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Michigan figric'ultural College
for the annual summer confer-
ence of rural workers, including
ministers; farm leaders, community
welfare Workers, extension agents,
and Y. M. C. A and Y. W. C. A.
secretaries. Which is to ~~be held at
the college July 20 to ‘30. .

-B . starting early the college au-
thOr ties hope to interest enough per—
sons of this class to obtain an ‘un—
usually large attendance. During
the last few years the number pres-
enthas not been large, mostly be-
cause the conferences has not been
pushed extensviely. At one time
300 ministers alone were in attend-
ance and it is hoped that this num-
ber will be passed this year.

The workers are to_ hold group
meetings and then gather in a. gen-
eral conference for discussion of
problems common to all to learn in
what ways they may increase their
firvice to their communities.—~L.

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STALLION ’OWNERS 0F EATON
COUNTY TAKE ACTION
[T a meeting in the office of the
‘county'agent of Eaton county
on April let eleven of the dozen
stallion owners of the county were
present. These men were-called to—
gether by the county agent for the
purpose of discussing a plan whereby
they could adopt uniform and work-

‘able terms for standing their stal-

lions for public service.

Mr. Taylor, who is county agent
with headquarters at Charlotte was
induced by several of thepstallion
owners to call the meeting as a re-
sult of an advertisement in the local
paper in which the Michigan Agricul-
tural College advertised their Per-
cheron and Belgian stallions for serv-
ice under conditions which seemed to
be attractive.

R. S. Hudson, Supt. of the Farm
and Horses, was asked to attend the

, meeting and explain the plan, which

after a full discussion by the men
present was adopted.

The plan is not especially new as
some breeders in Ohio and other
com belt states have used the plan
for some years back, reporting sat—
isfaction on the part of the stallion
owners as well as the owners of the
mares.

The plan adopted by the Eaton
county men is as follows:

Five dollars is paid at the time the
mare is served, and the balance of
ten dollars when the mare is proven
to be safe in foal.

Under this plan there would be dis-r

a state—wide celebration of the
seventleth anniversary of the
founding of Michigan Agricultural
college next June, the history of the
college is being extensively reviewed
by members of the state board of
agriculture and other officials who
have arrangements in charge.
President -Kenyon L. Butterfleld
says he has been surprised at the
number of alumni who are ignorant
of. the fact that M. A. C. was the
first institution in the United States
to be founded by law for the ex~
press purpose of, teaching agriculture.
The truth is that in 1853 an attempt
was made to arrange a course in ag-
riculture at the University of Mich—
igan but the falling through of the
plan leaves the East Lansing college
secure in its claim. .
Bela. Hubbard, the first president
of. the famous old Michigan state
agricultural society, probably will be
honored in the coming university
festivities as deserving the credit for
the actual founding of the college.
Hubbard started the movement back
in 1850 when he made such a strong
appeal before the state legislature
that his organisation was oflcially
authorized to select a site for an
"Institution for instruction in agri-
cultural subiecu" within a radius
of 10» miles of Lansing—and contract
for the purchase of not less than
.500 acres of land for that purpose.
* as. result was that in June, 1855,
an acres Orland atthepressat site

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horse and histime audit-cubic in
handling him during ’ the breeding
season ~ ,

flooded. the mare w... wears" so,
more liable to breed hlsmare at a /

time of year when she would bonnet

' liableto have good results: foam.

and that he would return hunt the
proper time for retrial. _.

Third. the down payment would
tend to eliminate undesirable mares.

It was generally agreed that the,
countyis full of old mares, many of
which are beyond reliable breeding
age. There is a strong indication
that farmers are going to renew
breeding operations this season iii-a
much greater degree than has been
the case in the past five years. Be-
cause of these conditions stallion
owners will be called upon to spend
more time with their horses. and
without a down payment spend much
of their time incovering mares for
which they would get no return. The
mare owner will also get more for
his time and money because he will
breed his best mare, return her faith—
fully and take better care of her
while she is pregnant. .
. These menpdecided to print the
terms along with a; copy of the stal—
lion license, which according to the
state stallion law should be posted
upon the stable where the stallion is
kept, also upon the outside of the
stable. ‘

It was hoped that a movement of
this kind might become state wide.
Accordingly, the county agents of the
state, the Department of Agriculture
of Lansing, and Michigan Agricul-
tural College have been asked to
assist in introducing the plan. Sure—
ly the plan will work well, it is hoped
to the mutual» benefit of both stallion
afid mare owner, if it is adopted by
a .

For additional information write
to R. 8. Hudson, M. A. 0., Dr. Judson
Black, Department of Agriculture.
Lansing, Michigan, or Clair Taylor.
county agent, Charlotte, Michigan.

 

ROOFING COMPANY HELPS
. SUW‘ERERS
HERE is being shipped into the
storm stricken area of Illinois
and Indiana between seven and
ten thousand rolls. of rooting, by pre—
paid freight, donated by the Lehon
Company, roofing manufacturers of
Chicago. It is estimated that this
quantity of material will be suflicient
to cover between 1400 and 2000
small structures.

Few M. A. C. Alumni Know College WaisiFirst

year a college building, known as
College hall, and a boarding house,
popularly known as “Saints Rest,”
were erected at a total cost of $66,-
320. In January of the year Joseph
R. Williams, a graduate of Harvard,
was appointed first president and on
the following May, 1857 the school
was dedicated and formally opened.

The little college progressed slowly
for some years due probably to the
unsympathetic attitude of the farm-
ers as well as the novelty of the new
type of school, but mainly because of
the fact that the institution was well
nigh inaccessible. Situated as it
was in the midst of a densely wooded

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to the extent it! n ,9-‘914.
'lars per mare fer the work of his

district, it could be reached only by l

a rough trip over a corduroy wagon
road —whlch traversed a stretch of

marshy ground and which was prac- .

tically impassable during
periods 'of‘ the year.

In 1862. the state board of agri-
culture was created and in the same
year '1‘. C. Abbot, a versatile man
then having the combined positions

certain ,

of professor of history, English and 4
college secretary pro tem, was elected 3

president.

In 1885 the curriculum was broad-
ened to include a course in mechanic
arts which was the forerunner of the

present engineering division which .

succeeded it in 1908.
home econeaxics course was added in
1896,19» void-luau science disislon
was underlining (allowed by the

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Steps Should Be Taken at_Once to Determine Farmers’ Desires on Bean Grades 30 United Front
' ' Can Be Presented at Lansing Meeting

0 the bean growers of Michigan

' want their beans graded by‘ths
‘ ' '~ United States Department of
'Agriculture or are they satisfied with
the Work as it is being carried on by
the Michigan Bean Jobbers' Associ-
ation? Would it be more profitable
to them to buys the inspector hired
‘by the jobbers, as at present. or by
the jobbers. growers, 57nd consumers,
alike? If all beans produced in the
United States were graded by the
one agency would Michigan beans
bring a better price than under the
present arrangement where each
state has its own grades and grader?
At a meeting of bean growers and
jobbers at Saginaw on February 27
it was decided that the growersare

satisfied with conditions as they are ,

and the following telegram was sent
to the Bureau of Agricultural Eco-
nomics of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture:

“Whereas we are advised the
authorities in charge contem-
plate the introduction of a Fed-
eral Grading system which
would involve Michigan beans
and whereas there has been de-
veloped and perfected in Michi—
gan asystem of grading for
beans which is the result of

. many years of careful study of
the vagaries of this ultra sen-
sitive crop under Michigan con—
ditions togehter with the de-
mand rights and sensibilities of
the consumer and this by the
practical producers and handlers
of the crop and whereas we be—_
lieve that the introduction of an—
other system will be no advant-
age to producer, handler, or con-
sumer but Will result in confu—
ildence and satisfaction now
sion and uncertainty where con—
exist, therefore be it resolved by
the Michigan Bean Growers’ As—
sociation at Saginaw, February
27, 1926, that we are opposed to
any change in our present uni-
versally accepted and satisfac-
tory bean grades until such time
as the need shall become appar-
ent to those actually engaged in
the industry or as result of sug-
gestion from the bean consum-
ing public—The Michigan Bean
Growers’ Association.”

Since that meeting there has been
some agitation that the ,telegram was
not a true expression of the feelings
of the bean growers of Michigan be-
cause the majority of them were not
informed as to what the proposed
grades were. This apparently has
grown until the bean growers are
dividing just at a time when they
should be pulling together.

In order to learn just how the
bean interests stand on the proposed
federal grading, the U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture is holding meet-
ings in all of the bean growing

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GRADES FOR MICHIGAN BEANS

Following are the oiilcial grades and regulations adopted by the Michigan

Bean Jobbcrs’ Association, September 1, 1924.
under these grades.

CHOICE HAND PICKED MICHIGAN PEA BEANS
sound, dry, well screened, and must not contain more than one and one-
half per cent of discolored or split beans and not more than seven per cent
of large or medium b

PRIME HA

Michigan beans are now handled

must be bright,

eons.
ND PICKED MICHIGAN PEA BEANS must be fairly good

average color of crop year, sound. dry, well screened, and must not contain
morcthnn three per cent of: discolored and split beans and not more than ten
per cent of large or medium beans.

FANCY SCREENED MICHIGAN PEA BEANS must be bright, sound.
dry, well screened, and must not contain more than three per cent of dis-
colored beans, splits or foreign substances, and not more than ten per
cent of large or medium beans. '

CHOICE SCREENED MICHIGAN PEA BEANS must be of fairly
good average color of crop year, dry, “well screened, and must not contain
more than five per cent of discolored beans, splits or foreign substances
and not more than ten per cent of medium beans.

The grade specifications printed below
Bureau of Economics, U. S.
grades for pea beans.

for discussion.

are proposed tentatively by the
Department of Agriculture, as the United States
They are not official and are proposed only as a. basis

N0. 1, shall be uniform in size and of good color, containing not more
than one and one—half per cent total split and damaged beans with no
foreign materials.

N0. 2, shall be uniform in size and may be slightly dull color, with not
more than three per cent total split and damaged beans, not more than two-
tenths of one per cent of other beans, and one-tenth of one per cent of
foreign materials.

N0. 3, may be dull or of poor color, containing not more than six per
cent total of split and damaged beams, not more than one—half of one per
cent of other beans or of foreign substances.

states. The meet-
ing for Michigan
is scheduled at
the Kerns Hotel
at Lansing, on
April 24, begin—
ning at 10:00 A.
M. and it is up to
the growers to
h a v e at t b a t
m e e t i n g dele-
gates who can
speak for them
in an authorita-
tive way.
County Meetings
If the growers
wish to have
something to say
at this meeting
they should hold
county meetings
and select dele-
gates to repres-
ent them at a
preliminary meet-
ing now being
proposed to be
held at Lansing
the day previous,
that is April 23,
at the Kerns
Hotel when final
representatives
will be chosen to
speak for the
growers on the
following day.
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BEAN GHUWEHS

Shall we have Federal Grades?

The future of the Michigan
Bean Industry is at Stake!

ATTEND THE

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The above is a reproduction of a bill.
about 9 in. by 12 111., we have printed up
in large quantities and we will gladly
ship from 50 to I00 too of charge to
your county agent, or anyone who will
organize these meetings in the bean grow—
ing counties. The place where the meet-
ing is to be held, the day and the hour
is to be filled In by the man who secures
the bills, and they should be posted in
conspicuous places about the county.
Also a representative should call on the
local newspaper editors of the county and
have them insert the above us an ad-
vertisement in the columns of the issues
of their publication just previous to your
meeting or get them to give your meeting

plenty of publicity.

should be called
in the bean grow-
ing counties in
t h e immediate
future to discuss
grading of beans,
both the propos—
ed federal grades
and the ones now
promulgated by
the jobbers’ asso—
ciation, both of
which appear on
this page. One
meeting in each
county, called by
the county agent,
if you have one,
your local farm
bureau manager,
or any man who
is a leader in or—
ganizing in your
section, would be
sufficient, if well
advertised, so
that at least a.
majority of the
growers would be
there. At this
meeting dele-
gates to the Lan-
sing m e e t i u g

should be' chosen.‘

If at the county
meetings it was
felt that there
was not enough
information at

hand to present to those attending
so that they could vote intelligently
they could choose two delegates
whose judgment was respected by the
majority and instruct them that their
decision at the Lansing meeting
would be supported by all the mem-
bers present. ‘If the question was
decided at your meeting perhaps one
delegate would be enough and the ex-
pense would be less.

The expense of sending the dele-
gates to Lansing for the two days
would not amount to very much. At
the county meeting it could be ii;-
ured up and each grower present
could contribute his share. No doubt
it would not amount to over a dollar
apiece, and perhaps less; but even
at a greater cost it would be money
well spent. .

Decide Question

At the meeting on the 23rd of
April the delegates would listen‘ to
an authority on federal grading dis-
cuss the subject. A professor from
the marketing department of the
Michigan Agricultural College might
be secured for the occasion. In our
estimation it would be a good idea
to invite the Bean Jobbers' Associa—
tion to send a representative to dis—
cuss and answer questions about the
present grades in Michigan. Then
the question would be taken up from
all angles, including any changes in
either grades, and a vote finally tak—
en to determine the farmers’ stand.
After that representatives could be
chosen to act as spokesmen on the
following day.

Grades Similar

In comparing the two sets of
grades you will be struck by the sim-
ilarity. There is small difference.
but it has been stated that under the
grades established by the Michigan
Bean Jobbers’ Association many cars
of beans are misrepresented, being
shipped as hand picked When they
are only machine picked. Also we
have heard of cars being sold as
choice hand picked and they were re-
Jected by the buyer when he received
them because they were not up to
grade and were declared to be as
high as 6 pound pickers. And the
farmer had already paid the jobber
for picking out the 6 pounds! Any

dealer that would do anything like.

this not only hurts himself but des—
troys the confidence of the bean buy-
ing public in the quality of Michigan
beans. Would the federal grading.
with the grader responsible to grow-
er, jobber and consumer, eliminate
this? "We do not know, but we do
know there is something radically
wrong when Michigan beans sell
under inferior beans from other
states. '
Some may say “What do those fel—
lows at Washington know about
Michigan beans and conditions?"
What is the difference whether the
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If you are favor of the Federal Grades and Inspection slip out the wove,
ring 1?. slggtgres of those who favor the change from the present sy

growers of. . our county soon
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sheet add another shoot at the bottom of acne first one.

PETITION

at Lansing.

TO THE HONORABLE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE BUREAU OF ECONOMICS,
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, WASHINGTON, D. C.

,E the undersigned growers of beans in the state of Michigan do humbly petition your worthy
body to establish federal Grading and Inspection of beans, grown or sold, in the United States
of America, believing this to be the only fair and efl’icient method for the protection of the
growers, distributors and consumers of beans:
"pas to it at the top of a. long sheet of paper and circulate the petition among the bean
stem. Then forward the petition to The Business hr..-

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VEN though refusing to enact
' any important tax reform meas-
ures and although granting rou—
ne’ budget bills totaling many mil-
one of dollars, the Legislature
”ms insistent that the few oppro—
_" lations requested by Michigan
rmers and their organizations shall
a unmercifully pared to the bone.
For instance,’ take the matter of
oviding state funds for paying in—
mhities and condemned and
ughter tubercular cattle. At pres-
t there are 22 counties on the wait-
-g list for this work. All of them
ave provided the local funds for car—
ng on the campaigns. Federal
unds are lying idle because there is
0 state money to match this Federal
,d. In view of this situat‘cn the
lye-stock interests of the state and
he faiin organizations asked for
500,000 for each of the next two
ears to provide suflicient state aid
that the eradication work might
lbs vigorously promoted. This re-
uest was cut right in two in the
,uiddle and has now been passed with
“hut $250,000 per year provided.
But it should be said in this con-
ection that the House is consider-
ng a bill sponsored by Represent—
tive John Espie of Eagle to provide
an emergency appropriation of $100,-
. 1000 to carry on the eradication cam-
‘paigns during the balance of the lis-
cal year. If this bill is passed it will
provide state money to match feder-
hl funds which would otherwise have
,0 be returned to Washington un—
used. Even in view of this urgent
~ mead, it is prophesied that the Es—
fpie bill willfind hard sledding in. the
Senate.
To Hamper Standardization
g So much for the situation of the
" Idairy farmer and live stock breeder.
‘ he fruit growers and potato men
,re being equally hard hit. For sev—
eral years it has ben realized by lead~
ingjarmers of the state that the rea—
n Why Michigan fruit and potatoes
were being outsold by the products
of other states was because we had
at adopted grades and standards
for marketing our farm products.
. During the past two or three years
' great progress has been made along
this line by Michigan growers and
packers working under the direction
and supervision of the State Depart—
. ément of Agriculture. This year the
» {fruit and potato men through their
' }organizations agreed upon a bill pro—
‘f‘viding $85,000 per year for enforcing
" ades and standardization for Mich—
gan fruit and vegetables. The
iflouse Committee on Agriculture cut
:this item to $50,000 and when‘the
House Committee on Ways and
7 eans got a chance at it they whit-
, gtled it down to $25,000. If the bill
is passed with this low figure the
avenue will have to be spread out
.pretty' thin to do much standardiza-
etion work for the many diversified
' roducts of Michigan’s orchards,
neyards and fields.
Farmers of southeastern Michigan
i .are receiving another rebuff at the
’ ands of their law makers. Menaced
y the serious invasion of the Euro—
ean Corn Borer which is already
@resent in serious proportions in ten
unties, the request was made for
state appropriation of $25,000 to
aid in the control and suppression of
‘ his new and very serious enemy. If
‘ assed at this figure the Federal Gov—
ernment would have put up between
‘ 35,000 and $50,000 to assist in the
. 'control and eradication work. How-
'bver, the House Committee on Ways
land Means cut this modest $25,000
‘equest down to $12,000.
,. For the sake of our neighbors liv-
‘ "an: in the southeastern counties and
B a protection to the rest of the
estate, let us hope that somewhere
, long the line the 'bill will be amend-
‘S'Qd back to the original amount be-
'ore it is finally passed.
‘M. A. C. Bills Slashed
“Last but not least in this depic-
n of legislative economy toward
'icultural appropriation requests,
us rejfer briefly to the fate of the
A 0. budget bills. The requests
ermanent improvements for the

  

   
 
 
  

 

 
 

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Lawmakers Seem Willing to Let’ Farmers, Pay‘Heavp Taxes But Still Get Little Direct Return

By STANLEY M. POWELL

(Lansing Correspondent of The Business Farmer.)

expenses and extension work, these
requests being cut from $1,025,000
to $520,000. The budget for agricul—
tural extension work was cut from

a

$450,000 to $325,000. If the bill is "
passed in its present form- it will
mean the discontinuance of county
agent and other extension projects in

WHO HAS HAD EXPERIENCE WITH WINDBRE‘AKS?

EAR EDITOR:

I have two farms that I wish to plant some trees on

for a windbreak for the buildings and the orchards- Having ex-

perience as to the value of a windka I thought maybe a discus-
sion in the M. B. F. might bring the desired results from farmers in the
state that have had experience and also result in getting some others
interested in planting windbreaks.
north-west wind on a real cold day and came to where some brush or'
trees broke the wind, it is not necessary to tell you just what the value
might be to farm stock and the farmers’ family, also to an orchard.

\thn I came here I set out two rows of evergreens west of the
orchard which is west of the house and now when the west Winds blow
the apples and plums oi? my neighbors’ trees the Wind does not aflect

OIII‘S.

If you ever happened to face a.

\Vhat, I really want to know is which is the best kind of evergreens
to plant for a windbreak in this part of Michigan? Of course I also
mean the quickest growing trees which branch out near or at the
ground. The kind I have are a perfect windbrcak fromthe ground up
but. it seems to me there is a variety that grows faster. I planted these
eighteen years ago when they were one foot six inches high and now

they are about eighteen feet.
‘ that is what troubles me.

failed to find a lumber-jack that can tell me what they are.

I do not know what variety they are and
I bought them from a nursery and have

I would

like to hear from some person who has had experience growing South
Carolina poplars from cuttings and the best way to do it.-—J. E. Will-

ford, Gladwin County.

Michigan’s Champion Potato Growers

By H. C. IVIOORE
Chief of State Seed Inspection Service, Michigan Agricultural College

seed potatoes made application

for membership in the 300 Bu—
shel Potato (‘lub sponsored by the
Michigan Potato Producers’ Asso-
ciation. The qualifications for mem—
bership in this club require the pro-
duction of 300 bushels or more of
potatoes per acre on an area of at
least two continuous acres. Appli-
cants must conform to the seed po-
tato inspection and certification re-
quirements as formulated by the
Michigan Agricultural College and
the potatoes must pass all field and
bin inspections and-be recommended
for certification.

Thirty—two growers from eleven
counties qulified for membership in
the club last year. Nearly” all sec-
tions of the state were represented
in this test and the fact is clearly
demonstrated that good yields of
high quality potatoes can be grown
in any part of the state provided
proper cultural methods are adopted.
The large yields secured by the 300
Bushel Club members are of import-
ance in that they make for lower
cost of production per bushel. The

LAST June 73 growers of certified

most outstanding thing, however, in
the 300 Bushel Club work as well as
in all of the certified seed produc-
tion industry is that the market
quality of the crop produced is far
superior to that of the average table
potato grower. Using the methods
of production followed certified seed
growers, producers of table potatoes
will be better able to furnish the
kind of potatoes that the market
wants—quality potatoes. The best
quality potatoes are never a glut on
the market and they command top
notch prices.

Mason Parmelee of Hilliards, Alle-
gan County, is the high honor man of
the 1924 club. His average yield
being 510 bushels per acre from a
12 acre field. Six other club mem-
bers produced yields of better than
400 bushels per acre. The average
yield for the 32 members was 372
bushels. In the 1923 300 Bushel
Club there were 26 members and the
total average yield was 343 bushels.
A silver loving cup was given each
1924 club member by the Michigan
Potato Producers' Association. In
1923 silver medals were awarded.

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan Potato Producers' Association—300 Bushel Club Members, 1924

 

 

 
  

 

   

 
  

  

Name Address County Acres Av. Yield
Vet Shooks ..................... C entral Lake ........... Antrim ...................... 2 340
Peter VVieland ............... E lls'worth ................ Antrim .. 41/1, 333%
F. J. Bartholomew ....... Charlevoix .............. Charlevoix .. 2 325
Henry Vandcrslik ......... Central Lake ........... Antrim ...................... 2 350
Byron Cole ..................... Alanson .................. Cheboygan ................ 2 322
Andrew Vangunst ......... Shelby ...................... ( )ceana ...................... 4% 330
Theo. Schmalzried ......... Levering .................. E mmet ...................... 4 308
Tony Shocks ................... Central Lake ......... Antrim ...................... 2 350
M. E. Pamielee ............ .Hilliards ................. Allegan ...................... 12 510
Julius Grindstuen ......... Maple City ............. Leelanau .................. 31/4 416%
l). H. Brat ................. ...Charlevoix .............. Charlcvoix ................ 4 320
Irvin Cole.......................Alanson ........ ...Chegoygan ................ 4 356%
C. S. Dearborn ............... Bellaire ..Antrim . . 2 373
A. L. Dunlap ................. Lupton .................... O gemaw .. 2 441
Ray Eppler ..................... P etoskey ................. Emmet ...................... 71/; 31315
J. B. Gray ....................... \Vest Branch .......... Ogemaw .................... 21742 357
F. H. Glidden ................. Alba ....................... Antrim ...................... 5 406
Harry Hansen ............... l Cdmore ................... Montcalm .................. 3 320
E. B. Loehne ............... .Central Lake ........... Antrim ...................... 4% 462
W. J. Petts ..................... Boyne City ............. Charlevoix ................ 3 318
F, F. Rotten... ............ Alanson .................. Choboygan ................ 2 325
E. Sutton ......................... Central Lake .......... Antrim 2 480
F. Schmalzried ............... Levering .................. Emmet ...................... 3 341
H. B. Stephens ............... Boyne City ............ t‘lliarlevoix _ 2 313
F. E. Wyrick ................. Alanson .................. Ennnut ............. . 2 341
Joe Yelle...................' ...... Sands ..................... Marquette 2 339
'l‘hos. Buell ..................... Elmira ................... Antrim ...................... 2 340
H. A. Riley ..................... Bellaire .................... Antrim' ...................... 4 3191/,
G. E. Homing ................. Conway ................. Emmet ...................... 2% 325
E. B. Lincoln .............. .Greenville ............... Montcalm ............ . ..... 5 . 335
, ...... Ellsworth ............... .Antrim . ................... , , 3 . 330
J. G. Woodman. ......... ,..Paw Paw .................. V an Buren ..,...........10 , _ ,‘415

 

 

 

‘ sass Ensues.

several counties and will hamper the
work throughout the state.

While the House was putting the
Agricultural College .on this scanty
diet and restricting its experimental
program, the Senate took unanimous
action to rechristen it so that its
name would be more pleasing to cer-
tain students and recent graduates
of the institution who seem to feel a
little ashamed of the agricultural
flavor of the present name of the first
agricultural college in the world.
By a vote of 26 to 0 the Senate ap-
proved Senator Horton's bill which
would call the East Lansing institu-
tion the Michigan State College of
Agriculture and Applied Science.
Thus the future name of M. A. C.
now depends upon the action which
will be taken by the House.

Although the Legislature has not
shownany evidence of its intention
to provide the necessary funds for
enforcing standards of farm products
in Michigan, the members do seem
to take this matter of grading some-
what seriously for Senator Leland’s
bills regarding potato and apple stan-
dards have both passed the Senate
unanimously and seemingly are be-
ing favorably received in the House.

The potato bill makes the Federal
grades compulsory in Michigan, al-
though exempting direct sales from
the farmer to consumers and grocers.
The apple bill would reduce the num—
ber of grades from seven .to four.

TaxiiFree Bonds Flourish

Despite the fact that the Legisla-
ture is mutilating the appropriation
bills desired by the farmers and is
finding it necessary to refuse many
of the requests from the state's edu-
cational and charitable institutions,
still there seems to be no sentiment
among many of the members to take
any constructive action to distribute
the tax burden more equitably among
the citzens of Michigan.

At one time it seemed probable
that bills would be passed to abolish
tax exempt securities as far as Mich—
igan is concerned and to place annual
specific taxes on this class of per-
sonal wealth. However, these bills
received tremendous opposition from
the moneyed interests of the state
and were finally referred to the Sen-
ate Committee on Judiciary where
they will probably find a quiet rest-
ing place.

One important step has been taken
however, in the interests of justice
and a fair deal. The Bohn bill pro-
vdiing a change in the present sys-
tem of distributing the primary
school interest fund has finally pass-
ed both House and Senate and will
undoubtedly receive the Governor’s
signature. Under the terms of this
bill, 95 per cent of the funds will
be distributed as at present on' the
school census basis while the remain-
ing 5 per cent will be divided up
among the more needy districts of
the state in proportion to their
school population per $100,000 of»
valuation.

Despite the economy which is sup-
posed to characterize the present
Legislature, the House passed by a.
vote of 87 to 6 Representatives Bry—
ant's bill carrying a $350,000 appro—
priation for the construction and
maintenance of a fifth state normal
school to be located somewhere in
the northern part of the lower penin-
sula, upon a site to be selected by
the State Board of Education. At
least twelve different towns desire
this school and expect to get it.

After having been once defeated,
the Kirby highway bill was reconsid-
ered and passed by a vote of 58 to
30. Under the terms of this proposal
the state will permanently discon-
tinue its policy of paying awards for
county roads.

After a bitter fight which consum-
ed nearly one entire afternoon, the
House finally sent Representative
Smedley’s bill to regulate and pre—

vent the pollution of Michigan
streams and rivers, back to the
House Committee on Ways and

Means, by a vote of 54 to 40. It is
now feared that this action sounds
the death knell for, this important
legislation for which such a strong

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THE MAIL IS HEREw-z—This is H. P. Chaney, rural “WE LOVE

OUR
carrier on route 2 at Rapid City, with a. funny but; handy That's what Dorothy, daughter of Carl Heise, AI.\VA1’..‘?——-It is many times but not in this case,
rig. “Here's your M. B. F.” he says. “’0 received the and her cousin, Ralph Seofield say, declares because number three takes the couple for a. ride.
of Rapid City. Chas. Seofleld, of ‘Voodland. Glenn II. \Vhite, of Greenbush, sent the picture.

picture from Howard Smith,

CHUMS.—“The boys were
with a. puppy when I took
Mrs. H. (in Bloomfield, of Laingsburg. The boys tend there will be any sugu
prevent it.

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having a, great time N0 SUGAR SHORTAGE HERE.—1\Ir. C. S. Reed, of Durand, is YOUNG AND 0LD.—0nr four oldest
this picture,” writes shown here boiling down sup for syrup or sugar. He doesn’t in— ehiidren standing beside our reaper, one

“WILL YOU STOP AND DINE \VITH US?”—Huzel Schenv- OFF FOR A

fer and Blanche l'aridule, orphans, live with their gramd— —“’l‘his is our
mother and uncle Arthur Robidon, at Chehoygan. Vivian. writes Mr. and

Rohidon sent the picture.

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who lives at Acme.

   

LOOKS LIKE FAIEYLANDr—Snow looks fine in a picture but in “'l‘UT”.—-“Tut,” a, two-
‘real life a little goes a. long "

Ways: with most of us. This picture year-old
gun and sent to us by Robert Buller, Mrs. F.
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r shortage around his home if he enn like, grandfather used, “writes Mrs. \Vm.
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NICE LONG RIDE. SPRIN PLO“‘lNG.—In the opinion of A Sehwane-
R0“ and his pony,” heck, of Fenton, there is nothing betlter than it good truc-
Alrs. “H C. Ruther- (or when it eomes to getting hard work done. lle's plow-

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LOOK \VHAT THE WIND DID!-—-This was almost 3 nor!
eat, belongs to burn and then a. cyclone hit it. Mrs. Jasper Williams, of
A. Zerby, of Tustin, sent us the kodak print, advising it; happened in he: '
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L Quick the winners,

 

'fflentianedé from March 28 Issue)
_ ' HOLDY, our secretary, came_
' to me just a week before the

county stir and I could see at
once that Tim was in trouble from
the way he looked, at me. Tim was
a live wire and had a new car which
was supposed to make a pretty fast
trip almost. anywhere. It seems that
Tim. when he was going into West-
burg,- our neighboring metropolis,
met up with a fellow by the name of
Jones, who had a “Nation Six”, also
noted for its speed. Well, the new
concrete road furnished the setting
and when those two fellows lined up
against each other they decided to
see who could do the ten miles to
Westburg in the least time. or
course Tim was leading Jones a mile
or so and for that reason Tim felt
pretty good. But he felt worse a
few minutes later when a motorcycle
cop pulled up along side of Tim and
hollers "Where’s the fire?”

80 Tim slows down, realizing he
was in bad, and before he got
through with the cop, Tim had a
summons card ordering him to ap-
pear before the Westburg Judge for
speeding, and resisting an officer.

Now Tim was pretty well known
and he thinks it will be easy to fix
things, so he just puts the~notice in
his pocket and went on into town.
True, Tim ‘hadn’t met the judge but
he knows some of the other West-
burg boys so he goes up to the court
building and kind of sticks around.
While he was waiting for two o’clock,
when the judge was to appear, a fel-
low steps up to Tim and says, "How-
dy, in bad?"

"Not exactly.” says Tim, “but a
cop got me for speeding."

“That’s tough,’ says the new found
friend, “the old boy is wild these
days and its liable to cost you a
hundred. Say, there he goes now,’
indicating a fellow who was just
turning a corner. “He’s a friend of
mine and maybe we can fix things.
Stay here a minute."

So the new friend runs after the
fast disappearing judge and calls him
back. The judge turns around and
came up to Tim and his friend.

“Hello, Sam, what’s the matter?”

”Well, not much,” says the new
friend, “this fellow is a friend of
mine and a good scout. One of the
boys has picked him up on the road
and sent him in; He'll be coming up
before you and I thought if you
knew the circumstances you might
make it 0. K."

So Tim and the two friends went
into a washroom nearby. The two
had a conference which Tim could-
n't hear, but when they came back
and the judge went out he winked at
Tim.

“Think I got it fixed," whispers
friend number one as he comes up
to Tim. “The old man (meaning
the judge) has been pretty rough
lately but I think a few shillings, say
fifty bucks, will fix things and save
you a big fine."

So Tim pulls out his wallet and
although it took all of his cash, he
paid up and is assured by his friend
that all he will have to do is plead
not guilty and the case will be dis-
missed.

In a few minutes, Tim heard his
name called and steps into the court
room. The judge was there all right,
but it was not the one Tim had met.
A real one was on the bench and
Tim’s new friend was gone too. So
Tim told his story and got off with
a $26 fine, the trip costing him $75,
but he was sadder and wiser. Tim
is still looking for the fixers.

But Tim got even at the fair a few
days later. He was superintendent
of exhibits at our fair and so be
kind of kept watch of things on the
grounds. It happened one day he
was down by the race stables where
the gang who put on the sulky events
hang out. Tim thought he recog-
nized a fellow who was in the gang,
but wasn’t sure. So he kind of hung
around, keeping his ears open. Pret-
ty soon he heard one of the fellows,
a stranger to home folks, speaking
to the drivers in the paddock.

    

“ 'Mable 3' gets it, yuh say. All '

right, then, it’s fixed."

With that the fellow and his
friend, who Tim was watching, left
and went up before the grand stand.

Fred Kelley, of the oil station, was-

qnite an enthusiast at such events
and liked to place a few dollars on
the winners. for Fred was a great
race tan and always thought he could

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Henry Dixon, our .
‘ 41.16! the. .

" ,‘ HOW

A Farmer's Esme-nee WithIISlickers, Shpsiers and Crooks ;
By WILLIAM EDWARDS

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his first hand experience with grafters and takers.

Bill has explained

THIS is the last installment of the story Bill Edwards has been telling of

howuhe and others in his section have been “Bucking the Tiger” and how
they were successful in some cases and lost in others.
We hope you have learned a few tricks that will help you the next time
you are asked to get In on a sure thing that isn't Just right.
Even in the cities there are folks that get stung and Bill winds up his yarn
telling how some of his town friends were taken In by the horde of takers who

are ' always present.

We hope you liked the story.

 

 

benefit of the Missionary Society that
no betting was allowed on the

grounds, but somehow Henry was al-‘

ways looking the other way when
any money appeared at a race.

So Tim happened to come on his
two men he was following just as
they come on Fred. One fellow, who
was the suspicious one to Tim, steps
up to Fred and says, “Friend, what
do you say to a little bet. You pick
a. horse, I’ll pick one, and this man
wants to choose a winner. How
about it?"

That’s just what Fred was looking
for so he *ioked at his card and the
field tha-t’s warming up and then
chooses "Alfred the Great". The
big fellow took "Mable B" and the
suspicious character took a brown
horse called “Peter". Things was
fine. The first heat was won by “Al-
fred the Great" and Fred Kelly col-
lected a few dollars from the boys.
Heat number two was a bad one for
“Alfred". He broke at the quarter
and “Mable B” nosed out “Peter" at
the wire. But Kelly said “That’s
tough” and when the two strangers
offered to leave their‘money in the
pot and double it, so as to win or
lose all on the next and final heat,
Kelly kinda hesitated and then takes
the bet. Of course its a close race
and “Mable B" won by a close shave
with “Peter” second and “Alfred the

Great" a poor third. Kelly lost near-

1y sixty bucks, he told me later.
That is, he would have lost it except
that Tim was on the job and had col-
lected Henry Dixon and me as I
happened to be there just then. I
being president of the Fair Associ-
ation, of course came in and when
Tim says “Oflicer, do your duty and
arrest those two men for gambling, I
helped Henry Dixon out. Well, it
turned out that one of those two
cheap gamblers was the fellow who
soaked Tim at the court house, so we
took ’em down to the jail. On the
way down Tim just couldn’t keep
still and begins to kid the fellow
about the fifty he took at Westburg
for “help”. But before we got to
towu the two felows agreed to give
Tim back his fifty, Kelly got back his
cash, and I got flfty for the trouble
they had caused. I always felt like
we should have put them in jail, but
the fifty I got was about what it
cost me to fiix things up with the
boys at the paddock to keep them
racing. You see they heard about
the pinch and was going to call off
the next day’s program unless we
let the boys go. But that stopped the
betting on our fair grounds for a
while. You see these races we get
are never real ones. Why last year
we had the three best trotters in the
two year old class on the bill and
they was to try and break the world’s
record on a half-mile track, that's
what our posters said. But those
three drivers wouldn't drive out till
we paid them the $1,000 we offered

for a prize and I’ll be darned if they/
didn’t just split the money right
there before the race started. Then
they raced and each horse won a
heat, although it looked as if all of
them was the best, they was so close.
But the folks enjoyed it. Why at
the next meeting of the Society the
boys all congratulated me on the
swell stuff we had on the trotters’
program.

And while I am writing about
fairs, say the way those grafters who .
have the prize racks work is a
caution. Next year at our fair I’m
fixing to keep them all out but it's
going to be hard. There’s a law
against gambling in our state but
when it comes to fairs, folks like to
take a chance. The fair association
last year got nearly three thousand
dollars in advance from the doll
racks and maybe you won’t believe it
but Maria is prouder of a Kewpie
she won throwing arrows at a wheel
than she is of the best piece of fur-
niture in our house. She only paid
a quarter for the thing, but one of
the boys told me afterwards he
knew she was my wife and so stop-
ped the wheel at the right place so
she could get a doll. When those
fellows was packing up they showed
me how they could regulate the for-
tune wheels so that anyone they
wanted to could get a doll and when
a sucker came along with a girl who
wanted a Kewpie right bad, they
could keep things running till the
darned fool would pay two or three
dollars for a ten cent plaster paris
trophy. ’

I knew right then why the mayor
and Hank Peters, the justice, won
dolls on the first throw.

So this year we’re going to try and
raise enough money in advance so
that when them fellows who run
those fakes come along we can give
them the air. But I suppose that'
when the farmers home festival has
their meeting this winter they will
put up the same things and raffle off
hams and flour and pull the same
stuff and that will be all right. The
worst bunch of gambling I ever saw
was when the Loyal Brothers of Ara-
bia was building their new ball and
had a circus. I went one night and
spent six dollars and got a couple of
half pound boxes of candy. It was a
regular steal but the boys raised
enough money for the hall. Some of
the folks kicked to Charley Stanton
and Hank Peters about the law
breaking that was going on at the
circus, but long as both of them be-
longed it was of no account. I guess
that folks just like to be trimmed
when they think they are having a
good time, and they like it better if
local talent trims them. At least
they don’t want to be trimmed at the
fair when it's outsidewtalent that’s
running the wheels of fortune. Be-
fore I close this article I want to tell
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call right; but none of uscared to talk
abgut it till one. day a fellow came to
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and began talking about invest»
ments.= I Awasnsmart that day and
right away says, “Boy, if you know
What’s good for you. you. better drive
on before I recall what" I paid for
that experience. I am. a Christian.
but murder might be forced name."
So the fellow left and that's how

I escaped. . ' ‘
But some of these same fellows
who bit; before was anxious. to make
out and have the laugh on me and
they mightof, but they didn’t. This
same fellow was in town several days
and I tried to tell the boys to be
careful. But they ' just wouldn't.
It seems that the fellow admitted
Great United Nitrate‘Co. stocks had
Only about 25 cents on the dollar
value. at least that's what the fellow
told them. He had a book with some

.quotations in it and asked the boys

to write any place they wanted to
verify his statements. Well, this ped-
dler. Franks had a deal. If the boys
would give him four shares of their
Great United Nitrate Stock he would
issue them one share in the Grand
Oil Co. which we all knew was 0. K.
Say, most of these boys jumped at
the chance, especially when the man
Franks said the dividends from the
Grand Oil Co. would soon wipe out
the loss and some day the gang
would have money in the bank and
they would thank him for it all.

Even Jim Harper. who had a few
shares of the Nitrate stock, fell for
this fellow’s line and I sure had the
laugh on Jim afterwards. Maria
heard about how I handled Franks
and she' argued most of the night
with me trying to convince me that I
was wrong. But after I threatened
to move into the spare room to sleep,
she finally kept still.

Franks left a lot of literature in
town and took a lot of Great United
Nitrate stock with him when he left.
The boys who had Grand Oil stock
got their first dividends and it was
me that was the sucker. I even felt
kinda foolish myself. But one day
Charley Stanton met me on thestreet
and asks, “Bill, didn't you have some
Great United Nitrate stock one
time?” . ‘

"Yep," says I, “I still got it too."

“You have?” he almost shouts,
“Holy Smoke, man, it's worth a for-
tune. Come up to my oflice and let
me tell you something."

Well, I did, and Charley, who had
managed to collect a little of the
stock himself, showed me a letter he
had received from a fellow in Chi-
cago.

Charley was going to Chicago
soon, he said, so we managed to
leave that night. It seems that the old
gang that had promoted that nitrate
company had sold themselves an old
piece of property so as to get the
money themselves and when things
blew up they left the receiver for our

. company with a lot of land in Nevada

that was worthless except for raising
owls and prairie dogs. ‘

Then along came a new fad. Mak-
ing steel out of a peculiar metal.
magnesium, I think, or some other.
metal. Well, our land didn’t have
any nitrate on it but it had magne-
sium and a new company had to be
collected. They had been paying 50
cents on the dollar for the shares
and getting them quietly, and that's
why Franks was out buying up the
stock. Course he made a profit every
time he bought a share. Anyway,
Charley Stanton and me sold out in
Chicago next afternoon and doubled
our money. I kept the draft to de-
posit in Jim Harper’s bank so he
would kno'w‘ about -it and honest.
Jim wouldn’t speak civil to me'for a
month.

Say, Maria was tickled!

“I knew all the time, William Ed-
wards, we was wise in buying that
stock. Now we can have that new
sun parlor built onto the house
which you said last week we was too
poor to have." .

The upshot of it was I spent all I
had made, but at least we go't some-
thing to show for our money and 'I
reckon our investmentin comfort-is

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In order to resist rust clear
to the core of the wue, we
use copper-bearmg steel.

to 30 pomts copper in steel
makes the we last many
years longer.

Every rod of uare Deal Fence
Is now made y the patented
S‘Galvannealed”. process. which
means welding? to 3 times more
mm: min the wire than is applied
by the ordinary Galvanizin
method. This, together wi
copper-bearing steel, guarantees
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is marked. with a Red Strand.
Always look for. it. This fence
made of the “Triple-life wire". is
sold at no extra price.
Nationally recognized authorities
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Burgess and Hunt Laboratories,
show in their “Official Tests’ ' that
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any other farm fence.
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CAN COLLECT FOR DAMAGE
' DONE BY CATTLE ‘ N
A neighbor who drives a great
many cattle by our farm tells us
that when he notifies us he is going
to drive cattle it relieves him from
any responsibility of damage. We
have a road fence except in front of
the house.—-—-I. E., Michigan.

HE fact that he gives you notice,
would not relieve the driver of
the cattle from liability for
damages done by cattle in tres-

passing on your land—Legal Editor.

 

, SCHOOL HOURS

Our school teacher is forever keep-
ing the children after school time
to get unreasonably long lessons.
Is there a ‘law that they can do so?
Are the school hours from nine
o’clock to four or longer if they think
so?.—T. 0., Nashville, Michigan.

HE statute does not -fix the regu—
lar hours for maintaining
school. Custom has established

nine o’clock as the opening hour and

four o’clock as the closing hour,
in general, although some schools
open as early as eight and close as
early as three, maintaining the same
number .of hours. Neither does the
statute state whether the teacher
has authority to detain a pupil for
unfinished work. This question is
purely a matter of administration.
The county school commissioner is
the supervising officer for the rural
schools of the county. In a‘ system
employing a superintendent of
schools the superintendent is the sup—
ervising ofiicer.——G. N. Otwell, Supt.
of Rural Education, Dept. of Public
Instruction.

MUST NOTIFY

Can a squatter’s rights be main-
tained where farmer used his fence
material to fence off a piece of state
land twenty years ago, later the
land was sold under tax title and re—
sold lately again, first farmer still
holding possession. To this he has
made no improvement, only using
this land for cattle to run. \Vhat
right, if any, has he?——R. H. S.,
Rogers City, Mich.

HE person now on the land has
the right of possession until he
is given the statutory notice of

the claim of the purchaser under.

the tax sale. I would see the county
treasurer about it.-——Legal Editor.

 

TREASURER SHOULD MAKE

. DEMAND
I would like to know if; the town-
ship treasurer has any legal right to
return taxes on resident land with-
out first making a demand for the
taxes, where there is personal prop—
erty enough to pay said taxes.—
Reader, Akron, Mich.

HE treasurer should make a de-
mand whether there is enough
personal property to pay the

taxes or not.

Section 4042 of the compiled laws
of 1915 provides “for the purpose of
collecting taxes remaining unpaid on
the tenth day of January, the treas—
urer shall, thereafter during that
month, call personally upon each
person liable to pay such taxes, if a.
resident of such township, or at his
usual place of business and residence
therein and demand payment of the
taxes charged against him.” If a
person who is delinquent resides
within the township, the demand
may be made either in person or by
mail.

Section 4043 of the com-piled laws
provides that the treasurer“ shall
seize the personality of the delin-
quent taxpayer and if he is unable to
collect by seizure he may sue in the
name of the township—Clare Retan,
Deputy Attorney General.

COULD NOT COLLECT

I had a store acount for $175.00
and could not get anything on it.
Before it outlawed had the amount
madeinto a note and signed by the
man who owed the account. Have
had the note renewed two or three
times just before it would have out-

 

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lowed but have received no payments -'

a .Rfimi" s ere ll"l‘.?32' ‘
A, has? Home 11310? used -If so "'hsguested'.)

1 and his wife is the beneficiary.. She

had equal benefit from Effie account.
Can the insurance money be levied
on or attached. for my claim in case
the .man dies and his wife gets the
insurance money?——J. G., Coleman.
Mich. ,

0U could not collect the amount

of your claim from the insur-
ance money which the wife
would receive as beneficiary upon the
death of the husband—Legal Editor.

BRING SUIT

In 1921 Mr. L. bought a cow of
Mr. B., and two neighbors A. and C.
signed his note that he gave as secur-
ity. 'Mr. B. turned the note in at
the bank for collection. When the
note became due L. renewed it sev—
eral times, but later moved away
leaving no address. A and B kept
up the interest on the abovevnote for
the past two years. Now they have
located L and have learned that he
has purchased some city property
and is building a new house. Is
there any way to force L to- pay his

”note and reimburse his endorsers for

the interest they have paid on his
note?——J. N., Marion, Mich.

HE holder can bring suit against

L to collect the amount due on

the note. The indorsers who

have paid the interest could sue L

to collect the amount of interest

they were compelled to pay.-—Legal
Editor.

SILVERING METAIS
Can you publish a method by
which light metals may be silver-
home?—G. F., Monroe
County.

' ‘lGOOD deal depends on the kind
‘ ,of metal and on the kind of

coating required. Britannia me-
tal may be simply treated by clean-
ing, then rubbing with a wet cloth
dipped into a mixture of one part
nitrate of silver, two parts cyanide
of potassium, five parts chalk. It is
then wiped with a dry cloth and
polished with rouge. Another silver-
iug liquid for all kinds of metal is
prepared from silver nitrate, 11
parts; hypo, 20 parts; sal ammoniac,
12 parts; whiting, 20 parts; distilled
water, 200 parts—Managing Editor.

EXPENSES PAID OUT OF ESTATE

Mother dies leaving no will but
has deed of home, 40 acres, in her
name. Can father collect all expens-
es incurred through sickness and
death from property if same is pro-
bated? What share of household
goods and personal property goes to
heirs?—A Reader.

HE expenses of last sickness and
funeral expenses would have to
be paid out of the estate of the

deceased mother. The father would
be entitled to one third'the personal
property and the children the re-
mainder. Children would be entitled
to all the real property—Legal Edi-
tor.

DIVIDE STRAVV
I put out oats for two-thirds of the
crop and nothing was said about the
straw. Would you please tell me
who gets the straw?———B. L., Munith,
Mich.

AM of. the opinion the straw would.
be divided in the same proprtion
as the rest of the crop, unless

there was an understanding to the
contrary—Legal Editor.

HAS NOT PAID TAXES

I have 30 acres of land that I have-
n’t paid taxes on for 4 years, and
I still am notified of my taxes each
year. There is a house on it that
I moved there after I bought the
place and I would like to move it
away. Please let me know if I have
a right to move it away without
paying the taxes—S. L., Winters,
Mich.

N this case, I am of the opinion
you would have a right to re-
move the house from the farm be-

fore the taxes are paid. Of course
you could not do this after the land
had. been sold “fer .-taXes:—a'—Legal

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. Sprayer ,7— ’
‘HEN we first began to 'grow
potatoes on a commercial scale
we purchased a. double acting,
cog gear, hand spray pump. We
never had any Colorado beetles or
,., other insects, and
—~— no blight, so the
outfit was used
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ducing certified
Seed potaotes we
Were obliged to
spray them as re--
quired by the cor—
tification rules,
and at that time
we bought a pow-
er sprayer. This
Was an orchard
sprayer and we
built a four wheel truck for it, with
wheel track six‘ feet wide for potato
rows. We constructed a twelve noz-
zle boom for it, and when used for
an orchard rig the potato boom can
easily be detached, and the spray gun
hose fastened in its place. This rig
is quite heavy and sometimes when
we want to spray the orchard the
ground is too soft and wet. As our
trees are only seven or eight years
old we have overhauled the hand
spray pump and are using that in
the orchard.

We place it and a fifty gallon bar-
rel on a stone boat, and with one
horse to haul it we have quite a sat-
isfactory outfit. We have had con-
siderable trouble with peach leaf
curl.

This year, before the buds started,
we sprayed the trees with a 15—50
lime-sulphur mixture. We are in
hopes to see some clean leaves this
year. Last year a somewhat-weaker
lime—sulphur spray seemed quite in—
effective. This hand pump has ample
power to operate a spray gun and we
shall use it diligently on the plum
and cherry trees.

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The Broader Stove

This year for the first time we are
to operate a breeder stove. We had
quite a suitable building for one, and
have just been installing it, in pre—
paration for a. few hundred chicks
which have been ordered to arrive
about the middle of the month. They
are of the White Leghorn variety.
After weighing the good and poor
qualities of several breeds We still
believe the Leghorns are the bent
breed for us, and have raised them
for eighteen years. We have an outlet
which pays about three cents per doz-
en premium for white eggs. This is
quite an advantage.

The question of breeds seems to
be an ever open one for discussion.
As egg machines the Leghorns seem
to be the leaders, however we note
the Reds and the Rocks are gradu—
ally gaining on the Leghorn in egg
production, and perhaps in no dis—
tant day these heavy breeds will
equal the lighter ones in laying qual-
ities.

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isfled with anything. but the" best
strain in that breed. .Somettmes. I
thinkithe strain is as" filiportsnt as
the breed and that feedend’oare are
of more importance than- streins ,or
breeds. So many farmers are prone
to keep one variety one year, . and
change to some" other variety the
next, always trying to find one with
no short comings, This. is as yet
quite unknown and changing breeds
every year in an effort to find one
will require a long, long time. Bfet-
ter take some well developed breed
and improve it by careful selection.
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Testing Seed Corn

We have been testing our seed
corn, and were not very much sur—
prised to find that better than .90 per
cent of it sent out strong shoots
and roots. We fully expected it
would, as it was gathered from the
standing corn long before frost, and '
in fact before half the crop was ma—
ture enough to cut. It was then
hung on wire hangers in the shop,
not far from the stove, and should
freezing weather have been experi-
enced before the corn was practically
dry: a fire Would have been built, but
this was not needed, and when the
corn was quite dry, it was taken
down and stored in our seed corn
cabinet. It is very seldom necessary
to use the wire hangers, as we al-
ways select our seed corn early.
from the standing corn, and it is gen—
erally early and .warm enough to
cure the corn out when placed direct—
ly in the cabinet at time of selection.

We built this wire cabinet about
sixteen years ago, to have a place
where seed corn, pop corn, etc., could
be stored safely away from mice. It
is four feet wide, two feet deep, and
six feet high. The frame is of two
by fours. It has a door, the full'
height of cabinet on one side. It is
covered with one-half inch galvan-
ized wire screen, sometimes called
hardware cloth. This screen is
twenty-four inches wide, and one
width is just right for the top, bot-
tom and ends. The back side re-
quires two widths,—— one of these is
the door. The door frame is made of
one by three inch high grade lumber,
with heavy galvanized sheet metal
pieces across corners to add the de-
sired rigidity. Having been asked
how much material was required to
build it, will say, it required two
pleces of two by fours, twelve feet
long, one piece sixteen feet long, and:
one board one by twelve inches.
twelve feet long, and forty—five feet
of one-half inch mesh wire cloth,
twenty—four inches Wide. There is
a. shelf about midway, which really
makes a second floor. The cabinet
will hold twenty or more bushels of
corn. We like to save enough seed
each fall to meet our need for two
years, and then if the crop is poor
one year, we are not without seed.

Generally when we are assured of
a good crop of seed, the cabinet is
emptied of what has not been used.
We always raise four or five bushels

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tools as are not very tall. On the deck
arestored potato crates and it is here
the seed cabinet is placed.

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Ear Testing

The writer often thinks of his ex—
perience in testing each ear of corn
"separately. It must have been about
sixteen years ago, when, if I remem—
.' her correctly, P. G. Holden first ad—
monished the farmers to ear test
their seed corn.

We have never had a corn test he-
, low 90 per cent, and if tests 90
per cent or more I do not think it
necessary to test each ear separately.
‘,If however, a general test shows less
than 90 per cent germination, we
would ear test it.

This car testing looked great to me
at that time and straightway I got
‘ busy and in an unused upstairs room -
in the house I was to have my test

There were about seven bushels
of'corn to try out, and the ears were
placed around the outside of the
room in rows and each ear was num-
bered by marking on the floor with
chalk. Next a germinating box was
made. It was three feet, wide near-
ly four feet long and about four inch-
es deep. It took several pails of
earth to fill it. The top of the box
was planed smooth, and every- two
inches I sawed in one half inch. Then
a twine was stretched back and forth
from saw groove to saw groove both
ways across the top, resulting in
about four hundred fifty square
spaces. The numbering was by rows
around the top of the box. Next,
two kernels were removed from near
the top, two from the center, and
two from near the butt end of each
ear. These kernels were carefully
placed in.the corresponding number
of the square in box.

After all squares were filled, the
corn was covered about one-half inch
deep with earth, which brought the
top of the earth just even with the
strings which formed the squares. A
pail of water was next carefully
sprinkled over the surface, and the
germinating box was ready for work.

Now all this sounds very fine and
easy as it is told, or as you mad it,
but let me state it was the work of
about two days together with the
chores I had. -

Now, for results; The next_ morn-
ing after completing the outfit I al-
lowedpit should have a little more
water, so accordingly I ascended the
stairs with half a pail full of water
and a full supply of pride. This was

proving the passage of Scripture-

true, where it says, “Pride goeth be-
fore destruction,” for my pride was
soon gone on beholding my germinat-
ing box. For 10! and behold, a
horde of mice had held a festival in
my test box; every string was cut
in two, all the corn was dug out, and
things looked as if a perchance a
young cyclone had halted about ten
minutes in that box. The cars of
corn were replaced in the then new
seed cabinet; the dirt was carried
down stairs; the box was made into
kindling wood. The test was over.

Time would not permit the re-
building of the outfit. In due time
the corn was given a general test,
proved good, and was planted with-
out a hill in the field being minus
when it came up.

I still believe it might pay to ear
test doubtful seed corn, but am glad
we never had that kind, and my sep-
arate ear test experience as given
above, is thus far the alpha and
omega.

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country? Please tell me how to put
up an aerial and install set. —Mrs.
Allegan, Mich.

S, a one tube set is good in the

country, and if it is a regenera-

tive set yen can hear from a

distance of a few miles to over 1000
‘ mil :1 in good weather. '

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gen-t as post; his should be run to
the water pipe, well or cistern, or
connected to an iron rod driven at
least 6 feet into the ground, and this
wire connected to the binding post
on your set marked “ground” or
“earth”.

Connect your A and B batteries
as marked on your set and be sure
that these connections are put on
correctly or you may burn out a
tube. Connect the A battery first,
and then turn on your tube and if

it lights OK, then connect your B

battery and you will be on the safe
side. Be sure that you connect the
positive and negative wires from
your batteries to the posts marked
positive and negative or the set will
not work. The pins or cross 'means
positive and the minus (—) mark
on your set or battery means the
negative.

At each. end of the aerial you can
use a porrelean knob for the insul-
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»Net knowing the kind of set yen

have, I cannot tell you what ki d of
batteries you need, as the A ba tery
depends upon the kind‘IOf tube that
came with your set. A sheet of in-
structions should come with the set
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Market reports are broadcast daily ex-
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studio of Station KDKA 'of the Westing-
house Electric and Manufacturing Co.,
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326-meter wave length.

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market reviews.

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TEXT: ”But 'we ' all: with unveiled
faces beholding as in a mirror the glory
of the Lord, are transformed into the
same image from glory to glory, even no
the Lord the Spirit.” 2 Corinthians 3:18.

is said that' when opposition
looked strongest, Woodrow Wil-
son was at his best in expressing
the idealism of his heart. In the
face of apparent defeat and when
the sky seemed darkest, his vision
was unveiled and his. hope unquench-
able.
have the least anxiety about the tri-‘
umph of the principles I have stood
for. I have seen fo'ols resist provi-'
dence before and I have seen their
utter destruction. That we shall
prevail is as sure as th’at God reigns."
These are words from his last public
And I believe that when
America recovers her soul so that she
can see with unprejudiced face she
will reverence the prophetic vision of
our war president.

Against the stoutest opposition of
his day, Paul held to the “light out
of heaven” to which he had been
converted. With unclouded vision
he saw the way of Christ as a realis—
tic fulfillment. And now he is strong
is this “hope" and “confidence” that
the New Covenant of liberty and
grace is superseding the Old Coven-
ant of law and bondage. The old
veiled age is passing and the new is
coming in with its resurrection glory.
The apostle dares to say to the har-
dened unbeliever of his race, “even
if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to
them that perish; in Whom the god
of this world has blinded the minds

of the unbelieving, that the light of

the gospel of the glory of Christ, who
is the image of God, should not dawn
upon them." But when Isreal re-
covers her soul and unveils her face,
she will shine with the light that
came from the empty tomb and never

‘ before was seen on sea or land.

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Now, this teaching has a perman—
(K'We
all” shall understand and doubts and
perplexities will disappear when we
look upon Christ with sincere face;
that is, turn to him in beholding
faith. We all, if we occupy our-
selves with affairs that are within the
range of a vision of Christ, will find
our doubts, our pride, our prejudices,
all giving way, and life wil shape it-
self into new states and purposes.
Now this comes through “behold—
ing the glory of the Lord”. But
just how? “As in a mirror.” We
now see Mary at the dresser fixing
her hair. How particular she is to
have it in becoming form and her
face more beautiful! How long she
beholds to this end! So “behold-
ing" in our text is a comtemplative
word. We see; we contemplate in
Jesus “the beauty of holiness.” We
gaze long and lovingly at Him and
grow into His likeness. So, as the
years go on and we get farther away
from sin and closer to Christ through
beholding, life takes on the fuller cit-
izenship which is- from heaven. Mis-
sionaries tell us that the older 8.
heathen grows, the uglier he be-
comes. Why? Chiefly, they say, be—
cause of a veiled mind and an un-
improved heart. Precisely, they are
not beholding Christ. The prophet
Isaiah said of the unbelieving Jew of
his own day, “the show of their face
doth witness against them." It al-
ways does. One cannot look out of a
good face unless goodness be within.
Well, we can put as much charac-
ter into our life picture as we desire.
The camera into which we look in
the photographer’s gallery prints un-
erringly the image of our face. But
our soul is a camera and day by day
our thoughts and beholdings print
their pictures in the veiled chambers
of the heart. “As a man thinketh in
his heart, so is he" is an old law that
knows no repeal. Even one’s face
is tell-tale evidence. I sat beside a.
municipal judge at a, Monday morn-
ing court in one" of Our large cities.
A score of unfortunates were observ-
ed as they faced the judge in their
turn. On, every face were the marks
of liquor and dissipation. Just so.
we tcan’know the intellectual man for

1 .zde'ep'thoughtsare ever‘chiseling the

fashion of his face. ,We can know

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the selfish man because his face lacks
a brotherly splendor. And, we can
know the spiritual man because the
fashion of his countenance is altered.
By devoted contemplation of the
Christ, his life has begun to shape
into new lines. He is taking on the
moral loveliness of that Galilean of.
old and feeling the resurrection pow-,
er of the Living, Ascended Lord.
Those who behold ‘fare transform-

ed into the same image." What im-
age? See Jesus on the Transfigura—
tiontMount. “As he was praying the
fashion of his countenance altered,
and his raiment became white and
dazzling." -Was ,God turning on a
sky-light; some kind of external bril-
liancy? Certainly not. But an inner
glory was filtering through theflesh;
a spiritual passion that shone out in

. his face. t-And now we can begin to

anticipate the meaning of "Our citi-
zenship is in heaven.‘ from whence
also we look for a .Savior, the Lord
Jesus Christ, who shall fashion anew
the'body of our humiliation, that it
may be conformed to the body of
his glory."

The face of Moses shone after his
forty days withGod on Sinai. Those.
that looked upon Stephen at his trial '
“saw his face as it had been the face
of an angel." It is said that those
who observed Daniel Webster after
some of his great orations, were
awed by the transfigured expressino
of his face. Verily, character chang-
es the face and gives it a heavenly
aspect. Ask a little child. And.
Fido or Charley horse might tell the
master something about his face.
Someone has said we are responsible
for our face at forty years of age.
But surely he did not refer to the
modern made-up face. Can any-
thing‘be more tragic in life than an
empty mind, a shallow heart, and a
painted face? But it is just these
surface tastes and pleasures that are
cursing our days.

Now, let us have some health and
love on the inside. Have you never
seen a mother lulling her baby, with
the face of a Madonna? Have you
never observed a teacher or a nurse
wliose face shone because of a Christ-
ian ministry? Out in Chicago is a
prominent surgeon who has prayer in
the operating room. In Dayton is a
rising yOung physician who says he
is in partnership with Jesus, and to
this he attributes his success. The
faces of these men glow because
they are filled with a light divine.
Whatever our mission be, if it be set
in holy motives, our transflgured
face will tell the story to the world.

“From glory to glory even’ as from
the Lord the Spirit.” Of course, our
becoming like Christ is a sanctifying
process that calls for constant be-
holding. The hatching of an egg or
the growing of a flower is not an
over—night aflair; but an evolution,
a development, a conforming to the
chick or flower type set by the God
of Nature. “What a thing is when
its becoming is completed, that we
call the nature of a thing,” says Aris—

totle. And this holds in the real of
the spirit. Here, the Perfect Ma is
our type. ‘Beloved, now are we the

children of God, and it is not yet
made manifest what we shall be. We
know that if he shall be manifested
we shall be like him." Beholding
Christ, unveiled by the sin of egotism
or of sectarian bias, we gradually ac~
quire a love for Christian ideas and
principles. The Kingdom of God is
an imperceptible process within, but
which leaves its mark without.

Often have we become bewildered
and reached a bondage that cannot
be broken. Then let us put down
pride and prejudice long enough to
turn to Christ with unveiled face.
Generations have testified that by so
doing we find new light and recovery
of soul. This is transformation. This
is sanctiflcation.

Finally, we are not to forget that
the secret of good character, of a lov-
able personality, is to be found in.
fellowship with ‘ the resurrected ,
Christ. No, not in some irregular
and careless inanner: but in an in»

' timate. friendly, iconstantwayq; This

is 'to be’like'Chriat: :Thisis‘towcarry. :
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”ON GRADE CROSSINGS

. EAR Editorz—I see there is
much said in' the M. B. F. edi—
torials on the grade crossing.
,When I received my receipt for my
last paid-up subscription about two
months ago, I was asked if I had any
suggestions to make to send them in.
I would suggest the removal of
.driver’s and auto licenses for, life
from all who require more “protec—
tion than we already have and from

all who advocate more protection.
That belongs to the things that are
strangling the farmer.
the cord when people become so
crazy in this wild rush for a good
time that they will drive their cars
into the broad-side of a passenger
train'in broad day light? We should
worry about protection. —-1W. G.,
Stanton, Michigan. '

MICHIGAN REPUBLICANISM
O the Editor: Recent political
.events within the party organ-
ization, to whom most of us in
this state belong, are of striking in-
terest. They concern the citizens
generally as well as the office hold-
ing, class . When it was announced
that Alex J. Groesbeck was recom-
mended to the ‘position of Attorney
General of the United {States by Sen-
ator Couzens and backed by the
Michigan delegation and of course
.the State Administration, the rank
and file of our party was, of course,
not consulted. Had we been consult—
ed, we should have certainly said
“No.” most emphatically for his rec—
ord as Attorney General of this state
and then as governor does not dis-
play Mr. Groesbeck in the light of an
impartial expounder of constitutional
principles. Rather has he and his
legal department used and twisted
the constitution of this state as a
screen for ulterior purposes of their
own. Nor do we feel that the pres—
‘ent goveronor has in any sense the
interests of the people at heart.
Therefore we would have never fav-
ored him for a position in the cabi—
net of a president for whose admin-
istration We have such regard as that
of President Coolidge. And certainly
'for the office of-Attorney General of
the United States he is utterly un—
fitted. Not only for this reason, but
also because of Charles B. Warren’s
distinguished services to his country
in two critical missions to foreign
countries, we welcome the nomina—
tion of Mr. Warren. It is unfortun-
ate that at such a time our great
state is so badly represented at the
national capital. Instead of its being
true as reported on the floor of the
Senate by our so-called Republican
Senator from this commonwealth,
that nine-tenths of the Republicans
of Michigan were opposed to Mr.
\Varren’s appointment the ,figure
should be exactly reversed. It
should be said that one-tenth, and
this is largely composed of office
holding politicians and their im-
mediate followers, were opposed for
selfish reasons of their own.

It is not time in the interest of
the paramount interest of the indus—
try of agriculture, and in the interest
of the great tax-paying class, that
Republican leadership in this state
should be changed and we should
have a right-about—face movement
that wohld set Michigan Republican—

ism in the right direction?—F. W.

_ Newton, Saginaw County.

APPROVES OF ROGERS

EAJR EDITOR: I noticed in the

issue of February 14th an arti—

cle against Mr. Rogers Written
by C. J. of Bruce Crossing, Mich,
also condemning THE BUSINESS
FARMER for their article in the De—
cember 20th issue that reads thus:
“Keep Rogers In”.

Now, from what I have seen and
know, I favor your recommendations.
Although I have never met ?Mr. Rog—
ers nor any of his staff personally,
excepting a few engineers, from my
twenty years’ experience in concrete-
and construction work, from run—
ning'a wheel barrow to superintend-
ent of. the work, and :with governa
ment, «state and contracting’engin-
ears, Iain able to know. whether he

I a’i’s’ja' capable maxi-fears“; And Inhave .

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And having travelled nearly eight
thousand miles in Upper and Lower
Michigan in 1923 and 1924, it has
given me a pretty good idea of. how
the roads are built, and I must say
that I'failed to find one—half mile of
road that was not graded and built
and drained properly. And a better
grade of concrete work I never saw
d‘bne,———not even by the government.

I’d like to ask Mr. C. J. when he
built his road. Was it through hills
or on level ground? .Was it a gravel
road two layers or a‘concrete road

eight inches thick by sixteen feet
wide? Aiso, what did he pay for
labor. Let’s compare the prices then

with now if his work was done before
the war.

C. J. infers that Mr. Rogers is not
a man of his word. I’d like to ask
him, did he ever start a job with
good intentions and find he was
obliged to leave it temporarily to at-

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A BAD RAILROAD CROSBL G
0 the Editorz—I received my,

tificate of Membership‘and .

thanks for the same.‘ This, h
ever, is why I write. I live 2%, mi ‘
north of Mt. Pleasant and "our {"7
is on a cross road, and right here
one of the worst railroad cressi
know of. You cannot see the
until you are right on the tr
which is the Ann Arbor road. ,2

We have tried to have them'.
this crossing in some way to we
one of a coming train as sometim
the train men forget to blow i
whistle, and hardly a day goesé _
but some one nearly gets caugl}
here. 5 '

Will you not please take notice: of.
this soon before someone gets hurt?!
Everyone seems to think the Ann gAi'é,
bor road should fix this place—E; 8.,3
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. - i '

tend to something more important,
even though he had promised to com-
plete the job? not foreseeing that
anything would arise to alter his
plans? Would that make you not a
man of your word? I cannot see
that it would.

As I had charge of concrete con—
struction for a construction company,
I had the opportunity of working
from some of the state highway de-
partments blue-prints and specifica-
tions and I must say that they are
among the best I ever worked from.

I was with another cOntractor also
where I had a good opportunity to
see and know how the work is done
and I failed to see anything but that
as O. K.

True, the highway department
may have made some mistakes, but
taking into consideration the enor—
mous responsibility, the mistakes are
trifling. And, judging from practical
experience, considering the cost of
labor and material, I cannot see
where our money is being wasted.
Therefore, I must heartily endorse
THE BUSINESS FARMER’S commenda—
tion of Mr. Rogers—John Hooper,
Antrim County, Michigan.

 

     
 
 
 
 

    
 
   

  
  
  
   
   
   
  
  
   
  
    
     
    
   
   
   
  
  
    
  
  
  
 

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Edited and Published by
THE RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY. lne.
GEORGE M. SLOOUM, President
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“A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAlilE—"

NYTHING to get the name “Michigan State
College”, seems to be the motto of those at
Lansing who are bound to change the title

of our most cherished educational institution.

“Michigan State College of " it doesn’t
much matter what the appendage is to that title.
So far as the traditional rights of the Michigan
Agricultural College, it might as well be ”Mich—
igan State College of Undertaking, Barbering
and the Applied Sciences, including Sod—Busting
and Hog—Slapping"!

Gentlemen of the House at Lansing, do not let
them stampede you into a change which will des—
troy at one stroke the splendid structure of ac—
complishment which has been erected by nearly
a century of conscientious labor from the many
self-sacrificing souls who have labored weary days
and nights to build for the Michigan Agricultural
College the world—wide reputation which it today
enjoys!

’If the grand old institution at East Lansing
had anything in its history to “live-down", if
the name it bears had ever been trampled in the
dust of scandal or if it had closeted any skele—
tons which were detrimental to its future use-
fulness, we would be the first to promote the
change in the name which it today proudly bears.

But until some sponsor of the change in name
can point to a blemish on the present title, we
challenge the right of any authority to risk the
name and reputation of so sacred a heritage as
the title of the Michigan Agricultural College.

And we will depend on the sound judgment of
the present members of the House of Representa—
tives to prevent any such calamity to be charged
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FARMERS AND THE WHITE PLAGUE

ESPITE the abundant sunshine, fresh air,
plentiful ozone and healthful food which is
supposed to be the heritdge of every farmer.

there is an alarming increase in the amount of hu-
man tuberculosis prex m; in the rural commun-
ities of Michigan. Instances of this dread scourge
are particularly sad and unfortunate in our farm
homes which, because of their isolated location,
render proper nursing and medical attention
difficult and expensive to obtain. Cities have
their sanitariums, but for the sfltlicted residents
of the rural counties, there is only the over-
crowded institution at Howell, with its discour-
agingly long waiting list. However, we have no
(3 is to take a pessimistic view of the situation
in the following paragraphs we wish to point
out that there is a very encouraging awakening
of interest among members of the present legis-
lature in regard to human tuberculosis.

Michigan has for years been very poorly equip-
ped to fight this scourge which strikes our rural
as well as city “people. A recent report to the
State Commissioner of Health shows that this
State is nearly 900 beds short of the standard
hospital provision for consumptives, which a state
of our size and annual death rate from' this dis-
ease, should have.

To encourage further provision of hospital beds
for consumptives by counties in county “hem“.

 

 
  
 
 

i and caramel consideration by the members of A

the upper branch of the Legislature, it was
approved by a vote of 26 to 0 and sent to the
House. This measure Offers state aid to ocunties
which will build such sanitoria and maintain
them properly. By all means the sanitarium
which serves one or a group of counties should
be made as effective as the best knowledge of
the disease can make it. —

It is an unhappy truth that there is at present
not one county tuberculosis sanitarium in MICh~
igan, exclusive of the Upper Peninsula which» will
measure Grade A according to "American Sanitar-
ium standards. Inadequate state laws of the
past are in part the reason for this neglect of the
tuberculous sick. Perhaps another reason is to
be found in the fact that most folks know very
little about this deadly malady. We haven’t
stirred ourselves sufficiently in the past to give
these sufferers what they sorely need but do not
ask for themselves.- This new county sanitarium
bill should by all means be made into law.

The majority of the counties of this state are
strictly rural, and some are thinly populated.
They may never be expected to come into the class
of counties which have wealth enough to build
necesarily expensive tuberculosis hospitals. For
the vast number of condumptives~ whose home is
in these counties there must be, nevertheless, a
place to which they can go for treatment. The
state tuberculosis sanitarium at Howell has for
15 years been attempting to meet this demand.
It has never— had enough beds to care for the
people who applied for treatment. Since last
December 60 people have had to be turned away.
How many fathers and mothers have died wait-
ing their turn to get a. bed there, no one knows.

This Legislature has before it the opportunity
to do a great service to Michigan’s sufferers.
There can be no question that the need for such
an institution is here—such an institution as the
one at Howell and another again as large. It is
merely a question of providing enough ,mouey
and spending it wisely. These things we hope
the men who constitute our Legislature will not
fail to do.

WHERE WE STAND

“My dear Editor: I received a letter from
the Michigan Bean Growers’ Association
which I am enclosing so you can see for
yourself what it is. It would be a. good thing
if you would look into this matter thoroughly
and advise your readers what they should
do about it. It is surprising to me that
THE BUSINESS FARMEB has had nothing to say
about it so far.

“I hope this new organization is of the
growers, for the growers and by the growers,
and I will gladly contribute my time and
money for the cause.

“I do not think the bean grower will lose
anything if the federal grades are adopted.
The only one Who will lose by the new grades
is the bean dealer who buys the beans from
the farmer charging for 4 pound pick and
then runs them through a picking machine
and sells them as No. 1 hand picked beans.”
—-—R. 8., Bay County-

HE writer of the above letter appears to be of
the opinion that THE BUSINESS FARMEB. al-
ways takes a stand on the important ques—

tions of the day, and he is right. as a study of
our editorial columns at any time during the life
of this publication will reveal. But we want to
view the question from all angles so that when
we make a decision it is only after we are con-
fident that we are right. For this reason we have
not taken a stand in our columns on the Michigan
Bean Growers’ Association.

It appears at the present time there are two
organizations of Michigan bean growers both
operating under‘ the title of Michigan Bean Grown
ers' Association. This is too bad, and a condition
that is hurting the interests of the growers and
unfortunately, it will be watched carefully by the
enemies of cooperation among farmers. With
both associations working to the same end, as
they appear to be, it is a shame the leaders can-
not get together and bind their followers into one
large organization. There is not room for two
organizations, there should be no reason for the
two, and the leaders should be willing to go at
least'half way in order to get the growers together
so that they can speak as a group and when they
speak their words will carry weight and win the
respect of the public.

It has been reported as a fight between the
leaders as to whether, the farmers of Michigan
want Federal grades or not. Such a thing would
be absurd because the personal opinions of the
leaders, are not to govern the mass.

The farmers .
.“1'9 ,W?ll‘~p'°?§'9.d, to speak for themselves land-

federal and jobber grades.

rules with the final count indicating the farmers’
stand. Then and only then can a proper decision
be reached.

 

A UNITED FRONT—‘rFOR AGRICUIIEURE

HE~problems confronting us as farmers today
are such as to require our best individual
thought and to demand for their solution the

most effective work of our various agricultural
agencies and organizations. This is certainly no
time for jealousies or misunderstandings to creep

"in and hamper in any way the progress of any

movements looking toward the relief of agricul-
ture and the development of a happier, nobler
and more satisfying rural life. Those who Would
for a single moment countenance and tolerate any
such spirit of friction and ill will are certainly
traitors to the best interests of Michigan agricul—
ture.

Holding the views above expressed, it is with
no little satisfaction that we receive the report
of a joint meeting of the M. A. C. authorities and
State Grange leaders recently held at the College
for the purpose of discussing ways and means
whereby the extension services of the College and
the subordinate and Pomona Granges could be
brought into a closer and more harmonious and
effective working relationship.

We were also glad to note that the Michigan
State Farm Bureau was also represented at this
conference and that its leaders are heartily behind
the proposed program of fuller and more complete
cooperation. We have often thought that if we
could have all the inspiring history, all the warm
fraternal feeling, all the high moral teachings
and all the splendid educational and social ad-
vantages of the Gleaners, the Grange and the
Farmers’ Clubs most directly hooked up with the
scientific and technical knowledge and equipment
of our Michigan Agricultural College and its ex-
tension services and then all of these agencies
combining their cooperative business activities
through the business departments of the Michigan
State Farm Bureau and its five affiliated com-
modity exchanges, it would be indeed a bright day
for Michigan agriculture.

All this may be an ideal situation which it is
not possible to reach at once. However, we must
have our ideals before we can begin to struggle
toward them. If you agree with the program out~
lined above, together we can set about bringing it
to pass. We know the business farmers of Mich-
igan will find such a condition quite as agree—
able as it will be profitable.

You remember the old parable of the father
who called his sons together, and grasping a.
single red, broke it across his knee into splinters;
then taking a bundle of rods he asked if any two
of his Sons could break them, which of courSe.
they could not. This, said the father, illustrates
the power of united strength. The parable np—
plies to the farmer interests in Michigan in this
year of our Lord. 1925, quite as well as it did

_ when Aesop wrote it some centuries ago!

 

FEDERAL GRADING

REALLY when you get down to business and
study this bean grading question from close
range it looks to us like an easy question to
answer. Every question has two sides but ihe
more we study this one the more it takes on a
one—sided appearance. We believe that with the
inspecting and grading being done by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture there will be much
less dissention. We even have hopes that it would
bring about a better condition in the market.
causing demand and prices to take their proper
place in comparison with beans from other states.
In one town we have visited in the southern
part of Michigan there are ten coal dealers all
competing. for local business. A few years age
all of the dealers had their own scales and they
often received complaints from customers who
believed they had not received full weight. The
dealers got together and decided to discard their
own scales and weigh all their coal-on the city
scales. Since that time complaints have been-few
and far between.

, which every been grower .
is represented by men who have {studied both
, Then a vote should -
be taken with the understanding that majority

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- " during-Ills last couple of weeks

9 indicate ’thatamong the insects,
Worms— and bugs that. came to life
duringjhose‘ warm days we had’ in
March was the enlarged picture
agent. . And this species of the insect
family has invaded Michigan at sev-

G “oral diflerent points this spring with

the heaviest damage being done near
the larger cities. In spite of our
many warnings, a few of our readers
have been victimized.

These enlarged picture
come to your door and ask if you
have a photograph of a child or rela—
tive you would like to preserve. They
know you have because every one of
us have not one but several. They
try to learn-from a neighbor if you
have lost through death a child or
close relative and then when they call
they ask for a photo of the child or
relative and then proceed to work on
Your sympathy. You bring the
photograph and they become enthu—
siastic over the possibilities of en-
larging it, they show you how their
company enlarged one for Mr. So—
andaso”«“and the photograph wasn't
nearly as good as the one you have.”
The picvure they show you is in a
frame and they promise to enlarge
your photo ”just like this one” and
deliver it to you for $4.98 or at a
price near that. .

You are then asked to Sign an
agreement, which does not, as a rule,
bind you to pay for a picture in a
frame, but does obligate you to pay
for the enlargement. When delivery
A is made you find they have. placed
the picture in a. frame and you are
asked to pay a fancy price for the
frame. “We knew you would want
to have the picture framed so that
you could hang it up, and this frarne
we will sell to you at a very spec1a1
price," is about what they will tell
you. The price of the frame ranges
from $15 to $3, depending on the
purchaser. If the purchaser will pay
the top price all right, but if they
refuse the company will start bar-
gaining. A good bargainer can get
them to come down even as low as
$3, and at that price they are still
making a profit.

The enlarged picture shark can be
eradicated just the same as insects
and other pests and the best ways we
know of are: A good dog, or the toe
of your shoe.

If you want to have a photo en-
larged go to a reliable photographer
in the nearest town and you will get
satisfactory work at an honest price.

more WITH GLOVE
CONCERN

NOTICED in your paper an item
in regards to sewing canvas
gloves. To those who may be
tempted to answer their ads as I did,
I’ll tell my experience with the firm
you have mentioned—Kenneth Hack-

l . _

6”Last fall I sent the required
amount (over $6) thinking I could
earn some extra money as ‘I am a
widow with a family to support, and
on waiting a reasonable time, I wrote
them and they answered by saying
they were very rushed and wanted
to have everything straight before
filling an order, that they were deal—
ing ’ with thousands. In about a
month I wrote again and received
the same sort of an answer. so I then
wrote to the bank where they gave
their reference, and they replied
promptly by saying they were una-
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reference and: that Mr. Hackle'y was

then under? arrest, and: for me to

write the Post Office department, but
the next day I received my two dozen
pairs‘ of gloves and a very strict let—
ter about what the'gloves had to be
etc., before they would accept them,
so I,kne'w they would find fault if
possible and so I made them and sold
them at 20c a pair among friends
and neighbors. By doing so I got
most of my money back and resolved
never to be ‘bit’ again.”-——A Sub-
scriber, Oakland County.

OWOSSO COAL llflNING COMPANY-a

"Is the Owosso Coal Mining Com-
pany a reliable concern? I will ap-
preciate any advice you care to give
me. I have bought some of their
stock." .

have been investigating the
Owosso Coal Mining Company

7. and from what we can learn
they would not be called a reliable
company. A recent letter from the
Michigan Securities Commission
reads: “Several suits are now pend—
ing in various parts of the state and
we understand a number of judg-
ments have been entered against the
company in-Shiawassee county. The
plan of the company, in its inception,
was good enough but it has apparent-

"ly been wrecked by promoters and

high-presure stock salesmen."
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“THE MASTER KEY”

“Will you kindly investigate ‘The
Master Key’? The Charles F. Haan-
el Company of St. Louis, Mo., has
been sending me literature on it. I
do not know where they got my
name." '

HAT is ”The Master Key?"

We have carefully read the lit-

erature you sent to us and at
no place in any of this printed matter
can we find where it-is stated clearly
what you are paying for. Not only
is their literature prepared in such
a way as to keep you in the dark but
it is printed apparently by an ama-
tuer as in many places it is unread-
able.
is printed would alone be enough for
us to view with suspicion their prop-
osition. Any company that is res-
ponsible and building up a substan-
tial business would not send out lit-
egature printed like that you receiv-
e .

I am not the “Seventh Son of a
Seventh Son” but from the few sug-
gestions I find in the literature I
have a vague idea that you are to
receive some books and lessons on
different authors.
is a fair sample of their printing it
would be a waste of money in any
event to secure the books as you

. would be unable to read about half

and the balance would be so blurred
and indistinct that no one could de-
cipher it. _

If you want to read some good
books, our advice would be that you
go to the public library in a near-by
town and suggest to the librarian
the type of book you desire to read
and I am sure she will be pleased
to tell you what they have in the li-
brary. Or, you can secure good
books from the local stationer. If
he hasn’t any in stock suitable for
your needs, without doubt he would
be pleased to order them for you.

WOULD nor STAND INVES-
TIGATION

"WANTED: Large developed
going farm, ranch, or planta-
tion, fully equipped. Bargain.
All particulars first letter. Am
principal. M. J. Roberts, 77 W.
Washington, Chicago."

HE. above was sent to us by a
Chicago advertising agency with
the instructions to insert it in

our "Business Farmers' Exchange"
and check was enclosed to pay for
the insertions. We were suspicious
after reading the advertisement and
decided ‘to investigate before insert-
ing it infra: Bosnmss Emmi. In
answer to our letter to the agency
asking for informatioa they Wrote
“Mr. Roberts wishes this ad cancelled
no. return our order and cheek.”
. And they did notsayoue word about
supplying ,us with information about
the proposition. ' At first we suspect-
ed, now we are convinced.

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inite disposition to concen-
trate their security invest-
lments in the safe first mort-
gage bonds sponsored by
this house.

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BUSINESS FARMER

SATURDAY APRIL 11,1925

Edited and Published by
THE RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY. Inc.
GEORGE M. SLOOUM, President
Mt. Clemens, Michigan
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“A ROSE BY ANY OTHER N AME—"

NYTHING to get the name “Michigan State
College", seems to be the motto of those at
Lansing who are bound to change the title

of our most cherished educational institution.

“Michigan State College of " it doesn’t
much matter what the appendage is to that title.
So far as the traditional rights of the Michigan
Agricultural College, it might as well be “Mich-
igan State College of Undertaking, Barbering
and the Applied Sciences, including Sod—Busting
and Hog-Slopping"!

Gentlemen of the House at Lansing, do not let
them stampede you into a change which will des—
troy at one stroke the splendid structure of ac-
complishment which has been erected by nearly
a century of conscientious labor from the many
self—sacrificing souls who have labored weary days
and nights to build for the Michigan Agricultural
College the worldwide reputation which it today
enjoys!

'If the grand old institution at East Lansing
had anything in its history to “live-down”, if
the name it bears had ever been trampled in the
dust of scandal or if it had closeted any skele-
tons which were detrimental to its future use—
fulness, we would be the first to promote the
change in the name which it today proudly bears.

But until some sponsor of the change in name
can point to a blemish on the present title, we
challenge the right of any authority to risk the
name and reputation of so sacred 3 heritage as
the title of the Michigan Agricultural College.

And we will depend on the sound judgment of
the present members of the House of Representa—
tives to prevent any such calamity to be charged
to their trusteeship.

 

FARMERS AND THE WHITE PLAGUE

ESPITE the abundant sunshine, fresh air,
plentiful ozone and healthful food which is
supposed to be the heritage of every farmer,

there is an alarming increase in the amount of hu—
man tuberculosis pres :nt in the rural commun—
ities of Michigan. Instances of this dread scourge
are particularly sad and unfortunate in our farm
homes which, because of their isolated location,
render proper nursing and medical attention
difficult and expensive to obtain. Cities have
their sanitariums, but for the afflicted residents
of the rural counties, there is only the over-
crowded institution at Howell, with its discour-
agingly long waiting list. However, we have no
(3 ”re to take a pessimistic view of the situation
a..... in the following paragraphs we wish to point
out that there is a very encouraging awakening
of interest among members of the present legis-
lature in regard to human tuberculosis.
Michigan has for years been very poorly equip~
ped to fight this scourge which strikes our rural
as well as city ‘people. A recent report to the
State Commissioner of Health shows that this
'State is nearly 900 beds short of the standard
hospital provision for consumptives, which a state

of our size and annual death rate from this dis—

ease, should have.
To encourage further provision of hospital beds
for consumptivee b‘yv countleetn county tubercu~

E. Greene of. Richmond.

and careful consideration by the; moments of; ‘
it was”

the upper branch of the Legislature,
approved by a vote of 26 to 0 and sent to the
House. This measure offers state aid to counties
which will build such sanitoria and maintain
them properly. By all means the sanitarium
which serves one or a group of counties should
be made as effective as the best knowledge of
the disease can make it.

It is an unhappy truth that there last present
not one county tuberculosis sanitarium in Mich-
igan, exclusive of the Upper Peninsula Which will
measure Grade A according to "American Sanitar-
ium standards. Inadequate state laws of the
past are in part the reason for this neglect of the
tuberculous sick. Perhaps another reason is to
be found in the fact that most folks know very
little about this deadly malady. We haven't
stirred ourselves sufficiently in the past to give
these sufferers what they sorely need but do not
ask for themselves.~ This new county sanitarium
bill should by all means he made into law.

The majority of the counties of this state are.

strictly rural, and some are thinly populated.
They may never be expected to come into the class
of counties which have wealth enough to build
necesarily expensive tuberculosis hospitals. For
the vast number of conSumptives whose home is
in these counties there must be, nevertheless, a
place to which they can go for treatment. The
state tuberculosis sanitarium at Howell has for
15 years been attempting to meet this demand.
.It has never~ had enough beds to care for the
people who applied for treatment. Since last
December 60 people have had to be turned away.
How many fathers and mothers have died wait-
ing their turn to get a bed there, no one knows.

This Legislature has before it the opportunity
to do a great service to Michigan’s sufferers.
There can be no question that the need for such
an institution is here——such an institution as the
one at Howell and another again as large. It is
merely a question of providing enough _money
and spending it wisely. These things we hope
the men who constitute our Legislature will not
fail to do.

WHERE WE STAND

“My dear Editor: I received a letter from
the Michigan Bean Growers' Association
which I am enclosing so you can see for
yourself What it is. It would be a good thing
if you would look into this matter thoroughly
and advise your readers what they should
do about it. It is surprising to me that
THE BUSINESS FARMER has had nothing to say
about it so far.

“I hope this new organization is of the
growers, for the growers and by the growers,
and I will gladly contribute my time and
money for the cause.

“I do not think the bean grower will lose
anything if the federal grades are adopted.
The only one who will lose by the new grades
is the bean dealer who buys the beans from
the farmer charging for 4 pound pick and
then runs them through a picking machine
and sells them as No. 1 hand picked beans.”
——R. S., Bay County.

HE writer of the above letter appears to be of
the opinion that THE BUSINESS FABMER al-
ways takes a stand on the important ques-

tions of the day, and he is right, as a' study of
our editorial columns at any time during the life
of this publication will reveal. But we want to
view the question from all angles so that when
we make a decision it is only after we are con~
fident that we are right. For this reason we have
not taken a stand in our columns on the Michigan
Bean Growers' Association.

It appears at the present time there are two
organizations of Michigan bean growers both
operating under‘ the title of Michigan Bean Grow—
ers’ Association. This is too bad, and a condition

that is hurting the interests of the growers and

unfortunately, it will be watched carefully by the
enemies of. cooperation among farmers. With
both associations working to the same end, as
they appear to be, it is a shame the leaders can-
not get together and bind their followers into one
large organization. There is not room for two
organizations, there should be no reason for the
two, and the leaders should be willing to go at
least'haif way in order to get the growers together
so that they can speak as a. group and when they
speak their words will carry weight and win the
respect of the public.

It has been reported as a light between the
leaders as to whether the farmers of Michigan
want Federal grades Or not. Such a thing would
be absurd because the personal opinions of the
leaders; are not to govern the mess. The farmers
or well prepared to speak for themselves and

 
 

   

federal and jobber grades. . Then a. vote should
'be taken with the understanding that majority
rules with the final ocunt indicating the farmers’
stand. Then and only then can a proper decision
be reached. .

 

A UNITED FRONT-JEOR AGRICULTURE

HE~problems confronting us as farmers today
are such as to require our best individual
thought and to demand for their solution the

most effective work of our various agricultural
agencies and organizations. This is certainly no

time for jealousies or misunderstandings to creep
"in and hamper in any way the progress of any

movements looking toward the relief of agricul—
ture and the development of a happier, nobler
and more satisfying rural life. Those who would
for a single moment countenance and tolerate any
such spirit of friction and ill will are certainly
traitors to the best interests of Michigan agricul-
ture.

Holding the views above expressed, it is with
no little satisfaction that we receive the report
of a joint meeting of the M. A. C. authorities and
State Grange leaders recently held at the College
for the purpose of discussing ways and means
whereby the extension services of the College and
the subordinate and Pomona. Granges ~could be
brought into a closer and more harmonious and
effective working relationship.

We were also glad to note that the Michigan
State Farm Bureau was also represented at this
conference and that its leaders are heartily behind

,_ " which every been grower
is represented by men who have studied both

 

the proposed program of’l’uller and more complete ,

cooperation. We have often thought that if we
could have all the inspiring history, all the warm
fraternal feeling, all the high moral teachings
and all the splendid educational and social ad-
vantages of the Cleaners, the Grange and the
Farmers’ Clubs most directly hooked up with the
scientific and technical knowledge and equipment
of our Michigan Agricultural College and its ex-
tension services and then all of these agencies
combining their cooperative business activities
through the business departments of the Michigan
State Farm Bureau and its five afliliated 'com-
modity exchanges, it would be indeed a bright day
for Michigan agriculture.

All this may be an ideal situation which it is
not possible to reach at once. However, we must
have our ideals before we can begin to struggle
toward them. If you agree with the program out-
lined above, together we can set about bringing it
to pass. We know the business farmers of Mich-
igan will find such a condition quite as agree-
able as it will be profitable.

You remember the old parable of the father
who called his sons together, and grasping a
single rod, broke it across his knee into splinters;
then taking a bundle of rods he asked if any two
of his sons could break them, which of cour‘Se.
they could not. This, said the father. illustrates
the power of united strength. The parable ap-
plies to the farmer interests in Michigan in this
year of our Lord. 1925, quite as well as it did

. when Aesop wrote it some centuries ago!

 

FEDERAL GRADING

REALLY when you get down to business and
study this been grading question from close
range it looks to us like an easy question to
answer. Every question has two sides but the
more we study this one the more it takes on a
one-sided appearance. We believe that with the
inspecting and grading being done by the U. S.
Department of Agriculture there will be much
less dissention. We even have hopes that it would
bring about a better condition in the market.
causing demand and prices to take their proper
place in comparison with beans from other states.
In one town we have visited in the southern
part of Michigan there are‘ten coal dealers all
competing. for local business. A few years ago
all of the dealers had their own scales and they
often received complaints from customers who
believed they had not received full weight. The
dealers-got together and decided to discard their
own sgsles and weigh all their coal- on the city
scales. Since that time complaints have been-few
and far between.

Federal grading of beans might work like

weighing the coal on the city scales.

 

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~ * during-at eia _. upleof weeks
"f‘indicate that. among the insects,

worms: and bugs that, came to life

during,those‘ warm days we had in
March was the enlarged picture
agent. . And this species of the insect
family has invaded Michigan at sev-

» ’eral different points this spring with

the heaviest damage being done near
the larger cities. In spite of our
many warnings, a few of our readers
have been victimized.

These enlarged picture
come to your door and ask if you
have a photograph of a child or rela-
tive you would like to preserve. They
know you have because every one of
us have not one but several. They
try to learnfrom a neighbor if you
have lost through death a child or
close relative and then when they call
they ask for a photo of the child or
relative and then proceed to work on
your ' sympathy. You bring the
photograph and they become enthu-
siastic over the possibilities of en-
larging it, they show you how their
company enlarged one for Mr. So-
and-so‘—“and the photograph wasn’t
nearly as good as the one you have.”
The picvure they show you is in a
frame and they promise to enlarge
your photo “just like this one" and
deliver it to you for $4.98 or at a
price near that. _

You are then asked to s1gn an
agreement, which does not, as a rule,
bind you to pay for a picture in a
frame, but does obligate you to pay
for the enlargement. When delivery

' is made you find they have placed

the picture in a frame and you are
asked to pay a fancy price for the
frame. "We knew you would want
to have the picture framed so that
you could hang it up, and this frame
we will sell to you at a very special
price,” is about what they will tell
you.
from $15 to $3, depending on the
purchaser. If the purchaser will pay
the top price all right, but if they
refuse the company will start bar-
gaining. A good bargainer can get
them to come down even as low as
$3, and at that price they are still
making a profit.

The enlarged picture shark can be
eradicated just the same as insects
and other pests and the best ways we
know of are: A good dog, or the toe
of your shoe.

If you want to have a photo en-
larged go to a reliable photographer
in the nearest town and you will get
satisfactory work at an honest price.

EXPERIENCE WITH GLOVE
CONCERN

NOTICED in your paper an item

in regards to sewing canvas

gloves. To those who may be
tempted to answer their ads as I did,
I’ll tell» m experience with the firm
you have mentioned—Kenneth Hack-
l . .
eym fall I sent the required
amount (over $6) thinking I could
earn some extra money as ‘I am a
widow with a familyto support, and
on waiting a reasonable time, I wrote
them and they answered by saying
they were very rushed and wanted
to have everything straight before
filling an order, that they were deal-
ing'with thousands. In about a
month I wrote again and received
the same sort of an answer, so I then
Wrote to the bank where they gave
their reference, and they replied
promptly by saying they were una-
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thong-"underfiarrest, andjf'or me- to
Write theJPost ofiice department, but

'the next day I received my two dozen

pairs of gloves and a very strict let-
ter about what the'gloves had to be
etc., before they would accept them,
so I knew they would find fault if
possible and so I made them and sold
them~ at 20c a pair among friends
and neighbors. By doing so I got
most of my money back and resolved
never to be ‘bit' -again.”———A Sub—
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OWOSSO COAL WING COMPANY.

"Is the Owosso Coal Mining Com-
pany a reliable concern? I will ap-
preciate any advice you care to give
me. I have bought some of their
stock.” V

have been investigating the
Owosso Coal Mining Company

and from what we can learn
they would not be called a reliable
company. A recent letter from the
Michigan Securities Commission
reads: “Several suits are now pend—
ing in various parts of the state and
we understand a number of judg-
ments have been entered against the
company in-Shiawassee county. The
plan of the company, in its inception,
was good enough but it has apparent—

ly been wrecked by promoters and

high-presure stock salesmen."
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“THE MASTER. KEY”

“Will you kindly investigate ‘The
Master Key’? The Charles F. Haan—
e1 Company of St. Louis, Mo., has
been sending me literature on it. I
do not know where they got my
name.” '

HAT is “The Master Key?”

We have carefully read the lit-

erature you sent to us and at
no place in any of this printed matter
can we find where it-is stated clearly
what you are paying for. Not only
is their literature prepared in such
a way as to keep you in the. dark but
it is printed apparently by an ama-
tuer as in many places it is unread-
able. The way that the literature
is printed would alone be enough for
us to view with suspicion their prop-
osition. Any company that is res-
ponsible and building up a substan-
tial business would not send out lit-
eaature printed like that you receiv-
e .

I am not the “Seventh Son of a
Seventh Son” but from the few sug-
gestions I find in the literature I
have a vague idea that you are to
receive some books and lessons on
different authors.
is a. fair sample of their printing it
would be a waste of money in any
event to secure the books as you

. would be unable to read about half

and the balance would be so blurred
and indistinct that no one could de—
cipher it. —

If you want to read some good
books, our advice would be that you
go to the public library in a near-by
town and suggest to the librarian
the type of book you desire to read
and I am sure she will be pleased
to tell you what they have in the li-
brary. Or, you can secure good
books from the local stationer. If
he hasn't any in stock suitable for
your needs, without doubt he would
be pleased to order them for you.

WOULD nor smp INVES-
nemon

‘WANTED: Large developed
going farm, ranch, or planta-
tion, fully equipped. Bargain.
All particulars first letter. Am
principal. M. J. Roberts, 77 W.
Washington, Chicago.”

HE_ above. was sent to us by a
Chicago advertising agency with
the instructions to insert it in

our “Business Farmers' Exchange"
and check was enclosed to pay for
the insertions. We were suspicious
after reading the advertisement and
decided ’to investigate before insert-
ing it tum Bumss Fauna. In

answer. to our letter to the agency,

asking for information they wrote

“Mr. Roberts wishes thisad cancelled

so. return our order and choc "

. And they did net-sayene word about

supplying ,us with information about
the proposition. , At iii-st we suspect-
ed, now we unconvinced.

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EN suddenly, he reopened it, looked

in, reclosed it sharply, and went on
his way, shaking a little. For, as

he looked back this second time at the ’

dominant, determined, able man seated at
his desk, what he had seen in Spearman’s
face was fear;--fear for himself, of Alan
Conrad of Blue Rapids—yet it was not
fear of that sort which weakens or dis-
mays; it was of that Sort which, merely
warning of danger close at hand, deter—
mines one to use every means within his
power to save himself,

Alan, still trembling excitedly, crossed
to Corvet’s office to await Sherrill. It
was not, he felt sure now, Alan Conrad
that Spearman was opposing; it was not
even the apparent successor to the con—
trolling stock of Corvet, Sherrill, and
Spear-man. That Alan resembled some
one—some one WhOSe ghost had seemed
to come to Spearman and might,’ perhaps,
have come to Corvet—was only incidental
to what was.going on now; for in Alan‘s
presence Spearman found a threat—an
active, present threat against himself.
Alan could not imagine what the nature
of that threat could be. Was it because
there was something still concealed in
Corvet's house which Spearman feared
Alan would find? Or was it connected
only with that some one whom Alan re-
sembled? Who was it Alan resembled?
His mother? In what had been told him,
in all that he had been able to learn
about himself, Alan had found no men-
tion, indeed, of any woman. There had
been mention. definite mention, of but
one thing which seemed, no matter what
form these new experiences of his took,
to connect himself with all of them—
mention of a ship, a lost ship—tho
Miwaka. That name had stirred Alan,
when he first heard it, with the first
feeling he had been able to get of any
possdlle connection between himself and
his people here. Spoken by himself just
now it had stirred, queerly stirred, Spear—
man. “hat was it, then, that lie—Alan
——had to do with the Miwaka? Spear-
man might—must have had something
to do With it. So must Corvet. But
himself—he had been not yet three years
old when the Miwaka was lost! Beyond
and above all other questions, what had
Constance Sherrill to do with it?

She had continued to believe that Cor-
vet’s (Lsappearance was related in some
way to herself. Alan would rather trust

- he- intu.tion as to this than trust to Sher—

rl.l s contrary opinion. Yet she, certainly,
could have had no direct connection with
a ship lost about the time she was born
and before her father had allied himself
w1.h the firm of Corvet and Spearman.
In the misty warp and woof of these
events, A.an could find as yet nothing
wh-:h could have involved her. But he
remized that he was thinking about her
chfl more than he was tnmking about
Spearnlan—morc, at that moment, even
than about the mystery whicn surrounded
11in...e.f.

Constance Sherrill, as she went about
her shopplng at Field’s was feeling the
strangeness of the experience she had
shamt .hat morning with Alan when she
had competed for him the Indian crea—
tion legend and had repeated the ship
rhymes of his boyhood; but her more
aCLch thought was about Henry Spear-
man. for she had a luncheon engagement
with him at one o'clock. He liked one
always to be prompt at appointments; he
either did not keep an engagement at
all, or he was on the minute, neither
early nor late, except for some very un-
usual circumstance. Constance could
never achieve such accurate punctuality,
so several minutes before the hour she
went to the agreed corner of the silvor-
ware department.

She aleOl‘lM‘d herself intently with the
selection of her purchase as one o‘clock
approached. She was sure that, after
three days’ absence, he would be a. mo—
ment later rather than late; but after
selecting what she wanted, she monopol—
ized twelve minutes more of the sales-
man’s time in showing her what she had
no intention of purchasing, before she
picked out Henry‘s vigorous step from
the confusion of ordinary footfalls in the
aisle behind her. Though she had de-
termined, a. few moments before, to pun—
ish him a little, she turned quickly.

Sorry I’m late. Connie.” That meant
that it was no ordinary business matter
that had detained him; but there was
nothing else noticeably unusual in his
tone.

“It’s certainly your turn to be the
tardy one,” she admitted. '

"I’d never take my turn if I could
help it—particularly just after being
away; you know that.”

She turned carelessly to the clerk. “I’ll
take that too,"——she indicated the trinket
which she had examined last. ”Send it,
please. I've finished here now, Henry.

“I thought you didn't like that sort of
thing.” His glance had gone to the bit
of frippery in the clerk’s hand. . ’

“I don’t." she confessed.

“Then don’t buy it. She doesn't want
that; don’t send it," he directed the sales-
man.

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Henry touched her arm and turned her
away. Sheflushed a. little, but she was
not displeased. Any of the other men
whom she knew would have wasted
twenty dollars, as lightly as herself,
rather than confess, “I ”really didn’t want
anything more; I just didn’t want to be
seen waiting.” They would not have ad-
mitted—those other men—that such a.
sum made the slightest difference to her

,or, by inference, to them; but Henry was

always willing to admit that there had
been a time when money meant much to
him, and he gained respect thereby.

The tea mom of such a. department
store as Field’s offers to young people
opportunities for dining together without
furnishing reason for even innocently
connecting their names too intimately, if
a girl is not seen there with the same
man too often. There is something es-
sentially casual and unpremeditated about
it—as though' the man and the girl, both
shopping and both hungry, had just hap—
pened to meet and go to lunch together.
As constance recently had drawn closer
to Henry Spearman in her thought, and
particularly since she had been seriously
considering marrying him, she had clung
deliberately to this unplanned appearance
about their meetings. She found some-
thing thrilling in this casualness too.
Spearman's bigness, which attracted eyes
to him always in a crowd, was merely
the first and most obvious of the things
which kept attention on him; there were
few women who, having caught sight of
the big, handsome, decisive, carefully
groomed man, could look away at once.
If Constance suspected that, ten years
before, it might have been the eyes of
shop-girls that followed Spearman with
the greatest interest, she was certain no
one could find anything flash about him
now. What be compelled now was ad-
miration and respect alike for his good
looks and his appearance of personal
achievement—a tribute very different from
tolerance granted those boys brought up
as irresponsible inheritors of privilege
like herself.

As they reached the restaurant and
passed between the rows of tables, women
looked up at him; oblivious, apparently,
to their gaze, he chose a table a. little
removed from the others, where servants
hurried to take his order, recognizing one
whose time was of importance. She
glanced across at him, when she had
settled herself, and the first little trivial-
itics of their being together were over.

“I took a visitor down to your office
this morning," she said. ..

Constance was aware that it was only
formally that she had taken Alan Con-
rad down to confer with her father; since
Henry was there, she knew her father
would not act without his agreement, and
that whatever disposition had been made
regarding Alan had been made by him.
Elie wondered what that disposition had

0911.

“Did you like him, Henry?"

“Like him?" She Would have thought
that the reply was merely inattentive;
but Henry was never merely that. '

“I hoped you would.”

He did not answer at once. The wait-
ress brought their order, and he served
her; then, as the waitress moved away,
he looked across at Constance with a long
scrutiny. '

“You hoped I would !” be repeated, with
his slow smile. ”VVhy?"

“He seemed to be in a difficult position
and to be hearing himself well; and
mother was horrid to him."

“How was she horrid to him?"

“About the one thing which, least of all,
could be called his fault—~about his re—
lationship to—~—to Mr. Corvet. But he
stood up to hvrI"

The lids draw down a little upon Spear—
man‘s cyus as he gazed at her.

“You've seen a. good deal of him, yes-
tvrday and today, your fathcr tells me,"
he observed.

“Yes." As she ate, she talked, telling
him about her first meeting with Alan
and about their conversation of the morn—
ing and the queer awakening in him of
those half memories which seemed to con-
ncct him in some way with the lakes.
She felt herself flushing now and then
with feeling, and once she surprised her—
self by finding her eyes wet when she had
finished telling Henry about showing Alan
the picture of his father. Henry listened
intently, eating slowly. When she stop-
ped, he appeared to be considering some—
thing.

“That's all he told you about him-
self?” hc inquired.

llYeS'll
' “And. all you told him?”

“He asked me some things about the
lakes and about the Miwaka, which was
lost so long ago he said he'd found
some references to that and wanted to
know about whether it was a ship. I
told him about it and about the Drum
which made people think that the crew
were not all lost."

“About the Drum! What made you
speak of that? The irritation in his tone'
startled her and she looked quickly up
at him. “I mean,” he oflered, "Why did’
you drag in a crazy superstition like that? .
You don’t believe in :the Drum. Connie"!

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som WATER on MOISTURE

N my early articles we took up the
matter of humus and the various
elements necessary to crop pro—

duction, now we want to add an—
other thing that unless we have it,
all of the rest does us no good. And
that is just ordinary water or mois-
ture.

Great stress has been laid on. nitro—
gen, phosphorus, potash, lime, ma-
nure crop residues and the like by
nearly every writer on soil effects
but I have noticed but very little if
any on that great essential necessary
to the finishing of plant and animal
life and it is the object of this article
to discuss this fact to the mutual un-
derstanding of all.

In the first place the earth is so
composed that over three-fourths of
the surface is covered with water.
Every plant and animal is made up
largely of water. Water is necessary

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,_ where the fitting has been poor and

yet the crop was good because the
land had rain whenever the plants
needed it and the right kind of'sun
warmth.

Some plants wa‘nt warm sun and
moisture as in the case of corn, and
cool moist weather as in the case of
oats.

Let us not lose sight of the fact
that while we need the necessary ele—
ments we also need a good water
supply and this water supply is to a
great extent in the farmer’s hands
to govern.

This water may come to us in the
form of rain or it can be drawn up
from the ground water by capillary
attraction much the same as a lump
of ‘Sugar will absorb moisture and
the finer the sugar or soil the faster
it will run up the lump.

These methods have been in prac-
tise by the good farmers of your
locality although some times uncon—

that. section, and

  

io "wractic'esgpecmiar to
the farmer'that is
alert sees things that have happened
although he may not have been on to
the why of it, but never the less it
did the trick and he does it again
and in this way establishes a soil
cultivation practise that becomes a
fixed idea in a community and it
really is the right solution. Yet we
see. a man from another section
when he comes into this community
try his own ideas as were taught him
and usually learns his lesson and
after that farms as the best produc-
ers of the neighborhood do. So it is
impossible to give an idea of a cul-
tivation practise that would work in
all sections. I hope that I have pre—
sented this water idea or fact in a
light that can be used by the readers
of this article.

SUDAN GRASS AS NURSE CROP
Has Sudan grass ever been used
for nurse crop for sweet clover?

UDAN grass does not make a sat-
isfactory nurse crop. Sudan is

not usually sown until the latter
part of May and after it starts

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the young seeding 'is likeiyy t
smothered out. ' ,
Oats and barley are much to»
preferred to \Sudan grass since t
are planted much earlier in
season and are also harvested earli
———C.”R. Megee, Associate Professor of.
Farm, Crops, Michigan Agricultural:
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\VHITE BLOSSOM SWEET CLOVER
Please tell me which is the best
way to secure a good stand of white,
blossom sweet clover.———A. 8., Sparta,
Michigan. ,
T is customary to seed“ biennial
I white sweet clover in the spring
with oats or barley or on fall
sown wheat or rye.

'Sweet clover is quite sensitive to
an acid soil. The seed bed should
be inoculated.

Fifteen pounds of scarified seed
per acre is the customary amount
sown—C. R. Megee, Associate Pro-
fessor of Farm Crops, Michigan Agri«
cultural College.

Hoping your paper will increase in cir-

culation as it is the best farm paper in
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for the decay of all matter and the
release of the elements of this mat.-
ter, so that they may be used by
some other plant or thing. It is so
essential in, the scheme of life that
unless we have it in a sufficient
amount all our undertakings come to
naught and are dismal failures. You
have noticed that a severe drougth
has ruined some of our finest pros-
pects for a good crop. In this case
_all our elements were there but we
lacked the water to use them. You
have also noticed' that poor soil was
a great” deal more afiected than a
rich one and the man that fitted his
ground better was better off in these
times than the man that didn't fit
his ground properly, and let me state
this fact; that this is the function
of soil cultivation and every advance
in soil working machinery has teen
made with this object in view.

On the farming land of Michigan
and elsewhere there is a certain
amount of rainfall each year and on
an average this runs about the same
in each locality with an average this ,
runs about the same in each locality
with an occasional exception and it
is the lproblem of each farmer to re-
tain as much of this through out the
season as he can and his success
largely depends on his ability to use
this water for his crop needs. He can
control this by the means of two
ways, first by supplying his soil with
plenty of humus, and second by prop-
er cultivation to prevent evaporation.

Humus in decayed and undecayed
state acts as a sponge and holds the
moisture in connection with the un—
diluted elements in the humus and
the contacting soil making them
ready for plant use.
you may have a fair amount of
chemical elements in it, but the

water that falls on it quickly runs ‘

through and dries out rapidly and
the plant has no chance to use the
elements of the soil if the rainfall
is frequent and no dry spell occurs
then you get a fair to good crop ofi
this soil, but if dry spells occur it is
nearly always a failure. This is
very evident in the oats crop in a
wet cooliseason especially at filling
time we see a good oat crop all over
and yields of 40 to 60 bushels that
in other years were from 15 to 20
bushels with the same fitting and
preparation.

It is amazing how much water a
crop uses to make a given number
of bushels or tons of bulk.

It requires nearly 450 pounds of
water to produce one pound of dry
matter in a plant on an average.
Alfalfa requires 1070 pounds of wa-
ter, corn 400 pounds, rye 725 pounds,
wheat 510 pounds, potatoes 500
pounds and oats 600 pounds. If
the water used by a kfleld of oats
could be placed on the field at one
time it would cover it to the depth of
five inches and a field of wheat would '
be covered four and a half inches:

This doesn’t seem possible, but it
is a fact and unless one can supply
the crop when it needs it we are
doomed to failure in that crop.

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hold and retain more water than one
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SIGNS OF _BPBING ‘

When the rain begins to fall,
And melt the snow away,
We always feel like running
Out of the house to play.

And as soon as school is over
We don't feel like stayin' in.
We always want to run and play
Which always makes my momma saY.

“When I was young like you my‘dear,
And when our school was done.

I always helped my mamma first.
And after bad the fun.”

—-By Mildred Darly, Rs, Standish, Mich.

EAR girls and boys: I suppose
you are all anxiously awaiting
the judges decision on our “road

the advertisements" contest. Well,
I will not have to keep you in sus-
pense any longer because the judging
has been completed and prizes are
being torwarded. Here are the re-
suits:

Lloyd Freeman, age 13, of Middle-
.vilie, Michigan, captured first prize

of $3 by answering the first eleven.

questions correctly and giving the
best reasons for choosing a certain
advertisement as the best in the
March 14th issue, answering the
twelfth question. Second prize of
$1 was won by Dorothy Kinnison,
age 16, of Kalkaska, Michigan, while
Katherine McCarthy, age 12, of
Meadow Brook Farm, Bad Axe, Mich-
igan, carried off the third award.
The answers to the first eleven
questions are as follows:

l—American Steel and Wire Com-
pany. ,

2—Montgomery Ward and Com-
pany. .

3—The new general catalog of
Sears. Roebuck and Company.

4—Federal Chemical Company,
Inc.

5——The Albert Dickinson Com-
pan . '

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6—Sharood Company.

7—For 10 years.

8—The New Idea Spreader Com-
pany. <

9—Potash Importing Company of
America.

10—Wormix.
atory.

11—Calumet Baking Powder Com-
pany.

Hundreds answered all questions
correctly and it was necessary to
study Number 12 very carefully to
choose the best. Spelling and neat-
ness, all had to be considered. You
have proved beyond the slightest
doubt that you all enjoy contests of
this kind so you may expect more of
them in the hear future.

The buttons for The Children's
Hour have been ordered and I expect
to have them before another issue
goes to press. I know you are going
to like them.—-—UNCLE NED.

The Ive-San Labor-

OUR GIRLS AND BOYS

Dear Uncle Nedz—Although it is too
late for me to suggest any motto and
slogan I hope we get a good one.

I am at present corresponding with one
of the cousins. she answered my first
letter, and I would be very pleased if
one or some more of you cousins would
answer this one.

I have not missed a day of school this
year, and ride 10 miles every day to a
centralized school in a. leaky wagon pulled
by horses. I have to get up at 6 o’clock
standard time every morning and start
at 7. Last year I did not miss a day
and received a certificate of award and
I m atrying to win one this year. I am
14 years old. I believe my letter is get-
ting "kinda" long. so I will stop. Your
loving niece—Doris Irene Fur-ling, Plo-
neer, Ohio.

Dear Uncle Nedz—As is «Mary, I
I am five feet in

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had three traps set.
mouse that was venturing around. Of
course no one could sew, because they
had to watch him. He ate all the cheese
at from the trap and didn't get caught.
It is rather a. joke, but this is not an ld‘
for the cousins to try at school.-

' I think that it would be a good idea
to have a correspondence scramble. As
I haven't. any brothers and sisters to keep
me busy, I would like to hear from some
of the cousins. I certainly would be glad
to answer all letters that I received.
Your niece—Olive Groves. R1, Ionia,
Michigan. _

 

Dear Uncle Nedz—I love to read the
letters in the Children's Hour. I suppose
you want to know how I look and how
old I am. I have dark hair and- bobbed
with bangs. I have blue eyes. dark eye-
brows and wear specks. I can 14 year!
old, and weigh about 100 pounds, am 5
feet 4 inches tall. am in the eighth grade.
We live on a farm of 53 acres and work
40 acres that belongs to my only grand-
father. We have 4 horses, 6 cows. 8
shouts, 100 hens, 4 cats, no dog which we
are very glad of. I also believe there
are some rats and mice in our granary.
We have a Ford car which we got in
1920. The farthest trip it has made was
to goodrich ; 60 miles—Miss Lola Ewald.
R1, Unionville, Michigan.

Dear Uncle Nedz—What do the farm
cousins do in'the evening after the chores
are done and the dishes put away? I
don't like anything better than to take
a. good book or magazine and read for
an hour or so. Some of my friends say
they would not waste their time reading
as it never gets you any farther. But

. when I get a good book or magazine I

cannot resist from reading it as I dearly
love to read. What do you think about
it, Uncle Ned? I have four sisters and
one brother and live on an 80 acre tam
4 miles from a little village called Hem-
lock. I am fifteen years old and have
been out of school for nearly two years.
I went to high school one year and went
through the ninth grade, but as I have
4 miles to the nearest high school I- did
not” go any more. If it would have Men
closer I would have finished for I dearly
love school studies. .
I will not describe myself as the other
cousins do as I am sure no one will be
much interested in me. As I have written
a. long enough letter for the first time
I will say good—bye to Uncle Ned and
the cousins trusting that you will be able
to read my long name. Just a. common
country girl. I remain your niece—Ma-
thilda. Jungnitsch, Hemlock, R4, Mich.

 

Dear Uncle Ned:—-I wrote to the Chil-
dren’s Hour once before but I did not
see it in print. I thought I would write
once more and try to win a prize in your
contest. I am eleven years old and am in
the 5th grade at school. I like school
very much, especially spelling, geography
and hygiene. I have spelled our school
down seven times this year. I have three
little brothers and two sisters. Our
father and mother are living and we are
a happy family. I am the oldest of the
children. We have a. dog named Pep
and we sure have lots of fun with him.
I will close wishing the cousins and Uncle
Ned good health and happiness—Alford
C. Coffield, R2, Durand. Mich.

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I: it advisable to lay a cement floor
in a granary‘i—N. 0., Grand Ledge,
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cannot be used satisfactorily for
a granary floor. It is true that

concrete is a comparatively good con-,

ductor of heat, and for this reason
there are times when the atmosphere
has a high relative percentage of hu-
midity that moisture. will condense
on the surface of the concrete. This
would be true, however, ‘only of
the floor that was eXposed and not of
the floor on which lose grain was
stored. If fllled sacks were allowed
to stand on the floor they 'would
probably absorb moisture on the bot-
tom and decay—F. E. Fogle, Assist—
ant Professor of Agricultural__Engin-
eering, Michigan Agricultural Col-
lege. -

HAVING IGNITION TROUBLE?
ERE is an easily understood dia—
gram of the hook-up for auxili-
ary ignition on a Fordson trac-
tor. With the heavy spring and sum-
mer work beginning,‘ most farmers
will welcome a little instruction

which will solve their ignition troub--

les for them, and give them an easy
hook-up for cranking purposes. The
diagram is almost self-explanatory.
All that is necessary is to discon-
nect the primary wire running from
the coil box to the magneto, and con-
nect it to one of the terminal posts
of an Eveready Columbia Hot Shot
battery. Ground the other battery
terminal by a wire leading direct to
some part of the motor, taking care

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sibility of the battery current flow—
ing through the magneto and weak-
ening the magnets. When not in use
the battery can be carried in the
‘~ tool box. If constant use is desired,
it can be carried in a special battery
box, bolted to the engine near the

r-acoil box and magneto terminal. These

boxes come with a double-throw
switch, which permits the engine to
be started on.battery or magneto cur-
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fleetiilong and three feet wide and
about 8' inches high is made with
removable end boards, set in slots
like your wagon and gates.

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track.

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handle. The large end is clamped to
the side of the box. The thills are
cut off about two feet from the cross
bar. ' “

Two simple iron bars hold the axle
to the box. It rests on a V-shaped
iron braced to the center of the box.

COUNTY AGENT MURPHY OF
MACOMB RESIGNS '

HEN William Murphy resigned

re’Cently as the county agent

of Macomb county the farmers
of that county lost a mighty good
man. “Bill", as he is known to his
friends, took up county agent work
in Macomb county five years ago and
during that period he'" did some work
that both he and the farmers can be
proud of. He was instrumental in
the Macomb County Poultry Ass’n,
County Holstein-Friesian Ass’n, and

Count

ranged tor a, ’unitorm program for
the Farmers’ Clubs. . "

We pity the man who follows
“Bill” because he has a big job out
out for him if he. would carry on
where "Bill" left off. The newvagent
Mr. Hedrick, from Lenawee county,
comes to his duties highly recom-
mended and “Bill" says “You‘won’t
be able to see him for dust once he
gets acquainted with his new job.”
We wish him success.

SHORT COURSE MEN WIN ATH-
LETIC MONOGRAMS
WELVE different Michigan coun-
ties and the State of Ohio were
represented in the group of
young men who were successful in
pulling down a Short Course mono-
gram in their athletic activities.

Two hundred and sixty-five men
have completed the various Short
Courses offered at the Michigan Agri-
cultural College during the winter
months just past.

Eleven of the monogram winners
were members of the Two Year Six-
teen Weeks Class in agriculture.
This class begins its work the last
week of October and ends the first
week of March. The other mono-
gram winners were members of the
Dairy Production, Dairy Manufac-
turing, and Eight Weeks Agricul-
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One evening each week the men
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hold a get-together. A part of the
evening’s program is along literary
lines including business meetings, a
talk on some timely subject, and a
couple reels of motion pictures.

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more along recreational lines during
which time preliminary bouts of the
wrestling and boxing tournament are
run off, or a basketball game is play-
ed with some visiting team. At the
close of the term the finals in the
wrestling and boxing tournament are
run off to determine the monogram
winners. On commencement day,
held March 6, these men were pres-
ented with their sweaters as well as
the men who won a place on the bas-
ketball team—R. W. Tenny, Direc-
tor of Short Courses. -

A farmer in one community am capital-
ize on the experience of farmers in other
communities through the medium of the
county agent.

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* ' maxim rm sirrrsn I
By Anne Campbell \

The coal oil lamps were burning bright.

When we reached Gleaner Hall that night.

The gath’ring was a. right smart sight
At the Chicken Pie Supper.

Now Mart was there with his best gal,
And Lizzie Miller with a pal;
And Sadie Houghton and our Sal

At the Chicken Pie Supper.

Oh, boy, sech food there’s never been
Since those old evenin’s back in Lynn
’When Louie brought his violin .
To the Chicken Pie Supper.

The old folks allus laffed to see

The young folks filled with jollity.

We couldn’t wait to dance, by Gee,
At a Chicken Pie Supper!

We pushed the tables to the wall,

And sashayed down the narrow hall.

We do-see-doed and balanced all
At a Chicken Pie Supper.

The old folks played some seven—up,

And one told fortunes from a cup.

There’s more to do than just to sup
At the Chicken Pie Supper.

I’ve been to banquets mighty fine.
I’ve sat with noble folks to dine,
But for real fun, I’ll take for mine
A Chicken Pie Supper!
(Copyright, 1925.)

 

SAVE ENERGY IN SPRING
CLEANING ,
OUSE cleaning is a tiresome task
at best but it may be lightened
by organizing the work and
learning to save energy. .

A plan of cleaning a room recom-
mended by home economics special-
ists is as follows: first, dust and re-
move all small articles from the
room; then dust or brush the furni-
ture, and if possible, remove from the
room, or pin in bags; roll up small
rugs and remove from room to clean;
if rugs are large, sweep and fold back
the edges toward the center; dust
the ceiling and walls, dust the win-
dow shades; clean radiators; dust
closet room; dust floors; dust base-
boards and other woodwork to the
floor; clean windows; clean chande-
lier; wash globes and mirrors, and
wipe pictures; polish floor; return
rugs, furniture, etc.

To wipe walls, long handled soft
hair brush or outing flannel bag on
a broom is suggested. A wool flan-
nel brush may be purchased but they
are expensive. For cleaning wall
paper, rubbing with a soft, perfect-
ly clean cloth like outing flannel with
a very even stroke and very little
pressure is recommended.

Painted walls may be cleaned with
very hot water. Clean only a small
space at a time and in straight lines.
Yellow soaps are too strong and may
change the color. Calcimine walls
may be washed or wiped.

White enamel wood or metal re-
quires clear lukewarm water and a
soft cheese cloth. Two or three
drops of ammonia in a pail will cut
the grease better than soap. Win-
dow cleaning may be done well with
soft paper. Chose a paper that does
not lint. Chamois is a good cleaner
but expensive at first. A few drops
of ammonia or a little washing soda
makes an efficient cleaner.

Any rug may be freshened by first
freeing from dust and then prepar—
ing a heavy lather of any white soap
and spreading it on the rug with a
circular motion with a soft brush.
Do a small part at a time and rinse
each part as you work with clear
water. Change the water frequent-
ly. The rug may be placed over a
table to help the worker.

Window shades can be cleaned by
leaving them on the roll and gradu-
ally unwinding. Make a thick suds
of white soap and warm water and
apply with a soft sponge. The
sponge should be wrung dry. Ful-
ler's Earth may be used with a stiff
brush in cases where. the shade is
not to be washed. To clean matting
use ammonia and cold water, trying
to avoid soap. Linoleum may be
freshened by using varnish of a good
quality. -

POTATOES AND MORE
POTATOPE

OTATOES should form a prom-
P inent part of everyone’s diet and
may be cooked in such a vari—

ety of ways no One need tire of them.
A friend of mine—~21. country
school teacher at the time—once
boarded where potatoes were served
just plain boiled three times a day

 

   

am fond of potatoes but I rebel at the
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hat!

to the beauty of the hat? Is
it artistic or merely fashion-
able? With thcse questions
in mind I for] sure you will
be able to choose well.
Address letters:

 

 

from one ,Weekf's end .to- another. I ‘

Here is a way to serve either Irish
or sweet potatoes that never yet has
failed to please.

Pare medium sized potatoes very
thin, quarter lengthwise, or cut in
slices crosswise, 17g inch thick, roll
each piece in flour, put a layer in the
spider with plenty of bacon fat, or
beef fat, sprinkle with salt and pep-
per, cover and fry slowly until brown
on under side, turn and repeat pro—
cess. -

By the time they are brown on
both sides, they will be tender, a
most delicious flavor and tempting to
the eye.

Keep first ones in the warming
oven while frying a second spider
full.

Very nice served hot with cold
meat, pickles and bread and butter.
Try them, do.—-—B. O. R.

 

SUPPLY FOODS “71TH MYSTERI-
OUS Vl'l‘AMTNES

HE word “vitamine” is a com-

T paratively new one in Webster’s
dictionary but it is one that is

on the lips of many a housewife. The
very wo'rd indicates that these sub-
stances found in some foods are vital
to health and necessary to promote
growth and ward off disease.

Certain foods contain vitamines in
abundant quantities. acording to the
home economics specialists. Vita-
mine A, which is important in build-
ing up a resistance to disease, is
found in butter, cod liver oil, orang-
es, spinach. milk. cream, egg yolk,
green cabbage, carrots, cheese, dan-
delion greens, kidney beans, sweet
potatoes, hubbard squash, tomatoes,
peas, barley, soy beans, cauliflower,
swiss chard, codflsh heart, herring,
oats, peanuts, White potato, whole
rice and Whole wheat bread

Without this viramine, there is a
weakening of tissue, diminishing ap-
petite, loss of weight, and sometimes
death results.

The second vitamine, termed B, is
essential for people of all ages to en-

. :5»‘fflnh£l FEMS l lltnhma h“
-1- A Department for thequ . ._ ,5
Edited by MRS. ANNIE TAYLOR ’

EAR FOLKS: Spring brings housecleaning and thoughts of new

things, among the new things can be included clothes.
Where is there a woman who doesnot enjoy picking out a
new hat, and yet when you arechoming there is the constant fear that
you will not like it aftera few days, or you will discover that you do
not look good in'it, or the family will not like it on you. When you go
to purchase a new hat use the following questions to guide you in your
selection: ’13 it the kind of hat I need? Is it fitted to the purpose in
line, texture and color? Does it harmonize with the garments with
which it is to be worn? Is it suitable to my individual type and per-
sonality? Does it serve as the kind of. frame I need for ,my face?
Do the lines, texture and color bring out the best qualities of my face?
Is the quality of the material and workmanship - such that they add

‘f”,

Mrs. Annie Taylor. we The Buslneu Farmer, Mt. clement, lllemgen.

  

 

 

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courage growth, stimulate the appe-
tite and to prevent the disease known
as beri-ber’i. This substance is found
in varying elements in beans, cab-
bage, panacreas, spinach, tomatoes,
yeast, apples, whole barley, brazil
nuts, whole wheat bread, cauliflower,
celery, cheese, cocoanut, dandelion
greens, fllberts, grapefruit, hickory
nuts, kidney, lemon juice, liver, milk,
oats, onions, oranges, parsnips, pea-
nuts, peas, potatoes, rice, rye, ruta—
baga, and walnuts. ~

Without vitamine B, there is loss
of weight, impaired digestion, loss 'of
appetite, headache, nervousness, ces-
sation of growth and the develop-
ment of beri-beri.

Vitamine C is necessary for the
normal development of the teeth
and may be found in fresh cabbage,
germinating legumes, grapefruit, le—
mon juice, lettuce, oranges, peas, po-
tato, spinach, tomato, turnip, onions,

bananas, beets, carrots, dandelion
greens, grape juice, grapes and ap-
ples. '

Studies with guinea pigs indicate
that a lack of this vitamine results
in scurvy, poor teeth, swelled joints,
and paralysis. '

 

 

Personal Column

 

How To Keep Bonanza—Can them.
After seasoning them satisfactorally fry
them partly done or so they don’t look
raw, then put in cans and turn 2 or 3
(or even more) tablespoonsful of the hot
grease and tighten can air tight. Turn
bottom side up, and I think it will keep
almost indefinitely.—A Reader.

 

Who Has This‘P—If any reader of the
M. B. F. have in their possession the
piece about Charlie Carlsen. the dreamer
boy who had his leg taken off without
chloriform, I would appreciate very much
getting a copy of the same—Mrs. D. F.
Warner.

 

A Few Hints for Mothers.—When peel-
ing apples, cut- in half then quarters, out
out the portion of core and then peel;
and peaches out in half remove the pit

 

 

Cleanliness is a virtue.
belle, think they are clean.

hide behind a cake of soap.

. they are flies.

condition.

thereby creating epidemics.

  
   

 

 

blankets touch the body. These

  

 
 
  
 

 

HEALTH HINTS .
Too many people, like the Pittsburg

Soap and water are popular symbols of cleanliness, blur-you can't

Uncl'ean thoughts are as black as soot on a white table cloth.

Don’t buy foodstuffs where flies are tolerated.

Don’t eat where flies have access to the food.

Flies are the filthiest of allyermin. They are born in filth, live.
on filth, and carry filth around with them. They are maggots before

It is perhaps no exaggeration to say that in no other period of '
history has the prevention of disease occupied so large a place in the '
thoughts of every intelligent community as obtains at this present day. ~

Food furnishes fuel for the body.
quantity of fuel-food that you need?

Systematic exercise is necessary“ to keep the body in good physical
Bulging muscles are ‘not always the sign of good health.

Walking is cheaper than riding and far better for one’s health.

Neglected teeth are responsible for many serious infections. Pre-
vent trouble by keeping the teeth and mouth clean.

Many of the common defects of children unnecessarily occur bc- .
cause of failure to realize the dangerous mmpucaudns and sequelao
which follow in the wake of infections and contagious diseases; also .
the ease with which these ailments are spread abOut' in a community,

It is the great task of the coming: years to educate the people to

. not only health for themselves but ;

for their brothers, not only lifc‘for their own child but for every child. ‘ .
When, sleeping away from home, in car, or hotel, never let the _;

the point where they will demand

‘ . blankets are not washed
. use, as are-sheetsg'. Mw’u‘ye keep-the freshwheete agitinstthefoee.

Have you any knowledge of the

   
  

 

 

   
 

  
 

after-each;

vealmfln$fi * 9

She . . 'v
dip-my fingers in occa one. y to rem ,
_ stickiness and fuzz. '

.When the. children come“ home from
school fairly bursting with the days Inewe
let them tell it all both good and bad,
smile and ask questions» but no matter

what they tell don’t criticize or scold. '

not one word not then, wait until later in

the day or perhaps the' next day, then ’

bring ,the subject"'up"and talk it over.
Let them always remember that they can
come home and tell mother everything
and she won’t say a word. It will save
a lot of worry when they are older.—
A Farmer’s Wife.

A Job for Some Random—Will someone
please send me a surprise feature that
is suitable for a Ladies’ rClub.-——Mrs.
Hiram Vandenberg, Plainville, Mich.

 

A Few llama—Instead of peeling rhu-
barb cut in 1/», in. pieces and you won't
know the difference. I- put handful of
stalks on board and slice thru all with a
sharp knife. ' ,

Try some ground up cheese with scal-
loped potatoes and see how good it is.

«Let us hear from flower lovers and have
some articles on same. '

For a dry place by house where rain
doesn’t get too often try cosmos. You
may have more elsewhere that are nicer
but they’ll help brighten up that bare
spot—Mrs. F. E. ,.

 

Wants Quilt Pattern—I would like to
get the pattern of a‘ double Irish chain
quilt and the color.——Mrs. Kate Bartle,
Glennie, Mich. '

Hints Were Good.—JI'he hints F. D. of

'of Portland sent in are good. That's what

we like, ideas some woman has thought
up and tried out herself. These well
written scientific articles we read, remark
that it sounds good and never think of
it again. We have to do things accord—
ing to the time and materials we have
to do with.-——Mrs. L. M. P.

Help Wanted—I have a lmife pleated.
all wool, serge skirt, which I have been
wearing for a number of years and am
sick and tired of it but as the skirt is
almost as good as new yet and no tear
or spot on it. I would like to make me
an ensemble costume of it. Could any
one tell me how to do it. The color of
the skirt is navy blue. Would it be all
right to use black cloth for the coat or
could I use the black and blue. together,
or would it be better to use black and
white check with the plain black?—A. *B.

 

 

—+if you are well bred!

 

 

Dance Obligations of an “Escort."—-r

Though, strictly speaking, the word "eo-
cort" is not correct to use in describing
the men who accompanied a lady to a
dance and brings her home, it is used
here because its current accepted meaning
is very generally known. The man who
brings a girl to a dance has certain defin-
ite obligations where she is concerned.
1. He should dance the first dance after
their arrival with her. 2. He should also
dance the last dance with her. 3. He
should dance at least three to four dances
with her during the course of the even-
ing (if she permits). 4. If a "supper
dance" precedes the supper, he dances it
with her and then takes her in. 6. He
does not leave her for other dancers.
unless she is claimed by another partner.

 

 

The Runner’s Bible

 

 

For the kingdom of God Is not eating
and drinking, but righteousness and pm
and Joy in the Holy Ghost—Rom. 14:1 .

One of the fruits of the Spirit is “joy."
(Gal. 6:22.) . ~ .

 

 

Recipes '

 

 

String Bean Salad—Cut up one or two
small onions and mix with can of beans.
Then make dressing as follows. ' Slice 3
or 4 slices of bacon and fry crisp, add
2 eggs beaten with some vinegar‘, salt,
pepper and tablespoon sugar. Amount of
vinegar will vary according to strength.
Pour over, mix and shake over top p‘ap—
rika.-—Mrs. F. E. .

"Pan-Dowdy.”—I have never seen in
print the recipe for old fashionedflpan-
dowdy.” We are all very fond of it.
Make a big dish of apple sauce, sweeten
and season as for table use. Then make
a rich biscuit dough, any recipe will do,
roll thin and bake good and brown, break
«the biscuit up in pieces and line a deep
dish, cover with a thin covering of apple
sauce another layer of crust, then sauce
and so on until_the dish is heaping full,
cover with apple sauce and sprinkle with
ground cinnamon. I usually make it‘ at
$331 and have it";fo_r supper.———A Farmer’s

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Dark Cooflegi-fil always watch for all
the recipes‘izwrrtn‘ BusIans Fauna: and

have found wee-or. them to he fine “a .

sure want to thank Mrs. Thomas 13de

for that splendid layer cake recipe. Here f
is a dark cookie recipe that some of‘the '_

 
 
 

  

 
    
 
  
 
  

  
  
   
  
 
  

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Bake in a quick oven-Mrs. N. 3.;

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wassee county. ‘ ; .

 

Buttermilk manna—1 quart flour, 3
Itabiespoontuls fat, 1 tablespoon sugar, 1
teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoonful baking soda,
1 teaspbonful baking powder. 1 egg and
% pint buttermilk. Sift flour. baking
powder, salt, and sugar together,'\ then
rub in fat with finger tips, add egg well
beaten. and mixed with milk. Dough
shmlld' 'be soft and little more milk can be
added if needed. Roll out lightly and
handle as little as possible. Cut with
buoult cutter, lay on greased tins and
bake in hot oven ten minutes. Sufficient
for thirty biscuits.

 

Yorkshire Fruit Loa,ves.'-——2 lbs. flour, V4
.oupful fat, 1 teaspoonful salt, 2 cupfuls
milk, 1 yeast cake, 1 cupful sugar, 1 cups
ful sultana. raisins, 1 cupful currants, 17$
cupful seeded raisins, 11/.) cupful chopped
candied citron peel, 1 teaspoonful pow—
dered mace. Heat fat in milk, then 0001
and add yeast cake mixed with a little
sugar, stir in flour and salt, and allow to
rise four hours. Mix sugar, fruit, peel
and spices into risen dough. Let rise
again then divide into two greased loaf
tins. Allow to rise fifteen minutes, then
bake in moderate oven one and a half
hours. Suificient for two medium-sized
loaves.

 

 

HOMESPUN YARN

 

"how many other generations oi!
were suré the world was gone to the dogs.

out Alia ' * ' ma as
on how: young 1(1le act nowadays, think

«s s s
Oil is said to be-better for stoves than
blacking. Use very little and rub it in
thoroughly. Polishing can be done with
soft paper—newspapers do very nicely.
t t D
Economize in dress on the party gowns
that are least often worn.
as s s . ,
Health is the foundation on which re-
poses the happiness of the people and
the power of the country—William H.

Taft.
I! I 1

How many cans of tomatoes are left
on the shelf? Three times a week the
year ’round is a good rule for using this
healthful food.

II t It

Aunt Ada's Axioms: Ndbody can be
richer than you are in thoughts; and
great thought bring more happiness than
is [brought by great wealth.

I t i

Some folks say to put a bowl of apples
on the table and keep it filled. But a
better plan is to keep it emptied.

# It II

"There is nothing in which God asks
so little of us and gives so much as in

the planting of a tree.”—Se1ected.
' 10! II t

An inexpensive wire set brush in a
small loop design is even better than a
dish mop for washing dishes.

 

The home gathered nuts are good added
to bread stuffings and cake fillings.
# II d!

An aluminum pan of boiling water with
a teaspoonful of salt and one of soda
takes the work out of cleaning silver.

. I I! ll

Uornmeal makes fine cold weather
dishes—flapjac'ks, mush, and Johnny cake.
Mixing the ‘meal with water to form a
paste keeps the lumps out of the mush,
and the paste may be added to hot milk
or water.

 

WOMEN’S EXCHANGE

F you nave something to exchange, we will
grim It FREE under this heading providing:
lrst—Ii appeals to women and is a bonifide
exoh anger. no cash involved. Sec end—It will
0 in three lines. Third—You are a paid- -up
subscriber to The Business Farmer and attach
our address label from a recent Issue to rove
t.‘ Exchen 0 offers will be numbered an in-
serted In t e order received as we have room.
-—MRS. ANNIE TAYLOR. Editor.

 

 

to ex -
Floyd

No. 125-.—Ahout 50 kinds flower seed
rhan e for same or named

Ersklgne, Shepherd Mien, R1, Box 72.

             

AIDS TO GOOD DRESSING

as suns AND same IN YOUR SIZE

A Simple Apron Model.—Sntecn e111l11oidered 1'11 (olms would be nttmcthe for
chmnbrey or rubberized cretonne.
Small, Medium, Large and Extra lmrge.

5040.
It is also good for gingham, unbleached muslin
in 4 izes:
11111 is.

5036.
or crepe could
54 and 66 inches bust measure.

wide. For facing 011 collar,
width of the dress at the foot is 1%

6046.
and linen may be used
46 inches bust measure.
of contrasting material 15 yard is required.

4583-4982. A Prett
silk. or embroidery coul be used for this mode.
In satin faced crepe the godets could be of
corded piping of t 19 materiaL The blouse 4583
bust measure. J-l‘he Skirt is cut in 7 Sizes: 25,
with corresponding hip measure. 35, 37, 39, 41,
the foot is 2 yards.
material.

Good Seal
be us for tins model.4 The

yard.

edfm this design.

5052. A Practical Under arment. ——This model
Petticoat may be omitted. Tie buck
cambric, or crepe could be used for this style

years. To ma 6 the garment as illustrated for an eight year size in the huge
yards of 36 inch 111.1te1i:.11
1% yards will be required.

A Stylish Goat for the Growing Girl.
kasha,
may be used for this model.
rolled close to the neck, or low with open fronts
illustrated. The

5053.
——Gl1inchilla.

  
  
 
 

velours,
as 111 the large View
is cut in 6 Sizes 4, 6.
A 12 {em

maturin

5054. A Simple

W I58.

4978.
gingham and

   
 
 

{iongee oIr poplin, and

4 you
material. if
less is

made
required. For

quired.

e for Women of Mature Figure and Narrow Hips.
Pattern is cut in 9
2 inch size will require 5%
0113‘s and revert-1 portions of the panels ‘311

A Pretty Blouse Style. ——Velvet taffeta, metal brIocades as uell
The Pattern is cut in 1 Sizes: 3 . , , . .3.
A 38 inch size requires 4 y'iuds of 32

43, 45 and 47
To make this D1888 for a 38 inch

size requires 3%

I “Easy to Make"
Checked gingham and hnenc are here

with embrmdery 111 Icolored mercerized tlucud.
Unbleached muslin w1th checked Ior plaid bins
seam binding would also be attractive. The pat—
tern 1s cut in 5 Sizes: , , i l’ and 14
years. If made of one material. a it) your siZe
reduires 11/; yard of 36 inch 11mte1iul.l’ookets

oi: contrasting material requires

A Comfortable
en are here
model is also good 1'01 flannel,
other “1131 materials. The
attern is cut in 4 Sizes:
size requires 2% yards of 36
with short sleeles M;
collar.
pockets of contrasting material 1.3.

ALL PATTERNS 12c EACH-—
3 FOR 30c POSTPAID

this design.
The Pattern 13 out
A Medium size requires 21,4 yzutls of 36 inch

Kusha. bromk 10th

tafhtu
Sizes. 40, 42, 44, 46, 48, 0

I ‘2!
yards of one materiul 40 inches

yard “ill be required. The

_ n5 crepe, crepe do chine
. . 0 4‘ 44 11nd
inch mutciiul. l‘ or innings and VOHlI'l'

Afternoon Frock. -—-—Fi’ured or embroidered crepe uitIli bands of Contrasting!
It would also develop well in channeen or
the reversed side of the 334crege3 and the trimming could he

isoc7ut 2h; 6 Sizes.

tafl'l tn.

0, 42 and 44 inches
33, 35 111111337 inclns must 1111151111,
inc.hes The \Ji'sidth of the skixt .1t

bust “ill 1"equi1e-"l/yz1rds oi ii) 111 h

(‘Iomprises 11 I'lttl(0llt, Bloomers 11nd \Vuist The

of bloomers 11nd petthoat are finished in “drop" style. Muslin.
The Pattern is cut in 5 Sizes I4, 6, I , 10 and 12

view w111 require. :31;

If petticoat is omitted

    
 

  
  
 
   

fur fabrics, or flu
The collar may be

Pattern
10, 12 and 14 yo. c.11rs
ya1ds of 40 inch

          
  
   
   
   
 
  
 
 

  
 

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combined.

    
  
  
   
  
  
   

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combined. This
Hersey wean cs, for

Play

5 years.
inch
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giving number and
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925 FASHION BOOK

Addre1n all orders for patterns to
Pattern Department
THE BUSINESS FARMER
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The Early Bird Needs
a Good Bedspring!

Men who labor and women who work need Complete
rest at night—the best rest that they can get. And
this is the kind that the Ideal Spring gives, because it
is made of spiral springs. Extra tall, hnely tempered,
spirals that stand upright. Buoyant spirals that mould '4
to the body 3 form—that properly support the spine
and give true relaxation to mod nerves and muscles.
That 5 why it is the most comfortable bedspring
made. Ask your own furniture dealer about the

aster] DBALspriné

The Bedspring that Supports Your Spine
Foster Bros. Mfg. Co., Utica, N. Y.

Western Factory, St. Louis, Mo.

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and Quality Sprmg Constructions. Send for booklet.

 

The 1,—000 blilc Shoe . ,.
Double Tanned—— Doubl' 5-Wear

    
  

Ask for Plowboy

Grain Cuff
4-70— Doubm Sole 'l'un
446— —Smglc Sole 'l'nu

Split Cuff Single Sole

458—(‘1101201311'
455 »-Sr1inkc
1527—11111

1,000 Miles of , Wear

Always dries out soft

      
     

Here’s a double-tanned horse-
hide work shoe that will never
get still or hard. This horse—
hide, double—tanned by our own

' private process in our own tan-

nerics, dries out as soft'as vel-
vet. You can soak these shoes
in mud, water and slush. They
will always dry out soft and
pliable.

wear at least 1,000 miles. But
customers tell us they wcar3,000
and 4,000 or more. We are frc-
qucntly told they outwcar three
ordinary pairs.

For every job there’s a spe-
cial Rouge Rex shoe model that
fits your need exactly. If your
dealer cannot supply you with
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33—Horse's favorite diet
34—-Part of a school year
35—Tlme since the birth of Christ
36———Valuable dark wood
39——Chemical symbol for telurrlum
Ila—Degree for minister
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Start out by filling in thewordl 0! which you feel reasonably sure.
a clue to other words crossing them, and the in ‘

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The Gem—Hunters.——-By Dr. Francis
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nothing else in the world's history, and
the man of all others to thrill and at
the same time instruct young readers—
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bomb lt. In addition to its porta~
bility the new light can be contrdlled
electrically at a distance so that its
operators will not be blinded by the
glare. ‘

MICHIGAN WINNERS AT
CORN QEOWS

HE final germination tests made '

on 523 individual ears of corn

entered by Michigan farmers in

the nation-wide seed corn test show
held recently in Chicago under the
auspices of the Sears—Roebuck Agri-
cultural Foundation, showed that 41
out of every 10 ears of this specially
selected seed corn from.60 Michigan
counties would not germinate.

The C. M. Kittie prize of $1000
for the grand champion ear was won
by Mrs. Elsie M. Paluska, of. Illinois.

The Michigan state sweepstakes
winner for best car corn among the
623 entries from Michigan was E.
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because we all‘would pay his salary.

We understand that the present in-

spector in Michigan is a most capable

man and no doubt the government

.wonld take him over from the job-
'bers allowing him to continue to
. - ., -grade Michigan beans. Regardless
. of whether federal grading is right
or wrong there has always been op-

position where it has been intro-

duced. ‘ >

Would Michigan beans
more careful and respectful consider-
ation when placed on the market be-
side beans from other states if they
were all graded by the government?

‘. We are inclined to think they would.
Thor-sis no question in the minds of
the bean interests, including the can-
non and wholesale grocers, about
the superior quality of the Michigan
product and graded the. same as
beans from other states there is no
question in our mind about their
bringing a higher price.

Do You Want Federal Grading?

Mr. Bean Grower, if you want fed-
eral grades it is up to you to say so.

5 If you are satisfied with the present
arrangement is the best, say so. But
be sure and say something before it
is too late. We care not which side
of the fence you are on, but we do
want to see farmer delegates attend
this meeting at Lansing, April 24,
men who have the backing of all the
bean growers of Michigan and are
their mouthpiece. Call your county
agent and take up the matter of a
meeting in the near future and in the
meantime discuss the matter with all
growers you meet. There are only
a few days left and you must make
every minute count.

Send a Delegate or a Petition

After your meeting, write to the
Editor, THE BUSINESS Fumes, giving
full information on what took place,
who called the meeting, the names
and addresses of the delegates, your
decision, etc. If it is impossible to
send a delegate draw up a. petition
and have all sign it, and send it to
us not later than .April 18th and we
will see that it is placed in proper
hands.

Whatever is to be done must be
started at once. The Lansing meet-
ing is only a little over a week away
and all of the preliminary work must
be carried {on well in advance of this

,. . meeting so we must not let any grass
grow under our feet. Let’s go!

THE INDIAN DRUM:
(Continued from page 16.)

“It would be so interesting if some one
- really had been saved and .if the Drum
7 had told the truth, that sometimes "I
think I’d like to believe in it. Wouldn’t

you, Henry?"

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"No,” he said abruptly. “No!” then
quidtly:

"It's plain enough you like him,” he
remarked.

She reflected seriously. “Yes, I do;
though I hadn’t thought of it just that
way, because I was thinking most about
the position he was in and about—Mr.
Corvet. But I do like him.”

"So do I,” Spearman said with 3. seem—
ing heartiness that pleased her. He
broke a. piece of bread upon the table—
cloth and his big, Well-shaped flngers
began to roll it into little vballs. “At
least I should like him, Connie, if I had
the sort of privilege you have to think
whether I liked or disliked him. I’ve
had to consider him from another point
of view—whether I could trust him or
distrust him.”

‘ “Distrust?" Constance bent toward him
impulsively in her surprise. “Distrust
him? In relation to what? Why?”

“In relation to Corvet, Sherrill, and
Spearman, Connie—the company that in-
volves your interests and your father’s
and mine and the interests of many other
people—small stockholders who have no
influence in its management, and whose
interests I have to look after for them.
.A. good many of them, you’ know, are
our own men—our old skippers and ‘mates
and families of men. who have died in
our service and who left their savings
in stock in our ships." ‘

(Continued in April 25th issue.)

 

 

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No. ISI—FIRM SANITRTlON. Describes and tells
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No. 157—006 BOOKLET. Tells bow to rid the do:
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No. loo-HOG BOOKLET. Covers the prevention 01
common bog diseases.

No. lBS—HOG WALLOWS. Giver complete direc-
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No. lbl‘POUlTlly. How to get rid of lice and
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Kreso Dip No. 1 in Original Packages for Sale
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Don’t let anyone talk you into believing that
any other cream separator is as gopd as a De
Laval. See and try one yourself. (1 when you
do you will not need any e rt to tell you which
is by far the better designe and made machine,
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better investment.

Nor will any clever salesman be able to con-
vince you that the other machines are “just as
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Your De Laval Agent will gladly arrange a
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nearest De £85781 Agent is, write the nearest
office below.

Trade In Your Old Separator
as Partial Payment

De Laval Agents are now making liberal trade
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or make as partial payment on new De Lavals.
This 'ves an unusual opportunity for getting
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BREEDERS DIRECTORY, MICHIGAN BUBlflEss FARMER, MT. CLEMENS, MIOH.

BEST GUERNSEY HEIFER CALVES

$20.00 each.
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PRACTICALLV PURE GUERNSEY D A I R Y
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THE DAIRY
lLL dairymen will admit there is
a. stupendous need of some
method of increasing the profit
from the dairy business. With grains
of all kinds commanding an abnor-
mal high price and commercial feeds
selling above their feeding value,
dairymen find themselves face to face
with a graze problem, one that thou-
sands of dairymen are studying and
many thousands more /sh-ould be if
they are not. I can not recall in the
twenty odd years I have been active-
ly engaged in the' dairy business
when dalrying confronted a more
serious situation. Profitable dairy-
ing has always demanded intelligent
management, but new problems are
constantly emerging, claiming unpre-

cedented consideration.

A few -months backI attended 3
Chamber of Commerce meeting in a
nearby city.. The question up fer
consideration was whether the city
should favor an increase in gas rates.
The discussion terminated in re-
questing the' city authorities to en-
gage a competent engineer to make a
thorough investigation of" the gas
company and its equipment to deter-
mine its facilities for manufacturing
gas and whether a high gas rate was
necessary. A few weeks later I was
in this city again and upon making
inquiry of some friends living in that
city I learned that the investigation
resulted in a recommendation that
the gas company increase its capitali-
zation, install up-to-date gas manu-
facturing equipment and continue to
operate on the same gas rate. This
was done and I have learned since
that this company is manufacturing
gas at a lower rate than formerly,
due to efficient, up-to-date methods
of gas production. .

I believe dairymen can extract a
valuable lesson from this gas com—
panies experience. Gas, it was found
could not be produced economically
with a wasteful low power equipment.
It had to be modernized. Poor cows
of low productive power can not be
made to prod-i 2 profitably, regard-
less of how well fed and cared for
any more than this company could
manufacture gas with an inferior
equipment. Cows to be productive
must possess essential requirements
in order to manufacture roughage
and grain into a. profit making mar-
ketable product.

Cows are the dairymen’s major
requipment.

I believe it is unprofit-
able to keep cows that do not possess
the ability to produce at least 300
pounds of butterfat annually. I
know from my feeding operations
that dairying cannot be made profita-
ble with cows that fall below the 300
pound butterfat standard. In many
dairy herds throughout the country
individuals are found that produce
400 pounds and better of fat. By
careful breeding, weeding and feed-
ing the productive standard of dairy
herds can be markedly improved and
the profit earning power wonderfully
increased. This is the key to the
situation.

The high cost of feeds of all kinds
is causing the intelligent dalryman to
do a lot of hard thinking. How to
meet the problem .of profitable milk
production under present conditions
is a serious one. I believe the solu-
tion to the problem is to produce
milk on less high priced feed. I be—
lieve corn—Silage, alfalfa and what
grain can be grown upon the farm
is the only solution to 'the present
situation. With the average dairy-
man the vital question must be max-
imum returns for feed consumed.
Corn-silage and alfalfa hay are ex-

-cellent sources of food nutriment.

They can be produced on the farm at
a much lower cost‘ than exclusive
grain crops or commercial feeds.
Cornvsilage is rich in carbohydrate
essential in the ration, while the al-
falfa possesses a high protein con-
tent.

I believe in order for the dairymen
to meet the preent situation and
make dairying profitable he must
eliminate overhead Hempenditure,
build up an ancient produ equip-
ment and insofar as pass! 0 grow
his own feed upon his farm. Every
detail of the business must be care:-
fully guarded, waste must be elim-

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(We invite you to contribute your experience in raising Ii . g '1_ .
7 stock to this department. Questions cheerfully afiswfiéad), , _ j 3'...
HOW TO INCREASE PROFIT OF I '

inated and the products of the: herd, ,
marketed in 'the best form. 'milk.""

cream or butter, that will command
the highest price upon the market
on which it must be sold—Leo C.
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COLEMAN UNION FABMERS’
DAIRY BIEETING

IN spite of the severe cold and" wind,
about sixty men and women turned

out to the farmers’ dairy meeting
Thursday, Feb. 26, which was held
in the Community Building in Bea‘
verton, and was conducted by the
Coleman Union Cow-Testing Ass'n.

The file Ladies. Aid served a
bountiful dinner after which the
speaking program began. Roy W.
Weinburg, Midland county agricul-
tural agent acted as chairman of the
meeting ,and gave. several remarks
on the cow-testing work.- Eldon G.
Witk0wsky, tester, gave areport of
the first six months work in his as-
sociation. It was shown by the re-
port that 61 cows in the association
had produced an average of 175 lbs.
of butterfat in the first six months,
while theaverage production per cow
in Michigan for 12 months is only
160 lbs. of fat. J. Wells, dairy ex-
tension specialist from M. A. 0., gave
an interesting talk on the feeding of
dairy cows, both in summer and win-
ter. He also explained the need and
use of minerals in the dairy ration,
the need of a balanced ration, and
the necessity of having the cows in
good condition before freshening.
The value of cow—testing association
work was also brought out. It is
expected- that there will be one or

.two more meetings of this kind be-

fore the year is over.

WHAT IS PROPER SHARE?

Last September I let a. friend have
a two year old Reg. Guernsey heifer
on shares for one year. The heifer
was a choice one, good size, color
and in fine condition . She was bred
to his Reg. Guernsey bull three
weeks after he took her. I would
like to know what wOuld be a liberal
share for both of us.—E. 8., Litch-
field, Michigan.

would be a. great deal easier for

me to settle a controversy, such

as you have brought up, if you
and your friend had agreed to a plan
before you entered into the partner
ship proposition in growing register-
ed Guernsey cattle. A method in
quite common practice among breed-
ers is to put out pure bred animals
in the way you put this one, is that
the man who takes the animals usu-
ally gets all the milk and one—half
interest in all offspring. If this't'wo
year old heifer was not milking when
he took her and he has kept her all
the year without any profits, from
that standpoint it seems to me it
would be up to you to pay the bill
for the feed and care that he has
given and perhaps a service fee for
the registered sire—0. E. Reed, Pro-
fessor of Dairy Husbandry, Michigan
Agricultural College.

VETERINARY .
DEPARTMENT ‘ I

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mare has been sweenied. Most
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time after becoming sweenied. The
lamesness 'then disappears. Per-
haps the best treatment for sweeny
that we know of at the present time
is the subcutaneous injection of a
mixture of chloroform and turpen-
tine "over the atrophied muscle. Ono
treatment will bring about a cure in
the majority of cases. Some cases,

however, require a second treatment. '

This treatment should be ‘applied.
however, by a qualified veterinarian.
I suggest that ‘you have your voter-
inarian 'mako a , thorough examiner

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Sprinkle it in the poultry-
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EED potater are best treated by
soaking them for 30 minutes in

a, solution of corrosive subli-
mate, the strength of which is 4
ounces of corrosive sublimate to 80
gallons of water. This treatment is
for the contrdl of scab. and black
scurf which are diseases that live
on the skin of the tubers. The seed
treatment is not effective against

'such a disease as Fusarium wilt

whicfii lives in the flesh of the tub-
era.

The potatoes should be treated
while they are dormant, and before
they ar cut. The container used
should 6 wooden or earthen. Het-
al vessels should not be used since
corrosive sublimate corrodes the
metal and loses its strength. Vine-
gar barrels or wooden tanks make
very suitable containers.

The corrosive sublimate should
first be dissolved in a quart or so of
boiling hot water and should then
be added to the unheated water. If
possible soft water should be used
for this treatment. The potatoes
should be clean and should be care-
fully sorted before being treated.
They may be immersed in the treat-
lug solution in bags or in crates. I!
crates are used and the potatoes are
fairly clean. the solution can be no-
ed for two batches of potatoes with-
out appreciably losing its strength.
After the second batch has been
treated, the solution should be re-
newed by adding one ounce of cor-
rosive sublimate dissolved in one
quart of hot water. Enough fresh
water should be added to the solu-
tion to bring it to the 30 gallon
mark. If the potatoes are dirty and
soaked in bags the solution should
be renewed after each batch is
treated. When the treating solu-
tion gets dirty. discard it and make
up a fresh solution.

It should be remembered that
corrosive sublimate is a deadly pois-
on and every precaution should be
taken to keep it out of reach of
children and livestock. When empc
tying the solution from barrels or
tanks. it should be allowed to drain
into the soil at once.

Potatoes that are treated with
corrosive sublimate cannot be used
for eating purposes or for the feed-
ing of livestock.

As soon as the potatoes are treat.
sd. they should be taken from the
solution and spread out in a cool,
shady place where they will dry
quickly.

When potatoes are infected with
scab only and show no evidence of
black scurf. the formaldehyde treat—
ment is often given. This treat-
ment consists in soaking the pota-
toes for 80 minutes in a solution
made by pouring one pint of 40%
tormaldehyde in 30 gallons of wet-
er. The formaldehyde solution is
not poisonous and does not quickly
lose its strength, it can be used re-
peatedly. The formaldehyde solu-
tion does not corrode metal and
may. therefore. be used in metallic
containers.

Bince black scarf, however. is a
serious disease in most sections of
the state the conceive sublimate
treatment is generally preferred.“
H. 0. Moore. Extension Specialist.
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Records kept on 18,000 cows in 64 cow
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cows excel those freshening in the spring
from the standpoint of total milk produc-
tion, butterfat production, and income
cost of feed. Winter milking will also
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shipping point or local market, the
roads, relative elevation in respect to
the surrounding country, or in other
words, the freedom from late Spring
frosts, the size and soundness or gen-
eral health of the trees and the soil
on which the trees are growing.

The varieties in this orchard are
very good considering the time in
which the orchard was set. If the
trees have had good care including
good cultivation and proper training
of the young trees, the orchard
should represent an investment of
$400.00 to $450.00 per acre, allow-
ing $100.00 per acre for the value of
the land without the trees.»

Basing the value upon individual
trees rather than upon an acreage
basis this orchard should have a val—
ue of approximately $4,000.00,-—if

‘the trees are not standing closer

than 35 feet apart and ithey have
had proper attention in past years.

35 feet then the value would be cor—
respondingly less.

It must be born in mind that this
orchard has just reached an age
when it may be ekpected to start
paying good dividends on the invest—
ment. It should, however, increase
in value for at least ten years and
during this period it should produce
a good profit—R. E. Marshall, As—
soc. Prof. of Horticulture, M. A. C.

POULTRY AND FRUIT FARM

Does a combination poultry and
small fruit farm pay? I have in
mind such fruit as rasperries, straw-
berries, plums cherries, etc., and a.
commercial egg farm. What fruit
can be grown which the chickens
would not injure? How many acres
would a man be able to care for and
what machinery would he need? Of
course at certain times pickers would
have to be hired. I would not be
able to do much heavy work and

RM homes with radio sets now

have the opportunity of daily

visits from agricultural leaders
like Professor Oscar Ert‘ of the Dairy
Department, Ohio State University,
0. E. Reed of Michigan Agricultural
College, Professor A. G. Phillips of
Purdue, Hugh G. VanPelt and seven
other notables during the noon hour
through the medium of the first Na.—
tional Radio Farm School which is
being launched over five of the big
radio stations of the country. This
announcement was made by C. M.
Long, Chief of Farm Service of the
Blue Valley Creamery Institute, who
is director of the school. The pro—
gram is being broadcast five days
every week from the following sta-
tions: WHK, Cleveland; WMAQ, Chi~
cago; WOC, Davenport, Iowa; KF—
QV, Omaha; and WDAY, Fargo,
North 'Dakota.

  

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‘ H. 13., Grand Rapids, Mich.

HERE is no reason Why a c’om- [

upon a. number of factors, chief '

If the trees are standing closer than.

bination poultry and small fruit
farm can not be made to pay.
All varieties of the bush fruits and

the small tree fruits are well adapted ,
There is little dan- ‘

for this purpose.
ger of the chickens injuring the trees

or bushes provided they are properly '

housed so that they will not robot

in them. The number of acres» which .

a. man can handle will depend on his
ability to work. '
small poultry plfiht will keep one
man busy most of e time and if you
are unable to do much heavy work
you could not expect to handle more
than a few acres of small fruit. Fire.
or at the most, ten acres of land
would be sufficient for your needs.
Very little machinery would be neod-
cd. A one-horse outfit would be
desirable but if this is impossible
much of the work could be done with
hand tools. . Aside from a small plow
and harrow a small tooth cultivator
would be needed and perhaps a small
hand Wheel hoe, and a few other
hand' implements. .

Some of the more intensive vege‘
table crops such as asparagus and
early tomatoes should work well in
your combinations—R. E.“ Loree, As-
sistant Professor in Horticulture,
Michigan Agricultural College.

\ M. A. C. POULTRY SPECIALIST
GOES TO EUROPE
THE state board of agriculture has
granted a. year’s, leave of absence
to Dr. H. J. Stafseth, poultry
disease specialist at the Michigan
Agricultural college, who will spend
a year studying and teaching in Eu-
rope. He will leave here in August.

Dr. Stafseth will spend three
months studying and traveling in
European countriesand the balance
of the year will be spent in the uni-
versity of Budapest, Hungary. He
proposes to do some studying while
at the Hungarian institution.

The Hungarian
pressed a wish to the directors of the
Hungarian-American foundation that
some one be sent from this country

who could bring their people and.

students a message full of sugges-
tions of benefit to the Hungarian
farmers who are anxious to engage
in poultry husbandry. Dr Stafsetb,
who is a nationally known authority
on poultry diseases, drew the assign-
ment.

A National Radio School For Farmers

The series of lectures are arranged
on a definite weekly schedule that

listeners may know just what day.
the subject in which they are in-. 4.
Every -

terested will be broadcasted.
Monday is “Hog Day” in charge of
John M. Evvard. Tuesday is “Poul-

try Day” under the direction of Prof
Ev- ‘_
ery Wednesday short talks on dairy- ,

fessor A. G. Phillips of Purdue.

ing are sent over the air lines. Dr.

C. H. Ecklés, Professor Kildee,vPro- T'

fessor Oscar Erf, Professor 0. E.

Reed, Professor 0. E. Hunzeker and "

Hugh G. VanPelt are covering dairy-
ing from A to Z. Thursday is known
as “Legume Day”-—-—with talks on al-
falfa and soybenas by Professor W.
L. Burleson and Professor J. C.
Hackleman of the University of 1111-.
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‘ OBABLY no one factor in the

. poultry yearly. routine requires
, as much skill and presents as
many” problems as does the care of
.Jinhy- chicks. When we let the old
hen do the brooding, our difficulties
are reduced considerably. ”She has

is means of replenishing our laying
flocks.

With theadvent of commercial
hatcheries each year, more farmers
are raising chicks in larger lots. This
of. course brings new problems. The
first is the brooder house .or building.
Under ordinary farm conditions a
small colony house about 10 by 10
feet built on skids is the most satis-
factory. A house of this size will
brood 350 to 400 chicks at a time.
This makes a suitable sized flock for
the production of from a hundred to
a hundred and‘ fifty laying pullets.
There are several types of colony
houses in use, each having'its desir—
able features. The essentials are
briefly, a building well built but not
to heavy to move. The east, west,
and north sides should be well sided
to prevent cracks appearing and al—
lowing drafts. The south si_de should
be well supplied with windows and a
muslin screen to permit ventilation.
The windows should be so arranged
so they may be opened on fine days
allowing the sunlight to pour in.
The door is best placed on the east
side although on the south side to-
ward the east end is very saitsfac-
tory. The purpose of keeping the
door to this corner is to prevent a
direct draft on the thermostatic con—
trol of the brooder stove which on
most stoves will be toward the west
side when the stove faces south. The
floor should be tight and constructed
of matched flooring.

The two common types of brooder
stoves are coal and oil burners. There
is a growing preference among poul-
trymen for the hard coal burners.
They are more expensive than the
oil burners, but are safer to use and
give a greater heat without excess
fire during cold spells.

Before the chicks arrive the stove
should be set up, the house thorough-
ly cleaned, scrubbed and disinfected.
The heat of the stove will soon dry
it out. Sand makes the best floor
covering for the first few days.

When the fire is burning well try "

the temperature at about two inches
from the floor at the outer edge 0f
the hover. When it reaches 95 de—
grees screw the thermostat down to
a point where the check draft will
start to open. Each week this can
be screwed down a little more as
the chicks become older and require
less heat. .

In cold weather a roll of roofing
cut about 8 to 10 inches in width can
be put around the hover. This pre-
vents any floor drafts and teaches the
chicks to circle around the stove.
In warm weather this can be replaced
with a roll of sand screen. As soon
as the chicks become accustomed to
brooding this can be discarded. It
may be well to use it for the first
~week.

Wading. The first essential in
chick feeding is to wait. Wait until
the chick has had time to digest or
assimilate the yolk which supplies

few days. This requires from 48 to
72 hours. Feeding too soon will be
sure to result in digestive distur-
bances usually manifested in the
form of diarrhoea. The first feed.
should be withheld for about 60
hours after hatching. If the 'chicks
come from a hatchery and you are
not aware of the time of hatching,
let the chick tell you when to feed.
When they are ready to eat they will
announce it in no uncertain tones.

It must be remembered that chicks
have “a very steep growth curve.
They increase in weight very rapidly,
usually 360 per cent during the first
four weeks and about 250 per cent
during thesecond four week period.
Bosnia, mind that a calf weighing

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regular intervals.

There’ is possibly no “best" method V
Each ’

to follow in feeding chicks.
feeder-likes his own method best.
The essentials of successful feeding
might be enumerated a follows:

1. Retarded early feeding.

2. Feed clean, wholesome
free from molds or mustiness.

3. Feed small quantities.

4 Feed often (5 times a day).

'5. Be regular (watch the clock.

5 Be regular (watch the clock).

7. Increase gradually.

It is impossible to enumerate all
of the successful rations used. The
following is commonly used and the
writer finds it gives excellent results.

lst Day. No feed.

2nd Day. Grit and water to drink.

Sour skimmed milk or buttermilk
is excellent if available. Be careful
to feed it in containers other than
galvanized material, the lactic acid
of sour milk will react with the gal-
vanized material, causing a metallic
poisoning. ’Use glass or granite dish-
es. Aluminum or cast iron is all
right.

T-hird to Sixth Day. A mash made
of equal parts rolled oats and bran
is moistened with sour milk, butter-
milk or solution of semi-solid butter—
milk. This is fed five times on'clean
boards or papers. Papers are con-
venient, they can be burned when
soiled. A good rule to use is 1 ounce
of dry feed to each 60 chicks for
the first few feeds.

:Sixth to Fourteenth Day. Cover
the sand with a litter of clean alfal-
fa chaff or cut alfalfa hay thatis free
from mold. Gradually replace the
morning and evening feeds of mash
with some scratch feed. Use a good
commercial scratch or one made up
as follows:

Equal parts of finely cracked yel-
low corn and finely cracked wheat.

If pin head oats are not available.
use equal parts of corn and wheat.

Fourteenth Day to Ten Weeks

The mash is gradually changed,
adding yellow corn meal and midd-
lings, replacing rolled cats with finely
ground whole oats. When the chicks
are three weeks old they can be fed
entirely on a mash as follows:

Corn meal (yellow) 150 pounds

feed

Bran 100 pounds
Middlings (flour) 100 pounds
Ground Oats 100 pounds
Ground limestone 4 pounds

Two per cent finely ground char-
coal will be found a valuable addition
to any chick mash. 1

As soon as the chicks will handle
a coarse scratch they can be gradu-
ally changed over to one of equal
parts of cracked corn and wheat.

After the chicks are six weeks of
age and on free range the hoppers
are filled with scratch and a moist
mash feed twice daily about 10 A.
M. and 4 P. .

Green Feed in some form must be
supplied as soon as the chicks will
eat it. Sprouted oats or lettuce is
excellent. If these feeds are not
available moisten one mash a day
with tomato juice until the chicks
are out of doors 011 pasture.

Sunshine. Nature’s tonic is the
cheapest anti—ricketic food. Get the
chicks out of doors early in life. The
sun’s rays are impaired by passage
through glass. Do not be afraid to
open the door and expose the chicks
to the, out of doors. They will not
stay out long if it is too cold. In
winter build a windbreak, shovel
away the snow or build a wooden
run. Any means to get the chicks
out in the sun.

Some Chick Aihnents

Bacillary \Vhite Diarrhea is an in—
fectious disease inherited from the
parent stock through the egg. It is
transmitted from chick to chick in
the brooder. Heaviest losses occur
from four days to two weeks of age.

There is often no apparent diar-
rhoea. Liver becomes more or less
ochre colored and some yolk is often
retained. Have a bacteriological ex-
amination made to determine the
presence of the casual organism B.
Pullorum.

There is no known treatment for
affected chicks. The only means of
eradication is the blood testing of
parent stock.

Aspergillosis. A disease caused
from moldy feed or litter. . Cheesey
growth (molds), develop on lungs
and in the air sacks.
wholesome feed and watch
mouldy litter.

«Leg Weakness

   

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Iowa.

Diarrhea
prove—as thousands have proven—that it

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ers who have had serious losses from can]
White Diarrhea. We will let Mrs. ma.

Rhoades tell it in her own words:
“Gentlemen: I see reports of so
many losing their little chicks with
White Diarrhea, so thought I would
tell my experience. My first incuba- _
tor chi'cks when but a few days old,
began to die by the dozens with
White Diarrhea. I tried different
remedies and was about discouraged
with the chicken business. Finally;
I sent to the Walker Remedy Co.,
Dept. 688, Waterloo, 121., for a $1. 00
box of their Walko White Diarrhea
Remedy. It’s just the only thing for
this terrible disease. We raised 700
thrifty, healthy chicks and never lost ,
a single chick‘ after the first dose. ” '
——1Mrs. Ethel Rhoades, Shenandoah.

 

Cause of White Diarrhea

White Diarrhea. is caused by the Bac-
illus Bacterium Pullorum. This gem is
transmitted to the baby chick through the
yolk of the newly hatched egg. Readers
are warned to beware of White Diarrhea.
Don’ t wait until it kills half your chicks
Take the “stitch in time that saves nine.”
Remember, there is scarcely a. hatch with-
out some infected chicks. Don’ t let these
few infect your entire flock. Prevent it.
Give Walko in all drinking water for the
first two weeks and you won’t lose one
chick wherexyou lost hundreds before..
These letters prove it:

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Never Lost a Single Chick

Mrs. L. L. Tam, Burnetts Creek, Ind.,
writes: ”I have lost my share of chicks
from White Diarrhea. Finally I sent for
two packages of Walko. I raised over
500 chicks and I never lost a single chick
from White Diarrhea. Walko not only "
prevents White Diarrhea, but it gives the
chicks strength and vigor; they develop
quicker and feather earlier."

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Never Lost One After
First Dose

Mrs. C. M. Bradshaw writes: "I used
to lose a. great many chicks from White
Diarrhea, tried many remedies and was
about discouraged. As a last resort I
sent to the Walker Remedy Co., Dept. 688,
Waterloo, Iowa, for their Walko White
Diarrhea. Remedy. I used two 500 pack—
ages, raised 300 White Wyandottes and
never lost one or had one sick after giving-
the medicine and my chickens are larger
and healthier than ever before. I have ,
found this company thoroughly reliable.
and always get the remedy by return
mail.’ ’—-—Mrs. C. M. Bradshaw, Beacons- -'
field, Iowa.

You Run No Risk

We will send WALKO White Diarrhea'
Remedy entirely at our risk—postage pre—
paid—so you can see for yourself what a.
wonder—working remedy it is for White
in baby chicks. So you can'

will stop your losses and double, treble.
even quadruple your profits. Send 500
for package of WALKO (or $1. 00 for ex—
tra large box)——give it in all drinking
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no risk. We guarantee to refund your '
money promptly if you don't find it the ‘7
greatest little chick saver you ever used, ii
The Leavitt & Johnson National Bank

the oldest and strongest bank in Water- ‘f
100, Iowa, stand back of our guarantee.

It’ s a positive fact. You run

WALKER REMEDY 00., Dept. 688.
\Vaterloo, Iowa.

Send me the [ ] 501:. regular size (or kw .‘
economical large Size) package of Walk 0 hlte .. ..
Diarrhea Remedy to try at your risk. Send it on -
your positive guarantee to promptly refund my
money if not satisfactory in every way. 3111‘
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In 3 Months From 250 B. F.
White Leghorn Pullets

That’s what Mr. I Wade of Fen-
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time from pullet-s raised from chicks
he bought of us last spring. You
can make big money with our profit'

making chicks.
Chicks

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Our stock is strong, healthy, free
range,» Tancred and Tom :Barron
White Leghorns, S. 0. Rhode Island
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We specialize in 8 to 10 weeks-old
pullets. Extra choice ones at prices
that please. Write today.

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‘ POUUI‘RY FARM

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At Prices

You Can» Afferd to Pay

Bred for Eggs, not for show feathers.
Every chick from our farm is of proven
egg laying strain.

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ARISTOCRAT BARRED ROCKS
BROWN LEGHORNS

ORDER FROM THESE PRICES

Grade AA 50 1 00 500 1 000

White Leghorns
Pod/[313030 males $8.50 $18.00 $75.00 $145.00

Aristocrat: ........ 9.50 18.00 85.00 135.00
Grade A '
White Leohorns, .. 7.00 18.00 82.00 120.00
Barred Rocks. 8.00 15.00 72.00 140.00
Brown Leghorns .. 1.00 13.00 82.00 120.00
Broilers— .

Heavy .......................... 12.00

Mixed. ........................ 9.00
100% Live Delivery Guaranteed. Catalog free.

New Booking Orders for Pullets for May 15 Delivery.

Great Northern Poultry Farm
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EGGS 5 per 15

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In Business For 22 Years
White and Bull Leghorns
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Barred Rocks, R. I. Reds
MEADOWBROOK FARM

HENRY DE FREE SONS

R. R. 1, H01. LAND, MICH.

 

 

 

 

0|“ch FEEDERB and SOUR MILK FOUNTAINS

The “SELF-SERVE” Chick
feeder holds 12 pts. of mash.
Can’t .clog. Chicks cannot
contaminate f e e d.
used out of doors. ca
1.50 plus posts 0. our
ilk Fountain hods one l<
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able to get .aroundjz‘and'soon .d
'1 Direct exposure to sunshine
easiest preventative. Cod liver _oil
fed in mash "at the rate of _one to.
two per/cent will prevent leg weak-
ness. .
Cochiosis. A disease occuring
among chi0ks during wet weather or
among chicks which have access to
wet barn yards ,or stagnant water.
The droppings usually bloody. The
ceca or blind intestines become ,en—
larged and full of a reddish brown
material. _ .
Keep the chickson a high, well
drained soil. Keep them out of the
barnyard. Move the colony houses
to a clean site each season to prevent
soil contamination.

COLLEGE FINDS MILK GOOD
FOR POULTRY

S milk a substitute for a 20 per
cent meat mash as a feed for
chickens. According to the results

of an experiment conducted by the
poultry department at South Dakota
State College, it is.

“If a farmer has milk, he ought to
feed some of it to his chickens,”
states G. L. Stevenson, head of the
poultry department. “Milk can be
fed to chickens to better advantage
than to hogs and older calves. Fur-
thermore, it will pay anyone to buy
milk for the young chicks.”

The results of the experiment show
that although milkjs a substitute for
meat mash, if both the meat mash
and the milk have to be purchased,
the meat mash will supply the nec-
essary protein to the chickens for
less cost. A point in favor of the
milk, however, is that it keeps the
fowls healthier. The lactic acid in
the milk seems to act as a tonic,
Stevenson believes.

To combine the advantages of the
two feeds, when both have to be
purchased, he advises that meat
mash be wet with warmed milk or
with the commercial semi-solid but-
termilk diluted with water. This
combination will cost but very little
extra. and will keep the chickens in
good health.

In conducting the experiment,
three flocks of 30 chickens each were
used. The semi—solid buttermilk was
fed to one lot; the meat mash to the
second; and buttermilk and meat
mash to the third. All three flocks
were also fed the regular scratch
feeds. Practically the same number
of eggs were laid by each flock dur—
ing the time the experiment was car—
ried on.

LINIE FOR POULTRY

IME is needed in poultry produc- ‘

tion as it goes to form the shell

of the egg as well as the bones.
Since it is vital to the proper func—
tioning of the animal, poultry that
are fed on rations containing a good
supply of lime have been found to
make substantially better gains of
weight than chickens fed rations of
low lime content. In addition to
supplying feeds which have been pro-
duced on lime-rich soils, the floors,
walls, roosts, nests and yards of
poultry houses may be freely dusted
with hydrated lime to advantage, or
a lime wash containing a small
amount of carbolic acid may be used.
Such practice helps to make damp
houses dry, destroys the germs of
roup and other diseases and prevents
lice. In the runs for little chicks
lime dusted about helps to destroy
tape worms and prevents loss of
chicks from that cause. It is harm—
less and saves labor. A few hand—
fuls used once a day will accomplish
much. A dusting mixture of equal
parts of hydrated lime and sand in a
box in the poultry run is advantage-
ous in control of lice and mites.
Hens will dust and de—louse them—
selves in this mixture.

 

Uncle Ab says the more staisfied a. man
is with himself the easier it is to let
things slide.

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Human labor and horse labor are by
far the largest items of farming costs.
Keeping watch of them pays.

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Spring is the season when the thought-
ful farmer is glad that he greased his
plowshares before putting them away the
year before.

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When‘grass isli'ncluded in a, rotation,

'it should be accompanied by a legume... -

and for. its best production should “remain
down longer than one year. Q ‘ ‘ ‘ '_

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prevents the back-sets.

IF YOU want early broilers—

If you want November layers-—

You must avoid the back-sets in
your growing flock.

Add Dr. Hess Poultry Pan-a-ce-a
to the ration daily.

Then never mind about disease,
bowel troubles, leg weakness and
gapes. '

Pan-a-ce-a takes care of all
that.

Pan-a-ce-a tones up the appetite
—promotes digestion.

Pan-a-ce—a helps your flock to
turn the feed to good account——
growth, bone, flesh, feathers.

You can tell a Pan-a-ce-a flock
every: time by the good feeling—
‘always happy and industrious.

Costs Little to Use Pan-a-ce-a

The price of just one two-pound
broiler pays for all the Pan-a-ce-a
200 chicks Will eat in sixty days.

Tell your dealer how many
chicks you have. He has a right-
sized package for every flock.

   

your investment is a. profitable one.

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REMEMBER—When you buy any Dr. Hess product, our
responsibility does not end until you are satisfied thud
Otherwise, return the
empty container to your dealer and get your money back.

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Speculahon 1n Wheat Breaks Market

Small Receipts Send Hog Prices Upward Again '
By W. W. FOOTE. MMket EditOr. .

EPORTS from farming districts
generally are encouring, and 1n

a short time field work will.

leave little time for attending to
marketing farm products. Fully
normal grain seeding is expected,
with indications that increased acre-
age is probable, although there 18
disappointment because of the great
fall
sensational boom earlier. Similar
disappointment has been expressed
over the fall in hog prices during re—
cent weeks, but all along prices re-
mained much above those of recent
years, and within a short time the
market has had a good rally, as
farmers have stopped large ship-
ments. The cattle market has been
active and prices advanced sharply,
where they stood at the highest level
of the year. Lambs, too, had a rally,
after previous slump in prices. The
first California spring lambs of the
year have arrived in Chicago, where
they sold at $14 to $17 per 100
pounds. Experienced sheepmen re—
tain their faith in this great indus—
try, and all that holds down sales of
breeding ewes and bucks is the lack
of offerings, while feeding lambs sell
readily when they are offered. Man—
ufacturing and business interests are
active, and the railroads are carry-
ing enormous quantities of freight.
Money rates are low, the Chicago
banks making loans as low as 4%
per cent, and country banks are tak-
ing good care of their farmer borrow-
ers. Michigan farmers are generally
hopeful and are diversifying their
crops more than ever. with more
acres devoted to peaches and apples
and other fruits and berries than in
the past, while the enormous demand
for grapes in recent years tends to
encourage their production There
is much less talk of the federal gov-
ernment aiding in the marketing of
farm products than was the case a
year ago, and the railroads are do—
ing their part. Two and one—half
million farmers are members of co—
operative marketing organizations
throughout the country, and 46 per
cent of the total reside in the twelve
north central states, according to a
survey just completed by the bureau
of agricultural economics. There
were 651,000 members of such or-
ganizations in 1915.
Canadian Butter in Chicago

According to the Department of
Agriculture, the arrival of Canadian
butter in large quantities at Chic-ago
added further weakness to the situ—
ation as it was selling slightly under
the price of top scores of domestic
products. During the week under re-
view arrivals of Canadian butter at
Chicago amounted to 248,045 pounds
while arrivals of Canadian at New
York were 52,510 pounds. This but—
ter was packed mostly in boxes and
of a satisfactory quality scoring, as
a rule, from 91 to 92 points.

Speculation in Wheat

Belated liquidation in May wheat
caused a further break in prices, car-
rying it dowu to a point where Chi-
iago was about 24 cents under Liv-
erpool, while American hard winter
wheat sold under Argentina. W'hile
speculative trading in wheat has
enormously exceeded that in the
several other grains, they kept com-
pany with wheat in the downward
trend of prices. Naturally, there is
:1- dii’ference of opinions of traders in
the actual values of the different m-r—
1,als, but a conservative view of the
situation is that values lie between
the early remarkable boom that land—
ed wheat at around $2.06 and the
subsequent slump that left May
wheat around $1.36 and $1.42. And
the same reasoning may be applied to
the other grains, oats excepted, for
the rise and fall in oats were within
a much narower range, it having
l-een marketed with too much liber-
ulity by farmers. A short time ago
exports of breadstuffs became larger
but it was suggested that there was
plenty of room for further enlarge—
ment if’wheat supplies in the United

in grain prices following the

States and Canada are to be cut down
to the small proportions predicted
for July 1. Stocks of oats are large
everywhere, and as the season ad
vances holders may be expected to
sell more freely. For several weeks
oats seeding has been working its
way northward, and the indications
are that an increased acreage will be
put in. A great deal of rye has been
sold, and much has been purchased
for export to Russia and Germany.
Receipts of corn in recent weeks were
the smallest for the season in years,
but supplies on the markets are am-
ple. Winter wheat crop reports ex-
ercise a marked influence on market
prices, and extreme interest is shown
in the acreage of the several grains.
The weekly report shows a visible
wheat supply in the United States
of 60,000,000 bushels or a little bet-
ter than a year ago, while the visible
oats supply is upto 63,886,000 bush-
els, which compares with 16,715.000
bushels a year ago. The rye supply
is about the same as last year, ag—
gregating nearly 22,000,000 bushels,
while corn supplies are well ahead
of a year ago. Late sales for May
delivery were made on the Chicago
Board of Trade of wheat at $1.37,
comparing with $1.02 a year ago;
corn at 92 cents, comparing with 78
cents a year ago; oats at 36 cents,
comparing with 46 cents a year ago;
and rye at $1.06, comparing with 66
cents a year ago.

The Hog Market

Everett C. Brown, president of the
Chicago Live Stock Exchange, has
issued the following statement on the
hog market:

“Ample evidence of the bullishness
of the farmers and live stock sl1'1ppe1s
in the country on hogs is shown by
the very light receipts of hogs that
we are now having. There are not
enouL, h hogs now (oming in £01 :10-
tual fresh meat requirements. East-
ern shipping demand has shown
some improvement; fresh pork loins
have advanced 5 cents within the
last week. -

“The laid market shows a good
undeitone of strength and it looks
now as if another low spot on hogs
occurred yesterday when plices weie
fully $1 50 lower than th1ee weeks
ago.

“If country shippers will avoid
sending in ‘big runs’ on Monday and
will distribute them through the

Week they can secure more money for

their hogs, as the situation is in-
trinsically strong. Stocks of provi-
sions have decreased within the last
sixty days and 'there will be no op-
portunity until another hog crop,
which will not be. before next Novem-
ber. 'Farmers will be very busy for
the next-sixtyto ninety days in the
fields, and we look for the lightest

receipts of the year for the next two ’

months."
Hog Prices Advance

The marked declines of hog prices
in the Chicago market in recent
weeks brought about a great falling
off in the receipts, and prices had a
good rally once more, there being too
few to go around, eastern shippers
taking a great share of the offerings.
Late sales were made of hogs at an
extreme range of $11.75 to $14, com-
paring with $12 to $13.60 a Week
earlier and $6.50 to $7.55 a year ago.
Prices are high and profitable. Com-
bined receipts in seven western pack“-
ing points for the year to late date
amount to 8,717,000 hogs, comparing
with 9,991,000 a year ago. There is
a great reduction in stocks of pro-
visions comparing With a mnth ago.

The Cattle Industry .

There is nearly all the time a good
demand for prime fat little year—
ling heifers, and as a rule they bring
very high prices, even when the
choicer fed steers are off in prices,
the best heifers selling to a limited
extent in recent weeks around $10.50
to $11.50, but ordinary cows and
heifers move dOWn when the steers
are declining. Of late the best year-
ling steers have sold at a good pre-
mium over the best tong~fed heavy
steers, and occasionally a fancy con-
signment of yearlings sells away
above the regular market price. Not
a great many fancy cattle are needed
to supply the demand and a con-
siderable increase in the offerings
would put prices on a lower level.
Cons1de1 able interest is shown in the
stocker and feeder branch of the
Chicago cattle market, with the de-
mand centering on the well bred
young steers suitable for summer
grazing and fall feeding. Strong
weight steers adapted for feeding
purposes have a limited sale. A short
time ago some half fat feeders sold
for $9 and over, but they were not
strictly feeding cattle, and were good
enough to class as fair beef steers.
Most of the recent sales of stockers
and feeders were made at $7 to
$8.25. There is ndt much call for
the commoner light Weight lots, and
they are slower to advance‘ than the
others. Last week's receipts of cat-

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THE BUSINESS FARMER’S MARKET— SUMMARY

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April 7 April 6 March 24 g 1 yr. ago

\VHEAT—

N0. 2 Red $1.69 $1.79

No. 2 White 1.67 1.79 $1.09“

No. 2 Mixed 1.67 1.79 1.06
CORN——

No. 3 Yellow 1,05 92 lg @ .96 $1 1 .16 .84

N0. 4 Yellow 1,00 '53 3é @ .86 1.11 .81
\UA'l'b——

N0. 2 W'hite .50 .43% .52 ' .54

no. 3 \Vhitc .49 37 1/4 @Al 1/. -51 .52
RYE—-
‘ Cash N0. 2 1.18 1.18 .71
BEANS-— ‘

C. H. P. th. 5.30@ 5.40 '.25 5.70@5.75 4.60@4.65
POTATOES— '

Per th. .93 @ .96 .75 @ 1.00 1.07‘ t 1.60@ 1.70
HAx— ‘ - ‘ ‘

No. 1 Tim. 10 @ 10.50 10 @21 1c @ 16.50 23.50 6.) 24

No. 2 Tim. 14@ 15 15@ 17 14@ 15 21.00 @22

No. 1 Clover 13@14 14@15 .18@l4 19.00@2l

Light Mixed 15.50@ 10 17 @ 19 ‘ 15-50@ 16 22.50 @28

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Tuesday, April 7. -——All grains active after- recent advances. Potatoes weak

Bean market steady. Eggs lower and easy Butter in demand.

 

 

, grades are not wanted.

tie in the Chicago market were 1111:.

usually small, and prices averaged “ '

25 to 40 cents higher, the bulk of the

steers going at $9 to $11. 50, the ex- _'

treme range being $8. 25 to $12. 60,
with yearlings going highest, and the
best heavy cattle bringing $11. 50.

WHEAT _ .
Optimistic reports from the field ‘
and a slowing up of demand caused
prices to go lower during the. last two
weeks but the market continues
steady. The bulls are not as plenti-
ful in the wheat market as they were
at. the last writing but there are still
some who feel that prices will. again
be around $2 for another crop. Pres-
ent indications are that this is not
probable.

 

 

, CORN
Demand has been lacking in the‘
Detroit corn market and the prices
have declined A steady tone pre-
vails in the market.

 

OA'IS
Oats are unchanged with the prices
following those of other grains.

RYE.

There was an improvement in the
condition of the Detroit rye market
last week and the price advanced,
following wheat.

 

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BEANS

There is an active demand for
beans and- the market is steady at
recently advanced prices. Buyers
are in the market and the moment
prices decline slightly they are buy.
ing heavily. We would like to have
every bean grower in the state read
the article on page 3, as well as the
two editorials 011 page 14. The fu-
ture of the bean industry of Mich-
igan is at stake and it is up to you to
help save it. Read and act!

 

POTATOES .—

The potato market at Detroit con~
tinues easy and the price is lower
than it was two weeks ago. The con-
sumer can get new potatoes now at
fairly reasonable prices and he is
turning to them.

 

_ HAY AND STRAW

The hay market is draggy. Re—
ceipts are lighter on account of open-
ing spring work but arrivals are ful-
ly equal to slack demand. Low
All kinds of
hay are slightly easier. No.1 tim-
othy is quoted. Boston $25. 50 ton;
New York, $25; Pittsburgh, $20;
Cincinnati, $18.50; Chicago, $22;
St. Louis, $21.50; Kansas City,
$15. 50; Memphis, $22; Denver,
$17. 50; Atlanta, $24. 50. No.11 al-
falfa is quoted. Kansas City, $18
ton; Omaha, $15 50; Denver, $14. 50;
Memphis, $27; Atlanta, $33.

WOOL

The wool market continues very
quiet, according to the latest reports
from Boston. A limited amount of
stock is moving but prices are unsat-
isfactory in many instances.

Average quotations on the better
class of fleece wools similar to Ohio
and Pennsylvania (grease basis) are
Fine, strictly. combing, 58@59c 1b.;
fine, clothing, 52c; half blood, strict-
ly combing, 58@59c; half blood,
clothing, 52@53c; three-eights blood
strictly ,combing, 581b60c; three—
eighths blood, clothing, 53c; quarter—
blood, strictly combing, 58@60c;
quarter blood, clothing, 52c; low,
quarter blood, strictly clothing, 53
@550. The better class of Michigan
wool is 10 to 2c less.

 

SEEDS
Detroit~—Clover seed, $16. 60; tim—
othy, $3; alsike, $14. 50.
Chicago—Timothy seed, $5 @ 6.50;
clover seed, $19. 50@28.
Toledo—Clover seed, $16. 60; tim-
othy, $3; alsiko, $14. 50.

DETROIT, April 7 —Cattle-Recei~pt§
281; market strong on allmd good, - -
to choice year-Hogan“; fed. 33:5?19-“3
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slow‘nn'd ,25' cents lower: 'best lambs,
40; fair lambs, $11@12; light
tomominon-“lamba $761.25; fair to good
' ' ’ 3), $3; bulls and common, ”@450.

  

  
 

SING
-flogs-—~Beceipts,y 1,917; market prospects.
‘ mixed hogs. $13.75; pigs, $12.50@12.75.

~ CHICAGO.——(U. S. Department oil Ag-
riculture) .-— H o g s —— Uneven, , steady to

.- 'mostly 10c lower than Friday's best prices,
' lightweights show minimum decline; top,

$13.90; bulk 170 to 300—pound-weigh-ts.
”3.7061335; bulk 140 to, 150—p0und de-
scriptions, $13.30@13.50; paddle: M8.
largely $12®12.25;_ majority strong

. weight slaughter pigs, 31.2.5001235; esti-

mated holdover, 4,000; heavyweights,
$13.40@13.90; medium weights, $13.55@
13.90; light lightS. $12.50@13.75 ;' packing
hogs, smooth, $12.25@12.50; packing hogs,
rough, $12.25; slaughter pig‘s. $11.50@
1131501125: slaughter pigs $11.50Q13.
Cattle—Compared. with week ago fed
steers of value to sell at $9.50 ward,
25c to 40 higher; weighty kind at sea—
son’s high time, quality considered; kinds
below $9.50, she stock and bulls. strong
to 250higher; better grade she stock and
beef bulls showing most advance; stock-

ers and feeders narrow country demand, ~

weak, spots lower; light weight veal

, calves, mostly $1 lower; handy weights

on shipping account, $1 higher; top for
week, long yearling steers, $12.60; heavy
steers, $11.85; light heifers, $11.50; bulk
prices follows: Beef steers, $9@11.25;
fat cows, $5.25@7.50; heifers, $7.75@
9.50; eanners and cutters, $2.90@3.90;
light veal calves. $8.50@10; stocker and
feeders, $7@8.25. * Sheep—Receipts, most-
ly direct; for week around 27,000 direct
and 133 cars from feeding stations; com—
pared/ with week ago: Fed lambs 25c to
500 higher; aged sheep, steady to 25c
lower; feeding lambs, 50c to 75c lower;
bulk prices for week: Desirable handy
weight wool lambs, $15.75@16; top,
$16.10; closing top, quotable, $15.50;
weightier kinds, mostly _$14.50@15.25;
extremely weighty lambs, $13.50@14;
clippers, scaling under 90 pounds, mostly
$12@13; tine handy weights, $13.50; fine
ewes. $7.65@8.26; shearing lambs, $14.60
@15; top, $15.25.

EAST BUFFAJD.——Cattle——Slow. and
steady; shipping steers, $9 @11; butchers,
$8@9.50; you-111188. $9011.50: heifers.
$5@9; fair to choice cows, $331567; can-

 

 

 

 

Week of April 12
TORM conditions at the beginning
of this week in Michigan will be
active as the result of falling
barometer, high winds and general
precipitation.

By the middle of the week the
weather will be generally fair except
for possible local storms.

At the end of this week storm ac-
tivity will again increase in this state
with warmer temperatures, fogs and
misty conditions, it not actual heavy
showers and rains or snows.

For the week as a whole it is ex--
pected precipitation will be more
than has fallen for some weeks back.

“look of April 19

Sunshiny days, clear and cold
nights are the general expectations
for the opening days of this week in
the greater part of Michigan. These
conditions will continue until after
the middle of the week.

As the end of the week approaches
temperatures will be moderating,
skies become overcast and weather
conditions generally will become un-
settled and finally stormy. Winds
will be moderate to fresh in strength
during closing days of week and pre-
cipitation will be heavy. All these
conditions will be accompanied by
thunder and lightning.

Michigan Potatoes

Farmers in Michigan who try to
get an early crop of potatoes on thr
market will not have any climatolo—
gical advantage over the eastern p0-
tato grower thisyear unless the lat-
ter cannot pass safely through the
dry spell early in the season. Soil
conditions in Michigan at the time
of planting early potatoes is expect-
ed to be too wet for proper working
except where drainage is g‘ood.‘ We
do not‘believe the real early planted

 

diatomic nu willi‘are as well m

n} as that , which is planted
,d’ 01 April or beginning of

Miracle at

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,4 cums, : slim .
, @6. ’Hogs— p; :t
' 314-35: yorker-s, $14.1
.ers, , $13.25-@13.75;

  

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5.@14-35: ,
~5'@’14.215; light york-

pigs, $13@-13.25;
roughs, $12011”; stage, $-6@8. Sheep
and Lambs—-Sl w; lambs, $10@16.25;
yearlings, $10 13.50; wethers, $110
11.50;..ewes, $3010; mixed sheep. $10@
10.5.0.» '

higher ; ' rhea ,

M18 CELLANEOUS MARKET
QUOTATIONS

Detroit, Tuesday, April 7

BUTTER—No. 1 creamery, in tubs, 38
@420 per lb.

EGGS—Fresh receipts, 28%@29 dozen.
APPLES—Greenings, $2.50@2.75; Spy,
$3@3.50; Baldwins, $262.50 per bu;
western buxes, $3.25@4.50; New York
greenings, A. $6.50@7; B. $6@6.50 per
bb’l. g
RABBITS—Live, 5 lbs. 21@22¢ per 1b.
DRESSED C A L V E S—Best country
dressed, 160170 per lb; ordinary grades,
“@150; small, poor, 9@ioc; heavy rough
calves, 8@9c; city dressed, 190 per lb.
ONIONS—Large, $3; small, $2.50 per
loo-lb sack; Spanish, $3@3.25 per crate.

LIVE 'POULTRYE— ilers, new crop,
65@66; capons, over lbs, 42c; small
capons and slips, 33@35c; coarse and
staggy, 26@28c; leghorns, 25@2Gc; best»
hens, 5 lbs. up, 32@33c; medium hens,
32@33c; leghorns and small, 29c; old
roosters, 180; geese, 16@18c; ducks, large
white, 33@34s; small dark, 28@29c; best
turkeys, 350; No. 2 turkeys, 20c per 1b.

SUGAR—Eastern granulated, $6.70;
non-caking mixture, $8 ; XDCXX powdered,
$7.90; No. 8 soft, $6.40; best granulated,
$6.60 per cwt. -

HIDES—No. 1 cured, 19c; No. 1 green,
8c; No.1 cured bulls, 7c; No. 1 green
bulls, 40; No. 1 cured calf, 17c; No. 1
green calf, 150; N0. 1 cured kip, 120;
No.1 green kip, 100; No. 1 horsehides, $4;
No. 2 horsehides, $8; No. 2 hides 1c under
N0, 1 and No. 2 calf and kip Ilse under
N0. 1; shearings, 10 @25; sheep pelts,
50c@$2.

GRAND RAPIDS MARKET
Monday, April 0, 1925

Farm Produce
Butter tat, 45c lb.
Mar—Fresh by jobber, 25@260; by re-
tailers. 26@27c dos.

Poultry
Poultry—Live weight: ,Heavy (owls,
25 @270 lb; Leghorn fowls, 18@20c lb;
roosters and stagS, 15@18c.

Livestock

Hogs—Live weight: Average 175 to
225 pounds, 10% @110 lb; sows, 10c lb;
dressed hogs, 16%@17c lb; sows, 14c.

Cattle—Live weight: Steers, 7@7%c lb ;
heifers, 7@71;éc; cows, 3@51,éc lb; bulls,
3@41,§c; dressed steers and heifers, 13@
14c lb; cows, 7@10c lb; bulls, 7@8c lb.

Veal calves—~Dressed, N0. 1, 14%@
16c lb; No. 2, 110 lb.

Sheep—Live weight: Ewes, 7@8c lb;
lambs, 14@15c lb; dressed lambs, 28@
300 lb; mutton, 15%16cw1b.

Fruits -

A.pples—-Spys, fancy, $3@3.25; A grade,
$2.25@2.50 bu; B grade, $1.65@2 bu;
Hubbardston, $1 bu; Golden Russets, $1.25
@150; Ben Davis, $1@1.50 bu. Baldwins,
B, grade, $1.50 bu.

Grain and Beans

Wheat—N0. 1 red, $1.42 bu; N0. 1
white, $1.42 bu; rye, No. 2, 970 bu; corn,
$1.30 bu; oats. 420 bu; barley, $1.05 bu;
buckwheat, $1.75 cwt; beans, white, pear,
$5.25 cwt; red kidney, dark, $9.50@10
cwt. light, 8.50@9 cwt.

Hay and Straw
Hay—No. 1 timothy, $14@16 ton; No.
2 timothy, $12@13 ton; No. 1 mixed, $14
@16 ton; cover, $14 ton; straw, $7.50@
10 ton.
Honey
Honey, white, comb, 250 lb.
Maple Products
Maple sugar, small cakes, 25@35c lb:
sirup, $2.25 gallon.

 

AGRICULTURE HAS GOOD
OUTLOOK

HIS is the first spring in five

years with any evidence of gen-

eral stimulus in agriculture, de-
clares the United States Department
of Agriculture in its monthly agri-
cultural situation report released
April 3rd.

There are no big agricultural sur—
pluses lett, save cattle, the report
says, and, judging from the lesson-
ed movement ot farmers to cities,
an increased number of farmers ap-
parently feel it financially safe to
stay on the farms this spring and put
in their usual crops. ‘

A note of ‘warning, however, is
sounded by the department against
too great expansion in production.
Reports show that farmers plan to
increase the acreage of the principal
teed cropslbynearly 7,000,000 acres
above that grown for harvest last

‘ year, while the 0111:1001; .18,er smaller

titer. , -<

numbers of live’stoekatoeousume the

 

 

 
   

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menu rown L horns. .
Broilers Mixed ........... 0.9 ........ I ......
E as for hatching Half price of chicks Bets-
{I325 eacbg. _Order new direct from this'Ad.Pu We
give you servxce. We positively guarantee to sat--
isfy you. 100% alive delivery guaranteed.

co-opsannvs anms, Box a. Zeeland,‘ Mich.

 

 

MOFIKIAL prom

’Per Hen In One Year

Write for my free book today. Tells
how I ma $7.81 oflcial profit per hen.
Tells how you, too, can make big money With

Dr. Heasley’s Egg-Bred
White Leghorn CHICKS

From Gremt Bred-to-La Strain:
Tattered—Hollywood —Enqgl —les (or.
Hassle Bred) strains. Also r. Hmley's Fam-
ous “Eu Basket.” Strain Bull Leghorn.

PRICES REDUCED!

Order Now—Big Reduction in Price for Immedi‘
ate Delivery—Get Our Free, Book—and Free (Yat-
aloa Now.———Free Service to All Customers.

DR. L. E. HEASLEY FARMS.

Dept. 11 Grand Raplds, Mich.

BABY OHIOKS FOWLS EGGS. MOST PROFIT-
abie purebred chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys. 24
years with America's finest poultry, northern high-
bred egg producers. Prices low. a a free.
llemer's Poultry Farm, Box 11. Austin, M.nnesom.

HORSE SALE

Michigan Horse Breeders' Association
Farmers' \Veek, February, 1926

FIT YOIIEENHORSES
LIST YOlvngRH HORSES

B. S. HUDSON, Soc’y-Treas.
East Lansing, - : ' Michigan

 

 

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‘BUSIIIESS FARMERS EXGHAHGEE

RATE PER WORD—One Issue 80, Two
Issues 16c, Four Issues 250.

No advertisement less than ten words”

Groups of figures, initial or nbbrevm-
tiou count as one word.

Cash in advance from all advertisers in
this department, no exceptions and no
discounts. .

Forms close Monday noon prel‘eedmg
date of issue. Address:

MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER.

Mt. Clemens, Michigan.

.illimilllr-“l

 

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HELP WANTED

ADDITIONAL SALESMEN WANTED FOR UN-
cupied territories. Qur proposition in an un-
uslyacl opportunity for high grade men, otl'erin
renter earnm power and steady work. Mus
have car. Ful information on request. Minne-
a olis Woolen_Mills Co.. Inc. 612 First Ave..
inneapohs, Minn.

WANTED: A BLACKSMITII FOR STOCK

Farm. Must be expert horse sheer and capable
and experienced in every respect. Must also be
willing to work part time at general farm work.
Give references, salary expected, experience, and
full particulars in first letter. Address Box 2139.
lure of Business Farmer.

2.1

 

LONE MAN, 60, WANTS IIOMELIKE PLACE
on farm. Rent‘or wages. ll. Ohlrich, 5768
Cooper, Detroit. Michigan.

 

 

12 DAIIIJAS, Asson'rnn. nos . '
John Nelson, R1, (ladilhic, MlCIllgflIfAID' 600'

you SALE—«GOOD DENT snap v "T“
bushel. Sam {in ear sent for 25c. OENM84fi29
Ful‘ren. Raoul lty. Michigan. ' '

IMPROVED ROBUST BEANS, GENI’I" . .7-
verme (lots. lirookside Farms. Wheelie]; “all

FOR SALE CERTIFIED \\'OR’I‘HY OATS BIO
ield. sun straw. 90- b l . ‘ ' '
Caledonia: Michigan. I neiel Ernest Ruebs,

REGISTERED WOLVERINE 0A ._ .'
inn's best. 0. D. Finkbeiner, Gilliamnggg.

 

 

 

NURSERY STOCK

 

FOR SALE—BLACK WALNUT TREE .

year old, 250 apiece. 10 for ”no.8 133310:
perpelhundtred,“31142.01? 028:9; thousand. emid
NT, pos . a nu , 111 Da' ‘
llyslnger, Luke Odessa, Michigan. "7 Farm, W.

STRAWBEBRIES. RASPBERRIE .-
gus. 125 choice plants $1.25 p534; AMSPA’R‘A.
catalogue of Profitable Gigi-den mimic}; 0. I).

 

BUY NURSERY STOCK DIRECT FROM‘
grower. Snve agent's commission. Semi for
catalog. Kanlmkee Nursery, Knnkakee, Illinois.

 

 

D‘AIRY CATTLE

 

F O R S A L E -—-— ’I‘IVO REGISTERED JERSEY
cows. '1‘. B. Tested. For ' f ' 'J
G. \V. Bowman, Onekama, llichi‘ggrfirmatmu wrlte,

 

 

SWINE

O. I. C. AND l‘llESTER VVIIITE PEDIGREI'ID

DIES. $10 per mir no kin. Write tor vir—
vulars. Roy Ruchush, Shinto, Illinois.

 

 

 

POULTRY

FOR QUALITY (‘lllllKS OR PITLLETS TRY
Shady Lawn Poultry Farm & Hatchery Zec-
laud. Michigan. '

 

 

ILLINOIS ACCREDITED I'ITRE—IKRED CHICKS.
‘Stntomspectvd brooding stock. Barred Rovks
Single (‘o_mb Reds. $15.00. \Vhite \Vyandoltcs:
llufl’ Ormngtons, White Rooks. 9516-100. Post-
uud. 100 ’71, live delivery. llaich every Monday.
(Tidal; {Rom ode. Menlllrm; Ililncnllrationul and Illinois
. w . ssm-lu um. Car VI 0 utr‘her '. .0 ~
tawa Strcet, Earlvillv, Illinois. ) 3 0 0t

 

WIIITE WYA Nl)(')TTES~—lll)0KING ADVANI‘E
egg orders from 8 quality motings and utility
flock. Stock all sold. Il‘rml Berlin. Allen. Mich.

WHITE “'I'ANDOT’I‘I‘I (‘OOKERELS $3.00 ANT)
$5 00 f‘t'l‘l ‘

g 1. Eggs $1.50 for 15. Seven d41-
lnrs tor UH). F. W. Rolwrts, Salem, Michigah.

 

IIATUIlINli ENG-S, It. i‘. R. l. REDS. RRED
_for color, 312:» and egg production. $1,135 put
1;) _]l()Rt[lllllI. Mrs. Albert llurwoor‘l, I14 (Thar-
levoix, Michigan. '

 

IRA RRI'IIl ROCK EGGS, [Ell/PERSIAN .\ HISTO‘
(-rnt_ Strain, $1.50 per 1;”); $5.50 )er 100.
PORtpiIHI. I\. Aycr & Son, Silverwood, .’\ ich.

WORLD'S WONDER smuuc com: woom
lwtvhing pugs. 15-s3.oo. u. (k; . ’ ‘
R“pirl City. Michigan. MI 9mm” 32‘

 

JERSEY BLANK GIANTS [CHI
1

. S. I’ _
onus stock. $23.00 new ’ RIZE WIN
Mmonk, Illinois.

... Hus Hrassman,

 

FARM HANDS

 

FARM FOR SALE EIGII'I‘Y ACRES OF NUM-

ber one land, about 75 unproved; well fem-ed;
good well; fair buildings; creek flows across back
end of farm; just 80 rods oil M<10 Trunk line;
two and one—half miles to. good live town with
two elevators, bank, all kinds of stores. Price
$4000. Write \V. G. Anderson, Lincoln, Mich.

ATTENTION FARMERS IF YOU ARE LOCATED
within 60 miles. from the city of Detroit and

 

 

you want to trade your farm for Detroit property
and want to have a good and honest business also
quick results, list your forms with us. With 9. "e-
aponsiblc compan , we specmhze 1.“ selling farms
with all stock an machinery. Write to the Home
Land & Building Company. 8580 Jos. Campnu,
Detroit, Michigan.

FOR SALE—IMPROVED LEVEL CLAY LOAM

80 form. Fair biuldmss.‘ electricity, consoli~
dated school, mile north \Vllhamsburg, 13 Tra-
verse. City. Sarah deall, 277 Irwm, Muskegon,
Michigan.

FOR SALE—MICHIGAN FARMS IN JACKSON.
Wuhtqnaw Irfiimm and lemzston Counties

ful wand. liance Farm Agency, 24 Sun
Bldliuegac on. Michigan.

JERSEY BLACK 'lilANTS .\ HERII‘A HEAVY
'wmght iowl, soltmu $2.00; 100, $10.00, Ella.
\\'lntwood. Hudson. Illinois.

 

FOR SALEM JERSEY BLAI‘K GIANT I‘ITLLETS
3.10 e-wh. Roostvrs $5.00 each. Bessie
Jill'illlH, Lindon, Michigan, R4.

 

LARHIE TI]? ’l‘iillLOUiE GICESE EGGS 500
on: 1,. u {no eggs $2.00 per 15. B ld '
& Nowlm. R. l“. I), Luingslmrg. Michigan. “ wm

llIAMliIi’)’l‘ll WHITE HOLLAND TURKEY EGGS
40 cents ouch. .lcrsey Block Giant eggs 1‘
cents ouch. E. II. lluwley. Ithaca, Michigan.’R3.

TURKEY Imus FROM OUR FAMOUS Ha}
Bronze ll. livd. Nnrrngnnsott and W. Holland
flocks. \\‘rm- \\' lip} Bros“ Powhatan Point, Ohio.

 

 

FOR SALE ‘x!.=.\lM(')’l‘li BRONZE TURKEYS.
.erte for pl‘lxvs. Mrs. ll. 1). Horton, Wilton.
Michigan.

 

MAMMOTH PEKIN DUCK EGGS, 9 TO 1.
pound stock, $3.00 for 112, films Parr. Janee-
vilie. Michigan.

 

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TOBACCO

 

FOB. BALE-T—IZO ACRE FARM. GOOD SOIL,

timber, lighting system. Will .sell machinery
with farm. Four miles from Richmond, Mich.
Mrs. Alvah Scouten. Richmond, Michigan.

FOR SALE IMPROVED FARMS. RANCHES.
Any state. List free. . . Thompson 8;
Company. 3621 S. State Street, Chicago, Illinois.

FARMS NEAR DETROIT. MILAN. AND YPSI-
lanti. Write for list, stating .kind wanted. E.
W. Box-dine. Route 5, Milan, Michigan,

FARM FOR SALE——CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, 79
acres, 00d buildings, $2500. Mrs. Alex Mc-
Cullum, opinabee. Michigan, R. R.

 

 

 

 

SEED

I HAVE A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE GENUINE

I’eachblow potatoes like Grand Pa used to raise
for sale at 50 cents _n pound, post paid, A, 13,
Hope, Deckerville, Michigan.

‘. FIED PETOSKEY SEED POT i’I‘OES,
Ckg'gldollar per bushel. Charles 1’. Reede-Iowell.

Michigan.

A FIELD PEAS FOR PLANTING $5.00
CAI‘III‘DIOO Ib8., sack! included, f. 0. h. Mirhi .1”)
Shipping Point. Port Huron Storage & Bean ‘o.,
Port Huron, Michigan.

CERTIFIED IMPROVED ROBUST BEANS,
lVisconsin Pedigree Barley. Fritz Mantley,
Fairgrove. Michigan.

15 'r BEANS GROWN FROM REGISTERED
Rgegf Carl Demo. Wheeler, Michigan.

16 FOR 1: 10 IBIS MIXED 31',
DA'IISLxéfi‘d—ioli b‘mminsc sine $1. Hardy giants
“ally low prices Pro Circular free. . L.
aileron. Copemiah. Michican.

 

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HOMESI’UN TOBACCO—(‘7 H l". W I N G F}
pounds $1.50. ten $2.50. Smoking dye DOIH‘I:
$1.25, ten $2.00. Pipe Free. Pny when re-
ceived. Satisfijction Cunmnteml. K e n t u c k y
Farmer’s Assocuitlon, l‘zuluoali. Kentucky.

 

IIOMI‘ISI’UN TOBAI‘CO. CIIIMVING 5 LBS“

$1.50: Iii-$2.75. .‘lmoli'miz.~ 5 lbs., 5!.25;
Mild 10-31.50. Pay when received. F. Gupta“.
Bardwell, K .

MISCELLA NE( I US

 

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IF' I GIVE YOU FREE A REAL PROFIT SHAH-

ing interest m blg business, Will you take order.
selling 540,00 value Knuruutced ull wool fine !
tailored suits for _$23.50‘! Get free ccrtiiimte .
once. Advance liberal profits. .(‘omplebe oomph
outfit 3pm; tree by return Illilll. Advise Ah.
Jones, 307 \V. VunBuren, Department (“[49 v
Chicago.

100 ASPIRIN TABLETS. 45c I‘REI‘AID. GUAR-

anieed Sample Free. Other Guaranteed Tab-
lets and pills direct .to you at wholesale prion.
Agents wanted. \l’rite for list. i‘losncy, ow
Dorp. New York.

BARREL LOTS SLIGHTLY DAMAGED "ROCK-

m-y, hotel chinnware. cookiugwurp, ghmuwur... etc. .
Shipped direct from factnry to consumer. Writ.
for particulars. II}. Swnsey & (10.. Portland. Maine. |

CASH PAID FOR. FALSE TEETII. I’LATINIJ ,3
old "magneto points, discarded Jewelr and 01 3
old. Mail to. Hoke Smeltmn A“ R him (Jo..|

mega, Michigan. ,

 

 

 

ACCOUNTS, NOTES. CLAIMS COLLECTED
an 4le re in world. No charges union col-
lected. Ray's Collection Agency. Somerset. Kl.

 

FARMERS WOOIr—MADE INTO BLA

batting :nd am. “and for oircu Mon ~l
cello Woolén ills, Mdnticello. Whoa.

2&2? mafia «£59! lawn;

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' us” for chart for correct grade to. give per-
Lfect lubricationi.’ Follow the recommenda-
tions of the Standard Oil Compaqy (Indiana)
and you will add power and life to your
motor. Drain your crank-case frequently
and refill with correct grade of Polarine.
That’s economyo ‘

 

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