed late in the fall, with very little growing weather following. In the spring it did not appear to be worth leaving; but-_ when a little crust began to ‘form on the top of the “ground, and before it became hard, the owner ran over the field with the spike tooth harrows. The impression the harrowsmade upon the ground did not appear to be suf— ficient to merit the time spent, the wheat soon began'to show improve— ment, and by harvest time had at— tained a normal height. This field of wheat, that at one time appeared to be a failure, returned a fair yield; and it payed the owner well for the little time spent in harrowing it. ‘ The reason that rolling or harrow- ing the fall wheat is not practiced on more farms is because it needs to be done at that time of the year when work is usually crowding the farmer. But, when one can increase the yield of the wheat crop from. one to three bushels per acre with ‘so little effort it would be profitable to neglect less important work in order to give the fall wheat a boost. Running over the fall wheat with the packer or spike—tooth harrows this springmay be the making of the crop—L. W. Silverthorn. OAT SMUT IS PREVENTABLE Would like to get some informa- tion regarding treatment of cats and barley smut. Has the State De- partment of Agriculture a formula fonthe treatment of oats and barley smut? If they have a formula, will they furnish the anti—smut cure? What would be the cost?——J. A. B., Tawas City, Michigan. sitic fungus—a small plant which makes no food for itself but steals its living from the' cat. The body of the smut fungus is made up of threads, microscopic in size, which live inside the oat plant, growing up with it, and finally producing its own kind of fruit where the oat kernel should be ‘produced. This fruiting mass of the oat fungus is the brown “smutty” powder. It is made up of the countless thousands of exceedingly minute balls. These l.balls are the “seed” of the smut fungus. They are called spores. These seed-like bodies, the "spores, are mature at threshing time. They get into the crevices of the grain and adhere to the surfaces: When the grain'sprouts, the smut fungus sprouts too, and bores into the young seedling. This is the\ only period when smut can infect the cats. Once iinside, the smut grows as the cat plant grows, keeping pace with its progress. When the oat matures, the smut maturesialso and cempletely replaces the normal grain with the “smutty” powder. The seed for next year’s crop becomes. heavily dusted with its powder dur— The wheat had been' ———This disease is caused by a para—. 'the penetrating odor of the formal-“V I, 'I't isnotgt 5 to saythat, year in and year smut destroys 8 to 10~ per‘ceht the untreated Michigan 'oat";_,crm approximately one. acre out of, .e ten planted. This amounts. to a four million dollars annually. 5 "Prevention of oat’smut' is post by taking advantage of the"';f’a the smut can only enter .th‘e;grfi. at sprouting time, the seed grain self being the source of infection Seed treatments-kill the spores 9, the outside of the grain, With injuring the 'grain itself. . Smut is now so common “every.”. where that untreated graingives ‘E heavily smutted crop; treatedoat give, clean, healthy plants. ’ } Clean the oats of all weeds, cha , and light grains by means of a fan ning mill. ‘ . ' ' Treat seed oats for smut either‘,_ by the wellknown sprinkling moth . od or by the‘ new concentrated fore- - maldehyde treatment. , .. ‘ Mix one pint fresh formaldehyde with 40 gallons of “water. Cleap a place on the barn floor and“ sprinkle with this solution. - Spread the cats in a thin layer (four inches, _ , and sprinkle with the dilute‘solution C of the formaldehyde. ~Shovel over and over until every kernel is moist; . Add layer after. layer, sprinkling as": ‘- before. Two quarts of solutidn is enough to allowr to a bushel. When '2... all the grain is moistened, shovel_';’ into a compact heap, cover'twd’ heurs. ., i. . with‘ a blanket or canvas; “ then. f, spread out to dry and air. Do' not let the wet grain freeze, 'mould er» sprout. , ’ . ‘.:_‘-. The grain may be planted as soon . as it is dry enough to run through , the drill. Make. allowance for the Slightly swollen '_con‘di‘tion~ ' when . planting. One pint of formaldehyde will treat from 50 to 60 bushels.-. :3 The treatment may be modified by dipping the grain, one—halfto one - " bushel at a time, in 'a barrel or tub \ of the dilute solution. Drain,'cover ' . for twmhours, dry/and the» 'oatsare if” ready for planting. -- > . .- ' Formaldehyde Treatment . ~‘ Use formaldehyde at therate of. one 'pint to 50 bushels of grain. For smaller amOunts of grain cor- respondingly smaller amounts of.for-. maldehyde. It is unnecessary and unsafe to use more formaldehyde.- than the amount recommended. Put- the right amount of fresh formalde- _, hyde just as it comes from the drug- gist, into a pint or quart hand spray 7 or atomizer and spray the grain as ‘ " it is shoveled over and over. If the sprayer is kept close to the grain> . and if the treatment is given ,‘in airy? room where there is a good draft,» 4,: .3 dehyde will give no discomfort. When the right amount of formal- _ dehyde has been applied, shovel the ~- _ f oats into a heap and cover for ex— ,5‘ actly four hours with a canvas or blanket. - .. The grain should then be spread 11* out thinly for a thorough airing in 1 a warm place. Rake the grain over during this airing, then plant at once. p n ‘5. Wheat, barley and rye may be'i" treated in the same way as for oats. l Injury to the wheat will result if f directions "are not followed, or if the . ragin is allowed to stand after treat- ’1 ing. Plant the same day. ’ With either treatment avoid con- ' taminating the grain with dust from old sacks or from the drill. To dis- infect the sacks, soak in formalde- hyde, two tablespoonfuls to a pail ~ of water. To disinfect' the (drillnf pour this solution through it. 3'33 Ask any druggist 'fOr fresh 'for- . " maldehyde.—'G. ' H. *Coons, Botany..- ' Department, M. A. C. _ ' ' healthier than ever before. . , Experience ' C. M.- Bradshaw 1n Prefi- Bradshaw tell of her experience in‘ .‘own words: .' Gentlemen. I see reports of so ‘ many losing their little chicks with White Diarrhea, so thought I would “ll my experience. I used to lose 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. 687, Waterloo, Iowa, for their Walko ‘White Diarrhea Remedy. I used two "-500 packages, raised 300 White 'Wyandotwtes and never lost one or ' had one sick after giving thc medi- clue and my chickens are larger and I have found this company thoroughly re- liable and always get the remedy by ,return mail —Mrs C. M. Bradshaw, Beaconsfield, Iowa.’ « ; s \ 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 hatched egg. Readers are warned to: beware of White Diarrhea. Don’t wait until _it kills half ‘your chicks. Take the “stitch in timethat save nine.” Remember, there is scarcely a hatch Without someinfected chicks. Don't let these few infect your entire flock. Prevent it. Give Walko in all drinking 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. Fin- ally I sent for two packages of Wal— ko.- I raised over 500 chicks and I never lost 'a single chick from White Diarrhea. White Diarrhea, but it gives the ; ‘chicks strength and vigor; they de- , velop quicker and feather earlier.” Never Lost One After First Dose Mrs. Ethel Rhoades, Shennandoah, ~ Iowa, writes: “My first incubator chicks, when but a few days old, be- gan to die by the dozens with White Diarrhea. , I tried different remedies and was aboutdiscouraged with the chicken business. Finally, I sent to the Walker Remedy 00., Waterloo, Iowa, for a box of their Walko White Diarrhea Remedy. It’sjust the only thing for this terrible disease. We raised -7 00 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— poetage 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 package of Walko——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 pos- itiye 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 mu'don't' find it the greatest little chick saver, you ever used, your moneyzwill be; instantly rerfunded. », :ALaER iREMESY 00.. Dept. 881 we a: 50 em. a. o, a Juice) 0 Ditch¢0r0f° Walko ..1..- ntyourrisk. Bandit unwarantecto instantly'retizndit my . 5' “511.00 “19%, n" L“ of“ -one gander 1’ ‘volves many factors. "ines, Walko not only prevents .With one gander. mom. ‘ .1 shoulders wither) ' POO 1.qu VERY SUCCESSFUL INCUBATION "Can you give me cOmplete direc- tions on,how to hatch chicks from in- cubator without losing so many large full grOWn chicks which die in shell? I have trouble every time. I lose abOut 40 out of 100'chicks or I will say I sat 135 eggs and will test ' out about 24 and at the end of hatch I usually get about75 to 80, the rest die. I run a. hot water heating sys- tem and also one hot air system. How many geese can you breed with Does it make differ- ence in fertility of eggs if you use your own gander from same flock? Can you incubate turkey and geese eggs?—Mrs. C._A. S., Onaway,’Mich. ——Statistics gathered from every part. of the state this season indicate that the average hatch has been. about fifty per. cent. I note you re— ceived from 75 to 80 chicks from 135 eggs set and would consider this very successful incubation especially ,during the‘ months of March and early April. Later in the Season when the birds are permitted free range a few dead chicks will be found in the Shell and the mortality during the incubation period will' be greatly lessened. Low hatchability of the egg in- The breeding stock should of course be in the best physical condition. Artifical illum- ination, heavy protein feeding, and over crowding in damp and poorly ventilated buildings all have a tend- ' ency to decrease both fertility and hatchability. Immature breeding stock frequently produces a, high percentage of weak germs. The fate of the chick is more easily determin— ed before it is produced and there- fore the incubator should not be too severely critized for the resultant low hatches early in the season. Hot ‘ water machines are usually the most satisfactory during the early months because the air at that time is rela— tively dry and the moisture mach— on an average, will produce more successful hatches. Later' in the season, however, when the hu- midity of the air increases the hot air machines may excel the hot water type. It is unadvisable to inbreed with either turkey or geese as the infertil- ity usually runs much higher and the offspring is often lacking in con- stitutional-vigor. It is not ordinar- ily advisable to use over three geese Both turkey and geese eggs have been successfully in; cubated by artificial means although it is generally advisable to set the domestic hen early in the seaso’n thereby inducing the goose and turk- ey hen to produce as many eggs as possible. The latter can be used for incubation work later in the season. ———E. C. Foreman, Associate Protes- sor of Poultry Husbandry, M. A. C. REQUIREMENTS OF WHITE . WYANDOTTE - Will you please advise me the re- quirements of a pure-bred White Wyandotte?——S. E. D , Tustin, Mich. —We are herewith publishing the requirements for the White Wyan- dotte, as given in the American Standard of Perfection. Disqualifications: Ear lobes more than one quarter positive enamel white. Shape: Head: short, round, broad. Beak: short, well curved. Eyes: full, oval. Comb: Rose, low, firmron head, top free from hollow center, oval, and surface covered with small rounded points, tapering to a well defined point at rear; the entire comb conforming to the shape of skulL Wattles and Ear—lobes: Wattles, moderately long, nicely rounded at lower edges, equal in .length, fine in texture, free from wrinkles. or folds. Earvlobes, well defined, hanging about one third the ’ length of wattles; smooth. Neck: short, well arched; Hackle, abund- ant, fiowih g well over shoulders. 'Wings:.mediu1n in 8158,1110}: carried too closely to may: sides well round- ed Back: sh..0rt, broad, an at Get these out at least expense DU ARlVIERS saved thousands of dol- lars last year by using Dumorite to clear their land. It has approximately the same strength as 40% dynamite, stick for stick, and the slow, heaving action of “20%,” yet you get 135 to 140 sticks at the same price as 100 sticks of ‘,‘ 40%.” Dumorite is non—freezing and will not Cause headache. See your dealer regarding your season’s supply. The Dumorite way is the easiest, quickest and usually the cheapest way to make your waste land pay you a profit. Write us for Farmers’ Hand Book of Explo- sives, a free 110-page book, which gives com- plete information covering the useof explosives on the farm. E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO., Inc. McCormick Building Hartley Building Chicago, Ill. Duluth, Minn. more per dollar NON-HEADACHE n U p UNT NON-FREEZING O 'ITE High Pro duciné iszszzsabycmcks 1 ”WWW” 150' 000 ”with?“ chick Fully guaranteed, direct from Trapnested. Pedigreed Tom Barton and Holly- autumn wood Imported White Leghorns. World’ 3 champion layers, Not iust n few 300-egg birds, but a high flock average egg production—that’ s where you make your profit. Hatched‘ 1n the largest and finest Hatchery in Michigan, by those who know how. Bargain prices if you order now. We can also save you money on Brown Leghoms, Anconas, Barred Rocks, Rhoda Island Reds and White Wyundottes. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. Handsome, complete catalog free for the asking. Write for It today. 'Y FARMS, ”PEA—- "’4 Zeeland, Mich, 0.81. STOP! From WORLD’S GTEREATEST LAYSER¥ andt LAYING CONTEST WINNERS. WH RN LISH 8°.c Ifw IM EDIAc ELY IGREED MA?LE8 of from 250 You want EGGS shlowE you tas OurF LOOKS 3er all OULLED BY EXPERTS and LOOKT READ! GUARANTEED BABY CHICKS TOM BARRON ERG- EPP ARD'S FAMOUS ANGONA Direct. ll!M with our GUSTO ERS you would order headed with 0R0“: toszso EGG sTRA AIN Our CHIGKb become wonderfulI LAY GET our (Huck0 Write to-day for our free illustrated CATALOG. SILVER WARD HATCHERY. Box 420, Iceland, Michigan. ed stock. and have LEGH H0 you our Flocku BABY CHICKS 31°10“ .. UP lect d, heavy figdmus hens. Whlte IICI Brown L1hom A nu, l _ ' i5??s§e1lo§.’1s- sod $02.50. emu soon 50 3‘5“” “516%.... ‘5' 5. , XII-“8006, p'ar1 106 halter. Mixed chloks, 60,1 .6. 0:10o, $10.15 oases. , M“ mm 11““ mnwfiumfinretmriggm ad on" 1 and toe Mm mp I. VB 8 V n I I sat rde met wgen wan than. in twin this ad now. Get th t in": on: careful porno noun mom wn wmrui'onn usmnss. Catalog ° ‘ Iceland. llohlm ‘ -» Tsaddle, brazed i511, rising-i f Egg-Bred Baby Chicks a MAE“) orr 151111 elrcAs,E dIIUFF 1511 of 500 or 1105: wu'rrE PE)“. “in?! scene on 0 £16.00 more discounted. Al , EXT; SELECTED FLOGKS..... .13.. P11001391 Postpaid full 11 1! li nteed. Botched vigorous, “pure-bi-eed zah‘egiesmehflfully selected lg end e and disappointment Miler Mum 21f: l1:1113;,1‘wi11egdernmaimed ed oeesenCh 191131.111: or any buiness Ch esenlng. MO 501' 100 higher. ti from good cubs 423111: from this “Address BABION'S FRUIT Ann PWLTRY FARM. any 1.. m. Hep" chmnlnm, moh- CHICKS $12.00pcr1003nd Up 100% SAFE ARRIVAL' GUARANTEED and WHITE. snowu and DUFF LE0 N5, 5:, 0115 s. o. no IflggflA “15:33; $111 a w DW' 1101311351111 011 . E , * flock-s I“ 11-11.; 1.111 whims... fI‘lgil'mnlluyr1111011Tureen-11.1 THEN GENEVA HAT-BHERV. GUARANTE Botched ! “mire 11.02;" (5,133,, ”3 Quality Fowls on free BARRED ROCKS, WHITE INBYROANDOTTEE; WHI'IE, 3"" BUFF LEGKORIS. Postpaid to your door. 100% live delivery unnamed. Catalog Morenoi, Mich. MORENO! HATCHEBIEfi, Do: 3 H0O K8, an HOEO'AVV "BROILEES'ALL 50, 13 m: hoe detain ‘LL’.t7:RI:leT REDS, MJgOROA8,.:I ANOONAS. 50 a. “8.50, mam1og._ dud minaret! fdrhinsnrmg Relevance. Geneva It! I“. “A. Ind. ED CHICKS nnge. properly fed and housed to “.3:ng 100, 115550 500, 14 .'.'.'.'.'50, '91.5o;’1oo,' 514 free. Bank Reference. Member I. B. c. A. CHICKS WITH PEP, $11 per 100 and 1p, Selected H Finch. TONS. wii'm'1 and 811.. wvnuo owiém 50. s. a REDS, mnolicAs é1oo $14.w11..°h 115513511 X‘.’ '100 'atralgm. On 510, 5% 011:1 5.1.001. nun Fons n”£9.25-Im‘1ho‘mg1~9$111A1111E11 end wu 1 A00 GONAS and hnd' BUFFL 1.1:0'11011118, 501.3073 HOLGATE HATCHERY, Box B, Holgate, Ohio. CHICKS THAT l$10 liER 10!) 1‘11"” ”YE Fromea vig sv ayinng qua les 11 well Iii/EHIXI'E, now" BFUEF 08E and 8. O. IMixed, altl varieties for broilers, $10 ve coun gumn Jan; them. Bank reference. Free ca 0 II-OOBKSfiIAI‘fi'ITE 'ufv’Aulao You can order now direct from-this tales. MAKE PROFIT morons. fire-bred flocks on free rsngetw eel-and wfor’ prices considering exce nullité E18;35l?050-q,1 80 FF Olin-’0 , 88' 00, 815' BOEO, 53'12f50' 1.8.0.113‘120 ed :tl'night ostpad w your doors full ed and get them when you per 1 ILUFFT‘OI HANHERV, Box L, Biuffton, Ohio SUNBEAM HA WTTCHEEEY The Chicks that I sell are produced under my pemonnl supervision modernly equip d hatchery is carexull se ected 11ndry of best neav housed an handled. Free from disease an strong, growth“ Chicks which will WHIT BRO N AND BU 9; 1 0, $18; 500 88110.5 delivery by prepaid post. sobet your order m now Bank Reference. Catalog Free. H. B. DeKoster’s Hatchery Chicks from lsetcmng' Iii‘omul dying ENGLISH 18'r11A111l‘wIIl11éE1 #EGHOMSW and 1.2 o 500 90. 1101110 send EOLSTE'RMA'NS srRAm BARRED an A3, 100 5101?; K500. $81. 50 ostpeid. full live delivery mmn . Ontnlog free. Bank Reference. HATCHERV, Box x, loeland, Mich. B A B Y c "J. c K § Hatched from e an more” nastiest: AHODN BR a nstruoh 0W rues free on 106011681 QUALITY HATCH- ERY, Dos A11, leeiend. Mich. BABY CHICKS and HATCI'IING EGGS moot ram 1: greatly reduced prices. Bnly 9c: our fsnn 5 White [chorus and m‘erte quick! ruspnrficul and specie-1 (1.30: MODEL POULTRY FARM A HATOHERY leolnnd. R. 4. ”0111.00. EMARKABLE FOR 811E my 0"ch mend strength. mmw Whom, Annelise. no. owl-rum. MW "won: POULTRY FARM. Fulton. Mich. Minorcu, BABY CHICKS 121: AND UP mil-Wat B (hit Amoinflon. 'I'dflgliu'fl. OALtAGl-IIA". Mn, Michigan Rheumatism A Remarkable Home Treatment Given by One Who Had It In“. 0111189311109 ngd wméggdfimsfimmmm ”on 1;: 10% and will sh Ti,npin 3011 E, Findlay, . I guarantee full live 1p when you want them. Op.hio Member-I. .A. CHICKS for June 19 Delivery I Improved 8. 0. English type white and Brown Leghorns, $1 .00 per 100 ; $50.00 per 5 Extra “some spot-12.00 100; $57.50 per 00.» F‘roms all good profit- able Isyemilsnd our selected are from our V 361'!- his is our 12th our breeding, hatch- 113: and stripping chic fiend b“two are ofi'er— h-tisyers at a very reasonsble price.“ We pay the postage up“: to you'ru. door thread ton. refine. writ I but?“ fa litbtl2e ahead“ otfalfime' or e or 0 too :0 ca ogue. Wolverine Hatchery, lie-End. Mich. aracefully his closerully over $1111; cumulus". “$31 to ~mnnme omens AND 0111011111115 (ffifi’Chlcks From select vigorous. heavy hm “ending 5 t o e R. White, 0m.Logho Ber- ParoBreedPncfimlPouliz’thmnflngeu Barred Rocks records on our custdmer'. on White Rock: bode I. Reds t5“ undo o‘flvyplngtons n;— A "an,“ . cones n u I - GTATE FAR. MAW," 102 Ohm Block, ' Kai-memo. Michigan. Selected Wm Leaner-01.8mrroduoed safely. mid.“ chick. 38.50? 1 12.:50 500. :59. Gina! 100. early. Eigln Hatchery. Box 811A. Zed-d. Ila. sztchngggsCrBabyChuzh‘ . Mt: listener inbound. $8.100. , bottoms. Tompkins Itch. W $18.00. HAY bland-r of M hind Mm WM. H. FROHM. “9'! Baltimore. Ila/1.. “I. 533'me 1.1%.}: "or identifies front, hiding the stiff feathers. Breast: broad, deep, round. Body 1nd Find: Body, moderately short, (9611, round; flufl, full-feathered, well rounded. Legs and Toes: Thighs, short, stought, chairing out- lines when viewed sideways, WellJ covered with short feathers; shanks, short and stout, set well apart, well rounded; Toes; straight .—E. C. Foreman, Associate Professor of Poultry Husbandry, M. A. C. . . 1 ——SOME OF MY RESUIII‘S' HEN chicks are first received ' from the company or hatched by your own hens it is not best to feed them until they are thirty-six hours old, as the youk of the egg provided them with nourish, ment until they reach this age. Feeding before this time causes many deaths because the system is not ready to receive the food and bowel trouble results. For their first meal a good feed would be a boiled egg, shell and all chopped fine mixed with three times its amount in bread crumbs. After a week or two a more sutlable food for growing chicks would be rolled oats or screenings. Chicks need water constantly in summer and winter. Green fed is used as an ap- petizer. After the chicks are a month old they need heavier food to build up their systems. Along with this heavier feed a soft mash should be fed. The ratio being one feed of soft buttermilk mash to every two feeds of grain. Chicks must have animal feed, when they are on free range they can pick up bugs and worms them- selves, but if they are confined you must give it to them in the form of meat scrap. Another thing they must be provided with, if confined it needs chick size grit because it is important to help them digest their food Fine scratch sand should be provided tor thém if it is not possi- ble to get grit. , - . After the chicks have been reared cracked corn and wheat give excel- lent exercise, if fed in litters from 3 to 6 inches deep so they will have to scratch for it. Hens cannot get too much exercise for if they don't have to work they get 1:00 fat and can't lay. By feeding my chicks in this way I have raised them by having only eight deaths out of eighty. My hens have produced in the month of Jan- uary, 214 eggs; February, 460 eggs; and March, 1,002 eggs, making a total of 1, 676 eggs. Of these I have sold 128 dozens, besides using in our home 11 2-- 3 dozens and selling two settings at $1. 00 each. Selling the 128 dozens at an average of 4°C. I have received $55. 73 and $2. 00 for setting making a. total of $57. 73. The feed used amounted to $23. 45, netting me $34. 28 .—Grant Gallup, Member Boys’ and Girls’ Club, Iron County, Mich. ' CULLING HENS ‘ many flocks a large loss is main-. tained every year through the keeping of unprofitable hens and it is important that culling be done regularly, but to do it right is the important thing. The two common methods resorted to for culling hens is to sell 0!! those that have the rough, scaly legs whether or not their age is known. Scaly legs in- stead of indicating age, are caused by a microscopic mite known as the “scaly leg mite.” 7 This pest gets under the scales of the shank and toes and naturally the advance stages are more marked on the older chickens. This is not a reliable rule to follow in selecting the old hens. There are two methods for mark- ing birds, which can be followed suc- awfully. When the. chicks are newly hatched,1t is an easy matter to clip the rear toenail, Which if well cupped will never grow out again. This will not cause the chick any in- convenience 11 serves as a means 0 . To illustrate: th'e prenr toennllof the left foot of all @1116 119.158th ‘11! 1923 can some. 11:, hate IN legal: 1 (£10 “one in December. 18811911115111 Watch on: 11021 number, ”17 In the flacrggbm culled and pro some Inch" Mathewmiurm m has 90111 tothmnds. rite illustrated freeou cuts 010: and En”, Get 10:55:) price on best quality chicks be. ("‘8 y 11y Holland lilatclvem n.1, Holland. Mich cksand Eggs forHat will ROFIT into your flocks Wréu postcard for outdo: today an" ordering Eggs elsewh POULTRYC FARM,O Route 4 0. "mm,“ 'WASHTENAW 1111111112111 “.113. .121“: following h‘atches: 500, Res‘iis. ‘Whift R'ooks, 115m. 9.50; sdd antral I live de guano fro csrdu unselectedu'ery and bred for highe ducflon. Or er from this 03:1. Reference. and Mechanics WASHTENAW HATOHERY. Ann Arbor. Mich. Day Old Chicks From Select. Hogan Tested. Fiocks on Free We ii- i and handle _ etc-h . 0 delive gush 1:.“ ...ms. 1° mm: 0...; ...... 1mm Hill 54:1.k DORBT A” ROEK. In: P. Iceland. Illoh. ME“ ”I“ mx not insured parcel poet (pi-gull. Barred White Box R. L Ms. on lack Minorcss, 100' mm 160. nnfiuwwm Broilgrs 514 per 1‘ err gagonss 3 {013 0041,1610 5?, Rheoum' on 500 or 1 000 varieties 10¢ each in) 0.111511 106 leis. Our th year no crowd- Adm ...ch per chix less. ”3:”de from when you A; 5 1f huh-h :11 twitho rd.er 30mg; finmton Shin 8;: BItEEII “W30.” "$1“va ALF“, Pure Bred Chicks ”11’. Home Iroiler 01111....LL...110 we 1mm .. as m... *- " W' . or ....1'50 Light In a.‘0f luff nook-.310 Block M..."- mucus-51111111001111.1115“. mum" LAWBEIIOE POULTRY FARM madman-Fence ll. 1. Grand Milieu. QUALITY BABY (“MKS ‘ WE ' film Bnb Chicks. _ m- M. MM FMYIII. “9| m. ' .' 11111111115119 1. is W1 mam“ och. ng'uiom ‘ {11110.1 cute . , Well-hatched. nee True 1! once my heeded c B “mace to no helm- 1:1?sz REP our 810 men-rs #131906 won ul layers. Write today 1' . our lane We. II all about them. It’s free. thGARnuN 11.411211011111311 Well-hatched selected tn 5°- 33: BUTTE}. 5:. 50.50; :- altrl'lid'rm." e'tLven was. 55. so; 109. on- !oo o. e guilt-ante 11]} 100% live arrival. ‘llduence. claim rder direct tmubldandn:nmfime. Freecircuhr. _ loosen unreal“ -lox F. _ Mt. Blanchard. Star Hatchery 2111. Prices Reduced Botched modern methods In hes:~ machines 0 our room. supervision. are fully De and tpeetpatd and ed.“e kReference. Ohlo 1000/ live :1th I alto no- chances in ordering STAR BABY . (fiend Pm tide: _ when you want "AR HATWIERY. Box X. Holland. Ilchlaan "f-ARlsTOCRAT rnowondset STRAIN BARBED ROCKS. THE WO FAMOUS PRIZE WIN- ale DAND HEAVY LAYING BAI . Barron White Leghorns Splendig,‘ big, heavy weight. heavy 113. urns Beautiful business hen. Wonderful wrnrte layers. Second to none. algalppard’stf'amous Stain egg 5 rain Fromf all these great strains; Postpaid , unlive dolivery guaranteed. Also EGGS FOR HATGHING and Breeding Stock. Reference» 2 Banks. Member M. B. C. A. Fall-view Poultry Farm. Home 2 K. Mend, lion. Rosewood Farm Healthy, .Hardy "Chicks Select mnl’leavy lgy; “‘1 ’“ilfed'i. mm ‘1’?" 01:11.13? .5“... $.52 t4: 5:11.. €55.31)? Select simian so, no.1 e. 0 . 1.. 500. $80. Pomona! Rugged. 01113 $21111mendernyouIglied‘uw ctiun n have had Ions expedgncefiin 70.3311 Chicks and our flocks are secondm to none Circular. free. ROSEWOOD FARE. R12 A. Rolland. Mleh. .ixnlveadin 11le FgOIm‘SEkEcTEdD Flpc‘xs vane 33 0 1' .Writef for catalog anfir‘gficgnlm mlrantoed «rune. lion. The Court of Last Appeal 00 are the Judo. and the Jury. ‘ Your verdlct ls fln'sl. There can he maul-461- thls "I“ Court 0! Paulo. 0911113. The Jun-es of the world must a ‘, m ”mix-3%: ,1" every «gem — FORM ' m .- an that tell to measul-o M“ coon menu are qulelily eon eblivlon. The manufacturer who advertise. do- liberate]! "aces hie merchandise on tel l. om courts yeurov ovltlool l a Re lnvlt'esmcol'alslarlsou. t'l'od d‘l'lro ' m . goods 11 en orooe those Mbw on their“ nm If he were «would not. mm tlslng would ‘0' your. nod- to. m‘iwd. ”Tel-":31 mlrlm to o. , starting'with go pay for her keep aft- ei- the second your or laying season and unless’ she is o! exceptional 'va'l- no as a breeder she should be dispos- ed 01'. It is during the pullet year that the majority of hens make the best egg records and therefore it is good practice to feed for egg produc- tion the first year The second year the hens that were the best layers . and of strong vitality should be used for breeding. .The third year they "should be disposed of. Another reason for culling hens is to keep, down disease. For example one disease in particular is more evi- dent in farm flocks than is generally thought ofand that is tuberculosis. Where the disease is present in the flock, the older fowls show the larger percentage __of infection and 'are us- ually in the advance stages of the disease- So culling will be a great help in doing away with this trouble. We would not cull now if hens are laying, but do so as soon as the lay- ing period is over this spring. «HOW TO PREVENT DISEASE HERE is no doubt that fowls un- der modern forced conditions have more ills than fowls did years ago when they roamed the fields in an almost wild state. Forc- ing’ and pampering and inbreeding in various ways has caused it. But who would be willing to give up the various improvements and go back to the woods’ fowls of various types and colors andlaying about 59 eggs 3. year and that in the late spring- time? Thousands of progressive and suc- cessful poultrymen and up—to-date farmers are faithfully striving to banish the conditions which produce disease; and are living examples of how fowls should be kept for health. F'owl’s kept in .close confinement with no possible chance to escape the existing conditions very frequently are subject to about as many ills as their keepers, and that means legion, it would seem. The great harvest of death among the feathered tribes due to the sins of commission and omission is too great even to esti— mate. As someone' has said, “stop sinnlng and attend to business,” ap- plies admirably in this case. ' The secret of sickness has been discovered. Disease is due to germs of a certain kind WLich devlop or sprout if you please, when the con- ditions are just right, when the tilth -—-or rather the filth—~43 right. The blood and tissues of the fowl are the garden for the germs. The feed in the digestive tract is very often the seed-bed for these disease germs. You may read of them as microbes, basteria, ferments and the like. We are told that there are germsrin a healthy organism which devour or destroy the enemy germs so that they fall to get in- their work. They are of various names and character and so numerous that the average man of practical ideas does not have the time or the inclination to study them individually enough to do him any good in his life-work. .On the other hand, it is very essential for him to know that stagnant pools of water with a green scum over it, stale garbage heaps, impure air, damp chilly houses and coops are- all favorable breeding places for the disease germs, and hostile to the good health of poultry. . p The question 'then resolves itself into whether the poultry man shall N look well to the sanitary conditions with which he may-surround his .poultry by careful work, or utterly ‘ignore all such things, allowing his ‘ {looks to drift into a state of disease and trouble at almost any time, and "depend upon doctoring to get results. Preventative easures not only consist in sanitalfl measures but in stock, and if any new fowls are purchased proceeding 'to- put'them through quarantine un— til you .are satisfied that they have , no diseases which may be transmit- ted~to your own flocks before putting them with then. The same course mind be name in handling your own. stock. If any should develop disease take it am from Our Business Egg-Bred Leghorns Produce Our Dependable Quality Chicks! The Famous Egg Basket Strain Single Comb White Leghorns Muted to Hollywood 250 to 300 Egg Pedigreed Sires Profits in Large White Eggs and Plenty of Them When Prices Are High. That’s what you want, and that what you get in the Famous Egg Basket Strain. Our large lopped combs. These wonderful Pedigree-Shed Matin combined with our fifteen years of skill ul Basket Straln Leg- horns, famous all over 1 6 United States for their large size and great laying quality of large white eggs. They are proven winter lay- ers and consistent winners for our customers and Egg- -Laylng Contests. They should beh the best investment you ever breeding produce our £9 at leading shows made in baby on lcks. parent stock is selected with the great- est of care by experts as to their laying ability and health. They are or large size, long, deep, wedge- shaped bodies, with keen, alert eyes, and Order Dlroctl-‘rom'l'h IsAd For Immediate Dellvery Prices, for May and June delivery, on our Hollywood Pedigree-sired extra select Grade A chicks: $12.00 per 100; $55. 00 pei‘ 500' $100. 00 per ’1,ooo; Grade é chicks: $11.00 per 100; $50.00 per 500; $90. 00 per 1,000: post- paid 100% "vs delivery guaranteed. Hatches everyTuesday. Order now! 10% deposit books your order and assures future delivery just when you want them. Can also ship 0. O. D FRE Our large illustrated circular describes our wonderful Leghorns and our large breeding mstltution, sent free. (I. DEVRIES Grandvlew Poultry Farm, Box L , Zeeland, Mich. 300,000 Chicks ENGLISH WHITE and BROWN R,LEG-HORNS 50 57:100, $13; 500, $60. RE REDS. 50 $8.50 ; OOKS, R. and S. ordoPrs at. 500 rate. from heavy laying flocks. TOMERS. Catalog free. Order right from Reference: Postpaid, full li\e delivery glarantecd. this ad. Holland (‘ity State Bank. KNOLL’S HATCHERY, Box L, Holland, Guaranteed Michigan Bred and Hatched BAR- 1,000 Stmng vigomus Chicks WE SATISF Y OUR CUS- 100, 511:6 500, $75. Michigan CHICKS, $10 per 100 and up Prices on 1 nd BUFF N8 $75. BLACK MINORCAS and ANGONAS. 8.00 15 00 4.00 .00 WHITE ROCKS, WHITE WYANDOTTES and REDS. 50, $13; 100, $25. MIXED CHICKS FOR BROILERS, 50, 36:100. $11. 500. tched in the best possible manner from good, Carefully so’lcctul and packed to go s21f1l.y No catalog. Reference \Iarletes WHITE BROWN a LEGHOR BARR REb ROCKS, DUFF MINORCAS $0. Postpaid. Full live delivery guaranteed. ure— bred, heavy laymg flocks 011 free mugs. Order right from this ad and save time Postpaid to your door and full live count guaranteed "0 5001,000 00 $1108 00 $338. 00 $62. 00 $120.00 . 850 16.00 46. 00 75. 00 vigorous, Citizen's ”wing Bunk Youi take no chancel. HE EAGLE NEST HATCHERY, Box K, Upper Sandusky, T Only 7 hours from Grand Rapids. Oh Can roach any point In Michigan ln 24 hours. 'T I M M E R ’ S PROFIT-MAKING CHICKS WHITE and BROWN LEGHORNS ANCONAS BARRED ROCKS and REDS QUALITY CHICKS at REASONABIE HATCHERY Hardy, healthy Chicks from selected, heavy-lay- 111 g flocks. Carefully packed :1 11d shipped. Post paid to your door, and Full Live Count guaranteed. Send for our mew, Free Catalog 'l‘UDA AY. PRIl‘ .S.ll.111k rc fcrcncu. M'ERS HATCHERY, Route 3A, Holland Michigan. BABY CHICKS White and Brown Leghorns, $ 1 3- 1 00 Anconas, $ 1 4- l 00 GOING UP ONE MILE GET CHICKS ON the "day you want them AHEAD OF COMPETITORS IN QUALITY _ I. REDS, ROCKS and MINOROAS, $16.00 100. Extra selected $2. 00 per 100 higher. 100% safe arrival guaranteed. Will sh 11 any number of 25 or more, special prices on 500 and 0781‘. OOLONIAL POULTRY FARMS. Box 3, Iceland, Michigan. HILLVIEW HATCHE RY GUARANTEED TO ARRIVE Strong null-1E.Henltl1y HITE GHORNS and Chicks from selected hear BROWN '0 Nléiying Hogan tested flocks. ENGLISH LEGHO Heavy Laying EXT RA 6000 ‘évARREDl-E ROCKS. Postpaid to your door andq sfull live delivery guaranteed. Our flocks are kept 011 free range, props: ly fed and cared for insuring the vigor necessary in the Chicks to live and MAK EA PROFIT. Give us a trial and you will come again. HILLVIEW HATCHERY, Route 12 E, Holland, Michigan. Hardy Northern Bred Chicks , Barrel! 8» Parks Strain one known. Tho ea. winter layers. See record of En vyen 16 now at the Michigan international gil! ng Contest. 1 Quality thic e a Reasonable :‘ceaé , H01 l’ands pioneer .Joultryffarm.Cata10¢ue free, 6.: W. LEOM BARRED ROCKS eurpmdnc WHITE DIARRHOEA Kills millions of Chicks cache EV CAN BE VE T “FADOIL'K—e and preventive. Poetpznl. Enoi treat 650 Chicks. Your clieeifuily refunded if no tory. Bank reference. on rhnmmes Send your order TO I)" INSURED against loss. Circulars free. VFIAHH' ewmwhme mo'v e01, lo: 501. Non-0k, out“. y * issue- .. you have to ofi‘er and send it in; rates by return mail. Department, Mt. Clemens, Michigan. rtiLLETs. sans Ann cocxrnsts 8. C. White Leghorns and S. G. and R. 0. Black Mlnomad Must make room before cold west: 11-. About ready to lay. LAPHAM FARMS, Plncknoy. Mich. JOHN’S BIG BEAUTIFUL BARRED ROCKS are hen hatched, good layers, quick growers, light _ and dark matings, ,BO-eggs $3.50: 50—85 00 post- age paid Circulars. John Northonpclare, BICILIAN BUTTERCUPS._ GOOD VEA‘R around layers of large_ white eggs; also White Rocks, good laying strain. Eggs $1.50 per 15. IDA PRAUSE, R. 3, Maple City, Mic igan HATCHIN G EGGS HATCHING ' EGGS S. C. White Leghorns. Tom Barron Strain, 250 egg utility line. November to April, average 65 er cent. Pure white plumage. ealthy,- vigorous stock. Eggs _ $4.00 per 50‘ $7.00 per 100. Prepai ited supply. Order from this ad now. _ _ MAPLEWOOD .POULTRV FARMS C.- W. Bovee, Prop. North star, Michigan. BY -10. LB. MALES EUFF ROCK EGGS and let Cincinnati, winners. Hogan tested hens, heavy layers. C. CLIPP a'sons, Box M, Saitillo, Ind. THOROUGHBRED fi.‘.’.‘§..§°1%'§..§ “vii: -ners, $1.50 per 15; $9.00 per 100. . BALDWIN & NOWLIN, R. 4, Laingsburg, Mich. ARISTOCRAT DARK BARRED PLYMOUTH Rocks. Foundation stock direct from _Holter- man's choicest matings. Eggs from special pen at $8 for 15 prepaid. From other pens at $3 and $5. Satisfaction guaranteed. R. W. BRANDT, R 4, Box B, Saginaw, W. 3., Michigan. White and Barred Rock Eggs for Hatching. Pure, Prize winning, utility strains, selected pens, $1.35 per setting, flock $1.00 a setting. ‘dehvered P. 1’. special on quantity. Dawson’s Farm, R. No. 4, Muskegon, Michigan. ‘ BARRED ROOM HATCHING EGGS. NORMAN lleavy Laying Strain. MRS. JESSIE B. DEAN, R. 1, Mason, Mich. BARRED ROCK HATCHING EGGS. PARKS 200-egg strum. .‘2 per 15; $5 per 50; $10 per 100 by prepaid parcel post. R. G. KIRBY, R. 1, East Lansing, Michigan. White Rocks. Heavy Layers, Choice Birds. 'pnid guaranteed eggs. 15, $1.50; 50, $3.50; 100 $6.50. Mrs. Florence Howard, Petersburg, Mich. FOR SALE—BARRED ROCK HATCHING EGGS from' good winter layers, $1.25 per 15 or $2.00 per 30 postpuld. Mrs. Frank Millikin, R. 1, Roscommon. Mich. PURE RRED BUFF ORPINGTON EGGS AT $21-15: $5.50-5‘). l’reBuid. MRS. ANNA LA NO E, Fostoria, Michigan. THOMPSON STRAIN BARRED ROCK EGGS by 9 lb. males, bred to lay. Dark matings $1.75 per 15: $3.00 per 30 prepaid. MRS. FRED KLOMP, St. Charles, Michigan. SINGLE COMB RHODE ISLAND WHITES. Eggs now $1.75 per fifteen. JNO. A. HARTGERINK, Box W.,Zeeland, Mich. _—__ ONE YEAR FIVE YEARS lasts. ~published in Michigan. " Mt. Clemens, Mich. ‘ ; Scription. ‘ ' ) Advertisements inserted under this ' headingfat 30c per g agate“ line, or » - ' Commercial Baby Chick advertisements 450 per line. Write out W, at We will put it in type. send proof and Quote Address The Michigan» Business 'Farnyer, Advertising- iROBE OgMgaRHODit_ISLA$D>tREgs; HATCH- nz eggs . . er se mg. as pal . Mrs. Albert Hall'wood‘. R. 4. Charlevolx, Mich. Mich. ' REDS: BOTH COMES, CHESTER COUNTY and Harrison Pierce strain. Eggs $1.50 per 15 postpaid. Leo Van Conant. New Haven, Mich. [.63 F0 R HATCHING—UTILITY .STOCK. Grand White W andottes—M. A. 0. Champions. Good, square eal. Reasonable prices. Semi for rice list. . _ ' , C. W. HE’lMBAOH, R. 6, Big Rapids, Michigan. ' " l MARTIN STRAIN, Eggs for hatching. wmrr WYAIIDOTTES WAYNE CHIPMAN, R. 2, Washington, Mich. ., SILV R LACED AND WHITE WVANDOTTES Four rge, beautiful roosters. Eggs $1.50 per 15. C. W. BROWNING, Portland, Michigan. 8.10. ‘l‘NGONAlsE (SlggP2It-‘ISARD SERAIN) EX- lent a are. ggs . er . MRSP GliBERT BROWN, alheeier, Michigan. SILVER SPAIIGLED’ Hmsunc mm ' . “hits for prices on all varieties. slggséelgtA'LgE FARMS, Port Huron, Michigan. Bounsou nrn TURKEY . EGGS soc EACH. THOS G. CALLAGHAN, Fenton, Michigan. Eggs for h »Bronze Turkey Eggs for Hatching. mar???“ e, Disease-free birds, 55c each deliv— ered P. P. Dawson's Farm, R. 4, Muskegon, Mich. H PEKIN DUCK EGGS FOR SEWING gilnlmgrrtwo settings 3.00. Also Wild Mallard Duck eggs same pri Very chmcest stock. All orders prepaid. ' a N BOUEII DUGKEGGS BY oan'iPo'fil G Mrs. Arthur Rutledge, R. 4, Big Rapids, Mich. LEGHORN S LEGHORNS ‘ ‘ Le horn Hens, Pullets and Cockerels. bFloris.alridlfipullegts $2.50 each; cockereis $3.00 to $3.00 each. Show birds a. matter of correspond. once. LAPHAM FARMS. Pinckney, Mich. BARRON ENGLISH WHITE PULLETS Leghorns. eight weeks to matur- it May to October. Breeding flocks repeatedly (-ii'lletl‘ by experts. 13%“! 1 18.1113 flglgbsvmgiogi . dies, 1g oope c 1 . l — 371%th inmagfgryboway.‘ Also brcerllmg cockerels. ' ‘ - 1 re or money 111(2. SfitmféNltOtngEIle-‘ITTE LEGHORN FARM, Beldlng, Michigan. TURIQEYS—DUCKS—GEESE Toms 16 LBS. $17.00; HENS, ll; labialgilg; 5 eggs prepald. $4.; , $7.50. RALPH WISE NURSERIES. Plamweli, Mich. v PRICES PAID FOR LIVE AND IIJIIr'eEsIe'dESLJi-mltry, Veal, Eggs. A square deal always. NEW SUBSCRIPTION RATES . Theeflfio/zz' gum . BUSINESS FARMER (Effective April 2nd, 1923) Ops-pootoo-IOoIo-o .sy.--..o.}-ao--.o..---. ..... :5.1 s... TWO YEARS ~poe-so.ouhoooo-oooooustool-sleet-no VERY subscriber at the above rates is entitled to ALL ' the Departments of Sergice which have made TheBuSI- ness Farmer famous, so long as the term of subscription You. know The BusineSs Farmer is the most practical, and fearless because it is the only independent farm paper The Michigan Business Farmer, I enclose $........ ..... for a yearssubbcription, this entitles me to every department of, Business Farmer Service, without further cost for the full period of my RFD No.....-..*.., . . McNElLL 3‘ CO., 825 W. 80. Water St... Chicago, Ill. .60 no.9...uo. $2 0 sub- .' 5' ‘ \ ~ STATE’ my '~h'ouses'wfi 1.1 - a',_very common cause of co. Cedar Bend Farm, Okemos, Mich. , disc. , everything. he lightnndhiryxan‘d ‘fu of sunshine: ' g .’ _ ,g _' « Keep the houses and ~coops clean’ and free from- mites and lice, [both of which are deadly enemies to fowls. ‘ Do not wait for a sign of mites to appear but'go right after them if they are present. The feeding should be carefully guarded, and nothing but the finest and soundest’ of grain and feedstuff. used. MuSty‘grain will put a lot of sfowls on the dumps about as quick as anything we can think of. They may not get sick unto death right 01! but they will get mightly out of con- GOOd‘fresh, cool water and shade are real essentials. A great preventative of disease is ~found in the use of ,Epsom salts giv- en once in ‘two weeks during the hot months, and once a month during “the rest of the year. It should be given at the rate of one-third tea- spoon to the fowl, dissolved in water and then used to wet a mash for them; fed in the morning is prefera— able._ This item is too important to be neglected, so take notice. A TEN DOLLAR START HEN I came out here on my little acre and a half, nine years ago, I had only $10 left on which to live until I could get a start with poultry,” began Mrs. C. Jewett of Auburn. “I“ came largely for my health, since the doctors told me I wouldn’t live. I had to do all the work myself, but it was the mak- ,ing of me and I built up my little home, which I would not trade for the best property in Seattle. “I began with what few ducks I could buy and three duck eggs. A friend of mine received a half dozen eggs from England and she divided with me. , All I got out of the set- ting was a drake, but I have kept him for breeding up the flock. I also secured some g00d African “geese and I still have a gander, which I call Jiggers, and five hens. “A few years later I got started with China pheasants by buying a few eggs. I had to pay a license of $10 to begin and $5 each year there- after. I find that they pay well, young pheasants, but I prefer to sell the eggs, since there is less labor in- volved. This spring I took a con- tract to hatch 200 pheasant eggs for the county game v commission and will use Japanese Silky hens, since they can handle pheasant eggs better than a larger hen. They also make good ,mothers for the young birds after they are hatched.” Mrs. Jewett also has a pen of Light Brahmas, which she is raising for the production of capons. She has found a good demand for well— fatte'ned capons, and has a few which have been fat'tened over wint- er and weigh six pounds at the age of 7 months, dressed and drawn. This flock will be increased this year, and a new cockeral secured with the idea of producing as many capons‘as possible during the next few years. In another pen Mrs. Jewett keeps a flock of hens which are crossed be- tween White Leghorns and Wyan- dottes. ,While she does not recom— mend this cross, she merely gives the figures showing the egg production for January to show what can be done with a small flock. The 50 hens produced a total of 84 dozen eggs during the month, which were sold at an average of 27 cents a doz- en. This made a total of $22, $14 of which was clear profit.above the cost of feed.\ The birds got a bal- anced ration of scratch feed and egg . mash together with such green feeds furnished from the home garden. ‘ This pen will be kept as a commerc- ial flock. , A" few. turkeys are kept merely to supply the demand for turkey eggs, and Only a few eggs are hatched ~under hens which are not sold im-. mediatelynfor. setting.‘ A number of? ”bantams are also kept about the”. place, partly for curiosities, and also W to supply a small» demand for eggs»; . my «users and geese\than 'Il'had * thIki' ‘ 3th ' '« . them, and use methods to} destroy: - dition and be hard to‘ get right again.‘ ' mostly'from the sale of eggs and ' as cabbage, carrots and other roots,‘ V terest nobody‘ ceppin' do ~ ,Mhasb at", for setting Tessa , and; ._ I” most of the“. eggs for this caanalso‘ get a. good price 370qu goslin'gs .and have, to. . -, profitable to set a few of theRho Island Red hens with duck ,1 They. make good mothers, but I for to raise the ducklings‘under home-made brooder‘ and set the hen over again. ’ " ‘ r “I have/always kept the ducks geese in the same 'lot and find; they do not interfere'with cache , er. A small pond or swiming tank, is always kept full of runningwate ‘ and they are allowed access to ,iihi 4’ at all times. I have only 10 geese" now, since Ijust sold off some of- the best stock. There are two breeds, the Toulouse and the African”. There is a demandfor both the young stock: and for the setting eggs, but I would just as soon sell the eggs, as I can: easily get 50 cents each. ‘/ ' " V since they need very little grain dur- ing the summer, but will get the\ biggest part of their living from grass. and other green stuff that can be spared from the garden. I have asmall lot in which the geese and ;. ducks are kept and I will have , it _, plowed and seeded to rye. This will > be fenced off and the birds turned in hvihlin the grain is about six inches _ g . “While both the ducks and- the “Geese are very easy to mice, gee e are very fond of water, it is, not necessary that they have access to a pond." The ducks are what are called dry land ducks and will get along with very little water. are better contented, however, If they can have a small pond to swim in and it is not so hard to furnish such in almost any‘lot. It is also, a. good plan to furnish boxes or small houses where the ducks can have' their nests. Some of them will lay on the ground, anyway, but it is well' to encourage them to use the nests. “I have a home garden in which’I ’ raise a large part of my table sup-T ply,” explained Mrs. Jewett. “This is good garden soil, and I keep it well fertilized with hen manure and. can grow almost. ‘anything‘. The garden also furnishes a good source ? of green feeds for the birds, and I can keep practically all ofthe pens, . supplied during the summer. While I have a. large collection of flowers about the house. I do not'plan-‘on. selling anything of this kind. They are used more to add beauty to the yard and to create a more home like appearance. . “It has been hard work, to build up even as small a home as this, but‘ it has been well worth While. I have ’done practically all of the work my— I: They ' self up until last summer, am‘ 52 years old, and was never healthier in my life. I attribute it all to the abundance of outside air and exer- cise which a person gets when doing hard work of this kind. I have had good ode-rs for my place, but have refused them all because I much pre— ’ fer a home to the money it would bring. I would be a long time build- ing up another, and I would probab- ly spend’the money before another home was cOmpleted."—Washington Farmer. -——_._~_ , DISTINCT POULTRY BRANCHES The poultry Business, east and west, is going broken up into several distinct branches—breeding, produc- ing market eggs, producing market <~ fowls, hatching, selling day—old chicks, etc., and Professor A. G.‘ Lunn of the Poultry Department of the Oregon Agricultural college be- ' ' lieves that if the“ entire east develops as a. market producing section the ., demand for stock will find its way to the Pacific coast. Then if the time ever comes when the west can not compete with the east in commercial egg production our opportunity ,to develop poultry farms will come 2 : along the line of breeding. ‘ . ' ' f are THE ssms' - ‘ ”A lot. of talk," said‘Unéle Eben. "don’t in- person dat’s' doin' it; came as what you say to s" mule or a pair o’diceJ’ 5 . ' , , ~Washinzton Star; ' man one these if} have had better: Success ,{wit‘h‘i " "‘1‘“ ‘ itte‘e;of htee"®onomhh called'by Secretary H. C.‘ Wallace to _ . - . .2 ' » ~ ' I'agriciiltiif 'oiitloek’huid ’to'Tprepare a‘statement which will provide .The world’s consumption of American cotton in 1921-22 was about -'w'hi'c'li- readjustment to meet the economic, situation may be made 12,600,000 bales; the indicated world's consumption'for the year 1922-23 is ral producers,‘reported on foreign and domestic demand and certain not less than 13,000,000 bales. There is no evidence at present that the con- products as follows: . . I, ‘ ‘ sumption of 1923-24 will fall below this figure. . ~ ‘ ‘ DEMAND: ‘~ . ' ' ' The available‘inform'ation indicates, however, that the world carry-over of '33 tel-eign‘outlook, on the emand side, “em, slightly 1”, favonble to all cotton on July .31, 1923, will be 6,800,000 bales (largely of foreign short me; in 1923 than it .was in 1922. The favorable factors with .respect to staple cotton), compared with 0,700,000 bales in 1922 and 10,500,000 bales in ‘ a)?“ First, the influence of- American' prosperity upon the demand for .1921, and that the use of_ American cotton will be little, if any, restricted on ac- ' ' ‘ ' ‘ count of foreign production. eamgoodsi’and second, the possibility that the slight business recovery that g , , . , - - pee‘urredinfla number of European countries may gradually gain momentum. - » On the has of farmers intentions to plant 12 per cent greater acreage . mth°.tuiff' European exports to the United States in recent mnths have than they Planted In 1922: the cotton acreage harvested In 1923 would b. c’ons’iderably larger than for thé same'peried a year ,a‘go.' ‘ . 36,888,000 acres. ,If the -yield per acre in 1923 should prove to be the same The unfavorable factors, are: C First, the progressive piling up of .Govern- v. 3’ th° average for the E“? years 191-342, the total crop WOUId be 11,810,000 A _ debtson the continent of Europe, with its 'effect upon exchange, currency ‘ [”1”- . ' usiness; gsecon , the Ruhr situation. - ' TOBACCO: , TIC DEMAND ' ‘ ' The intended plantings for 1923 exceeds the acreage of 1922 by 10 per 7:23;; Most competent observers seem to agree that we maylexpect general busi- cent, the average acreage for 1918-22 by nearly 9 per cent, and the average ness prosperity to last at least six to nine monthslonger. If this opinion is cor- acreage for 1909-13 by 55 per cent. Conditions of production and supply in geet,’ demand'will be distinctly more active next autumn than it was last autumn the main control. There is nothing in the probable demand sufficient to offset insofar .3 the demand for farm products depends upon the purchase of American the contemplated increase of 10 per cent in planted acreage; particularly when Milieu, _not themselves on “1° farms. ' ‘ . we consider that the 1922 acreage was above the normal and that the trend of 1 . "WHEAT; ., . l _ prices since .1920 has, on the whole, been downward. " . The American exports of wheat during the last two years were unusually CORN AND HOGS: _' _ _ .lerge owing to the low exports from eastern Europe, and continued low produc- _ The corn situation at this date is about normal, stocks on farms being rfion in some countries in Eur0pe. These exports should not be taken as normal almost exactly the same as the 5-year pre-war average. Between now and the nor be expected to continue permanently. The European countries are making time the new crop is harvested there will be some tendency toward corn shortage e‘fi'orits to put their grain production on a pre-war basis and as they become able because of the large number of hogs on feed. Hog production has been heavy ...iito'accomplish this it is to be expected that our exports will decline and that our and is still in a state of expansion. ' "i'produetion'should be readjusted to meet these changing conditions. The prospects which products must face before a“ year has elapsed is the . I ’ The condition of the‘winter wheat crop in the United States is unfavorable. absorption by domestic and foreign consumers of a surplus of over six million " The intended plantings of spring Wheat are 94.5 percent of last year’s acreage hogs and 250 million pounds of stored products. This represents a surplus of and weather thus farvhas been u-nafvorable for spring planting. over seven million hogs, approximately 12 per cent, above last year’s production. , _ 1. Production and Trade _ ll. Foreign Trade 6' 8m" 3"" 3°" P”°°s' A132; 13' bffig 9' “$12? I. Airloulturo: U. S.‘ Production—000.000 th‘ed- . I. Exports: (000 omitted) Eight Months Ending 20 Industrial stocks ..... . . . . . . . . . .$101.81 $104.48 $90.80 _. , . Average 1922 - ‘ ———Februai‘y— ’ —-February—- 20 Railroad stocks}. . . . ., ..... . ...... 86.34 89.19 83.20 7 . . ‘ 1922 1,921 1916-1920 Per cent Commodlt : 1923 1922 1923 1922 40 Bonds . . 86.40 87.09 88.13 f' Corn; bu. . . .. . . . . . . . . . 2891 102 lGrand total, all exports. . .s3oz,106 $246,133 $2,613,285 $2,435,348 7_ Engines. Failures: , Week Ending...— j Wheat, bu. . .. . .. . . . . . 856- , ~ Beer and veal, lbs. . . . . . . . 2,567 2,579 20,791 23,359 Apr, 12, 1923 Mar. 8, 1923 Apr. 13, 192: flats, ’ bu. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1215 Pork, libs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72,210 59,956 530,073 460,356 Bradstreets . . _ . . , . f, , ______ 394 405 500 ._ 7391401, bu. ........... 186 , Lard, lbs. ..... .......... 89,055 75,520 600,176 597.477 Duns , . ,,........... ...... 302 351 In. ,bu. . .. . . - 4 - .. 95 5 _ Neutral lard, lbs. . . . . . . .. 2,481 2,571 17,087 14,163 . Buckwheat, bu. . . . . . . . 15 Butter, lbs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639 ' 500 . . IV- Prices Potatoes, bu. - - 4? Cheese, libs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 495 l. Wholesale Prices of Farm Commodities: Iweet PotatopS) bll- . - - 1 0‘ Hides and skins. . . . . . . . 233 211 » Quotations at Chicago except as noted. For. .511. tons. - - - - - - -- 113 » ‘ 00m, bu. ...... ......... . 22,052 7 - April 24, Monih potion, bales ... . . . . . . 13259.76 1 1' Meal and flour, . . . . 49 50 , 1923 Ago ~ Tobacco, lbs. - 4 - - - ~ .. - 12 g 8 7 Wheat, bu. . . 5,576 Fat hogs, cwt., average ..... . ....... $ 7.70 6 8.30 mused. bu- - - ' ' ° ' Flour, bbls. . , - 1,203 - Beef steers, good native, cwt., av. . . . 9:10 8.75 _ m“: bu. - - ~ - - ' - .- ' ' ' ' ' OMB, bu. . . 239 Fat lambs, ‘cwt., average‘ ........... . 13.45 13.50 , Peaches, bu. ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Meal and rolled, lbs ..... . 9,778 Fat sheep, cwt., average ............ 7.75 8.00 _ EM- bu. -| ' b ' ° ' ' ' ' ' Fruits and nuts ........... 3 4,522 464 Wool, Ohio delaine unwashed, lb. ”PM. 90“,, u-- - - - - - - . Vegetable oils, fats ....... 8 9 .243 (Boston) ....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .575 ~ ”W'- cm“ 1» ”’18- - . Sugar lbs 135 270 422-133 Butter 92 score lb 4825 gfifigfigs' gggs- ' ' ' ‘ ' Lest 'tobao'co, . , 25846 2972103 Cheese', No.’ 1 thud-1153:2221: III: I 12325 . . Bum bu. ' ' ‘ ' ' ‘ 4 ' Cotton, bales . 3 838 4,112 Eggs, fresh firsts, doz. . . . ........ . . . .2325 #:0111011; bm'IIIIIIIIIII " . , t. Wool, lbs. 60 340 Poultry, hens, 1b.......... ...... . .23 ‘ - l 1 2. "1100118 5 Twelve months ending Wheat, No. 2 hard, bu. .. . ........ . . 1.2 ' lor'shum Slrup. gal. . . . , e—December— ——December— Corn, No. 2 mixed, bu. . . .......... . .. .7425 . Clover-00d.» bu: . . . . . . . 1.9 Commodity, ' 1922 1921 1922 1921 08“, NO- 2 White. bu- - - -~ ------- -- - rmnti, .lb. .......... 624 Grand total, all imports. . $293,464 $237,496 $3,112,549 $2,509,148 Rye» NO- 2. 1311- - - - - - - . - - - - - ~ - - - .. ~- , no”, .15. ... . .. . . . . . . 26 ' Beef and veal, lbs ....... . 2,046 3,42 36,694 32,378 Barley, bu- . - - - - - - - - - . - ---------- m porCentazs oi avenge 1910-1920. Pork, lbs. ' . 108 . 818 . 816 Kaflr» NO- 2 White. cwt- (K- 0-) - - -- World Production—000,000 Butter, lbs. . . .. .2,602 6,957 ' 18,558 Hay. NO- 1 timothy, ton- -- - - . - - -- Cheese, lbs. . 3,399 26,866 Flax, No. 1, (bu. (Minneapolis) ...... .. . , , . . 1922 Hides and skills. . . . . . .. . 5,769 "67,561 Cotton. m1,dd1‘1ng, 1b. (New rorh) . . . ‘-. . .. "moat bu (1) . .. .. . . . . .3958 2 890 Corn. bu. 3 6 164 Beans, white, cm. 7 , 1923 1 1923 1922 Beat cattle. _ , Exports of gold.......$10,392 3' .968 . 3 46,993 3 20,759 Hogs 0 ~, , 65 1 d at, 1 " to - ' Moment “‘1“- 1’23 Nob-1922 Imp?!“ 04' gold--m.-15.951 83.488 209,311 434,104 Eggs 100 . ,u 0,. on m cen 1‘8 0m 3 " 1 3. Federal Bosrv : Btt 99 , _ Increased: over previous month mm... 54 . 54 a 0 Ratio . . ”fig?" “313;; ”Egg? Wlboler 134 i 8 115. {’pecreased from previous month in.......... 11 . 11. Ratlo or total reserves to deposits " Average purchasing boiler 01' all firm products in terms of til 1’]. ,Bsnli Blessings: ' and Federal -Reservs note .Vllsbll- - other commodities. Sims basis as above table. ' ‘ ~Unlts oi 81.000.090.000 ‘\ . Mes 76.3% 3 100 December 1921 - - .Mar.._1923. reb.,1928,. Mar.,1922 4.‘lotom - w , ‘ ‘ 112 “mu ' ..lgr..l."§;9.n . i$16.78 v/ $18.72_ M . t 8“." mt" , o “0‘ no 1’22 ...-sanded. 1923 ‘ , . ...-esooeeeeoesoeseo ceoessoeesseeoOegdg o9.‘3.n:~,-,117058..' _ u]- ‘14404 4". ml. “mineral“! gavgreelelsoo‘d‘ 5.16 ' ‘ I'Inonloo...j.,...... ) .L / "1:".‘1’ Nino’nogthsnn‘dln‘ » o'o-so 1 M18 ~mmemlaypflper. so soon: 5.03%. l , :ZgSZ: “.‘.. . . '4‘..... .. 1...". 10. l m sees-ssOeO-O’l ., , ' “gm , , :v, at ““90“!“ "the“, Fuun' Ram. "nk.: I 'Oteeosgoeoeb'setoe... }: .Octo’ber ..y......\..'-" 1’” ‘ " 8”“ °’~ ’7‘” ‘9" 2‘ ”“72 z m I Anni. :::::::::::::'“:"' so ...... ' menu’s MARKET rim By W. W. Foote Good Agricultural Outlook ABOR was never before so well employed throughout the United States, and wages are far the highest ever paid,- with increasing wages in quite a number of lines of industry. The railroads are doing the greatest business on record, and people are spending more money than ever before, a great deal being expended for meats, flour and other farm products. Meanwhile, market- ing of grain and. live stock helps farmers to liquidate part of their indebtedness, and there are fewer applications received by country bankers from farmers for loans. Our exports to other countries are on a large scale, especially of provisions, these greatly, exceeding such exports made a year ago. The government’s forecast of planting, the first ever attempted, indicates an ._ increased acreage of corn, oats, barley, flax, tobacco and cotton. In the southern states planters are reported to be lowering their corn acreage and ma- terially increasing the cotton acre- age. The past year was a very un- favorable one for marketing both Irish and sweet potatoes, because of overproduction, and consequently farmers are reported as lowering their acreage for these important vegetables. The spring was unusual- ly late, and this means late seeding of crops in some places lessened planting. Naturally, there is wide- spread interest shown in the reports of large losses of pigs on account of the late cold, wet spring, but it is probable that these reports were overdrawn in numerous instances and losses will be .partly offset by the much increased breeding in most farm districts. The recent advance in prices of lamb in Chicago and other markets was due to a great falling off in the receipts, the Colo- rado fed lambs having been mostly marketed, while the crop of southern spring lamb furnished by Kentucky and Tennessee will not. be ready to market before June, owing to the late spring. Great interest is man- ifested in the sheep industry in the middle west, and farmers ownlng plenty of hardy breeding ewes may 'consider themselves in luck. Curtailment of “fhcat Acreage Fluctuations in wheat prices dur- ing recent weeks were apt to be greater than usual, changing crop reports being the principal factor in the market. Not long ago prices ‘ were much higher, but deliveries on May contracts were about the largest on record, causing a temporary large reaction in quotations. At last the weather turned warm, after the long spell of unseasonably cold and wet weather, and crop prospects are im— proved. However, rains came too late, it is claimed, to make good crops in Nebraska and western Kans- as, and a great many tracts of winter Wheat fields of the southwest had to be abondoned. In the northwest many farmers have been insisting upon getting higher prices for their wheat, and it is-reported that for— eigners have been buying wheatin the Canadian northwest, oriental business being especially heavy. Our exports of wheat and flour week after week are running far ahead of last year, while prices are much lower than at that period. The visible wheat supply in the United States is not looked upon as unduly large, although it is 44,521,000 bushels, comparing with 31,281,000 bushels a year ago. Rye, which is in large demand for export, mainly to Ger- many, is much below the prices paid a year ago, with the visable supply up ‘to 19,459,000 bushels, whereas a year ago it was down to 8,163,000 bushels. Corn and oats exports are much less in volume than a year ago, while suppliesin night are much less thn then, the cats visible. supply be- ‘ ‘lml‘y~21,932,000 bushels, “ fig with.55,837,,090 bushede last hiking a wide—spread View of » conditions, ’ the outlook "for ' arkets‘ appease to he em ” a? swimwear com- ' m summing Mongol . exceed- giplns are may alter declines in prices on and , Ma. Ma opening day of , are any with, ~ ' ot Wm. floss easy and lower. 8110093633117 and ham. .( Hots: The Above cummsflnod lufnrmmon It. received nmn fin? bahnos of firmw- h. 1 kn mm mm in type. It m an m_ Information up to wltbin am a are; .—S!|Ior.) O 391,5 a year ago; corn at 81 cents, comparing with $2 cents a year ago; oats at 44 cents, comparing with 37% cents a year ago; and rye at 82 cents, comparing with 51.0656 9. ‘ year ago. - -, The Cattle Outlook While it is difiicnlt totell what the future will bri ferth, from all‘ that can be learne it may be said that better prices are expected with- in the next two or three months- More feeding was carried on in im- portant cattle feeding districts last wint and the mild weather greatly favor (1 owners, as less corn than us- ual was needed. Marketings of cat- tle for the year so far show heavy increases over corresponding periods in recent years, and liberal supplies are expected so long as the supply holds out. But decidedly fewer stock and feeder cattle have been. shipped from the western market's than a year ago, owing to the fact that many farmers thought the prices asked for 'wellobred stockers and feeders were too high as com- pared to prices prevailing for finish- ed beef steers. The nearness of the grazing season has started up some- what larger buying for stock cattle, but as yet shipments to country- points havebeen only moderate in numbers. However, some of the veterans in stock feeding are going to continue in the business the same as ever, and James W._Wadsworth, United States senator from western New York, showed up in the Chicago stock yards recently for thepurpose of buying about twenty car loads of thin cattle for feeding. He said farmers in his part of the country were inthe habit of grazing a great many cattle for autumn marketing, and they see no reason for abandon- ing the custom now. Mr. Wads- worth divided his purchases pretty evenly between steers and .cows. The cows average from 850' to 950 pdunds, and he estimated that they would show average summer gains of about 275 pounds. Recent sales of ‘stockers and feeders in Chicago have been largely at $7 to $8.25, a few prime fleshy lots of feeders sell- ing up to $8.50 to $9. Beef steers have been bringing $6.75 to $7.50 for the cheaper class of light weights up to‘59 to $10 for the better class of steers carrying good weight, with a few, extra fine lots going as high as $10.25. The bulk of the steers go at $8 to $10. Cows and heifers sell mainly at $5.25 to $8, prime heifers going as high as $9 to $9.25. Calves sell mostly at $8.50 to $10 per 100 pounds. Milkers and springers are wanted "at $60 tie-$95, prime H01? stein cows going highest. ” Abundance of Hogs Farmers have been breeding swine to a remarkably large extent for a. year, and the result is vastly larger marketings at packing points this year than for. recent years. pens that the consumption through- out the country of lard, fresh and cured meats has been almost phe- nomenally large for many months, and this has been an important fac- tor in the -h=og.market, while exports of, lard and cured meats'have kept on running from week toweek‘ far ahead of a year ago in volume. But the marketing of hogs in Chicago and Missouri River markets has" been, much larger than in other years that ’ stocks of provisions are piling up, and this is a bearish, factor that can..- » not fail to make itself. felt in making hog values. -. Hogs in Chicagomar: ket show up w‘eli in Qualitywth’eir. .: recent average ,weight being 238 , 9e are pounds, and tho-7-ihlghestpri obtained fife: prime ligh . . R, guskiapricas rafts 7 ranging at $6.50 to $8.30, It hap- ~- ' No. 2 white, $1.32; that later on values will go,lower. The advance in corn,prices has caus- ed many stockmen to hurry up ship- ments of cattle and hogs to market. Last week’s Chicago neceipts ran far larger. than a week earlier, sales light lots sold a .dime higher than the best heavy butchers. Western packmg for the summer season, be- 464,000 hogs. com ari w -. 4- 696,000 a year sgo.p ng it}! High Prices tor Lambs Most of the Colorado fed lambs have been shipped to market, and, an the spring lambs .of Kentucky and Tennessee will not be ready for mar- keting until June because of the cold, wet spring, there has been a real scarcityof fat lambs in the Chicago market lately and the highest prices of the year. The best wooled lambs have sold up to 315.35 per 100 lbs. but lambs are now mostly clipped before marketing. Heavy clipped lambs are wanted mute! the time for export, and foreign buyers are the only active ones for such flocks. Exports of such lambs from Chicago for the year to recent date amount to 7,500 ”head. During a recent week exporters purchased about 600 shorn lambs which- averaged around 105 pounds. The wool mar— ket is extremely firm. Meager re-i ceipts last week made higher prices, Ellilzldeg lambs selling at $10.50 to o. 0. ' WHEAT ' _"Wheat prices show decided ~de- clincs for the past week and declines ‘were made in the face of unfavorable news which appeared on the market nearly every day of the week. Wea- thcr that helped the winter wheat outlook was mainly responsible for the weakness in the market. There was rain over a great deal of the dry country and the crop gained in many places although the rains came too late to do much good in the worst district of the southwest, where abandoned acreage makes a large total. The weather over the spring. wheat‘states improved 3.180, and this is too late to prevent the abandon— ment of much land and the substi- tution of other crops for wheat. The seeding of spring wheat is about three weeks late and not more than half finished in some of the import- ant states, giving the crop a very doubtful promise. The unfavorable conditions were all known a week ago when prices were high and the better weather of last week caused much selling for the taking of profits " bringing a weak tone. There are many bearish dealers in the market. They believe the pressure of cash wheat will force prices down in the absence of an active foreign demand. The export business improved during the week, but the foreigners took Canadian wheat in nearly all cases and the supply in this countryseek- ing a market is very large. Aus— trailia reports an export surplus this year otless than half the previous year’s exports. _ Prices Detroit—~C'ash No. 2 No. red, $1.32; 2 mixed, $1.32. . ’ , Chicago—Cash No.’ 2 red, $1.25; No. .2: hard, 31.19% @12014. New Yorka’ash- 'No.» 2 $1.42%; No. 2 hard, $13234. Prices". one year Cash No.2 fed,:'$1.37; and-No. Zl‘mixed, $1.35! _, . red, No. 2 white; pea,- weakenedfsome racists. 65,, , but pricesdid notdoc ’ ' ' an shew . ' line as cinch T s best. ginning March 24,, is‘reported as 7.}. - many points. ,a-go——-Detroit, ' « ~'.2,397,0100-bushm mm This naturally, earned iris work" and much plowing Elias done and indications arethatfthfii year's acreage win show a ran-1‘ crease over last" year. Export has been fair. - " Prices Detroit—(lash No. 2 No. 3, Ohio: » . . 2 ulnar? 322m, avarice, 98561:: No. 2 mm, Prices one year ago—Detroififflb.f :4ye110W,.67C; No. 3,65%(2; 135.4.‘3 C. - , - : . - ‘ OATS ‘ - ' The Oat market is somewhat int—”"5 proved intone because of a good vOl-_ . ume of business which the market ‘73. has enjoyed the past week. Country offerings to arrivehre practically nil. “ Prices - ' 'Detroit——Cash No. 2 white, 50%cr ' No. 3, 490; No. 4, 47%0. __ - Chic' ago—No. 2 white, 45 ‘ 4 46%c; No. 3, 45@_460. %-@, New York—Cash No. 2 white, year ago—Detroit, '55 1/2 @56c. Prices one Cash No.2 white, 450; No. 3, 431:; . No. 4, 4200. ' . ' RYE , - ' —Rye seems to be/ in good demand ' and prices are holding steady at W The market ' at Detroit. , is quiet ’ '1 Prices ' ‘ Detroit—Cash No. 2, 81%,(3. ~" Chicago—Cash No. 2, 7895.0 7 9 $4 c. ' ago—Detroit, ’ Prices one ‘year Cash No. 2, $1.08. BEANS ' , There has been a small‘decline 111 the price of beans during the“ last“ week but. it is believed that this is. ” only temporary and that the price will advance in the near, future. There are no more beans in Michigan than are needed and orderly market-' '3 ing will bring the price up. There is a campaign on to increase bean acreage throughout the country, ac. . L cording to reports, and it is intended to increase consumption by edubat-' mg the consumer to make beans 3 . more important part of his food. . Prices . . Detroit—~C. ‘H. P., $6.80 per cwt. Chicago—C. H. P., $‘7.25@7.7’5 per cwt. " Prices one’ year ago . toda ~— — - trqit, C. H. P., $7.20 per cwt.y De POTATOES‘ _Old potatoes reached the highest price level of the season during the fore part of the past two weeks but the price did not hold owing to large receipts of new potatoes. Ship.- ments have been light. Floods have held up shipping from Maine and the A. growers of Michigan .are inczlined to wait for higher prices. Smallnéss of receipts has not been felt to any extent as yet as most markets had a good supply on hand. The tone of the Detroit market is easier. ' Prices Detroit—~Michiga‘n, per cwt. , Chicago—~Wisconsin Whites, $1.10 per cwt. . . Prices ' one year ago—DetrOit, .‘ . $1.43 @ 1.50 and Round -- Michigan, $2,061.33) 2.17ii‘er cwt. . —_ "' HAY The hay markets generally have been steady' especially On the top. . . grades. Good qualities have comm- nod firm at most markets because or. ‘ light receipts, but poorer sorts are- abundant antlers generally dulland ’ lower. Country shipmentS‘are dine; inishin'z on . account ‘ sit-spring work, the...djemand is" of mod . : _, 3133.51“ "’ ,,5Q mm? inn-k rising hours (if ' 5 v the” Michigan state "legislature final vote was‘ proceeded by one of the most intense and dramatic de- hates in the history of Michigan I demolishinguzgdiea . ~ n at th V . . t n: as a “ca 3 - House,” which prevented on non- . 1 . _ MULE-HIDE bars from leaving the chamber. the ' “ fight was waged back and forth for - ‘ NOT A Klglfq t.we hours while the mmbffimfi IN A MILL/c ~ ~:; spectators who packed the and side lines to capacity went , Eggfgyg without their dinner until 2:30, ‘ . ‘ 5 R68 Victims finalrofl canmtahnl. ‘ ' SHHNGLE usu‘ Debate" On this kin was tinged " ‘ moreerlaswitdh‘t’gemtemhittéib but W of mmun t nesswhiohwas e opedmm (1 levels in the west lend a as? representative's by the Governor is . “automakers. Chas. matador 11 rk e “ abandon" among gas g m eta "6 cmsmg “I" :11: mm vetoed this sentiment 1min. and the tion (it holders seems, in the eyes when he said "m has ceased. to be ”i est tth t aqueéflonotamtaxoraweight - ~ ' o e rode. to be a strong tax. It is ‘0' ‘ question of wheth‘ . . fl 0 W k Id t 0 W113 on midWestern or so- 0' 03 not “mm government 1 ’5 ar en 1 es m “native” wool in large lots—‘-—— shall prevail in Hickman.” He said , m noises as are Obtained by the that. the eyes of the people from firm pools—are as ioliows (13.0." every section of the state were rivet- Mega): Fine and medium ed on the” actions at the members of , e, 56@57c;17§ blood; staple 54 the House and declared that the . , the toughest asphalt 556; 3g b100d1~~clothing, “@526. methods used to secure the passage ~ ’ ‘ of the weight tax bill endangered the W PmWING FOB, CORN AND Emerita? °f “m “”2; 1:360 V°mfed . ' 1011 rOOfing and sh1ng1€s 4 SWING OATS e sentiment that w en rep — . . . Crop report for southern part of minutes and 19 senators should h 1d Jaskson county: Weather very dry, a“: {grin mergers ghdcelniagflédfefi In t e wor min needed Farmers very busy S or cons uen . “(Swing for corn and seed' n t , was hardly fitting for the Governor 1 g 03' S to exercise his veto power. ' W Seeding in M shape Help ‘ Rep. Evans quoted Sen. .Sligh’s r3 scarce. Many iamers leaving k h ht t b 11 terms. If the bars of immigration Pyggmgf‘i; 3:11:25 borixinlini‘zif THE LEHON COMPANY are not tot down the farmers will he ' e 1 th real ur- without labor to run the farms, 15:; 3‘21}: fiifiri‘glflt meme 1301-8 ' Wanfilacturers -~ w“ til the farm help has 13“ the revenue but to place the state high. . . ' m to votk in th& Cities, and w‘y department under the control of 44th to 45th St. on Oakley Ave. W m 3° high that “19 funnels the State Administrative Board. Rep. ‘1“ not DI) them. and. make 9-K" John Esme of Clinton county voiced CHICAGO) ILLINOIS ”“9 3. similar sentiments when he said that to pass éthia measure would make the stat highway commission- er a more case boy for the adminis-‘ “ N ' ' M S " ” trative board and would assist to at a Kle In a _ Ilka" Feet build up a more powerful political ‘ machine in Michigan. . Voicing additional protests against the passage 0! the bill, Rep. Elijah , Howarth of Royal Oak pointed out ‘ . - ' the big loss which would be sustain- - 0.“ MA Week of Max 13 ed by the counties under the system IL LUNG D: EASV’ of distributing the highway funds THERONNINGWAY. early part. of the week of proposed by the weight tax, which 3M8? 13 Will be stormy and thfi returns only one third 0: the receipts latter part mostly 1811' in Mich1~ to the counties instead of one half as ”1 m. Temperatures will 8381388 nor- at present. Other Speakers who . ml or above during first part and . spoke in opposition to the final pas- - Below 1581‘. part. sage of the bill were Rep. David During first tow days winds Will Butler 0: Lapeer county and Rep. be strong and rainfall quite heavy Dykstra of Grand Rapids. in SBCtiODS but during middle part After caning the speaker pro tem 0: Wise]: skies '1“ clear, air becolne to preside, ‘Speaker Geo. Welsh of drier and temperatures fall to or 211- Grand Rgpjds took the floor in Sup— most to frost levels. At end of week port of the bill. He vindicated his DOBSi-ble frost Win endanger early own stgnd in the matter and urged , cherries, early strawberries. grape , the members to vote in accordance ._ x and garden truck. with their convictions. He declared Pastures and winter wheat Will that ‘ if repmenfigtive government ,not have rapid growth at this tlme . were in danger in Michigan it was (Germination of rye and 08% Will be not because of our able Governor but slow. Some early corn and notatdes because the members feared to vote can be planted at end at week and as they saw fit. Finally some one . plowing for beans and late potatoes moved the previous question and can be started. furtherdebiate was shut on and the M Week of May 20 representat vos lined up as follows: 'mhu "AR lineups Mum/124 ., Average temperatures for this YEAS: Barnard. Bartlett, Braun VESTERCO': Mi I", “Pt"? :Week will range below normal. Gus. A., Bristow, Burns, Carter. Cor— , ‘ From the beginning of the week un- liss, Culver, Dacey. Farmer For is m «I m Mod?“ ’ minnows , til the middle part they will be ris- Frees, Green, Hewlett, Ray L., ng: H E Aflgflfickgmtamm ”'5 I 1113 but from then until the tollow- ell, Jewell, Johnson, Jolly, Ladd, on: can at 31.25 often sumoient. In pomr form. EBUSINESS FARMERS EX“- MI“ ing’ Sunday they will be falling. « Lee, Little, Lennon, MCKinnon Man— . . “mm, m, N TONI 2 Ads Under on: Head 10¢ per Wond. per mile Generally fair weather is to be ex— waringx’ Miles, ' O'Brien. Orinsbee, - Ew 5 fimuuumuuumnnummnunImunnmuumuummummwuwmmumuummuE posted in Michigan during early part Palmer, Rauchols, Read, Richard- 1 1i; .1 - . , gig” m ”8:30 “I FARM AND mmm . S 1 con "WWI“! .‘ at week but during middle days, son, Sargent, Smith. Stevenson, Tit- ,moiallyii'vzfdnesiay. Thugosday and: us, W51rdeil, Watson. Geo. 0., Wat- 11m 1,,” matwaealefi"; ay, 8 0 9373’ 8 were O 5011. osgph E” We ’ w 0d fl. acres with cows, storms n scattered sections. The NAYQ: , ’ , . ., convenient 9:9; and vii ”‘5 ”week ends with fair weather. Bremen, Br§§imagofrggifi $333112? . g .«i— J * $d¥§et3uafiieitwm innu- , 4 800-9011 W“! Byrum, Curtis. Dave. Deshano, Dex- » V S , i 1 : 47-74 " 111.3111: Shigfilegliwame unpreteflow ‘ 4. . The next few weeks Will’ prove tern DYkSti‘a, Emmon’ Eflpig’ Evans, i ‘ a ‘ ‘ part cash. Deta atalgfipagce 31 Tlllun.“ " -heokward to the average Michigan , Fulier, Gillett, 3|!th “wand _ - 5 gainmfiimyE .1. ST 0pr rec farmer and there will be much do- Hosking; Howerth. Hubbard. Hulett, ' ~ f , CAé‘MuGENbY' 42711.10 2‘21qu ,1 in planting and other outdoor Orvy. Jones. My, Km “wig, _... .. 4 .. as . . . *0 Plant _ o, well gagged 10:11:; g. ma Rollie 1... Long. , _ :oso seesaw econ Faun. venue's“ 13nd,; Mrs proper germ net on 00 ”M Ma, Meg- . 3 3 1:. — , " “£21“an 2. t as prior to warm mafia or “3%?" M3: . . . . 1 .' ' W “ Wefikanm meanest” a aeolian rec vine erne, "‘ ~ . . . 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