} An Independent .Farm' Magazine Owned and ‘ Edited. in Michlgan - TERMS: TWO YEARS 1 VOL. XII, N O. 7 60c PER YEAR—5 YRS. :2 “Handsome is as handsome doesI—yarranted a good mouser!” ». In this issuaéMore Cooperative Marketing, Says Coolidge—Michigan 10th in Judging at International-— Dame-Jersey Pigs Win First Prize in Michigan Ton Litter Contest—~Using Honey in Radiaior to Prevent Freezing fl. .4», ,._. v. -.:€u»as7w mu" 7.3-vlwswr: :7 ,1: airs. 1w... in..." m" ‘ van-f“ we a a... . 2.4.4.. Tux ....._.:< p “m“ ...~ 1:3. ,Mkha‘. 4, a. . , 1.. ._. “an.-._..q..~_ ,......-—. BUTCHERING TIMEa—Roy D. Miller of READY FOR nIARKET.—“This is a picture of our truck loaded with cabbage, “‘VANT A BITE?”—George II. Shepherd, Mich., has just butchered a fine and the family,” writes R. F. Hagy, Goldwater, 1\Iich. This load weighed Irwin of Armada, said for us not pig. Deane Miller has been helping his nearly two tons and was taken to the kraut factory at Goldwater. Mr. Hagy to use his name if we published ‘v dad. The pig was a pure bred Poland had eleven acres of cabbage this your that produced about one hundred tons, this picturelbecause he might get China, 1 year old and dressed 575 pounds. or just over nine tons to the acre. the frying pan on his head. 4 A 3% 'e 3. OUT. FOR A RIDE.—-It looks like the saying “There’s TIME TO EAT.——“Father is the lYES, FARMERS TA it» ‘ , -.. .. .9“ (ix .1. RE A VACATION.—It has been said always room for one more” would not work here. How— bald-headed one in the center," writes that farmers never take a vacation but this kodak print i ever, the horse seems to carry the load without protest. Allen Bookwalter, Tustin, Mich. “We proves they do. This picture was sent to us by Muriel The picture was sent to us by Byron Wilkin, of Plymouth, are building up a herd of Jerseys, Frey, Caledonia, Mich. Muriel is standing at the extreme Mlchlgan. starting with these two calves." left in the picture. } e 1' I l , '1 . N, V; ,g, “HO‘VdVLANY QORD IN 'ER?"——Apparently that is what the BENNIE AND HIS THE YOUNG STOCKMAN.——1\laurice, the young son of 311'. City cousin IS saying to C. D. Finkbeiner of Greenwood Farm, OATS.—This is Bennie Gal- and Mrs. E. Cross, of \Vcst Brunch, takes quite an interest in at Clinton, Michigan. ster, of Middleville, Mich. livestock. lie prefers Dun-hams. -:. w».- .. » (m .‘n ,, READY ’FOR WORK.-—This four-horse team belongs to MORTGAGE LIFTERS.—“A good AT PINE CREST FARDI.—In the foreground of this pic- Frank Story of W116“ 1%“ 11101113811. and the"picture was wife and thrifty pigs went a long ture you can see ‘a, corner of the banana. squash patch on taken on his farm dur 8' the pest Gunmen. One seldom way toward paying our mortgage” the F. A. Cline Farm at Alma, known as “Pine Crest Farm”. finds four horses so near of a size nowadays...‘ ” writes B. G. Waggoner, Ithaca, Mich. Fine looking farm buildings, are they not? ' r peach kodsk picture med (We my.” 20 on our gamer and give a one yen-[renewal for each picture used on this page. Pictures must be sharp and clear.) l e' “(150) RULE FOR MEASURING HAY How many cubic feet are general- ly used, in selling hay in the field by the tan? My hay is clover and timothy mixed—W. H. B., Oceans County. EN it is impossible to deter- mine the actual amount of hay in a stack by weight, the amount is sometimes estimated from measurements. A common rule for measuring hay is known as the Frye-Bruhm rule, in which the width, length and over measure- ments are used. The “over” is the distance from the ground on one side over the stack to the ground of the other. The width is subtract- ed from the over, the result divided by two, then multiplied by the width, and the product multiplied by the length. This result will be the approximate number of cubic feet in the stack, and is divided by 512 to obtain the number of tons. Another rule sometimes used is "width plus over, divided by four and squared, then multiplied by the length and divided by 512." A smaller number of cubic feet are re- quired to make a ton in a large stack than a small one, and one that has completely settled weighs heavier for a given volume than a new stack. A stack, the measurements of which are, width, 14 feet; length, 60 feet, and over 32 feet, according to the first rule would have 7660 cubic feet. This figure was obtain- ed by the foregoing rule in this manner: 32—14 1 —————X14x60:7560. 2 This amount divided by 512 gives 14.8 tons. The number of cubic feet obtain— ed by the use of the second method is 7935 and was calculated as fol- lows: 14+32 ———-:11.5. 11.6)(6027935. 4 This amount divided by 612 gives 16.5 tons. If it is desired to divide the stack into definite quantities, more trust- worthy results may be secured by dividing it vertically than horizon- tally. BOTH BREAK CONTRACT A rents a farm from B for three years. They have a written contract and B agrees to furnish grass seed which he did not do so A left the farm at the end of two years. Can A collect his share of the grain that was sowu last fall? B claims that A cannot have his share of the grain because A broke his contract.-—D. P. M., Bear Lake, Mich. A broke his contract by leaving Irthe place at the end of two years, I am of the opinion he could not collect his share of the grain grown on the farm after he left. When B failed to furnish the seed according to the agreement, A should have brought suit against him for damages for breach of con— tract, instead of leaving the place.— Asst. Legal Editor. CANCEL OLD TITLE AND GET NEW ONE We have a Rec five passenger touring car. Would like to replace body with a light truck body. Would I have to pay for truck license? Would the deed have to be changed? ——C. H.. Marion, Mich. will be necessary for you to IT cancel title already issued, make application for new title with correct description of style of car, have the truck weighed, attach scale weight receipt and make ap- plication for license—Chas. J. De- Land, Secretary of State. SCALES OF'F' BALANCE Several days ago I took 6 hogs to our co—operative shipping association and they were weighed in at 1460 pounds and drove oi! the scales into the pen with other hogs. I was not satisfied with the weight and I step- ped on the scales and asked them to weigh me, they done so and said that I weighed 175 pounds. My weight is 190 pounds. I went to the ma.- ageroutintheyardandtoid they tested the scales and found far out of balance. The said he would nah it ri-H. do not agree as to what a tight. (A Clearing Dena-unset for tormers' our all complaints or you. All Inquiries must be eeoompan contend that the scales would keep up the same ratio of under-weight on the'hogs as they did on me, that is 8 pounds to the hundred-weight, or in other words the honest weight of the hogs would have been at least 1,575 pounds or 115 pounds more than the weight given. Am I right or wrong? What is right? There is no ill feeling on either side. It was an accident and the wrong will be made right as soon as we can find out the right—Reader, Ionia County. EN 3. pair of scales are in balance the leverages in the scales are so arranged so that the effect of the weight on the plat- form is just equal to the weights on the scale beam. For example, 100 lbs. on the platform would be bal- anced by a 1—lb weight on the scale beam and 200 lbs. on the beam would be balanced by 2 lbs. on the scale beam. If a weight were placed on the scale beam sufficient to throw the act- ual weights off by 1%, neglecting the friction of the scales which has some influence on heavy weights, the same percentage of error would be shown in the larger weights. In other words, if the weights placed on the scale beam gave a reading of 101 lbs. instead of 100 lbs. then the read- ing would be 202 lbs. instead of 200 lbs., correct weight. I am assuming here, of course, that there is nothing out of adjustment in the scales them— selves and that the error is made in not having the scales in balance be- fore weights are taken.—H. H. Mus- selman, Professor, Agricultural Engi- neering Dep’t., M. A. C. NOTE STILL GOOD I have been a subscriber since your paper was first published. now I have come to you for some advice. First father gave a note, I will say 25 years ago, 5% interest payable 1 year after date, no endorser on it. I will say he paid interest every year for 10 years, then he paid when he could. Father died Nov. 15, 1915, left a widow and two sons. Widow paid when she could. Widow died 4 years ago. She never got a re— ceipt showing they paid interest. After her death, sons deeded quit claim deed to one another, each hav- ICH I G A CANADA THISTLFS AND QUACK GRASS What methods can you give as the most practical and effectual in destroying the Canada Thistle and Quack Grass?—C. H. T., Sand Lake, Mich. UNDAMENTALLY, the control F of these two weeds depends up- on the principle of exhausting their stored up fodos without per— mitting them to renew this supply. Inasmuch as plant foods are manu— factured by the leaves, by the aid of light, it is necessary to see that no leaves are permitted to develop where they may have access to the light. At the same time the plant should be encouraged to grow as many new shoots as possible but these shoots should be destroyed the very day they see light. It is well known that when a plant is forming its flowers and in the case of grasses, that means when the grass is heading out. the stores of food are drawn on very heavily. Accordingly, general practice has shrowu that it is often profitable to wait, in the early summer, until the thistles or Quack Grass run up to flowers. They are then cut and plowed under deeply and kept in constant cultivation for the re- mainder of the summer so that no leaves are permitted to be exposed to the light more than a day before they are destroyed by cultivation. Sometimes these plants can be kept down by plowing them under and cultivating them a few times and then in the early part of the sum-- not sowing sorghum broad-cast very thickly so that its growth another: the weeds out. let ash particular ¢tyvpewof soil 1* 1% in!“ 4? r' t Tnn~nusrss '\ Fouriers Service Bureau iron to requests for Intervention e dressed to this department We are here ‘e serve led by full um and address. Name not used It so mound.) s‘s ' r A a M is“ a ing 80 acres. Now this man hold- ing the note wrote saying only $80 had been paid in 7 years and he will sue them for the note. Now I would like to know can he Sue, or probate the farm? The farm is a homestead. bought in 1771. How long does a man have to be dead before they can probate? Does the note still hold good? Do they not have to pay interest on the day it is due? Can he probate a homestead?——W. B. B., Mariette, Michigan. HE holder of the note can ask for the appointment of an ad- ministrator over your father's estate and present his claim against the estate to the probate court. You should have all your receipts so they could be presented to the court at the hearing on this estate to show the amount that has been paid on the note. The Michigan Supreme Court has held in a similar case that a creditor may have the estate pro— bated and present his claim 12 years after the death of the debtor, on the theory that the statute o limitations did not run between th ime of his death and the appointm nt of an ad- ministrator. The note ould still be good even if the interest wasn’t paid, on the due date‘ nor the receipt marked on the back.—Asst. Legal Editor. POWER COMPANY REPAIRS ROAD I am writing you regarding the maintenance of bridges and ap- proaches raised and rebuilt on the roads traversing the river on which a power company is building water power dams. Is there a state law that provides who maintains, re- pairs, or rebuilds such bridges, ap- proaches, fills or trustlework?—-O. S., Secord. Mich. POWER company before put- A ting through such a project must secure the flowage rights or the right to flood to a depth or shore line beyond the normal stream conditions. The company so organ- ized may condemn one quarter of the said lands so required as neces— sary for the use of the public, pro- vided that it has otherwise secured control of the flowage rights for not and climate the details of the meth- od must be varied by experimenting until the most satisfactory method can be worked out.———E. A. Bessey, Professor of Botany, M. A. C. SWEET CLOVER I would like a little information in regards to sweet clover. We have light sand, should we fall plow it or harrow it in the spring? How much shall be sown per acre? Should we start a nurse crop? When and how often should it be cut? I have never raised sweet clover so would like as much advice as I can get.~—H. S., Sanford, Michigan. N light sandy soil a good seed- ing of sweet clover is frequently secured by seeding broadcast and covering with a spike tooth har- row during the late spring or early summer. If the soil is in a fair state of fer- tility, a nurse crop either cats or barley may be used, and the sweet clover sown at the same time that the nurse crop is sown. The sweet clover. however, should not be sown as deep as the cats or barley. Sweet clover is a two-year crop and on light soil does not usually produce very heavily the first season. On fertile soil considerable pasture, or a crop of hay may sometimes be secured. Most of the growth is made the second season. at which time the sweet clover may be used for pom hay. seed. or green manning pup seed land not very deficient is Associate R-hkmua Crops,M.A.O. E z r' maternal-1,519“ ' less than three—quarters of the total land .so required. However, the right of condemnation does not in- clude highways which are already lands appropriated for the use of the public, and. there is considerable doubt as to the legality of condem- nation of such public lands,; al- though we are not able at this writ- ing to state whether this matter has actually been ruled on or not in any Michigan case. ‘ After the acquirement of the flow- age rights the company must secure permission to carry out its construc- tion plans from the Michigan Public Utilities Commission. and this Com- mission is empowered to investigate the acquirement of such properties and to refuse permission if, iniits opinion, such action is warranted. It is, therefore, plain that the power companies must secure the permis— sion of the proper highway author- ities to flood the highway, and in all cases which have come to our at— tention the power companies have made agreements with the highway authorities to modify repair or re- construct such bridges aflected by the fiowage rights and to perpetual- ly maintain at least the substruc- ture of such bridges or in many cases to maintain the entire struc- ture, and should such a company fail to secure a proper agreement with the highway authorities the highway authorities shall Ihave am- ple opportunity to present their ob- jections with the proper appeal to the Public Utilities Commission.— C. A. Melick, Bridge Engineer. WANTS TO CUT TREES ALONG HIGHWAY Can I cut trees just inside fence, on my premises on trunk line road? I gave two rods of road, and fence is on survey line. They are a damage to crops for three rods in and I am on a small farm and means quite a lot from year to yeah—J. H. S., Remus, Michigan. IF the trees are within the high- of-way, no person has the right to cut them without the consent of the authorities having charge of the highway. If they are not within\ the right-cf-way, the owner of the property may cut them.——H. Victor Spike, Asst. Attorney General. CHALLENGE'UNQUALHHED VOTERS At our annual meeting in July, there were a number of men and wo- men that voted that were not tax- payers and did not have children of school age or no children at all, and one of the parties that voted did not even live in the school district. Was the meeting legal? If illegal, what can be done about it?—W. F. W., Bancroft, Michigan. IF people who are not legal school electors are permitted to vote at an annual or special school meeting it does not invalidate the meeting. There is no provision in the law for the throwing out of any ballots or a recount of the same. If no one challenged the unqualified voters at the time of.voting, the election stands. All that can be done is to criticise the Board of Edu— cation and others who were present because they permitted those who were not legal school electors to cast their votes. C. L. Goodrich, Asst. Supt. Public Instruction. WIDOW ENTITLED TO HALF If a husband died 30 years ago leaving one child but no will and the widow living on the same-farm for the past 47 years and done the house work for the farm and the widow never married what share of the farm is she entitled to now there being no debts?—Mrs. B. 0.. Branch County, Michigan. ’ \i 3:251 2.x"... .r a. w ’ Miss Zita. Thomas of Saginaw county was declared the leading girl in Boys’ and Girls’ Club work in Michigan this year and she was one of the two club members to represent Michigan in the Moses Lead- ership Trophy Contest. TO encourage leadership among boys and girls club members a. beautiful silver trophy given by H. A. Moses of Mittineague, Mass, will be awarded annually by the International Four—H Training School to the club boy or girl in the United States showing the most outstanding leadership. Each state may enter one boy and one girl in the contest, and all contestants must have been club members in good standing for not less than three years, including the leadership year. Also each contest- ant must be at least fifteen years of age and not over twenty—one on December 1st of the current year. Each contestant must be a mem- ber of a leader of a standard club group as approved by the proper officials of the State College of Ag— riculture of the State represented, and the contestant must have a re- cord showing participation in County or State, or Inter~State demonstra- tions, Club exhibits or judging work. To the International Four—H Train— ing School the contestant must sub— mit a certified record of his lead— ership work and influence of his leadership. Also a record of mem- ber’s individual club work for the full three year period of the club leadership, and the contestant must show that he has enlisted or helped other club members in the work. Each state is required to submit a copy of the program of the club for the current year from which the contestant comes and also show the number of meetings held by the club, and the number attended by the entrant. In addition, each state may furnish any additional inform- ation that it may have, including suitable pictures. This may include any signed statement from the local leader, county extension agent, local residents, or any other person who can speak authentically about the members. A history of the club and the work of the member will be of value to the committee making the award. It is recognized that local conditions in communities will vary and will have a hearing on determ- ining the worth of a member’s work. Each entrant is required to write a narrative report on the subject: “How I Have Tried to Help My Community Through Club Work.” The contestants are scored as fol- lows: Leadership Score Card 1. Three year record of club work as shown by annual reports and approved by both County and State Leaders in charge of club work ...................................................... 25 2. Club members record in mak— ing exhibits, public presentation of club work, giving demonstrations or work in judging contest, etc ....... 25 3. Club Leadership record as shown by: (a) Securing new members (b) Work as actual leader of club or clubs (0) Record of influence on community . . (dY‘Individual progress made (e) Part taken in club meet- . " fl in’gs; etc. ....... ......... 25 . ' Records "for three year" period SilverTrophyto" Leading Elub "Member twenty-one teams. The je‘ct: “How I Have Helped My Community Through Club Work.”..25 , 5—— Total Score .......................... 100 Should the winner of this Lead- ership Contest not be the winner of a trip to Congresshthe funds for such trip will be furnished by the trophy, Mr. H. A. Moses. Represent Michigan Michigan’s representatives in the Moses Leadership Trophy Contest held in connection with the Inter- national Livestock Show at Chicago during the past week were Raymond Laser of Hillsdale county and Zeta Thomas of Saginaw county. Raymond Laser has had nearly three years of club work joining during the spring of 1922, and has been particularly successful in the work. The first year he was chosen a member of the general livestock judging team to represent Hillsdale county. at the Michigan State Fair Judging Contest at Detroit, and the team won seventh place in a field of following year he won prizes at the Hillsdale County Fair for his season’s club work. He won All—Around County Championship which included a short course scholarship at M. A. C. and the privilege of attending Club Week at the college. Each year he has gone with the County Exhibit with the State Fair, and during the ,his community to past year won a trip to the National Club Conference, and a gold watch fob. This year he was high indi— vidual in judging at the West-Mich- igan Fair. He was chosen to go to the National Dairy 'Show, but did not go as he had already won a number of honors and decided to let the boy chosen as alternative, take the trip. Also he has done much in encourage his friends to take up club work as well as help those already in the clubs. Girl From Saginaw County When only ten yeras of age Zeta began her career as a club member, and the first year she became fam- iliar with her work but did not win any prizes. The second year she was elected secretary and treasurer of her club and took part in a dem— onstration team that fall. The third year she again held office and the team she demonstrated with that year received first prize, and also she received prizes on jars she had at the Saginaw County Fair. Her last year of club work was the most successful and the demonstration team of which she was a member received first prize again. Miss Thomas also belonged to a sewing club. She took up cooking and the team of which she was a member took first prize at the Michigan State Fair on making cot- tage cheese and various ways of serving. She has been local leader for the First Year Club having twelve girls under her at one time, n L _ f ‘To “Bring cjgout ‘ 04 Happy New Year“ 1— g '.t1&1) and six at another. This last fall. she chaperoned two of her. club ‘ members to the State Fair, and they demonstrated the making of baking powder biscuits and peach short- cake, receiving first place. Also the f. team she trained won several prises ' at the Saginaw County Fair. All to-‘5 gether she has had eleven years of , club work which included two trips to the State Fair and attend- ance at Club Week at the M. A. C. " Michigan is proud of this boy and girl who represent her. EATON COUNTY AGENT JOEE M. A. C. STAFF FTER serving the farmers of Eaton County for over three years County Agent Ralph W. Tenney resigned during the latter part of November to join the facul- ty at the M. A. C. at East Lansing. Mr. Tenney will act as director of short courses and in addition to his regular work will direct the Far- mers’ Week Program, arrango for Farmers’ Day each summer, direct the boys’ and girls’ project work and the college exhibits at fairs. Mr. Tenney has been unusually; successful in his work in Eaton County, and farmers regret his ge- ing. However, they have secured the services of Clair C. Taylor for four years agricultural agen‘ of Newaygo County, who has made an outstanding success of the Work and he will “carry on” where Mr. Tenney left off. l" l .1 in k ELL, here’s the close of another year. It hasn’t been the best kind of a year, but neither has it been the worst. And the out- look for the future is the best the farmers have seen for several years. In the meantime, all your farm machines have another season’s work to their credit. It’s time to check them all over, now, while you remem- ber just what they can do. Which machines are worn out? Which ones are losing you money? Which methods are behind the times? Important changes have come to pass in ten years’ time as every man knows. Good farming has had to change along with the rest, to a faster, more efficient, more economical pace—and that has been largely a matter of change in farm machines. Farm machines to- day must save more valuable time and take the place of more expensive human labor. Many of the old, small-capacity tools, made for a time when labor was cheap, are wasting profit. Sometimes they eat up the cost of new equip- ment in a single season. The time for slow work is past. Now is the day of 10-h. binders, 2- and 3-furrow plows, 2-row cultivators, me- chanical power and motor haulage. You can’t beat down the price of labor but you can make that labor do two or three days’ work in one! To make money your farm must handle the most productive work in least time, with least labor. Increase your crop yield per acre. Cut down your labor costs. Diversify. Plow more furrows as you go along, cultivate more rows, cut wider swaths. Plant every hill full—the missed hills in a field have a big effect on the yield. Save extra pounds of butter fat by effi- cient cream separation. Spread manure by the load instead of by the forkful. Let tractor and engine power help you. Never was there a better time for the use of good judgment, combined with practical vis- ion. Put the right pieces of modern equip- ment on your farm, handle them well, and you can’t avoid a profitable year. The law of supply and demand is swinging back to the sunny side of farming. Let's be ready for 1925 and ready with equipment to fit these new times. Nature helps him who helps himself—and the McCormick-Deering dealer is ready to show you the very latest in time- and labor-saving, yield-increasing farm equipment. -. .. ‘5. ..._. ,...___._._— ..-_..—.__._._..— W.“- w" "“" “"'"‘"“ ~.. -.....~__._.._..—. V~.,..W....~_ - ~ we— Grain Binders Hay Rakes Rice Binders Hay Tedders Tractor Binders Side Rakes and Push Binders Teddera Corn. Binders Hay Loaders. - Sweep Rakes Reaper: Hay Stacker-s AHarvester-Threehen Baling Presse- ers Corn Planters Mowers Corn Drills INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY 606 80. 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One of our readers used to have sagging gates ' X Making a gate sag proof. on his farm but no more. The ac- companying sketch shows how he has remedied the trouble. Follow- ing is a key to the sketch: M— 4”x4”; 0—2”x4”; Y wire; X— barb wire so that pigs cannot crawl under the gate; D—~6”x6” bolted and set into main post; N—simple gate latch; R large post. DIFFERENTIAL \VIRE IN G TOOL OR pulling up woven wire fenc- ing one of the rollers taken from an old grain binder may be used to advantage. The one driv- ing the reel of the butter canvas is preferred as these have a steel shaft passing through the wood roller. 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Write for details and give as complete information about yourself. " «.3»: -- THE REGINA: CORPORATION. Dep’t A Rahway, N. J. WHEN wnrrme To ADVERTISERS PLEASE isl'flou THE memo”! BUSINESS FARMER wooo ROLlER " STEEL SHAFT \ mexxulumm Differential wire stretcher. wrap on the wood part of the roller, these latter cables being attached to an anchored post. A crank is at- tached to one end of the shaft, and as the roller is turned to wind the cables on the large part of the roller the other cables unwind from the shraft thus giving a powerful wind- lass action—G. M. V. A HANDY TOOL BOX HAVE a handy tool box I made I out of a tin box about 4 by 4 by 7 inches, open at the side. (If you do not happen to have such a box on hand your tinner can very easily make one for you.) Punch Handy tool box for the car. hules at the top center on each end, making loops with wire or other material for fastening the box on the radiator rod. A cover may be made of a strip of tin 4 by 7 inches, placing loops in the center of each end to slid on the rod above the box. The box is swung over No. 1 and No. 2 spark plugs next to the radi- ator. The cover may be slid back and forth toward the dash; the bot— tom of the box may be fastened to the radiator hose to prevent the box from swinging. The box inay be lined with card- board to prevent tools from rattling. This box makes a handy place for keeping the spark-plug wrenches, spark plugs, pliers, tire tape, etc. The only thing necessary for quick repair is to raise the hood and slide the cover of the box. A flannel cloth may be kept in the top of the box to prevent any noise of tools, which may also come in very handy for absorbing grease from the hands—W. P., Kent County. necéiiiber 3.152;; = A HANDY MILK;STOOL EADERS Of THE BUSINESS FARMER B may be interested in the‘handy milk Stool as shown in the draw- ing which I have used and found very convenient. It is easily made and the expense is practically noth- Milk stool reader uses. ing as it can usually be made from scraps of boards and lumber found on practically every farm. It will be noted that the pail rest is nothing but a board that slides on a cleat and can be slid under the seat when the stool is not in use—R. T. Michigan Grain Judges At International AGINAW county has been a fer- tile spot for Boys’ and Girls’ Club work and during the past your it has perhaps taken more hon—- ors than any other county in the state. Miss Zita Thomas of this county was chosen as the most out— standing girl Club member in the state and represented Michigan in the Moses Silver Trophy Contest. The grain judging team in club work that represented Michigan at the Hay and Grain Show at this year’s International also came from this county. Jesse Mayer, Harrison Fretterer and Leonard Benkert represented Saginaw county in the grain judging at the State Fair, winning first place and the right to represent Michigan at the International. The total score of the team was 1,570 point, covering the judging of corn, wheat, oats and beans. The boys individu— ally scored third, fourth and seventh in the state contest. The team was selected by County Club Agent Clare A. Rood to represent the county at the State Fair because of the in- terest which they had shown in their project and their proficiency over the other members of the county. Inasmuch as this was the first time any of these boys had ever appeared in any judging con- test they are to be congratulated up— on their success. County Club Agent Rood has been untiring in his ef- forts to interest the young folks in club work and the county is to be congratuated that it has such a good man on the job. Jesse Mayer is a corn club mem- ber, living at Merrill, Michigan, fif- teen years of age, and a junior in the {Merrill High School. In his pro- ject this last summer he raised one acre of Duncan’s Yellow Dent Corn. Due to the late season, his corn did not mature well enough for seed, but that did not dull his interest in corn club work and he is expecting to grow even a larger acreage next year. Harrison Fretterer, lives at Swan Creek, Michigan, is sixteen years of age, and grew one acre and a half of Pickett’s Yellow Dent, which so far has passed all tests for certifica- tion. He was the highest scoring member of the Saginaw County Team and a very enthusiastic boost- er of Pickett’s Yellow Dent. The fact that this corn was somewhat quicker in maturing than the Dun- can was in his favor this year, be- cause of the late season. Leonard Benkert, lives at Swan Creek, Michigan, is eleven years old, and this past season raised an acre of Navy Beans. This was the first time that a bean club had been or—‘ ganized in that community and Leonard’s success has created a wide interest among the boys there. He is already planning on his next year’s bean crop and expects to im- prove very materially over the work he has done this year. This 15 the grain Judging team from Saginaw county that represented Michigan at the International at Chicago this year. They are: (Seated. left to right) Jesse Mayer, Merrill, and Leonard Benkert. Swan Creek; (standing Harrison Fraterer. Swan Creek. " ‘ we: 32mg”; 2 .25. an s. ' -.; EDITED BY J. HERBERT FERRIS, n. E. Aolo DEPARTMENT Contributions Invited—Questions Answered RADIO AND AUDIO FREQUENCY ,,. AMPLIFICATION ROM several inquiries that the Radio Department has had re— cently it appears that there is some confusion in the minds of many as to what is meant by radio frequency amplification compared with audio frequency amplification. At the present time it is well for all those that are intending to pur- chase sets or build them to have an idea about this subjet as so many different claims are made by those who are selling radio sets, basing the advantages and disadvantages of the different kinds of amplification, that the purchaser or builder can be easily mislead to his regret. Let us remember that radio waves as we know them are sent out on frequencies (we might call them viabrations) of several hundred thousand a second—this is called radio frequency. In radio frequency the changes, fummncies, or viabra- tions are so r that our ear can not hear them'w they pass through our radio set. Audio frequencies are viabrations that are between 16 and"3.000 a second and are the limits between which we can hear sound. The low- est. bass note that our ear can hear is one that viabrates at 16 a second and the highest note is at 3,000 a second. Now the broadcasting station sends out it’s program at radio fre- quency which is modified by the speakers voice at audio frequency. When we tune in our radio program we tune in the radio frequency waves which we do-not hear, but when the speaker speaks we hear audio frequency modifications of the radio frequency waves. If we wish to hear distant sta- tions we must have a set that will detect the very weak radio frequency currents, and so we add one or more steps of radio frequency amplifica- tion. If we wish to get more vol- ume of sound .from our set, then we must add radio frequency amplifica- tion. Remember—Radio frequency am- plification does not add volume to strong signals but it does build up the very weak radio frequency cur- rent has brought to your detector. so strengthens them so that your detector can detect them and enable you to hear the audio frequency var- iations that the radio frequency cur- rent has brought to you detector. If new you should add audio fre- quency amplification you would build up the volume of sound pro- duced by your detector at radio fre- quency. It’s radio frequency amplification for distance and audio frequency amplification for volume. It is not advisable to ever add more than three steps of radio fre- quency or two steps of audio fre- quency amplification. If more than this is added you are likely to find that your set produces more unde- sirable noises than good music. RADIO APPRECIATION HERE are thousands of people who listen nightly to radio programs and yet have never sent a word of appreciation to the person whom they heard or to the. broadcasting station telling them that they enjoyed the program. If radio broadcasting is to con- tinue we all must show our appre- ciation of this wonderfull free ser— vice that we are getting, for if we do not show our appreciation we cannot expect people to give their services continually for our bene- fit and entertainment. It is well to send in a post card to the person who you enjoyed hear— ing or to the broadcasting station each time that you really enjoy their program. This will cost you one cent for each time and is a very small amount to pay for the pleas- ure and benefit that you obtain from radio. . Many dealers have Applause Cards” that they will give you which are easy to fill out and to which you just add the stamp and that you enjoyed the program, why have not let the broadcaster know Q that you einjoyed the program, why not start right now and make it a rule to send out at least two or three cards a week. ’ Remember, if you wish broadcast- ing to continue, you must do your part. Don’t put it of! but start with tonight’s program and sendv your card. RESPONSIBTLTY WANT to speak about the small— I est class in every community. It is the favored few who ac— cept their full responsibility in re— spect to their various duties, and DO them. We all want to run from our duties. It is easier to shrug one’s shoulders than to bare them. Physical laziness is back of most Dawns .n‘ AR n» n a l of our failures to roll up our sleeves ‘ for our community. . We are all born into the world with great debts upon our little , souls. Most of these debts we can never repay. We owe the good God for our life, and our parents for the home they gave us. We owe the community a good environment in which we grew up. We are in debt to the schools and churches for knowledge and guidance. If you and I live for one thous- and years we cannot pay up. Our responsibility goes out to those who live in our neighborhood. I confess that this thought does as much to make me try to keep straight as almost any other. We are responsible for the ignor— ance of the world. Not all of it, but that part which we can help. Yet. the average American has to be coddled and almost shamed into paying taxes for education. .» _ -.____.4 > We are all responsible for the' ill-feeling that now and then fiares , out in our communities. Troubles and hatreds over race, religion and politics If we will all face our duty as en— ‘ lightened and intelligent Christian 1 citizens, we, can do a great deal more than is now being done in pro- moting good will. We are all responsible for the oc— casional, low-browed, sex film that is shown in our towns. Most of the movie showings are entertaining and good, but there are now and then things slipped over on us that ought to make married people blush. A young woman said, “Mother, I could still blush, but I never think of it." Some one ought to shoulder the responsibility of the unpleasant t t l and thankless task of trying to im— ‘ prove the moral quality of the movie showings in each town. We are all responsible if the Church, in many rural communities, is a waning and divided force. Our fathers sacrificed for every good thing which we enjoy. We will have to struggle in the same spirit if we retain these blessings. Thank heayen, there are, every- where, a few choice souls who try to shoulder the responsibility for the happiness, decency, and purity of life in their communities. May their numbers increase! To me the charming wonder of our Lord was that He became per- sonally responsible for the sickness, the ignorance, the sin, and misery of the world, and was willing to die for a better order and life among men. It is true that we need better ag— riculture, and better schools, and a whole lot of other good things, but most of thesevbetter things will come when we all try to accept and carry our responsibility to our- selves, our God and Each Other. 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The second picture, Alan saw, was one that had been taken in front of the barn at the farm. It showed Alan at twelve, in overalls and barefooted, holding a stick over his head at which a shepherd dog was jumping. “Yes; that is Shep and I—Jim's and my dog, Mr. Sherrill. It was taken by a man who stopped at the house for dinner one day; he liked Shep and wanted a picture of him; so he got me to make Shep jump, and he took it.” “You don't remember anything about the man?” “Only that he had a camera and wanted I. picture of Shep." "Doesn't it occur to you that it was your picture he wanted, and that he had been sent to get it? I wanted your veri- fication that these earlier pictures were of you, but this last one is easily recog- nizable." Sherrill unfolded the third picture; it was larger than the others and had been folded across the middle to get it into the envelope. "That is the University of Kansas football team," he said. “I am the second one in the front row; I played end my junior year and tackle when I was a senior. Mr. Corvet———?” "Yes; Mr. Corvet had these pictures. They came into my possession day before yesterday, the day after Corvet disap- peared; I do not want to tell just yet how they did that." Alan‘s face, which had been flushed at first with excitement, had gone quite pale, and his hands, as he clenched and un- clenched them nervously, were cold, and his lips very dry. He could think of no ssible relationship between Benjamin rvet and himself, except one, which would account for Corvet’s obtaining and keeping these pictures of him through the years. As Sherrill put the pictures back in their envelope and the envelope back in his pocket, and Alan watched him. Alan felt nearly certain now that it had not been proof of the nature of this relationship that Sherrill had been trying to get from him, but only corroboration of some knowledge, or partial knowledge, which had come to Sherrill in some other way. The existence of this knowledge was implied by Sherrill’s withholding of the way he had come into possession of the pictures, and his manner showed now that he had received from Alan the con- firmation for which he had been seeking. “I think you know who I am” Alan said. Sherrill had risen and stood looking down at him. "You have guessed, it I am not mis- taken, that you are Corvet's son.” The color flamed to Alan's face for an instant, then left it paler than before. “I thought it must be that way,” he an- BWered; “but you said he had no chil- “Benjamin Corvet and his wife had no children." "I thought that was what you meant." A twinge twisted Alan’s face; he tried to control it but for a moment he could not. Sherrill suddenly put his hand on Alan’s shoulder; there was something so friend- ly. so affectionate in the quick, impulsive grasp of Sherrill's fingers, that Alan's heart throbbed to it; for the first time some one had touched him in full, un- checked foeling for him; for the first time, the unknown about him had failed to be a barrier and, instead, had drawn another to him. "Do not misapprehend your father," Sherrill said quietly. “I cannot prevent what other people may think when they learn this; but I do not share such thoughts with them. There is much in this I cannot understand; but I know it is not merely the result of what others may think it—cf 'a wife in more ports than one,’ as you will hear the lakemen put it. What lies under this is some great misadventure which had changed and frustrated all your father’s life.” Sherrill crossed the room and rang for a servarit. "I am going to ask you to be my guest for a short time, Alan," he announced. "I have had your bag carried to your room; the man will show you which one it is." Alan hesitated; he felt that Sherrill had not told him all he knew—that there were some things Sherrill purposely was withholding from him; but he could not force Sherrill to tell more than he wished; so after an instant's resolution, he 80-, oepted the dismissal. Sherrill walked with him to the door, and gave his directions to the servant; he stood watching, as Alan and the man went up stairs. Then he went back and seated himself in the chair Alan had oc- cupied, and sat with hands grasping the anus of the chair while he stared into the tire. Fifteen minutes later,"‘he heard his daughter's footsteps and looked up. Con- stance halted in the door to assure her- self that he was now alone; then she came to him and, seating herself on the arm of the chair, she put her hand ‘ his thin hair and smoothed it softly; he felt for her other hand with his and found it, and held it clasped between his palms. “You've found out who he is, father?" she asked. “The facts have left me no doubt at all as to that, little daughter.” ”No doubt that he is—-who?" Sherrill was silent for a moment—not from uncertainty, but because of the ef- fect which what he must say would have upon her; then he told her in almost the same words he had used to Alan. Constance started, flushed, and her hand stiffened convulsively between her father's. They said nothing more to one another; Sherrill seemed considering and debating something within himself; and presently he seemed to come to a decision. He got up, stooped and touched his daughter's hand, and left the room. He went up the stairs and on the second floor he went to a front room and knocked. Alan’s voice told him to come in. Sher- rill went in and, when he had made sure lhdién'Drum \ By William Mad-lat: and Edwin Balmer Oowrichtbrlidwinndmer “That key,” he said, “is one I made your father give me some time ago; he was at home alone so much that I was afraid something might happen to him there. He gave it to me because he knew I would not misuse it. I used it, for the first time, three days ago, when, after becomihg certain something had gone wrong with him, I went to the house to search for him; my daughter used it this morning when she went there to wait for you. Your father, of course, had a key to the front door like this one; his serv- ant has a key to the servants' entrance. I do now know of any other keys.” "The servant is in charge there now?" Alan asked. “Just now there is no one in the house. The servant, after your father disap- peared, thought that, if he had merely gone away, he might have gone back to his birthplace near Manistique, and he went up there to look for him. I had a wire from him to—day that he had not found him and was coming back." Sherrill waited a moment to see SUMMARY OF OUR STORY TO DATE look back from the beach and from this copse there comes at time of NEAR the northern end of Lake Michigan there is a copse of pine and hem- storm a sound like the beating of an Indian drum. This drum beat, 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 (laughter, 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 as Alan Conrad, appears at the Sherrill home Alan, since a small child, has lived with a family disappears. asking for Benjamin Corvet. 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 receives a letter from Ben Corvet to come to Chicago and Alan rushes there thinking that Corvet could tell him something about his parents, but arrives after Corvet disappeared. He goes to the Sherrill home and talks with Constance and Mr. Sherrill. that the servant was not with Alan, he closed the door carefully behind him. Then he turned back to Alan, and for an instant stood indecisive as though he did not know how to begin what he wanted to say. As he glanced down at a key he took from his pocket. his indeci- sion seemed to receive direction and in- spiration from it; and he put it down on Alan's dresser. ”I've brought you,” he “the key to your house?” Alan gazed at him, bewildered. key to my house?” “To the house on Astor Street," Sher- rill confirmed. "Your father deeded the house and its furniture and all its con- tents to you the day before he disap- peared. I have not the deed here; it came into my hands the day before yes— terday at the same time I got possession of the pictures which might—or might not, for all I knew then—«be you. I. have the deed down . 1,. w: a“. ‘ I. .m...,. a- , ... ,‘T' :x‘.‘ an a J ‘ ; A1; 3 5.”..‘f ~w’ a- in ‘spoken'. _ ., inner was into the great “ dining-room, where ,the table with its lii'i'en, silver, and china. gleamed under ‘shaded lights. The oldest and most dignified of the three men ser— vants who waited upon them in the din- jug-room Alan thought must be a. butler —=«a species of creature of whom Alan had heard but had never seen; the other ser- vants, at least, received and handed things through him, and took their orders from him. As the silent-footed servants moved about, and Alan kept up a. semewhat strained conversation with Mrs. Sherrill —-—a conversation in which no reference to his own affairs was yet made—he won- dered whether Constance and her mother always dressed for dinner in full evening dress as now, or whether they were go— ing ”fit. A word from Constance to her mother told him this latter was the case, and while it did not give complete answer to his internal query, it showed him his first glimpse of social engagements-as a part of the business of life. In spite of the fact that Benjamin Corvet, Sherrill's close friend, had disappeared—or perhaps because he had diswppeared and, as yet, it was not publicly known-their and Sherrill’s engagements had to be fulfilled. What Sherrill had told Alan of his father had been iterating itself again and again in Alan’s thoughts; now he recalled that Sherrill had said that his daughter believed that Corvet’s disappearance had had something to do with her. Alan had wondered at the moment how that could be; and he watched her across the table and now and then exchanged a comment with her, it puzzled him still more. He had opportunity to ask her when she >waited with him in the library, after dinner was finished and her mother had gone up—stairs ; but he did not see how to go about it. “I’m sorry,” she said to him, “that we can’t be home tJ-night; but perhaps you Would rather be alone?” He did not answer that. “HaVe you a picture here, Miss Sherrill, of—my father?” L3 asked. "Uncle Benny had had very few pic— tures taken; but there is one here.” She went into the study, and came back with a book open at a half-tone picture of Benjamin Corvet. Alan took it from her and carried it quickly closer to the light. The face that looked up to him from the heavily glazed page was regu- lar of feature, handsome in a way, and forceful. There were imagination and vigor of thought in the broad, smooth forehead; the eyes were strangely moody and brooding; the mouth was gentle, rather kindly; it was a queer impelling, haunting face. This was his father! But, as Alan held the picture, gazing down upon it, the only emotion which came to him was realization that he felt none. He had not expected to know his father from strangers on the street; but he had expected, when told that his father'was before him, to feel through and through him the call of a common blood. Now, except for consternation at his own lack of feeling, he had no emotion of any sort; he could not attach to this man, because he bore the name which some one had told him was his father’s the passions which, when dreaming of his father, he had felt. As he looked up from the picture to the girl who had given it to him, startled at himself and believing she must think his lack of feeling strange and unnatural, he surprised her gazing at him with wet— ness in her eyes. He fancied at first it must be for his father, and that the picture had brought back poignantly her fears. But she was not looking at the picture, but at him; and when his eyes met hers, she quickly turned away. His own eyes 'fliled, and'he choked. He vwanted to thank her for her manner to him in- the afternoon, for defending his father and him, as she had at the dinner table, and now ,for this unplanned, im- pulsive sympathy when she saw how he had not been able to feel for this man who was his father and how he was dismayed by it. But he could not put his gratitude into words. 'A servant’s voice came from the door, startling him. . “Mrs. Sherrill wishes you told she is waiting, Miss Sherrill.” “I'll be there at once.” Constance, also, seemed started and confused; but she ’delayed and looked back to Alan. “If—if we fail to find your father," she said, “I want to tell you what a man he was.” “Will you?” asked Alan. “Will you?” She left him swiftly, and he heard her mother’s voice in the hall. A motor door closed sharply, after a minute or so; then the house door closed. Alan stood still a moment longer, then, remembering the book which he held, he drew a chair up to the light, andgread the short, dry biography of his father printed on the page opposite the portrait. It summarized in a few hundred words his father’s life. He turned to the cover of the book and read its title, “Year Book of the Great Lakes,” and a date of five years before; then he looked through it. It consisted in large part, he saw, merely of lists of ships, their kind, their size, the date when they were built, and their owners. Under this last head he saw some score of times the name “Corvet, Sherrill and Spear- man.” There was a separate list of en- gines and boilers, and when they had been built and by whom. There was a chron- ological table of events during the year upon the lakes. Then he came to a part headed "Disasters of the Year,” and he read some of them; they were short ac— counts, drily and unfeelingly put, but his blood thrilled to these stories of drown- ing, freezing, blinded men struggling against storm and ice and water, and conquering or being conquered by them. Then he came to his father’s picture and biography once more and, with it, to pic— tures of other lakemen and their bi- ographies. He turned to the index and looked for Sherril’s name, and then Spear- man‘s; finding they were not in the book, he read some of the other ones. ~ There was a strange similarity, he found, in these biographies, among them— selves as well as to that of his father. These men had had, the most of them, no tradition of seamanship, such as Sher— rill had told him he himself had had. They had all been sons of lumbermen, of farmers, of mill hands, miners, or fisher— men. They had been very young for the most part, when they had heard and answered the call of the lakes—the ever- swelling, fierce demand of lumber, grain, and ore for outlet; and they had lived hard; life had been violent, and raw, and brutal to them. They had sailed ships, and built ships, and owned and lost them ;‘ they had fought against nature and against man to keep their ships, and to make them profitable, and to get more of them. In the end a few, 3. very few comparatively, had survived; by daring, by enterprise, by taking great chances, they had thrust their heads above those of their fellows; they had come to own a half dozen, a dozen, perhaps a score of bottoms, and to have incomes of fifty, of a hundred, of two hundred thousand dollars a year. Alan shut'the book and sat thoughtful. He felt strongly the immensity, the power, the graduer of all this; but he felt also its violence and its fierceness. What might there not have been in the life of his father who had fought up and made a way for himself through such things? (Continued in December 20th issue.) 'WHERE OUR READERS LIVE Haven’t you a picture of your home or farm buildings that we can print under this heading? ictures Do not send us the negatives, just a. goo print. Show the. other members of The Business Farmer’s large family where you live. K0 are all right if the details show up well. HOME (OF SAMUEL VOLZ AND FAMILY AT SEBEWAING, MICHIGAN This picture was'taken last winter and shows part of the buildings on the farm of . . dingo, nogwollpu‘lnted unduhis tools in the shed and barn. Send us a picture your @0130. or burn- for this page. '11 you have a picture showing most of the! SF“?! V011. 01'? BOMWNIIC- You can plainly see that 'Mr. Volz is abusiness farmer; ‘ ‘. ,Mflnfislliko this .0130) let. us print it. . - ~ ~1~ marries-m “5“".W use!» “From Dot and Daddy ’ ’—a Kodak It has been hard for Dot to keep the big secret but she managed somehow, and mother is the most surprised person in the world. And pleased, too. A Kodak is just What she wanted. flutograpfiz’c Kodak; $6.50 up Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N .Y. ,Write for Free 300 $543333 PUT THIS NEW _ MILL on YOUR .."'M: . ~- hyN'o :v‘ ' 4 . , l/ / > '_I . ' 1.325. l ‘i‘ln “d — i OLD WW fl :‘ TOWER £66" w 11.53% Albion and and weed mills are qmct end powerful. One-third (he warh- mg parts of any other mill: Only m’ain F’Ilman bearing sublccl lo wear. ms is Cullen, and easily 1c- placcablc. Covctns by depends“: weight mlhoul springc. Fin any 4-90“ slcel lower. Why not shurlcn your (hole liouls now will! a good Wi This is your chance—F. O. B. Albion. Face! it yourselL Ask you! dealer, or wnie direct to Union Steel Products Co. Ltd; , Dept. 34: Albion. Mich“ U. St A: Down $ Puts this Oldo- Tan Metal- to-Metal Harness on Your Horses We trust you wherever you live. Only $7.50 down. Pa the rest monthly. Write for free harness boo . Learn all about this improved metal- to-metnl harneso' construction. Metal wherever there is wear or strain. No old-fashioned buckles. ‘ an DON’T WEAR A TRUSS BE COMFORTABLE—- VVoar the BrooksAppliance, the modern scientific invention which gives rupture sufferers iiiinieiliate relief. It has no obnoxmus l 5 rings or pads. Automatic Air First Dido-Tan leather produced'lOyearB ngo.Now Cushions bind and draw together known throu hont America for its pronounced the broken parts. No selves or superiority. lde—Tan harness inmade byntanner- plasters. Durable: Cheap. Sent on manufacturer who follows every step from the trial to prove. its Worth. 0- raw-hide to the completed harness. ware of imitations. MR. c. 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WHEN WRITING TO Anvniip TISERS MENTION THE 1" n." , My prices are much lower this rear on Fence, Gates, D Btee Posts Barb Wire. 0 Roofing 9nd Paint. My new catalog is a money saver. 050.000 Farmers Save Money ' 40-an, height . You an IIVO notion New t Price . "no“ MRI clove . Ohio 77.. mesa-gm BUSINESS FARM ER SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6. I’ll Edited and Published by THE RURAL Pueusmno oolPAlY. loo. GEOROE m. SLOOUI. President Mt. Clemens. Iiehieen Detroit Other—818 Washington Boulevard Bldg" (hdllhe 0440 RepresentedinN YkChieegoBtIauis emu-hr themtedhrml‘apemlncong‘nud Member or Agricultm-sl Publishers Ameia't'ion Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation Milan Grinnell Mo---‘-- Editor In. Annie TI l0! Farm Home Editor Frank D. Wei . Fruit Editor 1. Herbert F Radio Editor William E. Brown Lani Editor W. W. Foote.____ Market Editor Rev. Tobn W. Holland ' Religious Editor Oerl H. Knopf. Special Cones ndcnt 3- M00011!“ Circulation and or B. E. Griffith..... Emu B'. 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" The Farm Paper of Service " FARM BOARD STARTS WORK HE farm board of advisors appointed last month by President Coolidge did not lose much time getting into action and that would augur well for its future accomplishments. At the first meeting, following a conference with the president, members stated that the chief executive seemed to have a surprising grasp of the present agricultural situation and that they were certain of his complete support, even to the extent of demanding certain measures be passed on at the short session of congress. One of the matters which will certainly be presented to congress is a freight reduction on farm products, where it is Justified. It has been stated by competent investigators that agricul- ture is carrying an unfair share of the load, even with the better prices which have been in evidence during the present harvesting season. The commission is composed of men, most of whom are identified with the great cooperative marketing movements in the farming business and they are capable of suggesting practical measures which are not put forward solely with the purpose of building political fences. Too many impractical suggestions were made during the last session when more attention was being given to how the legislation would “sound back home", than to how it would work out in actual practice. The farmers of America do not ask what is not their just due. They are not demanding a subsidy at the expense of the government as a whole. They ask only a fair and square deal which will enable them to take advantage of the natural improvement which economic conditions the world over are now returning to a normal basis. A fair return for the hours of labor and the capital invested, is all the farmers are ask- ing and that they are now in a better position than ever before to realize this ambition seems pretty well admitted. GROESBECK SEES THE LIGHT is reported from Lansing that Governor Groesbeck will sign a gasoline tax of two cents a gallon, if passed at the next session, but he believes an additional tax on weight of automobiles and trucks should be incorporated with it. The funds available from this dual tax would not only carry to completion the hard—roads of the state highway department, but would furnish suflicient funds to maintain the elaborate system already in use. It is hard to see where the automobile clubs or others who have. opposed the gasoline tax will find a foot-hold of argument to combat the prac- ticability of this proposal and we think the farmers and other owners of motor vehicles will immediame see the necessity of it. That a gasoline tax will be passed at the next session is a pretty well admitted fact and now with the opposition of the governor removed there seems to be nothing which will prevent its being put into effect early in 1925. 80 certain is the administration of I. change In the present weight and horse-power tax that they have instructed the secretary of state to make no collections of automobile tax and to hone no new license plates until after the first of February. ‘ , The old plates are now so weather-beaten on g . 3? )‘i ”i” o es s 3 Us mes-s .__VF_A RMER beat up that it requires some enort to read the numerals close-up. Well, we hope they'll stand up a little longer! THEY SHALL NOT PASS—UNGUARDED! ETURNING home from Mason where he had been busily and happily purchasing supplies for the family reunion to be held on Thanks- giving day, John Snyder. a farmer sixty-five years of age, was struck and killed by a passenger train. Cranberries, nuts, raisins and candies for the little folks were strewn along the tracks with the new sedan in which he was driving. A farm home that was to have resounded with merry laughter was turned into a sorrowing household in the twinkling of an eye. That was only one of the many grade-crossing accidents in Michigan alone during the past fort- night. What is to be done about it? We are asking for better protection at these death-crossings whether it be by legislation which requires all vehicles to stop before cross- ing railroad tracks, automatic signals which can be seen and heard by the driver or actual gates which are closed on important streets and main traveled highways. Only a catastrophe in our own family seems to be able to jar us into the responsibility which is ours. The automobile has brought with it a problem which must be reckoned with and quickly! SUGAR BEET OUTLOOK BRIGHT ROWERS and manufacturers alike seem G pretty well satisfied with the prospects of a successful outcome of their work for the year 1924. The acreage under the new contracts was longer than in any previous year. Labor was, in a few instances, plentiful and experienced. And even Nature stood on the right side of'the industry and with a lengthened fall matured the beets with a higher sugar content than has been known for years. Only the wholesale price of sugar during the months of October, November, December and January will determine the final share which the grower will have in the profits derived. Some optimists predict a total payment of over $19,000,000 to the growers for this years crop and this will top by at least two millions the record since the inflated war-time prices were in evidence. The manufacturers of beet sugar in Michigan can well afford to take the representatives of the growers into their confidence, work with them and bring about a spirit of harmony and co— operation which has been unknown since the first ton of beets was hauled to the scales in this state. It takes a year like this when all are reaping the profit to bring about such a friendly feeling among those most vitally concerned and it would be a crying shame to let the opportunity which it presents pass unnoticed. The manufacturers, if they are fair, will ask only a reasonable guarantee and a reasonable return for their capital and energy invested and we know the beet-growers of Michigan, ask no more. It may be that in years past there has been the wrong approach to a conciliatory meet- ing between the two. It may be that new leaders who carry none of the past ill-feeling must be appointed by each side. One thing is certain: both are now concerned in the inroads of a pos- sible reduction in the tariff on Cuban sugar which should bind them in an open fight on com- mon grounds. Get together, boys! RADIO HAS ARRIVED EVEN at the risk of having some of the readers of this page accuse us of giving unwarranted attention to the radio and its adaption to the modern farm home we are writing this, especially to call your attention to the develop- ments of the past week, when transatlantic broad- casting has been tried and proven in a large way. Many amatuers, some on the farms of Michi- gan have during the past week heard concerts and received messages broadcasted from London, rs your: New on s'rnarau'rr Is In house cleaning time on our mail list. So If your oddreee lohel is not exactly cor- , root no to: 1. Your eon-root none and initials. 3. Your complete address and correct rural route number. 8. Your correct date of expiration. Send ln your oddreoe lobe! from the cover of this or no recent issue. tell us who: is wrong and we grantee to oorroct it within 24 hours of the 0 your letter lo received. If you will oddreoo: 11.. Former. Attention of . 'V" r . . I Y _ h .. . , _ "." , , . . “a P3118. Brussels and ever Berlin. The “seven- league boots" which were but friction and wild dreams of a generation ago are now available to any farmer or his son who will string an aerial from the house top to the windmill! The air is literally filled with music, lectures and sermons, which are yours for the taking! In England this summer we were told of the scheme employed over-there to tax the receiver with a share of the expense of maintaining broad- casting stations aud furnishing the entertain- ment. It seems one concern, which is composed of the leading manufacturers, have the sole broad- casting rights and are allowed by the Br? government to collect a tax proportionate to e receiving distance of the outfit used. A tax com- parable with the automobile weight tax on this, side of the Atlantic. . One similar measure may in time be enacted here, but at present metropolitan newspapers, electrical manufacturers and others are finding enough publicity value to enable them to stand the expense of the elaborate programs which they broadcast and for the receiver they are as free as the very air itself. We repeat our suggestion that you combine your Christmas money and with it buy a good radio outfit that every member of your family will enjoy for countless hours. DOGS AND AUTOMOBILES CARRYING dogs on the running-board of an automobile results in many dogs being.killed by falling off or being thrown off, and killed or maimed, and many are lost on the highways. The Oregon State Humane Society has prepared and will present a law to protect dogs carried in this way. It is called an act regulating and prohibiting carrying dogs on automobiles and provides that it shall be unlawful to carry a dog upon the hood, fender, running board or other external part of any automobile unless the same shall be pro- tected by a frame work, carrier, or other device sufficient to keep any such animal from falling from the automobile. .Suitable penalty is pro- vided. - There should be such a law in every state and a copy of the proposed Oregon law can be so- cured by addressing Judge Benson, counsel for Oregon Humane Society, 1102 Spalding Building. Portland, Oregon. THE CONSTITUTION T the 150th anniversary celebration of the meeting of the First Continental Congress. at Valley Forge, Pa., Senator George Whar- ton Pepper said: “When things go wrong, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred it is we who are at fault—not our constitutional system. Our job is not to chop the Constitution to pieces to fit our ab- normalities but make ourselves worthy to live under our Constitution as it is. “We are reminded here that when the times were evil, Washington fasted all day and united with his countrymen in prayer for light and guidance. It was in this spirit that they laid the foundations of the Constitution. Some of our modern reformers. on the basis of three square meals a day and the noisy proclamation of their own self—sufficiency, want to blow the founda- tions from under the Constitution. My breth— ren, these things ought not so to be." THE BIRDS HAVE GONE SOUTH URING the past few months the great annual flights of migratory birds to the south has taken place. The honk of wild geese flying by night mostly was a familiar sound. So the gathering of great flocks of blackbirds and other varieties preparing to migrate were common sights. Soon Jim Crow, an occasional bluejay, owl or sparrow will be the only land birds left to spend the winter with us. The wonder is how the birds that remain find food, water and shelter. We can help preserve the birds by plac- ing a little food where they can get it, especially about the house or sheltered places and let the house cat enjoy seeing them through the windows from the inside. THE COMMON PEOPLE PAY ELIABLE statistics show that with $32,000,- , 000,000 in tax—exempt public securities— national, state and district—the difference in the earning power of the average tax-free so- curity and that of taxed industrial property is about as 8 to 6; industrials must make the larger percentage in order to compete with the tax- ‘ free holdings. This forces an unnatural scale ot/ prices for everything that is made by industry; and prices are now and will remain high until all investments are brought to parity, by taxing all incomes from investments silks. ‘ Why should there be any tax~exem ti 3’ nuances? ”alum; - 'JA .. n: > i. , a \ , x . i "T'ipesém'boir mm wr‘ 4w " M'WM .. . I 1 ii ! " ww'rwn—vw wfl/ page... 5.1924 ' EEPUBL'ISHER’S DESK SPECIACLE COMPANY RETURNS MONEY "Being a subscriber to your fine, We paper, I was reading your Nov- mnber 8th issue, and noticed a letter published, which, I am positive, would not apply to all cases. would appmciate it very much, if. for the sake of the Company 8130mm of, you would publish my letter. "A short time ago I also received a circular letter from a firm selling spectacles in Chicago. I was inter- ested and ordered a pair for which I was to pay $4.98, on a ten-day free trial. I received the Spectacles which did not seem to fit my eyes, and wrote to the firm, asking if their guarantee -of exchange would be carried out. They forwarded an— other pair, upon my request, and they, too, were not quite strong enough for my eyes, but they im- mediately sent me a check for the full amount, and were as courteous and prompt in their remittance as one could possibly desire. “Because of this, I think it rather un-just for everyone to get the im- pression that they are dishonest, and feel sure that there must have been some mistake on the part of the party who returned the specta- cles —- perhaps in the address. Thanking you for publishing the above, I remain, an appreciative subscriber.” first paragraph of the article you refer to was a copy of a letter we received from one of our subscribers and it gave the ex- perience of this subscriber with a mail-order spectacle company. Our subscriber does not say that all of the firms selling spectacles by mail are dishonest, nor do we. But we did state in our comment on the let- ter that we do not believe that there is one case in a hundred where glasses fitted through the mails are satisfactory. After your experience I think you will agree with. us. Our eyesight is too precious to allow anyone to experiment with it. Do not allow someone to fit you “by guess and by- gosh," but go to a specialist, one who has made a real study of the eye and its ailments, and knows what he is doing. NILE ART COMPANY AGAIN! N the August forth, 1923, issue on this page we gave some little pub- licity to the work—at-home scheme promoted from Fort Wayne, Indiana, under the name of the Nile Art Com- pany and advised our readers not to be caught by the alluring induce- ments offered for coloring articles at home. Our advice must have had some foundation in fact. A week or so ago the government postal authorities closed in on the company, arrested the manager and —but let the newspaper clipping tell what happened: “A gigantic nation— wide swindle is believed by United States postal authorities at Washing- ton. D. C., to have been nipped to—day with the arrest of Glenn D. )‘ryer, 24, years old. financial genius of this city. who since April 1, 1922. as owner and operator of the Nile Art Company. has done a volume of bus- iness in excess of a half million dol— lars and earned for himself a (lear profit of around $200,000 or $300,- 000 This year, the boy—wizard is believed to have cleared a profit each month of approximately $10,000. And Fryer it is said, less than three years ago borrowed $100, With which The purpose o! this department In to P. our subscribers trom fraudulent dealinol or unfair treatment by person: or com a distance. in ova-y case we will do our host to man a satisfactory outlet-tent or form action. '0' which no ohms for our services will over he made, providing: 1.—-Tho claim I: made by a paid-up sub- Iorlbor to The Business Former. 2.—-Tho claim I: not more than C sues. old. 8.-—Ths claim I: not local or between 900- Within our distance of one another. shouldbooostlodotflmhonsandnot attempted by mail. ,lddroo all letters. sivln lull Malian, mots, dates. «0.. code: no also your ad- dn-hhoitromthohontsoverofan laws but." thatyouaroooo who: Till IUOINE“ FARMER. Coliseum: Io: It. Clams. Mich. Report Endi llovombor 28 1924 M “M v m number claims a..- 11 'lllunt invoked .....-....-.._.ezs,m.n . M W claims count—M..-" amt v- ‘ $28,144.41 r; t s 's 5' ni- . him this fabulous profit. to start working his scheme. It may not have paid others but it certainly paid Fryer! He must have been able to cut a wide swath in Fort Wayne on $10,000 a month profit! We can picture the surprise of the staid old bankers when his deposits began to mount up. The neighbors pointing him out as a second Ford or Rocke- feller. The appraising glances of the towns fond mothers with daugh- ters of a marriagable age, for it is not given to many young blades of 24 summers to be drawing down a tidy $2,500 a week from their own eflorts! But let us pause just a minute and study the proposition which made Where did the money come ‘from? It was from poor women mostly, many widows. old men and women who found through tear—dimmed eyes that their meager savings were not enough to keep them and saw only the poor- house doors leering them an invita- tion. The money which this man Fryer took from the envelopes every day which piled high on his desk with each incoming mail was mostly tear-stained, all of it blood-money! Why the highwayman who holds you up at the point of a gun and takes from you only that portion of your worldly goods which you have on your person is a gentleman, deserv- ing of public recognition as com- pared with the promoters of some of these work-at-‘home schemes, who take the last dollar from the most unfortunate of society! We have through this page tried to make Michigan an unhealthy place for these kind of schemes to live in. The mere arrest of one manager is only one step in the right direction. There are land-sharks who advertise “Wanted—to buy farm from the owner," when as a matter of fact they would be honest if they adver- tised ”Wanted—$10 of your money!" There are correspondence schools, not all of them mark you, but there are some who would guarantee to make a blind-man a surveyor or a deaf-man a telephone operator—“for $5 down and just $5 a month for a few short months!" There is a concern in New York that has a “lost—package” scheme which we have turned over to the post-oflice department, knowing in our own minds beyond a shadow of doubt that it is a crooked proposition and as yet the investigators have only reported ”no cause for action". But we are not going to lay down on this one until it is proven honest, and if they do prove it is honest we will make them the same proposition we made a certain Indiana real-estate dealer, whom many of you will re- member, to whom we offered an ad- vertisement on this very page if he could prove the statements he was making. But we never had to run the ad! The season on these human buz- zards is never closed in Michigan so far as we are concerned and we ap— preciate the efi’orts of our loyal read- ers in helping us get them out from under cover. Publicity sometimes is a greater weapon than the law of the land itself! They hate it as a ground- mole hates sun-light and we suspect for much the same reasons! GLOVE MAN “IN BAD" WITH UNCLE SAM AM enclosing a circular from Kenneth Hackley, of Earl Park, Indiana. I wish you would ad- vise me whether he is reliable or not." KENNETH HACKLEY, of Earl Park, Indiana, is not reliable, ac- cording to the United States Post Office Department. He has been ar- rested by United States oflicers on a charge of using the mails to defraud. It is said that his business amounted to $40,000. Hackley sold glove materials to stay-at-homes, many of them women and girls unable to work out or shut in by illness or de- formities, and the authorities believe he did not buy the finished product back. It has developed that the au- thorities are investigating other work-at-home schemes to discover whether or not they are doing a legit- imate business. (I -r H E B‘UsiN‘Es s FARMER . 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If only I’d been living then. I might have been a famous man If I had lived in sixty—three, I could have led a charge ahead And called my men to follow me- . «I might have cheered Abe Lincoln up When he was troubled and forlorn And helped a lot, but I could not, Because I wasn't even born. I read my history day by day And think about those warriors bold Who fought and bled where blood ran red Throughout those glorious days of old. I might have been a hero, too, A general's cap upon my brow, But I can't see a chance for me, There is no work for heroes now. There's nothing left for me to do, Old Glory safely flies in air, There ls no foe to overthrow, No call for heroes anywhere. I have to add. subtract, divide, Learn capitals of every state, And how to spell and scribble well, And all because I came too late. (Copyright, 1924, by Edgar A. Guest.) POP COR-N FOR WINTER EVENINGS OME of the happiest hours of my childhood on the farm were during the long winter even— ings when, after the dishes were washed and dried and father came in from doing the evening chores, We got out the popper and made a heaping bowl of snow white pop corn. Mother had a large wooden bowl that she always used and I can close my eyes now and see it heap- ed to overflowing with the fluffy white kernels. And then after we ate the pop corn mother would read aloud to us. ‘ Pop corn is one of the things that adds pleasure to country life In the winter, especially around Thanks- giving, Christmas and New Year. A supply of pop corn and a popper is a treat for the whole family and a source of entertainment for the children on long winter evenings. The ears may be stored any place the air can circulate around them freely and where they are safe from mice, rats and squirrels. An over- head rack made of slats or wire net— ting suspended by wires in the shed makes a good place, or the ears may be strung and suspended from the rafters in the attic. Pop corn should not be stored in a warm or heated room because this causes it to dry out. If new pop corn is properly st01 ed it may dry out sufficiently to use by Christmas. Old pop corn that has become too dry to pop may be re- stored by sprinkling with water be- fore poping. It it is very dry the poping qualities may be restored by putting the pop corn in a shaded place outdoors to absorb moisture from the air. If the pop corn is in first—class condition and the heat properly ap— plied, one pint of unpopped corn will make 15 to 20 pints of popped corn. The common way of preparing pop corn is by popping and sprinkling it with salt or adding melted butter. Sometimes the popped corn is eaten with milk and sugar like breakfast food. After butchering on the farm some will pop a kettle full of pop corn in the greasy residue left in the kettle after the lard has been ren- dered. For variety, some prepare sugar- ed pop corn. This is made by boil— ing together two teacups of granu— lated sugar and one teacup of water. Boil until the syrup strings from the spoon or hardens when dropped into cold water. Pour over six quarts of freshly popped corn and stir well. To make pop corn balls the fol- lowing recipe is suggested: One pint sirup, one pint of sugar, two tables- spoonfuls butter and one teaspoon- ful vinegar. Cook till the sirup hardens When dropped into cold water. Remove to back of stove and add one—half teaspoonful of , soda dissolved in a tablespoontul of ~“hot water and then pour the hot ’sirup over four quarts of freshly popped corn, stirring till each ker- nel is well coated, then it can be molded into balls or any desired form. The following is a recipe'for cho- DEAR FOLKS : style. and a half inches wide. the under side. and sewed together, instead of carrying the braid round and round, often causing the rug to hoop when laid on the floor. Address letters: Edited by MRS. ANNIE TAYLOR Remember the rag rugs our grandmothers used to braid to put on their kitchen floor? That was a good many years ago and they have long since been declared taboo—out of ' But now they are coming back in style and they are being used extensively, in bedrooms, living rooms and dining rooms. ones our grandmothers made were not always artistic, as little thought was given to color scheme, but the ones being made today are of colors to harmonize with the wall paper and hangings. In the making of these rugs the strips should be cut from tw0 to two These are then sewed together, either hit or miss or in solid colors, and rolled into balls, three of which are used in braiding. All that is needed in addition to the rags is a stout needle and cotton with which to sew them over and over on The mat will shape better if each round is cut of! MN- lnnl. Tflvlor. We The luslnm/ Farmer, Mt. clement. llllohlosn. The 777k¢n7 éZ4¢u42i<:Z;;;é?s colate pop corn: Two teacupfuls white sugar, one-half cup of corn sirup, two ounces chocolate and one cup of water. Put these ingredients into a kettle and cook until the sir- up hardens. Then put into cold water. Pgur this over four quarts of crisp freshly popped corn and stir well to insure the uniform coating of the kernels. HOME-MADE HOUSE SLIPI’ERS I IS a comparatively easy thing to make a good looking and neatly fitting pair of house slippers, and they will cost you nothing but the time spent in the making if you use material from your piece box. I use heavy cloth, men’s suitings and coat fabrics. Uppers and soles can be made from the same mater- ial but it seems better sometimes to use a darker, heavier piece of goods for the soles. You will need some- thing for binding, narrow velvet ribbon, bias strips of velvet, braid, or what you will. A small design embroidered on the toe of the slip- per in wools or appropriate cotton adds a decorative touch to slippers for women or children. The small diagram cutting pattern I use. If you find you cannot cut the up- pers from a single piece, .piece them at the sides with a lap seam or an ordinary seam and join at the back, making a curved seam as shown in the pattern. Making the upper a little smaller at the top and bottom than it is at the sides gives it a good shape and makes it fit the shows the heel. When this is done, stitch the counter on the inside, at the back putting the middle of the counter directly'over the seam. The soles are made of double thickness, so cut out two for the left foot and two for the right, and. to avoid any mistake in putting them together, it is a good plan to stick a pin in each of the right soles so that you can tell them from the left. When you are ready to stich the soles together, trim one of each pair so that it is just a little bit smaller than the other, and place the larger one on top and then stitch them twice around the edges and up and down in a sort of figure 8 pattern. Cutting the Pattern. When you have the soles done, turn the uppers wrong-side—out and cut out a little piece on each side, as indicated in the diagram. This will make the slipper look better and also fit better. If you cut out the same amount of both sides the slipper can be worn on either foot.- at the top is made from CHRISTMAS GIFTS CHILDRbN CAN MAKE 0% '4'; The two napkin rings shown can easily be made by a child, and they make very useful gifts from one child to another. cardboard and covered with radla. Out a ring from a piece of medium weight cardboard, lap the ends i g i i g E i E. 5? 5E2 .‘FI-‘x\ \‘ . ‘ifllfl‘z «CL-.ll'fll \\ . I. V” .5... . l \\ "(lift/ill lgllll‘illll‘ . 1’.- ; "'77:" iv" 'v‘.‘ if! ”1““ " Ml. . W I- ' \ “in: (ill I I l -.\ 1.. 1' ~ "Mill all»;illici- \/.O Them 3 3 colored ii E3 gt: Ea 2% Ea iii E,‘ ii? i i g. i ‘E «ER to we the "the inside" of .each than on throats“ . ,, .. PM“ W n-d lofts, cut 0 t a trifle bit mm as side. » , _ , » You Will and a last a great .con- venience in making the slippers. A full-size shoe tree is also satisfac-v _\ tory. “If one cannot get a last, a this board cut in the shape of a shoe sole of the right size will serve the purpose. When you make up a slipper, the sole is placed on the last, inner side uppermost, and fastened in place with two or three small tacks. The upper is then put in place, wrong- - side—out, folded over about three- quarters of an inch and sewed hi the sole with long stitches in and out. When this is done, the slipper is turned right-side-out and bound. —if you are well bred! Self-Introductions.——Men and women in- troduce themselves to each other at a dinner when unacquainted. The man (look— ing at the lady’s place—card) may say: "How do you do, Mrs. Content. I am Henry Morton"; or, showing his place— card: “Let me introduce myself: this is my name." It is quite in order, too, for the lady to take the initiative: “I 81)) Mrs. Algernon Coutant," to which the gentleman would reply: How do you do. Mrs. Coutant. My name is Henry Mor- ton." In theory, though the lady may speak first, she never, according to the accepted social canon, “introduces" her- self to a man on any occasion; she merely allows him to know who she is. Other forms which may be used by her are: "I believe I am speaking to Mr. Morton. I am Genevieve Grey”; or, This is Mr. Merton, is it not. I am Miss Grey." A man when introducing himself, never uses the title "Mn," but a host may say: “I am presenting myself, Miss Grey, because my wife is so taken up with her duties as hostess that she evidently has no time to introduce me. I am Algernon Coutant." Menu for December 7th Oysters 'Chicken Hot Pot Celery Salad Dried Apricot Shortcake Coffee . ' Chicken Hot Pot.——Prepare large chicken. Cut into as small pieces as joints allow. Do not remove meats from bones. Boil chicken until nearly tender and keep broth left in kettle when you remove chicken from it. Cut 1 pound of lean, raw ham into small squares. Wash and peel and parboil 8 large potatoes and slice them._ Slice 3 medium sized onions. Put into deep, baking dish leyer .. of chicken, layer of ham, layer of pota- toes, and layer of onions. Repeat until all are used up: when arranging these layers strew tiny bits of fat over them. Pour chicken broth over layers, well sea- soned with salt and pepper. Add enough water to almost fill pot. Cover pot, and bake it for 1% hours. Be sure plenty of water is in pot while baking is in prev gross. When cooked put, baked chicken and vegetables in large tureen. Garnish edges with parsley. Sprinkle parsley and sliced cooked carrots over top. Serve with small slice of toast on each plate. RECIPES Cake Recliner—I am sending you a cake recipe which has never been a by me. 1 level cup sugar and three egx'l well beaten together, add one cup of but- ter or sweet cream, then measure one and one half or two cups flour and three teac- spoons baking powder' (Royal) and beat all together, bake. This is a simple but good cake. I hope it will help other readers.-—-Mrs. A. D., Gladwin, Mich. Chocolate Jelly.—2 squares chocolate. 1 tablespoonful fat. 2 cupfuls boiling water, 94, cupful sugar, 4 tablespoonfuls cornstarch, 1,4 teaspoonful salt, 1 tea- spoon vanilla extract, 1,4 cule chopped walnut meats and whipped cream Break chocolate into small pieces, dissolve in boiling water, add fat, salt, cornstarch mixed with sugar, stir and boil for eight minutes. Remove from fire add vanilla and nuts and pour at once into wet mold Cool, turn out and serve with whipped cream. Carrot Pudding—For puddin , 1 cup- tnl brown sugar, 1 cupf‘ul gratetgi carro iouphnmtedmwmmtoes, 94 cup fat, 1 eupful seeded raisins, IA. cupfd‘ breadcrumbs, 1,5 cupful milk, 1% cupi‘uls flour, 1 teaspoonrul salt, 1 teaspoonffl baking powder, 1 tesspoontul mired cos, 1 cupful currents and prune sane. rsauoe, it mpmnealwineg . marry wine, 1 lemon. 56. t , powdered cinnamon. For pudding. "mm fat and sugar together. add carrots. pots." . tau. raisins, currents. crumbas WIS-bah- ” powder, salt, and milk. ~ 7 run- ‘ gassed mold, cover and steam M m :- three hours, Fort sauce. mm , "in mm 9m: night; atterili‘st ' them. Nextgday put :them in pa water, they wore soaked in. just enough h 8 nwith to cover them, simmer gently ,until quite soft. Do not allow to boil or fruit will be spoiled. Take out stones, crack some, and save kernels, Rub prunes through sieve, add sherry, kernels blanched, grated rind and strained lemon juice, and cin- namon, and then, if thicker than rich cream, add more wine, or water, and use. Butterscotch Pie.——-1 egg, 1 cupful dark brown sugar, 1 cupful milk, 3 tablespoon- iuls flour, 2 tablespoonfuls fat, 3 table- spoonfuls water, 1,4 teaspoonful salt, 1 tablespoonful powdered sugar, 1 baked crust and 1 teaspoonful vanilla extract. Put yolk of egg into saucepan, add brown sugar, flour, water, fat, salt, and vanila. Sit over fire until it thickens and comes to boiling point. Pour into baked pie shell. Beat up White of egg, then beat powdered sugar into it. Spread on top of pie and brown lightly in oven. Suffic- ient for one pie. Bran Gems—Va cupful bran, 2 table- spoonfuls fat, 1 tablespoon whole wheat flour, 1,5 cupful white flour, 1,6 cupful milk, 1 saltspoonful salt, 1 egg. 2 table- spoonfuls molasses and 1 teaspoonful baking powder. Mix fat thoroughly with molasses, add egg well beaten, milk, salt, bran, flours, and baking powder. Divide into well greased gem pans, and bake in hot oven from eight to ten minutes. These gems are excellent for constipation. Sufficient for eight gems. The Runner’s Bible (Copyright by Houghton Mifllin 00.) Then shalt thou see and be lightened, and thine heart shall tremble and be en- larged: because the abundance of the sea. shall be turned unto thee, the wealth of the nations shall come unto thee. Isa. (30:5. (E. R. V.) ‘ The world desires happiness above even/thin ' _‘ , else, an ‘ hard fer’gvhtaever. will bring it.‘ You as a Christian believe that it comes ‘only through" spiritual understanding, and you will live your profession if you are a true Christian. The world will want none of your faith if you go around morose or sad, or with a sour countenance. On the other hand a wonderful way to magnify God in the eyes of men is to radiate from your face the sunlight of His love. HOMESPUN YARN The deliciously spicy syrup of sugar and vinegar left from the spiced pears and pickles is worth saving for that mincemeat you will be making soon. Finely chopped apples, served with powdered sugar, a dash of lemon juice, and cream, make a good dessert change from pie during the apple season. Aunt Ada’s Axioms: Thrift may be carried too far; it is better to put in a water system now for mother than to give her a fine tomibstone a little later. If you have to 'buy a bread box, try one that opens from the side. They are more convenient to use and easier to keep zlean then those that open from the top. Metal towel racks attached to the lower part of a kitchen shelf are convenient for hanging small tea towels or equip~ ment, and on the back of a, closet door they- make an excellent shoe rack. Saddle soap is good for cleaning the children’s shoes. Getting the children off to school is easier on the whole family if their things are in order the night before. Aunt Ada’s Axioms: They say modern boys and girls use home mainly as a place to get ready to go somewhere else, but they eat there most of the time, table talk gives the best chance to set high standards. AIDS TO- GOOD DRE§SING BE SURE AND SEND IN YOUR SIZE 4921. “morning" ress. Percale of Seersucker, kind. . 0 Width at the foot .is 214 yards, mature figure. The Pattern is cut in measure, A ' contrasting material, 1,5 yard 4883. Siz. : is require . A Simple Apron Model.—-—Checked flmall, Medium, Large and Extra Inrge. A Pleasing House Dress Style.—-Comfort d gingham or with plaits extended. 0 . es .moh Size requires .5 dyards of 36 . in h m This is also a good style for cretonne, nnbleechgd findslin A Medium size and good lines are expressed in this charming wool crepe would be good for a dress of tlllS This is a. fine model for women of _ , , _ , 44, , and 50 inches bust inch material. If collar and cuffs are made of is here shown with binding of white linen. and-percale. The Pattern is cut-in 4 Sizes: requires 2 yards of 36 inch material. A Practical Undergarment.——Cotton or silk crepe, initiate, radium silk or crepe de chine may be 4982. used for this style. The arment is in ste )-1n The Pattern is out in 4 gizee: S 11, 3 - hehes bust measure. A I» ma 4 56 A New Apron Freely—The busy, bloomers may be of th style, with . . . Medium, Iedmm 5129 requires 2% yards of 36 inch material. long vest drawers. 3 8-40 ; Dirge portions an circular . 46-48 42—44 ; Extra Large. - practical housekeeper will welcome this si‘n 1e frock and the bloomers that accompany it, because freedom and comfort while at l p e same material as the frock . work are so desirable. The or of contrasting material. splendid e 1e 18 cut in 4 $1268' Small 3 6 Medium 38 40 La 42 44 db? “it“!l oietztiias _ _ ~ . - ; . - ; rge. - : x m large. - inches bus measure. The Width of the frock at the fool; is 17/3 ard To make this model for a Medium size will require 4% yards for the {rock and 2 % eeping” Garme_nt.——-Thi 4911. A comfortable fbr little ones who [‘8' "slip" their bed coverings. cloth may b 2 cut in 6 Sizes: 2 material. 4821 . Boy.—Jereey, flannel, The Pattern is years. A 2 collar and is requir . 4692. Here is a Christmas with a Overalls of flannel, includesthe “doll” in 3 Sizes: Small inches in length. for the “doll" and overalls. yard for the Overalls. combined. crepe or voile. long portion. The P and 14 years. are required. inches wide. s is a good model for cold days, Donnet' or outing flannel, e used for this design. 6 _year size requires 2% A Popular Suit Style for the Small . serge and velveteen would be good for this model. ' ' 2‘ Wash materials such as linen, drill and seersucker. Ir cut‘in 4 sizes: 2, 3. 4 and _ year size requires 1% yard of 36 - inch material if made with long sleeves. With short sleeves 1 % yard will be required. yard 36 inches wide or ed 12, 4879. A Very Attractive Dress for the Grow- ing mph—Checked gingham and linene numbers _' This is also a suiting and wool crepe, or The. sleeve the large View, or finished with attern is 1%; yurdpf plain material and material if made as illustrated with long sleeves 2% yards of checked material If made of one sleeves 3% yards of material Will be required 32 ALL PATTERNS 12c EACH—— 3 FOR 30c POSTPAID order from this or former issues of The Bus Farmer, giving number and sign your name and address plainly. ADD 100 FOR FALL AND WINTER 1924-1925 FASHION BOOK Address all orders for pattern to Pattern Department THE BUSINESS FARMER ‘ ., Mt. Clemens, Mich. ' y . yards for the knickers of 27 inch material. and especially crepe, cambric or long The P attern 8, 1 0 and 12 years. yards of 36 inch .4883 It is also suitable for If made For band cufi‘s in contrasting material 1/; . fit yard 27 inches wide “Peter- Rabblt" and His Winter Suit.— well known nursery friend, new Jacket and 0 could make the Jacket of sati .or velvet, and the Jersey or and the garments. A 10 , Mledium 16, .. inci Size requires ard T k 7/. in? J. 1" y 0 ma. 8 as 1 usra will \ yard of 27 inch material for e require 16 ‘ ready for veralls. One ‘ nen. The Pattern ' I i. 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Bust 0 our NEW gus'romsns on Every Dress Sold Just to Get Colors: STURDINESS You or your child may be too thin or rundown in vitality but you need not be. Scott’s Emulsion is wholesome, pleasant tast— ing food and tonic that gives the body that needed urge toward sturdiness, Try it! Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield. N. I. 24—39 COAL Ohio, W-Va. and Ky. . m csrload lots at attractive prices. guaranteed. Farmer Agents Wante . from the mines and save money. THEO. BURT 4i SONS. Heiress, Ohio, 1 Shaker Screened Lump Coal Best qua i ,. Buy drag 16‘ (ran). . '1'!!!er Little brook why do you go To join the brimming river, ' Why don't you stop and play with In. And not go on forever? I know we all have duties, But you really seem so small; I don't see how you manage To turn a mill at all. The brook wecnt merrily onward To join the brimming river. I know that it will always go Forever and forever. —-Pearl Barnes, Marne, Mich. EAR Boys and Girls: -—How many of you have read the book ”Pollyanna"? I am sure that most of you have, or have heard about it, and you will recall how Pollyanna always saw the bright side of life, and kept very busy doing something to make someone happy. Many times I have thought that the boys and girls who write to our page should not be called cous- ins, but deserve the right to be cal- led Pollyannas, because they are always so ready to write interesting letters to the members of our circle who are sick or injured. Here is another opportunity to help someone. I have a letter from Albert Smith of Alabaster, Box 12, Michigan, in which he states that he is lying in bed with a broken leg, he is lonesome and wishes some of the cousins would write to him. He states that his hair is black, he has blue eyes, and is five feet nine inches tall. As to his age he states he is between seventeen and twenty- one and the one who guesses his age correctly will receive a pound box of candy from him. Now you will be sure and write to Albert, won’t you?—UNCLE NED. OUR BOYS AND GIBIS Dear Uncle Ned:—How are all the cousins and you too, Uncle Ned? I am not very well, I have asthma I have had it ever since I was a little baby. I have been wanting to write to you and the cousins before but just didn’t get around to it and this morning I will. I just love to read The Children's Hour. I will tell you what my greatest sports are Uncle Ned. It is riding my Shetland pony and playing ball and sliding down hill. Well I guess I had better describe myself like the other cousins do. 1 am 4 feet 6 inches tall, have red hair (which is bobbed), Weigh 50 pounds and am 11 years old. I am in the fourth grade at schooL Please excuse my awful writing because I can not write very good. I will give the cousins something different to guess. What kind of a house do I live in? I have just come from practic— ing my music lesson. I haven’t taken very long. \Vell I will close for fear Mr. Waste Basket gets hungry all at once. Will please some of the boys and girls write to me. Your want-to-be niece.— Iola Rae Walton, Rosebush, Mich., R3, Box 89. Dear Uncle Nedz—Please let me call you Uncle Ned. I know you will. I am almost an orphan, so please be my Uncle. My mother has been sick since June 2nd. She had rheumatism in her limbs and I have to do all the housework. I am 13 years old and have brown hair (bobbed of course) and I would have been in the ninth grade if I would have attended school. Mamma went to the hospital and stayed two weeks and I stayed home and kept house for daddy. Someone has knocked attbedoorsolmuststop. I love the contest and I hope you have a drawing contest—Celia Densteadt, Bates. Mich, Box 88. Dear Uncle Ned:——May I join your merry circle? I am 4 feet 4 inches tall, weigh 53 pounds, am between 6 and 10 years and the one guessing my correct age will receive a long letter from one. I am in the third grade at school. We live on a Bil-acre farm, 1 mile from town and we own a 120—acre farm'lvj miles from town. I walk to school. We have 9 head of cows and 4 head of horses and 7 little pigs. For pets I have two little kittens about 4 months old. I hope Mr. Waste Basket doesn’t get my letter. I have 1 brother living, 1 sister and 1 brother dead. Well I will close. Your want—to—be niece.—Linnie McElhenie, R1, Fremont, Indiana. ' Dear Uncle Ned:——I am another cousin who would like to join your merry circle. “0 you object to this Uncle Ned? I bet you are wondering who I am by now. I have written you once before but I did not see it in print. I bet anything it struck the waste paper basket. Didn’t it Uncle Ned? But I hope you will not disappoint me this time. I will describe myself. I have a light complexion. brown eyes, brown hair (bobbed of course), weigh 112 pounds and am 5 feet l5 inches tall and my age is between 14 and 18 years of age. I wonder if any- onecanguesstberight age? Try“. and the one that guesses it right will , .v vim! 7" a KW 'éfa ..__.;..: MW- -_ .. - ' V, ' (m AN"»;Q. ‘ . I..WA)~‘ WWW...» ,. W“. ‘ CARTOONING MADE EASY —»———‘ __._._,—\_.. .- 7.. g‘efi Q'e/ Bus receive a long letter. I live on an 80- acre farm and have 3 miles to walk to school. Daddy has taken the M. B. F. for 8 years and thinks it is fine I think I had better close and leave room for the other Cousins. Hoping that the boys and girls will write to me and I will try and answer all of them. Good luck to all of you. Yo ur want-to—be niece—Lillian Breen, Clare, Michigan, R7. Dear Uncle Nedz—I am going to bother you again if I may. How do you like this kind of weather, Uncle Ned and cousins? I think it is fine. I got five letters and was real glad to get them. Write some more cousins. I like to get letters. The contest that just ended in The M. B. F. I did not try but my Mend and schoolmate got first prize. Uncle Ned, I wish you had seen her when she got it. Marguerite is my chum in school. I was to Detroit last summer and I had just a fine time. When we came home we passed through Mt. Clemens and I would like to have stopped but we had to be in Imlay City by 10:30 A. M. All the cousins that have been to Den-cit please write to me and tell me of the good time you had there and I will certainly try my best to answer each one. I will close with love to Uncle Ned and cousins. Your niece—Miss Esther Caister. -—How can the cousins write to you, Es- ther, when you do not give us your ad- dress. That's a good joke on you. Fnclg£ubec Spinach Sans: Dear Uncle Ned:—Reading so many in- teresting letters from the boys and girls I thought I would try my luck and see if I could escape the waste paper basket. I have just been wishing I had someone to write to, so I would like to have some of the boys and girls write to me from sixteen years old and up. I’ll answer all letters received. I'll give a description of myself. I am five feet six inches tall, chestnut colored hair, brown eyes, weigh about 120 pounds and have bobbed hair, but not the shingle style, I don’t like it. I came to Michigan from Colorado five years ago, and have lived on a farm ever since. I help my dad do all the farm work. I like to work out of doors if the work isn't too hard. I milked as high as nine cows and separated the milk myself. When at home I milk every night and morning, but at present am going to high school and am in the tenth grade, a sophomore, and like it very well, I take English, Algebra 2, Civics 2, An- cient History, Penmanship and Spelling. My average the last six weeks was B or 96. Well I don’t know how many boys and girls will agree with me but I like it better in the country than in the city. I wonder if I have a twin? If so I would like to have him or her write to me. Age 17, October 19th. If I hear from some of the boys and girls I’ll probably write again and tell about the west and my trip. Hoping to hear from some of you soon with best wishes to all. —-Miss Mary E. Kruley, Boon, Mich, R1. WHAT “TILL THE HARVEST BE? OW that ’lection is past an' gone an’ we know jest who we’ve got to blame for everything that happens for the next 4 years— everything from marriage to in- growin’ toe-nails, from crop failure to stunted pigs,-—we can lay down an' rest in peace—or pieces, jest as we see fit. Anyway, the country is safe for another 4 or 3 years an’ we ain‘t got anything to worry us no more— ‘ceptin' maybe how to make a livin' or pay our debts or some little trif- ilin' matter like that. An’ so folks I'm jest goin’ right on jest as I have in the past, eatin' 3 meals a day when I can git 'em. less when 3 ain't available. I’ve never worried much 'bout it ’canse I've thought all the time the coun- try was reasonably safe anyway. You see I've never believed that it wasn’t safe with a hundred and ten or fifteen million men and wo- men to keep if safe. Somehow I never could make myself think for a minnit that the safety of this great nation —of ours depended on anyone man or woman. I don't be— lieve it now any more’n I ever be- lieved it. But it’s prob’ly jest as safe now as it was before ’lection— mebbe business is better and has a little better chance. Business always has a better chance when farmers has any kind of a chance atal, an’ jest now things are lookin’ at little better for farmers—mot so good as as they should look but better than for sometime past. Of course farmers don’t need much, an' to tell the honest truth they ain't been gettin’ much—jest crawlin' along—victim of every shark an' grafter in the country— goin’ their honest way and depend- in' on providence to keep 'em out of the poor house an’ givin’ their child- ren a chance to grow up and. be honest too. For the last 3 or 4 years I guess not many farmers has made plans for their boys and girls to follow the business of farmin', least ways it ain’t appeared that way to me. But now folks, friends, things look a little mite better don‘t they? Prices are better an’ crops are fair- b’ good. An' then another thing that makes me think ’at mebbe 'lection went all right is the fact of the nice weather we‘re havin and the splen- did rains that have cometer so long a time, we got the rain an’ you know they come after an‘ not before 'lection! Mebbe if ’lection had gone Democratic, or “Laf—a-lot" had been ’lected mebbe it wouldn't never rained again an’ mebbe this world would’a burned up an’ all of us might’a been baked hams or some- thin’ with nobody left to eat us an’ we might’a been entirely wasted. But now you see it’s different—- we’ve got all the old timers——the political flesh-eaters—the vampires an’ blood suckers still with us and jest Pres’dent Cal Coolidge an’ a few others to keep ’em off'n us. So I sez to myself an' to you, lets stand up for our Pres’dent, help him in every way we can. Stand for our own rights, fight for ’em if we have to an’ most of all let us stand together. In onions there is strength—also in union. United Farmers Alliance to control the business of farming, membership in Business Farmer Protective Service Bureau, the Farm Bureau, Grange, Farmers Clubs or anything that unites fame , are goin’ to help keep the she s from eatin’ you an' will sure hel solve many of your hard probl s.——Cordially yours, UNCLE RUBE. . MM- more. Quite a while since you’ve heard from me, but I’m still living. and doing fine. I have been working away, 8 miles from home and 3 miles from a small town, called Levering, since June 5th. New haven’t I kept my job good? The lady I‘m working for teaches my home school and drives back and forth night and morning. She takes her oldest girl (age 6) with her and the yomgest girl (age 4) stays with he and the two boys go to their own school. I like it here very well. It is the first place I ever worked out, but I go ahead with nearly all the work. Maybe I'd better give my former address, or the cousins won’t remember me. It used to be: Pellston, Mich., R1, Box 84. Now, do you remember me? If so lets shake hands and be chums. The last time I wrote, which was over a year ago, I received 27 letters and am still corresponding with some of them. It is raining to-night quite hard. The first rain we‘ve had here in a long time. Maybe I'd better give a description of myself to those who don’t remember me. I am 5 feet 5 inches tall, weigh 124 pounds, have dark brown, bobbed hair, brown eyes and am 16 years old. The people here do not take the M. B. F. and oh, how I miss it! But I get over home every two or three Weeks and never fail to read the last issue. If the boys and girls care to write to me I will enjoy all their letters and will do my best at an- swering them. So now here goes me for bed. Good night and sweet dreams to all. A friend to alt—Miss Ruby E. Fletcher, Levering, Mich., care of Ed. W. Hartung, R1, Box 9. Dear Uncle Ned:——May I join your merry circle? My father takes the M. B. F. and likes it very much. I like to read the letters that the boys and girls write to Uncle Ned. I think I will describe my- self to you. My birthday is in January and I am eleven years old. I am in the sixth grade at school. I never had my hair long yet. I am about 3% feet tall. I am a farmer girl. I live on a 100- acre farm. We raise cows, horses, pig's, sheep, ducks and chickens. Well I think I will close or Uncle Ned will get tired of my scribbling. Goody—by. Your want— to—be niece—Hilda Fedewa, Westphalia, Michigan, Star Route, Box 146. P, S.——I would be pleased very much if any of the boys and girls would write a letter to me and I would surely an- swer it. An Unwelcome Death There once lived a happy family, They lived in a peculiar place; One day there came a heavy rain And washed their home away. The father sat a brooding, O’er his little brood For mother dear, had been taken wifli fear, And left the family wooing. And now these little Sparrows, As the family was known to he, Are living in a Woodpecker-’5 nest In the hollow of an old oak tree. ———Kathryn Paul, Waucedah, Mich. A FEW RIDDLES Few children think they will ever tire of playing games; but all the same, towards the end of a long evening, spent merrily in dancing and playing, the little one. begin to get two weary to play any longer, and it is very difficult to keep them amused. Then comes the time for riddles! The children may sit quietly around the room. resting after their ramps and laughter, and yet be kept thoroughly interested. trying to guess riddles. It is however, very difficult to remem- ber a number of good and laughable ones. so we will give a list of some, which will be quite sufficient to puzzle a roomful at little folks for several hours. Why are weary people like carriage- wheels‘b—«Answer: Because they are tired. An old woman in a red cloak was pass— ing a field in which a goat was feeding. What strange transformation suddenly took place?———Ans'wer: The goat turned to butter (butt her), and the woman into a scarlet runner. Why does a duck go into the water?— Answer: For divers reasons. Spell “blind pig” in two letters? P G: a pig without an 1. Which bird can lift the heaviest weights?—-—The crane. Why is a wise man like a pin?——-He has a head and com :3 to a point. Why is a Jew in a fever like a dia- mond?—Beca‘use he is a Jew-ill. Why do many carpenters reasonably be— lieve there is no such thing as a stone? Because they never saw it. What is that which is put on the table and cut, but never eaten?»—-A pack of cards. Why does a sculptor die horribly?—-Be- cause he makes faces and busts. When does a farmer double up a sheep without hurting it?—When he folds it. What lives upon its own substance and dies when it has devoured itself‘l—A candle. _ I Why is a dog biting his tail 9. good ma'iager?—Becanse he makes both did. meet. 1 - . "m (if r, ”M“: ‘i‘f‘. .Deer‘Unele Nedz—Well here I am mo_ 7...: swim" 19:: 3" : .3 " xn-hfik- éh:';§‘i ..,.... Jury: " Decembersrm - "1 l osswono PUZZLE No.3 l /Z3’% 5 6 7 8 ‘7 /o // /2 i . H /5 {:7 22 23 L7 0 ./3 /6 l6 2/ 21/ 25 26 27- 28 or vertically or both. DOWN Exists .‘ro take a short sleep Wicked Obtain Like (a preposition) Straw spread down for animals to sleep on Mace; where produce is bought and sold Places where milk is kept Long pieces of wood Ver small A Ilttie falsehood Every one An old piece of cloth 24 else a cow makes 26 erb meaning to exist 21 North River (abbr) moonwaouoaeon Nudddfi © AMERICAN Ac mcom'uaist J SUGGESTIONS FOR SOLVING CROSS-\VORD PUZZLES Start out by filling in the_ words of which you feel reasonably sure. other words crossmg them. and they in turn to still others. ‘ . In cdggh t\(ilhite space, words starting at the numbered squares and running either horizontally The answer to this puzzle will appear in the next issue. Also. we will have another puzzle. These will give you A letter belongs ACROSS A sour liquid made from apples scues A boy's nickname A hole dug in the ground Father ddddiddd ameONJ f Fluid given by a cow nger Insect which make: honey New York (abbr) sum (lobr) Salted meat from flesh of hog: A favorite breed of hen NNN CON-i9.“ NNN OGG BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS VER sixty-five million Christmas Seals are on sale in Michigan this year. They have been dis- tributed to the men, women and children of Michigan by the Michi- gan Tuberculosis AssociatiOn and its many county branches. The seals Were printed by the Naional Tuber— culosis Association, of which all state associations are members. There were 1,250,000,000 Christ— mas seals printed altogether. To print that many seals requires a. years’ time and planning. . “The 1924 Christmas Seal Sale 18 the private citizen’s opportunity to share in saving lives,” says Theo. ‘ J. Werle, secretary of the Michigan Tuberculosis Association. “The Christmas Tuberculosis Seal is the sole financial support of the work in Michigan. It costs a penny. Who can say what it is worth? “Christmas seals have paid for Free Chest Clinics; they have main- tained summer camps for under- weight children who are ready vic— tims of the tuberculosis germ; they have paid for the distribution of thousands of pieces of literature bearing facts not generally known to the average citizen, but common knowledge to the tuberculosis work- er; they have maintained a health ANSWER TO CROSS WORD PUZZLE No. -i>17 Um ,UZD-i ,9 z mrb 4mpn WWZXDI 01% w ZmZ Dbum 0mg Fm F‘I’FQ ill—l); OF — m3 0 m—w W2‘U 30% mpOw c0): u m-r 4 m m I mzzm w m0} 4 F-DO D Z (1)"! .4 OZ ‘0) {Tl-’1 car which in the summer months covers Michigan with the driver- lecturer who helps in the education of Michigan people as to the dan- gers of tuberculosis with health movies and printed matter. “Christmas seals support 14 full time executive secretaries Modern Health Crusade director who has carried the plan of daily health chores to thousands of boys and girls in Michigan schools. These boys and girls are learning health habits so thoroughly that these habits become a part of their after life." “Rural people often imagine they are practically immune to the ravages of tuberculosis, because they live in the purified country air,” says Miss Laura Bauch, R. N., state director of clinics for the Michigan Tuberculosis Association. “We have found that a large per- centage of our applicants at Free Chest come from the farms. It is not always convenient for country people to submit themselves to phys— icians for a physical examination. A bad cold or other illness leaves them in such aweakened condition that they become victims of active tuber— culosis, as 98 per cent of the adults of this country are infected with the germ of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis infection can at any time turn into the disease itself. “Homes can be as poorly venti- lated and tuberculosis patients as careless of their habits in the coun- try as anywhere. Many tuberculous men, women and children are found as we visit homes in preparation for a clinic. These people visit our clinics where our suspicions are often con-firmed by the doctor’s ex- amination. Through the educational printed matter, the Modern Health Crusade and the Free Chest Clinic, the Christmas Tuberculosis Seal helps the farmer as much as it helps the townsman." “All knowledge is lost which. ends in ‘the knowing, for every truth we know is a candle to work by.”.-—Ruskin. I and a' (Yul new a: d (“not 4 E u ”Md—IF .“~ 7° DAV Improving _ the Dairy Her The Department of Agricultural Relations of the New York Central Lines is continuously at work with cattle breeding associations, agricultural colleges, farm bureaus and progressive farmers in the important work of improv- ing dairy cattle. Better cattle means better milk. Better milk means better prices for the farmer. TranSporting milk from the farms to the city has come to be a considerable part of our day’s work, and we want to help increase this traffic. Recently a “Better Cattle Train” operated in cooperation with New York State Department of Farms and Markets, Breeders’ Associations, Farm Bureau, Grange, Dairy- men’s League and Syracuse University, visited the im- portant dairy counties of the State, giving demonstrations and lectures on the care and feeding of herds, and on modern dairy methods. Similar trips are being planned for other States served by our lines. We recognize that working with the farmer helps to make hurl prosperous, and we prosper only as the communities we serve prosper. NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES BOSTON EMBANY- MICHIGAN CENTRAL-BIG FOUR ~ PITTSBURGH STAKE ERIE AND THE NEW YORK CENTRAL AND SUBSIDIARY LINES Agricultural Relations Department Offices New York Central Station, Rochester, N. Y. La Salle St. Station, Chicago, Ill. 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It contains Quassia, a stomach tonic; whets the appetite, promotes digestion. It con- tains Diuretics, to keep the kidneys active. It contains Laxatives, to keep the bowels regular, so that there _is no clogging of the system during heavy feeding. Just. regular milk giving where Dr. Hess Stock Tonic is included in the ration. Excellent for cows at calving time. No retained afterbirth. Feed it before freshing. Good alike for all cattle. Costs Little to Use , ngpfieeofoneganondmflktonicsawwfortwoweeks. ‘ 25-11:. pail, £25; loo-lb. drum, $8.00 (Except infleluWut, SentiendCaede) Honest Goods—Honest Price. Why Pay More? REMEMBER—When you buy any Dr. Em product. our responsibility does thdmtdmaneathfiedthatumiamtwwieaprofitablem Other- wieqretumuwemptyeontdmtouourdederamdget uourmeyback. DR. HESS & CLARK, lnc., Ashland, Ohio Dr. Hess Dip and Disinfectant Keeps the Dairy and Stables Healthful and Clean Smelling . menu breeders of lee moon I: IMII m red: on he terms of our readers. nur sdvertlslno nu Fourteen agate lines to :2: eoll‘rtt'nn 43:: . 4.2 Inch lees 2 for sub If n or ore e :1, "font: fmwlnu date of Ifienlon. BEND IN YOUR AD AND WE WILL PUT IT IN TYPE FREE. so you earn see how many Ilnee It will fill. Addms all letters. BREEDERB DIREcTORV, MIDI-IMAM BUSINE_88 FARMER, MT. CLEMENS, MIOH. Idvmmm "me under title nudlnu tor rates to .gnutr?86h; crowlng ‘2'! no per Insertion 0 l . h Tm", W as sent with order or peld 0 WE HAVE BRED HEREFORDS SINCE 1880 Our herd bulls are International Prize innerl. 57.“ CLAIM YOUR. Egocfkmarffimmgutggrgmgi Farmers prices. Write . w DATE Feed Herefords that fatten quickly cam-o FARM. emu-u Greek. Mlehlgan. HEREFORDHOLLED 0R HORNED EITHER To avoid eenfllotlns do“: we will without 581' Especis two young [“1113 ready fbr service. m llstthedfleefenyllvesteoll ln If you If" COMMON“! I d. ‘5' Inspection invi any time at farm one mile south nd we will omm the an r Chels . w. . lELEMElElI a . 1': “:.-“.:'.‘.‘:'...T lee Stock Edltor. M. I. oohelsea.°l'illchlaan.s P son “2' l. t. clemem — ' JERSEYS a nee. Janene, Pools 98th or H. F. sup fl wTLE fl, Majesty Young stock for sale. Herd - Wilda: or visit l,fyorstiiiricest'3 snd‘fideindeozernment GUERNSEY! «luv 0. WILsua. BELome. MTcLh. MAY ._ GUERNSEYS — ROSE SWINE @] rs: um mum AC ‘ 85in- :1 Dams w to 9" mmsmnns nun an ”m wh Duns have to 1011 153‘“ Dune“. human of bulls; Shugkrfiick Ms, ‘m Be a]. Jnlélfbowaf Brier Ind mm HAMPSHIRES—SPRINQ 30‘" FOR SALE. 2 fat and 010 fat. 69 70111“ order for ills bred to ofden 11th he BIEML. llaufibl'gs or GEORGE J. chKs, year. John w. snyder. 8L Johns. lien. 34. Seal , W. 8.. Mlohlgsn. .' on «La: sPLsuoIo THREE me our 0- L 0- ' f mason of Water Warrior. also several yar- -’ line- bull am. sired b. From sigh pro- 0. I. on. usr spams Hog EITHER sax. not skin from b' strong st arm a. sonudis a some. unfifllfid’i‘ l‘ fi minnows 1#4 & SHEEP fl 13mm mm 75 Wt. mum 1000 n: ms, i. new: lhe. ”MINE Mus. E pkg“ OH“ I F. H. RUSSELL. R5, Waterline. o p e. groan. Duns. tube-run tested herd. flushes 0. MNNEY, oewm. llehlgnn. mam—fig “m. 0.1.31...“ Eur: a smorsmnn 3 account Bed are human! humanism: a flfimmmwm V. V. DWI. Eldon. WWI. 00. In sflnopsmni Rum and Run Lamb: and t n“ We.“ mus loosen. em stock to this department. MICHIGAN HEADS HONOR ROLL OF 800 POUND HERBS NNUAL yield per cow is the most vital factor in cost and therefore proflt in milk and cream production. Markets may determine price but the cow owner controls the costs. Lower costs in- crease profits or make a profit at lower selling prices. Two thousand three hundred sev- enty four members of Cow Test As- sociations in twenty-eight states were reported to the National Dairy Association as eligible to the Honor Roll of Herd owners whose herds averaged 300 pounds of fat each per year for each cow in the herd and on yearly record in a Cow Test Association. Michigan leads with 386 herds over the 300 pound mark, 38 of these went over 400 pounds. - Wisconsin follows with 365 herds over the top, of which fourteen ex— ceeded 400 pounds. Pennsylvania comes next with 338 herds over 300 , pounds and 48 over 400 pounds. Minnesota, 221 herds with 9 over 400 pounds. Ohio, 204 herds with 25 over 400 pounds and three over 500 pounds. FEEDING RAW POTATOES TO MILCH COWS What is the food value of raw potatoes when fed to milch cows? Do they equal in food value, a mash of ground oats and barley? What can be done for a cow that loses her milk before milking time?-—M. K., Stockbridge, Michigan. OTATOES, according to Henry I and Morrison’s Feeds & Feed— ing contain 1-1 per cent digest— ible protein and 17.1 per cent total digestible nutrients. A mixture of equal parts of barley and oats con- tains 9.3 per cent digestible protein and 74.9 per cent total digestible nutrients. There is no close com- parison between the feeding value of potatoes and the mixture men- tioned. Potatoes compare much more closely with corn silage being somewhat less valuable than good corn silage for feeding dairy cows. Not over 25 to 30 pounds of pota- toes should be fed to a cow daily be- cause of the danger of scouring the cow and because cows that are fed heavily on potatoes produce butter fat which makes a salvy butter. Po- tatoes should be out before feeding by putting through a root cutter of some sort to prevent the cow from choking on the round potatoes. A cow that leaks milk from her udder usually cannot be treated very satisfactorily. This is due to a weakening of the sphincter muscle that normally closes the lower end of the teat. Collodion can be appli- ed to the tip of the teat after milk- ing and this usually stops the dif- ficulty but sometimes causes sores to form on the teat which may cause infection worse than the or- iginal trouble—J. E. Burnett, As- sociate Professor of Dairy Husband- ry, M. A. 0. WITH THE COW TESTERS CE MULLE'I'I‘, Cow Test- er, has summarized the first year’s work of the Charlevolx Cow Testing Association. Seven herds averaged better than 300 lbs. butterfat production per cow. Five of the seven are Holstein herds, one a Jersey and one a Guernsey. Art Shepherd’s purebred and grade Hol- stein herd was high in both butter- fat and milk production for the as- sociation. This herd averaged 433.9 lbs. fat. and 11749 lbs. milk. The other Holstein herd owners are as follows: Bert Elliott, Frank Shep- ard, Frank Vehling, and Breezy Point Farm. George Megglson had second high herd in butterfat pro- duction. His flve purebred and grade Jerseys averaged 395.9 lbs. fat. Carl Stevens and D. Cowthers owned the Guernsey herd. .. Every September the Calhoun- Battle Creek Cow Testing Associa- tion has its annual meeting and de- cides to carry on the work for an— other testing year. Floyd Wonser, 00w Tester. has completed one ‘year, and islcontinuing the testing work ' for the present season. One. of the outstanding facts mentioned in his annual summary is that "the Lake- wood Dairy herd of 59 purebred Holstein cows owned by the Battle ,Creek Sanitarium, averaged 374.6 lbs. butterfat and 11415 lbs. milk. This is the high herd in both milk and butterfat production for the association year. The high cow in butterfat produc- tion was owned by R. J. Sackett. In addition to the Lakewood herd eight other herds in this association averaged better than 300 pounds butterfat production.» These were owned by A. M. Johnson, 12 pure- bred Holsteins; R. J. Sackett, 8 purebred Jerseys; Frank McDermid, 10 purebred Jerseys; Paul mapp, 22 grade Guernseys; Leo Vinita, 14 grade Guernseys; Don Backus. 11 grade Guernseys; Hollis Barker, 6 grade Guernseys; and T. V. Hicks. 16 purebred Guernseys. The North Lapeer Association has finished one year’s testing work. Harold Holden, Cow Tester, sum- marized the year’s work mentioning that 186 cows averaged 305.5 lbs. butterfat and 8243.7 lbs. milk. Nine herds averaged more than 300 lbs. butterfat. The high herd for the entire association belonged to George Chaplin. His seven grade Guernseys averaged 397.8 lbs. fat WASHTENAW MAN CLAIMS APPLE PICKING RECORD RE is a. record for you. champion apple picker- to shoot at! Friends of Victor Sielofl' of Salem tom ship, Washtenaw county, are claiming he is the apple pick- ing champion of the state. He picked 900 bushels of apples in 9days. Can any of you beat that? and 8341 lbs. milk. Other high pro- ducing herds were owned by Gar- field McNeil, Allen Brown, Lyle Sharp, Seddon Bros, Arthur For- rest. Ross McGuigan, Claud Sinclair Charles Thomas and E. J. Rice. This association is continuing the testing {mi-k and Earl Copeland is the cow es er. H. E. Frank, Cow Tester of the North Eaton C. T. A., reports this year that ten herds produced bet— ter than 300 pounds butterfat while the association summary in 1923 showed five herds produced above 300 pounds butterfat. Last year 323 cows averaged 264 lbs. butter— fat, while this year 301 cows aver- aged 275 lbs. butterfat. The high herd showing the most economical production was owned by H. W- Burns. These four grade Guernsey: owned by Mr. Burns averaged 394.5 lbs. fat and 8366 lbs. milk. Other herds that averaged better than 300 lbs. fat production were owned by John Chaplin, R. H. Burton, Filmer Lundberg, G. S. McMuIlon, C. F. Brunger, L. W. Cole, Clair Backus, J. Pray, and Jesse Nythe. These herds are all Holsteins—either purebreds or grades. A good cow should produce over 800 pounds of butterfat in one year. No agricultural college has as yet an- nounced whether it is worse to give good feed to scrub cows, or to give scrub feed to good cows. Use of whole milk in the homes of America has increased 12 gallons per person per year in the last 3 years. and use of butter has increased about a pound per person per year. Wlw‘! Be- cause they are both good foods and the American family knows it. FREE BOOK ABOUT CANCER The Indianapolis Cancer Hospital, 1 Indianapolis, Indiana, has published a booklet which gives interesting facts about the causeof Cancer. also tells what to do for pain. bleeding, odor, etc. A valuable guide in the management of any. case. Writers: d “today, mm . "Wit“ _ Honk" _- ”N '.%‘..r','.', ‘L 4 u: r‘fihim}w 31;.st my ’3‘“ Weeding; f. mitt): 1.. 3A» . .. AAAHH.._._..-_-L...__. ”mmmOLmAHMHHHHNAMAArn-‘Apol—a QQQUQQHmwdeomeH .3 ! we-.. _. ; ~ «a; December; '6, 1924 Census of Agriculture Now Being Taken By James L. Kraker URING the months of December and January, every farmer in the United States will be visit- ed by a fellow farmer who has been appointed as a Census Enumerator to take a complete agricultural cen- sus as of January 1st, 1925. This means that every farmer in Mich- igan will be interviewed and 'you should be ready to answer all the questions on the schedule which ap- plies to your farm when the enum- eratoryisits you. With the cooper- ation of the Post Office Department and its rural mail carriers, sample schedules have already been distrib- uted to every farm. If you have not seen and studied yours a little, you had better take it down from its hiding place behind the clock some evening, and be ready to answer the questions when the enumerator calls. The last complete census of the United States was taken in 1920, and of course at that time a census of Agriculture was compiled.‘ At that time, our agriculture was in a state of readjustment following the war, and the figures obtained from that census were far from accurate, so far as giving a true picture of our country’s agriculture. Not only that, but the five years from 1920 to 1924 have so changed the aspect of our national agriculture that the 1920 figures are practically useless now. Hence the last session of Congress authorized the Census Bureau of the United States Department of Commerce to take this special cen- sus of Agriculture, to be taken as of January lst, 1925. Only the agri- culture of the country will be enum— erated, the population and industri- al figures that apply to the industry as a whole, will not be tabulated again until 1930. ‘For the purposes of administra— tion, the state of Michigan has been divided into six districts, with 3. Supervisor of Census in charge of each. This man is charged with the collection of the data in his terri- tory, and must appoint the field men who collect the information in the several enumeration districts in his supervisor’s district. For in- stance, in the Second Michigan District, which includes the north- ern twenty-one counties of the low— er peninsula, including all counties north of and included in the tier of counties with Manistee on the west, and Iosco on the east, the supervis- or must appoint ninety-two enum- erators and each should live in the territory he canvasses, and be en- tirely familiar with township boun- dries in his district. The supervis- or must then see that these men are properly instructed and supplied with blanks and all field supplies, and he must have a continual check on their work while they are in the field. The enumerators started to take this Census on December 1st, and must complete their territory by January 31, 1925. The enumer- ators are being paid on a piece basis, so it is up to each man to thoroly cover his district as quickly as possible, so as to return to the Supervisor’s office as many sched- ules as there are farms in his enum— eration district. Thus insuring the completeness and accuracy of the census. If every farmer Will be ready to answer the questions on the schedule when the enumerator appears, he will greatly aid the United States government in collect- ing this census. Of course, every citizen knows that the laws of the United States require him to answer. all questions on the census sched— ule. But it should also be remem- bered that no supervisor of a town- ship, or other assessing officer is eligible to act as a census enumer- ator, so that the information on the census is absolutely secret, and will under no circumstances be used for taxation purposes. The schedule to be used is, of course, uniform for the entire Unit- ed States. Therefore there ane many questions on it which will not ap- ply to the state of Michigan. All of the questions relate to the crop year 1924, and the livestock items are takenas of January lst, 1925. The status of every farm as to its owner- ship, acreage, and the division of this’ acreage: into own land, land un— ‘der smilmen-talleh, pasture, wo‘od— Wm locates/1W , . ed for pasture, and other land, will be taken for every farm. An im- portant question in this section, and one which may have a great bearing when we begin to use crop insur- ance, is the one relating to “land from which no crop was harvested in 1924 because of Crop Failure or destruction of any cause”. The schedule then takes up “Farm Val- ues", “Farm Debts” and “Farm Ex— penses” so as to give an idea of the financial status of agriculture. Two questions which will be answered more in Michigan than in many oth- er regions of the United States are those relating to “Cooperation in Mark ting in 1924." Under “Farm Facili ies” the government is asking “Is ere a radio outfit on this ?”, the first time radio has included in a nationwide sur- Then follows some 63 questions relating to crops harvested in 1924, which runs the whole gamut of. farm orchard and forest products. Then comes the live—stock section, the an- swers to which will give us a full census of farm animals and animal products as of January 1st, 1925. From the above statements, it may be seen that Uncle Sam is try- ing to find out the exact condition of Agriculture in the United States. For the next five years this census will be the basis of all estimates of crops and livestock products made by the Department of Agriculture. It will be the basis on which products worth $10.000,000,000 a year are sold. It will be the basis for many plans for the improvement of agri- cultural conditions. Therefore do your part to make it accurate by having the facts ready for your enumerator when he calls. VETERINARY DEPARTMENT l TROUBLE NOT DUE TO MILKING MACHINE I have been having'some trouble with my cows by one quarter of the udder swelling up and am not able to get much milk from there and what does come is matterated but it only lasts for a couple of milkings. I have a milking machine and thought it might be caused by that. —C. B., Sand Lake, Michigan. HERE is no reason why the milking machine should cause the trouble if it is working properly and is kept clean. Milkers do sometimes cause mastitis when they are allowed to become filthy. The milker should be thoroughly cleansed and sterilized at least once every day. The common cause of mastitis is pus bacteria that gener- ally gain entrance into the bag through the teat canal. A treatment that sometimes works well is to strip the quarter clean every hour for two or three days. The stripping should be done into a pail containing a strong dis- infectant solution and thrown out in a place to which cows have no ac- cess. In the evening the affected quarter may be massaged with equal parts of camphorated oil and soap liniment. The udder should be protected against chill, bruises. and soiling.—-—John P. Hutton, As— :ochrof. of Surgery & Medicine, M. CONDITION DLAY BE TEMPORARY I have a young mare, five years old, apparently in good health, ex— cept her period has run now nearly two weeks and she does not seem to be getting over it. I would appre- ciate any information you can give me.-—F‘. L., Lum, Michigan. ARES sometimes remain in est- M rum for a long period of time when suffering from disease of the ovaries. About the only successful treatment for a condition .of this kind is to perform a surgical operation and remove the ovaries. This operation should be performed by an experienced veterinarian. This condition in your mare may, how- ever, be only a temporary one, and she may become all rightdn a short period of time—John JP. Hutton, r. not: us.- Ame. m..oesm..ihueewm. ’I TI? E “Bi-U" s I N‘E‘ss " EA R ME it ..j< [‘91,] [C/ [hignyf‘g . fill"? It!!! xi“), 7‘ [CL/£7 L , llifltiififild / I I, ‘l “1.!” In] ', l‘." l “ill/{i 'lu I} I (I'll [kill in“ lfllllJ . . .Iiwnmm._\w. .fi. . . l/' In It ,IIy/l (l. [ll/lat is Kow-KARE ? and how docs it help your Cows to high er yields, ' One way to increase the milk flow is to feed abnormally rich foods and so-called concentrates. This is expensive and full of danger. The rich foods are costly. They put an added strain on the digestive and milk-making organs which, so often, are already jaded from over- work and forcing. Even if these vital functions do not actually break down, the milk flow drops off the instant this unnatural and expen- sive stimulant is withdrawn. A Safe Invigorator The other method - t-he only one with genuine and permanent results -is to build up the organs of diges- tion, assimilation and milk—secre— tion to a natural vigor that will en- able them to turn into milk ALL the milk values in the cow’s natural diet. The latter method is the Kow- Kare method. Kow -Kare is not a stock food. It is a compound of scientific medicinal properties that build up and invigorate the digestive and genital organs. In itself Kow- Kare has no food value, but it vital— izes the milk-making functions so that the ordinary cow diet is con- sumed and turned into the maxi— mum milk flow. Used in this way - regularly and in small quantities Kow -Kare pays for its slight cost scores of times over in added milk income. Besides, the cow that is aided with Kow -Kare seldom becomes a prey to such di— Feed dealers, general stores and druggists sell Kow—Kare, in $1.25 and 65c sizes. If your dealer is not supplied, order direct from us. 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Give all of your cows a table- spoonful of Kow -Kare in the feed twice a day, one week of each month during the winter and spring. This Kow —Kare treatment really costs you nothing because the slight expense is returned many times over in added milk yield. Besides, every penny spent on Kow -Kate is an investment in cow health. YOU CAN’T BUT OUT lltlil‘ll'pll but you can clean ~them off promptly with ABSORBINE TRADE “ARK REG.U.S. PAT. OFF and you work the horse same time. Does not blister or remove the hair. $2.50 per bottle, delivered. Will tell you more if you write. Book 4 R free. ABSORBINE, JR... the antiseptic linimcnt for mankind, reduces Varicose Veins, Ruptured Muscle. or Human“. Enlarged Glands. Wen. Cyan. Allan pain quickly. Price 81.25 a bottle 9 dmuim or delivered. Made in that]. S. A. by I. F. vouue, Inc" 869 Lyman 51., Springfield, Mass. Why They Come Back! 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ROBOTHAM. Hosporla, Mlohlqan. GElEE‘ For Sale- -Thoroughbred Geese-Gander: BALDWIN 8: NOWLIN, R4, Lalngsbul‘g, Mich. LARGE GRAY AFRICAN GEESE. ORDERS filled until Dec. 20. $5.00 each, 9.00 pair. B. N. WHITMORE, North Star, 'chlgan. Special Offer Modern Poultry Breeder A high—class Poultry paper published monthly and The Business Farmer ”-1 Bi—Weekly BOTH PAPERS ONE YEAR, 75¢ Offer goood on renewal sub- scriptions for thirty days only. Michigan Business Farmer Mt. Clemens, Mich. are well started. which ' (We invite you to contribute your experience in raising poultry department. Questions relative to poultry" will be cheerfully answered.) WHITE MINOR/OAS NOT POPULAR I am in search of information in regards 'to White Minorca fowls. I have a list of several day-old chick companies, but they do not mention White Minorcas. What is wrong with that breed of fowls, that they are not advertised for sale by differ- gillth bre’eders?—_E. B., Freeland, c . HE White Minorca is not a very popular variety at this time, due undoubtedly, to the fact it is White skinned, and the American people are partial to the yellow skin- ned fowls. There are in the vicinity of Holland and Grand Rapids one or two very productive flocks of White Minorcas, but as a rule, this variety is low in vitality, slow to mature,. although they do lay a large chalk White egg. From the standpoint of commercial egg production, the Leghorn Will‘produce eggs from two to four cents per dozen below the cost of eggs produced by White Min- orca stock. More over, they mature earlier, lay more heavily during the winter months, and the cost of maintenance is considerably lower. These factors combined with the fact that the Leghorn has a yellow skin, and produces a. white shelled egg, make it superior to the White Minorca from a practical standpoint. The White Minorca is not a meat breed, and would not compete with the more popular heavy breeds, such as the Rock, Red, or the Wyandotte. ——E. C. Foreman, Professor of Poultry Husbandry, M. A. C. GREEN FOOD mu POULTRY OME kind of green feed must be given to poultry if one' is to get winter eggs. How are you going to fool the hen at this season of the year so she will think it is the good old summer time and lay eggs even at 10 or 20 below zero? One way is to give her out bone, meat scraps, fish, or milk in place of the fancy bugs and worms she provides herself with in the season when picking in the insect world is good. Lengthening the short hours of daylight by artificial lights in the henhouse also help to delude the simple-minded creature into think- ing that summer is here and more eggs are expected from her. But neither animal food nor artificial light will result in the highest egg production if plenty of green feed is not given the flock. To obtain the best results with poultry they must be furnished a plentiful supply of green feed. Where fowls have unlimited range on a farm they will secure green feed during the spring and summerN but during the Winter it should be supplied for them. Best Feed at least Cost The question of how to supply the best feed at the least cost is one that each poultry keeper must de— cide largely for himself. It will probably make little difference what kind of green feed is supplied pro- vided it is relished by the fowls. Cabbages, turnips, beets, sprouted oats, and the like are suitable for this purpose. The larger roots and the cabbages may be suspended by a wire or string, or they may be placed on the floor, in which case it would be well to split the turnips or beets length- wise With a large knife. Potatoes and turnips should be fed cooked. The mangel is an excellent root for feeding raw. Sprouted oats, clover meal, and ground alfalfa make very good feeds for this purpose. Oats for sprouting are soaked ov- ernight in warm water and then spread out one inch thick on trays having perforated bottoms and put into an ,oat s-prouter. The oats are watered thoroughly and should be stirred daily until the sprouts are well started. In cool weather arti- ficial heat should be supplied by the use of a. kerosene lamp or by some other means. Use a good grade of oats, allow a square—inch of sprouted _ out surface per hen daily, and feed - these sprouted oats on the hear of the poultry house or in the yard. Fe. .1 at any time after the sprouts us . . 8500, per , months—«(Ad . . ' rt: takes from five to seven days- Keep the sprouter clean, spraying ‘it oc— casionally with disinfectant to pre- vent the growth of mold. , ' Rye is a good crop for late fall and early spring, for it will germ- inate and grow in very cold weather and will live through the winter. As a \ general thing, fowls should haVe once a day about all the green feed they will eat. Clover Hay Economical ‘ Clover hay may‘be fed economic- ally to laying hens and may be pre- pared as‘ follows: Cut into as short lengths as possible (one-fourth to. ‘ one—half inch) and place in a buc- ket. Then pour boiling water over it and allow to stand for two or three hours or over night. When ready to feed, drain of! the water and mix the hay with the mash. The hay may constitute about one-half the bulk of the feed, altho the exact proportion is immaterial. Clover hay is best, but any kind is value- ble. The feeder must be careful not to give too much bulky feed, for the hen having a small crop, cannot make use of as large an amount of it as the cow and other rueminants can. OUR BOOK REVIEW (Books reviewed under this heading may be secured through The Michigan bBusinosl Farmer, and will be promptly shipped by parcel st on receipt of publisher’s prion Itatedlo Henley’s Workable Radio Receiversr— Written and edited by a staff of radio engineers of wide practical experience and thorough theoretical training. This book contains complete and detailed descrip- tions of many types of receivers which, by long experience, have proved to be the most satisfactorylfrom the viewpoints of selectivity, sensitivity, convenience and economy of operation, dependability and quality of reproduction. It gives in great- est detail circuit and wiring diagrams, panel and baseboard layouts and drilling templates, so that any amatuer can under- stand how to build any of the sets. It also includes a discussion of the principles underlying each circuit and shows clearly how to test and calibrate the receivers. It contains 216 pages, is covered and con- tains 106 diagrams and illustrations. Published by Norman W. Henley Pub. 00., New York. Price, $1.00. Standard Electrical Dictionary.—-—-By Prof. T. O'Conor Sloane, A. M., E. M., Ph. D., with additions by Prof. E. Wat- son of Brown University and corps of radio experts. This is a new and revised W edition of this popular book, contains 790 pages and 479 illustrations and in- cludes a dictionary of radio terms. Pub- lished by The Norman W. Henley Pub- lishing Co., New York City. Price, $1.50. The Romance of Everifarm.—-—By Har— vey J. Sconce. Here is an entertaining, instructive story of farm life, written in- formally in a conversational tone. This book will interest the children with its Peter Rabbit, Cock Robin and Honey Bee Stories; but it is equally as interesting to grown ups who are interested in mod- ern scientific farming. Published by The MacMillan Co., Chicago, Ill. Price $1.60. Automobile Troubles and How to Bom— edy Them.——By Charles P. Root, former editor of “Motor Age". This is a prac— tical book for the automobile owner, op— erator, dealer, builder, salesman, experi— menter and student of mechanical achieve— ments. Published by Stanton and Van Vliet Co., Chicago, Ill. Ppice, $1.50. NEW LAMP BURNS 94% AIR Beats Electric or Gas A new oil lamp that gives an amazingly brilliant, soft, white light, even better than gas or elec- tricity, has been tested by the U. S. Government and 35 leading uni- versities and found to be superior to 10 ordinary» oil lamps. It burns Without odor, smoke or noise-no pumping up, is simple, clean, safe. Burns 94% air and 6% common kerosene (coal oil). ,The, inventor, A. R. Johnson, 609 W. Lake St., Chicago, 111., is offer- ing to send a. lamp on 10, day’s _FREE trial, or even to. give one FREE to'the first user in each loc- ality who will help him introduce it. Write him today for full. portion-z 1m: _ Also ask him toexplain how you can set the “enema“ ‘wahou: - i experience or 11.1.9997!!! .5 6 5.85.9 .tq. I this ‘ r» , W.1».¥M"J::1§b! “’3'?” On one field of eleven acres, wheat has been grewn continuously every year for 81 years, and this in spite of the fact that it is usually considered impossible to raise wheat in England for two successive years. This eleven acre field was divided up into 19 plots and during this long period of time each of these plots has been receiving a soil treat- ment slightly different - from others, and careful records kept of the yields. ‘ Continuous Wheat 81 Years The highest producing plot, with an average yield of 35 bushels of wheat per acre every year for 81 consecutive years, received 618 pounds of mineral fertilizer, plus 86 pounds of nitrogen; Running a close second to this spectacular re- cord, .with an average yield of 34 bushels per acre, is another lot that has received no other treatment than 14 tons of barnyard manure per acre. It would seem that the land under such conditions would become impossibly foul, and yet the yearly yield is undeniable proof, and the wheat on these two plots cer— tainly looked good to us when we were there in July. well drained with tile. On another field of 8 acres, man— golds, or mangels as we usually des- ignate this turnip-like root, have been grown continuously every year for 81 years, and the ground still produces as high as 27 tons of roots per acre. Here again the value of barnyard manure as a permanent fertilizer is demonstrated although its effectiveness varies with the amount of lime in the soil. The general method of investiga- tion at Rothamsted seems to be to start from the farm and work to the laboratory, or vice versa, and the two ends are never allowed to stray. In the last few years the number of field experiments has been consid-‘ erably increased to deal with prob- lems of present day importance as they arise. The crop producing pOWer of manure stored in various ways and comparisons between green manure, artificial manure, such as rotted straw, sewags sludge of various kinds, and town refuse has been studied on both grain and root crops for years. Within the last decade or two, numerous other farms in different parts of England have been corre— lated with the Rothamsted station in experimental work and the clear— ing house for all the results on these farms is the statistical staff at Roth- amsted. These samples of English agricult- ure, far removed as they were from the plain. actual farming that we were naturally interested in, made . us all the more anxious to leave the lights of London and get out into the rural shires, where the mutton is grown and where the wool is clipped. How would we go? Some of the party traveled on the little toy '* F .F a.“ Rim F...» a (Continued. form Page 4) the " The field is ' highways. trains to Leicester, Brighton, Win-. chester, and other towns and got an idea of the appearance of the farm— ing country from the train windows. Others hired autos and traveled on a tailor-made schedule. The Gray Goose Four of us shopped around to- gether and brought back. to our hotel a light, used car of a make popular in England as well as in America, for 62 pounds, or about $275.00. This was a 1922 model touring car in good shape. It was painted grey and Doctor Bereman named it the Gray Goose on first sight. I was appointed driver, which was an honor and a recognition as well as a perilous undertaking in that land of left-hand driving. All the traffic keeps to the left side of the street in England where driving would be difficult enough anyway, with the narrow, crooked streets all cluttered up with inevitable monu- ments. Perhaps that is one reason why autoists in the congested, com- plicated tangle of London’s streets escape with so few accidents. Mon- uments to the dead on every hand probabily are as efficient caution signs as the millions of safety slog~ ans and traffic warnings in our own Of course, we have not lost so many lives in wars as Eng— land has in her centuries of conquest and therefore it would be more dif— ficult for us to find the same class of subjects for our monuments, but we lose so many more lives in auto accidents that we would be able to erect as many monuments as Eng- land has, and have a few in every congested street as potent warnings. In spite of our wide streets and square corners and traffic rules and caution signs, there are more auto accidents in Chicago alone every month than in all of England. Right Side Is Wrong Side The left-handed driving does not bother as much as one would think, and not nearly so much as the count- less monuments that are so promis- cuously strewed about. In the cities one' naturally falls in with the traf— fic that is going in his direction, and he can hardly get on the wrong side of the streeet if he wants to. But in the open country when one is thinking of the hay meadows on the other side of the hedge, and meets another car, he ‘is liable to try to pass on the right side of the road which is the wrong side in England. We headed the Gray Goose south from London early one morning to ward the famous Southdown country and after miles of picturesque little farms of all shapes, but all small, and numbers of cities and towns gradually getting smaller and small- er, We came into the real farming districts of England, the southern— shires. Our observations amongthe real farmers of England will be discuss— ed in the next installment. A Cooperative ‘Side Line ITH keen competition some of our cooperative farmer eleva- tors have found it wise to in- stall some side lines. These help bear the overhead and leave the elevator able to pay more for grain than they could otherwise. This elevator is located at Pember- ville, Ohio, on two main roads. The manager took advantage of the situ- ation and put in a line of well known tires, and a high grade 011 and gasoline, and a cheaper grade of gasoline for the traveling public. The profit on these things paid the bookkeeping expenses of the ele- vator and some besides last year. This arrangement makes a conven- ient way for the company delivery truck to keep supplied with fuel right at home. ' But it is‘EquaI to - 6% interest on $91 '9-9 A user of an. old cream separator, which was a parently working all right, tried a. new De Laval. uch to his surprise'the new De Laval gave him a cupful of cream more at each separation. He figured he h ad been losing 150 worth of butter-fat a day, amounting to $54.75in a year—and equal to , 6% Noris this an unusual case, as the same thin and loss, is occurring on thOusands of farms. g. often greater Improved De Laval— The new De Laval is the best cream separator ever made—slums cleaner, runs easier and lasts longer. Am self-centering bowl which eliminates vibrat' n ' it totiunh'sililidotltier and easier. It gives lyood (aa‘i'silcllig, smoo , ig - es mg cream and ' ,all conditions of use. ' skims cleaner under The De Laval Mllker If ' . . . you milk ten or met we a De Laval Blilker Will soon pay for itself. Blot: (than 25.000 In use, glvmg wonderful satisfaction. TradeAllowance 01d 0 9 n t r i f u g 8-1 cream /__//_ \\\\\\\\\\\ interest on $912.00. Needless to say the De Laval stayed. World’s Best Separator ong other new features and refinements it has a separators of any age or make accepted as partial pay- ment on new De Lavals. 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MAKE voun own nor: All sizes including hay fork ropes. Send for roe l savmg. B booklet. “ ope Making On The _ Farm.’ New Era Ho a Machine Company. Mlnnoapol s, Minn. WHEN WRITING T0 ADVERTISERS PLEASI MENTION THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FORMER “my - , ~t'fi:~“‘q’4 A, v.53...»- . rev. it. . < y w 3:" _ 2:. > the present year. Hogs Scarce and Prices Higher in 1925 Review of Conditions Shows Present Much Better Than Year Ago By W. W. FOOTE, Market Editor. 0ST farmers will close the year BI much more satisfactorily than a year ago, and the general im- provement in farming conditions has been brought about through natural means and not by legislation. The country was favored with a good crop of-wheat, as well as good yields of cats and rye, and there was a large foreign demand for our sur plus supplies, with wheat and rye especially wanted by Germany and the Scandinavian countries. Prices for all the grains ruled far higher than in 1923, and profits were ma- terially increased, which is a matter of much satisfaction to our Michigan wheat farmers. Corn too had phe— nominal rise in prices because of the reduced crop which was brought about by unusually late planting and early frosts, resulting in a great deal of soft corn. Farmers owning silos Were able to utilize their low grade corn, and such farmers are in a much better position than those not hav- ing any. The boom which has taken place in corn has made a serious change in the market for live stock, and it has brought about one of the most Sensational farm shipments of hogs and pigs ever witnessed, invol- ving a great break in prices, espec— ially in underweights, as well as in the many shipments of poorly fin- ished cattle. The stand taken by stock feeders was that corn was too high priced to feed to stock profit— ably, but the stockmen with long ex- perience take a different view and their belief is that hogs will be scarcer and much higher in 1925. Some close observers maintain that through the constant marketing of hogs and cattle, millions of bushels of corn are being saved and will be shipped later in vast quantities at lower prices. Potatoes, because of the greatly increased crop, are sel- ling at much lowered prices, bring- ing in the Chicago market from 75 cents to $1.10 per 100 pounds. Cold Weather has had the usual result of curtailing the egg supply, and the best lots are up to 59 cents a dozen, with other grades selling at 31 to 55 cents. Decreasing butter produc- tion has sent prices up to 40 to 50% cents a pound for the choicer lines of creamery. Apples are selling at 85 to $8 a barrel and spring chick- ens at 22 cents a pound for live of- ferings, dressed lots going at 23 to 24 cents. Taking a look forward, it may be said that the safei course for the farmers to follow is to devote no more acres to crops than can be taken good care of and to increase the production per acre by manuring and fertilizing. It is probable that most Michigan farmers have learned that if one crop fails to turn out the lesson from experience of pro- perly diversifying their crops, so right, other crops may help to make good the unprofitable one. Not many farmers are investing in more land, and moderate sized farms are becom- ing more the fashion than ten years ago. Many farmers are setting out apple and peach orchards and the cultivation of grapes, pears, plums, cherries, etc., is increasing in many parts of Michigan. It hardly needs saying that farmers should aim to so far as possible raise everything they need on their own acres. It is also highly important to keep up with the times by buying improved farm machinery in these times of scarce and dear farm labor. Not many farms are changing ownership and this is a good time to buy land, but not a good time to sell. Fewer farm mortgages than usual are be- ing made. . Higher Prices for Wheat What a wonderful change has ta- ken place in the wheat trade during One year ago sales were made on the Chicago Board of Trade for December delivery at 81.02% and naturally growars were greatly disappointed. Recently sales were made at $1.55, and similar ads mess have taken place in the other grains. For instance, December corn has been selling around $1.13 com- paring with 72 cents a year ago; and yet corn sells far below the 'prices paid shortly after harvest time. The boom in rye has been startling, rye for December delivery selling at $1.35, comparing with 67%, cents a year ago. Because of heavy early marketing of the cats crop, this cer- eal has advanced in price much less than the others, late sales having been made for December delivery at 53 cents, comparing with 43 cents a year ago. The big feature of the wheat trade is the remarkably large demand for wheat and flour, as well as rye, for shipment to European importing countries. During a recent week Eu- ropean countries took 5,000,000 bushels or more of wheat, mainly American, and upward of 2,000,000 bushels of rye. The movement of wheat from farms from the first of July to the present time exceeds all past records, and it is estimated that the exports by December 31 will ap- proximate 200,000,000 bushels, com- paring with 156,000,000 bushels for the corresponding period last year. In all probability the primary move- ment from now on will fall off, and the carry over in the United States promises to be unusually small. As for corn, it may be said that May corn has not sold for twenty—six years as high in November as it did this year. In twenty-one of the twenty-six years the highest prices were paid after November. Rye is in a strong posnion, the greater part of the crop having been exported. “This year our wheat prices are relatively the cheapest in the world,” says S. C. Harris. “In the two countries which are our greatest competitors, Canada and the’ Argen- tine, prices are well above our par- ities. As a result, large sales of United States wheat have been made and are still being made for export as far ahead as April. It is easy to forsee a continuous drain on our sup- plies in quantites whlch will far out— strip last year’s clearances.” Yearling Cattle Higher There seems to be scarcely a limit for fancy prices for prime yearling steers, but the market during Thanksgiving week was rerely’ex- ceptional, as quite a number of extra choice baby beeves especially pre— pared for the International Live Stock Exposition were sold at a big premium over all other offerings in the Chicago stock yards. These cat- tle sold at the highest prices of the year, and other fat cattle of light and handy weights also brought ex— tremely high prices, but as hereto- fore, heavy steers had to go at a big discount. There was the customary large showing of grassy and short fed cattle, and they sold at compara- tively low prices. As usual, fat yearling heifers sold extremely well. Stockers and feeders sold at an ex- tremely wide spread in prices, sales extending from $3.75. to $7.50, largely at $5 to $6.50. For the year to late date the combined receipts of cattle in twenty markets amounted to 13,222,000 head, comparing with 13,387,000 one year ago and ’12,— 934,000 two years ago. On the Whole, cattle prices ccmpare well with average years. Lots of bar— gains are offered in the Chicago mar- ket in stock and feeder cattle, and it seems rather surprising that so few are being shipped into feeding dist- ricts. The reduced weight of the cattle moving to market is indicated by the fact that during recent weeks the Chicago receipts averaged 90 pounds less than a year ago, while receipts in Omaha for the year have averaged around 75 pounds lighter in weight than last year. The Chi— cago market was as active as could be expected during Thanksgiving week, the bulk of the beef steers selling at $8.50 to $11.50, while the choicest yearlings, including those intended for the fat stock show, sold at‘ $13 to $14. The best long fed heavy steers sold at $19.25 to $12, and no good steers were bought be- low $9.25. Common light steers brought $6 to $7, and butcher cows and heifers sold for $3.40 to $12, while canner and cutter cows sold at $2 to $3.35, bulls at $3 to $6 and calves at $5 to $9.75. A year ago beef steers sold at $5.75 to 12.65. The Hog Outlook Stock feeders have been in much too great a hurry to get their hogs to market, the panic lasting many weeks, and in that time enormous numbers of pigs and underweights have been sacrificed, such consign— ments selling at extremely large dis— counts frum prices paid for well matured butcher weights. At times prices have declined in a day as much as 50 cents for light weights, while pigs declined in the same time as much as $1. On a recent day the best heavy hogs sold for $9.40 per THE BUSINESS FARMER’S MARKET SUMMARY and Comparison with Markets Two Weeks ago and One Year ago Detroit Chicago Detroit Detroit Dec. 8 Ba). 3 NOV. 19 1 yr, ago WHEAT— No. 2 Red $1.61 $1.54 $1.63 31.10% No. 2 White 1.62 1.64 No. 2 Mixed 1.61 1.54 1.63 1.10% CORN— No. 3 Yellow 1.21 1.10@ 1.16 1.19 .81 No. 4 Yellow 1-06@ 1.15 .76 OATD— No. 2 White .55 1,4 -54 @ .55 .54 K .49 1,4 ho. 3 White .54 a; .50@ 51 .53 95 .47 lg RYE-— Cash No. 2 1.29 1.32 1.31 .73 BEANS— C. H. P. th. 5.10@5.15 6.00 5.25@5.30 4.75@4.80 PO’i‘ATOE. —- Per th. .93 ~70@.80 .93 1.10 @ l .20 HA1— No. 1 Tim. 18@ 19 22@24 18@19 23.50@ No. 2Tim. 16@ 17 18@21 16@ 17 19@2o No. 1 Clover l5@18 17 @21 15@ 16 21 @22 Light Mixed 17@ 18 20@23 17 @ 18 22.50 @ 23 Wednesday, December 3.—Heavy selling lowers wheat prices. Corn and oats steady. Rye easy. Bean market inactive. Cattle steady. Hogs active and higher. -‘ Detroit. Chicago and Home Wednesday Live Stock Hark.“ Next Page. 100 pounds, while a drove of 1500 pigs which averaged 116 pounds brought $5.44. For the year to late date the combined receipts in twenty markets for the year amount to 37,- 123,000 hogs, comparing-1 with 38,- 511,000 one year ago and 30,800,000 for the corresponding period two years ago. Hogs have-had an en01~ mous fall in prices from the high time of the present year, yet they are far higher than at this time in recent years, the unusually large pur- chases of light hogs in the Chicago market to ship to eastern packing points being the most important strengthening factor. A year ago hogs were selling in the Chicago mar- ket at $5.75 to $6.90, two years ago at $7.35 to $8.30, three years ago at $6 to $7.10 and four years ago at $9.25 to $10.65. Recent Chicago receiptsof hogs averaged in weight 226 pounds, being three pounds lighter than a week earlier and eight pounds less than a year ago. Not until the mad rush to get hogs mar- keted is over is the expected rise in prices probable. Owners who hang on to their underwengths and have sufficient feed need not worry about the future. Late sales were made of hogs at $8.50 to $9 60, comparing with $7 to $9.55 a week earlier. Active Trade in Lambs Most of the time lambs are in great demand in the Chicago market at very high prices, and the same is true of fat flocks of yearlings, ewes and wethers, while nowhere near enough breeding ewes and western feeder lambs are marketed to meet the demand. Meager re— ceipts during Thanksgiving week caused another boom in prices, with killing lambs selling at $11.50 to $14.85. $15, show lambs selling at the top. “'HEAT The wheat market is quiet and steady and prices closed last Satur- day at the highest point of the sea- son. The grain seems to be pretty well established at the high level. There is much speculation as to whether prices will go much higher in the near future or not, but there are few who think they will decline to an extent. It seems that the for- eigners have about all the wheat they need right at the present time, and while they continue to buy a little they quit the minute prices start up- ward, so the bulls are experiencing considerable difficulty in trying to advance prices. Those who have ex- amined the foreign situation very closely are talking higher prices be- cause the needs of Europe are so large that estimated surplus of other countries will not be enough to meet their demands, and is expected that the shortage will become acute in a month or so. Many of the bulls be- lieve that these foreign countries Will be willing to pay a much higher price if necessary in order to get the grain. CORN The corn market is a little slow and at Detroit prices declined from one to three cents last week. This is a temporary slump it is believed, and prices are expected to go higher in the near future. OATS 4 Oats followed the trend of corn and as a result there was little do- ing in this market. RYE Foreigners seem to have all the rye they want at the present time and the market is quiet. Dealers do not believe that the European buyers are going to stay out of the market long, but will be back again in the near future and will perhaps boost prices to higher level. BEANS Buyers do not seem to be inter- ested in beans and the market is dull at this time. There appears to be a determined effort on the part of certain interests to depress the mar- ket but conservative dealers do not anticipate any decided change in prices for. several weeks. 'It' is re- ported that there are large stocks in elevators and bears are using this in an attempt to “break” the mar- ket without much success. If the farmer controls his marketing he can determine to~a large extent the trend of the market and the price he is to receive. The past fall has been warm and consumption has not increased, but with winter setting in in earnest we look for an early improvement in demand. Reports come to us daily that many of the elevators in the state are not taking seriously the plan to advertise Michigan beans and are not contributing their share to the fund. Farmers, have you asked your local elevator man what he in- tends to do in this matter? Talk it over with him and then let us know what he had to say. Something must be done and it is up to the elevator men to do their share. Many of them are anxious to do all they can be- cause they realize their success de— ends on the farmers' prosperity, ile others seem to be out to “kill the goose that lays the golden egg.” Let's find out who these “killers” are. POTATOES Potatoes have not been selling very well but it is expected that weather will help the market con- siderable. Receipts have been large. HAY Receipts have been moderate with demand good for the best grades of all kinds but barely steady for the under grades. BOSTON \VOOL llIAI’tKET The wool market continues to be strong and a fairly good business is in progress. Prices quoted last Sat- urday were somewhat nominal, due to the continually changing condi— tions of the market. Some lots may have sold at a slightly higher figure for a large weight. However both dealers and manufacturers were a little more cautious last week, as they were desirous of seeing condi- tions more stabilized than for prices Week of December 7 PURTS of rain, sleet and snow at very beginning of this week will be immediately followed by a sudden change to colder in Michigan. These low temperatures will con- tinue with more or less intensity through the middle part of the week and probably until Thursday or Fri- day. Near the end of the week another storm center will be approaching this state. It will cause a marked rise in temperature followed by storms of rain or snow of more than moderate intensity. Added to these conditions will be high winds for a day or so. \Veek of December 14 Storminess of last week will run into first part of this with rain or snow and high winds. A change will take place about Tuesday. Following this storminese the bar- ometer will‘begin to rise and the temperature fall. The sky will clear up and then will follow a few days of fair weather or such as is experi- enced in Michigan'during the winter season. There will be a renewed stormi- ness during the last two days of this week but of a much milder form than the previous period except for local centers. Temperatures at end of week will be mostly above the sea- sonal normal. Partly White Christmas But for the fact that the temper- atures in Michigan are expected to rise moderately high for the season about the 24th or 25th when snow already‘ on the ground might melt away, we could say this year will have a white Christmas throughout the state. As it is, we are of the opinion that sections where the pre- ' vious snowfall has been light will be more or less free of the white man- tle. In some parts of Michigan there is a possibility that some snow will fall just before Christmas day. r to advance .too rapidly. Strictly choice domestic wools, both fleece and tel'ritory, have continued activeI in about all lines. While business on the goods market is still unsatis- factory, there is an optimistic tone among the trade. THE LIVESTOCK MARKETS DETROIT, Dec. 3.—Cattle—-Receipts, 213; Market, good grades strong, others slow. Good to choice yearlings, dry fed, $9.50@10.75; best heavy steers, dry fed, $7.50@9.50; best handy weight butcher steers, $6037; mixed steers and heifers, $5@5.75: handy light butchers, $4.25@5; light butchers, $3@4; best cows, $4.25@ 5; butcher cows, $3.25@4.25: common cows, 52.50603; canners, 82@2.50; choice light, bulls, $3.75@4; heavy bulls, $4.25@4.50; stock bulls, $3@4; feeders, $4.50@6; stockers, $3@5.50; milkers and stringers, $45@70. Veal calves—Receipts, 602; market steady. Best, $12@12.50 ; others, $5@11.50. Sheep and lambs—Receipts, 3,635; mar- ket 50c higher. Best lambs. $15©15.25; fair lambs, $11@13.75; light to common lambs, $8@9.75; fair to good sheep, $6@ 7.50; culls and common, 32.5064; buck lambs, $7@14. Hogs—Receipts, 3,356. Market pros- pects: Mixed hogs, 89.35@9.50. CHICAGO.— H o g s —Receipts, 68,000 head; market 10 to 20c up. Bulk, $9.50 @980; top, $9.90; heavyweight, $9.10@ 9.50; medium weight, $8.40@9.45; light Weight, 870060850; light lights, $5.75@ 7.50; heavy packing sows, smooth, $8.65 (08.90; packing sows, rough, $8.90@9.20; pigs. $7@7.50. . Cattle—Rcccipts. 17,000 head; market steady to strong. Calves, $20. Beef steers: Choice and prime, 510601150; medium and good, $8.50@9.50; good and choice, $12@13.75; common and medium, $7@ 950. Butcher cattle. Hcifers, $5@10.50; cows, $3.50@7; bulls, $3.50@6. Canners and cutters: Cows and heifers, $2.25@ $4.50; canner steers. $5@$7.50. Veal calves (light and handyweight). $8@ $10.25. Feeder steers, $5.50@8. Stocker steers, $5@7.50: Stocker cows and heifers, $3615.50. Stocker calves, $5@7.50. West— ern range cattle: Beef steers, $6@9; cows and heifers, $3@6.50. Sheep—Receipts, 21,000 head; market strong. Lambs: Fat,~ $15@15.25; culls and common, $9.50@11.50; wethers, 88@ 9.60; yearlings, $10@12; ewes, $7.75@ 8.50; culls and common, $2@4; breeding ewes, $6.50@12; feeder lambs 813.500 14.50. _ BUFFALO.—-Cattle—Recelptl. 750 head; market slow. Prime steefl. $9.10 @950; shipping steers, $9@9.50: butcher, grades, "@925; heifers, $5@8; cows. $1.75@5.25; bulls, $3@5.25; feeders. 84.50 06.50; milk cows and stringers, $25@ 120. Calves—Receipts. 700 head; market steady. Cull to Choice, 83@12. - Sheep and Lambs—Receipts, 500 head; market active. Choice lambs, $14@14.25; cull to fair $8@13; yearlings, $7@11; sheep, $3639. Hogs—~Receipts, 8,000 head; market steady. Yorkers, $650639; pigs, $6696.50; mixed, $875699; heavy, $9.25@9.50; roughs, $7@7.75; stags, $4@6. MISCELLA NEOUS MARKET QUOTATIONS Detroit, “’cdnesday, December 3. BUTTER N0. 1 creamery, in tubs, 37 @44 c per lb. EGGS—Fresh receipts, 50@54c; cold storage, 351/3@38c; coast whites, 54@ 64¢ per doz. APPLES—Wolf River, $1.50@1.75; Greenings, $2; McIntosh, $1.75@2; Snow, $1.75@2.25; Jonathan, $2.25@2.50 per bu: western boxes, $2.25@2.50. CABBAGE—7fic@$l per bu. RABBITS—Live, 5 lbs 20@21c per lb. DRESSED CALVES—-Best c o u n t r y dressed, 14@15c per lb; ordinary grades, 11@12c; small poor, 9@10c; heavy rough calves, 8@90; city dressed, 16@ 17c per lb. ONIONS—Large, $2.25; small, $1.75 per 100—lh. sack; Spanish, $2@2.25 per crate. DRESSED POULTRY—In barrels of 200 lbs: Dry picked turkeys, 36@ioc; scalded geese, 25@28c; scalded ducks. 30@320; scalded chickens, 28@34c per lb. LIVE POULTRY-4pring chickens, fancy, 4% lbs. 22@23c; medium chickens. 21@220; leghoms, 180; best hens. 5 lbs. up, 23c; medium hens, 20@220; leghorns and small, 15c; old roosters, 160; geese, 18@19c; ducks, large white, 21c; small dark, 19@200; best turkeys, 300 per lb; No. 2 turkeys, 250; old toms, 25@260. HARLEY—Melting, 98c; feeding. 93c. BUCKWHEAT—Milling, $2.25@2.30 per cwt. 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F- miles from Allenn. Mich. JOHN M. SIMMONS. Romeo, Michigan. HOLSTEINS $50 Down Buys ill-l3. HQlSlllN [10W As. a 'Junior 4 . old won 2nd .State Prize 1." both 7 day and 30 day divuions, producing in 7 days 653 lbs. of milk and 30.70 lbs. butter; in 30 days. 2779.9 lbs. milk and 124% lbs. butter. 30-32 YEARLING SON Have yearling son of this cow sired by a 32 1b. bull that can be bou ht on similar terms. Also several young heifers and cows coming fresh for sale. Come and see or write quick. Herd fully accredlted. Wah-Be-Me-Me Farms White Pigeon, Mich. \ a-» ... - .3- cm-«wsa .1; at. ...' ‘ ...: . gate». ‘1 4;.‘;h~'rl‘ vault-r. ‘ 1.. Model No. 11 Capacity 500 litre. (11.35 Ibo.) of milk per hour. AT LAST! Here is a milker with seven years’ successful rec- ord back of it. A milker that is as supreme among milkers as the Melotte is among separators. Every owner of 8 or more cows Th C ‘ can now afford to buy. Send to. e 0'15 day for our special Pine Tree AdoptedChuld small-herd offer. FreeTrial‘r m ‘ ' e orator Self-Balancing Bowl The Belgium Melotte contains the famous single-bearing, self-b alancing bowl. This patent Bowl hangs from one frictionless ball bearing and spins like a top. It skims as perfectly after 15 years of use as when new. Positively cannot ever get out of balance—cannot vibrate and $151: cause cross currents which waste cream by remixing with milk. Send coupon below t y. Get the Free Book that tells about this great Melotte. ‘ _r—_ I . ’ fierlfidl We will send an imported Belgium Melotte Cream Separator direct to ‘ your farm on 30 days’ abso- lutely Free Trial. Use it just as if it were your own machine. Put it to every possible test. Compare it with any or all others. The Melotte 19 easy to keep clean and sanitary because it has only one-half the tinware of other separators. Turns so easily that bowl spins 25 minutes after you stop cranking un- less brake is applied. No other separator has or needs a brake. After you have tried it for 30 days and you know it is the separator you want to buy, pay $7.50 down and balance in small monthly payments. Model No. 7 Capacity 325 mm (740 lbs.) of milk per hour / Your choice of any of these three models. NO MONEY DOWN —-FREE TRIAL— SMALL MONTHLY PAYMENTS—DUTY FREE. This wonderful Belgium Melotte Separator has been picked by a jury of thousands of farmers — picked by dairy experts throughout the world to be the “king” of all separators ever manufactured. It has broken all records for Efficiency of Skimming, Ease of Turning. Convenience of Operation and Durability. Send coupon below for Big Free Book. The Melotte Separator, H. B. Babson, U. s. Mgr. 2843 West 19th Street. Dept. 32-811 Chicago. Ill. 2445 Prince Street, Berkeley, Calif. Without cost to me or obligation in any way, please send me the Melotte catalog which tells the full story of this wonderful separator and M. Jules Melotte, its inventor and hundreds of letters from American farmers. 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