An Independent Farm ‘Magazine-0wned and Edited in Michigan 1 SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1923 TWO YEARS $1‘ ($00 PER YEAR—5 YRS. $2 [Threshing the Golden Grgin‘ ) / Read in this issue: \Farni Bureau Head Exfilains Plan ‘ to Store Wheat-»..e_Michigan Bean Interests Backing Advertising Plaanillsdale armers. Cash In On T. B. Eradicationnwijll Michigan’s 1924 Wheat . -‘ (I " ‘ T r y Year’s?+-An§l_many Oter'in‘i‘esting features, a; ‘ .~ .‘. .e...'......e.‘\ -...~..- 5-.“ Newer in a" long of fine aska mmfislmss and smell decisiveis as in this Mime line efmn and hflxatisofmm‘ngandmgc"' ' r tome yeuriafimdimcmd‘ I Andfeommmypmfimiimmmfiemmfifim The new Six group includes the Roadster, fivc~passcnger Touring, man—l passenger Touring, Spar: maid, Victmia, five-passenger Sedan, Four-doc:I Coupe, and Sedan for seven. ‘ ' And _the new Four line embraces the Rodster, the five-passenger Tomi ‘ ing. the figment, Canvlale3'ahd the Sedan. , V ‘ a ' _ a" 7 «- to O..,E.‘Bradiu7ie, president of ' .TWO YEARS $1 Entered as second-ch t m. August 22. 1917untmfim st_,,storage,’f continued Mr. Brad-J “ “we m' antiserum; to hold 1M ‘ orderly distill)!!- dolng "this the American Bureau Federation is ' coun~ suing sound business policy. Stor- agewill have a tendency to roll e present situation and it a c n- . "sldsrabb"pmion of grain remains "in the farmer's hand as a daily re- 5pm 4 or unprofitable surplus, for next season’s planting will more likely be curtailed. Ad- ; 5mm: of acreage in line with ; world supply and demand is the l ' l l l u l 4 permanent solution and our pro- W Pm 1‘ aimed toward that ohm- » J the." _ . V Mr. .Bradfute continued; “A no“ or morale statistics has taken -.s’acuWe support, from the mark- fiet and financial conditions abroad men: the heavy customary pur- tor foreign account during the-harvest soason.‘ Farmers must sheet this situation by feeding the imarket gradually and it has been 7'" jmiby the. last Congress would“. geared with all possible speed,‘ hope that all the machinery to and in this endeavor. empowered ‘fThe Se‘cretary of Agriculture is to designate suitable gwarehouses which may be licensed .end bonded and which may issue ‘ receipts to be used as “collateral in ’ I: obtaining loans .in those cases in rwhich the individual farmer finds 1 credit necessary. , I l g‘fit is our suggestion that aware- Hhouse association be organized in such community or county and act in its corporate capacity as the of- u " fullest use of all facilities to ob- . ems the Very dimcultiea in which now find ourselves and expected mm action in making the'ware- , house and intermediate credit» acts We. airman Federation is asking and is ding its fullest co-operation in acts! Woodman under the t‘ed- _ law, , leasing such tatorfage ‘ , houses as may be available at the ', shipping points ,.. m. granaries as may be adequate— ly constructed for designation as We believe this plan ‘thmughy feasible ot admin- inua way that will involve r the mt business practice. do «not ask the» Secretary or E or the banks to extend loans and such licensed h . ‘ thoroughly protected. v We do ‘aholieve that Congress contemplated This the American Farm elping to achieve this result. . Kindle Pessimistic Hysteria “In faggot oflcial statistics which only forty million bushels greater surplus in exporting couns- year than last and only million bushels. less require- ts in importing countries the '6 has been carried twenty-five ‘lower than the average for “ This;additional surplus might “batches care “by expand- assumption in exporting conng trimefliate ,rollet oi the ; em ed by‘the _ ed. Herrera. each individual farm- v foyer ‘- "the , entire consumptive , ' and animal products. estimated at 725 million degndonrflichigan. to the tall staying out of the met. in “We think that the present can be wonderfully sid- procedm' We have I outlin- er" must understand that he lensing his own Mgcment "in oflering for or withholding from immediate sale, We cannot guarantee higher prices. But, as a matter; of con- sistent policy we have advised trom the beginning of our organization more even distribution of market- ing by farmers over the consump- tive period: Now that the mach- inery‘ of , orderly marketing has/been made ready insofar. as laws can pre- pare it, we want it put into motion through the administration of the laws. . "While the present price of wheat, far below the cost of pro- duction, is a calamity to certain sections of our country which rely quite largely on their one income, we are glad to note that the prices of some products are as good or better than last year. Cotton is higher; dairy prices are better; poultry products are holding even; cattle prices are running about the same; oats are stronger; corn is decidedly higher but pork, in which form corn is most largely sold, is decidedly lower. _ . “From careful estimates, made by our Department of Research, of sales of farm products by farmers it was‘tound that wheat furnished from nine to twelve per cent of to— tal” income . from crOps, livestock For the crop year 1922 income from wheat was dollars; cattle brought in 1,000 million dol— lars; hogs 900; ‘ dairy products 1,100; ,and cotton 1,270. Fruits ,_.tirely for their income, _ the farmer. and nuts, vegetables and poultry each had an income value a little over half as much “as wheat. Sales of corn run from 35 to 45 per cent as much as wheat. Preliminary estimates by our Research Depart- ment indicate that for the coming .crop year gross incon e from total farm sales of crops, livestock and animal products will be about 100 to 200 million dollars more than the previous year." EFFECT OF LOW WHEAT PRICE EXAGGERATED—MEREDITH HE general effect of the (Map in wheat prices to below $1 a bushel has been exaggerated in the minds of many people, both as ’ regards its efiect on farmers gener- ally and upon business other than farming, declared E. T. Meredith, Secretary of Agriculture during President Wilson’s Administration, in a statement to The Associated Press. He said: “Those that grow wheat exclusive— ly, or nearly so, and consequently are dependent upon the return from their wheat crop almost en— have had their incomes cut by the recent de- cline in wheat prices; the serious- ness of the situation, so for as they are concerned, is a matter of inter- est and importance to every other , inter’ést of the 'Nation, Labor and business being concerned as well as Certainly steps should immediately be taken to prevent such a situation being again forced upon a group of people who are producing one of our staple products. “The entire income American farm- ers receive. from wheat, however, ‘represents but 10 per cent of the total income of the farmers as a group. Then that commodity which represents 10 per cent of the total income is only 10 per cent lower in price than it was a year ago. It ap- pears, then, that so far the price of wheat alone is concerned, the pres— ent price of corn is as much higher than the price for that grain a year ago as wheat is lower, and inas- much as there are more than three times as many bushels of "corn pro— duced as there are of wheat, this very increase in the price of corn greatly exceeds the shrinkage in wheat. Whether corn will maintain its high price I do not know, but. if it does, those who are both corn and wheat growers—which is a very large number—are, at least, in no worse condition than they were a year ago, and many of them are in a much better situation. “It is interesting to note that a. 10 per cent drop in wheat is only equal to but 814 per cent of the wealth produced each year by our dairy cows, and that the American hen produces more new wealth than the total wheat crop alone. “I firmly believe that a practical method can be devised and put into operation, whereby wheat growers and other farmers can produce their crops with an assurance of receiving at least a certain price per unit of their production, as is the situation with those who manufacture certain products, so that those who cannot produce at that price may know it in advance rather than afterward. In other words, the law of supply and demand, which means supply, productive possibilities, and con-' sumptive demand, shall be interpret- ed to the farmch in advance, rather than obliging them to operate in the dark, as is now the case. It is a passing demand of national import— ance.” Michigan Bean Interests Backing Advertising Plan Elevator'Mgn Commend Business Farmer On Stand and Pledge Loyalty HAVE read with very much in- terest your editorial headed “Come On 'Loosen Up” in Aug. 4th issue of your paper. You are to be complimented on the stand you are taking and the frank and clear manner in which you present this to the farmers. I attended the advertising meet- ing in Flint when Mr. Clendenin ex- plained before the shippers present the possibilities of a Bean advertis- ing campaign. When the call came for signing of pledges to sub- scribe Michigan’s quota, I am glad “"to say that I signed the first pledge that I know of being signed in Michigan and was the first one to advance to the desk to sign. I am told that ’ New York state have pledged their quota. Reports come from California that are very favor- able that their quota will be pledg- ' ed and also favorable reports from Colorado. Michigan would only amine one-third of the total .ad- vertising coat, while she produces about one-half the Beans which are now known over the country as the v best prepared, best cookers and best flavored of all domestic beans and .1! Michigan canft get her share. of the counm's bean business with -national advertising, it‘will be our own tault, and unless Michigan «takes hold assumes her one-- third, . entireeadvertising cam- .pm 1111 be dropped as! all others . b"'-amd‘-y~l"Michigan’s action ,t'o-put it 4 over andtheiwholecampaign will, our it there ever was hardsinsgmisjht 1.56. .01 benefit to all of the Michigan bean interests, it would be this year with the present splendid crop prospects. There are not many elevators in Michigan whose advertising cost on the basis of 9-10 of a cent per bag, would be over $300.00 for one year. We have no way of know- ing, of course, that the advertising will obtain the results expected nor that it would be a cure-all for the condition that the Michigan bean market has been in, but its cost to each elevator throughout the state would not be of an amount that would work any serious hardship on any one elevator and is surely worth a trial. On the other hand, should it stimulate the demand that would be expected from adver~ tiring, all elevators would benefit in a reasonable increase in market prices that should more than make up the advertising cost as compar- ed with no advertising and the growers would receive a better price than is now evident they are going to receive based on some of the quotations at which new crop beans are-being offered for October shipment. It is my opinion that some of the opposition to the advertising might develop‘that those who are indiffer- ent and uninterested in the adver- tising have quite a. comfortable lot new crop futures sold that at pres-" ent appear to show them a hand- some ‘profitxand particularly "it the crop comes thrOugh without any damage and they, or course, could not be interested in any advertising , that might have any in- fluence toward advancing prices to the farmers for their beans that speculative elevators have sold short and for which the farmer will 4 get no benefit if the market goes down to where the short sellers want it and you can bet your life they will pound it down as hard as they can. , We know or an instance where an elevator manager last winter drove through the country solicit- ing beans from farmers to be plac-" ed in storage in their elevator and offered the extra inducement for hauling when the roads were good' that they would store them free of charge, no storage, no insurance and no shrinkag%the elevator as sumed all that. You can appreci‘ ate that if they secured a large quantity of beans which they evi‘ dently did‘ and then sold those farmers stored beans short, they would not be interested in an ad— .\ vertising campaign that might ad- vance prices, particulary, to those farmers who still hold storage slips. It may develop later that the op- position to advertising may lie in those two factors speculators short selling farmers new crop beans and speculation in farmers stored beans. Those two factors worth of thorough might be investigation . "and an, effort to get at the bottom of the real reason for the indiffer- ‘ence and opposition to the advertis- ing might disclose that the very I ones who are blocking the whole campaign may be the shorts and we (Continued on Page 23). _ ' i l. ‘7’ V .— . in , assignments mentacamgrzsi , 3.: or amt-e , H ogs. ' Were Bred Fed in 'Tuyberculin 7.33.13) are at least two farmers inl‘Michigan who have ‘had it fully proven to them that ‘it w _ and who witnessed thefiaw hi falo. ' . W -‘ The other shipment from~v 1-111ng j dale county‘to command'a’ premium“; Was made up of Poland Chinas' D'uroc-Jeriseys. ;.,They were" bought ' \by' the Klinck Packing.c0p_1pany.i..a‘ little below the’ top price, and were ‘ pays-to have their'live stock tested for tub,erculosis;-.._that it pays well ‘0 ’liVe in a, tuberculin tested county. b'These farmers, Charles Bowditch cot Osseo and Andrew Reynolds of are looked upon with considered in/ Hills- V These two farmers "ch sold a carload of hogs and collecteda premium of 10 cents per hundredweight on top of the selling firice. And this was because the county has been recognized by the culture as being practically free 1" from bovine tuberculosis. Each man had a load of hogs on the Buffalo market Monday, July 30, for' Which they received the premium which the packers of that and other markets have agreed to pay for carloads of hogs from , counties that are designated by the vgovernment as .being free from animal tuberculosis. ‘ , News of the county’s recognition by the government as a tuberculin tested accredited county brought to . *its farmers through the official or- ‘ der from Washington created great -intere_st, especially in view of the fact that the county is the first one ’ in the corn belt proper to be so rec— ognized. Thirteen other counties were recognized but the others were "in northern Michigan, south- ern Indiana, Tennessee and North Carolina. a When the word reached here ' that Hillsdale county had been rec- ' o'gn’iz'ed it was late in the week and several local folks got busy right away to make up a shipment- for the ' Buffalo market. . Committee Gets Busy The men who assisted in one way or another in this enter-prise were 1F. E. Haynes, president Hillsdale Live Stock Breeders‘ association; 'Charles Kimball, chairman of the ('7 county board of‘snp'ervisors; A. Z. Nichols, president county farm bur— eau; Col. E. H. Kerr, master of“ a 1 HEAT is now grown on one acre out of every ten in Mich— igan or in other words just about~10 'per cent of the total crop acreage is seeded to wheat and this means practically one million acres. The total crop produced is not suf— ficient to feed the population of the state-now approaching four mil- lion. '-In fact, with average yields the acreage could be increased from 40 to 50*percent without producing more than enough to supply the state with home—grown flour. Better than this, however, would be to sow the same acreage and increase the acre ‘ yield by {10 to 50 per cent. At any a rate, Michigan farmers are certainly ’ justified in growing a million acres of wheat, which is only slightly In excess of the pre-war figure and only ' two thirds as much as was grown in _ the state 30 years ago. It will be of some or not other states are getting back to normal in wheat production. Some wheat is grown in 42 states and the crop now being harvested is 11 mil-_ lion acres or 24 percent in excess of the average pre-war acreage. Min- esota and South Dakota have re- ced by more than three million .. ores "and 11 other states are grow- ing less wheat than in the years from 1909-1913. \ In 29 states, however, the wheat acreage shqu ,an increase over the épregwar figure, but the big increases .9 found in seven states—Kansas,‘ , tana, Oklahoma, Illinois, Colo- \ 7V’do,‘-Missouri anda'l‘exas. The com: a, increases in these seven states “nt; to (almost 12,000,000 acres i‘mo‘re than the total increase for hole United States over the ,arVacreage. "These are the 7 t are entirely out of line 7 Wheat "production is con- ' interest to\ Michigan farmers to know whether. Here is a picture of the Hampshires taken Just before loading at Osseo. The nien on the fence are, left‘ to right: F. E. Haynes, president Hillsdale County Live Stock Breeders’ association; Chas T. Kimball. chairman county“ board of supervisors, who signed the certificate authorizing the payment of the premium; 11. R. Smith, com- missioner National Live Stock Exchange and a. native of the county; Fred Bowditch, son of owner of hogs; Jabin Strong, Red Polled breeder; A. Z. Nichols, \president‘ County Farm Bureau; G. B. Smith, secretary Farm Loan association and E. H. Kerr, grunge official. local, grange and a war veteran; G. B. Smith, secretary local Federal Farm Loan association, and Jabin Strong, Red Polled breeder. H. R. Smith, live stock commissioner of the National Live Stock Exchange at Chicago, was also present to as— sist in getting up the shipment of hogs and seeing it through to market. Mr. Smith had taken a very active part in starting the tu— berculosis eradication program in the county two years previously, which resulted in placing it in the healthy list. Mr. Bowditch was the only man who had a carload of hogs in the county which was anywhere near ready to market, as the hogs had V been shipped out pretty closely this spring. He had expected to keep his for a while yet, as they were under‘200 pounds, but being a pub- lic spirited man and wanting to see his county the first to cash in on its new distinction he agreed to The insert is a fine likeness of Mr. Chas. Bowditch. were Hampshires, being the. culls from his herd of purebreds. He also breeds Shorthorn cattle and has always been in the forefront of live stock improvement the county. The hogs were loaded in due time and landed at Buffalo in good shape. The Hampshires were sold at $8.25 per hundredweight, which was the top of the market. A few other hogs sold at the same price. The 39 head averaged 195 pounds and were a very smooth, attractive lot. They were b'Ought by the Dold Packing company, whose buyer did not know that the hogs were to receive a premium. The premium was paid in a separate check to Mr. Bowditch later. . ' ‘This is the plan which is to be followed in paying the pr'emium on all such shipments, according to a statement by Commissioner Smith of the National,“ Live. Stock Ex- change, who was first’to suggest ship his carload of hogs. The hogs that the packers paY‘ the premium. By H. R. SMALLEY (Special to The Business Farmer.) cerned and it seems reasonable to assume that these states will be most likely to .make further reduc— tions, although it is not possible to make any accurate prediction as to how extensive these reductions will be. . - The large increase in spring wheat acreage in Montana will probably be maintained for some time.. This crop—once important in ‘Wisconsin and now leaving Minnesota—has been gradually moving West and North for many years, and the re— cent increased acreage in :Montana may be regarded as~a normal and ex- pected development. toward a more diversified and safer type of farming will undoubtedly result in a reduction of the winter wheat acreage in Kansas and in parts . of Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado. On the other hand, the increase in wheat production in Illinois "and‘ One half or this field was (,ertilized when planted. to wheat while the other half was not. This arrangement has been carried on for several years and‘ the unfertil- ized half of the field has averaged, during the last nine years,” 12.4 bushels of wheat per acre. .The half that was tertilized. part of which is shown abovéyh‘asr averaged 35.2 bushels per'acrekduring' the some period.’ ' . t . .‘ ' . . ‘ ~ plans in . The tendency ' ‘muchiabout wheat, pro uc - murmur-9.: ‘ ' t ed ‘_va~ri a_ good_,‘sale,'as' they were’somewhat uneven.” ‘ 1 This load was also sold without the packer buyer knowing that they had a right to a premiumh' jFor the ‘ sale of these and also the Hemp? ' shires the certificates, were present-_ ed by the commission company to the packers which was their author-g, ity, to to pay the. premium. The certificate presented covering the carload sold by Mr. Bowditch read as follows: . x _ ,“Hillsdale, Mich., July ,28, 1923 “To Whom It May Concern: , ' “This is to certify thatVI-Iillsdale county, Michigan, has been oflicial- ly designated by the United States. Department of Agriculture and State of Michigan as a modified ac— credited area, all cattle having been ' tuberculin tested according to regu—~\ lations prescribed and that this consignment of' hogs thirty-nine (39) in number of the Hampshire. breed, weight 7600 pounds, was bred and fed by Chas. Bowditch and Son in Jefferson Township, P. O. Osseo, Hillsdale County, Michi— gan, who are entitled to receive the, premium of ten cents per hundred pounds live weight above selling price. “Chas. Board of County." ‘ This certificate for Mr. Reynolds' premium read the same with the exception of names used. I, In this step just taken by the United States Department of Agri— culture more has. been done to in— crease interest in the testing of. herds for tuberculosis than at any time heretofore and every farmer who raises live stock to any extent will be anxious to have his own cbunty fall in line so that he can get a premium of his shipments. T. Kimball, Supervisors, Chairman, Hillsdale Missouri is leading in the direction of a better balanced cropping system and little, if any, reduction in acre- age can be expected in these states. From the standpoint of financial returns, wheat is perhaps the most important small grain grown in Michigan. More than two million acres are seeded. to cats, rye and barley each year, but these crops are grown principally for‘ feed. More- over, wheat just naturally tflts into the crop rotation on many .Michigan‘ farms. The labormequired in" its> production is well distributed with respect to corn, oats, rye,,barley, and hay. Preparation of the soil in late “summer after harvest, seeding in the early fall before the corn is ripe; cutting just after rye and ahead of oats and barley and after hay mak-j s ‘ ing and corn “cultivation are about, I, done, are big advantages in favor of wheat. Of course, these facts are‘ not new to any farmer but they are often overlooked by the advocates of radical changes in the established cropping system and so well known to the farmer that he almost forgets to mention them. ~ Then wheat is an “n'urse” crop for clover. It‘shades the ground less completely than oats and is out earlier. Young clover,_' therefore, is able to get a good start y when seeded in wheat,-provided that plantfood and' lime are -. sufficient present in the soil. ‘Whén all'its advantages‘are prop- erly considered, it seems probable that the Michigan wheat: acreage-ts more likely. to" increase sbmew ' » than to decrease. .. " ' .Wheat Production _ has " if i Michigan farmers. hays * j * v~ excellent * . -3! Will Michigan’s 1924 Wheat Acreage Showlncrease overThis Year’s? I ’ I in first" _ eke a larger amount, say a ,pint. _ if so where could I sends sample. tel. Ihave or had a very vahmhle prescription to use on a sweieny.~ It takes nearly a pint and I only have a little, not “enough to cure a sweeny. In some way I have lost the prescrip- tion—Mrs. 13., Rhodes, Mich. —-May I say that it is possible to make an analysis and determine the ingredients of a mixture, and it saillcient time and sample is at hand, a quantitative determination‘ may be made for. duplicating any de- sired quantity. , On the other hand, in compound- ing 's‘u'ch preparations oftentimes there are many medicinal plants or drugs used which, so tar as we know, we have no methods for their quant- itative determination and in such cases" it is almost impossible to ex— actly duplicate a given prescription; and, if a given medicament has been used and found to be afiecfive in treatment, 'it is necessary to dupli- cate exactly, otherwise the desired results will not be obtained. 'It seems as though a veterinarian of ability could prescribe a satis— factory treatment for sweeny.——W. C. Geagley, State Analyst. MAY COLLECT NO’I‘E Have been a. reader for years oi! your paper and should like to know how I can get out of paying a note which I have signed [or several years for a neighbor? He renews it every three months. His place is up for mortgage sale and 01 course I have no hold on any real estate or any chattles, only a plain note. I expect when he has to move I will be compelled to pay it up.—-F‘. E. 8., Rhodes, Mich. ———Ii the holder of the note is not able to collect the amount from the maker, he could hold the endorsers liable, and, after giving proper notice, could collect the amount from them.-—-—Asst. Legal Editor. LIABLE FOR PAYMENT OF LATE“ HUSBAND’S DEBTS Am writing you for advice. Now if a husband took shares in a stock company and gave his note for same and before note came due he died leaving all money and mortgage in point with his wife, can they make the wife pay the note? He has no property. Please answer me if possible. Enclosed you will find a stamp for same. Please do not publish my name or town and (mildew). Thanking you in advance. -—F. S., Tuscola County, Mich. ——-Pl‘0perty devised or bequeathed , to any devisees or legatees of the testator is liable to the payment 01 his debts, after allowance is made by the probate judge for the main- tenance oi the widow and children during settlement of the estate. If your husband had no other property and bequeathed all his money and his interest in the joint mortgage to you, the money and mortgage in- terest so bequeathed would be liable to the payment of his debts, includ- ing the note. However, your orig- inal interest in the mortgage which you held jointly could not be taken for the payment of the debts. You do not say what disposition vvas made of his shares of stock. It they were disposed of by the will, they would be charged with thepayment oi the debts, along with the other bequests—Asst. Legal Editor. WRITE '1‘0 PUBLISHER What steps would I have to take to correct a double subscription to a paper to have them hold over one remittance tor next year? I paid subscription for paper and a little later a daughter living in another part of state sent $1.00 for same paper to be sent to me at my address not knowing I had already sent for I one year.- I. have written asking _' them to stop one and hold remittance for next year but they still send. me the two papers. There being no ‘ other one by my name at Evart " known they are sending both sub- ‘ scriptions to me and I wish I might (a stop one.—-‘—H. W., Evert, Hich. » you »_ subscribed for the ~’ " ' n duglntocontract with $319314 him both .a’mount‘.‘6t a medians w - .M on com! . mother until mother's lather 7 lainuger. mr’ Informs V. .uu. All accompanied. refunded or' to have it applied on '- seme otherkyear than for which you subscribed. Hovyever. if 'you write the publisher, just what you want, I see no reasonahy they should not be willing to grant your request—Asst. Legal Editor. FIRE AND TORNADO Insurance agent: policies for old line compass-ta are luring us (armors a combined policy covering, are, lightning and cyclone. One of the mutual agents tells me that such a policy cannot be issued, that it is against the Michigan Laws. Can you give me any information that we farmers may depend upon.—-A Sub- I scriber, Clare County, Mich. —This condition was recently re ported to the State Insurance De- partment and their answer was: “Michigan Standard Policy Law makes no provision for the issuapce of combined fire and tornado poli- cies. This law is specific. The'en- tire wording of the contract being included, and such other provisions as may be included in the contract are therein specified. “We have been informed that some business is be’ , written as a com- bined policy, but no specific insur- ance has been brought to our atten- tion. When ever an inquiry con- cerning the matter has come up we have invariably informed the in- quirer that it could not be done.” It would seem that the 1211ch- tion, given by the department 0! in- surance is conclusive, and it would seem the better plannot to insure under the proposed combined policy until such time as such action has been approved by the State Insur- ance Commissioner, and in the, meantime it will be well to hold the policy which you now have in force. WOULD BE AN INFRINGEMENT Please inform me it a patented article can be reproduced for ones individual use?-—-L. R. 0., Alma, Michigan. The unauthorized making or re— producing of a patented article by’ any person for his own practical use would be an infringement of the patent—Asst. Legal Editor. WANTS To GET MONEY THAT WAS WILLED MOTHER My mother’s grandfather made a will about 50 years ago and willed the four children $5 each so they couldn’t break the will. ' They lived in Pennsylvania at the time. When mother was 8 years old she "stayed with her grandiather and. grand; an aunt came to Michigan, then she came with them. The grandmother mile Rilbec S “FLOWERS IN 0178' HOME" 0U know I read in a recent issue of M. B. F. a headin’ jest like this one an’ I was int’rested the minnit I saw it. I've always been a believer of such things an' jest natcherly I starth be? 33'an has been'deadyahont' 15. my memories-been ‘ pears but she never got the money willed ‘ ' ’like'te know l’t any- thing could some to get lt.--un._~ J. R... Edam Kid. -.-—-1 would suggest you write the ‘ probate court at county.“ which your grandiather diedto it hifiwil-lhasbeen profited andwhat became oi the property. If it not been probated, you would hrs to findthewflllndproeeedtohave it probated. and if the property can be found, you might be able to re-_ cover it.—Asst. Legal Editor. PLANTING mm AND V .WALNU‘IS Could you" please tell me whit time of year to plant butternuts or black walnuts for seedling trees and how thick to plant them-‘t—Misa E. IL, Bay City, Wu. ——Butternuts and black walnut: can either be planted in the tall or ~ stratified in moist sand until spring. Fall" planting is to be recommended save. in such cases where rodents are troublesome. If the trees are to be grown in nursery hens and later transplanted eight per running idot. If planted directly in field place seed spots six feet apart. This spacing will give the greatest timber yield.— Paul A. Herbert, Instructor in For- estry, M. A. C. SHARE OF PROPERTY To HALF ‘ SISTER Where the only heirs to an estate are two sisters and one half sister what’then by law would go to the half sister? This property did not descend from either parent. I am a subscriber and read the M. B. F. and will greatly appreciate any- in- formation you will give me on this question—J. M. P., Alma, Mich. —Compiled Laws of Michigan 1915, See. 1-1799, provides that the kind— red ot half blood shall inherit equal-v I ly with those of whole blood in the same degree, unless the inheritance comes to the intestate by descent, devise or gift of some one of his an- cestors, in which case all those who arenot oi the blood-oi such ancestor shall be excluded from such inher- itance—Asst. Legal Editor. _DR. FRIDAY AND THE DETROIT MILK SITUATION. In an article published in several local papers recently—in fact an “open letter"———it was stated that, during the controversy between the milk producers and distributors at Detroit, Dr. Friday, then president of hi. A. C., “threatened to investi- gate and find out it the farmers could not produce the milk cheap- er.” The letter also asks “why did he not try to and out whether the inech Sou s: . ,. raisin’ in their homes, no blottin' paper needed-vnothlnt put 01 the ordinary—jest love an’ good fellow- ship—the love every man should have for his wile—{he love every woman should have for the man who had picked her, out at the' to read the little article—“startedkmany he has known, to be the one is right! First thing I read wuz this—"try puttin’ a piece of blot- tin’ paper”———I got no further ’an that 'cause, don't you see, the flow- ers rwuz bein’ blotted out ’iore they had a chance to even start. ~ Sure I b'lieve in flowers in the \house but "not in to much blottin’ paper. An' now dear folks what is flowers anyway? . * Well now, it kinda seems to me 'at jest ’bout the finest flowers ’at can ever be had or found home would be the lastin' flowers, not the kind that requires blottin' paper or tables or pets nor pans, but the most beautiful of all flow- ere—kindness, love, good. cheer, pleasant smiles and pleasant words —-even a kiss, you many of ’em;—-, now an’ them an' even more often. All/these ‘ things -- are jest ‘ lovely. I flowers an' could easily grow in in any to put flowers into his home and in- to his life. Yes, good friends, its flowers to a man to be met after a hard day’s work by a pleasant an' a smilin,’ cheerful woman. It’s flowers for a wife when the husban’-—-the sup- posed head ot.the o , notices how hard the dear ‘ c has tried to make his home pleasant as’ tells her he realizes what she is doin’ for him. Yes. there arenowers and flowery—«but themicest an’ best, the kind at gets right hold oi as, ’at grips the (heart strings; of. summer, night or day—we've got fem with . us, no blottinf'v‘paper’s needed to set 'em onto—:they show in the dark as well as in the light an' are ever- lastinf, fheautitul- an’ 1 11311 the results. ' N.:J.~. z. “(is ".fDr, Friday at 1: ’ing economic problem. tion has apparently shown that there .are two sides: to the question, and ' that the distributors are not making times, unless they godowxi Friday more ing a low price per poo for their milk. _ 32.60 a hundred "1in f": entered the n , ,, earlier in tho been as low as $2.35 . result of ’agre’ mm by the mm “d D” dueers, largely on Ir. Idiotic raid pro-r. ommendation, the __ ducers for their milk, d rifled it- Detroit, was ed there since. Certainr , adjustments" or chair-323.11 I.) prim of milk were made at this time 1 by the lack oi exact information on cost heron entering noon, to 33:99. hundred pounds. and it. 11”" L. mm distribution made a: very din;- cult to determine the exact price at which distributors could retail milk» with the wholesale price at $3.00 a hundred pounds. 7 Mr.‘ Friday found that numerous factors, them ‘ taken into consideration in figuring distribution costs. ’ Mr. J. T. Homer, ‘3 oi the M. A. C. economics department” spent considerable time in gathering data in the Detroit area tor the pur-7 pose of helping to determine distri—‘ I? bution cost. On May Ist,'lr. E. L.“ ’ Hemenway, formerly of the II. A. 0, economics stair, started on full time investigation of distributing cost factors in the Detroit area. Results of this work are, of course, not yet delicate. I know of no occasion upon which Mr. Friday “threatened” to see if the ‘ farmers could not produce milk more cheaply. I believe that Mr. Friday promised both distributors and producers to make a. fihorough study of all factors entering into production and distribution, in ord— er that the-most just and equitable basis for both wholesale and retail prices might he arrived at. The fact that the price paid farin- 'ers for their milk was raised to . , $3.00 a hundred pounds, and; that it: . a .has remained there since, .would seem to indicate that Mr. Friday’s ’ negotiations did not discriminate in any way against the producer. He may possibly have said at some time that the most economical production, of milk possible would be a neces‘ sary factor in future and permanent settlement of the Whole milk queb-w tion. The future will undoubtedly throw more light upon the Whole * .k question, and make W a son'- , ' ‘ tion of what is admittedly a perplex- Investiga- A the tremendous profits accredited to them, under the present system of I 7 distribution, at leas-t.—-—J. B. Hassel-h $31: upervisor of Publications. RAT-Tm moor u What is the name of things tint look much like a cut worm but hare ' a long tail, about as long as the body? They are tound "in damp places. .1 found them last summer I, in a small house built around-a we;in and other damp places.~—-—M. W. 16., —This description leaves little doubt that the insect in question- is known as a rat—tailed maggot, othawise larvae oi.’ a fly" belonging toéyt that they get a sum. ,‘_- the independent distributor and the , p retail grocery milk depot, had to be ' Indces'fur brand neW, fall styles will positivel amaze ou—-— Just letter or postcard brings any of these astounding bar ,I hmayoare so low! But mm; until you have Iseen e actua me]:- Merely_ give name and number of each article on want. ‘ . i. grammes age. $31.2; sel°gtigge§§31§“§..%'§3utt attl.§“§i these new. ‘21:: headmistress“ is. Pars”: \ .,‘: o t, ' . . ~ . a _, “Ellie banging “rompinztion and approval fight at llama ' not satisfied. you may return the goods and we refund mt Popular g * l 7 V 'Popular , 2 Richly Model " ‘ -‘ One-Strap " _ x ~ Trimmed Embroidered " ' One-Buckle - 3 ’ ' I Gabardine Gabardine e Pump, Black ~ } " Dress for for Stout; ' - Patent or y Misses and Brown " I v Juniors I recommends _this attractivejrock of- ood quality subordine. t signed along slender- inng lines for stout . ‘ women. The skirt ._ is finished With two - An “ . loose panels . 7 . Always novel Egyptian st 1e dress No prettier frock has been designed in many. attached at waist 11111) of non hlac velvet. \ mom'on Riedium pomted dress toe / State 3 e a son 3 than t h is and bottom. Th - . . 4 , ‘ SAt llegdlnug - .' _ '33:" and patent leather trim— ’ Slze charming model for “13‘; ‘13). "(’Sitias ’ _ - ordermg' ming, as pictured. t m i s s e s and juniors. for f‘fiw ‘3 " . leather vain , collar, and instep stra is fastened The_ material is a fine 0 n 3- teal" ‘: on each sue by buttons. Neat. perlzwatimis at duality cotton gabardine o e if n; ' ' Sides. Fancy carved Egyptian shiver ornament on With collar and tabs at n 9 PC. 1‘: vamp. Leather insole; . genuine ()ak outso'les; waistline of contrasting pug‘pko “(t3 . medium height rubber tifiped leather heel. Sizes materials, attractively I c n p“ 3‘“ .9“ Brown Calf fimflhed lea-ther- 25§ to 8; wide Widths. o. 96A251. No money scalloped and embroid- are also the vestee 1.9 wet ma 1?. WW Perforated sewed-tip and medal- now. Pay $2.48 and postage on arrival. State erod. The front, vestee and tabs on bell- 10“ 09- ancy Del't'OI‘atlon 0n Vamp. strap and size. and sleeves are trimmed shaped sleeves_ quarter. One-piece medium .extenswn oak sole; \ « i -_ with rows of red and are“. “is gaitgerid I. fla Biro grilling: vl'iielcilhsiwth rubber t0) hft. ‘ ‘~ ’ . Yap 2112301 iiogelty braid. wars me a so , i ' . ' ‘ i i : »‘ irt is ni bed with P'an finished with A20 Brown Calf finlsh. No. 98A21. ‘ ' ~ ‘ of two panels 9and has he sagh‘ Sues 44 oy $1.98 and postage on arrival for , .- I self material sash tying mon . Pay égat54lbu5€hnaea§mg either leather. State slzes. 1 1} bucka Sizes for e eng esire . ‘ A misses an 'uniors, 14 0 Navy by N ' ' 5 velvet to 20 years,J 32 to 38 _ V and Patent mt, Waiiige'eeE-l’dgfi. N l C - . i r :- Leather 3333"no"°h03§f’°3§; For ’ ‘ 53:; tlzlodrssgn I ' gig? aggteoofiige ang W333: ' ' .~, i‘ I RichBlackPat- ‘ ' ent .Colt-Skin absolutely new and long roll shawl eflect, em- brmdered to _match panels on skirt, as Child’s Middy . _ V . . Dress Attractive »‘ I V v _ i ' V “g Another shining Two-Tone . I , I » ' » _— ; v . . ' 1‘ a “ ample o f Shara . . . ' “ V _ j . ‘ _ . f X . V - in _‘ I 3; super bargains. W combination . .- u -. ,. , I; A ‘ -. .. claim this handso . ‘ ~ ’ ’ ‘- ' .. i . ~ . . .7 ‘ ' - 7" . dress apron at o I Wanted .. 2 ,. special price is an A wonderful ' . I and see for yourself, 1 shoe bargaitn in ‘ ‘ ‘ .- N‘ . 3 Order at our risk—.9 . I ‘ . . . . new ones rap, 1 i . ‘ , . i A TOne of the most novel and " l - , -‘ Everyone “"11 ad‘m” “115 two button dress ; ' V ""t you”. ‘ nttroctive children’s gsr- ' ‘ ‘ early fafil Style “0&35'5‘” p u m p. a s ' ‘ pump 6‘ Vamp 3“ qu‘“ ' patent leather vamp ‘-m0nt9 ever produced, and - k " ' . .. ‘ 13' f voxq‘te ' -- . ‘ at are 0f seleqted lilac t' and black velvet quarter and cross strap. Per- ‘, . .‘ v to be a 18 3 ~ ent leather Wlth "Ch b 01‘ forated velvet ‘tip with medallion on toe. Neat .‘ i . .. $ 1‘ , or.- .‘?a i l ' . .i V’ $'\ 1 3 . : ' 3" equaled anywhere "uh I . - .. ‘ L H , ,I ‘ . r . .. ‘ K F. r ’_ I America today. 1 and winter. A ' ' . . .suede four'b” efiept. ".053 perforations on _vamp and also on patent leather “1'5 3- med!“ muted. dress toe has lmltfllon piping which trims the quarter and strap. Med- per outed “9- “mp 13 quart.“ “951th? DerfOl" ium extension oak sole with military rubber heel. ated. . Stra s fasten on each side W1th_ buttons. sizes 21,; to 8, wide widths, no, 96A253, No One—piece eather sole With Baby Louis leather money now, Pay $1.98 and postage on arrival, heel and metal late. Sizgs 2% to 8; d 3”“ size. widths. No. 98 12. Sen no money. . ., ' ennui“,~ $2.98 and postage on arrival. State size. Women’s Classy Stitchdown ' ' - Splendid quality black » twill sateen which. opiatirastinfi meagre: Rope I ' ' Oxfords i. gins 7:: t mvsyse b1 3e 22.11%; . l. j » ' .I ~ I t " iv e a r s wonderfully. _ , . _ ' ._ Graceful V-nock. lm clustered plaited st _1e v 3 H . Y . 1m. . . y * ‘ 98 V ' - sleeves and belt trim- ' w ' ' ‘ . - ‘ 4 med with gay colored UP snapp all r lannel cotton warp With ax xwxursmrox~fiv_ cretonne. P o c k e t I; ‘ . . , . . finished wit h crepe . Send no money. . .. . _, 4 1,98 and postage on ‘ fiffioflfigfignwn w‘gr’l‘: ; , applique edged Wit 4 -. Be sure to state . V .‘ o- _ derfnlly comfortng and ;_ ,g piping. Sizes smalls“- . I stylish. Uppers of brown " - medium and lame. V , .1 H , or patent l x Bulgarian I Snmoth logger.”- Order by No. set Efl‘ect ' ‘ ~ _ ' \ gates}. ib‘éexible .‘ , . a , .‘ i “W own oak Pay $1 59 and out» - r . - ~ outsoles. L _ -~ ' Gabardlne _ U list heels.0w ’ age on arrhu' "on. Frock For I .: I ,I _ . , » .1 are to 8. _\Vide . . BY back " 'm “"i _ I , _, . VVldths. . suite silo. Women' ; _ , . _ 3f ' V 3 I, ,, and Misses / 7 " " ' I ‘- i ‘ ~ I _ , ._ GUARANTEED r I " ' i i " " For Six Months’ Wegr $ — V l f" VVomen’s ‘, I * . 2 ‘v ’ black ‘ ' 4- Order brown by No. satin - 98A213. Send new V t . - ‘ dress ’ . gifgesy. Zay oarily ., . for MC“ & um,one-sra, . an pos ge . - guerzbutton stye ‘ ‘ on arrlval. Order 1 BOYI a n d ornament " patent leather by No. vtvith [sin]? rosette s2 48 d ta I l96A274. Pay only - _ on 5 rep. in vamp . an pos go on arr vs. or women and with medium toe and r - - r {gongth . _ close edge trim sole Men 8, Boys' and Little BOYS eflect 3 “W With low rubber heels. Genuine oak soles. A dressy ' 1 Stylish new Sarina fashion that will be all the Scout Shoes 8 ‘d at?) best0 diressgd liviimaegi‘zssizes 21,5 :wreWi 3. rev! 0. 2. d - no money. Pay only $1.98 and postage ans?» Rename Sturdy 5019“: . . rival. Sta slzo low broad leather heels. :figsl'de “(ll-Oder I y . leather insoles; kran— v . 0.1 ere 8‘ w d] ther so 8 y. 3%“; Izmgflti; omen s Kid ffii‘imfé‘ed to svtvar‘ild ec w1 _ rich harmoniops . ~ one Strap wear 1 e colors. TW 0 ‘ ‘ ~ "1 ’ money M 1 Don’t lose a moment in orderi deixfxul brown work shoe. lt ismodo 3" near waterproof u can be made-I—iolm loo through and through w1th_ full (mu loath-r pers, guaranteed to wear an montho. i $5.00.f Two gull, thong!) dtfilgl:. solos. uw . . . - 'ld r reoersra . _. , Human flu ' ' ‘ ‘ ‘ . ' ' 21? lgounct’er,‘ riveted to prevent upping. lies _ . 12, wide widths. Order by No. sonoo. Sou Soft kid leather gamer. Stylish strap model with many. Par 32-98 and "mm on anim- .two buttons. 1v ium round toe. Cushion in— 3 _ . , 301°9- Medmm. rubber heels. mono . Pay $1.98 and posts a on arrlvsl. Or- Boya' Guaranteed Shoes—Six months. on: igloo. A Egg-cam tamour slasho deli lttle boys’ slzes 9 to 18'): by N . 96A585. Two.t green éhromeh lunar-v sologizanmh t ‘ ' . . ' l S 8 06 6. 365. 0rd". :wmwn Pr $0494 Order blgflbgys alzos 1 to 5/2 by (night y pom a a , by No. - . l I wi e wrdt . Send no money. 0 . , menu. PM 1.49 and postage on arrival. 1M postage on “rival. 3‘3. 37: , human W Go 98A550. Pay $2.69 and norm. on or! I i No. 56 . Prlco an: shuns. .._‘ V Sir/PS, Ciiiliirh. (tic Dept. lVllNNE.r’Xii’i—I'a ‘ " Nation’s, Greatest Show i The promotion of agriculture, which certain increase in prOfits for the farmer, .13 the big idea back of the Michigan State Fair. This great exposition is the clearing house of agricultural knowledge. Here the state and federal governments, agricultural in- stitutions, practical farmers display their latest discoveries. ' The great yearly growth of the fair during its 74 years of life is powerful testimony to 1th value as an educational institution. $50,000 Free Shows! This year will see probably the greatest program of entertainment ever Witness A"$50,000 free attraction. scheduled is one of the “eye—openers.” ' - Auto races and horse races. The world’s greatest trotter, Peter Manning. ’ Two stupendous fireworks spectacles “The Burning of Smryna” and “India.” Educa— tional and inspiring! ‘ Half a dozen groups of the most skilled and daring acrobats. Balloonists will race from the clouds in par- achutes. . Every dive a thrill. ' Three famous bands and many other big acts. Many Other Features! Police dogs running down “criminals” will be one of the startling features of the all~’ breed dog show. A great Better Babies Contest, in which 1 every baby will be given a thorough med- ical examination. '1 The lecturers at the art exhibit will tell you how to make your home and yard beau— tiful. There you will see. how artists work from living models in their studios. Twenty—two great shows on the “Midway.” Clean, attractive and packed full of fun. ’ . And scores of other. activities any one of which is worth coming many miles to see. ;'_ _ . At‘DETROIT _ Am“ 31 to September 9~ _ govermt, cow “VW’VM the all minimising mum am We such a govern- , meat to the people and seemed; it. is perpetuated in this at ours. The voter! an ' pore and more aware of this. fit op- portunithn at the pan furnish re— ' liable evidence 0! this; - The? need more and. more to take personal chunk of! .M own Wests, and thq‘ll'. .3. up their minds to do co. ‘1” how now that the mum is out they sell and buy, are priv- ate monopoly. The! now the that this control of the W Was brought“ by monopoly and 'is' maintained by this power over our and the courts. K ' » No wonder that the servants of private monopoly are being defeated at the polls one after another. The voters are learning more and more to spot the traitors to the cause of a- free and representative people. The fine beginning the voters are making speaks well for the future. They know that in proportion as they rid the halls of congress from the evil influences of lobbyists sent there by private wealth, and free the government from the" control 0! the combined power of organized private monopoly, can they free their mark- ets and their homes from this sin- ister power of economic despotism. Here, brother farmer, We have found the underlying cause of all our economic troubles, that have been seeking to engulf us more and more. Here we must seek the only solution possible. We have no choice. We must act promptly. We must do it wisely and nbhly. The great interests or a free government are in the balance. We must prove equal to our opportunities and not shrink our responsibilities. Our Moron. our markets. our be— loved country look‘ to on tor a, real and lasting solution at this great problem at the tumors and the people in general.—-A. J. Raftshoe, Leelanau County, Mich. WRICA'S PmmON AN EXAMPLE EAR EDITOR: Your letter in answer to mine just received. Am very glad to know that/in the past you worked for prohibition. but otter reading you letter several times I am unable to tell just where you are at now. You had a. fine chance to Show just Where you stood when you printed the Lambertson aritclo. Are you just waiting now , and only shooting so as to hit? You have not been slow in the past to try ‘ and correct people who have gone erng and what you would say would have a thousand times as ranch influence as a, Lambertson. We have the Mmbertsons here, though not bi that name. I can go out and m with them. but it is a “waste at time. They seem to lose sight of everything but dollarsnThe moral side of the question can go lung. The bootlegging in this section is largely among the tor-alga emml- grants. Shall We give no, and let a few whiskoyites ruin this country inst bosom the law does not work pertectly in every plane? I say “No.” A chronic waiter might say Christianity does no good, but we know better. ~ NOW. Mr. Editor; I firmly believe the good Lord has set this nation for ' an example for all the world god it we fall on prohibition In our be looked upon all a M More by God other. nations. _ will “rely punish them t!“ will not work torhllfldhtloumdomus by halves. ’ '1 W1 him When" too, long for your _ , so will say good- ,bys; in?! your housed friend. W. antics floaty. Lambert-on, " "It-5,, ” conviction, h: / views; and ‘ be. equally to refillst I . tbs, . which has brought gard of the law ‘ which a prevalent Iii. more so every ms“ * The Business ’ f for prohibition. It in = ' ' farm paper in this try that took a m on than We “I not , g I, MW's vies-n W to. out good readers “In your“ in. ' The Business Farmer oer. and we don’t,me tostart ,, DOW. Thanking you for writing the as , you did, and assuring you that I ; ,' would appreeiate a reply from'you to, '- ‘ Mr. Lambertson tor use in an early issue, I am, believe me.—-The Edi-ton snortro'rmirsmt HE time has coms'to speak a g ' word to brother farmers. The time has come to show What kind of stuff farmers are made of. 3' Our revolutionary fathers were fum- j, ' ers and they taught the British «to. crate a-lesson and if they will (10.80 they can teach our own autocrots a lesson by standing together. Just let us quit buying, let us patch and wear old clothing tad “Winery, and. It need be, let as wear the lklns of calm which bring fifty cents m and which'We pay fifteen dol- lure tor all“ into shoes. quit buying flour and with I hand- mfil mod out wheat and make the best out Whiest food man ever at» It would also save thousands at doctor bills. We on soil tour direct as soon as tar-mu mymonsndboeintoouenthqlr rights. Pam help will M m to not. Format-u are thin potential m- oon“ and can draw more respect wearing cowskla cm than middle- meddlers wearing ssalskins. Those who are ‘deserting tam: are n , a mistake, Stay by the land and educate your children with the “it books. We can fill the 1mm with our .own son and Gauging” and salt them to put mate to unfir legislation. Hurrah for t tam! he holds the reins and can guide the torus—J. S. Hughes, County, Mich. - DO NOT OONDW MWMAKEBS TOO noon ' “Gas Tax Unjust." by Ralph R. Jones. . I be; have to sug- gest a few thoughts tor lune page. GOV. Blaine has regal ently Withheld his 39mm of a. ‘ gas tax bill on the ground: that the s constitution oi Wisconsinlllkeslno- provision for the salon tax. This reminds I! that our governor stated his opinion of the" probable defect" in our on eonstb r‘w tutlon. This article 2 no. constitution 00 tOE M, E. R’ Whom-m . "1‘9!I and Bill in. his ’5 ants- cum to .mmm-t nor; m no late. 8m?" am (he ' 7?” air. I was area‘s} b ,v I». “literals. ' and ' ' amt-"fl; ha alum. stood for laying the new truths / , table, face up. We have we! avoid“ :' ed an issue by going around the cor- ,. Let us . Ottawag, A WAS much mutated in article.'; of a, I \ ,r. ' .‘r i. " Y reach a! the recent war I ‘ promoted no more ‘ .1, shall they learn war» ' m an. . mo pointed-the “ 8%.»er have A fi‘siicalists. loan was no I f, ,.to this "human dreaming; to our text. he visions . world iteratin- iuturet Pet- th‘o as the age, (or , in. some mature. M _ ’ p f “The meek wit the earth” in this use Galilean prophet; and. we war no more. thought and activity. along}. that make for meslmess and ' ' Sudden; crises ’ bloody won are possible; and gamers ‘than‘ ever would we endeavor 1.13% avert, the complications that im- di‘sns’ter for us. We are re- , at post neglect. Our is been; sebered, our vision ‘ sharpened, and our conscience amr odd—the conscience of the nation. m test now while we are at peace, yet in peril, shall we not taken com- ‘vm mice]: a: what constitutes. ' the elements of a people’s honor and character. This is, in port, a moral For emphasizes our duty to fu- ture citizens use to whom shall Vic transmitt ‘ the responsibility of maintaining the honor and integrity of the state. Militarism in our teaching, means militarism in our nation's conscience and life. This has been a great general cause of I was and the consequent submerging a! righteousness in national life. Thelma-ate strength of a nation is not in the exhibition of great mili— tary power, encouraged by military schools and training camps; but in the sum total of its character kept healthy in its‘ boys and girls, and in Christians schools, , churches and homes. The Bible recognizes this‘thought in the words, the '. 015a a hm who in aim in. war is claimed. to be a great leveler. Those of mm: rank am Why sue on equality; develops sterling qualities of. man- hood, such as obedience, {rompers-s, unity, and endurance; but at what a trighttnl cost ,in health, purity and life; and what of the stronger and mono spiritual Qualities? 1m? Instead of inducing our young, men to seek soldier lite for their training, let .us callihem to turning swords into plowshares and guns into pruning. hooks, even to the farms, mines, and other indust- ries that lie at the basis of our in- tegrity as a nation. These will de- velops manhood minus the debauch- ery and bloodshed of soldier life. Be sides, we thus, are conserving the agents of production ——- feeding in— . stead of starving the hungry, and mainatfng many happy homes. But war, also, has its moral count- erpart in social Christian service. ' War is said to be a call to state serv- , iem And during the recent war all - classes responded with seeming ; heartiness and alacrity. A thousand times better would it be to fight ? wrong doing and social injustice , The making of this I everywhere. world better for God’s. creation is a moral warfare, not carnal (Rom. 8:— 9), and our weapon is the “sword of the spirit,” not the carnal sword. Then, too. moral courage is much I rarer and higher than physical cour- ' 386. This moral warfare comprehends ‘ individual and cellective responsibil— - ity. The Christian must teach and live the “life that is Christ” wher- ever his labor extends. The church also must match, in faith and works, her responsibility in this light. A non—spiritual commercialism and na- tionalism in invading the world. Let the militant church march fully arm- ored (Ephesians 6:19-18) to the at- tack. And finally, we shall'rid the world of “wars andrumors of wars.” “PeaCe hath her victories no less renowned than war.” , And this is “Righteousness exalteth a Nation.” “the victory, “the mountain of Je— TMB implies that this condition must _-eome thru the individual, since a na- tion h. but amaggregation of indi- viduals, politically organized. We note that Abraham’s faithfulness in "the teaching 0Lhis household was made the ground of’his becoming a great and mighty nation. , v The media thru which character is » Insured and maintained an the state, the church, and the home. The state, to fulfil its righteous mission pianist provide a. condition under " Which churches and schools may op— erate unhindered in teaching the elements of civic righteousness. I on pained to remember the little city. of A,—-——4,000 people—where several hundred children had no school privileges because oi! the lack , * oi room. But there was room tor seventeen drinking places, besides tobacco shops, pool-rooms,_ and‘cheap movies. What a travesty « eon‘tho good f?) government of one ot'our great states! j 11011, in exalting righteousness, ftho church shares with others her A message of peace, reaching a third or more of our population. 'But, first Z of 9.11,, the home should be a teacher . 'otobedience and “the way of the Lord," Young people are subject to , seductions to enter a life, the issue '02 which they, do not understand. 11ng men are well-night carried -‘ away by the mouthings of some mill- 7, ' Lt‘aristigc demagogue. Right here the . of a. Christian home would v : “%Y.”“Count the cast," “Aim higher.” jShQuld we say then, that war, is rr‘educative and good because it arouses the public conscience to Hf'gher ground, on the one hand, and ” slopes many good qualities of ‘ on moot/her? No, NEV- a battleless and blood- Witme for ‘war activities is ".de in the highmand nobl- p ot'msn; signage!- ’. preseason '_ at inhihiothehome,’ I ‘ " ch. For , hovah’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.v—And he ‘will judge between the nations, and will decide‘concerning many peo— ples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against na- tion, neither shall they learn war anymore.” ST. CLAIR FARM BUREAU HOLDS SECOND ANNUAL PICNIC HE second annual picnic of the St. Clair County Farm Bureau will be held in. the County Park at Goedells on Friday, August 17th. A program of interest to every tarm- er in the_Thumb Ditrict in Michigan has been arranged tor the day. 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Edwards Motor Co.. 134 Main St., Springfield, Ohio ' A f"40st‘yles and sizes emf ‘2 W‘ » org T the United States end of an inter- A national river bridge, four armed rangers sweltered in a little ’dobe hut keeping a fairly faithful espionage upon the lagging passengers from the Mexican side. - Bud Dawson, proprietor of the Top Notch Saloon, had, on' the evening preL vious, violently ejected from his premises one Leandro Garcia, for alleged viola.- tion of the Top Notch code of behavior. Garcia had mentioned twenty-four hours as a limit, by which time he would call and collect a plentiful indemnity for per- sonal satisfaction. This Mexican, although a tremendous braggart, was thoroughly courageous, and each side of the river respected him for one of these attributes. He and a fol— lowing of similar bravoes were addicted to the pastime of retrieving towns from stagnation. The day designated by Garcia for re— tribution‘was to be further Signalized on the American side by a cattlemen’s convention, a bull fight, and an old set- tler’s barbecue and a picnic. Knowing the avenger to be a man of his word. and believing in prudent to court peace ‘While three such gently social relaxa- tions were in progress, Captain McNulty, of the ranger c pany stationed there, detailed his lieu enant and three men for duty at the e d of the bridge. Their instructions were to‘prevent the invasion of Garcia, either alone or attended by his gang. Travel was slight that sultry after- noon, and the rangers swore gently, and mopped their brows in their convenient but close quarters. For an hour no one had crossed save an old woman enveloped in a brown wrapper and a black man- tilla, driving before her a burro loaded with kindling wood tied in small bundles for peddling. Then three shots were fired down the street, the sound coming clear and snappy through the still air. The four rangers quickened from sprawling, symbolic figures of indolence to alert life, but only one rose to his feet. Three turned their eyes beseech- ingly but hopelessly upon the fourth, who had gotten nimfbly up and was buckling his cartridge-belt around him. The three ‘ knew that Lieutenant Bob Buckley, in command, would allow no man of- them the privilege of investigating a row when he himself might go. The agile, broad-chested lieutenant, without a change of expressidn in his smooth, yellow-brown, melancholy face, shot the belt strap through the guard of the buckle, hefted his sixes in their holsters as a belle gives the finishing touches to her toilette, caught up his Winchester, and dived for the door. There he paused long enough to caution his comrades to maintain their watch upon the bridge, and then plunged into the broiling highway. The three relapsed into resinged crtia and plaintive comment. “I’ve heard of fellows,” grumbled Broncho Leathers, “what was wedded to danger, but if Bob ain’t committed big; amy with trouble, I’m a son of a gun.” “Peculiarness of Bob is,” inserted the Nueces Kid, “he ain’t had proper train- in’. He never learned how to get skeered. Now, a man ought to be skeered enough when he tackles a fuss to hanker after readin’ his name on the list side of sur- vivors, anyway.” “Buckley,” commented Ranger No. 3, who was a misguided Eastern man, bur- dened with an education, “scraps in such a solemn manner that I have been led to doubt its spontaniety. I‘m not quite onto his system, but he fights, like Ty- balt, by the book of arithmetic." “I never heard,” mentioned Broncho, “about any of Dibble‘s wvays of mixin’ scrappin’ and cipherin’.” “Triggernometry ?” s u g g‘ e s t e d Nueces infant. “That’s rather better than I hoped from you,” nodded the Easterner, ap- provingly. “The'other meaning is that Buckley never goes into a fight without giving away weight. He seemsto dread taking the slightest advantage. That’s quiet close to foolhardiness when you are dealing with horse-thieves and fence-cut— ters who would ambush you any night, and shoot you in the back if they could. Buckley’s too ful of sand. He’ll play Horatius and hold the bridge once too often some day.” , “I’m on there,” drawled the Kid; “1 mind that bridge gang in the reader. Me, I go instructed for the other chap—~ Spurious Somebody—41w one that fought and pulled his freight, to fight ’em on some other date." “Anyway,” summed up Broncho, “Bob’s albout the gamest man I ever see along the Rio Bravo. Great Sam Houston! If she gets an hotter she’ll sizzle!” Broncho whacke at a scorpion with his four-pound Stetson felt, and three watch— ers relapsed into‘ comfortless silence. How well Bob Buckley had kept his- secret, since these men, for two years his side comrades in countless border raids and dangers. thus 'soake of him. in— 0 Whats: ennui“!th mm and; Ill-Wheeler the , 1mm. " c 'not knowing that he was the most arfihtfl physical coward in all-a that Rio Bravo. country! Neltherihis friendsn'or'hls enbé , mics had suspected him, of, auzht .else?-., than the finest courage. ,~It was purely" ‘a physical cowardice, and only. by'"..an' extreme, grim effort of will hand he forced his oraven body to do the bravest deeds”: Scourging himself alWays, as a. monk: whips his besetting sin, Buckley threw himself with apparent recklessness into, every danger, with the hope of someday. ridding himself of the despised aftlicthn. But each successive test brought no re- lief, and the ranger’s face, by nature adapted to cheerfulness and good-humor, 'becaame set to the guise of gloomy melan- choly. Thus, while the frontier admired his deeds, and his prowess was celebrated- in print and bf word of mouth in many camp-fires. in the valley of ,the Braivo,’ his heart was sick . within him. Only himself knew of the horrible tightening of the chest, the dry mouth, the weakens ing of the spine. the agony of the strung nerves—the never-failing symptoms of his shameful malady. ‘ One mere boy in his company was wont to enter a fray with a leg perched flippantly albout the horn of his saddle... a cigarette hanging from his lips, which emitted smoke and original slogans of clever invention. Buckley would have given a. year’s pay to attain that devil- may-care method. Once the deboniar youth said to him: “Buck, you go into a scrap like it was a funeral. Not," he ‘ added, with a complimentary wave of his tin cup, “but what it generally is." Buckley’s. conscience was of the New England order with Western adjustments, and ’he continued to get his rebellious body into as many difficulties as possible; wherefore, 0 that sultry afternoon he choSe to drive‘ his own protesting limbs to investigation of that sudden alarm that had startled the peace and dignity of the State. * Two squares down the street stood the Top Notch Saloon. Here Buckley came upon signs of recent upheaval. A few curious spectators pressed about its front entrance, grinding beneath their heels the fragments of a plate-glass Window. In- side, Buckley found‘Bud Dawson utterly ignoring a bullet wound in his shoulder while he feelingly wept at having to ex- ' plain why he failed to drop the “blamed masquerooter," who shot him. At the entrance of the ranger Bud turned ap- pealingly to him for conflnmatlori of the devastation he might have dealt. ’ “You know, Buck, I’d ’a’ plum got him, first rattle, if ,I'd thought a minute. Come in a masQue-rootin’, playin' female till he got the drop, and turned loose. I never reacher for a. gun, thinkin’ it was sure Chihuahua Betty, or Mrs. At- water, or anyhow one of the Mayfleld girls comin’ a-gunnin’ which they might, liable as not. I never thought of that blamed Garcia until—" “Garcia!” snapped did he get over here ?” Bud’s bartender took the ranger by the arm and led him to the side door. There stood a patient grey burro crop- ing grass along the gutter, With a. load of kindling wood tied across its back. On the ground lay a black shan and a. voluminous brown dress. ‘_ “Maspuerootin’ in them things,". called Bud, still resisting attempted ministra— tions to his wounds. “Thought he was a. lady till he give a. yell and winged me." ~ “He went down the side street," said the bartender. “He was alone, and he’ll hide out till night when his gang comes over. You ought to find him in that Mexican lay-out below the depotfl He’s got a girl down there—Pancha Sales.” “How was he armed?” asked Buckley. “Two pearl-handled sixes, and a knife.” “Keep this for me, Billy,” said‘the- ramger, hahding over his Winchester. Quixotic, perhaps, but it was Bob Buck- ley’s way. Another man—and a. braver one—might have raised a posse to ac- company him. It was Buckley‘s rule to Buckley. “How discard all preliminary advantage. The Mexican had left behind him a. wake of closed doors and an empty street, but now people were beginning to ewnerge from their places of refuge with. assumed unsconsciousness ‘of anything having hap- pened. Many citizens who knew ,the ranger pointed out to him with alac'rity, ' the course of Garcia’s, retreat. ' " As Buckley swung along upon thei'trail,» r he felt the beginning of the suffocating» constriction about his throat, the cold sweat under the [brim of his hat, the old.. shameful, dreaded sinking of his heart v as it went down, down,‘ down in This, bosom. - : ' n o c e no The\morni‘ng train of theMexican _Ce‘ ? tral had that-day been three" house 'liteyf thus failing toepnnect with the I a. on the other side of the river. ‘ E for Los Estados .flUnid'os sought entertainment in the little gering mongrel town of two nations, until the ‘morrow. no other train ‘_ come to rescue them. Grumblin‘ ” cause two days later wpuld "and Euro, .- Running Horses. and? Dane. those times": cattlemen played clack-’- n the, sidewalks with double eagles, and‘gaitlemen backed their conception 'of ,‘the fertuitous card with stacks limited height'only by the interference of grav- ity. Wherefore, thither journeyed the sewers and the reapers—they who stam- peded the dollars, and they who rounded them up. ‘Especially did the caterers to the amusement of the people hasten to San Antone. Two greatest shows on earth were already there, and dozens of smallest ones were on the way. . On; a side track near the mean little ’dcbe depot stood a. private car, left there " by the Mexican train that morning and V doomed by an ineffectual schedule to ig- nobly await, amid squalid surroundings, connection with the next day’s regular. " The car had been once a common day- fcclaaeh. but those who had sat in" it and” cringed to the conductor’s hat-band slips ‘ would never‘~ have recognized it in its transformation. .Paint and gilding and ' certain domestic touches had liberated it from .any suspicion of public servitude. . The ‘whitest of- lace curtains judiciously v screened its windows. From its fore end drooped in the torrid air the flag of Mex- ico. "From its rear projected the Stars and Stripes and a busy Stovepipe, the latter reinforcing in its suggestion of cul- inary comforts the general suggestion of privacy and ease. The bachelor’s eye, regarding its gorgeous sides, found inter- est to culminate in a single name in gold and blue letters extending almost its entire length—a single name, the auda— cious _privilege of royalty and genius. Doulbly, then, was the arrogant nomen— clature here justified; for the name was that of “Alvari-ta, Queen of the Serpent Tribe.” This, her car, was baCk from a triumphant tour of the principal Mexi- can cities, and now headed for San An- tonio, where, according to promissory ad- vertisment, she would exhibit her “Mar- vellous Dominion and Fearless Control over Deadly and Venomous Serpents. Handling them with ease as they Coil and Hiss to the Terror of Thousands of Tongue-tied Tremblers !” One hundred in the shade kept the [vicinity somewhat depeopled. This quar- ter of the town was a ragged edge; its denizens the bubbling forth of five na- tions; its architecture tent, jacal, and ’dobe; its distractions the hurdy-gurdy and the informal contribution to the sud- den stranger’s store of experience. Be— yond this dishonorable fringe upon the old town’s jewel rose a dense mass of trees, surrounding and filling a little hol- low. Through this bickerer a stream that perished down the sheer and disconcerting side of the great canon of the Rio Bravo del Norte. In this sordid spot was condemned to remain for certain hours the impotent transport of the Queen of the Serpent Tribe. ' - , The front door of the car was open. Its forward end was curtained off into a small reception-room. Here the ad- miring and propitiatory reporters were wont to sit and transpose the music of Senorita Alvarita’s talk into: the more florid key of the press. A picture of Abraham Lincoln hung against a wall: one of a cluster of school-girls grouped upbn stone was in another place; a third was Easter lillies in a blood-red frame. v A neat carpet was under foot; A pitcher, sweating cold drops, and a glass stood upon’ a fragile stand. In a willow rocker reading a. newspaper, sat Alvarita. Spanish you would say; Andalusian, or, better still, Basque; that compound, like a diamond, of darkness and fire. Hair, the shade of purple grapes viewed at midnight. Eyes, long, dusky, and dis— quieting with their untroubled directness of gaze. Face, haughty and bold, touched with a pretty insolence that gave it life. To hasten the conviction of her charm, but glance at the stacks of handbills in the corner, green, and yellow, and white. Upon them you see an incompetent pre— sentment of the senorita in her profes- sional garb and pose. Irresistable, in black lace and yellow ribbons, she faces you; a blue racer is spiralled upon each bare arm ;‘ coiled twice about waist and once about her neck, 0 , Tgreqx small his .horrid head, or“ a1 has. ,, yids parcels: Kuku. elevensfoot Asian python. ’ -‘ ‘ A- hand drew aside the cugain 'partltioned the car, and a middle-aged, ' fadedwoman holding a knife and a half; * peeled potato looked in and said: "Alviry, are you right busy?” “I’m reading the home paper, ma. What do you think! that pale tow-headed Matilda Price got the most votes in the ‘News' for the prettiest girl in Gallipo..—- lees." ' Shuh! _ She wouldn’t of done it if you’d (been home, Alviry. Lord knows, I hope we’ll be there before fall’s over. I’m tired gallopin} round the world playin’ we are dagoes, and givin’ snake shows. But that ain’t ,whatI wanted to say. That there biggest snake’s gone again. I’ve looked all over the car and can’t find him. He must haVe been gone an hour. I remember hearin’ somethin’ along the floor, but I thought it was you.” “Oh, blame that old rascal !” exclaimed the Queen throwing down her paper. “This is the third time he’s got away. George never will fasten down the lid to his box. properly. I do believe he’s afraid of Kuku. Now I’ve got to go hunt ' him.” “Better hurry; somebody might hurt him.” The Queen’s teeth showed in a gleam- ing, contemptuous smile. “No danger. When they see Ku-ku outside they simply scoot away and buy bromides. There’s a crick over there ’between here and the river. That old scamp’d swap his skin any time for a drink of running water. I guess I’ll find him there, all right.” A few minutes later Alvarita stepped upon the forward platform, ready for her quest. Her handsome black skirt was shaped to the most recent proc— lamation of fashion. Her spotless shirt- waist gladden‘ed the eye in that desert of sunshine, a swelling oasis, cool and fresh. A man’s split-straw hat sat firm— ly upon her coiled abundant hair. Be- neath her serene, round imprudent chin a man’s four-in-hand tic was jauntin knotted about a man’s high, stiff collar. A parasol she carried of White silk, and its fringe was lace. yellowly genuine. I will grant Gallipolis as to her cos- tume, but firmly to Seville or Valladolid I am held by her eyes; castancts, bal— conies, mantillas, serenades, ambuscales. escapades—all these their dark depths guaranteed. ' “Ain’t you afraid to go out alone, Alviry?” queried the Queen-mother an- xiously. “There’s so many rough people about. Mebbe you’d better—” “I never saw anything I was afraid of yet, ma. ‘Specially people. ‘ And men in particular. Don’t you fret. Ill trot along back as soon as I find that run- away scamp.” The dust lay thick upon the bare ground near the tracks. Alvarita’s eye soon discovered the serrated trail cf the escaped python. It led.across the, depot grounds and away down a smaller street in the direction of a little canon, as predicted by her. A stillness and lack of excitement in the neighborhood en- couraged the hope that, as yet, the in- habitants were unaware that so formid- able a guest traversed their highways. The heat had driven them indoors, whence outdrifted occasional shrill laughs, or the depressing whine of a maltreated con,- certina. In the shade a few Mexican children, like vivified stolid idols in clay, stared from their play, vision-struck and silent, as Alvarita came and went. Here and there a woman pecpod from a door and stood dumb, reduced to silence by the spect of the white silk parasol. A hundred yards and the limits of the town were passed, scattered Chaparral succeeding, and then a noble grove, over- flowing the lbijou canon. Through this a small bright stream meandered. Park- like it was, with a kind of cockney ruralness further indorsed by the waste papers and rifled tins of piclmickers. Up this stream and down it, among its pseudo-sylvan glades and depressions, wandered the bright and unruffled Al— varita. Once she saw evidence of the recreant reptile’s progress in his distinc— tive trail across a. spread of fine sand in the arroyo. The living water was bound to lure him; he could not be far away. So sure was she of his immediate prox- imity that she perched herself to idle for a time in the curve of a great creeper that looped down from a giant water- elm. To reach this she climbed from the pathway 9. little distance up the side of a steep and rugged incline. Around her Chaparral grew thick and high. A late-blooming ratama tree dispensed from its yellow petals a sweet and persistent odor. Adown the ravine rustled a soda- tive wind, melancholy with the taste of sodden, fallen leaves. 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Sold thro ‘ ._ SATUI‘ipAi, spouse 13,1923 7 THE nouns. maternal: OOIPINV. Inc. . oceans ll. WI. W " Mt. Clemens, Mlchlgan " Represented in New York Chicago. St. Louis and Minneapolis by the Associated Farm Papers, Incorporated ‘ Member of Agricultural Pume Association Member of Audit Bureau of Olmiations Milan ‘ o.an “ .Jlana ng Editor Mrs; Annie Imp-im- Farm ome Editor .Fr W ‘ . as. F...“ . 3...: “mm . r was“ E. mom rm? Editor was. w w m . t.“ . Hem-y F. Hinl'ine' Phat Superintendent on YEAR 8pc. TWO mm ’1. FIVE YEARS 82. your mbocripfim expires. in renewing khdly ,_ avoid mistaku. Iemit by check. draft, mow-order or registered ; stamps and currency are at your r We acknowledge by first-class mail every dollar received. _ Advertising Rates: 45c per Eta line. 1‘ lines to the column web, 772 hues to the page. i rates. _' lee Stock and Auction Sale Advertising: We ofler special low rates to reputable breeders of live stock and min-y: write us. V: w .mvmmafsss‘w . e In no In: ace v. c any men or rm ‘who we do not befieve to be thoroumoneet reliable. Should any reader have any cause for wumhint against . vertiser in these columns, the Rasher would appreciate an un- medmlefierbflncincallfa tofighnlneyerycasewhen writiu soy: "I saw your advertisement in The Inches-n Farmer! It will guarantee honest deem. " The Farm Paper of Service” FORBES 0N WHEAT “ GREAT many people are talking and writing, for eyample, as if the only product of A‘merica’s farms were wheat. “The truth is that wheat constitutes quite a small percentage of the total value of American agricultural products. Wheat normally isn’t half as valuable as our corn ~crop. Hay andfo earethreetimesas 5,; valuable as the tot wheat crop. Cotton nowadays represents as many millions of dollars in market value as wheat. “When you take into the reckoning other crops, such as oats, potatoes, tobacco, wool and barley, you find that wheat represents about 5 per cent of the total value of farm crops, not 50 per cent, as one might assume from the present agitation. “The prices farmers are receiving for sev- eral, if not most of the more important crops, are reasonably satisfactory. “This brief statement will help to explain why mail order houses and other concerns catering to our farming population are re- porting notable increases in their sales. “Pessimism being fashionable at the moment, the disposition is to’ attract atten- tion to the hole in the doughnut, not to the doughnut itself."—B. 0. Forbes, Aug. 4th., 1923. A SAD WARNING TO ALIERICA HERE are several hundred thousand words in the English language, yet there are in the breasts of Americans today, sentiments which cannot find words for their interpretation. Within the span of a decade, we of the present generation have watched two presidents, crucified on the cross of political and governmental leader- ship, which we have built up. When Warren Harding wentinto the White House to take over the complex reins of office from a man who had withered under the eight years strain, he was a hardy, rugged Ohioan in the prime of health. A series of his photographs from the day he was inaugurated to those taken on thexill—fated trip to Alaska {see picture page in this issue) tell a dramatic story of what the pres- ent job of being president of these United States really means. Therefore the wholly unexpected death of President Harding has a double meaning to every thinking American. We feel with our deep grief a certain sense of responsibility for what happen- ed. It is, as if we, individually had watched a friend sinking into the quick—sands and had lifted no finger to thwart its grasp. The presidency of the United States, as it is understood to-day, is in our humble opinion, physically impossible for any one man to handle. No other country in the world asks so much of its leader. France and England, for example de- pend on figure-heads to attend the flag—raisings, make pleasing speeches and entertain foreign visitors, while somewhere in seclusion from these public demands, their prime-ministers work‘ out the nations problems. ‘ Calvin Coolidge, who steps into the arena. is not a big, hearty, full-faced man, who radiates health as did his lamented predecessor. He is a short,vwiry, pinched-faced man who speaks with j “a [raping voice, .but makes his decisions quickly ’~ 3 1““?- His healthmust be‘guarded as a ‘ ‘ at humanity__ and for the good or ‘ easily made by any “rm” Who is ordinarily products for the great market at their dost! -whereas wages are twice the pro-war, is that _ existing at the present time. - I‘do. ‘ anthem stocks gafib'w‘n ._/,- ., W We‘f'pray the; our, .mme , amusements -2, . . . 0 less _ an authority than Béiififiin' unmet? Rochester, is responsible for the statement in this issue that the farmers ought'to handpick their own beans. - e The writer of this page has for many years harbored the idea that the winter months could be well employed by the been more of Richly; and their families in the hendpicklngbt their own beans, providing they were equipped with the same machinery which the local elevator has. . The hand bean picking machine ls‘not an ex,- penslve outfit and in fact is one'that could be . , seed." _ fi‘b ,onérgml any please! sob-still! which? I , - of the social—monger or front}; . political demagogue; , ~ The only hopeful sign in all this-“ , rate that leave a floundering ship, the in the farming business are being driven in the congested cities where they belong.»- ls "going to cut production dowuto _ y L the sturdy American businesefarm’ers, I are proud to labelas suchvva'ud to , are staying by our farm and gwill, " of labor saying machinery, produce enough handy with tools. If some reader of The Busi- ness Farmer can give us a simple plan for building a hand bean picking machine that has provou satisfactory over a. period of years, we will pay $5 for the suggestion and the working plan. But we must know that it is practical and they can be assured of a fair profit. _ IT'S UP TO YOU, HE; BEAN BUYER , _ HE national advertising campaign for beans is being held back bythe reticence or some Michigan bean jobbers who'lmldn dollar so V close to their eyes that they cannot see pent—it. The sooner this type or been buyer is eliminated.-- in Michigan the better for the grower and the bet-3 ‘ ‘5 ’ ter for the jobber. " n In California, where the citrus, 'prumJut, and] 1 other growers have organized to advertise and sell their products cooperatively, the associations", ‘ are organized by the, growers themselves and“ operated by them. g. ' ' )«E The present bean plan dimers from this in, ' _ that the advertising and the cooperative selling effort is carried on by the bean buyers. Whether or not this will prove a satiisfactory means to the growers is yet to be proven, and that is up to the“ jobbers themselves. 7 . The Business Farmer would like to go on record right now with the bean jobbers of mem- _ g-an, California, Ooiorado and New York State. that if they are not big enough to see the light and go through with the present campaign in a. manner that will be satisfactory to the growers they can look for ‘a national bean growers ,aseoc- __ ' iation which will eventually eliminate the present ‘ jobbers and bean buyers. ' This is an age of eificiency in business, and if ” the present jobbers and buyers can prove that 'they'are the most emcient means of handling this” V business; that they are alive t resent day Situafwn: 1‘ tion and willing to carry on the necessary-propa- _' ganda to keep this product before the 110,000,000 ; food buyers, in America alone, they can hold thekfi job. If they fall short of these requirements 01‘ are controlled by a few weak—kneed andiell‘y-r'f" spined individuals who don’t belong in any busi-J. ; _ nose that requires more brains than making ' r ' change, they might as well get ready to retire gracefully before they get kicked out. ' ' We have for years watched with interest the growth and success of the western growers of 1 fruit and other products 'in their advertising cam- paigns. We see their names on warehouses in ,1 our principal markets and on the doors of city ofllce buildings where their; goods are being push-s , ‘ ed for sale. We contend that the navy basing. offers the best possible product to be advertised to the consuming public because it is the cheapest ’ form of vegetable food on the market today and should be included in the eVery ‘day diet attire A workingman’s table, and as a delicacy which would be relished in the best homes lmthe land at least once a week. Advertising is the great ‘ American panacea for most business ills. Ad-_ vertising will take any legitimate product and multiply its sales over and over. Advertising never has and never will "make a permanent suc- cess of a proposition which is not fundamentall! “ honest and economically worthy. ’ . 5 _ It's up to the bean buyers and bean jobbers of Michigan, and we repeat that we will follow their individual actions in connection with this present I campaign“ and see that the farmers of Michigan"; means carrying on the buying and selling of labor M'O'Dl‘opel‘ly informed 0f their indivmmll “1103' I and material at a profit. The ether is the 3.0- in regard to it. ‘ ~ ‘ cumulated value of a property which makes it »' _ I more valuable as a business as it is improved and INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY MEANS PROSPEBHYE=~ becomes. organized as a going property. _ ' PEAKI‘NG in ,New ~York (recently. . This 18 no 1633 “119 0? the farming Miami’s“ J. H. Kracke, U. S. Appraiser, said-that the then of any other. . What do you think would United States Treasury w‘uwuect this happen to automobile stock if a whole bunch of ye”. over a halt billion dollars in ems «dummy- clamoring pessimists should tomorrow morning which is the largest sum ever animal“ by " begin to point out that there was a great over: Federal Government. " g, . production of automobiles, that foreign com-path; we will import close to $‘3;000,000,009V tion was coming into the American market. that ‘ " of raw materials in twelve months, wales? the foreigner would no longer pay the price of the - ' ‘ ‘ American car because of his depreciated currency, ‘ and that the companies themselves because of these facts were nearly bankrupt? ‘ Why, you know what'would happen as well as efficient. . s . 7 There is, of course, the double advantage of handpicking beans on the farm. The culls are saved and may be fed to stock with profit. This subject opens up a line of thought which we would like to have our readers who have had practical experience with it discuss freely in these columns. THE LABORt-F'ABMER FALLACY N a rodent statement, Henry A. Wallace, of Des Molnes, cracks the nut and gives us all the V milk in the mcoanut at one swallow, when he says: “The one reason why farm product prices average only 30 to 40 per cent above pre-war, there is rsurplus of farm products to be sold on the European market, whereas Labor, because of immigration restrictions and tarifls, is sheltered from Europe. The farmer is on the international market, while Labor is off the international market.” ‘ That is why we contend that farmers and labor- ers cannot mix or fight for equal privileges on the same ground. Their interests are opposed when. » it comes to an economic condition such as we find We are not pessimistic, because although the agricultural conditions have been slowly recover— ing,» while labor has taken a quick recovery, large- ly, due to the conditions which Mr. Wallace mentions above, it is no less true that the return of prosperity to agricultural America will be much more stable and_cn a more lasting founda- tion. . The farmers not so many years ago were un- harassed by financial matters and their larders were well filled with food products when bread lines and soup kitchens were being operated in the centers of population in this country. The farmer’s business is returning to a normal and satisfactory basis. Prices are going to be higher this fall than they have been in several previous years. The farmer is going to get a share of the higher prices which the city laboring man has been receiving. and the city laboring man is’going to have to take less money because there is going to be more labor on the market than the market will absorb. This does not mean that we are in any fear of a. depression. The best posted financial prophets of America can foresee nothing but a continuous wave of better times, and our observation of the farming situation bears out this same contention. BOWLING DOWN LAND VALUES E sometimes wonder if the professional poll- ticians and the gloom-bowlers for the farm- ers realize that: c. There are two sources of profit in any business. One is the daily operation of the business which lug. would, be“: eager sanctum-t9. ; I z ,’ and out of work. term . re I n ,fépgieur some, money. that the picture ~‘en-larse2'1ent sharks are againqin Michigan, magnet want to warn ,ourfreaders gain,st_them. . g ‘ ' [gutters cometo your door flitif you have a particularly ‘thbiOsraphsof'a‘child or ran ,n show it to“ them they are , thusiastie over its possibilities and r. u an enlarged picture in. a which they agree to deliver tor nixed amount, the par- i instance we have in mind he- - You'are asked to sign an agree- am'ent, which, while ’it' does [bind YO,“ to..accept a picture in. frame, it' does'obligaten you to pay for the "eiriargement. When th e delivery ‘ man, brings the frame and picture you are asked to ; pay a fancy price for the picture frame, sometimes as ._ high as $15.00. Some of our readers gwh'o have refused to accept the pic- ture in the frame at this price have bought it as lowas $3.00. , ,It‘vis-a' sharper's game, and we, - warn our readers against dealing “Twith this kind of an agent. You .will save money 'by showing him the door and going to~a reliable photo- grapher in your own town and ask- ing himior a price on a suitable en-_ largementxw' 'If any of our readers have had recent experiences further than we a have mentioned or if these agents > are practicing any other schemes we would like trrhear about them. THE AMERICAN MUSIC. AND NILE , 'AR’I‘ COMPANIES 5 Last week I asked for information treln our readers regarding the American Music Publishing Company and the Nile Art Company, both of whom offered home employment on receipt. of a certain down payment from the prospective employee. ‘ I‘said then that I did not know anything about these companies but that I am sure from the number of inquiries we have received that some of our readers oughf to be able to . give us the information. Well, they I ‘ have, and I. am reprinting a few let- ‘SIGN STARTS N0 RUSH T0 FARMS HERE» is a dusty sign that hangs Conspicuous'ly but hopelessly in‘ " the front window of the State Department of Labor’s free employ- ment bureau in Detroit. It reads: _ ‘ . “Wanted farmers!" It is more than an offer to work, however, to the hundreds of young Amen who pass it each day to ask ,)'for an automobile assembling job, a "‘place‘ at a core-maker’s _bench or a chance to operate some whirring, ~ screeching, automatic lathe. . His 8. far cry from hundreds of deserted farm-houses that are sur- rounded by ilelds of tall, rank weeds .‘ “and han cultivated crops, ripening u and blistering and raining grain for lack of men to man a reaper. ~ Last March every agricultural county in the. State was asking for . men. Forty—one thousand farmer boys,-according to statistics compiled 1' ,. ~ by tth. .S. Department of Agricul- ' i-ture. had. left Michigan during the ,preceeding year to become residents or. cities and those that remained were too few to do the—Spring plow- »..ing." Moreover. it was known that many of the 41,000 were in Detroit . concesuenuy the “Wanted pm- .‘ersl-r'f‘sign was stenciledand hung Itseemed a bit inceng‘ruous, oki‘nj‘g out, onja busy street in down- but there were some .4 . ot Leonor employee who H thafitj’ronid exert a sort . turn the city- "; bea mat the _ . H ' noises. _ _ 9%k’s Editorial 1fizlusthreading the Publisher's " Desk in the Michigan Business Farmer and as I saw your in- quiry regarding the American Music . Publishing 00., 1668 Broadway N. Y...» and-fan I was one that sent in tyre dollars to get their working out— V fit. ‘I was very disappointed when I received itr In the first letter I got from them they wanted me to send two dollars for the working, . They said they would give. 100 «for all copies I mailed ’and an on tilt. additional 50 to cover mailing ex- penses. They also told me they would send me a list of names and places where I was to send them. But when I got the working outfit there was no list. I had to make the list myself. last letter [with instructions and af- ter reading it I think you will agree with me and tell those that have made inquiries to keep their two dollars—S. R. Aw, your article in the M. B. F. concerning the American Music. 00., N. Y. Some time ago I sent them the two dollars and in re— turn received their working outfit 'which consisted .of about 20 pieces of music and about 25 circulars, with instructions to mail the circulars and #for every piece of music that was ordered from those mailed circulars I was to get about 10 cents. Well, I mailed the circulars and did not receive an answer from any of them. .They will not take back the music if you can not sell it.—-A. R. ' HELP ME SHOW ‘EM UP HEN you run across a fake or somebody hands you a gold brick, don’t be afraid to write the Publisher about it. I am even going to make the exéeptibn and say that you need not sign your name, although if you do I" will promise not to use it if you ask me not to. No one likes to admit when they are stung but it ought to give you some satisfaction ;to know, that you can warn most of the good farmers in Michigan. ' Wooded lanes 'instead of pave- ments? . Quail instead of factory whistles? Farm-house cream instead of cafe- teria coffee? Well not by any means! Since that day last March when the little sign first went up, jaunty and fresh, there have been only four men in the State’s employment office who could milk a cow. At least, only four who would. To be sure several score have spoken about the sign, intimatiog that perhaps they woui-i like to he- come farmers. But they were not of the 41,000. They were city boys, out of work and discouraged, who did not know oats from rye. , “The farmer boys who have come here,” says the employment secre- ' tary at 461 Larned west, “seem to cling to the city no matter how roughly the city treats them. They come back here day after day, ask- ing for a job in an automobile fac- tory and when we say no, ‘No, not to-day, but we can send you up- state to a farm,’ they leave insulted.” Moreover the Detroit representa- tives of the adventuring 41,000 are invariably reticent when asked about life on the farms. ' ,“Oh, I worked in Grand Rapids last,” is the usual answer when a newcomer is questioned about his ag- ricultural experience. ' Or Petoskey, Saginaw, or Flint- — And not until cross-examined closely, 'the employment secretary says, will it'be disclosed that the stay in "the smaller city was merely a, sort of apprenticeship in city life, not tar-thy, automobile or marathon—4mm the boyhood home where . the, speaker wooded onions, Nashua. atwa a little ed Waletrnlh .Whlch .I egg I hays enclosed the ‘ ' r Every Federal first mortgage bond you purchase is, in ef- fect, an insurance- policy against pov- erty Or dependence.’ 0 Write for Booklet AG915 Tax Free in Michigan Free from Federal Income Tax of 4% 61/2% “ FEDERAL BONDS (915) Are Better Bonds FEDERAL BOND & MORTGAGE COMPANY} FEDERAL BOND 8: MORTGAGE BUILDING, DETR-OIT ,3 .l N .r 1M?“ {fauna I-‘:\.‘U\ 3 .2) Ilsa" Liberal use of Royster's Fertilizer insures the quick start that winter wheat needs. It makes the wheat sturdy and vigorous to resist the rigors of winter. It increases the yield and ripens the crop early. Feed your wheat this plant food and learn the difference between fertilizer made to be rich in plant food and fertilizer made from cheap materials to sell at a price without regard to quality. We are proud of the Royster reputation for successful crops, and anxious that farmers should always use it correctly. Take pains to use the analysis best adapted to your land, and for the protection of your fertilizer investment, insist that it be made by Royster. For advice, or help, write Farm Service Department, F. S. Royster Guano Company, Toledo, Ohio. AGENTS WANTED IN OPEN TERRITORY . . OYSTER . 792M 7921171296 ">4 a." V»;;";.+.srd’§‘«.}v way-72M: " .v ' Ea’érzmwilnfifi' 22:. - ,3 it dreamed of June. ' . whispered in its dream. 11 V e thistlse show beyond. the brook Duet on their dawn and bloom, ' ‘ ' And out of many a weed-grown nook The aster flowers look LWith eyes of tender gloom. ' be. silent orchard aisles are sweet 3 : ith smell of ripening fruit, Through the sere grass, in shy retreat ’ Flutter, at coming feet, The robins strange and mute. There is no wind to stir the leaves, The harsh leaves overhead; Only the querulous cricket grieves; .And shrilling locust Weaves .A song of summer dead. ——William Dean Howells. “GOING TO THE STATE FAIR?” EAR FOLKS—Last week I call- ed upon Mr. Dickinson and Mrs. Eis brey, manager and secre- tary of our State Fair, to find out 1'. what the fair had for my women readers. There are so many attractions H that are so educational and useful b V ' inYl purpose because of their better flav-- '. family that comes to the fair. not fail to use this department and 'this method of cooking for every one of us. ’ The better‘baby contest is worth the trip and the folks in charge say: “‘There is a great underlying idea' to this contest; it is the State's effort to do everything in its power to see that future citizens of Mich— igan are strong and healthful!“ Naturally the selection" of the .better babies and the awarding of prizes will hold great interest for all parents, but the really big thing - in this department of the fair is the careful, scientific examination which each baby receives. Then they have a women’s rest room, equipped with all modern conveniences. The nursery is a blessing for the Do check the baby. You will be able to enjoy the Fair and I feel sure ' the baby would enjoy either play- ing in the hill of sand or sleeping rather than go around with Mother :31. 1Father and this department is handled by 'compcteut'women who have had special training in caring for children. The sewing exhibit in the wom- an's building is one of the. most facinating rooms. Every woman reader will find a good suggestion to take home. _ I can hardly keep my fingers off the beautiful articles on display. There, too, canning exhibit. . The State Fair is one year’s work being displayed and to me I feel is the baking and "every farm woman and husband owes it to themselves to come down and see our work well done. Send your name to Mr. Dickinson and receive their “Premium List” and read about the advantages the Fair holds for you. . CANNED, AND DRIED GREEN CORN HE-half-ripe ears of corn make a very favorite vegetable ,in this country. The so-called sweet varieties, which contain more sugar and less starch than those grown primarily for making meal or hom- are especially prized for this FREE, or and more delicate texture, but the other varieties are sometimes I used in this way. Green corn, like many other veg- etables, is at its best when freshly gathered. very convenient to serve or eat, and it would doubtless have been abandoned long ago if cutting the kernels from the ' ly modify the flavor. ~ cob before cooking did not material- convenient way of cooking corn on the cob s ordinarily by boiling, but ‘ in old-fa hioned fireplaces roasting was a favorite method. This still :survives as a common household 1 practice in some localities and also in camp-fire cookery. The season of fresh corn is more early limited to the season of ma- fty in 'a given region than that of 'mmost'any other common vegetable, can not be stored for any con- hle" time in good condition, modern \appliances, and grown! in warm climates and ’ .: lag distances to our winter very texpensive and rath- ‘ sweet ’ ted by MR8. ANNIE mm“, . LABOR DAY ONTBEFARM ' ‘ EAR FOLKS>:—It is hard not to think that everyday is not a labor We all must work in order to be happy. this old world of ours; but I was wondering if when our LabOr Day comes, it would not be a'good thing to plan a picnic for the family Seeing new and different scenery is a day. and get away from the house. a stream or lake. wants. and I answer my letters personally. No one sees them but me. I hope you all will make use of this privilege, and write. I / Corn on the cob is not The most ' that many children have uali‘ty. Corn * great medicine ,for tired, overworkednerves. work than getting a meal at home,,the effort is not worth it ‘ Tome it is a pleasure to get together some wholesome food and picnic along Getting out of the house is a relief sometimes. Remember our page is for you and me to use for our personal Address letters: MM. Annie Taylor, care The Buslneu Farmer, Mt. Olemem, Michigan. d It is the way of If this sounds‘like more v however, may be readily canned eith- er at home or on a commercial scale, and when this is properly done the corn retains many of its desirable qualities. It is not surprising, there- fore, to find that canned corn is one of‘ the most popular canned veget— ables. Canned corn is used not only by itself but is also made into a var- iety of soups, fritters, puddings, and other dishes. Corn and Its Uses as Food The preservation of green corn by drying has long been practiced in the household and dried corn is to a limited extent prepared commercial- ly. The ears of corn are first scald- ed for about 5 minutes, then cooled and the kernels cut from the cob. Unless the corn is very young and tender the resulting dried corn will be much morevsatisfactory if only the tips of the kernels are removed by the first cut and the remaining pulp scraped out with a dull knife, leaving the most of the hulls behind on the cob. Even in the case of young corn the cutting should not be so close as to include the base of the kernel. The corn may be dried -by any convenient method. Where a large quantity is being prepared it may be spread upon a table covered with muslin. Of course it must be pro- tected from flies. be well stirred from time to time un- til thoroughly dry. When wanted for use The dry corn should be rinsed quickly in cold water and put to soak for several hours in a small amount of water in which it is to be cooked. The cook- ing should be done slowly and water added as needed. Cooked dried corn may be used in any‘of the ways in which canned corn is served. Dried corn has a sweet, nutty flavor, and is especially liked for making cream of corn soup or in succotash. Corn is sometimes combined‘with other vegetables. Succotash, a mix- ture of unripe corn and beans, is a dish borrowed, name and all, from the American Indians and has been a favorite since colonial times. To “vary their winter diet, the colonists often cooked dry'ripe cornand beans together, but such a dish does not possess the palatability of that made from green corn. Corn with toma- toes is another mixture which many persons like and which is quite com- monly served. Small, immature ears of unripe corn are sometimes used in mixed pickles, particularly in Europe, and relishes are also made in the United States from green corn, both as a domestic article and commercially. PREPARING THE LITTLE TOT ' FOR SCHOOL 0U have heard the‘story, per- haps, of the little boy Who cried when informed that he was to start in school in September. “I don’t want to go to school,” he wail- ed, “’cause—’cause I don’t know anything!” There are many teachers who will tell you that that is the very kind of child they want to greet the morning school opens——the child who doesn’t know anything,” meaning, '0! “course. the child who has not been taught “‘rbadin,’ ’ritin’ and 'rithmetic” .at 110.111.3- differ so frqn the .oldf-time‘méth’ods , . to “un- ljearn",. ’all they have been 14 ' to-date methods. The corn should v Modern methods of: teaching . mt along those lines at home—and the “unlearning," according to most teachers, is nine times harder than the learning. . Children go to school to be taught by a teacher who has been trained in the best, most approved, most up- Leave the reading and writing and arithmetic to her, but send your child to school-prepar- ed to take his place as a pupil under her and to realize why he is there. Before school starts, impress up- on him the fact that he is going to school so he can learn how to read stories out of books, how to write letters to Grandma and how to count the eggs Biddy lays each week. Talk kindly of the teacher who is to help him learn these things. See that his mind is not poisoned against her by the things other older children tell him. Give him to understand that the teacher will be his friend, that he will like her and that she will like him if he is good and tries to do what she wants him to. Be rather more particular than us- ual to ee that toys are picked up, clothes hung up, face and hands washed clean and little feet made to walk quietly. Such preparation will. fit your child for school excellently. It is for greater importance than the , mastery of the alphabet. Mothers Problems THE VALUE OF 0110le HE city boy who has no chores to- to do is a boy to be pitied, not envied. He is being cheated out of something that every boyhood needs. He is sowing the seeds of idleness and laziness and downright shiftlessness if time hangs heavy on his hands. He is growing up with— out having the habit of work forced upon him. v Such is the big benefit derived from chores—chores that come as regularly as the sun rises and sets. .Other work may be eXtracted from a boy, but it is generally more or less of a painful job; but chores, once they are fully established, give the boy that most-valued of habits—the habit of work. I know a farm mother who com— plained that she never had a drop of water in the house, a stick of kind- ling or‘a bed of coal unless she brought them in herself. Yet she had boys big enough to keep her supplied with all three. "I know," she said, when the wasted boy pow- er was suggested, “but I’d rather do the work myself than to keep con- tinually after the boys to do it for me." ‘ \ A mother does feel that way when she has to be constantly “after” the children to get work done, but she shouldn’t 'let the feeling carry her off her feet.‘ She should face’the facts and decide on some better course than constant nagging. In- variany that course lies along the path of chores. ' ‘ Ten centsa week to form a good habit is buying such a habit cheap; yetten cents, or even a nickel, paid every Saturday night, is sufficient in- centive for most boys to perform cer- tain duties day after day. Even' though. the boys work about with Dad; helping him with his‘mornin-g and evening chbres.‘they should de- vote a certain period to doing forMotlIer.‘ Ares _ r of cf. chores : i " glorious ' ‘ once 1211039 V duties 5’11an church-they will have liecjdm _ ' ' -.-and the kind of habits that boy a world of goodlater .on fan Personal comma TO A FLAPPER. If-she should want a simple thing, A simple foolish things, Like a powdered nose, or silken hose, - Or skirts abbreviated, If she should want to do a thing, A simple little foolish thing, ‘ Bob off'her looks or roll her socks, If that makes her elated; If I don't get her point cf view, Because I’m old, and wrinkled too, .’ I'll take a look back through the yeara_ When I was young and gay; - I'll think just as I used to do, - -' When sweet sixteen and giddy, too, ~ And I ‘win say, Yes daughter, dear, you may. . For youth was made for foolish ways And happy thoughtless giddy days; It’s time to sing and have your flingz‘ More sober days are waiting; A If I indulge her foolishness, And give her lots of happiness, ' \ She’ll settle down without a frown, She’ll not be hesitating. 'With years, responsibility Will come a sit has come to me, If she accepts it when it comes, That’s the important thing, But now I want her to be gay, And laugh and sing the livelong day! It’s wise to let the flapper have her fling! -—-Anne Campbell, Detroit, News Poet. Bobbed Hair Beats Bustlesl—To be sure the problem of wearing bobbed hair has reached the girls on the farm. I think it perfectly proper for girls to wear bobbed hair. A ‘ It is no worse to wear bobbed hair than to wear bobbed skirts. It is far better to bob the, hair than to snarl it then yank and tear at it until it is all broken and uneven. Years ago the girls had a fad of shingling their hair and there was not much fuss about it as there is these days over the bobbed hair. When I was a. girl we were hoop- skirts and bustles. How we girls would practice "sitting down” without our hoop- skirts flopping up in front. " ~ How ridiculous we looked with] (has , big bustles,_ the bigger the better.’ ' ’ But it was the style; and one might as well be out of the world as out of style. \ Let the girls bob their hair and wear the short skirts, they look both comfort-- able and sweet—A Farmers Wife. " A‘YounglLady of Twelve Thinks Bob- bing Alright——I am only a little over twelve years old, so you must not ex- pect much of an opinion from me. But I will tell you what I think. If ones hair, is thick leave it alone; do not have it bobbed, but, as it does the — hair much good by making it much thicker, if it is thin, provided you havo your parents consent. have it bobbed. When one’s hair is short it is much easier to comb, brush, wash and keep in order, than if it were long. Then. too, the air and sunshine get in it, and through it, making it more sanitary. . Lots of girls look more becoming with bobbed hair than if it were long. Years ago, it was just as much the craze to have shingled hair as it is now to have bobbed hair. Many girls had. long hair then. But times have changed and it seems that everything has changed. With it. , \ I have' long hair,’ and as it is quite thick, I do not care to have it bobbed. There are two sides to this question as there is to every one. Hoping the best side will came, out first, I am your friend. ——-E. I. (3., Fenton, Michigan. The Runner’s Bible Study to be quiet and to do your own business with your own hands. Thcs. 4:11; Becausehe thinks he knows best, many a parent not only dictates the way his child’s message is to be delivered, but even the message itself. 1 of which leads to confusion, discoura ement, and finally to failure. Instead the parent should ever encourage the good in his- child, patiently removing every obstacle in its way, remembering that each one's' message comes from God—is devine; and that his child’s true self, like his own, is from eternity—two rays of devine light of exactly the same value, but pointing in different directions. 7 " He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind. Prov. "11:29. -. ——if you are well bredi; You will never discuss the family ' your friends .or acquaintances. 1 If guests ‘ are,«at ycun bane; ’ them. feel at home by. talking abs , , n, things that. Sta-uharein co " . of? . - clean; then add one table- ‘i'sraand cloyes, one tablespoon,” . t,‘ one tablespoon of ppepe‘r and grated : nutmeg. Boil until very ck “‘detween six and eight hours) and , 8!» two; tablespoonfuls' flne salt. Bottle, fit. and seal it. ‘Grape Ketchup—Pick over, wash drain and remave' stems from grapes. Put in e a.‘ preserving kettle. .add cold water to ' barely cover, bring to the boiling point and. manner until fruit is soft; then "pressthru. a, sieve, discarding skin and “mas. "Put ten pounds. ‘of the fruit pulp .in a; preserving kettle‘and add five pounds sugar, one tablespoon allsplce, two table- ' ,épobns cloves and,» one grated nutmeg. .3an bathe boiling point and let simmer to the . consistency ,of. a ketchup. Fill bottle to overflowing, ad- : just stoppers and seal. . .Oorn Soup—One can or two cups of corn. one pint boiling water, one pint milk, one rslice onion, 0 tablespoons " butter, two tablespoons‘flour, one teaspoon salt. dash of pepper, dash of paprika. Fry the onion in the butter and stir in the flour. If raw corn is used, place it in boning water and boil five .to ten min- utes. Add‘the milk to the corn and bring tol the scalding point. Thicken with the onion and the-flour, and butter mixture and add seasoning. - , —"-'—-—t— Corn Chowder—One cup fresh corn, one and one-half inch cube salt pork, diced, one onion, sliced, one quart of potatoes, sliced, one cup milk or cream, f 'salt and pepper and eight crackers. Fry the salt pork and add the onion, and , cook until the onion is tender. Boil the‘ potatoes five minutes in one quart of boiling water, add the fat, and cook un- til the potatoes are soft. Add the corn and milk and bring to the scalding point. Add the butter and seasonings. Pour _ over the crackers and serve hot. stuffed Green Peppers—Six green pep- pers, two and one-fourth cups fresh corn, one-half onion cut up fine, one and’one- half cups of meat chopped or ground up line, one and one—half cups meat stock thickened with two tablespoons flour, one and one-half cups bread crumbs, one-half teaspoon salt and dash of pepper. Re- move the tops and seeds from the peppers and par-boil in boiling water for two min- utes, .Remove from the watergdrain, and put in a. casserole. Stuff the peppers with a. mixture of the corn, meat, bread crumbs, thickened stock mixture, and ' seasoning and bake. The mixture may be varied by using other materials such as rice and tomatoes. Corn scuttle—One cup fresh corn, one cup white sauce (see. following recipe). Three eggs. one-half teaspoon salt, dash pepper. Add the well beaten egg yolks to the sauce and fold in the corn. Fold in! the stiffly beaten egg whites and place in a buttered baking dish, et the dish in a. pan of hot water, and bake in a moderateovan (350 degrees F.) thirty to forty minutes. White dance for Soufl‘le—One cup milk, three tablespoons flour, one-half table- spoon salt, two tablespoons butter. Melt' the butter and' stir in the flour and salt. , Add the scalded milk and stir until the ,mixture thickens and the flour is cooked. The white sauce may be made in a double boiler or directly over the flame. If the ‘iatter is used, care must be taken that the product is not scorched. Tomato Sauce for Beans—Will you publish a recipe for tomato sauce, like that which is on canned pork and beans. -—Miss M. B. . -—Tomato. Sauce (without stock)—-One half can tomatoes or one and three- fourths cups of fresh stewed tomatoes, one slice onion, three tablespoons butter, 'three tablespoons flour, one-fourth tea- spoon salt, one-elghth ' teaspoon pepper. Cook onion with tomatoes fifteen minutes, rub thru strainer. and add to butter and ‘ flour" (to which seasoning has been added), cook together. If tomatoes are very'acid, add a few grains of soda. If tomatoes are to retain their red Color it is necessary to brown butter and flour together before adding the tomatoes. Tomato Sauce with Meat Stock—One- . half can tomatoes, one teaspoon sugar, eight peppercorns, bit of bay leaf, one- _ half teaspoon salt, four tablespoons flour, one cup {brown stock. Cook tomatoes twenty minutes with sugar, peppercorns, bay leaf and salt, rub thru a strainer and add stock. Brown the butter, add flour, and when well browned, gradually add to liquid. .These sauces can be added to beans V ‘ and canned; also «they can be prepared ~with your canned tomatoes any time in the winter. .r ' ' PICKLING v , Pickling is preserving in any salt or William?- s" yef’Piekled Peaches—One-half peck aches, :two pounds brown sugar, one vin gar. one: ounce stick cinnamon, Sugar, vinegar and aim; ’miniites. Dip peaches 61: Water. then fill) oi! the fur Suck each‘ peach with ew sc0very * = in °Milling Better Baking N ow Possible. During the past three months a new process for milling flour has been perfected. It revolutionizes the making of flour. To the home baker it means better, whiter bread, bread that \ is better looking, will stay moist longer, that will bake easier, and have better texture and flavor. . Today the Lily White leased. mill is the only mill producing flour milled by this new Lil y W hit e “The Flour the Best Coo/as Use” A continues the undisputed leader of quality flours, and now even Lily White has been improved. It is an established fact that 30% of the cflicicncy of protein in flour is destroyed when the wheat is crushed or flattened by smooth rolls. Under this new milling method, however, the efficiency of the protein content of the flour is increased 30 per cent. This permits free action of the yeast on 100% of the flour instead of only 70% in making good bread. For 25 years efforts have been made to perfect this new system. Now, all that we ask is that you try Lin White. Better all around rcsultshrc positively guaranteed. \ Now Sold by More Grocers. VALLEY CITY MILLING COMPANY . Miller: for Sixty Years GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN four cloves. Put into syrup and cook until soft, using one—half peaches at a time. Sweet Pickled Pears——Follow recipe for AIDS TO GOOD DRESSING 4393-4418. A Smart suit Style—“This style Sweet Pickled Peaches, using Pears in- owes its originalitrto the smurf mun jawkot mm ‘ the equally attractive \rmy skirt. The rust in")! Stead of Peaches," . be omitted. Sports crepe was used in this in- Tomato and celery ROIiSh—One 01110“ stance. Linen, pougec, ratiue or twill would also and one large bunch celery and two and - be attractive Igllelgackleé PatEerpnifilflR. is; 'Hlt ‘ m . mes: , , mu .. yours. 19, 0119413” 01195 “6511 tomatoes, Chopped " Skirt 4413 in 7 Sizes 16, is and 20 yours for fine, one tablespoon salt, two tablespoons . Misses, and 31,_ 33, 35 and 37 inches waist sugar two auspice berries and two_thirds V,_ , measure for Ladies. To make this suit for an ’ '- 18 year SlZe wrll require 4% yard of 40 inch cup Vinegar- .f . material: To make vest and sleeve firings of Mix ingredients, heat gradually to the ‘ Contrasting material requires 1% yard. The wulth boiling point, and 'cook slowly one and one-half hours. Cayenne or mustard may be added if liked more highly seasoned. Spanish Pickle——One peek of green tom— atoes thinly sliced, four onions thinly sliced, one cup salt, half dozen cloves, half dozen allspice berries, one-half cup’ brown mustard seed, half dozen pepper- cores, one pound brown sugar, four green peppers. finely chopped, and cider vinegar. Sprinkle alternate layers of tomatoe and onions with salt and let stand over night. In the morning drain, and put in a pre- serving kettle, adding remaining ingredi- ents, using enough vinegar to cover all. Heat gradually to boiling point and boil one-half hour. PATT NS 12c EACH, 8 FOR 0 POST-PAID Ann mu m .r’ I. ~ I ‘ Rem ll e‘b'i'm “9 ‘wmuh ,rnnv BusINEss FARMER sitcom pepergtment. m. oI-mom. Much. of the skirt at tllerOOt is‘about 2 yards. 4412. .A New Version of One Piece Dress—~ Checked gingham and linen are combined in this style. It could be made up in crotmme or Chintz with crepe or sateen pr jn jersey c10th_with flannel pr suede for trimmin. Rntine in plaid and plain,_ or plain ratme M h linen would also be attractive. The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: 8. . , 12 and 14 years. _ year size re- quires 4 yards of 32 inch material. 4449. A New “wrap” Skirt—~This model has the belt at slightly raised waistline. It is excel. lent for a sports or separate skirt. and will de- velop well in .all sports materials. and ‘in serge, broad cloth, linen and other wash fabrics. The Pattern is cut in (3 Smes: 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, and _35 inches waist measure. A 29 inch size re_ lures 2% yards of Inch material. The wx th at the foot is 1% yard. 4394. A Jaunty Top Garment—For cool days, for sports wear. and for all jacket materials, this is a. very desirable mo e1. The sleeve has a very unique sha mg. The collar is a new and stglish f ture. his Pattern is cut in 6 sizes/1' 8 . 38, 4 , 42, 44 and 40 inches bust measure. A 88_ 1inch sure requires 2% yards of 40 inch Order from the above or former Issues of The Buslness Farmer. glvlna number and sign your name and address olalnlv. ' , once. i .'| POULTRY BREEDER’S : ‘--DlRECTOR W " INTI «ll: THE MAN without a ppreader, knew‘how he oould'increase die returns trim: every ton of manure by using a cCormick-Deering Manure Spreader, he would change his method mighty soon. It isn't a matter a of what‘the other fellow is doing-«it is a dollars and cents propositicn. - If you waste your time at uneven spreading you lose profits that should belong to you. The spreader perfume two important operations. First, it shreds the manure— tears it to pieces as it passes through the two steel heaters and the spiral wide-spread device; second, it spreads evenly and uniformly, in any quantitv desired. ‘ ' _. .‘&3§Watm .v of, ‘ bees"; DEPARTMENT FEED NOT CAUSING TROUBLE My pigs were about two months old when I weaned them. Began feeding ground wheat and sweet milk. After two feeds of this the pigs began to act as if their backs were weak and their hind legs give way under them when they walk. One pig died and was opened and we found some light colored spots on the liver and some purple spots on the large intestine. we11.—J. C. W., Clarksville, Mich. —I do not think the ground wheat and sweet milk is causing the trouble in these pigs. I would sug- gest that you send one of the sick pigs to the Animal Pathology De- partment at the College, East Lans- ing,\ for autopsy and diagnosis.— 'John P. Hutton, Assoc. Prof. of Med. & Surg., M. A. C. HAVE I VETERINARJAN EXAMINE CALF ' Calflis two months old and it has always been hard to get it to drink milk and when given dry or green feed it Will eat fairly well but after it has laid down an’d starts chew- ing its cud, there is a dropping or All the pigs eat" —0. W. S., East Jordan, Michigan. ——The cause of this preverted ap- petite is not understood. I Would- suggest a change of feed. See that the cattle are kept in stables that are clean and well ventilated. Appo ‘morphine in doses of two to three grains given'three times daily for three days in succession has given good results in some outbreaks, Keeping cattle out of doors in well drained pasture and keeping Cattle from eating food which is spoiled, will tend. to avert the disease. You might try feeding to those affected animals one ounce of Artificial Carlsbad Salts night and morning and continue for several Weeks.— John P. Hutton, Assoc. Prof. 'of Med. and Surg., M. A. C. CANNOT STOP Loss OF MILK Our cow loses her milk every night. When we bring her from the pasture the milk just runs out. Will you pleaSe tell us what to do, with her?-——Mrs'. I. K., Bad Axe, Mich. -——-I will say that there is nothing that we know of that you can do‘to remedy a condition of this kind.——-~- John P. Hutton, Assoc. Prof. of Mode and Surg.,.M. 'A. C. Howl Outwitted the. Crow HE crows outwitted me for some time but I believe I have suc- ceeded in matching them. At a reasonable estimate they have de- stroyed and eaten 400 bushels of corn in the last 10 years on one of our farms. They pick open the ends of the upright ears so the water gets in and they rot. This farm adjoins timber on the Missouri Rver where the crows nest and roost and go out by the hundreds into the cornfields. The crow is a very smart bird. one of our neighbors years ago hired a boy of 15 to come to his home to shoot crows, agreeing to pay him 60 cents for each crow and for the ammunition he used. After two weeks he reported having shot two crows and went home with one dol- lar' besides getting his board. I have taken my shotgun and gone to our cornfields about a quarter of a mile away and when I got about half way, the picketsithat were al- ways on guard on the fence posts that surround the field, would give the alarm and up would rise a cloud of crows out of the cornfield. Later I conceived the idea that the way to catch the crows was to place steel rat traps on top of the fence posts where‘the guards were in the habit of taking their positions. . I fasten- ed the traps to the posts so the crows would not fly ofl.’ with them. Uses Traps on Posts Well I remember the first crow I caught. The traps had not been out more than an hour until I. heard the crows equalling and I could see at toast 3'00 crows nircling about that , t. at in. one-way reminded me of x. tied him by one leg to the end of a pole and stood the pole in the middle gf a 40-acre cornfield .near the tim- or. feet above the corn. I watchedrjto_ see the results next morning and early out came a flock of about two hundred.’ When they came: tosee the dead crow they circled around it a few times then went back to the timber. They kept coming out in. such flocks until about 11 o’clock when they began to” move out in flocks to the southwest and theth morning there were not more than 50 crows to be seen, in that locality. = It was about time for them to mi- grate so this fright gave them an ex}. cuse to move. - The top of the pole was three ' Since then when the corn gets to be roasting ears, I get out my traps and keep them _eut until I get my fields well picketed with dead crows on poles . Crows Garry Disease I want to tell you something more about crows. It is other animals carry cholera from” one hog feed lot to another and in.- that way spread the‘ disease very. rapidly in a vicinity. ‘ douht‘but that the farmers of this;- country have lost millions of .ddlla‘rs through birds and animals convey ing the disease Iran one I tamer feed yard to his neighbor’s} When I see crows f pickets posts about my feed yard I _ ' my traps and get "a, few .sn them on poles onejbyo” ‘ the'crows..cc ‘ ' dice . clamed that -. crows, other birds, alsp dogs mm :4:- v I have not} re ,-seeding . are now appre— ’ . never before. , mall‘sfilsoknow how to cut- ’ 'figsflan Fly by means or de- and the majority. at ‘ learned the value of prep- “ anon. Without fertilizer aid econ become a crop of eclfimportance. in (Michigan, ' ‘= time the young wheel: a start in the tall in spite of de- “Jeedlng to avoid the Fly. In ‘Iértiiizer really makes late ,_ : pessible. It prevents with ‘ ,iliiug too. large extent, encour— ages;‘,‘etooliag,” and gives the wheat cost in the spring that sends 'it :7 o‘maturity several days ahead ’ vertllized wheat. The yield is increased from 5, to 20 per acre and the quality im- proved accordingly. Michigan V H 2 thattled downfrom. above feet. fie glanced upward .jthe, , ,. __ instinctive caution. 'A pair of dark eyes, brilliantly, soft. and nerly tender, encountered and held his own. The most feaxfizl heart and the boldest one in all the, Rio Brave country exchanged a silent and inscrutable communication. Alvarita, still Seated with-in- her vine, leaned for- ward above the breast-high chaparral. One hand was laid across her bosom. One great dark braid curved forward over her shoulder. Her lips were parted“; her face was lit with what seemed but wonder—great and absolute wonder. .Her eyes lingered, upon Buckley’s. Let no one ask or presume to tell through what eulbtle medium the miracle was performed. As by a lightning flash two clouds will accomplish counterpoise and compensation of electric surcharge. so on that eyeglance the man received his complement .of manhood, and the/maid conceded what enriched her womanly grace by its loss. The Mexican. suddenly stirring, ven- 'tilated his attitude of apathetic waiting by conjuring swiftly from his boot-leg a long knife. Buckley cast aside his hat, and laughed once aloud, like a happy . its . N soon the %gagement"‘cnded that disappointment imposed “upon the rangers warlike ectasy. ‘Insteadggf deal- ing the traditional downward stroke. the Mexican lunged straight with "his knife. Buckley took the precarious chance,“‘and caught his wrist, fair and firm. .\ Then he delivered the 'good Saxon knoclc-outrblow —always so pathetically disastrous to the fistless Latin races—and Garcia was down and out, with his head under 'a. clump of prickly pears. The ranger looked up again to the Queen of the Ser— pants. Alvarita scrambled down to the path. “I'm mighty glad I happened along when I did.” said the stranger. “He—he frightened me so !" cooed Al— varita. ’ They did not hear the long, low hiss of the python under the shrubs. Wildest of the beasts, no doubt he was expressing the humiliation he felt at having so long dwelt in subjection to this trembling and coloring mi recs of his whom he had deemed so strong and potent and fear- some; Then came galloping to the spot the civic authorities; audio them the ranger ’mwarded the prostrate disturber of the peace, whom they bore away lintply across the saddle of one of their mounts. But Buckley and Alvarita lingered. delicious shyness. ' The canonpito was growing dusky. Beyond its terminus in the river 6111mm, they could see the waning glory of lung . se . ' A screain—a piercing scream of fright -‘ from Alvarita. Back she‘ cowered, and the ready, protecting arm of Buckley formed her refuge. What terror so dire as to thus beset the close of the reign of the never-before-daunted Queen? Across the path there crawled 2. cater- pillar—la. horrid, fuzzy, two-inch catch pillar! Truly, Kuku. thou wort avenged. Thus abdicated the Queen of the Serpent Tribe—Aviva la reina! Gave Him a House Voice “Say, Frank, you knew I was in the army, didn’t you?" “Yes. I did George.” “Well, do you know we had horse meat?" “How did you know it was horse meat?" “Well, one day we were all eating at the table, some" one said, ‘Whoa'. and a. piece of that meat stopped right in the middle of my throat.”—Boys’ Life. not. McCool o! the Agricultural ego reports an experiment which « ‘rcondncted near" Goldwater, in $13.58}! tertllimr increased the yield bywlo bushels per acre and raised . he grade from No. 3 to No. 1. In a "similar test near Vicksburg the yield ‘ ,was increased by 16 bushels per acre ,f}andthe grade raised'trom No. 3 to ‘No..1. In addition to the direct ben- efits to the wheat crop there is an «indirect benefit tothe clover seeded in the wheat which is usually some- _i’ent to pay the entire cost of fertiliz- For specific information on Wheat ‘producdon, —-- fertilizers, varieties, Leta—consult the County Agent or .write to the, Michigan Agricultura ,1 College at East Lansing. , dam MIRACLE {Continued from Page 11) Kayalnst his oodylr Soon. very soon the Queen would :md him, and he. powerless * ;al a‘wom in her audacious hands, wouid’lle returned to the dark chest in ' -‘ the WW house that run on wheels. ' Write. heard a sudden crunching of l " the gravel below her. Turning her head she saw a. big, swarthy Mexican, with f a daring and evil expression, contemp- platilg her with an ominous, dull eye.- “W'lnx do you want?’ she asked as sharply as five hafl‘rpins between her lips ‘ ‘ would pet-nut, continuing to plait her hair, and looking him over with placid eon- telm'l. Tim Mexican continued to gaze _,at her, and showed his teeth in a white. agged . “I no hurt—1 you, Senorita." he said. “You bet you won’t," answered the Queen shaking book one finished, mas— I sive plait. “But don’t you think you'd _; better move on?" j f‘N'ot hurt'éy your—no. But take" one hoses—one li’l kees, you call m)- Fed on Milkmaker—-— Breaks County Test Record How to Feed Milkmaker Next Winter at Summer Prices You can contract no»r your winter feed rcquirments of Milkmaker through the Farm Bureau, for delivery in equal monthly shipments, from September through m talked again, and set his foot to ascend the slope. Alvarita leaned swiftly and picked up a stone the size . of a coconut. \f “Vunoooe, quick," torily, “you coon !” _ The rod of insult burned through the HIS cow belongs to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon T. Warren of Dimondale, Mich. Last winter they were feeding their own grains and attempting to balance them with cottonsoed meal. Having a she ordered per- :‘Méxm’ldark skin. “ma-Age, " he. shot between his “I am not neg-r—ol Diablo hon- that you shall~ pay me." fie-made two quick upward steps this I tline, but , the stone, hurled by on weak am, muck him square in the chest. ‘I-Ie staggered back to the toot—way. swerved half wand, and met another .sight'that drove all thoughts of the girl ,‘from his head. She turned her eyes to see- what had diverted his ' man with red-brown, curling hair and a 'meloncholy, sun-burned, smooth-shaver: was coming up the path, twenty yards away. Around the Maxim’s g at, .was buckled able-tel belt with two He had laid aside his in the jacal of the fair War—and had forgotten them when the passing of the {aim Alvarita had him to her trail. His hands now ._ instinctively to the holsters, but tiring. . ‘ a rock. Seeing his plight'flie _ unbuckled his own belt ocu- rmlm threw it upon the "and continued to “Vance ll" muted’Almita, with_ My. We to the you! it -. If“!!! his sensitive .hcrd increased its production. few cows on test and looking for the best food, they started feeding Milkmaker, with a result that the cow shown above broke the Eaton County Cow Testing Association record by producing 93.53 lbs. of butter-fat in 30 days. The whole “Soon after feeding Milkmaker we discovered we Were getting better results and saving money. If we had fed it throughout the entire test period last winter, I am convinced our records would have been better. We plan to depend entirely on Milk- maker next winter.” What Mitkmaker Is Michigan Milkmaker is a 24% protein, public formula dairy feed made by the Michigan State Farm Bureau. It is the best dairy ration for Every one of the 10 milk-making in— gradients is‘listed on everylbag, pound for pound. You know exactly what you are buying. Not an- ounce of filler in Michigan. Milkmaker. Cows fed Milkmaker give moremflk “and are healthier and “Malay—«and your feed ” are loom-.5 ' "n Mt: ' ‘* :;\A‘I.d‘.4as'} $12.18ch a Mr. Warren says :‘ March at summer feed prices. The price to you is guaranteed.‘ Last February many wise buyers were feeding Milkmaker at September low prices and saving from $10 to $12 per ton. Last year Michigan farmers fed more than 8,000 tons of Milkmaker. Pay for Milkmaker as You Get It Under this plan the Farm Bureau buys Mflkmaker ingredients in huge volume at summer low prices, mixes them at the best mill in the country and delivers Milk- maker fresh to you every month as you want it. You pay for the feed as it is delivered. This plan enables you to buy your winter feed at the lowest prices; it relieves you of a big cash outlay, storage expense, and insures fresh feed. . Your local co—operative association will contract your Milkmaker requirements, same as last year. See your local manager at once and arrange for your supply. It‘- you have no co—operativc association, write our Pur— chasing Department for information on' how to co~ operate with your neighbors in buying car-lots of m— makerfor car-door delivery. Write for our booklet on Milkmaker and feeding suggestions. The time for this 0391‘ is limited. Later Milkmaker must be bought at prevailing market prices. Glider FF“ 0-8 34. t t . r A... b..-" m. y..- W— HEN the July drought , came along, one, Iowa farmer tells us he had this little job day after day. He pumped two pailfuls (Ii-gallon pails) at, a time, lugged them 100 feet, and trudged back to‘ do it over again ——and over and over and over again, till he had pumped and toted 250 gallons of water "a day. What was his time worth? [flakes a HERCULES to get rid of the answer That farmer lifted a ton and carried it a mile and a quarter. But a Hercules Engin; would have done it all for about five cents—and done many another chore besides! You haven’t any clear idea at all what heavy work a Hercules Engine will do on your farm for a few cents a day. And it just about runs itself. But you COULD get an idea, if you will just read the new book about the right power- plant for the farm—for any farm—for YOUR farm in par- ticular. The book cosr. you nothing but asking for it. Where shall we mail it to reach you quickly? THE HERCULES CORPORATION Engine Division, Dept. L, Evansville, Ind. HERCULES ENGINES A ---\2VHEN WRITING ADVERTISERS MENTION M. B. F. F0 r t e s‘ in “FUr »» rience haVe made unbelievable rofits rais- ing Silver B ck Foxes. Yet the industry inbjlixlst in its mfancy‘ . Its possi ' ‘ries are ' ' Demand for Sil- ver Black Fox fur increases steadily. Single pelts bring as high as $1000, and pure bred ped' reed Silver Black Foxes will her two to seven every year. We have started others on the road to success and financial indepe nee—we can start on too, no matter where you live. _ emem- ber the first and vital step is pure, quality stock. You owe_ It to your- self to investigate. rite for oom- informstion and booklet,“P_rof- In in Fur Fanning”. No obligation. WILKINSON-Mch C0. 330 Powers Bldg. . . Grand Rapids, ' ' Michigan fimhw—Gmudko '. , Web, hallo, Interim, Ichngan (cup 1')!!! com-0N) 33mm- with-t MW fi‘fiumfl? copy-.1. £010....- : {bone-eulooeeoeoeeiel .. . 1f§~11 i I l .l a e I n I f i C l it ‘without time for (Continued from August 4th issue.) HEER amazement made Aldous hold his fire in that first moment. Marie had said that two men were after Mac- , Donald. He had heard three shots nearly a mile away, and she was still sobbing that DeBar was dead. That accounted for three. He .had expected to see only Quads, and FitzHugh, and one other be- hind the tcpee. And there were six! He counted them as they came swiftly out from the shelter of the rocks to the level of the plain. He was about to fire when he thought of Joanne and Marie. They were still behind him, crouching upon the ground. To fire from where he stood would draw a fusillade of bullets in their direction, and with another warn- ing cry to Joanne, he sped twenty paces to one side so that they would not be within range. Not until then did the at- tacking party see him. ' At a hundred and fifty yards he had no time to pick out Quadeor Mortimer Fitz- Hugh. He fired first at a group of three, and one of the three crumpled down as though his skull had been crushed from above. A rifle spat back at him and the bullet sang like a ripping cloth over his head. He dropped to his knees before he fired again, and a bullet clove the air where he had stood. The crack of rifles did not hurry him. He knew that the six had cartridges, and only six, and he aimed deliberately. At his second shot the man he had fired at ran forward three or four steps, and then pitched flat on his face. For a flash Aldous thought that it was Mortimer FitzHugh. Then along his gun barrel, he saw FitzHugh— and pulled the trigger. It was a m ss. Two men had dropped upon their knees and were aiming more carefully. He swung his sight to the foremost, and drove a bullet straight through his chest. The next moment something seemed to have fallen upon him with crushing weight. A red sea rose before his (yes. In it he was submerged; the roar if it filled his ears; it blinded him; and in the suffocating embrace of it he tried to cry out. He fought himself out of it, his eyes, cleared and he could see again. His rifle was no longer in his hands, and he was standing. Twenty feet away men were,rushing upon him. His brain re— covered itself with the swiftness of light- ning. A bullet had stunned him, but he was not badly hurt. He jerked out his automatic, but before he could raise it, or even fire from his hip, the first of his assailants was upon him with a force that drove it from his hand. They went. down together, and as they struggled on the bare rock Aldous caught for a frac- tion of a. second a scene that burned it- self like fire in his brain. He saw Mor- timer FitzHugh with a revolver in his hand. He had stopped; he was staring like one looking upon the ghost of the dead, and as he stared there rose above the rumbling roar of the chasm a wild and terrible shriek from Joanne. Aldous saw no more then. He was not fighting for his life, but for her, and he fought with the mad ferocity of a tiger. as he struck, and choked, and beat the head of his assailant on the rock, he heard shriek after shriek come from Jo- anne’s lips; and then for 5 flash he saw . them again, and Joanne was struggling in the arms of Quade! He struggled to his knees, and the man he was fighting struggled to his knees; and then] they came to their feet, locked in a death—grip on the edge of the chasm. From Quade’s clutch he saw Joanne star- ing at Mortimer FitzHugh; then her eyes shot to him, and with another shriek she fought to free herself. For thirty seconds of that terrible drama Mortimer FitzI—Iugh stood as if hcwn out of rock. Then he sprang to- ward the fighters. In the arms of John Aldous was the strength of ten men. He twisted the head of his antagonist under his arm; he brac- ed his feet—in another moment he would have flung him bodily intb the roaring maelstrom below. Even as his muscles gathered themselves for the final effort he knew that all was lost. Mortimer FitzHugh’s face leered over his shoulder, his dcmonias intention was in his eyes before he acted. With a cry of hatred and of triumph he shoved them both over the edge, and as Aldous plunged to the depths below, still holding to his enemy, he heard a last piercing scream from. Joanne. As the rock slid away from under his feet his first thought was that the end had come, and that no living creature could live in the roaring _maelstrom of rock and 'flood into which he was plung- ing. But quicker than that he dashed thru space his mind worked. Instinctively. reasoning, he gripped at the fact that his one chance lay in the close embrace of his enemy. He hung. to him. It seemed that they turned over and over a hundred times in that dis- tance of fifty feet. ’ Then a. mass of twist-’ ing foam broke under him, and up out of it shot the head of one of the roaring monsters of rock that, he and Joanne had docked upon“ They struck it fairly, and Aldous was uppermost. He felt theiter- hora/ct of» mars- x 3 ~ * James'Oliver _ . "Wall’s Ozonand’Arnen‘ea’s Former! Author alike I ‘ \ ‘ .0.an by Jun- Oliver sumo-i - , ' ' ., .4 foam boiled upward again, and they slip.- . ped off into the flood. Still Aldous held to his enemy.‘ He could feel that he was limp; he no longer felt the touch of the hands that had choked him, or the embrace of the arms that had struggled with him. He be- lieved that his antagonist was dead. The fifty-foot fall, with the rock splitting his back, had killed him. For a moment 4 Aldous'still clung to him as they'sank together under the surface, torn and twisted .by thewhirling eddies and whirl- pools. It seemed to him that they would 'never cease going down, that they were sinking a vast distance. Dully he felt -the beat ,of the’ rocks.’ Then it flashed upon him that the dead man was sinking like a weighter thing. He freed himself. Fiercely he struggled to bring himself to the surface. It seem- ed .an eternity before he rose to the top. He onenedmis mouth and drew a. great gulp ,of air into his lungs. The next instant a great rock reared like a living thing in his face; he plunged against it, was beaten over it, and again he was going down——down—-in that deadly clutch of maelstrom and undertow. Again he fought, and again he came to the surface. ' He saw a black, slippery wall gliding past with the speed of an express train. And now it seemed as though a thousand clubs were beating him. Ahead of him were rocks—nothing but rocks. He shot through them like a piece of driftwood. The roaring in his ears grew less, and he felt the touch of something under his feet. Sunlight burst upon him. He caught at a rock, and hung to it. His eyes cleared a little. He was within ten feet of a shore covered with sand and gravel. The water was smooth and run- ning with a musical ripple. Waist-deep he waded through it to the shore, and fell down upon his knees, with his face buried in his arms; He had been ten minutes in the death-grip of the chasm. It was another ten minutes before he staggered to his feet and looked about ’ His face was beaten until he was al- most blind. His shirt had been torn from his shoulders and his flesh was bleeding. He advanced a few steps. He raised one arm and then the other. He limped. One arm hurt him when he moved it, but the bone was sound. He was terribly mauled, but he knew that no bones were broken, and_a gasp of thankfulness fell from his lips. All this time his mind had been suffering even more than his body. Not for-an instant, even as he fought for life between the chasm walls, and as he lay half uncon- scious on the rock, had he forgotten .l0'~ anne. His one thought was of her now. He had no weapon, but as he stumbled in the direction of the camp in the little plain he picked up a club that lay in his path. ' That MacDonald was dead, Aldous was certain. There 'would be four against him—Quade and Mortimer FitzHugh and the two men who had gone to the moun- tain. His brain cleared swiftly as a part of his strength returned, and it occurred to him that if he lost no time he might come upon Joanne and her captors be- fore the two men came from killing old Donald. He tried to run. Not until then did he fully realize the condition he was in. Twice in the first hundred yards his legs doubled under him and he fell among the rocks. He grew steadily stronger, though each time he tried to run or spring a distance of a few feet his legs doubled under him like that. It took him twenty minutes to get back to the end of the plain, and when he got there it was empty. There was no sign of Quads or FitzI-Iugh, or of Joanne and Marie; and there was no one coming from the direction of the mountain. He tried to run again, and he found that over the level floor of the valley he could make faster time than among the rocks. He Went where he had dropped his rifle. It was gone. He searched for his automatic. That, too, was gone. There was one weapon left—a long skin- ning-knife in one of the panniers near the tepee. As he went for this, he passed two of the men whom he had shot. Quade and FitzHugh had taken their weapons, and had turned them over to see if they were alive or dead. They Were dead. He secured the knife, and behind the tepee he passed the third body, its face as still and white as the others. He "shud- dered as he recognized it. It was slim Baker. His rifie was gone. More swiftly now he made his way into the break, out of which the assailants_ had come a short time before. The thought came to him that he had been right, and that MacDonald, in spite of all his years in the mountains,- had been fatally wrong. Their enemies had come down from the nortl}, and this break led to their hiding-place. Through “Joanne must have been taken by her captors. As he made his way over tire rocks, gaining a little more strength with each stop, his mind. tried to picture the situ- atiOn that had new ansenpbetwsen Quads and Mortimer {FltzI-Iugh. How» would Quade’s throat then. .16. 01039; . he . was willing to. sacrifice As Aldous asked himself press tions his b100d ran hot‘dnd cold by And the answer to them drew a’ , breath of fear and of a is]: from a he tried again to run a , ng'thefizmg, There could be but one answer." would fight. He would [fight liken man, and if this fight had'happened FltzHugh had been killed Joanne, , already gone utterly and helplesslyjnto ‘ his power. He believed that manual had not revealed to Quade his. man 'ship to Joanne‘while they were on plain, and the thought still more \ rible came to,him that he might not, .. veal ‘it at all, that he might repudi to“ Joanne even as she. begged upon 11 .. knees for him to save her. What, a. re- venge it would be to see her helpless n: and broken in the arms of-QuadeLAnd ‘ then, both being beastS—¢— . ' ‘ 'I—le could think‘no farther. The t“. broke out on his face as he hobbled faster over ’a level space. The sound ‘of the I water between the chasmwalls was fid’w a. thunder in his ears. He could not have heard a. rifle-shot or a. scream a hundred yards away. The trail he. was following had continually grown nar- rower. It seemed to end a little ahead of him, and the fear that he had come the wrong way after all filled him with dread. He came to the face of tho moun- tain wall, and then, to his left, he saw a. crack that was no wider than a man’s body. In it there was sand,- and‘ the sand beaten by footprints! He wormed his way through, and a moment later stood at the edge of the chasm. Fifty feet above him a natural bridge rock spanned the huge cleft through which the stream was rushing. He crossed this, exposing himself openly to. a. shot if it was guarded. But it was not guarded. This fact convinced him that MacDonald had been killed, and that his enemies believed he ' was dead. If MacDonald had escaped, and they had feared a pos- sible pursuit, some one would have watched the bridge. The trail was easy to follow now. Sand and grassy earth had replaced rock and shale; he could make out the im- prints of feet—many of them—and they led in the direction of a piece of timber that apparently edged a valley running to the east and west. ,The rumble of the torrent in the chasm grew fainter as be advanced. A couple of hundred yard farther on the trail swung to the left again; it took him around the en] of‘a huge rock, and as he appeared from,he‘- hind this, his knife clutched in his hand, he dropped suddenly flat on his face. and his heart rose like a lump in his throat. *Scarcely fifty Ayards above him- was the camp of enemies! There Were two tepees and piles of saddles and pan-‘ niers and blankets about them, but a. soul that could he see. And then, sud- denly, there rose a. voice bellowing with rage, and he recognized it as Quade’s. It came from beyond the tepee, and he _ rose quickly/from where he had thrown' himself and ran forward, with the tepee between him and those on the other side. Close to the canvas he dropped on his knees and crawled out behind a pile of saddles and panniers. From here he could see. .So near that he could almost have touched them were Joanne and Marie. seated on the ground, with their backs toward him. Their hands were 'tiedr‘ben hind them. Their feet were bound with pannier ropes. A dozen paces beyond them were Quade and Mortimer Fitz- Hugh. ‘. The two men were facing each other,“ a yard apart. Mortimer FitzHugh’s face was white, a deadly white, and he was , * ' smiling. His right hand rested carelessly in his hunting-coat pocket. There was a. sneering challenge on his lips; in his eyes was a look that Aldous knew meant death if Quade moved. And Quade was like a great red beast ready to spring. His eyes seemed bulging out 'on his cheeks; his great hands were knotted: ' his shoulders were hunched forward, and his mottled face was ablaze with passion. He was alone with Quade and Mortimer FitzHugh. Then FitzHugh spoke, very quietly, a little laughingly; but his voice trembled, and Aldous knew what the hand was doing in the hunting—coat pocket. “You’re excited, Billy,” he said. I’m not a liar, as you've very impolitely told me. And I’m not playing you dirt, and *‘ I haven’t fallen in love with the lady' ' 4 myself, as you seem to think. But she belongs to me, body and soul. If you don’t believe me——Iwhy, ask the lady her~ ‘7‘ self, Billy l” ‘ y 'As he spoke, he‘turn‘ed his sneeri ‘ eyes for the fraction of a second few 1 Joanne. The movement was fatal.._Qh " ' was upon him. The hand in the”: pocket flung itself upward, there: fol “ a muffled report, but the bully: new In all his life Aldous had neveriuhear‘ sound like the roar that came He saw; FitzHu'gh's hand appear with}. ‘ in it, .\and then the pistol was did‘not see where it went to, ped his knife ._—a’nd:wsited,~_ 11 mg what seemed like m. Quads. who was ined~:for rpossession of l ' MIN 11’ T , Joanne 1 ._,_.- I.-V w" j‘l‘—|'“" I HWHI'U'HHY’ of the ephemera with a edfor a second'or'two an . fell. to the ground. g ed In his hand was’a bloody \ Mddhessiand passion andthe tri- , t 199* of a denion were, in his face e glared at his ‘helpless prey, As , us “crouched” lower his boulder ti Nations" ‘of‘ the saddles. It slipped penile. One of the panniers followed ' and Quads saw him. There was no ..eason' "forgconoealmerit, and as .Qua‘de st” paralyzed; for a moment Aldous T‘vforth-into the spacebetween him and canne. Ina heard the cry' that broke e1! "from her. lips but he did not his head. He advanced upon Quade, lowered, the long skinning-knife in his, hand. ' ' Aldous. knew that words would .avail nothing in these last few minutes ’_ between him and Quads. The latter had -' .- ialready hunched himself, forward, the red knife in his hand poised at his waist- 'line._I-Ie was terrible. His huge bulk, :; ,"i his red face and bull neck, his eyes pop- - j ping from behind their fleshy lids, and the .dripping blade in the shapeless hulk of ’ his hand gave him the appearance as " he‘ stood there of some monstrous gar- '30er instead of a thing of flesh and A ' 5: blood- And Aldous was terrible to look - from _ Joanne. at. but in, a way that wrung a moaning His face was livid 1mm the beat of the rocks; it was crusted V with blood: his eyes were partly closed, “and what remained of his shirt was drenched-,with blood that still ran from the deepvcuts in his arms and shoulders. ' But it was he who advanced, and Quads 'Who stood and waited. ..Aldous knew little or nothing ‘ofi-knife- I V fighting; and he realized, also, that there was austrange weakness in his arms and body caused by his battle with the mael- stroms in the chasm. But he wrestled a great deal with the Indians of the north, who fought as their half-wolf sledge dogs fought“ and he employed their methods now. "Slowly and deliberately he began to circle. around Quade, so that Quads became the pivot of that circle. and as g he circled he drew nearer and nearer to . J ‘- penetrate! v his enemy; but neVer in a frontal ad- ’ vanes. He edged inward, with his knife- arm on the outside. His ..deadly deliber- ateness and the steady glare of his eyes 'discomfited Quade, Who suddenly took a step backward. v It was always‘when the Indian made this step that his opponent darted in; and Aldous, with this in mind, sprang to the attack. Their knives clashed in midair. As they met, hilt to hilt, Aldous threw his, .whole weight against Quade, darted sidewise, and with a terrific lunge brought the blade of his knife down be- tween Quade's shoulders. A straight . blade would have gone from back to chest throughmuscle and sinew, but the knife which ’Alclous held scarcely pierced the other-’s clothes. Not until then did he realize the tre- mendous odds against him. The curved blade of his skinning-knife would not His one hope was to cut with it» He flung out his arms before Quade had fully. recovered, and blind luck car- ; ried the keen edge of the knife across his enemy’s- pouchy check. The blood i~came out in a spurt, and with a terrible ..c i. four-foot length of a tepee pole. _ :,moment he hesitated while the blood ran quads leaped back toward the pile ,of saddles and panniers.‘ Before Aldous . could follow his advantage the other had dropped his knife and had snatched up a For a '1 in a hot flood-down his thick neck Then ' Aldous _' with a. bellow of rage he rushed upon . (Continued September 1.) fCH-A‘NGING TIMqu sy Jean 1: scans-n- TB‘ZEIFA’IILACY 0F CHEAP LAND ON’T be sad—when you go to buy a farm in your section—— that good land costs real money. " t-Be glad! Anyone can react, humanly, to the lure of a cheap price. , It is easy to see the “bargain” there. What re- 1 quires keen, business. judgement is ' the ability to see a bargain in land "thatishigh in price. The men that ? do nowadays, are often the farm- . ,ers who prosper most. ' I have just had, in mountain sec- tions of Colorado, visited by auto- -obile,‘ a text and a whole sermon in "the fallacy of cheap land, and human frailty before the lure of it. n‘ mountain valleys, there are, scat- d here .and there, patches of " ng area of excellent agricultur- v (1. Available, free, under a f“ ‘ the. land—hungry ed in, to occupy it. Some exit I i I orit. cat sired H u 11 many corners Rockies new are - abandoned h/omesteads, the log cabins rotting, which became the property ,of the homesteader FREE. The land cost the settler: nothing, yet he could not 'make a living. And on similar such land, because it would be FREE, people constantly areflclamaring to go, storming the government offices writing letters.' In all literature, s’o. , advertisers say there is no word that pulls like FREE. FREE land to most people is as loco to livestock. “Bargain” land in the older farm- ing communities has something of the same appeal, and inherently it is usually just as treacherous. - We buy land for what we can make out of it. And farm real prof- its, you’ll notice if you will observe, have a way of lurking in land which ~ costs real money. “A GREAT PLACE TO GROW UP” MEET three kinds of people as re- gards the farm. One kind has always lived on the farm, still does. Another kind came to the farm after life in the city. Still an- other kind now lives in the city, aft- er living for years on the farm. Some iv ester-tors- .nd 33 ,A big city bank pr ed to me last weeb’actually _w1th wistfulness in his v’oice, "The farm is a great place for, chi drenvto grow up. I wisn mine were" growing up on one!” ‘ 'He knew of the desirable farm things that his own children were missing—and of undesirable .City things which they were getting. The farm is a mighty good place for growing children—especially if we take pains to make it just as good as we can make it. And it is true whether you plan to- have your boy grow up a farmer or to enter a town business or profes- sion. Many of the country's most successful and wealthy business men were farm b‘oys. There is a reason. There is, no place like the farm, where Father and Mother are con- stantly trading in fluctuating mark- ets, to teach youngsters from the bottom up the fundamental princ- iples_ of trade. They are bound to pick up a lot, hit or miss. They’ll pick up much more if you’ll take pains to talk to them at opportune moments on the subject». The farm is a great place for our boys and girls to grow up. And while we’re about it, let’smake it better still! 15 our,‘ I ‘ork {who . ‘ ,ool of Hard nooks ., have tholr‘dlp cm», from the Cell _. of: pupal-lance. all you don't want our tor's , vice or an expert'; advice. but lost plaln, everyday bouncer-ferment advice. send in n here. we will publich one ouch week.» if you can answer the other fellow's question, please do so, he may ‘ ’5‘ wer one ofxyoun some day! Address 21:2?- Ienoc Pool we The Buslness Farmer, NM. Clemons, Mich. - v - .._—-‘. “sme IN SEPARATOR” READ this article in M. B. F. July 21st issue and as I have an easier way I’m sending it along. I have to use hard water but I nev- er use soap or any kind of soap. powder on‘milk dishes. I 'use one tablespoon of common baking soda in the Warm wash water suflicienti to wash separator clean, and never bother to rinse it before washing. I have no trouble whatever with slime forming on dish cloth or in wash water. It is best for rinsing the strainers. It also keeps them White and soft, using a small wash board just large enough to use in the milk pail if you can buy one. I would like to get one about % size. If some of the readers can give me information at to Where I can pur— chase that size I will be very grate— fu1.—Mrs. L. S., Pierson, Mich. FIRE EXTINGUISHERS FREE For All New Gleaner Fire Insurance Members Insure your farm buildings and personal property with the Gleaner Fire Insurance Company, Detroit. This company is operated on the plan of paying assessments in advance. All members must pay three months in advance, but if they prefer they may pay, six, nine or twelve months. That is optional with the members. The highest rate we ever assessed in the Rodded Class was $3.30 per $1,000 and the lowest $1, and only six assessments were made in seven years. The advance rate as established, which may be paid every three months is at the rate of 82 cents; six months rate $1.63; nine months rate $2.45; one year $3.26 for each $1,000 insurance carried. Any member can pay as far in advance as he prefers. \Ve hope Mentuylly to de- crease this rate. In placing the business on the advance assessment basis we get rid of those who insure their property and then sneak out leaving their assessments for others to pay. All the “deadwood” is eliminated. \Ve shall have less losses because the fellows who insure and then don’t pay their assessments " oi) the company insuring them. We have cleaned house and have made room for the honest farmer who wants full blanket policy protec— tion at the lowest possible cost; who wants to be asso— ciated only with those who are insured for an honest purpose and pay their honest obligations. The Gleaner Fire Insurance Company insures per- sonal property anywhere or in any building on the farm described in the application and livestock anywhere in the State. Losses are paid just as soon as adjusted in the full amount agreed upon by the insured and ad— Juster. We have no interest to pay on borrowed money. Assessments being paid in advance keeps plenty of money on hand to meet all losses and expenses promptly. “’0 have built a reserve fund of over $9,000 ~from the membership fees paid the company by new members. Other mutual companies insuring farm risks give all this to the officers and agents of the company. This money is in the Savings Department of the National Bank of." Commerce, Detroit, drawing interest. It is growing and when it reaches the amount‘of one yearly assessments, thereafter all money received from new members will go toward leesening the assessments of the members. The financial condition of the company is the. best since it was organized. All losses paid and plenty of money to meet all obligations as they occur. Our losses are ,much lower than during years previous which means that assessments will eventually be lower. / Our plan of going on the cash in advance bodis has been commended by the, State Insurance Department, and the laws governing the company was submitted to them for suggestion before adopting by the Board of Directors. We should be pleased to have any prospec- tive member to make lull inquiry as to our standing in every respect before Joining if he so desires. The cost of Joining our company~is small. The policy and,membersbirp fee, also cach’ member pay a small amount into the reserve fund, the amount being based upon the amount of insurance taken. Now that we have .over $9,000 laid away at interest, in our reserve fund, it would be unfair to let new members come in and share this splendid reserve fund start without also con- tributing something to the fund. But remember that new members have only one—fourth of a years advance assessment to pay. This plan is original with us. It sometimes comes mighty hard to pay for a full year at one time. Anyone can always pay his assessments when it is split up in four payments. It is easy to pay our way. 'VVe insure buildings for three-fourths of the value as they stand today, with due allowance for depreciation and use since built. We do not insure old buildings for enough to replace them new. \Ve are always glad to- carry full value on all personal property. Only farmers With a good standing in their community as to honesty and integrity may become members. We have two classes, rodded and unrodded. Only one policy fee is charged—A where the property is insured in both classes. \Ve want every insurance risk we are carrying pro- tected against the ravages of fire in every possible manner. Farmers are outside the reach of fire depart- ments. \Vhen a fire starts in or about any farm build- ing, unless it is checked immediately, such headway is . gained that the building and contents is soon reduced to a. heap of smouldering ashes. No help at band to save the buildings. Thousands of buildings are equipped with lightning rods to save their destruction from lightning. Few buildings have fire extinguishers. They are fully as essential as lightning rods. “'0 want our members to own them that our losses may be reduced and asst-ss- ments be lessened. We can say unbesitat-ingly that fully fifty per cent of the fires for which we pay thousands of dollars to settle. might have been prevented bad a good fire extinguisher been near by. All fires are small when they start. No farm should be without a. few (le- pcndable extinguishers placed conveniently about the buildings so that they may be quickly put into service in case of fire. After a long and thorough investigation of the differ- ent makes and the prices. charged we have finally dc- cidcd on the” “Safety—First” extinguisher using dry pow- dered chemical. It is the simplest and most reliable extinguisher we have seen. It can be used by women and children, and is positively guaranteed to put out fire. It does not deteriorate but retains its strength forever. Is not affected by the weather. Does not destroy fabrics and is perfectly harmless to persons. No acids, no gas or chemicals. Will extinguish gasoline, oil, naphtha and other fires instantaneously. The “Safety-First" extinguisher is 2x22 inches and weighs three pounds. Hang anywhere in the house or burn. The top has a ring attached. The ring hangs on a nail or hook. When wanted for use, simply pull the extinguisher down and the top bangs to the ring and null or book and is thus automatically opened and ready for instantaneous use. The extinguisher is metal and can be refilled. The price of this extinguisher is $3.00. “7e will send every new member joining this company one of these extinguishers absolutely free of charge for every $2,000 insurance taken out. If you take out $4,000 you gel: two extinguishers, and $6,000, three, and so on. The Gleaner Fire Insurance Company is interested only in furnishing its members with these extinguishers for the sole purpose of better protection of its risks and not for profit. We want to cut down losses and save the buildings of our members. It will mean a. tremendous saving to our company. It will lessen our losses and your assessments greatly. Join our company now. It is in the best condition financially and otherwise that it has ever been. It is getting better every day in every way. terested, fill out the enclosed coupon and mail to us and we will have our nearest agent call on you and more fully explain the advantages of our fire insurance protection. —-_—p——-———.———————--————_ JAMES SLOCUM, Secretary: I am interested in Gleaner Fire Insurance and would be pleased to have further information. My . I property is located in the Township of.... .................. .., dounty of ...................... .., Section No. ........... Name I r. o , n. F. ~— I If you are ln- - —_——————- e‘ nomic farming units. Some " "lindwm‘mger of a nu; CLEANER FIRE INSURANCECO.’ , "fies land»: weal 93-: 5705 Woodward Avenue : : Detroit “ ‘hines had ' -, - . . ‘ , ~$28,000,000 At Risk , $9,000 in Reserve Fund ~i , . .. A ’7 113w; 22‘ ran: / , m w. w. . From the er SM” 10 vary may in farming sections, .the'nroet un- , Satisfactory reports ’Coming from districts where wheat is the principal crap grown, although prices for hogs have undergone a mighty fall, due to overproduction. There does not appear to be much probability that the We will materially lower their numbers oi sows bred although some reduc- tions may be expected, and there is danger of another year. of large production, with promise of a fine, .large crop of corn and fodder in most of the corn states. There is reason to believe that less acreage _ will, be devoted to wheat owing to the ‘fall in. prices to, a level that leaves no profit, but most farmers :' will doubtless devote a fair number of acres to this grain. In most ; parts of the. country crops are doing " i finely, favored by the weather, and, ' making due allowance for the dam- ‘ age to crops in some sections, the outcome looks promising. It can- not be too often repeated that di- versified farming is the way to , avoid disastrous years, the one crop' farmers being always in danger of entering severe losses. In several states farmers have: good reason for regretting that they bought tracts of land at greatly inflated war prices, such land having declined materially in value, while taxes have increased. Dairy industries are doing well, and large lines of prime creamery butter have been sold at good prices and" placed in cold storage for later consumption at high quotations. The govern- ment reports a great falling OK in honey production, the yield up to a month ago having been little more than half of that of'a year ago for the same time. The poultry indus- try is growing in importance, and it is bringing in- lots of money, the consumption of chickens and eggs being greater than ever before. Grapes are in the largest demand by far ever knOWn, and California growers of wine grapes report sales at $50 to $90 a ton. Mich- ,igan farmers are producing large quantities of». fruits and berries, and there is a ready market in Chicago. A message from Topeka, Kansas, says: “Middle west retailers hand- ling the line of Hart Schaffner & 'Marx are accepting wheat elevator‘ receipts at $1 a bushel in exchange for merchandise here. The arrange— ; ment is reported to be popular. 5 Barter is limited to 100 bushels to Reductions in live stock commis- ,Bion, rates at the Chicago, Omaha, (Kansas City and St. Paul markets, E estimated to mean a saving approx- .imtely of $750,000 annually to {V live stock producers and shippers, I . :15 announced by arbitrators of the ;packers and stockyards administra- " firm at the Department of Agricult- ure. The new rates on cattle for Kansas City, Omaha, and St. Paul represent a reduction of from $1 to $2 a car and from 10 to 15 cents a ‘ head and to: Chicago irom $1 to $3 a car and 15 cents a head. The re- - jdnction on calf rates at the tour .‘ (markets ranges from $1 to $4 a car {and from 5 to 10 cents a head, and ,on hogs from. $1 to'Si a. car and. . 13 to 15 cents a. head. The sheep "rates at Kansas City and St. Paul are made the same as those now ob- 'taining at Omaha and Chicago, which are unchanged. The Wheat. Outlook ‘It seems to be generally admitted that further extension of credits will tail of improving the.European market for American wheat, and until things”‘undergo a change for the better over there our farmers, must depend mainly upon the home demand. Speculation has become far smaller than it was before fed- " era] legislation. .was enacted con- trdling' and? trading, and “the “market‘most at the time been, bearish than bullish." Our population ' is growing. steadily $7.65. .' they fell far below those for“ previous week, ’. lo. Oats unchanged. Beans advance. Potatoes Don-and good tor-butter aid eggs and market It... We” and scarce. may easy. M calves in An" live “stock active on opening of current week and prices ' (loan: The mum ‘ on max—slam.) . . _.mmmonwas-mmufismd’ , ngmmsfl lathe. it coat-huth mmllnforuoflcl no to Win: cookout bus at" through births and from v and in time this is.ch a. tell in ' increasing home . consumption of wheat and other farm crops. Mean- while 01131382,.” foreigners except in England is expected to be mainly for current requirements. econo- erable what to being fed to hogs in severable states, its chcaspness be- ing the reason. Marketing the new crop or wheat goes on‘ actively, and the visable supply is growing at a rapid pace. During a recent. week there. was an increase of 7,884,006 bushels in the wheat stocks in sight in the United States, running the supply up to 36,693,000 bushels, comparing with 22,433,000 bushels a year ago. Fair amounts oi." wheat and flour are being exported, and 'constda'able'quantitics of acts are going out of the country, but corn experts have almost ceased as the supply of old corn is about exhaust- ed. Rye is so low priced that it is being exported extensively to Ger- many and Scandinavian countries In parts of the country farmers are planning on raising a better grade of Wheat, one that will grade high- er and yield more grain to the acre. The government crop report for August makes a fine showing for corn, and the combined crops of all grains are estimated at 5,358,000,- 000 bushels comparing with 5,243,- 000,000 bushels harvested last year. The wheat crop is given as 793,000,000 bushels, being 99,000,- 090 bushels less than last year. The rye crop is the smallest in five years, while the barley crop is larger, and the oats crop is 115,- 000,000 bushels larger than last year. The corn crop is estimated at 2,982,000,000 bushels, compar- ing with last year’s crop of 2,891,- 000,000 bushels. Business in alfalfa. meal is much larger than a year ago, sales extending to~ all over the country. Boom in Cattle Prices Although the receipts of cattle in western markets of late have been fairly large, the local and shipping demands have been so unusually large for well finished. beef cattle that prices have undergone a rath- . er, unexpected boom quite recently, landing prime beeves carrying plenty of weight at the highest prices paid since December, 19-22. Barring war time period, prices. have been unusually high, with choice to prime steers selling at $11 ‘to $12.45 and the \best yearlings at $12.15, while steers grading as good sold at $10.25 and upward and medium grade steers at 39' to $10.20. A common to fair class of steers sold at $6.50 to $8.95, and interior littleisteers‘brought $4.50 to $6.40, the bulk of the steers bringing $3 to $12. Advances in prices did not include the multitude of grassy lots, these selling slowly. Butcher stock shared in the ad- vance, cows and heifers going at $3.40 to $10.65, with earners and cutters selling at $2 to $3.35 and bulls at $3 to $7.50. Calves oi the better class advanced Vsharply, com- mon to' prime lots bringing $5 to $12.75. Stockersv and feeders- av- eraged 25 cents higher, although buying was not at all. brisk, com- mon to choice lots going at $3.50 to Fair numbers of northern range cattle sold at $6 to 38.25, the commoner lots selling as leaders. Some goodlfecders brought :7, and range cows and heifers sold at $3.50 to $5.25. . 1 Good Demand for Hogs While recent Chicago receipts of ran tar ahead of a yearnso, the and - _.’r‘. .,< this 7.. we, 1 ., weakness in prices. as there I» , good demand. The choices lots showed greatest firmness, were the most wanted .by local packers and» eastern shippers, and. ' there was a wide range in prices, the best prices being. paid for light hogs, with the best heavy butchers selling 30‘ cents below them. Chi- cago receipts average around 2.40 pounds in weight, and many heavy old sewn sell around bottom prices. The consumption of fresh end cur- ed hog meats was never larger, and lard is particularly active, with large recent. exports to Germany and Holland. Recent Chicago re- ceipts ot hogs were much than" a week earlier, while far larg- er. than a year ago. Good local and outside buying made a little- highcr prices, with late when at $5.75 to $8, comparing with $7 to $10.50 a year ago. Combined re- ceipts in tw'e‘nty markets for the year to late date amount to 25,248,- 000 hogs, comparing with 20,278,- 000 a year ago. At this time in 1915 hogs sold at $5.75 to $7.75. If your hogs are doing well, make them good before selling, provided you have feed. Breeding Ewes We“ There is a big call in the Chicago market. for teeding lambs, with. no- where near enough to go around, and sharp advances in prices have taken place, country buyers paying about as high figures for the best feeders as were paid for prime kill- ers. The demand for breeding ewes is greatly increased, and prices are soaring because of their scarcity. Heavy lambs are selling at a sharp discount, some of them weighing over 100 pounds. La'mb and sheep receipts last week were unusually small, but late sales of lambs were made at $11 to $12.75, the top' comparing with- $13 not long back. Feeding lambs sold at $12 to $12.75 and breeding ewes at $6 to $11. WHEAT Wheat prices continue to remain around to dollar mark, but in the majority of cases it is above instead of below as two weeks ago. Most markets show a gain of around 2 cents. Wall Street is becoming alarmed over the fact that wheat. is selling for a dollar and below and a. careful study of the situation is be- ing made. ., ,Wall ‘ Street. knows that the farmers as\a whole have not made any money since 1919; that many of them lived on the surplus accumulated during the war period when their products found a ready market at a good price; that when» this surplus was gone many of them secured loans from their banks, and in many states these loans have not been. paid; that conditions indicate that the wheat farmer will not get enough out of his crop this year to pay his debts. Of course all of this would not apply in all states where wheat is raised because the banks in several states, Michigan included, state that farmers have paid their notes as they came due and in only a. few cases have they been asked to renew notes. The price turned up- ward slightly toward the end of. last week owing to reports of consider- able damage to grain standing in the shock in one oi the largest wheat producing states in the Union. Whether the damage is enough.to efleet the market to any extent re-- mains to be seen. ,. The domestic cash wheat situation is'strcngiat present. Millers are the most act- ive bidders m oi wheat because of its quality. Conn-g . checked; try offerings ’to arrive are light; and ‘1 ‘ trati‘ois stow..- = asthy' ' deer - newt—4m no. 1:; No.1 red, Ne. rm. mixed, $1.05; No. 3 mtg rm" . No. 2 red}. 1g: palate; No.“ 2 has, 915%,“ New Yak-4cm ' $1.17; No. 2‘ tarsus-tar; one 3'69}! ' " H Cash No. 2r can???» and No. 2 twp, u Thereinl‘ittle interest" , . , in com. Solo Wyn; b m but than were moustallento' also: any mmth in _ market. Country to have been nil. Gran able in. general but some: reported to haw-realized tron, re—' cent heavy rainfall. * ‘ .' " Prices. ' ' ‘ 9 2 yellow, 03¢: ’ ., '~ "* Deanna-Gash No. No. 3, 92c; No. 4, 90c. , Chicago—cash No. 2 r ' gigantic; No. 2 yellow, 13136 . ~‘ ’ c. ~ New York-.0351: No. 2 yellow.“ ' No. 2 white, 31.95%;100. 2 mixed, 31.04%. _ >‘ ' ‘ Prices one year ‘ " Cash No. 2 yellow, 76c; No. a, sac; * _ i' No. 4, 68¢. , I -. OATS . ~ x _ . Oats have tollowed the tread at . - other grains and them has been‘lit- : ' tle change in prices at some points a while at others prices are’the "same as they were two weeks ago. Domes—- tic shipping demand has been fair at. Chicago and country “cringe to . arrive nil. Liberal receipts are ex: “ pected this week which will have a ‘ bearish influence on “the trend of the market. - _ » . Prices ' Detroit—Cash No. 2 white, 480-: No. 3, 46%c; No. 4, 45c. . » ' Chicagoh-Cash No. 2 white, 37% ,, @38‘5éc; No. 3-, 36%@37’%c. Are“ New York—Cash No. 2 white, 52c. Prices one year ego—Detroit, Cash No. 2 white, 35c; No. 3, 33¢. RYE ~ . ' The demand for rye increased dur~ ing the two weeks ending August! If 11th and prices advanced for the first time in some weeks and advan- ces held in each case. Gates at De- troit last week amounted to 2‘ cents. Detroit—-C‘ash No. 2, 71%:7. Chicago—atlash No. 2, €5@£Kc. ' Prices one year Cash No. 2, 75¢. ,. BEANS w 1.“ Michigan beans occupy an units? ' ually strong position in the Nation’s '_ :. crop this year, according to the Au; r gust report issued: by Verne ' Church, Agricultural Statistician L. Whitney Watkins, Commissioner :35 I of Agriculture. Our state is credited with 45 per cent of the total crop“ 2" of 15,270,000 bushels, or 6,835,060 bushels. California is second with'~"" 4,359,000; Colorado is. third with 1,- "' 486,000; New York is fourth. with. 1,479,000; Idaho is fifth. with 607,- 33"" 000; New Mexico is sixth with 313; ' 000; and Wisconsin is seventh withkéfl' 143,000 bushels. ‘ The greater part of Calitorniafs .crop and a large portion in other ‘ western states is. made up of wrist "a‘. 9‘ ice other than the white pea been, ‘2“ and it is probable that about 65 per- cent ot‘ the entire production of this variety will come from Michigan this. year. With orderly marketing ,d moderate prices the competition ,_ obi: foreign beans will be largely elinitn ated and a‘strong domestic consump- tion created. 'Such,’ a. :condi: should warrant fair prices thro‘nfi out the marketing season's} 7' _, The; average priceyfid To 15, for the country as a w $3.87. New Yorktar, ‘ an average price 'bvshd' ‘ $8.95.: 1W: ‘ ' coma» " V ’ pom m ‘ 10M: “lg”, 25,945,900: sins its . . . v r ' : b68841 feeding their potatoes g-stockwhtch also benefited the 's ' These conditions ,, growers in the Western states filmed them to reduce the acreage ted and Michigan and Wisconsin powers made a moderate reduction . , in. their acreages. While the crop {depends upon future moisture condi- flgfi 'tair with moderate temperat- ,ures_;¢s.!in5 the day but cool ffits an! m. ' * ,AbouL *Iwmd unm'mmm winds mm in evidence. - .fiOut the middle of the week ‘ a 7 tnres will take a sudden y ».in this state with a possibility ~ Slht frosts‘in northern lower oI‘Michigan. Last halt of week more” bright. {3,1- " a ' _ Weekdm ~ I halt arm week will he atom in: mm to 1' aunts in large local sec- " ,(K‘Coupled with these rain I will be high and dqtructive middle of this week an of . high barometric pressure , ‘ '3, the "weather conditions lysihecomingsixmonthshssem‘ ‘ , we believe, that from I m a! as ‘ EHLY days of this week will he use; £1961 rag ' ' «will an? rs a! a ,. 's as " compared With. 31,842, on grown last Veal" W fwrmng'to" he August report issued by 1... Whitney Watkins, Commission— “- “95: Agriculture and Verne ‘11.; Agricultural Statistician , , . _r Michigan, The tor the other “'9 fl _ ’ .3653“: .m 27,- .1 co; Mm 37.510309: mm mm. 12,621,900; We, 4,1“,«0; We. 16,611,099: Mo, 12,931,.” ' m x um o 1.35 our , n ' I; Missouri, .32 2,” par m; m Ohio, $1.50 Michigan. 51455 mam , Markets Show a decidedly armor tone .due to lighter receipts. The ‘ supply of good merchantable hay is below requirements in most markets and prices are steady and arm. ; Trading is mirly steady With seed ; mm immaiateiy en ar- ' cm pu . rival. War grades move slowly except where better sorts are in wt Sunnis. . - Prices . Detroit No. 1 timothy, $19.50@ 20; standard, $18.50@19; No. 2 tim— othy, $17.50@18; No. 3, $13@1'5; Light clover mixed, $18.50-@19; No. [clover mixed, '$ 17 @18; No. 1 clov- er, $15@ 16. Chicago—No. 1 timothy, $25@ No. 2, $‘21@24;-,No. 3, $15@ , No. 1 light timothy & clover mixed, $21@24; No. 1 clover, $18@ 20. New Yerk—No. 1 timothy, $29@ . 30; N0. .2. $27@28; NO- ,3, $34-@25; ‘l No. 1 light clover mixed, $28; No. 2, Sufi 27. Prices one year ewe—Detroit, standard timoth‘y. §2_0@2.1; No. 2 timothy,x‘$l91@'2 ; light mined, 62:0 @21; No. 1 clover, $14@15. (09mm from 8) as well as the bean growers of en mer- _ promise you mate in 2 Michigan will be very mu elated ill the _ the last paragraph of your article to print the names 01 those who have not signed a. won as the nama of those who have and if there is anythifii you want us to do by misting you to secure any data , or Matias that will be of as? m to you, please tee! tree to ; call on us.-—Art Goulet, Mgr., Orr? m and Grain company, Midland, ' Hick. BUISCH COMMENDS M. B. F. 8 one 9! the committee rep— resenting the ests in the proposed nationai advertising campaign to help and the consumption of do— megtic grown beans, I want to oomfiiment you on the thorough— ness mover in 'whieh' we expressed the sentiment of the , majority in your recent editorial. suggestion. 4'» print the ,contiibntors - per in a very good one. Person- ally I can think of no good reason «why a Michigan W should to: aim to sign the germ as a matter of fact, the cost comes out A! the consumer and the dealer acts only as an agent handling the mas and at the sum time benefits by in e—v christian Buisch, using, Mich. m Ms W are busy thresh- ing “I w W Oats are turning Out good. “the second cutting of ins not been very heavy. Corn is MW at this time. There is an ext-w, ’ hm, acreage of beans planted as yea: but the crop is only look“: 1‘! to and m the average farm. m mm V as uoN'l'OAW—Farmers are nearly done with the on harvest now and some drawing is being done. We have cool New : on You now—Detroit, ‘ it"! 12749 :5 W ‘, . M Lat“. V Every sackfui of lat-re is exactly flu same. Tb: Larro you feed to- day is just like the Larro you’ll feed _ a year from now —— just like the Larro in a million other sacks. Latte results areas u‘Larro quality. And like Larro quality, the results are guaranteed. Larro satis- fies you or you get your money back. There are no fillers in Larro. Weed seeds, oat hulls, oat clippings and all other fillers are absolutely barred. Each Lari-o ingredient is separately processed and standardized before Just a illion Other » Bags of Larro The Larrowc Milling Company --De.troit, Michigan K Look for the feed- ing instructions ‘in every “31:. , mixing. Every pound of finished Larro passes over clectro-magnets, safeguarding the cow against the danger of nails and wire in feed. " Lame is made by spedaiists whose sole work is to make thisanc brand of dairy feed. Its results and uni- formity are being constanflyichecked at the Larro Rewards Farm. Feed Larro and make a greater profit from your cows. For many ' years Larro has been the year-round ration for thousands of feeders. Let us tell you what they say. vw Irv. .x r- A; - 7r 1 PM mi; a. u...- : _ ) Wei: t will mam ’ man. ' you all}: noter W“! , 9°C “I re! ! mags no or cow- ' erg, fill out and mail t cou- n now. or take it w your arm dealer. Gentlemcni Inmaowfcedin].I . . . . “consondlwanteouom with out cast. your WT!» Limo 13mm"- :Mlchisae inter- . in your . not: Sugar Beet; are sold by Mir weight, You «can make consmexably more money by muting beets so that they are not left exposed to the fi‘ost, and are protected so that the sun can- not them out. Remember. you sell beets by weight. You get extra tons of beets fnom the Same field by usipg JOHN WERE No.20Riding , Lifting blades shaped so M th do not injure the beats, hut 1 59.3153; them, leavingthemupjg where they are essilygnd ‘ hand— led for topping. The John ~ Beet ‘ Lifter gets all the bee’, even in crooked rows, because: push fthefoot ca , ‘ littododxs quickly. 0 best: are! t in thefleld by your, ed help too hard to pick up. This alsoveryeasyto e,and, w on horses. because it as only“ and m wheels. no tongue m is needed. - Booklet 10-7 3? ' ‘ .i N 9 )1; WI; awake aortas-v31»!!! It d. I» Fflgffiors will borkept do“ , If you do not have a, we!- ow, use the sprinkling us; eqiy. Sprinkle the ab -— the sleeping (our ' m and pens- t3?" té’i‘ifi'flg‘ o II it about the h K ' m wuss mmne 1'0 nun-mum rum ,III‘I'IOI momenta locum MW is Youictor ' Speak _ T would tell you why, at times, it seems to hesitate, drag and fail to deliver that steady, evenflow of rhythmic power which is so necessary to heavy pulling. It would tell you that a tractor can run smoothly only when ’ the frictional parts are amply protected by a cushion of good lubricat- ing oil, thus permitting free, easy, noiseless action. TraCtor Of It would tell you that the wrong oil almost invariably causes excessive Recommendatlons carbon, loss of power, transmiSsion troubles, fouled spark plugs, and overheating. The right oil for your tractor—the grade of Polarine "M" °" _ indicated in the chart— means minimized repairs, fewer renewals of parts, greater flexibility, and Vm’ore power. 2%" §IH°'MM' E. m10»,ao42m2uo.....u. . 1 THE PERFECT OTOR_'L.-. Made in Five Grades , for all‘makes of tractors, at all motor speeds and temperatures. It meets every tractor lubricating need. Polarine is made in five grades. The one specified in the chart is the correct grade for your tractor and n r . will insure perfect lubricatiOn. Polarine is of the right viscosity to WMISISIZZZIZZE All «1.. a maintain a perfect film under the extreme of working conditions.) ' This means assured compression and maximum power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . “MM “mg Pim.ledlo-60..... Mmmnufim Port Hum: .... ........ .. Polarine lubricates thoroughly every frictional surface and will not break down. It seals your pistons against loss of power. The essence of true economy is to drain your crank case very frequently and fill up with the correct grade of Polarine. Your tractor will give you better service and it will last longer. i“i HRH}! MtIYUH (hl simmer: winner: mmm...;...~.-....a a. ‘ L—Polarlllo LI #.—:o|arlne".odlmn .ulh—PM. special i233” 1‘ :fi'q'mnm d '- ‘ 91080. I] . .v ' Wu, an at l om an Chicago Miami“; ' ~ «Me-ea) p 'y‘ " Michigan Ave; - - Illinois ' / 3327 ‘