. 5 An , Farm Magazine Owned and ' «Edited in Michigan i_.l,.«,,- .. - ~ - x: v ‘1‘ i . <. .. .. . . .........V .,...,.................. “4.. .‘ ... ........i......v. .... . ...-»‘ .. . u. v. .~ ‘1 lithés Taxes moreLeuenspn negating Water With A Twig . .a-v‘a -u-~4..Ld .. -.-, -yunw Farmi especially with the VieWp oint of FARMING A BUSINESS The Business Farmer for years has been preaching the gospel that farming is first, last and all the time a business and so it employs writers who not only thorough- ly cover the problem of production of crops but what is equally important, the marketing of these crops. Our market editor has assisted and advised thou- sands of farmers in regard to marketing of their crops and has been instrumental in making and saving thou- sands of dollars for our readers. Stanley M. Powell’s articles on taxation are but another example of the vital business problems of farm- ing discussed through the columns of The Business Farm- er. SUCCESSFUL FARMERS AS EDITORS The practical problems of tilling the soil are thor- oughly covered by men who have made a success of the farming business. L. W. Meeks and C. J. Wright are liv— ing examples of men who are making money right now Our Editory W 60 STANLEY M. POWELL— An issue of THE Bcsrmsss FARMER that did not contain a. feature article by Stanley M. Powell would be incomplete. He is our Lansing correspondent and legislative matters are a hobby with him. Being a farmer himself he under- stands what farmers are interested in along legislative hues and he has an interesting style of writing. He is going to give us some articles along other lines also. L. w. MEEKS— ' The editor of Broadscope Farm News and Views L. W. Meelgs 1s a successful business farmer in Hillsdale county. His outstanding success is the production of certified seed potatoes, but he is interested in most crops suitable for Michi- gan soil, good cattle, hogs and poultry; in fact he has had experience 111 about all lines of farming. What happens on Broadscope Farm and what goes on in the mind of the owner makes mighty interesting reading. 1 AL EDITOR—— Liz)?“ legal editor has saved our readers thousands of dollars through advice he has given them. He answers all inquiries With personal letters and We pub- lish inquiries and answers of general interest in every issue. You may have a question in your mind right now that you would like to have a'legnl opinion on without the expense and bother of gomg to a lawyer. There IS no expense to paid-up subscribers. V. DAVID F. ‘VABNEB— . Bliss one of our readers recently said “No farm paper is complete until it ministers to the spiritual side of farm life." In each issue appears a non- sectarian sermon by Rev. David F. Warner. Rev. warner 18 a product. of a Michigan farm, and. although his dunes as a community pastor and religious eitor of our paper take all of his time, he still owns a form. We receive letters every day commenting on his sermons in our columns. The ' Michigan Business Farmer maintains a staff of expert editorial writers who cover the entire field of the. farming . industry written f the farmers of Michigan in mind. oif their own farms during these strenuous times right here in the State of Michigan. . woman Ann CHILDREN The Business Farmer thoroughly believes in the home life on the farm and as a result has employed Mrs. i.gknnie Taylor to cover the problems of the women on the arm. ' For the Boys and Girls—the future farmers of Michi- gan— we have Uncle Ned, who offers advice and counsel for the children of all ages. a Right in line with the home life of our readers we have Rev. David F. 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She answers hundreds of letters. w~ none but her eyes ever see. in a friendly, frank and sincere, way which has endeared her to thousands of farm women. L. N. PRITCHARD— Our weather forecaster. L. N. Pritchard, is a Michigan man who has a repu-‘ tation as a. WEB/flier prophet that is nation-wide. He predicts the weather two and more in advance with an accuracy that is startling. Hundreds of our subscribers have advised us that they plan their work by his forecast. As a. market editor for a farm paper W._ W. Foote cannot be beat. Re In.- ltudied the markets for ne'er-.1 years and his market review letter that appears in each issue is worth many the price of the paper. for a year. I. W. H. WEIR,— TnBUernss FAB!!! was one of the first farm papers in the country to make a radio department a teatime and we have always had men edit— ingmed thatwereuptothelastminuteontbesub t. 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THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS F ARMER MOUNT CLEMENS ‘ - I MiguIcAN a l ,r—Pnbliahed Bl—chkly at In. W, lineman. filfi The. ‘ "9&1‘}, " 'F , Only owned and Edited SATURDAY, JULY 4,1925 Ent ed 2nd. e a matter, A .22 1 17. nt 012nm»; Niki?” under act‘fior. 3, 1:19; but Solons Bid and Did Not Do About Taxes“, Legislature Passed Several Taxation Bills-of Considerable interest But F oiled to Take Action on the Most Important Tax Reform Measures By STANLEY M. POWELL (Lansing Correspondent of The Business Farmer.) ' YEAR ago now we were stress- ” ing in a series of special arti- cles in THE Business ann the grave importance of taxation problems to Michigan farmers. The present serious and disastrous situ— ation was discussed in some detail. Authentic and significant figures which. could not be disputed were presented to show how taxation conditions were going from bad to worse. The terrific and altogether disproportionate burden borne by farm property was outlined and cm- nhasized. More. than that, definite and specific tax reforms to remedy, partiale at least, the deplorable conditions referred to above were proposed and discussed. . How happy we would be if in this series of ~ summaries of what the 1925 Legislature actually accom- plished we could relate encouraging progress in the removal exrstmg. 1n; equalities and unsound conditions and the enactment of wise, construc- tive and statesmanlike legislation to. secure the wisest and most equit— . able distribution of the burdens of governmental activities. But, alas, it we are to stick to the facts in the case we must consider what might have been done, rather than—what was done,.for the amount of really important tax reform legis— lation enacted by the 1925 Legisla— ture appears pitiably insignificant when compared with the flagrantly unjust conditions which cry out to high heaven for remedy and relief. 'To the undyng credit of the last Legislature, let it be remembered that they did pass'the gas tax early in the session and followed up this progressive action by lowering and adjusting the license fees. These measures have been discussd in de— tail in the first article in this ser— ies of legislative summaries. The Tax Free Bond Evil During the 1925 session no effort was made even by individuals and organizations most earnestly in fa— vor of the a state income tax to se- cure legislation of this character. It was regarded as a more opportune time 'to concentrate on the gas tax and to attempt to secure the passage of laws putting a stop to the tax ex- empt security evil in Michigan. As readers of THE Busmnss Fauna will remember, bills were introduced to place annual specific taxes on both foreign and domestic bonds. These measures had the» support of the administration and of the lawmakers who were best in— formed along taxation lines. How- ever, the Michigan Senate seems chiefly responsive to the desires of ' Big Business and so it proved true once more that the Senate may well be called the graveyard of most con— structive tax legislation. The bills above referred to languished in committee and real estate was left holding the bag. Among the few tax reform bills passed during the 1925 session was one measure which had been in— sistently urged by Michigan farm or- ganizations and those interested in conservation. This was Senator Pearson’s bill providing— for the es- tablishment of commercial forest re- serves and allowing them the bene- fit of a tax system more adapted to a long -time crop like timber than was theannual general property tax which has,” hitherto been in force. . Administration of this new. law is placed under the State Department of Conservation. How the law Operates . Section, 2 of this act provides as follows: ' " ""A‘ “would ' " ‘ ' “nil: and purpose oi Incest reserve, .. ~~thi§3$¢tfiis hereby defined asxa tract of land from which. the mature for- est grewth has been removed, con— taining no material natural resourc— es. other than forest growth, not pri— marily valuable for agricultural, mineral, industrial or resort pur- poses and upon which the own-er pr6poses to develop and maintain a. forest either through planting or natural reproduction or both. Such land must be capable of producing a thrifty forest growth and must at the time of listing as a commercial forest reserve actually carry suffi- cient forest growth of suitable char— g actor and so distributed as to give reasonable assurance that a stand of merchantable timber will be de— veloped in the near future. The in— tent and purpose of this section is to exclude from classification as a commercial forest reserve lan'd car- rying any considerable stand of mature forest growth in excess of what may be required to insure sat- isfactory reforestation as well as land primarily more valuable for other purposes than for the produc- tion of forest products and to ex— clude land not sufficiently stocked with young growth either by plant— ing or natural reproduction to pro— mise to become a satisfactory stand of merchantable timber, but not to exclude from such classification land carrying a stand of forest growth well advanced toward ma- turity but still requiring a period of years in which to become sulfi- ciently mature to produce high grade forest products.” When a tract of timber land comes in the above classification and is approved by the Department of_Conservation after proper inves- tigation and hearings, it will no longer be subject to the general property tax, but rather to an an— nual specific tax of five or ten cents per acre depending on the character of the stand and then a. harvest tax 'of twenty~five per cent of the stump— age value of the timber when cut. One-half of this stumpage tax goes into the general fund of the state and one-half to the county in which the lands are situated. Another tax measure which should meet with the general ap— proval of farmers is Rep. Evans’ measure which empowers the Board of State Tax Commissioners to pass upon the exemptions to be allowed for real estate owned by any library, benevolent, charitable, educational or scientific institution or charita— ble home of a fraternity or secret society used for agricultural, indus- trial or commercial purposes. Limit Reckless Bondng Intimately associated with this matter of taxation is that of bond issues. Sometimes people think that taxes may be kept down through the issuance of bonds, but in the end it is always found out that the prin- cipal must be paid back with con— siderable interest. To safeguard future taxpayers against staggering bond issues, the Legislature passed the Evans—Baxter bill which places the supervision of the issuance of municipal bonds and the payment of the interest thereon under the con— trol of the State Treasurer. The term municipality as used in this act includes any county, township. city, village, or school district. This law lays down specific details re- garding the form of bonds which may be issued, the rates of interest which may be provided, the rate of retirement of the principal and the length of time for which bonds is— Lowden Talks Cooperation at M. S.C. should be very reassuring that Fthe first Commencement address delivered since the change in name of the Agricultural College to the Michigan State College of Agri- culture and Applied Science was de- livered by one of the greatest farm leaders of the nation on the topic, “The Need of Agricultural organiza- tion”. The choice of speaker and subject for this occasion emphasiz- es the fact that despite the name change the East Lansing institution will continue to be primarily con— cerned in the problems of the farm— ers of Michigan. “The adoption of more up to date methods in the distribution and marketing of farm products is 'the imperative need of the hour in America tOday,” declared Ex—Gover— nor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois in the early part of his great address delivered to an audience of 3,000 people assembled in the M. S. C. gymnasium Monday morning, June 22 for the college commencement exercises. After calling attention to the fact that efficiency is the cornerstone of success in any industry. Governor Lowden showed that the farmers of the United States are by far the most eflicient in the world and that they are constantly increasing this _ productive efficiency. Declaring that the. chief ills .of agriculture were not in production but. in distribution; Governor Low» den 93d, "With reference to nar- kettng our products we; farmers have fallen .far' behind other lines of industry. All is not well on the American farm. We might as well recognize that bad situation. There is a great disparity between the prices of things which the farmer has to buy’and those which he has to sell. If we leave the slow, unaid- ed processes of time to remedy this situation the balance no doubt final— ly will be restored, but then the cycle will swing too far with disas- trous results to city consumers. The topic before us is therefore not one which merely interests the farmer, but is of vital concern to every thinking citizen. “There is something devidedly wrong with our marketing system when a short crop of inferior qual— ity should be worth more than a large crop of superior quality.” The speaker illustrated the present un- fortunate situation by quoting many official government figures showing that with several crops and farm commodities, poor crops often brought larger total returns than bumper crops. T‘What shall we do in the face of this situation,” queried the speaker. “Let us turn to business and see if we can find something of value to apply to our problems. Business has for years been getting together in organizations. It largely names the price for its products. As a re— sult the violent and disastrous fluc- tuations which are continually go- ing on in agriculture do not occur in other industries. “If we would take a loaf from (Continued on Page 23) sued for the various kinds of public improvements may be allowed run. Of considerable indirect benefit to the farmers of the state was the passage of the Ming bill relative to the enforcement of the corporation tax law and the complete collection of the franchise fees. things, this bill provides that “In case any corporation required to file the report and pay the fee or fees prescribed in this act shall make any willfully false statement in such report, such corporation shall be subject to an additional penalty in the sum of fifty per cent of the amount of the franchise fee required to be paid. Such pen- alty shall in no case be less than thousands dollars.” New Fireworks Law Turning aside from a further consideration of taxation measures, it is very timely for us in this par- ticular issue to make mention of of Senator Brower’s bill relative to fireworks for Fourth of July and other purposes. In brief, this meas- ure makes it illegal for any person to sell or ignite any firecracker OVer two inches in length by one half inch in diameter, or any firecrackers containing dynamite, picric acid, or any explosive of like nature, any blank cartridges, blank cartridge pistols, sky rockets, of any size, Ro— man candles containing more than ten balls, cannons, balloons made of tissue paper or any inflammable ma- terial inflated by hot air or other- wise, Daygo bombs, or other fire— works of like construction. Sky rockets and Roman candles con~ taining more than ten balls may not be sold for use in any public or private exhibition. Section 3 of this bill reads as follows: “Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any persons or persons to dis— charge, set off, ignite, or explode any fireworks in public excepting on the third, fourth and fifth days of July each year, and no fireworks shall at any time be discharged, ig- nited, or exploded within one block or square of any hospital, asylum or infirmary.” Any violation of this act is pun-_ ishable by a fine not exceeding $100 or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding 90 days or both. Starting Private Banks Illegal Residents of many rural commun— ities will be interested in the en- actment of the Harris bill which prohibits any person or unincorpor— ated association not now engaged in the business of banking from en— gaging in any such business in the future. This law is the result of a long period of agitation against private banks in Michigan. While it will not interfere with those al— ready established it will prevent their multiplication. One very important bill which was enacted and given immediate effect in the interests of public safe- ty was the so—called Y0ung-Espie« Sink act relative to drunken auto— mobile drivers. Any person con; victed of driving any motor vehicle while intoxicated shall for the first offense be guilty of a misdemeanor and be liable to a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than ninety days or both. Fur— thermore, in the discretion of the court his driver’s license shall be re‘ voked for a period of not less than three months. Would be $500 and the jail sentence not to exceed one year, or both. In Inch cases the driver’s license shall be revoked and surrendered for a period of ,not less than one year. .3 to v Among other For a second or sub- 1 ?' sequent violation, the maximum fine / ' r“ ‘ U -. U. ‘1 w.?< at: >‘I . L r. A_ a v as? “lAfigfiglfia—“d—d‘. --_._....~... / A _ .f .. ._ . .. .. ‘ ' ‘ -.HAVE been amused by the an- ' 'swers that have been given in reply] tothe query of B. V. in Tris BUSINESS ‘FARMER of March 28, “Why is it with using a peach twig to locate a vein of water that it will work With some people and not for others?” .Since the Editor has ask- ed' for further information on the subject, I will reply to his request. I will state in the beginning that it is a poor explanation of a mystery that brings in other mysteries to make things .clear. It is only facts founded on na- tural laws that will enable us to determine the truth or absurdity of a theory. I fully agree with Mr. J. A. Dexter in regard to the cause of the movement of the divining rod. I had almost exactly the same ex- actly the same experience. I saw the wizard make his observations. An old farmer has built a new house, so _,a new well was thought necessary. Well, the Wizard’s indi- cator dropped at the only handy place for the well there was, and he found water at the same depth of the well at the house. Of course they will find it anywhere if they dig deep enough. Mr. Dexter's Fig. 1 in the May 23rd issue, explains for itself how the simple peach twig in the hands of an ,imposter may be made a means of deception. A slight turn. of. the wrists of the holder would cause a further bend in the twig’s and produce more “kick”.-—H. Adams, Kalamazoo County. Saw It Done IRST, I know that it can be done with a peach crotch, etc., be- , cause I saw it done under cir- cumstances that bar any likelihood of fraudor mere chance. ;§Learning that we intended to dig agave“ our nearest neighbor brought her friend and neighbor to our house with the request that she be permitted to try and find where there was a vein of water for us. ‘The ladies were both honest women and their only motive was to do a kindness to us as it was done free and the lady disliked any notoriety in, the matter and we learned that she had located the most of the i .‘ Inquiry from Subscriber Brings Com l ments From Rea a) RISK $25,000 on. DQODIiEaBUG TATE geologists declare that Oil cannot be found in paying (Juan-i tites in Michigan but two hundred farmers and business men in Tusoola county are betting $25,000 that there is plenty 'of oil near Caro. What is the doodle-bug? The doodle-bug says 80/! ‘ Well, that is a dark secret to those who are not stockholders in the company that has! been formed at Caro to drill for the oil but it is understood to be an elaborate divin- ing rod that is supposed to indicate the presence of water. oil, natural gas, coal and various metals beldw the surface of the earth, pro- viding the operator is “electrically sufficient." And it has indicated that there is oil in ,the soil of Tuscola county, according to the stock- holders. So strong is their faith in this divining rod that they have a gang of drillers sinkng a 2,700-foot well. and the drillers are to receive $17,000 for their work. They have drilled over 500 feet and found nothing but water. They have leased over 6,000 acres of the farmland that has been proved oil bearing by the doodle-bug, and they are ready to begin more extensive operations when the present well is completed. wells in the neighborhood without any failures. Father thought it foolishness, but mother wanted it tried, so father said go ahead, and she said there was a small vein near the house about 22 feet deep. Father dug there and found a vein as she said. and at the depth, too, but too small to depend on, so he dug deeper to. sheet water. The lady found only one vein and from the lay of the land and the kind (of soil there was there it seems possible that was the only vein there. As there was no chance for decep- tion and no motive for it and the lady too honorable for deception I conclude there was none. It could not have been accidental either in so many cases as she had been suc— cessful. It could not have been the stick either, for it would not work for everyone. :So it must have been in the lady and the way she held it. She held it with her little fin— gers toward the top and strained so hard that the slightest sensation would cause a nervous vibration of her muscles and through them vi- brate the crotch and finally cause it to turn over, and it seems hardly likely that a small vein of water would have much effect on her or .— the stick either, when there was sheet water only about sixteen feet below it. So I conclude that most likely it was due to psychic sensa- tions and that the soul knows many things not perceived by the five senses and will tell you of them later if desired—Francis G. Smith, Isabella County. Not All Bunk SEE by your paper there has I been— some discussion in regard to locating water with a forked peach twig. It is claimed by some to be all “bunk”, it is not all “bunk”. Some years ago we wanted to lo- cate water, a young man in our em— ploy said, “Give me a peach twig and I will locate water.” He did so, and at a certain place the twig turned down. I laughed him to scorn, and took the twig and walk— ed across where he said the stream was, with both branches of the twig held with my thumb and fingers, and there was nothing doing. That nettled the fellow, and he said, “I will hold one limb of the prong, and you hold the other, and We will hold hands and see about it." We did so, and although I gripped one limb of the twig with the strong / ders on Both Sides of Question arm of a good man, I couldn’t keep it from turning down when we crossed the stream. _ So" you see it is not'a‘ll “bunk”. some can do it, and Some can’t, he can do it but I can't. My explana- tion is that he had enough electric— ity in his body to overcome the re- sistance of‘ mine. So I had to be convinced. Well, we drove down at the alleged stream and got an abun- dant flow *of pure water.—W. F. Johnson, Washtenaw County. Has Used \Vire D0 not call it such a mystery, I will offer my findings, and the peach or willow as a conduy‘sr is not alone. I use all kinds of wood, dead or alive, wire of any kind is even better. It must be yielding or springy and capable of conducting a current which is pass~ ed by the operator through this con- ductor which should point horizon- tally (not vertically) and between the operator’s body and the vein. In doing so, the conductor is pulled down in line by the current, the cur-V rent will also follow the way the’ water flows. The operator is also able to ascertain the exact depth of the vein and follow it, ur or down, also ascertain where the vein is running and where it is’ not. Water will be found in full sections running up higher prehaps than the level of its immedia e surround- ings. In most places these veins are nearly all going in one general direction 'up hill and down. The exact size of the vein can not be ascertained by the current pull of the operator as a small vein with aswift current takes as much pull as a larger one with less fall. But the operator may trace them up or down and generally tell its depth at any point with absolute certainty. This current will take only to run- ning'.water on the ground or in it. The same amount of running water on the surface has decidedly less pull, however I can feel a swift river a long ways. I can distinctly - feel a small vein 500 feet, a small river a mile. This current has suf- fiecient strength to lift many ounces, in some instances would compare it to a 5-volt battery, slightly dif- ferent, having more pull and less (Continued on Page 19) American Farm Boy Finds the Man Power of Germany Is the Women By FRANCIS A. FLOOD (This is the fifteenth article of the ser— ies by Francis A. Flood on his travels in Europe last summer.) ERMANY, as a country, is mag- nificent in its physical appear- nace. When it could match its majestic buildings, its great cities, its factories, and mills, its railroads, its forests, its organization ,and all the other physical evidences of its strength and greatness with busy, orderly and contented people, it must have been a spectacle of might and power indeed. ,We entered Germany from the Danish border and rode through miles and miles of forests. The for— ests of Germany and their system of perpetuating them certainly put to shame our own wasteful methods. There are many things we can learn from this magnificent, broken coun- try, and reforestation is one of them. Our party of agricultural editors visited a government station near This is the way they harvest grain in Germany. Berlin where the best of experts and the best of laboratories, grounds and equipment are main- tained in the interest of building this one important asset to the per— manent. greatness of a great coun- try, the forests. There are many of these stations scattered over the former empire, engaged in planting trees, thinning them out when ne— cessary, and in preventing—not fighting—forest fires. We burn more timber in forest fires every year in the United States than the ’lermans will destroy in decades. They have the peculiar idea that it is more efficient to keep the fires from getting started than it is to fight them afterwards. Half of the forest area in Ger- many is owned either by the nation- al government or the local states, and in Prussia even, more than “ In a' field of wheat half, and it is the policy to increase rather than decrease this gross acre- age in the future. The infertile, thin soil is planted to conifers and soft woods, and as the forest is tak— en off, it is continually re-forested. The more rocky and mountainous parts of-~Germany have the more forests, ,and these are largely pri— vate. It" is interesting to note that the state—owned forests furnish a much larger amount of lumber and forest products in proportion to the acreage than do the large privately owned forests. Much of this pri- vate forest area, then, is a waste, and waste of the national resources is not encouraged in Germany. Hence, more and more of the forest area is coming under state control every year. It is a long process, this growing of a forest to the state of productiv- The “hired men” in 'Germany. ity—«but instead of giving it up on that account, the Germans consider that careful attention is all the more necessary and they attack the prob— lem most diligently. About one thousand seed plants are planted on each arce, and after 120 years there are only a half dozen left. It takes from 60 to 80 years for these trees to grow large enough to be used for railroad ties. But they must have railroad ties and timber for mine shafts and for other purposes—and so they plant the forests. Their fathers planted forests for them and they will plant forests for their sons. Nature planted the, forests for us—and we Will let nature shift for itself in the future. There are few wooden houses anywhere in Europe compared to the number here. Lumber is used most sparingly everywhere, and frame houses are very unusual. Th dwelling houses as well as the fad (Continued on Page 21) i g i l 3 IL; .. . “’HEN THE WOMEN ARE \Vhen the women take a vacation well; what General Sherman “'fll‘. AWAY !— it is— suid about body has on 5" ._.h .- -....__ . H 0. Bob], Albion, sent the picture. A PRETTY GOOD STRINGr—Mrs. S. E. Lewis, of Ewin, sends us this picture and writes “This is the kind We catch up here in. Cloverland. Come up and try your luck.” \Ve would like to but business prevents. “YOO! H00! OOl‘IE OVER AND PLAY!” ——Aeeording to Mrs. E. G. Gray, of Petoskey, little Marlin Whitney wants someone to come and play with him. this picture just has just sat IN THE HARVEST FIELD.—Soon the binders will begin eat- in; their way around our fields of golden grain. It isn’t long after this that we find out how much money we made or lost on ourkgfrain crops. 'Mrs. E. Herman. Owosso. took me picture. u‘ \ their Sunday Fourth of July parade. according to Mrs. \Vm. Baas, Nashville. fall in line as they pass your house. GRANDPA Grandpa is taking the boys for a spin in his wheelbarrow. C. D. W'iles, Sumner. “HURRAH! HUERAH! THE BOYS ARE clothes and they are all ready for the A N I) JUST IN .TIRIE FOR DINNER.—-\Vell, well! in time as Milton down to dinner. and he Thank you, Milton, we will dine with you. “WANT TO This is James Allan Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bellevue. NIARCHING!"—Every- THE OLD FASHIONED GIRL.——“Quite a. difference between this old fashioned girl and the modern flapper,” writes lure. Joseph Burton, of Capa-e. “It’s my niece.” Just THE BOY S .—- “HUSH. ROVER!“—Nola “’agar. of Gladwin, is try- ing to get her dolly to sleep but Rover keeps walking about and making too much noise. You’re dog, Rover. The picture is from “HAVE YOU SEEN MY DAI)I)Y?”——.\la.r- garet Jane, is waiting for her daddy, L. Jennings, of Shepherd. “'e hope he doesn’t keep her wait— ing‘ very long. “'e got to of Yermontville, us to join him. Huger. wants A. FINE PLACE TO SPEND THE FOURTH.-‘Vh0 doesn’t like to spend a. holiday by a. beautiful river or lake? This picture was taken and sent to us by Ellenor - Oldswager, of Genes. ' ; PLAY BALL?”— Orno W'hitloek, of a. naughty . ’ - registration a” ‘ _ WWW’MOW " primary election a at , .. , day for salient election—5A. I}, LWeldniaLn,‘ illicit;~ HAPTERS I, II and III of Act 4126, P. A. of 1,917, asamend- g "ed, (Section 362 et seq” revi- sion-of 1923 Election Laws) governs the registration of electors in both primary and general elections. -"‘ The third Saturday preceding the holding of a primary or general election is the last day for registra— tion, “Provided, however, that in anytorganized township or city hav- ing a population less than 10,000, the clerk may receive applications for registration up to and including the Second Saturday preceding any such election.” (Section 372, Chap- ter III, Act 126, P. A. 1917)—-—Clare Retan, Deputy Attorney General. TO GET RID OF HORSE RADISH I am troubled as to how to get rid of a patch of horseradish. I have tried plowing and picking up all the roots I could drag up, have thrown brine on it and poured ker— osene into the crown but it" still lives—A. J., Sumner, Michigan. is rather diflicult to get rid of a patch of horseradish when once it has become well estab— lished, for every little piece of root broken off becomes a new plant. About the only method which is sure, and which will clean up a patch of horse radish is to follow through one summer with the prac~ tics of cutting ofl every green leaf as quickly as it appears. This method will eventually starve out the plant, and it should not prove to be very troublesome in the fu- ture.-——Geo. A. Starr, Assoc. Prof. in Horticulture, Michigan State Col- lege. ‘ TRESPASSERS Am asking advice about my place. It has a river boundary on the back, but have I got to permit people run- ning thru the back yard, climbing fences, etc. A former owner told me we paid taxes to the middle of the river and people have no right tres— passing—Mrs. R. L. M., Vassar, Michigan. ' 0U do not have to allow people . to run across your back yard which adjoins the river, as they would be trespassers.——Lega1 Editor. CANNOT HOLD TWO OFFICES Can a justice of the peace who is not a member of the town board legally hold the office of overseer of highways? —H. W., Mancelona, Mich. T is the opinion of this depart- ment that a justice of the peace would be disqaulified from hold- ing the oflice of overseer of high- ways in a township. One person cannot hold two oiiices when the du- ties of the same are so inconsistent that it would be contrary to public policy to permit one person to hold them at the same time. A justice 'of the peace may be qualified to sit on the township board any time when there is not a quorum present. Such being the case he might be called to pass upon hills which he had incurred as overseer of the highways.—-—Cla_re Retan, Deputy Attorney General. . SETTING OUT FRUIT TREES Can you tell me what it is worth apiece to line up, dig the holes and set out 1,500 apple trees, two—year- old trees? Land is level, all plow- ed and harrowed, no stumps or stones. Would want twelve quarts of water at each tree. Water would .have to be drawn in barrels about one quarter mile. How long would it take two men to do a good job V of it?—-—-R. P., Harrisville, Mich. ALMOST hesitate to give an ex— pression on what would be a reasonable cost‘ for the setting of 1500 trees in question, as the nature of your soil. distance of planting between trees, the exact- ness of alignment in rows required, ,andthe. experience... ability, and per! 'isonal'-equatiqn,l of the, men- doing the work are all factors that determine what will be the ultimate cost. ‘ ' I have had considerable personal experience in the setting of young orchards, and have felt that the setting of 250 trees per day‘- bytwo‘ ' ground both ways, [men was a good day’s work. On’, the sandy type of ‘soil where trees are somewhat undersized. many more trees than this can be set. One of the things that determines materially the cost of setting a young orchard is whether or not the orchard is entirely staked and the stake set for each tree before digging the holes is commenced. Where the grower is particularly anxious to have his trees in line, in every direction that you wish to look, it often requires considerable time in straightening up rows to do this work. However, the in- crease in value of the job is com- paratively little. Many growers make a practice of marking their iurrowing with a plow in one direction and setting trees on the square with out the aid of a planting board, or stake. Of course, planting an orchard this way the work can be done much more rapidly than where the stakes are set and a planting board used at each tree. I From your inquiry, I notice that three gallons of water are required for each tree. I believe that one- half of this amount would be suffi- cient in a normal season, particular— ly if the planting was done during April. It 12 quarts per tree were to be put on, it means that approxi- mately ninety barrels of water is to be procured and hauled a quarter of a mile. Again the local condi- tions enter into the cost so largely that I hesitate to estimate what it would cost. I believe that it is splendid practice to water your young trees when they are being set, and by using a power sprayer tank for hauling water to the field, you would be enabled to do so at a reasonable cost. A tank could be taken out each time that your men were going back and forth to the field where the trees were being set.-——H. D. Hootman, Asst. Extension Specialist, M. S. C. DREW NOTE TO FINISH BUILDING Our school district was bonded for $2,500 to build a, new school house, then after the school house was partly built, seeing there was not enough money to finish the building, the directors, moderator and treasurer got together and drew up a note to the amount)” of $400 themselves. H. 8., Biteley, Michigan. answer to this will depend on the manner in which the bonds were voted. It may be that the bonding issue covers only building and that the board voted a tax and drew a note to borrow money not to exceed this tax for the purpose of purchasing equipment. They would have a right to do this. ' v ———W. L. Coffey, Deputy Super-intend: net of Public Instruction.“ DOES NOT Nm LICENSE I would like to know if I would be allowed to sell clothing I have made without getting a permit.~-—- L. 13., Grant, Michigan. HE State law exempts. anyone from securing a license to sell goods manufactured by himself. You, therefore, would not require a State license—Clare Retan, Deputy Attorney General. MAIL 0N ' RURAL ROUTE How far or how many feet from the postoii‘ice must one live in order to have a mail box and mail deliver- ed to door on rural rental—Mrs. M. H., Lamont, Michigan. 0U are advised that Section 717 of the Postal Laws and Regula- tions states: “All persons, ex- cept those who reside within the city delivery limits of a city where city delivery service is in operation, may be served by rural carriers, provided they will erect approved boxes on the established line of the route in the manner required by the Department." The regulations do not specify any particular distance that the box should be erected from the post oflice. If city delivery service is not in operation, a patron may erect an approved mail box at any point on the lines as regularly traveled by the rural carrier, provided the re- quirements of the Department are met as to the location of the box.»— H. H. Bellamy, Fourth Assistant Postmaster General. ' Horticulturalists to Tour Rich Fruit Belt HE orchardist and home fruit T grower that gets on the annual summer horticultural tour in Western Michigan August 4 to 6 of this year can learn a whole lot ac- cording to Sec. H. C. Hootman of the Michigan State Horticultural Society. Plans have now been completed for the tour which will start from the Graham Experiment Station west of Grand Rapids. At this point they will spend the first forenoon and luncheon ,win be served before the auto caravan takes off for Al- legan county. Before leaving Kent county the tourists are to visit Vine- croft Farm, owned by J. P. Mun- son where Prof. H. A. Cardinell, Extension Pomologist of the Michi- gan State College conducted a free blight school last December. This orchard will be of particular inter- est to apple and pear growers who have been troubled with blight. . The second day of the tour will be spent in the districts surrounding Fenville, Allegan county. Starting from the Fenville fruit exchange which undoubtedly will be packing their Duchess apples, the tourists will have an opportunity to visit the Frank Crane orchard in which blight was cleaned up two years ago and they will inspect Traver Nich— ols' orchard where Prof. Cardinell has been conducting spraying de- monstrations with pressure up to 800 pounds. . g Luncheon will be served at noon in the Adiegan county park on the banks 'of Lake Michigan and Beefe— tary Hootman urges that the grow- ers bring their bathing suits along and take a dip in Lake Michigan at that time. ' The air cooled apple storage on Dr. Brunson's farm will be visited during the afternoon. This is an old canning factory which was re~ modelled according to plans sup— plied by Prof. Roy E. Marshall of the Michigan State College and it has proved a very satisfactory stor- age according to reports. Edorts to control pear psylla will be studied in the Milo Vester or— chard where the M. S. C. is using diderent materials at diflerent pres— sures. The growers will stop at Ray St. John’s orchard before ending the second day at Borden's peach or- chard near South Haven. It is in Borden's orchard that Prof. E. R. Gardiner has been conducting pol- lination studies with J. H. Hale peach trees. A number of the trees this spring were covered with wire screen cages with a hive of bees placed within each cage. It is said that the results will be well worth studying. The third day of the tour will be spent in the vicinity of South Hav- en, starting with the inspection of the experiment station. Stops will be made at the orchards of James Nichol, former president of the Michigan State Farm Bureau, and _L. A. Spencer during the forenoon. Corporation orchards will be .visited in the afternoon where Prof. Gardi- ner has been conducting pruning and fertilizing studies for two years. It is hoped thatas many of the orchardists and small fruit growers ‘is‘possibly can fill Attend because this tour is going to be the best that the society has .ever had and it will be well worth the time any grower will spend to make. it. Can they ,make the rest of the district help pay‘that‘“ amount in their taxes along with the ' $2,500, the amount of the bond?— can board put them back . to where they belong! --——L. Y.‘,.-‘Gladwin Michigan.- ' \- ' ’ E salaries of township ' ofllcers . hy'the statute which .mdsas follows: {The follow- ing township omoers shall be en- titled to compensation; at the fol- lowing rates for each; day of ten hours actually and necessarily do- ‘voted by them to the servl-ee'of the township in the duties of «their re- spective emcee, to be verified by at- fidavit, whenever required by the township boards: . First, The oilieers composing the township hoards, board of registra- tion, board of health, inspectors of election, clerks of the poll and com— missioners of highways. four dollars per day and at the same rate for parts of days; - Second, The Supervisor for taking the assessment and for all se'rvices not connected with above boards. four dollars per day and at the same rate for parts of days: Third, The township clerk, as clerk of the board of cbmmissioners of highWays and of the township board, four dollars per ,day and at the same, rate for parts of days, but no township omcer shall be entitled to pay for acting in more than one capacity at the same time."—-—H. V. Spike, Assistant Attorney General. FATHER NU! BOUND TO PAY A minor has signed his father's name to a contract where he agrees to take a course in electrical engin- eering with a correspondence school. He has received one lesson and finds he cannot learn it, he has paid thir— ty six dollars and wants to quit. They say they will compel his fath- er to pay. Can they do it?—-—H. N., Mancelona. Michigan. —-The father would not be legally bound to pay for the course under these circumstances.——'-Legal Editor. BUGS DAMAGE ONIONS Could you please advise me What to do to‘ destroy bugs that damage my onions? Every year when I plant my onions, bugs; from the ground get inside and eat them. The bugs are about a half-inch long and all white. One year I had in a quarter acre and only got about two pecks of onions.——~J. K., Omer, Michigan. AM assuming that the trouble I\ with the onions is due to onion maggot, but cannot without seeing specimens, and on- ion maggots never get to be one- half inch long, but do reach the length of about on‘eouarter ,inch. Perhaps the size given in the letter is due to a typographical error. I will say that if the trouble is due to the onion maggot the best method of control, as recommended by, Professor Flint of Illinois is 2 per cent of boiled lubricating oil emulsion in 4-4-60 bordeaux mixe ture. It is applied from the time the onions are one inch high, every week or ten days for three to five times. The material. was sprayed over the plants, sumcie'ntly to moisten the soil down the row.— , Another method of control de- pends on corrosive sublimate, using 1 ounce to 10 gallons of water. This is applied through a small opening so as to wet the soil on both sides of the onions for' about one inch. I would use a sprinkling pot with the sprinkler removed and the spout plugged with a wooden block through which a small hole has been bored, wetting the soil on each ’side of the plants, but “avoid wetting the plants. 1 -- Any metal container in which mercuric c oride (corrosive sub- limate) is sad, should be coated with wax on the inside or else with asphaltum‘ or something should be used to keep the liquid,.from touch- ing “the metal sincm'otherwise "both the sprinkling pot sad the liquid 'will’ he rum' v _. Tho/hordeaux oil emulsion is said , to give better than anth else—B. H. ‘P‘ettitssProfes‘sor of Bar be sure --assess:senescence”. a" all . . horn. Body—cloud cab $5052 Fe 0. B. /. l/ / /, D l . “‘= ‘\\ “w “‘ ‘ \ A load of hogs taken twelve miles to market by old methods shrunk fifty pounds in weight and the journey took an en tire day. VVith the Ford truck the round trip was completed in a feW hours, the hogs marketed With negligible shrinkage. At $12. 00 per hundredvveight the added profit for hogs on this trip was $6.00, and at a minimum of $1.00 per hour for his time, the farmersa ved atleast $5. 00. It doesn’t take many trips at $11.00 extra profit per trip to pay for a Ford truck. “Ford Trucks make good markets available.” \\ \‘ \'_‘ FORD TRUCK DI / ‘— 1“ L ’5. 5 fl‘ ‘ = 1? , \ I ‘ ‘é 51:3? 1" ma I- SPL‘AY WEEK JULY 13-18 INCLUSIVE”: N- " -“" .\~ N N:\ a N. ‘.. Get A Demonstration During Display Week. There’s a profitable place for a Ford truck on every farm. A demonstration will Show you how your marketing and farm hauling can be done to greater advantage with a Ford truck. Ford new body types are now available for every hauling requirement—for transportation of live stock, grain, gravel, or to get produce to market. 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This is im- perative as the paper must ne— cessarily go to press some time in advance of its publication date, in order to reach Its more distant readers on that date. James and I have just return- ed from “an in- spection of our meadows and cat fields. A year ago when the meadow was seeded, great care was taken to use the best seed we could find. This field is one which is in the four year rotation with oats and the year before, we plowed under a wonderful growth of big potatoes. Last year it produced clover and sweet clover. We did not plow it for oats last year, but used the spring tooth barrow. A considerable portion of it was top dressed, and with plenty of June seed, we anticipated a good seeding, and surely had it—perhaps the best clover, alsike, timothy and alfalfa we have had. We never pasture our young seeding after harvest, and early this spring we had the pros- pect of a wonderful hay crop. Our walk today shows the crop about ready for the mower. In some places it is higher than the old oat stubble, while in other places it is not. We figure it will require two acres of it to make a load of hay. We next visited the oat fields, and found them all heading out about six and eight inches tall. The stand is perfect, and some of the young seeded clover is still alive. I think if the oats did possibly fill good it would be impossible to harvest them with a binder, and we are planning L. W . arms on cutting these fifteen acres for' hay. What’s wrong with the mead- ow and oat field? Simply a lack of rain. To date we have had only two inches of rain since March first. There is some moisture in corn and potato fields that were plowed early and have been worked. Pasture and grain fields show no moisture whatever, and the lack of rain, combined with very heavy winds every day is too much for plant life. Among all the perplex— ing factors with which a farmer has to contend, the weather is by far the greatest. It is the one thing a farmer cannot control, and the most important ingredient in the making of any crop. It i t Often Overlooked - So many well meaning people are, from time to time, giving the farm- er advice about putting the farm on a systematic basis, and conducting it as manufacturing enterprises are conducted. They would have the farmer control production, etc. But the weather—they never stop to consider that a systematic produc- tion of crops is an utter impossi— bility on account of the weather conditions. Until a farmer can con- trol that, it will be impossible for him to gauge production in a way which would be safe for him or the public. If weather conditions could be controlled, a farmer would be able to conduct his farm business just as emeiently as the other in- dustries are conducted. But the weather proposition is overlooked by these advisors. * I! * Conditions Vary The variation of weather condi- tions from year to year, not only causes production to vary, but is the prime reason why certain hard and fast rules'can not be followed .by a tiller of the soil. A successful method of seeding alfalfa or plant- ing squash this year, isno guaran— tee the method is absolutely correct and' can be relied upon every year. It I! t Diversity of Crops This uncertainty in the weather conditions is, no dOubt, the best reason for some diversity of crops. Seldom do we have a season when all crops are failures. It seems to the writer every farmer should have some special crop, to the produc- tion of which he can give his first and best eflort. Some such crop. willgenerally be successful enough to distinguish him in that line, and this will be a good advantage. But it never has seemed altogether prac— tical to “put all the eggs in one basket.” Put more in one basket than the others, basket a little closer than the oth- ers, but keep an eye on all of them! That too great a specialization may mean disaster, is often proven. Here is a case to which we have just had our attention called. A woman, having a small acreage of land was quite successful with strawberries for a. year or two, so decided to have three acres of them this year. The late frosts killed the early blossoms, and the prolonged drought has dried up the 'few blos— soms which formed after/the freeze. It is said she hasn’t sufficient straw- berries on the three acres for the making of a Shortcake, which, I am and watch that .. v - Gar cram "was‘sown the. intention of having some - ’ . grain :to “grind for feed, to keep. ‘ those. spring vDurocs growing until " it was time to turn them into a field of early corn planted for them. This corn is of the Pony Dent vari-r ety, an early small eared sort. The field was’marked three feet apart each way and planted, with hand planters, and as the field was plow- ed in“ April, and well worked, it has some moisture, and the corn is doing fine. We still plan on “hog- ging down” this corn, but as the fodder from this field will be needed to help out the short hay crop, we plan to handle the crop the same as ' wedid another field three years ago, when the fodder was needed from a field we wanted to “hog down”. When the con was quite fully matured, the ears were knocked off and let fall where they would. “This was heavy corn, and one man would knock off the ears on nearly two acres a day. The corn binder was usad to cut the fodder. There being no cars to interfere with the binder, it tied some excellent bun~ dies. These were set up in rather small shocks, care being taken to see that no ears were under the shocks to cause the hogs to work under them. The hogs were turned in as soon as the shocks Were set up, and they certainly did a thorough job of husking and cleaning up the corn. There was no waste whatever. I might add there was rape and oats sown at the last cultivation. This plan will be followed again this year. Contributions Invited LIVE AND LEARN EAR Editorz—The neighbors D seem to have taken another slap at the poor downtrodden chap whose good fortune it is to have the opportunity to grow up in the coun— try (issue June 6, 1925). This sort of bum advertising has become so persistent that at last it has caused me to break out in rhyme. Pa wants his boys back on the farm, and ma her girls away from harm; where kids can breathe and do their stuff, and get old fashioned play enough; and grow into efiieient folks, who know a ride takes heaps of strokes. The kids they holler for the moOn. They see a thing and want it, soon. They'd make things over in a day and let the other fellow pay. They see the swell city gink, dash by and never stop to think, that he has passed the week away to get the stuff for one gay day, only to wake up sad and sore and wonder why he can’t have more. We read of men in town with jobs, who gather wages by the gobs, but also it has reached our ken,rof one one thousand dollar hen. We think ten thou a year’s a wow, but one guy got that for a cow. We hate our job on farm or town, we’d heap lot better lay around, no doubt forget about our start, when man was new and had no art. We fail to see that man is slow, how far he's come, how far must go. Each has his job and each his yearn, must do his best and live and learn—Andrew Campbell, Wash- tenaw County. THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT 0 the Editor: It is the business of government to represent the interests of all the people and not the special or best interest of any class. We want it understood with unmistakable elem that drafts on the people's resources must be for public purposes only. It is a question of the government or people versus the seekers of self- lnterest through tariffs, tax exemp- tion, bonuses, and guarantee of fixed prices or profitsl. people units as a mob to raid the treasury the pflnclplo of govern! ment is lost. A diversion of public wealth to private interests is a be- trayal of public trust and violation of the purpose for which govern‘-__ ment exists. 4 If the people want, to, dig down deep enough, the rules of 'good gov- When the ‘ ernment are found in the Ten Com- mandments and but very seldom in political platforms. The great trou- ble is that so many people want to be led in a false position, or want to be bribed by a grant of some special privilege or benefit from the government. Take the tariff for instance, it has been figured that the protective tarifi benefit is only 1 54 cents per day per capita or over 500 million dollars each year. Now the beneficiaries profited that amount at the expense of the gen— eral public. ‘I am one who believes that the place for that five hun- dred million dollars is in tho pock- ets of the people to whom it ba—* longs. If the tarit can be defended so can any other steal for any amount and purpose by anybody because in stealing one person is benefited to the same extent that the other person is injured, and that ifi‘ all the tariff does; it gives to the producer whatever fictlcious, arti- ficial or inflated price the consum— er is compelled to pay. Give me a party that is not engaged in the bog- ging or stealing business, one that will stand by the old rule of govern— ing men by the standard of equal laws for all and equal rights for all. ' The primary object of govern- ment is to secure society against the sucrose-laments of its unscrupulous members. Has a -majorlty of the people arrayed themselves on the side of plunder by special privilege. Or is it the instrumentor agency of government (the old parties) that have become corrupt? One thing is certain that the issue of equal burdens of government, equal bene- fits to the people, equal laws and equal taxation of property to run the state and federal government would another to death the old par: ties and some of the policies they have crowded on the people—Win McClain, Ingham County. THANK YOU! EAR EDITOR: Please accept my 'gratefulness for the good you are doing with your publica-‘ tion. I wish of course if it could be done as well to have it a weekly but I would much rather see it come bi-weekly and be the real stuff - than weekly and be‘ worthless or nearly so.———J. ' G. Hl‘ebert-r Gratlot County. ' V ' r z ""W the Aim-m! M" ». good farm folks are this ams‘ent. approached on the subject of science, they come/at you with A “There is Jerry Jones, he’s one of you college farm- ers, and if I didn’t know more about , real farming than him, I‘d go soak by nearly everyone. my head in the swill bucket.” And with that the .case is closed, where if Jerry Jones had had the real honest to goodness farm train- ing with his college learning, he would not be the subject of ridicule that he now is. ~ Each operation on the farm is bas- ed on a fact of science although they are: done as a matter of course Those that un- derstand the scientific facts are in a better shape to improve upon it. The farmer is the same as the craftsman: he can do the things he .23 taught and be skilled at his trade but in each operation of either there is a reason behind it, and that rea- son is a part of the science'of his trade. When the late Frank Spragg im- proved the rye and gave to the farmer Red Rock wheat, he did something more than plow, plant and harvest the seed; and when Babcock showed how to determine the butterfat content of milk he did something more than milk a cow, skim the cream, and make butter, although he probably could do these things as well as any farmer. " When Luther Burbank took the seed out of oranges he went a step further than the average orange grower. When Cyril Hopkins said he could and did, make, bread out of stones, he farmed a little diner- ent than the other fellow. Where at 6 months old a litter of pigs will weigh over 3,300 pounds there is simething besides bosh in the method of feeding; These fellows were real dirt farm- ers but they had a smattering of the science of agriculture to go along with it. When Fritz Haber showed the world how to take nitrogen out of the air mechanically he found a real fact of science, that will prove a great boon to the farmer, although another German did as great a 'thing when he showed that the le— gumes (clovers and alfalfa) could , do the same thing and had been do- ing it for centuries, and at the pres— ent time, is the farmer’s cheapest way to get nitrogen. I am sorry to say that there are many farmers, that think they are the cat’s ankle as a farmer, who do not know this. Industry has its highly paid and trained minds at work constantly , trying to find new facts that will help the business. Because of this the steel that is in your car. Henry has had one of these birds working quite a spell before he perfected it, and now you can travel with the speed. of .a train, and carry only . 1600 pounds weight. The man that studied the con— formation of the hen and enabled ' the farmer to sort out the boarder ‘ did a wonderful service to agricul- ture. The man who found out what made the big holes in swiss cheese has been a boon to the dairy coun— ' try. The man that found out how to j balance'theration for the hog to make him-weigh from 209 to 300 pounds at six months did another service based on the science of agri— , culture. ‘ l man that found out why lime was necessary in rebuilding the soil has done a very good thing for his country. The man that found out how to hatch chickens in incubators (Mr. Cyphers) also did a very great serv— ice to the farm home. But all these must be done with a knowledge of the scientific side of farming. Our agricultura1-- colleges and schools are doing a real service in making a study of the scientific side and simplifying it so as to become a fact to the rank and file of the farmers living upon the farms of the country. The things that the farmer should 3 know covers the largest scope of ‘. any craftsman: he. must be a dairy— ». pou‘ltryman, a hog man, a“ . flowers for silage. soil mum's veterinarian, an econ— omist, a politician, a smder, a mechanic, a carpenter, a woodsa man, a horseman, and many other things that are used more or less daily in his years work and in all of these we cannot get away from the fact that they are all based upon science rather than traditions.- SUNFLOWERS FOR SILAGE “I saw in .a daily paper that in Canada they use a pit in the ground instead of a silo. They take sun- Now will you please let me know how to sow or ,pl'ant them and if they are good for milk cqws?——W. C., Mendon, Michigan. UNFLOWERS are being used as a silage crop in this state in those sections that do not pro— duce cern successfully. In the Up- per Peninsula in many sections the yield of sunflower ensilage secured per acre far exceeds that secured from corn. In the lower peninsula on muck lands where corn is likely to freeze during the summer sun- flowers have been used quite suc- cessfully, due to the sunflowers be— ing able to withstand a somewhat "3 5 v favorable favor of the sunflowers. " ‘ ' Sunflowers are usually sown at corn planting time in news at the rate of 7 to ‘8 lbs. of seed per acre. Pit silos are somtimes used when lack of captial or shortage of time does not permit the constructiOn of a silo.-——C. R. Megee, Associate Pro- fessor of Farm Crops, M. S. C. RESEED ALFALFA Please-tell me how to reseed an alfalfa field. It was seeded with oats and they were too thick and smothered the young plants. Ad- vise how to apply the seed and how best to cover the seed—J. S., Burt, Michigan. . . is very difficult to thicken an ITold stand of alfalfa. The prac— tice of putting on new seed is not likely to prove successful due to the fact that the old plants will shade the young seedlings and will also make use of the moisture and soil fertility that would‘ be neces— sary-for the young seedlings to se- cure if they remained alive. Should you care to try thicken- ing the old stand, I would suggest that you seed 3 or 4 pounds of hardy northern grown alfalfa seed per acre just as growth starts in McCormick and Deer-Ins Corn Binders : -- . . vernal...“ If you want to shred your fodder after and shredders are made in 4, 6, 8, and 10- THE sensation of the corn belt these days is the McCormick- Decring Corn Picker which will go through your standing corn, husk it cleaner than hand husking, and do it at the rate of 6 to 10 acres a day (depending on whether you use horses or a tractor). One man does that. Add a boy or two with wag- ons and your crop is harvested and stored—and the CXpen- sive farm help problem solved. Write for corn picker catalog. . See the McConnick-Deering Dealer Manon“ mm Comm m hWAve. m mm. we: ditionsi are quite favorable pond”, y», the most economical way of reseed- - ; ing an old alfalfa field is to plpr . up the old ’stand and reseed on 'a-J, ———~l cCormick - Deer-ing ' ‘ Corn Machines The wonderful efficiency of McCORMICK—DEERING Corn Machines has a great deal to do with 'making com the money crop it is. Save time, hard toil, costly labor charges, and com, by using this odern equipment: IVE to seven acres a day with a one-man outfit, and the one man does the work of a half dozen men with com knives. McCormick and Decring Corn Binders are light, strong, substantial, and of roller-bearing light draft. What is more, they do clean work, have ample adjustments for tall and short stand, pick up the down stalks, and they make neat, easy-handled bundles. Both the McCormick and Deering are equipped with a smooth-working bundle carrier and they can be fitted with wagon elevator, tongue truck, etc. These two binders have been standard for years. The McCormick binds the bundles verti- cally and the Deering binds them lying down. HERE silo filling is done with McCormick- Dcering skill and experience, a good, fast, and economical job is assured you. McCormick—Deering Ensilagc Cutters are designed on the simplest prin- ciples. They cut the corn to the desired lengths, do big—capacity work with maximum safety, and they stand the gaff year after year. They have been doing it for years, by the thousands. r Steel frame construction, with boiler-plate steel flywheels. The knives are on the flywheel, the elEvatin‘g is done in one operation, saving power. Built in five Siiés'fcapadties 3 to 25 tons per hour; power 6 to 25 h. p. McCormick-beefing Huskers and Shredders husking, note that these capable huskcrs roll sizes; for individual and custom work. Hit newly prepared seed bed—C, _ Bi, Megee, Associate Professor of Farm >, CropsyM. S. C. a ‘ RAPE FOR HOGS I would like to know about sow.- ing rape for hog pasture—how much to sow per acre and if best to be sown alone or with another grain—D. J., Armada, Mich. APE is usually sown alone at- the rate of from four to six pounds per acre. A few farmers' prefer to sow it with oats, however, experiments indicate that there is not a great deal of advantage in this practice. The Dwarf Essex variety should be used. Better results are fre- q'uently secured when the field is divided into two or three parts and these pastured alternately. If not pastured too heavily, rape will pro- vide pasture until late fall.-——C. R. Megee, Associate Professor of Farm Crops, Michigan State College. ‘ Alfalfa is the best material from which good dairy cows like to grind out profits. . . . Brood sows need exercise and should not be too fat. ‘ McCormick-Deering Corn Pickers 5 1 i . E . ! 3 l a i . i l \! ' 3 “all. . v 43.. r M?! , .‘~ . " ,.‘;-,. .3?“ .1»! f! {glassy/i -~ r .3 m... 1 a . 132/514 , If‘fi‘lfla “fifi‘l’efiifi i'crr'AP'rE'n f'xr g '7 ' , I. . " « A, Caller the -"first "of the month was ap- . e S . . preaching, Wassaquam had brOught . out}his household bills and budget to . Alan'that Linorning directly after break- fast. I The" accounts, vwhich cavered ve'x— pens alter the month just ending and a small amount of cash to be carried for the month beginning, were written upon a sheet of foolscap in neat unshaded writ- ing exactly like the models in a copybook —each‘letter formed as carefully and pre- cisely as is the work done upon on Indian basket. The statement accounted assur— ately for a sum of cash in hand upon the first of February, itemized charged ex- penses and totaled bills. For March VVas- saquam ‘evidently proposed a continuance of the establishment upon .the present lines To provide for that, and to furnish Alan with whatever sums he needed, Sherrill had made a considerable deposit in Alan's name in the bank where he car— ried his own account; and Alan had ac~ companied Sherrill to the bank to be intro— duced and had signed the necessary cards in order to check against the deposit; but, as yet, he had drawn nothing. s Alan had required barely half of the hundred dollars which Benjamin Corvet had sent to Blue Rapids, for his expenses in Chicago; and he had brought with him from “home” a hundred dollars of his own. He had used that for his personal expenses since. The amount which Was- saquam now desired to pay bills was much more than Alan had on hand; but that amount was also much less} than the eleven hundred dollars which the serv- ant listed as cash on hand. This, Wassa- quam stated, was in currency and kept by him. Benjamin always had had him keep that much in the house; VVassaquam would not touch that sum now for the current expenses. This sum of money kept inviolate troubled Alan. Constance Sherrill‘s state- ment that. for her family at least, to keep such a sum would have been unusual. in- creased this trouble; it did not, however, perclude the possibility that others than the Sherrills might keep such amounts on hand. ()n the first of the month, therefore Alan drew upon his new bank account to “'assaquam's order; and in the early afternoon “'assaquam went to the bank to cash his check one of the very few occasions when Alan had been left in the house alone; “'assaquam’s habit, it appeared. was to go about on the first of the month and pay the trades- men in person, Some two hours later, and before \Vas- saquam could have been expected back, Alan, in the room which had become his, was startled by a sound of heavy pound- ing, which came suddenly to him from a floor below. Shouts—heavy, thick, and unintelligibble—mingled with the pound- ing. He ran swiftly down the stairs, then on and down the service stairs into the basement. The door to the. house from the areaway was shaking to irreg- ular, heavy blows. heavy blows, which . stopped as Alan reached the lower hall- way; the shouts continued still a moment more. Now that the noise of pounding did not interfere, Alan could make out What the man was saying: “Ben Cor- vet!"—the name was {lll‘lllsl unintelli- gible—“Ben Corvet! :en 3" Then the shouts stopped too. Alan sped to the door and turned back the latch. The door bore back upon him, not from push, but from a weight which had fallen against it. A big, heavy man, with a rough cap and mackinaw coat, would have fallen upon the ilom‘, if Alan had not caught him. llis weight in Alan's arms was so dull, so inert that, it' violence had been his intention, there was noth- ing to be feared from him now. Alan looked up, therefore, to see it' any ()lit: had come with him. The alley and the street were, clear. The snow in the area»- way showed that the man had come to the door alone and with great difficulty; he had fallen once upon the walk. Alan dragged the man into the house and went back and-closed the door, He returned and looked at him. rI‘lu: man was like, very like the one whom Allen had followed from the house on the night when he was attacked; certainty that this, was the same man came quickly to him. He seized the big fellow again and dragged him up stairs and to the lounge in the library. The warmth rc- vived him; he sat up, coughing and breathing quickly and with a loud, rasp— ing wheeze. The smell of liquor was strong upon him; his clothes reeked with the unclean smell of: barrel houses. He was, or-had been, a very powerful man, broad and thick through with over- developed—almost distorting muscles in his shoulders; but his body had become fat and soft, his face was puffed, and his eyes watery and bright; his brown hair. which was shot all through with gray, was dirty and matted; he had three or four '(lays’ growth of beard. He was clothedas Alan had seen deck hands on the steamers attired; -he was not less than fifty, ‘Alan judged, though his con— dition made estimate dih‘icult. \\'hen he sat up and looked about, it_was plain that whiskey was only one of the forces Working upon him—theother was fever which burned up and sustained him inter- mittently. ,' , I ‘ ‘ “ "Lo!" he greeted 'Alan. “Where‘s fillet eminent hey? I .imew Ben vet. W‘s.«‘shei‘eg%1knévv“,lie ‘iyjas shere’ all "time. 'Course ’ he’s "sh'eré‘i= he" ‘g'dt t6" be " there. That’s shright. You go get ’im!” “Who are yo.u?’_’ Alan asked. “Say, who'r you? What t’hells syou doin’ here? Never see you before . . . go —go get Ben Corvet. Jus’ say Ben Cor- vet, Lu—luke’s shere. Ben Corvet’ll know Lu—luke all right, alwaysh, alwaysh knows me. . . ." “What's the matter‘ywith you?" Alan had drawn back but now went to the man again. The first idea that this might have'been merely some old sailor who had served, Benjamin Corvet or, per- haps, had been a comrade in the earlier days, had been banished ‘by the confident arrogance of the man’s tone—an arro- gance not to be explained, entirely, by whiskey or by the fever. “How long have you been this way?" Alan demanded. “Where did you come from?" He put his hand on the wrist; it was very hot and dry; the pulse was racing. irregular; at seconds it seemed to stop; for other seconds it was con- tinuous. The fellow coughed and bent forward. "What is it—pneumonia?” Alan tried .to straighten up. “Gi' me drink! .Go get Ben Cor- vet, I tell you! . . . Get Ben Corvet quick; Say—yous shear? You get me Ben Corvet; you better get Ben Corvet; you tell him Lu-luke's here; won't wait any more; goin’ t'have my money now . sright away, your shear? Kick me out s'loon; I guess not no more. Ben Corvet give me all money I want or I talk!" “Talk!” “Syou know it! I ain't goin'. . He choked up and tottered back; Alan, supporting him, laid him down and stayed beside him until his coughing and chok- ing ceased, and there was only the rat— tling. rasp of his breathing. \Vhen Alan spoke to him again, Luke's eyes opened, and he narrated recent experiences bit- n terly; all were blamed to Ben Corvet’s absence ; Luke, who had been drinking heavily a few nights before. had been thrown out when the saloon was closed; that was Ben (,‘orVet‘s fault; if Ben Cor— vet had been around. Luke would have had money, all the money any one want- ed; no one would have thrown out Luke then. Luke slept in the snow, all wet. When he arose. the saloon was open again. and he got more whiskey, but not enough to get him warm. He hadn't been warm since. That was Ben (‘orvet's fault. Ben Corvet better be 'round now; Luke wouldn't stand any more. Alan felt of the pulse again; he opened the coat and under-flannels and felt the heaving chest. He went to the hall and looked in the telephone directory. He remembered the name of the druggist on the corner of Clark Street and he tele~ phoned him, giving the number on Astor Street. “I want a doctor right away," he said. “Any good doctor; the one that you can get the quickest." The druggist promised that a physician would be there within a quarter of an hour. Alan went back to Luke, who was silent now except for the gasplof his breath; he did not answer when Alan spoke; to him, except to ask for whiskey. Alan. gazing down at him. felt that the man was dying; liquor and his fever had sustained him only to bring him to the door: now the Collapse had come: the doctor, even if he arrived very soon, could do no more than perhaps (le- lay the end. Alan went up-stail's and brought down blankets and put them over Luke; he cut tllc knotted laces of the soaked shoes and pulled them off; he also took off lllc mackinaw and the under— coat. The fi'ilth, appreciating that care. was being given him, relax‘cd; he slept. deeply for short periods. stirred and started up, then slept again. Alan stood watching, a strange, sinking tremor shak- ing him. This man had come there to 009mm: by ’Edwin Banner . make a claim—a claim which many times before, apparently, Benjamin Corvet had admitted. Luke came to Ben Corvet .for the money which he always got—all he wanted—the alternative to‘ giving which was that Luke would “talk.” Blackmail. that meant, of»course; rblackmail which not only Luke had told of, but which Wassaquam too had admitted, as Alan now realized. Money for blackmail—that was the reason for that thousand dollars in cash which Benjamin Corvet always, kept at the house. Alan turned, with a sudden shiver of revulsion, toward his father's chair in place before the hearth; there for hours each day his father had sat with a book or staring into the fire, always with what this man knew hanging over him, always armingagainst it with the thousand dol- lars ready for this man, whenever he came. Meeting blackmail, paying black- mail for as long as VVassaquam had been in the house, for as long as it took to make the once muscular, powerful figure of the sailor who threatened to “talk” into swollen, whiskey-soaked hulk of the man dying now on the lounge. For his state that day, the man blamed Benjamin Corvet. Alan, forcing himself to touch the swollen face, shuddered at' thought of the truth underlying that accusation. Benjamin Corvet’s act—what— ever it might be that this man knew—- undoubtedly had destroyed not only him who paid the blackmail but him who re- ceivcd'it; the effect of that act was still going on, destroying, blighting. Its threat of shame was not only against Benjamin Corvet; it threatened also all whose names must be connected with Corvct’s. Alan had refused to accept any stigma in his relationship with Corvet; but now he. could not refuse to aCCept it. This Scheme. threatened Alan; it threatened also the. Sherrills. lVas it not because of this that Benjamin Corvet had objected to Sherrill's name appearing with his own in the title of the ship-owning firm? And was it not because of this that Corvet’s intimacy with Sherrill and his comradship with Constance. had been alternated by times in which he had frankly avoided them both? What Sherrill had told Alan and even Corvot's gifts to him had not been able to make. Alan feel that without ques- tion Corvet was his father, but now shame. and horror were making him feel it; in horror at Corvet's act—whatever it might be—and in shame at Corvet’s cowardice. Alan was thinking of Benjamin Corvet as his father. This shame, this horror., were. his inheritance. I He left Luke and went to the. window to see. if the doctor was coming. He had called the doctor because in his first sight of Luke he— had not recognized that Luke was beyond the aid of doctors and because to summon a doctor under such circum- stances was the right thing to do; but he had thought of the (lOCtO‘ also as a wit- ness to anything Luke might say. But now did he want a witness? He had no thought of concealing anything for his own sake. or for his father's; but he would. at least, want the chance to de— tcrmine the circumstances under which it was to be made public. He hurried back to Luke. “What is it, Luke?" he cried to him. “What can you tell? Listen! Luke—«Luke, is it about the Miwaka tho Miwaka? Luke!" . Luke had sunk into a stupor; Alan shook him and shouted in his car without awakening response. As Alan straight— ened and stood hopelessly looking down at him, the telephone bell rang sharply. Thinking it might be something about the doctor, he. went to it and ansWt-red it. Constance Sherrill‘s voice. came to him; her first words made it clear that she was at home and had just came in. “The servants tell me some one “’35 'WHER'E OUR READERS LIVE Haven’t you a picture of your home or farm buildings that we can print under this heading? ictures print. Show the other members of The liusmess Farmer's large family where you live. are all right if the details show up well. Do not send us the negatives, Just a goo Kodak n i enjoy The Business Farmer. ‘— . - , ', ',_"0N THE WAMBAUGH.F‘AJBMI‘AT‘SHEIJBYV v ‘ ' “This is,.a pictum .of: our farm-heme,” writes Elmer Wambaugh, of Shelby. «we It takes first place among four farm papers coming ; to this address." lithink. ,9. on M . . a _ 3, William Macs"; and aim}.- Baimer a ' "lie ‘“ ’1' thing wrongthere? Hava .o discoy red something?" ‘ -' 2 L} ‘- r e ’ Shook excitedly while,- holding, his hand over the transmitter lest Luke “should ' break out again and she‘should hear-it, he ’wondered what he shOuld say, to-her. He could think. of nothing, in his excite- ment, which would reassure her and mere- ly put her off; he was not capable of con- trolling his voice so asto do that. “Please don’t ask me just now, Miss Sherrill," he managed. “I'll tell you what I can—later.” His reply, he recognized, only made‘ her more certain that there was something the matter, but he could not add any- thing to it. He found Luke, when he went back to him, still in coma; the blood- shot veins stood out against the ghastly grayness of his face, and his stertorous breathing sounded through the rooms. Constance Sherrill had come in a few moments- before from an afternoon re— ception; the servants told her at once that something was happening at Mr. Corvet’ss They heard shouts and had seen a man pounding upon the door there. but they had not taken it upon themselves to go over there. She had told the chauffeur to wait with the motor and had run at ' once to the telephone and called Alan; his attempt to put her off made her cer- tain that what had happened Was not finished but was still going on. Her anx— iety and the sense of their responsibility for Alan overrode at once all other thought. She told the servants to call her father at the office and tell him some- thing was wrong at Mr. Corvet’s; then she called her maid and hurried out to the motor. . "‘To Mr. Corvet’s—quickly!" she direct- ed. - Looking through the front doors of her car as it turned into Astor Street, she saw a young man, carrying a-doctor's case, run up the steps of Corvet’s house. This, quite reasonable since she had. just talked with Alan, added to her alarm; she put her hand on the catch of the door and opened it a little so as to be ready to leave the car as soon as it stopped. 'As the car drew to the curb, she sprang out, and stopped .only long enough to tell the chauffeur to be attentive and to wait ready to come into the house, if he was called. I The young man with the bag—Goth stance recognized him as a young doctor who was starting in practice in the neigh- borhood—was just being admitted asshe and her maid reached the steps. Alan stood holding the ,door open and yet block« ing the entrance when she came up. The sight of him told her that it ‘was hot physical hurt that happened to him. but his face showed her there had been basis for her fright. “You must not come in!” he denied her; but she followed the doctor so that Alan could not .close the door upon her. He yielded then, and she and her maid went on into the hall. ‘ v She started as she saw the figure upon the couch in the library, and as the sound of its heavy breathing reached her; and the wild fancy which had come to her when the servants had told her of what was going on—a fancy that Uncle Ben had come back was banished instantly. Alan. led her into the room across from the library. ‘ “You shouldn't have come in,” he said. "[‘shouldn‘t have let you in; but—you saw him.” “Do you know him ?" “Know him?" She shook her head. “I mean, you’ve never seen him before?" “N0” "His name is Luke he speaks of him- self by that name. Did you ever hear my father mention a man named Luke. ?” “No; never." \ Luke's voice cut suddenly their Cl_)ll\'vl'< V sation; the doctor him some stimulant. “\Vhere'sh Ben Corvet?” Luke demand- ed arrogantly of the doctor. “You go get Ben Corvet! Tell Ben I want a drink right away. Tell Ben Corvet I want my ihpusan’ dollar . . . !" FAConstance turned Syy'iftly' to her maid. ‘ lo out to the car and wait for me," she commanded. ' Luke's muffled, heavy voice went on; moments while he fought for breath in- terrupted it. "‘You hear me, you damn Injin‘?. Xou go tell Ben Corvet I want my thou- san' dollars, or I make it two nex' time! You hear me; you go tell Ben Corvet You let me go, you damn Injin!” . Through the doorway to the librarv they could see the doctor force Luke back upon the couch; Luke fought him furious— ly; then, suddenly as he had stirred to strength and fury, Luke. collapsed again. His voice went on a moment more, rapid- ly growing weaker: ‘ “You tell Ben Corvet I want my money, or I’ll tell. lie. knows what I'll tell. You don't know, you Injin dcvil. (lorvet knows, and [ know. To” him [11 tel] . . . I‘ll tell . . .I'll tell!" The. threatening voice stopped suddenly. ‘ Constance, very pale, again faced Alan. :‘Of course, I Aunderstand," she said. Uncle Benny has been paying blackmail to this man. For years, perhaps. . . .” She repeated the word after an instant, in‘afrightenéd voice, “Bli‘a'cléniail'l”2 ; “swank; you";;p~lea,-5e . 30, -.-Miss‘ ‘ Sherrill ?” probably had given Ben _. 4313;).- urgedj her, ,filggyyiasvxg‘ddd ofwyou» to 0.915116. a "at. you enlistees later noun-s {He‘s-- he s dyng, of course." ' (Continued in July 18th issue.) . “Na ta: ’ .‘ 4? ’éi Wt l ._ ftwenaagvsfisms‘iaw stams‘gg. TEXT: “If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as tho living in the world, do ye subject your- Colloslansjaz20-23. » -' ROM the first day that George Fox began to preach his doc- trine of the “inner light" and the; observance of all external or— dinances as useless formalism, the ordinances of orthodoxy have been openly on trial. And the Friends of our day with their war record of a bloodless social reform and a tire- less efiort in reconstruction, are ex» hibting to the world a religion that commands our. sincere respect, tho lacking some of the ordinaryrforms of sacramentalism. This is a scientific age; an age of invention. Many minds, today, are being brought to do some serious searching for the true philosophy of life. This common urge to a big er spiritual life is driving us to seek for sure foundations. This inquir- ing mood is brinig under scrutiny the sacraments of the church. Men are asking, “How do these ordinanc- es make me more spiritual?” “What have ordinances to do With a living religion and a personal communion with God?” Some have said that they have nothing to do with essen— tial religion. A leading churchman has throwu a certain age-long ordi- nance overboard. He holds it as non-essential. So, it seems, ortho- doxy is on trial. We are being ask— ed for a new and better apology for the things we practice. How vital to religion are ordinances? What general teaching have we in the New Testament on the test of the sacrament? Our text furnishes the touchstone for the Christian’s life. Now you know What a to‘lichstone is. It used to be used to test the quality of cer— tain metals. Let us use our text to test the quality of our religion. (Read all the verses.) “If ye died with Christ from the rudiments of the world.” Have you? No, this is no mere fine spinning of words; no mere figure of speech. Have you made the initial and absolute sur- render of yourself to Christ? Are you buried into his death away from the spirit of the world? Does this burial law play in your heart daily? When you entered this death door did you close against you the door of envy, pride, lust, and all worldli- ness? When we die with Christ, we come out of exile and desert wan- ‘dering into the citizenship of heav- en. We are in the world, but not of it. The simple truth of this mat- ter is, that when we live the life that is Christ, we get so far away from the externals of the world that the change is comparable unto a death. Yesterday John was clear-eyed, vital, and going strong. 'l‘oday folks are viewing a different John. Yes- terday ambition filled his mind and terest him no more. What has made love his heart. Today he doesn’t care. The things of the world in- the difference? Death. Why is a man of seventy dead to the follies of his youth? He is separated from them. They attract no more. Sim- ilarly, selfish 4 purposes and vain pursuits dose their interest, when through faith, we identify ourselves with the bruised life and sacrificial death of our Savior. In such surren— dered attitude to the spirit and airs of Christ, we have rewarding life. Then why subject ourselves to ordinances to find life? Clearly, the author is speaking of the ordinances of men’s institution. Such forms were being observed in the prevail- ing church of Paul’s day. But these were taken away by Christ. There- .fore comes the injunction to “Han— dle not, nor taste, nor touch." The ordinances of "man are not vita], After all, what can any of us do but to tinker around with the sur- face of things? Men have had to do with fixing up a rfiigion that is out- ward, and presumably attractive to look at. But Christ’s work is 'to make religion inward; to build up the hidden man of the heart, ' knowing that, the outside. will come alright. 'How silly and- whoa-a waste of energy to stick Rambo apples on ' RIAN- SERMON- By/ ‘ a». ,. l, a thorn-apple tree! As the tree is, so will be the fruit. One does not have to go out on the street or pa- rade grounds to see the merely su- perficial in life. There is plenty of it in religion. You will find some of itin the pew next Sunday morning. How destructive to spiritual pro— gress! “Christianity is not a reli- gion of rules but of principles.” “Love is the fulfilling of the law.” This principle works from the in- side to the outside. It cleanses first the inside of the cup and platter. The error that Saint Paul is warning against is a religion that begins on the outside and stays on the outside to keep it burnished and. bright.‘ Does the sacramentarian have this kind of religion? What kind of religion does your. church have? Well, some ordinances “perish with the using”. Certainly, it is not very becoming for those who have died with Christ, to emphasize perishable things. We need to cul— tivate the heart graces that grow with the using. But again, which sacraments are true and which are false? How are we to test the quality of a sacra- ment? Worthless sacraments are those that have no value against the indulgence of the flesh. True sa- craments have sin—destroying power. What good is any ordinance that does not set free within you the spirit of Christ and so subdue the lusts of the flesh? Some ordinances may “have a show of wisdom in wil—worship.” Paul says that you make a great show of your religion. You look exceedingly zealous and devout; but a close inspection reveals that you are only indulging your own wills in a vain desire for a popular church, rather than yielding to the will of Christ in behalf of an unpop- ular religion. ' “Not mine own will but thine be done”, said the Christ. A yielding to the Inner Light thru faith is yet the measure of true re— ligion. “And humility.” Which is the more humble, ce emony or deed? Some slum sister, found the man lying helpless in a dark, ill-smelling roo min an old, rickety, tenement building. He was vile and full of vermin. His feet were covered with sores. These they washed and dress- ed regularly, until one day when they returned he says to them, “0 sisters, I have been a big, black, Vile sinner, and I hated yer when yer first came; but when yer touch- ed my feet I wondered at the love that could make yer do that. Now, I am dying, I am going straight to heaven, I am going to Jesus, and I am going to tell him What yer did for me, how yer washed my feet. And I am going to watch for yer when ye come, and I am going to meet yer at the gate and lead you through heaven and take yer straight to Jesus and say, ‘Lord, here are the sisters that washed my feet’." Only a block away, some other and well-dressed 'women were receiving communion from a silver tray in a richly—appointed church. They did not. know of the awful phy- sical and soul need almost under the eves of their costly edifice. And Why didn’t they? And which group of sisters was the more humble? “The devil’s darling vice is the pride that apes humility.” One who knows only the humility of a sa- crament is not humble at all. He is “vainly puffed up in his fleshly mind.” It is just inflated humility; is but skin deep and is easily punc- tured. But let us have the final word. Debate stops when results are pro- duced.- Only the sacrament that holds us close to the heart of the Father on the one hand and close to the need of man on the other, is helpful. But, let us remember that ‘ it is the latter that the world is de- manding. We areto prove our reli— gion by our works. Do nnt neglect 'the'sacrament that will enable you to¢bind the, strong man within and give you strength to serve the weak man without; final. test is true and I A Promise Fulfilled Last year, 709,200 carloads of products of the soil were hauled by New York Central Lines into the world’s richest market. These cars would make up a train 5,300 miles long. During 1924, also, 25,040 new freight cars were put into service by New York Central Lines—involving an expenditure of millions of dollars for better service. The New York Central program for taking care of the greater trailic demands of the com- ing years, inaugurated immediately after the end of Federal control, is steadily going on. {LINES New max“ CENTRAL LINEE‘ .80sz G'ALBANY- MICHIGAN CENTRAL-BIG roan ~ rrrrsnuncu emails, AND. THE NEW YORK CENTRAL AND sussmmnr LINES Agricultural Relations Department Offices New York Central Station, Rochester, N. Y. La Sallc St. Station, Chicago, H1. 466 Lexington Ave., New York. N. Y. W Michigan Central Station, Detroit, Mich. 68 East Gay St, Columbus, Ohio. — The Auto-oiled Aermotor has behind it 9 neINnMILL with aRECORD years of wonderful success. It is not an experiment. The Auto-oiled Aermotor is the Gen- uine Self-Oiling Windmill,with every moving part fully and constantly oiled. Oil anAermotor once a year and it is always oiled. It never makes a squeak. The double gears run in oil in a tightly enclosed gear case. They are always flooded with oil and are protected from dust and sleet. The Auto-oiled Aermotor is so thoroughlyoiled that it runs in the slightest breeze. It gives more service for the money invested than any other piece of machinery on the farm. You do not have to experiment to get a windmill that will run a year with one oiling. The Auto-oiled Aermotor is a tried and perfected machine. Our large factory and our superior equipment enable us to produce economically and accurately. Every purchaser of anAermotor gets the benefit from quantity production. The Aermotor is made by a responsible company which has specialized in steel windmills for 36 years. AERMOTOR C0. £21153: City Bflzmus 3mg“ . Clear The Pores? ‘ Of Impurities With Cuticura Soap - Soup, Ointmenl. Talcurn sold everywhere. g... .-. -l...xo»_. 4 Dewberry Plants. 4 for 25¢; 25 for $1.00. 12 ano Vines for 81.00; 3. Patch Trees, 81.00: Hollyhock need, 100 vac IAISHALL VINEYARD. Paw Paw... Illchlun. C E P A II A ‘I' 0 8 Guaranteed ‘ ‘ —-—-— New, Low. lacy-Pop 2 ~ so 03,. Plan. Full year to pay. at".‘ ! Unmatched for skimming. only turning and cleaning. Old Separator. Taken In Exohlnfo. Shipped from Chicago and many other points. Write for free catalog and low prices. AMERICAN SEPARATOII 00. Box 20-A lelnbrldgo, N. Y. was" wnmuo To scurrilous flue: & nunou TH! IMHIOAI'IUOIIIOI nun-in 31% V, w 3.- . .335, "rtf. . .331 v r ":54 A, A r we “Q a 2~sme » , "w . ‘r SATURDAY, JULY. '4. 1925 Edited and Published M "K RURAL PUBLISHING OMAN OIORIII I. BLOOUI. mm -II.. clement. mm » _ DETROIT OFFICE—1308 Kresge Buildinl' awflunted in New York, 0w. 8%. Louis "and Minneapolil M The Stockman-Business Farmer Trio. Hell-her fol Altimltunl Publishers Association lumber of Audit Bureau of Circulations It. in m / Editor I.’ V. In. I ..... -. o .. l Edito w. 9 Market Editor “3‘; :33?“ n \r’arner ................................... Hamill: '01:! “231.2: or .. _ on n iron on our! F. ngkinsil. ..................................... .. nt Supeflntend ‘ Published II-Weekly all YEAR 600. TWO YEARS 31. FIVI VIII. ’2. The date following your name on _tbe address label Chev" when your -su cription expires. In renewm kindly send this label to avmd mstakes. Remit by check. draf , money—order or registered etter: stamps and currency are at your risk. We acknowledu by first-class mail every dollar received. I Advenlslng Rates: 45c per agte line. 14 lines to the column ch lines to the page. F t ra . , Live Stock and Auction 8an Advertlslng: We offer special low rates to reputable breeders of live stock and poultry; wnte “l- RELIABLE ADVERTISERS We will not knowingly a the advertising of any person or firm who we do not believe to be thoroughly honest and reliable. Should any reader have any cause for complaint against any ad- vertiser in these columns, the publisher would a to an im- mediate letter bringing all facts to light. In ey case when : "I saw your advertisement in The Mic gnu Busmeu It will guarantee honest dealing. "The Farm Paper of Service" writing say Farmer l" PROFIT MADE ON LAST YEAR’S CROPS ‘CCORDING to the U. S. Department of Agri- culture, wheat, corn and oats were profit- able crops to raise last year. Figures cov~ ering the average cost of producing these three grains were recently released by the Department and they are worth studying. The report issued on wheat showed an average gross cost of $23.57 per acre. The credit for straw Was $1.69 per acre, leaving an average net cost of $21.88 or $1.22 per bushel, the average production being 18 bushels to the eerie. Pre- paration of the seed bed, planting, harvesting, threshing, marketing cost $10.43 per acre; fer- tilizer and manure $2.56; seed $1.97; land rent $6.19, and miscollaneous items such as sacks, twine, crop insurance, use of implements and storage buildings, and general overhead $2.42. The average gross cost of producing an acre of corn was $26.20. There was a credit of $2.43 for stover, making the net cost of production $23.77 per acre or 82 cents per bushel for a yield of 38 bushels per acre. $13.61 of the total cost was for preparing the seed bed, planting, cultivating, harvesting and marketing; fertilizer and mandre took $3.94; seed 46 cents; land rent $5.97, and miscellaneous items such as twine, crop insurance, use of implements, use of stor- age buildings and a charge for general farm overhead expense $2.22. Oats showed an average gross cost per acre of $20.94, a credit of $2.01 for straw, and a net cost, of $18.93 per acre. The average yield was 26 bushels, making an average net cost per bush— el of 50 cents. Man and horse labor for pre- paring the seed bed, planting, harvesting, thresh- ing and marketing took $10.12 per acre; fertil- izer and manure, $1.50; seed $1.49; land rent $5.47, and sacks, twine, crop insurance, use of implements and storage buildings and general overhead $2.36. These figures should prove helpful in market— ing the 1925 crops because cost of production will not show much variation, we believe. SUGAR TARIFF T0 STAND RESIDENT COOLIDGE made a wise decision recently when he declared there would be no reduction of the sugar tariff, because if the reduction of one-half cent went into effect many sugar beet growers of America would have turned to some other crop. Michigan is One state where other crops would have been grown as the price would have been too low for growers in this state to compete with the Cuban planter. Nearly a year ago a movement was started to lower the tariff on sugar. This movement was backed by Cuban planters, Wall Street and the sugar trust, according to reports, and at that time three members of the Tariff board recom-‘ mended to the President that the duty on sugar be lowered. We published an article protesting any reduction and farm organizations all over the country, came out with statements urging that the present duty be retained. After study— ing the problem for nearly a year the President has announced there will be no change. - “The American farmer receives advice on every hand to diversify his crops,” said President Coolidge, in rendering his decision, “He pro- 4 coeds to do so by going in for sugar beet cul- "lure, protected from competitive impact of cheap by a misiqu '01 13504.09!”- e. 4 ‘ try. u .make it a success, they “let George do it.” pena- ' the national flood supply. The farmer is. entitled to share with manufacturer direct benefits under our national policy of‘ protecting domestic indus- It is too bad that the decision could not have been made before planting time so that the beet growers could have, put in their crop knowing that they were to be protected. In a normal year it would have made some difference in the acreage, but on account of the late springrmany farmers were obliged to hold up much of their planting so long this year that they turned to beets and beans. I For this reason the acreage is reported to be normal or above. However, there~ are many growers, no doubt, who would have put in a larger number’ of acres if they had known just what President Co—olidge’s decision would be. RIGHT VIEW OF COOPERATION “ HERE is a group of theorists working under the banner of cooperation which is not rep- resentative of the rank and file of the co- operators,“ declared Prof. J. T. Horner, market- ing specialist of the M. S. 0., speaking before the membersiof the Michigan Bankers' Association recently. “Members of this group hope to gain control of the markets, fix prices and monopolize the products of the farm. The things these men favor should not be called, cooperation. It should be called combination.” We believe Prof. Horner has hitsthe nail on the head. But the theorists work so well under cover that it is difficult to detect them from the true cooperators. “There need be no fear, however, that agricul- ture will ever be a monopoly," he continued. “Cooperation in agriculture will never menace the interest of consumers; but guided by far- reaching men with a sense of justice, it will bring real benefits to the country as a whole.” All the farmer wants is cost of production plus a reasonable profit. Cooperation should bring that about. There is considerable dissatisfaction with rural cooperative movements at present but we believe that this is due many times to the fact that the members of an association fail to realize that they are the association, and, in- stead of getting behind the proposition to help The success of a business does not end with the fi- nancing, and neither does the payment of dues end one’s obligations toward the success of their cooperative association. Partners in a private business must work together to make it a suc— cess, the same rule applies to cooperative associ— ations. A GREAT MAN 0 matter what our politics may be we must admit that this nation lost one of its great- est statesmen when death, the grim repear, overtook Senator Robert M. LaFollette, of Wis- consin. Republican and Democrat alike had the greatest of respect for “Fighting Bob” because first of all he was a man, a man in every way who scorned to do anything that was wrong. Senator Woodbridge N. Ferris expressed the feelings of the country when he said, “In the death of Senator LaFollette this country has suffered a calamity. He was a political giant who fought early and late for human justice. There was only one Bob LaFollette. The par- ticular place he occupied cannot be filled by any American. He was a radical of radicals. No one entertained a doubt as to where he stood on any question of state. He was fearless, con— scientious and humane and his life of struggles and victory will be an inspiration to the youth of America." Concord Hymn By Ralph ‘Valdo Emerson By the rude bridge thaturcbed the flood. Their In; to April’s breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And Irod the shot heard round the world. The too long since In silence slept; Alike tie conqueror sleeps; And time. the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream that seaward creeps. 0n the green bank, by this soft stream, ‘ We set to-dny a votive stone; ' rl That memory may their dead redeem, When like our» sires, our none are (one. Spirit that III-lo these heme (Into - To die and leave their children free. . Bid time and natnne tenth we, , , .‘rnerhottwe ‘tothoninnd‘thee.’_ I I onegm‘ out”! o 5W1 be saving to the farmer-a. semen: potatoes, hay and beans. . potato shippers will save about" $75,000 a. year. " hay shippers about Sal-0,000, and. bean shippers k4- Statisticians state that: 3 about $40,000, and although. the, farmers'may {a not actually pay in cash the freight, it all comes ' . out of] him in the long run and hevwill get the ' main benefit from the out. p .- ‘ ' sums namo . OW is your radio working? Are you getting full benefit from it during the summer 0 or are you one of the kind‘that puts it away and never touches it till fall? If you belong in the latter class you should change at once be- cause you are missing some fine programs. Time was 'when broadcasting stations either discon- tinued operations or shortened their programs during the summer but those days are gone. Many of the best stations have increased their , sending power to overcome condition in the sum— , mer and they are broadcasting programs that. are even superior to the ones we receive during f the winter; Other stations are joined together 5 and broadcasting high ’class programs from a' leading station, and the best talent in the coun— ; try goes “on the air" the stations dividing the expenses. Market infortnatiou is sent out regu— ! larly from leading stations because it is realized that the farmer needs to know more about his ’ markets during the summer than he does in win- ter. Use your radio this summer. CORN KNEE HIGH BY THE FOURTH NE of our Eaton county subscribers writes that their corn will stand better than knee high by the Fourth of July. We think that much of the corn on Michigan farms will be that high in spite of the backward spring. The drought hindered its growth atfirst but general rains after the first week in Juneihelped it make up for lost time. With a favorable fall we ex- pect a bountiful harvest and gdod prices. DRILLING FOR OIL :HERE has not been one year since oil was discovered that a well has: not been drilled in Michigan, we will wager, and so far no real producers have been found. There are mil— lions of dollars' worth of oil deposits, in Michis gan, according to the geologists, but a 10-‘barrel- a—day well is the best that has been found. The geological structure of Michigan is wrong to produce a gusher, say these experts. It is op— posite to the formation of the high producing oil districts. Nevertheless; new wells are being drilled every year. In Tuscola county a group of farmers and business men are the latest to try to tap the oil supply in Mother Earth, and they are so sure that they can find a well that will make big money that they are prepared to spend $25,000. Experts say it is a 100-to-1 shot that oil will be discovered in paying quantities. “Hope springs eternal." YOUR LAST DAY ON EARTH WELL-KNOWN writer sent the following ' question to a number of his friends, asking that they reply to it: "What would you do if you knew this was your last day?" A very successful banker replied as follows: “What would I do if I knew this was my last day? I don’t know exactly how I would spend it, but I certainly would not spend it making peace with God for I believe I have already done that, and if I had not already done so I believe the time then would be far too short. “As to making arrangements for my business affairs—I have sufiicient life insurance to take care of all my obligations, and my wife is such a good farmer that I think she could make a liv- ing for herself. ’ “My two boys are grown. The oldest one was graduated from Princeton a year ago and is now with a New York bank and- has a better job than I have; the other one» is playing lacrosse and football at the University of Virginia. I don‘t know whether he is ever going toget his busi- ness “ training or not, however, he is “six feet three. and weighs 300 pounds, so I don't think I should" worry about how he is going to get, along. - ~ ‘ .“I believe if I knew that this was mylast day on earth. I would close down my desk and go out to look for those friends whom'l' like best and we ' would have our last partygan'd :I think we would make it a pluralism. not . . r . What. Would you do ya ; ,, .f It“ ff?" at - a» V' w . . < . . .h l ’ Michigan State College. _ ' June 21 it“; an: , “M ‘g r‘ ‘ Two ma lives approach- ‘ 1 ed bra yam-Infill who claimed to be collecting postage for bulletins l which verb to”'bo sent out from the Michigan State College during the next year. I was under the impres- sion that bulletins were sent out from the college free to any farm- ers, requesting them. Is it possible that I am wrong?" F any of you are approached by I' a young man working such ’a proposition you would be doing a service to the state of Michigan if you would turn him over to the police because he is defrauding the public. . - -Postage is prepaid on all agricul- tural bulletins sent out from the In many cases the material is carried free of postage under the government’s “frank”._ - I We have a letter from Mr. J. B. Hasselman, SupervisOr of Publica- tions at the M. S. C. and he, advises "If any one is approaching farmers of this state with a proposition to collect postage on bulletins from this college, he is working entirely without authority and must be con- sidered as a fraud." If he happens your way, phone to the sheriff! ‘ INTERNATIONAL REDEMPTION BUREAU I!) have received. several letters during the past two or three months and the majority of them read somewhat along the line of the following: "About the first of the year I sent the International Redemption Bu— reau of Detroit fifty trading cards given me for trading at a local gro— cery store, together with twenty cents postage asking for six tea- spoons. Not hearing from them I wrote them again and have heard nothing from them yet.” It seems that the International Redemption Bureau of Detroit had its agents circulate through Michi- gan soliciting the merchants in the, small towns. Their proposition was to sell the merchant a quantity of small trading cards, and he was to give one card with each twenty—five cent purchase. On one side of the card was to be his name and busi-. ness while on the other side was a list of “Genuine Rogers Tableware Free" and the information on the back of the card was: “It is understood that redemption is conditional upon dealer comply- ing with his contract upon the hold- er having received same in the regu- lar and ordinary course of trading and enclosing five cents postage, packing and silver tax for each fif- teen cards." For fifty cards the customer was ‘to receive six teaspoons; thirty cards one tablespoon or one table fork; forty-five cards, a sugar shell; sixty cards, a bptter knife or table knife and the cards and letter were to be mailed to the International Redemption Bureau, 2905 Third Ave, Detroit, Michigan. Many of the merchants thought it was a mighty good proposition to bring trade and as the-cost of them was not very high they accepted ‘he oiler in good faith. Soon some of the customers had enough cards to secure whatever silverware they de- sired and sent in the cards with a letter and the additional money for postage, packing and silver tax. e The Furnace of this department is N "1° tee; our whether: from fraudulent doefinlll or unfair treatment by persons or concel‘m at e gist-nee. ’ k. n every use we will do our beet to m! e mist-cur! «moment or {me action. for which no chem for our services wlll ever be merit. urovldlng: 1.—-The claim I: made I a id—u rub- les-loch to Tho-limos» Fol-Inc:y . p. . P 2.—1'he claim Is not men than c moo. old. 8.—The clelm in. not local or between new pic within any distance of one another. These should be eetflod at first had and not dammed by mail. > Address all letters. olvln full particulars. «0.. enclo no also your ado o! e [nut her; Io: amount». dun, done hbei from the front cover ‘0 Move this you are e polo-up 3 TH! BUNK-:38 FWIR. Collection , g), ‘- Olomnl..llah. 4 ' also" endin ‘ .............. n,~«o....... .-.( "shit-.917.” .. Th a. couple of weeks and the silverware had. not put in an appearance as they either wrote to the conipany again or took the mat- ter upwith their merchants and the merchants wrote to, the company but they received no reply. Then several of the subscribers of Tm: BUSINESS FAnMER who had been. vic- timized took the matter up with us and We immediately got busy. Our first letter brought no reply and our second letter, sent by registered mail, Was returned to us with the notation, f‘Moved, left no address.” MAGAZINE SOLICITOR MIS- REPRESENTS NE of our subscribers has ad- vised us that in March of this year he was approached by a man who said he was an agent for the magazine “Automobile Dealer and Repairer” and the man made him a special ofler on a year’s sub- scription to the magazine, advis- ing him it would only cost him nine- ty-eight cents a year. He paid the ninety-eight cents and received a receipt for his money. After wait— ing about a month he wrote to the company publishing the magazine and got no reply so he wrote in de- tail to us regarding the matter. We in turn wrote to the Circulation De- partment of the “Automobile Dealer and Repairer” and the treasurer of the company replied as follows: “We never received this subscrip- tion. Have no authorized agent in Michigan. The price of “Automo- bile Dealer and Repairer” was two dollars a year, not ninety—eight cents. Publication was suspended in September 1924. I am afraid your subscriber has been a victim with about two hundred others of crooks who flood the country every year at ‘Show time’." The moral of this story is, insist that an agent show his credentials before you pay him any money. WEAK LUNGS F you are a victim of tuberculo— I sis consult a good physician. Do not allow a cleverly worded advertisement to convince you otherwise. There always have been and always will be companies ad- vertising concoctions supposed to cure tuberculosis, and some people become their victims before they are put out of business. In some in- stances this “cure” is sold by treat- ments and in other instance by bot— tle and, in cases we have heard of, the price ranges from $5 to $75 for treatments, from 600 to $6 a bottle. None of this stuff is bene— ficial in any way and one should steer clear of it. KNITTING MACHINES .“Can one depend on these knit— ting machines doing what the com- panies promise?" E have published several col- umns of matter about these knitting machines that are sold to the public today. Some of the information we published was given to us by subscribers who had oper— ated the machines very satisfactor- ily and were well pleased while others wrote that it was impossible for them to operate the machines so as to do satifactory work. The conclusions we have drawn are that the machines will undoubt— edly do at least a large amount of {the work as specified by the com— panies but the average person is not enough of a mechanic to operate them satisfactorily. We dare say that there are several machines owned by subscribers of THE BUSI- NESS FARMER cast to one side that any one could purchase for a song because the owners. have never been able to operate them. If you are mechanically inclined and think that you could operate the machines perhaps you would find the work profitable but I would suggest that you do not buy the machine depending on the company to furnish you with a market for all your knit goods. It is much pre-~ ‘ .ferable to have a market of your own that you know you can depend .03. ' enclosing one dollar to‘ renew‘my entities best farm on; " SEW, w r , per in' -Mtchigan.—C._‘J. VS”. Columbiaville. Mich. T \ |Illlillll|llIlllllllllllllllillillllilllllIllllllllllllllllllillIllllllllllllllIllllllllllllllllllllIlllllilHl!iillliiii!‘ ‘2,,HilililiilllillllllllfllllilllllllIllllliilllllilillllllllIllillllli Plan, now, a competence for your declining years; the first mortgage bonds we issue will earn your future Comfort. They are a "safety anchor” for the farmer. Write for Booklet, “How to Analyze a First Mortgage Real Estate Bond Issue." :._ . y. ., ‘ . some. r as: , Tax Free in Michigan Normal Income Tax Up to 2% Paid by Borrower 61/2% Federal Bond 89’ Mortgage Company (1448) FEDERAL BOND & MORTGAGE BUILDING, DETROIT WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS PLEASE MENTION V THE BUSINESS FARMER V,’ gllliliillilillillllllilllllllllllllfl|llll|illlllilllilllllillllliilllIIIIII|l|Illlllillllilllllllllillllllllllllillll|lllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllli ‘ 1&3. '. lllll Vacation Telephone Hmts Let Long Distance help you take your vacation. It will keep you in touch with home or business. Tele- phone ahead to friends and to make reservations at hotel or garage. i” nix . Ure LongDm‘ance—It I: C armament diza/Ecanomzcaz MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE CO. ’-“WillillifliliillfllilllillllllllillillilllillillllllifllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllliilllllllllilllIllllllllilllllllliilllllllllIlllllllllIlllllllllllllllllllillllll . b"; ¢. ‘7 firm, ~«it'sl‘t'lh'’g :my 3 Uncle V 1 . , mpg-lure. 3956i? I}on ed, . Downion the farm, Away'._from the npisy city, Away from sin and harm. Where you get pancakes for breakfast, And maple syrup too. Ham and nice brown gravy, And you eat until you’re through. Then there’s real cream for yOur coffee, Butter, nice and sweet, Pumpkin pie and fried cakes, And cookies, all you can eat. Gee’ it’s fun to gather the hens‘ eggs, To me it’s a great treat, I climb upon the hay mow, And on the stacks of wheat. One night I dropped my pail of eggs, Climbing off the stack, I looked at every one of them But couldn’t find a crack. Uncle lets me drive his horses, One is black and one is brown, I couldn’t have half this fun, If I had stayed in town. Soon a letter came from mother, Saying. “Lad be on- your way”, I know exactly what she means, For school starts right away. PICNIC TIME ICNIC time is here. Why not P pack the family luncheon or supper in a kit and follow the heart’s desire to get out where one may find new interests? In camp cookery the first consid- eration is the right choice of equip- ment and food supplies to be taken. The first requisite is lightness and all unnecessary utensils and supplies should be eliminated. Very neat cooking outfits for parties may be purchased, but such equipment is not necessary to bring happiness to the family group. If one does not wish to build a fire, one should carry a portable stove which burns alcohol or gasoline. It is wise to divide the work for there is more joy when all participate in getting the meal. Variety in the menu .is needed at this time as well as at home. The following are some suggested menus which may be pur- chased in a short time: 1. Fried bacon and eggs, lettuce and tomato salad, sandwiches, cofiee, fresh fruit as apples, oranges, or berries. 2. Broiled steak, boiled potatoes, lettuce and cream cheese sandwiches, canned fruit, cookies, coffee or milk. 3. Fried fish, baked potatoes, cornmeal mush, cucumber and radish salad, sandwiches, stuffed dates, and coffee. 4. Fried hamburg cakes, whole wheat bread and butter, potato, onion and green pepper salad, sponge cake, oranges, tea. NADIING THE BABY JUST thought I would say a few 1 words, seeing I am one of such a big family. I really appreci- ate the M. B. F. \Vhat I wish to say is this, is there anything that makes a muddle of things as much as does the naming of a son after his father? I have had this experi- ence and I would say to all young mothers, “don’t do it”, you will re— gret it very much in after years. Give a boy his own name, he is entitled to that much at least, and let him live his own life. Do not saddle him with another man’s out- fit. There are no two people on earth who look exactly alike, no two who think exactly alike, so why should they be named alike? It is one' of the biggest mistakes ever made, as it lasts a lifetime, and the longer we live the harder the prob- lem. Think it over and don’t do it.—Mrs. C. Berry, Livingston Co. CHERRIES AND MILK NOT , DEADLY TO MAN “ LESS you. have a freakish ' Astomach there is no reason Why you can’t eat grapefruit or cherries and milk at the same meal, and unless you can kill your- self by thinking, fish and milk will do no more harm than potatoes and bread at the same meal.” That is what certain nutrition ex— tension specialists say about the cur— rent fables of. food combinations they hear in their work. They be— lieve such food fallacies are pre— venting some persons from eating some wholesome fruits and vege- tables. . .v , “Ideas'about certain't'abad food combinations seem to ‘grow up' in Allepmmen - 3 ‘» regular duties. in the world to live and raise a family. Of course it will cost you a little money but the benefits will more than offset thecost, so be- gin planinng vacation now. address letters: e Form- for. Edited'by MRS. eNNIE TAYLOR DEAR FOLKS: Are you planning a vacatiOn this, summer—a week or so away from the routine of the farm? , You owe it not only to yourself but to your family to take a. vacation every year; ‘ and not only you but everyone who works with you will benefit by it. The old saying is, ‘,‘All work and’ no play makes Jack'a dull boy," and I do not knowof any saying that has more truth in it. the farm is as interesting as any V occupation that you could take up but there are times when ydu would like to even get away from all work and if one could look forward to a vacation even though it may be brief one, the days would seem brighter. band should plan a trip during :the hot days this summer and if the children are not large enough to leave at home to do the chores you should get a neighbor to take charge while you are away. band feels that he cannot get away at the’same time that you do, do not give up your vacation but make a visit to a city where you have friends or relatives and spend a week or so away from yOur You will come back refreshed physically and men- tally and content that the farm is really the most satisfactory place A7714” Mrs. Annle Taylor. care Tho Buslnoss Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Michigan. t; Horde W ms Work about - - You and hus- If bus- 2 different localities,” say these spe— cialists. “For instance. at one meeting some woman will say she never eats grapefruit and milk at the same meal because the milk curdles in her stomach. Of course the milk curdles in her stomach. It would curdle if she didn’t eat the grapefruit or cherries or,any other acid fruit, for there is a ferment in the stomach that curdles milk, and besides, the gastric juice itself is acid. “Some person at another meeting will maintain that fish and milk should never be eaten together. As far as we have been able to de- termine no one ever died from eat- ing this combination and only a person who‘could kill himself by thinking would suffer any serious injury. “Fish and milk are similar foods and permit of no variety in them- selves, but there is no more danger of digestive trouble from'eating this combination than from eating bread and potatoes at the same meal.” SIMPLE MEALS GOOD FOR WARM WEATHER IMPLER meals in the are less work and are to be better for the family’s health. Natural foods do not dis- turb digestive systems so much as the complicated mixtures sometimes used. The state college of home econo- mics, Ithaca, N. Y., suggests salads for the main dish for summer lunch— eons or suppers. Crisp lettuce or cress, tender cabbage leaves, or other greens may be used as a foun- dation. Meat and vegetable com- binations need no other accompani- ment than some‘kind of bread or rolls, with a cooling drink and light dessert. A cream soup may be the main course, with a fruit salad in place of dessert. Vegetable salads may be accompanied by cold meats, nuts, or cheese to give more body. Such m’ealsare hearty enough, are simple to prepare, and plenty of summer also apt summer fruits and vegetables help“ the housewife furnish variety. A Screened Closet Keeps Flies From Food ‘T any time of the year it is A important to protect food from flying dust in the kitchen, pan- try, or wherever it may be stored, but after the fly season begins it is dangerous not to provide some con— venient way of preventing flies from alighting on food, either in the course of preparation, one meal and the next. Cooked dishes waiting to be cooled'before being put in the refrigerator, and warm food left after a meal, to be stored later in the ice box, can best be cared for by putting them into a sreened food chest like the one i1— lustrated. Such a closet, placed on a porch near the kitchen or in some other place where there is a good of air, circulation will protect the or between - food from contamination by flies or mice, and the legs can also be con- structed, when necessary, so that ants could not get into it. In hot weather it is not recommended that foods liable to spoil be stored any where but in the refrigerator; but one may have need to cool a pud- ding or cake, or to set aside odds and ends of vegetables for Short periods of time until they are cool enough to put in the icebox. In winter, and during part of the spring and fall in northern climates, a capacious screened closet, well ventilated, enables one to do with- out ice. ‘The screened chest shown was homemade. Ordinary window screen- ing was used. A cupboard for protecting food, made of window .screen wire and used in a large: If your husband hasn't time to make it ‘do it yourself. but lit‘tlo skill and the cost would be small. pantry. It 'would re.qu_i,re‘ :neweaiur . _ ,. . .. _1oan be cooked in.-_a.."'iireless cooker, \ andthis saves fuel and labor. as ’6. t it, .L The ‘main part of the meal can be pre- pared before the heat of the day and then put out of mind until the time to eat. ’An egg or cheese dish may take the 'place of meat. It »vegetables are not cooked with the- main dish, one.or- two, not including potatoes or rice,. should be included in the meal, served with the meat or as a salad. C‘ut'up fruit, 3. fruit Shortcake, or a simple pudding make sensible desserts. " Personal Column “’ants Song.—I"always read your page through and see many helpful things in it and was wondering if you could help me out. I Want to get the song “The Prison- er’s Song.” I know the first verse, but 'no more, and I would appreciate it very much if some reader would send me the complete song or tell me where I can get it.—«Mrs. Conrad Wehnes, Eldorado, Mich. Stalks of Peony Rot—I had a peony about five years which bloomedIthe last three years. It is of the dark red, frag— rant variety and in full bloom about June lst. It is one of the most beautiful sights when in Moom and it is very frag- rant. This spring it appeared nicer than ever then I noticed the small stalks wilt and upon examination I found them rotted just below the surface. I pulled them out, dug in a few inches to see if it was worm cutting in but found none. A few days later the larger stalks began to wilt and one by one began to rot off. I am afraid of losing my peony as it is. It is large enough to make four or five plants and if transplanting would save it I would do so, but unless I am advised by some one who Would know what is best I would not transplant it. It is planted on sandy loam and has shown no defects until this spring—F. T., Bay City, ’Mich. ———This peony plant is probably affected with the Botrytis disease which rots off the stalks at the surface of the ground. In order to control this disease’it will be necessary to cut of and burn all stalks that are now affected and to remoye the dirt for two or three inches below the level of the bed and spray the remaining stalks thoroughly with bordeaux mixture. If the disease continues to progress, the entire plant should be lifted and all diseased stalks removed. The roots should be divided and the buds and entire crown covered with copper carbonate. This material may be obtained from any drug- gist. For an entire peony plant it takes about one ounce of the dust to treat it. Of course, these roots should be set in an entirely new location and avoid planting peonies in the same soil for five or six years. It is necessary to be very careful in watering the beds so that the surface of the ground is kept as dry as possible at all times otherwise this Botrytis rot is liable to develop—Ray Nelson, Res. Assistant in Plant Pathology, M. S. C. The Runner’s Bible (Copyright by Houghton Mifllin Co.) Repent ye therefore and turn that your sins may be blotted out—Acts 3:19. (E. R. V.) The only way to repent truly is to turn from a belief in the false to a belief in the Truth; from a belief in the power of the flesh, to a belief in the Ever-Present, All-Powerful God of Love, and of Infinite knowledge. This is to “blot out” the “mind of the flesh” and its manifesta— tions, sin and sickness, with the Mind of the Spirit—the conSciousness of Life Ever- lasting. With this change to pure, living thought, this vile body will change from corruption to incorruption, this mortal will put on immortality and finally death will be no more, for there will be nothing to die. —if you are well bred! How to refuse a. Proposal of Marriage. "5-How to accept a proposal is something no girl need be taught. But how to re- fuse a proposal is something infinitely more dificult, and a few hints anent the proper way of doing so may not be amiss. A girl’s first duty in the matter is to ,couch the refusal in such terms that her suitor’s pride and self—respect are not wounded. The refusal in itself is bound to pain him; ’it is cruel and vulgar'to cause further hurt by dismissing the com- pliment paid you smilingly and lightly. When a proposal cannot be “staved off", there is but one thing to do. Listen to the plaa which is made, and make it plainly evident that you feel yourself the loser by not being able to grant it. Men- tion your liking, your respect; let it be evident that you value your suitor’s friendship, and that you are anxious not to lose it because of something beyond your control. A sincere expression of your esteem and liking—not coupled with the banal promise that you will “be a sister” .w..., to him—and an attitude. ,Which, conveys , plainly that your loss iéa~§rmec,tmn._,m, wince-much'to'gi-ld the pill ot‘refus‘al an'd i l i l injcagée' you: haire playe'dt e coquetgf and hel’dr out hepes‘you had-n ntentiOn of , bringing to'reali‘zation.‘ A full and frank ' admission of your‘folly and the dishonesty of your conduct, with‘ an honest plea for forgiveness, is your only course. One statement is always valid: you may like, respectvand esteem a man, but if you ,do not actually love him," you would be do— ing'hirn a deliberate injury by accepting him.‘ In‘the event of a’rejection make your suitor feel it is your misfortune and not. your fault that you do not accept him. h Recipes Plain Strawberry Shortcake.—One and a half cupfuls cf sifted flour, 1A; cupful of cornstarch, 4 teaspoonfuls of baking powder, 6 talblespoonfuls of butter and a pinch of salt. Sift the dry ingredients two or three times, out in the shortening. and mix to a soft dough with milk or ice-water, using the tips of the fingers. Divide the dough and roll out lightly to fit three-layer cake tins, well buttered. Bake a light brown; butter generously while hot, and put together with berries previously cut in halves or slightly crushed and well sweetened. Pil'e swoet- ened berries on top, and serve with whip— ped cream. If preferred, the party may be baked in small rounds or squares for individual serving. Strawberry Jam.‘—‘To three cups of mashed berries, add five cups of sugar and boil fifteen minutes. This makes one quart of jam. Fruit Juice Dessert.—-Speaking of cher— ries reminds me of a most excellent fruit juice dessert that I hope you will try the first time that you have either blackberry or cherry juice left over. from your can— ning. You will like it. Blackberry or Currant Pudding—1 quart of fruit juice. 1 cup sugar (or sugar to taste), 2 small pieces of stick cinnamon, 14 cup of chop— p‘ed nut meats (may. be omitted), 4 rounding tablespoons of corn starch (dis- solve in a little cold water). Place juice. sugar and cinnamon on the stove and bring to a boil. Stir until sugar is dis~ solved. Add nut meats and stir in the dissolved cornstarch. Stir until thick, then pour in molds. Chill. May be serv- ed, with sugar and cream or soft custard. This recipe may be varied by adding small pieces. of any other variety of fruit or a ._ no _ 'A‘ very rich pudding is very liberally. I . Strawberry Preserves.—(Sunkist meth- od) 4 pounds of berries, 4 pounds of sugar , 1 cup of water. Prepart fruit in usual way, using equal parts of fruit and sugar by weight. , Add water to sugar and cook until syrup spins a thread. Add fruit and boil 20 minutes. Pour into shallow pan and set in sun to thicken. Cover pan with sheet of glass (an old window pane will do). This will help to retain heat and the fruit will thicken more quickly. Two or three days of sun- shine is usually suffic’ient, although they may be left longer. Pack while warm from the sun in sterilized containers. Cover with melted paraffin and Seal. All of the flavor and bright fruit color is maintained by this method. HOMESPUN YARN Kidneys, liver, and sweetibreads, con— sidered delacacies by some, are valuable mineral and vitamin sources. They are likely to be cheap; are you using them? ‘ o o a Appreciation is a good oil for lubricat~ ing the family machinery. ' n: t s Gelatin helps make left-overs into tempting dishes, whether fruits. veget- ables, or meats. it i t The original fly would not have been in the original ointment if his family tree had been well swatted two 01‘ three gener— ations back. 50! l 3! To remove grease stains from wall— paper, crush magnesia carbonate and ap— ply it to the spots. In twenty—four hours the stains are gone. 10‘ * at Aunt Adn's Axiol’ns: It's a good thing that the big joys and the big sorrows o1? life seem generally to be distributed to those who can stand them. It: It It I An ordinary brick is useful for holding a door open, but it is also decorative if it is covered first with outing flannel or felt, and then with cretonne. * It * Put a salt box in the pasture as soon :is the stock is turned out, and then keep it filled. v Remodeling the Plain House and pleasing to the eye. improvement that it makes. ANY have the idea that it would be impossible to remodel a ‘plain'house without a great expense. (I Here is the type of house that one sees eyery day and it could be remodeled without much expense into a house that would be roomy Cut out the picture below and place it over the house shown above in its proper place. This is wrong as a rule Then note the striking byFati rig. the nuts, fruit and van- a 1113. 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GOQD DRE SSING BE sums AND SEND IN YOUR SIZE {:53 h 5144.—.A Comfortable House Dress for Mature Figul‘es.“".\lll‘llll‘ll luh sill: \\'.ls’ llsoll in ihlx' inimnv‘e. lhc t1'111111111'1g 1: oi \\'h1to broadcloth. This 13 a good style for lllllillt‘l, gingham or IIOI‘K‘EllL‘. '1‘ 1e Pa" torn 15 out 111 '. _S_1'/.es: 36, 3f". 40. »l‘_’. -l l. 4i; and 48 inches hunt measure. . ' inch sin requires in yards oi 3b lll('ll lll;ll(‘l'l:ll with “3 51ml of 27 im-h mitt-r1211 for collar, culls nnd pocket tucinga 4 'lhe unlth oi the skn‘t at the foot 1s :1 ‘K yards. 5149. A New and Practical Undergarment.—’l‘his nuwcl ll.l>l “Vest” or “muscle? poriioiH to whirii gathered skirt portions ow _l1)lli('ll. (inc could use nninsook, lmilsti‘, r‘i'cpc or l'l'i'pH ilo l'lilhp for fig, hl)lt‘. nith lll('\', hoinstiti-hiug or mnhroidury for t1‘i111111ing. 'l'hc l’utti-i'n is out; in 4 Sizes. Smill HL 2513: Moduli“, .‘lNglU; Lingo, 42-471; Extra Large, 46—48 inches bust. measure. .\ Medium size, ['Ctillll'1~ ;’ '5‘ yards of 3: or 1H3 im-h mutrriul. H 5137. A Simple Stylish Frock for Slender Figures—This is :1 very good model for kus’hu. toh silk llilt‘ll o1- rep. ’l'ho sli-ovo 111:1) be short or in wrist h’llgth, The l'nttci'u is out 1'11 1 Sims: ll, Ill ls; nod 20 years. .\ ll; 31*;11' sizc roquircs it y-urds of ll) inch material. with 1.: yard of contrastingI111..- tl‘l‘llll for collar, (-uil's, pluit and pocket fucings, if lllLl-lt‘ Lli illustrated. 5124. A Simple Frock for a Little Tot.—~l)imil.y, (‘lLIlllt‘ or butlsli', ulm Voile um: (‘11, my“ “1...: . i A ' > " bu usi-d for this modi-l. 'l‘hl- l’olim‘n ls' (-111 111 ‘1 812% -, l. i; 11nd ‘4 Amh- " your sue noun-1 é .. 2 'i yards or 3: lilt‘ll material. 5128. A Pretty “Play” Garmentsgr’l‘he outstanding [rockets mo Ill" uttiuu'riiu- flu-mu.- ..r u”. gunman. lt 111:1) he developed f()l" llLtlti' boys or gn‘ls. uho _\\1ll 1-1111)‘ lin- lll‘l‘vllilll 1111.1 wullllnl't o: lis lil'zil‘tlvnl Inn-s. 'l‘he Pattern 1% out ili Size»: 2:, .l, l and 1’» years. it 111.1(l1' o» llllls ll'llll'tl n l your sim will require "N yards oi" 2‘ inch nmtmiul with “a yurd of :3. llll‘ll iimieriil hi the collar and leg lllllllls. 5135. A Popular Practical Garmentrralluslin, "illlllil'll', hutisto, ('li‘liL‘ or crepe 4h- ('lllilt‘ nm)‘ be Used for this model. The model lx‘ (-ut “uh thn ."1o11t in ono pin-e. While the back. has the l)h)il.-'u‘ portion buttoned to :1 waist Imition. 'l'hn- I’ll! turn for this attractch ilt‘nlgll ix will in ii Sizes 74. (i, 8, 1o, lZ.’ and H _\'i-.i1~. A in year size rolliiii'cs 178 Kurd ol 36 inch Inuiei'inl. ALL PATTERNS 13c EACH— 2 FOR 25c POSTPAID ADD 100 FOR SPRING AND SUMMER Order from this or former issues 01’ The Buslnasn Farmer. glvlno number and slqn your name and address plainly. 1925 FASHION BOOK Address all orders for patterns to Pattern Department THE BI'SINESS FARMER Mt. Clemens, Mich. 5/28 lot of ’ .ghine the stove up'nice, And" flgen' I‘d make some pudding, , 1 would not be rice. But doing up the housework, Is not so very much fun, you are in 'a hurry, ‘ But glad, when you can say it’s done. By Mildred Derby, Age 12, Standish, Mich. EAR girls and boys: I have a letter from Anna Bliss, of Ban— croft, in which she suggests that we have a contest and let all the cousins have a chance to com- pose a song entitled “ Do Your Best”. I think that is a good sug- gestion, don’t you? Many of you could compose verses that would be very suitable but the music, would be the real work. I believe you could compose a song using the' tune of a well known song. Let’s try it anyway. To the one sending in the best original, song entitled "Do Your Best” I will send $2, and the one sending the second best will receive $1. The writers of the ten best songs will each receive one of our buttons providing they do not al- ready have one. The rules covering’ the contest are: ‘ Write on one side of paper only. Sign your complete name, address and age. Forward your letter so that it reaches my office not later than July 18th, the closing date of the contest. You need not send a sheet of mu- ~ sic, just verses, and tell what Song the tune is from. Now you verse writers put on your best thinking—cap and “Do Your Best.”——UNCLE NED. OUR GIRLS AND BOYS Dear Uncle Nedz—This is really the first good chance I have had to thank you for the lovely pin, I received in the con- test. All of my friends admire it, and I’m simply crazy about the style, color, motto and all the rest. You asked me for a picture of myself. Well if I can find one that don't show my freckles, I will send it, but it seems when I get a good one, it is gone almost before I have it. If the readers saw how many freckles I really have. they'd be horrified. ' I have received many nice letters from readers of the (‘hildrcn's llour. Boys and girls both, and most of them have complimented me on being “plain” or rather saying I was, but, Uncle ’l‘ed, I could not tt-ll a lie and say I was a “ravishing beauty" with the description I gave in my last letter, could I? And really I have found out that a great many of my friends and neighbors take the M. B. F. since I wrote the letter and poem, and I surely wish some of them would come to my rescue and tell folks that I am the truthful girl I’m supposed to be. Well I don’t expect you will print this - article I call a letter, but you will at, least print this part of it and tell the A friends I have made, how much I enjoy their letters? I will try and answer the first couple, but I have so many folks to write to, I’m afraid any more will be impossible. I am going to Leland to work at the resort on July 1, so this will be the last of me ’till next fall or winter, so good— bye, Uncle Net‘ Your niece—Elizabeth Yoder, Maple City, Mich, R. 1. —Good-bye, Elizabeth. I hope you will enjoy your work. I will expect to hear from you next fall or winter, if you are too busy to drop me a line this summer. THE ORIGIN OF THE INDIAN RELIGION Many, many moons ago, in the heart of the great American forests, a young war- rior was made chief of his people, at the death of the old chief who was his father. Tarke, or Great Chief was his name; he knew no fear and his people loved him as he loved them. Three moons passed, and it was in the moon of growing things. Filled was the young Chieftains heart with life and joy as he pursued the panting stag throngh the leafy forest. Halting by a noisy as you have the ’\ longest smttncc , in this world. mainstream, g 3.3." f a , And then *I’dzserub the kitchen.- s "casr,s,,:_¥BLuE AND GOLD M 'DESEDII‘ animal you have. aw WAL‘IER See ifme can find a path from one of the circles marked A to the circle B. When you have found the right path, trace it with a colored pencil and see what WELLMAN . brooklet, he gazed in delight at the beauty of the growing things about him, listened with joy to the song of the thrush. the linnet, and the cries of wild singers hid- den in the green branches. Wonder filled him as he stoodthere, gazing, listening in the springtime to the throbbing life growing, awakening, and rejoicing about him. Still wondering, as he started home— ward who gave life to all these creatures, to himself, and to his people, he halted once again, and listened. Was it from the forest shadows, or the murmur-mg, winding brooklet, or the sky or earth or air, that a soft voice spoke. his name? Listening, intent, he heard again the voice of rich, sweet music, say to him with earnest pleading. “Hearken to my voice, Great Chief I am Manitou, or the Great Spirit who giVes life unto- all creatures, of the earth, and air and water. I am your God and your peoples, for I gave you life, any body, and all the beauties of nature and crea— tion. Follow my guidance, 'and you pros- per, and when your life shall leave your body, it shall fly to endless joy and rap- ture in the Happy Hunting Grounds of a. world you know not of. Hearken to my voice, Great Chief, follow as I guide, be merciful and kind to all living things, and glory shall be yours forever.” When the voice ceased speaking, Tarke wended his way thoughtfully homeward, to his wigwag, and his people. them of the voice that spoke from the forest, of the words of love and promise. They accepted the Great Spirit, and their children and their children’s children fol- lowed in their parent’s footsteps. As the ages rolled on, the moons came and went. and the religion of the Great “Story of My'Year’s Club Work” Potato Club, 1924 HIS is my third year in potato T club work. I have learned more each year about growing potatoes than if I had just watched and helped with somebody else’s field. I have been growing certified seed every year increasing each year and planting a larger plat. My father said I could have all the land I wanted but had to clear it for the rent. May 16th I began to clear. I cleared up brush and piled logs and burnt them up. My father and I plowed it with a breaking plow and oh, boyl‘how the stones did roll out. When we got done plow— ing I picked eighteen two—horse wagon loads of small stones off, and I began to think it was no easy task which I had undertaken. After the stones were picked I disced and har— rowed it until it was nice and mel- low. June 7th, we planted the plat with an “Aspin Wall” planter, 16 bush— els of certified Petoske); Golden Russets which I had saved from last year’s ci‘o‘p'. I spike tooth dragged theifi four days after planting to loosen the soil for the tender plants to break through. July 5th, plants being about 4 inches high, I shallow cultivated them with a one-horse‘ cultivator and a week later cultivat- ed the magain. Cultivated them four different times, fourth time slightly ridging them. When about ten inches high I began to spray with Bordeaux Mix- ture, 5-8-50, and Paris Green. I used somelDOWco which I won as a Special prize’last year. I like the home made Bordeaux Mixture best, it’s cheaper and more dependa— ble. I have learnedthat spraying is one of the most important things, keeping the plants healthy and free of diseases gives the tubers under- neath every chance to develop. I sprayed four diflerent times that I counted and many other times I had partly sprayed when it rained and had to do it over again. I am a member of the Michigan Potato Producers’ Association again this year. The first field inspection July 297 and passed; second August and passed. September 6 we had a rather early frost which killed the vines and finished all chances of any late blight. I exhibited my potatoes at the Iron County Fair and won first and sweepstakes, both in club and field. And also exhibited at Sagold Com_- munity Fair and won a first place. Qctober 2 began digging potatoes, took four and one—half days and harvested 198 bushels. Filile in— spection was made October 18 and passed 0. K. I enjoyed my potato club work, but each year when harvesting I wished I had more I expect to plant more next year as ‘my father, broth— er and_l would like to ship a car- load. Have, saved 25 bushels for next year’s planting. I think club work is a fine- training for boys and girls, it teaches them how to work in a business way to make a success. -—Joseph H. Drake,- Crystal Falls, Michigan. ' , (it. not “it ,' He told ' .. w’oit',""ou, use; ‘ five-way .to the gran sexism or .pliristianity.‘ 01“ dian. all the? history or the rise and fallof nations the facts of smaller nations putting their slighter- strength against greater nations, has there ever been a thing full of romance, yet so full of trag- edy and sorrow as the history of the rise and fall of the ,redman. Only in: books of legends and history. only in flights of imagination, and thought can we now return to the leafy haunts where the great hearted,'simple, redman kneels in worship before the shrine of the Great Spirit—By Lola E.. Hardy, Mayvllle, Michigan. Dear Uncle Ned:—I think it would be ' nice if we could have a canning contest, that is: let the young cousins send in some canning recipes. and let you decide the three best recipes. I know all the young cousins will agree with me. What can I do to get a club pin? I haven‘t received any as yet. I have grown a little and weigh a. little more, also older. than I was.the last time I .wrote. Iiam even five feet tall, weigh '107 pounds. and wlil be 15 years old the 21st day of August. Have I a twin? V I graduated from the eighth grade week before last at Tawas City auditor- 19:11:). We had a speaker from Mt. Pleas- _I hope that, I -may be able to enter high school next fall. . I will close with a riddle—Two lockers, »two hookers, four stiff standers, four hang down.- Answer—A cow. Younnephewe— Emma}; A. Rescoe, Alabaster, Michigan, ox . ~ ' ———.Just watch our page for chances to Win one of our club but-tons; In nearly every issue} tell how you can win one. Try until you win, Stanley. I too hope you can enter high school next fall. Dear‘Uncle Nedz—This is the first let. ter that I have written to the Children's Hour, although I have been an interested reader, for some time. I am enclosing two articles on the department and ad- vertisement that I think best. I hope that if I cannot get first place that I will be one of the ten. I like to try out for any contest. As nearly all the rest of the people who write, describe them— selves, I will give you a description of myself. I am five feet and one inch tall. and weigh one hundred pounds. Have brown hair, and eyes. I am just a plain farm girl. I sincerely hope that you will let me come again, so will close now. A cousin. ———Winnie Clark, Lakeview, Michigan R2. Dear Uncle Ned:———VVe take the M. B. F. and have taken it for quite a. while. I never wrote but one letter befOre and did not see it in print, so I am tr'yi'ngagain. I am'm the eighth grade, and am twelve years old. I like to read the stories and poems written by the cousins. I try to write poems, but .none of them are good enough to send to you. I guess I could write a story good enough to send to you, but I never would .win a prize by it. Say Uncle Ned, tell Mr. W. B. to hide, while I come in or get over his furious appetite. Well I will stop my chatter now, I have written all‘I want to say, but I will write a. long letter to the person who guesses my description or which I am, a boy or a girl. Well mod-bye.———Novella M. Russell, East Jordan, Michigan. —Send along your story, Novella. and also a poem or two and I will see about RIDDLES th is B like a hot limit—Because it makes oil Boll. ter, purer“ Let ns'not then be harsh withzthelng ’l' Why was the first day of Adam’s life’ the longest ?——-Because it had no Eve. If an egg were found on a. music-stool, what poem would it remind you of?-——- “The Lay of the Last Minstrel.” Why is a schoolmaster like a shoe- black ?—Becau-se he. polishes the under— standing of the people. Why is a washerwoman like a navi- gator?——Because she spreads her sheets, crosses the line, and goes from pole to pole. ‘ ' Why is an author the queerest animal in the world ?-——Because his tale comes out of his head. Why is it that a tailor won’t attend to business?—Because he is always cutting out. [mow Wide '15 This Box? 'I .‘1‘0 INCREASE-ACTIVITIES OF M. : 's.‘ CMBADIO STATION ' ' HE “air school” of the Michigan State College, which proved ‘ successful in its initial test laSt "spring willbe greatlyextended next fall and it is probable that courses on a variety of diiferent subjects will be altered for live months of the year, James B. Hasselman, director of the college Ladio station WKAR has announced. ‘Last spring the courses were de- voted primarily to instruction of in- terest to the farmer and his wife. The enrollment in the School from agricultural sections was more than 2000 and it is. estimated. that sev- eral times this number listened in an the courses but did- not take the trouble to enroll.— The courses offered dealt with agricultural subjects of general in-‘ terest ranging mm agricultural en- gineering to poultry raising. Next year the majority of the sub— jects otered will still be of an ag- ricultural nature and it is probable that as long as the school is in ex- istence this poliily of giving the farmer expert instruction in the problems connected with his work will be continued Mr. Hasselman says. However hundreds of letters have been received at the college of— fice asking that numerous other courses not allied with the farming industry be broadcast. As the school was founded to serve the state as a whole these re— quests cannot be denied and it is probable that with the opening of the school next year that some courses not concerned with agricul- ture will be broadcast. Many of the requests call for courses which it would be imprac- ticalto attempt to giire, but to some extent the college authorities will be guided in making the program by the requests which they receive. The requests ask for courses on everything from Esperanto to the Freudian theory and from methods of killing potato bugs to lectures on making cup custard. ' However, college authorities that their great- est field oi‘. service lies in making readily available to’ the farmer the expert knowledge‘ of agriculture which the members of the faculty have acquired through long years of specialization in certain fields. As yet uncertainty to the amount of money that will be available has made it impossible for a definite schedule to be arranged or for it to be decided for how long the school will be operated. It is im— probable that this information will be obtainable until just before the opening of school next fall. One of the dimculties lacing the college in its elforts to reach all Michigan farmers is the discovery of “Dead Spots" at several places in the state where the station can- not be heard. One of these .is in the Thumb district north of Port Huron and another is near Cadillac. The station is heard as far west as California and residents of On— tario just beyond the Thumb report that reception but it is one of the unexplainable phenomena of radio that each station, no matter how powerful its equipment or how clearly it is heard at great distanc— es, that it has sometimes near home spots where it is never heard-— L. McC. CHATHAM ROUND-UP TO BE IBEELD AUGUST 15TH T has been decided that Saturday August 15th, will be the date for the annual round-up of the farmers of the Upper Peninsula at the State Experiment School Farm at Chatham, according to the an— nouncement of G. M. Putnam, Su— perintendent of the Farm, who has charge of the eVent. It costs no more to feed a good cow than a poor one; the difference all comes in the returns. 8. Howdldlt‘,, ?... .HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR RADIO? We want to know just what kind of radio programs you are interested in ‘ i and wish you would llll in the answers to the questions given below, clip and mail to the India Editor of The Business Former, Mt. Clemens, Mich. will the no Ohio information we will try to have the kind of programs you prefer broadcast by the best stations in the country. 1. What in your tavorlto broadcasting station? ........................................................ .. I 2. Why? .... ................................... ....... .......................................................... .. I 3. Which part of radio programs appeals most to you: orchestra, singing, educational Mm talks, whet reports, weather forecasts, or ...................... .. 4 ... ............................ .., .............. .u. ................. ... . . . . o . u . . . . . . . . . . ... .............................................. ... 4. Is your radio useful as well as entertaining? .......... .... ........................................ .. 5. In what way? ...................................... ........................... ... ....... ............................. .. a. What is the most useful thing you get our rudio?...I ............. ....................... .. 7. Have radio nsrket reports ever saved you money? ......... ....... ...... ......... .. It you . . . . . . . . . - n n . . u a u. al 7:00 ............ ..; 7:30 ............ ..; ' H 13. 9. At what time of day does your fumin listen regularly .................. .....-a-.-................................................ -.--- 10. When ll the most cmveniont time for market report.s?.............................. ...... .. 11. Do you Me market reports down no they are read? ............................ .......... .. 12. Do you listen before noon? ............ ..; at noon ............ ..; 8:00 ............ ..; Would you enjoy educational talks by experts on poultry, dairy. livestock and other branches of agricultural .................. ... .................................................... .. Wouhl you like to hear current news tdks about meeting. of farm erm- il-tiuns, micultm developments, scone-lo trend. else? .................................. .. We“ you like to hear a series of talks on marketing of agricultural pro~ lact- b! nationally prominent m? ..................................................................... .. Please list other features dealing with agriculture that you would like to . . . . . . . u . . . - . . u c n It 6:00 P. 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USE lSflflUPll m It costs'you nothing and it save 01' ma eyou many. a dollar. P.0. . . . . u u oIon!coo-oouoo-oooo-ooooocoo-olecoo. oooocouonu 1 tion with the following inquiry: “ vOlen-Onuuouanouoopuua‘on.- (Uu marsh Sheet. of Papgr l! Coupon Is to. null.) . INQUIRY COUPON! : Farmers’ Service Bureau The Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Mich. I would like to receive any information you can give in eonnee- r a o c . c o a o u . . . . . a . . . . . . . . . . c . - o . . . . . . . . . . . . u . - . . . . . . . . n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . o . . .. . . . . u . . - - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . n . . . . .c n u o . . . . . . o o . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . u - . . . . o . . . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ocoo-0..out-looooooaotonoonvuooaone-Io. . u - - - .u......aua¢p-- .....--4a.op.-.-.. . . . . . . .. .....oa..-....pn Icon:onlooooooloonooooI...OOOIIIOIOOOIIOO-IICIOlloooooo-ooooooluoonno concoct-DOD. . ...I....-....... 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Fill in the Coupon and mark with an X opposite the Machine or Machines in which you are most interested. Detroit Nut Company, Inc., Michigan Central R. R. at Hubbard Ave., Detroit. ooo o o o n I u n n u s ace-OCOOIJOOIIOct-IDIol0‘IIOQOOOOOOIOOIIIIO‘IOQOOOOIIelse-noelaooooole-QIIIIQOOCIIO . . . . a o . . . o u u u u Iaoonaoaseooaleoolaeliao-a D JAEGER Port- a b l e P o w e :- Take-Offs: Saw Wood, Bale Hay, G r i n d F e e d , Husk Corn, Hull Clover Seed, 0p- erate Concrete Mixers a n (I do most any other job around the f a r m that re- (1 u i r e s b e l 1: power. Pump ‘( ) Woodworker (' ) POST OFFICE 444#__-_-_- advertisements Inserted under this heading for i'eputani; breeders of Live Stocx at speclm low rates to encourage the growmg ot pure-rreds on the Is Thirty Cents (30c) per agate line per insertion. less 2% for cash If sent with order or paid END IN YOUR AD AND WE WILL PUT IT IN TYPE DI‘ $4.20 per Inch, of month following date of Insertion. FREE, so you can see how many lines It will fill. farms of our readers. Our advertising rate Fourteen agate lines to the column Inch on or before the 10th Address all letters. BREEDERS DIRECTORY. MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER. MT. CLEMENS, MIOH. . 1311.1 3 To avoid conflicting date: we will without cost, list the date of any live stock sale In Michigan. If you are considering a sale ad— vise us at once and we will claim the date Ior you. Address. Live Stock Editor. M. B, F.. Mt. Clemens a cum: _ m 7 2‘ GUERNms ' MAY __ cusnussvs — ROSE STATE AND FEDERAL ACC_REDITED - f D up to 8i? pounds tat. B'un CdlveBBiill: (ivhosgmlmims have up to 1011 unds at. The homes of bulls; Shuttlewick May f B ' bank and olbeclm' one sequel, lurdifboNgrd rmr ‘roni Dams pro- land. B 1. . 772 fat and 610 fat. L. BURROWS or GEORGE J. HICKS. Saginaw. W. s.. Michigan. FOR SALE—REGISTERED GUERNSEY BULL calves from six to eighteen months old. Dams have C. T.h A(.l reE-ords tip ton mtg pounds B. 1*. ' d . ri-cs easo u . Accredltj. cfrnANNév, Dertt, Michigan. ICALLV PURE GUERNSEY DAI'RV gags” weeks old, $20.00 each, shipped C. O. D. L. SHIPWAY, Whitewater. Wisconsin. '. so YEARLING ousnnszv BULL g‘fegdgdrzbll‘eeding. Well marked. Reasonable if taken at once. FRED BERLIN. Allen, Michigan. HEREFORDS ED HEREFORDB _ E Ebullsansre International Prize Winners. . Stock of allhsns. (gr ulaogt Farmers prices. Write us or or in orms. . ' ' 1 ds that fatten quick . can‘t? Iril'i'riu‘ii Owen: cmii, Mich n. SINCE 1800- MICHIGA‘N BUSINESS FARMER A ._ _ , . ' I “The Formal’oper of Service” . fl "TELL’ETOUR‘ FRIENDS'ABOIII';;II.~.. HEREFORD STEERS 58 Wt. Around 950 lbs. 60 Wt. Around 850 lbs. 66 Wt. Around 740 lbs. 80 Wt. Around 850 lbs. 142 Wt. Around 600 lbs. 47 Wt. Around 550 lbs. 62 Wt. Around 500 lbs. 58 Wt. Around 450 lbs. Also nian good stoc er order. tll'e usually ninrket toppers when finished. sell your choice from any bunch. VAN V. BALDWIN, Eldon, Wapelio (30., Iowa. other bunches. Deep reds. dehorned, Real quality H e r e f o {Nd}? 'i JERSEYS REG. JERSEYS, POGIS 99th OF H. F. AND Majesty breeding. Young stock for sale. Herd fully accredited by State and Federal Government. Write or visit for prices and description. GUY c. WILBUR. BELDINO. Mloh. FOR SALE—MY ENTIRE HERD OF REGIS- tcred purebred Jersey cattle all good rodncers. J. E. Morris, Meadowvlew Farm, Farming on. Mich. HOIJSTEIN‘S FOR SALE—R E G I S T E R E D HOLSTEINS, Bulls, Heifers, Cows, T. B. Tested, Federal Ac— credited. Extra good 'two years C. . A. re- cords. Pure bred registered Oxford Ewes. and Lambs. Show Stock. (‘heap‘if taken soon. R. c. WOODARD, Elsie, Michigan. Avhfifi _BR0WN SWISS BROWN SWISS 14‘ S le—Cows, Bulls and Heifer Calves. 0{lot-IN FITZPATRIOK. Kewadln. Michigan. HAMPSHIRES HAMPSHIRES FOR SALE—BREE! OILTS FOR Fall litter and ring boar Pigs not it . JOHN W. BUY ER. t. Johns. Michigan. R. 4. (Welinvite you to contribute your experiencein raising. live- stock to this. department. Questimns cheerfully answered.) " .* FLY SPRAYB LIES cause considerable annoy- ance to dairy cows during the summer and not only does the irritation caused by flies tend to lower milk production but the rest— lessness of the cows is a frequent cause of inefficient milking. A good fly spray can be made frovmc' 41/2 quarts of coal tar dip, 41/2 quarts fish oil, 3 quarts coal oil, 3 quarts of whale oil and 1% quarts of oil of tar. ’ Disolve 3 pounds of laundry soap in water, and the ingredients of the spray and bring the whole up to thirty gallons with lukewarm soft water. This spray will keep off the flies and prevent the coats of the animals from becoming harsh. The cows should be sprayed twice a. day, in the morning after milking and in the afternoon when in the barn for silage or green food. With a portable cart, made from a half barrel by attaching wheels and a. spray pump and nozzle, two men can spray 40 cows in five minutes. Thirty gallons of mixture will spray 40 cows twice a day for ten, days at a cost of one cent per cow per day. JACKSON HOLSTEIN BREEDERS BUY Two FINE BULLS OL'STEIN breeders in the vicin- ity of Spring Arbor, Jackson 'County, recently joined a bull club, using two bulls of better than ordinary breeding. One bull came from the herd of John Erickson of Waupaca, Wisconsin, the herd that averaged at its dispersal last June over $1,139 per head. This remark- able average is said to be the high- est obtained in the history of the Holstein breed Where the animals were all of one man’s-breeding. Naturally then, the bulls the Spring Arbor breeders obtained are top notch. One bull is a son of VViS- consin Pride, that grand old matron herself with a yearly record of 696.- 75 of butter at 25 months and again at 41/2 years 743.93 of butter from 16753.6 pounds of milk. Old Pride is famous for her three daughters, all full sisters that aver- age over 1100 pounds of butter in a year. A showing unequalled by three sisters regardless of age. Surely the Spring Arbor bull club is hard to equal in breeding. The sire of the bull contributes some more excellent blood, he is Admiral Orms- by Fobes whose dam, Wisconsin Fobes 5th is known far and wide as the largest dairy cow in the world, weighing 2250 pounds. She had a ten month record of 1079 pounds of butter, 25,617.2 pounds of milk. She has a seven day record at 21/2 years of 29.68 of butter, former- ly the Wisconsin state record for the age. Fobes 5th brought $6,500 in the Erickson dispersal, being sur- passed only by her full sister, Fobes 6th, and she brought $6,800. New for bull number two of the Spring Arbor bull club. He is bred along the same lines as the bull just described, being also a grand— son of Marathon Bess Burke, in fact he is a double grandson, in ad- dition to the related breeding men- tioned we find Wisconsin Pride 4th half sister to bull No. 1, is grand- mother of bull No. 2. The average of the seven nearest dams excepting the immediate dam which has nev- er been tested, average 940 pounds of butter in a year. As to the type, the bulls are very good indeed. Constructive line breeding, the best proven means of mixing type and production will be possible in the using of this pair of bulls. One will be bred on the daughter of the other. By this system of use, club will be provided with services of a bull for at least four years without inbreeding. An interesting fact _of the establishing of this club is that, this pair take the place of five other bulls used by the men who formed the club. The Jack- son count‘y ' breeders who formed this club are: J. B. Crites, Jackson, President; '1‘. J. Jordan, Spring Ar- bor,"Secr‘and“'l‘reas.~; Tanner, - Spring Arbor; O. W. Crapper. Spring Arbor; D. B. Cobb, Jackson. County. Agent R." E." ~-Dsckcr,- can the ' Tester Fred Leonard, State- Hol- stein Ass'n Secretary J. G. Hays; all. helped the boys get together in the organization. The future of the H01- stein industry in the vicinity of Spring Arbor seems bound to be im- mensely bettered by the using of two such extraordinary bulls. WITH THE TESTERS AFAYETTE PHILLIPS, tester in the Genesee No. 7 C. T. A., in his annual report, shows that the high herd in butterfat produc- tion is owned by W. E. Robb. His xfive purebred Holsteins averaged 14,377 pounds of milk and 476 pounds of butterfat. J. E. Post had the individual high cow for the As- sociation. His purebred Hlols-tein produced 22,503 pounds of milk. and 736.5 pounds of butterfat. The Rives Junction-Jackson C. T. A. has completed the fourth year of testing work. Jess Bird, the tester, who has completed two years of testing in this Association, reports that 7 herds averaged above 300 pounds of butterfat production. VETE RI NA RY DEPARTMENT I BOG SPAVIN Can you tell me how to cure our horse which has what is known as bog spavin?—-W. S., Albion, Mich. 'h. 0G SPAVIN is a distention of of the joint capsule of the true hock joint and is incurable 'in most cases. It is best to leave them alone if they do not cause lameness. If lameness is present, blistering and firing followed by six weeks of rest will often relieve the lameness. —J0hn P. Hutton, Assoc. Prof. of Surgery and Medicine, M. S. C. COWS COUGH Two or three years ago I had four cows, one heifer and a calf. The oldest of the cows had a cough and after a while they all got to cough— ing, not much at first but kept get— ting worse, the old cow being the worst. When she was hurried she would cough hard. You would think from the sound of her throat .she would cough up something but nothing would come up. She had a strong breath. We sold this bunch of cattle and purchased some more and when taking them home we no- ticed another of the cows coughing and shortly after they had been home all the calves were coughing so you see the second bunch also had the cough. If we get the State to'treat the cows would We have to pay for it and if so, how much?— A. P., AuGres, Mich. T would be practically impossible to determine the cause of the cough observed in your cattle without an opportunity to make an examination of the animals. .Your best solution would come through employing a qualified, local veterin- arian, to examine the animals and prescribe treatment. The State De- partment of Agriculture is not in a position to undertake the treatment of cases of this kind—B. J. Kill- ham, State Veterinarian. HORSE GOING BLIND I have a horse that is going blind ——it seems as though the film is just growing over the eye.——-T. H., V’cr- montville, Mich. T may be due to an injury, in which case it may respond to proper treatment, or it may be the result of Periodic Opthalmia, in which case prognosis is doubtful, according to the duration of the dis- ease, and the age of the animal. Judson Black, Deputy State Veter- inarian. i BOOK ABOUT CANCER The Indianapolis Cancer Hospital, Indianapolis, India a, has published a. booklet which ives interesting facts about the cause of Cancer, alSo tells what to-dotor—paln. bleeding, odor, etc. A. valuable guide in the. manage‘ment’ot any case. Writetor it today, mentioning this paper.(fAdv i .4 i a ' I - be running water. to plow you would . thumb and- fingers hold it fast. ‘ stitch)” ’l ' a” ." .~ -, er. :6 which, , . g that you 'can .dig'downmndgebwa-w ter that are not veins. That water laudead to the switch. whether on the surface or under it. It must It will here- membered that a man approaching a water fall has a sensation of be- ing pulled over by it until he gets accustomed to it. You will say there is a force, that you feel it. I wish to say I think there is a broad field undeveloped, unstudied, here. ‘One thinghas just dawned on me, do those water veins draw light~ ning? My investigations seem to show that they do. I called at a. house the other day that a chimney had been struck by lightning the second time. I found a vein ofwa» ter directly under it, another house the same way, and a barn and a tree the same way, the bolts evi— dently going to the vein. Will other water witches investigate so that some conclusion can be taken on it? This magnetic force, while we know it is there, that may not ever be explained, the same as in the com— pass, the telephone, the radio. Peo— ple have had to accept of their be- ing there, so will water witchery be accepted when the time comes for people to take it and learn more of its workings, bridle and handle it to the use and betterment of man- kind—Perry Sturgis, Presque Isle County. Even a Weed CAN locate a vein of water with a peach twig or apple twig or plum twig or cherry twig or even a weed. I will agree with Mr. Dex- ter in regard to holding the twig, it has to be held as in Fig. 1. in May 23rd paper. If you are going not place the would have to position to do plow on its side, you place it in its proper the work. The same with the har- row or anything else. Just so with the twig used to locate water. In our family there are four of us. The twig will work for two and for two it will not. By holding the twig with palms of hands up it will turn towards me, by holding it with palms down it will turn away from me.—R. A. Strong, Ionia County. A Trick NOTE with interest the testimony in your May 23rd issue, regard— ing the water witch. Why does— n’t some user of the magic twig re- ply? For many years we- have been looking for some one who can meet the honest inquirer for light on this myth. As boys at home, my brother and I saw a “witch” operate the magic wand, it was too much for our boyish minds and we were sure we quite discovered the mystery. We found many interesting points that compromise the theory. First, any kind of a forked stick, green or dry, will reverse itself in a hurry. when held in a strained position as shown in Fig. 1, on Page 4 of your May 23rd issue. A hickory or blue beech will respond even quicker than a peach, under tortion. It does not matter what direction the stick may be given, it will reverse its self over a fine vein of water or a dry area either up or down. It is easy to make the tortion of a tough stick so strong that it will twist the ends into a spiral if the The "throw'a'fwlg .u stable to unstable equilibrium is so 86 ll one-a the-“ mica“ rson ,’ from slight that a close observer would fail to notice = the trick when pulled by the operator.~ The average ob— server rarely goes into the subject su‘filciently seriou to uncover its weak points . ’ Is there any reader of THE BUSI- NESS FABMEB who dares to defend the theory on'either a mystic or a scientific basis? Science is nothing more than facts put in order and the principle of tortion and constant equilibrium, combined with a bit of skillful manipulation by the oper- ator easily makes the strained peach or maple twig nod at will. —Chas. B. Cook, Shiawassee Coun- ty. I eating a vein of water, with a peach twig. Mylmother located two wells on our own place and one across the road, so I know it is a fact. No matter how tight you hold the twig I have seen the bark twist, but just why it is I cannot say.—-— James Dexter, Isabella County. Use Peach or Willow Twig' N the first place a peach twig is good and a willow is just as good. Now in order to 'find a good vein of water you must have a good green, limber twig, not more than one-quarter of an inch thick at the small end. Next hold your hands inside up, the back of your hands down, place the end of the twig in the middle of your hand and put the ends of your fingers on the twig and hold tight, then have the large end of the stick standing straight up, now walk steady and before you get within ten feet of the vein of water the twig will be- gin to start down, and if it is a strong vein it will go down in spite of all you can do, provided you are holding the twig in your hand as I told you. -You can trace a vein of water quite a ways. Now, after you have found the water vein go back about 3 or 5 rods and start slowly across the vein with your eyes clos— ed and when you get within about to feel the twig go down, see how 10 feet of the vein you can begin near you can come to the-same place where you located the vein with your eyes open. I claim it is the electricity in a man that helps him find the Water. Yes, I agree with Mr. Dexter on Fig. 2, no man can make a twig go down by hold— ing it that way. I have located a good many veins of water in my time, and have never failed—H. L. Mier, Midland County. Mother Located “’ells READ in your paper about 10- Because wood is so useful trees must be felled. Because wood is so useful trees should be planted, O \ t t Gran'pa says: value I always consider a live bird worth more than a dozen killed mice. l # 8 Advanced Registry testing frequently results in registering advanced profits. t It i Skill will work a. farm, but brains help in filling the pay envelope. O t 0 Leaving good enough alone may often result in missing something better. # t O Corrosive sublimate, an ounce in eight gallons of water, will get cabbage mag- gots. Pour half a cupful or so around the base of each plant in the garden. me~ ._.__.~......_._—.._ from-Owouo‘llll' Sc .: 4‘5; but»: Mo..Meo~ "~15 '1.. z sfim_ and 331'th? 8 ,‘anMeroN s'rocx "JUfiQING TEAM- - - = all human took out pboo tetheptau-Judsimt first 13T- ._ .... a l When I figure a cat's a _. ‘ ,ono. a“ r.- n: " fill-led _ “ Y. ‘Q‘.’ Brgiin. tin-tractor: «mill... 3. .;-.i .! . J} .» 3 3' “z ' 73$ ' .15" l "3 4.3 ,7; mick ’ De LavalSe arator. This won erful bowl virtuall headed spindle, having no fixedy _—.-—. bility of the drivmg mechanism. 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' The De Laval Separator Company ' Chicago boo Jackson Blvd. ’floats” on the top of a round- It finds San Francloco 61 Beale 8t. : “WI/fill!» flnl'l « J.- '1’. m, ' / I. 1y. ‘\ E- :3 THE R-le Blizzard, with Baddle Roll Self- Feed. is a moderate priced outfit that gives 6 to 9 tons per hour capaaty. R-133, a somewhat larger outfit. gives 8 to 12 tons ca- pacity. These models give wonderful satisfac- tion—low upkeep—turn out fineccut ensrlage. Altogether there are Bi; models, flying ra o of 3 b01811. P. andca ex 014 to tonsper our. G17! THE 1926 81.12%. noon and post your- self on superior features of 811 . ' “Famous” Food also describes Free Booklet Cutters. t. eizes for ma power operation. Give capacities of 1500 to 5000 pounds per hour . ngg’re being widely used by poultry men. Cut f increnaes egg [EI‘OGUCthaL m ’05- MFG- (:0- i. 14,7 “ton. o - “Mmameartm'sa HUSK AND SHRED IN ONE DAY 50015700 BUSH ELS Clean, fast bushing guaranteed with stalks dry, we: or frozen; 500 to zoo bushels daywithournew,wonderfill Smelt; er and a Fordson or any other tractor of equal power. Doitinyoursparcume. Real money in custom work. Sold on Trlnll Operate it yourself—with your own corn. k, on urownprcmu'es atourns. fiberglaialandmonag-‘lluck _ rudzive sizes, 6 to 20H. P. rite rcatal and £2028; also useful souvenir FREE! case P. of your engine. noun-«AL com Muslin m "luv-noon ol tho Corn Husker" Bolt 5 . Milwaukee. mu. om . v V rem/mt: (STANDARDIZED) 1'0 AID IN KEEPING All livestock and Poultry Healthy Kills Lice, Mites and Fleas. For Scratches, Wounds and common skin troubles. THE FOLLOWING BOOKLET S ARE FREE: No. 151-?” SANITATION. Describe. and tell- how to prevent disenc- common to livestock. No. 157—906 BOOKLET. Tclll how to rid the do; of fleas and to help prevent disease. No. 16H“: BOOKLET. Covers the prevention of common ho: (licence. No. lBS—loc WW3. Give. complete direc- tions for the construction of a concrete hog wallow. No. lm—PWLTRY. How to get rid of lice and mica. and to prevent disease. Krmeh.lh0fl¢hflPookuollorSdo atMDruStom. ANIMAL INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT If Parke, Davis & Co. E cry Day You Need DETROIT. HIGH. up 3 [NE STOPS amuse from 3 Bone Spavin. Ring Bone, Splint. Curb. Side Bone, or similar troubles and gets horse going round. Q It acts mildly but quickly and good rc-. sults are lasting. Does not blister or remove the hair and horse can be worked. Page 17 in pamphlet with each bottle tells how. $2.50 a bottle delivered. Horse Book 9 R free. ABSORBINE. J R.. the antiseptic linimcnt for mankind, reducer Painful Swellings, En- larged Glands, Wcm', Bniisec,Varicose Veins ; heals Sores. Alleys Pain. ’ Will tell' plan more it you write. $1. 25 a bottle at dealers “Muted. Men-lulu bottle. lot-1k m II. F. 100916. Inc. 889 Lyman 814W. Hm ' ‘ BUSINESS FARMEB . Farm Paper 91 m". i ; runn'ro’pn‘ FRIENDS Anoc'r rm . \‘U, \i .-. ’s/r‘u. 3 wave; W"l‘§!-:’.->.fiéltl~r§[~t5- at». ‘ . . “ “2' mg}. ;~ 23‘. '«L! #3231 "5 r. um ~ «'zm-thggaht- , _,,, '7“; “.1921. «‘3‘ ' is} ewe-cm. ~35; 1r ‘2“; many» {zeal ratio iii-3 we" .‘r; . . . n.1, PRICES SMASHED. Our saving through unusually good hatches has enabled us to cut prices again on our exceptionally.high grade chicks. Order now —save money. Extra'selected Barron or Tan- ' cred Leghorn: sired 25 50 100 500 1000 ' '1 2'50 to 280 B!..é?“'.‘.’i.3 ...................... “3‘33st $5.25 $10.00 $45.00 $90.00 ' 381E011“ s. g}. Englllshfl White \ . 08V I ~ 1 Lz‘y'ui’gms 3" “r y 2.50 4.15 9.00 42.50 80.00 .. A‘- . cock, ____________________ n h Anconas sired b 200 250%? gagall‘iyffi'fi __________________________ ..y. ...... .. . 5.15 11.00 52.50 100.00 S. O. Mottled Anconas, Standard heavy laying stock,.... 2.50 4.15 9.00 42.58 Selected Parks Bred-today Barred Rocks, ...................... .. 3.15 1.00 13.00 62.5 1 . 0 chicks, ............................................................. .. 2.00 3.50 1.. 35.00 1_0.00 e 8 to 10 weeks old Tom Barron English White Leghorn pullets ready foruinmediate delivery. $13; 25 pullets, $24; 50, $46; 100, $90. Get our prices on yearling hens and cecks or cockerals Order at once from this ad. Cash with order or send 0. O. D. if desired. 100% alive delivery guar- anteed prepaid to your door. We also have pullets ready for immediate shipment. Get our prices. SILVER WARD HATCHERY BOX 30, ZEELAND, MICH. A?» Extra 8 . t Heavy Winter Laying Stock Produced by \ Michigan’s Old Reliable Hatchery ' 500 100 Pure Bred Barron En Iish W. Leghorns .............................. ..$40.00 9.00 $4.75 Pure Bred Shepards noonas ................... .. 45.00 0.00 . > 50.00 11 00 Pure Brod Barred Rocks............ Pure Bred R. I. Reds By‘Insured Parcel .Post prepaid to your door. 100% live delivery guaranteed. 17 years of experience. givmg absolute satisfaction to thousands. SPECIAL CLOSING OUT SALE Assorted lots of‘broiler chicks at $7.00 per 100 for immediate delivery. Quality of stock guaranteed. Order at once from this ad and get this low price. Valuable Illustrated catalog free. Holland Hatchery and Poultry Farm, R-7, Holland, Michigan TANCRED'BARROH . f LEGH 012 N S l__1882 I Spinni‘r’o’si: tiara}: tannersrrcrms m2.."°¥i:.'.- I 1925 5 local business we have built up a reputat for HIGH QiiALiTY WHITE LEGI-IORNS That hssbrought us results over a much larger field than we had anticipated._ \‘Ve now make the 1'01- lowmg prices. 100% Live Dehvery Guaranteed. Postpaid. Ref. Romeo Savmgs Bank, Romeo, Mich. For Deiivery on and after June 1st. Postpaid 25 50 100 500 1000 Tom Barron Selected White Le horns,...., ..................................... ..$2.75.55.00 $9.00 $42.50 $85.00 HONESTY IS OUR MOTTO am our business has been sounded and built up on this princmle. Get some of these good Barron June (‘hicks They Wlll prove a mighty profitable investment for you. Cockerels will be fully matured for 1926 breeding season. Get our Free Catalog. W. A. DOWNS POULTRY FARM, Box 105, WASHINGTON, MICH BABY CHICKS FROM MATURING BLOOD TESTED STOCK BRED IN MICHIGAN — HATCHED IN MICHIGAN Prices on (Parcel Post Prepaid) 50 100 500 1000 Foreman Strain P. Roc s, ............................................................. .. 7.50 $15.00 $70.00 $130.00 R. I. Reds (Int. Laying Contest Stock),.. ............................................ .. 7.50 15.00 70.00 130.00 Select B. P. Rocks and R. I. eds, ................................................ .. 5.50 \0.00 ,60.00 \100.00 Extra Select B. I’. Rocks and It. I. Reds, ......................................... .. 0.50 12.00 60.00 120.00 W. I Rocks and W. \Vyaiidottes. . . . . . . . . . .. 7.50 14.00 . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . _ . _ _. I‘tility and Eng. B. S. if. \V. Leghorns ...... .. .. 5.00 0.00 45.00 90.00 Tam-red American S. ‘ \' l.eghorns.. 50 l2.00 60.00 120 00 L. \. L. 0. . Mixed (all heaVies) $9.00 straight. Mixed (all varieties) $8.00 straight. Order riglit_from this Ad for prompt shipment. 100 ‘1} Lire Delivery (liiaruntccd. Pullets from 8 weeks to maturity. MILAN HATCHERY, Box 4, Milan, Michigan. Yearling Hens Barron Strain S. C. White Leghorn. 2500 yrarliiig hens must go at our annual sum- liit‘l' sale to make room for the new crop of piillets. Acknowledged greatest egg producers. Large type birds with broad, deep bodies and big, lopped combs. Positively no culls and all birds shipped on approval and satisfaction guar— anteed. Price 1.15 each in lots of 100 and 51.22:. each ill lots of less 100 birds. Hiliview Pullet Farm, Box D, Iceland, Michigan. Tested Chicks. Can ship at once. Rush your order at reduced prices. Barred and White Box. Reds, Black Minorcas, 14c each. White and Silver Wyandottes, . V . Orpingtons, 15c. White and Black Langshans, Light Brahmas. 18c. . \Nhlte; Brown, Buff Leghorns, Heavy broilers, 11c, Sheppard’s Ancongs, 12c. _Light brmlers, 8c. May chicks $1 per 100 less. ' June ‘ chicks $2 less. Add 30c extra llf less than 100 wanted. Hatching eggs. Bank refer- V:- ence. Free catalog of 20 varieties. . BEOKMANN HATCHERY. 28 Lyon St. Grand Rapids, Michigan. was pULLETS ‘CHICKS W.-.L:.G."ar.iann=.°csaa* Blue and Gold White ‘ Official International EggE‘gzntest ' Records Leghorns, Superior Egg un to 254 ta (1 1 AT silty 1.3.353“; urges. 6c and Up for June - : R. I. R -; _ . {Igfallldottem Blncsk Min— orcas and Ancona Pullets. PRICES Special price for delivery STATE FARMS ASSOCIATION, Kalamazoo. Mich. Before ordering (your 1925 chicks send for our )ATALOG. 0 11 r 1.0 \V PRICES will astonish you. Over 20 years experience assures I your satisfaction. Estabwhed sem- by PARCEL POST PREPAID. in 1904 100% Live Delivery Guaranteed. PINE BAY POULTRY FARM, Holland, Michigan. . IWant a Job on your place this season. I am a pure bred chick of known ancestry, and bred to , y. atalog. Rocks. Reds, ’g—i, Leghorns. I a ’ MAOOMB POULTRY FARM & HATOHERY. Halfway. Michigan. MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER “The Farm Paper of Service” . this niondi. Have you a copy? You should have a copy of . . Crop Production and Soil Management ' Your librar . It was written by Pro- l'gssgr Joseph or, head of _the Farm Crops De artment of the Michigan Agri- cultural ollege. Get a cop. now by send- nz $2.75 to THE noon LAVIEW The Business Former. m. m. Mich. . TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT IT!' .ar'. WHITE DIARROHEA SCOURGE IN BABY CHICKS NY weather conditions which imake it unfavorable for the breeding stock or the baby chicks when hatched tends to make conditions more favorable for the. white diarrhoea organism. That probably explains in a measure why this spring has been attended by very high mortality in baby chicks and wholesale white diarrhoea epi- demics. In some measure it seems that every season grows worse than the preceding and perhaps for a cause, since the life history of the disease tends to make the effect cumulative. Briefly, the disease breaks out in a flock of chicks and the majority will die off in a week or ten days after hatching, but generally some will survive and grow to maturity. These, if hens, carry the infection in the ovary and some yolks will be infected as they develop. The in- fected yolks are built up into nor- mal looking eggs and are laid and may go into the incubator or under the hen. iSuch “bad eggs" often hatch chicks but shortly after hatch- ing the germs in yolk begin to mul— tiply in the warm digestive tract of the chick, and the disease breaks out. The diseased chick appears short of body, and down gets rough and mussy and the whitish sticky diarrhoea starts. The chicks appear listless and peep plaintively and us- ually utter a shrill cry when pass- ing droppings. The droppings us- ually find away into feed and water and the other chicks gather in the germs and an epidemic is on. Many remedies and cures are on the market, and the desperate poul- trymen read their fair promises and become easy prey. As a matter of fact, there is no cure known for the disease and about all one can do if disease is present is to isolate sus~ pected chicks at once and employ general preventative measures such as cleaning up and disinfecting quarters, feeding sour milk freely using a permanganate of potash or catechu in drinking water and keep- ing chicks warm and comfortable. m \ LICE AND MITES Please tell me how to get rid of lice and mites in my chicken coop. —Reader, Macomb County. ICE and mites in the chicken coop may be gotten rid of by spraying with kerosene emul- sion 01‘ by painting with crank case oil (from an automobile) to which has been added about 20 per cent of kerosene. H. J. Stafseth, Assoc. Prof. in Bacteriology, M. S .C. HENS’ EYES SIVELL In the winter months very often some of our hens’ eyes will swell and finally close. Very often the hens die. \Vhat is the best treat- ment for this and what disease is it? M. N., Assyria, Mich. HE swelling of the eyes of chick- ens may be associated with what is commonly spoken of as chicken pox or a variety of this dis— ease termed avian diptheria. At times this swelling of the eyes, how- ever, may not have anything to do with the disease mentioned but might be a secondary ailment due to weakening of the system by dis- tuberculosis, eases like bacillary __ .. i (We invite you Woointribfi'to *ydfir, experience in 'ralsllig poultry in ' this” department. Questions relative to poultry will be ‘chéeflully‘ Wwel‘t’d.) white diarrhea, fowl cholera, mal- nutrition and‘ perhaps other forms of sickness. - “ - 5 First one should examine the bird to see if the eye disturbance is primary "or secondary. If it is not secondary to any other disease it may be sufficient to treat the eye by removing the pus and washing out with a four per cent'boric acid solution—H. J. Stafseth, Assoc. Prof. in Bacteriology, M.‘ S. C. ' NEW YORK GROWS ROBUST , I BEANS HE Robust bean, developed by Prof. Frank A. Spragg of Mich— igan State College, is being used almost exclusively in >New York State now as a white pea bean, Prof. J. F. Cox, head of the ,farm crops deparment of the East Lan- sing School, was told recently by R. A. Emerson, professor of plant breeding at Cornell University. The Michigan bean was firlsttak- en to New York in 1917 when .250 bushels were purchased from Olaf Nelson of Cheboygan. Since then the bean has been bought in in- creasing quantities and is now in great demand because of its excep- ceptional resistance to mosiac and anthacnose, two greatly dreaded bean diseases—L. McC. DEVELOP NE‘V EARLY TOMATO .N early tomato suitable for cul- tivation in Michigan is being propagated at the Michigan State College by Prof. G. E. Starr of the horticultural department. Prof. Starr says of his ’.work: “The experiment includes selecting and breeding primarily for earli— iiess, however size, color, quality and so forth’have not been neglect— ed and a choice attractive, as well as an early fruit is expected to be the result. . 1 “The experiment is being' carried out with the intention of producing a tomato that the Michigan farmer can get on the market in time to get the benefit of the high prices that prevail a week or ten days be- fore the usual crop is available'for sale.”—L. McC. FAgM MECHANICS DIPPING TANK FOR SHEEP What is the best way to make a dipping tank for about 100 sheep, same to be made of cement? How wide, deep and long should it be? ——F. W., Lake Ann, Mich. HE size of the dipping vat for T sheep would depend on the size of the sheep to be dipped. A tank two feet wide, four feet deep, four feet long on the bottom and eight feet long on top, with all of the slope at one end would ac— comodate large sheep. Such a tank is built with flaring sides, in which case it would be about 12 inches wide on the bottom. If a concrete tank is built out of doors, it should be built with the top above ground level and provided with drainage. ‘It is, however, pre— ferable to build a tank indoors since there is danger of it being cracked by freezing. ’ A wooden tank of cypress would be very satisfactory.——F. E. Fogle, Ass’t. Professor of Agricultural En- gineering, Michigan State College. 0081‘ IN THE NEioHnonHoon or FOBTY frnousanp DOLLARS“ Thosehugo barns are located on Buon'o Vista Farms, near Ilia} Handbag-cost I}! the not 'hborhood or $40,000, including the latest equipment. Ufl’ho ' ' ' E ’ ' ' by C. H. Bennett, of Plymouth. ’2il‘.". rm: " til-6n." "0'11 311. .....u\ tor-leg, stores‘ and orifice, buildings in the cities are built of stone. . The members of our party had playfully conferred the purely hon- orary title of “Doctor” upon H, A. Bereman, of South Dakota, one of the editors in our party. He was no more a doctor than I was an ad- miral, but the title seemed to fit him and he enjoyed the distinction throughout the journey as much as we had appreciated the privilege of having his doctoriferous presence. among ‘us. We had two professors with us also, Professor A. W. Hop- kins of the University of Wisconsin,— and Professor Dan Scoates of Texas, but what is a professor compared to a doctor. We just called them “Mister”——- until we reached Ger— _many. Professor Is Some Pumpkins A doctor is a great man in Ger- many, but a professor is some pump— kins. They don’t call every sleight- of—hand performer, every dancing teacher ,and every barber a “pro- fessor” as we do here. A profes— sor is the cream of the intellectual nobility in Germany and he is dig- nified and respected as such. A doc- tor is the same to a certain extent, but a professor—well, a professor is a great 'man! In Germany, as in the other coun- tries, we Were shown abOut by vari- ous'jgovernment officials, agricul— "tural experts and others. We notic- ed that the first time we were with a group of Germans, they soon no- ticed the doctor's title, and after we had referred to him, in our con— versation, once or twice as “the doc- tor”,,their attitude toward the gen- tleman from South Dakota changed. They become especially polite and considerate of him and his opinions, 4 and when they introduced our party to a newly arrived German oflicial, they selected Bereman first and in- troduced him first with great cere— mony as,“Doctor Bereman.” They all bowed the lowest to him. Poor Doc was embarrassed. It would require a lot of explaining and much useless talk for him to disclaim his title—~and it would be a disappointment to our German friends. But it was quite a respon- sibility for him to live up to his ..Doctorate_among the skilled scient- ists of Germany with whom we were hobnobbing. He felt like an impos- .tor,‘ but what could he do? An idea struck him and he rose nobly to the occasion. He introduc— ed Hopkins and Scoates, in turn, as professors, which they really were ———in America. They could not deny their professorships even though they did not wish to claim the dis- tinction which that title carries in Germany. They were strictly up against it and the responsibility was theirs to meet. In discussing the common, ordinary things of German life in which we were the most in- terested anyway, our learned cos- ductors pleasantly chatted with us and we enjoyed it, but when a real opinion was desired or when a tech- nical subject came up that was a delicate one to be handled, they al- ways gravely took up the matter with Hopkins and Scoates, while the humble Bereman hid happily behind his, lowly doctorate and laughed at their brave attempts. The reSt of us were simply “Misters” and not expected to know anything anyway, as and such we were Simply enjoyed as visiting friends. In Berlin Before we left Berlin we rode down that great avenue, Unter Den Linden, one of the most beautiful streets in Europe. This famous ave— nue in the heart of Berlin, flanking the grounds about the Reichstag, that marvelous seat of the Imperial German GOVernment, seems to per— sonify the very spirit of that old Empire. Through our OWn Mr. Shoup of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, then stationed in Berlin at the American Consulate, we were grant- ed special permission to visit the majestic Reichstag, and the seat of Bismarck was pointed out to us. The ,royal box of the Hohenzol- lerns in'the gilded gallery of that great legislative chamber was point— ed on to us, and we rejoiced with our-guides that the Bismarcks and 1.1.9 ' .nzollern‘sx' have. sorter—PEP. W6. were n'd't' “so 'si’rr‘e‘ that ' have 'been, entirely forgotten. ' I ‘7 "Nu. . >. u , Evidence of_,the old imperial idea i shown when the seats of Ludendorff land Von Tirpitz were pointed out to us; Although not actually in their seats at that hour, General Luden- dorff of the imperial German army, and Tirpitz, the Wheel—horse of “ruthlessness” and the author of the German submarine campaign dur- ing the last war, were occupying seats in the government of the Ger— man republic in 1924 when we were there. Among German Farmers We left Berlin and went south to Halle, toward Bavaria, and there - we got] out among the farmers as they actually live in Germany to- day., It may not have been always as it was in 1924, but we were im- pressed, and to a certain extent de- pressed, by the sight of so many wo- men working in-the fields. It is true that there is much more hand work to be done on the European farm than there is here with our mowers and binders and our trac- tors and our trucks, and it may be that for this reason it is more ne- cessary to call on the women to help with the outdoor work. Or it may be that the shortage of man DOWer can betraced to that greatest of all. the curses of Europe, war, whose cost in man power, capital, and mo— rale we in America know nothing about, comparatively. In one field in Bavaria we stop- ped to watch a potato digging scene. It happened that in this large field modern machinery was in evidence to to the extent of a team of horses and a potato digger that kicked the potatoes out above ground beside the row. A man was-running this machine, but all the pickers were women, following along behind, picking up the potatoes and dump- ing them in the crude, long ox— drawn wagons to be hauled away to market. There was one man, and there were eight or ten women—but one thing that struck us as significant was the fact that in one corner of the field in a little fenced-off lot were a half—dozen or more graves, and the stones bore the dates of 1914 to 1918. Since that time, and as long as these women live, the bodies of their husbands and fathers and sons will lie buried in that quiet corner while their women will go on doing the work these men might otherwise have done for them. These peasant women, work- ing in the fields beside the graves of their soldier dead, can do this work with a song in their hearts if they could feel that it was not in vain. If the war for which their men gave up their lives and for which they themselves gave up their men had brought them, along with this extra work, the realization that they had contributed their sacrifices for some great good to the world, then they probably do not mind the sacrifice of broken homes and broken hopes. But they must spend the rest of their lives realizing that it was all done in vain. We could not help asking ourselves what good it had done. To what end were all these sacrifices made, If it were all over and paid for now it would be bad enough, but these women must go on, paying as long as they live, pay- ing the price of war. ‘ The price was no more costly in Germany than in England, France, or Belgian). They have all paid the price-and none are better off. If the people of one or two of these countries had benefitted by the war, even though it had been at the ex- pense of the people of some other country, it would not seem so hope- lessly purposeless, such an entirely unfortunate mistake. But the “vic- torious” countries are in no way better off than they were before the war, and the “defeated” nations lost nothing that their enemies did not lose in equal measure. 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' a... Wheat Prices Again Livestock Industry Is In Promising Condition , n; w. w. room. Market Editor. ’ ’ N nearly all respects business con- ditions have undergone decided improvements over those of re— cent ,years, and this is true of farm- ing conditions. An interesting sur- vey made by several of the leading bankers. of the State of Iowa shows that 53 per cent of thefarns of Iowa are now free of mortgage. Of the mortgages outstanding 75 to 80 per cent represent purchase money obligations, so the amount of such loans necessitated by losses in farm operation is very small. Reports from various agricultural districts of, the United States show that bet— ter. crop prices have brought about an improvement in the market for farm lands, and the present tend~ ency’ of prices for good farms is up- ward rather than downward. For quite a while farmershave been paying off their obligations, and they have more money to spend for buying things they need. Improve— ments are being made in farming methods, and acres are made to pro— duce more than in the past, while sanitary precautions are resulting in the production of larger litters of pigs. The live stock industry is in a promising condition, and stock- men are more largely turning to the production of yearling cattle than ever before, this method being pre- ferable to the long process of pro- ducing heavy cattle. The sheep in— dustry is on a firm footing, especial— ly in Michigan, famous as a sheep state, and it is growing at a slow pace, good breeding ewes being ex- tremely hard to buy. All is not sun- shine in the farmer’s life, however, and a short hay crop is bound to affect the feeding of live stock, and this will naturally serve to increase the use of corn and oats to a marked degree. Gambling in wheat has been carried on to a wholly un— precedented extent for months, re— sulting in startling upward and downward flights of prices, and the market is still largely what the speculators make it. Ultimately it is believed wheat will bring renu- merative prices for producers. as the crop promises to be a short one, but it looks doubtful whether it will sell for $2 a bushel. / June Pig Report A preliminary report for corn belt on the pig crop by the United States department of agriculture shows a decrease of about 20 per cent-in the number of sows farrow- ing in the 11 corn belt states com- pared with the spring of 1924. The survey was made as of June 1 in cooperation with the postoflice de— partment through the rural carriers. The number of pigs saved, how— ever, is indicated as only 11 per cent less this spring than last spring, due to the larger number of pigs saved per litter. The weather dur- ing March and April this year was exceptionally favorable for spring pigs. This condition, together with the smaller number of sows to care for and the increased value of hogs, resulted in an increase of 11 per cent in the average number of pigs saved per litter. The number of sows bred or to be bred for fall farrowing in 1925 j is reported as about 98 per cent of the number that actually farrowed in the fall of 1924. Previous sur- veys have shown that fall farrow—- ings have been from 20 to 25 per cent less than the number reported bred. However, because of the Very ‘considerablc improvement in hog prices over this time last year, it is probable that breeding intentions willbe more nearly carried out than they have been duringr the past three years, says the report. “The complete results of the sur- vey for the corn belt and the United States will be issued about July 15. It is possible that the complete ta- bulation of the corn belt returns 1 may show some changes in the above 11 urea, but it is not expected that s‘ h changes will materially affect the situation as here shown, it con- eludes. Unsettled Grain Prices “General conditions affecting the wheat and other grain prices have been so mixed that prices were un- settled, with the bears frequently in power. In the southwest winter wheat region harvesting of-th-e crop is proceeding as fast as the weather will permit, and increasing market» lugs by farmers tend to lower pric- ' es, although there is a tendency in some localities to hold for an ad- vance later on. The bulls rely-main— ly'on reports of rust in the north~ ern spring wheat region, including the Canadian provinces, but no seri- ous injury has been reported. Pric- es for wheat, corn and rye are not so much above those paid a year ago as they were several months ago. At times there is a fair ex— port demand for wheat and rye, and the amount of Wheat insight in this country is down to 31,144,000 bushels, comparing with 37,336,000 bushels a year ago; while that of corn is 17,794,000 bushels, compar ing with 10,504,000 bushels a year ago; that of oats 36,030,000 bushels comparing with 5,688,000 bushels a year ago; and that of rye 9,900,— 000 bushels, comparing with 16.- 868,000 bushels a year ago. Rye harvesting is on, and there is a fair demand for rye to export to Ger— many and northern Germany. There has been a great decrease in the vis— ible rye supply and this tends to strengthen prices. There were late sales for July delivery of wheat at $1.52, comparing with $1.14 a year ago; corn at $1.03, comparing with 94 cents a year ago; oats at 46 cents, comparing with 53 cents a year ago; and rye at $1.04, compar— ing with 79 cents a year ago. Cattle Prices Booming A few weeks ago many stockmen were almost afraid to make the ven— ture of marketing their beef cattle, as any moderate increase in the rev- ceipts was almost certain to cause a sharp reduction in prices. The un— derlying cause of the instability of he market was the marked falling off in the consumption of beef dur‘ ing the hot. weather period. Recent— ly there has been a substantial change in prices, due to rather light supplies of cattle and not to any en— largement in the demand for beef. and there was a rise in the Chicago quotations of about 50 cents to $1 per 100 pounds over the prices paid." about .a fortnight earlier. The great- er part of the beef steers offered on the Chicago market found buyers at a‘range of $10.40 to $12.25, with .no good cattle selling below $10.75, and common to fair steers salable at $8.75 to $9.50. much higher‘than market prices in recent years, beet' steers having sold a year ago at $6.50 to $10.85 for common to prime grades. the better class of light weight year— lings buyers paid $11.25 to $12.40, while the best'heavy steers sold at $11.60 to $12.60, a sale being made of 35 prime Herefords which never- aged 1378 pounds at the top price. That was the highest price paid since April last .year. Prime year— ling heifers sold at $11.75 to $12, with sales down to $5.15 for coma mon heifers. Fat cows sold up to $9.50, and calves brought $6 to $11.50. Stockers and feeders were in limited supply and demand at $5, to $8, selling chiefly at $6 to $7. Combined receipts of cattle in seven western markets for the year to late date aggregate 4,410,000 head, comparing with 4,655,000 a“ year ago. Fewer cattle are feeding than a year ago, and the future of the market looks promising for good cattle. Hogs Great Property For many weeks farmers inquir— ing about the future of the hog in- dustry in this column have \been told to hold on to their young hogs until they became well matured, as there was a real shortage in the country, and it is highly gratifying to see how well hogs have been selling from week to week. Most of the time the market has been on the up—grade. subject to temporary reactions, and since the climb started, many weeks back, a great boom has taken place. A comparison with the prices paid in recent years shows what enormous gains in prices have been made, the late top in the Chicago market hav— ing at $7 to $7.50 per 100 pounds. whereas a year ago hogs Were selling at $6.10 to $7.25. The great rise in prices is accounted for by the re— markable falling off in the market— ing of swine, combined receipts in the seven leading western packing points for the year to late date, ag— gregating only 14,179,000 hogs, com- paring with 1,6,860,000 one year ago and $15,906,000 two years ago. Re— cent receipts in the Chicago and other western markets fell below those for a year ago, and eastern packing firms purchased a liberal share of the hogs offered in the Chicago market, their purchases competing with those made by local packers. Prices for fresh THE BUSINESS FARMER’S MARKET SUMMARY and Comparison with Markets Two Weeks ago and One Year ago. L fl Detroit. Chicago Detroit Detroit June 29 June 29 __June 16 #1 yr. ago WHEAT-— No. 2 Red $1.76 $1.88 $1.17 No. 2 White 1.76 1.88 1_]9 No. 2 Mixed 1.76 1.88 1,18 COR-N— . No. 3 Yellow 1.10 1.18 1.00 No. 4 Yellow 1.05 1.18 .95 (Mill‘s—- No. 2 White .54 .585 .60 No. 3 White .52 .45 @ .46 is .56 it .53 RYE—-« Cash No. 2 1.08 1.12 .82 BEANS—— C. H. P. th. 5.35@5.40 5.70 4.35@4.40 POTATOES— ' Per th. 1.1(i@l.33 l.20@1.50 1.00@1.16 1.26@1.50 HAY— ‘- No. 1 Tim. 19.50@20 25@27 16.50@17 ~ 23.5o@24 No. 2'1‘im. 17@18 21@23 14 15.50 21 22 No. 1 Clover _14@15.50 18@ 19' ~ 13 14 19 20 Light Mixed , 18.50@19 20@23 15@16 l 22.50@28 f Monday, June 29.——Wheat (mix. and other grains'dull. Bean market steady. Potatoes firm. Hay scarce and firm. Seeds Quiet. Butter and eggs in..de‘mand. . . _..... These values are, For , .’ 5', . ,- 1 _ and cured he: productaare farhix‘li- ‘ er than a year 8-80. but the demand is— . very large most of the time. The spring pig crop is reported as a good one so far as condition and size of the litters are concerned, but the reduction of the number of the sows that were bred will" make the supply considerable under the last two.years. Recent sales were made of hogs at 511.5510 $13.80, comparing with $11.30 to $13.40 a week earlier. The ,Sheep Industry Sheepmen .ar‘e . doing well,, fat lambs having sold, satisfactorily in recent Weeks, and there is a lively call for. breeding ewes and. thin feed— ing lambs, but neither are oflered at all freely, and most buying. orders cannot be filled. Recent lamb sup- plies in the Chicago market came largely from the south, and they were mainly consigned direct from such markets as St. Louis, Louisville and Nashville to the packers. Very few sheep are being marketed, and his, heavy ewes are extremely bad sellers. {A few breeding ewes have been sell- ing at $7 to $7.50 pr 100 pounds. It is probable that Oregon, Washing: ton and Idaho lambs will be me keted freely during July. The coun— try tributary to Chicago has been holding back native lambs, and be— cause of the extremely dry weather lambs marketed were poorer in qual— ity than usual. Probably miny of them will go to market as late as August. The wool markethas im: proved in recent weeks, and prices are higher, Idaho range lambs shot up a short time on smallgsupplies to $17.10 per 100 pounds for the best. WHEAT - ~ Reports of benefiting rains over the wheat district caused prices to decline and at Detroit the price is off 12 cents compared with the quo- tations in our last issue. A lot of bullish news has been circulated re— garding the crop in thiscountry but this is offset somewhat; by reports- from Europe of a favorable outlook for their 1925crop. CORN ‘ - Corn prices also declined last week because of the lack of demand, but we do not expect this grain will con— . tinue in a weak position verylongf OATS Following thetrend of other grains. oats weakened during the week end- ing Saturday, June 27th. However, the prices declined only slightly, I It is said there is a strong element favoring the bull side and a change for the better is expected. RYE V Buyers were scarce in the rye mar- ket and the price went down 4 cents at Detroit last week. BEANS When we went to press with our last issue everything was may for the bean market and prices looked as though they would go to $6 per cwt. Then there was a sudden- change and prices started downhill and the market appeared to be ,very-. weak. It is somewhat steadier at this time but there are ‘no indications that values will increase much in the immediate future. It would take a wizard to guess this market a day in advance. . ' ‘ POTATOES 01d potatoes are steady although demand is rather slow. Consumers are interested in the ,new crop at' prevailing prices. . _ HAY Hay marekts are firm ,With higher prices at most points. The market for, ordinary hay is somewhat bet- ter due to the shortage of good hay and values of all kinds are firm and strong and often above top quota- tions. ' WOOL' v " The Boston wool market is show— ..ing a little better tone! due some-‘/ what to more definite information? from , Australia, .,_QOmostic wools continue to, ¢ow.'.hf anesthetics. tendency." Foreign are also . , ‘ A. . f1 > Bean and'Ped'Ihkaher! , “ Made iii Six Sizes From'the largest to the smallest size, the Owens Bean Pea Thresher is ' “immanent or peas ' c r - . Untied-lied is 40 Years! For perfect » fitter-mam under severest nests. r Owens has be equalled. srmalon. with plent'y of sexist-“ti; V space and have mesa-mum and Pa slander the world over. TheOwenspmfiritsdfinaharry. Dropusapodsohforeompleu descripbn. bywa- J. L. OWENS 00. 601 Superior St. . Minneapolis. Minnesota. ( yigrmenfm Bred Stock f u: up: pallets 00c up; year- lm hens 81 u . Best payi ‘ rs eties, Infogmstion free-n" 18mm. FAIRVIIW HATOHERY R. 2, Iceland. Ileh. loo LATE T0 cmssuvv FOR Mu—CI'EN HEAD REBISTERE D Hereford cows with heifer calves b the‘ ’d Bargain. 0m: Gram, R1, Recital-d.“ Eliot? 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Current receipts of eggs are quoted at 31c and 32954: per dozen. The Chicago butter market is low- er, prices being as follows: Cream- ery extras, 41c; standard, 41c; extra firsts, 38 1,4; @ 39 1A; c; firsts, 37 @ 37%c; seconds. 34 O 3695c. Eggs are higher, ranging from 30 . to 32%,c per dozen. . SEEN Detroit—Clover seed, $16.60; ai- sike, $174.50; timothy, $3.50. Toledo—Clover seed, $16.50; sike, $14.50: timothy, $3.50. Chicago—Timothy seed, $6.86@ 8; clover seed, $22®$7 26 al— LIVESTOCK MARKETS CHICAG01—(U. S. Department of Ag- riculture)-——Hogs——Trading confined al- most entirely to desirable grades and ship- ping account; market generally strong to 15c higher; top, $13.80; best 100 to 175-pound averages, $13.30@13.60; most 180 to 210—pound kinds, $13.66@13.75; $13.80 paid for selected 210-pound aver- ages; few good to choice weighty butch— ers, $13.50@13.65:'8teady; practically no hogs weighed on packing account; ship- pers, 4,000; estimated holdover, 10,000; heavyweight hogs, $12.76@13.65; medium. “160613.80; light. $12.40@13.70; light lights, $11.86@13.65; packing h o g s , smooth, $11.75 @ 12.10 ; packing hogs, rough, $11.25@11.75; slaughter pigs, $11.75@13. Cattle—Fed steers, 50 @ $ 1 higher ; heavies mostly $1, up; values at new highs for year so far; yearlings and heavies of comparable finish on price par- ity, with top matured steers, $12.60; highest since April, 1924; best light year~ lings, $12.40; moderate supply all weight above $12.25; mixed steers and heifers, at latter price; choice light heifers, $12; few grain fed steers showing much qual— ity under $10.76; weighty Texas, $10.50 @11; fair she stock very scarce; reflect- ing steer advance; canners, cutters and bulls, 25c higher; vealers largely, $l@ 1.50 up; week's bulk prices follows: Beef steers, $9.76@11.85; fallows. $5@7.50; canners and wtters, $3.15@4.15; veal calves, $10@ll; stockers and feeders, $5.50@7.50; heifers, $7.50@9.50. Sheep—Market nominally steady; com- pared with week ago; fat lambs and yearlings, 75c to $1 higher; culls native fat sheep, 75c@1.25; higher ; demand generally good ; bulk prices; fat lambs, $15.75@17.10; culls, natives, $10.50@11.50; yearling wethers, 36.500750, top $17.10; natives, feeding lambs, $12.50@13.50; fat ewes, for week; range lambs, $16.65; fat ewes, $8; $14.55. EAST BUFFALO. —— Cattle — Active, steady; shipping steers, $8.50@11; butch— ers, $809; year-Hugs, $9.25@11.50; heif- ers, $5.60@9; fair to choice cows, $3.25@ 7; canners and cutters, $2@3.25; bulls, $3.25@6.50; stockers and feeders, $6@7; fresh cows and springers, $40@115 per head. Calves—aActive, choice, steady, culls, 500 lower, choice, “1.50012; fair heavy, $6@8; grassers, $3@5. Hogs— to good, $10@11; culls, $6@9.50; Active and 15c higher; pigs, slow; heavy and mixed, $14.25; yorkers, 814.10@ 14.26; light yorkers, $13.50@13.75; pigs, $18.60; roughs, “2612.25; stage, $7@9. Sheep and Lambs—Active; lambs and year-lingo. 25c lower; lambs, $16.25@ 16.65; yearl-ings, $8@13.50; wethers, $8@ 8.50; ewes, $267; mixed sheep, $150638. COUNTY CROP REPORTS Ottawm—Rains the last two days came just at the time we needed rain severely. The past two weeks has seen wonderful improvement in wheat, rye, corn and po- tato crops (although there lots of insects). Fruits and vegetables, oats, pasture and new seeding should improve. Wheat near- ly ripe. Many farmers planning on seed- ing alfalfa in July and first of August. They applied lime and are making an honest effort to secure good stands—C. P. Milham. County Agent (June 26). Ionia.——Com and beans throughout the county look fine. Wheat and oats too short to harvest. Hay about one-half a 'fair crop of raspberries. ’ _ t . \ l Week of July 5 ICE winds and local electrical storms together with more or less continued warm weather reaching over from last week are to be expected during first part of this week in Michigan. Monday and Tuesday will be more or less pleas- ant but a renewal of storm condi- tions, if not actually clouds, will materialize close to the middle of the week. Rainfall and thunder storms dur- ing Wednesday and Thursday or very close to these dates will be mostly general but probably light in quantity, except in local centers. Coming to the close of the week the weather is expected to clear up, al- though the winds will again blow up threatening clouds and storm conditions about Saturday of this or Sunday of next, week. Week of July 12 Opening days of this week will bring warm weather, rains and elec- trical storms. These conditions may continue to a certain extent through the first part and on into the middle days of this week in Michigan. About Thursday, however, there will be a decided change in the weather of 'the state. Temperatures will start a downward tendency that will continue, with the excep- tion of one rise, until near the close of next week. During the latter part of the week the weather is expected to be generally fair in most parts of Mich— igan, but by Saturday of this or Sunday of next week conditions will begin to look more severe. LOWDEN TALKS COOPERATION TO GRADUATE (Continued from Page 3) the experience by which men in bus- iness and industry have improved their conditions, we farmers would get together in organizations, hold frequent meetings, consider supply and demand and get a world—wide view .of the situation. Now I am not advocating the application of the corporate principle to agricul- ture. I do not believe that the ag- ricultural corporation can succeed in competition with the individual farmers, but even if it could it would be disastrous to the very foundations of our republic. “It is evident therefore, that 00— operative marketing offers the only hope for the solution of these prob- lems and the improvement of these conditions. It is no new experi- ment. It has been applied exten- sively and with marked success in half the countries of the world. Go- operative marketing is not an effort to repeal the law of supply and de- mand, but to make that law serve, rather than harm the farmers. “Economists teach us that the factors of time and place are of the utmost importance in determining value. But without organization the individual farmer has practical- ly nothing, to say about the matter of either place or time. He must market at his local trading point and when the dealer gets his pro- duct it is out of the farmer’s con- trol. Millions of farmers freely competing against each other in a highly organized world are at a hopeless disadvantage. We must merchandize our products, withhold- ing the surplus and controlling the flow. This is impossible Without organization. “To have a fair deal there must be equality of knowledge between the buyer and seller relative to such factors as supply and demand. How is the individual, isolated farmer to have equality with the great or- ganized buying groups? The farmer too, must be organizad."—'—Stan1ey M. Powell. . along , -. I, am ctr-arecent l'ains.“ A berries-"were nearly a failure this, 'but indications are that we will'havo a“ New Chemical, Fatal to sues, Also \' Renders Stock Immune from 7 Their 'Attncks A house entirely free from, flies, mosquitoes and other insect pests— ' live stock absolutely protected day and night from their attacks. This 7 is the assurance of a well-known Kansas City chemist by the use of a new chemical combination that is almost instantly fatal to insect pests. When sprayed in a room it kills every iiy, moth, mosquito, bug in it in from 'two to five minutes. When sprayed on cows, horses, etc, no fly. gnat, or other insect will bother them. This new discovery. well named Rid-O-Fly, is absolutely harmless to humans, animals and fowls. It can be used in closets for moths. In the pantry for ants, roaches, water bugs. In the poultry‘house for lice and mites. On dogs and cats for fleas. It not only kills but it is a strong repellent and keeps insect pests away. It does not stain or gum and has no disagreeable odor. Con- tains no creosote or carbolic acid. It is far more efiectivo than insect powders and poisons. Rid—O-Fly may be obtained from the Alexander Laboratories, 3191 Westport Sta., Kansas City, Mo., on a positive guarantee of satisfaction é? or no pay. They are now making a special introductory offer of a quart . size sprayer and a can of Rid—O—F‘ly '3 for only $1.25. Send no money 1 now as you can pay the postman $1.25 and postage when delivered. If it does not rid your house and livestock of flies and insect pests, your money will be cheerfully re- funded. A credit coupon will also be sent you to apply on a larger quantity should you need more be— fore the‘summer is over. (Adv.) susurss FARMERS excuiuéf RATE PER WORD—One Issue 8c, Two Issues 15c, Four Issues 25c. FARM LANDS IOWA FARMS F'OR SALE-“AS LOW AS 360. per acre. Good terms. N. Bartholomew, 2 Crocker Boulevard, Des Moines, Iowa. MUST SELL door) 100 ACRE SOUTHERN Wisconsin Dairy Farm, $12 500. without stock. 31,500 down. 0. Coburn, Whitewater. Wis. FARMS—R E S 0 R 'i‘ PROPERTY IN BENZIE County, For Sale and Rent. Saunders, Beulah. Michigan. 00 10 HELP WANTED LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE WANTED, ESTAB- hsh an manage local business. Experience or capital unnecessary. Big profits at once. ml Economical Coal C0,, 1107 Ellsworth Bldg. 0810. DAIRY CATTLE TEN PRACTICALer PURE GUERNSEY BE!— 4 .fers.'7 to 9 weeks old, 2 .00 each, crated. “fill ship C. D Order or write L. Terwilliger. auvratosa. Wis. GUERNSEY OR HOLSTEIN DAIRY $20.00 .cach, shipped anywhere. Mums. Whitewater, Wisconsin. BENMYHOM FARM OFFERS BULL CALVES CA LVES. Edgewood A 'e g? u from heavy milking easy fieshin st k. ' to Jos. Moriarty, Hudson. Mir-binning. 0c WH“ PET STOCK FOR SALF‘r—DANDY FOX ROUND. SIX ‘ months old. From real hunting stock. W. A. Sharp, Oxford, Hichlun. FLEMISH GIANT RABBITS, Oscar Eicber, Elkton, Michigan. SEED ROBUST BEANS GROWN FROM REGISTERED seed. Carl DeWitt. Wheeler. Michigan. $2.00 EACH. fi e TOBACCO IIOMESPUN TOBACCO—-C H E W I N G FIVE $1.50. ten $2.50. Smoking five pounds ten 82.00. Pipe Free. ay when i-e- (cited. Satisfaction Guaranteed. K e n t u c k y Farmer’s Association. Paducah. Kentucky. LOOK HERE! GUARANTEED, FRAGRANT hIIIQIlOW,‘{I%% horueksigun ‘ttibggco. sFive pounds. c ewrmz. . : one I. . . am i , Clark's River Plantation, 192, Hazel, It}?es 10"” CORN HARVESTER RICH MAN‘S CORN HARVESTER. ‘ POOR man’s price—only $25.00 with bundle tying attachment. Free catalog showing pictures of harvester. Box 528. Saline. Kansas. MSCELLANEOUS CASH PAID FOR FALSE TEETH. PLATINUM, old are neto points. d rdsd snd‘old s 00.. ‘ old. I to. Hoke sine g stucco. Michigan. EASY TO SELL GROCERIES. PAINT, LUBRI- eating oils rt; (ionsuniersh Capital‘wor experience unnecessary. ears in usmess. '1; grin e um. list so. sun, Chm-a. ni‘ ° 1““ . “HUBER JUNIOR" GRAIN SEPARAT feeder, stacker and weigher. Just Olliemng'. Will sell cheap. J. H. Krause, Box.125, m. sing, Michigan. .m. err-'1} i 7-,?” “MM,” ,.._, .Miflz. M.“ an. m _. -- m....._..-_.m- u=’~.~Ih—— m-“ ...c.-vs.._. . ‘ . ,i‘ gun-c.“ ~ .. Standard Oil Co N MAKING the above recommendation, our Istafir of Lubricating Engineers have worked closely with the manufacturer, giving special consideration to the design of the Fordson and t6 the work it is expected to do. By using Polarine “Special Heavy” you will get, the maximum of service from your Fordson; you will be able to keep it in the field practically all the time; you will have a minimum of repairs, and greatly prolong the life of your machine—all of (Indiana) : “Special Heavy” or Fordson Tractors ' mpan-y, ""“mm‘l‘l ’ 5 AG Lo 5 OF POWEAANST ‘9’- MAINTAIN 0R TEMPERATURE which adds to the attractiveness of your invest- , ment'and actually'puts money in your pocket. But, change your motor oil very frequently. Drain your crankcase, thoroughly cleanse the motor with Polarine Flushing Oil, and refill with fresh Polarine “Special Heavy.” If you own some other make of tractor, write ‘us for chart fer the correct grade, to giVe '7 perfect lubrication. - ‘