—~.-- _ E. L“. F ._ _ TWO YEARS $1 600 PER YEAR—5 YRS. $2 TERMS 1923 9 1231] 1C OCTOBER 27 My J aefl’tm-‘La’h’terQY” h ine Owned and m M id .of.‘ d t n C d n C P C d n I n A Ed Farm Magaz 1te SATURDAY You Afr-a ’ “Ann PULVERIZE LIMESTONE HE most economical cattle feed is that raised on your farm pro- viding you get good yields per acre. One ton of alfalfa'or clover is worth two tons of common hay as a milk producer. When preparing fields for grain, harrow in one to two tons per- acre of SOLVAY and sow alfalfa or clover. The feed billsyou save will pay for the SOLVAY many times over. THE SOLVAY ‘PROCESS CO. Sales Agent, Wing & Evans, Inc. Real Estate Exchange Building Detroit, Mich DY THEY FIT ANY MODEL. FORD Top I touring car or roadster is more practical for mnughe than eiglier the g1 sedanth or com! rAt Miéler Sedan 'Dop touring car vee 0 same 0 an on your Ford sedan, and you save 826 e l and sun visor standard 1923. once as the more. Dom all 1923 sedan models prior to - a new touring r ’fl-Ne /\ a , want a smart, "waft"me I ' t KILLER rorssoormcowamlfidy / souveni- .00 or equipment on Sun visors $2.00 extra on Carefully consider the following ’0‘”. -':.r::* v BEFORE YOU BUY A WIDILL The Auto-oiled Aermotor is fully and constantly oiled. The Auto-oiled Aermotor has behind it of wonderful success. ' The double gears run in oil in a ' . ‘ the Gamma Self-011mg Windmill, with every moving part ._ 4% m our. 8_years Itis not an experiment. 2,5 I . ,, than other ' ‘ _ mtgemptmmm. “mismadebyaresponsiblecmnpm a... We... moron co. %a., was... an:- MAKE YOUR! Es"- Maegan,“ "D » °‘" 1“ o m‘ii’rc ‘ gfimflkmrr? orme II. E. Aflogilgfl. 0 CHEAP FEED ’ from your own land ‘ “the show. . JUDGE AT DAIRY SHOW' T the recent National Dairy Show held at Syracuse, New York it was a Michigan boy that proved * to be the best college student judge of dairy cattle. Competing against 87 of the best college student judges 'in the country, Charles D. Miller, of Eaton Rapids, stood first with both Holstein and Jersey cattle and rank- ed high enough with the other breeds to win first place with the highest percentage ever turned in at The Michigan Agricul- tural team. of which Miller .was a member, finished in seventh position. While M. A. C. teams have stood high before in the national. competi- tion, this. is the first time“ that the premier honors among individuals have been brought Back to the state. The Michigan club boys judging team also won high laurels at the big show finishing third among 20 teams from states scattered all over the country, Illinois and Connecti- cut won first and second places, re- spectively. The Michigan team was composed of James Gallup of Gaastra, Iron county; Starr Norfiup, Northville, Wayne county; Rolland Stein, Ann Arbor, ‘Washtenaw county; and Glenn Livermore, Romeo, Macomb county. A fitting team at the same show was composed of Wayne Clark, of Sand Creek, Lenawee; and Har- land Andrews, of Adrain, Lenawee county. , ' TOP COW AT DAIRY SHOW COMES TO MICHIGAN lthough prices crossedrthe $1,000 . mark several times in the Hols- tein sale at the National Dairy Congress, the average price of the sale was $324.05 for 119 head. Berl- wood stock Farms of California sold a cow for $1,450 and a heifer for $1,— 500. A butt calf only a few weeks old from the above farm brought $1,- 305. The heifer was bought by John Winn of Rochester, Mich., and the cow by the Detroit Creamery 00., De- troit, Mich. ENTRIE FOR HAY AND GRAIN SHOW CLOSE NOVEMBER 10 NTRIE-S in the International Grain and Hay Show which will be held in connection with the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago, December let to 8th, close on November 10th. Classifications are offered for Ten Ears of Corn, Single Ears of Corn, Flint Corn, Junior Members Corn, _ Wheat, Oats, Rye, Barley, Kafir, Milo, Soy Beans, Field Beans, Cow Peas, Field Peas, Red Clover, Alsike Clover, Sweet Clover, Alfalfa, Tim- othy and several varieties of hay. The premium list, oifered by the Chi- cago Board of Trade, amounts to $12,000,00 in cash prizes in addition to a large number of valuable tr phles and ribbons. ’ In order to equalize the competi- tion, the United States has been di- vided into eight regions and only crops grown in the same region will compete in the preliminary classes. A new division is in effect this year which it is expected will bring out a much larger number of entries, especially in the corn division. The growth of this department ‘of the world famous International has been phenomenal. In 1919 it was inaugurated with 1,500 entries. The following year this was increas- ed to 2200 to be follo'wedin 1921 by a record of 3312. At the last show the, entry books showed 4039 exhibits in competition, from prac- tically every state in the Union and Province of Canada. It is expected that at the coming show more than 5000 samples will be on display. Detailed informatioh can be so- cured by addressing Grain & Hay Show Dept, International Live Stock Exposition, Union Stock Yards, Chi- cago, Ill._ ‘ POULTRY SHOW AT GRAND RAPIDS The Michigan Poultry Exposition will be held at Grand Rapids, Michi- gan, from November 27th to Decem- ber lst. Complete information on exhibits, etc., can be had by writin J. A. Hannah, Secretary, R6, Gran Rapids, Michigan. FROM HERE AND THERE IN ‘ MICHIGAN Lake Linden—Two new smelters, each having capacity of 200,000 lbs. daily, under construction, costing $2,000,000. Grand Rapidk—Construction of Richard Storage Company's large warehouses completed. New Naylor Furniture Company building on Grandville avenue completed. Greenville——Contract let for erec- tion of $20,000 glove factory. Holland—DuthFPlant Food Lab- oratory Company with capital stock of $100,000 to build factory, 75 peo- ple to be employed. Construction of new railway depot under considera- tion. Manistee—Work of dredging loc- al harbor completed. Mackinaw City—Construction of new $40,000 dock to be started. Detroit—Ford Motor Company has accepted bids of American Ship- building Company and Great Lakes Engineering Works for two BOO-ft. ore boats to be used between Lake Superior ports and the River Rouge. Pere Marquette’s capital expendi- tures for equipment, improvements and betterments in current fiscal year will exceed $11,000,000. Third avenue between LaBelle avenue and Midland avenue to be opened and paved. St. Johns—Building construction on Silver Black Fox Farm nearing completion. ' Reed City—Extensive improve- ments on streets progressing rapid- 1y. Hart—Storage plant with capacity of 5,000 bbls: nearing completion. Belding—New St. Patrick‘s Oath. olic church completed.‘ Mt‘Pleasant——Central Gas Com- pany constructing 100,000 cu. ft. storage tank at local plant. Lapeer-——Contract let for construc- tion of new high school. , Saginaw-Contract to be let for erection of $80,000 Methodist church on Jefferson avenue. ' Lansing——-Grand Ledge to be improved. Monroe——County has heavy grape crop, first time in many years. To- ledo road under construction to be finished in December. highway COUNTRY PARISH ENJOYS RADIO SERMONS, SAYS A. B. COOK S to our experience with the radio say that we have had one in our home ever since they first became available. ' lately placed one in the County known We have I thechnrch: intaetaraflieroldladytold wasthofirst word of. an. u a little “hard or hearing.” We atom-chm sermon in twenty years that Monday‘svoning. The church every ednesday evening we from various which programs very best in thought, given and the best in music by the Anyone who appreciates the radio. The price of the out- best of our knowiedge it in- to the business. None better at all distance toadvanceocondiflons of coin- reterred toby Mr. Cook is the one Vol. XI, -No. 5 -d Being absolutely independent our columns are open for the n of a sub eat Der- , thing to the igminz jbusiness. “The Only Farm Magazine Owned and Edited in Michigan” Published Bi-Wofim Mt. Clemens, men. _ i, cud TWO YEARS s1 .4 . d as second- lane b- EEFTW 22. mi? and. st-oflico It Clancy ich.. under act of March I 8rd, 1879. \ . I Bean Prices (Lower Till February, Then Higher Michigan Dealer Reviews Trend of Prices On 1922 Crop and Declares Conditions Warrant Opposite Trend This Year ERY few business men manifest an interest 'in the past of any commodity except in so far as what has happened may have an in- fluence on, or contain a basis for, drawing an opinion as to what to expect in the future. Accordingly, before we make any statements as to market conditions for the present and future, we. think it advisable to hurriedly review what happened in a marked way on the 1922 crop. The 1922 acreage showed consider- able increase over 1921; growing conditions were favorable right up until harvest time. In fact, a small percentage, possibly 15 per cent of the crop, was harvested under ideal conditions. Then, covering the period between September 1 and September 19, we had intermittent heavy rains. The rainfall at Saginaw, approxi- mating 5 per cent, during this period is typical of the entire state. There were not long enough dry periods between the rains to enable the farmers to take their crop off the fidd; after the 19th there were no rains and it was then that the beans were harvested. With the first few deliveries the market declined very rapidly; prices to 'the grower reached as low as $3.75 and prices to the trade as low as $4.50. The trade “tasted blood" of the new beans, and accordingly demand started. Everything was held up during. the period of rains, and for three weeks .virtually no- thing was sold; by that time de- mand, particularly for high price futures and due to the fact that the old stocks had been reducedeto the minimum by the buying trade on account of the extremely high prices of the summer of 1921., was extreme- lyheavy. Elevators Over-paid Growers The Michigan elevators overpaid the grower; that is, they paid the farmer more than the market would warrant on the particular day that they bought the beans. The only way, therefore, that they could real- ize a profit on their purchases was to force the market higher. Accord- ingly, we experienced a decided ad- vance up until the first of the year. By January 1, 1922, prices averaged as high as they did any time during the year. Of course all of the ele- vators, and farmers remember what happened a year previbus, when dur- ing June and July prices advanced By, B. A. to approximately $101in Michigan. Elevators, accordingly, carried more beans than they should have, and the growers in turn retained on the farm a large percentage of the beans which they raised, in hopes that the spring and summer of 1922 would show a repetition of 1921. What happened? Prices being forced so high early reduced consumption of Michigan beans and invited the importation of Romanians and Kotenashis. These were brought in in large quantities and offered at a price suflicient un- der Michigan to get-the business, particularly along the Atlantic Sea— board. A good many cars of Dan— ubians were consigned to interior markets where even when they were not sold acted as a club over con- sumption and caused the buyers to purchase domestic beans very cau- tiously. As the season progressed and the Michigan shippers com- menced to realize that beans were not moving out fast enough to clean out the old crop before the 1923 crop would be ready, price cutting started and we had just as marked a decline as we had an advance earlier in the season. The whole situation could be attributed to two factors; first, elevators paying more to the growers than the beans were worth on the day they bought them; second, elevators and growers both holding for an anticipated advance in the spring, which was made im- possible by the reduced consumptibn, foreign competition and too many beans. Whenever a situation like this arises certain Michigan interests and brokers start, the cry of manipula— tion. It is only at times like this , when you hear of need of advertising to market the Michigan crop, or of sales agencies, or some proposed re- form or another. There was no manipulation; it simply was due to the short sighted policy on the part of the Michigan interests. Possibilities of 1923 Crop We now ome down to where we can view the ossibilities if the 1923 crop more intelligently. The average acreage is approxi- mately 23 per cent larger than the 1922, whereas the 1922 acreage was .— suck”: in turn approximately 63 per cent greater than the 1921. Yields per acre this year will average no higher than last year, but the increase in acreage will give us a million and a half or two million bushels more this year as compared to last, or, reducing this in terms of Michigan cars, we ought to have this year around 2,250 to 3,000 cars more than a year ago. A number of factors influencing this crop can be contrasted to con— ditions as they existed when the 1 22 crop started to move. First—~There were not as many future beans sold this year as there were a year ago; whereas beans for September last year were sold at around $6.50 to $7, this year they Were sold at $5.50 to $6. Elevators having them sold, therefore, feel more like sitting back and waiting for decline rather than to jump in and buy hurriedly as they did a year ago, for then they could even ad- vance the market over what it was during September and still have a handsome profit in their futures. Second.——-The old crop of beans in Michigan this year were not cleaned up as they were last season. Stocks in the terminal elevators were not as light this year as they were last. In addition there were several hundred cars of imported beans ly- ing around in different markets waiting for a sales opportunity and in addition, the same as last year, new crop foreign beans, particularly Kotenashis, are being quoted at at- tractive prices for deferred shipment. Third—Demand for beans has not started as heavily as yet as it did a year ago, and if beans are delivered freely by the growers in Michigan now we could not help but have considerable decline, for there is hardly enough demand to take care of the few beans which have been delivered to date. Fourth—Last year over a period ' of approximately nineteen days we did not have five consecutive drying days; this year we had five consecu- tive drying days from September 13 to 17 inclusive. During this period a good percentage of the Michigan crop was taken care of.- Fifth.-—-—-This year as contrasted to last, both the elevators and growers realized that there is an extremely big crop of beans, and notwithstand- ing the damage from dry weather during the summer and damage from rains during harvest we will have a big crop of Michigan beans to market. Sixth—Both growers and eleva- tors also realize that if prices get above $5.50 to $6 we will again be inviting heavy importation of import- ed beans, which will naturally re- sult in reducing the consumption of domestic varieties. Seventh—Last year there were substitution of White beans in agood many markets (which prefer to use pintos) on account of the extremely short pinto crop, and resultant high prices on the Colorado and New Mex- ico product. This year pintos in- Colorado and New Mexico have been growing under almost ideal condi- tions and the shippers there believe they will have approximately three times as many beans as they did a year ago. Eighth—Michigan bean men, par- ticularly the jobbers, realize that there is considerable big acreage of white beans being raised this year in Idaho and Montana. They also real— ize that the production of small whites in Colorado is approximately the same as it was a year ago, where- as there is a considerable increase in the production of large whites. Ninth—The elevators realize that the quality of the Michigan beans this year will approximate that of last. As we sit down and review the above contrast we cannot help but believe that the trend of the market this year will be just about the 0p— posite of what it was a year ago. In other words, we look for lower prices to rule between now and say February 1, and higher prices after that date. We are hesitant, how- ever, about making any definite pre- dictions, for there are approximately 40 to 50 per cent of the Michigan beans still unsecured, and weather will have considerable bearing as to the condition in which these are harvested. We believe firmly, how- ever, that the trade would not rush in and buy beans on an advancing market; on the other hand, we be- lieve that if Michigan prices are held at a reasonable basis there will be absolutely no difficulty in marketing our bean crop at fair prices. By fair prices we have in mind $56 5.50 Michigan. Price Fixing By the Government Holds No Hope for Wheat Farmers EMAND has developed in some of the Wheat sections for the Unit— ed States Government to set a fixed price for wheat. In the minds of those who desire it, this usually means a guaranteed minimum price. If the natural price set by supply and demand was below the guaran- teed price, the Government would purchase and store enough wheat to bring the natural price up to level of the guaranteed price. If it was necessary for the Government to dis- pose of its purchases at a loss, the- deficit would be met out of taxation. The guaranteed price, according to its proponents, would be based on cost of production plus .a profit. Costs of production vary. If m age costs were used as a basis, only a little over half of the farms would receive a fair profit. Pre- sumably the price would be adequate to cover the costs of the bulk of the producers, say 75 to. 80 percent. .. z producers would be 5: other .4! «production. . the 31¢! on, fixed price, namely, the Dakotas and Minnesota. They are among the states where cost of production per bushel are likely to be high because yield per acre is likely to be low. Yield per acre is the biggest factor in determining costs per bushel. The guaranteed price might be put Just high enough to induce the grow- ing of the proper volume of wheat. This would yield a profit to the low cost producers but would not satisfy the high cost producers who are the ones demanding the fixed price. A guaranteed price to be of any benefit to those who want it, would most certainly be higher than the present price a (1 would cause addi- tional planting en it is generally _ agreed that there is already excess production and 'that_there must be a readjustment of farming which will include a smauer wheat acreage. Penalty for Over-production Some proboscis meet the certainty of overproduction by including a pen- cers in», the form of a the carryover. One such plan pro- poses: 1. A minimum or base price cal- culated in advance of each crop sea— son for the four crops-wheat, corn, oats and cotton—according to the fixed formula: - Average general price index num- ber 1906—1914 divided by average price of crop 1916-1915 equals. Average general index number in year of production divided by X (base or minimum price). 2. A corporation chartered by the Federal Government for the purpose of buying any amount of each com— modity offered for sale to it at the base price. 3. A tariff adjusted to prevent the import of each commodity to sell below the base price. 4. All sales for export to be made. or controlled by the corporation. 5. The funds to finance the opera- tions of the corporation to ,be ob- tained by a loan or tax contributed pro rate by each bushel orbale, etc., of each crop when and as sold by » 6. The tax. to be collected under and required by federal statute and the collections to be turned over to the corporation by the Government, 7. The size of the tax to be an- nounced before planting season of the crop on which it will be as— sessed and to depend upon the size of the carryover from the previous crop. ' Another plan, in the words of the proposer, is stated as follows: “Granting that we need 600,000,- 000 bushels of Wheat 3. year to take care of our domestic requirements and possibly a small exportable sur— . plus, I have ascertained that about 45,000,000 acres will, one year with another, produce this amount. ’1 “Now my idea is to have, the Gov- ernment say that it will buy what-a ever surplus there is from this acre- age a... let us say for illustration, $1.75. I Then for every 200,000 acres put in above the amount called for; ta‘ve 10 cents~ off the We. I think the psychology of this - v be to cause farmers to flat the ' (Continued on Page 83‘ " ‘ I Radio Becames ’PreaChe‘r-in' Countr Members of Maple River Parish Could Not Afford to Hire Pastor So They-Purchased Radio ‘ f ‘ Receiving Setand Loud Speaker and Now Listen to Sermons from Detroit EVERAL different times we have read articles regarding radio in which ministers have been noted as saying that radio was the ork of the devil as it kept people away from lhurch; they stayed ,. ome and listened to services over their radio 'eceiving set instead of. oing to church. These ministers are rather short—sighted and I think they would admit as much if they visited some Sunday a little southwest of Owosso, Michigan. The Maple River church was organized eight years ago on the community basis under the control of the Ma— r-ple River Sunday :. School Association and ; up to six months ago 3-: had a 'pastor. Since githat time they have been trying to hire an— : other minister but, ac~ ,cording to members of: the community, they {could not secure the services of an able man ,ior the amount of money the community speaker through which the voice of the Detroit pastor comes in such vol- ume that it can be heard in all corn- ers. of the room. No eloquent gest— services to shake hands with the members of the congregation as they file out. However, in spite of the few ' shortcomings, the Maple River Par- ish claim they were well pleased ' with what they heard. At the con- clusion of the first radio sermon one of the members was asked by an outsider how the congregation liked it and he replied, “We enjoyed the service very much and I shouldn’t wonder if we’d continue. It costs awhole lot less to maintain a radio ' set that to hire a good minister." The passing of years has seen the number of country churches with barred doors and boarded-up wind- ows increase until in many sections y Church 7 farmers who go to church are obliged i to drive to the nearest town. And many live at such a distance from ‘ town that they cannot go to church . It looks like the . every Sunday. folks of Maple River church have solved their problemin a way that any congregation in Michigan might follow. Farm leaders believe. that radio will solve the‘country church problem and that within a few years there will be hundreds of radio equipped country churches in Mich- igan. And the day may come when all country churches LEFT: The radio receiv- ing set used by the pastor- 1098 Maple River parish to get sermons from Detroit. will have a radio re- ceiving set on the pul— pit instead of a minister behind the pulpit and was able to pay. Sev— ‘ eral weeks ago Mr. A. i B. Cook, master of the “Michigan State Grange } suggested to the lead- z-ers that they install a radio receiv— -ing set in the church and receive some of the fine sermons broadcast~ Ted from Detroit and other large cities. The idea sounded good to them and several got together to de- 2: In” the cost and loss than a month («ago the set was installed. Now ()‘l Sunday morning the members of the . little parish assemble for services as I of old but instead of the minister stepping behind the pulpit and an— nouncing the first hymn one of the leaders in the church steps to the receiving set on a table beside the , :pulpit, turns the current on. adjusts the apparatus and the congregation ‘ listens in on the services from one of Detroit’s largest churches, as I broadcast by one of the two powerful :— stations in that city. Near the pulpit is a large loud E: HEN will the dollar be worth ’ a dollar again? That was the problem for the solution. of which I went to George E. Roberts, vice—president of the -National City Bank of New York. ; formerly Director of the United States Mint under five administra— tions and internationally famous as "'5 an economist. 5,, I put my question to him in this i‘ fashion: “According to the financial hauthorities the dollar is now about 60 points above pro—war par or, in , other words, it takes $1.60 today to buy what you could buy for a dollar 3 in 1914. When is a dollar going to be worth a dollar again?” Must Produce “When We produce enough goods to restore the balance,” replied Mr. Roberts promptly. “Money is sim— ply a measure of production and the answer to high prices is simply- pro— duce more goods.” “‘13 there not a limit? Is there not a point at which we reach over—pro— duction?” I queried. , reduction. It is an impossibility.” jlhere was a finality about the tones V‘ V, that answer which did not en— ourage argument but if you want ,mrmation you cannot afford to be Scouraged. ‘It is something that is talked ‘ut a great deal at least,” I sug— hat is unfortunately. true and .. e to the fact that people use airing. about economic subjects. A ped Maple River Church near ()wosso, Michigan. “There is no such thing as over- «is 1008er and do not do much‘ RIGHT: The radial equip- ures drive home the good points of the sermon as of yore. Some in- ventor in the fut- * ure may devise s o m e apparatus that will not only reproduce t h 6 voice of a preach— cr several hundred miles away but will pound the pulpit for emphas- is as well. Then the next inventor will have to con- trive some kind of a radio receiving set that will hurry to the door at the each state will have a c e n t r a‘l broadcasting station and each Sun- day_a sermon by a non- denominational minis— ter will be broadcast—- who can tell? Sunday need not be the only time when the receiving set is of use. The church can be made a community center and the young folks can get together one, two or three nights a week. An older member of the church can come with them and they can sing some hymns, read some from the Bible and then turn on the radio and listen to good music, singing, or a lecture. One station may be broadcasting an opera: another dance music; another, a lecture by some famous man; or you may hear those songs that were popular fifty years ago; the air is full of music and voices all evening. It will be good ment for the rural girls and boys and make life on t h e f a r in more of a pleasure. conclusion of the f E dare say there isn’t a man in this country that has not ask. ed himself and his neighbor this question: “\thn will the dollar be worth a dollar again?” The man who gives his answcr in this article, Mr. don’t know." And the anSWcr was, “I George E. Roberts, is perhaps better qualified to give a correct answer than any other man in the country. Regardless of wheth- cr you agree with him or not his opinion is of interest. 3 very little reflection will show how absurd it is to talk about over—pro— duction. Are the wants or desires of any ordinary human being ever satisfied? Does not the man who lives in a four-room apartment want to more to a six—room apartment and the man in the six—room apartment to a larger one? Does every family that wants a piano or an automobile own one? Did you ever hear of a woman (the twinkle was very 0b- vious now) who had enough clothes? Human wants are infinite and grow unceasingly. If they “ever were satisfied life would become stagnant ' The Armory at, nauskouon. V C .o beholdlntx’i (Continued on page 19) When Will Dollar N 0w worth Sixty Cents Be Worth Hundred Cents Again? and civilization would make no further progress.” “Well,” I persisted, “what do peo- ple mean when they talk about over— production?" » “They mean that production is not properly balanced, that labor is not properly distributed. They mean that too many people are engaged in one industry and too few in an- other. During the war prices of everything went up fairly evenly be- cause there was a huge demand for practically every commodity. But prices have not come down evenly because the demand for some things has been greater than that for oth— ers. The farmer has suffered be- cause agriculture was the first in- dustry to get back on its feet in Europe and that was at once reflect— ed in a falling off in demand for American farm products. other hand the demand for houses has been greater than the limited supply with the result that we have had a serious condition in that di- rection.“ V “How can ‘we get a better distri- amuse— ‘ On the ‘ bution of labor and restore the bal— ’ ance to production?”. I asked. Unions Could Aid “The labor unions and’labor lead- V ers could give powerful help in solv- ’ ing that problem," answered Mr.’ Roberts. He swung around in his chair and looked thoughtfully out of the window tQWard the, skeleton of a great office building that was slow- ly and noisily taking shape. ~ 1y 1.51 ‘ “I, do v 15.9 mt: " CURES INSANE BY WORK.—E. J. Fogarty, warden of the Indiana state. prison, who is transforming insane men and women into highly competent; workers in the asylunl by giving them certain tasks to do. FIRST RADIO CHURCH 0N W‘IIEELSP—Boston has this latest hit of ee- It is complete—even to the cross whieh is illuminated elesiastieal arelgiteeture. at night. From the platform sermons and music twp thousand persons. ASH CAN BABY IN LU(‘K.-——Eighteen months ago t baby was found in an ash ran in San F'aneiseo, (‘alit‘ori by a policeman and taken to the station where it remained orphan for several days. Later it: was turned over to the asylum and recently a wealthy couple adopted it. RUSHIVG are sent out—frequently to plant under eonstruetion, channel is being cut to be THE JOYS or GLIDING.—A pastoral scene; taken during one of the gliding trials in the Rhone Valley, , Germany. The cattle continue to graze on the hills, undisturbed by the swift passage of the giant' glider over their heads. I r .BROWN GOLD.——Cofl'ee in the bean, at Costa Rica, Central America. The piles of brown beans in the background are piled for drying“ and will soon be on their way all over the world to fill the cups of coffee drinkers. -': . wk OPERATIONS A’I‘ FORD dam on the Mississippi River between the Twin Cities, showing the his QUEEN OF LADY IIORSI‘ISIIOI‘} PITCH HRS. Ha, —)lr:'. Mzume li‘raneiseo, of Muskegon, Miehi— gun, who retained her erown as women's horse- shoe pitehing ehampion of the United States in the. reeth tournament held in Cleveland. l‘I.AN’I‘.—A general view of the high Ford power new tail nee and a charge and loading place. and the loeks of the (lam. A used as anehorage and di “TOP OF THE “’ORLD” IN THE EAST.— Summit House, atop Mount Washington, New Hampshire, whieh is known as the‘ highest point; East of the Roeky Mountain range. Photo shows the llouse on top which thousands visit yearly. ( Copyright. Keystone View Co.) I ~chair near the hat-rack. -,Bla.isdell returned her eyes were very ' 4 the nicest in town. There ' others' in the party. They're going down ' -- m_uk6 for cake and ice man. and (continued noun October 18th issue.) . came a sharp knock at the door. The eager Benny jumped to ’» his'feet. but his aunt shook her head d went to the door herself. There was ,a murmur of voices. then a ymmg man altered the hall and sat down in the When Mrs. bright. Her cheeks showed two little red spots. She carried herself with mani- fest importance. “If you'll just excuse me a. minute," she apologized to Mr. Smith, as she swept by him and opened a door across the room, nearly closing it behind her. ctly then, from beyond the imper- fectlycloseddoor,cametotheea.rso:f Benny and Mr. Smith these words. in Mrs. Blaisdell’s most excited accents:— "Mellicent, it‘s Carl Pennock. He wants you to go auto—riding with him down to the Lake with Katie Moore and that crowd.” "Mother!" breathed an ecstatic voice. What followed Mr. Smith did not hear, for a nearer, yet more excited, voice de- manded attention. “Gee! Carl Pennockl" whispered Benny hoarsely. "Whew! Won’t my sister Bess bemad? ShethinksGu'lPennock‘sthe cutest thing going. All the girls do !" pressive glance toward the hall, Mr, Smith tried to stop further revelations: but Benny was not to be silenced. “They're rich——awful rich—the Pen- nocks are,” he confided still more husk- ily. “An' there’s a girl—Gussie. She's gone on Fred. He's my brother. ye know. He’s seventeen; an’ Be is mad ’cause she isn't seventeen, too, so she cangoan'playtennlssameasFred does. She'll be madder‘n ever now, if Mell goes auto—riding with Carl, an’~—" “Sh-h !” So imperative were Mr. Smith's voice and gesture this time that Benny fell back subdued. .At once then became distinctly aud- ible again the voices from the other room. Mr. Smith forced to hear in spite ofhknselthadtheairofonewhoflnds he has abandoned the trying pan for the fire. “No, dear, it's quite out of the ques- tion,” came from beyond the door, in Mrs. Blaisdell’s voice. “I can’t let you wear your pink. You will wear the blue or stay at home. Just as you choose.” “But mother, dear, it’s all out of date,“ walled a young girl’s voice. ‘ "I can’t help that. It's perfectly whole and neat. and you must save the pink for best.“ _“But I’m always saving things for best, mother and I never wear my but. I never wear a thing when it’s in style! Bythetimeyouletmeweartheplnk Ishan’twanttowearit. Sleeves’llbe small tum—you see if they aren‘t—I shall be wearing big ones. I want to wear big ones now, when other girls do. Please, mother !" - “Mellicent, why will you tease me like miaWhenyouknowitwilldonogood? —-—-when you know I can't let you do it? Don't you think I want you to be as well—dressed as anybody, if we could afford it? Cane. I’m watmig. You must wear the blue or stay at home. What shall I tell him?‘ There was a pause. then there came an inarticulate word and a choking half- sob. The next umment the door opened and Mrs. Blaisdell appeared. The pink spots in her cheeks had deepened. She shut the door firmly, then hurried thru the room to the hall beyond. Another minute and she was back in her chair. “There,” she smiled pleasantly. “I‘m ready now to talk business, Mr. Smith." And she talked business. She stated plainly what she expected to do for her boarder, and what she expected her boarder would do for her. She enlarged upon the advantages and minimized the discomforts, with the aid of a word now and then from the eager interested Benny. Mr. Smith, on his part, had little to say. That that little was most satis- factory, however, was very evident; for Mrs. Blaisdell was soon quite glowing with pride and pleasure. Mr. Smith was not glowing. He was plainly ill at ease, and, at times, slightly abstracted. His eyes frequently sought the door whidl Mrs. Blaisdel! had closed so firmly a short time before. They were still turned in that direction when suddenly the door opened and a young girl appeared. She was a slim little girl with long- 1ashed star—like eyes and a wild—rose flush in her cheeks. Beneath her trim hat her light brown hair waved softly over her ears, glinting into gold where the light struck it. She looked excited and pleased, yet not quite happy. She. wore a blue dress, plainly made. “Don‘t stay late. Be in before ten. dear," cautioned Mrs. Blaisdell. “And Mellicent, just a minute, dear. This is Mr. Smith. You might as well meet him now. He’s coming here to live—to board, you know. My daughter. Mr. Smith." Mr. Smith, already on his feet, bowed and murmured a conventional something. From the starlike eyes he received a fleeting glance that made him suddenly conscious of his fifty years and the bald spot on the top of his head. Then the girl was gone, and her mother was meshing again. “She’s going auto-riding—Mellicent is with a young man, Carl Pennock—one of are four THE STORY TO DATE . x . R. STANLEY G. FULTON, 50-year old bachelor and possessor of twenty million dollars, calls on his lawyer and they dis- cuss the disposition of this large fortune after its owner’s death. The lawyer is in favor of giving the money to colleges or charities while Fulton is opposed to these ideas. He remembers that he has some distant cousins and decides to leave the money to one ofthem, butflrsthedetermines to learn which one will use it tothebestadvantage. Toflndoutwhoistheworthy'onehe. throughhislawyer,giveseachcousin$100,000touseasthcywilL Hethengrowsabeardand,underthenameoer.JohnSmith, goes to the town where these cousins reside to observe how they spend the $100,000. eighteen, for all she’s so small. She favors my mother in looks, but she's got the Blaisdell nose, though. Oh. and t’was the Blaisdells you said you were writing a book about, wasn't it? You don't mean our Blaisdells, right here in Hill- erton?" “I mean all Blaisdells, wherever I find them,” smiled Mr. Smith. “Dear me! What, us? You mean we'll be in the book?" Now that the matter of board had been satisfactorily settled. Mrs. Blaisdell apperently dared to show some interest in the book. “Certainly.” "You don't say! My, how pleased Hattie’ll be—my sister—in-law, Jim’s wife. She just loves to see her name in print-— parties, and club banquets, and where she pours, you know. But maybe you don't take women, too." "Oh. yes. if they are Blaisdells, or have married Blaisdells." "Oh! That's where we'd come in, then. isn’t it? Mellicent and I? And Frank, my hquand, he’ll like it, too,—-—if you tell about the grocery store. And of course you would. if you told about him. You'd have to—‘cause that's all there is to tell. He thinks that’s about all there is in the world, anyway,—that gro- cery store. And 'tis a good store, if I do say it. And there’s his sister, Flora; and Maggie— But there! Poor Maggie! She won’t be in it, will she, after all? She isn't a Blaisdell. and she didn't marry one. Now that's too bad!" “Ho! She won't mind." Benny spoke with conviction. “She’ll just laugh and say it doesn’t matter; and then Grand- pa Duif'll ask for his drops or his glasses. or something, and she'll forget all about it. She won’t care." "Yes, I know; but—Poor Maggie! Al- ways just her luck.” Mrs. Blaisdell sighed and looked thoughtful. "But Maggie knows a lot about the Blaisdells," she added. brightening; "so she could tell you lots of things—about“ when they were little, and all that." "Yes. But—that isn’t—er" Mr. Smith hesitated doubtfully, and Mrs. Blaisdell jmnped into the pause. “And, really, for that matter, she knows about us now. too. better than 'most anybody else. Hattie’s always sending for her, and Flora, too, if they’re sick, or anything. Poor Maggie! Some- times I think they actually impose upon her. And she’s such a good soul, too! I declare, I never see her but I wish I could do something for her. But of course, with my means—But. there! Here I sin running on as usual. Frank says I never do know when to stop, when I get started on something; and of course you didn’t come here to talk about poor Maggie. Now 11! go back to business. When is it you want to start in—to board, I mean?" "To—marrow. if I may." With some alacrity Mr. Smith got to his feet. “And RADIO DE 145,000 FARM RADIO SETS HE speed with which farmers have taken up radio is shown in a recent survey made by the United States Department of Agri— culture. County agricultural agents estimate that there are approximate- ly 40,000 radio sets on farms in 780 counties. This is an average of 61 sets per county. Applying the aver- age to 2,850 agricultural counties a total of more than 145,000 sets on farms throughout the country is esti- mated. The county agent’s estimates cov— er every state. In New York it is estimated that in 37' agricultural counties there are 6,602 sets, on farms. The county agent for Sara- toga County. New York, reported 2,500 sets in the county. In 61 counties in Texas there are 3,086 sets. Forty-three counties in Illinois show 2,814 sets; 26 counties in Mis- souri, 2.861 sets: Ohio, 2,620 sets; 40 counties in 7" — 4 amperes. 42 counties ‘ in. now we must he go and I. I'm at the Holland House. With your permission. then, Mrs. Blaisdell. I'll send up my trunks to-morrow morning. And now good-nigth thank you." "VVhy——but Mr. Smith!" The woman. too, came to her feet, but her face was surprised. "Why, you haven't even ‘seen your room yet! How do you know that you'll like it?" “Eh? What? Oh!” Mr. Smith laughed. There was a quizzical lift to his eye- brows. “So I haven’t, have I? And people usually do, don’t they? Well—er —perhaps I will just take "a look at— the room, though I’m not worrying any, I assure you. I've no doubt it will be quite right," he finished, as- he followed Mrs. Blaisdell to a door halfway down the narrow hall. Five minutes later, once more on the street, he was walking home with Benny. It was Benny who broke the long silence that had immediately fallen between them. “Say, Mr. Smith, I’ll bet ye you'll never be rich !" , Mr. Smith turned with a visible start. “Eh? What? I’ll never be——W'hat do you mean, boy?” Benny gigled cheerfully. “ ’Cause you paid Aunt Jane what she asked the very first time. Why, Aunt Jane never expects ter get what she asks, pa says. She sells him groceries in the store, sometimes, when Uncle Frank’s away, ye know. Pa says what she asks first is for practice—just ter get her hand in; an' she expects ter get beat down. But you paid it, right off the bat. Didn’t ye see how tickled Aunt Jane was, after she’d got over bein' sur— prised ?” “Why—-er——really, Benny," murmured Mr. Smith. But Benny had yet more to say. “Oh, yes, sir, you could have saved a V lot every week, if ye hadn't bit so quick. An’ that’s Why I say you won't ever get rich. Savin’ 's what does it, ye know —gets folks rich. Aunt Jane says so. She says a penny saved ’9 good as two earned and better than four spent." "Well, really. indeed!" Mr. Smith laughed lightly. there wasn’t much chance for me, doesn't it?" “Yes, sir." Benny spoke soberly, and with evident sympathy. He spoke again, after a moment, but Mr. Smith did not seem to hear at once. Mr. Smith was, not a little abstracted all the way to Benny's home, though his good—night was very cheerful at parting. Benny would have been surprised, indeed. had he known that Mr. Smith was thinking; not about his foolishly extravagant agreement for board, but about a. pair of starry eyes with wistful lights in them, and a blue dress, plainly made. In the hotel that night, Mr. John PARTMENT Kansas, 2,054 sets. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Minne- sota have between 1,000 and 2,000 sets each. INSTALLS BROADCASTING SET PPANOOSE County, Iowa, Farm Bureau has installed a radio broadcasting outfit. This is the first county organization in the Unit- ed States to install a sending appar- atus. ' Station XYZ, as it is known, has attracted wide attention in Iowa. The broadcasting outfit, loo-watt telephone, has an antenna current of The maximum range is 1,200 miles; the normal range, 250 miles. There are eighty receiving Sets on Appanoose County farms. Each day at noon the latest news and market reports are broadcasted. This sys- tem takes the place of tedious hours at telephone sending tgiarket “news y.. n... g , azimuths "That does look as if ' been here exaetl six .7 ‘ an ‘ rm in possession‘ , ~o'f not-a. little Blais- dell data, for my—er—book.‘ ‘ ve "seen Mr. and :.Mrs.' James. their, daughter, Bessie, and their son Benny. Benny. “by the way, is a gushing geys‘ er of current Blaisdell data which I forSee, I shall find interesting, but embarrassing, per- haps. at times. I've also seen Miss Flora, and Mrs. Jane Blaisdell and her daugh- ter, Mellicent ' ' There’s a "Poor Maggie" whom I have not seen. But she isn’t a Blaisdell. She is a Duff. daughter of the man who married Rufus Blaisdell's widow, some thirtyyearsormoreago. AsIsaid.I haven’t seen her yet. but she. too, ac:- cording to Mrs. Frank Blaisdell. must be a gushing geyser of Blaisdell data. so I probably soon shall see her. Why she's "poor" I don't know. - As for the Blaisdell data already in my possession—I’ve no comment to make. Really, Ned. to tell the truth. rm. not sure I‘m going to relish ‘this job, after . all. In [mite of a perfectly clearcon- science. and the virtuous realization that I’m here to bring nothing worse than a hundred thousand dollars apiece - (with the possible addition of a. few millions on their devoted 'headHnspite of all ‘ this, I yet have an uncomfortable feel- ing that. I'm a small boy listening at the keyhole. " f_ . > However, I’m committed. to the thing now, so I'll stuff it out. I though I‘m not sure, aftu' all? that I wouldn't chuck the whole thing if it wasn’t that I wanted to see how Mellicent will enjoy her pink dresses. How many pink dresses will a hundred *Zthousand dollars buy, anyway—I mean pretty pink dresses, all fixed up with frills ‘and fur- belows? As ever, yours, Stan—er John Smith CHAPTER IV In Search of Some Dates Very promptly the next morning Mr. John Smith and his two trunks appeared at the door of his new boarding~placa Mrs. Jane Blaisdell welcomed him cor- dially. She wore a high-necked, long- sleeved gingham apron this time, which she neither removed nor apoliglzed for —-unless her cheerful "You see, mornings you’ll find me in working trim, Mr. Smith," might be taken for an apology. Mellicent, her slender young self en- veloped in a similar apron, was dusting his room as he entered it. She nodded absently. with a casual "Good-morning. Mr. Smith.” as she continued at her work. Even the placing of the two big trunks, which the shuffling men brought in, won from her only a listless glance or two. Then, without speaking again, she left the room,» as her mother entered it. “There!” Mrs. Blaisdell looked about her complacently. "With this couch- bed with its red cover and cushions, and . all the dressing things moved to the little room in there, it looks like a real sitting- room in here, doesn’t it?" "It certainly does, Mrs. Blaisdell." "And you had 'em take the trunks in there. too. That‘s good,” she nodded. crossing to the door of the small dress— ing-room beyond. “I thought you would. Well, I hope you‘ll be real happy with us, Mr. Smith, and I guess you will. And you needn't be a mite afraid of hurting anything. I’ve covered every- thing with mats and tidies and spreads.” “Yes, I see." A keen listener would have noticed an odd something in Mr. Smith’s voice: but Mrs. Blaisdell ap- parently noticed nothing. “Yes, I always do—to save wearing and soiling, you know. Of course, if we had money to buy new all the time, it would be different. But we haven’t. And that's what I tell Mellicent when she. complains of so many things to dust and brush. Now make yourself right at home, Mr. Smith. Dinner’s at twelve o'clock, and supper is at six—except in the winter. We have it earlier then, so's we can go to bed earlier. Saves gas, you know. But it's at six now. I do like the long days, don't you? Well, I'll be oh now, and let you unpack. As I .said before, make yourself perfectly at home, per- fectly at home." Let alone, Mr. Smith drew a long breath and looked about him. It was a pleasant room,, in spite of its cluttered appearance. There was on old-fashioned desk for his papers, and the chairs looked roomy and comfortable. The little dress— ing-table carried many conveniences, and the windows of both rooms looked out upon the green of the common. "Oh, well, I don't know. This might ' be lots worse—in spite of the tidiesi” chuckled Mr. John Smith, as he singled out the keys of his trunks. At the noon dinner-table Mr. Smith met Mr. Frank Blaisdell. He was a portly man with rather thick mutton-‘ chop whiskers. He ate very fast. and a great deal..yet he still found time to talk interestedly with his new boarder. He was plainly a man of decided opinions—opinions which he did not hesi- tate to express, and which he emphasized with resoimding thumps of his fists on the table. The first time he did this, Mr. Smith. taken utterly by surprise, was guilty of a visible start. After that he learned to vinqed. by , of accept them with the '~ . >tm‘ . . >413“ ___. . "iiiilfir II: ! . ear-m Trimmed Thibet Coat For Women ssg Another sensational value in a warm Winter. coat. This becoming _niodel. is of splendid Thibet cloth in choice of rich brown or navy blue. .The am 19 collar is of genuine brown (loney fur. 303i; is finished With all-around self ma~ terial belt and two patch pockets trim- med With pretty buttons. Imitation cufi‘ is also button trimmed. J o a. t measures about 48 inches .long, and comes in SIZES 34 to 44 bust. Order Brown by No. 96E1094. Navy by No. 98E1096. no in o n e y . 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CHICAGO MAIL THIS COUPON NOW! HARRIS BROTHERS 60.. Chicago. Ill. Dept. SD40. Fill out coo in below and we will send you our estimate 0 cost for your building without obligation on your part. NAMF . ADDng Size of Building or Root Dimensions . iii-in 2 m of RoofingIIreterred' W1920.buDoobbdan.Pm&Co,- ONTAGUE SILVER, the finest street man and art grafter in the West, says to me once in Little Rock: “If you ever lose your mind, Billy, and get too old to do honest swindling among grown men, go to New York. In the West a sucker is born every minute; but in New York they appears in chunks of roe—you can’t 00th ’em!" Two years afterward I found that I couldn’t remember the names of the Russian admirals, and I noticed some gray hairs over my left ear; so I knew the time had arrived for me to take Silver's advice. . I struck New York about noon one day, and took a walk up Broadway. And I run against Silver himself, all encompassed up in a spacious kind of haberdashery, leaning against a hotel and rubbing the half-moons on his nails with a silk handkerchief. “Paresis or superannuated?" I asks him. I “Hello, Billy," says Silver; “I’m glad to see you. Yes, it seemed to me that the West was accumulating a little too much wiseness. I’ve been saving New York for dessert. I know it’s a low-down trick to take things from these people. They only know this and that and ‘pass to and fro and think ever and anon. I’d hate for my mother to know I was skinning these weak—minded ones. She raised me better.” “Is there a crush already in the waiting-rooms of the old doctor that does skin grafting?" I asks. “Well, no,” says Silver, “you need- n't back Epidermis to win today. I’ve only been here a month. But I’m ready to begin; and the members of Willie Manhattan’s Sunday School iclass, each of whom has volunteered fto contribute a portion of cuticle to- ward this rehabilitation, may as well send their photos to the Evening Daily. “I’ve been studying the town,” says Silver, “and reading the papers [every day, and I know it as well as 1 the cat in the City knows an O’Sulli- 1van. People here lie down on the floor and scream and kick when you are the least bit slow about taking money from them. Come up in my room and I'll tell you. We’ll work the town together, Billy, for the sake of old times.” Silver takes me up in a hotel. He has a quantity of irrelevant objects lying about. “There’s more ways of getting money, from these metropolitan hay- seeds,” says Silver, than‘ here is of cooking rice in Charleston, S. C. They’ll bite at anything. The brains of most of 'em commute. The wiser they are in intelligence the less per- ception of cognizance they have. Why didn’t a man the other day sell J. P. Morgan an oil portrait of Rockefeller, Jr., for Andrea del Sar- to’s celebrated painting of the young Saint John! “You see that bundle of printed stuff in the corner, Billy? That’s gold mining stock. I started out one day to sell that, but I quit it in two hours. Why? Got arrested for blocking the street. People fought to buy it. I sold the policeman a block of it on the way to the station- house and then I took it off the mar— ket. I don’t want people to give me their money. I 'want some little consideration connected with the transaction to keep my pride from being hurt. I ‘want ’em to guess the missing letter in Chic——go, or draw to a pair of nines before they pay me a cent of money. _ “Now there’s another little scheme that worked so easy I had to quit it. You see that bottle of blue ink on the table? I tattooed an anchor on the back of my hand and went to a bank and told ’em I was Admiral Dewey's nephew. They offered. to cash my draft on him for a thous- and, but I didn’t know my uncle's first name. ,It shows, though,'what an easy town it is. As for burglars, they won't go in a house unless there's a hot supper ready and a few They’re slugging citizens 5 ll over the college students to wait on 'em- “shrug \ 1 LE ' ' Just-{calf Greaied ‘ J‘hort J'toz'z: Miter NMWDHWMSMIM upper part of the city and I guess, taking the town from ’end to end, it’s a plain case of assault and Battery.” “Monty,” says I, when Silver had slacked up, “you may have Manhat- tan correctly discriminated in your perorative, but I doubt it. I’ve only been in towu two hours, but it don’t dawn upon‘_ me that it’s ours with a cherry in it. There ain’t enough rus in urbe about it to suit me. I’d be a good deal much better satisfied if the citizens had a straw or more in their hair, and run more to velvet- een vests and buckeye watch charms. They don’t look easy to me." “You’ve got it, Billy," says Silver. “All emigrants have it. and it frighten's a' foreigner. You’ll be all right. I tell you I feel like slapping the people here because they don’t send me all their money in laundry baskets, with germicide sprinkled over it. I hate to go down the street to get-it. Who wears the diamonds in this town? Why, Winnie, the Wiretapper's wife, and Bella, the Buncosteerer’s bride. New Yorkers can be worked easier "‘ . - , , m Mr. Morgan begins“: Mupmd down swearing in a loud tone of voice. than a blue rose on a tidy. The only thing that bothers me is I know I’ll ' break the cigars in my vest pocket when I get my clothes all full of twenties.” ‘ “I hope you are right, Monty," says I; “but I wish all the same I had been satisfied with a small busi- ness in Little Rock. The crop of farmers is never so short out there but what you can get a few of 'em to sign a petition for a new post office that you can discount for $200 at the county bank. The people here ap- pear to possess instincts of self-pres- ervation and illiberality. I fear me that we are not cultured enough to tackle this game." “Don't worry," says Silver. "he got this Jayville—near—Tarrytown cor- rectly estimated as sure as North River is the Hudson and East River ain’t a river. Why, there are peo— ple living in four blocks of Broad- Way who never saw any kind of a 'buildlng except a skyscraper in their lives! A good, live hustling .Western man ought to get conspicious enough here inside of three months to incur either Jerome’s clemency or Law- son’s displeasure.” “Hyperbole aside," says'I, “do you know of any immediatesy‘stem of buncoing the community out of a. dollar or two except by applying to the.Salvation Army or having a fit on Miss Helen Gould’s doorstep?” “Dozens of ’em,” says Silver. “How much capital have you got. Billy?" “A thOusand," I told him. . “I‘ve got $1,200," says he. ,We'll pool and do a big pipes pf, business. I“ There’s,» many ,_ we New York’s v bigger than Little Rock or Europe, ' mun. . . ¥ ' sw his is" ' mi ‘at- magnate! andfihe'is :11 was..." " and stirred within kind of silent 50y. “We’re to meet J. P. Morgan this afternoon," says he. “A man I kno'w in the hotel wants to intro- duce us. He’s a friend of his. He says' he likes to meet people from the West.” ' “That sounds nice and plausable," says I. “I’d like to know Mr. Mor- gun.” “It won't hurt a bit,” says Silver, “to get acquainted with a few finance Kings. I kind of like the social way New York has with strangers.” The man Silver knew was named Klein. ' At three o’clock Klein brought his Wall Street friend to see us in Silver’s room. “Mr. Mor- gan” looked some like his pictures, and he had a Turkish towel. wrap- ped around his left foot, and he walked with a cane. "Mr. Silverand Mr. Pescnd," says Klein. “It sounds superfluous," says he, “to mention the name of, the greatest financial—" p “Cut it out, Klein,” says Mr. Mor- gan. “I'm glad to know you gents; I take great interest in the West. Klein tells me you’re from Little Rock. I think I’ve a railroad or two out there somewhere. If either of you guys would like 'to deal a hand or two of stud poker 1—" “Now, Pierpont," cuts in Klein, “you forget!" “Excuse me, gents!” says Morgan; “since I’ve had the gout so bad I sometimes play a social game of cards at my house. Neither of you ever knew One-eyed Peters, did you, while you was around Little Rock? He lived in Seattle, New Mexico." (Before we could answer, Mr. Morgan hammers on the floor with his cane and begins to walk up and down swearing in a loud tone of voice.) “They have been pounding your stocks today on the Street, Pier- pent?" asks Klein, smiling. . “Stocks! No!” roars Mr. Morgan. “It’s that picture I sent an agent to Europe to buy. I just thought about it. He cabled me today that it ain't to be found in all Italy. I'd pay $60,000 tomorrow for that picture-— yes, $75,000. I give the agent a la carte in purchasing it. I cannot understand why the art galleries will allow a DeVinchy to—-” “Why, Mr. Morgan,” says Klein; “I thought you owned all of the De Vinchy paintings?" " » "What is the picture like, Mr. Morgan?” asks Silver. “It must be as big as the side of the Flatiron Building." ' “I’m afraid your art education is on the bum, Mr. Silver," says Mor- gan. “The picture is 27 inches by 42; and it is called “Love’s Idle Hour.’ It represents a number of cloak models doing theitwo—step on the bank of a purple river. The cablegram said it might have been brought to this country. My col- lectio wil never be complete with- out t at picture. Well, so long, gents; us financiers must keep early hours.” Mr. Morgan and Klein went away together in a cab. Me and Silver talked about how simple and unsus-, pecting great people was; and Silver said what a shame it would be to try to rob a. man like Morgan; and I said I thought it would be rather im- prudent myself. Klein proposes a stroll after dinner; and me and him and Silver walks down toward Sev— enth Avenue to see the sights. 'Klein sees a pair of cufl links that instigate his admiration in a pawnshop win- dow, and we all go in while he buys ’em. A fter we got back to the hotel and Klein had gone, Silver jumps at me and waves his hands. “Did you see it?” says he. you see it, Billy?" L “What?” I asks. “Why that picture that. Morgant wants. It’s hanging in that, pawn- shop. behind the desk. ,I didn’t say anything because Klein was there. It's the article as sure as you live. The girls are as natural as paint can ‘ make them. all measuring: 36 and 25 and 42 skirts, if they had any skirts, and they‘re doing a husband—wing on the bank of a river.th the blues. What did Hr. Morgan, say Did he'd give tore-1t! g on: don’t make me tell you. - 91., ~m in...~_\A ‘5’“.- _ . . TO BUILD ROADS EAR EDITOR—I was much in- tereted in the article in your , issue of the Business Farmer of September 15th, on the subject of the use of convict labor on the pub- lic highways, and your editorial com- ment thereon. The plan is a good one, and it has been in successful use in Colorado for a number of years. I was surprised that no ref- erence was made to Colorado's ex— perience since that state was a pion- eer in that particular method of us- ing its convict labor. For many years I have had a very ‘ firm conviction that every state should provide work on highways, or elsewhere when conditions are such that work on highways cannot be done, for all men who are without employment and in need of financial assistance. The state in such cases should pay a wage that would make it possible for the men to provide for themselves and their families the absolute necessities of life when used in the most economical way, but the wage should be much below that paid by private enterprise so that every laborer would seek a position with a private employer and get ed the public payroll just as soon as possible. With this provi- sion made for the unemployed char- ity in other forms should be discon- tinued. The man who would refuse to work should be refused food and clothing. If he had a family and re- fused to work to provide for them under this plan, he should be placed under arrest as a vagrant and dealt with as such. I realize that this plan would not meet with favor with organized la- bor, but I have no sympathy what- ever with the idea that a man must have work in a particular selected trade at a wage fixed by a union, or flot work at all. My idea is that every man should be required to earn what he gets, and if he gets charity he should pay for it in the one way in which he can pay—with his labor. But labor provided as charity should not compete with pri-g .vate enterprise in point of wages. I believe this is good common sense, and that is the kind that should guide us in all business trans— actions, and especially in matters of a public character. We must not allow ourselves to get into such pos- ition as England finds herself today. That country is paying out millions to maintain men who are doing nothing, and many of whom want to do nothing. There are those in this country who will force this sit- uation upon us if possible, and we cannot afford to permit it. And I want to say that I enjoy your publication, and I am sure you are giving your readers much of value in each and every issue. Very truly yours—W. E. Menoher, Lake Worth, Fla. TWO WIDELY DIFFERING ACCOUNTS f SERVANT of the profiteers ' writes in his letter of Septem- ber 15th: “Here, we are busily laying up enormous sums of money for rainy days—the American farmer is enjoying the best period in the history of agriculture." The above are undoubtedly samp- les of the new formula now being given to the farmers by the press agents of monopoly in an effort to arrest the discontent that prevails in the rural districts. Evidently the special interests are already be- ginning to feed the public such cam- paign food as shall, if possible, save the Esch-Cummins law and the Ford- ney—McCumber law from being re- peated at the next session of Cong- ress. To the above excerpts from the market letter we desire to sub- join one from a Minneapolis editor of September 18th: “We are aware of the fact that the , farmers in the Northwest are not so ‘prosperous as before. Many have not made anything the last two or three years. Some have gone bank- rupt, and others are p on the verge of bankruptcy. That is why they have meetings all over the country _. 11;; all-kinds of means and . ) e the situation. APPROVES OF USING comers ' »what he buys. ‘1‘ 9315117 can? , prosperous country like ours the farmer producing the foodstuffs should be brought to such a position that he cannot make a living. It is. of course, self-evident that there is something wrong with the distribu- tion of the wealth of the nation. Someone is receiving too_ much for his] services, and others too little. We cannot place the blame on Europe and foreign countries and say it is because they cannot and do not buy our products. Government statistics show that the aver-age an- nual exports of 15 food products before the war amounted to 9,203,- 056,874 pounds, the fiscal year of 1923 shows an export of 25,053,~ 036,160 pounds. The farmers are selling more than ever in the for- eign market, and there is no reason why there should be such a spread between what the farmer sells and Somebody must be juggling with the prices and discrim— inating against the farmer and inter- fering with the law of supply and de- mand. While we have plenty of coal, sugar, and gasoline, the prices have remained the same, except on gaso- line, which recently was forced down. There has been too much price- fixing by private corporations. It may be possible that the central— ized control of money and credits and the fixing of the discount rates may have considerable to do with the prices in the open markets. It is beyond the power of the govern- ment to give rain and sunshine, to make the shiftless and indolent pros- perous, but it is within the power of the government to protect the people against excessive profiteering and so to control the distribution of the nation’s wealth that the produc- ing class and the honest laborer re— ceive a fair share. Farmers, small town bankers, professional men, and merchants in the Northwest are unanimous in demanding some kind of relief for the farmer, for the basic industry of the nation. What has been said in the state— ment from the Minneapolis editor about the Northwest applies equally as well to the farming sections of Michigan—A. J. Raftshol. IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS AVE been a reader of the M. B. F. for a long time and have seen many good things that were of’interest to the farmer. I am a farmer. I was raised on the farm but I live in town. Have lived in Gratiot county all my'life which is over fifty years. Have seen Grat- iot county in its good old pioneer days, when farming was not what it is today. Wheat was around a doll- ar. I have gone with my father to mill and would get about forty pounds of flour for a bushel of good wheat. Why can’t we now? Wheat is as good today as it was fifty years ago. Well, the comeback is: It costs more to build the grist mill today than it did the old stone mill. I will admit that. No argument there but this is what I don't understand why the farmer don’t have anything to say. He cannot go to the grist mill and get his wheat ground and get his flour and bran and middlings; it is all one-sided. The miller will pay, suppose, one dollar a bushel, and sell his flour for $1.15 for 24% pounds, when wheat should make from 36 to 40 pounds of flour and have some bran and middlings, and his sack back, which my father did not sometimes. I have attended lots of mass meetings and have never heard it Spoken of. Must be a graft somewhere. Somebody says the millers’ association. It may be so, I don’t know. I should like to hear from some of the other farmers as to their views of this little talk. This should be given consideration as a serious proposition and not as a joke.———- J. E. H., Ithaca, Mich. There had been a diflerence of opinion in the preacher's family and youthful Elizabeth thought she had received the worst of it. So at prayer time she was resentful and unhappy, but she went through her usual petitions. ‘ "0 Lord," she finally prayed, “make all the bad people good..- And, God, it good people Observe the generous loading space back of the from seat-— 50 cubic feet of clear space with square comers. Note also that from sea! adjusts backward to make tall‘people comfortable without crowding people in rear seat. Front seat adjusts forward to put loot pedals in easy reach of short ople. Adjustable to tee positions. 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Prompt, ooroful 'attontlon muooto “for Information sumo to his department. Wo no hero you. All lnqulrloo muot'ho oooompanlol by full n um and edema. Namo not mod I! oo roe BLUD‘IG GUN BARREL Will you be kind enough to'tell me how to blue a gun barrel? I- want to blue the barrel of my shot-- gun and thought you could help mm? —M. E., Shiawassee County, Mich. ——The parts you intend to . blue should be carefully cleaned and pol- ished, using a very fine emery cloth for polishing and finishing with crocus cloth. Great care should be taken to see that no finger marks are left on the steel. The barrel bore and magazine bore ‘should then be plugged with cork so that the acid cannot get inside and injure the 'parts. Next dip the parts to be blued into nitric acid, taking care to keep the acid off hands and clothing. Leave in the acid until the proper remove, rinse with clear water and oil to prevent rusting. Do not expect a first class job the first time you do this as it is really quite difficult to produce a good finish. RIGHT TO GARDEN I would very much like your ad- vice concerning small matter that is troubling me at the present time. We have rented a house and lot by the month here for over a year and have a very fine garden. Recently we bought a place and expect to move soon and I wonder if I am entitled to my garden that I have cared for until it is near maturity or if I give up possession of the house I lose control of my garden—Mrs. M. 1-1., Ann Arbor, Mich. —If you are renting the house on a monthly basis, I am of the opinion that after you have once given up possession you could not re-enter for the purpose of harvesting your gard- en, unless you can make some ar— rangement with the next tenant whereby he would allow you to do so. Asst. Legal Editor. HAVE RIGHT TO CHANGE ROAD We have a State Reward Road which goes through our farm and now the road authorities want to make this road wider and cement it. It is 18 feet gravel ‘and 30 foot road bed. It is gravel and dirt now. They want to change this road in some places and make it on an old stage road. Some of this road is closed now, most of it has been for years. '1 he road authorities claim they have the right to go where they like and make roads and we as land owners have nothing to say nor get any pay for our land. I understand a road must be four rods Wide. Most of them are not that wide. We hear we must give land enough to make this road 100 feet wide and if we refuse to give it they have the authority to take it and we have nothing to say about it.——Wm. 8., Portland, Mich. —The authorities having control and jurisdiction over this highway have the authority to change its location. Whether the "old stage road" may now properly be used for highway purposes Without compensation to the adjoining landowner depends upon whether the old stage road has ever been abondoned for highway purposes. If so, the adjoining land- owners is entitled to compensation if it is to be taken for public use. The question might also arise as to the width of the-road. Assuming that the old stage road has’not been abandoned but that it is less a1tha.n 100 feet wide, and assuming also the correctness of the statement that it is proposed to make the new road 100 feet wide, then the adjacent landowners are entitled to compensa- tion for the value of the land to in- crease the width of 100 feet—State Highway Department. LARGE WHITE GRUBS What will destroy those large, white grabs that work on both strawberries and potatoes? We plow- ed over an acre last fall and replow- ed it this spring and fitted it up and set to strawberries. It was heavily fertilized with home; fertilizer, but those grubs have worked in the planisandinsomopla‘ceshancut than out completely... no plants- were worked and cultivated and weeds kept down. The grubs are also working in the potatoes, this ground before plowing had [been in corn, quite heavy land and the plants that are left are looking fine. Would also like to ask if lime is good to use on strawberry ground and if so, how much?———Mrs. E. N., Charlevolx, Mich. -—The large white grub that ,works in strawberries and potatoes is the larva of the June beetle. These creatures take three years in the ground and, therefore, the beetles appear every third year in numbers. Now, the damage is done by the white grubs the year after the beetles fly since that is the year the white grub gets most of its growth. The beetles lay their eggs in grass— ~ sod and in strawberry beds by choice, and it is therefore good policy to avoid putting strawberries, potatoes or corn or anything that is very susceptible to white grub at- tacks on land that was in strawber- ries or grass-sod the year previous, provided that was a year in which the beetles were numerous. If one studies this statement care- fully they will find the Whole matter explained. One may have to read it carefully two or three times to get the meat out of the nut but the whole principal of white grub con- trol is stated in this paragraph. Unfortunately it is impossible to kill the white grubs when they are in the soil. Fertilizers have little effect and there is rally almost noth— ing that one can do to improve the situation except by so managing his rotation as to avoid putting crops likely to be attacked in land that was in strawberries or grass—sod the year previous. Another unfortunate feature of the White grub situation is that the white grubs seem to appear every third year and one gets confidence in between attacks and forgets that they are due again three years from the last attack. With this explana— tion it is usually easy to get by and to put in something not likely to be injured. Land that was in grass- sod the year the bettles flew can be utilized for raising small grains be— cause small grains get by pretty well in spite of the grub. There are also many natural enemies of the IV— . __ r l V . v . ’ white grub which gradually "thinks them down so that in a few years time they will .be.well weeded out. —R. H. Pettig Professor_of Entom- ology, M. A. . MINOR’S WAGES I would like to know if an orphan past eighteen can draw his own wages or must he be twenty-one. I have one working for me and the people who adopted him claim the money. I would like to know if I payone party would I be compelled to pay the other party?—A Sub- scriber, Harbor Beach, Mich. —If the boy has been legally adopt- ed, the adopting parents would have a right to collect his wages—Asst. Legal Editor. LAW WILL COMPEL PARENT TO SUPPORT CHILD Can you tell me if there is any way to make a man give his daught- er, who is not 18 years old, enough money to clothe herself. This girl gets two dellars a week in the sum- mer from him to'b'uy everything she has, but at least six months out of the year she has nothing. He is not a poor man but owns a productive farm of some hundred or more acres. Has $1,660 in bank, besides bonds and other money not on de- posit. Can there be anything done about this matter and what are the rights of a girl 18 years of age? She ' does all his housework on his farm as her mother isn’t living, also he has no one but her to support—A Subscriber, Deckerville, Mich . —The law will compel a parent, who is able to do so, to support his child— ren until they reach the age of majority. I would advise you to consult your local prosecuting at- torney in regard to your case—Asst. Legal Editor. KILL CABBAGE LICE Could you tell me how to kill cab- bage lice? My cabbage is just cover- ed with lice and I have tried differ- ent things but nothing helps—H. M., Utica, Mich. —-Cabbage lice are diflicult to kill although they may be killed by a strong spray of nicotine and soap suds at this season of the year. We have also been successful in controll- ing them in the past by a spray of one ounce of pyrethrum, or Persian insect powder, to a gallon of water. This is a little expensive and each louse must be hit to be killed in any case—R. H. Pettit, Professor of En- tomology, M. A. C. FUR DEPARTMENT TRAPPERS “TUNE UP" EN a man puts his rifle away in the spring, not to be used until fall, he coats it heavily with grease and lays it up in a safe place. Then when the good old snap gets back into the air, and he gets the itch to be shooting again, he gets it out and cleans away all of the heavy grease and inspects every moving part and the inside of the barrel to see that it is in true fight- ing trim—not a speck of dust or rust or gummy grease anywhere. He shoots it a few times to get his hand in—and usually learns that it is surprising what strangers he and a gun have become through the inact- ive months. That’s inevitable. Take trapping now. Just as a man loses the "feel" with a rifle he does with the woods and the habits and doings of the animals that wear the money-making pelts. And this is time for the trapper to be unlimb- ering for the season. Get out into the woods where your trap line will soon be. You will find that there have been a lot of little changes that you ought to know about before you get down to business. Where you knew of such- and-such a fur-bearing family last season. there’s an entirely diiferent one today. You’ll want to remem- ber that. Creeks that were full last year may be pretty dry this year. Runways, slides, dens, that you knew about may be deserted. Tim‘s to be spotting the new ones. Another thing. The smell, the ; feel, the looks of the weds, issuing to tune you up format- tho right start.‘ ~‘A-r‘ecord year!" - ~' Overhaul your traps,and see that they are working smooth as grease. See that your supply of stretchers is complete for every kind of pelt. And the baits. It you make your own, it’s high time to be about it. Or, if. like most trappers, you have been successful with the prepared baits, lay in a supply of fresh, strong ones. The paste baits are meeting with favor, owing not only to their pow— ers of attraction, but to the conven— ience and safety with which they may be carried. Watch your favorite magazines for new hints and shortcuts. Be loaded for bear, this year, the min- ute the season opens. From present indication your best efforts in preparing furs will be well worth while. Already the mogra- tory birds have been moving south for several weeks. Blue birds were seen on their way back south far earlier than usual. Reports from the great lakes region told of return- ing ducks as early as the nineteenth of August. The fur market has a husky look to the wise ones. It ought to have when we remember the shortage in certain lines, and the general prosperity that always makes the fur business good. The stores that sell women’s ap- parel also tell a mighty encouraging story. Fur collars predominate on women’s cloth coats. Fur trim- -. ratings for gowns of all sorts. Even veils with mink tails on them! Can you‘imagme it? " ' Get that woods-tang back into]- your blood. ,Lay out your campaign genera. you are. new '7 " t. ‘ shhsha'w pe "for the open“ lit g'um'itor' man-the "3011:; will be" ins-m r. TEXT:-—“Therefore, let us al— so, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth «so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race which is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the author and fin- isher of our faith.”-—~—Heb. 12:1, 2a. ‘ ECENTLY, a Philadelphia busi- nessman was asked for a con— tribution to Sunday school work. “No,” said he, “the day of the Sun- day school has gone by.” And, friendly reader, if you have any such notion, and were, as. I am writing this, sitting with me in the great state convention of Sunday school folks of Pennsylvania,—well, you would have a renewing of mind. I hear Dr. Fisher now on“Our Edu- cational Ministry.” He is telling us that the outstanding emphasis of the church today should be on Christian education. And the aroused, living Church is seeing that not only the Sunday school, but the vacation church school, and week-day relig- ious instruction, are needed adjuncts of the church. I am sitting in an arena among multitudes of witnesses, listening to some gladiators of Christ instructing how to strip for the Christian race, how to lighten up the weights, and how to lay aside sins by keeping one’s eyes on Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith. And under the inspiration you are “pressing on to- ward the mark.” Well, just to think of it, words are significant things, aren’t they? By words thou shalt be justified, or condemned. By reading the words of the Book we may know its heart. By considering your words, we know your heart. Words carry with them the imprint of character. “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.” And we behold the character of Jesus} life and the “stamp of His genius.” Aye, day by day, in this convention. “Quiet Folks” Gordon has been assuring us “softly,” that “The Master is here;” that we shall quietly slip our hand into the Un- seen Hand, knotted and torn, to know that our Lord “lived again,” and “lives.” And so, these words of the Cov— enant in our text, are saying that life must have definiteness of aim. All the fabric of life goes to pieces without this. All aims are shabby aside from the incarnating of the words and spirit of Jesus. And then the race track of life is laid out. And by whom? Then again, we must run with “patience,” with steadiness. But now, I am looking at the great and challenging motto of the con- vention. Greatness! Do I want it? Well, in the spirit of this motto lies the way. Will I pay the price? Aye, listen, “Not to be ministered unto, but to minister.” This is the motto. Here is the mystery of great- ness. This is why the Countryman of Galilee was, and is forevermore, great. But there are other mottoes and I am reading. “They shall grow who believe they can.” “Only dead fish float with the tide.” “It is not the leap at the start, but the steady going-on that gets there.” “Service is not so much a thing to be talked about as it is a thing to perform.” And so on. .Now, I hear Dr. Gordon‘on “The Ministering Teacher.” Yes, that is what the motto said. And, incident— ally I hear these words, a too “closely mortised theology” today; and “what a man really is, is what he is when it is dark and the lights are out;” and again, “You scratch the skin 'of the usual skeptic and you’ll find a dirty sinner underneath.” Right here we go into a short Wanamaker memorial service. And who was Jno. Wanamaker? A great merchant. Yes, but listen. Someone is just now reporting that when Jno. Wanamak- er was a boy he bought a Bible and paid for it on the installment plan. “This,” said Mr. Wannamaker, “was the greatest investment of my life." Well, all this is mountain-top in- spiration. We have been soaring “as on eagles’ wings.” But someone is just, now saying, “It {is not so neces- ,___,,sfiary._for the church ,to be fittedwith .fii‘fissz-‘vas to . be fitted. to. men'.’:?- .And. k. A SERMON’BY REV. DAV-ID F. WARNER again, “That the church is a labora- tory rather than a place for oratory.” Really, M. B. F. folks, does that in- terpret our task? Is it true that the church is not close enough to men? That we are not ministering to our neighbor as we do to our~ selves? Well, I am now hearing Mr. Herman Eldredge, of Erie, re- late this incident. The tide in the bay of Fundy had gone out and had taken with it a 'little girl. Many men saw her struggling in the surf. They gathered on the shore. But they said that they dare not go in. And suddenly, there~ rushes up a young high school athlete. He throws one end of the life line down at the feet of the men, and the bony 'out into the tide. He strips and plunges in and gets the bony to the little girl; then—ah, then, but the men forgot to pull. The brave swim- mer, with the little girl, went down] The monument to his heroism is standing there today. But, men of the church of the living God, are you forgetting to pull. It is now evening, and three thou— sand people are hearing Dr. Marion Lawrence of Chicago, emphasize “Cooperation” in his characteristic manner. Do you believe him when he says, “Denominationalism does not reach to heaven?” And that we must cooperate more intensely if we are to get every boy and girl. And that canvas in front of me is telling a sad tale, thisz—that fifty-seven per cent of the population of this great state is not in any church. Here is a clear challenge to friendly and urgent cooperation. And now, the music of.our heart is carried along with that of the soloist in the “Ninety and Nine.” Then there followed Dr. Hugh Ma— gill, of Chicago, who, it seemed to the writer, struck the living notes that go to make up the symphonic challenge of Christian life. “Under an adequate program,” he said, “We are on the eve of a great religious awakening.” And broadened and intensified his appeal by reporting favorable attitudes on the part of representative Jews and foreigners, and finally quoted Harry Lauder as saying at a Rotary banquet, “Who leans his head on the breast of etern— al truth and hears the heart—beats of the Son of God, he is the man of vision who can lead the way.” And to-night there is to speak such men as Frank B. Willis, U. S. Senator from Ohio, and Dr. Chas. L.‘ Goodell of New York City. And I am sure they will- sound' again the call to girdle ourselves to lead the world out into a knowledge of and devotion to God as revealed in Jesus Christ. But, it is a matter of strength for our weakness to know that the church is making a progress in Godward vision and manward sympathy. But, said the late presi— dent, Warren G. Harding, we must hurry. BIBLE THOUGHTS THE GOODNESS OF GO‘Dz—Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. Psalm 145:16. WHENCE COMES TROUBLE? When he givieth quietness who then can make trouble?—Job 34:29. WITH ALL YOUR HEART—And ye shall seek me and find me when ye shall search for me with all your heart.'—Jeremiah 29:13. SHALL DO EXPLOITS:~The peo— ple that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits—Daniel 11:3 2. PERSONAL SELF GOVERN- MENTz—He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.— Proverbs 25:28. BE IN EARNE'STz—Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might—Ecclesiastes 9:10. REAL SERVICE:——By love serve one another.——-Galations 5:13. YEA, YEA, AND NAY, NAY:— Let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.— Matthew 5:37. . BE SURE YOU ARE RIGHT:— There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are ' R OUE RE 1,000-Mile Shoes Cor ovan Horsehide Double—Tanned Ask for The Forester 407- 6 in. Smoke ' 477-14 in. Smoke 414—16 in. Smoke 467-18 in. Smoke A “he” man’s shoe of proven merit for the woodsman, oilman, or hunter, this shoe has no peer. It; fits ankle and insth as com- fortably as a low shoe. Almost impossible to wear out. Dries soft after wetting. , ‘ . Men Nuhvllle. Mich.. MI, 19, 1928 ' Hirth-Krnuuo Co., Grund Rapids, Michigan I Gentlemen: I am sending you the shoes in ques- ’ don. The size is 7 1-2. These shoes were purchased lrom Geor a Dean in September, 1919. and have een worn every day at hard work ,/ ever since. They have given me excel- lent service, in fact the best service of any shoe over wore. 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Neda have an cause for comp vertiser in these columns, :5 cpublisher would appreciate I11 im‘ mediate letter bringing :11 is to W su:“lsewyoursdvertisementin’l‘helfl Fin-marl" It will guarantee honest dealing. “The Farm Paper of Service” CHILD LABOR 1N BEET FIELDS the last issue we pointed out the obligation which was placed ,upon the beet growers of Michigan to clear their skirts of the charges which are being given wide publicity that child— ren are employed‘in the beet ‘flelds of Michigan and constitute a national scandal which is com- parable only to the employment of child labor in the cotton mills of the south. Mr. A. B. Cook, master of the Michigan State Grange, and a mem- ber of the state board of agriculture, issued a long statement in Lansing last week in which he indicated that the charge was being made against the Michigan beet-grower himself for the employment of his own children in this work. What statements we have read were largely directed to the employment of the children of imported labor, and the facts which Mr. Cook brought out that the illiteracy of children be- tween ten and sixteen years of age in Saginaw County was only four and three—tenths per cent. did not. we believe, take into consideration the fact that it is impossible to keep a check on the children of labor imported to do this work and who migrate from one point to another during the season. Otherwise the statement by Mr. Cook is to be commended, and it would be fortunate if other beet growers would come forth and state the facts. We offered in our last issue to publish these facts in Tm: BUSINESS FARMEB because we believe they are of vital interest and should be giVen publicity. We would like to hear from beet growers themselves as to conditions in their own neighborhood, because this is a matter which must be brought from under cover and we consider it a direct aspersion at the state of Michigan. a state which has maintained a repu- tation for being one of the foremost agricultural states in America in the point of culture and ed- ucation. Certainly the state which founded the first agricultural college on the American conti- ent cannot afford at this late date to be blem- ished by a charge such as that now made regard- ing the employment of, child. labor in our beet fields. THE “SEVENTEEN YEAR” WAR we went to press daily we might keep IF our readers informed as to the status of the open war between the state board of agricul- ture and Governor Groesbeck. As it is, we can only report the latest news from the front which is, that Herman H. Halli- day, secretary of the board and of the Michigan Agricultural College, was instructed to make formal requisition upon 0. B. Fuller for $75,000 of the $150,000 appropriated by the last legisla- ture for extension work of the college. As the auditor general cannot issue a voucher without the approval of the administrative board ' which will undoubtedly be refused, a is expected that the next move of the state board of agricul- ture will be to force this into the supreme court of the state and decide for all time the issue in- volved, which is, as we have stated many times. based on whether the county agents can be paid in part by organisations or other than the state A or federal governments. The Governor claims they cannot be, and severely criticizes the former plan under which the Michigan state farm bureau A , has largely contributed to the salaries of the var- ious county agents. . Apparently our readers are little iota-est“! in the battle being waged and are rather. waiting :is ' wean. had not. correspondence " s accept of W or ' firm who we do t believe to be thoroughly gaunt rdisble. hould “0 against 'it' and s‘ matter ._ est to thermos: of Michigan our mail would‘be loaded. ' ' _ * I» ( morn-(moses murmured NLY this week in the great pavilion at Chi'-' cage where are held the International Live- stock Shows, we“ listened with some fourteen thousand others to the remarks of a distinguish- .ed visitor to this country and one of the truly great men of our generation, Mr. David Lloyd- George, wartime Prime Minister of Great Britain. His message to the American people was. one which gave small credit to the present occupa- tion of the Rhur district by the French and Bel- gians, and he stated clearly England's position in opposing this drastic action against which he is very bitter. ' . He thoroughly approves the suggestion of our Secretary of State, Mr. Hughes, that a committee composed of_ all the Allies, including the United States, he organized to meet and formulate a fair amount of reparation which Germany could and would pay. He pointed out that previous to the occupation of the Rhur district, which contains all of the iron and coal deposits which were left to Germ- any under the Treaty of Versailles, that Germany had paid in actual gold to the Allies for reparar tions and occupation expense over two billions of dollars, and this in addition to the thousands of tons of ships, of railroad material, and other merchandise which she had delivered to France and Belgium. The present drastic action, he said, could only force upon all classes of the German people a bitter resentment which at this very hour is fom- enting into a red wave which may sweep, sup- ported by the temperamental mass of Russians, the whole of Europe into a wild abyss. No one could listen to the Honorable Lloyd- George and not be impressed with the broad vis— ionand the sincereity of this little Welshman, who‘has held the fate of the world in his very fingers and has had kings and queens at his call! WANTED: MORE EGGS FROM MICHIGAN l LTHOUGH Michigan has made an enviable reputation in the production of baby chicks and altho they are largely frOm egg-pro- ducing breeds does not seem to bring up the average of egg shipments from this state, if we are to take the record of the number of eggs received in New York during the month of Aug— ust, when out of a total of 527, 751 cases only 7,867 cases came from the state of Michigan, while Illinois supplied 95,371 cases and Iowa supplied 94,782 cases. Either of these states sup- plying more than ten times as many as came from Michigan, and even far away California shipped 35,566 cases over three thousand miles to place them on the New Yorker’s breakfast table! There ought to be a lesson in this. Can it be that the growth of the metrOpolitan cities in Michigan has taken our supply of eggs so that we are no longer exporters? It would be inter- esting to see‘ the figures on egg receipts for the city of Detroit. It is our prediction that Mich- igan poultry men are supplying only e small proportion of the eggs consumed in this market. There is no excuse for any farmer in the state .of Michigan not producing a generous quantity of eggs for market in view of the price which this commodity has maintained and from all in— dications will maintain, over a long period. Eggs and dairy products are the two, surest cash producers on the farm today, and with the rapid development of Michigan’s metropolitan sections and our proximity to the great centers of population in this country there is no reason why either Illinois or Iowa should surpass us in the number of eggs produced for the New York market. ’ No one can produce eggs at so low a cost as can the farmer who supplies most of the feed from by—products or from his fields. There is of course a limit to the number of hens which should be kept on each farm, but it is our pre- diction that not one Michigan farm in a hundred is overstocked with poultry at this time, and not one in ten is keeping half as many as could be maintained at 'a profit. HELPFBOM ARGENTINE THIN the past week it has developed that leaders in a radical movement can be of benefit; but to some other country than their own. Argentine, that great proressive country south of the Equator, has passed a price fixing law which it is expected will redound to the direct benefit of the livestock producers in the United States. - . ' ' ' ' . In years,the Argentine with its (AW coil in product of ~ our *7 own land and "has Seriously in- . financed our prices. A . v " r a ' , . This recent bit of radical legislation has forced the, price. of these products upward to the direct ‘ benefit of the producer in the United States, and already the Chicago packershave gone on record that they will buy no product from the Argentine until the present law is repealed. ‘ There must ’ therefore, follow an immediate period when the United States will be called upon to supply the meat needs of the greater part of the world’s market. a The world is getting smaller all the time. Per- haps ometday the producers of all lands will get their heads together in a sort of a league of nations and then they can fix prices which will allow a fair profit above the actual cost of pro- duction, but until that day arrives there is no profit to be gained by price fixing except to some— one else than whom it was intended to benefit. The result of price-fixing ' in Argentine would seem to demonstrate this as a fact. on so MHWVERANDMILCHAPLH O distinguished gentlemen well known to most Americans arrived on the same train in Detroit the other morning. The one has been decorated by every nation engaged in the Great War for having accomplished valiant serv- ice in feeding the unfortunate; since the War he has been a member of the President's Cabinet and is at the present time. The other gentleman had only one decoration—that was “Champion Laugh Maker of the World!”, for probably Charlie Chaplin from the silver screen has made more people laugh than any other man who ever played jester to the masses. . On arrival, it is said, Mr. Hoover, had a dif- ficult time to find a porter for his luggage and he passed unnoticed through the great station. while all manner of folks from lowly porters to a distinguished committee of Detroit citizens wel- comed with open hearts, Charlie Chaplin. The very progress of the comedian through the streets of Detroit was a demonstration such as has been accorded few men in this generation. Bald-headed men and grey-haired grandmas argued with the children of all ages for points of vantage from which they could see "Charlie" in real life. There is a moral in all of this. ~ The world loves a man who can make it laugh. Mr. Hoover, was here to tell us of those in trouble and how he was helping them. The world and all the struggling mass of humans on it have troubles of their own. We need our Hoovers, but no less do we need our Chaplins! The world has been changed a lot during the last century but there is an older adage which is as true today as the day it was spoken: “Laugh and world laughs with you, Weep and you weep alone!" HUNDRED CENT DOLLAR COMING BACK CCORDING to George W. Roberts, Vice Presi- . dent of the National City Bank'of New York, better known as the former director of the United States.Mint, and an economist of inter- national‘fame the present day dollar which is worth only sixty cents is coming back to a hun- dred cent valuation, and the time is not far dis- taut. A complete interview with Mr. Roberts begins on page 4‘of this issue which you hold in your hands and ‘is worth the reading of every farmer who has been puzzling to find out how he is go- ing to adjust his own purchases with the dollar he receives from his crop. There is every indication these days that a change is not only certain but may come sooner than the average farmer has suspected. There is_every indication that farm prices are on the upward trend, and one need not be a wild—eyed optimist to predict that before a year from now those who have remained on the farm will be glad they have stayed there and many ofglhose who have gone into the cities to work will be sorry they did not stay on the farm and wait for the readjustment to come. As it is, we don't 'want too many of those who left the farm to come back until those who re- mained have' had a chance to recuperate! Even our daily mail has taken on a brighter atmosphere. We hope that every farm commune _ity is planning on having a harvest festival and home-coming this year, the like of which they havenot had in, many past years. The outlook deserves it. _ , .0 ,0 .0 Henry Ford .cimue__ their - “95,. " E . so good a paper as the , "Lansing State Journal,"'falls circulation scheme employed by the ‘Tam Journal", a national mm paper published at Philadelph- ia, it is high time that something should be said about it,"and although we mentioned the scheme in a recent issue we did not mention this vener- able publication and its agents' con- nection with the scheme involved. We do not believe that any legit- imate subscriber to TB]: Bvsmnss FABMEB who is fit to bear that title, would fall for these slick subscrip- tion agents' schemes, but when a well known state newspaper pub- lishes a long editorial article headed, “Farm Journal Circulating Unique Petition Among State Farmers," we think it is high time to set them right. , The “Farm J ournal” agent, we understand, presents a petition which asks for a lowering of taxes. This scheme is not unique. It has been worked over and over and is almost as old as this venerable farm paper itself. The “Farm J ournal" has been workin this scheme in all parts of the country for two or three years. We have never seen nor heard of the petitions going to Washington, as promised, and if they have been sent there, they certainly did not cause very much of a ripple. They are based on the barest kind of a platitude. Asking a man to sign a petition to have taxes reduced is exaer the same as asking a hobo to sign a petition for no work and sure pay. Can you reasonably expect any number of signatures to such a peti- tion is going to have. any eifect on a sincere and well meaning represent- ative or congressman, especially when he knows it has been collected by a farm paper in connection with its solicitation of subscription? If any reader of THE BUSINESS FABMER has ever been presented with a “Farm Journal” petition and HAS NOT been asked by the agent pres- enting it to subscribe or renew his‘ subscription to the “Farm Journal" we would like to hear from him. This petition scheme is a subscrip- tion scheme, pure and simple. and the agents who handle it make big moneys—more than the average farmer can make. A good place to make your mark when such a peti- tion is presented is just under the coat tails of the man who presents it with a well-shod toe of your boot! THE OIL IEEATER our last issue we asked from this page for our readers’ experience with the Oliver oil burner and others of similar make, because we are daily in receipt of inquiries re— garding these heaters which are be- ing entensively advertised and large— ly purchased by people in rural dis- tricts who have not the facilities of natural or artificial gas. In the Experience Pool below you will find a number of letters selected from those that have been received, some of which are favorable and some unfavorable to this method of heating. We will have to leave it to our readers to gather from this ex- perience the “respective merits of these machines. I cannot help but believe that this is one of the most valuable services which we can render to our many thousands of readers, and the Ex- perience Pool should be one of the largest and best read departments 'in this weekly, because if you will bring ,your problems in we will publish them where not less than 100,000 people, most of them farmers on farms in Michi '11, will read and if they have ha experience pass it along to you. This ought to help take some of the gamble out of farming and farm- ing methods. _The Experience Pool is a wide open department. You- can askany kind of a question and get the experience of other farmers,’ their wives or families without any cost to yourself. On the other hand, when you see a question in the Ex- " . patience Pool which concerns some- thing that you have had experience with yen ought to. be just as willing to take ‘ time to give your exper- tion that cannot help but pay all concerned. We hope our readers will make more and more use of the Experience Pool department. ‘ are better than this. ; THE EXPERIENCE POOL You asked about the Oliver Oil Gas Burner. ~ We bought a No. 10 Burner and put it in our Renown cook stove last November and have used it every ‘day since. Like it fine for cooking and baking. Perhaps it would not work well in all cook stoves. Would notcare to have one in the heater in the living room as it makes too much noise. Wish to say they give a lot of heat. Even heats the water in the reservoir. Only light one burner unless I am in a hurry.-—-Mrs. Theo. Bulgrin, Marine City, Mich. It will give plenty of heat in a cook stove or range but to bake with it you must remove the back wall. The worst feature is the tremendous noise. You cannot hear anyone at the door nor hear the telephone while the burner is in operation. These are objections which they are silent on. We have had one but have discarded it, Respectfully, G. Sprang, White Pigeon, Mich. ' I have one of the burners and use it in my cook stove and will say it is the worst fuel eater known. It takes at least four gallons every ten hours to run it if you use it for heat and then keep it turned low just so it don’t smoke. I tested it out and found it took five times the oil they said it did. I only use it in summer now to bake with. It makes the best heat to bake with that can be found, but a dirty smoky, greasy thing, hard to generate but after you fuss a long time and get it going it bakes fine. That is all I care for it. It is no good to use in coal stove or furnace as they recommend. It would smoke the glass black. If I had not bought it I would not have it in the house. I hope this will be of benefit to your readers. Respect- fully, Mrs. A. G. McDavis, Oxford, Mich. _ We sent for two burners, one for the range and one for the heating i stove. We gave them a thorough trial and found they were not what we wanted or would not do what they said they would so we created them up and sent them back. We had paid for them in advance and understood that if they were not satisfactory we would get our money , back, which I think was $19.00. I won't be sure about the price but that was it or near it, and we have never heard from them since. That was five years ago. They were not honest then so I don’t believe they » are now. We are now using an oil burner called "The Gloria.” I have a burner in the range and one in the furnace. The one in the furnace is for summer use only, to heat the water in the tank. That is not hot enough for winter use, but the one in the range is fine for heating or baking or boiling clothes. Have had it nearly a year. Respectfully, Mrs. W. H. Buskirk, Grandville, Mich. We have lots of wood, so will burn the Oliver only in hot Weather but will say the burner is all right and does just what they claim it will do. I have it in my range and can bake anything I have ever tried to. If we had to buy our fuel I believe it would be as cheap as anything. We have had so many benefits from your valuable paper I though it would be nice to pass some along. Mrs. J. L. Pratt, R4, Ionia, Mich. We purchased one this spring and can’t afford to burn it because it uses so much oil and is dirtier than soft coal. If one writes anything about it to the company they have some ex- cuse that we do not understand run— ning it. We had to take it out of the stove "entirely and they won’t take it back as they agreed. I We in- stalled it as they directed and could- n't get any satisfaction. Yours sin- cerely, W. P. Fender, Lake Odessa, Mich. - w I have one, them-st summer it did all right but the next summer I only used it a short time and it wouldn't burn well. ‘There are other oil burn- My neighbor has one called the Thomas, I liked First 'Mortgage Real Estate Bonds I Among thrifty farmers there is a vigorously j growing preference for g Federal first mortgage bonds because they are absolutely safe. Write for Booklet AG1M4 Tax Free in Michigan Free from Federal Income Tao of 4% 61/2% FEDERAL BONDS Are Better Bonds I FEDERAL BOND & MORTGAGE COMPANY , FEDERAL BOND & MORTGAGE BUILDING, DETROIT \ a) .. fl/ Man] changes in 2 8 years “ The world has gone along ways in 28 years- Hernmeter’s Champions remain constant- always the same fine, satisfying, delightful smoke— No blends or artificial flavoring—just good old ripe tobacco—strictly hand—made. @ AT Y°52°3§E¥E§s 15¢ CHAMPION CIGARS THE HEMMETER CIGAR CO.,DETROIT. PATEliTS m... m Bend sketch or npdei today for excoriation and Record hm blank on which to disclose our in- vention andnw guide book. “How Obtains cat" out true. Prom assured. '. 0 but references. . » , _ THEHOTELGWECI’SM ‘ ~ “WHEN THE FROST IS ON'THE PUNKIN” the fodder’s in the shock, And you hear the kyouck and gob- ble of the struttin’ turkey cock, And the cl'ackin’ of the guineys, and the cluckin’ of the hens, ‘And the rooster’s hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence; 0, it’s then’s the time a feller is a-feelin’ at his best, , With the risin’ sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest, As he leaves the house, bareheaded, and ‘ goes out to feed the stock, . When the frost is on the punkm and the fodder’s in the shock. # t 0 Then your apples all is getherd, and the ones a feller keeps I Is poured round the cellar-floor in red and yeller heaps; And your cider—makin’s over, and your wimmen-folks is thrbugh With their mince and apple-butter, and theyr souse and sausage, too! 1 don’t know how to tell it—Jbut ef sich a thing could be WHEN the frost is on the punkin ‘and As the angels wantin’ boardin’, and they’d call around on me—- I'd want to ’commodate ’em—all the whole-indurin’ fiock— - When the frost is on the punkm and the fodder’s in the shock. CHILD WELFARE WEEK 'HE health of the American child has at last become recognized as one of the most important problems the nation has to deal with. The women interested in childwel- fare have been fighting for this rec— ognition ever since we had a chance to speak for ourselves. This last week in Detroit the an- nual convention was held and those of you that have radio receiving sets must have heard Mr. Herbert Hoov- er, Secretary of Commerce and Dr. Geo. E. Vincent, President of the Rockefeller Foundation give their splendid talk on what is being done to help save our babies for better manhood and womanhood. If I am not mistaken the funds laid aside for this work by the government is $350,000.00. CONSOLIDATION OF SCHOOLS HERE are now over 12,000 con- solidated schools in the rural districts, tOWns, and small cities of the United States. They have taken the place of approximately 50,000 little one-teacher schools. During the year 1919-20 over 1,000 new consolidated schools were estab- lished. This is truly a hopeful Sign for the future. Consolidated schools equalize ed- ucational opportunities. Those of standard type are rapidly becoming the strongest schools in our educa- tional system. They are all the re- sult of an attempt to equalize from the bottom up. They have been cre— ated by concentrating the wealth and energy of areas that before consolid— ation dissipated their efforts on very poor kinds of schools. draw nothing from the top of the school system. On the contrary, they have added much to it. They equalize by bringing the poorest schools up not only to the average but to the best. . The consolidated school prov1des for children in the rural districts, large, new, modern buildings, With auditoriums, g y m n a s iums, and rooms for science, agriculture, shop work, cooking, etc., in addition to classrooms, and good modern heat— ing plants. Large consolidated schools offer to all boys and girls in these small districts, no matter how poor they may be, the privilege of an accredited four-year high school when they have completed the grades. The larger schools, too, do not de— prive parents of the help, comfort and companionship of their boys and girls during the high school age, the age when adolescents can be most useful about the home; the age when parental protection and guldance are most needed. In strictly rural communities con— solidated schools generally offer every educational advantage known in our well—graded city schools. We need more of them if we expect ‘to give our country boys and girls a fair . chance. The consolidated school of— fers not only the usual standard course of study and book knowledge, but alsoa social training impossible in the one-teacher school. Literary societies and debating clubs vitalize the program of studies. Team work on the athletic field, under the dir- ection. of" competent coaches, in- -striic'tors;5” and directors, are just They with-. women. in our country. any home-made device that still want some recipes on canning meats ‘for our cook- book. Address letters: ‘ . m Ham 'Edited by LIBS. ANNIE TAYLOR EAR FOLKS—I am wondering if you would be interested in send- ing in any article and pictures that you might have that tells about the work you are carrying on in your community. sure we all would be interested in any work that the different groups of women are doing and use our dept. as a means of reaching 70,000 Read what the government is doing to help the child welfare 1 would be pleased to receive any quilt pattern or helps make the work easier. 3 Let me hear from you. I % Mrs. Annle Taylor, care The Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens, 7-: ,:~‘ I‘am Mlchlgan. 72W life’s greatest lessons of fair play, the “golden rule,” cooperation, and, finally, success. The consolidated school provides school buildings and grounds de— signed to safeguard and promote the children’s health, supplies them with an abundance of mechanical means necessary for Work and re— creation, and develops in them an idea of the aesthetic. In this re- spect, the consolidated school of the country has many natural advant— ages over the best of the c1ty schools. More room for play space, gardens, and outside laboratories may be' had for less expense. The consolidated school gives a considerable choice of subjects, in addition to the essential ones, so that the child may follow the lines of his own interests or necessities. It provides a group of professionally trained, experienced, and superv1s- ed teachers with whom he may be- come acquainted. The services of a physician or nurse, or both, are sometimes pro- vided to prevent or stop in its in— ception and sickness among the children. The school is the means of interesting the community in the betterment of its own life to keep pace with the ideals set before the children. Transportation, sanitary and safe, to and from school is furnished for all children residing any great dis— tance from the school plant. The consolidated school may cost more because it is necessary to trans- port the pupils from their homes to the school. If, however, We count costs in terms of better schools and happy children, we certainly receive much greater returns for the money we spend. Would the patrons of these consolidated schools go back to the old way? .In Iowa 1,400 farm- ers living in 56 consolidated school districts were asked this question, and 9 out of every 10 answered I‘NO‘!’ 186,000 There are one-teacher schools in the United States and some of them are so small that only two or three pupils were in regular attendance. In one of the States dur- ing the school year of 1922 over 1,- 300 of these small schools had an enrollment of 10 pupils or less per school, and over 2,200 more of the same small schools had an average enrollment of not more than 11 to 15 pupils. To maintain a school for only 15 pupils is a very expensive proposition for the taxpayer. It is a poor investment and a waste of public-school funds to pay a teacher a good salary and then provide them with only one-half the number of pupils he can easily in- struct. Of course, no one would for a moment think that the 186,000 one— teacher schools could or even should all be consolidated in a short time, but ultimately the one—teacher school must give way in most cases to the consolidated school. \VHERE DOES HEALTH EDUCA- TION BEGIN? HE man in the car stopped to look at the good-looking farm. The fields were yielding large crops; the stock was in fine condition. Well- made sheds housed the newest and most efficient farm machinery and an auto for travel. “How many pigs have you?” ask- ed the traveler. “Just a hundred and nine,” said the farmer. “That boar over yonder took first prize at the country fair. He’s a full—blooded Duroc.” “You certainly know how to raise pigs, Mr. Farmer.” “I ought to; I’ve sure made a study of raising hogs. You have to get good stock and then raise them right.” “Your corn looks fine, too.” “Yes, it’s going to be a bumper crop.” “I suppose anybody could raise For Our Christmas Sewing The illustrations above are very attractive gifts to make for our Christ- mas remembrances and who wouldn’t like one of these adorable appliqued unbleached muslin laundry bags and the ladies tea apron with bright silk ribbon ties. 405—Laundry Bag—Size 20x27. Muslim. Applique patches included. This bag is made of Unbleached Takes one skein of each’of the follow— ing, colors to embroider: Purple, Lavender, Brown, Yellow and Green. Price, 5 0c. ’406—Ladies’ Tea Apron—~Stam complete. I’rice, 50c. ped on Unbleached Muslin. Floss“ to Address your orders to the "Pattern Department, The ;Busi~nessaparmer,. Mt. Clement; Mich. m “x. corn "around here," - Ventured the " traveler. ' ' ' “ ” “Anybody that’s a' mind to learn how and willing to’work. You have to know how to raise corn; you have to. know about the soil, and the seed, and how to raise the crop. I’ve got is h e b e s t machinery anywhere around; and it pays. 'A. man can’t afford these days to buy inferior stock or tools; and then he’s got to keep everlastingly on the job.” A child came running out into the yard, brown as a berry, but thin and ' sleepy looking. “How many children have you?" asked the traveler. . “Nine!” replied the raiser Of prize pigs. “Some family, eh?” “And I suppose you and your wife have made a study of how to raise a. prize family of children?” - “Now you’re kiddin’ me! I reckon what’s good enough for their dad is good enough for them.” “But is it? You don’t expect your small pigs to eat what your big hogs eat. You don’t make prize hogs that way. When you’re, growing a. prize pig you don’t say ‘It’s going to get no more than its mother had,’ but ‘what does this pig need?”— and that pig won’t get it unless you give it to him. You know every point of a prize hog; do you know every point of a prize 6-year old girl or boy? Or a 10-year old? Or a 2—year old?” “ ’Pears as if it’s goin’ to rain,” said the farmer. “I’ll have to be getting the cultivator under the shed. It’s new this year and I don’t want it to get wet and rust. If you want to keep good machinery you just have to take care of it." Mothers Problems HOBIE-WORK 0 sooner does a child start in school than he wants to bring his book home. He wants to show Mamma and Daddy his lesson, and, if he is ambitious, he wants to be helped a little on his lesson so that he may have a perfect recita- tion the next day. Such an attitude is highly com- mendable. Help at home has sent many a child skipping through the grades. But home-help must be wisely and carefully given, else it proves detrimental, rather than ben- eficial, to the child. Ascertain first of all the methods your child’s teacher uses in the dif— ferent studies. If she does not teach the alphabet, but instead teaches reading wholly by sounds, do not tear down her good work by laboring with your little child over the alphabet. She’ll never thank you for such hindrance to her sys- tem,rand, worst of all, your child will not be benefitted. However anxious you are for your child to get ahead, do not do his work for him. As he gets into the higher grades and is confronted by real problems in arithmetic and by compositions to write, do not, in your eagerness to help him, do his work for him and expect him to re— ceive a 100 per cent grade’ when ex- aminations come. . I know a mother who cut and made a bungalow apron for her little girl who was supposed to cut and make one as home-work in her sew- ing class. The girl took the apron to school, expecting to receive full credit for the work she hadn’t done. The teacher, however, was suspic- ious. She didn’t accuse. Instead, however, she asked this little girl to demonstrate the cutting and making of an apron to the class! The child was all at sea. She ended up in a tearful confession. It was not her fault she had been dishonest; it was the fault of her mother who had easily persuaded her that she could make the apron and the child would receive her credit. Home—help properly given is of untold value to both the ambitious, and the backward child—but it must be both properly and conscientious- ly given. HARD ON THE NERVES Red patterned wall paper, glaring lights and shiny furniture are three things that are‘ responsible for many attacks of nerves. The neutral walls. 1 soft indirectlighting: With shaded. lampafor reading,- and qggq’fuiet tin-me hare-Vin" 800d ‘ Estelle, any one can” some w. ,- ~r‘"‘- w‘ 1 «(my 1;: '- -. me. . . 1 e g s 42..“ 4; .-‘. A use... i Personal Column A ’ Back Issues of Linguine—Could you help me through the Farm paper if any readers would sell or let me read two back numbers of the ‘fPeople’s Home Journal” April and May 1923? ——Mrs. G. Shouwink, Sparta, Mich., R. 2. .i' l" '7 ha, 11,”, H :i - THE WINDMILL QUILT The design above and directions were sent in by one of our readers and I hope it will be a great help to you in plan- ning your next pattern. Any two colors are nice or one can use mixed colors. It is very simple to out and can all be sewed on machine, it is the way four blocks are sewed to- gether that form windmill. One can use all pieced blocks or every other one plaiin goods to set together Winn—Mrs. Geo. Morgan, R3, Vicksburg, Mich. The Runner’s Bible (Copyright by Houzhton-Mimin 00.) Pleasant words are as a honey-comb sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. Prov. 16:24. A word fltly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. Prov. 25:11. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh a good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things. Matt. 12:34—35. Finally be ye all likeminded, empa- thetic, loving as brethren, tender hearted, humble minded. - Pet. 3:8. -—-You need the message your brother carries, be receptive of it. A critical at- titude on your part will give him cause to say. “I do not know why but I am never my best with that person." Be lovingly expectant, and without effort the message will come that will bless both him and you. —if you are well bred! Enter the church quietly. removing the hat, and never replacing it until the door is reached again at the close of the ser- vice. - If a. stranger, and accompanied by a lady, you will precede her, and follow the usher up the aisle until the pew is reached, when you will pause, allow her to pass in. and you will follow, taking seats at the further end if you are first, so that you will not be disturbed by later arrivals. It is no longer a. custom, as formerly, for the gentleman to step into the aisle and allow the ladies that are strangers to pass to the inside. WOMEN’S EXCHANGE you have something to exchange. we will grim it FREE under this heading provldlng: Ink—It appeals to women and is a bonifi e exchanges. no cash Involved. Second—It will so In three lines. Third—You are a paid—u euhecriber to The Business Farmer and attac address label from a recent issue to rove t. Exchsn e offers will be numbered an in- serted in i. order received as we have room. -—IR8. ANNIE TAYLOR, Editor. 108—Lo‘vel parcels and gingham quilt iecee also plush aan wool to exchsn e forpan - _ usefuL—Mrs. Memo. Vic burg. R . 1o —Booifi’ and board for girl or woman exchange for assisting in work. Must love c - dren. write Michigan Business Farmers Sun- RECIPES Bods Crackers—Several months ago I saw in the Business Fanmer a request air a recipe for home made soda crackers. I watched eagerly for an answer but have never seen any. I am sending one, which we think is very good. For sponge use one-halt yeast cake (one-third ounce), one pint warm water (scant), six or seven cups flour (one and three—quarter pounds), pinch of‘ salt. H1: together about six or seven o’clock in the evening. Sponge should be quite stilt. Rub little lard over the top and mar with a cloth. Set away over night to raise. It flour is very cold warm it “no in the oven. _ Next morning about o'clock you add the following in- to make 'a firm stir! dough: " “ " am..warm_water, oneethird cup ounces), two cups flour (10 Juno“). one and one-halt even teaspoons. - .r. " (apnth 1.1.)... (£27) i l l 'sss,rinmnn It is significant that more LILY I WHITE FLOUR, “The Flour the Best Cooks Use,” than any other high—grade flour, is used by Michigan women. VALLEY CITY MILLING COMPANY - GRAND RAPIDS. MICHIGAN AlDS TO GOOD DRESSIblG 4461. A Pretty Ni ht Gown.—-This is a very 4520. A Simple Frock for Many Occasions—- attractive model, that ends itself well to a doe Youthful and pleasing is the model iere (is melted. velopment in batiste, voile, crepe, crepe de chme. The “pensnnt' sleeve is a newly revived suture. silk_ or satin. The yoke could he of lace or 6111- Ala here shown figured and plain voile are coin- brmdery. Hemetitching or drawnwork would be bmed. One could have satin or tafme With attractive for decoration on plain nmtcriaL .The georgette for the full sleeves. The Width of the Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: Small, 34456; Medium, skin; at the foot jg 1% 3rd. The dress ma 38—40; Large, 42-44; Extra Large._ 46448 Inches be finished without the fu sleeve portions an bust measure. Medium size reamres 3% yards Without the plastron, making a very servu-eahle of 36 'inch material. For oke and sleeves of and practical modeL The Pattern in cut in. COYItifllfitlnl material. 5‘ ya! 36 11161188 Wlde 18 Sizes: 16 1 , and 20 years. An 18 year size required. requires 5% yards of 40 inch material. For . sash plastron and (pockets of contrasting mate 4542. A Smart SKI!" styI0.—Thl8 model. is yard is require , good as a suit skirt, or £31 separate wear. Moire, satin or twill as well as all sports mutermlaflould 4468. A Practical Simple Play Dress._—Com— be used for its development The Pattern 18 cut fort is the principal feature expressed In this 7 Sizes: 25. 27, 29, 31._33, 35 and ‘37 model. It slips on over the head, and provxda inches waist measure. A 29_mch sure requires for an o ening at the inner seam. The sleeve 5%. yards of 36 inch matemL The Width at may be nished_ in wrist or elbow length. The the foot is 3% yards. Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: mos. 1, 2 and 3 years A 1 year size requires 1% yards of 86 4493. An Attractive Apron. Style—Pretty inch material. English chintz was for this model, Wltll bindings of black sateen. This is a good model 4522. A Popular Style for Stout Figures.— for gingham percale and also for rubberized Here is a good model or mature figures. The materials The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: neI front is finished with_c(mcealed pockets Small, Medium. 'Ifll'ge and Extra Large. A he sleeve shows the new circular cull. Wool Medium also requires 3% yards of 27 inch nia- rep with facings of satin or moire would be 13;» tonal. ropriate for this dress. The I'zittern is out in " Sizes: 38. 38, 40 42, 44. 46, and 48 inches 4523. A Simple serviceable Morning Dress.—— bust measure. A 38 Niel) size requires 3% and comfortable model. urds_ of 54 inch mateth The width at the This is a very passing {It will develop well In gingham or pereale. and also good or , Jersey. serge and other wool island. The sleeve may a finished in wrist or short length. The Pattern is cut in 7 Sizes: 34. 36, 38, 40. 42. i4 and 46 inches bust measure. A 38 inch size reguires 4%. ards.of 40 inch material. The wi th at the act is 2 yards. 4538. A Smart Frock for Juniorsr~Kasha cloth in a new shade of brown. with banding of satln would be good for this style. Tafleta too would be appropriate also rep in any of the colom'now In vogue. The sleeve may be finished in wrist or elbow lengt The Pattern is cut in 3 Sizes: 12. 14 and 1 years. A 14 year‘size requires 3% yards of 40 inch material. 4459. A Pretty Frockr—Here is a model that W111 look well in silk .or crepe and also in grinted cotton, linen or gingham. The guimpe finished separately. and the_sleevelesa dress may be worn Without it. if so deslred. It is in “slip on” _stylo. 0_ne oouki have the of con- trasting ms The Pattern is cut 7 Sizes: 84. 3 . 38. 40 42. 44 and 46 inches bust measure. A 3.8 inch size requir 32 inch To make 1thgz guiléipzoof agn- astmg ma na will require yar in as Wide. Width at the foot is 2 5‘ yards. oot is 1% yard. 4521. Ladies Costumer-Figured silk or crepe could he used for this modeL It is charming in its style lines, very graceful, and becoming to most figures. The,skirt is independent of the waist, wluch is. in "ship on" style. The Pattern is cut in 6 Sizes: 34. 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inchm bust measure. _1nch size requires 6% yards of 40 inch material. The width at the foot 18 2 yards. .4536. A Pretty Frock for Mother's Glrl.-—- Figured and lain foulard is here combined. This is a pretty syle for crepe de chine, with trim- ming of plaited fnlls'on the panels and waist. The sleeve may be 11] short. or wrist length. The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: 8_, 10 12. and 14 ears. A 12 year size re nee A of 0 inch matermL To ma e as illustrated will require 2% yards of plain and 1% yard of contrasting mstenaL 4526. A Stylish Blouse with New Features,— Flnnnel, satin or moire .could be used forlthfi design. Bands of embroidery, binding or piping would be good for trimmln . The Pattern is cut in 6 Sizes: 34, 36. 3 , 40, {i2 and '44 inches bust measure. A 38 inch size requn'u 2% yards of 40 inch material. ALL. PATTERNS 12c EACH—3 FOR 30c POST-PAID Order from the above or former issues of The Business Farmer, giving number and sign you name and address plainly. ADD 100 FOR FALL AND WINTER FASHION BOOK Address all orders for patterns to Pattern Department, THE BUSINESS FARMER. Mt. Clemens, Mich. ? l l l | c 5 ,ssaman’stwoflsts the Triple-Life Wire Cots Fence Costs ‘ in Half— ll GUARANTEED to last 2 to 3 times longer in any standard test and to have 2 to 3 times heavier zinc coating than ordinary vanized wire. It should last many years onger; therefore, cost farless than you paid for your present fence. ‘ ‘Galvannealed" wire amalgamates the rust-proof zinc coating INTO the ste'el; gal- vanizing merely lays it ON. That's what make “Galvannealing” last so much longer than ordinary galvanized wire. 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What great fun we had at country I do not mean that on the evening of Hellowe’en we would go around the neighborhood and play mean No indeed. I never‘could see any fun in doing The fun we had was at the party where we played all kinds of games such as fortune telling, bobbing for apples, etc. And the room would be decorated with jack-o-lanterns, witches, cats and moons cut from black paper, then in each corner was a small shock of corn, while jack-o—lanterns made from pumpkins,.with were used to light the room. My how spooky it But everybody was happy and enjoyed the feeling of This issue we are publishing the drawings that won the prizes in our recent contest. I think they show that some of the readers of the Children’s Hour have considerable talent, don’t you?— TIIE DOG'S CHOICE N the early days, the Earth was I divided by a chasm. On one side lived Man, the Animal Who Thinks, on the other side lived the Animals Who Do Not Think. It did not oc— cur to any of the animals, not even the Wise Elephant, to try and jump across the chasm. Except one. Dog sat‘ on the edge of the chasm, ears cocked, and'whined. He crouch- ed as though to leap. The other an- imals paid no heed. “Come!” cried Man. The chasm was very Wide. Yet a look of answer came in Dog’s brown eyes, and he lept. Too wide was the chasm! Only Dog's forepaws struck the further side of the abyss. But Man stooped down, lifted Dog firmly and placed him on the hither side of the chasm, among the Ani: mals Who Think. A daring attempt for a. good ambi- tion will always have some success. OUR BOYS AND GIRLS Dear Uncle Nedz—May I come in? I wrote to you once before but it was not in print. I am ten years old. My birth- day was the let of January. Have I a twin? I have a big brother in Green- ville, Pa. I have been through the state of Michigan from north to south and it was sure a nice trip. I have one sister and two brothers. We have 80 acres of land, and for pets I have a. cat named Tom and a calf named Polly. There is no school this week as we have best vacation. I wish some of the cousins would write to me for it is very lonesome. Well as my letter is getting long I will close with a riddle. What cats and cats and never gets full? The one who guesses it I will write to. Your loving niece— Onahlee Lockwood, Pompeii, Michigan. Dear Uncle Ned :-—-It is said that when the nest becomes crowded that some of the birds are pushed over the edge, but I hope that I won't be the one that is pushed over the edge this time. I had one of my letters published when I was about ten years old. I have written several times since but I guess I was pushed out of the nest each time. Isn't the weather getting cold? All of the flowers are frosted and it seems so lone- some when the leaves fall from the trees. My sister younger than me likes autumn, but I suppose it’s because her birthday is in October. but I love spring. Don’t you, Uncle Ned? I guess I'd better de- scribe myself. I am five feet two and one—half inches tall, have brown hair, black eyes and am dark complexioned. I was fifteen years old on the 11th day of May. Have I any twins? I know of one. Her name is Cora. Spaelma. We have been corresponding since August We have sent each other our pictures, so we nearly know each other even though we haven‘t seen one another. Now. MMImttosskyeuequssflou. Munitweyhvsesp‘aceonthefin- “fimwwmk forafswpieces (pasty? Ital-one. lovepoctryendl “Nonethersthatdotoo. The m Glut write letters could lend «good poem they and. Now. boys and girl-and uncle Nod how do you, I like to go to school and‘winh every-r. like the idea? I graduated from the tenth grade this June, but as we haven‘t a twelfth grade here I quit, for I didn't want to go away from home, much as I wanted to go through the twelfth grade. Then my mother needs me at home as my father is working on a dam at Bam- fleld. I was reading Eleanor Stovel’s letter, Where she was telling about her visit to the Niagara Falls. I also have seen the Falls, but I was only five years old when I was there, so I don’t remem- ber it very well. Two years ago this summer my mother and two of my sis- ters went out to Kansas and Missouri. They went for one of my sisters’ health, as she has been sickly since she was five years old. I stayed with my mar— ried sister. Oh! but I was lonesome. Well, Uncle Ned, I must close or you surely won’t print my letter, Your lov- ing niece,—Gladys Corbin, Stanwood. Michigan. -——Yes, I guess we can spare some space for one or two pieces of poetry each issue if the cousins want us to. Maybe some of the girl and boy poets who are members of the Children's Heur can send some original poems. Who will be the first one to do that? Haven’t gotten the other papers Yet. I I hope I pass. There are six incur class. There are «16 in our room: six 6th grad- ers, eight 8th graders, and two 7th grad- ers. Our 7th graders are dumb. They are Just like me. Ha, ha. I live on I. 280 acre farm. We have several cows, and four horses, three cats, one dog. Well I guess I will give room for other letters. Will close. Your Nephew,—-Harry Fire- stone. P. B.———I hope this letter will Jump over the waste paper basket. Dear Uncle Ned:-—I was surprised to see my letter in print, so after all the waste paper basket did not catch my letter. Gladys Carlson and Edna. Mc- Intyre did not guess my 88‘s right, so they better try again. For two weeks my mother went for a visit with my brother and his wife, her sister and bus- band, in an. auto. Cora Spartons, sent in the .words of “Star of the East.” for Iris Arnold, and you, Uncle Ned said she had them, would you please send the words to me? I know the tune, but not the words. I like that song den't you Uncle Ned? I also have been taking music lessons, but I stopped taking them because my teacher was so busy. But I will take them again after a. while. Just think Uncle Ned, I have three nieces, their names are Goldie, Ethel and Doris. My one sister is married and two brothers. they each have a. baby girl. Ethel calls me Dusty, and Doris calls me Dot—ta. I will have to ring off and let some of the other cousins use the line once. I am getting rather selfish. Good~bye. Your loving niece_,_—Dorothy Postma, R. 1, Box 8, Rudyard, Michigan. Dear Uncle Ned:-——Here \comes another jolly farmer girl of eleven years to join your merry circle. I have read the Chil- dren’s Hour many, many times. I have a girl friend who wrote a letter over four years ago to the M. B. F. asking the boys and girls to write. Several wrote and she is now corresponding with four. So I am going to ask the boys and girls to write to me and see if I can do as well. I will be in the 5th grade when school starts. We are getting a new state trunk line past our house so there is lots of work around here for men. Don’t you’want a job? Ha! Ha! It has been terribly hot and dry up here for some time but it is raining tonight and we are all very glad. We have some nice lakes up this way to go bathing in. My two girl chums and I went swimming yesterday and we had a glorious time. 8 fl 7 Am: E‘mcnson. ’ 5' K8 Orv, Dear Uncle Nedz—Your delightful Children’s Hour interests me so much that I have decided to join your merry circle. I am just a small town girl of the northern part of Michigan. I am a lover of the woods and I enjoy many tramps and (stamping trips in the woods. The spring of the year seems so fresh looking. It seems like everything is coming to life after being dead all winter. In the fall of the year, the woods are so pretty and deligth Just like a kid. I love to drag my feet in the fallen leaves. The spring and tall are my few orite seasons, I am also a. lover of read- ing and I read a lot. My favorite au- thors are Zane Grey, Harold Bell Wright, and ,Henry Khibbs. Those who have read "Rambling Kid", how did you like it? Didn’t you fall in love with the “Kid”? I did, and I thought the whole story was just fine. Another story I like very much is “Heart of the Desert.” If any girl between the ages of sixteen and twenw who lives in Mesick. Michi- gan, would care to write to me I would appreciate it very much. Also other members who would write to me, will receive an answer to their letters. Best wishes to Uncle Ned and all the cousins. Sincerely yours—Josephine Damon, Box 86, Sidnaw, Michigan. Dear Uncle Ned :—I wrote once before but I guess the letter found the waste basket. 80 I am going to try it again. I W521 desaiibe myself before I tell any- thing else. I am 4 feet 11 inches tall, weigh 90 pounds, have blue eyes, and red hair. I am light complexioned so Ihavefrecklee..1am11yearsold. my birthday is the 6th of March. Have I a twin? IfIhaveIwishheorshewould write to me. I will answer every letter Iget. Iaminthesixthgradebutx may take the seventh grade test next spring. Our school started a' month ago. z. One lake is a resort, people come from far and near and live in the cottages during their vcations. Your niece—Min Nellie Watkins, West Branch, Michigan, R2, Box 65. Dear Uncle Ned :—May I join your merry oh‘ole? We take the M. B. F. and away it Very much. I have read the Chil- dren’s Hour for over a year. I am in the 8th grade at school. My age is between 18 and 17. Who guesses my age will receive a long letter from me. My birth- day is on the 7th day of September. Have I a twin? My home is 2% miles from Argyle, but I work at my sister's in Argyle. I am testing cream for the Shedd Creamery, and like it fine. I have long brown hair, blue eyes, and light complexion. I am five feet tall. My father lives on an 80 acre farm, has a large cottage, and a big barn. We have 8 cows, 6 calves, 4 arts, 1 hog, 4 horses 100 chickens and about 60 little chicks. I have seven sisters and two brothers. One of my sisters live at Tyre. She also has a cream station. Four of my sisters are married. Two of them home and my two brothers are home also. I have two sisters in Detroit, one is married; I think I have said enough for this time. so will close, hoping to become your niece soon. Will ome of the boys and girls write me a letter soon L—Helen Darr, Argyle, Michigan. ' . Address all letters to the Children’s Hour as follows: .— W-..“ . . .._ «wag.- .3: I, I < «.m— ' zeal}. "even te .- the. soda .andflaky. Ifthecrackersare immediatelY. a in, the warm .water and .pour it ,over the sponge. Break sponge up well, mix in the. salt.., Work the dough well and set aside in warm place for two and one-half hours until it starts to break on top. Now turn the dough onto the flour dusted board on table. pound with rolling pin and roll out to a thln sheet and fold over from both ends. Re- peat this rolling and folding over a num- .ber of times, until the dough feels quite smooth and pliable. Then you can roll it out quite thin and prick or dot with fork. Cut out now with small round cut- ter or into square crackers and bake in ungreased pans in a hot oven. How- ever the pans must be thoroughly heated in the oven before you lay the crackers on them as this the crackers light placed on the hot pans quickly and put in oven they will require only a few minutes for baking. Sour Milk Cake—I find good things in our paper so I am going to'send my choice cake recipe. One cup of sugar. one-half cup of cocoa; then add one- fourth cup of butter in one—half cup of hot .water and stir, add three—fourths teaspoon soda in one—fourth cup of sour milk or buttermilk, one cup flour; add_ lastoneegxwhitebeatentoastiflfroth. Flavor with vanilla and pinch salt and bake in moderateroven. You will find this a very good cake. Any frosting can be used. When tryms' chicken place spider in oven and see how nice your chicken will ba—Ethel Short. ' / MY FAVORITE RECIPES Fresh Apple Pie—Five or six sour apples, one-third cup sugar, one—fourth teaspoon grated nutmeg, one-eighth tea- spoon salt. one teaspoon butter. Pare, core and cut apples in eights, put around ' a plate onechalf inch from edge. and work towards center until plate is cov- ered. then pile on remainder, mix sugar, nutmeg, salt, lemon juice, and grated rind and sprinkle over apples. Dot over with butter. Wet edges of'under crust. cover with upper crust. and press edges together. Bake forty to forty-five min- -utes in moderate oven. A very good pie may be made without lemon Cin- namon may be used instead of nutmeg. WHEN WILL DOLLAR BE WOR'EH ONE HUNDRED GENTS MAIN? (Continued from Page 4) one," he went on after a pause, “but the labor unions have been very shortsighted in their policy of trying to restrict the numbers in in- divilual organizations. I believe in the American working man. I her lieve in his patriotism and in his de— sire to be fair and generous. but he does not understand and the result is that he too often acts in defiance of his 'own best interests. “The average American worker cent‘ers all his attention on a strug- Agle for higher wages. He thinks that money is something that is of value in itself and does not realize that it is only a convenient means of exchange and is worth only just he much as the goods behind it. It ought to be easy to see that n is bet— ter to get $20 for which you can get $20 worth of goods, than to receive $30 which can be exchanged for only $15 worth of goods. “I was talking to a man in the 0 building industry today and he was telling me about the extraordinary way{ the unions have placed restric- tions about apprentices and their persistant efforts to keep men out of their organizations. 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They have forced wages up. it 'is‘true, but they have also forced up the expense of living for not only themselves but for everyone else. this kind of artificial and false pros- perity in one industry means depres- sion in other industries,‘ which means in turn a. falling off in pro- duction and a lessened value for the dollar. If the building industry could command all the workers it needed wages might not be 80 high, but they Awould buy more and that would bring prosperity to a hundred other industries. “The same thing holds true in the coal industry. The anthracite un- en policy of the building trades bod- ice with the result that there is a shortage of 'labor in the anthracite fields and a great surplus in the soft coal regions. That kind of thing is happening all over the country with equally disasterous results. We can never get'the proper balance in pro- duction until there is a free inter- change of labor so that men can move without restriction in those directions where their services are most needed." - The Russian Way “Can the Government offer any help in solving that problem?" I asked. “No,” said Mr. Roberts, with un— ions havefollowed the same mistak— usual emphasis. “This is the kind of thing that has happened in Bus— sia. People are always wanting to lay all their troubles on the Govern- ment and think that a law will rem— edy anything. You can not dictate to a man What kind of Work he is to do and where he is to -do it. He must be given a free choice." “Then what is the remedy?” “Education. The fundamental principles of economies are very sim- ple and do not require any great mental ability to grasp. The first thing Americans have got to learn is, the meaning of money. This L foolish idea that high wages mean prosperity must be gotten out of their heads. The only real prosper- ity is spelled production and every- thing that interferes with production interferes with prosperity. That ought to be easy to understand but apparently it is not. Before a man ‘ is elected head of a labor organiza— tion he should be required to take an examination in the first principles of economics. The Government might help by making simple economics an obligatory subject in our schools.” ——The Detroit News. (Copyright by United Publthers News Service.) BABE IN THE JUNGLE (Continued from Page S) When the pawnshop opened the next morning me and Silver was standing there as. anxious as if we wanted to soak our Sunday suit to buy a drink. We sauntered inside, and began to look at watch—chains. “That’s a voilent specimen of a chromo you’ve got up there,” re- marked Silver, casual. to the pawn— broker, “But I kind of enthuse over the girl with the shoulder-blades and red bunting. Would an offer of $2.25 for it cause you to knock over any fragile article of your stock in hurrying it off the nail?” The pawnbroker smiles and goes on showing us plate watch-chains. . "That picture," says he, was pledged a. year ago by an Italian gentleman. I loaned him $500 on it. It is called,‘Love's Idle Hour,’ and it is by Leonard de 'Vinchy. Two days ago the legal time expired, and it became an unredeemed pledge. Here is a style of chain that is worn a great deal now.” At the end of half an hour me and Silver paid the pawnbroker $2,000 and walked out with the picture. Silver got into a cab with it and started'for Morgan’s office. I goes to the hotel and waits for him. In two hours Silver comes back. “Did you see Mr. Morgan?" I asks. “How much did he pay you for it?" Silver sits downvand tools with a tassel on the table cover. “I never exactly saw Mr. Morgan." he says, “because Mr. Morgan’s been in Europe for a month. 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Think (Lana-Rafi - BIC PROFITS " Energetic man with car can make $50 to$60aweek selling Heberhng's medicines, extracts, spices, tenet articles, stock tonic and vetennary remedies direcoto consumers on.farrns. e line giv- l estab' bed com any— a: comp satisglotion. teady for pests. profits. enoeorcopital Katmai ' et Wand-M warms. Hoborllng Modicino & Extractfio. BARRE PLYMOUTH O K OOOKE EL8 $5 flinkpglanum. Eamon uni? Shir," SELL YOUR PURE-BRED POUL- egi‘iZI paid. Wnteqm Dot. 8—3 Bloomingtonl Ill-‘2 '1 hw‘cngéfgwrwwr on: TRY THROUGH THE BUSINESS e ish you wmnleto stock on and secure your one county. PLYMOUTH BOOKS 0. “'1 o oo v 825 w. opening. FARMER- . . HINTS ON MARKETING TURKEYS RKEY time’s spooning! If you want top prices for your birds, , here’s a few tips from the Unit- ed States Department of Agricult- ure. ’ Range fattening is more satisfact- ory than pen fattening, the depart- ment says. Begin fattening about three weeks or a month before mar- keting, and proceed gradually by feeding lightly on corn in the morn- ing and again in the evening a short mno'before the turkeys go to roost. Increase the quantity of corn fed gradually until the birds are getting all they will eat. Be careful not to feed new corn too heavily until the turkeys have become accustomed to it, to prevent digestive troubles. Good sized, well matured birds in‘ good condition for fattening can oft- en be marketed to best advantage at Thanksgiving. Small, immature turkeys should be held until Christ- mas, for further fattening, but if the birds are unthrifty market them at once. Sales outlets to raisers with- in express shipping distance of good markets are local consumers, local buyers and dealers, more distant buyers or dealers and cariot shippers, and receivers or commission merch- ants of live or dressed poultry in the large cities. available outlet stu‘y shipping charges and keep in touch with both local and distant buyers as to price. Distant buyers will mail quotations on request. . Most producers market their turk- eys alive. Shipping dressed turkeys to markets is justified only when making local sales or there is an unusually favorable outlet for the dressed product. Shipping coops should be high enough to enable the birds to stand up. A coop three feet long, two feet wide and twenty inches high will accommodate five or six turkeys. Overcrowding may result in bruising which detracts from the market value; overcrowd- ing may also cause death and com- plete loss. - If the birds are on the road only a few hours, do not feed before ship- ping. If they are on the road a long- er time water and feel liberally to. prevent shrinkage in weight. Ship in time to place the turkeys on the market a day or two before the hol— iday. Late arrivals may reach on overstocked market, and arrival aft- er the holiday usually means lower prices. Killing and dressing , birds is simple when properly done. Hang up the turkeys by their legs and with a single stroke push the point of a j sharp knife up through the roof of the mouth into the brain. When properly done this operation paral- lyzes the bird and loosens the feath- ers so that they come out easily Then sever the veins in the throat just beyond the skull for bleeding. The turkey should be dry picked, and plucked clean. Thoroughly cool the carcass after plucking, inasmuch as failure to remove all animal heat promptly will result in early spoil— age. Cool either by hanging outdoors if the temperature is between 30 and 45 degrees, or by immersing in cold running spring water or ice water. When thoroughly chilled, the car- casses are ready for shipment. A barrel is a convenient shipping con—' tainer. Place a layer of cracked ice in the bottom of the barrel, then a. layer of turkeys, followed alternate- ly by layers of ice and turkeys, and topped off with a. layer of ice. Tack burlap over the top of the barrel. Caution! If you are building up a permanent turkey business be sure to retain as many of the finest, larg- est, quickest growing young birds needed to rear the next year’s flock and send the rest to market. QUALITY OF EGGS W many eggs does your dock averafie? ,What wasihe highest ‘ indivi nal production? _ How much do your eggs weigh per dozen? How shapely are they? Is their color uniform or hit a bit un- certain? The foregoing are turo sets of questions worthy the consideration includes much besides To determfine the best' tom; mandarin: of any poultryman. The former set usually receives the bulk of thought, and hens are bred with a view to number of eggs rather than size, shape and color. Quality of course, size, shape and color, but these are prominent points and go a long way toward de- terming the market value. It is exceedingly common to find small eggs in the nests along with the medium and large. It is just as common to find eggs with certain very noticoable characteristics that render them unattractive for the market. For instance, among the white eggs there is one that shows distinct touches of brown. There is one that shows a. tendency toward being speckled—a shower of little brown spots on it. There is one with a rough, unfinished point to the shell. Among the brown eggs there are pales and darks; eggs with even col- oring or uneven. - Now it may be plain prejudice on the part of city folks that use our eggs, but they want uniformity. They want a white egg they want it beaut- ifully white. If they like the brown they want it uniformly colored. Likewise, they want eggs that fill the little compartments of the car- tons reaSc. .bly snugly. Every pur- clnser of eggs at the grocery store feels that he is cheated if he can feel and hear the eggs roll about in the carton; even one loose egg gives an~ uncomfortable feeling. , The point at issue is that number of eggs is not the only. evidence of a valuable hen. The producer of 200 eggs in a year that grade No. 1 or fancy is worth more than the pro— ducer of 210 or even 225 that grade low. Therefore, is it not time for more attention to be paid to the second set of questions at the head of this article? Is it not time for the poultryman to become as careful about the size, shape and color and general quality of the eggs laid by in- dividual hens in his breeding flock as about the number of eggs they lay? - As stated before, quality includes much more than size, shape and color, but the other elements are more easily controlled. Feeding and care of the eggs after laying are out- standingly important in the matter of getting quality. The feeding is more of a scientific matter than the care, perhaps, but plenty of fresh water, plenty of green. feed, a grain and mash ration balanced and fed, "according to the many- experiment station recommendations, and char- coal, grit and oyster shell are the fundamentals of feeding. Gare means among other things, frequent gath- ering during warm weather, keeping in well—cooled quarters and early de- livery to market. . Did you ever break an egg into a saucer and try to pick it up with the thumb and fingers of one hand? Try it. You Can not pick up a saucerful of water that way. If you can lift the entire egg, leaving only a little moisture in the saucer, the likeli- hood is that it will qualitfy as a first- class egg. At least, the cook in the high-class restaurant or hotel de- ponds to a large extent upon this test when considering an offering of eggs. But you may depend upon it that an egg that has been held a long time and become stale will not thus pick up. Neither will it if it has remained in the nest several hours after being laid. Nor does quality hold up when improper feeds are given, though usually a hen goes on a strike- and will not lay at all if she gets feed that is lacking in some essential in the production of good e . Hons do not cheat you; they not put poor material in their products if there is a chance to avoid t. mm Rook ABOUT CANCER The Imam” Hospital. I 3 ' I has a‘ ho whisk gives interesting facts about the cause of. Cancer, also A valuable-snide in the management of any clue. Write fox-.11.: ram (we " " < "F \. v .4“. .. are-cm . .W-xr,-.-—~ c. “Ira-'1,”- .. won-war, ,. .. \' ' one. ,. .1 u Wigwam. " aremo/st numerous, in the ‘ ; [HE'lossy of; fertilizing elements in " barnyard manure amounts to mmillions of dollars every year? on American farms. This is a direct mannered by the individual farm-‘ or, although in many cases he has not been aware of it because he was not thoroughly conversant with tho fertilizing value of manure, and con- sequently did not take the proper precautions to conserve it. But through the work of agricultural ex- periment stations and agricultural colleges, the enormity of this loss has been definately established, and ,lack of information is no longer a valid excuse for a farmer losing large sums'of money on his manure. The Indiana Agricultural Experi- ment Station estimates that one- third of all the manure is wasted. In the opinion of this institution In- .——_—.____.___— Tons Value Annual Yearly Per Ton Value Horse ........ ..5.2 $6.09 $31.67 Dairy Cow .... ..8.5 4.56 38.76 Other Cattle ....4.0' 5.47 21.88 Sheep ........ ......0.4 9.66 3.86 Hog ............. ..0.6 6.19 3.71 diana farmers alone lose more than $24,000,000 a year in fertilizing ele- ments of farm manure. This loss comes from the failure to save the liquid content; mentation of the manure; and leach- ing, or the washing out of soluble plant food. Pound for pound the li- quid content is worth more than the solids ‘and the greatest single item of loss is the liquid content. Where the manure is thrown outside the barn, with no protection, the liquid content soaks into the ground, the plant food is washed out by the rain, and uncontrolled fermentation large- ly destroys the value of the remaind- er. The New Jersey Agricultural Ex» periment Station found in a test case, that over half of the fertilizing value of barnyard manure was lost by ex- posure, while in Maryland a test of eighty tons of manure showed a loss uncontrolled fer- , of two-thirds of its value in one year. To give proper protection to barn- yard manure, leak-proof pits are a necessity. Frequently farm work makes it impossibleto haul manure out on the field daily, so such a pit is required tovproperly store it. ‘If thrown on the ground, liquid con- tent is lost, but if kept in a proper pit this valuable part of the manure is saved, and may be kept indefinite- ly. Concrete pits will not leak. A simple and inexpensive form of con- crete pit may be built like a ShalIOW' enclosure alongside the barn, locat- ed so that it is easy to throw manure out of barn windows into the pit and ilkewise easy. to load from the pit in- to the manure spreader. As it is us- ually not practical to use enough bedding to absorb all liquids, a cis- tern should be built near the pit .to hold the unabsorbed portion. For the cistern and pit floor use concrete mixed. in the proportion of one sack of portland cement to two cubic feet of pebbles. The proportion for the walls should be 1:215 :4. The walls of the pit should be built first. When .the' floor is placed a one-half inch space should be left around the edge which is later filled with tar to make a watertight joint. For ten cows a pit 16 feet long by 16 feet wide and 4 feet deep is large enough. For 20 cows the pit should be 24 feet long by 20 wide and 4 feet deep..——-W. G. Kaiser, Agricultural Engineer“ RADIO BECODIES PREACHER IN COUNTRY CHURCH (Continued from page 4) Parties can be held in which both old and young participate and thus revive that friendly, neighborly spirit that is fast disappearing in our rural communities. Talk it over with your neighbors and then open that little church down on the four corners that has been closed for sev- eral years. (EDITOR'S NOTE:-—The illustration appear— ing with this article used through the courtesy of The Detroit News. DAIRY and LIyESTocK BREEDS OF DAIRY CATTLE EGINNING with this issue The Business Farmer will publish a series of articles on the five breeds of dairy cattle that have at- tained considerable prominence in the United States. These articles are prepared by a specialist in dairy husbandry of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and were recently is- sued in bulletin form. The first to be discussed is the Holstein-Friesian cattle. Watch for these articles. Origin and History In the low countries bordering on the North Sea, especially in the northern part of Holland, Holstein- Friesian cattle have been bred for centuries. The land is rich and feb- tile and pastures are exceptionally good. Different names have been used to designate the breed, both in . Europe and America, among which the following are the more common; North Hollander, Holland, ‘Nether— land, Holstein - Friesian, Dutch. Dutch-Friesian, and Holstein. The last is the name usually used in this ~ country, although Holstein—Friesian is the official name. Importations and “Distribution The Dutch settlers in the State of New York probably were the first to import individuals of the Holstein- Friesian breed, but the first importa- tions of which records exist were made between 1867 and 1862 by W. W. Chenery, of Massachusetts, and many of our present-day animals are descended from these importations. For a time the trade in imported Holsteins flourished, but in recent years very few animals have been imported, owing largely to the quarantine which, on account of con- tagious animal diseases, has been in effect a large part of the time against continental European coun- tries. - Holsteins have grown greatly in numbers and popularity in recent years, owing in a great degree to the increased demands of large cities for market milk. Cattle of the breed {Eastern .11."... a I '.' v . . / ".; ..-»_. -\..* ‘7 Middle Western and Pacific sections next in order. With the exception of the Jersey, there are more Hol- stein cattle in the United States than of any other dairy breed. Characteristics A universal characteristic of the Holstein—Friesian cattle is the black and white color of their coats. The sharply defined and contrasting col- ore of jet black and pure white give them a very striking appearance. Al- though either color may predomin- ate, black below the knees is ob- jectionable. Purebred animals with any red or gray in their coats are in- eligible to registry. In disposition Holsteins are do- cile, even tempered/and not excit- able; in fact, they are rather lazy in general habits, as shown in their poor “rustling” ability in grazing scanty pastures. They are large consumers of feed, especially rough— age, and do best when plenty is read-‘ ily available. . The Holstein is the largest of the dairy breeds. It has a large, bony frame, which often is smoothly cov- ered over all parts. Cows at matur- ity vary in weight from 1,100 to 1,800 pounds (average about 1,250 pounds); bulls range from 1,500 to 2,500 pounds (average about 1,800 pounds). The calves are usually thrifty and vigorous at birth and make rapid growth. The birth weight varies from 7 0 to 1 1 0 pounds, in some cases exceeding even the latter figure. Heifers reach maturity in frame at about 4 years, although increases in body weight occur up to 6 or 7 years of age. As a breed the Holstein shoWs good con- stitutional vigor. Production From the point of view of quanti- ty of milk produced, Holsteins aver— age higher than any other breed. The percentage of butterfat, howev- er. which averages lower than that of any other dairy breed. tends to counterbalance the advantage of a greater milk production. The but— terfat of - Holstein milk is,» in the : . Manuré' ° + . —- q,l"Nullim.lmuelllimfiififiznunuIlumu£77317.unifillfimfin.1;.{Emil“1mmIlfimmmwmu w 1 1.2.1:: I- n H ‘i‘m'n . ,l ." Advertisements lnsema under this neaolnu for repuuou oreeaers’or Live 81.00! or wequ not rates to encourage the gmwlno of are-bred: on the farms of our readers. Our advertising rate ls Thlrty Gents (300) For agate Ine, {er lnsertlon. Fourteen lasts llnee to the column Inoh or $4.20 per lnoh. less 2 for on h order or cold on or before the 10th of month/followlna date of lnsofllon. SEND IN YOUR AD AND WE WILL PUT IT IN TYPE FREE. no you can see how many llnee lt wlll flll. Address all letters. DREEDERS DIRECTORY, MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER, MT. CLEMENS, MIOH. e1"; -' Do YOU WANT choice 35. 73-lbs.King Segis blood in your herd From dams by Maplecreet De Kol Hengerveld, whose three sisters have each produced over 1200 pounds of butter in a .year, two of them former WORLD’S CHAMPIONS? 40- Head will be Sold at Auction-40 Wednesday, November 14th p At Fair Grounds, Allegan, Mich. Most of them bred to our CARNATION BULL, whose sire is own brother to that wonderful cow SEGIS PIETERJE PROSPECT—— WORLD’S CHAMPION .MILK PRODUCER—37,381 lbs. milk and 1448 lbs. butter in a year, and whose dam is a 32.38-lb. four-year-old daughter of AVON PONTIAC ECHO, a son of MAY ECHO SYLVIA. 1005 lbs. of milk and 41 lbs. of butter in a week. A GREAT 0P- PORTUNITY to secure a choice young bull for your herd from cows with records up to 25 lbs. REMEMBER THE DATE—WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH HILLCREST FARM HEREFORD AUCTION At SOTHAM’S HEREFORDIA FARMS ' a’ ST. CLAIR, MICHIGAN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER, 2nd, 1923 Perfection Fairfax. Beau Donald, .Repeater Disturber Fred Real. Bonnie Brae. and Anxi 1 One 0 clock Sharp breeding; Useful; Practical; B ed) ' ' ’ at, clmggmi- “A13 flhemuhn tostedre ns Herelorda. The kmd that prove most profitable to pur- o o no over 15 head of Purebred R Istered Hereford: so Cows with thelr 28 suckln calve F ' 1o Bred Two-Year Old Helferg. s r“ 3‘“ them' 1% (Blpeln IYeall-lljng Hehlfers. u s ncu ing t e Intenser bred Beau Donald bull Beau Kln st Champion at six different 1923 Fairs and stood eighth at Chicglggnlntbfi'flitrdghl63:1: stock Show In a class of over 80 two— ear-old . we” bred Anxiety bu”. y s In 1922 Also Glencoe an exceptional Production of Hereford Baby Beoves have proven exceedingly them. ' your own feeders. rofitable for those reducing . _ ' Ma e 01 letting it Winter your purebred Herefor cow. Attendance at this dale“ anndmall‘éqfiliirlgagfilewitt) Hereford Baby Beef Producers will convince on of the proven rofltabl This sale 1s an_ exce )tional opportunity to obtain practical catte for Eggs; geelaili’ggddgtllgn :gdyorligngwrsrpéilciion rfcbalsebyoulr; pfurebreftilmillerefgrds 11on when {gnu can do so on the safe 0 c o a y ee pro e asis. tt ' ' ‘ whether you buy or not. For illustrated catalog write. and t “1°, Inform yomself' T. F. B. Sotham & Sons, ( Herefords since 1839) St. Clair, Mich. Eliminate speculation by nusin AUCTION! G. P. PHILLIPS NOVEMBER 15. 1923 7" °°Lzfigufiuhficd3§mflfl head Registered Polled. Herefords :8 h d I “ Pedigreed Sfii’lefs a tSpeciaIty.d ea ar e Type Registered Poland China "H ' “"9 01' ca 0' "m “1 ‘1‘“ 50 head Reglzstered Shropshire Sheep C. A. STIMSON Eaton Rapids, Mlchlgan. Have You LIVE STOCK For“ Sale? An Ad in THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER Will Sell It! Three Uneeda Orion Sensation Boars outstandin Dur Jersey Sons of Uneeda Orion Sensation. nd chum ion t I N new State is s. Pathfinder sow. Large, rangy, 16!.an old ; l340 :achwgatedbdhbhngls‘telgt EDMUND THORP, Ann Arbor, Mlohlgan. Route 7, Box 9. SHEEP AN-D HOGS AT AUCTION On the KINCH FARMS, Grlndstone City. Grlndstone Clty Is 5 miles em of Port Austin—Good gravel roads to all parts of ‘state. Wednesday, October 31 SALE BEGINS AT 10 A. M. FREE LUNCH AT NOON There Is alwa 3 money In sh Note these comparative prices on the Buffalo m years—cattle an sheep, as repom by the Buffalo Stock Review. ark“ for '1 Lambs Lambs Year To Year Top 1906 .......... --.. $7. 1915 ............ .. 8 85 1 906 _ ...... -._ 8.1 O 1 91 8 .... ... 9 00 1 9 1 ...._....... 7.85 1 91 7 .... .._... .. 1 3.25 .... w... 1 91 8 ...-...__. 1 6.50 «911 3::— 5376 $3 * ‘ :23 912 ......_._.. 7 75 """" " ' {913 _ 730 1921 ___ 11.00 1814 8.15 1922 11.50 et into t e sheep game. We are not going out o the sheep business. The .310 includes surplus stock only from om age. of 1000 cholce sheep. R m ed h I’TAMWORTH HOGS 25 e ter Ram 8 But The on real bacon hog in existence .36 the most profitable to is . 50 Registered Rambouillet Em refisAtered herd :{h 110%.0 theWifldllosvslligzz— m “not god Tsmwo 13 Registered Bomnu 311‘“ 11'“ mm 4 Tamworth Bows andrlitters 100 Delsine Breeding mm mixed but not 0 Tfimgh Son. will be bred in is... registered 1% TmH'O ml. 0M 1215 Feeding Wether lambs 1 Hampshire Bow and Etta RAIN OR SHINE Bale wlll be under cover In Huron County‘s blues: bars. for a “'31” If matbrlngfamous s ' Col. DWI ht LI con ucted hose notions-Is: tat-Mn. of Mohlnon. ' m °' “Wm °“" "" naumnmum«mummm FRANK KINCH, Proprietor Peru. coming from a distance I. ' (13‘!) 3119' I I .:_‘ They contain practical suggestions for the prevention of dis- eases common to livestock and poultry d describe in detail the many uses of Kreso Dip N0. 1 (STANDARD) J Parasiticide and liisinfectant Foralllivestockand Poultry FREE BOOKLETS ON FARM SANITATION: Ram—Ell SIIII'ITIDII. Describes and tenslmvtomtdiseasescom- nmntoiivestod. ' sum—ooceooun. Tellshowtoridthe 2 3:3 ‘1‘“ “d ‘° “’1’ “W” e. Emilio—HOG soolun. Coventhecommon ; hog diseases. Emmott “LOWS. Givescompletedi— motions for the construction of a concrete hogwallmv. Emma—POULTRY. How to get rid of lies . sndmitesalsotonreventdisease. ImbimetholdhnOriginal Packages ItsllnmgS‘tores. ANIMAL INDUSTIH DEPARTMENT OF Parke, Davis 8. Co. DETROIT. MICHIGAN emu Your." " . .. ‘ w viii?‘ L .~ - 1.1.3.) To avoid conflicting dates we will withoul m "n the date of any live stock sale In lhhinnn. If you are considering a sale ad- 'he as It once and we will claim themdsée for mu. Address. LII. Stock Editor. 15.. . Diemem e p a- " Oct. SD—Bhortimrus, . Geisenhnfnr mil Bone Dimondale, Mi ' n. 0"“ “Edh'aetmi‘immé’is “"“F’émganmk one , . Oct. B. P. Clement. Adrm' n, n. Not. Hereforde, T. F‘. R Botham & Sons, St. Clair, Michigan. Breedam' Annexation. A Loncks. Bursary. Charlene. Michigan. Nov. Hillcrest Bhrm. Allegra, Nov. Ill—«Herefords, Pohmd Chmas.‘ Shro chiral. O. A. Stimson. Eaton Ra‘ Michigan. ‘ CATTLE HEREFORDS Are You Considering What to Feed This mil Tim: Will Prove Profitable Before purrfimsi feeders in- vestigate the 833mm Earliripe Beef Fish A oven, profitable of ‘ Kim dugontrgzmgrgat bene- t gum-gum, 11 em F%flmflum Write for information. Higg- Ymms cow- umuduan " VrgflT-Rmdfi {m- Earhnpe HERE- OKD_ Boom. Tamil grinned upon proper credentials. T. F. B. SOTHAM a. SONs (Hereford: since 1839 Saint Olain. Mich. "assault; extant: bathroom £500.00. .5me with him umwmmm _ Ifinwantoflnilla.writem ALLEN BROS. .18 So. West St. . Kalamme, Mints We Have Bred Herefosz Since 1860 ' ' by GOV. H. H. e W (have. W a ‘ a" we “marksman on are 0 Om}! Snafu Ones. Michigan. BEDPOILLED L mm RED r!an ‘ (has Both Sex. me. a. 1. ram Rapids. mm Hill HERD! for that reason the cream does not globules are an advantage, because the milk is not liable to churn in shipping. Holstein milk has little color. - - Families The families of Holsteins are very numerous, audit is difficult to de- termine which are the more import- ant. Probably the following are among the more widely known: Aaggie, Abbekerk, Artis, Beets, Burke, Butter Boy, Carlotta, Cloth- ilde, Colantha, De Kol, Fayne, Gerb- en, Hartog, Hengerveld, Johanna, Korndyke, Mechthilde, Mercedes, Mutual, Netherland, Ormsby, Piet- ertje, Pietje, Pontiac, Sarcastic, Se- gis, Spofford, Vale, and Veeman. FALL DAIRYING CCASIONALLY we hear objec- tions urged against dairy farm- ing due to the fact that it is a year—a—roun’d- job. While this is in a sense true, it is offset by the fact that the income is as continual as the labor. To make fall dairying successful, there are a number of things that must be taken into con- sideration. If fall dairying is looked after at this season of the year, a splendid opportunity for profitable production is offered during the lat- ter months of the year. Now is a good time to get everything ready in the way of stable quarters and the food supply. It is also a good time to get together the late fall and wint- er herds. Keep the cows now com— ing fresh in the best milking condi— tion and they will be the ones of greatest profit during the next nine months. - If you have not enough cows look about for more and be careful to se— lect those that will freshen soon. Feed them well until they calve and then give them all the food they want. This is a good time of the year to test the cows and find out what they are doing in the way of production It does not pay to keep a poor cow in the herd if a good one can just as well take her place. Neitherydoes it pay to carry on Wint— er dairying with a lot of strippers un- less they have been good milkers all spring and summer, and you. are keeping them out of respect for what they have been. This is a good season of the year to look around for a good dairy sire if you are needing one. You Will have him to use in December and January, the best time for breeding: cows intended for milking. Get, if possible, a sire out of a very good miIker as he is more likely to trans- mit the qualities of his dam than his sire. At this season of the year it is a good time to get together the winter feed for the stock. Provide plenty of good hay and fodder. The silo should be filled. Have plenty of good straw close at hand. It can’t be put to better use than under the milk cow often during the winter. A good warm stable with plenty of windows for light and ventilation is necessary Where cows are kept for winter dairying and it is quite as necessary to have a good floor in the stall so that the animals can be kept in comfort and in a clean condition. Plan a yard close to the barn where the cows can be kept to them- selves and not be bothered by colts and steers In this yard have water, salt and hay always on hand So that the cows can get at it when they feel so inclined. We have suggested a pretty good program for one season. There is no danger that it will all be done, but there are some things that can be done this fall. which will make fall dairying a successful undertak- ing. . WASTE BY POOR STORAGE RE is a fearful waste in this country caused by poor storage of grain on the farm. The principal loss is caused by moisture and rodents. 01d makeshift bins and cribs that have long passed their usefnlness are still housing valuable gain. By water and snow leaking in much grain is damaged by mould, m and decay, and little holes on any cane: admit rodents that des- uw great quantities of grain every n. 11 is estimated that two hun- “mflllon dollars worth of grain is Warm ce. because it not ’ ure, for they are filling m moi-tan only parents] fearful loss but also mined in i protects the price, allowinge crop: 7 rise rapidly on the milk.. The,small_ g t g V needed, and a'voidih‘g'nthe dumping , come on the market as it is used or of grain either in a warehouse or on the market speculators which tends to lower the price. ' Sheet metal bins and cribs have been tested out for several years and are giving splendid satisfaction. They have the advantage of being fire, rat and moisture proof, and grain housed in them can be used as collateral on loans or advances. Nothing is safer than good grain housed in a safe place. These bins ,can be locked up and the key turned over to the banker or party who makes the loan. The renter can di- vide his crop with the land owner, and each can hold his share in a safe and secure place until it reaches the market. The time has come for ‘better and more permanent build- ings, and we will see more of these metal storage bins used in the fut- every re- quirement.———A. L. Haecker. GOVERNMENT BULLETINS OF INTEREST IN NOVEMBER SMALL list of Farmers’ Bulle— tins and Circulars of general in- terest during November is be— lieved to be of value to our readers. Copies may be obtained free by addressing the Ofiice of the Secretary, Publications, U n i t e d States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., as long as the supply lasts. Specify number and name and whether Farmers’ Bulletin or Department Circular. Farmers’ Bulletin 754, The Bed- bug; 847, Potato Storage and Stor- age Houses; 910, Sweet Potato Stor— age; 1091, Lining and Loading Cars of Potatoes for Protection from Cold; 1096, Frost and the Preven— tion of Damage from it; 1105,,Care of Mature Fowls; 1160, Diseases of Apples in Storage; 1186, Pork on the Farm: Killing, Curing, and Can- ning; 1194, Operating a Home Heat- ing Plant; 1210, Measuring and Marketing Farm Timber. Department Circular 238, U. S. Grades for Potatoes Recommended by the United States Department of Agriculture. RAISING THE SIGMMJLK CALF OOD results in calf raising re- G quire that the milk fed be fresh. One of the common causes of indigestion, and its most \pronounced symptom, scours, is feeding stale milk. It is possible to use sour milk successfully if the calf is once accustomed to it and if it is fed in the same condition regularly. Feed- ing milk that has been standing 24 hours, or even 12 hours, is danger— ous. Milk that is not really sour but old and stale is far more danger— ous than milk that is soured with a pure acid taste. The younger the calf the more sensitive it is to the condition of the milk. Fortunately the farm separator has solved the problem of getting good milk for calf feeding wherever cream is sold. Another cause of sickness in hand raised calves is feeding from dirty pails or cans. Every utensil that comes in contact with milk which is to be used for calf feeding should be kept as clean and scalded as thoroly as tho. the food was to be used by the family. We have seen a farm- er take a can of skimmilk out to the calf lot, take the pail off the top of a post and proceed to feed the calves. When he was through the bucket was again turned over the post. Feeding a bunch of calves in a pig trough is sometimes done. Sooner or later calves compelled to drink milk under such conditions will be sick with a bad case of scours and the owner will probably say he never did have any luck with skimmilk calves. It is just as important to keep the pen clean in which calves are kept in the barn. Experience has taught many men that calves will not do well in a damp, dirty pen or stall. Under such conditions pneumonia is almost certain to give trOuble. The calf needs all the sunlight it can get. In arranging the barn do not put the calf pen in a dark corner because the space is‘ difficult to use for other purposes. The calf pen,...should be given the sunniest place in the barn.- An abundance of water shoul'd'be available at alltimss. The . Ewes. 330.11“ f ' " come water in as -121,qu to " "and wants to PUBLIC 86 Head, .Regiatei'ed' I'Iolateina' V ADRIAN, OCTOBER 31,1923 10 A. M. at A. C. Funnel: Farm. 8 miles west on road M44. Nearwood Farm Herd R. P. CLEMENT SALE MICH. GUERNSEYS FOR SALE: Beauty A. 6th ' Zlotxriaxgionr lass c(“Sir1n lBuy type and roductx A. M. 8 ITH. _ BULL CAI-F 30 Right every way. Dam is dam ofnlll' "‘ "Inc". elle Missau Class D. D. and State '55 of same breed- .ng . uk (lingo .eadmg in G. G. Price for quiclrmealga 18250.0 . on. e City. Michigan. JERSEYS REG. JERSEYS, POGIS Majesty bre 99th OF H. F. all} no stock for sale. . 0‘1 0rd fully accredited b State and Federal Government. Wnte or visit or price GUY O. WILBUR. FOR SALE: JERSEY BULLS. FARM BREEDING. and dmcrrpti BELDING. nigh. HOOD J. E. MORRIS. Pennington, Michigan SHORTHORNB F O R SALE: Bull, 4 color. ' ind and gentle. Prlce right. If Interested L A. KI FOR SALE: FOU R h REGISTERED SHORT" ears old, of good size and dark regal. Wonderful herd sin. addr ess NG. R. 1, Harbor Springs. Michigan. REGISTERED BRED bercular fated. two year old Sher-thorn heifers. Tu Ten cents er und. Inquire PIPER G ODALE, East Tawas, Michigan. REGISTERED MILKING SHORTHORN CATTLE, Shropshire and Delaine ri ht. Write wants. Also 0 OVER CREST RANCH, RAISE SHORTHORNS Liszt Kelley does. U. S. sheep. Stock and ‘ car load feeding £1213: ' Tawas City. R3. Mich. WITHOUT HOR Accredited Herd 2 L 5. For description and price wri c. KELLY & SON, FOR SALE: SHORTHORN Black Top iaine Merino to, Plymouth. Michigan. CATTLE. IMPROVED Sheep. FRANK ROHRABACHER. Laingsburg. Michigan. 0 I 093. 75 LAST SPRING PIGS, PAIRS I l .I not akin. From 3 good strong sires. Also fall pigs Recorded free. is of depot. mile west OTTO SCHULZE & SONS. Nashville, Mich. 0 l c. Breeders. I Offer You 10 Weeks Old Boar Pig shipped subject to your approval for $12. pedigree furnlsh‘ed. A few Sired by M1ch1gan Giant. future use. Adams. Michigan. 80W pigs at same price. Order yours now for Maple Valley Stock Farm. North HAMPSHIRES Hampshire Bears and Fan Pigs Nov: Ready to 3311i Bred gill: season, 11th W. Snyder. St. Johns, Michl year. can. R. 4. DUROOS and Black Top Delai‘ne Hill Crest Farina, Perrinton, Mich. Shoes Domed . 35 stock lck triimr thing] t G ti t ‘6‘" ‘ t s u 0 1 e on. re 0 “"1313 ° NEWTON a. BLANK A from. 4 m AT THE STATE FAIR WE SHOWED ONE of the largest boars. clothes (no fitting). He want you Colonial Boar. Write us. SGHAFFER BR08.. R. PEACH HILL FAB In. Priced ve ENWO D BROS~ He won 3rd in his worm is back home and we have a. gilt or sow bred to this fine 4. Oxford. Michigan. offers choice weanling Dureo Dias. either reasonable. Write us. Romeo. Mich. A FEW cl-IOICE DUROO SHOATS. THE BIG long kind. Either sex. Price $10 ea registered. . A. LAMB & SON. Cassopoils. Michigan. Duroc Inn Offers Choice Durog Pigs Eithu- 8.x priced reasonable. Sired John L. by Walx Sensation. ' Wall, Reese, Michigan. R. 4. CHESTER WHITES CHESTER WHITES FOR SALE—S P R I N O Boers of right tyfiperith qualitY. Shi prove]. WILBE on up- ONES. Reese. Mc lgen. POLAND CHINA LARGE TYPE POLAND CHINAS. Gilt by Ohio Liberator. ONE FALL Spring boars and gilt: now read to ship. Write your wants. W. GAyLDWELL & SON, Springport. Mich. & SHEEP ‘5 FOR SHBOPSHIBE RAMS WRITE OR CALL 0N DAN BOOHER, R. 4. Evert. Michigan. WEST MARION O X F O R D 8. 25 YEARS for sale. Both sex. Breeding. The beta stock WM. VAN Sic LE. Deokervliie. Michigan FOR SALE—«Reg. Oxford Rama and Eves. Seth» rents Write your wants to G . bbefteal’elme. Mich. Phone Deelterillle 73$ AMERIOAN DELAINE SHEEP BOTH SEXIO ‘ ed and . . , . Both P n ma. a 33E mm fumes. ugh... Ow: e um: .ms an e- “ breeding. um; ~, a.“ eh! (“P 4 v intervals during the day. , has a, chance. I hay and grain. ' hand in the fall. ing its growth in the least. ed by the spring calf. age be grass or hay. grass gives much better results. the busy summer season. ed by flies and can be made more drink’ a little at a time .at frequent This need for water is often overlooked, and’ the calf is thirsty as well as hungry ' and gorges itself with milk when it Salt should also be kept Within reach of calves old enough to eat There are a number of advantages in having calves to be raised by The fall calf can be kept growing nicely on skimmilk until grass comes, then weaned and turned out to pasture without check- The dis— advantages of winter feeding are more than offset by the hot weather and annoyance from flies experienc— For the calf under six months it does not make much difference whether the rough- Some prefer hay, but for the second six montllis n the winter season the young calf is also more certain to get the careful attention it needs than it is during Summer calves are greatly annoy- «. Ei . comfortable by allowing access to a "darkened stable during the day time. Breeders of valuable pure- bred calves find it a good practice to inclose a small pen with fly scree .for the very young calves. ’ If there is any other good use for the skimmilk, the skimmilk calf should be ‘weaned at the age of six months. If the milk is needed es- pecially for other purposes it may be cut out of the ration at five months. When the calf reaches this age it is capable of eating enough grain and hay to continue its growth uncheck- ed after the milk is taken out. Weaning should be made gradually. ‘The milk allowance is cut perhaps one—fourth, then after three or four days to one-half, and finally elimin- ated. The grain ration should be continued for some time at least aft- er the milk feeding is discontinued. The mistake is sometimes made of cutting off both the milk _and grain at once and turning the calf out to pasture to shift for itself. This is too great a change to be made at once and results in the growth of the animal ‘being checked for two months or more. JEST T0 RESUME ES, an’ mebbe to presume, or whatever the word is—I ain’t writ anything in some little time ’cause my pen wuz out 0’ order an’ I didn’t have any ink an’ my mind wuz—well you know what it wuz. With all the bootleg’ stuff goin ’round, a man’s mind might be any— thing but a swill bar’el. You know there’s nice things ’bout hogs ’sides jest bacon an’ hams? They won’t drink bootleg whisky. All right, class me with ’em if you like, but I won’t drink either. An’ I ain’t hol— lerin’ for no five per cent stuff to take the place of the lick‘er we used to have neither. :But, while you’ve been readin' zmy letters right along, I ain’t been writ- in’ so often. You see I am like the ol’ Methodist preachers—when the “sperrit” calls say somethin’. Oh yes, the sperrit has called but bein’ out of ink I couldn’t answer the call. But now that a kind friend has given me part of a bottle 0’ ink I’m at it agin. It won’t be much to brag of ’cause I want to save my ink. But folks, there’s a lot of things goin’ on that riles me an’ mebbe riles you. In Oklahoma the Klu Kluxes are tryin’ to run things. So is Gov. Walt— on—they’re hevin’ a hot time of it taken altogether. Well, that ain’t all—Detroit an’ Wayne County kinda wants to run the state of Michigan —ain’t it? An' they say child labor ain’t used in the sugar beet fields— look up the records of these men an’ mebbe you’ll find they’re interested in the sugar beet bizness—ets allus wise to know a man ’fore you place too much faith into ’im. In Ken— tucky convicts are holding a jail—a siege is on an to a day or two ago the convicts Were havin’ the best of it. Farmers are at the mercy of spec- ulators an’ are losin’ money on most everything they raise. Two thousand people are killed in a year by poisoned hootch—if they didn’t drink it they wouldn’t be killed but that’s neither here nor there so we’ll say nothin’ ’bout it. 45 or 50 thousand are killed by automobiles every year——some of our able statesmen, preachers an’ such, want to amend the liquor laws an' make the stuff easier to git, but heve you heard one of ’em say a word . ’bout easin’ up on the motor laws? : An’ jest here let me ask what effect 5 it would have on bootl'eggin’ bizness ; 1‘; if we had five per cent beer, light gnClQ RubeoSpinech Sans: e / wines an’ all the trash the five per— centers advocate. They don’t be— lieve it would stop, bootleggin’ neither do you or I. We had lots of ’em when s’loons wuz runnin’ wide open—we would still heve ’em if the country was flooded with five per cent beer an’ light wine—yes, or any other so—called light stuff. An’ the congressmen are talkin’ of pass— in’ laws to help the farmer—some- thin’ like fixin’ a price for his out— put. Folks, don’t you see how fool- ish such talk is? As soon as a price wuz fixed by law to make a thing prof’table everybody would be rais— in’ that commodity an’ the world—— or government would be swamped. I work and deem it an honor to work for the largest food factory in the world. When the supply ex- ceeds the demand they immediately cut down the supply. If the farmers would do the same there would be no call for help from the gover’ment or from any other source—supply never has an’ never will create de‘ mand. Let demand govern your work——give it a couple years’ trial an' see how you come out. ‘ An’ even that ain’t the worst— marriages are exceedin’ births— 'purty nigh—an’ divorces are exceed- in’ both——purty nigh too. An’ yet we are livin’ in a free and enlightened country, what’s- the matter with it? The only way to help everybody ’ceptin’ gamblers is to stop gamblin’. The laws won’t let me shoot a in’cent little game 0’ craps or play a game of poker nor bet on a horse race for mebbe two bits or four bits a game, but it ’lows men to bet millions on your wheat crop, stock, cotton—the very things that make the nation rich an’ honest and great. Yes they do it every day ——they ain’t no law agin’ that so in conclusion I say—if you’re goin’ to be a thief be a big one—or if you’re goin’ to be a big’mist get 15 or 20 wives or ’husban’s, gamble on a big scale an’ the .law protects you, steal a hot dog to keep your baby from starvin’ an’ get 20 years to life im- prisonment—if you have a penknife onto you or a corkscrew it’s life an’ mebbe more. Now ain’t it the fact? An’ yet farmers ask fer farm loans from a gover’ment that is financed by———well from farmers. Does 35 cents out of a- dollar appeal to you? Dear farmer friends, that’s what you are gettin’ of every dollar I payfer your stuff. Cordially yours—~UNCLE RUBE. TBUSIHN'E-‘Sis F'ACAR ?. 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M Save Calves and Cows“ ‘ by Danny ABORNO '~ Guaranteed Remedy for comm Abortion ,Succeut'nlly u b ' . ‘ dd We.“ “199.5de of farmer‘an'uock; V 7 Lamb Lined coat. All Leather Coats ” Custom fur tanning. fur refinir and make over. gun.“ I hdmlnlaterodJI , antenna n . - 't ' . _Book.duérlbinkn _ °mflffig : . . ‘ ' ' rye iiiiiziiiaiigat “d . o 4 5 W. W. WEAVER 8:. mm owls. ‘ ‘ ' __ Custom Team. arr“. . 4“ i? is. , Foors’s MARKET LETTER BY W. W. FOOTE Improved Business Outlook EPORTS from business houses, manufacturers and bankers show a hopeful feeling, and were it not for the extreme difliculty ex- perienced in lifting the price of wheat to a level allowing a living profit for owners, the situation would be fairly satisfactory. Every- where it is recognized as a matter of the greatest importance that farmers should abandon the one—crop policy which is so dangerous to those who practice it, and it is fortunate that so many Michigan farmers are en- gaging in other lines, such as fruits, berries, grapes, poultry, etc. Huge shipments of apples are being made from Benton Harbor to Chicago, and a few days ago a train of thirty-five cars of apples, the largest that ever left Michigan, reached Benton Harb- or on its trip from Bangor, Michigan, to Chicago, each car containing from three hundred to four hundred bush- els of choice apples. Some of the enterprising farmers of northern Indiana are accomplishing great re- sults from onion culture, and a farm- er of Kosciusko County has grown 8,000 crates of onions on thirteen acres, which are worth $3.20 per 100 pounds delivered at the railroad. The muck land thereabouts is admir- ably adapted for growing onions. A Chicago grain man who has been over the northwest says that the corn crop in Minnesota and South Dakota is in fairly good shape to move. There is a large yield there, and Minnesota is becoming a dairy state to an extent that will ab- sorb the greater part of the coarse grains. Farmers in Minnesota, he says, are doing well where they have diversified their crops and gone into dairying. In North Dakota where they have followed this rule they are also doing better. Advanced Farming Methods The National Geographical Maga- zine for October has an intensely in- teresting article showing the meth- ods that are revolutionizing farming operations. It contains a picture of a “combine” at work on a Canadian farm. This gigantic machine cuts, threshes and delivers to the wagon alongside more than one hundred acres of wheat a day. Many elder- ly people can remember the time when it would have required the lab- or of about three hundred men to ac- complish the work in the same time, to say nothing of twenty-eight horses to haul the grain. Even the binder and threshing machine would call for about sixty men and forty horses for cutting, hauling in and threshing a hundred acres of wheat in a day. Another picture of bonan- za farming in Canada shows work on a seven-thousand-acre farm, illus- trating the character of the competi- tion the American farmer must meet in the future. One tractor and six men do the work of twenty—eight horses and fourteen men, with horse- drawu binders. The article points out that the high cost of labor will do more than any other agency to bring about lower production costs on the farm by necessitating an in- creased substitution of machines for hands. . The Grain Markets It is evident that putting wheat on a higher price basis cannot be done by applying the law of supply and demand, the farmer being out of all oportions, and after waiting for oped for outside help, prices lost much of their recent advance. World’s avail-able stocks of wheat increased nearly 53,000,000 bushels in September, and are now estimated at 215,000,000 bushels, or 38,000,000 bushels more than last year. Europe shows no disposition to buy freely, and exports are still running far be- low a year ago. Minneapolis mills are grinding at 62' per cent of their capacity, against 68 per «at last year, and mill feed in that market is off $1.50 to $2 a ton. Excellent crop reports are coming from the south- west, plenty of rains having fallen. flie visable wheat supply in the ¢ ‘ I————, j J MARKET SUMMARY Wheat easy and demand slow. changed. Beans firm and demand satisfactory. large and demand small. Eggs for poultry. Cattle strong to slow. Sheep steady. Hogs lower. Corn (quiet. Oats and rye un- ~ Receipts of butter higher and firm. Fair demand . / (Note: The above summarized Information was received AFTER the balance of the mar- ket page was out In type. It contains last minute some to prom—Editor.) Information up to within one-hail hour of r—r United States is up to 66,000,000 bushels, comparing with 33,411,000 bushels a year ago. It is obviously impossible to tell just what the fud- ture will develops, but perhaps it would be a good plan to hold back part of the crop and see what takes place. The bears place much stress upon the appearance of Russia as an exporter of wheat. With rye selling as much as 37 cents below wheat, it fails of a good export movement. Late sales were made in the Chicago market of December wheat at $1.05, comparing with $1.12% a year ago, showing a marked recent decline. Farmers Sell Corn Old corn is a mighty scarce article, but the new crop is a big success, and there is a growing tendency among farmers of the corn belt to sell as much old corn as they can spare, the prevailing impression be- ing that market prices are good and worth taking. While predictions are fallible, it seems not unlikely that corn will settle later on a lower price basis. At any rate, the coun- try shows more disposition to sell new corn to arrive. Not long ago yellow corn was sold in the Chicago market at $1.14 a bushel, being 11 cents higher than during the previ- ous week, and the highest price paid since September, 1920. In recent years it sold as high as $1.85 to $2.36. Oats are not selling very high, and much is being fed on farms. All the grains are exported much less freely than a year ago; yet the visible oats supply is but half that of last year. On the other hand, that of rye aggregates 15,880,000 bushels, comparing with 9,555,000 bushels a year ago. ,December corn sells on the Chicago market at 75 cents, comparing with 67% cents a year ago, while December oats sold ' at 42 cents, or the same as a year ago. . “Corn is selling above a profitable feeding basis as compared with the price of hogs," said Herbert J. Blum, “Government reports show that in September the ratio of the number of bushels of corn required to buy 100 pounds of live hog was 8.5 to 1, the lowest for that month in over fourteen years. In July the ratio was 7.7 to 1 and in June 7.51 to 1. The annual average for thirteen years is 11.2 to 1, and it is usually figured that when the ratio drops below’lo to 1 that feeding is not profitable. I look for farmers to sell both corn and hogs unless there is a marked widening of the diner-- ence, and corn will probably have to decline." The Hog Problem T0 feed or not to feed is the ques- tion which is bothering many stock- men owning young hogs, and a short time ago an Indiana farmer wanted to know whether he should mature his bunch of 40 youngsters averaging in weight 150 pounds. Much de- pends upon whether the farmer is well equipped for fattening his hogs: and it is always easy to make mis- takes, but where the farmer has plenty of corn and other feeds and the pigs are healthy, and thriving, most experienced farmers, it would seem, would feel like taking a chance and wait until they tip the scales at around 200 pounds at least before marketing. If feed must be bought, it is another matter. Of course,-the~ farmer must do a little figuring, set- ting down the probable cost of the corn consumed and the probable price the hogs will bring when sold. It is well to consider the enormous hog supply in the country, and lower prices for the remaining months of the year are looked for. Last week's ‘ Chicago receipts were overwhelming, and prices fell with a vengeance, large numbers being carried over nightly, with a poor eastern" ship- ping demand. Light weights sold much lower than the heavies. The week’s hog receipts were the largest since early in July, and prices were the lowest since then, closing sales being at $6.15. Heavy butchers sold highest, being 20 cents above prime bacon lots. A year ago the best hogs brought $9.65. Combined receipts in twenty markets for the year to date amount to 33,148,000 hogs, comparing with 25,802,000 a year ago. Excessive Cattle Receipts Last week’s Chicago cattle re- ceipts were enormous, and after early sharp advances in prices due to moderate supplies, the later big runs sent values down at a rapid pace. Last week’s receipts reached 81,600_cattle, the largest of the year, and prices were 50 to 75 cents lower. Steers sold largely at $8.75 to $11,- 75, the week’s top being $12.85 and closing top $12.25. The better class sold at $11 and over, with pretty good lots at $9.50 to $10 and com- mon kinds at $6.75 to $7.50. Stock- ers and feeders were off largely 25 to 50 cents, selling at $4.50 to $8.- 25, good lots being taken mainly at $5.50 to $7. The best calves sold at $11 to $12.25 and cows and heif- ers at $4._50_.to $9. Large Sales of Feeding Lambs This has been a great year for the sale of range feeding lambs, and in addition to the large purchases made in the Chicago and other mar- kets, extensive buying has been car- ried on in the range country. These purchases do not show up in the market receipts, so that the pub- lished statements of shipments of lambs from western markets are misleading. Michigan is a heavy buyer and feeder of lambs this year, the big corn crop raised this season acting as a stimulus, while Indiana and Illinois are going to feed heavily. The recent government report on the feeder sheep and lamb business for the year up to October 1 shows 33 per cent more gone to the country during July, August and September than last year. The present indica- tions are that the far west will feed less lambs this year and the corn belt more. Colorado is expected to feed the usual number of lambs. and it is now thought that the aggregate number fed in the country will be much the same as last year. Feed- ing lambs going to the country cost less than a year ago. Breeding ewes have had a large demand all the fall, with nowhere near enough to go around, and high prices are paid, a few yearlings going as high as $12 per 100 pounds. There is no danger of eyer-doing the sheep business at present. The number of .sheep in the United States on January 1 was only 37,209,000 head comparing with 61,504,000 in 1900, while our population increased 30,000,000. Last week’s Chicago lamb market showed a decline of $1 to $1.50 sales being the lowest since a week earlier and the lowest since August. Late sales of lambs were at $9 to $12.80, feeder lambs fetching $12 to $13. World’s Potato Crop Short The world's production of pets- toes this year was more than 5.000,- 000,000 bushels exclusive of Russia. The fifteen countries reporting to date the crop this *year is 79 per cent of last year’s. Northwestern Europe produces the largest crops of potatoes, the soil being especially . 0 adapted to In; Productiangx ~ silk ‘K it... . first , '1‘. Less talk on government for the wheat farmers accounts for a weak- ness in the wheat market during the past week. Other conditions remain- ed about the same as they were two ‘ The trade still feels ‘ weeks ago. that the government intends to do something to help the farmer but the buyers who loaded up during the past months have become a little nervous and are selling. The result has been lower prices. The ones who do not believe that the govern- ment will help can see nothing but lower prices in the future while there are others who will buy the moment a new plan is suggested. World news gives the market a' bean ish outlook. Canada is disposing of a large crop. Argentine claims to have a heavy crop while Russia is» reported to be ready to feed most of Europe. In spite of these reports the market has not weakened as much as many have expected. ces Detroit—Cash No. 1 red, $1.14; No. 2, $1.13; No. 3, $1.10; No. 2 white, $1.14; No. 2 mixed, $1.13. Chicago—Cash N0. 3 red, $1.05; No. 2 hard, $1.07@1.11. Prices one year ago—Detroit, Cash No. 2 red, $1.22; No.‘ 2 white and No. 2 mixed, $1.20. 5 CORN ~ The Detroit corn market was quiet last week and prices declined on the closing day of the week. However for the last two weeks the price at Detroit has advanced a total of six cents. Buyers expect large receipts this week as they believe that farm- ers are willing to sell at present price levels. ‘ Prices Detroit—Cash No. 2 yellow, $1.14; No. 3, $1.13. Chicago—Cash No. 2 mixed, $1.05 @1.07; No. 2 yellow, $1.06@1.08%. Prices one year ago—Detroit, Cash No. 2 yellow, 7835c; No. 3, 771/2c; No. 4, 7655c. OATS There has been little change in the cat market during the past fort- night and prices at Detroit are 2 cents below what they were two weeks ago. Receipts are small and the market quiet in tone. Prices Detroit—Cash No. 2 white, 48c; No. 3, 460. ‘ Chicago—Cash No. 2 white, 42%, @440; No. 3 white, 40% @430. Prices one year ago——Detrolt, Cash No. 2 white, 490; No. 3, 4735c; No. 4, 45¢. RYE Rye was steady at Detroit last week but the price was one cent lower. Demand has .slowed up some according to reports. However, this seems to be a temporary lull only, and leaders in the market expect to , see increased demand in the near future and higher prices. Prices ' Detroit—Cash No. 2, 77c. Prices one year ago—Detroit, Cash No. 2, 84c. BEANS The bean market at Detroit be- came easy the forepare of the past fortnight and prices declined. Now the market seems to be again on the road to recovery. Demand has improved and the price gained on the closing day at Detroit last week. .The market appears to have con- siderable strength. Reports reach us from the bean growing sections of the state that the new crop is' yielding well, the high yields being from 25 to 30 bushels to the acre. As to the future trend of this market you will be interested in the article by B. A. Stickle appearing on page 3 of this issue. You may not agree with him but it will be well worth your time to read it. Elevators re-‘ port new beans coming to market in '- large quantities. Detroit——C. H. P.,_$5.40@5.50 per i _ Prices one, ‘ ' $6 60 p B . . m. ' 1. W was .4 c ‘ -. “fr ‘ HPMnD-lptmm—e bHoee Hates 109m pi Mam“ 1* 0887 at Detroit and. liberal; supplyfwith prices '- line“ Changed: The new crop "is going to” " 1 7 market quiterapidlya'nd most mark- ..ets report supply ini'excess of de- mand... The New England potato crop is turningout well and is ofex- - cellent quality, Reports from all sections of the country where pota- toes are. grown, with the exception of the west, indicate that the 'crop is of good quality. 'In the west there are several sections that report yield and quality disappointing. Farmers Prices Detroit—Michigan, $1.33 @ $1.36 per cwt. ' ‘ Chicago—Wisconsin, round white, 90c@$1-.10 per cwt. Prices one year ago—Detroit, Michigan, $1.20 per cwt. HAY , The demand for the bettergrades has continued good but lower grades are moving slowly. Hay prices have fiucuated with supply and demand at the principal markets. While some markets are reporting a supply ex- ceeding the demand, as a rule the op- posite is the case» and more strength is shown and the general average of prices is a little higher. Prices Detroit—No. 1 timothy, $21@ $22; standard and light mixed, $20.50 .@$21; No. 2 timothy, $19@$20; No. 1 clover mixed, $12.50@$13; per ton. Chicago—No. 1 timothy, $25@ $28; No. 2, $22@$25; No. 1 light tim- othy and clover mixed, $23@$25; No. 1 clover, $21@$23; No. 2, $17@$19. per ton. ' Prices one year ago—Detroit, standard timothy and light clover, $16.50@$17; No. 1 clover, $15@$16, per ton. THE EXPERIENCE POOL (Continued from page 13.) better and it was three dollars cheaper. They are a fine thing if they will work right, they heat the whole stove, oven and water in res- ervoir. The Roberts Metallic Bath Tub Company has the best one I have seen. It costs more. I think it is worth the extra you have to pay for it. The Oliver has a small tank v that has to be put six foot above the stove. It is nasty to fill. The Rob- Week of October 28 3 VERAGE conditions for this week in Michigan are not ex- pected to vary much from sea- sonal’although if there is any dif- ference temperature will be a little above normal and precipitation (rain or snow) will be a little below. Wind currents will be such during the first part of this week to induce an infiowing of air with the result that the most part of the first half will be fair with cool nights and mornings. About Wednesday the weather will become unsettled and the temp- erature warmer. These conditions will intensify during Thursday at which time we expect showers and high winds. These conditions will be general during the greater part of the remainder of the week but the showers will be mostly light in character. , At the end of this week the temp- eratures will fall to much lower readings- . Week of November 4 The early days of this week will experience cold. fair weather in Michigan. These conditions will gradually weaken so that by the middle of the week light showers and high winds will have reached the state and con- tinue over Thursday when showers will be general but mostly light. Winds will also be strong, rapidly shiftingto the northwest and induc- ing clearing skies. However, rising temperature on Friday will induce gmore cloudiness and during the last two days of the week unsettled mather will prevail with light rain or snow fiurries general. ‘ ‘ Moderate December “be an average late ad December will be lint .. -. ' x ‘ "9m. them but. mam. as a: pamp‘attsched to tank to rnmn' the ,va‘fi-r.j:{,'Phe’7Oliv§-r .has *no pump. .wish, I had my fifteen dollars out of mine. I hope I am: not too late to do some good. Mrs. W. E. Steven- son, R3, Milford, Mich. There are several Oliver burners in this vicinity—some in ranges, some in heating stoves and-some in big heating stoves in stores, and the owners think they are would not think of exchanging them for coal or wood now. Some have had trouble with their burners but have found that it was through their owu fault—that the tank was not water tight where the outdoor tank was used, or the tank was not high enough above the burner, etc., but Whenever one follows directions carefully I think he or she will like the burner very much. Of course a change to something new is harder for some than for others and if things do not go just right all’the time some get discouraged, but if they will use patience and judgment and especially the Oliver directions, I believe the burner will be entirely satisfactory. Sincerely, Mrs. Nor- man Moyle, Mattawan, Mich. PRICE FIXING HOLDS NO HOPE FOR WHEAT FARMERS (Continued from Page 3) to make sure that the acreage called for was not exceeded." If the price of wheat were fixed, it is natural to assume that the prices of flour and bread would be controlled. It is also logical to as— sume that demand would develop for a profit to be guaranteed pro- ducers of other commodities; cotton, tobacco, and dairy products. An- other step, and price fixing would be carried over into the industrial field. Where will it end? There is no line that marks a definite stopping place. Economic Solution The American Farm Bureau Fed- eration has considered the wheat question an economic problem call- ing for an economic solution. Legis- lation can help and has helped by laying the foundation upon which to build the economic solution. The Farm Bureau took the leadership in demanding storage and credit legis- lation at Washington that would per- mit farmers to store their products, if in their judgment that was the profitable thing to do and finance the selling of them over the consumptive period instead of “dumping” them at harvest. The Farm Bureau has been instrumental in the passage of laws removing the legal obstructions in the path of co—operative associa— tions. Thus, through legislation, the way has been opened for farmers to use their own initiative and intelli- gence in making farming profitable. The responsibility for success rests o_n them and not on political repre-- sentatives. The American Farm Bu— reau believes that the responsibility is resting where it belongs. The situation might be illustrated thus: The Government builds the concrete highways upon which mer- chants, bankers and farmers may operate their automobiles but it does not presume to operate the automo— bile of any of these individuals. It maintains the highways and enforces the traflic rules equitably to all. The Government also builds the economic highways along which the business .of the merchant, the banker and farmer is carried. The responsibility of the Government is to see that the business of each may be transacted on a basis of equality. There its responsibility ends. A price, fixed by the Government, is here taken to mean a guaranteed minimum price. ‘ If the supply was so large that the natural price, set by supply and de- mand, would be lower than the guar- anteed price, the Government would buy in the surplus. It the Govenment had to dispose of its purchases at a loss, the deficit would be met by taxation. A price satisfactory to the high- cost producers would be high enough that theseproducers would continue to produce wheat and the low-cost producers would plant additional acreage when/it is generally agreed that the world supply of wheat is too large to sell at a profit to large num- bers of farmers. . Acreage which ought to be devot- ed to other purposes would be used for wheat and higher taxes would be necessary. ' r ' Some proposals-include provisions just fine. , expected from it. On farmers, and 'not on political representatives, rest: putting penalty’for excess supply up; .on prOducers. ’ This is proper if. workable. It may be pointed out that under the, present arrangement, without a fixed price, the penalty for overproduction falls upon the grow- ers. Price fixing, once started, would naturally extend. to numerous com- ,modities. There is no logical stop- plug place. Heretofore, price regu- lation in the 'Jnited States has been held in the field of monopoly as in th ecase of railroads or has been subject to voluntary arbitration as in the case of milk (war measures ex- cepted.) Price fixing would subject eco- nomic relationships to politics. Pro- duction and distribution would be controlled by government commis- sions. We would have a kind of socialism. With prices under polit- ical control, the farmer would find himself outvoted three to one. The American Farm Bureau Fed- eration considers the wheat question an economic problem that can best. be solved by economic measures. Legislation can and should be and has been used in removing obstruc- tions in the way of the economic pro— gram. This is all that should be HIP Your Honey, Beans, Potatoes, Poultry, Eggs, Veal, Fruit and Vegetables to lug. Lady Motorist--—“Oh, Mister Policeman, when I tell you why I speeded, you'll let me go.” Officer—"Why were you speeding?" Lady Motorist—“I was trying to catch up with that lady to see how her hat is trimmed."-——Dry Goods Economist. GET YOUR COAL FREE Special offer to Michigan Business Farmer readers. A large success- ful 16—year old coal company, The PeOples Coal Company, 1120 W. 35th St., Dept. 675, Chicago, 111., shipping direct from mine to user, is offering this unusual opportunity to one coal user in every neighborhood Who has a few hours spare time each month. 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