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“To make farming what it ought to be—the most
pleasant and profitable profession in the war .”

This is Henry Ford’s vision of the Fordson.

Not a mere machine of so much horsepower, so
many cylinders or so much drawbar pull. All are
important. But much more than that—an oppor-
tunity to make farm life, your life, more produc-
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This visionfiof a better day on the farm has become
} more than a dream. The Fordson has made farm-
ing more pleasant and profitable.

How well the spirit of the builder is moulded 
the Fordson through years of patient testing is ,
proven by experience of a host of owners.

With operations organized on a more profitable
basis, work done when it should be, labors lighter ‘
in proportion to results, the drudgery gone, life is
really more pleasant on Fordson Farms.

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., Board of Agriculture ‘ Sues Administrative Board

Long Drawn-out'Battle at Lansing Comes to Head When Petition fer Writ of Mandamus is Filed

Before Supreme Court

HAT we have been looking for
over at Lansing happened last
Friday when. the Supreme

court was formally asked to decide
the issue which has befogged the
situation there ever since David Fri-
day left in the midst of a hot battle.
the presidency of the Michigan Agri—
cultural College.

There are many points, personal
and political involved, but the direct
issue to be decided is whether the
farm bureau can, by contributing
some $190,000 to the salaries of
county agents in Michigan, demand?
a part of their services to further
their own organization ends. The
Governor claimed not and because
the state board of agriculture refus-
ed to meet his demands finally,
through the state administrative
board, cut off all extension funds.

In this brief for a writ of manda-
mus filed by Judge William L. Car-
penter, it is claimed that the Gover-
nor, and‘his board thus assumed to
exercise most unusual powers over
the appropriation of the 1923 legis-
lature for extension work by the ag-
ricultural college, in the face of the
provisions of Section 8 of Article 11
of the state (institution which pro-
vides that "supervision of the college
and the direction and control of all
agricultural college funds shall be
by the state board of agriculture.”

The petition, which is made on be-
half of the state board of agriculture,
with Governor Groesbeck and the
other members of the state admin-
istrative board as defendants, sets
forth at length the complete history
of this controversy between the two
official bodies, and asks for a writ of
mandamus to compel the adminis-
strative board to compel its instruc-
tions to the auditor general forbid-
ding him from issuing a warrant
for $75,000 to the state board of
agriculture and other warrants
which may properly be requested
and also to compel the auditor
general to issue the warrant in
question.

No Order Yet

There was not a. quorum of the
supreme court present Friday to
sit in the matter and issue an order

 

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Playing Political Checkers at Lansing
(Last Minute Wire from the "Front”.)

Landing, Nov. 5.—The next move in the case is up to the adminis-
trative board as a result of an order issued by the state supreme court
Monday compelling the administrative board to show cause on or be-
fore November 8 why a writ of mandamus should not be issued com-
pelling Auditor General 0. B. Fuller to turn over $75,000 of the ex-
tension work money rcquired’ by the agricultural board.

Clare Retan, assistant attorney general, who Will handle the case
for the administrative board, declared Monday he probably would

have his brief ready for filing Wednesday.

The position of the state

will be that the legislature has power to direct how appropriated funds
shall be expended and can delegate authority to the state administra-
tive board or any other state agency to see how such funds are ex-

pended.

 

 

for the administrative board to show
cause why the writ should not issue.
A quorum might be obtained Satur-
day, but it is not expected before
some time next week.

“Respondent (administrative)
board has assumed to command re-
]ator (board of agriculture)” de-
clares the brief of Judge Carpenter
in support of the petition. The rea-
sons for this conclusion as set forth
are:

(a) “To remove the director of
extension work who has been duly
appointed by relator and approved
by federal department of agricult-
ure, and to appoint in his stead an-
other person not chosen by relator
and not approved by said department
of agriculture.

(b) “To invest in the person
thus chosen by respondent board the
exclusive power to employ all county
agents and other employee engaged
in said extension work. to prescribe
their duties and fix their salaries.

(c) “To cut off more than $190,-
000 of the funds derived from pri-
vate contribution and available for
said extension work, although the
use of such funds has been expressly
authorized by said Smith—Lever act."

Stress Federal Act Eflect

Much stress is laid by Judge Carp-
enter and John W. Beaumont, his as-
sociate counsel in the case, on the

part played in this issue by the fed-
eral government under the Smith-
Lever act, by which M. A. C. receives
$160,000 annually for extension
work from the federal department
of agriculture by its matching this
amount with $150,000 more, which
was the object of the $150,000 ap—
propriation for this year and next
made by the 1923 legislature.

It is pointed out in the brief that
Prof. Robert J. Baldwin was selected
as director of extension work for the
college, which is expressly approved
by the United States secretary of
agriculture, that in June of this year
Prof. Baldwin submitted his plan of
the work for the next year and that
on June 15 it was approved by the
federal chief of extension work, and
on June 20 by the federal director
of states, relations service.

That budget totaled $597,317 (li-
vided as follows: State of Michigan,
$150,000; United States government,
$160,000; various counties, $95,828;
county farm bureaus, $191,489.

Support Farm Bureau Aid

Contracts and engagements have
already been entered into for county
agents and other extension workers,
and that organization is now in op—
eration, says the brief, on the basis
of the budget presented. It is insist-
ed that contributions by the- local
farm bureaus are benefich and that

“this is the design of the department
of agriculture (federal) in order to
intensify the local interest of the
farmer in said extension work and
to induce him to pay directly a large
portion of the expense of the work
that is wholly for his benefit.”

Then the brief recites the various
actions of the state administrative
board which finally culminated in its
adoption of the report by Charles J.
DeLand, secretary of state and a
board member, which provides that
this year's state appropriation of
$150,000 for extension work be with-
held until the state board of agricul-
ture comply with the following de-
mands:

(1)

That the extension division

    
      

be placed in the hands of the dean :

of agriculture at M. A. C.
(2)
their salaries and expenses
state, federal and county
"but from no other source,”
cutting out the local farm bureaus’
support
(3)
submit to the administrative board

That the dean of agriculture ,

That county agents receive- :
from 3
funds, 2
thus :

a revised budget on that basis, and 2
then if funds are not sufllcient to .

meet all expenses “the
referred to this (administrative)
board for further attention.”

matter be ‘

Relative to the provision in the ;

1923 state appropriation act which ‘
gives the administrative board “gene ‘
eral supervisory control” of the fund ‘
in question, the~brief contends that ‘

the legislature obvioust intended
that the appropriation should be
used “in accordance with the consti-
tution and federal and state laws
in carrying on said extension work.”
The attorneys maintain that the
authority of the administrative
board which it has assumed would
interpret the state legal provision as
follows:

“The appropriation made in this
act shall not be turned over to the
state board of agriculture unless that
board agrees to expend the same in
whatever way the state administra-
tive board may determine, even
though thereby the applicable con-
stitutional provision and the federal
and state laws are violated."

Owosso Farmer Makes $1500 From Ten Acres of Michigan Robust Beans

By H. C. RATHER

1 Extension Specialist, rum crops, Michigan Agricultural College.

TEEN hundred dollars from

ten acres of beans, numerous
fields‘which returned $1 to
$150 per acre, the excep nal
achievement of an OWosso grower
whose high yield went in the peak
market and brought $185 per acre.
These are. numbered among the. 19 23
achievements of Michigan growers
of Robust beans. ,
While farmers in the Wolverine
state have partaken in a measure of
the hardships which are the lot of
agriculturists with. ninety per cent
wheat the great crop of navy beans,
for which Michigan is famous, have
been a means of averting a. good deal
of the disaster which has come upon
the one crop farmers further west.
Particularly is this true with the
class of bean growers who have em-
ployed every means to produce their
crop economically, for while the av-
erage grower in Michigan produced
only ten and one half bushels per
acre, worth on the seven dollar mar-
ket about $44, the average grower of
Robust beans in Michigan produced
twenty-one bushels per acre and his
acre income on the same basis was

over $90. '

We First Bow in 1915'
Rabat beans first-made their bow
to 1mm in 1915. The variety is

   
  

were seeking a. means of combatting
the ravages of been diseases which
were taking a heavy toll from the
farmers’ profits. The most plausible
control seemed, to be a variety im—

mune or at least resistant to the dis- _

eases Which caused this serious loss.

Accordingly, when Professor F. A.
Spragg in his numerous trials of
commercial white navy beans found
a very bushy disease—free plant comb
Pletcly surrounded by disease strick-
en nelghbors, be carefully increased
and tested its progeny and found he
had W of real merit.

The. bean: itself was typical of the
usual rim of Richigan white navy
bespoke-bowing no appreciable differ-
ence. appointees, quality, or cook-
ing character. It fitted right in with
the regular run of commercial beans
of this kind which have made beans
from Italian: no desirable.

ream to who “firmness.
andm'mtomtmumn.
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functions in attaining vigorous grow-
th. Then as the crop reaches ma.-
turity the: leaves fall almost in a day
and a. well-vined and padded plant,
easily handled on the fork is left.

From three to seven days longer
growing season is required for R0-
bust beans than for some of the ear-
lier navy beans, but early June
plantings have proven very depend«
able in this State.

“In my first experience with this
variety,” says Sam Conke, a promin-
ent bean grower in Michigan's
Thumb district, “I nowed half of a
large field to Robusts and the other
half to my own commons. The Ro-
busts yielded 37 bushels per acre
while the commons produced 25.”

Another Thumb district farmer
sowed- Bobust and common beans in
alternate rows across the center of
his field and harvested them separ-
ately. The Robust outyielded the
commons by nine. bushels per acre.
E; 0.1!cC‘artyo-fBadAxswa-soneof

vantage in this improved variety and.
trials in New England, New York,
Minnesota, and California have all
indicated this superior productivity
and disease resistance of Robust
beans.

Disease Resistance Fact-or

The disease resistance is not only
an important factor in yield, but de-
creases the picking percentage when
the beans are marketed. Michigan
elevators almost invariably report
Robust beans as brought in by their
farmers, to be the lighter pickers.

At one time some elevators be—
lieved wrinkling of beancoats to be
characteristic of this variety, but a
careful survey of the situation by
the writer indicated this to be some—
what of an illusion. While Robust
beans when wet may wrinkle and
cause loss overpicking machinery
the same is true of commons. In
fact elevators in districts which
handled no Robust beans whatever.
reported as much of this trouble as
any, while the Finds Cooperative El—
evator, a prominent member of the
Hichigan Elevator Exchange and
whose volume runs nearly 90 per
mt to» Robust beans reported no
massive difficulty whatever.
Robust and commons harvested und-
u' the same conditions have proved
to be about alike so far as this char—
acteristic is concerned. It is Inter—
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Dclcgntcs and visitors to thc Fifth”:

Annual Session of the Michigan Statc

Grunge assemblcd in front of the Muskegon Armory whcre the meetings were held

   

Grange Approves of Prisoners Building Roads

Decided Stand Taken On Important Questionsof the Day at F iftieth Annual Meeting of the
Michigan State Grange at Muskegon
By CARL H. KNOPF

(Spocial Corrcspondcnt of 'l‘hc Michigan Business Farmer.)

OUNDING out a full half-century
of meetings. the 1923 session of
the Michigan State Grange, held

at Muskegon, October 23—26, was
pronounced one of tho host in the
history of the order. ’l‘hroo hund—
red and seven delegates Wore present
representing seventy-five (’fillllzll‘S of
Michigan. These delegates. to'w‘thor
with the many visitors, brought the
total attendance abovo the seven
hundred mark.
Enthusiasm and
dominated the, nicotingr. Enthusi—
asm ovcr the record made by the
Grange during tho past: your and a
determination to carry out a pro—
gram of G ‘ange organization and ex—
tension work which shall :«vt'uro own

determination

greater results during tho coming
year.
It is very commcdobl“ of tho,

Grange that the women have equal
representation with tho non. lt‘ullv
half the delegates at this session
wore farm women. They did thcir
share of organization and committee

work and Were prominent, in the (lit-:5

cussion of the various issues con—
Sidered. As a meeting of earnest,
progressive farm leaders, both men
and women the State Grange for
1923 had no superior.

Four Big lssucs in Michigan

There is no doubt as to the temper
of the l‘angers of Michigan. They
are determined and mighty determ—
ined, especially concerning the four
big issues of the present time in
Michigan, namely, Income Tax, Gas
Tax. Prohibition, and the State
Board of Agriculture.

From the very beginning of tho
meeting. resolutions concerning
these four subjects began pouring in
from all parts of the state and left
no question whatevor as to what the
Grange thinks. And the action tak—
en by the delegates leaves no doubt
as to what the Granges proposes to
do in regard to these live questions
of the day.

The address of State Master A. B.
Cook of Owosso gave the keynote
of the meeting. Gov. Groesbeck and
the State Administrative Board were
denounced for their attempt to usurp
power. State Master Cook stated,
“The Administrative Board seems to
be supreme from the fact that it is
so organized as to control very large—
ly tho legislative appropriations, and
this, of course, gives it a strangle
hold on all state activities. The
State Board of Agriculture has had
difficulty exercising its constitutiona—
al perogativcs in directing the col—

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lege’s affairs. The makers of the
constitution contemplated no such

interference.”

Gov. Groesbeck was pictured as
attempting the role of a dictator,
especially in connection with the gas
tax, which measure was vetoed with-
out regard to the wishes of the
people of Michigan.

The stand taken by U. S. Senator
Couzens in favor of a modification of
the Volstead Act was criticised by
Mr. Cook who said: “The attitude
'of one of our United States senators
who declares in effect that the eight—
eenth amendment is unenforceable,
a joke, and who asks for the return
of old time beer, is astounding. We
regard the attitude of. indifference
taken by many of our highest public
officials in regard to prohibition en—
., forcement as constituting the great-
est reflection upon our system of
government with which it has ever

been confronted. ” . . -..

\VHIGRE THE STA 'l‘ltl

Law enforcement.
Consolidated Schools.
Incomc tax amendment.

 

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Vcto of gas tax bill.
One-man govcrmncnt.

 

 

GRANGE STOOI) AT ITS
FIFTIETH ANNl'Ali MEETING,

Endorsed:

A systcm of uniform text. books.

Private Pcat’s "Plan for l’wcc.”

I’sc of convict labor to build roads.

Stand of Static Board of Agriculturc.

“'ork of county :‘lg'ricultural agcnts.

Enforccmcnt of I‘Iightccnt'h Amcudmcnt.

()nly taxpayers shall votc on bond issucs.

]<lstablishmcnt ot‘ stat-c-owncd ccincnt plant.
lilstahlishmcnt of state-owned t'crtilizcr plant.

All votcrs be ablc to l‘(‘:l(l and writc lCquish languagc.
rl‘o prohibit hunting, fishing: or t'nppinc.‘ on posted land.
’l‘hc Mcggison system for distribution of primary school funds.

(‘ondcmncdz

Further propog'ation ol‘ (‘hincsc phcusants.
Falsc reports conccrniug child labor in thc hcct fields.

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\Vork loss hours per day and sound
more time at recreation was an out—
standing recommendation made by
the State Master. “Does it, seem the
part, of Wisdom to work our heads
off producing a surplus which others
will not pay us a fair price for?” he
asked. “,llcoplo in other lines do-
termino thoir hours of labor and the
pOWer of public opinion enforces the
decision. We can, and should, do
the same. With reasonable modern
working hours and conditions for the
farmer, no oversupply would come.
One hour of labor would stand
against one hour of our brothers in
other industries. Our market, re-
lieved of its overburden, could be
placed on a compensatory basis and
kept there. Then the farm would
be a good place for young and old.
Mr. Cook recommended a ten hour
day, including chores, for the farm
saying that it would about equal an
eight hour day in the city where con—
siderable time must be spent in go—
ing to, and returning from, work.

Higher Scalefor Farm Family

The State Master also spoke of the
splendid results being secured

 

 

Center:

 

Left: C. H. Bram-
ble, State Overseer.
Mrs. Dora
M. Stockman.
Right: State Master
A. Cook
and wife.

through co-ordinating the efforts of
the 'Grange with those of the Farm
Bureau and other organizations.

Mr. (look closed his address with
an app =11] to the farm folks to put
farming on a higher plane. to estab-
lish play grounds on the farms and
to take more recreation. He stress—
ed the importance of an increased
farm income which he believes can
be obtained by reducing the number
of working hours and through co—
operative marketing.

He asked for a square deal for the
women of the farms and asserted
that the boys and girls of the farms
must have the opportunities and ad—
'antages which truly belong to them.

For Prohibition Enforcement;

The Grange has always been one
of the bulwarks of the prohibition
movement and they still stand four—
square on the proposition. The first
resolution to be introduced called for
the strict enforcement of the Eight—
eenth Amendment and asserted that
the only modification should be such
as would make it stronger and more
drastic. The vote was unanimous
for the resolution.

 

  
    
     
      
       
    
  

 

 

 

   

Still another resolution called for
strict enforcement of the law and
condemned the laxity of some public
offimal, notably those judges who are
not living up to their trust.

The Grangers also promised to
make law enforcement an issue
whenever officials are to be elected.
Grocsbcck and Administrativc Board
. Whenever the State Administrat—
ive Board or Gov. Groesbeck were
mentioned, the fireworks immediate-
ly started. There probably has never
been a convention which was more in
accord on a subject than are the
Grangers on the present situation in
Michigan. They know exactly what
they want, and they intend to get
what they want. If there was the
slightest sentiment for the other
sirle, it certainly never showed it—
self.

The Grangers did not hesitate to
condemn the Governor for his veto
of the Gas Tax Bill, which veto they
feel was in direct opposition to the
Wishes of the people of Michigan.
Neither did they fail to denounceithe
one—man government which has been
bullt up through State Administrat-
ive Board and under the camouflage
of efficiency and economy. In a res-
olution directed against the present
system the Grange asks that a two—
thirds vote of the Administrative
Board be sufficient to over—ride any
veto which the governor may attempt
to put on their actions. At present
the Governor’s veto is final.

\ The State Grange emphasised.
however, that their criticism of Gov.
(lroesbeck was for certain things
which he has done and was not in—
tended as political condemnation. As
proof of this they passed a resolution
commending the Governor for using
convict labor to build roads. Fur-
ther commendation was given in the
form of a telegram pledging him
Grange support in Vl’hateVPl‘ action
he takes to secure law enforcement.

Behind Board of Agriculturc
"Sentiment of the Grange is about
100 per cent with the State Board of
Agriculture in its controversy with
the State Administrative Board. Re.-
olutions endorsing the stand of the
Agricultural Board were received
from all parts of the state. The
convention finally passed a resolu-
tion expressing full confidence in the
State_Board of Agriculture and de-
manding that they be allowed the
full exercise of the powers conferred
upon them by the state constitution.

Endose County Agent “'ork

A resolution endorsing the present
system of Agricultural Extension
work in the counties started a
lengthy discussion. Probably never
before in Michigan has a represen—
tative body given stronger endorse-
ment to County Agricultural Agent
work than did the Grangers. - hir—
teen different counties were repre—
sented in the discussion and the del—
egates from each approved the work
being done in their particular county.
There was nothing but praise for the
work being done by the Agricultural
Agents and the resolution was pass—

ed by a unanimous vote.
Will Initate Income Tax

“Levy the taXes on those who are

able to pay them,” is the stand taken
by the State Grange. It was decid-
ed to start petitions to initate a.
constitutional amendment providing
for a graduated personal income tax.
The proposed amendment provides
that each person shall be allowed an

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“'elshman 'has just completed a tour of this country and
wherever his train stopped he was greeted by thousands.

 

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New York watclnnakcr, with a suit of armor
made into a clock, with the chest for a dial,
and the eyes and teeth move when it strikes.

EVEN THE BIBLE ISN’T IMlVIUNE.—Here
cated by the Bureau of Internal Revenue.
bring narcotics into the country.

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CAN 'YOU EXPLAIN IT?——Surveyors for
short cut of the Southern Pacific R. R. between
Klamnth Falls and Eugene, Oregon, came upon this
figure of a woman in the side of a large rock. It
is 'the cause of much speculation among artists,

U. S.——The famous little

   

the birdie” is going out of date.
grapher in New York City has found the radio a. great
help to get the kiddies to sit still.

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W'RITES “'ITH HER TOEH.—1\Iiss Martha
Hale of the University of California, makes
her toes do the work intended for hands.

 

 

  

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THE “JOHN '0.” OF ENGLAND.—Blnjor “K it.
I’m won is known as the “Oil King of (Swat
Britain.” He has oil wells in all parts of the world.

 

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R/\DIO.”—-That old phase of “Watch I A SAMPLE or “MARIN GLOW—Here \e

have two pretty girls mounted on “wooden
horses” playing a game called “Marine l’oio"

 

    
   

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smugglers used this to

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LOOP-THEiLOOP QUEEN.—M m e Adrienne
Bolland, well lmown French aviatrix, looped the
loop 98 times within 58 minutes and established
a world’s record. In April, of 1921, Mme. Bol-
land flew over the Andes Mountains. Photo shows
Mme. Bolland and 'Aviator Maicon.

 

on the deck of the S. 8. President Harding.

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INTERNATIO AL RACE.—7.ev, the American horse, won the
International race by 4 lengths from the English Derby winner, Papyrus. The
purse was $100,000. Photo shows l'apyrus first from left and Zev second.

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HE’S AN INDIAN FIGHTER.—Capt. 0. 0. Apple-
ga_te..veteran Indian fighter, who was one of the
principals in the “Passing of the Covered Wagon"
celebration held at Klamath, 0re., recently. Capt.
Apfp'egate, who vspeaks several India-n dialects
fluently. was a hero of the Modoc Indian War.

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(Continued tron m m m)
EN the dinner was over.- Mr.
Smith knew (it he mid rams-abu-
them) the current market prices of
beans, corn, potatoes, aunt, and flour:
and he kner (again it he could remem-
ber) why some of these commodities wen
higher, and some lower, than they had
been the week before. In a way, Mr.
John Smith was well aware. That stocks
and bonds fluctuated, he was well aware.
That "wheat" would be cornered, he
realized. But of the ups and downs of
corn and beans, as seen by the retail
grocer he knew very little. That is, he
had known very little until after than:
dinner with Mr. Frank Blaisdell.

It was that afternoon that Mr. Smith
began systematically to gather material
for his Blaindell book. He would first
visit by turns all the Hillerton Blain-
dells, he decided: then, when he had ex-
hausted melt resources. he would, or
course. turn to the town records and
cemeteries of Hilierton and the neigh-
boring villages.

Armed with a pencil and a very busi-
nesslike looking notebook, therefore. he
started at two o'clock for the home of
James Blaisdell. Ranemberlng Mr.
Blaisdell’s kind pennission to come and
ask all the questions he Hired. he deemed
it fitting to begin than. .

He had no trouble in finding the house.
but there was no one m sight this time.
as he ascended the steps. The house,
indeed, seemed strangely quiet. He was
just about to ring the bell when around
the corner of the veranda came a hur-
ried step and a warning voice.

“Oh, please. don’t ring the bell! What
is it? Isn't it something that I can do
for you?”

Mr. Smith turned sharply. He thought
at first from the trim, slender figure,
and the waving hair above the graoetully
poised head. that he was confronting a
young woman. Then he saw the silver
threads at the temples, and the fine lines
about the eyes.

"I am looking for Mrs. Blalsdeli—m
James Blaisdel " he answered, lifting
his hat.

"Oh, you’re Mr. Smith. Aren‘t you
Mr. Smith?” She smiled brightly, then
went on before he could reply. "You
see, Benny told me. He described you
perfectly.”

“Oh. he did? The young rascal! I fancy
I should be edlfied to hear tt—that dea-
cription.’

no other laughed Then. a bit rogul‘sh
b, she demanded :—-- '

“Should you like to hear lit—really?"

“I certainly should. I‘ve alnady col-
lected a few mice of Benny‘s des-
criptive powers."

’Then you shall have this one. Sit
down, Mr. Smith.” She motioned him to
a chair. and dropped easily into one her-
self. "Benny said you were tail and
not fat; that you had a wreath of light
hair 'round a bald spot. and whiskers
that Were clipped as even as Mr. Pen-
nock’s hedge: and that your lips. with-
out speaking, said, ‘Run away. little boy.’
but that your eyes said. 'Come here.’
Now I think Benny did pretty well."

“So I judge, since you recognized me
without any difficulty," rejoined Mr.
Smith, a bit dryly. "But-- you—‘2
You see you have the advantage of me.
Benny hasn’t described you to me." He
paused significantly.

“Oh. I’m just here to help out. Mrs.
Blaisdell is ill upstairs—one of her head-
aches. That is why I asked you not to
ring. She thinks it’s camera and that
she won’t be ready to receive them: and
she hurries up and begins to dress. So
I asked you not to ring."

“But she isn't seriously ill?”

“Oh, no, just a headache. She ha-
them often. You wanted to see her?’

"Yes. But it's not important at all.
Another time. just as Well. Some ques-
tioner—that is all."

“Oh, for the book, of course. Oh, yes.
I have heard about that. too.” She
smiled again brightly. "But can’t you
wait? Mr. Blaisdell will soon be here.
He’s coming home early so I can go home.
I have to go home."

“And you are—3'

“Miss Duff. My name is Dud‘."

“You don’t mean—Toor Maggie’i'
(Not until the words were out did Mr.
Smith realize quite how they would
sound.) “Er—mah—athat is—" He stumbled
miserably, and she came to his rescue.

“Oh. yes, I’m—'Poor Maggie.’ ’3 There
.Was an odd soothing in her expressive
face that Mr. Smith could not fathom.
He was groping for something—anything
to say. when suddenly there was a sound
behind him, and the little woman at his
side sprang to her feet.

"Oh, Hattie, you came down!" she ex-
claimed as Mrs. James Blaisdell opened
the screen door and stepped out on to
the veranda. “Here’s Mrs. Blaisdell now.
Mr. Smith."

“Oh, it’s only Mr. Smith I” With a
look very like annoyance Mrs. Biaisdon
advanced and held out her hand. She
looked pale, and her hair tum: a. bit un—
tidin about one ear below a m:

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 Blatsdell  languidly into a chair.

“About the Biaisdell family—yes. But
perhaps another when you are feel-
ing better. Mrs. Blaisdel‘l.”

“Oh. no." She mailed a little more
cordially. "I can answer to—day as well
anytime—43mm I’mnotsureloan
tell you very much, ever. I think it‘s
fine you are making the book, though.
Some way it gives a family such a mad-
ing, to be  up like tint Don't
you think so? And the Blaisde‘ils are
really a very nice family—one of the
oldest in Hiiierton, though. of course they
haven't much money.”

"I ought to find a good deal of tutorial!
here, then. if they have lived here so
long"

"Yealmm. Nomwhatean!
buyou2'0toomu1mteflyouabout
myowni'nmily. Myhusbandisinme
real estate business. You hear that.
didn't you? Perhapl you see The Real
Estate Jam-nail His picture was in it a
year ago last June. There was a write—
uponflfllerton. Iwasinttmo,thoagh
there wasn't much about me. But I've
got other clippings with more. if you’d
like to see them—where I've poured. and
been hostess. and all that, you know."

Mr. Smith took out his notebook and
pencil.

"Let me see. Mrs. Blaisdell, your hus-
band's father's name was Rufus, I be-
lieve. What was his mother's maiden
mane. please?"

"His mother‘s maidm name? 0h.
‘Elizabe‘th.’ Our little  is named for
Nessie, you know—you saw her last
night. Jim wanted to. so I let him. It’s
a. moth name—«Elizaibet‘h-mstill~ it sounds
a. little old-fashioned now. don’t you
think? Of course we are anxious to have
everything just right for our daughter.
A young lady soon comhrg out, so——you
can't be too particular. That’s one rea-
son why I wanter to get over hean
the West Side. I mean. Everybody who
is anybody lives on the West Side in
Hillerton. You’ll soon find that out."

“No doubt, no doubt! And your
mother Blaisdell‘s surname?" Mr. Smith's
pencil was poised over the open note-
book.

“Surname? Mother Blaisdell’s? Oh.
before she was married. see. But.
dear me, I don’t know. I suppose Jim
will. or Flora, or maybe Frank—though
I don't believe he will, unless her folks
kept groceries. Did you ever see anybody
that didn’t know anything but groceries
like Frank Blaisdell ?" The lady sighed
and shrugged her somewhat heavy
shoulders with an expressive glance.

Mr. Smith smiled understandingly.

“Oh, well. it’s good——to be interested
in one’s business, you know."

"But such a business!" murmured the
lady, with another shrug.

“Then you can't tell me Mrs. Rufus
Biaisdell’s sumame?’ v

“No. But Jim—Oh, I'll tell you who
will know.” she broke ofl interestedly;
"and that’s Maggie Dufli. You saw her
here a few minutes ago. you know.
Father Dufl's got all of Mother Binds-
dell's papers and diaries. Oh, Maggie
«can tell you a lot of things. Poor Mag-
gie! Benny says if we want anything
We ask Aunt Maggie, and I don’t know
but he’s right. And here I am. sending
you to her. so soon !”

“Very well. then," smiled Mr. Smith.
“I don't see but what I shall have to
interview Miss Maggie. and Miss Flora.
Is there nothing more, then, that you
can tell me?”

"Well. there’s Fred, my son. You
haven't seen him yet. We’re very proud
of Fred. He’s at the head 01 In: class.
andhe’sgoingtoooliegsandbealaw—
yer. Andthamamtherxmwhl

"And Benny was hon—whom?”

“He‘s eight—or rather nine. next Tues-
day. Dear me, m. man. don‘t you
mt anything but dates! Therm iism-
some things. I think—mine one tool In
old.-youknuw.andlt,mmhow
many years you’ve been married Don‘t
you think no? But maybe you're a bach-
clot.”

“Are you. indeed? Wen. you miss I.
lot. of course—home and wire and chil-
dren. Still, you gain some things. You
aren‘t tied down, and you don't have so
much to worry about. Is your mother
living, or your hither?"

"No. I have no near relatives.“ m.
Smith sun-ed a. mu. uneasily, and al-
lusted his book. "PM new, flu.
‘miden name.”

“ORLMImgiveyouM‘!” She
laughed and Wei! rel-melon”.
"‘Butyouneun'tatwhnlmsbom.
for I shan’t tell you. If you «In. Myqu
was Hattie Show."

werejustasgoodalflaemusdoua.“
Idosayittmyselt. 'I‘hereweoeaiot
that wanted M I was pretty then.
Mr. Emit .” She laughed, and 
again self-conscimrsly. "But I took like.
He was handsome then. very—«big din-k
eyesan-ddarkhadr. andse-dmmyand
poetical—loom; and there w-.sn’.t a girl
tint-had set her cap for him. And he‘s
been agood husband tome. Tobe-are.
he im’tquitesoambitiousubemght
be. perhaps. I alway did believe in law»-
ing somebody. and getting somewhere.
Don’t you? But Jim— he’s always for
hanging back and saying how much it’ll
cost. Ten to one he oesn't end up
by saying we can’t afford it. He's just
like Jana—Frank‘s wife, where you
board, you know.—-—only Jane’s worse than
Jim ever thought or being. She won‘t
spend even what she's got. If she's get
ten dollars. she won't spend but five
cents, if she can help it. New, I believe
in taldng some comfort as you .go along.
But Jane—greatest saver I ever did see.
Better look out, Mr. Smith that she does
not try to save feeding you at all !" she
finished merrily.

“I’m not worrying !" Mr. With smiled
cheerily. snapped his book shut and got
to his feet. ,

“Oh. won't you wait tou- Hr. Blaisdeil?
He can tell you more, I’m lam"

"Not to-day, thank you. At his office
some time, I‘ll see Mr. Blaisdel-l.” mur-
mured Mr. Smith. with an odd haste.
“But I thank you very much, Mrs. Blata-
deil," he bowed in farewell].

CW 'V
In Miss M’s Album

It was the next aftemoosn that Mr.
Smith inquired his way to the home of
Miss Flora Blaisdell. He found it to be
a absolutely shabby little cottage on a
side street. Miss Flora herself answered
his knock. peering at him anxiously with
her near-sighted eyes.

Mr. Smith lifted his hat.

“Good afternoon, Miss Blaisdell," he be-
gan with a defenertial bow. "I am won-
dering if you could tell me something of
your father’s family."

Miss Flora, plainly pleased, but dust-
ered, stepped back for him to enter.

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“There, now I know who it is that you
mmind me 01. Mr. Smith. It’s him—Mr.
Fulton. there."

"Eh? What?" Mr. Smith loBked not
I. little startled.

"Something about the eyes and nose."
Miss Flora was still intorestedly com-
paring the man and the picture "But.
then. that ain’t so strange. You’re a
Blaisdell yourself. Didn‘t you say you
was a Biaisdeil?

“EH-yes. oh. yes. I‘m a Biaisdw."
nodded Mr. Smith hastily. "Very likely
I’ve got tho-«er—Blaisdefl none. Eh?"
than he turned a leaf of  amum ab-
ruptly, decidedly. “And who may this.

type or a bright-faced young. girl.

“That? 011, That’s my new: Grace
when she was sixteen. See died; but
she was a wonderful girl. I'll tell you
about her." ’

"Yes, do.” urged Mr. Smith; and even
the closest observer, mm his face.
mid not have said that he was not
absorbedly interested in Miss Flora’s
story of "my cousin Grace."

It was not until the last leaf of the
album was reached that they came upon
the picture of a small girl, with big.
hungry eyes looking out from beneath
long lashes. ,

"That’s Mellicent—where you’re board-
iMn'g, ylgu know-when she was little.”

iss ora rowned disa. ’ovin l . “
it’thorrid, poor child Wm gy But

" ut she looks so-—-so so; " to
Mr. Smith. a. unmixed

“Yes. I know. She always did." Miss
Flora sighed and frowned again. She

ably impelled from within. “It’s only

you want when you want it,  Smith.
And it ain't ’cause they’re poor. either.

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HE local banker is often looked
upon as'an individual who is

_ collecting interest rather than a
person who is a material factor in

'b ding up communities and who

is counselor in the business stairs
of his customers. Undoubtedly, there
are cases where the first opinion is
well warranted. however, instances
of this kind are rather the exception
to the rule. There is no business
institflion in this country that has:
done more towards "the building up
or communities than. have the small“
country hanks, especially those
whose management is far-sighted
enough .to see that the profits and
the access of the bank are depend-
ent inane real service and that the-
moro. prosperous their customers are
the more profitable- the bank will be.
There is no. community which reality
is a good community unless it is
properly financed. and, a wide awake
banker realizing this fact, does every-

- thing possible to not only amply but

property finance his customers, and
thereby finances the community.

The business of banking is avery
old one. The first banks we have
record of were the“money changers"
in the Greek Temples who used to
sit upon a bench to transact their
business. From this we deriVe the
word “bank”; A bank is an insti~
tution.which is serving a dual pur-
pose. Fts first obligation is towards
its depositors and its second obliga—
tion is towards its borrowers. This
fact has been taken into consider—
ation by State and National Govern-
ments with the result that there have
been
banking business.

‘N‘ These laws require a bank to in—

vest a certain amount of capital, de-
pending upon the size of the com—
munity and the volume of business
transacted, and then require the
bank only to loan on certain condi-
tions: In most banks there is a.
double liability on their stock invest-
ment. This liability acts as an added
protection to the depositors by mak-
ing the bank management doubly
careful in seeing that there is no
loss to the stockholders of the bank,
due to its not strictly enforcing the
laws under which the bank is operat-
ing. Every. borrower from a bank
feels that he. is entitled to credit;
however, in many instances these
barrowers who do not care to loan
their funds to another man under
the same conditions they find them-
selves. A bank, having a very
material obligation towards its de-
positors, naturally would not accept
a loan of this type, even though the
law under which they are operating
allowed it.

There are three factors which us-
ually determine the extension of
credit—character, capacity and capi-
tal. Character is a very necessary
business qualification. It is not
formed in a short time but is estab-
nshed through years of practice of
honesty and industry. A banker
also. must take into consideration
the capacity of the application for
work, and his ability to earn
through his industry and honesty.

Capital is an indication of a. man’s

worth in dollars and con-ts, and may
consist of lands, live stock, equip-
ment of anything else of sound
worth. Any man with character- and
capacity who has shown that he is
able. through these requisites. to ac—
cumulate is entitled to credit, and.
under ordinary conditions, will find
no trouble in. obtaining credit.‘
Credit implies confidence. _It is
only through this confidence that
credit transactions. are possible and
confidence can exist only where good,
character exists. There is very little
chance of success in any undertak-
ing without good character. A strong
character has fixed habits of honesty,
industry and thrift. "He can look

. mmle world in the. face” and has

 to conceal. When he needs
 of a. bankhe gives the
"m: woe facts regarding his

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Expert on Rural Credit Explains How the F ederal ReserveSystem Helps the Farmers

 

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‘THIS is the second article of a series of four by Mr. Krafit

on financing agriculture.

In this article he discusses

short time loans for operating capital, which are made by
the local banker, and which the banker can re-discount
with the Federal Reserve Bank. The third article of this
series will follow in an early issue.

 

 

this is not the reason why honest.
men are honest.

In addition to honesty, there is an-
other factor which materially enters
into the extension of credit, and that
is good management. A man may be
very careful as to his promises and
yet not deserve credit. A man may
bear a. good reputation and may have
enjoyed a reasonably good income
for a number of years but he has
arrived at' middle age and has not
accumulated anything. He has shown
that he lacks the ability to manage
his affairs and has not the determin-
ation to save money, and has not
the faculty of adjusting his expenses
to his income. A bank is a. public
servant, but that does not necessar-
ily mean that they must serve those
who are unfair in business or lack
the elements of business judgment.
The reputation of being a thrifty
and careful person is the best assur—
ance of receiving financh help when
needed.

Wrong ideas have too often pre-
vailed about the owing of money,
and those unfamiliar with business
often shy against credit and debt.-
They are not able L0 distinguish be-
tween wise and unwise debts. Debts
created for pleasure are an abuse of
credit and have ruinedmany persons.
Debts for a sound investment, al-
most without exception, prove profit-
able provided the borrower has the
necessary requisites to obtain credit.

It is the aim of all progressive
banks to extend the maximum avail-
able credit to the right type of bor-
rowers. No institution which we
have has been more instrumental in
building up and improving commun—
ities than have the small country
banks. These institutions are the
corner stone of our financial struc-
ture. Half of the deposits in the
United States, it has been estimated,
come from banking institutions
located in villages of two thousand
population or less, or from strictly
agricultural sections. The manager

of this type of bank is usually an
individual who has grown up in the
community and knows the conditions
of the community and all of the in-
dividuals living in it and is: a man
who has usually built his own suc~
cess and the success of his institution
upon a service to the community.
The fact that banks in certain
communities have not been able to
take care of all of the financial needs
of the community does not always
mean that the bank has been. neg-
ligent in giving service. The demand
for money in certain sections is, at
times, larger than can be taken care
of by bank deposits in the commun—
ity. This is especially true of the
newer sections. Another f a c t o r
which enters into this is the fact
that money has a tendency to flow
towards the financial centers. This
has always been true and always
will be true. This fact was one of
the reasons for the establishment of
our Federal Reserve System. This
System has proven its soundness in
many ways, but if it had served no
other purposes than that of creating
twelve financial centers in the United
Statesinstead of one, it would have
proven its worth. Banks in the
country communities often find that
an excess of money from a certain
community has drifted into the
financial centers; usually through the
sale of stocks and bonds. For this
reason the Fedorle Reserve Banks,

,the banks operating under the Fed-

eral Farm Loan Act, and the Inter—
mediate Credit Banks have been
chartered by the Government for the
purpose of re—distributing the funds,

which have been accumulated, into
the place where they are most
needed.

The banking business, the same as
agricultural and many other busi-
nesses. has undergone a very decided
change in the last few decades.
There was a time in the earlier his-
tory of our country when the small
local banker tried to take care of

Plan For a Home-Made Bean Picker

UR readers are showing a de—

. cided interest in the idea of

picking their beans at home and
the ones who own home-made pick-
ers are many and they answered our
call for plans for a bean picker that
any farmer can make. We are only
publishing one this issue but we have
several more on hand that we will
print in the near future. Weclosed
the contest November Istand hope
to be able to announce the winner
in our next issue.

The plan for the picker shown
here was sent in by Mrs. Alice Bab-
cock, Sherman, Michigan. Her hus—
band made it several years ago. She
writes as follows:

“He need just such lumber as he
happened to. have, some smooth
dressed and some sawed by him to
fit his needs. The rollers were made
flom rollers in an old binder, one
wheel was of metal, and another
picker he made a wooden. circle
wrapped firmly with binder chain for
weight. The-belt is made of several
thickness of a grainbag, machine
stitched. on one and of binder can—
vasonthsothsr. Itrmowra
mooth M
and them homegrown! is her-
sled till it 18 easy to. slide beans
own. no throat of the lime:- fits
snugly enough at the back so that

may not pass. under It the

belt is reversed. A  piece is
inclined in the throat toward the
front which and: the metal slide.
‘ adjusted-to regs-

' The wire loop keeps

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down into the container. After be—
ing oiled and run awhile they work
smoothly and are made neat. The
lower front is like a sewing machine
with no obstructing cross pieces.
Our pickers are firmly built also.
Our son suggests that a wheel or
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with me  used to overcome
the- tendency to stop on center, also.
chutes could be made. for the cull
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"’We picked one'wtnm when the
price was high and reckoned almost
a day’s wages each evening besides
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the financial needs of the community.
In the older sections they Were able
to do this to a. more or less satis-
factory degree. In the newer sec-
tions, however, it was impossible to
give any adequate service. Natur-
ally, it took years ’“of careful study
and experience to build up by suc—
cessive stages of financial system
which would assure a fair distribu-
tion of funds to all sections, and this
has been accomplished. It is im-
possible for the average country bank
to finance all of its farmer customers’
needs and- the needs of the commun-
ity in which it operates. In the
future these banks, to some extent
at least, will have to avail themselves
of the facilities offered by the banks
chartered under the Federal Reserve
Act, Federal Farm Loan Act and the
Intermediate Credits Act. Country
banks are realizing this more every
day and as they realize it are more
and more using the facilities ofiered
them by these institutions with very
satisfying results to their customers,
the community in which they are op-
erating and the banks themselves.
These Federally chartered institu-
tions were created primarily to pro—
vide sufficient capital, and also on a
type of contract suited to the needs
of the borrower. No class of men as
a Whole have hailed the coming of
these banks more heartin than have
the country bankers. The country
banker in the last few years has
gone through the farmers’ difficul-
ties with them. If anyone has an
idea that this is not a fact that idea
will be readily dispelled if you will
take ll. glance over the history of
farming for the last few years.
Since 1914 the men engaged in bank-
ing have gone through a period of

ups and downs which thoroughly
tested chnruytpr and ability.

First, we had the 11'0th War,
which upset trade conditions and

faith ‘of investors in
then followed the
equally unexpected demand and a.
high price for farm products. Our
Country’s entry into the War still
further increased this (lemand. Then,
followed the close of the War and a.
few years of wild extravaganca and
Speculation, undoubtedly due to the
sudden release of our population
from the privations and strains of
War and also to the warle sense of
mom] and material values invariably
brought about by War. Then, we
had it sudden relapse from which we
are slowly recovering. The farmers
found themselves staggering under
a load of unmarkot'ed products, and
the market for farm lands reflected
the same history~—first the scramble
for lands at any price and than the
drop in values. When the drop came
the local banker often held the bag
and was just as much interested as
the farmer in working out of a bad
situation.

During periods of large profits
such as we passed through after the
last War it is rather surprising that
a great volume of debts are created
and very few debts paid off. Our
easy money went to luxuries, high
price land, and, we all know, a con-
siderable part into high priced crops
which did not return to the produc-
ers their expense of production.
These few years of large income and
lavish spending saw a large increase
in the debts of the farmers. The
one thing which has saved the farm—
ing industry from very serious
trouble is the fact that farmers be-
fore the War were comparatively
light borrowers. However, this debt
was very rapidly increased during
and after the War but in the last
year or two gradually decreased,
which clearly demonstrates the truth
of the previous statement—that
debts are created during prosperous
times and paid off during the less
prosperous times.

The credit fora sounder financial
condition of the farmer at the pres-
ent time than it was a few years
ago fur-largely due to the country
banks and to the service gim to
these country banks by the banks -
chartered under Federal Acts. The:
local bank has always been. and must .
continue to be. the mainstay of the
farmer For credit needs. The): ban
rendered a rod service to the m
but have had to has several m

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material valuos.

     
   


  
    
  

   
  
   
   
    
    
  
     
  
 
   
   
    
  
 
  
 
    
    
   
   
   
    
      
  
 
   
     
   
 
   
     
   
  
  
  
     
    
 
    
   
  
  
    
     
   
 
   
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
  
  
  
    
   
  
   
  
  
  
   
  
  
   
  
  
    
  
    
   
  
   
     
   
    
    
 
  
  
   
 

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HE third consecutive year of the
Washtenaw County Boys’ and
Girls’ Club Camp, held at Camp

Birkett, the Y. M. C. A. Camp on
Silver Lake, was by far the most suc-
cessful, 127 boys, girls and leaders
attending. This is the only exclus-
ive County Club Camp in Michigan
and is entirely self supporting, each
boy or girl bringing bread, beans,
potatoes, tomatoes, eggs, etc., for the
week, and in addition a fee is charg-
ed to pay rent of camp, pay cook, and
buy supplies such as meat and milk
which must ,be fresh. The aim of
those in charge is to give the camp;
ers useful instruction and at the
same time a good outing.

The boys occupy the camp the
first week and the girls the second.
Thru the kindness of Mr. L. “Reiman
in charge of the U. of M. Fresh Air
Camp, Mr. L0ckw00d, Naturalist and
Indian Chief and wife spent a
day at Camp and entertained at
Camp Fire. A senior scout from
Ann Arbor spent the week at Camp
and assisted in instruction, first aid,
rope splicing, knot tying, etc. Mr.
V. 0. Nelson, secretary Y. M. C. A.
gave excellent instruction in swim—
ming and resuscitation.

Dairy extension specialists took up
milk testing, judging, fitting and
showing calves. Professor Bartlett,
head of the U. of M. botanical de—
partment, came out for a day each
week and gave intensely interesting
talks on his subject and travels.

During girls’ week, Miss Elda
Robb, assistant state club leader,
took up basket weaving, ,making
artificial flowers, sewing, canning,

judging and games.

The evenings were spent in Camp
Fire entertainment. Talks were giv—
en by Dr. G. G. Alway, Ann ArbOr;
Professor Bartlett, U. of M.; Profes-
sor Ford and Dr. Pittman, |State
Normal College; Mr. L. Reiman, Uni—
versity Y. M. C. A.; Mrs. Dora
IStockman, East Lansing, and others.

Saturday of each week a picnic
was held to which parents and
friends were invited.

Boys’ \Vcck

Boys arrived at camp on Monday
bringing supplies, bread, beans, po—
tatoes, tomatoes, eggs, etc., for the
week and in addition were required
to pay a fee. The county club camp
is entirely self supporting. The fee

‘ pays rent of camp, which is secured

from Y. M. C. A., pays the cook and
buys supplies such as meat and milk

Monday even-
Mr. L. Reiman,

of U. of M. fresh air camp, gave an
excellent talk, led in songs, yells,
etc. At Monday Camp Fire Vaughn
Christensen, Eagle \Scout from Ann
Arbor was introduced, arriving at
Camp for the week having charge of

“ singing, games and first aid.

Tuesday, three other advance
scouts from Ann ,Arbor assisted
Christensen and instructed in first

, aid, trail blazing, songs, games, etc.
3 .At Camp Fire that evening, ‘Dr. G. G.
,Alway of Ann Arbor gave an excel—
:lent talk on
‘ incidentally told of some of his war

“(llcanly Habits” and
experiences.
On Wednesday, Professor H. H.

of the botanical de—

Camp, took the campers for a hike
explored an old lake bottom, found
small deposits of peat and in addi-
tion did a little “snake charming.”
‘That evening he entertained at

’ Camp Fire with intertaining items of

his visit to the island of Sumatra.
Part of the morning the next day
was spent in putting up tents and
beds for the club girls who occupied
camp the week following. Mr. V. 0.
Nelson, secretary of the Y. M. C. A.,
.Ann Arbor, gave an interesting and

Messers. E. H. Hent

nd judging dairycattle. At Camp
11:9. Professor; Ford .of the 'State
' ‘ College, .Ypsilanti, gave an.
" ‘ ‘-‘ tell" ‘  f,

     
   

 

 

   
 

 

A group of the boys who attended the Camp on Silver.Lake.

of young farmers, aren't they?
at the back, wearing a white shirt.

gan. Mrs. L. Seamans of Ypsilanti
entertained with readings.

Friday, through the kindness of
Mr. L. Reiman, “Dad” Lockwood,
naturalist and an Indian Chief and
his squaw, from the U. of M. fresh
air camp, spent the day with us. The
former entertained with nature
study work, entomology and excel—
lent lecture on birds. The Indians
entertained at Camp Fire with songs,
yells and dances.

Saturday was picnic day. All
parents and friends were invited for
picnic dinner. The fathers defeated
the boys in a baseball game in the
afternoon and after a “goodbye
swim” all left for home.

Second \Vcck of Camp

On Monday of the following week
the girls took possession of the Camp
and what a time they had. At the
end of the week we asked Mary Mur—
ray, county champion in Garden Club
1922, and member of the Garment

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Fine looking bun ch

Mr. Loukwood, the naturalist is the one standing

then they would pin a flag on the
front of the neatest. Most of the
mornings we arose bright and early.
We had setting up exercises and
then could go in for a swim if we
wanted to. After breakfast was over
and the dishes washed we had
classes and were taught to make

paper flowers, sachet bags, night
birds, reed baskets and organdie
flowers.

“We ate in the club house. There
were eight tables and most of them
seated twelve people. After dinner
we had an hour in which to rest or
write letters. Then we had classes
again. ,

“Each evening we had a ball
game. Mr. H. S. Osler, county agri—
cultural agent, came every night and
showed moving pictures. We all
enjoyed them very much, too. After
movies we had Camp Fire. Each
day we looked forward to this part
of the day’s program with great an—

 

A group of industrious club members learning how to make baskets at. Camp

Birkett,

and Poultry Clubs this year, how
the girls enjoyed the Camp and if
they wanted to go back next year.
Her answer left no doubt as to the
popularity of the annual event.
“This is the third consecutive year
we have had the privilegP of attend-
ing the Camp and we 7him! it- has
been better each yearn"? said Mary.
“The first year the Joys and girls
were all there at the same time out
the last two .years the boys have
gone one wee: and the girls the next
We think the last plat is better.
“This year the boys enjoyec their?
vacation from July 30th to Auguss
4th. Then we girls Wen: August; om.
and before night cage ,9? girls and
leaders had arrived. We were fiery
glad to have Miss Robb with 313.;- We
enjoyed a splendid supper and a?
good night’s rest that night. The
most of us slept in tents. We
thought that those who wanted to
sleep in huts didn’t know a. good
thing when they saw it. Our bunks
were something the shape of a pig
crate with wire stretched across top
and bottom, then two could sleep on
top andgtwo on the bottom. .
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. discovered that .

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Miss Robb, assistant state club leader in the foreground acted as instructor.

ticipation and we were never disap-
pointed in it either for A. L. Watt,
county club agent, always nad some-
thing nice planned and Miss Robb
had. plenty of good songs.

“Tuesday night Ur.  G. Alway
from 111111 Arbor came- and gave us a
talk on health. That night it rain-
ed very hard and it almost seemed. as
though our tent had been through a
war, for some of us were obliged to
take up our beds and walls, while
Miss Robb sought sheltoz tor us In
one at @he huts, and, the Good Sa-
maritai took us in. .

“’“We were allowed to go out in a
boat any time we wanted to it we
were accompanied by a leader.

Parents and Friends Welcome

“All our parents and friends were

'welcome to visit us any time, but

.we did have somefunwelcome visit-
ors while we were there. ’I'hree
wandering puppies seemed to like
Camp Birkett, too.

“One night I was quite, startled
when I felt something kiss me right
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fellow was in trouble, for in the
meantime Miss Robb' was hunting
for him and I guess he came to us
for protection. Miss Robb proceed-
ed to take them up to a cottage and
let them go, but they thought she
wanted to run a race with them so
they almost beat her back to Camp.

“The next night she and one other
leader determined to conquor the vil-
lians, so they took‘them up to the
club house and shut them under a
crate. ‘ That night our sleep was not
disturbed in the least but the next
morning Mrs. Biedermann, our cook,
said they kept her awake all night.

“On Thursday evening Mrs. Dora.
Stockm-an gave us an interesting
talk which was thoroughly enjoyed

‘ by all. Great was the excitement
that night, as it was stunt night.
Each group was plotting and plan-
ning so they could take the rest by
surprise. The stunts included an
Indian dance, a play, mock wedding
and an operation. We girls in our
tent wrote a paper called “Dew
Drop Inn News,” for that was the
name of our tent. We wrote items
of interest about the leaders and the
girls. We also had jokes about them
but tried not to have anything which
would hurt any ones feelings in any
way. After stunts were over, we
gave Miss Robb, Mrs. Biedermann
and Mr. A. L. Watt each a small gift
to show our appreciation for what
they were doing for us. Then we
children went to bed and I dare say
that the leaders stayed up a little
longer and talked over the events of
the day.

Take Hike on Friday

“On Friday afternoon we took a
long walk. Professor H. H. Bartlett
of the botanical department, U. of
M., went with us and told us about
the different flowers and Weeds and
showed us an old lake bed. After
the hike we had a short service in
memory of our lake President, Mr.
Warren Harding. We sang two .
hymns, prayer was offered, Mrs. A.
A. Schoen read an item from the
paper and Mr. Bartlett told us a lit—
tle about Mr. Harding's life.

“That night .Miss Robb had to go
home. We were very sorry to have
her go but were glad she could be
with us for even that short time. Mr.
Bartlett gave us a splendid Camp
Fire telling of his experience on the
island of Sumatra. Mr. Earl Martin,
the manager of our county fair, came
and talked to us one evening.

“Saturday morning we spent most »
of our time getting our things pack—
ed ready for home. All the parents -
were invited for a picnic dinner. Aft-
er dinner we chose up sides and had
a good ball game. Then we depart-
ed and went to our homes.

“We will never forget these hap-
py times we’ve had together, neither .
will we forget how good the leaders 3
were to us. Although we know that
each leader did all they could,” said
Mary, “we realize that Mr. Watt and
Miss Robb had a great deal of work
to do and that most of the respons-
ibilities rested upon them.” ‘

WASHTENAW CLUB MEMBERS
BIG WINNERS AT FAIR
HIS year is the first time Wash-
tenaw county boys and girls ex-
hibited live stock, canning and sew—
ing atthe Michigan State Fair, and. ‘
the winnings and honors they won
were far in excess of those won by
the club members of any other coun-
ty on the size of exhibits. Of the
33 head of live stock exhibited all
except two won individual prizes. In“
the Shorthorn class they won all
prices and they went down the bal-‘
ance of the list of live stock with
winnings about as numerous. In the '
judging contests Washtenaw county,
team finished first competing with
17 counties in general stock judging, ‘
and won the honor to represent‘
Michigan at the International Live
stock Exposition, at Chicago in Dec-
ember, all expenses .paid., In the
\ dairy dairy judgin’ggcontest Wash-w
tenaw won ‘first, being' 5

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worked by B and B furnishes all of

the seed and does all atoms work and
B gives me one-third. and B cuts the
hay and he gives me one-half the
hay 88 I furnish. olf- ot: the clever
seed.  what share of the clover
seed ought I to get If B should cut
thatla-A. I. 0., Laingsburg, Mich.
——Tho:  seed should be divid-
ed on the sums basis as the hay.
that It ENG. However, the land-
lord should share the expense ct
humus the clover seed in the pro-
portion as thump is difldoi—F. T.
'm‘ddm. Research; Asst. in Farm
‘ Wm. K. A. G.

woo GETS PROPERTY?

I Will you please give no some in-
formation- in a case like this. If my
mother died and lott no will and
had no john deed Would everything
fall to my Mher? I. am the only
child. Can I hold a shame and how
much? My husband and I bought
the property and my father charged
me toll value for the farm and be-
sides charged 6 per cent interest.
Please let me know what chance I
have, it any—Mrs. B., Traverse City,
Michigan.

——If your mother died intestate, i. 6.
without having made a will, her real
property would descend to you as
the only child. However, if the title
to the farm was in your fathers
name, it would not be a. part of
your mother’s estate and of course
would not descend to you. One-
half of her personal property would
descend to you and one-half to her
husband—Asst. Legal Editor.

WAS FENCE IN PROPER PLACE?

Have I cause for action to collect

damages in the following matter:
Contractors grading highway No. 12,
took down my fence damaging some
of my crop and left it lying on the
ground, my crops being unprotected.
It will cost me quite a sum to put
this fence up and I have hard work
to meet my taxes. A. H. P., Gould
City, Michigan.
-—-—If your fence is in the proper place
the contractors would have no right
to take it down and leave it down,
and you would have a right of action
against them. for damages—Asst.
Legal Editor.

EXEMPT FROM SCHOOL

At what age is a child exempt
from school in the country‘l—S. A.,
Yale, Mich.

—-A child might be exempt from at-
tending school in a country district
if such child is sixteen years of age
or such child is exempt from attend-
ing country school if he has secured
an eighth grade diploma and is not
yet sixteen years of age if there is
no high school maintained in the dis-
trict in which he lives. If such
child attended a city district where
there was a. continuation schcol
maintained and he had not complet-
ed ten grades of work or its equiva-
lent and was under seventeen years
of age, he would be required to at-
tend such continuation school during
the eight hours per week required
L by law.—-— W. L. Coffey, Dept, of
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BELIEVE LAND ASSESSED T00
HIGH

I have 160 acres that I am using
for pasture. It is so hilly it can-
not be farmed or used for anything
but pasture land. I bought it for
$1,000 on a contract. The same
spring I bought it it was assessed for
$1,400 then the state raised it to
$1,600 but now it is back to $1,400,.
You told me last spring to write the
State Tax Commission, and I did
;so, and they told me to meet the
board of review in the township in
which the land is located. I did
that but could get nothing done. I
understand that land cannot be as-
sessed for more than its cash value
but I did. not MOW‘-how its cash

 ' value might be determined, without

it would be by the sale price. Has

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od: too high. the  being
$400 more than I paid for it on a
contract?—-—J. J. M., Beulah, Mich.

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ty is fired i-.- accordance with the
indignant or the assessing oflicer. An
appeal. however, may he use» to
the State Tux Commission if the
owner of property believes that the
“sensuous of his property is ekcess-
ive and greater than the value of the
property.

Tam may be paid to the Town-
ship Treasurer under: protect. The
owner at the property, if the tastes
are paid under protest.- must com-
mence“ suit within thin days prom
the tins of payment 0. the taxes.
The assessment will then be rev-Sew:
ed 3! the court.

It. is presumed that property is
assessed. at its sash valuow—o. B.
Fuller, Auditor General.

DEALER LIABLE FOR PRICE

I shipped a crate of 18 fat hens
weighing 99 pounds to a Detroit
poultry dealer on. June 7th. Eleven
days later he mailed me my check
and paid me the market price of

'June 18th or at time of mailing the

check which was five cents per
pound lower than on date I shipped
the hens. I would like to know if
there is any way I can collect the
difference which I consider duo me?
I also requested him to return my
empty coop by express immediately
and have failed to receive it. .I have
written him in regard to this matter
and have failed to get a reply.
Would I be allowed to advertiso'his
dishonesty?—-—,Mrs. Wm- C., Minden
City, Michigan.

«The poultry dealer would be liable

.to you for the price of the poultry

at the time he received: it. You
might send your claim to a lawyer
for collection—Asst. Legal. Editor.

OWNEBSIHP OF FRUIT

Will you please answer my ques-

tion in your paper? Does the fruit
on a tree belong to the man who ‘
owns the tree? We have a mulberry
tree whose limbs hang over the fence
of our neighbor. This neighbor does
not want me to get my berries nor
does she want them herself.—-——Mrs.
L, Elsie, Michigan.
—--Fruit on a tree belongs to the
owner of the land on which the
tree grows, even if some of the
branches protrude over the land of
another.———Asst. Legal Editor.

CONTROVERSEY OVER HIGHWAY

I would like to know through the
Farmers Service Bureau about the
following: A and B both own farms
adjoining highway which never was
traveled much. It is the main state
road. Has 0 the right to chase his
cattle on this road if A does not
want them there and has 0 the right
to shoot at A’s dog when going after
cattle to chase them back? What
can be done?——W. W., Mots, Mich.

—-The adjoining land owner owns
the land to the center of the high-
way, subject only to the right of
the public to use it for hiighway
purposes. C would have no right to
use the highway in front of A’s farm
for the purpose of grazing his cattle.
0 would have no right to shoot A's
dog unless the dog was unnecessarily
injuring his cattle, and if he does
thishe would be liable to A for
damages.——-Asst. Legal Editor.

POTATO PRODUCERS’ ASS’N.

IKEET AT GAYLORD, NOV. 8
Michigan Potato Producers’
Association is holding. 3 inset-
ing on Thursday of this week,
at Gaylord during the Top-O-Mich-
igan Potato Show. The meeting be-
gins at 1:30 P. M. with. Thomas B.
Buell, President of the Michigan: Po-
tato Producers' Association; presid-
ing as chum. F. C. Gaylord. of
Purdue~ University, will talk. on seed,
soil and spud? success. F. E. Eagle.
M. A. 8., accuses the construction
and yent‘l’loti‘on st potato ‘worage
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placed the larger city bank with

r , ties. Often the time required on a.

_ In. by a tumor m don-gar, than?
’tln bank could may give anflthei
, large demands or farmers at certain“
times cit-the year were too heavy
for most banks to carry}.also, the ,,
large demandsconiing'trom all over,
the country at about the same time

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which the smaller banks were doing .

business into '9. position where they

‘ could not meet the demand.

Use c! the principal features or

their Federal Reserve System is "the
foot that through it our financial
3 resources are pooled. ‘1! there is a
heavy demand for credit,- this pool
can he used for relief or if any par-
tlcula: section has large credit re-

‘ quirements the banks or this System ‘
can he used to distribute the burden ~

over the whole country. “This System
beam-oven itself of great value; how-

; ever, from an agricultural standpoint

4 it has not been as satisfactory as it
' has to other lines of business in
which there is a quieter turn over
than there is on a farm. The Fed-
eral Reserve Ant placed a limit on
the banks operating under this Act
to take as collateral notes which do
not run over ninety days, with the
exception of agricultural paper,
which was limited to six months and
lust Spring this time was raised to

nine months now very satisfactorily
takes care of the excess short time
loans of farmers which the country
bank can re-discount with the Fed-
eral Reserve Bank, but does not take
care or longer time loans for the
purposes of raising and maturing
. cattle, etc. However, the Intermedi»
I nte Credit Banks have been estab—
lished to take can or this type of
paper.

members of the Federal Reserve
System. These Banks, however, re—
ceive an indirect service from the
Federal Reserve Banks through their
city correspondents, who have been
enabled to take as collateral many
millions of paper which they could
not have done had-they not had ac—
cess to the facilities altered by the
Federal Reserve Banks. Whenever
a. country bank finds itself in a
 where it cannot take care
of. all of the needs for short time
loans from its custom-ens and it is a
member of the Federal Reserve Sys-

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tor a loan that the  will not
only meet his: half "way but still
can go tanker. Tim successor the
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the farmers success. me look of
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which should be a closed
model Chevrolet.

The open touring car is best
for general farm use, carry—
ing passengers or perhaps
miscellaneous bulky pro-
duce or merchandise, but
for cold or rainy weather,
and for church or social use
the family needsaclmed car,
either a Zapassenger Utility
Coupé, as illustrated, or the
S-passenger Sedan. The
extra large rear compart-
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Coupe.

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These closed cars are very
finely made, furnished, up,
bolstered and trimmed. The
windows are of plate glass
and can be lowered, provid-
ing as much air as an open
car, yet affording full pro‘
tection against wind, rain,
snow or "cold when raised.

With a second car on a farm,
one is always available for
those at home when the
other car is out.

The low prices of Chevrolet
make the ownership of two
cars feasible for most farm
families.

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ear  Miles —AlWavs Stay Soft

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February 18, 1921

It will be three years this Fall since
I bought your Rouge Rex shoes and
afterhevingputthree pairs ofnew soles
on them, they are good yet. I wore
them most of the time. They are the

  
       
    
      
   
     
     
     
  
   
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 

best fitting and easiest walking shoes I
have ever worn. They are certainly
, made to stand the wear, and are always
1 soft and pliable, summer and winter.
There are slx of us and we are Ill
going to buy your shoes. My neighbor
I asked me when I was going to Wear
this pair out; and I told him that if I V
knew that! could get another pair, I
would do so. He Blld he would, too.
Yours truly,
(Signed) WALTER HOFF,
. 1 West Saginaw, Mich.

 
  

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The Planter

For winter wear, underneath an
overshoe or arctic, here is the shoe.
Its higher top is both comfortable
and snug, and after the spring plow—
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needed. Ideal for planting, culti-
vating and haying.

Ask for
The Planter

4127 —Smoke
442 —Tan

Stays Soft in Any Weather
A 1,000-Mile Shoe—

From Tanners to You

We take selected horsehide of the
superfine quality, formerly used for
expensive Cordovan shoes and Cos-
sacksaddles—-thetough-
est, longest-wearing
leather known. Yet by
our secret tanning proc-
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out stiff as a board, hard and uncom-
fortable.

Now this discomfort
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our exclusive,
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softness and pliability
of buckskin. It never
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it wears and wears and
wears. For we even
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durability.

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Tender feel: welcome these
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Work Shoes for All Purposes

the oil fields. The Planter model
shown assures dry, warm feet in
blizzard weather. The ever-soft
leather in every model assures per-
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We operate our own tannery.
and our shoe factory as one organ—
ization. This effects very large econ-
omies. So every Rouge Rex shoe is
very low priced when you consider
the quality.

If your dealer cannot supply you
write us and we will see that you are
supplied from our nearest dealer.

There is a Rouge Rex for every
use. For field and shop, for lumber-
ing and hunting, for the mines and .

HIRTH-"KRAUSE COMPANY \

Shoe Manufacturers and Tanners

Dept. 304, Grand Rapids, Michigan
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OUR UNgUl-NCHABLE HOPE: THE MaN’

 

A SERMON-BY REV. DAVID F. WARNER '

TEXT: “A man shall be a hid-

ing-place from the wind, and a

covert from the tempest”.

Isaiah 32:2., -

HE story goes, that one Diogenes,

with his latern, cynically goes

about in the day timein search
of a man. But this was in ancient
Athens when political life was weak—
ening. Yet, is the prophet Isaiah
also saying that there is great need
of a man to put righteousness into
the social and political life of Jer-
usalem? Is he defying universal ex-
perience when he says there is yet
to come a man who shall become the
world’s hiding-place from the temp-
ests of danger? And have we yet
come into that day when we believe
there is but one man who can give
full value and meaning to this proph—
ecy? Well, in the face of all human
experience, it seems a puzzling pre—
diction. And, yet, Faith continues
to proclaim and so Hope, that that
man is Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ brought a religion.
a way of living that is a matter for
this world as well as the future. And
from the day of accountability until
death, not pleasure, not merchandis-
ing or farming, not making of a liv—
ing; but religion, the making of a
life after the pattern of The Man,
is the chief concern of mortals here
below.

Even yet, our undying hope for'

refuge is in men who live so close
to human need on the one hand, and
so close to the heart of the Eternal,
on the other. We hope to have ed—
itors after the way of The Man. Yet,
we have so many un~Manly editors;
editors who are used by the large
interests to exploit men rather than
help them; who are catering to the
favor—seeking,r men and corporations.
Press reporters are asked to bring
in a definite character of news, and if
it is not that, it is doctored up in
the office. “Woe unto you, scribes,
Pharisees, hypocrites! cleanse first
the inside of the cup and platter that
the outside thereof may become
clean also.” \Voe unto you, pharisa-
ical editors, who put appearance
above reality making life mere play
and a farce. The press may be help-
ful or dangerous. What a spiritual
fragrance would spread thruout our
land if the editors of magazines, of
country weeklies, and of great city
dailies, would come out in unsparing
denounciation of the evils and the
extensive publication of the good.

We hope for Christian lawyers.
Lawyers exist for the adjudication
of legal wrongs. As officers of our
court system they are expected to
assist in the administration of just-
ice. But some of them, for gain thro
small, will barter away their souls
and induce others to do so. I was
sitting in the office of a city lawyer.
A poor boy came in for some advice.
He went out. The lawyer complain—
ed to me because the boy offered him
no fee. Verily, what pettifoggers and
social leeches! (No, not all.) But
our schools continue to turn out too
many men whose great ambition is
to get place ,as counsel for some
blood—thirsty corporation. Shame!
And yet, hope revives, for “in that
day” we are to have lawyers who
will be arbiters of differences after
the principle of arbitration in the
eighteenth chapter of Matthew as
laid down by The Man. “Woe, unto
you, scribes, Pharisees, hypocrites!
for ye tithe mint and anise and cum-
min, and have left undone the
weightier matters of the law; just—
ice, mercy, and faith.” And woe un—
to you lawyers who put all things on
the same level in morality.

We hope for Christian business-
men, more of them. Such will pro—
mote business co—operation and bring
producer and consumer closer to—
gether. Then We may say farewell
to Mr. High—Cost—of—Living. We hope
for business men, who, in interpret—
ing their work, will not lose sight
of The Man. But the spirit of com-
petition, rather than co—operation;
and of unearned gains and love of
speculation, have led to dangerous
combines and monopolies, and so—
cially harmful alliances with poli—
tics. “In business, not slothful, fer—
vent‘ in spirit, serving the Lord” says
the spirit of The Man.

We hope for Christian business-
ed after the manner of The Man. We
ministers need Christ. In the days
following the Reformation, when ra-

 

tionalism was running riot in Ger-
many, it is said the' typical sermon
was on “the value of general charity,
good agriculture, duty of the citizen,
care of bees, and similar collateral
themes.” Is history repeating it—
self? Have you known of any pul—
pits where sermons on politics, war,
the liberty loan, the status quo in
government, and similar thems had
the right-of-way? Well, should this
condition continue, we may look for
the adulteration of our hymns and
our worship, the leaving of the Bible
out of our schools, and the spiritual

element out of our education. Any—
thing else but preaching Christ
cheapens and degrades the pulpit

and encourages Christendom to
swing over into rationalism and ma—
teralism. We read that in the days
of English Deisni at the beginning

. of the Wesley movement, the clergy

were devoted to amusements, had
little conception of the sanctity of
their oflice and the spiritual care of
the common people. Is this too com-
mon today? Then let us hope for
more John Wesleys. Surely, we
need preachers after the boldness of
The Man. Preachers who will con-
demn sin in the church as well as
out, in high places as well as low.
Any hireling can denounce the
street peddler and petty gambler,
but it takes a pulpit hero to stigma—
tize corporation law—breakers and
tax-dodgers, and any and all respect—
able sinners; and then out of love,
insist on the social ideals of The
Man Jesus.

We hope for farmers who care
most about the idealism of The Man.
Farmer-friends, of course you know
you control that which contributes
most to the maintenance of life. You
know that men cannot live without
the industry of the soil. Ours is a
basic occupation. Then, will we
take selfish advantage of society?
This is tempting. Yet, it is extreme-
ly fascinating to know and to feel
what possibilities for serving man-

kind. have the plowman and the
sower. But this calls for Christian
vision. “The vision of a man is the

correct measure of the man,” says
Carlyle. Behold the rural Galilean,
who but for the Cross for mankind’s
sake, could have exploited all crea-
tion.

Everywhere we need, and we hope
for, a revival of Gospel religion and
of friendship with the.Unseen Man.
How we do need Christian motive
and purpose in every Walk and word
and Wish of life! The life of today
must needs have morality at its cen-
ter to save it. This is to say that
it must have religion. I am in-
creasingly convinced as the days go
on that nothing but the religion of
The Man can save men and nations.

“Tongues” and “knowledge” are not],

enough, says the apostle Paul. Cult—
ure will not avail. To bring our
blase children to know and to feel
the white holiness of Jesus Christ;
this is where we must build our fut-
ure. I believe the religion of Jesus
in practice, and that alone, will give
necessary attention to the children,
the poor, the sick, the imprisoned;
and that only will rid our land of
thievings, hold—ups, the traffic in
drink, the terrible ravages of the
social evil, and will give happy em—
ployment to all. Some American
bankers were banqueting in 'China.
The conservation passed to the
alarming embezzlement of public
funds in recent years. A Y. M. C. A.
secretary asked if he might be al-
lowed to ask two questions. How
many of you men attended church
and Sunday school when you were
boys? All hands went up. How
many of your boys are attending
church and Sunday school today?
No hands up.

Now, the fall elections are near.
What shall we hope for? Whom
shall we vote for? The self-seeker
and the man or women drunken with
political ambition? A man cannot

be better than his ideal. Only
worthy purposes makes a. man
worthy. My candidate must be a

person who has a clear vision of the
just laws, and fair ideals, and happy
service that should prevail among us.
Be he church member or no, I want
him to see the light of that city or

. community where reigns the Golden

Rule. And, I Want him to believe
that such a commonwealthican, and
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Christmas Is Just Around the
Corner. So start today choosing
your Christmas Gifts

Twenty complete Christmas
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gifts, everything suitable for
Christmas is pictured in your
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Toys, games, books, jewelry,
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There are no Holiday prices,
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goes, how many more presents
you can buy. N 0 one need to be
omitted from your Christmas list
if you let Ward’s Catalogue be
your Christmas guide, your
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Early. Christmas is just
around the corner

We are ready now to handle
all Christmas orders. Our stocks
of Christmas goods are now com—
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order now.

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today. Don’t put it off till
Christmas time. Don’t wait till
some things are gone.

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’ SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1923

Edited and Published by
TH! RURAL PUILlsfllNa OOIPAIY, KM.
GEORGE II. ILOGUII. Pm
It. clemens, Michigan
Represented in New York Chicago, St. Louis nod Minneapolis b!
the Amociated Farm Papers, rpomted
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The date following your name on the address label shows when
your subscription expires. In. renewing kindly send thn label to
‘ k Remit by check. daft, money-order or registered
letter; stumps and currency are at your net We Icinowledn
by first-class mail every dollu' received. ~

Advertising Rates: 45¢: per agate lino.
inch. 772 lmes to the M. Flat rates. _

LII. Stock and Auetlon Sale Advertising: We offer special low
rats. to reputable breeders of live stock‘nnd poultry; Into “3-

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firm who we do not  to he thonmghly honest fimble.
Shop!!! any reader have any cause for complaint scam em; .86-
vertreer in these columns, the ublieher would npprecnte an im-
meybste letter bringing all beg to light. In every cue when
“Til-Int m: “I saw your a ‘ ent in The Michigan Mes
Farmer!” It will guarantee hornet dealing.

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AN OPEN LETTER TO MR. KELLEY

“Enclosed find check for one dollar for
which please continue your paper. I want
to tell you something. The farmers have
got where they haven’t got a darn bit of
faith in the whole. works, from the farm
papers to the governor himself. The cards
are stacked so we got cold-decked at every
deal but I, suppose. we have got to'support
you all someway.

After a hard fight we succeeded in stop-
ping the T. B. test 111 Jackson County.
It had been carried on “here for twp years
and 80 per cent of us considered it the
hardest blow ever dealt the cattle industry
of our county. Beside we do not believe
it amounted to anything. I’ll bet. we wm
never see a. word of it in a farm paper
just the same- Yours,~——J. D. Kelley,
Cement City, Michigan.”

Y Dear Mr. Kell-eyz—You say “the farmers
A have got where they haven’t got a darn
bit of faith in the whole works from the

farm papers to the governor himself!”

We will not attempt to answer for the Gover-
nor. And we will not attempt to answer for
any other so—called “farm—paper”, but, we will
challenge your right to include THE MICHIGAN
BUSINESS FARMER, (if that was. your intention)
in that aspersion.

From the day the first copy of this publication
Went into the mails, it has been published with
one goal always before us—the greatest possible
service to the farmers of our home state.

We have never hesitated to attack any in-
dividual or proposition no matter how formidable,
if we believed it menaced the farming business
in Michigan. We have championed every farm—
ers organization plan which had behind it a
sincere purpose. W’e have never been biased
by politics, religion or organization affiliations.

NOR WILL THE B U S I N E S S FARMER
EVER BE! ‘

This is the only farm paper owned and edited
in Michigan to-day and we would be traitors to
our trust if we deviated one iota from this de-
claration of principles which has been our bea-
con from the start.

Now, Mr. Kelley, if there is any subject of
interest to the farmers of Michigan which can—
not or will not be discussed in these columns,
whether we personally favor or disfavor it, I
want to know what it is.

We maintain a department known as “What
the Neighbors Say”, under which appears in each
issue letters from our readers on all manner of
subjects. These letters appear just as they are
received by us. We welcome them and print
them, whether we agree with them or not. We
believe this is part of the service expected of us
and that we have no right to shut our columns
to any reader who has a message for the farm—
ers of Michigan.

Now, Mr. Kelley, if we have made it plain
to you where we stand, we thus publicly invite
you to state the farmers problemsparticularly
in regard to the. tuberculin testing of cattle, and
your message will be printed in these columns.
And I will not hold you, Mr. Kelley, to your bet
that you would never see- : ward of it in any
farm paper, either l—Grzonon M. Shocux, Publisher

BEAN CAMPAIGN A FLIVVER

T ought to be apparent to the bean growers in
Michigan that they will have: to  o‘er the
mutating: of but into their hum;

When New York, (fili‘fornfa and Colorado, the
other great. been producing states. agree to a.
m, in which the: will pm u m d

the‘cost of a $641.0.flq   m

 ~increasek the sale/Sufi  more 11' '
America, and when that plan "goes on the rub ‘

  

 
 

   
  
 

because of the. shnztslghtedness of a. few 

In Michigan it weigh 
duced a leader who can inttfite a stress; m-
zation of been madame that will specialise only

in handling this commodity and preparing it to:

market.

There is every reason why an organization of
this kind can he as successful as those in the west,
whereas a selling agency, organiaed‘ to. handle
all manner of farm products, perishable and
otherwise, quickly finds itself in very difficult
waters. . ‘ \

Michigan beans will always hold an enviable
place on the beam market in the United States.
They are not a perishable crop; it is not dithcult
to prepare them -for market, and Tm Busmvnse
FAR)“: was first, as you know, to encourage the
farmers and their families to hand—pick their own
beans and prepare them ready for market in
their own homes, or with cooperatively owned
machinery in their own neighborhoods.

A good organizer in a central office, with
branches in the bean markets, could? dispose of
all the beans produced: in. Michigan and? promote
their sale at. a cost no small to the individual
been grower that it would. not be noticeable.

Then when another plan came forward, to pro-
mote the sale of beans and to which other states
had agreed to payr their share, there would be no
question but what the Michigan bean grower’s
association would raise this fund over night.

Where is the man who will step forward from
the bean growers ranks or from the bean jobbers
ranks and offer to take over the organization of
a strong bean growers association in the state of
Michigan?

There is a wide open opportunity here my
some young man to show his mettle. He must. he
a man who knows how and where to sell beans:
and whose counsel can be taken by the men he is
representing. The farmers of this state, will be
quick to recognize such a man and we will
through the. columns of THE Bumnsss FARMER,
do all we can towards making his plans a success.

Perhaps we had best not close this comment
without recognizing the many bean jobbers in
Michigan who do realize the importance of coop—
erating with the growers and of increasing the
consumption of Michigan grown beans. It is un—
fortunate that these men cannot work out a plan
which would prove satisfactory to the bean grow—
ers and which would utilize their own equipment
and facilities already built.

These men know the market and if they will
lay their cards on the table and go fifty-fifty with
the bean growers on the possible profits we would
be just as anxious to see such a plan tried. Par-
ticnlarly‘ because we believe in using the material-
we have at hand, if it is possible and practicable.

GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY OF‘ THE GRANGE

HE Michigan State Grange celebrated its
fiftieth annual convention at Muskcgon the
week of October 23rd to 26th.

We are proud to present in this issue a com-
plete report. by our staff correspondent of the
proceedings of, this meeting, which should b of
interest to all. farmers in Michigan whether em-
bers of this particular organization or not.

The Michigan State Grange has an envi ble
record over the fifty years since its organization
in Michigan, when it was one of the pioneers in
this great national organization that now has
members in every state in the Union.

The Grange pioneered much of the organiza-
tion and cooperative work which has been taken
up by later. organizations and carried forward
with slight changes, but always with the prin—
ciples behind it which the Grange leaders in its
inception formulated.

The Grange has come to be recognized because
of its age and experience as the counselor for
the younger and often more impulsive organiza-
tion and it has many times proved a. good bal-
ance wheel when radical leaders would have led
the farmers of this country into some will—o-the-
wisp mirage.

We have never known a. community where a.
local Grange was established that was not blessed
by its environment. The Grange has meant not
only the meeting place; the center of community
interest, the place where men and. women of the
same calling could meet on equal grounds and
discuss their mutual problems, but it has been
the great educator which need recognize only
as its superim' the may school itself.

We are Druid of the Michigan State Grange
and we are proud of. Its leaders, who for flu:
years have kept stainless the record of its work in
this great state.

We know we bespeak’ the sentiments of every

o

farmer In Michigan. no matter what his organl-_

saue- swan-n... when we w» an W
State Grange Godspeed and'ad’d our. sincere con-
gratulations and sincere hope that the second
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 Wing. W up the  and
rehabmtating those who are unfortunate enough
to be overtaken by calamity. He searches the
world to find where he may be of assistance and
his motto is ‘Tcome to serve!” '

The American Red Cross has been first on every
field of We. first at every natural calamity,

first at the bed-sides in every epidemic, no matter,
where in- the world, since it was first organized._

We hope it. will never again have to go upon
the field” of battle to ease the pain and scourge
of War. but the natural calamities, fi‘re, earth-
quake, flood and cyclone, will always be reaching

out in; some part at the world and exacting its .

penalty of  humans. I

Within {menu-four hours- atter the earth-
quake, which so recently‘visited’ those congested
islands in the Pacific, the» American Red Cross
had. great ships. loaded. with provisions, medical
supplies, nurses and doctors. That very gesture
of good  to Japan: inthfi!" hour of need
will do more to cement a fellowship between
the peoples of. that far nation and our own than
all the Jingnist‘s em both sides can bolster up in
another decade.

To give our share, no matter how small the
contribution is, to the American Red Cross dur-
ing the annual roll call which begins November
11th and closes November 29th is a privilege
which every true Americans holds flared. No
wondét it is cal-led the “greatest mother in the
want!" ~

PAY-AS-YOU-GO ROADS

(Y for your highways as you build them,

says Governor Groesbeclt, in outfim‘ng plans

for highway- cnirstrnofim during the year
19:24. These in and; farmer in Michim who will
not say' “Amen” to this  because,
as we have continually pointed out, no me man
can dietest continued  of bonds which
mortgage the whole future prosperity at this
state.

If Governor- Gmesbeck-‘s administration is to

be given enedit. for an. other accomplishment,
certainly his road building program and the
changes he has. made. in the plans under opera—
tion when he took. over the office have been
commendable. He can well point with pride to
the. fact that under his administration only
$2,000,060 have been issued for highway bonds;
that he has placed several hundred prisoners on
the roads and that a greater mileage has-been
built at a lower cost than at any time since the
complete highway program was adopted.
' Having given the Governor credit for what he
has done for good roads we must necessarily
take him to task for vetoing the gasoline tax
which has now been adopted by most of the states
having a large registration of automobiles and
trucks. There is every good reason for a gas—
oline tax: Lieutenant-Governor Thomas E. Reed,
speaking at the Farmer’s Picnic at Bear Lake,
Manistee County, said recently, “The gas tax is
the only fair method of paying, for Michigan’s
great high/way program, considering the fact that
people from all: wet the- continent drive over the
highways of the state, and I. believe that we
will have. that law in the. near future.”

We harbor the idea that even the Governor
himself regrets now the- aetion he took and is
trying to make amends for it in the hope that
he can have a successful highway building pro-
gram well under way before the next legislature
meets, when it is a certainty the gasoline tax
will be inaugurated in this state.

 

 

 

MICHIGAN NEVER S0 PROSPEROUS
I EPOSITS in Michigan's 572 State banks, two

industrial banks and 12 trust companies.

which declined $93,305,350’.26 during the
year ending September, 1921, are now, as shown
by a statement issued by the Michigan Depart-
ment of Banking as of' Acts 10, this year, to be
the largest in the history of the State.

The recovery from the, decline in the year of
the last quarter of 1920, and the first three
quarters of 1921, has been continuous. From Sept.
15, 1922, to Oct. 10, 1923?, just 13 months the
increase has been $124,481,258.94, of which $40,-
818,0085.15 was in commercial deposits are! $83,-
693,285..7& in savings deposits.

For the five—yen: period the, increase in com-
mem‘lmd savings deposits combined 1m been

nearly 130 la cent, or iron $55.72!.4fi8456 to ‘
' $‘1,Q&9,3T&,782.fl.

And Id all of this increase has bean registered
from the cities of Michigan either! Country
buts Inn-'1; that a. lane proponfim of their
0% the. m- 1!“ been liquidated
and in the face of. the 3mm calamity

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. that you spend this two dollars in
advertising in your local county pap-
er or your state farm paper. We
have knOWn of a great number of
farms to be sold on this basis but we
never have known one to be sold by
the kind of scheme that the Bankers
Investment Company have offered to
to you.

AN EXCEPTION TO PROVE’THE

. RULE
RE is an old adage that
5 “There is anexcepti-on; to every
rule" and it maybe that we
have found it in the case of the knit-
ting machine manufactured by the
Home Profit Hosiery Company, Ro-
chester, New York. '
Late in October, at the earnest
solicitation of our New York repres-
entative, the publisher stopped all at
Rochester and visited the five-story
home of this company. We met Mr.
H. B. Watson, the general manager,
and through his courtesy were able
to make a careful investigation into
the manufacture of the machines,
the plan of selling to the user, the
method of collecting the home work,
supplying the raw material and pay-
ing for the work done. We also
saw the finished work, as sent in by
women from all parts of the country,
being sterilized, matched, pressed,
wrapped and placed in standard at-
tractive hosiery boxes for the retail

trade.

There was every indication that a
legitimate work-at-home business
was being operated here and that
this company has many hundreds of
satisfied operators who are shipping
their material regularly, was demon-
strated. ‘

We have always stated in these
columns that it was not the desire of
the Publisher to use this department
to work an intustice on any industry
because of the misconduct of any in-

. dividual in that industry.

We have had a great deal to say
about auto lmitters and yet we must
confess that we have never had a
complaint registered against the
Home Profit Hosiery Company, al- ‘
though we have had any number
against other companies in this same
line, many of which we have adjust-
ed to the satisfaction of our readers,
but not without some pressure being
brought to hear from this ofilce. ,

We have the assurance of Mr.
Watson that the interests of our
readers will always come first and
that they must be satisfied before
he will consider the transaction clos-
ed. Under these circumstances we

 

SELLING MILLS BY MAIL
“Is it any wonder that the manu-
facture of home brew prospers when
advertisements like the enclosed

card, are promiscuously circluated
thru the mails?”

 the circular our good friend

encloses is headed "New Model

Boiler and Storage Can", but
the picture is of a copper still 9.1-
r y to hook on the coil and altho
the type plainly states that it is for
boiling and storage, anyone with a
child’s intelligence would know that
it is tor making whisky.

But if there were any doubt left
in your mind as to the intent of the
machine advertised, it would be
quickly dispelled by the announce-
ment of copper-tubing at 30c per
foot and “Liquor Flavouring Ex—
tracts: Rye, Bourbon, Scotch, Irish,
Gi Brandy, etc., at 75c per bottle”
w&h appears on the same circular.

Now mind you, this circular was
delivered by a United States govern-
ment employee in the mail—box of a
farm home which had not asked for
it and had‘no desire for it and yet,
if purchased, it would be shipped
again through the governments mails
to their door-step. A complete rum—
making outfit that would terrorize
a neighborhood and give the sherifi?
a merry chase to discover it!

No, dear madam, it is no wonder
that there is almost as much drink—
ing of alcoholic liquors in many sec-
tions as there was before prohibi-
tion, when circulars of this kind
flood the mails and every city and
town has its “Malt and Hop Stores"
which sell the identical material this
circular offers.

 

 

 

 

SELF-HELP

First Mortgage Real Estate Gold Bonds

FEDERAL BONDS

FEDERAL BOND & MORTGAGE COMPANY
FEDERAL BOND & MORTGAGE BUILDING, DETROIT

   
  
    
  
  
  
  
   
  
   
   
    
   
     
 
    
    
   
 
  
 
    
   
  
 
  
  
   
  
 
  

You will find Federal first
mortgage bonds conven-
ient securities to own;
they pay generous inter-
est, they are absolutely
safe; and the Federal
organization of financial
experts takes all details
from your shoulders.

Write for Booklet AG1093

Tax Free in Michigan
Free from Federal Income Tax of 4%

6V2%

(1093)

Are Better Bonds

 

feel that it is no more than right “The Pelman Institute wants

  

 

that We should state the facts as we $39.00 cash out of me for a course

 

 

in Pelmanlsm. I am interested in
almost anything that leads to mental
and financial advancement. Do you
think this Pelmanism is real goods
and worth the money, or is it a
fake?”

HAVE read over the circular you

I sent with your letter and altho

I do not doubt but what the Pel-
man books are valuable it you will
read them, I am sure that you can
get just as much good value by ask—
ing for the right kind of books at
your local public library, and you
will be ahead just $39.00 cash that
they ask you for the course.

If you have money to burn, may-
be you can get full value out of this
course, but our experience is that
most people sign up for these cor—
respondence courses and never finish
them. There is no question but,what
they are valuable, but they are
only worth as much as you put into
them. Ask your local library for
some of Orison Swett Mardens books
on self-help, nothing better was ever
Written.

found them on a personal visit to
this company at Rochester, and we
should be pleased to hear from any
of our readers who are familiar with
it or who are now employed by it.

A NEW ONE FROM ILLINOIS

Iwishtoknowifyou can tellme
anything in regard to the reliability
of the Bankers Investment Bureau,
320 E. Clay St., Roodhouse, 11L,
which claims to furnish a list of over
200 land buyers’ names and ad-
dresses tor two dollars and claim
they do not charge any commission
for selling your land in this way. In
the first place I answered an ad in
the “ State Journal” of Mrs.
W. Roberts of 320 E. Tray, Rood-
house, 111., and when my answer
came it was from the Bankers In-
vestment Bureau, 320 E. Clay St...
Roadhouse. 111., and made me a
special otter of over 200 names of
buyers if I would send in within a
certain date and as I didn’t pay any
attention they sent me a second lat-
ter which I will enclose for you to
see, and extended the special price
oiler to Oct. 16. Will you please let
me know what you can about this as

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Farm F inancing.....

To make long
WITHOUT C0
of 1 %

tects the farmer by determining the value the land, limiting interest rates,
scribing the terms and conditions of the loan,

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Every farmer should know the United States Government
authorizes

The First Joint Stock Land Bank
of Cleveland

time farm loans, at lowest rates of interest,
MMlSSlONS, repayments to be on easy plan

per year in addition to interest. Loans authorized:

1. Up to 50% of the land. _
2. Up to 20% of amount insurable buildings add to land.
3. To farmers who own good and well managed security.

an value determined by a Government appraiser. Thus the government pro‘
pre-
and by prohibiting commissions.
For complete information of this opportunity to save money write

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soon as possible—F. Y., St. Johns,
Mich.

the first place if the Bankers In-
vestment Company had the right

closed one dollar to extend my
subscription two years. We like
THE Business Farm it has saved us
many times the cost. I wrote to one
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waiting tor/your farm they vgguld tending to Purchase one but after  ZEEEgg-i " 1.00:3”! C41, For One Year
not need t6 advertise; under a mu. reading, about them in M. B. F., I  . . Woman’s W odd mum”

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secure business. Legitimate busi- to write Warren McBae, but think I l 47,, vhf.“ Alu- «H 51* m $.33: 00 . rice, (Monthly) ‘ $ 00
ness houses. do not stoop to such W111 let such men alone. A word to .‘l r 5' . , ‘ mencanN ewoman, . ==
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certain of selling your tarm to one adflce— We farmers ,have hard A‘ h mu ". manure: l ..
of their two hundred buyers as their enough- tlmos as it is without being 'I‘ AD 1hr Bm .cwd' W ’° .
circular would indicate. they would mm 111 011 “1630 silt edge advertise— ,5, mm 0 W111 0. ctnkethe rls
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0. WOOL BLANKETS

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Genuine Army Class B wool bl nk

bed size, This price is the 1(,>”we:tatii.l1uy'l3
where and as they are getting scarce we
suggest you buy several at this remark-
ggle low price Plus

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Army 0. D. Wool Shlrt $2.95

This is the most wonderful shirt value
made, Regulation army. double elbow .
lined chest, of finest O. D. wool serge.
Costs today to manufacture more than
.00. 2 Plus
Sale price.. ........  ' Postage

HORSE BLANKETS $l.85

These blankets for small horses,of brand
new heavy weight outside shell of burlap
wool blanket lined. Heavy   Plus

webb girths, leather straps ' Postage

Waterproof Horse Blanket
$2.95

For larger horses shell of treated duck
blanket, lined, This is a well made dur-
able blanket. weight aboutsz  Plus

mlbs. Worth 88. Our price - Postage

ARMY WOOL
SOCKS

3 Pair 770

All wool heavy weight
extra length, just the
thing for winter. They are
long wearing regulation wool
socks and worth 760 pair.

Sale price

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86 inches long with heavy 0. D. Moleskin
shell, lined with best grade bark tanned
sheepskin. Well tailored. built for ser-
vice, Beaverized collar.   Pius

Sale price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ' Postage

[00% Wool Unlon Suits $3.95
The best of material and workmanship
in these heavy winter weight, all wool
ribbed suits, Yet; willinot be dissapgllnted
with this great o arga n. us

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TWO MANY WILD THEORIES

DITOR—A man who__was sup-
E posed to be one of the leaders

in trying to form a National
Farmer—Labor party said in a recent
speech that he didn’t favor a Farm—
er-Labor party but favored farmers
and laborers uniting against the pre~
datory interests.

Now I protest there are no pred-
atory interests that form any class
of the people in this country. Such
statements foment class hatreds and
are used to exploit votes. One of
our great blessings in this country
is an abundance of capital and effic-
ient business and I believe the capi-
talist and businessman are just as
honest and patriotic as the farmer
and laborer.

Of course, there are some bad melt
in all classes. If it were not so we
wouldn’t need punitive and regula—
tory laws. Many statements com-
monly made to influence voters have
no foundation in fact. One such is
the goverment guaranty of railroads.
Now the government doesn’t guaran-
tee the railroads anything, not even
immunity from strikes and hold-ups.

It is said the Esch—Cummins law
should be repealed. Do they mean
the railroads should be left without
any regulation whatever? It seems
to me it should be amended and
strengthened so that differences
could be composed, strikes averted,
and the people provided with contin—
uous and efficient transportation.

The Federal Reserve Board is de—
nounced and blamed for deflation
of prices of agricultural prices. ‘The
Federal Reserve law was passed for
the express purpose of providing an
elastic currency. Anyone can see
that it took more money to carry on
business during the war with its
high prices and intense activity than
now. That it takes more money to
move the wheat crop when wheat is
$2.00 per bushel than when it is
only $1.00 per bushel. There is
plenty of money with which to do
business and the Federal Reserve
Board is in no way to blame for the
low price of farm products. Infla-
tion of the currency is one of the
greatest catastrophies that can hap-
pen to any country. 2

The commission to value railroad
property, the Railroad Labor Board,
the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion, the Supreme Court, the Judici-
ary, Judges and Legislators, in fact
every government agency in sight is
denounced and yet they demand gov-
ernmlent ownership of everything.

We want neither commission nor
facistism in this country but we will
have both if any considerable amount
of the wild theories advocated at the
present time are enacted into laws.
The recent experience of Italy along
those lines should be a lesson to us.
~K. S. Wood, Boyne City, Mich.

STATE PENSION FOR OLD
R. EDITOR:——Why not; pension
M the old rather than some of
these young widows? I know
one who has four children and is
drawing $25.00 per month and also
keeping house for a widower with
three children. He is a strong man
able to support them without her
getting $25.00 per month. When
they get pension why do they give it
Where two families agree to live in
the same house as one family? She
said she has been advised to live so
and still draw a pension. If the
state upholds such why not pension
the helpless? There are some who
think she is not entitled to it.—A
Reader, Fenwick, Mich.

 

NO SMALL CHILDREN WORKING
IN BEET FIELDS

EAR EDITOR:——-I have just read

about your child labor in the

Michigan beet fields. I think

,that fellow is trying to raise a big

stink to help destroy our sugar in-
dustry. I think he is the one the
state police should square up. I
have spent the biggest part of my
life on the farm and have failed to
find one child of five or six years old
that does much in the sugar beet
fields. I have one that is nine years
old and every time he has a. chance
he is in the field doing something
and he is a lot betteroff there than
if he was in the city doing mischief

     

sn who

it

   

or get%g crippl ~(pup by machines
in c shi ‘h’ asset

now who are trying to make a. living
now spreading all kinds of propa-
ganda. They are the ones that ought
to be attended to first. I will say
again that a child .of five or six years
old cannot top beets. He might hap-
pen to pick up a knife to play with
and hurt himself with it, that is how
accidents happen. For weeding they
are no good at that age, they might
try but that is a11.—Joseph Fargett.
Bay County, Mich.

MAiDE SOME PROGRESS IN
PAST 50 YEARS
DITOR—The present situation
for the farmer can not continue.
California farmers are letting
their fruit rot on the trees for the
wholesaler is not placing orders with
the canneries.

If the farmers could organize and

do as factory owners do—put a price
on their crops—and then the state
could set a maximum price farming
might be different. Say a bottom
price of 60 cents per bushed and a
top price of $1.00 per bushel fob the
farm for the potatoes—a bottom
price of $1 and a top price of $1.50
per bushel for apples fob the farm;
a bottom price of $1 and a top price
of $1.50 for wheat fob the farm; 60
and 80 cents for cats; so that the
city dweller would know the spread
between farmer and consumer and
stop speculation and corners. Also
stop robbing the city man with $4
or $5 per bushel crops when there
.is a food shortage.

The North Carolina Farmers Un-
ion shows that there was a refusal
by the Secretary of’ Agriculture to
permit Dr. Spillman's cost of Pro-
duction figures for farmers to be
printed.
ed to produce and know nothing.

While the world has so far been
ruled by fear, and kept in darkness

by ignorance and false doctrines, yet ‘

we have made some progress in the
last 50 years. We have abolished
negro slavery, the saloon, stopped
gambling on horse racing, closed the
Louisana lottery, given the vote to
women, adopted Initiative and Ref-
erendum in 16 states, and in spite of
Mutt and Jeff, the movies, divorce
scandles in the dailies, and the base
ball and prize fight scores, Lincoln
was right when he said you could
not fool.all the people all the time.
There is considerable sober thinking
going on today—Ezra R. Averill, R.
5, Grand Rapids, Mich.
BUSINESS BACKING THE ,BIBLE
EAR EDITORz—I am quoting
D the following from the Literary
Digest of March 13, 1923. The
references to the Bible are my own:
“ ‘The onlyPSure foundation for
business and national safety is not
great and plentiful markets, ships on
the seas and trained forces to pro-
tect and maintain our interests at
home and abroad, but religion,’ and

it is not; a denominational journal
which tells us this, but a business
publication. Recently the attention

of the Manufacturers" Record (Balti-
more) was called to a revival which
is reported to be sweeping over Miss-
issippi, and, in the words of Howard
S. Williams, Editor of the Hotters—
burg American, to be creating ‘a bet-
ter feeling in Mississippi today be-
tween men of all classes than ever
before.’ The Record feels therefore,
_a moral compulsion to note the phe-
nomenon is of more than local or
passing interest. ‘The very founda-
tion of individual, national and
worldly prosperity,’ says the Balti-
more periodical, ‘is religion.’ ‘With-
out the guiding influence of religion
'and the power it has over mankind
this nation would soon sink back in—
to barbarism, and no business in it
would be safe. Eliminate from any
community the churches and prop-
erty of all kinds would become
worthless.’ This we are told is the
lowest point of view from which to
study the influence of religion on the
individual or on the world. The
Record emphasizes its views by as-
serting: ‘This country needs a gen-

uine revival (individual nationwide),

of old time religion—the ' religion
that accepts the teachings of the
Bible as Divine; a' religion that

makes the employer honest with his ‘

employees and_the employee honest
withhi‘s employer: 3. relig
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relation of‘li‘te; a religion which up-
lifts, which makes men realize that
in the literal fulfilling of the teach-
ings of the Golden. Rule there is
safety, and nowhere else is there
safety for business or for society.
The lack or absence of this kind of
religion takes from men the moral
backbone to stand out in the open
and fight wrong wherever intrenched,
' regardless of their personal or busi-
ness safety. Every man who seeks
'to fight wrong under the guise of
some secret organization hasn't the
moral courage to fight in the open
and lacks the inspiring power of
true religion. The spirit of the
Golden Rule must dominate every
factory and every farm. The man
who cheats, sells bad goods or who
tries in any way to take advantage
of another, is by that fact sapping
his owu moral fiber. Only through
a nation-wide revival of the religion
of the Cross brought about by an in—
dividual confession of sin and turn-
ing from our wicked ways can save
the work from chaos. The world is
in turmoil through failure of relig-
ion to function fully in our hearts
and lives.’ " 2 Tim. 3:1—5; 1 Tim. 6:
6-10; 1 John 1:8-10; Luke 6:31——
M. A. 0., Grand Haven, Mich.

RADIO DEPARTMENT

 RADIO NEWS COVERS

COUNTY

’ GRICULTURAL reports are now
. being broadcast by radio tele-

graph as well as by radio tele-
phone direct from the United States
Department of Agriculture at Wash-
ington through the Arlington radio
station. The new service is design—
ed to speed up the dispatching of
market news and is the result of co-
operative arrangements with the
Navy Department to establish remote
control stations in the Department of
Agriculture.

With the use of radio and wire
telegraphy the Department of Agri—
culture has established the most
complete and efficient market news
:service to farmers and other agri-
cultural interests developed any-
where in‘ the world. Farmers in
practically any section of the coun-
try can now receive reports of agri-
cultural prices and movements at
the leading market centers the same
day, and in many cases within a few
hours after the news develops.
'Trained market reporters in the
markets collect the information and
file it for immediate dissemination
by telegraph and radio.

“FARMING AIN’T WHAT IT USED
TO BE

RECENT issueof the New York

Herald tells about George El-

kins, Buncombe, 111., who at 97
years of age is declared to be the
oldest active farmer in the country..
'He has affidavits to prove that for 75
years he has been working the farm
.on which he lives. His first "forty"
was acquired during the presidency
of Millard Fillmore. His next 120
acres cost him only 12% cents an
acre.

Says Mr. Elkins:

“If a person is always getting mad
and worrying about little things
that come up it's bound to cut down
his years. Some folks spend all their
time using themselves up trying to
get even with the other fellow.
There has been a heap of changes in
the last eighty years. Farming ain't
what it used to be. Even fifty years
ago. When I first started we could
raise ten bushels of corn on the
same amount of land it takes for
three bushels now, and we didn't
have a whole lot of newfangled
things to put it in with either.”

Mr. Elkins’ chief criticism of his
business is that thesame amount of
land which produced 10 bushels of
corn 50 years ago, gives him only
three bushels today. That is, if 50
years ago Mr. Elkins raised 60
bushels of corn per acre, today he is
getting only 16 or 17 bushels. No
wonder he complains! And he is
quite right: Farming ain’t what it
used to be!

In some way .we did not receive the
September 29th issue of your paper. We
mused it. Please may we have a copy?
Your'paper is read by us all and we do

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OUR BOYS AND GIRLS

Dear Uncle Nedz—As I haven’t writ-
ten in quite a while I thought I would
write a few lines. How is the weather
down there in Mt. Clemens lately? It is
kind of rainy here. It has rained here
for two or three days now and I hope
it will quit now pretty soon. Well I
suppose most of the boys and girls are
getting ready for Halloween now. Pretty
soon they will have to be getting ready
for Christmas, and probably it won’t be
long before the ground will be white in-
stead of brown. I wish Some of the boys
and girls would write to me. The trees

begin to look like fall now don't they,
with different colored leaves on them?
—Lawrence Chapman, 9231/; Pine Ave,

Alma, Michigan.

Dear Uncle Ned:—I have never seen
a letter in your paper from our town,
Marcellus, and I fear that some of you
may not know there is such a place, it
is for that reason that I am writing. I
have read “The Children’s Hour" for
some time and enjoy it immensely. I
live on a farm near Marcellus, and I
am in high school. Uncle Ned, I have
often wondered just what kind of a per-
son you really are.
brought about through your page in the
M. B. F. and I think that you should
feel quite emaouraged. I am not going to
sign my name but to anyone who will
write me through the page of the M. B.
F. as “The Marcellian" I should be very
glad to carry on a correspondence with.
I suppose I have taken space enough but
I guess I forgot to tell you that I am
a girl. I am hoping that this little mis-
sive won’t find its way to your waste
paper basket or I shall surely feel that
Marcellus is not on the map. I hope I'll
see in one of your near future issues
a letter headed “The Marcellian” from
someone, and I surely will answer it
with joy. lye—bye.»—“The Marcollian."

Hello Uncle Nedt—I hope you have
room on your page for a little north-
eastern girl to settle her letter in. Or
maybe it’ll settle in Mr. Waste Paper

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‘Basket. Well, Uncle Ned, I have been
a silent reader of them. B. F. and the
Children’s Hour for over four years.
But the reason I did not write was that
I did not know your address, until this
week’s issue and right at the top of the
page I saw it. I live on the farm with
my mother, father and three sisters. I
suppose there is someone who would like
‘to know what I look like. I am a girl
of 13 on the 13th day of May. Have I
a. twin? I have blond hair (which is
bobbed) a very light complexion, am 4
feet 11 inches tall, weigh 113 pounds.
The autumn leaves are beginning to fall
again. My but this summer has gone
fast, hasn‘t it, Uncle Ned? School has
started again. I go to school every day.
I am in the 8th grade. Well Uncle Ned
I will have to close for this time as it
is my bedtime. .7 With love to all. Your
niece,-——Leona Seder, Alger, Michigan.
P. S.-—-—-Boys and girls, write to me.

Dear Uncle Nedz—I have been a silent
reader of the boys' and girls’ page for
several years. I attend the North Branch
high school and will be a senior next
year. The 13th of July I was seventeen
years old. I am a blonde and have light
brown hair, brown eyes, and weigh one
hundred and ten pounds. One of my four
brothers and two of my three sisters
are married. I live on a 160-acre farm,
two and one-half miles from North
Branch. I would like to hear from some
of the boys and girls and promise to
answer all letters received. This is get—
ting rather long for my first attempt so
I will say good—bye. Your niece,———Teresa
Kreiner, North Branch, Michigan.

Dear Uncle Nedz—Please send Mr.
Waste Basket on an errand so he will
not see this. I read all of the letters
from the boys and girls page and enjoyed
them very much. As it is the custom,
I will describe myself. I will be 16 on
Thanksgiving Day, am 5 feet and 9 in—
ches tall and weigh about 140 pounds.
I live on a farm of 80 acres and help
my father with the farm work. The
answer to Doris Margaret Scott’s riddle
is a “well”. I have one sister who is
older than I. I will enter high school
this fall. Well I will close with a few
riddles: Round as an apple, busy as a
bee, prettiest little thing you ever did
see. If you throw a stone into the water
what does it become? I would like to
hear from some of the boys and girls.
Well, good-bye to you. Your nephew,—
Lloyd Laubaugh, R. 3, Delton, Mich.

Dear Uncle Nedz—May I enter your
merry circle? I wrote you once before,
two years ago, but I hope you won’t
care because I am writing again. I will
describe myself: I have dark brown hair,
dark brown eyes, am 4 feet and 6 inches

tall, Weigh 64 pounds. will be in the
eighth grade next year, and will be 13
years old the 27th day of October. Have

I a twin? If so write, and I will surely
write you a big letter. We have lots of
tame rabbits here. Do you like rabbits,
Uncle Ned? .I do, and can get ours to
sit right in my lap. I also like poetry,
flowers, and small children. My best
friend has moved away to Muskegon, and
I miss her so. I dread to start to school
on that account. My father works at
Barnfield, but my mother, my sisters,
Gladys and Sherlie, and myself are on
the farm. Hoping my letter escapes the

 

waste basket, 'I remain, your loving:
niece. Leah Corbin, Stanwood, It. 1,
Michigan.

Making Chair Casters From Bottle Caps

OTTLE caps may be fastened to
the ends of'chair or table legs in
such a way that the furniture

may be pushed over the floor or car-
pet easily, and the floor Will not be
scratched nor the carpet torn. These
bottle cap casters will be found both
strong and durable.

Get four bottle caps and four short
flat—headed nails. The cork lining
should be left in the caps.

Turn the chair or table upside
down, so that the ends of the legs
are uppermost. Make a hole‘ in the
center of each leg, preferably with
an awl or drill. Failing these tools,
drive a nail part-way in and then
.‘pull it out, straight.

Place a bottle cap on the end of
each leg and drive a nail carefully
through the center, so that the nail
enters the hole already made in the
wood. {Drive carefully until the head
of the nail is level with the bottle
cap. ,

Now hold the blunt end of a large
nail, on the head of the nail in the
bottle cap, and then hammer on the
.point of the large nail until the head
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demand for this variety.- of. seed, and
that the farmers 01 the Upper Penin-
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unusual commercial opportunity in
failing t‘crgive more attention to this
agricultural" feature is the, opinion
Chris Bemfs, Manager of the certi-
fieef seed department of the Michigan

Potato Growers Exchange of. Cadfl-

um, Michigan, who recently visited
the peninsula in the interest of the
seed potato production.

 Bemisyisited most of the ag-
ricultural communities throughout
the peninsula, and in company with
several of the county agricultural
agents, visited some of. the best po—
tato field‘s.

“While. it is. true that there may 

be some oven-production. at common

table. stock, there is a. decided lac‘k "

of the_certi'fied seed potato variety,
which is now in; such uzgent de-
mand”, Mr. Bernie declared. “We
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load lots- of Green Mountain, Russett
Rurals,. Irish Cobblers... Early Ohio,
and- other varieties of. certified seed
potatoes. from practically. every sec—
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the. demands: for the other certified
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Peninsula of Michigan; Thus far,
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farmers. to; adopt :

Upper Michigan
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on. the Russett Rural: variety. We
do not believe that this is advisable
for the upper Michigan territory;
largely for the reason that conditions
in the lower peninsulakare much
more favorable for this variety,
and. we have been able to secure a.
more desirable product from that
section of the state, and. our demand
for that particular type is. not so
urgent at this time.

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seed. a twenty to, lorry per cent in-
crease. on their income» on each acre. ‘
as: compared with the common table
stock variety, which the uppef Mich-
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EARLY TRAINING

N a basket, all day,
I I must sleep the hours away;
And it does no good to cry,
For they simply let me lie.
No one rocks or coddles me;
I am being “trained” you see.

There are roses on the wall,
But the basket is so tall

I can only see the flowers
When, at the appointed hours,

,I am lifted out with care,
To be taken down the stair.

After I am dressed and fed,

Back I go again to bed.
Sleeping, waking, there I lic,

And it does no good to cry.
I shan’t have a 'bit of fun

Till this‘being “trained” is done.

EATING FOR HEALTH

MONG the dietetically important

vegetables—and one," moreover,

that is always with us—is the
cabbage. Cabbage is about nine-
tenths water, and it requires three—
fourths of a pound of cabbage, or
about one serving, to furnish one
hundred calories of heat to the body,
while it requires less than one ounce
of sugar to furnish the same amount.
This sounds bad for cabbage, doesn’t
it? But let us look at it from an—
other angle before coming to con—
clusions.

This serving of cabbage furnishes
nearly one—third of the time needed

~ in the day’s rations. Sugar furnish-
es none, and the body needs lime to
build bones, to make strong teeth
and for other equally important pur—
poses.

This serving of cabbage also sup—
plies nearly one-fourth of the iron re—
quired by the body each day. The
body requires only a small amount of
iron, but the work accomplished by
that minute quantity is of exceeding
importance. Without iron, red blood
corpuscles can not be formed; and
without red corpusclcs, the blood
does not function properly.

Not only does this serving of cab-
bage furnish one—third of the day’s
lime and nearly one—fourth of the
iron needed, but it also supplies over
half of the phosphorus required by
.the body for the day’s work. and
phosphorus also is very essential to
the proper functioning of the human
mechanism.

But these are not the only advant-
ages of cabbage. It is what is
known as a bulky vegetable, and this
bulkiness and certain laxative prop—
erties, together with its high iron
and water content, help to prevent
conditions that may cause putrefac~
tion in the intestines.

In addition to this, nearly all of
the cabbage is edible; only fifteen
'per cent has to be discarded as
waste. As vegetables go, this is a
comparatively low percentage of
waste. There are only three in which
the loss is lower—String—beans, on-
ions and okra—while in several the
loss is higher, green corn having a
wastage of over sixty per cent and
green peas nearly ‘fifty.

In addtion to this, cabbage is a
valuable source of the much—talked-
of vitamins. But in this connection
it is well to remember that cooking
cabbage either in the pressure cook-
er or in boiling water destroys a
percentage of the Vitamin C, the one
that prevents scurvy. Therefore,
cabbage that is served raw in the
form of salad is a more valuable
source of this vitamin than cabbage
that has been cooked.

FOOD CALENDAR FOR
NOVERIBER

ON’T forget that the proper sea-
D soning for your Thanksgiving
menu is a genuine spirit of
thankfulness.

Be sure there’s cranberry, grape
currant or tart-apple jelly for the
roast turkey dinner. .

While the cranberry season is on,
remember to can sauce and make
jelly for other days. Cranberries
are as good with summer meals as
winter.

Start a jar of left-over slices of
bread to have some ready for the
turkey stuffing.

If you are so fortunate as to have
partridge, pheasant or other game,
you will need to use a stuffing rich
in fat to relieve the dryness of these
otherwise delicate meats. — '

For your Thanksgiving centerpiece
tray a low Indian basket filled, With
fruits—oranges, pears, apples,
bunches of grapes—and decorated
with autumn leaves.

‘ Another suitable centerpiece is

he 



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I.-A.J).epa1:tmejtt for the W a.

you.

ing but haven’t the recipe.
If you are using the hot
lunches in your community
I would appreciate any lot-
ters telling of how you man-
age so that we all may on-
joy your advanced ideas.

Edited by MRS.

EAR FOLKS:—I have been very anxious to have you know more
D about the Hot Lunches for the rural schools and. although I am
able to give you just a brief idea, because of space, I have some
bulletins on this subject and would be pleased to send one of them to
Be sure and read the Recipe column.
Dinner and may have one or two new suggestions.
like some special dish for Thanksgiving that you have thought of hav-
Write me and I will try and help you out.

W fades/Li

AddreSs letters: Mrs. Annie Taylor, care The Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Mlchlgan.

 

ANNIE TAYLOR

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a low bowl of oak leaves or short
branches mixed with sprays of bit-
tersweet.

Don’t

discard the fat from your

Thanksgiving fowls. Clarified, it is
an excellent shortening and may well
be used in making white sauces to
use with strong-flavored vegetables.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hot Lunch For Our Rural Schools

S long as most of us remember
the school lunch has been an
incidental affair, I feel sure this

article will have its appeal. There
was an idea in cooking the meals
that this and that would be left over
and would be a good addition to the
children’s lunch. Often an unexpect-
ed guest or a hungry family would
clean the platters and none of that
wholesome appetizing food was left
for our boys and girls and so again
they had to take pot luck.

—As one authority said recently:

“The installation of equipment for
cooking something hot at noon in
the rural schools is probably the
greatest stride in maintaining pub-
lic health that has ever been made.

“That sounds exaggerated, but it
isn’t. An examination of the child—
ren in several rural schools before
the hot lunch was installed and again
several months after it had been
in operation revealed some startling
facts.

“Before the hot lunch was put in,
seven out of each ten children were
in very poor physical condition, very
susceptible to diseases and of low vi—
tality, two out of ten were in fair
condition and one was good. Then
after several months of hot lunch,
there were seven good, two fair and
only one poor.”

The hot lunch club has come to
be recognized in many rural schools,

as an essential part of the school
program and a big step in this, the

right direction, has been taken. In

the city schools, where a great num—
ber come a long distance, they are
serving regular hot meals at noon
for a Very small amount of money.

The hot lunch to be successful
should have the co—operation and
support of the entire-community. The
school board and the parents are
most intimately concerned with this
project, but such organizations as
the Parent-Teachers’ associations,
the Grange, Farmers’ Club, and the
various Ladies’ Aid Societies should
be made to feel a vital interest in
the undertaking.

If your school has no hot lunch
system working for our boys’ and
girls’ better health, why not invite
the teacher and several of the moth-
ers who are good at pushing things
along and keep the telephone and the
car busy until you get your school
lined up and marching along by the
side of the good ones for high stand—
ard of health.

I have some bulletins prepared by
the Agricultural College that I will
gladly send any of our readers who
are interested enough to get this
good work started. It tells just how
to go about it and contains plans
for inaugurating this important in-
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. MOTHER’S PROBLEMS

AS THE SCHOOL YEAR PRO-
GRESSES
GOODVstart has been made on.
the school year. The novelty
has all worn off; the children
are settled down into the five days
a week routine. It is not too early
to ask yourself: “How are they
standing up under school?” .

Are colds becoming frequent oco
currences? Is there a tired washed-
out look to any of the little faces?
Have you 'heard complaints of head-
aches? Viewing your children as an
outs1der, just how do they look to
you, physically?

Perhaps you are fortunate enough
to have a school—nurse or school-
doctor who examines the children at
Intervals and reports their health
condition to you; perhaps you must
be the sole judge. Don’t neglect any
ill—health signs that may be appear-
ing now. If there is a tendency to!
ziivleiarigess, ifdweight has been notice—

y ro e ,

Why. pp endeavor. to find out
Consider first of all the

of sleep. Have the childreifulbjeeecii
getting to bed early enough nights
cons1dering that they can no longer
sleep until they feel like getting up?
Have there been too many parties
and entertainments and evening
trips to tOWn for the little folks?

How about their food? Do they
rush off without any breakfast, as
I have known many children to do?
Or do they eat for their morning
meal such indigestible food as dough-
nuts and coffee and heavily greased
potatoes or over-SWeetened pan-
cakes? Milk, toast, eggs and fruit
with a favorite cereal, should start
their day for them. And if lunches
are _taken, they should contain
nourishing bread and meat sand-
WlCheS, fruit and only a small pro-
portion of sweets.

An abundance of sleep and of
plain, simple, wholesome foods and
of pure, fresh air, necessary for
health at all times, is doubly essent—
ial when children are under the
strain of school and of necessity
must be “penned up” for hours with
other children. Make sure that your
children have all three!

 

WINTER GAMES

OR mouths now there will be

little time after school for out-

door playing. More and more

the young folks will be in the house,

and more and more will it become

necessaryvto keep them occupied, and

therefore, out of mischief. It is

the season for indoor games. Are

your children supplied with the most
common ones?

Games are beneficial in many re-
spects. Tiddledy-winks and jack-
straws, those two old favorites, pro-
vide excellent training in judgment
as well as muscle control. Dominoes
and checkers are instructive as well
as interesting. Old Maid and Auth-
ors sharpen the Wits and quicken
the memory. In even the most simple
games there is real development
made in the child’s mind.

More important, however, than
the mere educational value that
games provide, is the moral training
secured in friendly contests with
other children. Sooner or later a
child has to learn to accept defeat
occasionly. Some children, to whom
first place means very little, accept
defeat too philosophically; others
take their losses too hard. There
is little to be done to help those in
the first class, but a great deal can
be done to help those who go down
to defeat with tears in their eyes.

Usually that type of child derives
the most benefit from the games he
plays if he can play with a neigh-
bor-child, rather than with his own
brothers and sisters. If playing
only with the children in his own
family, he is too apt to give away
to his emotions and create a scene
because he didn’t Win—a perform—
ance detrimental, rather than bene-
ficial, to him. But if playing with
“outsiders” he will keep himself in
control, will laugh at his defeat, and
determine next time to win.

Watch should be kept over child-
ren at their indoor games. Cheating
should be detected and severely rep-
rimanded at once. Under proper sup-
ervision indoor games can teach
generosity, fairness, , determination,
self-control and the ability to smile
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For the Lady who Knits Mittens;—
COUId you tell me if the lady (Celia.
Brennan) who knitted mittens last winter
had her add in the M. B. F. is going to
do 50 again? Would like some children's
mittens knitted.

Helpful Handy Hints.—A long time ago
I noticed a request for helpful sugges-
tions so here are some things I have
found helpful: A piece of wire clothes
line with half a dozen spring clothes pins
strung on and fastened behind the range,
the small boy and big man will find it
a. good place to dry wet mittens and also
to keep them where they can be found.
The wife will not have to move them
every time she sweeps. A short line with
pins on is indespensible on the back
porch, handy‘to hang dish towels and
various small pieces on. A woodbox on
casters with a piece of rope fastened to
it is easily taken out on the porch to
fill; saving several steps, it will take
only a minute to wheel the box out. Of
course a built-in box is better but we
do not all have them.—A Subscriber.

Things Made at Home.——I put a screw
hook in the top of door casing, for jumrper.

I took a box the size I wanted, the
box being twelve inches by fourteen
inches wide and ten inches deep. The
side I wanted for front I cut out and
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center so baby wouldn’t slide out. 1 hol—
lowed out front so it wouldn’t be too
high for baby to lean on. I took a rope
and cut it in four pieces long enough to
make jumper right height from floor;
fastened these ropes to the corners of
box and tied ropes in ring. On this ring
I fastened an auto tube and on tube put
another ring to hang in hook put in door
casing. I also upholstered the box so it
is comfortable for baby. She has a good
time in her jumper.——Mrs. E. M. S.

 

 

 

 

 

RECIPES

 

 

THE THANKSGIVING DINNER

HANKSGIVING

Day has long been

called the first
really American holi-
day. We all know it
means giving thanks
and is a day of feast-
ing. All our crops are
in and we have much to be thank-
ful for.

I am giving you a Thanksgiving
Day menu and some recipes of dishes
that have always been great favorites
with my family:

 

Celery Olives Relishes
Oyster or Fruit Cocktail .
Roast Turkey,. Giblet Gravy
Mashed Potatoes or
Candied Sweet Potatoes
Steamed Squash or Succotash
Cranberry Sauce
Jellied Vegetable Salad
Carrot Pudding or Pumpkin Pie
Coffee ‘
Nuts and Raisins

OYSTER COCKTAIL

Eight small oysters, two drops Tabasco,
one tabespoon tomato catsurp, one tea-
spoon celery, finely chopped, one-half
tablespoon vinegar or lemon juice, one-
half teaspoon Worcestershire sauce.

Mix ingredients, chill thoroughly, and
serve in cocktail glasses, or cases made
from green peppers placed on a bed of

lettuce.
ROAST TURKEY
RESS, clean. stuff, and truss a.

ten-pound turkey. Place on its
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llfilthmtl‘tmllw ’fdoli ol‘ tthe (ll'i'h‘fi is‘ 2 ‘,~- Vul’lls. (‘lllltl'ufilms Illulorml 5/3 yard 18 rcumml. J. llll'lla
'l‘o trim with contrusllng material as illustrated, “1‘1”-

reuuires 11/2 yards 40 inches wide. 4490_ A Popmar Practical Mode’rd Fran.

 

      
 

 

, rumlu'lu. l‘i‘OHf-llull‘ muslin and sill; :lrv SillLllll', for
4488. A House Dress “Neat and ,Trlmnn this Style. It is Pill, with (-mnl‘nu‘iul‘le fumesa,
The house (INNS (If many 111‘?) ll WW." li'il'lll‘l/ill1t and is good for slender 21nd stout lllflll'l‘h'. ’l'ha
lace in the model wardrobe (If A‘Vl'l‘i' “will”. India” is in 4 Sizes: Small. :llim‘ Medium,
‘he model here illustrated'is Sllltullle for the 35.1.); IAN-EC, .1344; and 1mm 1 , “.48
stout and slender ilmn‘es. (lmglmm, ('l‘upo, rutme inches bust measure. 4‘ \lm nu . re..uircs
or printed cotton, us well as lmen may be used 31,. “mg of 5“; inch mun» , 19m- lwlt of
for its develounent. The. width at the foot is em in (,1. “(01”)ng 5,}, yard 2, 1mm.“ “1.10,
2% yards. ‘he closing is lit the‘ lett side 111 “Mm. Ul- webbing rys yard _ I“, mde “Me in
front. The Pattern is cut in 6 Sizes: 34, 36, required.
38, 0, 42 and 44 inches bust measure. A 38
inch size requires 4% yards of 36 lllcll lllzltt'l‘lzll. 3575, Set of Garmean for an Infamfifipm,
turn 35575 is here portrayed. 1 is out in One

4462. A comfortame, Pract|ca| sty[e_v:[‘1.ig Size nlltl l-nmprlsvs .1 Dress, ll‘l'l‘lti (but. und

 

is a good model for nainsuok, crepe. m‘epe de (jfll'l'lliflt‘ limbo. The Dress will'lul‘llll‘r 23V.- yurds
chine or silk. The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: Of 3b mull nmterlul; the Burma'er 2H .wrd:
Small. 34-36; Medium, 38-41); Large, 4344; and the Kobe 2lu_yurds. (Tumbrir, mun and
Extra Large, 4648 inches bust nnmsure. A lléllll-‘i‘lllk “Ni illllll‘llllfltlte lUI‘. ill“ “WES and “Mlle
Lledium size requires 2% yards 36 inch material. Cont, and for ille Robe eldl-rdnun lu‘uznl ('l'dh.
Bedlord curd, $11k, satin, or llunm-l may be used.
4489. A Model of Comfort and Grace.-——-
Every woman appreciates the charm of a com- 4472- A Pretty Apron YOI‘ “Mother's Heme?-
fox-table Ilegljgee such as here portruyed. The ——l<1gurelll‘pereul_e m “lute and blue is lnll- rm
new figured, or embroidered silks are very smart trihyell. lllc Style 18 easy t0 fle'Vk'lUll Idld (11>) U)
for a garment of this kind, but silk or cotton adjust. ’l‘he straps mu: be Listened to the belt
crepe. cerduroy, terry cloth, china silk m- bafisw, \VlLll. buttons or sun) usteners. ’lhe l’nitern is
is also attractive. The Pattern is cut in 4 Sings; cut in n fuzes: b, .,‘ 11), l2,~1l‘l’l(~l .14 ymis. '
Small 3436; Medium, 38-40; Large, 4244; 1:: your 3110 requires I} yards ol -4 mch material.
Extra Large 46—48 inches bust measure, A . .
Medium size. requires 6% yards of 27 inch 4452. A Unlque and Stylish Model (for
material. Slender FlQUFEs.)——Lf:iilt_l)ll crepe 111 n putty tau
shade was used for this demgn, With bands of

479. A Neat Apron for Many Occasions.—- l‘ersum embroidery for trimnnng. This Is also
Lawn. batiste, dotted Swiss or silk could be used a good model, tor‘sut‘m, tailors, and moire. ill'be
l0? tlllfl Style. It is also attractive for cretunne, Pattern is cut in .i Sizes. it», in and _4l Manx

or cluntz, The Pattern is cut in one Size: An 18 year smart-quires 5% yards of 40 inch
Medium, and requires 1% yard of 36 inch material. «The Width of the shirt at the loot ll
material. 2 yards.

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Could the telephone directory in the hands of each
subscriber be revised from hour to hour, there would be

no need for the information operator.

But even during

its printing and binding, thousands of changes take
place in the telephone community. New subscribers

are added to the list.
business or of residence.

Old ones move their places of

Though their names are not listed on the directory,

these subscribers must be connected by the highways of

speech with all others in the community. To supplement
the printed page, there must be guides at the crossroads

of conversation.

Such are the information operators, selected for their
task because of quickness and accuracy, courtesy and
intelligence. At their desks, connected with the switch-
boards in central offices, they relieve the regular opera-

, tors from answering thousands of questions about
telephone numbers that would otherwise impede the

rendering of service.

If they are unnecessarily asked

for numbers already in the directory, service is retarded.

“Information” stands for the most complete utilization

of telephone facilities.

 

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‘ Toothache Lumbago
‘ Earache Rheumatism
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01’ hour. _ 1
Place in

start and .when flour on turkw be-
gins to brown, reduce heat, and
beats every fifteen minutes until the
turkey is cooked, which will require
about three hours.

For basting use one-half cup of
butter melted in one-half cup boil-
ing water and after this is ‘used
baste with fat in pan. Pour water
in pan during the cooking as needed
to "prevent flour from burning. Dur-
ing cooking turn turkey frequently
that it may brown evenly. If tur-
key is browning too fast, cover with
"muttered paper to prevent burning.
Remove string and skewers before
serving. Garnish with parsley or
celery tipsnr curled celery rings and
disks of carrots strung oUne wire.
«One year I strung cranberries and
fastened around legs and wings and
cremed the breast of the turkey and
using paisley for my green color.

Turkey is often roasted with chest-
nut stufling, oyster stuffing, or tur-
key stuffing (Swedish style).

CHESTNUT STUFFING

Three 'cups large chestnuts, one-half
cup butter, one teaspoon salt, one-eighth
teaspoon pepper, one—fourth cup cream,
one cup cracker crumbs.

Shell and blanch chestnuts. Cook in
boiling water until soft. Drain and mash.
Add one-half the butter, salt, pepper, and
cream. Melt remaining butter, mix with
cracker crumbs, combine with mixture.

OYSTER STUFFING

Three cups stale bread crumbs, one-
half cup melted butter, salt and pepper,
few drops onion juice and one pint of
oysters.

Mix ingredients in order given, add
oysters, cleaned and drained from liquor.
TURKEY STUFFING
(Swedish Style)

‘7 Two cups. stale bread crumbs, .two-
thirds cup melted butter, one—half cup of
raisins, seeded and cut in pieces, one-
half cup English walnut meats broken

in pieces, salt, pepper and sage.

Mix ingredients in order given.

GRAVY

Pour off liquid in pan in which
turkey has been roasted. From the
liquid skim off six tablespoons fat;
return fat to pan and brown with
six table‘Spoons flour; pour on gradu-
ally three cups stock in which the
giblets, neck, and tips of wings have
been cooked, or use liquor left in
pan.
salt and pepper. For giblet gravy
add to the above giblets, heart, liver,
and gizzard finely chopped.

CHESTNUT GRAVY

To two cups thin gravy add three—
fourths cup cooked and mashed chest-
nuts.

CRANBERRY JELLY WITH
CELERY

Pick over and wash four cups of
cranberries. Put in a stew pan and
add two cups sugar and one cup boil-
ing water. Bring to the boiling
point and let boil twenty minutes;
then force-through a strainer. When
mixture begins to thicken, fold in
one and one-half cups celery cut
cross-wise of stalks in oneaighth-inch
slices. Turn into a mould or moulds
and chili. Remove from moulds

- 'and garnish with curled celery.

 VEGETABLE SALAD

.Somk one tablespoon granulated
gelatine in one-'fourthcup cold water
and dissolve in .one

water; then add one-fourth cup,

 each. sugar and vinegar-,1;er table-

spoons «lemon juice and one Stea-
spoon salt. Strain, cool. and when
beginning to stiffen, add vane (cup
celery, cut in small strips, meiha‘if
cup shredded Icabbage, onevfliird cup
small cucumber cubes, one-fourth
cup cold cooked green peas. undone-
;tourth cup cold cooked beets (out

V ’in thin slices; then in fancy shapes).

Turn into ring mould and chill.
Serve on lettuce leaf or any green
and use horseradish cream dressing.
One-half-cup heavy cream, 3 table-
spoons vinegar, one-fourth teasplmn
salt, few grains pepper, 2 tablespoons
grated horseradish root. ‘Beat cream‘
until it begins to thicken, then add
gradually vinegar, while continuing
the beating. When mixture is stifl,
add seasonings and fold tin grated
horseradish. ‘
[BUMPKIN PIE /

One rand one-half cup stemmed «and
strained-.1! . two—thirds cup "bi-mm
sugar, ~one teamoon cinnamon, one~half
teaspoon ginger. one-half teaspoon sat.
ttwo egg. on and one-half on. may
undo-admit reup cream.

Elf-inflame in order-flu 2m
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iii-one may

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tone-dial: cup  one cup sugar.

Cook five minutes, season with‘

cup boiling .

  

icup name one month-reuse "or‘tfiultlma
mating, one  molasses, m
iteupemr coda. one we ma each ~15!

cerium. mum-reg and auspice.

'Sheum 'three mom's. 'wm serve loan or
ltwelve persons.

Soup BWOa—TWO of our .readere sent
in the soup recipe tor Mrs. .Cmnin and
‘1 hope .you will all enjoy it: .Oneahalf
bushel tomatoes, 14 stalks of celery.
leaves and all; twelve stalks of .parsley,
leaves and all; eight bay leaves; tWelve
teaspoons salt; two tablespoons mixed
spices; one-hair teaspoon red .pepper; one
cup white sugar; boil until tender, then
take seven onions fried inane cupof but—
ter till. tender and add to the mixture.
Then take one and one-half .cups flour
stifled smooth in a. little’wwter, add to
the whole when thoroughly scolded and
put thmugh ‘wuander. heat and can.—
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“Wm ‘13 .Avuifl an rennin! connotation.
—«Do not manifest impatience. Do mot
engage in argument. Do not interrupt
another when remaking. :90 met find
fault, though you may gently rariticise.

 

 

The Runner’s Bible

(Gunfight by Boughton Miiflin Co.)

iOffer unto God thanksgiving; and pay
tinv vowe unto the most high. And call
upon zinc in the day of trouble; I will
deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
—~iPs. 50:14-15.

And .one of them when he saw that
he was healed, turned back, with a. loud
voice glorifying God; and he fell upon
his face at His feet, giving Him thanks,
and He was a samu‘dtan. And Jesus
answering said, Were alert the ten cleans-
ed? But where are the nine? Were there
none Ionnd that returned to give glory
-to God, save this stranger?——Luke 17:15—
18.

The world, and that includes those-Who
call themselves Christians,—seem sadly
lacking in gratitude. Even when it is
felt, some are unwilling to .hu-mble them-
selves enough to express it; or what is
worse, they are reluctant to give pleasure
by such expression. Thanks. sincerely
and humbly given, may be just the en-
couragement ‘the receipient needs,—-tme,
spiritual food. .At least it will let in a
little of God’s sunshine upon a very dark
world.

 

 

‘ OR MONEY! MONEY!
(Continued from page 6.)

from babyhood, Mellicent never had her
rattles till she wanted blocks, nor her
blocks till She wanted dolls, nor her dolls
till she was big enough for beans! And
that‘s what made the poor child always
look so wall-eyed and hungry. She was
hungry—even if she did .get enough to
eat." .

“Mrs. Blaisdell probably believed in-—er
—-economy," hazarded Mr, Smith.

"Economy! My stars, I should think
she did! But, there, I ought not to have
said anything, of course. It’s a good
trait. I only wish :some other folks I
could mention [had more of it. Themed:
Him's wife, for instance. Now, if she's
got too seats, she'll spend fifteen—ind
five more to show how she spent it. She
and Jane ought to "be shaken up in a
bag .mgether. Why. Mr. Smith. Jane
doesn't let herself‘eajoy anything. She?!
always keeping it for a. better time.
Though sometimes -I think she «Ines en-
joy Just seeing how far she can make a.
dollar  But Mflimm don’t. .nor
Frank; and an hard on them." ‘

Suleiman nag-mt mightlbe." Mr. Smith
was looking at the wistful tom mailer
the long lashes.

“ Tim; and ’t nintt right. I believe.
There to such a thing as being motoc—
nomiaai. ’1 tell Jane she’ll .be like a
story ’I read once about a man who
pinched and saved all his life, not even
buying peanuts,,though .he just dated on
’em And when he did! get rich, no he
could buy the peanuts, ’he bought a big
bag the first thing. But 'he didn‘t eat
’em. He hadn‘t yet any EInuit: left ‘to
chew ’em with."

“Well, that was a. gamma!"
laughed Mr. Smith. as he pocketed his
notebook and me to ‘his feet. “And
now I thank you “very much, ‘Miss 'Blais—
dell, for the help you‘ve  'to me."

“Oh. you're quite ‘weloume. indeed you
are. Mr. Smith.”'henmed Mina Blaisdell.
‘iIt's done me good, just to talk to you
about all them folks 'and games. I’ve
mjoyed it. I do get lonesome same-
tinres, all alone, so". and I ain‘t so :busy
as ‘I with ‘I was, always. ’But I’m afraid
I haven‘t helped you much—Just “this.”

“Oh. yea'you Wperham more than.

you think.‘ united “the man. with an odd
look “in this was. A

m T? "wan. Tm gglan. Tm sure.
Anti don't Target to go ‘to naggie‘s now.

She'll have am.» toll .m Booz- Mag-v “

gielwAnd' M be so  ‘to show

‘Ldil might. Mk misfit .W James- '

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judging-
many consecutive years

 

 had-me ta: he“: an siliahsorbing
 with him; He had been tempted
once to ask Miss Fora, but something.
had halal him Back. That evening at: the '
supper table, however, in talking. with
Mrs. Jane Blaisdell, the question. camei
again to his lips; and this time it found
utterance. .

Smith asked :—-—
“Mrs. Blaisdell,

“Why, really, I don’t know,” she ans-
wered. "only it just comes natural, that’s
all.

There! I' did it again, didn't I? That

unconsciously.”
a sudden emphatic sniff.

live with Father Duff, Jane, it would be
‘poor Jane’ with you, all right!"

“Yes, I‘ know.” His wife sighed com-
placently. “Father Duff's a trial, and
no mistake. But Maggie doesn't seem‘
to mind.”

Mrs. Jane herself: had introduced Miss 3
Maggie’s name, and had said an incon- j
sequontal something about her when Mr. ,

p1ease,—-—may I ask? 3
I must confess to a great curiosity as ‘

to why Miss Duff is always ‘poor:
Maggie.’ ” I
Mrs. Blaisdell laughed? pleasantly.

Poor Maggie's been so unfortunate. .
only goes to show how we all do it, 
Frank Blaisdell, across the table, gave ;

“Humph! Well, I guess if you had tO'.

 

“Mind! Aunt Maggie’s a saint—that's
what she is!" It. was Mollicent who
spoke. her young voice vibrant, with sup-
pressed feeling. “She’s-the dearest thing
even!‘ There couldn’t be anybody better
than Aunt Maggie !”

Nothing more was said just then, but
in the evening, later, after Melllcent had
gone to walk with young Pennock, and
her father had gone back down to the
store, Mrs. Blaisdell took up the matter
of “Poor Maggie” again.

“I’ve been thinking what you said,"
she began, “about our calling her ‘poor
Maggie,’ and I've made up my mind it‘s
because we're all sorry for: her. You
see, she’s been so unfortunate, as I said.
Poor Maggie! I've often wished there
was something I could do for her. Of
course, if we only had money but we
haven’t; so I can’t. And even the money
wouldn’t take away her father, eifhcl‘.
Oh, mercy! I didn't mean that, really-
not the way it sounded,” broke off Mrs.
Blaisdell, in shocked apology. “I only
meant that she'd have her father to care
for, just the same."

“He’s something of a trial,

 

 

 

I take it,

eh? smiled Mr. Smith.
“Trial! I should say he was. Poor
Maggie! How ever she endures it. I

can’t imagine. Of course, we call him
Father Duff, but he’s really not any rc—
latlon to us—I mean to Frank and the
rest. But their mother married him
when they were children, and they never

 

knew their own father much, so he’s the
only father they know. When their“
mother died, Maggie had just entered
college. She was eighteen, and such a
pretty girl! I knew the family even then. i
Frank was just beginning to court me.
"Well, of course Maggie had to come
home right away. None of the rest
wanted to take care of him, and Maggie
had to. There was another Duff sister
thenha. married sister (she’s died sinCc),
but she wouldn’t take him, so Maggiw
had to. Of course, none of the Blais—
dells wanted the care of him—and he
wasn't their father,“ anyway. Frank was
wanting to marry me, and Jim and Flora
were in school and wanted to stay there,
of course. So Maggie came. Poor girl!
It was real hard. for her. She was so
ambitious, and so fond of books. But
she came and went right into the home
and kept it so Frank and Jim and Flora
could live there just the same as when
their mother was alive. And she had to
do all the work, too. They were too poor
to keep a girl. Kind of hard, wasn’t it?

(Continued in Nov. 24th issue.)

WASHTENAW CLUB MEMBERS
BIG WINNERS AT FAIR
(Continued from Page 8)

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Washtenaw walked away with first
prize in grain and corn judging at
the State Fair this year. As a re-
ward t‘he winning members will have
their expenses paid by the State
Fair to the National Hay and Grain
Show to be held in conjunction with
the International Livestock Exposi—
tion. In garment making the girls
from Washtenaw Won third place.
Also in the milking contest this
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tional Hay and Grain Show at Chi—
cago in‘December were won by boys
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E most economical cattle feed is that raised on your farm .provid.

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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  alfalfa or
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is hard to believe that the hand—
some, agile, graceful red squirrel
which adds such a picturesque
note to our lawns and parks is an in-

veterate destroyer of the eggs and

young of useful birds and spends
much of his time in searching out
nests among the trees. Such how-
ever are his habits and naturalists
and sportsmen class him as one of
the most vicious of all game destroy-
ing animals. In many places war
has been declared on him by sports—
men who aro particularly interested
in ridding their neighborhood of
“vermin,” as the birds and animals
are called which prey on useful
species. A great mass of evidence
has been collected against the red
squirrel showing that his depreda-
tions are such as to make it neces-
sary to keep down his number if in-
sectivorous birds are to be allowed
to flourish and help out in their use-
ful work.

The late John Burroughs wrote of
the red squirrel: - “Nearly all the
birds look upon it as their enemy
and attack and annoy it when it ap-
pears near their breeding haunts.
Thus I have seen the pewee, the
cuckoo, the robin and the wood
thrush pursuing it with angry voice
and gestures. If you wish the birds
to breed and thrive in your orchards
and groves, kill every red squirrel
that infests the place.”

Dr. B. H. Warren of West Chester,
Pennsylvania, formerly State Ornith-
ologist of Pennsylvania and a natur—
nlist of repute stated that some years
ago when Thomas J. Edge was Sec-
retary of Pennsylvania Department
of Agriculture, he received com-
plaints from a dozen or more farm-
ers in different sections of Pennsyl-
vania about red or pine squirrels
destroying young chickens. Several
also wrote Secretary Edge that this
squirrel killed the young of domestic
pigeons.

Prof. N. F. Davis, teacher of bio—
logy at Bucknell College, Lewisburg,
Pa., had so much trouble with red
squirrels killing nesting birds ‘and
eating their eggs about the lawn 'of
the college campus where lots of
trees flourish, that he shot some
twenty of the nimble little red-coat-
ed murderers to end their depreda-
tions. One day six of the squirrels
attacked and pursued a large gray
squirrel and before Prof. Davis
could save it, the vicious creatures
cornered their victim and literally
cut it to pieces. '

The presence of the red squirrel is
by common consent among many
dangerous to useful
birds for the protection of which
there is such an insistent demand at
this time.

Dr. C. Hart Merriam, who for
many years was chief of the Biolo-
gical Survey, Washington, D. C., and
who ranks as one of the foremost
authorities in the United States on
birds and animals writes: “The pro—
pensity to suck the eggs and destroy
the young of our smaller birds is the
worst trait of the red squirrel and
is in itself sufficient reason for its
extermination, at least about the
habitations of man. I have myself
known him to rob the nests of the
red—eyed vireo, chipping sparrow.
robin, Wilson’s thrush and ruffed
grouse, and doubt not that thous—
ands of eggs are annually sacrificed
in the Adirondack region alone, to
gratify his appetite. Therefore,
where abundant, as he always is
during springs that follow nut years,
his influence in checking the increase
of our insectivorous birds can hardly
be over estimated. Dr. A. K. Fisher
informs me that on three occasions
he has known these squirrels to des—
troy young robins. I have long been
aware that this animal was on occas-
ional depredator of the poultry yard,
and find in a journal written twelve
years ago, a note to the effect that
a case had come to my knowledge
where one was caught in the act of
killing both chickens and ducks.”

The late Arthur Chapman, former
Game Commissioner of Pennsylvania
wrote: “Reliable farmers and poul-
terers tell me red squirrels some-
times, but rarely, will attack and kill
little chickens and they have been
known to catch and devour small
ruffed grouse.” »

Mr. August Koch a noted natural-
ist of Williamsport, Pa... who died
several years ago wrote as follows:
“Red squirrels, decidedly smaller in

size than grey squirrels are much

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quicker. The red species is bold, in.
pudent and aggressive. He is fear-
less and loquacious and does not
hesitate to go out and battle to
death with the gray.

“Red squirrels, two or more to-
gether often attack the gray and
they generally kill or seriously main
the grey opponent.

“The reds sometimes go to the
homes of the grays, attack and drive
on the old grays and then drag their
helpless little ones out of the nest,
tear them to bits and eat, with great
gusto, the quivering and bloody re- 4
malns.”

Red squirrels destroy many green
apples and pears by cutting the fruit
to eat the seeds.

In some states the red squirrel
has been protected by law but the
mass of evidence proves him, to be a
destroyer of the worst kind, of game
and useful birds and also injurious
to the other interests of farmers.

Most sportsmen add him to the
list of their enemies and he has been
put on the black list of the New
York Conservation Commission.

WHEN A MINK PLAYED 'POSSUM

TRAPPER sent a shipment of
A seven skunk, two opossum and

one mink skin to a fur house
in a distant city. He failed, how-
ever, to enclose a note with his furs
listing all the furs sent. The fur
grader in going over the furs, sorted
out and classified the skunk and be—
cause a glance at the two opossum
skins told him that they both class-
ed as fine, large prime skins, he toss-
ed them into a big pile of other furs
and went on with the next shipment
awaiting his attention.

He had seen no mink skin along
with the skunk and opossum skins.
Of course, the trapper at that time
refused to ship any more furs to that
receiving house.

Some weeks later a large collec-
tion of opossum skins were being
piled up for sale, when one of the
men engaged in stacking up the
skins noticed a handsome, dark, fur-
ry tail sticking out of a. big prime
opossum skin which had probably
brought the trapper between one and
two dollars, the missing mink skin
which was worth at least four times
that much.

This is not an isolated instance of
this sort of error on the part of
trappers in shipping furs; it happens.
time and time again. No furs should
ever be placed inside of other furs.
Place your furs flat, one on top of
the other, with heads all pointing in
one direction, on the heavy paper or
burlay in which you are going to
ship them; enclose an inside tag
bearing your name and address and ,
list the furs you are enclosing, then
wrap your bundle securely. When
packed in this way you may be sure
that each and every fur will meet
'the fur graders attention and there
can be no misunderstanding regard—
ing the number of furs you ship.

“Jimmie,” said the teacher, why
don’t you wash your face? I can see what
you had for breakfast this morning.”

Little Boy—“What was it?”

Teacher—“Eggs.”

Little Boy—“Wrong, teacher; that was
yesterday.”-—Cappcr’s News.

INVENflW LAMP

Said to be Whiter and Cheaper
Light than Electric or Gas.

WASHINGTON. Patents have been,
granted by the Government to a
lighting engineer by the name of
Johnson, on a new lamp for burning
ordinary kerosene oil. This lamp.
produces a vapor from the oil which
makes a blue flame that incandesces
a mantel, and thus creates a very
strong, soft, pure white light. As it
consumes only 6% oil mixed with
94% air, it is exceedingly economi—

cal. Said to be very simple to oper-
ate, odorless, noisless, and danger-
less. -

F. H. Johnson; 609 W. Lake
Street, Chicago, Ill.
local distributors and has a Very
unique selling plan to offer agents.
He is even offering .to give one free ;
to the first user ,in each locality who ‘

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GRANGE APPROVES 0F PRISON-
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exemption of $4,000, and beginning
with a 5 per cent tax on all incOme
above the $4000. It is also provid-
ed that the revenue derived from
this income tax shall be used to re-
place the general property tax.

The delegates heartily appraved
the wish of Mr. Cook that conditions
speedily improve so that every farm-
er in Michigan will make more than
$4000 per year and thus be allowed
to pay an income tax. “Nothing
would suit us better,” declared Mr.
Cook. 1

The Farm Bureau and the Mich—
igan Federation of Labor have both
promised their support in securing
this amendment so there is consid—
erable confidence that the movement
will soon be successfully completed.

Petitions were distributed to the
delegates and the task of securing
the 60,000 signatures necessary has
already begun.

Report by Mrs. Dora Stockman

The State Grange listened with
special interest to the report present-
ed by their State Lecturer, Mrs. Dora
H. Stockman. As a member of the
State Board of Agriculture, Mrs.
Stockman felt it her duty to place
the facts of the present situation
squarely before the Grange. Clearly
and frankly she outlined the devel-

opment of the controversy which be— .

gan with the dismissal of Pres. Fri-
day from the Mich. Agrl. College.
“Mr. Friday frankly admitted that
he did not know much about agri-
culturalleconomics. When we hired
him we hoped he could analyse the
farm problems and do for the farmer
what economists were doing for oth—
er lines of business. But after 14
months of administration, Dr. Fri-
day himself felt that he was in the
wrong place,” said Mrs. Stockman.

Mrs. Stockman stated that the
State Board of Agriculture will
stand by its rights. She further
stated that, “It is time that the peo-
ple of the state know whether the
constitution is still effective or
whether it is a scrap of paper to be
juggled or annulled. I do not be—
lieve that the legislature has the
right to nullify our fundamental law.
If the people decide that the State
Board of Agriculture is unnecessary
and desire the entire control of
state affairs in the Administrative
Board, with the veto powers in the
hands of one man, the constitional
boards should be abolished and the
administrative board created by con—
stitutional amendment."

Speaking of the charge of “poli-
tics,” Mrs. Stockman declared, “The
statement that the Administrative
Board must lift M. A. C. out of pol-
itics makes one smile. The truth is
that some members of the Board of
Agriculture, and probably some of
the County Agents, got in wrong by
standing for the income tax and the
gas tax, which were measures that
the farmers wanted. County Agents
are not a political machine, but if
they were they would be working for
the farmers." “The Grange and
members of the Board of Agricul-
ture, prior to the Administrative
Board’s action, decided it would be
better to' continue the County Agent
Work solely with public money just
as soon as sufficient funds were avail—
able.” .

Mrs. Stockman refuted the charges
of inefiiciency in the matter of
spending appropriation funds for the
Agricultural College and stated that
M. A. C. is the leading agricultural
college in the country and is ready
to serve the farmers of the state.

Private Peat Starts Something

One of the “high lights” of State
Grange week was the address given
by Private Peat on Wednesday after-
noon. Private Peat is a young Can-
adian veteran of the World War. He
come so closely in contact with the
horrors of war that he decided to
devote his life to advancing the
cause of world peace.

In brief, Private Peat’s argu—
ment is that war deve10ps so easily
because the youth of the nation is
taught to glorify war. He described
how statues, memorials, history
books, lecturers, and the like, all
glorify war, hold it up as a splendid
thing, and talk only of victory, glor»
ions victory.

I The young soldier then gave some
vivid descriptions of war as he ex-
, perienced it in the trenches of

France. ._ “He asked that youth he

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receiving it, our, youth should be

taught that .there are ten thousand
wooden crosses and the tears of ten
thousand heart broken mothers,” de-
clared Private Peat.

“There will be little war in the

world for the next ten or more
years,” said Private Peat, “because
the young men who are needed to
make up the armies know what war
really is,” “You must wait until an—
other generation of young men has
grown up, before you can again re-
cruit armies who are eager to get in-
to war.” .

His “Plan of Peace" was well re—
ceived by the Grange delegates who
pledged themselves, by resolution, to
work for glorifying the work of
peace and for unmasking the reali-
ties of war.

W’ide Range of Questions Discussed

Among the more important ‘of the
various resolutions adopted favor—
ably by the State Grange were the
following:

To prohibit hunting, trapping, or
fishing on posted land without the
written consent of the owner. A
exemption of $4,000, and beginning
fine of $10 to be imposed for each
offense.

Against the further propogation of-

Chinese pheasants.

That only taxpayers shall vote on
bond issues. This resolution was
amended to read that all electors
shall be allowed to vote on bond is-
sues but that 60 per cent of the

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qualified electors of the bonding dis-
trict must vote in favor of the band
issue before it shall be authorized.
This was still further amended to
allow the issuance of school bonds
on the approval of a majority vote
providing that the affirmative vote
includes not less than 40 per cent
of the total number of electors.

That all voters must be able to
read and write the English language.
No Tax Exempt Bonds

The State Grange went on record
very emphatically as opposing the
issuance of any tax exempt bonds.
Efiorts to amend this resolution so
as to make exceptions in the case of
various types of bonds, were con—
sistantly voted down.

The Grange was also just as em—
phatic regarding reapportioning the
state in legislative district. By re—
solution, they insisted that the
moiety cl-ause be retained to apply to
the smaller counties and groups of
counties. It was also decided that
only citizens, rather than total popu-
lation, should be made the basis of
the count for apportionment.
Various Contract Firms \Vcre Heard

From

The State Grange has a contract
system whereby the subordinate
Granges can purchase various com-
odities at reduced prices. The list
includes coal, automobile tires,
paints, day—old chicks, and canned
goods. A connection, made recent-
ly, allows the purchase of harvester

machinery made by the state of Min-

nesota. ~

Other Resolutions were
Condemning the false

beet fields. '
That the state ferry, plying across
the Straits of Mackinac, should be
self supporting.
Endorsing the proposition of a
state-owned fertilizer plant. ,
Requesting the establishment of
a state-owned cement plant.
Recommending the adoption of
the short—form ritual where desired.
Recommending the establishment
of a system of uniform text books.
Endorsing the Meggison system
for the distribution of primary
school funds.
Grange Favors Consolidated Schools
A real controversy developed over
the proposition of endorsing the es-
tablishment of consolidated schools.
After numerous votes, amendments,
tabling the motions, and recommend-
ations, the convention finally voted

, to endorse school consolidation pro-

viding that the proposed district had
an assessed valuation of not less
than two and one—half millions.
\Vant Electricity on the Farms
The proposition to develop a sup—
er-power electrical system by com-
bining various power units in the
state was received with much inter
est by the Grange delegates. A rep-
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Feed Your
Low-GradeWheat

N the advice of the best authorities, wheat is

now being fed to make pork. Wheat at 75 cents

.a bushel [or less when it is low-grade, shrunken,

and unsalable] has a hog-feeding value of $1.00 a bushel
-—and it is from 8 to 10% more valuable than corn as
a pork builder. It is nutritious and palatable and has
more mineral matter and protein. Two objects are gained
by Wheat feeding—d1elow~grade surplus is turned into
good money on the farm, and the price of No. 1 wheat will be pushed higher.

All authorities agree that, because of its hardness, wheat must be ground for
feeding. Coarse grinding releases 10 to 22% more feeding value. Here McCormick~
Deering Feed Grinders are especially well fitted to come to the aid of the farmer.
Famous for years for their fast, many-sided work in small grain grinding, they
are ideal for handling surplus wheat just as desired.

There are three types and sizes of McCormick-Deering Feed Grinders. The
Type C handles small grains and shelled corn or a mixture of both. The Type B
mills are for ear corn. They crush the cobs and grind cobs and corn together.
They also grind small grains and shelled corn. The
Type D grinds corn in the husk, pulverizes the cobs
and husks, and makes a fine meal of the whole mass.
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reports V
made concerning child labor in the .

Ask for a demonstration of these general-purpose
grinders at the store of (he McCormick-fleeting
dealer. See what they will do for wheat or any
other grain, or for corn in any shape. Let them
show you how to get maximum food value out of
grain when run by (he most economical power—

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To avoid conflicting dates we will without
00“. list the date of any live stock sale In

Michigan. If you are considering a sale ad-
Vise us at once and we will claim the date
for you. Address. Live Stock Editor. M. B.
F.. Mt. Clemens

Nov. ld—Tlolstcins, IIlllcrcst Farm, Allegan,
Michigan. ‘

Nov. I4—l’olled Shorthorns. Clarence Wyant.

Berricn Springs, Michigan.

NOV. 15—Iloi'cforiis, Poland (Tliinas, Shrop-

sliires, (‘. A. Stimson, Eaton Rapids,

Michigan.

C. P. PHILLIPS ‘

THE GOLDEN RULE AUCTIONEER
Bellevue, Michigan.
Pedigreed Sales a Specialty.
Write. wire or call for terms and dates.

AUCTION!

NOVEMBER 15. 1923

h d Re'istered Pollcd llcrefords
23 had Ingrge 'l‘ype Registered Poland Chinas
50 head Registered Shropshire Sheep

C. A. STIMSON

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FOR SALE—REGISTERED AYRSHIRE
bulls and bull calves. heifers and boiler all".
Ilse some choice cows.

FINDLAY BROS" R 5. Vassar. Mich.

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' Spring calves for sale.

advertisements Inserted under this headlng for l'eputanis greener, of LI", 3”,“ at speclm n,"
rates to encourage the growing of pure-hreds on the farms of our readers, our advenlslng page
is Thirty Cents (300) per agate line. per Insertion.
or $4.20 per Inch, less 2% for cash If sent with order or paid
of month following date of Insertion. SEND IN
FREE. so you can see how many lines It. will fill.

BREEDERS DIRECTORY, MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER, MT. CLEMENS. MICH.

Fourteen agate lines to the column lnoh
on or before the 10th
WE WILL PUT IT IN TYPE
Address all letters.

 

_ HEREFORDS

Are You

\Vhat to Feed This

Fall That Will Prove
Profitable

Before purchasing feeders in-
vestigate the Sothmn Earliripe
HEREFORD Beef Plan. A
)rovcn, profitable system of
euf production of great bene-
fit to the. producer. Realize the utmost from your
feeding operations. Wnte for information. HERF-
FORDS, Yearlings, Two-year-olds, Young cows
With .cnlvcsh all registered and T. ‘B, tested at
ractical prices for producing Earliripe HERE—
VORI) Baby Beeves. Terms granted upon proper
credentials.
T; F. B. SOTHAM- & SONS

(Herefords since 1839) Saint Clair. Mich.

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extra nice Repeater heifers one year_ old for
$500.0 . s w1
calves by side for sale. .
If in want of bulls, write us.

ALLEN BROS.

616 So. West St. Kalamazoo, Mloh.

We Have Bred Herefords Since 1860

Write us your wants.
A few Chester White Bears and Sows for sale.

CRAPO FARM. Swartz Creek. Michigan.

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ANGUS

WE HAVE SOME FINE YOUNG ANGUS BUM—8‘
from Intematioml Grand Champion Stock at
reasonable prices. E. H. KERR a (30.. Addison.

 

 

 

 

 

Mich.
RED POLLED
‘ REOI TER D, '
F on s A L ‘ Em: 3'23? 3.2”"

PIERCE BROS., R. 1, Eaton Rapids, Michigan.

 

My! Oh My!

What An  l

' 35.73-lb. King Segis: Blood at Public Sale

SIRE OOLONEL IAVONS SEGIS.
PRODUCING DAUGHTER 0F KING SE

A 3533133.. SON OF SEGIS JULIA. PRINCESS.

THE III ORE 8.1%

From dams by MARLEC EST DE KOL‘ AHENGB'RVELD whom three slot . 7 each om.
1.200 lbs. of butter 8in a year. two of them former'WORLD‘B CfiAffi’IgaNg. “reduced

40 ' HEAD WILL BE SOLD AT AUCTION . 

Starting at 10 o’clock a. In.

Wednesday, Nov. will, at Fair Grounds, Megan, Mich.

st of them bred to our CARNA‘I‘IIQ‘N‘ BULL whose sire is own brother to that w {
muons a? as 0mm“ m"

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2013 PIETERJE PROS“
.448 lbs. butter in a year,
four-yefr-old den hter of: k R no
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or—womms CHAMPION value a
d be head rims 92 A. R .
ECHO. a son of

IE. 0 tter in a Wee .
A’ 6R AT-OPPORTUNITY. insecure choice heifers and young bulls for your hard,
Wtfiddfihr—WM.NW 1.41M. Mfm.

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mm? cello skui. 1:302;B flies ofainii’k

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BREEDS.‘ 0F DAIRY OWE.
No. zanlensexv
4 ill? island of Jersey, the largest
of the 'Channel. Islands, is the
native home of the Jersey breed
of cattle. Exeept for immediate
no cattle have been. landed on the
island? since 1779, so that ever since
that time thepurity of the. breed. has
been preserved, It, seems. probable
that the foundation stock. is, the
same. as the Guernsey,, namely, from
Brittany and Normandy, in near-by
northwestern France. Conditions
in, Jersey are. similar to those. in
Guernsey. The breeders. on. the
island have developed. cattle that, in
addition to productive ability, have
uniformity of type and. natural
beauty.” While. in America. the breed-
ers have. developed greater size and
production, with. less. refinement of
features-

Importa‘linns and Distribution’

Jerseys. were first imported. into
the United States. about. the; middle
of the. last century, and since; that
time importations- have been made
practically every year. The breed
probably has. the largest numbers
and widest distribution of all, the
dairy breeds in this country. Large

-numbers of Jerseys may be found

throughout New England, the Mid:

.dle West, the South, and the South-
‘west'.

Characteristics

Jerseys very considerably in color.
The solid-colored animals are pre—
ferred by many breeders. Various

shades of fawn, squirrel gray, mouse
'color, and very dark brown are com—

mon colors, and in the broken—color-
ed animals white is mixed with these
colors.

The muzzles and tongues are us-
ually black or lead colored, and it is
very common for animals to have a
light or mealy ring around the muz-
zle. A black switch is also a desir-
able feature. Next to the Guernsey
the Jersey has the yellowest skin se-
cretion of all the dairy breeds. The
horns are small, waxy, and frequent-
l‘y tipped. with. black.

Jerseys have a. distinctly nervous
disposition and are usually somewhat
excitable. Their highly organized
nervous system causes them to re—
spond quickly to good treatment and
abundant feed. The udders are sym—
metrical and have sufficiently large
teats.

Jerseys are the smallest of the
dairy breeds. Mature cows range
from 700 to 1,300 pounds in weight
(average about 900 pounds); bulls
vary from 1,400 to 2,000 pounds
(average about 1,500 pounds). Com-
pared with the Guernsey, the Jersey

. is smaller, and has finer features and

more refinement throughout.

The birth weight. of calves ranges
from 45 to 75 pounds. Animals of
the. breed mature very early, in this
respect excelling all . other dairy
breeds.
' Production

In natural yellow color the milk
of the Jersey cow ranks next to that
of Guernsey cows and is usually
slightly richer in butterfat. The
large fat gobules cause the cream to
rise readily upon standing. Jerseys,

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like Guemseys;  adapted to the
production: of butterfat‘:

Families

A considerable number of mmilies
have been. developed, “and it is diffi-
cult to determine which are the most
prominent, but probably the follow-
ing‘arle- among the best known. Com~
bination, Eminent, Financial" King,
Gamboge Knight, Golden Gluw’s
Chief, Golden Maid’s Prince, Jan:
.Sayda, Majesty; Noble, Olga Lad,
Owl-Interest; Oxford' You’ll" Be, Ral-
eigh, St. Lambert, St. Mawes, and
Seph-ie Tormentor.

 

WASMEN’AW COMPLETE TINT
OF” 4.8000: HEAD OF‘ OATME‘

ASHTENAW County has. just
$6, completed their tuberculosis
. camDaignz. 41393.6.» head of cat-
tle were tested and; 106-9 reactors
found. The total percent. of react-
ors: for the: county, was 2.4; per cent.
Ypsilantii towmshipi had‘ the mash. re-
actors, 8 per cent. Several: of. the
townships. went. under- L per cent... In-
faction seemed to be- worse: around
Ypsilanti  Ann. Arbor which is
the: principle dairy section. '

- Wonk: in. the county started about
fourteen months, 3801. Dr... F. W.
High. was: detailed: by the State. De-
partment of Agriculture: to take care
of‘ the work in the county. The: ef-
ficient way in: which he has handled
the work has met with the; general
approyal: of’ the livestock breeders of
the county.

I Six townships have had two. 00m-
plete tests. On the first: test in these
six townships the total number of
cattle tested were 8980- 229' react-
ors were found or 2.5. per cent. On
the second test in these same' town-
ships 7826 cattle were tested: and. 31
reactors found which is .4 per cent.
These tests show that if the work is
continued; infection can be greatly
reduced if not practically eliminated.

The Board. of Supervisors at their
October session a-ppnopriated funds
for the second drive which: will take
place in September, 1924. Livestock

breeders of the county expect to re—'

duce infection below one-half of one
percent so that Washtenaw County
can become» an accredited area..—
H. IS». 08131", A County Agricultural
Agent.

 

NOT GOOD FEED FOR CAmAE OR
SHEEP

Is buckwheat bay 3 good tsed for
cattle and sheep?—V. D. S., Custer,
Michigan. '
—Buckwheat~ hay is not a satisfact—
ory feed for either cattle or sheep,
and its growth for this purpose is
not to be advised.

Where one has the» buckwheat on
hand to utilize, it might be fed in
small quantities to either cattle or
sheep and thus disposed of, but to
use it as the sole- roughage for
either cattle or sheep would not at
any time be desirable.

I‘ would not adVi'se using over one-
third buckwheat in connection with
some good quality of roughage, such
as clover or alfalfa hay.—Geo. A.
Brown, Professor of Animal
bandry, M. A. C.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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profitably all food fit for u cow.

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EXTE’NSXON SERVICE.

The Bobtaian Association of Marie.
130 But 03150 Street, awake. m

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NEIRD m FOR SALE AT FARMERS PflICES.
'1‘. B. Tested guaranteed every way. Pontiac .110—
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SEV BULL GALUES $50. A.RBREED-
a: '50 .11) 75. breedmgdcr; Nonnon‘sslhgis-
,nke. - rest or moo ‘
A. in. 3 ml 13:3. on}; Michigan.

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nasty breeding. Young stock for sole. etd
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SHORTHORNS .
«FOR SALE: REGISTERED mmonl ‘
u , an.“ «id, of good one and dafik red in '
ind and gentle. \Vonderful herd sire.
Price right. 1‘! mterefited address ;
L. A. KING. R. 1, Harbor Sprlngs. Michigan.

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mom'lnued m Page 4))

allied we «deva on electrical
We in {entails whereby the
m gut pm and Fight inm- their
farms at a cost which is less than the
rates charged in the United States.
The waiter power 'of Midh-igon has
already passed out of the reach of

owned by private corporations. ’The

 

Grange Went on record .as favoring
the development of all available .
sources o’f pOWer for the public good i
and started a. movement looking 110i
the formation of a smper-pow-er rays-E
tern for the state. E
Annual Banquet Largest Ever 
The Annual Banquet was .the larg- l
est ever held, .a total of 658 talcingf
It was necessary to divide the ‘

the Ellis temple while the remainder g
_ in the Masonic;
temple. Practically the some pro-7
gram was presented at each place!

Prominent among the banquet
speakers were L. Whitney Watkins,
scam commissioner of Agriculture
and Clark L. Brody, Say-Manager
of {he Michkan State Farm Bureau.

Commissioner ‘Watikins declared
that the crying need in Michigan to-
day Is law enforcement and deplored
the undue emphasis being placed on :
the sic—called emciency of centralized :
government. I

Secretary Brody praised the work =
which the Grange has carried on in
Michigan for the last fifty years and
asserted that the Grange is “the

Bureau. Both Mr. Brody and Toast- 3
master Cook told of the cor-dial re-§
lotions existing between the Grange
and the Farm Bureau and of the re—
sults being secured by this close co-
operation.

A class of 6'4 took the fifth degree,
the degree of Pomona. while 116
were initiated into the degree of
Flora, the sixth degree.

State Master Cook reported that;
Michigan leads all of the other states '
this year, with a total of twenty-two
new or reorganized Granges. He 
outlined an extension organization ;
which, it is hoped, will bring greatly :
increased «results. i

At present the state is divided into ;
eight districts, each under the super— ,
vision of a Regional Deputy who acts 3
as a. Deputy State Master. The plan |
is to have a County Deputy, appoint :
ed in each county by the Regionan
Deputy and responsible to him for
Grange activity in his respectiva
county. It is proposed to finance -‘
this system principally through the
dues of the county Pomono grmge.

A very impressive memorial set—f
vice was held on Thursday after—
noon: The memory of the Grangers ‘
who had passed into the Great Be—
yond during the year. was thus hon- ‘
cred. A special eulogy was given of :
the life and work of Mrs. Cora f
Ketcham, who was very active in ‘
Grange circles. especially during the
time that her husband, Cong. John -
C. Ketcham, was Master of the State ‘
Grange. .

The election of three members for
the State Executive Committee re-
sulted in N. P. Hull, A. W. Thomp- ‘
son, and J. W. Helme, being chosen '
to succeed themselves. ,
\ The vote to determine the place of ,
meeting for 1924 resulted In the 861- ‘
cation of Pebos'loey by a small margin ’
over Grand Rapids. Big Rapids also
bid for the 1924 meeting. It was
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one week later in October, that is, on ,
the last Tuesday of the month.
Was Hard W Convention
This was probably one of the hard—
est working convention which Mich-
" has ever seen. The general.

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fodder rack.
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{m p '30 dry feed.

' . militiamen.

28 15.9.51 $2.25

Now. the posture field and range

unto the stall and manger, the lfeed
lot and self-feeder. the barnyard and.

(SR. HESS $700K Tom
in the ration
You have when noticed stocking of the

le 5 ma hmss in the .hair, hi hly colored
g-  ... mm .1 so

Not so when Dr. Ross Stock Tonic isles.
Tb Twice, the Laxatives, the Diuretics,
his most all M. No Wormsfihe Vern-

‘fios‘n and milk throughout the

m. V
M your dealer what stock you have. Ha
ha! 3 package to wit. GUARANTEED.

‘ . are all set for heavy feediflg. 3
 View!

Except in flu for Want. 5th and M
M pods—honest prlce—why .pay more?

m HESS & CLARK Ashland, 0.

     
 
     
 

 
 
  
        
    
 

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Durocslerscys and Black Top Dclnine Sheep.
8'5 otock mans   {1181111.r Farm 4 ml.
nth of .iu eon. than) ‘0,

mum 5° NEWTON & BLANK.

MARION o x F o R 6'55. ‘25- mm
The heat stock for solo. Both 881.
VA?! scouts, Decwvnuz. Mammy:

FOR SALE—Rog. Oxford flame and Ewes. Suth-
l'nction guaranteed. 'erte your wants to 500.
T. Abbott, Palms. Mich. Phone Dodkmmo m

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-AT THE STATE FAIR WE SBOWED ONE
0? the hum-st hours. lle won 8rd in his working
clothes (no fitting). Vile is ‘back home and we
want you ‘to how a. '3':th or sow bred to um fine
Colonial Bnnr. “into us.

SCHAFFER 3808-. 'R. 4. Oxford, Michigan,

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A FEW CHOICE DUROC SHORTS, THE BIG
lon kind. Either sex. Price $10 each registered.
fi. A. LAMB a. SON. Cassopolis, Michigan.

 

 

 

Doro: Inn Offers choice Duroc Pigs Either Sex

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priced reasonable. Sired by “Will: Sensation." ;
John L. Wmlz. Reese. Michigan, R . ;
HAAIPS HIBES

GOATS
6931's F03 SM; ‘Foqufiimifik.

M. E. HESS. 111 H. Johnson Ave" Pontiac. link.

For Sale—*Toggenburg Goal:
8. P. Heruler, Glennie, Alcona 00.. Michigan.

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DOGS

 

FOR SALE: ONE ‘MALE AND ONE FEHA
Pu) five months old. one quarter "llloot‘l I‘Io
11ml tlnwe quarters rEnglish Fox Hound train
on rabbits. My dogs are extra gnarl on 
‘l“nx or any for hearing animals. W

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fr mrh-ulans. .
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Fire Having Destroyed Our Kennels. _Wo In
offering for quick Nile Reg. Collie men at 2x.-
ducml prices. Silvercrest Kennels, Gladwln. Mich.

 

Hampshire Boar: and Fall Pigs Now Ready to
ship. fired grits in season. 11th year.

 

J. W. Snyder. St. Johns. Michigan. R. 4.
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DAN rBOOHER, R. 4. Evan. Michigan.

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German Shepherd. A'rrdalos. Collies: Old £11911“
Shepherd dogs' umies; l0crilh13tm insinua-
Live list. W. h. “Jolson. Box 27. Macon. Mo.

 

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTIS-
ERS PLEASE MENTION THE
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22 Cows — 7 Bugs __ 8 H .f

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That’s why I offer you a
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It’s prepared from my
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builds up the hen’s body
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Hand this coupon to my dealer
and get my 128-page Stock and
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Then buy the size package you
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DEALERS: If you run out of samples, write
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W' I I ‘
Prescription
organs for winter laying.
Every morning, feed one
tablespoonful in a warm
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if you want to get winter.
eggs, and guard youn
flock from cold-weather
ailments such as catarrh,
roup, sorehead, canker, etc.-
You keep chickens for
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—make them Jay. .gMy
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RH EUMTISM

I have returned home
giter 2 years'. service
in France With the
A. E. F.

While in France I

obtained from a noted
French phtysician a
prescription or the
treatment 0 f Blicu-
miitism end .Neuritis. - ' *
I have given it to thousands with wonderful re-
sults, The prescription costs me nothing. I ask
nothing for it. will mail it if you will send
 your address. A postal will bring it. Write
0 ay.

PAUL CASE, Box 452, D107, Brockton, Mass.

POULTRY BREEDER’S
* =DIRECTORY=

Advertisements insertcd under
this heading at 300 per agate line,
per issue. Commercial Baby Chick
advertisements 45c per agate line.
“'rite out what you have to ofl‘er
and send it in. “'e will put it in
type. send proof and quote rates by
return mail. Address The Michigan
Business Farmer, Advertising De-
partment, lilt. Clemens. Michigan.

  

 

 

 

 

 

PULLETS, HENS AIID GOOKEHELS

S.'C. White Leghorns and S. C. and R. C. Black
Minorcas. Must make room before cold weather.
About ready to lay.

LAPHAM FARMS, Pinckney. Mich.

 

 

LEGHORNS

LEGHORNS

S. C. Buff Leghorn liens, Piillets and Coekerels.
Hens and pullcis $2.50 each; cockerels $3.00 to
$5.00 each. Show birds a matter of correspond-
ence. LAPHAM FARMS. Pinckney. Mich.

 

    

 
  
 
  
  

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, Fumacos, Fumitura.
Refrigerators, Farm
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Let me send you my new
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 Easy terms—Write at Once
Just send name and
address. A postal
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“The Stove Man."

Kalamazno Stove Company

’ -. 680 Rochester Ave.
Kolomom

_ " Kalamazoo, Mich.
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Fine Rose Comb R. I. Red Cockereis $2.00 Each.
(limit Bronze Turkcys. toms $0.00; hens $7.00.
Mrs. Albert Harwood, R. 4, Charlevoix, Mich.

 

 

.I’LYIVIOUTH ROCKS
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK COCKERELS $5
each, From first prize winnii'lf strain at Chicago
and I.)etr()l[-. J. A. Barnum, nion City, Mich.

PARK’S STRAIN BARRED ROCK COOKERELS

 

 

from extra sclccted stock hcudcd by M. A. C
cockerels, April hatched, $4.00 each. 3 or
more $3.50 eucli. Shipped approval and prepaid
ml orders received before December I"

REESE BROS., Williamston, Michigan.

 

 

TURKEYS

 

COCKERELS, s. c w. LEGHORNS, TOM

Barron strain, 250 cgi: utility line,'A ril 1
$1.35. Satisfaction guaranteed. p thhed'
CECIL W. BOVEE. North Star, Michigan.

 

 

RHODE ISLAND REDS

RHODE ISLAND REDS TOMPKINS STRAIN
to make room for young stock. I will sell after
November 1, 1923, 50 2 year old hens at $2.00
each; 25 1 Eyears old hens at $3.00 each; cock—
erels at $2. 0 and up. All these cockerels are
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breeder of Rhode Island Rps. year quality
WM. I-I. FROHM. New Ba imore. Mich., R. 'I.

 

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Pure Bred Mammoth Bronze Turkeys, Champion
strum. Large and Vigorous. Unrcluted stock.
Mrs. B. Smatts, R. 1. East Jordan, Mich.

BOURBON RED TURKEYS: THE BEST SIDE
line for' a. form. 'We sold $400.00 worth last
year. Write for rices. etc.

R. W. ROBOL HAM, Hesperia, Mlchlgan.

PURE BflED-Bnouz TURKEYS. Toms

$8.50:Hens 6.50.
FRED. A. MERITHEW, Deckervilie, Mighigan.

Bourbon Red Toms $9; Hens $7

MR8. C. WINEGAR. South Branch, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

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greatestycolor and egg strain. Cockerel price list
read . 1n ’ September. Improve your flock with

a red coc er

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CARE OF YOUNG PULLETS IN
EARLY WINTER

OUNG pullets kept for laying

purposes should all be laying

early in December. Pullets
hatched as late as May in the heavier
breeds should be laying by Feb—
ruary lst and Leghorns hatched even
the last of May will generally he lay—
ing by the first ten days of Decem—
ber. This is, of course, presuming
that they have been handled care-
fully during the growing period and
have been developed properly, or in
accordance with the suggestions
which we have published in these
columns from time to time.

If they seem to be under-develop—
ed and it looks as if it will be mid—
winter before they will round into
laying form, the most economical
plan would be to cull the flock se—
verely and get the laggards to mar—
ket without delay. This is the last
call and all found to be non—produc-
ers should be weeded out at once.
The laggards and culs are likely to
prove a source of loss in more di—
rections than one. For one thing,
they are generally where disease epi-
demics get their start. By removing
them from the flock the chances of
loss in this directions are materially
reduced.

The pullets that are found to be
well—developed and practically ma-
tured must now be given the best of
attention and care in order to bring
out the eggs so much desired. It is
best to have them in a flock to them-
selves; either in a separate laying
house of their own, or at least in a
separate pen. Where layers of diff—
erent ages are kept together, the
tendency is for the yearlings or older
fowls to dominate the situation «and
worry the young pullets. This does
not make for the best performance
on their part. It is always best to
have your pens or flocks of practic-
ally the same age.

Have a house where the pullets
can be confined with suflicient room
until the weather is settled in the
spring. Allow three or four square
feet of floor space per bird and keep
plenty of straw litter on the floor.
This should average about one foot
in depth.
ter, so that they will have to exer-
cise for it. Fowls with this amount
of floor space and plenty of clean
litter on the floor confined all the
time will lay more eggs than fowls
kept under any other plan, fed the
same ration. If you doubt' this, di—
vide your flock and keep one one
way and another the other way. It
will prove the truth of the above
assertion.

Select a good laying ration, and
commence to feed it gradually so
that in ten days or two weeks the
pullets are on full ration. A num-
ber of rations may be used, either
the Cornell laying ration, which we
have published a number of times,
or the New Jersey ration, the Ames
ration, or commercial rations pur-
chased on the open market. Prob-
ably the New Jersey ration will be
the simplest for farm usage. It is
made of the following ingredients:
Grain, 100 pounds each of cracked
corn, wheat and oats; mash, 100
pounds each of wheat bran, ground

 

Feed all grain in this lit-‘

oats, corn meal and beef scraps. It
is easy to keep these‘ingredients and
amounts in mind, and all of them
may be had on the farm with a feed
grinder, with the exception of the
beef scraps and, possibly, the bran.
As soon as the pullets are on full
mash feed, keep it before them all
the time in open hoppers. Do not
worry because they seem to eat a lot
of it. The more a. pullet lays, the
more she will have to eat in order
to keep pace with her manufacturing
process. Hens that “eat their heads
off” are more likely the most profit-
able ones you have. The sluggards
are satisfied early in the day and
spend the rest of the time sunning
themselves or on the roosts.

The grain is fed twice a day, morn-
ing and midafternoon, about one-
third of the day’s total in the morn—
ing, the balance at night. \ At noon,
is the proper time to feed the green
food, which is most economically
produced in the form of sprouted
oats. Feed one ounce to each pullet,
and feed when the sprouts are one
inch long. Don’t neglect the green
feed; it is one of the most important

elements in the laying rations and.

brings more eggs than any oth‘é!
single ingredient.

Plenty of fresh water all day long
is another secret of winter eggs,
whether with the yearlings or the
pullets. Over two-thirds of the egg
is made up of water and unless they
have this in abundance, you need
not look for very many eggs. We
have known flocks to stop laying fol—
lowing bitterly cold days for no
other reason than that their water
had frozen up so quickly the day be—
fore and they didn’t get enough. Cold
weather don’t interfere with the lay-
ing, else they would not have laid
on the cold days. It will pay to get
non-freezing founts or heaters which
will prevent the ones you have from
freezing. See to it that the water
doesn’t freeze and explode this old
notion right in your own henhouse.
Your hens or pullets will keep right
on laying, no matter how cold it is.

8% to it that your houses are well
ventilated, but free from drafts. This
is important, especially where large
numbers are kept in the same flock,
or where the roosting room is some—
what crowded.

Gather the eggs several times a
day to prevent freezing. This is im-
portant, especially if they are in-
tended for market. Keep the nests
clean by changing the nesting ma-
terial frequently. The droppings
must be removed at least once a.
week from the dropping boards for
the same reason. AlloWed to ac-
cumulate, the pullets or hens will
be working in it on days when there
are thaws, and with dirty feet they
foul the eggs in the nest when they
get on to lay. That means a. lower
price on the market. You can’t beat
the market by washing them, either.
Washing eggs are spotted by the
candlers and classed as “dirties.”

Pullet eggs are invariably smaller
than those laid by yearlings. This
means that they should not be mixed
with the latter, because that will
lower the price the larger eggs will
bring. Grade your own eggs, pack-
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WHEAT:

There promises to be a scarcity of wheat east of the Rocky Mountains and
mainly to prohibitive'freight rates from the Pacific Coast the thirty cent tariff on
wheat stands a good chance of being effective. Without any further exports
east of the Rockies, the supply would not be excessive. Table No. 2 below shows
the details of this situation. The price of wheat at Chicago is six cents higher
than a month ago and ten cents above three months ago, but five cents under the
same date last year.

CORN: .

The corn production forecast is a trifle over three billion bushels. About
one-fifth of this will be sold as corn. e price at Chicago is now fourteen
cents higher than last month and thirty-one cents above the corresponding date
a year ago. The average price for this crop year promises to be enough above
last year to yield at least one hundred million dollars additional income.

COTTON. v

The October government forecast indicates an increase in cotton output of
one and one quarter million bales. This is higher than private estimates. Cot-
ton prices are running about four cents a pound above last year and may average
this increase for the season. On the basis of this price and the government
forecast farmers would receive around three hundred and fifty million dollars
more for their cotton this year than last.

EXPORTS:

In July, cotton exports were only about half as much as in the same month
last year. In August they were only slightly less than in August, 1922, while in
September they were almost double the September exports of a year ago. This
is one time when large exports are coinciding with high prices. A study by this
Department of the relation of exports and prices indicated that cotton usually
l\lvent abroad in large quantities when prices were low but not when they were

igh.

Wheat shipments abroad, since July 1, are 40 per cent less than the same
period in 1922. Further exports during the balance of this crop year ending next
July, as already shown, must come from west of the Rockies or cut deeply into

 

 

 

 

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consumption and reserves east of the Mountains. Forty-five million bushels of
Durum wheat produced east of the Rockies and grown for export to be used
in making macaroni has not yet gone abroad in quantities. Foreign demand yet
to be exerted, coupled with low supply and the tariff previously mentioned, give
hope for a rising wheat market.

INDUSTRIAL SITUATION:

Manufacturing output showed an almost continuous upward trend from May
1921, to May 1923. From that point there has been a slight decline and there is
yet no indication of further upward movement. Manufacturers and merchants
are acting with great caution. Purchases by consumers, however, show no let-up.

Transportation of all groups of commodities with the exception of grain and
grain products is in excess of last year. The railroads have been handling freight
without congestion.

Building expenditures in the second quarter this year were larger than in the
first or third quarters and were smallest in the third. Prices of building material!
were highest in the second quarter but do not account entirely for the decline.
Compared with the corresponding periods a year ago, the third quarter also
makes the poorest showing in gain in expenditures.

PRICES:

Central market prices of farm products show a gain of 3% per cent over
previous month and 8 per cent over previous year, according to the latest figures
of the U. S. Department of Labor. Of the nine groups of products including some
four hundred commodities, the farm, food, clothing, and chemical groups show
increases over previous month. Metals, building materials, fuel and miscellaneous
declined. The index numbers of prices for building materials, on the 1913 base
as 100, were 193 for first quarter of this year, 200 second quarter and 186 the
third quarter.

Under date of October 23, out of 24 farm commodities, 9 are above a year
ago in price and 15 are below. Compared with last month, 13 are higher, 9 are
lower, and 2 remain unchanged. Cattle, hogs and sheep are under last month
and last year. Corn is the only grain above a year ago. Dairy and poultry
products are running much the same in price compared with both the month and
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I Production and Trade. 8- Bank Debits: '
‘ Units of $1,ooo,ooo,ooo Iv‘ Pnces°
I. Agriculture: U. s. Production—000,000 omitted. N Y k Ct $ Scpi.,1023 Aug., 1923 Sept.,1922 '- Who'esale Prices of Farm Commodities:
ew or iy  1080 16.19 $19.22 notation 11.1 2 . ,
October. 1923 . A'erafe 1923’ Outside bank debits ....  17.26 $17.31 16.55 Q S at C) mm “mm as nated'
Forecast 1922 1917-1921 Pei-Cent 9. Mail Order Sales: . ~ Oct. 23, Month Year
Winter wheat, bu.  568 586 590 96 S t Nme Mrznthf Ending 1923 Aim Ago
Spring wheat, bu.  213 276 245 87 Mom om 10,3 01mm mf- g belittmbeh Fat hogs. cwt., overtime . . . . . . . . . . . ..6 7.00 6 8.25 s 8.95
All wheat bu 782 862 835 94 8' ’7 w, 922‘ 1-23 192? iccf steers, good nii‘iw, cut, (11's.... 10.23 10.210 10.90
1 - nus-sees. r W 3» ll l
Com. bu_ . _ _ l . . . . . . . . . . H 3021 2891 2931 103 “Nd & CO---$ 9,919,233-9 $ I,9§§.‘|94 3 901003.539 3 59.595324 Nut lambs, c,th {IVL‘I'il‘J'j . . . . . . . . . . .. 12.70 11.85 14.15
oats, bu. . . . . . I I - . . . I . . '.     Sears IiOC’bUCk..  14,510,429   Fat Shcep, (myth “YUP”, . _ i _ ‘ . . ' I I .. “.00  
Barley. bu.  199 186 192 104 “'18:, tOhio IJcluino unwashed, 11:».
R e. bu. - . I . . . . . . . I . . I. I   7-0.3  . Us On) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..   

Backwheat’ bu _ _ . . . i ' _ n 14 15 {4.9 94 II. Foreign Trade. Binder, 92 score, lh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .403 .475 .i5

‘ .  . . r . (House, No. 1. wins, ll) . . . . . . . . . . . .. .24 .25'0 .2?

gggfletfegbggggg 33””;7 43}, if; 333  1. Exports (000 omitted): A t Eightmgnths {Ending new, fresh iirstls, (lilz . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .37 .35 .355

v ' ugus , ugusi. Poultry, hens, lh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .217 .2 .‘

E3393;  Q ' ' ’ ' ' ' ' ' ' " g  4‘1‘7 2%; Commodity: 1923 1922 1923 1922 Wheat, No. 2 burn, bu . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1.1025 111i 

Tobacco ‘Ibs ‘ ' ’ ‘ ‘ ' ‘ ' ' ' " 1462 1325 1361 107 Grand total .. . . . . . ......$304.939 $296,250 $2,507.926 $2,377.54?) Corn, No. 2 mixed, bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1.0125 8015 .6975

Cotton "Dales; :::jjj:j"" 11 9 8 11 2 98 Beef and veal.  2,002 3,207 18,498 21.8% Oats, No. 2 white, bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .4375 .4175 .44

Peaches mun crop buI'” 46 567 427 108 Pork» 1b ~ - ~ - - - - - - - - - - - -- 77.882 57.067 591.402 449.901 Rye, No. 2, bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .7075 0875 .795

Apples 'tobal crop It’ll”... 191 201‘ 160. 119 Lard: lb- o - - - - - - - - - - n - -- 837758 68.907 702.544 498581 Barley, llu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .053 .625 .68

Apple; commend, bu"' 33 31 25 7 123 Butter. 1b. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 375 1,109 4.128 8.411 Kufll‘, No. 2 while, PM. (K. (',)..... 1.80 1.805 1.85

Sugar 'beets mus   7 5 2 6'9 101 Cheese, lb. . . . . . . . . . c . . . .. 296 378 7.093 3,724 Hay, No, 1 timothy, till]. . , . ,  26.50 26.50 22.00

’ ' ‘ ' ' ' " ' ‘ Hides and skins . . . . . . . . .33 435 231 2,307 2,073 Flux No. lnl (nt Minnun mlis) 2 38 2 ‘1"
’As or cent of avers f 1917—1921 "- ' 1' ' I  ' ‘i 1 2'47
P 3° 0 - Corn. bu. . . . . . . . - - . . . . . .. 781 12.170 37,525 131.57.! (15min, middling, 1b. (Now Your... .3085 2075 2410

I \ Meal and flour, bbls . . . . .. 40 39 475 v. llonns while, out. (f. 0. ll. llichiunn) 5.75 000 6.60

2. Wheat Situation: (Nat C. Murray, Clement Curtis J; Co.) Wheat, bu. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 11.198 33,703 64,788 l'ilifltn’CS, northern “hires. owl . . . . . . .. 1.00 1.70 1.20

(000,000 omitted) Flour, bbls. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1,273 1,109 9.083 Unions, midll'vst willows, owt . . . . . . .. 3.25 3:15 1:85

Eastpf Westof Oats, bu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 148 1,703 2,554 Apples, Wlnll'l‘ vurioiil-s, l)l)l . . . . . . . .. 5,00 5.30 5.10
Supply: Rockim Rockies Oatmeal and rolled 0218, lb. 12.811 9,786 83,298 lliilcs, Nil, 1 naiivo, heavy ii‘himgm) .15 .145 .23
Carried over, July 1, 1923 . . . . . . .  91 10 Fruits and puts . . . . . . . . .  5.096 5,903 31,284 Sugar, one gl'nllllluicil, lb. (N. 11).. 00:15 .0835 .069!
Production, 1923 crop  645 137 gellemblleb 0115 - - . . - . . . . ..$  m  “7.11:8 U s
__ __ lunar, . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 0.. ., ) ,Lf5 1, 2. . . Department of Labor Relative Wholesale Prlcss:
Total supply ~ . _ . ‘ ' . . . . . . . . - . . . . . _ _ _ ’ . . __ 736 147 Tobacco, lb. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 33,214 28,953 292.980 202.712 . .
Distrihumn, Cotton, buies .......... .. 244 273 2,202 3.481 PM” 1“ 3'92” 1913 Wu“ 100-
Donlcstic requirements for food, seed and feed. 583 51 “7- - . '
Excess feeding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 23 7 2- Imports: A“ commodities (“fished “0mg: m" 1933 mg" 1923 Swimmu'

Tmal domes”? requuemenm  ,‘ .—5§ (000 omitted) or g1‘ll(}"lll lll‘l(‘i) lcl'cl) . . . . . . . . . .. 154 150 153

. . . . . . . . . . . . ..... Grand total ‘ l I . . ' l . . . _ H 2—5 382 ‘ 2 5- me Fill‘ln prililnl'is . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 144 1140 133

Exported to date. Oct. 15. about............. 43 7 Beef and Veal. 1b . ‘ . . . . . “5 11:932  “£53232 $  an”; prmim? ti: . _ . . . . . . . ' . ' . . _ U   

—— pork. 1b_ _ . _ _ _ I O . . _ . _ . _ H 3 F2: for? foils {1111 0 11.1017; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i. L. .

BToteld. .f . - - . . . . - - - - . . - - - - - . - - - . —  634 65 Butter, m I . . _ _ _ _ _ _ ‘ _ _ U 105;  1355; 2,345, Fuel and lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 176 178 244

mom or or carryover and export ....... -- 2 82 Cheese, m _ _ I _ I . _ _ _ . _ . . H 5542 3,765 34:59,, 363207 Metals and mold] prnnuois . . . . . . .. 144 145 134

. _ . Hide and k- . . . . - . . . H {.2 28,— lluilding mntcrinls . . . . , . . . . . . . . .. 182 196 180

8. Mining (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)- Com? bu_ .s_ . . ~ _ wm$ 6'74; 103811, 94343}, 59' 95’ Chemicals and (inure . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1:28 127 124

Figures express production as a percent of normal. In estl- Wheat, bu. . _ y _ . _ _ . _ _ _ . U 596 1 152 7119 1353—,- nouse furnishing irmrds . . . . . . . . . . .. 182 183 173

mating normal production, due allowance ls made for seasonal Flour 1b . ~ ’ '« ,  Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 121 130 110

, _ , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3,610 7,973 38,301 99,901

"nation and Year to Year growth. Oats, bu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 6 56 97 1235 . .
Aug., 1923 111111923 Aug.. 1922 Fruits and nuts ........ .6 3.622 4,095 43,787 45357 3- Pr'ces 0' Farm Pmduc“ at "W Farm Re'at'” ‘° “"3:
Anthracite coal ...-..._......... 04 100 2 Vegetable oils . . . . . . . . ..$ 5,828 4.917 49,797 42,012 (U. 8. Bureau in Agricultural Economics)
Bituminous coal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 105 106 60 $115511, lbib . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 453,153 953,007 5,714,087 8,043.802 Prices in year 1913 Ciluéll 100-
o acco, . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 2.895 5,459 43.311 58775 , , r, i .
4. Manufacturing (Federal Reserve Bank or New York): Wool, 1b. .............. .. 10,288 34,472 355,190 250,742 C Emmodiy- “figs”; “12310933 “3'13”
0 on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. - ..
311;? flf’ur”::::::::::::::::::: 1%: 1%:  3. Prices of Foreign Drafts: PriceofDemsndDrafts Corn . . " 143 106
Comm . ____________________ __ 89 83 97 Nominal Gold Value 000.23, Sept. 18, om. 16, “he” - l3; 1,1,:
W001 . . ..................... .. 97+ 104 87 . Pnormclmnge 1923 1923 1922 ‘95,“ W 19‘, 137
Pig iron . I ‘ . . . . . . ‘ c I — . . - . . . ‘ - I ..     . . . ' .'$4_87  Sterling...$4‘50   1‘0 11 093 . . . . . . e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. J
B f til 05 97 93
Steel ingot _ . _ . _ . . _ . . _ . . ' . _ . _ _ u 107 105 79 France .. . . . . ..19.3cto1franc  . 5.831: 5.78c 7.52c 5‘6 Ca 8 ' ‘ ' ' ' ‘ ' ' ' ' ' ‘ ‘ ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ‘ " 51, kg 114
Copper _ I . _ . _ . , . . _ . . . . . _ _ . , , . H 1091- 102 35 Sweden . . ....26.8cto lcrown .....20.29c 26.55c 26.72c Ems ' ' ' ' ‘ ' ' ‘ ' ' ' ‘ ‘ ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ° ' "  119 118
Gasoline , ,. ................... _. 4 no 102 Holland . . ....4o.2c to lflorln .... ..38.7lc 89.28e 38.93c {if - - -' ---  """"""" " 1'45 W 124
Cement . .  ............. .. 130 135 120 Argentina . . ..42.5et01peso ..... ..32.10e 33.10c 35.95e W“ 1‘” - --------------------- ~ 2,1 2:2,; 189
iumherb]. ................... .. 1;“ 114 108 Japan . . .....49.9ctolyen ...... ..48.75e 48.40c 48.10c 00 - - ----------------------- -- ~
utomo ies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 124 ' . . _
‘ Not available. {Preliminary‘ 4. mum“t Ra“ of “I. Bank of England: 4. Relative Purchasing Power of Farm Products.
‘ ' . October 17 MonthA Y 1.92.0 (U. 8. Bureau of Agricultural Economics)
5. Building Expenditurziaoéliwgma; 4% 4% go 833% The quantity of val-lime commodities which a given amount of
. each farm product wou d purchase at prices prevailing in 1913 is
Per can put equal to 100. The figures given represent the percentage of
1923 1933 Increase In. Marley and Credit. this quantity which the same amount of farm products would
“mt quarter 8522 52 3 purchase in August, 1922. Prices at the farm are used for agricul-
Becnd quarter 713 15.6 l- Go'd MOVOmeflt (000 Omitted): tum] products, and wholesale prices at central markets for other
Third qun'rter 629 9'5 Eight Months Ifgizignz commodities.
A . ' Aug, 1923 Aug., 1922 1923 -
September, 164 cities ..........  220 201 9.4 Exports of golduunn; 2,200 3 955 3 25,015 8 11,744 32,533: 032.13,  Mittacls. Btfilggns Hon}:
5. Transportation (000 omitted): 1mm” °f "mm-m 32337 191092 192'699 185‘” Cotton .... .. 129 100 109 134 104 106
Week Same Same Week 2. Fedora . 0,3 13 Corn . . . . . . .. 97 76 82 101 79 80
Egginsg geek)! Wka Ending 'R‘sm' R‘m' 01%,?- Sefgésls' Im' Whaet .... ..  5:79 63 78 61 62
f“ I out ear Oct~ 6’ ' Kay . . . . . . .. 5 62 76 59 60
might car loading-5: 1923 A80 Ago 1923s Ratio of total reserves to depoatts Potatoes  123 90 104 128 100 101
Total ‘ - I . I “ ' I ' _ ‘ . _ . I . “1080 929 954 113 and Federal Reserve note 11ah11~ Bee! cattle... 63 49 53 65 51 52
Gram an'd grain products”. 50 47 50 100 thus . , .......................... 75.3% 75.9% 75.2% Hogs . . . . .  61 48 52 63 49 50
Livestock . . ............ .. 42 86 39 108 Egg“  91 71 77 9‘ 7‘ 75
Coal . . _ ‘ . . _ ‘ _ ‘ . _ . . . . . . . H 192 153 186 103 3. Interest Rates: Sept., Aug.. SepL. Butter ...... 97 75 81 100 78 79
Coke . . ...........  12 14 10 120 4 6 1923 192396 1921; Wool  147 114 124 153 119 121
Forest products . . . . ........ 73 66 57 128 - mos. commercial paper.......... 5.41% 5.25 4.41
re . .  26; 213 2;; 143 60-90 days commercial paper........ 5.12% 5.02% L195 “fu'mmmmuapmcmmm'fl 0‘ ‘3 tambonprtzglllfts in terms of an
Merchandise. .  5 111 '
Hlacellancous . .  .... .. 389 324 336 116 4~ Stock and Bond Prlm: Gel-11. Sept 1. can. ms  100 December. 1921  62
0A5 percentage of week year am. 1923 1923 m 1 nooucnmfilooeooeoo - July. 1922 ................ 6.
20 Raul-03d stock ._...............$19_z3  ‘  m5 ouueofiflueeueoe  m .e................. 8‘
7_ Employmgnt: 20 {Mum} “och ..........‘.... J. 9134 m 1218 «em-Ito's“... m .u............. 64
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BY W. W. FOOTE

Business is Better

{ LL reports agree that business

has undergone marked imp-rove-

ment throughout the country,
the Chicago mail-order houses hav-
ing made a new high record for the
year to date. In the same tenor is
a statement by Walter C‘ravens. pres—
ident of the Kansas City J oir Stock
Land Bank, that farmers. of Kansas,
Missouri, and Oklahoma. are paying
interest regularly on, borrowings of
$40,000,000, and that there is no
reason for reports that the agricul-
tural industry of the central west
has collapsed.

\l‘hat Farmers Are Doing

A new record has been set for the
number of silos on Wisconsin farms
an official state report showing a.
total of 100,060 silos. The assess—
ors report shows that 5,636 silos
were added in 1922. Based upon
the census figures for 1920, there
are now 53 silos to every 100 farms
in the state.

The Hinegardner orchard about
six miles west of" Toledo, Iowa, one
of the best in Tama County, is bear-
ing a remarkable crop of winter ap-
ples, consisting of Genetons, Johna-

thans, Northwestern Greenings,
Grimes, Golden and others of fine
quality. The yield is around 1,000

bushels, and it has been hard to get
them picked and marketed. A great
part. is being sold at the orchard at
$1 a bushel.

Wheat Prices Uncertain

Traders in Wheat have been in a
state of uncertainty, not knowing
whether government aid would come
to the rescue, and the result was
fluctuations in prices within rather
narrow limits. “Short” traders felt
afraid to sell, while the. bulls were
timid about loading up. Virtually
the surroundings of the market are
unchanged, with excessive supplies
"in exporting countries and lack of
large buying most of the time, al-
though recently much increased ex-
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owners—Ropp’s
New Calculator.
Figures wages, in-
terest, live stock
and grain profits;
Igaves commercxal

w, parcel post
rates; shows capac-
ities of cribs and
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MARKET: SUMMARY
. Denna. liar wheat and cum quiet. Cats and rye unchanged.

Beans steady one: recent.- price advance.
and eggs stead-y to firm. Cattle steady to low.

Sheep dull' and lower in price.

Potatoes easy. Butter
Hogs active.

 

(Note: The above unmixed Imam-Mon
Inst pm was set. In tum. It oontalm- lull mlnuu
going to press —E‘dltur.)

woe mums AFTER: the balance a the user-
lnformatlon up to wlthln one-halt hour of

 

en place, including both wheat and
flour. The Chicago Federal Reserve-
Bank reports activity in fall wheat
sowing throughout the country. Ac-
cording tn. reports. from. 159- agents
representing 181,155 farmers; the
acreage devoted to wheat in that dis-
trict is malty 7287.: per cent ed that, of:
a your ago. in; many districts corn.
and late potatoes: grown on low
lambs tailed: to mature berm floats,
and this reduced the supply of
choice seed corn. The quality of
the! corn crop. was aflected by frosts-
in practically all north central and
northeastern states. Wheat prices
are aflecterl noticeably by the late
puchases of Canadian wheat by
American mills, as well as by con-
siderable marketing of wheat by
American farmers. Exports of corn
and oats are mostly insignificant, lit-
tle old corn being left in the country.
Corn still sells well above prices paid
a year ago, but prices have had quite
a fall during recent weeks, and
farmers are anxious. to market their
surplus before further declines. Less
rye is being exported than a year
age, although prices are far lower
than at that period, making it a good
purchase, it would seem. The vis-
ible wheat supply in the United
States is growing rather fast, and a
short time ago it aggregated 68,000,-
000 bushels, or twice as much as a
year ago. The rye visible supply ag-
gregates 16,600,000 bushels, or
twice as much as last year; while
that of oats aggregates 20,127,000
bushels, or comparing with 35,464,-
000 bushels a year .ago. Much is
published _regarding feeding wheat
to stock on the farms where grown,
and it has been stated that this will
approximate 7 per cent of the total
crop, comparing with a normal of 2
per cent. Such feeding is estimated
at 50,000,000 to 60,000,000 bushels.

December wheat sells on the Chi—
cage market up to $1.08, comparing
with $115170, 3. year ago; December
corn at 74 $6, cents, comparing with
68 cents yast year; December cats at
42. cents, comparing with 42%» cents
last year; and. December rye a1: 69 1,6
cents, comparing with- 83‘% cents a.

World’s Grain Crops
World’s wheat crop in; thirty-five
countries this year isi 3,283,000,000
bu. or‘344,000,0.0»0. bu... more. than
last year- Eye in twenty—five, conni-

» tries, 923,390,000! bu. against 605,-

‘ 202, 000 bu. last year.

Germany

1 raised 27:13:01,000 bu. of rye this

E year,

SQUARE .

against 206,000,000 bu. last.
year. It also raised 411,681,000 bu.
of oats, against 276,643,000 bu. last
year, while 237 countries of the would
raised 3,539,566,000 hm. compared.
with: 3,069,757,000 bu. last year.

A Cattle Contrast

A live stock paper called‘ attention

 a short time ago to the fact that two

car loads of? cattle were sold recently
in the Chicago. market at $12.35- per
100‘ pounds, having been purchased
a year ago for $7.25 as feeders. The
year’s care. and. feed gave them. the
finish required. It also calls atten—

. tion- to the fact that on the same day

" $7.50,
.mmths previously fbr; $9‘.

' cattle

two loads of cattle was mid at
having been brought two
They
lacked high finish, at course, and
were only meaty teem The sea»-
son why the range of prices for beef
is an wide is that too many

' halfefat mus. are offered and only 13.

markets may: lime urns.

moderate am of iide beau.

Although the» movement of, cattle
tom ram and terms. this» year to
ram

new in W district“, and con-—
' siderable

 

V ‘ number-s of smokers and
feeders are going out from Chicago.

   
 

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The annual marketing on ordinary
cattle has been in progress for sever-
al? weeks, and many of‘ these have to
compete with western rangers, but.
the range season is nearly over, and
this will help the market for natives
of middling quality. Recently the
best demand has been for well fat-
tened light steers and fat yearlth
and these have been quicker to ad—
vance than heavy steers. This is a.
good time for buying stockers. and‘
feeders, prices ruling low for very
good: kinds. Beef steers are selling
in the Chicago market largely at
$8.25 to $11.60, the best heavy
steers. going at $11 to $12 and the
best yearlings at $12 to _$12.40‘,
while inferior little steers go as low
as $6.25 to.- 7.2’5, with- pretty good
steers taken at‘$9.50 to $9.75. Heavy
steers have had a big decline in
prices, and are bad sellers. Stock-
ers and feeders sell mostly at $5.50
to $6.50, with common lots as low
as $3.50 to $4.50 and choice feeders
at $7 to $7.50 to a- limited extent-
Cows and heifers sell at $3.25 to
$9.50.

Large Consumption of Provisions

Ordinarily, the enormous consump»
tion of lard and fresh and cured hog
meats would lift prices for hogs to a
high level, but the huge marketng
of hogs at packing points, large and
small, has stood in the way of ad‘—
vancing values, save at times when
the receipts are smaller than usual.
A short time ago a curtailed buying
of hogs in the Chicago Stock Yards
for shipment to eastern packing
points was an important factor in
putting hogs on- a cheaper basis, but
later this demand arrived. and. helped
to advance prices. However, the us-
ual trend of the hog market is on
the down grade, as it is no easy mat-
ter to dispose of such enormous re-
ceipts. Owing to the large propor-
tion of light hogs and pigs, these had
to sell at quite a discount, with
choice heavy butchers market top-
pers.

Stocks 01 cut. meats at western
packing points, decreased! 42,213,000
pounds in October, compared with
35,347,000 pounds. last year. Lard
stocks were reduced over 29,090,000
pounds and are nearly 1,000,000
pounds less than last year.

Enormous Hog Marketing,

Combined: receipts. of? hour. this
year estimate in twenty markets 34,-
938,000 head, comparing with 27,—
152,000; in: the same time last year.
The; Chicago. market is getting the
largest supplies since» February, and
prices are. lower, mm. sales; being
made at $6.40 to $7.50. The top is
paidi for heavy butchers, with the
best bacon weights at $7.15. Infer-
ior light lots predominate.

The Sheep Industry

Marked improvement is seen in
minim: pants; on the. country in the-
breeding of sheep, as well as in the
preparation at lambs. for the mar-
ket. The ‘Why” lamb is being
eliminated in many farming districts,
and especial progress has been made
in Kentucky- A short, time ago it
was. estimated: by the Department oi"
Agriculture that more, than 200,000.!
docked weather and ewe lambs- were
marketed from that state this. year.
This. has been a great year fur the
amnion. of. the: United States, far
larger numbers of sheep» and lambs:
being marketed than last year, and
while prices varied.“ , as usual,
 industry has on the whole been
very profitable to- theso m M
stand 1m what methods. to follow;
The range shipping season is closing,
and: large- nunrlm at were 19.11th
have been slaughtered, as well. as
large supplies of lambs and. sheep

 

    

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from feeding Mimics: at the missile
west and. south. Feeding sections
will winter large number oil lambs.
most farmers having. completed; rew-
fllling their sheep sheds; and than
is still a large demand. fm high-
grade breeding ewes for shipment to
Michigan and other nearby states,
as high as $11 to $12 per 100
pounds being paid. for the best year-
ling ewes, and. nowhere near enough

uttered to go around. 0: late the

quality of the range thin feeding
lambs offered in the Chicago mar-
ket has greatly fallen off, and lower
prices were paid. Lmhs $1 in
Chicago. at $9 to $13.25, feeders gn—
ing at $11.75 to $12.85..

BEANS
Prices in. the bean market are
quoted lower at some points, and the
demand is said to be better than enz-

 

, pected giving a steady tone to the

market. Dealers. are waiting for
cold weather to put more life into
the market. Consumption increases
with the. beginning of cold weather
but whether the demand will be
sufficient to cause prices to advance
very much is a question.

 

POTATOES

Receipts have increased during
the past fortnight and the market
is easy. Market students declare
the prices are low. enough to encour»
age speculation, but the larger spec-
ulators are holding off, claiming that
crop reports are so encouraging for
large supplies this winter that they
see no reason for paying current
prices. _ .

QUOTATIONS

Wheat
Detroit——Cash No. 1 red, $1.14.%;.

No. 2 white, $1.14; No. 2'mixed‘,.
$1.13.
Chicago—Cash No. 3 red, $1.07'
Prices one year ago—Detroit,

Cash: No. 2 red, $1.31; No. 2 white
and No. 2 mixed, $1.29.
Corn. ’

Detroit Cash No. 2 yellow, $1.-
03’; No. 3', $1.02.

Chicago—Cash No.
@990.

Prices one year ago—Detroit,
Cash No. 2 yellow, 80c; No. 3', 790;
No. 4, 780; No. 5, 770.

 

2 yellow, 9 7

Oats
Detroit———Cash No. 2' white, 461%,,9;
No. 3, 431/30. I
Chicago—Cash No. 2‘ White, 42%
@44c-
Prices one year ago—Detroit,

Cash No. 2 white, 490'; No. 3', 47 156c;
No. 4., 4.6c.
Rye
Deficits—Cash No- 2., 77c.

Chicago-wean}: No. 2, 701;é~@
70%.c'.
Prices one year ago—Detroit,
Cash No. 2, 90c.
Beam
Detroit—0.. H. P., $5.30@5¢JI
per cwt.
Chicago—47. H. P., $6’.2'0@6..5'05
per cwt.
Prices one year agm—Detro‘lit.
C. H. P., $7.00 per cwt.
Potatoes:

Detroit—~$1.23.@1.40. per cwt-
Chicago—$5e@‘v$'l.00 per cwt.
Prices. one year age—Detroit.
$1.201mrlcwh.
Hay

Detroit—Standard timothy and.
light mixed, $21.50@22; No. 1 clear.
er mixed: $19.@20.; No. 1 clover, $19
@20 per ton.

Chicago-No». 1 timothy, $=26.@'27:
No. 1. clover mixed, $22@24; No. 1
clover, $22:@)2:4$ per ton.

Prices one year ago—Detroit,
Standard timothy, $16.50; light mix.-
ed, 316.50@1'T.50.;, No. 1 clover, $15
@15.50 per ton.

FARM BUREAU RADIO PROGRAM
Statkm KYW, Chicago; Central Time:
8m P. 1m Wave Longth, 536

November 13—”Exit the Scrub
Bull," by E. G. Thiem, Secretary at
Illinois Holstein-Friesian Associa-
tion. -

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For 10 Days Will Bell M mmoth Toui
‘G‘eese at $5 each: White Pekin cits at $2 
Light Brahma hens at 2 each. Mrs. W UL
Bowman. Bentley, R. 1, ox 1, Michigan.

FOR SALE—LARGE IMPORTED SCOTCH
White Leghorn Stock Cockerels and Cook Birds.
Also exhibition and bred-today S. C. Lez~
horns. AlRlHEw 1’0UL Y FARM, c. J.
sweet, Prop" Min labor. Michigan.

MAMMOTH BREEZE TURKEYST’ESZE
D. F. MARSHALL. Beulah. Michigan.
MAMMOUTH BRONZE _TUEKEV8‘IPURE BR‘ED.

 

 

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cold spells that will help to take

 month as a whole.

‘ assurance that the beans are genuine

..then be followed by more severe

cloud up and light rain will fall

St., Dept. 713, Chicago, 111., shipping

Week of November 1
OR the week of November 11th
the temperature in Michigan is

son. "The latter days of the week

A rain or snow and wind storm
will probably effect this state atyery

colder by Monday, at the latest.
A day or so of fair weather will

weather when rain, snow, biizzards
and strong winds will cover most'ot
Michigan. Then will come a cold
period that will drop temperatures
so a minimum or :25 tom degrees.

During the last two days or the

Week of November 18
Temperatures during the first

law freezing again.
 early part of this period
winds   southerly, skies will

generally. This condition will con-
tinue for the greater part of the
week with the exception that rain
is likely to turn to snow in sections,
especially about Friday.

As this week comes to an end the
sky will be clear in most counties
and the temperature low for the sea-
son. --
November Normal Month
An average of all storms we he-

leads us to predict a normal month.
Precipitation will probably be a little
above normal and the temperature
will be a. little above the average.
However, we expect a number of

down any high extremes for the
We are also
looking tor a moderately warm but
wet December.

OW(BSO FARMER MAKES $1,500
FROM ACRE_ MICHIGAN BEANS

(Continued from Page 3)

esting to note the delusion under
which some of the protestors who
claimed Robust .beans to be wrinkled
labored.
tion with known samples called all
wrinkled beans Roberts regardless
of their true identity.

The Michigan plant breeder in
1922 brought out a new strain of
Robust beans which showed even a
marked improvement over the very
desirable earlier selections released
in 1916.

Farmers fully convinced of their
productivity are demanding Robust
beans for seed. They get their pure
stock from growers oi the Michigan
Crop Improvement Asspciation, who
grow Robust beans under an inspec-
tion supervised by the Michigan Ag-
ricultural College and all seed meet—
ing association requirements is cert-
ified as to purity, quality and vital-
ity. The inspection, both in the
field and after harvest is the safest

Robusts, pure, and true to varietal
characteristics.

Statistics show that 26,000,000 Ameri-
cans, nearly onerfourth of the nation’s
population, have savings accounts in the
state and national banks.

Gas industry is now adding new custom-
ers to its gas mains at the rate of 350,-
000 a year.

 

GET YOUR COAL FREE

Special offer to Michigan Business
Farmer readers. A large successful
16-year old coal company, The Peo—
ples Coal Company, 1120 W. 35th

direct from mine to user, is offering
 unusual opportunity to one coal
user in every neighborhood who has
a new hours spare time each month.
This is its method of quickly intro-
ducing the finest grade, freshly
‘ tree homing coal, which is

emoted'to average cold for the sea-

! 'weektheskyisexpec‘tcdto‘bexem.
Qiersdlyc‘lear.

three days of this week will rise de- ,
chiefly in Michigan but hetero 
mid oi!  week will have fallen be- '

are scheduled for the most sunshine.L ' ‘

beginning of week with a change to,

lieVe will effect Michigan this month ' V

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as good ones.

and milk.

Of course, the reason youdon't is that
there’s more profit in the good ones.

It’s the same with buying feed.
LARR'O is worth more than other ra-
tions for the same reason that good cows
are worth more than scrubs.

The reason lies in highest quality in-
gredientshin the standardizing of these
ingredients before mixing—the removal
of all foreign material, such as tags,
lumps, bits of wood, nails and every par-
ticle of iron and steel—in the perfect
proportioning of each ingredient accord-
ing to a formula adequate for every re-
quirement of safety, condition, health

LARRO will make you more money
over cost than any other ration.

guarantee tha t~——a bsolu tely.

We

a N you set out tobuycowsfor'
your herd, why don’t you buy
They don't-cost as .much

The Larrowe Milling Company, Detroit

 

.  "Preparing Cows

for Winter” is the
title of an article that
appears in the September
issue of The Larro Dairy-
man. If you are not re-

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ceiving this excellent, free Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
magazine for cow-owners,
A fill out and mail this cou- St. or R. F. D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

pon now, or take it to your
Larro dealer.

 

The Lari-owe Milling Company
51 Larrowe Bldg., Detroit, Mich.

I am now feeding . . . . . .cows and I want to receive. with-
out cost, your magazine—“The Larro Dairyman.”

Town . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Statc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  
 
   
   
   
   
   
   
    

 

 

 

 

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care of my correspondence.”

$250

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PICK YOUROWN BE

Since the Michigan Business Farmer told its readers how
some bean growers were getting good money out of poor
beans, the farmers mentioned have been deluged with re-

ANS

Jack Shay writes: “Send a private stcnographcr to take

To relieve our good customers of this embarrassment we
are using this space to give the information desired.
Will buy a Judson Jr. Bean Picker which Will
pick your own and all your neighbors’ beans for
years Without cost for repairs.
The only mechanical picker that will handle wet beans.
The feed value of the culls pays the cost.
Compare this with your experience.
Write today for illustrated description.

THE JUDSON MICHIGBEAN COMPANY
Detroit, Mich.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thereby saving the profits ed all

‘ middle men. Mano! good standing

‘ and well known in his munity
unset his we‘ll hm. We suggest. =

 

 

= .thst'you'vwrite this firm Edam—Adv.

 

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0 Detroit Beef Cempany

offers its services to the Farmers of
Michigan as a high class, reliable
commission house for the sale of
Dressed Calves and live poultry.
Write us for information how to dress
and ship calves to market. $250,000
capital and surplus. 34 years in bus-
iness in the same place and same
management. '

Address

 

Cured His Rupture

I was
trunk several
only hope
Trusses . ‘d

ears ago.
cure was
no g

an

hill? 1 Of ed
e e y our me. ears have
the rupture never retm'nedpa

badly ruptured while lifting a
Doctu's
operation.
‘inally I

d1 me cod. 14
something that quickly and com-

seid my
cot

ssed and

There was no operation. no lost time, no

trouble. I have nothing

to sell. but will .

give full information about how you may
nd a complete cure without 0

if you write me,
Carpente
as n

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and show it Ito

Eugene M.
{SQ—K Marcellus Avenue, Man-
Better cut out this notice
any others who are mp.

pemdon.
l’ullen,

 

DETle BEEF co., Detroit, Mich.

tilted—you , may save a life
to; the misery of mp -
tn danger of an operation.

 

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By Bessie English

one only six weeks old—and no income.

every dollar of our savings.

bills. I was left almost destitute.

ner. The only thing I knew how
to do was housework. The outlook
was anything but cheerful. '

I Wouldn’t Hear of It
Everybody w a s V e r y
kind. There were many
offers of help. But I had
too much pride to be will-
ing to accept charity, even
from relatives. My folks
urged me at least to let
them take the children, so
I would have only myself
to provide for, instead of three. But
I wouldn’t hear of it. My babies wer
all I had in the world, and I was deter-
mined that nothing should take them
from me.

But how was I to manage? I could-
n’t sleep thinking about it. Both child-
ren, and especially the baby were at an
age where they needed a mother’s con—
stant care. I couldn’t leave them alone
to go out working. Yet I faced the
necessity of somehow earning enough
to provide food and clothing and a
home.

I live in a small town. At best there
aren’t many ways here for a woman to
earn a living. And I had to find some-
thing that wouldn’t take me away
from the children. That didn’t leave
much choice. I would have to take in
washing or starve.

I was none too strong. It was a
hard grind. At times both my back
and my courage were ready to break.
But always the thought of my two
children kept me going.

It was ter'ibly discouraging. The
children, of course, required quite a
bit of my time. No matter how long
or how hard I slaved over the wash-
tubs, what I earned was barely enough
to keep body and soul together. Even
with sewing added, the amount I earn-
ed was still pitifully small. .

Worst of all, the hard work was
gradually wearing me down. I lost
twenty pounds. I began to fear I
couldn’t hold out much longer. The‘

 

 

 

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Dept. 301, 872 Hudson Ave., Rochester, N. Y.

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in my spare time with the Home Profit Knitter. I am

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"WHEN my husband died, two years ago,
1t seemed the end of the world to me.
There I was with two small children——

My husband’s long sickness had taken
Baby’s com—
ing had brought another expense. The in-
surance was barely enough to meet all the

I was totally unprepared for the re—
sponsiblity of being the family breadwin—p

  

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At first it iuas pretty hard to manage——
now Ikeep my pocketbook comfortably filled

s t r a i n and
worry of it
had me al-
most in dis-
pair.

Just What 1 Had Been
Hoping For

One Sunday I was so tired and dis-
couraged that I was about ready to
give up. Trying to get my mind off
my struggle, I picked up a paper which
a neighbor had brought over. As good
luck would have it, the first thing that
caught my eye was a way to earn
money at home. Exactly what I had
long been hoping for but never expect-
ing to find—good pay for work I could
do entirely at my own convenience,
without stepping out of the house,
without any tax on my strength, with—
out set hours, without having to leave

or neglect the children.

I read it from beginning .to end. It told
how a Mrs. Himburg in Brooklyn, New York,
had averaged about $12 a week for nearly two
years—in her spare time. How hundreds of
other home workers each earned all the way
from $5 to $25 or more every week—the
amount depending on how much time is given
to the work.

I made up my mind I could do as well as any‘
one else. The work looked easy and interest—
ing—knitting socks for the Home Profit
Hosiery Company. I didn’t know a thing about
knitting, but it said no experience was neces-
sary. I immediately wrote for full information
about the plan.

The mere thought that perhaps my

drudgery at the washtubs would soon be

I, over put me in ‘better spirits than I had
"I been for weeks. The more I found out
about the plan and the money others
were earning, the more convinced I be-
came that here was my chance.. So I
sent in my application. In due time_I
received my Knitter, a supply of free
yarn, and a book of simple and clear in—

Mrs. Bessie English
97 Pitman SL,
Pennsgrove, N. J.

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and easy. Honestly, I fell in love with
my Knitter as soon as I saw it—it looked
so clever and capable. After a little
practice, I could knit socks fine enough
for any millionaire. It is no trick at all
on this skillful little Home Profit .Knit-

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Income

ter. And I can sit down at my
machine and earn a good day’s
pay while watching the child-
ren.

My First Check

My first check ‘ from the
Home Profit Hosiery Company
made me happier than any
other money I had ever re-
ceived—for it meant that at
last I had found a way to be
self—supporting without mak—
ing a slave and drudge of my—
self. Since then practically ev-
ery dollar I have had has been
earned on my Home Profit Knit-
ter—I call it the family bread-
winner. And I have done this
without tiring myself or neg—
lecting the children or house—
work. Compared with washing
or sewing, the work is actually
restful. I have regained all the
weight and strength I had lost
—and have regained my old
cheerfulness and self—respect. I
am able to give my children all
the necessaries and Some of the
comforts of life. I am gradu-
ally putting a little money
aside. Above all I can face
the future with full confidence
that I will always know where
the money for the things we
need is coming from be—
cause the Home Profit Hosiery
Company has signed a life
contract with me to take all
the socks I can knit. It was a
lucky day for me when I read
about the Home Profit Work
Plan.

Mrs; Bessie English
97 I’itman St., I’ennsgrove, N. J.

It Is Helping Fill Hundreds of
Pocketbook; *

The Home Profit plan is putting easily earn-
ed extra money into the pockets of people all
over America—helping them pay for homes,
helping them put money in the bank, helping
them pay debts, helping them buy furniture
and automobiles, helping them dress better and
live better, helping them in all the ways that
money can be used for.

Some earn $5, $10 or $15 extra every week;
a few as high as $25 to $30 or more———in the
privacy of their own homes, and without any
interference with their other duties.

How much one can earn in this way all de-
pends on how much spare time can be given
to the work. You are always your own boss——
can start and stop kniting whenever you like——
any time of the day or evening. You can knit
as many or as few socks each day or each week
as you choose. Whether few or many, the
Home Profit Hosiery Company guarantees to
take every pair of' socks you can knit for Ihem,
in accordance with their simple specifications.
and to give you good pay for every pair you
send them. They also supply free yarn for all
the socks you send them. (But if you prefer,
you can buy your yarn from the company
at wholesale price and sell the finished hose at
your OWn price to local stores, neighbors, etc.)
You can also knit sweaters and many other
articles on the Home Profit Knitter, either for
your own use or to sell.

There is an enormous demand for the
fine quality of wool hose so easily knitted on
the skillful little Home Profit Knitter, and the
Home Profit Hosiery Company is ready to make
guaranteed arrangements with spare time
home workers anywhere. It doesn’t matter
where you live. You don’t need to know any-
thing whatever about knitting at the start—-
the simple and clear instruction book quickly
shows you how. All you need is a Home Profit
Knitter, a. little spare time', and the willingness
to use it.
for, it Will pay you to send for free information
about the Home Profit guaranteed plan.
Simply tear out and mail the coupon—now,
While it'is in your mind. That takes only a
minute, but it can easily make a difference of
hundreds of dollars a year to you.

Home Profit Hosiery Co.

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