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The second question is that of cooperative marketing and early recommendations are' antici- pated. Members of the conference have been giving attention to these and . .her problems during the recess in order that action might be made shortly after reconvening. OUT IN WORLD WHEAT AND RYE CROPS DECREASE of about 440,000,- 000 bushels in the estimated world wheat crop as compared with last is indicated in reports re- ceived by the Foriegn Service of the United States Department of Agricul— ture up to December 17. The estimated world crop is placed at 3,298,679,000 bushels compared with 3,742,541,000 bushels in 1923. The figures include estimates of all important wheat producing countries of the northern hemisphere except China. A reduction of about 320,000,000 bushels in the world rye crop as com- pared with last year is also indicated The world crop is estimated at 1,174,148,000 bushels this year com- pared with 1,494,688,000 bushels last year. The most important reductions in rye production have been a de- crease of 84,000,000 bushels in P01- and, and a decrease of 27,000,000 bushels in Germany. STATE TO FIGHT NEW RAIL RATE ICHIGAN will oppose the in- crease in freight rates between Chicago and New York, pro- posed by the railroad companies in a plan now before the interstate com- merce commission, and the state ad- ministrative board December 23rd authorized the attorney gen'eral and the Michigan Public Utilities com- mission to have their representa- tives present when this plan is to be considered by the I. C. 0. next Febru- ary 4th. , Charged violations of the inter— state commerce act by the carriers caused them to lay before the I. C. C. the plan which would boost Mich— igan rates east. The chhrge is that the railroads do not keep their rates in central freight association terri- tory, which includes lower'Michigan, uniform with those of the eastern trunk line, which takes in the sea— board states. Revision of the rates is thus pro- posed by the carriers, so they claim, to eliminate the violations charged. There are six freight classifications, and the proposed changes between Chicago and New York would make the increased ratio of rates from Michigan points to the east as com— pared with Chicago, as follows: First class, from 142 to 161; sec- ond class, 124% to 137; third class, 94% to 108; fifth class, 56% to 56%; sixth class, 471,4.» to 45. Hence all classifications except the fifth and sixth would be increased. As compared with Chicago rates to New York this would mean in- creases on first class rates froxn Michigan points as follows: Pom tiac and Adrian would pay 82 per cent of the total increase from Chica- go to New York, or 132 as compared with the present 116% ; Owosso and Lansing, 91 per cent or 148 as com- pared with 130%; Detroit 78 per cent, or 125 as compared with 111 at present; Bay City, Jackson, Sagi- naw, 88 per cent or 141% as com~ pared with 125. creases would result for other Mich- igan points. It is also claimed that not only would interstate rates be thus in- Correspcnding in— Q . creased for Michigan, but intrastate ‘ rates as well would thus be affected. ' That such increases would discrimin- ate against Michigan shippers, and and also hit Michigan manufacturers in competition with eastern industry, ‘r is urged against the proposed new rate plan. SUGAR PRODUCTION [N U. S. SHOWS INCREASE UGAR production of approximate- : ly 1.192000 short tons fro‘m ; beets and cane grown in the Uni- " ted States this past year is indicated . in the reports received by the United States Department of Agriculture from beet and cane sugar factories. Production from the 1923 crops was 1,043,000 short tons and from the 1822 crops was 970,100 short tons. These figures include the produc- tion of beet sugar in all beet—sugar factories in the United States and the : production of cane sugar from sugar ‘ cané grown in Louisiana, but do not : include small quantities of cane su- i gar which may have been made in Florida, Texas and other Southern States. Production of beet sugar in 1924-13 estimated at 1,087,000 short tons, ‘ compared with 881,000 short tons a year ago. This relatively large pro- duction is largely accounted for by ‘ the high sugar content of the beets, which is 16.82 per cent compared with 15.34 per cent alst year, and by the larger acreage. Offsetting fac— tors are the relatively low yield of beets per acre which, for the United States, was 8.90 tons, compared with 10.66 tons a year ago. The produc- tion of beets this past year is repor- ted as approximately 7,600,000 tons, ‘ or about 107 per cent of last year’s produetion. The cane sugar crop of 1924 is approximately only 105,000 short tons, a low production caused by un~ favorable weather and high price of cane syrup. production has steadily declined from the 324,431 short tons of 1921. Five Short Courses to Open at M. A. C. Jan. 5 BE Dairy Production Course is especially designed to meet the needs of one expecting to take up cow—testing association work, or become a dairy herdsman, or one specializing in dairy farming. This course seems to be receiving more than its share according to the ap— plication cards received at the Short Course office. One hundred and fifty have applied for admission to the Winter Short Courses. Five of which will begin with the opening of the winter term January 5. The General Agricultural Course is especially prepared to meet the needs of the diversified farmers. This course covers such subjects as ani- mal husbandry, types, scoring, and breeds. In the farm crops course special emphasis is given to cultural methods, desirable seed, and adapta- bility of the various grains, hay crops and pasture crops. The other subjects offered are animal feeding, soils, and fertilizers, farm manage- ment, and shop work consisting of both woodshop and forgeshop, or farm engineering. A course in radio will also be offered. The Dairy Manufacturing students spend most of their time on butter As a re- , making or cheese making. suit on completion of the course they should be able to take responsible positions in either a cheese factory or creamery. The other subjects of- fered in this course consist of Bab- cock Testing and Separators, cream- ery mechanics, dairy bacteriology or hygiene, and dairy arithmetic. This course will be followed by a two Weeks course in ice cream making. The special Four Weeks Poultry Course will emphasize culling and breeding, management, housing, in— cubation, disease control, and either horticulture o'r beekeeping. The Horticultural Course is es pecially designed for the man spe— cializing in fruit growing. The sub jects offered are fruit growing, fruit disease, fruit disease, fruit insects, beekeeping, gineering. l l 4 soils and orchard en- f also by the ‘ Cane sugar . v «w is WW,W . .v- r ...-_~.r»—~ Jami-18rd 1192!; VOL. X11, N0..9 - Belng absolutely independent our columns are open for the discussion of any sub act pr taming to the farming inm. a m mm in madman-nor 77.. mam-gm BUSINESS FARME The Only Farm Magazine Owned and Edited in Michigan Published — 31-week): ': fit. amen.- Mch ' TWO YEARS $1 Entered in secondclau mat- ter, August 22. 1917 at the vat-office at Mt. Clemens. ich. under act of March 3rd. 1879. Farmers Have Much At Stake in Legislature Expect Gas Tax Legislation Will Come Before Michigan Lawmakers During Session at Lansing l S this article goes to press the ' vanguard of the small army of law—makers, neWSpaper men, lobbyists, clerks, stenographers, ser- geants, coat room keepers, document room keepers, pages and other re- tainers has reached Lansing in pre- paration for the opening of the Le- gislature at noon, January 7th, for what gives promise to be one of the most interesting sessions in Michigan history. As the Governor and the Admin— istrative Board have held up the is- suance of automobile license plates . until February 1st, it is commonly acknowledged that the chief atten— tion will be focused during the first few weeks of the session on the mat- ter of highway finance. The recom- mendations which the Governor will make regarding this matter to the Legislature in his third biennial mes- sage are being awaited with interest. Michigan’s Chief Executive has not confided to your Lansing correspon- dent as to whether or not he will ad— vocate the adoption of a 20 gasoline tax to supplement the weight tax which it is commonly understood he will propose. The failure of gas tax legislation at the 1923 regular session and the Governor’s refusal to allow this mat- ter to be brought up at the special session of the Legislature has given rise to a critical situation in high— way finance. It is commonly under- stood that the $50,000,000 bond is- sue will be exhausted when the road building program. authorized for 1924 is completed. This means that the state-highway department will have to hold its 1925 road building program quite largely in abeyance until the Legislature takes definite action regarding the various propos- als which will be submitted to it. Farmers for Gas Tax Farm organizations of Michigan are united in supporting a 2c gaso- line tax as the source of a consider- able portion of the revenue necessary for financing a permanent highway program in this state. Th organ- ized farmers of Michigan would not object to the removal of any injus- tices which may exist in the present automobile license fees. However, they do not favor depending upon an excessively high weight tax as the means of financing our improved highways. Resolutions and discussions at re- cent meetings of leading farm organ- izations in this state have pointed out that a weight tax can never dis- tribute the burden of highway ex- pense fairly among the automobile owners in proportion to the benefits derived. Under such a system two owners of the same model car would pay exactly the same annual weight tax, although one might drive his car ten times as far as the other. It has been pointed out that under no Weight tax system can we derive any revenue from visiting tourists. The gasoline tax, on the other hand, is being advocated as the method which will insure the most equitable distribution of highway ex- pense, in that under such a system each person pays according to the amount of gasoline consumed, which is. roughly speaking. in direct pro— portion both to the weight of the car and the distance driven, the two factors which contribute to the Wear and tear on our highways and which go to measure the bene- fit which the individual receives from the improved highways. The gas tax derives revenue not only from the owners of cars registered in Michigan but from those of visiting tourists as well. As poin- ted out in our former. article in THE Business Fauna, the state gas- oline artisan invisible toll gate pro- 1 By STANLEY M. POWELL - (Lansing Correspondent of The Business Farmer.) Y EFORE another issue of The Business Farmer goes to press Michigan‘s lawmakers will be in session at Lansing, and. possibly before another issue is in the mails some legislative matters of importance to the farmers of this state will be disposed of. This session of Legislature will be one of the most important in the history of Michigan and there will be much of interest to the farmers so we have arranged with Mr. Powell, whom you all know, through his contributions to our columns, to cover the session. In this article he discusses the various legislation that Michigan’s lawmakch will have to deal with. and also writes on some of the questions that may come up during the session. ducing revenue from all drivers of motor vehicles in the fairest and most equitable manner and in such a way as to make it the easiest to Pay. It Wil be remembered that one of the big arguments used in defending the veto of the gas tax bill two years ago was that the state did not need as much money as it would provide. In fact, we were told at that time that the 2c gasoline tax would have provided as much revenue as was required. It was commonly accepted that it would have brought in about $8 000.000 per year. Today our $50,000,000 bond issue is practically exhausted, the state owes the coun— ties and townships about $7,000,000 in b tCk highway rewards, and so the argument against the gas tax that the revenue is not needed has of ne— cessity been thrown into the discard. Now we are told that we should have a weight tax of 70c per hundred on passenger cars and 900 per hundred on trucks, bringing in about $20,000, 000 per year, two and one—half times as much as the gasoline tax would have produced. Even though the Legislature should be favorably disposed toward a gas tax this session, and there seems to be little question but what such will be the case, it is freely pro- phesied that there will be consider- able discussion regarding the dis- tribution of the funds which it would raise. Some would have all the mon- ey retained by the state, others would favor returning a portion of it to the counties, still others will attempt to show that a portion of the funds should be returned to the ci- ties and villages. In the meantime, the Governor, the Secretary of State and the Ad- ministrative Board are being threat- ened with various legal proceedings for their failure to go ahead and dis- tribute 1925 license plates as the law requires. It is even pointed out that should the Legislature pass highway financing bills and give them immed— iate effect and attempt to make them retroactive, that is, to take effect January 1, 1925, any such action will be dragged into the courts and an attempt made to show that it is entirely, unconstitutional. It will be remembered that under our present constitution only bills necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, or safety and those providing appropriations to meet existing defic- iencies can be given immediate ef— fect. It is hard to see under which of these clauses a weight tax, or a combination weight and gas tax, or a. gas tax by itself could be given im- , mediate effect. Reapportionment When the matter of highway fin— ance is settled, if it is, there will be many other important matters com- ing up for solution. The Detroit delegation will no doubt insist upon bringing up once mono the matter-or legislative remortienmant. The i 1 constitution provides that the mem— bers of the Legislature should be re- apportioned in 1913 and every tenth year thereafter. Since nothing de— finite was done along this line during the 1923 session some statesmen hold that the subject cannot be brought up again under the pre- sent constitution until 1933. Others insist that it is a matter of unfin- ished business which it is within the jurisdiction of the 1925 session to consider. This matter of represen- tation in the Michigan Legislature has been thoroughly discussed in two previous articles in T1119 BUSINESS FARMle and so more space will not be devoted to it at this time. It might be observed, however, that it would be indeed a poor trade if the rural districts were to virtually give the control of the state to Detroit even though they were to receive the gas tax in return. It is hard to predict what other tax reform measures will be brought up during the coming session. Some of the leading representatives from ru- ral districts favor making no move in the direction of a State income tax during the present session, but advo- cate concentrating on a gas tax and on laws looking towards the aboli- tion of tax-exempt securities and the enactment of annual specific taxes upon many of the classes of intangi- ble personal property which is now largely escaping taxatiOn in Mich- igan. Timber Tax No doubt some sort of a deferred tax on growing timber will be pro— posed. It will be remembered that the Meggison bill along this line was passed by the Legislature two years ago but vetoed. This whole subject was gone over carefully at a confer— ence held in Lansing a few weeks ago for the consideration of conser- vation legislation. There seems to be no question but What the idle land in Michigan will never be reforested under private ownership as long as we have the annual general property tax applied to our growing timber, taxing the forests each year on the basis of the bare land value plus the value of the accumulated timber growth. At the conservation conference mentioned above a long list of pro- posed bills relating to fish and game laws were considered. Probably nothing radically new along this line will be introduced unless it is a mes- sure to give the Conservation Com- mittee more power and authority to declare closed seasons on fish and game in localities where the Com- mission may deem it advisable. There is a growing tendency with the various state departments to avoid what is called “departmental legislation”. The various depart- ments are holding conferences this year in an chart to have the support for various proposed legislative re- forms come directly from the inter- ested citizens. An example of this was the conference on fruit legisla- tion held at Grand Rapids, December 19th and attended by representatives of nearly all of the fruit organiza- tions in the state. At that meeting various bills, to promote fruit stan- dardization and inspection were ad-. vocated. It was brought out that at present the enforcement of potato grades must be carried out under Act 207 of the public acts of 1913, and that such enforcement is inefiective and civil action by injunction slow, uncertain and not at all desirable. It was advocated that for the en- forcement of these grades there should be a statute such as either the apple or the grape law whereby the wilfull and deliberate violator might be taken into court without any loss of time. In Interest of Dairying It is not probable that the dairy interests will propose much legisla— tion during the coming session. It may be thought advisable to amend the filled—milk bill passed twoyears ago so that it shall specifically guard against the manufacture of filled milk containing egg yolks. Also the cheese law, enacted two years ago may need to be amended so as to give some control regarding so—called cottage cheese. The present law ex- empts cottage cheese and it is neces— sary with any cheese supposed to contain. cocoanut fat to prove that the cheese was never cottage cheese. This is very difficult and so before this so—called filled cheese can be guarded‘against, it might be neces- sary to amend the 1923 law. Tuberculosis \Vork One matter of particular interest to the livestock breeders of Michigan which is sure to come up during the 1925 session will be in regard to fin— ancing the bovine-tuberculosis eradi— cation work in Michigan. During the 1923 session of the Legislature the Bureau of Animal Industry of the State Department of Agriculture. with the backing of the livestock or- ganizations of the state, went before the Legislature asking for an appro— priation of $500,000 a year for the two year period for indemnity funds. The Legislature finally appropriated $250,000 a year for the two year, period. There are now several coun— ties on the waiting list that have been waiting for this work more than two years and there is probably three years work already lined up at the present rate of progress. Increase School Interest Fund Of fundamental and far reaching importance to the rural districts in Michigan will be any legislation pro—- posed to modify in any respect the primary school interest fund. The State Teachers Association, with the support of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, are trying to initiate measures to increase the pri- mary school interest fund by increas- ing the tax on the insurance business written in Michigan by insurance companies whose main offices are to— catcd outside of the state and by in— creasing the state inheritance taxes. While these measures may look good on the surface, there are many ang— les to them which should be carefully considered. Space does not permit going into them more fully at this _, time. However, if they come before the Legislature we shall be glad to have more to say about them in tu- ture articles. It is estimated that if these two initiative proposals should become laws they would increase the amount of the primary school interest fund by about one-third. It is problema- tical whether or not there would be a corresponding decrease in local School taxes. Originally the primary school in— (Continued on Page 233 r5 ‘ _ l . J .y , I: ‘3 E , _...¢. ‘j« -A _,__.,.A Tn.” ": J... mustangs: -——— .atrom any of these countries, we al- rwlays asked them what they thought “ a . E project method of teaching .- has been used to good advan- l ' , tage by agricultural teachers as a means of getting best results in ag- ricultural subjects. A project is a [problem whereby a student can put into practice best cultural methods advocated in the class rooms Here the theory is carefully gone over and in the field this theory is put into practice. One of the chief aims of this supervised practice is to insure contact of the student with the farm- ing vocation in which he is being prepared to engage. As a result of the 'pupils’ successful work, it is rea- sonable to expect that there will be a definite improvement in practices on the home farm in succeeding years. The benefits are soon evidenc- ed in the community and a higher tandard of rural living is the result. Another way in which supervised practice can function is in aiding the teacher to make intimate contact with farm homes and secure know- ledge of the needs of his locality. ’ The student is guided in his choice of a. project first probably by his per- sonal likes. Best results come from students who enjoy learning and do— ing at the same time. Other factors that must be taken into considera— tion are problems that are confront- ing the boy or girl in his or her com— munity, and the amount of time when the problem fits into the every— day work of the student. Last year 3. Chester White pig club was organized in our community and fifteen pure bred gilts were distri- buted to fifteen boys and girls. One of these animals was drawn by a boy who was taking a course in Agricul— ture in high school. Here was a splendid chance for this future far— mer to practice good methods of feeding and caring for his pig which Project Method of Teaching Farm Subjects in High S‘Ch By WILLIS CAMPBELL Agricultural Teacher, Cass City Public Schools “ LL Work and no play makes Jack a dull boy," is_ an old saying and a very true one. It is possible that thereare beys and girls who would like tolearn entirely from books instead of from practical experience but we have never met- them. But a combination of the two is better than all of either one. The project method of teaching agri- culture in high schools gives the student this combination, because the student puts into practice what is advocated! in the class room. It causes the student to become intensely interested in the work before him and he realizes that farming is a real business. he runs his farm like a. business-man runs his business. he did with a result that now he ex— pects to continue and get a herd of registered Chester Whites. His gilt was bred to the champion aged Ches- ter White boar at the International Live Stock Show last fall and far— rowed t‘en splendid pig. From these he will select his breeding stock this year. This boy is keener for the farm, keener for pure breds and good methods of feeding because he has worked out a practical problem and did it in connection with his every day work. pays to feed and select carefully. These problems given the students are supervised by the ful—time agri- cultural teacher who guides the boy or girl and‘in every way helps to make the undertaking a success. Once every three weeks and oftener if necessary, he visits these farm pro- blems and tries to connect theory and practice. One of my boys, Wil— ford (laister, was growing an acre of (‘ertified Russet Rural potatoes this summer. I notified Wilford one day about the time that the potatoes Europeans Declare Americans This is the sew-nth article of Mr. Flood's series on his travels in Europe. UDYABJD Kipling is an English— man, and no doubt knew the En— , glish women better than I do when he sang of the London house— maids: “Beefy face an’ grubby “and—— Law, wot do they understand? I've a neater, sweeter maiden In a cleaner, greener land, On the Road to Mandalay.” Now, I've never been in Mandalay and I don’t know what kind of peo— ple live along the famous highway leading into Mandalay. but, from what I saw of England’s women slop- ping—in their beer and cigarettes, I would sing these lines with Kipling ——changing the last line, however, to: “In the good old U. S. A.” We all agreed that the prettiest girl we saw in all England was the miss Who “cleaned” o‘ur “boots” in Stratford—olmAvon. Yes, “cleaning boots” in England is the same as shining shoes under the stars and stripes. I I was well aware, of course, that Elaine the Fair, Elaine the Lovable. Elaine the Lily Maid of Astolalt, guarded and polished the sacred shield of Lancelot, but it was a bit of a blow to all of us to find that the Englishman nowadays allows his beautiful women to shine his shoes also. He also allows her to carry the bundles or wheel the baby while he strides majestically along with his cane and his gloves in his hand, and wearing his three—gallon hat. The. Englishman himself must always be --and he is—correctly dressed even though his wife or daughter cannot afford the trimmings and fixings on her clothes which in the American tamily are almost as important neces- bities as gasoline. Americans Too Chivalrous? 'The'English, as well as the H01— lenders, the Germans, the Danes, the Swiss and even the French laugh at us for being so chivalrous to our wo- men in America. Whenever we found anyone who had been to America He has found out that it; And in later years n were in bloom that the potato in-. specter would visit him to give his potatoes their first inspection. Pre- vious to this, time we had taken up potato diseases both in, the class room and together in discussing his particular project. But here in the field was the place to talk over and identify such things as Leaf Mosaic, Hopper Burn, Four Line Leaf Bug, Aphids, and Blight with an expert who had made a careful study of these particular diseases and insects and could advise both the student and teacher wisely. ‘ One ofthe biggest benefits that should come from this supervised practice is a closer relationship be- tween the student and the farm. It should develop a keener interest in better seeds, a desire for more pure breds, and improved methods of farming. One of the pure bred Hol- stein heifers brought into our com- munity last spring went into a herd of grade Holsteins. She was grow— thy, carried out well over the rump and showed indications of develop~ ools.Holds Interest of Students - ' ment of'a good middle. This heifer 'was about fourteen months old'when purchased alongvin April. :She grew and developed splendidly during the summermonths and late in August _was taken to the county fair‘to com- pete against other heifers purchased at the same time. She took the blue ribbon there and‘ was afterwards shown at Bay City, Saginaw and De- troit where she never disappointed her proud owner. At‘ Detroit in the Boys and Girls club classes she was declared Grand Champion Female oVer some fifty females. ‘It was not the winnings that were impressive but the reaction that this good heifer had on the community and particularly on this farm boy. Recently he has acquired a pure bred Holstein bull with fine records on both sides. In the spring he intends to purchase another heifer and have these three animals as a nucleus for a herd. ' Since Agriculture has been taught in a practical manner in the. high school, the farm boy has not only taken an added interest in the home mm, but added enthusiasm in school work. In our own school, the non—resident students‘P have increased forty per cent in the last three years. A large part of this increase is due to the fact that the country boy and girl has come to realize that a high school education is just as essential in farming as _in other vocations. The student that completes a pro- ject or farm problem learns more about the business. of farming be- cause it is his problem and not dad's. The successful farmer of tomorrow must know how to keep records, use _best cultural methods, weigh values. and last but not least come to realize, that‘farming is a business requiring a scientifically trained man. Are Too Chivalrous toWomen ‘By FRANCIS A. FLOOD ’l‘hc charm of rural England is shown nowhere better than in the beautiful little village—~99”! one a work of art. of the American woman and they in— variably said that we spoil them, we humor them and pay them too many gallant attentions. We overdo en— tirely the idea of chivalry to the tem— inine sex. Anyone in the United States would laugh at this, of course, and especially the women would in— sist that we are certainly not chival— rous enough—and that for evidence we have only to look inside any street car filled with tired shop girls pulling leather and as many men oc- cupying the seats. I We decided, with no argument, that the modern English girl, for in— stance, with her continual guzzling of beer and carrying of cigarettes is not naturally the object of chivalry and attention and courtesy that her “Mid-Victorian” older sisters were who retained their ‘feminine charm and along with it the chivalrous res- pect of the mere men. They may scoff at this thing called feminine charm and may disdain to wish for it, but when they give it up so glibly they also give up these gallantries and chivalrous attentions of their men. Of course, we did not travel ‘ among the royalty and upper crusts of England—but then, few do. Much of this is, naturally, a result of the war, and we certainly cannot criticize the people of England, nei— ther the men or the women, for the scars left upon them by the war, which we in America know compari- tively little about.— .It cost us nothing compared to the sacrifices made by {the people of England and yet we reaped as much of the benefits—- if anything good can come from war —-——as did any of the victorious coun- tries. » ‘ English \Vomenv Paid Four long years of the ruthless war that raged at their very thresh- old and threatened daily to stalk in- to their very midst demanded—and unstintingly , received ——- every ounce of resistance and every personal sac- , rifice of every son and daughter of England. The victory was theirs, but the war-torn people will be pay— ing for many years for that victory ———zwhatever that word may mean. Maybe it was “Merrie England”. once: but it struck .us that, it isn’t any more. Unemployment hasbeen n-.».v v- ‘En‘gland andjc’ontin'en'tal Europe is so acute that the goverment has been paying a certain amount, called a “dole” to every man who is unable to find work. This is official recog- nition of the, fact that the public is not self-supporting. It, is costly—- economically and socially. It is de- moralizing to the public mind and would probably never have been put int6 effect except to avert even more dangerous, active dissatifaction and unrest. I don‘t know whether it was as bad before the war or not, but if one looks into any one of the thousands of public houses in London alone, or “pubs” as they are called, between ten and eleven o’clock in the evening just before closing time, he will see them all nearly full of people—and poor people-spending a few pence for their beer and ale. They do not drink the hard liquors that make the American fighting drunk; it is the‘ cheap and sloppy beer—cheap in the cost per mug, but a mighty drain up-- on the poor masses of England whc must support it as an institution. Old men, underfed and poorly clothed, probably living on their “dole”, or a pension from some oi England’s former “glorious” wars; old women and young girls who drift in with their male partners and lean upon the bar or slouch about the room on boxes or Benches, sleepy- eyed, mannish and loud in theirtalk and laughter, cheaply and plainly dressed but spending their tuppences and sixpences for their beer or stout and spending their more important property—their time, for the same “beer” standard of social activity; young men and what we call boys... out of work and, from all appear ances, having a hard time to get along—all these are chipping in with what money they can scrapetogether to support the institution of the pub— lic house or saloon. And they laugh at us because we have got‘rid of it! Argument Against Saloons For every American who boasted to us that he had come over to Eur- ope to get his nose wet there were a score who. told us that trip through, 2 .- (continued; 9‘! 35 33’ i x “OUR SIX CHILDREN.”-—”This is a picture of the best ‘crop' we ever raised, our six chil- dren,” writes Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wyckofl‘ of Sheridan. ‘ GETTING A TASTE OF FARM LIFE.—These youngsters, George and Merrill Jennings, were born in the city and live The girls, both school teachers, are there during the winter but they like to go out to the farm helping Alphens Raybune, Ithaca, of their uncle during the summer. The picture was sent in by Mrs. Mary _Archibald, of Ada. “G0 ’LONG MULE”.—Tbat is what Bliss Marie Duchane, of Marine City, is saying to her friend who is between the thills Teddy, belonging playing she is the horse. These young farmerettes look ready to Burnice Kidd, of Hart, Fowlerville, are having great fun feeding the chickens. The pic- . ture was sent to us by Clifton G. Cook. to help do a. man’s work. DON’T BE AFRAID.—Not on In- ARE THEY STUCK‘I—A. B. Cofi'ron, of North Branch, says this is a picture of the family trying to push the flivver when they got stuck in the snow on their way to Christmas dinner. Everyone seems to be real happy in spite of all the trouble. imam / m “\VE'RE ALL GOING FISHING”.— take a fishing trip. T E D D Y.—This dog, is quite a... climber. A FINE PAIB.—This fine looking team belongs to A. W. Swift, of Dow- dia‘.‘ em“! but Em“ Irene, 7‘y09'r'91d “It. Mich. These horses are full sisters, according to-Mr. Swift. A few daughter 0‘ Ml" and M". Chall- ROOk- ‘ Years ago nearly every farmer owned a. well-matched team but nowadays er, 0; Saginaw.~ («Womb as for each mm: a, mine like the one above are becoming scarce. \ “GOING TO ELSIE”.—-Is the title of this picture ac- cording to George Crom, of Elsie. The calf looks gentle in the picture and everyone seems happy but we wonder catch some minnows so they can all what would happen if they met an uutonlobilc on the road during their journey to town and back. GETTING AN EARLY START IN THE POULTRY BUS- INESS.——-ldlsie Mae and Evelyn Cook, age 21/2 and 11/2 years, of ANOTHER BUSINESS FARMER.— This is a view of the back yard of 1Iciiierce Caywood’s home at St. Louis, . ch. r1. ... .m- '36; “A HUNTING WE WILL coin—This is Edsel Ford Page and his rabbit-dog, Sport. Edsel is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alva. Page, Cheboysan. picture linden our cover and give a one year renewal for each picture used on this page. Pictures.must be sharp and clear.) '1 ,4 ~ e. “’7‘; “may c ~ ties)" FA 1183 EMMA 11038 If a man has subscribed for stock must he take it if the stock agent tdd him things that is not so? Stock agents want me to exchange my su- gar stock for coal stock. I have to pay no money, only stock, and they told me the next time they came they would bring the certificate and take my certificate along and made [no sign a note paper and told me they do not make a note out of it, they only wanted it for a copy. But I hear nothing from them till I get notice from a bank saying there is a note to pay. Must I pity this note or not ?—C. W., Bay City, Mich. 00 would have to pay the note if it is in the hands of the bank, but you could bring suit for damages against the company to re- cover the amount you had to pay, if they made false representations to you in the transaction.—Legal Edi- tor. AHERICAN-BORV \VIFE OF ALIEN VOTING Does the wife of an alien have a vote in the election. although she is native born? Does a convict draw $2.00 per day while he is serving his sentence, besides his board and clothes?—E. S.. Gladwin, Mich. “3 wife who is an American- born woman, wife of an alien, would not have the right to vote if she was married prior to September 22. 1922, unless the bus- hnd had been naturalized. Since September 22. 1922 an American woman would not lose her citizenship by marrying a foreigner and would be entitled to vote. Convicts generally do not draw two dollars per day while in the State's prison.———Clare Retan, Deputy Attorney General. BRING A("I'l0.‘l DAMAGE I bought a cow at a sale and the man i bought her of said she would freshen May 28th but there is no sign yet. I told him about it and he put the blame on his hired man. He said he kept track of that. A week after that I asked him again and he said he had not seen him. I told him I did not think I would have to keep the cow but he told me to tr... her back home and get my mon- ey at the bank. I wanted 5 dollars for feeding her and he said he would not pay it. I asked him if he would feed a cow 2 months for 5 dollars and he said “no” and drove away. 1 called up the bank and they said he has no money in the bank. What can I do?—E. D. D., Washington, Hich. 0U could bring an action for ‘ damages against the man who sold you the cow. If he is work- tag and owns a farm. he ought to be ccllectable.-—Legal Editor. FOR PERMIT TO [7811} FERRET Can a permit be obtained by farm- m and fruit growers to hunt with ferrets on their own land and if so where and how much Will it cost?— R. Van K., Remus, Mich. HE law provides for the issuing of permits to farmers and fruit growers to use ferrets in hunt— ing rabbits on their lands when it can be shown that these animals are doing damage. On receipt of a request from a fruit grower or farmer for a per- mit It is referred to a deputy for in- vestigation and he makes a recom- mendation on the matter.———John Baird, Director, Dept. of Conserva- tion. BRING SUIT I would like your advice what to do about an auto accident which I was in a few weeks ago. I was driv- ing from Muskegon, going at a mod— erate rate, and was on the right side of the road and I met another car and was passing when another car came along at such a .rate of speed to go between the car ahead of him and me. He skidded into me and I had to do some fancy steering or I would have turned turtle. He stop- ped and came back Where I was and gave me his number and address and told me (after he was convinced he was in the wrong) to have my car repaired and send the bill to him and he would pay for damages. The dam- age of my car cost $19.30. There were- five witnesses to the accident, 5" t W‘ "9;. tA 'ciearlo' farm’ u I complaints or "i armors Bureau 3 , fly troubles. Prompt. careful sit-Mio- rm for Intervention a “not to this departman We are you. All locum. man be oceans-nice by full name and mi. icon to be. servo Name not used It so minted.) all of them say the other driver was at fault. I have sent the bill but he fails to even answer my letters. Shall I sue him or garnishee his wages? Thanks—T. G. Harvard, Mich. yer and bring suit against him. You could garnishee his wages or bank account after you obtained judgment.——Legal Editor. I WOULD advise you to get a law-' PURCHASED TAX TITLE 40 YEARS AGO Kindly give me information. There is a party here that has a tax title that was bought on a piece of prop— erty of unpaid taxes. some 40 or 50 years ago. Does it outlaw in a cer- tain length of time? The taxes have all been paid since that time. At that time the property was only valued at $700 or $800. Now it is worth $3.500. Does that tax still have a claim and does it draw in- terest?——S. A. 0., Farms, Mich. AM of the opinion that the per- I son who purchased the tax title 40 years ago and entered into possession, keeping possession until the present time, would have good title to the land and would not be subject to any interest or taxes, if the taxes were kept up during the time he had possession.-——Legai Edi- tor. BUILD ONLY HALF OF LINE FENCE Here are two questions I wish answered. A and B joins farms. A wishes to pasture his land but B does not. B's is mostly woods. Now there has never been a line fence nor has the line been surveyed. The question is will B have to build his share of the fence and help estab- lish the true line- or will A have to do it alone? The other question is A and C joins farms. C had a line surveyed and he built a fence, 5 years ago, but the former owner of C's farm died and his wires were taken down. Now A wants a line fence built. Will C have to help or will A have to build it alone?-—C. 8., Hart, Mich. would be B's duty to erect and maintain one-half the partition fence. It would also be C's duty, in the latter case, to maintain one— half the fence between him and A. The parties should agree upon the portion each should maintain. Other- wise. it would be necessary to have the fence viewers decide the matter. ——Legal Editor. HANDY HIRAM'S DEPARTMENT Pane along your ideas. folks. a rough their]: [in n two-yon renewal .lust write a desert tion of each one and send a on paper so that our artist Will to each subscriber who sends in an id. ototn or idea of what it loch I. “ghwill we can the on this page. '0 an KEEPING BARREIB IN CONDITION ROUND most every farm there are a number of barrels which are needed only once in a long while, perhaps only at butchering time. If not kept filled with water they dry out and often fall to pieces, and if filled and forgotten the water freezes and bursts them at the first cold spell. My way of avoiding these difficul- ties is to put such barrels in a shady . ":1, I m .n-‘mm‘fists-wll \ nieizuttwhhnn‘t. To keep barrel from drying out. place, bottom up, and underneath place a pan or nail of water. If the barrel is tight and rests closely on the ground the water will not evap- orate as rapidly as mlght be expec~ ted—Albert Schmidt. SHOWS IF TANK IS FULL HIS drawing shows an arrange- T ment 1 use for telling when a water tank into which an engine or windmill full. is pumping water, is This is especially helpful if ~ \\\§ gt: s§\\\\x\\\\ r2 {gas This device shows when the tank in full. the tank is elevated or in some other place where it is not convenient to see into the top of the tank. A float rests on the surface of the water in the tank. A string is fastened to the float and is run over two spools .. Us ' hm "' 333(9- P. as shown, the other end being at- tached to a weight. The weight is just heavy enough to keep the string tight. The weight on the outside of the tank can be made in such a way that it will indicate readily by its position on the tank how much water there is in the tank or how near full it is getting if the pump is working. ——R. T. 'A BABY \VALKER VERY mother knows that it is best not to urge a baby to walk too seen, yet when he gets old enough and strong enough to stand on his own legs it is not harmful to render a bit of assistance. Many babies are backward in walking simply because they are afraid and the busy farm mother’s arms get weary “toting” the heavy bundle, but they are none the less loving it they invent a way to relieve them- selves by making this baby walker. From an old chair without a bot- tom may be made as satisfactory a walker as one may .buy. Remove the back from the chair and put casters in the legs. Cut a piece of heavy duck, or other strong material, about chair. Baby walker made from old 12 by 18 inches square; cut holes on the sides- for the legs to go through up to the hips, and tack the cloth in the chair so that it will hang down loose like a bag. The baby cannot fall out and the casters go easily along where the baby wills and the .mother can go about her work knowing baby is out of mis- chief and learning to walk too. If a small‘compact canvas box is tacked to the front of the walker to hold thevtoys he will amuse himself with them for a long while—Mrs. J. " I'll”. " TOWNSHIP BOARD Two adjoining 'townships which we will call A and B agreed that each should take and maintain each alternating mile, for instance A township has the first mile on the south end, then B township the next mile, then A township the next mile and so on. Now the state has built a trunk line road on the north ilve miles leaving A township with the south mile to maintain, and B township without any road to main- tain. Is B township compelled by law to take over 55 mile of the mile that A township still has to main- tain? If you will please send me your opinion on this matter. I will be very much obliged- to ’ you.— Reader, Glddwin, Michigan. PRESUME that the agreement I referred to was exectited in ac- cordance with provisions of Sec- ticn 4299 of the Compiled Laws of 1916. that should any part of such line road become at any time abandoned, or should the division of such line road between townships— become at any time unjust and inequitable for any cause, then such agreement may be modified by following the pro- cedure therein prescribed and out- lined. ] suggest you take the matter up with the Township Highway Com- missioner and the Township Board. with a view to a modification of the agreement in accordance with the section of the statute above referred to and as the facts in the case refer- red to may warrant.—-H. Victor Spike, Assistant Attorney General. CAN HE TAKE FENCE? A rents one of his father's farms and while on the farm he buys posts and wire and builds a fence and af- ter a year or two he decides to quit farming and has an auction sale and sells his personal property and also this fence that he bought and built, Just as it stands in the ground. A bought the wire. I did not get the wire right off and in about six months the son-in-law buys the farm and wanted to buy the wire for the same price I paid . I refused to take that amount. Now he forbids me to come and get the wire.——C. D.‘ K., Maple City Mich. FENCE erected upon land is re- garded as part of the realty and goes with the land. unless it can be shown that there was an und- erstanding to the contrary at the time of the’ erection. Unless you can show that there was an under— standing in this case between the father and the son that the fence was to be only a temporary one and that the son could remove it, you could not recover for the fence or get possession of it. Your action would be against the son who sold it to you for damages.———Legal Editor. REFUSES TO PERFORM DUTY I have a rat bounty bill of $20.00. The clerk, also the county, refuses to pay. I have delivered my orders from the town clerk. The county clerk refuses to draw the order on the treasurer. This rat bounty is a state law. Has a county any right to do this kind of business? Can I sue the county? 'It will cost me about all I have coming to serve a mandamus on the clerk. Please tell me what you think about it and oblige—L. A. W. F a county official 'refuses to per— I form his legal duty to draw an order for bounty on rats. it will be necessary for the party claim- ing the bounty to institute some pro- ceedings, mandamus or otherwise, to compel him to do so.—~Clare Retan, Deputy Attorney General. SCHOOL N(Yl‘ LEGALLY CLOSED Please inform me if it is legal for moderator and treasurer to close the district school (no board meeting) and give the teacher two days for the fair (9 miles away)? Can .we compell the director to issue an order for these two days? The treasurer closed the school.——J. H. 3., Silverwood, Mich. W0 members of the board can- not legally close a school and determine that there shall be a vacation' unless there has been a board meeting for that purpose. The director could not be compelled to issue an order under such conditions fer the payment of salary for the teacher.-—W. la: Coffey. . W tn, 9;, The same section provides, . in 5‘“? ‘9‘" . tax ‘— and a .t would net-T ‘ do” Broad‘SCOpe Far OME of the readers of THE Busr- ~ NEss FARMER will remember reading in a comparatively re- ,cent iSsue, something about the pub— lisher being in want of a man some— where in Michigan, who Would write and tell of his farm operations, views, plans, etc., and in so doing conduct a new department in the Farm Paper of Service. Whether the publishers have found such a man or .not, is something of a question, but, suffice to say, yours truly, whose home is in Hillsdale County, some forty minutes north of the state line between Ohio and Michigan, appears to be the one destiny has decreed shall at least start such a series of talks. , Having just returned frm a few days sojourn in Lansing and Battle Edited by L. W. Meeks, Hillsdale County . the best place. .‘ t“, 2%. am] View City Men Work Another thing this trip convinced me of, is this: The average laboring man in the city works as hard, or harder than the average farmer. Many a man in the city never sees his home by daylight, from late fall to early spring only on Sundays. One man once told me he never saw his children awake only On Sundays! Now I am not saying the city is not a good place in which to live. I am glad so many people think it is And perhaps some day there will be so many living in them there will be a demand for all the overproduction [we now have on the farm. In that day prices will right themselves automatically and there will be no need of an Agricul- tural Commission. The writer often HILLSDALE FARMER JOINS OUR EDITORIAL STAFF E want to introduce to our folks Mr. L. W. Meeks, of Hillsdale . County, who has joined our editorial staff.“ Mr. Meeks, who will conduct this department under the heading of “Broadscope Farm News and Views", is 45 years old, has a son just out of high school and a daughter who started in high school this last fall. Not only has Mr. Meeks been a farmer in Michigan all his life but he has been a business farmer, being much interested in up-tO-date methods. He owns 70 acres and works 80 acres more, has all the tools needed to carry on with, raises certified seedI potatoes, is interested in good cattle, hogs and poultry, and is raising a fine orchard; in fact, he has had experi- ence in about all lines of farming. He knows what debt is and all about the ups and downs of farming. His good Wife has been the true partner of a business farmer, being not only interested in her'home and its duties but in the farm, and in the community affairs as well. We hope Mr. Meeks will like his work and that you will enjoy his de- partment. He will be pleased to have you write him and if you have any questions you would like him to answer he will be glad to serve you to the best of his ability. Creek, some of the impressions of the trip are very evident in .my thoughts tonight. Surely it was a wise man who first said, “There is no place like home” for the farm certainly did look good as it came into view, while we were yet some distance from it. ill III all Gas Tax One of the outstanding questions this trip brought up is, “How can any one oppose a gasoline tax? When one drives over so many miles of the finest of highways, and sees so many large motor busses and mammoth freight trucks, one just naturally wonders how_the state can ask the tax payers to build and maintain these arteries of travel for such huge commercial enterprises, and* only re- ceive from them a small license fee. It surely does not seem right to com— pel the steam and electric roads to pay such high taxes, and maintain their own roadway, and let these motor vehicles compete with them. It doesn’t seem feasible that a weight tax would be fair at all. In_ the first place, does the heavy vehicle hurt the cement road much more than the lighter one? We would like to see the license l fee on all motor vehicles placed at about three dollars, and a gasoline tax heavy enough to 'meet the re- quired expenditure of the Highway Department. Many farmers would then feel justified in owning a large car, as well as their flivver. Many more would Own at least two of the smaller cars—one for the children to drive to school, and one for other uses. Many farmers want a truck, but as they would use it only a few days during the year, they feel it would be too expensive. Why should their tax be as much as these com- . mercial trucks which run every day \ in the year? As one farmer in Battle Creek ex- pressed it,‘the other day, “Let the fellow who only uses a barrel of gas build just a barrel of roadl,” of course the great opposition to a gas tax comes from the city. However, we notice a great many city cousins who drive their cars only a. compara- tively few miles in a year; and a gas , hree dollar- license fee. ~ilig"htenr?;their purses. as ( 4W9“ tee, -, Write him care of The Business Farmer. ' . i wonders what such a Commission can do in the meantime. » l " * II! * Empty Corn Cribs Yes, empty corn cribs, and nearly empty ones were seen during this trip. Many fields of corn in the shock were noticed. One concludes i the corn was so immature, it wouldl keep longer in the shock than in the crib, or help is ‘so scarce there was no one to husk it. Some shredding has been done, but the immature corn is not ideal for shredding. We at home, being aware of this, and knowing it would not be very pleas- ant work to draw all the corn during the winter as it was needed, husked what we could by hand, shredded one field, and drew and stacked anOther field. Taking it from the time it was planted, refitted, planted over again, we believe the corn crop of 1924 was - almost equal to any cross word puz- zle we ever found. Well, anyway, if your corn crib is empty, don’t con- sider it as a distinction, for a two hundred mile motor ride will show you empty cribs are quite the fash- ion. * it it Magazines My attention has just been called to some new magazines, and this seems an opportune time to mention this coming year’s reading. In too many farm homes, and city homes as well, magazines are conspicuous by their absence. “Tell me what a man reads, and I’ll tell you what he thinks." Far too many people class magazines as luxuries, and consider them too expensive. Some good monthly magazines may be secured for a small sum, and two or three dollars will bring the best of them into the home for a year. Any one copy, even after'eliminating the ad- vertisements, would make a large book, while the best thoughts of the nation are often found in these regu- lar visitors. Many consider periodicals simply a means of entertainment. There are such, and of course they have a. large sale, but the ideal magazine is educational as Well as entertaining and the money spent for themis well invested. The inspiration contained in: one short article is often worth the — (Geniuses! on; «Page; 17). T aka a Kodak with yau When nature beckons, Kodak calls and you put the [scene in a picture. , It’s all easy the K0- dak way and pleasure a-plcnty as well. ' liuz‘ogrup/zzr [Cm/(Mr $6.j<) 21 [.2 ,{f'i'om‘ (it’d/(’7‘); - Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N. Y. 1 BE ANMIGJRMIOR. ’ W Elflllllflll EXP-fl"! 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References: Wpyne County and Home ~8avings Bank Bradstreet IS YOUR FARM FOR SALE 7 an Ad. in THE BUSINESS FABMER .Wiusen in... . .r .6: ~ LOOSE CONNECTION OR ' BROKEN WIRE ANY times, on home made sets, it is found that they suddenly stop working, and even a care- ful examination will not show what WI r1552 fillet—‘5' 70 fl! WWJé/IF’S Locating loose connection or broken wire. the trouble is or how to find it. Joints that are loose, broken wires, or unsoldered joints that can be seen can be fixed, but those that are not seen are the ones that are hard to find. The following hints may help you. Take one or two dry batteries (the ordinary No. 6 size) and connect them in series, and in series with the batteries place a. 2 cell flashlight bulb, from the bulb and from one side of the battery run two wires that are either small enough to bend easily or are regular flexible wire. By touching these two wires to any part of your set, through which electricity can pass, you will find the flashlight bulb will light if there is no break in the connection, but if there is a loose or broken wire, or corroded joint the light will not light. In this manner you can test the wiring from your binding posts to the different sockets, in doing this be sure that you test to the contacts inside of the socket, for sometimes corrosion will stop the current going socket to the contact spring on the inside. To find your loose connection or break, test from every binding post to the place where the wire ends; from the aerial or ground posts coupler; from the battery to the sockets; from the sockets to the telephone connections; and so on through all the wiring till you find the trouble. The accompanying cut shows the connection of batteries, light and testing method. THE BEST INSULATOR TRANGE to say, ~the glass from which cooking dishes, such as cake, pie, baking and pudding dishes are made from has 'proven to be better than any other type of in- glass is called PYREX, and no doubt you have some such dish in your house. This glass is used in many manufacturing processes and is also called a “technical” glass. Strain insulators for your aerial, and tube sockets are now on the market and before long I suppose that there will be tubes, knobs, etc., that we can all use. WHY USE PYREX? It is not nec- cssary to use pyrex unless you want the very best insulators at present available for radio use. Pyrex in- sulators used on your aerial will per- mit you to receive distant stations that you never would .hear, as the loss of the feeble currents is pre— vented. Of course the whole of your ,.f.12h.6.-,purpose 01, aerial and ground must also be Well insulated. . The cost is greater, as l’yrox strain insulators will cost, you 40c to 50(: each and the porcelain insulators about 10o each. lfiut if you want the best, get Pyrex. A Git”) LEAK, RESISTANCE UH l-‘lfils‘l-l VERY once in a while norm: om: E will shin." rm: their grid resis- tanrxrz, or leak, and axis 1m: when: they Ian 21:1 another "Imam" like it. 80 many sch: now um: the glans cartridge type of grid “felli— lancc that ii, is Lo wonder that. they are called locust, 3o: so tin-obi. you have notch the lesson/31mm to the fuses used on the better autmuoblleu to protect the wiring and generator. Some sets use a pencil mark {or a grid leak, this git/er; good results but owing to the "mixture and dirt getting on it it is not as good as the glass enclosed kind. RADIO ‘ DE PARTMEN h Edited -by J. HERBERT 'FERRIS, R: E. = Contributions lnvited-—Questions Answered from the post on the outside of the- which is 0 many thousand ohms, is to keep the proper charge of electri- city on the grid and should too much get there it lets it leak away. A grid resistance is seldom used on any tube but the detector. Each tube re- quires one of a. little different value to give the best results, but on the average the same type of tubes will require the same amount of resis- tance. SOLDERED JOINTS E have emphasized, time and time again the-value of solder- ing all joints in a radio set, but it is much better not to solder them than to solder and use acid solder. Tighten all joints with a pair of pliers and leave the solder alone, un- Pr/f #2197 .5755 a; 490m aaawsfzze'mee Soldering joints. less you can solder carefully and neatly with resin solder. Do not use acid solder. We have had two radio sets for readers, to try and make work and the main trouble was ACID SOL- DER. SllflIPIlE [SOLDERING IHNTS Do not use a large soldering iron, the smaller the better. Keep your iron clean and well- tinned. Do not use acid flux, or acid core solder. Use resin as a flux or resin core solder. Wire solder is easier to ‘work with than bar or stick solder. Heat your iron. Hold it against the wire to be sol- dered till it gets hot enough to melt solder. Then touch the wire or joint with the wire solder and it will melt and run over the joint. . Sometimes it is better to “tin” or melt at little solder on the end of a wire, and also a little on the place where the joint will be, then by bringing the two wires together and touching with the hot iron a neat and quick joint will be made. Scrape off all excessive resin when the joint is cool. Test joints to see if wire is fasten- ed on solidly. And remember, ACID SOLDER. SHELLAC, PAINT, TAR OR NOTHING O’ME of the radio sets that this department has been asked to fix have had the coils Shellaced, some painted with tar or asphalt paint and others have had a combin- ation on them. All these have made the set work poorly. Do not shellac or paint your coils after you wind them. Shellac the tube if you wish, and then dry wrap your wire on it; do not put anything over the coils. If you must use something, then dissolve a little celluloid (from a. broken auto curtain window) in ba- nanna oil and then add a little al- cohol. Use very lightly. DO NOT USE i'ildi’xliimi) TUBE Trouble again! Some time ago I wrote you about my trouble with my Radio; well i got one thing 0. K. and now it. is another. I had the mis- forlum: of burning out my bulb and i sent, it away to have it repaired but it, does; not seem to work. The fila- ment. lights but I can not get a thing. i am getting discouraged. I went over my hook-up and can not find a. thing wrong. I get a click now and then but that is all. Do you suppose the bulb is bad? Thanking you for advice, I remain, E. S. S., Merrill, Mich. ' T is possible that the bulb that you had repaired is "bad" as you suggest. Sometimes these this. ..resistance, repaired tubes work very-well and at .‘ ,,\ bulb burned out, it should work now with a good bulb. The connections cannot change when you are not us.- ing the set, therefore I believe that the bulb is wrong. 4 I believe that it pays to buy a new bulb rather than to have an old one repaired—Radio Editor. . ‘ other times they do not work-at all. ' I ‘I It your set worked nature the It is New Year. Little children are singing and dancing their glee. To them, Time merely crawls along. Young people are together love mak- ing and counting the Slow passing years, till their dreams come true. HERE go the bells again. To them, Time moves slowly. The middle aged are quiet. Time, to them, is moving faster, and they know that each year brings its hard- ships as well as its joys. , The aged sit in silence, and brush aside occasional tears, as the ghosts of half forgotten scenes rise through the mists of years. To them, Time flies in lightning wings. So, each of us, in the time of his age, views the ever recurring sound of New Year Bells. If we are sensible there are many things we want to happen to us and our friends in NINETEEN HUN— DRED AND TWENTY-FIVE. We want to be kinder! Faces are certain to wrinkle with, but whether they wrinkle Up, or Down will do.- pend on whether we are kind or un~ kind. This morning, I saw a man heat— ing a poor horse because his feet would not catch in the snowy pave- ment. I am glad that my sister does not have to live with that man. In his heart he is unkind. . Kindness will pay bigger heart- dividends than most any attitude of mind we hold toward others. I bought an article in a store to- day. A young, inexperienced clerk was trying to tie up my package. The floor-walker saw her dilemma. and “called” her in harsh words. As I left the counter I said to the floor-Walker, “Treat that girl kinder and she will do better.” He said. “Who the hell are you?” That man will never succeed. In his heart he has the nature of an animal, and not a kind gentleman. He is not fit to handle cattle, let alone sensitive young women. We are going to dig some new graves this year and bury our grud— ges there. Every now and then my good Wife handles rather roughly the accumulated piles of papers and stuff that get on top of my desks. Sometimes I miss something that I wanted, but, in the main her work is best, for “JUNK” will smother us if We do not destroy and bury it. Our souls get piled full of memories of un—neighborly‘ acts and words. The deeper the accumulation, the harder to really live. Dig out that old grudge, and while the bells are ringing and the children Singing bury it deep in forgetfulness. We are going to quit pitying ours~ selve, if we are wise. I have Worse than wasted every hour that I have spent in pitying myself, because I may have had a hard time. Hard- ship is the compliment a wise Provi- dence hands to plucky souls. The American farmer has, in the past four years, shown his ability to “dig in”, and now he is going to show the world his equal ability to Chance, is the need of valor. We are going to go right on work- ing for bettered conditions of life. We are going to sin less, and repent more; pray more sincerely, and look up more often; visit the sick, and en— courage the hopeless; add a Word of reproof to the careless, and extend a hand to the lonely. If we do, the year opening amid the bells, will not close with the knells. “Ring out the old, Ring in the new; Ring out the false, Ring in the true." THANKS 1 like the paper because it is a good market paper andgives a pretty fair line- up on futurep.—-—Elmer Brown, Shiawassee County, Michigan." " ' ' ‘ ' ‘ ' ‘ ' ,2 | v v M.fim, ‘ A m- . elf-tries WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS? ers of your valuable paper in regard to changing the time of our DEAR Editor:—I would like to get this suggestion before the read;- township meetings from the first Monday in April to the second Monday in May. Let’s hear from the other readers pro and con. UP here it is usually neither wheeling or sleighing, and there is no place to put a team in for the day anyway. Whitney, Antrim County, Mich. Best wishes to M. B. F.—H. H. Editor’s Note: We are pleased to publish Mr. Whitney’s letter and ask that you express your opinions on the subject. No matter which side of the question you are on we will be pleased to publish your letter in this department. You must sign your full name and address to the com- munication but it will not be used when we publish your letter. ADVISING HOLDING BEANS O the Editorz—We read with in- T terest some time ago a commun— ication from a Western bean dealer quoted. in your publication. We also read Mr. Drees’ reply to same. - As you no doubt know we are the largest handlers of beans in the Uni- ted States. Our Directorship has been giving more than usual thought and consideration to the outlook of the present bean market. After viewing the matter from all angles we have come to the conclusion that the bear. market for the next few months is largely in the hands of the Michigan bean growers. We do not believe the growers appreciate the influence they can exert on the mar- ket. If some influence of some kind could be brought upon the bean— growers so that they to a man would not sell a pound of beans between now and the 10th of January, we feel positive that the market would ad- vance 25c to 50c per cwt. We believe we are safe in saying that the elevators in Michigan feel that the market will advance, but you can appreciate that there is a limit to the quantity of beans which they can finance. Accordingly if the farmers force beans upon the eleva- tors they in turn must offer similar quantity to the trade. We cannot help but believe that you would be doing your growers a big favor if you could urge upon them the advisability of their refus— ing to sell at present time. We be- lieve you could almost promise them $5.50 for their beans if they would hold up deliveries entirely for forty to sixty days.-—Chatterton and Son, per B. A. Stickle. FARM BEA TS CITY EAR Editor: Some one, unknown D to me, was kind enough to sub— scribe for THE BUSINESS FARMER for me. My subscription does not run out until next June but I am re— newing now for two years, while I have the money to spare, because I like the paper. I have not been a farmer for the last 40 years but have quite a num- ber of friends among the farmers. I will be 74 years young next month and if I had my life to live over again I would never leave the farm for all the city jobs you could stack up.—O. E. R., Jackson, Mich. DOESN’T COME OFTEN ENOUGH EAR Editor: We like THE BUSI- D ans FARMER above all other farm papers. It was scarcely known when we came into this neighborhood seven years ago, but now it is hard to find a family that does not take it. Its weather predic- tions alone are worth many times its cost to farmers, and its exposure of advertising swindlers is another grand feature of great merit. The only fault We can find with THE BUSI- Nicss FARMER is that it does not come often enough.-——C. 0. Tower, Mich. Purest Rye Produced on Manitou Island an article written by Frank Ridg- way for the Chicago Tribune it is stated that on South Manitou Island, which is located near the north end of Lake Michigan about twenty miles out from Traverse City, Mich. a small group of farmers is producing the purest and probably the most superior variety of rye in the world. George and Lewis Hutz— ler, leading Rosen rye growers on the island, proved it by winning first in competition with more than a bun- dred of he country’s. champion rye growers at the International Grain and Hay show. It all began when J. A. Rosen, a Russian student from Riga brought over about 2,000 ker- nels of rye to the .Michigan Agricul- tural college in 1908. The rye was named for him. The island farmers grow about fifty acres of Rosen rye each year, producing an average crop of twenty-five bushels to the acre and as high as forty bushels to the acre, in some cases. The yearly prbduc- tion of the high grade grain is about 1,250 bushels. The average in Mich— igan is only fourteen bushels to the acre, so the island’s average is excep- tionally high, and forty bushels per acre is an unusual yield. R. C. Ra- ther. secretary of the crop associa- tion, says all the rye produced by Manitou farmers is sold for seed to mainland growers at a premium price of 75 cents a bushel above cur— rent commercial rye prices. This year, for example, when the com- mercial price was about 90 cents, the island growers got $1.60 a bu- sheL . There is a demand for more seed rye than is grown on the island, and to help meet the situation practically all of the 1,250 bushels are used by ' mainland farmers in, growing certi- fied seed. The rye must be growu on Michigan farms, where it has little chance of being crossed with other varieties. Ins-pectors keep a con- stant guard over. the fields, and if at ' . the end of the season the rye passes the state crop association’s require- ments it can be certified and sold for seed. Mainland growers get .a pre- mium price of from 25 to 40 cents a bushel above the market price for certified rye. Mr. Rather says that as a result of this project on South Manitou island today more than 90 per cent of all the 400,000 acres of rye grown in Michigan is from the original stock of Rosen rye. However, it is varying in degree of purity. It was this su- perior grade of rye, producing fair yields even on thin land, that made it possible for Michigan farmers to produce more than 900,000 acres during the war. BRANCH HARM BUREAU .MEETS HE annual meeting of the Branch County Farm Bureau was held on Saturday, Dec. 13th, at the Goldwater Grange Hall, and was at- tended by about 140 members and their Wives. A fine dinner was serv- ed at noon by the Grange ladies. The forenoon was spent in a busi- ness meeting, and the afternoon ses— sion consisted of a talk by Stanley 1M. Powell. The election of officers for the coming year then took place, with the following members elected: Pres- ident, V. B. Stout; Vice-President, M. E. Echtinaw; Board of Directors: Glen Gruner, E. A. Waterbury, Fred Shilling, David Kenyon, and H. A. Gowdy. Several resolutions and amend- ments were adopted, and adjourn— ment followed. My Dad has taken the paper for at leaét 10 years go I cannot be without it. —-- erman Schaib W hten County. Michigan. 18' . as aw ‘ » I ,. fl 3;? “‘1' i. f; ’/ 3/} ,4, / .5, ‘ “mill-M at? / 'The tools of national service The American people lead the world in the efficiency of industry. is due to the superior implements they use. We know. They have the Who can say what part of their success This much World's best telephone sys- tem for their communication, and they use it without parallel among the races of the earth. 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With- out warning, suddenly it caught Alan as he stood in the dark of the front room; and as the dim white circle of light gleamed into Alan’s face, the man looked that way and saw him. ’ The effect of this upon the man was so strange and so bewildering to Alan that Alan could only stare at him. The big man seemed to shrink into himself and to shrink back and away from Alan. He roared out something in a bellow thick with fear and horror; he seemed to choke with terror. There was nothing in his look akin to mere~surprise or alarm at realizing that another was there and had been seeing and Overhearing him. The light which he still gripped swayed back and forth and showed him Alan again, and he raised his arm before his face‘as he recoiled. The consternation of the man was so complete that it checked Alan's rush to- ward him; he halted. then advanced silently and watchfully. As he went for— ward and the light shone upon his face again. the big man cried out hoarsely: “Damn you—damn you, with the hole above your eye! The bullet got you! And now you've got Ben! But you can’t get me! Go back to Hell! You can't get me! I'll get you—I'll get you! You—— can't save the Miwaka!" He drew back his arm and with all his might hurled the flashlight at Alan. It missed and crashed somewhere behind him, but did not go out; the beam of light shot back and wavered and flickered over both of them, as the torch rolled on the floor. Alan rushed forward and, thrust- ing through the dark. his hand struck the man's chest and seiZed his coat. The man caught at and seized Alan’s arm; he seemed to feel of it and assure himself of its reality. “Flesh! Flesh!" he roared in relief; and his big arms grappled Alan. AS they struggled, they stumbled and fell to the floor. the big man underneath. His hand shifted its hold and caught Alan's throat; Alan got an arm free, and, with all his force, struck the man's face. The man struck back a heavy blow on the side of Alan's head which dizzied him but left him strength to strike again, and his knuckles reached the man‘s face once more, but he got another heavy blow in return. The man was grappling no longer; he swung Alan to one side and off of him, and rolled himself away. He scrambled to his feet and dashed out through the library. across the hall, and into the service room. Alan heard his feet clattering down the stairway to the floor beneath. Alan got to his feet; diz- zied and not yet familiar with the house, he blundered against a wall and had to feel his way along it to the service room; as he slipped and stumbled down the stairway, a door closed loudly at the end of the corridor he had seen at the foot of the stairs. He ran along the corridor to the door; it had closed with a spring lock, and Seconds passed while he felt in the dark for the catch: he found it and tore the door open, he came out sud- denly into the cold air of the night in a paved passageway beside the house which led in one direction to the street and in the other to a gate opening on the alley. lie ran forward to the street and looked up and down, but found it empty; then he ran back to the alley, where it intersected the cross street, the figure of the man running away appeared sud- denly out of the shadows. then disap- peared: Alan, following as far as the street, cOuld see snothing more of him; this street too was empty. He ran a little farther and looked, then he went back to the house. The side door had swung shut again and latched. He felt in his pocket for his ' key and went around to the front door. The snow upon the steps had been swept away, probably by the servant who had come to the house earlier in the day with Constance Sherrill, but some had fallen since; the footsteps made in the early afternoon had been obliterated by it, but Alan could see those, he had made that evening, and the marks where some one else had gone into the house and not come out again. In part it was plain, therefore, what had happened: the man had come from the south, for he had not seen the light Alan had had in the north and rear part of the house; believing no one was in the house, the man had {one in through the front door with a key. He had been some one familiar with the house; for he had known about the side door and how to reach it and that he could get out that way. This might mean no more than that he was the same who had searched through the but at least it made his identity with the former intruder more certain. Alan let himself in at the front door and turned on the light in the reading lainp in the library. ’I he electric torch still was burning on the floor and he ' picked-"it up and extinguished it; he went - tip-stairs and brought down his shoes. "’- He had seen a. wood flrer set ready for - lighting in . the i - lighted it and sat before it drying his wet library, and now he socks-1 before he put on his shoe. He mi’still shaking, and breathing fast from 'his““s'§i‘uggle,_Withvthe man and-rhisnchase 1;; 1 (Continued from l 7, ‘HE cursed "Ben'i again and again. after him, and by the strangeness of_what had taken place. ‘ - When the shaft of light from the torch had flashed across Alan’s face in the dark library, the man had not taken him for what he was—a living person; he had taken him for a specter. His terror and the things he had cried out could mean only that. The specter of whom? Not of Benjamin Corvet; for one of the things Alan had remarked when he saw Benjamin Corvet’s picture was that he himself did not look at all like his father. Besides, what the man had said made it certain that he did not think the specter was “Ben”; for the specter. had “got Ben.” Did Alan look like some one else, then? Like whom? Evidently like the ——-one dead for he had a ghost—whq had “got” Ben, in the big man's opinion. What could that be? No answer, as yet, was possible to that. But if he did look like some one, then that some one was——or had been—dreaded not by the big man who had entered the house, but by Benjamin Corvet as well. “You got Ben !" the man had cried out. Got him? How? "But you can’t get me !" he had said. “You—with the bullet hole above your eye!” W'hat did that mean? Alan got up and went to look at him- self in the mirror he had seen in he hall. He was white, now that the flush of the fighting was going; be probably had been pale before with excitement, and over his By William MncHarg and Edwin Balms; Oomnt by Edwin Balmu one whom he could identify with this man; but Alan could describe him to Sherrill. Alan found a lavatory and washed and straightened his collar and tie and brushed his clothes. There was a bruise on the side of his head; but though it throbbed painfully, it did not leave any visible mark. He could return now,to the Sherrills’. It was not quite midnight but he believed by this time Sherrill was probably home; perhaps already he had gone to bed. Alan took up his hat and looked about the house; he was going to return and sleep here, of course; he was not goi‘”! to leave the house unguarded for an long time after this; but, after what had just happened, he felt he could leave it safely for half an hour, particu- larly if he left a light burning Within. He did this and stepped out. The wind from the west was blowing hard, and the night had become bitter cold; yet, Alan reached the drive, he could see far out the tossing lights of a ship and, as he went toward the Sherrills', he gazed out over the roaring water. Often on night's like this. he knew. his father must have been battling such water. The man who answered his ring at the Sherrills’ recognized him at once and ad- mitted him; in reply to Alan’s question, the servant said that Mr. Sherrill had not yet returned. When Alan went to his room, the valet appeared and, finding SUMRIARY OF OUR STORY TO DATE lock back from the beach and from this copse there comes at time of P IEAR the northern end of Lake Michigan there is a copse of pine and hem- storm a sound like the beating of an Indian drum. tradition says, whenever the lake took a life. 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. This drum bent, so During December, 1895, Mikuwu, Benjamin Corvet sailed the lakes for years and then retired to dircc the fleet of ships he had purchased, and at the time the story opens he has two partners, Sherrill and young Spear- man. Sherrill has a daughter, Constance who is to marry Spearman but Corvet, who is called Uncle Benny by the girl, does not want her to marry him but will not give her a reason asking her to wait until she sees him again. A young man, known as Alan Conrad, appears at the Sherrill homo Alan, since a small child, has lived with a family disappears. asking for Bcnjamin Corvot. Then Corvet in Blue Rapids, Kansas. and neither he or the family know who his father or mother is. the mails but never lie was left with this family by a man who to‘d the people they would receive pay for taking care of the boy. knew who sent it. They received money through Then Alan rcccchs 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. goes to the Sherrill home and talks with Constance and Mr. Sherrill. He He de- cides Corvet is his father and upon being given a, key goes to Cox-vet’s house. He discovers a man ransackjng the house. right eye there was a round, black mark. Alan looked down at his hands; a little skin was off one knuckle, where he had struck the man, and his fingers were smudged with a black and sooty dust. He had smudged them- on the papers up- stairs or else in feeling his way about the dark house, and at some time he had touched his forehead and left the black mark. That had been the "bullet hole." The rest that the man had said had been a reference to some name; Alan had no‘trouble to recollect the name and, while he did not understand it all, it stirred him queerly—“the Miwakafi’ What was that? The queer excitement and questioning that the name brought, when be repeated it to himself, was not recol- lection; for he Could not recall having heard the name before; but it was not completely strange to him. He could de— fine the excitement it stirred only in that way. He went back to the Morris chair; his socks were nearly dry, and he put on his shoes. He got up and paced about. Sher— rill had believed that here in this house Benjamin Corvet had left—or might have left—a memorandum, a record, or an ac- count of some sort which would explain to Alan, his son, the blight which had hung over his life. Sherrill had said that it could have been no mere intrigue, no vulgar personal sin; and the events of the night. had made that very certain; for, plainly, whatever was hidden in that house involved some one else seriously, desparately. There was no other way to explain the intrusion of the sort of man whom Alan had surprised there an hour ago. . The fact that this other man searched also did not prove that Benjamin Corvet had left a record in the house. as Sherrill believed; but it certainly showed that an- other oerson believed—or feareda—it. Whether 01 not guilt had sent Benjamin Corvet away four days ago, whether or not there had been guilt behind the ghost which had “got Ben," there was guilt in the big man’s superstitious terror when he had seen Alan. A bold, powerful man like that one, when his conscience is clear, does not see a ghost. And the ghost which he had seen had a bullet hole above the brows! Alan did not flatter himself that in any physical sense he had triumphed over. that man; so far as it had gone, his ad- versary had had rather the better of the battle; he had endeavored to stun Alan, ' 'or perhaps do worse. than stun ; but after \the first grapple, his purpose. 'hadbeen to get away. But he hadnot "fiedf'from -A'lan; he had fled, from discovery of .who ‘he...,m.ugstierriii hadptold of no ~well until then.” r that Alan was packing, the man offered his service. 'Alan let him pack and went down-stairs; a motor had just driven up to the house. It proved to have brought Constance and her mother; Mrs. Sherrill, after in— forming Alan that Mr. Sherrill might not return until some time later, went up— stairs and did not appear again. Con- stance followed her mother but, ten min- utes later came down—stairs. "You’re not staying here she said. , “I wanted to say to your father," Alan explained, “that I believe I had better go over to the‘ other house." She came a little closer to him in her concern. “Nothing has happened here?" “Here? You mean in this house?" Alan smiled. “N0;,nothing," She seemed relieved. Alan, remember- ing her mother’s manner, thought he understood; she knew that remarks had been made, possibly. which repeated by a. servant might have offended him. “I'm afraid it's been a hard day for you," she said. "It's certainly been unusual," Alan ad- mitted. It had been a hard day for her, too, he observed; or probably the recent days, since her father’s and her own good friend had gone, had been trying. She was tired now and nervously excited; but she was so young that the little signs of strain and worry, instead of making her seem older, only made her youth more apparent. The curves of her neck and her pretty, rounded shoulders were as soft as before; her lustrous brown hair was more beautiful, and a slight flush colored her clear skin. -It had seemed to Alan, when Mrs. Sherrill had spoken to him a few minutes before, that her manner toward him had been more reserved and constrained than earlier in the evening; and he had put that down to the lateness of the hour; but now he realized that she probably been discussing him with Constance, and that it was somewhat in defiance of her mother that Constance had come down to speak with him again. - "Are you taking any one over to the other house with you?" she inquired. "Any one?” "A servant, I mean." ° “No.” ‘ “Then you'll let‘ us lend you a. man from here.” . ' - . "You're awfully good: but I don't think I’ll need any one to-night. 'Mr. Corvet’s my father’s man— is coming back to- mprrow, I understand. I’ll get along very to—night?" ' She was silent a moment‘s: Gigi there." . , “Yes,” she said. "Yes." She looked at him quickly, then away, checking a ques- tion. She wanted to ask. he kneW. What he had discovered that lonely house which had so agitated him; for of course she'had noticed agitation in him. And he had intended to tell her or. rather, her father. He had been rehearsing to himself the description of the man he had m . “My father must have been, often met there in order to ask Sherrill about _ him; but now Alan knew that he was not going to refer the matter even toSher- rill just yet. ’ Sherrill Corvet's disappearance was from circum- stances too personal and intimate to be made a subject of public inquiry; and what Alan had encountered in Corvet's house had confirmed that belief. Sherrill further had said that Benjamin Corvet, if he had wished Sherrill to know those circumstances, would have told them to him; but Corvet had not done that; in- stead, he had sent for Alan. his son. He had given his son his confidence. Sherrill had admitted that he was with- holding from Alan, for the time belng, something that he knew about Benjamin Corvet; it was nothing, he had said, which would help Alan to learn about his father, or what had become of him; but perhaps Sherrill, not knowing these other things, could not speak accurately as to that. Alan determined to ask Sher- rill what he had been withholding before he told him all of what happened in Cots vet’s house. There was one other cir- cumstances which Sherrill had mentioned but not explained; it occurrel to Alan now. “Miss Sherrill~—" he checked himself. “What is it?" > “This afternoon your father said that you believed that Mr. Corvet's disappear- ance was In some way connected with you; he said that he did not think that was so; but do you want to tell me why you thought it?" “Yes; I will tell you." She colored quickly. "One of the last things Mr. Cor- vet did—in fact. the last thing we know of his doing before he sent 'for you—was to come to me and warn me against one of my friends." “Warn you, Miss Sherrill? mean. warn you against what?" “Against thinking too much of him.” She turned away. ‘ Alan saw in the rear of the hall the man who had been waiting with the suit- case. It was after midnight now and. for far more than the intended half hour, Alan had left his father’s house on- watched, to be entered by the front door whenever the man, who had entered it before. returned with his key. “I think l'll come to see your father in the morning," Alan said, when Con- stance looked back to him. "You Won t borrow Simona?” she asked again. _ “Thank you. no." "But you'll come over here for break- fast in the morning?" "You want me?" “Certainly.” "I‘d like to come very much." “Then I'll expect you." She followed him to the door when he had put on his things and he made no objections when she asked that the man be allowed to carry his bag around to the other house. When he glanced back, after reaching the walk, he saw her standing inside the door, watching through the glass after him. When he had dismissed Simons and re- entered the house on Astor Street,- he found no evidences of any disturbance while he had been gone. On the second floor, to the east of the room which had been his father’s, was a bedroom which evidently had been kept as a guest cham- ber; Alan carried his suitcase there and made ready for bed. The sight of Constance Sherrill stand- ing and watching after him in concern as he started back to this house. came to him again and again and, also. her flush when she had spoken of the friend against whom Benjamin Corvet had warned hcr. Who was he? It had been impossible at that ‘moment for Alan to ask her more: besides. if he had asked and she had told him, he would have learned only a name which he could not place yet in any connection with her or with Ben- jamin Corvet. Whoever he was, it was plain that Constance Sherrill “thought of him"; lucky man, Alan said to himself. Yet Corvet had warned her not to think of him. . . .‘ rAlan turned back his bed. How? I It had been . .for him a tremendous day. Barely twelve hours before he had come to that house. Alan Conrad from Blue Rapids, Kansas; now. . . phrases from what Lawrence Sherrill had told of his father were run} nmg through his mind as he opened the door of the room to be able to hear any noise in Benjamin Corvet’s house, of which he was sole protector. The emotion roused by his first sight of the lake went through him, again as he opened the win- dow to the east. , ‘ , Now—he w a in bed—lie seemed to, be standing, {specter before a '1 man, bias-2 pheming Benjamin ‘Corvet and the souls of men dead. "And the hole above the! eye! . . . Thebullet got you! . . . So it'- you that got Ben'l . . . I'll had believed that Benjam'n. set you: . . . ,' glances new the-Mistral“ t" I v 2" . m! I _.______..__—._... THE SOIL THAT GOD GAVE US . N beginning a series of soil articles for THE BUSINESS FARMER, I want to bring to the reader a clear and concise treatment of a problem that affects every human being, regard- less of whether he lives on a farm or anywhere else. When the place we call earth was created there was a being as designer or architect that was without a peer, and one who never has been known to have made a mistake. Thisbeing also gave us laws of control that are simple and unyield- ing that— can be followed by anyone them. If you doubt his power look at the shades of green in the landscape, look at the leaves of the trees, all similar, but no two of them exactly alike. He also gave us certain ele- ngited by c. 'J. WRIGHT, Cass County ------__ Contributions invited—Questions Answered In some places the soils on these continents are in good balance with the other groups, viz:l airwater and sunshine and plants and trees have grown, died, and grown again, until the soil has been filled with decaying vegetable matter, and we term this rich soil; other places may have an abundance of minerals and air, but lack water, and we call these barrens or deserts. Then in rich soil we find an abun- dance of decaying vegetable matter combined with air and enough mois- ture to make this matter soluable. When .we lack decaying organic mat- ter and moisture we call the soil poor. This decaying animal and veg- etable matter in a soil is called hu- mus. . Let me state right here that this is the stepping stone to soil better- ment throughout the world; this ANOTHER FARMER TO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR COLUMNS 1TH this issue we are beginning a series of articles on soil work by Mr. C. ‘J. Wright, a Cass county farmer, who had made a care- ful study of Michigan soils and how to improve them. Mr. Wright is to conduct the “Soils and Crops” department in The Business Farmer and he will be pleased to answer any questions on either subject. Write to him in care of The Business Farmer. ments or matter that nothing can destroy, yet trees, animals, liquids, plant life, minerals are all com-posed of some combination of these ele- ments or matter. This wonderful being, for mutual understanding in this series of arti- cles I am going to call God. While God made this earth he grouped areas of the elements or matter in uneven masses of different elevations which many millions of years afterwards men named contin- ents. He also grouped other areas which men have termed lake and ocean beds and be filled these beds with another group of‘elements which was called water. He knew that if he .wanted the high areas or continents teeming with plant and animal life water must be had to make soluble the elements of the areas, so that plant and animal life could live upon them. He then made the greatest of laws that when a plant or animal dies, it returns to the elements it was made of, and that no part could leave the universe for which it was created. He also knew that the being He made by the name of man and who had control of this kingdom would be grasping and forgetful of these laws, so great reservoirs of certain elements were stored through the in- tervening years, in different sections of the universe, thus we find the great nitrate beds of Chile, the pot- ash beds of Germany, the limestone beds all over the land and the great phosphoric deposits of different con- tinents. , ‘ One more group of elements He knew was necessary for the existance of things and that man termed at- mosphere or air. Each of the articles mentioned above are dependent, one upon the other and no life can exist on any one group alone. means on your farm, no matter What state of fertility it is in. God also made every part of the universe a dwelling place for some creature or thing so you will find some form of plant and animal life from the mess of the icy Arctic to the jungles of the Tropics, and each form of life dies, is decomposed, turned back into element and is re- constructed into a new life and in repeat the process, thereby enrich- ing the soil for subsequent crops. If man could, on a certain parcel of land, grow his crops and let them all return to the soil from whence they came he would not need to wor- ry over a poor farm, but the econ- omic conditions that a .man finds himself in on a farm compels him to sell and convey a portion of these crops to some one else to gratify his fellow man enjoys. He has now begun to draw on the soil that God gave him, for certain elements that he unconsciously bar- ters away, that will never be re- turned to his particular piece of land, unless he understands the greatest of God’s laws and makes some pro- vision to buy or get the same amount of element for less than he sold his for in his crop. In subsequent articles I shall try and show how this may be done and is being done by many. I shall try not to make sport of the ideas of other farmers for I have found that they are by no means fools and numb-skulls, but will try to be hon— est and considerate and use as plain explanations as I know how. Uncle Ab says you seldom lose by un- derstating your proposition. Now is the time to go to an agricultural college and get ready to buy a. farm; then the young man will be going up with the price level before everybody else tries to climb on. 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We ackroVlodII in first-class msil every dollar received. Advgrtlslng Rates: 45c per a to line. 14 lines to the columl Inch. 17? lino-n to tho: pug». PM rates. Uve Stock and Auction Sal!- Advertlslng: We ofl'er special low rates to repunhle [yr-coders of live stock and Nil“); '11“ “l- RELIABLE ADVERTISER8 We will not knowingly twoo-pt tlu ulvnrising of any "Ion or firm who vu- do not b91107? to be thoroughly honest an reliable. Should any reader hnvp any muse for' complaint against any pd: vertiscr in tin-0v culnmns, thr blisher would appreciate an im- mcdiute letter bringing all fut-8|" to light In every (use when writinn as: "I saw your ndwrti-ement in The Michigan Hummus rmerl" it will guarantee honest dealing. "The Farm Paper of Service ” RI’SY SESSION A HEAD F you have read Mr. Powell’s article on page I thrce of this issue you will have a pretty clear Idea of what the legislature of the state of Michigan is up against during the present session. If you will keep in mind what Mr. Powell shows should be accomplished at this session and then compare it with the actual resmts, you will have a true conception of how things stand at Lansing. This is going to be a mighty interesting session from the point of view of the farmers of this state. There are several bills, as Mr. Powell points out. which are sponsored by the farm or- ganizations and which will be given early at- tention. Our Lansing correspondent will continue to give our rcadcrs a careful non-political review of the present session and you are quite welcome to write us regarding the voting of any member on any bill in the house or senate, or on any mattcr of interest to farmers which is up for or pending consideration. Our columns will con- tinue to bc the open forum. from which the farmcrs of Michigan can air their views, without restriction. You may be sure that most of those at, Lansing keep a sharp look-out for the drift of [he straws, as indicated by the farm press of this state, so you can be sure of your suggestions or criticisms, getting the attention they deserve at the capital. t t * Gentlemen at Lansing, lay aside for the mo— ment, petty politics and factional strife. You represent today a greater state than did any legislature in our history. Michigan no longer is provincial. Prosperity has fairly battered down our gates to find a home here. Great cities, grown Alladin-like, clamor for more and more products of our fields and orchards. So too, prosperity is within sight of our farmers, now gaunt from a four years famine! Your decisions are of vital consequence to the farmers of Michi- gan, they deserve your unqualified and sincere sympathy and support! Will they get it? MICHIGAN \VINS ILLIAM P. HARTMAN,deputy commissioner of agriculture pointed out at the recent meeting of the Michigan Canneys' Associ- ation held in East Lansing, that 115 canneries now placed fifteen varieties of Michigan canned goods on the market. This is, indeed an inter- esting showing and one of which both growers and canners can be proud. But the mere quantity of production is not the most interesting feature, because Mr. Hartman points out that Michigan canned products enjoy a position second to none on the market, be— cause of their superior flavor and strict adherence to the conditions of the sanitary law which was put on the books in 1919. Addressing the same meeting, Mr. V. H. Church, agricultural statistician said" “It seems evident that there is an opportunity for marked expansion of the fruit canning industries in Michi- gan. Particularly is this true if quality is made the chief objective. I believe that the word ‘Michigan' on a package of any product of our state should be made to represent a high standard .6! that product...smnd as a guarantee togtha. pur— ar ‘ ' 'i“ M"‘ ‘ A ‘ . 2m ' ' ~~~ - Wu! I‘ " . aU‘vsrmsis rush up". chaser. and its use on tutu-lo; “pants to be for- ever prohibited. I believe I‘ wodld so so far as. to recommend that the address of manufacturer or grower must be emitter from all shipments of inferior products, if such are allowed to go out of the“ state at all. This would make it impossible to trace any connection between them and this fair state. " As Mr. Church infers, the lands of Michigan can be made among the most valuable in the United States, because of our strategic geograph- ical location. We are nearly in the center of population which means the center of the con- suming markets and our extra profiles can be made on what it costs the growers of other states' to ship their products. LICENSE ALL DRIVERS HE time is not far distant when, for the pro- tection of careful motorists and pedestrians, all states will lecense the drivers of motor vehicles upon examination as to the fitness and will revoke licenses upon violation of any of the rules by which it is held. _ It is admitted common sense that the greatest variable factor in the whole problem of safe operation of motor vehicles is the ego, the per— sonality, the individualism of the operator. A standard to measure this can, of course never be exactly set. But a test of mentality and of proper driving experience can and should be efficiently applied before an operator is licensed, and those tests kept applicable through his whole driving period The lecense system provides the necessary machinery to accomplish this. Under it can be had examination of all operators before license is issued, and discipline and education of all operators while licensed. During the course of an examination all that class of persons who are by nature, disease, or habit unfitted to operate motor vehicles will be finally eliminated. WINTER WHEAT ECENT reports from Washington indicate that R there was an increase of 6.5% in the acreage of winter wheat planted last fall. That this did not jar/the wheat market how- ever, is proveu by the fact that buyers are still clamoring for grain, as they have not since the early years of the world war. Of course a change in crop conditions in Agentine or Ukraine next year would change the condition of the market in the United States. But there are an ever in- creasing number of buyers crying for wheat. Germany is back in the market in a big way and we can see no indications of a change which will have a marked effect on next years markets, even looking forward to a horizon twelve months away. Present high prices on the wheat exchange have fooled even the best of the speculators. If one could have known what was going to happen to wheat he could have made a. fortune every working day this fall! GAS TAX SEEMS DIMINENT E believe we are quite safe in predicting from this page that t much discussed gas tax which Mr bee e subject of more than one wordy battle in Michigan will be settled within two weeks after the legislature convenes. It looks as i' Michigan will have a two—cent-per- gallon tax and a decreased license fee, based on weight and horsepower, for 1925. We have always believed in the gasoline tax as a fair method of collecting funds for road improvement and repairs, and although we have continually asked from this page for a fair and square argument against the gasoline tax we have never found any convincing enough to thangc our views. There is every reason for Michigan continuing its road improvement program and for keeping in repair those roads which have been con- structed to date, and we believe the gaso.iue tax is a safe and certain method of raising these funds painlessly. N ARRO‘VNESS N Oakland county they are having a regular I squabble over eight veterinarians who are said to have taken an active interest in the defeat last November of the proposal in' that‘ county, to lappropriate $9,000 for bovine tuber- culosis eradication. It seems that a hand-bill headed “Warning to the Taxpayers" and signed by “Taxpayers Pro- tective Lcague” was given wide distribution thru- out the county just preceding the November elec- tion and undoubtedly caused the defeat of the measure. Dr. B. J. Killham, State veterinarian, is highly incensed over the situation and has asked the eight veterinarians in question to appear before "soar-w." 1s . A; him and show why their permit: to do tuberculin- testing should not be revoked. . Oakland county is in the very heart of the Detroit milk area and the farmers of this section are too dependent on the proper central of the milk industry to permit an investment of $9,000 to stand between their milk and the market It would seem that the amount called for was so small that it could have been considered as insurance. at least until such time as this work is taken over by the state or federal authorities. We believe that Dr. Killham was quite right in calling these gentlemen to time and making them explain whether or not they had any part in the circularizing of such a malicious piece of propaganda. Tomis'rs DO PAY! UNDER if, when you see the various colored tags, on the many automobiles from other states, which seem to clutter our roads in Michigan, especially during the summer months, you have ever stopped to consider their value to you and to your farm. We were quite surprised recently when we heard the figures which have been compiled by various communities in Michigan to show how much money is spent by the automobile tourist, in our state. Can you believe, for instance, that the second largest industry in Michigan is the tourist trade? According to the authority we heard, there is over one hundred and fifty million dollars spent in Michigan by automobile tourists annually. Rich and poor alike drive hundreds of miles to enjoy the beauties of Michigan's lakes and forests. That they are entitled to some little consideration from we who are benefitted by their coming, seems quite apparent. Our sister state across the lake, Wisconsin, makes a special effort to entice the summer tour- ists to her shores and yet Michigan has natural advantages for superior. Now we must match her in courtesy and service if we are to make those who come want to come back again. So the next time you are hooked out of the way by a car with an out—of—state' license, just remember that the owner is leaving behind u not only a cloud of annoying dust, but a gen sprinkling of gold and silver, a part of u i. will eventually elleviate your injured feelings Plans are on foot by the tourist and develop- ment bureaus in Michigan to spend nearly a quarter of a million dollars advertising the. beau- ties and inviting people from all over the United States to come here and spend. their summer vacations. Indications are that 1925 should see. the number who come nearly doubled. Our farmers along the main highway can get ready for t is influx of consumers and those of us who live on the back roads can at least say “Howdy Stranger! and give them a smile be- cause we will, in an indirect way at least, benefit by their coming. A SAFE INVESTMENT ORE and more farmers are turning to bonds 1‘ as a safe investment for their surplus funds. as do capitalists in every other line of in- dustry. Right now the Federal Land Banks are par— ticularly inviting farmers to invest in their bonds which are sold in denominations of $40, $100, $500, $1,000 and $5,000 and which pay a safe and sure interest. . ' More than 300,000 farmers have borrowed from the Federal Land ‘Banks thru their 4.600 local loan associations. These bonds are tax free, interest is paid twrce yearly and the principal promptly when due. In the meantime they can be used as collateral security of the highest rank and they are guar- Ianteed jointly by all of the twelve Federal Land Banks, having a combined capital and a reserve of over $50,000,000. With the many excellent forms of bonds now offered for the farmers’ investment there is little excuse for the purchase of stock in “fiy—by—night" manufacturing companies, oil wells or gold mines. Good bonds are simply “little mortgages" on valu- able property and they are as safe and sure. INCREASING USE OF ELECTRICITY ON FARMS TATISTICS show us that every third home in the United States is on a farm. This means that about seven million families of this country are farm households. The day has passed when farmers will he sat- isfied with conditions as they were twenty years ago and electricity is constantly gaining in use for farm work of all kinds. In one western state 28. per cent of the farm- .ers now use electricity in varying degrees to light the buildings and furnish power for milk separ- ators,.churns,- water systems, and for cultivating the soil and ,rhgoshlng. the seed crops. - - - w -1" " ‘0 " ‘ air-u ' Ir .. “Mam.” _...A ..__..__,__ V__, .. -c 1 3,1925 is U‘s‘i ?N \"F A‘va‘E; R ’(205) 18 ' ‘” “ PUBLISHER’SDESK= ‘ om swmnnnn STILL ON JOB . 0. HELMS, Who honOred Mich- ' ignnwith his nefarious schemes, ‘ has been heard of recently in . other states. Tn]; BUSINESS FARMER has carried notices from J. G. Hays. Secretary of the Michigan State Holstein Associ- ation warning against Helms, who had swindled Michigan cattle men. Readers of these notices have written Hays of unhappy acquain- tance with Helms. The sheriff of Hugerstown, Maryland, wrote that he Wu looking for Helms who hooked a. lveterinary of that town last spring. VA Jersey breeder near Chicago re‘ ports that he donated to Helms just last month. A new Michigan victim K notified Hays that Helms duped him out of $650.00. The chief of police ' of Waterloo, Iowa, writes that Helms i ‘ is wanted in that town for his crook- ed work. _ i 'In almost every case the Victim saw the notice that our paper printed é just too late! So even though re- ; pound publishings ma.v make that , ' operator wary, we warn you again! i . (Look out for a cattle buyer ans- ‘ ‘ 1flaring“ this description: six feet tall, medium build, weight about 170-190. Hair light brown. Eyes blue. Gold l toeth,——- believed to be eye teeth. l Wears a watch charm of pearl fash- 3 ionod as a cow’s head. Affects a de- g sided Southern acoent. Has used - the same name, H. C. Helms. Claims i different places as his home, but a 5 favorite location has been Nashville, Tennessee. ‘ ms scheme is to enlist aid in buy- « in: cattle. Sooner or later he Will V attempt to cash a check either for ex- pense money he needs or to pay for cattle. He exhibits letters and tele- grams from a bank identifying him- self. These are bogus.‘ Do not Sign his check as sponsir. If. you have information regarding this rascal, wire collect at once to the officers mentioned in this write- ‘i up, to the sherifl at Corunna, or ' Grand Rapids, Michiga . or to J. G. Hays, Dairy. Departme t, M. A. 0., East Lansing, Michigan. l l .———.———.—————-S—-—— AGRICUJEURAL LIFE INSUR- ANCE COMPANY “Please advise me as to the stand- ing of the Agricultural Life Insur- ance Company." . have investigated the Agri- cultural Life Insurance Com- . pany located at Bay City, and i and that their report of December ‘ 318:. 1923, shows total assets amounting to $1,262,579.11 and their total liabilities amount to $963,993.02. They have Capital Stock Outstanding to the amount of $250,000.00, and Surplus for All :Contigencies of $45,577.09. ‘ GOODBYE, $10 ‘ “I would like to know if you can find} out for me if Warren McRae of Logansport, Indiana, 2114 Spear St., is a reliable real estate man or is he a fraud? I listed my farm with him and paid him $10.00 for listing some time ago and do not hear anything more from him.” ROM time to time during the past I two years we have published information regarding the War- ren McRae Farm Agency of Logans- port, Indiana, and at no time have we spoken favorably of this agency. ? As far as we can learn Mr. McRae i has never sold a farm for any of our ’ readers, and we issued a statement 0 9 (Collection B0 The purpose of this department I: to PM- , 1 too: our subscribers from fraudulent deallnifl i } :5- unlezatmtmont by persons or concerm n i In every case we will do our host to m '10 I a satisfactory settlement or force action. go! no shame for our services will over in f M providing: ; g 1.—-Tho claim Is made by a aid-u sub- 1 _ scribe? to The Business Farmer. p p y z—Tho claim is not more than 6 mos. old. t—Tho claim is not local or between now do within any distance of one another. . Those should be settled at first hand and not muted by mail. Address all letters, giving full particulars, ' mounts. dates. etc., enclosing also your ed- M label from the front cover of any issue _ - to more that you are a paid-up subscriber. THE BUSINESS FARMER. Collection Box Mt. Clemons. Mich. II on E i r ‘T safari!!! Docémbsr 26.;924 a mount. nv v ........................ .. 8,150.48 claims settled“ ..... .1111 a... A «o.....n-i--ma to him that if he would furnish us with a complete name and address of one farmer in Michigan who had dis- posed of his farm through his agen- cy, we would be pleased to give him a free advertisement in THE BUSI- ans FARMER. He never replied to this letter. His scheme is to get the prospec- tive customer to pay $10.00 for list- ing his farm. If the customer does not pay $10.00 he will, as a rule, cut the price to $5.00, and we have known of cases where he brought it down to $2.50. We fully believe you have seen your $10.00 for the last time. SMPLEX 1W ANUFACTURING COMPANY “I have 154 shares of stock in the Simplex Manufacturing Company at Kansas City, Mo. I have had this stock for two years. The Company sent a man here the 18th of last month to explain what they had and what they were doing and gave me, as an old stock-holder, a chance to buy more shares at $10.00 per share. He said that after the first of the year it would be $15.00 per share. Can you tell me if it is safe to buy or not?” 8 you have owned stock in the Simplex Mfg. Company. Kansas City, for twoyears you are in a better position than I am to judge as to this stock’s ability as a dividend payer. If you have been drawing regular dividends and the statement of the company appears in good shape it would look like a good in- vestment, howchr, if you have not been drawing regular dividends I would not consider putting any more of my money in until I have been able to make a profit on what I al- ready had invested. MASSACEUSETI‘S BONDING AND ' INSURANCE “I am a subscriber to your paper and would like to have you look up the Massachusetts Bonding and In- surance Company, Boston, Mass; General ofiice, accident and health department, Saginaw, Mich.” HE Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company, incorpor- 61/2% Federal Bond 83’ Mortgage Company (1375) First Mortgage Real Estate Gold Bond: January funds may be shortly available to you and we suggest our first mortgage bonds as the ideal securityfor re- investment. Write for Booklet AGI375 Tax Free in Michigan Normal Income Tax Up to 4% Paid by Borrower FEDERAL BOND 8r MORTGAGE BUILDING. DETROIT ated under the laws of the state of {Massachusetts commenced busi— ness in 1907, and was admitted to Michigan during the year 1908. It is regularly authorized to transact within this state the business of fidel- ity, casualty, surety, burglary, steam boiler, accident, health, liability, au- tomobile and teams property damage and collision, plate glass, and sprink- ler insurance. The following is a statement of the financial condition of the company as shown by its annual report filed with the Michigan Department of Insur- ance, as of December 31, 1923: To- tal Admitted Assets, $8,233,148.61; Total Liabilities except capital, $5,- 145,987.28; Capital paid up, $1,500,- 000.00; Surplus over capital and all liabilities, $1,317,161.33. 4 There is no other farm engine like it. Simple in construction and easy to operate. It is only one engine, yet it takes the place of six engines. It will give from 1% to 6 H. P., yet it is so light that two men can carry it easily. Set it anywhere and put it to work. Change Power as Needed It is a 6 H. P. when you need 6. or 1% H. P. when you need only 1%, or any power 1m be- tween. Fuel consumption in proportion to power used. and remarkably low at all times. Adjustment from one power to another is instantaneous. Burns Kerosene Operates with kerosene or gaso- line. Easy starting, no crank- ing. The greatest gas engine I received my money from I do not know what method you use but it sure does the work. They never took time to seal the envelope. I told them I would notify the postal authorities or for quicker action refier them to the M. B. F. but had no idea it would work so quick. Am going to try and get a sub~ soription to the M. B. F.-—Mrs. P. P. Edgeton, Tuscola County, Mich. The check for amount due my daughter from came yesterday. Accopt our hearty thanks for your services, for we feel we should never have received it without. We value your paper highly and look forward for each issue. Again thanking you, Yours very truly-G. W. H., Lakeview, Michigan. _._ I have been a reader of THE BUSIans FARMER ever since I come on the farm and always expect to be. The only com- "! set out to build a farm engine that would have every feature the farmer wanted and none he didn't want. It has now been on the market six years. Thou- sands of satisfied users tell me I've succeeded. I'm proud to have this engine bear my name.'7 Y. Eownans value on the market. And you can prove all of these statements to your own satisfaction. What Users Say Ivan L. Blake, of Hannibal. New York. says: “Only engine economical for all jobs. I run a 28-inch cord wood saw, a 24- inch rip saw, a washer, a pump, and a grinder, and it sure runs them fine. It has perfect run- ning balance, and it sets quiet anywhere." _ Clarence Rutledge, of Mani- toulan Island, Ontario, says: "Have given my Edwards four years' steady work and like it fine. It uses very little fuel. I run a 28-inch» cord wood saw, also a rip saw, 8-inch grinder. ensilage cutter, line shaft for shop, churn, washer, separator and pump. Have had ten other engines and the Edwards beats them all." Frank Foell, of Cologne. New Jersey, says: “ It's a great pleas- ure to own an Edwards engine. I tuna wood saw. cement mixer. rkalrle Engine threshing machine, etc. Do work for my neighbors. Easy to move around and easy to run. I would not have any other}? Free Trial Ofl’er Now-I want to prove my claims to you. I want to send you an Edwards Engine for ab- solutely free trial. Just write your name and address on cou- pon and mail. I will send at once complete details about my farm engine and about my free trial offer. No. cost or obliga- tion. Mail coupon now. co. 'ngARDS Mnggprinfifid - 0"” M in Stroe : E534ithc2ut cost or obligautzn, :3)“, w mplete deccn not: (no ma “he alsocietailoo your on . ‘ ofiex. unu- MM"”""“ .311! ' .mwwm" . N ice-w- . Mdml.......«.mM-m.nmmm5 plaint I could ever make is that it does not come every week instead of every two weeks. I wish you every success with your farm paper.—C. P. 8., Brighton, Michigan. I like your businesslike, independent, practical way of doing things. I lived at Adram, Lenawee county 77 years and 5 months t0 a day. was born there. I now -Esaywlth the live 8alt Aurora,1 dKane county. Illinois. and 4 . torogherwgfik-Vfifgfgrgfimd" m years 0 and very happy.-—Altred «gym-nova. Saws um- In . 1‘ Edwards, Aurora, Illinois. "° "um—"w"§35ii’na'cy“ci§§e’3i°.°"'-—m' n - M Iflndyour that. W ’ M 7 ' 4W mm M We» can I." Shims :; OTTAWA Log Saw! Wood selling for 88 a cord brings owner :45 a day. Use nun co. mam muuucrmt J“... m PI- tima :3“ m rub aceta- " om. on”! M Mr l at}! and save Hoods:- "the. right side, the side on which, you “DON’T RUN 'AWAY!” By Anne Campbell “Don’t run away!” I always say, Whenever he Goes out to play! “Stay near the house, And don't you roam. I like to know You’re close to home!” “Don’t run away!” And yet, alas! How hurriedly These bright years pass! thile day by day, Into the man He grows from ll’lt‘ That he will be! (We are indebted to Mrs. D. F. W'ilcox, of Elk Rapids, for the above picture.) INVISIBLE DARNING '0 most’of us our best coat suit is a thing to be taken'care of, es- pecially as it takes a small for- tune to buy a new one. But with the best of care We sometimes have sad ’accidents,—a snag in the fence, the muddy—pawed puppy that is glad to see us home, a red-hot stove that scorches before we notice it, and there’s the hole, right in the front breadth of the suit that we were go- ing to make do for another year. Well, we’ll just have to patch it up somehow, and use out the suit round home. Now here is where invisible darn- ing comes in. Everyone has heard of invisible darning,‘but few seem to realize how simple a matter it is. Let me tell you how it is done. First examine carefully the cloth to be mended—if you have a reading glass, so much the better. You will see two sets of‘ threads; one set cal- led the warp, that runs lengthwise of the garment, and the other, called the woof, that is woven across the warp. There are three ordinary kinds of weave and your suit will most likely be one of these. There is the plain 'Weave, over and under like ordinary darning; there is the basket weave, made up of two under and two over, or three under and three over for coarse cloth, and there is the twill, that is made up of one under and three over in such a way as to form diagonal lines. It is this last we find in herringbone patterns. How to Proceed The next thing to do, having found out which weave your suit is made 01. is to cut out the hole square, re- moving all tag ends and ravelings. Next find a broad seam or hem from which you can draw threads for the mending. Draw warp threads to run the warps, and woof threads to weave with. Use a long embroidery needle with a flat eye: Commence by inserting the warp threads, begin- ning three or four threads back from the edge of the hole. Thread Your _needle with each length, leaving a loose end at either side of the hole; V do not try to work to and fro with a\ long thread as in ordinary darning. Next weave the cross threads just like, the pattern. This takes ‘very careful Work, as a miss-stitch spoils the whole thing and betrays it as a darn. Loose ends should be left on work. Remember'that each warp each woof'gthread, is faseparate. ‘ I 1 at youx'ndlglmgg-should always; it the head closely. EAR FOLKS: page. them. in. loan it to me. ture when you send it in. to get together to make our page better than it ever was.” How does that sound to you, and are you going to help? 'e For Hem. ' lepamnent‘ for. the W 11.: Edited by MRS. ANNIE TAYLOR Now that the holiday season is over and you have a. little time to yourselves I want you to write to me and use our Express your views on any subject, ask questions, send in recipes, helpful hints, suggest how'our page can be improved. is your page and I want to publish the things that interest you most, but. if you do not help me I must guess whether I am pleasing you or not. YOur old recipes will be new ones to many of my readers, so send Your helpful hints may save many women work and steps. If you believe your kitchen is ideally arranged the other farm women will be interested in learning how you have it arranged, and I will be pleased to publish a. picture of it if you have a kodak print and will Send in pictures for our page—some of you, the child- ren, your home, garden, yard— and tell me something about the pic- ferhaps you have heard the line “Now is the time for all good men to rally to the support of the country”, well I am going to change it to read “Now is the time for.all good farm women W Address letters; Mrs. Annie Taylor. care The Buslness Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Michigan. This - a bundle of threads sticking up around the hole. Now grasp the gar- ment in both hands, first lengthwise and then crosswise, and wriggle the darn into shape, so as to make sure that there is no binding anywhere; then very carefully trim off the loose ends close to the cloth with a sharp pair of scissors. A little patting and pulling will bring the darn into shape, and if the work is neatly done it will be invisible. The secret is to weave firmly without pulling or stretching the fabric. If the garment is plaid, or colored stripe, great care should be used to weave the threads in the right order of the pattern. ' It may be objected that such Work requires a great deal of time, but it must be remembered that it does not have to be done often, and that by its aid 'a suit can be made to last many months longer than it otherwise would. Besides, as against the alter— native for another thirty or forty dollars for a new “good” suit, an afternoon spent on an invisible darn is well worth while. Do not be discouraged if the first darn does not look much better than an ordinary one. Remember the first time you learned to darn a stocking it looked just terrible and you knew you never would do it neatly.—Maristan Chapman. (I am publishing this article through the courtesy of Farm and Ranch.) PICK \VINTER HAT WITH TOTAL EFFECT IN ,MIN D LTHOUGH hats are selected pri- marily for the protection of the head from light, cold and storm, and while this service must always be kept in mind when one visits the milliner, the decorative importance of the hat should be of first consider- ation to the wearer. The following advice on theselec- tion of hats is taken from a lecture on the subject recently given at the state college of agriculture at Ithaca . Y ' “More people will see your hat in relation to your whole figure than to your head alone; therefore always choose a hat in front of a full length mirror. Don’t trust to the View of your head alone. . “A well fitted hat becomes a part of the head in the complete design of the whole figure and therefore af- fects its proportions. A hat which enlarges the mass of the head will decrease the apparent height of the wearer. Decidedly horizontal lines in a hat with a broad brim or with horizontal lines emphasized by trim- mings will also increase the appar- ent breadth .of a person. A very large hat is always inappropriate to a very small woman and a very small hat may make a large woman appear ridiculous. “Persons wearing glasses find that turbans and brimless hats are not becoming to them. “The hat should harmonize in col- or with the coat or dress with which it is worn. - ‘fMuch of the appearance of the hat and its wearer depends/upon the manner in which it is worn. At whatever angle it is worn the hat never giving the appearance of ei- ther resting on top of the head, slip- ping off the back, tilting over the eyes or balancing on one corner of the head.” - ANOTHER \VAY TO CLEAN TEETH get the best results from a tooth paste or powder, apply it on the teeth and gums with the finger and allow it to remain there for five or ten minutes before the actual brushing. By applying the dentifrice early in " one’s toilet, more effective results can be obtained when the brush is finally used. One should be sure to rub the dentifrice well into the spa- ces between the teeth. Brushing should be followed by a thorough rinsing of the mouth with water or a mild alkaline wash. By filling the mouth with water and closing the lips, the mouth can be flushed by forcing the water through the teeth. Personal Column Let’s Have More Letters.——NOW that the holidays are over I hope readers will send in more helpful letters. The children’s page is doing fine. I wish some readers who can make hair switches of combings would send their names and addresses to our paper. Myself and others who are not bobbed might benefit them. Also has any reader, quilt pattern Tree of Para- dise and others that are odd. Kindly send them to Editor to be printed for benefit of us all. Stormy weather will soon be here and if we con keep our fin- gers busy time will fly fasten—Mrs. M. “The Basket” Design.—_—This quilt block is called “The Basket” and is real pretty. “fit-If: 7 r v _ oWn.;,.When . is, " , '(unless old orran inValid) she must-Prise ’ ‘if seated, and offer .her hand to. my .. ‘ teaspoon ful salt. If you would like to see one already made up and wish for a pattern write me and I will forward it to you, if you promise to return it as soon as possible. . —-if you are well bred! The Acknowledgment of an Introduction. —-The one and only phrase of acknow- ledgement of an introduction is “How do ' you do?” and a lady may offer her hand or not when a man is introduced to her, as she may choose. As a rule she bows slightly to a. stanger without extending her hand, saying "How do you do?’.'.~ If the man introduced is one who has been her‘ han‘d.‘ It‘rls ill-bred o'nfiéhpart. how weirdo. refuse hen om hex-“T , "spoonfuls on ,apread.‘-' one-h highly spoken of by friendashe may give g y ' ‘ , stranger. When _a number of" persons are presented in rapid succession at a. picnic, theatre 0 ‘card party, hand-shalt. ing and even verbal acknowledgment are not necessary: a. slight smile and bow. recognizing each name will suffice. In general women should rise to ac- knowledge an introduction to other wo- men or a host; though an older matron need not comply with this rule if a younger girl is introduced to her. No woman need rise to acknowledge an intro- duction to a man. Men always shake hands when intro- duced to one another, and always rise to . acknowledge introductions of any kind. when a man and woman are seated side by side and are introduced by a. third person, the man rises and stands until the introduction has been made. Excep- tions to this rule are introductions in: theatre, concert-hall, church (before be- ginning of the service), drawing-room musicales or private theatricals, where a. man may remain seated. When a late woman guest at a luncheon, dinner, sup-e per party arrives, at, man introduced should rise and bow‘ his acknowledge- ment to an introduction, when he is able. Where the woman is already seated, a. bow will suffice. A man introduced to a group of men need not shake hands, but may content himself with bowing. No guest may refuse an introduction made by his hostess or host: though the person be an enemy, courtesy demands recognition of the introduction. If asked by a host or hostess whether one wishes to meet a certain person, the introduction may be courteously declined, but a. valid reason must be given: “Perhaps it would be advisable for me not to meet Mr. Mor- ton. Our business relations are not of the best,” or “You had best not present me to Miss Grey. Our families are not friendly.” No hostess may refuse point- blank to introduce a guest who asks the privilege to another, though some slight evasion may be used to prevent an awk- ward or unfortunate situation: "Miss Grey seems very much taken up at this minute,” or "I shall try and present Miss Grey to you later, if an opportunity offers. ‘ Menu for January 4 *Lobster Bisque Toasted Crackers Olives Celery Pickles Roast Pigeons Sweet Potatoes Fried Hominy Lettuce Salad Cheese Balls Lemon Meringue Pie Coffee *Lobster Bisque—4 tablespoons flour. 3 tablespoons fat, 1 tablespoon salt, 1 head celery, 2 lobsters, 1 small onion. 6 whole white peppers, 4 sprigs parsley, 1 quart milk, white pepper to taste. Cover lobsters with boiling water, add salt, celery diced, whole peppers, parsley and onion. Cook until lobsters’ claws can easily be pulled apart; it will probably take 25 minutes. When cool enough to handle, cut lobsters down back, remove meat from body and claws. Save coral. Put back all tough parts with small claws and shells, and cook for 20 minutes in same liquor. Liquor must be considerably reduced. Dry coral, rub through sieve, Blend fat and flour in saucepan over fire, stir in milk, let this come to boil, add 2 cups of strained lobster broth. Bring to boiling point, season with salt and pepper, and stir in sifted coral to give liquid pink color. Place lobster meat out in fine pieces in hot tureen, pour hot mixture over and serve hot. RECIPES Golden Corn M‘uifinsJ—l cuvpful flour, 3 tablespoonfuls fat, 1 cupful yellow corn- meal, 3 tablespoonfuls sugar, 1‘ cupful milk, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoonful salt, 3 tea- spoonfuls baking powder. Cream fat and sugar thoroughly together, add'eggs well beaten and milk. Then stir in slowly dry ingredients which have been sifted together three times. Divide into greased gem pans and bake in moderately hot oven twenty-minutes. Sufficient for twelve muffins. Chocolate Wafers.—1 cup-ful sugar, 5 tablespoonfuls fat, 2 cupfuls flour, 1,4 cake chocolate, 2 eggs, 1/4 teaspoonful baking soda, 1/2 teaspoonful vanilla extract, V. Cream fat and sugar together, add chocolate melted, eggs well beaten, vanilla extract, flour, salt and soda. Mix and turn out on to floured baking board. Roll out thin, and cut with small cutter. Lay on greased tin and bake from seven to ten minutes in moderate oven. Sufficient for forty-six wafers. Oatmeal CookiesF—M cup fat; 116 cup brown sugar, 1 egg, 2 tablespoons, coffee. 1% cups rolledmts, 1A, cup flour, % tea» spoon salt, 14 teaspoon cinnamon, $4 tea.- spoon cloves, 2 teaspoons baking powder. Cream fat and sugar, add beaten egg. liquid, flour inwwhich are theother dry ingredients and rolled oats.’ . by greased tin, allow p _c , H . e! 01‘ é” V -wa~a,.:.\.~.-.~x . ‘ <-‘:=u-~t.:€a' ‘Tl‘fia .- “gna' - - -\ r.-L { . " (Copyrighrsysnaughton main co.) 'Prep'are ye the way of the Lord; make IIII paths straight. Luke 3:4. . ‘ All that the "man of the world” knows of God is what he sees of Him in others. Little by little the divine nature is re- vealed—in a smile, an unselfish act, ap- preciation, sympathy, forgiveness, charity, Thus we, if we love our neighbor as our- selves, can “prepare the way of the Lord" .into his consciousness by showing him love in all of our actions—for God is Love. We can make “straight” this path of the Lord by revealing to our neighbor the good that is within himself, encouraging and nurturing it until the _(seemingly) evil that has barred the path isovercome with his own goodwwith God. HOMESPUN YARN A sprinkling of cocoanut makes a good top crust for a cranber‘ry pie. III I! ‘ t Try a spread of plain Jam or a tar on pumpkin pie and see what a new treat it becomes. . . it ill 1' Potatoes are cheap and plentiful this year, and thoughtful housewives Will use them in every possible way. Strips of plain, white, washable mater- Ial tacked over the ends of comfortables are easily laundered and help to keep the heavier bed coverings clean. Ordinary cottage cheese served with lettuce or other green salad and a small amount of rich homemade preserves makes an appetizing combination. it I ill Aunt Ada’s Axioms: Those who prefer to let denominational churches remain closed rather than to open a community church seem to forget that Jesus was not a Methodist, Baptist, Catholic, or Episco— palian. all III ill Oyster stew adds valuable iodine to the diet. ill 4‘ II Aunt Ada’s Axioms: A mean remark never feels at home in good company. AIDS TO GOOD DRESSING II Illle AND SEND III YOUR all! , 4880. A Sim le Apron Swim—Figured pGrCale with binding of bias tape was used for this de- ggn. One could ve unbleached muslin, gingham or. suteeii._ in . mall, Merium, Large and Extra Large. A Medium 5123 requires 2% yards of 27 inch material. 4952. A Simple Practical Garmentjor Rainy Days.——Cravenette, rubber or rubberized cloth may be used for this st 1e. This Pattern is cut in _8 Sizes: 34, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust measure. A 38 inc .size requires 4 yards of 40 inch material. 10:119.; The Pattern is cut in 6 Sizes: 4, , 38, Inch siz 9 requires 3% yards of 40 inch material. 4943. A stylish Blouse—This model_in “tunic”. effect may be developed in broad clots, crelpe, flannel or linen. The sleeve may be finished in wrist length, or short as in the small view. ' he ’ ‘ 38, 40 and 42 inches bust measure. To make as illustrated in the . of 32 inch material“ With 17$ .yard of contrasting material to face collar and cuffs. 1f made With short sleeves 3 % yards Will be required. »’ cut in 5 Sizes: 34 36, . Extender}: a 38 inch size vn'll require. 3% yards 4946. A Popular Suit Style vfor the Small Boy.——Lineii, cainbric, or flannel may be used fill‘ the blouse, and 1velvet, Bertie or otlgetr woolen flgr thle .tigllsel;fl;‘i)rpttlzite entire imp gays be of one he seeve may )6 in wris, or in e ow eng . iis- s cm is on in izes: 3, 4, mmmfl‘ T and 6 years. A 4 year suze will require 1% yard of 36 inch material for the Blouse and_ yard for the Trousers. With‘ long sleeves 2% 4944. A Practical cut in 4 Sizes. Small, 36 inch material. inch material. ‘tion. We may think we cannot arrange Men's Rain Coats—This practicéil deéségn may be developed in cravenette rubber or rubb yards are required; with short sleevss 21/3. yards are required. ~ Collar and cuffs of contrasting material require % yard. _ Popular under-garment.— This style of corsat cover is a favorite with Women of mature figure. It may be made of butiste, iiainsook, cuiiibric or sateen, and if' desired the seams may be boned. The neck ed e may be in round, pointed or square outline. T is Pattern is 34-36; Medium, 38-40: Large, 42-44; Extra Large, 46-48 inches bust measure. A Medium Size requires 1% yards of _ 4970. A “Pretty” school Frock—Plaid suit- ingkwtillf be good forb till? style. 1 Collar, cuffs and poc e aciiig may e 0 anne in : ’ shade atltld bound with1 brai a (ont'mstmg Wise 5. raCive in ve veteen or in ‘ other wash fabrics. The gingham and d. This model is like- Sizes: 6. 8, 10 and 12 years. A 10 ' ‘ requires 2% yards of 36 inch materiuefr Egg: collar, cufl’s and pocket facings of contrasting material % yard 40 inches wide is required. 4911. , A “Smart” Goat Girlr—Hoinefi‘lliuii, velours, y coa was con is used for this style It is also attractive in velvet and oh ' ' ' collar may be closed hight er p118 fabncs. The {called nopen as shovzn sin the er is 911 111'. izes: 8, 10 12 years. A 12 year Size requires 2% yurdgngf ALL PATTERNS 12c EACH— 3 FOR 30c POSTPAID Order from this or former Issues 0 Farmer, giving number and faixfifiwm” name and address plainly. ADD 100 FOR FALL AND 1924-1925 FASHION 833.5915" Address all ONION for patterns ‘0 ~ Pattern Department THE BUSINESS FARMER Mt. Clemens, Mich. pines spoonfuls. of Water 'andsiiaking will often bring back the popping quality. 9 I i - ' ' It does not matter just what the nature of’our. work is during the day. Health will be maintained by spending a. reason— able portion, regularly in outside recrea« our schedule to accotnodate this but we can if we are in earnest. # ii! I! Salt is a fine disinfectant. A salt bath, a gargle of salt and water, a fomenta— tation of salt on a bruise or sprain, or the irrigation of an open wound with boiled water and a little salt when nothing else is at hand,—Will prove helpful in time of need. )I at A! Iodine is' an excellent disinfectant. Nevertheless, it is a mistake to cover an open cut at once with iodine or anything else which will cauterize or close the sur- face by searing it over. In case of germs, splinters, or poisons hays been injected or forced into the surface when the skin or flesh Were bruised or cut—these (lan— gerous elements are'retained. If possible an open wound should be washed out with boiled cbol water or with peroxide of hydrogen which boils up when it touches the open wound, bringing with it offending material. A reasonable amount of bleeding is a measure of safety, drain- ing and washing away foreign bodies. When the wound is clean then it is a good plan to surface with iodine which will close up or coat the opening and give Nature a chance to do her repair work. WOMEN’S EXCHANGE F you nave something to excnange, we will rlnt Ii. FREE under this heading providing: Irst—lt appeals to women and is a bonlflde exchanges, no cash Involved. 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Mich. ween wan-and 'ro unvcnrislns runes" MENTION rm: 4 memonn was!“ rum“ , " ma hon girls: ' and some of us received just what we wanted while others were not so fortunate (probably your let- N tors arrived at Santa's home at such a late date that he had to give you what he had left), and most of us have about recovered from the ef- fects of eating too much candy, nuts and rich foods. We are in :1 new year and looking forward to what the future will bring, but before we forget Santa Claus I want to tell you something about him, his real name and where he lived many, many years ago. Many, many years ago Santa Claus did not live at the North Pole as he does today but lived a long ways from there and from us, away off in Asia Minor. When Santa Claus lived in Asia Minor, his name was not Santa Claus but Nicholas; and he was a bishop in the ancient city of Myra. After he died he was called Saint Nicholas. There is nothing much known about Saint Nicholas, but there are many stories about him that may or may not be true. At any rate the Greeks and Romans set apart the sixth day of December as his day: and later Christian people all over the world honored him. One of the old stories told about Saint Nicholas shows why the Santa Clans of today gives presents at Christmas. One time when Nicholas was living, he heard that unless a poor man in his city had a big sum of money on a certain date, his three daughters would be sold as slaves. Now Nicholas was always doing good and he didn’t like people to know about it. either. So just before the day set for the selling of the daugh— ters, he went to the poor mon‘s home disguised so that no one knew him and gave the poor man the necessary money. Many years after this when people began to think more of old Saint Nicholas, it became the custom to give presents in secret on the eve of Saint Nicholas’ day. In this way the people honored the Saint's gener- ous act to the poor man. So that is why the Santa Clans of today gives presents in secret on Christmas Eve. But you will wonder just how this old Saint Nicholas became our Santa Claus, and I will tell you. When the earliest Dutch Colonists came to America, they brought with them this custom of giving presents in secret on Christmas Eve. All the little Dutch children looked for “San Nicholaas,” to come in secret to their houses, just as the children of today look for Santa Claus. Soon the child- ren of the Englistholonists heard about the Dutch San Nicholaas and how he brought presents on Christ— mas Eve. So they began to talk about San Nicholaas. But of course they couldn't say it just the way the Dutch children could. The nearert they could get to saying it correctly was Santa Claus. So that is really how Santa Claus got his name.— UNCLE NED. OUR GUILS AND BOYS Dear Uncle Nedc—Just a few lines this A. M. Being the first time I have written I hardly know what to write, but in most cases where there is no one to introduce you the best thing to do is to introduce yourself. I am Sybil Rowley. I just wrote to onr of the Children's Hour cousins. so I mouzh it would be real in- teresting to know more of this merry group. I suppose you have room for me? I am Just wishing your motto is, “The more the merrier." I have read the M. B F'. for about 3 years but wish I had read it longer. For my part there is no other farm paper that excells the M. B. F. I read every line of interest and, to be lure, never forget to read the Children‘s Hour, there are such interesting letters and poems contributed to that page. Really Uncle Ned does pick out some very interesting ones to print, I think all the cousins will agrce with me. I am through school for the prescnt, at least, so I have lots of time to myself. Now that I've got the start you will expect to hear from me often. I would like to hear from all the “pollyanna” boys and girls. I will answer all letters I receive. At present I am not corresponding with any- one. Would like all the cousins to do their bit. I will make this short and give Uncle Ned a well deserved rest, by the time he gets this letter figured out he'll need one. Before I close I‘ll dscribe myself. ,I am 5 feet 1 inch tall, weigh 118 pounds and am nearly 17 years old, have brown hair (bobbed) and brown eyes. \Vlll close with three cheers for the Children's Hour circle—Sybil Rowley, Ionia, Michigan, R4, Box 95. Dear Uncle Nedz—How are you and the cousins getting along? Its quite a. while since I wrote last isn’t it? Well "rm here again anyway. We’ve five inches arm. Santa onus “on - ‘ {a é“ .. dren‘s o fiWNWAflWfl CARTOONING MADE EASY Vim a 0009 "all! of snow already. I guess we are going to have a white Christmas this year. How many of the cousins enjoy winter sports? It is lot of fun skiing in winter. Our school is going to have a program for Christmas in school and we‘re going to have a Christmas tree too. I always work on the cross word puzzle in the M. B. F. It's just fun working on it. I'm writing this letter at recess time in school and I can hardly write, the kids keep jarring my desk all the time. Say Uncle Ned I’ve been to Detroit for a week and .had a wonderful time. I went with my brother in his car. It’s too bad we didn’t go through Mt. Clemens, maybe I would of seen you, eh? I hope Santa Claus brings me lots of presents this year. I hope the waste basket is full. Will close with love. Your niece,———Anna Stimac, Engadine, Mlch., Box 101. P. I hope some of the boys and girls will write to me. I will try and answer them all. The last. time I wrote I received just one letter. Dear Uncle Nedt—I have never written to the Children's Hour before but have been a silent reader for four or five years, if not more. I was just reading what you said about one girl or boy writing a letter, and then a week or so later you will see a number of letters written the same way, rather along the same order. I haven't anything special to write. and probably wouldn't get a. prize if I did, but I’ll do my best. I am five feet, five inches tall, weight one hundred twenty-six pounds. I have, medium brown hair, and gray eyes, also I wear glasses. I am seventeen years old, and will be eighteen the fifteenth of April. My home is on a farm about ele\'cn miles south of Saginaw, but I stay in Saginaw during the week and go to school. I go to Saginaw East Side High School, I am proud to say. I am in the 12th grade this year. My subjects are In Defense IG is an animal most abused by humanity. For many centuries it has been the symbol of dirt. Now and then zoologists would try to straighten out this unfair mis- judgment of pig's character, but the general public would always stick to the conventional conception: “As dirty as a pig.” . Most of the people believe that a pig likes to wallow in mud, because they have seen this animal doing so. They don't know that the mud—bath serves as a definite purpose: to rid the poor animal of parasites. , When the mud dries and falls off the ani- mal’s body, pig’s tormentors also fall off, dead. As pigs often suffer from obesity, artificially cultivated by men for their own eating purposes, the ani- mals try to relieve the feeling of heat br’ught by the excessive fat, by bathing frequently. It is not their fault that the only bath they can find is sometimes a rain puddle in the middle of the road. If given sufficient amount of wa- ter, any pig can easily be taught to appreciate cleanliness. Pigs on our farm Were always clean, more so than cats, who never bathe, but Just lick themselves. I remember mother‘s favorite black pig, which was so clean and had such nice manners that she was admitted into the drawing room, like a pet. The “pet” weighed about three hundred pounds, but carried its fat with dignity. Every few days it would trot down to the kitchen in English, typewriting, shorthand, Ameri- can history and sewing also public speak- ing. We have two schools in which we have classes, one is called the old build- ing and is on one side of the street and on the other side of the street is a build- ing called the new building or manual training building. We have in this school a foot ball team. a basket ball team, a debating team, also an orchestra and glee club, both boys and girls. Our principal last year, Mr. John W. Langdon, was called by death last June, and we have another this year, Mr. Fred Stevenson whom we like very much. I had the pleasure of becoming acquainted with him as our English teacher was absent, and he taught our class. We are now taking up “Hamlet”, we are on Act three, Scene three. We had to memorize Poloneus’s farewell address given to his son starting with, “Give they thoughts no tongue." We are on the war of 1812 in history. We take one day of each week from our history class to talk of current events. Well Uncle Ned and cousins I believe I have said enough for the first time. Hoping to hear from some of the boys and girls I close—Mabel Quackenbush, 1518 South Park St., Saginaw, Michigan, East Side. Dear Uncle Nedz—I only discovered your page a short time ago so I do not know if you care to get acquainted with me yet. Most of the conversation in the letters is about the children, but I'm not going to attempt to describe myself or tell my whereabouts. How many of you like cross word puzzles? I have paid attention to thcm until just the other night. I worked until nearly midnight at it, bound to get it all figured out, but couldn't. They make you do a little thinking once in a while. Talking about work there‘s no limit to the lessons in high school, and being,r a junior and having the teachers and subjects I have. I have of the Pig the basement and squeal demanding to be washed. The cook's helper would fill with water an extra large tub, and the pig would willingly jump into it. There it remained for about half an hour while being thor- oughly scrubbed with a harsh brush and soap, and grunting with pleas— ure. Pigs I have met during my travels differed greatly in their love for cleanliness. In places where water was abundant, they would go about shining like a well-kept shaving brush. In dry' countries they looked like a picture of conventional “dirty pig.” This difference was especially striking on the West Indian Islands, so called Lesser Antilles. The pigs which are being raised there are called creole, like everything else which grows on the islands. The West Indians would say: “Creole woman, creole cow, cre— ole corn.” The creole pigs were alike on each island: small, rather thin and black. They all seemed to descend from the only pair which had been brought there centuries ago by the Dutch sailors. But their hygienic habits differed with every isle. On Saint Croix, for instance, the driest of all West Indian islands, creole pigs were always covered with dust and~worse things, while on Dominica, with its hundreds of streams, waterfalls and rivulets, the most uncared-for pigs were clean and shiny like a society lady’s hair- brush. The same can be said about the pigs of southern Chile. the only one, but I love to filed” and also get E's but one can not. loaf and get E’s unless they have a graft with the teachers and poor me han't. Everyone has Christmas on, their minds now or rather presents and good times except me. ‘ If you don’t give, you don’t get and I'm not giving. Here is a chance for a guess. My birthday is on the way and I will send a little something to those that first guess my age or birthday, which is in the first week of January. Uncle Ned are you very strict in sorting out the letters? Please make this an exception because it ‘is so dlsliking to write the same kind of a lingo for another trial. I’ve got heaps to say but I intend to write again.— uBuddyn. . Letter will reach me by this address —-E. Bersonh 338 Luding'ton Ave., Me- nominee, Michigan. Dear Uncle Ned:——I suppose I should tell you about the town I live in and the house I live in. Well I live in a tOWn named Benzonia and it is located on a bill. so you can tell how little it is. At the bottom of the hill is a resort named, Beulah. It is built by a lake called Crystal Lake. It is called Crystal Lake because of its crystal like water. My house is on the hill too. We have a beautiful view. A person can see as far as four miles. In the valley is a rail— road, a saw mill and a pond. In the winter I go skating on the pond. We have a cow and a horse on the farm. Our cow is the. gentlest cow we ever had and so is the horse. With love—Ella Smith, Benzonla, Michigan, Box 213. Age 10 years. -: . Dear Uncle Nedz—I live with my mother and father in our home in Che- boygan county. There are sunny hill tops, and strips of low land where the cedars and tag aldch grow, and a little spring creek flows through our place and waters the cows. .IA mother bear and her family came and took up their abode in our cow pasture, they eat ants and other insects and wild honey and wild fruits. They hold down the branches of wild cherry trees with their big black hands and eat the cherries, many quarts of them and get fat, preparatory to finding a safe place for a winter home where they will sleep until the warm days of spring melt the snow about their house, and mother nature calls her woodland children to come and enjoy again their happy life. ——Arthur Sturgis, R2, Onaway, Michigan, Age 9 Dear Uncle Nedz—I am ten years old and I am in the 6th grade. I have one mile to walk to School. I live with my parents on a IZO—acrc farm. I have one sister and four brothers. I like to read The Business Farmer and we all enjoy the jokes. puzzles and conundrums very much. Mother likes the Farm Home De— partment and also the. recipes. And Father enjoys it all.—~I "oversaw ‘Welkcr oLthe Traverse city State Hospital herd. _BUSINEss"FARMnn” Ev Service "MI LLION D. 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Lam Ina short-snuan of lcatl'u-r under buckle edges or around narrow metal umLs costs you money fig" how ".5 w'_ g This is the cost of a 100 pound bag. Compare this cost with feeding cow’s milk for the same period—- figure what you save with No—Milk Calf Food. Produces flne, healthy calves Without using any whole milk. Begin using when calves are three days old, and simply mix it with water. It is not a calf meal £51583 been used successfully since At your dealer’s today you can get No—Milk Calf Food. Try one bag. You’ll be surprised with it. Look for the Red and Green bags. Put up in 25 1b., 50 1b. and 100 lb. bags. Call on your dealer today and get m breakdowns and repairs. See how I overcome NHL“ been Nuecmi this -— how I learned [his priceless Immcss Mar! 0.“, lmmg me map from a pail handle. I bchevc you owe it to your pockcrbook to post yourself. All I ask is that you (cs! Wear-More superiority severely and thorough- ly. at my nsk and expense. 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Address The Michigan ’ Business Farmer, Advertising De- partment, Mt. Clemens, Michigan. fl Yearling Hens and Cockerels YEARLINGS. LEGHORNS and ANCONAS— Carefully culled high production stock. cocKERELs—Bnrred and Vt’hite Rocks; Reds; Wyundottes; Minorcas; Anconas; Leghorns. TURKEYS, GEESE. DUCKS—Excellent breed type. Send for complete Circular. STATE FARMS AS§20IATION, Kalamazoo, Mich. BARRED ROCKS BARRED ROCKS—BIG HUSKY COCKERELS. standard color, bred from great layers. Write to-day. W. C. Cofl‘rran. Benton Harbor, Mloh.. R3. \‘VYANDOTTES WHITE WYANDOTTES—BOOKING ADVANCE egg orders from 8 quality matings and utility flock. Stock all sold. Fred Berlin, Allen, Mich. PURE-BRED WHITE WYANDOTTE COCK- erels, Fishel strain, at $2.50 each if ordered soon. Mrs. Tracy Rush. 104 Grover Ave" Alma, Mich. TU RKE YS FINE PURE-BRED GIANT BRONZE TURKEYS from excellent stock for B:ll8._ Priced right for quick delivery. \‘i'rlte for particulars. Mrs. ROBERT EMERICK, Harrisvllle. Mich. REGISTERED BOURBON RED T U R K E Y 8 . rge vigorous, Axtell Strain, one and two year old stock. MARY BEACOM. Mariette, Michigan. Wolverine Hatchery, Zeeiand, Mich. i l Fifteenth Year of Breeding to Lay \Vhite Leghorns Exclusively. Foundation Stock is TANCRED’S BEST Backed by live generations of BOO-egg hens THREE GREAT MATINGS l—Best 'I‘anercd ma les, (ancestry 270-310) to extra selected “'olverine hens. 2—Tancred males (175 to 243-cgg ancestry) to extra selected “I'olverino liens. 3—“‘olverine stock, same quality but not‘trup- nes ed. t GUARANTY—100% live delivery, plus 100%; good condition. \Volverine stock is all of the some type and of sure productiveness. You take no chances Catalog Free Box 98 Giant Bronze Turkeys. Gold Bank Strain. Choice heavy birds, large bone, well marked. Satisfaction guaranteed. Mrs. Perry Stebblns, Saranac, Mich? Nlce Large Healthy Pure Bred White Holland Turkeys. Toms $8.00 and hens $6.00. Mrs. Edna Di'lver, Fowler-ville, Mlch., R3. 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Clemens, Michigan For the enclosed send THE BUSINESS FABMEB and all Magazines in Club No. ' ' ,- My Name .... R. F. D. ......... Postofllce state ...... .n , A.» l . , __. ,4; department. TWELVE HUNDRJED_ENTRIES IN MUSKEGON’S POULTRY snow NOWN for years as one of the I leading poultry shows of the state, the 15th Annual Muske- gon Poultry Show, held December 10 to 13, has the distinction of being the largest and best poultry show in Michigan for this season. Over 700 entries were received of chickens and these, together with the exhibits of ducks, geese, turkeys, cavies and rabbits brought the grand total of entries up to the 1200 mark. The quality, as well as the quanti- ty, of birds shown was commended very highly by J. A. Hannah, Poultry Extension Specialist of the Michigan Agricultural College. “The number of birds showu and the quality of the entries undoubtedly makes the Mus- kegonl show the leading poultry show in Michigan this year”, stated 'Mr. Hannah. White Leghorns were, of course, the predominating breed of the show but there were also large exhibits of Rocks, Anconas, Rhode Island Reds, and Wyandottes. Practically all of the other breeds were also repre— sented by excellent entries. Th best bird in the show was :1 Rhode Island Red pullet owned by A. M. Wood of Grand'Ra'pids. This win— ning gives Mr. Wood possession of a. silver cup, one of the most valued treasures of-the show. This same other massive silver trophy cups awarded. as follows; For the best cock, hen cockerel, pullet, and pen, all of the same breed, in the show; For the highest number of points secured by an exhibitor, counting all of the prizes won; For the best dis- play in the show. All of the above cups are awarded on the plan of possession to the win- 'ner for one year and permanent pos— session to the first exhibitor who wins them three times. Three of the cups won this year by Mr. Wood have been up for competition since 1918 and competition for them grows more keen each year. Some of the leading poultry exhibitors of the state have secured one [and two wins, each, on these trophies but, to date, none has been successful in the third, and most important, winning. The remainder of the ten trophy cups were won as follows; Best pen in Akins and Noble of Muskegon; Best solid colored pen, Buff Wyandottes owned by Roy Strevel of Muskegon; Best parti-colored pen, Anconas own— ed by M. R. Elenbaas of Grand Rap- ids. The cup awarded for the best dis- play in the production classes went to Thos. Rozeboom of Muskegon who had a. very fine showing of white leghorns. Some mammoth specimens of Johnson of Six Lakes, made up the display which won the special cup offered in the turkey classes. Rabbits made up no small part of the show. A Natural Gray Flemish buck was awarded the cup as being the best rabbit in the show. This buck was owned by James Burns of Grand Rapids. Aside from the cup winners, given above, there were many other prom- inent exhibitors in all departments of the show. Worthy of special men— tion are the junior exhibitors 'who are members of the. Boys Poultry Clubs organized under the direction of C. H. Knopf, the County Agricul- tural Agent. The number of prizes won by the boys includes several 'firsts and has awakened the older ex- hibitors to the fact that they must step lively to win their share of the laurcls. There are no special Club classes, the boys exhibiting in the open classes in competition with all comers. v Fantail pigeons owned by Gerrit Hoeker, B. J. Kesteloot, and E. C. Erwin, all of them being Muskegon fanciers, made up one of the best pigeon displays ever shown in the state. Another special feature of the show was the collection of songsters, canaries and finches, many of them being imported birds, shown by Joe. Gould of Muskegon Heights. Exhibitors of rabbits included G. H. Sanford of Traverse City, Jan. Burns of Grand Rapids, and G. Dunn of, Muskexon Heizh‘tsr’f «Ht. «~'alv‘figifii’lrfl; " 1‘8: teresti’flg display of cavies was in- cluded in the pet stock section. I. Rezny of Grand Haven was the prin— c1pal winner in the class for cavies. ‘ An interesting and profitable poul-~ try institute was held in connection with the poultry show. A very com- plete series of topics in connection with the poultry industry were dis- cussed by J. A. Hannah. cussions included everything from diseases to culling and were given to. attentive audiences. A model of the Michigan-type poultry house- illus- trated the talk on housing and at— tracted considerable interest. , Credit for this very successful poultry show goes to the Muskegon and East .Shore Poultry Association. ‘ being fanciers living in Greater Mus,- kegon. Officers of the Association kegon.—Carl H. Knopf. ‘ ‘ BAKING SODA FOR POULTRY EAR Editor:—I wonder if the readers of The Business Farmer . know the value of common Bale mg Soda for poultry? ' If the hens stop laying or are dum- ping around and do not eat, just take milk and water, 1,9 milk, 1/2 water. and to one gallon put a tablespoon- ful of Soda in it. Make them drink by not giving any other drink, until they get to feeling better, then give the same once a week. Your chickens will soon be all right and hens laying. We lost so many chickens this spring until we fed them 'Soda, did not lose any more. It is just as good for turkeys. As every turkey raiser knows tur— keys are like cattle. They will go off their feed nad need something to tone them up. Soda and water 1,4 and milk 1/2, will help them. I hope some one else will try this.——-Mrs. R. A. Smith. RYE NOT GOOD FEED FOR. POULUI‘IVX We have 'got lots of rye and would like to know if we boiled it and feed the chickens if it will be all right? ~—A.' ‘D., Dighton, 'Mich. YE is not a satisfactory feed for poultry. I would suggest that it be sold and wheat purchased to replace it. The best use to which rye can be put for poultry feeding is for fall planting to supply spring green feed—Clarence M. Ferguson. Manager Inter. Egg Laying Contest, Michigan Agricultural College. ‘ MONROE POULTRY SHOW OPENS MONDAY p ’HE Monroe County Poultry As- sociation will hold its big an- nual Winter Poultry Show at the Monroe Armory, January 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 “and the show will be bigger than ever before in spite of the fact that last year’s show taxed the capacity of the building. There will be the usual poultry classes for which ribbon and cash awards will be given but as an adri— ed feature a number of special awards are announced. These ex- tra awards are in addition to the regular awards for first, second, third, fourth and fifth places, in the various classes. , 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). ' v The inventor, A. R. Johnson, 609 W. Lake St., Chicago, 111., is oner— ing to send a lamp on 10 day’s" FREE trial, or even to give one FREE to the first user in each l'o'c-f-‘ (We invite you to contribute year experience in raising to" Questions relative to poultry will be cheerfully answered.)_._ .' These dise ‘ ality who will help him“introduoe if. " Write him to-day for full ,purticu- Also ask him to explain how lure. I you can get the agency. and .. mouth AHHA—oIAu-h—hnsr—J—sh—IAAPO Qfic‘c‘hsr-tmmhshmrysa-i zcgzdéegm AruA l-‘F‘II-ihl am 53“" Hui-“mm ml—i The Gray Goose before the Ely Cathedral. EUROPEANS DECLARE AMERI- CANS ABE 'roo cmVALRous (Continued from Page 4) the most powerful argument in favor of prohibition that they had ever met. Another thing that made us glad that we did not live in England was the child labor which was so evi- dent, especially in the cities. One poor little David Copperfield in his tight-fitting, high-collared and brass- buttoned bell uniform—the inevit- able extreme in uniform—jumped up from the seat he had dropped into for a moment in the hotel lobby to ofier it to me, because I happened to be standing near, and because I was one of those “millionaire American.” I had had a hard day and was tired, and without shame 'I admitted it. “I’m a bit tired too, sir”, the un- dersized little fifteen-year-old offered after I had broken all the rules of correct etitluette by speaking to him. “When did you start work this morning?” I asked him, for I de- lighted to hear the real cockney tongue, when it wasn’t necessary to understand it. “At ’alf pust six, sir,” he answer- ed, and then told me he wouldn’t be through until eleven o’clock that night. ‘ He darted out to open the heavy door for a perfectly able-bodied man and then came back to his post with his eye upon the lobby. “You surely don’t work such long hours every day, do you?” I was astonished. But the busy little fellow had dart- ed up to take the burned out cigar- ette stub from a lady who was stand- ing smoking in the lobby. It would have cost her a couple of steps to have thrown it away herself. “Oh, no, sir. Not every day, sir. I only work this late twice a week, sir." He had quit school as soon as he reached fourteen and his life work had begun at the 'time when the American boy is just beginning to live. He needs the play and the good times just as our owu boys do for he is just the same as ourselves. ‘He is no different from the “boys” in every state in the union for he smiled at my surprise and said, “it’s all right, sir, when you get a bit used to it, you know",twhich is just what the American boy says when he gets a bruise or a sprain playing football, but is a mere charitable attitude then the average boy takes toward starting to school in the fall. But with all the things that are disagreeable about London, many of them are no different "from those conditions which exist in any big city. We are fundamentally farmers. with natural prejudices against such things, and I suppose that is why the things of the city impressed us as they did. We were impressed by these things of the city, rather than entertained or educated, just as one American girl from one of our big cities who said that all she got out ofrural England in her motor trip the, entire length of the island was . r "9...; eneral impression of tiny farms toned-neatly'oif with stone fences, cutaway ’riousold trees, and ' be alrangell to smell of » Iti'r’wa's to see this'bea we named "The Grey Goose", and set out to drive. We had received an invitation from Lord Greville, the master of Heale House, one of those magnificent old English estates that still grace the beautiful island, to visit his farm if our itinerary could include it. After covering most of the southern shires we appeared before the Arthurian gates of the ivy covered wall that en- closed his estate. At the end of a beautiful lane there was another artistic lane to the great manor house itself. - Lord Greville himself was not at home, but he had instructed his “Ad- mirable Critchon to receive the American visitors, which he did as only a perfect English butler could do. The house had been built so long ago that no one knew how old it was, but there were records to show that it was fully developed by 1600 at least. None of us had ever seen a home so perfectly appointed as this old English manor, but as Dr. Bereman insisted, we all acted as though we were “to the manor born.” The butler led us to the back door and, opening it, quietly ob- served that it was rather a pleasant view. It was the most beautiful artificial landscape setting I had ever seen, and I compared it in my memory .with similar gardens in Los Angeles Vancouver, and Paris. “’0 Have Some Tea The master of the house' soon re— turned and with Lady Greville and his brother, Colonel Greville, served the inevitable afternoon tea. We in- terpreted the fact that they perform— ed this service entirely without the aid of any of the string of servants that had quietly disappeared, as a courtesy to us. After tea the master of Heale House, who had just missed being the Earl of Warwick because he had an older brother to succeed to the Earldom upon the death of their father the-former earl, took us about the farm and proudly showed his.Berkshires, or his “Barks” as they were called, his Dexter cattle and the rest of his farm. We would have enjoyed staying longer, but had to hurry on to see “the rest of En— gland". ' . Stonehenge, that mysterious pile of great stones on end, whose origin has been the subject of wild guesses for seven hundred years, lay on our route. Great slabs of rock, some of them over twenty feet high and rang— ed in three concentric circles stand upon that quiet hilltop. Across the tops of some of these single rocks are other huge slabs, weighing tons, ten feet long or more, There are no other rocks like them anywhere else in that part of he country—where did these come from, for they were placed there by some people some- time? For seven hundred years scientists have been asking each oth- er that question—and it is getting later every year. We drove to Straltford-on-Avon, where the bones of the immortal! Shakespeare lie; we visited his birth-‘ place where the records show that 72,000 pilgrims pay homage every year—and scratch their names on the walls and ceiling. “Tom Car- lyle" and “W. Scott" themselves had scratched their names on the glass of the front window to prove to lesser lights that they had recognized the ability of the great poet themselves and besides it is good business. We visited Anne. Hathaway's cottage where no doubt is left in our mind that William courted and won the lady, and finally we stood over his grave in the little church and read thebfamous inscription written on. the s a : “Good friend, for Iesus sake forbeare To digg the dust enclosed heare; Bleste be the man that spares these stones And curst be he that moves my bones." After visiting the Re a - nationalLive Stock. Show yatl Llexlggg- ter, we turned the old Grey Goose toward London and arrived thereon the Fourth .of July. 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Mufti: Flne pure-bred chickens, “ducks, ,WHEN WRITING 1‘0 ADVEBv-I CHEERS ammo}: m M. n. my ; were»: I: ~ . V - i v" x? mmwyuwcaw1 ,m Wheat Expected to .Go to $2 Per Bushel Livestock Prices Continue to Advance By “7. \V. FOOTE, Market Editor. ARMERS are greatly interested F in the recent request of the United States Chamber of Com- merce to President Coolidge to call a conference on the stabilization of ag- riculture with the view of promoting economy in expenditure and reduc— tion in farm taxation. “To some ex- tent" says the report of the cham- ber’s committee, “the farm acres of America have a choice between pro- ducing the traditional but unexpand- able food, or being helped to devote an increasing percentage of acreage to production which supplies the lim- itless market of industrial use. The rapid extension of industrial produc- tion, stimulated by science and inven— tion, the demonstration of limitless buying power of our people, should he studied as a great avenue of op— portunity for America’s producing acres. Not shrinkage of output, but intelligently planned production and expanded markets should be the agri- cultural aims that would enlist the aid of organized business.” To a very great extent Michigan farmers are forging ahead along these lines and intensified and diver— sified farming are being carried on more than ever before, but. there is much room for improving the gen— eral plan of taxation, which becomes more burdensome from your to year. The year 1924 was one of much pros- perity to the grain farmers of Mich— igan, especially to the wheat farmers, and it is safe to say that general grain prices were much highm' than had been expected. The new year starts off far more promisingly than its predecessor, but no one can tell how it, will turn out. and all that can be told so early is the probable cultivated acreage of farms, such as grains. It is always best to diversify crops and not to depend too much on a single crop, too many framers hav— ing depended much too largely on wheat in recent years. Many Michi— gan farmers are largely engaged in raising apples, peaches and other fruits, as well as berries, and the grape farmers are branching out ex- tensively, prohibition having resulted in an extremely large home. produc- tion of wine and cider. As a general rule, farmers are refraining from ex— tending their farm acre age, how— ever, and the most approved plan is to produce more to the acre than in the past. Dairy products are largely depended upon in Michigan, and poultry is a large source of profit, as well as butter. More than in most states, Michigan farmers make the farm produce as largely as possible what their families consume. A recent survey made by the Na- tion Association of Real Estate boards discloses the fact that better crop prices have already brought about an improvement in the market for farm lands. There were more sales than in 1923, more acres were sold, and higher prices were paid. For the country as a whole the gain of 1924 over 1923 appears to be 42 per cent in the acres conveyed, and 65 per cent in total consideration. About half of the farm purchases reported are by men who are buying for a home and permanent business, and over 80 per cent of the purchases are for purchases other than speculation. The Room in \Vheat With a shortage of 760,000,000 bushels in the wheat and rye in the world’s bread grain products for 1924 as compared with 1923, there is a belief that breaks in prices for the near furure will be followed by recoveries. I'Spth grains are in a pe- culiarly strong position because of the statistical showing, and while ex— ports of wheat and flour have fallen, off materially in recent weeks, show- ing a decrease from those reported a year ago, they are quick to rally. In short, the wheat trade, is in such an unusual condition that it is difficult to realize, and while a large part of the crop has been sold, considerable quantity amounts are held for better prices. News from abroad indicates heavy importations of breadstuffs from exporting countries later on, and such countries as Russia, Greece, Bulgaria, Italy, Germany, France and the United Kingdom are expect- ed to much heavier importers than in past years. A shortage of 440,- 000,000 bushels in the world’s wheat crop is indicated by the recent report. sent out by the Department of Agri— culture, the total crop being given as 3,300,000,000 bushels. Late Euro— pean outside requirements of wheat from outside sources are estimated at 600,000,000 bushels. Flour shares in the upward Whirl of wheat, having ,— ’ shot up 45 cents a barrel for spring wheat flour within ten days, while brands of Minneapolis flour mills sold at $9.35 a barrel in car lots and at $10.10 a barrel to the retail trade. These are the highest prices paid for years. Wheat has been headed for $2 a bushel and has sold above that price in some markets. It is certain— ly highly fortunate for American wheat farmers that at this time of high prices the wheat crop of the United States for last year reached 872,000,000 bushels, or 75,000,000 bushels more than in 1923, this hap- pening at a time when importing countries are so largely dependent upon this country and Canada. Quite naturally, the great rise in prices has stimulated farmers to enlarge their wheat. acreage, and the recent report of the Department of Agriculture places the winter wheat area at 42,— 317,000 acres, or 61/2 per cent more than a year ago. Late sales were made on the Chicago Board of Trade ~ for May delivery of wheat at $1.81, comparing with $1.07 a year ago; corn at $13.18;; comparing with 7." X; cents a year ago; oats at 65% cents comparing with 4474; cents a year ago; and rye at $15834, comparing with 73 V2 cents a year ago. Corn, Oats and Rye The unusually large exports of rye from our shores to Germany and the northern countries of Europe are bulling prices, and they are far high- er than a. year ago. Cats are rela- tively lower than corn owing to the large amounts marketed by farmers. Corn has been marketed freely, and some declines have occurred in price despite the late government report that the corn crop was only 2,457,- 000,000 bushels, comparing with 3,- 054,000,000 bushels harvested in 1923. Government figures cut down the estimated corn crop 42,000,000 bushels from the November estimate. Illinois and Iowa raised last year 412,000,000 bushels of oats, or 68,— 000,000 bushels more than in 1923. The three northwestern states har- vested last year 385,000,000 bushels of oats. or 96,000,000 bushels more than in 1923. A Wisconsin farmer reports corn as too poor to crib in many instances. He says: “Many of the farmers in our section are raising soy beans, which have as satisfactory results in fattening live stock, especially hogs and lambs as this new corn crop. I think it is cheaper to feed the old corn crop, despite the big difference in price.” Winter \Vheat Acreage The crop reporting board of the United States department of agricul- ture makes the following forecasts and estimates from reports and data furnished by crop correspondents field statisticans, and cooperating state boards (or departments) of agriculture and extension depart- ments: WINTER WHEAT—Area sown this fall is 42,317,000 acres, which is 6.5 per cent more than the revised . estimate of 39,749,000 acres sown in the fall of 1923. The sowings in the fall of 1922 were 46,100,000 acres and in the fall of 1921 there were 49,787,000 acres. Winter dam— age during the last ten years has caused an average abandonment of 10.6 per cent of the acreage sown to winter wheat. The abandonment has ranged from 1.1 per cent to 28.9 per cent in different years during that period. Condition on Dec. 1, was 81.0 against 88.0 and 79.5 on Dec. 1, 1923 and 1922, respectively, and a ten year average of 85.6. RYE—Area sown this fall is 4,- 206,000 acres, which is 0.8 per cent more than the revised estimate of 4,— 173,000 acres sown in the fall of 1923. Condition on Dec. 1 was 87.3 against 89.9 and 84.3 011 Dec. 1, 1923 and 1922, respectively, and a ten year average of 89.4. Visible Grain Stocks Recent official reports show the to- tal stocks of wheat in sight in the United States at 96,823,000 bushels, comparing with 98,079,000 bushels a week earlier and 73,577,000 bush— els a year ago. Stocks of corn in sight amount to 13,774,000 bushels, comparing with 11,273,000 bushels a week earlier and 6,242,000 bushels a year ago. Oats in sight aggregate 70,062,000 bushels, comparing with 68,430,000 bushels a week earlier and 19,175,000 bushels a year ago. THE BUSINESS FARMER’S MARKET SUMMARY and Comparison with Markets Two Weeks ago and One Year ago Detroit Chicago Detroit Detroit Dec. 30 Dec. 30 Dec. 16 1 yr. ago WHEAT— No. 2 Red $1.88 $1.88 $1.74 $1.1 No. 2 \Vhite 1.89 1.90 1.75 1.12. No. 2 Mixed 1.88 1.88 1.75 1.11 CORN—— No. 3 Yellow 1.30 1.24@ 1.28 1.31 .77 $6 ‘ N0. 4 Yellow 1.25 1.22@ 1.28 1.26 .73 1/fi OA’l'S—— . N0. 2 \Vhite .64 61 @62 .64 47 $6, lw o. 3 \Vhito .63 .58@ .59 .133 A5 1A RYE- Casll N0. 2 1.51 1-49 3'5: 1 .37 .74 BEANS—- C. H. P. th. 5.50@5.60 5.90 5.25@5.30 4.75 POTATOES-— Per th. .93 .76 @ .83 .93 1.26 @ 1.33 HA 1— No. 1 Tim. 17.50@ 18 22@24 17.50@ 18 22@23 No. 2Tim. 15@ 16 18@21 1561016 20@21 No. 1 Clover 15@ 16 17 @20 15@16 20@21 Light Mixed 16.50@ 17 20@23 16.50 @ 17 21.50 @22 Tuesday, December 30.—-Grain market unchanged. Potatoes firm. Cattle higher. Sheep and hogs firm after decline in price. gr Detroit and Chicago new” Live Stock Markets ‘Noxc Page. The visible rye stocks amount to 20.. 170,000 bushels, comparing with 19,- 180,000 bushels a week earlier and 18,570,000. bushels a year ago. Packers Want Bacon Hogs The Drovers Journal prints the following from Janesville, Wiscon— sin: Production of bacon hogs is be ing developed by several Wisconsin packing plants, including the Cudahy company, Milwaukee. Contrhcts are being made with farmers with the guarantee of the following premium: 750 a hundred above the regular market price for purebred York~ Shires, 50 cents above the regular market price for second cross. and 250 above the market for first cross Yorkshires. selling purebred Yorkshire boars and gilts to farmers who desire to make contracts. The bacon porkers are to be marketed weighing from 180 to 220 pounds. The foreign demand for quality bacon with lean strips and the growing demand of the con- surming public for lean pork makes possible the premium offered for the light and lean hogs. War on Poultry Ills Moving with unaccustomed speed. Congress has appropriated $100,009 to finance a fight against the out- break of poultry diseases. The De- partment of Agriculture will now de- clare quarantines to prevent the spread of chicken diseases. The de- partment recently issued a statement that there were no grounds for fear that human health would be endan— gered by the malday. Cattle Market Higher Much smaller Chicago cattle re- ceipts than usual for Christmas week brought about sharp advances in prices, with sales of s‘eers at $4 to $12.50, prime yearlings selling at $11.50 to $14 and the best heavy steers at $10.50 to $11.60. Stockem and feeders had a moderate sale at $3.75 to $7.25 and cows and heifers at $2.50 to $10.75, while calves were advanced sharply, bringing $9 to $16. A year ago the best steers sold at $11.75. Combined receipts in twenty markets for the year to late date in twenty markets amount. to 14,455,- 000 cattle, comparing with 14,485,- 000 a year ago. Good Advance in Hogs Much smaller Chicago hog receipts last week were well taken at further sharp advances, closing sales being made at $8.80 to $10.80, comparing with $8.40 to $10.30 a week earlier and $6.45 to $7.35 a year ago. Com- bined receipts in twenty markets for the year to late date aggregate 41,- 894,000 hogs, comparing with 42,- 665,000 a year ago and 33,618,000 two years ago. Lambs Bring $19.25 ‘Meager receipts in the Chicago market last week resulted in the best lambs fetching $19.25, the highest of the year. WHEAT Prices continued to advance nearly every day during the two weeks end- ing Saturday, December 27, and at Detroit the total gain during that period amounted to around 15 cents The market appears to be as smug as ever and bulls are freely predic— ting $2 wheat in the immediate fut- ure. Some dealers believe wheat will reach this level by January lat and possibly it will but it will ham to advance rather sharply during the first three days of this week. Euro— pean buyers were not very active in the buying last week but the market did not change in tone as receipts were small and the visible supply continued to decrease. CORN Corn has followed a different trend than wheat, the price declining dur— ing the last week instead of advanc- ing. The demand continues inactive and the market is quiet. OATS Declines in the price of oats were noted at Detroit last week, the mar- ket was quiet and the price dropped 3 cents during the week. The Chi- cago oat market was steady and pr!- ces reached a new high level for the. 883.5011. The Cudahy company is Rye followed the trend of the wheat market and. prices are consid- erable higher .than they were a cou- ple of weeks ago. at Detroit with the demand a little slow and the market ouiet. BEANS There is a firm tone to the bean market at Detroit and the price has advanced from 25c to 300 over the quotations given in our last issue. H. E. Chatterton and Son, of Lansing in a letter to the Editor advise that the farmers should hold the bulk of their beans off the market, stating that if they do this and then market them in an orderly way they can practically control prices. Their let- ter is published on page 9 of this is- sue. POTATOES The cold weather is putting real life into the potato market and the price advanced several times during the fortnight ending Saturday, De- cember 27th. The market is firm. HAY Hay receipts were lighter last week due to the bad weather at ship- ping points. The demand is good and market steady. Prices are steady to firm and all advances are maintained. Very little choice hay is arriving and the demand for this is strong. Lower grades are in am— ple supply and move steadily in the absence of better prices. TH E III‘IES'I‘OCK NLAIiKETS DETROI’I‘, llee. 30—-—Cattle—.—Market prospects steady; (Irand ’l‘runk tru in late; good to Clltil(‘c yearlings, dry fed, $9.756!) 10.50; best heavy steers, dry fed, $7.75@ 9.50; best handy weight butcher steers. 3025613725; mixed steers and heifers, 3525617025; handy light butchers, 254.2569 5.25; light butchers, $4 ((174.50; best cows. $4.75(<_i/5.50; butcth cows, .‘Sl.50@4.50; common cows, $.‘lflil350; canners, $22561? 2.75; choice light bulls, $3.25@4.25: heavy bulls, $4.25QES; stock bulls, $3.25 (in 4; feeders, $4.75mvc.25; stoekcrs, $52560 6; milkers and springers, $406060. Veal calves-—Market steady and lower: best, $16.50; others $861715. Sheep and lambs—.— market prospects 25c lower; best lambs, $18.25@18.50; fair lambs, $14.506015; light to common lambs, $9@13.25; fair to good sheep, $861‘9.25; culls and common. $4695.50; buck lambs, $86017.25. Hogs—— Market prospects 10c lower; mixed hogs, $10.75; pigs and light yorkers, $10. CHIC AGO—H o g s—Receipts. 42,000 ; market steady to strong to 15 cents higher. Hulk, $9.25(u)10.60; top $10.80: 250 to 325 pounds, $10.25@IO.80; medium weight, $9.50@10.60; light weight, $8.50(gv 10; light lights, $7.50l’tv9.50; heavy pack- Ing sows, smooth. 380056010, packing sows, rough, $9.25609.60; pigs, $761,825. Cattle Iletwipts. 9,000; market steady. Beef steers: (‘hoicc and prime, $107560 11.75; medium and good. $8.50faIIO; good and choice, $12.50fwl450; common and medium, $7609. Butcher cattle: Heifers, $56010; cows, $3.50QU7; bulls, 350636.50. Canners and cutters: Cows and heifers, , $2.25@4.50; canncr steers, $5607. Veal calves, light and handy weight, $106214; feeder steers, $5.50Qi)7.75; stock steers, $5007.25; stocker cows and heifers, $3M 5.50; stocker calves, $5017. (Tzilvcs Re— ceipts, 2,000. Sheep and Lambs———Ileceipts, 16.000; market steady. Lambs, fat, $17@18.75; culls and common, $12.50@14.50; year— lingS, $l4fiv.lfi.50; wethers, $10@IZ.50; ewes, 38.506010; culls and common, $2.50 ((05; feeder lambs, $15.50@16.50. BUFFA LOW—(T :i t t 1 (g—Receipts, 275 ; market steady. I’rime steers, 39.1061» 11.10; shipping steers, $9Qi/‘ll; butcher grades, $7400.25; heifers, $450,708; cows, $1.60@6; bulls, $2.75@5.25; feeders, $4.50 @050. ‘ Calves—dioceipts, 11,000: market active. Cull to choice, $40012. Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 8,500; mar- ket active. Choice lambs, $17601850: cull to fair, $10.50@16.50; yearlings, $10 ($15.50; sheep, $3.50@)11. MISCELLANEOUS IIIARKET QUOTATIONS Detroit, Tuesday, December 30 Applestonatliaiis, $2.25@2.50; Green— lngs. $2; Snows. $1.75@2.25: western boxes, $3.25. Butter-wilest creamery, in tubs, 37@40c per lb. Cabbage—750ful$l per bu. Dressed (Valves—«Best country dressed, 1640170; ordinary grades, IXGI‘ISc; small and poor, tlmllllc; heavy rough calves, 80r9c; best city dressed, l8@10c per lb. Eggs—Fresh—current receipts, 53@56c; cold storage, 41 @42c; ’acilic whites, 60@65c per doz. ' Live poultry—Best spring chickens, 41/; lbs and up, 27@28c; capons, 7 lbs, 30((D 320; medium chickens, 260; Leghorns 200; best hens, 5 lbs and up, 27c; Incdl‘tun Last week closed , Coast v "hehsyfitrr lessens. . from; roosters, 16c; gain. 210220: ducks. 4% lbs and Lp. white. 26c; small or dark. 23@24c: No. -1 turkeys, over 8 lbs. 446 45c; No. 2 turkeys, 35c; old toms. 35@ ’ 36c per lb. ‘ Onions—$3 per loo-lb sack; Spanish. $2.25@2.50 per crate. Rabbits—ZIGJZZc per lb. MICHIGAN’S FIRST ANNUAL EGG SHOW 0 stimulate interest in egg quali— ty there will be an egg show held during Farmers’ Week at the Michigan Agricultural College, February 2—6, this year. The show is to be held in the poultry building and will be an annual event. There will be six different classes: Experiment Station and College Class; Student Class, open to any regularly enrolled student anywhere; Commercial Class, open to hatcheries or commercial egg farms, also hand- lers of eggs, (8) Sub-class for any contestant in the Michigan Egg Lay~ ing Contest or any Michigan party participating in any other official con- test; Demonstration Farms Class, open to farmers, breeders and ten— ciers; and Boys and Girls Club Class. There is a. generous list of prizes including poultry equipment, cups, ribbons, and medals. The premium 1 list is now being prepared and will be' ready for mailing by January 10th. There is to be an attractive educa— tional exhibit in connection with the show to promote better egg grading, packing and marketing; also to dem- onstrate the health-giving qualities of eggs. If you are interested write G. D. Quigley, Box 923, East Lansing, Michigan. BRANCH COW’ TESTING ASS’N REPORT FOR NOVEMBER HE fifth monthly report of the Cow Testing Association of Branch County showed that 24 herds were tested, consisting of 296 cows, 245 of which were producing milk. 10 cows produced from 40 to 50 lbs. of fat, and six produced above 50 lbs. fat, while fifteen gave be- tween 1000 and 1250 lbs. milk, and three over 1250 lbs. The 'average production for all cows was 531 lbs. milk and 21.48 lbs. butterfat. FARMERS HAVE MUCH AT STAKE IN LEGISLATURE (Continued from Page 3) terest fund was intended to help the poorer school districts and to insure, insofar as possible, an equalization of educational opportunity in Mich- igan. .This fund has grown rapidly, until today it amounts to about $14 for each child of school age in the state. . This large sum of money, totaling many millions of dollars, raised through the taxation of public util- ities, inheritance taxes, etc., is dis- tributed entirely on the basis of school census Without regard to the need of the school district for state support. Two school districts of equal school census population re- ceive an equal amount of this state aid no matter how they may differ in assessed valuation or any other fac- tors. In View of this situation there are many careful students of rural edu- :ation who feel that the most needed reform measure in regard to this pri— mary school interest fund would be some more fair method of distribut- ing the revenue which it derives. rather than proposals to increase the amount raised without, any regard to how the huge fund is distributed. ‘avor Meggison Bill Many farmers have expressed themselves as being favorable to some such measure as the Meggison bill or Escanaba plan, which was be- fore the Legislature tw0 years ago and which will no doubt be re—intro— duccd during the 1925 session. Truly the farmers have much at stake in Legislative committee rooms and on the floor of the Senate and the House of Representatives during the present, session of the Legisla— ture. Our attention will be focused with the utmost interest on events occurng under the Capitol dome during the next few months. ' We esteem your paper very highly. I do not see how we could be without it.— C. A. Mager, Ionia County, Mich. I. am one of THE BUSINESS FARMER readers and have found so much good in it and like it very well.—~(.Ieo. Plotner Gencsce County, Michigan. ' ' .1, r,‘ ‘ ' flornioergnd _ .nny ABORTION BACI‘ERIN DR. BEEBE com eta directions. Sizan Made under U. S. Veterinary License. No. The only scientific way to prevent abortion. lemma! Contagious Abortion. the worst enemy of "cryost- Buy it direct and administer it yourself under our e-my—mm: In results. By. '3 5-Way Treatment for Contagious Abortion [in ‘becn used by veterinarians for _over ten years—so why experiment? Dr. B e e b 9’: m Short Course How mlktect IndTrsIt Successfully Conta- gious Abortion. Also F m Lab- onpory Blood Test til-t tell! puttively whether your cows Ire infected or 1101;. Write to- day for complete information. 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