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the Saginaw Board of Commerce the
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ins. beginning at one o'clock. . Every
bean grower in Michigan is invited
and urged to attend. "Don’t forget
1:9 date or the place, and try and be
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(NATIONAL Seed Corn Show will
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Prizes totalling $17,000 are of-
fered by the Sears~Roebuck Agricul-
tural Foundation, under whose direc-
tion the show is being held. A $1000
isofiered for the grand champion
ear. Another $1,000 is oflered to the
county farm bureau, grange, farm-
ers’ union, farmers’ club, county
agent, farm advisor, or county com-
munity group sending in the largest
number of entries, and a total of
$15,000 more for the champion cars
from each county in the country.
The show will be judged by a com—
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the American Society of Agronomy.

Competition is open to the entire
United States. Any farmer, farm
woman, or farm child may enter one
ear of selected seed corn. No entry
fee is charged. To enter, it is only
necessary to select the best ear and
send it by parcel post to~E. B. Heat—
on, Supt. National Seed Corn Show,
Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Founda~
dation, Chicago, Illinois. Entries
will be received any time up to
March 7th. The name, address, coun-
ty and state of the person entering
the ear should be plainly written on
a slip of paper and tied around the
ear with the writing on the outside.
No car will be awarded a prize until
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of last year’s corn crop is fit for seed.
Every farmer is urged to submit
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MUSINGS OF A PLAIN FARMEfi

 

 

ROSE at dawn, and after chores
had an early dinner. Grabbed
the haft of the axe and sauntered
forth to the woods to cut saplings.
Marveled at,the scarcity of timber
in this country. There being but.
small amount left on our farm——
which makes me shiver. Old settlers
tell me thevflre of ’81 wrought havoc
among the forest. There was real
suffering then. We cubs know noth-
ing of hardships. .
It would be well to reforest the
land. Perhaps it would benefit my
posterity. But why worry about my
posterity. They won’t chop wood.
I am forty-three and don’t leave a
very smooth stump. Chopping is a.

" lost art.

There will be other methods of
generating heat. Perhaps electricity.
Well! Let it come! I can handle
that with a button and two fingers.
: This axe requires both hands.

I am in accord with any labor save
ing device that happens along. Great.
is the invention of man. When prob—
lems arise some, wizard steps out and
solves them. So why worry. It was
ever thus.

I’ll be cussed if I chop this elm.
It‘s the favorite haunt of the cows in
the summer. Woodman, spare that
tree! .
There is an abundance of oxygen‘
out here. The air is not adulterated
with gasoline fumes and soot, or ci-
garette smoke. I can sneeze open
without fear of contaminating any-
one.

Guess it’s getting near chore time
the dog is uneasy and shadows are
long. Darkness falls quickly at this ..
time of year. .I dislike roaming
about the barn with hands full of
baskets and forks without clear vis~
ion. -- ' '
One of the most pleasing views to
me in winter is a clear, red/sunset.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 


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Iand took down the receiver.
' the bgnk calling me.

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list

was the telephone.
Three shorts and a
long. '
“William, answer that,

it’s our ring and it might

be those Lanes callin'
about the hay", called out
Maria, who was in the
kitchen""building a mince pies .
So I laid aside the morning paper
It was
“A note, did you say? Well, that’s
durned funny, Mr.. Harper; I only
got one out and that isn’t- s'posed to
be paid."
Well, it ended up by me promising
to go into town and see about it.
The farm was in pretty good hands
with the Smith boys in charge, so I
didn’t have much to bother about.
[Maria and me was kind of taking it
easy after thirty years in the game
and as we had a neat little account
in the bank and I had made a few
investments, about all I had to
bother about was the presidency
of the Agricultural Society and to

buy a few hogs and ship them when— I

ever there was enough for the mar-
ket. So it was easy to crank up the
car'and slip into Jackson City, our
county seat.

Two hours spent in conference at

“’ the bank were about as enlightening

I

 
   

as any in my career. To I, say I
learned a lot was putting it mildly,
and even tho Hank Peters, the town
Justice, was always sayin’ you carut
teach an old dog new stuff, that bank
cashier taught me a lot that morning
and I paid well for the lesson in
the afternoon.

You see, as I said once, Ixhad made
a few investments. During the war,
Maria and me talked things over
when them Liberty Loan drives was
on and I bought a right smart lot
of bonds. They was the first I ever
had and I felt good too. Being part—
ners with old Uncle Sam appealed
to me and I spent a lot of time get-
ting the rest of the boys lined up.

Well, when the war was over and
things had quieted down and Maria
and me had decided to retire from
active service on the farm, there
wasn’t much to do, so I spent a lot
of time in town. One day a fellow
came along in a swell car and stop-
ped to pass the time of day with us
boys at the post office. A couple
of days later he came out to the
farm and after askin’ about things.
began to tell me about a new factory
that had just been completed at
Speedway, Michigan. It was, he said,
a product of the war. He had a book
with a lot of pictures of buildings
and employees and the company was
making-nitrates. The Great United
Nitrate Co., which had been turning
out the stuff that gun powder was
made of, was now making fertilizers
and it was a regular gold mine.
This fellow, Tom Wolf, admitted to
me confidentially, that he had made
an .even the thousand profit out of
his shares the first six months of the
year. He went on to tell how easy
it was to get in on the deal and after
mentioning to me that he knew I was
a shrewd fellow, knowing good
things when I saw them cause I had
helped sell the boys Liberty bonds,
he explained how I could get a few'
shares in his company. It sure was
easy. All I had to‘do was sign a
note, not payable to anyone but my-
self. I was to pay Wolf ten per-
cent and the rest of the note could
be paid out of the earnings‘of the
first year’s business. To prove to
me what others thought of the deal
he showed me a list of the stock—
holders and right at the top of the
list was the names of several bank-
ers I had heard about and our Con—
gressman. Well, it ended up with
me signing for ten shares. I gave
a check for $100 and signed a note

' payable to myself for the balance‘of
-. $900.- .Wolf told me that he would

dep’dsit the note in “trust” and if “I

* ., 'wantedit anytime or felt that things
I «warn; 55mgg00d, ‘just to let him

an  ytiuld take care .of me.

- V SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1925

By WILLIAM EDWARDS

 

 

is the first installment of the story we have been telling you

about; “How Bill Backed the .Tiger".

Bill Edwards, a retired

7 farmer, who wrote this story for us, has had considerable exper-
ience with crooks and near crooks, and he tells a very interesting tale.
As you read the story you will no doubt recall—maybe in your own
neighborhood—incidents somewhat similar.

1

the back as he explained that was
customary when a man made a note
to himself. A few days later I re-
ceived a. swell certificate telling the
world I was the owner of ten shares
of Great United Nitrate stock. .,

Wolf was around for a few days
after that but after that I didn’t
hear much of him.

Maybe you thing it wasn’t a sur-
prise to me when Jim Harper, our
banker, hands out that note as I
was taking off my sheepskin coat at
the bank.

“How in time does that happen?"
says I exploding. Wolf told me that
note would never turn up; its. to be
paid out of the profits, something
must be wrong.”

“Don’t know”, says Harper, a man
of few words but always looking out
for the First State Bank. “The folks
that sent that note out here for col—
lection want their money and I can’t
help it but we gotta collect.”

So I hiked over to Charley Stan-
ton’s office. He's our best attorney,
having been a judge once. Back
came Charley with me and it was
some round we had that afternoon.

Charley says “Don't pay it, Bill,”
and Jim Harper says “Pay or I will
have to advise my client to sue you.”
‘ Well, when the day was thru and
I went back to the farm, I had give
Charley $50 and trouble was started.
Spent most of the next two weeks
fighting. with the bank .and when
Charley Stanton had got the court
to call off that note I had spent six

hundred hard earned dollars besides
the one hundred l gave to Wolf.
Say, that Great .‘ted Nitrate Co.,
was a grand fake. That book Wolf
had was about all the company had
to show. The building I thought
was the factory was a barb wire
Works in Illinois and a photographer
had faked the picture and made the
sign look like it was on the top of
the building. Wolf was right only
when he said he had made a profit
on his stock. These shares cost him
nothing and every time be unloaded
a bundle he got the ten per cent him—
self. Why, those skinners sold $2,—
000,000 to fellows just like me who
wouldn’t take the trouble to look
the matter up. It was the worst
trimming I had taken since I bought
a bowling alley way back in 1895.
That’s a good one too, and worth
telling about. You see there was :t
fellow came to town and set up a
bowling alley in an old building
down near the river. Bowling was
a new game then and all the boys
tried it and money came in flyin’.
Well, one day just before fair time,
the fellow running the alley, Walter
was his name, he offered to sell out
to me, asking $500. Of course that
was too much for me but I said I
would think it over. The couple of
days before the fair we had a hard
.rain and the river come up and
water ran into the bowling ball and
wet things up bad. But Walter
cleaned things up good; that after—
noon the folks was bowling away.

 

 

 

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How Bill Backed the Tiger

. ' A Farmer’s Experience With Slickers, Shysters, and Crooks

Entered as 2nd. class matter, A . 22

1917.
it Mt. Clemens, Mich., under act ar. 14. 1879

I happens in looking af-
ter the damage from the
rain, but things was
cleaned up and to all ap-
pearances nothing was
wrong. So I asks Walter
how much he will take for
the place. Casual like he
says, “Well, Bill, I was holding out
for $500 but I just got word that my
wife is in the hospital in St. Joe and
if you will give me $400 cash the
place is yours.” Fair was only tw0
days away and I saw my chance to
make all my money back that week
so right quick I says, “Walter, first
thing in the morning meet me at the
bank. Here’s $10 to bind the deal.l’

He met me all right and. soon had
his money. He left on the noon
train for St. Joe, too. That after-
noon things started to dry out the
bowling alley flooring started to warp
and by night the place was a wreck.
I never did run that place and from
then on I thought I was too smart
to be caught. But you see them
bonds made me think I was a wise
one and I didn’t find out until it
was too late that stocks is different
from bonds. Charley Stanton taught
me a lot about ’em and so I decided
to give the boys at the Agricultural
Society the benefit of my learning.
I wrote a paper on the subject, with
Charley’s help of course, cause Maria.
says, “William, you want to give an
intelligent talk and you know you
can’t talk that way unless some one
helps you.”

The meeting was held all right and
I gave the paper and received a lot
of favorable comment. Jim Harper
afterwards told my folks it was the
best thing they had heard since
Bryan talked on Free Silver in ’96.

The upshot of it was that I soon
became the person folks came to in-
quire about stulf they was going to
buy and because I had learned so
much along that line. ’Fhats the rea-
son why I wrote this article.

Even Maria has taken a little faith
in my investigations. You see last
winter she got a notion that her face
was wrinkling too fast and so after
reading all the ads on the subject
she sends $5 to New York for some
Beauty Cream. In due time she got
it all right and the swellest bunch
of literature and directions all signed
by a French woman whose name yen
couldn’t read. Maria spent more
time each night fixing up her face:
with that preparation than it took
me to do the chores, and as far as I
could see she wasn’t getting rid of
the freckles or wrinkles. But she
was persistent and used all of the
first batch and ordered a second.

The same day I was sending out
that money order we had an argu—
ment as usual at the post office.
Hank Peters was telling how he had
been reading about the value of a
peculiar kind of white clay that We
used to make casts out of. He told
all the funny things that had been
claimed for it and how one company
had made a lot of money selling it
to make folks beautiful, at a big
price per can.

“Where did you read that, Hank?"
asks I rather unconcerned. He told
me and says he would loan me the
paper.

Well, you ought to have been at.
our house that night. Maria was
busy getting out the stuff to make
her beautiful and telling me to see
that the draft on the stove was clos-
ed. I figures its a good time to read
to her, so I says, “Here’s a good one.
Maria, listen.”

I read about the clay and then

masks, “Who makes that stuff?"

“Well”, says 1, “its kinda dim,l
maybe you can read the print."

So over she comes, me chuckling
to myself. She reads along and
when she hit the name of the firm

‘ that was being exposed in the paper,

there was the name of her French
beauty expert! Was she mad? Say.
she made me sit' down and write a
letter telling the French woman that '
if we don’t get the 310 back right;
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F you are thinking of trying some
'new seed oats this spring, con—
sider the Wolverine or Worthy of

college fame.

Last summer there was an article
in this paper by the late Professor
Spragg. In his article Professor
Spragg told how the oats originated
and were continually being tested.
It is the aim of the Farm Crops De—
partment, M. A. C., to find the high—
est yielding varieties from whatever
source they may come.

Of those oats distributed from col-
lege, the Worthy and Wolverine are
by far the most generally grown.
They were released in 1911 and 1917
respectively. As new men tried them

out and found how well they yielded'

they told their neighbors who in turn
decided to give them a trial.

Yet, you will find Danish. Big
Four,, and others being grown too.
The Farnr Crops Department is re—
commending the Wolverine and \Vor—

thy. And the reason is that when
all are put in trials, both at East
Lansing and out in the state. it is
found that the \Volverine and

‘Worthy can be depended upon to re-
turn the most oats at harvest time.

There are those farmers who feel
that the results would be different,
that the \Volverinc and \Yorthy
would not do as well in their own
county. The Farm Crops Depart—
ment usually has two or three oat
variety tests conducted in coopera—
tion with some l'zll‘nlm‘s in different.
parts of Michigan. Last year Mr.
Kidman, County Agent in St. Clair
County arranged with a couple of his
farmers to each conduct an oat vari—
ety test. No such experiments had
ever been tried out here before.

In planting one of these tests,
there is planted a drill—width of each
variety, all in the same field, of
course, and side by side. They are

g to A Try

Tests Prove Wolve’gin'e and Worthy Varieties Best Yielders for Michigan

By D. F. RAINEY' ~

Extension Specialist in Farm Crops, M. A. C.

_ ,.1_ .m. _m‘. s...v_.__--.

RESI’LTS OF OAT VARIETY TEST IN ST. CLAIR COUNTY ‘V

Ralph Babcock
Wolverine. l7. 1’ ................... ..75.72 bu.
WOIVerine ............................ ..73.38 ‘bu.
Worthy ........ .. bu.
Big Four ...... bu.
Danish ..... ..' .............. .. . bu.
Mammoth Cluster bu.

 

North Wesbrook Average
74.31 bu. 75.01 bu.
73.03 bu. 73.20 bu.
76.73 bu. 71.10 bu.
67.25 bu. 70.12 bu.
71.50 bu. 64.66 bu.

60.09 bu.

56.11 bu.

 

 

all planted the same day and under
the same conditions in so far as it
is possible. Then when ripe, an
equal area is harvested from each va—
riety. These are threshed separately
and the yields obtained for each
variety.

The two farmers cooperating were
Mr. \Vesbrook of Marine City and
Mr. Babcock near Jeddo. The re-

sults of these two tests are given in
the accompanying table.

The variety listed Wolverine U. P.
are oats secured from the Upper Pen-
insula to be tried out to see if north—

.ern grown seed oats would give an

increased yield like the potatoes do.
Their performance was not unusual
this year, in fact, this seems to be

quite the usual thing to expect, judg- ‘

 

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\Vnshtcnzuv county. The county

are in the field, and both

agricultural
are nearly six feet in height.

RED ROCK \VHEA'I‘.
This is a picture of a field of Red Rock “heat on Greenwood Farm, Clinton, in

agent and (3. I). Finkbeiner, owner,

 

ing from past results. Presumably
new seed would have to be secured
each year in order to secure this in—
creased yield. ‘ I

The results of these 'two tests
show that it would be a profitable in—
vestment to seed some good Wol-
verine or Worthy Oats. A few extra
bushel of oats, while not sovvery
valuable any one year, would ‘be a
considerable amount over a period of
ten years. ' If care is taken when
threshing to thresh several bushels
first and then save your Seed, the
oats could be kept quite free. from
mixture. Then by treating with for—
maldehyde for smut and screening
the oats, it should not be necessary
to change, your seed for several years
until some new variety is found or
developed which will be more desir-
able.

Sometimes the tests do not show
so conclusively the superiority of the
Wolverine oats, but the trials from
year to year leave no doubt as to
their desirability.

There are a lot of oats in Michigan
grown under the name of Wolverine
(the same thing is true of Worthy)
some of which have perhaps no more
than one half genuine Wolverine
seed. The rest is a mixture of vari—
eties, the result. of not being careful
to clean the threshing machine. A
lot of oats from the last job get
mixed in. Of course there are others
halving seed with a high per cent of
purity.

The best way to insure a pure va—
riety, free/from weeds and of high
germination, is to purchase them of
some farmer who has his crop in~
spected by the Michigan Crop Im—
provement Association. Your Coun—
ty Agent can furnish you with a liSt
of such farmers, or you may write
the Secretary of the Association at
East Lansing.

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An American Farm Boy in the Land of the Flying Dutchmen

By FRANCIS A. FLOOD'

This is the ninth article of tho- series on
travels in Europe \x'rittr-n by .\[r. Flood.
You will get many a smile out of his
story of a day in Amsterdam, Holland.

E had landed in Flushing, Hol—
land, on a sunny Sunday after—
noon and after triumphing

in one of the supreme achievements
of my life, which was crossing the
English Channel and nav'aating the
North Sea without gettingr a bit sew
sick, I didn‘t care if I was a “torn
eigner" who was unable to speak tit--
language of the land, and was being
stared at and even laughed at by the
native sons.

Amsterdam was the day’s destina—
tion according to our tickets and our
plans, and We. undertook to find the

railroad that would take us there.
I attempted to inquire, but no one

knew what I was talking about. I
trotted up to Doctor Bereman and
put my hand in his. Surely he could
find his way; he must understand.

“Can you understand any of this,
Doctor?” I asked him.

A Two-Faced ('lock

“The only sound I've been able to
understand out of all this mess was
‘three’,” he replied.

A Well—dressed bystander noticing
us clawing at our railroad tickets
guessed our dilcmna and offered to
help us IOcate our train.

“Your train goes in twenty min—
utes,” he told us. “at ‘25 minutes af—
ter fifteen o’clock."

Stables of, Nightmares! find our
only understandable friend, the c10ck
gone back? on our laiigitage too?
Fifteen o'clock?

Question marks were fairly oozing
out of my mouth and eyes, and in
an emergency of that kind the desire
for information demands sudden ex-
pression. There is only one word
that will do in such a case— and it
is two Words: “How Come?”

' As our friend explained to us, af-

“p't rnoon railroad time in many Euro—

‘ n countries is counted from 13 to
24 o’clock instead of from 1 to 12
P. M. as it is here. If the ti'mecard
says that your train leaves at 23
minutes after 21, you don’t have to
worry about light and black print, or

Z A.- M. and P. M.. As the metric sys—

vtem of weights and measures, this is

 

one improvement our own great
country could well adopt. What a

fine bit of sarcasm a Dutchman writ
ing up his travels through America
could develop 011 our A. M. and P. M.,
our eastern and central time, and our
daylight saving time!

There seemed 10 be a number of
cars in a number of trains labeled
with the word “Amsterdam”, the
one ward we could read, the one
straw we could clutch, and there
scented to be an equal number of vol-
unteer informants who would dash
up to us and deliver a speech in
Dutch profusely punctuated by earn~
cst pointings at various cars; and
from the pointings alone, since the
speeches meant nothing to us, it
seemed that there were an equal
number of conflicting opinions.

I only mention these things so that
a reader who has never found him-
self in the hopeless midst of a
strange language when he cannot
even object to the weather or the ad—
ministration and be sympathized
with, will appreciate in a small meas-
ure the difficulties in making one"s
way about in non-English speaking
countries.

\\'e finally took our chances on
one car and appropriated a complete
compartment for our own party. A
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Flood buys an apple of the vegetable-pedal». "

out of town an earnest young man

came down the passageway and
shouted something two or three
times. Of course, we had no idea on

what page his words would be found
in a dictionary, but there must have
been something in the expression of
his face that reminded us of the din—
ing car missionaries back in America.
Anyway, we decided he was annouc~
i113: dinner and so four of us walked
down the train looking for a diner.
The strange part of it was that We
found it and sat down at a table.
This much was like it was at home.

The menu was a complete mystery
both as to the food served and the
price. We each had a collection of
Dutch coins but did not even know
their first names and knew nothing
of their financial standing. The wait—
er approached and we asked if he
could speak English. He could not.
I asked him if he could speak
French. He co 1d. He started in
like the opening s rains of “The Mar—
seilaise", but as 'we sat immovable
and- silent he warmed up to his
theme as a violin soloist does when
the conductor has piped the rest of
the orchestra down for the soloist to
do his stuff. We were transfixed,
and he developed into an eight tube
orchestra in his speech—whatever it
was about.

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milkman. Notice the "dog hitched beneath the cart. Bight: Mr.

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I didn’t speak French, especially
such high—powered French as that,
but I hated to break the news to the
waiter. The doctor knew my limita-
tions and interrupted him to ask if
he spoke German. The ‘waiter,
wounded I’m afraid, looked cross—
eyed at me and suspiciously at the
doctor and finally asked him in very
careful German what we wanted to
eat. Of course, I might have known
it—that’s what he was tellingme all
the time. But the doctor’s limited
Herman vocabulary did not include
the names of the Holland dishes the
waiter had to‘ offer and finally we did
what‘ we should have done in the
first place, rub our shirt iront ten-
deriy, lick our chops, tuck our nap-
kin in our collar, fold our hands and
smile hungrin upon the waiter. He
got the idea admirably and in a few
minutes served us nobly. We had
re-learned the old lesson that less
talk and more action is always de-
sirable.

And now to pay for the meal! We
hesitated to offer him samples of our
Dutch money for in our ignorance of
its value, we would probably give
him a piece that would either be so
small it would insult him or so
large it .would tempt him. We talk—
ed it over and then each man gav.»
me a one dollar bill and I ofiered the
four of them to the waiter. VVhat-
ever change we got back would be
all right. He gave me two of the
dollar bills and a handful of Dutch
money besides!

Holland is really the land of the
Flying ’Dutchmen. When our trait
reached Amsterdam we were un—

loaded into the midst of the moat,

animated and lively seene we hail
struck since We left New York. Por-
ters and newsboys, passengers and
townspeople were. dashing about in
much the same fevered hurry that is
so popular and restful in this country.

Our information was that as soon

as we should arrive in Amsterdam we.
were to be in the custody of a repre-_

sentative of the Holland Department
of Agriculture. He was to meet our

train and conduct us to a hotel where-

reservations had already been made
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dug u. few years ago,” writes Miss Mary Frick, of
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not “cherry birds", they are “plum birds” picking plums
at the farm of F. Burdort‘, of Litehfleld.
debted to Miss Esther E. Kropschot (one of the birds)
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Speakers Of National Reputation Address Farmers Gathered     

AVORED by almost ideal weather
the Farmers’ Week, held at the
Michigan Agricultural ~- College,

February 2 to 6, was a splendid suc-
cess. It was estimated that more
than five thousand visitors were in
attendance which sets a new- record
for this big event of the Winter.

Farmers’ Week is more than a
mere collection of meetings. It is a
great organized movement through
which the farmer gets new ideas and
ideals of his work. Probably no
other gathering in Michigan brings
together so many farmers, and mem-
bers of their families and certainly
none other gives such a combination
of information, inspiration, and re—
creation.

During recent years the Farmers’
Week programs have undergone a
marked change. Where formerly
they placed the emphasis on produc-
tion and marketing they are now
concerned with better living and a
more satisfying rural life. Dr. Ken-
yon L. Butterfield, President of the
M. A. C., in speaking before the
group meeting called to organize a
Michigan Country Life Ass’n., de-
fined country life as follows: “What
we are now calling the field of coun-
try life,” he said, “consists of such
matters as education, health, recrea—
tion, morals, religion, country plan-
ning, and rural government. In the
long run they are the real questions
in agriculture because they have to
do primarily with the human prob-
lems, with human values, with per-
sonal character building, and with
farmers living together in the best
ways in the local community, with
the upbuilding of community insti-
tutions like the school, the church,
the grange, and the library".

And so, while the technical and
economical sides of agriculture were
in no way neglected, the 1925 Farm-
ers’ Week gave proper recognition to
those things which make for better
homes, better living, and more use-
ful lives in the country.

Pres. Butterfield was one of the
busiest men on the college campus
during Farmers’ Week. He spoke
before dozens of groups and meetings

By CARL ‘i-l. KNOPF

for the purpose ofvgetting the' plans,

and policies of M. A. C., before the
people of Michigan. It is no exag-
geration to say-that everyone.who
heard President Butterfleld is con-
vinced that a great agricultural lead-
er has come to Michigan. His plans
and ideals are clearly outlined and
his reasoning goes directly to the
root of the problems facing agri—
culture. He has captured the hearts
of the people and they: have confi—
dence that; under his direction, agri-
culture will make real progress in
Michigan. ' r
Speaking at the Tuesday evening
session, Pres. Butterfield dwelt on
the changes which have taken place
in Michigan during the twenty-five
years that he was a resident in other
states- Changes in buildings and
faculty have almost completely
changed the agricultural college it-
self. Fully as great a change has
taken place in the industry of the
state.
was the leading industry of Michi-
gan, manufacturing has now taken
the lead. No less startling has been
the shift in population during the
last thirty—five years. In 1880 there
were nearly twice as many people on
the farms as dwelt in the cities. Now
the situation is reversed and the city
population outnumbers the rural pop-
ulation by nearly two to one. ,
Despite all this change Dr. Butter—
field states that there has been no
change in the fundamental rural
problem.
Shall the Farmer Advertise?
“Selling The Publ'c" was the title
of a red hot talk on advertising'given
by John M. Kelly, advertising expert.
“The greatest stumbling block in
the pathway of agricultural prosper—
ity is the farmer himself”, asserted
Mr. Kelly. “The farmer is the
cross-word puzzle of business today.
He will do almost anything else
rather than organize and learn to
sell after the modern methods. No
other business could be kept from
organizing. In fact men in other
lines of business cannot concieve of

Although in 1900 agriculture

doing business without organiza—
tion”.
The Outlook for Democracy

Farmers’ Week visitors were es-
pecially fortunate in being able to
hear the Rev. S. Parkes Cadman of
Central Church, Brooklyn. Dr. Cad-
man is president of the Federated
Churches of America and is one of
the most noted speakers of the pres-
ent time, his services being in great
demand, in both America and
Europe. ' '

Speaking on the subject, “The Out-
look for Democracy”, Dr. Cadman
gave a searching inquiry into the
value of our present form of govern-
ment. He pointed out the position
of leadership which the United
States has at the present time and
showed the duties and responsibil-
ities which‘ accompany 'such leader-
ship.
with Farmers'

Always popular

Week audiences, Hon. J. C. Ketcham,’

formerly master of the Michigan
State Grange, gave one of his char-
acteristic forceful talks on ‘.‘Stabil-
izing Agriculture”. He stated that
for many years he had doubted the
wisdom of attempting .to regulate
agricultural production but that he
was finally forced to believe that
something must be done to control
production. In support of his posi-
tion be quoted from statements made
by Pres. Coolidge, showing that such
is the belief of our chief executive
also. ’

While warning that everything
cannot be accomplished'through leg-
islation he promised that all possible
aid would be given from that source.
He argued that the stabilizing of ag—
riculture can behastened through
stabilizing legislation.

Declaring that the signs through-
out the wbole country are more
favorable, Mr. Ketcham believes that
agriculture has reached the bottom
of depression and that, from now on,
there will be a steady improvement.

One of the most interesting speak-
ers on the Farmers’ Week program

For “Controlled Production” ”'

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was Bishop Francis J. McConnell who
discussed,
Country Life". He
each industry is tested by its output
of‘spiritual things fully as much as
by the, material, things it produces.
Agriculture; therefore: must be
judged by the kind of lifeand the
type of people it produces, in other
words, by its human output.
In New York State
 E. Babcock, General Manager

for the .G. L. F. Exchange of New,

York, gave an interesting description
of the farmers’ cooperative activities
in that state. He' explained that
“G. L.. F.” stands for Grange, League.
and Federation, respectively, and
that the Exchange is a cooperative
institution supported through the
united effort of the New York
Grange, the Dairyman's League, and
the New York Farm Bureau Feder-
ation. This very efiective coopera-
tion of farmers’ organizations prac-
ticing co-operation as they preach it
is a. real. example to the farmers of
Michigan.
"Debate" On Child Labor -

One of the most interesting feat-
ures of the Farmers’ Week program
was the presentation of arguments
for, and against, the Child Labor
Amendment. This was not carried
on as a formal debate but it served
to bring out clearly the points on
both si'des of the question.

“The Purpose of the Child Labor
Law Amendment” was discussed by
Owen R. Lovejoy of New York.

Reasons for opposing the proposed
Child Labor Amendment were given
by Mrs. Dora Stockman, Lecturer Of
the Michigan State Grange. Mrs.
Stockman explained that she was pre-
senting the other side of the case
because she had been so requested
and also because the Grange had
taken a stand against the proposed
legislation. Acting as the represen-
tative of the Grange she felt it her

.;_duty to explain the stand taken by

the organization.

A very interesting Farmers’ Week
number was the talk on “Lessons for
the American Farmer from European

(Continued on Page 19)

State Farm Bureau At Annual Meet Opposes Change in Name of‘M.‘ A. C.

By STANLEY M. POWELL

(Lansing Correspondent of The Business Farmer.)

VIDENCING matured stability
E and a marked spirit of enthusi—
asm and harmonious loyalty, the
Seventh annual meeting of the Mich
igan State Farm Bureau held at M.
A. 0., February 5-6, will go down in
history as the strongest and best a10-
nual meeting of this farmers' organ-
ization which has thus far been held.
The big program of reports, ad-
dresses, business, elections and con-
sideration of by—laws and resolutions
which was crowded into the two day
session was only made possible by
the businesslike attitude of the dele-
gates and by their close application
to the problems coming up at each
session.

A year of conservative and yet
substantial and satisfactory progress
was revealed in the general report
submitted by Secretary Manager C.
L. Brody. In a masterly way Mr.
Brody dealt with the problems of the
Farm Bureau past, present and fu-
ture, outlined the lessons learned in
the school of experience and showed
why the Farm Bureau today was es-
tablished on a sound basis with en—
couraging prospects for the future.

Following Mr. Brody’s report, re-
ports of the treasurer and of the
heads of the various Farm Bureau
business and service departments
were given. Complete frankness
characterized the discussion of all of
these affairs and it was evident that
the Farm Bureau is an organization
which is truly of the farmers, by the
farmers and for the farmers.

While the Farm Bureau meeting
was remarkably free from formal
speeches, the one address of the ses-
sion delivered by Kenyon L. Butter-
field, President of M. A. 0., made up
in its quality and breadth a vision
of any evident omission along this
line. Dr. Butterfield took as his
topic f‘The College Side of Business
Co—operation in Agriculture.” He
showed why the College had been ap-

parently slow in promoting co-oper—

v

ative business enterprises, what the
College could not do and what it
could legitimately do. Dr. Butter-
field declared that successful co-op-
erative enterprises depend about 85%
on management and while the Col-
lege cannot manage the co—ops di-
rectly it can and must train man-
agers and teach its students the
sound principles of co-operative mar-
keting.
Discuss Control and Fees

Of outstanding importance among
the matters coming before the Farm
Bureau delegates at their session was
the new set of By-Laws submitted
for their consideration. Chief inter-
est centered in the provisions for
representation in future State Farm
Bureau meetings and in the amount
of the membership dues. After full
discussion it was finally decided that
in the future, representation should
come from local units rather than
merely from the County Farm Bu-
reaus. These local units would first
have to be approved by the County
and State Farm Bureaus before they
could send delegates to the State
meeeting.

One of the most perplexing prob-
lems coming before the delegates was
to determine the amount of the Farm
Bureau membership dues for the
future. Everyone seemed desirous of
finding out just what fee should be
adopted to secure the strongest and
most influential organization. Some
thought the fee should be lowered,
but the majority finally decided to
continue the $10 rate with half go-
ing to the state and national Bureaus
and the remainder remaining in the
counties for local work. One dele-

gate seemed to hit the key—nete of __

what was in the minds of the major-
ity when hesaid, “We don’t want to
put the Farm Bureau on the bargain

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timistic that another successful mem-
bership campaign could be staged at
the $10 rate.

Of course one of the most import-
ant developments of the meeting was

' the adoption of the resolutions which

determine the stand of the Farm
Bureau on general and legislative
matters for the coming year. Planks
referring to state legislation were
adopted as follows: commending the
legislature and the governor for en-
acting the gas tax, endorsing the use
of convict labor for highway con-
struction work, urging the repeal of
the Covert Act, favoring liberal ap-
propriations for M. A. C., and oppos-
ing any changes in the name of the
institution. demanding a pay—as-you-
go policy, favoring a personal state
income tax, stressing the necessity of
an adequate reforestation and con-
servation program, opposing the rati-
fying of .the so-called child labor
amendment to the federal constitu-
tion, endorsing Senator Leland’s bill
to make the United States potato
grades compulsory in Michigan, fav-
oring the bill to provide $500,000
for each of the next two years to pay
indemnities on condemned and
slaughtered tubercular cattle and
urging that the time for paying taxes
without the added 3% penalty be ex-
tended from January 9 to February
15 each year. .
Equality of Agriculture
Resolutions of a more general
nature stressed the need of organized
agriculture, urged fairer laws to give
economic equality for agriculture, ex-
pressed good will toward all other
farm organizations and agencies, es-
pecially mentioning county agents
and boys’ and girls’ clubs, and re-

‘joiced in the out-lawing of “Pitts-
‘bnrg Plus.” _
Resolutions for the attention of;

congress laid down the policy. it th

.and an _ Enocutfie-

Bureau regarding taxation, transpor-
tation and Muscle ,Shoals, endorsed
the 18th amendment and t 9 Vol-
stead Act, truth-in-fabrics, ruth-in‘
fruit-juice and standard container
bills, present immigration laws, area
plan of bovine tuberculosis eradica-
tion, and opposed increases ‘in parcel
post rates and transferring any of
the functions of the United States
Department of Agriculture to any
other branch of the government, urg-
ing licensing of commission men
dealing in unmanufacturer food pro-
ducts in carload lots and demanded
opportunity for unhampered develop-
ment of co-ops. The resolution on
the last subject was as follows: “Ro—
solved that we are opposed to any
measure which will create a dupli-
cation of machinery for aid in man'-
keting farm products or which win
tend toward a paternalistic control
of farmers’ organizations, and we de-
mand the right for a free, unhamp-
ered development of co—operativ‘e
marketing."

The delegates elected the following
Board. of Directors: Directors at
Large—M. B. McPherson, Lowell;
Mrs. Edith M. Wagar, Carleton; W.
W. Billings, Davison; E. C. McCarty,
Bad Axe; Verold F. Gormely, Newl-
berry; and J. G.» Boyle, Buchanan.
Directors representing affiliated com—
modity exchanges—Fred Smith, Elk
Rapids, Michigan Potato Growers Ex-
change; M. L. Noon, Jackson, Mich,-
igan Milk Pro’ducers’ Ass’n; J. H.

O’Mealey. Hudson. Michigan Live
Stock Exchange; George McCall...
Ypsilanti, Michigan -Elevator Er

change; and M. Dr ,Buskirk, Paw
Paw, Michigan Fruit Growers, Inc.
The newly elected Board of D!-
rectors met‘ and organized by re-
electing M. L. Noon,=‘president;’ ll.
B. McPherson». vice-president; C. L.
Brody, secretaryatt‘ea’surers-man

  

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An Alfalfa. Experiment

ENTION was made in a former
M article of a friend who last
year sowed alfalfa in three dif-
ferent ways, to test which was most
successful. Lack of space in that

issue and the one following has pre- 1

vented me from
writing more of
his experiments
until now.

This man has
never used lime
as his farm does
not seem to need
it. -He uses no
commercial fer-
tilizer, but con-
siderable barn-
yard manure.
Some years ago
he gave up com—
'mon alfalfa, as it
I I was more or less
liable to heave and winterkill, the
first winter; so all his seeding last
year was of the Grimm variety.

The seed was the same in all three
plots, and was certified. The field
was potato ground and was not plow~
ed. Plot number one he fitted early
and sowed one bushel of barley to
the acre. The alfalfa seed was in—
oculated with culture he secured
from the M. A. C. He sowed the al—
falfa immediately after sowing the
barley, being careful not to get it
too deep. On this plot he has some
alfalfa, but it is quite scattering and
small.

Plot number two was fitted by
weekly harrowings, about two inches
deep, from early spring until about
June 20th. The same amount of al—
falfa was sown as in plot one, only
the seed on this plot was not inocu—
lated, and was sown alone. This plot
shows a very poor stand, and the al—
falfa is not of good color.

The third plot was fitted and sown
the same as number two, but this
seed was inoculated the same as in
plot one. This last plotsis as nearly
perfect as one can get. It is thick,
tall, (if good color, and what roots!
He has proven that alfalfa does not
desire companionship with a so-called
nurse crop, but'does enjoy the com—
pany of myriads of nitrogen forming
bacteria which the culture inocula—
tion provides.

This friend says, “If you pay
around thirty dollars a bushel for al-
falfa seed, you cannot afford to give
chance.” However he admits it is
not impossible to once in a while get
a good stand of alfalfa when sowu
with oats, barley, or even wheat, but
hebelieves it is a' misfortune when
a 'good stand is secured by such
methods, because for one successful
seeding obtained thereby, there are
several failures; and, if by chance a
good stand is secured by such prac—
tice, one will naturally try it again
and again and may have to try it sev—
eral times before a successful seed—
ing is again obtained. “If you’ve got
to have a barley crop, sow barley,
and if you really want a field of al—
falfa, sow alfalfa, and sow it “with—
out a nurse crop to rob it.” I believe
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* * *

Another Culture Test

The successful use of nitrogen cul—
ture mentioned above reminds me
of what a field man of the Natural
Research Bureau told me two years
ago. He visited Broadseope Farm
numerous times during the summer,
while conducting a sulphur test on

' some of our soils to determine its ef-

feet on potatoes, etc.

On one of his visits here, we were
talking about culture, and he said
that while on a motor trip in Central
Michigan 3. little while before, he no‘
ti-ced a most wonderful field of 3.1-
falfa on the north side of the road,
while directly opposite was a field of
very poor alfalfa. Being at once in—
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and a young man across the way
owned the good field. He said both
fields were equal in fertility, had
been plowed the same time, seed-
ed the same, and to the same kind
of seed, “but”, he hesitated, “that
young fellow inoculated his seed
with some culture he got of the M. A.
C. I didn't use any on my seed be-
cause I thought it was pretty near
nonsense, but, mister, I’ve changed
my mind. Fifty cents worth of cul*
ture made him a. Wonderful crop, and
for fifty cents  lost mine. Next year
believe me, m‘try his way.”
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Alfalfa and Orchard Grass

Several years ago we seeded a
piece of alfalfa and sowed about
eight quarts of orchard grass to the
acre with it. This proved to be the
finest hay we ever had. Orchard
grass is like timothy in as much as
it grows only from seed and does not
run and become matted like June
grass, blue grass, quack grass, etc.
It grows only in stools, and if not
pastured or out too closely will live
for years. It withstands June grass,
and is not easily crowded out by it.

‘ However it is quickly killed by plow-

ing. It will grow most anywhere
and shade does not seem to be ob-
jectionable to it. Maybe that- is why
it is called orchard grass. It makes
large crops, and dry weather is no
great barfiier to its growth, although
it is a s allow rooted plant. It
makes very good pasture, but is not
considered of much value as a hay
crop growing too quickly in the
spring and becoming too rank and
fibrous if not out very early. These
objectionable qualities are the very
ones which make it valuable in an
alfalfa field. Growing in alfalfa it
has a partner much to its liking.
The alfalfa is just as quick to,start
in the spring, and must be out very
early.

At this time the orchard grass will
have slender leaves standing erect,
and nearly as high as the alfalfa.
These fine leaves are a great help in
curing alfalfa, as they dry quickly.
and will not shatter when dry, thus
helping to absorb the moisture from
the alfalfa. The alfalfa and orchard
grass hay is superior to plain alfalfa
hay for most stock feeding. Orchard
grass will not run out alfalfa, and
will keep June grass from crowding
in. Cut early when alfalfa is, it will
start at once and continue to do so,
and every cutting will contain some
of it. It is somewhat slow in start—
ing and does not make much growth
the first year, being very much like
timothy in this respect. It has a
very light chaffy seed, and if I re-
member correctly a quart W'eighs
only about seven ounces.

Many seem to be sowing timothy
with alfalfa, but timothy istoo slow
in growth early in the spring for a
companion of alfalfa and recovers
too slowly after cutting to keep pace
with it—tlie later cuttings of alfalfa
containing little, if any, timpthy.

(So after trying this and that We
have decided to sow orchard grass
with the Grimm this year, and if our
former experience can be duplicated,
we shall be very grateful.

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(‘ommunity.——By Kenyon L. Butterfield,
A. M., LL. D., President of the Michigan
Agricultural College. This book contains
the Fondren Lectures for 1923, delivered
before the School of Technology of the
Southern Methodist University. .It is a
constructive hand book of modern methods
in rural church efficiency. The book con-
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chapters under the following headings:
The Need of a. Christian Program, Chap- ,
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LAW AGAINST HUNTING
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We Would like to know if there is
any law on hunting on Sunday in the
State of Michigan.—A. S., Manitou
Beach, Mich.

HERE have been passed acts
making it unlawful for a person
to hunt on Sunday on lands or

premises of another in the counties
of Oakland. Livingston, Sanilac and
in several tOWnships of the counties
of Wayne and Macomb, Without the
consent of the'owner of the premises.
This appears to be the only law on
the subject.——Clare Retan, Deputy
Attorney General.

UNABhE TO GET TITLE
’ TO CAR ,. '

I bought from a company trading
in a Ford car and paid them one hun-
dred thirty-five dollars in cash and
two dollars for making out the title
last October. I have a receipt for all
the money I paid them but have
never received my title. I went to
see them and they told me they
would do all they could for me but I
told them I wanted my money back
or the title. I do not think they can
get the title. Kindly advise—V. V..
Sanford, Mich.

F they cannot furnish you with a
title to the car you purchased of
them, I am of the opinion you
could sue and get your money back.
-——Legal Editor.

INMATES AT STATE HOSPITAL
FOR INSANE

I would like information on who
pays for the inmates at the State
Hospital for the Insane—A. J. S.,
New Era, Michigan.

HIS matter is provided for under
terms of Act No. 151 of the
Public Acts of 1923. A private

patient is one kept and maintained
without expense to the state. This is
also true of voluntary patients.
Public patients are kept and main—
tained at the expense of the state ex—
cept when the public patient is pos-
sessed of an estate, or has relatives
who are legally liable for his support
and who are able to contribute there-
to, when his estate, or his relatives
may, upon a proper petition present-
ed in the probate court, he ordered
to contribute towards the expense of
maintenance. The county of which
the public patient is a resident, is
charged for the first year’s mainten-
ance—Harry Sweeny, Public Admin-
istrator, Attorney General’s Dept.

\VHO MUST PAY DAMAGES?

Last spring I rented a pasture for
twelve head of young stock and paid
fifty dollars cash. The pasture was
located about ten miles from my
home and contained six hundred
acres of wild land, well fenced and
with plenty of good feed. About No—
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his automobile drove into the bunch
of cattle and damaged his car and he
came tome for seventy—five dollars
damages, but r«I refused to pay same.
He has sent me a letter since. Kind-
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Honor, Mich. v

F the driver of the car was guilty
I of any negligence. I am of the
opinion he would not be able to
collect damages from the owner of
the cattle. It is principally a question
of fact depending on the circumstané
ass, and I would advise you tometain
a lawyer to defend you in case he
sues for damages—Legal Editor.

MUST UNDERTAKER‘ BE /
HIRED? \

Where a person dies, of no catch-
ing disease, and the cemetery is close
by, does that person have to be em~
balmed? Or do they have to have an
undertaker to wash them and lay
them out? Or does the law of Mich—
igan compel the' folks to get an un-
dertaker and embalm the dead body
against the 'dead persons wishes?—
Mrs. T. H., Cedar Springs, Michigan.

S a matter of protection to public
1 health it is customary that an

undertaker be secured in every
case where a death has occured.
HOWever, there is a proviso in the
law which says that any person can
prepare a dead human body for burl-
al as long as he does not act in the
capacity of an undertaker or em-
balmer. This, of course. should only
apply in ordinary cases and not in
cases of dangerous communicable
disease—F. J. Pienta, Director, Bu-
reau of Embalmers, Michigan De-
partment of Health.

DOG TAX

Should the dog tax money go into
the county contingency fund?—-B: F.

CT 339 of the Public Acts of
1919 provides that this fund
shall go into the general county

fund. The Act referred to is the so-
called dog law—Clare Retan, Depu-
ty Attorney General.

LANDLORD SHOI'LD PAY
TVVO-THIRDS

I am working a place for a third
and I supposed that the landlord was
to pay two—thirds of all threshing
bills and he says I have to pay all of
the corn shredding bill. Would I
have to or not? Doesn’t that go in
with grain threshing, or is it manual
labor? Can I make him pay his two—
thirds of it?——M. B., Sterling, Mich.

ACHINE work hired such as

threshing, shredding, etc. are

farm expenses, which are divid-
ed in same proportion between land—
lord and tenant as income. In this
case the landlord should stand two-
thirds of such expense unless other—
wise agreed upon—T. T. Riddell.
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KEEP COURT FREE FROM
POLITICS

EAR EDITORz—It is of vital Im—

portance to the farmers and all

citizens of Michigan that our
Supreme Court be kept free from
political and executive domination.
The present Governor of this state
who has'encroached on the Legis-
lative branch is now engaged in an
effort to control the Judicial. His
state machine is seeking to compass
the defeat of Chief Justice McDon—
ald and Justice George». M. Clark for
several reasons. The foremost rea-
son is that decisions have been ren—
dered during the past year contrary
to the ideas of the Governor and the
State 'Administrative Board.
the most offensive decision Was in the
case of the Board of Agriculture
against the State Administrative

.Bpard. Justice McDonald wrote the“

opinion.- I have examined this and as
a lawyer do not hesitate to pronbunce
it rounded on constitutiow,fgrp§hd'
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not 100k with any favor on the un-
seating of Justices of the Supreme
Court because they decided that the
constitutionally created Board of
Agriculture can not have its preroga-
tories curtailed by a creature of the
Legislature, at the bidding of the
Governor.

The politicians who are linked up
with the present politically operated
administration of our state, should
not be allowed to control the County
Convention which on February 25th
nominates the Justices of the Sup—
reme Court—F. W. Newton, Sagi-
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. acquaint the reader with natural

 elements and the impossiblity
offlohtroying them butvwe must take
into consideration the fact that we
can move them from one place to
another, thus making it possible for
man to govern to a certain extent
the growth of his crops.

. The first element to be taken in-
to consideration in the growth of
a plant is Nitrogenw—this may be
termed‘the keystone on which crops
are built and an element in _which
most of our soils are lacking and for-
tunately the one element that any
farmer can enrich himself in with—
out going away from his farm to do
it; by the way, it is an element which
is thoughtlessly wasted by nearly
eVery one of us, and also the most
costly when bought outright in the
form of commercial fertilizer. '

It is the element which forces the
growth of a plant and is noticed the
most, by the dark green color and
thrifty look in the plant structure.
01‘ the total- dry matter of certain
legumes it comprises percentages as
follows; Alfalfa 50%, clover—Red
Mammoth and Alsike—fi35 to 37%,
Vetch 35%, cow peas and soy beans
7 to 10% and if the soil is sweet
enough so that the nodule forming
bacteria are present these plants ex—
tract in some cases as much as 65%
from the air and in case the nodule
forming bacteria is not present, these
plants take all their nitrogen from
the soil and in a case like this they
are not much better from a soil
building standpoint than a crop of
corn, oats, timothy or wheat.

Nitrogen is more susceptible to
leaking and evaporation than any of
the other elements with which we
have to contend on the farm. When
you see a pile of horse manure smok—
ing on a warm day that smoke is
nothing more than nitrogen escaping
in the form of ammonia gas, also
when you see the browu water run—
ning down hill from a manure pile
after a rain you also see a nitrogen
loss through leakage.

Let me call attention to the fact
that this leaking of the barnyard
manure on nearly every farm is the
biggest preventable waste on any
farm. It is estimated of afl' the crops
fed on the farm over one-half of
their‘fertilizing value is lost.

3 Let me also call attention to this
fact, that the crops sold from the
farm, all the elements are lost to the
farm on which they were raised. This
fact is the cause of the condition that
exists on land that has been farmed
as grain farms, raising from five to

' ten bushels of wheat where formerly
it raised twenty to thirty.

The next element of which we are

- in need is Phosphorus. This element
is needed in maturing'crops and in
making the grain plump and heavy.
It also assists plants in making a
rank growth, though not to the ex-
tent of nitrogen. There is only one
way to get this element back on a
farm when once taken off and that
is to buy it in some form; in a well
balanced soil it should have a ratio
of one of phosphorus to three of ni—
trogen or even a greater ratio than
this. The commercial phosphorus is
available to the farmer from the fol-
lowing sources: Raw rock phosphate,
acid phosphate, basic slag from the
mines and ground bone. Acid phos-
phate and ground bone being the
more quickly available to plants
than the others of the group. This
element is the cheapest of any of
the elements to buy and we cannot

get it back on the farm unless 'We do -

buy it.

The next element to be taken into
consideration is Potasium 0r Potash.
This also must be bought when need-
ed but most upland soils .are pretty
well supplied with it in Michigan, but
in many cases an addition of a little
available potashddoes wonders on a
clever or grain crop. The. marsh and
muck lands are avery low in this ele-

ment and great results are’obtained ,

by its application on low land soils,

and fsometimes it is the diflerence

between success and failure.

I. elicit! commercial forms are German
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‘ Text: “Inasmuch as ye did it unto one
of these my brethren, even these least,
ye did it unto me.” mMatt. 25:40.

“ HE Vision of Sir Launfal"
many will recall with delight
because of having nursed in

their own hearts the sympathetic im-
agery of the poem. The “maiden
knight” goes forth, noble and strong,
in search of the Holy Grail. Legend
says this sacred cup of the Last Sup-
per was lost, and if found would be
himself. iSir Launfal, well mounted.
sets out on his mission with all the
ardor and chivalry of a gallant young
manhood. Just outside the castle
gate there crouched a leper “who
begged with hand and moaned as he
sat.” In loathing, the knight cast
the beggar a coin and hurried on in
quest of the sacred treasure.

“The leper raised not the gold from the
dust,
Better to me the poor man’s crust.”

The young knight braves bleak
mountains, arid deserts, and fierce
storms, in his far-away quest, until
aged and gray, he leaves his vain
search to return homeward in worn—
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tion of all, ate with them and thus
hastened the hour of .His Cross. And
now hear Him: “When .thou makest
a dinner * * * * call not thy friends
or rich neighbors. But bid the poor
* * '* * and thou shalt be blessed.”
When? Where? Well, sometime
and somewhere. But why not have
this blessing now?‘ This is “Thy
kingdom come and thy will be done
on earth.” "Blessed is he that shall
eat bread in the Kingdom of God."
Of course, this way has its Calvary,
but it ends in the resurrection glory.

Now again, the Christ is exalting
down-trodden womanhood. In a
Western city, I walked into the lee-'3
ture room of a new culture society,
so-called. I listened a while. The
Bible is a myth and Jesus never egr-
isted. And there sat a lot of women
bowing down 'to such grotesque non-
sense. Strange thai the One who has
done so much to glorify womanhood,
must be reproached in this pathetic
way. The women of Jesus’ day were
used as playthings and drudges. So-
ciety gave them a standing much be-
low men. Ha-rd m-eii divorced them
at will. “But did not Moses allow
this,” they said. But Jesus said that
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REV. lVARNIER RETURNS

HE sermon on this page indicates a return to my former ministry

among you; I do this in a real, but humble, delight.

preacher is fortunate in knowing what folks need, rather more

Do my sermons meet your need, or not? And-I

hope you will feel disposed to inquire freely about any spiritual prob-
lems you may have in the ways of life—Rev. David R. ‘Varncr.

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cold, gray morning, there cowers be—
side him the gruesome leper, “lank
as a rain—blanched bone.” “For
Christ’s sweet sake Lbeg. an aims”.
the leper said. “I behold in thee an
image of Him who died on the tree,”
said Sir Launfal. And he

“Parted in twain his single crust,

Broke the ice on the streamlet's brink,

And gave to the leper to eat and to
drink.”

“The Holy Supper is kept indeed,

in whatso we share with anothcr's need;

Not what we give, but what we share

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Himself, his hungering neighbor, and me."

Sixty generations ago, in an age of
rudeness and oppression, The Gal—
lant Galilean sets out in defense of
the weak, the poor, and the diseased.
Let us contemplate Him for a little
While as he travels afoot over the
hills and through the dales of old
Judea. He hears of a reform move—
ment going on down by the Jordan.
Soon he is there and is witnessing the
induction service. He, also, asks to
be baptized by John. But why re-
ceive this baptism of repentance?
He is sinless. It seems unnecessary.
John said that it was. He might be

misunderstood. But no matter. Men
needed to repent. He must show
them the way. This movement,

started by the Baptist, must be glor-
ified by the Sinless One, who would
identify himself intimately and sym—
pathetically with the causes of the
common people- who Were ready and
longing for deliverance from per—
sonal and social sins. How like the
heart of Jesus!

Now, he is helping the suffering.
There were few agencies in those
days given over to the soothing of
pain and physical distress. Jesus
had pity and the healing touch, The
shrieks of the demon possessed found
his ears. The ostracised leper found
sympathy in his heart and help in
his hand. No, the church folks did
not understand. But, no difference.
The social chasm must be bridged
that human suffering might be alle—
viated. I

Now, we find Him interested in
those who were outcast by the or-

ganized ' religion of the day. The
preachers and pious folks called
them “publicans and sinners". They

were "dangerous and demoralizing.
Good church members kept their
distance for the sake of their repu-
tation. But Jesus: to the consterna—

him. , He .~

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brutal. The law of ideal marriage
does not allow this. You cannot di-
vorce your wife at every personal
whim. This would destroy God’s in-
tention for a solid social structure.
You twain as one flesh until death
parts you. What great need that the
Master’s voice be made authoritative
for today!

There is Jesus in conversation
with the outcast woman at Jacob's
well. What moral courage! Again
he is in the center of a group of’
adulteress into his midst. ‘She had
been the victim of the lecherous
male. The church law said that she
must be stoned to death. But what
would this New Rabbi say? Surely,
here is a sure trap, they thought.
But the trap sprung upon themselves.
Says Jesus, "He that has not commit-
ted this same sin may do the ston—
ing.” No stones were cast. The
cowards are gone. We need to look
long and sympathetically at this pic-
ture. Jesus is yet in the world to
give, even the woman of the street.
the help of a human heart and a hu-
man hand.

Would you have an ideal picture
of human kindness? Of course you
remember about the man that was
going from Jerusalem to Jericho.
You remember how the preacher and
the deacon “passed by on the other
side.” And then you remember how
the unchurched Samaritan came up
and helped the robbed and bruised
man. A lovely picture of the human
touch. And why did Jesus paint it?
So that we might pass it on. The re-
ligion of \Samaritanism would be a
fine thing to possess before we brag
about our Christianity.

“Have you had a kindness shown?

Pass it on;

"l‘was not given for these alone,

Pass it on;

Let it travel down the years,
Let it wipe another’s tears,

Till in heaven the deed appears—-
Pass it on."

“Go and do thou likewise," said
Jesus to .the selfish critic. Many of
my readers will recall that this spirit
of neighborliness was at the very
core of the social life of the commun-

ity when they were felling trees,

homes in the clearings. ‘Now, David
Grayson- had af “little farm well-
tilled, a little wife well-willed, anda
little home well-filled, But, life
grew so. narrow and drab that one-
dayhe wondered whether he possess— _
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«out 'to visit his neighbors and to
show. them and himselfv'i'hlow. the:
roadway of a humdrum life can be
made into ‘fThe Friendly Road”.
Why net try/this simple departure,
brother farmer? Someone is calling
for you now just over the hill.

God sent himself in human form
and with human hand, into this
world to touch it into new and
brotherly living. Now, we have had
our Example and have given his
spirit, so that your hands and mine,
'the hands of a common humanity,‘
might do his work of love. “Inas-
much as. ye did it unto one of these
my brethern, ~even these least ye
did it unto Me.”

'RADIO 

By J. Herbert FerrisL R. E.

M. 'A. 0. TO PUT ON SPECIAL
RADIO SCHOOL

E have been advised by J. B.

Hasselman, supervisor of pub-

lications, and announcer at
radio station WKAR, at the M. A. 0.,
plans to start a special agricultural
radio school, to be given from 7 to
8 o’clock, from Monday to Friday in-
clusive each week. These radio cour-
ses will include such subjects as
dairy production, poultry, farm
crops, gardening, live stock, and
other phases of agriculture. They
will adapt these programs to what
seems to be the demand from farm-
ers of the state. When the agricul-
tural series starts, they will postpone
their regular Monday and Friday ed-
ucational programs until 8 o’clock.
We will give you more details later.

SHARE YOUR \VEATHER
REPORTS

ANY of your neighbors have not
M receiving sets and so can.not
get the advantage of all the
good things you get every night, so
why not share with them the weather
reports?

How? Make a little bulletin board
out by the road, and every day when
you get the weather report, write it
down with the date, and then tack
it up on this board. Just put on it
the weather for your part of the
state. .

It will not be long before you will
see many neighbors as well as strang-
ers in front of that bulletin board
looking for the weather report. Try
it out, you’ll like it and so Will they.

RADIO PROGRABIS

Broadcast Tuesdays at 8:20 P. M. and
Thursdays at 7:30 P. M. from Westing—
house Radio Staiion KYW, Chicago, Ill.

February l7—“Farmers at School," by
C. L. Kutil, teacher of Vocational Agri-
culture, Antioch, Illinois. “Grain Market

Review,” by J. W. Coverdale, secretary-
treasurer, Grain Marketing; Company.
February 19—-“Grain Marketing and

the Club Boys and Girls,” by Gray Silver,
president Grain Marketing Company.

“Five New Facts About Corn," by Arthur
editor,

C. Page, Judd Illinois

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The Dunham Culti—Packer
shown above with the leverless
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saves moisture content. F ollow—
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plants to get a quick start, firmly
set in finely mulched soil. Use
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Tillage Tools combine these essentials — good work,
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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1925

Edited and Published by
THE RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, Inc.
GEORGE M. SLOGUM, President
Mt. Clemens, Mlohlgen
Detroit Ofl‘ce——818 Washington Boulevard Bldg., Cadillac 9440
Represented in New York, Chicago, St. Louis and Minneapolis by
The Stor-kman-lhisincss Farmer Trio.
Member of Agricultural Publishers Association
Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation:
Milan Grinnell Mnnnn‘l‘nfl Editor-
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0. J Wright and Crops Editor
J. Herbert Ferris Radio Editor
Charles A. Swingle... ’ ....I.ega.l Editor
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DO FARMERS WANT STATE POLICE?

NDOUBTEDLY what will develop into the liv-
U liest scrap at Lansing during the present

session will be the proposed bill to abolish
the uniformed division of the State Police.

Of course the first excuse given for this pro-
cedure is to reduce the cost of state operation
inasmuch as the department has been costing
upwards of $350,000 a year, requested over;
$800,000 for each of the two coming years, which
budget the administrative board cut to $460,000
but these figures included the estimated cost of
prohibition enforcement work in Wayne county,
while the figures fixed by the administrative board
does not include anything for special prohibition
work.

The value of the State Police to farmers is a
much debated question and one on which there
might as well be a frank discussion. If the State
Police are really the protectors of the farm home
they should be defended as such and if they are
of little consequence to the rural residents then
it is high time that this excuse for their existence
be abolished.

Labor leaders point out that the uniformed
“cossacks” who dash madly up and down our
roads belted with cartridges and with revolvers
hanging in wild western fashion at each hip arc
in fact supported only for the protection of strike
breakers and to terrorize union labor.

We are going to open the columns of THE
BUSINESS FARMER to a complete discussion of the
State Police problem as it affects the farmers in
this state. We are not concerned in the least
as to their value as prohibition agents or for the
protection of strike breakers. We want to know
whether the farmers of Michigan are willing to
support the State Police to the tune of $460,000
a year. If you want them we will help you hold
them and even increase their numbers it they are
of genuine benefit. But let us hear from you!

DON’T CHANGE THE NAME

HOEVER is responsible for the proposal to
a; change the name of the Michigan Agricul-

tural College to the Michigan State College
certainly cannot look to the men and women who
make their living from agriculture in Michigan
for support.

In our last issue we asked our readers to indi—
cate on a referendum coupon whether or not they
were in favor of changing the name, and up to
the day that this is written out of several hundred
replies which we have received not one single
reply has indicated that they favored the change.
From where then comes this demand for the
change in name of an institution with such an
honorable career behind it?

Who can help us chase this nigger out of the
wood pile? Who wants the name of The Michi-
gan Agricultural College changed? What are the
advantages in the change of the name? Why
should the name be broadened to include every-
thing that one naturally expects to find at the
University of Michigan? '

There is no college Or university in the United
States with more tradition behind it than the
Michigan Agricultural College and if it has been
allowed to devote more of its time than it should
to branches of industry entirely foreign to-agri-
,culture, then the farm leaders, the farm organi-_

.2. rum ‘

zations, the farm press and'~the farmers their: _4

of purpose-hetero ft "let/00111838." , ’  

That the farmers of Michigan- are not: inffavor" "<1. ,_ . ‘
‘tWa‘,el'",w cm": I; I w r _ , , ,. , . . ~
and the secretary ‘ot‘cemmerc‘e, and the  v
others. including a. r‘chairn'ian to 'be appointed by; ‘
the President, to be nominated by the federally »
registered co-operative marketing organizations"-

of a. change in namevis indicated by» reports at

meeting and their letters received daily.” 1 .
‘ the Ingham County Pomona

For instance, ‘
Grange met January slst and report that “After
a somewhat, lengthy discussion it almost unani-
mously dopted a resolution in favor of'no change
in the nam‘e of the Michigan Agricultural College.
The name stands as a memorial to the first in—
stitution of its kind in the-world and the wisdom
of its founders and the men who gave their best
years to make it what it is now. Also to. the
honor of the men and women who have<been
trained there for some of the big jobs. of world’s
work which they have done and are doing so well.
Just a few of the many reasons for no change."

Then Theodore Bengel"of FoWler says, “I agree
with the statement in your last week's editorial
where you say “The Michigan Agricultural Col-
lege should be a school for teaching agriculture
in its various branches. The university and Other
colleges offer splendid opportunities for other
branches of study and our old M. A. C. should be
left intact, even its name. The farmers have
shown more interest in their college during the
last five years than ever before. Leave well
enough alone." ..

We sincerely believe that with the united ef—
orts of the farm organizations in the support of
,our movement, THE BUSINESS FARMEB can squelch
the matter until it has been given ample public-
ity and full discussion and we do not hesitate‘to
take credit for bringing to light an attempt to
slide through a change which at best is unpopular
and in our opinion, a. sacrilege to a sacred name.

If this matter has not already been voted on in
your Grange, Farm Bureau or Gleaner meetings
please bring it up and let us have a report of the
votes as taken. It is also an excellent subject for
debate and we will appreciate any ideas that our
readers may have on it.

 

MARKETING LA W

O—OPERATIVE marketing legislation was
urged upon Congress for consideration at
the present session in a report presented to

President Coolidge the latter pan of January by
the President’s agricultural conference.

The President promptly asked that the machin-
ery set in motion to enact the proposed legis-
lation if possible before March lth. The Presi-
dent’s agricultural conference also advocated
adoption by Congress of the long pending resolu-
tion directing the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion to readjust freight rates with a view to re-

lieving farm products of a disproportionate share '

of transportation costs.

Under the resolution the interstate Commerce
Commission is directed in view of the condition
of agriculture to make such lawful changes in
the rate structure as will promote the freedom
of movement of farm products, including live-
stock, at the lowest possible lawful rates com-
patible with the maintenance of adequate trans-
portation service. A

The President’s conference in its report ap—
proved adequate tarii‘l’ protection for farm pro-
ducts, but deferred specific‘recommendations for
presentation when the next Congress takes up
general tariff revision.

The conference also approved the truth in fab—
rics bill providing for compulsory branding of
percentages of virgin ,wool, shoddy cotton and
silk contained in woven fabrics.

Recommendations in the recent report dealing
with the emergency situation in the live stock
industry were renewed and elaborated upon.

The conference presented a detailed plan for
co-operative marketing legislation patterned

 

EDITOR. THE BUSINESS FARMER,
Mt. Clemens, Mich.

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in favor of abolishing the uniformed con-
stabulary of the Michigan State Police.

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AND THEN WHAT?

N article in one of the current.isshes of a na-
tional farm publication tries to defend ten-
ant farming as against the operation yof

farms by their owners.

Obviously we will grant that if the owner is
not as good a farmer as the tenant that it is much
preferable to have the tenant than the owner. but
our experience would not lead us to believe that
this is, in the majority of cases, the way it works
out.

So far, the tenant farming problem has not be-
come as acute in Michigan as in some nearby
states where the number of tenanted farms sur-
passes the number of farms operated by their
owners. .

Unquestionably many good farmers find it
necessary to rent a farm or to operate one on
shares before they are able to purchase one and
if they do succeed as tenants they become the best
class of farm owners and operators, but where
the trend of conditions points to more tenants
than owners we cannot feel other than alarmed
at the situation. 7

The plodding tenant farmer is not in a much
better position than the European peasant and
surely any one who has seen conditions on the
other side would not want it repeated in the
United States. ‘ ‘

The same article goes on to say, “Better that
60 per cent of our farms should be operated by
intelligent. high grade tenant farmers than that
90 per cent should be’farmed by owners who are
shiftless and unprogressive,” but we seriously
challenge the statement that 90 per cent of the
farms of this country are owned by shiftless and
unprogressive farmers. If that is what this
writer tried to convey he is certainly not familiar
with conditions that exist in at least the state we
know best. If he will reverse his figures and say
that ten per cent of the farms are farmed by
sliiftless and unprogressive farmers, we might
agree with him.

We cannot acquiesce to any plan which would
change the ownership method of farming in
America and we shall continue to do all in
our power to keep the farms of, at least the State
we love best. in the hands of the men and women
who have been reared on these fertile acres and
who feel that pride which only comes with owner—
ship, as they survey from their homes, the pro-
duct of their energy and foresight.

We have. full sympathy for; and an earnest de-
sire to help the tenant farmer; but not to keep
him satisfied! We want to help him arrive at that
point where he can proudly say, “I am the owner
of his farm!” And nothing short of that can
s..tisfy us. '

CHICK HATCHERIES GROW IN OTTAWA

TTAWA county which has become known as
O the leading poultry section in the country
numbers close to 100 hatcheries and the
chicks from these hatcheries are sent annually
to hundreds of places in the United States. Hol-
land and vicinity are represented by 47 hatcheries
and the chicks dispatched by parcel post from the
Holland postoflice approximate several million an—
nually. It is estimated the total shipments from
the county annually exceed 5,000,000 chicks.
Ottawa lists among its hatcheries some of the
largest and finest in the country. Many hatch-
erics Were started on a small scple, but these have
grown to meet the demand. The chick season
is now on in full blast and indications are it will
be the largest on record. ‘\

 

FARMER A “CROSS-WORD PUZZLE"

“ HE farmer is the cross-word puzzlh of Ameri-
T can business”, declared John M. Kelly.
dairyman of Baraboo, Wis, in his Farmers'
Week address. He recommended that fennel/s
organize, centralize, merchandise and advertise
and deplored the fact that manufacturers" sub-
stitutes for dairy‘ products have “stolen the
thunder” of the farmers by Capitalizing the health
and beautiful-girl ideas'in- their advertising} 
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THE CATTLE SWINDLER

HE BUSINESS FARMER has car—
ried announcements from J. C.
Hays, Secretary of the Michigan

' Holstein Association warning against
a cattle swindler going by the name
of H. C. Helms.

Hays writes us that on two oc-
casions recently he has received news
from victims of this smooth worker.
In each case the swindled breeder
saw the printed warning the evening
of the same day that the rascal made
his touch!

The last word of this crook’s work
comes from a. farmer at Girard, Illi-
nois. Helms, using the name of L.
E. Cox, worked a new variety of his
favorite scheme, which is to buy cat-
tle‘with a bogus check, then get the

_ 'victim to endorse a check for him for

his personal needs. He offers iden—
tification in the shape of letters of
credit and telegrams from some
southern bank. These credentials are
Helms moves on leaving
his victim with some worthless paper
and without some real cash.

“Let’s get ahead of this fellow in-
stead of a few hours behind him,"
writes Hays. “If we keep up our
warnings so that more breeders are
posted he will soon tackle some farm—
er who will be on to his scheme,
Then his prospective victim can have
him arrested by local police, pending
serving of warrants by any one of six
men 'whom he jointly robbed of over
$2000.

So look out for a cattle buyer an—
swering this description: six feet tall,
medium build, weight about 170—190,
hiar light brown, eyes blue. Gold
teeth—believed to be eye teeth.
Wears a. watch charm of pearl fash—
ioned. as a cows head. Has or affects
a decided southern accent. Has used

" the name H. C. Helms, or L. E. Cox.

Have him arrested and wire collect
to the sheriff at Corunna or Grand
Rapids, Mich., to the sheriff at Hag
gerstown, Maryland, to the sheriff at
Springfield, 111., to the chief of police
at Waterloo, Iowa, or to J. G. Hays,
East Lansing, \Mich.

SECURITY OIL COLIPANY OF
LOUISIANA

In 1920 I bought fifty shares of the
capital stock of the Security Oil Com-
pany of Louisiana, incorporated un-
der the laws of Colorado, at par price
of $1.00 per share. I have never re—
ceived any interest or heard from the
company. Do you know if the stock
has any value?”

E have investigated the stock of

' the Security Oil Company of

Louisiana and find that it is
worth between 20 and 30 cents a.
share. It is not to be wondered at
that you have not received any divi-
dends from your investment.

‘ LEAVE THEM ALONE

“Will you kindly inform me as to
the reliability of the firm whose let-
How thank—
ful I am that I have your paper to go
to when I am perplexed. Your paper
is fine and I don’t believe we will
ever be without it.”

HAVE little faith in these work-

at—home schemes where the cus-

tomer is obliged to make a de-
posit in order to get the work.

I have found Jn the majority of
these cases that the company was out
alter the initial payment only and
the outfit sent to: the subscriber cost
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payment and then the subscriber was
unsuccessful in getting any work to
do for the company.

The letter you received is not a
personal letter but a printed one and
has been.sent to perhaps thousands
of people in every state in the Union.
If it was sent to only a thousand
people and half of them accepted
their proposition this would be five
hundred dollars and the material
sent out to these poeple would cost
the company twenty—five dollars but.
I doubt if it would total that much.

ANSWERING AN AUTO KNI’I'I‘ER

INQUIRY

E cannot advise you as to the

reliability of the Steber Mach-

ine Knitting Company of Utica,

New York, but we have learned con—

siderable about knitting machines for
home use.

There are several companies that
market machines for knitting socks,
and it seems they are rather difficult
to operate, as at least 50% of our
subscribers have difficulty in learn-
ing the operation of these machines.
Some of them'have failed to master
the details so that they could success—
fully knit a sock that would be ac-
cepted by the company, while others
have been successful and highly
pleased with the machine and the
company.

It would be impossible for them to
guarantee the purchase of all the
wool socks for five years that you
could make because the company
might go bankrupt within a year,
and if they went bankrupt of course
it would be impossible to force them
to purchase your output.

Write the company asking them
for names and addresses of some of
their Michigan customers, then write
to these people asking about the
company. This is the best way to
find out about them.

GETTING POSITION 'AS MAIL
CARRIER

“I would like to get a position as
mail carrier. What must I do? Can
the International Correspondence
School help me get a job? Is this a
good school?”

HE way you can get a position
as mail carrier or mail clerk is
to pass the Civil Service examin-

ation about which your postmaster
can give you full information.

We believe the International Cor-
respondence School of Scranton,
Pennsylvania to be a good school, but
of course they cannot get you a pos-
ition with the Government. All they
can do is to give you the proper
training and it is up to you whether
you can pass the examination or not.

RAISING RABBITS
“We have been looking at an ad—

vertisement about rabbits. Would
you kindly let us know if this com-
pany is all right? The address is:
Stahl’s Outdoor Enterprise Company,
Holmes Park, Missouri. This .com—
pany agrees to sell you rabbits. Then
they say they will buy back all-the
stock that one raises. We would like
to know if this is a safe company or
if it is a fraud.”

"WE have never had any com-
plaints against the Stahl’s Out—
door Enterprise Company of

Holmes Park, Missouri and have ne-

ver had occasion to investigate the

company but we are rather skeptical

We know of one concern that oper-
ated in New York seemingly along
the same lines and they were finally
brought into court charged with us-
ing the mails to defraud the people.
Since then we have been skeptical of
such schemes.

If Stahl’s Outdoor Enterprise Com-
pany of Holmes Park, Missouri, is re-
liable they should be able to furnish
you with complete names and ad-
dresses of different people through?-
out the country who have purchased
rabbits from them and are in turn

back to them—and we would advise
thatyou write to them requesting a
list of people outside of Missouri so
that you can write to them regarding
with the company. If

seand do not furnish you

   

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“ S that his name? He told me it was
' Judah.” .
“Yes—Judah ‘Wassaquam. He’s a.

They're very religious there, most of the.
Indians at the foot of the lake; and
many of them have a. Biblical name which
they use for a first name and use their
Indian name for the last one.”

“He called me ‘Alan’ and my father
lBen', H

“The Indians almost always call people
by their first names.”

 said that he had always served
‘Ben’ his coffee that way before he got
up, and so he had supposed he was to do
the same by me; and also that, long ago,
he used to be a deck hand on one of my
father’s ships.”

“Yes; when Uncle Benny began to op—
crate ships of his own, many of the ships
on the lakes had Indians among the deck
hands; some had all Indians for crews
and white men only for officers. Wassa-
quam was on the first freighter Uncle
Benny ever owned a. share in; afterwards
he came here to Chicago with Uncle
Benny. He’s been looking after Uncle
Benny all alone now for more than ten
years—and he’s very much devoted to him.
and fully trustworthy; and besides that,
he’s a wonderful cook; but I’ve wondered
sometimes whether Uncle Benny wasn’t
the only city man in the world who had
an Indian body servant.”

“You know a good deal about Indians.”

“A little about lake Indians, the Chip—
pewas and Pottawatomies in northern
Michigan."

“Recollection’s a funny thing,” Alan
said, after considering a moment. This
morning, after seeing Judah and talking
to him—-—-or rather hearing him talk——
somehow a story got running in my head.
I can’t make out exactly what it was——
about a lot of animals on a. raft; and
there was some one with them—I don’t
know who; I can’t fit any name to him;
but he had a name.”

Constance bent forward quickly.
the name Michabou?” she asked.

He returned her look, surprised. “That‘s
it; how did you know?”

“I think I know the story; and VVassa—
quam would have known it too, I think,
if you’d ask him; but probably he would
have thought it impious to tell it, because
he and his people are great Christians
now. Michabou is one of the names for
Manitou. What else do you remember of
the story.” ‘

“Not much, I’m afraid—just sort of
scenes here and there; 'but I can remem—
ber the beginning now that you have
given me the name: ‘In the beginning of
all things there was only water and Mich—
nbou was floating on the raft with all the
animals.’ Michabou, it seemed, wanted the
land brought up so that men and animals
could live on it, and he asked one of the
animals to go down and bring it"up~—"

“The beaver,” Constance supplied.

“\Vas the Beaver the first one? The
beaver dived and stayed down a long
time, so long that when he came up he
was breathless and completely exhausted,
but he had not been able to reach the
bottom. Then Michabou sent rlorvn~—"

“’ he otter."

And stayed down much longer than the
beaver, and when he came up at last,
they dragged him on to the l‘lft quite
senseless; but he hadn’t been able to
reach the bottom either. So the animals
and MiChabou himself were ready to give
it up but then the little muskrat spoke
up—am I right? Was this the inuskrat ?"

“Yes.”

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“He dived and he stayed down, the
little muskrat,” Constance continued.
“longer than the beaver and the otter
both together. Michabou and the animals
waited all day for him to come up, and
they watched all through the night; so
then they knew he must be dead. And,
sure enough, they came after a. While
across the body floating on the water
and apparently lifeless. They dragged
him onto the raft and found that his
little paws were all tight shut. They
forced open three of the paws and found
nothing in them, but when they opened
the last one, they found one grain of
sand tightly clutched in it. The little
muskrat had done it; he’d reached the
bottom! And out of that one grain of
sand, Michabou made the world.”

“That’s it,” he said. “Now what is it?”

“The Indian story of creation—or one
of them.”

“Not a story of the plain Indian surely."

“No; of the Indians who live about the,
lakes and so got the idea that everything
was water in the first place—the Indians
who live on the islands and peninsulas.
That’s how I came to know it.”

“I thought that must be it,” Alan said.
His hand trembled a little as he lifted
his coffee to his lips.

Constance too flushed a little with ex—
citement; it was a surprisingly close and
intimate thing to have explored with an—
other back into the concealments of his
first child conS'ciousncss, to have aided an-
other in the sensitive task of revealing
himself to himself. This which she had
helped to bring back to him must have
been one of the first stories told him; he
had been a very little boy, when he had
been taken to Kansas, away from where-
hc heard this story the lakes.

She was a little nervous also from
watching the time as told by the tiny
watch on her wrist. Henry’s train from
Duluth must be in now; and he had not
yet called her, as had been his custom
recently, as soon as he returned to town
after a trip. But, in a minute, a servant
entered to inform her that Mr. Spearman
wished to speak to her. She excused her-
self to Alan and hurried out. Henry was
calling her from the railroad station and,
he said, from a most particularly stuffy
booth and, besides having a poor con-
noction, there was any amount of noise
about him; but he was very anxious to
see Constance as soon as possible. Could
she be in town that morning and have
luncheon with him? Yes; she was going
down-town very soon and, after luncheon,
he could come home with her if he wished.
He certainly did wish, but he couldn't
tell yet what he might have to do in the
afternoon, but please would she save the
evening for him. She promised and
started to tell him about Alan, then re-
collected that Henry was going to see
1101‘ father immediately at the office.

Alan was standing, waiting for her,
when she returned to the breakfast room.

“Ready to go down-town?” she asked.

"Vthncvcr you are.”

“I’ll be ready in a. minute. I’m plan-
ning’ to drive; are you afraid?”

He smiled in his pleasant way as he
glanced over her; she had become con-
scious 'of saying that sort of thing to
tempt the smile. “Oh, I’ll take the risk.”

CHAPTER VII
The Deed in Trust

Her little gasoline-driven car—delicate
as though a jeweler had made it—was
waiting for them under the canopy beside
the house, when they went out. She de-
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and the“ sunshine (had ri~become almost
warm, though the breeze was sharp and

cold. As the car rolled down the drive, .

and he turned for a. long look past her
toward the lake, she watched his expres-
swn.’ » ’

It’s like a great shuttle, the ice there,"
she commented, “a monster shuttle nearly
three hundred miles long. All winter it
moves back 'and forth across" the lake,
from east to west and from west to east
as the winds change, blocking each shore
half the time and forcing the winter
boats to fight it always.”

“The gulls go opposite to it, I suppose,
sticking to open water.”

The gulls? That depends upon the
weather. 'Sea-gull, sea-gull,’ ” she quoted,
“ ‘sit on the sand; It’s never fair weather
when you’re on the land.’ ”

Alan started a little. “What was that?”
he asked. '

(Continued in Feb. 28th issue.)
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GETTING ’ROUND A CHICKEN
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EAR EDITOR:——'Today one of
the neighboars says to me, Well
are you going to the chicken

pie supper which the women are hav-
ing at the church tonight. Well, I
answered back, Ma and all the knives
and forks will be at the church, and
if I don’t go there will be just me
and bread and milk and some pre-
serves at home. Even if there was
plenty of grub it would have to be
something I could eat with a spoon
or by hand. /

And besides that, I wouldn’t be liv-
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farmer if I neglected a chanct to get
for 35c chicken pie to the amount of
750 or'a $1, and cream potatos, cur-
rent jelly, home made dill pickles,
angle food cake and ice cream
thrown 'in too boot, not counting a
paper plate and being waited on by
the prettiest girls in Michigan, even
if their hair is barbered like an idle
from King Tuts tomb.

Will, he says, when a lot of pious,
hard-working women and lofty mind-
ed girls, includin‘g your own wife
which is and always was too good for
you, go to all that work to earn
enough money to put down a new
carpet where. your heels were but
your knees should have been, it dont
come well from you to be little there
efiorts with so much sourcasm.

Now hold on, says I, you do me a
rank in justice if you think I aint
religus just because my knees aint
so limber as yours. For some three
years now I been living mostly
by faith, carrying on in hope, and
no ways to proud to make use of
charity anywheres near home, wheth-
er it begins there or not. And if a
chicken pie supper aint charity its at
least a bargain sale with values big—
ger than advertised.

The first church work I ever did
as a small child,was catching three
or four hens and dig a peck of spuds
which my mother had been allowed
to give to the church supper because
they didn’t cost farmers anything.
Another favorite contribution which
didn’t cost anything was a 5 1b roll
of butter and a gallon of cream.
The town women done their part too
chipping in a pound of coffee, a
clean apron and the lone of a cut
glass vace for some flours.

The chicken pie supper is a round
about way of getting a little some-
thing from a man who—laint got
enough common decency to fork over
his share of the cost of running the
thing which is the fountain head of
what we call our glorious American
institutions, and which spills over
and soaks into the unohurched
enough to make passable neighbors
of them: By the watering of his
mouth such a man gives 35c to the
church and a $1 to the heathen.

Where does the $1 for the heathen
come in, he asks. And I told him the
$1 going to the heathen is the vic-
tuals which gives him troublelin
reaching his shoe strings after ‘he
gets home. Well, says he, huffy like,
don’t you believe in church suppers.

And I said, which is a. fact, that as
a business proposition church sup-
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but as a way to make the unregener-
ate and back sliders'rattle the church
door knob there aint nothing like it
ever been invented. . r _

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have a motto, colors and a pin?”
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Slst and all declared “Yes!” So
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up to us to choose a motto, colors and
what we are to have on the pin.

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as the name of the club because it
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motto shall be, the colors we are to
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a regular contest so that you will be
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to be on our pin, and you may enter
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in a motto that is chosen as the one”

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one of our beautiful, and handy,
leatherette rpencil cases containing
pencils and pen. First and second in
the other classes will receive dupli-
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motto, so you have a chance of win-
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cash. And all who enter the contest
will receive one of our pins as soon
as they are made.

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paper, give your complete name and
address on each sheet, state your age,
and remember the contest closes
February 28th, at noon. Any letters
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Dear Uncle Nedz—This is about the

‘ fifth time I have written the Children's

Hour, and think I may still have another
chance to write. I am a. farmer boy four-
teen years old and am in the eighth grade
at school. I weigh about 100 pounds
and am four feet eight inches tall, have
brown eyes and hair. For pets I have a
dog and two cats and have great times
with them.

Will some of the members write to me?
I will answer all letters.

I will mention the color of the pins,
name of the club and the motto I think
would probably satisfactory. Here goes!

The Motto—It’s the song you sing and
the smile you wear to see bright faces
everywhere. The name—«The Young
Workers Cub. The color of the pins—
Blue and Gold. Hoping theSe are satis—
factory, I remain, Your nephew,——Stanley
Rescoe, Alabaster, Michigan, Box 16.

Dear Uncle Nedz—In the letter I wrote
you a short time ago I asked you what
the 'color, motto, etc., of the “Children’s
Hour” was. I did not know that the“
“Children‘s Hour” did not have these.
You asked if we wanted a motto, colors,
pins, etc. 'I for one will say yes. When
you have the contest I’ll try and send
in my choice of colors, etc. I am sorry
the M. B. F. does not come every week.

Say, Uncle Ned, can we elect a president
and vice president? I think that would
be nice, don’t you? You could pick out
about six of the most active boys and
girls of the Children‘s Hour and the boys
and girls could send in their votes by let-
ters. I think every club should have a
president and vice president. Don’t you?
I think the Children’s Hour is a club and
I think that if you had a contest in THE
BUSINESS FARMERI and gave prizes to
those who sent in the correct answers,
that would be interesting. Say, why not
have a. correspondence scramble and that
way the boys and girls would get a. few
correspondents.

Uncle Ned, did you ever hear any more
from Albert Smith? I wrote him a. letter.

I just thought of another suggestion.
Could you not start a fund? By this I
mean have the boys and girls who can.
send in a nickel, dime or whatever they
can and keep that up and after a. while

you would have quite a little bit of money. .

With this money you could help some
poor children or something. i ‘

I hope “this letter does not go to the
waste basket and I also hope the Chil—
dren’s Hour has a motto, name, etc. I
remain, Your friend, Reginald Hodges
Route 2, Wyandotte, Michigan.

Dear Uncle Nedz—I could not disre-
gard your invitation to come again, and
so here I am.

Now in" regard to the
Frey'ts.  be wonderful In: sure."
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is also good. Let‘s have the contest soon.
I’ll bet that you will have a. hard time
picking out the winners, Uncle Ned. ‘-

Well'i‘t seems to be the ancient custom
to describe one’s self, but I don't thin ‘
my description would be flattering. Any-
way I have two eyes, one n0se and on
month just the same as any other norma
human being. There! How's that?

It is a. cold night tonight, but all i
warm and cozy, inside. I ambusy writ
ing a. book review for the semester exams,
which start next week. The subject I
have chosen is “The Golden Snare”. b
James Oliver Curwood. I suppose that
you have read it. Curwood is Michigan’
onn author. We are going to have a
sleighride and surprise party on Wednes
day night. We will have a. good tim
I’m sure.

Tomorrow morning we will all see t
eclipse of the sun, providing we get
in time. It will be a wonderful Sig.
This is the first and last time .that u
will see it, so the papers say.

We are going to take up Genera
Science instead of Physical Geography il-
school. I‘m hoping that it’s as interestin:
as it sounds.

\How is everyone getting along solvin'.
these crossword puzzles? I can solvr
some, but others are very difficult. I
will, certainly be a relief when they g
out of style, won‘t it? But maybe they’l‘
stick like bobbed hair. Well, I will close
with best wishes to all, I remain, Eve!
your friend—Lillian Kent, Omer, Mich.

 
    

 
  

          

  

    
 
 
 

     
  
   

   
   
  

  
 
  

     
   
 
  

  
  
 
 
 
 
 

     
    
   
    
 
  

  
   
   

     
    

 
 

       
    
   
 
 
 
 
  
  
  

    
   
  
    
       
 
    
      
    
   
   
  
  
  
 
   
    
    
  
   
  
  
   
  
 
    

 

Dear Uncle Nedz—I guess Mr. Wast
Basket must have gotten my other lette
as I did not see it in the M. B. F. I will
try and make my letter as interesting as
I can. I think it is nice to have the
Childrens Hour. I will describe myself
I am five feet tall, weight eighty-fit
pounds, dark brown hair, dark eyes at.
dark complexion. I am eleven years 0
and in the sixth grade. I live on a 90
acre farm one-quarted miles from schoc
two miles and a half from a. little to“
called Marion which I will describe.

Marion has four churches, school, dr
store, two hardware stores, three barbt
shops, postoi'fice, two groceries, dry goo«
store, clothing store, two general \store
elevator, four cream stations. creamer_
auto sales garage, two meat market
harness and repair shop, saw mill, gri'
mill, pickle station. bakery, hotel, t\
doctors, five halls, state bank,"jai1, 1.
flowing wells (Marion is noted for‘ tl
best water in the state), state par
extra good race track, the Middle Bran!
river runs through the heart of the ci
a. good trout stream, large lumber yar
stock shipping association for the farmei
good ball team and a. good band. M
ion’s population is about 800. The M—
goes through Marion, giving them a go-
paved street.

For pets I have a dog, cats, and rabbit
I can embroider and crochet a, littlt
We drove our car the day before Chris
mas. The weather has been very col
but it is warmer now. The snow is qui
deep in the roads. I have no brother
nor sisters. I will be glad to have an
boys or girls write to me. A want-tr
be niece—Miss Gaile Price, R1, Mario
Michigan.

    
 
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
   
 
  
  
 
    
  
 
 
  
   
  
   
   
  
  
   
   

A man had twenty sick (six) shee
and one died; how many were left?—-1

What is that which everybody has set
but will never see again?—-Yesterday.

Which is the best day for making
pancake?———Friday. ,

Which is the smallest bridge 'in t
world ?—-—-The bridge of your nose. '

What four letters would frighten
thief?-—:O I C U.

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,oul’ture,_ 7
Huston. Thompson, Chairman of the
Federal Trade Commission, who gave
the results othis observation in most
of the countries of Europe.

Mr. Thompson stated that his job
as chairman of the Federal Trade
, Commission was to keep the channels
of trade .0 and to prevent any ob-
struction of ‘usiness. He stated that
Europe is fully as much concerned
with organizations for cooperative
buying as (or cooperative marketing.
One of the‘ first obstacles which the
buying co—ops. have encountered is
that regular channels for purchasing
have been closed to them. In other
words they have not given equal
privileges with other lines of bus-
mess.

Attractive Exhibits

Visitors at the M. A. C. Farmers’
Week always spend considerable'time
at the various exhibits which illus-
trate practically every line of the
farming industry. These exhibits
are always attractive and interesting
and,,furthermore, convey much in-
formation. It is said that a person
remembers a large part of things
which they see and so, on that basis,
the exhibits form a very important
part of Farmers' Week.

The college library is now housed
in the splendid new structure, com-
pleted last year and so several rooms
in the old library building were used
to house three exhibits. In the
basement was the potato show. A
person had only to see that exhibit

to realize how attractive potatoes can?

be when properly selected and dis-
played. The various classes in the
potato show included exhibits from
individual growers, from junior pota-
to clubs, and from counties. In the
the latter class Otsego county won
first place and also sweepstakes.

The main floors of the old library
building were o'ccupied by the horti-
cultural exhibit. Although cramped
for room, the exhibit was made very
attractive by skillful arrangement
and tasteful decoration. The cham-
pion of the State Apple Show, J. Rus-
sell Braman, was a prominent winner
with his apple displays.

The upper floor was used for the
grain and farm crops display. The
large number of entries in this ex—
hibit, and the quality of. products,
were a striking testimonial of the ef-
ficient work for better crops being
done by the Michigan Crop Improve—
ment Association.

The incubator building of the col-
lege poultry plant housed the first
Michigan Egg Show. This was a

striking demonstration of grading

eggs and will probably 1:0 made a
permanent feature of Farmers’ Week.

The college armory was crowded
with the dairy display. This con-
sisted mainly of manufacturers'
booths and the wares displayed at—
tracted the attention of the dairy-
men, especially those engaged in the
manufacture of ice cream and butter.

Exhibits of barn and house con-
struction, farm water supply, light—
ing plants, engines and tractors, marl
digging machinery, and other farm
equipment made up the display from
the Agricultural Engineering depart—
ment, located in the basement of the
Agricultural building.

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Prize winning horses, cattle, sheep, '

and hogs Were shown in the different
college barns: Of special interest to
the visitors were the animals which
gained national honors through win-
ning at the International Livestock
Exposition. Nearly every visitor was
intent on seeing Pervenche, the Bel—
gian mare which has won, three
times, the title of Grand Champion
Belgian Mare at the International.
As a means of illustrating “the
other lines of work offered at the
college the engineering department
had a special exhibit in their build-
ng.
Women's Work is Featured
The Homemaker’s Section is the
portion of the Farmers’ Week pro—
gram which is devoted to the women
and their work. A large number of
ladies were in attendance at these
meetings and expressed themselves
as being delighted with the material
presented. A Home Economics ex-
hibitiwas also held in the new Home
Economics building. ' '
Big Parade Prominent Feature
The Farmers' Week parade, wheres,
. n, thecollege passes in review be-
'~1 ' ' tors; was held on Thurs-
. ~ _ ith. idea her ‘the
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reputation as the “Safety Tire.”

 

Here are the facts

The quality—service giving quality—of Riverside Cords,
and the big saving in price, have made Ward’s the
largest retailers of tires in the world! We sell from
5,000 to 6,000 tires a day to men just like yourself. Many
of them to men who have used Riverside Cords for years.

“Built-in Quality

“ Quality First.” Look at the tire. The big heavy blocks
of live rubber in the center, the extra thick side studs
and the husky ribs give long mileage. They grab the wet
roads and help prevent skidding. Riversides have a na-
tional reputation for quality. To this we have added a

h ‘ You cannot buy a better tire than 3.
Riverside Cord. So why pay more?

That is what thousands of customers fell us. For quality,
length of service, for protection against skidding, for size
and strong construction, Riverside Cords equal tires even
at one-third higher cost. Then why pay an extra price?

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"I have 4 Riverside Tires on
my car. They have given
me better service than any
other tire I'have ever used,
and I have used 7 different
kinds." Rev. Willis R. Booth,

Henryvillc, Ind.

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“ Two Riverside Tires and
heavy duty tubes have worn
out two sets of more expensive

tires used on the otlicr side of \ 
the same car. I recommend ‘  " /
everyone to use Riversides.” “M, ‘ p. /

W. R. Hays, Nashville, Tenn.

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53 -Year Old Guarantee

In buying 3 Riverside Cord tire or tube
you are dealing with a company that for
53 years has backed every sale with an
absolute guarantee. You take no risk.
And besides, you have the experience
of hundreds of thousands of users of
Riverside Tires. ,.

You pay for service in a tire. When
8 Riverside Cord is guaranteed to give
you full 10,000 miles service, why pay
more? You cannot get greater value by
paying more.

 

“ I have had Riverside
Tires on my car for 4
months and never had
any air put in or any tire
trouble and they show no
wear." Fred Bascnbcrg,
Cullman, Ala.

The Oldest Mail Order House is Today the Most Progressive

Chicago Kansas Citv

____St. Paul

Portland, Ore.

 

 

The more you
let Fels v Naptha
work for you, the
less work you’ll
have to do your;
self. Naptha and
splendid soap
combined—that’s

Fels—Naptha

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Stopped in a day

Hill's steps a cold in 24 hours, and Grippe
in 3 days. Your druggist guarantees it.

It combine: in the utmost way all the
essentials in dealing with a oold—ooldchccks,
laxatives and tonics. ’

Millions now employ it. In 25 years no
way has been found to improve it.

_ Don‘t take chances, don‘t delay. Insist on
' getting the bestcold treatment men ha ' '6. yet

developed. And start now. Every hour
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Read these Points

Just what you have wanted

No oiling worries when you use the John Deere
Type E. Fill up the fuel tank, fill the oil reservoir
———and forget all about oiling until the fuel tank is
empty. No grease cups to fill—no sight-feed oiler
to watch—every important operating part is auto~
matically oiled within the dust-proof, oil-tight case

on this new engine.

The family engine—your
wife, your daughters or your boys,
as well as yourself, can use the
Type E to save time and take the
drudgery out of dozens of jobs.
There are no exposed gears~~no ex—
tending shafts «110 places on which
clothing can be caught. Easy to
start; nothing that requires watch—
ing; clean to work around.

The simple, long-lived
engine—no intricate parts—prac-

Get well acquainted with this new

dealer. Write us for tree folder.
Ask for folder nw- ma

engine—now. See
Address John Deere.

tically no adjustments to make.

‘ Important wearing parts are hard-

cncd to resist wear——will run for
years without repair expense.

Burns gas with real economy.
Operates at all speeds without vi—
bration because all running parts
are accurately balanced. Remov-
ing two covers makes all parts ac-
ccssible.

Sizes: 1% H.P. and 3 H.P., with
skids or mounted on portable truck.

ur John Deere
oline, Illinois.

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‘ \When couples get an ‘

‘ Of everybody’s fiance,

 

swims: nons Sun SEE IN HIM?”

' '3 ' By Anna:  "

"‘What does she see in him?"

 
 

“What does she see in him?”
He’s just an ordinary lad,

‘ He’s not “too good, and not 'too bad-—

He’s not a saint, and not a. cad!
“What does she see in him?”

\Vhen anybody falls in love,
“What does she see in him?”
“What can the girl be thinking of?”
“\Vhat does she see in him?”
He isn’t handsome, isn’t tall;
He’s much too big, he’s much too small.
He’d never suit 'me, girls at all!
“What does she see in him?”

And other women’s husbands! Gee!
“What does she see in him?” '
He never would appeal to me.
“What does she see in him l"
He’s much too thin; he’s much too wide.
His type's the kind I can’t abide.
How can she be so satisfied? '
“What does she see in him?”

(Copyright, 1924.)

 

QUILTS — OLD AND NEW

REN’T we all romantic enough

to drift back, in fancy, with our

grandmothers when they tell
stories of the days that were dear to
them? Days of the spinning wheel,
weaving and quilting. They all be;
long to the same period tho all have
been discontinued but the quilt. It
has survived—is even more popular
today than for the past fifty years.
The return of the four—poster and
period furniture creates a demand
for old patchwork quilts for there is
nothingthat will substitute a quilt
in an old time bed room—nothing
that will lend the bit of old time
charm like patchwork.

We all love them, don’t we, but
why shouldn’t we when they are so
homey and attractive? I have seen
many that were real works of art——
some it must have taken months to
complete, so tiny are the stitches and
so complicated the designs. While
these beautiful covers were bemg
quilted many warm friendships were
formed for the quilting bee played an
important part in the social life of
the pionper women.

\Vond'erful patterns were created
and scraps exchanged—in those days
not many scraps were wasted. Bright
red, green and orange were common-
ly used and have faded into the soft—
er shades in the-quilts that have been
handed down to this generation, but
the stitches remain. Once in a wlnle
we find a small quilt made for the
trundle bed, that matches the larger
one. ‘

These heirlooms are of more than
ordinary interest because of their
personal association romance, his—
tory, often hardship and I thlnk
sometimes, politics were woven into
the stitches. How puzzling it must
have been to supply names for the
hundreds of patterns, while some are
suggestive many are so far fetched
they tax the imagination but we
could not do half as well so give
them all the credit due. Namesbt
political parties have their place with
those of the roses and tulips which
are so popular.

On one of my jaunts last sum—
mer I visited a real treasure house.
A quaint little cottage home down in
Indiana with an old fashioned garden
hemmed in by a picket fence. It
looks the true home of a quilt lover.
Nineteen quilts were brought from
their resting places—some pieced
years ago—some recently top my
hostess still pieces and quilts during
the winter, says she loves them and
her work shows it. The quilting IS
exquisite. '

If you have an old quilt hidden
away bring it out and use it for your
bedroom is not complete without one.
If you do not have one why not re-
produce one? We have so many at-
tractive old patterns that are easy to
make and the fast color ginghams
which can be procured are lovely to
Work with so the work is quite fas-
cinating. The quilt has come to stay

 

’ ———it matters not what style bed you

have you~ must have at least one—
old or reproduced.

The Dutch Rose or Unknown Star
as it is sometimes called, is a good
old pattern and one of the favorites
with the early quilters but this is not
surprising for it is a striking deSIgn
made in one color with white or two
colors with white. Alternate the
eight'diamonds that form the center
dark and light or plain and figured

-,;naterial—ethe., eight with the sharp

points in the next .row.,' dark and the

,rest light. the squares white; : {pi-nee;

ates, ‘é‘aari 7’? "'

 

 

 

dentist once every two yea-rs.
If youhave a youngster of
that age compare the above
statements with the facts in
your case.

 

 

 

.  Edited by MRS. ANNIE TAYLOR

EAR FOLKS: Some time ago, I read an article on the daily habits

of the average American child at the age of eleven years and I
know certain facts in this article, based on the findings of a; survey

of 86 cities of 40,000 to 70,000 people, will interest you... For instance
the child gees to bed at four minutes of nine. . He gets up at five min-
utes of seven, having had ten hours and nine minutes of sleep. He
eats a substantial breakfast of cereal, bread and butter and an egg.
During the day he drinks 1.4 glasses of milk. In seven days he takes
one bath. He brushes his teeth five days out of seven and goes to the

Ea 75' .,

Address letters: Mrs. Annle Taylor, care The Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens. Michigan.

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with white blocks marked for feather
wreath quilting. The border of plain
white between will make a pleasing
finish.

Nearly one hundred years ago in
the state of Ohio a wonderfully pret-
ty quilt was made with the Pilot’s
wheel and an old floral design but
the Pilot’s wheel alone makes a good
simple pattern. The circle in soft
green, the fans or leaves in Pink and
yellow or pink and green.

For those who prefer the applique
designs there is none more effective
than the Wild Rose. The red and

yellow roses or roses all one color-

with the green leaves and stems—the
centers of the roses done in French
knots instead of prints, will give a
new idea. Join the blocks solid to
form a vine continuously over the
bed. Two by two and one half yards
is large enough for the ordinary
quilt.

In cutting blocks for pieced or ap-
plique quilts it is best to cut a card
board pattern and lay on the ma.
terial to draw around then draw the
required number of pieces before
starting to cut. This will insure more
perfect patches also warn if there IS a
shortage of material. I think per—
haps we have all had .Some experi—
ence in trying to match colors.

The exact amount cannot be given
for there are different ways to join
and a variety of borders. The best
way to determine the amount requir-
ed for a quilt is to take the number
of square inches required for each
color in one block and multiply it
by the number of blocks, allowing
for the border.—Carlie Sexton.

(Editor’s Notez—I can supply you with
patterns of the quilt blocks shown with
article for 20c each. Address your orders:
Mrs. Annie Taylor, THE BUSINESS
FARM‘ER, Mt. Clemens, Michigan.)

(“N MEATS NO‘V FOR SUDIMER

ANY a farm housewife has long-
M ed for a supply of fresh meat

to give variety to the menu in .

the summer. Fresh meat is expen—
sive to buy in small quantities the
year round and many farm homes
are situated considerable distance
from a butcher shop.

The discovery of the canning pro—
cess for meats has solved this, pro—
blem for the farmer’s Wife. Now, by
killing in the winter when the pos-
sibility of spoilage is small, a supply
can be canned for summer use that
will be ready to serve at a moment’s
notice. Too many homemakers
think that the best way to can meat
is to put it into the cans raw and pro—
cess it the required length of time.
The only product that can possibly
result from this method is “boiled
meat”. A better way, according to
home economics extension specialists
at South Dakota :State College, is to
consider first What you want to serve
when the cans are opened, for the
product taken from the cans will be
no better than what you put into

them. Prepare the meat as you want
to serve it for the table. Cook it
about twosthirds done. Add the
gravy when you open the can for
serving later on. There is so much
fresh meat at the time of butchering,'
it is a good plan to can the choicest
and consume immediately that which
is harder to can.

The hot water bath is not the most
satifactory method for canning
meats. The steam pressure cooker
gives better results and there. is less
chance of spoilage. Here are the
steps in the hot water bath method
of canning meats:

Place a wash boiler with tight fit-
ting cover on the stove, with suffi—
cient water to cover the jars one or
two inches. Have the water boiling
and provide an extra supply of hot
water to use for filling up the “boiler
as the water evaporates. Use either
a wooden rack, a metal rack or in-
dividual jar holders for keeping the
jars off the bottom of the boiler.
Lower the jars into the boiler as they

- are filled, topped and ready to pro-

cess. Put on the boiler cover so that
it fits as steam tight as possible and
keep water boiling continuously dur—
ing the processing period. Begin to
count time when water starts to boil.
Seal the jars immediately, invert to
cool, if possible, and store in a cool
place.

The best results are obtained in
canning meats with the steam pres-
sure cooker because a higher temper-
ature can be secured than with the
water bath. The ten quart capacity
cooker will hold three one quart jars
or two one quart and one two quart
jars. Larger cookers may be pur-
chased. The twelve quart is proba—
bly the right size for a family of five.

The procedure in canning meats
by the steam pressure cooker method
is as follows: Place the rack in the
bottom of the cooker and add water
to the top of the rack but do not cov-
er. Place the filled jars of meat as
they are ready for processing on the
rack in the cooker. When the cook-
er is filled, screw the cover into po-
sition, fastening the opposite clamps
until the cover is tight. Close the
safety valve and see that the ex—
haust is open to allow the escape of
the cold air until the steam begins to
appear. Close exhaust and begin to
count time when the hand on the
dial indicates the desired tempera—
ture and pressure. _

Hold a uniform pressure until the
end of the processing period. When
using an oil stove it is necessary to
turn the blaze down. When using a
cook stove, the steam pressure cook
er can be moved to the back or one
side and still maintain the required
pressure. The main point is to keep
the pressure regular. Changes in
pressure from 10 pounds to 15
pounds and back will efiect the pres-
sure on the inside of the jars so that
the juice may be drawn out.

Remove the steam pressure cook-

 

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in designs mentioned. Lott, Pilot’s Wheel, center, Dutch nose,
or Unknown Star; right, Wild Bole.  ' , .

  
  

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6.1: mm. {hearte- ,5, '
period i finished» -. Allow,

toatand. in: a cool mace- unopened;-

until the hand on the dial indicates
zero.” It may be necessary to Wait
three or four minutes‘after the cook-
er registers Zero before opening the
cooker. Don’t wait too long. Open
the exhaust gradually until all-of
the steam escapes and seal jars im-
mediately. V ‘ ‘

 

 

Personal Column

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Will You Help?——Dear Readerst—Our
editor has asked for help to make our
page better during 1925. How many are
responding and helping- her? She has
tried in every way to get you interested.

When she offers you slipper, quilt and
other patterns, do you enclose a stamp
for postage? It may seem a. small mat-
ter to you, but if she mails out one hun-
dred patterns would cost her $2.00 besides
envelopes and paper. We all have ideas
that would be helpful to others, why not
send them in? Our rural carriers are
very good and come to us every day,
why not try and help them too. When
mailing letters or packages and you have
no stamps on hand, put your pennies in
an old envelope, then he can easily get
them, instead of fumbling in the mail
box after them. Also get money order
blanks and have them all written up for
him, as his fingers get cold and numb

‘doing such work. He will appreciate it.

—Farmerette.

 

A Bachelor’s Idea of Buckwheat Pan~

Cakes.-——I saw in a recent issue of THE
BUSINEss FARMER a request for buck—
wheat cakes and it was answered by a
party telling how to make them with
baking powder. Now my idea there iS
the only way to make good ones you
must use yeast.

Dissolve yeast cake in warm water to
each cup of buckwheat flour use 1/) cup
of white flour add salt and one “spoon
Sugar. Let rise over night. Next mom—
mg add l/é cup skimmed milk to which
has been added. 1A., teaspoon soda. I use
all skimmed milk. Leave enough batter
to set for the next time. Keep batter in
cool place but not too cold. Don’t throw
out the old batter every week or so as
some do and start new, the older the
batter gets the better it is. I got this
reelpe out of THE BUSINESS FARMER two
years ago and believe me I have used it.
—J. W. M., Turner, Mich.

 

A Household Hint.—Cut the inner tubes
of automobile tires lengthwise and use
same for elastics or for elastic in the
top of bloomers. Sew the rubber strips
together as you would any kind of elas-
tic, using needle and thread—J. D:

 

A Household Hint.—-—In place of a piece
of pork for a, griddle greaser you will
find a chunk of tallow satisfactory as
there is less smoke from it.—-—Mrs. AIVa
P. Hakes.

 

 

—if you are well bred!

1

Introduction Taboo.—-1. Asking a lady
whether she has met a gentleman when
introducing him.

2. Saying: “Mr. Grey, I want you to
know Mrs. Coutant”; “Mr. Grey, let me
make you acquainted with Mr. Morton";
“Mr. Grey meet Mrs. Coutant"; "
Morton, shake hands with Mr. Grey.”

3. Asking the person to whom you
have been introduced what his or her
name (which you have not caught) may
be. A third person should be asked.

3. Employing the widely used but vul-
garian phrases of acknowledgment: “De-
lighted,” “Charmed,” ‘JHonored, I’m sure,”
“Pleased to meet (or the still ‘more
dreadful, “to know”) you".

5. Interrupting an interesting conver-
sation between two persons to introduce
a third.

6. Reminding a person to whom you
have been introduced and who has for-
gotten you, that you have already met.

7. Using the expression “My. friend” in
introducing one person to another. It
implies preference, which is ill-bred.

8. The carelessly and indistinctly ut-
tered introduction.

9. Introducing a departing visitor to
one who is arriving. 

10. Asking for letters of introduction:
they must always be offered.

flu—r

The Runner’s Bible

(Copyright by HoughtJMifl‘lin Co.)

How beautiful upon the mountain are
the feet of him that bringeth good things,
that publisheth peace, that bringeth good
tidings of good, that publish'eth salvation,
that saith unto Zion, Thy God rcignoth.
—-Isa. 52:7. ' -

 

 

Be sure that you carry happiness and '

glad tidings about with you-.- If in a
Solemn‘and serious manner you say to a.
man, "Let me prepare you to'ydie that you
may live after death," you will'hardly be
able _;to‘ get his. attention.- {But if. with
enthusiasm you tell .him thatyou, have
good .news for him, that it is possible for
h to hays perfect health,‘1to, be . pros-
p rous and happy here upon ' this/earth.
he _ will" eagerly listen for. every word.

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Victory, Cake.———1 .eup butter, 2 cups
sugar, 4 eggs, 1. cup milk, '3 cups flour, 2
heaping teaspoonfuls baking pow de r .
Flavor- with vanilla. Bake in three large
layers.‘ ~ , ‘
Cream Filling.——1 cup sugar, 1/3 cup
flour, 1,5 teaspoon salt, 2 eggs. Beat all
together then pour on gradually 2 cups
scalded milk. Cook- until thickened. stir-
‘ring constantly. Flavor. When cool put
between layers—H. W., Reese Mich.

 

Johnny Cake.—1 heaping tablespoon
butter or lard, 1,5 cup sugar, 3 egg yolks,
114 cuxps sweet milk, % cup corn meal,
2 cups pastry flour, 5 teaspoonfuls bak-
ing powder, 1 teaspoonful salt, 3 egg
whites, 'beaten dry. Cream the butter
and sugar, beat in the yolks, add the
milk, cornmeal, flour and 'baking powder
sifted. Then the whites of eggs. 'Bake
in well-greased pan about twenty-fiVe
minutes. Sometimes I use buttermilk or
scur milk instead of sweet milk. This
can be done by adding one-half teaspoon—
ful soda into the milk and omit the tea-
spoon of baking powder.—H. W., .Reese,
Michigan.

Layer Cake.———1 cup sugar, 2 eggs
beaten in a cup, add 10 teaspoonfuls melt—
ed butter, finish filling cup with sweet
milk, 1% cups flour, 2 teaspoonfuls bak-
ing .powder, seasoning to suit taste.
Bake in layers. This is always good.—
Mrs. Thomas Eddy.

Salmon Salad—Here is another experi—
ment I made which was a success. I keep
a few cans of salmon in my emergency
cupboard and here is a quick simple
way to transform a salmon into a salad.

Put three or four of yesterday's eggs
to boil as fresh ones do not peel easily.
Prepare a dressing this way. In a quart
basin mix thoroughly 2 teaspoons sugar,
1 level teaspoon ground mustard and 2
rounding teaspoons corn starch. Into
this stir 1 cup sweet cream of 1 cup
sweet milk and a lump of butter. Boil.
stirring well, until the right consistency.

Add 1 teaspoon salt and 1 tablespoon'

good vinegar. Open salmon, drain, re—
move bones, break—not flake—into small

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portions, empty into a "salad bowl, garn-
ishd with lettuce leaves~when possible.
Slice eggs .over. salmo’n and pour on- the
dressing. By flaking the ~ salmon and
mincing the eggs this makes a very palat-
able spread for sandwiches.-—-—B. O_. R,
Breckenridge, Michigan.

HOBIES‘PUN‘ YARN

Canned fruits—pineapple, pears, or
peaches—are excellent in salads.
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When meat is selected for real food and
vitamin value, the kidney, liver and
sweetbread end of the counter will be as
popular as the roast sections.
at it * it

“The improved acre must yield not only
corn but civilization, not only potatoes
but culture, not only wheat but effective
manhood.”——Kenyon L. Butterfield.

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Enjoy this fall’s apples next spring;
bulletin E 88 of the state college .of agri-
culture tells how to preserve them. A
Self-addressed post-card brings it.

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Every home should have a kitchen high
stool; a satisfactory one may be bought
for two or three dollars or made from a
child's high chair by removing the arms
and back.

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with many housewives siiiCe cooks have
(lecided that it isn’t necessary to bother
with soaking it in salt water and pressing
the juice before it is cooked.

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Aunt Ada's Axioms: Electricity in the
home will shorten any woman‘s day and
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F you nave something to exchange, we will

print It FREE under this heading providln :

First—it appeals to women and is a bonifi a

exchanges, no cash involved. Second—It will
go in three lines. Third—You are a paid-up
subscriber to The Business Farmer and attach
our address label from a recent issue to prove
t. Exchange ofiers will be numbered and in-
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No. 123.»~—Love_iy pert-rile. gingham, sateen and
and )lush quilt pieces to exchange for 'anytliing
menu—Mrs. Geo. Morgan, Vicksburg, Mich., R3.

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31. A Practical Popular Underwear Style.-——Batistc, cambi‘ic, satin, crepe, radium silk or crepe

9
de chine may be used for this model.

velvet or flannel, and worn under a tunic. The 1

-40; Large,
of 36 inch material.

4983. A St lish Desugn for “Stout” Figures.

crepe satin woud be ’suitublc for, this model. The .
42 , 44%. . . an 503/2 inches_ for corresponding ‘nusl: measure, 40,

52 and 54 inches, waist measure, 33, do, 3‘, 39
measure requires 4
collar, cut crossWise.

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' ’ntterii is cut in 4 Sizes: Small, 34-36; Medium,

42-44; Extra. Large, 46-48 inches bust iiiezisure. A Medium sizs requires 27;. yards
The \i'idth at the foot is 1% Yard.

FlllllC, broadcloth or satin as well as crepe and
‘ ' 1/

Pattern is cut in 8 Sizes: 36%, 38,2. 40%,
:3. «i4, 46, 48, 50

43, 4'5 and 47 inches. A 42 inch size bust

yardsof 40 inch material, with  yard of contrasting llliltel'llll for fucings and
The Width of the dress at the foot is 1% yard.

4950. A Pleasing §klrt Model.—-‘-;[:l.-il‘i‘lr)suiting,3 twill: or ('llzil‘llltiell would be attractive for this style.
, -i

The Battern is cut in 4 Sizes: 2'.) , ..., . ,
ing hip measure, 35, 3?, 39. 41,.43, 45 and 47
quires 3 ‘A yards of 40 inch material.

4974. A Pretty Blouse.—Faille, silk or satin,
pleasing for this model. ‘
Sizes: 34, . 40. 42 and 4

inch plain material. and 39 y of contrasting

,.. n and 3i inches waistnneusui‘c, with correspond-
. llll‘llt‘S. .
’l‘lie Width at the font is 21/: yards.

To innke the N'kll’t for n :19 lll(‘ll Size re-

with einbi'oidcry or contrasting inntci‘iail would be
is also good for crepe, crepe dc chine or linen. ’l‘hc l’alli-rn is cut in H
4 inches bust measure. A as inch size requires :4“. yards of 3::
material, if made. as illustrated in the large View.

ai'd
\Vitbout the long sleeve portions 31/4 yards of plain lilutei'inl is required.

unbleached muslin are
model. .
the. muslin.

te‘rial and 1% yard of
wide.

practical stylc is herc
made with or without,

The Pattern is cut' in
3 cars. A 4 your size.
quires 2 yards of 2 T

4978. A

3128 requires 21

5000. A New Dress

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4983. A Dainty Apron Frock.—(‘i'ctoiiiie and
combined in this pretty
One could use sateen or linen in place of
. It is also attractive in percnlc with
pipingsjn a contrasting color. _'l‘he I’attci'ii is cut;
in 4 Sizes: Small, 34—36; Medium, 38-40; Large,
42-44; Extra Large, 4648 inches bust mcasurc.
A Medium size requires 2’}. yards of figuredlma-
[)Llill nniteriul 36 iiiclivs
J

4979. “One Piece Rompers”——.\ wry simple
portrayed. It may In!
Sll'CVtES.
gingham ()l‘ li_ncn could he uscd for this model.

' _ llll'll material.
sleeves it requires {lily-11rd I
of contrasting material require 1.. yiii‘d.

Comfortable
weaves, flannel or serge us wcll as linen or chum-
bruy_iiiay he used for this style. The '
cut in 3 Sizes: 2, 4 and
A yards of

imnle as illustrated it will rcquirc 2 yards of "'

inch material and 1/2 yard of contrasting niutcrial
, for vestee, collar and cuffs.

for Mother’s GirI.—'l‘hi<
pretty" “frock” may Serve
frock if_dci'e_loped with short sleevcs, or with long
good school dress. Tin-
ll,r 8, .10 and 123 years.
2%; yards of 32 inch

l’iitterii is cut. in 4 Sizes:
A 10_ year Size requires
material if made With longr sleeves.

shown in the large View "1"

_ ,4 yards will he re—

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10,—Forolgn noblemen
12.—-Malo of sheep
14.——W¢mt fast
15.——8prlghtly
16.-—To row old
11.——Psrc ova
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22.——-Expert aeroplane operator in the war
24.—A reddish fish
25.——Unit for money
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23.-—Blll of fare

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ELEMENTS MOST NEEDED
IN MICHIGAN SOIL

(Continued from Page 11)

Fortunately God has_given us a very
large amount of this element in every
acre of our soil. It runs as high as
ten to thirty times as much as the
other elements but in most cases it
is locked up in such a way that it is
not always available for the use of
plants.

In the analysis of Michigan soil
we see the different types of soil run-
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Nitro— Phos— Pot—
1 acre of soil gen phorus ash
Prairie .......... ..4,000 1,000 30,000
Clay Loam .... ..&.000 1,500 35,000
Sand .............. ..l,500 1,000 25,000
Blow Sand .... ..1,000 1,000 2.500

This table gives the total amount
of the elements we are talking about
in an acre; how much of these are
available to plants depends on the
amount of humus, water and the cul—
tivation of these soils. We see that
the prairie and clay soils are the best
producers in nearly all cases because
they have the most plant food -in
them. 'If you want to ‘grow better
crops you must add to your food sup—
ply in your soil just as surely as you
must deposit funds in yOur bank if
you wish to draw on the account
from time to time. The question
now arises can one afford to take the
steps necessary to build up his soil
under the present economic condi—
"‘tions and the answer is yes for peo—
ple are doing it daily and making
good too, but one must know some-
thing of what must be done.

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crease the humus content of his soil
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have a very rich soil chemically but
on account of the lack of humus and
soil moisture he cannot make these
chemicals fit for plant use. One
must bear in mind that food for a

can use it.

In this article we have mentioned
three of the most important elements
in plant growth in which the farmer
must interest himself. Carbon, Mag-
nesium, Calcium, Iron, Sulphur and
the rest we do not need to worry
about on Michigan soils. In sum—
ming up this article let us remember
that nitrogen, phosphorus and potash
are the elements we must increase
and keep in balance it we are to bet-
ter the conditions of our farms. Also
the consuming public must be {edu-
cated to the point‘ that for every
bushel of wheat or anything else we
sell we are taking off and out of our
farm, potash, phosphorus, and nitro-
gen and it must be replaced if our
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We'arr‘ive; there is no oneto meet
us; ' We do not' know th'enames—‘otthe
hotel; 3We cannot phone our reception
committee for we do not know their
names; we are seven stranded Amer-
icans in an 'Amsterdam big .city.
There were porters in all the direc-
tions mentioned in the Charge of the
Light Brigade and each one was ex—
plaining it all. to us—bu‘t all in
Dutch.

"‘Well, boys, it looks like we're in
Dutch for sure”, said Colonel Cobb,
the leader of our party. We hunted
up the station master who knew the
beginnings of a few dozen words of

English.
“Americain, yea! Today. Yester—
day. Whole day. Tell me. Ameri-

cano go hotel. . Hotel Europe. Hol-
land man he say”-——-and several yards
more with every now and then a
word that we could identity. We
concluded that our reception com-
mittee had been meeting previous
~ station master to direct us to the
Hotel Europe. He pointed to the
street cars lined up in the street and
held up three fingers. Ah, car
number three, no doubt.
with our baggage. A dozen porters
dashed after us protesting mightily.
We waded through them and the
street car conductor delivered us a
wonderful oration in Dutch, refused
to let us board the car and pointed
vigorously at our baggage the while.
We couldn’t understand him but the
doctor said that he was telling us to
“get to Amsterdam out of here”, or
words to that effect. Again the p012
ters surged upon us, and then a
policeman came to the rescue. .

The policeman explained in fair
English that that street car would
take us right past the Hotel Europe
—pronounced with a fine large ac—
cent on the last syllable but, of
course, we could not ride on a street
car and carry our own suitcases!
“7e were always learning something
which everyone else knew and sup—
posed that we did too. Carrying a
suitcase on a street car in Holland is
one of the many things that is not
done—and why shouldn’t we know
it?

We finally learned that the hotel
was only a five minute walk from the
station anyway and so we picked out
a small detachment, of porters with
their pushcarts from the fleet that
had us bottled up, mowed away our
baggage on the carts and told the
porters to lead the way to the hotel.

‘A Push (‘zu-t Caravan

They certainly did lead out!
Whether these Flying Dutchmen
were simply going to Show us Amer-
icans, who have such a reputation for
always being in such a hurry, that
they were just as fast as we were or
whether they were trying to steal our
baggage and run away with it has
never been entirely settled in the
minds of our party, to this day. We
often discussed it later. I know that
I earned another stripe 0n the szlcevc
of my varsity track sweater in try—
ing to keep up with that push cart
caravan. Down the middle of the
street we went clattcring along over
those ro'und, uneven cobble stones
shouting encouragcments to each
other to keep in sight of the baggage
at any cost.

We made it! At the hotel door I
was detailed to buy the baggage back
from the porters. I had to pay them
for each piece-and then tip them for
each piece besides. The desk clerk
could speak good English; our rooms
had been reserved and he would
phone to our host that We had ar~
rived. A bite to eat, a shave, and a
clean collar are all that any man
needs to re—establish in his own mind
any feeling of personal satisfaction
with himself that may have been
temporarily dissipated. We indulged
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out the program for the next day
and called it a perfect day.

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man power push carts, and the
swarms of bicycles, and pedestrians
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Fever, Lost Appetite,
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I AIRY statistics show there is ap
proximately 23,000,000 ‘milb
cows on the 6,500,000‘farms of
this country. They also show the/
average yearly production of butter-
fat to be less than 160 pounds per
cow. The average annual yield of
milk per‘cow in the Netherlands is
in round numbers 8,000 pounds. In
the U n i t e d

age milk cow
produces about
4,000 pounds or
about one—half
of the yearly
production of
her sister coun—
try.

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Shiawassee County

Farmer. and more profi-
table produc-
tion. It is the opinion of some

dairy authorities that one—fifth of
the dairy cows of this country
could be marketed and within a per-
iod of one half score years under in-
telligent management the balance
bred and fed would produce sufficient
dairy products to meet all the imme—
diate needs of our rapidly increas—
ing population.

Improving the productive qualities
of the average dairy cow necessitates
intelligent selection, breeding and
feeding of dairy animals. Success is
unattainable without coherence to
the basic principles of profitable pro-
duction. So closely allied is good
breeding and proper feeding of milk
cows that either one without the oth-
er will not insure success.

My experience in the dairy business
covering more than twenty-five years
conclusively demonstrates to me that
good foundation stock is the first es-
sential to start improvement upon.
Improving the milk yielding power
of the average dairy cow is at best a
slow skillful intelligent undertaking
involving thorough study of the laws
of breeding, selection and feeding of
dairy cows.

It must be recognized that the
larger majority of dairymen desiring
to improve the milk producing quali-
ties of their cows must start with the
cows they now own. With this fact
established I believe in a rigid pro—
cess. Inferior bred and low produc—
tive cows must be replaced with bet—
ter individuals. There is nothing to
be gained and a whole lot lost in at-
tempting to improve cows of inferior
breeding and type.

In the process of improving my
herd I select the cows that meet as
near as possible the requirements of
the typical dairy type. I select large
cows giving evidence of strong (3011—
stitution. I want cows that are
greedy and that are good feeders.
Cows of good appetite that take their
ration regularly. I select the cows
that possess the capacity to consume
large quantities of feed as large pro—
duction can not be attained without
large consumption.

Proper feeding of dairy cows to de—
velop their capacity to yield increase
milk production is a very essential
factor and I consider it second only
to good breeding and selection. I
want every cow I own to have a fair
chance. Good breeding can only re—
turn its maximum results when back-
ed up by proper feeding. The dairy—
man must compound his own ration
from feeds grown upon the farm and
from those that can be purchased at
reasonable cost. I want the concen-
trates to form at least 60 per cent of
the entire ration. Corn silage and
clover and alfalfa hay I find is the
best roughage to form the bulk of
the ration.

I know of no other method of de-
termining the productive capacity of
milk cows than to conduct individ-
ual tests. A great many dairymen
hesitate on starting testing their
cows fearing it is a hard and tedious
job. This I know from experience is
not true. Regular weighing and tab-
ulating the regular daily milk pro-
duction ,_of the herd does not involve
but a moment’s time. The testing of
the milk for fat percentage isa short

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figure what you save with No-Milk
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can on your dealer today and get
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A Remarkable Home Treatment
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'In the year 1893 I was attacked by Mus-
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them seventy to eighty years old,
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try the great value of m im-

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.reult» the silage would be almost"

testing a dairy herd to determine
their individual performance is an in—
teresting undertaking and the, only
accurate method of improving the
average dairy cow.——Leo C. Reynolds,
Shiawasee County Farmer.

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MOON BLINUNlES-S AND GREASE}
HEEL

“I would like a little information
concerning my horse’s eyes. His
eyes seem to run for a day or two
and then slowly turn a yellowish col-
or, which covers the whole eye. The
first attack he had was in one eye
last spring. We got some white pow-
der and salve from our veterinarian
which seemed to help for a while,
but in the summer he had it again
and I believe he is blind ill that eye.
I do not know what the doctor called
it, but he could not do anything on‘
him. Now he is getting it in the
other eye. He is only six years old.
He is also bothered with the grease
heel. Our veterinarian has doctored
him for both eye and leg trouble.”—
VV. J., Bruce Crossing, Michigan.

THINK your horse is suffering

from periodic ophthamalia, a dis-

ease that is commonly called
moon blindness, the treatment of
which is very unsatisfactory. :Some
favorable reports have been 'made
recently from the intravenous ad-
ministration of neosalvarsan. This
treatment should be given only by a
qualified veterinarian as the intra-
venous administration of drugs of
this nature is not without danger and
should be administered only by one
who has had experience.

Chronic grease does not yield
readily to treatment. The applica-
tion of white rock poltice kept on
two or three days followed by the
application three times daily of a
mixture of zinc sulphate alld lead
acetate of each two drums to one
pint of soft water sometimes works
well.——John P. Hutton, Assoc. Prof.
of Surgery and Medicine, Michigan
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KNO\V YOUR BULLS

NE of the results of the Cow

Testing Association work over a

long period of time is the point
of learning the value of different
bulls in siring cows of high produc—
ing ability. A vast difference is seen
between scrub bulls and purebred
bulls ill this respect. A difference is
also seen between purebred bulls.
This point is shown forcibly in one
Cow Testing Association.

One herd of seven cows was tested
for a year. The owner had been
keeping a. pure bred bull and all his
cows were sired by such an animal.
It was impossible for him to pay a
great deal for a herd sire, hoWever,
with the small herd. With good feed
and care this herd averaged 6632
pounds of milk and 245.6 pounds of
fat.

In another neighborhood a. group
of association members had cooper?
ated in owning a pure bred bull. In
this way they were able to secure a
well—bred, valuable animal. Daugh-
ters of one of these bulls made up
largely the herds during the associ-
ation year. \Their average produc—
tion was 7715 pounds of milk and
379.8 pounds of fat. These figures
Show there is as much difference be-
tween some purebred bulls as be-
tween some purebreds and some
scrubs. A good slogan for Cow Test—
ing members might be “Fewer Bulls
and Better Bulls!”

 

CANNOT MOVE SLLAGE
Would like to know if it would be
possible to move ensilage from one
silo to another and pack it so it
would keep? I purchased a silo 10
miles from home and would like to
fill up my own if possible—M. E. K.,
Pinconning, Mich.
would be impossible to move sil-
age from one silo to another and
have it keep, owing to the diffi-
culty of packing it so as to exclude
If sufficient pressure and
Weight could be used to pack it as
solid asit was in the silo from which
being moved this could be done. But
there is no method by which all of'
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Something new! A big capac1ty machine
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for you right away and earns its own cost and more before you
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same number of cows."

THOS. S. KERMOSKY.
Point Aux Pius, Mich.

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better looking and handler in every way. If not convinced, send it back at my

expense. The Walsh is a proven success on thousands of farms for over 8 years.

Three Times Stronger Than Buckle Harness
Buckles weaken and tear straps. Walsh 1} é—inch brceclling strap holds over
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buckle at about 350 lbs. pull. Ordinary harness has 68
buckles. Walsh Harness has no buckles. Easy to see why
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away‘ we was going to hire a lawyer.

“Laugh at me will you, William
Edwards”, “says Maria. “Just for
that 'you can get up and go to town
and put that letter on No. 9 so it
will get to New York fast.”

I went to town and Maria quit
using beauty mud. ’ But at the next
meeting of the Agricultural Society,
Hank Peters started to tell of an-
other thing he had found out and I
says, “Hank, you ain’t so smart.” ‘

“Ain’t I,” says he, “Listen, I just
got a letter from a fellow in Mexico
and he and me is going to run a
silver mine. If any of you fellows
want in, let me know.”

“Suflering mackerel”, shouts 1.
“boys, Hank has bit.” But before
the evening was over we had a regu-
lar debate on Mexico. But what
happened to Hank and his silver
mine is another story.

‘ (Continued in Feb. 28th Issue) _

 

A FARM BOY/IN THE LAND OF
THE FLYING DU’I‘OHMEN '

(Continued from ' Page 23)

unseen flotsam andl jetsam might
bless those combination drainage ca-
nals, waterways, and sewers. It was
in Holland that we quit drinking
natural water, for that is another
thing that is not done in these low-
lands, Wet and flat and below sea
level in many places. If one will not
quit drinking natural water while he
lives, he will soon quit, anyway, it
seems.

Our first day was a success, for
Holland was as picturesque as we
had hoped. The farming district
that we passed through was as level
as a floor, not one foot of ground was
wasted, and the children and most of
the older people in the rural dis-
tricts all wore the regular wooden
shoes and even the picturesque
Dutch bonnet, the whole country was
guarded by the monstrous flapping
windmills, and the streets, sidewalks,
doorsteps and people—everything ex-
cept the water—were all scrupulous-
ly clean. Holland is a happy land.

A few days in agricultural Holland
will tbe described in the next install-
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AGAINST ROGERS
(Continued from Page 10)

we should have had at least five
times 14,000 miles for that money——
70,000 miles. ‘

I think the sooner we get such men
out of office the better for the tax-
payer. We need men that will spend
the taxpayers’ money just as care-
fully as if it were his own, also one
who knows the road bed must be
properly drained and that is more
than Mr. Rogers seemed to know in
1919 or 1920.

The farmers of Haight township,
Ontonagon County, were promised a
trunk line from Paulding to Bruce
Crossing nine miles north. There is
about four miles partly done so far.

We need a man who is a man of
his word and keeps his promises and
one that understands if the work to
build a mile is worth one or ten
thousand. ‘

I built a. mile of 16 foot road bed
thru green timber where the timber
was from six inches to four foot at
a cost of $1,030.00.——C. J., Bruce
Crosing, Mich.

WANTS TOWNSHIP MEETING
DATE CHANGED
HERE are four voters at this
house and we are all in favor of
the change of which Mr. Whit-
ney spoke. We are sometimes unable
to get to the polls here. All upper
Michigan suffers from the lack of
roads and the dates of elections are
often changed due to the road con-
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R. I. eds..  4.25 8.00 15.00 12.00
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The first of'a series of articles

on raising chicks by Clarence

Meadd Ferguson, Manager In-

ternatiomil Egg Laying Contest
East Lansing, Mich.

 

ITH Winter well advanced and

, hatching season almost at

hand it is highly important
that the final touches be given to the
breeding pens Which will produce
our next year’s crop of chicks. The
old rule that “like begets like” must
be the watchword of all our breeding
operations. Our broiler crop, our
next falls’ laying pens or our Exhibi—
tion strings are all dependent on the
kind of breeding stock we use in our
pens this spring. This winter, with
high feed prices and severe zero
weather, has demonstrated the im—
portance of having only the best of
stock in‘ our pens and this can come
only by mating” parents of known
performance.

Selection of breeding stock should
be done with the idea always in mind
that the offspring is to serve a cer-
tain purpose. Thus we have breeds
and strains developed which, owing
to their type and characteristics,
adapt themselves to our particular
purpose, namely: '

1. Eggs.

2. Dual purpose (Eggs and Meat)

3. Meat (Broilers, Roasters or

Capons)

4. Exhibition.

'While these purposes‘ vary consid-
erably in their nature, the same prin-
ciples of breeding apply in all. We
have well developed types to follow
in each. It should alawys be remem—
bered howeVer that in addition to
eggs and meat types, that we have
breed types which designate certain
characteristics common to various
breeds. We should endeavor then
to produce birds that are not alone
efficient in one purpose, but that
combine the characteristics of breed
types as well.

The Selection of a Breed

life are frequently asked, “Which
is the best breed?” This usually can
be answered by another question,
namely, “Which is the best automo-
bile or radio set? It’s always the
one which you like best and which
best serves your purpose.

Egg Breeds

Among the strictly egg breeds, we
have the members of the Mediter-
ranean class standing out very prom-
inently. While Leghorns have be-
come almost the universal standard
for commercial egg farms, Anconas
are enjoying more popularity of re—
cent years, but as yet have not at—
tained the degree of efficiency of the
WhiteLeghorn. Minorcas, a breed
once very popular as an egg breed,
has lost considerable prestige due to
the fact that Minorcas do not make
attractive carcasses when dressed.
They have enjoyed a wonderful repu-
tation however for the production of
large white eggs.

Dual Purpose Breeds

The farmer has always found the
Plymouth Rock, Wyandotte, Rhode
Island Red or Orpington, particular-
ly well suited to his purpose. These
breeds have been improved until we
have families or strains noted for
“egg production. These birds are also
the source of the great bulk of our
fancy broilers and roasters.
Barred Plymouth Rock is without
question one of the most popular of
the dual purpose varieties, but breed—
ers of Wyandottes and Rhode Island
Reds have improved these birds until
we now find many excellent egg pro-
ducing strains among them.

Meat Breeds

Few poultrymen specialize in the
production of meat alone. The dual
purpose breeds produce the great
bulk of our broilers. Fancy heavy
roosters and capons however, can be
produced to better advantage from
the so called meat breeds such as
Brahmas, Jersey Black Giants, Cor-
nish or Orpingtons.

Exhibition

The production of birds for ex-
hibition purposes alone has been fol-
lowed largely by flanc‘iers. The more
practical fancier has bred some of
(the utility breeds, bearing in mind

I" not onlyexhibition qualities, but pro~
‘ ~ auction as well.
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crop that makes 60 bushels an
acre. Another farmer across
the fence will work just as hard but gets only 40 bushels
an 'acre. Same way with making fertilizer. Some folks just
have the knack of doing a better job. A company of fertil-
Izer manufacturers doing business in your state has made
such a good record that they are known as the “Fertilizer
Leaders of America”. They put nothing but the best plant—
food into their fertilizer.

Readily Available Phosphorus
The Crop Making Material

Nitrogen— (Or Ammonia)

From many sources so blended that the plant may
feed on It, as needed. from seed—time to harvest

Soluble Organic Potash

From high grade imported potash and
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can be made. No wonder these folks are called the “Fertil-
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dealer or write direct for information.

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HIGH QUALITY WHITE LEGHORNS

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“Laugh at me will you, William
Edwards”, ’says Maria. “Just for
that you can get up and go to town
and put that letter on No. 9 so it
will get to New York fast.”

I went to town and Maria quit
using beauty mud.’ But at the next
meeting of the Agricultural Society,
Hank Peters started to tell of an-
other thing he had found out and I
says, “Hank, you ain’t so smart.” '

“Ain’t I,” says he, “Listen, I' just
got a. letter from a. fellow in Mexico
and he and me is going to run a
silver mine. If any of you fellows
want in, let me know.”

“Suffering mackerel", shouts I.
“boys, Bank has hit.” But before
the evening was over we had a regu-
lar debate on Mexico. But what
happened to Hank and his silver
mine is another story.

‘ (Continued in Feb. 28th Issue) 7

 

A FARM BOY/IN THE LAND OF
THE FLYING DUTOHMIEN ‘

(Continued from'Page 23)

unseen flotsam andl jetsam might
bless those combination drainage ca-
nals, waterways, and sewers. It was
in Holland that we quit drinking
natural water, for that is another
thing that is not done in these low-
lands, Wet and flat and below sea
level in many places. If one will not
quit drinking natural water while he
lives, he will soon quit, anyway, it
seems.

Our first day was a success, for
Holland was as picturesque as we
had hoped. The farming district
that we passed through was as level
as a floor, not one foot of ground was
wasted, and the children and most of
the older people in the rural dis-
tricts all wore the regular wooden
shoes and even the picturesque
Dutch bonnet, the whole country was
guarded by the monstrous flapping
windmills, and the streets, sidewalks,
doorsteps and people—everything ex-
cept the water—were all scrupulous-
ly clean. Holland is a. happy land.

A few days in agricultural Holland
will the described in the next install-
men .

 

AGAINST ROGERS
(Continued from Page 10)

we should have had at least five
times 14,000 miles for that money—
70,000 miles. '

I think the sooner we get such men
out of office the better for the tax-
payer. We need men that will spend
the taxpayers’ money just as care-
fully as if it were his own, also one
who knows the road bed must be
properly drained and that is more
than Mr. Rogers seemed to know in
1919 or 1920.

The farmers of Haight township,
Ontonagon County, were promised a
trunk line from Paulding to Bruce
Crossing nine miles north. There is
about four miles partly done so far.

We need a man who is a man of
his word and keeps his promises and
one that understands if the work to
build a mile is worth one or ten
thousand. ‘

I built a mile of 16 foot road bed
thru green timber where the timber
was from six inches to four foot at
a cost of $1,030.00.--C. J., Bruce
Crossing, Mich.

 

WANTS TOWNSHIP MEETING
DATE CHANGED

HERE are four voters at this
house and we are all in favor of
the change of which Mr. Whit-
ney spoke. We are sometimes unable
to get to the polls here. All upper
Michigan suffers from the lack of
roads and the dates of elections are
often changed due to the road con-
ditions.-—-.Mrs. F. E. R., Newberry,
Mich. ’

 

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hope it will make it all right. It It! the
best term paper I ever had—J. 3.. North
Star. Michigan.

 

Inolosed you will find an order for 60

cents for one year renewal subscription.

as I cannot get along without M B; F.
—G. E.. Kingsley, Mich.

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‘ Deafness and Head Noise need-not be
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Angeline Johnson, a Mississippi resident
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Sheppard Anconas
White ,Wyandottee

The foundation of our English
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records of 270-300 eggs behind it.
Its quality has been kept up by the
most careful culling.

300« Egg Anconae

Sheppard Strain Anconas have rec-
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Evergreenf Wyandottee

Our White .Wyandottes' are of the
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The records 'of our pure
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range ironi,23l to 279.
seven high record gener—
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Prices (prepaid) on 25 50 100 600
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_(g R. I. R . .......... ._ 4. 5 8.00 15.00 72.0
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. , Wh. W andottes,  4.50 8.50 10.00 77.00
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on raising chicks by Clarence

Meadd Ferguson. Manager In-

ternational Egg Laying Contest
East Lansing, Mich.

ITH winter well advanced and

hatching season almost at

hand it is highly important
that the final touches be given to the
breeding pens which will produce
our next year’s crop of chicks. The
old rule that “like begets like” must
be the watchword of all our breeding
operations. Our broiler crop, our
next falls’ laying pens or our Exhibi—
tion strings are all dependent on the
kind of breeding stock we use in our
pens this spring. This winter, with
high feed prices and severe zero

weather, has demonstrated the im—
portance of having only the best of
stock in‘ our pens and this can come
only by mating parents of known
performance.

Selection of breeding stock should
be done with the idea always in mind
that the offspring is to serve a cer-
tain purpose. Thus we have breeds
and strains developed which, owing
to their type and characteristics,
adapt themselves to our particular
purpose, namely: '

1. Eggs.

2. Dual purpose (Eggs and Meat)

3. Meat (Broilers, Roasters or

Capons)

4. Exhibition.

'While these purposes’ vary consid-
erably in their nature, the same prin-
ciples of breeding apply in all. We
have well developed types to follow
in each. It should alawys be remem-
bered however that in addition to
eggs and meat types, that we have
breed types which designate certain
characteristics common to various
breeds. We should endeavor then
to produce birds that are not alone
efficient in one purpose, but that
combine the characteristics of breed
types as well.

The Selection of 3 Breed

We are frequently asked, “Which
is the best breed?” This usually can
be answered by another question,
namely, “Which is the best automo-
bile or radio set? It’s always the
one which you like best and which
best serves your purpose.

Egg Breeds

Among the strictly egg breeds, we
have the members of the Mediter-
ranean class standing out very prom—
inently. While Leghorns have be-
come almost the universal standard
for commercial egg farms, Anconas
are enjoying more popularity of re—
cent years, but as yet have not at-
tained the degree of efficiency of the
White Leghorn. Minorcas, a breed
once very popular as an egg breed,
has lost considerable prestige due to
the fact that Minorcas do not make
attractive carcasses when dressed.
They have enjoyed a wonderful repu-
tation however for the production of
large white eggs.

Dual Purpose Breeds

The farmer has always found the
Plymouth Rock, Wyandotte, Rhode
Island Red or Orpington, particular-
ly well suited to his purpose. These
breeds have been improved until we
have families or strains noted for
These birds are also
the source of the great bulk of our
fancy broilers and roasters. The.
Barred Plymouth Rock is without
question one of the most popular of
the dual purpose varieties, but breed—
ers of Wyandottes and Rhode Island
Reds have improved these birds until
we now find many excellent egg pro-
ducing strains among them.

Meat Breeds

Few poultrymen specialize in the
production of meat alone. The dual
purpose breeds produce the great
bulk of our broilers. Fancy heavy
roasters and capons however, can be
produced to better advantage from
the so called meat breeds such as
Brahmas, Jersey Black Giants, Cor-
nish or Orpingtons.

Exhibition

The production of birds for ex-
hibition purposes alone has been fol-
lowed largely by flanc’iers. The more
practical fancier has bred some of
the utility breeds, bearing in mind
not onlyexhibition qualities, but pro-
duction as well. We have, however,

 

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One man will work his field,
fertilize it well, and get a corn
crop that makes 60 bushels an
acre. Another farmer across
the fence will work just as hard but gets only 40 bushels
an acre. Same way with making fertilizer. Some folks just
have the knack of doing a better job. A company of fertil-
izer manufacturers doing business in your state has made
such a good record that they are known as the “Fertilizer
Leaders of America”. They put nothing but the best plant-
food into their fertilizer.

Readily Available Phosphorus
The Crop Making Material

Nitrogen— (Or Ammonia)

From many sources so blended that the plant may
feed on it, as needed. from seed-time to harvest

Soluble Organic Potash

From high grade imported potash and
ground tobacco stems

     
  
 
 
   
 
  
  
 
  
 
 
 
 

Followingthe recommendation of your Agricultural Exper-
iment Station the N1tr0gen, Phosphorus and Potash are com-
bined to meet the needs of every crop and soil. The fertil-

 

izer is cured at long time and ground fine so it will drill eas-
ily. When it is shipped to you it is the best fertilizer that
can be made. No wonder these folks are called the “Fertil-
izer Leaders of America”. Get their fertilizer from your
dealer or write direct for information.

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HIGH QllALlTY WHITE LEGHORNS

That has brought us results over a much larger field than wc had anticipated. With our increase to a

 

larger capacity we feel that we will )8 l - ' ‘

lilatlulllll business. \Vitli our own flock '  2§()0l):§i?}ct   killing”:

giilzrh§ooxggrl glUFlhe’."t’St'I‘lltClWrY  t'liirks that money can buy. ()iir
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able to give you in this advertisement. Lot us tell you \VliY our lOC‘ll bus-

"loss has been built “D to such ll. high ————————-I ~4l"iHl"i‘il. Do not fail to solid for

this catalogue NOW! Reference: Romeo Savings Bank, Romeo, Michigan.

W. A. DOWNS POULTRY FARM, Box 105, WASHINGTON, MICH.

 

 

 

 

First Quality Baby Chicks

From Winter Laying stock produced by Michigan's old reliable hatchery. pioneer breed-
ers and hatchers operating the best equipped and most modern hatchery in the state.
I’ui'e bred Tom linrroii and American \Vliitc chlioriis, Anconas, Barred Rocks
nild R. I. Reds. Strong, well hatched chicks from tested lloguiiized free range
stock that make wonderful winter layers. (lliicks sent by insured Parcel Post.
prepaid to your door. 100 per cent, iivu dolivei‘y guaranteed. Seventeen yours
of c,\pci-ivime ill producing and shipping chicks, giving absolute satisfaction to
thousands. Write for Villllllllli‘ illiistrntctl frm' catalog and price list. (let lowest
prices on best quality chicks before placing your order.
HOLLAND HATOHERY & POULTRY FARM, R7, Holland, Mlchlgan.

BIG HUSKY CHICKS

l'ui'e bred. high quality, hoary laying. tested flocks. These piillets will make

 

excellent Winter layers. 100% Live Delivery Guaranteed. Bank Reference.

Varieties Postpaid prices on 25 50 100 500 1000
S. C. White & Brown Leghorns, ...... ..$3.75 $7.25 $14.00 $67.50 $130.00
Barred Rocks. R. I. R005. . . . . . . . . . .. .. 4.50 8.50 16.00 77.50 150.00
Anconas (Extra Good Sheppard). .. 4.00 7.15 15.00 12.50 140.00
Mixed dhlcks. ................................. .. 2.15 5.50 10.00 50.00

Extra Selected Stock, $2.00 per 100 higher. All are batched in modem
iiiacliizies. lunch order carefuLv packed personally. Free Circular.
WINSTROM POULTRY FARM, Box 0-5, Zeeiand, Michigan.

 

'STOP, LOOK, BABY CHICKS— 100% live delivery

especially culled for egg production. We

Chicks from healthy purebred flocks
to increased demand we have en~

have been in business for 3 years. llue

 

larged our plant. 25 7’0 down books order.
Varieties Prices On: 50' 100 500 00
Anconas, Wh. a Sr. L horns ...................... ..$1.00 $18.00 $82.00 3320300
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/‘~’€1 Wh. wnndouii, 'ii'dii""fiiiéiii;lli1i2222iilii2l ...... .i also 10.00 15200 

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Bufl Mlnorcas 20 cents straight. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Ref: First National Bunk, Moi-end. .
MORENO! HATOHERV. 8. E. Rupp. Prom. Box H, Moi-onei. Michigan. ‘

   


   
   

  
  
   

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BUILDING A MORE ,
PROSPEROUS AGRICULTURE

ORE THAN 300,000 farmers are improving their farms.

and‘paying off their mortgages through the aid of Federal

Land Bank Loans. They enjoy easier terms and lower

interest rates. These helpful loans are made by the twelve Federal

Land Banks, with combined assets of nearly $1 ,OO0,000,000. More

than $45,000,000 of their capital stock has been supplied by active
farmers through their farm loan associations.

Thus the twelve Federal Land Banks, with their more than
4,600 local national farm loan associations, make up the farmers’
own borrowing and investment system, operating under Govern-
ment supervision.

To provide funds for loaning, the Banks issue Federal Land
Bank Bonds, secured by first mortgages on approved farms valued
by Government appraisers at not less than double the amount
of the mortgages. Every Bond is guaranteed jointly by all the
twelve Federal Land Banks with combined capital and reserve
exceeding $50,000,000. These Bonds are everywhere recognized as
a standard investment security.

Every farm family can share in the benefits of this mutual
system by owning Federal Land Bank Bonds. A beginning can
be made with a single Bond. Denominations are $40, $100, $500,
$1,000, $5,000 and $10,000. Coupon or registered form. Interest
will be promptly paid twice yearly, and the principal when due.
Both interest and principal are tax—free, inheritance taxes only ex;
cepted. If desired, the Bonds can be quickly sold for cash or
used as security for a loan.

 

Federal Land Banks are located at

Springfield, Mass. St. Louis, Mo. Louisville, Ky. Columbia, S. C.
New Orleans, La. Berkeley, Cal. St. Paul. Minn. Houston. Texas
Wichita, Kansas Omaha, Nebr. Baltimore, Md. Spokane, Wash.

Write for Federal Farm Loan Board Circular No. 16 descriptive of these Bonds.
addressing nearest Federal Land Bank or the Fiscal Agent.

Fiscal Agent

FEDERAL LAND BANKS
Washington, D. C.

From World’s Greatest La ers

  LOW PRICES—Catalog ree

Eckhard and Tom Barron W. Leghorns—Heavy Type Brown Leg~

, ' orne—R. C. and . C. Rhode Island Reds—Rhoda Island
;.» ‘ Whites—Sheppard's Almonds—Park ’s Barred Rocks
‘2 ‘1 ‘ If you want pure bred chicks that are bred right, hatched right, and
“V ’: shipped right, that grow and will make you a profit, get our new low
prices and free catalog before you buy.

Flocks are carefully culled and developed on free range. All chicks
are hand icked and inspected, no cripples or weaklings. Every one
strong an healthy.

100% Live Delivery—Postage Paid

Satisfaction Guaranteed. Write Now. White Leghorn and Barred
Rock pullets after May 1, at low prices.

Knoll’s Hatchery, R. R. 12, Box 3., Holland, Mich.

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Let us sell you your 1025 ChicksI

from pure bred, select \Vhite and Brown Leglioriis,
Barred, White and Buff Rocks .

Reds, Ancoiius, Black and White Minorcas. \Vhite,

Bufl‘, Golden and Silver \Vyaiidottes. \Vhitc and Buff Orpingtons, Blot-k Spanish, Light
Brahmas. etc. f leading strains such as Barron, I’arks, etc-

3000 CHICKS GIVEN AWAY TO OUR CUSTOMERS DURING 1925.
We guarantee 100% Live Delivery. Postpaid. Reference: Commercial .Statc Savings

Bank. Before _ordering Chicks elsewhere. get our sipecial Circular containing our low
prices and particulars about the 3000 PRIZE CHIC S.

TYRONE POULTRY FARM, Dept. 21,

KEYSTONE HATCHERY CHICKS

Hatched from selected, bred—tO-lu)‘ fou‘ls of leading

 

Fenton, Michigan.

 

best strains.

 

‘ ’21 Live Al‘l'lle Guaranteed.
~Postpald prices on 50 100 500 1000
Utility Slngle Comb White Leghorns, .............................. ..$6.00 $12.00 $51.50 $115.00
Barron 8. 0. White Leghorns, ............................... .. 1.00 14.00 85.0 130.00
Tenor-ed 8. c. White Le horns, R. I. Reds ...................... ._ 8.00 16.00 15.00 150.00
Barred & Wh. Rocks, . Wyandottes, Buff 0rplngton,.... 9.00 11.00 80.00
Extra Selected R. c. and s. . Reds, ................ ..  .50 18.00 85.00
Foreman Strain Barred Rocks. ......................................... ..10.50 20.00 95.00

 

Order right from this ad. KEYSTONE HATOHERY, Dept. 51. Lanslng. Mlchlgan.

STAR QUALITY CHICKS

'It pays to m the best and Star wality can’t be beat. Sipecial hi h grade.
' selected care ly, bred from S. C. hite Leghorn flocks. hated to cdigreed
Tancred Males bred fromhens with records up 0 _ 5 eggs per year. Only
strong vigorous fOWlS.al'€ mated to produce our Chicks. Write at once for
catalog and price detail.
STAR HATOHERV. L. Tlnholt, Box T, Holland, Michigan.

 

 

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NET?! 0 K 8, ACCREDITED BY STATE.
horns. Anconas $13.00; Rocks and Reds $15.00;
Wht.10W0ysndlo(ttéegé Bl.i Orpiirigtons, MinortéastIGCg-O
per . ve- iver guaran ee . -
cular .on request. Joseph main Paw Paw. Mlch.

LEO-

THE BUSINESS FARMER .
“The Farm Paper of Service"
TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT IT!

       

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Games and-’Ban‘t'am hitch otter th

,rexcercise his skillas a. breeder.
Breeding Systems

be complete without some‘reference

breeders.

1. Cross Breeding. This term re-
fers to the practice of breeding in-
dividuals of two distinct breeds. It
can hardly be recommended as a.
common practice due to lack of uni-
formity in the appearance and per-
formance of the offspring. It usual-
ly results in increased vigor and vi-
tality in the oflspring of the first
cross which doubtless accounts for
the practice being advocated by some
breeders. The practice has met with
very satisfactory results in the pro-
duction of capons and roasters. The'
common cross employed for this pur-
pose is a. male of one of the meat
breeds, namely Cornish or Brahma
with females of some of the dual pur-

 

 

 

 

 

This Is Hen No. 1188, a. reserve In the
1923-24 Michigan Egg Laying Contest,
owned by L. I”. Hensley, Dorr, Bficli.
This lien stood second for all birds with
282 eggs. Nov. 17, 1923 to November 1,
1924. In the next 16 days she produced.
11 eggs giving 1101‘ a 365 day record of
282 eggs. Nov. 17, 1923 to November 1,
in your breeding operations.

pose breeds this gives the breeder the
advantage of the greater egg produc-
tion of the females for hatching pur-
poses and the greater fleshing of the
male parentage. It is generally re-
commended that pure bred stock be
used for each year’s operations, mar-
keting both males and females.

Out Crossing. This practice con-
sists of the mating of individuals of
the same breed which are not at all
related. This is usually done to cor-
rect some defect within the strain to
be improved, or to introduce some de—
sirable character from another strain
which is not possessed by the family
or strain in question. The great va-
riation which may occur necessitates
caution in the practice of out cr‘oss-
Ing. '

Line Breeding. The practice of
line breeding offers the greatest op-
pbrtunity for improvement with as-
surance of uniformly good results.
It embodies the practice of mating
individuals of the same family or
strain which are not too closely re-
lated. The breeder using this meth-
od is not in danger of introducing
undesirable characters from outside
the strain. He must be careful how-
ever, to use extreme care in selection
to be sure that the individuals not
only have good records of perform-
ance, but that they have in abund-
ance, vigor and vitality, accompanied
by the type desired. This method

‘of breeding has given us some of

our most famous strains or families
of poultry and live stock.

In Breeding. The three common
matings referred to as in breeding
are:

1. Breeding sire to daughter
producing offspring having
one—fourth blood like the
mother.

2. Breeding son to dam thus
producing offspring having
three—fourths of mother’s
blood line.

Breeding brother and sister

producing ofispring with the

- bloodline of sire and dam
in equal proportions.

This practice where the parents
are carefully selected, often gives ex-
cellent results. The offspring from
such matings are generally very po—
tent. This system has been critl-.
cized because of the loss of vigor due
to the intensifying of these charac-

 

 

ters. This‘means that extreme care}

fancier wonderful““opportunities to 1

An article of this kind would not V

to the common systems employed by _

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You Can Afford to Pay

Bred for eggs, not show. feathers. Eyery chick
from our farm is of a provenegg laying strain.
But they Win beauty prizes also.

English Barron Leghorns

The strain that has been making egg laying
history ever since Tom Barron entered his first
pen in America. We breed them upward—'—
watch our flocks the year around to make
sure only‘good birds remain.

.Aristocrat Barred Rocks

They occupy the same preeminent position
among Rocks that».Barron birds do among
Leghorns.

Brown Leg horns

All our flocks have free range—thus
dependable, healthy and strong.

CHICK—EGGS—PULLETS

We outfit you in any kind of stock you prefer.
Our new catalog Will tell you all about it.
Send for your copy.

grow

Great Northern Poultry Farm
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\ Learn all_about the_ World’s
. greatest incubator improve-
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Out in F rout,
at Contest

The Royal White Leg-
horn pen at the Inter-
national Egg Iaying con-
test of 1925 led the en-
tire contest for the first
two weeks and has been a
close second in the LegL

   

ATCH E “1'8 FARM horn cla ss_ for three
ZEELAND.-Micn. nzgnttlgs- H1811 weevde
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Write for catalog.
3. P. WIERSMA. Iceland, Mlch.. R. R. 2.

c ' rom stur- y, healthy tee-range flo ‘

Fluffy, lively youngsters that should grow
last, nd get on an all-yeahround e g
laying 8.31s. From_ carefully mated his -
egg-producing strains, tested and culled to
insure exceptional Vigor and laying ability.
: _ This stock and our scientific hatchery ro-
duces chicks that live, grow fast, lay early. Selecte for
uniform Size and color so they will grow into heautllul
flocks of which you’ll be proud. Place your order before
our output is taken by others. Order now for present or
future delivery. Loading varletlos. Live delivery
guaranteed. Postpaid. erto for new chick booklet.
H L. CARL, Box 101 ....Montgomery, Mloh.

BABY CHICKS
10 FREE if. $35232. ‘
9c and Up

20 varieties, Pedigreed Cock-
orels from head laying pens
of Michigan guaranteed blood Tested. .Trap-
nest 200 .eggs up. Write for free circular
before buying elsewhere.
BECKMAN HATOHERY
28 Lyon St. Grand Rapids, Mich.

BABY CHICKS

We have just the chicks you have been looking for,
the large, strong. Vigorous kind from free range
flocks that have beeryculled for heavy egg produc-
tion. Shipped prepaid parcel post. Safe arrival
guaranteed. Ask about 8 wk. pullets. Catalog free.

Gllt Edge Poultry Ranch of Iceland, Michigan.

Cured His Rupture

I was badly ruptured while lifting a.
trunk several years ago. Doctors said
my only hope of cure was an Opul‘ail n.
Trusses did me no good. Finally 1 gut
hold of something that quickly and claw
pletely cured me. Years have passed rim-i
the rupture has never returned, trillion...“
I am doing hard work as a (.‘lii‘IKfl’l‘tUl'.
There was no operation, no lost Limo, no
trouble. I have nothing to' sell, but will
give full information about how you may
find a. complete cure without operation,
if you write to me, Eugene M. Pullen,
Carpenter, 44L Marcellus Avenue, Manas-
quan, Better cut out this notice
and show It to any, others who are rup-
tured—you may save a life or at least
sto the misc of rupture and the worry
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Money Makers

Superior baby chicks are bred-to-
lay birds. They are trap-nested
from world champion layers such
as the internationally famous
Tom Barron and Hollywood
strains of White Leghorns.

This pedigree blood in Superior
chicks is an assurance of early
returns and handsome profits.

Hatched in state inspected hatch-
ery — the largest and finest in
Michigan —- with a capacity of
150,000 eggs to a setting. Live deliver-
ies to any point within 1500 miles ab-
solutely guaranteed. Money back if
not satisfied. Book your order now
and receive liberal 'acount. Write for
free catalog and pri list today.
SUPERIOR POULTRY FARMS

Box 201 Zoelnnd. Mich.

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Good Chicks

FREE
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In Business For 22 Years
White and Butt Leghorns
and Hatching Eggs
Barred Rocks, R. I. Reds

MEADOWBROOK FARM

HENRY DE PREE SONS
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 . E991ncubator$ 2.5
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140 Egg Incubator and Breeder - $17.75
180 Egg Incubator Alone - - - 15.75
180 Egg Incubator and Breeder - 22.00
250 Egg Incubator Alone
250 Egg Incubator and Breeder - 31.00
340 Egg Incubator Alone 30.75
Made of California Redwood. Order direct from this ad.
30 days trial—money back if not pleased. If not ready

to order now, don’t buy until you get our 1925 catalog
which shows larger eizea up to 1000 eggs.

 

 

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- egg contest,

Bred for High-Flock
Average

Barron English hens mated
to 'liollywood males from
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Our own Rural strain of
Hollywm’d White Leghorns, Barron
Muted . strum.
260_290 BX! Rocks—Br. Leghorns
E S“ , . nconas. Catalog free.
33 am Rural Poultry Farm

Box 680, R1 , Zeeland, Mich.

CHIX OF QUALITY

Hatched iii “'ishbonc Incubators.
per 100

S. C. W. Leghorns. { £33.50 per 500

$ 20 per 1000
Barred Rocks........

i $16 per 100
1 $75 per 500
De KOSTER’S IIATCHERY,
Zeelund, Mir-.11., Box 300.

CHICKS FOR 1925

Again we are ready to book orders for. Baby Chicks:
Barred and White Rocks, Reds, White and Silver
Laced Wyandottes, Vt’hite mid Buff Orpiiigtons,
Black Minorcas, Anconas, \‘Vhite, Brown and Bi
Leghorns.
Send for Poultry Circular with price list.
per cent. delivery.
STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION,

Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Active Member International Baby Chick Association.
Member Michigan State Farm Bureau.

 

 

 
  
   
      

  
 
  
    

Profit Makers—Early Layers
Leghorns. Anconas, Rocks, Reds, Wyandottes.
Orpingtons. Minorcee. Lowest prices. Cate-
Iog free. Address nearest office.

D. T. FARROW CHICKERIES

Pearle Ill. Des Maine: In. Milwaukee Wis. Indians oils Ind.

 

FAVORITE BREEDS—-FAMOUS STRAINS
From expert culled. HEALTHY flocks of utility,
irizfi-winning blood. Leghorns Bu-
toc s.

.. . _ets, W. Wye
dottee‘ and Auconas. Extra chicks

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free with

early orders. Guranteed. .
HA Gl-IT HATOHERY. Cedar Springs, Michigan.

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~ 'dividuals for inbreeding. W . . ." g

‘ Selections of Individuals
The selection of ' breeding Stock is

» largely a matter of the skill“ of the

breeder‘and the records he has "at
hand. It involves several factors.

each of importance, namely:

1. Breed type.

2. Egg production.

3. Size and type of egg produced.
4. Hatching power of the egg.

These factors can only be definite—
ly known where accurate records are
available such as trap nest records
and incubation data. It is a danger-
ous practice to make up the breeding
pens from records alone. The in-
dividuality of the stock must be con—
sidered in each case. _

Where this information is not
available the breeder must rely on
his skill to select from outward char-
acteristics, the individualness for his
matings. A few facts should be borne
in mind when making this selection.

1. Keep only pure breds. Throw
into discard birds which are not good
representations of the breed. Stand-
ard qualifications should by all
means apply to the mating of produc—
tion stock as well as exhibition stock
if we can hope to have the two fac—
tors combined in the one individual.

2. Breed from Mature Birds. Only
well developed males and females
should be used in the breeding pens.
Hens are preferable to pullets, but
where pullets are used they should
be well grown and well matured. Do
not use small, under developed pul—
iets in the breeding pen.

4. Select Heavy Producers. This
means that culling must precede the
mating season. Leave only the old
hens that have proven themselves
good producers as pullets. In the
case of pullets, select these that have
proven their ability as winter layers.
This character you need in the off-
spring.

Latc Moultcrs. Hens moulting
late and rapidly are always the ones
which are capable of producing eggs
over a long period of time. Do not
breed from the slow moulters which
are always out in new plumage in the
fall. where the others are just» giv—
ing into moult. Select pullets which
mature early and commence laying
when only four to five months of age,
Use your judgment however and do
not be an extremist. Extremely late
moulters or hens which do not moult
at all are often poor breeders. Pul—
lets which come into production
often become stunted and produce
very small eggs.

Egg Typo. Much has been written
on egg type. Make yourself fami-
liar with the most recent information
on culling and selection. Your Coun-
ty Agent will assist you in having a
culling school in your community
where these factors can be explained
and demonstrated. Space will not
permit a lengthy discussion on Egg
Type here so we will mention just a
few high lights.

1. Early ‘matui‘ity.

2. Late moulting.

3. A broad flat back.

_4. A long straight keel.

5. A deep wedge shaped body.
6. Close hard plumage.

7. A clean cut head.

8. A bright prominent eye.

9. A flat smooth shank.

10. Industrious and friendly tem-

perament.

Breeding for Meat Production

When meat production is, the prim-
ary (purpose, selection should be
made with the idea. always in mind
of producing offspring of uniform
size, color and shape. These when
killed will present the greatest qual—
ity and uniformity of dressed carcass.

Broilers. Broilers must come
from matings which will produce
rapid growth, early maturity and a
carcass when at 8-10 weeks will be
well—fleshed. You can feed on fat
but muscle, breast covering and
thigh fleshing must be inherited.

Roasters have a longer period of
growth, consequently rapid maturity
is not so essential. The Vstock must
have a big, strong frame, capable of
carrying an abundance of fleshing.
The general conformation should be
blocky, with round well muscled
breasts and strong development of-
thighs. ~ - . '

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the selection, care and incubation of
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at mating time

You WANT fertile eggs for‘hatch-
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strong, livable chicks.

See to it that- your flock, your
hens and roosters, are in the pink
of condition at the time the hatch-
ing eggs are laid. ‘

Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a is
a tonic—not a stimulant.

A tonic that imparts to the
parent stock that spark of health
and vigor that means fertile eggs
for hatching. ‘

Eggs that will hatch strong,
livable chicks—not dead in the
shell—not puny and weak.

Costs Little to Use Pan-a-ce-a

The price of just one egg pays
for all the Pan-a-ce-a a hen will
eat in six months.

There’s a right-size package for
every flock.

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REMEMBER—When you buy any Dr. Hess product, our
responsibility does not end until you are satisfied that

your investment is a profitable one. Otherwise, return the
empty container to your dealer and get your money back.

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Live-stock Market for 1925100123 Good
By W. \V. FOOTE, Market Editor.

N all sides great activity in bus
iness is reported, there being a
continuance of the large traffic

of the last year. Our foreign trade
has showu big gains, exports to Eu—
rope last year being $351,000,000
ahead of 1923, while our imports
from Europe were $60,000,000 smal—
ler. Our favorable trade balance
with Europe alone was $1,348,000,—
000, comparing with $936,000,000
for 1923. The development of our
home trade is indicated by the sub-
stantial gains of the mail order
houses which came very near making
a new high record last month for
January, and their late reports show
prosperous conditions in agricultural
districts. Heretofore most of the
sales in farming districts in recent
months were to meet immediate
wants, but with growing prosperity,
increasing sales are embracing both
necessities and luxuries. The rail-
roads carried the largest quantities
of freight last month ever moved
in January. and the iron and steel
industry, popularly known as the bar—
ometer of trade. is now operating on
a scale larger than was ever known
at this season of the year. Farmers
are getting much higher prices for
most of their products than a year
earlier and the wonderful boom in
wheat prices has taken most of them
by surprise. although they expected
good advances bccause of the world’s
shortage. Unfortunately much of the
wheat grown in the middle west was
marketed before the large advances
in recent weeks, but earlier gains in
values were not small by any means.
The danger now is that the high
price of wheat will stimulate farm-
ers of the United States and Canada
to sow too much wheat and bring
about a return to low prices. In the
corn belt states farmers have been
testing their seed corn and this is a
highly important matter, as there is
a great deal of corn that grades
poorly. Progressive farmers are
making handsome returns on their
corn fields by fertilizing the soil and
using only first-class tested seed.
The Department of Agriculture is
advising farmers to diversify their
productions, and they are told that
the present tendency is towards
stronger competitiOn for farm labor
than last year. It is added by way
of caution that increased wheat acre-
age this year is nor advisable.
The Agricultural Outlook

Hog producers enter 1925 with 18
per cent fewer hogs than a year ago,
and there is every indication that
prices during the next 18 months
will be higher than at any time since
1920. Six to eight million fewer pigs
will be born this spring than last
next fall than farrowed last fall if
producers respond to the unfavorable
relation of corn and hog prices as
they have done in the past.

The beef cattle industry is grad-
ually working into a more favorable
position due to the relation of beef
to competing commodities, especially
pork, improved industrial conditions,
and in no small measure to the cat-
tlemen’s own sacrifices. Market re-
ceipts will probably be somewhat
smaller than in 1924. All conditions
indicate that the long time outlook
for the industry is even more favor—
able. A recovery in prices of dairy
products could hardly be expected
should the number of milk cows be
further increased. Domestic produc—
tion appears inadequate and the for—
eign dairy situation is such as to
keep market. prices low and thus lim-
it the height to which our butter
prices can rise without bringing in
foreign butter.

Prospects for the sheep industry in.

1 25 appear favorable. The world
Wool outlook and the prospective
meat situation in this country prom—
ise prices for 1925 at least on a par
with those of 1924. There does not
appear to be any immediate danger
of over-production as the increase in

the number of sheep has as yet been
only slight.

  
 

The outlook of the poultry indus-
try during 1925 from the standpoint
of market egg prices is, favorable
while from the standpoint of market
poultry prices, it is not so encour-
aging. With an abnormally large
carry-over of dressed poultry in stor—
age, .it seems probable that lower
prices on market poultry may prevail
for at least the first half of the year.

Reaction in \Vheat Prices

The recent wild boom in wheat
prices brought about largely by ex-
tensiVe speculation, in which the gen-
eral outside public took a hand, was
followed by the natural reaction
after May wheat had got considerably
above the $2 mark. Weakness was
caused by heavy selling by traders
who were ready to take their profits,
and agitation in Washington to place
restrictions for halting the upward
movement of prices were not essen—
tially changed, and, with the general—
ly admitted world shortage of wheat
and rye, the only question was how
high prices consumers would pay.
Unquestionably, rye, oats, potatoes
and other foods that will be largely
substituted for wheat, for flour has
shared fully in the rise, but it seems
safe to say that wheat will bring
more than $2 most 01 the time. At
the same time flour has, its reactions
too, and it sold off 50 cents a barrel
recently when prices for wheat were
going up. Argentina and Australia
are shipping wheat to consuming
countries as fast‘as boats can be
loaded, and large engagements are
reported for later exports. In short,
wherever there is available wheat for
export the demand is urgent, and the
larger parts of exportable surplus
breadstuffs has been shipped already.
It is important to know that Dr. J.
W. T. Duval, supervisor of the grain
futures administration in charge of
the trading on the grain exchanges,
says there is no foundation for the
charges of manipulation in the Chi-
cago market. An important feature
is the world wide advances simultan-
eously, with declines at the same
time. Rye is in urgent demand for
export, and prices are remarkably
high, while corn prices rule firm, al-
though there is little export demand.
Oats are marketed so freely that
large stocks in the elevators hold
prices down. There were late sales
for May delivery of wheat ai‘ound
$1.86, comparing with $1.12 a year
ago; corn at $1.37, comparing with
81 cents a year ago; oats at 62 cents,

comparing with 49 cents a year ago;
and rye at $11514, comparing with
75 cents a year ago.

The Cattle Industry

Reduced cattle feeding operations
point to good prices for the future,
provided their owners market them
in good condition and do not carry
theni'for too long a period, for corn
is selling at unusually high prices,
while yearlings are preferred by the
packers to heavy cattle and outsell

. them. Now and then a sale is made

in the Chicago market of prime
heavy steers, at an extra high price.
and a short time ago 39 head of
fancy long fed Herefords averaging
1636 pounds brought $11.25, but the
general run of beef steers sell at $8
to $10.50, with the choicer class of
yearlings taken at $8.75 to $12.50
and not many above $11. Sales are
made down to $6.50 to $7.50 for the

commoner light steers, with inferior.

little steers taken at $4.50 to $6.25.
Decreasing receipts have resulted in
advances of prices, and no good
steers sell below $9, while butcher
lots of cows sell at $3.75 to $9.75,
canner and cutter cows at $2.50 to
$3.70, bulls at $3.50 to $6.50 and
calves at $6 to $15 per 100 pounds,
the eastern embargo on poultry
bringing about a brisk demand for
calves at much advanced prices.
Stockers and feeders have a mod—
erate sale lately at $4.50 to $7.50,
going mainly at $6 to $7. A year
ago beef steers were selling for $6.65
to $11.50. Combined receipts in
twenty markets for the year to late
date amount to 1, 318,000 head of
cattle, comparing with 1,388,000 a
year ago.
Hogs in Active Demand

Of late there has been the strong-
gst kind of a demand for swine ever
seen in the Chicago stock yards, and
prices had good advances, reaching
the highest level recorded in about
four months, despite liberal supplies
most. of the time. Monday is the
day usually of large supplies, and on
a late Monday 101,087 hogs showed
11p, being among the largest runs
ever seen. Shippers to eastern pack-
ing points are active buyers, and
their purchases mean competition be-
tween buyers, shipments from Chi-
cago on Monday amounting to 26,—
419 hogs. ReCent marketings aver-
aged 225 pounds, being three pounds
less than a week earlier, five pounds
less than a year ago and twelve
pounds less than two years ago.
High—priced corn accounts for the
falling off in v‘eight. Hogs have
graded well, apd the bulk sold within
a range of Weents, with prime heavy
butchers at the top, these selling 35
cents above the best light bacon hogs.

 

 

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THE BUSINESS FARMER’S' MARKET SUMMARY
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Detroit Chicago Detroit Detroit
Feb. 11 Feb. 11 Jam. 13 1 yr. ago

WHEAT——

No- 2 Red $1.99 $2.00 $2.13 31.15%

No. 2 White 1,95 2.13 1.16 a;

No. 2 Mixed 1,95 2.00 2-13 1-15 is
CORN——

No. 3 Yellow 128 1.25 1,28 .86

No. 4 Yellow 1 .23 1.18@ 1.2] 1.23 .34
OAT.»—

No. 2 W'hitc 63 % .58@.59 .63 .54

1‘ 0. 3 White , .62 .53@  .62 .52 s.
RYE-

Cash N0. 2 1 .59 1 .65 -74
BEANS— __

C. H. r. em. 0.30@e.35 6.00@6.50 c.40@0.50 r 0.00
ro'rA'ron. -—

Per th. 1.17 1.05@1.15 1.20@1.23 1-20@1-40
HAx— m P

No. 1 Tim. 17@18 2063122 i7.50@1s.50 .«3@2.)

No. 2 Tim. 15@16 16@18 15.50@16.50 \22@2}3

No. 1 Clover 14@15 16'@ 17 15@16 \ 20.50@21,

Light Mixed 16 @ 17 18@2O 16.50 @ 17.50 20.50@21

 

 

Wednesday, Feb., 11.-——All grains quiet. Bean market steady.

easy. cattle irregular. Hogs

  

decline.

 

Potatoes

 

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coarse, rough, heavyjiogs' are div”
criminated against. Fresh and cured
hog products are having a large

domestic consumption, but their
great advance in prices has caused
their exportation to’fall far below
exports a year ago. Combined re-
ceipts in twenty markets for the year
to late date amount to 5, 498,000
hogs, comparing with 5,633,000 a
year ago. One year ago hogs sold
at $6.20 to $7.45. Late hog sales
were at $10.10 to $11.10. " 

WHEAT,
There was some reaction in the
Detroit market ‘last week and prices

 

. went down below $2.00 per bushel

but as all old causes of high prices
remain they are not expected to de—
cline much below that level and the
majority of the dealers declare wheat
will continue around $2.00 for some
time. Some are expecting prices to
establish a new high level in the near
future.

 

CORN
Corn is slightly higher at Detroit
than it was two weeks ago with trad-
ing rather quiet.

 

OATS
There is very little doing in the
Detroit oat market at the present
time and the market is easy with
prices a fraction of a cent above what
they were two weeks ago.

 

RYE
Prices in the Detroit rye market
are lower than they were a fortnight
ago and the market is quiet. This
grain follows Wheat and if the latter
advances we expect to see higher
prices for rye.

 

BEANS

The Detroit bean market has .not
recovered from the recent slump as
rapidly as was expected but it is
bound to come back. Students of the
market say that the slump was caus-
ed by speculators but they will not
be able to control the trend very long
as conditions in the market are such
that the‘market must advance.

 

POTATOES

Farmers are unloading their sur-
plus potatoes rapidly and the result
is the market is easy and lower prices
are expected if receipts continue
heavy. The warm weather we have
been having has had a depressing ef-
fect on the market.

HAY
Receipts have fallen off in the hay
market and a steady demand is re—
ported for good hay. Poor grades
continue to sell at wide discounts.

 

LIVESTOCK MARKETS

DETROIT, Feb. 11,—Cattle“ market
steady but extremely dull. Good to choice
yearlings, dry fed, $9.25@9.75; best heavy
steers, dry fed finesse; handy-weight
butcher steers, $7@7.50; mixed steers and
heifers, $5.50@7; handy light butchers,
$5.25@6; light butchers, $4.25@5; r'best
cows, $5@5.50; butcher cows, $3.50@4.25;
common cows, $3(ai3.75: canners. $2.50@
2.75; choice light bulls, $4.50@6; heavy
bulls, $4.50@5.25; stock bulls, $3@4:
feeders, $5@6; stockers, $4.50@5.75;
milkers and springers, $45070.

Veal Calves—Market $1 lower;
$135061)“; others, $6@13. ,

Sheep and Lambs.»—Market 2.50 lower:
best lambs, $17.50@l7.75; fair lambs,
$16.75@17; light to common lambs, $8in
13; fair to good sheep. $8619.50; culls
and common. “@475; buck lambs, $7@
16.50. -

‘ Hogs.—~Market prospects,
heavy hogs, $11.35f(_i?11.50.

EAST BUFFALO.——~C a t t l e—Reccipts,
100, active and steady.

t.‘alves,——Reccipts, 400; slow; 500 low-
er; choice, $13@‘13.50; fair to good,’$10.50
@1250; culls, $6@7 ;, heavy, $6@8;
grassers, $3@5. . ..

Hogs—4,000; slow; 10 to 150 lower;
heavy, $11.60; mixed, $11.40@11.50 ;_york-
ers, $11.25@11.40; light! yorkers, $10@
10.75; pigs, $9@9.50; roughs, $10; Stags,
$5627. ' '

and Lainbs.mn.eceipts, 2,500;
$10@18.25; 'yearlings, $10@15;‘

best,

mixed and

Sheep
lambs.

.wethers. $10.50@11; évves,‘ $3@10 ;_ mixed

sheep,  103} 10.50.
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packing sows, $10.25@10.50; heavyweight
hogs, $10.85@11.40.

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I think you have a fine popcorn—R. A..
Henderson, Mich.

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I have been a reader oi! the M. B. F.
for two years and think it is a real farm
paper.—-Mrs. F. A., Marion, Michigan.

 

I think you have a wonderfully good
upon—J. H., Jackson. Michigan.

 

 

 

 

Week of February 15 I
RAPID rise in temperature at
beginning of this is. expected in

A Michigan due to the effects of a
western storm that will become se—
vere as it moves eastward.

Increasing cloudiness, rain or
snow and high winds will reach this
state about Monday and continue
over Tuesday and Wednesday with
renewed storminess during the latter
days of this week. Sleet and glaze
storms together with severe winds
are expected to do much in inter«
fering with trafl'ic and wire commun—
ication. These conditions material—
izing will greatly effect local mar-
kets in many commodities.

Immediately following these storm
conditions the temperature will fall
decidely to readings below the sea-
sonal normal for this state. Temper-
atures will then generally remain on
the downw. ..'d trend until after the
middle part of next week.

“leek of February 22

While temperatures will show a
moderation at beginning of this week
in Michigan we do not expect any
great warmth. The next decided
high temperature wave will not oc—
cur'in this state until near the close
of this week.

Neither do we expect any great
heavy snow falls in this state gen—
erally at beginning of this week as
the low barometric pressure centers
over Michigan. ‘

Sunday and Monday the sky will be
overcast with resulting snow flurries
and winds followed during middle
part of week with falling tempera—
tures and clearing skies.

Cool temperatures of middle part
of week will be quickly displaced
with general moderation from a more
important storm influence which is
due to sheet Michigan about the last
three days of this week. This partic-
ular storm area will run into the ear-
ly part of next week and during its
stay in this state will produce a. con—
siderable amount of snow or rain or
both, depending upon location and
time of day of precipitation. '

  

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It you buy “feed for pigeons, poultry,
hogs, sheep or cattle we can save you
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MPLEMENT ,.Prwpare,dn:eS's W‘eI‘ek
has been set tori February 23-28.
It is a week‘when every farmer,

who wishes to produce in- the most

economical ’Way possible the coming
season, might well “check up on all
his equipment and by figures and
cold ~ analysis determine - just What
machines and implements should

[continue in service and what ones it

would pay to displace. In manufac-
turing industries, machines that help
produce profits are given a periodic
check. If they do not work as eni-
ciently as new, improved machines as
indicated by close study of produc-
tion figures, sentiment is thrown in
the discard—~they are junked and
thenew ones substituted. On the
farm it should be likewise.

 

SPIRIT OF OPTIMISM RULES
DURING FABMERS‘ WEEK

(Continued from Page 19)

parade was enjoyed by paraders and
spectators alike.

Led by the college band, the mili-
tary units, infantry, cavalry, and ar-
tillery, passed by in well trained
groups. Next came the floats rep-
resenting the various departments of
the college, each float having been
prepared by one of the student or-
ganizations; Finally came the live-
stock, splendid horses and cattle
from the college herds.

This parade never fails to impress
the visitor with the resources and
strength of the college and the wide
extent of its work, both for the stud-
ents and for the farmers of the state.

Various Contest. Test Skill

The livestock judging contests,
which were started last year. were
staged again this year. Entries in
these contests are limited to farmers
and farm boys. Each morning saw
the judging pavilion well'filled with
farmers trying out their skill in
judging: the rings of horses. beef
cattle, dairy cows, sheep, and hogs.

A brand new feature at the 1925
Farmers’ Week was the Grange Sing-
ing Contest. Fourteen Granges took
part in this contest, each Grange
sending a chorus composed of about
12 of their best singers. Prizes for
the contest were donated by R. E.
Olds of Lansing. '

First place was won by Eaton
Rapids, with Stockman Grange of
Bath as second, and Vermontville,
third. The three prize winning
groups sang at the general Farmers'
Week session on Wednesday after-
noon and on one evening they were
featured on the broadcasting pro-
gram from the college station
WKAR.

One of the interesting things about
li‘armers’ Week is the fact that it is
a sort of barometer of agricultural
conditions throughout the state.
With the thousands of farmers in
attendance from all parts of Mich-
igan, the gathering cannot fail to re—~
flect accurately just how the farmers
are feeling. Former years have seen
something oil discouragement due to
prevailing conditions in farming.
Last year the feeling was more hope-
ful and the resulting season proved
that the optomism was justified.
This year there seemed more enthusi-
asm than ever. The tension caused
by poor conditions seems to be prac-
tically gene and everyone is looking
forward to steadily improving con—
ditions. If the Farmers' Week baro-
meter is as accurate as it has been in
former years the agricultural situ-
ation in Michigan is bound to get
better and better.

LEN AWEE COUNTY MAN IS MICH-
' IGAN’S “CORN KING”

OR the past two years a corn
growing contest has been 'con—
ducted in Michigan under the

direction of the Michigan Crop Im-
provement Association. This second
year has seen a large increase in the
number of farmers entering the con-
test, some fifty farmers having en-
rolled at the beginning of the season
and over half of that number actual-
ly completed the work.

First'place, and the title of Mich-
igan’s “Corn King”, went to Otto
Wagner of Riga. His average yield
was 81.25 bushels of shelled corn
per acre. ‘The' value of this corn
was figured at $86.13 per acre and
the margin above cultural cost was
$78.11 per acre. ConSidering cul-
tural costs (fertilizer, plowing, disc-
ing, harrowing. cultivating, etc.,) it
cost 9.8 cents per bushel to grow the

    

   
   
 

  

  
 

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600, at feed dealers.
Order direct

 

Big lo‘ounce package
ral stores, drum.
)8 not supplied.

Dairy Assocxation Co., Inc.
Lyndonville, Vt.

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is éinsmmcc gins: 111%

if dealer

 

 

BUSINESS FARMERS EXGHlllll'iEvé

RATE PER WORD—~0ne Issue 84:, Two
Issues 15c, Four Issues 25c.

No advertisement less than ten words. _f
Groups of figures, initial or shbrevia- ;.
r-ount as one word. ~-‘.
Cash in advance from all advertisers in '3

department, no exceptions and no “-
discounts. .

Forms close Monday noon prey-ceding
Jute of issue. Address: 4:

MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER, 
Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

 

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H ELI ’ “'AN TED
YOUNG MAN OVER SIXTEEN FOR FARM
work. State nge und wages expected. Burger
li‘nrm, Saginaw, \V. 8.. 311011., Route 4.
FA RBI "AA N US

 

THE (‘IIAI"l‘.-\1‘QI'A GRAPE lii‘ll/l‘ IN “VEST-

ern New York is one of the wealthiest forming
and fruit growing sections in the l'nilud Stilfnfi.
Panning uctunlly Ir‘ys. l’mst homes. umny with
natural gas. elnctricity and flowing wntlr. l-‘ine
locations near Lake Erie and Luke Chautauqua.
Paved roads.

Sun1n1er»resorts. Markets. All the

 

 

snviul advantages of rinse-by towns. N. Y. Farm
.\L’.’t'll('_\’. VVPstfleld, N. '.
A'l"|'l-‘.N'l‘ll‘)f\l FARMERS ll” YOI' \VANT TO
sell or trade your farm for Detroit city Iron»
crty and you want a good and honest lmsinevs
also (llll('k rvsults list your forms with us uitli
n responsible mumany. We specialize in selling
fvrm‘i in Michigan. write to the Hullu' Land &
Building l‘o., 8.730 .103. (lanuum, Detroit, Mich.

 

FOR SAI.l<lm---i(l Al‘RlGS. 1%,} MILES EAST OI“

Mariette. Svnilnc (‘o.. on good gravvl road. All
under cultivation. Good nine room house. steam
heated and acetylene lights. Good out buildings.
R. \V. l‘ooloy. Marlene, Micliilznn.

 

FARM lVOll SALE—403 ACRES LIMIQS’I‘ONIG

soil string. =-ree'r: watered pasture. ten room
house. ‘mrn, mrm'ril‘ \mgomrhctl. iflll'fl‘N‘ other
outbuildings young orchard 1’27) trues. Possession
April lat. (llyde Fritter, iarnesville, Ohio. 1H.

OWINH T0 Till-l DEATH OI“ MY VVll’E I

wish to sell my lilo-acre farm, 3 miles north-
east of glare. For ‘IllI‘IllL‘l‘ partlmllnrs write Fred
Hudson, Clare, Michigan.

70 ACRE FARM FOR SALE NEAR FRANK-

fort, Michigan. Goon house, burn and garage:
apple and cherry orchard. For terms write Robert
Gray, Elbcrta. Mic? ran.

WANT TO RENT 60 OIL, 80 At‘ltii l~‘\lt3\l
within 40 miles of Df‘tl'Olt nenr hmlr school.
Cash or shares. A. J. Rllgenstein. Uticn, Mich.

FOR SALE—~80 ACRES. CLEARICI).
Fair buildings. Sheridan Township,
County, John Mills. Clare, R2, Michigan.

 

 

 

 

TILE D.
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FOR SALE TWO GOOD FARMS. 360 ACRES.
A real bargain. Frank Glawe. Ocqueoc, Mich.

 

LARGE AND SWI.
0 Winter. Crews, Virginia

 

 

SEED

 

SEED CORN AND'SEED OATS. MY DRYING

house is fill d With Clement's Improved White
Cap yellow dept, and Ducan’s yellow dent seed
com. Fire dned on racks. our tcsted, guaranteed

 

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Esau. EASY TERMS. '

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1317!!!!” I', New 

 

FLORIIMI ORANGES II‘IIIEI'T TO 3017 FROM
Om gym. asuqu lmx' contaian 4-3 orally”.

 

 

It) In». fruit. 2'0 ta ernm. 448' humane!» Jar-1'
fruit 5215, ex  ‘ 90. "Florida M089“
Packing .o., amps. Flu. ‘

mm 871‘”

 

 

rep.  any: or nneflscpmwogrl
nap . m eon-s, urn-mg on . ..
~ ' . _ amide. n. it. Well.

 

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PET M '

mm mm. m MNG
Nehru Frost. Flint. m .3.
AIREIIAIJG PIIPS AND S'I‘I'I) DOGS WED

"Kilt. No better blood in the count.” an]

 

GUINEA PIGS
trio $2.23.

 

prior. F. (lrnmistufl, Anchor, llL

WANTED—('ANARII'is. P‘ANl‘Y rumist
and fouls. pure bred dogs‘and puppies. '0

buy sell ‘und exchange all kinds of live stock.

Free circular. Detroit Bird Store. Iletrmt. Mich.

 

 

FINE Ml Slt‘ BOX SONHN’I‘lClih‘. FIVE DOL-
rs each. Mrs, ll. A. She-.1va Moberly, M0.
loo RED CARNHAI'X l’lill‘ZUNS $30.00.

Mapledaic Farms. llelrmt, Minnesota.

 

 

POULT {Y

 

ltOl‘lC .(}()('Ki‘llil'lli.\' BRED FROM

DARREN , .
l'o-dlgr, Arislrrats direct. nght

llollormnn's

 

or dark. l'l‘lce $4. two for $7. .\. Ayers & Son.
Nilvvrwood, Mich. ,
l’..\llitl".ll ROCKS BU: HUSKY cockrznxcns.

 

standard volor, bred from great layers. Write

 

 

 

 

to-day. l‘. (‘olfmam Benton Harbor, Mich, R3.

\«Vlll'l'l‘l \\'Y,\.\'l)()'["l‘ICS BOOKING ADVANCE
ext; orders from 8 quality outings and utility

flock. Shirk all sold. Fred lit-Hi2}. Allen. Bligh.

\Vlll'l‘l'} \VYANDOT'i‘l‘) ('(NTKI'IIHCLS. $3.50
and $5.04) oat-h. Eggs {or llnlr'llihx. F. W.

ltoln-rts‘. Sdlt‘lll, Mich.

SINGLE l'UMB Lilli)“ \ LICHHORN (lOt‘K‘
z'rvls $1.30 cue-ll. (Hm Reynolds. 1'lurc, R5,

Michigan.

 

Rl'ltllfl’l‘lvlltl‘ll) I:Ol'ill’.O.\' lll'lD ’l‘ U R K E Y 8.
Largo vigorous, _\.\tell Strum, one and two your
old nim‘k. Mary llem-uux, Mariette, Michigan.

 

NOT TRY
Hatchery.

(‘llll‘KN
some!
alum, I‘l_

GUARANTI'II'II):flrWliY
100% safe arrival. ’l‘oiucn

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HOLD BANK
largo bone, well
Mrs. P e r r y

GIANT
strain.

marked.

Sttflllllllr.

BRONZE TURN l'IYS

i‘hoice heavy birds.
Satisfaction guarantee-ll.
Sammie, Mum.

 

I’ITHI‘LMRICI) MAMMOTH BRONZE
iim- largo birds lrom choir-v slm‘k.
Shark, (‘uledomm Mil-ll.

'r l ‘ nKEYs.
Mrs. Ralph

 

FOR S;\l.l‘}—*M.\.\l)lil'l'il BRONZE TURKEYS.
\i'r'lie- for prices. \lr.\_ ll. IL Horton, li‘ilion,
Mulligan.

l" U K S A L Ill—L'l'lIUROI'HHRREI) TOFLOUSE
geese-garidel‘s. linlllunl & Nowlin. R4, Laings—
burg, Michigan. Q

 

 

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ill'Il'INl”.
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7 Hr» Julius

Sunder/H ltd.

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ILHV Filth“r-lil'SKRA’l‘,‘ RAINIER, \V'IGAHELS
Wimb- un l;.o\\n. l‘fznr assortmum. l‘rom
returns. :x‘lszpmn: is held separate on request.
Holtx bt'llul'dlx‘ now-e must llt‘4'OlIlilzllly furs. Post—
ugu and l‘IVgn'vss 1-.Ud. “'e solicit your Shipments.

aris 1.. butcher, Bennington, Mich, -
j
TOBACCO
IIOMI'ISI’UN TUBAL‘t‘Okrl‘ ll l". W I N G FIVE
pou‘la $1.50 len $24.50. Smoking tlve pounds
l.‘_’.‘\, I'll $2.00 l'lpe Ilt‘i'. l'uy when re—
ceived. Sutxsmctmn igazn'nntvwl l'nitml rpobuvro
(,lrowors. l'oom-uh, l\_v.
'l‘OliAi‘l‘Oa—jiiliN'i‘l'(‘KY‘S l‘llllll-I: l. X T R A
[am- clunmu. ll) pounds. :43; smoking, IO
Dummg "’; 20 pounds. $3.7M. Forum-rs Phil),

35..
Mnyiielwi, Ky.

 

lllllll‘lh‘l’lfN TOBACCO. Clll‘lVVlNG 5 LBS”
3215”; 10 $23.75. Smoking, 5 11’s,, $1,35~
Cupton,

Mild ll)»$l:5il. Pay when reveived. l".
Budwell, hy.

 

 

Ml .K‘l‘llillA N EO US

 

HAVE RETAIL COAL \lelilltl) IN PORT HURON.

 

 

germination from high yieldin stock. Registered Splendid lilisnn‘sn. so _or (rude {or good

and certified Worthy Oats. eavy yielders with farm in‘ good lowltnm. Invite IDSIICI‘iIOII. If you

a stiff straw. For prices write Pan] C_ Clement. have allulfa hay to sell, quote us DI'H‘L‘S and Hate

Britton. mehm' Imntlties. Port Huron Storage and Run“ (‘0‘.
' on. Huron, Michigan.

CHOICE SEED CORN—.1000 BU. loo-DAY W , ,, ‘ v _

Improved Yellow Dent: 500 bu. Lancaster 0L!) Mohlai WAN PhD—DO YOI, lxNOW TlIA'l‘
County Sure Cro : 300 bu. Early White Cap, (0”! {HHH'tUTS WW )1) to $100.00 for certain
nearly all 1923 op, all high germination. Write U., 3. (P918? And 111;; premiums for all rch
for price, sam 19. and circular. Order mrly to 091m? “\le buy all kinds. Send 4c for huge
save money. .‘null Farm, Box 20, 'I‘uliytown. (WHILHN'JHHF- MILV mean much profit to you.
13qu CoH Pa, Numismatic Bank, Dept. 613, Fort Worth. Toma.
FOR SAIE—BURBANK HULLESS OATS FOB llAi, s’l‘ll‘Aw' & ALFALEA; ‘WRITE US FOR

seed by grower, Full patticulgrs and 333119 prlcjrs. (.-onslgnments snllmtod. l'rompt returns.

. Addr H. M. Welder, Fennville, Mich, 2. Inqml'lea answered. Headquarters for Digester

 

FOR SALE—75 BU. UNHULLED WHITF<
blossom sweet clover seed. $2.25 per bu. G.
E. McCleary, Mesick, Michigan.

'MANCHU SOYBEANHHOICE RECLEANED,

 

from certified seed $2.50 get 9. bags in-
cluded. Baillie“. Guy “I Itanner Seed House.
Chompaign, L

 

BEST FOR MICHIGAN, ROBUST BEANS,
Wolverine Oats. Address A. B. Coo , 0330,
Michigan.

 

 

Tnnkage, Meat sets a. .1.
his .8. Chicago,

CASH PAID FOB_ FALSE TEETH. PLATINU

A. Benson (‘o., 332 So.

 

 

old magneto points, discarded jewelry and GI
old. Mall to, Hoke Smeltlng 5: Banning (‘o..
tsego, Michigan.
SAVE MONEY ON RECORDS AND PIANO
rolls. We sell andhexchnnge than. Write for
system. Summit Music Co.. 4i0 2d Ave. 80..
Minneapolis, Minn.

 

ALL WOOL EARN—FOB SALE FROM MANY}

 

 

 

 

FORESlaLEf—FINEG‘I’E'I‘gESIggIY BUSSéig.‘ RURAL ritzurern ..u- tgl "$2.00 per qund. Free
pO' es lot so . . per 11 , _ , .x. i r e. , Harmony. ne.
Bags Free. James Anthony, Moorestown,  mpe -
’ CASH I’All) . OR OLD POSTAGE STA
MANCHU SO! BEAN8~1924 CROP. ENOS turned before 1890. J. F. Dunmcan. Box 32 .
Stewart. Lexmgbon, Ill. mm_ New York. -
' T "I OWNERS. MAKE MORE ‘ MOY . .
NUMERY STOCK hfl'l‘rrr 8]. Burns. LSfllem. Ill. _ t n
WALNUT LOGS WANTED. WALTER L

 

  

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There are big days, and happy days when your family and your friends sit down to
your fine big dinners. Picture your pleasure in having for such occasions a Dinner Set
like this; pure, gleaming, flawless white, edged with a. smooth, bright, shining gold
line, gold handles, and a dainty lower band of colorful orange. Then think of the
added satisfaction of this distinctive feature: Your Own Initial on Each and
Eve Piece. Each initial set in an artistic wreath which is banked by a charming
scrollyof roses in beautiful colors. This illustration does not begin to do it justice.

Martha Washington
ColonialShape Initial Dinner Set

No picture, no description can do justice to this exceedingly beauti- 
ful dinner set. I want you to see it on your own table. I want you to z k
know the Attractiveness of its Aristocratic Martha Washington ‘
Colonial Shape, the Beauty of its Gold Border. I want you to see 
with your own eyes how the big, wide, gorgeously brilliant gold -
handles enliven, enrich and beautify the set. Then I want you to know the Pride of
Possessing a big, fine, high-class dinner set that has your initial on each and every
giece. So,[ will gladly Send you the entire set, 110 Pieces, on 30 days' Free Trial.
he picture above shOWS, in reduced size, the attractive initial design. This
design is in 7 harmoniously blended colors and gold.
SUPREME QUALITY. Only the very best materials are used in the manu-
facture of these dishes. Extreme care is taken in all of the different operations.
Everything that high class materials, manufacturing skill, art and design can do, has been done to make this
beautiful Dinnerware a Remarkable Bargain. All of the decorations; the initial, the wreath, the scroll of roses
in natural colors, the gold edge, and the inner line of orange, are absolutely put on to stay, We guarantee
against breakage in shipment. Each piece is wrapped separately In tissue paper.

FormerfiPrice $44.75.

Special Sale Price $29.95

Easy Monthly Payments‘

This dinner set formerly sold for $44.75 and without the Free Table Cloth and Napkins. 

You would have been satisfied to pay this price for the High Quality and Exquis-
ite Design alone. To those points of excellence l have added these additional attractive
features: The cxclusivcnoss of your own Initial on every piece; the 5,
Trial

glorious, cheerful. lavish beauty of Seven colors and Gold In the
decorations; the outstanding and distinctively handsome blg. wide.
“I Will Trust a _ '
You Gladly” » S N « nept- B701
a 9 . Pittsburgh, Pa.

bright, gold handles. lhavo also added a dalntlly colorodllorelspray
cl Pittsburgh HOME FURNISHERS FOR THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA

   
  
     
   
    
   
   
     
  
  
 
  
   
  
    
  

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Spur a Co.

With
Order

which is opposite the Initial dssi n on each and every gloom Ifivant
to send you the complete set, 118 pieces, on 30 Days ree Trial. I
want you to use the dinnerware as if it were your own. If your satis-
faction is not complete, return the set. I will refund your first pay-
ment and all freig t charges. The trial will not cost you a penny.

Be careful to state the initial you desire.

Order No. SA2920. Price $29.95. Terms:
$1.00 with order, $2.50 Monthly.

      
 

      

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  ITEM-in. Dinner Plates, 12 7M-in. Pie or Lunch Plates, 12 GM—in.
Bread and Butter Plates, 12 7%-in. Soup Plates, 12 Cups, 12 Saucers,
 12 53441}. Dessert Dishes, 12 6—in. Oatmeal Dishes, 1 10%—in. Meat
Platter, 1 131A-in. Meat Platter, 1 Sauce Boat, 1 Sauce Boat Stand,
1 Gravy Bowl, 1 Cream Pitcher, 1 6-in. Pickle Dish, 1 7—in. Butter Dish, 1 Covered
Sugar Bowl (2 Pieces), 1 Covered Vegetable Dish (2 Pieces), 1 8—in. Open Vegetable
Dish, 1 Six-in. Round Salad Dish.

F R E E.  

will send you Absolutely Free a Table
Cloth and 6 Napkins. Th9se articles are made of High Class Full
Bleached Satin Finish Cotton Damask. The design is very attractive
and the Set is of an unusually good quality. The table cloth is attrac-
tively hemstitched. It is bigger and of a better quality than is usually
found in similar sets; it measures 58 x 69 inches—a very practical size
and shape for any style of table. The napkins are hemstitched to

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match the table cloth and are also larger
than usual; they measure 17% x 17% in.

Why Every Family

 
 
  
 
 
  

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Before you decide on the things you need to
make your home more cheerful and better fur-
nished, you would like to get some ideas. You
would like to see a variety—a big variety of all
kinds of furniture and furnishin 3. You would
want to be certain that the qua ity was right,
the prices the low¢=st, and the terms easiest.
So, before you buy anything, you need My
New Catalog; it will answer your every ques-
tion and fill your every home need. Everything
I sell is sent on 30 Days’ Free Trial. My Prices
are the Lowest, and I give the Longest Time
to Pay. Send for my Free Catalog Now.
Remember I sell everything for the home,  . _. _
Furniture. Carpets, Rugs, Stoves, etc. ' .1,

ISPEAR & (30., Dept. 8701 )Pitisburgh, Pa.

8 d th 110- l I lti l D'n at Sat, also the Free Table Cloth and d Napkins.
I l :Iriclg: 8:00 ercecfyni‘eni’. ltlisnunderatood that if at the end of the 30 days' trial I'm. pl'%
1 am satisfied 1 will send nu $2.50 Monthly. Order No. 5152920. Price fangs. box at in
Terms: $1 with order, 2.50l onthly. Title remains With you until paid in ful . Bond ,fl mire E
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me your Big Free Cats 02 a so.

Please prlnt or wrlic name and address plainly.
Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..Occupation . m . . . . . . . . . , . .
R. F. 1)., Box No. or Street & No . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Postomce......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . ..State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,
If your shipping point is different from your post olfloo fill in "no gbolow
Send Shipment to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

FREE { ll you want the Free canton Only, Send  TD‘dI‘IX'hoi-c 
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