ndepennt Farm Magazine Owned and Edited in Michigan w . » SATURDAYlAUCEUS'T 4, 1923 TERMS: TWO YEARS at, 60c PER YEAR—5 YRS. ea nd the'o Bounded l )h! the old swimmln'- Locked like a bab'y-rlver that was iayi I urgle o the worter he the Iaugh‘of Before wezoould “remember anything Of the angels lookln' But the merry days is And, lt:s_hard to part forever wit of hole! where the crick so stll youth something we ono't ng half asle round the. drift Jes ust but the eyes a . out as we left Paradis ; beyond our controle h the old ewlmmin’-hole. i and deep on. t below to know Oh! the old lwl 'mln’i-hoiel In, the heprgmdg‘yes of yore. When I uet to can Above it d me n eék at me e e me lovemylelf, adder smilin' up $2! lt.ehowe at axed b ,,lt»m 1!! 3'3: them dag [From the ol men come fees 0 any and glorifl lee me with such tenderness e is past ands-gr, and old Tlme'e td on the sic ts warm. sunn tide, \ l pedtocorecs 'to the old ewl mmln ck hls toll -hele. The Old Swimmin’-Hole By James Whitcomb Riley Thare the bullrushes growed. and the A and shadder fell over it nottled the worter with amber and gold Tel the glad lillles rocked in the ripple that rolled: And the snake-feeder's four gauzy wings fluttered by Like the ghost of a daisy dropped out of the sky. Or a wounded apple-blossom in the breeze’s controle' As it cut ocrost some orchud to’rds the old swimmm’-hole. Oh! the old swimmln'-hole! When I last saw the place. The scenes was all changed, like the change in my face; The hrid e of the rallroad now crosses the spot Where t 0 old dlvln'-log lays sunk and target. And I stray down the banks where the trees net to be— am will theyr shade shelter me! And I with In my sorrow I could strip to the soul. And dive off. in my breve like the old swimmin’ohole. cattails so tall. ll. aill' 0h!_the old swimml_n'-hole ,In the long, lazy days I When th -d of ol y run-a-ways, dusty lane. bare printed so plane the dent of the heel the sole oy was lots 0 fun on hands at them! ewlmmln'-hole. ut the lost Jon: is put! Let room- tears in sorrow roll lee the rain t at ust to dapp up"the old twimmln'-hole. ’ ~“IBEEI..CORIQW of the South- at' -:Wich_ita.v' July 116. The wheat growers have . put an ‘ organisation into the field I that isi‘going to work for immediate results, they declare, as well as for methods to prevent distress to wheat _ growers in future years. At the cloie of the sessions it was stated the! "vigorous carrying out of the conference’s program would go a long way toward putting the wheat industry on a sound basis “before 1 snow flies this. year." The WheatProducers Conference . «the Southwest is composed of rep- , resentatives from the hard wheat '- states of Kansas, Colorado, Kissouri, VTeaas, , Nebraska and Oklahoma. 5 These states represent 8,230,090 ; acres now in wheat in excess oi the , acreage of 1913. or eight eleventh! of the total acreage of the United States in excess of that of 1913. No mention of government price :Jixing is made in the resolutions. , As one delegate pointed out, “The subject of political action was not I mentioned in the debate. The hard ‘ iwheat men know that their only sal- ' vation is by economic means." The , features that stood out most prom- ‘ inently in the discussions were, sum- ‘ mer fallowing in the hard wheat ‘ states, reduced acreage, improved » cultural methods on the reduced . acreage, diversified crops and raising of home food necessities, and recog- ' nition that the increasing world out— put of wheat meant disappearance of , a world market for American wheat at a profitable price. In the order of their adoption, the ; resolutions state that present wheat ' prices make future “normal” pro- I duction impossible. Farmers, bank- ers and millers are called on to co- ' operate to solve the problem. Fifty to one hundred percent increase in < taxes and other production costs are , cited. Use of rural credits and the federal warehouse act are urged to prevent dumping of the wheat crop. Feeding to stock of low grade wheat -» in place of dollar corn is recom- ; mended. Grading of wheat by pro- tein content is recommended. Speedy curtailment of acreage, di- ; versified farming, dairy and stock raising and growing of feed crops « for their maintenance are adopted as basic principles. Organization of wheat growers into co-operative units governed by “valid, long term mar- : keting agreements" . is declared es- sential. The organization was made : permanent with a board of not less than ten directors representing the farm organizations and the state . board of agriculture 0f the member states. , Unconditional endorsement of the ‘ resolutions of the southwestern con- ‘ ference was given by ' Grovenor ‘ Dawe, executive vice-president of the ‘ Wheat Council of the United States, who attended the conference as a delegate. E. E. Frizzell of Larned, Kas., was made president of the permanent or- ganizationrof the Wheat Producers ‘ Conference of the Southwest. L. ,, Gould oi Amarillo, Tex, is secretary. STATE POUIII‘RY MEN LAUNCH ‘ ASSOCIA'QON , HE Michigan Poultry Producers’ Association, an organization de- - voted to the interests of the ‘ poultry breeders of the state, was organized and launched upon its career on July 13, when 150 repres- ' resentatives of the industry in the state met at M. A. 0., and completed . preliminary organisation steps. The new association will plan eventually to get into the co—operative market- 3 ing field, it is understood. An effort will be made to help stabilize poultr- ry commodities. . Eventual grading '. of eggs will be one of the definite goals toward which the organisation , will work. ' "fitr'rnn sums roman m moan seed from improved tam crops varieties was sown of acres of ' 7 on thousands Mich- ,farm land this year, according .‘ , a s: 1. Isny of the varieties inclldpd‘in the list of'Michigan certified‘grains have won fame throughout“ the v. entire country by their at nation‘- al shows’and exhibits. « Boson Rye. first released from the M. A. O. "sta— tion in 1912,- is‘ probably the best known of these pure strains, while Red Rock wheat, Worthy and wet- verine oats, Robust beans, and corn varieties are rapidly winning. a na- tional reputation for grow- MAKES m MY nos-rm . RECORD 7 take great pleasure in writ- mg you in regard to a splendid 80-day butter record made by. our junior 3-yeanold hotter. lwoix Ormsby Zwelie No. 081465, by Sir Pieterje Omsby ‘iuercedes 40th. out of Maple Lane Zwelle Riblet. Our great son of Sir Pieter-tie Ormsby Mercedes is proving his pro- potency beyond the shadow of a doubt, and we will have a large num- ber of his daughters to freshen this fall and next spring, all of which makes the future look very bright. Charlevoix Ormsby Zwelle made 25.15 pounds of butter in 7 days from 327.9 pounds of milk, which lacks only about one pound‘of the state record. Zwelle shattered the 3 0-day state butter record as follows: 103.013 pounds of butter from 1,- 842.2 pounds milk. (The former state record was 100.566 poundsof butter).-—Loeb Farms. TOO MANY ACRES WHEAT BLAM- ED FOR LOW PRICES “ HAT’S behind the big slump in the wheat markets?" This is the all important question which is beirig asked by wheat grow- ers everywhere as they face the pros- pect of selling their 1923 crop at prices well below the dollar mark. Considerable interest attacks, therefore, to the recently announced report of the committee of 12 econ- omists and gtatisticians selected by Secretary Wallace to study this and similar problems. In their report they declare. “The expansion in the wheat area of the chief exporting countries, coupled with the decreased buying power of Western Europe, is responsible for the. price situation which now pre- by main. A. C. experiment.statl¢n..-- Char- - 4 wheat'imore than the-prewar even-j age, and thatéthsre is as have capable of. lag power in the wink! absorbing this tremendous surplus, '4 ' which ' in the United States alone amounts ‘to some 14,000,000 addi— ‘T'le report concludes that only m reductions in the wheat'"’acre- age in all. the chief wheat exporting present worlduwheat situation. 1'0 m A "MICHIGAN’S , M” W BRIT . DEVELOPMENT of a “Michigan’s ’ Own” . sagas- bset ram—n strain which will be better . in the state than those now grown, is the goal toward which extensive experiments startedthisyeeratll.A.C.,inco- operation with the recently transfer. red U. S. Department of Agriculture beet station, is aimed. “While most of the sugar beet companies feel that it does not now pay to raise our own seed here in Michigan, because foreign seed can be bought so cheaply, the price of the seed would be but a comparative- ly small matter if a variety could be developed which would increase the tonnage production of sugar per acre,” explains Down, research assistant in charge of sugar best work at the M. A. 0. station, in com— r menting on the experimental pro- gram which he and the government men have started. “It is the aim of our work to develop such a variety.” GRATIO']! PIG AND CALF CLUB PICNIC AUG. 4 , 0Y8 and girls of Gratiot county, who are conducting pig and calf club projects, will have a big picnic and school of instruction at the Gratiot County Fair Grounds, August 4. Mr. Novels Pearson, state Live Stock club leader, will be present and have charge of the pro- gram which will include iudging in- struction, fitting and showing and. other live stock work. Some time will he devoted to games and forms of recreation and each member is to bring along eats for- the noonday luncheon. It will be a full day pro- gram. - lasts. published in Michigan. Michigan . Mt. Clemens,~MIch. this entitles me to NEW SUBSCRIPTION RATES Themoizigan -. BUSINESS FARMER (Eflective April 2nd. 1928) To JANUARY, 1924, . . . .. 25c our. YEAR .. ....... .. ‘ TWO YEARS ...... .. rIvr. YEARS VERY subscriber at the above~ rates is entitled to‘ ALL the Departments of Service which have made The Busi- ness Farmer famous, so long as the term of subscription .............. .60 ................. $1 ....... 32 You know The Business Farmer is the most practical, and fearless because it is the only independent farm paper ___.-—-~—-—-————-————_—-———--—-—'-——- ' Business Firm, I enclose ...... .. for,a years subscription, department of Business Farmer m’ ' without further‘cost for a. full period of” my sub- ‘ Moo-escrooooeeease-esonooo-oooeoos P. O............ f ‘V 4 on, Noieoo'eepe V. I ....w. 1' mmeeeeeeoqeyeieoooo. , ” be taken: is accredited'hefl’fi, A" I .9 . com . :. Gm W in “not” is noticed in the report for he ." week ending'luly 24, when groups show a decrease in produc- ‘ a . tion. Production of 119,482. . The pens have held up remark- for the week amounted ‘3 to 3,639 eggs making a total to date ably well however, and the contest; ' management had looked for this. slump to take place even early this a summer. Some of the pens are,- showing some moult and others con- . siderable broodiness. In the Barred Rock section the standing remains the same as last week, Brummers’ Poultry Farm, Mrs. ‘ Chilson holding ‘first and second place and tieing for weekly produc-3 tion. ~ ' The Wjandottes have dropped in. , production and no changes occur in their standing. In the Ancona section Beckwith's , pen with 48 eggs leads, followed by Van Bree with 46 for the week. Mr. Shaw’s pen of W. Leghorns are continuing to keep up their good work, finishing this week with 53 eggs for the week and 1.766 to date. mnmrnmm' moan ' Holland—New Masonic temple to ' be completed August 4. iron Mountain—Work soon on newu‘li‘ord dock. building progressing rapidly. to Grandma—$12,000 to be spent on boulevard lighting system. a Grand Rapids—Abattoir company. start _ plans location on old Wallin tannery " site. ' Manistique—New 75-11:. lookout i111: tower to be erected in this town- s p. Ionia —- Contract awarded for. Ypsilanti reed \warehouse to be erect- ed soon. ‘ * Houghton—-Old copper tailings dumps to be worked over in Calumet d: Hecla section. . Flint—20,000 skilled employee of Buick Motor Company torn out 17,-; 000- cars‘ monthly. , , Ypsilanti—Paving of Washtenaw. avenue road and Whitman-c Lake V road to begin soon. . 7, Pontiac—Fisher automobile body plant-r being crestedin this city at, cost 01 $2,000,000. ‘ ; Inignsburg ,-- Consumers Power Company given franchise, substation to be erected at Ovid. WWills motor plant to ” be operated as Wills Ste. Claire Mot— ' or Company, Inc., capital $15,000,- 000, production to be increased. Manistee-—Work on local-prospec- ‘ tive oil well to continue day and night within a short time. Paving of 5% miles Ludington-Soottville’ to ‘ be completed September 1.- Saginaw — Washington avenue Presbyterian church to be enlarged by $5,000 addition. Construction of. Board t Commerce‘huilding . . sauce an. , bensedonrosdsinthisvislnity. Detroit—330110 mg. bridge Detroit river to be completed 24. Cadillac Motor Car ready'to start construction of 3 S mm of memory building-.5 nm~ Company distributing 31.060“... 000 to 30,000 employee. . .1. a , ' ontrsct‘ ' let for paving so use grams , Entered n second—chm WT tor. Augusj: 22. 191 at a files at Mt. 010an 11., ugde! act of .Mnrch 8rd. 187 - " __ a , dvance Cash 011 Farmers Wheat Farm UrgesWallace Take Advantage of Recent Credit Legislation and .f -‘ . 1 ‘ _ I - Farmers to “firehouse their Own Wheat and Other PradllC’S " inspection and warehouse adminis- tration. The U. S. Warehouse Act and the corresponding state ware- house laws should be used by the commodity organizations and indi- vidual farmers to the end that stor- age of the wheat crop may be made under grower control, either on the farms, in the country elevators, or in’ terminal warehouses. ‘ The American Farm Bureau Fed- eration believes that such action on the part of the organized farmers of the nation would demonstrate that there is nothing in the wheat situa- tion on the supply side of the mark- , et which can justify the present dis- asterous price. Recent reports have emphasized acreage instead of out-‘ put. Additional acres that are 'now put into wheat are the poorer acres and production does not increase at a corresponding rate. Output of wheat in the United States has increased since prewar at the same rate as population. World" surpluses for the postwar years av- erage only 7 million bushels more than for the average of five prewar years. This means that the other exporting nations have only filled the AT selling below ‘31 per - "bushel is a national tragedy in . : America..lt is tragedy not only the farmer who grows. the wheat . as». loss, but also to the consumer— 1,.the business manand the laborer—- [who must ultimately depend on that farmer’s-f wheat ddllar for their cons prospel'lty and happiness. \ ;, The American Farm, Bureau Fed- believes that tic—operative i: “figrketing is the ultimate solution to ‘ national wheat price problem... JWB are now at work on a national (go-operative grain marketing policy, being formulated upon instructions ~ tram our members. Under this plan .' the'g'rowers'of the nation will in ef— fect place their grain in a common bin and will merchandise it in an orderly way 'over the consumptive period, instead of dumping it on an - . already. overloaded market during the four months following harvest. ' (lo-operative marketing of wheat will [7 v'nnquestionably" solve the price probw " . lem to the benefit of both producer . and consumer. But except in a few sections, the southwest and north- west, co-operative .marketing is not FARM BUREAU: PLAN WOULD ENABLE FARMER TO HOLD WHEAT OFF MARKET PLAN to withdraw 200;000,000 bushels of wheat from the market and store it on farms is outlined by the American , , Farm Bureau Federation in an oilicial statement signed by ‘ President 0. E. Bradfute. Under the new Intermediate Credit Act and the amended Warehouse Act the Farm Bureau proposes K that the grchr borrow three-fourths of the market price of his wheat and hold ‘it for a satisfactory price. It is estimated that . $150,000,000 of Credit would be ample to enable the farmer to. store 200,000,000 bushels of wheat and thereby remove it from ‘thepresent below-a-dollar market. The Farm Bureau plan would have the Secretary of Agriculture designate sound farm wheat bins as government-bonded ware- houses, and would provide for the issuance of the usual bonded warehouse receipts against such wheat stored on the farm. The grower could .borrow through the Intermediate Credit System with the warehouse receipt as collateral. This would enable him to hold his wheat until prices advanced. The Wichita, Kansas, Intermediate Credit Bank is already ad- vancing $100,000 a day togrowers under this plan, and the pros- pects are f0r applications totalling a daily peak of $2,000,000. This money is available at 5% percent. - It is believed that the withdrawal of 200,000,000 bushels of wheat from the market and locking it up under government seal in farm warehouses will have an immediate and tremendous efl’ect on the price. . The official statement, signed by President 0. E. Bradfute of the l ' Credit, provided by the last '5 r. —1 , , Bureaus, II. may then put his wheat in a bond- . ‘ tumor. ready to meet the present wheat crisis. I USE NEW CREDIT ACT _ Fortunately we have ready at hand the machinery which, it per- Vmitted to function, will enable our tax-mots to store their wheat and hold it for orderly distribution. We refer to the new Intermediate Farm ses- sion of Congress at the insistence of the Farm Bureau and the Farm “Bloc, to be used in conjunction with . theamended U. S. Warehouse Act. ‘ ,Under the ”Warehouse law the Secretary of Agricultlure may rule if, — ' prescribed by law of the market ,1 he, sees fit that’s proper farm store- ‘. house, a wheat granary in'this case, fxbe designated as a U. s. bonded warehouse. The Department of Agri- iculture, cooperating with the Col- lleges of Agriculture and the Farm has a representative in (every county. He is known as the naughty agricultural agent or farm The cofinty agent or (some lather .omcial representative of the Department of Agriculture may properly be delegated to the task of storehouses. The farm- ; .' ? ed Mn on his own farm. lock it, and .._o a deliver the key to the, county agent, uh can serve as the omcial ware- lhomman and ‘.give the farmer a laj’ivtul bonded warehouse receipt for with terminal and 2m grain. These farm warehouses, line have sufficient capacity ’ Ito store the crop. " ' no "BETTER snot:er '9 . ' In" there any better security for bin-rowed money than wheat in the Whip! The soundness of this partic- .v 11hr collateral is proverbial. “one: the Intermediate Credits m, 18. intermediate credit banks on conjunction with the {13” Federal, land Banks, at Spring- Baltlmore, 1111.; Colum- ' 0.; Louisville; Ky.; New LIA-3 St. Louis, Mo.; St. mum; Omaha, Nolan; Wichita, . P"""s.’l \ Houston, Tex"; Berkeley, * Spokane. wash. The States,""'l‘reasnry is author- advance each of these banks of $5,900,000 or a total of 00,900. V in Credit Banks is authorized to farmer-ego: proper secur- of the Inter-5V American Farm Bureau Federation and detailing the storage plan is printed herewith. J have back of them the wheat in bonded bins. This provides a total of $660,000,000 to enable the farm- er to remove any farm surpluses as they develop as price—breaking fact— ors and feed them gradually into the market. Assume 200,000,000 bush— els of wheat was stored and financed on farms in this way. Suppose the “farmer borrOWed the legal limit as price on this bonded wheat to carry ‘ on his business. This? would require not more than $150,000,000. The ~money is available, the law is on the statute books, and the plan is cap- » able of meeting the present situa: tion. All we need’is the proper reg— ulations from the Department of Agriculture and the Federal Farm Loan Board, and the prompt admin- \ annual summer Farmers’ Day. The crowd, estimated by college ofiicials to number 8,000, was slightly larger than that of last year in spite of a steady drizzle of rain which fell throughout the day. 0. E. Bradfute, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, ‘was the principal speaker at the big afternoon meeting held in the col- . lege gymnazium. Hemade a strong plea for greater organization and co-operation among the farmers of the nation in order that they might play a more important part in the solution of the problems that are facing the country at this time. Mr. Bradfute said that transportation and marketing are the two greatest problems before the farmers today, pointing out that they pay fifty—five _ ’ per cent or the nation’s transporta- ,: bonded-warehouse re- . " ' capital 2 tion costs. , > > Close loo-operation between feder-_ . all' and m‘figg‘ricultural extension «193%,, county farm 0rgani—_ mam»,- Mr“ Bradfute .1). , the college farms. istration of the Intermediate Credit and Warehouse Act. Now, therefore, the American Farm Bureau Federation calls upon all banks, farm organizations, co- operative marketing associations, and individual farmers to make full and free use of the Intermediate Credit Act so as to prevent the dumping of the wheat crop and to retain its control in the hands of the grower himself rather than in the hands of the~speculator. The American Farm Bureau Fed— eration urges the Secretary of Agri- culture under the powers conferred upon him by the amended Ware- house Act to designate proper ware- houses on farms as government— bonded warehouses, and to set up machinery at onceto provide proper Six. Thousand Attend Annual Farmers’ Day By R. C. GROESBECK (Special to Business Farmer) HOUSANDS of farmers from every section of the state gath- ered at the Michigan Agricult- ural college, July-27, for the sixth pointed out the closely allied aims of all agricultural agencies and organ- izations, and urged that any measure which served ‘to bring about closer business and social bonds should be fostered. ,» Prof. Eben Mumford followed Mr. Bradfute on the speaking program giving an inspiring and ferceful talk on the important things of farm life. A long line of pure bred livestock owned by the college was exhibited to the vistiors in the annual. live- stock parade. State and national prize winners as well as several blue ribbon winners at the International Livestock Exposition were shown in the parade, which included dairy cattle, beef cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, and poultry. The farmers were taken on tours of inspection over the experimental plats covering 150 acres, the college orchards, the forestry nurseries, and Special exhibits on timely agricultural subjects were displayed in outdoor booths. ; ' College specialists in all branches of agriculture met with the farmers throughout the day for individual conferences on the MO}; and farm problems which contronted them. gap left by Russia. European wheat importing countries are producing at least 200 million bushels less than before the war. These facts in re— gard to domestic and world wheat supply should be supporting factors in the market. The only possible explanation for falling prices must be found in demand. There are more people than before the war to eat Wheat in all the im- porting countries as well as in the present exporting countries. In both Europe and the United States there has been a decline in the per capita consumption. Europe, however, took 26 per cent of our wheat in the year ending June 30, 1923, at an average price to the farmer of 98 cents. There is no reason to believe that Europe's buying power will be sub- stantially less in the coming year. Consumption in the United States in- creased 12 per cent in the fiscal year just ended over the previous year. With industrial activity and employ— ment at a high level there is good promise that our consumption will continue to expand, possible equal to prewar. Exports to the extent of 20 per cent of the crop and per capi- ta consumption on the basis of pre- war would equal 1923 production as now forecasted. PURCHASING FOR EXPORT One major reason that demand for wheat is not now properly sustained is the changed method of purchasing for export. Before the war purch- ases for foreign account were made in large volume at harvest and im- mediately thereafter. Due to the weakened financial situation abroad and the uncertainty concerning the prices of foreign drafts, foreign buy- ing is now largely on a hand to mount basis. This emphasizes the necessity for American agriculture to press to a conclusion its program of orderly marketing over the crop year. 0rd- erly marketing instead of dumping, can turn the wheat crop from the loss which now threatens into a prof— it. situations as now confront the wheat growers. production and, in providing quate storage facilities for .orderly' financing and cooperatively mprkot-é. tag can be found the key to the“ permanent solution of the 'whoat. situation. ’ , - Producers themselves have the J - major responsibility in avoiding such . . In intelligently planning I fibers-of“ “Work, as OWN in Ontario county, Illinois; only a few years ago the farm- V erswere experiencing the same thing that many other communities - are. today—_-a lack of interest in the r church. The early settlers built 'two churches and parsonages on what is known as Ontario Corners, 3a Congregational church and a Bap: tist church, and both of them drew large crowds every Sunday for many years-as religion was a large part of the make-up of these early settlers. But as the older leaders moved away or} died and the younger generation took their places there was a decline in the attendance, the type of work being done by the churches not ap- pealing to the younger people. Finally, it was decided that one place of’iworship was enough for the com- ' .munity and the Baptist church was- moved to a nearby town. Interest continued to decline until in 1912 :regular services were discontinued and over seven years passed before sufficient interest was taken to con- ‘tinue weekly services. During the entire period, however, a few members of the community held Sunday school and occasionally had a sermon. Each year saw a slight increase in the interest but it was not until 1920 that any real pro- gressive steps were taken. One evening in June of that year eight farmers and their wives held a meet— ing at the home of'one of the mem- bers to discuss the matter of secur- ing the services of a minister and holding regular services again. Aft- er a general discussion it was decid- ed to resume activity and a commit- tee was appointed to look over the parsonage to see if it was inhabit- able. The committee declared it was not, so the old one was torn down and work was started a short time later on a new one. The men and women of Ontario had visions of greater things than the common little country church. They wanted to see the church. made the, big thing in the community, not. just aplace of worship that you vis- ited on Sunday, and with a clear vis- ion of the work. to be done they started out to secure a leader who would help them realize their vision. Due largely to their viewpoint in this matter they succeeded in securing Rev. M. Guy Van Buskirk, who at the time of the call was engaged ’in Ccanlr‘y‘Chaw-cl; abs to act), -‘j _ _ V 'Well as A'On‘Pla'ys, Stage Athletic-1 Contesrts? Parties” ' ') YOU can take your autOmobile and drive any direction into the country and you will see churches with windows covered with .boards, doors locked and". nailed shut, (“and weeds nearly waist high'in the, yard as though man. had not entered them for years. own community. No doubt you have one in your 7 If you have many of you can remember . .when a few years ago you and you family, or :maybe you , and your girl, attended the“ services and Sunday school. But for some reason'intemst in the church seemed to decline , andthere was not enougl'r money to, continue hiring a _minis- ter so finally it was decided to close the church until there was more interest and financial assistance. cases, the church is still closed. 7 And, in many, In Illinois, in a little rural “community known as Ontario Corners, the same thing took place and the church remained closed for seven years. But three years ago it was reopened and the parish has shown a steady growth since Ithat time. These farmers made the church the biggest thing in their community and now they would be lost without it. You and your neigh- bors can make your church of great value to your commun- ity. Why not try it? interdenominational religious work in the capacity of the young people’s superintendent for West Virginia. Since his coming, Sept. 1, 1921, past- or and people have met the needs of the community in such a way that today the church- at Ontario Corners is again wielding a most welcome in- fluence in the community. In fact, the influence is extending far beyond the borders of Ontario parish. After several months of services the congregation felt that the old church building should be remodel- ed, not only to increase the seating capacity but especially to enable the building to more nearly serve the needs of the community. The church was raised, a base- ment dug and later eQuipped wit‘n committee rooms, kitchen and din- ing room, which could also be used for other purposes. The main audi- torium was enlarged and decorated. Some members were doubtful about the wisdom of enlarging the audi— torium, because, as one remarked, “the church never has been full and perhaps never will be.” The first Sunday night, in the remodeled building,_however, found not only a crowded house but about 50 people were unable to get in. " thing should be done. The need of a new light plant was apparent and the members of the Women’s league agreed to purchase this. Here again we see the vigor with which a proposition is pushed when all are agreed that a certain The decision to order a light plant was reached late Monday afternoon; immediate- ly the plant was ordered by wire to be shipped by express from Ohio. On Thursday evening of the same week the plant was installed and the elec- tric lights burning. . ’ A moving picture plant will be in- stalled in the near future. The money for, this was raised by means of a combination. sale; the pastor saved expenses by crying the sale himself. It might be added in this connection that he has performed a similar serv. ice at a purebred sale held in the community. Many factors have contributed to the splendid success of the work at Ontario parish. The pastor, of course deserves a full share of credit, be- cause the gospel which he has been preaching has reached down into the hearts and lives of his parishioners in sneh a way that their daily lives are indeed fuller and richer. A well-rounded program of work, "as afid‘fdékijgby, a; l'" -‘ « 'which includes the ,Lmen'ifillfdd V the young peoples; and.,.-iagst, fan . L I V'least, the boysandflgirls, is'also "gontributing factor of vital, importi- ance. ‘ ' '2 '. ,. - ' Men, Have Club - I. ‘ _‘ , ‘~ . The men, for instance, have their Men's club. Thiscl'ub, sponsors the - movie plant «project, and ias‘t'yeari 3 conducted an intensive experimental 7 plot on corn diseases; in co-operstion‘ with the United States department“ of agriculture, and the Knox County “ Farm Bureau. ' ~ ,, ' It is interesting to“ know that every. farmer, either land owner or tenant, who is a member of the church is also a member of the farm bureau.‘ The Men’s club during the past two‘ years has conducted the" largest local corn shows in Knox county. v ' I d » In 1921 the pastor was a strong contender for first honors, and last year succeeded in getting the blue ribbon in a contest with about 40 other samples. Just now the Men's club is financing the Boys’ and Girls’ club work, especially the sow, an litter project. , <- The women have regular semi-' monthly meetings of their league. One of their number is superintend- ent of the Sunday school, which reaches 80 to 85 per cent “of the peo- ple living in the community. The Sunday School is very closely graded and the aim throughout is to keep the instruction at least up to the standard of public school instruc- tion. Quarterly reports with department interest\a’nd pro- gress in the work are sent to parents. No one who has watched the work at Ontario Corners will question the fact that the women have made a distinct contribution toWard the suc- cess of the church; as all too fre- quently happens, a woman has been one of the leaders in keeping up the religious interest in the community This woman, Mrs. J. J. ClearWater, who is also superintendent of the Sunday school gives her conception of the importance of a church in a rural community in the statement which follows: ‘ Creed for Broad Service “Religious workers today are ' stressing the Christian life—43.8 the fourfold life, touching the physical,‘ mental, social and religious life 0!: (Continued on page 19) The Flat Back is Easily Made and Has Many Uses on the Farm By H. H. MUSSELMAN, Prof. of Farm'Mechanics, M. A. c. HE flat rack serves so many purposes on the farm that it is scarce— J In building this rack. use only strong timbers ' for bed pieces. Southern pine and elm are excellent. ly possible to say which it serves best. For loading hay, with the hay loader, / my - it gives the man on the load a sense of‘security be- cause there are no open- ings in the floor through which he can slip. For kkfldnd/e Nail "‘ Hook Rod. grain bundles it gives an “in - excellent base on which to h__: build a load in which the corners will not slip, pro- vided end standards with croSs pieces extending the width of the rack and spaced a few inches apart are used. For grains or seed which shatter in haul- ing it will save a consider- able percentage of the grain. For hauling thresh- ed-grain, it may be made tight by using matched lumber, or a canvass or tarpaulin may be used to -- ‘ cover the floor and sides. ' In; hauling coal, wood, corn, sugarbeets, and mis- ' cellaneous loads, the loads » are. both easily loaded and unloaded. For much of I Eye 00/?" Defer/7 Jfay 'rod \ Srecl c‘larnfg / / this .work,’ the sidebo’ards Bill of * Mafcrid/ are necessary and easily t-gonvand removed. By 22 /o'- 14' r%wE/m 24. -"x 6' If purchased, they may be bought in the” full two-. inch width, or in the ‘ rough. In this form they have considerably more strength than when dress-4.” ed to the standard 1% inch thick .' The floor should be of a material which will stand both wear and weather. Southern pine is good. but somewhat heavy. The floor may be laid matched, with the joints between the boards filled with white lead for preservation H! de- sired. Six inch flooring is generally. used where matched joints are desired. The bed pieces may be laid parallel or brought closer together at the front end to allow room for the front wheels to 'make. short turns. The floor may be; nailed directly to the bed pieces, which makes 102* Simple construction. . ' Careshould be taken to obtain firm, standard 'sup-" ports. In loading, "both hay and grain these are viding a stock “crate, I36 “w.” 4 -'- 20" float: Rods. highly stressed. Round - a may also carry anim- 2:4: 14' 4‘ {'5 6” 5:89 Balk. poles ma‘ke excellentstand- ' onthis rack. For hogs I "1‘2"“ [.2 ' sheep the sides and J‘- lg's (C *9" be built up on " «011‘» Nu fa. ' ‘ ’ an ards or stakes. ‘ It then I are. usedrittshefipron ma 0.94 .m1 7. or iencing. g s r em dealing ‘ l I HONORS “T. R.” AS ROUGH RIDER.-—-lames Earle Fraser, sculptor, at work on the bust of Theo- dore Roosevelt, which is to be placed on a granite pedestal in the vicinity of San Juan Hill to com- memorate the ('olonel’s participation in the battle. Roosevelt said he regarded the (lay he led the charge as the greatest in his life. The monument will be unveiled early next January. IS YOIUR’S THERE?—Joseph F. Mikulac, 45,_and a native of Croatia, who is not a mere globe-trotter. On his various travels he carries this book with him and it holds the signature of nearly every prominent person in the world. The book contains 2896 pages and weighs nearly 40 pounds. There are several signatures to each page and it is nearly filled with the autographs of world-famous persons. ice” is first Levi Collin, famous abolitionist, and that Eliza and her baby came to this house to hide. escaped by crossing the ice on the Ohio River. SA‘V “ELIZA \VIIO (‘ROSSED THE l(‘E"—)Irs Meeky B. Collin, aged 83, living in Cincinnati, Ohio, confirms the fact that the “Eliza who crossed the (‘oflin with states that when her‘ father—in-law, )lrs. lived no myth. married she Later Eliza A CITY OF OIL W'ELLS.—It may not be lovely but it is productive of the ~ greatest wealth of this country. Here is a view of the Santa Fe oil fields in Los Angeles county, California, where, the precious fluid is taken out day and night. This is one- of’the richest oil fields in California and fortunes are made here daily. New Jersey, V SOCIETY “'EDDING MARKED BY EXTREME SIM- PLICITY.—The" bride, groom and guest of honor, left to right: liIr. and lilrs. \Villiam Painter BIeeker’and \Villiam Jennings lil'yan, snapped at the wedding which took place at the bri e’s home in Cape May, N. J. The ceremony, attended by Bryan and other notables, was marked by extreme simplicity. The bridal couple are popular favorites in social circles of several cities and the groom is a Yale stu ent. , v N0 WONDER CLAM DIGGING IS 80 ‘POP- “ ULAR IN JAPAN.—-\V_ith pretty bare-legged girls of this type wading in the water for the clams, it is no wonder that clam digging is very popular at the seaport section in Cherry Blossom, Land. At the coast, women fisher! and clam diggers are the rule and young girls, like this one, are to be seen every morning fishing for the claims. -. . “ FAST EXPRESS “'RECKEI).—The eraek flyer on the running between half a mile from the latter city. mail car plunged down a forty foot embankment into the Laekawanna River. The engineer was perhaps fatally injured while the iireman vas slightly hurt. Central Railroad of Philadelphia and Scranton, I’a., was derailed One man was killed when the engine and FORMER CRO‘VN PRINCE MAY RUN. FOR PRESIDENCY.——Ex—Crown Prince Frederick \Villiam of Germany, who is expected to run‘ for the presidency at the coming election. It is believed that there is nothing in thezGerman Constitution to keep him out of the presidential race, but an awkward situation might arise ‘ in the refusal of the Allies to permit him to '0‘. turn to Germany. He is still in exile. (Copyright. Keystone Vievr Company f0 9'. .‘v her. no at my (death he no it to oldest 8011, upon pay- - ' ' $1009.00 each to my other ,wo sons, who live in Detroit. I only have the three sons."wlte is dead. I have no debts. I want the oldest son, to have old home. Will my deed stand in law after I am dead?——- . g. H. I... Vicksburg, mob. v—What you want to do is tensed . this property to your banker in trust for your son. but in order for each We trust to be'valid. the deed must prescribe some duty to be performed ' by the trustee other than merely to convey the land to the son. Paa- ’; sive trusts. that is, trusts in which ' the trustee has no duty to perform - except to merely convey the property to‘ the beneficiary at the appointed I time, are abolished in Elohim. It 1 you do not want the property 00n- A f veyed to your son until your death. 6 you could make a-will in which you Y deal I made. nothing to do with cutting the tini- -: .ber””’\{ devise this farm to your oldest son. upon condition that it should not vest in“ until he has given to each of the other sons $1000.00.— Asst. Legal Editor. mammalian" , W all wood. A hires wood cutters to cut this wood and tells them he will furnish lumber for a shanty. They can build shanty and live there while they are cutting the wood. so they ~ did. A did not ask permission to put the shanty on B’s farm or take it away. Now can A move or sell this shanty?—N. F. 0.. Covert, Mich. ——A’s reservation 0! all wood gives him an implied license to enter upon the land and do all things reasonably necessary in the cutting and hauling away of the wood. It the building of the shanty tor the workers” is a reasonable means of doing this work. he would have the right to erect such a shanty, and could sell it or remove it upon completion of the work.— Asst. Legal Editor. FARMERS SUGAR COMPANY What do you knew about the ' Farmers Sugar Company. Defiance. ‘Ohiol—E. A., Macomb County, Mich. -——We are organized under the cor- poration laws of the State of Ohio. It is strictly a farmer‘s company in that our stockholders are‘ farmers. "We sold $1,000,000 worth of stock to 1200 farmers. We started build- ing in 1921, but the panic of that year forced us to stop building. We would not go in debt consequent- ly are alive and as soon as our stock- holders are able to meet their notes :we will go on witn the enterprise. We soon discovered we had some- thing else to think about besides building. The question soon came forcibly to our attention whether our farmers were going to have the opportunity to grow beets. 'i‘he op- position to the American sugar in- dustry is well organired. rich and influential. 1 attended the Farm conference in January, 1923, and it did not take me long to realize that if the iarmers of America, not only in Ohio and Michigan, but all over ' the United States were to have the opportunity to grow this important crop they would have to tight and V fight hard—C. R. Allen. President. HOLD “A” LIABLE I am writing for advice about a I sold timber to a party and gave him two years to out i and haul timber. and A let another party B handle said timber which they were to buy and haul away so A has turned the deed over to B. but my contract is made with A. B hired men and teams to cut and skid said timber and has not paid for the help. Now what I want to know is. do I have to pay for cutting said timber when the contract is 'madebetweenAandmyseliandB sends men to cut the timber. I had wasiogotpaidtoritonthe ‘11. "That is, they were to do all " haalmg and I was to get ‘ Some 'vious stratum is under eighteen inches in diameter.-a halt cartridge is ordinarily sumcient to break it up ’ m; m. v - . em 9- ,ln such agreement—Asst. Legalliditor. VWOUID K01 BE ROW Aslamasubecrlbertoyourpaper used by an householder in connec- tion with his business is exempt from taxation to the value of two hundred dollars.” Our supervisor did not give me the two hundred dollar exemption tor he said I was not a householder. So I will state the conditions and ask you if he was richt. haveworkedafarmandhadaamy housekeeper. my sister. for I am single. but the past year I have been alone. I worked the farm the glue having the sameamount of over to my father’s. about 1 mile away tor nearly all meals and stay there ninety per out of the time nights. Should I have the two hundred ,‘dollar exemption or not?—- . Y., Kalamaaoo county. - ——-Your question is not one ot~ law,‘ but one of fact. as to whether or not you are a householder under the circumstances. It you take all your meals away from home. and spend Subsoiling and HERE level farm land is under- laid by an impervious stratum of cemented gravel. clay or pan. which in turn rests on looee gravel or moreor less open sand. wonderful results are obtained by firing small charges of dynamite in the impervious stratum to break it up so that drainage of the top soil is established during the rainy season. and moisture is stored in the lower strata to be available in times of drought. In “some parts, or the country the farming land is, on a large scale, like a few inches or soil in a china dish left out of doors. It is either too wet or too dry. Sub- soiling corrects this condition by al—' lowing the rain to run down into the subsoil -instead,ot being held up by it and mining the crops. and to form a reserve of the moisture under the hardpan for nourishment of the- plant roots in dry seasons. Sub-r soiling is one of the least spectacular blasting operations. The method "is somewhat as follows: The land is laid on in fifteen foot squares and. at each intersection a hole is bored by means of a dirt anger halt way through the hard— pan. cemented gravel or impervious. stratum. In the bottom of _ each hole is placed; half stick or: a whole stick of 20 per cent low treeaing ammonia dynamite primed ~with ‘a capand apieceot fuse. It theimper- thoroughly. It this is more eighteen inches thick, it may as much as acartridge in each hole. Therese should eunuch to extend at 1 , be Well .tamped fwith sand. or clayt'towconflnewthe occlusion mt! ‘cl‘uding our cattle. For the past eight years I' two , The ....... w... v - ' on ddre‘ to. ‘ someone am. Home oallhome. you in. my opinion. be sale and sold everything we had, We had some ed for T. B. They tamed her and she reacted. Now the butcher cones backandsayswehavetogivehim one-hall what he paid for the cow. Now they never tested cows around here and there was nothing said at the sale it they were tested cows or not. We told him it was a public Erosion Control ordinarily blowing up only a small hump and not throwing any material more than a few inches. The best results are obtained when subsoiling is done in the dry season. y when the impor- vious in clay, as dry clay pulveriaes and shatters much better than wet clay. Do not be too econ- omical tn_the use elf-dynamite and space the holes too far apart. I have seen meadow land which had been subsoiled on thirty-toot centers and afterwards sown to buckwheat where the buckwheat when mature stood up twice as high at the points where the shots were fired as it did halt way between. Subsoiling is of no particular value in well drained. loose mellow soil. ‘ In rolling countries where a heavy rain tall results in washing away a quantity of the top soil, making. gullies and small ravines 'after very heavy rain, and especially where the crops “are sewn in terraces, great benefit has been secured by subsoil- ing these terraces. This causes the rain water to sink into the _soil as into a sponge instead 0! running oi! as it would from an inverted dish. Not only are better crops obtained by-supplying more moisture to the roots in the dry seasombut the sur— face erodes is very much, lessened and the formation of gnllies largely eliminated. in similar to um described above. but the holes should be placed about eight feet Apart. races showed everycase fa m f ,m' .017 snuggle Motto. The method 0: blasting Experiments made ' several years age in the‘comroi ct. surlace erosion by . shhsolling, tor-- - N0! m Iaeeao many lettersin the M. B. F. and all wanting help so I thought 3 a E E E \ by _A. from B, B's daughter got L‘s wile to sign Does that make it any more binding and can B snake A sign notes to the amount of the rent? ' Now if one give a second chattel 5 v mortgage is it any good after the first chattle mortgage is paid? will it have to be renewed before it is good? Can a lawyer collect fees from a ~ _ man where everything is in his Wife’s ' name and all covered by mortgage? If not what can he do?-——A. V. Cor-nuns, Mich- ———The wife’s would not be liable for the payment of the rent, even it she signed the contract with her husband. How- ever, it the husband purchases prop— ’ ' I V l I A., " l | ) fifty after the rent, or any other I debt accrues, and his title vested in his wile. for the purpose of avoid- ing his obligations. such. property would be subject torrthe payment or the debt. B could not compel A to sign notes for the payment of’ the . rent. A second mortgage is good: ’ - after the first is discharged. and may . be foreclosed ‘ against the property . after the first is satisfied. 11,. i l , ) AVIaw— p is I I personal. property (I: yer could not collect his fee for . ' services rendered the husband, out i of the wife's personal property. 1 There are a number of things hei might do to collecthis fee. depend~ " mg onlthe circumstances, and if any- :; one is trying to avoid paying a juSt l " " attorney’s ice, I would advise him not to wait to find out what the at- 1 torney can do to collect what is due 1 him.——Asst. Legal Editor. .v errors NOT summer are LEVY ’ Own 40 acres of land. a team 30:“; horses. 2 cows, have a wife and iam— ' ily. Now can a certain company. g come and take any 0! those things mentioned above such as cattle, land or garnishee my wages? I hold at nbte «slant a man without any on: . wiieareewneraofasmallplaeewub a joint deed. no personalto menisci. Could I sue and get-a judgement and take away crops the plea -——c. A. 1).. Ennis County. Mich.“ em .01 a husband and Fl; dorsar only his name. Him and his; “61‘? .. “t my, ,. ole- ushred——thus . on: ; a; unmeasng un. the beaniedgers was his ivfileaslngto Uncle Bush- _ . ' 3' efi‘edrmparisonihave been ; for * the only institution "in existence orth" considering was the Weymouth "Bank. pf “which he' was something be- r eymouth lay, and umbrag- 1. * "eons, men; the low foothills along the "brow-of a‘iS'outhern valley. Three banks porter and generalissimo-in-charge. were in~W’eymouth-villé. TWO were hope- flees, misguided enterprises,‘ lacking the presence and prestige of a Weymouth to gyl'give ‘them glory. The. third was The “Bank, managed by the Weymouths—and Uhole Bushrod.‘ In the old Weymouth ' ...hdanestead~—the red brick, white porti- c’o‘ed-mansion, the first to your right as T president of the. bank), V v daughter, Mrs. Volley—called "Miss Let- : you crossed Elder Creek, coming into town‘dived Mr. Robert Weymouth (the ' his widowed ‘ ty” by every one—4nd her two children, Nan and Guy. There, also in a cottage ' on the grounds, resided Uncle Bushrod portment and absorbed in business. ' ,mouthville, .and Aunt Mandy, his wife. Mr. William Weymouth (the cashier of the bank) _liv_ed in I a modern, fine house on the principal avenue. Mr.tRobert was a large, stout man, sixty-two years of age, with a smooth, plump face, long iron—gray hair and fiery blue eyes.‘ He was high-tempered,‘ kind, and generous, with a youthful smile and a formidable, stern voice that did not aIWays mean what it sounded like. Mr. William was a milder man, correct in d1?- T e Weymouths formed The Family of Wey- and were looked up to as was their right of heritage. . Uncle Bushrod Was the bank's trusted porter”, messenger, vassal and guardian. He carried the key to the vault, just as Mr. Robert and Mr. William did. Some- times there was ten, fifteen, or twenty thousand dollars in sacked silver stacked on the vault floor. It was safe with ‘— Uncle Bushrod. He was a Weymouth in heart, honesty, and pride. Of late Uncle Bushrod had not been without worry. It was on account of Marse Robert. For nearly a year Mr. Robert had been known to indulge in too "much drink. Not enough, understand, to become tipsy, but the habit was getting a hold upon him, and every one was be- ginning tc notice it. Half a dozen times a day he would leave the bank and step around to the Merchants and Plants’ Hotel and take a drink. Mr. Robert’s usual keen judgment and business capac- ity became a little impaired. Mr. ‘Wil- liam, a Weymouth, but not so rich in experience, "tried to- dam the ineVitable backflow of the tide, but with incomplete success. The deposits in the Weymouth Bank dropped from six figures to five.. ‘Pas't—due paper began to accumulate, owing to injudicious loans. No one cared to address Mr. Robert on'the subject of temperance. Many of his friends said that the cause of it had been the death of his wife some two years before. Others hesitated on‘account of Mr. Rob- ert’s quick temper, which was extremely apt to resent personal interference of such a nature. Miss Letty and the chil- dren noticed the change and greived . about it. Uncle Bushrod also worried, . but he was one of those who would. not have dared to remonstrate, although “he and Marse Robert had been raised almost as companions. But there was a : heavier shock coming to Uncle Bushrod that caused by the bank president’s toddies and 'juleps. Mr. Robert had a passion for fishing. which he usually indulged whenever the f season and business permitted. One day, when reports had been coming in relating tothe bass and perch, he announced his ~intention of making a two or threeday's :. visit to "the lakes. _He was going down, . be said, to Reedy lake with Judge Arch- , an old friend. New, Uncle Bushrod was treasurer of . the Sons and Daughters of‘the Burning Bush” Every association he belonged to He stood AA1 in colored circles. .He _ understood among them to-bellr. B rod Weymouth. of the, Weymouth Bank. The night following the day on- which Mr. Robert manhood ,his intended fish- ing-trip the old man woke up and rose from his bed at, twelve o’clock,_declaring he must go down to the bank and fetch '3 made him treasurer without hesiteSE.’ _ith'e pass-«book of the Sons and Daughters, which he had forgotten to bring home. The bookkeeper had baisnced it for him that day, put the cancelled checks in it. and'snaxpped two elastic bands around it. I “II-1e! but but one band around other pass- . books. ' Aunt Mandy objected to the mission at so late an hour; denouncing it as fool- ish and unnecessary. but UncleBushrod was not~ to be deflected from duty. “I” done told Sister Adaline Hoskins," .. Sh. mud, “to come by here for an book ” mawnm’ at’sebin o'clock._‘for to it to do meetin’ .0! de bo’d of ‘ e :Bushrod.ij-pnt_' . fit, on his ’ old 'apertur'e, the flicker of a candle. ’ ef he fool wid ' ,. ‘for "the e- , his/hood, " hymn/c: fer! mi”. .363 0. HENRYzze... WIMhMH-‘Pmlacm' MoWdihanheevaynflcukJnc 'hung his coat. Looking about casually, he saw that everything was as he had left it, and was about to. start for home when he was brought to» a standstill by the sudden rattle of a key in the front ,door.. some one came quickly in, closed the deer softly, and entered the counting- -room through the door in the iron railing. That division of the bank’s space was connected with the back room by a nar- row passageway, now in deep darkness. Uncle Bushrod, firmly gripping his hickory stick. tiptoed gently up this pas- sage until he could see the midnight in-v truder into. the sacred precinth of the Weymouth Bank. One dim gas-jet burn- ed there, but even in its nebulous light he percieved at once that the pmwler was the bank’s president. Wondering, fearful, undecided what to do, the old colored man stood motionless in the gloomy strip of hallway, and waited developments. I The vault, with its big iron door, was opposite him. Inside that was the safe, holding the papers of value, the gold and curren of the bank. On the floor of the va t was, perhaps, eighteen thou- sand dollars in silver. The president took his key from his pocket, opened the vault and went inside, nearly closing the door behind him. Uncle Bushrod saw, through¢ the narrow In a minute or two—it seemed an hour to the watcher—Mr. Robert came out, bringing with him a large hand-satchel, handling it in a careful but hurried manner, as if fearful that he might be observed. With one hand he closed and locked ’the vault door. a " ’ With the reluctant theOry forming it- self beneath his wool. Uncle Bushrod waited and watched, shaking in his con- cealing shadow. Mr. Robert set the satchel softly upon a desk, and turned his coat collar up about his neck and ears. He was dressed in a rough suit of gray, as if for travel— ing. He glanced with frowning ness at the big office clock above the burning gas-jet, and then looked linger- ingly about the bank—lingeringly and fondly, Uncle Bushrod thought, as one who bids farewell to dear and familiar scenes. - _ Now he caught up his burden again and moved promptly and softly out of the bank by the way he had come, look. ing the front door behind him. For a moment or longer Uncle Bush- rod was as stone in his tracks. Had that midnight rifler of safes and vaults been any other on earth than the man he was, the old retainer would have rushed upon him and struck to save the Wey- mouth property. But now the watcher’s soul was tortured by the poignant dread of something Hworse than mere robbery. He was seized by an accusing terror that said the Weymouth name and the Weymouth honor were about to be lost. Marse Robert robbing the bank! What. »else could it mean? The hour of the night, the stealthy visit to the vault, the satchel brought forth full and with ex- pedition and, silence, the prowler’s rough dress, hissolicitpus reading of the clock, and noiseless departure—what else could it mean?‘ And then to the turmoil of Uncle’ Bush- rod’s thoughts came the corroborating recollection of preceeding events—Mr. Robert’s increasing intemperance and con- sequent many moods of royal high spirits and stem tempers; the casual talk he had heard in the bank of the decrease of busi- ness and difficulty in collecting loans. What else could it mean but that Mr. Robert -Weymouth was an absconder— was about to fly with the bank’s remain- ing funds, leaving Mr. William, Miss Letty, little Nan, Guy, and Uncle Bush-l rod to bear the disgrace? During one minute Uncle Bushrod con- sidered thesektblngs, and then he awoke to sudden determination and action. "de1 Lawd!” he moaned aloud, as he hobbled hastily toward the side door. “Sech a come-cf! after all dese here years of big doin's and fine doin's. Scanlous sights upon de yearth when do Wey- mouth family done turn out robbers and 'belers! Time for Uncle Bushrod to clean out somebody‘s chicken-coop and eben flutters up. Oh, Lawd! Marse Rob- ert, you ain’t gwine do dat. talkin fl'me! I’m,gwine to stop you ef I can. 'Spec you shoot Mr. - Nigger’s_ head on you, but ‘I'm gwine stop you cf 1 can." ' ‘ r ' / Uncle Bushrod. aided by his hcikory stick, impeded by his rheumatism; hur- ried down the street tWar'd the rail- road station, where the two mm touch- Weymouthvllle met. As he expected and feared there Mr. Robert, standing .‘in the dew of the. building, waiting I in. »He held the satchel in intent- 1 thing he had come to do had struck him fully. He would have been happy could he have turned and fled from the possi- bilities “of the famous Weymouth wrath. But again he saw, in his fancy, the white, reproachful face of Miss Letty, and the distressed looks of Nan and Guy, should he fail in his duty and they ques- ‘tion him as td his stewardship. Braced by the thought, he approached in a straight line, clearing his throat and pounding with his stick so that he might be early recognized. Thus he might avoid the likely danger of too suddenly surprising the sometimes hasty Mr. Robert. "Is that you, Bushrod?" called the element, clear voice of the gray ghost. “Yes, suh, Marse Robert." "What in the devil are-you doing out at this time of night?” For the first time in his life, Uncle Bushrod told Marse Robert a falsehood. He could not repress it. He would have to circumlocute a little. His nerve was not equal to a direct attack. "I done been down, suh, to see 01' Aunt M’ria Patterson. She taken sick in de night, and I kyar’ed her a bottle of M’lindy’s medercine. “Yes, Suh.” “Humph!” said'Robert. “You better get home out of the night air. It's damp. You’ll hardly be worth killing tomorrow on account of your rheumatism. Think it’ll be a clear day, Bushrod?” “1 ’low it will, suh, De sun sot red las‘ night.” Mr. Robert lit a cigar in the shadow, and the smoke looked like his gray ghost expanding and escaping into the night air. Somehow, Uncle Bushrod could barely force his reluctant tongue to the dreadful subject. He stood, awk- ward, shambling, with his feet upon the gravel and fumbling with his stick. But then, afar off—three miles away, at the Jimtown switch~he heard the faint whistle of the coming train, the one that was to transport the Weymouth name in- / / ,‘ ¢' my, ” Will I i ‘H L:- l L I bum" [a o I, The old colored man stood motionless in the gloomy strip of hallway. to regions of dishonor and shame. All fear left him. He took off his hat and faced the chief of the clan he served, the great, royal, kind, lofty, terrible Wey- mouth-he bearded him there at the brink of the awful thing that was about to happen. “Marse Robert,” he began, his voice quavering a. little with the stress of his feelings, “you ’merrnber de day dey-all rode de tunnament at Oak Lawn? De day, suh dat you win in de ridin’, and you crown Miss Lucy de queen?" “Tournament?” said Mr. Robert, tak- ing his cigar from his mouth. “Yes, I remember very well the—but what the deuce are you talking about tournaments here at midnight for? Go ’long home, Bushrod. i I believe you’re sleep-walking." “Miss Lucy tech you on de shoulder,” continued the/ old man, never needing, “wid a. s’ord, and say: ‘I mek you a knight, Suh Robert—rise up," pure and fearless and widout reproach.’ Dat what Miss Lucy 'say. Dat’s been a long time ago, but me nor you ain’t forgot it. And den dar’s another time we ain’t forgot—— de time when Miss Lucy lay on her las’ bed. She sent for Uncle Bushrod, and she say: Uncle Bushrod, when I die. I want you to take good care of Mr. Bob- ert. Seem like’—so Miss Lucy say—'ho listen to you mo’ dan 'to anybody else; He apt to be mighty fractious sometimes, and maybe he cuss you when you ,try to ‘suade him but he need somebody what, understand hkn to be "round wid him. no am like a little child sometimes»- gemssImysay, widhereyesshinin’ in flux: 790’. mcera‘butdie always K {hat-lit! pure and-fearless and ‘r , Mr. Rob‘ert‘began to mask, a " a tendency to ‘sbft-he ‘with aspurious anger. ‘ ‘1 I “You—you old windbag!" hegr‘ through a cloud of swirling cigar ‘ "I believe you are crazy. I told-vyo . go home, Bushrod. Miss Lucy saidv ' did s e? Well, we haven’t kept scutch on very clear. Two years last week, wasn’t it, Bushrod when ’ , died? Confound it! Are you going 1: stand there all night gabbing like‘ coffee—colored gander?” y ' The train whistled again. Now it w at the water tank, a mile away. - "Marse Robert,” said Uncle Bushrod; laying his hand on the satchel that they banked held. "For Gawd’s sake, .don" take dis wid you. I knows what’s in it., I knows where you git it in de bank; Don’ kyar’ it wid you. Dey’s big troubles in dat walise for Miss Lucy and Miss- Lucy’s child's chillun. Hit’s bound to, destroy de name of Weymouth and bow. down dem dat own it wid shame and triberlation. Marse Robert, you can kill dis ole nigger of you wil, but don’t take away his er valise. If I ever crosses over de Jordan, what I gwine to say to Miss Lucy when she a: me: ‘Uncle Bushrod, wharfo’ didn' you take good care of Mr. Robert?” Mr. Robert Weymouth threw away his. cigar and shook free one arm with that‘ peculiar gesture that always preceded his outbursts of irascabilitl. rod bowed his head to the expected storm, but 'he did not flinch. If the house of Weymouth was to fall, with it. The banker spoke, and Uncle Bushrod blinked with surprise. The storm was there, but it was suppressed to the quietness of a summer breeze. "Bushrod," said Mr. Robert, in a lower voice than he usually employed, “you have overstepped all bounds. You have presumed upon the leniency with Which‘ you have been treated to meddle unc pardonably. So you know what this satchel! Your long and faithful service is some excuse, but—go home Bushrod—not another word!” , But Bushrod grasped the satchel with a firmer hand.‘ The headlight of the train new lightening the shadow about the station. The roar was increasing, and folks were stirring about at the track side. . - “Marsc Robert, gimme dis ‘er’ valise. I got a right, sub, to talk to you dis ‘er’ way. I slaved for you and ’tended to you from a. child up. I went th’ough (19 war as yo’ body-servant tell we whipped de Yankees and sent ’em back to de No’th. I was at yo’ weddin’, and I was n' fur away when yo’ Miss Letty was bawn. And Miss Letty's chillun, dey watches today for Uncle Bushrod when he come home ever’ cvenin’. I been a Weymouth, all ’cept in color and entitle- ments. Both of us is old, Marse Robert. ’Tain’t goin’ to be long tell we gwine to see Miss Lucy and and has to give an account of our doin’s. De ole nigger man won’t be ’spected to say much mo' dan he done all he could by de fambly dat owned him. But do Weymouths, dey must sey dcy been livin’ pure and fearless and widout reproach. Gimme dis valise. Marse Robert—I’m gwine to hab it. I’m gwine to take it back to the bank and lock it up in do vault. I’m gwine to do Miss Lucy’s biddin’. Turn ’er loose, Marse Robert.” The train was standing at the station. Some men were pushing trucks along the side. Two or three sleepy passengers. got off and wandered away into the- night. The conductor stepped to the gravel, swung his lantern and called: “Hello, Frank!” at some one invisible. The bell clanged, the brakes hissed, the conductor drawled: “All aboard !” Mr. Robert released his hold on the satchel. Uncle Bushrod hugged it 'to his breast with both arms, as a lover clasps his first beloved. “Take it back with you, Bushrod,” said Mr. Robert, thrusting his hands into his pockets. “And let the subject drop—J now mind! You’ve said quite enough. I’m going to take this train. Tell Mr. William I will be back on Saturday. Good night.” The banker climbed the steps of the moving train and disappeared in a coach. Uncle Bushrod stood motionless, still em- bracing the precious satchel. His eyes were closed and his lips were moving in thanks to the Master above for the sal- vation of the Weymouth honor. He knew Mr. Robert would return when he said ' he would. The Weymouths never lied.’ Nor now, thank the Lord! Could it be said they embezzled the money in banks. Then awake to the necessity for further: guardianship of Weymouth trust \funds, Uncle Bush- - he would fall ' isin- ‘ I the old man started for the bank withv the redeemed satchel.’ s e o o a Three hours from Weymouthviile, the gray dawn, Mr. Robert alighted from the train at a lonely flag-station. Dimly he could see the figure of a. man waiting on the platform and the shape of 8” spring—wagon, team and driver. Half 8 dozen lengthy bamboo fishing-poles pro-' ‘ jected from the wagon’s rear. .. .. “You’re here, Bob." said Judge Arch inard, Mr. Robert’s old friend and 3cm 1-» mate. "It's going to be a royalday fishing. I thought you said—why, -' you bring along the stuff?" ' The president of'the Weymou took off his hat and rumpled? locks. ‘ ‘ " - . "Well. Ben. to tell you the train. is an infernally presump’ tics-‘1!!!" . (Continued on. 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When the settlers darted to leave again a Canadian settler we call ht: , Joe. pulled states to leave. When he struck town many a friends ask him, “Could you not raise enough to make a living on your new tar-m?” Joe replied, “ I raised good corn, I rats- ed good beans, I raised good potatoes and last of all I raised and left." Many of our farmers today can not raise a disturbance and must leave. High taxes and interest drive them off the farm. There will be norellef. The only salvation is for the farmer and laboring man to join hands at the ballot box, the Only lawful weaponk at our com- mand, to meet his management, cor- rupt politics, proflteering and graft. China is always considered to be in‘ the rear in progress and civilization, but it appears they have some very good laws. If a Chinese is found guilty of profiteering he must stand in trout of his place of business and ring a bell and hold a banner in one hand which tells the crime he com- mitted. If such a law be enacted in our country and enforced we could not hear oneself for all the jingle of bells. They also have a. banking law which seems to cover their whole thanking system. If a banker fails he is beheaded and it seems to prove good. bank failed in 400 years. How many headless bankers could we show up with such a law enforced. We have too many laws and should petition for a full session of our legislature to repeal laws in place of A making more. Why is there always high re- wards oifered ‘for bank and trait! robbers? And at no time a single dollar altered to bring the coal or sugar trust or any other proliteerL iug corporation to justice? Is it because the safe crackers don't steal enough? Who can give a def- iuate answer?-—C. H., Tawasx City. Michigan. ‘ GAS TAX UNJUBT MOST heartily support your fear- less policy of “bowing to the line” even if I don't always agree with you on all points of dis- cussion. Your most commend-able editorial on the Michigan state high- way situation entitled “The Weakest Link” in the June 9th issue is mighty good with one exception, tak- ing a farmer tax-payer’s view of the subject, that is the following state- ment: That the farmers were right when they asked for a gasoline tax and the Governor “Was Wrong when he vetoed it. I have never been a supporter either at the polls or much of anywhere else‘ of Gov. Groesbeck, but that does not mean that when hedoes come across with a policy of merit that I should not give him due credit for the same. I think the gasoline tax bill that . passed both houses of the legisla- ture was the most uuiust term of taxation ever attempted upon the farmers. oi this state. ,You say that the farmers were strong for it (or words to . that eiiect) which seems to be a fact, but for what it is beyond my power of Only one was only twice. theta! that 1, worth andoue matinee what mine is. is that infidel. If salt sure-is a new brand. 'gasetusrs. ssyishenidpeyatthatneehesme I use way 9‘ gallon“ than he. It. that be: case let‘ ea thathsomaune and harass-ands!“ carriage,a total of 860. Bought for the pur- pose of my daughter and son to drive five miles tolhigh school five days a week tartan months otthe year era total at 2.000 miles. while he drives his outfit an average of 10 per week for twelve months or 620 miles. At the gas tax ratio I should pay prac~ tically twice the tax on a $50 valu- V ation as he would on a $400 valua- tion or sixteen times as high a tax rate‘ as he, for the simple reason that my property uses the highway more than his at the rate of 4 to 1. In other words a 16 to 1 tax rate for a 4 to 1 service. Of course no fair minded person of average intelli- gence would consider anything of -the kind as just but that is just about what the majority of the farm- ers of _.Michigan wanted when they supported. the gasoline tax of two cents per gallon. Then on top of that every time the little" engine pumps water, does the family wash- ing, makes juice for light, sprays the orchard and milks the courts; or friend wife uses a little gasoline to clean my Sunday brooches or the tractor gets-cold feet in the winter and refuses to pop with kerosene in the tanklwhen we saw ,wood or grind feed, we would/pay the same little two cents per" gallon tor using the highway. , But what highway? at I under- stand it all this man y would go only to the state reward roads. It * that is so the township in which I reside sure would get a whole lot. out of the gasoline tax as there is not a mile of state reward road within its boundry lines, although a state road does lie on the eastern boundry for a distance of some live miles awhich is very seldom used by at least four-fifths of the residents or taxpayers of said township. A gas- oline tax of two cents per gallon would increase the taxes of this farm from $25 to $30 per year as We have a lizzie, a one—ton truck- a tractor and two small engines which we use as the occasion demands, while none of them travel an aver- age of 150 miles on state reward road per year. How in the name of common sense a taxpayer can support such a meas— ure just to make the city man pay more taxes is absolutely beyond any sane thinking that my brain can master. Take the case of R. F. D. carrier that drives from our post office. A two cent gas tax last year would _ have caused him to dig over fourteen dollars and the roads on his route are none too good either, and would ' not, have been benefited one cents Worth. - Is that Justice! Our mail carriers are as good triends and faithful ‘servnnir as we have too. I A ever produceda—Ralph H. Shiawassee County, Mich. 19-“? FRUIT and ORCHARD; 1 J sol-ran; 3? mass 1). 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Adm.l.0IODOOI‘IVFOOIIOIIOOOIIOICOCOCCO , / OI...ooououooooots-ItooeIOQQIQCQGoe‘rIOD' ‘17 dusk 'of night. 3' “the thoughts that were ' " H __ and ' 'rtwas_,.Wiiifi“ a great desire, he: went to; him when they dis— d. - . - '3 “You go on alone if there 'is time night, Mac,” he said, knowing ‘ “ the other would understand ’ “I will make camp.” _,"‘There ain't no one in the valley," "mused the old man, a little doubt-- fully at first. “It would be safe—'- fquite safe, Johnny." ‘ f‘Yes, it will be safe.” ' "And I will stand guard while “John is working,” said Joanne, who had come to them. “No one can ap- 7 preach us without being seen." ' “For another moment MacDonald ‘hesitated. Then he said: i ,‘ ' .“D'o you see that break over there across the plain? It’s the open to a gorge. > Johnny, it do seem onreas- enable—it do seem as though I must ha' been dreamin’-—when I think "that it took us twenty hours! But the ' isno'w Was to my waist in this plain, ,- an’ it was slow work—turrible slow ‘work! I think the cavern—ain’t ion’y a little way up that gorge.” . “You can make it before the sun -is quite gone." - " “An I could hear you shout, or your gun. ‘I could ride back in five minutesr—an' I wouldn’t be gone an * hour." “There is no danger," urged Ald- ous. u. A deep breath came from old Don- ald's breast. ‘-‘I guess—I’ll go, Johnny, if you an’ Joanne don’t mind.” He looked about him, and then he pointed toward the face of a great rock. “Put the tepee up near that,” he said. “Pile the saddles, an’ blank- ets, an the panniers around it, so it’ll look like a real camp, Johnny. But it won’t be a real camp. It’ll be a dummy. See them thick spruce an" cedar over there? Build Joanne a shelter of boughs in there, an’ take :in some grub, an’ blankets, an' the :gold. See the point, Johnny? “If anything should happen ” “They'd tackle the bogus camp!“ cried Aldous with elation. “It’s a splendid idEa!" I He set at once about unpacking the horses, and Joanne followed close at his side to help him. Mac- Donald mounted his horse and rode ' at a trot in the direction of the break in 'the mountain. The sun had disappeared, but its reflection 'was still on the peaks; and after he had stripped and hobbled the horses Aldous took advantage of the last of day to scrutinize the plain and the mountain slopes through the ,telescope. After that he found encughdry poles with which to set up the tepee, and about this he scat- .tered the saddles and panniers, as ‘MacDonald had suggested. Then he cleared a space in the' thick spruce, and brought to it what was required . for their hidden camp. It was almost dark when he com- ‘pleted the spruce and cedar lean-to for Joanne. _ He knew that to—night they must! build no fire, not even for tea; and when they had laid out the materials for their cold supper, which consisted of beans, canned beef and tongue, peach marmalade, ' bread, bannock, and pickles and , cheese, he went with Joanne for wat- _ at to a small creek they had crossed ' a .hundred yards away. In both . hands, ready for instant action, he ’ carried his rifle. Joanne carried the * ail. ‘ 2nd searching in that thick-growing She walked very ' close to Aldous, and she said: “John, I know how careful you c and Donald have been in this jour- . pay into the North. I know what you have feared. Culver Rannand V, Quade are after the gold and they are near. But why does Donald talk as though we are surely going to he La tacked by them, or are surely go- g to attackthem? I don’t under-’- ‘tand it, John. ..If you don’t care gold so much, as you told me and if we find Jane to-morrow, ight,,why do_.we remain to satis'wah Quadeand Culver W - l- 1116,, John.” ‘ e u Her eyes were big and bright, as e‘er ecé'tuuy’ 1n thegloom, and he: was glad that she could not see-his. ' ., , g“If we can get away without fight- ing, we will, -Joan’ne,”ihe' lied. And heknew that she would have, known that he was lying if it had not'been » for the darkness. , “You won’t fight—over the gold?" she asked, pressing his arm. “Will you promise me that, John?" I “Yes{ I— promise that. it!” he cried, and sol-forcefully that she gave a glad little laugh. “Then if they‘ldon’t find us “to-more row, we’ll go back home?” she trembled, and he knew that her heart was filled with a sudden light-, ness. “And I don’t believe they will find us. They won’t come beyond that terrible place and the gold! Why should they, John? Why should they follow ,us—if we leave them everything? Oh—h—h!" She shudder- ed and whispered: “I wish we had not brought the gold, John. I wish we had left it behind! " “What we have is worth thirty or forty thousand dollars," he said re— assuringly, as he filed his pail with water and they began to return. "We can do a great deal of good with with that. Endowments, for in- stance," he laughed. » As he spoke, they both. stopped, and listened. Plainly they heard the approaching thud of hoofs. Mac- Donald had been gone nearer two hours thanone, and believing that it was him, Aldous gave the owl signal. The signal floated back to them soft- ly. Five minutes later MacDonald rode up and dismounted. Until he had taken the saddle off, and had hobbled his horse, he did not speak. Neither Joanne nor Aldous asked the question that was in their hearts. But even in the darkness they felt something. , It was as if not only the torrent rushing through the chasm, but MacDonald’s heart as well, was charging the air with a strange and subdued excitement. And when MacDonald spoke, that which they had felt was in his voice. “You ain't seen or heard anything, Johnny?” , “Nothing. And you—-—Donald?" In the darkness, Joanne Went to the old man, and her hand found one of his and clasped it tightly; and she found that Donald MacDonald’s big hand was trembling in a strange and curious way, and she could/feel him quivering. “You found Jane?” she whispered: “Yes, I found her, little Joanne." She did not let go of his hand un- til they entered the open space which Aldous had made in the spruce. Then she remembered what Aldous had said to- her earlier in the day, and cheerfully she light- ed the two candles they had set out, and forced Aldous down first upon the ground and then MacDonald, and ND so you are an American farm boy? This is a, distinction that you should fully appreciate. For the American farm boy enjoys advantages that no other youth in all the Wide world possesses. His daily diet, in nine times out of ten, is fit to grace the table of a > king. - He breathes an atmOsphere that develops growth of the brawniest type and takes exercise of a variety that produces a symmetry that an athlete would covet. ' His schooling is of the most prac- tical sort, for his teachers are usual- ly true—hearted ladies and gentlemen of simple taste and worthy ambition, hence his mind is filled with useful knowledge, knowledge that is im- parted to the few rather than to the:- many. . r He is not taught ,thatschooling is simply an .oppor unity to grasp a few facts that will enable him to meet the world with a weapon of de- fense or agressiveness. " Out of school, taught to find pleasure_ in helping the world along.‘ When heita’kes a horseback ride, he probably carries a message to some neighbor. .-or-_:pos- 'Sibllr,~ a 118 Hot water, to the - may in (fl , cf?" {13- ” ." ~ I tax I I swear . the farm boy is . I \-.future;‘-l—Fr0m ‘. , . b'esan' to help " them, to; meat and'bannock, while all thegtime "her heart'ww crying_.'out to'Jk'n‘ow about the cavern—and Jane; .The candle-glow told her a_ great deal, for in it Donald MacDonald’s face was. very calm, and filled/with a great peace, despite the trembling she had felt. Her woman’s sym- when he ate but little ’she-did not ,urge him to eat more; and when he rose and went silently and albne out intoihe darkness she held 'Aldous back; and when, still a little later, she went into her nest for the night, , she whispered softly to him: {‘I know that he found Jane as he wanted to find her, and he is happy. I think he has gone out there alone ——to Icry.” And fora time after that, as ‘he sat in .the gleam, John Aldous knew that Joanne was sob-u bing like a little child in the spruce and cedar shelter he had built for her. . CHAPTER XXVIII F ‘MacDONAhD slept at all that ‘hight Aldous did not know it. , The old mountaineer watched until a little after twelve in the deep ’shadow of a rock between the tWO camps. “I can’t sleep,” he protested, when Aldous urged him to take his rest. “I might take a little stroll up the plain, Johnny—but I can’t sleep." The plain lay in a brilliant star- light at this hour; they could see the gleam of the snow peaks—the light was almost like the glow of the, moon. “There’ll be plentyof sleep after to-morrow,” added MacDonald, and there was a finality in his voice and words which set the other’s blood stirring. ‘ “You think they will show up to- morrow?" “Yes. This is the same valley the cabins are in, Johnny. That big mountain‘runs out an’ splits it, an’ it curves. like a horseshoe. From that mount’in we can see them, no matter which way they come. They'll go straight to the cabins. There’s a deep little run under the slope. You didn’t see it when we came out, but it’ll take us within a hundred yards of ’em. An’ at a hundred yards—" He shrugged his shoulders suggestively in the starlight, and there was a smile on his face. “It seems almost like murder," dered Aldous. “But it ain’t,” replied MacDonald quick- ly. “ It’s self defense! If we don't do it, Johnny—if we don’t draw. on them first, what happened there forty years ago is goin' to happen again—with Joanne !" A hundred yards,” breathed Aldous, his jaws setting hard. “And there are five!" ' “They’ll go into the cabins,” said Mac- Donald. “At some time there will be two shud- TO THE FARMER BOYm He reads of the farmer boys that have gone to congress ,or even be— come presidents and he has faith in himself and somehow or other the world soon learns that he can be trusted and has faith in him, for here is a type that early learns~ re- sponsibility. Independence, manliness, honor and integrity are so thoroughly and close-fitted into his nature that his splendid physical body is a fit temple for his wonderful mind. “ He sees the corn put forth a tiny blade in the early spring and watches it until" it reaches a lusty prime. ' He sees the young colt start out on its weak, crooked legs and in a few months .becomes a being of su- perb (form and wonderful strength. He'is encouraged by these lessons and is not surprised that he grows swiftly into successful manhood that has been his anticipation. The world. knows' his opportunities -.as sheghas never known them before. She realizes his ambitions and makes ‘ ' 'of mind'fas‘;théy“«hurried’-after, J9 room for (hisachievements. ’_ u " prs, do not, be in a'hurry_t0',leave the ital-m. It :is ; condemn :.te.;_a3-haps . ussderhfl F “ “ 1 “Johnny. fbeans and . Donald! retumed. «*‘b’efore he aroused pathy told her that his heart‘was too ‘ full on this night for speech, 'and. , For two hour-EL afterrthat Aide alone. He MW 616 not sleep, and where he hadfgone he pictured him (sitting beforedthe- ' old cabin in theista‘rlit ‘valley with the spirit of,Jane. v‘And durhrgj‘tfiofl two hours he steeled himself for Est; time to the thing that was going" to. has; pen when: the day came. ~ ,. ' ‘ .‘ . x " It was nearly three o’clock whenclMac'q It was four" o'clock ,. ’ Joanne; and it‘was five o clock when they had eaten their breakfast, and Mac—Donald prepared" to leave for the mountain. with his telescope. Aldous had observed Joanne talking" him ftfi‘ Several minutes alone, and the had also observed that her eyes avers very bright, and that there was an 'nn- ;" Haual eagerness in her manner of listen- 1 ‘ ing to _what the old man was saying. r The significance of this, did not occurvto,-c I jhim when she urged him to accompany“ MacDonald. . - * "Two pairs of eyes are better than tone, John," she said, “and I cannot pol-3 ' sibly be in danger here. I can see you all the time, and you can see mp—Jf I' don’t run away, or hide.” And she laughs ’ ed a little 'breathlessly. "There is no' danger, is there, Denald?" , ‘ The old hunter shook his head. , “There's no danger, but—you might be, lonesome," he said. . ' ' “ Joanne put her pretty mouth close to Aldous'. ear. I e . . “I want to be alone for a little while. ' dear," she whispered, and there was that mystery in her voice which kept him from questioning her, and made him go wi MacDonald. ‘ ‘ ” In three-quarters of an hour they had reached the spur of the mountain from which MacDonald had said they could see up the valley, arid also the break through which they had come the pre- ceding afternoon. The morning mists’ still hung low, but as these melted away- under the sun mile after mile of'a marvel- lous panorama spread out swiftly under them, and as the distance of their vision L grew, the deeper became the disappoint- ment in MacDonald’s face. For half an hour after the mists had gone he neither spoke nor lpwered the telescope from- his eyes. A mile away Aldous saw three caribOu crossing\ \the valley. A little later, on a green slope, he discerned a moving hulk that he knew was a bear. He did not speak until old Donald low ered the glass. ' “I can see for eight miles up the valley. an’ there ain't a soul in sight.’ said MacDonald in answer to his question. “I figgered they'd be along about now‘, Johnny." ‘ ' A dozen times Aldous had looked back at the camp. Twice he had seen Joanne. He looked throught the telescope. She was nowhere in sight. A b t nervously he returned the telescope to MacDonald. “And I can't see Joanne,” he said. MacDonald looked. 'For five minutes he levelled the glass steadily at the camp. Then he shifted it slowly westward, and a low exclamation broke from his lips as he lowered the glass, and looked at Aldous. . , “Johnny, she’s just goin' into the gorge! fihe'was just disappeafin’ when I caught er.” “Going into—~the gorge!" gasped Al- dous, jumping to his feet. Mac—y——' MadDonald rose and stood at his side, There was something reassuringr in the rumlbling laugh that came from deep in his chest. ‘ 1 “She's beat us! he chuckled. “Bless her, she’s beat us! I didn’t gdess why she was askin’ me all them questions. ' An' I told her, Johnny—told her just where the cavern was up there in the' gorge, an' how you woulcl'n t hardly miss it if you tried. .An' she asked me how long it would take to walk there, an‘ i. told her half an‘ hour. An' she’s going to the cavern, Johnny !" , ' He was telescoping his long glass as he spoke, and while Aldous was still staring toward the gorge In wonderment- and a. little fear, he added: ‘ “We’d better follow. Quads an’ Rann can’t get here inside 0' two or three hours, an' we’ll be back before then." 'Again he rumbled with that curious chuckling laugh. “She beat us, Johnny, she,beat ~us .fair!_ An' she"s got splrrit, a wun- nerful spirrit, to go up there alone!” Aldous wanted to run, but held him- 'self down to MacDonald‘s stride. His heart trembled apprehensively as they hurriedly descended the mountain and cut“ j across the plain. He could not quite bring himself to MacDonald's point‘of assurance regarding Quade and Mortimer FitzHugh. The old mountaineer "was positive that the other party was behind .them. Aldous asked himself if it were. not possible that Quade and FitzHu’gh ‘ I V we‘re ahead of them, and already waiting; and watching for their opportunity. He “ had suggested that they might have . swung farther to the west,’ with the plan of descending uponkthe valley from the “ north, and MacDonald had pointed out. how unlikely this was. In spite of this ‘ Aldous. was not in, a coflh'rtablezfra'm hour‘s start ‘9 She had half ’ an on the ,r' , th ' foot I ‘room. . Inside » ubrought from the plain. . you: t ‘3 , Itjf ,. aloft-41; 'tfieinorth. face of the chasm "and in front of it‘, spreading out , a flowing stream, was a. great spat-x of; white sand, "like a _huge rug that sen-spread out iin'a space cleared “ts chpatic litter of reek and broken At first glance Aldous guessed that; the cayern hadwnce been the exit f a- subterranean stream. .The sand ,deagened the sound of ,their footsteps as g they approached. At the mouth of the cave they paused. It was perhaps forty or fifty'feet deep, and as high as a nine- it was quite light. N‘Hathay to the back-.of it, upon her «31.,1mees, and with her face turned from them, was Joanne. ' ‘ I They were very close 111 her before she v heard them. With a startled cry she ‘ “sprang to her feet, and Aldous‘and Mac— 'Donald saw what she, had been doing. ‘ -Over.a longvmound in the white sand "still rose the sapling stake which onald had planted there forty years he ore; and about this, and scattered over the grave, Were dozens of wild asters and purple hyacinths which Joanne had \ Aldous did not speak, but he took her hand, and looked down with her on the grave. And then something caught his! ey’es‘amOng the flowers, and Joanne drew him a step nearer, her eyes shining like velvet stars, while his heart beat faster when he saw what the object was. ‘It was a book, open in themiddle, and it lay face down- . ward on the grave. It was old, and it looked as though it might have fallen into dust at the touch of his finger. - Joanne’s voice was low and filled with a whispering awe. ' "It was her Bible, John !” He turned a little, and noticed that Donald had gone to the mouth of the cavern, and was looking toward the mauntain. “It was her Bible,” he heard Joanne repeating; and then MacDonald turned toward them, and he saw' in his face a look that seemed strange and out of’ place in this home of his dead. He went to him, and Joanne followed. ' MacDonald had turned agaim—was listening—and holding his breath. Then he said, still with his face toward the mountain and the valley: 'f‘I may be mistaken, Johnny, think I heard—a rifle-shot!” For a fullminute they listened. "It seemed on: there,” said MacDonald, pointing to the south. “I guess we'd bet- 'ter get back to camp, Johnny.” He started ahead of them, and Aldous followed as swiftly as he could with Jo- a‘nne. but she asked no queStions. MacDonald began to spring more quickly from rock to. rock; over the level. spaces he began to run. He reached the edge of the plain four or five-hundred yards in advance of them, and was scanning the valley through his telescope when they came up, "They’re not on this side,” he said. “They’re comin’ up the other leg of the .valley, Johnny. we’ve got to get to the mountain before we can see them.” , He closed his glass with a snap and swung it over his shoulder. Then he pointed toward the camp. "Take anne down there," manded. “ atch the break we came -through , an’ wait for me. [in goin' up on the mount’in an’ take a look!” The last words came back over his shoulders as he started on a trbt down the slope. Only once before had Aldous seen MacDonald employ greater haste, and that was on the night of the attack on“ Joanne. He was convinced there was no doubt in Donald’s mind about the rifle- shot, and that the shot could mean but one thing—the nearness of Mortimer Fitz- Hugh and Quade. Why they should re— veal their presence in that way he did ,_ not ask himself as he hurried down into the plain with Joanne. By the time they reached the camp old Donatd had covered 'two thirds of the distance to the moun— tain. Aldous looked at his watch and a curious thrill shot through him. Only a 1:111». more than an hour had passed slHCt: they had let: the mil-1:11am to fol- low Joanne, and in that time it would have been impossible for their enemies to have covered more than a third of the eight-mile stretch of valley which they . had found empty of human life under the searching scrutiny of the telescope! He was right—and MacDonald was wrong! The sound of the shot, if there had been a shot, must have come from the other direction ! i , ‘ He wanted to shout his warning to MacDonald, but already too great a dis- tance. separated them. Besides, ifihc was right, MacDonald would run into no dan- ger-in that direction. Their menace was 'to. the north—beyond the chasm out of which came the rumble and roar of the stream. When Donald had disappeared up. the slope he looked more closely at but I ‘ , , «of? 8.’ aiwm‘e. She was panting with excitement, ' he com- ‘ W, , _. . , 3 d yards below, wheregth‘ey we're standing: and a hundred yardsbeyond the tepee he saw where it came out of a great, rent in the mountain. He looked at Joanne. She had, been watching him, and was breathing quickly. »' . . “While Donald is taking his look from the mountain; I’m going to investigate the chasm,” he said. . She followed him, a few steps behind. The roar grew in their ears as they ad- vanced. After a little solid rock replaced the earth under their feet, and twenty paces from the precipice Aldous took Jo- anne [by the hand. They went to the edge and looked over. Fifty feet below them the stream was caught in the nar- row space between the two chasm walls, and above the rush and roar of it Al- dous heard the startled cry that came from Joanne“ She clutched his hand fiercely. Fascinated she gazed down. The water, speeding like a millrace, was a lather of foam; and up through this foam there shot the crests of great rocks, as though huge monsters of some kind were at play, whipping the torrent into greater fury, and bellowing forth thunder- ous voices. Downstream Aldousr could see the tumult grew less, from the rent in the mountain came the deeper, more distant-rolling thunder that they had heard on the other side of the range. And then, as he looked, a sharper cry broke from Joanne, and she dragged him back from the ledge, and pointed toward the tepee. Out from among the rocks had appeared a human figure. It was a. woman. Her hair was streaming wildly about her, and in the sun it was as black as a crow’s wing. She rushed to the tepee, opened the flap, and looked in. Then she turned, and a cry that was almost a scream rang from her lips. In another moment she had seen Aldous and Joanne,- and was running toward them. They ad- vanced to meet her. Suddenly Aldous stopped, and with a sharp warning to Joanne he threw his rifle to his shoulder, and faced the rocks from which the speeding figure had come. In that same instant they both recognized her. It was Marie, the woman who had ridden the boar at Tcte Jaune, and with whom Mortimer FitzHugh -had ‘bought Joe De— Bar! , She staggered up to them, panting, ex- hausted, her breath coming in gulps and sobs. For a moment she could not speak. Her dress was torn; her waist was ripped so that it exposed her throat and shoulder ; and the front of her waist and her face were stained with blood. Her black eyes shone like a madwoman’s. Fiercely she fought to get her breath, and all the time clung to Joanne, and looked at Al- dous. She pointed toward the rocks—— the choatic upheaval that lay between the tepee and the chasm—and words broke gaspingly from her lips. "They're coming l—coming!" she cried. “They killed Joe—«murdered hint—and they’re coming——-to kill you l” She clutched a hand to her breast, and then pointed with it to the mountain where MacDonald had gone. “They saw him go—and they sent two men to kill him; and the rest are coming through the rocks!” She turned sobbingly to Joanne. “They killed Joe!” she moaned. killed Joe, and they’re coming—for you!” The emphasis on that final word struck like a. blow in the ears of John Aldous. “Run for the spruce!” he commanded. “Joanne, run!” Marie had crumpled down in a moan— ing heap at Joanne’s feet, and sat sway- ing with her face in her hands. “They killed him—they murdered my Joe!” she was sobbing. ' “And it was my fault! I trapped him! I sold him! And, oh, my God, I loved him—I loved him!” “Run Joanne” commanded Aldous a second time. “Run for the spruce!" Instead of obeying him, Joanne knelt down beside Marie. He wént to speak again, but there came an interruption—a thing that was like the cold touch of lead in his own heart. From up on the mountain win-re the old mountaineer had walked into the face of death there came the sharp, split— ting report of a rifle; and in that same instant it was follewed by another and still a third—quick, stinging, whiplike reports—and he knew that not one of them had come from the gun of Donald MacDonald! And then he saw that the rocks behind the tepee had become suddenly alive with men! . (Continued in August 18th issue.) Postoffice heavy; it stamp." . , Nervous Old Lady—“I don‘t mind the expense, but I don’t see how another stamp can make the letter any lighter,” —L_ondon Tit-Bits. Clerk—“This letter is too requires another one-cent , | ’ 86J4036A—White. “They ' and CO’S . AUGUST 1.800 Bargains Like. This! 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This plan fostered by New York, California. and Michigan bean interests, proposes a fund of fifty thousand dollars to be expended in advertis- ing beans, the same as the products of California, oranges, prunes, raisins, etc., are advertised so efficiently and with such amazing results. On very good authority, we learn that some of the bean jobbers in Michigan have refused to put their name “on the dotted line," although the amount required is only one tenth of'one cent per hundred pounds of beans. In other words these jobbers or elevators are going to try to get the benefit of this advertising without doing their share toward paying for it. The Business Farmer has advocated an adver- tising campaign for beans a great many years. We know that there is no product grown in our state which will lend itself so readily to an increase of sales from a campaign of intensive advertising such as is now proposed. that a practical attempt has been started with every indication “that it will be carried through, and for any short—sighted bean interests in Michigan to stand out at this time is well worthy of the attention of our bean growers. We believe that the rank and, file of the bean growers in our state are of sufficient caliber to recognize the value of this proposed campaign, and that there are none among them so narrow aslto not be willing to contribute their mite to- ward the accomplishment of the goal. In this they show more breadth and depth than some of -the jobbers who have been waxing fat off the ' products which they raise, and we sincerely hope that the business farmers of our state will stand to a man in condemning any miserly group'of job— . here or dealers who will not contribute their share toward this campaign. . We promise that we will print in our columns a list of those who have contributed, or have not, as the occasion may require, so that the bean growers of Michigan can give due credit to those who are cooperating with them in this campaign. In the meantime we hope you will talk it .over with the man to whom you have been selling your beans. Perhaps he is one of those who are holding out. ‘ WHY NOT? ' , ANY oppulent citizens of Michigan’s Metrop- M' olis, are much wrought up over the fact that Detroit will this year, according to their figures, pay 40% of the state taxes, al-' though this is really a decrease from,1922, when Detroit paid 42% of the state tax. . , We have not seen the figures compiled, but we feel safe in saying tha even though Detroit - (which by the way inchsies Hantramck, High- land Park, Dearborn, and pringwells) is paying 40% of the state tax, it is paying only its just share, and has been able to shave off a margin of what should rightly he charged to it. ' Detroit. enjoys the benefits of a state which supplies it with a large part of its raw materials. . food products, dairy products, not to mention the to leadership and control its destiny- ‘ ' p :is'fia greatblty, auderdry of .mif is is the“ V gain-due of the young men upfstate'whbffrise This is the first time. ‘ the middlemen in coal to 25 cents~a ton. it“s, brooms-ill thereon g _ I . brunt-.mgmmeat‘is unfair; Q We afiyemlof the remarks! the man on" I ‘ the street “thailhfeiwouidnjt mind how much his ‘ income tax was if he were‘t‘mly making .more , money.” It is a fact that Detroit is in the midst of a wave of prosperity, the like of whiCh it has never seen before, even during/war times. De- troit is one of the most prosperous cities in the country,.and~it ought to pay the state tax without . batting so much as an eyelash. TEN MILLION FARM CREDIT spears from 'Washingtonisay that the Farm Credit Plan is already beginning to function, y and the first ten million dollars of the sixty million dollars in debentures oftho new Inter-3 mediate Credit Bonds has been sold. The Farm Loan Board has been asked by agricultural leaders to loan this money on ware- house certificates covering grain stored in the farmers own warehuoses. The board has stated that they are under the advisement 0f the De- partment of Agriculture and would be guided by their mstructlons. ~It is to be hoped, that this "Vast alsount of money which could do so much good if used to hold a surplus crop for orderly marketing, will go directly to the farmers who need it. If so, this credit legislation will be .of great value, but if it is to be used to the advantage of the established line cf elevators and the other old- line warehouses, it will not directly benefit the independent farmer. and it will fall far short of the mark which was set for it to accomplish. The wheat growing states are facing a serio'us condition. More serious than here in Michigan where wheat is only one of our major crops, but it is no less true that a part of this money should go to farmers who diversify their crops as do the farmers in Michigan, and would be particu— larly acceptable in the case of beans and potatoes in thisstate. , ‘ Our farmers will of course, be obliged to furn- ish suitable warehouse facilities ouhtheir farms. Their grain bins must be dry and well ventilated to be accepted by representatives of the'board before any money would be loaned on the pro- ducts to be stored therein. , If the benefits of the credit legislation, for which so much credit has been taken, will come directly to the farmer it will be a long step in the right direction, but if as we have said, it is to be scattered over the old system of marketing, it will do the individual farmer little good. A PLAN. 80 SIMPLE IT MIGHT WORK. UST before sailing from New York this week J for Europe, where he will make a complete study of reforestation, Senator James Cou- zens, made the following statement: ‘ “I believe that the government very properly could control and regulate all stock exchanges and produce exchanges throughout the country. Of course there i a need in our civilization of these instrumentalities, but government regula- tion would eliminate the opportunities for gam- bling, and therein is there evil. ' The farmer sulfers greatly from this. The government during the war limited the profit of The government should limit the commission ‘of the man handling the products of the farm. Then we would have abolished the motive for the self-interest that now causes the manipula- tors of these products to depress prices before the crops are harvested, thus gouging the farmer and boosting prices after the crops are in, thereby robbing the consumer." So far as we know this is an original idea, and it is the first time a man in public life has-ad- vanced the theory that the actual commission paid to the broker in farm products should be limited, the same as it was during the period of the coal shortage. This idea which our new Senator is advancing in behalf of the farmers of Michigan and other states will not be expected to make him any more popular with a certain class of market speculators but we believe most farmers will agree with him. ’ ‘ The least that can be said about Senator Coupons is that he is a fighter who is not afraid to express his own convictions and to stand by themin the face of what would. appear to be an . atteiisptifl: political suicide. If, as-the Senator sug- gests, the commission unan will be allowed 'to add on‘ly‘a above the net amount paid zthe'fumergitds pretty safe “to that the ‘huy‘ergwould-rm‘ that. «the paid w‘? so a; to ha ’6“ All in it likeww ~~+¢r1 ' ‘ coming of early, fall rain. it hit V ~ ’ the soodqhnsinessfarmer; V ' tory ,of the condition of‘his preceding the heavier work of newest ' make preparations for winter. _ , . g. If there is a leak in the roof jot inane“ barns or“ other buildings. now is the m ' par them. if there are odd is-the time to get the‘wor-k out Buns: was? _ The job‘ that is put off .a‘dds owl‘cest of doing it later. .md force" instance, . rot away. letting 'I'tOck' into ,1, held growing grain where the destruction can“! the animals in one night, wmlld cost many E, what rebut . the fence would; ' p ' Sometimes us good to be 54W . doing something by a suggestion from the side, and this is our reason for appealing» :LtOfl your better judgement to repair, ‘ roof now! ‘ j ', ’ .4 MICHIGAN ELEVATOR EXWE ’” “ ‘ . E feel that the man behind the W ‘ , Elevator Exchange should have some of approvalpfrom the farmers of this In” I _ for the excellent report which‘thsy made at ' third annual meeting. July 17th. " The Elevator Exchange reported -' financial surplus and during the past year it has marketed 4450 cars of grain, hay and beans. for, :5: 107 local elevators representing 25,000 ’ .growing farmer members. ‘ . ' This would mean to give the lie to the than _ -.. says that cooperation among farmers ism-5 cal and cannot be carried out successfully. past two years have been very trying one! that the officers of this association should..weqfii been able to so direct its operations and its policy . that they have come through/with a sub _ ‘ ‘ ‘ surplus and report a large iner'ease of bull!“ each year is certainly to their credit. We believe that flowers are often more apprec- iated when handed to the living, and'thie may be a suggestion for some of you the next, time you happen to meet the manager of your local’ ex- change elevator. ' .17 STATES HAVE GAS TAX OURISTS, commercial truck and transports! _ tion companies and all automobilists in 1?” ’ states are paying a. gasoline tax and are d»- ing their share to pay for the construction an'd 1,. maintenance of good roads. 'In these states; farmers are being relieved of- the injustice of keeping up the roads almost single handed for o. travel which is.very often two-thirds commercial 7 and pleasure ’cars from the cities. The follovI— ing states nowhave gasoline taxes, with a mania mum of two cents a gallon: - ‘ ’ Alabama West Virginia S. Dakota Colorado Massachusetts Tennessee -Connecticut New Hampshire Utah’ . Delaware N. Dakota Vermont A , Indiana «Oklahoma Washington. Maine ‘ Oregon . ‘ Similar statutes are pending in California and 1 lllinois. A gasoline tax law was defeated in ‘ ‘~ Michigan by Governor Groesbeck’s veto after ‘4 both Houses in the Legislature had passed the : .;. bill by an _overwhelming vote, but the i i say that is far from being the end of the gas in Michigan. ' . ~ If the highway financing burden in Michigan * were distributed among the 700,000 automobile. ': - owners, in proportion to the amount which used their autos, as is automatically done through ' a gas tax, no one would feel the tax burden, and .‘ the present injustice to farmers and other goiter? a1 property owners would be removed. “I - Yesterday we saw a shocking picture! _ It " " of_a young lady, climbing rapidly over a splits ‘ rall fence, parasol in hand, her huge. red pictuna " ! hat carelessly tilted to one side in her excitement, ' as an ugly bull could be seen pawing menu-1th r in the background. Herankle was exposed tin“ . inches above her dainty slippers.~ It was copy» righted 1898. The world sure do‘move! I No fight is ever lost tilt is made in the 1W spirit. for‘lf the, fight itself goes mast one, fighting has been worth while and has made heart stronger and the spirit cleaner. r 4.. ' Sena? bacterium,” 5‘ .V ' ' f, “’4 “fu’IWmvmfi Mug: retentive a I and use It‘is nice ,to read about in ' but seldom happens in real .I; ’ ‘ '18 «. '1. . them $7.16 for their» New Art ring Process and material to won and instructions for the 1 Then a two year contract willie signed stating that the prices " - in payment. tor my work will not decline, that I am . shown by mail any part that I ' ,_ or. understand in the instructions Wont any thriller charge, and that will be kept supplied with. materi— W [i ll would greatly appreciate any We: you might be able to give me concerning the reliability oi {gisv‘compamyh Respectfully.” ‘ M 0. . my dear. young .Beaverton ‘ reader, I do not know anything » .29» p of the Nile Art Company of Ft. > __Wayne, Indiana, but \rrom your de- ‘f‘scription of their proposition I cer-_ I V tainly could not'advlso you to go into until 1 had talked or written to some of their satisfied students. ' ‘ _. V' t when money is asked in ad— iyanco for an employment'propmition y that there is something wrong with" you. There is usually a. good market ’ tor elabor..and any institution which can profitably employ labor is always on the lookout for it, and good em— ployees cost them something to se- 7Tcure, so itthis company had a prop— osition in which they needed home " ‘ghbor, it would be possible tor them ‘ to send out‘tboir outfit and instruc- ' ‘ tions and take the chance of finding persons with sunlcie-nt talent to “furnish them with a supply or the V finished material which they need. If any of our readers have had exper- iencewith this company, I would, be glad to hear. from them, so that we . can advise our inquiring friend. In . the meantime I can only advise her ito make a thorough investigation he— tore she sends the seven—seventy—five. 1111‘: TRADE AOCEPTANtm . “Thanking you for information ' consenting the asbestos company. .I wish to explain why we are interest— ed and ask a further question. My » [husband took an agency for them __ from their agent. Mr. , signing ' .a trade acceptance which when ' read it seemed to me to be nothing "more than a negotiable note for $272.00. They were to send on an ' expert roofer and send the literature for advertising to the list of possible ‘purchasersrdrhich we \would send in. All this"expense hasiallen on my husband contrary to agreement. Freight an liquid asbestos and all. So fax-no experienced salesman has arrived. Note is due in 60 days «from Junetllltha It they do not live up to agreement will we have to pay this note: What is a. “trade ac— ceptance? Gratefully yours, !’ "",’ '_. j ‘ TRADE—AGCEPTANCE, is to all. «intent and purpose a note and is considered practically the same r in; law. My opinion is that if the company doesnot live up to their agreement you will not have to pay the note. 0:: the other hand you .will find that they have deposited this unto in one of your local banks. I would suggest,,you see a local at- torney so you may be protected in , this matter. . _ HEIRS WANTED! “Heirs to estates here and abroad can obtain valuable in- formation by writing for tree bulletin.~—Claim' Agencg Pa... , U. 8.1}. (adv.) _ - 1 _> . HE above. advertisement'was ro— , ceived by us the other day..The 4 company sending it offered to to; its insertion at our regular I give ins rate. We are inserting the a re without charge. because ;,,;ye. want Business. Farmer readers .1» warned against sending money 5., concerns which advertise ior lost » heirs, and makes charge for send- {ag‘a‘listwotthese r. rsons. - . 7, (them; . assorted on 6 Fame» vhflnmu 91"? ‘ also fill e w among‘erea on this s - lite. Usually-where an estate of this kind is left, itgis not diillcult toloeate the rightful heirs, «as few persons are lost so completely to their rela- tives that they cannot be traced by one means or another. It is of course. Ramble for a claim agency like the above to secure a list of un- " claimed estates which may, or may not be authentic, or at any value, »and sell these lists to gullible per- sons at a great profit to themselves. We would gamble that the amount they collect from this. source is ,more than " they have. ever secured for rightful heirs. ' MAILING MUSIC VERY few days I receive an in- quiry regarding the American Music Publishing Company, 16- 68 Broadway, N. Y.. and I have be: tore me now their proposition in which they offer to pay 10 cents each for mailing circulars and music, that is, it you will send then $2.00 in ad- I receive -‘so many inquiries re- garding this company that many of ear readers must have had some ex— perience with them, and I would be glad to know what it has been, good or bad? Please let me hear from some of ydu who have sent them the two dollars which they seem so aux- ions to get. ' OUR INSURANCE POLICY VERY day we are issuing an in— creasing ‘number of accident policies through our arrange— ment with the North American Ac- cident Insurance Company, which makes it possible for us to furnish any reader of The Business Farmer with a $1,000 accident policy for 7F cents in addition to the subscription -price of our paper. Two questions have been asked by a great number of persons, which we evidently did not answer in our announcement. One is whether the policy is limited in the location 0" the accident; in other words, door the policy protect outside of Michi gap? The answer is, that it does cover the insured anywhere in the United States and would pay the benefits to the insured if he lived or if his estate if he died. The second question asked i is ‘whether the company is a mutual company or the insured can be as- sessed any more than the original cost. The'answer is “No”, the com- pany is a stock company, and the policies are non-assessable. The 75 cents covers the full cost of all the insurance guaranteed in the policy for the period of one year, and may reneWed at the end of the year at the same price and will then give “one hundred dollars additional in- surance up to the fifth year, -or a total of $1500. I will be glad to send a sample policy to any reader who will write me, and enough blanks to cover each member of your family. Any one «between the ages of 16 and 70 can be covered by this insurance ad we will issue as many policies as there are members of your family providing, you are a paid up subscriber to The Business Farmer. —-—- I received my money back from they -119 Go. and thank you for your kind assistance .in this mat— ter. I am sure I never could have got a settlement with them without your help—F. L., Gowen, Mich. _1‘bo am or tth department It to pro- tect our .mm from fraudulent decline! or unfair treatment by persons or concerns at dilation. ‘ I lummuwilldoourmtomoke ‘ “WWW settlement or force action." for which no sham top our unload will over he madl- lfovldlu: ‘ - 1M7!“ claim lama b d-u sub- ooriber to The Buchanan-gm: w p 1—1119 claim I! not more than a most m , 7211. claim ls not local or between now ‘gcw "1‘0!!! distanosof thei- use“ ""“s‘w "' “ "‘ ' .~‘ 7 mm. um um pal-noun". ~ A. mrad- ‘15m a' run mom ‘ . ’ first '1 or? ' . First save, then in- vest safely in Federal first mortgage bonds. That is the way to ac- quire independence. Write for Booklet AG914 Tax Free in Michigan Free from Federal Income Tax of 4% 61/2% ,. Estate B FEDERAL BOND0§ Are Better Bonds FEDERAL BOND 8c MORTGAGE COMPANY FEDERAL BOND a MORTGAGE BUILDING. DETROIT Think of it, men! Genuine Tan, Grain leather Scout Shoes built with solid ‘ Grain leather insoles and Oak tanned leather outsoles! An out-and-out good Quality shoe at this unheard of bar— gain price, and 2 pairs of good Hose Free Hose free with men’sshoesnnly. . No. 0.0:“ ~SIZES (Ste 12 _ ....... ism Send no money—just give mine. address size and number of shoe. Pay only our bargain price and. postage on arrival. \ N no 5' shoes Just use use». » sun will save money buying their boys’ shoes right No. -9661-—Bo ' shoes, sizes 1 ‘ No. - ' leGents . sizes 9 to 13 35. not satisfied return shoes and we‘ll return your Same shoes as t ose abovo but in smaller sizes. to 5%. Price $1.18 $1.8 Par- NOW! d no money—Just name. address, size and number. money. .HASE SHOE co. Millage... We vi tend days $1.97. “not. cost: nothing. Fine Horsehide S STERIJM COMPANY Suite 5| HELP \VAN TED YOUNG 0R MIDDLE Detroit. a "lazy. Address, Farmmcton. Michigan. 9 2 N33. 8 near ‘nnso Yafillllii‘m‘? atom AGED wanted for house work in small fullywigm..“ m m... CORN HARV ESTER cm on e “e- a.. _ M hummus m. I - roast, or a boiled ham. _ . down, theihollow .mt minds the \inill,’ , , whetherfrom. the kitchen-door is -eallingwithawill: ' \ g A. F'Pony—aPoll'yéThe cows are .in “ the corn. 0. where's Polly?" all the misty morning 1 ' ‘vcom'nes a summer sound—— A murmur as of waters from , trees’and ground, The birds they sing 'upon the ‘ pigeons bill and coo, ' And over hill and hollow rings again the loud halloo: "Polly—Polly—The cows are in the corn, 0, where's Polly?" skies and Above the trees the honey-bees swarm ‘ by with buzz and boom, ' And in the field and" garden a thousand ,‘ blossoms bloom, Within the farmer’s meadow a brown- N ‘ eyed daisy blows, ' And down at the edge of the hollow ' a red and thorny rose. “But Polly—Pollyé—The cows are in the corn, 0, where’s Polly?" ~ .Ho'w‘ strange at a time of day the mill should stop its clatter, The farmer's wife is listening now and . wonders what’s the matter. 0, wild the birds are singing in the woods , and on the hill, While whistling up the hollow goes the _ boy that minds the mill. . “But Polly—Polly—The cows are in the corn, 0, where’s Polly?" -—Richard Watson Gilder. TIIRESHIN G LETTER The following letter is just full of ideas and suggestions and although the threshers have been in some of our counties, some are just starting and others are still at it. I took a trip thru the southern part of our state and it made me so happy to see all the crops so plentiful and the threshing going on. I that of our letters and realized how busy every one of my readers were. I think Mrs. Jewett has sent in a nice long newsy and practical letter: HAVE read the Home Department of the Business Farmer fer a long time with great interest, and as we are now asked to write our experience in simplifying the work of the threshing season, I will suggest a few little things which I. have found helpful. If threshers'are known to be on 'the way, bake cookies and dough- nuts the day before. They will keep nicely in the cellar. Also bake bread if possible, although if one lives near a town the bread may be bought. It is a little more expens- ive but 'a considerable saving of lab- . or. Also have a good big mess of beans looked 'over \and ready to cook. Then on. the day the thresh- : are come one can put the beans over ' to cook the first thing after break- fast, and at the same time start a “ Ham may I be easier to get if one lives some . distance from market as it will not i spoil as easily as fresh meat. Then clear away the kitchen work and set both kitchen and dinning room in order. There will then remain little to prepare except pies and potatoes. Even pies may be prepared the day before if made of mince or some ma- terial which does not soak the crust. In. setting the table place 'a cup and saucer and a glass by the side of each plate, and put the plates around so that food may be passed I and coffee or tea, and water distrib- ted with the fewest possible motions. sometimes in hot weather the men enjoy cold tea, which of course must be started in the morning and if this is served only glasses are. need- ed which saves on the dishwashing. Do not serve many, things which \ require individual dishes, but some- times when there is little time to prepare, a rice pudding” will take the place of pie. ' Place in large pan about 1% cups bf, rice, or.2 cups if the cups are small. Cook in hot salted water un- Ktil tenderd Fill the pan with milk, ‘sweeten and flavor to taste, add a cupful of raisins, stir— well and bake -slowly 2 or 3 bears or until of the ‘~con81stency of thick cream. This is , and the only trouble I have had is in getting enough of it. ‘p‘ne‘i has been able to bake the ._ yigbefore their pies and fried cakes ‘ 1 pastry {enough for. dinner and . pg, 8 air there ' wing, the ‘ deakes ‘for‘ supper, or“ 8°68 the“ “ have accomplished. . I want to thank our many readers who have so generously the helping reader. one may use cookies for supper and add a sheet of fresh gingerbread baked during the afternoon. If there has been no notice, a rice pudding and a sheet of gingerbread will make‘ a quick and satisfactory dinner dessert. Cook enough pota- toes at noon so that you can warm them over for supper. . Creamed potatoes are nice; also have enough ready for breakfast if you are to have the men over night. ‘The cold baked beans left from din- ner are also acceptable for supper and breakfast, as I have found that the men do ’not require a great vari< ety, or fussy food but they do want a reasonable number of good hearty dishes—well cooked and enough of ,it. A sour cream cake may take the place of gingerbred—made by mix- ing together 1 egg,.1 cup thick sour cream, one cup sugar, 1 teaspoon soda (level), one teaspoon ginger or nutmeg, stir rather thick with flour. This is quick and good. For ordinary meals cook things in the same kettle as much as pos— sible—for example: .a head of cab- bage and a. piece of salt pork boiled together is an easy dish that the men like. Hoping some one may find in this long letter some little thing that will help, I am, Mrs. Alton L. Jewett. SHORT CUTS FOR' TlIftESllING- DAY ALMOST always include baked beafis in my menus for threshers. We find in our neighborhood that the men always prefer them to other vegetables. There is no need to stand over the stove so many hours making fancy dishes. A well-bal- anced wholesome meal is always rel- ished most. Here is one of my fav- orite dinner menus. Mashed po- tatoes, beef loaf, baked beans, bread, butter, coffee, cottage cheese, cold sliced tomatoes, sliced cucumbers, jam or jelly, apple pie. Here is my favorite cake receipt: 1 egg, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup sour cream, 1 teaspoon sod-a dissolv- ed in cold water, 2 cups flour. Season with\ spices according to taste. I use a little nutmeg. When cake is baked and cool enough frost with brown sugar'frosting made with 1 cup brown sugar with enough cream to dissolve. Let boil until it will make a soft ball when a little is dropped in cold water. Take from fire and beat until right consistency to spread on cake. Cake stays moist a long time—Mrs. LeRoy Thrush. Mothers Problems BE POLI'I‘E TO THE CHILDREN UIST because a child ought to shut J the, door when he is told to, or ought to run up stairs after a handkerchief, or ought to do every one of a dozen of things he is asked to do in the course of a day, is no excuse for the parents to neglect to say, “Please” and “Thank yen” to him. Nine times out of ten_the very parents who are issuing orders ‘all day long without the polite pre- fix, “Please” or the courteous, “Thank you,” are the ones who are most insistent that their. children speak politely to them! ‘ The time may have been when children'were expected to bow to the Will of the parents, like Slaves. be- fore theirimasters, but that attitude .is newlong‘er.~taken. _ adays, have rights, just as growth- K t»; ‘ < labor and the feeling that your work is well done. you in words how much I feel the'State'Fair has for us all. , . detail is Worked out to the best advantagefor us bysthe folks in charge. I would just love to have all my readers send in to get all the information possible and send in your work, whether it is sowing, cooking, or raising some special produce, Remember this is your Fair and. we all want to come down. Make it mlark and just treat” yourself tothe vacation of one or two or more days. much for you to take home in knowledge $2th Address letters: Mrs. Annie Taylor, care The Business Farmer. Mt. clement. Michigan. ‘matches for you: ' Children. now-’ Leannot tell 017 There will be so gained by seeing what others \ a: ups have. If courtesy demands that u people. children say “Please” and "Thank, you" to their elders, it also demands that the fathers and mothers use the same terms to their children. ' Then, too, there is no greater teacher than Example. If father and mother speak politely to each other and to the ’children, it will come natural to the children to reply in kind. Away from home they will still retain those little courtesies of speech which it has become almost second nature for them to use. On the other hand, the child" forced to speak politely to parents who never speak politely to him will quickly forget to be gracious and courteous when the parents ‘are out of hearing. “Please” and "Thank you” are but little words, yet they can matter- ially lighten the heaviest tasks. Even a little two-year—old will glow warmly if thanked .for the perform- ance of some tiny task, and the hard- est-headed man will experience a. tiny thrill if genuinely thanked for some performance of duty. ' We all delight in polite children: we take pleasure in their very pres- ence. But politeness is not reserv- ed for- them alone. It is right for you to be polite for them: also it is good example. - ' TEACH CHILDREN TO BE CAREFUL EACH your children early the need bf being careful. A'cci- dental deaths are the hardest in. the world to bear, not so much be- cause of the horribleness of them as because of the needlessness of most of them. By far the larger percent- age of Such deaths are the result of ignorance or carelessness. We can- not always prevent the carelessness, but we can prevent the ignorance. Accident prevention should be taught, by example at home. Are you, yourself, careful? For the sake of the children, learn to be, if you are not... When you strike a match, be careful not to strike it near some flimsy drapery or cloth- ing, and when you are through with- it, blew it OUT, and then throw it in the stove or metal receptacle made especially fer burne 5 matches. Bright little eyes are a ways watch- ing and unconsciously absorbing your ways of doing things. Occasionally let the children light it will satisfy their craving to handle fire, and at the same time, under your guidance, it will accustom them to the handl- ing of it. If you refuse to start fires with coal oil, telling your children how dangerous you consider such Ia practice, they will not be tempted sometime when you are aWay to hurry up a slow fire in this way. Be careful with scissors; knives and other sharp implements. Have a. safe place to keep them and return them to it when not in use. If firearms are handled use every pre- caution to avoid accidents and ex- plain the reason for your careful- ness. Boys must be boys: they must climb trees, chop wood and go in swimming. To curb those impulses in leeks. but Izd'o-not old" ,_ .act'foldin my work". out of doors ' but I’m not .oldpe‘nou h but. that; realizethat times are pat as goo-d in. my 1;; I ; 1y among our girls and boys as their“ were 25 years ago. I am dull tho‘inmotn being able to see why there is such a howl about bobbed' hair for the young soon dried, which also applies to a, sham- After a good swim, the hair in. poo, tangles are scarce, and on ocassions the hair that was out 'off. and made‘ into a switch or, puffs, eta, be used to help out in dressing the as pro-bob; if we were accustomed to that style, or would make up our minds (f) girls. And knickers is another awful (‘3) style. Men used to wear long flowery. garments. Why did they discard them? Is a person a criminal because he or? I . she wants to dress for comfort?—-'.Mrs. - - ~ Lillie Smith. v -Dear .Mrs. Taylor :-‘—What’ all thin oontroversey about bobbed heads? Surely bobbed hair does not contribute to iIn-v morality. Would we want little girls scarcely in their teens to have skirts reaching nearly to their ankles, long- sleeves, (as it was considered immodest to show their elbows.) as they dressed years ago? ‘ 7 Now with the sanitary dress reformr why not let them Have their hair bobbed, if they prefer it, and it is so much easier to take care of it, besides it adds a more youthful appearance. And who knows- more than a mother, that one gets old soon enough. But wait maybe they will allow us to bob ours too. Why can’t comfort, freedom and mod- , esty be combined, to make the girls hapé pier? And surely «they feel happier if they don't have to look dflcrent from the rest. I have .three growing girls and with their moral and spirituah welfare in mind, have no fear, they ould be any more indescreet in thoughg‘z'r action. than‘ with long unsanitary lo ..{s. I do know that since bobbing eleven year old daughter's hair two Weeks ago, she is able to take care of it, without any as- sistance from me, help it is when getting ready to go away. I would‘not change for anything. Her hair is very fine and snarls easily and the daily task of caring for it, wasn't a joy by any means. Let us hear from other mothers. Now just a word for the Woman' De- partment. Its the best ever, and touches on nearly every subject of interest to ‘ the busy housewife.——Mrs. E. L. Johnson. Suggestions For The Hom‘e.—I always turn eagerly to the Farm‘ Home page of ~ the Business Farmer. always one full page. things in it. I like its atmosphere, its“ christian spirit. Of course it is selfish to be always taking from it and never giving so I'm going to try to help it on. There it seems is- ~ I’m enclosing some ideas I would like to pass on and hope they will be worthy of publication. ' 0n hot days when the busy housewife wants as little heat as possible in the house, set a clean tub out in the sun and fill with water,..you wish to use for. washing dishes. If set out in the morn- ing it will be warm enough to wash both dinner and supper dishes. It will then take only one burner to heat the scalding water to rinse with. In summer when windows neeg to be washed so often I find it a great help to use an old piece of gingham cloth (or any kind that has no lint) to wash with. When win- dows are clean I wring the cloth as dry as possible and Wipe them off. Be sure to change the .water often so that the windows will not be streaked. This saves , the labor of wiping with a dry cloth and polishing so long. You, would be sur--~ prised how nice the windows look when dry. Youngsters always wear the seat and legs of underwear and panties out first before the tops. To save making buttonholes cut off lower parts well above worn places and make new bottoms and- attach to old uppers. The uppers will wear as long as .both lower parts. Mrs. LeRoy Thrush. A Reader Expresses ,Appreciation of‘ Home Department—Truly we enjoy the ' M. B. F.‘ very much. I think the Home Department real interesting. Where we have the chance to discuss our ideas. -I r like to read the letters from the sisters in regard to our homes which I 1561' we need so much these days, on how we bring up our children. Of course I love‘to see them have good times buthave it in the right. way and in the right company. I feel we mothers ought to be one of them and considering the. ' So many helpful ‘ to look at the motive for the act or. bObbing‘ their wouldn't‘be go. my.“ 11“. in their plans of pleasure as well as, " work. I do not believe in bringing children in idleness. see that theyhave ‘ an amount of work to do, for the children \ . can save so many steps which helps is to kill something vital in the boys . make—up.‘ A.wise mother will not” forbid, but,.with all the wisdom of - her years she will endeavor ,to‘ teach her children t0»...be careful—rand she willbe 11 when erchildren arebut "used for - are: and - max, snag-p H V together in mother so much. good bun recipe: , . , ~ one cup of ,can yeast. one scant curb: ar, ‘on‘e-half cup of» lard, two arm water, pinch effsalt. " Stir ._ 01901311118. 511538." flour 'to wmix loaf. ’ ,till evening] ;then\ ranges on . tool's an ahead; - * ’ ' I will close; with a real - j Jena boutoxprepare it . . , it should »charge for e ,_ ', Cedar Springs, ‘Michm me “cottageoheese take one quart. ck sour milk, two teaspodnfuls of one-fourth teaspoon salt. Heat, the milk in a stew pan' or double boiler; . as n as the curd separates from the 3m *strain" the milk through a cloth. ego. the curd in the cloth until rather Put in a bowl and with a fork mix " * o "a smooth paste / with the butter, shit, and cream. V Cheese houl’d 'nct be " ed' long- enough to ,make it -tough i; should hays a‘, sniooth feeling'when , pin ed with the fingers. I [would sug- ft that'youimake it the day before or . ’ ‘ the morning you take it to town eese ,should'be kept very moist. - e chief reasons for buying " - from the cres'h‘iery is because , A . ’ey keep their cheese so moist. It sells for ten cents a pound. ' . Please Send Stocking Pattern.—We -would like stocking pattern, Mrs. D. Ma, that you mentioned in your letter telling about the cap for large ears. All . these practical suggestions are needed by our“ readers. , _ _x_ The Runner’s Bible (Copyright by Housman-Mimi Co.) Agree *with thine adversary quickly, while then fit in the way with him; _ . lost at any time the adversary deliver thee to_ the Judge, and the Judge deliver ’ thee to the officer, and then be cast in prison. Verily I say unto thee, thou shalt by no means come out thence, till ‘thou hast paid the uttermose farthing.-— * Matt. 5:25-26. When any difference arises between another and yourself, if possible agree with him at once, surrendering, if neces- sary and at all consistent, your claims. It is important that you do not offend him. The value you put upon some material condition may become a stum- bling block in his pathway to higher things. Show him instead, that your faith in God tell you that man cannot take away from“you anything which God ‘cannot give; and that peace of mind is really the one most desirable possession upon earth. If, on the contrary. you do strive merely for the sake of gaining your own point. you will pay a very dear price, for it in the end. c . RECIPES , One Good Turn Deserves Another.— As, I have got so many of my best , recipes \from the M. B. F. it is hard to .pick any to send you but here are some which I have found good elsewhere. Cup Cakes.-—Break two eggs in a cup 'finish filling cup with sweet milk. Into. ' a bowl sift one cup flour, one cup» sugar, one rounding teaspoon baking powder, then pour contents of cup into dry mix- ture and beat hard then add two table- spoons lard or butter and beat well. Apple Sauce Cake.—One cup gran- ulated, sugar, one cup apple sauce, one- half. teaspoon cinnamon, allspice and cloves, one-half cup shortening, one eg, one teaspoon soda, one-half cup nuts, 7 gone-half cup raisins, one , nd three- fourths cups flour. Cream ; e butter, . ad sugar and apple sauce;- mix spices. an psoda with flour. Add raisins and .nuts which have been floured to first mixture. Then add dry ingredients. .Ooflee Jelly.—-One pint coffee, three ‘mblespoonfuls sugar, bring to boiling point together. Add three tablespoonst powdered gelatine. Strain, put in molds and serve with whipped cream. Chocolate Cake.—Yolk of one egg, one- fourth cake of unsweetened chocolate, one-half cup milk, cook until thickens over water, then cool and add one cup sugar, one tablespoonful butter (coldi, one-half cup milk. one small teaspoon soda; one teaspoon vanilla, one and two- thirds cups of flour and one teaspoon baking powder. This makes fine loaf cake for any occasion. Hermits.——One cup sugar. two-thirds cup lard, one cup cream not too rich, one cup raisins. two cups flour. two cups oatmeal, 1 tablespoon salt. soda, cinna- . mon, nutmeg, two eggs. Drop with spoon, “ pat out with. fork. ‘ 'Layer Cake.—’l‘hree eggs. beat white . very light. butter size of large egg. beat . yolks together, one large cup of sugar, I ' ‘ten tablespoonfuls cold water. add beaten "whites, two tablespoonfuls baking pow- , Uder, flour enough for medium dough. For ‘center layer add two tablespoohfuis of “molasses, a pinch or soda, one table~ spoonful sour milk and a little flour. Macaroni Boyd—Three cups of cooked ' ‘ oni. one bottle olives or a few pickles cut flna- three hard lightly with salad m.) as pam'r' a, . , . in a. aeolian Water. through a colanderu; To each gal- pulp-‘add about .two pounds sugar, ~ ‘ a one-scant teaspoon ginger,- and two lem- ' one cut in small pieces, and the rind of one lemon, boiled separately until tender, 3 also the wateer whichit is boiled. The lemon rind should be cut in small pieces. Stir well, and place in a common stone crock. Bake slowly until rthick. Can and seal while. hot being careful to have all air bubbles out of the can.‘ ' Eggless Cookies.——One cup butter, one cup lard, trio and one-half cups white sugar. Crea‘m together; Add two cups ‘ buttermilk (or sour milk), two level tea- spoons soda, and one rounding teaspoon baking powder. Mix to a soft dough. They mayv-be varied by the addition of chopped raisins or nuts—Mrs. Alton .L. JeWett. » ‘ anit Cookies.—-—Four eggs, two cups brown sugar, scant one-half cup butter, one cup raisins, one cup currents, one teaspoon each of cinnamon, nutmeg, soda, pinch of salt, three- cups flour. Mix and drop in small teaspoonfuls. Cream sugar and butter together. Mix in dry in— gredients, beat eggs light and stir in last. This makes about- thirty-six med- ium cookies.- . Curing Salt Pork—This is a good recipe- for curing pork’. Everyone says - the fat is as good ’as the lean. Ten pounds salt to each one hundred pounds of pork, 3 pounds sugar, two ounces of salt petre. two ounces: black pepper. Boil all together except pepper stirring often, skim and add pepper. Pour on meat boiling hot. We rub each piece of pork lightly with salt before packing in barrel and we also smoke barrel with corn co'bs. This adds to the flavor. For Pears, Peaches or Sweet ripples.— Take ten pounds fruit, five pounds brown sugar, tw_o quarts vinegar slightly weak- ened, two tablespoons cinnamon, one ‘ tablespoon cloves. Tie in muslin, bag. Boil vinegar and sugar with spices until sugar is dissolved. Then put in fruit and cook until transparent being careful not to cook too soft. Seal in jars. ' Cucumber Relish—Twelve large green cucumbers chopped fine and drain over night in one-half/cup salt, four large: onions, four green peppers, one-half cup grated horseradish, one tablespoon white mustard seed, one teaspoon Celery seed, r one cup sugar, cover with vinegar and seal.——Mrs. C. T. M. ’ GRANDMOTHERS DISHES I would like to see printed in the very good Business Farmer some good recipes for mothers’ and grandmothers' days so I will begin by sending you a. few used in our childhood days. Farmers Rice—Heat to boiling point one and one-half quarts of sweet‘milk in which have been added salt, pepper, and a small piece of butter. Have ready one and one-half cups of flour, in which one egg has been stirred till it is in small particles. addto milk, let boil up once, and it is ready to eat. Can add some sugar, which improves it. Paps—One quart sweet milk, one table- spoon sugar, salt and pepper to taste. Bring to boiling.point. Have ready one level cup flour in which one cup sweet milk has been stirred to make smooth batter. Stir in boiling milk, boil one minute and serve. Can be eaten with milk and sugar or as it is.—Mrs. M. A. K., Kalamazoo, Michigan. I DISH FOR HOT WEATHER I’m sending a recipe for the hot weather days which needs no fire and We think very good: Apple Salad—Pare as many apples as I required and slice. Then dice in small pieces with cutter, add enough vanilla ari sugar to suit taste. In another bowl make a thickening of flour and cream as for gravies. With apples, dates and nut meats are fine. Over apples, dates and nuts pour your thickening and stir thoroughly. After add whipped cream if desired. This may be served at once, to be eaten with other vegetables. For two I use fmm five to six apples, about two teaspoons vanilla, one-fourth cup of " sugar (more if sour apples are used) snow apples preferred, 4 tablespoon flour and cream enough for thin batter. We like your paper very much and look for— ward to its coming. Love to all—Mrs. P. C. K. . r—f V—if you are well bred! Christening Ceremonies.-—Fonnerly the persons who called to congratulate the happy possessor of the new boy or girl were offered mulled wine andplum cake. But now-adays one can have light re— freshments for any callers. A plate of cookies or lemonade. or cider in the fall. A baby should have at least one god- father and one godmother and ‘these be chosen with care as it is considered a great compliment to be asked to hold this position. ' , ‘In old countries this relationship lost. 3thru..life, kindly~ help and counsel being given to the '1 child by ;the godfather;- eVelL to adoption in ‘many instances, should. the went. die. ’13- . U vFamOtzs‘for Flavor ~ Poor bread for dinner won’t help out Friend Husband’s disposition after a hard day at the office. Neither will medium good bread. But an excellent bread," a bread that isvdelicious to the taste, good to eat, and satisfying all the . grew before. » way through brings forth a smile where only a grouch Lin White is the finest flour you can buy. It is made from superior Wheat and milled by a most careful and extensive process. It is clean. It has wonderful flavor. It will please you better. You’ll be delighted with your baking triumphs and you’ll please the whole family. Just see! Lily White “ The Flour the Best Cooks Use" A GOOD RECIPE FOR NUT BREAD 1 egg, 1 cup sugar, 1 cup sweet milk. 1 teaspoon salt. 1 cup nuts, 4% cups Lily White Flour, 4 level tea- spoons baking powder. Mix well and let stand twenty minutes in two pans nine inches long. four and three- quarters inches wide. three inches deep. This amount just fills these two pans. Grease pans and over top of loaves with melted butter: . bake in moderate oven until done. (Use one-half cup of flour to knead in soft dough.) OUR CUARAN TEE Wd Guarantee you will like Lily White Flour, 'the flour the but cooks uu' better than any flour you ever used for every rcquinmcnt of home baking. If for any reason whatso- ever you do not, your dealer will refund the purchase price. He is so instructed. Have Lily Wife in your Flour Bin . VALLEY CITY MILLING COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MlCHlGAN “Millers for Sixty. Years ” AIDS ,TO: Goon DRESSING 2 . A Popular House Dress Model (wvth Inserted Pockets.)—The slendenzmg features of this style, will appeahto the stout woman. while the motion] points w111 make the. style. attractive to al figures. Fl lred percale Wltll’tl‘llllmlllfl ‘of mercerized p0 1in_ls here shown. Gingham, w1Ll1 an edging o rlck rack would be good—or, d- ask. with orgundy for collar and cuffs. d%he Pattern is cut in 7 Sizes: 36, 38, 40.}2. 44. 46, and 48 inches bust measure. A 38 inch size requires 5 yards of 32 inch material. To trim With contrasting material as illustrated re- quires % yard. foot Is 2% yards. The width of the skirt at the 4422. A Pretty and Becoming Frock—Ern- broidered voile, or crepe could be used for this model. The drapery may be of self or contrast; ing material. As here shown figured foulard was used, with georgette for the drapery. The sleeve may be m wrist length, in the large View or short as illustrated The Pattern is.cu.t in 7 Sizes: 34, 36, 38A: 430*; 4_4. and 46 inches bust measure. Size requires 5 yards of 40 inch material. To_ make the draper Of contrasting material Io- quires 1%, yard. T e width at the foot is 2% yards. 4428. A Pretty Frock for House or Porch.— This is a simple one piece model With centre clos— ing under the lastron. of linene woul be Gingham too could be used. or .crepe Percale with trimming attractive for tins style. :‘34. 36, as, 38 2, 44, and 46 inches bust measure. inch size requires 5 ya To trim as Illustrated width at the foot is rds of 36 inch material. requires 1 yard. The yards. A Dalnty Frock for A Little Miss.— Grace and attractive _ ‘ This is a good style for linen, Jersey c or veile. lines are here portrayed. 0th, silk. The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: 4 6, 8, and 10 years. A 6 your size requirm Us yard of 86 inch materiaL A pleasmg d e v 6.10 p m e n t would be mustard color Jersey cloth With embroid- ery in green yar hf» white linen or crepe With e. cross-stitching m 4439. A Good Play Suit for a Small Boy.——- To be comfortably 'dress of your boys pla ime. h to the joy ed a _ This suit is easy to de velop. and 13 em bio for flannel, linen, gingham and khaki. For warm weather, pongee or lineue would be attractive. The Pattern is cut _ A 4 year size requu'es 2% yards ears. . inch material. in 3 Sizes: 2. 4. and 6 of 3 2 A Po ular Style.—This is a splendid el. t lends. itself well to jersey : 34. 36. 38 A 38 42. 44, and 46 inches bust measur inch size requires 2 it e. yards of 32 inch material. AILL PATTERNS 120 EACH, 3 FOR 30c POST-PAID Order from" he above or former issues of The Business armor. giving number and sign your name and address plainly. , non TEN cENTs FOR sPnIuo auo' SUMMER rnemou BOOK ~ THE. BUSINESS FARMER . i Pattern Department. ' Mt. Clemensw Mich. r I , f "iii maxim—oh the I for , a (living. " M. B. F. and likes it real well. moon. when he blew m . . (m Now head. "(I wonder!) cold?—-The bola?" Why is art-island “like the letter “'1'”!— Becaunellt is in the middl d If you threw a man out of a win ow, I what would he be certain to fall against? ~— ' will. - I hat Who whistlul the first tune “and w . was lt?-—The wind whistled. Over the ’ Hills and Far Away. If a barrel weighs 10 pounds empty, what can you fill it with to make it wei h seven ?-—Holes. “Elly are hogs like trees?——They root ____.._.__.._..._. Dear Uncle Neda—413.wa your merry circle of happy boys and girls? ’I have been a reader of the Childrens Hour for three years, and at last I have decided to write. My father takes ' a and two of my brothers are working our - ’two farms and pasturlng cattle on an- We have twelve acres of potatoes ' other. this year. Uncle Ned have you ever been to Florida? Mother and father went there once to spend the winter. Daddy . got dreadfully sick on account of .the '1 change of climate. I guess Michigan ‘ beats all other states for being healthy. . Don't you think so Uncle, Ned? There I‘m six of us children ‘ the family, i three boys and three girls. My oldest ‘ brother is eighteen, his name is Ralph. ': Next is Edna, she is sixteen years old, i she is spending the summer at Bert Lake. 3 She stays with grandma. Next is myself, i I am twelve years old and will be_thirteen ‘ the second of August. Warren is eight, I Cor-lists ten, and Ferris eight. We have 1' twenty-seven head of cattle, six head of ,horses. some pigs and some pet pigeons. (We have a large red barn and a five- room bungalow. .Uncle Ned and cousms {excuse my selfishness for tainnlgl .up s: ' mace, but I tried to go a in on I232: I will write and tell you the rest ‘ sometime if Uncle Ned doesn’t mind. I i would like to hear from some of the boys and glrla—Ruth Kiipatrick, R. F. D. No. 1, Savoring, Michigan, in care of Nathan ‘ Kllpatrick. ~—Florida is one state where I have never been. But from what traveling I have done I am sure Michigan is the best state in the Union. Dear Uncle Ned:———VVas just ' reading the Children’s Hour and thought I would write. I am corresponding with another '{girl who is also 16 years of age and her 'birthday is on the 15th of april as ‘ mine is. Aren’t the woods beautiful now, ‘Uncle Ned? I think they are lovely. I 1Went for a drive through the forest to- iday and enjoyed the trip very_much. We .have two pairs of canaries and one pair :of mocking birds in our yard. They are {always singing early in the morning. I {love most kinds of birds and also there are some I hate too. Harry. Roscoe, I {will try and answer your riddles, tlsle ' Eleven hung, the man’s name we. ; m egg in side of duck; 8rd, the wind; lth. a bell; 5th, an old-fashioned flat ilron. I always watch the childrens Flour for riddles and ask the family. .‘I‘hat is if I get the paper first. How man ‘cousins like nature? As soon as the gnaw goes off I get spring fever and nothing will help but to get out to the 'woods with Mother Nature and her but- terflies and birds—Elsie L. Mahler, R. 1, Harbor Springs, Michigan. ‘ I too love nature and enjoy uotll ng fitter than a stroll through the woods, es- lly when a stream flows through. ’ rite often. Dear Uncle Ned:~——May I join your merry circle? I have been-a silent read- er of the M. B. F. for some time, so I thought I would write. I will desoribe tnyself: I am 18 years old, four feet d eleven inches tall, dark complexioned, l. y eyes and medium brown hair. I ‘ lve on a sixty-acre farm. We will be .three years this coming December. We fhave sixteen head of cattle, two horses, 3 one sheep, flve pigs, two cats, one hundred ‘and fifty chickens, nineteen turkeys and 'seventeen ducks. For a pet I tune a sheep named Betty. I have five brothers ‘nnd two sisters. I must close. Your »,neice.—-Maxilla Riggs, R. 1, Box 53, Lake lAnn. Michigan. Dear Uncle Ned2+May I join your i merry circle? I have been a silent reader "of the M. B. F. for along time. I am 4 feet 10 inches tall, have light brown hair and brown eyes. My hair is bobbed but I am letting it grow out. I will be 14 years old on the 22nd of October. HaveIstwin? IfIhaveIwishtbey would write to me. 1 am in the 8th grade at school. I live on a. 120 acre farm in Northern Michigan. We have I head of cattle, 4 head of horses. We have about 10 mess of oats, they stand 4 feet tall in some places. We have “ clover that is 3 feet tall. It is rainhig. This season we have Wintergreen berries. Wm’t . you come on and help me out theta. Uncle Need? I have 6' sisters and ' 1 brothers. They are all married except strike the first nail. e of "water," / 'in the mood for writing letters. one. Who guesses these riddles .‘r'oe‘siye a card. What must yen odd to nine to make it six? Why isa‘momfull of ,married people like an empty room? I belim the answer to Phyllis Gibson’s riddle is "Yet" a a man’s name. Will Merritt, R, 3, Harrison, Michigan. _ - ' '1 ‘--I would like to help you eat those win: tergreen berries but as you live (mite a ways from here I am afraid I will live to decline your invitation, but I thank you for it. Can you eat some for me? ' Dear Uncle Ned:-—;I have written be- fore, but I thought Uncle Ned would not care if I wrote again. Do you Uncle Ned? I am visiting my aunt and uncle. for a while. I have been here Sunday. ‘ have been driving my uncle's car. I am going___ to drive it home tonight. Next week I am going to have company from Grand Rapids for a week and then my sister ‘and I‘ are going home with them for a week and then they are going on a long trip. Uncle Ned, where are you going on your vacation this summer? The last time I wrote there was two girls wrote to me. Their names Were: Jane Mark and Mildred Nailure. I have written to Jane but not to Mildred be- cause I lost her address. Will somebody please write and tell me her address? I would be very pleased to receive it. Before I close I will describe 'myseu. I have light brown bobbed hair and have a light complexion and blue eyes. I am 12 years old and in the 7th grade. Well I will have to close now hoping some of the girls and boys will write to me. Your neice.—Ruth Nelson, R. 2, Grant Michigan. -—I am glad to hear from you again and hope you will write whenever you are I have not decided where I will spend my vaca— tion this year. . Dear Uncle Nedz—I've written twice before and saw one of my letters in print. Althodgh I have been a silent reader for sometime, that drawing contest that you intend to start interests me very much as I like to draw. I not only draw but also paint. I give most of my pictures away though. My teacher receives most of them for I feel as though I owe him very much. I always see so many in- teresting letters printed that I feel like writing to the writers but I’m always too tired at night as that is about the only time I get a chance. I haven’t described myself and don’t care to do so. If anybody is interested in me why not write me. I'm waiting impatiently for those apples to ripen. We were blue- close ‘ with". riddles. I am going home tonight. I’ j the >w°' w to poison ivy, but even so I'd like to '7 Hoping now that the contest will soon be I. main, w- A sincere friend—fled“; Bucholz, Elk-/ a - ton. Michigan. -. --—I had no idea that there were so .young artists who‘wore-membgrs ofvthe children's How. We must have test soon. Inthemeautimeyouean all sendindrawings tomeifyou wish, I will enjoy looking at them. " _ ~.Dear Uncle Ned :—May I join your merry} circle? ' I have been a silent road- er for some time, 'so thought It would Write. 1,,will'describe myself: I have light brown hair, am eleven years old and ' in the sixth We live two miles from school and it is "a pleasant walk in the summer time. I think the answer to Gladys Harrls' riddle is a news paper. I live on a farm of loo-acres. For pets I have a. dog named Bud, a cat named ng and a pony. . We have lots of fun with the pony. Will some of the boys and girls write to me'? I will answer all letters. Your neice—Marion Cox, Kinds, Michigan. Dear Uncle Nedz—I have been a silent reader of the M. B.' F. for a. long time. May I join your merry circle? ~We are having nice weather aren't We? All kinds of flowers are in bloom. .I‘like to go flowering' I think it is lots of fun. I live on a. ISO-acre farm, about two miles from Temple. I have about one mile to go to school. I am between 12 and 17 years old, the one that guesses emy age will receive a long letter from mp. I have four brothers and two sisters. For pets I have onecat named Tim, and one dog. named Shep. Will close with love to alL Your neice—Mary Schneide, R. R. No. 1, Harrison. Michigan. Dear Uncle Nedzé-s-I have been a silent reader for several years. so I think it is time I wrote, don’t you think so? May I join your merry circle? Myrtle Taylor, Watronzville. Michigan, suggested having a drawing contest. That would be lots of fun. I for one sure would try. I woul like to live up by Virginia Leh- mann, 2, East Jordan. Mich, I would be in swimming all the time. I think I could live in the ‘water. fish.‘ I am not going to write much this time. The Club song is just fine. Dorothy Postma, 7R. 1, Rudyard, Mich, is 13 years Old. If I guess it right, don't forget, Dorothy Postma. be sure and write me a long letter. I would like to have some of the boys and girls write to me. smile RubecSDiIlach ' Sn 8' EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN RS. Sabila Nitti Crudelle is in the Chicago jail waitin' to be hanged October 12. Anna. Buzzi, another woman, is in Auburn prison waintiu’ to ' be electrocuted when the state gits ready to snuff out her light. ~ Both women were found guilty of murder in the first degree. They are both supposed to pay the same penalty that a man pays for the same crime. An’ yet from all over the U. S. goes out protests against the takin, ,the lives of these two women jest because they are women. Nobody doubts their guilt—there is no question ’bout that—but 'canse they are women they should not have their lives takin’. from 'em. ’Course their victims are jest as dead as though they had been killed by men, an’ they’ll stay dead jest as long, but their murderers happened to be women. One wanted to marry and did marry the man who helped kill her husband. The other one killed in a spirit of revenge. No matter what the motive was, .these women are murders jest the same, and why should women share a dif- f’rent fate than men convicted of the same crime? Now I've got jest-as much respect for; women as any man could pos- sibly have. I love ’em an' respect 'em for the womanhood an' mother- hood that’s born into 'em. They are the greatest mark of God's own haud,’ but, dear friends, when they so far forget their womanhood that they take the life of another human ’ why should they not slicer the same penalty 9. man suffers for the some thing? many >308? t9 . her self free to if ' ’ It's gettin’ altogether too frequent f ‘ that‘s woman gunshot the life of-a marry some other man or to satisfy a spirit of revenge for some real or fancied wrong and then trust to a jury of welik minded or sentimental men an' women to let 'em go free. After a few women have been put to death for murder—when the dear creatures learn that they. can an' will be convicted of such awful crime, jest take it from me—there’ll be less of shootin' an' poisonin’ goin’ on. Women don’t like hangin’ any more’n men do——nobody likes to have it happen to ’em more'n once, but you an’ I know how its been in the past. A woman could shoot a man into kingdom come an' go in- to court an’ a jury would say "Not guilty" 311’ they come to look on mumefin' a man as a sort of past- time. Almost every daily paper tells us of some men bein’ killed by some woman. an’ we read of it at supper, but how many women are ever punishedfor it? Now I don’t believe in takin’ hu~ man life in any way. Don’t believe the state has any more right than the individual to-doit, but if it has ‘ the. law to do it, then I sez serVe 'em » all alike——hang ’em all or else hang none. It's said that Mrs. Crudelle is a very homely woman an’ a foreigner—too bad for her—mebbe " if she’d been nice lookin,’ the jury, . would have froed her—eeso much for bad looks. Nevertheless she is a woman an’ if women are to go free I’m like as I think , We read of it at breakfast w for murder she should go the same/ as the good lookin’ ones. If she is hanged, then evergnwomsn that com- mits murder in Illinois. should hang. also of ks. .01: any other consideration. ‘ Hey. folks What”. do you think about Gordian: yours. ‘UNQLE Ho’- 3 V swlnraud 13ti s v * that rats rise. Also ' of May, and believe me I certainly.w 'ceived them from another cousin. , hold then and'maybe some other cousin ~- « have nine little chicks. ' boys writs m- You Box 101,. name. . . ‘ _ ‘ . ,v. Dear Uncle Neda—Hello! my I int I have written once did‘not see my‘ letter in print. ‘I on. the examination the I7th'and'13th .wlll glad when I received my diploma. describe myself. I buyermedlum brown 0 I hair, blue, eyes, and I am 14 years old. My birthday is Auéust 6th.. Have I: twin? If I have, please write tome and 7:” _ We went to Flint tille- 26th of June and then over to Corona._ ‘ I will ansWer. We drove through with “a car. I just read in the M. B. ‘F. the letter Harry Rescue wrote. He said the one” that .5 could answer the most of the riddles he put in would get a present so I thought I would try. The first is, 12 left hang; ' ing because there were 12 pair, and they just took one of each pair. The answer. to the next is Water. The next is a wheel barrow, I think. The next ls'an ' old fashioned well. The .next is an old fashioned‘flat iron. The last one is a. violin, I think. How many have I right, ' Harry? Well I suppose I wilf have to go to supper. My brother went and got some strawberries for a slum cake for supper. I wish you and cousins were here to have supper with me. you all like strawberry short cake. I will close with love and best regards, your neice and cousin,-——Leona Green, R.“ No. 1, Prescott. Michigan. ‘ -—You bet I like strawberry short cake. And I am sure the one you made was very good. Dear Uncle Ned:-—May I join your merry circle. I have been a silent read- er ever since my father subscribed last fall, and as I have never seen a letter ' in the M. B. F. from out here. I thought I would try. I have often read that letters quite. often hit the waste paper basket, but I hope this one escapes. Perhaps you would like to know some- thing about my appearance. Well, lam 15 years old, and my birthday is May \ 11th. ' Have I a twin?‘ I have brovvn hair; blue eyes and am 5 feet 5' inches tall, and weigh 114 pounds. Well how many of our cousins have already picked huckleberries?» I have picked 16 quarts and we have "forty-eight quarts of them . canned, and my mother and sisters are ,. Well I was just play- . out again today. ing "Star‘of the East" on the organ, and remembered that Iris Arnold wanted the wordsso I'll close with a few riddles, and then copy the song. Write four nines so as to equal 100. When Was beef the highest? Well I. will close, I am your neice.——Cora Spartans, McBaine, Michigan, Box 48, R. 2. P. S.--The answer to Gladys Harris’ riddle is a news paper. ' ‘ ° - 1,, ,. I suppose‘_' --Thank you so much for sending th w. ' words to “Star of the East” to forward to Iris Arnold, but she has already re- will want Dear Uncle Ned:-——I have started to write two or three letters to you before, but they all reached my waste. paper basket before they could find yours. I would like to become a member of the Children‘s Hour. I am fourteen years old and my birthday is the eleventh of May. Have I a twin? \ I wish some of the boys and girls would write to me. I live on a seventy-live acre farm. I We have a small“ patch of strawberries. and my but they taste good. A man rodr over London bridge, and yet, he walked. The one who guesses ‘this riddle will receive a letter from me. From a would-be neice,--Olive Sanderson. Applegate, Michigan. » Dear Uncle Ned:,—-—I am another reader of your paper who would like to join your merry circle. grade this year. I am very busy now while we are getting our hay in. We " have 14 acres of corn, 6%. acresof pota- toes, 19 acres of oats, 6 acres of wheat, and 4 acres of beans, so don't you think we have something .to do? live on the farm where you can have all the sized milk you want; You can have. all t _.bree2e there is on a‘ hot deli.“ while in the city youv~are cooped .up in x . a factoryali day long. In the country you can have fun feeding .ail animal and see how fast you can, make .th grow. “Your nephew—Harold -Va.n Kemp. an. Reruns. R. 1. mchigan. ‘ » ‘ -—:You must bosbusy with all that term do; I. hope, sea emv' to let-as , new the I vim I will close with a riddle. ‘ I am a farmer boy. 7 .13 years old, and have passed the eighth I" do like to" This sixty“ " smilesto‘dthe city or r t ‘ “I I AI}. ,_ . to carry out my Savior s needs." The general we so with, this genuine Chris-4 V he wrote. out the and handed it to ' j ‘lut [his enemy’s hands , he loathed how it had been done, down and shed tears like a The reasoning‘of the head .,~f'alled, but the. legic of the heart con- jg'neredithe “Father. of our country" and broke downthe toe in penitent- lal tears. --. A, I'iLooking at our scriptural context, ; we find St. Paul in prayer. How ‘ different from his Galatian letter”! ,- ~There, there is righteous vindictive- r ‘»ness. ‘I-Iere is, melloWness, tender- ness, sympathy. ‘Why? Well, he " writes from a Roman prison, chain- es; and alone. When. the deepest sorrows and shadows of life settle down upOn us, then we have our ,protonndest reasonings and revela- tions. Longfellow, was travelling in Prince in... on mum. » . Now, it is our knowledge of a claimed “My God." - ., g in I I T L‘s, i I I my to the hills mus}, the pointer to ‘t. ‘ Jot splendor . and. beauty. are putinto'verse and placed they inspiration. than descend upon their souls on the to bless tutors gener- ations- The eyes of their heart are and there is given to then the-guitar wisdom and rev- elation. of God in untrue. The iii- “The Birth oi the of Peace” was done in the‘ thins. what we put our soul into, that innit-es us; even some of the most ordinary things. James Whit- eomb Riley had the happy acuity of importing the imaginative, poetic touch to the most common of things. Some years, age William Hawley was reading some or Riley’s poems to an Illinois audience. A _typical American farmer, with his trousers in his boots and coat on his arm came into the well~filled hall and took. a front seat. Smith read Riley’s farm ballad, entitled “Clov- er.” And the old farmer, forgetting himself and his/ surroundings, ex: Why? The di- vinity of his heart was stirred. So yours will be. Hereis the poem:‘ “Some sings of the lily, and daisy, and rose . And the pansies and pinks that sum- mertime throws In the greenpgrassy lap of the med- der that lays 'Blinkin' up at the sky through the sunshiny days; “$113!!!! the eyes ..: «sang is l , ’ 0 Sasha? .. deter; to rye x the Ir-l‘v' far-rm .\- f big EL ateIY. the equal the I suflered ’ , sailings low the‘ ‘a The f?" in! tough at in a re; a very saucer mun!” .‘Only islet mouthNThomas Lynch,f a tamer, and. his wife, Mary Lynch, were riding. to town in their auto-- mobile, when it was struck by a train.» Both father and mother were killed and several children injured. Both. Mr. and’Mrs. Lynch had North American Accident Policies for which they had paid only 75c each! Their children received $1,000 in cash from each policy or $2,000 to keep the wolf from the_door! We wantEVery Business‘Farmcr‘ Reader To Be Insured! _ Mess Farmer has made is possible for every single reader to carry'Sl,000 Accident Insurance for the trifling sum of 75c per your This is the total cost of the insurance policy here described and it is issued by the well-known North American Accident Insurance Company of Chicago. - There are no other costs if you are a paid-in-advance subscriber to The Business Farmer and you can secure a policy for every member of the family PI'OViding one member is a subsoriber, at the same cost, 75¢ for each policy. I I This is YOUR opportunity to do what you have been putting oil so ong. . ._ There is no red tape—mo medical examination—just sign the Ap- plication Blank in the corner of this page and send it in with the re- quircd amount—Seventy-Five Cents (75c) for each policy. Just one requirement—4)NE MEMBER OF ICOUR FAMILY MUST BE A PAID-UP SUBSCRIBER T0 JULY, 1924, or longer—and you must enclose the address label from this or any recent copy of The Business Farmer to prove it. If your subscription is not paid-up to July, 1924. or longer, add SIXTY CENTS for a renewal to July, 1924, and send 75c for each policy desired. OLD AS WELL AS NEW SUBSCRIBERS MAY - Europe when his young wife' died. after, he gave to theworld his .of Life” .and “The Reaper . and, the Flowers" In_ prison the l. K apostle is mystical; contem- ‘ "5 V pleura, brooding. Perhaps tear drops are wetting his manuscript as ; .. he writes, and Vhallowing it as a. ~f~ sacred missile‘ to the churches. The ‘- inward, , self-conscious Paul, the ‘ heart of Paul, is over at Ephesus .mylns. , . ' ' > , “I. cease not to mks mention of - gyou'in my prayers," says this man or ' God. Why? But why do you' pray for mother, YOUR mother? And why are, her letters so welcome though written by a . wrinkled and . V unsteady hand“? The answer does not .3, some from'ihe head but out of the is. enlightenment of the heart. There ’N f is aheart intimacy with mother- in , faith and love. So .there was be- ; tween the apostle and these Ephes- ian saints: a quality of faith that made. them one in sympathy and purpose, and a “love for all the " resists." That is, not partial and I, selective, but a sodal love..‘ "But what is the lily and all the rest Of the flowers, to a. man with a heart in his breastf That was dipped hrlmmlu’ full of the honey and dew 0! the sweet ‘clover blossoms boyhood knew?~ SECURE THIS POLICY! Any or all members of a family from 16 to 70 years of age may secure this policy, providing they live at one address, at which one member of the family is a paid-up subscriber to The Michigan Busi- ness Farmer. What the Policy Gives You». A It is only because The Business Farmer has contracted for thousands of these policies that we are able to offer them at this low price. It is a genuine travel accident policy that gives you the very protection you need. It may pay you or your family hundreds of dollars, it costs but 750 for a whole year’s protection. Under the terms and conditions outlined in this policy it pays for death or injury of the insured sus- tained by the wrecking or disablement of any public or private vehicle While riding as a free or fare paying passengeru ’ THE LOSS OF LIFE .......... .. THE LOSS OF BOTH HANDS... THE LOSS OF BOTH FEET. 1,000.00 THE SIGHT OF BOTH 1,000.00 THE LOSS OF ONE HAND AND ONE FOOT ...................... .. 1,000.00 THE LOSS OF ONE HAND AND SIGHT OF ONE EYE 1,000.00 THE LOSS OF ONE FOOT AND SIGHT OF ONE EYE 1,000.00 THE LOSS OF EITHER 500.00 THE LOSS OF EITHER. FOOT .............................................. .- 500.00 FOR THE LOSS OF EITHER EYE ................................................ .. 500.00 DISABILITY, 13 WEEKS OR LESS .................................. ..$10.00 Per Week LOSS OF LIFE, BY BEING STBUCK, KONCKED DOWN OB BUN OVER ON PUBIJC HIGH‘VAY KY VEHICLE .......... .. $250.00 “REGENCY BENEFIT 100.00 his I never set eyes on a clover field now, . Er tool 'round a stable, er climb in “a mow, But my childhood comes back just ’ as clear and as plain. ' As the smell of the clover I am snif- iln’ again; And I' wunder away in a barefooted dream, Where I tangle my toes in the blos- soms that gleam With the dew of the dawn of the morning of love Ere it wept o’er the graves I’m weep- . in’ above. $ 1,000.00 1 ,000.00 And so I 1079 clover—it seems like - a part ' O! the .sacredest sorrows and joys of my heart; i - But what does Paul pray for? Not freedom, from, the prevaMW‘mm cation nor to have any material de- sire muted. Knot, that they might ‘have the eyes of their heart opened. ' The sacred, writer had come by a “spirit of, wisdom and revelation" in the prophecies and mysteries of Christ and he would have others to And wherever it blossoms, 0, there, let me how " And thank the good God as I’m thanking him now; And I pray to him‘ still' for the strength when I die, ‘To go out in the clever and tell it" good-bye, And loviu'ly nestle my face in its $10.00 a week for 13 weeks for injuries received ,while riding in “y kind of vehicle. $100.00 for» relief of policy holders if injured or taken sick away into home. $250.00 for death ofv‘pcdeetrion unred moving vehicle. READ WHAT THIS POLICY GIVES YOU AND THEN ACT! DELAY IS DANGEROUS: i see the “granduer and wealth of ., theirreligion.” And all this inspir- worh “in the knowledge lot, God.” The materialistic philos- ., ophy of Paul‘s day said “Know thy- mt the apostle was dealing in ‘ a. . whichsaid'xnow God." Without? this. life is nil: are is hell. thin“. I ‘ ham 1111 ma as the But our hearts need also to see , . W 01 m m ' ‘ that God is in all history: markedly,‘ r ' ~ the great crises. Yet. some men . read (allure in the. signs of the times. They see in history only a long ser- io- oi-ealamities. In the World‘War ‘ bloom While my soul slips away On a breath of perfume." Now, isn't it true, that some heartsgsre tuned to see just things, -snd other hearts, the Creator of ORDER AND REGISTRATION FORM The Michigan Business Farmer, Insurance Department, Mt. Clemens, I hereby apply for at $1,000.00 TRAVEL ACCIDENT INSURANCE POLICY oi the North American Accident Insurance Company, for which I enclose Seventy-five cents (75c) in check, money-order or , registered letter. ' .....................1m . I also enclose my addrm label from a. recent issue of The Business I Farmer to prove that my on is paid—up for one year. D I enclose SIXTY CENTS (000) in addition ($1.35 in all) and my old addrm 1%r winch you are to mark my subscription paid in ad. . vanes One .. ear. SIGNED R. F. D. MOM . 8| ‘l . , i, c ‘ ‘ of also wish to secure"... F A .a the brand] A from the wagon—one, two, even " stem . The 1923 Papec will take care ofthem. It saves . a, man at the feed table, yet handles more corn than ever... ” ,The Angle-steel Link Belt gives a positive feed that'can be depended on, even with envy corn. The 1923 um‘ findsnha Ensil 9 N 0 wonderful mouthi- . where eieecanyouget freedom from repairs, de- e . 0 ranked construction that means and pipe clogging on any lilo. lfyou needs Cutter'there’s nothi tobe 3"" “it"“sr‘m‘ihafimm men 0W rice! ' our Befter do it todd’y. ’- y or by e 8 9imple, any! ‘ ought‘ OungZicatologfunyerplainsandillush-nteothemw J 'uvmgPa . ' Dec. Write for your copy. PAPEC MACHINE COMPANY M ark Y .P h... To amid cenflictmg dates we will withom cost list the date of any live stock sale in gun. If you are considerln Vise us at once and we will clam the date for ou. Address. Live Stock Editor. M. B. F.. t. Clemens - Oct. 18—Holsteins Livmgston ounty. Win. Howell. Mich. 7G. P.‘ PHILLIP? THE GOLDEN RULE AUCTIDNEER Bellevue Michigan Pedigreed Sales a Specialty. wire or call for terms and dates. a sale ad- Howell Sales Company of Griffin, Sec’y. Write, HOLSTEINS FASCINATION FARM vnssnn, Hoisteins, registered iully lire. Write your want. . Mlcmcnu. accredited 321,411) HEREFORDS HEREFORDS ' Young‘Cows with calves by side consisting of blood from Amer- ica's foremost herds at rices that enable them under ‘arli- ripe Hereford Beef Plan to pay for themselves within a year to 18 mos. Bulls including prize Winners at the larger shows at 7 . practical prices. Herds headed Straight Edge 169786. on‘ of two sons of affection Fairfax out of a daughter of the famous Disturber. T. F. B. SOTHAM a. SONS (Herefords since 1839) Saint Clair, Mich, STEERS FOR SALE 70, Herefords 700 lbs. 88 Hereford: 550 lbs. 80 Hereford: 800 lbs. 48 Herefords 600 lbs. huh bunch even in size, dark reds, good gram 5.11. Also know of other bunches. If in the .rket for real. quality, well marked Hereford wan one load or more your choice. Write ,lhfin'g number and weights preferred. We! getting short. V. BALDWIN. Eldon. Wapello 00.. Iowa We Have Bred Hereiords Since 1860 established by Gov, H. H. Crepe. .We a. few choice yearling bulls for sale an era 'ces. You are invited/to visit our farm. CRA% FARM. Swat-t1 Creek. Michigan. GUERNSEYS R SALE—BRYCE FARMS bidder the Herd Bull _Rupert of Thom No. 50133 advanced registered Guernsey’s. nd furnished. . GISEO T. BRYCE, Romeo, Michigan. roareALE—nsmsrenen GUERNSEY HEIF- at reasonable prices. also choice bull calves of H. w. WIGfiN. Lansing. Mich., Box 52. .ISSAUKEE GUERNSEYS. A NEW CROP 0F a coming soon. No females for sale. Order t new bull calf R. Sire and Dam. ' A. I. SMITH. Lake City." Michigan. CDERNSEVFRegutered .Bull Calves, Cheap in. Best of breeding for giroduction an George Damien. North Mano ester, Indiana. OFFER TO THE Some IIIrE HAVE SOME FINE YOUNG ANGUS BULLS from Internatioml Gran Champion Stock at fiasfinable prices. E. H. KERR G 60., Addison. c SHORTHORNS Maple Ridge Farm Offers For Sale Sher-thorn cows and heifers at a bargain. Repre< sentatives of the Oigford, Pere, Young Mary and Venus (Ruby Pheomx). Bred for general useful- ness and all T. B. tes An inspection of the. herd is inVited. J. E. TANSWELL, Mason, Michigan. RAISE SHORTHORNS WITHOUT Like Kelley does. . U. . Accredited H 28945. For description and price wri C. KELLY a SON, Plymouth. HORNS . erd No. I te, lchigan. JERSEYS REG. JERSEYS, POGIS 99th OF H. F. AND Majesty breeding. Young stock for sale. Herd fully accredited by State and Federal Government. Write or visn: for prices and description. GUY C. WILBUR. BELDING. Mich. AYRSBIRES FOR SALE—REGISTERED AYRSHIRE bulls and bull calves. heifers and heifer coins, Also some choice cows. FINDLAY BROS.. R 5. mum. SWINE 0. I. O. Vassar. I. 038. 1 GILT 13 MONTHS OLD, WEIGHT\. 0. 380, due June 3rd. and Sept. Record free. OTTO 10 last fall gilts due Aug. 1 last fall boar, spring pigs not akin. Citz. hone. mile ‘weet of depot. B. so ULZE, Nashville, Mich. HAMPSHIRES HAMPSHIRES: A FEW BRED GILTS LEFT. Place_ your order nowfor ‘ . our Boar pig at g bargain. Pairs not akin. 0th year. JOHN W SNYDER. st. Johns, R. 4. Mich. 1 DUROOS HILL CREST DUROCS, We Are bree in I“outingo‘fandGRfllb N ' . 3 cars. Flgfm'p4 miles straight Gratlot 00.. Mich. PEAGH HILL FARM “‘33.. with: sex. Priced ye reasonable. Write us. INWO D BR08.. Romeo. Mich. PERRINTONMMICH, sows and e h n iltl ION SENSAT 0N. EWTON a BLANK, south of_ Middleton. super ran SALE "i:.°..§l".§§..“'.‘.‘t.”"” WM. COX, Williemston. Michigan. PET STOCK , THOROUGHRRE W F 0 B COLLIE I'Ifi’I’I’IEflsf-rE CHAS. KEPNER, Carson City, Michigan. snout : “I don’t 'read advertisements. The Man? Who Talked at Random, E at hi the window-corner of the Pullmhu’l smoking-compartment and breathed flatly as he uttered his large opinions. it does; and he put the quietus on n discussion with the ponderous state- They have no etect on me at all. miss them if they stopped printing ’em.” ' Then he glanced at his advertised watch and sought his lower berth. ruin the tad-skeptic contort-ed himself out of his advertised pajamas 1111::‘ $3 lsmil¢‘l,1reri.lgsbd underwear, drew ‘on his advertised socks, adJnsted chem ‘wlthhhis advertised garters, got into his advertised suit, laced his advertised shoes and added himself to the congestion In the wash-room. m ved with an advertised mar using advertised shaving soap- brnshort; :16! mm with an advertised toothbrhsh and advertised dental cream: Med with advertised soap,~ond brushed hle'huir with. an advertised burgh. sin-toned his advertised collar. on an advertised button, he mently knotth in. advertised tie, gave his advertised suspenders a tug or two and finish no hove him there, this man who never read: advertisements! 'w'orth using is advertised. Everything that Isn’t. rarely 1g. It grew late, as no often I’d never ed droning. 5, the advertisements" for voluefs' coke if ' V‘V’nog‘te'vhere t- 7 , ‘ sent out by the depart 5 we N a, report to the Dairy Extension , fDe artmen'trz M. A. C.,_‘from the flit dour cow testing associa- tions operating in 'Michigan under date of July 10th, 1923, manyin- ,terestin’g facts‘\are‘ to be learned. Comparing the number of associa- tions operating in Michigan under date of July 10th, 1922, with those- operating under date of July ‘10th, 1923,.there is. a growth of 300 per cent—strain eighteen associations to fifty-four; likewise in the total number of cows under test in these fifty-four. associations, 12,584 com- pared to 3.690 cows indicates that a big advance has been made for better dairy conditions in Michigan. For the month of June, 1923, sev- enty-five unprofitable cows were sold out of the fifty-four cow testing associations and thirteen purebred sires were purchased by association members. ' . The highest monthly association average on ten cows was made by Lapeer County; Mr. P. F. Peabody, cow tester. This association, with 472 cows, had a monthly average of 27.8 pounds of fat and 773 pounds of milk. Hillsdale County and Gen- esee No. 3, both comparatively new associations, came in second and third place with a ten high cow aver— age of 67.5 and 67.2 pounds of fat respectively. 7» FIVE HUNDRED FARMERS GIVE OPINIONS ()N STOCK FEEDING RODUCING or otherwise obtain— ing their feed economically is the most troublesome feeding problem of farmers who keep live- stock. This was brought out em- phatically through a. questionaire sent out by the United States De— partment of Agriculture which was answered by nearly 500 Scattered over the entire country. The replies showed that general economy of rations, the cost of‘ grain, and the cost of protin represent about-52 per cent of the difl‘iculties in feeding. ‘ These men classed balancing of ra- tions next in importance. ‘Other problems, such as labor, increasing production, difficulties in wintering stock, short pastures, and variety and palatability of feeds apparently were thought of only in connection with the principal difficulties. That these opinions are worth considering is borne out by the fact that all of the men questioned were progressive farmers and breeders and the aver- age period of their experience was 20 years. Adopt Balanced Ration During the two decades these stock raisers have been working to get ahead, many changes have taken place in the ways of feeding animals. The outstanding progressive step tak‘en has been the wide adoption of the balanced ration. Other improve- ments in the order given by most of the five hundred farmers are more liberal feeding, feeding more le- gumes, better _water supply, provid— ing minerals, feeding according to production, feeding more protein, and more regular feeding. At the same time they list the common ,er- rors in feeding which are responsible ‘for poor results, poor combinations of feeds being the one most frequent— ly mentioned, followed by underfeed- ing as the next most eflective reduc- er of profits. Following these in regular order, based on the number of times mentioned in the answers, come lack, of protein, lack of water, lack of legumes, sudden changes of feed, poor housing, parasites, lack. of salt, waste of feed, poor equipment, and over feeding. Practically all of these troubles are easily prevent- able. ' Almost all of these 600 farmers had raised at one time Or another scrubs, grades, and purebreds, and almost to a man they joined in a paean of praise Of the purebred. Only 1 per cent of them reported that they had failed with im roved stock. Most replies contains _/,spe—‘ ciflc estimates showing the super-p iority of well-bred over random-bred animals, and when averaged. it was brought out that these men consider that put-shreds make about 40 per' cent better returns‘ on feed used than ‘ " interesting. t6 ._ _ common stock; ‘ iilt farmers / the. age and answered by say H dred farmers allowed that opinion purebreds .have a utility value a little more‘thaa‘. cent greater than common at?) Many Use‘Belf-Feeders“ ‘_ . The report prepared by timed partment on the results 'of this ing investigation contains in ‘ y more, interesting sidelights on; to ing ad corroborates a number; , tendencies that good observers mus have suspected. “For instance, 400'.who answered questions regard-é,” _, ing the use of self-feeders, 41.5, per; cent had used this metho of feed, ing, having about three-fifths yetrto. take up this economy. At preset the self-feeder seems to be .115, v ' mostly in hog raising districts and: for . poultry. more than half the farmers report-‘ - ing used it. The gel ral sentiment»: seems to be that thfiiece of equip. T'- ment is especially suited to hogs, and chickens, but a few farmers used it for feeding calves and sheep. Neary ‘allyof those who made comment on the feeding of all- age and practically 50 per cent of. them use this feed. In the north: eastern states where dairying is very generally followed, two-thirds of the farmers in the list have silos. Al"- .though most of the silage is, fed to dairy cows,‘ the list of animals to which it is fed, according to the questionaire, included also steers, breeding ewes, .and brood sows. A few men reported feeding it in lim-_ ited quantities to horses, hogs, and V, lambs. _ It is worth while to note that more than 22 per cent of these farmers who answered the government ques- tions credited farm papers as\\the‘ principal source ‘of their knowledge of feeding problems. Other import- ant sources mentioned were: Ex- perience on home farm, general ob- servation, lbulletins, and books and records. . . . “F HOISTEIN MEN PLANNING BIG . PICNIC HE Michigan Holstein-Friesian Association are working to- gether on plans for a. Grand Round-up and Picnic of Holstein farm of D. D. Aitken, just west of farm of D. D_. aitken, just west of the city of Flint, Michigan, on Sat- urday, August 11, 1923. Mr. Aitken was president of the Holstein-Friesian Association 0 f America for seven years, from June 3, 1914, to June 1, 1921, and has dene more for the Holstein industry than any other man, and it is pro- posed to hold a. great meeting'in' his honor. , _ Coming as it does as the last day in a series of tours through twenty- 9 four Southern Michigan Holstein counties, it is expected that this will be the greatest gathering of Holstein breeders "and dairymen that Mich- igan has ever seen. A cordial invi- tation is extended to all who are in- terested in dairying and Holstein , cattle breeding to attend this great ’. round—up. - ' The forenoon will be spent in in-‘ specting the herd, which has produc- ed many noted animals, including a. number of world’s record holders. For the afternoon program, Editor A. J. Glover, "of Hoard’s Dairymen, will be the principal speaker and will have ‘a real message for the breeder and dairymen. Arrange- ments have been made with the ex~ _ tension Service for a pair of models of True Type Holsteins which the » True Type Committee has been _ working on for the past year. These models, the work of the Japanese sculptor Gozo Kawamura, have nev- er been exhibited before except ‘at‘ the animal meeting of jhe Holsteina . Friesian Association of America hgld ' .1. at Cleveland last June, _ and thje ; breeders will be greatly interested"1n»-" them. It is hoped that Judge “3111'” Moscrip, chairman of the Committee, may be in attendance? explain and demonstrate v the mode Another feature of‘ the 7er will be a demonstration of the. \ of the cow testing associations . ese'e county, in which ted». in . In the middle wastin“ replied . "T that every one may be tak- oi the weather. 11 a great deal- about bone . and lime stone ‘ pro! deeds tor hogs and would “ “these are the some as , bury. tor fertilizerl—L. Y» phosphate and limestone youirssd‘sbout as minerals tor retire“ ‘same as you buy tor car," 16 per cent acid phos- ” stand finely ground agricultural ‘ e may both be used as hog miner- ' n purchasing bone meal as a min- , I ior'animals, ’it is usually desired alga special steamed bone meal a: s‘ precipitated bone flour, as the ‘ , bone meal which is often or fertiliser quite often devel~ , , unpleasant odor and be— _ , objectionable to the animals. A. Brown, Professor of An— fi {Husbandry M. A. C. m gimme IN FARM common (Continued from Page 4) .' ‘ the individual. In a taming com- "Inuit! where all are interested in same business a. church should “co-operate with the school along ed- national lines, with the term bureau great opportunity to build up a sane, #whoiesome social ante. , ‘ “Parties, plays, athletic sports and moving pictures make life attractive ,, to young people. Through the church Channels talented speakers. singers and entertainers may be brought’be— foreour rural audiences A musician a “near-by town may be secured Arte-conduct an orchestra. This con- tact "with city and towu leaders bring country and city life closer together. “rho churchjn a rural community is ’. of supreme, importance—combating isolatibn,.' monotony and selfishness land upholding love, friendliness, .. ’iculture, efficiency, as well as interest ' in world ailairs." .. . A The boys and girls who will short- ly assume places oi leadership in the i work of Ontario parish are new con- "d’ncting a sow and litter project 0: .25 entries; seven members of this project are girls. It the present plans carry, a two days' show and ‘ sale will be held next fall. The mem- bers of the club borrow the money in. a regular businesslike way from . the Men’s club. V , ; Directs Athletics - g A 'Saturday afternoon play time , qus maintained last summer; the ~'older men, the young men and the boys of Scout age each had their ‘ baseball teams. ' “The young people’s service not ly makes a distinct contribution “the religious life of its individual as.“ embers but .it contributes much to- »_ ward a wholesome social life in the community. Practically all of the .young‘rpeople are reached by this _ organization, which holds‘ regular monthly parties and special class ‘ inbetween. r ‘ * ' ‘ You may be ’snre that the pastor this rural church, is an exceeding- bnsy man. Nevertheless, he finds time to lend a. helping hand in the conduct of other organizations. He is, tor instance, the representative 0: ‘_ township on the executive com- .ttee oi the term bureau; he is\ minent in boys’ and girls’ conr' up” dominoes, not only in this but in. oth- sfitea - ' . . Minister’s View of Work Rev.~-Mr. Van Buskirk sums up his yipy‘Ipoint' toward the work of a rural in the tollewihg statement: \ affThe’re are'thousands o! commun- " there are as great, or possibilities than there Ontario parish. What has "e here can beduplicated in the center. ‘ i wlireatbu snd'te dev " ' ' ‘iourss‘uuain'symmet- , ’ ', i manhoodsnd womanhood. -' for: the'rbaék‘et lunch .. the “Whom pier “There is] no. mollycoddling nor any" timetworn , adult conception , of youth in the program. It is a red- blooded, square-shouldered, two- flsted conception 0; life that is set forth. ;The lite of Jesus is put at To iollow Him means that one must show by word, action and heroic endeavor that he is in ‘ earnest about living his life at its best; Any community willing so to see and plan and Work to make the will of God dominent in every life can solve its problem.” TEE LOGIC OF THE HEART (Continued from Page 17) ' loug-suflering and mercy. So, teach- ers and heralds continue to be sent out to reclaim the message of good- will an brotherhood. Now, on a close reading of our text and context, we hear St. Paul praying that this church might have a heart enlightenment oi God’s rev- elation in Christ; that is that each one mfght know “the hope of his calling” and his “riches in the solo " Ire be sure, the Christian’s calling is a life of social service; a lite-vocationin a “grand pursuit” at Christ. To love, to follow, to cher- ish Christ. is to have one’s heart wrapped up in him. And the hope at such a calling is a deliverance from evil and a sale refuge in the fellowship oi our Heavenly Father. The apostle asserts that such spirits as these constitute God’s rich inheritance. However unprofitable. we are to be counted through his rule of measurement which is moral. God puts a premium on character—— not upon farms, homes, or intellect. He is concerned about the character and destiny of men. “Has; then considered my servant Job? There is none like him, perfect and upright.” Only such as these can reciprocate the love of God. ‘ But this is the outgrowth of the resurrection power, writes the apes- tle Paul. Jesus came back to beau— tify character and work his idealism in a sinful world. This verity has altered the whole course of many natures, changing night into day, ‘h into life, and earth into heav- en. . he infidel’s lecture had closed. He inquired whether any would con- test his argument. An old lady in old—fashioned bonnet and homely apparel, in her bent and tottering manner, made 'her way to the plat- form. Putting down her basket and umbrella, she said, I paid my money to come in here tonight to hear something better than Jesus Christ. Now, you have cheated me out of my money. I have been thirty years a widow. I reared ten children and they are respectable. I know what poverty, and- heartaches are- But Jesus has Sustained me all along. Now, it you can not tell me anything better you have cheated me out of my money." The lecturer was-not used to grappling with such heart experiences and ‘he merely said to the audience that the old woman was so happy in her delusion he did not wish to try to change her. This is logic invincible. This is the testing and proving the love of ,God and having it shed abroad in our heart. THE GUARDIAN on THE AOCOLADE (Continued from Page 7.) belonging in my family that broke up the arrangement. He came down to the de~ pot and vetoed the whole proceeding. Ho means all right, and——well. I reckon he is right. Somehow. he had found out what I had along—though I hid it in the bank vault and sneaked it out at midnight. ‘ I reckon he has noticed that I’ve been indulging a little more than a 'gentleman should. and he laid for me with some reaching arguments. . “I’m going to quit drinking," Mr. Rob. ert concluded. “I’ve come to the con- clusion that a ma ci‘n’t keep it up and be quite what‘th like to lie—pure and leafless and without reproaoh'——that’s the way Bushrod quoted it." , “Well. I'll have to admit." said . the Judge. thoughtfully, as they climbed into the wagon, “that the old W! argu- ~ us If??? 3‘,‘ .1_ , ' 3 in! seed potatoes differ. Toledo, Ohio. lindifistion “belles. ‘ on our. dealers‘ 80 yecrt’ sale by Data“ ma," * THE NEWTON REMEDY 00.. Toledr. m. PATE or. it not in em term ,‘ > I -V 4,. Send sketch or model mods for M’ Repose.” Retard of Invention blank oyn witidi to W I ‘ book, “H ' 0km -’ fifth. 7‘ , .1 ‘30" that old "Bourbon in _ “Ontario you"eyer‘wot__ your lips with." ~ ,, _ untied nationwide ,, ' ‘ M I -. ‘ prw' .,,' .T~ r \. .e s if .2 3 ,Squatters air-“ii. , - I Y use your good land and pay no rent -——you pay the taxes. Get them out now -after your crops are harvested and stored or sold—now’s the time ‘ to make more land ready for bigger craps next year. Use Dumorite, the new du Pont explosive, for tins work. It has approximately the same strength, stick for stick, as 40% dynamite, yet leaves no larger hole in the ground than a r 20%. Then, you get 135 to 140 sticks at the same price as 100. sticks of 40%—- % more for your dollar. It’s non-freezing, too. Let us send you the free 110-page Farmers’ l-Iandbook of Explosives which gives complete information on land-clearing, ditching and tree-planting. E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO., Inc. McCormick Bldg., Chicago, Ill. Hartley Bldg., Duluth, Minn. more per dollar NON-HEADACHE -NON‘FREEZINU_ DU ' A ‘ ' ‘l‘TE Find Five Faces And Get Our Surprise Gift Yes! Every reader who is observant enough and latent lane in ’ '4, to find five bees in this picture will receive s Supdeiit-mdlqm addition s most amszmg odor explaining uw plan by which you can get an automobile without cost. Mark each face you find with I pencil and mail the‘ picture to me at once with your name and ad- press. Just say: Here is the solution to your puzzle. Send me your Surprise Gift and special offer.” Write today SURE. D. W. Beach. Mgr.. Der. 3.1 ‘, Spencer. Indiana ' ‘ POULTRY, BREEDER’S =DIRECI'ORY— ‘ Advertisements inserted under this heading at 80c per agate line, per issue. Commercial Baby Chick advertisements ‘50 per agate line. Write out what you have to ofl‘er and send it in. We will put it in type, send proof and quote rates by. return mail. Address The Michigan Business Farmer. Advertising De- partment,,Mt. Clemens, Michigan. 1 dis V Reduced Prices BABY CHICKS 3 es t Paying Heavy Laying. Pur’ebrsd Strains. , Tom Bsrron English . . W. Leghorn» Egb ‘821'393530 325’ 1006, se'o. ' ' Park's Straln Bar-Md Rocks: 8. 0. Rhode Island RedsoZE 8' 50 8' 100 \ e12; 500, $55; 1onb.‘;i1o.' “ ’ ' Goo strong broiler chicks. $8 per 100. t once; avoid as when «~ vs vs:- umna Instruc ‘ 0 mm ca 2 free. stock, 8-12 weeks old pulleta on request. ' Brummer-Frederlckson Poultr Farm, Box 28, Holland. Mich. PULLETS. HEHS AND GOGKEBELS S. C. White Leghorn! and S. O. and R. C. Black Minerals. Must make room before cold weather. About ready to lay. . Mlch. a BABY CHICKS ‘ Tom kins Strain $15.00 per hundred. 1'45 LEGHORNS W. est om breed» or m: b H Pallets and Cocksrsls. WM- H- FROHM 3- 1: New Baltlmore Mich. mex'f‘sy‘isflid‘whsb *mms’ ' ' ' . m or 0 00 - Lupusufisnme. Plnotney. man. BUFF BOOKS sun Book Books Hons. cum and p‘ l , _ buff, low combéfidrlc'h 110 shanks." min '32; ,i'. find! c'fi‘ggia soils. u. entitle. iii}: ' “ FABMIER mg ram (.f _. a MODE ISLAND REDS ’ n. 1. nos. I. run a“ , grade Afi. . ye your dock Box 4" Lawrence. II.th _, ” ‘ lNG T—EST I wish you Would tell me whether it is the early moulters that are winter layers” and in what month do the best layers moult? They are from one to two years old or more. When and how can the old hens best be'picked out? What , is the best ration for the summer for chickens out on range? What is a. good ration—'for young chicks? Is it best to mark the old and non-layers with colored leg bands if only one coop can be provided so they will be known, when clean-up time comes? How can hens best be gotten over their broody stage? Half of ours would like to set. How soon will they start laying?—G. J. B., Grand Rapids, Mich. ‘ —In culling according to the moult- ing test we usually advise the seg- regation and sale of, the slow and early moulters. Hens that undergo a. slow body moult in June, July, or early August are usually inferior producers restricting their produc- tion to the spring and early summer months entirely. The better type of winter layer moults sometime sub- sequent to September 15th and moults very rapidly. Ordinarly the feathers drop out at one time and the body appears similar to a pin cushion with the pin feathers grow- ing in every section of the body. Occasionally a-hen will moult and lay at the same time. This type is referred to as the “seasonal moult- er.” I would really class inter- mediate between the more intensive produceds that moult later in the fall and the early and undesirable, moulters. This. is the proper season of cull- ing and the less productive individ- uals usually show a course heavy head and are inclined to deposit in- ternal fat which can readily be de- ltected by the thick meaty condition of the egg sack or the abdominal ‘region. These birds usually _have yellow legs which is ‘a distinct aid in segregating the poor layers. In breaking up broody hens which are quite prevalent at this particular season, the most satisfactory method is to confine the bird in a slat or wire bottom coop for a period of three days. The coop should belo- cateddn a shaded and cool plate and the bird fed regularly during the three days of confinement. By breaking the hen immediately after she has developed this matern- al instinct they can usually be brought back into production in from tWelve to fifteen days. If however, the hens are neglected and remain in the nests several days, the ovary takes on a dormant condi- tion and it may require ‘a month be- fore the .hen is back into production. -—E. C. Foreman, Professor of Poultry Husbandry, M. A. C. SYMPTOMS ARE GENERAL Our chickens droop around for a week or so, some have looseness of the bowels, their combs get dark, their legs are weak, they sit around, won’t eat. Have tried a good many remedies but still they are getting sick and dying—L. A. 8., Newport, Mich. . ———The symptoms which you describe are very general and do not give us sufi‘lcient information to make anac- curate diagnosis. I am of the opin- ion that the trouble is largely nutri- tional. The fact that the comb turned dark indicates a form of liver trouble which can usually be correct:- ed by furnishing an abundance of green food and greater variation in the ration. We ordinarily recom- mend the use of Epsom Salts as the first treatment for fowls that are out of condition. The Epsom Salts can be given to the matured stock at the rate of one pound to 100 hens and to the younger stock at the rate of one quarter-pound to one—half pound, de- pending upon the age and maturity of the chicks. If the young stock are raised in buildings poorly venti- lated or are overcrowded during the tions are liable to occur, "the entire . flock] develops 'a run down condition ammo AooonnrNd TO Moonr- . among farm boys to, market prices, naturally. , hot summer months ,slmilar cond1-, "‘ as indicated by leg weakness, lack'of “ appetite, e m_ i c a ti o n * yd growth. These chicks ;_are‘very ‘ to develop colds and never-do? serviceable or profitable stools. large number of people negleetggr, foodi’during the summer months'foi' growing chicks and this ismertsinly the greatest necessity if the: flockflis' to, be retained in a healthy pandng' ing condition-em: C. Foreman; sociate Professor of Poultry - H bandry, M. A. C.~ ‘ ' CHANGING ,TIMEvg) By 4mm 1'. BARTLETT IT IS EASY TO FIND OUT.‘ 3 F you" don’t know, don’t guess.» V Find out! ‘These are days in " which it is easy to findxout. A fruit grower ands pper receiv-J - ' ed an attractive post ard Iprice' schedule from J. Smith &; 00. He didn’t know J. Smith & 00. Was the house reliable? Did it really pay the quoted prices, or was it one of those crooked enterprises which' sometimes enter the produce.field to fleece shippers? Was it prompt pay? The grower-shipper didn’t, have to guess in this situation. No shipper has to guess. All he need do is call up his bank and ask it to obtain for him a. quick report on J. Smith & Co. It is easy in these days to find out.’ High school and college students of today are skilled in.“finding out." They have been taught how to use the resources of good libraries. Out- side of books, however,—and books are mighty valuable—there . are many sources of information which every farmer should use as he has need. These include: His bank, for business informa- ' tion, dealing with credit, collections, business outlook, etc. Each local bank has correspondent banks throughout the country. ' It will ob- ,‘ tain an expert impartial report on any person in business anywhere, and if you are a regular customer will probably charge you nothing for, the service. ‘ - Your county agent, for expert ad- vice on farming operations. When you are interested in operations not .- covered by the agent’s general train- ‘ . ing and experience, get in touch with V n: the government extension service i "3 ~‘f‘ expert. The Federal department at ' Washington has many experts, too, glad to help you. . If you don’t know, don’t guess; don’t experiment: Find out! Nowa- days it is easy to find out. VANISBJNG APPLE STICKS VEN after the advent of auto; mobiles—so short a time is it since the new status of the cider apple—was a cider apple’s longest . journey in most localities "a couple of miles to a mill. Cider apples were ' of negligible value—they sold by the w ? dumpcart-full, and most of the ,value x ’ = ‘- was put there by the human labor in4 ' vested in collecting. Great sport was had with apple-sticks—lithe, pointed sticks which with a vigorous whirl and a quick snap would hurl an impaled apple a great distance. On some farms, as many cider apples were utilized the apple stick way as the cider press way! Now, in most years, apple sticks are taboo; soon, they always will be taboo. The cider apple has achieF ed a new status. Some parts of the country ship them in the fall by the " scores of carloads, to points hund- reds of miles away. The old-time , ‘ waterpower cider mill has largely ‘ vanished. " In its place have come, for indi-, vidual farmers, small home cider ' ' presses. These, and the big central ; plants to which, for conversion into " cider, apples are now shipped hund- reds of miles. ‘ v ,. L The price has gone up. -_ Gide! apple prices bear a_' sensitive rein, in market apples will-hit cid 75‘333 prices for older fibfifidn of the la view“ ' .. . ‘ i d “"dhhemm. Pnfimjnfi estimates bythis Department indicate that for QB [‘1’ 4'. krona“ -m.wh“' 56mm! fl'OP 1983‘ 8'0“ beanie from: farm sales will be about 100 to V 200 ‘7 at $1.043 cheavefage on 31:23. million dollars more than the previous year. ' ‘ ._. I' r ‘65. “low a; 99 cents and now quoted around $1.01., ~ V Unfavorable wheat statistics have been “17110088! in 8- deluses almost oblit- ” PROVIDES TEN PER! OF [NCOMR' _ crating more encouraging developmehts and carrying the price lower than for the lastfive years has made up from 9 to 12 per. cent of farm» Mm ,necewy' . . According to present official forecasts, exporting countries‘ have 75 to crops, animal products and ,live stocli. Wheat sales by farmers 111471922 crop amounted to 725 million dolls"; £365 of the following 100 million bushels more carry-over now than last year, but will produce 60 ‘ ’4 U ' '4 million bushels less new crop. This, includes Russia. From this is figured "a brought in more income in the 1922 crop year than wheat: Cattle, _ _ ,fimmion dollar” 1,08,, 900; produet,’ 1,150; and coubn’ 1,270. a surplus over last year of 40 million bushels. Add to this Broomhall’s estimate " L of 60 million bushelsVsmaller requirements in Europe, and the excess is only ‘, I and nuts, vegetables and poultry each had_an income value a little more ‘ ' r’ 100 million bushels, which might easily be taken care of by expanding con- , A much as wheat. . * . . . \ of com "m from 35Jo 45 Pg, cent. as much a, when. on”, sumptlon in exporting countries and adding a little more to next year's carry- Snd rye. “Seth”. bring slightly less income than com. ‘ over. These facts do not appear to justify the extremely low price now 1 , \ , - * ‘ ' prevailing. V collapse of the wheat market is particularly disastrous in Kansas and whi'c'h produc. more than 25. per cent of the country’s cr6p, PRODUCERS AN CORRECT UNBALANCED MARKET. Will!!!” “I! Valuo- Wile?! 58!” comPl‘iu 50m one'fourth *0 039'“!in One major reason that demand for wheat is not now properly sustained all farm sales in Kansas and from 40 to 50 per cent in N°rfll Dakota- _ is the changed method of purchasing for export. Before the war purchases . , V CON]. Prim are a little hen“ than a year 38"- H083 ".9 deCidedlY for foreign account were made in large volume at harvest or immediately ' cotton is -$h'038¢l'- C0311! mud 15 Per cent higher and 03“ 12 - thereafter. ' Due to the present financial conditions abroad and the uncertainty ,cent. Dairy prices are considerably stronger and Poultry Proallcu “9 concerning prices of foreign drafts, foreign buying is now on a hand-to-mouth about even. basis. Gradual feeding into the market by producers will do more than any- . , TOTAL FARM lNCOME WILL NOT BE LESS. thing else to correct the immediate unbalanced market. A For: the country as a whole and for products in general the present . For the future nothing short of a readjustment of acreage downward gfimfion is not discouraging compared with last year, but for those sections seems able to insure sufficient rebound in price to make wheat growing profit- ' the‘near, West and Northwest, which rely more on wheatythe outlook/ is able to the majority of American producers. , o 7 » ‘ 6. Stock and. B d Pr'css: I 1y 6. Jones, ‘Julyi. 1. Production and Trade. ll. Foreign Trade. on I 1921?: " ' I. Ajficulturs: U.- s. Production—000.000 omitted. I. Exports (000 omitted): M Eleven Months Ending finafifgiflsfgggs -‘ - I _ . . , ay ay___ . . . . . .. . . I 1922 Pgrggint Commodity: 1923 1922 1923 A 1922 40 Bonds . . . . . . ............'.... 86.47 t b . 590 . '99 Grand total .............$309,669 $301,926 $3,574,342 $3,372,271 7. Business Failures: Week Ending—- Whiter Wile!- . 11-" no“ . 245 Beef and veal, lb........ 2,283 2,44 28,0 31,520 I July 5, 1923 June 7, 1923 July 6, 1922 Pork, 1b. ............... 69,930 47,448 748,744 622,978 Bradstreets . . .............. 268 277 309 2931 Lard, lb. ............... 95,343 51,993 913,348 772,995 Dum . . .................... 241 334 306 1378' gfitter. . ............ 447 1,231: ' 0856. e soc-soesseeeou , ' 197203 gides god skins ' 1 2304 3,202 . W- Pnces- 8' om. u. . . 0.91 92.146 l. Wholesale Prices of Farm Commodities: , Meal and flour, bbls. x 98 8 743 . Sweet potatoes. bur. - 94-3 Oats, bu. 2,686 18,473 Quotations at Chicago eficelmgi“ "fitedgh Tobacco. lb. . 1 Meal and rolled H) 8023 82 840 uy , on ' massed 1b .......... .7 9.7 1 . , . . 1923 me. lb.- - - - . 4 Wheat. bu. . 9 9.366 194.315 Fat hogs, cwt., average . . . . . . . . . . ..s 7.20 s 7.15 my. bfi.....fiflflfl 9 . Flour, bbls. . 1,089 , 14.365 Beef steers, good native, cwt., av... 9.65 10.00 c on mm _ I . Fruits and nuts . 1 3.433 63.487 Fat lambs, cwt., average . . . . . . . . . .. 13.25 15.35 l ' I '°""" 1 ' Veg. Oils and f8t3....... Fat sheep, cwt" average Apgl tots,l Eggnn-u . Sugar, lb. 328,053 1,634,475 woo), Ohio delaine unwashed, 1b, PD ea. 001111. _ 48:4 . . Leaf tobacco. 1b. 39.834 . 4:21.565 (Boston) . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .575 ‘Aspor cent'ot "via-3%}: 19174921, Wool,, lb. . 9 8 923 4,401 Butter, 92 score, 0 I Cotton. bales . . ........ 469 6,051 Cheese_ No_ 1 twins, 1b_ ‘ . . Eggs, {resin flrsts, d z. ' . .2. Mini!!! (Federal 3930;" Bank 0’ NWtY°;k" L In as“ 2. Imports: - Poultry, hens, lb. < rm mm prod“ ion as a percen o norms - G d 9 Wheat. No. 2 hard. bu. .. .. normal momma. due allowance is made ror seasonal 32:? “3‘12... 13...}. 37923323 253;?éé‘3"“1'69§$233233: Com. No- 2 mixed- bum on and year to your srowfln Pork, lb. 103 87 7 903 0293' NO- 2 “"11”, b“- , Msy,1923 April..1923 May.1922 gutter, 11-11;... $177 90 9,471 1113;363:1053, b 66 Anthracite coal 93 102 .4 _eese. . ,832 , , I'fl . . , , , Hd \a r, No. 2 white, cwt. 1.50 Bituminous con . . 114 117 52 1 es and skins 3 13.943 7.733 .116 12 Hay, N0. 1 timothy, ton . I . ‘ _ ‘ _ _ . . N 23563- - . v . 126 Flax, No. 1, bu. (at Minneapolis)... 2.725 Wham bu. . 1,231 17,891 Cotton, middling, lb. (New Xork)... .2465 113 Flour, bbis. , . 61 412 555 Beans. white, cwt. (f. o. b. Michigan) 5.20 1 7,749 Potatoes, new, cobblers, cwt 1.35 Fruits and urte Veg. Gus, pats. . . . _ . . 5 56's“; Onions California yellows cwt . . . . . . 6 6.1 9 , . . 108 Sugar. lbs. 1,000,336 7,723,270 Apples, summer varieties. bu ..... .. . Leaf tobacco. 42 9 7,133 72,187 4 Hides, No. 1 native, heavy, lb . . . . .. .15 E24 Cotton, baleky _ _ . . . . H 25 15 480 36 I Sugar, fine granulated, lb. (N. Y.).. .087 105 WOOL bales 327956 495343 2381147 2. U. S. Department of Labor Relative Wholesale Prices' 95 *Inculdes substitutes. Prices in year 1913 equal 100. June, 1923 May; 1923 June, 1928‘ unis-snot...- eeeescuseeeeess'o-u no. ’ - 'V " ,wood pulp _ . _ u , N _ , ,, , , . , . . . . . . 3. Prices of Foreign Drafts: Price of Demand Drafts All commodities (weighed average cement, . _ . . . u . . fl . n H , , , , , , 3 , Nominal Gold Value July 23, June 18, July 17. or general price level) . . . . . . . . . . 153 m ' Par of Exchange 1923 1923 1922 Farm products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 e s see-oeso-e-osn-ouoo. ee- . . . ,93 England ......$4.87t01£ 5271711123459 $4.62 34.43 Food products , - France ........19.3ct01franc . . ... 5.990 6.195c 8.33c 010W! and 010$th 3. Bulldln' Expenditures (Bradstreets): Germany ......23.8c tolmark . . .0002(: .222c Fuel and “gmmg , , 1 (000.000 omitted, ’ Belgium ......‘.19.3c tolfranc 4.97c . . Metals and metal Droduc Percent Italy .........19.3ct011ire 4.3750 . . Building ‘mttel‘iuls ,. _ ’. . , 1923 Increase Spain .........19.8c tolpeseta . . ..14.31c Chemicals “Pd drugs . I .. 6‘ w $194 380 Austria . . ....20.3cto-1crown .0014c . . House furnishings --------- ~- er’o 1164 cit?”ou.n...u... 221 13 62:8 gemark unuzascwlcrown Hun17_5oc . 2L“) Miscellaneous . . ......... . . q “March. 1105 cities 377 55.1 33333 1 '33.?26éflg’ctfollggggg :11: I z 3. Prices of Farm Products at the Farm Relativc_to 7073: . :‘ quarter - r79: ' Holland . . ....40.2c to 1 fiorin ......39.2lc . (U' Shaggfai‘; C;feaArg§1;fét:gflalEi%%°mws) ' Amu'“'.‘1es cm 7 ' . $2211“? 2:533:22 €37 323...":1xzi3323 : ‘ Commodim Mal-.1923 Av'r» 1923 May. 1921‘ my. 165 cm” nun-H-Hf-"N- 263 ‘ India . . ......48.7ct'01rupee ......30.800 . : comm ° ' ' 207 217 151 Juno. 153 cities 225 . Japan . . _“.._49.9cw1yen. __ ____ “48100 . 1 Corn . . 140 -—- Canada . . ....100ctoldolla.r' .... ..97.44c g3)?“ - - 140 V .‘ W f‘e OOOIOIOOOIIesssls \ ‘ 4. Discount Rate of the Bank of England: Beef Cattle 81: month! o e .oouo’..uu'..$1,610 . , . July11.1923 MonthAgo Year-Ago H .. 9m“ ' 4% . 3% “315% M oeeeeleeee-Ioeeeue-e“ s. 'rrs'usoomuon (000 omitted): ' i [1] Money and Credit. ' ..... Week Same imam L , 4. Relative Purchasing Power of Farm Products: 7 . July 7‘ , Gold. Currency and Bank Deposits (0001,000 omitted) . (p. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics) freight car loading: 1923 Ago , 111131293 . Egg? 133321. em'l‘lllof quantity;l git variféls commodities l'vivhich a given amount 03 No.1 . . 854' am Pro 11 W0“ mm: 886 a D ces prevailing in 1913 is cam and mm pm.)_ 31 Sgclllxfiedofsmngnem 201d in thes 4023 s 3 982 3 8 7“ put equal to 100.. The figures given represent the percentage of . . "Hun"... 25 » V Total supply of- . . . this quantity which the same amount of farm products would "nu-"nun." 130 Unwed States 4 706 4 668 4 8” purchase in May, 1922. Prices at the farm are used for agricul- 13 V “31113 no.0 29 Mar.” zgrrgrllolafigileucts, and wholesale prices at central markets for other 1923 1922 1922 8' ' re .. . - 73 Total deposits in National Banks..$17,036 $17,420 $15 390, AI‘CQm' Cloths- Fuel- Mmls: 3"“de 30080 ’H'erchsndlse . . 209 . ’ moditles . 7 etc. . Mtls. Furn'n mmnoou; , , 287 ‘ 2. Gold Movement (000 omitted): Eleven months ending Cotton . . . 133 'As percentage of wreck year ago. -—May——— —May——— abhrn . .. .. 92 " ‘ . I . 1923 ‘ 1922 1923 1922 eat 87 7. Ell-claimant. - Exports of gold;.....$ 824 3 3,406 3 48,473 $ 25,745 Hay» - -- 76 . » figs. 1113121;- Imports of gold...... 45,356 3,994 263,856 455,342 gggtogsn-lé - {563 ' I » ' - s . of 5; industrial canton; amployment: 3. Federal Reserve Ratio: July 11,_ June 6, July 12, Hogs . . .. 61 Increased over previous month 111......“ 31 81 52 1923 1923 1922 Egg . . .. _ Decreased over previous month 38 83 12 Ratlo‘ total reserves to deposits Butter . . . 75 H on”. ' and edcral Reserve note lisbil~ “ Wool . . . . 160 16 4 134 out o - ities . . 75.4% 75.7% 77.3% Amaze Dufchaslnz Power of a“ farm products in term of an ' duo-sacsoo-ososcnooun Potatoes . . .o.....n..uu..o.... Units of 81.000.000.000 - other commodities. Same basis as above table ~ . ‘ 111119.192!“ 11331923 :une,1922 4' "' . “at”: fig“- lgzys' 3:51:2- 100 December, 1921 cs city’-.....‘-.....‘2l_o_ ' 4 6 m ‘ coo-sseeeeeeeeeeesss ......' ‘ ' " _ ,,..,.,,, , - . - 9s. commercial paper.......... 5.127 5.25% 4.28 "Hununnu. _ """u-H bank (199“! 19 53 “37 17'" 60-90 days commercial paper........ 4.88% 5.12% 4.03% ................-.::. lo , , 9 : V . U...I'......'I.D.O.. e s II'IOI'IIIUOOO . g V ‘ e I nz 5. Dlscount Rats of/Fcllorsl Reserve Banks. "unununnuu 113 December . . ununuu“ ‘ A. H . , a _ . Julyl, Junel Jul 1 . . .1023 1m 1023 1923 Ban 9 of rates to t e twl ' y ' m “imam ms "700...:11312504 s 8.655.443 3115164,“; 3 30,583,729 bfnks rm mmmgmgl' agggmmm 1923 1923 1922 :6 March . . vugk 13333349 1001n1ng- 2Q§i438356 17.031029]; and I'fvhfinhi- "app, . ‘ .‘;.41é~5% 4%_5% 4;5% .......o............ ‘9 $221 . Joe-eeeeeeseee . / o is; {unusual and basins” conditions is worth 7:; weight in gold to any farmerlfP—J. r. J .~. 5 ’ this work. , 20%. the same tree-planting. in, via THEY use your good land and pay no rent -—you pay the taxes. Get them out now -—-after your craps are harvested and stored or sold—now’s the time \ to make more land ready for bigger crops next year. Use Dumorite, the new du Pont explosive, for 'It has approximately the same strength, stick for stick, as 40% dynamite, yet leaves no larger hole in the grotmd than a Then, you get 135 to 140 sticks at price as 100 » sticks of 40%— 1/3 more for your dollar. It’s non-freezing, too. Let us send you the free 110-page Farmers’ Handbook of Explosives which gives complete information on land-clearing, ditching and E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO., Inc. McCormick Bldg., Chicago, 111. Hartley Bldg., Duluth, Minn. more per dollar :' NON-HEADACHE: [1U ‘ nowrnrszmc * l‘TE Surprise Gift Yes! Every reader who is observant enough and istent lenou h ’ to five faces in this picture will receive a Smpri'slasGift—and—gin addition a most amazing oiier explaining my plan by which you can get an automobile Without cost. Mark each face you find with a pencil and mail the picture to me at once with your name and ad- press. Just say: your Surprise Gift and special offer.” Write today SURE. . D. W. Beach,Mgr., De: 3.] ‘, Spencer. Indiana And Get Our Here is the solution to your puzzle. Send me * ; POULTRY BREEDER’S --DIREC1‘ORY--' Advertisements inserted under this heading at 800 per agate line, , per issue. Commercial Baby Chick advertisements ‘50 per agate line. Write out what you have to ofler and send it in. We will put it in type. send proof and quote rates by. return mail. Address The Michigan Business Farmer, Advertising De- partment.,Mt. Clemens, Michigan. PULLETS. HEllS AND COOKERELS S. C. White Leghorns and S. C. and R. C. Black * Minerals. Must make room before cold weather. About ready to lay. LAPHAM FARMS, Plnolmey. Mich. LEGHORNS ’ .c. and mum: Hens, Punets and Cookereln _ 1 nd 82.60 each. eockerels 83.00 to %§°‘rsufmriararrangem- C 'gnnonn ISLAND I. REDS. glowfi ‘Wm "mm chnus '9‘ ‘s - numb. Inth Reduced Prices BABY CHICKS Beat Paying, Heev Laying, Purebred y Strains. Tom Ban-on English 8 O L horns, . . ' ' B: 1006 310:0500. 8:5: ks: 8. O. ' 50, $8: 100. - $8 100. Place your order at once; .55: ' - appointment. Get your chicks when want them. 100 live dellver umn—N teed ponpeld Ihqg'tructive cats so free. Pric 8-12 weeks . u on mature stock, pullets on request. Brummer-Frederlckson Poultrg Farm, Box 26, Holland, Mlc . BABY CHICKS‘ Tom kins Strain $15.00 hunde hated figs” 22nd. Qualitypélhreeder of 311135: WM. H. FROHM, H. 1. New Baltimore, Mich. old BUFF Bull Rock Cocks Hem le’e de’M . low combs. ’ "mu; 3'}; V6 w winners and 'H " tested and} ours a soils. °dx ll. sauna. ’33: women “Business fan “The Farm Paper-.6? Service” l I ’ V‘"" I V I -' ’ OULLING ACCORDING 1‘0 MOUIII- f ING TEST I wish you Would tell me whether it is the early moulters that are winter layerskand in what month do the best layers moult? They are from one to two years old or more. When and how can the old hens best be'picked out? What is the best ration for the summer for chickens out on range? What is a good rationvfor young chicks? Is it best to mark the old and non-layers with colored leg bands if only one coop can be provided so they will be known, when clean-up time comes? How can hens best be gotten over their broody stage? Half of ours would like to set. How soon will they start laying?—G. J. B., Grand Rapids, Mich. ‘ / —-In culling according to the 'moult- ing test we usually advise the seg- regation and sale of, the slow and early moulters. Hens that undergo a. slow body moult in June, July, or early August are usually inferior producers restricting their produc- tion to the spring and early summer months entirely. The better type of winter layer moults sometime sub- sequent to September 15th and moults very rapidly. Ordinariy the feathers drop out at one time and the body appears similar to a pin cushion with the pin feathers grow- ing in every section of the body. Occasionally ashen will moult and lay at the same time. This type is referred to as the “seasonal moult- er.” I would really class inter- mediate between the more intensive produceds that moult later in the fall and the early and undesirable moulters. This is the proper season of cull- ing and the less productive individ- uals usually show a course heavy head and are inclined to deposit in- ternal fat which can readily be de- tected by the thick meaty condition of the egg sack or the abdominal region. These birds usually have yellow legs which is 'a. distinct aid in segregating the poor layers. In breaking up broody hens which are quite prevalent at this particular season, the most satisfactory method is to confine the bird in a. slat or wire bottom coop for a period of three days. The coop should belo- cated in, a shaded and cool plabe and the bird fed regularly during the three days of confinement. By breaking the hen immediately after she has developed this matern- al instinct they can usually be brought back into production in from twelve to fifteen days. If however, the hens are neglected and remain in the nests several days, the ovary takes on a dormant condi- tion and it may require 'a month be- fore the hen is back into production. -—E. C. Foreman, Professor of Poultry Husbandry, M. A. C. SYMPTOMS ARE GENERAL Our chickens droop around for a week or so, some have looseness of ' the bowels, their combs get dark, their legs are weak, they sit around, won’t eat. Have tried a good many remedies but still they are getting sick and dying—L. A. 8., Newport, Mich. ———The symptoms which you describe are very general and do not give us sufiicient information to make anae- curate diagnosis. I am of the opin- ion that the trouble is largely nutri- tional. The fact that the comb turned dark indicates a form of liver trouble which can usually be correct.- ed by furnishing an abundance of green food and greater. variation in the ration. We ordinarily recom- mend the use of Epsom Salts as the first treatment for fowls that are out of condition. The Epsom Salts can be given to the matured stock at the rate of one pound to 100 hens and to. the younger stock at the rate of one quarter-pound to one-half pound, de- pending upon the age and maturity of the chicks. If the young. stock are raised in buildings poorly venti- lated or are overcrowded duringthe hot summer months . similar condi- tions are liable to occur, 'the . entire flock develops a run down condition as indicated by leg‘weaknessfiack‘or - .t_0,,market‘ prices. naturally.,, appetite, emication anr._‘si, growth. These chicks are v f V to deVelop colds and never-do m 'e serviceable or profitable stock; large number of people neglect green A food'durin-g the summer months'rfor growing chicks and this laterals}? «, the greatest necessity ifthe flockfle “ tube retained in a healthyand ing condition.——_—E.~ C. Foreman, Q sociate Professor of Poultry Husk" ,V bandry, M. A. C.~ CHANGING TIMEQA»: _By JOHN T. BARTLETT ITIS EASY TO FIND OUT‘ . F you“ don't know, don’t guess. Find out! which it is easy to find__out. A fruit grower and s pper receiv- ed an attractive spos ard .price schedule from J. Smith &' 00. He didn’t know J. Smith & 00. Was the house reliable? Did it really pay the quoted prices, or was it one of those crooked enterprises which sometimes enter the produce.fleld to fleece. shippers? Was it prompt pay? The grower-shipper didn’t. have to guess in this situation. No shipper has to guess. All he need do is call. up his bank and ask it to obtain for him a quick report on J. Smith & 00. It is easy in these days to find out. High school and college students of today are skilled in.“finding out." They have been taught how to use the resources of good libraries. Out- side of books, however,—-—and books are mighty valuable—there . are many sources of information which every farmer should use as he has need. These include: His bank, for business informa- tion, dealing with credit, collections, business outlook, etc. Each local bank has correspondent. banks throughout the country. tain an expert impartial report on any person in business anywhere, and if you are a regular customer will probably charge you nothing for the service. , Your county agent, for expert ad- vice on farming operations. When you are interested in operations not covered by the agent's general train-' ing and experience. get in touch with the government extension service expert. The Federal department at Washington has many'expérts, too, glad to help you. x If you don’t know, don’t guess; don’t experiment: Find out! Nowa- days it is easy to find out. VANISHING APPLE STICKS VEN after the advent of auto; mobiles—so short a. time is it since the new status of the cider apple—was a cider apple’s longest journey in most localities “a couple of miles to a mill. Cider apples were of negligible value—they sold by the '" dumpcart-full, and most of the cvalue was put there by the human labor in- vested in collecting. Great sport among farm boys was had with apple-sticks—lithe, pointed sticks which with a vigorous whirl and a quick snap would hurl an impaled apple a great distance. On some farms, as many cider. apples were utilized the apple stick way as the cider press way! Now, in most years, apple sticks . are taboo; soon, they always will be taboo. The cider apple has achiev-‘ ed a new status. Some parts of the country ship them in the fall by the scores of carloads, to points hund- reds of miles away. The old-time waterpower cider mill has largely vanished. ' " In its place have come, for indi-Hfg- small home cider} ‘ These, and the big central? vidual farmers, presses. plants to which, for conversion into" cider, apples are now shipped build-6 ‘ reds of miles. . ' . ‘ The price has gone up. apple prices bear a” sensitive 'r in market apples Willzhit c 75c, e. hundred, is, not» pricesrfo'r céder apples ide the ' “These are days in It will ob- ,' 1's. . , concernfto agriculturil and disheartening. Preliminary «time. by obi. Department indicate thai for gs ' cent fol-11113.2.~ Red wheat coming crop year gross .income from- farm sales will be about 100 to 200 ‘ I , . I was .‘theaverage was’ $1.23. million dollar. more the previous year. _ ‘ as ’low‘ as .99. cents and is now quoted around $1.01., Unfavorable wheat statistics have been unloosed in a deluge, almost oblit- TEN pm CENT OF INCOME' _ ‘ crating more encouraging developments and carrying the price lower than Wheat for the last live years has made up from 9 to 12 per cent of farm “an” ,n°c°“”y' ~ - ' , According to present official forecasts, exporting countries” have 75 to 100 million bushels more carry-over now than last year, but will produce 60 million bushels less new crop. This, includes Russia. From this is figured a surplus over last year of 40 million bushels. Add to this Broomhall’s estimate of 60 million bushels' smaller requirements in Europe, and the excess is only I, 100 million bushels, which might easily be taken care of by expanding con- sumption in exporting countries and adding a little more to next year’s carry- over. These facts do not appear to justify the extremely low price now ' crops, animal products and live stocli. Wheat sales by farmers 1922 crop: year amounted to 725 million dollars.‘ Each of the following ought more income in the 1922 crop year than wheat: Cattle, million dollars; hogs, 900; dairy products, 1,150; and cotton, 1,270. and nuts, vegetables and poultry each had an income value‘ a little more :much as wheat. ‘ . a '- es of corn run from ,354to 45 per cent as much as wheat. Oats, and rye, ‘together, bring slightly less income than corn. - . . collapse of the» wheat market is particularly disastrous in Kansas and Preva‘lmg' H" . Which produce more than 25 per cent of the country’s crap, PRODUCERS CAN CORRECT UNBALANCED MARKET. 5?“ “£qu Value- Wheat 58198 ‘mml’ri'e from, one'fouflh ‘10 one'third One majon reason that demand for wheat is not now properly sustained him “98 in K3113” and from 40 to 50 Per cent in Nm'th Dakota- . is the changed method of purchasing for export. Before the war purchases caulk Price. 810 a little better than 3 yea-r 380- H085 are deadadly for foreign account Were made in large volume at harvest or immediately '. Codi"! i‘ istronser- Com‘ 3' around 15 Per cent “She? and 0915 12- thereafter. Due to the present financial conditions abroad and the uncertainty ' mt- Da-il'y PricG‘ "9 confidfl‘bly “"538” and Poultry Pram“:ts 3" concerning prices of foreign drafts, foreign buying is now on a hand-to-mouth about even. _ y basis. Gradual feeding into the market by producers will do more than any- ." TOTAL FARM INCOME WILL NOT BE LESS. thing else to correct the immediate unbalanced market. - the country as a whole and for products in general the present For the future nothing short of a readjustment of acreage downward is not - discouraging compared with last year, but for those sections seems able to insure sufficient rebound in price to make wheat growing profit- in‘ the near, West and Northwest, which rely more on wheat, 'the outlook is able to the majority of American producers. ‘ . - .. ' 6. Stock and Bond Prices: July 6. ‘ 1. Production and Irade. no Foreign Irade- 20 I d at l k s192g ' . v - ' a n u rel stoc s . . 88. 5 L. ‘Alfiflllfllm 04 3- Pmductwn—oooiooo “med' " Emma (00° omitted" Elem“ M‘mths Ending 20 Railroad stocks . ...... .. 77.99 . . -—— a —— —— ay— , Commodity: 1923 1922 1923 1922 40 Bonds . . . . . . . - ............’.... 86.47 . - , . 586 . ~99 Grand total .............$309,669 $301,926 $3,574,342 $3,372,271 7. Business Failures: Week Endan—-' Winter wheat. bu......... 235 Beef and veal, lb........ 2,283 2,446 28, 69 31 5 - July 5, 1923 June 7, 1923 Jilly 5. 1923 9“: m -"~'-\' 821 Pork, lb. ............... 69,930 47,448 748,744 Bredstrcete . . .............. 268 277 309 bu......oguo- 2877 Lard, lb. ............... 95,343 51,993 913,348 Dune . . .................... 241 334 306 "nun-u-nnlzg“ Butter. lb. . ............ 1,053 ' ‘el'ICOCOOO'..."' Cheese. lb. .ooosoosssosoo , ' P ' , I” 1;“. . 6 gides and skins 1 2804 - “ces- .r , . - -_-----~-------- - ‘ ' 0m. 11. - 0.91 l. Wholesale Prices of Farm Commodities: 3% $1098. o ".2: - . Meal and flour. bbls- 93 583 743 Quotations at Chicago except as noted. V, mm. - - no". 14 Oats, bu. . . . . July 24, Month ‘ “i u.) . ........ . n. 9.7 1 Meal and rolled, lb....... 10,767 023 , 1923 3111x3010 lb.- - . nu"...- ' v Wheat, bu. . ............ 9,973 Fat, hogs, cwt,, average -HI°’ todauu'unnn' I Flour. bbls. . ' 983 . Beef steers, good native; cwt., av... cogs“ bales nun-nu” '8 . Fruits .and nuts nun-n5 \3-261 v Fat lambs, cwt., average . . . . . . . . . .. A l s l . . "mu..- - Veg. 0118 and fats-..u..$ 637 Fat sheep, cwt., average . . . . . ..... A3918. M11 -t;l;l-s:----"- . Sugar. lb. nun-nuns 97.342 . Wool, Ohio delaine unwashed. lb. Pypg. .u... 48.‘ 56 . $351 telltacco, lb. H”...- 28.3%; 392,333 “(Boston) , , . “chm, . ......... - ,, . . ............. . B tt , 92 , v 'As per cent of average of 1917-1921- Cotton, bales . . 160 4,851 Cilia-.22, Nosioriivim, , _ r . ‘ E , frcslh firsts, doz. 2. moles (Federal Reserve Bank of Netho;k) - I I fl 2. Imports: , Pgfitry, hens, lb. . . . . . . > rod“ in as a men 0 now. n 08 - t,N.2h ,1). ooooobuooono Ilsurezmgumgodue moan“ m made for seasonal ggzgdantgtal 373,253 5 252,817 $3,461,692 $2,347,618 Cerf!“ N00 2 mfg}, gm _ . , veal, lb..... 1,485 2,758 31,423 24,858 ’ ' . ’ ""' """ variation and year to year growth. Pork, lb. 108 87 927 903 03‘3- NO- 2 “1% b“- May, 1023 April. 1923 May. 1922 Butter, lb.’ 90 12,339‘ 9,471 “3"” NO- 2' b“ ---------- Ch ese. .7 ' Barley- bu- - gimme“ coil! 132 102 -‘ e m 3'11” "'48" 293°" Kaflr, No. 2 white, cwt. (K. c.).... 1.505 W I “8100’ . . .o-ooo...... Corn. bu. .50 3917; Hide and skin 117 52 5 3 5 19 7'733 126332; 120 Hey, No. 1 timothy, ton . . . . . . . . . . .. 23 oo“osossdeeee , Oats. bu_ 126 285 Flax, No. 1, bu. (at Minneapolis)... 4.; Isnufseturlns (Fedenu Reserve Bank of New York): Wheat, bu. . 1,231 17,391 Comm: middling, “3- (New WWW—- flour . u 113 no, Flour, bbls. . . 61 412 555 Beam“ Whi‘e- cm- “- 0- b~ M‘Ch‘gan’ Wheat ...... .......... Fruits and mm! “nus 7,749 63,668 Potatoes, new, cobblcrs, cwt . . . . . . .. and» . . 0' C m 1 11 t « v . 118 Veg. oils, fats........$ 0 . 6,159, 56,546 “1"“3 a 0"” ye. 0W5 0‘” ' - - ' H m. '. :.................... 108 sugar' lbs- 1-000-336 7’728'270 A-pples’ summer mnetiles’ bu . I ' ' ' H ‘ WW1 ,. ‘. “Inn-“uuuun Leaf t'obacco. 42 9 7.133 72,187 59 485 Hides. No. 1 native, heavy, lb . . . . .. . . . . . . “24 Cotton, bales“ 0 I Sugar, fine granulated, 1b. (N. Y.).. . .095 1 b.................... 25 15 4 -'8teel Ingote 05 a “(001- bales - 32.956 495-343 233.147 2. u. s. Department of Labor Relative Wholesale Prices: . goppfil’n'o. s .n.‘................. 95 *Inculdes SUbSti'tUtw- Prices in year 1913 equal 100‘ ‘1 aso . . ............u-.... ... - J 9,1923 Ma ;1923 J '1 9 ‘WM W11) . o nun-"nun" 3. Prices of Foreign Drafts: Price ofDemand Drafts All commodities (weighed average u“ y mm 9 ‘ Cement . .» .................... 133 Nominal Gold Value July 23, June 18, July 17, or general price level) . . . . . . . . .. 15 Immber . . ...................v. Parof Exchange 1923 1923 1922 Farm products .. - - .93 England ......$4.87t01£ Stening..s4.59 $4.62 $4.43 Food products , ' . France ........19.3c tolfranc . . 5.99c . . Cloth“ and 010?“an 5.‘ Bulldlnl Expenditures (Braden-nets): Germany ......23.8c tolmark . . .0002c . Fuel and lighting (000.000 omitted) ’ ¥ellgium tolfranc 4.97c , . getfilliln and Tetullsproduc tay .3ctollire 4.375c . . 1“ ,g ’m‘el‘la , . . 1923 Increase Spain .........19.3ct01peseta . . ..14.31c 91113131631133 311% drugs - ‘ :mry 164 aisles ...............s194 38.0 Austfla- - ~~~2°~3ct°1cr°wn 430140 > - £8,351,332“: “g5 125 . m 0 164 cities " u 221 13 623 genmark ......26.8ct010r0wn ......17.50c 1. 21.40 ' - . 'March. 165 cities ............... 377 55.1 33%;: : " '.'.'_'.226é§8°ct€ollg:gg ::::::%2:§§g ' ' 3. Prices of Farm Products at the Farm Relative_to I913: . -——- Holland . I “H40_2c to lflofln . . _ _ “39.21,: I (U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics) 7 first quarter .................$794 I . Argentina “42 53t01peso 34156 Prices in year 1913 equal 100. p 165 cities ................. 327 ‘ . Bmzn . '_:._.32:4ct0-1mureis ' ' ' ' ' "‘10'350 ' ' Commodity: May, 1923 Apr., 1923 May, 1922 ’ y, 165 cities 263 . India I _'””_.48.7cmlmpee 33:30:80,: : : Cotton . . . . . .. 207 217 151 In“. uses-eeeleeeesess . Japan . . .'-,..49‘9ctolyen_ ..I.....48'7oc ‘ e n e. oooon.......$815 canada ' ' ----1000t01d01181' -.....97.44c y . l' .. . _" 4. Discount Rate of the Bank of England: ' ‘ - 126 Sammy ' - ' """""""$1"1° ' July 11,1923 Month Ago Year Ago _ _ 13% 4% 3% 315% v 117 s. '.Trsusnortatlon.(000 omitted): ' ' m Money and Credit. '. . ." Week Same . . ' Endlnz 1, Gold. currency and Bank Deposits (000,000 omitted): ‘- Rem",5mg"31:31,“???'Agifufimafrg‘gfltgriflcs) / ' ’ . , July 7, v Freight ear loading: 1923 Ago June 1, May 1. June 1, The quantity of various commodities which a given amount a! I . "nunnunn. 854, I ks of mom gold in the 1923 1923 1922 eacth farm vgiluldflpurchegf at prlces prevailing in 1913 ll Mal . Shoe taty pu equal 0 . e gures ven represent the crcenta o of 013111 and m Prom»: 31 _ United States 4.023 3 3.982 3 3.774 this quantity which the same amount or farm prgducts vgvould se‘seeesseeeo- 25 32 . ‘ Total supply of. éurrency in purchase in May, 1922. Prices at the farm are used for culo United States gift-0:33 1):.(366289 Maggi? $133111] ozéfiflucts, and wholesale prices at central markets 7:512:11» I - s - t 8. , 1923 1922 1922 are .. “mu”... .. 73 Total deposits ln National Banks..$l7,036 $17,420 $15,390 ggdggg‘s‘ Cloths- @521. Metals. Building Rouge Mucous . . 287 345 ' 2. Gold Movement (000 omitted): Eleven months ending Cotton . . . 133 I . n ' ' As percentage of Week year ago. . V —-—-May—-—— ——May— gal-n . . . . . a; i . I , 1923‘ 1922 1923 1922 6'” , 7‘ Eflnlmm- ~ Exports of gold.‘.....$ 824 3 3,406 3 48,473 3 25,745 Hay“ - -- 76 .- ‘ June. May. «Tune. Imports of gold...... 45,356 8,994 263,856 455 342 “names - - - 76 . , 1923 1923 1922 - . ' Beef cattle. 63 of 64 industrial centers employment: 3. Federal Reserve Ratio: July 11,- June 6, July 12, Hogs . . .. 1 Increased over previous month 31 31 52 “ 1923 1928 1922 Eggs . . . Decreased over previous month 33 83 12 Ratio‘ of total reserves to deposits Butter - - - . and Federal Reserve note liabil Wool - - .- 160 16 124 13 ’- vBaII Dobm- itles . . 75 4% 75.7% 77.3% A'emfie Dutchaslng 90"" 01’ 8“ farm Products in term of on Units or 81.000.000.000 - ‘ ' other commodities. Same basis as above table. 1;. ‘ 1113i 1923‘ 1:”. 1923 Juno,1022 4' 'mrm “at”: “NZ?- llg‘gi Igg- gggember. 1921 as New. York Clty,............. .0. ‘ 20.70 $22.06 ~ 46 m ' “m- 1923 - I , n "u . ~ os. commercial paper.......... 5.12% 5.25 4.28 ............ haul!- deb“! -- i if”? "-3" 17-" 60-90deye commercial poper........ 4.88% 5.12% A 4.03%; 03 be "4!," 0"!" 83'“: A MINI??? India! 5. Discount Rate of [Federal Reserve Banks: . '- ’ 12 £33332; ' ’ """"""'° 3° 5 _ . > ' g > > L x I], Julyl’ Junel. :::::seseeeseoesesss 1 .labzssere'eseoessgg .1023 . 1m 1923 1922 Ba 0 of rates to th 01 ' "W7- "um-m.” 811,612,004 among: $113,104,401 3 80,586,729 13511:: on commgrcial,t:grlv:ultura1 1923 15923 1922 jiifijijfi'jijmT” 86 3,53" ' ‘ m "- 2. "333“ “Mm” “1‘” I'VT'WM' “‘9” v--~4""~?‘5% 436-595 , 4=5% ........I...III.II'II May 3323113113113” ,. so or. 13.333240 “‘4 A '1" "h v ‘ e ’ 4 es 0’ e". e e . ;‘,59“¢W;;9f “woultural :and,bus1ness conditions is worth Its weight in gold to any farmerl”—J. P. . mus ,- 1 W ': .,l' 4 ~ ' . DY W. W. NOTE ' ' . Sale of Army Horses .OST of the time the demand for 'horses is far from large, with ‘ prices much lower than in re- cent years, ahd inferior kinds are hard to sell around $25 to $50. ‘Horses are so. .low priced, choice kinds excepted, that most farmers have ceasedbreeding any, even-for their own' reqhirements, finding it cheaper to buy. About 375 horses were sold in the Chicago auctions last week, including 300 army horses from Camp Custer, fairly good prices being paid. The army horses were light weight chunks, weighing from 1200 to 1400 pounds, and were not heavey‘emmgh to suit mbst eastern buyers. .Most of the horses were purchased by Michigan and Wiscon- sin farmers, for $75 to $125, while good heavy chunks weighing up to 1600 pounds were valued at around $200, with a choicer kind salable at $225 or more. ' Eat Baked Beans Weekly The suggestion made by the Michi— gan Business Farmer that once every week the families of this country enjoy a feast of good, old—fashioned baked pork and beans is a good one; and every Michigan family should do its part, the farmers setting the ex- ample. A good sized bean pot costs very little and is handy for the purpose. Have a good sized piece of salt pork in the middle of the beans, and many people like a little sweetening. Parboil the beans first, and cook them all day slowly, taking care that the water does not all evaporate; and serve them with Boston brown bread. Canned beans are good in their way, but not enough pork is used, and they are not nearly as good as home baked beans. Bean Market Outlook Michigan beans have been selling around the $6 mark, and they are getting scarce in some sections. Fields of beans in Michigan are look— ing well, and Michigan’s government crop reporter estimates the acreage at approximately 585,000 acres, an 7 increase of 110,000 acres over last year. The Bean and Pea Journal says: “Acreage figures indicate more beans than ever to be sold this fall and winter. There has been fully a ,25 per cent acreage increase in Mich- igan, and large increases in Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, and Montana. California will show acreages fully up to normal and so will New York. So the final yields will be larger, provided weather conditions are what they should be. Latest reports in- dicate favorable weather in all pro— ducing states. A trip around Michi- gan shows beans looking fine, the fields seem larger than ever, and athey’re growing beans ’way to the south of Michigan and even north- ern Indiana—sections which have either never before grown beans, or haven’t for many years. The crop has proven such a money maker for most bean growers that farmers in adjacent sections have got the fever The Wheat Outlook Too ‘much wheat in the world for the trade requirements and promise of too generous harvests in this and other countries have been the prin- cipal weakening factors on both sides \ of the Atlantic for weeks. For the first time in many years, it is claimed that France will not be obliged to import wheat for August, as its crop of grain is much larger than was ex- ‘pected. The recent rally in prices .was taken advantage of by many farmers to sell part of theirnew 'wheat, this being especially the case in the southwest, where prices were lowest—around 75 to 80 cents a . bushel. At the same time thelow- ered prices for flour served to bring about larger buying and a rally in Values. Statistics on wheat are not '. favorable for better prices. The \ \ world's crop ‘ has been estimated ' re- ' oently at 3,210,000,000 bushe18.,or 110,000,000 bushels more than. last '. Broomhall'hnsreduced his estimate an import requirements to 1,592,000,000. .. bushels. _..V,_ the ,I _.. ~,v._.:.._ .* farming, and keen. dairy my...” ~ m._.. ..- Unfavorable crop to l' 1 firm and prices advance. Corn dull and lower-Vat but firm in Detroit. Oats easy.' Detroit and down 10c. Rye in domand.‘ Beans lifeless at Butter and egg mm. Bel-Hes steady. New potatoes higher. ~Pdultry quiet. leave to Sheep trade slow. Hogslslow to. lower; . , ' dull. some to prmv—Edltor.) war~ dollar wheat looked like a good price, but since the boosting 0f rail- road freight rates by the govern- ment this means very small returns for farmers. There were late sales. on the Chicago Board'of Trade of July wheat at 96%, cents, comparing with $1.11% a year ago; July oats, at 411/2 cents, comparing with 32% cents last year; and July rye at 63- ' 14 cents, comparing with 79% cents a year ago. 7 High Prices for Corn . The advance in corn prices has been in sharp contrast to the fall in prices for wheat, and although a fall in values is likely to result from the large crop now growing, the chances are that fair prices will be derived from converting it into meats. ‘ For a period of ,five years before the war farm prices for Iowa corn averaged 55 54, cents a bushel. In June, 1921, it was off to 44 cents, while recently it was around 75 cents, while cash sales of No. 2 yellow corn have been made on the Chicago Board of Trade at 90 cents. Stocks of corn are meager in the extreme, and the new crop will come on a market swept clean of old corn. It is stated‘that in southwest Iowa corn prices on the farm are better than wheat prices, pound for pound. This may result in heavy feeding of wheat to live stock unless wheat prices improve. July corn sales on Chicago Board of Trade at 86% cents, comparing with 64 as cents a year ago; and December corn at 64 cents, comparing with 591,4», cents last year. Prime Cattle sun Higher-ii- The spread in cattle prices is wide- ning, with lower values for the many offerings of cattle fed on grass, while the choicest weighty steers of- fered on the Chicago market have advanced from $11.60 to $11.70 per 100 pounds, the top being within 15 cents of the highest price paid since 192-2 and 20 cents higher than a week earlier. There are not many beef steers selling below $8, and there has been a very good showing of the choicer steers sold at $11 to $11.50. Good steers have been sell- ing at $10 and upward, with the bet- ter class of yearlings at $10 to $11 and sales down to $6 to $7.75 for common to fair yearlings. A year ago $10.80 paid for the best steers; two years ago they brought $10; eight years ago $10.40, and twelve years ago $7.50. So far as’choice beef cattle are concerned, there is a very firm undertone, and predictions are heard that they will advance to $12, and perhaps to $13, later on. Butcher stock has been selling freely at $3.75 to $8.25 for cows and at, $4 to $9.50 for heifers, while sales are made of canner cows at $2.50 to $3.60 and bulls at $3.50 to $7.50. There was a good calf trade at $5 to $11.75, while stockers and feeders were slow and lower, selling at $3.25 to $8.25, mainly at $5 to $7. Dairy cows sold at $40 to $90. Limited sales are made of inferior little steers as low, as $4 to $5.50. Because of too large receipts of grass and short fed cattle, they are 50 cents to $1 lower than a week ago. Hog Buyers Discriminate Many of the hogs now moving to\ market make a'poor showing in qual- ity; and‘numerous lots of half fed out swine are shipped that should be held on the farm two longer and fed out on clover- An ndiana Jarmer whois the owner of wo hundred acres, says that with good clover pasture he. believes there is a good profit in feeding hogs, provided they are kept in a healthy _ condition. He lives in a farming district where farmers diversify their _ cow’s, poul- try, a tow steam/as “as ’ . (Note: The above summarized lnforimhbn was lot out wu act in typo. It annulus last minute months ~ hogs" )‘ on! AFTlRIboIo‘ on» Information up to within one-half hour of and cattle. Experienced stockmen believe 'thatlshotes should be kept on the {arm and grown economically providing plenty of forage and a medium ration of grain. Well grown shotes may be expected to pay a good price for their board. Such ex- Aremely large supplies of bags as have come .on the market recently could hardly fail to bring about de- clines at times in prices, but on the wholethe Chicago market hasbeen much better for sellers than could be expected, the local and 'shipping. demand being very animated. The consumption of fresh and cured hog products is the largest ever known, and good exports are made. Recent sales were made of hogs at an ex- treme range of $5.75 to $7.85, com.- paring with $5.60 to $7.70 a week earlier with $7.60 to $10.60 a week ago. At this time in 1915 hogs sold at $5.90 to $707174. Light hogs sell highest. the best of these going 30 cents above the best heavy butchers. Combined receipts of hogs in twenty markets for the year to “late date amount to 24,765,000 head, compar- ing with 19,225,000 for the same time in 1922. I . ~ Western Lamb~0r0p of 1923 The lamb crop saved in the west- ern range states during the'lambing season this year is estimated by the Department of. Agriculture as 77 per cent of the ewes, being based upon reports from state representatives of the department in all the states whose information was derived from special investigation and from re— ports direct from producers. Be— cause of lack of comparable data, no exact comparison can he made with last year, but inmost of these states all conditions were more favorable than last year. EWes entered the winter in strong condition, winter feed was ample, and winter weather not severe. Weather conditions during lambing generally were high- ly favorable, with only a few storms of short duration. While grass was somewhat late in starting, ample moisture produced abundant spring and summer range. Losses of lambs were small. The poorest con- dition and the smallest lamb crop was in Arizona, where conditions aft- er lambing reduced considerably an early promising crop. In Texas and New Mexico drouth conditions of last autumn were reflected in the failure of an unusually large number of ewes to breed, but favorable spring conditions resulted in a large percentage of lambs dropped being' saved. In the inter-mountain and Pacific states conditions were gener- ally very favorable, and the number of lambs saved was large except in Utah and Nevada, where local con- ditions somewhat lowered the per— centage as compared to the other states in this area. In the Rocky Mountain states the lamb crop saved was above the average, and the lambs have made excellent growth. lambs Sell Much Lower Owing largely to bad eastern markets, Chicago lamb prices broke last week to the lowest since Septem- ber, 1922, being'$3.40 under the high time of three weeks earlier. They sold at $710 $12.85, the top being 65 cents lower than a week jearlier. Feeder lambs were salable at $12 to $12.50 and breeding ewes at $5.50 to $9.50. Sheep were very scarce. ‘ ' . WHEAT ’ The wheat moi-ht seems to be in a bad. way andtvd‘ealers in general are taking-9. gloomy outlook of ‘itstu- ture trontlw for; he next. several months. ' 'i)ea‘lers . te’that in "look:- “ thy looks like an, early collapse, gusting" inability ‘ to vent-anus tram this‘coun’try. oral are Weak.- and a. fleeting 'couragement prevails" ai’fi“ . traders. All dealers, are-Tai see prices go higher-1t “is” but most of vvthom as or the that therewill be - , near future and doubt, itnthfid . be any for several months” K groin of comfort to farmers, o ’ ’ U. S. is the reports-"tron the on? W wheat states ‘andiCanada. causing considerable damage an )1 the Canadian fields‘it is said 7 the increase. We doubt" to scare is an'a'nnua’l event, and1 assess it continues to increase the mar." will not pay much attention to the . reports. Thedemand isconflned at- most entirely to miners. .Export'i‘» business is at a standstill. The Del-9', troltgmarket declined a total of $6: ' last week and finished the week with an easy tone. Receipts are expect- ed to be larger-this week. ., ' . Prices 3 ‘ ~ s Detroit—Cash No. 1 rod, $1.02.:e-5 No. 2 white, No. 2 red and No. 2 ' L mixed, $1.01;'No. 3, 980. ' v Chicago—Cash No. 1 red, 98s; No, " 2, .96§4@97%c.’ ‘ “ " Prices” one year Cash No. 2 red, $1.10; and No. 2 white, $1.08. . CORN I - _ In spite of the trend of other grains, corn made several advances during the past two Weeks. July Corn made new high levels but Septembcrf corn is easy and lower as dealers bee *' lieve that the present leVel of prices is too high compared to other grains and that there will be a decline soon. > Local supplies are small. Rains. f;- over the corn belt during the past " few weeks have improved the .4, f considerably. ‘ ago—Detroit, ’ No. 2 mixed _. _' ‘ Prices _- “ Detroit—Cash No; 2 white,,486'; No. 3, 46%0; No. 4,,45c. t, ‘ , Chicago—~CashN‘o. 1 mixed, 891/2 ', , , @90c; No. 1 white, 901,50; No. 2, 88%0. ._,, - ,, Prices one year ago—Detroit, Cash No. 2 yellow, 72c; No. 3, 7112:“ No. 4, 700. ‘ » I OATS ~ There is" very little to report our the oat market. This grain was :14» ‘ fected by the-action of wheat during; . 3 the past fortnight. However, prices ' gained slightly at Detroit during~this '. period. The market is quiet and 2 steady. ‘ . r ‘ ~ Detroit—Cash No. *2 white. 48¢: " .No. 3, 4695c; No. 4, 45c. - ‘ l Chicago—Cash No. 2 white. 41% , 3@94417éc; No. 3, 3964lfic; No. I. c. Prices one year _ago—Detrolt, _ No. 2 white, 39c; No. 8, 371:; No. 4, T 33@35c. ' ‘RYE " “There was a fair demand torryo last week but there was not much v business done owing to lack of offer- ' ings. The market is quiet. ‘~ ‘ 3" _ - P Detroit—Cash No. 2, $90. CMcago—-Ca3h No. 2, 64% Prices one Cash No.2, 83c. 35a,” yehr ’ ago—De The beans continue in the 88.“, in the Michigan bean market in prices declined during the last 'L weeks in this state. At and several other points there no changes compared ,with ’ weeks ago. - ' Detroit—C. H. P., $4.90 per' _ Chicago—C. H. P., $535963. per cwt._ ’ y t ._ Prices one year ago—«De ” 0. H. P.,.$8.60 per . ‘1 g . Rotatoes trolt. At Chicago ' 8., caudally in the west. ~ _.(.’Detr’ott_-—No. 1 timothy, $18.50@ .19]; standard, 31150018; NO. 2 “timothy, $16617; light clover mix- 1"fed,16$17.50618; No. ’1 clover, $15 -: -,_vChicago—-.No. 1 timothy, $23@ ‘ 84; No. 2, $19©22z light clover mix- , 6d,- $19922‘; No. 1 clover, $17_@19. " New Yorke—No. 1 timothy, $21@ :;Tstandard, 312@17; N0.~ 2 tim- ' light claret mixed, . , one year ago—Detroit, standard timothy and light clover «mixed, $20621; No. 2 timothy, $19 .4020; No. 1 clover, $15@16. . WOOL _ M7001 senses continue confident at better- demand and ’see slow but sure» improvement in the ‘ wool mark- et, although there is very little wool being offered and little changing lands. Ineniry has increased, es- in the east. The market in ~"1eneral islsteady tom-m. Quotations on midwestern or so- fllled vi‘native” wools in large lots-— Touch prices as are obtained by the UBING the early part oi the 7,.week of August 5 Mt: oi 7; * ,Michigan may expect Joell I‘thuufder storms but during last half at week storminem will subside to a minimum in this state. If'l‘li‘e lack of Meat erdecisive w 'We-look In: last an erdinary'snm— mer' week it this time—puny of and thunder , Theverye‘erlypertetthe weekend again at it: will ' {Obany be the me“ «the nested ’ “om a weather standpdnt. During middle is! at the week a weather in Mich! is expected 1 I . V be fair with the cannon oi the “cal heat thunder that so niokr’yariuat thumb; year. :4. a“ ;0001 About a. D. Wes wfl- prom show I 8 sum or temp-err moderation dearly. days week but ‘ Still be M ._\ . x V ,_ V f a this time there is really sonic bi a-bad irost torsections ,oi.'_ 7 ‘ nan-91mm It, necessarily cause. much {groper precautions «sky is clean: the hermht temper?- or below at 0 cent more. pend. no.2” . mvsgllorntixediets.dmidunet- mm ‘-—— $233.50 per _ 154m: - ‘ sour, 16- iii-quart ~ CHEW quart cases; 32.269250; A, .. “1, 1.92:, to Joly - ed in all! like period b W9 per cent above the cor period for 1905-13. smelly heavy “Retina reflected the large number at pigs Wed in the spring a! 1922. ‘ The special government hog re- port oi Janet indicates that in the We: mastherewaeoneper spring pigs saved in the entire United States than there were 1111922; while in the corn bflt thfire were 6 per cent more sprng gs saved. Were, the report in- dicates that the farmers have bred student ms to increase materially their number of fall pigs over the very large fall pig crop of a year ago. However, recent developments may cause farmers to market during July and August a considerable num- ber of sows bred for fall little. The corn crops of the past three years have been unusually heavy and the price has been very low. To utilize the large surplus of cheap corn, hog production has been great- ly expanded. This increase in hog production has now cleaned up the unusual surplus with the result that the stocks oi 1922 corn on terms at present are about the pre-war aver- age and corn prices have recomed from their extremely low point. In view of probable continued heavy hog production and barring either an unusual cholera outbreak or a marked improvement in the corn crop prospects during an lily and August, a corn shortage any is- velopby the summer of 1924. The history of the past fifty years indicates that there is a rough gen- eral tendency toward overproduction and nnderproduction oi hogs In cycles of about two year: km the high point to the low p“ and two years from the low to the high. From the tall 01.1920 until the am of 1922 hog prices were high in terms at corn. This high corn—hog ratio stimulated heavy breeding with the 1 result that hog prices fell until now they are 25 below their 50-year ratio . with corn. From the spring of 1922 ‘to the midsummer of 1923 the corn- hog ratio declined from approximate- ly 18 to 8 bushels. In spite of this sharp decline during the past year heavy breeding has continued with the prospect that the unfavorable corn-hog ratio of the past six mom . will last into 1924. Our export trade takes approxi- mately 10% of our total production of pork products. During the first five months of 1923 the Mn . nations have taken a decidedly larg- er percentage of our pork products at a higher price than would have seemed probable last January. Eng- land and Germany still remain our principal customers, with relatively large quantities going to Belgium and the Netherlands. Should Great Britain keep up the rate of bacon, ham and shoulder imports she main- tained during the first live months of. 1923, our experts to her during the ‘year‘would be slightly in excess of 1922. Her imports of lard, how- ever, have decreased. There 'has been a lessening in her demand the ‘ last few weeks that throws doubt as to what her totals for the year will be. Since her general import trade ===t :1 has been very‘“npetty," the‘pieeent Wit;- my prove unimportant. On the other hand, German to a large degree, and Belgium, the Minna and Cuba to a lesser de- , greet have taken greater volume of land than any time during the poet- war years. Dari g‘the first five menthol 1923 a total of 823 mil— lion pounds of pork products moved out of the United stat , which is ap- proriniately two one-hall ti es the average of the corresponding oaths of 1969-13, and one—tour greater than the average of the flier period. 1914-1918. Good Domestic Deman for Park At this time the flgu s on it“! cold storage holding of y 1 are not available. ' On June 1, there were in public cold storage ware- houses and in packing establish- ments, 906 million pounds of port as compared to 636 million pounds June 1, 1922 (a year notable for its light stocks) and also as compared to an average of 879 million pounds for the five years 1918-1922 inclus- ive. That there was a reasonable reduction in these stocks by July 1 is evidenced by the fact that hold- ings in seven principal western cities declined from 372 to 355 million pounds, or 4.8 per cent. Since in spite of a 30 per cent increase in hog marketings, the total stocks of the country were only 3 per cent above the last film year average on June 1, there seems to be nothing seriously alarming in the pork storage situa- than. Lard is even more encouraging. On: June 1 the stocks on hand were 95 million pounds, while the total on June 1. 1922, was 124 million pen. and the five—year average, 1918—22 inclusive, was 129 million pounds. In tite_face of the large m of hon as compared to the corn crop and the probability that this um result in thin hogs, the lard» outlook in quite favorable. Based out Federal inspected slaughter for the first five months of 1333’ the excess of consumption ova the same period in 1922 is ap— parently 28 per cent. From the per capita standpoint our population has already eaten 5.2 pounds more than in the same months of 1922, and if this advantage is even reasonably maintained we may expect the annu- al per capita figure to approach 85 pounds. Ms heavy consumption may be expected without a further serious decline in prices, since the active em— ployment of labor has supported the port market far beyond what might have expected on the basis of the heavy ‘hog production, and there is no suggestion of a serious reduction of employment conditions before the last of 1922 pig crop is marketed. While the foregoing situation in- dicates that the last of the 1922 hog crop will be readily absorbed by the present market due to the favorable industrial conditions and full em- ployment of labor, the selling of this year’s pig crop at a price on a level with the crop Of 1922 is more prob- iematical, and will depend on the continuance of the very heavy rate of hog production of the past year does not seem to be warranted .to the corn situation. —— American Farm Bureau Federation, H— ._._~ m1! PRICE PAID PRODUCER INCREASED AUGUST FIRED! Detroit. July ill—Michigan Milk Producers Association and , representatives of cremeriee in the Demon milk area to-day agreedona‘nhemeedpricepddprodncmforhgustandsep- tember, $3.80 per hundred, with, no price 561; /on surplus milk. Previous mew” $8 PG! buds-ed and $1.04 on surplus milk. are «angel-tee today announcing retail prices as tellers: M 15c; Jersey 1m. m 12c; Gleam half- MIIc. Thisrepresentsaraiseoilc mm“ Nd! “because of dry pasty-ago. cost of milkers, because of labor leaving lamp the necessity of buying feed. 1 _ - LT. Burner, of M. A. C.,.D1’V.' FQday’s former assistant, acted.“ arhritrator. assisted by Mr. Earl. Hemenway, of the courage. $.26 per standard crate; . , 93.5003 per m; honeydew, $9.59 .4; Arkansas, 94.5905 per stand- ard crate. MPBEBRIES —-- Bed. $363.80 per 24-pin case, $761.25 per 24- qnart case and $989.50 per be: black, VIEWS per in. and “.5006 per “quart case. APPLES—41km 92.6069 per-bu. HONIY—Comb, 23G!“ pr lb. CABBAGE—Home grown. 01.26 per bu. GREEN CORN-40@500 per dOI. POPCORN~Little Buster, 7 59. , 80 per 1b. _ LIVE POULTRY—Broilers, fancy rocks, 2 lbs. up, 88c; medium broil- err, 35@36c; horns, 25@26c; stage, 14c; h , 25c; leghornr, 183200; 14c: geese, 12c: ducks, 25@26e; spring ducks, 6 lbs. and up, 26@27o . per lb. 1”!” CALVES—Best coun- try dressed, 14 '15c per 1b.; ordin— ary grades, 12 13c; ‘ 169114;: per in. 0 means Straw CROPS LOOKING ; coon .m—Cmpe looking better, have I had twogood rains and the rye and wheat is in the shock with some hay to * out yet. Beans and potatoes don't‘grow as they should for there are. too many cold nights. Corn is fair. Big time at Caro Farmers Picnic held July 25th. Next big week will be Caro fair held August 24th—Robt. B. Chambers. MONROE—General condition of crops good, weather fine, had a bad storm a week ago. Bay and wheat all harvested, oats ripe, but mostly My lodgcr and ‘ will be hard to coat. Help is very scarce. m high, some hay will not be out, no help. Pasha-es are good, stock'look- hag good—Geo. L Sype macaw—412mg about finished and ' 84) per cent of my. Eye is good. Sugar been poor ht earn in doing fine. Weather is rainy—Jag. Anderson. GIAND TRAVERSE—Have had nice . rain, crops all look fine, seems to be lots of Int—ml. Button. WWWe have been a. little 'M K nil in this section but corn and nonsense are looking good, oats are fire, hay was a short crop but got it in it good shape—G. E. Beardsley. s'r. cull—Wheat all out; not much threatens, yet it is thought the yield will be good. Lots of bay to out yet. Help scarce. Oats will soon be ready to out. they are turning fast. Corn is doing fine. oSugar Beets are looking good. Beans are looking fine and promise a good yield—Isaac Justin. WEXFORI)——Hay all cut; just a fair crop, better hay on new seeding. Wheat all cut, somewhat short. Oats looking good but need rain. Grasshoppers pretty thick. Corn looking good considering late planting—J. H. Campbell. 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