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In this issue: “Some More Sweethearts of Fifty Years and Over”—-—“Value of Boys’ and Girls’
Club Work to a Community’ ’—-—Farmers Service Bureau—Broadscope Farm News and ‘
Views——Fruit and Orchard—Soils and CropS—and many other interesting features

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college property. A part of this
land was very light sand, which was
pretty well sodded over with quack.
It was reported that the quack had
been seeded on this land by a former
owner for the purpose of preventing
the sand from blowing and drifting
during heavy winds.

It will be observed that this pre-
valence 'of quack on the Michigan
State College farm not only furnish-
ed a problem for myself as superin-
tendent of field work at the college
but also afforded an equipment with
which to secure data which might
help in answering some of the ques-
tions regarding quack grass.

Accordingly, a 50-acre field con-
taining the sand area referred to
previously was divided into eight
areas upon which different cultural
methods were used. Corn had been
grown on the land in 1923, and the
quack was so bad over a large part
of the field as to materially reduce
the yield of corn.

The following report will show
the division of the field and indicate
the work done with the results ob-
tained as observed September 2,
1924, and again July 10, 1925.

Plot I.

Fall plowed six inches deep Octo-
ber 15 to 20, 1923.

Thoroughly fitted with disc harrow
and spring-tooth drag in April of
1924. Limed and seeded to oats
and alfalfa April 20, 1924. Quack
was very evident in thick patches
July 10, 1925.

Plot II.

Fall plowed eight inches deep
October 23 to 27, 1923.

Plowed three inches deep May 2,
1924. Harrowed five times with
spring-tooth drag at intervals of
about 10 days (every time grass ap-
peared). Limed and seeded to alf-
alfa August 12, 1924. Quack seem-
ed entirely killed and no evidence
of reappearance July 10, 1925.

Plot III.

Fall plowed three inches deep Oc-
tober 23 ‘to November 4, 1923.

Plowed eight inches deep May 2,
1924. Harrowed five times with
spring-toothed drag at intervals of
about ten days (every time grass ap-
peared). Limed and seeded to al-
falfa August 12, 1924. Quack seem-
ed entirely killed and no evidence
of reappearance July 10, 1925.

Plot IV.

Fall plowed six inches deep Octo-
ber 24 to November 5, 1923. Disc
harrowed six times at intervals of
ten days (every time quack grass ap-
peared). Limed and seeded to alf-
alfa August 12, 1924. Quack seem-
ed entirely killed and no evidence
of reappearance July 10, 1925.

Plot V.

Fall plowed six inches deep Octo-
ber 24 to November 5, 1923. Har—
rowed eight times with Quack Grass
Special tool No. 1. Limed and seed-
ed to alfalfa August 12, 1924. Quack
seemed entirely killed and no evi-
dence of reappearance July 10, 1925.

Plot VI.

Fall plowed six inches deep Octo-
ber 24 to November 5, 1923. Har-
rowed eight times with Quack Grass
Special tool No. 2. Limed and seed-
ed to alfalfa August 12, 1924. Quack
grass seemed killed but soon reap-
peared in scattering clusters. By
July 10, 1925, it could be easily dis-

covered.
Plot VII.

Spring plowed six inches deep May
20 to June 16, 1924. Harrowed with
spring-tooth five times, disc harraw-
ed five times. ‘Limed and seeded to
alfalfa August 25, 1924. Quack
soon reappeared and was very evi-
dent in thick patches July 10, 1925.

Plot VIII.

Same treatment as No. 7, but was
not seeded to alfalfa. Was disc har-
rowed once and spring-toothed six
times after August 25, 1924. Piece
was fall plowed six inches deep in
late November, 1924. Spring plowed
four inches in 1925 and planted to
corn in hills. On July 10, 1925, the
Quack had entirely disappeared.

Conclusion

1. Summer fallowing on fall-
plowed land is a more reliable meth-
od tor eradicating quack than sum-

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3. Fall plowing and'seeding to a
spring crop, either cultivated or un-
cultivated, will not eradicate quack.

4. Special tools are not neces-
sary. Thorough ,. use of a plow,
spring-tooth drag, or a disc harrow
will kill quack grass. ,

5. Success in the destruction of
quack grass requires frequent and
thorough cultivation, no matter
which method is used. '

N'EWAYGO FARMERS HAVE TOO
MANY DUCHESS APPLES
U'ST at this time of the year when
the average farmer who is a pro-
ducer of -fruit and especially ap-
ples is doing his pruning and getting
his orchard in shape for the coming
season, the farmers of Newaygo
county are facing another problem,
the solving of Which is necessary to
their success or failure as apple
producers. Several years ago when
farseeing farmers saw the end of the
timber regime in this county they
started their orchards with the idea
that when the timber from their
land was gone their trees would be
old enough to start bringing in an
income. So they planted trees that
they thought would give a big yield
and would start bearing early, and
the Duchess apple was the favored
one. Since then many other varieties
have been planted but the early
apple that still predominates this
section is the Duchess. There is no
doubt about the ability of that vari-
ety to give a large yield and to bear
fairly early, but the question that
the farmer has to face is one of mar-
keting. If he could get his Duchess
apples to market at the right time
he might succeed with them but he
is rapidly finding out this fact that
he cannot hope to compete with
growers of early apples either in the
southern partr of 'his own state or
with the neighboring states such as
Illinois or other southern apple
growing states. According to figures
given out from the ofiice of the
Newago County Board of Agricul-
ture the average price per bushel
f. o. b. shipping point was 62 cents
a bushel. If the cost of packages,

Michigan’s Forest

N continuation of the practical ex-
tension work carried on for a
number of years past by the

Michigan State College, the Depart-
ment of Agricultural Engineering of
that institution has this spring sent
out a forest fire fighting special
train to travel through both the
Lower and the Upper Peninsula
under the direction of Larry Living-
ston, who is already well known to
farmers of this state as an authority
on drainage and land clearing.

As the data collected by the Con-
servation Commission during the
past seven years shows that twenty-
one per cent of all forest fires ori-
ginate in land clearing operations,
Mr. Livingston has planned this tour
to correlate the two subjects of land
clearing and controlling forest fires.
The special train is composed of
three cars. One car is an exhibit
room, one a lecture hall and the
third the living quarters of the in-
structors and train crew. In the ex-
hibit car about three fourths of the
space is given over to a most com-
prehensive forest fire exhibit. How
forest fires start, what devastation
they leave in their path, and varied
measures for checking them are all
shown in graphic and unforgettable
fashion. The remaining space is
used for a land clearing exhibit with
special emphasis upon the precau-
tions neceessary to prevent forest
fires. Here are shown models of
home made devices for land clear-
ing, such as Paul Bunyan's hammer,
the scissors stone boat, the Frost
trip, the chain whip and the Michi-
gan root hook. Here also are all
the common blasting tools needed
when stumps are removed by the aid
of dynamite, such as the soil punch,
soil augurs, spoon shovel, tamping
stick and blasting machine. The
proper methods of priming dynamite
cartridges are iuustrated. showing?
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ble feasible and plausible solution to
the matter .to create what is now a.
liability into an asset.—-—-S. S. Nesbit.

SEED IMPORT FIGURES
HE March 26th issue of the
Michigan Farm Bureau News
makes public the total import
of French red clover seed—seed im-
ported since last October for various
middle west points, as set forth by
the records for the ports of New
York and Philadelphia; Here is the
record: .

Toledo. 3,358,820 lbs.; Chicago,
2,755,200 lbs.; Crawfordsville, Ind.,
871,000 lbs.; Ft. Wayne, Ind., 84,-
000 lbs.; Ligonier, Ind., 436,000
lbs.; Richmond, Ind., 165,000 lbs.;
Milwaukee, 777,000 lbs.; St. Louis,
Mo., 31,500 lbs.; Lincoln, Neb., 31,-
500 lbs.; Buflalo, N. Y., 420,0001bs.;
Detroit, Mich, 26,400; total, 8,957,-
320 lbs. ‘

The remainder of the 17,866,430
lbs. of French red clover seed was
for far east and west points. Michi-
gan State College test plots on
French red clover show that disease
and winter killing leave an average
of about 30 to 40 per of a stand to
start the second season, as against
80 to 90 per cent of a stand for
Michigan grown or domestic, north-
ern grown clover.

SURVEY SHOWS FARM INTEREST
IN RADIO
ADIO is changing the marketing
methods of entire groups of
farmers, according to nation-
wide survey recently concluded by
the National Farm Radio Council.
Importance of radio in the market
ing of farm products is illustrated in
the National Farm Radio Council
survey by reports from 43 states,
more than 46 per cent of the replies
giving specific examples of cash sav-
ings effected by the use of the radio.
Practically every report indicated
the importance and value to the
farmer of having market reports
from 24 to 48 hours earlier than
they are obtainable through any
other medium.

Fire Fighting Flier

ing blasting cap to fuse and the cor-
rect position of the cap in the car-
tridge.

At each stop a meeting is held in
the Lecture car at a previously ad-
vertised hour, at which Mr. Living-
ston and other members of the Ag-
ricultural College stafl speak on the
various phases of forest fire control
and land clearing. Questions are
answered and special subjects of
local interest are discussed. One
of the most interesting subjects pre-
sented and one which always brings
forth a good many questions is the
use of explosives for blasting stumps
and boulders and even for checking
forest fires. In addition, one or two
motion picture reels are generally
shown at each session. Among those
which arouse greatest interest is the
film “Dynamite at Work" which
shows the remarkable adaptability
of this explosive for various oper-
ations in agriculture and other in—
dustries. -

Farmers for many miles around
each town usually gather for the
meeting. Indeed so popular are
these lectures that as the assembly
car seats only 120 it is often neces-
sary to repeat the performance three
or four times in one afternoon. In
the first ten days that this train was
out, 5800 people attended the meet-
ings and visited the exhibits. Ac-
cording to the advance schedule, the
train will be on the road until the
first of May, making 28 stops in the

Lower Peninsula and 52 in the Up- '

per. Of course such 'a tour is possi-
ble only through the cooperation of
the railroads with the College. Be-
fore the Forest Fire Fighting Flier
reaches its last stop it will have
travelled over seven different rail-
roads. The value to Michigan farm-
ers of having up to date methods

and the personal advice ’01 ”ports ,
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SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1926

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Spending a Day at the Birthplace/of Flivvers

Editors Put in a Busy Day cit F orti’s Factories at Highland Park and River Rouge

thead is all in a whirl. - I spent
yesterday as a guest of the

. Ford Motor Company, touring
for the first time their huge factor-
ies at Highland Park and River
Rouge, and I am quite bewildered
with it all. I knew that the Ford
factories at these two places were
large and thousands of men were
employed doing many different
kinds of work, but not until yester-
day did I realize how large these
factories really were or how many
different kinds of work was done
under'their roofs. And I am not
sure that I fully realize it yet as we
covered it all so hurriedly, seeing
in one day What it takes two weeks
to see properly.

A special party of farm paper
editors, which included the writer,
met in the visitor’s office of the
Ford Motor Company at Highland
Park, Tuesday, March ’30th, at the
request of the company to study at
close hand what they were doing.
The group included editors from
Ohio, Indiana, Kansas and Michigan.
Shortly after 10 o'clock, roll was
called and all were found present
so a most efficient and extremely
well informed guide took us in tow
and we began our tour of inspection.
How many departments we visited
in this plant I fear to even estimate
because it seemed like thousands

"though I know it was not.

Weaving Cloth

We saw how the cloth that goes
into our flivvers is made, beginning
with the wool and cotton and follow-
ing it through the many processes
to the finished cloth which is eighty
per cent wool and twenty per cent
cotton. We saw how they stretch
wire, beginning with one as large as
your little finger and in the end it
is no larger than one of the hairs

By MILON GRINNELL

on your head. Then we were shOWn
how the insulation and covering are
put on the wire by machinery re-
cently invented by this company’s
engineers.

And this is. not all of the machin-
ery designed especially for the Ford
company by its own engineers for
use in the manufacture of the many
parts of their cars and tractors.
Most of the real important machines
are of their own design and many
other manufacturers have Ford en-
gineers to thank for some of their
important automobile manufactur-
ing equipment.

Tires

In another department we saw
men busy apparently running a rub-
ber hose through a sausage grinder,
but upon close inspection found it
was a rubber composition and was
cut in certain lengths and made into
steering wheels. Just a little ways
beyond this we discovered how this
company is beginning to manufac-
ture tires, and saw several “Ford
Cords" in the making and others
ready to be put on new-born fiivvers.

The mention of “new-born fliv—
vers" brings to my mind a remark
made by one of the editors. In each
department there are Fords with
small wheels carrying supplies about
and each one is equipped with the
typical horn. We had not gone far
before the honk of one of these
horns was heard, and one of the ed-
itors exclaimed, “Must be another
flivver was born. I just heard it
blat.” ‘

While we were inspecting the
Ford Cords the guide informed us
that the company had been making
them only a short time and intend-
ed to increase production as rapid-

ly as possible. It is not their plan
however, to manufacture all the
tires needed for their cars, at pres-
ent at least, but it is policy of the
company to manufacture at least a
small part of everything that they
use so if their outside supply is cut
off they will be in position to be-
gin production of that part on a
large scale in a short time.

We visited the foundry at High-
land Park where crankshafts are
made. They are first stamped out
and then hung on endless conveyors
to make their way from one depart-
ment to another, each department
doing its certain work and then
passing them along, until they are
finally inspected and declared as
ready to be put in the motors.

Cam's Assembled

It is at Highland Park that the
cars for the Detroit territory are as-
sembled and this work is very in-
teresting to watch but We had so
many things to see and so little time
to see them in that we were obliged
to pass this up. Other things we
missed were the department where
they make their artificial leather,
and hard rubber, called “Fordite,”
and their battery making depart-
ment, although we did pay a hurried
visit to the power plant and saw one
of the 63,000 horsepower genera-
tors being constructed for the power
plant at River Rouge where it is
planned to have a production of a
half million horsepower before their
building plan is completed.

There were countless other things
we would like to have seen but it
was noon and we had to return to
the main building Where lunch await—
ed us after which we were to be
taken to River Rouge. On our way

back we stopped a moment to watch
a long line of men drawing their
pay, and were informed every day
was pay—day some place in the fac-
tory, as there are over 50,000 men
on the payroll at this one plant and
it would be impossible to handle
them orderly any other way. Also
dinner was being served, large hand-
trucks loaded with food, milk, coffee
and candy, being placed at conven-
ient points and attended by uni-
formed men in the employ of the
company who sold the supplies to
the men at slightly above cost. We
passed through the company’s stores
where employees may purchase for
themselves and family meat, grocer-
ies, shoes and clothing at very rea-
sonable prices.
Oil for River Rouge

After a plain but wholesome
lunch we were loaded into Lincolns,
the big brothers of Fords, and were
off for the River Rouge plant where
the tractor is made. On the way we
passed the beautiful Ford hospital
in Detroit, by the Lincoln plant,
then past Mr. Ford’s old home, the
Ford school where he learned the

three Rs, the Ford Airdronm where '

new buildings for the production of
planes are being constructed, by the
present home of Mr. Ford on the
.outskirts of the city of Dearborn,
where the Ford Engineering Labor-
atory is located. In this same build-
ing you find the radio station, WWI,
owned by the Ford company, and
the international weekly, The Dear-
born Independent. Being in a hur—
ry we did not have an opportunity to
go through this building, but drove
slowly by and then continued on to
River Rouge.

We though we had seen the most
wonderful manufacturing organiza-

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Underlying Causes For Change in Conditions in Regard to Taxation

By “A MEMBER OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE”

ATION, a subject of general
discussion ever since the dawn
of history, has become a matter

of more varied thought in this coun-
try and a more common topic of dis-
cussion within the past few years
because of certain basic changes ef-
fecting the burden of taxes upon
business and upon the individual.
There are several underlying causes
for a change in the conditions in
regard to taxation, the principal
,being the fact that the United States
has become largely a “settled-up”
country, with the passing of its ori-
ginal natural resources and the
the growth of its population, the
increase of the cities and their
drawing of people from the rural
sections, and the speculative move-
ments which have come from these
things.

There are two other conditions,
not so basic, which have had a great
influence in recent years. These are:
The addition of numerous new serv-
ices furnished by the government to
the people; and, the failure of gov-
ernment to modernize itself by fol;
lowing the example of business in
creating larger working units and
thereby cutting down overhead
costs.

Within the past generation our
federal, state and local governments
have busied themselves with , a
great number of activities in doing
things which: were either not done
before or were left to the individual
: Every new activity and ev-
ery increase in activity has caused
the hiring of mere government ser-
wants. has been a general con-
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THIS is the first of a series of short articles on taxation by “A
Member of thev'State Legislature” to appear in The Business

' Farmer.

The author prefers that we do not make public his

name, desiring to write these articles unhampered by politics, and
stating his opinions based on years of close study as just a member

of the legislative body at Lansing.

We feel sure you will find them

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composed of persons who are depen-
dent upon the public treasury for
their living and who must build up
the line in which they are employed
in order to broaden their own op-
portunities.

Each of the new services per-
formed by the government, whether
it be in education, in health service,
in agricultural and business aid,
in highway building, in regulation
of railroads and utilities, or other-
wise, is the result of some demand
by a sufiicient number of persons
to bring about its adoption. Taken
altogether, they cost a. great deal
of money. As to whether they are
worth what they cost is a matter to
be determined in each case. So long
as the people want these services
the only method of economy is to
bring these services into cooperation
through closer union and manage-
ment.

President Coolidge has won al-
most unanimous approval by his en-

deavors to do this with the federal

bureaucracy. So far the progress
along this line by state and local
madam whee}! much less.

The second point, lack of modern-
ization in government, consists of
adhering to small units of operation.
Industry has discovered that the
way to cut costs is to bring together
small organizations into larger ones,
to install capable management and
to make those in control responsi-
ble for financial results. A man who
can really earn a large salary can
do way with costs many times the
amount of what he himself receives.

Merge Bureaus

Some of the States, of which Mich-
igan is one, have made a start along
this line by merging many bureaus
into a small number of departments.
There is still much to be done in
this way. One drawback is that the
salaries offered the managers of the
new departments 'have not been
made big enough to attract the type
of men who can give cheap admin-
istration.

Politics and low salaries always
go together.

Wherever the tax burden is pain-
fully felt, there is a natural inclin-
ation to try to shift this to other
classes or individuals. Two things

 

tend to defeat such endeavors. This
first is that it does not go to the
root of the matter by cutting actual
costs but usually takes a form of
adding a new governmental activity
and thus hiring new servants; the
second is that taxes, like water, have
a tendency to find their level and
that they eventually come back upon
everyone.
One Cause of Distress

One cause of tax distress has been
the decline in farm values in many
parts of the country, a movement
which has not entirely spent its
force. There is reason to believe
that this will be followed within two
years by a similar decrease in values
of city and suburban property.
These values were artificially inflat-
ed by the shortage of buidings due
to the war. In the last few years
a vast number of new buildings has
been erected and, when there are
enough buildings, demand for va-
cant property will cease and prices
will fall.

Taxation can be raised from only
two things, capital and earnings.
A tax upon capital, that is, upon
money invested, immediately lessens
business activity and thereby re-
duces earnings in much greater pro-
portions. Likewise, taxation upon
earnings can only be of such amount
as Will leave the incentive to the
people to work and save.

Study of the SllDJeCl'. brings the
conclusion that the most practical
method for lowering taxes lies in
modernizing government in

townships, along the lines of mod-
ern industrial organization, and
thereby cutting actual costs. .

    

  
  
 
   
   
  
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
 
  
  
   
   
  
    
   
 
   
    
 
 
   
     
 
  
     
   
   
     
  
  
  
    
   
   
    
    
  
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
   
   
    
   
     
 
    
    
  
  
   
  
     
   
    
   
   

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N the last issue we published pic-
tures and stories of three of the
entries in our longest married
couple contest, and promised that
perhaps we could publish more in
this issue. Here they are! And they
too have been “sweetheartsfor fifty
years and more.”

The couples appearing in this is-
ue are: Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Hess,
of Napoleon, in Jackson county, who
have been married 60 years this
year; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, of
Millington, Tuscola county, who cel—
ebrated their Golden Wedding eight
years ago last December; and Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Showler, of Capac,
St. Clair county, with fifty—four
ears of married life behind them.

Mr. Murray William Hess was
corn in the state of New York but
his parents moved to Jackson coun-
y, Michigan, when their son was
nly two years old. His wife. whose
. aiden name was Mary Elizabeth
wain, was born in Jackson county

nd has lived there all of her life
0 date. Her grandfather came
here and built the first Baptist

hurch in that county, he being a
u inister of that creed There were
‘ o roads in that section at that time
nd the boys and girls followed In—
ian trails to schoolhouses built of
ogs with hard seats and benches of
he same to get what little learning
hey could.

.After serving with Custer in the
ivil War Mr. Hess returned to his
ome town, Napoleon, where he met

I ‘iss Swain. They were married
0 years ago this year and started
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eing so named because it was in
hree townships and just three miles
rom each of the three villages, Nor-
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H aymond “’allace and his Reserve Junior
‘ hampion Duroc in the open class at the
1925 Michigan State Fair.

HE object of club work should
be to help make rural life more
attractive and prosperous by

-ncouraging the young people to

ork out practical problems. If club

drk continues for several years, its

,ffects will be to enlarge the out—

00k of the club member, improve

e quality of animals and develop

Badership among the younger boys
(1 girls of the community. This

’ a. big program for a leader who,

i“ a large extent, determines the

gg'ccess or failure of an undertaking

this kind. The project year will

divided into three separate div-

ons, namely; financing and ob-

ning stock, growing period and
ibiting.

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Left to right: Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Hess, of Napoleon, Jackson county; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Showler, of Capac, St. Clair county; and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith of

Vassar, Tuscola county.

 

 

CONTEST CLOSES MAY FIRST
UR longest married couple contest is coming along very nicely.
To date we have twenty-five counties represented and some of

the counties have as many

as four

entries. New entries are

coming in every mail, so it looks as though by the closing date, May
lst, practically every county in the state will be represented.

If you are eligible for the contest you better make your entry

IIO‘V.

I‘he qualification is that you have been lnarried at least twenty-five
years, but if you are to stand a chance of getting any of the prize

money you must have at least a Golden \Vcdding to your credit.

In

making your entry give complete nainves, ages, how long you have re-
sided in this state, how long married, occupation, number of children,
grandchildrml and great-grandchildrcn, as well as any other interest-

ing facts about your litarried- life.
couple.
closing date is May first, 1926.

Also We must have a picture of the
The prizes are: First, $5; Second, $3; Third, $2

And the

 

 

To this union were born eleven
children, eight girls and three boys.

and all but one are living at the
present time. There are also forty—
four living grand-children, who,
with the husbands or wives, bring

the total number to sixty—three call—

ing them grandpa and grandma.
The three oldest children are
grandparents, their children having

fifty—tree children, so there are fifty-
three great—grand—children.

They lived on their farm up to a
few years ago when they moved to
the town of: Napoleon. Both are ac~
tive, Mr. Hess caring for a garden,
flock of chickens, lawn and furnace,
while Mrs. Hess does all of the work
11 a large house in which they live,
.xcept when a daughter or grand—
daughter comes in. Mrs. Hess also
loves to make quilts, comforts, and
different kinds of sewing as well as

fancy work. Also she does much
reading and is still quite active in
her church work.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, of
Millington, Were married fifty-eight
years on the seventh of last Decem—
ber. Mr. Smith was born in the
province of Ontario, Canada, Febru-
ary 14, 1848, and came to Michigan
at six years of age, settling in Ar—
bela tOWnship, Tuscola county, with
his grandparents. His wife, Lucy
D. French, was born January 26,
1850, in Pennsylvania, and came to
Michigan in 1865. Within two years
she became a. bride. Seven children,
four girls and three boys, were born
to Mr. and Mrs. Smith and six are
still living. Also there are twenty-
two granchildren and fourteen
great—grand—children living. They
worked at different jobs until 1875
when they purchased a piece of wild
land, covered wtih heavy timber.
and began to hew out a farm The
day there was enough floo1 laid in
the bed room to set a bed on they
moved into their home. They hired
twenty acres slashed and fifteen

   

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Some More Sweethearts of Fifty Years and Over

Three More Couples Entered in Our Contest to Find Longest Married Couple in Michigan

cleared. The rest of the eighty they
cleared themselves, often working
from daylight in the morning until
midnight and keeping it up day
after day.

They remained on the farm until
March, 1902, when they took the
job as keepers of the county poor
farm. After seven years they again
returned to their farm where they
lived until October, 1920, when they
moved to the village of Millington,
where they now live, enjoying fairly
good health.

Mr. Smith gives some interesting
information regarding schooling in
those days. He says “The first
schoolhouse in Arbela township was
built 011 grandfather’s farm. Then
the law was such that three months
of school had to be held before a
district could be formed. The teach-
er was paid by the rate bill, and
each parent furnished so much wood
for each child sent to school.”

Mr. and Mrs. lShowler

June 28, 1926, is the fifty-fifth
wedding anniversary of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Showler, of Capac. They
were married in Arkona, Ontario,
Canada, and lived around there un-
til thirty-six years ago last month
when they moved to Michigan.

A total of nine children were
born to them and three died in in-
fancy . The six living children, four
boys and two girls, are married, and
with the exception of one boy, re—
side in Michigan. There are four-
teen grandchildren, six boys and
eight girls.

The pictures and stories of other
Michigan couples entered in our
contest will be published in future
issues of T111: BUSINESS FARMER as
rapidly as we can spare space for
them.

Value of Boys’ and Girls’ Club Work to a Community

By WILLIS CAMPBELL

Tuseola

Usually the banks of a community
are glad to help in the financing.
Our plan in Tuscola county is to
have the boyr or girl sign a note, the
length of time depending on wheth-
er he gets a pig or a calf. Our aim
is to have the note run until the an—
imal is in a position to return some—
thing on the investment. The boys
and girls in the pig club usually sell

a pig or two from the first litter
and the boys and girls with calves
usually send the milk from their

heifers until the note is paid.

(‘ounly

(‘lub Leader

No amount of care‘in the selection
of feeds fed and no amount of skill
in fitting and showing can success-
fully overcome the handicap of hav—
ing an ordinary or inferior pig or
calf to start with. Since each ani—
mal that is entered in the first year
project will be a candidate for se—
cond year work, there is a double.
reason why this selection must be
given much care. In Tuscola coun—
ty, our plan is to select animals from
a production and type standpoint.
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These heifers are club heifers and all placed in the open class.
that would do credit to any herd.

They-are the kind

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both of these qualities is not con-
sidered for club work. Last spring
when we wanted ten Holsteins for
Club Work. a committee started out
to look for calves. We covered
close to 100 miles th t day and
bought one calf. This me calf was
first in club work and fifth in the
open classes at the 1925 State Fair.
She came from a high producing
herd and had a splendid top line.
Our day‘s work had not been in vain
for we had bought an animal that
was sure to do the younster that
drew her some good. Her prize
money last fall totaled $46.96. In.
two more days of travel we succeed-
ed in getting the remainder of the
calves

Production also must be kept in
mind especially with calves, for in
most cases these animals are foun-
dation builde1s. Most of the ani—
mals in our section have gone into
herds where they we1e the only
purebreds. Here was a splendid
chance for a comparison and a very
critical one in some cases, with the
purebred usually winning out. On,
October lst, five of our second year
heifers had freshened. Two of them
were leading the 2 year old division
of the cow testing association with
an average of 1040 pounds of 3. 6
milk. Another one of this group is
averaging 33 pounds of 3. 5 milk a
day and bids fair to give the other,

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GRANDMA TEACIIES HOW TO
SPIN.-—Sent in by E. R. Henryes, of
Alpena, Alpena county.

    

FRO)“ THE UPPER PENINSULA.——“Five of us went into
Dickinson county during the deer season and this is what we
brought home,” writes John J. Buukirk, of Alamo, Kalamazoo
county.

“I got the bear and the deer second from the left.”

“PROUD AS A PEACOCK.”—-Do you blame this
youngster for being mighty proud of his calf? From
Rex Roberts, of Grand Rapids, Kent county.

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COUNT

GETTING A LESSON IN THE ART OF MILKING.——The
three children 0.!“ Mr. and Mrs. Joe Freel, of Towns City,
Iosco county, are teaching their small nephew how to milk.

“THOSE “’ERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS.”—This picture was taken near
Copemish, Manistee county, during the lumbering days, and recently sent to us
by Jim Ilurrigan, of Kingsley.

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line, of Midland.

THEY KEEP THE

Y.—-This is the kind of snow plows they use in
northern Michigan. according to Violet Smith, Vanderbilt.

“SHOOT 1 ”-—-—“My
holding my team,"

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l)EARS.—Marie
and June, daughters of H. G.
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of Cedar, Leelunau county.

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Snyder, of (‘01)emish. Munistee county, who writes,
pike were caught at \Vellston Junction on the Manistee river an
the speckled beauties in Big Beaver Creek.”

 

ROADS OPEN IN OTSEGO CIIARLES AND TITRK.—-—Mrs. Lewi

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father

't ONE HORSE POWER.——Elmott Washburn’s auto is only on
wri es

horse power but it will go where many 40-horse power car
will not. Mrs. J. Crawford, of Elsie, sent the picture.

  

“GRANDMA KILLMAN" AND HER.
PET (‘O“'.—l“rom Mrs. A. R. Luntner,

 

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GROWING ONION SEED,

I am writing for informatiOn

about growing onion seed. I have
tried for three years and have al-
ways failed.——L. B. Lakeview, Mich.

  

other type of garden seed is a

highly specialized business. The
present high prices of onion seed
' which has been caused by the failure
of the seed crop has turned the at-
tention of many Michigan growers
to this business. We might give in
a general way some of the more im—
portant things to be observed in the
growing of this crop.

Onion seed is grown from bulbs of
the previous year which have been
‘stored over Winter and which should
be planted early 11 the spring. It is
important that the bulbs used for
seed production should be free from
disease and of a good type for the
variety. If one has not raised his
own bulbs he will be compelled to
buy them either from some other
grower or in the open market. It
would be better to look up some
grower who has his crop still on
hand for if one buys in the open
market he is likely to get a mixture
of types or varieties. The bulbs are
planted in furrows 3 to 4 feet apart
at a distance of 6 inches apart in the
row and at a depth of from 4 to 6
inches. They should be kept well
cultivated, free from weeds, and the
seed should be carefully harvested
and cured.

There are two ways to sell the
crop of seeds. The first one is direct
to the Wholesale seedhouses and the
second to the planter. In the first
instance, the grower might find it
difficult to dispose of his crop to a
seed firm unless he has a contract or
else could convince them that the
seed stock planted was of the high-
est type and quality. It is doubtful
if the seedhouse would buy a crop of
seed unless they were absolutely
sure of the quality of bulbs from
which it was grown. The second me-
thod of sellng right to the grower
might possibly be followed but the
grower would have to be convinced
that the seed was of good quality
and had good breeding back of it.
The reputation of the grower him—
self would go a long ways toward
the selling of his product.

There is a Michigan seed grower
who has been very successful in the
selling of onion seeds to his fellow
growers but he has been able to do
this largely by reason of the fact
that his commercial crops of onions
have for many years back borne a
high reputation for having quality,
truest type and are long keeping.—
G. E. Starr, Assoc. Prof. of Horti-
culture, M. S. C.

WHO GETS IT?

A dies at an advanced age leaving
a widow. There were no children.
He leaves two full brothers and five
children of a deceased brother.
There are also one half brother and
a half sister and two children of a
half sister deceased. A and wife
had a joint deed of a city house and
$10,000 invested in bonds in his
own name. The widow also has
$5,000 in bonds. Would the broth—
ers inherit a share of the bonds, and
what about the half brother and
sister and children of the deceased
brother?—G. A. G., Portland, Mich-
igan.

F the real estate is held by hus-
band and Wife under joint deed,
it would all go to the wife upon

the death of the husband. The wi-
dow would receive $3,000.00 of her
husband’s bonds and one half of the
remaining $4,000.00 and the other
half would be divided equally
among the brothers and sisters and
half brothers and sister. The chil-
dren of any deceased brother, sister,
half brother or half sister would re-
ceive the share their parent would
have received if living—Legal Edi-
tor.

SALARIES 0F MAIL CARRIERS

What yearly salary do rural mail
carriers and postmasters receive and
are the postmasters of country towns
paid the same as those in cities.—
J. B., Gregory, Mich.

E salaries of rural mail car-
riers are fixed by law and are
as follows: “On and after Jan-
uary 1, 1925, the salary of carriers
in the Rural Mail Delivery Service
for serving a rural route of twenty-
fonr miles six days in the week shall

 

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(A old department for farmers'
to this argment
by first “claim man".
must acoompan the imLulry.
name will not publls

 

This service is treeto

«many troubles.

receive most careful prompt attention and a personal an flier
topald-up subscriber
If we use your inquiry with the answer In this department your

All requests for information addressed
is sent out
millete name and address

   

  

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be $1,800; on routes twenty-two

miles and less than twenty-four
miles, $1,728; on routes twenty
miles and less than twenty-two
miles, $1,620; on routes eighteen

miles and less than twenty miles,
$1,440; on routes sixteen miles and
less than eighteen miles, $1,260; on
routes fourteen miles and less than
sixteen miles, $1,080; on routes
twelve miles and less than fourteen
miles, $1,008; on routes ten miles
and less than twelve miles, $936;
on routes eight miles and less than
ten miles, $864; on routes six miles
and less than eight miles, $792; on
routes four miles and less than six
miles, $720. Each rural carrier as-
signed to a route on which daily
service is performed shall receive
$30 per mile per annum for each
mile said route is in excess of twen-
ty-four miles or major fraction
thereof, based on actual mileage,
and each rural carrier assigned to
route on which triweekly service is
performed shall receive $15 per mile
for each mile said route is in excess
of twenty—four miles or major frac-
tion thereof, based on actual mile-
age.

“2. In addition to the salary
herein provided, each carrier in Ru-
ral Mail Delivery Service shall be
paid for equipment maintenance a
sum equal to 4 cents per mile per
day for each mile or major fraction
of a mile scheduled. Payments for
equipment maintenance as provided
herein shall be at- the same periods
and in the same manner as pay-
ments for regular compensation to
rural carriers.

"3. A rural carrier serving one
triweekly route shall be paid a sal-
ary and equipment allowance on the
basis of a route one-half the length
of the'route served by him. A rural
carrier serving two triweekly routes
shall be paid a salary and equip-
ment allowance on the basis of a
route one-half the combined length
of the two routes."

As to the salaries of postmasters,
the following information is quoted
from a statement furnished us by

the Bureau of the First Assistant
Postmaster.

“The salaries of postmasters at
first, second, and third class post
offices are readjusted annually, ef-
fective July 1, on the basis of the
gross receipts of their respective of-
fices for the year ended December
31, preceding. Postmasters’ salaries
at third class ofiices range from
$1100 to $2300 per annum, at sec—'
0nd class ofi‘ices $2400 to $3000 per
annum, and at first class offices $3, -
200 to $8000 per annum, as the
gross receipts warrant. Postmasters
of fourth class ofiices, or offices
where the gross receipts amount to
less than $1500 'for the calendar
year, are paid on a percentag basis
fixed by law of the cancellations of
stamps on matter actually mailed at
their ofiices.—H. H. Bellamy.

 

ATTORNEY’S FEES
A contracted a debt with B and A
had a large quantity of baled hay
ready for shipment and A intended
to pay the debt as soon as the money
was received for the hay. B sued
A before all of the hay was loaded
on the cars. B hired a lawyer. A
did not. Can B make A pay B’s at-
torney fees? B_ thinks he can.—-A.

C. T. Grass Lake, Michigan.

—If A contested the case and it
was tried in court and B prevailed,
B would be entitled to attorney’s
fee as part of his judgment against
A.—Legal Editor.

CERTIFICATE TO TEACH
A teacher secured second grade
certificate in August 1920,‘ had it
renewed in August, 1923, securing
a renewed certificate. Has had six
weeks normal training since secur-
ing renewal. Has had ten years ex-
perience. What must he do to get
a certificate to teach after August,

1926?—M. D., Kingston, Mich.
F the holder of the above certi-
ficate had at least five years of

successful teaching ekperience
previous to 1921, the last three of

The Preparation of Ground For a New Lawn

0 many anxious inquirers, seek-
ing the solution of lawn dif-
ficulties at this time of the year

this short resume will be of benefit.
The usual symptoms described may
be placed in two groups: one where
grass is wanted where it never grew
before, and Uhe second, assistance in
the restoration of old lawns.

The preparation of the ground for
a new lawn must be as thorough as
for any garden crop and even more
so when it is considered that the
lawn is a permanent crop. A good
loam, well enriched with manure in
the fall, finely raked in the spring
is ready for the seeding. The usual
mixtures sold as lawn grasses con-
sist chiefly of Kentucky Blue Grass,
which is undoubtedly the best all
around kind for the purpose. Since
however it does not produce a lawn
the first year, other kinds are added
to give the green effect the first
season as well as to act as a nurse
crop for the Kentucky Blue Grass.
Among these are the Red Top, Eng-
lish Rye and the Fescues. The best
combination for all ordinary soils
is composed of 12 pounds of Ken-
tucky Blue Grass, 5 pounds Red Top
and 3 pounds English Rye to the
bushel. Three to four bushels may
be sown to the acre. In shady situa-
tions an addition of Meadow Wood
Grass and the Fescues will be found
desirable.

Early spring sowing will be found
the best, although fall seeding is
sometimes resorted to and good ef-
fects achieved. The seed should be
sown evenly and in two separate
sowing, one crosswise of the other.
Light raking and heavy rolling
should follow the seeding so as to
bring the soil in close contact with
the seed.

In renovating lawns on a small’

place where radical treatment can-
not be afforded or tolerated a simple
expedient may be used. Take a

    

round stick about one inch in diame—L .

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ter and three feet long and sharpen
one end of it. At frequent inter-
vals about the ground, drive the
stick to the depth of two feet. Make
many such holes and into each ram
a mixture of fine manure, hardwood
ashes and bonemeal. Cover the
holes with loam and top place a
small piece of sod, beating it down
with a spade. The effect of this
treatment will soon become manifest
and it provides the fertilizer where
it is needed without the necesSity of
spading or plowing the ground. Sur—
face application of well rotted ma-
nure and chemical fertilizers are
also beneficial. During the season
of growth, the lawn mower should
be kept so as to leave the grass
about two inches long, the cutting
to lg); done approximately once a
wee Watering may be found ne-
cessary during periods of drought.
When done, avoid the usual system
of mere sprinkling the surface and
thus bringing the roots so close to
the top as to cause later injury by
the sun.
preferably after the sun is down.
Rolling of the lawn should be prac-
ticed several times during the sea-
son and is especially essential in
spring when the grass roots will be
found to have heaved somewhat.

Various weeds are troublesome,
but they will be held in check if a
good stand of grass is kept up, if all
bare spots are taken care of by re-
seeding, if weedy manure is not used
for a top dressing, if crabb grass is
cut before it goes to seed in the fall.
weed killing preparations
are upon the market but should not
be used without previous knowledge
of their content and method of pro-
cedure. ‘

In conclusion. don't merely reseed
where grass would not grow before.
probably the trouble is with the soil.
Don't neglect a lawn because it was
made right in the first place. .-—Alex
Laurie '

Water thoroughly and-

    

meeting the requirements of the
teacher training law as to profes-
sional” training.

Should the holder not have had
teaching experience as above stated,
the certificate will be renewable by
the holder’ s filing not later than Au-
gust, 1926, evidence of having com-
pleted four state“ normal credits,
which is '16 term hours of state nor-
mal work since the date of isisue of
the last certificate—G. N. Otwell,
Dept. of Public Instruction.

GET NEW CER'rmdiT'rn
OF TITLE

If I break the block of my car on;-
gine that has the title number on
and have to get a new block, will I
have to get a new title and how will
I go at it?—-—H. D., Honor, Mich.

the event ‘that the block in a

car has been broken and the

owner is installing a new one,
it will be necessary for him to make
new application for .Certificate of
Title, attaching thereto his old Title
for cancellation.

In the event that the new block
does not bear ’a number, he will
leave the space provided for engine
number blank, and request this de-
partment to issue him a special en-
gine number.

Upon receipt of new application,
Title attached for cancellation and
fee of $1. 00 new Title will be issued
accordingly. -——Cha_s. J. DeLand, Se-
cretary of State. ,, '

WHEAT MILLS FULLY AS WELL

I was told the bushel of Michigan
grown winter wheat of today would
not mill as much flour as it did
twenty years ago. If such is the
case, I am wondering why?-—F. H.
K., St. Louis, Mich.

HEAT of today will mill fully

as well as wheat twenty years

ago, such a variety as Red
Rock will mill better.—E. E. Down,
Asst. Professor of Farm Crops, Mich-
igan State College.

CAN CLAIM SHARE

We have rented a farm for one
year and one year only, but our con-
tract has been broken and last fall
we put in wheat and rye and the
man we rented of never objected to
it, now can we hold t e farm for an-
other year and pu in the spring
crops?-——P. D. .R., andalia, Mich.

OUR right t "use property ter-

minates at the expiration of

your lease. However, if wheat
and rye were sown and that fact
known to your landlordgwithout ob-
jections, you have a claim on your
share of the wheat. —F. T. Riddell,
Research Assistant, Economics De-
partment, M. S. C.

SEND IN TITLE AND FEE

Does a man have .to send the title
of a car to Lansing inside of ten
days if he buys the car for junk. I
bought a Ford, got the title for same
and lost it until just a few days ago.
I never drove the car and never in-
tend to as I have tore it to pieces
for parts. If I send the title’ in now
will it be all rig-htth—“H. H., Sparta,
Mich.

advise you to immediately

send us the title you have

with the fee, etc., so that I.

new title can be issued to you. This

new title, when issued, can be re-

turned to us with a statement that

the car has been junked and our
files can then be finally adjusted.

This procedure is in accordance

lwith the requirements fixed by law.

No exception has been made where a
car has been bought as junk and
therefore the requirements of the
law should be carried out—Chas. J.
DeLand, Secretary of State.

SUE HIM
I signed a note with a man and
he left it for me to pay and he
would not pay the interest on it at
all. What can you do with him?—
H. C., Beaverton, Michigan. ‘

—You could sue him and collect the

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Consider stoves, for example. ' Ourvcustomers always
bought a great many stoves from us. But in the last four
years our low prices have actually doubIed the num-
ber of our customers! So that today we are able to
contract for a1] the stoves a factory can make. Your aver-
age saving on a Ward stove is now at least $15.

Automobile tires, furniture, shoes, everything for the
Home, for the Farm, for the Family, is bought in the
same large quantities at equally low prices, bringing you
savings equally large.

$60,000,000 in'Casli
Secures Low Prices for You

Have you ever stopped to consider that your Ward Catalogue brings
you all the saving, all the price advantage that $60,000,000 in cash
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That buying by the car load, by the train load, buying in every
important market in the world—and paying cash, must secure for
you absolutely the lowest possible prices! That there is no possible
way you can secure a bigger opportunity for saving than by using
regularly your copy of Ward’s Catalogue!

And low prices at Ward’s are made without sacrificing quality.
We never out the quality of a tire, a shoe, or a rug, to make the price
seem lower. Ward Quality always is maintained. Ward’s 54 year
old guarantee is back of every article we sell: “ Your money back if
you want it.”

Use Your Catalogue Regularly

So use your Catalogue—regularly. Take advantage of this Oppor-
tunity for true cooperative buying. Share the saving made possible
by $60,000,000 in cash used to secure low prices for you. There is
for you, too, a saving of $50 if you use your Catalogue—and
send all your orders to Ward’s.

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Some Different

YEAR ago when the frost went
A out of the ground there was
no mud. As soon as the frost
disappeared the roads were in fine
shape, and once floating with a road
s c r a p e 1' made
them look fine,
but this spring it
is some different.
There were no
rains in the fall
of 1924 and very
little snow dur-
ing the winter,
0011 se-quently
W h e n s p r i n g
came last year,
there was no
moisture to make
3 o f t g r o u n (1
when the frost
left; but last fall the rains came in
abundance, and while we have had
little snow, the ground is full of wa—
ter and now, as the frost is nearly
gone, there seems to be no limit to
the depth of mud in fields and
roads. In fact, I never knew the
roads to be worse than they are now.
No doubt our rural carrier could ful—
ly describe them! For the first
time in nearly three years, he has
had to drive a horse. This makes one
think of. the time and condition of
things when rural delivery of mail
was first established. A man in our
town circulated a petition among
farmers in this vicinity requesting
the government to establish free de—
livery of mail from our local post
office. and asking that the man who
circulated the petition be given the
position of carrier. I think the sal—
ary of a carrier in those days was
four hundred and fifty dollars per
year. There were no improved
roads whatever. If, in a day’s jour—

 

L. W . MEEKS

pay, one happened to find a half
mile of gravel road, it was a anis-
take!

But this carrier of ours was
established from our town, the sal—

ary of rural carriers was six hun-
dred a year. From that it went to
seven hundred fifty, then nine hun-
dred, and now is well above two
thousand! Corn and oats were worth
from thirty to thirty-five cents per
bushel when carriers got six hun-
dred dollars a year. Corn and oats
today are worth about the same,
while carriers get about four times
as much. Carriers and other labor-
ers do' not get too high a wage, but
some farm products are ridiculously
cheap. If however, 'the mail car-
riers all used horses, and all other
industry was done with horses to-
day, as in the days of twenty years
ago, what would the price of grain
be? The trouble with us farmers is
we do not produce something which
can be used as motive power in
automobiles.

But Speaking of Roads

It is true that just now many of
our cross roads are nearly, if not
quite, impassable, but when roads
become normal again many of them
will be quite satisfactory, however,
there are many of them that are
never in good condition and some
are nearly impassable the year
through. This is a mistake. In our
vicinity there are roads which are
traversed by a mail carrier, con-
denser, truck and two craemery
trucks, and they are well nigh im-
passable year in and year out. There
is no need of this in our section, or
any other place. Something is
wrong somewhere. Talking to
township officers now and then does
not help matters any. Often the high-
way fund in townships is voted too
low to rebuild these roads. It costs
money to build roads, and farmers
who must use these poor roads are
helping build good roads someWhere
else. Get up a petition and go to
the township board and demand at
tention. If funds are not available
more money for road improvement
should be voted.

When the township officers know
what is wanted, and have money
enough to satisfy that want, they
will be glad to meet it.

The writer just returned from a.
business trip to Lansing. Part of
the journey was by train, part by
auto, and part by auto bus. It seems
as if the public only used the trains
when they had to. Motor buses seem
much preferred. I believe one rea—
son is that depots are often off to
one side of the town, and more or
less inconvenient to reach, while
motor bus stations are in the heart
of the town, and stops are made at
several places. Again, trains are
too few and far apart to meet the
modern idea of travel. lMotor buses
are more nearly timed to meet the
general traflic demands. I couldn’t
help but wish we farmers could pro-
duce something these buses could
use as motive power!

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Musty Hay

Here is a question concerning

musty hay. It seems this man has

trouble with hay becoming musty
in the bottom of the mow. We have
had the same trouble in years gone
by. A few boards on the ground in
the bottom of a bay will not keep
the hay from becoming musty. This
mustiness is caused by dampness,
and dead air. Even a few rails will
not remedy the trouble. We got
around it by using some fence posts.

We crossed the posts in an order-
ly fashion, the rails and poles rest-
ing on them would be eighteen inch-
es above the ground. Then we made
holes in the barn siding so air could

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ON THE GRISWOLD FARM NEAR BARBYTON.

This is the M. H. Griswold home near Barryton.
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"""' Edited by HERBERT NAFZIGER, Berrien County —D

 

 

(Mr. Nalziger will be pleased to answer your questions regarding the fruit and orchard. There

is no charge for this service if your subscr-
repiy by early mall.)

BOOK-FARMERS
‘S scientific agriculture becomes
more complicated and more dif-
ficult the value of trained in-
vestigators at the colleges and in the
government departments becomes
more and more
‘ apparent. Many
farmers used to
think of these
men as “book-
farmers” w h 0
were trying to
add fancy trim-
mings t o t h 9
good old practi-
cal “strong-
b a c k” farming
whic h our fa—
thers practiced.
‘ T h e m o d e r n
Herbert Naleger farmer, howev‘
er, is constantly
confronted with problems which our
fathers never dreamed of and the
book farmers with their laboratories
and research work are now as much
a part of American agriculture as
the farmers themselves. Govern-
ment scientists have just recently
made public a new method of con-
trolling apple crown-gall in the nur-
series. Just how much this will
mean to both nursery men and fruit
growers only time will tell, but it is

sure to be a great advance.

To cite another instance, what
would have happened if the exper-
imenters had not discovered a meth-
od for controlling San Jose scale?
This insect which was once dreaded
as the Nemesis of horticulture is no
longer feared by fruit growers but
if a control method had not been
found few fruit trees would have es—
caped destruction and probably not
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Herbert Nafziger, editor of our Fruit and
Orchard department, practicing just what
he preaches
now be left alive in this country.
No apples! What a barren thing
life would be without them! No
more golden crusted apple pies cool-
ing by the window, no «more baked
apples, no more apple sauce, and no
more rosy-checked Spies and Bald—
wins to eat on winter evenings while
the warm fire crackles and the bliz—
zard beats in vain against the door.
Little did We realize what a hold
this of Fruits had upon our lives,
our memories and our traditions un—
til we were confronted with the

vprospect of losing it.

Yes indeed, we should always be
grateful to the “book-farmers” who
discover means for controlling plant
insects and diseases and to the wide-
awake practical farmers who ener-
getically put these discoveries into
practice.

 

IS YOUR CO-OP INCORPORATED?
HERE are some cooperative as-
sociations in Michigan which
still operate under the old “col-
lateral note" or partnership plan. By
this plan each member si ned a de-
mand note which was use by the

-association as collateral.» to borrow

capital frombanks. A small mem-
bership fee was charged, by—laws and
articles of association were drawn
up and the neW’ born organization-

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ptlon is paid in advance and you will receive a personal

business, in the frail craft of busi-
ness inexperience and borrowed cap-
ital. For many reasons this form of
organization was found to be un-
satisfactory, and when new laws
were enacted which made it possible
for farmers to incorporate as “co—
operative stock companies” many of
these old style associations began to
reorganize themselves under the
new form; which is designed to com—
bine the advantages of the old line
stock company and the partnership
plan.

Under the new form the organiza—
tion is financed by the members
through the sale of stock. Each
stockholder is entitled to one vote,
regardless of the amount of stock
which he holds, and a certain limit
is put on the number of shares
which any one member can hold.
This eliminates the possibility of
having control of the corporation

pass into the hands'of a few men

and keeps it strictly cooperative.

Another feature of this form is
that sale of stock can be limited to
actual growers or farmers and that
tranSfer or resale of stock must be
made through the company itself.
This feature limits the membership
to actual “dirt” farmers and gives
the corporation the right to deter:
mine who shall be admitted to mem—
bership and who shall not.

A recent court case in California
should be of interest to those who
still belong to the old style associ—
ation and should also stimulate their
desire to incorporate under the im—
proved plan. In this court case in—
dividual members had been sued for
debts of the association and the
members lost the suit and were held

-liable for the debts. The case was

appealed to a higher court and the
judgment was upheld. Part of the
higher court’s ruling read as fol-
lows: “An unincorporated associa-
tion organized for business or profit
is in legal effect a mere partnership
so far as the liability of its mem-
here to third persons is concerned;
and accordingly each member is in—
dividually liable as a partner for a

 
    
   
 
  
    
    
    
 
   
   
   
  
   
   
     
   
    
    
  
     
 
  
   
     
    
  

debt contracted by the assOciatiom:

In commenting on this case th-i
U. S. Bureau of Agricultural Eco—4's:
nomics says, “This case illustrates;
one of .the serious objections to, un-‘c;
incorporated associations, and inf.
turn emphasizes one of the great;
advantages of an incorporated ash?
sociation in which generally the?
members are not liable for the debts
of the association.” .

El) McINTOSH SAYS: ,-
Fires have got a queer habit of.
startin’ right after a feller lets the;
insurance lapse. Peach leaf—curl,
kinda acts the same way. Speakin'a
of leaf-curl puts, me in mind of a.
feller I seen once gatherin’ some _
dried—up, curled leaves often a peach §
tree. I ast ’im what he callated to _,
do with ’em an’ he says, “Dry ’em
an’ use ’em for smokin.’ It’s good-
stuff. I calls it prime curly-cut.”
Now THAT feller was an optimist.

Uncle Ab says not to be discouraged; j
that the hustler may find out that hurry ,
has never been able to take the place of;
thought.

Give the waste land a chance to earn
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The new low price of the Sedan
is $895, f. o. b. Detroit. The Spe-
cial Sedan is $945, f. o. b. Detroit

Dodge Brothers Motor Cars are
built to protect passengers.

That is why Dodge Brothers pio-
neered in introducing the all steel
body, and why they have con-
tinued to pioneer by recently im-
proving and perfecting it.

Like the all steel sleeping car-—
now insisted upon by public opin—
ion—Dodge Brothers all steel
bodies are fireproof and as near
shock-proof as motor car bodies
can be built—an armor of pro-
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Electrically welded and staunch-
ly braced and reinforced at all
points of strain, they are noiseless
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vision. The menace of thick
corner pillars—blocking the driv-
er’s vision at street intersections
--is eliminated. Slim, steel pil-
lars take their place. .

One—piece Windshields and excep-
tional window areas further in-
crease driving vision and safety.

And while safety cannot be
measured in dollars, it is gratify~
ing to know that these improved
steel bodies exact no penalty from
the purchaser.

With production vastly increaSc-
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coincidently with the most at—
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first hundred years

New York Central this year joins that growing company
of American institutions with hundred-year records of
' Service.

It was on April 17, 1826, that New York State granted
the charter for the construction of the first link in the
New York Central Lines—the pioneer Mohawk and
Hudson Rail Road, over which was first operated in
1831 the historic De Witt Clinton train, from Albany to
Schenectady.

That courageous experiment of a century ago became
the nucleus of the 12,000-mile railroad system that now
stretches across the richest industrial region in the world,
from the Mississippi Valley and the Great Lakes region
to the Atlantic seaboard, and carries one-tenth of the
rail-borne commerce of the nation.

New York Central enters its second century of service
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E om/ Day Magic

HAIRS that flop into beds . . . bags that suck up dirt . . . tiny
ticking things that count all day long for you. Daylight
any night just by pushing a button. A stream that never

stops till you turn off a faucet.
you from a cage on your desk or wall. Actions of yesterday, of
people miles away, going on on a curtain before you. Stilled throats
singing to you from discs; distant throats singing to you from
nothing!

Uncanny, daily magic—this, due to national advertising. Ad-
vertisements have given you flashlights, telephones, typewriters,
automobiles, cold creams, motion pictures. They have given you
new eyes, new ears, new hands, new feet, new faces, new emotions.

Any voice you want, talking to

They have urged such wide use, so lowered prices, that almost
wishes are autos, almost beggars can ride. Through advertise- ‘
ments you’ve laid down the shovel and the hoe. You can buy a
whole harvest ready to eat in cans. You’ve hung up the fiddle and
the bow, for a radio. There’s little old-time work left in this

age of amazing short—cuts.

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PLACING THE BLAME FOR THE
LOW PRICE OF BEANS
EAR EDITOR: In the editorial
of the February 27th issue you
asked a very important ques-
tion, “Why the bean growers of
Michigan do not look with favor
upon an organization of their own
to at least help stabilize their mar-
ket.” Dear Editor, my answer is,
because we have no .Moses who
would bring us out of the land into
a good land. The Children of
Israel were 400 years in slavery. It
was not that they liked iihe slavery,
but it was because there was no
leader who deliver them“ out. This
is the same trouble with the bean
growers of Michigan. We had a
bean growers’ association, but it
existed in name only, or ‘in other
words, it was controlled by the bean
jobbers. Last year there was or-
ganized a bean 'growers' association
for the purpose of stabilizing the
market and many bean growers sent
in their contribution with the hope
that at last a start was made in the
right direction, but what became of
it? All we have left now is an econ-
omic committee to advise the farm-
ers when to sell their beans. I won-
der what became of their advice.
We have in this state the Grange,
the Farm Bureau, and the state
college of agriculture with its mar-
ket experts who could start the
ball rolling with a certain authority,
but all they do is go around the
state and tell the farmers how to
grow two blades of grass where one
grew before. When the crop is in
blossom, they send out the so-called
official crop estimate news. In other
words, they tell the bean canner
and speculator how many acres of
beans are planted and how many
bushels of beans the bean growers
will thresh with all of the uncertain-
ties of the crop still ahead. I
watched the market very close last
summer and as soon as the first of-
ficial crop report came out of Lan-
sing the beans began to drop in
price and today the bean farmer has
to sell his beans below the cost of
production. The low price, the low
yield, the high pickage and the
moisture besides brings the farmer
the loweg income per acre this year,
1925, that he ever had before in the
history of bean growing. Some say
it is the west beans and others say

it is the foreign bean which depress- _ _

es the price of our beans, but the
most blame belongs to the oflicial
crop statistician.

Every experienced farmer knows
that he cannot tell how many beans
he will thresh till he has his beans
safe under the roof. The bean grow-
ers found that out last fall. The
official crop reporter told us that we
would have a marketable bean crop
of 80,000 bushels long before the
bean crop was safe in the barn.

If we had a bean growers’ associ-
ation we could give our own official
estimate which would be reliable.
We would not only grow the beans
but prepare them for market. The
beans are now sent out in all kinds
of condition. The farmers have no
say about the quality. There is no
official inspection, no grading of the
beans, and the outside buyers are
reluctant to buy our beans because
they do not know in what condition
they buy the beans. Bean growing
which was once a profitable crop is
no more today—R. Schultz, Bay
County, Michigan.

TO IDENTIFY TURKEYS

EAR EDITOR:_ Read with great
D interest Stanley M. Powell's ar-
ticle in your January 30th is-
sue relative to “nose prints" as a
sure method of identifying sheep.
Thanks to the inquisitive mind of
Verne A. Freeman, Animal Husban-
dry Specialist at the Michigan State
College of Agriculture in applying
this method so successfully adopted
by the jersey cattle breeders and
thereby making pure-bred stock
breeders honest in spite of their
good intentions.
Now if the present specialist of
animal husbandry of Michigan State

would only, disc‘oyer }_ .

College, or some other normal up-
lifter, e,

no.“ torn from our um.
I you agree or do not rnww. it what!
New: and send them In

couldutetham

In this
letter.-

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equally reliable and inexpensive
method—assuming it is inexpensive

———for identifyng turkeys, at pres- ‘

ent more profitable, particularly in
northern lower Michigan where they
steal their nests in the brush and
rear their young in the big openings,
than top lambs were ten years ago.
Neighboring settlers would then
have nothing more to quarrel about
but their line fence. -——John
Krauth, Presque Isle County.

STOVE IN SCHOOL HOUSE
EAR EDITOR: Seeing the ques-
tion in your valued paper of H.
M. of St. Clair County in regard
to putting a stove or changing
stoves in their school house. I think
that law is a very arbitrary one. It
violates the right of local self-gov-
ernment which has always been very
dear to the hearts of Americans but
the time is at hand now when our
affairs are governed by a very few
men and a few money-mad politi-
cians who don’t care how much of
the people’s money they spend. H.
M. says they have a good stove now
but that doesn't make any difference
under the law as it is now. If the
Superintendent of Public Instruction
says your stove must go out, she
goes, or you will be liable to a big-
ger flne than the majority of the
bootleggersget. I was told a few
weeks ago, by an assistant superin-
tendent of public instruction, that
it was against the law to take out
an old stove and put another one in
its place. Now I hold that simply

 

taking out one stove and putting in

another one like it or similar is not
changing the heating system as
stoves have been used for heating
schools, halls, churches and homes
since stoves have been made but as
I said in the beginning of this ar-
ticle that a few uplifters want
to control the money. They want
to tell the people how often to
bathe, how many times a day to
brush your teeth, to sleep on your
porch or garden and if you remon-
strate you are either a rough-neck
or crazy.

Now I would like to see this sub-
ject discussed through THE Busmsss
Fasm with the‘ object of having
Sections 4 and 5 of the law of 1919
repealed—O. L., No. Branch, Mich.

SLEIGHS AGAIN
'EAR EDITOR: Well, it seems
Mr. Freary, Osceola county, and
I are in the minority in our
wide sleigh argument since the gen—
tlemen from the very birth place of
“wide-sleighs” are unanim 0 us
against them. Moreover, they live in
the Michigan snow belt so they must
be given credit. However, every per-
son using the road must make some
sacrifice for its upkeep either in
power or money and a great work is
being done which should be of bene-
fit to our Legislature, that the law
if wrong should be repealed. I do
not believe in unintorced laws. I
do not believe in jury disagreeing.
Jury disagreement is the bane of

our judicature of Michigan.

The writer got a small quantity
of corn from a Canadian farmer
some years ago. It was the yellow
flint, twelverowed variety. When
cutting the corn I found the ears in-
fected with the corn ear worm and
also a small weevil less than one-
half an inch in length and quite ac-
tive. The holes made by the weevil
were like shot holes and the insect
was darker in color than the stalks
and with a brown head.
the same corn and always raise my
own seed and sell. some, but have
never heard of or seen the insect
since—E. R., Port Hope, Michigan.

SUGGmTION TO GOVERNMENT
EAR EDITOR: I have been
reading lately about the great
successes the Bureau of For-
eign Commerce is making‘in expand-
ing the sales of chewing gum, ma-
chinery, etc., in foreign lands. Can it
be possible that no one has thought
to ask the department to find an
outlet for Michigan peas and beans.
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‘WUZ over to m‘y'neighbor’s, Bill
Joneses', one night last week
and I says to him, says I, “Bill,
th’ hullvtrouble with farmin’is that
all of us farmers want to do th’
same thing at th’ same time. Now,
ain’t it so? Fer instance, take th’
price 0’ pork. Purty steep right
now. Th', ,teller that has a nice
bunch o’ hogs‘ to sell is a—goin’ to
‘make some money—and all of. us
farmers knows it... wen, what are
we doin’ about it? I’ll tell you.
. Every dum-fool farmer is a—plannin’
on raisin’ all th’ hogs he can turn
off next fall. Now I don’t have to
be any sicologist or economist, or
whatever it is they calls ’em to tell
you, Bill, that th’ price 0’ pork next
fall ain’t a—goin’ to make any of us
rich. Not by a long shot.”

“Well,” says Bil, “if they’s a over-
production they’s bound to be a
slump in prices on pork or anything
else.”

“Jest so,” says I, “and what are
we a-doin' to cut down production?
Let me ask you, Bill, how many
hogs are you plannin’ on turnin’ off
this comin’ fall?"

“Well,” says he, “I ought to have
forty to sixty if. I don’t have any
bad luck. Depends on how big lit-
ters I git.”

“There you are!” says I, “Last
fall you had ten hogs to turn OE
and now you’re jist as bad as all the
rest of ’em. Raisin’ all the hogs you
can jist because th’ price 0’ pork is
high now. How d’you ever expect
farmin’ to pick up with head work
like that?”

“Dunno as it’s all myiault,” says

he.

’Course he had me there. So we
got to talkin about crops bein’ put in
this spring and what fields Bill did—
n’t know about '1 did. And what I
didn’t knOW> about Bill did. So we
got a purty good survey, as those
scientific tellers calls it, of th' hull
neighborhood. Plenty of oats goin’
in, ’bout th’ usual acreage of corn
and beans and so forth.

But when we got to talkin’ ’bout
potatoes we found that purty nigh
th’ hull township is a—goin in fer
spuds heavier than ever before. Bill
and I have been to purty nigh every
auction sale in th’ township this
spring and Whenever we’ve talked
with farmers every one of ’0m has
told us he was a—goin’ to put in from
five to twenty acres of potatoes.
And this, mind you, after all th’ fuss
about gradin’, plantin’, diggin’ an’
marketin’ ’em.

“Well, sir,” “says I to Bill,
“tain’t no use. Yuh can’t drum
sense into farmers’ heads about
over-production. They’re all bound
to do th’ same thing th’ same year
when it comes to croppin’.”

“Guess you’re right ’bout it,” says
Bill, “an’ th’ only thing we can do
is to watch th’ trend of things and
then raise other crops.”

Well, after that Bill and I got to
talkin’ about th’ boys down to th’
store at Hickory Corners, and th’
jokes Sam Toohey, the auctioneer,
was tellin’ to Hi Billings’ sale and
afore I knowed it it got ’leven o’—
clock, way past my regular bedtime,
and I plum forgot to say anything
to Bill about my errand to his place.
\Went down there to see about get—
tin’ another brood sow of him and
buyin’ some seed potatoes if he’s got
got any to spare. Only got three
brood sows when I planned on four
though I usually only keep one.
And I kinda thought I’d put in a
few acres of potatoes extra this year
’count you never can tell what th’
market will do.

But, Bill and me certainly did
have a good talk about over-produc-
tion and I’ll go over and see him to-
morrow night and see if he won’t
sell me another brood sow and
’bout thirty—five bushels of seed po—
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TEXT: “Arm be not fashioned ac-
cording to this world: but be ye trans-
formed by the renewing of your mind,
that ye may prove what is the good and
acceptable and perfect will of God."
Romans 12:2.

T was a special night at the Pacific
Garden Mission in Chicago. I
heard men of standing relate of

the time when they came in touch
with the Christ, who gave their lives
new objectives an dnew tendencies
which had been transflguring them
day by day.

Let us first take occasion to say
that the practical injunctions of our
text grow out of broad and deep
principles that the apostle has laid
in previous chapters. Christian
transformation has an inseparable
connection with Christian thought
and belief. The inspired author is
beseeching us by “the mercies of
God”, that is by the gift and power
of Christ, to surrender our lives to
God in sincere faith. He traces here
the direction our faith is to take
that We might grow into happy dis-
cernment of the “perfect will of
God.”

“And .be not fashioned according
to this world." Yesterday, the press
had Luther burbank to say, “Let us
have one world at a time." And
from other things Mr. Burbank is
reported as saying, one is almost led
to think that the “plant wizard"
with his great scientific mind, is liv-
ing an abbreviated existence and
knows little about a world revealed
thru faith. I now know that my
dear old mother, who has lived a
consistent life of faith and prayer
thru the years, can tie me closer to
the heavenly world than can some
wise intellectuals. The Christian be-
lieves that there is another world to
which we should be conformed, and
not to this one. He leans hard
against the spirit of his Master who
said that his disciples were not of
this world even as he is not. Our
Lord surely meant that in his loves
and aspirations, and consequently,
in his practise and conduct, he was
unlike the world, or the evil spirit
of his age. And this is to be the
inward conviction of his followers.

Now, the world today is the same
world in which our Savior lived, 0,
it has been sweetened a great deal
by the leaven of Christianity; slowly,
Christ is transforming the opinions
and hearts of men; but much un—
belief and rebellion remain. Multi-
tudes are living in open repudiation
of the spirit and ways of the Christ.
Christian truth is yet crushed to
earth. So, let us heed the earnest
word of the apostle to be not fash-
ioned to the tendencies of this gen-
eration which separate us from God.

But how near the border line are
many of our thoughts and practises!
How our estimate of things; of home
life, of amusements, of business
methods, of what to read, are more
like the unchristian world than the
Christian. Repeatedly, we are asked
as to the harm of this or that.. A
better question is, “What good will
grow out of its practise?” The
Christian is dedicated to the good
he can do, and he refuses to indulge
in pleasures in which thereis pos-
sible harm to himself or others.
“Prove all things; hold fast to that
which is good; and abstain from all
appearance of evil", is as timely to-
day as when originally spoken. We
are in danger of condemning our-
selves When we boast of a breadth
of mind or quality of faith superior
to that of our fathers. We are to
be a set—apart, a peculiar people;
but not in cultivating singularities
of dress or manner just to be out-
wardly singular or different. The
marks of the Lord Jesus are seen in
the spirit and practises of one’s life.
As humans, we have many things in
common, but as Christians we have
ideals and intimacies that are very
unlike the world. This inward grace
makes one different and peculiar in
one’s social and business contacts
with the world.

“But be ye transformed by there-
newing of your mind." Verily, the

ed to serve you without charge.

A personal reply wlll be sent to you

renewed mind is the foundation of
a transformed character. “Be ye
transformed" is the positive side of
the exhortation, of which “Be not
fashioned” is the negative. But
anyone who is interested in making
his life new, knows how hard it is
to loose himself from bad habits
thru, mere negative efforts. And
often we excuse ourselves by saying
that our imperfections are just the
weaknesses of the flesh. We have
an easy way of disavowing respons-
ibility by asserting evil tendencies
were born and bred in the bone.
But, if we would be made whole, we
must believe that the Gospel is more
than motive; it is a new ingredient
planted in the heart that gives us
power to bind the strong man within.
The evangel of our text would give
the life a new gift, a rational and
determined setting of the affections
on things that are above and not
on things below. This will make
possible a rennovation of the heart
and a spiritual unfolding of the
nature.

We accept the truth that one's
mind or thought moulds the char—
acter. Was it not Thackeray who
said, “We sow a thought and reap
an act; we sow an act and reap a
habit; we sow a habit and reap a
character; we sow a character and
reap a destiny." So, there are but
three steps to heaven or hell: acts,
habits, character. Paul is pleading
that truth become planted in the
mind to free us from the old and
sinful type of life and to arouse a
taste for the saved state. All of us
can think of lives that have been
transformed thru the revolution-
ing nature of truth.

Therefore, the Gospel offers hope
for the blindest eyes and for the
hardest heart. A surprising number
of church~members would be con-
verted were it not for lazy and un-
focused minds. “The success of your
community church depends upon
banishing the unloveliness and ignor-
ance of its members thru renewed
convictions of mind. It is the sloth-
ful and unthinking Christian that
augurs danger. It avails our char—
acter nothing to take off our coat
and fight for the Bible just because
it was mother’s book; or, to just say
we are Christians. The honest
thinker values the Christian theory
by applying it. He sees himself
carrying it out, thus learning the
value of the new above that of the
old. Profession alone counts for
naught. We must hunger for and
feed upon the words of eternal life.

“That ye may prove what is the
good and acceptable and perfect will
of God." Moffatt has, “able to make
out what the will of God is.” The
outgrowth of a renewed mind is an
ability and power to determine God's
will and know what he would have
us do. “The things of God none
knoweth save the spirit of God." The
thoughtful, prayerful Christian is
a peculiar knowledge and discern—
ment of things good and evil and so,
is led to a living fellowship with
God.

Finally, everyone is called to a
definite Christian use, is loosened
from sinful inclinations and made
free to grow into Christ-likeness.

BIBLE THOUGHTS
THOU SHALT LOVE THE LORD
thy God with all thy heart, and
with all thy soul, and with all thy
strength, and with all thy mind;
andzthy neighbour as thyself.—~Luke
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R I D A Y
F evening,

April 16,
every dairyman
in Michigan and
nearby states
who has a radio
will want to be
“tuned—in” at 7
P. M. on WGHP
to get the talk
of Chas. Staff,
dairy expert, on
the M. B. F. ra-
dio program. Mr.
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will injure the life of the battery.
In the case of the milliameter,
however, it should be‘ inserted in
series with the negative lead of the
“B" battery line. In such position
it will give a reading covering the
amount of current being consumed
by detector and amplifying tubes.

THE NEW TUBES
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tubes are designed not to re-
place existing tubes but to sup—
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in various combinations in which
the older tubes are not large enough
to handle the existing power whicn
is present.

As an example of the UV-199 tube
when used in a neutrodyne receiver
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Replacing the UV-199 type tube in
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Please send me a pad for the market
report. We enjoy the programs from

WGHP very much and the market re-
ports are a great help. Hope you will
keep it up.~—~John Speicker, Wayne
County.

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send me one—T. J. Drodt, Monroe
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\Ve 'are interested in your market re—
port and like it very much. Margaret
Brunke, Macomb County.

 

Will you please send me your market
pad for radio use. I have heard your
market reports every evening.r and find
them quite a help—F. A. Addison, Te~
cumseh, Ontario, Canada.

 
    

Please send me one of your 'maI
report pads. We enjoy your radio,
grams very much—Harold S. Craig. ,
awee ,fipunty. .

We enjoy your radio markets and 1)
gram every evening. It comes in ti
——~Jos. S. Hawley, Ingham County.

  
 
  
   
  
   
   
   
    
    
     
   
   
  
   
  
  
     
   

I thought I would drop a line to tej
you we enjoy your farm program ver
much. It comes in just at the right timI
when the daily work is done.-—-Franci_
Burns, Macomb County. ».

We have been receiving your mark.
reports which have been coming in fine
We think your announcer very distinc,
and clear. Like your paper very muc
E. E. Detterman, Bloomville, Ohio. ‘

We listened to your program and mar
ket reports last evening from WGHP an'
enjoyed it very much as it comes at .,
time when most farmers have their day’i
work done and have time to listen. Buoy-2‘.
ccss to you.——F. P. Howell, Livingsto'
County. '

      
  
   
  
  
  
     
  
   
      
 
    
  

We enjoy your program very much—4,
F. X. Murphy, Genesce County. .

Your radio farm programs are mostI
highly appreciated—James Bourke, St.’;
Clair County. I

I listen every night to your market reg;
ports from WGHP. Keep it up.——Earl L;
Hart, Shiawassce County. ‘ .?

Your paper is certainly every word fo‘.
the farmer. Our family never could ge
along without it. i enjoy the weathegT
reports and, of course, the page for-
“\Vomen".—~Mrs. Geo. 11. Forman, Barry
County. .

 

ness of Dairying.” Remember the
date and hour.

THE USE OF METERS

HE use of the voltmeter and am-
.meter in connection with radio,
especially the radio receiving

circuit is very desirable. It is very
unfortunate that the question of cost
often proves a handicap to the av-
erage set owner.

Meters afford a definite check on
the condition and operation of bat-
teries that are used in connection
with receiving and to include them
in your radio equipment is an act of
wisdom.

Take for instance the plate milli-
ameter with a full scale range of
from zero to one hundred milliam-
peres. Such a meter is admirably
suited for determining the rate of
current flow in the “B” battery or
plate circuit. In other" words it per-
mits the amount of current drawn
by the entire set to be measured in
milliamperes.

Another measurement of note is
the voltage of the “B" battery. This
should be measured in order to de-
termine the condition of the battery
not collectively but individually. If
your “B" battery voltage drops be—
low two thirds of its rated voltage
it means that the use of such batter-
ies will cause distortion, noise and
weak signals. In other words for
the most efficient results you should
junk your 221/2 volt batteries when
they read below 141/2 volts and your
45-volt batteries when they read be—
low 30 volts. Every “B” battery is
made with a certain rated period of
life. The unit of measurement of
this life period is called milliampere
hours. In other words it means that
a certain number of milliamperes
may be drawn from the battery over
a. certain period of time before the
battery is exhausted. Take for in-
stance a battery rated at 2500 mil-
liam‘pere hours may be discharged at
the, rate of 25 milliamperes over a
period of 100 hours. It is obvious
then that as this capacity of the bat-
tery is reduced the voltage as rated
of the battery is also reduced. Thus
the importance of the voltmeter and
the milliameter can be seen clearly
if the true condition of the operating
units of the set is desired.

The voltmeter test of the “B" bat-
tery of course is applied directly
across the terminals of the battery.
If it is desired to test the operating
voltage of the filament circuit it
may be inserted in this circuit. Here
its reading will enable you to deter-
mine whether or not you are deliv-
ering the proper voltage to the
tubes.

In this particular test however,
the usual 50 volt voltmeter will be
found too large for accurate reading
of the filament circuit and you
should employ one of say from zero
to ten volts for best results. The
“B”, battery reading should be taken
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Spring’s Work
and
. MCCORMICK—

PRING’S WORK is swift and efficient
when McCormick-Deering Tractors,
Plows, Tillage Tools, and Seeding Ma-
chines are taken out on the fields. The ample
power of these tractors and the quality and
broad scope of the attached implements as-
sure full use of valuable Spring time and the
maximum saving of expensivelabor charges.
The burdens of production costs are kept
down, giving you that early advantage to-
ward profit, and the quality of the work
adds appreciably to crop yield.

Then, when the seed is in the soil, the ex-
treme versatility of the McCormick-Deering
Tractor carries on throughout the year.

. These tractors, besides being always ready
I for field and belt work, have the power
take-off feature for running the mechanism
of binders, corn pickers, and other field
machines. They are equipped with throttle
governor, adjustable drawbar,wide belt pul-

15-30 h. p.

606 S. Michigan Ave.

    

ley, platform, fenders, removable lugs, brake,
etc. They have removable cylinders, unit
main frame, and ball and roller bearings at
28 points. They come to you complete—no
extras to buy. They have plenty of power
and long life. Made in two sizes, 10-20 and

Now, with the full producing season ahead,
see this popular tractor at the McCormick-
Deering dealer’s. Sit in the seat at the wheel
to get the effect of running it yourself. The
dealer will demonstrate the tractor at the
store or at your home. We will be glad to
send you a catalog.

INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY

of America
(Incorporated)

Showing I
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15-30 Tractor and

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Plows

types and sizes.

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McCormick-Deering P & O and Chatta-
nooga—all types walking plows and midd
breakers, steel and chilled. Two, three, and
four—furrow moldboard and disk tractor
plows. Sulky‘and gang, moldboard and disk
riding lows. Orchard and vineyard plows.
Specia plows for everypurposc. All standard

Tillage Implements

McCormick—Bearing Disk Harrows in seven

16- sizes. with or without tandem. Special

orchard disk and reversible types. Tractor
disk harrows. Spring—tooth barrows, eight
sizes. Peg-tooth harrows. 25. 30, or 35 teeth
to section. Woodabar harrows. One—horse
Cultivators with 5. 7 and 9 shovels; also
7. 9. and 14 teeth.

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McCormick-Deering drills furnished in sizes
5 to 24 furrow openers: 4. 6. 7, and 8-inch
spacing; all types of furrow openers. Press
drills and press wheel attachments. Also
fertilizer drills, beet drills, alfalfa drills, one-
horse drills. end—gate and broad-cast seed-
ers. McCormick-Deering lime sewers.

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SATURDAY. MARCH 27, 1928

 

' Edited and Published by
THE RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY. lno.
GEORGE M. SLOOUM. President
Mt. Clemens, Michigan -
DETROIT OFFICE—2444 General Motors B ' dinil
Represented in New York, Chicago, 8:. Louis and Mi neurons by
he Stockman-Business Farmer Tl‘lO.
Member of Agricultural Publishers Ass on
Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations

Milan Grinnell ’ Msnnzinz Editor
rs. Annie Taylor Farm Home Editor

 

 

 

 

 

. . eeks ________________________________ Broadsco 9 Farm News and VIEW“
0- J Wrightpsous and Crops Editor
James W. H. Weir ....... Red 0 Editor
Charles A. Swimle Legal Editor .
W. W. Floote Market Editor

ev. David W. Warner ____________________________________________ Religious Editor

erbert stxiger .....__.......____,_________.ant and Orchard Editor

I'- G. Conn ..____.,,_,.,____ _________________________ Veterinary Editor
Robert J. McCohmn Circulation _Manager
Henry F. HipHnn Plant superintendent

 

 

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your subscription expires. In renewing kindly 58nd ”“3 13.1"” to
avoid mistakes. Remit by check, draft, money-order or reinstated
: Stamps and currency are at your risk. We acknowledss
by first-class mail every dollar received.
Advertising Rates: 45c per a ate line. 14 lines to the column
ch 772 lines to the page. t ra . _ 1
Live stock and Auction Sale Advertising: We offer special 0"
rates to reputable breeders of live stock and poultry: wrlte us.

RELIABLE ADVERTISERS f r

We will not knowingly accept the advertising 0 any person 0

firm who we do not believe to be thoroughly honest and reliable.

Should any reader have any cause for complaint against any ad-

Yeréfier if! these columnanthfe gub'lishtlsr hviouldn agpé-Ieycls‘tzgusnwtilmr;
me te ette bri 'n a sc o Is _ , .

writing as ' E'I salarygur advertisement in The Michigan Business

Farmer!” 'It will guarantee honest dealing.

"The Farm Paper of Service”

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READ IT BEFORE YOU SIGN

N a wager that few people read what they
0 are asked to sign a high school student out
in the state of Washington circulated a peti—
tion among his fellow students. The petition
asked for a holiday and was signed by 45 stud-
ents, none of whom noted that the petition also
stated that the signers were willing to have their
right arm cut off at the elbow if the holiday were
granted.

There are thousands of people in the United
States every year who use no better judgment
than these high school students. Of course the
idea of forfeiting an arm for a holiday is a joke
but many forfeit thousands of dollars for little
of nothing because they fail to read or fail to
understand what they do read in some paper they
affix their name to. Fortunes have been lost and
lives have been ruined because of such careless-
ness. Do not sign any paper until you are famil-
iar with the content of the paper and agree with
what is written on it. ,

FIGHT CORN BORER WITH FIRE

IRE is the most deadly enemy of the European
F corn borer which is causing such severe
losses to the corn growers of Michigan. The

fact that all cornstalks, corncobs, corn stubble
and other crop remnants should be burned be—
fore May lst of each year is kept foremost in
any discussion of control methods. It is during
the warm days of early spring that the pest be-
comes active, and before it has had the time to
spread is the time to eradicate it as much as
possible. As the Legislature recently passed an
not making it necessary for farmers to get a. per-
mit to start any fire except for domestic purposes
indications were that control measures were going
to be hampered, but the State Department of

' Agriculture got busy and John Baird, director

of the Department of Conservation, has now

issued the following proclamation:

“In view of the fact that the European corn
borer is threatening to destroy the corn crop of
Michigan, one of the important farm crops of this
State, and in view of the fact that the United
States Govenrment in cooperation with the State
Department of Agriculture has outlined” the quar-

' antined area as comprising the counties of Hu-

ron, Sanilac, Tuscola, Genesee, Lapeer, St. Clair,
Macomb, Oakland, Livingston, Washtenaw,
Wayne, Monroe, Lenawee, the southeast town-
ship in Jackson County, the east half of Saginaw
County, and the southern part of Bay County,
and in view of the fact that the State Depart-
in cooperation with the

sued rules and regulations providing for the
burning of the refuse, including the corn stubble,
as a means of destroying the European corn bor—
er, I deem it advisable for the general good of
agriculture that these rules and regulations be
carried out and that the provisions of Act 143 of
the Public Acts of 1923, as amended by Act 341
of the Public Acts of 1925, be construed so as
to allow the burning of stubble and refuse in

, farm fields without a written permit where due

precaution is taken to prevent the spread of the

; fire, in view of the fact that this is an emergency

which has arisen since the passage or this Act
and may ‘not last indefinitely. ‘

“The above will be the position taken by the
State Conservation Department until you arcad-
vised to the contrary.”

Many tail to realize how serious this post is
hetbocoming‘ until it has invaded their territory

 
 

sans ii
that if a hard fight is net‘put' up‘cOrn growing
farming in Michigan. '

Stop and review a little of the history of the
corn borer in Michigan. Previous to January of
last year Monroe and Wayne counties constituted
the invaded area. Today tWelve complete coun-
ties and several townships in three other coun-
ties are under quarantine. Most of this area is
along the shores of Lake Erie, St. Clair River,
Lake St. Clair, and Lake Huron up to and in-
cluding th eSaginaW Bay, but it is rapidly work-
ing westward. ~

We must fight, and fight hard, and NOW!
What you do between now and May first may
determine whether you will have a good corn
crop this year or not. Every borer you let live
this spring will multiply a thousand times before
the year is over. Burn the refuse before May
first. ' ‘

ADDRIBSING MAIL

“ ASTE makes waste.” This is particularly
true when you write a letter but in your
.rush to get it off in the mail'you fail to put

the complete address of either the writer or
the one supposed to receive it on the envelop.
Just today we received a letter “Dr. George H.
Conn, veterinary, Mt. Clemens, Mich.,” and the
name or address of the sender could not be found
on the outside of the envelop. It happens that
we received it because the post ofiice officials
here know of Dr. Conn’s afliliations with us but
if they had not known of this the letter would
have gone to the dead letter office as Dr. Conn
does not reside at this address. Then our sub-
scriber would have condemned us and our serv-
ice for not replying to his inquiry.

Another letter we received not long ago was
addressed “Bi-Weekly, Mt. Clemens, Mich.” Luck
favored us again, as we happen to be the only
bi-Weekly magazine or paper published in this
city, so the letter was delivered. Again the send-
er did not put his name on the outside of the
envelop. Here is another man who, no doubt,
would have felt that we were not giving him
proper treatment or living up to our reputation
as “The Farm Paper of Service.”

Can we or any other company or individual be
blamed for not acknowledging a communication
we never received. Certainly not. So before
mailing a letter be sure to see that it is properly
addressed and your own name and address writ—
ten on the upper left hand corner so it can be
returned to you in case it can not be delivered to
the person or persons to Whom it is addressed.

An Irishman by the name of Murphy Wrote a
letter to one of his friends and the concluding
paragraph read “If you do not receive this let-
ter let me know as I Will be expecting a reply.”
Murphy was expecting the impossible, but so is
anyone who fails to address their letters proper-
ly. And do not forget the return address or the
necessary postage.

 

 

 

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he The Business Farmer with asquare opposite in which
we will appreciate your indicating by number the ones
you read regularly in the paper in the order of their
importance. That is, if you like the serial story best,
write the figure 1 In the square opposite that feature,
the next choice should have the figure 2 in the square
in The Business Farmer with a square opposite in which
are desired may be written in the blank spaces,

This ballot will be published for several issues so
that each member of the family may vote his or her
preference. When the children vote their preference
they should give their age, also Be sure to sign your
correct name and address and mail to the Editor of The
Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens, Mich. Thank you.

Feature Articles
Picture Page
Broadscope Farm
Service Bureau
Soils and Crops

Publisher’s Desk
The Farm Home
Children's Hour
Dairy and Livestock
Veterinary Dept.

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Sermon Poultry Department
Radio Department Farm Mechanics
Serial Story Fmit and Orchard
Handy Hiram Harry Vetch
Where Readers Live Markets

What Neighbors Say Weather Forecasts

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BUSINESS FARMERS

will scon cease to be an important branch of-

. than to buy on the taste lment plain.

stay there when they grow up, and they become
interested in better farming methods. .

Some say, “Oh, I’ll let my children choose
which they want, farm or city job. Anyway
there isn’t any money in farming now.” We
agree with the idea of letting children choose
their own vocation but club work keeps their
young minds busy and helps determine whether
they want to farm or not. There are many young
people in the city today who would go back to
the old farm in a minute if they were encouraged,
but they hear so many pessimistic stories about
it that they are afraid. Yet in the city they
exist, not live, working hard, counting the pennies
just as folks do on the farm, and there is the
constant fear that they may be thrown out of
work at a moment’s notice and then have to look
days, possibly weeks or months, to find another
job. ,
It is true that few people accumulate much
wealth on the farm, but you do not hear of any
farmer starving. In the city the percentage of
well-to-do people is really small compared to the
total population, and there are many who have
not enough to eat or wear.

Members of Boys' and Girls Club Work be-
come interested in better seeds, better livestock,
and better farming methods in general. Then
if they choose farming when they start out in
the world for themselves they tackle it as a. bus—
iness and not just an occupation. They know
how to *make money from their farming oper-
ations because of their training.

Get your boys and girls interested in better
farming methods through the Boys' and.Girls'
Club Work, so if they do remain on the farm
they will have proper training to make a success.

HORSE RACES AT THE STATE FAIR
T is most interesting to note that horse races
I are to be about the most important part of
the entertainment program of the 1926 State
Fair. Nothing will regain the farmers’ interest
in this annual exposition more than this, and it
will put it back in the class of agricultural fairs
Where it once ranked so high. Certainly the of-
ficials seem to be working hard to rebuild the
fair along the right lines, and with the support
of the Michigan State College, the State Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Farm Bureau, Grange, and
other farmers’ organizations, it should be a great
success.

AN OLD QUESTION

TATEMENTS made recently by one who is
evidently not well acquainted With agricul-
ture have revived the ancient question of
the size of farms. There isn’t any rule that will
fit all kinds of farming and all regions, and little
good can come out of a general debate on the
subject. Thus far corporation farming in this
country may be classes among the failures. It
cannot compete, using hired labor, with the in—
cidental labor of the smaller or family unit farm.
In some regions the natural tendency of farms
is to become larger because the labor capacity
of a man is greater than it used to be. In other
regions farms will become smaller because of
capital and labor necessary for it. California
is an example of the latter, with its increase of
19,000 farms and decrease of 47 acres in average
size during the past five years. Almost any
region devoted to livestock is an example of the
tendency toward large farms. Economical con-
ditions, not the theories of dreamers, will ulti-

mately fix the size of farms for any region.

THEY EAT WHITE BREAD
N telling why Russian wheat exports have
fallen below earlier estimates the Soviet gov-
ernment says: “Another important factor,
hitherto somewhat underestimated, is the in-
creased consumption of the peasant himself. His
standard of living has advanced greatly. With
a. good harvest he is eating much more of his
own wheat. The demand for white bread in the
cities has also increased greatly.” Who can
measure the effect of this human desire on the
consumption of the future? It will not suffice
to figure consumptions by old standards, either
in bread or other things.

 

INSTALLMENT BUYING
TATIS'I‘ICIANS figure that eight/articles are
sold on the installment plan to the amount
‘of over $3,000,000.000 a year. . Most of
this installment buying is in cities but not all of

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them interested in the farm so they williwant to“:

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it. We mention it here merely for the sake of I

saying that most farmers will do better to go to
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subscription is paid in advance.)

BAD CHECK PASSER PUT

' BEHEND BARS
. . E. HELM, the man wanted for

swindling several dairymen in

Michigan and nearby states,
and it was at
Iowa, that he met it.
Many of you will recall the several
notices published in our columns
about him, how he represented him—
self in this state as a cattle buyer
from Tennessee, and just before the
banks closed he made it a pomt to
get a check cashed to pay for some
cattle, getting a prominent farmer

7 'to indorse the check as a means of

“identification.” In the neighbor-
hood of fourteen hundred dollars
worth of these checks were returned
to Michigan, marked “no funds in
bank" and the indorsee had to make
good the amount to the banks.
He is now serving a seven—year
sentence at hard—labor in the Iowa
state prison for defrauding an Iowa
farmer. When his term there is
completed he will find a warrant
from Michigan waiting for him.

CHARGED WITH FRAUD

NFORMATION comes to us that
four men connected with the
National Distributors Assoma—

tion of Chicago have been charged
with using the mails to defraud by
the U. S. Post Office department.
The plan of the company was to
advertise through newspapers for
men to act as local distributors to
pass out circulars and samples. The
workers were supposed to make big
wages and the association charged
them $5.00 cash for a membership
and was to furnish them with work,
which they failed to do.

_____._._.___._—
“PROFESSOR" GNATZ MOVES ON
NE “Professor” Gnatz, fox lec—
turer, character analyist, and
promoter of United Breeders,
Ins.,” recently left Detroit after the

 

‘ Detroit Better Business Bureau had

checked up a series of blind want
advertisements which he had inserted
in the classified columns of. that City’s
newspapers. His past record was
disclosed just in time to save several
score of citizens from possible losses
of money and time.

Gnatz previously enlisted a large
number of agents in Milwaukee to
help him sell some $40,000 worth of
foxes, and disappeared. His Detr01t
activities began with similar adver-
tising. His methods, which included
harp solos and the, distribution of
“Mystic Oracles," entertained and
inveigled Detroiters to embark on
his scheme, since last summer.

 

BUYING CONTRAUIS»

“All contracts at savings of 5 per
cent to 15 per cent. Contracts
bought outright—lower than you
can get elsewhere. Bring abstracts
and contracts with you. Open ev-
enings.”

HIS is a/sample of an advertise—
T ment that has been appearing

in Detroit newspapers accord-
ing to the Detroit Better Business
Bureau and after a thorough in-
vestigation they condemn the com-
panies and their scheme.

You call at the offices of the com-
pany, show them your abstract and
contract, and after a conference,
finally agree upon a price. Then the
“finance” agent asks you to assign

 

 

The purpose of gm. department is to re-

bot our subscribers from fraudulent dea no:
or unfair tnatment by persons or concern. at
a distance.

In every case we will do our best to men
I satisfactory settlement or force action. for
which no charge for our services will ever he
made. providing:

h—The claim I: made by a paid-up aub-
eerlber to The Business Farmer.

2.—The claim is not more than 0 mos. old.

8.—-The claim in not local or bemoan pee-
ie withln easy distance ‘of one

heee should be settled at first hand and not
attempted by mail.

Address all letters. alvlng full particulars.
amounts. ldates. etc» enoloslnn your ad-

dress lane from the from. cover of Issue
to prove that you are a ”mountain'-

rua Business Hanan. collection Box
‘ v . It. Clemens. ,

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adv!” on stock and bonds. and Investl ate
noiudinu a_

your contract. to. them and the
deal will be closed, and adds “We’ve
bought so many contracts lately, we
are a trifle short on cash, so we’ll
just give you our check for $50 and
our note for the balance due in 20
days.”

Nine chances out of ten you are
not aware of the fact that should
the company part with the title to

  
  
    

 

   

 

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an innnocent purchaser before pay-
ment of the note, and then default
in paying it, which is part of their
plan—you would lose everything.
Never- surrender the title to property
until you are paid in full.

NILE ART OFFICIAL TO JAIL
HE final chapter of the Nile Art
Company, of Fort Wayne, Indi—
ana, has been written. A few
days ago the United States Court of
Appeals at Chicago sustained the de—
cision of the federal court at Indian—
apolis, Indiana, that Glenn D. Fryer,
the proprietor, was guilty of using
the mails to defraud and must
spend ten years in prison and pay a
fine of $8,000.

Many will remember that this
company had a work - at — home
scheme which'we condemned many
times through our columns. This
man sold materials for decorating
pillow tops and amp shade, promis—
ing to buy the work when completed
but when it was submitted he re—
fused it as unsatisfactory. Most of
his victims were shut-ins who were
looking for some way to earn a liv-
ing.

SHEFFHELD LABORATORIES OUT
OF BUSINESS

Sometime ago I entered an edu—
cational contest conducted by the
Sheffield Laboratories, of Aurora,
Illinois. We were to answer 31 geo—
graphical questions in order to qual—
ify as a working contestant for the
first grand prize of $2,000. Each
contestant was to buy $5.00 worth
of Sheflield's toilet articles, and send‘
the money to the company. I an~
swered the questions and sent the
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Indian Drum

By William Macl-larg and Edwin Balmer

Gown-ht by Edwin Bebe:

(Continued from March 27th issue.)

“‘ 0 long as one 1ived among those on
the Miwaka who had seen what was
done, I: knew I would be hanged; yet

I would have saved them if I could. But,

in my comprehension of what this meant,

I only stared at Stafford where he lay

and then at Spearman, and I let him

get control of the tug. The tug, whose
wheel I had lashed, heading her into the
waves, had been moving slowly. Spear-
man pushed me aside and went to the
wheelhouse; he sent Luke to the engines,
and from that moment Luke was his.
He turned the tug about to where we
still saw the lights of the Miwaka. The
steamer had struck upon the reef; she
hung there for a time; and Spearman—
he had the wheel and Luke, at his or—
ders, was at the engine—held the tug
OE and we beat slowly two and fro until
the Miwaka slipped off and sank Some
had gone down with her, no doubt; but
two of the boats got~0ff, carrying lights.
They saw the tug approaching and cried
out and stretched their hands to us;
but Spearman stopped the tug. They
rowed towards us then, but when they
got near, Spear-man moved the tug from
them, alnd then again stopped. They

to confess it all and make such restitu—
tion as he could. But each time that the
day he had appointed with himself ar-
rived, he put it off and off and paid Luke
again and again. Spearman knew of his
intention and sometimes kept him from
it. But Corvet had made one close friend:
and when that friend’s daughter, for
whom Corvet cared now most of all in
the world, had been about to. marry
Spearman, Corvet defied the cost to him-
self, and he gained strength to oppose
Spearman. So he had written to Staf-
ford's son to come; he had prepared for
confession and restitution; but, after he
had done this and while he waited, some-
thing had seemed to break in'his brain;
too long preyed upon by terrible mem-
ories, and the ghosts of those who had
gone, and by the echo of their voices
crying to him from the water, Corvet
had wandered away; he had come back,
under the name of one of those whom he
had wronged, to the lake life from which
he had sprung. Only now and then. for
a. few hours, he had intervals when he
remembered all; in one of these he had
dug up the watch and the ring and other
things which he had taken from Captain

 

 

OUR NEW STORY STARTS IN THE NEXT ISSUE

I I1HE concluding installment of our story “The Indian Drum” ap-
pears in this issue and in our April 24th issue we will start our

new story

“Pioneering in Michigan."

Being a true story of the

trials and tribulations of early settlers in this state it is of un-

usual interest.
writer who
settlers,
Michigan in 1869,
by “Prairie Schooner.”

but the actual experiences of the author
when traveling was done on foot,
The author

It is not a highly colored story by a professional
read some historical books and interviewed a. few old

whlo canne to
horseback of

is—wcll, we will give you his

name in the ncxt issue along with the first installment of the story,
but we will say that he now lives in Osceola. county, along with his

good wife and daughter.

miss one installment.

But watch for
only run a few issues, being quite Short,

the story because it will
and you do not want to

 

 

cried out again and rowed toward us;
again he moved the tug away, and then
they understood and stopped rowing and
cried curses at us. One boat soon drifted
far away; we knew of its capsizing by
the extinguishing of its light. The other
capsized near to where we were. Those
in it had no lifehelts and could not
swim, sank first. Some could swim and,
for a while .they fought the waves.‘ "

Alan, as he listened, ceased consciously
to separate the priest’s voice from tho
sensations running through him. His
father was Stafford, dying at Corvet's
feet while Corvet watched the death of
the crew of the Miwaka; Alan himself,
a. child, was floating with a. lifebelt
among those struggling in the water
whom Spearman and Corvet were watch—
ing die. Memory; was it that which now
had come to him? No; rather it was a.
realization of all the truths which the
priest’s words were bringing.r together
and arranging rightly for him.

He, a child, saved by Corvet from the
water because he could not bear witness,
seemed to be on that tug. sea-swept and
clad in ice, crouching beside the form
of his father while Corvet stood aghast
——Corvet, still hearing the long blasts of
distress from the steamer which was gone,
still hearing the screams of the men who
were drowned. Then, when all were gone
who could tell, Spearman turned the tug
to Maniiowoc. . . . Now again the priest’s
voice became audible to Alan.

Alan's father died in the morning. All
day they stayed out in the storm, avoid—
ing vessels. They dared not throw Staf-
ford's body overboard or that of the en-
gineer, because, if found, the bullet holes
would have aroused inquiry. When night
came again, they had taken the two
ashore at some Wild spot and buried
them; to make identification harder, they
had taken the things that they had with
them and buried them somewhere else.
The child—~Alan—Corvet had smuggled
ashore and sent away; he had told Spear-
man later that the child had died.

"Peace—rest!” Father Perron said in e.
deep voice. “Peace to the dead!”

But for the living there had been no
peace. Spearman had forced Corvet to
make him his partner; Corvet had tried
to take up his life again, but had not
been able. His wife, aware that some—
thing was wrong with him, had learned
enough so that she had left him. Luke
had come and come and come again for
blackmail, and Corvet had paid him.
Corvet grew rich; those connected with
him prospered; but with Corvet lived al—
ways the ghosts of those he had watched
die with the Miwaka—of those who would
have prospered with Staftord except for
what had been done. Corvet had secret-
ly sought and followed the fate of the
kin of those people who had been mur—
dered to benefit him; he found some of
their families destroyed; he found al-
most all poor and struggling. And though
Corvet paid Luke to keep the crime from
disclosure, yet Corvet more to himself

Stafford’s pockets and written to himself
directions of what to do with them, when
his mind again failed.

And for Spearman, strong against all
that assailed Corvet, there had been al-
ways the terror of the Indian Drum—the
Drum which had beat short for the Mi—
Waka, the Drum which had known that
one was saved! That story came from
some hint which Luke had spread, Cor~
vet thought; but Spearman, born near by
the Drum, believed that the Drum had
known and that the Drum had tried to
tell; all through the years Spearman had
dreaded the Drum which had tried to
betray him.

So it was by the Drum that,
end, Spearman was broken.

The priest’s voice had stopped, as Alan
slowly realized; he heard Sherrill's voice
speaking to him.

“It was a trust that he left you, Alan;
I thought it must be that—a. trust for
those who suffered by the loss of your
father's ship. I don’t know yet how it
can be fulfilled; and we must think of
that."

“That’s how I understand it,"
said.

Fuller consciousness of what Father

in the

Alan

'"Perron's story mes-at to him w... flowing

tiii-Ough him now. Wrong} great was
there had been. as he had known there
must be; but it had not been as he had
feared. for he and his had been among
the wronged ones. The aname—the new
that had come to him—he“ knew what
that must be: Robert Alan Stafford; and
there was no shadow on it. He was the
somof an honest man and a good woman;
he was clean and free; free to think as
he was thinking now of the girl beside
him; and to hope that she was thinking
of him.

Through the tumult in his soul he be-
came aware of physical feelings again.
and of Sherrill's hand put upon his
shoulder in a. cordial, friendly grasp.
Then another hand, small and firm.
touched his, and he felt its warm tight-
ening grasp upon his fingers; he ‘looked
up, and his eyes filled and hers, he saw,
were brimming too.

They walked together, later in the day.
up the hill to the small, white house
which had been Caleb Staffbrd's. Alan
had seen the house before but, not know-
ing then whether the man who had owned
it had or had not been his father, he had
merely looked at it from the outside.
There had been a small garden filled with
flowers before it then; now yard and
roofs were buried deep in \snow. The
woman who came to the door was willing
to show them through the house; it had
only five rooms. One of those upon the
second floor was so much larger and
pleasanter than the rest that they be-
came quite sure that it was the one in
which Alan had been born, and where
gusd young mother soon afterward had
.ie .

They were very quiet as they stood
looking about.

"I wish we could have known her,"
Constance said.

The woman, who had showed them
about, had gone to another room and
left them alone.

"There seems to have been no pizture
of her and nothing of hers left here that
anyone can tell me about; but,” Alan
choked, “it’s good to be able to think of
her as I can now."

“I know,” Constance said. “When you
were away, I used to think of you as
finding out about her and—and I wanted
to be with you. I’m glad I’m here with
you now, though you won’t need me any
more!"

"Not need you !"

“I mean—no one can say anything
against her now !”

Alan drew nearer her, trembling.

"I can never thank you—I can never
tell you what you did for me, believing
in—her and in me, no matter how things
looked. And then, coming up here as
you did——for me!"

"Yes. it was for you, Alan!"

Constance!" He caught her. She let
him hold her; then, still clinging to him,
she put him a little away.

“The night before you came to the
Point last summer, Alan, he—he had just
come and asked me again, I’d promised;
but we motored that evening to his place
and——-there were sunflowers there, and I
knew that night I couldn’t love him."

“Because of the sunflowers?”

“Sunflower houses, Alan, they made
me think of; do you remember?"

“Remember !"

The woman was returning to them now
and. perhaps, it was as well; for not
yet, he knew, could he ask her all that
he wished; what had happened was too
recent yet for that. But to him, Spear-
man—half mad and fleeing from the
haunts of men—Jwas beginning to be like
one who had never been; and he know
she shared- the feeling. The light in her
deep eyes was telling him already what
ht!‘ answer to him would be; and life
stretched forth before him full of love
and happiness and hope.

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MEET DEAN WARD GILTNER, OF DI. S. 0., FOLKS

E want to introduce to you, our readers,

the men at your agricultural college
who are working to help you solve
your farm probclms, your “hired-men” who
are working out problems for the advance-
ment of agriculture,
but in the whole world.

not only in Michigan,
The first one we

are presenting to you is Dean “Hard Giltner,
head of the Department of Bacteriology and
Hygiene and dean of the Division of Voter-

 

inary Medicine.

Dean Giltncr was born April 5, 1882, on
a. farm nc 1r Ithaca, New York.
his time
until 1903,

He divided
schooling and fanning
after his marriage,

between
one year

when he entered the veterinary college at

Cornell University.
Alabama Polytechnical Institute at the huge salary of $1,000 per

year.

Upon graduation he was offered- a position in the

He came to Michigan in 1908 with a Master's Degree from
A. P. I. and has remained at the M. S. 0. ever since.

At first he was

research assistant in the Expcrhnent Station, being promoted later

to his present position.

Dean Giltncr is an honorary member of sev-

eral societies, he has associated himself with many scientific associ-
tions, also he has been very active in the affairs of the local, state
and federal veterinary associations, and he has a published book to
his credit, but We can’t see that these things have handicapped him

in any way.
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"EAR EDITOR: I suppose your
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has raised vegetables for a family
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nine years and is still clear of weeds
and always furnishes plenty of dif—
ferent kinds of vegetables that we
like.

As soon as the ground will do to.
plow in the spring I have the gar—
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planted the first week in April.) I
plant onion seed and onion sets first,
then lettuce and radishes and beet
seed, and if it is as late as the
second week in April, I plant carrot,
parsnip, salsify and two rows of
medium early peas. I plant these
just far enough apart so I can cul-
tivate between the rows with a one—
‘wheeled cultivator. I have all of
the rows running north and south,

'the 'peas being a little further apart.

All of these seeds I expect to stand a
,freeze if the Weather turns colder,
as it sure will. Last year I put sul-
phur in the rows before I sowed the
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benefit on the onions, kept the mag—
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was a nuisance on the beets, made
black places in them, but it was a
benefit to the cabbage, kept the in-
sects from eating the roots off.

When this much is done I wait
until the weather warms up a little,
then I cultivate the rest of the
ground and plant two rows of string
beans and three rows of early corn
and I have had early cabbage plants
out soon after the first seeds were
sown. I have cabbage, tomatoes,
pepper and egg—plant growing in‘the
house. Now, the tenth of March, I
have a pit in the garden and will
put them out there as soon as the
weather is warm enough. In the
meantime, I will set them in four—
inch pots. I have some big windows
in the house to set them in till time
to put them in the pit.

Sometimes there are little toma-
toes on the tomato plants when they
are set in the garden. They are a
foot or more tall by that time and
the ground in the pot is filled with
roots. I dig a hole in the ground
as deep as it was plowed and set
the plant in and dig a little side
ditch and lean the plant over it and
cover with earth to about the third
leaf from the top. Roots will form
the Whole length of the plant and
help to keep the plant in good shape
through a dry spell of weather. I
set these pit plants out about the
middle of May. I have had very
good success planting my late cab-
bage in the hill. I plant two or
three seeds in each hill and take up
the extras and set where the cut
worms have cut them off.

I am not bothered much with cut~
worms. I let the small chickens run
in the garden all I can and they pick
up lots of insects.

.1 plant more corn and peas and
cucumbers and about four hills of
pumpkins and more string beans. Of
course. the corn and cucumbers and
late cabbage must be farther apart.
I cultivate after every rain as soon
as the ground is fit to work.

A year ago last fall my pumpkin
vines had a lot of those bad smell-
ing bugs on them so I put some ker-
osene in a tin can and knocked the
bugs into it and last fall I did not
see one bug. I plant my squash
seeds in the potato patch. The in—
sects do not bother them there. I
have a lot of manure brought from
the barns and spread on the garden
in the fall. As soon as I have got
all the rubbish gathered and burned
(about every third year) I fit the
garden ready for plowing before the
ground freezes every fall. I think I
burn a lot of insects. In one cor-
ner of the garden next to the fence
I have a row of rhubarb and on an-
other side I have a bed of asparagus
by the fence, so they don’t interfere
with the plow. I do most all of the
work with the cultivator. It is easi-
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hoe the corn once and the late cab-
bage once. Last spring I bought one
thousand onion plants. I think I
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“ EAR girls and boys: ~i--m:a
' ther, pleased to find‘ that the
.majority of the children enter-

ed'in our Lincoln and Washington,

   

contest favored that famous old
rail-splitter, “Honest Abe.” Since
a boy I have ,always thought Abra-
» ham Lincoln the greatest man this

country has ever known. Not that

Washington was anything but a
 great man or was unworthy to be
M called "Father of his country.” No
indeed. But Lincoln came from the
simple life, with poor parents, and
was obliged to work hard and edu-
cate himself. I think children from
the country are more inclined to fa-
vor Lincoln because one associates
him with farming, more than George
Washington, while city children may
look upon the latter as the greatest.

The judges decided Norma Rice,
Hartford R. 1, Box 85, sent in the
most convincing argument in favor
of her choice, Lincoln, and awarded
her first prize which consisted of a
fountain' pen. A champion of Wash-
ington..,Hattie Laughbaum, of Pells-
ton, was a close second, and carried
off the box of paints offered.

Well, as I promised you, we are
beginning another contest in this
issue. It is one of those popular
“What’s Wrong in This Picture”
contests and I hope you will all try
to win—UNCLE NED.

Our Boys and Girls

 

 

 

 

Dear Uncle Nedz—As I enjoy the Chil-
dren's Hour very much I thought I would
write again. I have written twice but
have never seen my letters in print, so

«I hope Mr. Waste Paper Basket will be

asleep when this letter arrives. I will
describe myself as I suppose you have
forgotten my description which I wrote
before. I have blue eyes, dark brown
hair, bobbed and shingled, I am about
five feet and two inches tall and weigh
eightysfour pounds.

I am in the seventh grade and am
eleven years old and to anybody guess-
ing when my birthday is, I will write a
very long letter and send them my pic-
ture. I live on a three hundred and
twenty acre farm and have a mile and a
quarter to go to school.

My mother is in Ann Arbor Hospital
with lupus and I am staying home, but
my grandmother is keeping house for us.
I have three brothers and one sister. I
will close for this time. From your want-
to—be-niece.———Lela Merle Johnson, R3,
Marion, Michigan.
~I am very sorry to learn of the illness
of your mother and hope that she is get-
ting well rapidly. I know you must be
lonesome without her. _

Dear Uncle Ned:-I received your but—
ton you sent me and I surely was a happy
girl. Do you know where it is this very
minute? “Well, maybe you can’t guess
so I will tell you; it is right on my dress.
I love to have clubs. In our school I
'have been the president of the health
club in 1925 and 1926 until a few weeks
ago. I could not keep order with the
boys so I had to give it up.

Say Uncle Ned do you like to draw

and color pictures? I do. If you think
you would like to see one or two of the
pictures I made I will send them. I did
not get ready to help the contest for I
did not know until last night if I could
be a. member. Your niece—Verna Court—
ney, Portland, Michigan.
—I never could draw pretty pictures but
I always did like to look at them. If you
will draw some with pen and ink (black
ink) maybe we can print some of them.
What do you say to that?

Dear Uncle Ned:——I have never written
to you before, but I would like to join
your merry circle. I live on a farm of
113 acres and have lots of fun. We have
3. Graham truck, one car, two tractors
and two horses. In the spring, Uncle
Ned. I will send you a picture of our
tractors and team at work in one field.
I guess I will describe myself. I am

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\Vc asked that city artist who has made two or three pictures
for us if he could draw one of circus day for our page and he

I attended a circus last summer and I remember all
This is the picture he made for us, and, like the
others he made, it is full of errors. He must be very forgetful or
careless to make so many mistakes.
I am going to ofier three prizes to see who can find all
of the mistakes. First prize Will be $3 in cash, second and third
$1 each, or a hotel of $5, and your list of mistakes must reach me
by 1:00 P. M., April 24, the closing hour. Each one of the first
twenty-five to send in their list will receive one of our new but-
tons, if they haven’t already received one.
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fifteen years old and am not going to
school. I am five feet six inches tall,
have brown hair and blue eyes. I like
to read the M. B. F. very much and like
the Children's Hour very much.

I raised some pumpkins, corn andsome
brown corn and got first prize at the
Saginaw County Fair. I raised the
pumpkin and it weighed 101 pounds.
That was the biggest pumpkin in the
show. For the first prize I got $2.50
prize and sold it for $2.00 and made
$4.50 but this year I am going to grow
a lot of things for the fair. I bet, Uncle
Ned, that the cousins did not raise such
a pumpkin on their farm. This year I
am going to raise five different kinds
of pumpkins for the fair, the large kind.

I must close because the letter is so
long and I hope Mr. Waste Basket is
full. So good—bye. Your nephew.-—-Julius
Seamon, R5, Saginaw, E., Michigan.
—That surely was “some” pumpkin al-
right I’ll bet you would try to raise a
lot of them if you could get $4.50 for
each one, wouldn’t you? Hope you have
good luck at the fair this year. Do not
forget to send me the picture you
promise.

My Dear Uncle Ned:——I suppose you
would like to hear from me again I sure

do enjoy writing to you. I now write to
several boy friends and I do enjoy my
paper. We now are making maple syrup
and I help to gather the sap and wish
all my pals and Nncle Ned would come
and help scrape the pan.

Well, Mr. Waste Basket I hope you
don’t catch me this time. With good luck
to you all. Your friend—Harold McKay,
South Haven, Michigan, R5, Box 124.

——You make me hungry when you talk
of gathering sap to make sugar. I‘m
sorry I cannot accept your kind invi-
tation.

Dear Uncle NEdz—l B'Ve‘fecéivéd‘you‘r
welcome letter and pin and was glad to
hear from you. I could not write sooner
because I was busy in school so you will
have to forgive me for this time. I like
to go to school. I have a very good
the teacher and I think that is why every-
one likes to go to school. I am in the
eighth grade and am fourteen years of
age. We take THE BUSINESS Futures
and like it very much. I enjoy reading
the Children's Hour.

I am going to name all the books I
read out of your list of books. "Little
Women”, by Louisa May Alcott; “Rob—
inson Crusoe", by Daniel Defoe; “Ander-
son's Fairy Tales", "Alice in Wonder-

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Mallory; “Water Babies”, by
Charles Kingsley; “Little Men", by Louisa
M. Alcott; “Gulliver’s Travels”, by John-
athan Swift: "Boy's life of Abraham
Lincoln", by Henen Nicoloy; “Huckle-
berry Finn", by Mark Twain; "The Prince
and the Pauper", by Mar-1r Twain;
“Grimm’s 'Fairy Tales”; “Joan of Arc", _
by T. M. Boutent DeMonroel; "Man With-
out a Country", by Edward Everett Hale;
"Dog of Flanders", by Onida. That
makes twenty books out of the list of
thirty-nine. -

Well I must close hoping the waste
paper basket is asleep when this letter
reaches you. Your niece—«Anna Meholic.
Middloville, Michigan.

—-—I am pleased to know Anna. that you
have read so many of the books given in
the list and I hope you will plan to read
the others.

Dear Uncle Ned :—Have you room for
one more? I would like to join your
circle. I will describe myself. I have
dark brown hair and brown eyes and I
am four feet, five inches tall. I am in
the fourth grade at school and am ten
years old. I have not got very far to
go to school. My aunt lives in the next
house from ours. I like it on the farm.
The name of it is the Valley Fruit Farm.
There is eighty-flve"‘acres on it. I help
pick the fruit in summer and fall. We
raise all kinds of flowers.

Well, I must close hoping Mr. Waste
Basket will not gobble this letter. Your
niece—Doris Cochran, Route 8, Allegan,
Michigan.

 

 

Dear Uncle Nedz—I received my pin a
week ago and also your letter. I like
the pin very much. I think the ones who
chose "Do Your Best” have very good
ideas. This is the first letter I have
written, so I hope Mr. Waste basket has
just got dinner down.

Well I guess I will describe myself.
I am five feet tall. I am neither fat or
thin. I am thirteen years old and in the
eighth grade. I have brown hair and
blue eyes, and medium complexion.

Well, Uncle Ned, don’t you think these
days go fast? I certainly do. I live on
a forty acre farm. I like the farm very
much.

We take THE MICHIGAN Busnmss
FARMER and I certainly like to read it.
I wish it was a daily paper. Well, I
must leave room for some one else so
will say good-bye. From your want—to-
be niece—Henrietta Yonkman, Lucas,
Michigan.

-—Well, well, so you would like to have
M, B. come every day. Maybe you
wouldn’t like it so well if it did.

 

Dear Uncle Ned :-—Having had one let—
ter in print, here I am again. I started
to go to high school, but had to quit on
account of my mother’s illness.

I wish We could have more contests.
Every two weeks would be fine. Cousins,
let’s live up to our club colors. Be loyal
to your club and help it to become bigger
and better. To do this we must write in-
teresting letters, have discussions, etc.
Will close with love. Your niece.-——A.nna
Smella, R F. D. 1, Standish, Mich.
-—That’s it, Anna, boost for our club, and
write interesting letters whenever you
can get the time. Your suggestions are
always welcome, same as suggestions
from any of the girls and boys.

 

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What is the best tree for res rving
order?—-!I‘he birch. p 8

Why is a watch the most difficult
thing to stea17—Because it must be taken
off its guard.

Why is there never anybody at home in
a. convent?—Because it is an (n) unin-

' habited place.

Why does a person who is not good-
looking make a better carpenter than
one who is ?—Because he is a deal plainer.

Why is shoemaking the easiest of
trades?-——Because the boots are always
soled before they are made.

How can a gardener become thrifty?
—-By making the most of his thyme, and
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N order to. oknow what it is, and
how to use ‘it, one should have
some idea of how it is made, and

out of what materials. The sources
of fertility in'fertilizer is obtained
from two groups of materials, the
first from basic materials from the
earth and air and the other from the
by-products of the industries. In
the first group, or the earth and air,
we get our nitrogen from Nitrate of
Soda, Illinois Coal, “such as Ford's
Ammonium Sulphate," Nitrate of
Potash, Nitrate of Lime and Cyan-
amid, or the Nitrogen taken from the
air the Mussel Shoals way.

We get our Phosphorus from Ap-
atite, South Carolina Phosphate,
Utah and Wyoming Phosphates.

We get our Potash from German
Potash salts, Nitrate of Potash, Sul-
phate of Potash, Kanit Double Man-
ure Salts, Sylvinit, Nitrate of Pot-
ash and Feldspar, and we get our
Sulphur from Brimstone, Pyrites,
and Sulphur bearing ores.

In the second group or b‘y—pro-
ducts of the industries we get our
Nitrogen from Sulphate of Amonia,

Dried Blood, Tankage, Cottonseed
Meal, Linseed Meal, Castor Bean
Pumice, Bone, Hoof Meal, Horn

Meal, Fish Waste, Hair, Wool Waste,
Leather Scrap and Garbage.

We get our Potash from Seed
Meals, Ground Tobacco Stems and
various other By-Products.

As you run, over the second group
of materials you will find that they
comprise a saving of actual plant
food that has been in one way or the
other raised on the land and has in
turn been sold.

This conservation of waste repre-
sents a large percentage of the fer—
tilizer business of America, and this
'material is very readily available for
plant use. Nitrogen is the most ex-
pensive element in Commercial Fer-
tilizer, it is the element that governs
the growth of the plants and its
lack is usually shown by the plants
pale green or yellow color.

Nitrate of Soda runs about 15%
nitrogen and the nitrogen is prac-
tically all soluble. Cyanamid car-
ries 20%. This is the nitrogen tak—
en from the air as was being done
at Mussel Shoals. It is estimated
that there is 35,000 tons hanging
over each acre of ground, and we
have a means of getting some of
this by the growing of legumes that
have the bacteria, such as clover,
soybeans, cow peas, alfalfa, etc., and
this is the cheapest source of nitro-
gen for us.

Going back to the manufacture of
Fertilizer, these materials of the dif-
ferent groups are scientifically mix—
ed, so as to carry a certain amount
of the various plant foods, that you
will find printed on the bags, and
the amount of each material actual—
ly available to the plant providing
that the moisture conditions are
right for the plant to use it.

Acid Phosphate is madefiy treat-
in ground plhosphate rock With 50%
sulphuric acid which process liber-
ates the phosphorus and make it
available for plant use. Acid Phos-
phate or any kind of Phosphorus;
its function is to mature the grain
and it also under certain conditions
stimulates the growth of the plant.

Potash supplies the straw and
stalk and plays a large part in the
proper developement of the plant.

The issue of Commercial Fertiliz-
er hinges on flhe fact that it supplies
the plant, food, in addition to the
supply that you may have and to a
certain extent have got in your soil.
If used as it should be, in relation
to the plant food you already have
it will promote a better growth of
any crop, and the fact is apparent
that where its function is learned
you find that it is being used year
after year, and in greater quantities.

Belgium, Holland, Denmark and
Germany uses it constantly and their
average wheat yield is 83 bu per A
to ours of 13 bu. and there soil has
been farmed for nearly a thousand
years. ‘

Fertilizer can be profitably used
on corn. oats, and wheat when the

increase or yieldwill cover 'th coast
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age increase would not warrant \its
use would be poor policy or the use
of to large application on‘ crops that
their increase would not cover the
cost of the Fertilizer. The cheapest
element in Fertilizer is “Acid Phos—
phate” and throughout Michigan it
is the most deficient in the soil.
This is the reason that it is recom-
mended by the M. S. C. and other
investigators in crop needs. There
is very few soils in Michigan that
would not be benefited by its use.
Potash is used very much on muck
soils and also on sandy soil, but on
most clay soils there is usually
enough for crop needs it it was avail-
able, clay ground ,contains from 20,-
000 to 50,000 lbs. to the acre. Some—
times on this type of soil some potash
in addition is usually a good thing

‘ especially on young clover seedings.

The Fertilizer question is a prob-
lem for every farm and only by
trials in actual crop practices can its
value be determined.

It is well to remember that the
higher the percentage of elements
in the analysis the cheaper it will
be for the actual plant food con-
tained therein.

A 1—8-1 Fertilizer will cost more
to use the same amount of plant
food per acre as a high grade such
as a 2-16-2. It will take two tons
of the former to equal one of the
latter and the two tons will cost
quite a lot more than the one ton.

This is too big a subject to cover
in one short article but I hope that
I have cleared up some points in its
use.

PUTTING ON THE LIME

I have a field that I planted to
beans last year and in the fall I
drilled it with wheat and would have
liked to have sown lime on it then
but couldn’t. Now do you think
that if I sow 500 pounds of agricul-
ture lime per acre this spring it will
burn the wheat? I have been told
it would. I want to seed it with al-
falfa using wheat as cover crop.—
J. L., Jerome, Mich.

IVE hundred pounds of hydrated
lime will not injure your wheat
but if your ground is sour five

hundred pounds will help but it is
not enough to assure you a stand
of alfalfa. It takes nearly three—
fourths as much agricultural lime
or hydrated to be equivalent to fine
ground lime stone and in this case
it would amount to 750 pounds of
this material where you would need
from one ton to four according to
the sourness for your soil. Lime
should be worked in the soil to get
the best results.

FERTILIZER FOR POTATOES

I .would like to know what kind

of fertilizer you would recommend
to be used on potato ground. The
soil is sandy, or would it be better
to put on lime? Also would like to
know about the market for potatoes.
e-—~C. H., Pittsford, Mich.

N excellent potato fertilizer is
one that analyses approximate-
ly three to four per cent nitro-

gen, ten to twelve per cent phos-
phoric acid and five per cent potash.
This should be used at the rate of
approximately 600 pounds to the
acre. It should be applied shortly
before potato planting. If the soil
at planting time is very dry it is

.not good practice to place the fer-

tilizer in the furrow with the po-
tatoes at a higher rate than about
400 pounds per acre. The remain—
ing fertilizer can be applied broad—
cast and worked into the soil. Where
fertilizer is applied and a fertilizer
attachment is attached to the pota-
to planting machine the grower
should always see that the fertilizer
does not come in contact with the
seed pieces since it is very apt to
kill the growing sprouts.

Fertilizer should be regarded as a
supplement to ‘stable manure which
generally should be applied in the
fall or winter preceding planting. If
possible the potato crop should fol-
low alfalta or sweet clover in ro-
tation so that the soil will be well
filled with organic matter.

Potatoes grow quite well on acid
soil: In» order, however, to growh
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SPRING’I'IME ON THE. FARM
By Grace Young Howe
What’s causing this hurry, and scurry

and flurry
And stir by an early alarm?
.As sunrise draws near, merry voices

you'll hear,
It is springtime down on the farm.

 

The roosters are growing, the cattle are
lowing,

They‘re tired of corn fodder and hay,

They stand by the gate and can scarcely
wait

Till they go to the woods each day.

The boys have been wishing each day
that they might go fishing,

The creek seems to call them that way.

But seed oats must be cleaned, the pigs
mu'st be weaned,

Theres no time for leisure today.

Mother is humming but the tractor is
bumming,

So father is worried and cross,

He would hitch up the team but hates to
be seen

With it and an idle iron hoss.

Bobby thinks it is fun after turkeys to
run

And oftimes he looses his hat,

But he finds new clues and brings back
the good news,

A turkey nest down in the flat.

When the supper is ce’r then each child
has his chore

From little Jim up to big Ray,

When the chores are all done and the
night has begun,

They quietly beat it for the hay.

It is not all toil and care as some are
aware,

For farm life has many a charm,

There is love and content and hours well
spent.

When it’s springtime down on the farm.

HOW TO TA Kill SHINE FROM
SEAMS AND HEMS
HINY seams often appear 011
woolly garments after they
have been cleand and pressed.
Much of this shininess can be avoid—
ed if the right method of pressing is
used.

To press wool one should place a
Woolen cloth on the ironing board
and then lay the right side of the
wool material on the cloth. Place a
heavy piece of muslin cloth the
heavier the better on top of the'wool
material. A piece of canvas is ex—
cellent because it can be dampened
evenly and without wrinkling. It
may be dry for pressing damp wool,
but when used for pressing seams,
hems, and finishes it should be dam-
pened. Never leave the iron in one
spot; keep it moving. Do not press
entirely dry; if pressed until dry the
seams will probably shine. Hang the
garment where there is good circu-
lation of air until it is thoroughly
dry. Fold plaits and pin each plait
to ironing board. Remove pins and
press again to remove pin marks.

To remove shine from garment,
sponge the parts with ammonia wa-
ter (one tablespoon of household
ammonia to one pint of water).
Place the right side of the garment
on the cloth, cover with dampened
canvas cloth, and iron until almost
dry. Remove the cloth and brush
the garment with a stiff brush to
raise the nap.

Bagginess at knees of trousers
and skirts or at elbows of coats may
be shrunk out by spreading the gar~
ment flat on a board, placing a well
dampened canvas cloth on the bag-
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OUNGSTERS who need more
milk but who will not drink it
may be induced to drink their

daily portion in milk shakes and
malted milks. The following sug—
gestions for home-made milk drinks
are taken from a special circular
used in the 1926 Nebraska exten—
sion project in foods: For straw—
berry milk shake, mix two table—
spoons of strawberry syrup with one
cup of chilled milk. Make the syr-
up from canned strawberries or
strawberry jam, or by combining
half as much sugar as fresh fruit in
a mixture which must be cooked
until the berries are softened. Rasp-
berry or cherry syrup may be used
instead of the strawberry. Caramel
or chocolate syrups may also be
used. For chocolate malted milk,
make a chocolate syrup by boiling
together one cup of sugar, one-half
cup of water, and one square of cho-
colate, put three tablespoons of
milk in a glass and add enough hot
water to dissolve the malted milk,
then add two tablespoons of the

  

 

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man wishes to make sales.

his market.

tom of feet.

in feet. These are very
sensible rules and well
worth following. Comfort
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'ADeDMment for the W911 -
Edited by MRS. ANNIE manor:

EAR FOLKS: I once heard a. doctor say that when a person’s

.fcet were sick they were sick all over.

this statement and think you do too if you have had any trouble
with your feet. People with troublesome feet would be interested in
a circular on good-fitting shoes for the family recently issued by the
University of Wisconsin from which the following rules are taken:
Buy shoes for comfort as well as looks; Help children to keep normal
feet; Relieve pressure—-which causes corns, caucuses and ingrowing
toe nails—with good-fitting shoes and hosiery; Remember, a sales-
Do not buy unless he has a shoe that
fits; Remember, a manufacturer changes the style of shoes to enlarge
You may help to control the style by always buying a
shoe that is built on correct lines; Keep shoe trees in shoes when they
are not in use; Protect the shoes in wet weather; Buy stockings with
broad toes and a good length; Avoid stockings with seams on bot-
This applies to stockings made in the home as well
as to those purchased; Save time, prevent flat feet, and build strong
arches by walking with toes pointed straight ahead; Exercise muscles

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Address letters: Mrs. Annie Taylor, care The Business Farmer, Mt. clement. Michigan.

 
  
  
 

   
  
 

 

 

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chocolate syrup and beat the mix-
ture with an egg beater. Fill the
glass with cold milk and beat again.
If ice cream is available and can be
beaten into the drink. it is better
than the cold milk.

MUMPS

HILE doing some shopping,
v; a physician overheard a wo-

man talking in the most sym—
pathetic manner to another. It was
the more interesting in that the wo—
man who was giving the advice was
a salcswoman. She was a sensible
looking and a sensible talking per-
son and the doctor listened, with-
out a thought of being rude.
“Mumps!” said the salcswoman
while she swiftly and automatically
wrote out the ordcr slip. “Mumps
is not pleasant and can give rise to
rather serious symptoms. I should
put him to bed if I were you and
send for your doctor. It isn’t any-
thing to be worried about, but you
should see that he has good care. I
know, because I have just been tak-
ing care of my boy with the same
thing.”

Another woman spoke up~—one
who was standing by, waiting for a
parcel. “My child had a peculiar
case of mumps. All the little glands
under her chin and along her neck
were swollen.”

“That is unusual,” said the sales—
woman. “Mumps is a disease of
the gland just in front of the ear.
W’as that swollen too?”

“Oh, no indeed. but I am sure it
was the mumps, however.”

Of course, by that time the phy—
sician took a hand if one can take
a hand in a conversation—and told
them that the saleswoman was cor—
rect. Mumps is a disease—an infec—
tions disease of the parotid gland

 

which is located just in front of the
ear on both sides. The glands of
the neck and under the Chin may be
swollen also, because they pick up
a little of the infection too. Some—
times there is a spreading of the in-
fection and by devious ways the
ovaries in girls and the correspond—
ing organs in boys may become in-
flamed. To avoid this last compli—
cation, it is wise to put the patient
to bed for a few days, and if neces—
sary, until the swelling has entirely
disappeared.

A physician should take care of a
case of mumps so that his skill and
knowledge may prevent any further
trouble from developing. There are
many little points too about the diet,
and the best way to feed these pa-
tients who find great difficulty in
opening the mouth. Sometimes the
pain becomes very acute and seda-
tives are called for. Here also the
doctor can ease the patient as no
one else can.

And, by the way, if there is no
swelling in the gland in front of the
ear but only in the heck and under
the chin, a physician should be sent
for at once. The chances are that
the trouble is not mumps but some-
thing else, and not always an un—
menacing thing eitheri—Dr. B. S.
Herben.

 

SOME NOVEL \VAYS OF
USING SACKS
HE question is often asked,
“What use can I make of sugar,
flour or grain sacks?” This
question can be answered in a vari—
ety of ways. '

Attractive pillow tops and rugs
can be made from gunny sacks.
Since these sacks are a very open
weavepdesigns in cross stitch with
yarn can easily be made. Patterns of

 

 

meshes to the inch.

 

FlLET EDGING

 

This design for a filet edging is suitable for many purposes. It
would look paiticularly well around the outside edge of a bed-
spread, Or for the end of a pair of pillow slips.
the bedspread work with heavy thread and gauge the stitches
so that there are five or six meshes to the inch. If used for pillow
slips use fine thread and gauge the stitches so that there are eight

If used for

 

 

 

 

 

nan stitch .¢‘

‘ ‘ ‘als‘o be worked, \
bright colors. "11 the seek is very
flimsy, a. piece "of material ' can be
stitched to the sack to help keep, it

 

in place. -

When grain sacks are laundered
they lose some of their stiffness and
can be used in a number of ways.
An excellent heavy laundry bag can
be made from a grain sack by simply
running a draw string in the top.
A larger hem may be turned or eye-
lets made about three inches do“
from the top.

A good serviceable roller towel
can be made from a grain sack. Cut
off or open the hem at the top. Cut
down each side lengthwise; do not
cut double lower end of sack; stitch
the two top edges of sack together.
Flat felled seams are best to use.
Hem the two long edges.

Sugar sacks and flour sacks are
perhaps the most common used in
the household. Small salt sacks may
also be used to advantage. Here is
a list of clothing and household ar-
ticles that might be made from flour,
sugar or salt sacks:

Wearing apparel: dresseshaprons,
night gowns, slips, men’s shirts,
boys’ shirts, baby dresses and petti-
coats, handkerchiefs, rompers or
boys' blouses.

Household furnishings and kit-
chen supplies: dresser scarf or set,
lunch cloth and napkins, table
cloths, doilies, towels, wash cloths,
porch pillow covers, tea towels, hold-
ers. pads, and dish cloths.

FRENCH CHALK FOR CLEANING
WALL PAPER
HEN some members of the
family have been unfortunate
enough to spot the wall paper
with furniture polish, don’t waste
any time fretting or scolding about
it. Instead of that apply some
French chalk as quickly as possible.
If you haven’t any on hand, perhaps
you live near enough to the drug
store to get some in a short time.
Spread newspapers on the floor, then
take a cloth and pack the dry chalk
(as much as you can make stick) on
each spot. Allow it to remain on
the spot about twenty-four hours,
then brush off. If any of the spot
remains, pack on fresh, dry chalk.
This treatment may not remove
spots made 'by all polishes, but it is
usually successful. Furthermore,
there is nothing in the chalk that
will do any harm to the most deli-
cate wallpaper.

FOR THE ROADSIDE MARKET

0U women who have roadside

markets can do well by prepar-

ing jelly pickles, jams, etc., in
jars or glasses and put them on dis-
play among your vegetables. Tour-
ists like such things especially if
home made. Of course, you would
have to ask enough to cover jelly
glasses and jars as they would want
to take them along. Fresh butter-
milk and cottage cheese would also
sell but must be kept free from
dust—Mrs. M., Kalamazoo County.

 

 

Personal Column

 

 

Wants Receipe,—I would like to ask if
anyone knows how' to make the good
kind of chop suey, so if anyone knows
a good recipe please lend it to me—Mrs.
H. W., Johannesburg, Michigan.

Mittens From Fur Pocket of Old Coat.
-———After finishing my Saturday’s work and
had my supper dishes washed, I sat down
to read THE BUSINESS FARMER and turn-
ing to the womne’s department, I could
not help but take my pencil and paper
and write a few lines. The suggestion
of Mrs. G. M., is all right. I made a
lovely pair of mittens for my grand-
child this Christmas out of a fur pocket
of an old coat, the palm and bottom of
thumb out of a blanket, the top of an
old rib bed stalking just like men’s can—
vas gloves and they could nat believe
grandma made them.

One of my daughters came home and
said, "Why, mother, that pea soup smells
and looks so good. Mine doesn’t look
like that, it is always so watery.” I told
her to use boiling water when her soup
got too thick and her trouble would be
ended. She told me later that my ad-
vlce‘ had helped.

I am most .always in the house on ac-
count of poor health and bad roads, but
don't mind it very much if I have some-
thing to do. I keep busy part of the
time with the house work, but I love
sewing especially‘on quilts, but havevno
pieces to sew. Would like to know if
some one could help me by giving me
some information as to where I could
get some? Will be glad -to. hear from

some one—nu. A. pioneer. m. Alli-1110. “

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When the Bride Reaches the Bride—
groom.—'—-As the bride reaches the bride-
groom (yvho is waiting for her or has
stepped forward to meet her) she with-
draws her hand or arm from the arm of
her father (who steps back), and hand-
ing her bouquet either to her maid of
honor, or shifting it from her right to
her left- hand, she offers her right hand
to the bridegroom. The bridegroom takes
her right hand in his, and draws.it
through his left am. As he does so he
tui‘fis, so that both front the clergyman
and chancel. If the bride prefers (and

AIDS TO GOOD DRESSING

 

 

 

4851. A Stylish floats—Top coats are ever
serviceable and practical. The model here por-

trafled is good for any of this season's coat ma-
ter is, and very smart in ta eta. The Pattern
is out n 6 izes: 34, . 38, 40, _42 and .44
i h bust measure. A inch size requires

no ea 38
3% yards of 40 inch materiaL

6341. Vouthful and Attractive Modei.—Cr_epe
satin, or velvet would be suitable for this design.
It is also good for wool rep or faille silk. The
Pattern is cut in lizes; 14. 6. 18 and 20
years. A 6 year size requires 3% yards .of
40 inch material, With M; yard of contrasting
madterial to face the collar and a belt 1% inches
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5338. Sim ie Apron Style.—_-Sateen, unbleach-
ed muslin. dri l, cretonne or dine“ may be us
for this stlye. The Pattern is cut in one size:
Medium. It will require 1% yard of 30 inch
material. '

5419. School Dress.——Wool rep with plaid

woolen or hnene for collar and cuffs would be
nice for this model. It is also a good style for
wash materials. The Pattern is cut in_ 4 Sizes:
, 6, 8 and 10 years. To make as illustrated
in the large view, for a 10 year Size, Wlll require

2% yards of 36 inch material with ‘4 yard of
contrasting material for collar and cuffs.

5332

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model is most desirable for stout figures, .
be finished with shaped shoulders or _w1tli a mum ‘
The Pattern is cut in 9 Sizes: 38, 40,
and 54 inches bust mea-
0. yards of

inch material if made with shaped shoulders. It

85. A Comfortable

t .
1021? 491‘: 46, 48. 50, 52 ,
our A 42 inch size requires 3%

made with camisole top-as shown in the large
View 8 yards will be required.

I832. A stylish Wrap.-—Velvet, satin, kasha,
brocade or metal cloth, could .be used for-this
' n. Fur or fur fabrics, maribou or embmidery
could be used for trimming. The fronts may be
turned back to form revere, or may be lapped
and closed to the neck edge as shown in.the
small view. The Pattern is out 4 Sizes:
Small, - ; Medium, 38-40; 42-44;
xtra Large, _ bust measure. A
edium size requires 3% ards of, 54 inch ma-
terial. To trim as illustra ed in the large view
will require 2% yards of fur banding 7 inches
do or % yard of fur fabric 54 inches Wide.

ALL PATTERNS 13c EACH-—
, 2 FOR 25c POSTPAID

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Order from this, or former muei of The Business
Farmer, slvlns number and also your
name and address plainly.

Adams all, orders for patterns to
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at rehearsal) she may simply hold the
bridegroom's hand while she faces the
clergyman, instead of taking his arm in
the more formal manner.

 

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God created man in his own image.—
Gen. 1:27.

To declare that you are well is to tell
the exact truth. You are not flesh, but
rather the ray of divine light that, shin—
ing upon flesh, makes it appear alive.
This “You" is spiritual, and cannot be
sick.

 

 

Recipes

 

 

Apple Custard Pie.-—-Nearly everybody
likes good pie. Here is a dandy apple
custard pie. One cup hot apple sauce,
one heaping cup of sugar, half cup c01d
water, two tablespoons of flour, two eggs,
pinch of salt, mix sugar, flour, water and
eggs all together and beat. Save white
of one egg back for on top. When you
have this all mixed good stir into the
hot applesauce and let cook until thick,
but don’t let it burn. When thick add
one teaspoon of lemon extract. Put in
crust, put on egg frosting and let brown.
Try this, it goes like hot cakes in the
hotels. This makes only one pie—Mrs.
H. W., Johannesburg, Michigan.

Marshmallows—Soak two level table-
spoons gelatin in seven tablespoons of
water. Cook two cups granulated sugar
and ten tablespoons water until it spins
a thread. Put the gelatin on a platter
and pour the melted sugar over it. Add
one-half teaspoon of vanilla and beat
until smooth, or about twenty minutes.
Pour into square pans well buttered and
set aside till solid. Then turn out on a
board covered with granulated sugar.
Cut in squares and keep in tin boxes or
tight jars.

 

Onion Syrup.——Slice onions and sprinkle
generously with sugar, bake in the oven
without browning until soft, and strain
through a coarse cheese cloth. If it is
intended for grown-ups or older children
it is all right without straining. The
dose is from one-half teaspoonful to one
tablespoon four or five times a day.—
Mrs. H., Eaton County.

Several Recipes.—-I desire to thank you
very much for a personal reply to my re-
cent inquiry concerning delivering tele-
grams and to show my appreciation have
copied some cake recipes requiring one
egg or less requested by Mrs. 8., Auburn.
Also, in reply to Mrs/13., Portland, will
say, to can pumpkin can only by cold
pack method, either by cutting in small
pieces and packing in can with very
little or no water and process three
hours, or cook as for use and pack in
cans and process one hour.

Coffee Cake.——One cup sugar, one egg.
one-half cup shortening, one—half cup sour
milk, one-half cup coffee, one-half tea-
spoon nutmeg, one teaspoon cloves, one
teaspoon vanilla, one teaspoon soda, three
scant cups flour, one cup raisins.

Buttermilk China—0118 cup brown
sugar, one-third cup shortening, one cup
buttermilk, one teaspoon cinnamon, one
nutmeat, two teaspoons soda, one cup of
raisins, two cups flour.

Cheap Fruit Cake.——One cup sugar,
brown, one—fourth cup butter, one cup
buttermilk, one teaspoon soda, one tea-
spoon cinnamon, one teaspoon cloves, one

teaspoon allspice, one tablespoon mo-
lasses, one cup raisins, two level cups
flour.

Brown Stone Trout—«Yolk of one egg,
two squares grated chocolate, one-half
cup sweet milk, boil together until thick
then add two tablespoons butter, one and
one—half cup brown sugar, one-half cup
sweet milk, one teaspoon soda, one tea-
spoon vanilla, flour to thicken.

Coffee may be used in place of sour
milk in any dark cake where soda is
used.—-Mrs. B. L., Macomb County.

Canning Grapefruit—«This week I Can-
ned some grape fruit. My first attempt
at it. I peeled, seeded and removed
everything not eatable, rolled the pieces
in sugar and packed in sterilized pint
cans, poured a hot syrup (sugar and
water) over two cans, put on cover and
rubber and put away. Two cans I put
in canner after putting in syrup one hour.
NOW I shall watch and see how it comes
out—Mrs. R. S., Indiana. Harbor, Indiana.

Molasses Cake.-—Beat one egg; add 1/2
cup sugar, 1/2 cup lard, 1A2 cup molasses,
1 cup boiling water containing 1 teaspoon
soda, 1 teaspoon allspice, and 2 cups of
sifted flour. Bake in moderate oven.—
Mrs. M., Saginaw County.

 

 

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Good nature is one sign of good health.

Omelets cook to perfection in a mod-
erately slow oven, at from 300 to 350 .de-
grees Fahrenheit.

Teach the child to know his own prop-
erty before expecting him to share it
with others.

Are the ornaments over the fireplace
beautiful enough to be worth dusting fifty-
two times a year? ‘

 

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General Electric
equipment has eased
burdens and in-
creased profits of
modern industry.

In sections where
farms are electrified
you will also find
the G-E Farm Book
used as a guide. Ask
your electric power
company for a copy
or write us at Sche-
nectady, N. Y.

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in the morning—and the day’
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two calves a close chase for top
honors.

Mr. Eldon Bruce, cow testerfor
Tuscola No. 1 has this to say about
club work, “I have found that club
heifers have left a lasting impres-
sion in localities where they have
been placed. In every case, they are
among the leaders of the herds they
go into.”

An incident worth relating hap-
pened at the Cass City fair in 1924.
The club heifers were about to be
judged and a large group of farm—
ers were on hand to witness it. Mr.
Pearson, the assistant state club
leader, placed the awards and did
a splendid job of it. After the
judging, someone in the crowd
spoke up and said that he thought
the judge must have had a beef an—
imal in mind in placing the blue rib-
bon where he did. The animal in
question was a little coarse over the
shoulder but otherwise was a splen-
did type of dairy animal with a
straight rump and plenty of middle
for a heifer. Since freshening, she
has given as high as 41 pounds of
3.5 milk in a day. From the local
fair, she went to Caro and then to
Bay City the following week where
different judges placed her first and
Junior Champion. At Detroit in
club work she was grand champion
female, and in the open class fourth
in competition with the leading
herds of the country. In 1925 she
again was grand champion female in
club work and placed fifth as a two
year old in milk at Detroit. The
heifer that was too beefy to be a
good dairy cow had done the unex-
pected and has made to date about
$100 for her proud owner besides
giving a good quantity of milk for
a two year old.

As a general rule, pigs are over—
fed and cattle underfed. Our best
gilt at Detroit last fall gained at
the rate of 1.32 pounds per day for
ninety days while a litter mate
starting at the same weight but fed
a heavier ration was not good
enough to take farther than the 10—
cal fair. She was in the last five
pigs in a class of twelve and had
gained at the rate of 1.7 pounds per
day. One of the noted Chester
White breeders of the present day
had this to say about gains, “Tell me
what the pig weighs at three months
old and I will tell you whether she
has a chance in the show ring.”
Judges last fall were very partial to
gilts that were in just good growing
condition. There is less danger of
the hog going off its feet and a
much better chance to develop a
good framework in gilts of this type.

Must Feed Variety

I have found it hard to convince
the boys and girls starting out in
club work with a calf, that they
must feed a variety of feeds. After
they have been in competition with
animals that have had the feeds nec—
essary to get a maximum growth,
little trouble from this source is no—
ticeable. And right here is one of
the big benefits of the club work
project. Club members know what
the prize winning calf was fed on
and how it was handled. They
know what constitutes good con—
formation and where their calf is
lacking. This was very evident at
our drawing for calves last spring
when most of the second year boys
picked a straight thin heifer as their
choice of the ten heifers that were
distributed.
girl would have easily placed her
last in the class for she was any-
thing but attractive in her thin con-
dition. '

We find that best results come
from getting yearling heifers rather
than something smaller. At about
this age the animal is taking on the
form that we expect to find in the
mature animal. Then too, the feed—
ing of an older animal is not as
difficult as with a younger calf.

Exhibition Period

The exhibiting period is of course
an exciting time. Previous to this
event at intervals during the summer
the club members have met to dis-
cuss such matters as feeding, care
and showing of animals. The club
leader can direct feeding when visit-
ing the different projects, but the
training the animal gets‘ls left i
the boy and girl. It is a very imfl
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The average boy or.

is to go ‘to some of theu‘larger
I usually tell‘my club members that
there are just three individuals in
the ring—the judge, the animal he
is showing and himself. Never is
he allowed to talk to any one and
his personal appearance should be
for the occasion.

An incident that happened at the

1925 State Fair illustrates the value,

of Showmanship. One of my boys,
Raymond Wallace, was -showing a
Duroc gilt that previous to this time
had not been defeated in three
shows. She carried a fine back, had

‘ plenty of length and good feet but

showed some weakness over the
shoulder, especially while standing.
The pig club pigs were placed with
Raymond’s gilt placing fifth in a
class of sixteen gilts. The pigs that
placed ahead of her displayed splen-
did type and I think were litter
mates. The next day the open class
Durocs were to be judged and ,Ray—
mend insisted on showing his pig.
She was well trained and his plan
was to keep her moving while in the
ring and if possible cover up some
of her prominent shoulder. He was
successful for he left the ring with
the blue ribbon safely clutched in
one hand and is lead stick in the
other. In that ring were twenty-
seven gilts from four states. Show-
manship had won.

The student that completes a pro-
ject of this type learns more about
the business of farming because it
is his problem and not dad’s. He
feeds, cares for, and exhibits his an—
imal and everyone of these opera-
tions present some difl‘iculties to be
worked out in a practical way by
himself.

The successful farmer of tomor—
row must know how to keep records,
use best cultural methods, weigh
values, and last but not least come
to realize that farming is a business
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REMOVE WOOL FROM PEI/1‘

Would you please tell me how to
remove the wool from~the sheep
pelts that we have, after butcher—
ing? We have use for the wool but
do not care for the pelts. Would
like to do this at home if possible.
——C. L., Cedar, Mich.

HE following recipe
give good results
wool from fleeces: Soak until

very soft. Dissolve two ounces of
potash in one gallon of soft water,
and with this make a paste of equal
parts of lime and hard wood ashes.
Spread on the flesh side, roll flesh
sides together and lay skin in damp
place. Wool will start in two hours.
~——Geo. A. Brown, Professor of Ani—
mal Husbandry, M. S. C.

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publisher, editor, managing editor and the business
managers are: Pubhslicr, George .M. Slocum.
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. .WHAT EXPERIMENTS HAVE
SHOWN ‘ABOUT MINERALS

L NIMALS that are fed for high

condition for show purposes
often fail to breed when placed
in the breeding herd. This can be

accounted for in no other way than
by a disturbance of the mineral bal:

ance. The growth of muscle is
much faster than that of bone tis-
sue, yet no special provision is made

for a rapid development of the skel- ,
‘eton.

A mineral supplement proper-
ly balanced and prepared would pre-

vent many such irregularities with.

young, growing animals when fitting
them for show purposes.

Research workers at the agricul-
tural experiment station of the Uni-
versity of Wisconsin have found
that certain rations when fed to
cattle were not adequate for these
females to produce live, healthy
calves; such rations were supple-
mented .by substances containing
vitamines, which were then thought
to be the controlling factors in such
rations, but successful results were
not obtained. It was only upon the
addition ,of mineral supplements
that these rations became such that
the females produced strong,
healthy calves. It is now generally
conceded that many outbreaks of
abortion which were previously
thought to be contagious are caused
by feeding a ration that is too low
in mineral elements.

Very convincing evidence has
been secured by workers of the
United States Government Experi-
ment Farm at Beltsville, Maryland,
in increasing the production of the
dairy herd, by the addition of cal-
cium and phosphorus in their feed.
When these animals were supplied
with a generous supply of phosphor-
us in their feed the following lac-
tation period showed an average in-
crease in production of 39.7 per
cent over what was expected of them
from their previous records. There
was no other factor to which this
increase could have been attributed
aside from the use of phosphorus.
Heifers, as a rule, give a milk flow
corresponding to the manner in
which they make up udder before
freshening. Those animals that are
fed upon a ration that, is rich in
minerals, or to which mineral sup-
plements have been added, make up
udder over of considerable period of
time. This fact has been observed
at the United States Government Ex—
periment Farm. The workers at the
United States Dairy Experiment
Farm, say: “The results show,
therefore, that the cows of the gen—
eral herd at Beltsville suffered from
an insufficiency of either calcium or
phosphorus, or both, in their rations
through'their lives, both before their

first calves were born and after-A
ward.”

They say further: “The
bone-building elements can probably
be supplied in sufficient quantity in
two diiferent ways—either by feed—
ing the ordinary materials much
more liberally than the feeding
standards require, or by adding cal-
cium and phosphorus in the form of
inorganic salts directly to the ra-
tions. We are confident that the
latter method will finally be ado h
ed and will effect a great saving in
the cost of producing milk.” In
their summary they say: “But the
records from the general herd indi-
cate that, under the Beltsville rou-
tine, the animals never recovered

,,from the mineral shortage which

made itself evident in the first lac-
tation period." This supply means
that heifers which do not receive
enough minerals never give as much
milk as.they should.—Dr. George H.
Conn.

 

MICHIGAN COW WINS GOLD
AND SILVER MEDALS

. F. PROBERT of Jackson,
Michigan, has developed and
tested another outstanding dairy
cow in Veriella’s Sirona. This Jer-
sey cow now has three Register, of
Merit production records to' her
credit,.but the last one, which was
but: recently completed, is the best
' drth‘at-she has yet made.
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month of age, and in the following
365 days yielded 718.96 pounds of
butter-fat and 14,088 pounds of
milk. She made this record while
carrying calf, so she thus qualified
for both the Gold and the Silver
medals of the American Jersey
Cattle Club.

This splendid producer was first
tested as a yearling when she pro-
duced 485.99 pounds of butter-fat
and 8700 pounds of milk in 365
days. As a three-year-old she pro-
duced 359.44, pounds of fat and
6812 pounds of milk in 306 days.

Sirona’s sire is Variella’s Flying
Fox, a son of Oxford Daisy’s Flying
Fox. Her dam is the Register of
Merit cow, Oxford Daisy's Sirona,
another daughter of Oxford Daisy's
Flying Fox, a sire which has forty-
one daughters and three sons in the
Register of Merit.

KELLY AND SON MOVE
ANY of our readers will be in-
terested to know that L. C.
Kelly and , Son, breeders . and
exhibitors of Polled Shorthorn cat-
tle and Shropshire, Southdown and
Cheviot sheep, who have been pro-
prietors of Ridge Road Stock Farm,
near Plymouth, have sold out and
bought another farm near Marshall
where they will continued to breed
purebred stock. They purchased
the Arms Farm and have renamed
it River Side Stock Farm.

CORN TOO VALUABLE TO PUT
IN 81110?

In making a call on one of my
neighbors the other day, I noticed
his silo was empty although his
fields were full of corn. I ventured
to ask him why his silo was empty
and he replied that the corn was
too good this year to put in a silo.
Is this a fact or didn’t he use good
judgment? — Subscriber, Turner,
Mich.

CANNOT conceive of an instance
in which corn is “too good" to
put in a silo in Michigan.

There may be other legitimate
reasons for not filling the silo in
this particular instance, e. g., not
sufiicient livestock on the farm to
consume the ensilage, no ensilage
cutter with pOWer available, possibly
too muddy to cut and draw the corn
from the field, or use of the bulk of
the crop for seed.

The expense per unit of growing a
crop of corn for the silo can un<
questionably be reduced by produc—
ing a high tonnage per acre of ma-
tured high quality silage. In fact a
good many dairymen are satisfied to
sacrifice some on maturity to in—
crease the tonnage per acre by grow-
ing larger, later varieties.

If it is profitable to feed corn and
fodder to horses and cattle in the
dry form, putting that same crop in-
to the silo at the proper time does
not detract in any way from its total
nutrient value. In most cases the
increased cost of ensiling will be off-
set by the saving made over leav-
ing that same corn in the field. At
the proper time to ensile corn ap—
proximately 60 per cent of the nu-
tritive value of the crop is in the
ears and 40 per cent is in the fod-
der. It does not gain in value after
it reaches the glazed stage of matur-
ity, but it begins the process of hard—
ening down and releasing the sur-
plus moisture, which is necessary be-
fore the corn can be cribbed.

During weather conditions such
as we had last fall there is bound
to be a heavy loss both in the mold-
ing of the cribbed corn and spoilage
of the fodder.

Corn fodder loses very rapidly its
nutritive value after the corn is
husked on the-standing stalks. Corn
fodder is not all cleaned up by the
livestock on account of its woody, fi-
brous condition, even tho it is cut
and shocked, a considerable portion
of the laige butt ends of the stalks
being left in the manger to be
thrown out into the manure pile
where it makes forking of the ma-
nure difiicult.———J.' R. Duncan, In-
structor in Farm Crops, M. s. C.

   
  
  

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WING to the present day method
of housing cattle during the
winter months they are very
susceptible to what is known as
stoppage of the bowels of constipa-
tion, when as a matter of fact about

‘75 per cent of such cases are really

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mind of the owner of cattle when
they are thus afflicted is that they
are constipated and the old-fash-
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resorted to consisting usually of
salts or oil administered as a
drench. If one drench does not kill
or cure them they keep right on
giving these liquid drenches, admin-
istered with a long-necked bottle, as
shown in drawing.

Owing to the fact that when a
cow’s head is elevated and her
mouth is open it is next to impossi-
ble fo rthat animal to swallow for
the reason that the bottle is in her
mouth and oftentimes held there
until all the contents have been
drained.

It is a fact that the valve of the
gullet is always closed and the valve
of the Windpipe is always open ex-
cept during the act of swallowing,
at which time No.1 (see drawing),
the point of the Windpipe valve pass-
es over to No. 2 closing the wind-
pipe and thereby preventing the li-
quid from passing into the lungs.
When the animal closes its mouth
the liquid is forced down the gullet
into the stomach, but When the head
is elevated and the mouth open the
act of swallowing is very diflicult.

, Herein lies the danger of drenching.

A portion of the liquid is very li-
able to pass through the Windpipe
and into the lungs and if it does not
kill the animal instantly it may do
so in a day, a week, a. month or
even three months after drenching,
the animals dying from chronic
pneumonia as a result of the liquid
entering the lungs. For this rea-
son drenching cattle is very danger—
ous andit would be surprising to
know the enormous loss suffered
annually by this method of adminis-
tering medicine to cattle.

The question naturally arise then
how should animals be given medi-
cine with safety? It can be given in
small doses in powder form, dry on

    

Branching of Cattle Dan“ “tons

'membrane of the mouth,

‘ the stomach and bowels

the tongue of the animal
mixes with the saliva of the mouth
and the animal swallows naturally,
without holding her head up high,
as is done when drenching.

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will be absorbed by‘ the mucous
stomach,
and bowels and be taken up into the
circulation. This passes into all the
little blood vessels in the tissue of
causing
them to give off a moisture such as
the gastric juices, naturally aiding
digestion, assimilaton and move-
ment of the bowels in a normal way.

On the contrary the action of salts
is to stimulate the mucous mem-
brane of the stomach and bowels
rather than stimulating the nerves
of them, oftentimes causing conges-
tion and inflammation of the bowels
and death may follow before the
desired results have been obtained.
The presence of the oil in the book
stomach of the animal has a very
bad effect as it gums up the little
pores that give off the juices which
aid digestion and lubricate the stem-
ash and bowels.

When this takes place the food is
retained in the book stomach and

begins to decompose and give off a
poisonous gas that causes the ani—
mal to bloat, have sunken eyes,
drooping ears and a dry nose. Rapid
emaciation follows, resulting in
death in a very short time if allowed
to run its course.

When there 5 a stoppage of the
bowels it is a dimcult task for the
layman to determne as to whether a
cow is afflicted with constipation or
paralysis. For this reason such
medicine as will overcome either
paralysis or constipation should be
administered. For instance a physio
will not overcome paralysis, but a
nerve stimulant will overcome both
paralysis and constipation.——-David
Roberts, D. V. S.

We have taken the M. B. F. for about
four years. The children as well as my
wife and myself always anxiously await
the arrival of same. —Jim Handgun.
Grand Traverse County.

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I do not like to miss one single copy.—
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Your answer to my inquiry has been
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kindness in this legal matterr—L. 3., Bay
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. would be satisfactory for pork; if
= this is not suitable, do not feed them

 
   
   
     
     

F it is desirable to keep pork In
brine throughout the summer a

. plain salt pickle should be used.
Meat to be cured should be allowed
two or three days after slaughter to
thoroughly cool off before being

cured, but should not be allowed to“

freeze.

First rub each piece of \meat care-
fully with plain salt, and lay on a
table or board, allowing it to drain
for 24 hours, after which it can be
carefully packed in a clean barrel or
preferably in an earthenware crock,
placing the hams and shoulders and
heavier pieces on the bottom of the
barrel or crock, and the lighter piec-
es on top. All pieces shoud be
placed in the barrel with skin sides
down. Then cover with brine made
as follows: For each 100 pounds of
meat, use 10 pounds of coarse salt,
2 ounces of saltpeter, and 4 gallons
of water. The curing mixture should
be boiled and all scum which rises
to the surface removed; then allow-
ed to become cool. Pour over the
meat, using a heavy stone to weight
down the meat so that it will all be
under the brine. The meat should
be taken from the brine and repack-‘
ed at the end of the first and second
week. After this time the brine

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should be watched carefully to 836
that it remains clear in color. If
it should become cloudy in color or
ropy in texture, the meat should be
removed, washed off, and the new
brine made to pour over it when re—
packed in the barrel. The meat
should be kept in a cool, dry
place during the summer to insure
its keeping and should be watched
very carefully to see that it does not
go wrong.

For meat to be smoked, a more
satisfactory method of curing is to
use the sugar cure, the receipt for
which is as follows:

For each 100 pounds of meat use:
8 pounds salt, 21/2 pounds sugar or
syrup, 2 ounces salt or, 4 gallons
water.

In warm weather 9 to 10 pound of
salt should be used. Heavier pieces
of meat such as hams and shoulders
should remain in this cure 4 days
for each pound that they weigh.
Bacon strips and lighter pieces
should remain about 3 days for each
pound of weight. The same direc-
tions as given above should be fol-
lowed in sugar curing—Trot. G. A.
Brown, Dept. of Animal Husbandry,
M. S. C.

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(Questions gladly answered free for paid-up subscribers.

FEEDING TOO HEAVY

I have two pigs ten weeks old.
Last week as one started to eat corn
he squealed a little and dropped
over on his back. He is weak and
does not eat much. Last night the
other was taken the same way. I
feed them soft corn, scald their
middlings, also ground limestone
and alfalfa chaff.~—R. G., White
Cloud, Michigan.

OUR trouble all comes from
' feeding your pigs too heavily
of a fattening feed and not giv—
ing them enough of the growth mak—
ing feeds. A lack of exercise also
There is noth-

anything but a light slop and no
corn and then turn them out where
they can have plenty of exercise.
'These hogs may go down completely
in a short time.

CAT HAS WORMS

We have a cat which is a very
good ratter that has worms. They
are about two inches long and very
slender, like wire. They resemble
.a sewing needle in size and shape.
Will you kindly advise what to do?
-—J. R. L., Freeland, Michigan.

GET the following for your cat:

oil of chenopodium, 5 drops;
chloroform, 5 drops; oil of an—
ise, 6 drape; castor oil, 1 ounce.

‘Shut this cat up and give her noth-
ing to eat for 24 hours; then give
half of this in some sweet milk. In
a week or ten days give the balance
of it in the same manner.

 

HOGS HAVE RICKETS

Will you please give me some ad-
vice? I have some hogs, have had
them in- the basement of the barn all
winter until the last few weeks.
'They got lame in front and back, es—
pecially back. Seems painful for
them to move or get up. Legs very
stiff. Can you tell me what to do
for them?—L. R., Evart, Mich.

R hogs have rickets. Get the

‘ following: tankage and add 15

pounds of steamed bone meal

to each 100 pounds. Add this 100

pounds of tenkage with 100 pounds

of bran, 100 pounds of middlings

and 150 pounds of ground oats.

Mix this with skimmllk and give

as a slop. Move out of the base-
ment. Do not feed any corn.

UDDER TROUBLE

I have a cow which freshened a
year ago last January and milked
fine until about June when I noticed
a lump forming on one side of her
udder neer one test. In a short
time another appeared and seemed
to echo the whole side of her bag,
so severely thot she was hardly able
to welt. The mm low then stopped

yellow!!!

“W‘fi'm!

as». use filler 3 as r

Edited by DR. GEO. H. CONN

 

You receive a personal letter.)

brown stringy matter could be strip—
ped out. I had her examined by our
local veterinary and I followed his
advice and prescription faithfully,
but (lid no good whatever. So in
August I dried her up. She fresh—
ened again recently. The milk flow
is the same now on all four teats,
but gives very little, about one quart
three times a day as that is the num—
ber of times I milked her today.
The lumps seem to be forming again
the same as when the trouble start-
ed but on opposite corners. I—ler
bag is becoming so tight that om-
cnn hardly draw the milk from the
tents. She otherwise is in good
condition and has a good appetitie.
I also had four young cattle which
became lame during the summer on
one foot. This lasted about tw0
weeks with most of them. There

 

seemed to be no swelling—E. J. L., 3

Port Hope, Mich.

DDER troubles are very danger-
U one and do not always respond

to treatment; the cause of so
much of them is too rich feeding
before freshening, not keeping the
udders milked out to relieve inflam—
mation and not enough exercise; if
you will see to each of these and
give a good laxative about a week or
ten days before calving you will of—
ten prevent much of this. When the
attack has been very severe the ani-
mal rarely ever milks as well as be-
fore especially if there has been ab-
scesses in the udder. I cannot give
you any idea as to what made your
young animals lame from the infor-
mation given in your letter.

COME IN HEAT
I have a cow that freshened three
months ago. Is there anything I
can do to make her come in heat?

_She is healthy and in good condi—

tion. I have another one who fresh-
ened a year ago and she has never
showed signs of coming in heat. A
year ago I gave her two doses of
nux vomica and that brought her
around, but that didn’t do any good
this year.—I. P., Croswell, Mich.

ET 4 ounces of potassium iodide
and dissolve it in one-half gal-
lon of water; give each cow one

tablespoonful on her feed once daily.
Then give each of these cows 5 to 6
tablespoonsful of steamed bone meal
on the feed. The use of nux vomica
is not likely to do any good.

Roped Wrong

He had run out of gas on the out-
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a service station In sight. He had just
decided to leave the car where it was
and start out to find a gas station when
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. the road carrying a large tin can.

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up to him, "I hope that is gasoline you
have in diet can."

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circulate" around these posts, {and
keep the air dry and clean- under
the hay. It seemed, to make no differ-
ence if there was a little air under
the hay, it would get musty with-
out this ventilation. If we were to
build a. new barn where a hay mow
came to the ground, we would put
in cement silles for the flooring to
rest on and have plenty of air space
under the hay. Sure, it takes up
some valuable space but it saves
some valuable hay. It is rather dis-
concerting to have to use the bottom
five feet of hay in a mow for bed-
ding.

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Tomato Plants

Until recent years we have always
planted our tomato seeds in pans,
and produced some plants of good
size for setting in the garden when
suitable weather came. Of late
years we have found it is just as sa-
tisfactory to plant the seeds in the
garden where the plants are wanted.
They seem to thrive better than
plants grown in a house. A few real
early plants are purchased, but for
the general crop, those planted in
the open are very good and are
much easier to raise. .

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Sweet Clover

Many are asking about sweet
clover, and it seems there will be a
vast acreage of this legume sown
this spring. Sweet Clover and A1—
falfa seed sales are larger than ever,
and one would naturally conclude
that common clovers are being dis-
carded for them. It is possible clov-
er is going to be discarded along
with the horse? The old slogan was
to make iwo blades of grass grow
where only one had grown. The
new slogan seems to be—émake two
alfalfa plants grow where one clov—
er plant grows now. Well, here’s
success to you boys.

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It Is a Mistake

On this trip to Lansing we saw
several places where horses and cat-
tle were running in the fields, some
in old meadow or pasture fields, oth-
ers in corn fields. This is a mistake.
It is a fact, this tramping in these
muddy fields is very detrimental to
soil conditions. As there is little
feed for the animals they do much
roaming around. This is sure to be
injurious to these fields on all but
the lightest sandy soil. It seems as
if we pasture ground too much any-
way for the good of the soil, even
when it is comparatively dry; and to
pasture it when it is so unsettled
seems quite unjustified.

SPENDING A DAY AT THE
BIRTHPLACE OF FLIVVERS

(Continued from Page 3)

tion at Highland Park there was in
existence, but when we drove in
among the buildings at River Rouge
and had the blast furnaces, coke ov-
ens, glass factory, cement factory,
paper factory, power plant, numer-
ous other buildings Henry Ford’s
own railroad, and his owu steam-
ships pointed out to us, we realized
that the infant had outgrowu its
cradle at Highland Park and came
to River Rouge to grow. Over
60,000 men are employed here.

One of the first places we visited
was the glass factory. Here we
peered into a. furnace where a tem-
perature of 2500 degrees Fahrenheit
is maintained and saw a. “batch” of
molten glass. The furnace is charged
every fifteen minutes with sand, soda
ash and other chemicals. The glass
flows out in a. continuous stream on-
to a slowly revolving iron drum, and
passes under a. roller which deter-
mines the thickness and rolls it into
a sheet. It is slowly cooled as it
passes along a conveyor, then cut
into uniform lengths and continues
along the conveyor under polishers
until it arrives at the end of the line
where it is given final inspection be-
fore cutting into Windshields, and
glass for windows and doors. In
this same building they are making
spark plugs on a small scale.

It is hard to say what was the
most interesting of all we saw but I
believe that most interest was shown
over the assembling of the tractor.
We started in at the wrong'end of
the line, according to some, because
we saw the finished tractor-"firsthand

then went up the line to the point r
. Where. they. vented- the .Ifid. liquid

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_ As we walked up the line we no;

ticed each man had his certain task
to do and nothing else was expected
of him, but he must perform that
task, because there was no one else
in the line to do it in case he failed,
”which would mean a. temporary tie-
up. For example one man painted
a certain part as the tractor passed
him on the endless conveyor, and
the man next to him began where he
left off and painted a certain
amount. Then a. man on each side
would put on the rear wheels while

another man would put on~the nuts,

and another would tighten them,
and so on down the line. When the
tractor was driven off the conveyor
at the end of the line under its own
power iihe paint was not yet dry.
In fact, 28 hours and 40 minutes
after the raw ore is poured into the
furnaces it leaves the factory in the
form of a tractor.

Continuing back up the line we
saw the engine as it gradually took

form, how from just a. rough block‘

it was finished, holes bored and re-
bored until they passed inspection,
and the many parts added to it to
make it a. workable engine.

We saw machines greater than
any magician. Machines into which
they fed heavy wire and ‘out of them
came bolts. These bolts were plac-
ed into the hoppers of other ma-
chines and came out with a perfect
thread cut on them. Then we saw
a. large hammer under which a sheet
of metal was placed and the ham-
mer slowly descended only to rise
again and the sheet of metal had
changed to a side of a car. What
magician could perform such feats?

Nearly every place we went we
saw the endless conveyor carrying
different parts from department to
department. Never in your way at
any time yet close at hand so the
workmen could easily reach such
parts as was intended for him.
What a wonderful time and labor
saver it must be.

The great assortment of parts
that passed before me caused
me to think of a retail store oper-
ating on the same plan, a sample of
each article they handled passing
before the customer seated comfort-
ably and reaching forward to take
from the conveyor such articles as
he or she desired to purchase. Per-
haps the idea would not be practical
at all, and certainly ndt if one was
buying a horse, a threshing machine
or any number of other articles.

Mr. Ford was the inventor of the
endless conveyor which is now used
in factories all over the world.

We did not have time to go
through the cement or paper fac-

tories, but just before leaving we
were taken through the plant
where ammonium Sulphate, which

finds a. ready market as fertilizer, is
made. This is one of the by—pro-
ducts the company gets from coal in
its coke oven.

Our guide informed us that from
a ton of coal costing the company
around $5.00 delivered at the Rouge
plant they made about $13.00
worth of coke and by—products,
all of the by—products excepting am-
monium sulphate being profitably
used in the Ford factories.

Space will not permit my going
into detail about all that I saw, so
I have done my best to touch on the
ones I felt of greatest interest and
tried to give you at least a small
idea of this huge industry centered
at Detroit with branches all over the
world, capitalized at $100,000,000
and employing nearly 200,000 peo—
ple. I hope I have succeeded.

 

FERTILIZER FOR POTATOES
(Continued from Page 19)
legumes such as alfalfa, sweet clov-

er, etc., it is necessary that the soil
be in an alcoholine or sweet condi-

-tion, therefore, lime should be ap“

- plied. It is important, however, that
the lime be applied to the alfalfa
or sweet clover seed and not applied
shortly before the potatoes are
planted. If this caution is not tak—
en results may be e. crop of scabby
potatoes since lime causes the pp:
Vtato scab organisms to develop ra-
' pidly in. this soil where it is already
resent—+13}. C. Moore,
‘pecialist, M. §. 0.

   

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Mrs. C.‘ M; Bradshaw in
Preventing White"
Diarrhea

The following letter will no doubt
be of utmost interest to poultry
raisers who have had seriouslosses
from White Diarrhea. We will let
Mrs? Bradshaw tell of her experience
in her own words: '

"Dear Sir: I see reports of so
many losing their littlehchicks with
White Diarrhea, so thought I would
tell my experience. I used to lose a
great many from this cause, tried
many remedies and was about dis-
couraged. As a last resort I sent to
the Walker Remedy Co., Dept. 627,
Waterloo, Iowa, for their Walko
White Diarrhea Remedy. I used two
50c packages; raised 300 White Wy-‘
andottes and never lost one or had
one sick after giving ‘the medicine
and my chickens are" larger and
healthier thanrever before. I have
found this company thoroughly re-
liable and always get the remedy by
return mail.——Mrs. C. M. Bradshaw,
Beaconsfield, Iowa.”

Cause of White Diarrhea

White Diarrhea (Coccidiosis) is
caused by a protozoal organism of
microscopic size which multiplies
with great rapidity in the intestines
of diseased birds and enormous
numbers are discharged with the
droppings. Readers are warned to
beware of White, Diarrhea. \» Don’t
wait until it kills half your chicks.
Take the “stitch in time that saves
nine." Remember, there is scarcely
a hatch without some infected
chicks. Don’t let these few infect
your entire flock. Prevent it. Give
Walko in all drinking water for the
first two weeks and you won’t lose
one chick Where you lost hundreds
before. These letters prove it:

Never Lost a Single Chick

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

Never Lost One After First
Dose

Mrs. Ethel Rhoades, Shenandoah,
Iowa, writes: “My first incubator
chicks, when but a, few days old, he-
gan to die by the dozens with White
Diarrhea. I tried different remedies
and was about discouraged with the
chicken business. Finally, I sent to
the Walker Remedy 00., Waterloo,
Iowa, for a box of their Walko White
Diarrhea Remedy.
thing for this terrible disease. We
raised 700 thrifty, healthy - chicks
and never lost a single chick after
the first dose.”

You limo Risk

We will send Walko White Diar-
rhea Remedy entirely at our risk-—
postage prepaid—so you can see for
yourself what a

remedy it is for White Diarrhea in
baby chicks.
thousands have proven—that it will
stop your losses and double, treble,

aver} quagruple your profits. Send
0 or pac go of Welko (or 1 00 for extra.
lsre box —-¢1ve it in all drin '.
wagch results. You'll find “an “1d
chick where on lost dozens efore. s a post-
tive fact. on run no risk. We rust-antes to
refund your money prom tly if you don’t find
it the grated: httle chic .saver you ever .
The Les tt dv. Johnson National Bank. the oldest
and strongest bank in Waterloo. Iowa. stands back
of our guarantee.

on won’t lost one

WALKER REMEDY CO. De— ti 5‘2- _ _
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HIOUSE

E are publishing in this issue
- plans for the Michigan type
1: ' colony house, which Prof. J.
eA. Hannah, secretary- -manager of
" the Michigan State Poultry Improve-
ment Association and a member of
the staff of the M. S. C. says is
"Very satisfactory for Michigan con-
ditions, being built on skids and
"easily moved from one place to an—
other on the farm.

“This plan shows a 10 by 10 foot
house, and we believe is self— explan—
atory,” says Prof. Hannah. “The
house would be more desirable if it
was a little larger, 12 feet long the
~north and south way or even 14
feet, but a larger house is harder to
move, and a 10 by 10 is about all
that a good team of horses can
manage.

“This house is seven feet at the
front and five at the rear, with a
door 30 inches by six feet, on the
east end of the building. It will be
noted. that the siding is run ver-
tically, and it has been our exper—
ience that matched flooring used as
a siding, as shown in this plan,
makes a lighter and more substan—
tial house, than the horizontally
sided houses. This gets away from
a large part of the studding neces-
sary with the horizontal siding.

“The muslin curtain screen in the
front of the building can be lowered
for more direct ventilation and the
slide shown at the rear of the build—
ing is arranged to be opened in
warm weather, which aids material—
ly in keeping the temperature down
in warm weather. The apron screens
covered with one inch netting are
designed to prevent chicks from
cro'wding in the corners.

“This building can easily be con-
verted as shown in the lower left-
hand corner of the plan into small
laying house for use in housing a

small breeding pen of 15 or 20
birds, but when used for this 'pur—
pose it should be double walled,
using some good wall board mater—
ial for the inside of the building,
and this should be painted with
crude creosote to prevent the birds
‘from eating it.”

CIJAM SIIELLS wFOR CI-IICKENS

I have 150 S. C. Leghorns, all
hens,~from 60 to 100 eggs daliy.
I would like to know if ground clam
shellsare good for them or if they
take the place of oyster shells? Why
do hens eat paper?——~A. H, Baroda,
Michigan.

LAM slhells will to some extent
take the place of oyster shells,
but I do not believe that clam

shells have quite as high a lime
content as oyster shells. Clam
shells seem to be of a much harder
texture, thus making it impossible
for the bird to get the lime from
the shell. I would not recommend
the use of clam shells for good
strong shelled eggs.

,Hens eat paper because of a ra-

We invite you to contribute your experience 1:. raising ”poultry to this
Questions relatiVe to poultry will be cheerfully answered.)

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ther depraved appetite, there being
something needed in their digestive
system.—C. G. Card, Professor of
Poultry Husbandry, M. S. C.

DIAKING EGG IS'IIELLS FIRMER

I understand that poultrymen are
feeding cod liver oil to their chick-
ens this spring to make the shells
firmer for hatching purposes. Will
you please tell me the amount and
how it is fed? Is there any special
kind or is it the regular brand
bought at a drug store.?——M. A. G.,
Newago, Michigan.

N regard to the feeding of hens to
I prevent soft shelled eggs, we
would suggest that the mash
contain from three to five per cent
calcium carbonate, in the form of
ground limestone or marl, marl
being preferred if it can be obtained.
We have found that oyster shell for
heavy producing flocks does give a
sufficient available lime contents—J
C. G. Card, Professor of Poultry
Husbandry, 1M. S. C.

SETTING TURKEY EGGS
I would like to knowif the first
laid turkey eggs are all right for
hatdhing? I was told not to use
them as they would not be fertile.
—A Subscriber, Marion, Mich.

WOULD suggest'setting the tur—

key eggs as soon as possible aft-

er they are laid, as the average
hen turkey lays a comparativeely
small number of eggs, about eigh-
teen to twenty—five eggs. You will
find that the first eggs will hatch as
well as any others, and one can not
afford to lose them.—-—C. G. Card,
Professor of Poultry Husbandry,
Michigan State College.

FEATHER PULLING
My chickens are pulling and eat-
ing feathers. Can you please tell
me the cause and cure for this ha—
bit ? It is for lack of something in
their food—Mrs. W. B. Coleman,

Mich.
HIS is usually started by the
birds craving something in
their feed; after the habit is

developed it is often difficult to stop.
About 15 pounds of meat scraps, 5
pounds of bone meal and 5 pounds
of oyster shells added to each 100
pounds of mash should overcome
this in a short while..—Dr. Geo. H.
Conn. "

BREED FOR CAPONS
Which is the best breed of chick-
ens for capons?—-C. P., Blooming-
dale, Mich.

E believe the Barred Plymouth
Rock, White Plymouth Rock,
and the Jersey Black Giant are

very satisfactory. The Rock is par-
ticularly well adapted to caponizing,
as it is large, rather lengthy breed.
capable of carrying a great surplus
of fat. The Jersey Black Giant has
also proven very satisfactory for
caponizing.—C. G. Card, Professor
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' By Do E-
(Thla is the fifth of a
HE constant failure of. 'chicks to

grow into strong, healthy stock
may be attributed to several

factors: 1. Careless, improper brood-
ing; 2. Poor foundation stock; 3.
Improper incubation; 4. Improper

feeding and lack of range. It is
this problem of range that we wish
to discuss at this time. A great
many undesirable factors, such as
rickets, leg-weakness, and worms
may be attributed to too restricted
quarters.

The first step in obtaining success-
ful growth from chicks is to provide
sufficient range in which to exercise.
From the time the chicks are a few
days old until they are placed in
winter laying quarters nothing
should be done that will check their
growth, and one of the surest ways
to do this is to keep the chicks on a
small barren plot. Chicks that are
allowed the freedom of an orchard,
grain~fie1d, or pasture lot will de-
velop much faster and at the same
time they are storing up material
which will aid in maintaining health,
strength, and vitality while they are
in production.

Oftentimes there are conditions
which will not afford the desired
characteristics mentioned above, and
where such conditions are prevalent
it is necessary to limit the flock to
meet the range area. Where there
is no natural foliage, it becomes
necessary to provide artificial shade.

This, although not as satisfactory
as natural Shade, is better than none
at all. Artificial shade may be pro-
vided by the raising of colony houses
12 to 15 inches off the ground and
allowing the chicks to run under-
neath; the spreading of burlap over
wire netting or posts offers very
good shade.

Besides the great amount of ex—
ercise that chicks receive, the food
collected during the spring and sum-
mer amounts to a. great deal to the
grower in dollars and cents; also
from a beneficial standpoint to the
bird, insects, worms, and green feed
furnish an almost ideal combination

'and, coupled with the grain that is

fed, completes a. nearly balanced
ration.

In considering the young growing
stock, the more freedom they have,
especially over pasture lands or hay»
fields, the more quickly will they
grow and the more rugged will they
be. In connection with this the as-
similation of food will be much bet—
ter, and this is a very desirable fac-
tor, especially with pullets that are
being prepared for future layers.
Where free range is possible it is
not necessary to hatch chicks so
early, as late—hatched chicks who
from the start have been confined to
small areas. During the spring and
summer, if laying hens are allowed
plenty of range they are not :50 apt
to become overly. fattenccd. This
is due to the freedom of exercise and
a more natural fowl production.
Hens which become overly fattened
will decrease in production. Such

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would be the case when they are
confined to close quarters, were not
a great deal of attention given to»
the problem orfeeding. — _.‘

For the average farmer and his
poultry, the best conditions under-
which to produce the greater profit
would be plenty of spring, summer,
and fall range for growing chicks.
with a poultry house that will fur-
nish plenty of room, warmth, and
protection from the weather. Other
factors to. combine with this would
be good feed, exercise by being com-
pelled to scratch among litter for
their grain, and perfect cleanliness.

Overcrowded flocks will not onl
be poor layers, but will continually
be picking combs, pulling feathers,
quarreling, and eating eggs. Over-
crowded conditions of young chicks
will cause toe-picking, and canni-
balism. A good thrifty flock of
chicks or hens is an asset to any
farm and is one thing of which any
farm man or woman can be proud.

  
  
    

    
  

 
 
   
      
     

 
 
  
    
    
  

  
  
  
    
   
 
  
   

  
   
  
    
 
 
   
   
   
    
  
   
   
    
   
   
   
    
  
    
   
      
   
  
 
  
    
     
   
     
   
    
 
 
 
   
   
    
  
    
  
      
   
   
  
    
   
   
   
   
   
  
     
  
     
 
 

 

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“I am a new beginner with tur-‘
keys and would like some advice
about them. Can one expect to
raise any from gobbler and hens in
their first year? Should one let the
breeders roost out-doors all Winter

long in all kinds of temperature
and weather ?—-J. 0., Imlay City,
Mich. 4 FEE]

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URiKEYiS ordinarily breed satis ““1
factorily the first season, and
it is not necessary to keep them
until the 2nd year before using them
for breeding purposes as it is with
geese. '
Turkeys retained for breeders neei
not be kept in houses tightly con-
structed during the winter. The
should have a shelter, roofed, and
fight on three sides in which the
may perch out of the winds and
storms—J. A. Hannah, Peultr
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WEAK IN LEGS ,

We have a flock of Rhoide Islan
Red chickens that have some dis
ease. They seem to be paralyzed in
their legs. Their combs are ni =
and red and their eyes are bright.
We have been feeding them a (11‘
mash in hoppers which is compo"-o
of 100 pounds corn, 100 poun.
bran, 100 pounlds oats, 100 pound
shorts. In the morning we fee
them part oats and wheat and a.

night shelled corn. These hens tihai :

are infected are not tihin. The fat '1‘}

test and nicest of the flock seem t BF

be the most infected. Could yo

please tell us if there is a cure to

this disease?—G. K., Ovid, Mich. CH
F you will aldd the following t. F

your ration I tihink you will b.

able to overcome your trouble‘
20 pounds of raw bone meal and 4i
pounds of meat scraps; then feer
buttermilk or skim milk to you
flock. Use yellow corn in your mash
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Grain Market Less Active Than Usual

Decline in Receipts of Cattle and Hogs Causes Prices to Advance
By W. W. FOOTE, Market Editor.

HERE is a rather general move—
ment among farmers this
spring to use extra care in the

selection of their seed grains, and
this is particularly true of seed corn,
many farmers improving the oppor-
tunity by selling tested corn. As the
season advances comparatively few
farmers are willing to take their
chances wit-h untested seed corn, and
owners of cribbed corn grading
much above the general average
have réady buyers at fancy prices.
A short time ago a fortunate farmer
of Iowa sold more than 90 bushels
of seed corn in two counties of that
state and had orders for much more.
A short time since he tested a num-
ber of samples and found that about
90 per cent of it grew. Anot‘her
Iowa farmer sold a 400—bushel corn
crib, it showing a test of about 90.
Recently the county agent of Tama
County, Iowa, bought 400 bushels
of Dallas County seed corn that
cost from $3.50 to $6 .a bushel and
was guaranteeed to test 92 per
cent. Corn is the big grain crop of
the country, and it cannot receive
too much attention. Farmers are
carrying unusually heavy stocks of
merchantable corn, and this acts as
a powerful incentive to start off an-
other crop year right. Estimates of
the corn acreage at this time are
premature, but a combination of a
good corn tract and enough hogs and
sheep to consume it is hard to beat.
At the close of last year the Fe-
deral Lank Banks and the Joint
Stock Land Banks had together
loaned to farmers a total of $1,795,—
983,214 as shown by the annual re-
port which was given a short time
ago to Congress. The reports show
that these two great systems have
loaned to farmers numbering 463,—
510 amounts on farm mortgage
loans which were about 15 per cent
of all farmers having mortgage
loans on their farms. The system
was devised among other things to
provide capital for agricultural de-
velopment, to create a standard
form of investment based upon farm
mortgages, and to equalize rates of
interest upon farm loans, and it has
been of great service to agriculture.
With Bulls and Bears

On the Chicago Board of Trade
the volume of business has been
much smaller of late than normal,
with cash sales smaller than usual,
while speculative trading was apt to
lag at various times. Wheat, as us—
ual, took the lead in sales, with late
sales for Juy delivery around $1.35,
which was a few cents higher than
a year ago, while a little more than
two years ago it sold as low as
$1.02. The visible heat supply in
this country is down to 33,000,000
bushels, comparing with 60,000,000
bushels a year ago, while Canada
has a much greater supply than last
year. Exports are limited most of
the time, yet our visible stocks are
rapidly declining. The bears rely
mainly on the large yields of wheat
which are expected in the southwest,
a good crop of winter wheat being
promised in Kansas, Oklahoma and
Texas. Thus far very little new
wheat has been purchased to arrive
or sold for export. Durum wheat
is in demand in this country, and
hard wheat is much in demand in
Canada. There have been heavy
rain and snow storms, with unsea~
sonably cold weather, and farmers
are afraid there may be a late oat
seeding. The grains, wheat alone
excepted, are selling at very low
prices, with late sales of May corn
at 74 cents, comparing with 99
cents at this time last year. Seed
corn is active at fancy prices, and
down in Bloomington, Illinois, sales
have been made as high as $10 to
$12 per bushel. The visible corn
supply is larger than it was last
year. May rye sells at around 86
Banner but ample. The rye visible
in don to 13,715,000 bushels, com-
puing with 22,000,000 bushels last
You. May rye sells at around 86

 

can“, mm with $1.14 a year_

ago; Emil May oats at 41 cents, com-
paring with 39 cents last year.’
Slaughter of Diseased Cattle

A short time ago the city of Chi-
cago adopted a new ordinance re-
quiring all dairy cows to be inspect-
ed by the first of April if their milk
is offered for sale. This has caused
extensive slaughtering of cows that
failed to show up as healthy, numer—
ous cows failing to respond to the
tuberculosis test. Owners of the con—
demned cows have been replacing
them with cows costing about $90 a
head, and the average price paid to
dairy farmers for the slaughtered
cows is $61. so that the farmers
have to stand a loss of about $29
for each cow,p provided the new cow
costs $90. A short time ago a herd
of 54 head of cows reached the
Chicago stock yards from WiSconsin
the average price of whch was $87
per‘head. They were purchased by

out the following statement on the
cattle outlook:

“The Jewish holidays and Lent
are over and the prospect for ,in—
creased consumption of meat all
over the United States is sure to re—
flect a better demand for all grades
of live stock.

“Beef supplies are pretty well ex-
hausted, due to blizzard conditions
in most of the terminal markets of
the United States. The buying pOWer
at Chicago will be able to take care
of fairly liberal receipts of live stock
through April and, as supplies of
both cattle and hogs in the country
are under normal, it would now look
as if we had seen bottom, particular-
ly on cattle, for some time to come.”

Advance in Pure-Bred Hogs

Substantial advances in prices for
pure-bred hogs were recorded for
all the leading breeds last year, is
the report made by the Department
of Agriculture, following the low
point of the ruinous decline which
lasted nearly five years. Unfortun-
ately, it came so late that large
numbers of breeders were forced

 

M. B. F. MARKET REPORTS BY RADIO

VERY evening, except Saturday and Sunday, at 7 o’clock, eastern
standard time, the Michigan Business Farmer broadcasts market
information and news of interest to farmers through radio sta-

tion WGHP of Detroit.
270 meters.

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three farmers who had pooled their
interests to make the deal and made
their own selections, thereby avoid-

ing the dealer’s commission charges;

A leading federal veterinarian says
he cannot too strongly advise farm—
ers against buying dairy cattle from
the stock yards, even if the price
seems low—perhaps $80. He points
out that too often cattle bought in
the Chicago stock yards are found
after sixty days on a farm to react
positively to the tuberculosis test,
and they must then be condemned
for slaughter, the farmer losing a
second time. Dr. Lintner, federal
veterinarian at the Chicago stock
yards, says: “State officials of Mich—
igan and Wisconsin gladly will give
information to farmers as to where
the best cattle can be purchased. B.
J. Killen, state vterirarian at Lan-
sing, Michigan, and John D. Jones,
Jr., commissioner at Madison, Wis-
consin are the officials to Whom ap-
plications should be made.”
Good Prospects for Cattle

Everett C. Brown, president of the

Chicago Live Stock Exchange, gave

out of business. Prices received
seem to indicate that in 1925 de-
mand centered chiefly on bred cows.
The 2,522 bred sows reported sold
averaged from $45 to $59 per head,
which was an advance of $9 to $19
per head over 1924, but in three of
the five breeds considered, was low-
er than the averages reported in
1923.

The 690 sows not bred averaged
from $35 to $47 per head, which
represented advances of from $1 to
$15 per head over 1924 prices and
with the exception of one breed,
were considerably higher than those
of 1923.

Cattle Scarce and Higher

Recent heavy snow storms pre-
vented a normal movement of live
stock, and cattle were in such mea-
ger supply in the Chicago market
that prices were advanced 25 to 50
cents for desirable kinds, while com-
mon lots sold as much as 25 cents
lower. Beef steers sold at $7.50 to
$10.85, the bulk going at $8.50 to
$10.25, while the best heifers sold
for $6 to $10 and stockers and

 

 

THE BUSINESS FARMER’S MARKET SUMMARY
and Comparison with Markets Two Weeks Ago and One Year Ago

 

 

 

Detroit Chicago Detl nit Detroit
April 7 April 7 March 23 1 yr. ago

WHEAT—

No. 2 Red $1.72 $1.69 $12:

No. 2 White 1.73 1.70 1.6

No. 2 Mixed 1.72 1.69 ' 7
coau— 1 00 ’

No. 3 Yellow .74 .70@.71 % .74 ‘ 1‘05

N o. 4 Yellow .69 .69 '
OA'JS— .

No. 2 White .40 .41 @.42 54 .44 .50

No. 3 White .45 .40 @ .4214 .43 .49
RYE-—

Cash No. a .87 .84 1-18
BEANS— V

C. H. P. am. 4.15 4.15 @420 5-30@ 0~40
POTATOES—

New, Per th. 4.70@4.83 4.40@5.1o 4.30@4.4o ~93 @ ~96
HAY—

No. 1 Tim. 23.50 @24 23 @ 25 22.50 @ 23 16 @ 16.50

No. 2Tim. 21 @22 19@22 20@21 14@ 15

N0. 1 Cluver 20@21 21 @23 20@21 13@l4

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Wednesday, April 7,—Wheat and corn easy. Oats unchanged. Potatoes

 

 

 

feeders at $6. 50 to $8. 75.

as 25 cents because of the snow

blockade.

sold at $7. 75 to $12.60.
Hogs Sell Higher

Heavy falls of snow throughout '
the country placed an embargo on'

the movement of hogs to and from
the Chicago market, and sharp ad-
vances in prices took place.
shippers took a good share of the

Chicago offerings and would have

taken more had supplies been on a
larger scale. The average weight
of the hogs received in March was
247 pounds, the heaviest in over
half a century fo1 March, comparing
With 228 pounds a year ago. Bad
weather in central Illinois has been
hard on pigs, and it is reported that
farmers have suffered losses of from
50 to 75 per cent. More sows were
bred to farrow this spring than
last spring, however, and this is ex-
pected to equalize the loss. 7

Late sales were made of hogs at
$10.15 to $13. 85, comparing with
$11 75 to $14 a year ago.

 

WHEAT
Crop news seems to be the gov-
erning factor in the wheat market
at present and as the growing crop
is in better than average condition
the outlook favors lower prices. Of
course there may be a change over
night that will give the future an
entirely different appearance, but
this is doubtful. Receipts are about
the same as a year ago and dealers
declare export demand at practically
a standstill because of holidays
abroad. Milling demand is. also
quiet.
CORN
The closing days of last week’s
corn market was marked by heavy
selling and which caused pricesto
break. Demand was only moderate.
The trade seems to be having a lot
of trouble with mixed corn and
some look for stiil lower prices.
OATS
The oat market was a little weak
in sympathy with wheat last week
but there was plenty of buyers
whenever prices went down so prices
held Within a narrow range. Re-
ceipts last week were about the
same as a year ago, with country of-
ferings to arrive light.

RYE
Rye seemed to act independent of
other grains during the last couple

of weeks and as a result prices are '

slightly higher_than quoted in our
last issue.

BEANS

It is interesting to note the price
of beans has advanced 5 cents since
our last issue but the trade appears
to be afraid to buy many for fear of
getting a delivery made up mostly of
wet, beans. They claim it is almost
impossible to handle beans of high
moisture content during warm wea—

lther. Of course, there is the possi- _
bility of working the wet bean idea ,
beyond the limit should anyone care '

to as growers are not organized or
in any position to do anything about
it.

POTATOES .

The heavy snow of last week
helped the potato market by putting
it back on a firm basis from which
it appeared to be slippng. Of the
market the U. S. Department of Ag-
riculture says:

The general potato position was
hardly eve1 so strong. Good de-
mand, light supplies in consuming

regions, few imports coming or in'

sight, and the new crop late orcoml-
slowly, are all features supporting
the market. The main queston is
just how many potatoes are left in
the great shipping regions, chiefly
at present the northern Great Lakes
region, Maine, and the Northwest.

Perhaps 15 or 20 thousand oars

more are to come judging merely.
from the late~ movement in 0th
short cro seasons.
the $5 1119 in city markets
time ago. '1‘

Feederi
and stocker steers declined as much”

A year ago beef steers

Eastern '

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this department. no exceptions and n
discounts.
Forms close Monday noon proceedin
4.1 date of issue Address
4 % MICHIGAN Busmzss FARMER.
M. Clemens. Mlohlgan.

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AWAY ST Lats]? by? new sellin plan.

":29“! m b‘loetgaunr 0 Venue
.85 Wolverine Bldg.. Grand kRapids. Mich.

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OB EX ' thoroughly hequigléeg

tractor;
buildings; 3000111. chickens

Ode910 Majestic Building, Detroit.

SEEDS AND PLANTS

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FIVE TWO YEAR BRIDAL WREATH $1

4 h me-grown apple trees, best.
doliverglm e. orAc cougt rent Goblee
Nurseries, Gobles Michigan.

1
SEED GRAIN FROM LATEST
‘ OEiggngeIaDh strains of dibighest elding varieties

t10.ns Wolverine
it?" Michigan twenty bushels

ground.

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Bags are free.
2:11 efgynrfiwgghty Igents.1920 seed circular yours
on request. B. Cook. Owosso, Michigan.

ALFALFA SEED $19. 88 BUSHEL.

‘ 63141515 alfalfa agedb$15. eggmotvhlyiteahfigie, prriecg
ver se

clover, white thefkege wlnte cowpeas. ’1‘.

l’ijlgtihola“m & Sons, Lawton, Michigan.

FALFA CLOVER, TIMOTHY AND
HAinxedAhLdelivere prices. Harr D. Gates Com-
pany, Jackson. Michigan.

. YBEANS. SEND FOR SAMPLES.
wofiaeggough Goldwater. Michigan. R. 3.

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—FBESH DUG AND TRIMMED
mgl‘antssél‘glnlap Strawberry $4. 00 per 1000.
other varieties. Cuthbert and Early King Bed
‘Laspberry, $15. 00 per 1000; Cumberland Black
Raspberry, $12. 00 per 1000. Lucretia Dewberry,
12. 00 per 1000. Fred Stanley. Bangor, Mich.

INSPECTED CUTHBERT RED
rgspbsefilym lants, at red educed prices. $1. 50 per
100 tpai. $12. 50 cr thousand F. 0.

30531811. Tony Mots ta, 1, St. Johns, Mich.

GLADIOLA. NOT LABELED.100-1
onichEElilndl up all colors.$2.0150 V4, inch
and up, colors, :2. 00; 15 choice 11.111115,
colors, $2 2.00. any two for $3.50: or .all three

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good care the should
Milsrch Box 52. opemish,

ARI. ASSORTED DOUBLE 650. GLAD-

D “85 1line assorted 25c. _50 blooming size

bulblets 25c. Postpaid. John Nelson.
c. Michigan.

 

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TOBACCO: CHEWING. FIVE
30.101111115133150; ten $2. 50. Smoking ten $1. 50.
r' Pay when receiv tisfaction guaranteed.

Um ted ers. Bardwell. Kentucky.

ENT BEST LEAF TOBACCO. GUAR-
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um smo ng
smgk'lfrsg tgbacco and postage when. received. 00-
Operative Tobacco Growers. Hawesvill e,

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HOMESPUN TOBACCO: CHEWING FIVE LBS.

2. 50 0: lbs. 81. 25: ten
32 2,010 50 Clgstenrs 8 50 for "3&0? Pa w',hen re-
ceived. Farmers o.n Maren MiniaK

UCKY HOMESP PUN SMOKING—
KENT 1. 00; Chewing

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Clement: and We.ut‘1:1t4s.i‘1)1o Chambers. Ky.

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pnlement and hardware store. Doing good bug-

in Will reduce stock to suit purchaser and
' , or rent buildings. College town in good,
section Other business calls owner away.

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LIVESTOCK MARKETS

DETROIT.—Cattle———Market steady but
slow. Good to choice yearlings, dry fed,
,39-50@10-25i best heavy steers, dry fed,
$8.25@8.50; best handy-weight butcher
steers, $7.25@8.50; mixed steers and
heifers, $7.60@8.25; handy light butchers,
$6.25@7.25; light butchers, $5.75@6;
best cows, $6.25@7; butcher cow, $4.75
@6375; common cows, $4@4.50; canners,
$3@4; choice light bulls, $5.50@6.50;
heavy bulls, $4.50@6; feeders, $6.50@
775; stockers, '$6@7.25; milkers and
springers, $45@80.

Veal Calves—Market steady.
$14@14. 50; others, $7@13.50.

Sheep and Lambs—Market lower.
Best wool lambs, $13. 50@14; fair lambs,
$12. 50@12. 75; light to common lambs,
$10.25@11.50; clipped lambs, $11; fair to
good sheep, $7@8.50; culls and common,
$305

Best.

Hogs—-Ma.rket——Prospects slow. Mixed
hogs, $13.

CHICAGO.-—-(U. S. Department of Ag—
riculture).—-Hogs——Bulk, 250 to 350-pound
butchers, $11.25@12.15; majority, 200 to
225-pound weight, $12.50@13; desirable
180 pounds down, largely $13.25@13.75;
top on 140 to ISO-pound averages, $13.85;
killing pigs, $14; packing sows, $10.40@
10.75; shippers, 2,500; estimated hold-
- over, 1,000; heavy weight hogs, $11.20
@1225; medium, $11.50@13.25; light
$12.40@13.85; light lights, $12.50@13.85;
packing sows, $10.40@10.90; slaughter
pigs, $13.50@14.

EAST BUFFALO.-—Catt1e——Dull and
steady; shipping steers, $8.50@10; butch-
ers, $6@9.50; yearlings, $9@10.50; heif-
ers, $4.75@9; fair to choice cows, $4@
7.25; canners and cutters, $2.25@4; bulls,
$4@6.75; stockers and feeders, $4.50@
7.50; fresh cows and springers. active
Calves—Slow and
steady; choice, $13.50@14; fair to good.
$12@13; culls, $8@11.50; heavy, $6@9;
grassers, $4@6. Hogs—Slow and steady
to 250 lower; heavy, $12@12.75; mixed,
$13.25@13.75; yorkers, $13.75@14; light
yorkers and pigs, $14.25; roughs, $10.75;

stags, $7@8.50. Sheep and Lambs——
Steady and slow; lambs, $9@14.25; year—
lings, $9@12; wethers, $9.50@10; ewes,

$3@9; mixed sheep, $9@9.50.

 

    

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Week of April 11.
EMPERATURES will be rising at
beginning of this week followed

‘ Monday or Tuesday with in-
creasing cloudiness, rain and snow.
The wind forces during this storm
will also be intense in many parts
of the state.

Weather changes are not expected
to be rapid or many during this
week in Michigan. Storminess is ex-
pected to hang on more or less until
about the middle of the week. Im-

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I think the weather report alone
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mediately following this storm tem-
peratures will drop rapidly and the
balance of the week excluding Sat—
urday is expected to be generally
fair.

On the last day of the week
storminess will again increase with
the probabilities of some very heavy,
local rains or snows accompanied
with strong Winds.

Week of April 18.

Severe storminess of last week
will run into this week with high
winds, rain, sleet or snow. These
conditions will continue over Mon-
day or Tuesday followed by sudden
change to colder.

Following a very brief respite
from storminess the Michigan sky
will again cloud over and for the
balance of the week will remain
more or less unsettled with variable
temperatures but mostly above the
seasonal normal. Electrical storms
are also probable and some high
gales.

This will not be a time to rejoice
in the coming of spring, however, no
matter how much it may seem like it.
We give this bit of gloomy warning .
because we see a. change to sudden
cold immediately following this
storm area and it will probably hit
this state about sunday of next week.
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THE? PERFECT Matron" on.

Says on the Job

 

A farmer, facing the problem of harvesting his wheat which
already was over -ripe, picked up four likely looking men who
said they wanted work.

He drove them home, relieved at the thought that his crop was
safe and that evening set them down to a hearty dinner. The next
morning when he was ready to start for the field they appeared in
their city clothes and said they thought they would go back to town.

The dismayed farmer asked them if they were dissatisfied
for any reason. No, they said, they liked the place all right, but
they had' decided they didn’t want to work after all.

Some lubricating oils are like that. They look all right. They
get all ready for work, covering metal surfaces with a thin protective
film. Then when the time comes to do their work, they quit on the
job. They break under the strain of heat and friction.

The consequences of their failure are serious. Metal surfaces
come together, dirt and grit do their grinding work of destruction,
and vital parts of the engine are gradually eaten away.

To find an oil that will not quit on the job is one of the
farmer’s most important problems.

The Standard Oil Company (Indiana) recommends Polarine.
Its lubricating staff has solved this problem for the farmer, after
years of experimenting with every make of tractor under every
possible temperature condition.

Polarine—the perfect motor oil for tractors, is made to fit the
needs of each type. It protects metal surfaces with a film of oil that
never breaks down — no matter what the conditions. A machine
lubricated with Polarine runs smoothly and lasts long. The farmer
knows that he can depend on Polarine, as he can depend on all the
products of the Standard Oil Company (Indiana). .

Consult chart for correct grade of “Pollarine
for your motor. Change your oil frequently.

Standard Oil Company

910 S. Michigan "Ave. (Indians) " Chic-ago, Illinois

 

 

 

Tractor Chart of ,

Recommendations
TRA C TOR 5
Motor Motor

Trade Name Oil

Advance-Rumely
Oil Pull ........ E.H

Allis Chalmers 15-
Allwork. .....S.H.
Appleton ......... S.H.
Aro .............. H.
Bates, Steel Mule

and others ...... S. H
Capital. . .. . . . . E.H.

Case, 12-20, 15-27,
18-32 .......... H.
Case, 22-40, 40-72,
25-45..........S.
Caterpillar, 2 ton. .H.
Caterpillar, others .E.H.

Trade Name Oil
Keck Gonnerman. .S. H.

- LaCrosse ......... E.H.
Lauson ........... S. H.

‘ Little Giant ...... S. H.
Lombard ......... S. H.
McCormick- ‘

Deering ........ H.
Mead Morrison. . .S. H.

‘ Minneapolis. . . . . .E.H.

Moline ........... S. H.

Monarch ......... S. H.
Nichols & Shepard E.H.

H. Nilson ........... S. H.
Pioneer .......... E.H. I
Rock Island Heider S.H.
Russell, ‘ ‘

(except Giant). .S. H.
Shawnee ......... H.
- Tioga ............ H.

' Topp-Stewart ..... S.H.

° Toro ............. H.

' Townsend . ....... E.H.
Traylor .......... H.
Twin City, '

(except 40-65). . . S. H.
Wallis ........... S. H.
'Waterloo Boy ..... S. H.
Wetmore ......... S. H.
Wisconsin ........ S. H.

Yuba Ball Tread.. .S. H.

GARDEN TRACTORS

Centaur .......... H.
Cletrac ........... S. H.
Cultor ........... F.
Eagle ............ E.H
E. B ............. S. H
Fitch Four Drive. .8. H
Flour City ........ EH.
Fordson .......... S. H.
Frick ............ S. H.
Gray ............. S. H.
Hart Parr ........ E.H.
Huber ........... S. H.
J. T .............. S. H.
John Deere ....... S. H.
Motor
Trade Name Oil
Acme ............ H.
Aro .............. H.
Beeman .......... H.
Bolens ........... H.
Bready ........... H.
Centaur .......... H.
Clip Mor ......... S. H.
Do-It-All ......... S. H.
Federal .......... H.
Gilson ........... H.
Gro-Mor ......... H.
Gro-Mor Jr ....... S. H.
Gravely ........ ., .H.
IGnKade......;.H.

If tractor is operated in cold weather, .use next

lighter grade.

 

Motor
Trade Name Oil

N. B ............. H.
Red E ........... H.
Shaw ............ H.
Spray-Mor ....... S. H.
Spry Wheel ....... H.
Standard. .. ....... H.
Utilitor .......... H.

‘ KEY
H.—-Polarine Heavy

_ S.H.—Polarine Special

Heavy

E.H.—-Polarine Extra ‘

Heavy
F.—Polarine F

» N. B.—-—For recommendations mks of Polar-
ine to use in automobiles consult chart

and
at any Standard Oil Company (Indiana) Station. 5