S - . é... Eli”: Err”. _ g i. A. . I: n 1C M inc Owned and hlga 1n Indcpendent (1 Ed ‘1 a .wbc n .H AM m r a F TWO YEARS $1 600 PER YEARF—S YRS. $2 TERMS , MARCH 29, 1924 SATURDAY , N6. '16 L. XI ‘VO BUT NOT TOO DEEB PLOW DEEP, 1' Bowel? s, dine Tax for State Gas ’3 Miss ’t igan—Don 11 Mid cle’ on a, A -\ J’x “Forty Years of Faking Ask for PlOWbOY _ Grain Cufl 470—Double Sole Tan 46—Single Sole Tan Split Cuff Single Solo 458—Chocolate 4 5 —-Sm0kc 45 Z—Tan 1,000 Miles of Wear Always dries out soft V.Here’s a double—tanned horse- hide work shoe that will never get stiff or hard. This horse- hide, double-tanned by our own private process in our own tan- neries, dries out as soft as vel- vet. You can soak these shoes in mud, water and slush. They will always dry out soft and pliable. You’ll also be surprised by their long wear. They usually wear at least 1,000 miles. But customers tell us they wear3,000 and 4,000 or more. We are fre— quently told they outwear three ordinary pairs. For every job there’s a spe— cial RoUge Rex shoe model that fits your need exactly. If your dealer cannot supply you with Rouge Rex, we’ll see that you are supplied from our nearest deal- er. Write for catalog 504 HIRTH-KRAUSE COMPANY Shoe Manufacturers and Tanners GrandRapids, Mich. WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS. PLEASE MENTION THE BUSINESS FARMER znyrmzm u muan11:.uuumHmmmmfl'miin. , _— . .33:twinni'uni'lm““EPIHBEHxEHVliIGW Hay hay quickly. time savers. Matron“ 1852 ...........-..-------[l';.'i- mmuumm wnwumlwé, r,swam:some. '~ Time is Hurry You are yalways crowded with work at bay time. A little delay often means spoiling part of the crop. You can’t control the weather, but you can equip yourself to make Time E-B Hay Tools enable you to make hay in the shortest possible time with the least work. Thousands of farmers are making money with the BB Standard and Osborne Mowers and Side Deliv Rakes, Hay Loaders and Rak Tedders, Dump m"They are Look over yourbay maebinerynow anddecidewlnt you’llneed. Ordetyeorlysoasto berearly. Emerson-Brantlngbam Implement Co. ell-rigrml try: Depar meat; an address before a point meeting of tumors and business men at Pin- conning in the afternoon, and a similar meeting at Standish. “It is seldom that I am flattered such a large and attentive audience.” A great deal has been said about the remarkable results which have been obtained in Arenac, County in one year thru the co-operation of business men and farmers, but it is only when one who attended the ’ first meeting last year attends one this year that the vastness of the change really sinks in. ,. Now tarm- ers and business men sit side by side drinking the codes, which is served after every meeting, ping stories and talking business and farming. Last year, a group of business men congregated in one corner and farmers in another. by means ;of glances of suspicion and distrust. Then the lunch hour was mostly a quiet and gloomy af— fair—now it is noisy and jovial. A 'genuine community spirit has taken the place of suspicion and depres— sion. All this in addition to the ma— terial benefits. Mr. Tom Weaver, the hardware merchant said, “Had it not been for this movement I do not know where we would have been now. Our farmers had $900 a day more to spend in August 1923 than they had in 1922 and I be— lieve that stood between us and bankruptcy.” Mr. W. H. Gillett, Manager of the Standish Creamery, reports that the average daily yield of his patron’s cows increased from ”6% to 10 lbs. in one year—over 50 per cent increase. His total vol- ume doubled in one year and it was that factor alone which prevented the abandonment of his plant this following Pinconning folks are ‘cloeely upon the heels of their neighbors. Every two weeks they hold a rally at which some promin- ent man gives an address on better dairylng and farming. Among the speakers have been Prof. O E. Reed J. F. Cox and E. C. Foreman, all of M. A C. At no meeting in spite of the impossible roads, has the attendance dropped below 150 folks. Every business place, includ— ing garages and pool-rooms, were closed when Prof. E. C. Foreman spoke Friday afternoon. The Pin- conning' Boosters’ Club claims 100% membership and is back of the movement heart and soul. “Agri- culture is the leading industry of this town,” said Mr. J. R. Fotber- ingham, the local banker; "and. we want to treat it as such, especially because our material benefit de- pends upon it. A plan of financing the purchase of grade and purebred cattle has been developed by the ' Club and farmers are taking advant- age of it. A cow—test association is being planned and a carload of soda— tol is being handled. A series of chicken culling demonstrations are being planned firr the summer. All these things are being accomplished thru the enthusiasm But, most important of all, a com- munity spirit is being developed which will make life just a little more worth while in Pinconning and vicinity—E. J. Leanbouts. WGY WILL BROADCAST FARM TALKS MAME 31 ADIO broadcasting station WGY, ady, N. Y., will broadcast two talks the evening of March Slut that will be of great interest to our read- emstandardflme,llr.- EB. Bab- -eock. of the N. Y. State Farm Bur— eau Federation. will give a 10 rain— utc talk on, “The Essentials in the (nonnative Ila‘rketiu Invention He will be followed by Dean A-R. Iona, N. Y. state millage of Agri- culture. who will address the invite “The inclusion Asian} tum" at. station open-rates on s an meter wave length. ‘ swap- ‘ About the~only exchange made was .- and co-opera-j ' tion of business man and farmer. General Electric 00., Schenectp.. ere. BeginninSut -:? 15 P. IL, ouch ‘ sash-earl“ . . ‘ if.“ A. 6., last 1zili't‘im chin: March 14th srter he had made‘ L 1 l . pay on arrival. V are not ‘ hatigsrm Mmmll‘fiae son. “mm“;- . .‘ Tm ”fishutbemm out. «Timur mm ten. }1 i ARMY HOB NAIL SHOES sum as be r ' beef sgflvetmt-lhonhobuflainwbund $3. 25 Plus Postage.........._......_.....-..... S. Army Cum Huts mile pure woo 01 felt. A very WW rungf tics] hat for farmers, cam “Damn. {I‘he best grade of wool all: was in mk- ~ ins these hats. lacs 15 to 7%,. Picked in corrugated contamers and delivered in per.- Genuine U feet condition. Easil price of 5.1. 29 P111 1113 Easy Khaki Coats (Bio...) Army r tiara. cot- ton 'kbs chimed this U.8.-’Arn30.D.WoolcoubII-deofhnwool’ and its have hummer all out". me a. or P113 35 t 44. "I‘M” ..- Meg, mot-ma 3.50 £32.“-.u...‘_.-__s2.9 3} rm «at; rec: ZATALQ SUE U. S. SALVAGE CO. ST. :ALJL Cm ‘JN. WF-TLTE M.» A‘ ._._ ff \_‘ Sure 11022:.) : MOLINE ‘, Plait . ; Y‘v‘r‘rlt: CI‘ TL: 1 v-5- -13.. m— f—‘fl—‘K w—V' Y ' YWFWI 1 w-» « - .N" ‘ ' . is! Farm-Witt “ -‘.»....... i .1. _: It. n'h‘ t ;,:...~ :« «d‘ 1.. , WV“; . . , 1.; 1., - < ' .J ' , , ._, . . .' -¢--‘-‘-_v-""‘- av,“ '—‘, , " ' ‘ - ' 3 h ‘ ,~ -‘ ' “> . ’ . . ~-‘- '; . .. 4 , _ ‘ , s ‘ . 1., 2. .- , - ,v .3,» ,4. - , . . .‘ .. _.. ‘u a; . A ' ‘ )4 a « 4 . r w ‘ " “4 A , n- . . , , . 1., .1 . , 3 , ' ' , .; . * .. . I . .y i , I ’ ,_ ' L . _ ‘.. < h , . 4 l ' ' ‘ ', .r ‘ - / . . , . i . . , " EN a’gneat'iyital issue which R l » involves a fundamental prin- ’ comes a political football, there is ’ciple of taxation. justice be- longs!!- that it may not be settled entirely on its merits and according - , to the desires of a majority of our j‘citizenship. ’Buch has been Michigan’s history - :wlth the state two cent gasoline tax. [Demanded by an overWhelming ma- Jority of the voters ofvnearly every county in the state, it was passed ’ by the Michigan House of Repre- > sentatives last ~spring by a vote of 80 to 18 and later, despite persistent and unprincipled lobbying and polit— . ical wire pulling it also 7 passed the Senate 19 to 11. ‘ The Governor’s veto which killed ‘ thekblll aroused such a wave of pop- .plar resentment that Michigan’s \chief executive has relented some- what and. has come out with a con- ditional statement in favor of gas tax, but he has as yet failed to make his actions correspond with his words, for he has steadfastly re- fused toallow the State Legislature any opportunity to enact legislation of this type. . Sentiment Solid for Gas Tax' ‘There is no question but.what, if given a chance, the Michigan Legis- lature would pass a gas tax without delay. After the first week of the recent extra session of the Legisla- . lure the sentiment among Michi- ‘» gan’s law-makers was so apparent on this issue that the Detroit Free Press on December-11th said, ‘(E - actment of a gasoline tax is a fore- gone conclusion. Since .. Governor Groesbeck withdrew his opposition his entire following became super- conscious of its conspicious position out on the end of a limb and march- ed into camp." But apparently the Free Press spoke too soon. Perhaps the Opposition of the Governor had not been entirely withdrawn! ’-It is a unique situation to find people. uniting in favor of any new form of taxation. When they vir- tually demand it and threaten to in— itiate it 'by petition, we may be sure that it has considerable of merit to recommend it. ,. Every Michigan farm organiza- tion“ has passed resolutions favor-s ing a gas tax, for Michigan farmers are convinced that the gas tax is right and sound in principle, that it is a measure for justice and that it is a step in the direction of a policy of specific taxation which will give - much—needed relief to sadly over- burdened real estate. Nor do the farmers stand alone in this position. .Everywhere one goes in Michigan today he discovers people enthusiastically in favor of a two cent gasoline tax and finds that , they are ready with plenty ofargu- manta to tell why "we should have one smaller to those already in ef- - ' feet in 36 other states in the union. Why the Gas Tax Is Favored _, Briefly summarized, the argu- ments most commonly advanced are these: The gas tax is the only prac- tical method of getting highway re- venue from visiting tourists, it auto-« matically' takes into account both the weight on the car and they-dis- tance drjven, it puts the burden onto ' the people who get the benefit from '7 fifths lower the tax on real estate, lessen-v improved highways, it would dog” the burden of the 981199} prop— “ arty . tax. \ 'xf‘f‘i'llhése popular arguments 13er men They cannot be dismissed 1i“ ‘ '.,”We, are ‘coming‘t'o- realise ' we no“ icon- mne- .. i 7 ‘5T'h6 Only Farm Magazine am and Edited in Michigan” "'5 AHWhOOwnand Qrive Automobiles or Trucks in Michigan Would Pay Their Share for Building and _ , Maintaining Our Highways gsy STANLEY M. POWELL (Lansing Correspondent ”of The Business/Farmer.) I N trying to analyze the popular sentiment in favor of a gasoline tax for. Michigan, Mr. Powell says, “The gas tax is the only practical method of. getting highway revenue from visiting tourists, it auto- matically takes into account both the weight of the car and the dis- ,‘tance driven, it puts the burden- onto the people who get the benefit from the improved highways, it would lower the tax on real estate. lessening the burden of the general property tax.” ‘ \ Evidence is presented to show that gas taxes now being employed in 86 states are working satisfactorily and they are easily and cheaply collected. Neighboring states either have gasoline taxes ‘or are in the pro- cess of getting them. pay for their roads, and fairly so. Michigan autoists touring in those states help Should not the tourists who are yearly Coming to Michigan resorts in increasing nmnbers, causing great highway depreciation, make some contributiOn to our highway expense account? A gasoline tax is the only solution to this growing problem, according to Mr. Powell. Do you agree with him? now amounts to about $38,000,000 and the refund of the $5,000,000 due from the State to the several counties. ’ People ,- everywhere are interested in good roads. Speedy and com- fortable transportation by auto from place to place appeals to our inde- pendent and liberty—loving natures. Then. too, the motor truck is fast becoming an indispemsible part of our modern life and is used largely by farmers and commercial enter- prises of every description. We must have roads, and better roads, and roads cost money. In commenting .on this situation, the Governor himself admitted in the veto message, "Pavements ill adapt- ed to withstand modern traiiic con- ditions have been laid-«poor engin- eering methods have prevailed and adequate safeguards‘have not been provided for the protection of the traveling public.” Every state needs good roads, but we in Michigan have a peculiar rea- son for being interested in the ex- tent and condition of our highway system, for in recent years we have been developing a tremendous asset in the form of the tourist business. _The Michigan Farm Bureau News, the spokesman and official mouth of a large group of organized Michigan farmers who have been leading in the fight for a state gas tax, in dis- cussing the tourist problem, de- clares: . "The summer tourist business has grown so rapidly that it is impossible to fully appreciate pr accurately de- termine its present magnitude. How— ever, reliable and competent men estimate, that there are fully 200,000 .visitors here in Michigan each day throughout the'summer for a period of ten weeks. "A questionnaire conducted among ' scores of visiting tourists by the Grand Rapids Herald has revealed that one of the most common com- plaints of these visitors is with ref- erence to the condition, or lack of condition, of our highways. Many stated that they would not have ob- jected to a gasoline tax, because they were accustomed to paying one at home- It is interesting to remember that motorists in 36 states pay gas taxes at home, but can tear up Michigan highways without making even a slight return. “If Michigan is to retain, develop and promote its 'precious asset of tourist patronage it must maintain and improve its highways. It would be a short-sighted policy for us to ‘kill the geese that laid the golden egg’ by falling behind in our road buiding program. The burning question is, ‘How shall this be financed?’ Shall it be done as at present through confiscatory taxes on adjoining property, through gen- eral township and county levies and through the pyramidng up of a stag- 'gering burden of public debt by con- tinuing to mortgage the future through the issuance of millions of dollars worth of highway bonds? Seemingly no satisfactory provision has been made for retirement of such outstanding highway bonds in Mich- igan. “Shall highway financing be achieved through a system which is grossly unfair to the present gener- ation and flagrantly unjust to gen- erations yet unborn? Or shall' we follow the beaten path, already taken with satisfaction by 36 states of the .39" m °°' 2m: which shows how general he, his method of 811% -- ...‘« pm“ “is: ll!- . , ' -' 0:11:06;st Entered u mend-class mat ter. August 22. 191'? at the st-ofllcs at M omens, ' ich. under set of March Md. ‘1er. ‘ Union and adopt the gasoline tax idea? I» “We don't ‘expect the owners of adjoining property or the public in general to pay for the construction and maintenance of our railways or interurban lines. That is taken care of by those who use these facilities, in proportion to the amount of use. “Since 95% of our modern traffic is furnished by gasoline driven ve— hicles, it is apparent that a gas tax would automatically distribute a large portion of the burden of high- way expense among the users of the roads in proportion to the benefits derived.” Popular opinion and editorial com— ment therefore agree in favor of a. gas tax as the most logical solution of our present problems. The gas tax might not have been a fair means of raising highway revenue a few years ago when autos were scarce and most of the trafiic was by horse—drawn vehicles. But today this situation is entirely dif- ferent. In 1912 Michigan had but ,39,579 registered motor vehicles. By 1922, ten years later, this number had increased nearly 15 times, reach— ing the total of. 584,291. 1923 showed an added increase of 27%, bringing the total of registered Mich— igan cars up to 737,388. Today there are enough cars in Michigan so that our entire population might take a ride at the same time. It is a fact beyond dispute that the great volume of gasoline con- sumed in Michigan is used for auto— mobile and truck transportation on the public highways. The automo- bile has caused the insistent demand for a greatly enlarged program of highway development. To meet this demand the Legislature has author~ ized the issuance of $50,000,000 of state highway bonds, $38,000,000 of which has already been issued. No adequate provision has been made for the retirement of these outstand— ing,bonds. VVe’ll have to pay them. Our real estate will foot the bill un— less we get help from those who use the roads. The automobile has also brought us a tremendous increased road repair and maintenance cost. Therefore, it is just that the auto- mobile should contribute accordingly to defray highway expenses. An Automatic Toll Gate It‘is reasonable that the amount of such contribution should be in proportion to the use of the highway by each automobile. This situation might be met by the establishment of a network of old-fashioned toil gates on our public highways. This would prove highly inefficient and bunglesome. It is unnecessary. There is a simpler way to accomplish the same process. The gas tax is an automatic toll gate. It automat- ically takes care of both the mileage driven and the weight cf the car, the two factors contributing to wear and tear of highway by automobiles. The gas tax would exact a substantial in- crease in revenue from trucks and. busses that enjoy the profits accru- ing from their operation over.the improved highways. It is logical, too, that the man who drives his car 15,000 miles per year should pay three times as much into the highway fund as his neighbor who drives his car only 5,000 miles. The present license fee system or any plan of weight tax would charge each alike for the same car. Certain opponents of a gas tax advocate an increased auto license fee to provide additional revenue for » highway purposes. It is hard to un- derstand how such a proposal would. , ;; Operate with any great degree of. . fairness to those who drive then» ' cars but a little. (Continued on Page 233 t the fundamental crop More Clover Can Be Crawn in Michigan Without Da' A-sSurance of Profitable Retums HE clovers have always been and are today the chief leguminous . cropsan Michigan. Red clover, . Mammoth clover and Alsike clover , are unusually well adapted to Mich- igan soils and climatic conditions, --and to the common short rotations :in use in the state. Red clover is in Michigan rotations, and successful stands are almost invariably followed by more profitable crops of corn, potatoes, beets and beans. Alfalfa, sweet clover, 'and soybeans have recently gained an important place on Mich— igan farms; nevertheless, the clov— ersstill occupy the greatest acre- age, and dairying and live stook in- dustries of the state are dependent upon the production of an abund- ance of clover hay for profitable pro- duction. As Dean R. S. Shaw of M. A. C. says, “the development and maintenance of a permanent agri— culture in the state is dependent on leguminous plants. The clovers are more widely distributed, and far—reaching in their influence, than any of the others.” Michigan has long been 'knowu as a region particularly adapted to clovers, and to clover seed produc- tion. The fact that the clover acre— age has decreased rapidly in the past few years and that many are failing to get dependable catches, particu— larly of red clover, is a matter of great concern. “’hen Clover Fails When clover fails in communities where it once succeeded, agriculture is on the down—grade, “run—down” farms are frequent, less live stock is fed, crop yields are lower, and farms change hands rapidly. In regions where clover and alfalfa thrive, farmers are generally pros- perous, crop yields are high, dairy- ing and live stock raising are suc— cessful, and farm ownership is more stable, and land values are higher. Without doubt, the two leading causes of red clover failures are the planting of unadapted seed and the decrease in the content of organic matter and lime in the soils of many farms, which have long been under cultivation. . Michigan Grown Seed Best During the past four years, Pro— fessor C. R. Megee of the Michigan Agricultural College, has given his attention to the testing out of red clover seed from practically all com- mercial sources. These tests show conclusively that Michigan grown seed is best for Michigan. Seed from other northern states and Can— ada is also well adapted. Of the HE reports coming in to the , Farm ‘Crops Department from various sections of the state in— dicate that a large number of farm- ers are going to be surprised and disappointed in their seed corn for planting the corn crop this spring, and unless a germination test is run by the Rag Doll or some similar method, the seed corn to be planted will result in a very poor stand this year. There are several factors which are responsible for the present con- ditiOn of seed corn generaLy lst.——Failure.to mature corn at harvest time. 2nd.—F‘ailure to mature with a high moisture content. 3rd ——-Lack of proper storage aft~ er harvesting. 4th. ———Failure to look for or rec- ognize the apparent evidence of frozen or moldy kernels in the ears since harvesting. The results from my variety plat at the Michigan Agricultural Experi— ment Station show a moisture con- tent ranging from 39. 5 for an early variety corn to 53 per cent for a late corn ich we normally c‘a-ll adapted to -territc~ry for grain. cult to estimate the approximate are in. grain but a great many ers know that corn to keep in ‘ Mthoutrs spotlivagmiust be , 811‘ to 611611 601116” at”loast 'oveling into the crib. Cbrn. variety in the group of varieties,‘ It is Quite, . By J. F. COX Professor of Farm Crops, Michigan Agricultural College imported s'eed, the Italian 'is practic- ally worthless and French seed gives only fair results. Seed from Northern European regions is good, but under present conditions, much Italian seed is being sent to north- ern ports and reshipped to the Unit— ed States. of Michigan grown clover seed in the state. companies and the Farm Bureau 1Seed Department are carrying good stocks of Michigan grown red, mam- moth, and alsike clover seed. There is not enough seed, however, to sup- ply the entire state demand with Michigan grown clover seed, because a considerable amount has moved to out—of—state seed compan— ies. Michigan farmers should buy their seed from dependable sources. Native growu red clover seed is sell- ing at a considerably higher price than imported seed, hence cheap seed is especially dangerous this season. Alsike seed is comparatively cheap and is available for those who cannot get Michigan grown red clov- er. Without doubt, alsike will be more largely used in mixing with red clover than previously. Much less alsike-seed is needed per acre and it often gives good stands on soils were red clover fails to catch well, and during adverse seasons. There is a good supply, Michigan’s leading seed, been' Rather than grow imported clov- er seed of deubtful origin, Michigan farmers will find Aalfalfa much more valuable. There is a large supply get northern grown alfalfa seed at prices about the same or somewhat less than native. growu red clover. While Grimm costs more, it is hard- ‘ er under Michigan conditions and is available at cheaper prices than . formerly. Early Plantings Usually Best As a general rule, plantings made in early spring, from the time the . ground is ina honey-comb condition'_ to early“ May, give best results in Michigan. Of red clover and mam- moth, ten to twelve pounds per acre is the usual seeding; of alsike, alone, six or eight pounds; of red and alsike mixed, six pounds of red and three pounds of alsike. When seeded with timothy, from four to six pounds per acre of timothy is‘us- ually added to these plantings. Clov-- er starts best when planted on a firmly rolled seed bed with oats or barley, 'or with wheat or rye, in which case the ground is in a firm condition. The use of commercial fertilizers and manure with the grain crops, with which clover is usually plant— ed, greatly benefits clover ‘seedings. Lime and manure are frequently es- sential in getting good results with Michigan is particularly adapted to clovers,nnd clover seed production. And clover hay is in strong demand. If You Have Not'Tested Your Seed Cern Yet This Year Do So Now By J. R. DUNCAN Department of Farm Crops, Michigan Agricultural College OOD seed corn, according to Mr. Duncan, is a mighty scarce article in Michigan right now, and if farmers do not test their seed by Rag Doll or some other method they are going to be greatly disappointed with the stand this year. In this article he discusses the seed corn situation, what to look for in making a test, and describes the Rag Doll tester for the benefit .of those who do not understand it. It will mean a little extra Work to test your seed but it is better to be safe than sorry. in that condition would carry ap- proximately 22 per cent 'moisture, so this year corn was evidently car- rying an average excess of 2.3 per cent moisture, which of course is a dangerous condition to start With andd perhaps was not fully appreci- ate time, contained from 55 to 71 per cent moisture. _ With such conditions existing there .fis only one safe course to put.- cane and that is: Hang seed cement): -- .. With the facilities at/hand yundgi so~'bne' 'ear 'cannot touch another, in ~ . a well ventilated room or building, , , one good sized lot (40 bu, “of,” ‘ seed (him was inspected March it, was in ’a pile about two feet Silage corn, harvested at the same ' on the floor. The corn could have been spread out to. less than half: the depth. The windows were closed A stove .could easily have been operated. i The result of this improper handling is :total loss: The sample of this; corn, br'ought {unto the Farm Crops, allowing no ventilation. This was net done. of seed; c0111.: Laboratory March 10th, showed a moisture content of 25. 4 per cent and the germination test indicates " zero. nger 3f Over-Production and With the clovers, red and mammoth clay. Soils which are“ er particularly. acid should be limed, using from - one to two tabs of finely gro 11d- ., limestone or three or four. cu ic yards of marl per acre or more on very acid soils. Manure greatly aids in increasing the moisture hold- ing capacity of soils,,and hence tides new seedings over dry spells of the ‘ first summer. Michigan Seed In Great Demand In tests at many other stations, Michigan grown‘ seed ranks very high, hence seed producers can ex- pect a strong demand. Under present conditions, the seed crop ranks as a very profitable one. It would pay farmers to use fertilizers with grain crops, particularly phosphate. in order to benefit the clover hay and seed crop {ceded with the small grain. » In removing the first crop of red- clover for hay, it should be cut when in full bloom before the heads begin to turn brown, in order to reduce the almost certain loss from the clever seed midge. Professor R. H. Pettit of the Department of Entom— ology, M. A. 0., states that cutting when in bloom rather than after a. number of heads have turned brown will reduce clover seed midge injury to a minimum. Attention to this one thing will greatly increase clov- er seed production on'the majority of Michigan seed producing farms. It will also pay to clean up weedy fields by cutting Weedy patches for hay and by pulling out or hoeing out such weeds as stick-cockle and dock in alsike and decks, thistles. and other weeds in red clover. The average yield of Clover in the state is a bushel and a quarter per acre but good growers, giving prop- er attention to the seed crop, can expect, 'under favorable seasonal conditions, to receive from two and one-halfto four bushels of red clov— er, and from three to six bushels of mammoth or of alsike per acre. The straw after threshing is a useful roughage, particularly for sheep. A Safe Crop to Increase The average yield of clever in the grown for hay and seed, and the use of clovers in hay and pasture mix- tures, can be safely increased with— out danger of over- production and _with assurance of profitable re— turns. Cl'over hay is in strong de- mand in Michigan. Michigan pas- tures are markedly improved by us- ing red alsike, and white clover . with the original grass seedings, or reseeding with these legumes. Soils are greatly benefited by’the success- ful growing of leguminous crops. ’ ciation Registered Seed isselling at $6.50 per bushel, and certified seed is $4.50.. “Another large lot of well sorted seed corn, if properly handled in the early part of the winter, could have practically all been sold for seed, but on account of improper handl- ing will have to be resorted to get 45 per cent of the pile to germinate. 91.4 per cent. The balance, 55 per cent, germinated 69.4 per cent with a great many weak sprouts, which means less than 50 percent germin- ation if planted in the field. . A great many samples of seed corn have been tested for moisture and germination. .Tfor farmers of Michigan this winter in the Farm Crops Laboratory, and only the corn that was placed on racks or hang- ers is showing satisfactory results. A great many samples runvfrom 0 to 80 per cent germination," when no one ought to be satisfied with seed which does not test 90 per cent or better. Our _ High sciufil Armature vTeach'er reports that the seed corn brought in by boys from farms, vci'y' urns additional expense, 1111151. , _ entire lot of earn (40 bushels) couril "931.!” shows about 50"-pe1- cent genuine-s, ' 18 YEAR OLD PSYCHIC MARVEL.-—Miss CONGRESS’ TRIBUTE TO HARDING.——-This is a fine view A REAL RADIO FAN.—Little Mary Eugene Dennis, of Atchinson, Kansas, has of Congress taken during the Harding Memorial Services held Nelson of Philadelphia, Penn., and her amazed the most critical with her psychic dem- at the House, on February 27th. All of the nation’s highest of— radio fan. The coils of the set are wound onstrations. 'She performs wonders without flcials attended. Mrs. Harding, widow of the late President, in the leaves of the fun and “tuning in” is going into a trance. She thinks a moment and sat in the balcony. The favorite hymns of Mr. Harding were done by opening or closing the fan to get; ‘ then tells your past or where to find articles. rendered by the Marine Band in the House Lobby. the desired clearness. THEY SAY IT’S A BEAR! WHAT DO Y_0U SAY?——'- REPRESENTATIVE AND BROTHER PRETTY NEAT “’ORK, ISN’T IT?—So says Frank 1‘ This odd creature, seen in the London Zoo, is called an ARE LA‘V STVDENTS.—Besides attend- E. Daily as he puts the finishing touches on his 4 } _ Aard Vark, by the .Boers of South Africa from where‘ ing to oiiieial duties Congressman “'m. masted Barque. Daily is 7-1 years old, and has seen ‘ I: it came. . At the Zoo it goes under the name of Ant— Connery, of Lynn, Mass., (seated) and his 47 years sea service, and is now one of the residents 5 Bear. It lives entirely on ants. “’e suppose some soeiety brother Lawrence, his secretary, are study- of Sailors Snug Harbor, Staten island, New York City, . woman will have one for a pet soon. ing law at- a Washington unhersity. a well known home for old “salts of the sea.” ' V t I i ‘ .-.r— , a." , . PAINTS PICTURES TO ILLUSTRATE SEEMONSr-f- MOON MAY NOT BE DEAD.— STILL ON THE GO.—-Capt. ‘Vanderwell, well known Rev. _Brani’ord Clarke, of Brooklyn. N. Y” uses his own o1l Prof. W. H. Pickering, of the Har- American globe trotler, and his party are touring mound paintmgs to emphaslze. the main points in his sermons. vard University Observatory at the world. This picture was taken in Constantinople, Tur— : The Photo shows h1m 1n his study, With some completed Jamaica, declares there is still life key, in front of the Mosque of Saint Sophia. 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I added that It was- n‘t safe to travel with a show or make the fair circuits. because I had already learned that a fellow was in danger it he was seen is public too much. Money was getting scarce, and it looked as if I was going to have to get a job and do real labor it I in- tuded to eat. I landed in South. Dakota before my money ran out, anditwasthorsthst thenenhest schemelngnredouteameteme.h .tellowcamearoundthejohonsm canvassing us boys no that we ' He would take our measure, take a suit in a couple of weeks. That gave me an idea. The job I had was kind oi tough, and summer was coming on, so I wanted to get out in the air. A couple or weeks later found me in a. little town about forty miles - away, with a bunch of cloth samples that I had taken out. of a’ tailor shop vwhen the boss wasn’t looking. I also had on my new suit which the . teller! had sold me, and I” was ann- ed with a pad of order blanks, a re- ceipt book and a tape-line. The suit I was wearing cost me twenty-five dollars. which in those days was a lot of money. For my purpose, I announced that a suit like mine could be had for fifteen dollars. Pick over the samples and choose the style. A. the back do- -pooitwas sill asked. Ielsimedto - represent the New England Woolen - Mills, and I had prepared some let- ters telling who I was. The first day I took orders for three suits. 0n the strength at , that, I got five more next day, and ' the third day I had nine customers - that handed over the live spot and gtook my receipt. That allowed me . enough profit after I had paid my bills to get a pretty good start. I . jumped two hundred miles into an- other state, worked the small towns 1 till I had about a. hundred dollars, and then moved again. That sum- me: was the beginning at my his 'money time, and alike I was: a couple years short of twenty-one, I cleaned up nearly two thousand dolc lars in about four months. I nev- er did hit any of these towns again, but I’ll bet the fellows who are walt- ing for me to deliver those clothes are getting. pretty mad. They sure were easy. The way they tell for that cheap suit idea and handed me five spots was just like taking candy from a kid. I had an aunt in New York, so I visited her that winter. She was glad to see me, and when she found I was a money-maker she kept me around until spring. She tried to ' out of the question for me. Cash. wascomlngtooeasyformeinmr line. worth. of tea, he gave her a lot of cosponsrsnd; if m saved Samar 8- paper on m": Wm owns-Ib- svould all order tailor-made suits. , get me to go to school, but that was - melwanstoprplngwfikherht Well, I began to hunt around for a cheap other set. I read all the catalogs and finally iouncl a firm that offered a knock-out for $11. 80. . and our m announcing that with every ten new of “Colonial Moe” par!- ofer,thetieketsstated,wsstoin— trodnooanewcofieosndhettates tothe public. Isurewesprond of theiob that tel-low did I fined up my outfit, and assure bushes getter I bought a few pounds of the coins that u out was using—and it was good stun. too—and a week later I bid the folks good-bye, telling them I was goingtoCMeago tolook upsbusi-v‘ ness. connection. I had never work- ed Illinois and Iowa very much, so I took my outfit and started about Chicago» horse and buggy. The game I was working was that the codes would be delivered at once and the silver set was to come from the rectory. Alllhadtodowsstoexhihltthe silver and the order sue some quick. -At the close of each; day, I would get some cheap notes in a town. take it to my room and re.— E. 1. .. clean up t ,5 :22? a: haw-yM'thntfiwoufl bestow “labs-upsetutheuscaml hon-themes!“ . lynnxtt'afltnrywss nsl-l. were every one drills «leaflet hut port of (h finals, way than woman gobbled up up ones was something files. I ran metacahhnhtwhsnd he! momprlntsllwawlssenoun my tflngs and went, too: I gave mysfivasettoahkeoldlady ts thehsttownlhadstayodimasha_ boarding house was the best on the road, and she was the tickeldeq: ' waysarshltoworkdlflaent tee- rhory'nllthetlmmhsilwnsbegin- the tobywtsomozt-y new asses-dune. Bntlwa'nt- deals. I had taken up with a bunch of fellows while I was in California, were selling gold—mining 3 things from those boys; tho they gave me a job which paid pretty good, they eventually got all of my cash back, as I tell for their. line and took shares whenever I could spare the price of a meal tb- One. day when *I went to work, wrong. Ihind of stepped up easy like and Iinqnired of the cop what was the matter a murder? “Raw, " said the cop; “the chief just got wise to the game that these m is working and they are raid- ing the place and taking the books.” Right then and there I quit work— . in to! that gang, and about all,I had when I left town was s consid- enhlehunchotapedoneesndalot‘ of Rock.’ But the experience sore eame in handystewyeersmwhenlwent into business myself. Kayne those telhwshinththntthelrspirit wont marehtn’ on, for. I sure went there sheep better, as I never got caught. Well, the only time I ever had to ‘ bum a ride on a freight train was when I left California alter the mine went bad. I had a' couple of dollars, but I had to eat, too, and I hated to think about those cops lookin’ for me, so I climbed on ‘9. train and after a week's travel, in. which I got. kicked o! otter: enough so that I didn‘t miss any meals, I found myselt down in Texas. (Continued in April 12th issue) éwm‘lmwmsschool, m... tears: “1:12...“ .. hm ~£r. “twin?” HIL' whimpersd who m h m w t- “-3-” we "° ta” t". ”1 We ml m to “is!" ‘W . eeoompsom. easy full name a‘nd £5?!” Heine not 11:“ If so resumed. ) EESILVERJNG MIRROR *-" 5 Some time ago you published di- rections on how to resilver a mirr r sand I intended to save that copyo . ‘ the paper but I mislaid it and now. cannot locate it. Will you be kind enough to. publish the directions again?-——B. 0., Washington, Mich. . —First, clean the glass very clean. Lay it on a flat surface with the .back up. Pour some quicksilver on it at the center, lay a sheet of smooth tinfoil cult, and work the quicksilver out from under the foil witha rubber squeege roller such as photographers use for mounting pictures. Care must be taken to keep out wrinkles and air bubbles. ’ After it is worked doWn flat, the foil shOuld be painted or shellaced t0’ prevent injury.—-Managing Editor. ONE HEIR CANNOT HOLD “ UP SALE A man dies leaving widow, and three children, all of age, and an estate consisting of a farm and per- sonal property but no will. Prop— erty has been in probate and all claims paid and administrator is trying to sell property. One heir says he will not sign off but wants farm divided. What proceeding is necessary in this case? Can the farm be sold without all the heirs signing on? Can one heir call for a division of farm? How long lead- ministrator allowed to settle estate? How long can widow hold possession of farm home? Does she have to pay rent after a length of time?— Reader,‘ Flint, Mich. —-Upon the authority of a majority of the heirs the probate court may order the farm sold and the pro- ceeds divided among the heirs- One of the heirs cannot compel the ad- ministrator to divide the farm against the will of the majority. As soon as the debts have been paid and the share of each heir determin— ed, the probate judge may order the estate settled immediately by the administrator. A widow may hold possession of the, homestead without paying rent until her share of the estate has been assigned to her.— Asst. Legal Editor. MUST BUILD FENCE Will you please answer the £01-. lowing question through your pap- er? A and B each buy 5 acres of land joining; it was a ten acre farm. A gets house and rents his half, aft- er three years B builds and goes to live on' his half. There is no di- viding fence. A’ s tenant has chick- ens and B wishes to raise garden. Now does A's tenant have to shut chickens up or does A and B have to ‘ build dividing fence?—-F. E. W., , Plymouth, Mich. —A and B would be required to build a dividing fence, each party building and maintaining his share of the fence—Asst. Legal Editor. SHOULD NOT HOLD BOTH OFFICES - Please let me know if a man can be township clerk and school direct- or in the township or is there a law that says he can not?—-W. J., Gay- lord, Mich. -—As a general rule a person may hold two offices at, the same time unless it is prohibited by statute or unless the offices are incompatible. ~- It is our opinion that the offices mentioned by you are incompatible. The township clerk has numerous duties to perform relating to school matters. We would call your at- tention to Section 5758 of the Com- piled Laws of 1915 which provides that: “Any township clerk who shall neglect or refuse to certify to the supervisor any school district taxes that have been reported to him as required by this act " ‘ ' shall be - liable to any district for any damage occasioned thereby, to be recovered ‘ by the treasurer in the name of the district in an action of debt or on the case.” Under this {provision of the sta- ’ ., ate, the clerk. might bosons liable A to the distrietin indam seat? n; W60 60m ll 7 “-Iwould be“ inconsistent for , members! attire school board which authorized or directed the treasurer to bring an action against him for damages. He would be in a position where he could use his influence to prohib- it the district from bringing a legal action against him for damages—- Clare Retan, Deputy Attorney Gen- era . START SUIT AGAINST GARAGE , I had a good tire, 35x5, slightly damaged. I sent it to the garage by'a neighbor to have it repaired. It was sometime before I sent for it. I sent by another neighbor, they said it was brought there but the man took it away with him. Then the man who took the tire there goes for it and they say they took it to the vulcanizing shop and they go there for it but can’t find it. Then I go for it and they say it was so an I It’s value is $20. It has been over a year.-—V. G. Mattawan, Mich. _——You have a right of action against the garage for the value of your tire. The proper procedure would be to start suit before the local justice of the peace—Asst. Legal _ Editor. ASSESSING FOR DRAIN Can the officers of a district on one side of township, having put in a drain for the benefit of their farms, not the'road, spread a tax for the same over the whole township? People in this vicinity will derive no possible benefit what- ever from the drain because the river runs between and said drain goes to the river. It seems to me the people benefltted by this drain should pay for it. Any advice you can give me will be appreciated.— B. B., Harrisville, Mich. —I presume that the drain in ques- tion is a drain being constructed theiim ‘ iut so! Iifitlge They don’t find- get damages and how? . the provisions ' , . Public Acts of 1988:.- , u as no6 state whether nursinage dis-1.5, 'tri'c't has been established or jwhothw‘ er the proposed drain is a eighty or an intercounty drain. think that you should consult some local ' attorney Who will be able to ascer- tain the facts necessary to give you , preper advice. —Clare Retan, De- puty Attorney General. SHEISNOT’ANHEIR If my father, a widower with two adult children, should die without making a will, what share of his estate would my deceased brother’s widow receive? A lawyer has told me that she is still an heir.——O. Y... Belding, Mich. . —-She would not inherit anything. -——Asst. Legal Editor. We all like The Business Farmer. The Home Department and the Pattern De- partment are fine and the stories are rmuch enjoyed, while the rest of the read~ ing is very intertsting and good sound sensible reading. Yours for success,— Mrs. H. M. Shreeves, Oakland County, Michigan. . ® DUDEEBRUTHERS TYPE-~13, SEDAN The Type-B Sedan could well stand as a concrete Symbol of everything the name Dodge Brothers itself has come to represent. It is honestly and Wisely built. ,It stands up, under the sternest kind of service. It will serve long beyond the span of life usually allotted to a motor car. ”WW I x _j ’ ',/i._\\\-\ ,I Mills The price is $1250 I. o. 1). Detroit ~7‘.‘ ( \ \1. ‘ . .\\ - \ ”\x . 9 7V“ ““ r5932??? ‘3‘“- :13: 75 g3 L . .v r , if T 7. , ‘ “Econ” 82. 069. 20 . 1 C‘h‘flgpisoegi _. - . Ehefbefiié‘t“ ailfawhlmihmfeim 253 Discovered About the, Feeding of crops Cured Fertilizer Has Increased Farmers' Earnings Haven t you heard about the more thorough and scientific feeding for plants—hasten aturity and helping to grow crops booth“ ' bring highern eesmEZverywhere you find farmers talking abou remarks results through the use of'Royster a Cured, Fertilizer. ' 1. Why Cured Fertilizer Grows Better Crops ’ rRoyster discovered that by aging or curing fertilizer for four to six months he could increase its value as a plant-food. He found that this curing brought about a certain chemical action which the fertilizer for the use of crops and made food elements available at the very time they are needed. / Why Mr. Royster can Cure His Fertilizer . Naturally it requires vast uantities of materiii’in order to anticipate a season 3 supplyfhalf a year before it is needed. (This half year representing the aging period). It also requires strong financial resources. Thus;—-—only a company like Royster s can. ofier this improved type of fertilizer. Look for the Name on the Bag . Don't guess about fertilizer. Look for the name “R0 ters and know that your crops will be well fed—for the sake o greates- earnings. F. S. Royster TOLEDO. Guano Co. . OHIO ROYST ER 590’ 79-32%0' Fri/71296 \ \f 1928 Better crops the first year—and better crops forthree to four years more—follow the spreading of SOLVAY. Why bother with other forms of lime when their benefits are dissipated in a sin- gle season? Use SOLVAY— at much less cost—and get bet- ter crops and greater yields year after year. The truth about limestone is told in our booklet. sent FREE on request. You L, M E Please write for it. Address YOUR LAND THE SOLVAY PROCESS C0. DETROIT MICHIGAN PU LVERIZAEEV LlMESTONE Magnum from {how 0312G1NAT0 Catalog Free. I.“ Lubko, R9. New Buflslo. Mloh. .fiLAnIoLA nun gags-m... Emacs WW; n. ma? mmmsmmmmmmqm WHEN WRITING re ADVERTISERS rm THEE usiNEss FARM read your answer to ma criti- clsing of your paper also farming in general. I think you hit the nail on the head when you spoke of that key they call ,hard work. I know Henery Ford bellevesin it too,- and he also wants every man that \works for him to believe ‘ in it (I know, I been there nearly 8 years). ~ It the city looks so good to Mr. Jordan why doesn't he go there and live. He talks of unemployment in the cities} lived there 15 years 'and al- ways saw men idle. But they are the kind, as a rule, that M, are looking for the soft Jobs.- There is no need for me‘ to take‘ up any more space as I think you fully answer all of his criticism. Hope he comes againasIenjoyreadinghlsfl letters—H. 0.. Caro, Mich. PAY MORE A'I'I'ENTION TO SIDE ' ROADS EAR. Editor: I was just reading the. 1924 rmd program‘ in your issue of January 19th. It says everyone interested in good roads in Michigan will praise the present plans. Very true, but did you ever stop to think that there are hundreds of groups of farmers that do” not live on those trunk lines and can- not get to their market in the fall of the year with one ton of potatoes or sugar beets, or anything else, without over—drawing their team, and their taxes are so high that they dare not raise t0wnship road funds to gravel those roads. Do you think the State Highway Department is giving the farmers a square deal to put so many millions in concrete roads for joy riding and to let the farmer get his produce to market the best way he can? I have often wondered if it was more necessary for the sports and travel- ers to» have a fine concrete road to. drive on than it was for the farmers to have a gravel road to get the' real necessaries of life to market, so'the consumer could have them at a rea- sonable price, and the farmer could live and use his teams as dumb ani- mals should be used. I do not believe there could be anything done to cut down the high cost of living more than that every farmer in the state of Michigan have a gravel read from his market as near to his farm as possible. Do you not think the [State High- way Department would be doing a little more fair to the majority of taxpayers to make a fairly good gravel road of their great tourist routes and see that they stopped suc-h‘ speeding as they are doing on those roads, and put in a. little more money on roads leading from the farm to their market? ‘ I love to read the M. B. F. and -I read nearly everything in It when .I can spare the time, but I would like it much better if I could read a piece in each issue explaining the great mistake of our state and county highway departments are making in spending so much money for sport roads instead of making roads that . would benefit the tax. payers—Ben Richards, Wextord County. , CHICKEN Tnmvns DITOR THE BusmEs’s Famous—I would like your assistance and ~ V that of your paper in a. matter that is causing a great deal of trouble to the farmers (and farmer’s wives) in this neighborhood. As I am afraid/1!»- something is not done \ soon it will be the ruination of tlie business. and so shorten by the supply of ready M11 mire 'blé‘tor the tuners with. ~ county gin ' chi} , and the fists we > carrying the chickens. .. f i . assistant Legal Editor there is a state law except in cities . with of them to some fellow , runs a. truck or car, and to Two years ago I had 11 good luck, hatching over thréef‘ red early chickens bestdos hall. many more, later ones. 01 m intended to sell the cockerels lath early fall and keep the pallets “to: myself. But in August the all taken that were big enoug to wejbe called broilers which meant all o: my early chickens and only the late ones were left. We managed to keep them by locking one doors. and nailing the other doors and windows fast and keeping wire on the inside 0! the windows although - ~ an attempt Was made to steal my later ones, al of my nearest neighbors their chickens. Last year I raised only about fifty, most of them late, but five or six or my neighbors Who were fortunate enough to raise a. ‘- -_-larger number, had them all. stolen. .7 One- friend who had spent a. large .part of the summer caring for eight hIIndred chickens, had three hundred carried off _ln one night, while- she was visiting a .. .: daughter at some distance from home. A near neighbor, who pur- chased from two other neighbors. two batches of chickens, numbering twenty or twenty-five each, to add to his small flock of Anconas, had both batches of heavy chickens stolen inside of two weeks, and in place of his small chickens, they crossed the road and took fifty of his nearest neighbors. I could go on with like illustra- tions for some time, but would only waste time and ink. Still some! At the same time actor-'- 1031: - ‘\ thing must be done to save a few ‘ ‘ hens for the farmer's hen-roasts or there will be no further use of lug chickens. Many of the suffer-w ' ers here declare they will not raise chickens again for others to sell. The horse thieves out west were hung, but a man who would steal a horse from a man, and ride it away, is still a man compared with a sneak who comes steals some farm woman’schickens, the sale 'of which would bring money for her children’ 5 shoes, stockings and winter wear. can help in any way or by the hell) of other subscribers suggest some way of curbing this evil, I would greatly appreciate—L. C. 8;, Breck- enridge, Mich. o DOES NOT APPROVE or‘poo TAX » EAR Editor—In a recent issue of year paper there 'was an article “Must pay odog tax." Not wanting to criticise, but your says that where there is an ordinance provid- ing for such tax. The law reads: ' ”A state law, excepting cities of over 2 5 0,0 00 inhabitants”~—-—that ‘ means Detroit, which includes all Wayne county. They have the right to make their own dog law. A state laws with exceptions that does not look reasonable or constitutional. and fine or lock a person up it be ’ does not pay $3. 00 or $6. 00 as the case may be, is outrageous. not? The Auditor General’ a repOrt on the affair is $54, 000 paid out for damages done by dogs in the state. and’ $310, 000 collected to pay the fifty-tour thousand dollars. Where does the rest of that money go ac. cording to the constitution? Other cities and counties should have the same rights, as Detroit, and Wayne county, and any county or township ofilclal that tries and does entorce “ that dirty outrage In doing an ma , justice to the people they represent. .. I contend that it is no more ‘01: a. criminal onense to keep a dog a cow orw horse Wagnehacounty ex empt. a6 coun 3 Male that stand rtheir‘ rights and m themwtarm that. that at night and , It you " ” Is it f ”wsolut’ely necessary. This con- tier-ant manners. the easiest and slum; .. .;liest ones- for the average person to use will be described in a way that “will enable you to have as good a 1 “g’roun " as necessary for receiving. The need of a ground is twofold ‘ first, to act as an earth return for ‘ the wireless wave that your aerial -. picks up and passes thru your set, second as a protection for your set ;. against lightning damage during the summer when thunderstorms are {quite frequent: " “ If you have a house that has run— , hing water in it, piped from a spring . or well you are fortunate as this will make a very good ground. Und- ‘ ‘ 5 er these circumstance we would sug- gest that you plan to have your re- ceiving set in a room near toone of . the water pipes. The pipe may be in the cellar or in the next room or even outside, ~The shorter the wire from- your set to the ground connection, the pipe, the better your results. If you have to go much over 15 feet to reach a water pipe you may find that it will be necessary to shorten your aerial a little. Every foot of wire used in the aerial, the leadin, the ‘ ground’ connection all act as part of your receiving system, and should the wire be too long the natural wave length of your antenna system including ground leads will be high— er than the low wave length of some V- of thebroadcasting stations that you may wish to hear. Hence the neces- sity oil/having short leads to the act- ual ground connection. Those of you who do not have a water system in the house, but have a windmill tower and driven well very near the house, can run a wire on short posts or under ground to your pump and make a connection there. In this case you may have to so as far as fifty to seventy-live feet and yet you will get good results. If you have to go as far as fifty feet shorten your .aerial to not exceed 75 feet (if 30 feet high) in fact 50 feet long would in some instances be better. And for those that do not have a pump near at hand or water pipes in the house a connection to the cistern pump as long as it is partly immers- ed in water will give a satisfactory ground. Sometimes this gives a bet- ter ground than the piping in the ’house, but cannot be relied upon to " do so. It will give good results. Lastly we have to consider those who have no pump near or any pip- ing. To them we will say it will be necessary to get an iron pipe or rod and drive it into the earth 6 to 10 feet, or until it is in permanently moist ground, and make their con- nection to that rod. A pieceof half ' inch pipe is large enough, and in very dry weather one can pour a bucket or two of water in the pipe to keep the earth damp so that a better ground will result. Using a rod or pipe as just described placed near the house will be better than running awire 60 feet to a pump that is away from the house. Now to connect to the pipe, pump or red. First, with a file or sand , paper clean oil! a spot on the pipe or ~ la? rod, all the way around it, and about 2 inches long so that all the rust is Completely oi'f. Around this clean— ed spot wrap six or eight turns of your ground wire, close together and as tight as possible, twisting it tight with pliers. This will make a good connection, but must be wrap- ped with adhesive or electricians tape to keep out the dirt and mOSt- ure So that the connection will re- main clean and free from rust. The better connection is to buy what is called a “ground clamp" (about 100) and fasten your wire to this and then clamp the ground clamp to the cleaned place on the ' pipe. If you can solder your con- ' nection to the pipe or rod it will be the best way and will always give you gobd contact with the pipe or .You can use the same earth con- nection for your lightning arrester d. as it should be as good as 79:, "f for your radio. It you use‘ i and you should, muss may be made in several dit- : . £6011”er connection is at” - _ u If!“ ‘ v ' I. llllllllll “P \ 9.1: I ~e'2 to"; '0. o $:.':: 3 ’0‘!- 9:»: -::-=- . . a. 9- ~tk¢ . 5; fl 1 - F—x w—u .4. I ‘ I to, I I n. . ‘r _ fi‘ ,4 F“; fl \ o g 1 k fl R fl R fi‘ R \ P \ ¥ ¥ I ¥__ 7 "“1“ H . _ I 92 ‘35"l’fluuucurv-Zi’fiz‘l ' 1‘s, This Fine Closed Car ‘ . ‘ The Coach $975 Touring Model 3850 Tax and Freight Extra A! 30 minute ride will win you to the K new Essex. And you will join the legions. who know this new Six, that is built by Hudson, in saying it provides ideal transportation. It continues the well known Essex quali- Stecring is like guiding a bicycle. Gears shift easily. 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FULTON“. 50-year old bachelor and possessor» of twenty million dollars, calls on his lawyer and they discuss the .dllr position of this large fortune after its owner’s death. The lawyer i is in favor of ving the money to colleges or charities while ' Fulton l opposed to these i one. he remembers that he has some distant cousins fad decides to leave the money to one of them, but ilrst he determines ‘ ‘ V _ earn which ‘one will use it to the best advantage. To find out who is the , Val-thy one he. through, his lawyer, gives, each cousin $100,000 to use as , they will. Before giving them‘ the money, grows a bee and. using the ‘ . name of Mr. John Smith, goes to the town where they live to find out what . ‘kind of people they are. Upon arrivin in town he visits 'Iames Blaisdell. Bigger Beet Yields one of the cousins, where he tries to re board and lodging. While there from Better Cultivation he meets Miss Flora Blaisdell. another cousin who is a dressmalser. 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Mr. ton decides secures room and meals at Miss Maggie \_ (Continued from March 16th issue.) ‘ used ter like when he was a little boy like me,” announced Benny. "Hain'the got a lot of ’em?-—-books I mean." “He certainly has." Mr. James Blaisdell stirred a little in his chair. "I suppose you have crowded them a little," he admitted. "But, you see. there were so many I'd always wanted. and when the chance oomph—well, I just just bought them; that’s all.” . "And you have the time now to res. them." “I have, thank— Well, I suppose I should say, thanks to Mr. Stanley G. Fulton,” he laughed, with some embar- rassment. “I wish Mr. Fulton could know how much I do thank him," he finished soberly, his eyes caressing the rows of volumes on the shelves. "You see, when you've wanted something all your life—” He stopped with an ex- pressive gesture. “You don’t care much for that, then, I take it," inferred Mr. Smith, with a wave of his hand toward the distant violins. “Dad says there’s only one thing worse than a party, and that's two parties," perped up Benny from his seat on the rug. Mr. Smith laughed heartily, but the other looked still more discomfitted. “I’m afraid. Benny is——is telling tales out of school,” he murmured. “Well, ’tis out of school, ain't it?" maintained Benny. “Say, Mr. Smith, did you have ter go ter a. private school when you were a. little boy? Ma says everybody does who is anybody. But if it’s Cousin Stanley’s money that's made us somebody, I wished he'd kept it at home—- 'fore I had ter go ter that old school.” . "Oh, come, come, my boy," remonstrat- ed the father, drawing his son into the DAD’S been showln' me the books he ,/- I wanted to do—and couldn't. And-—-" "Jim. Jim !'_' It'wus Mrs. Hattie in the doorway. ."There, I might have known where Pd find you. Come, the guests are going, and are looking for you to say good-night. Jim. you'll have tocomb! Why, what’ll people say? They'll think we don’t know anything—410w to behave, and all that. Mr. Smith, you'll excuse him, I know." "Most certainly," declared Mr. Smith. “I must be going myself. for that matter.” he finished, as he followed his hostess through the doorway. Five minutes later he had found Miss Maggie, and was making his adieus. Miss Maggie. on her way home, was strangely silent. . “Well, that was some party." began Mr. Smith, after waiting for her to speak. "It was indeed." . "Quite a. house 2” llYes.lr "How pretty Miss Mellicent looked!" "Verylpretty." “I’m glad at last to see that poor' child enjoying herself." liYes.'! Mr. Smith frowned and stole a. side- wise glance at his companion. Was it possible? Could Miss Maggie be showing at least a tinge of envy and jealousy? It was so unlike her! And. yet— “Even Miss Flora seemed to be having a good time, in spite of that "funeral black." he hazarded again. ’ ' “Yes." “And I’m sure Mrs. James Blalsdell and Miss Bessie were very radiant and shining.” "Oh, yes, they—shone." Mr. Smith bit his lip, and stole another sidewise glance. - ”Er—how did you enjoy it? Did you have a good time?" “Oh, yes, very." There was a. brief silence. Mr. Smith drew a long breath and began again. "I had no idea Mr. James Blaisdell PAPECMACHINECOMPANY — . s circle of his arm. “That’s neither kind was 5° fond of—er—books. I had (1‘11“ ‘87M‘3ns" Beware Of ImitatIODS! nor grateful: besides you don't know a (13‘? “the?“ m “5 den'" Shortsulle, N. Y. as much as anyone needs SCOTTS EMULSION Drugs are not needed to spur on lagging energy. Scott's,’pleasant to take, creates energy, efficiency. nonsense. Bloomfield. m. 1H: ‘ Cured His. Rupture Unless you see the “Bayer Cross" on the pack-age or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer As- pirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians over twenty-three years for what are you talking about. Come, sup- pose we show Mr. Smith some of the new books." From case to case, then, they went, the host eagerly displaying and explaining, the guest almost as eagerly watching and listening. And in the kindling eye and reverent fingers of the man handling the volumes, Mr. Smith caught some inkling of what those books meant to Jim Blais- dell. "You must be fond of books, Mr. Blais- dell," he said somewhat awkwardly, after a time. “Ma says dad'd rather read than eat," giggled Benny; ”but pa says readin’ is catin’. But I'd rather have a cookie, wouldn’t you Mr. Smith?" , “You wait till you find what there is in these books. my son," smiled his. father. "You'll love them as well as I do, some day. And your brother—” He- paused, a swift shadow on his face. He turned to Mr. Ehnlth. "My boy, Fred. loves boom, too. He helped me a lot in 5 my buying. He was in hero—a little» while ago. But he couldn’t stay, . of course. He said he had to go and dance with the girls—his mother expected it." “He says Fred—" . “Did you see that Gaylord girl?" Miss Maggie was galvanized into sudden life. "He's perfectly bewitched with her. And she—that ridiculous dress—and for a young girl! Oh, I wish Hattie would let those-people alone!" "on, well.ghe’ll be off to college next week,” soothed Mr. Smith. 'ers, but whom with? Her brother !— and he’s worse than she is, 'if anything. Why, he was drunk to-nlght, actually drunk. when he came! I don’t want Fred with any of them.” ' “No, I don’t like their looks very well. but—I fancy young Blsisdell has a pretty level head on him. His father says—" "His father warships him," interrupted Miss Maggie. "He worshlps all those children. , But into Fred—Ante Fred he's pouring his whole lost youth. You don't know. You 4 don’t understand, of course. Mr. Smith. You haven’t known him all theway', as I have."-Ml'ss 'Maggie’s voice shook with suppressed .feeling.- “Jim was always the dreamer. He fairly lived in his "books. Theywere food and drink to him, He planned for college. of course. 19,0”; ‘ HeadaChe “Ho! Mother! .Tust as n he didn't want rm ‘ boyhood he 'W 801118 to W”?!- eu t s Lumbago ter igo himself !” firmned'Benny derlslvely. gredt plays, srest poems, great novels. Eamme Rheumatism "You couldn't hire him .ter stay away—‘ He. was always embbllna-smpethlps. Neuralsia Pain. Pain 'specially 1: Pearl Gaylord's 'round." ' ' I think he e/yen tried to sell his things. Accept “Bayer Tablets of Aspirin" ' Oh, 'well, he’s young,. and young feet, always dance when Pan pipes." explained in his 'teens‘: but .of course nothing came of than—{but rejection slips." ‘ - ,' , - - , . » » . h f . Q'A’tzhln’eteen I he entered college He only. Each unbroken package con- gggmfigu‘gtga: 3m“ .th‘éwzg :m‘l’g was going to work his way. or cours,’ e. I w” badly ruptured Wm“ lifting . tains proven directions. Handy and lid"! anibitious—J‘rw ll." ThQ m m wul ’t' _md hm Bathe W“ too caulk 13m“ “552:”;qu “and"; ”riding! b°x°3 °t twelve tablets 0°“ few turned easel-1y to Mr. Smith usin- "He’s' troll. it 00!“. all" “an“ 9119 d®b1°_-:W.-k-‘ - rm‘ me no good. run l got cents. Druggists also sell bottles_ W 1:04,; ‘¢"1g;wyex~_youm 119'. gin; and he‘broke clown 001119190811 "We sent - hold of 0,3150% grhggn‘micm “1d 0:3; of 24 and .100. Aspirin is the trade a chance now. He's a tine-student. Ha him, lain mtggrwgysntgwfegfi‘m- £33. ‘ never eturn.slthoh ‘. .. ' *x »- do d110,: 9' ..- 'w - has . ‘r 0‘ 113' mark of Bayer Manufacture of Mon. led 21:03:“; .. 012111113th him .. ‘ there. I“ [m loveMWith- _ ‘lbme and who- are. rup-~ 0 “It 33' l anaemia. wary r a" Isis). eff; was "-. .t." '. . ‘v.- ‘ ‘ --j.x ,. {'oaceticacldester of Balicyllcacid. .(1 firmer ; nun ' 10 rouse no THLV‘ ' I * Trail! ' a; ' "u ‘- commando; ' - have the best there is now. too, without xenon!- l . withwork tpget it.“ __ 's' Idllns .1: 30" t tine mind. endr'f, ,Th- 3°”?nnmshn-hem. golden hair. and married her on the spot. f", from the world. $ TEXT:""Tiienisai<-13Jesu unto . his disciples, If any man would ' scome after me, .let' him deny ' .him‘self, take up his cross, and follow me.”——Mt. 16:24. “ FAST of forty days beginning with Ash Wednesday and con- , tinuing until Easter." .Thisis what the dictionary says about Lent. And just now many Christ- ians are observing this period as one of self-denial in commemoration of the life of our Savidr. And. yet, I take it, that our Savior meant that we should practice self-denial three hundred sixty~ five days in every year.' Do you think so? Is that what our text means? Self-denial is, essentially, a part of religious character. There is no greater rogue in the field of Christ-2 ian endeavor than Self. He must be denied his coveted place in our lives. To heed him may win us a reputation, but to deny him will win us a character. ‘Always, there are many men and women in the lime- light of the world. . But it would be ya surprising revelation ’to others and a burning condemnation of themselves to know the degree of self in the motives. Self-denial includes a conquest over the demands of the body and a bringing under of the selfish ambi— tions ,of one’s intellect and spirit. Perhaps just a simple study in the self-denial attitudes and teaching of Jesus might be helpful‘ for the Benton season. In early times, the denying of the lower or carnal self was engaged in in a spirit and thru methods void of reason. We hear it called asceti- cism. It grew out of the exclusive- ness and formalism of Judaism, as well as a misconception of Christ- ianity by the heathen convert. It was a. deliberate attempt to uproot the desires of the flesh and the in- stincts of nature. It‘ was wholly a religion of negation and a self-excile Did“ Jesus teach and practice this? No. Jno. 17:15. But he taught and practiced reason- able self-denial and self-discipline. Let us begin with fasting. This was practised by our Lord. Mt. 4:1f. It was made a logical and conse- quent part of religious life. Mt. 6:- 161 and 9:15f. ‘ formal setting apart of a particular seaSon or the parade of piety before the world. It was the outward evidence of a soul in its personal and sacrificial relation to God. And for its expression, it did not await ' a Lenton season of forty days, since it depended wholly upon a peculiar state of. mind. And it seems, ac- cording to some such understanding as this, it was practiced by the early church. Acts 10:9, 13:3, 14:23. And what about the marriage re- But it was not the - refusal of luxury. , , ,2. Well, celibacy,.§0r_...the non- marrie'd state waswcourltenaheed and practiced by Jesus, but he did'not generallyrecommend it» for others. Mt. 19:12, Luke 14:26. But he did demand a 'pure and wholesome famm ily life. So, the marriage relation is not debasing during. Lent or any othertime unless it be placed above the interests of the Kingdom of God. We read‘ of some horrible crimes in church history because some .reli- gious leaders have '. denied them- selves marital rights. And many communities and» homes are suffer- ing under low—toned morals, because married people are not denying car- nal lust. -Now, to what extent ought alms- giving to ‘be featured in our life? Our Lord, the poor, practiced this grace. Jno. 13:29. Indeed, it was a highpoint in his teaching. Mt. 6:— If and Luke 12.33. “Sell that which thou hast and give alms.” We are urged to a determination not to be selfish in our abundance. Jesus’ warnings on this are vigorous. Hence, to the man who is in danger of falling under the tyrany of moneyy he says, “Go and sell what thou hast and give to the poor.” The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Why? Because it is not held subordinate to social de- mands. You have spent it in self- pleasure, and now, in your declining years you are losing your life. You have not been faithful in the un— righteous ma'mmon, and therefore, you can not be trusted with the true riches. What fools we mortals are! I think it was John Wesley who said; make all you can, save all you can, but give all you can. And when he preached that sermon you know where he placed the emphasis. To give wisely and unselfishly is to have discovered one of the [fine arts. Few folks have learned the art of putting their dollars into the busi- ness of circulating good will. And in this economic world there are some spiritual things only money can_ do. When you give your dol- lars to Kingdom advancement you give so much of concentrated time and energy that God has given you. Consecrated money in the hands of a consecrated person is resistless in its power for good. “Whosoever that forsaketh not all that he hath can not be my disciple.” But again, we are urged to the Well,‘ say in per— sonal desires, in the household ar: rangements, and in the general sur- roundings of life. “Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the son of man hath not where to lay his head,” says the self-denying Jesus. And note the helpful hints in, "Behold, they that wear soft raiment are in king‘s houses;” and in the parable of a. cer- (Continued on Page 18) ()UR R'EADERS’ NEW BUILDINGS Have you built any pn-to-dste farm buildingsmlately‘? If g and we will print it in this new depar -distant nei hbors are doing to change the scenery. . on have send us a icture f t] It we _show the M. B. F. preaders owhale tggivi! 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We will not knowing] advertisingagm firm who we do no tbelievecwm beththoronghly mmbla Should any reader have on cause for complaint against any ad- We! scan}- to an im- mediate letter all is to light. In cesfi when writing l.e'nyzn "I saw your advertisement in The Mi " The Farm Paper of Service" THE GASOLINE TAX AGAm 0U who. have been following Mr. Stanley Powell‘s articles on taxation will not fail to read the one in the current issue on the popular gasoline tax, which has been a political foot ball in Michigan now for two or three years. You will hardly fail to get the idea that Mr. Powell is an exponent of this method of collect- ing the necessary revenue to care for road build- ing and improvements and we are inclined to be- lieve that there are a great many of our readers who will agree with him. One thing is certain, this gasoline tax proposi- tion is going to come up again at the next gen- eral election and we want our readers to have all the facts. If there are any questions which Mr. Powell has not answered to your satisfaction in this or any of his previous articles on tax- ation I hope you will write to us, because there _ is no subject of more importance to the farmer today than that of increasing taxation and we shall be glad to open our columns to a full dis- cussion of the proposition as it has been out- lined in this series. WALLACE ON COOPERATION ECRETARY WALLACE made some pertinent remarks regarding farmers cooperation that that are well worth repeating, principally in view of our experience with cooperation in Mich- igan during the past few years. It would not be fair to say that the farmers of Michigan are discouraged with cooperative marketing schemes. There is not a thinking business farmer who does not realize that this is the only way out, and it is interesting to note that Secretary Wallace agrees with us fully in that ”cooperative associations will succeed or fail as they are efficient!" “During the past three years," he continues, “farmers have turned to cooperation for the solution of their marketing difficulties in ever- increasing numbers. In a period of rapid ex- pansion it is only natural that the essential prin- ciples and limits of cooperation at times should be overlooked.‘ The department believes that its most helpful activity in this field consists in collecting and’compiling the essential facts with regard to the cooperative movement and em- ploying these data as the basis of careful studies of the older and more successful cooperative or- ganizations. In this way. an understanding of the general movement may be gained, and the principles which have guided well established or- ganizations made available to- newcommers in the field. , "It is important to remember that there have been previous periods of expansion-and decline in cooperative activity in the United States. Co- operative sentiment is always stimulated by" ag- ricultural depression. The first great cooperat- ive movement in agriculture reached it apex about 187 4 but lasted for only a few years '. thereafter. Local work went forward in the lat- "er years of the nineteenth century. but it was ' I. 7 not until after 1900 that the present period of‘ expansion began. It increased gradually for a. of years, gaining momentum about 1914, via-dinnotmdavatite maximum. - Mvmwmany aileron of cooper-sh W there is no rum to - _ of! the causes of the tailuros up - , the causes of failure'e in are lines. o cause was falling prices. Other cause were poor management, inadequate financing. and too small a volume of business in proportion to the over.- ‘ head expenses. Some associations purchased. largely on credit, buildings and equipment at . war prices, and the subsequent decline in the value of such property, coupled with the decline ‘ in the price of agricultural products. was large- ly responsible (Or their failure. ‘ ' “Business failures in cities are as natural economic phenomenon which we record statistlc- . ally from day to day. It is a barometer of busi- ness activity. It is taken as a matter of course, but when a cooperative enterprise composed of farmers fails it flashes across the metropolitan press in glaring headlines!" THE WORM HA8 TURNED E have it on the authority’ of Verne H. \ Church, federal crop statistician located at trict, that the movement of young people from farm to city factory districts has largely lost its pulling power during the past few months. Mr. Church says, in a recent report, “there is some movement from country to cities, but many are remaining on the farm because of more encouraging aspects. There will be an ad- justment of crops to obtain a more profitable acre return. With the. expected improvement in other factors, the farming situation is expect- ed to show a step upward toward a more normal condition this year." We are willing to give space on this page any. time to an encouraging report, and we would point out to many a young man or woman who is discouraged with farm conditions of the past few years that pastures on the other side of the fence are always the greenest and that there are many objections to the congested and harrassed life in our modern cities which is not apparent to one who views it from the perspective of the country. These may be trying times but it must‘be ap- parent to all that the conditions which toss them about are changing, that the decrease in farm acreage and population can only increase the re- turns of those who stick and surely even the hardships that have been undergone cannot com- pare with thou of the pioneer forefathers who wrestled from the forest the fertile acres which we are now asked only .to plant, cultivate and harvest. We predict that thé‘ first slacking up of city employment, will send labor back to the farm a-scurrying. Many a man has given up a good farm and moved to the city who is going to wish he had it back .within the next year or two. Paste this in‘your hat and see how near we come to hitting the mark! LESS WHEAT—MORE CORN IN PROSPECT STATEMENT just issued by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics of the U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture, based on reports re- ceived from 43,000 farmers, shows that the farm- ers in every section of the country are begin- ning to apply business methods to their farming operations. This report shows that on March first, farmers were planning to increase the corn acreage about 3 per cent over the country generally, but in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Kansas they are planning an increase of 10 per cent due to ,- their disastrous season with wheat. In almost the same territory wheat shows a prospective decrease of 14 per cent in acreage, while oats and barley show an increase of 7 .to 9 per cent respectively. The rye crop, according to this report. will ,, only be 79 per cent of last year's production, and this too is influenced largely by‘ the price change during the current marketing season. Flax shows the greatest increase as farmers report they are planning to grew 54 per cent more thanlast year. an‘will receive 4 per cent larger acreage and potatoes a 2 percent decrease. These figures, it they are based on facts, prove that farmers on working as much with their heads as with their hands these days. and we j predictthatthdrpredflwfllhefladiustedw' The day may noise when farmers cordingly. V. ’uha w” ., 1”"? Lansing, Michigan, in charge of this dis-‘ SURPRISING as it may be to some folks, lag are a considerable number or , man who finds those who must give notes in pays, ment the easiest to approach and 3011.. . , , It would seem that after the experiences with which each rural community in Michigan is font- mar there would be little opportunity for the ’ . glib stock salesman and yet every once in a while], ~ we run into a condition where, by painting a, rosy picture and getting one or two influential ' farmers into the scheme, a veritable clean-up is ‘. , made. The old adage that "One is born every minute" is evidently proven by actual experience ' in the constant supply of fresh money which these parasites find for their schemes. . There are so many good bonds on the market at this time and they are issued in such small I; denominations that there is no excuse for the i farmer who has additional funds to be specnint- ‘- ing unless he is an out-and—out gamblers is .5 willing and can afford to take the loss “ well “ as the gain. Federal Land Bank Bonds odor a‘ tax-exempt security which are attracting a grow- ' ing number of farmer investors. First reel 'es- A tats mortgage bonds pay a. considerably higher: rate of interest and ”are tax exempt, and when purchased from a trustworthy company with years of reputation behind them are probably as safe on investment as one can hope to secure. ' There are also forms of railroad and industrial bonds, all of which pay a higher rate of interest than the government bonds, and it wisely chosen may be as secure. .. The point is that there is no excuse whatever for a farmer with funds to invest to experiment with unknown quantities and for the one satis- fied purchaser of industrial oil or mining stock it is easy to find a hundred who have never re~ ' 9 ceived a penny from the amount they invested in such schemes. The moral should be apparent. PLANTING Tum , HERE are two articles in ‘this issue which ought to be read by every farmer who is completing his plans on crops for the pres- ent season. The first is by Prof. J. F. Cox, of Farm Crops. Department of the College, in which he'points out the desirability 'of increasing the clover acre- age in Michigan. Prof. Cox is too well known to our readers to need any sort of introduction and when'he has a message he usually delivers it because he believes it is needed. We hope . every busines farmer will read this and profit' by I .. the suggestions given. Another article by J. R. Duncan, of Ptof. Cox' s department, takes up the matter of testing seed’ corn and gives his reason why it is especially necessary this year. We have appended to this article a method of making “rag dolls" or corn testers, which ought to be in use on every farm in Michigan this season. _ “A stitch in time saves nine” and a bushel of seed tested now may save nine bushels wasted " to say nothing of the countless hours of worth- less cultivation and planting. “FOB“ YEARS OF FAKHVG” ETE DEXTER, we and, is likely to get him- ' self into a new batch of trouble. Pete, as . A our readers will recall, is the villfan or the hero, according to how you look at it, of ‘the story, “Forty Years of'll‘aking,” that is now run-=- nlng in Ta: Business Fauna. In that story every name of a commodity, a person or a cor- poration. is entirely fictitious. Unfortunately; however, there are Just~so many names available» ‘ ' in the world, and it is hard to put a label on a... rogue that some honest may does not believe he has maimed. ' We have been asked if Hunter was aviation expose (one particular individual «WM 2 tlcnlar company or corporation, His vnanesinreellifehsppeafiom . We story is, . madden 1 your advice on the . in work went to know about the schools that are best. ‘3. 3,-- i i is another young man who" . _ has been attracted by tie glam- our of the "Be a singer Print ” clrctiara. It the number who use inquired throught this depart- Input is any indication of'the num- who probably “bite” on this scheme, there will be more finger- print experts someday. than there are lingers! ’ it seems as though it is easiest to mt people to a profession of which they know absolutely noth- , ing. Even becoming an "'empert * electrical engineer” or a "chiroprac- tor” by mail, carries with it the sag. motion that there may be some work connected with the job, but when you suggest so elusive an oc- ' 'cupation as making anger-prints, the iish bite like hungry wolves. . For the benefit of those who read this column we will give a simple‘ lesson in making flnger«prints: Rub your thumb with lamp—black, press it firmly on sheet oi white paper. lift it up, and Lo! you have left the imprint of your linger which is dif- iorent, (so we. are told) from that of any other finger in the world. To prove it compare the imprints of other members of your family. This system is used by every police de— partmant in the world, the army and navy and others for a positive mark of identification. There you have it—-the first les— son—ten dollars please! FTI‘TING SPECIAOLES BY MAIL , “Dear Friend: -—Let me send you Free On Trial a pair of my very finest Shell Rim Spectacles! No matter where you live I promise to send you a pair that will enable you to see perfectly and satisfy you in every respect or. you will owe me nothing. I positively guarantee a perfect fit or there will be no charge ’ whatever. They will protect your eyes, preventing eye strain and headaches; and enable you to read the smallest print, thread the finest noodle, See For or Near!" 7 any of .our readers have not re- ceived a letter of which the above is the opening paragraph they can feel slighted. Here is a company so liberal and possessed of such occult powers, that without seeing the patient, without examin— .TOO MUCH BUNK “I got an idea," says Farmer Brown, “Theres too much buncombe floating around, .You can’t go here and you can’t go there, And you can ’t go travelin’ anywhere, .But what some teller is on your trail, , With a sure investment that cannot fail, He tells you how you can get rich quick, * ‘ And his method, it sounds pretty doggon slick, He tells you how to make dol- lars grow Until you will jes" in dough. 'He’ll sell you mine stock for . g a song That's going to be double tore very long, .And he puts up such a. win- ning spell You feel yourself ownin’ an ‘ automobile, ‘A place in the county and one ' in town, And a private yacht-910.1,. a dollar down. ' _, But hang unto your dough for ' a rainy day. your money in the good old way, _ “so up your dollars as wise be rollin’. Hittite has I would like this -work and. ‘ , —-—Mrs. _ . the Miss hover fitting ~« it thisststonrent were not is 151th he on the taco o! it and colleges to insist on a man giv- ing from two to four years of study before giving him a diploma to prac- _ tics as an opticlanl Any sane man or woman ought to A new that their priceless possession is sight, beside it the wealth of 8. Henry Ford or Rockefeller are as nothing. They know too,t that the improper glasses might in a few months entirely ruin their sight and yet e'nough of them succomb to the magic words of such iakirs, so that they remain in business and prob- ably prosper on their deception. The day will come when Uncle Sam will scrutinize the advertising matter which he delivers into the home as carefully as does the re— ‘ sponsible publisher, and laws will be enacted preventing such schemes being perpetrated on the public, but until that day arrives all we can do is to try to bring them to light in our humble way, through the med- ium or this column. RAISING AIREDALES READER writes to ask if we know it the scheme of raising Airedales for the Oorang Ken- nels, LaRue, Ohio; is a profitable and successful side-line in which a farmers wile can engage. The company which operates und- er the name of the "Oorang Sports- man’s Association” states that one “can make from $1000 to $10,000 net profit yearly, with but little ex- pence. ” No wonder our reader is in- terested! We are wondering if any of the friends of this column are success- fully raising puppies for this con- cern or. if you hays had any exper- ience with them, it so, without men- tioning your name we would be glad to pass the information along. WROTE POSTAL AUTHORITIES ABOUT “'ART WORK” COMPANY "Dear Sirz—On'e of the subscrib- ers to your paper sent me the en- closed article cut from your paper (Feb. 16, 1924 edition) asking me to write to you as l have had exper- ience with the Underwood Art Goods Co. I was worse on than she for I completed One dozen handkmhiefs for which labor I received no' pay. Just one year from the time I sent in my last‘installment of 3 handker- chiefs to them, this company had the nerve to advertise in my home paper (I had answered their advertisement in the Detroit Free Press). I went out and go council on the case and the postmaster said it was a clear case of using the mails to defraud. I wrote to the chief inspector of the postal laws in Washington, D. C., and he took up the case. Three months after my complaint to him, I received part pay from the com- pany and they tried to cheat me out of the rest by saying they did not re- ceive all of’the dozen completed. I wrote back to them that their con- tract read“‘paid by the dozen” and that I had sent the whole dozen back, also that-I wanted my money and an answer immediately or I “would take further steps to collect it. In 2 weeks I received the rest of my money but the $1 I never re- ceived. I am going to write the in- specter of this $1 proposition soon. It would be a good plan for all complaints- to go to the chief in- spector and by so doing it may dis- solve this company’s business en- tirely. I feel sure they are a fraud— ulent company, and is a case for the U. 8. authorities at present seeing one complaint has already gone in. ” W., Oakland County. RECEIVED CHECK I wish to thank you for helping moi regain my money. I could hard~ ly bellevo my eyes when I received Iliad lost all hopes of _ why would it! still be necessary for universities- Interest due ' you as an owner of a Federal Bond 8: Mortgage Company first mortgage bond isal- Ways and invariablypaid promptly and precisely the. minute it is due. Write for Booklet A6119! Tax Free in Michigan Free from Federal Income Tax of 4% 7% Federal Bond 89" “ Mortgage Company (119!) FEDERAL BOND 8 MORTGAGE BUILDING. DETROIT than 150,000 foresighted people have asked ALPHA Dealers for the 104—page, illustrated Handbook and 'the Bulletins and Service Sheets that describe scores of substantial, enduring home, yard, farm and business-place improvements. Why don’t you? Alpha Portland Cement Company CHICAGO, ILL. EASTON. PA. Battle Creek. Mich. ltonion. Ohio St. Louis Pittsburgh Philadelphia Boston New York Baltimore 7/ ”I’ll/I: our/grew”: \5Q\\\\\ \\13 \_ .\\ \Q . v ‘ . eeloth of red.” 7 And the silvered hair ,of Grandma Who was busy f‘settin' bread!" . ‘ “As I 'drowsed there in the kitchen, . Though I should have been in bed, ’ I enjoyed the home-like picture Of my Grandma “settin’ bread." Bright the kitchen fire was burning, She revived the embers dead, , ~And the kitten drowsed beside it, Warmed by Grandma’s “settin’ bread." As I watched her dear hands hover O'er the mixing bowl, she said, “You must run to bed, my darling, While your Grandma’s “settin’ bread.” Oh, I wish I could revive them Happy evenings that have fled—— All the simple ways of living, Like the rite of “settin’ bread !" (Copyright, 1923.) \ METHODS FOR MAKING BREAD HERE are two general methods for making bread, one known as the “straight-dough” process and the other as the “sponge” pro- cess. Straight-dough process—In the “straight-dough” process all the in- gredients are mixed at one time and the dough is made of the proper consistency before rising. Either compressed or liquid yeast may be used for this, but not dry yeast. Sponge process.—:-In the “sponge” process only half the total amount of flour is used at first,‘ with all or nearly all of the liquid, the yeast, and frequently the salt and the sug- ar. Compressed, dry, or liquid yeast may be used for this. This mixture is similar to a soft batter, and after the first rising the remainder of the flour, the shortening, and any other Edited by MRS. ‘ need.” ’ ways be answered direct. always use my own discre- tion about publishing the names of our readers and I never abuse the fact that these names are with me. I want you to know that if the name and town is not given me when you write, I cannot answer you. full of the more general news and interest and personal letters can a'i- g1???” Var. Address letters: Mrs. Annie Taylor, care The Business Farmer. Mt. clemens. Michigan. for-tit _ ., ,. EAR FOLKS:—-Bread is one of the most iniport‘a’n‘t foods that we have, and in this issue I have tried to give you a small idea 01' how to make good bread for the family. wrong and just as easy to have it turn out alright. Thanks for the many. letters received to help on a “subscriber in Itissoeasytogo Sometimes our page is too desired ingredients are added. It is thenkneeded until of the proper consistency and smoothness. The sqonge process usually re- quires less yeast than the straight- 'dough method, because of the softer consistency of the mixture which facilitates the growth of the yeast. However, by using larger or smaller amounts of yeast one may shorten or lengthen the time required for rising. In a similar way the straight- dough process may be shortened or lengthened by increasing or decreas- ing the amount of yeast used. Hence recipes for the different variations of time are given and the housewife may select that which suits her eon— venience as to time and the kind of yeast she has on hand, or‘which seems to her most economical. Great care should be taken when using a sponge or dough which stands a long time—as, for example, the “overnight straight dough” or the “ov— ernight sponge”—to keep it much cooler than when the quicker methods are used, since the former have a greater chance of becoming sour. rFlours In Quick Breads The hard winter wheat flour is the best flour for the making of yeast breads while the soft flours are considered the best for the quick breads. The former contains more of the elastic material known as gluten and the latter more starch. The gluten must be pres- ent in the yeast breads to allow for the expansion of the dough necessary to make a good bread. The gluten can be easily sepa- rated out by making a stiff smooth dough_ ball, placing it in a cloth and washing out the starch under the faucet or in a pail of water. If the sticky mass is then .placed in a hot oven it will be found to stretch to at least twice its size. When baked it is hollow,.hard and greyish tan in color. This action takes place when the bread is baked but then the gluten parti- cles are distributed in the starch and consequently small holes are made throughout the whole mass. The soft wheat flours, that is, the pastry flours, will yield very little gluten. While the two kinds of flour are on the market as bread and pastry flour, the tendency is to use one flour for most of the baking. The millers know this and as a result there are brands which are the result of the blending. of two kinds of flour in the mill. These flours are not so high in gluten or starch content but that they will make both excellent quick breads ‘ and yeast breads. When barley, rye or corn meali flours are used in quick breads it is often nec- essary to modify a plain ref cipe because- these, flours contain cellulose 'material and the quality otzthe glue ten is not as good for” bread; ~*. _ ,The . moisture . ; caesium sweetest-2 purposes; I tate a slight change in the amount of liquid used in_a recipe. Always sift white flour for quick breads. Recipes Four loaves straight dough:'——Four cups (1 qt.) lukewarm liquid; 4 tea- spoons salt; 2 teaspoons sugar; 1 or 2 cakes compressed yeast, or 1A, to .1 cup liquid. yeast; 3 to 4 quarts sifted flour. Parkerhouse Rolls (Quick MethOd) 1 cupful milk; 2 tablespoonfuls sugar; ‘2 tablespoonfuls butter; 1 teaspoonful salt; 14 to 1/3 cake com- pressed yeast or 2 to 4 tablespoon- fuls potato yeast; 3 to 4 cupfuls sifted flour. Add the sugar, salt and butter to the scalded milk.. When lukewarm, add the compress- ed yeast, which has been soaked in 14 cupful of lukewarm water or the potato yeast. Add flour until no more can be worked in *with' a spoon. Cover tightly and let rise until three times its bulk. Turn on a floured board, kneed lightly and roll %—inch thick. Out with an oval or round floured cutter. Crease in the middle with a floured knife handle, rub one half inch melted butter and fold over. Place the rolls one inch apart in an oiled tin and let rise until light. Bake in a hot oven 20 minutes. THE MONTH OF EASTER. BRIDES T0 complete the loveliness of spring, some time ago, some- where far distant there was the first Easter bride. So this year, in the beauty of mid-April, there will be many formal weddings and many charming brides. From a purely feminine .standpoint, at least, the most interesting feature of a wed- ding is the bride’s gown.‘ “What did the bride wear?” as the age-old question after every marriage cere- mony and as time passes by the bride of today will always grow a bit reminiScent about her wedding attire, eager to describe howlovely it was. This year’s bride may choose her gown from an unusually attractive array of beautiful fashions. The fabric,'too, is a very import- ant consideration in a bridal gown, and this season offers a wonderful silken selection in rich brocades and plain weaves of heavy quality. Satin, silk crepe, moire, crepe satin, char- me‘use, satin brocade, Helpful Hints—If year have tough liver, , run it through your ,fm. chopper With some saltpork, beat,.up an egg, add “a ,, 1 little flour, and stir' in. Then dip out ' " by spoonfuls and fry. ‘ , ' A long steel fork, such as you can buy for 5 or 10'cents is dandy to turn fried ‘ cakes and to take them out of kettle, as grease will all drip out . between the tines—M. H. “I , 3 How One Reader Made Attractive Cur- tains—Japanese table cloth and 12 nop- kins were given to me. 1A5 my Itable.was round I could not use the cloth. The square Japanese table cloths, and nap- kins can be used for window curtains. The ‘table cloth could be out in half and hemmed on raw edge, and one hung on each side of large window or double window, in a dining room. Use a strip of scrimm one-half yard .wide or more, to goacross top of window frame, hem- ming it so it will hang‘full. Have 9. cas- ing at top to run on pele; hem lower edge, then sew one side ‘of napkins to the scrim,” leaving the rest of edges loose. This/will'form a balance. clear across top. One must sew napkins on sovthat they will all hang right. VMine were white and printed in bluebird: and bas- kets to, match tablecloth. They are very. cute made up in this way.——M. Some Useful Hints by a, Reader-.40 run curtain rods through curtains"when starched or otherwise, is hard on the curtains, but will be easier to accomplish and easier on the -curtains if there is a. sewing thimble or waxed pauper wound on the end of the curtain rods. Then the edges will slide without catching on the delicate mesh. I use wax (paper or silk over the ends of the square rods, and my‘ thimlble on the round rods. , If making flour into gravy it tiresome to get smooth. and takes top great a time, try my methods. Sift well a quart of flour with a heaping teaspoon of good baking powder, and store away in a dry glass jar, and use this prepared flour for gravy. It will be a smooth gravy, and all trace of powder will be gone—Louise Lindley. \ a Menu for 'March 29th Cream of Barley Soup English Chicken Pie Stewed Tomatoes Vegetable Gelatine Sala'd Biscuits Cheese Coffee English Chicken Pia—One chicken, one- half pound of veal fillet, four ounces bacon, three hard boiled eggs, one-fourth pound mushrooms, two tablespoons fat, pepper and salt to taste, chopped parsley, puff—pastry, stock, and one egg. Cut fowl into small jOints, season these with salt and pepper. Slice veal‘ thinly, line bottom of fireproof dish with this, place on top a layer of chicken. Chop mushrooms finely, saute them in fat in small stew pan;'sprinkle half of this over pieces of chicken, then layer of hard—boiled eggs, over that thin slices of bacon, and chopped parsley. Continue in this way until all ingredients‘a’re used up and the fireproof dish is 11111.me dish three parts full with stock. Put'a strip of pastry round the edge of. dish, wet this slightly with water, cover'the’ pie with puff-pastry rolled out to the proper size and thickness, press down the paste on to the wet edge of, paste trim r‘ound. Brush over .pie with beaten egg, make a slit in center of _the lid, put pie in moderate oven and bake one and one—half hours. Pour in a little stock before serving. crepe de Chine, Geor- gette, lace over satin and chiffon are some of the most desirable silks for this special occasion, and an ivory tint which is more be- coming to most com- plexions than white is much in vogué for wed- ding—dresses. The veil is a matter near and dear to the heart of the' bride. ’The cap style caught with orange-blossoms appeals to many; others prefer the veil held in place at the back of the head by a band-eau of some more novel arrange- ment. Thus is every bride just a bit differ‘ ent. . -- Anniversaries « First, cotton. Second. reper- ‘,‘T§,ird. - ,,leether-, ' rim. wooden. twang». ' tine-‘- xmtteenth. w; rw;es.t.iai~t;h‘ s - "All. 0RD"! 00— Dept. 732 Mo, Illinois dr‘wfi-Ht-Iito-I.~t»t 4 ex~ Hotel Tu er Cease-o “OQOICIIIII STAUDARD O? SERDICI Wain-hell’s DITIOI'I’ JRTOMOBILE CLI. OLD COLON!) CHI. ADCIAFT CLI. : A .OI-l-l V‘5VP- Li‘fitklll‘ lo .lHillier!li-lL-v\i-,illetl‘l‘l- Over eoo Rooms with Beth DAILQ RATES: SlnGLB. 82-50 ll? 1Coefleev’eel Joell Sample locus. um I. ROTEL TIILLER CO. canon o c. now u. 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Sometimes. it is impossible for the mother to go to church, and home christ- enings are very informal and can be made lovely home affairs. WOMEN’S EXCHANGE F you have something to exchange. we will rlnt It FREE under this headlng “prevldlna. Int—l l abet a Ixohang: oflen wlll 'be numbered a sorted in t u we have room. —Mas. ANNIE TAYLOR. Edlter 112.]y—Love lush, mperce—lem and 51118118111 eces for an icksburc. no. Mic mquilt Morgan, RECIPES Inexpensive Cake.—-One cup of sugar. one-half cup ‘cocoa. Then add one-fourth cup of butter in one-halt cup hot water, and stir, add three fourths teaspoon of soda in one-fourth cup sour milk, one cup flour, add last one egg,. the white to be beaten very stifl. Flavor with vanilla, and a pinch of salt. Bake in moderate oven. I always make white frosting, most always White Mountain. One cup sugar, five tablespoons of water or milk, and boil until it forms a ball in cold water, and have the white of one egg beaten very stiff. Set dish of syrup in basin of cold water and beat until it starts to sugar around edge of dish. Then beat white of egg in and flavor with vanilla. Molasses Cookies.—One cup of brown sugar, one cup of molasses,- one cup of shortening, two or three eggs, four table- spoons of vinegar, one teaspoon Ginger, three teaspoons of soda, flour to roll out. I only use three eggs when I double the recipe.—Mrs. O. M. R, Sparta, Mich. The Runner’s Bible (Copyright by Houshton Miiiiin Co.) Awake thou that sleepest and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine upon thee.—Eph. 5:14. > Imagine what this awakening means; to learn that all has been but a. dream; all of' one's mistakes, sins, illnesses, misfor- tunes, all the woe of the whole world a. hideous nightmare, unreal and to be for- gotten! Picture the reality: oneseif at rest in a kingdom of love, wholly under the care of the Creator; perfect health, Peace and Happiness one's own; the light of truth (Christ) always shining, always a glor- ions now. This is the Gospel of Good Tidings which Jesus Christ brought to earth, and which he commanded to be preached throughout the world, and is the message which you and I must do- liver to those about us in one peculiar wayL—the Truth which must be expressed and proved in our daily lives, that the children of men (Rom. 9: 8) shall know themselves as the children of God, with- out blot or blemish. The cuts on bread making appearing on the opposite page are used through the courtesy of Dairymen' s League News. 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Don't confuse this iull-wei ht 85- pound roofing with cheaper, 'ghter roofingzdd at tide same price. 0 d or: . yi overo ' ”"5 “for, “d- m“ ' enoughfin one roliogchoTin? r3013 “00' $3 co ”Tang... .1“ square eet-—yet a roll costs 0 $1.85, with nails and cement. nly Fire Underwriters Approve It Radio Roofing is surfaced with red vim... . 32 Mont oni’é’i‘y‘Wai-d 8 Co. Kansa City StPaul Port .nd.Ore, Ft.Wortli OahlandCd We guarantee it for 16 years'r—fii and let Free Sample ldxnsnl id Gutlt l Igat nigh fixtfiklghaaluauti. Write or igee, Buildin“: 17‘- 3“de Pn’eoPerReu Order 19-.- an or n slate that besutifies as ‘3 -hcfl 3‘ Rom well as protects it. Resists fire. on 'de 1°" mus I Not afleeted by heat and cold. macs: :4»th HEARING lllllllllll fllllll_ll_24 nouns Amazing Results Secured In One Day By Use of Virex Formerly Known As Rattle Snake Oil. Deafness and Head 'Noises need not be dreaded any longer since the discovery of a Widely knt'wn physician. Now it is possible for some of the most obstinate cases of deafness to be relieved in a day’s time by the application of a. prescription formerly known as ttle Snake Oil. This treatment is meeting with wide suc- cess all over the country. Mr . Dey, a, Nebraska resident, 67 yum. old, says, "I have used the treat- ment for only two Weeks and my hearing is restored perfectly. The relief was al- most instantaneous and now the head noises have disappeared. My catarrh, a. case of many years standing, is improv-... in wonderfully.” in. Ben Jackson, who lives in Indiana snag, “Before I used Virex 1 could hear a ing. After ten days I could hear my watch tick.” . Angeline Johnson, a Mississxppi resident had been stone deaf for eighteen years. flhe says, “Virex has stopped my head noises and I can hear a train whistle 3% miles away.” Roy Fisher, Iowa man, says "I hadn't hard a. watch tick for eleven years—— m1 can lay my watch on the table and it lainly." Hr. . A. Lumpkin, of Oklahoma, says, ‘Atter being deaf 38 years, I used your treatment only a few days and hear fairly l 9’ Mr. Anthony Chapman, of Michigan, Bays, g’l‘h: terrible hezfii noiseis have stop enireyan m earmgsprac- no.6; back to normal]? Deaf Baby Now Hears Mrs. Ola Valentine, of Arkansas, says, my little boy, now 5 years old, had bwn gear since about four months of age. ow he" hears very well and is learning Mr. Mather Pelleys says, “My young ‘m, deaf for years, has used Virex for 0111 three days and he hears almost as We! as ever before.” Such amazing reports come from all over this country and Canada. The pre- scription which is known as Virex, is easily used at home and seems to work like magic in its rapidity on people of all es. 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Covers the prevention oi common hog diseases. Io. LBS-HOG mums. Givu oomlete direc. done for the construction of a concrete hog wallow. No. 163-POULTRV. How to get rid of lice and mites. and to prevent llrmDipflmthPeekmforSale stunt-gm. ANIMAL INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF Parke, Davis & Co. DETROIT. HIGH. _ . - i. .9! ,1 SAVE-1he-HORSE Will Cure WHEN you can’t work because of his lameness . the horse costs you for feed and your loss of time—perhapsa lost cro or a skimpy crop through delays. With Save -The orseyou can cure SPAVIN, ms e Thompin, or. er e, Hoof and endon Disease You take no risk. We give Signed MONEY-BA IRANTEE Write today for FREE 96-psge Save -The-Horse BOOK: on how to locate understand and treat all lameness. This serviceable BOOK. sample of guarantee, and expert vet» erlnory advice—ell Fill. Over £80,000 satisfied users. 80 years success. Don’t hesitate—delay is costly. nor cumcn co. 839 sm. Sh. Blush-ton, NJ. At Droggists and Dealers wi h Signed ontract or sent preps: «- S'AVES MONEY: garage. barns, warehouses corn cribs. hog, milk and mmihtnflil‘tff‘fé: We tile. wood earn" tove Ii 0!. 11mg .. Write tor . yon. , Ned? 9 ”WE a E. And the last issue. I did because reed-mirklétwi‘. (didn’t you? :~.~ Well. I know save ‘1 am receiving some .“ot the nicest ’ stories, poems and drawings. ' 13am having a great time going through my mail; every letter, it seems. cone tains something of special interest. I always did love to go through my mail every day, because the letters were all so interesting -but with all the stories. poems and drawings coming in it is particularly interest- ing now. . , Some of the cousins are very much in favor of the “correspond- . ence Scramble" idea. and many of them have already sent in’ letters. to be forwarded to unknown friends. I have sent many of them out, and as soon as a few of them come in I mix them up and send them out. There seems to be some misunder- , standing about the “Correspondence Scramble.” Some believe that I in- tended they were to send in their letters at s’ome definite time, to be named later, while others thought they were to. send in their letters Whenever they wished and I would send them‘out. The latter idea is correct. Send in your tletters any time and I will see tha some un- known friend receives it.-—-UNCLE NED. OUR 6.1an AND BOYS Hello Uncle Ned :——I suppose this letter will reach at. Waste Basket. I do not see very many letters from Brown City. Well I just got through reading the Chil- dren’s Hour. riding? I do and I hate to see the snow go away, but it must some time. A snowy winter is my favorite season. I am thirteen years old the 30th of May. Have I a twin? I have brown- hair. (Bobbed of course), weigh about 120 pounds. I am in the 8th grade at school and like all my subjects except two and they are civics and history. Did you like them when you went to school, Uncle Well I must ring of! and hope Mr. Waste Basket will write me a. letter. Ha! Ha! You will get lots more letters be- sides me. Your want-to-be-nlece—Laura Klaus. R. 6, Brown City, Mich. ‘ —-When I went to school the subject I did not like very well was arithmetic. Dear ,Uncle Near—My last letter was not in 'the paper and so I thought I would try once again. I am thirteen years or age and in the seventh grade. I am five feet one. inch tall and have dark brown hair, which will be bobbed before another year rolls around. - Do you like bobbed hair, Uncle Ned? I mean have you anything against it? I have nice heavy, curly hair and would like some advice on ‘whether to bob it or not. I am only thirteen and am not old enough to do my hair up and it spoils_it to let it fly. Would you bob it it you were me? Well I think the answer to Beatrice Campbell’s riddle is: The boys name was Andrew. Wasn't it, Bee? Well as my letter is getting long and I don't want to have Mr. Waste Basket get my letter I better hang up. From your would—be niece—«Thelma Crosby, ' Box 77, Eden- ville, Michigan. . —If your mother and father do not ob— ject I suggest you have your hair bobbed. I think girls of your age- or a. little older look very nice with bobbed hair. And it is much easier to comb. Dear Uncle Ned:~——This is the first time I have ever written to the M. F. B. though I read it every week and I think . it is the most interesting paper we take. We live on a forty-acre farm and have one cow and about thirty chickens and I also have a pet moster and he is Just as tame as he can be though he is three years old. I had a pet rabbit but he died last fall. I have two sisters and one brother. I have lots of fun sliding down hill and I just love to. We have some nice hills to slide down. Did you ever skii or slide down bill? I went to a coasting party two weeks ago. One of our sleighs we call Pete. It is the best sleigh we have. I am eleven years old and have dark hair and eyes, am in the fifth grade and am tour feet ope inchg my letter, is getting long must ring off. Please will some of the boys and girls write to me. Your niece, ——Graco K. Gibes, Pellston, Michigan. -—You just bet I used to slide down hill, and what fun it was! tall. As mount rear- aeo I used...» Iva: ’ “ ' and we all like it fine. Do you like to go sleigh. that. I sanctum W" . any of my cousins will write I promise an him will! ‘ risinly. Wrong-pope: 1 it isworth the wharf m ,; the Children's Hm.‘ mol, 1“ is seven stories high and cost” I am in the tenth gradrs‘nd am is old. Be sure and write more”. ~ this letter does not have a. night town ‘ the waste basket—Leo Buck, 24” 5th Detroit, Michigan. ' ’ .,. cousins have to say: hear that and I know they will terested in your letter. ' Dear Uncle Nedt—May I join your merry circle too? We ml: the II. B. F. - am a maria! ‘ the Children’s Hour and like It at: well. I will describemyself. .1 am (out tut' and ten-inches tall, weighs!) pound-M ‘ have blonde hair, blue" 9713! ma tan- oous-' . ‘ ’ l plexion. My birthday is Bomber mum , seventhand am thirteen years out"! think that B. Durfee’s name "is Saarinen Am I right? 'As my letter is getting king , I will close. Hoping some 0! the boy's - ‘ and girls will write to me. Your mt- to-be~niece.—~Miss Eva. Baleom, Route 5, Hesperia. Mich. / Dear Uncle Nedz—I have been a busy reader 0: the M. B. F. for many months since my brother gets the paper and now,‘ I decided to join your merry Gisele. I «if joy reading the letters from all the boys and girls from many different places and. as I ham’t seen any from Bruce Croes- ing I would like to see this letter in I have been attending a country sdxool until this term. I am sixteen years old. I am five feet and five indies tall. My hair is dark brewn, and I haven't had a. notion to bob it as yet My greatest delight is living on a farm. We have thirteen cows. eleven calves, forty-six chickens. ten hogs. and a. home. MypetsareacatandtWo dogs. I have two sisters older than I am. aid six brothers. and only two of my brothers - continue going to school. I would like to have some of the girls and boys write to me and I will surely answer all letters. '- . Your niece—Miss Minnie Syrria, Box 23. '» Bruce's Crossing, Michigan. ' , ‘ -—Haven’t bobbed your hair yet, eh? I7 suppose you will take a notion to get it cut one of these fine days and off to the barber you yvlll run. Dear Uncle Nedsz have read the lovely letters that you receive from many children. May I enter in your happy circle? ,I live in Dearbom, Michigan, ~~ and walk three miles each day to go to school. I am in the first year high, and love it very much. Perhaps you would like very much to know whit I look like. »Weli, I am five feet three inches tall, _weigh one hundred and three pounds, ,, have light brown hair and light complex— ' ion, with a pug nose. (but not too m), am 16 years old. was born the nineteenth of July, .1907. have s. twin sister.» I, wonder if I have a twin brother. have I would like very much to has: tam: ‘ him. Sincerely yamsc—F'letcher B. 00!. R4, Box 139. Dearborn, Michigan. Wow i'M bom‘ no»: M' MY . Fle uflfi. .— —_—. . GD v . J Bobbie has found a fisher-mafia] hole in the ice, and has decided to - go home tor bled-hing tackle. -« How is wondering also ithe can catch his two favorite kinds of fishginztho‘” lake. We‘ humping. the end and third was“! Ill? used in a prodimtiive enterprise. ‘ _ that the interest will be paid _ promptly, and that the principal will Nbe paid without too much delay. . lyAnd, they want to know that the- Tcows milked by their customers are paying a profit on the operation. The cow testing association is a means by which a man can check ’ up on his cows and find out the ones that are paying out and the ‘ones that are not. Almost as important ,is the'poin’t of feeding. It is almost impossible to feed properly without milk weights and feed weights) on each individual cow. These weights are obtained by the tester. Anoth- er point is the increased interest a ' - . man will take with his cows it he is , All outsof-doors is filled with the. bleat of in an association with a group of the lamb, the bowl of the calf, the grunt of his neighbors. the pig, and the whinny of the colt. There are three cow testing asso- ' asserting ' ciations operating in Ingham county ‘ Youth . itseifheverywherel at present. One is located around ,' , Keeptheirbodiesheat y,andstomachsfull. Lansing and extends up into Clinton _. ’ .~ You can then count on good growth—quick county. It has just finished a suc- ' development—and begin to cash in on them ‘ cessiul year and has started anoth- . before the summer-end. er. The second association is around “26:11.1: lithwillmfliaish thel year iin Let p e t r assoc ation s around Mason and it will finish the an HESS STOGK TONI“ ' in Ma .-—J. G. Wells Jr. “ ' .. .. ....... a": 3"" y... y , , . . mwltlflmm. wm- comic $3.: Dairy Extension Specialist, M. A. C. be your msurance policy m m osmium“ —-———“-—— INBREEDING against disease, insurance of good appetite, , um ”also. M15 mtg. "It's. man has a pure bred bull good digestion. It keeps the worms away. ,. and he breeds a cow and she raises ' Then, there are the mothers: 4; ' a heifer would it be all right to v' Your COWS need it for its system tonin . ‘ ' g BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY breed her back to her father and if _ .' ‘ bowel-cleans1ng,appetizingefi‘ects Putstheni . so how . many generations can ‘one . . in fine condition for calving. 3‘“ "a" I" ' 30° W breed back in that way and be a“ k ' ' Your BROOD sows willberelieved of con state line for 4 lines or more. 9____ , $1.90 per insertion for 3 mm or right. F' M" COIGman’ - Micmgan' stipation and put in fine fettle for farrowing. less. -—Only in very especial cases would ' “-' . I E . - A ._ . . xcellent for MARES 1n foal—and EWES it be desirable to inbreed as closely ‘ at lambing time. "Ins you suggest. Inbreeding has oft- It makes for good appetite, and more milk en been liked to a. two—edged sword, ’ or one that would out both ways, *0 “OW-'13}! the offspring. mu! meaning that inbreeding would I ",9,” ,0 Tell your dealer what stock you have. He "All 2.1.43 £10881!)in ettlflect veiry 11:21pm demallilomt yemtnpogng has a package to suit. GUARANTEED. al- on n e an ms were 0 W .""' 89:. m“. “‘3 such superior excellence and strong “WHI- 25 lb. P “1’_‘2’25 100 “" Drum, 539° breeding powers that their superior 'D" D.V.s. Em“ m u“ far Wm. South «ml Camde- “WW Short and inner, mn- qualities were transmitted and in- Honest goods—honest price—why pay Inore? ' W. . tensifled, and the animals had no . [ARK _- 'weak qualities to be intensified. DR' HESS & C Ashland, 0' HOIETEINS If one had an especial sire, with no weaknesses, and one that did OurEntireHerd it it k d-' . ° ' A SA Hangings... 32.3.1812.geometries. 21‘- 13555 DID and DIS mfectant be alright to mate mm to one of his or eep Ticks - for Hog Lice ~ for Health g5)?“ m '52" mfikofilm Bate-tod- daughters, but I would not care to t tam Is on go further than this. TUESDAY, APRIL 22nd ‘ Inbreeding in the hands of a very - sun-nu at 12 o'clock. few keen, intelligent, stock men has A ’ If interested write for catalog. proven rather disasterous. Close HOW to CheCk COW won one muss. Flushing. Mlohlsln. inbreeding is not, therefore, to be ' ' fl advised generally.—Geo. M. Brown, ° ' FOR S Al E: Zroéessor 'of Animal Husbandry, M. Adments at , fllelr source 7 We Bred Holstein “Gift" _ , The dairy cow is an exceptionally hardy V willed. Bed! Ion! . BULIEETIN animal and subject to very few ailments on I W NEW DEGREES OP‘ mt those which attack the digestive and ‘Id ad I ERATIONS 0N HOGS genital organs. These particular organs, $500, ”Far ”6mm m ASTRATION oi hogs under var_ being the milk-making function, are often Hera arm, hca, Mich. C ions conditions is descrlb d in overworked and unable to throw of! such W. as TARK, Manager. (1 i ’ e diseases as Barrcnneu, Abortion, Retained etail n a new Farmers Bulle- A1terbirth.Sccurs, Bunches, Milk Fever, tin, No. 1357, by S. 8. Buckley, just Lost Appetite- F 0 R; S A L E issued by the United States Depart- These ailments can be successfully treated offloktn: Cattle ment of Agriculture. Besides giv— . “a in“ u am], pm :1 1 1y the m Sffififimiémnfi “P,” Im- In 1‘0““: an and mm ing directions for the ordinary oper- a xowtx. bee. it 1. i 11 d e“ 3’" 8".” n°w 3' m“ ‘ p“ 1'0» use 939308 I 9' oi’ the feeding routine as grains or silage. ation, the bulletin gives the proced- ‘ Ikned to tone up and strengthen the (5- In use costs on the average. not mot. than are for ridgelings, for spaying sows, M" Ind zenitll 0mm. A proper funo- a cent a day' per cow. and for operating on ruptured pigs. tioning of these important organs eliminates A number of illustrations help to the cause of disease. d flow-K339 dis sold by] general stsores, feed e are an ruggists— urge size 1.25: me- FORDS . make the methods easily under- But the real profit of dab-ring today is dium size 65c. If dealer is not supplied. HERE stood. made by keeping disease out while the milk- order direct. We pay postage. Ask for HEREF 0RD S In the case of males“ the operation i-(iakiniga orgizns age workingiat top-gmtch. copy of free book, “The Home Cow Doctor.” of castration improves the uality M" “3' m° 8"“ “am” in ‘ e 1'" Recimted Bream: 0:810. ’1‘ of the meat and prevents theqdevel- “on or" week “t 01 each month' induce. DAIRY ASSOCIA-TION CO. INC. Tested “ practical prices {2‘ or I. maximum milk flow and keeps the cow’s Lyndonvxlle, Vt. duction 0: mm 3.1,, opment of undesirable odors as well 1?": mill...” ‘ sous as doing away with the danger of ("WW “m 1889.) indiscriminate breeding in the herd. SHORTHORNS RED POLLED 3,, am“ We... Spaying is. no longer practiced to any great extent 3-8 it has little 111- son sALs—ous use sHonrHonu REGIS- “at": 42.13.5117“: nuance on the quality or the meat. ..... rams: :2: arms: rears: F0" POI-LED suomnonus "tea? are“ m g’, m. Mom“ It is recommended that whenever is?” coming nun. ouncx. Saul: su nan... Michigan. humme- since 1 “in... Eggfible the operation he done at all: . °""’ "' ”m” mdm'm'] Tum" °°" mm“ m d.t‘€1.”$.i?d.ywifi”€. 953$. drummers. rash and: .bei'ore the pigs are weaned. It may 2891.456. £212: .vsgufngumm - Inn ' be done at any season of the year. ,_ but on clear, cool days if the best ANGUS “Eggs are to be obtained , , ' ' Bargainsm in Poland Chinas medmecbullegn 131:; 2: :1: us HAVI coral Fill vouuo'nuous sou: “or: . V SEW? mm. by addressing the De- mmfio prices. I. ll. Inn 00.. Radian;- partnentet Agriculture, Washing- . me u We“ £:drt-hj-tum ‘ ‘ > . . ‘ m.”ms each. with-"001111138 I. A. CLARK. 8:. Louis, Michigan. 5.» our.“ 5% ‘.'°°" tam-“ff“ - - manic... (mus-“Wumzil GRAB?!) FIR , Which its 1.5 at £01 Yilu \ a. ‘ S li‘lOKERS SPFCULA‘I’ORS COMMISSION MEN E10!” "1.: .- CRFAMERY Y" :CREAM STATION :1 ForzsyearsBlueValleyhasglven farmers 11 high direct cream market. No useless refit takers between them and lueValley— between BlueValleg and retail- ers. BlueValdleg utter, the National bran bigger cream checks ft. Another Blue Valley Bow "We have beenM absolutely satisfied Sid] every way rson, o. Boardman, Michigan. X Thousands of B. V. B's (Blue Valley Boostergiwilltell ouitpaystoshgiailaw ,FoggBigger Cream Cheeks Write for sh’ mg tags and prices. or hi p‘to BLUETVALLEY ”in to Blue Valley 0mm In City nearest :eea' Detroit. Mich. arena Rapids. Mich. Milwaukee. Wis. Duluth, Minn @1923 By ave c0. ‘ Also creamer-lo 180 ther cit‘lt': General co: CHICA AGO 30 Days ms Try the imported ball bear- ing Harp Separator free for 80 days. The easiest turnin euro up to nil-tats tlehl ltb kt , d I will pay th:?reelllght bgtl: w:cy: one an ' 10 MONTHS To PAY 1 Selling' In Europe 70. 000 separators a year. Save 325.0150 ‘50 00 on each machine. Duty free. Write for prices and descrip- tive {older to day 113E :iQRP’ SHESPSAngTgfl CsO. ep . A ear om t. CHICA A.G0 ILL. DON’T WEAR A TRUSS BE COMFORTABLE— Wear the Brooks Appliance, the modern scientific invention which gives rupture sufferers immediate re lief. It no obnoxious srfiings or .Ppads Automatic Air hions bind and draw together the broken parts. No calves or _ plasters. Durable. Cheap. Sent on trial to rave its worth. IL I‘. .IIOIIK: ware of mitations. Look for etrade- mark bearing portrait and signature of C. E Brooks which ap- B‘elars on every Appliance. None other genuine. ll information and booklet free in plain sealed I (Continued flam P g 4) . , Here are some pin the things to. look out for when deciding whether corn is fit for seed or not: 1st. —Good mature seed corn ker— nels have a bright glistening appear- ance when held up to the light. 2nd.———The hull or seed cdat~ is drawn tight around the kernel and over the germ. It is not wrinkled. . 3rd. —-—If you cut a kernel cross— wise one-third the way from the tip, the hard starch should be of an amber color, hard and brittle in texture. ' 4th.——The germ should be creamy in color and the embrayo in the center yellowish green. The germ should be firm and cheesey in tex- ture. Poor seed corn will have kernels showing one 'or more of the follow— ing symptoms: lst ——-Dullness of color. 2nd. —Starchiness or transparency. 3rd. —-—The tip portion of the ker— nel may have a dark brown appear- ance. Do not confuse the brown membrane, which surrounds the germ, with the germ itself. 4th.—The hull or seed coat may be blistered over the germ, on the edges or sides of the kernel. This indicates a frozen kernel and is not worth anything for seed, particular— ly if the germ has turned dark brown. Fine lines or cracks, run- Ining through the hard starch, also indicates freezing. 5th.—-Do not use kernels showing cracked seed coats. Discard 'the whole ear if you find any such grains. 6th.-——Mold around the kernels is indicated by a white cobweby mass of _. filaments sometimes showing black. specks or spores. It very severe, tips of kernels next to cob will be very dark brown or black. 7th.—If some kernels have turn- ed brown or pink and the hard starch has become chalky and mealy, discard the whole ear. It may be badly diseased. If the ear has some kernels which show a gray canker, which is surrounded with .pink ring, discard the whole car. It indicates fusarium. If the cob has a shreddedappearance, where it broke from the shank, or if it has a pink appearance around "the out- side of the pith, discard the whole car. It indicates fusarium. , 8th.——When the kernel is cut crosswise, if the hard starch is chalky and mealy and the germ has turned a dark brown and is either watery or dry and brittle, discard the ear. It won’t pay to test it. 9th.———Discard all rough, starchy ears on general principles. They are immature and will give a weakened, lower per cent germination to say the least. , 10th. ——Run an individual ear test on all your seed corn this ‘year if lack . of you expect to get a good stand. .. “‘ . . u y. g . . > ‘ not t6 displace: kernels and tie roll 1' ' around center with string, each roll as finished in bucket, cover - With lukewarm water for several hours. Drain, and cover top with damp cloth or newspaper. Place in warm room. After several days moisten with warm water. On seVa enth day test is usually ready to read. To read test unroll cloth carefully on table and study kernels in each square. Discard all ears correspond-.- ing to squares showing dead kernels which produced weak or mouldy sprouts. Save for planting ears with kernels showing strong, clean, stem and root sprouts. (Editor’s Note: Further information r/can be found by reading Bulletin No. 289, "Corn Growing in Michigan.” erte the Bulletin Office, Michigan Agricultural Col- lege,. East Lansing, Michigan, for this bulletin.) LENT AND SELF-DENIAL (Continued from Page 11) tain rich man who fared sumptously day by day but forgot his poor neighbor. Yes, we do find our Lord vigorously condemning every satis- faction of our lower natures which disengages us from (Christian love and service. The Kingdom of God is our highest good and it, there- fore, claims our exclusive devotion. All selfish hindrances must be re- nounced. But we are called upon also, to recognize the vanity in much of our intellectual or higher self. Freedom of thought and a broad culture are much to be desired, yet ‘here We see a selfish and anti-spirit- ual trend. We have a great itching to be great, and to many this is to detach oneself from manual work, cultivate intellectual attainments, and keep oneself before a constantly admiring world. To win a name we will pay any price. But what is in a name when daily the unholy de- Imands of self are robbing life of strength and sapping it of charaét- er? The ideal of Jesus Christ was quite different. He was ‘narrow. That is, he set boundaries for him- self. H'e- shut himself up within safe limitations. He chose a nar— row field of service. He lived, work— ed, and died in a little corner of the earth that was. as ~insignificant to the cultured and great of the world as it was small. He could have been a world-wide figure, but he chose to spend his strength with saw and hammer in the home carpenter shop and in helping those of his own land. He chose to do but one thing. He could have done many others. The spirit of the times wanted him to move out into the worlddwide circles of usefulness; wanted him to broad- en out; but he said 'he would rath- plaee : i / §spesat°r $00 ONi-zv’ml _ Down 0 ay TRIAL ' Finland's wonderful CreamSepa that def allD com tition. ThePrlze-Winninglxgg‘“ now $0 CTto yon—sud a year topay A Positive Self Balancing Bowl that will not bget out ofbal- anee . No vi bratlon. '/__~—_. 1 sausamm 1‘; mam Spare Parts .- Service Maintained for every LACTA user. I! not satisfied after so days' FREE Trial send it back at our expense. Every Shipment PREPAID Immediate delivery. No long waiting-and a written GUARANTEE gfimwmgtg- Y“ ”a? §ur investment fully protected. Try the“ A. on mustf be satisfied in eve we or will be rein r17 1 your money Prices No. of Cows ..,_ (a 1;. w Capacity Price 3501bs. Ste 6 $53.00 5001bs. 6 to 10 E .00 6751113. 10 to 15 77.00 Get FREE Catalog! Investigate TODAY. Get the best so ureter at the loavesetu price. Write. Don't wait. Pgltalwlll :- BALTIC SALES CO» Inc. U. .Representntivee Dept. 118.105 S. La Selle St. ChicagoJll. , ' “MYERS , MEANs MERIT” Aalt‘laT get off the track. 1' E‘s/W 13 rbearings permit ILu‘iifi , ' push “$913,111". Twelve styles t “an/q??? wh ere ergaudle Myers Door Han andthe world-famous lineof M megmsSee Hay Tools. Beeure ' Will! stamens 1 <~ 5? movements. OrWrite W N ONE YEAR l U PAY ‘ us mfor leatalog. envelone A full stand on ten acres is a lot lililtill APPLIAICE 1:0,,297 SIATEIT.,MAR3HALL.NICM. more profitable than 60 per cent of ' ' a stand on twenty acres and it is im— ' ' possible to have a uniform stand of corn, unless one plants seed of high germination. Planting too much seed of uncertain germination re- sults in too many stalks in one hill and one or none in the next and this lowers the yield and quality of the crop produced. If you have not the materials handy for a rag doll tester, then use a sawdust box or sand—box germinator, using clean sand. The Rag Doll Tester The majority of the farmers of Michigan have tested seed corn some time or other by the rag doll method, or have heard of it, and know how to go about it, but for the benefit of those who know noth- ing about the test we are giving directions: Cut cloth er be narrow. There were other Youmnmgamymmuheum roads to take but he would take the oBurmmergamoSgn wmgrgegmm , narrow and self-denying one to Jer- plan whergbyoiegiiieargm'ovgngs‘i i usalem and the Cross, and, “If “dm'ebem’nwwy- any man would come after me, let flzwgfiggggg‘mfizfgwmmm him deny himself, take up his cross, ONLY 33 50 PER MONTH . and follow me.” Even so, every Noinmestmpay..no um ,,. community has a thorofare called, figflnfififinfi‘gfinfiwgflf' “The Way of the Cross,” upon which, those who walk in 'His steps, must tread. andworkmans p 30Deys’ FREETriaI- on “37°“ ‘ . atourrisk. Nearly200,000already , ~" He denied himself in intellectual Lififsggfiiflgigwag: belief. The world said to keep ° ° W broad. Don’t be so positive. This ALBAUGH. DOVER C0.mwmm is narrowness and bigotry. Jesus Christ tolerated none of this. ‘To him certain standards of duty and destiny were true. Others were false. He made the right his stand- ard and put it into action. And, unyieldingly, he denied himself of the false. Finally, Jesus’ self— denial and the narrow way must be concreted in our lives. Until we undertake an unusual and year-round program of self— denial, the world will travail in thirst, hunger, lust, and war. And until this takes place the church will drag impotently along. The narrow, confined stream is one of force and power. When un- ‘ confined, it broadens its sweep and becomes a putrid swamp. So with , men. Ask Edison, Ford, gStein- ' N metz, (.3011de or Woodrow Wilson. . But hear the call of the Christ. ."FOI‘ low me. " Yes, it is the Way of son, denial, but it will keep you: out 611 thed shadows and briii'g" you 110 Girls Go . er. Opermte more economically and sells at lowest on users say. Down, Balance On Easiest Terms try . I! it most all claims Besides loWesi: ‘_=’_ prices and easiest terms, {five customers alumin- 11111 ml 1: ll filled with alum nnm as ah own in pict- hn’ I special adver‘tisinz ofler. Write to day . for Special B lrcnl an. . LLIA “GALLOWAY COMPANY 863 Ioway Bastion. Waterloo lows if neglected. At the Firstlndication of Scouts l D David Roberts Calf Cholera " Grimulerb dealers or postpsidtl. AskfoanEgB ‘ 1:“ he GazlttleI Sgecialist” andh ow to 1' e no eel ome Veto gvi" outcast. Veterinary Advice Free. (cambric, muslin, or flannel) into strips five feet long and ten inches in width. Bisect lengthwise with heavy pencil line. Beginning about fifteen inches from . end draw eleven cross lines at right angles to center line, three inches apart. Number spaces from one to ten on upper side of line and eleven to twenty on lower side. . Belgct and number ears to be test- ' - ' ed. ' ampen c 0th and lay out TOBACCO ‘ Y smoothly! on difible. Remove six 0,. kernels rom erent parts of ear ten. , 03.3: % :33? 22.: number one and place germ side up ' ’ ' 3 in space number one, tips pointing To“ in’ same direction. Proceed With, I have returned home after years‘ service in France with the A. E. F. While in France I obtained from a noted French phtysicianm a prescription eat ment 0 f m a nd Neur itis. . Ihave ven it to thousands with wonderful re- ults. a prescription costs me nothing. I ask nothing for t. I will mail it if you will send » me your address. A postal will bring it. Write 9 e . 152 Ore-«Immune Rhea? Wank-Illa. WIC- nel. onaee. Box 452. odes. Brockton, Mess. " Cm White Diarrhea. We will. 10 manta Bradshaw tell of her caper. fence in her-- own Words: “Gentlemen: I see reports '01 so many losing thdr little chicks idth White Diarrhea. so thought I would tell my experience. I used to lose 11 ‘~ great many from this cause, tried 7:. many remedies and Was about dis- couraged. As a loot resort I sent to the Walker Remedy 00., Dept. 687. .» Waterloo, Iowa, for their Walko 12¢" f White Diarrhea Remedy. I used two 500 packages, raised 300 White Wy- same and never lost one or had ono sick after giving the medicine my chickens are larger and healthier than ever before. I have found this company thoroughly re- ~ ‘ liable and always get the remedy by ~ return mail. —‘—Mrs. C. M. Bradshaw, ' Beaconsfierd, Iowa." ' ‘ I“ 29:34 ‘ Cause of White Diarrhea a White Diarrhea is caused by the Bacillus Bacterium Pullorum. This * g - ‘ germ is transmitted to the baby , click through the yolk of the newly 1 hatched egg. Readers are warned , ' to beware of White Diarrhea. Don't wait until it kills half your chicks. ' .. . , Take the "stitch in time that saves i . «. ‘ . nine." Remember, there is scarcely ” ' ‘ a hatch without some infected _chicks. Don’t let these few infect your entire flock. Prevent it. Give Walko in all drinking water for the first two weeks and you won't lose ' one chick where you lost hundreds ‘ before. These letters Prove it: . Never Lost a Single Chick Mrs. L. L. Tam, Burnetts Creek, - Ind., writes: “I have lost my share of chicks from White Diarrhea. Fin- ally I sent for two packages of Wal- ko. I raised over 500 chicks and I never lost a single chick from White . Diarrhea. Walko not only prevents 5 White Diarrhea, but it gives the chicks strength and vigor; they do— ’ velop quicker and feather earlier." s. Never LostOne After First Dose Mrs. Ethel Rhoades, Shannandoah, Iowa, writes: “My first incubator chicks, when but a few days old, he- , gan to die by the dozens with White )1" Diarrhea. I tried diflerent remedies and was about discouraged with the * chicken business. . Finally, I sent to , the Walker Remedy 00., Waterloo, Iowa, for a box of their Walko ‘ White Diarrhea Remedy. It's just the only thing for this terrible dis- - ease. We raised 700 thrifty, healthy chicks and never lost a single chick ' after the first dose." ' . You Run No Risk We will send Walko White Diar- rhea Remedy entirely at our risk— postage prepaid—so you can see for yourself what a wonder-working remedy it is for White Diarrhea in baby chicks. So you can prove—as thousands have proven—that it will stop your losses and double, treble, even quadruple your pro-fits. Send 50c for package of Walko—give it. in an drinking water for the first ' two weeks and watch results. You’ll find you won’t lose one chick where you lost hundreds before. It’s a pos- itive fact. We guarantee it. The Leavitt & Johnson National Bank, the oldest and strongest bank in Waterloo, Iowa, stands back of this guarantee. You run no risk. If you don’t find it the greatest little .chick saver you ever used your money will be instantly refunded. —-—--———-—_————— ,5- , , ”7.7. .1-‘.-~ ,, . w , .. v , ‘ ‘2 . , WALKER REMEDY 00., Dept. 687. ' " svia‘citerixlgoihgoiai 50 1a 1 ( _ e c regn r see or ' , . 8’] $1 economicallay layge package of ' ' mink Sang it run Wm ”3 _m . on ur anttcc to instantly rm Wig-not gag” enclosing j_;_..§3£.s or an. 00m yaw 0; money order, ch, 2 . or currency 111-:- F “fie-fine mmm% mould. anemia-:3“. Huh-sand m White mafurIayL-tlowpricsa KNOLL'S IIATCIIm. ER. 12.301 3 HOLLAND. m e m at, even the doctors is. at. But when it comes to . at press collecting them vittymines they is (ll-iterences of opinion, some sayin’ milk has got the most,.so'me sayin’ that meat is alive with ’em, some s ’askin' us to take their word fut it that oranges is fifty per cent vittye mines, others that cheese is rich with em, outen, vittymines, others that green vegetables, like spinach, is the natur- al habitat of thetrue vittymine, oth- ers-recommendin' cabbage, others car- rots, because of their peculiar golden yellow color which is also good fut the complexion and kin be used in- ‘wardly to color the hair instead of henny, and so on and so forth, etc. I been workin' on a bulletin of my own; that's how I come to have so much information on the life history and‘habits of the vittymine and my honest conclusions, after long and painful study‘of the subject is, that the people that recommends all them various kinds of vittymine infested foods is correct; that they do inhabit asparagus, cabbage, orange, apple (I bit-into one onct in a apple, so I know) also, they are found in beef, pork, and mutton; also in milk which is fairly lousy with 'em accordin' to our food experts. - My scientific conclu-' sion which I’m givin’ out herewith fur the benefit of humanity, is that the true vittymine is related to the California flea: that it hops about from plant to plant, from fruit to vegetable, from cow to goat, from pig to pnllet, leavin’ life givin' energy with all it comes in contact with.——— Thos. Jefferson Putnam, Specialist in Rural Devilment. . , SHORT COURSE IN FARM EX- PLOSIVES AT M. A. 0. ONE week's course in blasting and handling explosives will be - an unusual type of school to be offered at Michigan Agricultural Col— lege, April 14 to 19 inclusive. The instruction will be under the supe’r- vision of L. F. Livingston, Extension Specialist in Agricultural Engineer- ing and is a part of the program for the safe distribution and use of Soda- tol, the new war salvage explosive, 1,500,000 of which will be placed in the state this year. The instruction will consist of lec- tures and moving picture demonstra- tions of safe and economical methods of handling explosives to be given each forenoon. The afternoons will be confined to field stumps, rock blasting and ditching. Sufi‘lcient acreage of each of» representative classes of work are available in the immediate neighborhood of the Col- lege to give the student a good work— ing force, the number enrolling in these courses will be limited to forty men. For further information write to Short Course Department, Michigan Agricultural College, East Lansing, Michigan. U. P. PRODUCES WORLD’S CHABIPION GUERNSEY GRICULTURAL d‘e v e 1 o pment workers throughout the Upper Peninsula of . Michigan are smiling complacently ever the world’s production record recently established by Rilma of Bay Cliffs 93480, a pure-bred Guernsey from the. herd of the Bay Cliffs Stock Farm, at Big Bay, Marquette County. J. B. Deutsch is proprietor of the farm and owner of the herd. Rilma of Bay Cliifs has hung up 'a record of 15,584.? pounds of milk and 821.70 pounds of butter fat and her average test was 5.24 per cent. The record entitles her not only to first place in class D. D. but also places her fourth in class D. Rilma topped the former world’s record in class DD by thirty-five pounds of butter fat. some ancestry points to her . Frank Rilma 21901 as the ' _;Voll'ts 111115 anémal among her tom- - Bilm‘: head over ,. Mm. rs an over others see tomatoes is made tomato, spinach, ’carrot.. 'Leshornand cry farms 1 our buying eggaowhereverm available. Sir-ed by Hollywood and Funk Farm Moles White and Brown Leghornl. Anconas. - Send for our catalog and read full particulars of the Wyn- garden Strain. rde “We“ IMMERY‘ [INNS ZELAND. MICH. Roz B J_ outmimwhhhood- w l erIiyouorda'NOW. .\ 111153” for Hatching. from Fourteen Whitaker's Red Chlollsbe and Sin lo Aware. Write for Free Ros se and Generations of Winter I Catalog of Michigan’ s Greatest Color and F21; Strain. Intel-lakes Farm. Box 4. Lawrence, Mich. , ship at once. ' B A a v o H I c K 8~REMARKABLE FOR SIZE and strength. Reasonable prices. Legb orns, An- cones Books s, ‘Vyan do “an. 0mm“ GER IRWIJMZS years the unable remedy,wlllrldih‘eln Minorcas Spam; rahmas. oiRoup. Golds, Dowel‘l‘roublc, etc" and keep themhealthy. A TV ROME POI-It'll“? mFARM. Pinion, 'lchlgan wonderworker.‘ 'Usedby hundredsoithoussnds. Get itat drugor secdatore. or order of usbycuxd—7Sc andtl. 50112111. delivered. runeafigé’ BAg-iym CHICKS [LEADING VAR- Postmenwillcollect. Noextxacharge. Ordertoday. eties. % Priced E . H E was. CALLAOHAN. Fonton, Mlchloan. G o ' I' E co. om“"""°b" —-—--—-—-WHITE LEGHORN“ TANCBED——BABBON, 200 to 300-egg bredlin ondcful hyel'lov at???» White can that bring tedbreeders on luck-from these tested ng EedIgreedmal 11% 1111}on “l’ive “driven gutarantefid liy gent" togacatalogt. and {id tea“. once or Va uabe J. PATER A 80H. R. 4. Hudsonvllle, Michigan. LOOK. 100.000 CHIX. BEST PUREBRED. . ' M. A. 0. method tested stock. Can rred Rocker Reds, Black Min- Whlte. Brown or Bull Leghorns 13c: but Anconas 14c Orping 111 18c: large chrahmaa ores c: tons 16561:: c. 20 0111?: Heavy Hatching Add 30 mm if la: ordered. mks tells achgut our “extrema 11?") stock. k reference. Beotmann "atom. ban 28 Lyon. Grand Rapids, Michigan A . one - WM. “loll“. QUALITY (WNW “DOD PURE IRED IREEDEIS. 15 varieties. I.“ laying ctr-Ina. Incubate 25 OM Prawn rieea. Free live silvery. Miaao an Poultry Fume. Columbia. Mo. SELECTED BARRED ROCK AND WWHITE w t" do115vto CECketechicls in: Minx-65mm $1818er 1°00. e yan o for Barred Boc chtigks for Apr 11;“ pcrl Leghmén chicks for Ari] sell 08" oOrder now. .W. HEIMBAO R. 15, Rapids. Mlch. STUIIDY GHIGKS‘ifiSEE’ manned ‘ " ° l(1y expe rta Reasonable prices. Catalo free. Single omb ”White Leghorns, Roch,Beds mn- dottes. Sunnybrook Poultry Farm, Hillsdale. BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE GET OUR prices on White and Brown Leghorns and White Rocks. Prepaid Parcelposh Satisfaction Guaran De Kostcr's Hatchery. Box 8, loeland. Mich. BARR N . . . - BABY 0"ch horns. 0 Spgcia? lo‘x pIr-lacg. 100% alive delivery guaranteed. Write for )I'i(‘e list. HENRY WATE WAY, R4, Holland, ich The Old Reliable Hu mnlmurenrnhunu silica. mites. bedbua, liceh onrooeta, etc. No dusting, ippln‘. greasing. handling. Get it at _ 1 drug orued store, or write us [or particular. and valuable mhook. GEO. I'l- LE 00. onus-.11.“. DON'T was easy odious POULTRY BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY ‘ rates by return mail. Department, Mt. Clemens, Michigan. F0 R 8 A L E—THOROUGHBRED ToULOUSE Gems and Butt Rocc Cookerels. Blue Ribbon prize winners. Bull per 15. BALDWIN & "OWL!“fl WEainosbuI-g. Mlch., R4. LEGHORNB ’ o reams PULLETS 2:23:11; riggliélrzlg Agi ht weeks, eighty-five cents. Wh te rone dollar. WReady April grhe‘hdtey- fllggltzndEafly hatchesm make bigger, stronger b 3135sz fall], ”1d wmter Michigan. TANGRED MORSE. Balding, HOLLYWOOD AND WYCKOFF Males head ”may” carefull Choice 00 _ selected breedlildg pens. 20.0 y stock Advertisements inserted under this heading at 30c Issue. Commercial Baby Chick advertisements 450 per lim. you have to oil’er and send it in. We will put it in type. send proof and quote Address The Michigan Business agate line, per per “rite out what I armor, Advertising 1‘ WYANDOT’I'ES 1 W H l T E WYANDOTTES. REGAL STRIAN. W; Eggs for hatching, $1. 50 per 15; $7. 00 per 100. ' 1:: F. W. ROBERTS, Salem, Mlchlgln. *L PURE BRED W. WANDOTI'E MATCHING Eggs Fislrml' s heavyé (”layingfo strain. $7. 00 per 100; 01' .... Mrs. Tracy Rush 104 Grover Ave., Alma, Mich. WHITE WYANDOTTES. MARTIN STRAIN. Eggs for hatclung $1. 25 or 15, $6 .00 per 100. .~ MR 8. R. GRAY, Mlllnnton, Mlchluan. .: BARRED ROCKS of m?" n 1111??" ’va'v ”5% 'lfi'ss‘s'é‘fi'é‘fis 8'6“ 9 e an o , F' 0““7"unfi manna, """a" ”BM" mfl'm'“ 15-31. 25. Josegh Amster Paw Paw, ’nmuhlga n. ISIIANI) Elba DARK RINGLET BARRED ROCK EGGS 1.75 RHODE R Sign” 3§102 r ”-30.2Le res type White skin 0 eggs v anon: Isuuo naps TOMPKINS s‘raam FRED K 0"; 81- Oil-'Mfllehlnn- ' N ”number!” 1 1923 y150 h yea": 01aI hens” audit ’ 0 a l each:201gears okluMhenaat 3.00 :oock- TUREYS 1: ’2' o oldhenam mum ”in: on Oil _ 03mm, ruaxsvs. re Bron r on 'm 0,1112%er years hm. Thy.“ hatch Heavy.”v1go°'§'&'. with" up. mud .Ieo m. 11. 1. glee 310.00. 0813.8. cloned. Booker villa, and. mum .91.“... 31-"... , 'u 1 -~ 2 v,...'. .1. . ...u ‘ Y . . ‘. - . av ., 1 .- ~ . 1 Lwo sees no" 1 bloom, I. 1. Pure Bred Mammoth Bronze “d “kw Felines: W55 ‘wmfl snooze “lulu“ , Elsi ell-lilll s Careful breeding. ly stuff Karaten's Quality ping Our Leghorns are long. deep-bodied. wedge- shaped birds, with wide backs and low read tails, big lopped combs and alert e es. 1rds that lay those large white e gs tha‘ bring the high prices on the New Yor Market. KIRSTEI’S FARM , rnosi ‘Ts‘rooixéri’i ,r‘ c WITH-‘I'IIE is me user: it desc ment. as vi? Hollywood and Barron English smiocomb wmu Leghorm cream sis-rises zoo-soc coo-seen LINE .' and "annealing h en—A Utility Bird ribes reduced our world'famona ith Standard Requirements SEND FOR FREE CATALOB _ our wonderful breeding establish- it tells hens for too. can don Box x w an o grout, it will show hat d h w to third your you w e your poultry profits 1931. ZEELAID. MIGHIGAII Our Baby Chicks " Dan's be best. because the are hatched from . i's leading pedigreed ocks, called by genu- me poultry experts, for .higher egg production and oeeeuse we hatch only in tested mammoth mach- nes. Rocks. Reds _ ghorns. Anconas Buff 0?ingtons. Large instructive catalog tell all abou them. Prices 9c up. MICHIGAN HATOHERY and POULTRYFARM Box 2. Holland, Mlchlgan. “HIGKS WHITE LEGHORNS $12 PER 100. $6.25 for 50, and $3.25 for 25. Barred Rocks and Beds 818 50, and #425 for 25. to Rocks 81 per 100. $8.75 for 4.50 . But! Or? as :18 , 9.25 and $4. 5 for 2 . on each 100 with order will_ book your order. Balance two weeks before dehver . live delivery guaranteed. Reference: ank of t. orris. Meadow Brook Hatchery. R1. Mt.'MorrIs. Mlcn. -—Inspected and Approved‘ Laksvrsw r e. closely culled. inspected and approved by Mic lgan Baby Chick Association. Every bird is healthy. has size. type and color. Hatched In World’s Best Incubator Our chicks are strong. sturdy and healthy. They live and grow because t e euhator made. 1002 live delivery to your door. Illus- trated catalog sent FREE. umirw roam ms. i a. Box 8 Julian, ma BabyChi-cks From Best Egg Laying Stralna In the World Tapered, pedigree-sired and Toni arron. S. C.- White Leghorns. S. C. 8: R. C. R. I. Reds. Parks' Barred Pl mouth Rocks. . flocks are all on free y are batched in the best in- ELGIN cuioks . Barron Strain Selected English White Leghorn Chicks. We ship all over the states the (food win r layers Prices are right. rade AA. best stock. e A, good lagers. Prices: Grade ‘f. bride-“5035136? 5‘3‘ 51°doi7'2‘l50180' rade chicks 2s, :3 so; to $6358} 100, $12.00; 500. $51.50; 10'00. siio.oo. ELGIN unrcnanv. Box 811-A, Iceland, Mloh. CHICKS 8m”- Healthy- From Hes Layers. S. 0. Tom Barron Eng. White Yeghoms, 12.00 100. Barred Rocks and S. i. R. . Reds $15.00. White Wyan- dottes $16.00. Assorted chicks $10.00. Order direct from this ad. Reference First National Ban . BLISSFIELD HATCHERV, Bllssfield. Mlchlgan. BABY CHICKS AND HATOHING EGGS, S. 0.. White Leghorns, Barron Strain, America’s greatest layers from our own breeding ens, chicks $15, $5.59 or hundred. Barr Rocks R. L eds. Chic . eggs $6.50 per 100% live arrival guaranteed, prepaid. down balance 10 days before shipment. o. W. BOVEE, North Star, Mlchlgan. BABY CHICKS From Best Produclng Free Range flocks, Highest utility quality, best for general purposes Sent ’post paid 10 % live delivery guaranteed. Write for catalo HOMER HATCHERY. Hofner, Mlchlgan. nd Rhode Island Reds $14.50 er 100. liVyisi‘;idottes and Biifl’ orpingtons x$18 00 Whit. Punsenso BABY omens, ssnnso "0‘:st ossru AMSTER. Paw Paw, lVllclilaan. BABY CHICKS FROM BRED TO LAY 8. 0. But! Leg 0 . First hatch March 3rd. . w. WEBSTER. path. fllchloan. Are You Ruptured? .a Learn How to Heal lt FREE Ruptured people all over the country are amazed at the almost miraculous results of a simple Home Systemvfor rupture that is being sent free to' all who write for it. This remarkable invention is one of the greatest blessings ever of- fered to ruptured persons, and is being pronounced the most successful Method ever discovered. It brings instant and permanent relief and does away With the wearing of trusses forever. Thousands of persons who formerly suffered the tortures of old—fashioned steel and spring trusses are now rejoic- ing in their freedom from the danger and discomfort of rupture after a brief usa of this remarkable System. There is nothing like it anywhere and hosts of ruptured persons are astounded at the ease with which their ruptures are con- trolled. For a limited time only. free trial treatments of this Muscle Strengthening Preparation are being mailed to all who apply. 'It' is an original painless Method. No operation, no danger, no risk no ab- sence from daily duties or p ensures. Send no money; simply write our name and address plainly and the rec treat- ment with full information will be mailed you in sealed package. " , Send now—today. It may save. the wearing of a torturing truss for life. ‘ , Faun TREATMENT courON Capt. W. A. Collings, Inc. ,, pox-226A Watertown, N. Y. .x 5‘. Send Free Test” of your System . ." for“ Rupture. j" ‘ . ‘ --Nsme v .-..~’a-. a. a. . It , , ‘ . , .. . 3 Add]!!! .‘e‘esgos Isoeaeoeoe he ""f!‘§9“"".".”“'.‘f ~ranno mm '*"*.."“‘ z; . » -..‘" {My I ‘. CERTIFIED scours CHICKS - n-om our b‘ree range flocks of Hollywood. and Barron improved English I horns. Strain of A horns and egg yield due to 11 years careful Br. I and 250 big on mated. l t d k” 00 00 88 CO e ' D 5 Barred Rocks 160, $153.06; 500, I White Le - Shep rd s Parks stra n 'of Rocks. Quality -300 cg-B ed line. direct. Barred pen I farm. Strong I . 5Ex- our modern 65 acre rite for catalog and prices on 85.00. W I selected Special Star matings. Postage prepaid. I "M‘ CH. p. 7-..- gr.» ,' ~ .— ago-3:1: EGG-BRED CHICKS 200 Ens Strain s. 0. English White Leghorns and Brown Le horns. to 1st rodnc bin methods gives you chicks that makers. for free he courtiilr clislsd Prof. E. ry ° 0 . . . of :‘arefiutlh breeding to; gggbegg-production, com< Our pen of White Leghorns W. Leghorn pen in the show) in the largest. utility show in at Zeeland. Michigan, Dec. 28. M A c judging. 12 years successful hatchery grow into money Write 100%, live dellvory guaranteed. catalog and prices. ROYAL HATOHERV a FARM 8. P. Wiersma. Zeeland. Mlchloan. man. 2. Chicks With Pep Try our lively and vigorous chicks from bred-today and exhibition hens. They wil niake_you money for they have the quality and egg laying _hab1t bred into them.‘ trial will _conv1nce you. All lead- ing varieties. Safe dehver . Pre- paid. Prices right. Ban Big illustrated catalog free. refer- . ence. Helgete Chick Hatchery, Dept. B, Helgate, Ohio. FREE CHICKS W. D. lish typ In Contact Many Breeds Every One a Wlnner Pure Breed Practical Poultry Your? e. on will be interested in American type Leghorns, also Eng- e egg re- cords our customers. report. Bend for our descriptive matter and price list. STATE FA RMB ASSOCIATION Masonlo Temple, Kalamazoo, Mlch. (Member International Baby Chick Association) \\\ Strong, Healthy Chicks Hatched in the latest improved Mammoth Incubator. English 8. C. W. Leghorns. S. C. Anconas, Barred Rocks, R. 1. Beds from heavy laying free range organised flocks. 100% alive. Parcel Post paid. Send for catalog. Reference. Tlmmers Hatchery. RS. Box M. Holland. Mich. Baby chicks dying How to stop it in 48 hours White diarrhea kills half of all the chicks hatched, yet this loss is easily prevented, easily stopped. For years, thousands of poultry raisers have stamped out the trouble almost entirely, by flitting Avicol in the drinking water. With- 48 hours, the sick ones are lively as crickets. GII oeiv Avicol c urged to Mrs. Wm. May, Bego, a losing 15 chicks ,a day before I re- Ind., says; the Avicol.‘ I haven’t lost one stpeell Anat-Ifimpglis, Inbd” seriilding enlarge sine hkm‘y ma] 5 osts nothing to try. Readers art wri to Barren-Dugger Con 81! so: 0 1 reaid ref sendno o tfllniiil Jilin thong-in." ' dm’ son, and thoroughly disinfect the.‘ "innate“. w y‘» . . . .. y, i, JWHMDIQ "who think-tweaking , 7 .1? ing to Prof. "Ernest , C. Eorema'n. head or the "department. ' . ’ It is planned. according to college officials, to develop several men qualified to cull flocks .on ~a com: mercial basis. Certificates will be issued to students who satisfactor- ily complete the course as an assur- ance cf their reliability. If the men are fast cullers they will be able tQ earn adequate pay atr2 or 3 cents a head. A rapidly increasing demand for instruction in this specialized field is said to have developed, and with the launching in July of the certi- fication service in which the M. A. C. poultry department and the Michigan Baby Chick Association will cooperate, the services of com- petent and reliable cullers are ex- pected to be in considerable de- mand. . ; Plans of, the M. A. C. poultry ex- tension division also. include 10-day culling campaigns, between July 1 and Oct. 1, in four counties and two days each in all other counties de- siring help. ' KENS MAY HAVE TUBERCULOSIS I have Rhode Island Red hens which seem to be in healthiest kind of condition and occasionally there will be one that will start to droop around and refuse to leave their perch to eat and then later‘seem to be lame in one leg and keep that way for a long time before they die; Please inform me What it is ails- them and what to do for them.—J. H. D., Dighton, Mich. -——The clinical symptoms described would indicate' that Tuberculosis may be present in this particular flock. Associated with the leg weak— ness which you intimated is present, one usually finds that the hens be- come greatly. emaciated and more- over they become dull and anaemic, and are inclined. to mope around. Their appetite, however, remains good, and in addition the hens will be found to drink considerable quantities of water. It may be advisable to forward one or more specimens to Doctor Stafseth of the Bacteriology Depart- ment, East Lansing, for' post mor— tem examination in order to defin- itely determine the ailment or dis- ease now prevalent in your flock. Intestinal worms would also in- duce a form of leg weakness and may cause such a condition .known as "going light.” A post mortem examination in the case of Tuber- culosis, would reveal nodules on the liver and in most cases, bunches on the long intestinal tract. These are creamy white in color. In the case of intestinal worms, the entire in— testional tract, including the ceca would reveal various species of par- asites including cecum worms, round worms, and possibly tape werms. In treating for intestinal worms, we would recommend using one teaspoonful of oil of American Worm Seed and one of turpentine to each twelve fowls. This can be giv- en in a moistened mash after the birds have been starved for twelve ‘ hours, and Should be followed with Epsom salts at the rate of one pound per. hundred birds, in the drinking water. Lime should be liberally used on the masts and dropping boards following this treatment. If Tuberculosis is present. the poultry house should be well lighted and ventilated, dropping boards in;- corporated, and all factors eliminat- ed that tend to create unsanitary conditions. The young stock should be raised on new ground away from the parent flock. The old stock should be tested by a veterinarian; and the reactivesv eliminated, or if the flock is but an ordinary one, it maybe advisable to dispose of them after the heavy spring laying sea- house and yards.-—~—E. C. Foreman. Professor of Poultry Husbandry,_.,M§ ., p . ~ 5 e . e ' i ‘ Teacher—Nonnumftlvfm 6" 6991:0306 “ ,v .h‘mm—wuwormm ' A Reina rk a lilo H o m e Treatment" Who ‘ . L , Given by One Had It. was attacked by Mus- cular and Sub-acute Rheumatism. I suffered as onl those who are thus a flicted know, for over three fyea’rs. I-tried- remedy a ter remedp, but such rellef as 10 - tamedwas only tempor- ary. Finally, I found 1a treatment : that Ncured‘ me . completely, a n d. I such a pitiful condition has never returned. I have given It to a num- afflicted, even bedri den, some of them sev- enty to eighty years old, and .the results were the same as in my oWn case- from any form of‘mus- cular and sub - acute rheumatsim, to try the great value of my im- proved “I-Iome Treat- ! ment” for Its remarka- ble healing power. Do notsend a cent; simply mail your name and ad- dress and I Wlll send' it free to try: After you have used it and it has proven Itself to be that long-looked1for means of getting rid of such forms of rheumatism, yog may send the price of it, one dollar, but un- derstand, I do not Want your money unless, on are perfectly sati‘s ied to send it. Isn’t that fair? Why .sufferaany longer when relief . is thus offered you free? Don’t delay, day. .— .s‘ m ‘ tho-ii; (sWelling at the jointS) , , Write to-. . MARK H. JACKSON 1 ] / I want every sufferer" 3' ’..« I In the year of 1893 I \4.‘ .' I her who were terribliv ,2 ,-.».,$__ - u. . "~‘ R» i. . fig“; u... ‘ I Indonesians-“HI meanness. ‘Alm‘ A absolute satisfaction ~ catalog and price list. your 01' er. 400 teen fiyars‘h Get lowest HOLLAND HATOHERY & POULTRY FARM. R. 7. 000 CHICKS w BIG, STRONG, FLUleY hes vyleying hens insuring 200d growth Moi? “perigwin pl" reducinf abnd lesmgipplngk ossu must? free price on best quality 0_ bcks bets 0 placing Holland. Mich. CHICKS hatched from well-bred and well kept. and P OFI'I‘S. .Getrchicks {1:001 real one took, the long deep-bodied type that are built . for laying. Our stock has n bred for years for high as: productionmlllosely - trap-nested so as to weed out everything but those that come up to the high Cloverleaf standard. ~" Cloverleaf” brings you extra value without the extra cost. 100% live delivery, by prepaid parcel post. Send for catalog. CLOVERLEAF POULTRY YARDS R. R. No. 2.3 ZEELAND. MICHIGAN SUNBEAM HATCHERY Chicks are produced under mv personal superyision. 'CHICKS—Investigate 7ask. ‘ cockerels 0d i blood dings by Dr exugrllslf Each ii gerwsonallye l_sufervised. Pure 111900 and up. .8 havee a ll ited number 0 lsuperior grade chicks liescrlp ‘51:: and dmatings.“ Write 1gor ‘ _ gsnvery. net. slum sale (final: «9: .‘. an 5.11.1111 RATOIIIRY. Box 5. Milan. Michigan. glare-bred flocks owned and developedtad by u. go. LARGE, HUSKY CHICKS Purebzedlm ,high quality chicks from certified, tested 1%ogks on5 free range. Pr! 50 8. 0. White Iand Brown Leghorn: °$3. 3.5g $0.15 $13 00 $02. 50 3120:9018 'Anoonas erred Roc ks, Assorted Ohio ks CHICKS HOLLYWOOD MATED $15 per 100 Sired b Hollywood males whose sms had egg re.— cords o 0 to Stock certified by Michi- gan Baby Chi cLAss Rurl strain 13 BMW“ ”home 8 4-813 Anconas. Barred Books. Large. illustrated cstalogF BEE ' RURAL POULTRY: FARM 'Box 110100iand, O Mich. so carefully culled sn by experts and many" for high elgogroduellon. rom 250 to see Mtrsins and from hens that 11de esdlnn pen in Michi n' s Inter- ns ion 51 Laying contest ,head our ocks. Eggs from these lemons slrslne hat ched with scrupulous care in our Modern Mammoth Incubators i.uce stress. husky. peppy ehlelts that are easy- snd Insrveleue syere. Chicks “61 shipped Doetps! ery our bl. he Illustrated session. Sliver Ward Hatchery. Box 80 leelsndJaleh Our chicks are the kind that make ood. Eve ery flock is care ully culled and mated. We have been in business seven years and have been building care- fully and consistently to a. lace where we can offer chicks more t an worth the money we SINGLE CODIB, ENGLISH STE \IN, WHITE LEGHORNS. BARRED ROCKS, ANOONAS. 100% live delivery guaran- teed. Investigate our pr osition before buying. A postal will b ng full infor- maonti STAB nHA'I‘C-HERY, Box 23, Holland. Mich. Early Maturing Baby Chicks g‘hese chicks arg‘from flocks headed .:—_';‘\~\\ ‘39)) I ELI ABLE CHICKS 5* s. 0. 11111011311 White \\‘3&.. c and Barred Rocks.“ Leghorns .. from carefully culled. l years. Leghorn males {rem tropnestsd 2 hens. has catalog. Write for prices. 80 m Reliable Hatchery and F arms R501. 3 Holland Mich. I, “It Fills the Bill” f‘smmvrmrm Extra Select Stock 2.00 r 100 h . Each order carefully§ pac cke‘lieu nrde hdg or live delivery. Bank reference.u 7. 25 8. 50 5.50 14. 00 10.001153 150.00 10. 00 50.00 ”83:10:11 gghgid in modern machines. 11 o . 1924 caglog ready n Postpaid. 100 % .. rong sturdy northern grown on free vrarlig‘ees insure strength in are Barred Rooks Hatched under best conditi 11 delivery guaranteed. Refed'enEce State special matings. Newton incubators. ( ommercial l Pr ice 30 ’0 Leghorns (S. G. White and Brown) $1.00 $1130.00 .00 $38. 00 $920: §8 AT NORTHERN HATCHE BABION’ S QUALITY BCHICKS Varieties Postpaid Prices On: 25 100 500 1000 English Wh., Br.. BI. and Bull L horns ....... $13.00 $02.00 $120. 00 Barred Rock 3. s. O. and R. o. s, Ancones 5 15.00 1.200 Wh. and 8011‘ Raocks. Wh. Wyandots. Mlnorcas. . 11.00 82.00 130. 00 8M. Wyan Bull and Wh. Orpl ngtons, -------- -- - 19.00 92.00 180 00 Black Lanshangs. Light Brahmas. ........................................... 5.00 . 19.00 92.00 180. 00 Pricresq quoted are for Chicks hatched from OUR GOOD UTILITY FLOCKS. Chicks from OUR X BA SELECTED FCLO KS will 3.00 per 100 higher and Chicks from our Fancy Stock of BLUE RIBBON PENS willmle be (1.35 00e§8r3100 higher. Also eight week pullets $1.25 up. Postpaid 100% li\e delivery Ban references. You cannot go wrong 01d d9) from this A.d am Thousands satisfied. 'Fllirty- four varieties. Ten 0115’ experience. Our slogan: The best chicks are cheapest, not the cheapest chicks best. Bablon’ 5 Fruit and Poultry Farms. Lock Box 354- A. Flint. Mich. Pure Bred Selected F locks 100 Per Cent Live Delivery hi.cks Selected, ure bred stock. Healthy flocks every 1813]“ from this Ad 000 es on 501110 Tra nested direct from $120.0 P 0.0 wor d champion layers; 9.50 18. 00 53. .0100 85. .010? 313333 thei ffirrlilous Tom Barron .................................... per an EveryB Cliick 1carefully nixspectedi 10 (if/23 11v: Whiteonglfd’lggtraC)?%gl€ Savm an 18 Cl y I‘l t6 or pr C 0 ' liv, mi 50, Iceland, Michigan. these chicks from Dedi- greed stock now at bar- from Best 8100 Developed and Culled by Expo a little more for your money. Brown Leghorns and Sheppard' s Anconas. QUEEN I'IATCHERY 81'. POULTRY FARM :: gain prices! Hatched' 1n the larg- est and finest hatchery 1n Michi- gan at the rate of 150, 000 eggs to a setting. Also get our prices on Barred Rocks and other popular breeds Satisfaction guaranteed or money back. Write! or FREE illustrated catalog and special DISCOUNT PR1 CS-——E ay. SUPERIOR POULM FARMS Box 201 Iceland. Mich. MEADOW BROOK (1 Line Free Range Flocks. ns---Barron Strain English White Leghorns. Sturdy, Healthy Chicks. Just Write for Catalog. ZEELAND. MICH. Safe delivery guaranteed. SELECT [lit clommerfcinl . us or lifg A” from pedigreed stock With for the winter months. Rocks. 51-. rices so why take others. 5 years and kept improving all the fmm the northern part of the state that are getting We also hatch Byron Center Poultry Farm and Hatchery KEISER. HENRY DePREE & SONS. One of the Founders of the Chick Indusrty 21 Years in Business Pure- bred stock carefully devrloped for years. Order from this ad and get chicks just when you want them Prepaid prices on 0 0 5 hits and Brown Leghorns $1.00 $13. 00 $62. 50 STOCK “’5 have bred the Barron strain S. C. \V. time. Our foundation stock from egg records u to 279. lVe have customers mm 60 to 70% egg production the famous Sheppard Anconas and Barred Write for our catalogue and order early so you can get them when you want them. Rocks. Reds. Burrs Leghorns18 00 233 White Wyandotte ............ 11. 95.0 Mixed Oh cks (all varieties) ...... $102. 00 0per 100 You take no chances. Ref: First State HUNDERMANS We are heavy reducers of pure- bred chi v Blue Hen Incubators. free. Orders booked for 10% down; cebalance ten days before chicks are to be shipped. HUNDERMAN BROS. POULTRY FARM. Box 30. leeland. Michigan. Hymn Center, Mlch'g‘m' Bank, Holland. 97% live delivery guar- anteed. White Leghorns headed - FIRST CLASS CHICKS by male birds of 285- 303 egg $10 and UP record strains. Other breeds Flocks on free range. Culled by an expert. highly bred. Circular free. is and get chicks when you cks today from t 100 % live de ivory guaranteed. Order . it Prices on 5 5010 5 0 Ehrdllshhegl cyli'llleiltes Leohorns ..$3.50 $6.50 $12. 00 $51. 50 $115. 00 Ba rred Rocks, 8. c. Reds. 4.25 8.00 5.00 2.50 140.00 -_- M..- .__. fig“ Odds and Ends ................... .. 8.00 5.50 10.00 ——~ .- -_ Referen Zeeland State Bank. Order today; you take no chances. c... 0. Improved S. C.White Leghorns BRED FOR EGG PRODUCTION SINCE 1910 rlllcks sreE strogfi, C breeding sack. HIX— P. VER HAGE, FREE CHICK OFFER Our Tom Barron Strain White breed and batch only one Progressive Poultry Farm, 0 H I C K S from this high grade egg laying strain will give you a big or profit, and Leghorns my big dividends. absolute satis action. They kind—t the best Our pure- -bred alve years of careful husky and easy to raise. Get our circular fie ecting and breeding direct K OFFER be ore buying eggs. Chickfl 01' tlléfinshdlltigt' lh’bgsiglztullmhn t will surely pay yo 0-‘1 You benefit by our 13 years 111 hatching and shipping chicks. These chicks possess great vitality and grow up uniform 111 sure. 0% safe Let us mail you our cats- Mgr. chland, Mich arrival guaranteed. logue With prlces. Pure Bred Baby Chicks We have been carefully develop- ing our flocks for eight years. Every chick pure bred an from stock carefully culled for tpe and production. ur‘ c lcks give satisfaction. Order today and get chicks when you em. QUALITY CHICKS Our chicks are special quality. Our heavy home trade which takes most )f our chicks indicates the worth of worvrkms 111110115111, Iceland, Mich, 11.2 BEST CHICKS at Low Prices Send for free catalog describ- ingu beet bred chicks in the Tom Barron and Tan- SPECIAL “9"“? 11119 stock. Those who know us best cudu w h. Leghorns. Mich-Bigan’ Prices on 0 Ire our best customers. Pure bred gamer Win ter 1.. “1.18523. iaN. Ill-00 horn's‘ "i“h‘foii ....... 8'00 813 301832 00 stock carefully developed) d100'ledliv0 C ta] Evgcgemr c 3'51”}..3': slit m,‘ . s . . 5...... o a 0 on per w. Wysnllottes. w. Rooks 5.50 10. 00 11.00 “5113;? 93:32:33}... ‘ °' 3’ ‘ m livery susrsnu..¢. Postpaid. 100%: live delivery. You take up with“ Parcel Postd Prepaid on 50 100 500 Hes-er Fredericton Poultry far-.0012. Emmet. chances Ref. armers s; Mechanics Bank. this rown and Buff o 13 0° 32 50 city. N0 Catalog. Order from this ad. horns. 3‘"°°M1ioc'i’s’"""° 5 3 00 o s w“ wnsurcnsw Hnrcnsnv “w...“mwyifid m ....'....s.oo 15.00 12.50 BABY CHIC ”Jr "'1' 1'3”": ONOOS Rd. Ann “POOP. MIOII. . OARVIEW Poul-TRY FARM_ Mag-anal. "IO“. “lung OfLelngglfggf Quality Chicks at Reasonable Prices 0 H I 0 K s : HOGAN 153150 cunnnureco ewe“ 8,3,3“ iim'gfiggigmfig“ figmzigfgfi m ,keygm . Our Chicks are from flocks on free 13 hi h 11' 3' 3 dB edg. I n llsh White Leghorns. Perks range The ey me 1176' and grow and 0 g qua ty Barred Rocks trad? Barred Rocks. 8. 0. Bl soil make'a roflt GLISHN WHITE All flocks culled and inspected. Modern hatching inorcas Reds Anco LEG OR 3 1n}: NBRO LE3- plant, 2 hatches weekly. Quality chicks at com- pen amt at thea1923 Mich. 0011- HORNS ng Extra Good mercial prices. 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[porn Promising Farm Outlook HE general agricultural outlook I for this year is promising for ' farmers who are out of debt and cultivate not too large tracts of land, while diversifying their pro-_ ducts and exercising care in intens- ifying the yield of every acre. Where farm machinery is needed, it should bebought, even if time is re- quired to make payment, and all manure piles should be spread care- fully over the soil. It is pointed out by the Department of Agricul- ture in a bulletin just out that farm- _ ers are undertaking a normal pro- duction of products, while they are still confronted by difficulty of se- curing helpers, even at high wages and the general disparity between prices of farm and city products. Business interests are extremely prosperous, and the consumption of food is the largest ever known, yet the situation is not such as to war- rant any expansion in production. Farmers are feeding plenty of cat-‘ tle, while the hog industry is des- cribed by the agricultural depart— ment as going through a period of liquidation and discouragement; but this may be expected to right itself ultimately by curtailment of the number of sows bred. In this mat- ter conservation is advised, and it should not be forgotten that in former such times heavy production and low prices brought about such reduction of breeding as to result in a hog shortage. The sheep indus- try is neglected by so many farmers that there is a shortage and unusu- ally high prices, although Michigan makes a good record of flocks. Poultry production is expanding all the time, but no faster than the de- mand, and good prices are paid for poultry and eggs. 'As regards the dairy industry, the Department of Agriculture says: “The dairy indus- try has expanded to the point where gross domestic production, in terms of milk, slightly exceeds gross d0- mestic consumption. Although 18,. 000,000 pounds net of butter and 64,000,000 pounds of cheese were imported during 1923, stocks of condensed milk and other products, more than equivalent to these im— ports, were piled up within the country. Judging from the number of cows on farms, there will be a further increase in domestic produc- Feorn's MARKET mm" d MARKETSUMMnnf- Wheat easy after small decline. Corn unchanged. _~_ Oats and rye '. dull. Steady “demand for beans and prices am. Bntt'er and egg in ‘ demand. Potatoes firm. Good supply «poultry. Dressed calveswin demand. Trade in cattle, hogs and sheep fairly active. " . (Note: The above summarized information was received AFTER the Miami of the mar- ket page was set in type. Ii. contains last minute information 'up to within one-half hour of going to pm; -—Edltor.) ~ 1- L tion in 1924. Foreign surplus pro?- duction is likewise steadily increase ing. This. competition, coupled with the already heavy production in this country, and the possibility that consumer demand may not be defi- nitely maintained at levels predict- ed upon great industrial prosperity, suggest ~the necessity for conserva- tism as to further expansion in dairy production.” Decrease ' in Wheat Area Michigan wheat farmers are na- turally deeply interested in the wheat acreage of the United States, as they have suffered extremely fin- ancially from the greatly excessive crop of wheat harvested last year, and judging from all that can be learned, the future of prices is go- . ing to be fixed mainly by the size of the crops of winter and spring wheat to be grown this year. With European conditions so abnormal and no prospect of any substantial early betterment, the American farmers must learn to depend main—i 1y on the domestic consumption, and this, of course, means much smaller crops than those recently grown, for war time crops obviously imply sales at losses. The recent report issued by the Department of Agriculture is an extremely important one to every farmer interested in wheat, and un- less the spring wheat change their minds, there is a prom- ise of a marked reduction in the acreage. Reports were received from 43,000 farmers as to what crops they plan to put in, and while the answers show that the spring wheat area promises to be 14 per cent less than in 1923, there is an indicated increase of 3.2 per cent in corn, 7 per cent in oats, 9 per cent in barley and 54 per cent in flax seed, the latter being due mainly to the unsatisfactory price for wheat in the northwest. In the corn' belt states there is an indicated gain of 3.5 per cent in corn acreage. The total farmers ~ are discouraged V ---You with bean growing or ---the market does not get the profits. Michigan. suit you the JUDSON JR. BEAN SORTER will make you an enthusiastic bean grower, because you Mail us samples of your beans, we will tell you the possible gain awaiting you. , Many Michigan farmers have made from $300 to $1000 in the last three months picking their own beans. Ask address of your nearest J_udson Jr. dealer. Demonstration Branch and Sales Warehouse, Durand, JUDSON MICHIGBEAN co. Factory and Main Office, 407-9 Fort St. 15., Detroit, Mich. “The World's Standard” Cen tor-shear cut means bet- ter cnsrlagc, smoother running, . less power, no cloggi ng of blower. One lever starts, stops and re- vcrsee. Big capactllly. Per. ‘ fectly balanced. Ma cable, un- . breakable knife wheel insures abso- ‘ ‘ lute safety and makes fut cutting _ ‘ . to meet every , em- to M buyers. T a corn acreage promises to be the greatest on record, with the single exception of 1917, when 116,730,- 000 acres were hamsted.- The spring wheat acreage as indicated brings the total under that grain to the lowest in over twenty years, and, taken in connection with the 40,190,000 acres seeded to winter wheat, suggests of 66,347,000 acres, ' the smallest since 1917, when the harvested area was 45,089,000 acres. Still, the total is about 10,- 000,000 acres above the pre-war av- erage. The spring wheat acreage is placed at 16,166,000 acres, compare ing with 18,786,000 last year. The Grain Markets It has been found impossible to boost prices of wheat permanently under existing conditions abroad, and there has been a marked de- cline since the time, a number of weeks ago when wheat was selling in the Chicago market for future de- livery around $1.13 a bushel. Our market is all the time above norm- al export standpoint, with exporting countries underselling us, and prices are on a domestic consumption basis. Not withstanding the large decline in prices, wheat -is selling away higher than Canadian wheat, when exchange is figured, prices be- ing much lower than in March last year, and it is startling to look back and recall that a little more than two years ago May wheat sold on the Chicago Board of Trade close to $1.40. European countries have been getting plenty of wheat from Argentina, and other exporting countries, and the wheat exports from the United States from the‘ first of last July to the first of March were reduced to 120,000,000 bush- els, or 48,000,000 bushels less than 'a year earlier, leaving a superabun- dance for home consumption. The visiblewwheat supply in this country was reported a short time ago as 61,656,000 bushels, comparing with 46,470,000 bushels a year ago. The most important recent event was the increase in the duty on imported wheat to 42 cents a bushel. In answer to inquiries as what to do with wheat on farms, it may be answered that numerous. farmers are waiting for further information regarding spring wheat acreage. Of course, it is impossible to know what futurepriceswill be. A short time ago May wheat sold at $1.041/4,, comparing with $1.22 a year ago. Corn prices have weakened re- cently on unincreased marketings, the visible supply in this country having risen to above 26,000,000 bushels, while exports from our shores continued much less than a year ago. Rye is still sold at'far lower prices than last year, and ex- ports have been surprisingly small. The rye visible in this country is up to 21,641,000 bushels, which com- pares with 17,518,000 bushels a year ago. Oats exports are not very large, , although prices are low, but they look high if compared with two years ago when they sold down to 37 cents. About the samehtime May corn sold below 59 cents. It is reported that farmers of McLean county, Illinois, are planning to hold their surplus-v corn for $1 a bushel. Sales for May delivery were made in Chicago .of corn at 77 cents, comparing, .with 74% centsa year ago; cats at 47% cents, comparing with 45’ cents (last-- year; and rye‘at’67 cents, comparing " with 8434fcents ayear a340,; _ , . ‘ Red Clever andSeed 09m - From many parts» of the," to. try ’5. were at $8 to $10.75, . class of heavy steers bringing $x $12 and yearlings going at $1 . to $11.50 No very ,deésirable ~. went below $9.25, and common: sold for $6.85 to $8 and .inferi lots at $4.50 and. over. . ‘ and heifers sold at’$6.50 to”. but only a few sold as high as $8.60.}, A year ago the best steers were soils ing at $10.35. Canner and cutter COWS 80 at $2.50 to $3.75, whila’ ~ demand exists for stockers and . feed-"--"€ calves bring, $6 to, $12.25. are at $4.6‘0-to' $8.76, the puissant: 7 The cattle; industry is profitable So-fa’r its-Well finished kinds are concerned, but ‘ Thus " ’ ing at $6.25 to $7.50. common lots are poor sellers. far this year fewer cattle have gone ’ to market than a year ago. Good 'Deinand for Hogs ; _ Considering the huge, marketings most of the time, hogs are'selling » better than might be expected, the local and eastern shipping demand being on a large scale, as low prices stimulate the censumption of’ fresh _ and cured pork products and lard. Hogs in the Chicago market sell largely with a range of 50 cents; with prime heavy butchers going the highest and the best light bacon hogs nearly as high. Recent receipts of hogs have averaged 230 pounds, being nine pounds less than a year ago, Combined receipts in twenty markets for the year to late date ag- gregate 11,400,000 hogs, comparing- with 10,326,000 a year ago and 7,- 983,000.two years ago. , Hogs are higher in Chicago, with sales recent- ly at $6.60 to $7.65, comparing with $7.10 to $8.40 a year ago and to $6.90 nine y‘ears'ago. . ’ High Prices for Lambs Despite reactions now and then, prices are extremely high in the Chi- cago market, where wooled lambs have brought from $16.76 to $16.75, . ' with culls selling at $13 and over and shearing and feeding lambs at $14.25 to $16. .A year ago prime lambs sold at $15.60 and eight years ago at $11.90. Yearlings have been selling. at $12.75 to $16, wethers at, $10.26 to $13.26, ewes at $5 torg$11 and bucks at $6.75 to $8.25. Shorn lots sell $1.60 to $2 lower than un— shorn lambs and are preferred to 3 These are great times for wooled. the sheep industry. » BEANS 4' '~ Bean prices at Detroit declined during the fortnight ending Sat‘ur- day, March 22nd, but advances took place bringing prices back to about what they were two weeks ago. The market is firm at Detroit. The east~ ern markets report an unsettled mar- , ket with supplies good. Many close students of the bean market are of the opinion that we will 'not see higher prices the remainder of the season, Many eastern dealers are putting pea beans up in cartons and disposing of them readily with a good profit for their trouble.“ With the .. price per pound two or three cents higher the stock in packages finds a better market than bulk‘ beans-of? the same quality. ‘ POTATOES ~A firm tone prevails in the market for old potatoes at Detroit. Eastern points are notproving a very good , A; market for old potatoes, and trade is dun witK'irri'gular. prices: GOvern—" "ment’ estimates ”acreage for this year show a _dB-_i On the crease of 2 per cent'under a year ago for the entire "U. S. Michigan's“ acreage is expected to- be tram 38 ,to’ 10 per cent under that .of last year. .J MARKET QUOTATIONS :7 ‘ . Wheat .../ ‘ '2 red; 6 Detro t——~C ash No. ,2 :. Fat , cow I $6.30 ' ' intended f also: March, {Lao f . , «BBATURE-S ‘ at beginning . gunman Michigan will be . 3,; ove‘the seasonal normalise-w _ year . ‘G‘ash No.2 white, the; No. 8, 4754c. 4 . storm earlier that is} W be..;over thelstai ' 7E1 _ {or less gener _ ayibe ‘ tthis tints» Show is pr b- y , ‘ZLWinds will be stronger flatulence of the \vveet from _ at“ ITuesday will In generally tair ‘ 1th the probable exception of about Friday when ' some threatening weather is “ The days will bewarm and was while the, night will be one! to cell. '0 »" . Week oiAprilo ' . Little or no storminess * ”is" character” is expected in f‘, 'fmigan this week. 7.Most oi the 7': - ' will. be- sunshiny days and T stir light nights exCept for the per. 2514 around Thursday and Friday. On these last named days moderate skewers and wind storms arolto be expected. , - ,. April Wet and Gold ~ . “The month of.‘ April will prove ‘ ’ fiaclward to most farmers of the. .. -st’até’ with temperatures below the usual standard and rainfall more _ than the seasonal amount._ ’ sash No. 2.’ 8139c; average during early [part at an at an! ' ‘nannonnsr‘nmomfir ‘ 00 I. O. '— V L 1’ SPRING PIGS. PAIRS 0' II 6.8: In; slag. From 3 good strong sires. Also fall pin. Baal“ an. 55 mile west ‘th a you. w Mich. .20 BRED GILTS - . too. Bred from 8,0". Foot-t. 7.0.1; and hosts; wm _ iota £5.33 gsm'efisagrsicos. Bookinc «(53:2 W3 , ' a W“ "ss.-°'m.....“°..r:as ' ' .' . our . " _ fl Wrote. it! John. Mich" 3- 4- mn: ms or THE want we ‘ , 2:23?!“ a m ‘ i' an ed right. DAN IOO‘HIR. Evert. Mlohlcan. DOGS n ens—MAL: robx "done 11 In. am. "oh I33?! E ”523,33?” mus-m. POULTRY worms 3 r o n z e Tut-Ito‘s;ml Golgbanlt strain. Unrelated stock. Visorous irds. Write -. T form-ices. Mn. Perry VStebblm. ram. Mich. .7115 - ' White Holland Turkeys ' gALDIH WHITGOMB. Byron center. mohlgan. o H wm-rs HOLLAND TURKEYS. 11%"? gears loild 633.6)0; “Lung tom $7.00: 3 . a so . ”FIRAWVSND ossx. Sherman, Mlchlaan. g Wat-rs HOLLAND TURKEVe—nsoucso Hens 7.00; Toms $9.00. a ooh nose. Harlem. woman. 7 ”Dunno“ use 1'11:st sees so. anon , FurPos a13.f30%winn_da sis atdfiMichi- ’ ran 1 0 on. at??? e. calmness. Fegton. lohigan. nouns nan runners? vss; we“ HAVE some good ones. Write for p cos. Ii. w. nose-nun. Hesperla, Mlohigan. FARM LANDS ' REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. 1. APPROXI- 10 noise in Bafiofil‘wpiona 00. B2. .3- lcres mp n Twp. :1 . of 45 acres in Bangor Twp? Bay for general or ' , V tanning. " _. . . near the Cl W _ p I. “Y, n mag? glides mom? Tnfihx co - titanium L's—s sense a mass east 0! , , ' ,4; , . acting softening: cad. Large frame M gmg {Warner‘s 1600: ism 01.11.1332. ions got the/ subject. “that one done:- .» :‘Ah ' I :. . M " ’ ,1 .1‘ I“ I it—-—Oash- no; 'fi'yhiw’. 49 tame—Joan no. a'white, 431,9 4911250; he; 3,. 47.166489“. ' ' ago—Detroit, Prices , . one . . Rye Detroit—Cash No. 2, 66¢. Chicago—Cash No. 2, 66%c. Prices one year ago—Detroit, ' Beans _ ‘ Detroit—~20. H. P., $4.70 a 4:75 per cwt. . . Prices one year ago—Detroit. C. H .P., 57.40 per ‘cwt. , Potatoes . Detroit—$1.50.@ 1.66 per c'wt. Chicago—$1.25@1.40 per cwt. Prices . one year ago—~—Detroit. $2.00@1.50 per cwt. Hay . Detroit—No. 2 timothy, $21@22; No. 1 clover. ‘320.50@21; standard klight mixed, $22.50@23, per ton. Chicago—eNo. 2 timothy, $21@ 24; yo. 1 clover, $20@‘22; light timothy &. clover, $24@26, per ton. ’Prices one year ago—Detroit. No. 2 timothy, $14@15; No. 1 clov- er, $13@14; standard & light mix— ed, $15.50@16, per ton. STATE GASOLINE TAX is AN INVISIBLE TOLL GATE (Continued from Page 3) But no matter how attractive a proposition, such as the gas tax, may ‘ appear in theory and principle, it is only the part of common sense to see if that system has ever proved successful in practice. We naturally wonder about the matter of colleca tions, are they complete and cheap or incomplete and expensive? Sena- tor William M. Connolly of Spring Lake, champion of the gas tax in the recent session of the Legislature has made aparticular study of this phase As a result of this research he writes: , "A tax on gasoline is easily and cheaply collected. It has been stated by the opposition that the collection at a gasoline tax would create an army of soft job holders in the em- ploy of the state and could only be collected at an enormous cost. This is the old game of the obstructionist,- to' base a poisonous argument on a dishonest hypothesis. The tax on gasoline would be remitted under sworn statements by the distributors. who would collect the tax from the 'retailers. The Secretary of State will handle the collections with prob- ably two additional employees. The State of Indiana is collecting its gas tax at a cost of $7,000 per year. Is Michigan less competent or efficient than her neighbor? ,No.’j Senator Connolly goes on to give the figures for a long list of states, showing what each raises and the cost of col- lection in each case. , By, doubling the length of this article it would be possible to‘ give in full 8. list of 21 reasons for a gas tax which Senator Connolly has , compiled, ‘but lack of space prevents that. Let us merely hint at a few of themz—a workable rebate pro- vision has beenwritten into the pro- posed bill to exempt gasoline used other than in motor vehicles. The revenue would take care of the in- terest and sinking tund of our $50,- 000,000 highway bonds and leave a balance sufficient for trunk maintenance and amortization of the large sum of reward money due the counties. The tax on gasoli e is a comparatively painless method of procuring highway finances. It is spread over the year on an easy in— - stallment plan, it does not hit‘ like a tax; payable the first of the year when then-coal, bill, Christmas presents, general property'taxes, etc.,,have re- duced the payer to the brink of bank- ‘ Thirty-sir‘diflorent states have a ' '_ “it is a success, not; give it a try here in 1,5 c :3 vcry Month! The SeedeDollars you invest in this great Electric and Gas Public Service are working for you day and mght, every day in the year, earning you a safe, tax-free cash income. ' Over 16,000 thrifty Michigan people are profiting through 'share owning partnership, Invest In Consumers Power Company Preferred Shares _Tax-Frcc in Michigan (The Company pays the taxes) , 6.6% ‘ and Safety Complete information and facts gladly given. Write Securities Department—Jackson, Mich. Or ask our Employees. line ' FARMERS! Prices Now Ready On M-I-C-H-I-G-A-N PRISON MADE Binder Made In YOUR OWN FACTORY at Jackson, Mich. BUY NOW and SAVE MONEY We are first to announce Binder Twine prices for 1924 season. The prices are very low considering condition of Yucatan sisal situation which is serious. Prices will be higher. Don’t wait. See Ithe secre- tary or proper official of your farm organization today. They have the prices. Do it today! Tomorrow prices may be higher. Prices direct on request. Write to ' HARRY L. HULBERT, Warden, MICHIGAN STATE PRISON, JACKSON, MICH. Twine MAIL THIS COUPON FOR FREE SAMPLE. and Prices on Michigan Standard Binder Twine Harry L. Hulbort. 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It gives you a new roof surface Wthh IS not affected by heat or cold, does not rot, rust, or Rggfgeggggghgggeggtc Eng éimem, decay and is guaranteed for. 10 years. SAVEALL is_ furnished in Black only and IS shipped in . Steel Barrels or Steel Half Barrels. One gallon Will cover about 70 square feet of roof sur- One 33110“ 0‘ SAVEALL covers face. Never sold by Jobbers, Retailers or Salesmen. You buy it direct from the manufacturers ——use it four months before you pay,vand get our lowest factory prices. We. also make a complete line of Paints, Varnishes and Enamels. We can save you money on all kinds of paint. Every gallon guaranteed and we give you so oars to rat Write lor- Freo Book A Post Card W11] pa an average of about 70 square feet of roof surface. SEND NO MONEY Must the 4 Months Trial order coupon We Allow All Freight Char-gee The Franklin Paint co., on: Franklin Ave., Cleveland, enrol Now is the lime 'to make your old roof as good as new ' Gentlemenz—Please ship me the following as per Special Offer: ' PRICES * ' on ‘ ”m1. Liquid nearing , East .of .Mississippi River and north of Ohio River including New England States, Ky.,Va., ' West Va., Mo., Minn., Iowa, and North Carolina. _ .159 per gal. in Barrels ~ '17” per 33“. in 1/5 Barron wB'eyond these boundaries a I with SA VEALL on our “4 ,Montlu Free TriolfOffer” Send no money. Just fill out coupon for as much SAVEALL I as you want..We will ship it to you at once. You'siniply pay . . . . . . . .Steel Half Barrels Saoeall Roofing (40 gals.) I . the small freight charges on it 'when it arrives and at; the end . . . ..... Steel Barrels Saveall Roofing (65 gals.) , . . - . . ." a . I It is understood you are to include FREE one Roofer’s Brush and 25 lb. Drum Plasti- I 0f Fhe 4 months malpenf’d you payfor 't ‘fl “3 fulfil}; filfl on: kite Patching Cement. I agree to use Saveall in accordance with directions and will clagms, deductmg the freight :charges you aye. Pa" .- no j lpay in FOUR MONTHS. if it does what on claim. Otherwrse I wfll reporttlo youl satls‘fac;tory‘I _we agree t9 cancel the charge. Don t ilet this \ promptly and there will be no charge for t e amount I have used. chance slip by. You . a1 5 0 get a roofing brush an (1.2 {58; Of . Plastiklte Patching Cement FREE if you act quick. 1 ill ;outv.. Name...’ ..... . ........ . .......... ................. .. Postoniee ......... . ................. .................... ...... thecium'ia'iidg‘aflymm?“ ' ‘ ” .' " ‘ ’ l ‘ " '3 V’fewicents more per sultan.~ ' ‘ ~ ‘ - ‘ A 4 a mmnxufll'm? coo a-e‘eoaéhtoeoverthem-f, ;. I V ' ,9} P Ming“ “1‘“. 399': " Shipping Station .............................. . ............... 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