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NOVEMBER CROP REPORT

HE growing seasOn of 1924
,5 terminated for the greater part

of the [State on October 21-23,
when the first general killing frost
occurred. Notwithstanding the back-
wardness of the season and slowness

An maturing, all main crops except
corn, clover seed and sugar beets
are above the average in yield per
acre, according to the November
crop report issued by L. Whitney
Watkins, Commissioner of Agricul-
. ture, and Verne H. Church, U. 8.
Agricultural Statistician for Mich—
igan. Fruit growers sufiered more
generally than grain farmers this
year as apples, peaches and pears
were only partial crops.

Corn: Crop correspondents report
an average corn yield of 27 bushels
per acre, or a total crap of 45,981,-
000 bushels, as compared with a
yield of 35.5 bushels per acre and
a total production of 58,167,000
bushels last year. The ten year av-
erage yield for Michigan is 33.2

 
  

bushels per acre. 42 per cent of the V

crop this year is reported to be of
merchantable quality as compared
with 73 per cent last year. Only
about 50 per cent of the crop is be-
ing husked, approximately 35 per

cent has been put into silos, and 15 .

per cent is being hogged down.

Buckwheat: The average .yield
of buckwheat is 15.5 bushels per
acre, as compared with 14.2 last
year and 13.6 the ten-year average.
The total crop for the State ’amounts
to 868,000 bushels, and has an aver-
age quality of 90 per cent or one
per cent better than the ten year
normal. Yields varied considerably
as fields did not ripen evenly in all
cases.

Potatoes: Although M i c h i g a n
growers planted about 12 per cent
less acreage than the average of the
last ten years, the production indi-
cated from their reports amounts to
38,227,000 bushels. This crop has
only been exCeeded twice, in 1919
and in 1914. The large production

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has ' of

act yield mice 18“ when the acre-
age was only one-sixth of that for
the current, year. The quality is
rated at 91 ‘per cent being four-per
cent above the average and good in
nearly all sections. It is estimated
that 61 per cent of the crop will be
shipped out of the counties where
grown. -

Beans: A special inquiry during
the month brought forth the inform-
ation that 84 per cent of the total
acreage beans in Michigan this year
was planted to small whites, 4 per
cent to large whites, 10 per cent to

red kidneys, and 2 per cent to soys,

limas and others.

Test weights of grains: The aver-
age weight per measure bushel of
winter wheat this year is found to be
59.5 pounds; spring wheat, 58.0
pounds; oats, 33.8 pounds, and bar-
ley, 48.4 pounds, all being decidedly
above the average.

Sugar Beets: The condition of
the sugar beet crop on November 1
was 83 per cent as compared with
90 per cent one year ago. The beets
are averaging smaller in size than

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ONG ago We decided upon this policy, and wrote this pledge
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Sudden changes in feed—putting in more of this, or less of that,
the substitution of poorer ingredients, imperfect blending or
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44 per cent of a tall crop; The
commercial portion is placed at 1,:
222,000 bushelsu The quality is
rated at 67 per cent, 12 per cent be-
low last year and _10 per cent below
the ten year average. The total ap—
ple crop of the country aggregates
177,238,000 bushels, of which 27,-
188,000 barrels constitutes the com-
mercial portion. The quality is 74.7
per cent.
crop was 34,403,000 barrels. ,

The pear crop represents 67 per
cent of a lull crop tor Michigan, a.
somewhat greater production than
indicated earlier in the season. The
quality is rated at 86 per cent, or
two per cent below the average.
For the United States, the produc-
tion totals 17,925,000 bushelsf which
is slightly greater than that of last
year.

Michigan’s grape crop proved to
be 75 per cent of a full one, and had
a quality of 74 per cent. Frost
damaged a portion in commercial
districts because of the lateness in
maturing. In northern districts, very
few grapes ripened before the frost.
The Nation’s crop is reported at 1,—
771,898,000 pounds with a quality
of 89.8 per cent.

Farm Labor: The supply on No—
vember 1 was 86 per cent of normal
and demand, 80 per cent of normal;

or a ratio of supply to demand of _

108 per cent. Good weather pre—
vailed throughout October and less-
ened the need for farm labor to
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NE of the new features of the

Top 0’ Michigan Potato Show

was the participation of the
children of the distract in an essay
contest and a judging contest. Over
700 children took part in the essay
contest, writing on .the subject,
"How I Would Grow Dad's Pota-
toes”. Five little farmerettes
walked oi! with all the prizes~—Miss
Eileen Hollowell of Rosoommon,
taking first. Violet Barton of Al-
pena took second and Elizabeth Carr
01' Otsego third, Edna Bauer of
Montmorency fourth, and Georgia
Clover of Crawford fifth.

On Friday noon, November 7, a
banquet was given in honor of the
contestants and all were invited to
hear Mr. Nevel Pierson, Ass’t State
Club Leader, talk on Boys’ and
Girls’ Club work. Mr. Burt Wer—
muth, editor of the Michigan Farm—
er, and Hon. A. C. Carton of the
[State Department of Agriculture, al-
so gave interesting talks.

After the banquet, these children
took part in a judging contest. They
were required to identify six var—
ieties and place six entries of Rural
Russets. With $20 in cash prizes
at stake, one can imagine the en—
thusiasm with which this was un—
dertaken. Little Johnie Scheurer
of Gaylord won-the first prize—he
judged the six correctly but he fail-
ed to identify one entry of Cobblers.
Glen Feirrabend of Gaylord took
second, Evelyn Carr of Alphena
took third, Doris Buell of Elmira
and Helen Brown of Roscommon
tied for fourth place. Here, at least
the boys were better than the girls.

“The best features of the Top 0’
Michigan Potato Show,” says Mr.
F. J. Shipp, President of the Show,
“was the Essay and Judging Con—

tests for .the children of the district. -

Here we gave them an opportunity
to engage :in a contest with real
cash money for prizes while they
were learning the essentials of pota—
to-culture. Regardless of whether
they ever become farmers or not,
they are better trained for the con—
test of life because of their partici-
pation in this part of the Show. Nor
have their parents lost anything. be—
cause of the questions which these
youngsters asked them while gath-
ering the data for the essays. It
was a genuine treat to see those 30
youngsters at the banquet and to
note their enthusiasm at the judg-
ing contest.”——-E J. Leenhoute.

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AST year’s Show was“the best

I ever saw, but I believe this .is
even better.” In saying that,

Mr. H. C. Moore, Chief of Inspection
Service, M. A. 0., simply joined in

the refrain at the Top 0’ Michigan ‘

Potato Show at Gaylord, November
6, 8 and 7. On every hand this
thought was echoed. ‘Mr. Tom Buell
of Elmira was postitive that the en-
tries were of a higher quality. Prof.
J. G. Milnard of the University of
Wisconsin, serving as Judge of the
Show, said, “You may justly feel

‘1 proud of this Show. I doubt wheth-
er you can find as excellent an array
of Rural Russet entries anywhere
in the U. S.” Dr; Wm. Stuart, Po-
tato Specialist of the U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture, a man who has
traveled all over this country and
Europe visiting Potato Shows, spoke
of this Show in a very complimen-
tary manner.

Hence, in spite of disasterously
low prices on potatoes, these grow-
ers are taking great pride in their
Show and in their prize spuds, and
they are particularly interested in
anything which may show them the
way back to prosperity. They feel
that the Show is a means to that
end.

Oteego County Leads the Lists

Ever since Potato Shows were
first held in Michigan, Otsego coun-
ty has been represented among the
winners, and thisyear she took the
lion’s share of the honors. Not
only did the county win “first” in
the County Exhibits consisting of
12~individuai entries of one peck
each, but two of its growers took
“firsts” and six of them took “sec-
onds”. With over 130 entries to
contend with in 11 classes, this is
quite a remarkable showing. Alpena
county came second in the County
Exhibit and in the total honors, a1-
tho closely pressed by Cheboygan.
However, there was enough glory
for all. Antrim county, represented
by one of the best potato—men in the
country, Ed. Sutton, took first in
the (SO-round seed-lots and Roscom-
mon grabbed the high honors in the
essay contest. -

Kings of the Spud

To select one man as “King of
the Spud” this year is extremely
difficult because of the close com-
petition. It lies between Ernest
Pettifor of Gaylord and C. G. Brudy
of Wolverine. Both have reigned
previously but both were de-throned
last year, only to come back strong-
er than ever this year. The Grand
Sweepstakes were awarded to Mr.
Brudy on his entry,of Bliss Triumps
—-one of the finest entries ever
shown at a show. Everyone of the
82 potatoes approached perfection
and looked good enough to eat in
the raw state. It was the outstand-
ing exhibit at the show. Mr. Petti-
for, however, captured first on his
Rural Russet potatoes in a. class of
over 50 entries. Not satisfied with
that, he takes "second" on his Cob-
blers, sixth on his 60-pound seed-
lot, county sweepstakes, and third in
Judging Contest. His neighbor, Mr.
lnilowsm, came near out-doing
th. however, by taking“‘first" in
the White Rurals, and second in the
(lo-pound certified seed. Mr. Wm.
Feldhauser, Vice-President of the
show, took the Crawford County
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A judging contest, requiring the
placing and identification of 12 en-
tries, was staged.for both adults and
children. Mr. Ed. Sutton of Central
“Lake took first in the adult class
with a score of 100%. Mr. L. E;
Berry steed second with a score of
“’6' Little, Johnnie Sche-urer of
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Growers Were Optimistic at Gaylord
By E. J. LEENHOUTS

tion of Mr. Sutton. He missed one
variety but placed first while Glen
Fieirabend took second.

Program Was Pertinent

The program was both interest-
ing, varied, and instructive. It ap-
plied particularly, to the problems
reflected by the continuously low
prices. The Detroit News reported
it as follows:

“As A. C. Lytle, agricultural
agent for Otsego county, pointed
out at the banquet, there are four
things the Northern Michigan pota-
to growers may do. They may raise
early potatoes, planting early, using
plenty of fertilizer and marketing
early, they may raise fancy table
stock which they can sell at a pre-
mium, they may raise certified seed
potatoes, or if they can not do any
of these things they may quit rais—
ing potatoes altogether. These are
cold, hard facts, but the potato
grower’s situation is not hopeless.

“Meanwhile the reputation of
Michigan's potatoes on the big mar-
kets seems to have been restored,
thanks to the compulsory grading
rules enforced by the State Depart-
ment of Agriculture. William P.
Hartman, deputy commissioner of
agriculture, in, a talk declared that,
whereas a year ago Michigan pota-
toes could scarcely be given away in
Chicago, today they are topping the
Chicago market. The State inspec-
tion service during the last year, he
asserted, has given the farmers
$1,250,000 greater net return than
they would otherwise have received.

"Co-operation is another import-
ant factor in the rehabilitation of
the state’s potato industry. Robert
A. Wiley, in charge of organization
for the Michigan Potato Growers
Exchange, reports that the campaign
to bring at least 50 per cent of the
potato acreage in Northern Michi-
gan under five-year contracts bids
fair to be successful. Nearly 5,000
growers with about 20,000 acres of
potatoes have already been signed.
This is about two-thirds of the de-
sired acreage. In no community
thus far visited has the exchange
failed to bring at least half the
acreage under contract.

“Poster prepared by J. W. West—
on, of the M. A. C. Farm Crops De-
partment, and displayed at the Po-
tato Show, told in a terse fashion
the advantages of co—operation.

“In marketing, co—operation aids
in grading, packing, shipping. mak-
ing use of market information and
providing better storage and hand-
ling facilities. In production also
co—operation has its advantages, for
farmers may combine to buy expens—
ive from spray rings to keep their
fields free of disease and insects and
they may unite as communities in
growing standard varieties.

“The potato growers are being
bombarded from all sides with the
message that quality is all import-
ant. They hear this from the State
inspectors, from college specialists,
from the county agents. They used
to be skeptical. Some of them are
yet. But the reputation of Michi—

Warm Weather in October Puts Sugar in Beets

POET once wrote, “From a

clear sunset I can always bor-

row, God’s sweet half promise
of a‘fair tomorrow”. The lines were
written years ago but I believe he
was thinking of a fall like we have
had this year. After a late spring
and a bad start crops came along very
nicely but there was fear of an early
frost-that would Wipe out the year’s
work. But the frost did not come
early and farmers were able to har-
vest their crops and store them
away during the wonderful weather
we have had. Beet growers are
especially jubliant because reports
show 'that the warm October weath-
er put sugar in the beets, and an
unusual amount. It means that they
will receive more money for each
ton of sugar beets they produced for
the beet sugar factories.

Paragraph 8 of the contract be-
tween the beet growers states:

“8. The Company shall pay the
grower for each ton of beets deliv-
ered under this contract by the
grower, subject to tare for dirt and
improper topping, an amount equal
to 45% of the value of the sugar
packed from an average net ton of
all beets received by the Sugar Com-
panies into Michigan writing a simi-
lar contract, except the Continental
Sugar Company; said amount to be
determined as illustrated by the fol-
lowing:

“EXAMPLE: -If the total net ton-
nage received by such Companies is
one million tons and the granulated
sugar packed is two hundred and
fifty million pounds, the average ex-
traction per ton of beets will be de-
termined by dividing the total num-
ber of pounds of sugar packed by the
total net-tonnage received; 250,000,-

muons. nernetum
at hook; 455 or us lbs. equals
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2,000 lbs."

The sugar companies guarantee the
growers at least $7.00 per ton and
above that it is 45% for the growers
and 55% for the manufacturers. As-
suming that there is not an over
supply of sugar this year, if the ex-
traction of sugar is above 250
pounds to the ton the grower Will
receive 45% of the additional sugar.
The price is arrived at by adding
the daily New York market net cash
quotations on beet sugar covering
the central states (Michigan, Ohio,
Illinois) for the months of October,
November, December, 1924 and
January, 1925, so if the price aver-
ages around 8 cents the growers
stand to get a very satisfactory
price per ton for their beets. The
average production per acre in
Michigan this year is said to be
around 8 tons.»

“Looks like a bonus to the farm-
ers now,” says A. B. Cook, manager
of the Michigan Beet Growers Ass’n,
However, conditions change rapidly
some times.” When asked what he
thought of the present contract be—
tween the growers and manufactur-
ers he said, “I believe the contract
is right in principle and reasonably
right as to details."

Discussing the beet crop Verne H.
Church, agricultural statistican for
Michigan, said that his November
estimate of the production in Mich-
igan was 1,157,000 tons, compared
with 883,000 tons last year. Color-
ado leads all of the states this year
with an estimated production of
nearly 2,500,000 tons; Michigan is
second, followed by California, Utah
and Nebraska in the order named.
The average yield per acre for the
entire country is 8.08 tons.

Reports from many sources indi-
cate that the Hichixan beet grower
will fare better this season than he

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Reputation of Michigan’s Potatoes on Big Markets Seems to have been Restored and

gan's potatoes has been restored,
and improvement of the quality has
done the trick. Higher prices are
powerful arguments.

Stress on Quality

“Emphasis upon quality will also
eliminate over-production, it is con-
tended. Some farmers have com-
plained that by selling certified seed
potatoes they have stimulated pro-
duction elsewhere and have ruined
the market for their own table
stock. But Prof. J. F. Milward of
the University of Wisconsin, who
judged the competitive exhibits, de—
clared that nothing Will reduce acre-
age any sooner than driving out
careless growers by quality produc-
tion.

“H. C. Moore, M. A. C. Extension
Specialists in charge of certified seed
potato work, pointed out that all the
certified seed produced in Michigan
could be easily utilized in Montcalm
county alone. He predicted that in
the next few years the market for
Michigan seed potatoes will be quad-

rupled.

“Dr. William Stuart, in charge of
potato research for the United
States Department of Agriculture,

told of his recent trip to Europe. In
Scotland, particularly, much atten-
tion is being paid to the production
of seed potatoes, he said. Jason
Woodman, of Paw Paw, who him-
self is one of the best potato grow-
ers in the State, complimented the
Northern Michigan farmers for the
splendid program upon which they
have embarked.

“ ‘As the years come and go,’ he
said, ‘I hope you will pay more at-
tention to the intellectual side of
life; that you will spend less time
in reading the crime news of the
day and more time in reading Mac-
Auley, Lowell, Emerson and Whit—
tier; that you Will persuade your
boys after going to college to return
to the farm. You need not worry
about the girls; I notice they are us-
ually somewhere near the boys.
With education your sons will meet
business men on the same plane.

Wants Boys Educated

“ ‘Prosperity will bring you more
civilization. In 50 years I want
your roads to be lined with trees,
your soil to be more fertile, and
your grandsons to be farming, with
the boys well-schooled, the men in
public office, and the town of Gay-
lord a blossom that nestles in a
crown of glory on the top of Mich-
igan.’

“Other speakers at the banquet
were: E. G. Smith of Gaylord, T. F.
Carton, director of the Bureau of
Agricultural Industry, State Depart-
ment of Agriculture.”

Over 150 people crowded into
this banquet hall and witnesssed the
climax of the successful 1924 Pota—
to Show. With an attendance of
over 2,000 people—most of them
growers who studied with great
pains the excellent exhibits put on
by the State Department of Agricul—
ture and the Michigan Agricultural
College as well as the excellent po—
tatoes—this event marks another
step forward toward better agricul-
tural conditions for Northern Michi-
gan. Much credit is due to those
who contributed toward the educa-
tional features of the Show as well
as those who financed and managed
it.

The list of prize winners is as
follows:

County Exhibits

1. Ostego County; 2, Alpena. County;

3, Cheboygan County; 4, Antrim County.
00 lb Certified Seed

1, E. Suttan, Central Lake, Antrim,
(Russet); 2, M. Smilowski, Gaylord, Otse-
go, (White Rural): 3, Chas. Herron, Al-
pena, (Russet) ; 4, R. C. Campbell, Johan-
nesburg, Otsego; 5, F. H. Glidden, Alba,
Antrim; 6, E. Pettifor, Otsego County;

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F. B. Drees, of Michigan Bean Jobbers Association, Does not Agree With California Company
Regarding Price of Michigan Beans

UR attention has been called to
an article published in your
October 25th issue, under the

heading: “Why is The Price of
Michigan Beans Down?.” This arti—
cle is apparently a letter addressed
to you by the Kutner Selling Agency
of San Francisco, California. Our
reason for addressing you with ref—
erence to the same is, that without
full knowledge of the circumstances
the statements made in this article
would give the growers and elevator
men a misleading conception of the
bean situation as a whole, as far as
comparison of prices in different

producing sections is concerned.

Possibly there is a needle in the
haystack somewhere as far as the
California party writing you is con-
cerned. We have been told that
this Firm has in store at several
points Michigan beans of 1923 crop
which they purchased for specula—
tion. We also have letters and tele—
grams in our files indicating that
this same party is somewhat respon—
sible for the decline in Michigan
beans during October, as he was
selling Michigan beans for shipment.
out of storage at less money than
the Michigan bean jobbers were ask—
ing. In fact, at less than Michigan
jobbers offered to take his beans at
in order to remove his then bearish
influence on the market.

It is impractical to compare Cali—
fornia Small Whites with the Mich—
igan Pea or Navy bean, for the rea—
son that they are two distinct vari~
eties. We have correspondeuce in
our files from actual handlers of
both varieties which would convince

'you that in certain sections of the

United States, particularly in the
New England States. that a large
majority of the trade want Californ—
ia Small Whites in preference to
Michigan, almost regardless of the
difference in price. One large
handler in New England writes that
he would rather buy 5000 bags of
California beans than 400 bags of
Michigan beans, because they would
move to his trade much more read—
ily regardless of price.

We notice that the California
party says nothing about price at
which they are quoting Large
Whites. Large Whites, while not
the same as the Michigan Pea
Beans, are more nearly comparable,
and are quoted in California from
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N our October 25th issue, on page 2, we published a letter under
the heading, “Why Is Price of Michigan Beans D0wn?”. This
letter was written to The Business Farmer by the Kutner Selling

Agency of San Francisco, California and was published over their
name. Mr. F. B. Drees, secretary-treasurer of the lVfichigan Bean Job-
bers Ass’n read the letter and advised us it was very misleading, un-
less one had full knowledge of the circumstances and this letter, pub-
lished over his name, is his reply to the letter that appeared in our

October 2'5th issue.

Because we publish letters or articles in our

columns is no Sign that we are in accord with the writers’ views. We
like to give our readers more than one view of each question. The
first letter contained the opinions of the Kutner Selling Agency, and
the letter we are publishing at this time contains the opinions of Mr.
Drees, who represents the Michigan Bean Jobbers Ass’n.

 

 

In comparing the prices of these two
beans quantity produced should also
consideration. If
Michigan had a crop of less than
200,000 bu. of,White beans and
California had a crop of 5,600,000
bu. of White beans, prices would no
doubt be reversed.

Last year, according to the article
in your paper, the total crop of
Small Whites and Large Whites in
California was 460,000 bags or ap-
proximately 760,000 bu. against a
crop in Michigan last year of 6,500,—
000 bu. During the marketing sea—
son all but a small percentage of the
Michigan crop was sold, but accord—
ing to warehouse reports as publish—
ed by the California Bean Dealers
Association, there were in store in
California warehouses 011 August:
1st this year a quantity of Small
Whites of California 1923 crop.
There Were in store better than 50
per cent of the California 1923 crop
of Large \Vhites. In other words.
California raised approximately one
tenth as many White beans in 1923
as did Michigan, but even with this
small production they nowhere near
cleaned up their crop as closely as
did Michigan.

Now assume that Michigan had
sold only the approximate propor~
tion of their 1923 crop that Cali~
fornia did, and then add the present
crop of approximately five and a
half million bushels to market on
top of the big carry over on the pre—
vious crop, which they would have
had on the California sales basis.

Would not the present marketing
conditions be much‘ more chaotic
and prices much lower than they
are, especially considering the pres-
ent finanincal condition of the Mich-
igan farmer and the Michigan ele-
vator man, of which we will say
more below?

Your correspondent does not ex—

plain to your readers that prices

paid the grower in California are
comparable to prices paid Michigan
elevator men by Michigan bean job—
bers, for the reason that California
beans in public warehouse belong—
ing to growers are all reclaimed,
packed in new regulation bags and
ready for shipment. There is abso—
lutely no cost to the California deal—
er to prepare the beans for ship-
ping, no overhead of expensive bean
establishments and bean machinery,
no bag cost, etc. which the Michigan
elevator has to contend with. All of
these expenses are paid by the Cali—
fornia grower, whereas in Michigan,
as you know, beans grown by the
farmer are delivered to the elevator
in bulk, and in such condition that
they not only have to be cleaned,
which is a simple process in Cali—
fornia, but they necessarily have to
be handpicked and, in order to do
this, there are several hundred ele—
vators maintaining picking rooms
and expensive necessary equipment.

A few years ago when California
did have a crop of rain damaged
beans what prices did they obtain
for them as compared to what
Michigan growers were paid at that

time? Your correspondent would
indicate that Michigan growers were
receiving less for their White beans
than were the gr‘owers in any oth—
er state where White beans were
raised. We have fresh telegrams in
our files indicating that in Idaho the
price to the grower is from $4.50 to
$5.00, and in Idaho very few eleva-
tors are equipped to handpick.’ In
New York State the market to the
grower is 4% cents. New York State
conditions are similar to Michigan.
In Colorado where few White beans
are raised, the price to the grower is
$5.00 per cwt. At the same time
the price to the Michigan grower
was $4.85 to $5.00. Accordingly, it
is apparent that Michigan growers
were receiving at least as much, and
more than they were in the States
where conditions are comparable to
those in Michigan. *

Our correspondent in New York
does not advise what they are pay—
ing for Red Kidney beans, but in
Colorado the price on Red Kidney
beans was 60 to the grower in caSes
where it is not necessary to hand—
pick the beans, and 70 where the
quality of the beans would necessi—
tate handpicking. In California, ac-
cording to your correspondent, Red
Kidney beans were selling at $8.75
whereas Michigan Red Kidney
beans have at no time on this crop
sold this low, and the farmers in
Michigan during October Were being
paid from $8.00 to $8.25 for Red
Kidney beans in the section of the
State where Red Kidneys are raised
in quantity. We wish to also call
your attention at this time to the
fact, that where Michigan raises a
distinct variety which is not raised
in cumbersome quantities, the
prices paid the grower are higher
than paid for similar variety in any
other producing ‘State.

We note that your correspondent
speaks about the damage from rains
and the unfavorable weather during-
the growing season. No doubt, your
attention has been called to the
fact that Michigan never produced a
better crop, as far as quality is con-
cerned, than we have raised this
year. As a matter of fact, $4.75 to
the grower this year on an aver-
age pick of 4 per cent would net the
grower $4.29 bulk, which would be
equal to a price last year of approx-
imately $5.55 due to the difference

(Continued on Page 19)

An American Farm Boy’s Opinion of the Englishmen and Their Country

By FRANCIS A. FLOOD

instincts and fundamentals the

Englishman is much like our—

selves; as human animals we are
of the same stripe and register, (lif—
fering only in some details and min~
or points.

Our English cousin wears suspen—
ders and we wear a belt, but our
purpose is the same and the results
are so nearly alike that We cannot
criticise him. The Englishman
goes about with a cane in his hand
where we always have a steering
wheel, but both are merely the re—
sults of different habits of locomo—
tion. John Bull gets the same kick
out of admiring the Prince of Wales
that Uncle 'Sam gets from His Royal
Highness, Babe Ruth. The English—
man ogles royalty for their sake
alone just as We do our ranking
millionaires—and there’s not much
difference after all between a coat—
-of—arms and a bank account when
they belong to some one else. They
laugh—eventually at th e same
jokes that amuse us. We laugh at
the Britain, and he laughs just as
much at us, and this in spite of
the fact that his sense of humor is
not so keen as ours.

The English people even speak
our language, which is more than
some of our owu citizens can say.
Our language is hard for the Eng—
lish, but they do the best they can
at it. Being separated from us for
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a bit, and some of our most com—
mon words they do not understand,
such as “lynching”, “bootlegging”,
“sacrifice hit”, “wildcat”, “blue
sky”,.and “prohibition”. But even

in common conversation, using only
orthodox, Websterian words, the
Englishman is hard to understand;
he has lost our pure accent. The
written language, of course, is much
the same as ours. It may be said
that the English really speak our
language, but they certainly don’t
use our wave length.
Tuning; in on Cockney

At one of our first dinners in Lon-

don, before we were tuned in on

the poor English of the Londoners,
the waiter approached our table
where four of the editorial party
sat and gravely took up the soup
question with us, in all the sober
seriousness of an English waiter
about his master’s business, a ser—
iousness which is deadly. This hap—
pened to be one of those little, out
of the way restaurants where the
cockney is as heavy as the accent of
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A typical two-wheeled hay wagon in England.

lionaire Americans” were as much
of an unusual sight, and as much
of a curiosity, as the whole of Eng-
land to us.

It is not possible for a common
typewritter to demonstrate through
the eye of an American reader what
the inquiry of the waiter sounded
like as he addressed his opening re-
mark to Doctor Bereman. The type-
writter is no doubt more powerful
than the sword, but it cannot tell
what a Londoner «sounds like when
he talks. I believe that a phone—
graph would need to be equipped
with English-made needles to do
those queer sounds justice.

“Thick or thin soup, sir?” This
is the way the waiter’s inquiry looks
on paper, innocent enough when
translated into American—English,
but the doctor had no idea what he
was talking about.

“Yes,” responded the doctor. We
had found that that was usually the
easiest way out.

“I say! Thick or ‘ thin, sir?”
Whatever it sounded like the first
time, the waiter made it sound even
more so when he repeated it, in his
earnestness.

“Oh, well, I’ll take tea, I guess”,
the doctor smiled reassuringly to
the desperate waiter.

“Yes, sir. Thin, sir. Very good,
sir”. The diplomatic waiter passed
on to Mr. Cobb, the honorary “Col-
onel” in our party.

“Thick or thin soup, sir?”

The Colonel was always master of
the situation. “Soup?

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mer, a mariner of Oakland, California, has such a liking
for the sea, that when he retired he had this auto built,
resembling a. miniature yacht, with curtain draped sides,
and deck top motor hood. It can be converted into sleep-
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York Z00, doesn’t mind how they dress him, just as long
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LOCATES LOST ARTICLES.—Mrs. Clara
Jepson, wife of a Massachusetts farmer,
locates lost articles by listening to the owner
talk and then she sketches on a handkerchief
the location of the article. . -

  

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Adrian
York, is called the world’s youngest aero-
bat.

“GOT YOUR SKID CHAINS YET?”——-That Will soon be the
“walking chains” become real popular.
They are the latest in Europe and declared to be the
thing’f when it comes to getting about on icy streets.

YOUNGES’I‘ ACROBAT IN WORLD.—

Primrose, 17 months old, of new

He has never been sick in his life.

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fine horse and buggy for a young fellow to take. his girl out
riding in? His steed could step with the fastest of them but
we imagine they would get more than their share
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WORLD’S MOST PATIEXT BIAN.—J. W. Lytle', of

the liluseum of History Science and Art, Los Angeles,
Calif., assembles bones which come to him from re-
searches all over the world. It sometimes takes months
to go over the bones and assemble them into the skele-
ton of one animal.

    

'MADE BROADCASTING POSSIBLE.—-—Dr. J.
A. Fleming, professor of electrical engineering,
London, invented the Thermionic valve, making
radio broadcasting possible.

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THE “WALKINGEST” lilAN.——James- Diviny,
railroad police oflicer for the Southern Pacific

Railroad Company claims to have walked
125,000 miles and opened 1,845,760 doors during
twenty-three years of service.

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MUST CUT WEEDS ALONG
HIGHWAY

Every summer we do our best at
keeping down the wild carrot on
our farm and also on the road side
and for two years we have been aft-
er the highway commissioner to see
that the neighbors do likewise but
to this date he says he has done
nothing. Now please help me if
you can as the fields have been
white with it this summer and if it
is let go for a few more years it
will mean a lot of hard work for all

concerned. I would like to hear
from you.—A. H., Brown City,
Michigan.

HERE are two statutes relative
to noxious weeds but only one
with reference to brush. Chap-

ter 24 of the general highway laws
relates to brush and noxious weeds
within the limits of highways. Sec-
tion 2 of said Chapter, as last
amended by Act No. 83 of the Pub-
li-c Acts of 1919, makes it the duty
of the Overseer and the Commis-
sioner of Highways to cut or cause
to be cut, prior to the first day of
July, in townships south of R 16 N
and prior to July 15th in townships
north of R 16 N, in each year all
brush and weeds within the limits
of the highways.

Failure to perform such duty is a
misdemeanor, punishable by a fine
of not less than $10.00 or more than
$25.00 together with the costs of
prosecution, or by imprisonment in

i the county jail for a period not to

exceed thirty days or by both such
fine and imprisonment in the discre-
tion of the Court. It is the duty of
the Prosecuting Attorney to phase-
cute all violations of this Act
which comes to his knowledge.

Act No. 66 of the Public Acts of
1919 is an act to provide for the
cutting of noxious weeds. It- makes
it the duty of every owner, possess-
or, or occupied of land or of every
person or persons, firm or corpora-
tion, having charge of any lands in
this State, to cut or cause to be cut
dOWn and destroyed all Canada
thistles, milkweed, (asclepica cor-
nutus), wild carrots, ox—eye daisies,
or other noxious weeds growing
thereon. A violation of the Act
renders the guilty party subject to
a fine of $10.00 together with costs
of prosecution. The act requires the
Commissioner of highways in each
road district to give notice, in the
manner therein prescribed, to every
person or persons, firm or corpora-
tion having charge of any lands in
this State whereon noxious weeds
are growing, to cut and destroy the
same. This act does not refer to
the cutting of brush or noxious
weeds along the highways.

It is not possible, within the
scope of a letter, to cover every con-
ceivable situation that might arise
with respect to the cutting of nox-
ious weeds and brush and I, there—
fore, suggest that you consult local
counsel with respect to such mat-
ters—H. Victor Spike, Assistant
Attorney General.

SEND DOG TAX TO TREASURER

Enclosed you will find a letter I
received and which I would like a
little advice on. I read in your pap-
er a While ago that they could not
imprison a person for having a dog
and I would like to know if I would
have to send the tax to the county
treasurer or would he be obliged to
come and collect it as he does other
taxes? I own a dog but it was only
two months old when the supervisor
made the assessment.——H. B., Maple
City, Mich. »

ES on dogs are of a different

nature from taxes on ordinary
property, inasmuch as it is levi-

‘ ed more for the protection of prop-

erty against damage done by dogs.
rather than to furnish revenue. It
would be best to send the amount
levied to the county treasurer.—
Asst. Legal Editor.

MUST KEEP FENCE “PAIRED

I have read the M. B. F. for eight
years and like it. I would ask you
a few questions, if you will be as

   

 

farm from B, B lives in a city and
C has a herd of cows and C does
not take care of his fence and 0’s
 get out and tramp down the
crepe and eat the corn that is plant-
ed. Does C have to fix his fence or
does A have to fix C’s fence to keep
C's cows out of his crop? I have
spoken to C several times already
but he does not keep his fence fixed.

If the cows do any more damage can

I charge 0 for it or not?——-H. 6;,
Cedar City, Mich.

OH and C are each bound to

keep in repair one half the

fence between your farms. II
the cow broke into your fields be-
cause of C’s failure to keep his
share in repair, you could recover
damages from Mun—Asst. Legal
Editor.

TRANSPORTING CHILDREN TO
SCHOOL

Is there a law to compel a school
district to take school children to
school if they have to walk over two
and one-half miles? This is a grade
school and -my children have to
walk about two and three-quarters
miles. "What emcer to notify if they
have to furnish conveyance? How
can I get transferred from one
school district to another? It is one
and one-half mil-es to the school
house where I want to get transfer-
red to.—F'. N... Harriette, Michigan.

. HERE is no law which requires
a school district to transport
pupils as long as school is

maintained in the primary district

or sub-district. Where schools are
consolidated, the district must pro-
vide tmnsportatton or where school
is discontinued by legal vote in any
primary or sub-district, transporta-
tion must be provided. No child
under nine years of age can be com-
pelled by the compulsory attend-
ance law to attend school unless
transportation is furnished by the
board. This does not mean that
the district must furnish transporta-
tion but only that unless the district
does furnish it the parents are not
required by law to send the- child
until he is nine years old.
Application for payment «of trans-

portation should, always, The

 

with the director or secretarysofuthe
school board. . ‘ ‘ ’ . ~ '

The township board have author-
ity to detach property from one

 "school district and‘attech it to Ill-

other. A petition requesting such

. transfer of_property should be filed

with the township clerk.—-,G.AN. os-
veil, Supt. of Rural Education.

 

COMPOSITION 0! W SAL!

I would like to know what block
salt contains and what amount of
each thing. There was an agent
along here selling salt at 740 a
hundred and said that block salt was
not only about 30 per cent salt and

was harmful to stock to eat this.-—- -

J. _B., Fenwick, Michigan

INCE it has been several years
since we have made an analysis
of block salt we thought best

to secure a sample before replying.
A sample of such salt was obtained
from the Farm Department of the
College, and we find this contains
90.6 per cent sodium chloride, or
salt. The impurities in this salt
consist principally of calcium and
magnesium. The sample also con-
tained 1.53 per cent moisture. Thu-e
is, consequently, only about 8 per
cent of impurities. I feel sure that
practically all of the block salt
would analyze about the same as the
sample which we have, and there is
certainly no reason why this should
be at all harmfui.—Andrew J. Pet-
ten. Chemist, M. A. C

 

LOSING V01! BY MOVING

When does a person lose his right
to vote in a place by moving away?

-’ Is is a question of fact whtch
depends largely upon the in-
tention of the elector and the

circumstances of each partth
case. If the parties referred to only
intend to remain away temporarily.
they would lose their residence for
the purpose of voting. The Supreme
Court of this state has held that a
person may be away from his place
of residence for a period of several
years and notwithstanding this fact;
may vote where he claims his resi‘
deuce to be.

As I have before stated the quesd
tion of a person’s residence is large«
1y one of intent and can only be den
termined by the peculiar facts and
circumstances of each particula-i‘
case—Clare Ream, Deputy Attorr
hey General.

Hitch Your Wagon to a “Tractor”

, DICE the days of Shakespeare
things have changed. If the
modern post would gain the at-

tention of this practical age his
ballad would run something like the
heading to this article. At least
this is how L. D. Wright of Dowa-
glac,, Michigan, would have this
rhyme run.

Mr. Wright has worked out a
scheme of spreading limestone that
is worthy of consideration. He first
inserted a stub tongue in his lime
spreader in place of the one usually
used. This he hitched behind a
wagon and the wagon of limestone
inturn is hitched behind the tractor.
The wagon load of limestone is of
sufficient size to go once around the
area being limed. This of course is
worked out in advance taking into
consideration the amount of lime
being applied to the acre.

It is found that two men will
keep the hopper of the lime spread-
er full while the third man handles
thetractor. This plan unloads the
lime direct from the car, leaves the.
teams or truck free to haul the

 

limestone, does away with piling of
the lime in the field; prevents loss
of time in stopping to fill lime-
spreader, etc. When one wagon is
unloaded another is ready to begin
another round of the field.

The plan could well be worked in
conjunction with a truck. Several
farmers have found steel baskets
and a truck economical in hauling
limestone. The lime is bought in
the bulk, shoveled into the baskets
at the car, loaded onto the truck

and hauled direct to the field. At ,
the field the baskets could be trans?

fered to the wagon or dumped, the
truck returning for another load.
Elimination of labor in handling
of lime is a big factor in reducing
liming costs. If “Hitching your
wagon to a ‘Tractor' ” helps as Mr.
Wright has proves, it is a good bus-
iness.~ Methods of handling lime-
stone will differ under the varying
conditions found on our farms how-
ever we must search for methods
that will make for efllciency and
economy.—B. C. L. Nash, County

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HANDY HIRAM’S‘ DEPARTMENT

 

HAVE you a handy man in your home?

On nearly every farm

there is a handy man, sometimes it’s one of the womeni‘olks, but

whoever it is we want to hear from them.

We want them to tell

us about their lat-est inventions, or contraptions, to make farm work
easier. .We want to know about these inventions so that we can tell
our readers through this department and print a drawing of photo-

graph of each one so that others can» make them.

Just write a des-

cription of each one and send a photograph or a rough sketch on paper
so that our artist will have an idea to work from and we will give you
a two-year subscription to The Business Farmer for every one that we

use.

Come on folks, pass your ideas along—HANDY HIRAM.

 

 

STARTING NUTS IN DARK
CORNERS

HILE overhauling some intric-
vc ate machinery several nuts had

to be started on their respec—
tive bolts in dark and almost inac-
cessible corners of the machine.
of the fingers can
barely reach the end of a bolt it is
not easy to start a nut. Attempts
were made to start the nuts by
*wedging them one at a time into a
socket wrench but the method did
not prove at all convenient, the large
diameter of the wrench making it
hard to center the nut on the bolt
end. The problem was solved by
securing a rod end several inches
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nut was run upon the rod with a
bit of cloth or a couple of bits of
twine between the bolt and nut, just
enough to make the nut screw on
as hard as the fingers could turn it.
Two turns of the nut thread were
screwed on the rod; then the nut
was pushed down upon the inacces-
sible bolt as shown, the bit of rag
preventing the nut from screwing
farther upon the rod.

The threads caught easily, and
when screwed dowu until the ends of
the rod and bolt met the nut was
easily held by the fingers or by a
screwdriver while the rod was backed
out of the nut. Later the rod was
improved by cutting on the business
end a three—thread taper thread so
made that it would enter the nut
only two threads, making the string
or bit of rag unnecessary—J. H.

FOLDING IRONING BOARD
NE of- the nicest conveniences
a man can make for the home
is told in the following descrip-
tion of the folding ironing board. I
have one of these boards, and it is
a greatcomfort to have it so handy
and still out of the way. Any man
that is the lest bit handy can follow
the directions and make another
spot in the home a joy for his wife.
The ironing board shown can
be fastened up against the wall and
is out of the way when not in use.
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end, and 8 inches at the free end.
About 2 feet from the attached end
the board begins to taper gradually.
The free end is rounded.

A strip 114 by 4 by 15 inches is
securely fastened by screws to the
wall at a convenient height. The
height at which the board is placed
varies with the height of the user.
For a woman of average height it

BUSINESS
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F A R M E R
board is hinged to the wall strip
with two No. 3 butt hinges.

The leg or brace, made of material
1 inch thick and 4 inches wide, is
fastened with a No. 3 butt hinge to
a board strip 1 by 4 by 8 inches.
The board strip is screwed to the
underside of the board 11 inches
from the free end. The length of the
brace depends upon the height of
the board, and when the board is in
position the brace rests against the
baseboard of the wall. Skirts may
be easily ironed without changing
the position of the brace. A piece
of galvanized iron may be tacked to
the board, on which the hot iron may
rest when not being used. The board
is folded up against the wall and
may beheld in place by using the
upper part of the rack for holding
the portable ironing board—R. O.

INEXPENSIVE ADVERTISING

_ FOR BEEKEEPERS
ELOW are listed ten ways in
which nearly' every beekeeper
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a. bank or store window in some
prominent location.
3. Place an attractive honey ex-

hibit in your grocer’s store, as near. .

the scales as possible.

4. Entertain the local club with
foods «prepared with honey.

5. Talk bees and honey to school
children.

6. Furnish bee and honey :1er
to the editor of the local paper. ,

7. Furnish recipes and informa-
tion with honey sold, either in book-
let form or on the label.

8. Use attractive labels and
packages. I

9. Pack only first quality honey.

10. Protect your dealers by main-
taining the market price—Russell
H. Kelty, Dept. of Entomology, M.
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and a quarter out under an apple tree.

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Buick’s chassis is sealed. Iron and steel housings pro-
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to safeguard Buick performance.

Some cars have some of this protection, but only Buick
has a wall of defense continuous from fan hub to rear
axle against road dirt, stones, water and loss of lubri-

important improvement.

cant. Only Buick’s close coordination of driving units
and Buick’s torque tube drive make possible this

Here are the vital points at which Buick engineering
provides this extra protection: ‘>

Fan Hub—Fan bearing
totallyenclosed—lubricat-
ed by its own gear pump.

Motor—Steel cover keeps
water from short-circuit-
ing spark plugs. Steel
cover over valve-in-head
mechanism keeps dust
out, oil in.

Starter-Generator—~Delco

‘ single - unit starter - gener-
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single housing. Starting
gears housed with fly
wheel.

Fly Wheel—Completely
housed. Startin g teeth pro-
tected from road damage
and accumulation of mud
and dirt.

Clutch— Multiple disc—
completely housed.

' Transmission—~Complete-
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mechanism holes sealed.

Universal Joint—Com-
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excellent records {or clean work and
durability—and they are noted for
maximum results when the corn is
of doubtful grade and hard to handle.
They' are made in seven sizes and
styles, covering hand shellers. hand
and power shellers, and large cylin-
der shellers for single farms or custom
use. Capacities range from 20 bushels
up to 400 bushels per hour. Let the
dealer try out these shallers for you
with McCormick-Deming Engine or
Tractor power, depending on the size
of the sheller.

606 So. Michigan Ave.‘

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{ and Power for Both—

The Grinders ‘with Double—Faced
Self—Sharpening Grinding Plates

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

Ask for a demonstration of these general-purpose grinders at the
store of the McCormick-Deering dealer. Let him show you how
to get full food value out of grain and how economically they
can be run by McCormick-Deering Engine or Tractor power.

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improved process the zinc is so
thoroughly bonded to the wire that
It Will not crack or peel. This gives
superior rust resistance, and we guar-
antee our fences to be unexcelled in
quality and durability.

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Columbia Fences

are made in the Government approved
styles for farm, poultry and garden,
and include our superlative attractive
Lawn and Flower Fences. Both Col-
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are “Super:Zinced”, giving greater
tust protection at no increase in
price. They add to the appearance,
value and profit of your farm more
than any other investment you can
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FREE—Vest pocket size book with
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EDITED BY J. I-lERBE‘RT FERRIS, R. E.

 

 

Contributions Invited—Questions ’Answered I

TUNING _A  RECEIVER

HE Acme reflex receiver that we
described recently is of ,simple
and easily tuned design. There

is only one tuning dial to adjust and
that dial controls the condenser. In
tuning such a set the A battery is
tuned on the tubes lit, no more cur—
rent being used than enough to give
a quiet hiss in the head phones, at
this point turn the tuning dail one
mark at a time, very slowly, and
when the right point is reached a
louder hiss will be heard when you
have found a broadcasting station,
or if they are actually broadcasting
you will hear the voice or music.
Turn slowly from point to point and
you will find other stations. Make
an exact note of the dial reading
that you find each stations as at
that same reading you will find
them on any succeeding night. .

To adjust the crystal detector;
the contact being on the crystal 3.
station is tuned in and then the con-
tact of the cat’s whisker on the
crystal is adjusted from place to
place on the crystal until you find a
place where it comes in clear and
loud. At this point leave the crys-
tal detector alone! Once adjusted
the crystal does not need any furth-
er adjustment for weeks at a time.
If a fixed detector is used no adjust-
ment is required, after the first ad-
justment.

Volume, or loudness, is contrilled
by the potentiometer, and can best
be done by arranging the dial so
that it can be turned by one hand
while the other hand turns the tun-
ing'dial. These two adjustments
can be best performed by using both
hands at the same time. After the
station is' tuned in, turn the poten-
tiometer to the point that gives you
the desired volume without distort-
ing the true tone values.

As is every type of set, there is
the best point to which the tubes
should be burned, so with the reflex
set, a night or two will show you
just the best point, and in the fu-
ture always burn your bulbs at that
point. '

A reflex set is easier to tune than
the ordinary single circuit regener-
ative receiver.

THE NELUTRODYNE RECEIVER
' 5-TUBE Neutrodyne receiver,

gives a great deal of volume,

and brings in stations from a
great distance, but does not do any-
thing more than a 4—tube reflex re-
ceiver will do. It also has 3 tuning
dials to the 1 that the reflex has.
Both will work on a loop or on an
outdoor aerial. Both give 3 steps

of radio frequency amplification and
the Reflex gives 3 steps of audio to
2 steps for the Neutrodyne.
But—Each person has a particu—
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and also certain sets seem to work
better for one than another, and
next to the reflex set I believe that
the Neutrodyne set comes. -

The Neutrodyne and the reflex re-
ceivers do not whistle when a sta-
tion is found and do not howl and
squeal like most of the other sets
when tuning.

If enough of our readers are in-
terested we will tell how to build a
Neutrodyne set.

 

ONE TUBE OR EIVE?
iN ninety-nine instances out of a
hundred, the person who uses a
one—tube set will reach as great
distances as the one who uses two,
three or even five tubes in his set.

.. Why?

A properly designed set using one
tube will bring in distant stations
when using regenerative receiving;
the additional tubes are only used
for volume so that you hear the
music louder, or to work a loud
speaker so that a roomful of people
can hear the music.

When receiving without an out-
door aerial, then the sets using sev-
eral tubes will give the best results,
as they are made to greatly build up
the very weak radio-frequency
waves to the point where they can
be amplified and heard in the tele-
phones.

For the average person, the one-
tube set is the best, if using one or
two pairs of telephone receivers;
when additional volume is desired
then it becomes necessary to add
one or more tubes to amplify the
signals.

Located, as your radio editor is,
300 to 500 miles from any powerful
broadcasting station, I can and do
hear more regularly more stations
on my set, which is a, single-circuit
set, using one tube, and two steps
(2 tubes) of audio frequency ampli—
fication, than many of my friends
and neighbors who have five and
six-tube superhetrodyne or neutro-
dyne sets. They use a loop and I
use an outdooraerial. Time after
time they call me 'on the phone to
ask if I am getting “so-and—so", and
I answer “Yes”. They do not get
them at all or so faintly that they
wonder what is the matter with
their sets.

For the person who does not wish
to use an outdoor aerial, by all
means get a good reflex set or a sup-
erhetrodyne or neutrodyne set. You
can move it from room to room, or
take it in your car to any place you
wish, but do not expect that it is go-
ing to do the impossible just be-
cause it‘ has four 'or more tubes. It
is not the price you pay nor the
number of tubes that gives the best
results, it is the kind and make of
set, the quality of material and
workmanship put into the set that
gives it the ability to get the results.

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With the set tuned-in on your favorite station. and you sitting back contentedly‘andu
enjoying the program haven’t you often wondered. what a. bropdogsflng studiolooked
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YOUR OWN NAME
WRITE your name plainly on a
piece of paper, and look at it

for five minutes.

It is the most precious thing you
have. It is connected with all you
are and hope to be. Your name car-
ries the life history of hundreds of
men and women.

Your father gave it to you. He
had in his youth many temptations
, to soil his name, but he wore it ever,
ilike a white plume over his heart.

One day your father went and of-
fered his name to a beautiful young
{woman She blushed and hesitated.
fThen her father and mother in-
fquired if the name he offered was a
{good name.

l Finally your mother accepted his
name, and she did not wear her en-

.? gagement ring with half the pleas-

;ure that she did his name.

i Then, they two gave that name to
you. Your name was sung into
your baby ears on the music of your

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. lookout f or features

A‘ that we feel will make
The Business Farmer more
interesting and we believe

that in our new department,
“Short Sermons” we have a
real find. Rev. John W. Hol-
land is well known in many
parts of the United States and
his short sermons are read by
millions. He understands farm
folks, their trials and tribula-
tions, and we are pleased to
introduce him to you as one of
the many who are working to
make each issue of The Busi-
ness Farmer better than the
last one.

 

 

en to the throne (if God on the white
prayers and hopes of your sweet
. mother. It is forever sacred.

Your father looked into your
pudgy little face and breathed a
sigh of pride as he thought, “Now I
have given my name to human
soul.”

More than all earthly possessions
is an untarnished name. Yet how
easily is a good name lost. It. is
harder to regain a lost good name
than it is to find again lost gold in
sunken ships.

How do you treat your name?

Is the local merchant glad when
he sees your name in his account
book? 

How does the banker feel when
you induce him to loan you some
money? Will he have to discount
your paper, because your name is
not worth one hundred per cent?

It the pastor of your little Church
ever wrote a line after the names
'on the C urch roll, what would he
put after ours?

‘ The Bible says, “A good name is
rather to be chosen than great
riches.”

A -‘

ents were given the choice of riches
‘to anything else, we might take
riches. But every man who has
gotten riches at the sacrifice of his
good name has lived to regret his

bargain.
You are not done with your
name. It will be given to another.

It may be to your own child, or per-

chance some man and woman will

honor your life and name their
child after you.

The Scriptures say that we shall
have names in heaven, and talks
_ about the Lamb’s Book of Life.

j ‘Treat your name as you do your
soul and your inner honor, for what
soils one will blast the other.

It is a great and pleasant thing to
live, and breathe a name that will
be a blessing in our communities
when we are gone.

I love to look over a book of
great names. Namesthat men have

'- handed down, without a smear oi!

\ deviltry on them. . ‘

May you, and I‘ have enough
min 6‘ and grace to do likewise.

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’ gowlmuch. is assets 0!  in,
- permanent pasture worth? The

answer Will very widely, because
an acre of pasture is worth only what
it produces, no more, no less. The
amount of pasture produced is gov-
erned largely by its treatment. Theo-
retically. land in pasture should in-
crease in fertility and productivity,
because it is not cultivated, it is not
subject to erosion, and a large part
of the produce is consumed on the
land and returned in the manure-
Practically, however, there are many
Michigan pastures that have become
less and less productive, and un-
profitable. Weeds have replaced the
more desirable grasses and clovers.
How to rejuvenate the pasture, to
bring back the clover and cause more
vigorous growth of grasses is a. big
problem, and one that has received
considerable attention at the various
state experiment stations.

Ohio experiments show that an in
vestment in pasture rejuvenation is
not only likely ‘to be profitable, but
that it is imperative for a successful ‘
livestock industry in those sections
where thelpastures are now unpro—
ductive. In a series of three tests
in southeastern Ohio, untreated pas—
ture produced from 100 to 1300
pounds of dry hay per acre. Treat-
ment consisting of disking, reseeding
with 15 pounds of mixed seed, and
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stone  ,400 pounds,“ adaption:
photo increased the “yield to approxi-
mtely 4400 pounds per acre. In
other words, by an investment of
.815, one acre of pasture was made
to do the work of four, or, the value
or the pasture land was increased
four times.

In some Iowa experiments, disk-
ing, reseeding and fertilizer have
been very profitable. An untreated
blue grass sod, which had been down
for over ten years, yielded 700
pounds of dry hay per acre. Sev-
eral cuttings were made with a lawn
mower at intervals throughout the
season to simulate close pasturing.
A plot which had been thoroughly
disked and reseeded with a mixture
of red and alsike clovers for three
years produced 2100 pounds per acre.

The seeding of clover combined
with disking yielded more than an
application of eight tons of manure
per acre without disking. Disking,
reseeding, and 200 pounds of acid
phosphate produced 3400 pounds hay
per acre. The same treatment with
manure replacing the acid phosphate
produced 4200 pounds of hay per
acre. If manure is valued at $2.50
per ton, the 2100 pounds increase
from 8 tons of manure cost $20. A
1300 pounds increase from 300
pounds of acid phosphate cost $2-20.

West Virginia is an important live-
stock state. In an experiment in
this state, untreated pasture pro-

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There are many more acres of the
several millions of acres of perman-
en‘t pastures in Michigan that can be
made worth more by proper soil
treatmentr—O. F. Jensen.

CASE AGAINST MILLING 00M. l »
PANY DISMISSED

N May, of this year, the Federal
Trade Commission issued a. com-
plaint against the Larrowe Mill-

ing Company, charging that they:
were using “unfair methods of com-
petition” and “acting in unlawful
restraint of trade” in the distribu-
tion of Larro-feed. When the com-
pany received the complaint it of-
fered to place before the commission.
a full record of its business transac~
tions, contracts, agency agreements},
and correspondence. This ofier wad?
accepted, a full investigation madegl
and the ‘commission voluntarily dis-1
missed the complaint.

 

Scrubs can multiply as fast as pure!
breds-<but they never get the right an.
swer.-—-Exchange.

The average dairy cow in the United‘
States produces 3,412 pounds of milk
everyyear. In Holland the average cow
gives 7,585 pounds. In Switzerland she
brings 6,950 pounds. And in Denmark

the yield is 5,666 pounds.

 

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 Successful Record”

ACH year a larger and larger number of investors
become new customers of the American Bond 53
Mortgage Company.

During 1923 this number was 45% greater than that
of the preceding year—a striking evidence of the ever
increasing confidence in the American Bond ofierings.

And 1924 is surpassing all other years.

Our Detroit Office

has contributed substantially to this growth—January and July salesl
of this year having been greater than any previous months since the
opening of the Detroit Office.

Recent events have shown the investor the importance of dealing,l
with an old responsible institution whose methods are sound and time?
tested. To this fact we attribute a large part of our business with
new customers during the current year.

Our Statistical Department is prepared to submit an analysis of any‘
first mortgage real estate bond or corporation bond ixue from the
point of view of the safeguards that have made our successful record
possible. Use the pupon belo . V

Every dollar of principal and interest
that has become due on First Mortgagc

' Building Bonds sold by this Company
has been paid to every investor.

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'“(Oontinued from November m Issue.)
' CHAPTER III
Discussion of a Shadow ‘-
1 LAN, as he looked confusedly and
blankly at her. made no attempt to
answer the question she had asked,
or to explain For the moment, as he
fought to realize' what she “had said and
its meaning for himself, all his thought
was lost in mere dismay; in the denial
and checking of what he had been feel-
ing as he entered the house. His silence
and confusion, he knew, must seem to
Constance Sherrill unwillingness to an-
swer her; for she did not suspect that he
was unable to answer her. She plainly
took it in that way; but she did not
seem offended; it was sympathy, rather,
that she showed. She seemed to appre—
ciate, without understanding except
through her feelings, that—for some rea-
son—answer was difficult and dismaying
for him.

“You would rather explain to father
than to me,” she decided.

He hesitated. What he wanted now
was time to think, to learn who she
ms and who her father was, and to ad-
Just himself to this strange reversal of
his expectations.

"Yes; I would rather do that," he said.

"Will you come around to our house,
then, please?"

She caught up her fur collar and muff
born a chair and spoke a word to the
Servant. As she went out on to the
porch, he followed her and stooped to pick
up his suitcase.

“Simons will bring that,” she said,
“unless you'd rather have it with you.
It is only a short walk" -

He was recovering from the first shock
of her question now,.and, reflecting that
men who accompanied Constance Sherrill
probably did not mrry hand baggage, he
put the suitcase down and followed her
to the walk. As she turned north and he
caught step beside her, he studied her
with quick interested glances, realizing
her difference from all other girls he ever
had walked with, but he did not speak
to her nor she to him. Turning east at
the corner, they came within sight and
hearing again of the turmoil of the lake.

"We go south here," she said at the
corner of the Drive. "Our house is al~
most back to back with Mr. Corvet‘s.”

Alan, looking up after' he had made the
turn with her, recognized the block as
one he had seen pictured sometimes in
magazines and illustrated papers as a
“row” of the city‘s most beautiful homes.
Larger. handsomer, and finer than the
mansions on Astor Street, each had its
lawn or terrace in front and on both
sides, where snow-mantled shrubs and
straw-bound rosebushes suggested the
gardens of spring. They turned in at the
entrance of a house in the middle of the
block and went up the low, wide stone
steps; the door opened to them without
ring or knock; a servant in the hall with—
in took Alan's hat and coat, and he fol-
lowed Constance past some great room
upon his right to a smaller one farther
down the hall.

"Will you wait here, please?" she asked.

He sat down, and she left him: when
her footsteps had died away, and he
could hear no other sounds except the
occasional soft tread of somcbservant, he
twisted himself about in his chair and
looked around. A door between the room
he was in and the large room which had
been upon his right as they came in—«a
drawing-room—stood open; he could see
through the other door a portion of the
hall; his inspection of these increased the
bewilderment he felt. Who were these
Bherrills? Who was Corvet, and what was
his relation to Alan Conrad—to himself?
The shock and confusion he had felt at
the nature of his reception in Corvet's
house, and the strangeness of his trans—
ition from his little Kansas town to a
place and people such as this, had pre-
vented him from inquiring directly from
Constance Sherrill as to that; and, on
her part, she had assumed, plainly, that
he already knew and need not be told.

He got up and moved about the rooms;
they, like all rooms, must tell something
about the people who lived in them. The
rooms were large and open; Alan, in
dreaming and fancying to himself the
places to which he might some day be
summoned, had never dreamed of enter-
ing such a home as this. For it was a
home; in its light and in its furnishings
there was nothing of the stiffness and
aloofness which Alan, never having seen
such rooms except in pictures, had imag—
ined to be necessary evils accompanying
riches and luxury; it was not the rich-
ness of its furnishings that impressed
him first, it was its livablencss. Among
the more modern pieces in the drawing-
mom and hail were some which were
antique. In the part of the hall that
he could see, a black and ancient~looking
chair whose lines he recognized, stood
against the wall. He had seen chairs
like that, heirlooms of colonial Massachu-
setts or Connecticut, cherished in Kansas
fannhouses and recalling some long-past
exodus of the family from New England.
0n the wall of the drawingwoom, among
the beautiful and elusive paintings and
etchings. was a picture of a ship. plainly
framed; he moved closer to look at it,
but he did not know what kind of ship
it was except that it was a sailing ship
or some long-disused design. Then he
drew back again into the smaller room
where he had been left, and sat down
again to wait.

\A' comfortable fire of cannel coal was
burning in this smaller room in a black

, fire-basket set in a white marble grate, .

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obviously much older than the house;
there were big easy leather chairs before
it, and beside it there were bookcases.
On one of these stood a, two-handled sil-
ver trophy cup, and hung high upon the
wall above the mantel was a long racing
sweep with the date '85 painted in black
across the blade. He had the feeling,
coming quite unconsciously, of liking the
people who lived in this handsome house.

He straightened and looked about, then
got up, as Constance Sherrill came back
into the room.

“Father is not here just now," she said.
“We weren’t sure from your telegram ex-
actly at what hour you would arrive,
and that is why I waited at Mr. Corvet's
to be sure we wouldn't miss you. I have
telephoned father, and he's coming home
at once."

She hesitated an instant in the door-
way, then turned to go out again.

"Miss Sherrill——” he said.

She halted. “Yes.”

“You told me you had been waiting for
me to come and explain my connection

  

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but crossed to the mantel and leaned
'against it.

“I am Lawrence Sherrill,” he said.

As the tall, graceful, thoughtful man
stood looking down at him, Alan could
tell nothing of the attitude of his friend
of Benjamin Corvet toward himself. His
manner had the same reserve toward
Alan, the same questioning consideration
of him, that Constance Sherrill had had
after Alan had told her about himself.

"My daughter has repeated to me what
you told her, Mr. Conrad," Sherrill ob-
served. “Is there anything you want to
add to me regarding that?"

“There’s nothing I can add,” Alan an-
swered. “I told her all that I know about
myself."

“And about Mr. Corvet?”

“I know nothing at all about Mr. Cor-
vet.”

"I am going to tell you some things
about Mr. Corvet,” Sherrill said. “I had
reason—I do not want to explain just yet
what that reason was—for thinking you
could tell us certain things about Mr.

 

 

SUMMARY OF OUR STORY TO DATE

lock back from the beach and from this copse there comes at time of

P IEAR the northern end of Lake Michigan there is a copse of pine and hem-

storm 3 sound like the beating of an Indian drum. This drum heat, so

tradition says, whenever the lake took a life.

During December, 1895, Mikawa,

a new steel freighter, sank with 25 people on board but the drum beat only 24.

and the one remaining person was not accounted for.

Benjamin Corvet sailed

the lakes for years and then retired to direct the fleet of ships he had purchased,
and at. the time the story opens he has two partners, Sherrill and young Spear-

man.

Sherrill has a daughter, Constance who is to marry Spearman but Corvet,

who is called Uncle Benny'by the girl. does not want her to marry him but will

not give her a reason asking her to wait until she sees him again.
A young man, known 83 Alan Conrad, appear at the Sherrill home
Alan, since a small child, has lived with a family

disappears.
asking for Benjamin Corvot.

Then Corvet

in Blue Rapids, Kansas, and neither he or the family know who his father or

mother is.

He was left with this family by a man who told the people they
would receive pay for taking care of the boy.
the mails but never knew who sent it.

They received money through
Then Alan received a letter from Ben

Corvet to come to Chicago and Alan rushed there thinking that Corvet could

tell him something about his parents.

Now go on with the story.

 

 

with Mr. Corvet. Well—I can't do that;
that is what I came here hoping to find
out.”

She came back toward him slowly.

“What do you mean?" she asked.

He was forcing himself to disregard
the strangeness which his surroundings

and all that had happened in the last.

half hour made him feel; leaning his arms
on the back of the chair in which he had
been sitting, he managed to smile re-
assurineg; and he fought down and con-
trolled resolutely the excitement in his
voice, as he told her rapidly the little he
knew about himself.

He could not tell definitely how she
was affected by what he said. She flushed
slightly, following her first start of sur-
prise after he had begun to speak; when
he had finished, he saw that she was a
little pale.

"Then you don’t know anything about
Mr. Corvet at all," she said.

“Not until I got his letter sending for
me here, I’d never seen or heard his
name.”

She was thoughtful for a moment.

“Thank you for telling me," she said.
"I’ll tell my father when he comes."

"Your father 13—?" he ventured.

She understood now that the name of
Sherrill had meant nothing to him.
“Father is Mr. Corvet's closest friend,
and his business partner as well," she
explained.

He thought she was going to tell him
something more about them; but she

seemed to then decide to leave that for

her father to do. She crossed to the big
chair beside the grate and ted herself.
As she sat looking at him, ands clasped
beneath her chin, and her elbows resting
on the arm of the chair, there was specu-
lation and interested in her gaze; but she
did not ask him anything more about
himself. She inquired about the Kansas
weather that week in comparison with the
storm which had just ceased in Chicago,
and about Blue Rapids, which she said
she had looked up upon the map, and he
took this chat for what it was—notifica-
tion that she did not Wish to continue
the other topic just then.

She, he saw, was listening, like him-
self, for the sound of Sherrill’s arrival
at the house; and when it came, she
recognized it first, rose, and excused her—
self. He heard her voice in the hall, then
her father’s deeper voice which answered;
and ten minutes later, he looked up to
see the man these things had told him
must be Sherrill standing in the door and
looking at him.

He was a tall man, sparely built; his
broad shoulders had been those of an
athlete in his youth; now, at something
over fifty, they had taken on a slight,
rather studious stoop. His eyes, gray
like his daughter's, were thoughtful eyes;
just now deep trouble filled them. His
look and bearing of a refined and edu-
cated gentleman took away all chance of
oflense from the long, inquiring scrutiny
to which he subjected Alan's features and
figure before he came into the room.

Alan had risen at sight of him; Sher-
rill, as he came in, motioned him back to
his seat; he did not sit down himself,

a

Corvet, which would, perhaps, make
plainer what has happened to him. When
I tell you about him now, it is in the
hope that, in that way, I may awake
some forgotten memory of him in you;
if not that, you may discover some co-
incidence of dates or events in Corvet's
life with dates or events in your own.
Will you tell me frankly, if you do dis-
cover anything like that?"

"Yes; certainly.”

Alan leaned forward in the big chair,
hands clasped between his knees, his
blood tingling sharply in his face and
fingertips. So Sherrill expected to make
him remember Corvet! There was
strange excitement in this, and he waited
eagerly for Sherrill to begin. For sev-
eral moments, Sherri] paced up and down
before the fire; then he returned to his
place before the mantel,

"I first met Benjamin Corvet," he com-
menced, “nearly thirty years ago. I had
come West for the first time the year be-
fore; I was about your own age and had
been graduated from college only a short
time, and a business opening had offered
itself here.

“There was a sentimental reason—I
think I must call it that—as well, for my
coming to Chicago. Until my generation,
the property of our family had always
been largely—and generally exclusively
in ships. It is a Salem family; a Sher—
rill was a sea-captain, living in Salem,
they say, when his neighbors—and he, I
supposed—hanged witches; we had pri-
vateers in 1812 and our clippers went
around the Horn in '49. The Alabama
ended our ships in ’63, as it ended prac-
tically the rest of the American shipping
on the Atlantic; and in '73, when our
part of the Alabama claims was paid us,
my mother put it in bonds waiting for
me to grow up.

“Sentiment, when I came of age, made
me want to put this money back into ships
flying the American flag; but there was
small chance of putting lt—and keeping
it, with profit—in American ships on the
sea. In Boston and New York I had
seen the foreign flags on the deep—water
ships—British, German, French, Norweg-
ian, Swedish, and Greek; our flag fiew
mostly on ferries and excursion steamers.
But times were booming on the great
lakes. Chicago, which had more than re—
covered from the fire, was doubling its
population every decade; Cleveland, Du-
luth, and Milwaukee were leaping up as
ports. Men. were growing millions of
bushels of 'n which they couldn’t ship
except by lak ; hundreds of thousands of
tons of ore ad to go by water; and
there were ens of millions of feet of
a pine and hardwood from Michigan forests.
Sailing vessels such as Sherrills had al-
ways operated, it is true, had seen “their
day and were disappearing from the
lakes; were being 'sold,’ many of them.
as the saying “is to the insurance coun-
anies’ by deliberate wrecking. Steamers
were taking their place. Towing had
come in. The- first of the whalebaclm
was built about that time. and we began
to see those processions of a. barge and,
two, three, or four tows which the lake-

men called 'the sow and her pigs.’ Men

 

of an‘sorts had come forward; of coma
and, serving the situation more or less
accidentally, were making themselves
rich. ' -

“It was railroading which had brought
me West; but I had brought with me
the Alabama money to put into ships. I
have called it sentiment, but it was not
merely that; I felt, young man though I
was‘ that this transportation matter was
all one thing, and that in the end the
railroads would own ships. I have never
engaged very actively in the operation
of the ships; my daughter would like me
to be more active in it than I have been;
but ever since, I have had money in lake
vessels. It was the year that I began
that sort of investment that I first met
Corvet."

Alan looked up quickly. "Mr. Corvet
was—1'” he asked.

“Corvet was——-is a lakeman," Sherrill

d.

. Alan sat motionless, as he recolleoted
the strange exaltation that had come to

him when he saw the lake for the first

time. Should he tell Sherrill of that?
He decided it was too vague, too indefinite
to be mentioned; no doubt any other men
used only to the prairie might have felt
the same.

“He was a ship owner, then," he said.

"Yes; he was a shipowner—not, how-
ever, on a large scale at that time. He
had been a. master, sailing ships which
belonged to others; then he had sailed
one of his own. He was operating then,
I believe, two vessels; but with boom
times on the lakes, his interests were
beginning to expand. I met him fre-
quently in the next few years, and we be-
came close friends."

Sherrill broke off and stared an instant
down at the rug. Alan bent forward;
he made no interruption but only watched
Sherrill attentively.

,1» “It was one of the great advantages
of the West, I think—and particularly of

Chicago at that time—that gave oppor-
tunity for friendships of that sort," Sher-
rill said. “Corvet was a man of a sort
I would have been far less likely ever to
have known intimately in the East. He
was both what the lakes had made him
and what he had made of himself; a
great reader—wholly self—educated; he
had, I think, many of the attributes of a.
great man—at least, they were those of a
man who should have become great; he
had imagination and Vision. His whole
thought and effort, at that time, were ab-
sorbed in furthering and developing the
trafiic on the lakes, and not at all from
more desire for personal success. I met
him for the first time one day when I
went to his office on some business. He
had just opened an office at that time in
one of the old ramshackle rows along
the river front; there was nothing at all
pretentious about it—the contrary, in
fact; but as I went in and waited with
the others who were there to see him, I
had the sense of being in the anttyroom
of a great man. I do not mean there was
any idiotic pomp or lackyism or red tape
about it; I mean that the others who
were waiting to see him, and who knew
him, were keyed up by the anticipation
and keyed me up. .. . .

"I saw as much as I could of him after
that, and our friendship became very
close.

“In 1892, when I married and took my
residence here on the lake shore—4h.
house stood where thisrone stands now——
Corvet bought the house on Astor Street.
His only reason for doing it was, I be—
lieve, his desire to be near me. Th I
neighborhood was what they call fashion 4
able; neither Corvet nor Mrs. Corvet-4
he had married in 1889——had social am-
bitions of that sort. Mrs. Corvet came
from Detroit; she was of a good family
thereL—a strain of French blood in the
family; she was a schoolteacher when he
married her, and she had made a wonder—
ful wife for h m—a good woman, a wo-
man of very high ideals; it was great
grief to both of them that they had no
children.

“Between 1886, when I first met him.
and 1895, Corvet laid the foundation of
great success; his boats seemed lucky,
men liked to work for him, and he got
the best skippers and crews. A Corvet
captain boasted of it and, if he had had
bad luck on another line, believed his
luck changed when he took a Corvet ship;
cargoes in Corvet bottoms somehow al-
ways reached port; there was a saying
that in storm 9. Corvet ship never asked
help; it gave it; certainly in twenty
years no Corvet ship had suffered serious
disaster. Corvet was not yet rich, but
unless accident or undue competition in-
tervened, he was certain to become so.
Then something happened."

Sherrill looked away at evident loss
how to describe it.

"To the ships ?" Alan asked him.

"No; to him. In 1896, for no apparent
reason, a great change came over him."

"In 1896 I"

“That was the year.”

Alan bent forward, his heart throbbing
in his throat. “That was also the year
when I was brought and left with the
Weltons in Kansas,” he said.

Sherrill did not speak for a moment.
“I thought," he said finally, "it must
have been about that time; but you did
not tell my daughter the exact date."

“What kind of a change came over
him that year?" Alan asked.

Sherrill gazed down at the rug, then at
Alan, then past him. “A change in his
way of living," he replied. "The Corvet
line of boats went on. expanded; inter~
sets were acquired in other lines; and
Corvet and those allied with him swiftly
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for which Corvet’s genius and ability had
laid the foundation, Corvet himself
ceased to take active part. I do not
mean that he formally retired; he re-
tained his control of the business, but he
very seldom went to the office and, ex-
cept for occasional violent, almost pet-
tish interference in the affairs of the
company, he left in the hands of others.
He took into partnership, about a year
later, Henry Spearman, a young man who
had been merely a mate on one of his
ships. This proved subsequently to have
been a good business move, for Spear—
man has tremendous energy, daring, and
enterprise; and no doubt Corvet had
recognized these qualities in him before
others (lid. But at the time it excited
considerable comment. It marked, cer-
tainly, the beginning of Corvet’s with—
drawal from active management. Since
then he has been ostensibly and publicly
the head of the concern, but he has left
the management almost entirely to Spear—
man. The personal change in Corvet at
that time is harder for me to deseribe
to you.”

Sherrill halted, his eyes dark with
thought, his lips pressed closely together;
Alan waited.

“When I saw Corvet again, in the
summer of ’96—1 had been South during
the latter part of the winter and East
through the spring—I was impressed by
the vague but, to me, alarming change
in him. I was reminded, I recall, of a.
friend I had had in college who had
thought he was in perfect health and had
gone to an examiner for life insurance
and had been refused, and was trying
to deny himself and others that any-
thing could be the matter. But with
Corvet I knew the trouble was not phys-
ical. The next year his wife left him.”

“The year of—-?” Alan asked.

“That was.1897. We did not know
at first, of course, that the seperation
was permanent. It proved so, however;
and Corvet, I know now, had understood
it to be that way from the first. Mrs.
Corvet went to Francewthe French blood
in her, I suppose, made her select that
country; she had for a number of years
a cottage near Trouville, in Normandy,
and was active in church work. I know
there was almost no communication be—
tween herself and her husband during
those years, and her leaving him markedly
affected Corvet. He had been very fond
of her and proud of her. I had seen him
sometimes watching her While she talked;
he would gaze at her steadily and then
look about at the other women in the
room and back to her, and his head would
nod perceptibly with satisfaction; and
she would see it sometimes and smile.
There was no question of their under—
standing and affection up to the very
time she so suddenly and so strangely
left him. She died in Trouville in the
spring of 1910, and Corvet’s first inform-
ation of her death come to him through
a paragraph in a newspaper.”

Alan had started; Sherrill looked at‘

him questioningly.

“The spring of 1910,” Alan explained,
“was when I received the bank draft for
fifteen hundred dollars.”

Sherrill nodded; he did not seem sur-
prised to hear this; rather it appeared
to be confirmation of something in his
own them: t.

“Followi g his wife’s leaving him,”
Sherrill went on, "Corvet saw very little
of anyone. He spent most of his time in
his own house; occasionally he luncned
at his club; at rare intervals, and always
unexpectedly, he appeared at his oilice.
I remember that summer he was terribly
disturbed because one of his ships was
lost. It was not a bad disaster, for
everyone on the ship was saved, and hull
and cargo were fully covered by insur—
ance; but the Corvet record was broken;
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Corvet vessel had not reached port. .
And later in the fall, when two deck-
hands were washed‘from another of his
vessels and droWned, he was again great-
ly wrought up, though his ships still had
a most favorable record. In 1902 I pro-
posed to him that I buy full ownership
in the vessels I partly controlled and ally
them with those he and Spearman oper—
ated. It was a time of combination—the
railroads and the steel interests were ac-
quiring the lake vessels; and though I
believed in this, I was not willing to
enter any combination which would take
the name of Sherrill off the list of Ameri—
can shipowners. I did not give Corvet
this as my reason; and he made at that
time a very strange counter-proposition
-—-which I have never been able to under—
stand, and which entailed the very ob—
literation of my name which I was trying
to avoid. He proposed that I accept a
partnership in his concern on a most gen—
erous basis, but that the name of the
company remain as it was, merely Corvet
and Spearman. Spearman’s influence and
mine prevailed upon him to allow my
name to appear; since then, the firm
name has been Corvet, Sherrill, and
Spearman. *

“Our friendship had strengthened and
ripened during those years. The intense
activity of Corvet's mind, which as a
younger man he had directed wholly to
shipping, was directed, after he had isol-
ated himself in this way, to other things.
He took up almost feverishly an immense
number of studies—strange studies most
of them for a man whose youth had been
almost violently active and who had once
been a lake captain. I cannot tell you
what they all were—geology, ethnology,
nearly a score of subjects; he correspond—
ed with various scientific societies; he
has given almost the whole of his atten—
tion to such things for about twenty
years. Since I have known him, he has
transformed himself from a rather rough,
uncouth—though always spiritually mind-
cd—aman he was when I first met him
into an educated gentleman whom any-
body would bc glad to know; but he has
made very few acquaintances in that
time, and has kept almost none of his
old friendships. He has lived alone in the
house on Astor Street with only one
servant—the same one all these years.

“The only house he has visited with any
frequency has been mine. He has always
liked my wife; he had he has a great
affection for my daughter, who, when she
was a child, ran in and out of his home
as she pleased. He would take long
walks with her; he‘d come here some—
times in the afternoon to have tea with
her on stormy days; he liked to have
her play and sing to him. My daughter
believes now that his present disappear—
ance—«whatever has happened to him—is
connected in some way with herself. I
do not think that is so—”

Sherrill broke off and stood in thought
for a moment; he Seemed to consider,
and to decide that it was not necessary
to say anything more on that subject.

“Recently Corvet’s moroseness and ir—
ritability had very greatly increased;
he had quarreled frequently and bitterly
with Spearman over business affairs. He
had seemed more than usually eager at
times to see me or to see my daughter;
and at other times he had seemed to
avoid us and keep away. I have had the
feeling of late, though I could not give
any actual reason for it except Corvet’s
manner and 00k, that the disturbance
which had 0)presse:l him for twenty
years was c lininating in some way.
That c‘ulininat on seems to have been
reached three lays ago, when he wrote
summoning you here. Henry Speai‘man,
whom I asked . ut you when I learned
you Were coming, had never heard of you;

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PROSPERITY AHEAD

INCE the day the result of the presidential
election was known the barometer of Ameri-
can prosperity has been rising. The stock

exchanges, first to feel the pulse of any change,
livened into an activity comparable only to the
flurry of 1916. The confidence of business was
expressed in the buying orders which came from
north, south, east and west. Even the produce
exchanges, usually dominated by foreign markets
only, reacted to the spirit of optimism and by
rapid rises placed many millions more in the
pockets of the farmers and live—stock growers of
America.

Big business, once the ogre of the American
farmer. can now be counted on as his best friend.
Not from any unselfish motive is this sudden turn
in attitude expressed. Big business, knows now
that future prosperity lies rooted in the W
Wealth which the lavishness of Nature d ops
yearly in the lap of agriculture. They have
found that economic conditions are unstable and
American business only half of its ultimate when
the great rural population of this country is
discouraged by inadequate returns from their
labor.

The present administration is pledged to a con-
structive program giving the farming business
not a sop or a subsidy, but a square deal.

There are. years of plenty for all just ahead.
One might already sound a warning for conser-
vatism, but that is quite unnecessary to the bus-
iness farmers who have stood—by-the—ship during
the past four years of discouragement. We have
learned our lesson. We have taken the deflation
and from it been taught again the truth of sound
farming principles, economy, hard work and thus,
health and happiness.

COOLIDGE PICKS FARM BOARD

RESIDENT COOLIDGE believes that men who

have been most closely in touch with agri-

cultural conditions should know best what
changes to recommend and where help could be
applied to the best advantage. He has announced
as members of the Farm Commission—heads of
the leading farm organizations of the country——
the following:

Robert D. Carey of Careyhurst, Wyo., chair-
man; 0. E. Bradfute, president of the American
‘Farm Bureau Federation, of Chicago: Charles S.
Barrett, chairman of the National Board of Farm
Organization, of Union City, Ga.; Louis T. Taber,
master of the National Grange, of Columbus, 0.;
Ralph P. Merritt of Fresno, Calif... president of
the Sun-Maid Raisin Growers; R. W. Thatcher,
director of the New York Experiment Station, of
Geneva, N. Y. ; W. C. Cofley, dean of the College
of Agriculture and director of the experiment
station of the University of Minnesota, and Fred
B. Bixby, president of the American National
Live—Stock Association, of Long Beach. Calif.

Additional members may be appointed.  the
commission will be called together as soon as
possible. It is the desire of the President that
the commission should assemble its intend
make a report by the time Congress ‘opens for

its final session. Conditions in many agricultural '

regions have greatly improved during  last
few, months, and it is recognised that there is not
so great a need f r emergency action as formerly,
but the entire 1 ustry is on an 

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THE CROSSING OF DEATH

OW can we be‘ so blind that the daily killings
at our railway crossings_are not the sub-
ject of immediate and intensive inVestigation

on the part of government, railway and automo-
bile executives? -

There is no use trying to hide our heads in the
sand by passing the responsibility from .one to
another. Everyday, from every part of this
country, come the news items which tell of the
deaths and maiming of countless mothers, fathers,
sisters and brothers no less dear to their fireside
than are those of our own. Still express trains
dash madly over crossings of country roads and
main highways which afford absolutely no pro—
tection to the public, save perhaps a warning
sign, “Stop! Look! Listen!” which largely lost its
effectiveness with the passing of the covered
wagon days.

The railways need not assume the respons-
ibility for these conditions. Perhaps it is true,
as they say, that the cost of protecting every
crossing in the United States totals a staggering
figure. Safety to the public cannot be measured
by a dollar sign. The responsibility of a govern-
ment is to protect its citizens. Whether by laws
or actual physical means, the life and well being
of its citizens must be forsworn.‘

THE annvsss Fumes is not proposing an im-
practical theory of adequate protection. We do
not care whether the resultant elimination of
accidents at railway crossings be accomplished
by laws requiring all vehicles to stop before cross-
ing or by physical means, as manual operated
gates or automatic signals. We know only, that
a goodly percentage of those who are meeting
death face to face are not as some would have
us believe, drunk, reckless or irresponsible. We
have all too often ourselves come upon railway
crossings Without warning: when it was too late
to bait and when only the gamble of fate saved
us. We do know that all railway crossings in
England and that part of Europe we have traveled
are adequately protected and that crossing kill-
ings over,there are unknown. That is enough
for us to know and we are calling for the earnest
cooperation of railways, highway officials, auto-
mobile clubs, farmers organizations and the press
and platform to bring this menace to a halt.

WHAT YOU ARE MISSING

F you and your family are not enjoying the
musical programs, sermons, and lectures be-
ing broadcast by a dozen stations which can

easily be reached from any part of Michigan on
an ordinary radio set, it is your own fault; but
if none of your neighbors have one near you and
you have never known the delight of “listening—
in” then you are blameless.

There have been great improvements made in
radio receiving sets during the past twelve,
months. This ever-surprising industry has cut--
done itself in progress and today you may buy
a complete set at about any price which will meet
your pocketbook; but to enjoy an outfit large
enough so that a program is brought in with
volume equal to a phonograph will require the
investment of from $70 to $150, and yet we be-
lieve it is one of the best investments that any
farm home can make.

There are some things in this world the value
of which it is hard to measure in dollars, and if
an investment of this amount will bring harmi—
ness to a farm family, make mother enjoy her
daily task and keep the boys and girls at home
evenings where they belong, then the cost spread
over many months cannot be considered pro-
hibitive.

We repeat our suggestion that you club all of
your family Christmas money into one fund and
use it to buy a good radio outfit. There is no
longer need for a. storage battery system and an
ordinary set of dry cells will last several months,
so your isolation from town will only enhance
the value of your set.

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HERE is a serious purpose back of theannual
potato show and it is doubtful if any branch
of the farming business in Michigan can

point to a more successful and profitable exhibit
than is held at Gaylord.

No crop grown in the United States is more
subject to the ravages of nature or those of the
human parasites of the market, than. is the
humble spud. Sometimes it seems that the po-

tato grower is always between the devil and the '

deep. sea; if he manages to escape the natural
enemies and has a big .crop, he immediately
faces as deadly a foe in the shape of a glutted
market. ,

Every year sees an increased demand for fancy
potatoes on the American market. The old catch-
as—catch-can method of buying has been elimin—
ated and Michigan potatoes must be kept up to a
standard which has been set by Maine, New York,
and other potato-producing states which are our
rivals on the city markets. It is doubtful if
Michigan could have kept pace without the prac-
tical demonstration and encouragement which is
lent by a show such as this annual event has be-
come. -

The potato producers of Michigan have a strong
organization, and we hope they are applying the
proper business method of cooperating closely
with the potato growers of other states. Crop
and market conditions on white potatoes should
be studied and a central selling organisation for
all of the potato producers would mean that in
years of over production the price could be regu-
lated so that the farmer would not have to stand
all of the loss.

The potato growers of Michigan can hold their
own if they are given a fair chance and we be-
lieve the organization now existing under capable
management is able to supply that need.

JASON WOODMAN'S ADVICE

would like to broadcast the words of

Jason Woodman. of Paw Paw, to the men

and women on every farm in Michigan. No

man can give more friendly advice or will'be

listened to with greater attention in our state
than this sage of the west coast.

At the banquet following the potato show at
Gaylord last week he released these words of
kindly wisdom on a. subject which is usually lit-
tle discussed before a mixed meeting of farmers.
That he is right, you will agree, when you have
read his words which follow:

“As the years come and go I hope you will pay
more attention to the intellectual side of life;
that you will spend less time in reading the

crime news of the day and more time in reading I

Macauley, Lowell, Emerson, and Whittier; that
you will persuade your boys after going to col-
lege to return to the farm. You need not worry
about the girls; I‘notice they are usually some-
where near the boys. With education your sons
will meet business men on the same plane.

"Prosperity will bring you more civilization.
In fifty years I want your roads to be lined with
trees, your soil to be more fertile, and your
grandsons to be farming, with the boys well
schooled, the men in public oflice, and the town
of Gaylord a blossom that nestles in a crown of
glory on the top of Michigan!"

COREY SPENCER GIVES FARM

ESIDENTS of the southeastern part of Eaton
County are much interested in the recent
gift of Corey J. Spencer of Jackson, Mich.,

to the Veterans of Foreign Wars, of the Grand
River stock farms with their large buildings, to
be used as a national home for members of the
order and their dependants. _

The Grand River stock farms comprise more
than 472'acres of land and buildings, valued at
$100,000. When the building program is decided
upon,.the first building to be erected will be a
hospital to house 7.0.0 disabled veterans, it is re-
ported, and it is planned eventually to increase
the housing capacity to 2,000. This will include
widows and orphans as well as disabled veterans.
It is further reported that 800 cottages are to be
constructed.

The property is located in a curve of Grand
River. being surrounded on three sides by the
river, which makes it an ideal location for the
purpoeetowhichltistobedevoted. nie'thre‘e
miles east and one end em-mnee-mth otv
Eaton Rapids. . . . ..  .‘ .

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with no names signed. Some of
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communications containing discus-
sions on various subjects. Those of
you who sent in money to pay your
subscription and then failed to sign
your name, so we do not know who
to credit the remittance to, will be
\wondering why your M. B. F. has
stopped coming.
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publishing only a few that are or
general interest. If you do not send
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how can we give you this prompt
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need have no fear of anyone know-
ing that it is your question. We
answer thousands of questions of a
personal nature each year that nev-
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hundreds more of them we receive
that we would like to answer but we
cannot because the writers fail to
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Holland writes on page 9 of this
issue, “Your name is the most pre-
cious thing you have", so use it.

AMERICAN SHOW CARDS
SYSTEMS

“Have you any information on
the American Show Cards Systems,
Limited, of Toronto, Canada? They
, have been after me to take by mail
! one of their courses on show card
! writing, but I though it best to write

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you before signing up with them."
investigated this school only
a few months ago and our
Canadian representative re-
ported as follows:

“I beg to advise that the Ameri-

can Show Card Systems, Limited,
Toronto, Canada, have operated a
correspondence school, teaching

show card writing for about eight
years and, during the past year they
'lhave, in addition, entered into the
, manufacture and writing of com-
mercial signs. They occupy suitable
premises in the Adams building,
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cry case It. will do our but to ml!”
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; ofiicers are well regarded personally

and have had a number of years ex-
perience in their line. Statement
of December, 1922, shows liquid as-
sets of $103,500 consisting mainly
of accounts payable from students,
plant and machinery of approxi-
mately $23,000 and current liabil-
ities of $11,300 leaving a surplus of
$115,000. I have talked with some
of the financial men of Toronto and
they state that the company seems
to be making progress and meeting
obligations satisfactorily. I am not
in a position to judge the practical
value of the course, however.”
Whether the course would be
practical would depend on the teach-
ers, the students and the course it-
self. If the course was prepared
properly and if the teachers were
satisfactory' and understood their
work would have considerable bear-
ing on whether it would pay one to
take a course with this company.
But more would depend on the stu-
dent. If the student had no talent
it would be a waste of time and
money to try to learn to be a card
writer even with the best school in
the world but if the student had tal—
ent he could perhaps learn as well
by mail as he could any other way.

SWINDLES BREERERS

N OUR last issue we published an
I article regarding a man claim-
ing to be H. C. Helms of Nash-
ville, Tennessee, who swindled one
of Michigan’s Holstein sales manag—
ers out of $650. We have just re-
ceived word that he is not confining
his work to the Holstein men but by

a method simular to the one we de- '

scribed in our last issue he separat-
ed a Jersey sales manager from
$100. -'

The two men whom he wronged
in Michigan have given the follow-
ing description of this man’s person-
al appearance:

About 6 feet tall; slim to medium

build : hair, light brown: eyes,
brown. He affected quite a pro-
nounced southern accent. These

gentlemen close their description of
the man with “he is a very smooth
gentlemen." Keep on the lookout
for him.

 

GENERAL DISCOUNT CORPORA-
TION

“I have been a reader of THE
BUSINESS FARMER for some time and
hold Certificate No. 3770 in The
Business Farmer Service and Pro-
tective Bureau. I would like to.
know something about the financial
condition of the General Discount
Corporation of Detroit. I own stock
in it and have not received any
dividends since April, 1923.”

wrote the corporation advis-
ing that one of our subscrib—
ers who was a stockholder of
theirs had written us about the
present condition of the comma-
tion, and also ask about the divi—
dends. We waited for a reply, then
we did some more waiting, and we
received nothing. Thinking that it
might be they did not get our letter
we wrote again sending our letter
by registered mail so there would be
no chance of its going astray with-
out our knowing it. That was over
a month ago and they must have
gotten the letter because it has not
been returned. Neither have we
had a reply to our letter. Appar—
ently the corporation does not care
to let the public know about its ex-
act condition.

Will let you know I have received a
check from and thank you very
much for your prompt attention towards
my other letters and helping me to get
it. Thanking you again, I aim—Mrs. F.
C., Merrill, Michiga‘n.

 

Have a. satisfactory settlement trom
on my claim No. 1546. Rank
you for your services which was very
much appreciabd.—R. J. E. Lansing,
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THANKSGIVING

Let us be thankful—not only because
Since last our universal thanks were
told
We have grown greater in the world’s
applause,
And fortune’s newer smiles surpass the
old——

But thankful for all things that come as
alms
From out the open hand of Provi-
deuce:—
'The winter clouds and storms—the sum-
mer calms-—
The sleepless dread—the drowse of in-
dolence.

Let us be thankful—thankful for the
prayers
Whose gracious answers were long,
long delayed,
They might fall upon us unawares,
And bless us, as in Greater need, we
prayed.

‘ Let us be thankful for the loyal hand
That love held out in welcome to our

own,
When love and only love could under-
stand
The need of touches we had never
known.

Let us be thankful for the longing eyes
That gave their secret to us as they

wept.
Yet in return found, with a sweet sur-
prise,
Love’s touch upon their lids, and, smil-
ing, slept.

And let us, too, be thankful that the tears
Of sorrow have not all been drained

away,
That through them still, for all the coming
years,
We may look on the dead face of To-
day.

-—James Whitcomb Riley

   

PREPARING THE TURKEY FOR
THE OVEN
HAVE often heard it said that
fowls are not very intelligent,
and possibly it is true, but I am
sure our gobbler we are fattening
for Thanksgiving is fully aware that
next Thursday is his last day on this
earth. When we first started put-
ting choice foods before him he at-
tacked them very greedily but now
he seems to have suspected some-
thing is wrong and has decided to
go on a diet and it is hard to tempt
him with food. But it is too late
now to stop eating because he is
nice and fat and his days are num-
bered. Next Thursday morning he
will be prepared for the oven in the
following manner:
Stuffing—The stuffing helps
make the bird look plump—but the
cavities should not be packed tight-
, ly. Room must be left for the swell-
ing of the stuffing which inevitably
results from absorption of meat
juices and moisture and steam from
the roasting-pan. The aperture or
opening through which the mixture
is put into the body cavity must be
closed, either by sewing or by lacing
a cord back and forth around tooth—
picks or small skewers inserted in
the skin at the edges of the open-
ings.

Trussing—Trussing is simply ty—
ing or fastening the wings and legs
of the bird before cooking so that it
will have a neat appearance after
being cooked.

If the neck is removed and its
skin left in place, a neater appear-
ance is obtained than if the neck it—
self is left on the bird. The neck
should be bent sharply until dis—
jointed at its base, then a knife slip—
ped in and the flesh cut through; or
it may be twisted entirely off: Fold
the skin of the neck over the back
and fasten it in place with a round
hardwood toothpick or small steel
skewer; then fold the tips of the
wings forward and back over this
skin too. This gives a broad base
which makes the bird rest more
steadily on the platter and causes
the carver less trouble.

Unless the legs are held down
close to the body, they “kick up”
when the tendons and connective
tissue become heated. This gives an
uncouth appearance. If the tendons
are removed, the drumsticks can be
more easily sliced._ A long skewer
thrust through the second joints
andthebody will help, but the ends
of the drumsticks will need to be
. held down close to the body. This
a can ‘b’e-accomplished by means of a

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EAR. FOLKS:

tries but we are neither
hungry nor at war, and as a
whole, the country is pros-
perous. Let us all thank
God for our many blessings.

 

Edited by RIBS.  TAYLOR

Here it is nearly Thanksgiving—next Thursday
—and what a lot we, the people as a whole and individually, have
i to be thankful for. It may seem that everything is against us,
that our lives are quite the opposite from successful, and all we can
see is dark clouds ahead with no sunlight, but if we look around us
a little we can always find things that might be a great deal worse.
One thing we can be thankful for is that we live in a [and of peace and
plenty and there is no danger of our starving. Many of our foreign.
neighbors are hungry while others are at war with some other coun-

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cord. Starting at the back of the
neck with the middle of the cord,
pass the ends under the wings,
around over the shoulders, cross
them in the middle of the back and
wind around the ends of the drum-
sticks two or three times, pulling
them down into position; then tie
the ends of the cord. When the
bird is cooked _and removed to the
platter, this string can be cut in one
place and easily removed. All
skewers or toothpicks should also
be taken out. '

Larding—Larding provides a pro-
tective covering or coating of fat
which prevents the meat from dry-
ing out and burning. Also, as the
fat is melted by the heat of the ov-
en it runs down over the surface of
the fowl, thus basting it to some
extent.

One way of larding is to cut strips
of hard salt pork fat one-fourth of
an inch thick ; each way, press one
end securely into the large end of
the larding-needle and take a stitch
through the meat. Each end of the
strip of fat. or lardon, as it is called
is left exposed. Several lardons are
inserted, the number depending up-
on the surface to be larded. When
meat is larded in this way at meat-
markets, the ends of the lardons are
often left somewhat long and tied
in knots. This gives an attractive
appearance to the meat.

A simpler way to lard meat or
breasts of birds is to put thin slices
of fat salt pork or fat bacon, if the
smoked flavor is liked, over the
parts and pin them in position with
wooden toothpicks or small steel
skewers. Another way is to rub
equal measures of fat and flour to—
gether and spread this paste over
the parts to be protected.

On birds to be roasted, the places
thus protected are the whole breast,
especially the ridge of the breast-
bone, the top and ends of the drum—

sticks and the upper surface of the
wings as the bird rests on its back.

 

'1‘]le SAVERS IN OOOKERY

HIGH stool to sit on will many

times save tired feet and back.

Right height of work table and
sink will save backache and fatigue.
A small soft washable rug in front
of the sink is a great help to tired
feet. Keep coffee and tea with
measuring spoon in air tight recept-
icles on shelf beside stove. A hing-
ed shelf is very useful in a small
kitchen for extra space.

No matter how few the tools you
have to work with, keep them in
good condition. (An egg beater
that sticks in turning, a can opener
that slips or that is too dull to cut
the tin, dull paring knife for peeling
vegetables, a sauce pan that leaks
just a tiny bit, that has no handle,
or that is worn so thin that nearly
everything burns in it, means a loss
of time and temper.) It is not nec-
essary to have a great assortment of
kitchen equipment nor is it desir—
able for the woman who does her
own work but it is essential to have
the necessary things and to keep
them in good condition.

A few work saver suggestions in
combining foods: (a) Use 2 meas-
uring cups, one for liquid and one
for dry measure. (b) Always beat
egg whites first to avoid washing
the egg beater between opera-
tions. (c) A small egg heater that
fits into a cup is splendid for small
amounts of cream, one egg, etc. ((1)
Molasses will not stick to cup if fat
or water is measured in it first.

Long handled dust pan saves
steeping. When through planning
the meal be sure everything needed
will be on hand at time of prepara—
tion. llan them with due consider-
ation of time and work required for
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DESIGN FOR A BABY’S NIGHTINGALE

  

This little Christmas gift for a wee baby can be worked up in a
very short time, as the design which decorates it is simplicity itself.
Cut a nightingale from wool cashmere, and have the entire outer
Cut the material close to the hem-
stitching and work a. fine picot in the meshes with silk thread.
Transfer the design given to the nightingale, placing it as shown
The flowers are composed of French knots done
with blue embroidery silk. The groups of three little dots are
the same and the leaves are done in green either in satin stitch or
lazy daisy stich. The picot on the edge may be in white or in blue ,
to match the flowers. Tie the nightingale together. with bows of '

 

 

 

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November 22, 1924‘
the family. Simple food well cook-
ed and attractively served is as a .
petizing and often more digestibe
than elaborate meals. '

 

 

Personal Column

 

 

 

How do you like this quilt block? It
is by Mrs. Van Antwerp. I have it and
if you would like to cut a pattern from
it'I will be pleased to loan it to you.

 

 

—if you are well bred!

 

 

Who are Presented to Each Other and
How.—-"l. The general rule is that
younger women are presented to older
women and unmarried women to married
women, unless in the last instance the
married woman is decidedly younger than
the unmarried woman, in which case the
younger woman should be presented to
her senior in years."

2. When two married ladies of the
same age are presented to each other,
or two gentlemen, no distinction is made:
"Mrs. Coutant—Mrs. White”; "Mr. Mor-
ton—Mr. Grey."

3. As a rule the younger man is pre-
sented to his senior in years and the
bachelor to the Benedict. A bachelor,
if old and venerable, however, may ex~
pect to have the Benedict presented to
him. The name of a host, in his own
home, is always mentioned first in an
introduction.

4. A son or daughter presents a friend
to his parents (the mother first) as fol-
lows: “Mother, have you met Miss,
Grey?" or Father, do you know Mr. Mor—
ton?”.

6. When a mother presents a young
man to her daughter she may simply put
the introduction in question form: “Mr.
Morton, don't you know my daughter?"
"My daughter” if (unmarried) or "My
daughter, Mrs. White,” if she be a married
woman.

6. A mother or father may simply in-
troduce their children as "My daughter
Gladys,” or "My son James," when the
friend presumably knows the family
name.

7. A married woman introduces her
sister as “My sister, Miss Coutant” (or
"Mrs. Gregory”; and her mother as "My
mother, Mrs. Coutant.” In the case of
other relatives the degree of relationship
is usually made clear in the introduction
as: "My aunt, Miss Northcliffe," "My
Uncle, Mr. Welton,” “My cousin, Miss
Gregory."

8. The correct form for a husband to
use. when introducing a male friend or
acquaintance to his wife is (according to
the degree of intimacy existing): “My
dear, (or “Dear”) let me present Mr.
Grey“; or “Grey I wish to present you
to my Wife." If introducing a lady he
may say: “My dear, allow me to present
Mrs. Coutant.”

9. A wife introduces her husband to
another woman or man in the following
form: “Mrs. Grey (or Mr. Grey), may
I present my husband?” but on no account
presents hi: ' by any title he may possess.

10. All forms of introduction may be
extended with some specific purpose in
view; immediate establishment of friendly
relations; the “placing” of entire stranger
as regards each other’s identity; or to
overcome shyness. The necessary add-
enda following the introductions suggest
themselves; “Miss Grey comes from your
home state”; “Mr. Morton expects to play
at our country club links next week”;
“My cousin has Wished to meet you for
a long time” etc.

 

 

Thanksgiving Dinner

 

 

Bisque Smelts, Drawn Butter
Roast Turkey, Cranberry Sauce
Mashed Potatoes Stewed Celery
Romaine Salad
Roquefort Cheese
‘Hot Pumpkin Pie
Orange Ice
Coffee
‘Hot Pumpkin Pie—Line pie tin with
greased pastry. Mix two cups steamed
and strained pumpkin, with 2 teaspoons
fat, 17$ teaspoon salt, 1 cup sugar, 1,5
teaspoon each cinnamon, cloves, mace.
allspioe, and ginger, grated rind of 1
lemon, 1 cup milk, 1,4; cup cream, 2» well
beaten eggs, and pour into prepared pie
plate. Bake until firm in moderate, oven.

Serve hot. As‘ a change, place an the

a layer ‘of whaivedvmarshmailows, mass.
in the oven and let them  _ ‘

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of the material'and replace with three or
four tablespoons of Swansdown or Rich-
elieu pastry flour.

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Potato Chocolate Cake—(V2 recipe)—
2 cups sugar, 2/3 cup butter, 1 cup 'hot
riced potato, 1/; cup sweet milk, 1/2 cup
chopped nuts, 4 eggs, 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg,
2 cups flour, 3% teaspoons baking powder,
2 squares melted chocolate, 1A; teaspoon
cinnamon, 14 teaspoon cloves. Cream
butter and sugar. Add yolks of eggs
well beaten. Add flour mixed with balk—
ing powder. Add the milk, potatoes and
melted chocolate. Fold into the mixture

 

RECIPES

 

Oyster Bisque—Boil 1 quart oysters in
their own liquor about 1 pint mildly-
flavored 'white stock. Let boil for 1/2
hour or even longer. Take up and strain
put back to boil, season with salt and
white pepper as needed, add 1 quart rich
milk and IA pint of cream. Blend to-
gether 1 tablespoon potato flour with 1
tablespoon melted fat, and with this
thicken soup until it is smooth'and vel-

 

 

 

 

 

vety. ._
»-—————— the beaten egg whites. Bake in layer
Broiled Smelts—Select 12 large smelts tins,
clean Well and split. Chop 12 olives, 1A;
green pepper with seeds removed, 2 sprigs .
parsley, add 1/2 tablespoon fat. Spread The Runner’s Blble
paste inside each smelt. Close fish to-
gether, sprinkle with salt, moisten With (Copyright by Houghton Mifflin Co.)
melted fat and bro“ ever Clear fire. Be yen kind one to another, tender-
. hearted, forgiving each other, even as
sour cream cake—‘Break two eggs mto God also in Christ forgave you. Epli.
a measuring cup and fill the cup with 4:32. (E_R_v.)

If each one knew how much to his ad—
vantage, his profit, his happiness, now,
upon this earth, it would be if he obeyed
the commands of God, he would certainly
strive with all of his power to obey.
When we realize this, it is easy to forgive
a brother his perverse actions, and to
pity him because of his lack of under-
standing, helping him with love to un—
derstand.

sour cream. Pour this into a 'bowl and
beat into the mixture 1 cup of sugar.
Sift together 11/2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon
cream tartar, 1/2 teaspoon soda, 14; tea-
spoon salt and beat with the first mixture.
Add 1 teaspoon of vanilla and divide mix-
ture in two round layer cake tins. Bake
in a moderate oven 20 to 30 minutes.
When cool bind together with a cream
filling.

Cream Filling—Scald 5%;
Mix 4 tablespoons flour and 1A teaspoon
salt with 1/; pulp of cold milk. Beat 1 egg,
and add to this 6 tablespoons sugar.
Combine egg and flour mixture and add
to hot milk. Cook in a double boiler
until thick, from 12 to 15 minutes. When
cool add 1A,» teaspoon vanilla.

cup of milk.

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HOMESPUN YARN

Aunt Ada’s Axioms: No matter how
trying the children are. we never wish
they belonged to anyone else.

 

Reading lamps arranged to shine on the
book instead of in the eyes will make
long winter evenings more pleasant.

 

 

Camp Cake—-—1 cup brown sugar, 1 cup
water, 1 cup seeded raisins, 1/3 cup lard,

1. , s n tm , 1 cas )oon cinnamon, , .
A tea p00 nu eg t 1 Try pinning handkerchiefs, collars, and

1/, teaspoon clove”, 1/8 teaspoon salt. . 7 v .
Combine all ingredients and boil three “the? small mews to a tap? ‘md pm to
minutes. When cold add 1 teaspoon soda, the line on wash (lay. It Will save cold
1 teaspoon baking powder' and 2 cups fingers in. fall weather and'much time

in searching these small articles out of

flour sifted together. Bake in a moderate
oven slowly for one hour. Cake made
with pastry flour is more. delicate and
fluffy than cake made with bread flour.
A substitute may be made. if one cannot
buy pure pastry flour. From a cup of
bread flour take three or four tablespoons Hamilton Wright Mabie.

A122 T 0,  00 D ,, BR E S SING

the general mclcc.
“The art of reading is to read in such

a way that the utmost economy of time
one can secure the richest of results."—

BE SURE AND SEND IN YOUR SIZE

4911-46-28. A New .and Popular costume—Jrhe Tunic. Blouse is Fashions favorite this season. It is
smartly illustrated in this model showmg Pattern 4917 together With licdice Skirt 4628. The Blouse
may be of figured Silk, of alpaca or wool crepe. The Skirt of ('Ulill‘ilstllll! op 'self material. Velvet and

satin could be combined or fiiille, silk and alpaca. The Blouse is cut in 7 Sizes: 34, 36, 38, 40, 42,
44 and 46 inches bust measure. 3% yards of 40 inch material will be required for a 38 inch size.
The Bodice Skirt is cut in 4 Sizes: Small, 34-36; Medium, 38-40; Large, 42-44' Extra Large, 46-48
inches bust measure. A Medium size requires 4% yards of 40 inch innterinl. f liodice is made of
lining or other contrasting material ]‘/2 yard 32 inches wide is required. The width of the Skirt at
the loot with plaits extended is 2 7t; yards.

A Practical Coat Style for Mature FigureS.———-liiiported fleece “ith trimming of opposuiu is

4933.
here portreyed. This style is also good in bolivm and pile fabrics. lt is especially adapted to stout
figures. The collar is convertible. The sleeves in hell shape are, very comfortable. This Pattern is cut

_ . yards
yard Wlll be required.

in 7 Sizes: 38, 40. 42, 44, 46, 48.1md 50 inches bust measure. A 40 lsl/Hfll Size requires 3%
.8

of 54 inch material. For collar facing and trimming bonds as illustrated

4939. A “Smart” Style for a School Dress—Plaid woolen was chosen for this model, with binding
and facings of wool crepe, iii a matched shade. Pockets are inserted at the cross-slashes in the front.
The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: (5, 8, 10 and 12. years. A l your size requires 2% yards of one
material 36 inches wide. It made as illustrated, 1/, yard of contrasting iiiiitcriiil will be required for
collar, rovers facings and vestce.

4920.—A Comfortable Winter Outdoor Garment.—"'lf(‘<lliy limr" cloth, eiderdown, corduroy, jersey
and ilaimel may be used for this design. it is a one piece garment with “drop” back. The Pattern
is cut in 4 Sizes: 2, 3, 4 and 6 years. "‘73 yards of 36 inch material.

A 4 year size requires ..
4788. An “Up-To-Date" Doll.——This is a

and also may serve as a prize at "Miih Jong" _
muslin or drilL The suit and cap could be of linen,
be of contrasting material._ The Pattern is cut in 3 Sizes: 16, 18 and 20 inches W length.
inch doll will require “A; yard of 32 inch material.
(lap and Jacket will require 3/e yard. and the
Trousers 3i; yard.

3600. Two Practical Kitchen “Essentials"——
Pattern 3600 supplies these models in One Size:
Medium. For the Apron one may use percule,
niadras, gingham, seersuckcr, drill or cuiiihrit'.‘ It

quaint and popular Doll model. It is a fine play toy,
parties. The doll may be inade of kid, felt, unbleached

satin or velvet or, as illustrated cup and Jacket may
' ' p A 16

will require 1% yard. For the Oven t‘loth, llll<
bleached muslin, denim or drill would be suitable
for the foundation, and cretoiine or gingham for
pockets l'lll(l faciiigs. An iiitcrliniiig of asbestos
13‘ very desirable. 5%; yard of 36 inch material
Will be required.

787 Two “Nursery Toys".—The "Teddy

Bear" has ever been popular with “little” children,

and the Giraffe will please equally well. These
. toys may be made of felt, or flannel, or Terry
:v‘iothmnml filled with cork, kopzik, or excelsior.
lhe l‘eddy ' may also be made of plush, “Teddy

bear cloth" or eidcrdown. 'l‘he l’iittern is cut in

One size. It Will require % yard of 36 inch
material for the “Teddy” and % yard for the
Giraffe. ‘

4915. A Simple Dainty Party Frock—Crepe

dc chine, taffeta or voile could be used for this

style. It is also good for gingham, wool or
cotton ci‘cpc, or (:lmiiie. The Pattern is cut in
4 Sizes: 1, " and 5 ars. A 4 year size

., e‘
yard of 32 inch material.

 

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Farmer, giving .number and sign your
name and address plainly.

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Pattern Department

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myself constantly or I will slip.
am sure that I am no exception to
average old or young, and nearly
everyone has this trouble, or _ you
might say, suflers from this disease.

Some boy or girl will write an in-
teresting letter and then many of
the members of the Children’s Hour
will write their next letters along
that line. I do not blame you, boys
and girls, because it is human na-
ture, but I want to see how good a
letter you can write, one that is or—
iginal, so I am going to offer prizes
for good letters. I do not care
what you write about in your letter
just so it is well composed and not
copied after some other letter that
you have seen on this page. You
can write with pencil or pen and
ink, which ever you prefer, but
write only on one side of the paper
and give your complete name and
address and also your age.

The contest opens the moment you
get this issue and closes December
1st. and the prizes will be as fol—
‘lows: $1.00 cash prize for the best
letter; two 2nd prizes of a pencil
cae containing four pencils, a pen
point and holder, and a needle case
filled with needles, one for a boy
and the other for a girl; third and
fourth prizes, pencil cases contain-
ing'pencils and pen, to either boys
or girls. This makes a total of five
prizes to be given away and if the
boys show as much interest in this
contest as they did in our last one
the girls better watch out. How
about it, boys?—UNCLE NED.

 

OUR BOYS AND GmIB

Dear Uncle Nedz—I have been a silent
reader of the Children's Hour and find
it very interesting. I am 5 feet 7 inches
tall, weight 120 pounds, have light hair
(bobbed) and have light complexion. I am
sixteen years of age and a Junior in the
Sturgis Sigh School. I have one brother
(younger) and one sister (younger too).
My sister and I drive to Sturgis to school.
We livo nine miles from Sturgis. Your
loving friend.—-Edna Zabel, Sturgis, Mich.
R. F. D. 4.

Dear Uncle Nedt—May I join your
merry circle? I am a new-comer to your
paper. After reading the boys' and girls’
page I thought I would try my luck.
But I suppose Mr. Waste Basket has his
mouth open waiting for my letter. I am.
sending answers to the questions in the
contest so will have to ring off. Your
want-to—be niece,——Grace Rowe, Allegan,
Michigan, R. No. 4.

Dear Uncle Nedz—May I join your
merry circle? Look out here, I will be
going on with my letter without describ—
ing myself and you will not know what
I look like. I am a farmer’s daughter,
fifteen years of age and in the eighth
grade at school. My height is five feet
and two inches, weight is 110 pounds,
have light brown hair (bobbed of course),
greenish blue eyes. For pets we have
two cats and a dog. I think “Tiny”
from Plymouth, Michigan, is a girl. I
will also try my luck at guessing Mary
L. Walbridge's riddles. What turns with-
out moving? It is milk. I don't know
what the next one is. As I was going
to St. Ives I met a man with seven wives,
each had a sack, each sack had a cat.
each cat had seven kittens. How many
are going to St. Ives? One. Tell Mr. Waste
Basket to leave the room while I am
here talking with you. A would-like—to-
be niece—Elsie Putney, Grand Ledge,
Michigan, R. F. D. 5. P. S.———I will send
some riddles. What is the difference be-
tween an old maid, a soldier, and a sand-
wich? If I had an apple and you had
a bite what would you do?—-E. P.

 

Dear Uncle Ned :—Would you admit a
humble freshman? Well, as I am here I
will describe myself. I am 14 years old,
5 feet 4 inches tall, medium brown hair,
(bobbed of course) fair complexion and
am very slender, and have blue eyes. I
weight 105 pounds. How many of the
cousins are working on the “Home Light-
ing Contest"? I am for one, as my
teacher made it compulsory. When 1 get
my house 1 might invite you over Uncle
Ned. Oh say Uncle Ned, Saturday a
bunch of boys and girls were here at my
home, and we had hot dogs and buns.
Then played games and had a, good time.
I agree with Doris that you should put
your picture in the paper. For sports I
like to skate and play basket-ball, but I
like best of all to drive the car! Wish-
ing to hear from the cousins. I remain
as even—Lure. Haines, R. 2, Coleman.
Michigan.

 

Hello Uncle Ned:—-M;.y Lane 1: and
join your merry circle this my
first letter to you I will describe myself.
The merry cirders my picture me as a
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You have seen someone who looked about like this fellow does,

Sure you have, and if you will stop and think a
moment I believe you will recall acme jolly follow right in your
own neighborhood that resembles this fellow.
different things you can draw that are shaped somewhat like a
Send me some of your drawings and I will see if I can

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complexion, and wears her medium

brown hair in long curls, is 5 feet 9 inches ’

tall and whose weight is 130 pounds.
My eyes are dark brown and my nick—
name is “Curley”. I am between 15 and
20 years old. The one that guesses my
age will receive a letter from me. I live
on a 360-acre farm. I was born and
raised on this same farm. I own a. flock
of 17 sheep. I have a large flower gar-
den which contains between 15 and 20
different kinds of flowers. I think John
G. Meister’s age is 18. Am I right Mr.
Meister? I think “Tiny” is a girl. The
answer to Miss Walbridge’s last riddle is
one. I will close because I don’t want
Mr. Waste Basket to gobble this up.
Hoping to hear from some of the merry
circlers. Your would-llke-to-be niece.—
Hazel Belle Barlow, Harrlsville, Michigan.

Dear Uncle Ned:-—Do you care if I
join you, also your nieces and nephews?
We take the M. B. F. and like it real
well. We have a large farm, also 8 cows.
3 calves, 3 yearlings, 8 pigs, 4 large
horses and 2 colts, 3 dogs, 5 cats, 8 tur-
keys, about 20 pigeons, 5 geese, 30
chickens, 11 banties, one pet sheep and
llamb. Inowwill describemyself. Iam6
feet 3 inches tall. weigh about 109 pounds,
dark brown, shingle-bobbed hair, brown
eyes, dark and light complected, my age
is between 12 and 16 years, who guesses
my age will receive a letter from me,
even if it is a long way off up in the
Jack Pines. I am in the 8th grade at
school. One of my brothers drives a
Ford car. I have three brothers and
three sisters. Their names are Lillian,
Viola, Irene, Wilfred, Carmel and Roy.
Well I guess I had better quit or Mr.
Waste Basket will have company. Won't
he? Will close with love to all. Your
friend,—Christena Myers, Mikado, Mich.

Dear Uncle Ned:—May I have the
pleasure of joining your merry circle?
I have written to you before and if I
remember correctly I wrote two letters
but did not see them in print. Mr. Waste
Basket must have gobbled them up. Be-
fore I continue any further I will de-
scribe myself. I am 5 feet 4 inches tall,
weight 110 pounds, have brown hair and
blue eyes and have a light complexion.
I am 17 years of age and have been I-

silent reader for the past 5 years and

greatly enjoyed reading the Children’s
our. I believe John Meister is 18 years
old. I must now draw to a close hOping
to see this letter in print, and would like
to have some of the boys and girls write
to me. Will answer all letters received.
Your want-to-Ibe niece—Mi Kathryn
Ward, 211 Pillis Street, Saginaw, Mich.

Dear Uncle Ned:——I have never written
to you before but have made up my mind
to write to you and try and join your
merry circle. I will describe myself. I
have brown hair (bobbed), brown eyes,
am 5 feet 6 inches tall and weigh 110
pounds I am not going to give my age
but it is between 12 and 18 years, so
anyone guessing it correctly will receive
a long letter from me. Have you any
grape vineyards near where you live?
There are lots of them not far from here
and some vineyards contain as much as
ninetly acres. I worked in a vineyard
for about two weeks and think it is pleas-
ant work, I must stop for now. Your
want-to-be niece,-——Annabelle Johnson,
Bangor, Michigan, R4.

Dear Uncle Nedz—May I join your
merry circle? I have been reading the
letters for a long time so I decided to
write. I am 5 feet 4 inchestall, weigh
110 pounds, have light, bobbed hair, blue
eyes and an fifteen years of age.
John Melster’s age is between 17 and 18
years. Hoping to hear from some of the
cousins soon, I remain, Your want-to-be
niece—A g n e s Vondra, Thompsonville,
Michigan, R2.

Dear Uncle Nedz—May I join your
merry circle? I like the Children’s Hour
very much. Well as every one else has
described themselves I think I shall. My
age is between 14 and 19 years, my birth-
day is on the 5th day of November, am
5 feet 4% inches high, my weight is 108
pounds. I have black, bobbed hair and
dark brown eyes, and dark complexion.
I think I like sewing and reading best
of all. Any one guessing my age right
will receive a letter from me. Hope Mr.
Waste Basket is in his own house when
you receive this letter. Ha! Ha! As my
letter is getting a little 1mg I will close.
Your want-te—be niece—Miss Masselen
Hooker, Pinconnilrg, Michigan, R4, Box 87.

How I Would Grow Dad’s Potatoes

By EVELYN CARR
(A Prize Winning Essay at Top 0’ Michigan Potato Show)

corn on it one year, oats and
clover another. Then in the fall
I would put on ten to twelve tons
of barnyard manure per acre;
just after haying, barnyard manure
is one of the best fertilizers.

THE ground which I selected had

I would also use three hundred
to six hundred pounds of com-
mercial fertilizer per acre. The

soil must be filled with vegetable
matter to hold moisture during the
growing season.

I selected three acres of sand;

loam on a little slope so the water
will run down into the dead furrow
and run away naturally. I would
plow under the second crop of clov-
er. Then it would be in excellent
condition in the spring. Fall plow-
ing is the best for soil thatde not
wash. Deep plowing is best for po-
tatoesr—that is unless the ground [is

shallow. I would out every furrow
clean and uniform and completely
turn under all vegetation. I would
disk the land [as early in the spring
as it could be worked. I would pre-
pare a mellow, deep seed bed. I
Would not work the land when it
was too wet. Tramping and disking
wet land makes clods. .I would
never allow the land to bake and
lose moisture. No crop can get
plant food out of clods no matter
how full of plant food the clods may
be. Then I would spring tooth har-
row the ground frequently in order
to kill all weeds.which sprout be-
fore planting.

I would buy my seed of Mr. Bar-
low because he has Pete-keys which
I would prefer to plant. he has cer-
tified seed which hasybeen hill sel-
ected for many years.

I would treat the seed to were, . at

I think v

the uncut seed

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soaking four batches I would make

anew solution or add one ounce of 4

corrosive sublimate to each thirty
gallons of solution to keep up the
strength. '

.When I cut the seed potatoes 1
would have a pan of disinfectant. I
would use formaldehyde, the same
for scab treatment, whenever a cut
was made into a dark skin tuber I
would put the knife into the disin-
fectant and take the other out and
use it. The disease will be carried

from one potato to another on the

knife blade. The seed potatoes
should be cut with one good strong
eye, if not more on each piece. The
pieces should not be out long and
slender because they will not work
well in the planter and they dry out
too rapidly. They should be cut
rather square and should weigh at
least two ounces becaue the young
plants need a lot of food when
young.

I would never let the seed sprout
in a damp cellar because the sprouts
grow white and if they are touched?
the sprouts would fall off, so you
should keep them in a dry cellar
and spread them on a floor. If you
plant the potatoes when the sprouts
are broken oif once it will cut the
crop down as half of the strength of
the potato is wasted. Seed pota-
toes should be greened. They can
be greened by spreading them out
in shallow crates, and stacking them
in a light dry place. I would place
the crates where rain could not
reach them. I would move the
crates occasionally so the light

would reach all sides of them. If

they are greened they would come
up in half as they would if not
greened. I would plant the pota-
toes six inches deep in rows 32
inches apart and the hills 14 inches
apart. I would plant the potatoes
with a potato planter.

The piece of ground which I sel-
ected is a long slender piece of land
in order to have long rows for easy
cultivation. I would harrow the poi.
tato field before and after the po-
tatoes came up to kill all the weeds.
The first cultivation could be fairly
deep to open up the soil. '1 would
cultivate shallower as the plants
grew larger. When the roots spread
thru the soil I would then put the
cultivator up and not cultivate so
deep.

I would spray the potatoes when
they were about six inches high with
a Bordeaux mixture. For bugs I
would add three pounds of arsenate
of lead paste, to each fifty gallons of
solution. I would keep the young
plants completely covered with Bor-
deaux mixture and arsenate of lead
to prevent Early Blight. I would
rent the neighbors power spray, and
I would spray frequently until the
top leaves began to die.

When I was ready to dig my po-
tatoes I would use the hill selection
method for as many as I wanted to
seed and dig them by hand. Then
I would rent the neighbors digger
and dig the remains of the field with
the digger.

When they were dug I would store
the hill selected potatoes in a stor-
age house with a good ventilator
on the top when the weather, was
warm in the spring I would open the
doors at night to let the cool air in
and close them during the day to
keep the cool air in.

I would grade the rest of the po-
tatoes, and sack them in the field.
I would then rent a truck and haul
them to Ossineke and ship them to
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Bull calves out of Dams up to 877 pounds fat.
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68 Wt. around 750 lbs. 82 Wt. around 660 lbs.
94 Wt. around 550 lbs. 50 Wt. around 500 lbs.
66 Angus Wt. 480 lbs. 58 Wt. around 450 lbs.
lso man other bunches. Deep reds, dehorned,

good eras: flesh. Some other bunches fair flesh

account short esture. Real quality Herefords

are usually mar et toppers when finished. Will

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stock to this department.

MANY MPROVEMZEN'TS MADE IN
SWINE PRODUCTION
ERHAPIS the greatest difference
between the United States and
other countries from the stand-
point of meat resources are the
great abundance of swine compared
with other livestock, and the large
per capita consumption of ‘pork' and
pork products. This country con—
tains about one—third of all the
hogs in the world. Three out of ev-
ery four farmers raise hogs to some
extent, only cattle outranking them
in number and only cattle and
horses having greater value. Last
year, 1923, the per capita consump—
tion of pork products, excluding
lard, was 91 pounds, whereas beef,
next in popularity, made up only 62
pounds of the meat ration. In ad-
dition, per capita consumption of
lard was 16 pounds.

Perhaps this country gives rea-
sonable attention to the problems
of pork production, considering the
importance of the industry, but a
great deal more might be done to
increase the profits and to make
cheaper pork. The raising of hogs
was once a precarious business, es-
pecially to those producers who did
not take advantage of all the safe—
guards available.

In recent years great progress
has been made in the control of
swine diseases, and in the methods
of feeding and management, all of
which result in the loss of fewer

pigs, in more rapid gains, and in
lower labor costs. The United
States Department of Agriculture

has been a leader in devising ways
and means for improving the condi—
tions for swine growers. Many

I years ago, scientists in the depart—

ment devised the Virus—serum treat—
ment which is a sure preventative
of hog cholera, the greatest enemy
of the hog raiser. Great losses still
result from hog cholera, yet the in—
dividual farmer who takes advant-
age of protective treatment is insur-
ed against the losses from this dis—
ease.
Produce Better Stock

Before the farmer considers pro—
tection against disease he might
well go into the problem of produc—
ing stock of higher quality which is
better worth the expense of protec—
tion against disease and parasites.
Compared with other domestic ani—
mals, hogs have been very well im—
proved, but the possibilities for still
greater improvement are evident on
every hand. The results of the so—
called ton—litter contests now being
carried on in a number of States
show what can be done by good
breeding and feeding to improve the
prolificacy and growing qualities of
swine. Practically all the winners
in these contests have had either
purebred or very good grade stock.
One farmer who wrote to the De—
partment of Agriculture recently
says that a scrub boar at the head
of his herd cost him more than
$1,000 a year in reduced returns.
This money represented the differ—
ence in value of the offspring of this
Iboar and of the purebred boar
which he later purchased. The pigs
from the better sire made more eco-
nomical use of feed and were sold
for a higher price per pound.

With well—bred pigs to start with
it is just as necessary that the pork
producer feed the right kind of a
ration. Although 40 per cent of
the corn crop in this country is fed
to hogs, corn is not by itself an ef—
ficient feed. It lacks mineral mat—

Questions cheerfully answered.)

ter, it is rather low in protein, and
the proteins are not of the right
kind to balance the ration. There-
fore corn must be supplemented
with feeds like skim milk, butter-
milk, tankage, fish meal, or good
pasture crops. ’
Reduce Death Rate

When good animals have been
fed on the proper ration to produce
economical gains, it is a, short-sight-
ed farmer who will not take the ad—

ditional precaution to protect his in— ‘

vestment and increase his chances
for a good profit by adopting all
reasonable precautions to reduce
the death rate in his herd. A study
of reports from farmersin 4 Corn
Belt States showed that one-third of
the pigs farrowed in spring die be-
fore weaning time, the principal
cause being the chilling of young
pigs, the crushing of pigs by being
laid on by the sow, and the farrow-
ing of weak pigs because of the use
of poor breeding stock, or the lack
of proper care. Good swine raisers
know that such losses can be very
greatly reduced.

Although hog cholera is the worst
disease with which swine growers
must contend there are others
which are of the utmost importance.
Tuberculosis causes great losses and
it is probable that in many cases it
is not recognized as being the cause.
Records for the last fiscal year show
that over 54,000,000 swine were in-
spected by Government inspectors
at packing plants and of this num-
ber more than 8,000,000 were af-
fected with tuberchlosis, although
the great majority of these were not
sufficiently affected to require con-
demnation. The way to get rid of
swine tuberculosis, says the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, is to eliminate
it from the herds of cattle. When
bovine tuberculosis no longer exists
on the premises the disease will
largely disappear from the swine.
Already packers are offering a.
premium of 10 cents per hundred
pounds for swine which come from
areas officially recognized as free
from bovine tuberculosis. It is im-
portant also to keep poultry flocks
free from tuberculosis since folwl
tuberculosis is transmissible to
swine.

“form-Free Hogs

In the last few years one of the
greatest steps forward in economic-
al pork production has been the de-
velopment by the department of a,
system of swine sanitation which
makes it possible to raise worm-free
hogs. It has been demonstrated
that by having farrowing pens thor-
oughly disinfected and the sows
thoroughly clean before the pigs are
born that the young pigs will not
be infested. These pigs are raised»
on clean pastures to be free of
roundworms, (which are present in
large numbers in old hog lots, and
such pigs will make much better
gains than those raised under ordin-
ary conditions.

Frequently pigs do not make the
best growth, even when in the best
of health, because of the lack of
minerals in the ration. Many hog
raisers look upon minerals as a sort
of tonic, but mineral mixtures
should be kept available at all times
as they will help to keep the anim—
als in thrifty condition so that, they
are better able to resist disease.
Small pigs require a great deal of
mineral before they develop. If
they do not get it their growth will
be retarded and their condition
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and some other bulky feeds are a!-
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high in mineral elements in addi-
' tion tanning other good points in
their favor. - in the seminar the
problem of “Dublin: these foods is
not mm. Neither is it :11ch
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that is the period when most hogs
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mo CABBAGE GIVE MILK
OBJECTIONABLE FLAVOR
UlCCULENT feeds in the ration
of dairy cows haire come to
such importance that many
crops not grown primarily for this
purpose may enter into the ration.
Cabbage and potatoes, though not
generally grown for dairy feeds, are
often fed to dairy cows as a means
of supplying succulence and dispos-
ing economically of products that
are otherwise unmarketable.

Like other succulent feeds, cab-
bage and potatoes may have a tend—
ency to impart undesirable flavors
and odors to the milk, says the
United States Department of Agri-
culture, if fed under certain condi-
tions. Tests have been conducted
by the department to determine the

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other pups to keep them from get-
ting it.-——=C. iS., Meanwatake, Mich.

HERE is no sure preventative,

for distemper in pups. The

hypodermic injection of three
graduated fleeces of canine distem-
per vaccine at intervals of three
days probably has some value as a
prophylactic but is not a sure pre-
ventative. Vaccine for this purpose
is manufactured by the different
biological houses.’ The vaccine had
best be administered by a competent
veterinarian—John P. Hutton, As-
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DECLARE STATEMENT ON
BEAN MARKET LIBSLEADING

(Continued from Page 4)

in pickage. The crop last year aver-
aged virtually 10 per cent and de-
ductions from the grower were na-
turally correspondingly greater. We
wish to repeat that the farmer who
sells today at $4.75 is getting per
cwt. as much as the farmer did last
year who sold at $5.55.

We agree with your correspond-
ent in California and with your
good selves that there is something
the matter with the marketing of
the Michigan beans. In the first
place, the farmers of Michigan have
for seveml years tried to market 50
per cent of their crop in two months
time. The Michigan elevators are

 

 

MICHIGAN'S WHEAT KING
title  Michigan’s Wheat King for 1924 has been awarded to
Ralph Arbogast, of Union City, Branch county, as he produced

more than 4,000 bushels of high grade wheat.

Mr. Arbogast

grew 88 acres of Red Rock and 12 acres of a new bald red wheat
which is under experiment at the M. A. C. The Red Rock which was
discussed recently in The Business Farmer by the man who developed
it, the late Prof. Frank A. Spragg, yielded an average of‘42.4 bushels

to the acre.

H. C. Rather, secretary of the Michigan Crop Developing

Ass’n, states that Mr. Arbogast’s wheat was of exceptionally good
quality, weighed more than 60 pounds to the bushel and was free

from mixture.

The favorable season, Mr. ’Arbogast‘s cropping system,

liberal use of acid phosphate and pure seed of the most productive
varieties are the reasons given for the Branch county man’s success.

 

 

extent to which these crops affect
the flavor of milk and how they may
be fed and the milk handled so as to
minimize such effect.

It was found that on the average
when dairy cows consume as much
as 14.3 pounds of cabbage within
one hour before milking time, ab-
normal and objectionable flavors
are produced in the milk. An in—
crease in the amount of cabbage fed
intensifies these flavors. An aver—
age of 25 pounds of cabbage may
be consumed immediately after
milking, however, without having
objectionable flavors in the milk
become noticeable. Some of these
flavors may be eliminated by proper
aeration of the milk and others
greatly reduced.

The feeding of 14.8 pounds of
potatoes an hour before milking
may flavor the milk to a slight ex—
tent, but hardly enough to be de—
tected by the average consumer. In-
creasing this amount of potatoes
does not increase the abnormal flav—
ors and odors produced in the milk.
Dairy cows may be fed as much as
28 pounds of potatoes immediately
after milking, with no resultant off
flavors in the milk.

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MTAY NOT BE CATARAUI‘

We have a good two-year-old dog
with cataracts on both eyes, one
eye has a white skum on it, the oth-
er is dark and glassy looking. We
have been doctoring with boraic
acid but it doesn’t seem to help- her
eyes.—-A. A. M.. Lapeer, Mich.

ATARAC'BS are incurible. I

would suggest, however, that
you take your dog to a, veterinarian
and let him make an examination
of the eyes to be sure that the dog
is suffering from cataract. It is
possible that the dog may have

some eye disease that is amendable

to treatment—John P. Hutton,

 Prof. of Surgery 5; Medicine.
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not financially situated to carry this
load. If each individual grower of
Michigan would plan on marketing
one—third of his crop between har-
vest and January 1st; one-third of
his crop between January 1st and
April lst, and one-third between
April lst and new harvest, the flow
of beans would be distributed
throughout the year in such a way
as to overcome the present dump-
ing and resultant forced sales to the
trade.

There is plenty of warehouse fa-
cilities in Michigan to store grow-
ers’ beans as is done in the public
warehouses in California, it the
Banks of Michigan would co-oper—
ate to the same extent that the
Banks of California do in advanc-
ing loans to the individual growers
against beans stored in Michigan
warehouses. This might go a long
way toward helping the situation:

It has been suggested that a com-
mittee representing Michigan bank-
ers, elevator companies, farm pap—
ers, and bean growers, might, by a.
full discussion of all of the prob-
lems involved in the marketing of
the Michigan bean crop, work out
some plan that would improve con-
ditions. We welcome constructive
criticism, which is a very different
thing from fault-finding without a
suggested remedy.—F. B. Drees,
Sec’y—Treas., Michigan Bean Jobbers
Association.

I

THE INDIAN DRUM
(Continued from page 11.)

Mr. Corvet’s servant had never heard of
you. . . . .

“Is there anything in what I have told
you which makes it possible for you to
recollect or to explain?”

Alan shook his head. flushed, and then
grew 3. little pale. What Sherrill told him
excited him by the coincidences it offered
between events in Benjamin Corvet’s life
and his own; it had not made him
"recollect" Corvet, but it had given defl-
niteness and direction to his speculations
as to Corvet’s relation to himself.

Sherrill drew one of the large chairs
nearer to Alan and sat down facing him.
He felt in an inner pocket and brought
out an envelope; from the envelope he
took three pictures, and handed the small-
est of them to Alan. As Alan took it,
he 585W that it‘ was a tintype of himself
as a round-faced boy or seven.

'Tfiat is you?” Show!!! asked.”

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5139) 19

Your Cows "Dm'ing the
‘Dn/w'chding "Period,-

N WINTER the fm'lkfinaking organs

are Subject to severe strain. Dry,

rough feeds are harder to digest and as.
similate than green pasturage.

the health standard and
as well, some outside aid
Otherwise a profitable vol—

To keep 11
the milk yiel
is needed.

likely to creep in.

Kow- i’jé’jS a sure winter aid to
profitabl dairying. It is a great medi-
cine-tonic to build permanent vigor into
the milk-making organs. A tableSpoon-
fult’wice a day, one week in each month
enables the cow to make the maximum
of milk from her winter diet.

As a preventive or' es a reliable treatment
for Barrennees, Abortion, Retained Afterbirth.
Scouts, Gnrget. Milk Fever, Lon Appetite. etc.
Kowolfiare is known and praised from Coast to
Coast. No dairyman should be without it.

Let Row-Kare help you insure your duh-y
profits this winter. Your feed dealer, general
store or" druggist can supply you. $1.25 and
65c packages. Order‘ direct if denier Is not
supplied.

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 copy 3f our' valuable

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30-32 YEARLING SON

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coming fresh for sale. Come and see or
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Better crops the first
year— and better
crops forthree to four
years more—follow
the spreading of

other forms of lime when their

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POULTRY BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY

 

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Advertising Department, Mt. Clemen send it in.
proof and quote rates by return mail. Address The illichigan Business Farmer,
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Yearling Hens and Cockerels

VEARLINGS. LEGHORNS land ANCONAS—
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COOKERELS—Barred and \Vliite Rocks; Reds;
Wynndottes; Minorcas; Aiicoiias; Leghorns.
TURKEVS, GEESE, DUCKS—Excellent breed
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STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION. Kalamazoo, Mich.

 

 

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:BARRED ROCKS—BIG HUSKY COCKERELS,
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RRED ROCK PULLETS, 7 MONTHS
£13,“:liisrtiBii‘i‘: to lay, at $1.73 and (‘oekerels $3.00,

‘ ll 1 Flock.
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Eured His Rupture

I was badly ruptured while lifting a
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Trusses did me no good. Finally I got
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ECZE

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for sale at reasonable prices. Bred from selected
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RHODE ISLAND REDS

Rhode Island Reds that are Red

100 Red cockerels to take. your choice of, $1.50
and up each, as to quality. Also a few good
liens. Quality Breeder of Rhode Island Reds.
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TURKEYS

REGISTERED BOURBON RED TU RK EYS.
Large rigorous, Axtell Strain, one and two year old
stm-k. MARY BEACOM, Mariette, Michigan.

PURE-BRED GIANT BRONZE TURKEYS, UN-
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MRS. IDA DAVEY. Ellsworth, Michigan.

 

 

 

PURE BRED MAMMOTH BRONZE TOMS, TWO
2.’ year old 320 each; young toms $10.
RS. JOHN RICE, LeRoy, Michigan.

on SALE—W H IT E HOLLAND TURKEYS
and Black Jersey Jiant (Tockerels.
E. H. HAWLEV, Ithaca, Michigan, R3.

 

 

GEESE

For Sale- -Thoroughbred Geese-Gander: a

BALDWIN 8: NOWLIN, R4, Laingsburg, Mich.

 

 

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“Thick or thin, sir”,
the waiter, patiently.

“Oh, just the one kind? Well,
that’ll be all right”, and the Colonel
smiled kindly upon the dumbfound-
ed waiter. “I didn’t quite get the
name of that soup he was advertis—
ing”, the Colonel confided slyly af—
ter the waiter had gone, “but “I just
let on as though 'I had understood
anyway.” He thought he’d fooled
the waiter—and that’s hard to do
in England.

Eating in Two Languages

It would have made no difference
even if he had kown the name of
the soup for the gamble 011 what he
would get from the English cooks
would be just as great. In America,
ham and eggs are ham and eggs,
and we have a certain dish in mind
when we order it. But in England,
ham and eggs may be a nice big
dish of bacon and scrambled eggs—
an egg is an egg, and who is to say
whether we or the English cooks
know what bacon really is? If one
orders eggs on toast he may get
two eggs boiled in the shell, and re—
posing innocently on a piece of dry
hard toast. If one orders milk to
drink the waiter will first give him
the sympathetic, curious look that
one gets if he asks a pullman porter
for a hot water bottle, and then he
will bring in a big cup of hot. milk
with the air of a practical nurse.

Ordering a meal in England was
about as satisfactory for me as bat—
ching on my Wyoming homestead;
I never knew what the dish I had in
mind would turn out to be. I ord—
ered an egg on toast to avoid any
further embarrassment with the
waiter on our international diffi-
culty over the soup, and because an
egg is an egg and toast is toast in
England, Scottland and Wales.

“Better make it tw0 eggs”, the
doctor thoughtfully suggested to the
waiter. “One of ’em might not be
good.”

After that remark, of course, we
all decided that so far as preserving
friendly relations with the British
was concerned, the doctor was about
as good an international diplomat
as Senator Lodge. 1 had far better
ordered a bowl of each kind of
soup. We added further insult to
our injury of the waiter’s profess~
ional pride by all ordering “cold
milk” to drink, and insisting, in
spite of his iiicredulity and aston—
ishment, that he bring us each a
glass of water also and then we re—
fused, gentiy at first, but finally
with surprising firmness, his sug—
gestions of tea, ale, beer, or stout.

There is a pretty custom in those
European hotels and restaurants of
bringing in the roast or the ham or
fowl, or whatever meat is ordered,
on a huge, shining, upright cart,
nickled and polished and rolled
reverently along between the tables,
with all the solemnity and ceremony
of a casket being wheeled down the
aisle of a church. The profound at—
tention of everyone at the table is
fixed upon the ceremonial, as the
ideally impersonal carver wheels
the altar beside the table,»grand1y
turns back the burnished cover and,
behold! the roast!

Lying there in state, in all its his-
toric pomp and gastronomic ele-
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American Farm Boy’s Opinion of England

(Continued from Page 4)

master of ceremonies and the per-
sonal agent of mine host himself,
pauses for a moment—for just the
right moment—and then with a
profoundity that would befit only
the crowning of a king or the carv—
ing of a roast, he wipes his huge
knife and begins to serve.

Seeing in this supreme moment
of tribute to the traditional Eng-
lish dish an opportunity to redeem
the previous irreverance of my
friends and to reseat our party in
the esteem of our injured waiter, I.
devoutly crossed myself and grave—
iy bowed my head before the hal-
lowed roast. After a moment of
this respectful homage, I looked at
the waiter, for whose sake I had
committed my beautiful service and
smiled up into his horrified face—v
as sweetly as I could under the try-~
ing circumstances. The colonel
caught my spirit of trying to make
up to the wounded waiter and led us
in an attempt to sing “The Roast.
Beef of Old England”, that tradi-
tional song of the Britains.

We were as unfortunately mis-
understood in our honest efforts to
preserve international friendly re—
lations as some of our better known
diplomats, for the waiter and the
lordly carver somehow got the im—
pression that we were making fun
of them. They were polite enough,
however, to withhold their remarks
about our own great and distinctly
American song on the subject of
foods, until they reached the kitch—
en, and the door slammed on some
catty remark about “Yes, we got no
bananas ” ,

The English restaurants take
very little for granted. If one wants
butter, water, and a serviette or
napkin, he must order them the
same as any other part of his meal,
and if he wishes more than the
paltry crust of bread which comes
with a dinner, he must order that
also-—and pay extra for them all,
except the water. There is so lit—
tle call for water that I suppose it is
not considered worth making a
charge for. The Colonel had order-
ed a regular table d’hote dinner to
avoid the complications of itemized
ordering from a menu. It was
priced at 2/3, which is pronounced.
“two bob, thripence” and is worth
about 50 cents at a fair exchange
value—which is usually hard to get,
by the way.

The Colonel ate what he could of
the meal and called for his check
with his “two and tripence” in his
hand. But he had to recall for the
information of the tireless cashier
just how many hunks of bread he
had eaten—it rarely comes in slices
—and then found that he had to
pay extra for that, as well as for
his butter and napkin and tea. Then
the cashier figured the usual ten per
cent of the total amount and added
it at the bottom for the tip called
“service” in England. The befud-
dled Colonel felt that he was the
helpless victim of British tavation
Without representation, but he knew
that he must pay it. From a. pocket-
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for the waiter! Eating in England
is a serious business. The average
“millionaire American,” as every
American is in the mind of every
European, is imposed upon as a
sucker by the waiters, taxi-drivers,
hotel people, guides, and almost ev—
ery one with whom he deals, for
they all demand a tip, until he has
time to learn when such an honor-
arium is due and how much it
should be.

After our meal we chartered a
taxi—cab which the grand duke in
front of the restaurant called for ‘us.
The hotels in London maintain
these elaborately uniformed, but
generally uninformed, doormen
Whose chief mission in life is to
open and close the doors of taxi-
cabs and salute the goings and com-
ings of those who patronize the
hotel or restaurant they represent.
They generally select imposing types
of physical architecture rather than
a particular showing of intelligence,

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(We invite you to contribute your experience in raising poultry to this
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PROFITABLE production can-
not be secured from beefy or
low vitality stock. The success

obtained by certain feeding pract-
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a waste of food and energy to coax
birds into winter production, so that
an appreciation of selective breed—-
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knowledge of the fundamentals of
feeding. Nature provides a variety
of feeds and we must try to follow
her example. The four G’s, grains,
grubs and grit should all
be available.

The Leghorns will consume on
an average about 75 pounds of feed
per year, whereas the heavier breeds
such as Rocks, Reds and Wyandot—
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a laying hen requires about four
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be equalized between scratch feed
and dry mash, to maintain the prop—
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palatability the following rations
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Ration No. 1

Scratch Feed—~2 parts cracked
corn, 1 part wheat, 1 part heavy
oats.

Dry Mash—20% corn meal,
ground oats, 20% bran 20%
dlings, 20% beef scraps.

Green food, oyster shell, grit and
charcoal should supplement the
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Ration No. 2

Scratch Feed—2 parts cracked
corn, 1 part wheat, 1 part barley,
1 heavy oats.

Dry Mash—30% corn meal, 20%

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Ration No. 2 is best adapted to
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the addition of skim milk in the
ration retains the normal body
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percent if skim milk or buttermilk
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Wheat Prices Beach High Level for season

Small Receipts of Choice Livestock Strengthens Markets
By W. W. FOOTE, Market Editor.

ARKED improvement is taking
place in all lines of business,
and the railroads havebeen

moving more freight than ever be-
fore, with every prospect for a con-
tinuance indefinitely. Wall Street
stocks have advanced to the highest
prices of the year, and a boom has
been going on in the grain markets
which has much exceeded most ex—
pectations. Our grain exports have
ran enormously ahead of last year,
and once more Germany is a large
importer of American rye. The
cattle market is a peculiar one, with
fat light yearlings bringing the
highest prices of the year, while fin-
ished heavy steers are down to the
lowest prices seen for the year. Well
finished sheep and lambs are highly
profitable, and the demand for
breeding lambs and feeding lambs
continues greatly in excess of the
offerings, with prices the highest of
the year. The great fall in hog
prices was due mainly to the greatly
excessive receipts caused by farm-
ers becoming panic-stricken and
hurrying up their marketings. A
return to moderate country ship-
ments of swine is required to re—
store normal markets.

Ooolidge‘s View on Farming

In his talk to 300 farmer educat-
ors a few days ago, the president
predicted that “in a very few years
the natural increase of population
and the inevitable tendency to in—
dustrialization will place us among
the nations producing a deficit rath-
er than a surplus of agricultural
staples. We were fairly on the verge
of that condition when the world
war gave a temporary and artificial
stimulation to agriculture which 111—
timately brought disastrous conse—
quences. We do not raise near
enough sugar. Our only agricultur-
al exports of consequence are cot-
ton, meat, and wheat. As to the
two latter it must be plain that the
scales will shortly turn against us.
We shall be not only an agricultural
importing nation, but in the lives of
many who are now among us we are
likely to be one of the greatest ag-
ricultural buying nations. Every
citizen among us has a personal con-
cern in the welfare of the farmer.
The fortunes of all of us will in the
end go up or down with his. If we
ever permit our farming population
to fall to the level of a mere agri-
cultural peasantry they will carry
down with them the general social
and economic level. The farmer is
not only a producer; he is likewise
a. merchant. It does him no good to
get quantity production—in fact, it
may do no harm—unless he also
can have scientific marketing.”

November Crop Report

The government November crop
report has been a highly important
factor in the grain markets recently,
and the corn traders regarded the
report as bullish, indicating a corn
crop of 2,478,000,000 bushels, or

19,000,000 bushels more t n was
indicated by the report nth
ago, but 568,000,000 bush 3 less
than the crop of last year Last
year’s corn crop was a ve large
one, it will be remembere . The
crop is estimated at 421, 00,000

bushels less than the five year aver-

age. Owing to frosts happening .
earlier than usual, the quality of
the corn is the poorest in recent

years, grading 63.2, comparing with
83 as the five year average. Com—
bined crops of wheat, corn oats, rye
and barley amount to 5,110,000,000
bushels, and are 237,000,000 bushels
less than the five year average, the
production in corn more than off—
setting“ the increased crops of other

grains. A white potato crop of
454,119,000 bushels is 42,000,000
more than last year. Minnesota

leads OK with 48,000,000 bushels, or

10,000,000 bushels more than in
1923.
Advice Asked For

A Michigan farmer wants to know
whether to hold his wheat or to sell
it in the next four weeks. While
no one knows what is going to take
place in the future, conditions cer-
tainly look encouraging for farmers
owning high grade Wheat, and fur-
ther advances in prices are prob-
able. The problem is just how far
the advance will go, and the part of
wisdom is to avoid waiting too long,
for there must be a limit to the ad-
vance. It is expecting too much to
ask how high wheat will go, but
probably it will sell as high as ex-
porters will pay. In short, it is
mainly a question of what European
importers will pay for our now
greatly reduced surplus remaining
after home consumption is allowed
for. The Canadian wheat export-
able surplus has been reduced to
190,000,000 bushels, and it is esti-
mated that the exportable surplus in
.the United States will be taken in
three months. It is estimated that
half of the surplus has gone out al-
ready, and millions of bushels haVe
been contracted to go out the next
few months. It is further estimat-
ed that the surplus Wheat of Argen—
tina has been cut from the early es-
timate of 200,000,000 bushels to
around 100,000,000 bushels. Late
sales of wheat were at new high
prices for the crop, sales being made
on the Chicago Board of Trade for
December delivery at $1.56%, com—
paring with $1.03 a year ago. The
large export demand for rye to go to
Germany and Denmark has boomed
prices, and December delivery has
advanced to $1.41, comparing with
67% cents a year ago. Outside in—
terest in corn and oats is increasing.
and bullish markets are witnessed.
December corn is up to $1.16, com-
paring with 74% cents a year ago.
December oats sell at 55 cents, com~
paring with 42 cents a year ago.
The rise in oats has been held in
check by the enormous marketings
of the new crop.

Cattle Statistics

Dr. Tage U. Ellinger, assistant

director Armour’s Live Stock Bureau,

western ranges into crop land has
not injured cattle production the de-
partment of agriculture figures are
quoted shoWing the number of all
cattle on the farms increased from
something more than 56,000,000 in

1923. And only 4,000,000 of ~the
increase was in milk cows.” The
same authority states that “The

average weight of all cattle slaught-
ered in the United States in 1893

\was 1053 lbs. and in 1923 was 996

lbs.” He further says that “of the
total weight of a baby beef on the
hook 57% is salable meat, while on
the range steers only 42% is meat.”
Yearling Cattle Away Up

Meager receipts of choice year-
lings and a sharp demand have
caused their‘sales in the Chicago
market at a big premium, buyers
paying from $12 to $13, while the
best heavy lots brought $10 to $12.
The market was higher for the bet—
ter class of cattle, with increased
consumption of beef, but no better
for the general run of cattle. The
bulk of the steers sold at $8 to
$11.50, with sales down to $6 to $7
for the common lots, and little in-
ferior steers selling at $4 to $5.90.
good steers going at $8.75 and up-
ward. Heavy steers will have to
move from $2.50 to $3 before they
will be in line of yearlings of choice
quality. Cows and heifers had an
outlet at $3.50 to $11 and stockers
and feeders at $4 to $7. Now is a
good time to buy thin cattle for win-
ter feeding.

Prof. J. G. Fuller of the Wiscon—
sin Experiment Station was at the
Chicago Yards Wednesday for a load
of steers. He selected 24 head of
grade Shorthorns, averaging 650 lbs.
at $5.85.

These steers will be fed at the sta—
tion in two or three lots, comparing
again the value of alfalfa and clover
hay in steer feeding.

Too Many Hogs Marketed

There is too mucn eagerness on
the part of farmers to market their
remainingfirfigs, and the result is
seen in further severe reductions of
prices, although unusually large pur—
chases ot‘ hogs for shipment to east-
ern packing points have helped to
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underweight hogs on the market and
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lows: “To prove that turning the be held back and matured. A year
THE BUSINESS FARMER’S MARKET SUMMARY
and Comparison with Markets Two Weeks ago and One Year ago
Detroit Chicago Detroit Detroit
Nov. 19 Nov. 19 Nov. 5 1 yr. ago
, \VHEAT— .
No. 2 Red $1.63 $1.58 $1.49 $1.08
No. 2 White 1.64 1.51 1.09
No. 2 Mixed 1.63 1.50 1.08
CORN—
No. 8 Yellow 1.19 1.11 @ 1.15 1.14 .93
No. 4 Yellow 1.09@1.13 .88
OATb-— '
No. 2 White .54 34; .54 .51 K , .46
ho. 3 White .53 1,5 .50 .4954 .44
RYE-—
Cash No. 2 1.31 1.33@ 1.35 1.16 .72
BEANS— ‘\. 
C. H. P. th. 5.25@5.30 5.75@5.80 o.15@5.20
POTATOES— '
Per th. .93 1.10@15 1.16 @ 1.33
HA1—
No. 1 Tim. 18@19 21@24 18@19 22.50@23
No. 2 Tim. 16@ 17 18@20 16 @ 17 19@20
No. 1 Clover 15@ 16 16@17 15@ 16 19@20
Light Mixed 17 @ 18 20@22 17@ 18 21.50@22

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, November 19.—-—Corn active.
Beans unchanged. Potatoes dull. Good cattle steady.

Wheat and rye steady. Oats quiet.
Hess and sheep active.

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ago hogs soid at $5.60 to $7.05, late
sales were at $7.75 to $9.75.
. Lambs Cost $14.60

A large demand for choice feed-
ing lambs in the Chicago‘ market
has forced the best offerings to
$14.60 per 100 pounds, the highest
price paid this season, and much
higher than the best killers brought.

W HEAT

The wheat market enjoyed a fair
run of good demand during the fort—
night ending Saturday, November
15th, and as a result prices are con«
siderably higher than they were at
the beginning of that period. There
was a reaction towards the end of
last week, and at Detroit prices do»
clined slightly but before the week
closed the demand came back
stronger than ever and prices turn~
ed upwards. Reports come in that
the crop in the foreign countries is
going to be smaller than has been
estimated. Most
market are bulls and only a few be-
lieve that prices have advanced to
their limit. A few of them are talk-
ing that foreigners have already
purchased all they need, but they
have considerable trouble getting
anyone to listen to them. The bulls
do not accept this talk and insist
that export trade will continue un-
til there is a new crop.

CORN

Government reports show that
the corn crop in this country will be
the smallest one since 1913, and is
substantially below the crop for the
last four years which averaged over
three billion bushels. The cr p re-
porting board of the Depart of
Agriculture advises that only out
63.2% of the crop was of m rcan-
tilible quality, and that is one of
the lowest percentages in 30 years
with the exception of the crop in
1917. This advice has turned many
of the buyers from bears to bulls.
Market at Detroit has held steady
with prices slightly higher than they
were two weeks ago, and at the
present time there is a quiet tone
prevalent in the market.

OATS

Oats have made a smaller gain in
price than any of the other grains,
but the market is steady and de-
mand. is quiet. Buyers do not seem
to be very numerous, but any break
in the prices finds plenty of them in
the market.

RYE

After taking a bad slump the rye
market has made a wonderful re-
covery, and the price at Detroit is
15 cents higher than it was two
weeks ago. Dealers feel that for-
eigners are going to take consider—
able rye to make up for the wheat
shortage, and they are quite bullish
on the future of the market.

BEANS

A weak tone has been prevalent
in the bean market at Detroit up to
the closing day of last week, but
before the close Saturday, the mar-
ket was steady at a price slightly
under that of two weeks previous.

 

 

POTATOES

The warm weather we have been
having this fall has hurt the mar-
ket for potatoes considerably and at
the present time the market is dull
and easy. Dealers expect this con-
dition to continue as long as the
weather is mild. The supply is suf—
ficient to take care of the demand.

, HAY
Markets have been somewhat dull
but the undertone shows more

strength than two weeks ago. Best
grades continue to move readily but
make up but a small part of the
daily offerings. Low grades are
very hard to move' and values on
these are very irregular, with con-
cessions made in some cases in or—
der to move them. Values on these
are uncertain; Timothy is slightly
firmer aim the late  Alfalfa
stem; we:  

   

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480'. Market " opening very slow _and
steady. > Good’ to choice: dry fed yearlmgs,
396910.75; best heavy steers, dry fed,
$7.50@9.75; best handy 'weight butcher
steers, $6@6.75; mixed steers and heifers,
$5.25 @575; handy light butchers, $4.50@

52.25; light butchers, $3.75@4.25; best
cows, $4.50@5; butcher cows, $3.50@4;
common cows, $2.75@3; canners, $2@

2.50; choice light, $4@4.25; heavy bulls,
$4.50@4.75: stock bulls, $3@4; feeders,
$4.50@6; stockers, $3@5.50; milkers and
springers, $45@85.

Veal calves—Receipts. 610. Market
steady. Best, $11.50@12; others, $3@11.

Sheep and lambs—Receipts 4,100. Mar-
ket higher. Best lambs, $14@14.25; fair
lambs, $10.50@13.25: light to common
lambs. $7@9; buck lambs, yearlings, $6
@1325; fair to good sheep, $5.50@7.25;
culls and common, $1.50@4.

Hogs——Receipts, 3,110. Market
pects: Mixed and heavy yorkers,
pigs, $7.25.

CHICAGO,-— H o g s ——Receipts, 62,000;
market 10 to 15 cents lower. Bulk, $8.50
@9.40; bop, $9.50; 250 to 325 pounds
weight, $9.25@9.65; medium weight, $9@
9.55 ; light weight, $7.80@9.30 ; light lights,
$6.75@8.40; heavy packing sows, smooth,
$8.60@8.80; packing sows, rough, $8.30@
8.60; pigs, $6.50@7.75.

Cattle—Receipts, 14,000 ; market steady.
Beef steers: Choice and prime, $9.75@
10.75; medium and good, $8@9.25; good
and choice, $11.50@13; common and med-
ium, $7@9;. Butcher cattle: Heifers, $5
@1050; cows, $3.50@7; bulls, $3.50@6.50.
Canners and cutters: Cows and heifers,
$2@4.50; canner steers, $5@7. ' Veal
calves, light and handy weight, $8.50@
10.50; feeder steers, $5.50@8; stocker
steers, $5537.50; stocker cows and heifers,
$3@5.50; stocker calves, $5@7.50. West-
ern range cattle: Beef steers, $6@9.50;
cows and heifers, $3@6.50. Calves—Re-
ceipts, 1,500.

Sheep and lambs—Receipts, 16,000;
market steady to strong. Lambs, fat
$14.25@14.50; culls and common $11.50@
12.50; yearlings, $9.50@11.50; wethers, $8
@950; ewes, $5.50@8: culls and common,

pros-
$9.25;

$1.50 @ 3.50 ; breeding, $6 @ 12; feeder
lambs, $12@12.25.

BUFFALO—C a t t l e—Receipts, 350 ;
market steady. Prime steers. $9.10 @

10.60; shipping steers, $9@10.50; butcher
grades, $7.25@9.25: heifers, $4.50@$6.50;
cows, $2@5.50; bulls, $3@5.25; feeders,
$4.50@6.50; milk cows and springers, $25
@120.

Calves—Receipts, 1,000; market active.
Cull to choice, $3@12.75.

Sheep and lambs—Receipts, 5,000: mar-
ket active. Choice lambs, $14@14.25;
mill to fair, 8‘8@13: yearlings, $7.50@
10.50; sheep, 83@7.50.

Hogs—Receipts, 11,200; market active.
Yorkers, $8.50@$9.75; pigs, $8@8.25;

imixed, $9.65@9.75; navy, $9.75@9.85;
’roughs, $§@8.25; stage, $4@6.

 

 

1 1’ ,
Week of November 23

Fair cool weather opens up the
week of November 23 in Michigan
(but about Monday or Tuesday con-
'ditions will become unsettled and
threatening. Local showers or
snow flurries (if the temperature is
low enough) are about all to expect
under the influence of this storm
period.

About Wednesday or Thursday
temperatures will rise moderately
high for the season and showers and
irains will occur and continue
through the balance of the week in
this state. Temperatures will be
seasonable at end of week.

Week of November 30

Following a marked rise in tem-
perature at very beginning of the
week a general rain period Will hit
Michigan accompanied with high
winds. This will be a dangerous
storm center. --

By Tuesday the weather will be-
gin a change: temperatures will fall
and the sky begin clearing. Clear,
cold weather will then rule “for the
greater part of the last half of this
week.

Temperatures will be moderating
about Saturday.

Our Full Forecast Correct

In July last we wrote in this de~
partment that the fall would have
precipitation below the normal. This
is now coming true to such an ex-
tent that forest fire fighters are,
showing considerable concern over
the dry woods by broadcasting
lthronxh. the air and through the
i, mm warnings to hunters and
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7, Geo. E. Teetor, Otsego County; 8, John
Allis, Otsego County; 9, F. E. Wyrick,
Alanson, Cheboygan :’ 10, Elvin VanBuren.
>Otsego. ' ,

Class A.-—32 Russet-

1, E. Pettifor, Gaylord, Otsego; 2, F.
Wyrick, Alanson, (.‘heboygan; 3, Geo.
Fitzpatrick, Cathro, Alpena; 4, V. Man-
kowski, Gaylord, Otsego;
Central Lake, Antrim; 6. Harry Manning,
Spratt, Alpena County, 7, Oscar Man-
ning. Spratt, Alpena County; 8, W. G.
Feldhauser, Frederic, Crawford.

. W'hite Rurals

1, Mike Smilowski, Gaylord, Otsego;
2, Elvin VanBuren, Vanderbilt, Otsego;
3, V. Mankowski, Gaylord, Otsego; 4, A.

 

Smilowski, Gaylord, Otsego; 5, William
Duncan, Spratt, Alpena.
Green Mountains
1, Albert Gehrke, Ossinikee, Alpena

County; 2, R. J. Gehrke, Ossinikee, Al-
pena County.
Cobbler
1, Chas. Herron, Alpena, Alpena Coun-
ty; 2, Ernest Pettifor, Gaylord, Otsego;
3, R.. C, Campbell, Hetherton, Otsego,
County; 4, John Allen, Alpena, Alpena
County; 5, Fred Brudy, Wolverine, Che-
boygan County; 6, Clever Brudy, Wol-
verine, Cheboygan County.
Early Ohios
1, Walter Barlow, Spratt, Alpena; 2,
R. C. Campbell. Johannesburg, Otsego; 3,
E. Wigmyer, Herron, Alpena; 4, L. Bar-
low, Alpena; 5, J. G. Brudy, Cheboygan:
6, M. E. Gray, Otsego.
Any other Variety
l, Clever Brudy, Wolverine, Cheboy-
gan, (Sweep—stakes); 2, R. J. Gehrke, Al-
pena; 3, A. Lozan, Frederic, Crawford:
4, Emmet Wigmier, Alpena; 5, W. G.
Feldhauser, Crawford Conuty.
Best Potato
1, Harry Manning, Spratt, Alpena; 2,
V. Mankowski, Gaylord, Otsego; 3. H.
Campbell, Gaylord, Otsego.
County Sweep Stakes
1, Cleve; Brudy, Cheboygan County;
Walter Barlow, Alpena County; E. Petti-
for, Otsego County; E. Suttan, Antrim
County; Wm. Feldhauser, Crawford
County.
150
1, vaement 00—011.: 2, Otsego Co-op.;
3, Banks Township, Ella; 5, Wolverine;
6, Central Lake.
Essay Contest
1, Eileen Hollowell, Roscernmon; 2,
Violet Barton. Alpena; 3, Elizabeth
Evans, Otsego; 4, Edna Bauer, Hillman,
Montmorenny: 5, Georgia E. Clover,
Crawford.
Children’s Jutlan Content
1, John Schrour, Gaylord, Mich; 2,
Glen Feiernbend, Gaylord, Mich; 3, Eve-
lyn Carr, Hubbard Lake; 4, Dora Buell,
Elmira; Helen Brown, Boscommon.
Men's Judging Contest
1, E. Sutton, Central Lake: 2, L. E.
Berry, Conway; 3, E. R. Burns, Central
Lake; E. Pettfor, Gaylord; 4, A. J. Town-
send Gaylord; Frank Wyrick, Alanson.

MILK PRODUCERS CONVENE AT
DETROIT

CONVENTION of representa-

tives of 300,000 organized milk

producers was held at Detroit
last week, Friday and Saturday. It
was the eighth annual meeting of
the National Cooperative Milk Pro-
ducers’ Federation, composed of 28
different organizations of milk pro—
ducers throughout the United
States.

In the forenoon of the first day,
Friday, the delegates were welcom-
ed by N. P. Hull, President, Mich-
igan Milk Producers Ass’n, and he
was followed by John D. Miller,
President of the national federation
who gave an address. Following this
committees were appointed and the
delegates listened to reports of pro-
gress from various districts. These
reports continued into the after—
noon, the last committee to report
not sitting .dOWn until after 4.30.
“Cooperative Marketing of Iowa
Butter” was the subject discussed
by C. Bechteiheimer, Secretary,
Iowa Creamery Secretaries’ and
Managers’ Ass’n, who followed the
last report. The meeting then ad-
journed until 8 o’clock when a bus-
iness session was held, and direc-
tors and officers for the next year
elected. It was voted to continue
the present officers: President, John
D. Miller; First Vice—President,
Richard Pattee; Second Vice-Presi-
dent, Harry Hartke; Treasurer,
Frank P. Willits; Secretary, Chas.
W. Holman.

The forenoon session Saturday
was opened at 10 o’clock. The first
speaker was John Brandt, President,
Minnesota Cooperative Creameries
Ass’n, who talked on “Cooperative
Marketing of ,Minnesota Butter."
He was followed by C. W. Larson,
Chief of Dairy Bureau, U. 8. Dept.
of Agriculture who discussed “In-
ternational Aspects of Dairying."
Richard Pattee, Managing Director
of the New England Milk Pro‘ducers'
Anni; came next. . '

  

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 tag-cam Harry
Committwe of the Cooperative Pure-
Milk Ass'n. gave a short talk on
“The Cincinnati Plan of Milk Mar-
keting” but most of the afternoon
was given over to U. S. Senator
Royal S. Copeland of New 'York
State who gave an interesting ad-
dress on milk and its use.

The convention was concluded
with a banquet Saturday for editors
of cooperative dairy papers.

TEN DAY DAIRY-ALFALFA CAM-
PAIGN IN BRANCH COUNTY

BOUT 65 Dairy-Alfalfa schools,

four in each township, are go-

ing to bring the Farm Crops
and Dairy Departments of the Mich-
igan Agricultural College right to
the farms of Branch county. As has
been done in other counties of the
past for the past two years, two
specialists from each department
will comprize two teams which will
hold two hour schools, making eight
programs a day. In addition to
these, there will be a few night
meetings. The compaign opens
December 4th and closes December
13th.

The locations for these meetings
will be made so that any farmer in
the county will not need to drive
over three or four miles for one.
There is nothing theoretical about
these meetings, says C. W. Andrews,
County Agricultural Agent, but will
be practical every-day problems of
alfalfa production from the stand-
point of fertility, liming, seeding,
curing, and feeding practices, while
the dairy specialists will discuss
feeding -methods, balancing rations,
value of cow testing associations
and bull associations. Campaigns of
this type have been put on in sever-
al other counties and have proven
very successful. Michigan grows
more alfalfa than any other state
east of the Mississippi River, and is
making rapid strides as a dairy
state.

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STATE FARMERS' CLUBS MEET
DECEMBER 2 AND 3

5 Hill annual meeting of Michigan
State Association will be held
in Senate Chamber, Capitol

Bldg, Lansing, on December 2nd
and 3rd, 1924. A fine program has
been completed for this meeting and
it is the wish of all members of the
Association that every one interest-

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strike your home
today

HERE is no precaution too great for you to
take to protect your home and family from
’ children are constantl

tuberculosis. Your

I exposed to tuberculosis germs, 'The one e
fectlve protection against tulwrculosxs is the organ-
ized, cooperative campaign to stamp on the disease.

It can be stamped out. Only l1:qu as many people
the from tuberculosis today as died ten years ago.
The organized battle against tulmrculosis. carried
on by the 'l‘uherculosis Associations, has helped to
save the other half.

Tuberculosis Associations are financed by the
annual sale of Christmas Seals. One tangible, sure
way to protect yourself and your family against
tubercuIOSis is to buy Christmas Seals.

Buy Christmas Seals. Buy as many as you can.
Seal every letter, Christmas Card, and Christmas
parcel With Christmas Seals.

STAMP OUT
TUBERCULOSIS
WITH
CH RISTMAS
SEALS

 

 

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TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATIONS
OF THE UNITED STATES

 

 

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Write for our FLAT AVERAGE
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MANUFACTURER who elimin-
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for furs.

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Doctor Pronounced Him Cured

N. Y., 34 Fair St.,
August 2, 15124.

I discontinued wearing
Weeks ago and am
that my rupture is entirely
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Marshall,
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Spring Trusses Failed—Brooks
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Sterling, Box No. 177.
June 11, 1924.

Cured Two Years Ago—is
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Mass,

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Marshall, Mich.

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I suffered from a double rupture and
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Cured in a Few Months

Xenia, 111., Box No. 144.
July 20, 1924.
Mr. C. E. Brooks, Marshall, Mich.

Brooks, Inventor of the Appliance.
30 Years
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'3. Being an air cushion of soft rubber it
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. 4. Unlike the ordinary so-called pads, used
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fore I got ruptured.

You have the absolute right to show or
reprint this letter any time you Wish and
to refer any ruptured people to me. I
have been with this company for thirty
years and I aim in the best of health. 1
am and always will be, Very truly yours,

Capt. F. B. Zaddart.

Mich.

Boy Sufl’ered Agony From
Double Rupture

Acworth, Ga., April 14, 1924.

Dear Sir: I have. been wanting to write
you for quite a while to tell you what a
wonderful Appliance you have. It sure
proved a blessing in our home. .

We ordered the Appliance about two
years ago when we were living at Rucker,
Tennessee, and put it on our baby, who
was just beginning to walk. lle Wore it
about a year or perhaps fourteen months
and was completely cured.

This boy had a double rupture and suf—
fered perfect agony. We tried several
other trusses; they cut and bruised him.
Then I saw your advertisement, ordered
on Appliance and I sure ‘thank (lod it
cured our boy. I believe he was cured a
good while before We took the Appliance
off, but we wanted to be sure.

Our boy is now six years old and

Boy Cured in 1921—No
is Trouble Since

The never

Dear Sir: In reply to yours of recent
date I will gladly say I used your Rupture
Appliance for only a few months according

to instructions. My rupture is fully cured.
l have not felt any

ill effects-from it for
two or three years.

I can’t say how g‘ratefiilj am _to you
and have had several parties write you
through my recommendation.

Sincerely yours, J. F. McCulley.

Five Operations Failed

Lowell, Mass, 14 La Grange. St.,
June 7, 1921.

Dear Mr. Brooks: About five, months
ago I purchased one of your Appliances
and want to say in less than two months
I began to notice improvement. I believe
the cure is complete. as I took the Appli-
ance off a couple of Weeks ago and have
had no trouble. Had suffered for twelve
years and never found any comfort or re-
lief with any of the trusses I had tried.

I am interesting my friends in this Ap—
pliance and why wouldn’t I aid a rupture
sufferer when I know the agony one goes
through? Your Appliance was a Godsend
and if circumstances would allow me I
would come to your city and thank you
personally.

Believe I told you before have had five
operations for this trouble Without success.
I am grateful to you, and am

Ever yo‘urs, James Brady.

 

Seventy-Five Year Old Car-
penter Cured

Fret-port, N.” S., Cair, May 25, 1924.

Dear Mr. .)»rooks: Thank you for your
kindness in writing me, but I am pleased
to inform you that I do not need anything
in connection with the Appliance, for. I
have not worn same, for the last. nine
months and consider myself cured of rup-
ture.

The rupture has not troubled me for the
last four years thanks to you and your
invention. It was a Godsend to me, for
the doctor said there was nothing for me
but the knife. I am seventy—two years old
and work every day at any trade as a car-
penter. You are at liberty to use the
above statement in any way you choosie.

Sincerely, C. H. Campbell.

Daughter Cured—Is Anxious
To Tell Other Worried
Mothers

Alta, Can, 11637 125th St.

March 13, 1924.
Gentlemen: One year ago I bought your
Rupture Appliance for my little girl, who
was three years old. She is now four

Edmonton,

'and the rupture hasn’t bothered her since

I put the Appliance on.

I surely am very thankful to you and
you may use this letter, as it may help
some other worried mother.

Yours'very truly. Mrs. Thos. Scott.

strong and robust. rupture
tame downamce after puttingr on the
irooks Appliance. l am ashamed for not
writing you sooner, but I just neglected it.
'l‘liankfully yours, Mrs. L. A. \Valls.

Watch for Trade Mark

of Imitations. Look for trade
mark bearing portrait and signature of
C. E. Brooks which appears on every
Appliance None other genuine.

Beware

 

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Name .......................................................... 

Address ....  .........  ..... 

Dennis, Tex., July 14, 1924.

Dear Sir: I bought your Appliance for
my son in 1920 and he has not worn it
since 1921.

Since that time. he has gone through
the most rigorous tests that a boy can
think of and never complains in the least.
Doctors pronounce him cured.

1 would advise anybody suffering from
rupture to use your Appliance and grant
you full penmission to use this letter if
it is of any value. Sincerely yours.

M. F. Taylor.

FREE Information Coupon

297-3, State St., Marshall, Mich. “

. Please send me by mail in plain wrapper your illustrated book and full
information about your Appliance for the cure of rupture.

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R.F.  

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