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Select Oil , As You
Select Cattle

When you buy cattle you select new members for your herd
with the utmost care. You appreciate the importance of a
pedigree. You realize the value of pure-bred stock. You
know that it pays to buy the best. »

Select the lubricating oil for your farm machinery with the
same care. It pays to buy the best. An inferior oil or one
not adapted to your tractor fails to protect the engine, parts
are worn away by heat and friction, and your expensive
machinery goes to the scrap heap long before its time.

 
  
   
  
   
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
  
  
    
 

You cannot afford anything but the best in lubricating oil.

Colarine

THE PERFECT MOTOR OlL

is the best. 'It is the perfect oil for automobiles, trucks and
tractors, the result of years of experiments, laboratory and
field tests by the lubricating experts of the Standard Oil
Company (Indiana).

The question of ancestry is as important in selecting lubricat-
ing oil as in selecting cattle. The lubricating effectiveness
of an oil depends to a large extent upon the crudes from
which it is made. P01arine is made from special crudes,
selected for their lubricating properties.

Polarine is one of the major products of the Standard Oil
Company (Indiana). You know that you can depend on
the guarantee of that name as surely as you can depend on
the pedigree of thoroughbred cattle. Select oil as you select
cattle and your tractor troubles will be minimized. Use
Polarine —- it pays. Consult chart for correct grade.

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Tractor Chart of

Recommendations
Tractors
0th Motor

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Cletrac ........... S H
Cultor ........... 1;!
Eagle ............. H.
. B ............. S. H.
Fitch Four Drive. .8. H.
Flour City ........ E. .
For n .......... S
Frick ............ S H
Gray .............
Hart Parr ........ EH
Huber ............ S
Jo T oooooooooooooo
John Deere ....... S H
Garden
Moto
Trade Name Oil
cme ............ H
Aro .............. H
Beeman .......... H
Bolens ........... H.
Bready ........... H.
Centaur .......... H.
Clip Mor ......... S H
Do-It-All ......... S H
Federal .......... .
Gilson ........... H.
Gro—Mor ......... H.
Gro-Mor Jr ....... S. H.
Gravely ........ ,. .H.
Kin Kade ........ H.
N. B. ............ H.

Trade Name 011
Keck Gonnerman. .S.

LaCrosse ......... E-..H
Lauson ...........
Little Giant ...... S H
Lombard ......... H
McCormick-

Deering ........ H.
Mead Morrison S. H.
Minneapolis E.H.
Moline ........... S. H.
Monarch ......... S. H.

' Nichols & Shepard ..EH.
Nilson ........... S. H.
Pioneer .......... E.H.
Rock Island Heider S.H.
Russell,

(except Giant). .S. .
Ti wnee ......... £11.

oga ............ .
Topp-Stewart ..... S. H.
Toro ............. H.
Townsend ........ E.H
Traylor .......... .
Twin City, S H

excep 40-65).. . .
Wallis ............ . H.
Waterloo Boy ..... S. H.
Wetmore ......... S. H.
Wisconsin ........ S. H.
Yuba Ball Tread. .S. H.

Tractors

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Trade Name Oil
Red ........... .
Shaw ............ H.
Spray-Mor ....... S. H.
Spry Wheel ....... H.
Standard ......... g.
Utilitor ..........

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H.——Polarine Heavy
S.H.—Polarine Special
Heavy
E. .—-Polarine Extra
69W
F.——Polarine’F

If tractor is operated in cold weather, use next

lighter grade.

N.B.—-For recommendations of grades of Polarine

' to use in automobiles and trucks consult chart at

any Standard Oil Company (Indiana) Station.

 

 

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SATURDAY, MAY 8, ‘1926

E t ed 3 2nd. class matter. 22 191
atnlflirt. Claemens. Mich, under act uMar. if. 1879:

 

Newayg‘olFarmers Have Turned to

‘ - Alfalfa Acreage in Newaygo County Doubled Through the Use of Marl

‘I.

AYGO county is all ready to
double her alfalfa acreage this
year. At least this is ‘the in-

dication manifesting itself when one

sees the large quantity of “white

gold" scattered on so many farms of
all sections of the county.

Unusual efforts have been put
forth during the past fall and winter
months to open up the numerous
marl beds located in all parts of the
county. The farmers living near
these valuable deposits of “white
gold" have been busy “mining" this
material and spreading it over their
fields. Such a large quantity has
been used that it is safe to say that
90 per cent of all the lime used this
year will be marl.

The severe lesson taught to many

'of the farmers by the dry season of

last year has awakened unusual in-
terest in alfalfa growing. This acute
shortage of bag this past season has
made nearly every one eager to
start a small acreage of alfalfa.
Coupled with the fact that the ma-
jority of the farmers desire to se-
cure a field of alfalfa comes the dis-
covery, by many of them at least,
that the cheapest source of lime lies
idle on so many of their own frms.
Knowledge of this fact has caused
new beds to be “discovered," so that

huge amounts of this material is

close at hand for this distribution.
Nearly every farm around the
city of Fremont has a field covered
with marl. Sections around Holton,
Hesperia, Grant, Croton, Ramona,
Biteley, Big Prairie,
White Cloud and Woodville have
also been busy securing and spread-
ing this material on their fields.

Club Hauls 1200 Loads

The Farmers' Club at Big Prairie
became interested in growing alfalfa
and this past winter drew marl from
Fish Lake. high as 18 teams
were in this dry bed of marl at one
time, hauling it home. Oscar Evans
secured over 5-0 loads for his own
use, 0. C. Babcock drew over 100
loads, while F. Scudder and C. An-
derson have hauled over 105 loads.
They were able to secure this mater-
ial for. 25 cents a load and were al-

By L. D. KURTZ

Extension Specialist, Michigan State College

lowed to draw all they could haul.

This club alone hauled 1200 loads
this winter which will mean from
200 to 300 acres of alfalfa for a
start in this one outlying-commum
ity.

The dairymen of the county are
the real leaders in this procession of
hauling marl because they realized
that a good dependable legume hay
was absolutely a necessity, if they
were to secure the best possible re-
sults from their cows.

Contracts with M. .S. C.

Men like Henry Roseman, whose
farm is located on the banks of Fre-
mont Lake and Who has a large
dairy herd, realized that alfalfa and
sweet clover are legumes that make
dairying profitable. Mr. Roseman
contracted with the Agricultural En-
gineering Department of the College
to “mine” 500 yards of marl from
a bed on his own land. At the pres—
ent time, this material is sweetening
the soil of a major portion of his
farm, so that a large acreage of ,al-
falfa for hay and sweet clover pas-
ture will soon be planted.

Other dairymen, such as J. J.

Saun, John Palmer, 0. Hendrickson,
Henry Duma, Black and White farm
and Black and Neusman are all us-
ing large amounts of mar]. The lat-
ter farm has hauled 170 yards from
Duck Lake this past winter, so that
they might seed 10 acres of alfalfa
to match 10 acres they already have
seeded as well as 15 acres of sweet
clover for pasture. With a herd of
50 purebred Jerseys, they state that
the feed problem is an acute one
nearly every year and their solution
is more acres of these legumes now
that they have found such a cheap
form of lime so near at hand.

E. E. Twing of Ramona has been
a liberal user of marl, so he, too,
might raise such a high class feed
for his herd of 25 Jerseys. Many
other dairymen who perhaps have
somewhat smaller herds are seeding
anywhere from 2 to 10 acres of al-
falfa. this year.

Others Interested in Alfalfa

The dairymen are not the only
ones by any means who are interest-
ed in growing alfalfa. Strictly crop
farmers, as well as beef cattle men,
find that this legume is indispens-

 

 

, OUR RURAL FIRE PREVENTION CAMPAIGN
URING the month of May The Business Farmer is putting on a

rural fire prevention campaign. The opening gun is the article
appearing on page three, and is to be followed up with other

articles and several talks over the radio.

Be sure to read these

articles, and “tune-in” on our radio programs if you have a set or
call on a neighbor who has one those nights if you have none. The
first talk will be given by Charles V. Lane, state fire warden, through
station VVGITP, shortly after 7 o’clock, eastern standard time, on the

evening of May 14th.

The second talk will follow one week later,

May 21st, through the same station and at the same hour, with James
Slocum, secretary of the Pioneer Reserve Mutual Fire Insurance Com-

’ pany, the speaker.

Hon. L. T. Hands, state insurance commissioner,

will give the third talk on the evening of May 28th over WGHP dur-
ing the half hour devoted to M. B. F. market reports and farm news.
These talks on fire prevention by men whose experiences are worth
knowing should be of great value to every farmer in Michigan.

 

 

 

“ Mining ”

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able to their methods of farming.
E. O. McKinley of Grant has
found alfalfa is a highly profitable

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crop to grow on his farm. He has -

worked out a rather- unusual method
of handling this crop with a very
small outlay of labor. Mr. McKin-
ley is very fortunate in having a
marl bed covering 4 or 5 acres on
his own farm and he has already
spread this material over nearly 80
acres; 40 acres are growing alfalfa

and 40 more will be seeded this

spring.

He cuts just enough hay off this
40 acres to feed a bunch of steers
during the winter and lets these
same steers harvest the rest of the
alfalfa. So each spring he purchas-
es calves from Colorado which he
turns out on this alfalfa pasture all
summer and finishes them up on
corn, oats and alfalfa hay. In this
way, he handles a farm of over 300
acres, at a minimum of labor cost.

Many “Demonstrations"

One finds many “demonstrations”
of the value of marl to the growing
of alfalfa in Newaygo county, and
after seeing such a widespread use
and interest in this material, the
thought naturally arises that much
larger quantities will be “mined” in
the succeeding seasons.

Agricultural Agent Harold Stin-
son realized when he first came into

the county what the use of mar].

would mean to the farmers of Ne-
waygo county, if such material could
be made available and proper atten—
tion drawn to its value. He secured
the services of the Agricultural En—
gineering Department of the Michi-
gan State College in staging marl
digging demonstrations in these 10-
calities of the county. A third of
the marl dug by the Department of
the College in its demonstrations in
16 counties, last year, was dug in
this one county, on the farms of
Henry Rosema, O. Hendricksdn and
the Black and White farm. These
more or less spectacular demonstra-
tions created county wide interest in
this material which will result in
doubling the alfalfa acre of the
county in 1926.

Correspondents Report Spring Workirom Two Weeks to a Month Late

. T last spring seems to have ar-
A rived, and farmers have a

chance to get their oats into the
ground. A great deal of plowing is
being done and if good weather pre-
vails crops will be planted .just as
fast as the ground can be fitted. The
reports indicate that the acreage of
the different crops will be aboutlthe
same as last year, with the possible
exception of beans, there being an
inclination to plant fewer beans. and
more grain. Winter wheat and rye
in most counties are coming along
fine, but pasture is rather poor. A
few early potatoes have been plant-
ed in the southern counties. Pros-
pects are good for a plentiful crop of
fruit this year.

Hillsdale (NW).—“Only a few oats
sown, too much cold, wet weather the
last week. Wheat and rye looking good.
Grass and alfalfa greening up slowly,
feed question serious. Early pigs nearly
a total loss, some farmers lost all. Too
much dark, damp Weather for early
chicks. A few early potatoes planted,
good scarce and high. A few early gar-

dens started. ——Chas. Hunt, 4-29 26.

HomoK—owing- —to late season, con-
usual. Farmers do not think it well to

dnot winter very well.
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The reports re-.
ceived from our correspondents are,
as follows:

tinned wet and cold, planting is later than‘

for certain on them just yet. Warmer
weather may help if it comes soon.
Spring work generally late -—Florence
Howard, 4— 29— 26.

Kent.—-Spring has arrived at last. A
great deal of plowing is being done.
Oats are sown. Winter rye and wheat
looks fine. Clover is coming up and be-
gins to look like a good crop but of
course very little can be said just now.
Hogs are in great demand at farm sales.
Brood sows bring $75 to $80 if going to
farrow soon. At one sale a Duroc—Jersey
sow with 10 pigs brought 8110. She was
not registered Many farms have small
flocks of sheep. Good cows bring fair
price. There is not much hay for sale.
Grain is still being held back for feed.

About all feed that can be bought is.

corn stalks—Sylvia Wellcome, 4-27-26.

Random—This neighborhood is strictly
a. fruit section and very little grain or hay
is sold. Farmers are spraying, burning
brush, tying grapes and getting hotbeds
ready for melons and tomatoes. Canners
are offering 12 cents per pound for black
raspberries. Growers are asking 6 cents
per pound for sour cherries but will not
contract much until spring frosts are
over. Prospects so far are excellent for
a good fruit crop—H. N., 4-29-26.
- Saginaw—The weather during April
was very unfavorable for farming. The
soil is Wet and cold. Very few oats
planted: Really too wet to plow in most
sections, except where fields are well
drained. Wheat fields are any poor and
’spotted, about one‘third lost on the low
spots on account of the ice and water.
isvery Scarce on account cfa’ short

   

 
 

ing straw instead for their milch cows.
Good milch cows are bringing $100 at
auction sales—E. C. Magnus, 4-27~26.

Oakland—Wheat small but still alive,
Rye the same. Alfalfa stood the drought
and winter well, June clover hurt by
frost and last summer’s drought. Tim-
othy looking good. No pasture yet. Most
farmers short on hay. Not much oats
or barley sown yet. Acreage well be
about the same as usual.—John DeCou,
4-29—26. .

Huron.——Frost not all out. Roads had,
even gravel. Feed used up close, no sign
of grass yet. Potatoes moving at $2
and $2.50 but this is not a great potato
county. Fall sown grains look poor, bet-
ter on rolling fields. Failure of clover
will cause sowing of substitutes, sweet
clover and alfalfa. Farmers report some
beans held. Those holding may reduce
acreage some if they can get in normal
crop of earlier grains. Some contract
peas and beans to sow. Some delayed
building being done. Farms getting
larger. Horses cheap, pigs scarce, dairy
cows normal, fat stock scarce—E. R.,
4-29—26.

St. Joseph (NW).—Wheat looks fairly
good. A few 'oats planted, the bulk will
be sown in the next two weeks. Clover
and grass just beginning to show green.
No pasture in sight for a week or two.
~41}. W., 2-28-26.

St. Joseph (SE).—Fall crops greening

‘ up and looking good except very back-

ward. 50 per cent of cats sown. Large
acreage,“ carry potatoes put out. Also

ignite a lot of peppermint. which is un—
“in?“ for this locality. Meadows green-

but, dim to dry spring in 1926 not

much young clover. Old clover very poor.
Alfalfa starting and lots of it in this
locality. Unfavorable spring weather re-
tards spring work.——A1vin Yoder, 4-29—26.

Eaton, Clinton and Calhoun.—-Oats
about half sowed in mud, ground poorly
fitted. Some cattle in pastures but no
feed. Vegitation not advanced far enough
to be hurt by frosts. Much com in
shock, especially in Eaton. Large crop of
maple sugar and syrup—J. M., 4-30-26.

“’exi’ord. Farming operations are just
beginning. The snow went off slowly and
left the land mellow and in good shape
for plowing. Grass and alfalfa are be-
ginning to get green. Roads are in good
condition. Hay is very high and many
farmers have to buy on account of the
short crop last year and the late spring.
Quite a lot of potatoes still in the hands
of growers—Eva Davey, 4—29—26.

Lenawee (\V).——C01d, backward spring.
Not many oats sown yet. Plowing the
order of the day. About the same acre-
age of oats and barley will be sown.
Hay scarce. Plenty of oats on hand.
Not over 60 per cent of young pigs and
lambs saved this tspring. Lots of corn
in shock yet but poor quality.-——C. B...‘
4-28-26. 2")

Branch—Wheat looking fair. Seeding
very good Farmers about two weeks.
late getting crops in. Several so
oats this week.-—M. Van Order, 4- 28-28 ‘

Lenawee (NE) .—Farm work backward ~
Farmers are now getting in their cats
and barley: modding them in in some
places. Sheep shearing is in progress
but the market has not yet opened. A;

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HARLES V. LANE, Chief Fire
'lMarshal of Michigan, has is-
sued his preliminary report cov-
", ing the‘ fire losses and causes for
,,«e year 1925, and it brings to the
‘urface a condition, apparently here-
pfore unknown, which should com-
izand great attention, if a better-
'ent of conditions may be expected,
a fact the hazardness of farm build-
9: gs Will very likely increase.
.~ We refer particularly to farm
uildings for two reasons, first, the
’3‘ eat majority of our readers com-
3rise farmers, and secondly, their
site are not protected as are those
,“cated in villages and cities where
-luntary and paid fire companies
fire maintained for the protection of
.roperfy within the radius which
May be traversed easily.
Mr. Lane’s report shows the
greatest destruction of property dur-
,ng the past year was from causes
imknown, which always heads such
reports. Where the causes may be
attributed to the carelessness of the
nsured, in order to avoid censure
and a possibility of losing his insur-
ance, the cause is given as “un-
known.” In cities and villages many
fires are of an incendiary origin,
and unless the insured is trapped
the cause is given as “unknown.”
and too, there are many tires which
Occur in the absence of the occu—
pants where cause may not be
known.
Greatest Known Cause

The greatest known cause in Mr.
Lane’s report is “defective chim-
neys, heating apparatus, stove pipes.
etc." practically all of which are
preventable, resulting from careless-
ness and neglect of the occupants or
owners of the property destroyed.
Along this line there is much to be
accomplished along educational lines.
Just a little thought and time for
an occasional inspection, with the
possibility of a small expenditure.
.Would make every hazard along this
line absolutely safe and be the
means of saving millions of dollars
in losses in Michigan alone, and
what an awful loss is the total from
this cause in all our states.

The property which is destroyed
by fire is an entire loss. and forever,
never to be replaced unless by the
contribution of others. The loser
may receive, to within a small
amount of his loss in insurance, but
Whatever he does receive comes
.from the contribution of others who
pay insurance assessments, therefore
.everyone who owns property should
[exercise due care and attention to
Emaking his property safe against de-
istruction by fires which may be
ieasily avoided.

Losses from Sparks

, The report further shows that the
.second greatest losses from known
f’causes, is the destruction of proper-
..ty caused from chimney sparks
talighting on shingle roofs. There
ikwere 1767 more losses from this

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About the

N April 10th the Commercial
Bulletin of Boston, authority
if on wool, noted the downward
itrend of wool in the United States
.1 and steady market in London. The
fTextile World in April issue made
note that 4,500 bales of wool, medi—
i-aum grade, had been bought for ex—
f port at London at seventeen pence
per pound. This with duty paid
:rwas at least eight cents per pound
i above midwest wools of the same
igrade. .
' Wool in the United States is priced
”25 per cent to 30 per cent below that
" Of last year. If the tariff was effec-
.tive up to the full amount then that
duty is now practically inoperative
' As far as measuring the difference
11 price between cost of production
11 the United States and in Austraila.
During the first ninety days of

g 6 foreign wool up to about one—

1e, if the tariff was twelve cents
in: a fair average on grease wools
, paid on 100,000,000 pounds

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ome

Well Over Two Millions of Dollars

cause than any other known, and
yet the 7‘ total loss in dollars and
cents was not so large as that of de-
fective stoves, chimneys, pipes, etc.,
which may be attributed to the fact
that roof fires are usually discovered
in the cities and villages in time to
be-extinguished by the local fire de—
partment. In the country Where the

.population is scattered roof fires’are

seldom discovered in time to save
the building. It frequently happens’
that the country home may be burn-
ing, and oftimes near destruction
before the family occupying the
building, knows of the existence of
the fire, and in such cases the pos—

fire trap, to the extent not realized
by the occupants.

When the condition of the roof is'

called to the attention of the owner,
he frequently defends his position by
stating that the roof does not leak,
but this has no bearing upon its not
being a veritable fire trap. Investi—
gation develops the fact that very
few dwellings covered with ”shingles
have roofs all in the same condition
as they are replaced only in sections,
leaving the property in jeopardy at
all times.

Our attention was recently called
to the destruction of a fine farm
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If it had not been for the fact that this

roof tire was discovered shortly after it.

started and a dry powder extinguisher was handy the damage" to this home would

have been much greater than shown here.
never have

sibility of saving the home is nil,
and only a part of the contents, if
any, are saved from destruction.
Chief .Lane reports that the 1925
losses from roof fires amounted to
$2,205,072.67.

Unless there is some concerted ac—
tion taken by those who occupy or
own farm dwellings so as to prevent
roof fires, the tendency will be
towards a greater and increasing
loss each year, which may be attrib-
uted to the fact that most farm
dwellings have been built for years.
Many have outlived their first cover—
ing of wood shingles and are well
along with the second shingle roof,
which is growing older and more
dangerous every day.

A Fire Trap .

It is a noticeable fact that in trav-
elling through the country, watching
closely the condition of shingle roofs

. on farm dwellings, we find but few

on which there is a good roofing
throughout. The main part may be
newly shingled, and the wings or
porches in their last stage of useful-
ness, thus making the dwelling a

"ad the roof been tire proof this would
happened.

been re-roofed with asphalt roofing,
excepting the porch. The work was
done by the owner during a busy
season, and after covering the main
roof, his farm work demanding his
attention, he decided to let the
porch go until a later date when he
had more time. One day last summer
vailed, a spark from the chimney
when a drying, strong wind pre-
alighted on the porch 'roof and
burned his home, and very little of
the contents were saved because of
the lateness of discovering the fire,
and the owner being in the back
fields at work.

There seems to be a prevailing
opinion among most people that
sparks which come from chimneys
alighting on roofs, destroying
homes, come direct from stoves and
furnaces, which is fallacy. The
small sparks which traverse the
stove pipe and chimneys from the
firebox to the roof, are usually
harmless. It is the formation of
soot, creosote, etc., which clings to
the inside of the chimney, unless
frequently cleaned, is completely

 

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. Total Losses from Roof F ires Alone in State of Mithigan Last Year Amounted to

lined with this substance, and it in-
creased in thickness and volume,
until some time some day when.
there is a hot fire in 'the stove or
furnace, the heat ignites this sub~
stance, and the entire interior of the
chimney is a seething mass of
flames shooting several feet above
the chimney top, throwin‘g burning
embers in every direction,
alighting on the-roof in great quan-
tities, and unless it is discovered and
watched, ready to extinguish every
part alighting on the shingle roof,
the [dwelling will be reduced to ash-
es. ' ‘
Coal \Vorse Than “700d

Very often we hear someone say,
“I burn coal, there can be no dan-
ger.” Coal is ten times worse than
wood. Soft coal is the worst pessi-
ble fuel for filling chimney interiors.

In the first place every time a
dwelling or any part of the roofing
needs replacing, wood shingles
should never be used. They are a
positive fire menace and those who
cover their homes with them are in
great danger all of the time. There
are many dependable kinds of fire-
proof roofing whic‘h is no more ex-
pensive than a good grade of shin-
gles, and they will last longer and
give a greater degree of fire protec-
tion. They may be purchased of
dealers in almost every village.

It is true that a great percentage
of farm dwelling have shingle roofs
which have some years of service
ahead, and the owners do not feel
like going to reroofing expense at
this time and yet it would be econ-
omy to make the sacrifice now, thus
making the home safe from roof fire
destruction.

Where the owners do not intend
to make an early change to fire-
rproof roofing, dwelling chimneys
should be equipped with eflicient
spark arresters, which may be pur-
chased at a nominal cost, and main-
tain same until a change is made in
roofing material. It is also equally
important that chimneys be fre-
quently cleaned. This will greatly
lessen the possibility of roof fires.
If there is no substance clinging to
the inside of.the chimneys to burn,
fire brands will not be carried out of
the chimneys and onto the roofs.

Heavy Losses

The \State Mutual Rodded Insur-
ance Company of Flint, insuring
farm buildings, lost 107 dwellings in
1925, and 90 were damaged by roof
fires, causing a less of $78,732.03,
showing that more than half of all
the buildings taking fire were com-
pletely destroyed.

Twenty-seven per cent of all the
losses on the Patron’s Mutual Fire
Insurance Company, of Fremont,
Mich., in 1925, were caused by
sparks alighting on dwelling roofs.

The Pioneer Reserve Mutual In-
surance 00., of Detroit, insuring
farm property exclusively, in 1925,

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Tariff, Farm Legislation and the Wool Market «

By JAS. N.

of about 250,000,000 pounds de-
creased the amount equal to the tar-
iff. Then the tariff as far as pro-\
tection is concerned would be oper—
ating as follows: Duty paid on 100,—
000,000 pounds at 12 cents equals
$12,000,000. A decrease of 12 per
cent per pound on the total domestic
clip when leaving first hands would
equal $30,000,000 to offset the duty
paid as noted above. On the coarser
grades of wool we are down to the
1914 basis at the present time. Here
is a case of concerted buying power
against a widely diffused and dis-
united selling power.

Personally I thought that with the
tariff increased to 31 per cent on
clean wool that it would afford an
ample measure of the cost difference
between the home and foreign lpro-
duction of wool. In practice it has
not worked out. Here comes the
principle proposed in connection with
legislation for surplus as the- writer
discussed it with Secretary of. Agri-
culture Jardine. For example, the
wool growers would determine a fair

  

 

   
  
  

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value as to the wools of this country
and if prices were not met, the wool
would go into storage. For example,
the fair price for Michigan wools
would be fifty cents downward as to
grades. This price would, be paid
the grower. If he made a bad guess
and got the price too high, the .sur—
plus will compel the lowering of the
price the next year.

The Jardine plan would be to ad—
vance from a government fund 20
to 25 per cent of the necessary price,
the balance being supplied by de-
bentures sold against the stored
product. This program would be
equal to one billion dollars for agri-
cultural price stabilization. The ap-
plication of' this plan to Michigan
would restore this year’s wool price
to that of last year. Even figures
are always approximations but it is

safe to say Michigan’s wool Crop

would be worth from one to one and

one-fourth million dollars more un-

der this plan./ .

~ The law may be enacted before
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‘ reclamation,

then a little later. Wool is strong
abroad and weak at home. Wool
is good property to hold at present
prices. Those best able to. judge
look for an immediate advance on
all staple farm products on the
passage of farm surplus legislation.

From a fifty minute visit with
Secretary Jardine, I was fully con-
vinced of his sincerity and desire to
establish farm prices on a firm basis
and on equal relations with other
industries.

The objection to the equalization
fee was the idea of a tax on farm
products and the uncertainty of its
legal status. Secretary Jardine said
the United States had lost money in
various projects of agriculture like
etc., and that over a
few years of operation losses and
profits would balance. We sent $80,-
000,000 to sustain banking condi-
tions in Cuba and that an advance

.to agriculture was fully warranted.

Credit is due to Haugen, Dickinson
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Mrs. 0. C. Sabin, of Harrison, Clare sheep. lllrs. G. M. Getma-n, Junior’s grundnm, who lives near ()wosso, Shia— Kullnmn, who lives with Mr. and Mrs.
county. wasseo county, sent the picture. ll. A. Faber, Mt, Pleasant. ,

 

 

 

 

 

 

A NICE CATCH.—}Irs. C. W. Siebert, of )Ietnmora. THE BEST OF FRIENDS.—l[ere is HELPING HRANIH’A IN THE (lARlHGSZ—Nadino
Lam-er county, sent us this picture of her husband with Francis Osinski, of Illcmlock, Saginaw is helping her Urandpa Davis, of .Vcwberr)‘. Luce county,
:1, line string of black buss caught in a, small lake in the county, and his dogs. The picture came in the l'ppcr Peninsula, mulie garden. ller grandma,
southern part of Hadley township, in Lancer county. from Joseph Osinski of the same address. Mrs. Birdie Davis, sent the picture to us.

 

 

 

 

 

TIME TO E.\T.—Elmer Koch, nephew of TW'O GENERATIONS.——“‘.\lyself and huh; boy. and the rest DOING SO‘ME TRICKS—Rings and Rex are

 

Aaron “'. Solnmer. of Ann Arbor, “'ushte— speaks for itself,” writes Gary Chaney, ot Blanchard, Isabella the nets of Melvin Fischer. who lives on Hills-
"11W 00“"0’, llkes to feed the orphan lambs county. It looks like the younger generation was failing to dale “arm, near (iagetown, in T1 -ol1lr county,
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TAKING GRANDMOTHER FOR A RIDE.—0ne good “HOWDY, ‘MR. TURKEY.”—- IS THIS GOING TO BE A RACE OR A PARADE?——“This is
thing about_ridlng a. pony, if you fall of! you haven't far Elton, son 01 Mr. and Mrs. James ‘ our girl and boy having a. good time on the farm,” writes Mrs.
to full. This kodak print was sent in by A. B. Cofi’ron, \Vatson, 31;. Pleasant, Isabella Ed. H. Hanning, of Saginaw, Saginaw county. The farm is
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We are renting a farm on shares
and the first year, so we are green
as grass. The hay, the landlord fur-
nishes the seed and takes half. Is
the tenant supposed to harvest hay,
bail it and bear all expense and feed
bailers and haul bay for only half?
Also rest of crops we get two-thirds,
do we pay allowances and market
his third? Does not the pasture go

right? Has the landlord a right to
rent a place out and then put a
padlock on woodshed? At first he

.said we could have our wood, then

he said he was reserving the woodlot
and renting it out for pasture and
would put a padlock on gate so we
could not get wood. He also said
that he could hire men to pull all
weeds he sees growing and tenant
would have to pay the bi11.——4L. M.
F., Cass City, Michigan.

AY is generally divided in the
H stack or mow and any opera-

tions such as bailing, each par-
ty bears his owu expense. If the
entire farm was rented, the pasture
is part of it and the landlord has
no right to rent any portion of it
during the terms of the'lease. If
the tenant lives up to the terms of
the contract and no clause is insert-
ed that the landlord has the right
to hire men to cut weeds and charge
same to tenant, he cannot charge
same to tenant. The best thing to
do is to read your contract and see
that its provisions are carried out,
providing the terms are just and
equitable; if not, try and make them
so.——F. T. Riddell, Research Assis-
tant, Dept. of Economics, M. S. C.

SETTLEMENT

A man and wife have a joint deed
of 78 acres of land and wish to sep-
arate, he to get a bill of divorce.
They have two children aged 12 and
14 years respectively. Can the wife
sign away her rights in the proper—
ty before the bill is- granted? Can a
property settlement be affected prior
to divorce Without court interfer-
ence?——F. J. C., Vermontville, Mich—
igan.

—A property settlement could be
made between the parties prior to
the divorce, and, if equitable, would
not be disturbed by the court—Le-
gal Editor.

NO MARKET
“Can you recommend some com-
mission man in Detroit who I could
ship maple sugar and syrup to?”—-—-
B. 0., Charlotte, Michigan.

HE outlet here for locally pro-
duced maple sugar and syrup
seems to be very limited. We

cannot find any wholesale produce
firms or wholesale grocery houses
that accept miscellaneous consign-
ments of this nature. Some of them
have in past, but they find that the
quality of the syrup is not standard-
ized sufficiently, either with refer-
ence to color or weight, so that they
can develop any satisfactory trade
in it.——G. V. Branch, Director, Mun-
icipal Bureau of Markets, Detroit.

 

 

 

BILL 0N PENSION FOR AGED

About a year ago I saw in the pa-
pers where Senator Young intro-
duced a bill at Lansing to establish
old age pensions, but I never heard
how it came out. Wish you would
tell me.———Mrs. F., Allen, Mich.

HE bill sponsored by Senator

F‘. L. Young which would ha‘Ve

established state pensions for
old persons, was not enacted into
law by the 1925 Legislature. It
was referred to the Senate Commit-
tee on State Affairs but was never
reported out by that body.

While this proposition has a ger-
tain amount of merit, there are
many cases where there are un-
doubtedly deserving citizens who,
through unfortunate circumstances
should receive financial support in
some way ,which would not make
them objects of charity, still a good
many law makers and thoughtful
citizens are loath t6 embark upon a

 

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HAVING TROUBLE OVER LEASE

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.f-lege "of

would also inevitably discourage
property ownership through making
necessary the imposition of higher
taxes. ’

The' state has already approved
mothers' pensions and compensation
for those injured in industry.~ Both
of these types of aid are requiring

large amounts of money. It is a de-' ‘

batable question as to just where
the responsibility of the state should
begin and where, that of the indiv-
idual citizen should end. The more
responsibility we turn over to the
government the less liberty we have
for ourselves and the greater the
expense of government—Stanley M.
Powell.

NO METHOD TO Pans~ ERVE
BARK

Could you inform me how to
preserve the bark on wood being
used for ornaments, oddities, etc.—
Subscriber, Hillman, Mich.

0 far as I know, there has been
really no-successful method de-
vised. Some remove the bark

carefully while the wood is green,
or after thoroughly steaming, and
then paint the surface of the wood
wood with some preservative such

  
    
 

  
  

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saturated with thinness on
’worked satisfactorily so
least. If the wood is‘ not tobe‘e'xoj'

   

r a‘wni-le ‘1,

posed to the weather, I Would ad-
vise using a 5 per cent solution of
zinc chloride on the bark, taking

care that it is soaked thoroughly

through. The zinc chloride is net
poisonous, but will leach out when
exposed to the weather.——J. C. De-
Camp, Assistant Professor of Forest—
ry, Michigan State College.

 

HA8 RIGHT TO MANOR» .E.

I rent a small piece of land and'
the privilege of using a barn there-
on. I raise garden crops exclusively
on this land which I have leased
for one year only. I keep a. team in
the barn and buy all their grain,
hay and bedding, not using anything
raised on this piece of land as feed
or bedding. At the end of the year
haveIarighttoseilthemanure?
I would like to buy this manure
from an old man whose situation I
have illustramd above. The owner
of the land refuses him the right to
move the manure—C. 11., Saginaw,
Michigan.

reply is that if all manure is

produced from feed raised oi!

the farm and purchased by the
renter he has a right to the manure
produced from such feed—F. T.
Riddell, Research Assistant, Econo-
mics Dept, M. S. C.

 

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nterest.
department write your views and send
are suitable for publication or not.)

them In.

If you agree or do not a ree with

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BEAN GROWERS HACK THE
COOPERATIVE SPIRIT

EAR EDITOR: In a letter writ-
ten by R. Schultz of Bay coun-
ty, and printed in the April
10th issue_of this paper, he tried to
compare the Michigan bean growers
and the Children of Israel. I read
his letter with interest; but I could

not agree with all he said and I want '

to call his attention, and the atten-
tion of other bean growers, to a few
facts that he overlooked.

In the first place, Moses, great
leader that he was, never succeeded
in leading the Children of Israel into
the promised land. By a miracle he
got them out of slavery, altho at
times afterwards they gladly would
have returned to the flesh—pots of
Egypt. After forty years of dis-
couraging struggle the great leader
died and the Children of Israel, like
the bean growers‘today, were still in
the Wilderness; but Moses was not
to blame for that situation. A new
generation of Israelites crossed the
Jordan; and a new generation of
bean growers, educated in modern
cooperative marketing principles
and not subject to the selfish influ-
ences of the state bean jobbers, will,

in- due time, follow another Joshua .

into a real honest-to-goodness bean
growers’ marketing organization.

The trouble with the bean growers
today is not, in my estimation, a
lack of proper leadership; but it is
largely a lack of real cooperative
spirit combined with plain ignorance
of the means and methods of collec-
tive selling.

The Grange, the Farm Bureau
and the College are all right, and
they are doing all they can for the
growers under the circumstances.
Their plans may not be perfect, it is
true; but a perfect marketing plan
could not be forced ont—o unwilling
farmers. Neither is the crop report-
ing service to blame for the growers’
troubles. :,Last summer, in spite of
predictions of a big bean acreage,
growers continued to plant hundreds

of acres of beans right up to the,

.first week in July.

The trouble with farming today is
that not more than 40 per cent of
farm, operators study their business
in the light of the informationfur-
nished freely by the College and the
crop statisticians. In this year of
1926 it is a joke to repeat the worn-
out and untruthful remark about
the mistake of the College in teach-
ing increased production and mo-
dern marketing methods, both, of
which are “being pushed ‘by the Col-

seen-me

Agriculture, .319, 1713.9, all“?

now to give immediate'relief in the
present difliculty. '

When a farmer plants regularly
a uniform acreage of a variety of
crops and gives his marketing lead-
ers a loyal and intelligent support,
he has little to kick about—Fred
Vander Mulen, President, Falmouth
Mfg. Assn, Missaukee County.

THINKS sons: COAL CAUSES

MORE FIRES THAN WOOD
O the Editor: I have heard of
so many homes burning of late
caused by sparks from chimneys
alighting on shingle roofs, that I
have become curious as to the cause
thereof. I have been of the opinion
that where coal was burned that
there was but little danger, that
sparks from wood fuel was the most
dangerous, so a few days ago, a
friend and I decided to do a little ex-
perimenting.

This friend owned a nice home in
the village and burned coal in the
furnace. The chimney had a tile
lining 8x8. He cleaned it out about
every six weeks. After discussing
chimney conditions and the fire dan-
ger we decided to try cleaning it out
by' burning, that we might see just
what would take place; We opened
the pipe entrance on the first floor
by removing the stovepipe and a
seven inch opening in the basement,
in which we put loose paper and set
it on fire. Almost instantly the
whole chimney interior from bottom
to top was a mass of flames shooting
way above the chimney top, fairly
raining fire on the roof which we
carefully watched:

My great wonderment now is how
any shingle roof can escape destruc—'
tion under such conditions, and that
there are not many more homes de-
stroyed from this cause seem incon-
ceivable. Before setting fire to the
interior of the chimney we closely
examined it and found it fully half-
filled with this creosote-carbon sub-
stance, retarding the draft, which
when on fire came out of the top of
ghe chimney in chunks of red hot
re.

I am now fully convinced that
chimneys should be cleaned fre—
quenLy, more especially if soft coal
is used. For years I have listened
to arguments that where coal was
used there was no danger from
sparks from roofs, but I am now sat-
isfied that this is..the most danger-
ous fuel to use when destruction of
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COMMERCIAL FERTLIZER
AND ITS USE
N my last article on Commercial
Fertilizer, I tried to make it
plain to the reader what fertiliz~
er was composed of,

Fertilizer is in no way to be class-
ed as a stimulant, as it is believed
to be by lots of people.

Each element of the analysis is
an actual plant food, that can be
used by the plant at any time during
its growth, providing there is mois-
ture enough present to make it
available.

This moisture problem is the big
factor in getting the maximum value
from fertilizer, Soil filled with hu—
mus, as you will find in good to rich
ground, will always respond better
to fertilizer, than poor soil.

The use of fertilizer presents a
different problem to every farm, and
no one set rule would be applicable
to all cases. There are times when
the-price we receive for our staple.
grain crops will not warrant a very
large application of commercial fer-
tilizer because the increase of the
crop will not amount to the cost of
the fertilizer. For example, a high
grade grain fertilizer such as 2—16—2
will cost around $40.00 per ton, and
1200 pounds per acre will cost $4.00,
it will take 7 bushels of corn, or 10
bushels of oats, or 2% bushels of
Wheat, or 5 bushels of rye, at the
present prices to cover the cost of
the same.

The increase in yields must equal
the cost of the fertilizer over its per—
iod of availability to justify its use.

Happily this is the case in the
majority of instances, altho there
are some times when one does not
reach this goal.

The higher grade of fertilizer one
uses, the cheaper the actual plant
food becomes; thus 1—8-1, will be
more expensive to sow than 2-16—2
to get the same amount of plant
food.

On Michigan clay loams and prai-
rie soils as well as some of the sandy
loams, phosphorus is the limiting
factor, and it must be remedied by
some form of phosphorus which un—
der present conditions would be acid
phosphate.

Acid phosphate costs less than any
other unit of fertilizer, and the
most needed on practically all soils.

One outstanding feature in its use
is that it does not leach out of the
soil, as do the other elements, but
will remain active until the plant
uses it.

In many instances its use has
doubled the yield of clover hay and
one year in our own experience it
increased the rye yield 11 bushels
per acre by using a 200 pound appli—
cation. The Agricultural College
strongly advocates its use, especi—
ally on grain crops. We have on
our farm seen effects four years or
more after we have used it.

Judgment must be used in/the
question of commercial fertilizer
and on special crops with large
money returns as peppermint, truck
crops and potatoes, will warrant
larger applications of good fertilizer
than the usual grain crops.

The residual effects and benefits
must be added to the immediate in-
crease of yields to determine the
benefit of the fertilizer and its cost
cannot be charged up to the year of
its use only.

Where its use has been studied
and its merits known, its use has
increased, and this fact
alone is assurance enough to recom-
mend its use to those that have nev-
er used it.

Every farm has a different prob-
lem in fertility and there is no set
rule that will apply to all cases.

The man‘that lets his one fertil—
izer waste ‘in the barnyard thru
fndifierence, is not going to be suc—
cessful in the use of commercial fer-
tilizer.

Usually outstanding increases are
proc1aimed. by the manufacturers in
the fertilizer business as well as in
any other commercial field and these
things can not always be taken too
literally. I

The best plan is to try certain
kinds of fertilizer on your own
and note the , increase in
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Treating Potatoes .

“I would like to know if it would
be alright to cut the potatoes before
they are treated, and also what is
the right amount of corrosive sub-
limate to use?—-«R. S., Leslie. "

Seed potatoes must not be out be-
fore being treated with corrosive
sublimate.
in some instances, and after soaking
cut seed for thirty minutes it is
quite difficult to dry it quickly
enough to prevent its scouring. Un-
cut seed will dry quite fast when
placed in crates, but cut seed will
not. Then, for another reason, seed
potatoes should not be out before

being treated with corrosive, sub—
limate or formaldehyde. ’
The treating of potatoes, when.

properly done, nearly always has
the effect of retarding the growth
of the sprouts which are starting.
This is the reason we like to'treat
our seed ten days or two weeks be—
fore we cut it. A month before
would be alright. Use four ounces
of corrosive sublimate to thirty gal-
lons of water, and after treating a
batch which uses thirty gallons of
solution to cover it, add one ounce
more before treating the next one—
and add the same amount for each
time the solution is used. It is bet-
ter to use soft water, as well water
often neutralizes the corrosive sub-
limat. Treating dirty potatoes caus-
es the solution to become muddy.

months or more, ..
and find -y o u r'

It will injure the seed

This dirt will’takeithe sublimate

from the» water, and reduce its eth-
ciency. The solution should be
thrown away, when too dirty, and a
new one made.

Corrosive sublimate is Bichloride
of Mercury, and a very deadly poi-
son.
treated seed away from stock or
poultry. The solution should not
be emptied where poultry might
drink it.

t it t
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A subscriber in the central part of
the state writes it is going to be too
late before he can get a corn stub-
ble field. plowed for alfalfa, and
wants .to know if he can disk instead
of plowing. It depends somewhat
on the condition of the field. If it
is clear of June grass, etc., the disk-
ing would perhaps be as good as
plowing; on the other hand, if'the
field is quite grassy it would be bet-
ter to plow it and thoroughly com-
pact it. He wants to know if a
spring tooth harrow can be used in
place of a disk. A spring tooth hhr-
row can never do the work which a
disk harrow does. A disk harrow
is really a series of little disk plows
and, when properly used, has a sim-
ilar effect to plowing. That is why
it always leaves the ground rough
if only gone over once. There is
really a little back furrow on each
side of the harrow, and a dead fur—
row, in the center.

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“I saw a piece in the paper about
sprouting potatoes to have them

come early for spring seeding. Now,

how do you sprout them? I have
never done it; and you didn’t state
how. Now the way I have started to
try a. few is, I 'put a lay of potatoes
and a layer of sand until the box is
full and put behind the heater and
water them slightly, just enough to
keep them moist and not wet. Is
that proper?—E. S., Lewiston.”

No doubt E. S. will be successful
in sprouting his seed potatoes. How—
ever, when planting them the
sprouts will not be green but white.
Green sprouting is done in a warm,
sunlit place. The potatoes will turn
green, and the sprouts will be short,
stubby green ones, and, while easily
broken from the potato, they are
not tender but rather tough and, if
not broken off will stand consider-
able abuse without injury. Placing
potatoes in crates, not full, and giv-
en a warm, light place in which to
be unmolested for two or three
weeks, will develop the green shoots.
They, of course should be treated
before sprouting, and great care
must be used in cutting the seed.

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“How long before planting can I
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This question is often asked. Po-

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that the Son of man is lord of the Sab-
bath." Mark 2:27,.\28. -"

E were driving along the Line

coln highway on a pleasant

Sunday afternoon. Wife and
I were on an errand of mercy, and
so our Sunday motoring had in it
spiritual delight. But at frequent
places along the way‘were crowds of

”folks at refreshment parks who were

also'using the Sabbath to their de-
But what kind of delight?
And were they justified?

The scriptural incidents revolving
around our text picture Jesus n a
Babbath-controver'sey with the Phar-
isees. These creed-lovers thought
our Lord very un-Jewish in his re-
lation to the Sabbath institution.
They found their Sabbath delight in
observing Rabbinical rules that were
painfully minute. The good’ Jew, on
the Sabbath, must. have the best of
the Sabbath and gathering wheat to
dress and food, tho so poor that he
must be fed out of public charity.
But, if the pious poor were able to
buy an expensive dish for a Sabbath
dinner, he had gained the merit of
heaven. And so, what would be
ceremonial burdens and tortures to
us, the Pharisee practised to set off
the Sabbath from other days and
make it distinctively different.

“Not man for the sabbath." These
.words of Jesus were in reply to the
Pharisees' criticism of him and his
disciples in going thru grainfields on
the Sabbath and gathering wheat to
eat. The enemies of Christ were
trying to be consistent. If it was
wrong to stop up a hole in a barrel
on the Sabbath day, 'or to “wipe a
wound”, the disciples of Christ were
doing wrong in gathering wheat.
Therefore, the harsh-criticism.

But Jesus establishes the inno-
cence of the disciples by a reasoning

that should 'have been within the
comprehension of his enemies.
David had done that which it was
not lawful to do in eating the shew-
bread of the temple, yet his hunger
made it lawful. David’s plea was
that E's-'was on a special mission for
(his lord and he needed the provision
of the shewbread. But the disciples,
also, were following their Lord; and
plucking the grain for the sake of
him, who was greater thanthe tem-
ple, was of much more consequence
to them than keeping the law. The
higher law of mercy and need was
the disciple’s delight. Let it be ours.

So, we are sure'that making a
creed of keeping the Sabbath rests
upon no recorded command of the
New Testament. “Let no man there-
fore judge you * f ‘ in respect of
a Sabbath day.” But these words
of Paul but emphasize the position
of his Christ and ours, who proved
for all time that the narrow forms
of traditional law are bursted by the
new wine of the Kingdom.

“The Sabbath was made for man."
Now, no one who is careful will
wrest this scripture to his own de-
struction. Yet, multitudes are care—
less. The obligations of the Jewish
sabbath are passed away, even as are
sacrifices and circumcision. But the
principle and fact of the weekly day
of rest and worship, is deeply em—
bodied in the law of God; and this
creative law anteceded the Mosaic
law. This is the Sabbath that was
made for man; for the race. Reason,
science, and revelation; all tell us of
the“physica1 and moral necessity of
keeping this seventh day. Yet, We
hear everywhere the plea that many
need this day for amusement and
recreation, and so the distinction be-
tween Sunday and other days is in
danger of being broken down. The
holy day is not a delight to some

- unless they make of it a holiday.

The Christian day of rest and wor-
ship and social helpfulness is kept
following. the practice . of the, early
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resurrection day, to them, was so
fitting a reminder of the risen Christ
and so suited to rekindle their de-
votion to him, that they set apart
to public and private worship, to the
giving of money for charitable pure
poses, and to deeds of mercy. We
may well pray and work that no man
rob us of such a day. The world is
so forcing itself in upon us that we
shall surely break down our physical
stamina and lose our devotion to
Christian ideals, unless we religious-
ly keep our Sundays. Who is it that
does not need these weekly reser-
voirs of strength along life’s way?
But again, how shall we use our
Sundays? For personal attention
and for social help. Our Lord
teaches that any ceremonial law that
interferes with personal needs, must
give way. And it also must give way
to mercy 101' the ox that is in the
ditch. Whatever principle is right,
is right; and it is right every day.
An intolerant friend recently criti-

    

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day. But if it isright to shave on
every other merning, it is right to
shave on Sunday morn g. “Yes",
said the bigot, “itis‘alright to comb
your hair." This is none other than
the creed of a'simpleton. One can
find no delight in a religion that de-
mands stultifying one’s reason and
abandoning one’s common sense.
Let us have a rational faith. As for
this preacher, let him stand in the
shade of David who ate the commun-
ion bread to satisfy hunger, and let
him be content to follow that One
who puts life above ceremony.
Christ “is Lord even on the sab—
bath.” or course, he is Lord of all
Other days, but he sets this day apart
for special needs to self and others.
The smart and ingenious rabbi might
lift the brute out of the ditch on
the Sabbath, but he would let a man
suffer as a tribute to ceremony. But
Jesus' sabbath delight was to save
life and to do good; therefore, he
said to the man with the withered
hand, “Stretch forth thy hand.”
The man was healed. He was su-
perior to brutes. So are all of us.
Have we all laid to heart this lesson
that Jesus allows the pressure of
personal and social needs to modify
our manner of keeping the Sabbath.
This principle teaches us how to
spend our Sundays; whether resting,
worshipping, or serving; but it does
demand this variation and this
special distinction for these days.
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thru‘indulgence'ln seiflsh pleasures,
but thru the experience of mercy,
sacrifice, and worship after the man-
ner of him who is Lord of the sab-
bath.

ASCRIBE YE GREATNESS unto our
God. He is the Rock, his work is
perfect: for all his ways are judg-
ment: a God of truth and without
iniquity, just and right is he.—Deu-
teronomy 32:3, 4.

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HOME FROM FIRE?

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lost $28,335.40 which was 42 per
cent of all their losses for that year,
and we might go on with many more
similar reports had we space to de-
vote to it, as the experiences of ev-
ery farm mutual insurance company
in Michigan, were about the same.

It is therefore- apparent that our
readers, whose homes are ,. covered
with shingle roofs, should awake to
the great dangers which constantly
threaten the destruction of their
homes, with the full realization that
theirs may be next, and fortify
themselves against this great ever-.
increasing danger, and at the earliest
possible time, cover their homes with
fire proof roofing, and until such
times as they may do so, take every
precaution to make their family and
their property safe against roof fires.

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ITH some disappointment Mr. Cummings and father started. on their

tramp to Kalamazoo, going by way of Ionia, to file their claims. 0n
reaching the land office, and before filing on them, they discovered Mr. New-
berry had been mistaken, and the S. E. 14 of Section 36 was still open to
homestead. They at once filed their claim, Mr. Cummings taking the north
half and father the soutlrhalf and this is now the farm which is the
foundation of this story.

The rest of the trip back to Kalamazoo was not so difficult, and made
with much brighter hopes, as each had secured a homestead that pleased
them better than they had ever hoped for, and they were very anxious to
return and make the necessary im-

By ED. C. ALLEN

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and high enough so they could stand up in it without bumping the roof.
Early the next morning they were up and at work. As they had no
feed leftfor the horse father would have to start back at once, but‘as
hemlock brush was only good to keep out the snow they must provide for
a roof for the cabin first. They learned of a pine log about a mile away
which could be used to make into shakes, but the sleigh being demolished
they used the/horse as amack mule and soon had the shakes to roof the
cabin ,and father was on his return with the horse and harness but no
sleigh, leaving Bill and Mr. Cummings in the wilderness to get along as

best they could for'the next six months.
Soon after father got home he received orders to move his camp a few
miles north of Cedar Springs, since

 

 

provements and residence required
by law to get their deeds. This re-
quired some of the family to live on
the place and make some improve-
,ments not later than six months
after the claim had been filed.

About this time the G. R. and I.
Railroad was started north from
Kalamazoo and father took the job
of boarding the men for the con-
tractor. The officials of the railroad
about this time seemed to have a
hard time to secure enough money
to finance their project, and Mr.
Howard, the president, was using
every effort to succeed, but some-
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Ed. C. Allen

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TILE STORY TO DATE

IN the opening installment of our new story Mr.
Allen told us something about his father, Ste-

phen H. Allen, who was born in England but
left home to travel around the world. He told- us
of his father’s lneeting Miss Eliza Conway, who
later became his wife, and they settled in Chicago.
Shortly after the Civil \Var broke out.
received his honorable discharge from the army
for his services during the war the family decided
to come to Michigan. '
1867, and two years later they settled on the farm
owned and occupied by the author of our
story, located near LeRoy, in Osceola county. Mr
panion, Henry ('ununings, had just staked out their homesteads at the
conclusion of the installment in our last issue.

known as Lockwood, as Jim Loch—
wood ran a small sawmill near it.
But it took near two weeks to make
this move. During this time mother,
with us children, stayed at the ho—
tels, first a day or two at the old
Bronson House in Grand Rapids
then kept by Aaron Courtwright,
who took us to the station where We
took the train for Cedar Springs,
there to stop at the National Hotel
until our camps were ready. People
were making history in those days.
The hotel was operated by Mr. and
Mrs. Daniels, the latter’s brother
was the far famed “Joe Cook” who
operated the stage line between

After he

That was in the year of

Allen and a com-

 

sults. One of these instances is very

Cedar Springs and Traverse City. I

 

interesting and was told me a few
days ago by his son, Mr. James Howard, who is now claim agent for the
Pennsylvania Railroad system.

It was in the summer of 1910, as I remember driving to LeRoy with
our pony to meet Mr. Howard. and while we were driving up to the farm
from the station on what is now M—13, Mr. Howard seemed very favorably
impressed with the prosperous appearance of the country we were driving
through, and I will use his words: “Vi'hat would the old capitalists of
forty years ago think if they could come out of their graves and see this
section of Michigan as it looks now?
raise money to build this railroad among the capitalists of that city, and
“after they had spent a week in going over prospects, they told Mr. Howard
they were sorry to disappoint him, but after due consideration they had de-
cided not to invest capital in a railroad through Michigan where the rails
would be left to rust as soon as the pine timber was removed.

Arrange to l‘Iake Improvements

Well, this must have been a shock to Mr. Howard, but he did not give
up, although work had to be suspended that winter. This gave my father
an opportunity to arrange for the required improvements on the homestead,
and with the help of Henry Cummings and my brother Bill, then only
fifteen years old, they constructed a kind of sleigh for one horse, making
the runners of 2x12 plank and the box of rough pine boards three feet
Wide and six feet long. This box they packed with provisions, blankets and

.some tools, also a rifle and ammunition, because they had learned from the
Newberrys that a gun was one of the most important implements. The
Newberrys wele both good hunters and weie always provided with venison.

The gun my brother Bill took on this trip was a very heavy old muzzle
loading rifle, it had been a flint lock but was changed to use percussion caps,
and a brass bullet mold went with it, as every hunter made his own bullets
then. This mold would make one round bullet and one long one pointed
at one end.

A couple of axes were the main tools, as. cross-cut saws were little
used at that time. With this crude

When father went to Pittsburgh to ’

do not know how many horses and
stages were used but it must have taken many, as one stage left Cedar
Springs each day and one arrived each day; they had several relays, Sher-
man up in VVexford county being one of them. I think it took three days
to make the trip one way, and I was always an anxious listener when a
stage arrived from the north to hear the stories told by passengers of their
wild ride through a wilderness where only wild animals were in evidence.

Wife of Brigham Young

Mrs. Daniels had a sister staying with her at the hotel at this time
who had gained more notoriety than her brother “Joe Cook.” She was
Analiza Young, the 19th wife of Brigham Young, who had escaped from
the Mormons at Salt Lake City, with her little daughter, Baby Young, and
was then very busy writing a book of her life among the Mormons, and
her escape from them. Baby Young being about my age we played together
around the hotel while her mother was writing her book, “Wife No. Nine-
teen, by Analiza Young.” This book was advertised in all the metropolitan
papers and had a big sale during the “seventies.” I would like to see one
of those books now. ‘

Well, the camps were soon finished and the railroad grading rushed as
fast as possible, as they were limited in time on this twenty miles, and the
grading and clearing the right—of—way was all done by hard labor. Men
with axes felled the trees, others followed with oxen to move the logs and
brush, after them came "grubbers" who with grub hoes and axes grubbed
out the stumps, then came the grading gangs who with No. 2 shovels loaded
the earth into wagons with dump boards, when it was hauled out into the
fills and dumped. Other gangs were loading dirt into Wheelbarrows and
wheeling it out in places where it did not have to be moved so far and plank
could be got to run the Wheelbarrows on.

In this way the work went on rapidly, as many men were emploYed,
and our camp was soon moved ahead to here now stands the town of Sand
Lake, but was then dense forest without a tree out until the railroad right—
of—Way was cleared. Here father had to enlarge his camp to accomodate

One hundred more men, as a large

 

outfit, and only one horse, there was
little chance to ride, but my father,
~brother Bill and Mr. Cummings
started about the first of March,
1869, for Section 36—2040. How
they accomplished that journey I
have often wondered; no roads and
no bridges over the streams north of
where Reed City is now located,
with only the blazed trees to follow.
But they got through in some way,
arriving on the place about 4 p. m.

One started to dig out the snow
to build a cabin, while the other
two with their axes were cutting
logs and getting them ready. They
found the snow was four feet deep,
but they succeeded in getting the
walls up and covered with hemlock
brush before dark. They also made
a leanto of hemlock for the horse,
"and by dismantling the sleigh, as
,, was their plan, they made a door for
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crowd of Swedish emigrants had
fiust arrived and were given employ—
ment on the railroad construction.
This work went so fast that' it
seemed only a short time when our
camp must be moved to the “end of
the twenty.”

Moving camp at this time was like
moving a circus, it had to go on
without retarding the work, and
father would load the first wagon
with the unopened packagesof pro—
visions, bedding, and other things
that would not prevent serving the
men their dinners at the old camp,
yet must be prepared to give them
their supper at the new camp. This
being a long move, father started
early with two teams and on arriv-
ing at the new camp where the town
of Morley now stands, the wagons
were hurriedly unloaded so the

a long, hard drive and was then long
wast dinner time, so my brother Joe,

who :went with father in the morn-
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SPRAYING SMALL HOME
._ ORCHARDS
INCE the advent of the legiOn of
insects and diseases whichiat-
tack fruit trees the old home
orchards are still fast disappearing
and the few. trees which have sur—
\ p vived usually
need all their re—
maining strength
in clinging to
life, to say noth-
ing of bearing
fruit. The grain
or dairy farmer
has his farm
e q u i p p e d and
geared up to
produce grain
and dairy pro-
ducts. He hasn’t
the time to study
the highly spec-
ialized problems
of fruit growing; neither has he the
equipment which is necessary for
growing high class fruit at low cost.
Nevertheless a few fruit trees and
grape vines around the house to pro-
vide a home supply are a distinct
asset to any farm and many farmers
would willingly expend a little effort
to make this possible.

The first thing to keep in mind
is not to try to take care of too
many trees. If too much is attemp—
ed the chances are that owing to the
press of field work, nothing in the
line of fruit will be accomplished.
Concentrate all the time available
on a few trees and vines and they
will reward you with a surprising
amount of fruit. The next thing
to remember is to keep the ground
under the trees in fertile condition.
Fruit crops must be fed, the same
as field crops and annual applica-
tions of manure or nitrate fertilizer
will insure regular crops. If manure
is used it had best be applied in the
early winter or late fall after the
trees are dormant while nitrate fer-
tilizer will give best results if ap-
plied‘ in the spring. In either case
do not spread the material near the
trunk but get it out under the ends
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' roots are.

These things all lead up to the
most important practice of all;
spraying. The commercial grower
sprays his apples seven or eight
times and his grapes four or five
times and this is necessary in order
to produce the perfect finished fruit
which his market demands. The
general farmer however can grow a
supply of good quality fruit for home
use by putting on only the most im-
portant sprays.

Here is a home spray schedule for
cherries: 1—-—as soon as the blossom
petals have dropped; lime—sulphur
6 pints and powdered lead arsenate
1/2 pound in water to make 25 gal—
lons. This is for leaf-spot, curculio,
and rot. 2———Two weeks later; same
as before. 3——Immediately after
harvest; same as before.

For apples: 1——-In the spring just
as the leaves are beginning to come
out; lime-sulphur 3 gallons and 14
pint of “Black-leaf 40”, in water to

. make 25 gallons, for scale and plant

lice. 2—Just before the blossoms
open; lime—sulphur 5 pints, in water
to make 25 gallons, for scab. 3—

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Immediately after the blossoms have
dropped; lime—sulphur 5'pints and
powdered lead arsenate 1/2‘- pound,
in water to make 25 gallons, for
scab and worms. 4—August 1st
for Northern Michigan and July 20
for Southern Michigan; same as
No. 3.

For pears: l—As soon as the little
blossom buds can be seen; lime-sul-
phur 3 gallons in water to make 25
gallons, for scab, scale, and psylla.
2—As soon as the blossom petals
have dropped; lime~sulphur 5 pints,
powdered lead arsenate 1/2 pound,
and 14 pint of “Black-leaf 40” in
water to make 25 gallons, for scab,
worms, and psylla.

For plums: l—in the spring be-
fore the leaves are out; 3 gallons
lime-sulphur in water to make 25
gallons. This spray is needed only
if the trees have scale. 2———Immedi—
ately after the blossom petals have
dropped; 5 pints lime—sulphur, and
1/2 pound powdered lead arsenate in
water to make 25 gallons, for cur—
culio and rot. 3—Two weeks later;
same as No. 2.

For peaches: 1—Early in spring
before buds swell; 3 gallons lime—
sulphur, and water to make 25 gal-
lons, for leaf-curl and scale. 2—-
After most of the blossom shucks
are off; 1A9, pound powdered lead
arsenate, and M; pound hydrated
lime, with water to make 25 gal-
lons, for curculio or “sting”.

For grapes: 1—Just before blos—
soming; powdered lead arsenate 34
pound in 25 gallons of bordeaux
mixture, for rot, mildew, berry moth
and rose bugs. 2—Immediately aft—
er the blossoms are off; same as be-
fore. 3—Just before the berries are
large enough to touch each other
in the bunches; same as before ex-
cept that 14 pint of “Black—leaf 40"
will have to be added if there are
leaf hoppers on the vines, in which
case the under sides of the leaves
will have to be sprayed.

Bordeaux mixture is made of cop-
per sulpha’te and lime, Copper sul-
phate comes in crystals and is also
called blue vitriol or blue-stone. To
make this mixture, first put 22 gal-
lons of water in the spray barrel.
Dissolve 2 pounds of copper sulphate
in a gallon of hot water and add to
the water in the spray barrel. Then
stir 3 pounds of hydrated lime in a
gallon of water. Pour this slowly
into the spray barrel and stir thor-
oughly at the same time. This gives
about 25 gallons of a light blue ma—
terial which is Bordeaux Mixture and
should be used as soon as possible
after mixing.

Lime-sulphur solution can be

bought ready made in barrels or ~

kegs.

Powdered lead arsenate should
first be stirred up in a little water
before adding it to the other mater-
ials.

In spraying your home grown
fruit three things must be kept in
mind, namely; mix your “spray
dope” accurately according to form-
ula, spray at the right time. and
spray thoroughly. Thoroughly means
spray until there is not a dry leaf
or twig on the tree.

As for spray equipment, some
farmers get their neighbors together

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1869. Graduating from the Baldwinsville Academy
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MICHIGANS IJONGIET MARRIED COUPLE

8 this is written it is yet too early to tell
who the winners will be in our longest mar-
ried couple contest but to date we have over

70 entries from forty counties and the contest
has several days yet to run. By May first no
doubt we will have at least eighty couples com-
peting for the three prizes as entries during the
last few days indicate that many have just de—
cided to enter or have delayed entering until the
"eleventh hour."

The couple leading the contest at this time is
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Davis, of Leonidas, St. Joseph
county, who have been married for a little over
seventy-one years. Mr. Davis is ninety-two years
old and his Wife is eighty-nine, and both expect
to live many more happy years together. In our

May 22nd issue we will publish the results of this

contest.

THE PROHIBITION QUESTION

WE are quite inclined to agree with the Dear—
born Independent, Henry Ford’s magazine,

on prohibition and this country. In the es-
timation of the editors of that publication the
wets are doing more to make the United States
dry than even the best friends of the Eighteenth
Amendment. Their methods of fighting prohibi-
tion win only criticism and disgust for their
cause.

They try to tell us that conditions are worse
than they were in “the old days" when they
themselves know different. Go into any town or
city, large or small, and notice the number of
drunken men you see on the street, then stop and
think of the number you have seen on the streets
of a place of like size before the days of prohibi-
tion. If the saloons were again allowed it would
not be safe for our wives to venture forth on the
streets of a town or city in the evening without
an escort. We all know it.

Notice the poor families today compared with
before this country went dry. You probably will
recall some right in your own neighborhood who
led a hand-to—mouth existence, with hardly
enough clothing to cover their bodies, and the
man used practically every cent he earned to buy
liquor. Haven’t conditions changed for the bet-
ter during the last few years in these same
homes? In the majority they have.

There is no question about the fact that gaso-
line and alcohol will not mix. Accidents every
day prove the truth of this statement. Then try
to picture how conditions would be today with
all of the automobiles and trucks traveling our
highways if the saloons were again opened. We
would not need any wars to reduce our popula-
tion, that is certain. Licensed drinking went out
with the coming of motor vehicles if for no other
reason than the safety of the general public. It
is true there are many automobiles and trucks
operated in lands where prohibition is unknown
but the total number of motor vehicles in any one
of these countries fails to approach the total for
the United States. /

It is argued that the general public does not
want prohibition. Let us ask who voted for it?
Wasn't it the public at the polls? If they did
not want it why did they vote for it? Certainly

the wets fought it, using every possible means
known to them, so it was not a case of the drys

 

putting anything over on the people. Michigan
veted on the questionth‘ree dlflerengtimes ad

substantial majority
favor of prohibition.

paper. A straw vote of this kind is a joke and
gets little attention from a. thinking person.

Our personal liberties are being taken away
from us, is another one of the arguments put up
by the wet interests. If there is a certain food
in our diet that makes us ill we discard it. We
do not continue to eat that food because it is a
personal liberty even though it does ruin our
digestion. Should anyone be encouraged to des-
troy their health for the sake of personal liberty?
Even though it does mean many dollars in the
pocket of the one who urges? If we should have
liquor Why not also sell drugs in the same places
and in the same manner? Is one habit any worse
than the other?

Still another argument is that people are
breaking the law every day and it is impossible
to enforce it. Murders are committed every day
also and some times the murderer escapes the
law, but we do not think of repealing the law
governing murders. Hundreds of other good
laws are broken each\day of the year by a few
individuals but we would not discard them be-

cause of that fact as they are needed for the geod~

of our/country, and in most instances they are
enforced. If the officials as a whole will show
their determination to enforce the Eighteenth
Amendment the same as they do other laws, and
the public men and newspapers will back them
up, there is little doubt but what it can be en-
forced.

It is useless to argue that our young folks are
going to pot because of the dry law, because facts
fail to substantiate such statements. Nowadays
if one student in a school or college strays from
the straight and narrow path it is blamed to
strong drink. Not so in the old days when the
percentage of drinkers was many times greater
than today. The wet interests were not busy
then getting out publicity on such matters. Nor
were the newspapers apparently anxious to pub-
lish such stories as they are today. Most of the
newspapers are slackers in the matter of enforc-
ing the Eighteenth Amendment, and are encour-
aging the breaking of the law, which means
breaking other laws, by publishing the kind of
stories and editorials they do.

, Light wines and beer would only be a cover
for stronger drinks, and its advocates know it.
Results in other countries have proven that there
is no half way about it, that it must be dry or
it must be wet. The United States is dry and
the wet interests might as well take their medi-
cine and invest their money in other businesses,
the kind that make for a prosperous co .ntry.

PROTEUI‘ION AGAINST FIRE

FARMERS should plan the construction of
their buildings more carefully than any

other class of people, making them fire 'proof
as much as possible because of the poor protec-
tion they have against losses from this cause. In
the city there are the paid and volunteer fire-
men who. night and day, are awaiting calls to
extinguish fires in any part of the city, and they
are equipped with the most modern machinery.
The most modern fire fighting equipment about
the average farm home is a few pails and the fire
fighters are the family and near neighbors.
Needless to say when a fire gets well under way
in a farm building it is usually a case of letting
it burn and. trying to save the contents, and pre-
venting surrounding buildings from catching
afire from flying sparks.

A large percentage of the losses from fire in
the country could be prevented if all buildings
were roofed with a fire proof roofing because so
many fires are caused by flying sparks alighting
on roofs and the blaze not being discovered until
it has a good start or the upper story is in
flames. ‘

Some very interesting facts on this subject are
presented in an article on page four of this issue,
and we urge that you read this carefully.

POTATO GBOWERS CONTRAOE VALID ~ 2
AST fall the Michigan Potato Growers Ex-
change threatened to take legal action
against buyers who encouraged grov’vers to
violate their five-year contract with the associ-
ation, and in an editorial headed "Violating Con-
tracts,” in our October 24th issue, we urged that
they do this. We also urged that growers who
broke their contracts be brought to account. We
felt that the grower should be made to realize
the seriousness of their contract and the dealers
made to respect it. Since then legal action has
been taken against two growers, one who sold
some of his crop outside of the association and
another who threatened to, and we now have be-
fore as a statement of the judge“ decision. Arm
to

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The ”as: vote Was taken in," . _ _ , -
1919 and we do not think the sentiment in the
state has changed since then, in spite of the re- ’
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elation may be restrained by an mun no on from

doing so, and for the potatoes sold by mamm- ‘

her before the issuance of the injunction, the as-
sociation can collect the sum of 25 cents per

hundredweight therefor; also that a member can-1 .
not by merely paying the 25 cents per hundred-’

weight sell his potatoes to whomsoever he
pleases.

This will make growers realize that the con-
tract they sign is something more than a scrap
of paper and they will think mighty seriously'bel
fore breaking it. And the dealers will be care-
ful about trying to induce growers to break their
contract. Such a decision will strengthen the
Michigan Potato Growers Exchange because the
number of those who are sincere in living up to
their contract to the word, and work hard to
put the exchange across, will increase, knowing
that the one who violates his contract and fails
to support the association will be dealt with
severely.

_, JASON WOODMAN

ASON WOODMAN, one of Michigan’s most
widely known agricultural leaders, died
Monday, April 26, at his home at Paw Paw
from pneumonia after an illness of only one
week. He was 66 years old. Mr. Woodman
served in the State Senate from 1903 to 1907,
was a member of the State Board of Agriculture
from 1911 to 1923, was lecturer of the State
Grange for eight years, served as one of the first
county agricultural agents in the state, and was
considered an authority on potato culture. Dur-
ing his life he gave most liberally of his time to
help make farming a pleasant and profitable oo-
cupation for his fellow farmer as well as the com-
ing generations. He believed to make a success
of life one should live so that when they died the
world would be a little better oflf than it would
have been if they had never lived, and he lived
his belief to‘ the fullest extent. Could any man

do better?

A editorials entitled “A True Story" which ap-
peared in our February 27th tissue, and

comes back with one headed “Over-ripe, Fruit"

which is a true story and just the opposite of

the one we wrote. He writes:

"The manager of a cooperative, after serving
some years and doing good work, fell into a rut
and used his selfish motives and ideas in con-
ducting affairs of the'association, creating mem-
bership dissatisfaction and ultmate kindred ills
to the extent that a new administration came into
existence.

“The old manager used his infiuenece to break
the new administration, then followed with all
the faultfinding that could be conjured by the
brain of an idle man, for he secured no other
ob.
nouncement of the official board.

"Help to build up an organization as long as
important ofiicial position is attained, when
that position is lost then turn and pull and tear
down must be human nature to ”some folks,
while others put their shoulder to the wheel of
cooperation and 'quietly boost with all their
power.

“To the sincereb ester, doing his work quiet-
ly, comes unsolici undreamed of positions,
attended with greater responsibilities, and great-
er ofllcial power.

"As naturally as water flows down hill, the
fautfinder, knockerLand schemer for greater
selfish control, goes down, and on down and out.
It is fruit that has ripened and hung on the
vine until it became over-ripe, putrid, and a
stench to the nostrils of decency."

There is much truth in this editorial by an
Ohio reader, just as there was in the one we
wrote, and we are pleased to give it space on this
page.

OVER-RIPE FRUIT
SUBSCRIBER down in Ohio read one of our

’ FARM PRICES DOWN SLIGHTLY
IGURES given out by the U. S. Department of
Agriculture indicate that farm prices for
April-of this year average seven points un-
der a year ago. This is not a very serious mat-
ter to farmers of Michigan because most of the
decline in prices has been in products which they
do not produce, and their price level compares
favorably with April of 1926. It is the cotton
farmers who are suffering most. Grains are
somewhat lower but the gain in the prices of
fruits and vegetables, dairy and poultry,
meat animals more‘than onsets this loss.
other victory for diversified farming. ’

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The Royal Mail Order 00., Knick-

' erbocker Bldg., New York City, ad-
'vertised for home work and I an-

swered, getting the enclosed liter-
ature. received the instruction

'sheet and pen for which I sent

$1.65. I then sent in some work but
I never heard from then. The pen
was absolutely no good so I returned
it and requested my money back,
but a few days later the pen and
letter were both returned to me
stamped “refused." What's wrong?
—Mrs.,11., Ionia County.

S is another one of those

“work-at-home” schemes. that

failed 'to work profitably as far
as the “victim” was concerned but
was apparently a success for the
promoters. The work was address-
ing envelops and mailing circulars
for which the worker was to re-
ceive $1.00 per 100, but the address—
ing had to be done with a certain
kind of pert—“Bamboo Craft Foun-
tain Pen"——which the company
Would order for the worker for only
$1.65.

We wrote 'the company for our
subscriber only to have our letter
returned as “refused." We com-
municated with the postmaster of
New York City and learned that on
December 19 Sadye Raphael, who
conducted the business known as
the Royal Mail Order Company filed
an order through the oflflce of the
post oflice inspector in charge to re-
turn all mail for the above concern
to senders.

It looks to us as though this man
had a quantity of cheap fountain
pens that he desired to sell at a
good profit and he took this way to
do it. After his supply was exhaust-
ed he discontinued business.

Do not consider investing money
in any of these “work-at-home"
schemes until you have made a
thorough investigation of them. We
are always glad to advise you.

MUSIC COMPANY GOES BROKE
”Am 'glad to let you know that
Mr. '————— has settled nearly all
of my claim. I appreciate very much
the kindness and favor you have
shown me. This one department in
your paper is worth many times the
cost of the entire paper. The stock
and grain reports are a great help
to anyone, and we depend largely
upon them to tell us the best time to
sell. I again thank you very much
for your efforts and will enclose a
few stamps as I know you have used
several in writing about this mat-
ter."——Mrs. B., Genessee County.

HIS claim dates back to nearly

, a year ago, when Mrs. B sent
a song she had written to a St.
Louis, Missouri, music company for
them to write the music, secure a
copyright, and print several copies.
The company agreed to do this work
for $33.00 and Mrs. B. sent the
money. She waited for some time
and not hearing anything from the
company began to get worried so
she wrote them a letter. She re-
ceived a reply asking that she grant
them more time, which she did.
Waiting what she considered a rea-
sonable length of time she wrote
them again and got the same results
as she did from her previous letter.
After that there was considerable
correspondence and finally our sub—

 

 

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‘tect our subscribers from fraudulent dealings
or unfair treatment by persons or concerns at
a distance. , ,

In everyoasenewiildoourbeettemale
a satisfactory settlement or force action. in
which no charge for our services will ever he
made. providing: .

'Ir—Thl claim is made by, a paid-up sub-
scriber to The Business Farmer.

2.-—'l'he claim Is not more than 0 mos. old.

8.—The claim is not local or between, pee-

le within ‘oasy distance of one moth-l.
e s ouid be settled at first hand and' not
attsmp by mall.‘ '

Address all letters. "'2? full partloularu
mounts. dates. ‘anci no also your ad-
dressialseii'romthefront covet-of _
tool-eve that youareapai‘d-up' .
THE BUSINESS PARKER. collection lea .

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L' *todoul'yn into rm”"
- “arm“ . rm..." w. .W' w
‘ wn'ldulh our subscribers. This service.

, though I can not say enough for THE

get nothing from them. As soon as they

  

becrlbers 'mm duiont deals or un- ~
on stocks and mm, and lnvestll‘fte

dvlse
including a personal letter. is free w on

scriber wrote to us to see what we
could do for her stating that she felt
she was not getting any place. We
wrote only to learn ~that the com-
pany had gone out of business but
succeeded in getting the name and
address of the former manager to
whom we wrote presenting the case
of our subscriber. He agreed to re-
turn the money but , advised he
would have to pay in installments
as his salary from his new position
was not sufl‘lcient for him to do oth-
erwise. Mrs. B advised that this
was satisfactory to her so we con-
sidered the claim as good as settled.
But over a month later we received
a letter from our subscriber to the
effect that she had‘ received neither
money or letter from the man. We
sent him another letter and a few
weeks later received the above from
our subscriber.

,.CHA_RGING BATTERHE

HE Always Ready Products Com-
pany of Williamsport, Pa., has
been cited by the Federal Trade
Commission (Docket 1353) for false
and misleading advertising of its
product, a solution for store e bat-
teries. The Commission c arges
that this respondent's claim that its
solution will charge storage batter—

ies, and other statements of like
character are false, deceptive and
misleading.

If. you use a storage battery in
your car or radio set, write the Na-
tional Business Bureau today for a
copy of the United States Bureau of
Standards report, ”Solutions Do Not
Charge Storage Batteries."

A similar solution, know as “Fire-
fli" is being offered to Middle West-
ern service stations by the Motor
Products Company, of Evansville,
Ind., accompanied by advertising ex-
aggerations. Analysis shows it to
be composed of approximately one
part sulphuric acid to two parts of
water, to each gallon Of\ which about
one—half pound of epsom salts has
been added. '

METRO PUBLISHING COMPANY
NE of our subscribers signed up
with the Metro Publishing Com-
pany, 96 Monroe Avenue.
Grand Rapids, to sell 159 single
copies of their magazine at 12 cents
each, for which she was to receive a
100-plece dinner set. She sold a to—
tal of 161 copies but she failed to
receive her set of dishes, and she
wrote to us. We wrote the company
and received no reply, in fact, we
wrote them several letters without
receiving an acknowledgment of any
kind. Then recently our subscriber
advised that she had just received
16 pieces of the dinner set, but no
letter of explanation. These dishes
were received after we wrote them
a letter to the eflect that if they
were deliberately ignoring the claim
and did not intend to give our sub-
scriber a fair deal we would expose
their methods in our columns. To
date they haveh’t fulfilled their
agreement with our subScriber and
we want to warn our folks against
them. '

Just a line to let you know that I re-
ceived Mr. —,————— personal check Sat—
urday, February 20th, for the full amount
814,98, and want to thank you for the
way you handled this account. I feel as

Busmnss FARMER. I am here to say, as
long as I live it will always be in our
home. Thanking you again—Mrs. J. F..
Cass City, Michigan.

Have just received your letter and we
thank you very much for the courtesy
shown us. Your paper is sure a welcome
visitor at our home and would recom-
mend it to every farmer. Don’t think
it will injure anyone for reading it. Once
more, let us thank you for the favor ex-
tended to “Ir—Mr. and Mrs. D. T., Jack-
son, Michigan.

.._._____,___.

I wrote you a few days ago regarding
the ‘—""_-‘. My daughter sold perfume
forthcmmdwastogetawatch She‘
sent them the amount of money but could

heardfrosn you they made good quick.
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Raise Poultry
for Market

This is the time to get your flocks
i started, Raise Good Stock.
“Learn to Dress It and

Get all the Profit

Ship Next Fall and Winter to

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1903 Adelaide St., Detroit, Mich.

“Him for new shippers’ guide. All
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By Anne Campbell. ._

' When mother’s sick. there is no fun.
I dassen't yell when school is done,
But in the house I softly creep
And whisper, "Is my ma asleep?"
And when the butter on my bread
With lots of marmalade is spread,
In eatin' it, there is no kick.
Things don’t taste good, when mother's
sick.

When mother’s sick, I’d like to go

An' tell her that I love her so,

But “You'll disturb her,” says my dad.
Still I believe she would be glad.

Dad thinks of nuthin' else but her,
An' from her side he’ll scarcely stir.

"I hope the darlin’ gets well quick."
He says to me, when mother’s sick.

When mother’s sick, I do a lot.

I keep the furnace fire real hot.

I keep coals burnin' in the grate,

An' if I’m asked, don't hesitate

To run an errand to the store,

An' get the mail an' tend the door.
Dad says to me, "You are a brick
To help out so when mother’s sick."

u When mother’s sick, I miss her so
When night comes down, I hardly know
Jest how I’ll keepvfrom actln' blue,
.An' cryin' all the evenin’ through.

I go to bed real early though,

An' when I‘ve prayed for her, I know
God's bendin' near, an’ so I stick
Real close to Him, when mother’s sick.

(Copyright 1926.)

NEW CURTAINS

there anything that dresses up

our home so much as fresh cur-

tains? I think not. The furni-
ture may be old or inexpensive but
if the walls are clean, with curtains
fresh and well hung, the room al-
ways looks inviting.

Having just put the finishing
touches to my own curtains I still
have visions of the many beautiful
ones I saw—but could not afford—
so will pass on a few ideas which I
gathered that may help my friends
and readers.

There are so many pretty materi-
als this spring that it is easy to car—
ry out any color scheme one wishes.
Some white materials are barred
and some dotted with yellow, pink
and blue and some With the rufiles
in colors to match the bars or dots.
Then the Scranton marquisette and
other materials with silk finish are
very good. The ruffled curtains are
used a great deal this spring not
only for bed room curtains but for
all rooms.

For more elaborate decorations
the drapes and valances add a great
deal to the appearance of a room.
The double rods should be used for
the drapes then the valance is fas-
tened to this with little hooks made
for that purpose covering both cur-
tain and drapes.

Many of you will remember the
old lambrequins we use to have.
These valances are very similar and
could even be tacked on to a board
nailed above the window casing
about four inches wide.

There is an unlimited supply of
beautiful materials for drapes from
cretonnes to heavy brocaded fabrics.

Just give a little thought to the
colors which will blend with what
you already have and you will be
surprised at the beauty of your winé
dows. The curtains and drapes
should both come just to the win—
dow sill.

FAVORITE EYE LOTION

ERE is the recipe for an eye 10-
tion that I have used for a long
time, and one that I should not
like to be without, as it clears and
beautifies and rests the eyes, better
than anything I have ever used.
To a quart of boiled water, add
two—eye—cupfuls of boric acid, one
eye—cupful of witch haze], and a
teaspoon of spirits of camphor. Keep
cold and use with the eye cup night
and morning. When the eyes are
inflamed from motoring or tired
from sewing or reading, it is a good
plan to take an eye bath several
times a day until all redness and
weakness is gone—P. L. M.

PREVENTING GRAVEL

AM wondering if any M. B. F.
I are troubled with gravel. For

two years I had several attacks of
it and then for eight months I was
troubled constantly so I thought life
seemed a nightmare.

I want to pass along the simple
preventative I came to use in answer
to a prayer. I know it is effective
because I have taken no medicine
‘ for it since December, 1925, and

have had notrouble. It is only this,

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age and new strength!

flesh air and sunshine.
in human existence and
they don’t cost a cent, so let
us use them, building sound
strong bodies.
J Address mum

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Edited by MR8. mm TAYLOR .

EAR FOLKS: At last a glorious spring day to give us.new cour-
Perhaps a few ambitious housekeepers

have finished the annual housecleaning, so that when Dad comes
intoresthewillflndhlseasyehairinastrangecornerandwhen
heretiresatnightandgoestosetthealarmclockinitsusualplace
on the dresser he finds that too has moved, but whether or no, the
cleaningisfinished,letusopenwfdeourdweflings,fioodthemwfth
These are the two most important elements

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Mrs. Annlo Taylor. are The Iuslnou Fm, It. Olomem, lllohlnn.

  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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boil all drinking water. As the wa-
ter cools, the lime settles and the
trouble with it. This will also pre-
vent gall stones—Reader.

KEEPING SAUER KRAUT

MADE a six gallon jar full of
I sauer kraut in the fall as we all

like sauer kraut. I opened the
jar early and as it was good, kept
on using it ,during the winter. In
the spring when warm weather came
I noticed some green mold on top so
I took it up out of cellar and also
some one—half gallon and quart fruit
jars. I took off the green mold and
some that I thought wasn’t any good
and put the rest in the clean one-
half gallon jars, pressed down good
until the brine ran over the top and
then put the covers on tight and it
kept until it was all gone—Mrs. D.

B., Alamo, Michigan.

 

RENEW FURNITURE AT HOME
READILY

LD, painted furniture may be

refinished successfully at home.

The only materials needed are
prepared paint of the desired color,
a good paint brush, sandpaper, and,
if the old finish has to be removed,
some commercial varnish or paint
remover. With these on hand the
energetic homemaker may renew en-
tire sets herself. ' .

If furniture is worth refinishing,
it is worth doing well. Before be-
ginning to paint, all necessary re-
pairs shoud be made so that the
finished piece will be strong as well
as good looking. Getting a smooth
surface to which the paint will cling

Helpful Suggestions

HE art of being well dressed
T means attention to detail. A
woman may think that the
wearing of an expensive hat, coat
and dress will give her a stylish ap—
pearance, but unless shoes, stock-
ings, gloves and scarf are selected
with care the result may be disap-
pointing. By the Way, the scarf is
a very important part of the cos—
tume nowadays, so important that a
study of the different ways of tying
a scarf does not seem to be out of
place.

In the first place the scarf should
be chosen with an eye to the figure
and the complexion of the person
who is to wear it. A stout fair wo-
man with a short neck should not
choose a showy scarf, nor should she
wear one which when tied will ap-
pear bulky. One of soft thin ma-
terial in a becoming color will suit
her best. The scarf should not be
put around the neck twice but
should be worn once around the
neck with the ends hanging straight
down.

The woman with a long slender
neck may wind her scarf several
times around and may tie it in cra-
vat style under her chin or in a loop
at one side. She may choose a bril-
liant much be-patterned scarf.

Other ways of tying the scarf are
here pictured—the triangle tied with
a slip knot leaving one end short
and one and long, the back tie with
two long ends held by a bar pin, and
so on.

Each woman can find by studying
the picture and by making some ex-
periments with her scarf just which
style suits her type of beauty. A
becoming scarf adds the needed

touch of .smartness to 'many a plain
costume—Nor'West Farmer. .,

is the next step. Chipped or crack-
ed paint should be taken off com-
pletely with paintfremover, but if
the finish is merely dingy and
scratched, sandpapering may be suf-
ficient. "

When the whole surface is evenly
rubbed down, a coat of paint may
be applied. This should not be too
thick and should be carefully put
on so that it will not run. When
the paint is thoroughly dry, it
should be rubbed down with sand-
paper to give a good surface for the
next coat. The process is then re-
peated once or twice before the final
coat is put on. The last coat is
likely to be enamel paint, though
fiat paint is used if a dull finish is
preferred.

Apparently useless pieces of fur-
niture can be made attractive in
appearance, and will give good serv-
ice when properly treated. The re-
moval of the clumsy ornaments and
filigree-work, so popular on furni-
ture some years ago, often reveals a
piece with good structural lines; the
right finish will serve to keep it out
of the junk pile.

BREAK OPEN BAKED POTATOES
REAK open the baked potatoes
as soon as they are taken from
the oven. This allows the steam
which has formed from the swelling
of the starch grains to escape. The
potatoes will then be more easily
digested, of a finer texture, and
will not become soggy. If this pre-
caution is taken, baking potatoes is
one of the nicest and best ways of
cooking them for all the food value
is retained in the pdtato.

on Tying Your Scarf
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To Put Up Corned Beef.-—Could you tell

me how to put up beef? We are going -

to kill a. cow soon and 1 would like to
know how to put up part 'of the cow
for corned beet—B. 3., Ottawa County.
-—-Meat that is to be used as corned Me!
for home use should be cut into pieces
of convenient size usually about six
inches square. larger joints may be
used but for home use they” are not
so convenient as the smaller pieces. ». Be-
cure the weight of the meat that is to
be corned. and weigh out ten pounds of
salt for every hundred pounds of meat.
Sprinkle a layer of salt in the bottom of
the vessel and cover with a layer of
meat. Cover this with a layer of salt
and continue with an alternate layer of
meat and salt until all the meat has bee:
packed. A clean earthenware crock is
best for curing meat. If a barrel is used
it should be a. hard wood barrel absolutely
clean and one which has never contained
spoiled meat. Sufficient " salt should re-
main to cover the last layer of meat.
The meat is allowed to stand in the salt
for twenty-four hours before the brine
is poured over it. Prepare a bribe made
of four pounds of sugar, two ounces of
baking soda, and four ounces of salt-
peiJ-e. Dissolve the ingredients in four
gallons of boiling water. After the
brine has cooled and the meat has been
packed in the salt for twenty-four hours,
pour the liquid over the meat. The four
gallons of liquid should be sufficient to
cover one hlmdred pounds of meat. If
any of the meat extends out of the brine,
add enough boiled water that has been
cooled, to cover all the meat. The meat
should be weighted down with a cover
made of hard wood, held in place by a
clean stone.

The meat should be kept in a coo
dark place. It is ready to (use at thl;
end of ten days, but it is more
tory to leave it in the pickle for about
thirty days before it is used. The meat
may be kept in the pickle until it is all
used up if so desired or after having re-
mained in the pickle to from thirty to
forty days it may be removed and canned
just as one would can fresh beef. Dur-
ing the warm weather the brine should
be watched very carefully to see that it
does not ferment or become ropy. If
the brine shows indications of spoiling
it should be removed from the meat and
the meat washed with fresh water and
repacked in the Darrell and covered with
salt and brine just as was done when
the meat was first packed, although when
it is necessary to repack meat and make
a new brine only about one-half to two-
thirds as much of the curing ingredi—
nets, including salt, sugar and baking
sodashouldbeusedaswasusedinthe
first case.

Often beef which is well cared for will
keep throughout the summer months
without changing the brine, although
one must watch very carefully to see
that the brine does not spoiL—Geo. A.
1Edz‘rowns ,0 Professor of Animal Husbandry,

 

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The Plighting of the TNM won
as her father has “given away" the bride,
the clergyman in many cases turns and
comes forward to a place just within
the altar rail (while choir or solo singer
intone an anthem or sacred song), fol-
lowed by the bride and bridegroom the
maid of honor and the best man, who
stand to the left and right of the bridal
couple. They all should move slowly for
they will have to wait for the music to
come to an end before the plighting of
truth can take place. Where the clergy-
man and the bridal couple ascend the
steps to the altar and the plighting of
troth takes place there, the position of
the maid of honor and the best man is
the same, save that they stand on the
step below the bridal pair.

When the anthem ends the bride (if
she has not already done so) hands her
bouquet-(at present it is. often made of
orchids and lillies of the valley com-
bined) to her maid of honor. We have
alluded to the custom which some brides
follow in carrying a white, especially
bound prayerbook instead of a bouquet.
If this custom has been followed the
prayer-book is handed to the clergyman
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The Auction Block—Admirers o f
Charley Ray will want to see this one as
he takes the leading male role and does

some excellent work. Eleanor Boardman

plays opposite him and deserves much
praise for making this picture a most
interesting one. The story deals with
the adventures of a wealthy man's idle.
though lovable, son who falls in love with
the winner of a beauty contest. After
a whirlwind courtship they are married.
She decides that she will not be the wife
of a man who lets his father support him,
and leaves him, returning to her home in
a sleepy southern town. He follows her
and declares he will go to work and make

good without any help from his father. ‘

Before the end he becomes a successful
business man antenna all good stories
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.26 FASHION BOOK

Order trom this or former luues of The lulu-
ermsr llllll umb- snd sln your
F I'lll'lfl and address slam}.

Address all orders for buttern- Ia

PattmDepu-tment'

  

has
he oflice, kitchen and school house,
uring

but a few flowers will help feed the soul.

mealtime save mother the necessity of
giving her place as hostess to turn walt-
ress.

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44:1. (E- R. v.)
With God all things are possible.—
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thout Him nothing is certain. Use-

less toil, confusion, loss of way, discour-
agement. sickness, are apt to mean failure
to one who works without God In his
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Recipes

 

 

Good Walther—Two eggs. one level
tablespoon sugar. two heaping table-
spoons butter, one pint of milk. one pint
flour, two heaping teaspoons baking pow-
der and one level teaspoon salt. Beat
yolks of eggs, sugar and salt together.
add milk, flour, next add melted butter
thenjustasyouarereadytobake.add
egg whites stiffly beaten and baking pow-
der. Bake on waffle irons or on hot
cake griddle. Serve with butter and
syrup—Mrs. 8., Oceans County.

Canadia- Wartlme OukeJ—Frwo cups of
sugar, two cups hot water. one cup rais-
ins. two tablespoons lard (rounded), one
teaspoon cloves, one teaspoon cinnamon.
one-half teaspoon salt. Boil all together
five minutes after it begins to bubble.
Let it cool. then add two teaspoons soda
dissolved in one spoon hot water, three
cups flour.
cake. It is fine and cheap.

Eggless Cocoa Oakez—One cup sugar,
two tablespoons of melted butter, one—
half cup cocoa. a pinch of salt, one and
one-half cups of sweet milk, two level
cups flour in which two teaspoons baking
powder has been sifted. flavor with one
teaspoon vanilla, beat well. Bake in a
square loaf about 35 minutes in a mod-
erate oven.

Frostinp—Iro one cup of confectioners
sugar add a tablespoon of melted butter,
stir well and add a tablespoon of milk
and mix smooth. Cocoanut may be
sprinkled over the top if desired.

Cookies—Ono quart flour, two cups of
sugar, one cup lard rub all together till
line as for pie crust. Add one teaspoon
nutmeg, one teaspoon salt and two tea-
spoons baking powder.

Oaks Without nigger—Cream together
one cup sugar and a piece of butter size
of egg. Add one cup sweet milk. two
cups flour sifted with two teaspoons bak-
ing powder, flavor to taste. Very good.

Drop Cookies.—One and one-half cups
sugar. three—fourths cup butter. one cup
milk. one and one-half cup raisins and
nuts, one teaspoon cinnamon, two and
one-half cups flour, two teaspoons baking
powder, drop in tins in teaspoonshiL—
L. M. V.. Tuscalo Cotmty.

 

 

Sweet Milk Light Breedr—Scsld two
oupfuls sweet milk at noon and let stand
until night. Put one yeast cake to soak
at noon in one-half cupful water. At
night mix yeast and milk. then add flour
to make a stiff sponge, keep in a warm
place until morning, or until it rises well:
then add one tablespoonful salt. two
tablespoonfuls sugar, one-half cupful lard.
flour to make a st!!! dough and knead
well. Make into loaves and put in
grossed pans. let rise again. Bake in
mdoerate oven until brown.

 

Alum-d Medusa—8 cups flour. 1 tea—
spoon baking-powder, 5‘ teaspoon salt.
2 eggs, 1 cup milk. if teaspoon nutmeg.
1" cup almonds chopped very fine, 1 table-
spoon pulverized sugar.

Mix and sift the dry Ingredients. Make
a hollow in the center and break In the
eggs unbeaten. Add milk and beat brisk-
ly for about live minutes; then add the
chopped almonds/Pour batter onto a
hot griddle well greased and cook. Serve
with syrup or sprinkled with pulverized
sugar and butter.

 

 

Homespun Yarn

 

 

A sand-pile is ideal for keeping the
youngsters entertained and out of mis-
chief.

 

Bow-legs and knock-knees come from
lack of sunshine and proper food more
often than from inheritance.

 

Aunt Ada's Axioms: Vegetables in
the garden are needed to feed the body,

 

Children who are taught to help at

 

A combination mm or vegetable salad.
served with crisp lemme, is one of the
best ways to use up left-over fruits or
vegetables.

 

There is an emanation from the heart
in genuine hospitality which cannot be
described—but is immediately felt and
puts the stronger at ease—Washington
Irving. _

 

Aunt Ada's Axioms: Cihfldren who find

Bake in a slow oven as fruit

 
  

  

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A cash customer
at your gate

More than 5,000,000 cross ties, costing $6,500,000, were
purchased by New York Central Lines in 1925.

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There were hardwood ties from the Adirondacks, and pine
ties from Canada, Nova Sootia, Georgia and Alabama.

Only a small amount of the lumber for these ties was pur-
chased along the lines of the New York Central, bemuse
only a small amount was so available.

There are many acres of farm lands along the New York
Central Lines that are not suitable for crops or pasture
land. The reforestation of much of this land would yield
good lumber for cross ties.

The New York Central Lines is a cash customer for cross
ties from the sections it serves.

   
 

   
   
 
     

 
   

 

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Over 30,000 Michigan People Are Now
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Rheumatism

A Remarkable Home Treat-
ment Given by One Who Had It

In the year of 1893 l was attacked b1
Muscular and Sub-Acute Rheumatism. l
sutured u only those who are thus af-
flicted know for over three years. I tried

remedy after remedy, but such relief as
I obtained was only temporary. Finally.

l found a treatment that cured me com-
pletely and such a pitiful condition has
never returned. I have siren it to a
number who were terribly afflicted; even
hairlddrm, some of them seventy to eighty
your old. and the results were the some

Flashes Shooting Through
My Joints."

1 want every sufferer from any form of
muscular and rub-acute (swelling at the
joints) rheumatism, to try the neat value
of my improved "Home Treatment" for
its remarkable healing power. Don't send
a cent; simply mail your name and ad-
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you have used it. and it has proven itself
to be that long-looked for means of get-
ting rid of such forms of rheumatism.
you my send the price of it, One Dollar,
but mniersiand I do not want your money
miles you are perfectly satisfied to send
it. Im’t that fair? Why mfler, my
longer. when relief is thus offered you free.
Don‘t delay. Write today.

Mark E. Jackson. 86-]! Durston Bldg,
Syracuse. N. Y.

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Dip your sheep for scab,
ticks, foot-rot and mag-
gots in a solution of

nunsss me
and DISINFECTANT

Provide 'a wallow for
your hogs. To every 25
gallons of water, add
about a quart of Dr. Hess
Dip. Your hogswill do
the rest. Good night lice
and disease germs!

Use the sprinkling can
about the cow barn,
poultrrhouse. pie-pens,
sinks, closeis, ces ools,
wherever there is ' th or
a foul odor.

DR. HESS &_ CLARK, Inc.
~ and, Ohio

 

 

    

  
   
 
 
 

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mldms Tile or all hm! buildings.
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Reports every night at 7 o’clock ex-
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Motto :

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DEAR girls and boys: Springtime
is poetry time. Anyone who

can or thinks she or he can,
write poetry, gets a stack of paper
and some sharp pencils when the
trees begin to bud in the spring, and
the birds prepare to build a home
for the summer, and starts writing
verses. You are one of them. I
know you are. And so am 1, al-
though I am one of those who
“think they can." I have trouble
finding words that will rhyme, and
even when I do compose a verse
there‘s something wrong because it
does not read like the poems in
books. I believe I am hopeless as
a poet, but I know there are many
readers of our page who compose
some very fine poems because every
now and then I receive some of their
work. Seems to me that by the time
you read this poetry writing ought
to be in full swing and many of you
will be right in shape to enter a
small contest so I am going to have
one. To the one sending me the best
poem about THE BUSINESS Fasm I
will pay a cash prize of $1, and the
one who sends the second best will
receive 50 cents. The poem may be
made up of one verse or any num-
ber you choose and it must be in my
hands not later than Saturday, May
15th. Remember, the subject of
your poem must be our own farm
paper, THE BUSINESS FARMER. Oh,
yes, and the first ten to send in their
poems will each receive one of our
buttons, if they haven’t already re-
ceived one. Be sure to give your
name, address, age, and tell if you
have a button—UNCLE NED.

 

 

Our Boys and Girls

 

 

Dear Uncle Ned:——I am real glad to
be a member of the Children's Hour. I
received your pin and “do my best” and
We take THE Busmsss FARMER and
every time I am the first to get the mail.
The first I do is to read the Children’s
Hour. This is the first time I ever wrote
in THE BUSINESS FARMER. We live on a
forty-acre farm. We have four cows,
and three heifers, and I milk two cows
and my father milks two. I like to milk.
There are four in our family, my pa, and
ma, big sister named Emilia. and me. I
am thirteen years old and have brown
hair, blue eyes and my height is five feet,
five and one—half inches, and I weigh a
hundred and fifteen pounds.

Now I am going to tell you about my
life from four years old. We lived south
of Carson City, Michigan. My father
went to Wisconsin to look for a farm
and I was horde alone with ms. and my
mother called a dog in as she was afraid.
I slept in a cradle by ma’s bed, and- one
night my ma. woke up and wanted to
cover me up, but I wasn’t in the cradle,
so she lit the lamp and tried the doors
and windows to see if they were shut
and she looked in every room but could
not find me. Then she began to cry as
she thought someone had stolen me.
Then she saw that the dog Fanny wasn’t
there so she looked under the bed and
saw me in the corner with my pillow and
the dog was sleeping there. She crawled
under the bed and pulled me out and
was kissing me so much and was glad
that she had found me. I was wondering
what had happened to me that ma was
kissing me so much.

I guess for the first time this ls enough.
Next time I am going to write about how
I was going every morning in the woods
to eat my breakfast. I had better quit
and leave somebody else write. Your
nephew,——Henry Charles Verbensky, R1,
Box 33, Bannister, Michigan.

——Well Henry, apparently you began
your adventures at a very early age.
Your letter is interesting and I hope you
will tell us more about your early life
when you write again.

 

Dear Uncle Ned:——-May I join your
merry circle. I wrote some time ago but
did not see my letter in print so I
thought I would write again and I hope
Mr. Waste Basket has had his till before
my letter reaches there. I will describe
myself now. I am five feet, We inches
tall, am fourteen years old ind have
brown hair and blue eyes and my hair
is bobbed of course as all the rest have
bobbed hair. I weigh 120 pounds I
have one mile to go to school.

My teacher’s name in Miss Florence
Clark and we all like her real well.
There are about thirty-five children in
our school. . "

_For a pet I have a (10:. ,We. call
"Tulip!" , , “play? ball

 
 
  

D0 YOUR
Colors: BLUE AND GOLD

her 9-" —-—-Bo’

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We live on an eighty acre farm. _Our
nearest town is Gladwin.

We drove out to Midland in our car
and had a. good time. If I see this in
print I will write again. I wish some of
the cousins would write to me. We have
been taking the M. B. F. for about six
years and we like the paper e. Your
want-to-be niece,——Irene Barnes, Star
Route, Gladwin, Michigan.

—We are pleased that you like the M.
B. F. and I hope you keep it coming a~
long time. Maybe your great-«grand chil-
dren will write to the Children’s Hour,
who knows?

Dear Uncle Ned:-—-—-I would like to loin
your merry circle, but first of all I’ll de-
scribe myself. I am four feet, ten inches
tall, weigh ninety-six pounds, will be
fifteen years old May 20th. I am the
only one in this town of school girls that
haven't their hair bobbed. I have such
beautiful hair that I would not like to
cut it. I had a very interesting trip
blueberrying last summer. Would you
like me to write about this? I would like
some of the cousins to write me a few
lines. We take M. B. F, and I always
read it first. A few of my friends ex—
pect to join your circle soon. » I hope
they succeed. I hope Mr. Waste Basket
has gone to a party and is ‘enjoying a
dance with his girls. Will tell more news
if you prefer next time, do you? Tell
some of the dear cousins to write to me
and I will answer in the next five min-
utes, He! He! Ha l—Your loving niece,
—Blanche McCance, Box 19, Baber, Mich.

-—-You just bet we would like to hear
about the berrying trip you took last
summer.

Dear Uncle Ned ;——May I join your
merry circle? I am a reader of the M.
B. F. and like it very much. We have
been getting it for three or four years
now. Everyone in our family like it real
well, also.

I will describe myself now. I am about
five feet tall. I weigh about one hun-
dred and ten pounds, have black hair,
bobbed of course. My mother bobbed it
on October 24, 1925. I have a dark
complexion and a, lot of freckles. I am
fourteen years old. I was fourteen on
the tenth of December. Have I a. twin?
I hope so. I do not go to‘school any
more. I got my eighth grade diploma
last year on June 1st. I was thirteen
years old when I got it. I have three
brothers and four sisters. One brother
and two sistres are going to school and
my two younger brothers do not go to
school yet.

I will tell you something about our
farm. It is a forty—acre farm near a
river. We own part of the river. Every
winter we go skating on the river. I
like it very much and in summer time
we go bathing in the river.

We have two horses. Their names are
Minnie and Daisy. We have four cows
and three heifers. We also have three
small bulls, andnbout fifty chickens. I
forgot to tell you that we have two sheep.
Their names are Nancy and Billy. Billy
is very cross. Whenever he gets a. chance
he bumps us which doesn’t feel very good.

Every year I_he1p haul hay. Last fall
my sister and I drove a. team of horses
hauling corn when we filled our silo. It
was very much fun. We hauled it three-
quarters of a. mile.

I will close hoping to see my letter in
print and also hoping that some of the
girls will, write to me. We also have
three cats and a. dog. Our dog‘s name
is Buckshot. A funny name isn't it?
But he is a. very good dog. Please ex-
cuse poor writing. From your want-to-
be niece—Miss Louise Pepin, R1, Box
139, Escanaba, Michigan.

——What a busy girl you must be; and
happy too, because a busy person is 3.]-
Ways happy if they enjoy their work.

l

Dear Uncle Ned:-———I would very much
love to join your circle. I have always
read the page of the Children’s Hour
ever since we got the paper. Well, I
hope Mr, Waste Basket is asleep for I
would like to see my letter in print,

Well, I must describe myself before I
go any further. I am five feet tall and
the last time I was weighed I weighed
eighty—three pounds. I am twelve years
of age. My birthday is July sixteenth.
I have a brother who is fifteen years of
age. I am in the seventh grade. I go
to the Holdenville School. ,

I live in town, but I very much wish
I could live in the country. I enjoy the
contests you have. I have always work-
ed them out but never sent them in. I
also, enjoy to write songs and poems.
If you wish I will send some in. I would

, enjoy it very much if the cousins would

write to me. I would try to find time to
answer. Well, I must close and leave
room for the other letters. Your want-
to—be niece,-—-Helen L. McGregor, R4,
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The Business Farmer radio
‘market reports and farm news
are broadcast daily, except Sa-
turday and Sunday. through
station WGBI’, of Detroit, on
a wave length of 270 meters,
"beginning at 7:00 P. M. east-
ern standard time.

 

 

 

BE SURE TO “TUNE IN” ON
THE
UR listeners should take their
pencils and draw heavy circles
around the dates, May 14, 21,
and 28 on their calendar because
we have planned some talks to be
given after our market reports on
those evenings that you will not
want to miss. These talks will take
up rural fire prevention and among
the speakers will be the 'State Fire
Warden and the State Insurance
Commissioner.

COMMENTS
We listen in on your program fre—
quently and like it very well. We find
the market report and farm news at 7
P.» M., very useful as I do not have to
wait for the next day's papers.

 

 

We will appreciate it very much it
you will send us one of those pads for
keeping. the reports on.—W. F. Brandt,
Secijgr, Millington Farm Bureau,
Millington, Michigan.

 

'We have been listening to WGHP for

some time and think it is' the best yet
for the farmer.—<M. J. Mantel, Livings-
ton County.

 

Always listen to your programs and
think they are instructive and would ap-
preciate one of your market pads.
Thanking you in advance—Lawrence G.
’Bottener, Washtenaw County.

 

I have been listening in to your pro-
gram and think it fine. It is especially
line for the rural community and it keeps

#them in touch with the‘prices of farm
produce. You have invited all to send

for those farm blanks so have accepted -

your invitation—R. C. Haskins, Oakland
County. .-

Many thanks for your weather reports
and market reports. We listen to them
every evening and enjoy them. We will
’be. very pleased to receive one of the
»market pads that you speak of.—M. S.
Robinson, St. Clair County.

OUR BOOK REVIEW

(Books reviewed under this heading .may

be secured thwh The Michiganfiusinees

Farmer. and be prompt _ shipped .by

parcel at on receipt 0! pub isher's price

stated}0 .
‘ Tom 91 Peace Valley—«By John F.
Case, Editor, The Missouri Ruralist. Pres-
ident, Missouri State Board of Publica-
tions. Let them bring the fight to Peace
Valley. Tom was ready for them. Foot-
ball under the coaching of “Fighting
Jack” Roberts had hardened his sinews
and steeled his determination. He might
be a "Hill Billy” but if he had a chance
of winning the state prize for Blanton
High School, not a member of “Bull”
Durham’s gang should touch a stalk of
his horn project. He had fought them
for his seed and now, at the critical
moment, he was waiting their last at~
tempt. Beside him in the darkness Mar-
vin “the pepper—pot” doubled his fists
A rustle, as the invaders came on, the
crash of falling ears, the thin ray of a
flashlight! “Mar-r-rough! Mar-r-roug ”
and hairy shapes charged a retreating
enemy. It was a. wierd tale the terrified
gang had to tell of the strange species
of wild—cat that was abroad that night.
Quite exciting was Tom’s struggle to
make the football team until that great
day when the “wolf cry” of Lame Bill
Kidd urged on the son of the Valley to
final victory over Denman High. Tom
is a boy worth knowing. No lad of
spirit will want to miss this story. Pub-
lished by Lippincott.. Price $1.50.

PIONEERING IN MICHIGAN
(Continued from Page 10)

ing, and never could stand to miss a
meal, began to complain bitterly of
hunger. He was told to build a fire
on the ground, and being only about
twelve years old and hungry, he
soon had the fire and was anxious
for the neitmove, which was to put
a piece of pork father had just been

- slicing on a sharp stick and, hold it
‘ over the fire to roast while father

sliced 'up' some bread. At this sev-
j ii men, were coming .to‘._them trom
, ' ' '13 wing themewx‘ssrvéy.
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There is, for

business

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Advisory Boards.

heartily seconding those ideals o

opigfion and appredatgtes that this pilifhy isFas important to the stabilizing

usmess as are operations 0 e ederal Reserve Bank System

in its particular branchof public economy. In fact, it is the identical
application of that principle to transportation. Mic

has much to gain through the policy of the

 
   
      
   
   
   
 
   

‘What Co-operation Is
7 Accomplishing

American shipping public since the war period has com to
realize a certain responsibility devolvingu on it beyomlethe
. mere payment of the authorized charges for t

service performed.

instance, the requirement of the prom loading and
unloading of the railroad equipment on the part of Etonsignors and
conmgnees, respectively.

There is the obligation on the s of earl advice of '
ments to enable the railroads to ‘lhilblbeilize” equyipment. car requirer

THESE two requirements enter largely and eventually into the cost
of steam railroad transportation and t

e transportation

hey are dependent u on the

good-will directly manifested b the bi d al
the control of the railroads. y ' s ppers an together eyond
Recognition of these factors has brought about the organization of

the Shippers Regional Advisory Boards and enables the country to get
more service from the equipment of the American railroads.

lS is entirely voluntary service on the part of the shippers and is
auniquepageinthebistoryofbusiness. Ithas alsobeenaproflb
ablfiaiicrpedifint, a lesson in
a p in e onward march o the times,' which
the United States Steel Cor
application of the Golden Ru e
inconceivable twenty—five years ago.

It is a manifestan highOf a quietbutcestainrevolutioninAmei-xca' n
w is
ideals. and incidentally tending to the greater well’being' of

and making for greater material returns. our people

,MichiganRailroadAssociati ' k ' at ’th '
TEE! on is «Patti: eggs" the shippers

cration gained from the world war,
c E. H. Gary, of
ration, recen y ascribed as the
in business, a condition that was

gradually progressing towards the finest

htened busin' ess

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’IIICIIIGAN RAILROAD ASSOCIATION

 

 

THICK, SWOLLEI GLIIDS

that make a horse Wheeze.
Roar, have Thick Wind
or Choke-down, can be
reduced with

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also other Bunches or Swellings. No blister.
no hair gone, and horse kept at work. Eco-
nomical —only a few drops required at an appli-
cation. 32. 50 per bottle delivered. Book 3 n free.
ABSORBINE. M., the antiseptic liniment for man-
kind, reduces Cysts, Wens, Painful, Swollen
Veins and Ulcers. $1. 25 a bottle at dealers or
, delivered. Book “Evidence" free.

in. F. VOUNBJnc" 869 Lyman St.,Sprlngfield, Mass.

 

  

Owners Make 20% to 30%
EXTRA PROFIT

through better curing. redu t' f ‘~
shrinkage and stopping-01' tact l‘lblsseg. ‘

   

  
  
  

MARTIN STEEL PRODUCTS 00.,

12 Longview Ave., Mansfield. Ohio.
Please send description and prices.

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; Fed their first bag of Unicorn
eleven years ago.
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(Questions answered tree of charge) ' I
MICHIGAN COW MARIE STATE
RECORD AT 13 YEARS OF AGE
OLDEN IB‘EIIJL of Wildwood, a
. grand old. cow in the Jersey
herd of Joseph W. Fordney at
Saginaw, Michigan, has completed
her fourth official test with a record
which gives her the Michigan Jersey
championship in two age classes.
She was started on this test at 13
years 10 months of age and in the
ensuing 305 days ‘she produced
566.33 pounds of butterfat and 10,-
973 pounds of milk. ,
With this splendid record, Bell
supersedes Daisy of Glenburnie as
the mature Jersey champion of
Michigan in the 305-day division,
and with it she also established a
new Michigan 305—day record for
cows over 12 years of age.

RATION FOR SHEEP
Please send me a complete ration
for a 100 pound sheep that is going
to lamb in March.

THE ration for this breeding ewe
will depend, to quite an extent,
upon her present condi ion and
also upon the feeds which a e avail-
able. Sheep will consume a great
variety of food and thrive upon it.
I believe that the best ration for a
breeding ewe is one. consisting of
about two pounds of good clover or
alfalfa hay and from two to two and
one-half pounds of corn silage per
head daily. If the ewes were in thin
condition some grain should be fed.

 

 

  
 
  
   
  
  
 
 

QRSES are mighty
Important right now.
Don’t let a minor ailment lay
up one of them forasmgle day. ;
eep Gombault’s Caustic
Balsam ready to apply. It’s awonder-
ful remedy for Spavin, Capped Hock,
Curb, Splint, Laryngitie, Thorough-
pin, Quittor, Wind Gulls, Poll Evil, ‘
Sprains, Fistula. Barb Wire Cuts,
Cslk Wounds.”

Used everywhere for 41 years. Con- .
sidercd a positive necessity on
thousands of farms. Won’t scar or
discolor hair. Easy to use. Full
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TQN LITTER CONTEST
TF you wish to enter the 1926

ton litter contest there is

still time but you must act
in the immediate future as reg-
istrations will close May 15th.
You can register with your local
county agent if you have one,
or with V. A. Freeman, Exten-
sion Specialist, Michigan State
College, East Lansing, Mich.

 

 

preferably a mixture of oats and
bran, feeding each ewe about one-
half pound daily. If silage is not
available corn stalks, bean pods or
a good quality of oat straw could
be fed to the ewe giving her all of
the cheaper roughage she would
consume in addition to the two
pounds of clover 0r alfalfa hay. Re-
gardless of the ewe’s present con-
dition it would be advisable to feed
some grain, the last thirty days be-
fore the ewe is due to start lambing.
We plan, on feeding our breeding
ewes about one—half pound per head
daily of a mixture of equal parts of
oats and bran and when the ewes
are in rather thin condition we make
this grain mixture of equal parts
of bran and corn.———4Geo. A. Brown,
Professor of Animal Husbandry,
Michigan Agricultural College.

 

FEEDING CULL BEANS

Is it harmful to feed cull beans to
pregnant sheep that will lamb With-
in a month or so? I feed about a
bushel a day to forty head—J. C.
M., St. Charles, Michigan.

ULL beans are an excellent feed
for breeding ewes but one that
should be fed with considerable

caution as a heavy feed of cull
beans just prior to and at lambing
time may cause a thick flow which
the little lamb has trouble in draw-
ing and if he does succeed in draw-
ing it, it may prove too laxative. I,
therefore, always advise reducing
the amount of cull beans fed about
ten days before lambing and allow-
ing the beans to constitute not more
than one-third of the grain ration
fed. I would consider one bushel
of cull beans to 40 head of breeding
ewes altogether to many to feed at
lambing time—Geo. A. Brown, Pro-
fessor of Animal Husbandry, M. S. C.

 

Fresh pasture will cause increased
milk flow and a. decrease in butterfat
content. Keep this in mind when separ-
ating the milk and settling with the
creamery.

 

Milk containingan onion flavor is well-
nigh unsalable. Drive the cows to the
barn at noon and feed some dry roughage
to overcome this trouble.

 

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live-stock and meat industry play anim-

 
 

BREEDERS’ DIRECTORY

Ads under this heading 300 per
agate line for 4 lines or more.
$1.00 per insertion for 3 lines or
loss.

    

To avoid conflictlng dates we will wlthout
cost llst the date of any Ilve stock sale In
Mlchlgan. If you are considerlng a sale ad-
vlse us at once and we will olalm the dot.
Tor you. Address lee Stock Edltor, M. B.
F., Mt. Clemens.

June 1 1926.———IIerefords, Crapo Farms,

Swartz Creek, Michigan.

 

   
    
        

 

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JOHN P. HUTTON

Live Stock Auctioneer

Write for excefitionally low terms for a
service that. wi get you results the day
of your sale.

113 W. Lapeer Sta, Lansing, Mlchlgan.

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MIOHIGAN’S PURE-BRED
LIVESTOCK AUCTIONEER

Write or wire for terms and dates.
0. P. PHILLIPS. Dellevue. Mlohlcsn.

‘ CATTLE
’” assesses; M
MAY ._ cusnnssvs —,— ROSE

STATE AND FEDERAL ACCREDITED
Bull calves out of Dams up to 877 pounds in.
Sired b Bulls whose ams have up to 1011
ounds at. The homes of bulls; Shuttlew‘lck May
ose Se uel, Jumbo of Brmrbank and Holbecks’
Golden night of Nordland. om Dams pro-
ducing 1011.18 fat. 772 fat and 610 fate
GEORGE L. BURROWS or GEORGE J. HICKS,
Ssolnaw. W. 8.. Mlohlcan.

 
 

 

 

     

PRAGTIOALLV P u n E B n E n GUERNSEY
heifer calves. 8 weeks. old $20 each. “16 ship
0. 0. . Order or write

L. TERWILLIGER, R1. Wauwatosa, wis,

FOR PRAGTIOALLY PURE BRED GUERNSEY
or Holstein calves from heav rich milkers write,
enozwooo FARMS. hltewster. w...

 

 

SHORTHORNS

 

MILKINQ TYPE SHORTHO 24$. OF THE BEST
of_ breeding With milking a ihty. Some choice
heifers both open and br .

T. I. MARTIN, lonle, Mlchloan.

 

 

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HEREFORDS. GRAPO FARMS REGULAR
semi-annual sale, 'June 1, 1926. Exhibition of
“Quality Beef” steers. Sale of 12 open heifers
at beef 1111088.! Write for catalog.

‘ ORAPQ FARMS. Swartz Creek. Mlchlgcn.

 

Hereford Steers

68 Wt. Around 800 lbs. 80 Wt. Around 750 lbs.
82 Wt. Around 850 lbs. 44 Wt. Around 600 lbs.
94 Wt. Around 525 lbs. 50 Wt. Around 450 lbs.
Good quality, dark reds, dehorned well marked
Hereford steers. Gopd stocker order. The beef
1%? are usually market toppers when finished.

i sell your phoice from any bunch.

V. V. 'BALDWIN. Eldon. Wanna Co. Iowa.

 

 

 

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MARE’S ANKLES SWELLS

I have a mare about fifteen years
old’ that was troubled for over a
year with thrush in'left hind foot.
Now the ankle is swollen to twice
its natural size and she is very lame.
This has been comingkon for the past
six months. Is there anything that
can be done to stop the lameness?
-—-0. R. B., Hart, Michigan.

, U do not say whether this
mare is still bothered with
thrush or not; if she is this may

, be partly responsible for the swell-
ing of the.ankle; if not then there
is not very much that you, can do

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I received your answer about cow
and thank you so much for your
- promptnese and courtesy. I did not
realize the gold mine I was taking
when I signed for The Business
'Fanner. but believe me, I’ll be shout-
in; “the Business Farmer" from now
our—M. E. E, Temple, mchigan.

 

 

for this animal aside from feeding
her lightly when she is not at work
and turning her out each day for
some exercise; this trouble is partly
due to her age and since the tissues
are no longer as active as they were
when she is younger she stocks when
she is idle; the use of plenty of
wheat bran and a little oil meal will
help. You might try painting the
ankle once or twice a week with
tincture of iodine for a month or
six weeks; this might give the tis-
sues some additional strength.

GRUB IN IHBAD

I have two ewes that are sick.
They apparently are all right at
night but the next morning they act
funny and seem to be blind but they
are not. When I let them out they
will follow along thelfence for a
ways then will turn in circles to the
left and stagger around—D. J .,
Charlotte, Michigan.

TAKE it your ewes have grub in
the head. A fly lays an egg or
eggs in the sheeps nose in the
late summer and they hatch out and
the worm crawls up into the hollow
places known as sinuses in the front
of the sheep’s head and when they
get so large that they press on the
brain the sheep starts the symptoms
You
can get no medicine up to them
hence you can do nothing to bring
about a recovery. If the sheeps
nose is smeared with pine tar every
two or three weeks during the sum-
pliler time they are not bothered with
ese.

SPRAYING SMALL HOME
ORGHARDS

(Continued from Page 9)

into a “spray ring”, buying a power
outfit and doing their spraying co-
operatively. This is a very good
idea if there are not too many mem-
bers in the “.ring" Timeliness is
one of the first essentials of good
spraying and if every man in the
spray ring wants to spray at the
same time some onne is apt to lose
out; especially if the sprayer should
happen to breakdown which is liable
to happen when various men of lim-
ited experience are usingit.

For a small home plantation a
hand barrel-pump Sprayer will do
very well. Mount the barrel on a
wagon or a stone-boat and use a 10
foot bamboo rod asa nozzle, and
plenty Of hose. For an old apple
tree you 'may have to get up on a
ladder to spray the top of the tree.
Any way will do just so you get the
tree .thorOughly covered. Don't be
afraid to 'get some of the’ spray on
yourself. 'It will not hurt you.
Some :fruit growers literally bathe in

Remember. you can do just as
good a job of spraying with a barrel

take your time and do a thorough
job, and, --—oh yes-—I almost forgot
a strong

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daily average production in each 10 day
the total each

production In period was

figure
dzvededby ten to avoid all the little fluctuations' 1n day-today records.

N THESE two simple lines is written the

story of two lactations in the life of a cow.

The chart shown above is a graphic record
of the milk production, during 1924 and 1925, of
Cow 76, an ordinary grade Holstein at the Larro
Research Farm.

The solid line shows milk production in 1924—1
good, even milk flow, averaging over 31 lbs. 3
day throughout the lactation, during which the
cow was fed Larro and hay, with no pasture.
On this diet, she not 0 produced profitably,
but built condition, entenng her 1925 lactation
with a production up to 47 lbs. 11 day.

Then, on May 16th, 1925, she went on pasture,
the grain ration, however, being fed with the
grass. Production maimed temporarily as is
indicated by the peak in the broken line
representing 1925 milk production. This in-
crease, however, lasmd but ten days. As the
grain ration was reduced, production fell off

sharply.

Two months after she went on pasture she was
giving only 22% lbs. of milk a day. On the
280th day of this lactation, the milk yield was
only 10 “38., as compared with 25 lbs. on the

Detroit ..

THE LARROWE MILLING COMPANY

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DAIRY FEED —— POULTRY FEEDS — HOG FEED

280th day of her previous lactation, when she
was getting Larro, with no pasture.

Though the 1925 pasture was plentiful, she
simply was not getting enough nourishment
The grass had served admirably as a “spring
tonic," but ten days saw the end of this eHect.
It could not take the place of sufficient food.

"No cow can produce a really liberal amount of
milk for any time on grass alone. Sometimes
they will do it for a while by drawing on their
reserves, which means losing weight and condi-
tion, followed with a rapid drop in milk produc-
tion. Heavily milking cows so treated always
disappoint their owners by their poor production
the following winter."

SospeaksDr.C.H.Eckles,ChiefoftheDivisian
of Dairy Husbandry at the University of Minne-
sota, and one of the world’s leading dairy
authorities.

Feedyouroows lib. of Larro for eachS Ibaof
milk they produce, even with the best pasture.
Increase your Larro ration when pasture becomes
inferior. Your summer profits will be larger.
Your cows will maintain the condition necessary
for capacity production next fall and winter,
when milk prices are highest.

- Michigan

 

For three years before Larro Poultry Feeds were offered for sale they were made to prove their right to the
name Lane in a series of carefully checked feeding tests. In every test the Leno-fed birds produced more
eggs and developed quicker, with less mortality than those fed on any of the better known rations now
available. The regular use of Larro Poultry Feeds will add greatly to your profits, too. Ask your dealer.

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Also bull cal! 10 for regis-
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200 RATS KILLED

AT ONE BAITING— NOT A POISON
H. Stenfert of Route 10. Detroit, Mich,
writes. "I was over-run with rats—seem—
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ferret, traps and poison failed. Tried
Imperial rat killer andwas rid of them
all in short order.
\ Found rat skele-
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.farm.”
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experience is typi—
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of users of this new method of killin brown rats.
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on bait. Harmless humans. poultry, pets,
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100 % live deliveryguaranteed. Postage
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In all our long years of breeding and hatching Baby Chicks we have novqr before been in position
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“ ANDLE all eggs before ship-
ment and especially during the
warm spring and summer
months when spmlage is most likely
to occur," is the advice given to egg
shippers by the Bureau of Chemistry,
United States Department of Agri-
culture, which is charged with the
enforcement of the Federal food and
drugs act. “The loss resulting from
spoilage of eggs shipped to distant
markets .may be greatly reduced by
this precaution,” says the officials.
“Candling as near as possible to the
source of production will not only
save transportation charges but will
prevent waste of a valuable food
product.” .

Federal inspectors have been in-
structed to be on the watch’ for in—
terstate shipments of adulterated
eggs. Under the food and'drugs
act eggs which have yolks stuck to
the shell, moldy eggs, black spots,
mixed rots, addled eggs, and any
other eggs that are filthy, decom—
posed or putrid are adulterated.
When such shipments are found they
may be seized and the individuals
responsible for shipment prosecuted
under the law. -

Many eggs that are suitable for
immediate consumption will not
stand shipment to distant markets.
By candling, these eggs may be tak—
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tion leaving only those that have a
good chance to reach the market in
edible condition.

A bulletin on candling eggs tells
just how to distinguish between a
good egg and one that is likely to
spoil in transit. Write to the Bu-
reau of Chemistry, United States De-
partment of Agriculture, Washing-
ton, D. C., for a copy.

WANTS TO STOP HENS FROIVI
LAYING

Will you please tell me how to
make hens stop laying? This is no
joke for our hens have been laying
so hard that we think they will
kill themselves. We feed mash,
oyster, commercial feed, grit and
oats—Mrs. G. F., Davisburg, Mich.
TF one wishes to stop the hens from

heavy laying, all that is necessary

is to remove‘ the feed for a day
or two, and the results will be satis—
factory. Personally, I do not believe
that this is advisable to use any such
practice. I believe it is much safer
to allow the hens to lay, give a heavy
egg production, and you will find
that within the near future there will
be a gradual slump, and that no
disastrous results will occur.—C. G.
Card, Professor of Poultry Husband-
ry, Michigan State College.

SETTING TURKEY EGGS

We lost our turkey gobbler be—
fore our turkeys mated. Two start—
ed laying before we got another.
They have mated now and these two
have kept right on laying. Will you
please tell us when eggs will be all
right to set?——E. E. M., Wolverine,
Michigan.

——You will usually find that within
five to seven days after the birds are
mated, that fertile eggs are pro-
duced—C. G. Card, Professor of
Poultry Husbandry, M. S. C.

RAISING GEESE

We have just started raising geese.
We find the gander is very mean to
the other poultry having killed one
duck. We have a yard with a poul—
try fence and have tried to keep the
geese shut in but they fly over- Is
there any way to confine them to the
yard? When our hens get over the
park I have cut one wing short but
was afraid to do this with the geese.
Would be very thankful for any help.
We have three geese and one gander
and he doesn’t seem to mate with
two of them. Is there any difference
in breeds in this respect—W. E.,
Flushing, Michigan.

WOULD suggest that you clip the
wing of the geese. You will thus
prevent them from flying from

yard to yard, and trouble with the
geese killing other birds will end.

I would expect that you might

- find it necessary to purchase another

gander, as we often find that with
geese, a gander may refuse to mate
with more than one of the females.

. I do not believe that this is a breed

difference—C. G. Card,‘PrOfessor 'of

' Poultry Husbandrwa. SCC. .

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Rhoades in Preventing
, White Diarrhea

Mrs. Rhoades letter will no doubt.

be of utmost interest to poultry
raisers who have had serious losses
from White Diarrhea. We will let
Mrs. Rhoades tell it in her own
words: ' ~ ,

“Dear Sir: I see reports of so
many losing their little chicks with
White Diarrhea, so thought I would
tell my experience. My first incuba-

tOr chicks when but few days old, ,

began to die by the dozens with
White Diarrhea. I tried different
remedies and was about discouraged
with the chicken business. Finally
I sent to the Walker Remedy Cofi.
Dept. 528, Waterloo, 1a., for a $1.00
box of their Walko White Diarrhea
Remedy. It’s just the only thing
for this terrible disease. We raised
700 thrifty, healthy chicks and nev‘
er lost a single chick after the first"
dose.”—Mrs. Ethel Rhoades, Shen-
andoah, Iowa. ‘

Cause of White Diarrhea
nWhite Diarrhea (Coccidiosis) is
caused by a protozoa] 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. C. M. Bradshaw writes: “I
used to lose a great many chicks
from White Diarrhea,
remedies and was about discourag-
ed. As a last resort I sent to the
Walker Remedy 00., Dept. 528, Wa-
terloo, Iowa, for their Walko White
Diarrhea Remedy. I used two
500 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 than ever before. I have
found this company thoroughly re-
liable and always get the remedy by
return mail.——-—Mrs. C. M. Bradshaw,
Beaconsfield, Iowa.”

You RWO Risk

We will send Walko White Diar-
rhea. Remedy entirely at our risk—
postage prepaid——so you can see for
yourself what a wonder-working
remedy it is for White Diarrhea in
baby chicks. So you can prove—as
thousands have proven—that it will
stop your losses and double, treble,
even quadruple your profits. Send

500 for package of Walko (or 1.00 for extra
large bow—give it in all drin ing water and
watch results. You’l find you won’t lost one
chick where you lost dozens before. It’s a posi-
tive fact. You run no risk. \Ve guarantee to
refund your money promptly if you don’t find
it the greatest little chick saver you ever
The LeaVItt & Johnson National Bank, the
and strongest bank in Waterloo. Iowa stands back
of our guarantee.

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yields, and let this be your guide,
rather than the theory of some one
that may have an altogether differ-
ent soil.

Fertilizer manufacturers put out
many different kinds of formulasto
suit different conditions and the an—
alysis give you the nitrogen content
first, the phosphoric content next,
and the potash content last. These
three factors determine the value of
your fertilizer, rather than the
name, such as Grow More, Big
Grain, Progressive, None Such, and
hundreds of such high sounding
names.

The best plan is for the farmer to
find out what elements of plant food
his soil lacks and then try “to supply
this in the cheapest possible manner.
If it is fertilizer, raise legumes and
get your nitrogen out of the air;
use nitrate of soda, ammonium sul-
phate or a complete fertilizer such
as 2-12-2 or 3—8-3 or 2-16-2.

If you lack phosphorus use acid
phosphate, super phosphate, bone
meal, raw rock or basic slag. If
potash, use muriate of potash, konit,
etc., or complete fertilizer as in the
case of nitrogen above.

Bear this also in mind, if commer—
cial fertilizer was not good instead
of its use increasing all over the
world it would soon be thrown into
the discard.

Remember also that better rei—
sults are obtained on soil rich in
humus, than on poor worn out soil,
and it always does better work on
sweet soil than on an acid one.

If you’re interested in its use try
some on your corn or cats this year
and next year and compare results
then you can tell whether you want
to ride on the wagon. But by all
means try and save the barn yard
manure you now have on hand i11-
stead of wasting it and the wagon
will ride! a lot smoother.

BROADSCOPE FARM NEWS,
AND VIEWS
(Continued from Page 8)

tatoes may be cut some time before
planting but the longer they are cut,
the less they will be worth. It is
much better not to have them cut
more than a day or two. Seed that
has been out long enough to become
dry will be almost worthless when
if the soil was not too warm and
planted in a rather hot dry soil; but
contained plenty of moisture it is
possible that the planting might be
a success. But there is nothing
gained and much to lose in cutting
very long before planting. If plant-
ing is delayed after the seed is cut,
the seed should be placed in crates,
not full, if piled on each other; or
the seed may be spread out in a lay-
er not more than two inches deep.
If cut seed is to be kept very long,
it must be dried, else it will heat
and sour.

Where one is planting with a
horse planter, and has around ten,
fifteen, or more acres to plant, it is
something of a task to get the seed
cut as fast as it is planted, and many
get a large quantity out before
starting the planter. We get around
this by having a machine on which
to cut the seed. It will cut fifteen
or twenty potatoes at one time, and

two men can work at it with a pro—‘

duction of four to six bushels of cut
seed per hour, depending upon what
the Whole seed is. The work of this
machine is even more satisfactory
than that of hand cutting. It is a
home made affair, but has served us
.nicely for fifteen years, and we
would not like to be Without it. It
enables us to cut as fast as planted,
and if a wet spell comes to delay
planting, we do not have any cut
seed laying around.

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St. Clair County.

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N EW LOW PRICES
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It will pay you to investigate one of l\'lichigan‘s oldest and best 11' I '~
Eighteen years’ experience. 0111' increased capacity made necessarvdttfiilrbliigli
absolute satisfaction of .our chicks in the hands of old customers enables us
to make you a b1g_suv1ng. Every chick hatched from selected rugged free

range breeders ofi‘icmlly passed by inspectors from Michigan State College. '

S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS S,C_ RJ, REDS I

EX-defixg BARRED ROCKS

Let Us send you our special price list on Michi ~ : . ‘ ~

‘ _ .. . gun Acc1ed.tcd (hicks which sh ws
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BRED BABY CHICKS ACCREDITED

We have not only selected ' ' . ‘

th _ , , ounbreeding stock and mated our birds for b. ‘ '

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and price list 6 pro ection and gives you the most np-to-date in bah chicks. 8mm for literature
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PRICES Our prices are reasonable. Our chicks are good. Write today.

WASHTENAW HATCHERY, 2500 Geddes Road, ANN ARBOR, MICH.

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" Order your chicks 'xl priccs in llo" xl for deliver" . ' ‘ .
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Varieties Postpaid prices on' 100
S. C White 8. Brown Leghor‘ns, S. 0. Anconas ................. $10.00
Barred Rocks. ., .. .. . ...... ................... 13.00
Mixed or rollers, ............................................................ 8.00
Special matings at, slightly higher prices. After week of June 8, 10 per chick less.
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on 8—10 week old pnllcts now manly for shipment.
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_ DOWN’S LEGHORNS FOR EGGS

~——- , —' i, DOVH\ .8 ll lll’l‘h Ll;(.‘llOR.\S have been bred for egg production for nine-
) teen yours. hey are .gl'mlt. Winter layers. Many of Michigan‘s largest
( I egg forms purchase “1011‘ (‘llleS from us each year. One reports “I"?
production in Noycmber from 775 pullets. ()ur chicks are all Michigan
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_ CHICKS FROM CONTEST _W|NNING BLOOD LINES.
Our white Leghorns won the 1925 Michigan Egg Contest. 1000 birds entered.
Contest average 176 eggs per bird. Our pen average. 241 per bird. Fifty
Sisters of these contest winners averaged 200 eggs per bird _:it home. Brothers
and sons of these birds head the matings from which I Will hutch this year.
They‘ are Michigan State accredited. _In Spltflffl‘ increased demands for our chicks
F,“ we ave neither increased our capaclty or priccs. Write today forfr'ee clrcular
WINNING PEN that tells how you can secure chicks from these Winning blood lines at mod-
mm Ew-tmmecomm erate prices. “75% of our buslness ls from old customers." You too, can 101“
' .25- the list of satisfied users of this Royal strain.
ROYAL HATCHERY 8: FARMS. R. . 2, Box 8, ZEELAND, MICHIGAN.

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Michigan accredited chicks from flocks which have .t d a f l ‘ .
Our \Yhite Leghorn Cock ird won lst at Eastern qllIJiglii gifelgbulltiiypegligg‘,
1926 in both production and exhibition classes. \Vc won rst in pullet class.
grlcés wielstwalld) h0n: 42050 750 100 500 1000
. . 9 eg orns .......................... . .5 . . .
Baared Rocks,dR.Bll. 395's; $ 25 $ 0 $1400 $67 50 $13000

nconas an ac norcas ............ 4. 8.00 15.00 72.50 140.00
Wh. Rocks, Wh. and S. L. Wyandottes 4.50 8.60 16.00 77.50 150.00

Assorted Chicks $12.00 per 100.

DEAN EGG FARM .9: HATCHERY. 80X D BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN

are hatched from frcc range breeders carefully selected. Our
passed by representative of Michigan State
Order from this ad.

Chicks that
flocks and hatchery inspected and
.’ College. Refer you to State Commercial Savings Bank.
Prepald prices for May 3-10. 25 50 100
S. C. Wh. and Br. Leghorns, ........ $3.75 $6.50 $12.00
Barred Rocks, 8. C. Reds, 425 7.00 13.00 . .
Mixed .Chlcks $8.00 per $12.00. Free catalog. 100%
live delivery pl‘Opillll. 10,“- order. Our chicks are Michigan
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_. Tancred strain S. White Leghorns, ........................ $4.00

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AT seeding started weeks ago in
southern districts and has ever
since worked its way northward

as fast as the weather permitted, de-
lays being frequent for some time on
account of rains. Later corn plant-
ing will be general, and the acreage
promises to be normal; but no one
can know definitely in advance how
large it is going to be. It is certain
however, that farmers who fail to
obtain choice seed corn will fail to
raise good crops, but fortunately,
there is a pretty general movement
~ to get accurate tests of corn before
planting. Farmers in the northwest
have been sowing spring wheat, and
there is a tendency to keep the
wheat acreage of the country about
the same as usual. It is hoped that
the policy in parts of Iowa and other
states of raising corn and failing to
carry suflicient numbers of cattle
and hogs to consume the corn will
not be carried on for another year,
as it has worked out disastrously,
and more hogs are required to make
good the present deficiency. Corn
and hogs make a good combination
on the farm, with fair tracts of po-

tatoes, small flocks of sheep, and
some beef cattle, as well as dairy
cows. A highly important feature

of the dairying industry is the con-
demnation of great numbers of
cows suffering from tuberculosis in
a movement on the part of the city
of Chicago to prevent the sale of
milk from diseased cows, and 20,000
cattle were lost by Wisconsin dairy-
men in the emergency tuberculosis
tests which began March 1. The near
approach of the grazing season has
developed a fair demand for thin
light weight stockers of medium
weight suitable for going on grass.
There is also a growing demand for
high class Holstein dairy cows at
$90 to $100 per head to replace the
condemned cows. Feeding lambs
are in demand, and Michigan and
other farmers are planning on going
more extensively into sheep breed—
ing, but there are not a great many
breeding ewes on the market.
Activity in “heat

One of the encouraging features
of the wheat trade in recent weeks
was the tendency of prices to regain
any declines, with the July future
selling several cents above prices
paid a year earlier, while two years
ago the price stood only a few cents
above $1. It has been very largely
a market based on the actually small
offerings, with crop reports exercis-
ing moderately in making values.
For quite a long time wheat has
been in a much stronger position
than the other grains, and this is
expected to continue in the near fu-
ture although later the crop news
will exert an important influence in
making prices. Of late numerous
dry weather complaints have comc
from the spring wheat states. Late
sales were made on the Chicago
Board of Trade of July wheat at
$1.43, comparing with $1.42 a year
ago. Other sales for July delivery
were made of corn at 77 cents, com-
paring with $1 a year ago; oats at
42 cents, about the same as last
year. and rye at 91 cents, comparing
with $1.04 a year ago. In the corn
states weather conditions are better
for field work. The visible stocks
of corn, oats and rye are ample, but
the wheat supply in this country is
down to 27,980,000 bushels, com—
paring with 49, 089, 000 bushels a
year ago; and it is decreasing at the
rate of 1,300 000 bushels a week
The main influenceis the export de—
mand. The foreign situation is
largely bullish, with light stocks of
wheat, and it is reported that India
will have no wheat for export, while
Argentina and Australia will be un-
able to supply the European import-
ing countries, and already there is
a good export demand for Canadian
wheat. ..

Surfeit of Fat Cattle

Enormous supplies of beef cattle

have been unloaded on the Chicago
market recently, the receipts far ex-
ceeding those for corresponding
weeks of recent years, ~and prices

 

   
 

Wheat Continues in Strong Positi‘On
Large Receipts of Beef Cattle Bearing the Market
By w. w. FOOTE, Market Editor.

had considerable reductions, altho
the declines were really less than
might have been expected when so
many were offered. Monday is the
day of especially large offerings, and
on recent Mondays the receipts have
run‘ from 25,000 to nearly 30,000
head, with many heavy steers from
Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota
and western Iowa. Up to quite re-
cently the packers gave the prefer-
ence to prime light weight yearlings,
and they are expected to do so as
the weather becomes warm, as is the
usual rule, but lately they sold be-
low the best heavy steers. Much of
the recent decline in prices was re-
covered later, and the choicer class
of weighty steers sold at $9. 40 to
$10. 40, while the best yearlings
found buyers at $9. 40 to $10.10.
The bulk of the steers sold at $8. 50
to $10, with sales down to $7. 75 to
$8. 25 for common to fair light

8,258,000 head comparing with 10,-
421,000 one year ago and 12,059,-
000, for the same time two years
ago. . Only occasionally'is there a
big supply; such as 54,000 hogs re-
ceived in Chicago on a late Monday,
and the trend of prices is usually
upward, eastern packers buying a
good share of the offerings of the
better class. One year ago hogs
were selling for $9.75 to $11.55 and

.two years ago at $6.50 to $7.50

while hogs of choice grading sold
a short time ago for $13.50 to
$13.90. Raising hogs is paying
well, and recent Chicago receipts
averaged 249 pounds, comparing
with 234 and 235 pounds one and
two years ago and 12 pounds above
the five year average. Recently
packing grades advanced, and light
hogs sold lower, recent advances in
provision prices tending to narrow
the previous unusually wide spread
in prices.
Interest in Horse B

The Drovers’ Journal of Chicago
has the following:

H. E. Greer of Grundy county,
111., here marketing hogs, said there

 

 

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.

This station operates on a wave length of

 

 

weights and pretty good lots around
$8.75 to $9. Cows and heifers had
an outlet at $5.25 to $8.50, and
stockers and feeders had a fair sale
at $7 to $8.75, mainly at $7.50 to
$8.25 for well bred thin steers
weighing around 600 to 800 pounds
and adapted for spring and summer
grazing. Feeders selling at $8.50
and up were worth the same money
to killers. About as many cattle
are being fed this year as last, and
a few more cattle have arrived in
western packing points this year
than last. Beef steers sold one year
ago at $8 to $11.75 and four years
ago at $7 to $9.25. The week’s cat—
tle receipts were the largest in over
three months, while shipments from
Chicago were largest since January.
Heavy steers had a good sale at a
small decline, but yearlings were 25
to 50 cents lower for the week.
High Prices for Eggs

With such a great falling ofl in
the movement of swine to market, it
is natural that prices are so much
higher, the combined receipts in
seven western packing points for the
year to late date aggregating only

is more interest in horse breeding
in his locality than in a long time,
He has two stallions which he is
standing for public service and both
are in steady demand. The stallion
owner is faced with some problems
these days which he was not back
some years, he pointed out. For
one thing many mares are old or out
of the habit of breeding. As one
means of compensation for this he
is charging $5.00 ’for a service and
$15 for a live colt.

Inquiry for purebred horses is
also very active, said the visitor,
who is also a successful breeder and
exhibitor of Belgians. Recently he
sold a pair of 3—year—old fillies to a
Mr. Esterbrook of Carroll county,
111. Last year he sold a young stal-
lion in the neighborhood.

WIIEAT

Trading in wheat has been slow
with the market steady in tone.
Prices declined several cents during
the first half of the fortnight end-
ing Saturday, May 1, and advanced
only one cent during the last half
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THE BUSINESS FARMER’S MARKET SUMMARY
and Comparison with Markets Two Weeks Ago and One Year Ago

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L Den nit Chicago Detroit Detror
WHEAT—
No. 2 Red $1.75 $1.81 $1.90
No. 2 White 1.76 1.82 1.88
No. 2 Mixed 1.75 1.81 1.88
CORN—
No. 8 Yellow .75 .79 1.13
No. 4 Yellow .70 .74 1.08
OA’IS——- _
No. 2 White .47 .41 x @ .42 .48 -5‘2
No. 3 White .46 Al x @ .42 .47 AB
RYE-—
Cash No. 2 .91 .95 1.15
/
BEANS——
C. H. P. th. 4.05@4.15 4.00@4.05 5.15@5.20
POTATOES—
New, Per th. 4.78@4.77 8.75@4.50 5.00@5.17 .83@ .86
HAT—-
No. 1 Tim. 23.50@24 23©25 28.50 24 16 16.50
No. 2Tim. 21@22 10322 21@ 14 15
No. 1 Clover , 20@24 21 28 20 21 18@ 14
Light Mixed 22@28 ”@215 22 23 15.50@ 16

 

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Monday, May BF—Ail

grains unchanged. Slow demand for beans.
quiet and firm. Potatoes in demand. Butter ”and em easy. .

 

 

Poultry

those quoted in last issue.
sections repert the crop coming
along fine and others have quite. the
opposite news. Demand from local

millers seems to be better while ex- .j

port demand is dull.
CORN

Corn is quiet and prices off slight— '

1y, but dealers are expecting a
stronger market .soon.

OA'IS

Oats followed the trend of corn

during the last couple of weeks and
the market is quiet with lower pric-
es. Selling is scattered.

RYE
There was an advance of one cent
in the Detroit rye market last Satur-
day which left the price at the close
of the day two cents under a week
previous.

BEANS .

Although the price of beans at De-
troit did advance from five to ten
cents during the two weeks ending
Saturday, May 1, there was small
demand. Receipts are light and no
increase is expected for the next
month so prices will no doubt be
steady during that time.

POTATOES

Growers are liberal sellers of po-
tatoes while dealers are hesitant
about loading up at present prices.
This is not strengthening the market
by a long ways. The Chicago mar-
ket developed some weakness last
week while there was a strong tone
at Detroit. The market is in a very
sensitive condition.

LIVESTOCK MIARICETS
EAST BUFFALO—C a t t l e~—Slow but
but steady ; prime steers, 8.50 @10 ; ship-
ping steers, $8.50@10 ; butcher grades,
$6.50@9.50; heifers, $6.25@9; cows, $2.50

@125 ; bulls, $4@7 ; feeders, $5@7.50 ; milk :

cows and stringers, $40@120; yearlings,
$9.50@10.50. Calves—Active and steady;
cull to choice, $3.50@12.50. Sheep and
Lambs—~—Active and steady, wool lambs,
cull to choice. $10@16; choice clipped,
$I4@14.75; cull to fair, $9@13; year-
lings, $8@12.50; sheep, $4@10.25. Hogs
-—-Slow but steady: Yorkers, $14@14.25;

pigs, $14.50 ; mixed, $13.75 @14; heavy.
$12.50@l3.40; roughs, $10@11; stage.
$7@9.

‘ CHICAGO—Hogs—Market steady, 10
@15 lower; bulk, $12@13.30; top, $13.65:
heavyweight, $11.90@12.75; m e d ivum
weight, $12.50@13.40; lightweight, $12.60
@1360; light lights, $12.75@13.65; heavy
packing sows, smooth, $11.15@11.40;
packing sows, rough, $10.90@11.51; pigs,
$13.25@13.85. Cattle—Market steady;
Calves, market steady; beef steers,‘choice
and prime, $10@10.40; medium and good,
$8.75@9.75; good and choice, $9.50@
10.40; common and medium, $7@8.50;
butcher cattle, heifers, $5.50@9.50; cows,
$5.25@8; bulls, $5@8; canners and cut-
ters. cows and heifers, $3.50@5.50; can-
ner steers, $5.50@7; veal calves (light
and handyweight), $9@12; feeder steers,
$6@9; stocker steers, $5.75@8.75; stocker
cows and heifers, $4.50@6; stocker calves.
$5.50@8.40. Sheep—Market steady ;
lambs. fat, $14.50@15.75; lambs, clipped,
$13@14.50; lambs, cults and common,
$11.50@12.50; yearlings,‘ $10@12; year-
ling wethers, $9.50@11; ewes, 39@1o.5o;
ewes, culls and common, $3.50@6; feed-l
er lambs, $14©14.75.

 

 

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Week of May 9'

ITH the opening of the week of
May 9th temperatures in Mich-
igan will be rising rapidly as a
result of a low and active barometric
pressure which will be hearing down
upon the state. The center of this
storm area will be over or near
Michigan about Tuesday bringing
with it more or less heavy rains,
high and destructive winds and
probable thunder storms.

Sometime . between

and Thursday there may be a slight
clearing of the weather and moder-
ate change to cooler ut in any.
event the storm enacts will be re-
peated in many parts of the stats
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Week of May 18
Temperatures will be about nor-
mal or a little above at the very be-
ginning of the week of May 16th in
Michigan and a more or less severe
storm will be in progress through-
out most of the Lake region. Gales
on the water, high winds Over the
land sections, coupled with some
very heavy rain storms, electrical
manifestations, probable hall in
some scattered sections and even real
or near tornadoes. .

Storminess will continue through-
out most all the first half of the
week but with probable fair weather
about Monday or Tuesday.

On or following the middle of the
week temperatures will take a sud-
den turn downward resulting in
some unseasonably cold weather for
the state as a whole with danger of
freezing or frosts in most any of the
counties of the state excluding those
of the far southwest bordering Lake
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CORRESPONDENTS REPORT
SPRING WORK LATE

(Continued from page 3.)

few buyers are offering from 300 to 390,
_but no sales reported. Many farmers
lost heavily on lambs. Bought at high
prices and did not sell when they could
have closed out at a fair profit—H. B
13., 4—29- 26

Emmet—Farmers just starting to plow.
All farm activities are three to four
weeks late. Roads getting in good shape,
but can still see large banks of snow on
north slopes. The bay is still frozen
over although large boat went through.
-—Ra.lph Dye. 4-30-26.

Kalkaska.—Ow1ng to backward spring
farm work is behind. Only a little oat
ground being prepared as yet. Pasture
is coming along good. The dry weather
of last season shortened the hay crop in
this section and the ground became cov-
ered with snow early last fall and re-
mained on late this spring, so most tarm-
ers are drawing hay from market instead
of to market—Howard C. Smith. 4-30-26.

Presque Isle.——The snow is mostly all
gone now, only some of the real high
banks are still with us. Frost is out of
the grormd. Feed is quite scarce all over.
The farmers are all anxious to get at
their work. Potatoes $2.20 per bushel.
Oats 450 per busheL—Fred Tulyetske,
4-30-26."

Mason.—The season is backward this
year. Farmers are just plowing for cats
and corn. On account of the lateness of
the season few oats will be planted. A
large acreage will be planted to red kid-
ney beans.
Bermuda onions. Because no pasture is
available alfalfa is selling readily at

$22.50 per ton and farmers north of here
for 40 and 60 miles are coming daily
with trucks for hay. Many litters of
spring pigs have died due to chilling.—
G. Pearl Dart, 4-30-26.

STATE GLADIOLUS SHOW'

IN AUGUST

l 1 STATE gladiolus show under

the auspices of the Michigan

Gladiolus Association, recently
organized iri Grand Rapids, will be
held at Michigan State College in
August, according to tentative plans.
, Competition in the various classes
will be open to amateur and com-
mercial growers of gladioli. The
horticulture department of the col-
lege will aid growers in preparing
their exhibits, if necessary, but for
the most part the exhibitors will be
elnicouraged to prepare their own en—
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I have only had your paper for a year
but I can say I highly appreciate it and
hope for its success—«Agnes J. Hawley,
Lenawee County.

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MICHIGAN STATE CERTIFIED AND ACCREDITED

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’ implements, machinery, live stock, clothing, house furnishings, etc. What you receive, the quality and cost should
be first considered. For the money you pay you are entitled to the best insurance to be had, and you should do a
. little careful thinking along this line. The plan of operation which has been in force for years should not answer.
. Conditions have changed-

Is your property insured under the BLANKET FORM POLICY? Does your company allow any reduction
in assessments if buildings are equipped with lightning rods? Are you allowed any reduction on your assessements
if you have fire proof roofing on your dwelling? Are your assessments lessened if you keep fire extinguishers in
your buildings? Is any reduction made in assessments when your chimneys are equipped with 'Spark Arresters?
Does your company borrow money and pay interest? Are you satisfied with the policy you now carry? If not,
we should be pleased to carry your insurance if you have a good set of buildings and they are carefully looked
after. We insure farm buildings for 75% of their value as they stand today, with due allowance for age, condition
and depreciation, and personal property to its full value.

Possibly you are insured in some company limited to the amount of— insurance they may carry on a single
risk, or a company so small they are not able to carry the insurance you are entitled to. If so you can insure a

part with us.
Remember, we are an old company with TEN YEARS of irreproacha e record behind us. We don’t blame
anyone for shying at a new company in its infancy, with a small amount of nce at risk, where one or two

big losses would put them out of business, but we have $23,000,000, insurance on on books, and no company in
Michigan insuring farm risks can produce a more creditable record.

,V READ THESE FACTS ABC UT OUR GOOD COMPANY

WE ISSUE THE BLANKET POLICY HISTORY OF ASSESSMENTS

Every member of our company is insured with our broad and The highest assessment ever levied in nine years, 1917-25, in
liberal blanket form policy which brings to the insured 50% mo.e the Rodded Class was $3.30 per $1,000; and only one a year. Av-
on personal property, in case of loss. Very few Michigan compan- erage cost for nine years, $2.30 per $1,000, which is the lowest
ies insuring farm property, issue the blanket policy. If they did nine year average of any farm mutual company in Michigan giving

 

 

 

so they would have to greatly increase their assessment rates. members a blanket policy.
FIRE PREVENTION METHODS ’ CLASSIFICATION OF RISKS
We originated the plan of furnishing insured members with fire Our risks are classified. Dwellings with fireproof roofs, or

extinguishers to be distributed about their buildings, ready for in- shingle roofs with Spark Arresters on chimneys, take lowest rate
stant use, at absolute factory price and allowing a discount of TEN classification. , All buildings insured take same low classification
PERCENT from their assessments for so doing. More than half with dwelling, regardless of mailing. All assessments are entitled
of the TWENTY—THREE MILLION insurance carried by us is pro- to 10% reduction if one Liberty Fire Extinguisher is maintained
tected by fire extinguishers and by so doing we save $25,000 a year for every $1,000 insurance carried.

in losses. PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENTS

OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION Assessments collected in advance, six months or one year as the

Our statement submitted to the Insurance Department January member may prefer. We carry no dead-beats who leave their as-

lst last showed cash in the bank, $30,055.25, other assets, sessments unpaid to be saddled upon'other members. We borrow
$5,595.66, total $35,650.91, and all we owed was $1,909.00 un- no money and therefore pay no interest.

paid_losses, and was $33,741.91 to the good and we are in better The National Bank of Commerce, with which we do business,
condition DOW- pays us interest on all the money which we have on deposit every
We never borrow money and have no interest to pay. day.
Our references—Who State Insurance Commissioner, the publish—
er of The Michigan Business Farmer, National Bank of Commerce, THE PIONEER NEWS
Detroit, and anyone in Michigan Who knows us and of our nine We publish a 32 page booklet. the Ploneer News. quarterly for

our members, which contains such information as they should know.
The only paper of its kind in the United States. It is a wonderful
medium in which to carry to our members, fire prevention informa-
tion. We will send a copy free to anyone reading this advertise-

APPLICATION FOR INSURANCE mentv “9°“ requeSt-
CHIMNEY SPARK ARRESTERS

Iames Slocum, secretary of
this company, invented the
Pioneer Spark Arrester, which

years of clean cut honest dealings.

 

PIONEER RESERVE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE 00.,
» '2974 W. Grand Boulevard, Detroit.

   
   

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I hereby make appliwation for Fire Insurance. My farm is located in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       
   
   
 

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Township of . Section No.1“...m................. ( is an absolute preventative
County of comp 1151 ng acres ‘ for roof fires, from which ev-
The following"E'E‘é‘éé'riiii’lsn“'Si'"i;{iii1i‘i£{gé"£}l}i’ insurance wantél'i'? """"" ' girls; migis:r::§68u¢fl%¥1§dangea v1:
DWELLING has rooms below and ................ above. Size main 1y of late years.
part .......X ......... lst Wing ....... .X........, 2nd Wing ...... .X ......... Shingle or fire More than TWO Thousand
of these are on the chimney
proof roofing? ................. Size basement .......X. ........ No. chimneys? .............. tops of the members of this
Condition of roof on dwelling? company, and members are
ordering them almost as fast
Value dwelling now'I.......................... Insured for $ ......................... Insurance as they may be manufac—
wanted on dwellings $ ..................... On dwelling contents $................ .......... tured. The “St P1100 15 33-50
each, but members of our
BABNS AND OTHER OUT BUILDINGS company buy them at $1_50
' Size of Year Value Insurance Insurance each, delivered to their doors.
Building Building Basement Built To—day Carried Wanted PATENT PENDING They Will save m a n 1
Barn 1 ........X ...... ......_X s . s ............... s ............... homes and our company
B . , many thousands of dollars each year. ,
2 Y X 3 I ' 3.... $“'""”'""" Every new member insuring under the plan outlined in this
Hog House X ...... a s ................ $ ................ s ............... advertisement will be furnished these for chimneys on dwelling
Poultry House X 3 5 8 Insured.
"""" " COST TO JOIN OUR COMPANY
T00] House X """ " S 5 3 Full members pay, Policy Fee $1.50, Membership Fee 100 for
Granny ........ X ..... .. s. s 8 each $100 and six months advance assessment, which is sixteen
s 8 s and three-tenths cents per $100, ($1.63 per $1,000) in the Rodded
811° ‘°‘"“X "“ " Class and Nineteen Cents per $100 in the Unrodded. The yearly
Garage ........X ........ S 8 $ rate is $3.26 Rodded and $3.80 Unrodded. ‘
l, b 1 t Every person who sends his insurance application in answer to
manual“ mum on am’ persona Draper y' s """""""" this advertisement will receive a Pioneer Spark Arrester by mail,
Total all insurance wanted, buildings and personal, 3 ............... prepaid, for every chimney on the house insured, ABSOLUTELY
RODDING—My b mm are . Rodded No of points on each FREE, without cost. The regular retail price is $3.50 each.
u gs ............ ........ . ,
B B 2 H H Poultry nous. HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER/-
House ...... , am 1 ........ , arn ........ , og ouse ....... .. Fill out the coupon herewith and mail to us and we will send
Tog) House I3.1....EuGrill-Ian3.1-ng“! ....... alt18110 ....... .. Garage ------- ‘ you a policy. of insura‘r'ijce. Send us TWO DOLLARS as a guarantee
We“ 08 8 0°11 0111 n “m of good faith and we 11 send you a policy by return mail together
9, ‘3: a 82.51%? 1? m3} 118715111 “33nd ”flanking? If; gaging: with a bill for the balance which you may remiton receipt of the
of join g and assessment six months in advance. Make the poigy the policy 11 the same 15 satisfactory. .

m... of PIONEER RESERVE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE co.
JAMES SLOOUM. Sec'y. and/Mgr" 2974 w. Grand Blvd., Damn.

 

 

 

Dated " , 1926. P. o.

   

Insurance on farm buildings and personal property should be bought with the same care as you buy farm