An Independent . Farm IMagazine Owned and Edited in Michigan 60c PER YEAR—5 YRS. $2 VOL. XII, N SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1924 TERMS- TWO YEARS $1 1,. .‘ . "A; ’city—that is the great and para: mount virtue of the sensational new Goodyear cord fabric SUPERTWIST! It far o-u-t-s-t-r-e-t-c-h-c-s the breaking point of standard cord fabric. It adds to the flexibility of the thin'sidewall balloon tire that stout carcass‘enduro once which every good tire must have. SUPERTWIST, used only by Goodyear, protects Goodyear BalloonTires against stone bruise and rupture, while assuring users maximum Coma fort and riding ease. ‘ GoodyearMeamGoodWcaf GO mafia“ Winona-mnemonm MEMBER ——renew wwiémik '1 during October a m WWW and get this sign F REE! To every new or renewal subscription for 2 or 5 years received during October, we will ship this metal road sign that Keeps Crooks and F akirs Away from your farm if posted on fence or post facing the road. We have never offered these metal signs FREE before, so renew right NOW and. get ‘also CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP IN SERVICE AND PROTECTIVE BUREAU, SUITABLE FOR FRAMING FREE Use. This Coupon - Q SPECIAL OCTOBER» 0]“ FER I enclose $1 for Two years or $2 for Five years, from date of expiration of my subscription. You are to send me ROAD SIGN and certificate of membership, for framing, FREE ml Michigan Business Farmer Mt. Clemens, Michigan ‘ P‘ a ill...ODODIOOIIIDCQIOQDOII.OOIIIOOOOUDIOOISO‘D‘OOCOOODIIOQOQI MVIIOQUOIIQDICOOIOOOO v "so " committee at Chicago, ‘ and Gray Sliver resigned as director E and» Men ' . AND SILVER. m: SIGN FMM »- FARM BUREAU", OHN "W. COVERDALE resigned as secretary and director of or- ganization of the American Farm Bureau federation at the quarterly session of the executive Sept. of the legislative department and WWW nmueltative of the federation. The two oficials of the farm bur- eau resigned, it was stated, to de- vote all their time to the newli or- ganized Grain .Marketing company, a corporation which plans ultimate- 1y to take over five large grain'com- panics and operate them on a coop- erative basis. Mr. Silver is presi- dent of the grain marketing com— pany and Mr. Cloverdale is secre- tary and treasurer. 1 Hr. Cloverdale retained his po- sition as treasurer of the American Farm Bureau tederatiou until Jan-- nary lot, 1925. Farm bureau onc- ials said a new secretary probably will not be named before the first of' the year but that an acting Wash- ington representative probably will be appointed soon. NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS TO MEET AT DETROIT ICHIGAN Milk Producers’VAe M sociation extended an invita— tion to the National Federation of milk producers’ organizations to come to Detroit for its annual meet- ing this fall. The board of directors of that organization accepted the in- vitation and it has been definitely decided the annual meeting Will be held in Detroit on November 12th and 13th. ‘ This is the first time the Fedora- tion has slot in Michigan, and will prove to be is great opportunity tor better acquainted with the work at the national organization, use With the work done by organisations siss- ilar to our own in other M98. The national organization come into being.- out of a distinct need. . giving to scattered marketing assoc— iations some medium for keeping in touch with other. It Was ini- i tinted at the fourth conference on marketing and farm credits held in Chicago, in December, 1916. It com— prises in its membership over 3100,- URTEEN years ago the Europ- ean corn borer, imported from Hungary, made its first appear- ance in the United States, and in 1921 it first came to Michigan. At that time it was discovered in two townships in Monroe county, the following summer found it working in one township in Wayne county, and it rapidly spread, so by the end of 1923 it was working in 22 town- ships in these tWO counties. Latest official information shows that the ‘corn borer is working in a total of 62 townships in—the counties of Wayne, Monroe, Lenawee, Wash- tenaw, Oakland, Macomb, St. Clair, and Sanilac. - And it is expected that the infested area by November will be at least double the above figures. Everything possible is being done to prevent the spread of this pest. At the present time the United States Department of Agriculture motor boat patrols the ‘Detroit and St. Clair rivers to enforce the quaran- tine against farm produce from the heavily infested areas in Canada. Another motor boat is doing scout work among the islands at the head of Lake St. Clair, and along the St. Clair river. At the present time seven crews consisting of 23 trained men are looking. for insects in areas bordering the townships known to be infested. Up to July lst, the town- ships that were known to be infest- ed are as foiloWs: O Mon-roe County—Berlin, Ash, Ex- ter, Frenchtown, Monroe, Erie, La Salle, Bedford, Whitef‘ord, Ida, Dun- dos and Raisinvill. Wayne County Pointe, Gratiot, Green- ?1 field, Springwells, Hsmtramck, City " at Detroit, Mersey Taylor, Huron, Since July I" the ' am?- \ 1“].7, .. the Michigan members to tionaié townships have been found to r ‘ be infected": Monroe: l London and Spglngfleld. ‘Wayne .col'n blinks. collar, ‘ ‘ worth of milk and milk each year. N. P. Hull, presi " ' or the Michigan organization, is one of the directors of the National organ- ization. the meeting on November lltli will be hell in tile “#1 of Commerce Iflflfiofiifli is Molt and will be of special intereit t0 111‘ i milk producers. It trill be a Wait? for every Mic; ""n d ' to get an idea. of t gri- state organisations are doing. only With this idea iii mind. INGRAM occur: osmium AL SCHOOL GETS PRI , ‘ T the State Fair, held in Detroit, Aug. 30th to Sept. 7th, the Inghgm Township Rural Agri— cultural school or Dausvlils, snub. ited the work of their agricultural. glowing and manual training depart- ‘rilc following week they received notification that they but! will two first the agricultural exhibit getting the prise or titty dollu‘s and the sewing exhibit also “‘89ng the first you of $50. The sewing class e‘fliibited dinerent articles of clothing which they made“ last year and a complete baby's outfit. The hundred dollars Will be used by the agricultural and serving classes for the improvement of their equip- ment. omo CO-OPS , WANT 300,000 nuns ' HREE hundred thousand hens is the minimum quota seasht by Ohio Farmers in orgsuising the 09¢ and reports-tn in! :bf‘vappi'oximately 8380,060‘01?‘ Ohio Poultry Producers CMerat—q ire association. srs owned by the have already 9: ‘ marketing contrast, more to the Ohio ram bureau. which is in charge of tljé‘fiommr- ship drive, one will stem We has 1, 19:6, pro- vided producers owning ,0!" 60ntrol— lug 300.906 heirs ism dialled. , The association is organised und— er the Ohio cox-operative low. Eggs will be“ graded by size, color, and other characteristics. all dimmers Will receive the same avers ‘ price for the some quality over the same poo-ling periods. Corn Borer Active in Michigan County—Redford, Northviile‘, mouth, Canton, Van Buren, sumpter and Romulus. LenaWee County—Raisin, Bilssfleld and Riga. Washtenaw County—- Superior. Oakland County—Bloom- field, Southfield, Troy and? Royal Oak. Macomb County—Loner, Ray, Washington, Richmond, arren, Armada, Erin; Clinton, Macomb, Harrison and Sterling. St. Clair County—Columbus, St. Clair, Ira, Clay, Casco, China, Cottreitville and Burtchville. Sanilac County—Worth. So far the battle against the corn borer in this country has been a fail- ure. Experts state that the borer can be controlled, but cannot be ex- terminated. Even control has been found difficult because of the ab- senc‘e in the United States of the borer’s natural “‘"mv In New England Where the borer first made its appearance, back 4.: 1910, specimens of several enemies of the borer have been distributed in the‘A'infested districts of New England, but these have not been propagated in sufficient numbers to be available for distribution in oth- er territory. Also in Ohio they have liberated 70,000 specimens of the wasp which feeds upon the borer's body, and if these survive the North- ern Ohio winter they may eventual- ly bring the borer under control. . _In this state the Federal author— lines have the cooperation of LI R. Taft, Chief horticulturist of the Department of _Agri‘culturo and the M. A. C. Departineut of En- toumlogy headed by. R. H. l’ettit. Pron Taft adfiw‘ firmers “1 Miqhigan to harvest’ M corn early m the and5 to) cut it low to prevent hm ins in the stubble;- Ply- M» Halt-over ‘ 603130 1!!! garden? iii-M id be 1 a V burned in the spring before‘Mlili‘!’ 18‘- . winter- 4 About 65,000 hens ’ltm who ' the three-year ' f“ dilation. ' Nankin, ‘D'e‘arborn, "e ,_._.‘__. 1,... \ . VOL. N0. 2" "Being absolutely independent ' gut columns are, open for the _ I 0 any about 9 - ta n: to the farming ‘bmufld. The only Farm Magazine Owned: and Edited in Michigan , - Entered u second-class mat? ter, August 22, 1917 at tho st-ofilco at Mt. Clemens. I iich.. under act of March 8rd, 1879. r '1 ‘3' . M. .2, my,“ tween, Mt. Clemens, inch. TWO YEARS $1 V Are Taxes Heavier Because of Prohibition ? ‘ Study, of, Beer and Light Wine Amendment Wet Interests Would Have Michigan Vote On HEN- the citizens of Michigan go’ to the polls on November 4, ' they will find that besides a long list of candidates for office, among whom they will. have to ». checse, they will also be called upon to pass judgement on a number of proposed constitutional a m e n d- ments. Of particular interest to the farmers will be the proposal for a state income tax regarding which we have had more or less to say in our BUSINESS FARMER tax articles. However, it will be some relief to the rural voters ‘of Michigan to learn that the so-called beer and light wine amendment will not appear on the ballot this year. Sufficient sig- natures were secured to this amend— ment by the Michigan Division of the Association Against the Prohib- ition Amendment, but the Attorney General of Michigan has ruled that the petition was not in the proper form and that it could not be put on the ballot. Even though the amendment will not be voted on this fall it is time— ly to remember that prohibition is not a dead issue by any means. There is a candidate for the United States Senate on the 'Republican ticket who fervently declares that prohibition is not an issue,,and yet it is commonly understood that pro- hibition will be quite largely the determining factor in the minds of those who vote for or against this candidate. The amendment which the wet in- terests of Michigansought to place on, the ballot this fall was advocated as a means of reducing the farmers’ taxes and it is because of its relation to this subject of taxation that we are tempted to devote an article to the discussion of this vital issue. The amendment which the wets sought to place on our bollot this fall is as follows: “Beverages containing alco— hol that do not exceed the amounts that are or shall be pgrmitted by the statutes of the United States of America may hereafter be manufactured and sold in this state, for home use only. "The Legislature shall by law prohibit the consumption of said beverages on or within the premises where sold, and shall levy a reasonable tax up- on each gallon of alcoholic bev- erage so manufactured and sold. “The proceeds of such taxa- tion shall, as the Legislature may direct, be used for the re- tirement of outstanding state highway bonds, or other state By STANLEY M. POWELL (Lansing Correspondent of The Business Farmer.) the construction and mainten- ance of county and state high- ways and institutions.” On the flap of the petitions which were circulated for placing amendment on the ballot were the following suggestive words: “Bring Back Beer and Lower Taxes No Saloons Turn Over and Read Before Signing.” On. the back of the covers of these petitions there were more very in— teresting statements from which we might quote as follows: “This proposal if it carries will reduce the farmers’ taxes from 35 to 50 per cent, build all of the county and state highways, keep them in repair, also retire all of the state bonded indebtedness which amounts to $100,000,000.” The startling statements quoted above certainly merit our very care— ful study, and if there is any means whereby our farm taxes can be cut in half it is high time we were find- ing out about it. In order to under— stand What the light Wine and beer program of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment really is, let us turn our attention to a few of the salient points of this program as outlined in a recent article by Dr. John H. Slevin, president of the Michigan Division of the above nam- ed organization. They desire the repeal of the Volstead law and the enactment by Congress of a law leg- alizing the manufacture and sale of beer and wine direct to the consum- er. A further development of this program would include state laws of a similar. character. It is planned to place a Federal tax upon the liquor business and on the beer and Wine which would be produced. A further very interesting feature of their program would require phy- sicians to pay a license of $1,000 per year for the privilege of administer- ing and giving out to their patients whiskey, brandy, gin and other sim- ilar liquors of a high alcoholic con- tent. These wet leaders include one very conservative plank in their platform by advocating a provision limiting the number of licenses to manufacture beer and wine to one such establishment for every 15,000 of the population. It is further proposed that the states should levy a tax both upon the liquor manu- this . product. Such tax, however, should not be in excess of twice the Federal tax. , About a year ago, Dr. Slevin, came out with a statement in which he said that this program would in— crease revenues, both state and na— tional, with the consequent reduc— tion of taxes and that he would be prepared to show within a short time some startling figures as to just what his light wine and beer program 'would do in the way of in— creasing revenues and reducing taxes in Michigan. He goes on to state that his program will place the burden of taxes in connection with beer and wine. where it belongSH upon the producer and consumer. \Vcts Speak This question as to whether or not prohibition increases taxes and whether governmental i n c o m e 8 might be raised and expenses lower— ed by the adoption of any light wine and beer program in Michigan is one which should be given the very careful thought of every think- ing citizen. It is a subject on which the rabid wets and bone dry prohi— bitionists will never agree. I not- iced an interesting exchange of ar- guments on this very issue in a dai- ly paper a short time ago. Captain W. H. Stayton, head of the Associa— tion Against the Prohibition Amend- ment, declared: “The national prohibition law: have swept away one of the most important sources of public revenu: that existed on the statute books 0 the'country. The annual receipt by the federal government from this source ran into hundreds of millions. Revenues through licensing gave still greater sums in the aggregate to states, counties and municipal~ ities. Under‘various forms of prac- tical regulation of the liquor traffic without the return of the saloon, these former sums could be greatly increased, amounting to far more than any relief that can be devised in any other manner by the national legislators for the relief of the peo— pleon 'II M. l Drys Answer Wets To this statement, Mr. Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti-Saloon League, retorted: “Business, not commercialized vice, pays taxes. We are planning cuts in our taxation, reducing our national debt by $2,000,000 every day and are voting a bonus to our soldiers without missing meals, denying ourselves motor cars, dia- We can do all this because we do not have the brewers and distillers tak- ing billions of dollars out of our pockets each year. In return for a. pitiful sum paid the government in revenue, the liquor interests retain- ed billions for themselves robbed the government of enormous sums through tax frauds totaling $1,000,— 000 annually in Pennsylvania alone, degraded men and women, caused industrial accidents, slowed up pro- duction through beer—beuumbed minds, diverted from retail merchants bil— lions of dollars each year, and plac- ed upon charity a burden of $100,- 000,000 per year for the care of those made destitute by intemper- ance.” To the above statement by Mr. \Vheeler, might be added some re- cent remarks by Dr. P. A. Baker, leneral Superintendent of the Anti- Saloon League of America. In re- ply to a member’s inquiry, “What are we getting for our money?” Dr. Baker gives fourteen specific re- sults, the first seven of which are as follows: “First: We are getting rid of money waste. The billions of dol- lars that passed ovor the bar to maintain in idleness and criminality multiplied thousands of unproduc- tive citizens are now being turned into the Channels of legitimate trade. “Second: “'9 are getting rid of the unproductive drain of keeping in idleness the army of proprietors, bartenders. spittoon washers. gam— ~Z~rs 3:: prostitutes that infested is sari}- 2’~t).r.lv)v) grog shops. T1171: We are getting rid of the ET~3d “:55. That spawn of the sales: has :ractically disappeared. “Fcn~":‘.. We are getting rid of ire-e lodgi:g houses. The Salvation Army has abandoned most of their over crowded relief Stations for want of patrons. “Fifth: We are getting rid of the poor—farms. In many states poor- farms are being transformed into agrirultural experiment stations hm cause they no longer have pauper inmates. “Sixth: We are getting rid of charity claims. More than a. sev- enty cent reduction in the num- ber 0 charity cases due to liquor since prohibition went into effect. “Seventh: We are getting rid of the jails and poorhouses. Jails are being closed for lack of prisoners and almshouses for inmates in many states.” Public Charges Show Decan Concerning the beneficial effects of prohibition in Michigan, Mr. R. bonéed indebtedness. and fOr facturering business and upon the monds,’ theaters, or pleasure travel. (Continued on Page 17) EL AN UNOFFICIAL ESTIMATE OF MICHIGAN CROPS, 1924 - h 1924 n m 1923 fl Crop Est’ed Production Price Total Value Est’ed Production Price Total Value ‘ Corn .................... "46,322,000 Bus. $1.20 $55,586,000 58,167,000 Bus. $0.78 $45,370,000 Winter Wheat ......17,447,000 ” 1.10 19,192,000 16,456,000 ” 0.96 15,798,000 Spring Wheat ...... .. 138,000 ” 1.10 152,000 120,000 ” 0.96 115,000 Oats ‘ .................... ..58,825,000 ” - .40 23,530,000 48,896,000 ” 0.43 21,025,000 Barley .................. .. 4,018,000 " 1.40 CWt. 2,700,000 3,600,000 ” 0.64 2,304,000 Rye ............... .... .. 5,460,000 ” .75 4,095,000 6,538,000 ” 0.62 4,054,999 Buckwheat . ......... .. 887,000 ” .84 745,000 753,000 ” 0.84 633,000 Potatoes ....... ....,....33,110,000 ” .60 19,866,000 35,796,000 ” 0.50 17,898,000 Hay ............. .... .. 4,062,000 Tons 12.00 48,744,000 3,912,000 Tons 14.50 56,724,000 Beans .......... ..... .. 5,492,000 Bus. 5.25 CWt. 17,300,000 6,532,000 Bus. 2.70 17,636,000 Sugar Beets ....... 1,174,000 Tons 7.00 8,218,000 769,000 Tons 9.00 6,921,000 Apples 8,194,000 Bus. .85 6,965,000 13,159,000 Bus 0.85 11,185,000 Peaches 464,000 ” ‘ 2.50 1,160,000 1,125,000 " 1.79 2,014,000 “1’88” 686,000 " 1.25 858,000 900,000 " 1.07 963,000 Clover Seed V \ 14,500,000 147,000 " 11.10 1,632,000 ,Vdne of above crops $21043 $204,272,000 Value at ailerons . 3247;: .000 $242,472,000 it added to production costs, £§r'.-“:‘. ' , _, ,‘W‘; c»,_ - 4;, eppermim . nj: P rodu‘cti‘o F, you should happen to have available a few acres of muck land, low—lying and properly drained; not so far north as to pre— , ’vent a growing season of 100 to 120- ' days; if the prevailing price is such that an average of $20 to $50 would seem attractive to you, the growifig and marketing of peppermint offers a combination of interesting work and satisfactory earning power that will appeal to many farmers. True, a number of out-of—the-or— dinary angles must be considered. Peppermint growing is subject to many of the uncertainties that pre— vail with many other crops. The weather is always a factor. The time of harvesting must be calculat— ed to a nicety. A still enters into the picture, for the oil must be ex— tracted from the peppermint leaves, and the prohibition director of the district must be consulted in this particular. Kalamazoo the (‘cnter Michigan ranks first in the Unit— ed States in the production of tpep— permint, producing over 50 per cent of the total yield. The state’s acre— age in 1921 was 12,000 acres, re— maining approximately at the figure since then. The price has fluctuat— ed very radically, ranging from as low as 75 cents per pound in 1897 to $9 per pound in 1920. In 1921 it again dropped to $1.25, and the general average would be about $2 per 'pound. With an estimated pro— duction cost of $1 per pound (de— tailed production figures are not available) the average net return per acre can be very closely arrived at. Changes in methods of plant— ing, the introduction of special machinery to replat e the work formerly done by hand, have creat— ed a rather mixed situation, with order slowly emerging therefrom. Southwestern Michigan affords the climatic and soil conditions . most favorable for the production of ipeppermint oil. The bulk of the crop is grown in St. Joseph, Cass. Berrien, Van Buren, Allegan and Kalamazoo counties, with a limited production in Eaton, lngham, Grai' tiot and Saginaw counties. Probably the largest individual producer and marketer of pepper— mint oil is A. 'M. Todd of Kalama— zoo, who operates several extensive farms, 'well equipped plants for ex— tracting the oil, and who has favor— able outlets for his entire produc— tion. Beebe Brothers of Niles, Woodward Brothers of Centerville, Charles Severens of Pearl and Lewis Oswalt of Vicksburg, are other pro— ducers who have won, because they HE proper measures and pre— cautions taken this fall or dur— nig the early winter will do much to keep down many of the in— sects of the farm. It has been often said that “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” and never was this more true than in the pre— vention of insect depredations. Many of the insect pests of the garden and field, as well as those of the orchard, can be controlled to a great extent by correct farm practices. The fall and early winter present an ideal time in which to forestall the dam— ages of many insects that otherwise prove to be very serious during the following year. During this time the insects are inactive and can the more easily be controlled. Many insects spend the winter in the egg stage, some on weeds near its food plant, some on remains of its food plant; others lay their eggs in the ground or in the trunks of trees. Others spend the winter in the larv— al or worm stage, most generally in silken cases or cocoons of some ‘sort, or else under rubbish. Others may pass the winter in the pupal ,tage, either in the ground or 1n "same sheltered place. Piles of trash fund heaps of brush, or even crev1ces ' the ground, afford protection {Where the adults may pass the cold nionths. Some hibernate under the ‘bark of orchard and shade trees. o l5, Michigant‘eadsr Over Fifty Per Cent fof Peppermint Producéd in. U. S. Comes from This State By E. A. LITTLE \ A field of peppermint about ready to blossom on a farm in Cass county. have deserved it, wide reputations as producers. J. R. Duncan, instructor in the farm crops department of Michigan Agricultural College, and himself formerly a large producer of pepper— mint on the home farm near Vicks— burg, Mich., is probably the state’s leading authority on the subject at this time. Inquiries regarding this crop are referred directly to him, and they come in steadily. Mr. Duncan does not unhesitatingly rec— ommend that Michigan farmers go into peppermint production on an extensive scale. But he does be- lieve, if the price is “right,” if sat- isfactory land is available for this crop, that many farmers might well investigate the matter and, after full consideration, “jump in, feel— ing their way carefully and above all, with the intention of sticking to the crop over a considerable period of time. Michigan is not the only pepper— mint producing state. The northern counties of Indiana are the oldbst competitors of Michigan, and away out in Oregon, peppermint growing is being taken up, with acreage ex— panding every year. Peppermint oil is widely used in medicines, extracts, for candies and last but not least, chewing gum. Wrigley of Chicago is largely re— sponsible for the latter use, and is a large buyer of the oil. 9! Peppermint still on the farm of Beebe Brothers, neag' Coloma, hIichigan. By DON B. WHELAN ‘ Millions of insects make use of weeds in one way or another during the winter season for sustenance or shelter while their particular food plants are not growing. It all Weeds were cleared from the farm in the fall, particularly from the fields and fence—rows where the insect pests have been injurious this year, some of our worst insect enemies will be noticeably scarce next year. The favorite food of the sugar beet web— worm is the pigweed and lamb’s quarters. The beet leafhopper rel— _ I r, Old cabbage stumps should not be left in an ideal hibernating place for insects. .. . X the field but destroyed because they are. (Insert) A ~beetle found in old grain. A growing season‘of 100 to 120 days from the time the young pep- permint plants appear above ground until harvest time is vitally neces- sary. Peppermint is seriously in- jured by unseasonal frosts, and the farther north one attempts to grow it, the greater the hazard. 7 A continuous supply of soil mix- ture is necessary for the largest de- velopment of the plants. Conse- quently, hard clay or dry sandy soils are unsuitable for this crop. As the cost of producing peppermint, especially the first attempt, is rela— tively high, unless one has land ob— viously adapted to peppermint and is well located climatically, some other of the specialized crops will be found more satisfactorily. Peppermint does best if it has plenty of sunshine and warmth dur— ing the latter part of the growing season. Cold and cloudy weather may not affect the growth of the plants, but the oil yield-will be les- sened. When planted in muckland, with its known capacity for holding moisture, the peppermint root sys- tem is so organized that the plants may go unaffected through periods of drouth that would seriously af-'- feet many other crops. Peppermint has a branching stem system, ordinarily growing to a height of 18 to 24 inches, forming a bushy plant with a large number of leaves. The leaves are the import— ant consideration, because it is in them that most of the oil is found. Anything that might cause the plants to drop these leaves, such as~ frost, drought or insects, seriously decreases the yield of oil. New leaves will be put forth if the earlier growth is lost, but the oil yield will be much less than with the original growth. Commercially, peppermint" is not allowed to produce seeds, depend- ence being placed entirely upon the roots. New acreage is started with roots from older acreage, one acre of old roots furnishing enough sur- plus to set from four to eight acres of new mint. The root system is ex- tensive, the main root attaining a length of 12 to‘ 18 inches, with a diameter the size of a lead pencil. The large roots have nodes about two inches apart, and new plants spring from these. Long runners extend in every di— rection from the main plant above ground. These form a low arch, striking the ground from seven to twelve inches from the plant, new plants forming at these contact points. (Continued on Page 21) Will You Supply Mr. Bug and His Family With a Home this Winter? ishes the Russian thistle. During the early part of the growing season the flea—beetle gives a lot of trouble by perforating the leaves of pota- toes, tomatoes and many other of our early garden crops. This small pest passes the earlier 'part of its life on the roots of weeds. Many of the most destructive of the plant lice spend a portion of their lives on weeds, the remainder ‘of the time they are damaging some particular plant. Thus the rosy apple aphid spends a part of its time on the nar— row leaf plamtain. The potato aphid that periodically does much damage tothe potato in many sections also may be found on lamb’s quarters, ragweed and wild lettuce. Weeds not only occupy ground needed for other purposes, taking the nourish- ment that the cultivated plants use, but they are the bridge that carries many of our worst pests over the winter months. Clean li‘arnu’ng It is a common practice, when a crop has been harvested, to allow the remnants of the plant to remain on the ground all winter. This is "true of the stumps of cabbage and cauliflower and very often of mel- ons and squash vines that have been killed by the frost. The stubble of corn often proves to be an' ideab hibernating place as does the shel~ , (Continued on Page 17) ‘ Br. successes new FAR A STAYING 'YOUNG AT 60.—Edna Wallace Hopper, 60 year old flapper, says “Shun a rockingchair; don’t forget how to laugh; keep busy; think and act young; and don’t grieve over a lost husband or sweetheart.” SONIETHING NEW FOR THE LADIES.—— NE‘V LAKE STEAMER.—-The new lake steamer SNAKE EATING BIRI).—-This is a snake eating A small battery and bulb in Milady’s handbag Greater Detroit has been placed in commission by the bird which strikes terror to the heart of all rep« enables her to see to powder her nose at all Detroit and Cleveland Navigation 00., Detroit. It tiles, espeeially snakes. Its home is South Africa hours of the day and night. HOT BATH WHILE YOU WAIT.—This photo shows a native taking a bath in .a tub in the tent colony of Uyeno in the cold water while a. friend I After a long sitting the water finally gets hot and the bath is ready. Park, Tokyo. He sits builds a fire in the stove beneath the tub. TREE SCULPTURE.—One of the features of the Royal Kew Nurseries, London, are the objects, animals, birds, etc. made out of the shrubbery. It (took 50 years to grow this. ‘J‘Patoka" in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island. mast has proven successful. FARIVIERS NIEET PRESIDENT COOLIDGE.-—-—President and LIrs. Coolidge shook hands and were photographed with 600 Grangers of eleven difl'erent states, who called on them at the home of the President's father at Plymouth, Vermont, last month. Bl'iohigan was well represented. cost $3,500,000 and is 550 feet long. LATEST IN TRAVELING.—The lat- est thing in Europe is the “IVIotor Wheel” an Italian idea, which is rapidly taking hold. The idea may be all right but we prefer an automobile. world, SHENANDOAH HAS MOORING SHIP.—The Shenandoah, navy dirizible, and her mooring ship, the converted oil tanker The mooring but is living in the New York Zoo. SlWALLEST SHOE REPAIR SHOP IN THE WORLD. -——-This shoe, is in Amsterdam. It long and about three feet high, and the proprietor must sit down all the time to do his work. THE PRINCE OF WALES—This is a re- cent portrait of the Prince of “’ales who is visiting in this country. The Prince is very popular with the people abroad as Well as at home. repair shop, said to be the smallest in the is not more than six feet PROFESSOR OF ADVENTURE.—Melllcen Dalton, 60 years old, has traveled all over the world. He makes his own clothes and is a vegetarian. (Copyright. Keystone View 00.) VOTE ONLY .. At any. school meeting when im- ‘portant questions are to be decided by ballot can everyone go to vote and put as many ballots in the hat as he pleases when there is no re- cord kept of the names of the vot- ers? If so done is it lawful? If a man and wife are not taxpayers and have no children to send to school but in order to give him a vote have a piano for a small sum assessed to get their name on the tax roll, and have they a right to vote on money raising and bonding the school district? What is the highest percentage 9. school district with an assessed valuation of $150,- 000 can be bonded forf—C. F. Whit- temore, Michigan. CHOOL electors must be twenty- one years of age, full citizens, residents of -the district at least three months next preceding the meeting, owners of property either real or personal which is assessed for school purposes, or parents or legal guardians of children between the ages of five and nineteen inclu- sive. Each elector is entitled to one vote only. Any person paying a tax on personal property is entitled to vote on all questions, including money raising and bonding of the school district, no matter how small the assessment may be. 15 per cent is the maximum for which any school district may be bonded.———C. L. Goodrich, Asst. Supt. of Public Instruction. FORGE) NAME Would you please inform me if a man hauling milk on the highway was run into by a state truck could he collect damage from the state? Every thing was demolished but the driver and horses which escaped un— hurt. Would you also tell me if a man (my husband) forged my name to a mortgage.and then left my son to pay up debts and went away about 8 years ago and has not come back and in case of my death could come and claim person— al property which was left here? I have a deed of the farm.—Mrs. H. W., Monroe County. F the wife's name was forged to I the mortgage, she would incur no liability, and her personal property could not be taken to pay the mortgage debt after her death. ——Asst. Legal Editor. ROSE MILDEW I am having trouble with rose mil- dew and would like to know what to do. Please advise me.—-F. G., Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. OSE Mildew is caused by a fungus growing on the leaves and sapping their strength. This mildew lives over winter in the cot- tony tufts which are formed about the thorns on the stems. It is ad- visable to trim the bush so as to rid it of these hold-over places. Then in the summer, when the tempera- ture at noon gets above 85 or 90 degrees, it is advisable to spray or dust the bushes frequently with some sulphur preparation. For a dust, fine sulphur in a cheesecloth bag or in a regular dusting outfit does good work. For spraying, a dilute lime sulphur solution made by using the com- mercial lime sulphur (which can be bought at hardware stores) at.1—40 strength is good. Weekly applica— tions are advisable until the control has been accomplished. Sulphur is a specific for mildews, but it takes a high temperature to make the sul- phur active in killing the fungus. For bushes in shady locations, Bordeaux mixture or Pyrox (can be bought ready for use) would be ad- visable. Frequent applications will keep the foliage in good condition. -——-Ray Nelson, Research Assistant in Plant Pathology, M. A. C. MIGHT BRING, AOI'ION AGAINST COMPANY I bought a house and lot in the City of Wyandotte and since I have bought an Oil Company bought some land just across the alley and erected six large supply tanks about 150 feet from our house. Is there any law to prohibit them from do- ing so? It also decreased the val- ue of our property. In there any danger from these tanks? Please 111-- form us ‘ through THE Busmnss Funn- the law concerning same. We have enjoyed your paper vom ammvro'oxn " A Olen-l D ( as W have received much. benefit from it. Thanking you very kindly‘ for any information you can give me, I am. -—-W. G., Wyandotte, Mich. 011 might bring an action against the company to have , ‘ the tanks removed, on the grounds that they constituted a nuisance. As to whether or not it is actually a nuisance it would be necessary to view the premises and examine all the circumstances of the case—Asst. Legal Editor. SCHOOL OFFICER WAS NOT ELECTED Will you please explain the fol- lowing fully?‘ At the school meet- ing of this year in our district, the following incident oecured. The of- floor to be elected was director. There were two nominees for the oifice, a vote by ballot was taken three different times, the first two ballots were uneven, the third being 10 and 10. The director arose, de- clared his right to decide, which one should be elected, and did so. Is this oilicer elected legally and can he hold office? And if he is qualified for the ofiice, by the senior member of the schoolboard, can he hold the office being not legally elected? And is this action of qualifying legal? MICHIG WHEAT ON CORN GROUND Would you advise sowing wheat on corn ground after the corn is taken oflf in the fall? Would it be too late, especially in a year when corn is late? Which would be the best way to put it in and what time? -———F'. I., Hersey, Mich. 0R best results wheat should be sown by the first of October. since after this date it is likely to winter kill badly. In tests con- ducted here at the college, best re- sults Were secured when wheat was sown from the 20th to 25th of Sep- tember. However, this date may vary a little with the season. If the corn is taken off for ensil- age, wheat could be sown after the corn is removed. If the corn is not to be cut for ensilage it would be best to drill the wheat between the standing corn rows—C. R. Megee, Associate Prof. of Farm CropsLM. PUTTING HAY IN SILO I have in mind a machine to be used in the hay field, this machine to cut the hay in small lengths, say x,é-inch long, and put it up in bags. The hay to be then hauled to the barn in the bags and dumped into the silo, and I wish to know if it would make as good feed for the horses as cured hay. What do you think about it?—-T. W. Bloomdaie, Mich. HERE is very little difference in feeding value of hay made into silage and hay properly cured in the field when the dry Weight of the two is considered. Due to the fact that there is no machinery especially constructed to make hay crops into silage, the practice has not increased in favor among farmers. It is also consid- erably cheaper to allow the moist- ure to leave the plants in the field, in other words,. allow the hay to cure and thereby handle a much smaller weight then is the case when the crop- is made into silage. The proper moisture content of a crop when made into ensilage varies from 35 to 46 per cent; when high- er than this, frequently a juicy, sour ensilage results; when lower than this, there is not sufficient moisture in the ensilage to cause it to pack tightly and exclude the air. Experiments have shown that good ensilage can be made out of practically any crop when the proper moisture content as meat, and when the is may pack- ed; In the case of green crops such as sweet clover and alfalfa, it is fre- quently necessary to’ allow the crop to remain in the three A—N to ' corn—45W. Lloyd. The majority of the district are against his holding office, as he was not legally elected, yet he intends to do so. In a case like this can this man held ofllce? If not, what can the district do, what is the right and lawful thing to do? Can the dis- trict compel the schooboard to hold a special meeting and elect an of- ficer? In case the *schoolboard qualify him for office, what can be denies—Mrs. G. A. P., Springport, Mic . HERE is no provision in the. school law for breaking of a tie vote by the chairman or anyone else. If the director wished to vote he should have done so at the time the vote was taken. Since he did not do this he lost his voteVand was not entitled to vote after the ballot had had been closed and the votes counted. No emcer was elected since an election requires a majority vote. When the people fail or neglect to elect the school officer it becomes the duty of the township board to appoint one to fill the vacancy un- til the next annual meeting. Until the township board does appoint a successor and he qualifies, the pres- ent incumbent holds the oilice.—C. L. Goodrich, Asst. sum. of Public Instruction. six hours after being cut in/order that the moisture content may .be reduced. About the only time it is advis- able to use hay crops for ensilage is when the silo is the only method of preserving the crop due to bad weather or when corn or some other bulky crop cannot be grown for en- silage. We believe it would require con- siderable additional help to make the crop into ensilage by the meth- od you suggest. It is usually found more satisfactory to haul it to the silo, pass it through the cutter and lower it into the silo rather than out it in the field—C. R. Megee, Assoc. Prof. of Farm Crops, M. A. C. SAVING SWEET CORN SEED HIS year is likely to be one in which good reliable sweet corn seed for next season’s planting will be scarce. The danger of early frosts catching this year's delayed crop of corn has made the field corn seed situation one of the worst in years, but sweet corn seed is even harder 'to cure ‘than field corn. There is much more risk of losing sweet corn from rotting in the field and improper curing than there is in losing field corn. Gardeners who wish to be sure of having sweet corn seed next spring will do well to save seed from their own fields, provided they have properly devel- oped corn of one variety. If properly cured, sweet corn seed Will germinate well even if picked when very green. In fact, growers are surer of having good seed if they pick the ears in the dough stage and then take care of them than if they take a chance on leaving the seed in the field where it is in. danger of damage from cold, wet weather. When sweet corn seed is picked green it must be handled so that it will dry out thoroughly and rapidly. To this end it should be handled so that there is a free circulation of air around every ear. When small quantities are handled a common method is to tie the ears in pairs by the basin and hang them over a wire in a dry. well ventilated room. However, when large quantities are being handled it is better to have special wire curing racks for the seed. These should preferably be placed in a room where artificial heat can be used for drying if the weather is wet and cold at the time the seed is brought in from the field. Special precautions are necessary to keep sweet corn seed away from mice, since they seem to be even tender of it than they are of field e... ' mm" ' mot. an!” ul dunno-L s ' ‘ wufoAnl'I’nluulI-lee must be accompanled {all name 3% address. llame not used If so requested. - the ‘W’adwork? . We have this em“ mleslbne'r- and a imadefdv’e. "“ for thiewnd of the township but 3!! oversees the whole thing . and the"commissioner doesn’t seem to have any thing to say.--—E. F. 8., mm roads are maintained by'the' Township ‘ V Highway Commissioner under the direction and supervision of the Township Board. an individual the supervisor has nothing to say in regard to such work as the super- vision and control is vested in the Township Board as a Boardand not in any individual composing the Board—II. Victor Spike, Assistant Attorney General. ‘1. _____..._§____ COULD NOT 00m INSURANCE Can yen tell me if a deed of a 40 acre farm with'good buildings is in the wife's name and the wife dies and there are three children and her husband insures these buildings can he collect insurance when these buildings burn? If the husband has the deed of a 40 acre farm in his name and the deed is put on record then he deeds it to his wife but it is not put on record when it is in ‘ her name is the deed the wifeholds goodl—Mrs. A. 8., Manton. Mich. » HE husband would not be able to collect insurance on the buildings which the wife owns: ' he must have an insurable interest in the property before his contract of insurance would be valid.‘ If, after her death and after the estate has been settled, he insures the property, he would be able to col- lest the insurance, in case of loss. As between the husband and wife, the, wife’s deed is good, even if it is not recorded—Asst. Legal Editor. OPTION NOT BINDING I am one of the heirs of an estate, have lived on and worked the same for a number of years. but said estate has never been probated. Would an option given by me on any part, I having no deed to property, be legal or binding even if money has been paid on same?——R. C. 8.. Clio, Mich. -0ption would not be binding. The estate should be probated at once and distributed to the persons en- titled to it.——Asst. Legal Editor. nor ENTITLED To PROPERTY I want to know if a widow has a farm and property left her by her first husband and he died and she marries again and her second hus- band is mean to_her can she put him out without giving him anything? Can he hold half of what she has? Please let me know about it and what she has to do to get rid of him. I am a paid up subscriber.——J. S. McG., Drybnrg, Michigan. ——She could one her husband for divorce, in which case he would not be entitled to any of her property.— Asst. Legal Editor. CUTTING WILL NOT KILL OUT SHRUBS Do you know of a time for cutting paw paws when the one cutting will kill them? when the sign is right to kill «them. As I have about two acres of them I am anxious to learn how to get rid of them. Will you please inform me by letterl—E. B. W., Reading, Michigan. ' HERE is no time of the year when trees or shrubs can be cut and the cutting them will kill them out. If they are cut oil at this time of the year it usually proves. more of a check to their later sprouting than if they are cut off during the winter or in the spring. —V. B. Gardner. Professor of iIorti- culture. It. A. C. . CBMINAL OFFBNCE '10 TM“ WITH m I have my mail come on a route and on a couple occasions the stamps have been torn o! before package . was delivered. I imagine it must of been dou‘either by the mail carrier orinodlce. Cantu-hulls? I don't see why any one he , ' “V‘ They say there is a time _A to take stamps 01! pt): 1" ‘Dflickaoe. " , If this unnatural” detach—Men. Mi mama—y wayiis a. criminal oilence. m d bet reported to the ‘ OR years 'we had een conduct- ing our evening ch rch meetings I - are securing. ’ as well as our other nightly church aflairs by the use of eight or ten common, small coal oil lamps hung around on the walls. These lamps were equipped with reflectors still the church was never sufficiently Lighted. The pulpit was lighted by a large, round wick kerosene lamp which could belowered close to the preacher’s head when he wished it and he always did. Yet with all this we were never satisfied and were always on the lookoutlfor a better way to light our church for we knew of many young folks that were not attending our meetings on accouilt of our poor illuminating facility. It seemed church, as it was, simply didn’t attract the young men and women, and they were going else- where. Finally we had a chance to secure a very beautiful chandelier from one of the town churches that was going to discard it, should the town suc— ceed in voting in a city electric light plant. They did. The city church installed electric lights and we pur- chased their chandelier with fifteen fairly large coal oil lamps. The chandelier was installed in the center of our church house and how much nicer were our meetings after that. The house was much brighter and more cheerful. So was the entire congregation. Our meetings grew better and bet- ter while on}; attendance became much more regular. In fact we now had one of the best illuminated as well as the largest attendance of ' any of the churches around. It was not for some time after- wards that we became aware of the fact that our branch church was only some what lighted instead of suffic- iently illuminated. New neighbors moved into our community bringing a letter to our church. They were in attendance the next Sunday evening and were admitted. Our new members lived on an ad- joining farm so naturally we met rafter. It was during one of our ' frequent conversations that he asked if I would like a suggestion for im- proving our church. Learning I would, he asked me why not light the church better. This question came some what as a jolt I that we had ekcellent illumination yet, wanting to better our conditions if possible, I asked for his solution. After much inquiry and a good long Conversation, his answer was sum- med up in six words. “Use a gaso— line vapor mantle system.” He stated such was used in his home church and told how splendid it was. I told him we would talk it over with all the members next Sunday night as he had interestingly con— vinced me better lighting could be secured. - Well, after services the following Sunday night I collected the mem— bers together and we talked over the subject pro and con deciding to look .into the new lighting prospect thoroughly and at once. Our investigations led to learning of a church some distance away that was using this system so we decided to visit this church and learn from them first hand all about the new light. We arranged a committee to make this visit and investigate. This we did on their next meeting night. After dismissal we all got together and thoroughly talked over as well asinvestigated their method of ill- uminating their church which was the hollow wire, gasoline vapor sys- tem. This trip sufficiently convinced our delegation that this was the only system for us to use. Returning home we again talked over and con— sidered the feasibility of installing such a system in our church. We finally decided we would arrange for and after a short time we secured our gasoline hollow wire light and ' ever since it has been installed we have been exceptionally well pleased with the brilliant illumination we Our‘ system is composed of a five gallon gasoline supply and pressure tank" with, hollow wiresuéficient to give us one light in front of and . awe; the-pulpit, as well. asanother ' ' light» shout~ three-fourths of the way {,7 A , Attendance * By Bren LUGAs back in the house. We placed the supply tank in one corner where it would be convenient as well as out of the way. . To light, we merely fill the tank, pump up pressure, generate, turn on the fuel and light both lights, and , our illumination is on until turned off. ' Very simple yet it affords us a wonderful light. - ' Our system; generates its “own gas from common gasoline and after we first generate it is automatic, burn— ing until burned out. The gas flows up thru the hollow wire into the mantle where it burns. In burning it heats the mantlesto an incandescent white so they radiate very brilliantly, as I remember, some six hundred candle power of light is what we are now securing. The light we secure from our pres- ent lighting system while very, very brilliant is pure white. Restful to the eyes. It is unflickering and gives out no disagreeable odor. With our gasoline vapor mantle system our church is brilliantly flooded‘with light. No dark, unin— viting corners. Our church is cheer- ,ful and attractive to all. All depart— ments are now progressing nicely and our work for Christianity is ad- vanced steadily onward. Who would not come and attend a brilliar iy illuminated, cheerful progressive church? We not only have the welfare of our community in hand but are working for the up- building of all other communities as well, so wish to pass on some of our delightful experience to the other churches in hopes that our informa- tion will prove as beneficial to them as our results have to us. We have had our vapor system in- stalled for almost two years and no trouble so far. It furnishes more real illumination than a roomful of common coal oil lamps such as we previously used, and such as .the large majority of country churches are using today. The house of God should be at- tended by all. Light your church brilliantly. Make it comfortable. Radiate it with cheerfulness. Make it as interesting as possible so that the young folks will be drawn there. : (3'1) Use carefully selected lessons and have some good minister to give you their rendition in a clear, frank tho precise manner and the country side will respond accordingly. —_ Spray or sprinkle frost bitten plants with cold water early in the morning and the frost will gradually be drawn out of the tissues, and thus lessen the damaging effect on the plant. Good dairy cows are profitable. The scrub is doomed 'to fail. Loosening cabbages in the soil by giv- ing them a slanting pull and partially breaking the roots, will prevent them from splitting open. Purebred livestock are 48 percent more efficient as producers than scrub stock. A man who fails to pay his bills Is shunned by other men, And yet a cow which fails to pay May fail topay again. Com Cures A corn syrup manufacturing company received the following letter: “Dear Sirs ——I have ate three cans of your corn syrup and it has not helped my come one bit.” 1' “We have a herd of 15 Holstein cows which give nearlyras much milk as some of our neighbors who are milking 25. My father says it is all in the feed. We feed Larro.” H, E, COLE, Epping, N. H. Good Condition and High Production “We have fed enough Larro to test it thorougly. We find it an excellent milk producer—at the same time keeping the heavy producer in good flesh.” O. O. BUSCHLEN, Bad Axe, Mich. “My cows are in the ‘pink’ of condition and produce heavily. Four of my cows have tipped the scale at 60 lbs. of milk in one day; two of them have reached 65% and 64% lbs—cows that were producing very little milk on all kinds of miscellaneous feeds. This is my result from feeding Larro and I shall continue to feed same as long as I have cows.” A. HERBERT, Westport, Mass. Larro for Long-Time Results "We started with one cow for our own family use and now we are keeping between 400 and 500 head on our farm, and the cows we started with and have been milk- ing for more than 12 years are yet profitable producers. We are glad that we commenced our dairying experience in feeding Larro and have never changed since our beginning with our family milk cow.” WHITE BELT DAIRY, Lemon City, Fla. “1 have used Larro for over 9 years and there is nothing that will duplicate it. Larro is the best milk feed there is. It does increase milk production.” JOSEPH NOWAK, Thompsonville, Conn. “We have fed Larro along with other dairy rations and it gives us better results than any we have tried. We also find the longer we keep the cows on Larro, the better they milk.” W. B. BRADSHAW, Cartersville, Ga. Larrowe Bldg. Quality as Well as Quantity “Your feed is the best feed on the market, as it pro— duces the richest milk and cream. We have tried other feeds but have not found them satisfactory. We have ,used Larro for over 7 years.” H. A. COUCH, NewMilford, Conn. THE LARROWE MILLING COMPANY I 41.5 there left? Where Other Feeds Had Failed “My first sack of Larro mined my patronage for other feeds with the exception of Larro. From that one sack I got an increase in milk and as I kept on using Larro I got better results. I wouldn’t give one sack of Larro for any two sacks of other feed I have ever used.” E. H. BAKER, Ironton, Ohio. “We have been feeding Larro for several months in a test with several orher feeds, with results which are highly favorable to Larro.” PEYTON T. GISH, Mt. Sydney, Va. For Young Stock and Old “1 have two cows milking 100 lbs. of milk on 10 lbs. of feed apiece a day. If I could get alfalfa, I think I could get 60 lbs. from these cows apiece on 12 lbs. of Larro. One of theSe cows is 17 years old.” C. C. ROBINSON, Annapolis, Md. “We think Larro feed is certainly great, and our whole herd looks fat and nice, and has produced lots of milk this winter We have one cow 14 years old that gives 42 lbs. of milk a day. We feed the calves on Larro and like the feed.” L. E. WETMORE, Canfield, Ohio For Economy and Profit “1 have thoroughly tried out practically all standard makes of dairy feed and mixed many kinds myself, but have found nothing which will produce as much milk of fine quality—a regular amount—and keep the cows in fine condition like Larro does. It will give me at least 15% to 25% more profit than anything else I have ever found. If I had used it exclusively for the past five years, I would have saved many thousands of dollars.’, LORING BROWN, Orlando, Fla. “I use Larro as ever and am satisfied with the results from it. Idid try some cheaper feeds, but lost out in production and was out money in the long run.” LAWRENCE BACHMAN, Tarentum, Pa; Detroit, Michigan :1 Ta}; if”; never worries the man who acts in C R" “was... 1 ,4 _ 4.Aa;.m-.w.ar . .mu‘ the con- dition of .thereis need- . I a —Repair— Re—Roof now! THE um «a. 8mm mums»- MULE-HIDE “Horn max “ INA mum]! FEET Expert Over 15 million autos registered. A hundred (in trained mach-nic- neodod. Qualify in 8 weeks Write for special rate with R.R.Fuo ":1! Board Paid. This offer is limiteduwrite at once Two Big Schools. address nearest. Me Sweeny tagging: Schools "cSweeny Bldg. McSweeny Bldg. momma Dept. 520 0. Use HOOSHCR B U I L D I N l‘- TILE for all per-‘ manent buildings for farm or city. the tio _ p0, houses. nirpose econ- ' Glaze t . ' krill: 1, 3m. ,bnt. 1 tile for out“? w '. durabilm‘ ‘ oniy. U "n 81:16. or-Mat fluish._ end plans "q mvge you an ,.aotnmp.te bsfore Al, , b rogmm. ~ 0 also .ile and, , ll Silo u ' ohms» -‘ is amnesia class of maple Wharton; Asst” . as m . '00.: -' 'AGMT AN Fm ’ EAR Editor:—In reply to 'Dor- pthy. o; Traverse City, Mich... would say I hare failed to find the county .agsnt an ax- pert. 1.9a}! more to mu that they make Just many mistakes as the farmers .(10- They perhaps new a ‘Iittle hatter hook Meaning than she common. fax-mar has but émitt 3mm down .to the ma! test. Rm. chem on a farm and start them where some of us old farmers 'had to start (by "caring up our land), and the ma- fiofity would (starve. it is true that «the most of the farmers do not read the book from the state agricultur- r-al coll -e but if they are interested they -w ‘1 read it. And so it is with what the county agents tells them— they let it go in one ear and out the other. I have «watched the M. A, C. {erm- ors, I mean the jboolk learned foam and one majority of them have made a gflanle. ‘ch, [condioions are changed from better to worse. But I .don'.t blame it all to we county agent. NOW I an not blaming the sonnet)! agent. All I have to say is go gto it and linen Aulsling the wood over the board of upervisors eyes and make them ‘be-- {eye they have got to have him all 'ight. But why not have a vote on 't and if the majority of the {armors vant him all right or let them that ‘iave use for him pay him. “I guess ‘iis job would be shortlived. It is a rhame to make the farmers pay for something they don’t want and if I needed him I would be Willing to pay ~him. It is dust like forcing a ,dose of medicine down a want whether :he wants .it or not. Let one people yote on it and if the majority are .in favor of a coun- ty agent '1 would be satisfied. No, they dare not let the people vote be- cause they know it would be turned down by 7.5 per cent. If it was the board ,of supervisors money they were spending it would (put .an and I to some .01 our taxes. Come again. y E. .C.o;blen.t.z, ‘Qharlevqix ‘ County. BANK BUYS BONDS OUTRIGHEI‘ EAR Editor—.11 to reply through the columns of your paper to an article of August 30th, in which a person signs his initials “J. B., Columbiaville, Mich.” This person states that there is a man here in eastern Michigan who is r selling bonds and forces the sale by tend to have bought the bond by placing their C. D. on the bond. ? Inferring that I am misrepresent- ing facts and using under—handed methods to get business—In the first place, I am in a legitimate business, just as legitimate as farming, doc— { tor, lawyer, or any other business. Next to agricultural industry, of which industry I am a part, it is the second largest industry. 10 per cent of the people in the United States depend on this industry either directly or indirectly for a livelihood. I am assisting in supplying one of the two necessities to mankind, namely shelter, because‘no great apartment building, oflice or theatre building, or hotel, could be built without the sale of good first mort- gage bonds. I consider that I am supplying shelter and am assisting people to gain a livelihood. In fact, ‘] am assisting in financing shelter for the biggest consumers of farm products who are forced by neces- sity to live in the great cities. Approximately 40 per cent of every dollar I obtain through the sale of these bonds goes direct for labor. to labor through manufactured ma— terials and other allied products. I will ask J. B. if this is not as noble and worthy a work as any of the other‘necessary professions? The fact that I have sold banks these bonds for their own invest- ment, and have obtained them :for their customers, ought to he suflc- ionic proof .that I am in a , itimate 3311333353 and trying to do ~. _ right ' _In every community there a higher grate W Mir money. . ' one Wars in various Wing‘m . \ ' having one of the local banks pre-' 60 per cent goes indirectly «W as Wars "Goad 1mm mortgages we not grams available, order to mutant their communion are trying to direct the invafitmt as “was “mean :2 , 9 w. , the opossum}!- it is silly on the part of 1- (B. , bank or Missal can my bonds without payi, for m, I than A instead of key , g all} “a in large cities. is dons to . efl the mm: so .15 has @919 W1 ‘to make shrrinne sswmal loans. and assisting 71.11 financial floss! mad?- 'I have perwnall momma Hus cannon? shoot it. its .msssantors in Guicssp and Detroit, and have talked with some 9.! the largest banks ’in tho 15.11.11.951 Slates. asking absent! their emerienqa- :1 find 2341966 banks (have natal" known .91 a 41e- mm in either intanaat or Drinnnal [on the part of any of the borrowers ion «to bond issues sold by this com- mas).- Il‘llse banks in Michigan who have purchased these bonds have «made a thorough. investigation of them, and when one of their customi- ers ask {or an investment, they get the bond for them, or if {they have them ,in their own account, they will let gthem have one of their own bonds. This they have a perfect legal right to do. I :know personally, and can prove to ,J. B. that :these bonds which I ago selling are as safe as it is pos— sible «for human minds to gnake any investment and can back up my statement by that during this company’s incofiapwated existence, it has sold hundreds of millions of bonds and individual agnogfigages se- gqured by income-producing proper,- ties throughout the UnitedStates to thousands of individuals, banks, in,- fimfinw «REMAINS, and trust com.- panics, MW mils ~1.9138 of a single 419M .0! either interest at principal {to any investor. J. 13,. also makes a remark about the Michigan .Swzitias Commission, which shows “his lack of knowledge, - «because dials commission is governed by {the dams enacted in the state of whey can see that cor- polzaatlons financing themselves in this state, live up to these laws, and «that is all «they are permitted to do. They are not permitted to ‘ recom- mend any «investment, or prevent the sale of any invesnment as long as there is no fraud intended. H J. 8. could have his way. we would have no schools because we have to have bonds in order to build snowman banks, in, ‘ flame 7' pings ashram "or'.‘liu-~ ‘ ally im~wdshumtofie' rs thmhm the 1Uth doc- tm. hm, marchers, dormers who base rumbast these bonds, 1 : . » v. fic- think he should use “methian his digestion.' ~ ~ , ~ fimm.chuumermish.tog‘ We refinances from (various ban-ks will Myanmar their names .to ‘ channel. My. Imushsomaawthuonau mm costar Hi. i. a. mild make .' :3. MW my go any “aged or dishOW- allow: any _ , camel‘th newton, I mu :bs glad to prom to w- m that he do wmnz. out It neces- ‘oowmt tin. an the Man. . d to cm. Montana‘s. 4 I hope 5. n3: no! .borg WW - . .. . , , 9:1 0 his good intention; 3&5; _ ‘ z 1 take we «ankle to inform - , 39,1: ments .with the idea .9! stop .9; pro- ibotooe he makes misdeidin gross and mi .. :bp... .5 and gamma.%_ anybody howlin’ ’bout repealin' the law against murder do you?” “Well” he sez “that’s different.‘ that is takin’ human life.” “Jest so,” I sez, “but it’s law an’ bein’ vi’lated jest the same as the . liquor law is bein’ vi’lated." Well he got kinda mad or some- , thin’ an’ he called me sev’ral names like an 01’ fool an’ similar an’ I sed “You don’t have to say old—I ain’t so old, not so old as you." An’ he sed I was a fool any way an’ so we‘- sort of simmered down after awhile ' an’ I guess I didn’t change his mind nor he didn't change mine—I ain’t got so very much to change anyway. ,But jest the same—J believe the,‘ Volstead is good—I’m glad to see‘ the '. ' My friend v saloons gone, so are you. here is not the whole world, neither am I—if he violates the law some— times or if ‘I do it’s no sign the law is bad—we’re bad an’ the flaw; is just alright. The liquor law had always been a hard one to enforce—no harder now than when saloons wuz in 1,111,111on .--——we *had blind pigs then an' they're jest as blind nowi—no more. ot"em “jest a little mite worsee—Tmebbe?: Anyway "I ain’t goin’ cellar again with myjandlgrd—rhettel. :too manystories‘an' gets me all gnu gig-ed up an’ he’s too pofiifiYQr—rfl ' r _ _~ " hows when he's don-n collar. 1 at “1°11 get 1 "L much i' {in ' : s .4 omens mos ' RAM SET {’ FTER bonding a radio sot We , sometimes wish that we could , haves cabinet} that Would be serviceable, unbreakable and cheap. so we are going to tell- you how to build one am home or have one built tor you: that Will! cost a dollar or fess and be just the right size for your set. Also this type of cabinet will do aWay with that disagreeable eflect, called body_capacity effect, which is caused by your hand or body coming near your set and lchangimg the signals“ so that they fade away or come in stronger. This eflect is particularly noticed’ in any type of regenerative receiVin‘g set and is a. cause of difliculty in tuning quickly and clearly.- The radio sets. described last Feb- many and March. were mounted in such cabinets and a look at those pictures will" show you how neat they look. After assembling. your set on a panel“, and it being mounted on a base board, measure the heighth, length and depth (from front to back, and then take a large sheet of paper and lay out a plan of a cab- inet upon it, this will look like Fig. 1. Then get a sheet of 22 gauge galvanized iron and lay your pattern H——— / I'flj l ' i - I 70,0 s c—Pwr—s ..... .. - rifting- “W” "n I i «i 3.5 Es. [mo 53 5401’ 3? [7m in . 3i i! l ; Putting cabinet together. on it and with tin sni'ps cut out of the sheet iron the flat form for your cabinet. At the places shown in dotted lines, lay across; a. sharp corn— ered board: and bend to make a box. Fig. 2-. Now with a- soldering iron run: solder along the inside seams and Where it runs thru on; the out- side smooth off with a file. ‘~ On the top, and two sides solder 3 screws (from: oft of old dry batter— a'w...u"i: ' n I gent-v ‘ m gflnl .,. lag- ] (1 u" H‘- ' fill' a «mu. ritual!!! in! cutting m calm-Int. fee) and on the bottom edge, inside, colder three small “L” shaped I s of iron, tut-u" which you have It or made hlo‘l‘es, so" that this case his! can be' screwed to"- apiece or Board, it Will then look like fig. 2; complete. Now bore three holes thru your panel: to correspond to the three screws and you can slide your set: into the cabinet and fasten! it in mil three of the small flirts off old“ dry batteries. The final’ finish can be a dead“ black enamel, mahogany or any oth— er colored enamel or paint that you desire; the Acme “hook—up.” is simpler to follow "out and their parts are so built that very little wire is used‘ in making the connections and the less , wire there is used the less lik-l'i-hood of incorrect connections and trouble. ,Cab‘ii'nets of this style can be of any size; and‘ are quickly and‘ easil‘y‘ made as there are no laps on the edges or fancy corners to solder. Your editor makes one in less than 2 hours and he is far frOm being a tin-smith. ' A RADIO SET FOR DISTANCE those that are interested in re— . ceiving broadcasts from great distances, and who want a set that receives on a loop and not upon alt—Outside aerial, and also easy to tune We recommend the “Reflex” receiver. A reflex receiver uses the same tube for. tWo purposss, that is each tube acts as a radio frequency amp- lifier and also as an audio frequency amplifier and so it is possible to have; several stages of each kind of amplification with» a few tubes.‘ Such sets are easy and simple to assemble if instructions are follOWed to the letter. Also in assembling them it is necessary to use the make of apparatus recommended for each particular circuit». A good reflex set will give or bring in to you just as much as any other type of set and is extremely simple to tune, much easier than the high priced Neutrodyne or Super- hetrodyne sets. ‘ Both the Erla and Acme parts are recommended for making a reflex set, and we are giving a diagram here of a 4 tube, Acme, reflex set which 'uses a crystal detector and gives 3 steps of radio frequency amplification. If you wish to build an Acme reflex set be sure and use Acme parts, and if a Erla set use Erla' parts. By writing to'the Acme Apparatus 00., Cambridge, Mass, and enclos— ing 10c in stamps or coin and ask— ing for their booklet “Amplification Without Distortion” you will receive a booklet that explains clearly and fully how to build several kinds of amplifiers and detectors especially reflex sets. It is worth more than they ask for it and it will be worth having for any one who intends to build a good radio set. . Your radio editor has built a 4 tube set after their plans and on a loop in the house it brings in every desirable station loud and clear without distortion and With great ease of tuning. With a loud speak- er unit attached to a Victrola it is heard all over an 8-room‘ house. And when connected to the outside aerial by one turn of- wire near the loop it comes, in too l'Oudl for comfort. Th‘e reception on a loop aVOids‘v the most ofypthe annoyance caused by static], We resommend it without hesitation to all who Wish to build: a set that will‘be all that they d'e- sire fOr some time to come, and one that will give the entire family pleasure. ‘ The Erla “hook—up” also is very good and will give satisfaction but Inn!” ‘11:: rose root REFLEX AMPLIFIER mast more FREQUENCY AMPLIFICA'HON‘ THREE smots some wrongch carsrAL otrzc‘roay"c‘ BA‘fl‘. .. ,...,- Y. .v..~-,.. ..-..., H... _.,.. ' Ohio, w-Va. and» Ky. Shaker Screened Lump Goal 111 marlond lots at attractive prices. guaranteed. _ from the mines and save money. so New models 2 I -, .I New features 2 l. \. ’ ‘ - uricopy today , 0ut~Gctyo . » 0 (’3 w‘m“ ' o 24 Years in Business Here ’5 wonderful neWs! The greatest Kalamazoo Factory SALE in 24 years is now on. Prices have been cut to the bone. Never before has there been such a sweeping, money- savingevent. Send for this big book‘now. It’s full of real bargains. 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V and this bond stan s behind everything we sell. . g V ._ y .’ “Factory-to -You Prices’ Because we make every Kalamazoo stove and furnace in our own tremendous factory in Kalamazoo, MiCh;,covcring 13 acres— the largestsoove. range, and fumaCe factory . in the world selling direct to the consumer ——-_-we sell toyou at the same price wewould charge thedealcr. Wecut distributioncosts. , Sonicbod‘yhas to buyfrom the factory first, why not you? Get facoory prices and pocket . the savings. Nowhere can you find such low prices, Such astoundingoffersas we makein this new catalog. 30' ' Days’ W , 3605a Us; A h 313ml t Anytbin ou rder ucanhaveon ays ‘ in your own ome. e e u eatisf . $31361? the our qualityis the highest and our prices the lowest. you have days' a‘pprovaflesfl-mouldxanything be fairer than-that? .- Save Money—M-Hour v to . You not only says by buying. direct} from the factory but you‘ make a' double savmg / during this great seals.t Remember: everythin ‘in this catalog can be bought on easy .. - ~ ~ smut 1 ll TON LY Van-B ' fl uknhfl uMll scarcely mics t 'e money. Don’t wait a day.IWnte for thiscambg'now. Prices may advance any tune. ” ‘ , _ $69.00 on We. / J " Wen: Our umace keep; ‘ mucoh mdco of our home. w ich is a six; ' m- houne.- com ortable all winter. We aaved/ ', —_ , $3.00.»: mapumhm price and about $25.00 4 on chevflnter soupply‘of coal. " / § 1 J. H. Bowman, Bridgeport. Ohio. ‘9 - Saved $40.00 on Inns. ‘, .n c . ' ePrinoe‘R... 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FALSiE TEETH, PLATI- n m, ()( llulgneo Joults, tiscurdcd ‘ewelr and l’lOKE Slum/1‘1on a RllDFIN~ FOR SALE—MUSIC usssoN's FOR ORGAN, Only the first" 12 there are 36'. Prige EARN arm TO“ 3250 empress ositionx misr- course r money cmnded E call nt’ gum m t V ; x .. . 's fines or sooner e. on pgmp: _,- no", p(34). _'(Continued from Sept. 13 issue.) CHAPTER XXIV ,That' Miserable Money ' . , the evening, after the Martin girls ‘ had gone to their rooms, Miss Maggie ‘ and Mr. Smith faced the thing squarely. "Of course,” he began with a sigh, “I’m really not out of the woods at all. Bliss- fully‘happy as I am, 'I’m really deeper in the woods than ever, for now I’ve got you there with me, to look out for. HOW— ever successfully John Smith might de- materialize into nothingness—M a g g i e .‘Duff can’t.” “No, I know she can’t” admitted Miss Maggie soberly. “Yet if she marries John Smith she’ll have to—and she doesn’t marry him, how's Stanley G. Fulton going to do his courting? He can’t come here.” “But he must!” Miss Maggie looked up with startled eye‘s. “Why, Mr. Smith, you’ll have to tell them-who you are. You’ll have to tell them right away.” The man made a playfully wry face. “I shall be glad,” he observed, “when I shan’t have to be held off at the end of a ‘Mr.'! However, we’ll let that pass ~—-unti1 we settle the other matter. Have you given any thought as to how I'm going to tell Cousin Frank and Cousin James and Cousin Flora that I am Stan— ley G. Fulton?” ' ' “No—except that you must do it,” she answered decidedly. “I don't think you ought to deceive them another min— ute—not another minute.” “Hm-m." Mr. Smith’s eyes grew re- flective. “And had you thought—as to ,what would happen When I did tell them?” "Why, n-no, not particularly. except that—that they naturally wouldn’t like it, at first, and that you’d have, to ex— plain—just as you did to me—why you did it.” “And do you think they’ll like it any better—:when I do explain? Think.” Miss Maggie meditated; then, a little tremulously she drew in her breath. She lifted startled eyes to his face. “Why, you’d have to tell them that— that you did it for a test, wouldn‘t you?" “If I told the truth—yes.” “And they’d know—they couldn’t help knowing that they had failed to meet it is adequately.” “Yes. And would that help matters any—#make things any happier, all around?” “No-—oh, no,” she frowned desparingly. “Would it do anybody any real good, now? Think of that.” "N—no,” she admitted reluctantly, “ex- cept that—that you'd be doing right.” “But would I be doing right? And another thing—aside from the mortifica- tion, dismay, and anger of my good cousins, have you thought what I’d be bringing on you?” llMe !l’ “Yesfi In less than half a dozen hours after the Blaisdells knew that Mr. John Smith was Stanley G. Fulton, Hillerton would know it. And in less than half a dozen more hours, Boston, New York, Chicago,—to say nothing of a dozen less- er cities,—would know it—if there didn’t happen to be anything bigger on foot. Headlines an inch high would proclaim the discovery of the missing Stanley G. .Fulton, and the fine print. below would ‘tell everything that happened; and a great deal that didn't happen, in the carrying— pretty good story in rthe case, and some ‘ extraordinary scheme of testing his rela— tives with a hundred thousand dollars alpiece to find a suitable heir. Your pic- ture would adorn the front page of the yellowest of yellow journals, and—” _ “My picture! Oh, no, no!” gasped Miss Maggie. I “Oh, yes, yes,” smiled the man imper- turbably. "You’ll 'be in it, too. Aren’t you the affianced bride of Mr. Stanley G. Fulton? I can see them now; ’In Search of an Heir and Finds a Wife.’—.— l‘Charming Miss Maggie Duff Falls in Love with Plain John Smith,’ and ” . “Oh. no, no,” moaned Miss Maggie, shrinking (back as if already lurid head— lines were staring her in the face. Mr. Smith laughed. “Oh, well, it might not be so bad as that, of course. But you never can tell. Undoubtedly there are elements for a pretty good story in the case, and solne man, with nothing more important to write up, is bound to make the 'most of it somewhere. Then other papers Will copy. There’s sure to be unpleasant publicity, tiny dear, if the truth once leaks out.” “But what—what had you planned to do?" she faltcred, shuddering again. “Well, I had planned something alike this: pretty quick now, Mr. Smith was to announce the completion of his Blais- dell data, and, with properly grateful farewells, take his departure from Hiller- ton. He would go to South America. There he would go inland on some sort of a simple expedition with a few native guides and carriers, but no other com— panion. Somewhere in the wilderness he would shed his beard and his name. and would emerge in his proper person of Stanley G. Fulton and promptly take passage for the States. Of course upon the arrival in Chicago of Mr. Stanley G. Fulton, there would be a slight flurry at ‘his appearance, and a few references to the hundred thousand-dollar gifts to the Eastern relatives, and sundry speculations as to the why and how of the exploring ,trip. There would be various rumors and ralleged interviews; but Mr. Stanley Fulton neVer was noted for his communi- ‘Datheness, and, after a very short time, the whole thing would be dismissed as probably another of the gentleman’s well- known eccentricities. And there it would en< .” "Oh, I see,” murmured Miss Maggie, in very evident relief. “That would be bet— ter—-in some ways; only it does seem terrible not to—to tell them who you are.” 7 “But we have just proved that to do that wouldn’t bring happiness anywhere, and would bring misery everywhere, haven’t _we ?” “Y—Yes." “Then why do it?——particularly as by not doing it I am not defrauding any— body in the least. No; that part isn’t worrying me a bit now—but there is one point that does worry me very much." “What do you mean? What is it?” “Yourself. My scheme gets Stanley G. Fulton back to life and Chicago very nicely; but it doesn’t get Maggie Duff there worth a cent! Maggie Duff can’t marry Mr. John Smith in Hillerton and arrive in Chicago as the wife of Stanley G. Fulton, can she?” “N-no, but he—he can come back and get her—if he wants her.” Miss Maggie blushed. “If he wants her, indeed !” (Miss Maggie blushed all the more at the method and the fervor of Mr. Smith’s answer to this.) “Come back as Mr. Stanley G. Fulton, you mean?” went on Mr. Smith, smiling at Miss Maggie’s hurried efforts to sniooth her ruffled hair. “Too risky, my dear! He’d 100k altogether too much like—like Mr. John Smith.” “But your beard will be gone—I won- der how I shall like you without a beard.” She eyed him critically. Mr. Smith laughed and threw up his hands with a doleful shrug, “That’s what comes of courting as one man and marrying as another,” he groan- ed. Then, sternly: “I’ll warn you right now, Maggie Duff, that Stanley G. Fulton is going to be awfully jealous of John Smith if you don’t look out.” “He should have thought of that be- fore,” retorted Miss Maggie, her eyes mischevious. “But, tell me, wouldn‘t you ever dare to come—in your proper per— son?” ‘ “Never!—or, at least, not for some time. The beard would be. gone, to be sure; but there’d be all the rest to tattle -———eyes, voice, size, manner, Walk— everything; and smoked glasses couldn’t cover all that, you know. Besides, glasses would be taboo, an 'way. They’d only result in making me 1 ok more like John Smith than ever. John Smith, you remember wore smoked glasses for some time to hide Mr. Stanley G. Fulton from the ubiquitous reporter. No, Mr. Stanley G. Fulton can’t come to Hillerton. So, as 'Mahomet can’t go to the mountain, the mountain must come to Mahomet.” “Meaning—'2” Miss Maggie’s eyes were growing dangerously mutinous. “That you will have to come to Chicago ——yes.” “And court you? No, sin—«hank you !” Mr. Smith chuckled softly. “I love you with your head tilted that way.” (Miss Maggie promptly tilted it the other.) “Or that, either, for that matter," continued Mr. Smith genially. “However, speaking of courting—Mr. Ful- ton will do that, all righ-t, and endeavor to leave nothing lacking, either as to . IHDFUIEFL Wt by 7W“ um. Comp” y quantity or quality. Think, now. Don’t you know any one in Chicago? Haven’t you got some friend that you can visit?” “No!” Miss Maggie’s anSWer was prompt, and emphatic—too prompt and too emphatic for unquestioning accept- ance. “Oh, yes, you have,” asserted the man cheerfully. “I don’t know her name—— but she’s there. She’s waving a red flag from your face this minute! Now listen. Well, turn your head away, if you like——- if you can listen better that way," he went on trauquilly,'.paying no attention to her little gasp. “Well, all you have to do is to write the lady you’re coming, and g0. Never mind who she is—Mr. Stanley G. Fulton will find a way to meet her. Trust him for that! Then he’ll call and meet you! The rest will be easy. There’ll be a regular whirlwind courtship then—“calls, dinners, theatres, candy, books, flowers! Then Mr. Stanley G. Fulton will propose marriage. You’ll be immensely surprised, of course, but you’ll accept. Then we’ll get married,” he finished with a deep sigh of satisfaction. “Mr. Smith!" ejaculated Miss Maggie faintly. “Say, can’t you call me anything-—" he began wrathfully, but interrupted him- self. “However, it’s better that you don’t, after all. Because I’ve got to be 'Mr. Smith’ as long as I stay here. But you wait till you meet Mr. Stanley G. Fulton in Chicago! New, what’s her name, and where does she live?” Miss Maggie laughed in _spite of her- self, as she said severely: “Her name, indeed! I’m afraid Mr. Stanley G. Fulton is so in the habit of having his own way that he forgets he is still Mr. John Smith. However, there is an old school- mate,” she acknowledged demurely. “Of course there is! Now, write her at once, and tell her you’re coming.” “But she—she may not be there." "Then get her there. She’s got to be there. And, listen. I. think you’d (better plan to go pretty soon after I go to South America. Then you can be there when Mr. Stanley G. Fulton arrives in Chi- cago and can write the news back here to Hillerton. Oh, they’ll get it in the papers, in time, of course; but I think it had better come from you first. You see~—-the reappearance on this earth of Mr. Stanley G. Fulton is going to be of —of some interest to them, you know. There is Mrs. Hattie, for instance, who = is counting on the rest of the money next November.” “Yes, I'know, it will mean a good deal to them, of course. Still, I don't' believe Hattie is really expecting the money. At any rate she hasn’t said anything about it very lately—perhaps because she’s been too busy bemoaning the pass the present money has brought them to.” “Yes, I know,” frowned Mr., Smith, with a gloomy sigh. “That miseralble money!” “No—no—I didn‘t mean to bring that up,” apologized Miss Maggie quickly, with an apprehensive glance into his face. “And it wasn’t miserable money a bit! Besides, Hattie has has learned her lesson, I’m sure, and she’ll do alto- gether differently in the new home. But, Mr. Smith, am I never to—to come back here? Can't we come back—ever?" “Indeed we can-some time, by and by, OUR READERS’ N EW BUILDINGS Have you built _any .up-to—date farm buildings lately? building and we Will print it in this new department. distant neighbors are doing to change the scenery. . . farmer decide the type of house, or barn, or other buildings he desires to put up. If you have send us a picture of the new It will show the M. B. 1“. readers what their And, incidently, you may be able to hel some He may like the appearance of your building and will want the plan of it. Kodak pictures are all right if the details Do not send the negative, Just a good print._ , show up well. BARN 0N FARM 013‘ W. D. PARMELEE, HOPKINS, DIICHIGAN. You readers 'will remember that in our April 26th issue we published a picture 0 the home of W. I). Parmelee and family, of Hopkins, and we. said we would prln a picture of their barn later. \Vell, here we have the barn. It cannot be classedas a new building as it was built eight years ago but it is so well painted that it looks new. Send in a. view of YOUR new barn or house, or modern hog house or chicken. ' ‘ house, to‘ ~be'publlshe'd in this department. A“ C r forgotten'ho‘w Mr. looks. We‘cen come back ,then.‘ Meanwhile. you can 'come alone—a "very little. I han't let you leave me very much. But I under: stand; you’ll have to come to see: your friends, Besides, there all those" play-q grounds for the babies and cleaner milk’ for the streets, and—" . “Cleaner milk/for the streets, indeed!" “Eh? What? Oh yes, it was the milk for the babies, wasn't it?" he teased. “Well, however that may be, you’ll have- to come back to superintend all those things you've been wanting to do so long. But”—his face grew a little wistful—— “you don’t want to spend too much time here. You know—Chicago has a few. babies that need cleaner milk." “Yes, I know, I know!” Her face grew softly luminous as it had grown earlier in the afternoon. “So you can bestow some of your charity there; and—~” “It isn’t charity," she interrupted with suddenly flashing eyes. “Oh, how I hate that word—the way it’s used, I mean. Of course, the real charity means love. Love, indeed! I suppose it was love that made John Daly to give one hundred dollars to the Pension Fund Fair—after he’d jewed it out of those poor girls behind his counters! And Mrs. Morse went around everywhere telling how kind dear Mr. Daly was to give so much to charity! Charity! Nobody wants charity -—-except a few lazy rascals like those- beggars of Flora’s! But we all want our rights. And if half the world gave- the other half its rights rthere wouldn’t be any charity, I believe.” “Dear, dear! What have we here? A rabid little Socialist?" Mr. Smith held up both hands in mock terror. “I shall be perti'tioning her for my bread and butter, yet .” . “Nonsense! But, honestly, Mr. Smith, when I think of all that money"——hcr eyes began to shine again—“and of what we can do with it, 1—1 just can’t believe it's so!” 9 “But you aren’t expecting that twenty millions are to right all the wrongs in the world, are you?” Mr. Smith’s eyes were quizzical. “No, oh, no; but we can help some that we know about. But it isn’t that I just want to give, you ’know. We must get behind things—to the causes. We niust—” “We must make the Mr. Dalys pay more to their girls ’before they pay any- thing to pension funds, eh? laughed Mr. Smith, as Miss Maggie came to a breath- less pause. “Exactly!” nodded Miss Maggie earn-4 estly. do—with that twenty million dollars?” Mr. Smith, his gaze on Miss Maggie’sL flushed cheeks and shining eys, smiled‘ tenderly. Then with mock severity he. ' ! frowned. “I see——that I'm being married for my money—after all!” he scolded. “Pooh!” sniffed Miss Maggie, so al- together bewitchingly that Mr. Smith gave her a rapturous kiss. CHAPTER XXV Exit llfr. John Smith Early in July Mr. Smith took his de- parture from Hillerton. He made a fare- well call upon each of the Blaisdell fairn— ilies, and thanked them heartly for all their kindness in assisting him with his Blaisdell book. The Blaisdells, one and all, said they were ery sorry to have him go. Miss Flora frankly wiped her eyes, and told Mr. Smith she could never, never thank him enough for what he had done for her. Mellicent, too, with shy eyes avert- ed, told him she should never forget what he had done for her—and for Donald. James and Flora and Frank—and even Jane !—said that they would like to have one of the Blaisdell books, when they were published, to hand down in the family. Flora took out her purse and said that she would .pay for hers now"; but Mr. Smith hastily, and with some cvident'cmbarrasment, refused the money, saying that he could not tell yet what the price of the book would be. All the Blaisdells, except Frank, Fred, and Bessie, went to the station to see Mr.‘ Smith off. They said they'wanted to. They told him he was just like one of the family, anyway, and they declared they hoped he would come back soon. Frank telephoned him that he would have gone, too, if he had not had so much to do at the store. Mr. Smith seemed pleased at all this attention—he seemed, indeed, quite toucha. ed; but he seemed also em¢barrased-~in fact, he seemed often embarrassed dur- ing those last few days at Hillerton. Miss Maggie Duff did’ not go to the station to see Mr. Smith off. Miss Flora, on her way home, stopped at the Duff cottage and reproached Miss Maggie for the delinquincy. “Nonsense! Why should I go?” laugh. ed Miss Maggie. ’ “Why shouldn’t you?” retorted Miss Flora. “All the rest of us did, ’most." “Well, that’s all right. You’re Blais- dells—ibut I’m not, you .know.” “You’re just as .good as one, Maggie Duff! Besides, hasn’t that man boarded here for over a year, and paid you good money, too?!\’ . . “Why, y—yes, of course.” V “Well, then, I don’t think it ' would have ‘hurt you to show-him this last little attention. He’ll think you don't “like 1*. bownfmkn.flflddan£l “Oh, can‘t you see what we can . " when all the rest of us went." ‘ “Nonsense, Flora!" , . v "Well, then, if—Why, Maggie Dun, you’re‘blushing!" she broke off, peering into Miss Maggie's face in a way that did not tend to lessen the unmistakable color that was creeping to her forehead. “You are blushing! I declare, if you ‘56 twenty years younger, and I didn’t kn w better, I should say that—" She stopped abruptly, then plunged on, her countenance suddenly alight with a new idea. “Now I know why you didn’t go to the station, Maggie Duff! That man proposed to you, and you refused him!” she triumphed. . ' “Flora!” gasped Miss Maggie, her face scarlet. “He did, I know he did! Hattie always said it would be a match—from the very first, when he came here to your house." "Flora!" gasped Maggie again, looking about her very much as if she were medi- tating flight. » "Well, she did-abut I didn’t believe it. now I know. You refused him—now, didn’t you?’.’ “Certainly not !" Miss Maggie caught her breath a little convulsively. "Honest?" "Flora! Stop this silly talk'right now. I have [answered you once. I shan’t again." ' _ “Hm-m." Miss Flora fell back in her chair. "Well, I suppose you didn’t, then, if you say so. And I don’t need to ask if you accepted him. You didn’t of course, or you’d have been there to see him off. And he wouldn’t have gone then anyway, probably. So he didn’t ask you, I suppose. Well, I never did believe, like Hattie did, that—" “Flora,” interrupted Miss Maggie des- perately, “will you stop talking in that albsurd way? Listen, I did not care to go to the station to-day. I am very busy. I am going away next week. I am going —-to Chicago.” "To Chicago—you!” Miss Flora came erect in her chair. “Yes, for a visit. I’m going to see my old classmate, Nellie Maynard—Mrs. Tyndall." "Maggie!" ' _ “What‘s the matter?” “Why, n-nothing. It’s lovely, of course, only— only I—I’m so surprised! You never go anywhere." ' “All the more reason why I should, then. It’s time I did," smiled Miss Mag- gie. Miss Maggie was looking more at ease now. , “When are you going?” n "Next Wednesday. I heard from Nellie last night. She is. expecting me then.” “How perfectly splendid! I’m so glad! And I do hope you can do it, and that it won't peter out at the last minute same’s most of your good times to. Poor Mag- gie! And you’ve had such a hard life—- and your boarder leaving, too! That'll make a lot of difference in your pocket- book, won’t it? Butrhiaggie, you’ll have to have some new clothes.” “Of course. I’ve been shopping this afternoon. I’ve got to have—oh, lots of things." “Of course you have. And, Maggie,” ——-Miss Flora’s face grew eager,—“please, please won’t you let me help you a- little -—about those clothes? And get some nice ones—some real nice ones, for once. You know how I’d love to! Please, Mag- gie, there's a good girl!” “Thank you, no, dear," refused Miss Maggie, shaking her head with a smile. "But I appreciate your kindness just the same indeed, I do!” "If you wouldn’t be so horrid proud,” pouted Miss Flora. But Miss Maggie stopped her with a gesture. "No, no,-—listen! 1—1 have something to tell you. I was going to tell you soon, anyway, and I’ll tell it now. I have money, dear,———lots of it now.” “You have money!" "Yes. Father’s Cousin George died two months ago.” "I‘he rich one, in Alaska?" "Yes; and to father's daughter he left —flfty thousand dollars.” “Mag-me En "And I never even saw him! But he loved father, you know, years ago, and father loved him." "But had you ever heard from him—_ late years?" I “Not much. Father was very angry , because he went to Alaska in the first place, you know, and they haven’t ever written very often.” "Fifty thousand! And you’ve got it now?” Am “Not yet—all of it. They sent me a thousand—just for pin money, they said. The lawyer’s written several times, and he’s been here once. I believe it’s all to come next month.” “Oh, I’m so glad, Maggie,” breathed Flora. “I’m so glad! I don’t know of anybody I’d rather see take a little com- fort' in life than you!” At, the door, fifteen minutes later, Miss I Flora said again how glad she was; but she added wistfullyz— “I’m sure I don't know, though, what I’m going to do all summer without you. Just think how lonesome ,we’ll be—you gone to Chicago, Rattle; and Jim and all their family moved to Plainville, and even Mr. Smith gone, too! And I think we’re going to miss Mr. Smith a whole lot, too. He was a. real nice man. Don’t you think so. M88818 '3" / “Indeed, I do think he was a very nice man!" declared Miss Maggie. "Now, Mora, I shall want you to go shopping / .mth me lots. Can you?’ _ " ’hlin.’ cm are mad, about some—thing, 1' And. Miss Flora, " eagerly entering. into Mis..Maggie’s‘ disc sion of frills and flounces, failed to not ce that Miss Maggie had dropped the subject of Mr. Smith somewhat hastily. Hillerton had much to talk about dur- ing those summer days. Mr.‘ Smith’s go- ing had created a mild discussion—the “ancestor feller” was well known and well liked in the town. But even his de- parture did not arouse the interest that was bestowed upon the removal of the James Blaisdells to Plainville; and this, in turn, did not cause so great an excite- ment as did the news that Miss Maggie Duff had inherited fifty thousand dollars and had gone to Chicago to spend it. And the fact that nearly all who heard this promptly declared that they hoped she would spend a good share of it—in Chicago, or elsewhere—on herself, showed pretty well just where Miss Maggie Duff stood in the hearts of Hillerton. It was early in September that Miss Flora had the letter from Miss Maggie. Not but that she had received letters from Miss! Maggie before, but that the con- tents of this one made it at once, to all the Blaisdells, “the letter.” Miss Flora began to read it, gave a little cry, and sprang to her feet. Stand— ing, her breath suspended, she,flnished it. Five minutes later, gloves half on and hat askew, she was hurrying across the common to her brother Frank's home. “Jane, Jane,” she panted, as soon as she found her sister—in-law. “I’ve had a letter from Maggie. Mr. Stanley G. Ful— ton has come back. He’s come back!” “Come back! Alive, you mean? Oh, my goodness gracious! What’ll Hattie do? She’s just been living on having that money. And us, with all we've lost. too! But, then, maybe we wouldn’t have got it, anyway. My stars! And Maggie wrote you? Where’s the letter?” “There! And I never thought to bring it,” ejaculated Miss Flora vexedly .“But, never mind! I can tell you all she said. She didn’t write much. She said it would be in all the Eastern papers right away, of course, but she wanted to tell us first, so we wouldn’t be so surprised. He’s just come. Walked into his law- yer's office without a telegram, or any- thing. Said he didn’t want any fuss made. Mr. Tyndall brought home the news that night in an ‘Extra’; but that’s all it told—just that Mr. Stanley G. Ful- ton, the multi-millionaire who disappeared nearly two years ago on an exploring trip to South America, had come back alive and well. Then it told all about the two letters he left, and the money he left to us, and all that, Maggie said; and it talked a lot about how lucky it was that he got back just in time before the other letter had to be opened next November. But it didn’t say any more about “is trip, or anything. The morn- ings paper will have more, Maggie said, probably." “Yes, of course, of course," nodded Jane, rolling the corner of her apron nervously. (Since the forty-thousand— dollar loss Jane had gone back to her old habit of wearing two aprons.) "Where do you suppose he’s been all this time? Was he lost or just exploring?” “Maggie said it wasn’t known-that the paper didn’t say. It was an ‘Extra’ any- way, and just got in the bare news of his return. But we’ll know, of course. The papers here will tell us. Besides, Maggie’ll write again about it, I’m sure. Poor Maggie! I’m so glad she’s having such a good time!” “Yes, of course, of course,” nodded Jane again nervously. “Say, Flora, I wonder -——-do you suppose we’ll ever hear from him? He left us all that money—he knows that, of course. He can’t ask for it back——the lawyer said he couldn’t do that! Don’t you remember? But, I wondeHo you suppose we ought to write him and——tha.nk him?" ' “Oh, mercy!” exclaimed Miss Flora, aghast. “Mercy me, Jane! I’d be scared to death to do such a thing as that. Oh, you don’t think we’ve got to do that?” Miss Flora had grown actually pale. Jane frowned. “I don't know. We’d want to do what was right and proper, of course. But I don't see—” She paused helplessly. Miss Flora gave a sudden hysterical little laugh. “Well, I don’t see how we’re going to find out what’s proper, in this case,” she giggled. “We can't write to a magazine, same as I did when I wanted to know how to answer invitations and fix my knives and forks on the table. We can’t write to them. 'cause nothing like this ever happened before, and they wouldn‘t know what to say. How’d we look writ- ing, 'Please, dear Editor, when a man wills you a hundred thousand dollars and then comes to life again, is it proper or not proper to write and thank him?’ They’d think we was crazy, and they’d have reason to! For my part, I ” The telephone bell rang sharply, and Jane rose to answer it. She was gone some time. When she came back she was even more excited. “It was Frank. {He’s heard it. It was in the papers to-night.” "Did it tell anything more?” “Not much, I guess. 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RELIABLE ADVERTISERS We will not knowingly accept the advertising of any erson or ggnnlgho we 41% notmbehone to be tiller-ougth hotneet pn rehebl - 0. any res. er ye an cause or com agalns en a - vertlser in these columns, publisher wag? ' ’ 4‘5c per ed. t 1%“ br w u to he“ appreciate an gim- "klaeze mg- w . neye casewen Wl'ltlns 5115': “I saw “5:511! advertisement in The Michli'ygan Business Farmer!” It will guarantee '«hon dealing. " The Farm Paper of Service " THE KILLERi-CRwsING MUST GO! INCE returning from Europe this summer we have been giving some thought and study to the problem of railroad crossing accidents in the United States, and we are wondering how many of our readers know that in all of England and practically every nation on the continent the public is protected at the highway crossing of the railroad in such a manner that accidents are practically unknown. When Prof. Frank Spragg and his wife and son were thus killed almost within sight of their home at Lansing and we lost one of our most promising seed experts, it focused our attention on the ways and means, of preventing such a cal- amity and aroused our indignation in almost equal proportion to our sympathy. There is no excuse for grade crossing acci— dents! Railways executives agree with us in this state- ment, but they place the blame entirely on the motorist who will not “Stop, Look and Listen" at every railroad crossing which he meets in his travels day or night. Yet we can take these men to any number of crossings in Michigan where it is impossible, without getting out of the automobile and walk- ing to the center of the track, to tell whether or not a train is approaching, and we are familiar with an accident where a careful motorist did this very thing and yet there was a curve at the point so that although he had looked carefully in each direction and could see no train ap- proaching, by the time he had climbed back into his automobile and driven to the center of the tracks a svvift passenger train was upon him. In European countries it is common for the railroad to provide a small piece of ground at the intersection which is occupied by a section hand and it is the duty of the Wife in the family or an older person to lower the gate preceding the approach of the train. Evidently they are advised well in advance because we recollect ' very clearly sitting in the blistering sun for fully ten minutes this summer waiting for an ap- proaching train which crossed the road that lead to Belleau Woods. Minor highways which are seldom used for travel are protected by gates which are contin- uously closed so that the traveler, whether by foot or conveyance, must get out, open the gate, and is forced by state law to close the gate be- fore passing on, and the penalties for not so do- ing are we understand, very stringent. Grade crossings on main traveled highways where the traflic is heavy should be protected by separations as soon as possible. There is no ex— cuse for grade crossings on the principal paved state highways in the State of Michigan, and the state and county could well afford to meet the railroads half way in those separations poSsible at every strategic point. e o p In some recent proposals which has come to our desk «it is pointed out «that the average grade crossing costs from sin; to 6W town! dad» lars and that more are 2.55.1009 credo crossings inmumm. vmmmlwom then-tore. em on m at smmmm. We wonder if the one who prepared these figures and sent my to mislead .the public could m o my“ one or mentmapod is H ; Tomboys F . We do not an Will that over? . V In the plum Status can be made a complete -- grade separation, nor is there any necessity «for ‘ it. We do not helluva that more than one Per cent of crossings in Michigan can ibonst .of "killings" to their credit, but it is these comparative few dangerous crossings «where one or more people have alrde been injured to which we direct the immediate attention of the farm organizations, automobile clubs, and all in- terested in satety for the public. There is no use trying to hide behind the shield of public carelessness; certainly it is the duty of the government to protect the lives and property of its citizens. and if “Irafety” is to be spelled with a dollar sign we might as well go back to the days of the despotic monarchs, to whom the lives of their subjects were only as so much fodder! THE FARM CENSUS IT_HIN the next few weeks the rural mail carrier will hand you an envelope from the Department of Commerce which will advise you of a census in agriculture for 1926 to be taken as of January first, and doubtless you will wonder what it is all about. — You may recall that Congress provided that an agricultural census be taken between the period of the ten your national census and it is expected that the labor of from fifteen to twenty thousand enumerators will be necessary to collect this in- formation from the individual farmers all over the United States. The Department of Commerce has adopted an excellent idea in sending a sample of the census returns to each individual farmer so that he may THEY SHALL NOT PASS—w— UNGUARDED! The dangerous railway crossing where lives are being , snnEed out every day for want of protection to the public must go! No European nation tolerates it and over there crossing accidents are unknown. We call for the support of farm papers, farm organizations, automo- bile clubs and the great majority of our citizens whose wives and fam- ilies must ‘be protected at any cost, to rally to a movement for adequate railway crossing protection. WE WANT PICTURES AND DESCRIP- TIONS OF “KILLER CROSSINGS” HERE IN MICHIGAN! Help us locate them and we will help you get them protected. take the time necessary to answer all the ques- tions and have them ready. for the enumerath When he calls. - The enumerator will only ask questions that are placed on his own blanks so you can keep the original copy which has been sent Yon from Washington for your own files. When it is considered that‘ five million of these questionnaires will be mailed out to individual farmers you will get some idea of the amount of labor involved in collecting this information. The collected information will be of value to all interested in agriculture in America, which in- cludes each individual farmer. We hope every BUSINESS Fumes reader will be ready with the information required on the sample blank which is sent him from Washington when the enumerator for his district comes to his front door. “BlllLD——BEPAIRw-BE-BOOF NOW” URING early fall comes a period when the good business farmer will take an inventory of the condition of his buildings, because, preceding the coming of early {all teens, it be- hooves him to make preparations for winter. 14 there la a leak in the root ,9! the New. harm or other buildings, now is the the to re.- ” W.- I! more are odd Jobs outside, new is the pins to set the work out .01 the may. , » The job that .is put on adds something to 145 own post at doing it later. 014‘ M to! instance, rot away, letting stock 491:9}; 1145' :1 mm gain where the dam .. . ,. cm 1 the animal in one might. would met My Man mmwtmpm- , _- . [Comm it does go goedto be jarred into. doing something by a suggestion ONI- w.mmem Wt, W to ‘mmem‘ M j ' “ii _mfi plane was flout. Leigh- Wede .ot M- 13311, a farmer hay. ’ r We knew that'lt mould takeAmoflcan insen— wflty. resourcefulnem. and pluck to make the dust circle of the world by air, and a d not our- prlse us that four or the seven men who new around the world were farmer boys from .dlmerent parts of the United States. r ~ It takes a mixture of red blood and with the resourcefulness which just comes to a term boy to accomplish the tem- ordinary things in our modern life. The boy raised in the city does not have to cope with the necessity of making for himself the tools or toys with which he works or plays. and so it is little wonder that the real achieve- ments in science, experiment, and discovery can largely be traced to boys and girls who came from the farms of America. Michigan feels the same thrill of pride over the accomplishment 013- this illustrious farmer boy that his parents and sisters must feel today. We hope the plane-he new around the world can be exhibited at the larger fairs in Michigan next year. and we omer this as a suggestion to the army service. I Lleut. Wade, we are proud to call you a native son! BWG BONBS TAX-FREE bond is a bootleg bond in that the profit to its owner, through assaying all taxes, falls to pay its just share toward gov- ernment, just as the profits from bootleg whisky fell to pay their share of government expense. The tax—free bond is legal, however, while hoot- leg liquor is not, but in both instances the gov— ernment loses revenue from the profits/win the transaction. :Sim-ple justice demands that our law be changed so that the profits from future issues of public bonds may .be taxed. They would always command a lovVer interest rate ,than private bonds on account of their greater security. Why permit the profits from this class of se- curities to remain on a bootleg basis—that is, with no return to the government, which neces- sitates other taxpayers .cmying a double bullion to.maintain the cost of government? ‘ EXTENDING USE OF SILVER ROFESSOR Irving Fisher, Yale University international economist, says that gold is no longer a stable standard of value, and that its purchasing power should be stabilized to pre- vent evils of inflation or deflation by larger use of silver all over the world. The treasury has embarked upon a campaign to restore the silver dollar to general circulation. An initial step was taken when one of the coins was placed in the pay envelope of each of 5,000 Treasury employee. Similar action will be sug- gested to other government departments. Paper has been “pulsating silver dollars, but upkeep of paper money costs the government around .3 per cent of its total, face value, while mainten- anue of silver dollars costs practically nothing. WHEN FRIENDS MEAN MOST T no time in life does the significance .of our friends become so apparent as during a be- reavement, when we' are fairly staggering from the weight of the blow. How much do the words and messages of cheer from our friends then revive and sustain us! ' Among the most appreciated was a note from Anne Campbell, known to most of our readers as the “Detroit News Poet” and who is heard very often over the radio from 'WWJ, it read: “What can I say? I can only otter you my hand in sympathy, and hope that the that made your father the fine man he was, will comfort you and sustain «you until time . heels you. * , 1 enclose a. little poem. Which be pali- mm, in the Detroit News under the we “in memory”, and which you are welcome to publish also, it you would like to.” IN MEMOBX 01" 63A“ 5: m We! “~ g: .1). not do . this mm mam on fish. Hue-rmmammmom W... hmwflbfleh" “Wm , : in »- I news 91»\vii&9'.j._- ; pilots made the first trip. I ‘ by air ground so» world in an army“ n-Ant .; a fit’éfi‘flfi : n : .mmyed a m.“ did on at our readers, from the ' Service 1-06 East 13th street. New York, asking you to send the address of. .a person ' for when they had a “lost package”, whom they “were intermed- you knew”, what would you do? It you were .a member of the Business Farmer’s Service and Pro— tective Bureau and read the publish- er’s desk, you might send it in to us as this lady did, but if you were entirely “on your own”, you might end up with several dollars out of your pocket, in fact as many as they might get before you woke up to the crooked scheme they were apparent- ly trying to work. We have had our representative in New York try to locate this com— pany and he reports that not only are they not listed in the telephone book, but there is no such address as “106 East 18th Street." So just who they were who organ- ised this “lost package" scheme and just how they intended to work it will have to remain a mystery unless I some reader who has been victimized will tell us about it, on our promise not to divulge their names. In the meantime we are turning the correspondence over to the post- ofice inspectors at New York and will report in these columm in a later issue it they are any more suc- cessful than we in locating this con- cern. By the way, they must have been doing a rushing business in lost packages as the number of the one referred to, by our reader is “227,561”! POOR TIME TO BUY NEW AUTO STOCKS N reply to a request for informa- I tion regarding a new automo- bile manufacturing company, being refinanced in Detroit, the ‘ stock for which is being “peddled” in some farming sections in Michi- . gain, a well—posted member of the Detroit stock exchange says: “The —‘———-—- Motors Co. is now , conducting a campaign to sell more stock and we personally can see only failure for the smaller stockholders of the company. They are «manu- facturing an eight cylinder motor ‘ with some kind of a trick valve ar- rangement that has never proven success, and with Columbus, Lib- erty and several other of the smaller motor companies going out of bus— iness we believe it is hardly time to purchase small motor stocks. On the contrary we believe that your correspondent would be furth- er ahead it he could sell the stock ' for what he can get for it regardless ' of what he paid and take its loss. We might add that inasmuch as the to sell additional stock, during the campaign there would probably be some market for the same.” MEMO: PHOTOGRAPHS HE Artcraft Studios, of 3900 Sheridan Road, Chicago, lIli— nois, appear to be doing an ‘ honest business. However, the sub- ject they teach is not one that would furnish ready employment to per- , sons in rural districts or small country villages. As a rule a. 'small town photo- . grapher is somewhat of a retoucher himself, and can do the work well ‘ enough to “get by” so he would not flu m a cm W .1 so no- “: .qu- who-uh”;- {mm fmn: dunno! :I' am" tnmnnt by man or concerns at ‘h‘O' mmdgdoourmtlomgto ' r . vm arm or .MM' I‘ 1WWsz'oynm-qub- » I installed.“ be inclined assent! any of his work out to have an expensive job done. I do not question but What“ the‘ course given by these studios is good, and if you are going to work I in a photographer’s gallery would pro-re of great'value. But living where you do, I would not advise you to take up this course. ' WARREN MoRAE AGAIN We have just had a little exper—i ience with a farm agency that had; an ad in our paper. They claim" they had buyers for Michigan terms, so we thought we would let them take a chance on buying ours if it suited them but now they want “0 in advance for listing our farm which does not look very good to us, as it may be another $10 take, just to pay $10 and may never .see a buyer. Will enclose some of the last letters which they have sent us. At last they cut it down to $5 it we would send it right away, within the hen few days. Could you tell. us if this land agency is reliable or not? Am enclosing a listing agreement.——- A Reader of the M. B. F. are a little surprised to find that you have not been read- ing the numerous items we* have been publishing regarding the Warren McRae Farm Agency. We would not advise you, or any of our ‘ readers to list a farm with this agency until they supplied you with the complete name and address of two or more farmers in this state - who have sold farm-s through this agency. TEE Bosmass Fume-n for some time, tried to secure a list of ’ farmers in Michigan who have sold ‘ their farms through Mr. McRa—e’s Agency, but to date he has ignored our requests. The letters you received are about the same type as received by other subscribers of THE Busmassj ‘FABMER, namely: that if the sub- scriber did not respond to the $10 -‘ listing fee, a special ofler was made, ' of $5.00. And as we understand it, the price was reduced even lower to encourage some of our readers to list their farms with Mr. McRae. if you desire to dispose of your farm, we would advise that you «place it in the hands of your local real estate men with whom you are acquainted, or place it in the hands of some reliable real estate agency that has branches in other states. But, in all events, be skeptical of any firm or agency that asks you a fee for listing your farm for sale, and be amply sure that they are thoroughly reliable before making anqyr payments. You know “One bird in the hand is worth two in a bush," and you might better keep your money than give it to some I ' stranger, about Whom you know nothing. BUYING RADIO STOCK r O matter how honorable a man's business may be, there are al- ways fakirs in the same busi- ness, and this is especially true in a business that is making a phenomin- al growth though sudden popularity with the public. One business that has perhaps gained more popularity within the last year or two than any other, is radio, and new companies for the manufacture of receiving sets are springing up all over the country, and people are being solic- ited by stock salesmen continuously. There is no question but what radio is a wonderful invention and it will not be many years before prac- tically every family will have a re— ‘ oe-iying set in their house. In spite i of the fact that radio is very popular 1 I would not invest in the stock of km? . new company without knowing as to the reliability of every official in it, ‘ and would study the proposition very careful'ly before I would invest one cent. It I wanted to invest in radio stock I certainly would put my money into some company that was well es- mace, and let (to other W do the 'ng with the new com- post. We , Mien very much whether:- a new company can some. . km 'mmmsttmrrmm and make much money for quite a ‘ long period, due to the constant-tg - 1 , chem»,th ~ mad - ° 1’ ma h. v.‘ w. a» 1 i l A E u a: 1 First 'Mortgage Real Estate Gold I Thevbetter type of farmer has the highest regard for the soundness and safety of the. 7% first mortgage real estate gold bonds we recom- mend for investment. Write for Booklet AG1283 Tax Free in Michigan 4% Normal Incbme Tax Paid by Borrower 7% . Federal Bond Mortgage Companmg FEDERAL BOND & MORTGAGE BUILDING, DETROIT —-—_ A 412L< A. -—renew ‘1'? WWW“: , ss‘r‘ , dunng October mm“ and get this sign F REE! To every new or renewal subscription for 2 or 5 years received during October, metal road sign that Keeps Crooks and Fakirs Away from your farm if posted on fence or post facing the road. We have never ofl‘ered these metal signs FREE before, so renew right NOW and get CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHl‘P IN SERVICE AND. PROTECTIVE BUREAU, SUITABLE F OR FRAMING FREE Michigan Business Fahner Mt. Clemens, Michigan tectonicIpneuooloolpOODOOeoeIIooo u ODOOQOOOMIOOQIQQOIeIoooo f7 0 Oooeoooeoeaeo P. o. 'Plemsendaddmw tm‘missue to W.W PROTECTIVE SERVICE Bumu V we will ship this Use This Coupon —- —_ _ _ OCTOBER Oil: F ER I enclose $1 for Two years or $2 for Five . ‘ ‘ years from date of expiration of my subscription. , You are to send me METAL ROAD SIGN and certificate of new“ amiable for W, FREE and pow. Name SPECIAL If I. have caused one feet to gp‘ astray, If ~-I have walked in my own willful way— ‘ «' Good Lord forgive! ‘. If I have uttered idle words or vain, .’ If I have turned aside from want or pain, - Lest I myself should suffer through the strain—. ' Good Lord forgive! 'If I have craved for joys that are not mine. . If I have let my wayward heart repine, Dwelling on things of earth, not things divine—— Good 'Lord forgive! If I have been perverse, or hard, or cold, It I have longed for shelter in the fold When Thou hast given me some part to hold— - Good Lord forgive! Forgive the sins I have confessed to thee, Forgive the secret sins I do not see. That which I know not, Father, teach Thou me— Help me to live. -—Selected. JEALOUSY IN CHILDREN ROBABLY the commonest hu- man failing is jealousy. Every one has some of it, and every one hates it in himself and other people. The rarest person in the world and the one whom every one likes is the person who is most free from it. There are plenty of people to whom we can tell our troubles. But if you will stop to think, there are very few (except our mothers) to whom we can Without self-con- sciousness tell our achievements and our good fortunes. You are wise if you brag only to the people who are not your com- petitors in your own line, if you want genuine congratulations. Not every one is so transparent as the great tenor who had a tremendous popularity with the basses, contrai— tos and sopranos who sang with him. He was unfailingly kind to them all. Other tenors, however, told a different story. Most of us have the same emotions as he, care- fully as we have learned to cover them up. It is not so strange that children show a perfectly frank and un- ashamed jealousy, and that as they grow older and cleverer you can still see the green-eyed motive for many of their otherwise inexplicable naughtinesses. Jealousy, after all, is an offshoot, a by—product of that inevitable and useful instinct to keep the personality strong and alive and dominant. Every child of spirit will give you a merry chase to train his jealousy into a trait pos— sible to live with. They say that the things you mind the most in yourself are the things you most viciously attack in your children. If that is true, all parents have a difficult task to turn this particular vice into a virtue. I suppose you could analyze all ambi- tions into various forms of jealousy. It is a difficult problem, but once recognized, like all others, it is less hard to meet. One curious thing is that when by questioning you have helped the child to understand the 'underlying meanness, he is relieved and acts almost grateful to you. COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS ID you ever stop to think how much time the most of us spend in bemoaning our fate and holding up our troubles and problems to the sympathetic gaze of our families and our friends, instead of seeking each day the many‘bless— ings which fall to the lot of every one of us, for which we can offer very real thanks? ‘ All along the road of life, day by day, are scattered innumerable blessings, some of them so familiar to us that we do not always count them as such. And yet, if we but stop to realize that each and every one of these often commonplace gifts of daily life are indeed bless— ings, how much easier our path and how much more of happiness we can bring to others as well as to our— selves. First and foremost comes the blessing of healthand strength. Our physical well—being we take so much for granted that it is not until we fall sick or have some big physical handicap to overcome that we begin ’ to realize that a well body is more ' to be valued than wealth or worldly possessions. Then we appreciate that perfection of physical mechan- what you are missing while many of you do not. It will help keep John and Mary on the farm with you, too. 9‘ ‘Far' ~ .Allepartment for the Women Edited by MRS. ' EAR FOLKS: Have you a radio in your home? If you haven’t ‘are you going to get one before the winter weather begins? We have one in our home and we would be lost if it was taken out. It is true that the original cost of a good receiving set, one that all the family can enjoy at once, is fairly high but if you install one this fall, and use it all winter, next spring- you will declare it has paid for itself. Life on the farm can be made much more enj0yable and dur- ing the long winter evenings you can listen to the latest news, a good '- lecture or a sermon, have a front seat at an opera or other musical con- cert, or you can bring to your home some of the best dance music orchestras of the land or you can have the music of the old time dance, and all the time you can sit by your warm fire and let the wind howl outside and the snow pile up. you. This sounds as if I were writing an advertisement for the manufacturers of radio receiving sets but I am not. thf/ M ) Address letters: Mrs. Annie Taylorr‘care The Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Michigan. $5“: Hom V : n “physician; ‘w' a / ever » your, eyesight. grows steadily or suddenly dim. you have to-change your glasses fre- quently for stronger ones, there is a great probability that something serious is the matter. ' ANNIE TAYLOR The radio brings the world to I know ism which permits us to und rtake our household duties and s ccess- fully perform the sometimes hard and» difficult tasks that come our way. Can we not also count as a rich blessing the loving hearts that sur- round us in our home—or, if we are not the happy possessors of a fam- ily—in the hearts of our friends and those near and dear to us? And not always our most intimate friends, but sometimes those who seem to stand aloof in times of stress are often the first to come forward with sympathy and understanding. Another blessing that comes to us in disguise is the blessing of hard work and daily drudgery. The end- less routine of household tasks that oftimes seem so irksome and so difficultwall are stepping stones to the development of character and real greatness of spirit in us. In time of trouble, who of us has not realized that the commonplace house— hold duties are the means by which the mind and body are kept health- ily employed. Those very duties of daily life keep use from useless grieving and help us to weather the troubled seas of pain and regret. The world is a beautiful place. Do we ever stop to realize this as a real factor in our every day existance? Look out of your windows. At ev- ery season of the year in every country nature has something won- derful to offer you. Especially to those of us who live in the country is this a very real truth. The eye of the apreciative beholder will thrill to the beauty of nature and count as a blessing the glories of every changing season. Count your blessings, name them one by one, and life Will assume a brighter, happier aspect for you and for those who travel the road with you—Kathleen M. Strange. (Editor’s Note:—I am indebted to the Nor’West Farmer for the above article.) KEEP YOUR EYES WELL FEW years ago the following recommendations were passed by an oculist’s convention. The rules are good, and any person who has his own best health and welfare at heart would do well to heed them. Your eyes are worth more to you than any book. Your safety and your success in life depend on your eyes. Therefore take care of them. Always hold your head up when you read. Hold your book fourteen inches from your face. Be sure that the light is clear and good. Never read in a bad light. Never read with the sun shining directly on your book. Never face the light in reading. Let the light come from behind or over the left shoulder. Avoid books or papers printed in- distinctly or in small type. Rest your eyes by looking away from the book every few‘ minutes. Cleanse your eyes night and morn- mg. In conclusion keep your eyes well as you grow old and you will not feel old. Remember that proper glasses obtained from a capable oculist will lengthen your usefulness in this world, and keep you feeling content- ed with life. Remember that few, if any, eye diseases come from them- selves. There is always a cause for everything. Therefore, find the cause. Do not neglect to have your health overhauled by a competent general SCHOOL Illfl’ROVEMENT URING the next few weeks more mothers and fathers, living in D rural communities, are going to see the insides of schoolhouses than have seen them for many months. This is because 1924 is a presidential election year and many political meetings will be held in schoolhouses. While you are there, mothers and fathers, look around and see if these schoolrooms are fit places for your children to spend the best part of five days out of seven. Windows should be on one side of the room and the amount of glass area should be from one-fourth to one- fifth of the floor area; they should be capable of being lowered from the top and raised from the bottom and should have adjustable shades. If there is an unjacketed stove in the center of the room an equal dis- tributiOn of heat for all parts of the room is impossible. This diffi- culty can be overcome by placing in a corner a jacketed stove with a fresh air intake and a foul air outlet. This is condemned by intelligent public opin- and common dipper? Is there an open water pail ion, and prohibited by law in many States. Are the seats of one size or non-adjustable? If so your little five year old girls sit all day with their feet dangling and your big over-grown fourteen year old boys are stuffed into seats several sizes too small. Inspect the toilets and see whether they are an insult to decency and a menace to health. It is most fitting that the people should gather in their own build- ings—the public schoolhouses—to hear reasons why they should or should not vote for this or that party, candidate or referendum meas- ure. It is real community civics. Out of it come a more intelligent electorate. One of its importantby-products may be a revived inter- est in schoolrooms and their equipment. Personal Column Sugar Cure Meat—Can you send me ,a" recipe on how to sugar cure meat? We want to do our own butchering this winter.-—Mrs. H. M., Petersburg, Mich. ——The only recipe that I can find is that given by 0. Powell in her' “Successful Fanning and Preserving.” It is as fol- ows.— -—-"Sugar-Cured Breakfast B a c o n—For up-to-date ‘sugar-cured’ breakfast bacon, take pieces one inch to one and one-half inches in thickness, six to eight inches wide, and fifteen to eighteen inches long, and treat with salt, sugar and saltpetre mixture of fifteen to twenty—two days, unless strips are heavier. To every 100 pounds of meat weigh out eight pounds of salt, two pounds of granulated white sugar, and .two ounces of saltpetre, mix thoroughly, dampen the top side (not skin side) lightly with water by us- ing a whisk broom dipped in water, then rub the mixture into the top side, and edges and the ends. Sprinkle bot- tom of box with the mixture, lay in the piece that is rubbed, skin down, and sprinkle with salt mixture, giving a light coating on top. then another, and so on. Every seven days from the day packed, overhaul all. rub each piece again, and resalt with the same mixture lightly. The bacon that is one inch thick should remain in mixture fifteen days. The bacon that is one and one-half inches thick should remain in mixture twenty- two days. Heavier bacon may require longer time. Then take out, wash thor- oughly, hang in smoke-house twenty-four hours to drain, and smoke to a light chestnut color. This recipe should not be used where the meat must be kept in a. warm and dry place, as the preservatives will not penetrate easily and uniformly." —Jean Krueger, Dean of Home Econom- ics, M. A. C. Cooking Flfill.——HOW can fish be cooked so that the bones are ready to eat?—R. B. —-Pressure cooking, which gives a Very high temperature and which is used in the canning of fish, seems to soften the smaller bones, altho the larger ones are still hard. The addition of dilute acid'will dis- solve the mineral matter in bone as the raineral matter gives bones their hardness, t is method should soften the bones so they could be caten.-—Osee Hughes, As- sCociate Professor, Home‘Economics, M. A. Wants Recipes.——I am a Reader of the BUSINESS FARMER and enjoy reading it very much. I would like to ask some of the sisters of the Bsumnss FAREMR for a recipe for the old fashion ginger bread and corn leaf and would be glad to send any recipe I have—Mrs. W. H. D., Grass Lake, Michigan. -—if you are well bred! Table Details All Should Know.— Separate vegetable and butter dishes are not objectionable on the home table, for all they are not fashionable at formal dinners. There can be no second helping at a. formal dinner save when offered by the hostess. _ What has been spilled or dropped—food or liquid—is best passed over as quickly as possible with a brief apology. What has been broken—glass or china—~cannot be so dismissed, if valuable. In that case the cup or glass which has fallen a victim to circumstances, is duplicated. if possible, and sent to the hostess with a note of regret. The finger-bowl is not a wash-basin, though those who know no better often confuse the two. The extent to which tradition has influenced table etiquette at European courts is shown by a rather disgusting fingerdbowl observance re- corded by the late Theodore Roosevelt. When he dined in the palace of Schen- brunn as the guest of the Emperor Franz Josef, finger bowls in which stood glasses half-filled with water were served at the conclusion of the meal. To Mr. Roose- velt’s surprise, the emperor and the il- lustrious company, comprising the social- ly elect of the land, each took a mouth— ful of water, rinsed their mouth and spat back the water into the bowl held ready by the servant. This practice, most repulsive to our ideas of modern good breeding, had travelled from socially more primitive times as a detail of the rigid “Spanish etiquette” taken over by the Austrian Hapsburghs from the Haps- burgh kings of Spain. In the United §tates the glass bowl, half-filled with tepid water, is served at the conclusion of the meal on a plate, and only the finger- tips of each hand—one at a time— should be lightly dipped in the bowl. When nuts are 'served cracked (not ’shelled, as for instance. salted almonds or peanuts) remember that the plate: is the natural boundary of the shell frag- ments: they should not be scattered on the cloth. i ; r my mflmwwcn.nm.+m_--.... 553% EMJ-v‘aieussm‘cgfizg ‘ Cream of Barley Soup ‘Shepherd’s Pie Broiled Tomatoes Cucumber Salad with Red Peppers Wine Jelly Coffee v I'Shepherd's Pie.—Chop 1 pound cooked meat, mix in 2 tablespoon breadcrumbs, 1 chopped onion, 1 tablespoon chopper parsley, 1 cup gravy, salt and pepper to taste; 2 tablespoons fat, half teaspoon powdered herbs, half teaspoon tomato catsup. Turn into fireproof dish and cover with thick layer seasoned mashed potatoes. Brush over with beaten egg and dot with pieces of fat. Bake 20 min- utes. RECIPES A'pple Fritters—11A; cupfuls flour, 2 teaspoonfuls baking powder, IA, teaspoon- ful salt, 1 egg, 1 tablespoonful melted fat, ‘34 cupful milk, 3 apples cut in quarter inch slices, 3 tablespoonfuls sugar, 1 lemon. Peel, core and slice ap— ples, then sprinkle 2 tablespoonfuls sugar and strained juice of the lemon over them. Sift flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt into bowl, add milk to well beaten egg and stir liquid gradually into dry materials, beating thoroughly, then add fat. Cover aipple slices with batter and drop them into plenty of fat heated so that small bread-crumb browns in sixty seconds. Fry for four or five min— utes. Drain and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Any other fruit may ’be sub- stituted for‘axpples or a combination of fruits makes a delicious fritter. Suf- ficient for twelve fritters. ~ Graham Cakes—1A2 cup butter, 5% cup of milk, 1 cup sugar. Method: Cream the butter, add sugar and milk gradually, three eggs beaten separately, 1% cups of graham crackers, rolled fine, 11/2 tea- spoons of baking powder, 1 cup sifted flour. ‘ Filling—1 tablespoon melted butter, ’ Menu for September 28th _ ' , cup ,IpoWdered sugar, 1 teaspoon yanilla " ' if too thick add a little cream, Bake, in layers—Alma Becker. . Chicken 3 la. Tartare.——1 young chicken, 1 egg, =34 cupful fat, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper. to taste, mixed pickles, Tar- tare Sauce. chicken in half; take breastbone out and sprinkle salt and pepper over. elt 1/2 cupful fat in frying pan and fry chicken half hour, turning it now and then. Re- move from pan arid place two dishes with heavy weight on top, till it is nearly cold. Then dip in egg, beaten up, and roll in breadcrumbs. Melt remaining fat, then sprinkle it all qver chicken; roll in bread- crumbs once more. Fry in hot fat to golden color. Serve at once with a garn- ish of chopped pickles, and tartare sauce. Corn Muffins—«Take 11/“) cups of flour and 1%; cup of corn meal, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons baking powder and mix thoroughly. Beat 2 eggs very light, then add 1 cup milk and a piece of butter size of an egg. Beat well and bake twenty- five minutes—Alma Becker. _.__¢ Mixed Pickles.—1 gallon sliced cucum- bers, not peeled, 1. medium sized onion, sliced, put together and let stand in salt water 3 hours, then drain. To every quart of pickle add: 1 cup brown sugar, 12 whole cloves, 1 tablespoon white must- ard seed, a pinch turmeric powder, cover with vinegar, cook until tender and seal. Mrs. O. A. K., Gobles, Michigan. The Runner’s Bible (Copyright by I’loughton Mifilin Co.) The righteous givetli and spareth not. Prov. 21:26. All things are yours. 1 Cor. 3:21. Just as the sunlbeam draws forth from the sun its light and warmth, so does the child of God (the divine ray) draw forth from the divine nature all that is needful. AIDS To GOOD DRESSING BE SURE AND SEND IN YOUR SIZE 4851-4697. Pattern 4851, and Skirt Pattern 4697. Camels hair, Tweed, Velours or Kasha. The inches bust measure” The Skirt in 7 Sizes: 25. With corresponding hip measure, 35, 37, 39, medium size, will require 6% yards of 40 inch material. Dress.—This is a good model for business, shopping or traveling. It 4865 A Practical “Day” may be worn under a coat or cape, and is suitable for wush or wool fabrics. or in wrist length._ The collar is convertible. green, this deSIgn is very pleasing. ‘ . I ) is cut in 6 Sizes: 34, yards of 40 inch materizil'if niade’with long sleeves. A Good Model for Mature Figures. 4861. . _ be used for this deSIgn. . side on the fronts. The Pattern is cut in measure: 38 .inch size requires 5% yards of contrasting material 5/3 yard is required. 4861 . silk, and also outing flannel are suitable materials for_ this . . A 38 inch size reqiures 51/; 38, 40, 42 and44 inches bust measure. 4858. A cellent for broad cloth, cloakings. tern is cut in 6 Sizes: 46. inches bust quires 3% “Jaunty” twill, yard 40 inches wide Wise. 4877. two styles of collar, clicker 1 collar. The 40 inches wide or 4852. Small Glrl.——Sergc, taffeta, twill and model. and 8 yea . rs. 4 0 inch material. and very practical or short as in the cut in 4. Size requires 2% A stylish Street Suit.-—Two attractive Plaid suiting was usednn this inctanse. ()nc (Joat2_is m 6 Sizes: 34. 3G, 38, 40, 42 and 44 i L 41, 43, 45 and 47 niche The Width of the skirt at the foot is 1%; ‘12 and 44 inches bust measure. ' .Model.—This style is ex— fur and pile fabrics, polo cloth, The vest may be omitted.‘ measure. yards of 40 inch material. For fuc- ing, pockets and cliffs of is required. contrasting material requires 14 A Popular coat Style.—Velours. striped and other novelty cloakiiigs, polo cloth and bohvia may be used for this deSl‘glL t \c ,. , 0, 12 and 14 years. quired 3% yards of 40 inch-material“ and scarf collar of contrasting material 1 . yard 54 inches wide, will be reqmred, cut crossmse. A Comfortable Top Garment {Or the Jersey, broad cloth are good for this Pattern is cut in 5 Sizes: A 10 year size re- l<‘or cuffs yard The Pattern is cut in 4 .Sizes: 2, 4, year size requires ‘2. yards of 4853. A Pleasing t1Play Suit.—Co.lnfortable lS is It may be finished witll)i tllie sleeves in wrist length so ‘ ' Sizes: 2, . , 4 and dye-41‘s. . yards of 36 inch material. ALL PATTERNS 12c EACH— 3 FOR 30c POSTPAI‘D Order from thls‘ or former issues or The Business Farmer, gmng number and sign name and address plainly. ADD 100 FOR FALL AND WINTER 1924-1925 FASHION BOOK Address all orders for patterns to Pattern Department THE BUSINESS FARMER Mt. Clemens; Mich. Suit. Cont could use models combine to make this 31 33, 35 and 37 inches waist measure, . s. h To make the Suit for a The Width of the skirt at the foot is 1 7A; yard. The sleeve may be short, lnicii,_ \i'itli pipiiigs of white or ’ yard. The Pattern A 38 inch size requires 41/; yards is required brown crepe or \Vith short sleeves 3% _ Printed cotton, crepe, silk alpaca, satin or kasha coull It has straight lines, bSut added fulness is supplied by pliiit sections at each ‘izes: ‘ T 40 inch material. The Width at the foot With plaits extended is 2 14; yards. 36, 38, 40, 42, For collar, 44, 46 and 48 inches bust vestee and cuffs of A Comfortable “Sleeping” Garment.-—Crepe, iiiudras, batistc, long cloth, crepe dc chine, or design. The Pattern is cut in 6 sizes: yards of 36 inch material: as well as for vclours and other The Pat- , , 42, 44 and 38 inch size re— contrasting material 1 The vest of yard cut cross- The Pattern provides scarf collar and the velours, velvet, also model here portrayed. View. The l‘attern is year your c Singe, empty, and split the» : . ' ' I ‘ R E The 1000 Mile Shoe CORDOVAN HORSE-HIDE 1’ Shoe in Michigan A plow shoe that delivers service way beyond all expectations. It keeps out the dirt. Once used they are always used. Rouge Rex Shoes are different than the rest because they are made of thick pli— able horsehide,double tanned in our own tanncry, soft as buckskin but tough as rawhide. Rouge Rex Shoes are the only Plow Boy Michigan’s Best Known Work Shoe Stays Soft—Wet or Dry The Secret is in Our Leather Nashville. Micb.. May 19; 1923 BIRTH-KRAUSE CO. Grand Rapids. Michigan Gentlemen} m h ‘ fl um sent mg you a s 089 n no: on. The size is"? 1-2. q These shoes. were purchased from Georie Dean in September. 191 . and have pen worn every dB at her work ever since. hey have g van me excel- lent servica, In fact, the best service of any shoe I ever wore. I have had four pairs of taps put on them, and you can see that_the uppers_nre good {or several more pairs. The leth~Kmuse Rouge Rex Brand Wlll be my brand from now on, and I am always glad to recommend them to any- one. Yours truly, (Signed) HALE B. SACKETI‘ We have hundreds of letters like the above to prove they outwear three ordinary pairs work shoes made ofCordovan horsehide thruout~the toughest leather known, as tanned by us. There’s a Rouge Rex Shoe for every job—farm, factory, mine, or lumber camp. If your dealer does not handle Rouge ch Shoes, write us and we will name our nearest dealer and send" you a catalog of Grief defying ROUGE REX SHOES for the man who works HIRTH-KRAUSE COMPANY - Shoe Manufacturers and Tanners Grand Rapids, Michigan AUTOMOBILE MAKES 27 MILES ON AIR An automobile goes 27 miles on air by using an automatic device which was installed in less than 5 minutes. The automobile was only making 30 miles on a gallon of gas— oline but after this remarkable in- vention was installed, it made better than 57. The inventor. Mr. J. A. Straiisky, 3991 Eleventh Street, Pukwana, South Dakota, wants agents and is willing to send a sample at his own risk. Write him today—Adv. Ship Your Poultry Directto DETROIT BEEF C0. Write for our shippers guide, how to ship live poultry, how _to ress and ship dressed poultry. It is free of charge. DETROIT BEEF 00.. ‘ Detroit, Mich. Hotel Tu er ConvIn-o Hoddqunvlo' STANDARD OF SERVICE Hudqumuim Duran For DETROIT AUTOMOBILE CLUB OLD COLONU CLUB JDCRAFT CLUB 'Ililc 0' Hon Dim "13- ".30 sank.» ‘<—<— Ouer 800 Room: With Bath OAILU RATES SanLE. $2 50 UP Q'wo Floors 0! J‘qenls Sample (coma. I300 Up HOTEL TULLER C0. canon . o _c. nowm Mql C A F E T E R l A .tfifimfilfi‘émw .1 '. GRILLE gillllillllillllllllllllllll' unman l llllll'llllllllllllll‘ like to put to good use? house and do the work. are interested write: g The Business Farmer, g ' Mt. Clemens, Mich. E . E illllllllllllIlllllIllIlllllllllllllIllillllllllllllllillillllllllllllliiillIllililllllilllilllllilillllilllliiilllliiliill|liillilliiilllllliiiil.“lill|Ill:Ili'Hilliifliiiilii!iillliliIilillllliiiiiiiiilliilllllllllilillilllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllflllilllfi. iinHIHHHIIIHHMHIHHI‘ 'v' ill'l E WILL PAY YOU .........For Your Spare Time 0 you have a little spare time each day that you would We will pay you well for your spare time, and you can be out in the open air or stay in the You are not oblidged to devote and certain amount of time each day to the work, but can do it as you can or feel like doing. little extra money comes in on the farm these days. CIRCULATION MANAGER illllllll[illlllllllllllllillllllll|lllllllllillllIllllllllllllllUE Illlllilllil Ullllllll ll! l i lii!llIllllllllllllllllllllllil We all know how handy at If you has :31 am. and boys entered the. con- test, ranging from 6 to 19 years old, andf most of the letters Were fine and competition very close. Awards were made as follows: First prize, Ruth Evans (Age 16), ‘R..6, Lapeer; second prize, Estelle Goetz (Age 12), -R. 4, Monroe; third prize, Mary Arens (Age 15), R. 3, Fowler; fourth prize, (Esther Avery. (Age 15), R. 7, Jackson. The winning let- ters appear on this page and I want you all to read them. Get your copy that contains the questions and read them over, then read the let- ters, because we are going to have more contests like this and by study— ing the questions and answers again you will learn just how to answer in order to stand a chance of winning a prize. Yes, we are going to have more of these contests and I have an original idea or two that I will , spring on you in the near future but for the next contest we will have something like our last one—~—but I will tell you about that in the next issue. Girls, you want to watch out for the boys in the next contest. They came very close to getting some of the prizes this time and I am sure you will have to go some if you win all of the prizes in our next contest. How about it boys? You read What I wrote the girls and I hope you Will stand by me. Us boys have got to stand together,~you know.— UNCE NED. OTHER CONTESTANTS Besides the four winners the following girls and boys sent in answers: Hilda Gross, Saline; Helen Lusn, Hol- ly; Celia F. Densteadt, Bates; Gertrude Korelshi, Kinde; Carrie Clark, McBride; Sarah K. Suderman, Comins; Ruth Barn- hart, Chesaning; Marie Stockmeyer; Vi- vian Bedell, Bellaire; Jack Kantola; Elsie Bolsmann, Vassar; Ina Levis, Trav— erse City; Edith E. Chew, Bay Shore; Evelyn Webster, White Cloud; Cecelia Reust, DeWitt; Iva Krepps, Samaria; Vivian Wilds, Ossineke; Leona Booher, Evart; Elnora J. Gerber, Hastings; Chas. McCormick, Kinde; Lela Cooley, Lansing; Lucille C. Steinhardt; Evelyn Hansen, Powers; Virginia London, Battle Creek; Elsie Louise Putncy; Edward Arthur Everett; Bernice B. Stone, Carsonville; Helen Stafford, Central Lake; Mary Chesebro, Copemish; Lily Schultz, Ro— meo; Bernice Barnes, Onondaga; Donald Strong, Remus; Eleanor Sawyers; Martin IJng, Lake City; Ruth Harrigan, Kings— ley; Mildred E. Perry, Caro; Laura Al- laire, Aloha; Wilma Roberts, Ithaca; Helen Saunders, Chase; Goldie Sanger, Sanford; Margaret Gove; Velva McLeod, Central Lake; Maude Marie VanVlcet, Petersburg; Beatrice Brilinske, Atlanta; Doris Purdy, Luther; Gilbert Dena, De- catur; Jeanette Brandt, Litchfield; Dor- othea C. Cook, Pittsford; Ellsworth Riley, Perry; Viola Kreiner, Brown City; Sylvia Porter, Brown City; Helen Rogers, Mun- ger; Arlene Vaughn, Vestaburg; Minnie Blackbird, Petoskey; Eunice Berbaum, St. Louis; Katherine Brunt, Mayville; Ber- the. Predmore, Mikado; Elvera Teachman, Ithaca; Melvin A. Yarrington, Stanwood; Vesta Arlene Hayward, East Jordan; Ruth Grundy, Perry; Phyllis Oxby, OliVet; Ingeborg Veinrich, Sand Lake; Louis Molet, Wolverine ;. Annie Stimac, Engadine; Jack Stimac, Engadine: Eliza- beth Dieterman, Marion; Jacob Van De Pol, Marion; Marian Maude Kimball, Ionia; Charles Lester, Mayville; Leo Keys, Montrose; Sallo Panduren, North Branch; B. Maxine Hurley, Goldwater; 1112. Platz, Boon; Ida A. Kietsmann, Stan- wood; Grace Hanson, Powers; Jeanette Eleanor Soss, Clayton; Verlin Murphy, Woodland; Amelis Gorte, Silverwood; Arthur Keil, Webberville; Beulah Mary Coggan, Abbottsford; Viola G. Drake; Fern Dennis, Belding. DOGOJIM LEARN The first girl’s name begins with ‘G’ and the others name with ‘M’. See if you can spell their namos with the letters in what the girl is saying, and have no letters left over. Answer to last puzzle: OT— TER, TIGER. gum bonyweu as; CUR 3018 AND GIRLS Dear Uncle Net-«May I join your merry circle? We take the M. B. F. and think it is a. very good paper. I live on a ZOO-acre farm with my parents. We have 3 horses, 7 cows, 3 year-old heifers, and 5 calves, 4 pigs, 240 chickens, 3'00 chicks and 2 cats. I am in the eighth grade at school. I will describe myself as the others do. I am 13 years old, 5 feet 1 inch tall, have medium brown hair (of course it is bobbed) and brown eyes and rather dark complection. I must make a guess at Anna’s riddle. I think it is a watermelon. My letter is getting quite long so I will ring off. I am your. want—to-be niece—Virginia Belle Huling, R1, Box 6, Lake City, Michigan. Dear Uncle Ned:—-Well, well, here is the Canadian back again! May he come in? Well I will tell you about the Wellman Canal near where I used to live. It is three hundred feet wide and supposed to be 35 or 40 feet deep. On one side it is all cement for two miles and the other side is stone. There are 25 looks in it. Locks are to hold the water back so the boats can go through. Well I described myself once so I will not do it again. Say Uncle Ned the best way for cousins to describe themselves is to send a 'picture. Well I will close with Iowa to all.-—Your want-to—be friend, Earl Running. .My address is changed‘to Bad Axe, Mich, R2, care of John Carriveauy ‘ -——You are right, Earl, and should" ha'va set an example by sending in a pic- ture of yourself. If the girls and boys will send- in their pictures then We can print them on our page. Dear Uncle Nedz—«I have Written you before but did not see it in print. I will be, in the 9th grade when school starts this fall. I am 14 years old and have light bobbed hair. Last spring I passed the eighth grade and also got a. Palmer certificate. I think that Billy Frank from Alabaster, is 16 years and Mildred Lindhurst’s age is 11. I must close or Mr. Waste Basket will get my letter. I am—Alice Palm, Grant, Mich, R2. Dear Uncle Nedz—My father takes the M. B. F. and we all enjoy it very much. We, have been taking it for almost six years. Well I think I will describe my- self so if you’d happen to see me you would recognize me. I am a farmer’s daughter, twelve years of age and am in the tenth grade at school. Last year at high school I took Algebra, English, Gen- eral Science, and Ancient History and re— ninety-eight/ pounds. {Wei}, I think i - WINNERS IN OUR CONTEST FIRST PRIZE Dear Uncle Ned:-—I submit my answers to the questions in the editorial of the Children’s Hour. Following are the answers, written and answered to the best of my ability: 1. The Hudson Store of Detroit is going to have a big sale- To celebrate their forty—third anniversary is the reason for this sale. 2. Ferndell, a cow which produced 13,477.!) pounds of milk, came from Florida. The herd she came from has, for thirteen years, been fed “Larro” made by the Larrowc Milling Company of Detroit. 3. The secret of a certain tires ability to stand hard knocks is the extra ply and its extra heavy tough red tread. This tire is the “Fisk”. 4. Sugar-beets should be lifted with a John Deere Riding Beet Lifter. 5. The Hoosier Silo is a savings bank for corn. 6. You can save 1’ to be on a stove, range, or furnace, by buying direct /4 from the Kalamazoo Stove Company, thus cutting out the middleman’s profits. 7. The First Mortgage Real Estate Gold Bonds, sold by the Federal Bond and Mortgage Company, pay 7%. 8. $1.75 worth of "something" increased the yield of grain about 41/2 bushels per acre. This "something" was genuine German Potash sold by Potash Im- porting Company of America. 9. “Su‘pertwist” is the name of a new cord fabric. This is used by the Goodyear Company. 10. I like Hudson’s ad because of the meaning which it implies. The steady growth of this store shows what cooperation with the buying public will do. Only by kindness and courtesy coupled by the values and money-saving op— portunities which this store ofiers, has made its growth so rapid—Ruth Eliza. Evans, age 16, Lapeer, R, No. 6, Michigan. SECOND PRIZE 1. The J. L. Hudson Company is going to have a sale on their 43rd an- niversary. " Ferndell comes from Florida and was fed on Larro feed for 13 years. 3. The secret of Fisk's Red Top Tires ability to stand more, hard knocks than other tires is found in its extra ply and its extra heavy tough red tread. 4. Sugar—beets should be lifted with a John Deere. Riding Beet Lifter. 5. The Hoosier Silo is 9. “Savings Bank” for corn. 6. You can save 1/4 to V; on your stove by taking advantage of Kalamazoo Stove Company's sale. 7. Federal Bond and Mortgage Company bonds pay 7%. 8. $1.75 worth of potash increased the yield of wheat in Michigan nearly 4%; bushels per acre. 9. Supertwist is the name of a new cord fabric. 10. I liked the New York Central lines advertisement best. It has a good picture at the top and chooses an interesting subject to write on to lead to mentioning their business and to call attention to their importance as a means of transportation. It is a very attractive advertisement—Estelle Goot'z, age 12, Monroe, R. No. 4, Michigan. 4 THIRD PRIZE 1. The Hudson Store in Detroit is going to have a big sale to celebrate its 43rd anniversary. 2. Down in Florida, Ferndell, a cow produced 13,4719 pounds of‘milk. The herd has been fed Larro for 13 years. - 3. The secret of one tires ability to stand more hard knocks is found in its extra ply and its extra tough red tread. It is the Fisk Red Top Tire. 4. Sugar—beets should be lifted by John Deere Riding Bbet Lifter. 5. A Hoosier Silo is a savings bank for corn. 6. You can save $4, to 1A on a stove, range, or furnace by buying direct from the Kalamazoo Stove Co. 7. Federal Bond and Mortgage Company bonds pay 7%. 8. One dollar and seventy-five cents worth of potash increased the yield nearly 4% bushels per acre. 9. Supertwist is the name of a new cord fabric. 10. The advertisement in August 30th issue I like best is the State Fair advertisement. I like it best because it induces people to attend the fair and by doing so they can learn many interesting things. It also gives the farmers better ideas for raising cattle and farm crops—Mary Arens, age 15, Fowler, R. No. 3, Michigan. FOURTH PRIZE 1. The J. L. Hudson Company is going to have an Anniversary Sale to celebrate their 43rd anniversary. 2. Fcrndell of theLemon City White Belted Herd is from Florida. The herd of which she is from have been fed on “Larro” for the last thirteen years. 3. The Red—Top is the name of the tire. And its secret of ability to stand more hard knocks than any other tire is in its extra ply and its extra heavy tough red tread. 4. Sugar—beets should be lifted by John Deere Riding Beet Lifter for it does not waste so many beets. 5. The savings bank for corn is the Hoosier Silo. 6. You can save 1,4 to 1A on your stove, range, or furnace by buying a Kalamazoo Stove, Range>or Furnace 7. The Federal Bond & Mortgage Company bonds pay 7%. 8. In Michigan 8. $1.75 worth of potash increased the yield of wheat nearly 4% bushels per acre. 9. The new name of a cord fabric is Supertwist, made by the Goodyear Company. 10. The advertisement I list best is the one on page 19. If I owned a car and was going to the State or County Fair, I would surely have my in- sured against tire, theft, liability, and collision—Esther Avery, age 15, Jack- son, R. No. 7, Michigan. must close before my letter for; too long, hoping Mr. .Wast‘e Basket nos Just had . a. good. meal before it art'Wes. A want- to-be niece.—-Marie .Stookmey‘er, R. No. I. Munger, Michigan. ' ‘ . ., I V M Dea-r Uncle Neck—May I join your merry circle? I tried but I guess I did not have enough pep. I" wrote but I think Mr. Waste Basket got all my let-i ters and read them all. You will have to put a chain around his neck and take him to the barn so you may get all the cousins letters. This is what I look like. Height 5 feet 7 inches, weigh 130 pounds, medium brown hair (which is not bob- bed). grayish blue eyes and 15 years of age. I graduated from the eighth grade and, I am going to high school in the fall. I think I will be too big to write to the Children’s Hour then or wont I? For pets I have one dog, his name is Sport We also have another dog named “Bobbie” but I do not like him; I wish some of the cousins .would write to me. Uncle Ned why don’t we have another drawing contest? I hope Mr. Waste Basket won’t get this letter. Here are some riddles: Upon a red hill thirty- two white horseshere stamp, here they ,tramp and here they stand still. The one that guesses this riddle will receive a letter from me. What has a foot but cannot walk? Hill. What has a mouth but cannot talk? River. Well must close. Your want-to—be niece——Evelyn Slumyek, Kendall, Michigan. ——If you read the page each issue you will find many in high school who still write to Uncle Ned. Come again after you get settled in your new school work and tell me how you like it. Dear Uncle Ned:-—-May I too join your merry circle? ” I am a newcomer to your paper, and after reading the boys and girls page I love it dearly. I am in Clare county at present, having my sum- mer vacation. We have a dandy little farm here, with a lovely little brook run- ning through. We came up quite early in the spring and put in a nice garden. Of course it takes time to hoe. I had my share of it already, my muscles are getting strong I assure you. My rayorite pastime is writing. I dearly love to write stories and poems. May we send in a few home-made poems and stories? Well, guess I will close, shake hands and de- part, bidding you dear Uncle and my new cousins adieu, hoping I may have the privilege of coming again. Your blue- eyed niece—Goldie Kleinhardt‘, R5, Clare, Michigan. / ——By all means, Goldie. send in some stories and poems. I will publish some of them. Dear Uncle Nedz—Hope. you had a good time on- your vacation. The North is a wonderful country for a vacation. but that is about all can be said about it at present, although it has great pos~ sibilities. When you get back write on our page all about your trip. Am sure we would all enjoy it. Don’t you think so cousins? My mother has just returned from a four weeks motor trip. They spent one week fishing and camping in the upper part of lower Michigan. Then crossed? the straits into the upper penin- sula. After one week there they crossed Sault Ste Marie into Canada, from there to Toronto, Brantford and Niagara» Fills, crossing again. at Bufialo they followed the lake store through»- New York state, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, and home. She- said she saw some beautifu) sights also some pathetic ones. I am 'sending an" swers to the questions so will have to ring off. From: a niece—Miss Ruth Bamhart, Chesaning, R5, Michigan. Dear Uncle Nerds—Ir wrote a few Weeks ago and my letter Was in print so I am here again as I' like to write letters. We'll school soon will start. I am glad to go back to school again. I am cor- respnding with two girl and I would» like to write to some other boys and girls. I will answer all letters I get even if I get a dozen every day. My father is threshing his oats today. My middle name starts with M. and has eight letters in it. The one that guesses my middle name correct will receive a letter from me. Well I guess I will have to close or I’m afraid Mr. Waste Basket will get my letter. Well cousins I will look for some letters. Good-bye Uncle Ned—— Lois Meyer, Stanwood, R. 2, Michigan. .ch with a SPCDN ' IT" A I accomplis this Dick 1 ( , . gou must ‘ Seem U3 \ , 9051771qu fill) and thumb on cloth. [012an .— all (intriguesst 5 , - v . shocks. 011' tons! menswear tuners ofoabbsge 1n Meier. mill be loans: the ease and memesbers of cabbage aphid. rm writer has bred the adult at .tile cab‘b e , at from rutabngas that. ya been frozen in thescound N1 The some): bug and the awnlshed plant .bu lire under sard- en refines. or in cleared pieces in garden all winter. These rem- nants 01 the garden are the source .01 the next season's intestatmn and should be cleaned up and either burned or buried. The man who cleans up the crop refuse around the farm is many times repaid for his labors “:1 die amt does not one to mend the time is .mduciing n Meter resort for our mos: vogue- .same. insect us r em m bell enmm gnaw they can partake of the new succulent crops -3 the swing. 0ther W68 M are now other when a biotic care and .Iorosighzt will save the farmer money bar lessening the chances for insect losses. If «he can destroy the breeding paces or the hibernating places at the time of your these spots are vital to the in- sects existence he will enjoy a great- GI‘ Random from their .depredations the knowing year. For instance small accumulations of old grain are often left in the corners of the bin when the new grain is placed there. in this old grain may be found sev- eral varieties of insects that eat the germ of themed, making it unfit for planting. Often the grain will heat and annuities musty “0.141” odor that renders it unfit for milling pur- poses. This old grain with its in- habitats should be destroyed and. if ble, the bin should be fumi- ._ before the new grain is l to t in. The Butt-ale tree bop- per 63 more damage in oncst that are filled with weeds than in those that are kept Clean, the weeds supplying a part of its £99.51. The , eureulio, a little snout beetle ties skim the ap leis, plums. filler- ,, and other Ignite, speed? “‘9 mtg- in one grates and rubbish in or near the, orchard. ...The 0031133 moth often spends the winter under loose her); much of which could be scraped ifrom the trees exposing places ' - n1_(.cmnued’fr0#_W-~49 ' ~ , to and other enemies. Piles of prunings from the orchard, left Iron: year to rear, mu be a sauce of intonation of mucous as well an insect enemies. . It would undoubtedly be a his task to ,clean up Md destroy all .of the insect hibernating places on the term; but a little more ease 1mm do; to during and after bar- resting w 1 reduce these places to the minimum. Emu in alarm practices gs outlined wil bring in" so great a return so; .4118 labor .exnended as anywhere else on .the farm. V (DH, MONEY! *MONM! (continued from ‘Pase 11) Jim 391.93 to nail up Hot-tie. too. on the long distance. My. it's 'most as exciting as it was when it first came,—the money, '1 m.-—isn’t it?" pointed Miss Flora as she hurried aww. one iiide {bought mow papers dur- ing the past tow .days. But even by [the little that the .G- (MPH sensation had dwindled to a short paragraph in an obscure corner of ,a. middle page, they (and the public in general) were really little the wiser, except for those bare £88125 :fiF Stanley G. Fulton had arrived at a. South American hotel, from the interior, had registered as S. Fulton, frankly to avoid publicity, and had taken immediate passage to New York. Arriving at New York, still to avoid publicity, he had not telegraphed attorneys, but had taken the sleeper for Chicago. and had fertun- at.er not met any .One who recognued him until his arrival in that city. He had brought home several fine specimens of textiles and potteries: and he declared that he had had a very enjoyable and profitable trip- Beyond that he would say nothing. He did not care to talk of his experiences, he said. For a time, of course, his return was made much of. Fake interviews and rumors of threatened death and disaster in impenetrable jungles made frequent appearance; “but in an incredibly short time the flame of interest died from want of fuel .to feed upon; and, as Mr. Stanley G. Fulton himself had once predicted, the matter was soon dismissed as merely another of the multi-muilionaire’s Well- :known eccentricitles. All of this the Biaisdoiis heard from ‘Miex MW and in addition to seeing it in wesmwspapers. But very soon, :Srorn Miss Nessie they began to 183:”! more, Before a fortnight had passed, Miss ,Flora received another letter from Chicago that sent her flying as before to her sister— in-law. (Continued in Oct. 11th issue.) Are Taxes Heavier Because of Prohibition? (Continued from Page 3) N. Holsaple, Superintendent of the Anti-Saloon League of Michigan, de- clares: ' “Records compiled from state figures show the number maintained as public charges after the first years of prohibition had decreased nearly 3,000 in the state of Michi— gan. In 1920, there were 41,553 receiving aid of some form in Mich- 4 igan; in 1917, the last year of legal liquor traific, there were 58,464. “State figures compiled .by the state attorney general showed 427 convicted of burglary 'and robbery in the state in 1917. This number was reduced to 304 in 1920. There is a big decrease shown in the total number of arrests made on all charges in the state in 1921-22 over the last year of booze, 1917. “The state banking commissioner shows that in the 500 state banks and 106 national banks in Michigan in 1917, there was $752,426,363.15 in total deposits. This was an aver- age of $386.86 to each depositor. In 1921, after prohibition had had a trial, there was $1,084,187,417.88 in total deposits, or an average of $589.88 to each depositor. “It is not contended that this great increase is due solely to pro- hibition; but it is significant that it happened under prohibition. It,is also a noticeable fact that the great- er number of new depositors are poor, or laboringzpeople, many of whom formerly spent‘their money for liqnor in the saloons, and never had a- dollar in a bank before. “Sunnortere. of the rombitien movement feel that in t e face of the increasing economic, social and moral benefits. gaining in (“unflinc— _i aspect, and because oxalic now aggbuted {to the movement. era 9 be— ing: corrected and can} with a fair to of time be‘el’iminat'ed,_ it isbgtotod 7 WC ,. . 2m ammonites er relis’iofi-and sane logic notth go back to the old regime but to fight to retain the ground gained, saving as much energy as is possible to work out the tangles in the situa— tion and have the booze prohibition law as generallysupported and pop— ular as the Harrison dope prohibi— tion law.” Savings Increase Over Million Mr. Holsaple is authority for the further statement that our savings accounts increased $1,400,000,000 last year, While $73,000,000 form— erly spent by charitable institutions in taking care of cases resulting from the liquor traffic, has now been released for other purposes, thus bringing about greater prosperity and happiness for all concerned. Cook Says U. S. Getting Dryer A. B. Cook, Master of the State Grange of Michigan, and business manager and associate editor of the “Michigan Patron,” the official pap- er of the State Grange, says: “Farming like every other indus— try has profited by the prohibition law. The stuff sure dies hard but the good old U. S. A. every day in every way is getting dryer and dry— er. ’ ’ But there is another phase of this problem to which we should devote careful attention and that is the effect of prohibition on industrial efficiency. Charles J. Brand, form- er consulting specialist of the Bur- eau of Agricultural Economics of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, who recently returned from an ob- servation trip to Europe expressed the startling opinion that the eco- ndmic advantage coming from pro- hibition in this nation will make it Massimo for other nations burden- ed Vfih alcoholism to stay in com- petition with this country Within the next 26 years, and that the‘eoonomic gusto avoided igut-he Ulnited States ‘ 3’ NW” on FF. , .e coun— ‘p (Continued on nge 19) ' , V I w”. son coR‘ : N " EAN A CROP LOSS TO YOU? A Good Silo Will Tum Frosted Com into Feed Does it look as though you were likely to lose your corn crop because of late maturity“! Thousands of mm- ers are safeguarded against such loss because they have a silo. Read what CJ’. Collins of Bnnvi'fie, ill, says: “I filled my silo late last fall with .frostbitun com. The cow was so sot; that it would have been a clear Alags;tomleifIbadbeonwithontn o. I believe the silo one of the best investments I have ever made.” — Not for years have we had such a. late corn crop throughout most of the country as this year. This means soft corn. The wise farmer will be pre- pared to save his season's labors with a silo—~and a concrete silo is the great- est value for the money. A silo is a good investment at any time. This year it will be a. crop saver to thousands. Often a concrete silo pays for itself through the saving of a single crop. And a concrete silo stands for years, each year paying big returns on the investment. We will gladly send you further information. As a starter, ask for our free booklet “Concrete Stave Silos." MM Dime Bank Building, Detroit A National Organization to Improve and Extend the Uses of Concrete. v Mac in 29 Ciao; V OLD agasflififig rowan '2‘\~‘\\\\‘s