a 1925 Cam Crop Hathb ~ ’8 Feel: His Ra h arket?-—Michi¢ani 1gan 1C Owned and h COMING” Know About Detroit Milk M ine Independent m M ’EN 15 d Ed “HALLOWE Z me name. gMi m m F FW- Our ’ a mafia“; . _ a __ 1 “pin lawn: Do You .., ;. _ __ __ 2i «as», _ .1172 lmportanfMessag‘eTo ' I _ ‘ Michigan Business Farmers "- Co-Operative Buying 0U, as a farmer un- derstand the prin— ciples of “Co-opera— tive Buying." You know what big savings can be made by that method. It is just as sound in prin— ciple as co-operative mar- keting. Here is a won- derful opportunity for you, not only to get your own coal for next winter absolutely free, but also for you to save real money for many of your friends and neighbors, thereby doing a genuine service for your com— munity. Hundreds of Michi- ga'n Business F arm- ers Got Their Coal This Way Last Year HIS is not a new and untried plan, but one that has been thor» oughly tried out and], found entirely practical and satisfactory. Hun- reds of farmers in Michi- gan, Illinois, Indiana, the Northwest and other, sections of the country got their coal from us last year through this plan and are again tak- ing advantage of it this year. Their letters test- ify to their enthusiasm over the soundness of our method, the quality of our coal, and to the money they saved. Why Not You ? //////////////////////////fl//////////////////////fl////////////////Ill/Illll///////////////////////// POPULAR COAL CO. 0R more than twenty years, we have been selling direct to the user. This method of handling coal has enabled us'to reduce the, price and save the consumer from $1.50 to $2 a ton. As the average family uses about fifteen tons of coal a year, this means a big saving. We have found through experience ‘that When. coal is shipped in carload lots direct from the mines to‘thepe‘ople who use it, we can reduce the cost ’still more, but "as the average car of coal contains from 40 to 50 tons, no one family is likely tones that amount. There is usually enough coal in a car to supply three or four families. ' Your Friends Will Be Glad'to Join You They will gladly club together and buy coal by the carload in order to make a big saving. You see, we are exclusive wholesal- ers; we have no local yards, no local agents, consequently we are unable to reach the individual coal users personally and in- terest them in our “CLUB” plan. We therefore started to ‘organize Popular Coal Clubs, appoint an organizer in each community and give him his coal FREE for his effort in organizing the club. This FREE offer is now open to you. You will find it easy to get your next winter's coal supply FREE. Your' friends and neighbors will jump at the opportunity to join you in a carload order and thank you for it—because it means a big asving for them. You Can Own a Profitable Business And you needn’t confine this Money—Saving offer to your immedi- ate family and friends. Every storekeeper, banker, church, hos- pital, office building, hotel and, in fact, every coal user in your community will be interested in this plan. You can order as many carloads of coal as you want and after you have all the coal you can use, we will pay you a big cash commission on each ton of coal you order from us. This offer has started many a man on a profitable business and may open up a big opportunity for you, too. Only Best Quality Coal Our coal is all hand picked from the best mines. It is freshly mined, clean and free burning; free frOm slate and makes very little soot, and is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction. You will be amazed that such high'quality coal can be‘bOught at so low a price. Every one who uses it, is delighted with it and praises its quality. - Inspect Coal When Car Arrives Simply fill out the coupon and ‘mail it today. We will send you promptly price list with full description of coal and complete instructions, so you can start right out to organize your coal club. Ask your friends and neighbors if they want to save money- on their coal bill and you will find that they all will be anxious to join you when you have explained our plan to them. A little effort in your spare time and you Will quickly have made up that first carload order. And after that first carload arrives, you will see how easy it is to make up otherS. This is your chance to build up a profitable and permanent business. Send coupon today. , . Now Is the Best Time to Get ~ Your Coal Prices are lower, deliveries quicker,‘ labor is plenty. Check up your last..year’s coal billsand then you‘will see how much‘.money ‘you‘ could have saved had you bought coal‘on.our Direct- from-Car-to—User Plan. Mail Coupon today. Ask Tan BusIans Fuunm about our responsi- Ask the Michigan Business Farmer About Our Re- sponsibility Ask the Man Who Saves Popular Coal Co., Chicago, Ill. Dear Sir: Last month ‘I bought and delivered a car of your Southern Illinois Fancy Block Coal and. wish to state that I found it the cleanest car of coal I ever saw. There was no slack in it. All of my customers are bragging on it and say it is much cheaper than coal sold by local dealers. One states that it held fire without attention in his furnace for~twenty-four hours. It burns free, gives a good heat and leaves a clean white ash. No clinkers. I also wish to thank you for the good service I re- ceived. , , Respectfully yours, (Signed) D. 'E. R, Paxton, 111;, To the Popular Coal 00.,— Chicago, Ill. Gentlemen: Permit me,to say that I have sold Popular Hand Picked Coal to 30 differ: ent farmers and not one complaint. I have used it in my own home and find it to be a good burn- er, giving a good heat and lasting longer than any coal I have ever had. I thank you for causing me to try it. Enclosed find another order. which is the fifth car. Sincerely yours, (Signed) E. M. \Vc have the original let- \ i s \ s . . ' ’ . \ 1700 Coal Exchange Bulldmg. Chicago.- 111111015- , § bility. tors of these and many Gentlemen—Please send me your order blanks § . : ' other satisfied farmers and instruction sheets in connection with your Popu- Q .YOUR N E x1. W110 have effected big 1111' Coal Clubs. I want to try out your plan but I_ a g , saVingS by purchasing understand that this request carries with it no obli- § . - I N T E R 5 coal tom “5' gation of any kind on my part. * § ,' COAL IF YOU ACT Q U I C K Name ...... ................................. ..... .... 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We stand back of mi: ' iisiiiglg Aerican Steel & Wire Company, Chicago NewYork Boston Birmingham Dallas Denver Salt Lake City}; Images: YOUR '3 OLD TOWER -= - .: - a siziiéa‘s} \ I” F :53. of :5 Kiri. ; x. e; Erg'lili 5 53:? TURKEYS "yeuhuemtnmarkettor THANKSGIVING we. to DETROIT BEEF CO. Detroit, Mich. an man: u m and mm We Will Sell Them for You cmocx - WILLIAMS co., Inc. an: new 813.. DETROIT. MICH- WE semen YOUR SHIPMENTS a live poultry, veal and 8885- Our commission is 5%. Beterences: Wayne County and .Home Savings Bank. Bradstreet 9 Special Offer Modern Poultry Breeder A high-class Poultry paper published monthly and The Business Farmer V asWoekly BOTH PAPERS 5c ONE YEAR - 7 Otter good on renewal sub- r exemptions for thirty 41" 0m!- . W UNITED STATES MORTGAGE BOND COMPANY LIMITED MQquW 33,3 :uamwemaumm WW Renate-mede m- mes ucme "IL Btmtnvm "man... w: Saltdsamlesotanythingyou havetooflen Dampbeans shouidbemailedin‘anair- tighitin—notlessthanone' ldberaladvancesmadeoneon- ligaments. Wentcmtoanylnnktnthhdty. sun-ans I'iciueau Imam co. not no. Poa'r Bolton. maxim M. S. C. ENLARGES RADIO ACTIVITIES ‘ v GREATLY enlarged program A for the radio school of the Michigan State College of Ag- riculture and Applied Science is and nounced tor this tall and winter by James B. Hasselman, director of publications at the school. Although the radio station, WKAR, resumed broadcasting Oct. 5 after having been closed during the summer months during'which time extensive repairs and improvements were made, the radio school is not to begin until November 2. As last year when 3000 farmers and their wives or other persons in- terested in agriculture enrolled in the five two weeks comes ousted. theschoolthisyearwfllbedirected entirely to offering instruction in eg- riculture or related subjects. The station is dedicated to the farmer and n his interests are always in mind as the program is being planned. Many educators are skeptical as to the practical value of the air as an educational medium and it is now quite generally conceded that the teaching of languages and similarly involved subjects has met with little success when attempted by broad- casting stations. However, the ex- periences of the few agricultural col- leges in the country which have adopted radio as an important ad- junct to their extension departments have been encouraging and apparent- ly the farmers believe the instruction which they havereceived through the medium at the loud speaker and head phones is or value as they have en.- rolled in steadily increasing numbers in the courses offered. The program mapped out for this year by the college radio stair calls for five months of' instruction or about twice that of last year when courses were offered tor but ten weeks. Detailed programs outlining the courses to be oifered, the mem- bers of the faculty or outside speak- ers who will be heard. the dates when the courses will be broadcast, and other data have not been worked out yet at the school but are to be ready shortly before the school opus, ac- ccording to Mr. Hasselman. The deparunents which will par- culture or of the benefit to the term- er’s wife in her domestic duties,’are home economics, farm crops, soils. dairy husbandry, animal husbandry, poultry, entomology, bacteriology and ‘ agricultureal engineering. An enrollment of several times the number of last year is expected ow- ing to the greater number of re.- eeiving sets which are now installed in farm homes, improvement in re- ception which was made possible by changes in the college station’s equip- ment, the greater advertising which the courses will receive and the in- terest which was stimulated by the experiment of last year.——McC. emu. PRIZES am W0 ’ SHOW ' w Michigan State Department of Agriculture cooperating with the Thumb of Michigan Potato " Show which is to be held at Ma'yville on November 11, 13 and 13th, are ' altering a prime of one hundred doll- ars to growers who best interpret the recently enacted law on uniform grading of potatoes. To compete in this class growers are required to prepare an exhibit of one bushel field potatoes, besides these he will then select one peck ‘ each of U. S. Fancy, U. S. No. 1, U. S. No. 1 small, U. S. No. 2. together with the culls removed in making up the above grades. The real contest is in the grower exhibiting what“ he thinks is the proper kind of potatoes to comply with the rules established by the State Department of Agriculture. Copies of these regulations may be secured by writing the State Depart- ment of Agriculture at Lansing, or the County Agricultural agent of any county. The judging of the exhibit will be done by regular inspectors from the State Department of Agriculture. The premium money is divided into nine prizes, giving thirty dollars to the grower winning first place. The bankers of the Thumb Area, by contributions, have also made possible the entering of substantial premiums on both Early Ohio and Irish Cobbler type of potatoes. Policy of M. S. C. Toward Cooperation We believe that cooperation in agriculture should be encouraged and that there are certain advantages which come from it. These advantages are: 1. It awakens farmers to the necessity of understanding marketing problems as \ ,. anessestinlsteptoward 2. It gives farmers inionnation about market processes and enables them to keep in tours: with market conditions so that production may be more nearly kept in haw many with market demand. 3. It aids in, the dissemination of crop and market news, in the establishment of grades, and in better packing and handing practias which have melted in benefit: to the consumer as well as to the farmer. 4. It givm the farmer a knowledge 0! the conditions of supply and demand and therefore places him more nearly on a parity with those who are buying his product. 5. It gives the farmer bargaining power in the market. 6. It permits the farmer to perform marketing services for himself in instances where privately owned agenda are not doing this adequately. 7. It gives the farmer a saucy which holds his interests paramount. 8. It permits the tanner to get the bandits of wholesale buying. 9. It aids in bringing about cheaper and better production. 10. It otters the most helpful W to the problem of reducing marketing costs. We hold the following opinions about agriculture and marketings: 1. Thai everything possible should be done to make rural life more wholesome, increase the standard of living in the country. eliminate as many of the business risks of agriculture as Mic, increase the return to farmers for the use of their capital and tor their labor, keep at a minimum the oust of taking produce to the con- sumer, and hold an energetic. indusu-ious and moral citizenship in the country. 2. {that sound occupation in agriculture is beneficial and should be encouraged wherever the conditions of citizenship and business make it possible for it to succeed. 3. The: in those ammmities where the training or temper of the people is adverse » no cooperation, there should be edumtion to overcome these defects. 4. That the marketing agencies operating under our present commercial and in- systanareessmtialandare avultmbleeervice. 5. m it is possible through scientiflc’research and action to develop a stronger and more efficient system of handling agricultural products. 6. um more can be accomplished by evolutionary than revolutionary methods in market improvements and that improvement will come onty after thorough scien- tific reseasch. ;, . . 7. Tint there 1 old he claser cooperation between the agricultural and the in- dustrial. and financial interests of the state. 8. “flat farmers should turn their attention to cooperation in production and buy- ing supplies as well as in maxketins. 9. That in adopting a program for ammmra-l business improvement the interests of consumers as well. as those of farmers should be considered. 10. m the success of cooperation is dependent upon the action of tanner: them— selves. It is essential .that the farmer feels that the organization was formed by him and not forhim. lettai-mers bepermittedtedirecttheirormixationswithoutnny ' legislative Mums. . should governmental, institutional. or team organization, estatecolle‘ehaithe We believe that in relation following distinct functioning: 1. Todoeeimflflcmrchtodimuntruthabout market conditions andthe mm economic p underlying marketing. fl C W ,Toteach studentswitnin the clas-roompthe economical! agriculture and he” . . a, Tommemformation obtainedthroughresoarehbothe people of the stat. throughtheextension division. ‘ - a no Met surveys upon mum to of communities for the i 2;: N‘. "is finally consumed. 3‘6 mm 2...... FARM ER The Only F arrn‘ Magazine ,Owned and Edited in Michigan ' SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1925 ' Bi-Weekly at (ll-mew. Hichiun. Entered as 2nd. class matter. Aug. 22, 19% at Mt. Clemens, Mich, under act Mar. 3. 1 o What Do You Know About Detroit Milk Market? 'Series of Articles by Economics Export on Market for Whole Milk to Answer Many Questions E is much misunderstand- l ing about/the problems involv- ed in the marketing of whole milk. This condition prevails in every whole milk market area, and it is duite natural that it should. The farmer is a busy man who Works by himself and very rarely gets to the city where his product If he does not take this trip he probably learns nothing about market conditions. It is not possible to get a clear un- derstanding of the market by ob— servation. Much time must be spent in studying every phase and factor having an influence on the market. This, the farmer, .as an individual, is not able to do. .The labor of taking care of a dairy herd is not light. The return for effort expended is not large. The farmer working day after day with- out intimate knowledge of how his product is handled after it leaves his hands is very apt to get a wrong impression of just what is going on. Market conditions are not ideal. There are many weaknesses in our present system and much research and study must be made on the whole agricultural market problem; but conditions are not as bad as some farmers seem to think. Some of the things farmers are made to believe are entirely without founda- tion and are given circulation for utterly selfish purposes. I have been asked to write a few articles about the Detroit Milk Mar- ket for the readers of THE Busmsss Fauna. In these I shall attempt to state the economics ofthe milk market in as clear and concise a manner as possible and answer some of the questions which farmers are asking. It will not be my purpose to enter into a controversy or de- fend any particular type of market- ing or group of people. I realize that while the attempts of organ- ized farmers to improve their mar- ket conditions have accomplished much, there is still much to be done. In discussing an economic question, we must not fail to consider it, as it confronts us under existing condi- tions rather than conditions as we would like them to be. ,The problems of the milk market Michigan’s 1925 Corn CrOp 1‘s Largest on Record E month of September was very favorable for the matur- ing of late crops, the moisture having been sufficient and no frosts occuring except in northern coun- ties. —The ground was in excellent condition for Wheat and rye seeding although rains delayed some sec- tions. Corn cutting was well ad- vanced at the end of the month and silo filling was practically complet- ed. Rains delayed bean harvesting and causing considerable damage to the crop in some of the heaviest producing counties, according to the October 1 report issued by L. Whit- ney Watkins, Commissioner of Ag- riculture and Verne W. Church, Ag- ricultural Statistician, U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Corn: Michigan has an excellent crop this year being good in practi- cally all sections except in some northern counLies where extreme , drought prevailed during the. great- er part of the season. The condi- tion of Wiper cent is equivalent to g a production of 66,796,000 bushels, .last ten years. By PROF. J. T. HORNER' Head of Economics Work in Agrlaulture. Michigan State College THE milk from thousands of Michigan herds goes to feed the people of Detroit, yet we will wager that a large percentage of the ownersoffliesehendsarenotfamfliarwiththeh'mm-ket. This h‘ the first article of a series we have arranged with Prof. J. T. Homer aftheM.S.C.toprepar-eforushoinflorm youonthismarket, and you can read them with the feeling that you are getting the correct information as he has spent some time studying the Detroit market. Do not miss any of the series. Prof. Horner invites you to write about any particular question ym would like discussed and we urge that you take advantage of his invitation. must be considered as they exist at present and every eflort made to bring about improvement in an or- derly manner. There are so many real knotty problems which com- mand the wisdom and attention of all of us that it is essential that no eflort be wasted on non—essentials and misconceptions. Send in Questions While this series of articles is ap- pearing, I would be pleased to have dairy'men write me about any parti- cular question they want discussed. I am quite sure that there are many questions about the marketing of milk which cannot yet be answered; but if we all look at this matter in a spirit of fairness and give sincere study to the problem, we can sure- ly make some progress. It would be worth while for farmers to send in their opinions about the market so that these might be passed on for what they are worth. At the outset of the consideration of this question, it is well to take a look at the problem of the milk market. There are in greater De- troit, approximately, one and a quarter million of people who need milk. This is produced by some ten thousand farmers. Milk must be taken from farm to the city kitchen and so handled that it will be kept clean, pure and sweet. Every pint of milk which goes for consumption in the homes of De- troit must pass through a bottle. The whole supply which is produced on 10,000 farms must be distributed 18 bushels, making the total produc— tion 144,000 bushels as compared with 126,000 last year. The quality is rated at 88 per cent. All Wheat: The percentage of the crop marketed up to October 1, ac- cording to the estimates of corres- pondents, is 38 per cent, or a total of 5,974,000 bushels. Oats: The yield of oats is placed at 32 bushels per acre, nearly two bushels below the average for the The total produc- tion is 52,224,000 bushels against 67,000,000 last year, the yield be- ing ten bushels less per acre. The quality is 88 per cent, one per cent above the average but six per cent under last year. Rains during har- vest discolored a portion of the crop while in the shock. Barley: The reports of correspon- dents indicate that the average yield of barley is 24 bushels. The straw was shorter than usual but well fill- ed. Rains. discolored a considerable quantity of the grain while stand- ing in the shock thereby reducing , the quality to 84 per cent. The estimated total crop is 4,104,000 ,. . Whereas the 19-24 crop. was ' 7, 02¢, A , y ,~ at, from a consider- to the homes of 1% million con- sumers. The small quantities pro- duced on the individual farms must be assembled into large quantities, processed and then distributed again in packages (bottles) holding one quart each. A product is not fully produced until it is in the hands of the person who is toquse it. The process of production, in its true sense, in- volves all the operations necessary to put milk in the hands of the con- sumer. Someone must not only feed cows and milk them, but also haul the milk to the country station, weigh and cool it, haul it to the city, pasteurize and bottle it, and deliver it to the door of the consum— er. There is no need, at this point, to discuss the question of Who should perform all these operations. At the present time the job of pro- cessing and distributing milk is done by companies specially organ- ized for this purpose. This is a specialized business the same as is milk production. All of these pro- cesses are essential and must be per- formed by someone, regardless of the type of ownership, just as long as milk is produced on farms some distance from the city. The only way these operations could ever be made unnecessary is for the con- sumers to keep their own cows in the city. There was a time when this was the practice; but I do not believe the time will ever come when it will be again. So we have ened the yield in northern districts and heavy storms did considerable damage to the crop of some of the southern districts. The condition of 79 per cent is the same as one year ago and five per cent above the ten-year average and is equivalent to a production of 961,000 bushels which is practically the same as that of last year. Potatoes: Prospects did not im- prove in September as is usual in most years. The condition of 76 per cent represents a production of 26,384,000 bushels as compared with 38,252,000 in 1924. The early crop was light and the late crop varies greatly between different sec- tions, being rather light in many central, southwestern and northern counties and very good in some of the west-central counties. The quality is excellent. ‘ Beans: Frequent rains during September interfered with the bar- vesting of the crop and damaged .many fields, as a result of which the pick _will be heavier than usual on the late crop. Correspondent’s re- ports indicate an average yield of 12 bushels per acre .and an average pick of 8.5 per cent. However, but the situation to face as it actually exists. To perform these processes there are required large quantities and many types of machines, much- capital and many workers. The job of handlmg the milk during the market process is essential and is- just as much an economic service to society as is that of milk produc- tion on the farm. World Pro In the early days of milk marketa- ing, the farmer performed the mar- ket services for himself. He de- livered the product of his herd di- rect to the consumer. As cities grew the distances necessary to reach a suflicient supply to satisfy requirements were too great to make it feasible for the farmer to go into the city each day with his small supply. Health considerations made pasteurization necessary. This involved the outlay of large amounts of capital to build plants equipped to handle large quantities. Also the development of modern milk distrib- uting methods made this a special- ized business requiring special busi- ness training. These factors of dis- tance from market, capital require- ments, and special business ability, are the reasons for the em'stence o! the distributor as a marketing agency. developed which divides into two parts, the business of providing the city consumer with his milk—{he farmer and the distributor. That is the system which now prevails and in our consideration of this whole problem we must recognize this con- dition. EVen though the distribu- tive machinery might some time be owned and operated by the farmer, the separation will continue to exist, for it is impossible to ever go back to the old basis. The market channel for milk un» der existing conditions may be il- lustrated as follows: Farmer — Distributor — Consumer The service of transportation is not considered here, for the farmer and distributor perform this or hire someone to do it for them. In the next article I shall discuss the business relationship between the farmer and the distributor. For Our State percentage of the crop was still un- harvested, so that a later inquiry may show somewhat different fig ures. Based upon this yield, the production will be 7,356,000 bush- els in comparison with 5,848,000 harvested last year. A special in- quiry relative to varieties indcates the following percentages grown this year: small whites, 82; large whites, 4; light red kidneys, 5: dark red kidneys, 7; soys, 1; other varieties, l per cent. Tame Hay: The crop has steadily increased in volume during the sea— son as a result of many second cut- tings of clover and second and third cuttings of alfalfa. The yield is es- timated at 1.0 ton per acre, or a total crop of 3,194,000 tons as com- I pared with 5,010,000 tons last year. The quality is 84 per cent, a con- ‘ siderable percentage of the late crop " having been damaged by rains while i being harvested. Pastures: Great improvement took place during September, the condition being 81 per cent at the T end of the month as compared with 68 at the beginning. : Clover Seed: The outlmk 1032' clover seed. is only fair. timated production, based on a coi- vv ‘ continued W”. I We have, then, a, symmy...’ . WAJS walking home from Mill- burg one day when I heard the _ unmistakable clatter of an emp— ty Ford truck behind me. Glancing ack I saw that the hood of the pproaching juggernaut was held own With an old. bright red sad- By this token I immedi- ,tely recognized the truck as the I once asked him if he didn’t think the saddle cinch a little out ' of place on a motor truck. “It ain’t any more out of place on this con— Xtraption than I am," he answered. , “Me and that old cinch are both old timers, but ‘By Jing’ we intend to af-Jkeep up with the times.” _ As the truck approached I con- " fidently expected Ed to slow down and give me a lift, but to my sur— prise he kept right on. looking straight ahead. An outraged yell from me, however, brougth him to ~13. squealing halt. “What’s the matter, Ed," said I. ‘Is your eyesight getting poor or did you get so much money for that oad of Duchess apples that, you con— ’sider yourself above your neigh— abors?” f “Never fear,” he answered, “about ., a fruit grower getting too much for if anything. No, sir, the reason I did— ! n’t see you was because I was just oing some hard thinking about a .package of rolled oats I bought over at Byer's store just now." I asked him if his wife had been getting , oatmeal for breakfast a little too often to suit him. “Nope,” he said, "tain’t that. I 'was just comparing that oatmeal to my loadlof apples. I was thinking T that if t. e people who put out that ~package" f rolled oats tried to sell the way we sell our fruit they would go broke." ‘fAha,” I chirped, “I guess I know ’what's wrong. You are a trifle peev— ‘Ufl because Max over at the associ— ifition packing house didn’t take your load of miscellaneous Duchess apples and turn out a one hundred per cent ‘A’ grade pack?” V “No, sir,” he answered. “you are [Wrong again. I don’t expect any .man to do the impossible. Max is 'doing his best. If it wasn’t for him and a lot more like him, we’d all be in the poor—house by this time. What I was thinking about was advertising.” “We fellows do a lot of kicking about the fruit market but I’ll bet six cents against the holes in a swiss Q. N our October 10th issue I told you something of the trip of the agricultural editors of this coun- try made into western Canada. I told you of leaving Chicago on the night of August 22nd, our stop at 'Minneapolis, what we saw at Winni- peg, our visit to the farming territory around Brandon and Regina and our study of the farmers’ cooperative as— ‘SOCiations at the latter city. We saw “a military tournament at Regina in the afternoon and for refreshments, .tea and sandwiches were served in a tent, instead of the various cold 'drinks, sandwiches,' many kinds of candy and popcorn that we associate [with public entertainments in the States. ,, ‘Tho City of Moose Jaw From Regina to Moose Jaw it is a istance 0f 41 miles and we made the run in slightly over an hour ar— iving at 5:30 I). M. Autos were Waiting for us when we got there nd we were taken out into the farm- ng territory. It is claimed that the est Wheat growing land in the Aorld is located around Moose Jaw find after a twenty—five mile ride hrough it I am willing to agree. a yield runs as high as 38 bushels he acre on many farms. Radios to be very popular with the ralmiles and saw only one place ‘ ,they did not have one. And ‘lrthey, might have had an in— erial'he're, which would make per’ce . After a good “feed” 'boa (led our train and was Fruit They Would Go Broke,” He Says By HERBERT NAFZIGER Editor Fruit and Orchard Department, THE BUSINESS FARMER NEW FRUIT AND ORCHARD EDITOR E are pleased to announce that Herbert L Nafziger has joined our regular staff of editors, taking charge of our Fruit and Orchard department. Mr. Nafziger studied hor- ticulture at the M. S. C. and has been making his living as a practical fruit grower in Berrien county for the last 16 years. are- going to enjoy his department as he is planning on publishing articles not only on fruit culture but about marketing methods, news of general interest, reports on meetings, and he says, you may expect to hear about his neighbor Ed McIntosh once in a. while. We know you Heis at your service and will be glad to answer your Herbert Nafziger questions. cheese that those rolled oats peo— ple didn’t have any market at all to begin with. They made a mar- ket. And they made it by advertis— ing. Every day in every way they told folks What a fine thing it was to eat rolled oats. How healthy it was how it made children grow— how it made old folks live to be a hundred, and so forth. By and by people began to believe it and the first thing the oats rollers knew they had an enormous market work- ed up.” “Well, Ed, I guess you’re right,” I said, “I suppose you think we ought to get busy and do the same thing with our fruit.” “Why of course we ought to!” he exploded, “We not only ought to, but ‘by Jing’ we’ll have to; with fruit so hard to sell and all these new orchards and vineyards coming into bearing.” “But, neighbor, let me tell you one thing,” and here Ed slowed down the truck and put his hand on my knee, “getting back to those rolled oats. All the advertising in the world wouldn’t have done ’em any good if they hadn’t been telling the truth. The oats ARE good, they ARE healthful, and all the rest of it. As far as making people live to be a hundred is concerned, I don’t know if they ever claimed that, but oats won’t prevent them from living to be a hundred like some things will. Now I’ve thought a lot about this advertising business and I be— lieve it is the thing to do, but I al- so believe that before we start on any advertising campaign we want to be darn sure that our stuff is worth advertising.” “Hold on there old boy,” I ob— jected, “I guess I know that our fruit is the best that grows. Isn’t Michigan the home of ‘Fruit with Flavor’, ‘The Big Red Apple’, ‘Per— feet Cherries’ and ‘Sweet Blue Grapes’? If any fruit was eVer worth advertising, I guess ours is." “Sure,” answered Ed. “Sure it’s worth advertising. There ain’t any— body can hold a candle to our stuff. But I know one or two of my neigh— bors who are just naturally unlucky when it comes to coddling moth and sometimes a little scab will creep in here and there in spite of every— thing.” ~ “No matter how good the flavor of our apples is, biting into an ap— ple and finding half a worm in it does not improve it any. Now that’s the kind of stuff it does not pay to advertise. VVe’ve got to advertise our stuff or people will never know we have it to sell, but the proper place for the poor stuff is the cider mill or the hog pen where it can’t damage our business.” At this point I was about to put By MILON GRINNELL This city is located in the province of Alberta and we did not arrive there until the next morning, August 27. They have an abundant supply of natural gas and most of the heating and cooking is done with it. Here again autos met us and took us out into the country. After partak— ing of‘a luncheon as guests of the Board of Trade of Medicine Hat we continued our journey westward to Brooks, “the town that was born over night.” But a few years ago there was no town here, in fact, there was small need for a town as the country was so dry that littlevcould be raised. Then some farsighted men introduced irrigation farmers saw the possibili— ties and came there and the once dry prairie is now a most productive land. Perhaps the most interesting sight near this town is the huge, reinforced concrete aqueduct con— structed by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company at a cost of $800,- 000. It is two miles long, and, at places, over 50 feet in height, and conveys the water from Lake Newell, south of Brooks, across a great de- pression in the prairie. Around 90,000 acres in this territory have been irrigated. A visit was made to the Dominion Government Experi— ment Station here also and results obtained through the irrigation of crops were presented. 1 Calgary, the largest city between Winnipeg and Vancouver, was our next stop, and from this point we eighhor Ed McIntoSh His RolledOats “If the Folks Who Put Out These Rolled Oats Tried To Sell Their Stuff the Way We Sell Our in a wise remark of my own when I noticed that we were nearly forty rods past my place so I thanked my neighbor for the ride and 'Walked back. My conversation with Ed McIn- tosh, however, put a bug in my ear and the next day I went to Benton Harbor to see Mr. Fred L. Granger, energetic manager of our husky young state exchange, the Michigan Fruit Growers Incorporated. I told him what old Ed had said and he agreed that every word of it was gospel truth and pure wisdom. ‘fThink of the strategic position which we occupy”, said Mr. Grang— er, “We have the best geographical .location in America, Within five hundred miles of forty million peo- ple. We have a wide diversity of horticultural products, all With‘high quality and flavor.” “ nd What is more,” he continued, file Michigan fruit industry has ‘ reached the point where it is ready for adver- tising. Three years ago it was not ready. At that time our grading laws were weak, toothless infants, Federal loading point inspection was unknown here, and last but not least, our growers were not organ- , iged in a way to make an advertis- 1ng campaign possible.” “Today things are different. We have good grading laws and their enforcement is going forward in an energetic, efficient manner, because the growers themselves want it. We have loading point inspection, and, most important of all, we have the machinery to organize and put across a real business-like adver- tising campaign.” Of course I know what Mr. Grang- er meant by the “machinery”. He meant the Michigan Fruit Growers, Incorporated, with its net-work of twenty—two constituent fruit co-ops. Without this machinery, an ener- getic and sustained advertising ef- fort would be impossible. To make , a success of advertising one has to do more than hit the nail on the head just once. One has to keep on hitting it until the nail is driven and then drive another and another and so forth. Needless to say, this will never be done unless the growers do it themselves. “Yes,” said Mr. Granger, “Michi— gan fruit is ready. to be advertised. We are on the brink of a new mer- chandising era. All we have to do is realize the fact and push our- selves over the brink. In Western Canada With Farm Paper Editors * ’ took a drive of seventy miles to the ranch of the Prince of Wales in the foot hills of the Canadian Rockies. I shall never forget the feeling of awe that came over me that beauti— ful morning as we passed out of the city of Calgary on our way to the ranch, and, for the first time, I saw the Rockies. At first they appeared to be behind a thin screen of smoke but as the sun rose higher in the sky the outline of the mountain range became more distinct, the low-hang— ing clouds cleared away and the snow—capped. peaks were visible, 90 miles away. My wife said it was the first time’she ever saw me speech— less. We passed through some ter— ritory where mixed farming was prac— ticed and into cattle and sheep coun- try arriving at the ranch of the Prince shortly before noon. The buildings are located in a beautiful valley and are very sensible and sub— stantial. We were welcomed by the manager, Dr. W. L. Carlyle, a man who was born and raised in the Unit— ed States. The men of the party were given a fine lunch spread on tables under the trees Beside a creek that passes through the ranch, while the ladies were entertained with tea in the Prince’s ranch house. The afternoon was spent in inspecting the ranch buildings and the stock. Among the notable animals were “King of Fairies,” prize Shorthorn bull, andfi‘Will Semers,” thorough— bred stallion. owned by King George :{d loaned to, ‘ ‘ 5‘19: , . i l HUSIGY Y NO‘V ‘VOULDN’T THIS GET YOUR “GOAT”?——It’s Harold and ll'lorey Skinkle, hert. son of of unficld out for a “joyride.” Their sister, Reoah, took the picture and sent it in to us. ‘ “CHICKEN THIEVES.” — T h e s e ‘ horned owls were shot «by Stanley Clawson, of Albion. OUNG A. .m FARMER.——I{er— Le an M oyer, Eagle, with his pet lamb. PICKING IIUCKLEBERRIES.——It is real fun to pick “0" BOY! AIN'T \VE GOT \V “0 ARE THESE YOUNGSTERS‘3—The joke is on us huckleberrie/s, according to lurs. \V. M. Chesney, of Leslie. FUN?"—Dolo res, lO—months-old this time. “’e were in such it hurry to get this picture in . and she sends in this picture to prove it. “We had eight daughter of Jules Unbain, of St. the paper that we plumh forgot the name of the folks. All Charles, is having just a wonderful we remember is that the dog’s name is “Cub”. ‘Vho are 7 I ‘ crates filled when this was taken and we were just getting ' started,” she writes. they? time taking a bath. “IN llORSlth—Eslher YOU’RE WRONG! THEY ARE NOT EST" ER AND HER FAVORITE Snell, dungh— ()Rl’llAN_ ——-’l‘hese CLOVER”!—They are standing in a patch ter of Eugene Snell, of arunae, has a, horse of her own that she Mrs. Joe Atzingen, of of Early Rose potatoes on the funn of Chas. harnesses, drives and rides and she asks no odds of anyone. She them in hand to raise L. Powell, of Kewadin. is a. genuine furmerette all the way round. very much interested. “JUST PALS.”—The bright young man in this Slash, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Moore, tecton- slts by his side. EVERYBODY IS HAPPY.—Marie and Betty, daughters of Mr. and .fiMzs. Byron Swanson, of Pelleton, “MIGHTY HUNTERS ABE WE.”—Clar- one and Charlie Inman, of Shepherd, and mufihlack tax they caught. ,.-. lmnhs are orphans and “'illizunston, has taken . The out seems to he picture is Howard M, of Mason, and his pro—-' ' crate with tile in it crack? "“5’1 I _Vfl_7___________~-_‘r ___ , ’ (A «.1. W rel- W CONCRETE CHIMNEY Would a chimney made of con- Would it stand much heat, also would the tile have to be loose in the concrete ,; or could it be set in the mold so the concrete could stick to it? Please give me what advice you can.-——G. (1., Empire, Mich. TIRE use of concrete in chimney construction is not generally re- commended for ordinary dwell— ings and is not permitted in most building codes. There seems to be a greater possime of building a des festive chimney of concrete than when brick is used. Cracking caused by settling or expansion from. heat is more diflicult to avoid than in a brick chimney. When a chimney is made of con- crate it should be lined with regular um. mem Wu: aiming-neuter mm you. I mymmmmmnnammemmmnumnnmi fire clay flue lining, and concrete should be reinforced both horizont- ally and vertically. The concrete shell should be from 4" to 6” thick and may have the flue lining embed- ed in it.-—O. E. Robey, Specialist in Agricultural Engineering, M. S. C. CHARGES FOR HAULING PASSENGER Would like to know if a person with an operator’s license has a right to charge for hauling passen- gers in his automobile, or if he has to have an extra. license—A. V. S., Glennie, Mich. VERY person who operates a motor vehicle for hire or who hires himself to operate a mo- tor vehicle is required to have a chauffeur’s'license. If a person owns , ' equiredmto‘hsyp a‘ chauflenfis licensee—C. J.‘ DeLand, Secretary to. WANTS DRAIN of mama as“: ‘ , we. ,. .. trict, bya‘p’fstitipntsigned by at'leut ten, preparation. 01 such signers shall be owners or ’ lands liable to assessment for the I have forty acres in the northern . part of the state and cannot get drainage on account of a hill. There is a good ditch starting about two miles west of my place and it ends at,my place. It is on the public highway and they never made any attempt to put a drain through this hill as should be done, as it has to go down about ten feet. Would it be up to the township to put in‘ this drain or the property owners that are benefited—M. 11., Wayne Coun— ty. ’ reply to your question my opin- ion is that if the drainage is for purpose of draining your own property you will have to stand the expegse. As it appears to me from your statement of facts that you are the only beneficiary. If other lands are to be benefited you I Resulgs An increase of 2476.5 lbs. in two lac- tations! And, at the same time, an object lesson for all dairymenl Here was a cow with a splendid record during her first lactation period—pro- duction that would satisfy most dairy- men. Yet proper feeding and care brought an increase of 1326.9 lbs. in the second milking and a further gainof1149.6lbs.inthethird. Dairymen owe it to their bank balances never to take for granted that a particu- lar cow has reached the physical limits of her profit-earning capacity. Every cow owner, of course, wants imme- diate returns on his feed investment, ‘Ihe Story Of Cow No.120‘ 00w No. 120, a grade Holstein, came to the Larro Research Farm January 22nd, 1922. Since that time an accurate record of her performance—weight, ration feed, milk produced—has been kept, covering three complete milking periods. From these figures the following table was compiled: MCIATION LACIAII'ION No. 1 No. 2 Date {Inhaled - - 11/11/21 1/19/23 Weight after Embossing v 917 1100 Weight fl ad (‘ lactation o 1226 1254 Weight just bobs: fitshenmg 1270 1334 Highest 1.0 day? - — 416.4 476.2 Milk in 330 (it?! - 11259.2 12586.1 “the long haul.” Askdienearestdealer alone can rave a feed LACI'ATION No. 3 3/24/24 1150 564.6 13735.7 and Larro brings those returns as in the case of cow No. 120. But Larro also builds the health and condition that make it possible for a cow to yield steadily increasing profits during the succeeding milking periods. More milk now. More milk next year. More milk in years to come. For thou- sands of dairymen, scattered over the country, Larro is paying handsome profits over their investment for feed —both in immediate returns and for Anyfairtrial ofLarrooveranyreason- able period of time will prove these facts to your own satisfaction. THELARROWE MILLING COMPANY , ( in. h- , 3 construction of such drain. (Act No. 316 of P. A. of 1923 Session, Chap. III.)——H. V. Spike, Assistant Attor- ney General. SET OUT sermons n! me When is the best time to set out asparagus, in the spring or fall?— 0. B., Plainwell, Mich. is usually thought that the best time to set out asparagus plants is in the spring. Plants set out in the fall do not have ample time to become established before winter sets in. In this case many plants are likely to winter kill. However, plants set out in the spring gener- ally make good growth, and thus become established before the grow- . ing season ends—Joseph B. Ed- mond, Instructor in Horticultum, Michigan State Qollege. RECORD CONTRACT I bought a piece of .land on con- tract through a real estate agent. He looked up the records and they showed an $1,800.00 mortgage on same. I bought it on said contract. the price being $5,000.00, paid $500.00 down and $36.00 per month, or more, at 6 per cent. This contract bears date of March 12, 1924. On April 3, 1924 there was another mortgage { the place. This man refuses to re- cord said contract. He is not col- lectable, so what am I to do? This man can mortgage said land again if he so wishes, or assign it to some- one else if he so chooses. is reliable. said contract recorded? Mich. —You could take your copy of the contract to the register of deeds' office and have t recorded—Legal Editor. SEEKING-FURTHER APPLE What is the matter with the Seek- No—Further. apple? Twenty years ago it was a common and popular variety, now it is almost impossible to obtain one—E. F., Albion, Mich. BE Seek-No—Further apple has not been planted much during recent years because there has been no particular demand for it. it has been unable to compete in the markets with, some of ‘Our more prominent standard sorts like John- athan, McIntosh and Northern Spy. of Horticulture, M. S. C _ DISPUTE OVER CATTLE A sold two cows to B for $200 ed to pay the balance of $50 in a week. Now nearly a month has gone by since B took the cows and he has not been to A as yet to pay for the same. A has heard through different parties that B talks of not paying the balance, claiming cows are too old and not what they were claimed to be. New B had his own choice of cows and did not say anything when he took them. Can A take sheriff and go after cattle, paying B the $150, but making B pay sheriff costs and cost of hiring truck to haul cattle? No note for the Jifty dollars was given, A tak- ing B's 'Word for same—C. W., Waltz, Mich. CD would have to get an order from the court before taking the cows back. I would sue him for the levy on the cows to satisfy the judgment.———Legal Editor. PLANTING BERRIJZB When is the best time to‘ set rasp- berries?-——-Mrs. B., Tower, Mich. FALL planting is sometimes prac- ticed with the blackberries and red raspberries but the black raspberry should beset as early as possible in the spring. The plants are propagated by laying down the tips and covering them with soil during the late summer and if is 3111?, : 12-51 2. necorded of, $1,000.00, making $2,800.00 against. punt- : If this : be true a land con-tract is not safe a to buy on unless the second Isthere anyway to get, I have a‘ copy of same—E. W., Dansville, . (Like a great many other varieties, i ——V. IL Gardner, Head, Department . and received $150 down. B promis— 2 ram-id“ "filer-5"" ' may '49:: m for Economical Transportation 0 uality— “the biggest factor in economy Fine quality‘lbuilt into an automobile makes it run well, wear well and look well for a long time. 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I have calls for cswoony-trained _men B oadscope Farm R ENTION was made in a former article of the Hillsdale county club attend- but at that boys’ and girls’ ing the State Fair, time their prize mon- ey would total, and when it was a n n o u n ced it seemed like quite a 1 a r g e chunk of bacOn for the clubs of one county t 0 bring home, the amount b e i n 8‘ more than eight— een hundred dol- lars! The prize L. w. MEEKS ribbons w h i c h were won were on display in a bank at the county seat until the Hillsdale County Fair when they formed one of the lead- ing attractions of the parades, which the clubs put on each day. Nearly one hundred of the boys and girls enjoyed the entire week of the Hillsdale Fair by having sleeping and dining room tents on the grounds. They staged some sort of entertainment each evening in the Congress Building and the year’s club work is certain to go into his- tory as a great success. * tic * Rainy “feather James Whitcomb Riley once gave utterance to a thought which has often impressed me with its common sense and wisdom. It runs some- thing like this—— “It's no use to grumble and complain. It’s just as cheap and easy to rejoice; When God sorts out the weather and sends rain. Why, rain’s my choice.” We certainly had our choice for rain well satisfied during the last four weeks, having had so many rainy days that farm operations in general have been greatly hindered. Some fields of alfalfa which were cut the third time for hay are cov- ered with the piles of rotten hay, and there have been on the ground so long they have killed the alfalfa plants under them. Scarcely any medium clover seed has been hulled yet, and the rains have nearly ruin- much of it. Many fields of beans are yet to be harvested, and many fields are ruined by the wet weather. The wonderful 1925 bean crop came to a sad end. I doubt if there is any other crop so easily ruined by rain as beans. My experience leads me to believe that many farmers are in too great haste to pull their beans and have to,allow them too long a time in the bunch to properly cure for storing. * >l< Potato Harvest When this issue of the M. B. F. reaches the subsoribers, potato har- vest will be on in full tilt here in Southern Michigan. The crop is fair, but will be far short of last year on many farms, as the stand is very poor. This seems to be the trouble all over the U. S. Blight has killed many potatoes around here as it has elsewhere. We can easily see where our frequent sprayings with Bordeaux Mixture have helped keep our vines alive. This is only one year in several where blight has caused much trouble, and‘I question whether it pays to spray late potatoes with Bordeaux Mix— ture simply as a blight preventative. Blight so seldom causes serious loss— es, and continuous spraying with Bordeaux costs so much. It is doubtful if it pays where one pro- duces table potatoes only. V Of course, if one produces certi- fied seed, one must spray atleast’ five times-wand if the potato vines did not show a quite general cover— ing with the dried mixture when vis— ited by the inspector, he would have just”0ause for rejecting the field. I doubt if five sprayings are enough for late potatoes. In blighty years. » like this one. eight sprang“ aphid News and dited by L. W. MEEKS, Hillsdale County it was not known just what T. "'rs— ‘ ~ _ .‘ -l~\~.. - ICWS . a thing is worth doing at all, it is worth doing well.” Blight, however, is not the only reason one has for spraying. The many sections of the state the Colo- rado {Beetle or old fashioned potato bug, must be combated with spray, andwhen a pOlson is used for bugs it is no more work to use the Bor— deaux at the same time. In all our experience with late potatoe, we have never had to spray for bugs. In fact we never have used one ounce of poison on our late potato crops. The last year or two we have no- ticed a few leaf hoppers on our fields, but the Bordeaux mixture seems to keep them from becoming numerous enough to be a menace. In fields belonging to neighbors, who do not spray, the leaf hoppers are very numerous and ,it is only a question of time when they will be as dreaded, and justly so as the po- tato bug, and harder to cpntrol. Next year we shall add nicotine sul- phate to our Bordeaux mixture and note its effect on leaf hoppers. Help becomes more scarce every year and it would seem that before many years such crops as pocatoes, which require so much labor, will necessarily be reduced in-acreagc. No matter how much potato machin- ery a farmer has, the potato crop re— quires a great deal of genuine work. We usually pay the help by the bushel for picking up the potatoes, the price varying according to the size of the crop, and amount of sort- ing to be done. We have always sorted them when picked up but this year we are not. They are all c'erti- fied and must be held on the farm until spring, and regraded .before Shipping so no grading is done in the fall only to throw out an occa- sianl one of undesirable appearance if any. Keeping our crop until spring has caused us to build a storage house this fall. It is not as large as some we have read of, but will be of am- ple size for .our need. A farmer can not produce quality potatoes only by having a fixed rotation, and this means a limit as to acreage. Our storage will care for nearly three thousand bushels. Potatoes are too often piled too deep in the careful storage than half is stack.) A Corn 3 . > Question “Will you please germ me new I can store shredded corn fodder so. that it Will not heat and mold in the mow? We would husk corn with a machine if we thought we ‘ could keep the fodder from spoiling. —-Old Reader, Central, Michigan. Old Reader‘is not the only farm-I. ' er»wh‘o would shred and husk his corn if he knew how to keep the fod- der from Ispoiling. I well remem- ber the first corn we ever had husk- ed with a machine. It was late in the fall, and corn was entirely cured and, as the weather was very dry, it seemed an ideal time to use a ma- chine huskér. Not knowing my better, we took extra care to have the fodder well mowed away. A man kept up a constant tramp to ,pack the shredded stalks, and every man on the job allowed Meeks would certainly have some fine roughage that winter—but he did- n’t! Two weeks after shredding the water was dripping from the raft— ers in the barn, and four weeks after shredding the barn, smelled like a silo. It was/a cold winter and the mow of fodder froze into a near- Iy solid mass. I used an ax to cut out chunks which I fed rather spar- ingly to the' cows, and much to my astonishment they seemed to relish the feed. The next year the own was not as well cured and a new system was used. We borrowed some extra wagons and loaded them with bright oat straw. These were hauled in by the side of the mow, and a man unloaded this straw into the fodder, keeping it well mixed. When the mow was full, there was perhaps one third straw and two thirds fodder, and it kept fine. It never even got warm as far in as a man could reach. It is not abso- lutely necessary to mix straw with the fodder, but when one has the straw handy, it is an ideal system. Fodder will generally keep it not packed too tightly. A man should be stationed at the blower discharge and keep the mo'w of fodder as level as possible. If fodder is well cured, it should keep by the above method. Some use salt, thinking it keeps the fodder from spoiling, but it seems to me it would require a vast amount of salt‘to be successful as a preser- vative, although a reasonable amount would no doubt add some- what to its palatableness, as a stock food. I believe many M. B. F. readers would like to know how others have kept fodder, and any such informa- tion will be glady printed if sent in. Contributions Invited \VIDE OR NARROW SLEIGH EAR EDITOR: Some of us old D residents here have seen the wide sleighs tried out here and discarded. When lumbering stopped here there was left a lot of sleighs that tracked with the wagons or about two inches narrower than the new standard ones and for a time few others were in use but their owners soon got sick of them and cut them down and got others. It was found that it took about twice the power to draw them through drifts as it did to draw the narrow ones through or pull them through the loose snow when We turned out to pass other teams. Be- sides they turn hard in loose snow especially and where travel was not very heavy the horses went inside of the track and first one runner would slip into the horse track and the other climb up out and at an- other place the runner that was up would slide down and the other up. Besides they had to be made heavi— er to be just as strong. But the worst of this matter is the principle of it. The object of this legislation is to force the farmers to__break the roads for the automobiles to so in. It was plainly stated by some of its advocates before the law was pass~ ed. A car owner has the same right to use the road that the farmer has. but no, more right. . No one cleaning; the , right to sores another-Solon them pay for it. When laws are passed to make one class serve an- other it,is class legislation and all wrong. When the $50,000,000 in bonds was voted we were to have better roads to market our produce. When the roads were laid out we found they were planned for the benefit of the tourist trade and tax— es to put through these big roads were so high that other roads were neglected, so many of us have poorer roads to market than we shelf-inst — " rs“ hires: more?” would have bad if the $50,000,000 ‘ (Continued on Page 17) irate“. :no‘ j wrath! .abo'ut .$&”fi' -$§§‘£ ‘fi‘fil‘l’ :5 1 ' ' .~.~\__.,.~.,.w A _. t a,. saw“ .v—._. “IL—«aw \fi' A~‘ " a; M A . ." .f A . _“ . .fA ‘ when handle their farm work. ~w.~._..,wm - - s ._.__._._.__.__ GOOD TILLAGE AND ITS EFFEM‘S ON CROPS ' S one looks around his own com- munity he -_will see a lot of difference in the way different You will also note that the successful farmer has a definite routine that he follows to arrive at his results. The big fact in tillage is to con- trol moisture, so as to liberate plant food as the crop needs it, and to conserve this moisture for future plant use. - The first step in this operation is plowing, there has been lots said, on plowing, books written upon it, and it has been argued pro and con, yet to the individual doing the job there is always a. certain fancy that enters eradicated. 0n nearly every piece of farm land that has been plowed there is a plow sole just at the bot— tom of the furrow the depth depend- ing upon the way the ground has been plowed in previous years. Sometimes this is 4 inches and sometimes 9 inches from the sur- face. This sole is usually hard and non-porous in the clay soils and in the blow sand land you may not find it at all. "’ A depth of 7 to 9 inches is the best plow depth as nearly all the 12, 14 and 16 inch bottom plows will work to the best advantage at these depths. At deeper depths the modern plow will not work success- fully and the draft becomes so great that it is not practical. The advan- tage of deep plowing is that you have a greater area of soil that is mellow to hold humus and mois- ture. After the plowing has been done it should be followed at once with a roller, cultipacker or even a wood planker to pulvorize the large lumps and compress the soil so as to eliminate the air pockets that cause rapid drying out of the soil. If this moisture is retained the soil begins to nitrify, especially in warm weather. This nitrification is al- ways necessary in the starting and growing of crops. Frequent drag- ging keeps the crust from forming and prevents soil cracks and checks that permit the drying out of the soil. But let this be definitely under- stood that unless you have plenty of humus and plant food in the soil, good tillage is not going to turn the trick, but whatever the condition the chances are 100 to 1 in favor of the good tiller. Remember these things: - deep plowing, 7 to 9 inches, rolling and packing, and, frequent harrowing at intervals that prevents the drying out of the soil is really the ideal method of fitting ground for any Edited by c. J. WRIGHT, sarcasm County—4— . Contributions Invited—Questions Anewered into it that will never be crop. And if you try to find why the successful farmer raises good crops this will be one of his secrets. Another one is that he is plowing under some vegetable residue or clover sod so as to keep up his supply of humus. And usually he keeps enough livestock to use up his roughage and turns these ele— ments back in the form of manure. I have noticed farmers plowing 3 to 4 inches deep and this is es- pecially so with some of the tractor plowing and this plowing will lay in the furrow for weeks before even a drag has been used and yet they think that this is O. K. but in a year or two this kind of work will make its lasting impression upon the soil and always to the detriment of the farm. With good tillage comes the fact that there is more capillary at— traction and moisture is drawn up from the subsoil in varying amounts and this does not happen to the poor seed bed and one has to de— pend upon rains rather than mois— ture drawn from the water table below. This is the principle used by the dry farmers of the west where all they have to depend upon is the moisture from the snows of the winter season and where there is hardly any rain during the growing season. Yet they can conserve this snow water throughout the season and raise a good crop. When one realizes that a ton of clover or alfalfa hay requires a million pounds of water to produce it, and a crop of wheat at 25 bush- els per acre needs water enough to grow it, that, if put on the acre at one time it would cover it to a depth of five inches then one will realize that the more moisture he can con— serve the better chances he has for getting a crop. Thousands of farm— ers have been using this method to their advantage for years yet thous— ands of others have been and are using the lax method and are fore— most in the ranks of the calamity bowlers and dissatisfied farm peo— ple. LIDLE 0R LIMESTONE? What would be the best for a garden and a young orchard four years old, lime or limestone?———G. 8., Oakland County. N nearly every case ground lime— 1 stone from two to four tons per acre is the best form of lime to use. If it is not available one ton to three of hydrate lime can be used but is much more expen- sive. Uncle Ab says the truth doesn’t need any ornamentation. ill it * Many a good tempered colt is spoiled by a bad tempered owner. MEET C. J. WRIGHT, FOLKS when introducing a new feature editor to our folks to publish a. picture of him so that you could see what he looked like, and we had been pretty successful until we hooked up with C. J. Wright, our Soils and Crops man, last January. C. J. declared he didn’t have a picture but finally sent us one taken about 10 years ago which he swore he hat “snitched off an old sweet— heart." We thoughtwit looked like a collar ad or “A skin you love to touch” illustration rather than a picture of a real sod-buster, and we told him so. Then he got busy with spring work and had no time for pictures. But this didn't stop us because we had decided that we must have a picture, by fair means or foul, so we got busy—and here's the results. This was taken one hot Sunday afternoon last summer, and we consider it a remarkable likeness—especially of his hands and left foot. It’s too bad we were not able to get a snapshot of him when awake because he is a real handsome fellow, with a tooth paste advertisement smile (address furn- ished on request, girls) but moving pictures are the only kind you can take then. J. C. is a' real farmer and “knows his onions" and IT has always been our policy we; are glad to give" you this op- whafi'ne look. a liken. . S n it It is not a “Hot Shot” unless it is an Eveready Columbia ‘EVEREADY COLUMBIA Dry Batteries -they last longer 1% volts F a h n e s t a c h spring clip bind— ing posts on the Eveready Colum- bia lgnirm‘ at no ‘ extra cost to you. Evereacly Colum‘ bia Hot Shot Bat- teries contain 4, 5 Popular or 6 cells in? neati u S es uater-proo nee m . _‘ 1 case. mu": Amvlu gas engine WHEN you ask for a “Hot Shot” Dry Battery it $333,: and Will pay you to make sure you get one. 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CHAPTER XV Old Burr of the Ferry I was in late November and while the coal carrier Pontiac, on which he was r, serving as lookout, was in Lake Super— Or, that Alan first heard of Jim Burns. The name spoken among some other names in casual conversation by a member of the crew. stirred and excited him; the n name James Burr, occurring on Benjamin Corvet's list, had borne opposite it the ‘ legend “All disappeared; no trace,” and “Alan, whose investigations had accounted for all others whom the list contained, .had been able regarding Burr only to Verify the fact that at the address given no one of this name was to be found. He questioned the oiler who had men- tioned Burr. The man had met Burr one night in Manitowoc with other men, and something about the old man had im- pressed both his name and image on him; he knew no more than that. At Mani— towocl—the place from which Captain Stafford’s watch had been sent to Con— stance Sherrill and where Alan had sought for, but had failed to find, the sender! Had Corvet, after his disappearance, found Burr? Had Burr been the sender. under CorVet’s direction, of those things? Alan speculated upon this. The man might well, of course, be some other Jim Burr; there were probably many men by that name. Yet the James Burr of Cor- Vet’s list must have been such a one as the oiler described—~a white haired old man. Alan could not leave the Pontiac and go at once to Manitowoc to seek Burr; . for he was needed where he was, The season of navigation on Lake Superior was near its close. In Duluth skippers were clamoring for cargoes; ships were lading in haste for a last trip before ice closed the lake‘s outlet at the Soo against all ships. It was fully a week later and after the Pontiac had been laden again and had repassed the length of Lake Superior that Alan left the vessel at Sault Ste. Marie and took the train for Mani- towoc. The little lake port of Manitowoc, which he had reached in the late after— noon, was turbulent with the lake season’s approaching close. Long lines of bulk freighters, loaded and tied up to wait for spring, filled the river, their released- crews rioted through the town. Alan inquired for the seamen’s drinking place, where his informant had met Jim Burr; following the directions he received he made his way along the river bank until he found it. The place was neat, im— Amaculate; a score of lakemen sat talking at little tables or leaned against the bar. (Alan inquired of the proprietor for Jim Burr. The proprietor knew old Jim Burr—— yes. Burr was a wheelsman on Garferry Number 25. He was a lakeman, Experi— enced and capable; that fact, some months before, had served as introduction for him to the frequenters of this place. When the ferry was in harbor and his duties left him idle, Burr came up and waited there, occupying always the same chair. He never drank; ho llt‘VOl‘ spoke to others unless they spoke first to him, but then he talked freely about old days on the lakes, about ships which had been lost and about men long dead. Alan decided that there could be no better place to interview old Burr than here; he waited therefore, and in the early evening the old man came in. Alan watched him curiously as, without speaking to any one, he went to the chair recognized as his and sat down. He was a slender but muscularly built man seem- ing about sixty-five, but he might be con— siderably younger or older than that. ‘His hair was completely white; his nose was thin and sensitive; his face was smoothly placid, emotionless, contented; his eyes were queerly clouded, deepset and intent. Those whose names Alan had found on Corvet’s list had been of all ages, young and old; but Burr might well have been a contemporary of Corvet on the lakes. Alan moved over and took a seat beside the old man. “You’re from No. :35?" he asked, to draw him into conversation. ‘lYes'il “I've been working on the carrier l‘on— tiac as lookout. She’s on her way to tie up at Cleveland, so I left her and came on here. You don’t know whether there’s a. chance for me to get a place through the winter on No. 25?” Old Burr reflected. “One of our boys has been talking of leaving. I don’t know when he expects to go. You might ask." ' . “Thank you; I will. My name's Con— rad—Alan Conrad.” . He saw no recognition of the name in ,Burr’s reception of it; but he had not expected that. None of those on Ben— amin Corvet’s list had any knowledge of ‘an Conrad or had heard the name be— are. Alan was silent, watching the old man; if. silent too, seemed listening to the Wersation which came to them from tables near by, where men were talk- ; of cargoes, and ‘of ships and of men who worked and sailed upon them. ""wa long have you been on the lakes ?” ‘ n‘ inquired. tell my life.” The question awakened flnescence in the old man. “My father da'a. farm. I didn’t like farming. The 4 ‘ net's—they were almost‘all schooners . i 1 load with 1mm 0 ."‘ v. '7 ~. 1 ’3 I :x I .K;“' . . away and got on board a schooner. I've been at it, sail or stettm, ever since." “Do you remember the Miwaka?” “The Miwaka'?” " Old Burr turned abruptly to look him through and through; yet while his eyes remained fixed on Alan suddenly they grew blank. He was not thinking now of Alan, but had turned his thoughts within himself. “I remember her—yes. She was lost in ’95,” he said. “In ’95," he repeated. “You lost a nephew with her, didn’t you?" “A nephew—no. That is a mistake. I lost a brother.” “Where were you living then?” “In Emmet County, Michigan.” “When did you move to Point Corbay, Ontario?” “I never lived at Point Corbay.” “Did any of your family live there?" “No.” Old Burr looked away from Alan, and the queer cloudiness of his eyes became more evident. “Why do you ask all this?” he said ir— ritably. “What have they been telling you about me? I told you about myself; our farm was in Emmet County, but we had a liking for the lake. One of my brothers was lost in ’95 with the Miwaka and another in ’99 with the Susan Hart.” “Did you know Benjamin Corvet?" Alan asked. Old Burr stared at him uncertainly. “I know who he is, of course." “You never met him?" ((NO'V) Did you receive a communication from him some time this year?” “From him? From Benjamin Corvet? No." Old Burr’s uneasiness seemed to in- crease. “What sort of communication?” “A request to send some things to Miss Constance Sherrill at Harbor Point.” “I never heard of Miss Constance Sher— rill. To send what things?” “Several things among them a watch which had belonge to Captain Stafford of the Miwaka.” Old Burr got up suddenly and stood. gazing down at Alan. “A watch of Cap- tain Stafford's?—no." he said agitatedly. [1N0 !!! He moved away and left the place; and Alan sprang up and followed him. He was not, it seemed probable to Alan now, the James Burr of Corvet’s 1st; at least Alan could not see how he could be that one. Among the names of the crew of the Miwaka Alan had found that of a Frank Burr, and his inquiries had in- formed him that this man was nephew of the James Burr who had lived near Port Corbay and had “disappearec” with all his family. Old Burr had not lived at Port Corbay at least, he claimed not to have liVod there; he gave another ad— dress and assigned to himself quite dif— ferent connections. For every member of the crew of the hiiwaka there had been a corresponding, but different name upon (‘orvct’s list—the name of a close relative. If old Burr was not related to the Burr on Corvct’s list, what connection could he have with the Miwaka, and why should Alan’s questions have agitated him so? Alan would not lose sight of Old Burr until he had learned the reason for that. lie follmved, as the old man crossed the bridge and turned to his left among the buildings on the rim-r front. Burr's figure, vague in the dusk, crossed the railroad yards and made its way to where a huge black bulk, which Alan recognized as the ferry, loomed at the waterside. He disappeared aboard it. Alan, following him, gazed about. A long. broad, black boat the ferry was, almost four hundred feet to the tall, bluff bow. Seen from the stem, the ship seemed only an unusually rugged and powerful steam freighter; viewed from the Indian Drum _ By William MacHarg and Edwin Balmcv Oo‘wm' ht by Edwin Burner beam, the vessel appeared slightly short for its freeboard; only when observed ,from the stern did its distinguishing ’peculiarly become plain; for a few feet only above the water line, the stern was all cut away, and the long, low cavern of the deck gleamed with rails upon which the electric lights glinted. Save for the supports of the superstructure and where the funnles and ventilator pipes passed up from below, that whole strata of the ship was a vast car shed; its tracks, running to the edge of the stern, touched tracks on the dock. A freight engine was backing loaded cars from a train of sixteen cars upon the rails on the starboard side; another train of sixteen big box cars waited to go aboard on the tracks to the port of the center stanchions. When the two trains were aboard, the great vessel—“No. 25," in big white stencil upon her black sides were her distinguishing marks—«would thrust out into the ice and gale for the Michigan shore nearly eighty miles away. Alan thrilled a little at his inspection of the ferry. He had not seen close at hand before one of the great craft which, throughout the winter, brave ice and storm after all-or nearly all—other lake boats are tied up. He had not meant to apply there when he questioned Old Burr about a berth on the ferry; he had used that merely as a means of getting into conversation with the old man. But now he meant to apply; for it would enable him to find out more about old Burr. He went forward between the tracks upon the deck to the companionway, and ascended and found the skipper and pre- sented his credentials. No berth on the ferry was vacant yet but one soon would be. and Alan was accepted in lieu of the man who was about to leave; his wages would not begin until the other man left, but in the meantime he could remain aboard the ferry if he wished. Alan elected to remain aboard. The skipper called a man to assign quarters to Alan, and Alan, going with the man, questioned ,wh'im about Burr. All that was known definitely about old Burr on the ferry, it appeared was that he had joined the vessel in the early spring. Before that—they did not know; he might be an old lakeman who, after spending years ashore, had returned to the lakes for a livelihood. He had rep— resented himself as experienced and train- ed upon the lakes, and he had been able to demonstrate his fitness; in spite of his age he was one of the most capable of the crew. . The next morning, Alan approached old Burr in the crew’s quarters and tried to draw him into conversation again about himself; but Burr anly stared at him with his intent and oddly introspec- tive eyes and would not talk upon this subject. A week passed; Alan, estab- lished as a lookout now on No. 25 and carrying on his duties, saw Burr daily and almost every hour; his watch coin— cided with Burr‘s watch at the wheel— they went on duty and were relieved to- gether. Yet better acquaintance did not make the old man more communicative; a score of times Alan attempted to get him to tell more about himself, but he evaded Alan’s questions and, if Alan per— sisted, he avoided him. Then, on an evening bitter cold with the coming of winter, clear and filled with stars. Alan, just relieved from watch, stood by the pilothouse as Burr also was relieved. The old man paused beside him, looking to the west. “Have you ever been in Sturgeon’s Bay?” he asked, “In Wisconsin? No.” “There is a small house there—and a child; born,” he seemed figuring the date, “Feb. 12, 1914.” MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER SERVICE MEN Pictured above from left to right top row are W. E. Jordan of Flushing; L. A. Mans, Bay City; and W. J. Briggs, Durand. Middle row, Michael Manet of Flint; J. F. Miller, Lansing; and E. L. McIntee, Jr., Leslie. Third row, E. _L. McIntee, Leslie; Robert J. McColgan, Circulation Manager THE BUSINESS FABMER, Mt. Clemens, sentatives‘ and everyone of the "Mac?" our circulating _> . and George A. Hausa, Field Manager. BayAClty. The L0 but a few of. our-repre- are is 'clanmt .. .129 {on . do I “A relative. of. yours?” HYBSJP One of your brothers’ children or grand- children?” I v ' “I had no brothers,” old Burr said quietly. Alan stared at him, ama‘zed. “But you told me about your brothers and about their being lost in wrecks on the lake; and about your home in Emmet County! “I never lived in Emmet County,” old Burr replied. “Some one else must have told you that about me. I come from Canada—wit French-Canadian descent. My family were of the Hudson Bay peo- ple. I was a guide and hunter until recently. Only a few years ago I came onto the lakes, but my cousin came here before I,did. It is his child.” Old Burr moved away and Alan turned to the mate. "What do you make of old Burr? he asked. “He’s a romancer. We get ’em that way once in a while—old liars! He’ll give you twenty different accounts of himself—twenty different lives. None of them is true. I don’t know who he is or where he came from, but it’s sure he isn’t any of the things he says he is.” Alan turned away. chill with disap- pointment. It was only that, then—old Burr was a romancer after the manner of some old seamen. He constructed for his own amusen’lent these “lives.” He was not only the Burr of Corvet’s list; he was some one not any way connected with the Miwaka or with Corvet. Yet Alan, upon reflection, could not believe that it was only this. Burr, if he had wished to do that, might perhaps merely have simulated agitation when Alan questioned him about the Miwaka; but should he have wished to simulate it? Alan could conceive of no condition which by any possibility could have suggested such simulation to the old man. He ceased now, however, to question Burr since questioning either had no re- sult at all or led the old man to weaving fictions; in response the old man became by degrees more communicative. He told Alan, at different times, a number of other “lives” which he claimed as his own. In only a few of these lives had he been, by his account, a seaman; he had been a multitude of other things— in some a farmer, in others a lumberjack or a fisherman; he had been born, he told, in a half—dozen different places and came of as many different sorts of people. On deck, one night, listening while old Burr related his. sixth or seventh life, ex- citement suddenly siezed Alan. Burr. in this life which he was telling, claimed to be an Englishman born in Liverpool. He had been, he said, a seaman in the British navy; he had been present at the shelling of Alexandria; later, because of some difficulty which he glossed over, he had deserted and had come to “the States”; he had been first a deckhand then the mate of a tramp schooner on the lakes. Alan, gazing at the old man, felt exulta- tion leaping and throbbing within him. He recognized this “life”; he knew in ad- 'vance its incidents. This life which old Burr was rehearsing to him as his own, was the actual life of Munro Burkhalter, one of the men on Corvet’s list regarding whom Alan had been able to obtain full information! Alan sped below, when he was relieved from watch, and got out the clippings left by Corvet and the notes of what he himself had learned in his visit to the homes of these people. His excitement grew greater as he poured over them; he found that he could account, with their aid. for all that old Burr had told him. Old Burr's “lives” were not. of course, his; yet neither were they fictitious. They ———thelr incidents, at least—were actual- ities. They were woven from the lives of those upon Corvet’s list! Alan felt his skin prickling and the blood beating fast in his temples. How could Burr have known these incidents? Who could he be to know them all. To what man, but one, could all of them be known? Was old Burr . . . Benjamin Corvet? Alan could give no certain answer to that question. He could not find definite resemblance in Burr’s placid face to the picture of Corvet which Constance had shown him. Yet, as regarded his age and his physical characteristics, there was nothing to make his identity with Ben- jamin Corvet impossible. Sherrill or others who had known Benjamin Corvet well, might be able to find resemblances which Alan could not. And, whether Burr was or was not Corvet, he was un- deniably some one to whom the particu— lars of Corvet's life were known. Alan telegraphed that day to Sherrill; but when the message had gone doubt seized him. He awaited eagerly the com— ing of whoever Sherrill might send and the revelations regarding Corvet which might come then; but at the same time he shrunk \from that revelation. Ile him- self had bccome, he knew, wholly of the lakes now; his life, whatever his future might be, would be concerned with them. Yet he was not of them in the way he would have wished .to be; he was no more than a common seaman. ‘ ' Benjamin Corvet. when he went away, had tried to leave his place and' power among lakemen to Alan; Alan, refusing to accept what Corvet had left until Cor- vet’s'reason /should be known, had felt obliged also to refuse friendship with the herrill's. When revelation came, would it make possible Alan's acceptance of the place Corvet had prepared for him, or would itrieeve 111311 he was? W'ould “1 L to sits «a is“? A R an as": ‘ w THE CHURCH FORTODAY R E R E A NOS-SEQTARIANSERMONfiY ’ his... sesame .- TEXT: “In diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord.” Romans 12:11./ HE press reports the pope as saying that it was one of “the great religious events of Amer— ican history." What? The giving to 9. Cleveland priest, by the pope, the alleged skull and bones of a third centurry martyr. But why rattle these dead bones in our ears? What have they to do with the liv- ing present? When is religion to loose itself from the oppressive se- verity of the past? “In diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serv- ing the Lord." A marginal reading has it, “serving the opportunity or occasion.” This gives it the color- ing we desire. We are to serve this day or occasion and not Paul’s or our fathers’. Lloyd George said a few years ago that now is the time to usher in the reign of the Prince of Peace. Of course it was the time. It always has been such time and occasion. No enterprise anywhere compares, in importance, to the extension of the Kingdom of God on earth. And as the realm of industry has had to do with men, and has been built up only through diligence and intense application; so the Realm of God has to do with men and can be built up only through similar diligence and fervency. All the affairs of men invOlve the future of the church. Our day is marked with disturbances in industry; with so- cial friction; and with political changes. These all bear a vital re- lation to the progress of the church. In China and elsewhere there are so many disturbances of men enmasse; and at home there are so many rac— es, cultures, environments, and prej- udices, that the church has a royal and colossal task, and under it she gees down or on. But she is to go on if she holds diligently to the pro- gram of her Head; a program of life and service. So our text is empha- sizing efiiciency and economy. We are told that the majority of business enterprises fail and the efficiency experts tell us why. May we apply the efficiency test to the church? Of course, there is a dif- ference. Most church workers are unpaid. Service and sacrifice are not compelled. Spiritual values are not altogether tangible, and yet we have no exact standard by which to measure gains and losses. Yet the apostle urges us to serve well our day. That would seem to call for eflicient dealing with living prob- lems of living men. But let it be said, first, that the greatest resource of the church lies within herself. Her vital power re- poses in Jesus Christ, but will be released for her through consecrat- ed worship and consecrated work. Modern methods without surrender and communion, is presumption. The church is impotent without the spirit of her Founder; but‘with His spirit, she has life and power and can, therefore, meet all other needs. The church of today needs to be equipped for social effectiveness. A costly church edifice has been built and recently dedicated. We are told these folks wanted the finest church in tOWn, and they have it. . But did they examine well their motive? Heavenly Father, give us the pride of.old Zaccheus that climbs into a tree to see Jesus, and not to see it— self. Did the pride of these people build but a tower of Babel? And doesn't such pride make for social confusion rather than fusion and harmony? We have too many high- toned church clubs already. The Spirit is saying to some churches, “I will remove thy candlestick out of its place except thou repent." But we are living in an era of Gospel reaction and we do need equipment and organization ade- quate to_carry the impact of the Gospel to the world in an economi; cal and effective way. The other .. ._ day we parked our cars in a church- yard to eat our lunch. It was grown ‘ ' " and the house ' ; M6111 ‘ religion these folks have. “Of course anyone could see that there was written over the doors of this church, “The old time religion is good enough for me.” It lacked the social outlook. It was forget- ting to love its neighbor. And in a few years more it will have meta- morphosed into a mausoleum and have written over its doors, “Asleep in Jesus. The church’s program is chiefly educational, and it needs recasting in many places to meet the modern spiritual needs of the people. " Our whole Christianity needs to be Christianized. And we must come to grips with the problems of youth. So we see Robert Raikes gathering up the street urchins and payng some women to teach them on Sunday And ever before this one Ludwig Hocker held Sunday afternoon classes for the young pep- ple in a Germantown,‘Pa., church. Educational ideals were apparent to these men. They believed the heart of the child held the promise of the future. So, the church needed for today is moving out on a program of religious education that will make it possible to “carry-on.” To such a program there should be giv- en our pedagogic skill and efficiency that we might have unity and coor- dination of all spiritual forces. The “Let good enough alone” spirit never has been characteristic of the New Testament church. Too long have we standardized our church life in terms of “Thou shalt not.” Long have we had the rules for efficient Christian living, but we have not heeded. We have held them as impractical and visionary for a matter-of-fact world. Yet, here, and there, we are happy to see notable advances in the direc- tion of applying the Gospel rule to all the affairs of life. It is finally taking hold of our faith that Jesus’ mountain teachings make life a unit and not a group of compartments so that we might separate the spirit of Sunday from that of Monday, or the spiritual from the secular. But this vision and understanding depends on the individual. The church is a social aggregation. As is the individual so will be the church. The writer was shown thru a mod- ern church recently, and With appar— ent pride, the guide led him into a young women’s class room which was believed to be modernly equip— ped. And there he was amidst sofas and easy chairs. Verily, 110w rest- ful! Do you think these young 1a— dies ever heard about That Man who had no‘ place to lay his head and who finally died for them? Do you think cushioned divans make for efficiency in learning the way to the Cross? Will they stimulate to good works and joyful sacrifice? And if one individul or class has eaten sour grapes the teeth of the Whole church may be set on edge. We usually“aim to get the folks out of the choir that create a musical discord and we would do well to dis- courage conditions that make for social ease. Jesus worked with in- dividuals for he knew this was pri— mary. One can not help that one’s natural birth was in a mountain— eer’s hut or in a Godless, modern home; but one can decide about the spiritual birth. The individual, trained and fit, is the keynote to the church’s wisdom in efficient meth- ods of work. The church needed for today must serve the Lord thru confessing her sloth. But she must get clear back to the ways of Jesus and train hei- members to follow therein. To organize her life around the ideals of Jesus Christ, is the true end of every living, potent church. BIBLE THOUGHTS OH THAT MEN would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men—Psalm 107:21. TRUST m... (LORD with an a V heart and lean? unto ‘taiii‘ne _ O O O for W Inter Drivmg Hundreds of thousands of motorists have enjoyed better car performance during the past summer because they changed their spark plugs as recom- mended during Champion N atiOnal Change Week last May. If you have not renewed your spark plugs this year, install a full set of Cham- pions now and enjoy easier starting and more power and speed during the coming winter. Champion X for hard: is 60 cents. Blue Box for all other cars, 75 cents. Know the genuine by the doublen'ibbed :illimanite care. ' Champion Spark Plug ing cocks. company Sold every- Toledo, Ohio whme 314 Windsor, Out. 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RELIABLE ADVERTISERS We will not knowingl accept the sdvertisin of any arson or who we do not believe to be thoroughly honest and) reliable. ruld any reader haVe any cause for complaint against any ad- m to these columns, the lisher would Apprech an im- in letter bringing all 113 every case when wr nor "1 saw your advertisement in The Michigan Business firmer!" it will mumteo honest deahnz. 55 i D i‘Ea “The Farm Paper of Service” MORE SERVICE FOR OUR FOLKS is our aim to live up ot our slogan of “The FFarm Paper of Service” in every way and we are constantly studying how we can give more service and better service, if possible. Beginning with this issue we are adding two more editors to our staff to service you by giving advice and answering your questions. One of these men is Herbert Nafziger, a practical fruit grower in Ber— rien county, and he is editor of our Fruit and Orchard department. He has had training at the M. S. C. and for the past 16 years has operated his own farm in Michigan’s fruit belt, so is well qualified to handle all questions along this line. He is not entirely a stranger to our folks as fea- ture articles prepared by him have appeared in our columns, the latest one being in this issue. The other new editor is Dr. George H. Conn who has charge of our Veterinary department. Dr. Conn is a very capable man, having had spec— ial training along this line, and for several years practiced his profession. He will be pleased to answer your questions. Just remember folks, all of our editors are at your service and we want you to send in your problems for their advice. SAP OR SYRUP? _ CCORDING to Washington reports there are A today only 192,236 farms in Michigan, while in 1920 there were 196,447. Naturally you might assume that this would worry us, but to be perfectly frank, we cannot get unduly excited over it and if the curve should continue downward we would only know that in Michigan we were getting more months to feed in the cities and less farmers to feed them. For example, if in a town where there were too many grocery stores for any one of them to make money, two or three should suddenly de- cide to close shop you would hardly expect the remaining grocers to put on mourning, would you? Competition may be the life of trade, but we have never been able to apply the principles of this old saw to the farming business. Michigan may be losing in her total number of farms. No one who gets within a day’s ride of Detroit, would have to ask where they have been going to! The subdividers at the rate they are going will be plotting out “choice residence lots near Ford’s plant” in Cheboygan county before very long! Already there is a threatened civil war between the Detroit and Chicago sub— dividers who are standing almost back to back. Every acre of land in Michigan is going to be worth more with each passing year. There may be less farms and less farmers, but you have to boil down the sap to get the syrup. VIOLATING CONTRACT EGAL action against buyers who encourage growers to violate their five—year crop mar- keting contracts with the Michigan Potato Growers Exchange is being taken, according to re- Considerable evidence has been collected, it is said, against these buyers. The state has a .' law to protect cooperators and it has never been * so this is a good opportunity to see if it is" » of any value. There is nothing discourages co— operation more than the breaking of contracts the independent dealer knows it swell; ., w. ' business but it will cut down his profits, and there are always those who are willing to do business at a. loss for a year or so and offer more than. the farmers’ marketing association for the com- modity to get the members to break their con- tracts which, in turn. breaks the associatiOn.’ The dealer. can not do the work alone, he must have the assistance of the farmers, so the grower who breaks his contract is as much to blame, if not more. A far-sighted man will not break a contract of this kind. He will appreciate the reason that the dealer has suddenly offered him prices entime out of line with years before the association was formed and when world conditions were similar. He sticks to his contract even though he apparently does lose a few dollars the first year or so, because he knows he will profit in the long run. Growers must be made to realize the serious- ness of their contract and dealers shoul be made to respect this contract. If it is necess ry to go to court, the sooner the better. SLUSH OR‘SENSE AT JACKSON AT the Jackson state prison has become a sort of summer resort colony for criminals, seems to be the opinion of M. E. Brogan, who spent many years in the service of the pris- on and whether or not his ‘charges are true or~ exaggerated, they will merit “some attention from the present administration at Lansing. Part of the present orgy of crime in Michigan can be laid directly to the lack of fear of sen— tence on the part of the criminal. Sentimentality has been allowed to run ram- pant, Well—meaning but hardly well-balanced in— dividuals have given up their valuable (?) time to making the prisoners happy and contented at all odds. « Not so long ago, we had paraded before our eyes the spectacle of a group of Detroit ladies raising funds for the defense of a convicted mur- derer in another state What fear can instill in the minds of our criminally inclined youths, when their picture of prison is a place of ease and luxury, where they can have the benefit of the instruction from ex- perts in their own line, and be assured of some kind-hearted individual helping them to beat the length of sentence given after due deliberation of judge and jury? We may be old—fashioned but we hold to the same ideas which Mr. Brogan has advanced, that prison must be something to be feared. We have never been convincedihat capital punish- ment, where guilt is unquestioned, would not lessen the number of our murders. We can learn a lot from England and even from our next door neighbor, Canada, in handling crime. Going to prison, in our humble opinion, ought to be just about the last thing anybody wanted to do, but from the growing population of our state institutions apparently it isn't! WHAT~ ABOUT BEANS? WHAT about the Michigan bean grower and his association? What about a marketing plan? What of the advertising campaign? After the work that was done during the past spring and summer in behalf of all three are we no better off than we were a year ago? The bean growers need an organization just as much as the potato growers or the fruit men. We are sure the growers are favorable to an associ- ation and that they can be organized just as easily as any other group of producers. Grow— ers of beans in other states have marketed their beans successfully and profitably, so why can not Michigan growers? They can if we will all get behind one marketing plan instead of being di— vided. The collections of funds for the adver- tising campaign was not very successful, but this was the first year it was tried. Rome was not built over night. We understand the pro— posed advertising plan has been dropped and we are very sorry to learn this because we had great hopes in what could be done. We are inclined to feel that the elevator men had more to do with the killing of the plan than anyone else. because they failed to turn in their share of the fund or urge farmers to do their part. Per- haps they did not do this intentionally but we believe if the elevator men had been 100 per cent on the proposition there would have been no question about the mrmers. ‘ The total production of beans in the United States this year is estimated at 17,754,000 bush— els, of which Michigan produces 7,356,000 bush- els. Isn't that evidence that we should be or- ganized? Let's hope that a determined effort will be made in the near future to organize a genuine Michigan bean growers association, one that will represent even been producing section in the state and can be taken up. After fall'wonk is out 01th * ” ' ‘ 9. w case inlhis community it puthim out of: ' V p I. y; r _ OR some V V timepw’ei‘havbfilelt jth'st there lacon- slderable misunderstanding regarding the situatioan the Detroit milk market. We have felt that a series of articles by an uninter- ested party on the DetrOit market would be Of great value to our readers and we have arranged with Professor J. T. Horner, head of economics work in agriculture at the Michigan State College, to prepare a series. His first article appears in this issue. You all know Prof. Horner as a leader in this work and having studied the market at Detroit most carefully for some time he is well prepared to discuss the matter. We are sure you will enjoy the series and we will welcome letters giving your opinions at any time. . ~ FEED RESERVE - HE ofiicial economists at Washington say that farmers would get more out of the cats crop if they would hold over more oats from large—crop years to small-crop years. They es- timate that if this policy had been carried out in the 18-year period 1895-1913 farmers would have been $171,000,000 better off. No doubt the policy of carrying reserves from big-crop years to lean-crop years is sound in the case of any non—perishable product, but not all producers can" do it. It is rather hard for a farmer to know that a big crop will not be followed by another big one. 7 is it impossible. Probably the best thing to do is to call attention to the wisdom of creating farm reserves of all feed grains in big-crop years and let it go at that. Farmers do not sell or hold grain without good reasons, and there have‘been such reasons for their policy in the past, even though it may appear to be wrong to statisticians and economists. COOPERATION AND THE COLLEGE OOPERATION is perhaps the most misunder- C stood word in the dictionary. It has been blessed and it has been cursed, but mostly misunderstood. Too many think of cooper- ation as meaning cooperative marketing only. Others see it as a “cure-all” for the ills of agri- culture. Both groups are wrong. The most sen- sible interpretation of this word that we have ever heard is the policy the Michigan State Col- lege of Agriculture and Applied Science has adopted toward cooperation. The policy appears elsewhere in this issue and we suggest you read it carefully. A BETTER REASON IGH authority in the business of making fer- tilizers assures us that Mussel Shoals "has no inherent advantage for the production of fertilizers." He presents this as one of the reasons why Mussel Shoals should not be used or leased for that purposes It may be a good reason, but there is a better one. The govern- ment has no right to engage in the manufacture of fertilizer or anything else, no right to sub- sidize lessees to engage in that or any other manufacturing, whether Mussel Shoals is more or less costly or convenient than other plants or places. Whatever may be the proper use for that ‘ costly piece of public property, it is not to put the government into the fertilizer business or any other business, either directly or indirectly ‘ through lessees. The government is a notorious failure in business, always has been a failure, but that is not the best reason why it should re- main out of business. The reason is that our government’s function is to govern, not to manu— facture, distribute or deal in anything. AN ERROR “ 0 err is human," and We are only human. There was a mistake in one of our editor— ials in our last issue and we were not long in finding it out after the paper was in the hands of our subscribers. We know that at least some of you read Tm: BUSINESS Foam pretty thor- oughly because if a mistatement appears in our ’ columns it is soon called to our attention by oblig- ing readers. We are mighty glad that our folks take sufficient interest in their own farm paper“ to call our attention and we thank each and every r one of you. The mistake we are now’ referring to was in the editorial on trapping, the first sentence ‘ reading “Thanks to the professional trapper you will not be allowed to trap mink, skunk, raccoon or muskrat in Michigan this winter." It should __ have read “Thanks to the professional trapper you will not be allowed to trap mink and muskrat in Michigan this winter.” These two animals "are ' protected until 19.27. Iain. a 5:. Such a succession is not usual, neither" The open season nor skunk _ is November Vito Whit, tool _......--..A . é 1: x ‘. Sam's ‘ cams: swmnnna manor oar-roam” JUST about one year ago this .pa— per published the ilrst of a series of warnings concerning a cattle swindler going by the name of H. C. Helms. ,We are glad to. announce ,Qo apprehension of this rascal. Our informant who also provided us with former notices, is J. G. Hays, Secretary of the Michigan 'Holstein- Priesian Ass‘n, East Lansing, Mich- igan. Secretary Hays writes' , “Dairymen can breathe easily for seven years at least, for during that period the swindler, known as H. 0. him, alias L. C. Lingle, alias L. E. GR. alias B. L. Barton, will be the guest of the Iowa State Penitentiary —-according to E. A. Leighton, Chief at Police, Waterloo, Iowa. “Chief Leighton showed more ac- tivity than did his brethren in Mich- igtn, Illinois, or Maryland, so he se- cured this prize package. He writes that the rasal’s real name is Leroy A. Austin. and the proud city of his birth is Marshville, North Carolina. “The Chief sent me a Bertillion photo of Mr. Austin. The most sat- mying feature of the photo is num- ber “266" prominently displayed on msfin’s chest! “The three Michigan dairymen who contributed jointly some $1400 to Ir. Austin are perfecting plans to automatically receive him upon his from his seven-year nents will be made so that he may antinne his pursuits at some sister institution. Any of Austin’s custom— Iu who have been maintaining a Meet silence are hereby invited to join us in the worthy object of pro- nfiing him with an indoor home for “Austin, who has worked in dif- srent schemes for obtaining money. In general, however, he represented himself .as a buyer of cattle. He t some time in selecting his At the right time, generally on Saturday just before closing hours the bank, he had his victims as- him to obtain funds by endors- a check that he produced. He supplied with such creden- telegrams from an out-of- bank. pass-books, bank drafts, Even on one occasion be cash- heck on his aunt in Kaila, Mich- This city eventually proved l? gigging: at Z? i E i g and to the bank. > “Austin was able to work his game at least a year because of a real :Nledge of dairy mttle, a pleasing peonaiity, ability to make himself wed fellow, and by striking at y separated points. “The dairymen windled paid dearly for the lesson 'mn‘t endorse a stranger’s paper!’ itey will not bite again—the rest of as better keep our eyes peeled for other such swindlers.” GOT HIS PHOTOGRAPH BACK 5 ‘ FEW weeks ago we weaved a A letter from one of our sub- scribers Wing an enlarged mograph which he had ordered H. Hawiey,.of Detroit. During the forepart of April, 1924, an agent iythenameolelsomtookour sub— criber’s order for an enlarged pict- ure for which he was to pay 96 cents. Last‘ March, nearly a year The mesodtflsdmtlsur Maul-WWW III. .- unfair treatment hymns or com“ Idlan In mama-ourme I adieu-mules." DESK” later. the picture was delivered by Mr. Hawley, supposed to be the art- ist, and it was unsatisfactory so our reader refused it. It was finally agreed that our subscriber would pay $4.50 for the frame with the understanding that Mr. Hawley would enlarge another picture. After waiting for a few weeks and not re- ceiving the picture our subscriber wrote a letter to Mr. Hawley, and, .not getting a reply he wrote him again, and then several more times, but no answer. What am you do for me, was the tone of the letter we received and we immediately got busy sending a letter to Mr. Hawley on September~ 17th. No reply, so “the next letter went out registered. A few days later we received a let- ter from our subscriber and it read as follows: “This is to advise that an un— known person delivered the picture finished at the house today, also the postcard size one, and this .man was very much peeved for some reason or other. I thank you for making them come across. I said to. my- self by the actions of that man they have heard from Tin Busmnss Fanmm all right." Within the next day or two our registered letter was returned to us in an envelope postmarked at Bay City and written across the bottom of our letter was: "Mind your own business and I will take care of mine." FLORIDA LANDS HE old slogan “Pikes' Peak 01' ‘ Bust" might be brought up to date by changing it to “Florida 'or Bust" because that seems to be the aim of thousands of people at present. So many people have the idea that if they can once get to Florida their fortune is made. Met- ropolitan dailies all over the country carry advertisements on how money is being made on Flori— da real estate and the movement of people in that direction has become so general -that we understand it is almost impossible to rent space to put up a tent while room in a hotel is entirely out of the question. Fly- by—night real estate firms have sprung up in large numbers and thousands of dollars have been lost by people who purchased land without seeing it. Some of the state securities commissions are not grant- ing licenses to Florida real estate firms. The Ohio officials recently made an investigation and they summed it up as a “speculator’s de- bauch." In their report given out to the press they said: "Florida bankers and real estate men estimate that the lots that are platted and staked out for sale, and the acreage that has been sold to whom Austin“ be subdivided, amount to approxim- ately 20,000,000 lots. To put a house on each lot and allowing three people to a house would give Florida a population of 60,000,000 people, or more than half the popu— lation of the United States, Locher and Beck calculated. “Riding through Florida on the east coast, the ridge country, and the west coast, and even in the low- lands, one is impressed with the large percentage of land that is be- ing subdivided and offered for sale as building lots. “Thousands of orange groves on the ridge country are being allotted and the groves destroyed. From Jacksonville to Miami along the Dix— ie Highway, new town sites and lots are offered for sale and staked off all the way, and the West Coast is the same. "No one knows what property is worth. Most of the people who are buying property in Florida at pres- ent do not expect to work the land or live in Florida. The conditions are abnormal because it is a boom. 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' ow you dnnge power as you change jobs—how it saves fuel, starts without cranking even in the. coldest weather, dam not Vibrate. is light and easy to movefrom one Job to another, and yet is fluted, grumble, 1211ml trogblefrca I want to you. ow 1t_ as made good with farmers in all land:1 of lgait]: iafar more thannmeyears.“ w t mst’ the engine for you to have. 30 Days Free Trial You us]: nothing. Just send me your name and address, and without the slightest cost, or obligation. I'll mail you my book of letters from farmers. sand {:31 all the facés about this lunar e engine. an em all the details of my liberal freetdaylogficr. This is an honest, bona tide vegans-3%”- . -‘ 2I4“(86) MY BIG BROTHER By Anne Campbell I ain’t a-scared o’ ghosts an’ things Like other girls I see: I’m jest as brave as sojers are—— No one's as brave as me! Why, I ain’t even 'fraid o’ snakes, Or toads, or nuthin’ queer; 'Cause they ain't goin' to bother me When my big brother’s near! 'There’s boys at school as big as him, An’ some is bigger, too; But none of ’em that dast tease me! He’d fight an' lick ’em, too! My teacher may be awful cross, But I’ve no cause to fear; Nobody's goin’ to pick on me When my big brother’s near! Sometimes I wake up quick at night An' see a boogy man A-standing’ winkin’ in the dark, As only boogies can. ’Nen I remember HE’S not far, An’ if I call he'll hear! No boogy man can frighten me When my big brother’s near! m Grandma sez when I grow up I Won’t be half so gay: She sez as how the troubles come An’ joy jest flies away. I told her that I guess I knew My life can't be so drear! I won't be scared of anything If my big brother’s near! (Copyright, 1925.) HALLOIVE'EN CTOBER and Hallowe’en. Hal- lowe’en and parties, parties with wierd decorations, spooks and witches; a mysterious atmos- phere prevailing. For the average housewife the best decorations are those which cost the least and can be easily made. Use black and orange crepe paper, pumpkin Jack—o—lanterns, and brilliant leaves or possibly corn stalks, for the proper effect. A pumpkin chariot filled with black paper cats and owls, with a witch for a” coachman; a procession of sheeted spectres emerging from the exaggerated mouth of a Jack- o—lantern at one end of the table and promenading down the center to be swalllowed by a similar mon- ster at the opposite end, a toy tub surrounded with autumn leaves and filled with water in which float a number of apples; these all make simple and attractive centerpieces. If a light is above the center of the table, black and white or orange crepe paper may be fringed and hung from the light. Within the circle formed by this fringed paper Jac’k-o-lantern faces, b r o w n i e s, witches, etc. may be hung at vary— ing lengths. A Jack-o—lantern, plac- ed/in the center of the table and surrounded by a few leaves, com- pletes this plan for a centerpiece. A small bunch of cornstalks may be tied with orange and black crepe paper and used for a centerpiece. Small favors may be hidden within the stalks. These may be tied to ribbons running out to each cover. Place cards may be easily made from old postage stamps from which are cut small cats, owls, witches or other designs. With a pen or brush the whiskers of the cat may quick- ly be drawn to complete the design. These may be pasted on small White- cards. Funny verses written on each place card and read by the guests add merriment to the party. A popcorn ball favor is simple to make. Cover the ball with paraffin paper, making two twists which may imitate ears. Either cut eyes, nose and mouth from black paper and paste in position for a face or paint in the features with black paint and a brush. MILK IS BEST OF ALL FOODS NE quart of milk, the best food of all, contains more lime, the principle building material for bones and teeth, than 28 pounds of lean beef, 23 pounds of potatoes, or nine pounds of bread, according to Mary A. Dolve, extension specialist in foods and nutrition at South Da- kota State College. Nature has provided milk as a food for the young during the greatest period of growth and hence it is natural to ex- pect it to contain all the foodstuffs needed by the body and in a form that the body can use it to good ad— grantage. Milk“ also contains all the vita- mins which are essential to normal. grthh and health. Milk proteins are .of high quality and enable the, body to utilize other proteins to much better advantage. Milk pro- in are excellent muscle building . This is. evidentpy tan mien illzassbl Iii life. crowd was in attendance. Was it true? certain. nights- happily ever after.” doors . say a word to them. keep from making her work? in your fields. Home can be everything or nothing, which ever you make it. All cooperate and enjoy it to the fullest. extent. Address letters: Edited by MRS. ANNIE TAYLOR EAR FOLKS: The other evening I saw a. moving picture that was most interesting and the plot was taken from every day family I have forgotten the title of the picture but -I do remem- ber it was something about making a home, and, in spite of the fact that we we are living in a day of thrills and excitement, a good The mother was a wonderful housekeeper, she made a regular science of her work. Everything had its place in her house, and all was spotlessly clean. She became very much excited if the children brought in any dirt or mislaid anything. It was a clean house and not a home. preferred to play elsewhere while the husband would return Zrom his w0rk only to eat and then go away for the evening. She realized her family was growing away from her but she could not figure out why, and, she understood, even the neighbors had begun to talk about it. And they were saying she was too particular, that she was driv- ing her family away from home by nagging them all the time. It couldn‘t be—but something was that was A favorite aunt came for a visit and she confided in her only to learn that the aunt believed the same as the neighbors. She had always prided herself on her house being so clean and or- derly, but she would swallow her pride for a week, she would urge her husband and children to stay home, she would not fret and stew but would do all she could to make them interested in their home. She did and they were rather bewildered for two or three days, but, to her joy, they took new interest in their home. found he could smoke his pipe in the house and not provoke the wrath of his wife if he got ashes on the rug he began to go out less The children would ask their mother if they might help her with her work because she quickly commended them after the task was performed to the best of their ability. in more senses than one, and, as it reads in a book, “they lived I left the theater thinking there are many homes where all are unhappy because of too good housekeepers. things look nice but one should not go to extremes. to smoke his pipe while he sits readi g the paper and he may spill a. few ashes, but do not remind him about it. ble, you can clean up the ashes in a moment after he has gone out- ' You want your children to stay on the farm, don’t you? ' Then make their home interesting to them because if they cannot enjoy themselves at home they are going to go elsewhere. I know there are many men who read our page and I want to Are you making life on the farm enjoyable for your wife or is it drudgery? Are you thoughth and trying to Has she things modern to make her work easier? Just because she has everything modern in the house is no reason for your not cleaning your feet whenever you go into the house or for scattering ashes about the house. Your wife doesn’t liketoseedirtaboutthehouseanymorethanyouliketoseeweeds W $1444., Mrs. Annie Taylor. are The Iuslneu Farmer, Mt. element, Miohlnn. The children, a girl and a boy, When husband Itbecameahome We all like to see John likes Let him feel comforts.- .‘i 7Kkan7 52.4;4£<322;k§t. weight on a straight milk diet in a comparatively short time. Milk fat, or cream, is in an easily digested form. Milk has a favorable influence on the health of the digestive tract. Milk contains all the elements and compounds Which are essential for the nutrition of the body, and is especially rich in everything except iron, that is needed to supplement the things which are lacking in ce— reals, tubers, roots and meat. Together with leafy vegetables, milk is a protective food and should be used generously to supplement the other foods. V To be a good food, however, milk must be clean. Care, cleanliness, and a low temperature for keeping are needed to produce a satisfactory grade of milk. Clean and healthy cows; healthy milkers; milk pails, cans and other utensils, and separ- ator sterilized by steaming or scald- ing; clean hands, and prompt chill- ing after milking are the essentials in the production of good milk. HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS ‘ AM one who has never written to tell you how much I like your department in our paper. I can not go on my housework when the paper comes but must sit down and read it. I would like to offer a few suggestions to the readers and hope they find them worth while. First of all Iywant to say that we should honor our fathers the same as we do our mothers by having 3 Father's Day as they have earned our bread by the sweat of their brow. Let us try and set aside the second Sunday in June. All who are in favor of this idea please write to our sister, Mrs Annie Tay or, be we I want to tell those that are troubled with gas on the stomach to try calomel. Take one pill when you feel it coming on. If this does not relieve you take another. I tried them a year ago and now seldom ever have a spell. I think it would be a very good plan to take one three times a day for a week now and then. Ever try canning tomatoes by silo-- ing after peeled into cans and adding a little salt? Put a tablespoonful of salt in a two quart can and a tea— spoonful in one quart. Do not add water as they make their own liquid. Put cover on loose and put in a pan with warm water and bake in the oven. They taste like the ones we buy. A small brush is nice to clean kettles and pans with instead of scraping. One should have a round brush to clean fruit with. Try peeling new potatoes by put- ting them in a pail of water and stirring briskly with a stick. if you stir long enough most of the skins will be removed and they can be fin- ished with a knife. Much time is saved the farmer’s wife with a cream separator. Never wipe the parts but wash good and pour boiling water over them.——Mrs. G., Manton, Mich. Personal Column Renovating Featherbed.—Get I cheese- cloth fiour bags or make some. Place about 54, full of dirty feathers—loosely— then tie mouth firmly. Takes many bags for a large featherbed but only part need be washed at one time. Make good suds of any good soap and wash your partly filled bags as you would anything else, using the wash board. Rinse the same I to/dryl‘oompletely but they will be a nice as new. "If windy they wiLl dry quickly—Mrs. Ed. H. Manning. ' Making Lace.—-Ihave atthisoflioeaflno sample‘of lace sent to me by Mrs. John Porritt, of Kent county, and I am sorry . —I cannot print a picture of it in our col- umns but the expense would be too great. However, Mrs. Porritt has supplied the directions for making the lace and if any of you are interested I will gladly send you the sample and directions providing. of course, you will return it to me at an early date so that I can send it to others. First come, first served, and each will receive it in the order their letters are received—Mrs. Annie Taylor. Likes Department.——I want to tell you how much I enjoy M. B. F. and especially our page. I think it gets better with every issue of the paper. I have found so many recipes for different things that are seldom seen in any other paper.— Mrs. D. M.. Hart, Michigan. ——if you are well bred! Wedding Gifts.-—Like the trosseau, the wedding gifts .arrive (or should arrive) long before the wedding itself takes place} The receipt of.a house wedding invitation always implies an immediate acknowledge- ment: and the wedding gift should be sent as soon thereafter as possible. The less intimate a footing you are on with bride and bridegroom. the sooner you send your gift; the more intimate you are with them, the longer the time allowed you. Never send a bridal gift after the wed- ding unless a note of explanation goes with it. The matter of bridal gifts in one that causes man unnecessary heart- burnings, and yet there is no reason why it should. The greatymajorlt'y of people seem to believe that cost is the most es- sential thing in making a wedding pres- ent. They would rather exceed their means in making a present of the kind than run the risk of appearing ungenerous. To do this shows an entire misconception of the nature of a wedding gift. It should always, be, not a concession to conven- tions, regretfully made, but the embodi- ment of kind wishes and felicitations in a. concrete and personal form. It is far more important that your gift be personal. that it reflect a personal thought or ef- fort, than that it be expensive. 1. Make your gift express yourself and show that you have given thought and cage to its selection. . Always address and send our ft to the prospective bride. y g! 3. Linen and silver, as a rule, should bear the initial or initials of the bride‘- maiden name. Gifts of family silver. however, may be engraved with a single initial, that of the bridegroom's surname. 4. The giver should enclose his per- sonal card with a bridal gift. The best form prohibits writing anything on the card. If you are an intimate friend of the bride, however. you may write: "With a grejz deal of love and best wishes," or s ething of the kind across the card. A lmarried woman maklng a bridal gift naturally send the card she shares with her husband ("Mn and Mrs. Goeffrey Atley”) with the present 5. There is no fixed rule as regards the retention or discarding of cards sent with bridal gifts when the latter are dis— played. Attach the sender’s cards or leave them off, as you choose. , 6. If the bridegroom is an intimate ’personal friend of yours, you may be in- clined to select a gift which is unmistak- ably a man’s present, and belongs on the table of smoking den, or on a library desk. If you do this, it is more truly courteous to send with it another individ- 11:31 gift for the bride, addressing both to er. ' 7. Like almost every other social event, the display of wedding gifts may serve as an excuse for an afternoon tea. 8. If you intend to give the bride- groom some more intimate personal gift. one which excludes any idea of sharing with the bride, it is more courteous to give it to him personally than to send it. 9. Since all bridal gifts are accom- panied by cards, the simplest way to be sure of acknowledgements will be duly made is to keep each individual card, writing on the back a few brief words de- scribing the gift. If you intend to ex- change the gift, note also the name of the shop from which it came. This method is more direct and simple than purchas- ing a stationer’s “record book.” As the gifts are acknowledged. you set down the date of the acknowledgement. When you have done with these duties a rubber band may be‘snapped about the cards, and they may be put away for reference or, if you prefer, they may be destroyed. 10. You are at liberty to exchange any but a very personal or intimate gift, and such a one would probably not come into consideration at all, since it prob- ably would not be duplicated. 11. A bride should acknowledge every wedding gift as‘ soon as possible after its receipt. A good plan is to write your notes of thanks day by day. as your gifts are received. The Runner’s Bible (00M: b! Houhhon ‘Kiflin 00.) Discretion shall Watch over thee; u- keep thee. Prov. 8x11. Recipes ‘ ' Huckleberry Short Cake.—Make the crust this way if possible. Sift 1/2 cups flour, 1 level teaspoon salt and 1 round— ing teaspoon baking powder together. In- to this stir 2/3 cup sour cream and 1/3 cup cold water in which 1A, teaspoon soda has been dissolved. Use enough more flour to make the dough just stiff enough to roll out. Fit on a pie pan, sprinkle top lightly with sugar and bake in a quick oven. Keep warm until ready to serve. Then split open and fill with well sweetened huckleberries either fresh or canned (I prefer the canned.) Serve at once—«B. O. R. Salt Rising Bread—Here is‘ a recipe that never fails. I set my rising in a half gallon crock and} cover it with a cloth at night, set it at four or five o'clock in the evening. Peel and slice four good sized potatoes, add two table— spoons of corn meal, one tablespoon of sugar. one tablespoon of salt, one-fourth teaspoon soda, one quart of boiling water. The next morning this should have a good foam on. Skim out the potatoes and put one tablespoon of sugar, one table- spoon of salt, one fourth teaspoon of soda, and flour enough for a sponge and let rise until the crock is full. Then take one quart of boiling water and pour in the flour, take half sweet milk and water hot just so you can put your hand in it. Mix the flour and when cool enough that it will not scald the rising put in and let the bread rise. When it is light work out in ans and let it rise. Keep it at the sto e as it must be kept very warm. The heat is what will make it rise—Mrs. McC., Moscow, Mich. Oiled Pickles.——Small pickles 100, 1/; ground mustard, 1 teaspoonful black pep— per, 54, pound whole mustard, 1 quart small onions, 1 pint olive oil, 2 ounces celery seed. and 2 quarts cider vinegar. Wash cucumbers and rub well with cloth, slice thin. Peel onions and slice thin. Put in one layer of cucumbers and then one layer of onions, then a good skrink— ling of salt. Then another layer of cu~ cumbers and another of onions and some salt, repeating until all is used. Place a Weight on top and let stand over night. In the morning drain. Put a teaspoon- ful of poWdered alum in sufl‘lcientcold vinegar to cover the pickles and let them stand until afternoon. Drain again. Do not waste vinegar as it can be used for the other pickling. Put the cucumbers and onions into jars, then Ynix all the re- maining ingredients together gradually adding the oil and vinegar and pour over them, and seal cans—Mrs. O. E. Carrot lVIai-malade.—-11/2 pounds of car- rots, 11/2 pounds of sugar, 2 lemons. Scrape and chop carrots, cook in water until tender, then drain. Wash and chop lemon, cook in double boiler until tender. Add carrots and sugar and cook until thick.—~Mrs. O. E. ' Oil Pickles.——I am sending cucumber oil pickles recipe requested also one other favorite recipe. Oil Pickles: 1 gallon sliced cucumbers, 1/2 cup salt. Mix and let stand 3 hours. Drain. Mix 1 oz. white mustard seed, 1 oz. black mustard seed, 1 oz. celery seed, 1/3, pint olive oil. Thor- oughly mix and cover with vinegar. Let stand a day or so and mix occasionally. Seal in cans—Mrs. W. Beet Salad.——Ch0p fine, 1 qt. cabbage, 1 qt. beets, 1 large pepper sweet, 1 tea- spoon salt, 21/2 cups brown sugar. 1 cup grated horseradish. Cover with weaken— ed vinegar and cook until done. Can as usual—Mrs. W. Aunt Ada’s Axioms: Every help to Mother helps the whole household. ‘ II it i Home canncrs can save time, work. and trouble by using a wire frying basket for blanching fruit and vegetables. * It * Properly selected paint and wall paper will often do as much to brighten a room as the addition of another window. it It in Summer silks will not spot from water if, before the dress is made the material is covered with a damp cloth and pressed With a warm iron. I! I! t In cooperation the “co” and “operation” are equally important. it I # Mustard plants are weak individually but tough collectively. Go through the spring grain now and see that it’s clean. AIDS .TO..,GOOD DRE_s§i_N_G IF SURE AND SEND IN YOUR SIZE th_52dBZ_. si . 421? 42 guild 46 inches bust measure. A 38 5251 . Good School A Dainty Dress for House or Porch—Tub silk, linen, rep, or gingham could be used for It is also good for wool or cotton crepe. . ‘ ' 6, . inch size requires 5% yard of.36 inch material with 1,9 yard contmsting for collar, cuffs and belt. The Width at the foot With plaits extended is 2% he Pattern is cut in Sizes: 4, 38. 40, yards. Dress.—Wool crepe or rep, or balbriggan would be very suitable for this A model. As here shown it was developed in ten balbriggan with trimming of brown wool crepe. The Pattern is in 4 Sizes: 8, 10, 12 and .0.“ material With 1/4 .5264. _ chine or outing flannel. measure. 5241 5069. straight line kirt for which attern broad cloth could be used for this design. The Skin. I ‘ 1.: hip measure, 35. . l, 39, 35 and 37 inches waist measure with a(’('01111)1il}lyill , . inches. The jacket in 6 Sizes: 34, .36, 38 for a medium inch materin l. The 5241 . . .l4_years. A . I yard of contrasting material if made as illustrated in the large view. A Practical Style—This design may be made of muslin, long The I’iittern is cut in 7 Sizes: 36, r ,, 0 A A 38 inch size requires 4% yards of 36 inch material. siZe wiii_ require 3 33, Width ot the lower edge is 56 inches. A New and Stylish. Model.~’l‘his design 0 year Size requires 1% yiird of 54 inch cloth, biitiste, crepe, crepe de 12 46 and >18 inches bust A Stylish Two Piece Suit—Comprising a smart Jacket out from Pattern 5241. and Ii 506$) supplies the model. Velveteen, tweed, wool mixtures or I’Iittern Is cut in 7 Sizes: ‘ 7 "7, 2!), ’ 1, 33, " ' , :13, A15 and 47 and 44 int-hes bust lila'lslll'e. To make the suit yards of 5 Skirt at the may be developed as it sports Jacket or as port of a two piece suit. simirt. It may be ‘iittern is cut in ii The style rolled View or closed high as in"the small View. ‘ Sizes: 34, 36. 38, 40, 42 of the open us ('othr is very in _the large The and 44 inches bust measure. A .38 inch size re— ‘ quires 2 yards of 5-1 inch material. 5245._ _ rep or linen With inmg would be good for to be finished with buttons or provide a part. the front. leg scam edges are snap fasteners. to veiiient closmg back is buttoned over cut in 4 Sizes: 6 material with at this . ’ 11103., one year Size “'1” require 11/3 ‘ ‘ 1/i_ yard of contrasting muteriol for A Simple Stylebf Rompers.~—1’ongee, contrasting ‘ iinlterial for trim— this model. The inner practical and con- At the sides the This design is and 3 years. A yard of 36 inch 1,2 colar, sleeve facmgs and belt. 5242 A Comfortable Coal. and Cap for Tiny. Tots—koshn, iliinnei, used for this (but. material or of velvet. corduroy or silk The (hip may be of .the Same Silk, or could be fur lubries. The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: 6_ months, 1, 2, and 4 years. A year size _requires 11% yard of 54 inch material for the Goat and it yard for the 8.1). 5253. A Practical Convenient Garment.——This (Al UNIT BAKING rowan; ‘ 3? Us ‘1 he s r A R M E-R‘ Demands pure, nutritious foods. ' To have pure and easily digested bakings you should use Calumet Bak— ’ ing Powder. / It is made only of the purest of" materials in the world’s most sanitary baking powder factories. Every ins gredient used officially approved by U. S. Food Authorities. Calumet Bakings possess highest of food value and enable you to supply your table with variety essential to properly balanced diet. It is so easy to bake with Calumet. No failures. No worry. No trouble at all. Order a can today. Eat your way our or 1381' - ~, to sound health ‘and enjoy every bite. THE WORLDS GREATEST i suns 272' nuns moss or OTHER. mums WHEN WRITING T0 ADVERTISERS PLEASE MENTION THE BUSINESS FARMER Don’tSend ,lPenny JUST send for_ this dress. When you receive it, if you do not conSIder it worth doublc'our price, we will give it to you free of chargeYou are the en- tire Judge. Don’t semi any money. Just send your name and ad- dress, give size and color wanted and the dress Will be sent to you prepaid. VzWool Panama Crepe Rayon T” m . '8 RANGES Buydircctfrom factory! , s 75 Save % to % on your; 37__ stove, range or furnace. “ Take advantage of the U]! biggest SALE in our 25 y ears. . Kalam azoo qualityisthchlghest;prices are at bedrock. This is the year to buy. Send for out: big, ncwcata- log—it's full of new ideas. new fea- tures, new models. 200 bargains In “‘ heating stoves. gas ranges, combina- lranges fumacestlggtlhaniig? C03 . . firm: I m \\ \ and pipeless. and house old FURNACES & . Cash oreasy payments-8 995 ' ' trial. oncy~back = guarantee. 24-hour shipment. up 660,000 pleased customers. , Write today F; for Your FREE I aao‘y A ‘1 Book Now Ready (/‘F‘ . KALAMAZOO \ STOVE CO. .3 , r . 671 Rochester-Ave. ~\. I. .:. v“ Kalamazoo. Mich. g , model may be made of one material such as cam< bric, gingham or to match a. dress or smock—or, the waist portions may be of caiiibric lawn or crepe. and the bloomers of serge, Jersey, gillghillll at your door. or sateen. 'l‘iie Pattern is cut in ' Sizes: 4, , r 12 and 14 ygiirsa A 1 your size rc— 1 A. NEW YORK yard of 6 l‘ljl‘fitllh materioll icf piled/e s ' MODEL ' 1 Chronic e ‘op 2 i 0 . alone require 1 3t; lagedoigegggsmgligvggpiln yard. New York and all the big fashion centers of the world. Made of a cloth which is guaran- teed to be half-wool in newest panama crefic weave, Glood weig t and Will give excellent wear. Slip-over model With turned - back rc- vers, collar and cuffs. Self-cloth narrow sash beit.CutfuIl.and roomy The double Jabot down center-of the front of dress is made of pure Rayon (fibre silk)with hemstitched p i co t ed e.’l‘his is adouble 3a ot,one above the other. Without the Jabotdress is a plain ' staple everyda model. Don’t thin ' . this dress is cheap because the rice is so low. The material alone is worth more 1: an the price we ask for complete dress. COLORS: Brown. rod. cranberry. navy bluo, green, pansy purple, gray or block. Sizes to fit misses and women, 32 to 44 bust. DELIVERY FREE— Write us a letter now fgivin size and color wanted, and we will send this hni -woo Rayon trimmed dress to you. Pay the postman $2.06 when hp delivers the dress at our oor.We have paid the delivery charges. If the \is not better than you oxpeo , or onyreuon W Wood warm .. . l.‘ 9.3: Pay the postman when he delivers the dress I'rndoMark Registered l ) quires 1% With "shaped shoulders.” yard is required. Bloomers yard. Waist alone requires 1A., ALL PATTERNS 13c EACH:— 2 FOR 25c POSTPAID ADD Color Your Butter “Dandelion Butter Color" Given That Golden June Shade which Brings Top Prices Before churn- ing add one—half teaspoonful t o e a c h gallon of cream and out of your c h u r 11 comes butter of G o l d e n June shade. “Dande—« l i o n B u t t e r Color” is purely vegetable, harm— less, and meets all State and National food laws. USed for 50 years by all large creameries. Doesn't color buttermilk. Absolutely tasteless. Large bottles cost only .35 ‘- cents _'a.t drug or grocery; ; stores, ,. Writ for tree sump] ' butt} 100 For FALL AND WINTER 1925-1926 FASHION BOOK Order from this or former issues of The Buslnou Farmer. glvlna number and sign your name and address plainly. Address all orders for patterns to Pattern Department THE BUSINESS FARMER Mt. Clemens, Mich. 3 0°! . ., - - w» .9 iv infl" “l , v, N o Commissions “ i N 0 Bonus N 0 Stock Subscription N 0 Mortgage Tax Because of a recent consolidation, this is the only Joint Stock Land Bank operating . tion of this fact and our expectation that our volume of ‘ business will increase sufficiently to justify it, we have lowered our rate of interest to 5% per cent. in Michigan. In recogni- We charge 5 . no commission or bonus and the borrower is not required to pay a mortgage tax or WRITE FOR FULL INFORMATION. make a stOck subscription. Long time loan (34% years). Small semi-annual-payment. dinion Sioint étock luau about: of Eetroit (under Government Supervision) 702 UNION TRUST BUILDING DETROIT, MICHIGAN V- w u: Time Tested Windmill The Auto-Oiled Aermotor has behind it a record of 10 years of successful operation. In all climates and under the severest con- wmdmill and ditions it has proven itself to be a real self-oiling a most reliable pumping machine. An Auto-Oiled Aermotor, when once properly erected. needs no further attention except the annual There are no bolts or nuts to workloose and no delicate parts to get out of order. There are no untried features in the Auto-Oiled Aermotor. The gears run in oil in the oil-tight, storm- 7 : proof gear case just astheydid 10 years ago. Somerefine- mentshavebeenmadaasexperiencehasshownthe possibil- ity of improvement, but the original simplicity of design has been retained while greater perfection of operationhas been achieved. The Aermotor is wonderfully efficient in the light winds, which are the prevailing ones. The self-oiled motor works with practically no friction, and the Wind-wheel of the Aermotor iSmade to run in the lightest breeze. It is also amply strong to run safely in the strongest winds. In any condition of wind or weather you may be sure that the Auto-Oiled Aermotor will give you the best of service. It is made by the company which established the steel windmill business 38 years ago. AERMOTOR C0. Chicago Kansas City Dallas Des Mollie. Minneapolis Oakland HANDEE TOOL FREEH Hearts , bladder. d u I ‘your name and ad- dr and G I y 0 fine .. - yoplfsell at 10¢. a pcks Blaine In. co..'1o1 mm 8'... Concord JcL, Mass. The overalls worn In your daily strife, I quickly clean And give longer life. COAL $2.75 ton at the Mines. West Vir nia lump. Hand " flaked and shaker screened. fest quahty guar— ed. Farmer Agents wanted to sohcit orders their neighbors. Write us for dehvery price sample by return mail. " rum. mm & sous, Moire”, on... [IBHIWBENBHESINU I . ' TURN THE END FOR SIZE ' - " ' th Kit—Agents Wanted. Sample, Post paid, $1.00 Bandiest loci in e 00., LIS, IND. , mvBUSINESS FARM , “fie m Paper 0! 4: Zimfliutm. icon-soma- x 33mm ,_.1. :w—e 5r m- .,.. ... a» «a Every Day You Need fic’DWI (svsuosnmzeo) 1'0 AID IN KEEPING All Livestock aid Poultry Health Kills Lice, Mites and Fleas. For Scratches, Wounds and common skin troubles. THE FOLLOWING BOOKLETS ARE Fm No. 151-‘FARM SANITATION. Dcscribcsand db I how to prevent diseases common to livestock. No. 157—006 ROCKET. Tells how to rid the d“ of fleas and to help prevent disease. No. Ibo—HOG BOOKLET. Covers the We! common hog diseases. No. 185*“06 “Allows. Gives wmplete (limo lions for the construction of a concrete bog wallow. No. ltd-POULTRY. How to get rid of lice and mites. and to prevent disease. Kreson No. IMWnaIPadiagosfol-Sfls atlllDruStores. ANIMAL INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF Parke, Davis & Co. DETROIT, HICH. W Dewberry Plants — ‘houses was the same as the first. Motto :' DO YOUR BEST ,(u, "fie-a. ‘ Colors: BLUE AND GOLD EAR girls and boys: After judging the letters in ,our fair contest I felt like rising, thrust- ing my right hand into my coat, Napoleon-like ,style, facing the piles of letters upon my desk and saying “Fellow citizens, I am pleased to see so many new faces tonight,” just like a real politician would do. To me your letters are you, because I never even see a picture of most of you, and to you my letter in each issue must be me, each picturing in their own mind how she or he looks. Thus you can appreciate my feeling like talking to the letters like I would persons. But you would not hear me so I must write "I am glad to read so many letters from child— ren who have not taken part in our previous contests." This is very true, and most of the winners are new ones. Neva Rice, or Hartford, received $2 as first prize, while Margaret G. Beckwith, R. 2, Ovid, run off with the second prize, $1. Each of them received one of our buttons, as did also the following: Maxine Cickler, Quincy; Marjorie Hurley, R. 1, Midland; Esther Bach, R. 3, Sebewaing; Alma Christie, Byron; Daisy Dennis, Durand; Os- mond Beckwith, R. 2, Ovid; Naomi White, Boyne City; and Norma Rice, Hartford, Mich. Hallowe’en is but a few days off and I hope that you remember what I have said in the past about doing good deeds that night instead of bad tricks such as destroying property or causing other folks considerable trouble. Write and tell us about your Hallowe’en, will you?———UNCLE NED. OUR GIRLS AND BOYS Dear Uncle Nedt—It has been two years since I wrote to you the last time, so you can imagine I have lots to tell you. That last time I wrote, I mentioned the fact that my father was working at the Bamfield Dam. I received a letter from a certain Arline Kurtz, and she told me that her father knew mine. So of course we corresponded, although we’d never seen each other. The next spring after I received Ar- line’s letter, I went to my sister’s in Pontiac, and remained with her, for six months. While I was still in Pontiac, my father and two younger sisters moved to Coline, where the Hodenpyl Dam was under construction. A year ago this last September, I went there too, to stay with the folks. One morning, upon entering the Sunday School room, I heard some- one address a young lady, by the name, Miss Kurtz. We lost no time in getting acquainted, and it was no other than Ar- line Kurtz. We became fast friends. and had many good times together, the short time she reunained there. I think it was in October that they left there, and they are now residing in Midland. You may be sure that we girls still correspond. Wasn't that an odd coincident? Perhaps I had better describe myself before going further. I am about 5 feet 4 inches tall. weigh between 115 and 120 138.. have medium brown hair, real dark eyes and always rosy cheeks. I‘ve had rosy checks from baby-hood. up. How old am 1? Oh! I was 17 last May. I’m not too old to write, am I Uncle Ned? I‘m only a child yet, with a. few grown- up ideas. Introductions over, I will proceed to tell you about the way we lived up at the dam. Did you, Uncle Ned, or any of the cousins, over see one of those camps, while the dam is under construction? It is really very interesting. There were four rows of houses; twenty-six houses in each row, and each house just thirty- three feet from the next one. There was a road, with one row of houses facing it, then back of them the other row faced the opposite direction and also another row of houses facing them, with the main street between them. The fourth row of The front facing a street. and the back, to- wards the back of the houses on the third row. Can you understand such explan- ations? It’s hard to tell it, so you’ll see what I mean. The houses were 181: 22 feet, consisting of three rooms, were put up in sections, covered with tar- paper (over.fra.mework) and had roofing. paper on the‘ roofs, all of which was held in place by lath. Otherwise we had a. very modern village; electric lights in » every house, street lights, hydrant water a short distance from the back door, good sewerage system, a store, post office. garage, pool room, and barber shop, theater ‘ hospital. doctor annual-set \ their families with them. Another build- ing, but it was the bunk-house for the mead men that had no families. Then there were eighteen houses, having five rooms, for the head men, and their fun- illes. There was a large dining hall. where all the men from those bunk-houses took their meals. And to complete our village, on the south side, there were two long double garages, the rent of which was $2.00 per month. . Now what do you think of it? For m part, I loved it. There isn't any prettier scenery in Michigan, than in the north- em part. Such hills—and all were cov- ered with brush and trees. Along that Manlsteo river I found the most beautiful Arbutus I ever saw. I forgot to say that our camp boasted a 10th grade school, with three teachers. I was in that mp, a little over eleven months. than we came home. My father is now working in one of the Fisher plant in Detroit. But we find it will be cheap. for up to live here while he works there. Rent lm't high in Detroit. is it? And menmrmypartrdratherllvelns mall town. where I can get a breath of fresh air, than to live in a dirty. mow place like Detroit. I’ve been there. and said from the first, that I’d never live there. But I’ll admit that Belle Isle is wonderful. Now please Mr. Waste Basket, go to sleep till my letter is safely printed. Will some of the boys and girls please write to me? Your niece—Gladys Corbin, Stan- wood, Michigan. Dear Uncle Nedz—The surprise pack- age was received. but as it came the day I went out in the country visiting I neg— looted writing before. I surely thank you for the nice pencils and pen, and the case is so nice that they came in. Our school began the 3lst of August and I will tab great pleasure in using them. I am four feet and six inches tall, have light brown hair and brown eyes. I go to town school. We enjoy the M. B. F. and noticed at one place where We visited near Alto also tookit. We spent most of our vaca— tion riding horseback. Well. as my letter is getting long I must close. I would be glad to receive letters from any of the cousins. Many thanks for the button. I' remain a cousin of the Children's Hour.— Mlss Marion Snow, Nashville, Mich. Dear Uncle Ned:-—-Here I am, wishing to get into your merry circle, and I would be very pleased to see your letter in print. Well now, as all the cousins describe themselves, I will try too. I am four feet nine inches tall, weigh 94 pounds, a fair complexion and very jet black hair and am quite plump. Blue eyes (bobbed hair) and my age is between 10 and 11 years old. the one guessing correctly will receive a long, fat letter from me. I'suro- ly hope that old Mr. Waste Paper Basket is asleep when my letter arrives, as I will be so glad to see it in print. I hope to get a. membership pin for the Childrenfi Hour, as I love the colors I read about. and also the motto is correct. Well, I guess I will ring of! quite short, hoping to see my letter in print. Good-bye. Your want-to-‘be niece,—Ruth Ricketts. B. 1, Box 16, Alma, Mich. Dear Uncle Ned:—-I wrote once before and didn’t see my letter in print. so I thought I would try again. From what I have heard about the waste basket it is a. pig to eat so many letters. We had a Bible School at the Brethren church beginning July 29th to July 3181.. We had a picnic at the church in the basement the last day. We were going to go to National Park but we didn‘t. I am going to tell my age. I will be fourteen October 11th. I am in the sev- enth grade. I have about four miles to go to school but I am going in a school bus. I think I will close—Orville Van Wle, R1, Woodland, Mich. Dear Uncle Ned:——I have never writ- ten before so thought I would write. I have been readng the Children’s Hour and came across the riddle in Louis Rafte’s letter and I think the anSWer is, “To hold his trousers up.” The riddle was, “Why does Calvin Coolidge wear red, white and blue suspenders.” I think Louis is about 12 years old. I hope I am right. Am I Louis? Good-bye, will write again some time. Hoping you will let me be your niece—Florence Rossman. R3. Pontiac, Michigan. RIDDLES If a Frenchman were to fall into a tub of tallow. in What word would he‘ expres his situation?——-In—de-fat-i—gabble. (Inde- tatigable). Why is sympathy like blindman’s but? ——Beca.use it is a fellow feeling for s. fol: low creature. W Why is 3. dinner on board a. steam- boat like ,Easter Dori—Because it is e. movable feast. . Why lea. pig lnythe parlor like I house on first—Because the sooner it is put out. the better ' ‘ ‘ “ an: t- . ‘5 b .. my T — an; gary at 6 o’clock as we had been ad- vised there was to be a banquet"‘and dance that evening at which we were to be the guests. An agricultural editor can always eat and we cer- tainly proved to the people of Canada that in this respect we were very good editors. ‘ The city of Calgary was established 60 years ago and but a short time before we were there a huge cele- hration was-held in connection with the Annual Calgary Exhibition and Stampede, commemorating the event, at which many of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who founded the city were present. The word “Calgary” means clear water, and the city is called “The Gateway to the Canad- hn Rockies.” There are large oil and gas deposits just out of Calgary and several paying wells are in op— eration. The next morning we found our- selves in the midst of the mountains at Banff and many of us experienced a new sensation as we stood in the warm sunlight very comfortable in our summer clothing and gazed at the tops of mountains on all sides, cap- ped with snow and ice. We spent over a half day here and those who cared to had the opportunity to bathe in the warm sulphur water that flows from the many hot springs for which Bani! is famous. There are five chief springs and they have a total flow of about a million gallons 8. day. The water issues from the ground the year around at a temperature of over 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Band is headquarters for tourists from all over the world, and at the Bani! Hotel I was approached by a guest who announced he was glad to see someone from so near his home town———Detroit. About the middle of the afternoon we journeyed 40 miles still further to Lake Louise, one of the most beautiful spots in the world. From the little station we ascended over 600 feet into the mountains to the lake by gasoline railway with trees growing thick along each side of the track. The lake is situated in a cup at the foot of ancient glaciers, and at one end is the beautiful Chateau Lake Louise, property of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. One can sit on the wide veranda of this hotel and see mountains nearly two miles high with glaciers 500 feet thick on them, or, if you prefer, horses may be hired and you can follow the narrow paths up to Vic- toria Glacier or the upper lakes. Some rather walk as it is only ten miles round trip to the glacier and six miles round trip to the upper lakes. . Sunday in the Mountains The next day was Sunday and we left Lake Louise at 8 o’clock in the morning to travel a, whole day and night, with only stops to change en— gines or take on fuel and water, and most of the way was through the mountains. An observation car had been added to our special train of four sleeping cars and a diner so that we might enjoy to the fullest extent the splendid scenery. Cross- ing the Great Divide we descended through the “Spiral Tunnels" to Fields, a little town at the foot of Mt. Stephens. Here we entered the Yoho National Park and traveled for some distance beside the charming Kick- ing Horse River descending the west- ern slopes of the Rockies into the great Columbia River “trench”. We left the Yoho Park near Mount Chan— cellor and ascended again, this time into the Selkirks, and into Glacier Park, passing through the famous Connaught Tunnel, which is nearly five miles long. The highest point in this part is Mount Sir Donald which is 10,808 feet above sea level. i It is a huge pile of rock that towers to a heightgof a mile and a quarter above the railroad. From there we again descedded steadily, following the rivers that issue from the moun- tains, passing through Rivelstoke , Park, the town of Rivelstoke, Sica- , nous, , and arriving in Kamloops 0' 3 flier-fly before dark. The trip through 4110 great canyons of the Thompson M Fraser rivers had to be made ‘ lining the night as time was short. and We had lunch country yet, to see, ‘ in Vancouver. in the ~ ‘ ~Coirumbia. Mon- (Continued fran Page 4) real opportunity to get acquainted with our hosts: A. B. Calder and James Colley of the Canadian Pacific Railway who had charge of us from Chicago to Victoria on our way west- ward, and from Winnipeg to Chicago on the way back; H. F. Tilley and W. E. Watson, of the Canadian National Railway who took charge of us the rest of the time; and Robert J. C. Stead, famous Canadian author, represented the Dominion Govern— ment. Up to this time they had all been so busy keeping everything working smoothly that we only caught passing glimpses of them. They were certainly wonderful hosts and more than did their part to make our trip a most enjoyable one. WIDE 0R NARROW WE (Continued from Page 8) had not been hired. But the plan that the M. B. F. helped to get through is now to make the men that use these improved roads pay for them in a gas tax which is all right with few complaints. The M. B. F. is doing the right thing by having a man at Lansing to report what is going on in the legislature because there has been too many laws passed that favor other classes at our expense. If we do not look out for our in— terests we cannot expect that others will look out for them for us as they are too busy looking after their owu interests. We have not looked after our interests very well in the past-so a number of laws have been passed that were unfair to us.— Francis G. Smith, Isabella County. KILLING BIRDS EAR EDITOR: In a few days the slaughter of our feathered innocents will commence. It is a crime to shoot partridge and woodcock in lower Michigan, yet, the open season for these birds is almost here. We have fine covers for these birds on our farm, but, our friends are gone. Farmers, generally, are opposed to the open season, but the city gun clubs seem to have the “hobby.” This open season for English pheasants is ab— solutely premature, as this bird is just being introduced. “It is to laugh" to say that only male birds shall be shot. Every pot—hunter will put the males in his game bag, and the females in his hip pocket. As I see it, the farmer is too harassed with the slavery of fall farm work to go and drive the poaeher ed the premises—Geo. J. Barrie, Huron Co. MICHIGAN'S 1925 CROP IS LARGEST ON RECORD (Continued from Page 2) dition of 67 per cent, is 149,000 bushels. Sugar beets are attaining good size and quality, with a prospective yield somewhat above the average. Apples: The total apple crop av- erages 60 per cent of a normal one, or 10,756,000 bushels of which 1,- 864,000 barrels is rated as commer- cial. This includes all summer, fall and winter varieties. As the Winter varieties represent 54 per cent of the commercial crop, according to the reports of growers, they amount to 1,007,000 barrels. Peaches: The peach crop amount- of a, full production as compared ed to 592,000 bushels or 37 per cent with 464,000 bushels in 1924. The crop was greatly reduced by heavy freezes last May. The quality is rated at 85 per cent. _ Pears: The pear crop is 37 per cent of normal which is equivalent to a production of 503,000 bushels, a much smaller crop than last year’s which amounted to 810,000 bushels. Grapes: Grapes were disappoint- ing in yield, amounting to only 28 per cent of a crop, or 23,157 tons. They matured and were harvested much earlier than in 1924, the crop being very light in Berrien and Van Buren. the two principal commercial «normal. 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The Michigan Farm Bureau Supply Service 219 N. Cedar Street, Lansing, Michigan' IfYou Want Any,"Write Us CHIPPEWA‘HAY 8: GRAIN so, ' swans. Marie 1 " r Mt a V, ' ‘ “A. _-" . 'rv , , . (We invite you to contribute your experience in raising live- ‘ . stock to this department. Questions cheerfully answered.) BETTER DAIRYING ECEN‘TLY a. survey of 50 Mich— igan Cow Testing Associations Was completed by the Associa— tion cow testers. Out of 12,761 cows under test in the 50 Associa— tions surveyed, 4,025 or 31.5 per cent were purebred and 8,736 or or 69.5 per cent were grade dairy cows. A comparison with a similar survey made in 1923 on 62 Associ- ations shows that 29.9 per cent of Michigan Cow Testing Association cows were purebred. Evidently purebred cows are on the increase in Michigan Cow Testing herds. Very few Cow Testing Association members are using other than pure— bred sires. 92.5 per cent of the 1,232 members reported in the above survey use only purebred sires. Eight hundred thirty-two members or 67.5 per cent of the 1,232 C. T. A. members own a pure— bred sire. There are 464 or 55.7 per cent purebred Holstein; 191 or 22.9 per cent purebred Guernsey; 131 or 15.7 per cent purebred Jer— sey; 30 purebred Shorthorn; 9 pure— bred Brown Swiss and 7 purebred Aryshire sires in the total of 832 sires owned by the C. T. A. mem— bers. One hundred and eight or 13 per cent of the 823 purebred sires are owned cooperatively as Bull Associ— ation sires. This point would indi- cate that many C. T. A. members are long time and that they realize the great value of proving a bull'by get— keeping the purebred sire for n ting records on his daughters. Michigan dairymen are keen for alfalfa hay. The acreage of alfalfa increased from 8,174 acres in 1924 to 10,524 acres in 1925 on the 1,232 farms reported owning 12,761 cows. This ’means .82 acres of alfalfa for each dairy cow in C. T. A. work re- ported in 50 associations. This acre— age is an increase of 12.8 per cent alfalfa seeding on the farms of Cow Testing Association members in one year. Seven of the members reported had alfalfa seedings previous to 1910; 263 farmers had alfalfa seed— ings before 1920 and 554 . have seeded alfalfa since 1920. L. C. Gardner, Stockbridge, member of the Livingston No. 2 C. T. A.; and D. J. Miller and Sons, Eaton Rapids, members of the Eaton—South C. T. A. are the alfalfa growers of long— est standing. Gardner started with two acres in 1892 and has twelve acres of alfalfa today, while Miller made his first seeding in 1895. He has 39 acres of alfalfa at present. Both breed purebred Holstein cattle. Sweet clover also receiVUd much attention by Michigan duirymen during 1924 and 1925. The acre— age of sweet clover increased from 1,519 acres in 1924 to 3,459 acres in 1925 or 127.7 per cent in one year with Michigan C. T." A. mem— bers. These figures are based on the reports of 50 C. T. A.’S totaling 1,232 members. Cow Testing Association members are also making use of soy beans. They have 520 acres seeded to this good legume crop. Dairymen all over Michigan are firm believers in using silage for succulence. 1,262 silos are owned and used by the 1,232 dairy farmers represented in this census. Drinking cups are installed on many C. T. A. members farms—but not on all dairy farms. Out of 1,232 )1AX‘VALTON \VAVERLY This fine young herd Hire, Muxwulton “'av- crly, is at the head of the herd of Shorthorns owned by John 0. Clark and Son, of Har- bor Beach. He has been a. winner at both state and county fairs, taking fourth place at Detroit one your and the blue ribbon regu- larly at county fairs. The Clark herd aver.» ages from 30 ‘ to 40 head” of pure—breds. farms reported only 321 have barns equipped with drinking cups. Radio receiving sets are owned on 217 out of the 1,232 farms reported—A. C. Baltzer, Dairy Extension, Michigan State College. CHARGES FOR PAS'TURING Will you tell me the price charged for pasturing horses cows and sheep?+P. W., Jerome, Mich. HE price charged for pasturing the different farm animals var- ies a great deal in different parts of the state. The _charge made for pa'stuiring horses and cattle ranges from' twentyafive to fifty cents per head per week. It would be my opinion that a good average charge for these two classes of live- stock would be fifty cents per week for horses and thirty—five cents per week for cattle. The charge for sheep would be four to five cents a head. In other words, it is fig- ured that about eight sheep will pasture where one cow will pasture. Geo. A. Brown, Professor of Ani— mal Husbandry, M. S. C. VALUE OF SILAGE Please advise me the value of good corn silage per ton in silo ac— cording to the price of hay per ton. ——A. 14]., Grindstone City, Mich. HE usual rule in figuring the T value of silage is that one ton of hay is equal to three tons of silage. This value is also borne out by the content of digestible nu— trients. One hundred pounds of corn silage made from well matured corn contains 17.7 pounds of digesti— ble nutrients, one hundred pounds of alfalfa hay 51.6 pounds of diges— tible nutrients, one hundred pounds. of red clover hay 56.9 pounds of di— gestible nutrients and one cw-t. of timothy hay contains 48.5 pounds of digestible nutrients. In clover and alfalfa hay there is more protein and less carbohydrates and fat than there is in timothy hay and corn si— lage. Geo. A. Brown, Professor of Animal Husbandry, M. S. C. PROTEIN-RICH FEEDS FOB... DAIRY SUCCESS ANY farmers fail to get the pro-- fits they should from their dairy herds. Some of these men do not have cows which are good dairy animals and efficient pro- ducers of milk and butterfat. Others. feel that protein—rich feeds, like lin- seed meal, cost too much, and there- fore they fail to feed a balanced ra- tion which provides enough protein for a high yield of milk. Milk is very rich in protein, and the ration of a good cow must therefore contain plenty of protein for the cow to use as a raw material in making the protein in her milk . Still others do not appreciate the fact that a good cow must be fed liberally to make the most profit. Even the best cow needs a large part of all the feed she can eat to main- tain her own body. From the feed thus used up the dairyman gets no— thing in but the society of the cow and her manure. His profits come only from the amount of food a cow eats in addition to her maintenance needs. Therefore, if you have the right kind of cows, be liberal with them and be sure you supply them with the right kind of feeds. (\‘7 . . 8""er A‘ III. for 4 he. or more. jar Insertion for 8 lines or £333 as: g ii 1;? ill 3 5 ii i on n will J3»... the data - Address LIV. Editor ' m I. I. 2: run-m. » #w' _ Oct. 1925—Hnrdords. Ward Dunstan mm. (Barnum. ' m 1925—Hsre1‘iordnmg 3:. mm. 3-5:- _o:.éx. Elohim m IIIOIIIGAII'S URI-GRID UVEtTOcK A OTIOIIEER wasmdda .. Eyrfila'fihé? Bellows. metal-m. CATTLE E): 7 ' ’ ’ confirms. MAY — GUERNSEYS —— ROSE FED ACCREDITED E5“ 4%. a. as. Jumbooi’BriarlnnksndH gNoMB‘romDam-pro— 1011 t7 72 int and 610 int. GEO GI L IURROWS or GEORGE J. HICKS. Balm, w. 8., lllohlgan. mum—REGISTERED GUERNSEY BULL. mo. old. Large Welland Chm' a Swine. bill sex. ARTHUR J. D, Dryden. Mlch BEST GUERNSEY DAIRY CALVES. old a ‘ ' D. '33! ltJj20each.wrll . . Wdh I. TEN! GER. R1. Wmsuosa. Wis. REDPOLLED EXTRA GOOD THOROUGH- IY W. HEROE. R1. JERSEYS REG. ms. POGIS 99th or H. F. AIID 113’ Young stack for sale. End State and Federal Government mind rats or vdt prices description. GUY O. WILBUR. BELDIHG. lion. HEREFORDS mm AUBTIUN 5!] HEAD e “isms HERE nu. Gina Bl‘?‘ Om a‘ndarlalfag: Buns M measured on 0 ms nu dines: Simon and Heifers. “EBAY. OCTOBER 28th At 12 :30 Noon. Eastern Standard Time. mo BURST“ FARlI Edna. 1%? Pontiac; 10 miles West. of Or- an! ' 5 mm: 8. of 0 ; 10 Slim:20mflsls.oflflint&hapoa. 8% Illa North (119 Main Street) of cum. Oakland County, MICHIGAN Tr! 1h. Woven/and Mosley-Makers. . I. Ila-l." WARD w. DUNSTAN. Prom-’0. clerkston.‘fllchlm \1080lbs 90mm800 lbs. I 720 l $55 ll El from any bunch. Eldon, Walla Co. Iowa. 8. 1925. FIRST OF REGULAR Semi-annual min of Cngpo Farm Hereford Can}. Give and oils. Write for Cahlogm can-o PARIS. 8m M Mloh. snoBu'HOBNS gab-lawn Shorthorns We refin- goodyambulls;alsofu P as a3 can Eggs for Ink. Sired by Commander. r 1923 Interlude 8. H. Rn AND SONS. Ball All. Mich. Ill-Km TYPE SHOBTHORNS OF THE with milking shims. Bull-tron mo.to1yt.old.Afewchoieo heifers be? and open. 1'. "' R1. lonh. Michigan. mm Bill-I. 18 Mo. Old. mo Duchess of _ . G m1 red Also other _. bulls, rd ' heifers and We to and mm; cows. rams ssh. ll. E— Morrlsh and Sons. Flint. R5. Mich. exam“ 1nd!" weighing ‘ I» C. PALMER. Balding, Mich. momma ' F0“ SALE—RAMBODILETTE AllD HAMP- J. slurs mm H. noun. Howell. Michigan. . SHBOPSBIBJE Registered ShrOpshires nd lamb. owns and m mm; “we? Infill 1. sons. Banter, mm. ammonium :m°fi“§§..sasmmese “in It]. With. Mich. I [—‘ 1 Edit“ by DR GEO. H. CONN SPRING HALTx I have a 13—year-old mare in good health and lively. When I turned her out to pasture she was 0. K.. Today when I went after her she seemed to have the spring-halt, or something similar, when walking or running will draw right hind leg al- most to belly. Will this hurt her to work? Is there any help for her, and it it leaves her will it come back and always bo‘ther her?——L. F., Fife Lake, Mich. , : S a. general thing there is no help for a spring halted horse and most owners let them alone when once affected. Have known horses to work for years with this condition with no apparent injury to themselves: this affects them worse during cold weather. Since this has just come upon this mare at her age which is somewhat un- usual you might try the following treatment which will do her no in- jury and since you can begin it early it might help her. Feed her laxattvo teed and not too heavily. Get three ounces of potassium io- dide dissolved in one quart of water. 0! this solution give her one table- spoontul each night and morning on some wheat bran or ground feed. If this seem to help you can discon- tinue after the first quart is gone for three or four days and then you can give a second treatment just like the first one. COW WITH OOUGH I have a cowthat has been troub- ling me for the last year. She stands and grunts by spells and then she will appear alright for a while, and she has a slight cough. Please ad- vise me What to do.——B.. P., Howard City, Mich. 8 far as the grunting is concern- ‘ ed you need not worry about that as this cow is probably just ‘ a hearty eater and overloads her stomach. Have irequently observed cows that grunt considerably when lying down? As to the cough it it is at all serious you might get the following for her: 2 drams of potas- sium dichromate dissolved in 1 pint of water; of this mixture give this cow 1,5 tablespoonitul on some bran or ground feed night and morning. SOUNDS LIKE 00W POX My cows have sore teats. First comes a blister like filled with wa- ter, then turns to yellow matter. It seems to be spread from one cow to another. Sore as can be from the way the cow acts. It is not con.- fined to teats but will come on the udder. Please answer through Vet- erinary Department. I know of other herds that are bothered with the same infection—C. M., Belle- vue, Mich. sounds just exactly like cow pox. The only treatment that will be satisfactory will be that of using an antiseptic on the adders and then wash the hands be- - tween each milking. Would suggest that you use an antiseptic that will not taint the milk and such ones as sterilac or zonite Will be good. Make warm solution of enough to wash all the udders and dry them with a soft cloth. Between the milk- ing of each cow if it is done by hand, wash the hands in the same solution and dry them. This is carrin from one cow to another benzoin compound; this painted over the ulcers with a. small camel's hair brush Once or twice each week it they do not heal as rapidly as you think they’should touch them up with tincture at io— numme A00 hdIhDMerwhichm‘ {0 naive her monthly wages As she mid not write. she always made her must on the mm» M emu. ‘ Ptofits‘ with that aim twill Nomatterhowvigomuslyyoufirstmmthehandle of the v'se, an added twist helps hold ’6: ti ht. That's the way it is with feeding—«1p to a certain point, the eed merely serves to maintain the bodies of the animals. But add Linseed Meal and you jump ahead in gains of milk, meat, wool and eggs. Thousands of Endorsements Like Thae ProvethePr-acticalVahxcofUnseedMeal A ' “1h bemabk hold ‘ to " mycows ACddenmwrines: pcrmdknmSOmiodayaovumaiglrtoammddamhay.‘ Andath "Whmlmcznd‘y myzfcmhon Linseendal. atelcascnmontil mabhcosaves bushelsaday.” AHogGmwersaysz“WefindLmseed‘ Mealthshut commenial feeds. Last year 3 proved worth $75 a feeding value.” A My Known Sheep Buyer m‘ “I think Linseed Malmbmraemalknwostnrmnmbasmmy, producing economical and big gains." 2.5m ass as: serum - And Some Say It Pays 100 Per Cent Yes, many state that they have found Lint Meal to return two dollars for every dolr lat mvested. What other investment will pay even half as well? ’ Get the books shown herewith. Learn how much better use you can make of the feeds you now have. And if you have any special problems, write to our Secretary, who has had atmsive farm and experiment station A valuable feeding guide by 1 Prof. F. B. Morrison BUM 1 with W. A. Henry. “Fe? and Feeding." 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Violet rays are the vitality and th rays thrown off by the sun which your poultry needs through winter months. Ideal for all poultry equipment, Hotbeds. Cold- fnmes, Storm doors and windows, Enclosing padres for the winter, etc. Special Trial Offer Send us $5 and we will send you prepaid a big roll. 45 R. long and 35 ins. wide (will cover scratch shed 9 x 15 feet). Use it for ten days and if you do not find the results better than glass or any glass substitute, return it and we will refund your money. Catalog on request. coma 8805., Dept. 521 Bloden, Nell: Rheumatism A Remarkable Home Treat- ment Given by One \Vho Had It In tho year of 1893 I was attacked by Muscular and Sub—Acute Rheumatism. I Inflated as only those who are thus sf- flicted know for over three years. I tried remedy after remedy, but such reliel‘ as I obtained was only temporary. Finally, I found a treatment that cured me com— pletely and such a pitiful condition has never returned. I have given it to a number who were terribly afflicted; even bedridden, some of them seventy to eighty years old. and the tanks were the same M 1,, I, ////,. I, “I Had Sharp Palns lee nghtnlng Flashes Shootlna Through My Jolnts." I want every suflerer from any form of muscular and sub—acute (swelling at the hints) rheumatism, to try the great value of my improved “Home Treatment” for its remarkable healing power. 3 cent; simply mail your name and ad« has, and I will send it free to try. After have used it. and it has proven itself be that long-looked for means of get- flnx rid of such forms ~of rheumatism, you my send the price of it, One Dollar, but understand I do not want your money miss you are perfectly satisfied to send It. Isn’t that fair? Why sufler, any longer. when relief is thus oflered you free. Doll't delay. Write today. , Hark E. Jackson, 86—11 Durstou Bld¢., ‘ QSyrscuse, N. Y. Mr. Jackson is ravensible. shove state . meat true. Don’t send lull h (We invite you to contribute your experience in raising poultry to this department. MICHIGAN POULTRYBIEN MEEH‘ OCTOBER 29-30 HE newly organized Michigan State Poultry Improvement As- sociation will hold its first an- nual convention at the Michigan State College, October 29th and 30th. We expect between three hun- dred and four hundred of Michi- gan’s most prominent poultrymen at this meeting. An excellent program has been ar- ranged, Wi'th Doctor M. A. Jull, Sen- ior Poultryman, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., as principal speaker, who will speak at the banquet being held Thursday ev— ening, October 29th, and give his principal address the morning of the 30th, discussing the importance of poultry certification and accredi- tation, from a national standpoint. Prof. W. R. Graham of the On- tario Agricultural College, Guelph, Ont., the foremost poultryman on the continent, will be present for the two days, discussing on the after- noon of the 29th, “Ontario’s Poultry Industry” and on the morning of the - 30th, “The Future of the Poultry Industry, as I See It.” On Friday afternoon, October 30th, will be held a business session, election of officers, and a discussion of the plans for accrediting and cer- tifying of poultry flocks and hatch- eries, as now being use. The poultry flock and hatchery certification work is progressing nicely with some 3,000,000 egg , hatching capacity in commercial hatcherles, signed up for State in— spection and, accreditation for the first year. The first flock inspec- tions have been made and the rest of the poultrymen are getting their flocks into shape for the final state inspection. Contracts binding the hatcherymen have been mailed, and many of Michigan’s farm leaders have told us that they consider the poultry flock certification and in— spection the most important agri- cultural movement taking place in Michigan for" the past several years. Mr. Glen Campbell of the Camp- bell Advertising Service, Toledo, Ohio, Will deliver an address on the afternoon of the 29th, on “Efficient Advertising for the Sale of Poultry Products”. Thursday evening, October 29th, a banquet will be served in the ball room of the Union Memorial Build— ing, for all the visiting poultrymen. The Newton Incubator Company of Harrisonburg, Virginia, being hosts, and donating the banquet meal. Sev— eral other feed companies and in- cubator companies are contributing to the entertainment of those in at- tendance. All Michigan poultryment are in- vited—J. A. Hannah. DIAICE READY FOR WINTER CRUCIAL period in the life of the pullet is almost at hand. It is the period of a few days when it is necessary to deprive the birds of whatever range has been available and put them into the lay— ing house for a long Winter of hard work. The pullet that has had free range during her growing and de— veloping months will be the best one for egg production this winter, but she will have to go through a brief time of tribulation getting ac— customed to the confinement of the laying house. Laying hens, especially the light- er breds like the Leghorns, are in- clined to be nervous. Some are more so than others. Sudden changes of any kind affect them adversely, even though the change be one that will ultimately be for the better. It is therefore highly advisable that great care be exercised in changing the condition under which they are living. To go to the range house after dark and collect the pullets and take them bodily to the laying house is bad business. It will excite them. They will not rest much that night. The next day they will do a lot of worrying, wishing that they were out on the range and trying to get there. The result is likely to be a disorganized system, followed by’ an unnatural malt and a general de- ‘ lay‘ in getting ‘d to Questions relative to poultry will be cheerfully answered.) The effect of it is likely to run on throughout the entire laying year. Where it is possible, it is desir- able to allow the pullets to enter the laying house at will and get ac- quainted with it before the time comes for shutting them up in it. If they can have access to it and re- ceiVe a little food in it, much of its terrors will be removed and they will be less likely to feel disturbed when they” find themselves tolled in- to it as a flock and the doors closed behind them. The judicious poultryman ls care- ful never to frighten his birds. He is , especially cautious when they are first installed in the laying house. They are well acquainted with him as he appears on the range but he is entirely different creature to them when he enters the house where they are confined. A quick motion or rapid gait is sure to throw some of them into a fit, and when one of them jumps and flut— ters and squawks most of the rest do likewise and real damage is done to their morale. Hence it is desir- able that the person entering the house do so quietly and in a way to develop confidence rather than fear on the part of the pullets. It is not a bad idea to throw them a lit- tle feed each time he enters for the first few days, for this is sure to create a spirit of friendliness, A point that should never be over— looked is the necessity for adequate ventilation. Chickens always need much fresh air. There is no d0- mestic animal that requires pure air more than does the hen. If she has just been brought in from practical- ly open air quarters, it is especially desirable that the laying house he so constructed and so controlled as to afford plenty of ventilation. Drafts are undesirable, but even a draft is better at first than close, stuffy, hot quarters. The laying house should have been cleaned scrupuldusly before the pullets were brought in. Every trace of filth, pest or vermin should have been eliminated. If there is the slightest doubt about the pullets being free from pests, a sodium fluoride or other suitable treatment upon first introduction to the Winter quarters is desirable. It is never as easy to destroy pests as it is to prevent them, and unless the birds are free from them when first put into the house, the louse and mite population is sure to increase with corresponding losses in egg produc- tion. DON’T BE DECEIVED By Samuel Smith, Montcalm County. Good people, good people now don’t be deceived, Political tricksters lieved. 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Taken on the whole, these limitations are far from dras— tic and it is a mighty poor receiving set that will not permit its user to enjoy programs from more than one source during an evening. The beginner in radio goes shop- ping. He invests a tidy little sum in a radio set and after a few months use, he discovers to his sorrow that the cost of operating his set is ex- tremely high. Naturally he is pro- voked to exasperation and blames it on the set. Is this just. Let us see. Upon being questioned, the real causes for his trouble are instantly apparent. While trying to run his set on the smallest number of bat— teries possible he is adopting a meth— od most expensive. His batteries do not last nearly as long and he natur— ally buys more often. In this little story now I am going to show you how to use batteries more economic— ally and in the final analysis you will realize that though the initial ex- penditure is big you will ultimately save on the expense of upkeep. Radio batteries are of three classes called “A”, “B” and “C” batteries. As all of you know these batteries are but designations showing to which part of the radio circuit the battery belongs. Radio “A” batteries are found in two types, wet and dry. The wet is the familiar storage battery such as required for the economical opera- tion of all vacuum tubes using more than 1,4 ampere of current for heat— ing their filaments. Such tubesrare the UV 201, C 301, UV 200 and C 300. The advantage that the storage battery has is the fact that it can withstand the heavy current without losing much in voltage efficiency, They also have their objections, the main of which is the fact that they must constantly be recharged. One other objection is that they employ acid which is very corrosive. The dry cell radio f‘A" batteries are light, low in initial cost and if properly used almost as economical as the storage battery. Unlike the storage battery they require no at— tention until they are exhausted. Now the purpose of the “A” bat— tery is to light the filament of the tube, heating it to a point where it will expel sufficient electrons to per— mit the “B” battery to function. for most economical operation they ‘should be grouped in certain definite ways in order to obtain the best re- sults. This grouping will now be discussed. Let us begin with tubes of the 1 1A2 volt class. These tubes are classed such as WD-ll, WD—12, WX~1‘2, C- 12 and others. The best arrange— ment is to employ 2 dry cells for each tube of this class in the set. This is due to the fact that the dry cell should be limited to 1/9 ampere draw at all times. If the set then, has three tubes, you will need 3 dry cells 3 VOLTAQE l2 VOL—Ts. U PARALLEL 536.1. economical operation. + These should be connected as shown in Fig- for 111811.; The method of connection is ' ' " 9, ‘ ed “ areli ADIO DEPARTMEN' I i = EDITED BY JAMES W. H. WEIR, R. E. = Contributions Invited—Questions Answered 299 and others whose voltage does not exceed 3 volts 1 cell per tube is satisfactory in cases where no more than"'3 tubes are used. These should be connected in series as in “A” Fig— ure 2. If more than 3 tubes are -eee+ B-Cells In Series .A. .- VoLTAG. 5 4‘5 Vol.7: "‘~r..2 used it is best to use 6 cells connected as shown it “B” in Figure 2.\ This method is known as parellel. .‘ The five volt tubes of the UV—20‘1— A and C301-A class may be operated from dry cells but such operation is r. U‘ s" I- s: is?- ‘ / F Av R M2 not to be recommended where more than two tubes are employed because the number of batteries required for successful operation would be ex— tremely awkward to install. To ob— tain the five volts it is necessary to - VOLTAGE CaVbI—Ts-l- Fie.3. connect four cells in series and using two cells per tube would require eight cells connected in series parallel to operate two tubes of this type. This method of.connection is shown in Figure 3. 'The center post of the dry cell is .. (93) 21. always positive while the side post is negative. To connect a group of cells in parellel, connect all the posi— tive posts together and then all the negative posts. To connect a group in series connect the positive of one, to the negative of the next and so on. The series parellell connection is merely a combination of the group. The “B” and “C” Batteries will be discussed at another date. Those of you desiring information on the sub- ject of “A” batteries should write Technical Department THE BUSINESS FARMER, Mt. Clemens. Mich. If you are having trouble with your set, write in and ask for the “Trouble Questionnaire”. Answer- ing the questions given on this ques— tionnaire will go a long way toward helping you solve your difliculty. When my subscription runs out I will renew, as it is a good paper. I take seven farm papers and it is the best in the whole bunch. 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(4.0.509 0 I 9* V '. /C_able Bldg., Chicago, Ill. in co—opcration with the No obligation of Course. 1w"; Cable I’iano ¢ \0 U Com— v eras I A new Club a ' 3' Act now——ma11 the coupon at the rigliltm“ 3“} ‘1?an ‘39 :~':~fi'$a;?ubfi2gym=f"m¢. :__ 7 , < \ i» .__.. 1,. , w my .-. «24: ‘ezx " r F: -1.- )"vgr Wheat Expected To Bring Good Prices Good Demand for Choice Cattle b‘ut Lower Prices on Other Grades By W. W. Foam, Market Editor. is getting late in the year, and lots of work remains to be done before winter sets in, the most important things being corn husking and winter wheat seeding. The lat— ter promises to get under way short- U in districts where it has been de— layed by wet ground, and it is gen- erally thought that the acreage will be larger than usual. Wheat is a big staple crop in the State of Mich- igan, as our readers know, and probably will continue to hold its high position. The Department of Agriculture in its October report places the winter wheat crop of the country at 416,000,000 bushels, compared with 590,000,000 bushels harvested in 1924, while the spring wheat crop is reported at 282,000,- 000 bushels, comparing with 283,- 000,000 bushels grown last year. First in importance in the size of the five grain crops stands corn, and so much is grown that it is essential that most of it be converted into beef, pork, lard and mutton to re- turn profits to the farmers who raise it. It is reported this year as aggre- gating 2,918,000,000 bushels, com- paring with 2,437,000,000 bushels raised last year. Farmers have grown 1,470,000,000 bushels of oats or within 72,000,000 bushels of the big yield last year, and 142,000,000 bushels above the last five year av- erage. The aggregate yield of the five crops amounts to 6,365,000,000 bushels, being 1,036,000,000 bush- els in excess of 1924. On the other hand, the hay crop is down to 98,- 100,000 tons owing to the dry summer, or 14,000,000 tons less than last year. There is a marked butter shortage, as well as a big po- tato shortage and butter has had a boom, retailing as high as 62 cents in Chicago the same price as fresh eggs. Probably, most of our Mich- igan farmers raise the greater part of What their families consume on their farms, but they also market I. great deal of wheat and other foods, and a great question is whe- ther to sell now or at a later date. Unquestionably a great deal of corn will be stored in the hope of better prices at a later time. The Chicago Tribune says it would not surprise some of the closest students of con- ditiqns if the “hold back your corn movement” in Iowa resulted in a great deal of grain being stored un— der the farm warehouse act. Offic— ial reports say approximately half the counties in the state are in .a position to take advantage of this law, which provides a form of col— lateral which can be discounted readily. Forty—seven of the coun- ties in Iowa are organized under the warehouse act and have local boards to supervise the work. State offic— ials are preparing to register other counties as rapidly as the local or- ganizations may be completed. Great Butter Shortage The Department of Agriculture reports that the release of the cold storage report for the entire coun- try on Tuesday, Oct. 13th was of considerable influence on the mar- kets. This report showed holdings of butter on Oct. 1st amounting to 114,167,000 pounds as compared with 153,494,000 pounds on Oct. 1, 1924 and 109,958,000 as an Oct. lst five year average. These figures were of a' bullish tendency inasmuc as the trade had variously estimated holdings considerably heavier than those shown in the final report. Sheep at International A new departure in the sheep carload show at the Interna’ional Live Stock exposition, to be held No- Vember 28 to December 5, will be’a contest for-carloads of lambs out of grade range ewes by registered rams of any one distinct breed. “The ewes must have grazed in 1924, west of the 98th degree of blongitudo, but the lambs can be fed More and without any restric- tion alto feeds,"”, reads the an- jnouncement. “They must he. WM f’ -3591? 1925. Prizes of $250, $100. $75, $50, and $25 will be awarded to the five best carloads exhibited in this new class. President John Clay of the International will again offer a special prize of $250 for the grand champion carload of sheep or lambs of the entire show. Armour, Swift and Wilson companies will each do- nate $50 to be divided $75, $50, and $25 between the three next best car- loads as special awards." Will Wheat Go Higher? Lower corn prices have checked farmers' deliveries of old corn as well as sales of new corn for future deliveries. Corn is certainly low with recent sales on the Chicago Board of Trade for December deliv- ery at 75 cents, comparing with $1.10 a year ago. Any improve- ment in wheat prices is slow at best, and the demand is not very large as yet. There were late sales for December delivery of old wheat at $1.43, being six cents lower than a year ago. Oats for December de- livery sell around 40 cents, compar- ing with 54 cents a year ago; While rye for the same delivery sells at 81 cents, comparing with $1.34 a year ago. Most of the leading trad- ers are not looking for any immedi- ate pronounced advance in grain prices. The recent statement of the United States visible grain supplies follows: his week. Last week. Last year. Wheat -._4 878,000 49,371,000 83,571,000 (torn _.__ 97,000 5,470,000 7,820,000 Oats __...65 26,000 65,818,000 58,178,000 Rye _..._ 9,302,000 0,726,000 12,945,000 Barley 6,169,000 6,027,000 5 583.000 As the season advances there are substantial gains in the Chicago re— ceipts, as well as elsewhere. and the tendency is for prices to go lower for the rank and file of the offerings. But the market is very firm for the few choice offerings, and they con- tinue to bring a generous premium. The range of prices for steers is ex— tremely wide, and while the cheaper light weights are purchased for $7 to $9 per 100 pounds, the best class of long—fed steers go at $15 to $16. Prime yearlings are taken at $14 to $15.25, and no good steers sell under $10.75. The bulk of the steers sold recently at $8.25 to $14.50. A year ago steers were selling at $16.75 to $12.60, while ten years ago they brought $4.50rto $10.60. Butcher— ing lots of cows and heifers are selling at $3.85 to $13, calves at $5 to $12 and stockers and feeders at $4.50 to $9, mainly at $6.75 to $7.75. “Somewhat reduced shipments of stocker and feeder cattle Were made into the corn belt during the three months of July, August-and Septem- ber, 1925, as compared with those made during the same period in 1924,” according to the regular re- port of the United States department of agriculture. “Compared with the same period in 1923 and 1922 a very large de- crease is shown. During the same period the receipts of cattle at lead- ing markets were larger than last year, due to the heavy movement in July and August, the September re- ceipts being much smaller than last year. ‘ “The total shipments of stocker and feeder cattle from the twelve, leading markets into all states were only 898,000 for the three months' period this year, compared to 986,- 000 last year, 1,369,000 two years ago and 1,373,000 three years ago. “These reduced shipments oc- curred in the face of the highest fat cattle market in five years and de- spite the prospects for a corn crop much larger and of much better feed- ing quality than that of last year in the corn belt,‘and despite the fact that old corn sold at generally lower prices during the three months’ per- iod this year than during the same time last year,” says the report. “The explanation of the decrease is probably found in the general shortage of pasture that has existed all summer in most of the important cattle feeding states. This has made it impossible for farmers in many areas to buy cattle which would be needed later to consume roughage and for winter feeding. As a con- sequence, feeder cattle prices in July and August were but little, if any, higher than a year ago. “General rains over the corn belt during September, however, renewed pastures and produced an abundant supply of roughage. The good corn cmp prospects materialized and the demand for stocker and feeder cattle greatly expanded with a resulting sharp increase in prices. In view of the heavy early marketings of west- ern cattle, the generally improved feeling in western cattle regions and the greatly improved feed situation during recent weeks in the southwest, a continuing strong market for feeder cattle seems highly probable. “In spite of the demand for heavy feeders for a short feed, induced by high fat cattle prices this summer the actual shipments of such cattle were smaller than last year, ship- ments of calves were also smaller. Despite the continued large re- ceipts of hogs in the Chicago market recently, better buying by western THE BUSINESS FARMER’S MARKET SUMMARY and Comparison with Markets Two Weeks ago and One Year ago ‘ fi Detroit Chicago Detroit Detroit Oct. 19 Oct. 19 Oct. 6 1 yr. ago WHEAT—- No. 2 Red $1.68 $1.53 1.53 No. 2 White 1.69 1.54 51.55 No. 2 Mixed 1.68 1.53 1.54 CORN— ’ No. 2 Yellow .88 .84@ .85 if .85 1.15 No. 3 Yellow .87 .84 OATS (old ) — No. 2 White .44 36 A0 @ .4 $4 .49 .54 X No. 3 White .42 $4 .39 §4‘@ .40 .46 .52 5‘ RYE-- Cash N o. 2 .87 .87 1.32 BEAN S— C. H. P. th. 4.55 4.60 @435 5.40 @545 POTATOES— ' N ew, Per th. 2.20 @ 2.23 1.63 @ 2.17 2.00 @ 2.10 1.00 HAY—— No. 1 Tim. 23.50 @24 27 $29 28.50 @24 19 20 No. 2 Tim. 21 @23 24 26 21 @22 16 17 No. 1 Clover 18 @ 19 28 @ 25 18@ 19 15 @16 Light Mixed 23 @ 23.50 26 @ 27 _ 22 @2350 17 @ 19 ‘ for pigs. iii 15 shippers helped to bring about a rally in prices, and sales were made at $9.95 to $12.10, with prime light weights at the top. Heavy hogs went at a big discount from prices paid A year ago hogs sold at $9 to $11.25 and two years ago at, $6 to$7.50. WHEAT ' Prices in the wheat market have advanced consqiide’rable during the, two weeks an a strong tone pro- vails at present but most of the large dealers are selling out their stocks at present prices there being much feeling that lower prices are not far off. Export demand has been small this year" owing to the fact that bankers have been slow to ex- tend credit for purchases outside of their own country.- It is hoped and expected that Europe will soon have to come to America for wheat. the home supply being reported as about used up. " . CORN Corn has advanced some in price although reports of a bumper crop have been trying to bear the mar- ket. Corn is firm because of small ' receipts, farmers not taking the time to do much marketing at pres- ent. « OATS Following the trend of the other grains oats advanced slightly dur- ing the last fortnight. Feeding de- mand seems fairly active and export demand better than a year ago. RYE Light receipts is helping to keep prices up in the rye market. Export demand is dull. BEANS The latest government estimate of the Michigan bean crop is 7,- 356,000 bushels compared with 5,- 848,000 last year, and the average yield per acre is about 12 bushels. The pick will average about 8.5 per cent according to -estimates. Not much change in price is expected in the near future. , POTATOES Potato growers are feeling pretty good these days, with a short crop and good demand prices are very satisfactory. If growers will market their potatoes orderly it is believed they may expect satisfactory returns for the entire crop. WOOL The wool market seems to be slightly improved and trading in general has been more regular. Everyone seems to have more con- fidence in the market. ' BUTTER AND EGGS DETROIT—«Butter, No. 1 cream- ery, in tubs, 45@480 per lb. Eggs, fresh, 38@42c per doz. POULTRY Detroit—Live poultry—Best Pb- mouth Rock spring chickens, 4 lbs. and up, 24c; mixed. 4 lbs. and up, 23c; medium, 22c: Leghorns, 20c: best hens, 5 lbs, 25c; medium hens, 24c; Leghorns and mall. 16c: stage and old roosters, 16c; geese, 18@19c; large white ducks, 23@ 24c; small ducks, 20@23c; young turkeys, 8 lbs. or better, 30@32¢ per 1b.. New York—«Live Poultry—Quiet; chickens, by frieght, 18@28c; do by express, 18@25c; fowls, by express, 15@30c.; roosters, by freight; 17c. Dressed Poultry—Quiet; chickens, fresh, 26@420; do frozen, 23@ 26c; fowls, 19 @ 360; old roosters, 15 @ 23c; turkeys, frozen, 30 @ 46c; do fresh spring, 35@55c; fresh, old 20@30fl. Chicago—Unsealed; receipts, 11 cars; We, 15 @223“; springs, 20c; roosters, 16c turkeys, 25c; ducks, 19c; geese, 190. . 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Iain. . . . . oosuccesses-cu....u-oueo-uoeeoe Mime. . ‘ , u“ COQOOIOUOI-Iooo‘oooeoeooolloolitl... —-r‘ I ~ agegasin 192:3.- CfiI ACQ-A-Cattle—Fat steers uneven- .. ‘ steady: buwamred steers offered $135 bqu‘Jhort fed. $9010.50; odd lots western grassers, 312563850; she stock, steady to weak; bulls and vealers fully steady. Hogs—Active, 10 to 16c higher; light Weighm and packing sows showing full advance; bulk good and choice, 100 to 825 pound weights, 3115061130; 140- pound averages topped at 812.10; bulk packing sows, 89.50@10.10. Sheep—Best fat lambs steady; others weak to 25c lower; top range lambs, $16.40; natives upward to $15.15; desirable feeders, 315 615.75; bulk desirable fat native ewes, $6.50@7.60. EAST BUFFALO—Cattle—Slow and ; shipping steers $9@12; butchers. $5.86@8.75; yearlingS. $9014: heifers. $4.60@8.50; fair to choice, cows. 330 6.50; canners and artters. 823563.25; bulls. $3.25@6; stockers and feeders. $4 67.50; fresh cows and springers, active and steady. $406120. Calves—Slow and steady; choice, 814.50815; fair to good. $13614; culls, $861k“); a few at 818; heavy, $869; grassers, $566. Hogs— Slow, steady to 10c higher; heavy, 812.25 612.40; mixed, 8114061150; yorker! and light yorkers. $12.50; pigs. 811.50 012.60; roughs, 3103561050; stage, 87 @9. Sheep and Lamla——Slow, lambs, $9 015.25; yearling; $8012; wethers, $8.50 @9; ewes, 8268; mixed sheep, $8@8.50. A~GLANCE AT THE MARKETS (U. 8. Bureau of Agricultural Economics Washington. D. C.) For week ending OCtOber 14. EVERY time of rising prices has its setbacks and slumps. .Usually they do not last long unless the imder- lying conditions have changed. During the first half of October there was con- siderable backing and filling in the mar- kets, often with no reason except that previous high prices had attracted heavy supplies or had checked the buytng a little. Once a decline starts for any rea- son, it goes on for awhile because many dealers hold 03 in hopes of buying lower down. This kind of a. decline was per- haps mainly responsible in whatever dips and drops have occurred in butter. cheese. hay. tobacco, flax, livestock and some fruits and vegetables Back of these com- modities is light production and good pub- lic buying based on prosperous business conditions. and such a backing would tend to prevent lasting periods of low' prices. With cotton and the grain products the market had to adjust itself to a. rather large but still uncertain low production and demand. For these the proper level of prices is still unsettled although there ' seems little permanent cause for the severe decline in some of the feeding grains. for instance, in View of the active demand likely to prevail and the opportunity for profitable use of all feeding material in the livestock industry. The wheat market at the moment has recovered somewhat from the early Octo— ber slump, owing to scarcity of desirable milling grades because of severe weather and perhaps some unwillingness to sell at the lower prices. But sales for future delivery continue at a comparatively low level and foreign markets are weak be— cause large supplies present and expected. Many wheat regions over there have first— rate crops. Even Russia threatens to place a. fairly large surplus on sale at rather lowprices. The result of the for— eign market depression from such causes may be to force some Canadian wheat over our own tariff fences. Our crop of spring wheat turns out to be about the same as last year, with nearly $6, Durum wheat. Corn markets still feel the effect of a large and early maturing crop. nearly 3 billion bushels with light export trade and the feeding demand not yet fully developed While cash prices hold well. lateLv. the prices for future delivery sug- gest downward trend, when the new crop supply increases, unless farmers continue the present disposition to feed corn liber- ally rather than to sell at imsatisfactory terms out of proportion to probable pro— ducing value of corn. Present market re- ceipts of corn are comparatively light. The same causes and conditions may save the oats situation. Feeding demand. so far. is active and trade better than a year ago. The new crop and the stock held over brings the available supply to about last year‘s total. The price holds Well at the lower level reached. Barley also maintains its recent price fairly well - and demand is active for brewing barley but not so good for feeding grades. Rye shows a disposition to advance because of light receipts, but there is little demand for export. Flax advanced rather sharp- ly on sales for future delivery. Demand for stock feeds is improving, but the supply is heavy and prices share somewhat the recent weakness of the grain markets. Cottonseed is still a bar- gain feature in concentrated feeds. It sells at much above $40 a ton in the Northern cities. Linseed is relatively high and in some demand for export. Gluten and other feeds are -in rather light demand. with the market in buyers’ favor. Current supplies of wheat feed are re- Med very moderate and prices have been moving up a little with the various rallies in the wheat market. Timothy grass seed still sells at an average of $6.75 per 100 pounds in pro- ducing sections; at least 81 higher than last year and .abput the same price aver- The "aromas were $6.10 and- 8.7.40 has left thegrowers'» hands. Some/has gone to export trade. _ Hog prices slumped badly from the point above $14 reached early in October and touched lowest prices reached since .spring. Fairly heavy receipts of hogs were the chief cause of the price decline. 'Many of the hogs now coming to market are young light-weights. thus improving the relative market position of heavy h0g1 Apparently a longer wait and more corn would have been advisable in some cases. Feeder pigs of 130 pounds or less are in great demand and they may help solve the problem of the corn and feed markets. Feeder steers also find ready sale and have held their price level much better than fat stock. Mar- keting of range cattle has been going on at nearly double the rate of a year ago. Sheep and lambs recovered somewhat from the slump of early October. West— ern feeding lambs sold at $16.00 per 100 ponds in Chicago. Week of October 25 EMPERATURES during the first half of the week in Michigan will average high for the sea- son with the probable exception of about Monday. This condition Will be due to a series of storms expect- ed to cross over or near Michigan during the first few days of this week. The rainfall during this period will not be general nor heavy but confined more to local storms and late thunder showers. We look for more than the usual amount of fog on lakes, rivers and low lands, also. By the middle of the week tem— peratures will have made a sudden drop. But with a very few excep- tions we figure that from this date on through November the general trend of the temperature will be downward with a notable activity in this direction immediately after the middle of the coming month. With the probable exception of Thursday and Friday of this week,’ We are expecting the last half to be generally fair and cool. During the two above mentioned days the weather will be threatening to rainy or probable snow hurries. Hallow- e‘en will be mostly fair and cool. Week of November 1 Moderately cool weather for the season marks the greater share of this week in Michigan. Precipita- tion is also expected to be lighter than usuaL The most active period for showers will occur from Sunday to Wednesday after which time the weather is expected to be generally fair and cool. November Warm and Dry The greater share of November in Michigan will lack general precipi— tation. Temperatures Will average above the seasonal normal in the state as a whole. LIVE STOCK ADS (Continued from page 23.) HAMPSHIRES HAMBSHIRES FOR SALE—BRED GlLTs FOR Fall litter and sBring boar Pigs not a ' JOHN W. SNY ER. 8‘. Johns. Mlohlgsn. R. 4. FOR san—srnme AND fall both sex. W. TEED, Meslok, 3, Michigan. DOGS FOR SALE—ENGLISH POHERANIAN DOGS. la and females, color chocolate brown. white ble. MODE WHALEY. Oadlliae. R1. Mich. RABBI'JB FLEMISH euurr' RABBI oo . ecial Bucks 2.00. m1”8 "zoo AND UP oscan ICHER. Eikton, Mlehlgan. Cured His Rupture was badly ruptured while lifting a can ago. Doctors said my cure was an operation. trunk several only hope 0 Trusses did me no good. Finally I got hold of something that quickly and com- pletely cured me. Years have passed and the rupture has never returned. although I am doing hard work as a carpenter. There 'was no operation, no lost time, no trouble. I have nothing to sell, but wil give full mformation about how you may, d a complete cure without operation. if you write to me, Eugene‘dld. Pullen, Car- penter. 82M _Marcellus Avenue, Manes- quan, . J. Better cut out this notice and show it to any others who are rup- tured—woo may save. a life or .at least Mil-l. nusmrss FARMERS EXGHAIGE RATEIuL'OE'R WORD—Ono Issue 8o. No 150. Four Issues 260. No advertisement less than ten words. or abbrevia- disco' unis. Forms close Monday date of issue. Address: IIGHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER. It. c ens, Mlch can. noon proceeding Hig cultivated. farms some with build- ings Ar V Qilor 0 on lessthanrent. Only 0 eentdownand34$§ ears to balance 6 nt in 1...“ m" .31“ ‘“ ME." he, .0 year pr u er acre; a tons beets. bagels barley. 77 . 39‘bushels spring wheat. 47 bushels winter wheat. Dairy operations attractive. Local condens- eriee and creameries assure constant marinet. Feeding lambs and other live his. Swinebring excellent mica when bred for only fury-owing and early market. fac- tories contract for all beet: grown best) an attractive cash crop. Alfalfa and flour mills and gain elevators furnish local market. achoo and churches. . Good roads. excl! t climate. This opportunity and .the reasonab terms ' make you independent in a few years. We are not in the land business and are anxious to get 9 best of our lands in hands g farmers who will cuiizvate lune to bfiadvantage to themselyu and this fl ticulars to American Beet 8m! 00.. 27 d Bide. . A WELL IMPROVED 140 ACRE FARM. 1 MILE to market. ideal home. For An partials“ write. Rudolph Hauler, Sandusb, m. B. 4. DAIRY CATTLE GUERNSOEY OB HOISTEIN DAIRY CALng 2 .0 _each shipped anywhere. Edgew b‘arms. Whitewater. Wisconsin. S‘VINE SPOTTED POLAND CIllNA SPRING AND FALL boar pigs from rise Winning stock. Oahu Voelker. Pigeon. Mi gnu. POUIII‘RY THOROUGH—BRED BOURBON RED TURKEYB, all of Kentucky breeding. _ . Cobblers $8.00. All stock yard raised, also a limited number of single comb Rhode Island \Vhite All stock must be sold by Pullei's $1.50 each. ‘ November 25 Mrs. Sophia Peet. R. R. 1 Alto. Michigan A FEW PURE BRED MAMMOTH BRONZE turkeys. Toms 7.00; liens $6.00. Also 21 few White Wyan otte .cockvrcls $1.75 each Sainiiel Putnam. Caro, Mlch.. R. No. 5. PET STOCK HUNTING HOUNDS CHEAP. TRAIL. DIXIE Kennels. X2. Herrick. Ill. HUNDRED HUNTING llOUNDS CHEAP. FUR finders. Catalogue. Kaskaskonnels. Herrick. 11L FE RRETS THIRTY YEARS EXI’ERIENFE. 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" I ‘ / 3 ~ ’ ifi/é/Jw [gym/yr ‘ I siveDavenport by - . - I -- .. . /- I . 4 // Day a Comfortable ‘ E Double Bed by - / ['1‘ V 1’ 7/ / s . ,, / llu/p/ /; {I ©1925; Spear&Co. / This picture shows lied Davenport open — ready ior use as a bed. Bed Section is 72 x 48 inches — large enough for two persons. it is easy to operate; opens with one Simple Motion. AVENPORT Requires Little Wall Space—Easy to Operate—This Davenport is especially desirable for Medium sized homes. When closed it takes up only 57 inches wall space; yet when open it makes a very com- fortable bed for two people. It is easy to operate—opens with one simple motion. You do not sleep on the upholstery, but on a separate and comfortable bed-spring built into the Davenport; there are 2 sets of springs, one in the seat, the other in the bed section. When DaVenport is closed, bedding remains inside; out of the way. The advantages of the Bed Davenport are many: you are always ready for the un- expected guest. 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A Handsome, Massive and Useful article of Furniture by day—A I Comfortable Bed by night—Large Enough for Two Persons— Beautiful in Design —— Honestly Made of Durable Materials — Will Give Years of Satisfactory Service—A Typical Spear Bargain which permits you to be always ready for the unexpected guest; Highly Glossed Golden Oak or Band Rubbed ., Mahogany Finish BE SURE TO STATE which gives you the extra bed you have long needed. you cuouce 30 Days" WANT this handsome and exceedingly useful . Bed Davenport to be its own salesman. I want to send it to you at my risk entirelyi on 30 Days’ Free Trial. want _you to use it every day and every night as if it were your own. I want you to know from actual experience, its attractiveness by day, its comfort (as a bed) by night. I want you to learnhow easily it is operated and how 1ts Simple mechanism cannot get out of order. Then if your satisfaction is not complete, I want you to return the Davenport. I will refund your first payment and all freight charges. The trial W111 not cost you a penny. I will trust you gladly no matter where you live. Sale Price $3435 Spear Confidential Credit makes it Easy to Buy. The Spear Money- Daek Bond Protects You to the Limit. You Don’t Take a Single Risk. “1 Will Trust You Gladly.” Monthly . ll You Are Not Convinced That This Is Regular $45 Value You May Return The Davenpor. Read theseSpecificationsof Constructionand sight and out of the way all day Materials: This Double Service Davenport is long. Opens and closes easily and built throughout of Solid Oak finished a Highly smoothly. A child can 0p- Glossed Golden Color. It may be had also in erate it. The Bed Section Seasoned Hardwood with a Fine Mahogany is 48 inches wide by 72 Finish. Both Finishes are Very Attractive. inches long—large enough , The frames are sturdy and massive with hand- for 2 people and is as com- 1 some ornamental scrolls on the posts, which fortable as a regular bed. ' are3l/z inches wide. Upholstery: Seat and Back Send for this Double Ser- are covered with an excellent grade of Brown Vice Davenport today. Spanish artificial leather that will give enduring You will always be ready for service. The Non-Sag Seat is built over an the unexpected guest. 18 oil tempered c011 spring support covered Be sure to state your with heavy duck canvas and an abundance of Choice of Finish, Oak sanitary, resilient upholstering materials. Bed or Mahogany. Order Features: One easy motion closes the Daven- No. TA1540. Price port and conceals the bedding, which is out of $34.95. Terms: $1 with order, $3.00 Monthly. -) Spear 8 Co. D'épt. 3-701, Pittsburgh, Pa. Home Fumishers for the People of America Carriages, Violins, Toys, Silverware, etc. Remember you don’t take a single chance when you deal with Spear. 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