An Independent Farm Magazine Owned and Edited. in Michlgan VOL. XI, No; 216 I SATURDAY, AUGUST .30, 1924 ~ :3ng $323533; 3; 7-.w—v-<-p<,-(7¢A.VU. f: .. V H . V :‘fl u rapmaaa-qwr: ~ ‘ A! ‘ ‘ , ,_ ‘ .Vnr W“), I .2914“. . ' ".32.;23225 / \‘ a merchandising event of the entire year. For months we make careful preparations for it in markets .4354nniversary 3a 9 Begins Tuesday Sept.2 This Anniversary Sale is the most important Hudson not only Of America but of Europe and the Orient. Every department is represented. Hundreds of special values all over the store. We wish particularly to emphasize that every offering is of new Fall and Winter merchandise of Hudson quality at very definite savings. You will find Hudson’ 9 an interesting, friendl p Anniversary Sale Begin: Tuesday, Septeméer 2, During State Fair Mek—“Ewr’éody Comer" % lace to sho . You will find the Anniversary savmgs we worth whi e. " HUDSON D I R E 0 TO RY . I I > I ~ . Toilet Hl Folds Medicines Portfolios 53m..." 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Hudson Company it and your orders will be m’ prompt and em- cim‘ .ncn‘en' 0 Watch the Detroit» Daily Newspapers for the daily adver- tisements of the sale The . L. HUDSON COMPANY —WOODWARD AND FARMER AT GRATIOT—DETROIT . 7 / Michigan Beet Growers Demand N 0 Tariff Cut to ? r mm. ’ t ‘. .o. coimnns m m so, a“ k" a steamy..- ,- p _ q I SF The Only Farm Magazine Owned and Edited in Michigan second—ch- h widen: eafignbfl. Erm‘ ... .. a... Published iii-Weeth ‘ It. Genoa, Mich. woman's“ 8nd. ism " /‘ Reduction at this Time Would 'Imperil Beet Growing ‘in America—F arm Bureau, Dairy Interests A and Others Rally for Defense By STANLEY M. POWELL (Iansing Correspondent of The Business Farmer.) UGAR beet growers of Michigan possibly do not all realize that there is a movement on foot which if carried out would be any- thing but beneficial to them. There is a menace not generally appreciat- ed in the recommendation recently made to the ,President by three members of the Tariff Commission that the duty on sugar be reduced. Michigan sugar beet growers do not need anyone to tell them that if the tariff on foreign sugar is mater- ially reduced it will undermine the price of sugar in the United States until beet fields which now bring in a little profit would actually be op- . I Grated at a loss. 12: . , ' t7. Especially now that such a large proportion of the Michigan beets are being grown under a participating contract, sugar beet growers are vitally interested in everything which affects the price of sugar. Means Much to Us The sugar beet growing industry is just getting nicely established in Michigan. In 1923 there were 131,- 000 acres planted to beets, of which 109,000 acres were harvested. This season 174,000 acres were planted. Thus the industry is on the gain and if it receives no serious set-back it appears destined to become an. im- portant factor in Michigan's agricul- ture. It might be timely to state that sugar beet production in Michigan is a far more important factor in in- fluencing the cash incomes of our farms than is commonly realized. During 1923 Michigan farmers re- ceived $8,240,000 for their sugar beet crop. This is more than one- eighth of the $62,333,000 which constituted their total cash income from the sale of all farm crops, ex- clusive of fruit and truck produce. The total value of all farm prod- ucts produced in Michigan last year was $242,472,000, but as stat- ed above, only $62,833,000 of these crops were sold as cash crops, while the balance was consumed on the farm. ted to live stock, etc. How- ever, 109 per cent of the sugar beets produced were sold directly so the price of sugar beets is a big fac- tor in determining the cash incomes of our farms today. and promises to be mere so in the years to come. Last year Michigan forged ahead to second place among the several states as a producer of ugar beets. Colorado had a production of 2,360,- 000 tons, Michigan 1,273,000 and Utah 700,000 tons. Thus Michigan grew more than one sixth of the 7,439,000 tons of sugar beets which were produced in the United States last year, and which are reported to have yielded 961,000 tons of beet sugar. These few figures prove con- elusiver that Michigan farmers are profoundly interested in the reten- tion of the present sugar tariff schedules. Manufacturer Commenting of the present situa- tion Mr. W. H. Wallace, General Manager of the Michigan Sugar Company. says. “Michigan farmers and farm or- ganizations can consistantly ask that no change be made in the tariff on sugar, considering the fact that now under the present contract they are just as much interested in the price received for sugar as the manufacturer. "Why the -Commission would spend days listening to the Cuban planters, and not offer to give the ~United States beet grower an oppor- tunity, is beyond me. ';’V‘;t‘;;‘:Just following the War we had an e V of what the, Cubans do to us. if they had an op- With worlds of sugar in warehouses.‘ they raised the FARM BODY SPEAKS ECAUSE of the situation outlined, the Michigan State Farm Bu- reau has been watching developments with great interest. Ithas filed formal protests to the proposed tariff revision with both its Washington office and with C. Bascom Slemp, Secretary to President Coolidge. At the August meeting of the State Farm Bureau Board of Directors, the following resolution was adopted: ' WHEREAS, it appears that a determined efi'ort is being made by cer- tain interests to secure a reduction in the tariff on sugar being import- ed into the United States. AND WHEREAS, three members of the Tariff Commission are reportn ed to have recommended to the President that the duty on sugar be reduced, AND WHEREAS, any such action would be detrimental to the farm- ers of Michigan who are engaged in sugar beet production, and espec- ially so because of the participating contract which is now in operation between the beet growers and the manufacturers in this state. AND WHEREAS, we regard a healthy and prosperous domestic sugar producing industry as the best possible protection and insurance against exhorbitant prices being charged American consmners by in- terests which might be in control of the cane sugar industry, AND WHEREAS, since both labor and industry are today given the benefit of a system of protective legislation, it, is only equitable that farmers should be granted a reasonable tariff, especially an these pro- ducts—rot which there are substantial imports, thus making possible that such tariff wall shall provide real protection, AND WHEREAS, we further roalize that the growing of sugar beets efficiently utilizes a large acreage which would otherwise be produc- ing other crops of which we already have a distressing surplus. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that we strenuously oppose the above-mentioned reduction in the sugar tariff and strongly urge that no action be taken until the sugar beet producers of this and oth- er states and the sugar cane growers of the Southern states have been permitted to appear and present their arguments against the proposed change. MICHIGAN STATE FARM BUREAU BOARD OF DIRECTORS. price of sugar to 24¢ to 300. Still the Democrats would turn over to them absolute control of the Sugar market, if they could. The fact that the United States was produc- ing a large amount of beet sugar saved the people millions of dollars during the War. “It is just a question between beet growers and manufacturers of the United States on one side, and the Cubans with Wall Street, and the Sugar Trust behind them on the other side. "Wall Street has invested a lot of money in Cuban sugar plantations during the War, and they are mak- ing extraordinary efforts now to get the matter into their own hands and get another wallop at the American people, and get their money back." Michigan sugar beet growers do not stand alone as parties interest- ed in no downward change in the present tariff. They have been joined in their protests by producers of sugar beets and sugar cans in all parts 'of the United States. Nor is that all. Now the corn growers in the midwest states are adding their protest to that already voiced by western and southern cane and sugar beet growers that the sugar tariff be not lowered. This demand has become insistent since the rec- ommendation of the three members of the Tariff Commission to the President that duty on sugar be re- duced. Corn and Sugar The corn growers are interested in the sugar tariff because molasses is on an interlocking schedule and if “Come and Camp on the State EORGE W. DICKINSON. man- ager of the State Fair is a busy man these days getting ready for what, he admits, will be the greatest exposition eyer held in the state of Michigan, but he had time to talk to a representative of. The Business Farmer who interviewed him Friday. When asked if there would be a camping site again this year for farmers and their families who drove down to the fair, equipped with tents to stay over one or more nights, Mr. Dickinson replied, “Sure thing, tell as many to come that wayaspossibleandwe’lltryour Fair Grounds!” Says Dickinson level best to make them feel at home on the grounds. There are plenty of toilets, running water and good restaurants right handy to our camp site. It will take more than one day to 'do the state fair this year in the r'g‘ht way and those who come a long distance do not want to drive home after the night shows. Everybody is welcome and you know everybody comes!" It was The Business Farmer which first suggested a free camp- ing site on the state fair grounds andwehopealotofourfolkswill accept the invitation this year. Why not get your friends to join you? sugar is lowered, molasses will also come down and molasses will enter into direct competition with about fifteen per cent of the commercial corn. A great amount of soft corn this year promises to add a good prem- ium to the corn growers' price on the 400,000,000 to 500,000,000 bushels which make up commercial demand of corn in the United States. But if the sugar tariff is lowered the corn growers see part of this anticipated profit fading. About 30,000,000, bushels of corn are used in making glucose and about 40,000,000 bushels are used in distilling and in mixed feeds. It is evident that the importation of sugar and molasses come in comp— etition with about 70,000,000 bush- els of corn, or fifteen per cent of the commercial corn movement. This, of course, is large enough volume to aflect the entire corn price. Ordinarily the dairy interests would be eager for a reduction in the molasses tariff from the advant- age they would have in reduction of mixed feeds. However, this year it is becoming apparent that the dairy interests are wanting the tariff kept on sugar since they are after an in- creased protection on casein and butter. The American Farm Bureau Fed- eration has pointed out in state- ments that the proposed reduction on sugar tariff would seriously handicap sugar cane growers in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Ar- kansas, as well as large sugar beet areas of Colorado, Utah, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California, Oregon, and Washing- ton, and in addition to these west- ern areas sugar beets are becoming an important crop in Michigan, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Ohio, In— diana, and Minnesota. Farm Bureau officials have also pointed out that the sugar beet in— dustry is just reaching an import- ant size in states where diversified farming is being urged, and that in Utah and Idaho alone this year a $15,000,000 crop is anticipated. This crop ‘has been produced at great cost and if anything occurs that materially reduces the return it will cause serious economic suffer- ing in those states. To Protect Americans The question seems to be pretty fairly set that our domestic sugar is raised on lands which pay American taxes and command American prices, and by people who maintain American standards of living. If the sugar tariff is lowered this sugar industry will be very seriously handicapped. As to the actual figures in the case, farm bureau statistics show that the United States consumes about 30 per cent of the world's entire production of sugar. About one—fifth of this is produced in con- tinental United States; almost one- fourth is produced in the territories of the United States and enters duty free. This leaves something over half of the United States con- sumption to 'be imported under duty. About 90 per cent of the im- ports under duty comes from Cuba. The full tariff duty on sugar on specified grade is 2.2 cents per pound for the specified grade. In a study made by the Research Department of the American Farm Bureau Federation in 1922, it was estimated that producers of sugar in the United States receive an advant- age from tariff duties of about $50,- 000,000 per annum. The sugar tariff is a vital matter to them. Michigan growers, who produce one sixth» of the sugar beets of the na- tion, are especially interested. 2. i‘ ’. , >2: ,fl 5 .. ,v' 3 .1": r ‘ * . ~ ~ stints. 3i .“ ,.:.»‘»33'-Ex‘»«.'t- L...::." .; :i' “H, 5‘3" «3 i ., _ 4’ \ ’7‘ 1‘3? ' V: all . a. I. 1,? m?“ 5': if! x is L, .5 “a; in“, ,i. Mr. Flood holding a box of giant prize- ,winning strawberries at the Horticultural Exhibit of the English Royal. VERY Englishman, from the humblest dairy hand to the be- medalled commander of the King’s Royal Horse is personally interested in England’s livestock. The eighty-third annual Royal Livestock Show held this year in Leicester, England, was a great success, and the writer, coming from America’s middle west which, according to popular superstitution, is distinctly a cattle country itself, the great show was a revelation of England's mastery in the field of livestock. This over—crowded little island with its millions of people bulging out over the stonewalls and hedges into the pasture lands of cattle and sheep, and with its thousands of towns and large cities denying space for the cultivation of forage crops has, in spite of all this, a denser livestock population than any. of our own great cattle raising states in - America. A mutton chop and a mug of ale are as distinctly English as pretzels and beer are German, and the “Roast Beef of Old England” is a fact and not a fancy. For with all her industries, people, monuments and premiers Merrie England is jolly well holding her owu in her pastures as well as on her seas. The Royal Livestock Show, as everything else in England, is as old as our own great country is young. It began eighty-five years ago and has been held annually ever since except for two years during the war. The show is nomadic and is held in a different place each year. It was last held in Leicester in 1896. The Englishman is appalled at our method of wasting the great acre- age which we set aside in each state to be used for no other purpose than to stage our state and county fairs each year. The buildings and equip~ ment used in connection with the English Royal Livestock Show are temporary and can be taken down and moved, as the Arab does his tent, to a new place each year, with- out permanently wasting any valu- able ground. The foot and mouth disease, now 'so prevalent both on the continent and in England, seriously threaten- ed the holding of the show this year, but with strict examinations rigidly enforced the show was held as usual although the entries were considerably curtailed. ‘There were twenty-one breeds of beet and dairy cattle numbering 1302 individual entries in all. Most of these were dairy breeds with the familiar Milking Shorthorn the most numerous. The British Fries- ian, which we call the Holstein- Friesian in America, was next 111 numerical popularity with the beau- tiful Jerseys a close third. Friesians, but not Holsteins! The big, black and white British Friesians are as nearly identical with our heavy milking Holstein— Friesian as can be expected with 3,000 miles of water between, but the “Holstein” and the "‘Schleswig” part of it-is left entirely out of the name. Certainly those two families égiithe, same stock are much more flint-lap to each other than we, our- . 3.18.136 'like our British cousins. (Yes, we are certainly different, but fI will be charitable to them and not record here which branch makes the better showing today. ' ‘ The numerical balance of these entries seems to represent fairly ac- {curately the popularity of the dif- ferent dairy breeds actually on the English farms as we observed them after driving over most of the southern and central shires. The Friesians have supplied the only British cows, sixteen in number, that have produced 1,000 pounds of butter in one year; they have sup- plied the five 3,000 gallon cows in Europe, the only 2,000 gallon heifer in Europe and 134 of the 146 Brit- ish 2,000 gallon cows. It must be remembered that in these measure- ments the British Friesian operates under a handicap for the English gallon is about oneafifth larger than our own gallon. Start her gallons from scratch and her records com- mand respectful attention. But in spite of these records the \Milking uShorthorn is still the ranking favor— ite of the English dairy herdsman, partly perhaps, because it is dis- tinctly of English origin, but no doubt mainly because he knows the milking shortly is just naturally the best cow for his job. Interesting Types The little black Dexter cows which except for their short legs and mature form look more like yearling calves than milking mat- rons are quite common on the Eng- lish farm and an'interesting type to study at the show. There were twenty-seven breeds of sheep totalling 633 individual entries, most of which were mutton type. The Oxford Down, Shrop- shire, Hampshire Down, Suffolk Lincoln, and Romney Marsh were the “most numerous. We were dis- appointed in driving for three hours through the heart of the famous Southdown district before seeing a single band of these sheep, and we wondered if they were disappearing. The fact that only seven South-. downs were exhibited at the Royal Livestock Show would support this conclusion. ’The Englishman loves geod horses! It isn’t necessary to attend . A , Visit to England’s Reyal Livestock Show, the First of a Series ofArticles sy FRANClS‘ A. FLOOD ' HIS is the first of a series of articles by Mr. Flood, who ‘ is a. member of the Agri- cultural Editors Association party which went to Europe this summer to study conditions. (See picture on opposite page.) , Mr. Flood is a thoroughly trained agriculturalist and has made a wide circle of friends in the west, where for several years he has contributed art- icles of travel to the leading publications. You can follow this series-“with the assurance that your time will be well and interestingly spent—Editor. a stock show to see that trait of the Britain for it is in evidence through— out the island. There is a great deal of horse trafliic in the crooked ' streets of London and no matter whether they are a team of slapping Suffolks pulling a beer wagon over London Bridge, or a solitary Shire hitched to one of those monstrous twonwheeled carts, the proud Hunt— ers along the bridle paths through Hyde' Park or drilling with the King’s Horse Guards in St. James’ Court, or the Countless Hackneys and Coach Horses still competing so efficiently and impressively with the taxicabs in London—no matter what the job or the breed of these British horses they are English bred and English groomed and reflect the Englishman’s pride in good horse— flesh. There were eleven breeds of hogs shown at the English Royal, total— ling 1212 in allyand they were all of the bacon type. The middle white seems to be the most common 110g on the English farm. Interest Increasing It is interesting to note the pro- gress that has been made even in recent years by these pioneers of the livestock industry. When the show was held last in Leicester 28 years ago, there Were only eleven breeds of horses shown, eleven of cattle . Top—Prize winning Dexter Bull English, Royal Livestock Show. 'Middle-Q—A class of Su'fl‘olkl Draft Horses at the English Royal. Bottom—A string of hunters in the show ring of the English Royal. Note the tab-r sence of spectators in the ring. The rules of the show prohibit people in the ring, and fifteen of sheep. Since that time then, there "have been six more breeds of horses, ten of cattle and twelve of sheep added which have evidently been developed to a. show- ing stage since that. time and each one is designed to fill a particular, * definite place in that fine art of English livestock culture. If the Englishman wants a cow or a horse or a sheep that will fit in with his local scheme of things and be exact- ly suited to the possibilities and vi- cissitudes of his own Shire he gets to work and develops it. They have learned that it is almost as easy to design livestock and make them to order as it is machinery. ' Thus it is that the British Isles and mainly England alone, originat- ed all but feur of the seventeen breeds of horses entered at the livestock show. All but four of the twenty-onelbreeds of cattle came from England or Scotland and of the twenty-seven breeds of sheep shown in Leicester all but two orig- inated right in England. The great show itself quite apart from the livestock end of it deserves mention and commendation in sev- eral instances. Every member of our party declared that the horticul~ tural exhibit was the best they had ever seen. ‘The English garden, front and back, is a sacred institu— tion and the best of it’s products were most effectively displayed. The strawberries were delicious in spite of their enormous size and the dis- play of flowers of every variety was most ingeniously and elaborately arranged. There was no midway! Raising and showing livestock is one thing with the Englishman and he takes it as an art, seriously; and a howl- ing carnival is quite another. The British plunges into each so thor- oughly that he can’t take them both at once without seriously slighting one—and he would never slight either. He will not profane his Hunters and Hackneys by throwing them in with some wonders of the world. A Suffolk sheep is one thing and a no chance machine is another. The whole atmosphere suggests the intelligent dignity and the solid thoroughness upon which England's greatness in the livestock industry has stood and will stand where others fail. FALIOUS CO‘V DONATED FOR SCIENTIFIC STUDY 7 entiment prevented the famous S cow, Sophie Nineteenth, of Hood farm, from falling into unfeeling hands when the herd of which she was a member was dis- persed a year ago in April. .Her owner, Mrs. C. I. Hood of LOWell, Mass, preferred instead to ‘let this world’s champion Jersey cow, con- tinue to add to the world’s good through her contribution to scien- tific research, and, accordingly, do— nated her to the United States De- partment of Agriculture. Her car- eer as an active producer of dairy products had ‘ ceased. She arrived at the department ex— perimental farm on May 13; and on June 19 she was chloroformed «and prepared for study. Outward meas-. urements were made of her body while she was still alive; and after— ward the size and weight of her var- ious internal organs were secured. Her wonderful record in production of milk and butterfat over so long a period of time makes the data se- cured from her an especially valu- able contribution to the study that is being made by the Bureau of Dairying of the relation between conformation of dairy cattle and their producing ability. Her skele- ton will be prepared and mounted by an expert from the Smithsonian Institution. Sophie Nineteenth h e l d the _ world’s record for butterfat produc- tion in» the Jersey breed from Jan- uary, 1914, to November, with a production of 17,557 pounds of milk and 999 pounds vat-butterfat, in a year.» 1 During 11 lactation perée iods she produced over 7,600. poundsot‘. butterfat. This is. the "long-time production record, for all; breeds. ‘4. 1918,.’ v V“ . t ? It i U: v. svmrMWFV‘A-‘m.furl“n" ' : i? xy THE FARM PRESS A'l‘ SEA.—You may have suspected it before, but. here is the actual proof. This picture shows the Agricultural Editors' Association aboard the U. S. S. “Leviathan” sailing for Europe last June. Evidently our - own publisher, Mr. Slocum, is taking no chances, as he'is the one at the extreme Eight in the picture, leaning on the rail. Mrs. Slocum is the lady standing eside him. agriculture. v IN FAR OFF BURMA.—IIerc is a peaceful scene far from the maddening crowds, on a peaceful river in Burma. The boat in this picture is a house boat and is waiting while an agricultural explorer of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture is away on a trip into the hills of the surrounding country, where he is making researches primarily of interest and value to American CUTS DEATH RATE.—Dr. Deets Pickett, research secretary of the “’orld Service Commission, proves prohibition has cut death rate from alcoholism 50 rper cent. mo- ,“rww'w P“ “g ‘ i FINEST CIVILIAN SOLDIERS.——The \Vithington Zou- aves drill teani of Jackson, Mich., giving exhibition at the BIL—S. S. Smith, of Cincinnati, Ohio, Ellis convention at Boston. They are finest body of uses his vacuum sweeper to get rid of cwihan soldiers in the United States. the potato bugs in his garden. A WALKER OF THE WORLD.—John Caves, is the only survivor of eighteen who started to walk four times around the world five years ago. He claims he walking ability from his uncle, Edward I’ayson “'eston. inherits his NE“? USE FOR VACUUBI CLEAN- COUNSEL 0N BIARRIAGE QIWCSTIONS— Miss Joanna C. Coleord, of the Am. Ass’n. for Organizing Family Social “'ork, believes in ad- Vicc on marriage. of Boston, GREATEST SUBDIARINE.-—-This U. submarine, shown here in the act of being launched, is the greatest in the world. It will cross the Atlantic and return with one filling of fuel and supplies “WHITE? INDIANSa—Thebthree San Blas “\Vhite” Indian children can hardly be distinguished from the white A FAMOUS RACE HORSE.—This picture shows Epi- nard, the famous French race horse, with his trainer at Belmont Park Stables, New York City. He will compete against America’s greatest race‘ horses. _ race.‘ They are Panamanian Indians. 9 FAMOUS ENGLISH RELIC.———This famous relic of old English days, which is falling to ruin, is \tif Hall, where King Henry VIII was married to Jane Seymour, while his wife was being beheaded at Windsor Castle. (Copyright. Keystone View Co.) marriedkiund ing out y the, says he. must pay 05 for each can, making 12 trips $60 in all. If he does not my doctor says the parents ofthismanmustpavforthetreat— meats. Can the doctor make the parents .pay this bill? If so what are the regular charges for a doctor in city and out of city per mile. The couple has been Jhut up for 9 weeks and no other special atten- tion has been paid to them while under quarantine. Could you please furnish particulars to us in this case. I thank you for kindness shown to me.—-A Subscriber, Mill- ington, Mich. ER the circumstances, I am of the opinion the parents of the man would not be liable for the payment of his doctor bills. That family relationship, which charges the father with the support of his minorrchild and entitles him to its earnings, ceases to exist upon the marriage of the child, when he takes upon himself the responsibil- ity not only of supporting himself but a family of his own as well;— Asst. Legal Editor. HAVE ADMEISTRATOR APPOINTED I would like 'to know whether I could do anything about this mat ter: My father died some time ago and had 120 acres of land and per- sonal property. Mother died last November and last January 1924 father sold the farm to my brother. all the money was paid but two thousand dollars and father took mortgage for the two thousand dol- lars and he was supposed to hold the mortgage until it was paid. The mortgage is supposed to be paid in five years time. Will you please tell me what I can do about this matter? It is now in a bank in safe keeping; that is where father put it. Does this have to be probated, if it has will you please tell all about how to have it probatedf When the mortgage was drawn up it was agreed that there was to be paid $140 a year. How would that money have to be divided up, and who would hold this mortgage until it is paid? Could my brother draw any wages for staying at home? He is now 25 years old and has stayed at home for five years. Would the law permit him to draw any salary? L. M., Michigan. 00 should make application to the probate court to have an administrator appointed to set- tle the estate. The mortgage could be held by the administrator or a trustee until the debt is paid. or it could be sold and the proceeds di- vided among the heirs. The brother could not collect wages unless there Was some agreement, expressed or implied. to that eifect.'—-Asst. Legal Editor. THEE T0 FORECLOSE What is the shortest length of time to foreclose a land mortgage when taken through the Court of Chanccry? Could holder of morb- gage take this year's crops? Under what conditions may a farmer go in- to bankruptcy, husband and wife owning property jointly‘P—A Read- er, ()gemau County, Michigan. HE land could not be sold under T chancery foreclosure until 6 months after the decree.’ The purchaser acquires title to the growing crops on the land at the time of the sale. A farmer may go into bankruptcy if his assets are not sufficient to, pay his debts, by filing petition with the referee in bank- ruptcy. This would not affect household goods.-——Asst. Legal Ed- itor. KILL OUT DAISIm Would you please tell me how to kill white field daisies? I have a field with a lot of them in. And could you tell me where to write to find the name of a mineral I found while digging post holes and would like to find out what it its—E. C. Q.. Lachrine. Mich. F: the fields are badly infested ' with the white daisy (Ox-eye _[ daisy) they should be plowed up and put into a short rotation of crd‘ps for a number of years. .The plowing and cultivatingt’hnt will be year. no but still on not get the ’ given these m weeds during the per- iod of rotation will kill them out. Scattered weeds will be killed by cutting them off and then said!!! them. which will lead stock to eat the plants as they send up new leaves. Where there are but a few it is desirable to hoe them‘ out. Under no circumstances should they be allowed to go to seed, as they are among the noxious weeds specified. in the state law which must be pre- vented from seeding. The mineral found in digging post holes might well be marl. Send a sample of it to the Soils Depart- ment of the Michigan Agricultural College, giving the details as to where it was found, etc.——-E. A. Bessey, Professor of Botany, Mich- Agricultural College. HAVE CAUSE FOR ACTION T0 RECOVER MONEY It seems when we farmers get skinned or otherwise badly used we just naturally turn to the M. B. F. to help us out, and I think it a good thing that we can. I am enclosing a stock breeding certificate that was given to me March 1st, 1922, with the understanding that I was to have the service of this bull for 3 years. Shortly afterward I drove my cow over to where this bull was kept and was refused the service and still am refused the service. You will notice by the enclosed note that I paid for the 3 years about a State Fair Ready stage is all set in Detroit for the opening of the Seventy- Fifth Annual Michigan State Fair Friday and from the exhibits in place and the entries on the grounds it is a safe bet that when it closes the night of September 7 this year's fair will go into history as the greatest of them all. More contests are on for every prize than ever before, the contests promise to be closer, new machinery is in place for its first showing, a mighty educational program is ready and against this constructive side of the fair the entertainers are on the ground for the most elabor- ate program‘ ever offered at a fair. State‘s Progress Shown One big thing this fair will show thousands of people is already evi- dent before it opens and that is that Michigan is making trembendous strides in agriculture and particu- larly-in the raising of blooded stock. Exhibits now in place and stock in their stalls in the great new cattle palace overshadow anything of other years. The “million dollar parade" of livestock, which begins Monday ev- ening, September 1 and continues through Friday, will be little short of a revelation to those who began pushing blooded stock in Michigan a comparatively few years ago. More than $100,000 in cash prizes will be awarded in this fair and judges already on the grounds say competition Will be keener in every classification in all departments this year than it has at any time in their experience. New Buildings Opened The $600,000 new buildings, the finest fair buildings in America, are being thrown open for this exposi- tion and without them the fair hardly could have been housed. Three miles of pavement in the fair grounds are making easier the trav- el between the great buildings. The active educational program, aside from the _ education a visitor can get walking through the exhib- its, includes more intensive work for the boys in the Boys' State Fair school, in a tent city on the grounds. lecturers in every department repre- senting‘ both state and nation and experts in charge of new machinery that manufacturers are showing for them-st time." p - The entertainment program for the fair balances the serious side :4 and; represents. an outlay 'of money " undreamed of a few years ago and AA .~-. ’ can be left to See. V . Is there any way I can set a return of this motion-11. G. p" North Star. Michigan. you had an agreement by the ‘toe high nowa—F. 13., «3.3mm terms of which you were to ve - the services of the bull for t ree years. and these services were refus- ed you. you have a perfectly good cause of action to recover the. amount you paid under the agree- ment—Asst. Legal Editor. 'wnorsmnnnnon'ram A accepted a school once, claim- ing that he was the owner of land . bought on a land contract and on that ground could hold office. Though he has claimed to own this land for six years there is no record of transfer in our county ofiice. Who is guilty. of dodging the taxes, ’ A who bought the land or B who ’sold the land? — Reader, Greenville, Mich. H0 is liable for the tax on land sold under a contract. the vendee or the vendor? The vendor would be primarily liable for the tax, unless the contract dis- closes that the vendee is to pay it.——- Clare Retan, Deputy Attorney Gen- eral. SUPERINTENDEN‘I‘ CAN CON- DEMN SCHOOL BUILDINGS We have a- one-room schoolhouse in our district built in about 1900 and has been a standard school with from 45 to 70 children attendinx- for Banner Year not in the sense of excessive costs but in the quantity of fun talent ob- tained. , One of the big features of the fair will be the presentation of “Hia- watha” by a company of full blood- ed Indians from the Garden River reservation. There are more than fifty of them and they are quartered on the grounds in a regular Indian village. Big Thrill for Young The play will be presented every day and leading educational author- ities say that it will be one Of the greatest single things ever done for Michigan children and that they will carry back home a lifelong impres- sion from seeing Longfellow's fam- ous poem enacted by the very people he wrote about. Thrilling music will add the last touch of realism. Two of the finest fireworks spec- tacles ever produced have been made for this fair. The first is “The Founding of Detroit" and the sec- ond is "Tokyo." The first will be according to their plan. 1“ me, is therea law that estimate is build a two-room" school if itis vot- ed down in the district? Tased Mich. or 11 of the Public Acts "or 1915 , as amended by Act 189 of the Public Acts of 1910, gives the Superintendent of Public Instruc- tion the authority -* to“ condemn school buildings. Under this act, all plans and specifications for school buildings in Michigan must be ap- proved by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. ‘ ' If this school has the number of children mentioned in the letter. the people should provide for s two- room school because no teacher can render best services for the community under such conditions. —-W. L. Coffey, ‘ Deputy Superin- tendent of Public Instruction.» GOING TO Bum: MANURE rrr How large a manure pit would it ' take to store the manure frpm :4 given Friday. Saturday, and Sunday . evening and beginning Monday ev- ening, September 1, "Tokyo" will finish a big program of fireworks. The “Founding of Detroit" will show in lines of fire against the inky sky the history of old Fort Ponchar- train, the battle between the French and English and Indians for the con— trol of that point of advantage where three Detroit skyscrapers now rear their marble heads above one of the greatest cities of the world. It is a special picture for Michigan, interesting and entertaining. The other big picture in fireworks is a brilliant record of the disaster that struck Japan in 1923. It shows Tokyo in flames, its buildings top- pling and its inhabitants running wildly here and there, bewildered and then in a panic to escape what followed the quake. This picture in fire, high over the race track, will amaze its watchers in the big new grandstand by its detail and accuracy. Many actual photographs of the Japan disaster were used in its making. Automobile races daily, aeroplane rides for those who have the nerve, a great cowboy carnival of fancy riders and bull-daggers, Austrailian axe men who cut through a tree quicker than any one else ever has, and the carnival features on the- Midway are a few of'the things that will keep the fair visitors thrilled: laughing and wondering what there ale-u head of stock. 18 cows and year- lings and six horses? What is the estimated cost of this pit, including a good roof over the same? Would the value of this manure so stored in a good pit be enough to barrow the money and pay seven per cent interest and about four per cent taxes. (because it will be taxed at its full valuation) and allowing for the depreciation? The manure would be stored about six or seven months from all of this stock—L. 8.. Sears, Mich. HE else of the manure pit that “ would be required would de- pend upon the amount of bed- ding that was used in the stable. A pit 18 by 84 feet with manure piled \, 0 feet deep should be large enough. or a pit 20 by 30 feet with manure piled 4% would'he a good size. I would estimate that the cost of a concrete pit with wooden posts and roof and three ply roofing would cost from $500 to $600. It is impossible however to accurately ' estimate thecost of a building in any given community. as the cost of material and labor would differ greatly and the efficiency of the builder would vary greatly. ' The value of the manure is est- mated as follows: 6 horses @ $25 a year, $150.00; 18 cows‘ $20 per head. $360.00: Total. 351 .00. The loss in value of manure when piled out of doors is variously esti- mated from 45 to 60 per cent. The amount of loss will depend upon the shape and size of the manure pile and upon the amount of rain dur- ing the time the manure is stored. In the vicinity of Sears where' manure would be frozen possibly for several months, the losses would be less. For the purpose of calculation. we will use 60 per cent as the aver— age loss. There will, of course, be some loss in manure when put in a pit. This is estimated from 10 to 20 per cent. For the purpose of calculation we will use 15 per cent, 50 per cent of $510 ....$255.00 16 per cent of $510 76.60 difference $178.50 saving in favorof the pit. The cost of the manure pit per year is estimated in the following table: Interest on 3600 @ 7% ......$42 Taxes on $600 @ 4% 24 Depreciation on build- ing 5% ......... 30 —————-—- Total............$ 96 Perhaps the ,best way to handle barnyard manure is to haul it to ,the field each day of‘fi‘firy other day as it is made. This method. where it can be used. not only saves the value of the manure. but turn- ishes exercise for. the horses and distributes- the farm labor. method can not, of course. be used- Pisces 'w _. Wu... on land that isso rollingthat nure. would be likely to w: an,” >, «4'. E. Fogls, Assistant: Puffin!” 1.3:... .. 'f:.. .,-.;.u _. V n... AWW‘W‘“ “saucer-Inc - TEXT: “Enter you in at the straight gate: for wide is the gate and bread is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby. For narrow is the gate and straightened the way, that leadeth unto life, and‘few are they that find it.”—-«Mat— thew 7:13, 14. STERDAY we dedicated our l g remodeled church-house. The Narrow way of living chosen by our folks demanded more room. Rather paradoxical, isn’t it, that narrowness should make for more room? But it does, and so we had to build larger. Dr. C. 0. Ellis, Christian educator and preacher, splendidly emphasized the need of the Sanctuary of God to interpret aright the things of life. Yes, it was a bit narrow in view-point; but then, that other and Matchless Preacher, many years ago in that great consecration address on the New Sanai, gave us the warrant for the narrow life. He said that the narrowness of faith and obedience leads to life; and the breadth of un- faith and disobedience leads to death. Do you believe it? How emphatic this is made in the two outlooks of our text, which is found in the conclusion of the Sermon on the Mount. Here are the two gates. Look at them. One is very narrow; the other is broad. One is difficult to enter; the other easy. But we are entereated to enter the narrow, the straightened gate. We are asked to do the diificult thing. We can be sure that our. Savior- meant to fore- warn us that we might be fore- armed. Some years ago, the writer with a company of friends, climbed one of the high sand dunes along Lake Michigan’s shores. With the aid of shrubs, we ~crawled up with effort. But the summit view was sublime. There are difiiculties in the narrow way, but the end is glorious. Now, how shall we enter? The introduction to this mountain dis- course, would have us enter by way of the Beattitudes. Is that gate narrow? Listen, “Blessed are the poor in spirit.” "Blessed are they that mourn.” Yes, you know them. Well, these are .the steps in the celestial stairway. And like the lawa of health, we suffer if we omit even one of them. Rather restricted, you say. But they lead us high up- ward to the tablelands of the King- dom. Yet, it is this confession of one’s emptiness and need that the world calls too narrow. And why does this narrow gate make it hard for the rich man to get thru? But why is it hard for the camel to get thru the needle's eye? He is bulk- ed out with the trafiic of earth. The selfish richman would vulgarize heaven by carrying along the world's junk. But the narrow gate sloughs off all our reputation, self- confidence, dignities and honors. Christ must find us “meek and low- ly,” naked and helpless. Alone and unclothed with the habiliments of earth, we came into this world. So, shall we enter the next. But the point of the text is, that while citi- _ zens of this world, the King’s high- way is narrow. A throughful read- ing of Christ’s great sermon will convince the simple and unselfish in mind. But it is easier to enter the broad gate. Of course. This requires no serious effort, no lofty decision, no long purpose in life. This broad, easy gate is catching all the indif- ferent, all the selfrighteous, and all the filth and scum of humanity. At- tention! If you are not a Christain, you are in the broad and downward drift. And if you are but a nega- tive, lazy, disobedient, and nnsociai -church—member, you are also there. Take your worldliness in possess- ions and longings and set out if you will, you will find no narrow iamb- ways to catch on to your earthly ac- cretiens. But to enter is to go the way to destruction. Yet, the narrow gate is also wide. It admits of no sin, but it does ad- _ mit sinners“ Sinners, high and low, ; rich and poor,'cnltured and uncul- ‘ tured, when they permit their pride ‘ and yworldliness to be torn off by its A SERMON BY REV. . singiiig. Warner, You see, a gate narrow confines. that admits all peoples and classes, is socially and racially wide, as wide as the oceans and the poles; What hope for a lost world! And here are the two ways. One J esus.” way is “straightened.” Have you found it so, Christain friend? So did Israel when going thru the Red Sea gate. Then, there was a wild- erness thru which to travel; but there is yet, and so we go on as pilgrims and strangers. But, now as then, God builds the highway. This is narrow, because it is the highway of holiness, and definitely set apart to spiritual purposes and social aims. This is the way that St. Paul discovered when he said, “This one thing I do," and “What- soever you do in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord this helpless. tides rises high, Jesus.” This scribe used. to teach public school in Michigan. The in- cident is fresh in‘mind. We are 4nd " there comes ,-Mary Sanders up to my desk.- ‘,Now,‘what does Mary Want? But soon she was making this pious request, may I be excused from singing this song?” “You may.” But afterward I said to Mary, "And why did you ask such a thing?” answered quietly, “I can not sing that song in the name of the Lord And Mary Sanders became the wife of a minister. How fitting! I wonder if she is yet as sensitive about that narrow way as in the un- spoiled years of her youth. “one thing I do” life, after Pauline fashion, constitu- tes the narrow way. spread itself to the Wide tracts of desert land on either side where the crowd is wandering, Yet, how roomy is this way to the Christain! Fundy --is narrow. There the ocean bosom may be lifted far inland to a safe resting place. The tide of God's ocean of love in this narrow way, lifts us up and bears us out into the freedom and rest (if his spirit. This is life. I know our text says there are few on the way. And the propor- tion yet, I believe, is as the few are to the many. But you will not be lonesome. The Revelator climbs the Mount of Inspiration and see. one hundred forty—four thousand; farther up and he cries out, “ten thousand times ten thousand”; and when he reaches the summit he ex- claims, "Behold, a great multitude which no man can number.” Now come on, with such companionship and Jesus your heart will burn within “you. But, what of the “broad” way? Well, it is the way of “do as you please.” There are no barriers. It is the way in which the serpent found Eve. And there are yet plenty of refreshment stands, gaiety “Mr. She Now, purpose in It does not aimless and parlors, and retreats of lust. Go The Bay or that way if you want to. It is easy and boats on its and attracts and pleases. But after it has fast hold of you, it ceases to have attraction. Many a person has plunged into sin thinking to quit (Continued on Page 21) More Milk now .. ' r / the long time results will be. geography. Cow No. 241 is an ordinary barn Holstein bought by the Lane Research Farm in 1922 for $125. She had been milking 150 days when she arrived at the farm. Her production during the first 30 days thereafter was 724.5 pounds of milk. In her next lactation, during the corresponding 30 day period, she produced 1,173.3 pounds of milk-— more than 50% increase. Her total milk produc- tion in the first full lactation period at the Larro Research Farm was 13,646.4 pounds-more than three times the average for all cows in the United States. Leno—maintaining health and condition ——plus proper care, did it. Prince’s Rose of Meadowbrook is a jersey who broke the Pennsylvania state record {or 2—year- for profitable milk production. See the nearest dealer, or write us direct. 60 Larrowe Building 1injure milk for years Too many dairymen judge a dairy feed only by the immediate results produced in the milk pail. It is just as important for you to know What Right from the start LARRO lays a sure foundation for consistent heavy milk production by first building up the health and condition of your cows. Continuous feeding of LARRO maintains health and ‘ condition, thus guaranteeing peak milk production, not only now, but month after month, year in and year out. Actual figures prove this true in thousands of cases—among grade cows and thoroughbreds alike, regardless of breed, regardless of A feed that accomplishes such long distance results must be a feed that first builds health and condition—then positively maintains these two important requirements Your cows should be on a grain ration now. There is no feed that will more surely guarantee future production and future profits than Larro. THE LARROWE MILLING COMPANY DETROIT, MICHIGAN ‘“’ olds in 1922 with 9,810 pounds of milk and 462.79 pounds {at In 1923 she again became state champion with a record of 14,292 pounds and 639.05 pounds fat. As a calf she was started on a Larro grain ration and kept continu- ously on Larro throughout the milking periods mentioned. ‘ Down in Florida, Ferndell, of the famous Lemon City White Belted Herd, produced 13,4773 pounds of milk and 585.64 pounds of butter fat in her twelfth year—five or six years past the age of peak production for most cows. The herd she leads has been fed Larro for thirteen years and averages 9,998 pounds per year. , Thiswasteisdugforthe pecostparttoi'aultymethods «harvesting. 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That which the farmer needs most right now is, the cooperation of an uncentrolable farm paper. One that recognizes its subscribers as the bases of its success. To which none is “yellow backs ringed streaked or speckled.” ——J. 0., Shelby, Mich. DOESN'T LIKE SECURITIES COMMISSION EAR EDITOR:——I see in your July 19th issue an article by Mr. Powell and your editorial in which you give the Michigan Securities law a great boost. But how about the Commission? It seems so strange in face of “all the facts. The generally accepted esti- mate that 90 per cent of the com- panies organized for the sale of stock fail within 3 years and that 90 per cent of the investors in this stock lose money, as reported by Mr. Powell, is true in Michigan. I have never bought any stock nor lest any money in this way, but many of my neighbors have, and I cannot see that the securities com- mission has offered any protection at all. In fact the losses seem to be greater because the people de- pend on the commission for protec- tion. And I have never known a stock or bond salesman to alter anything to us folks in the country that I thought was good. I have been ap- proached many times but nothing has ever been offered to me that I would have approved it I.had been a member of the securities commis- sion. In my opinion, as an observ- er, the biggest fake in the securities business is the Securities commis— sion. There is a man now, operating in eastern Michigan who first, for sev- eral years, sold stocks which were a. loss to the investors. He is now selling bonds, and effects the sale by having one of the local banks pretend to have bought the bond by placing their “C D” on the bond. When the bond is sold to a real pur- chaser and paid for, with accrued interest, the accrued interest is paid over to the bank. That is the banks reward for okehing the bond. The bank does not purchase the bond or pay one cent on it. The salesman told me this himself and appeared to see nothing wrong in it. The securities commission looks like the big factor in assisting the fakes in getting money hum half- baked suckers who want to get some "Easy Money," and some “big interest."-—J. B., Columbiaville, Mich. « THE IMPORTANT DUTY OF THE EIEOTORATE DITOR BUSINESS FABME'Bt—The time is not for distant when the voters ofMichigan will be called upon to select Candidates to fill important positions in the state government and, to do this duty wisely, will require the possessxon of knowledge of the qualifications of the various aspirants for oilicial positions. It is much to be regretted that a portion of those having the right to vote 1' . so, ,so little, their duty in this mportant matter, indeed. some even teke credit to themselves because of “meddling in poll- tics," and the neglecting of this duty, by many citizens'is “much to be " r . gem! duty ant matter-W Let us' fully inform ourselves re- m then do air . . , _ ',J.'r.nn-. iels', Clinton BURDEN T00 MAW FOR FARMIB EAR EDITORf—Will you allow for a few thoughts about the present expression of Agricul- ture, and the attitude, thoughtful farmers should take in regard to it? During the war we produced food— suils to our greatest possible apoc- ' ity, not only for our own army, but for the allied nations as well. left us with a large supply on hand etthedoeeofthewsrwithamseh‘ W demand. During the war countries like Australia, New Zea- land and other far away agricultural countries, could not market their pro- ducts on account of the submarine muses and lack of shipping. The close of the war released all this supply for the world market. As a. natural consequence, the price went to a very low level. The price of farm products is fixed either directly or indirectly by the world market. This I think is proved by the fact that we are importing agricultural products to a greater value than we are exporting them. ' In view of this fact, I can see no prospect of any considerable rise in price. But low prices for what he sells is only one of the farmer’s prob- lems. Wages for farm labor are so high as to be almost prohibitive. He must pay for everything he buys at exorbitantly high prices. Taxes are almost if not quite confiscatory. While the close of the war found us with an abundant supply of agricul- tural products, it was quite different as regards manufactured articles. Stocks in our stores became de- pleted, no houses or other buildings were built and at the end of the war, there was a great demand for manu- factured products at very high prices. Our war debt was something like 26 billion dollars. We foolishly and ex- travagantly added to this debt until the total was something like 35 bil- lion dollars. Taxes throughout the country approximate $7,500,000,000, or about $70 for every man, woman and child in the country. These sums are staggering and would be bad if evenly placed, but the fact is the farmer bears a much too large pro- portion of the burden. The public oflicial the salaried man and the union worker, all de- mand increased compensation on ac- count of the high cost of living. Now if these different persons get increased pay so that they can live just as well and easily under this burden of debt, and taxation, then they are not hearing their part. With the farmer it is quite differ-i ent, he gets less pay and is hearing This - costs come down, why swine work cheaper, so well. as the tumor, and help beer the country’s Men. - The farmer helped wt through the highest tariff ever known and was told it would help him out of his. difficulties. Itho‘sbeessfsnsrses- far as helping him is concerned but it has mainltained prices for manu- factured articles that are almost pre- hibitive, as far as he is concerned. . If the farmer must compete in the world market, why not the manu- facturer?" .. The farmer should demand a re- ductionolterifl ratestoareaeonehly low figure. As regards, our public indebtedness, we must bear that Mr- . den until it is paid, but we should initiate a, policy of “pay a you to” atoneeendrotueotosddtooueb- ligation. There are two phrases to the taxation question. We execs- scively big amount and its unequal distribution. Much of our taxation is caused by inemciency, extravagance and even dishonesty and graft. Retrenchment all along the line should be the watch word. Too much money is spent foolishly or seemingly just to make jobs. Soil survey has been an excuse for some fine vacation and many good jobs at the expense of the people. The cases could be multiplied almost indefinitely. The farmer should ap- point a committee to be on the job continuously, to go into the matter of public expehdit‘ure of money. As regards distribution the proposal gas and income taxes should help. As regards tax exempt bonds, if we didn’t go in debt, the question wouldn’t bother us. As regards our National Government, if it wouldn't Sell tax exempt bonds in times of great crisis, it might prove very en- barrassing and put the government at the mercy of local taxing bodies. As regards inflation of the currency, it requires more money to do the business of the country during a time of intense activity, as during. the war period, than in ordinary times. It is the function of the Federal Reserve System to provide their money as needed. " Deflation of the currency to the extent of depressing prices will at- fect all values and prices alike, and not to the detriment of one industry as at present. Deflation is not the cause of the present plight of the farmer and inflation of the currency would not solve their difficulties, but if carried to any considerable ex- tent, would result disastrously.—K. S. Wood, Chariévoix County. The Hydraulic Ram on the Farm HE hydraulic ram is an ancient invention, still new to the minds of many people. It is a. simple machine which when in— stalled under a head of water will lift a portion of that water to a heighth much greater than the source. The machine in simple form cons- sists of a plunger, 3. cylinder, a valve and an air or pressure chamber.. The water running from the drive pipe into the cylinder lifts the plunger and when suddenly shut off the plunger drop back of its own weight. As the plunger reaches the top of its stroke a powerful impact is created which lifts the valve in air chamber and forces some of the water through. The air in the chamber acts as a cushion, making the flow of water from the delivery pipe 3mm in m For a small or average else rm one should have a. driving flow of 11/3 to 8 gallons of water per minute and a. fall of 1 foot or more. Unless the water is to be lifted a. very great heighth one must not have too much fall else the ram- will stop on the up stroke. For example: A ram“ working under 18 inches of fall and using 4 gallons of water per minute will lift a barrel of water 40 feet in about 4 hours. The ram is inexpensive, will last. for years and requires no attention when properly installed. It is well to remember that 3 bar- rels of water per day will supply a complete bath room and running water in the kitchen for an average sized family.——-Fred Ellison. On our farm“ we have a spring that flows about 5 gallons of water per minute. It is located about 16 rods from the house and 40 feet lower; and 6 rods from the barn and 12 food lower. A small ram in this spring furnishes hot and cold water for the kitchen and e com- plete bathroom. At the burn it pumps theiwator 10 cows and I horses, and usually there-is an ov- erdow. Was about $50. The systemic: tirely automatic The conform and “NJ . .voF‘ wonnn I inhumane seven wondsrs a ‘ ' the world has been a popular pastime the early days of rec- ” orded' history down to the present. The ancients got almost as much ‘ kick out of choosing them as nod— ern sporting writers do from pick- ing an ail-American football team. And they had equally hitter argu- ments in deciding which objects and phenomena to include and which to eliminat e. , The earliest list of the “Seven Wonders of the World” included: The Hanging condone of Nebuchad- nezzer, the Colossus of Rhodes. Phidias’ "Statue of Jupiter, the Pyra- mids. the Temple of Diana at Ephesus, the Tomb of Mausolus and the Palace of Cyrus. Galloping along down the paths of history the United States got into the Seyen Wonders game with such entries as Niagara Falls, the Wash- ington Monument, the Grand Can- yon, and the Woolworth Building listed along with foreign sights like the Wing Tower of Pisa, the Great Wall of China and the Eifel Tower. But today nobody gets very much excited over the Seven Wonders. The whole world is much more in- terested in the Eighth Wonder! By common consent, the title of the Eighth Wonder of the World goes to radio. The, marvel of wire- less communication has a universal appeal. It amazes, thrills and serves every country and clime. The eflect of this new art and utility cannot even yet be measured or fully forecast. Certain it is that thismodern method of communica- tion already is profoundly affecting industry, religion, entertainment, political life, industry and home life everywhere. And the real romance of radio is not alone the spectacular fact of communication through the ether between points thousands of miles apart but the speed and com- pleteness with which the new utility has made a place for itself in the daily life of millions of people. In fact, the development has been so rapid that the general public has scarcely given a thought to what makes this wonderful source of edu- cation and entertainment possible. What is the essential principle-— what really ‘accounts for it? Amplification is the real explana- tion. Without amplification, radio of today would be impossible. Charging electric waves to sound waves wouldn't mean much if they couldn't be heard plainly. Amplifi- cation builds them up so that they are clear and easy to hear. Am- plification is used at the transmit- ~~ ting station as well as at the receiv- inor instrument. Whispers thou- sands of miles away become clear, - living voices in the homes of mil- lions. Amplification is muitli-plcation. The small amount of sound energy generated by the voice or an orches- tra at the broadcasting station is changed to electrical energy and then multiplied or amplified millions of times. This large amount of en- ergy is then put into an antenna and radiated out into space as an electromagnetic wave. When this wave strikes a similar antenna miles away it gives up to it a small amount of this energy to be ampli- fied again so that a whole roomful of people at the remote point can listen and understand. ._, Successful amplification is one of the most difficult as well as one of the most important phases of radio production. To amplify is easy, but to amplify so that no distortion or change in the sound-is made re- quires apparatus designed and con— structed by specialists in amplifica- tion. ’ In all good amplifiers there are transformers and vacuum tubes. The transformer is the heart of the amplifier. Unless the proper trans- formor’is used the singer’s voice in Pittsburg will sound like cat, calls, in Boston. The voice will be am- plified, but the tone and the rich fr,..natnral quality will not be preserv- ‘withent a proper transformer. is s very real and vital-sense. the ‘Ei‘mgm. Vendor of. the World ao- an amplification, and the nest___ "- develop wide ruse of efilcient amplification so thatquality as well as volume of sound is obtained e amplification without distortionr—LSeuthern' Rur- aiist. WEE! TO__ THE!) Radio Editor: I notice in Ta]: BUSINESS Fumes. that you otter to adiust radio sets that do not work properly. I built one. a short time ago, about two months, that has not worked very well. It is very squeal- ly and noisy, also of late does not bring in many stations. I have a six volt storage battery to light the filament, but perhaps the plate bat— tery is getting weak. I am sending the entire set to you, with the ex- ception of the storage battery, also my check for $6.00. If the plate battery is exhausted, please re- place it from this money. I think perhaps that the vario-oonpler is not very satisfactory either. I bought a forty-three plate variable condens- er, but removed part of the plates, they are in an envelope in the box with the set. If the amount enclos- ed does not cover expense of fixing and returning the set please let me know and I- will send the amount needed immediately. I have been using this set on a single wire aerial, about thirty feet above the ground. Thanking you in advance for this very great favor, I am—O. M. C., St. Johns, Michigan. OUR set goes forward to you to- day by parcel post. Last night I listened to the different sta- tions on your set and they all came in clear and strong, from Omaha, Neb., to Springfield, Mass. In the daytime I got KYW and WJ fine and clear. I believe it will give you many months of' service from now on. as from up M condenser... [on ,m. w Vi‘nee'd to use this condenser as the telephone cords have 5mm: am- pacity in themselves and take the place of the condenser. Your package arrived in such bad condition that one of the B batteries was all broken to pieces and was un- usable. The battery that is left, the ABC battery, is perfectly good yet. You should not use more than 22% volts on this set or bulb. Do not burn the bulb very bright. The grid leak was broken and so I replaced that at a cost of 50c; it is a RCA make. The condensers are OK also the varlo—coupler which ought to give you lots of service. I would not advise spending any mon- ey on a new one unless this one breaks for you. You used acid solder and that is liable to cause trouble. It should never be used on a radio set. The total cost to you is the post- age plus the cost of the grid leak, 50c and leaves you from your $6.00 check, $5.03 which I am enclosing in the form of a check. KDKA BROWNS OUT OTHER STATIONS I am sending you my foreign bulb and also my grid leak. When I bought the grid leak, I understood that I had condenser and leak com- bined but I have made up my mind that it is only the leak, and there- fore I wanted you to test these out for me. I tried the bulb out as a. plain detector without grid leak or condenser and I have hear KDKA and WGY but not very good. The tube seems to plug up and I had to use the variable condenser in the ground lead instead of the aerial. Would a 43-plate condenser be bet— ter on a Set with an aerial of 200 feet like mine, than a 23-three plate one? Would it shorten my range to cut the aerial down to 125 feet as I read a shorter aerial gives more .3an ‘ nun mtg! Hi did not! have a shorter and more directional to my set? [a a 0-1! tube “signed as e W134: tube? could {use one stage of amplification “with my crystal? 1 do not hear KDKA in the ' daytime on the crystal. We do hear WABM at Saginaw and also Detroit Stations on some days but every night KDKA comes in, and some- times so loud as to drown every- thing else out and no matter how you tune, they are there. Could this be helped? I use a’ loose coupler with a variable condenser in the de- tector circuit? We shall be very grateful to you if you can help us and thanking you for your kindness, I am J. M. T., St. Charles, Michigan. N today's mail I am returning to I you the “Te-lefunken" bulb and grid resistance. The grid re- sistance does not have a condenser attached and in itself seems to be broken internally as I could not get it to work with either your tube of with any of my sets. It is defective I believe and should be returned to the store for another one. The vacuum tube needs nearly 90 volts on it to work as a detector and then it is not at all sensitive and does not compare with the WD—12 tube. As an amplifier it works quite well on 90 volts or more of B battery. I do not think that it will give you satisfaction except as an amplifying tube and then it is not as good as our American tubes. Yes the 0-12 tube is as good as the WD-12 tube, they are exactly the same and made by the same people, under the same patents. No, a 43 plate condenser would not be as good as a 23 plate one on a long aerial. You will get much better selectiv- ity, sharper tuning, and better re- sults on the Whole if you cut the aerial down to 125 feet instead of 200 feet. The long aerial is one of the reasons that you have trouble in tuning out KDKA on your present set. (Continued on Page 21) “ ATE deliveries make dissatisfied custom- ers and high tire costs cut my profits—so I use Red-Tops. They’re the only the: I can really de- pend on to keep my car on the [ob every hour day in and day out. ” The secret of Red-Top’s ability to stand more hard knocks than other tires is found in its extra ' ply and Its extra heavy tough red tread. This heavier and stronger construction adds thou- sands ot‘miles to its life. “.0; ~_.~-... -. ... 7w”... ‘ST'W'w. ,. . 1 It's put ., _ - -—,~b‘ehind the‘eoimter of-a grocery- ,ltore. I've bought out the old stand. Oh. 'I had enough left for that, and more! Closed the deal last night. Gerry but I was glad to feel the old floor under my feet .againi’", t r » "But I thought you—you were tired ofwork. and—wanted to enjoyyoufielf,” stunmered Mr. Smith. Frank Blaisdell laughed. v “Tired of work—wanted to enjoy my self. indeed! Yes, I know I did say some- thing like that. But, let me tell you this, finith. Talk about work !——I never worked so hard in my life as I have the last ten months trying to enjoy myself. How these folks can stand gadding 'round the country week in and week out, feeding their stomachs on a French dictionary instead of good United States meat and potatoes and squash, and spending their .days traipsing off to see things they ain't». mite interested in, and their nights trying to get rested so they can go and see more the next day, I don't under- stand." Mr. Smith chuckled. "I’m afraid these touring. agencies wouldn’t like to have you write their ads for them, Mr. Blaisdell!” "Well. they hadn't better ask me to," smiled the other grimly. “But that ain’t all. Since I come back I've been working even harder trying to enjoy myself here at home—knockin’ silly little balls over a ten acre lot in a game a healthy ten- year-old boy would scorn to play.” “But how about your new car? Didn't m enjoy riding in that?" bantered Mr. ith. "Oh, yes, I enjoyed the riding well enough: but I didn’t enjoy hunting for punctures, putting on new tires, or bur- rowing into the inside of the critter to find out Why she didn't go! And that’s what i was doing most of the time. I never did like machinery. It ain’t in my line." He paused a moment, then went on a little Wistfully:—-— “I suspect, Mr. Smith, there ain’t any- thing in my line but groceries. It’s all I know. It’s all I ever have known. If —-—if I had my life to live over again, I'd do different, maybe. I‘d see if I couldn't find out what there was in a picture to make folks stand and stare at it an hour at a time when you could see the whole thing in a minute—and it wa'n’t worth lookin’ at, anyway, even for a minute. And music, too. Now, I like a good tune what is a tune; but them caterwaulings and dirges that that chap Gray plays on that fiddle of his—gorry, Mr. Smith, I'd rather hear the old born door at home squeak any day. But if I was younger I’d try to learn to like 'em. I would! Look at Flora, now. She can set by the hour in front of that phonygraph of hers, and not know it !" “Yes, I know," smiled Mr. Smith. "And there’s books, too," resumed the other, still wistfully. “I'd read books—if I could stay awake long enough to do itr—and I’d find out what there was in ’em to make a good sensible man like Jim Blaisdell daft over 'em—and Maggie Dufl, too. Why, that little woman used to go hungry sometimes, when she was a girl, so she could buy a book she wanted. I know she did. Why, I’d'a’ given any- thing this last year if I could 'a’ got in- terested—really interested, readin'. I I could 'a' killed an awful lot of time that way. But I couldn’t do it. I bought a lot'of 'em, too, an' tried it; but I ex~ pect I didn’t begin young enough. I tell ye, Mr. Smith, I've about come to the conclusion that there ain't a thing in the world‘ so hard to kill as time I've tried it, and I know. Why, I got so I couldn't even kill it eatin'-—though I ’most killed myself tryin' it! An’ let me tell ye an- other thing. A full stomach ain’t in it with bein’ hungry an’ knowing a good dinner’s coming. Why, there was weeks at a time back there that I didn’t know the meaning of the word 'hungry.’ You’d oughter seen the jolt I give one o’them waiter—chaps one day when he comes up with his paper and pencil and asks me what I wanted. ‘Want?’ saysl. ‘There ain't but one thing on this earth I want. and you can't give it to me. I want to want something. I’m tired of bein' so blamed satisfied all the time!’ " “And what did—Alphonso say to that?” chuckled Mr. Smith appreciatively. “Alphonso? Oh, the waiter-fellow, you mean? 0h, he just stared a minute, then mumbled his usual «‘Yes' sir, very good, sir,’ and shoved that confounded printed card of his a little nearer to my nose. But, there! I guess you've heard enough of this, Mr. Smith. It's only that I was trying to tell you why I’m actually glad we lost that money. It’s give me back my man’s job again." “Good! Alright. then. I won't waste any more sympathy on you," laughed Mr. Smith. “Well, you needn’t. And there's another thing. .I hope it’ll give me back a little of my old faith in my fellow-man.” “What do you mean by that?" “Just this. I won't suspect every man. woman, and child that says a civil word to me now, of having designs on my pocketbook Why. Mr. Smith, you wouldn’t believe it, if I told you, the things that’s been done and said to get a little money out of me. Of course, the open gold- brick schemes I know enough to dodge, host of ’em (unless you count in that darn Benson mininm stock), and I spoo- ted the blackmailers all right, most gen- erally. But I was flabbergasted when a woman tackled the job and began to make love to me—actually make love to moi—- one day when Jane's back was turned. Gerry! Do I look such a fool as that. Mr. Smith? Well, anyhow, there won’t be any more of that kind. nor aanody after my money now, I guess," he fln- ished with a sage wag of his head as he turned away. To Miss Maggie that evening Mr. Smith said, after recounting the earlier portion of the conversation: “So you see you were right, after all. I shall have to own it up. Mr. Frank Blaisdell had plentyto retire upon, but nothing to retire to. But I'm glad—if he's happy now." “And he isn't the only one that that forty-thousand-dollar loss has done a good turn to." nodded Miss Maggie. “Mellicent has just been here. You know she’s home from school. It's the Easter vacation, anyway, but she isn't going back. It's too expensive." ~ Miss Maggie spoke with studied casual- ness, but there was an added color in her cheeks—Miss Maggie always flushed when she mentioned Mellicent’s name to Mr. Smith, in spite of her indignant efforts not to do so. ' "Oh, is that true?" “Yes. Well, the Pennocks had a dance last night, and Mellicent went. She said she had to laugh to see Mrs. Pennock's efforts to keep Carl away from her—the loss of the money is known everywhere now, and has been greatly exaggerated, I’ve heard. She said that even Hibbard Gaylord had the air of one trying to let her down easy. Mellicent was immensely amused." “Where was Donald Gray?” “Oh, he wasn't there. He doesn‘t move in the Pennock crowd much. But Melli- cent sees him, and—and everything’s all right there, now. That’s why Mellicent is so happy." “You mean— Has her mother given in?” "Yes. You see, Jane was at the dance, too, and she saw Carl, and she saw Hib— bard Gaylord. And she was furious. She told Mellicent this morning that she had her opinion of fellows who would show so plainly as Carl Pennock and Hibbard Gaylord did that it was the money they were after." . “I’m afraid—«Mrs. Jane has changed her shoes again," murmured Mr. Smith, his eyes merry. "Has changed—oh!" Miss Maggie’s puzzled frown gave way to a laugh. "Well, yes, perhaps the shoe is on the other foot again. But, anyway, she doesn’t love Carl or Hibbard any more, and she does love Donald Gray. He hasn't let the loss of the money make any difference to him, you see. He's been even more devoted, if anything. She told Mellicent this morning that he was a very estimable young man, and she liked him very much. Perhaps you see now why Mellicent is— happy." Good! I’m glad to know it," cried Mr. Smith heartily. "I'm glad—" His face changed suddenly. His eyes grew somber. "I'm glad the loss of the money brought them some happiness—if the possession of it didn’t." he finished moodily, turning to go to his own room. At the hall he paused and looked back at Miss Maggie, standing by the table, gazing after him with troubled eyw. "Did Mellicent say—- whether Fred was there?” he asked. "Yes. She said he wasn’t there. He didn't come home for this vacation at alL She said she didn’t know why. I suspect Mellicent doesn’t know anything about that wretched aflalr of his." ‘ "We’ll hope not. So the young gentle- man didn't show up at all?" “No, nor Bessie. She. went home with a Long Island girl. Hattie didn’t go to the Pennocks' either. Hattie has—has been very different since this affair of Fred’s. I. think it frightened her terribly ——it was so near a tragedy; the boy threatened to kill himself, you know, if his father didn’t help him. out.” ' “But his father did help him out!” flared the man irritably. “Yes, I know he did; and I'm afraid he found things in a pretty bad mess— when he got there,” sighed Miss Maggie. “It was a bad mess all around." “You are exactly right!" ejaculated Mr. Smith with sudden and peculiar emphasis. “It is, indeed, a bad mess all around," he growled as he disappeared through the door. Behind him, Miss Maggie still stood motionless. looking after him with troub- led eyes. shaman W, . anus-me..- ¥ . PORTER. ’ As the spring days grew warmer, Miss Maggie had occasioned many times to look after Mr. Smith with troubled eyes. She could not understand him at all. One day he would be the old delightful companion, genial, cheery, generously donating a box of chocolates to the cen- ter-table bonbon dish or a. dozen- hot house roses to the mantel vase. The next, he would nervous, abstracted almost irritable. Yet she could see no possible reason for the change. Sometimes she wondered fearfully if Mellioent could have anything to do with it. Was it possible that he cared for Mel- licent, and to see her now so happy with Donald Gray was more than he could bear? It did not seem credible. There was his own statement that he had de- voted himself to her solely and only to help keep the undesirable lovers away and give Donald Gray a chance. Besides, had he not said that he was not a marrying man, anyway? To be sure, that seemed a pity—a. man so kind and thoughtful and so delightfully com- panionable! But then. it was nothing to her, of course—only she did hope he was not feeling unhappy over Mellicent! Miss Maggie wished, too, that Mr. Smith would not bring flowers and candy so often. It worried her. She felt as if he were spending too much money—and she had got the impression in some way that he did not have any too much money to spend. And there were the expensive motor trips, too—she feared Mr. Smith was extravagant. Yet she could not tell him so, of course. He never seemed to realize the value of a dollar, anyway, and he very obviously did not know how to get the most out of it. Look at his fool- ish generosity in regard to the board he paid her! Miss Maggie wondered sometimes if it might not be worry over money matters that was making him so nervous and irritable on occasions now. Plainly he was very near the end of his work there in Hillerton. He was not getting so many letters on Blaisdell matters from away, either. For a month now he had done nothing but a useless repetition of old work; and of late, a good deal of the time, he was not even making that pre- tense of being busy. For days at a time he would not touch his records. That could mean but one thing, of course; his work was done. Yet he seemed to be making no move toward departure. Not that she wanted him to go. She should miss him very much whenhe went, of course. But she did not like to feel that he was staying simply because he had nowhere to go and nothing to do. Miss Maggie did not believe in able-bodied men who had nowhere to go and nothing to do -——and she wanted very much to believe in Mr. Smith. She had been under the impression that he was getting the Blaisdell material to- gether for a book, and that he was intend- ing to publish it himself. He had been very happy and interested. Now he was unhappy and uninterested. His book must be ready, but he was making no move to publish it. To Miss Maggie this could mean but one thing: some financial reverses had made it impossible for him to carry out his plans, and had left him stranded with no definite aim for the future. She was so sorry l—but there seemed to be nothing that she could do. She had tried to help by insisting that he pay less for his board; but he had not only scouted that idea, but had brought «her more chocolate and flowers than ever—-for all the world as if he had divined her sus- picions and wished to disprove them. That Mr. Smith was trying to keep something from her, Miss Maggie was sure. She was the more sure, perhaps, because she herself had something that she was trying to keep from Mr. Smith —and she thought she recognized the symptoms. Meanwhile Axpril budded into May, and May blossomed into June; and June brought all the Blaisdells together again in Hillerton. CHAPTER XXII With Every Jim 3 James Two days after Fred Blaisdell had re- turned from college, his mother came to see Miss Maggie. Mr. Smith wes rear- ranging the books on Miss Maggie's shelves and trying to‘ make room for the new ones he had bought her through the winter. When Mrs. Hattie came in. red—eyed and flushed-faced, he ceased his work at once and would have left the EAR STORY READERS:—Some of you have written to ask if you missed a part of the story between the July 19th and the August 16th issues. You did not! Every word in the book “Oh Money! Money!" will be published in The Business Farmer, we never out down a story or leave out a word for any reason. This week we are [giving you a great big installment and the story will probably . finish with our issue of September 27th, and we hope to start a new story. just as good, if not better in that same issue. Don’t miss it!— manly tan. .-; . Judd-won the rest. So You can keep, to Work. I just came down to talk over with Maggie. I—rm sure I don‘t know w-what (I’m flint to do—when I can’t.” ’ ' “But you always can, dear,” Miss Maggie cheeriiy, handing her visitor a fan and taking a chair near-her. Mr. Smith, after a moment's hesitation, turned quietly back to his bookshelves. "But I can't,” choked Mrs. Hattie. “I —I'm going away.” “Away? Where? What do you mean?" cried Miss Maggie. “Not to—live!" “Yes. That' what I came to tell you.” "Why, Hattie Blaisdell, where are‘you coins?" “To Plainville—next month." "Plainville? 0h, wall, cheer up! That's only forty miles from here. I guess we ' can still see each other. Now, tell me, what does this all mean?" “Well, of course, it began with Fred—n his trouble you know.” ‘ d “But I thought Jim fixed that all up. ear." “Oh, he did. He paid the money. and nobody there at college knew a thing about it. But there were—other things Fredtold us some of them night before last. He says he's ashamed of himself. but that he believe’s there’s enough left in him to make a man of-him yet. But he says he can't do it—there." , , “You means—he doesn't want to go back to college?" Miss Maggie’s voice showed her disappointment. - ' ' ~ ' “0h, he wants to go to college—but not there." V . “Oh,” nodded Miss Maggie. "I see." “He says he's had too much money to spende that ’twouldn’t be easy not to spend it——-if he was back there, in the old crowd. So he wants to go some- where else." “Well, that's all right, isn't it?” “Y-yes. Jim says it is. He’s awfully happy over it, and—«and I guess I am." “Of course you are! But now, what is this about Plainville?" ' “Oh that grew out of it—«ail this. Mr. Hammond is going to open a new office in Plainville and he’s offered Jiim——James no, Jimr—I'm not going to call him 'James’ any more !.—-the chance to mane age it" ' “Well, that's fine, I’m sure." "Yes,°of course that part is fine-— splendid. He’ll get a bigger salary, and all that, and—«and I guess I’m glad to go, anyway. I don’t like Hillerton any more. I haven't got any friends here, Maggie. Of course, I wouldn’t have any- thing to do with the Gaylords now, after what’s happened—that boy getting my boy to drink and gamble. and—and every- thing. And yet—you know I’ve strained every nerve for years, and worked and worked to get where my children could —could be with them!" "It didn’t pay. did it, Hattie?” “I guess it didn’t! They're perfectly horrid—every one of them. and I hate them!” “Oh, Hattie, Hattie !" “Well, I do. Look at what they’ve done to Fred, and Bessie, too! I shan't let her be with them any more, either. There aren't any folks here we can be with now. That’s why I don’t mind :0- ing away. All our friends that we used to know don't like us any more, they're so jealous on account of the money. Oh, yes, I know you think I’m to blame for that," she went on aggrievedly. “I can see you do, by your face. Jim says so, too. And maybe I am. But it was just so I could get ahead. I did so want to be somebody!" "I know, Hattie." Miss Maggie looked as if she would like to‘say something more—but she did not say it. Over at the bookcase Mr. Smith was abstractedly opening and shutting the book in his hand. Hisgaze was out the window near him. He had not touched the books on the shelves for some time. “And look at how I’ve tried and see what it has come to——Bessie so high- headed and airy she makes fun of us, and Fred a gambler and a drunkard. and 'most a thief. And it’s all that hor- rid hundred thousand dollars !" The books in Mr. Smith’s hand slipped to the floor with a bang; but no one was noticing Mr. Smiith. "Oh, Hattie, don’t blame the hundred thousand dollars,"‘cried Miss Maggie. . “Jim says it was, and Fred does. too. They talked awfully. Fred said it was all just the same kind of a way that I'd tried to make folks call Jim ‘James.’ He said I'd been trying to make every single 'Jim’ we had into a ‘James.’ un- til I'd taken away all of the fun of livu ing. And I suppose maybe he’s right. too." Mrs. Hattie sighed profoundly. “Well' anyhow, I'm not going to do it anymore. There isn’t any fun in it, any- way. It doesn't make any difference how hard I tried to get ahead, I always found somebody a little ‘aheadier,’ as Benny calls it. So what's the use?" “There isn’t any use—in that kind of trying, Hattie." “No, I suppose there isn't. Jim said I was like the little boy that theyasked what would make him the happiest of anything in the world, and he ansWered. 'Everything' that I haven’t got.’ But I don’t see as I‘m any worse than other folks. Everybody goes for money: but I’m sure I don’t see why—if it doesn’t make them any happier than it has me! Well. I must be going." Mrs. Hattie rose .. H'VVe shall begin t0 'packsthe nonmalmooks like a m- ‘ v.5 o~ ‘ lbw-A...” on - .1”: ram" ~ ' .. «- _ sitar-sit _ ..,_.n-....~_ . x . .. , rqwm . ‘\ Pioneer arm I (From The Detroit; Free Press, Aug. 1-5th, 1924.), GRANT H. SLOCUM October 12, 1864 August 14, 1924 RANT H. 'SLOCUM, who organ- ized the Ancient Order. of Gleaners in 1894, and had been head of that order for 30 years, died at his home near Mt. Clemens, as a result of apoplexy sufiered May 16. He was 59 years old. For nearly a third of a century, Grant Slocum had been one of the political leaders among Michigan farmers, and, aided by his organiza— tion, was credited with controlling large numbers of votes, but, despite his political strength,‘ he never held office of any kind. He was born on a farm near Holly, October 12, 1864, where he remained until he was a young man, when he went to Caro, Tuscola county, to learn the printing trade. Published Tuscola Paper There he acquired the Tuscola County Courier, which he published for many years. While engaged in this enterprise be conceived the idea of a great fraternal insurance order to be built up among the farmers, and in September, 1894, the Glean- ers came into being, with 25 mem- bers. The organization grew until it had 75,000 members, principally in eight middle western states, and 1,400 lodges, In 1909 headquarters was moved to Detroit, and Mr. Slo- cum came here to live, but 12 years ago he built the home where he died, near Mt. Clemens. His entire life was devoted to farm enterprises. He organized the Gleaners’ Clearing House associa- tion, which unified a group of co— operative elevators throughout the state and which was operated suc- cessfully for nearly a quarter of a century until the depression follow- ing the war sounded its death knell. l Promoted Prison Twine Through his initiative, during the time in which Nathan F. Simpson was warden of Jackson Prison, the Gleaners purchased the entire out- put of binder twine, and retailed it to members of the order through- out the state. He was president of the Peoples State bank of Middleton, which has branches in several neighboring vil- lages, vice-president of the State Savings bank of Caro, and a direct- or of the Commercial bank of Caro. He was a Mason, an Odd Fellow, a Gleaner, a Yeoman, and a Wood— man. . Mr. Slocum was married in 1886 to Miss Ada Mertz, of Caro. Two children, Mrs. Ford Gargett, of Ionia, and George M. Slocum, of Mt. Clemens, and James Slocum, a brother, survive. Funeral services were held at the residence at 2 o'clock Saturday af— ternoon and the body temporarly placed in a vault at Mt. Clemens. Active pallbearers included R. L. Holoway, J. J. England, John Hud- son, F. C. Goodyear, George L. .Strachan, Nathan F. Simpson, Her- bert F. Baker and H. I. Zimmer, all members of the board of directors of the Gleaners. There were 20 hon- orary pallbearers. Floral tributes numbered more than 500 and -when the residence became filled with blooms shortly before. the services several hundred designs had to be placed in the yard and on the porches. Note: Mr. tribute to the memory of his father appears on the editorial page of this issue. ()U_R_ READE_RS’ NEW BUILDINGS Have you built any up-to-date farm buildings lately? If 1you have send gs a picture of the new building and we will print it in this new department. distant neighbors are domg to change the scenery. farmer decide the type{ of house, or ham, or other buildings he desn‘es to a pearance of your building and Will want the plan of it, ' It wi ~show the M. F. readers what their And, incidently, you may be able to help put ulp. _ e may Kodak pictures are al right it the details a ow up well. Do not send the negative, Just a. good prin . success of the other. George M. Slocum’sj CHAS. BISSELL 0F MABCELLUS BUILDS NEW BARN This barn, built In 1923, is thirty feet by sixty-seven feet and there is a. basement under the entire barn. It stands on the farm of Charles Bissell, Marcellus, Mich, and Ill writes that the capacity of the basement is twenty head of cattle, six horses, one hundred sheep and torty’ hogs. the granary inside the barn will It” bushels of wheat. It .eost The snows will hold seventy tons of hay while -~ flousand bushels of corn and a thousand Ill! lgom- some cg our other readers. ' V NEW YORK \ CENTRAL ; .——.., EW YORK The State Fair STATE FAIR is an arena for friendly competition. It is an educational opportunity. It is a medium of exchange for ideas and property. It is a social event. It is a reflection of agricultural optimism. It is an annual census of progressive agriculture. It is a pageant of progress. The crop and livestock products of a great common- wealth are on display. The best grains, the most nutriti- ous grasses, and the finest farm animals on exhibition give evidence of man’s progress in soil husbandry. Ever keeping pace with the progress of the world’s basic industry—agriculture—has been the development of the Nation’s arteries of transportation. Interdependent as are agriculture and transportation, it is becoming more and more evident that the prosperity of one depends upon the Always in the lead to recognize the needs of the country, the New York Central Lines have spent millions upon millions of dollars in providing livestock cars, box cars for grain, and refrigerator cars. When visiting the State .Fair, consider also the fact that the progress reflected there is, in a large measure, pos- sible through the foresight and progressiveness of the builders of our great railroad systems. 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The hfolbwingmmmonthemhbdlhmwhu yourme Inrenewin kindlysendthislsbelto mggakes. “limit by check. d'rnfz mon «arrive; or m ; mp- a curl-en are a e a ow by first-class mull over: dgllar receivefim Aura-tiring Rates: 450 per ante line. li lies to the-eohnnn LiJTmuango eéslemgfivgttfing W offer 1 low = e rats to reputable breeders of live stock and poultry; wm; BF LIABLI A D“! RT!“ R. W kn m accept venting n rm w we do not to be thoroughly onset an reliable. Ebouid any mder have ugh muse for “fight sailing-:3: in: bees columns, e blisher wo spprecis medium I .11 beg“ to Mt. In 9 e one. when writing say: “I saw our advartisement in The m Farmer!" It will coir-nose boost dealing. “The Form Paper of Sonic." — —T0 “GRANT,” MY FAME R as far back as I can remember, I had called him “Grant,” just as did those with whom he worked or played. And when the grandchildren came he would not have the bar- rier of "grandpa" raised between. their little hearts and his big one, and so they were taught at his very knee to call him “Grant” too. Such simple humility of spirit as this expressed, is the key by which to read the memories of this hour. Sympathy welled up in his heart with every pulse-beat and, whether he would or not, it must flow in some direction or burst its bounds. ' Thus it is easy to see, from whence came his life’s greatest desire; to better the condition of the men and women who tilled the soil. For had not his very fingers picked the endless stone from the fields of his father’s farm? Had he not seen his own father, a rugged pioneer of that type who could not know defeat, forced to toil as a carpenter because that same farm could not even barely feed and clothe his family of two girls and four boys, of whom Grant was the youngest? 0 t t It is not strange then, that the farm held small attraction for these children. They had seen its seamy side. So when his turn came, Grant too, left it and followed two older broth- ers into the country newspaper business, where by diligence and creative ability he soon laid the foundation of a comfortable business career. But the memory of his mother’s struggle and his father’s toil on that rocky farm would not be stilled. Grant saw the injustice of it all. The farmers' helpless position haunted him. Finally the bounds of his sympathy broke and its flood carried before it all the selfish aims and ambitions which otherwise might have marked a life devoted only to personal gain. No Moses or Joan ever dreamed more clearly a vis- ion of leadership out of an intolerable condition for a part of God’s children than did Grant Slocum, when from printed page and platform he preached the salvation of the individual farm- er through organization and co—operation. C I . Only the rugged constitution of a countrybred boy could have endured the struggle of the years after be seen the vision. Country schoolhouses, dimly lit and crowded to suffocation, resounded to his pleading and his battle cry. Long, frees- ing drives through snow piled high over fences, until the way of the road itself was lest. he made to get back to the'home that was his haven of refuge and his shrine of devotion. But such inspiring labor as was his, soon found reward and others, fired by his enthusiasm. lit their torches from his own and in turn kindled more until thousands of faces were lighted by its glow and countless hearts took courage from its promises. Grant Slocum was one of the pioneers of farm- erl‘ organization and co-operation in America. And he. would not, couldhe speak today, - ' And that'soms. who personal following his Nth, have tempted, him with the pos- of public one. the honors of cow erumeht position. are obvious. But that in an active lifetime he. never accepted such honors must bespeak more than more words could. how unflinchineg he held to the single purpose on which he‘had marked his goal. 0 O O In later years when the fruits of frugality had made it possible for him to lay down the battle and enjoy the rest which was his reward, how he struggled to do it! Yet the tire of youth's purpose burned within his now worn body, fanned, it seemed, to an even brighter intensity by every report of victory in the emancipation of the farmer. But while the battle still waged, he who..had been one of its generals was carried from the field wounded, and when the passing of hours into days, days into weeks, and weeks into months told him he could never again pick up his beloved banner and carry it forward, he gave up. 1 His last words, when only power of speech remained, for he had poured out his last ounce of strength, were “Come on now, boys, all together, over the top!" And that challenge will remain, engraved in the hearts and burning in the breasts, of the great circle of those who loved him so well and who called him “Grant.”—-G-men M. Swami. - SILVER LEN'ING T00 BRIGHT might have been just as well for the newly , organized Grain Marketing Company if Gray Silver, its president, had not painted so rosy a picture of its future when he talked to the ag- ricultural editors, who accepted the invitation sent out by that company to “come to Chicago at our expense.” Altho we were not in attendance, we under- stand that among other things, Mr. Silver, in the style which has already won him some fame. stated: “It is estimated—ind the estimate is con- servative——that a saving of five cents per bushel will be effected in the cost of handl- ing grain from the time it leaves the farm granary until it reaches the mill or the manufacturer. Applied to the whole wheat crop, this would reach the -enormous total of $40,000,000 a year. Applied to the volume of corn moving through commercial channels, it would be' approximately as much, with the other grain contributing to the grand total applied to the wheat and corn leaving the farm, certainly $70,000,000 would be conservative. The entire capital- ization of the Grain Marketing Co. is $26,— 000,000. In other words, if about one—third of» the savings which it is estimated can be made for the farmer on the cost of handling his wheat and corn surpluses during a single year could be so employed, the capitalization could be obtained and a tidy little sum could be saved. If a considerably lesser propor- tion could be employed to pay for the prop- erties that have been leased, the farmers would quickly be in complete ownership of all the elevators and other machinery com- prised in those properties." Of course, we could not have swallowed 30 large a lump without choking and we certainly do not expect our readers to. Promoters are not allowed under the “blue-sky" laws of Mich- igan to burn so much gas when they are talk- ing to their prospect about the purchase of stock, but perhaps Mr. Silver knew well enough that none of the farm paper editors present would buy anyway. so he mi ht as well go the limit, and apparently he di . - In our last issue, on this page, we had some- thing to shy about this $26,000,000 proposition which is to be sold to the farmers of America. Now, as we read over what we wrote two weeks ago, it sounds very mild indeed. We said we were charitable towards any farmers cooperative movement and we are. We can overlook mis- takes, when honest eflort prompted them. but we cannot and will not stand for anything which appears to us a misrepresentation of facts. Too many honest men with honest purposes have toiled into the night and sweated their very life’s blood to give farmers! organintion and eo-v operative .move'ment's - the impetus which they have earned today: We know their problems i thefrightful loss which the failure 031' \ shouldrlhave was certain “"s, therefor-ewe.“ I r, it], v F . , comfy-’1'“. gate thoroughly" before- investing in the Marketing Company "of’Chlcago. ' We shall be interested to learn when they gin discourses of Michigan for the of stock in this company. We hope our readers will lied us informed and‘also mail us copies of circular matter which they receive regarding it. This proposition will well v beer watching and we be. iieve it is the duty of every manintoreeted in the future of cooperative marketing to be alert to its ramifications. - A GREAT 1088 ITHIN sight of the home he loved. Protests or Frank R. Spragg, assistant professor of farm crops at M. A. 0., with his beloved wife and ten year old boy. were struck by a train on August 13th, and hurled‘into the great un- known. So sbocking a loss hasnot been felt at the college in a great many years and gradually as the importance of this man to agriculture is known, will the loss be keenly felt‘all over the country, if not the world. Our OWn readers have been following for months a series of articles by Professor Slim. in which he has covered the inovations in plant- life which he will, as time passes, be given full credit for. Even now, we have yet to publish one or two articles which were awaiting publica- tion when he was taken away from us. Rosen rye, Wolverine oats, Hardigan alfalfa, Berkley Rock wheat and other improved vari- eties of seeds‘ were discovered by this modest man who toiled with so little recognition and such great results at East Lansing. Who then can fathom the depth of the loss in which this one man's death has placed agriculture not only in Michigan, but in the whole world? God grant, that somewhere there are hearts that know no fatigue and brain that dream of things yet unknown who can carry on the work which Frank Spragg had so well begun! DETROIT WEWMFS STAR FAIR VISITORS ECAUSE Michigan's metropolis has put on long—pants since becoming the fourth city, in point of population in the United States. is no reason for assuming as the politicians would some times have us believe, that Detroit is not friendly to visitors from up—state. As a matter of fact, the better part of Detroit's population came from "somewhere in Michigan!” Most of her leading business men, manufactur- ers, merchants and public officials are tip—state boys. '\‘ I They want you folks to drive in‘the week of the state fair and make yourselves at home, They feel disappointed if you stop at the Fair Grounds and do not come down-town. Check your car somewhere near the grounds and take a trolley downbtown. Better still, climb on top of a Second Avenue bus and get a bird's-eye view of the city, all the way to the heart of town. for a silver dime. Come to Detroit and enjoy all that great city has to offer you, because. you have been invited and because back of the invitation is a sincere “do come!“ HOW TO SEE A FAIR TWO men go to a state fair and what each sees is almost entirely different. One re- turns home smelling of the midway and filled with a conglomerate mixture of pop—corn, taffy, red—hots and ginger-ale—but a mind- as. empty as his pocket—book. The other man looks first for the exhibits of the special farm product in which he is most in- terested and, be it bees or bulls, he finds the best which the state or county affords displayed for his approval. He finds men and women in charge of these exhibits who are the best posted authorities on their subject; he asks questions and often he makes acquaintances which stood him in good stead for years to come; Next, he takes in the educational exhibits of the fair in which he or his family are most inter. ested. He goes with mother through the we- mens building and even stands with daughter V ' before a beautiful painting in building with son he into the intricacies, of scouts’ work. if he can spend more than ~ouo-_, day at the fair-he finds ample things of interesig uncommon. t-Bcsoe-mm '.. . . ,1. 1 v d <. . .awj _ “MW i.’ _ ._._-.. 1—-3 a..- . .UWBTHDRT 3"! 1 Grid" Van-Hoop: __: ‘ .. I r... a I y a— n aha-r f». HN— . \3 month and receiving no reply we that the Home Profit Hooter! Company was in the, reeeivers’ hands, I immediately took steps to _ have an investigation made and our representative Mr. Fletcher, from our New York since went directly to Rochester and made me the follow ing report: -“If you have any complaints from oeedings in Rochester on the 28th of July. It was established that there are between seven and eight thousand creditors, and it is-expect- ed that the assets. will not reach the 10,000 mark. The chances, there- are very remote. “If you have any complaints from readers who have paid money on machines and have not received them, I would suggest that you file proper claim and mark them “Prior- ity Claims.” This was the advice given me by the secretary of Judge Sanford, who is Referee in Bank- ruptcy. “Mr. E. V. Cleary, attorney at Rochester, is handling most of the claims for creditors and it might be advisable to get in .touch with him.” We suggest that all readers of TE: Busmnss FARMEB who have claims of any nature, should present them to Mr. Cleary, whose address is 906 Wilder Bld., Rochester, N. Y., who will present them to the referee in bankruptcy and we expect, charge only a nominal commission on what he collects for you. So far as we can learn this com- pany lived up to all their promises, so far as buying back the work, etc., but apparently they were not on a sound financial basis and could not stand the strain. There is a ray of hope in the fact that the machine is a good one and will do the work, but under the present circumstances it will not, of course, be possible to hold the company to their promise to buy back the completed hosiery and it will be necessary for those who own them to sell their product in their own neighborhoods. It has come to our attention that twenty-five women in the city of Minneapolis have formed themselves into a cooperative knitting club, buying their yarn and needles at wholesale and selling the socks they knit to either the local retail trade or to friends. This permits them to not only work out the cost of the machine, but also gives a larger profit as such local sales are seldom enacted by the present depressed condition of the wholesale market. We understand that Mr. H. B. Watson, 21 Marlborough Road, Rochetser, New York, in answer to the request of these women in Min- neapolis, has made it possible for them to purchase needles and yarn at wholesale prices, and we take it for granted that he is willing to ex— tend this same cooperation to others who may desire it. NEWSWRITER TRAINING BUREAU “I would like to ask you if ‘The flewswriter Training Bureau,’ Buf- falo, New York, William A. He - cock, managing director, is hono able and trustworthy.”———G. L., St. Clair County. wrote this firm requesting information regarding their course and after waiting over wrote again sending the letter by ‘ aha Collection flw The um. d thle department I! to hot on: m from fraudulent «learn: a “on - In overyquewswllldoourbuttemah :Mlatllsfaotory continuum or floroe'mtleci i: no charge or on ounces 0 In“. smiths: "I W them but they did not take the time mail. The‘letter reached to reply in any way. The" closing . paragraph in our last letter was "If you are doing a strictly legitimate business and want more students you should be anxious to volunteer all information desired.” Perhaps they do not want more students, so would advise our reader to look elsewhere for a place to spend her money. I WATCH OUT FOR BAD CHECKS URING the summer there are al- ways strangers going about the country buying loads of vege~ tables, apples or poultry from the farmers. Most of these strangers pay cash for what they buy but we have heard recently of several cases where farmers accepted checks and 'then when they went to cash them found they were no good. I have a letter from a "victim" before me that reads as follows: "I wish you would publish a piece in your valuable paper warning peo- ple not to accept checks in payment for their farm produce it they don’t positively know the person who gives the check is reliable. We were unlucky enough to get stung $44.00 worth by a man from Jackson who gave us a check in payment for po- tatoes, check being no good as we found later when we tried to cash it. He stung four other farmers here the same way. There seems to be quite a number of his kind swindling the people out of their money with worthless checks." Insist on the cash unless you are well acquainted with the man and know him to be honest. "A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.” Ev- en though prices are not very high it is better to keep the produce yourself than to give it away to some stranger. WEALLMAKEMISTAKEB ONCE INAWHJLE HEY say the reason rubbers are put on the end of pencils is that we all make mistakes now and them—none of us are perfect. Well, we buy pencils with rubbers on them and sometimes have to use the end with the rubber on. But once in a while we fail to catch a mistake and the result is your name may be misspelled on your label, or there is some other little error. Then it is up to you to call the mat- ter to our attention and we are al- ways thankful to you for doing it. The mistakes are not always ours remember. Some send in their sub- scription and fail to sign their name plainly or leave of! their address and in a few cases we have been un— able to find the name any place al- though we have read the letter over two or three times searching for it. Whether it is our mistake or yours write in and tell us about it. We are always glad to hear from our readers. If your letter is about your subscription address it to the attention of the Circulation Manag- er, if you want the Editor to get your letter address it to the atten- tion of the Editor, and if you want to get your letter into the hands of the Publisher address it to his at- tention. This should apply also if you want your letter to go to any certain department such as Farm- ers' Service Bureau, Radio Depart- ment, etc. THANKS! Dear Srs:—I received the money from - and wish to thank you for your 1 Ed service. I know without your help I should never have gotten iL—R. R, illusions. Mich. Sire: Will let you know I have a check from the com- pany and thank you very much for your prompt attention toward my other letters and helping me to get my pay. Thank- ing you again, I am—-—Mrs. F. 0., Merrill, Michigan. 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'- You do not have to riment to et a windmill that Will run a year with one oiling. II)! g Our large factory and our superior equipment enable us to produce economically and accurately. Every purchaser of anAermotor gets the benefit from quantity production. The Acrmotor is made by a responsible company which has specialized in steel windmills for 36 years. Chicago Kansas Cl he Auto-oiled Aermotor is Dallas D M I Minneapolis 0W. B A R R E L LOTS SLIGHTLY DAMAGED Creche Hotel chinaware. cookingware. glassware. etc. 8 ed direct from factory to consumer. Write for .rticnlarn. E. SWASEY & CO Portland. e. CASH dPAbIPd FORldFALSEmTEETg. EDI-lg m an n O mane pom an 0 "in. sun to no smrmo s anrmmo &.. 0min». Mich. CORN HMVESTER CORN HARVESTER CUTS AND FILES 0“ harvester or windrows. Mun and horse cuts and shocks equsl‘Corn Binder. Sold in every law Only $25 With bundle tying attachment '1‘ - monmls and catalog Fh'ce showmg picture of Hate Vector. PROCESS HARVESTER 00.. mm- mm WWWMMWM 5 THE BUSINESS FARMER, Protective Service Bureau, Mt. Clemens, Mich” ( ) I enclose a dollar for a two year renewal and 250 for a Metal Sign and cer- tiilmte. ( ) My subscription is paid to Sign and certificate. Name... ER MEMBW E] ; UshermwrStmcsBum ‘ B mass Exilfifi inches Red and Black on White Background 1925. so I enclose 25c for a Metal 1 Post 0mm (hunts? ' ‘ EM. L » 1;: ‘ V darned a desertisz me- woreneve‘r theyp ’ a . " 1f like alligator jaws, , V the , 7: hat (“new Fedora was—- ‘ when no mortal knows. sweaters all a' ribboned wreck. V i3 wear it all‘I can, " ,no one minds.‘ for I am just e tattered hired-man. he hired out for many ye wages great and small; ough I haven't saved as misers do, haven't spent it all. t with all my expenses met, e put a little by a tide me over troublous times, d that's the reason why, With such a carefree countenance M humankind I scan, And nothing worries me, for I’m The happy hired-man. when the hoppers eat the wheat .. The boss has tried to grow. And rust and hall and drought and frost, “Those harbingers of woe. 'Come helter—skelter on his head That’s getting grey with care; And dunners chase from off his face The smile he used to wear; I sympathize with all my heart And thank the Mighty Plan That made me what I am, and that's The lucky hired-man. .——Nor’-West Farmer. SEPTEMBER IN THE COUNTRY , FEW more days and then the call to return to the school- room will be answered by over 300,000 rural boys and girls throughout the land. Most of them will enter buildings freshly cleaned, some redecorated, to make them more pleasant and suitable “temples of learning." A few will enter new buildings dedicated “ to the service of the community and to the com- mon cause of a better life for all." Most of this youthful throng are eager to return and join their school friends. Most of them will enter advanced grades with new fields of study to explore. Most of them will have new teachers. About one-fifth of them will be entering school for the first time. A few of them will be entering schools in new commun- ities into which they have moved or to which they must go for advanced educational instruction. Everything possible should be done to make the first week a red letter week for the beginners and the newcomers, to be remembered by them for the remainder of their lives. First impressions are lasting impressions. A favorable attitude towards school and community gain- ed during these first few days will largely determine the wholehearted- ness with which these pupils will enter into cooperation with the school and its enlarged society. Just as first impressions largely determine the attitude of the pupils so do they sheet the teacher. The teacher should become an integral part of the community during her period of tenure. Most teachers realize this and are glad to respond "to the welcome extended them by the community. The teacher will not only be happier but she, in in- creased service, will repay the com- munity for any efforts expended in her behalf. THREE TYRES OF SLEEVES AND HOW THEY ARE MADE RACTICALLY all sleeves may now be divided into three types, the kimona sleeve which is cut in one with the waist section, the set- , .in sleeve and the raglan sleeve. The first two types take their names from the manner in which they are at~ tached to the garment and not from their shape. The advantage of the kimona sleeve is that one is saved the work of cutting and putting in a separ- ate sleeve. A kimona sleeve should never be made of material which has not enough body or weight in itself to hang well. A kimona sleeve in organdy is not attractive because of the stiffness of the ma- terial which causes it to stick out instead of hanging in proper posi- tion. People inclined to stoutness should not wear kimona sleeves. The advantage of a set-in sleeve is that it breaks the line of the gar- ;ment at the shoulder, and allows the waist to conform somewhat better to the lines of the figure under the " rm. Its only disadvantage is the labor necessary to put it in so that. will hang correctly. , ., A raglan sleeve is outwith the 1 ‘- right? No matter where y o u r boys or girls are going to school they should be ready when school opens. Think this over. 2 .. .. apartment for the Women .. Edited by MRS. ANNIE TAYLOR nan some: Are your boys and girls ailmeady forschool‘i", It , will only be a few days before school starts in the country and now is the time to check up-to see if they are ready. And’by “ready” I do not mean Just if you have clothing for them and if they are in the right frame of mind—no indeed. of headaches or tired eyes have you had their eyes examined and fitted with glasses if needed? Have you taken them to the dentist to see if their teeth are in first class condition? Are they feeling all If you want them to do their best in school and get the most out of their studies they must be physically and mentally fit. , vim , Address letters: lire. Annie Taylor. care The Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Michigan. 9, If they have complained top extending to the neck. It is easy to adjust and comfortable, but is apt to make the wearer look round shouldered. It should not be used in thin materials. It is generally advisable to pin in the sleeve carefully before basting, matching the notches. terations are necessary remember that at the present time most pat- terns require the highest part of the curve at the top of the sleeve to be placed at the shoulder seam, which :18 now directly on top of the shoul- er. / Hold the sleeve toward you in pinning and basting it in, and if there seems to be too much fullness to fit into the armseye, try to "ease" it in by pushing it along with the thumb of the left hand during the basting. If, perchance, the shoul- der and underarm seams have been taken up so that the fullness in the sleeve cannot be “eased” in, it may be necessary to slip it up into the armseye a little more. If this is done be sure that the sleeve is slip- pedped up all around, else it will pull and wrinkle around the outside of the arm just below the shoulder. The top of the sleeve should be a little larger than the armseye to allow for the fullness and movement of the upper part of the arm.— Blanche E. Hyde, Clothing Special- ist, Colorado Agricultural College. 'ASPBE'ITYASAPIOTURE 0 one knew that Mother had bought a camera with her birthday money. It rather amused her to consider the remarks that such a knowledge would have evoked. “Thought you were crazy about new aluminum saucepans?" father Would suggest wonderingly. “Oh. mother, why didn't you get something for the house?" would be daughter’s tragic wail. "What do you expect to make a picture of in this forsaken burg?” son would neroif rebelliously. Mother loved the farm. Father had loved it until the discontent and dissatisfaction of his children began to corrode his pride and happiness in it. “What's the use of making plans or improvements?" he do- manded of mother. “Our working days will soon be over and John des- pises the farm and Mary is ashamed of it.” So mother secretly took her birthday money and bought a cam- era. “I ought to have done it long ago,’ ’she chided herself,“ but may- be it isn't too late." Mother spent unaccustomed hours in unaccustomed places. Her sub- sequent visits in town each held a secret mission. One day she return- ed with a long, fiat package”. “A picture,” exclaimed daughter a little doubtfully. Then as the picture was unfolded, a beautiful scene in sepia tints encircled by a dull brown frame: “0h, mother. how lovely! W-why, it looks like—1’ "It is,” said mother pleasantly. “Our own woods in the background with the cows gathered about the spring in the pasture. Doesn't Molly N look like the prize-winner she is?" Well, Well! It was undeniably e beautiful «stare—everyone who came into room noticed and ed- mired it. "Yes, indeed, it was taken ".w ‘1 In case al-' ’ permanent fixture. right here on our farm,”-mother in- variably exclaimed. Other pictures were forthcoming. That bend in the lane where the clump of thorns grew and father driving home the big team. The old stone wall, vine-draped monu- ment of an older generation’s toil and perseverance. “Finest piece of oats I’ve seen," declared the visiting county agent. So mother took a picture with John standing in the midst to emphasize the height and the picture came out in the Farm Bureau News. The old trash pile at the end of the shed seemed to have become a But mother per- sisted until her reluctant menfolks cleared it away and repaired and painted the shed. When she sprang her “before and after” pictures, father admitted: “Well, it certainly was worth while. I had no idea it did look quite so bad!” It really was surprising how much finer and more interesting the old place looked in a picture than one had supposed. It was surpris- ing what an improvement each slight innovation made—for mother was unrelenting in her “before and after" campaign. In fact, there is no denying that a new love and appreciation and pride in the old farm followed mother’s unexpected purchase of a camera. DOCTOR TELIS WHAT TO DO FOR PDIPLES CURE for pimples and black- heads is one of the commonest health questions put to Dr. Lydia Allen DeVilbiss, Chautauqua and lyceum lecturer on health sub- jects. Dr. DeVilbiss suggests as a cure a good course in skin treatments at a competent beauty parlor, accom- panied with supervision of diet and general health by a physician. If this is impracticable, she de- clares, much may be done at home by keeping the skin clean, watching the diet and elimination. As a rule, soap should not be used daily. Not that soap and water hurt the skin, the doctor points out, but the trou- ble is that the careless person no- glects to rinse the face properly. The result is that tiny particles of soap adhere to a sluggish skin; these clog the pores and the black- heads result. When the blackheads become infected, they form very disfiguring pimples. “The distressing disfigurement of pimples and blackheads occurs at the age of puberty and has a tend- ency to remain until about 25 years of age," Dr. DeVilbiss says. “This is Just the age when a good skin counts for most. A sensitive young person may suffer severely in mind and body if these blemishes are not removed." HANDY To KNOW 0 brush the teeth once a day is the least that should be consid- ered. Morning and night are much better. The cleaning process should be up and down to get be- tween the inner spaces of the teeth and inside as well as outside. After the teeth are thoroughly cleaned— et least five minutes being. taken, the mouth should be rinsed to re- move portions of food and germ which may” be lodged. selv- -. self, and most people require‘eight or nine hours to be efficient and to feel well. Ample sleep with, wide open windows heads on nervous trouble and; keeps the individual sweet-tempered. . . ‘\ a a Personal column Another Reproducer Wanted—Wonk! you please print this in your paper on the Farm Home page? If any reader has a four minute reproducer for an old Edison phonograph which they would like to sell. please write and give price wanted to—Mrs. John Blatt, R. 6. Brown City, Michigan. * Poem for Golden Wedding.——Will you kindly put this request in your paper. Will some one please send a good poan for a Golden Wedding.—-4Mrs. E. L Pur- dy, Harbor Beach, Michigan. Getting Rid of Bugs and MMP‘ I am sending a recipe for getting rid of bugs and little miners which are so tan- talizing around our lamps in the evening, also the large June bugs which make such noise around the screen. I take the wash tub. put in a pailful of water, and suspend a lighted lantern in it, in the evening, on the porch. I leave it all night, the bugs and millers are at to the light and fall into the water in the tub. The water will be well coated with the bugs before daylight. I some- times place this near the cabbage plants, for the benefit of cabbage miliers. The light can be turned low after the home lights are put out—Mrs. L. 8.. R1. Pierre son, Michigan. Have You Sweet Pickle RecipeH would like to ask if any of the reader! could tell me how to make mixed sweet pickles like you buy in the stores. I would like to make some—Mrs. H. R. ¥ —if you are well bred! More Finger Foods.——-Asparagus is not held at the extreme and of the stalk and the end dropped into the mouth in the manner employed by the Neapolitan laz-- zaroni when eating macaroni. The most comfortable way to eat asparagus—end one entirely correct is to use a knife and fork cutting the stalks in half and cab ing the tips like any other fork food. But if you must eat them with your fingers, lift the woody end carefulLy. dip the head of the stalk in the sauce and—taking care not to squeeze or hold your hands so that the juice will trickle down your arm—raise the edible tip to your mouth. In the case of the artichoke the fingers are always used. A leaf at a time is pulled from the heart, the edible end dipped in the sauce and then raised to the mouth. ' Corn on the cob is usually a. family dish and seldom appears at a more formal affair. It should, in fact, not be served at a formal luncheon or dinner. The ear is held lightly in the fingers at each end (sometimes a napkin is used). and a. sharp steel knife may be provided to facilitate cutting the kernels from the cob. Though birds are not finger—food in company, it is not a social crime for one thus to eat a squab or chicken-wing at his own home table. At a formal dinner the strict rule is to cut off as much meat as is conveniently possible. and leave the remainder. Hence, meat and bird bones should not be taken up in the fingers. though the fingers may be used to pull apart lobster claws. Shrimps are served whole in the shell, and are peeled with the fingers. Only a few hard cheeses are finger- foods. Ric’h, soft or crumbly ones, such as Camembert, Roquefort, Stilton, Brie, Cream, Canadian Club, etc, are eaten with a fork or transferred to bread or biscuit with the knife, and then raised to the mouth. Tongs are usually provided for ‘mints and bonbons but fingers—where tongs are not provided—are not barred,“ and this applies as well to lump sugar. Menu for August 3lst ‘Country Club Chicken Sweet Potatoes Green Corn Tomato Salad Apple Whip Chocolate wafers Coffee ‘Country Club Chicken—Wash 2 broil- ers or quite young chickens, cut them in halves or quarters if they be large enough. wipe them and dip pieces in beaten egg, well seasoned with salt and pepper and mixed with cream. Boll pieces in breadcrumbs and place them in greased pan, dot generously with fat and place in hot oven for 15 minutes. Now put chicken in hot kettle. cover and let smother and steam for 30 minutes or until tender on a. slow fire. Place chicken onhotplatterzaddhalfcuphotcream to gravy in kettle-1nd it "ova chickens. ‘ ' _ \ this .ps‘icular is; a rule unto; hired~ /' C‘—_c‘——My father takes the M. B. F'. and we enjoy it very much. I thought I would write. Billy Frank said every girl that would guess his age which In between 15 and 20 would receive a real box of . Well I think his age is 18. Is that right? Well I had better describe myself. I am 6 feet 1 inch tall, weigh 104 pounds, am 11 years old and my birthday is the 16th of August, have brown bobbed hair. For pets I have 2 cats and 1 dog. We live on an 80-acre farm. I have 4 brothers and 6 sisters. Well I hope Mr. Waste Basket don't gobble my letter up. Your niece,——Ar- dith Jordan. R1, Turner, Michigan. Dear Uncle Ned :-—May I join your merry circle? I wrote but my letter was not in print. Well I will describe my- self. I am 5 feet 2 inches tall and weigh 115 pounds, have black hair and blue eyes. I am 14 years old. I live On a. lSO-acre farm and we have 6 cows. 5 horses. 41 sheep. 26 lambs and for pets I have a. dog and a cat. I think Flor- ence Coleman is 14 years old. Well I will close with a. riddle. Why do girls like to look up at the moon? The one who guesses the answer correct will re- ceive a letter from me. Only two chances, remember. Will close. I am— IAgnnie Bankel, West Branch, Mich, R2. ox 23. Wide 9 int: bio garb which backwshall be cgual to 10. I Cut on the. “rdottcd lint. A surprise For Uncle Ned if EAR, Young Folks:—-— el even vacation! And where do you suppose he is? Why, maybe he passed right in front of your gate, because the last we saw of him-he was heading right up into northern Michigan, with a. camping outfit snuggly packed in the rear seat of his Ford sedan. If you see a. Ford sedan with a. tall man wearing shell-rim glasses and driving like the wind. just shout "0, Uncle Ned, I know you!" and ten to one he will stop and say "Howdy!" But don’t tell him that I told you where he was going, or what he looked like or he might cut off his whiskers just so you could not rec- ognize him. Now let’s have some fun while he’s away! Do you ever read the advertise- ments in THE Bosnmss Farm? Well, it will pay you to read them all this week, because I am going to offer FIVE WHOLE DOLLARS IN PRIZES! I want you to write me answers to the following questions first:— 1.—What store in Detroit is go- ing to have a big sale and Why are they going to have it? 2.-—What state does Ferndell; a cow which produced 13,- 477.!) pounds of milk come from and what has the old Uncle Ned had to have a. herd she comes from been fed for 13 years? 3.—--What is the secret of one tires ability to stand hard- knocks and what tire is it? 4.—How should sugar-beets be lifted? 5.——What is a. savings bank for corn? ‘ 6.—How can you save 34, to 1,5 on a stove. range or fur- nace! 7.—What bonds pay 7%? 8.—-—What did 81.7.5 worth of something do and what was it? 9.——What is the name of a new cord fabric? 10.-——What advertisement in the August 30th issue did you like best and why? (Not over 50 words.) When you have answered all of these questions, send in your let- ters to Uncle Ned, so he will find a great big job waiting for him to decide which letter is best. Be sure and write on only one side of the paper and sign your full name and age on the top of each page. $3.00 IS THE FIRST PRIZE, for a full list of correct answers and the best letter in answer to Question No. 10. $1 is the Second Prize and 50c each to the next two best. All letters must be mailed not later than September 10th. Your friend till Uncle Ned gets back! THE PUBLISHER. Dear Uncle Nedz—It has been quite a while since I wrote I just wondered if you would print this. I wonder what all the cousins are doing this summer. I am staying at home as I had an operation for appendicitis a. short time ago and I am not strong enough to work. Say Uncle, do you ever get the blues or do any of you cousins? If you do please write to me as I get them too. I was vaccinated yesterday. There is no need for me to describe myself as I have writ- ten before. We are soon going to move out of the lovely country into the horrid town. Don‘t you pity me? I do love the farm don’t you Uncle Ned? It is rain- ing to—night and I was lonesome so I thought you would give me a small place in the corner for this letter. Won’t you Uncle? I will watch for it anyway. I guess it will fill quite a corner. Ha! Ha! Hoping to hear from some lonesome cousins I will close. Your niece,—Lena Ables, R3, Montgomery, Michigan. Why Mr. Horse and Mrs. Giraffe Are Enemies RS. Giraffe and Mr. Horse were, long, long ago, fast friends. But Mr. Horse became so boastful about his ability to run fast, that Mrs. Giraffe grew very weary of hearing him boast. "I can run faster than any other animal,” Mr. Horse told Mrs. Gi- raife. “You can not run faster than I,” challenged Mrs. Giraffe. "Ho, ho, haw. haw,” laughed Mr. Horse. ‘_‘I can run much, much faster." At this Mrs. Giraife became very, very angry and pulled out a long hair from Mr. Horse’s mane and two from his tail and swallowed them. No very easy feat, as they were several feet long. “Well. Friends,” Mr. Camel spoke up, “suppose tomorrow at nine o’clock you run a race and that will settle the argument.” “Very well," Mrs. Giraffe agreed, “we shall run a race and we shall see what we shall see." “Indeed, yes," Mr. Horse snoifed, “we shall see what we shall see.” “You think you can win but in- deed you can not, Friend Horse.” Mrs. Giraffe scoffed. “I will win this race by several miles” Mr. Horse boasted. At this remark Mrs. Giraffe sat back on a big rock and laughed till the tears ran dowu her long, very long neck. “Look here, old Spotted Face," Mr. Horse crossly spoke, “you laugh too soon." I 0 O The next morning at exactly nine o'clock Mr. Camel, Mrs. Giraffe, Mr. -Horse and many of their friends not for. the race. When Mr. Camel said “Go!” Mr. Horse and Mrs. ' cum started. They were both seq swift: Mrs. Girafle always gaining when it came to broken ground and rocks, as she could hop over these like a huge frog. When Mrs. Giraffe was ahead she would turn her very long neck and laugh very loudly at Mr. Horse. This made Mr. Horse quite "angry, and he would run faster than ever. All the animals were excited over the race. The ones who were friends of Mrs. Giraffe wore large blue-ribbons and the friends of Mr. Horse wore scarlet ribbons. Toward the end of the race there was much yelling and cheering for the two runners. Faster, faster, faster, they came. All the animals were wondering who would win, and were cheering. Almost had they reach their goal! The animals were all pushing to get a good view of the best part of the race. Mr. Horse was running as fast as a horse ever ran since the world began and Mrs. Giraffe was leaping as she had never leaped be- fore. ‘ They came faster, faster, faster. But my, oh me! neither one was ahead. They were side by side. The animals were very worried. “It will be a great disappoint- ment to all of us,” Mr. Camel moan- ed, “we want a winner.” - Faster, faster, faster came Mr. Horse and Mrs. Giraffe. At last they reached their goal, but my, on me, they were still side by side. Neither had won. Mr. Camel was ready to call the race a tie when Mrs. Giraife craned her long, long neck as long as she could and—stuck out her long, long, tongue. Mrs. Giraffe’s friends yelled and shouted with glee. Mrs. Giraffe had wont. But ever since then Mrs.” Gircife and Mr. Horse have been bitter, bitter amnion—Helen Gregg green. ; \_ ' . Yourwant-u niece—«Men b C. Colwell, , A Bill’s Life I come from a. little spring, I bobble over stones—and sing: I am a. little rill, , I love to race down bill. I run under stars and sun I gush over boulders weighing ton; I go by a town. But always run down—down My life is a pleasure I wish for nothing better, I have a. sand, bed On my banks are flowers 'red. I ran into a little creek Over boulders bound to creep; In and out I turn and leap . I always have a song so meek. In and out of shady necks, Now I run into a. brook; But still I laugh and play Thinking I am on my way. Into a river now I swing Over mmnyalls I ring. Now I come unto a mill " But I keep running still. Now I. run into the ocean, Now I make much more motion: But still I laugh and play, Thinking now I am all the way. Now I join many others, They are all my brothers: And now we foam And on us great vessels roam. —By Merab C. Colwell, 32, Petoskey. Mich. Dear Uncle Ned:-—-I am 5 feet and 8 inches tall and weigh 122 pounds. The one that guesses my right age will re- ceive a letter from me. I am between 12 and 16 years old. Billy Frank’s age I will guess is 17 years. Is that right? Will have to close. Would like to hear from some of the boys and girls. Want- to-be friend-4’er Brocker, R1. Way- land, Michigan. ‘ Dear Uncle Nedz—My father take the M. B. F. and we like it very much, or I do anyway and I read the Children’s Hour every issue. Well summer is here again and with it the birds and flowers. I like summer better than any other time of the year. Don’t you too Uncle Ned? Well I shall have to describe my- self.. I am 6 feet 1 inch tall and I have medium brown bobbed hair and blue eyes and I weigh about 97 pounds. I am twelve years old and my birthday is the first day of May. Have I a twin? Well I will take 9. guess at Billy Frank's age. I think he is about 17. Am I right Billy? This will have to be all for this time or the waste basket will get my letter. Your want-to—be niece— Esther Shively. Cook, Michigan. —-I like stunner but the other seasons are nice too, I f" I» Cut out each piece carefully, and paste the nine pieces to- gether on stiff cardboard to form the silhouetts of a. sour variety of fruit. What is it? Answer to last puzzle: K plus Cow p513 Nail plus Pie minus Ccne’fplus "Pen minus Pipe pins Cup .minnsziejk pins Butt minus Tub, out-ll VWAL-V o i ,vwrmrsx ',“ . _‘Ehgq.' .T i 9; ma. .- .c.» ».»~«o-«..W-imw . . .. ,- awn?“ . ." . ...~.u;:-‘..e~w "a‘ ‘ “mutual «a not heerveey 1m [Eagle and-her hall and hadyclosedgths door behind them. But when. Miss ,Meggie returned. m. smith was poems on, and down the room nervously. ‘ ' 'ww.” he dananded with visible ir- "will ritation, as soon as she appeared, ‘you kmdlyullmeitthereisanything desirable that that confounded money bl. done?" ‘ . Miss Maggie looked up in surprise. “You mean—Jun Blaisdell's money?” die asked. “Imeanallthemoneyb-Imeuthe three hundred We} dollars that thosethreepeoplereceived. 'Haeltever brought any good or happiness—any- ~ where?” "Oh. yes. I know,” nailed Miss Mag- gie. a little sally. "But—J Ber count— enance changed abruptly. A passionate earnestness same to her eyes. “Don’t bhme the mum-blame the finding of it! The money isn’t to blame. The dol- iarthatwinhuytldretetethemvies willinstasquioklyhuyagoodbook: and if you're hungry“ it’s up to you whether you put your money into choco- bteeeelairsorroestbeet. Isthe money to blame that goes for a whiskey bill or a gambling debt instead of for shoes and stocking for the family?” ~ 'Why, n—no." Mr. Smith had amarently ~ lost his own irritation in his amazement at hers. "Why. Miss Maggie, you—you seem worked in: over this matter." “I am worked up. I'm always worked tip—over money. It’s been money, money, ~money. ever since I could remember! We're all after it. and we all want it. and we strain every nerve to get it. We think it‘s going to bring us happiness. But it won’t—unless we do our part. And there are some things that even money can't buy. Besides, it isn’t the money that does the things. anyway.— it’s the man behind the money. What do you think money is good for, Mr. Smith?" Mr. Smith. now thoroughly dazed. actually blinked his eyes at the question, and at the vehemenoe with which it was hurled into his face. « ‘ "Why, Miss Maggie, it—ib—L—I—F "It isn’t good {or anything unless we can exchange it for something we want. is it?” "Why. I—I smose we can give it——" “But even then we’re exchanging it for something we want. aren’t we? We want to make the other fellow happy. don't we?“ "Well, yes. we do.” Mr. Smith spoke with sudden fervor. "But it doesn't al- wayeworkthntway. Lookatthecase right here. Now. very likely this——er— Mr. Fulton thought these three hundred thousand dollars were going to make these people heavy. Personalisation of happiness—that woman was, a few min- utes ego. wasn’t she?” Mr. Smith had regained his air of aggrieved irritation. "No. she wasn’t. But that wasn’t the money's tanlt. It was her own. She didn't know how to spend it. And that’s Justwhatlmeanwhenlsaywe’vegot to do our part—money won’t buy happi- ness, unless we exchange it for the things that will bring happiness. If we don't know how to get any happiness out of five dollars, we won’t know how to get it out of five hundred. or five thousand. or five hundred thousand, Mr. Smith. I don't mean that we’ll get the same amount out of five dollars, of course.— though I’ve seen even that happen some- timesl—but I mean that we’ve got to lmow how to mend five dollars—and make the most or it.” “I reckon—you're right, Miss Maggie.” "I know I‘m right. and 'tisn’t the money‘s tault when things go wrong. Money's all right. I love money. Oh, yes. I know—we're taught that the love of money is the root of all evil. But I don’t think it should be Ego—necessarily. I think money’s one of the most .wonder- tul things in the world. It’s more than a trust and a gift—~it's an opportunity, and a test. It brings out what’s strong- est in us, every time. And it does that whether it's five dollars or five hundred thousand dollars. If— we love choco- late eclairs and the movies better than roast beef and good books, we’re going to buy them. whether they’re chocolate ecclairs and movies on five dollars, or or y—champagne Suppers and Paris gowns on five hundred thousand dollars !" "Well, ivy—by Jove!” ejaculated Mr. finith, rather ieebly. Miss Maggie gave a shamefaced laugh and sank bad; in her chair. "You don‘t know what to think ,of me, or course: and no wonder," she sighed. “But I‘ve felt so had over this—this money business right here under my eyes. Ilovethemameveryoneotthem. And you lmow how it's been. Mr. mm. Hasn’t it worked out to prove Just what. I say? Take Hattie this afternoon. She said that Fred declared she’d been try- ing to make every one of her ‘Jlms' a 'James,’ ever since the money came. But he forgot that she did that vu'y same thing before it came. All her life she’s been trying to make five dollars look llketen':sowhenshegotthehundred umm‘mtu- "JI-lNinliflttthp’dtt. aneused mwwmmmm and never uses them except for company. She doesn't take any more comfort with them than she did with the ingrain car- pets and cheap chairs. or course, that’s a little thing. I only mentioned it to illustrate my meaning. Jane doesn’t know how to play. She never did. When you can't spend five eents out of a bun- dred dollars for pleasure without winc- ing. you needn't expect you’re going to spend five dollars out o! a hundred thou- sand without teehg the pinch,” laughed Miss . “And Miss Flora? You haven't men- tioned her," observed Mr. Smith, a little grimly. Miss Maggie milled: then she sighed. “Poor Flora—end when she tried so hard to quiet her conscience because she had so money! But you lmow how that w You helped her out e! that scrape. And she's so grateful! She told me yesterday that she hardly ever gets e. begging letter now." “No; and those she does get she in— vestigates.” asserted Mr. anith. "So the takes don’t bother her much these days. And she’s doing a lot of good, too. in a small way." . “She is, and she's happy now,” de- clared Miss Maggie, “except that she still worries a little because she is so happy. She’s dismissed the maid and does her own work—I’m afraid Miss Flora never was cut out for a fine-lady life of leisure, and she loves to putter in the kitchen. She says it’s such a re- lief, too, not to keep dressed up in com— pany manners all the time, and not to have that horrid girl spying 'round all the day to see it she behaves proper. But Nora’s a dear.” “She is! and I reckon it worked the best with her of any of them." "Worked?" hesitated Miss Maggie. “En—that is, I mean, perhaps she’s made the best use of the hundred thou- sand.” stammered Mr. Smith. "She’s been——-er—the happiest." "Why, y—yes, perhaps she has. when you come to look at it that way.” "But You wouldn't—er—advise this Mr. Fulton to leave hen—his twenty mil- lions?" "Mercy!" laughed Miss Maggie, throw- ing up both hands. "She'd i'ain-t dead away at the mere thought of it.” "Humphi Yes, I amuse so.” Mr. Smith turned on his heel and resumed his restless pacing up and down the room. M' time to time he glanced furatively at Miss Maggie. Miss Maggie, her hands idly resting in her lap, palms upward, was gazing fixedly at nothing. “or just what—are you thinking?” he demanded at last, coming to a pause at her side. ~ "I was thinking—wt Mr. Stanley G. Fulton." she answered, not looking up. “Oh. you were i" There was an odd something in Mr. Smith's voice. “Yes. I was wondering—about those twenty millions.” “Oh, you were i" The odd something had increased. but Min Maggie’s eyes were still dreamiiy fixed on space. “Yes. I was wondering what he had done with them." "Had done with than! “Yea in the letter, I mean." She looked up now in faint surprise. “Don’t you remember? There was a. letter—4 second letter to be opened in two years‘ time. They said that that was to dis- pose of the remainder of the property —his last will and testament." “Oh. yes, I remember," assented Mr. Smith. turning on his heel again. “Then you think—Mr. Fulton is—dead?" Mr. Smith was very carefully not meeting Miss Maggie's eyes. "Why, yes, I suppose so." Miss Mag- gie turned back to her medatative gazing at nothing. "The two years are nearly up, you know,———I was talking with Jane the other day—just next November.” “Yes, I know." The words were very near a groan. but at once Mr. Smith hurriedly repeated, “I know—I know i" very lightly. indeed, with an apprehen- sive glance at Miss Maggie. “So it seemes to me if he were alive thathe’dbebaokbythistime. Andso I was wondering—about those millions," she went on musingiy. "What do you suppose he has done with them?" she asked. with sudden animation. turning full upon him. “Why, I-—-I—-How should I know?" stutter-ed Mr. Smith. with a swift crimson dyeing in his face. Miss Maggie laughed merrily. "You wouldn't, of course—but that needn't make you look as it I‘d intimated that you had then! I was only asking tor your opinion. Mr. with," she twinkled. with mischevious eyes. ‘12:} course!" Mr. Smith laughed now. I. e precmitately. “But. indeed. Miss Maggie. you turned so suddenly and the SUPE RTWI ST is a new word in the tire industry and a mighty important one. It is the name of the sensational new cord fabric developed by Goodyear. Tests show that tires made with this elastic and enduring new material deliv— ered as much as 100% greater carcass service than tires made with an equal number of plies of standard cord fabric. In other words, ply for ply, SUPERTWIST literally doubled the carcass life of the tire. 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Mieh.’ u" FEVER ILE the exact cause of ‘milk fever has not yet been worked out, it seems more common just before a. storm, or fall of the barometer. Just what effect this has is a puzzle, but it is a fact, nev- ertheless. Another thing, the kind of care or feed or amount of exer- cise has very little to do with the. occurrence of milk fever. The cur- ious part of the disease is that it seems to run in cycles and just about the time one thinks he has a sure preventive, up it, pops. Some experienced dairymen think that only milking about half the first day or two is good; others that with holding feed before calving; others that exercise is necessary. Not a single “sure cure” has yet been worked out that is satisfactory, so the best thing we can do, as cow owners, is to be prepared for it and to know what to do when it does ap- pear. Symptoms—Did you know there are two different kinds of milk fev- er, as radically different as winter and summer? The first or common type is the “quiet” form. About a day or two after an easy calving the cow begins to act “queer.” She quits eating; her muzzle gets dry; her eyes have an anxious expression, and she ceases to worry about the calf. The next thing that is notic- ed is that she gets weak in her hind parts. Then she staggers and fights to keep from falling down. Pretty soon she lunges forward, and either lies on her side with the head stretched out, or up in a natural position with her head curled around to her side. After more or less struggling she seems to become drowsy, then un- conscious, and passes into a. pro- found coma. Without any aid she will usually die in from six to ten hours, depending on the severity of th eattack. The second or nervous type is the so-called “eclamptic” form, when the animal acts almost like wild. The muscles all over the body become a. twitching mass of tissue, and the eyes assume a wild aspect. She grits her teeth, often bellows and slobbers. Finally when she goes down she keeps up the convulsions and kicks and struggles. If the temperature is taken it will be found to be 105 or more. Unless promptly treated, a funeral will soon occur in this type. Treatment —— Under treatment comes the most important thing about milk fever. How to tell it is milk fever, and what not to do! Suppose you have a. fine cow and she calves in a very normal condition. Everything seems fine, and you breathe a sigh of relief. The next morning you notice she acts sort of dumpish and does not eat very well. Later she pays little attention to the calf and begins to reel around. Be- ing utterly ignorant of the true dis- ease, you call in your next door neighbor, who thinks she «“is bound up" and needs a physic. So you prepare a pound‘of salts in a quart of water and, with much exertion and effort, you pour the contents down the animal’s mouth. Due to the paralyzed condition of the throat muscles, some of the salts go down the gullet and some down the windpipe. In this case, you have a dead cow in from two to 24 hours from mechanical pneumonia. In other words, due to ignorance and with the best of intentions, you have done more harm with you; treatment than had you done noth- ing. Then again, suppose you are an experienced dairyman and known what milk fever is and how to treat the uncomplicated form yourself. But your very best cow gets the nervous type, and inflating the ud- der and giving stimulants only makes the patient worse. As she rapidly goes from one convulsion to another, you get alarmed and sum- mon a. veterinarian, but too late, as the toxins or poisons have hit the head and brain, and soon Bossy gives a spasmodic kick and all is over. Due to your mistaken diag- nosis you have a dead cow; the vet- ernarian gets the credit for the fun- eral and you swear he is no good. While experienced car drivers can grease their autos and 11: little Nthings about the.,.‘ca‘r, when some- thing goes wrong with the'engine or ’ electric ’elfstarter they immediate- ly summon expert assistance. So it is with a; cow or mere during the period of giving birth. She is al- ready overburdened with poisons; the least thing may cause her death, that at other times, would be thrown off without any treatment of any kind. ' The writer, in his practice, sees so much of this that he emphasizes calling expert assistance right at the start. It is cheaper in the end. The price of a good cow will pay for a. good many veterinary calls, and it will save you a lot of home doctor- ing that may result in total loss. A cow with milk fever, therefore, can have two different types, each utterly dissimilar and requiring the opposite treatment. Then she, may develop blood poison or a total or partial paralysis of the hind quar- ters. She may be impacted in either the first or third stomachs. She may get garget or an infiammed udder. She may get chilled during calving and develop pneumonia. Her milk supply may be paralyzed for some time, and the] producing tissues need stimulating. She may develop a blood clot that starts in one of the vessels from the womb, and when this clot works its way through the circulation to the brain or heart she dies from apoplexy. Her womb may be thrown inside out, and in con- junction with this she may bloat, due to fermenting food. In fact, not long ago the writer was called to see a fine black Jersey, down, dead to the world with milk fever, her womb totally prolapsed and both sides of the abdomen almost tight as a. drum from bloat. What would an owner, without any instruments of any kind, or lacking experienced skill, and to replace an averted womb is as hard 3. job as any we run against. As we do not know the exact .cause of milk fever, neither do we know what effect blowing air into the udder does. We find that if we give heart stimulants with a hypo— dermic syringe and leave medicines given by the mouth su-ictly alone until she can get up, and cover the animal with blankets, that she us- ually gets up in from two to six hours. In the nervous type we in— flate the udder, but give narcotics, such as morphine hypodermically, or chloral hydrate by the rectum. The mortality in the simple, com- mon cases is about three to five out of a hundred; in the nervous or eclamptic form about 20 to 40. Suppose you get up early one morning and find your cow, recently fresh, stretched out with milk fever, what should you do? First of all phone your veterinarian. Tell him the history, so he will be prepared. While he is on the way fill a. couple gunnysacks full of straw or hay, like pillows, and prop under head and try to get her up on her brisket. Milk out the udder and then cover her with blankets. Do not give any medicines by the mouth.- If she is in a mud hole or snow drift or mix- ed up in a barb wire fence try to move her away from these. If you are away from expert assistance in- flate the udder and tie inch band- ages around each teat as far up to the udder as possible. Keep her up on her brisket with sacks and keep well covered. But whenever possible get a. vet- erinarian as quick as you can. Tell him it is a. fresh cow and that she is down or staggering, and he will be prepared for milk fever, and you can have everything ready. By doing this you will run a. far better chance of saving your cow than by trying to save a few dollars and lose hen—Washington Farmer. BUTTER WILL NOT GATHER (' I have a nice Holstein cow, five years old that came fresh eight weeks ago and is giving ten quarts of. milk twice a day. I only keep one cow and set the milk in pans, it raises nice thick cream, could al- most lift it with a fork but we can not make butter out of it. We churn with-adash churn an hour or more it breaks and shows plenty of but- inothing With it. e ei I - = outrun :the; in out,» put water on ’it and it will spread and float ‘all 0761‘.’ tried diiferent‘weys and can do It' did the same last summer. The cow is on grass all day and stabled nights, has hay and some ground oats—J. M., Cer- sonvil‘le, Mich. REAM that is too thin and cream that is too warm at the time of churning is a cream all that churns only with difficulty. If you will place the milk in a deep bucket, cool at once after drawn and let the cream rise in this deep con- tainer the cream skimmed 'will be richer. Churning the cream at a lower temperature will also cause it to come in larger grains, about the size of corn kernels. When this size of grain is reached, the butter- milk is best drawn and tin-equal amount of cold water added. The churn~ can be given a couple of turns in the wash water and the water drawn off.—.P.v S. Lucas, Associate Professor of Dairy Manufacturers.‘ M. A. C. TESTS REQUIRED TO FEE. HERBS FROM TUBERCUIABIB HE number of tuberculin tests required to free herds of tu- berculosis is a subject being studied by veterinarians of the Unit- ed States Department of Agricul- ture. Records on nearly 25,000 herds show that 15,000 of that number were entirely free from tu- berculosis on the first tuberculin test, accompanied, of course, by the removal of reactors. The second test “cleaned up” more than 4,600 additional herds. In other words, more than four-fifths of the herds tested were freed of the dread dis- ease in not more than two tests made from six.months to a. year apart. Occasionally, herds are found where the disease is extremely deep- seated, and as many as eight tests are necessary to insure that all in- fected cattle have been removed. But such cases are extremely rare. VETERINARY DEPARTMENT ’ HORSE KICKED ON HOOK JOINT I have a. horse that got kicked on the hock joint and the joint is en- larged some. Now I would like to take it off. Can you tell me what to do and the remedyf—L. W.. Sterling, Mich. 0U do not say how long ago your horse’s hock was injured nor just where the enlargement is located on the joint. These would be important things to know before giving any prognosis or prescribing treatment. There are several chron- ic conditions affecting the hack joint that are incurable. Better have your local veterinarian make an examination of your horses hock. He will then be able to tell in all probability what the chances for re— covery will be.—John P. Hutton. Assoc. Prof. of Surgery and Med- icine, M. A. C. PIGS ROOT EACH OTHER We have some young pigs 2 months old. They are out on grass and get all the milk they want, but they root each other constantly. Can you tell us cause and a. curef—A. H., Caro, Mich. HE rooting of one another of these pigs is doubtless due to some deficiency in their ration. I would advise that they be given access to a. good mineral mixture. Either one of the following would be good: 30 lbs. bone meal, 30 lbs. finely ground lime stone, 30 lbs. salt, 10 lbs. sulphur; or a. mixture of 10 lbs. 16 percent acid phos- phate, 10 lbs. finely ground lim stone and 1 1b. of salt. - \ This trouble is occasionally caus- ed by skin trouble. To overcome this the pigs should be sprayed oc- casionally. ' It would also be advisable ‘to give these pigs some or barley along with their ,m’ilk.—.—_G‘eo. A. Brown, Professor in Animal "Hue- bandry, M. A. O. ‘ Have ‘ a .<\.. W~'.--‘ .. [gaff V ._ ; . :‘ ~‘,A - ',.W-.Potatoil v . g. ' exchange closed its sixth .s‘nnu- __», ' al. meeting. at Cadillac August ,. dist with the unanimous re—election ' .. of FredSmith, of Elk Rapids, to the board of directors. ' V E. A. Rasmussen, of Greenville, was elected for three years to sue- ceed Ernest Snyder, of. Lakeview. The board of directors re-elected’ its present odice‘rs: Henry Curtis, 'Cad- "lilac, president: Fred Smith, ' Elk , -‘ Rapids, vice-president: S. E. Rogers, '- East Jordan, secretary and treasur- 1 er. To Sea]: Change in Law _ The most important action by the . ‘ ’ delegates ‘was adoption of a resolu- f i‘tion‘by which the central Cadillac ‘ - ’; enchange oflicers will work to get a ‘bill through the legislature provid- ‘fing “standard potato grades, similar "tothe apple and grape code, with o :gnalties .for violation, and an ap- _ op‘ria-tion for its enforcement. The ’ board also was instructed to abolish the system whereby cars are insur- ed by the central exchange, leaving the risk to the locals interested. ‘Hfi'he campaign for” five-year ~crop contracts ‘Was supported strongly, R. A. Wiley, organizatiOn manager, reported. There now are 1,368 growers signed in the contract, with _ 298 seed dealers and 424 growers of certified seed also signed up 77 per acent of-the growers called on. Herbert F‘. Baker, Cheboygan gu- bernatorial candidate. who was once u. 5.. Dons DEIII'A COUNTY WIN? I decided I would ansWer your article of August 16th on- titled “Can You Beat This?” We have corn 10 ft. 8 in. Robust beans 1 ft. 6 in. high and vines cover meadows so you can not walk through The corn ground was alfalfa sod fall-plowed and top dressed this spring. It is nearly in ‘ roasting ears. The bean ground is alfalfa sod plowed this spring. — D. R. Kirkpatrick, Rapid City, Mich. I 2,”. a president of the exchange, was the principal speaker at the annual ban— quet. Says Standardization Paid W = Hartman, director of the state food bureau, declared. stand- ardization paid. Michigan potato , gl‘l w. .. a million and a quarter dol- " lars last season by making a mar- ket for Michigan spuds and bringing a premium of from 15 to 40 cents a 'hundredweight for the branded chief Petoskey stock. The year be— fore Michigan potatoes, poorly grad- ed, sold for from 10 to 90 cents a bag lees than those of other import- ant producing states on all markets, including those of Michigan itself. . Professor R. J. Baldwin, of M. A. h 0., and Postmaster Perry F. Powers, ' ‘ of Cadillac, were the other speakers. ‘ a”. ,«N . W\,_._‘. , COUNTY CROP REPORTS _ Monomlnee.——Cl‘o~ps here are excellent . . egcept com which is two weeks or more behind the season—Karl Knaus, County Agent. . Sanilae.—Due to heavy rains about one third of the hay is still in the fields. Wheat sprouting, possibly one fifth beans drowned out. Oats are down badly.— - John D. Martin, County Agent. Gogeblc.——Hay crop good. Grains fair I ‘to poor. Corn will make poor ensilage. Potatoes slow, but promising. Unseason- a.ny cool weather. Poor harvesting ‘weather.—C. E. Gunderson, County Agent. F Lapeer.-—-—Wheat good average 20-25 ; bushels. Oats good also barley. Beans - k and potatoes are fair. Corn poor needs lots of warm weather. Beets fair. Sec- ond cutting alfalfa fain—A. J. Patch. County Agent. Diekinson.—Potatoes looking good. 150 bushels per acre. Oats, barley and rye are good. Grass also is good. Not quite .‘km «ewes». corn, but hope for silage. Alfalfa better than eleven—Art Lonsdorf. Coun ty Agent. lehooloraftwamsiderable haying still be done, wet weather caused much alt) lved hay.- Oats and barley looking m promising. Potatoes seem to be lam heavily generally in good will”- tien: we are afraid of considerable‘late ,bslisht my; It. Shane. County “A'gbnt. '|‘ ‘ 15.14 mil. Po 1 In (harvest in program with toss an promising out- loélr. .Wot weather disease do- many fields of beans. hope for nature corn. ‘ Pickle growers seriously troubled with anthrac- nose with. losses heavy. Raspberry ship- ~ ping season will close next week—H. M. Vaughn. County Agent. Presqus bier-«All crops look fairly good except corn which is ‘ d and hay also was a short crop. Grasshoppers doing a lot of damage to cats in places. Mes-s are busy (hitting winter wheat and rye. Fall apples are quite abundant but winter varieties are a light crop. Lots of rain here lately. New seedings .fairp—Fred 'l‘ulyetske, County Agent. 'meeeFWheat good with average yield 23 bushels and highest reports 48 bushels. Barley good with small amount being thrashed. Oats excellent with small amount being thrashed. Hay good and second crop alfalfa now being har- vested. Corn good where good seed used or well prepared soil. Feeder lambs and . steers beginning to come inf—C. L. Cof- feen, County Agent. Mukegonz—Oorn improved but still . only 60 per cent of crop. Potatoes good yield’ of early "crops, late crop looks good. Grain good crop ' some damage to grain in shock. Hay and pastures good and looks like good prospect for clover seed. Beans making good growth. Some dam- age from anthracnose. Most crops on low ground damaged to some extent by steady rains—County Agent. bean crop late and drowns beans in many places. Beans podding heavily but show- NINE FOOT CLOVER IN LENAWEE I have sweet clover on limed land that measures 9 feet 1% inches. After cutting a field of alfalfa I found a stalk that was lodged so only the top was out OK, how much I don‘t know, and what was left measured 5 feet 4 inches.—H. 8. Fish, Tip- ton, Mich. lng considerable disease in places. Pota- toes and sugar beets looking very good. Threshing progressing rapidly. Wheat good quality and good yield but too wet to put in storage. Barley threshing be- ginning, with yield good. Oats all in shock and some in barns. Second cutting alfalfa being made. Good crop.—Roy W. Weinberg, County Agent. perous times are ooming. Some wheat is threshed and is yielding a .ittls better than average. ‘ ~ 8t. JOIO’hr—that acreage somewhat reduced from that harvested last year, but yields range from 20 to 30 bushels and over on good soils. Mostly being th‘reshed from the shock and sunning on the poorer soils. Oats, reduced acre- age but a.good crop despite late sowing. Now being harvested. Corn, about ual meage, growing well and cared w ell where it has a chance. but many thin stands and some fields being abandoned to the weeds. Hay, about 12,000 acres of alfalfa a big crop first cutting, second cutting about ready and looking fine. A few good fields of clover Wd. 1‘- not much other hay. Around 4,000 MB of alfalfa will be sown this year. Pota- toes reduced but growing well. > acreage is unimportant in this enmity, but what there is are growing and nodded well. Some Anthracnose presentln than. Pastures are good and growing conditions good for all amps. What unfavorable I outlook there is has resulted from too much wet weather, which has prevented taking proper care of crops—L. R. Bind— . ing, County Agent. ' finished haying. Corn, probably no seed ‘ ‘9. ~— ' 3",er '1'", (4;. Do prey. ALWAYS. that writes it. . HOWELL 35 mile speed limit. headlight fool refuses to dim his lights. railway crossings—“Stop, Look and Listen! ” will save you if you do it WARNING! Do Not Drive Your Automobile to the Fairs Unless it is insured against Fire, Theft, Liability and Collision in the 4 Citizens’ Mutual Auto Insurance Company. When full protection against the risk of what may prove a large finan- cnal loss may be had at so small cost. Not Park Your Car on City Streets Take it to a garage where you will be sure to find it on your return. Thieves watch for unsuspecting visitors and pick out their cars as easy The small amount you pay for storage will be well earned. Drive Carefully; Take No Chances Most accidents can be avoided. Watch out for loose gravel at the new Stop at one side of the road when the glaring Don’t take a chance at the Before you start for the Fairs—call up the Citizens’ Mutual agent in your locality—don’t be satisfied with any other company—make them show their statements; your insurance is only as good as the company Almost any auto owner can tell you who your local Citizens’ Mutual agent is—-or write, phone or wire us and we will have our agent call ~ AT ONCE, before you start for the fair. W. E. ROBB, Secretary — Citizens. Mutual Automobile. _ Insurance Company an i MICHIGAN I can, rm, ment; Mad: of best oak loanedth At your dealer’s today --yon can corofuily examine it boforo buy- ing—also other :tyioo. IIIIIBII. you aro trading with your local rosponsiblo ha rness or who gnarontoos and stands hotness. 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Write out what you have to offer send it in. We will put it in . send proof and one“ rates by mail. Address The Michigan Business Former, Advertising Do- .oltlnent, Mt. Clemens, Michigan. # COCKERELS AND PULLETS Rocks. Bods, W ndottes. 0min on. Also 9.3... Tumors. 159$: fa complete circular with full description of m and price list. . STAT! PARIS ABSOGIATIOI. Kalamzoo. lleb. thuionol Baby Chick Association Mutabigaosuisi‘or- Pu ULLETS—PULLETs—TOM BAR- m horns Barred . and , Anoonss. H. KNOLL. Jr.. 31, Holland, men. ' n: no u oocxrnsLe u. s. 0. cream in: .ii $5.00 for 3 6; £2.00 each. ' HRS. DAN DE'IWILER, c eeanlno. Mlch. EGGS FOR HATCHIN G secs FOR HATCHING as: .HUT‘I’LEWORTH, W. ‘l'. Ypsilantl. Mlohlgsn. Have You An Ad in The Michigan Poultry Business For Sale? Farmer willseliit. PREVENTION or manner: IN , . ‘ POULTRY ' V S has been previously mentioned prevention is easier than cure. The first thing to be done in any case is to ascertain the cause - and remove it. Probably one of the most common troubles among flocks is that of colds, roup. etc. Chickens will stand a lot of cold it it is dry and free from draughts. ’ One of the big problems of poultry raising is to solve the problem of keeping the poultry house dry. ‘ This is best done by having the poultry house located on well-drain— ed land, have the floor of the house at least eighteen inches above the outside ground level and fill in with coarse gravel or cinders. Then see that the house is ventil- ated without draughts. H o u s e s should face the South and have some sort of an opening on the South side. The house should be at least sixteen feet from front to back, and we would prefer it twenty feet. Then, with your roosts in the rear, the fowls are back away from the opening and not in much daug- er of draughts from the front or ex- posure. " If your houses are more than twenty feet long, put in a solid partition as in spaces longer than twenty feet draughts are apt to de- velop. A house or pen twenty feet square is ideal for one hundred birds or four square feet of floor space per bird is about right. To properly act for prevention of diseases it is necessary to know something of the things that cause the trouble. As explained above dampness and draughts are the main causes of colds in their various forms. If the digestive organs are affected the kind, quality and quan- tity of feed should be inspected. You should know whether there is any mold in the litter or feed; whether or not they have access to grit, shell and charcoal: whether or not they have been infected with parasites or germs that might cause disease. If the fowls become lame it might be caused by rheumatism, injury or liver trouble. Over—fatness causes trouble with the heart, liver and reproductive organs. ’ Build your houses so as to be dry and free from draughts. Feed sane- ly which means with good food fed right. Supply fresh, clean water, grit, shell, charcoal and green feed and there should not be much trouble from sickness. Use plenty of disinfectants. It is one of the best investments you can make. If the fowls are kept on the same ground for any length of time, sprinkle it with lime, spade or plow under and sow some quick growing green crop such as cats or rape. Remedies may remove or destroy the cause of the disease; remove or offset the symptoms, and help to re- pair the affected tissues. They have their place but if proper methods of ‘ prevention are used there will be little use for them. However, they have their place and we do not be— lieve it necessary to always use the hatchet as many advise.—“Those Nine Fox Brothers." BUILDING STONE AND CEMENT POUIII‘RY HOUSE Kindly furnish me with informa- tion and details for building a stone and cement poultry house large enough to house two hundred hens. How many stones and sacks of ce— ment would it require? Is a near- ly square house practical now days? I see some are advocating that style. What should the proper di- mentions be, also the right amount of light? The house I am about to build is to face the south—A. W., Stockbridge, Michigan. N order to accomodate 200 layers, we would suggest a building 40 feet long and 18 feet deep. {Ibis will provide ample room for ,the larger American breeds. A house 'of these dimensions will require ap- proximately six cubic yards or six loads of stone, and twelve cubic yards of gravel. in addition to eight .' barrels of cement. This ratio per- mits the use oftbirty-three per cent stone in. constructing his founda- tion and six inch-wall. ‘ . ‘ , The .Michigan‘ 'poultry house plan— ned by the M. A. 0. seems to be giving the 0st, satisfactory results in this sta es. It has been design- ed, lighted. and ventilated to pro- vide the greatest amount of com- fort under the variable weather con- ditions of this state—E. C. Fore- man, Professor of Poultry Husband- ry, M. A. C. r (Editor’s Note: — Any person wishing a copy of this plan can se- cure one by writing to Tm: BUSI- mzss Fumes or the Department of Poultry Husbandry, M. A. C.) HENS HAVE TUBERCULOSIS Would like advice on how to dis- enfect our poultry house. Our vet- erinarian said the hens had tuber- culosis and I have disposed of them. He said I should dispose of all my chickens as soon as they were large enough for broilers. How long be- fore I can put new chickens in my houses‘i—Mrs. C. H., Byron, Mich. so-called normal mortality in I commercial laying units varies from ten to fifteen per cent each year. Before disposing of your entire flock, I would suggest for- warding one or two speciments to Doctor Stafseth of the Bacteriology Department, East Lansing. Ordin- arily, the severe losses occur among the older stock, and if young chicks are raised on a clean range away from the parent flock, the danger of transmitting tuberculosis from old to young stock is not so great. To our knowledge, this disease is not transmitted from the adult to the offspring through the egg, and if you have a highly bred flock and wish to continue this same line of breeding, by proper precaution the young stock could be matured with the assurance that they 'are fairly clean and free from this disease. If your mortality among the older birds is extremely heavy, it un- doubtedly would be advisable to dis- pose of practically the entire flock. We have found a higher percentage of tuberculosis present in poorly lighted and poorly ventilated bulld- ings, with dirt floors, and not hav- ing dropping boards which permits of better sanitation. These hous- ing conditions should be corrected and the house given a thorough cleaning and disinfecting. This calls for a thorough scrubbing of the walls, and floors which should be followed by an application of some good coal tar disinfectant. —E. C. Foreman, Professor of Poul- try Husbandry, M. A. 0. FOOD VALUE OF EGGS N these days of the popularity of vitamines and calories in the ev- ery day scheme of eating, eggs as body builders are not to be ig- nored. Eggs contain so much of fuel, energy and tissue building ma- terials as to be almost a perfect food in themselves. Protein in the form of albumin is found in the white. Fat in a finely emlusified form, similar to the fat_in milk, is found in the yolk. The protein contains sodium chloride, potassium salts and sulphur, all necessary to per- fect health. The iron compound forms the material from which the haemoglobin of red blood corpus— cles is made. Few feeds are as rich in vitamins as are eggs. Fat soluble A, essenti- al for growth, and water soluble B, valued for its curative properties as well as for body development, are found in abundance in the yolk. On account of the richness of iron in eggs, they are one of the first foods to be added to the diet of the grow- ing child. In hospitals eggs are found to be almost indispensable in ’the diet of undernourished, anae- mic, convalescent and tubercular patients. Many people have been of the opinion that brown-shelled eggs have a higher food value than those with a white shell. Extended study of the physical properties and chem: ical composition of eggs to deter- mine whether or not this was true ,has proved that there are practically no differences, so far as food value is concerned, between the white- W and the brown-sheila! exp. ‘ assets "exp ' mam ', Ii‘ive experiments were made by ‘ means of a pepsin solution to deter- u ' ' ' ' station. mine the digestibility of eggs cook- ed under different-conditions. Re- sults indicated that while the meth- od of cooking has some effect upon the rate of digestibility, it’does not materially affect the total digestib ity. ‘1 CHICKENS TRESPASS I would like to get a little of your advise in regards to chickens. Has a person a right to raise about 800 chickens on a small piece of ground, a lot and a half, in a village and then turn them right out to the pub- lic and let them run and destroy people’s gardens? My neighbor, is raising 800 chickens on a small piece of ground. has no park, don’t intend to shut them up and there is a fifth of them that stay over on my ground and destroy my lawn and garden. I do .not keep any chickens and would like to have a garden and have more use of my ground for my own benefit. Have stood for this for four years. This is a small village and is not incorp- orated. Now what I want to know is there any way that she can be made to take care of her poultry! ———«M. W., Middleton, Mich. HERE is no state law regarding trespassing chickens. If the village is not incorporated there should be a township by-law to take care of this. See the super- visor. If there is no township reg- ulation preventing this annoyance, you will have to put a good fence around your garden and if the chickens continue to get in, put them up and hold them until the owner pays the damage they did.— Asst. Legal Editor. CHICKS G0 BLIND AND DIE I sent for fifty day—old chicks and received them all in good condition. After I had them for a week or two they began to go blind and then their wings would droop, some would shake until they could hardly stand up and they would go blind and die. Could you tell me what causes this? I feed them and water them every' day.—F. 0., .Cathro, Michigan. HE flock of chicks referred to were evidently free from Bacil- lary White Diarrhea, which to our knowledge, is the only disease that might be introduced in purchas~ inging day old chicks. to believe that the blindness. droop- ing wings, and the paralyzed con- dition of the chicks are largely the result of faulty nutrition. Similar conditions have resulted when chicks were kept on a very restricted diet containing insufficient quantity of these new food factors referred to as vitamins. Ordinarily, such chicks will respond to a treatment which includes a combination of tomato juice and cod liver oil. The cod liver oil should be given at the rate of one half pint to each 500 birds and can be evenly distributed by mixing it in rolled oats and bran. Cod liver can be emulsified with either boil- ing water or tomato juice without its value being destroyed. This may be necessary in order to get a suf- ficient liquid for proper distribution so that the chicks will get a sufficient amount to' correct this nutritional disturbance. These chicks may also .. be given hard boiled eggs with very beneficial results—E. C. Foreman, :roéessor of Poultry Husbandry, M. GET YOUR COAL FREE Special Offer to Michigan Business Farmer Readers v The largest concern of its kind in the world, exclusively delivering coal direct from car to consumer, with a long established successful record, the Popular Coal Company, 1509 Coal Exchange Building, Chi- cago, Illinois, is offering this unus- ual opportunity to one coal user in every neighborhood who has a few hours spare time. This is its meth- od of quickly introducing the finest grade, y mined, free—burning coal, Which is being sold direct to' user at remarkably low prices. Man of good standing in his. community can get his coal free. Write. this firm today and ask them to explain this were—Adv. . .i. I am inclined - 4.1.»: «we» 0.4m .. ~;;‘";~13;e-WW« e u N , a. v.~agye-avflrfi‘Wfi‘ "“ " , as”? I”; n m...h_. ____.___.~’.\ ._-_ __ m..-.-. Maw /1.f «as. , _. it‘WEn'ee-Wm. muses .. J _ "A -.,< ~.W_.4_,_w m K 3‘ Agricultural Engineering Went. ILA. O. ’ ONGBETE is a material which is so satisfactory for many' kinds _ of construction work that very poor work may be done in its prep. tion and a degree of success still nit. Time is an important factor determining results under actual Other comparisons can be made. The tests were not extensive enough to .be conclusive. nor are the break- ing load figures of value any more than for showing diflerences. The results indicate however, that it is possible to onset the strength 0! the assume 0]? TESTS or WHOM MIXTURES Avon” Ase No. or load in lbs. No. m: Slump in days Curing beams breaking Beinth 1:2 :4 0.8 85 Sprinkled daily 10 920 1:2:4 1.0 J5 Sprinkler! daily 1 9.50 1 :2 :d 1.5 B5 Sprinde daily 1 896 1:4 5 1.0 25 Sprinkled 10 810 1:4 1‘, 1.0 25 Bprinkled daily 10 501 Fine 1 1 :1 :2 1.0 25 Sprinkled daily 10 935 w, 1:4 :8 1.0 25 Sprinkled daily 10 527 . 112:4 1.0 a 29 Dry 9 698 1:2:4 1.0 29 Dry 5 540 5 hrs. set before .—___.., 1:2 :4 1.0 29 In wet sand 5 1013 ’ . placing in forms vements come slowly. For this on studies of the materials in the experimental and testing labora- tory show in what ways better con- crete may be produced. They also indicate that better work can often produced at less cost of both ma- terial and labor. Tests of small beams 3%” x 356' x 16” were made by supporting the ends of the beams on parallel sup- ports 16” apart and applying a load on the top of the beam, exactly at the center, until breakage occurred, with the results given in the follow- ing table. The testing machine was so devised that a jack was used to apply the force necessary to break the beam, and platform scales were used to weigh the breaking load. The beams were made and tested under similar conditions insofar as possible. Ten beams of each kind were tested so that extreme varia— tion, due to flaws in the beam or other unusual causes, could be elim- inated. An average of the break- ing load was taken of the ten beams as representative of the group. It should be added that strength is considered by engineers as one of. the best criterions of good concrete. Strength is at. the same time a measure of water-tightness and Wearing qualities. _ When put in forms, the wetness was indicated by the slump or rel— ative amount of settling. This was measured, when the concrete was ready for the forms, in a tapering circular form 12 inches high, 4 inches in diameter at the top, and 8 inches in diameter at the bottom. Slump shows the tendency of the material to flow as a liquid. A slump of 1.5 is a wet concrete which will flatten out to less than 6' when the form above described is removed. The mix, when indicated as 1:2:4, means 1 part cement, 2 parts sand or material which will go through a 1A” screen, and 4 parts gravel, which is the material which will not go through the same screen. Enztruction conditions, and so im- Note that in every case except the~ bank run, the volume of; sand was one-half the volume of gravel used. Bank run averages perhaps 2 to 3 parts sand to 1 of gravel. Some variation in time of setting was permitted on account of sched- ule, but beams tested at the same age are comp able, Curing was done by sprink ing daily with the beams in piles of ten, except in case of beams listed as No. 8 to which no water was added after placing in the forms. The breaking load rep- resents the weight necessary to break the beam when applied at the center of the beam on top. Outstanding results are shown in several cases. Beams (7) contain- ed practically one-half the amount of cement as (5), yet showed a greater breaking strength, a direct comparison of fine sand concrete and sand and gravel concrete. (9) contained practically the same amount of cement .as (8) but show nearly a 6 per cent higher breaking load. This indicates that water is a cheap ingredient to use in con- crete while curing. (2) indicate best wetness of mix, or slump of 1. This-corresponds very closely to a cooking 'mix or, one which will shake “slightly. when [patted- a ' shovel. (3) indicate too much web _er in mixing, the __ __ «much less than (2), I ‘ product greatly in the wetness of the mix, the proportions, grading of material, and method of curing. THE TWO ou'rLoons ON LIFE (Continued from Page 7) when he wanted to. But he couldn't. The tyranny of evil increased and he is swept on and on. Pathetic as it is, “Many are they that enter in “Seek and ye shall find.” ‘The narrow way is found by that one who seeks and desires it. . ' _ .Now, we have come to the two ends. “Destruction.” . “He that pursueth sin, pursueth it to his own death.” That ought to be warning enui. So, let us look now to that other end of life, “eternal life." This is found thru traversing the narrow way. Press this home to your heart: The main thing about a road is not the difliculties of travel, but the end toward which it leads. The narrow way leads home. Every step in Grace and holy purpose brings us nearer. This comfort of our text swallows up the pangs and travails along the way. Jesus went that way and so he knows. And he yet declares, “I am the door,” “I am the way.” KDKA BROWNS OUT OTHER STATIONS (Continued from Page 9) Looser coupling between the pri— mary and secondary of your coupler will also help you tune out undes- irable stations. You can add one or two stages of amplification to a crystal set. The output terminals, where you new connect your phones would be con- nected to the imput terminals of the amplifier. thereby." Why! Because the. , driit. The few seek. WOULD m NEIGHBORS I have a Babcock milk and tester and am thinking of ’ some of my neighbors' cows. would be the proper charges to make per cow? I am a member at the Protective Service Bureau—'11 J. B., Allegan, Mich. DO not know oi! any other way 0: getting at the charges tor test- ing cows than to make a straight rate according to the amount at la- bor and supplies that you use ill testing. This can easily be figured out when put on the time basis. There is none ot this sort of work done at the present time. It farm- ers want their cows tested, the creameries or milk stations usually do the testing tree in order to enr- courage the keeping of records. The only other way that testing i. done for the farmers is through cot testing associations where a number, of farmers go together and hire A man to do the testing by the month. This usually costs an average at $3.00 a day for one day out oi each month. This kind of work not only includes the butteriat record but the milk records and the feed records. If you are interested in a position for testing cows through cow test- ing associations we will tell you more about the work as we have op- portunity to use men in this work since we have nearly 100 associa- tions now in operation in the state. —0. E. Reed, Professor of Dairy Husbandry, M. A. C. The fichools and The Railroads Teachers in Michigan’s primary schools are being‘ supported, to a large degree, by tax-es paid by the state’s steam Railroads. In many counties, the Whole cost of these schools is carried in this way. Michigan in justly proud of these schools, and of the capable teachers who preside over them. And Michigan's Railroads are proud of the result which their-f tax payments have made possible. These primary school taxes have become a part of the delicate balance which lawn [have established between Railroad receipts and expenditures. This balance can be preserved with a steady and continued improvement in Railroad service, as the past two years have; amply prayed. To destroy this balance by increasing Railroad taxes, or by impoai ing any additional burden on your carriers, would be a calamity for the Railroads and a severe blow at; Michigan prosperity. All we ask is a fair chance to keep on making good for you. Write us freely about any phase of this matter that interests you. Michigan Railroad Association 5.! ' am “a w , e m , z _ 1‘ , was ._ Foote Says Business Is ~ Impmving , Good Demand For Hogs—Less Cattle From West ——High Prices or Grain and’Corn By W. W. FOOTE, Market Editor. N all respects general business has been growing in volume for sev- eral weeks, and further improve- ment is expected, especially in the foreign trade of the United States, now. that the serious differences be- tween France and Germany have been amicably adjusted. Of course considerable time will be required to bring about a return to normal” conditions in the war stricken coun- tries of Europe, but it is'encourag- ing to see the beginning of better times. Our domestic trade is mov— ing along satisfactorily on the whole, and although the purchasing power of the dollar is much less than be- fore the European war, farmers are obtaining as a rule decidedly better prices than a year ago. The banks are well supplied with funds, and rates of interest are unusually low, the Chicago banks making loans at 4 to 4% per cent. All the grains are bringing much higher prices than in recent years, with corn showing far the greatest advance, due to the promised unusually short crop. In a recent review of conditions by a leading Chicago bank, it is shown that an analogy exists between 1879, 1896 and 1924. In those former years short crops and distress in Europe created a demand for wheat which brought prosperity to this country. This year only average crops on in Europe and a reduction of 40 per cent in the Canadian wheat crop will leave this country as the chief source of the world’s wheat supply. During the last season Cau- ada led the world in Wheat exports, with Argentina second. Of late European stocks of Wheat have been lowered, and Germany and Italy are eating war bread. The writer of this review ,points out that the Amer— ican wheat crop of 589,000,000 bushels of Winter wheat recently harvested and 235,000,000 bushels of spring wheat promised will supply the demand and bring better prices for farmers, so that there will be a fair profit. As for corn, conditions are made rather unusual by the promise of a small crop in a large extent of territory and a good yield in more favored .districts. Evidently, this will greatly enrich the relatively few fortunate farmers and bring in little profit for the many with poor crops. Live stock interests are largely profitable so far as well fat- tened cattle and hogs are concerned. while lambs are a great source of profit. Farmers generally are not putting mortgages on their farms, and intense and diversified farming is the rule. Important Warning The Chicago Live Stock Exchange has issued the following statement: “The big hold-over hog supply shown every night consists of fully ten thousand thin, skippy sows that are almost unsalable. Some of these sows have been in the stock yards for a week without any bid better than $6. The country should be warned against shipping any of these sows at this time, and they should also understand that the big hold over reported by the government each night does not consist of good, merchantable hogs, as the supply of good hogs is bought up very quickly each day." High Prices for Grain All the grains are selling at un- usually high prices owing to matural causes and not to legislation. By simply carrying out the advice of the Department of Agriculture to curtail the wheat acreage, the crop is much reduced andsthe law- of sup- ply and demand makes profitable prices once more. With com the case is quite different as tumors in the, corn belt states generally devoted . about the customary number of acres to this‘cereal, but weather conditions were against them, and a short crop ' is promised an a natural result of a verng‘late start- and wet and ‘cold- weather much of the summer. Re- cent sales were made on the'Chicago Board of Trade of September wheat at $1.29, comparing with $1 a year ago; September corn at $1.17, com.- paring with 83%‘cents a year ago; September cats at 54 cents, compar- ing with 39 cents a year ago; and September rye at 92%] cents, com- paring with 65 cents a year ago. A little over two years ago September corn sold as low as 57% cents, while September oats sold down to 30 cents. Oats having been selling rel- atively much lower than corn and this naturally leads to the extensive substitution of cats for corn on farms and selling of old corn, al— though oats have sold 16 cents above the low time of this season. Fluc- tuations in corn are unusually wide frequently, and fluctuations have been in some days as much as five to ten cents a bushel. An early frost would do a world of, injury to the corn crop of this country, and that would mean a great falling off in the supply of merchantable corn. Corn is too high to export freely, but oats, rye and barley are exported fairly, as is wheat. Marketing the winter wheat crop goes on actively, and the visible wheat supply is in- creasing at a lively pace, the Wheat in sight amounting a short time ago to 58,107,000 bushels, comparing with 48,752,000 bushels a year ago. Spring wheat is now moving to mar- ket, and in a short time there will be a combined marketing of winter and spring wheat and not unlikely lower prices. Probably, it ,will be well for the Michigan farmers to not wait too long to market their wheat. At thegsame time good prices are ex- pected, and a SIM time ago Decem- ber and May when! lrought the high- est prices paid this year. Western Cuiilc Supplies There will probably be around 500,000 head less cattle marketed from the Western region during the last half of 1924 than were marketed during the similar period last year according to an estimate made by the United States Department of Agri- culture. The number to be shipped this year is estimated at 4,300,000 compared to 4,800,000 marketed last year. -- This estimate is based, upon “re- ports from the afferent states cover- ing the situation as of August 1, _ giving information as. to range and feed conditions, financial situation of cattlemen, estimated supplies of cat- tle and expressed intentions of pro- ducers as to the numbers to be mar- keted. Changed conditions subse- quent to August 1 may alter the situ- ation and the number that will be actually marketed may be larger or smaller than this estimate depending upon the prices, of cattle, supplies and prices of feed and financial de- velopments. . The region covered by the esti- mate includes the states of North Dakota, Oklahoma and Texas, the areas in South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas west of the 100th meri- dian and all other states west of these. A different situation is indi- cated in various areas of this west- ern region. In the seven states west of the Continental divide the greater part of whose cattle usually move to the Pacific coast or local markets, the number of cattle to be marketed is indicated as larger than last year, the figures being 860,000 this year - and 780,000 last year. This situa- tion is due to the drought condititon prevailing in nearly all of this area and the prospective high prices of feed and low prices of cattle. «Be- cause of this feed situation it is probable that fewer cattle will be Winter fed for market this coming winter than were fed last and that considerably more cattle, especially ,feeder stock, will be shipped to middle-western markets this fall than last. In the area including the western parts of South Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas and the states of North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado it is estimated that 180,000 less cattle will be shipped this year than were marketed last, 1,640,000 head this year against 1,280,000 last. In most of these states winter range feed promises to be fairly plentiful and supplies of hay and forage sufficient for Winter needs. Financial conditions in several of these states,. however, are quite serious and may force considerably larger shipments than have been es- timated. In the southwestern area, covering the states of Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico, the estimated market- ings are about 365,000 less than those of last year, 1, 838,000 com- pared to 2,203,000. Range and pas- ture conditions in most of this area THE BUSINESS FARMER’S MAQKET SUMMARY and Comparison with Markets Two Weeks ago and One Year ago Detroit Chicago Detroit Detroit Aug. 27 Aug. 27 Aug. 18 1 yr. ago ' WHEAT— ‘ No. 2 Red $1.25 $1.28 $1.82 $1.05 No. 2 White 1.27 1.34, 1.06 No. 2. Mixed 1.26 1.83 1.05 CORN—- No. 8 Yellow 1.23 1.10 1.20 .95 No. 4 Yellow 1.18 1.15 1.15 .94 OATS— ‘ No. 2 White .62 “g” .5935 .48 N o. 8 White .00 45 46 .57 K .41 BYE—— Cash No. 2 .94 80% .96 .75 BEANS— C. II. P. th. 5.85@5.00 4.95 6.40 POTATOES—— Per-Curt. 1.30@1A0 1.15@ 1.80 1.29@1.80 1.25@1.81 HAY-— No. 1 Tim. 19020 2.1 26 28.50624 19.50@20 No.2'l‘im. 17 18 u 25 21028 _17@18 No. 1 (love 108” 19 20 15@16 Light Mixed 18019 no. 22 0” . 18.50@ 19 mm vacuumumns—mmmwmmmmcmwaua \it anew ’M ' l m *1 , i1- ua‘l‘n-eu'. ween—lg lat Peta; ’ -m, In saucer: Oat- end :79 holding. L a $11.36 for were unite'favorable upuntil‘ July I ” yhut since then there has been con.- siderable deterioration because ‘of drought. The supplies of forage. however, will be considerable and winter pasture, ,while of shbrt ‘growth, promises to be ofgood qual- ity and the large wheat crop and prospective cotton crop are helping considerably the general financial situation. 7, Since such a large part of west- ern cattle are stockers and feeders, the demand for- such cattle in the ‘corn belt this fall will be a big fab tor in determining the actual mar- ketings of western cattle. The ex- tent and character of this demand is at present very uncertain and will remain so until the outcome of the corn crop‘ can be more definitely de- termined. Supplies of pasture, hay and roughage are quite large throughout most of the corn belt and cattle will be needed to utilize them. If there is a large amount of unmarketable soft corn, as now seems probable, in most of the states east of the Missouri river a big demand for feeder cattle for a short feed will presumably develop. But the high prospective market price_for sound corn will tend to reduce the demand for feeders in the states that produce it. The best corn prospects at present are west of the Missouri river and these states were very large purchasers of feeding cattle last year. Prices of both stocker and feeder cattle are a little lower now than at this time last year and the trend of prices during the next three months is very uncertain- The effect of low prices upon shipments is also uncertain. They may reduce ship- ments in the case of growers who are financially able and have the feed to hold back cattle but they may increase them by further dis- couraging growers and financial in- terests that have been staying in the business in the hope of better prices or where money Will he needed to purchase high priced feeds. " ' Fat Cattle Sell -Well At this season of the year prices for cattle always widen out much more than at other times, due to the marketing of numerous consign- ments of grassy cattle from farms and ranges. Of late this has bean an important feature of the Chicago market, and grassers have been quick to sell lower on days when the relatively few offerings of corn—fed cattle sold readily at steady values. Fat yearling steers and heifers have sold best of all, instead of going at a discount, as was the case with yearling steers several weeks ago. The tendency at this time is for country shippers to send in more cat- tle than are wanted to meet the re- quirements of the packers and east- ern shippers, and(, they stick to the old plan of overstocking the Monday market, thereby depressing prices on that day, the arrivals on the open— ing day last week aggregating 25,457 head. As compared with a year ago, the better class of beeves have been selling at lower and the commoner lots at better prices. Limited num- bers of prime finished heifers are taken at extra high figures, and the other day a sale was made of 90 fat heifers averaging 778 pounds at $10.50, but such sales are exception- al. Canning cows are selling ex- tremely low, and they are very un- profitable cattle for farmers to handle. Choice veal calves have been high sellers, selling at $12 to $14 per 100 pounds, with common kinds at $6 and over. Because of the high price of corn, farmers are not favorably disposed toward feed- ing cattle, and’the demand is mostly at $5 to $6.50. Western range cat- tle coming on the Chicago market? ~<~-' ‘ are running very largely to the stacker feeder order, and sales were made of such at $5.75 to $7.25, but mainly at $5.75 to $6.75. Prospect: are that less corn will be fed to cattle than usual owing to 'itsv'v'dearn ness; and in allnrobability wringing ,1 - amt}- ished cattle em as .mhm: matelr- Durinsithe'.peltwwk steer-seem at a ‘ - '-r .1. . *, , “ I, “I s .muqJW .1 1 WWI” ". n»; W:&A~'w»fi‘w~i' ,1," eh.— i v 1 we!“ -.,.~.W,M,~x‘ . A. w- mwvawra. A. ,, ‘ star—q. ‘. .4 desirable etch .. . . were well emaintaihed? but the mar- ket for grassyicattle wason a lower scale, fwhiie“"b1eavy~ steers were largely .50 cents lower. In short, most cattle except good and choice yearlings were from 25 to 75 cents. lower. Cows and heifers with any quality sold at $8.25 to 810, while bulls sold at 84.50 to 37.50. ago beef steers sold at $6.25 to $10, while bulls sold at $3 to 87 and can- ner and cutter eows at $2 to $3.15. Stockers and feeders sold at $4.50 to $7.50. A year ago beef steers sold at $6.25 to $13. Combined cattle receipts in twenty markets for one year to late date amOunt to 8,031.- 000 head. comparing with 8,257,000 a year ago and 7,808,000 two years ago.- Outlook For Hogs So. long as owners ship in large supplies of hogs, bad breaks in prices must be expected, but later on much reduced supplies may be looked for. Recently the receipts in the Chicago market have been much too unevenly disturbed caus- ing large fluctuations in prices. For instance, on Monday oi a recent week the arrivals reached 49,635 hogs, followed by 24,000 on Tues- day. Unfortunately, large numbers of sows are included in the arrivals. and a short time ago fully 10,000 thin, skippy sows that were almost unsalable were included in the held— over supply. Despite excessive sup- plies at times, prices continue to rule far higher than in recent years, with eastern shippers very fair buy- ers. Recently supplies have fallen off, and prices advanced under good buying by local packers and eastern shippers, heavy butchers topping the market. Combined receipts in twenty markets for the year to late date amount to 27,765,000 hogs, comparing with 27,395,000 a year ago and 21,271,000 two years ago. A year ago hogs sold at $6.35 to $8.95 and two years ago at $6.25 to $9.55. High prices for hogs have brought about much higher prices for fresh and cured hog products and lard, and their sales are falling I 4—4- I‘ J. Week of August 31 l 'l‘ the very beginning of this week thunder showers and moderately heavy rains with local wind storms are expected in Michigan but these conditions will soon pass bringing generally clear weather but slight temperature var» iations. , About the middle of the week weather conditions will become threatening and cloudy with many . sections receiving scattered rainfall. The storm, itself will not be severe at this time but the temperature change following the storm center will be radical. Minimum tempera- tures at the end of the week will range in the forties. . It is expected that sections of th upper peninsula and some interior counties of the northern lower pen- insula may be visited with frost during this or next week. Week of September 7 Unseasonably cool weather is ex— pected in Michigan at very begin- ning of this week. Change to much warmer will be felt in the state about Monday or Tuesday and con- tinue warm until after the middle of the week. During the middle days of the week there will be numerous thund- er showors but these will be well tered throughout the territo caving much room for sunshine an fair weather during the some dates. During the latter part of the week temperatures will take a sud- den drop to readings below the seas- onal normal. . ‘ The average temperature trend for this part of the country during most of September will be down- ward until ’ near the close. The most noticeable warm spells for the month will be near the 11th, and -. 10th to 20th. Ayear' [Levi aTn'u' Baum! “Emma whether be «best lambs sold at $9.50. hep-oi jasmine}: of fat cattle asks sell. them now. or hold them longer, giving' them a chance to get fatter. He says he. cannot hold them any longer then up to the first of November, as he has not the barn room. In answer,1 it may be said that no one can tell how cattle will sell in the future, but it seems a - good. policy to market them when they are fat and bring good prices, taking advantage of any advances in values. At the present time feed is dear, as every farmer knows, and heavy steers are declining in price, although still selling at high figures. In feeding cattle it is well to keep track of the cost in fattening and the ruling market price. It is an old saying that no farmer ever went broke in selling at a good price. Just now handy weights are the favorites. The Lamb Market The number of sheep and lambs that will probably be shipped from western sheep states from August 1 to the end of the year is estimated by the Department of Agriculture at around 775,000 head more than the number marketed for the same per- iod last year. Fat lambs have been selling very very high in the Chicago market, common to prime offerings going at $9 to $14.35, with feeding lambs much wanted at $12 to $13.25. 1 At this time in 1915 the ’ Sheep and yearlings' are bad sellers at a big decline in prices. (Mr. Foote will be glad to give his best advise on Markets at any time. Write him in care of The Business Farmer, no charge to subscribers.) LIVESTOCK MARKET DETRIOT, Aug. 27.—Cattle——Recelpts 199; market steady but slow. Fancy yearling, $9@10; best heavy steers, $8@ 8.50: best handy weight butcher steers, $7@7.75;‘mixed steers and heifers. $5.75 06.50: handy light butchers, $5.25@ 5.50; light butchers, $4.25@4.75:- best cows, $606.25: butcher cows, $3.50@ 4.25 common cows, $2.75@3; canners, 8262.50: choice light, $4.75@5.25; bol- ogna. bulls, $4.50@4.75; stock bulls, $3.50 04.25; feeders, 8566.50; stockers. $4@ 5.50: milkers and springers, $45@95. Veal calves—Receipts, 402 ; market 111m”; best. 813013.50; others, $4@ 8.50. Sheep and lambs—Receipts, 794 Market opening as follows: Best lambs, 813.50: fair lambs, $10.50@12.60; light to common lambs, $7@8.75; fair to good sheep, 85.50@6.50; culls and common, $1.50@3.50. Hogs—Receipts, 1,086. Market pros- pects: Mixed hogs and heavy yorkers, $10.15; pigs, $8.50 CHICAGO— H o g s -—Receipts, 23.000 ; market strong. Bulk, $9.55@9.~90; top, $10.20; 2”»0 to 325 pounds weight, 89.55 010.20; medium weight, $9.75@10.20; light weight, $9.10@10.10; light lights, 85009.90; heavy packing sows, smooth, 8.5060: packing sows, rough, $8@8.50; pigs, 8868.25. (hale—receipts, 11.000; market steady to weak. Beet steers: Choice and prime, 810611; medium and good, $8@9.50; good and choice, 8102561125; common and medium, 875068950. Butcher cattle: Heifers, $5@10; cows, 88.50@8.00; bulls, 83.5007. Canners and cutters: Cows and heifers, “@450; canner steers, $6 @7. Veal calves, light and handy weight, $10@13; feeder steers. $5.50@8.25; stocker steers, 8568: stodrer cows and heifers, $3@$5.50; stocker calves, $5.50 @ 8. Western range cattle: Beef steers, “@935; cows and heifers, $3@7. Calves —Receipts, 2,000. - Sheep and Lambs—Receipts, 22,000; market steady. Lambs, fat, $12.75@14; culls and common, $8.50@9.50; yearlings, $10©11.50; wethers, $8@9; ewes, $6.50 67.75: culls and common, $2@4.50: breeding, $6.50011.50; feeder lambs, 812 013.25. BUFFAID—Cattle—Receipts, 400; market steady. Shipping steers, 88.506 11; butcher grades, $7@9; heifers, $5.50 08; cows, 82@6.50: bulls, 82615: feeders, 55122560650: milk cows and springers, $25 Calves——Receipts, 300 ' market . Cull to choice, $3.50@1'3. M Sheep and lambs—receipt; 100; mar- .srm m..m....s,.m-75: 0 rs ‘ shgfp. 8&9. y "010‘ egs— ceipts, 8,200: market stea . Yer-item 808501075: heavy, 310.51% 10-60: muons. 88m“; steal. 34.5005. FREE BOOK ABOUT CANCER The Indianapolis Cancer Hospital, Indianapolis. Indiana, has published _ a booklet which gives interesting facts about 'the cause of Cancer, also tells what to do for p'ain',‘bleeding,, odor, etc. A valuable guide in the management of any case. 'Write for , it today, mentioning this MJAdv. ‘ SHIP YOUR WOOL to TRAUGOTT SCHMIDT & SONS, 512 Monroe Ave., Detroit, Mich, and get the following high prices, f. o. b., Detroit: Fine Delaine, 47c; Fine Clothing, 37c: Medium, 45c; Rejections, 35c. Ship Your Poultry Direct to DETROIT BEEF C0. Write for our shippers guide, how to ship live ultry, how to dress and ship dresse poultry. DETROIT BEEF 00.. Detroit, Mich. 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Finally I got hold of something that quickly and com- pletely cured mo. Years have passed and the rupture has never returned, although I am doing hard work as a carpenter. There was no operation, no losL time, no trouble. I have nothing to sell, but will give full information about how you may find a complete cure without ODL‘I‘aLIOH, if you write to me, Eugene M. Pullen, Carpenter, 44L Marcellus Avenue, Manas- quan, N. J. Better out out this notice and show it to any others who are run— tured—-you_ may save a life or at least stop the misery of rupture and the worry and danger of an operation.——(Adv.) r- Our Quality Club- CLUBBING OFFER NO. 102 Christian Herald, mo. $2.00 All I Year McCall’s Magazine mo. 1.00 Mich. Bus. Farmer, w. 1.00 ' New or Renewal Subscriptions. Send $2.50in check, money order or registered letter. Mlch. Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Mloh. ola Co.. 268 acres. Good soil. 30 acres h d timber. MRS. G. D. ROWE. Evart, Michiggll. - “BEI IER BE IHERE L J ATTRACTIONS GALORE! m- Yggog New WEST MICHIGAN FAIR Will Be the Mecca of Thrilling—Stupendous and Educational Attractions—Many Novel Contests With Liberal Prizes WMdeaFmMmmn' ButtonhrCluidren' Ibfi' 77867759 BE WEST MICHIGAN mm GRAND mower 512131; 15191:... ,5}. ’ ride Math Protects You Will You Visit the Great State Fair -- You May Be a Great Winner There Button, Button -- Who’s Got The Button? Pontiac Foxes will be given away At the Michigan State Fair Get 3 Button , You may win! f a In order to stimulate the Interest in Silver Fox Production and to further Popularize the Pontiac Strain Two Thousand Dollars worth Of Foxes—will be given Away—absolutely without Cost of any kind. You may be The Winner Simply Register at A Pontiac Strain Booth ‘ And get a Buttdn. The holder of the Lucky i Button gets : I ‘ One pair of Pontiac Strain Foxes—Free! «A Winning Buttons Will be giVen Away—both ' ‘ At our booth ' - " ’ Corner McKay ' And Howland Street . _ Fair Grounds—or At our display ‘ Cages—between ‘» The Educational ‘ 'And Dairy Buildings Detroit Silver Fox Farms 12-243 General Motors Bldg., Detroit, Mich. Ranches and Producing Units at: Rochester, Lansing, Romeo, Beulah, Petoakey, Wayne, Charlevoix, Mayville, Deokerville, Mich. ' - ‘ Winnim Strain But Not So 2'. A fl .. , "I"? , ? . ~ V l, ,t. v: < -> Are You Considering Starting to Raise Silver Foxes? Then Will you start With a well known Advertised Strain— Or with just Silver Foxes? The demand for Pontiac Strain Foxes As an advertised product Gives you a splendid Assurance of success. For Pontiac Strain Foxes Are in such demand That the producing Facilities—of all— Pontiac Strain Ranches ‘Does not yield anywhere Near an adequate supply. As an owner of Pontiac“‘Strain’ Foxes V Under the Pontiac Plan You are not left——to Go it alone! ' ‘ Every facility and all Of the experience of This Organization Is centered upon” Your success. ; Here’s just another A Way of saying that You are making (a Lot of Money”. ‘ “I own Pontiac Strain Foxes.” Detroit Silver Fox Farms, 12-243 General MotOrs Bldg., Detroit, Michigan. r'r—_—————==':! -F ill Out---Tear Out---and Mail'r-J: =5 =1: 5! Gentlemen :-—-I would like to know more aboutthe Silver Fox Industry'a'nd’the Pontiac Plan. Name ...................................................... ........... ......... O 0 O 0 I O O I O 0’ I C I I O O O O O" Q O O I I Q I I O O O I O O O O O I I C O C O O U O O I O O 00......“OOOOOOOCI ‘ State F. —-_ tr.‘". .3": .:::.:..n.¢:;:.jg,f....,,.,t .. u- ~ ‘.:"’..t :xflrtzmtuamr .ii 1!: 5!: its 1: i. ,, If S1 lf' 0 t. s; a: :1. l} l t 9 l l P is l; '2 .’ t i f. l , é a" - - nvmdow -,-...-;‘..";...;..... INTENTIONAL SECOND EXPOSURE You May Become _ Wealthy Without ilver F oxes--- Not So uicklyl The Seal of Quality and Raising Pontiae Protects You W ill You Visit the Great Sofie Fair ~~You May Be great Winner There I: - ,- F i :i ’5' { Eti- L that. a a it -' i u ya. i it?“ I? {1' an :H’ V ii: 41'“ ' xiii? ’l Hf 'x‘. t i ‘t ' l” A? item ‘0 ‘ ‘ t u l‘i'tui f. t .\ . ; ink; may EM‘ " "the, \V’inner 9 Simply Register at Puritan Strain “with l ti y’e’i 1i il‘itlii‘tft. 'i he holder" vi“ it a“ iii-xix if i-nttten; grim: tn»:- pair of i'unltm’ Strum lint-«:4 Meet 3mm! tint’tnns 1": u? tn" hue-n l i':\'t§s\ l HH!’ lrélillli 1‘ littf‘twji‘ ilflt‘l‘itiy : [K and. Iiia'ixt‘lzl’tnl three! i‘h‘etf‘ (it‘v‘siiit‘t‘r: or ft? (our displn‘x ("gums lwt‘st‘vwn , ’Hie list{Jettlmmti i [Hut Nair}: lfitxilvlitiegf‘é Detroit Silver Fox F arms 12243 General Motors Bldg, Detroit, Mich Ranches and Producing Units at: Rochester, Lansing, Romeo, Beulah, Petoskey, Wayne, Charlevoix, Mayville, Deckerville, Mich. Winnipeg, Manitoba Vet: 4” b-9114 - . «47--»’w.rm¢um.27.m‘7x A «the Strain Are You Considering: t” t i E, i; l; I I t . )flameufiwfixwfl 4x I_ ,e w v ». W1 . ’f‘ s to Raise Silver Foxes? Then will you start \Vith :1 well known Advertised Strain—~— (i)r with just Silver Foxes? The demand for l’ontizte Strain lt‘oxes As an :thertised product (jinx you '.1 splendid Assurance of SUCCL‘». l’ot I’ontizteSt'rztin Fours Are in Slit‘ll demand That the producing l“:n‘ilitie\;—mof till-m»- Pontiac Strain anihes How not yield unytxrln‘re Run an adequate supply. .-‘\.._~-, an owner o! l’ontitnr Strain lioxcgrt l’nder the Pontiac Plan ‘1 on :m’ not lel‘tw-to (_ in it along-l, liter}; futility and all (ll the experience of 'l‘hie Organization 1». «uttered upon Your sneews. l lvrv’x jnzx‘t another \Vrty ()l‘S;1}‘lIt§_{ that “\IHH 21!“t‘1]l;1ltn‘_v “l own l)()llt'l:1(:Silltin lt‘cnes." :Wi’i‘WMWWMFFiEl Out»~-«'lt-ur Chaimwxnnd Detroit Silver Fox Storms, 12—243 General Motors Bldg” 0 o . 1 Detroxt, Michigan. Gentlemen :- I Would like, to know more about the Silver Fox Industry and the Pontiac Plan. Name .......................................................................... ...... Post Office .................................................................... .. 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