MAY '22, 1926 flfl Independent Farm Magazine Owned and Edited 2‘” Michigan JUST EATIN’ A LITTLE LUNCH In this issue: “St. Joseph County Couple Wins First Prize”——“What the Michigan State Farm Bureau Has Accomplished”—Another installment of “Pioneering in Michigan”——and many other features F 2 _ “(an ~.--« ‘,._—H«—— ,. Manager Michigan Business Farmer Piano Club CABLE PIANO COMPANY 1264 Library Avenue Detroit, Mich. Please send full details of the Piano Club with- out obligation to me. ' I I am interested in El Upright E] Player [:1 Grand ‘ Name ....... .. Street ..... .. ............................................................. .. _|lJ\ City ....................................................................... WI u - u - . u . . n n c - . . . . . . . n u . . . . u n . . n c . . o o - . . . - o c n . . a u n - u o u n u o n o o o o n .- ( b pany of Detroit, stantial saving in price. 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Cable Piano 1264 Library Manager Michigan Business Farmer ‘ ' Piano Club DETROIT, MICHIGAN \' Company Avenue to go into scientific farming, which~ is to be promoted at th eNational Farm School conference meeting in New York City, June 2 to 7. In a letter to Abraham Erlanger, New York, chairman of the conference, made public here tonight, the pres- ident expressed the sincere wish that the conference would be successful. “Its purpose to interest the young men and women of the large cities in scientific agriculture as an hon- orable vocation is to be commend- ed," Mr. Coolidge wrote. "Not only do you hold out the advantages of such a life work, but you aim to make available training 'nbcessarty for such a career." The conference will be made up of government and other public of- ficials, including mayors and agri- cultural authorities, and leaders in scientific "farming and home econo- mics. The purpose is to interest young people in accepting the gra- tuitious facilities of the national farm school at Doylestown, Pa., where an intensive three—year course of 12 months a year is given in prac- tical farming, scientific agriculture and home economics without charge for tuition or board. city people are admitted. PLAN MUCH PUBLICITY ON STATE FAIR HE reorganized Michigan (State Fair is to be backed by a thor- ough line of publicity and adver— tising, according to James B. Has- kins of Howard City, chairman of the fair committee on public rela— tions. About 400 Michigan newspapers will be used for advertising. Radio also wil carry news of the fair de- velopments, according to Haskins, who points out invitations already have been received from several broadcasting stations. The fair is being accorded every possible co—operation from state breeders’ associations manufactur- ers and national exhibitors, Has- kins says. Among the features of the fair this year will be five days of har— ness ‘horse racing, including the Horse Review stake, the second largest racing classic in America. This meet will be a betless one and will be one of the first racing events of this magnitude ever attempted without wagers. There will be a day of automobile racing under A. A. U. supervision. The Boy Scout, boys’ clubs nd girls' club and agricultural compe- tion will bring large groups of Mich- igan’s youth to the fair, and special preparations are being made for en- tertainment. William J. Goodspeed of Lansing heads the committee that will meet the youngsters at the trains and make them welcome. State nurses will look after their health and home economics leaders will supervise preparation of the food they eat while guests of the fair. NEW SUMMER COURSES 'Ar M. s. C. HE summer session of the Michi- gan State College will begin June 21 and continue to July 30, according to an announcement made by Prof. E. H. Ryder, dean of the liberal arts division and director of the summer schools at the col— lege. Many of the regular spring, summer and fall term courses will be continued. The regular courses include liberal arts, applied science, veterinary medicine, home econo- mics engineering and agriculture. Several special courses have been added to those offered in former ses- sions and graduate courses in vir- tually every division will be given. Registration will be Friday and Sat- urday, June 18 and 19. MARL IN BARRY COUNTY l . SURVEY will soon be made to locate and determine the yield- - ing capacity of the several de- posits of marl known to exist in Bar- ry county, according to County Agent ,,Paul Rood. Barry-count . believed to .,.h'a;.ye L the, it, . Uriah? - spun-tr in the . i 'A, 6;. Cu ,‘ a _ ' ‘ ' RESIDENT» commas: harm. . ' dorsed the plan to help, young; men and women from the cities . ‘ Only young ~ M.-. __,‘_ .. 1 fire. ‘— as... , ‘ ESS FARMER The Only Farm Magazine Owned and Edited in Michigan hushed Bi- ”; Clemens. SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1926 ' lass matter. Aug. 22, 1917, finfiiodcfanfllfich” under act liar. 3. 1870. ‘ Michigan’s 1925 Rural Fire Loss $5,000,000 Causes of Losses By Fire on the Farm and Suggestions on Prevention TATISTICS accumulated by the Fire Marshal Division, Depart- ment of Public Safety, show that during the year 1925, Michigan sustained a loss of $9,664,324.87. The same being $1,754,960.70 less than the preceeding' year 1924, which loss was $21,419,285.57. Reports from the Underwriters show that in the neighborhood of fifteen million dollars was lost in the Old Line companies, whereby our average is obtained. Due to the fact that most farm property is insured in stock and mutual compan- ies gives us an annual farm loss of approximately five million dollars. The record of Michigan losses covers the entire state by counties and are obtained in such a manner that it is impossible to give exact figures of the amount of losses in rural districts. Statistics show that lightning on the farm heads the list of fire causes. This is followed by chimney construction, which is more inclined to be defective in rural districts than in cities, where the chimneys are built'under the supervision of build- ing inspectors, etc. Other causes given to fires on the farm are smok- ing in barns, careless use of matches, spontaneous ignition, burning of rubbish, paint soiled clothing or oily rags, careless use of gasoline in cars, tractors, gasoline engines, etc., care— less use of kerosene by the house- wife, kerosene lanterns and lamps, unscreened threshing equipment and chimeys, improper protection of stoves and lack of shielding wood work. Remedying Conditions In the following order we wish to call your attention to methods and ways of remedying such conditions. As lightning is first named on the list we obtained reports from the National Board of Fire Underwriters and also from the Province'of On- tario, which reports demonstrate clearly that to a large extent where lightning rods are properly installed that this hazard has practically be- come eliminated " " ‘ * .z The next hazard we wish to speak of is that of the defective chimney, which when improperly constructed constitutes a serious hazard. To construct a safe chimney bricks should be used on a ground founda— tion and should be properly lined. Soot should be removed from same at least annually. A hand full of table salt on the fire in the stove. grate or furnace occasionally will reduce the soot deposit, in the flue. Do not construct chimneys on brack- ets or use tile for this purpose. Along with the chimney losses we find the hazard from wooden shingle roots or equally combustible mater- ial used for roofs. Sparks from the chimney, even though well con- structed will find their way into in— flammable roofs and may be whirled aloft causing grass or brush fires. There are two ways in which this can be remedied. As fast as possible eliminate the hazardous wooden shingles and replace same with as- bestos or fire retarding type. If, however, at this time where wood sbiwrln mots exist on your dwellings or buildings where stoves are used, we would recommend a spark ar- rest'er. Following the hazard of chimneys we wish to dwell for a moment on the hazard of smoking and it. is ‘our opinion that the farmer who smokes around his farm buildings, where so much combustible material is stored is continually flirting with Inasmuch - as smoking and the same lines of the one discussed , By CHARLES V. LANE Chief Fire Marshal Division, Department of Public Safety are publishing the 'talk on rural fire prevention given by Charles V. Lane, state fire marshal, on the evening of May 14 through station WGHP. It contains some very interesting in- formation and we are pleased to publish it in our columns for the benefit of those readers who did not hear it “over the air.” And, no doubt many who did hear it would like to read it to get the facts once more impressed upon their minds. The other radio talks in Our rural fire prevention campaign will appear in future issues. namely to keep matches away from children and I would further rec- ommend that matches be stored in metal or earthenware containers and above the reach of the children * * " The next on our list is spontane- ous ignition, which comes usually from uncured bay. The Province of Ontario through their fire marshall has spent considerable money in studying spontaneous combustion on the farm and find that a large numb— er of our fires are due to this source of ignition. Fires are known to occur principally in hay mows, in cat stacks, in barley straw, some- times in buckwheat blue grass and even in threshed grain and seed. Analysis made by the Michigan State College shows that certain seeds and grains contain cotton seed meal, lin- seed meal, gluten feed, distillers’ grains, malt sprouts and wheat mid— dlings. It is evident that the lin- seed oil in the feed is more apt to cause spontaneous combustion than any of the other oils. The main factors leading to spon— taneous ignition of foods and fod- ders may be given roughly as moist- ure, bacterial activity, germination and storage in large heaps. Where stored lots of the materials amount to hundreds of tons, spontaneous combustion sometimes may be und- er—way for two or three months be- fore it is discovered. All of the sub- stances mentioned are dangerous when piled in large heaps or tightly packed in bins while still in a fresh state, or if they are allowed to be- come wet after being dried and then stored for some time in that condi- tion. Such damp or wet materials may contaminate dry lots of the some products and cause them to overheat. Instances have occurred where wooden columns standing in the midst of heaps of wet, spoiled grain or bran or hay have become charred before the stage of sponta- neous ignition. Hence such timbers, if they cannot be replaced by pillars of cement or metal, should be cov- ered With non—combustible material, and storage rooms visited at fre- quent intervals and kept well venti- lated; heaps should be turned over frequently in order to insure proper surface cooling. Suspicious odors, especially a scent like that of fresh bread, will indicate a. high tempera- ture. An inexpensive safety meas- ure is the provision of metal lined grain bins, with spring closing cov- ers also lined with metal. The following recommendations are made in connection with farm fires. Do not permit paint soiled clothing or oily rags on your prem- ises. Where the same are found to exist they should be destroyed or burned at once. Inasmuch as sta- tistics show that eighty percent of our fire losses are caused by poor housekeeping we recommend and especially at this time of the year that all rubbish be removed, more especially in attics where the same has been allowed to accumulate. Dis— continue the use of oil mops or use the greatest care in storing same in a metal container with plenty of ventilation. Added Hazard The farmer today has an added hazard to which he should give a large amount of consideration, namely gasoline or other volatile fluids used in his car, tractor, etc. It has generally been suggested for the car or tractor that a special garage or building be constructed for the storage of same, isolated as Elevator Exchange Advocates Bean Pool BOUT forty cooperative eleva— A tor managers and directors, county agricultural agents and farmers attended the meeting on May 4th at the Bancroft Hotel called by the Michigan Elevator Exchange to discuss a farmer controlled bean pool. Willard C. Cribbs, Assistant in Marketing of the Extension Depart- ment of the Michigan State College, read the Exchange plan for a pool Which is along the following line: The grower will have up to a certain date to decide whether or not he desires to enter the pool which, un- der the original plan, was to extend over a period of eight months, from September 1 to May 1. Growers coming into the pool will have their choice of holding their beans on the farm and receiving a storage charge on them, or delivering them to the elevator and taking a cash advance on the beans delivered. Beans in the pool will be paid for at the av- erage price the beans are sold for “during the life of the pool. The pool plan seems to be along a year ago, except that it leaves out the old line elevator operator. Any farmer can use the pool but he must deal through a farmer controlled el- evator, which may or may not be af- filiated with the Exchange at this time. All selling will be done through the Exchange, however. Chairman H. D. Horton, President of the Exchange, then called on Mr. Osmer for further explanation of the idea. Mr. Osmer was of the opinion that the paper read by Mr. Cribbs covered the matter thoroughly. The chairman then called on different members of the audience to express their views. After discussing the pool nearly all afternoon two resolutions were adopted before the close of “the meeting. One was to the effect that all were 'in favor of anything that would give the farmer more money for his beans, and it was recom- mended that the Exchange do fur- ther work along the line ofstarting a pool. ' The other resolution was that the Exchange get in touch with the ofiicials of the pool discussed last year: in an effort to get together. hind them this has been made possi- schools and churches. far as possible from all other build- ings. Special attention should be given to the gasoline engine as to leaky piping and the proper storage of gasoline. Our records show that there are even through the past few months a large number of fires oc- curring ln rural districts which were caused by gasoline. Added to this . is the careless use of kerosene by the 1‘ housewife in starting a fire. Reports 3' are continually pouring into our of- fice where a woman, child or some ‘7 other member of the family was burned to death besides burning the home and the cause is given “Kero- sene on live coals.” There is no one of our listeners but what knows or has read the cause of the great Chicago fire of 1871 when Mrs. O'Leary’s cow kick- ed the lantern over. The lantern can be greatly improved on, where a light is necessary around the farm and we are suggesting its replace- ment by the electric flash light. Per— haps it may be a little more expen- sive to maintain but it practically eliminates the hazard of fire in the barn. Where electric wiring is in— stalled have the same placed by a competent electrician and assure yourself that the same is properly fused, which practically eliminates 3 the dangers of electric wiring, in ‘ other words your fuses are the safe- ty valves of your wiring and should a the same blow out under ordinary is circumstances do not replace the same with metal as there is trouble somewhere in your electric line and you should ascertain this trouble be- fore going farther. Do not permit any coal or wood burning threshing power to come on to your property unless the stack is properly equipped with spark arest— ers. Further than this insist that your thresher complies with the Michigan law and has for his imme- diate use a fire extinguisher. Although we have named the principal hazards existing on the farm we do not feel that we have eliminated the fires on the farm even though all the foregoing re- commendations were carried out. Protection Therefore, our next subject will be protection on the farm. In this we feel that every farm, every household and in fact every build- ing should be equipped with some type of first aid fire extinguishers. To add to this we recommend that farmers not only have a fire extin— guisher but a ladder located in a ,r convenient place used for emergen- cies exclusively, whereby he may get to his roof to extinguish fire. Communities should give consid- eration to a new type of fire protec- tion recently introduced in our state, 1 namely the community fire truck. There being at this time in the neighborhood of fifty such machines ‘ being operated out of cities and vil- '9 lages throughout the state. It is through this source we attribute a large share in the decrease obtained as aforementioned in 1925 over V 1924 which we really believe has 3 been saved in the rural districts by the community fire truck. This type of fire protection is no longer ex- perimental. Fire protection fifteen years ago in rural districts would 1 have been absurd. However, with high powered apparatus and thanks to our good roads and the man be~ ble. Daily where such apparatus is maintained reports are coming in« from rural districts where homes, sheds and even barns are being saved from destruction by the Com- munity fire truck. Also valuable protection has been given to rural 1 ‘ fiber 26, 1925. Mr. (. L6H; to right: Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Munro, of East Kenockee, near Atkins. St. Clair county, married 44 years; Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Shepherd, of Beaver-ton, married 69 years; lilr. and Mrs. Frank Storms, of Bridgeton, Newaygo county, Midland county, married nearly 54 years. St. Joseph County Couple Wins First Prize Five Dollars Goes to Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Davis, of Leonidas, Married Seventy-one Years WHEN we announced our long- est married couple contest we said we hoped to receive a hundred entries and have every county in the state represented. The number of entries did not fall far short as we received eighty—one, and they came from forty—one or nearly half of the counties in Michigan. Immediately after the close of the contest, May 1st, the judges began to sort out the entries to find the three couples who had been married the longest and we are now pleased to tell you the names of the winners. First prize of $5 went to Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Davis, of Leonidas, St. Joseph county, who have been mar- ried 71 years. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hanchett, of Bushnell, Montcalm county, with 70 years of married life, won the second prize of $3, and 'third prize, $2, was awarded to Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Monro, of East Ken— ockee, St. Clair county, married 69 years. Pictures of the winners of first and third prizes appear in this issue, together with stories about their lives. A picture of Mr. and Mrs. Hanchett will be published in a future issue, as will pictures of the other entries. . In this issue we are publishing pictures and stories of four couples. Mr. and Mrs. Davis Mr. and Mrs. William C. Davis, of Leonidas, celebrated their seventy— first wedding anniversary on Novem— , Davis was born in New York State June 25, 1833, and came with his parents, in a prairie schooner, to Michigan when a small boy. His wife was also born in New York State, Naples being the place and 1838 the year. She with her parents moved to this state six months later, driving through from the East with horse and wagon. It was in Leonidas they became ac- quainted and grew up together, to later marry. Mr. Davis was a black— smith for many years, learning the trade from his father, but later be— came a wagonmaker. He is consid— ered the oldest member of the In- dependent Order of Odd FeIIOWS in \Michigan. They have three chil— dren, four grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Munro of East Kenockee, near Atkins, St. Clair county, were both born in Rawdon, Ontario, Canada, and Mr. Munro came to Michigan when he was 21 years old. Mr. Munro, who is nine- ty years old, and his wife, age eigh- ty-six, celebrated their Golden Wed- ing anniversary in June 14, 1907. They purchased the farm they now live on 58 years ago, and it was here seven children were born to them, but only five lived. There are twenty grandchildren and a 11 u m b e r, of great-grandchildren. Their farm is rented but Mr. Munro has a garden each summer which he gives much attention. Both are in good health considering their age Mr. and Mrs. “'illiam C. Davis, of Leonidas, St. Joseph county, winners of first prize in our contest. They have been married over 71 years. and bid fair to enjoy several more years of wedded life. Mr. and Mrs. Storms Here is an entry from the west- ern part of the state—News.ng county. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Storms, of Bridgeton, have been sweethearts for about 44 years. They moved into the woods along the Muskegon River in the early days when log- ging parties and kissing bees were all the go, and put up a log house on their farm where they have lived ever since. Mr. Storms worked on the river and in the woods, and carried mail from Bridgeton to Ne— waygo when the road was only a cow path through the woods. They have one son, Milo Storms, who lives at Millersburg. Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd Mr. A. J. \Shepherd, of Edenville, Midland county, is another Michigan pioneer who was born in the state of New York. His date of birth was November 11, 1844. Hi swife was born in Holly, May 20, 1852. Mr. Shepherd came to Michigan in 1857 and married on July 20, 1872. Two years after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Shepherd moved to the farm they now live on. Seven children were born to this union, one dying in infancy. They have thirty—three grandchidren and eight great-grand- children living. Mr. Shepherd served in the Civil War. More pictures and stories will ap- pear in future issues. i What the Michigan State Farm Bureau Has Accomplished ‘ is the Michigan State Farm Bu— A reau is conducting membership campaigns in thirty counties in this state, we are hearing consider— able more than usual about the ac— tivities of this organization. And, inasmuch as many of you will be asked to join within the next few weeks, it might be a good idea to consider what the State Farm Bu— reau has done and is doing for the farmers in Michigan. It was seven years ago that the idea of a Farm Bureau was con- ceived and the organization came in— to existence at a meeting held in Detroit. The headquarters was es- tablished at Birmingham but later was moved to Lansing, its present location. Like a young child, the Farm Bureau has passed through many stages of growth, suffering from va- rious ills and having plenty of set— backs, but overcoming all of them and now at the age of seven years it is a fine strapping youngster, doing much to help the ones who nursed it through its infancy, and also those who have taken an interest in it since then. ~ The successful functioning of the commodity exchanges and the busi- ness ventures of the Michigan State Farm Bureau is made possible by 720 local cooperative associations. Under this arrangement the Farm Hyman becomes the general clear- 1 ’ vihouse and power station for aid- ing the members. It is the central organization which fortifies and co- ordinates thc whole movement of or— ganized agriculture in Michigan. Commodity Exchanges The Michigan State Farm Bureau is controlled by a board of eleven directors. Six of the members of the board represent the Farm Bu- reau members directly and the other five are nominated by the five com- modity exchanges, one member coming from each exchange, which are affiliated with the Michigan State Farm Bureau under the plan described above; The Michigan Milk Producers’ Association, the Michi— gan Elevator Exchange, the Michi- gan Live Stock Exchange, the Michi- gan Potato IGrowers' Exchange, and the Michigan Fruit Growers, Incor- porated. During its existence, the Farm ini'eau has rendered substantial support to these commodity ex- changes in their formation and de~ velopment. An idea of the extent of the marketing services which these exchzfiiges are rendering may be gained from the fact that last year the total volume of business which they handled amounted to $50,000,- 000. Seed Service In the early days of its organiza— tion, the Michigan State Farm Bu— reau took the lead of all other states in the establishment of a Seed Service. In “the estimation of many, this one phase of work has rendered benefits to the members far exceeding the entire amount paid in dues to the state organiza- tion. It has provided a reliable source of seed. Before the Bureau made adapted alfalfa seed available to its mem- bers, alfalfa seeding failures were very common but since the Seed Service was established six or seven years ago, Michigan has increased its alfalfa acreage faster than any other state in the Union, boosting it from 76,000 acres in 1919 to more than 500,000 acres in 1925. In the distribution of Farm Bu- reau seeds the local co-ops and car- door agents have been commonly used, although members not served locally often secure their seed from the state headquarters. Not only has the seed service pro- vided a source of dependable seed but it has served as an agency which many farmers have found a satisfactory outlet for their farm grown grain, grass, clover and al- falfa seed. As stated before, Michigan is fa- vored by having some 720 local c0- operative associations serving the farmers in their .sales and purchas- ing problems. However, with the limited volume of business which each local 00-01) has and with rela- tively inexperienced managers in many, instances, the members and patrons of local cooperative organ- izations do not stand a very good chance of getting satisfactory serv- ice and prices unless there is a cen- tral purchasing agency to group all of these cooperative requirements and buy in large volumes through_ experienced purchasing agents. The Michigan \State Farm Bureau thru' its supply service has been meeting this situation in a very satisfactory ’ manner. Perhaps only a few of our readers know that the State Farm Bureaus of Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan take the entire output of a large, modern-' ly equipped fertilizer factory located in the state of Ohio and through' this connection are in a position to supply their members and the local co-ops with high-grade fertilizer at reasonable prices and still prorate back patronage divididends on each season’s business. Big Business The Supply Service of the Farm Bureau handles a wide variety of all of the commodities regularly car« ried in stock by farmers' elevators and local cooperative associations, nearly 2,400 carloads of the various commodities being distributed dur«_ ing the year of 1925. Wool Pool The first wool pool established by the Farm Bureau._ was found unsat- isfactory for reasons quite beyond- the control of man, but during the . last‘couple of years it has been high— (Continued [on Page 18) e3 "SPEAK FOR IT, BING!”—Forest \Vilson, of Curran, Alconu. county, with his dog, Bing. Charlevoix county. CLOSE FALSE—\Villard, GETTING READY TO THRO‘V SOME RINGERS.—A game of horse,- on the farm of Jacob Keller, of East; Jordan, Miss Merle Keller sent the picture. shoes, or “barnyard golf”, “HO‘VDY, DIISS IIO‘VE.” Earlene, (laughter of Bit. and Mrs. Earl A. llowe, of Perry. three-year-old son “ROCK OF AGE..”—Charles Putnam is the fourth of the PEACHES—Three school pals, Esther \ of Mr. and lVIrs. Simon Halmenberg, of Lake fourth generation to be rocked in this cradle. It was made, and Ruth Green, and Arleita Devereaux. ' Leelanau, and his faithful dog, Bob. They are in Canada 76 years ago. Charles has five grandfathers, ac- Arleitu is in the center. \\’e are indebted to always together. cording to Mrs. Lena Drake, of Caro, Tuscola county. Mrs. C. Bates, St. Johns, for the picture. « E A YOUNG TEARI.—“Ralph ille- PUTTING UP THE HAY.—This is “'nrren Cornell and Lou (‘hester of SOME SNO“’.-—)lrs. Herman Deising’, Gowen‘. Arlene R‘ddc‘rmlul,’ and L”: Reed C‘ty! and DIaHtm‘ Roy S0l‘h‘y, 0f \Vflllt‘ll Lake. drawing alfalfa on the Bear Lake, sent us the picture. taken on x han Rider, and my twnn calves,’ (‘ornell Farm near Reed City, Osceola county. Mrs. C. )1. Cornell, Reed April 7. in Manistee eounty. The bank 3 writes Albert DIeyer, of Fremont. AN EXAMPLE OF THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.-——Little Annie Taege, of Maple Rapids taking a. ride and her mother playing horse. The picture was sent in by Mrs. Franc Jenne, of St. Johns. ‘ / HERE LIcGirr and his son, Emery, of Spratt, Al- pena county, Guess City, sent the picture to us. ARE caught these we’ll have to visit Beaver Lake. along this road is 10 feet deep. SORIE BEAUTIES.——A. E. IIOPE.—Tl1at word means a lot here. \Villiam, son of Mr. and Mrs. l". J. Baxter, of Sand Lake, Ken" county, hopes his goat whose name is “Hope”, will go when he wants him to go. in Beaver Lake. \Vell, we hope so too, \Villiam. (A clesri department for farmer-3' “this d en: receive meet careful an by first class mail. must accompanynthe in ulry. name will not publis ed.) NO SCHOOL ON HOLIDAYS Can a teacher make up lost time on Saturdays or holidays? If the school board has authorized her to do so could she mark a child absent who did not go to school on said day? ——-F. B. R., Ithaca, Michigan. ‘ .CT 11 of the Public Acts of 1911 provides in part that, “The fol- lowing days, namely the first day of January, the thirtieth day of May, the fourth day of July, the first Monday of September, the twenty—fifth day of December and all Saturdays and all days appointed by the governor of this state or the president of the United States as. days of Thanksgiving, shall, in all the public schools of the state, be treated and considered as public holidays and on such above speci- fied days there shall be no school sessions in any of such public schools of this state.’ Thne lost by teachers cannot le— gally be made up on Saturdays and holidays. The teacher could not mark a child absent who refused to attend on Saturdays or holidays nor could the child be made to suffer any loss or inconvenience through um Jill I is}... addressed meter is sent out troubles. III M attent on. e a This service I: lree to paid-up subscribers. but com iete name and address If we use your inquiry with the answer r n this department your missing the recitations on such a day.—-G. N. Otwell, Department of Public Instruction. 18 CONTRACI‘ BROKEN? On March 15th, 1925, B and 0 rent farm from A on shares. On March 15th, 1926, C leaves farm and goes to work in city. Does that break the contract or can A hold B? B furnished all necessary tools to work farm with.—-_-J. R... Midland, Michigan. farm was rented for one year and contract states that tenant shall not leave without consult- ing landlord, or similar provision. the tenant breaks said contract or lease by leaving before time is up.— F. T. Riddell, Research Assistant in Economics, M. S. 0. GET ONE FOURTH A and B own eighty acres of land together. A furnishes everything, buys clover seed, pays taxes. What share should B receive? A does all the work. A purchases a farm join- ing the above amount of land in January, and was to get possession March. let. ‘ Dermatitis renter lets his sheep peel the" bar]: on or the apple trees as high as they could reach. If trees die what could be the comeback on the.renter, if any?-——W. C., Remus, Mich. SHOULD think about one-fourth I of the proceeds of the farm would be a fair share for B un- der these circumstances. The owner of the trees would have an action for damages against the owner of the sheep for injury to the trees, if he can show it was due to any negli- gence of the owner.—Legal Editor. EXEMPTION I would like to know what the tax exemptions are to farmers on per- sonal property on a farm that he lives on and works and on a farm that he owns and works but does not live on. The farms being in differ- ent townships—4. L., Marcellus, Michigan. HE farmer. if he is a household- er would be entitled to an ex- emption of $250.00 on his per- sonal property. The fact that he had another farm would not entitle him to any more—Legal Editor. CAN BE HOLD SHARE OF CROPS A rents farm to B on shares by written contract for term of four years. C holds mortgage and has started foreclosure which ends in Septemeber. B’s time will be out ALWAYS LABOR DAY WEEK W 5th e. 1111: 13313011 ' 9 {theGreater mi arisen 5t ate Fair Follow the Arrows -flle Onset my— to the Fair Grounds Sept. 5th—11th. Plan NOW to Celebrate a Great Year Along about September you’ll be hankering for a change —-new sights, new ideas, fresh slants on old problems. The Michigan State Fair will satisfy that urge. Better, bigger, more interesting than ever before, Michigan is planning a fair second 'to none in the country this year, creating an exposition really repre- sentative of this great state New buildings, new exhibits, new educational and entertainment features —the whole a tremendously vital picture of the state’s agricultural achievementsr—a REAL FARMER’S AND STOCK BREEDERS’ FAIR—this is the one big event in the year you surely don’t want to miss! Plan now, this far ahead, to attend the Michigan State Fair. Take some part in it, if you possibly can. There will be hundreds of competitions, hundreds of prizes -—write Walter Palmer, Director of Live Stock and Exhibits, State Fair Grounds, Detroit, for information on any subject in which you may be interested. Your active co-operation is earnestly desired. 15 W FAIR THE MICHIGAN STATE FAIR Committee on Public Relations stock . t d ‘ Mich. - 0 Ali-tolls; #4 croft, Michigan. ~_ , B soon as the'perl-od of ‘reaemp- tion expires, which is one year I after date of sale, the mortga- gee could take possession of the farm and take the unharvested crops—Legal Editor. sonoonochna CAN HOLD TOWNSHIP omen Has a school officer the right ac- cording to law to hold a township office? Is it lawful for a school of- ficer’s wife to take the contract to take the children to school and then put a school boy to drive the school bus?—-IM. R., McMillan, Michigan. . ’ SCHOOL emcer has the right to - hold a township oflice. The only case of incompatahility is that of township treasurer and school district treasurer. An individual does not have the legal right to take a contract for transporting children and then put a school boy on to drive the school bus. In fact. an in- dividual must be at least eighteen years of age before he becomes eli- gible to secure a chauffeur’s license. ——B. F. Ford, Dept. of Public In- struction. WHAT THE NEIGHBORS SAY ADVICE EAR EDITOR: G. B. of Colum- biaville, Michigan does not state age of his heifer nor just the condition of food vomited but if she fails to chew her cud and drops these in the manger I would venture it was her teeth which caused it; either an injured tooth or' teeth she is shedding which are bothering and preventing her from chewing. If loose teeth, pull them. We read quite a little about peo- ple who are making good with dairy cows but as a rule they sell Whole milk and get a much better price than the'fellow who sells his cream on a butter—fat basis. Would like to hear about some who are making good selling butterfat as such.——D. T. Olds, Osceola County. WHAT AILS FARMJNG? EAR EDITOR: How enlighten- ing are the letter of Peter B. Lennon of Genesee and George Lord of the tax commission. How clearly do they refute the claim that all the fees of agriculture dwell in the cities and more prosperous of our counties. Well, do we remember when the question of a storage house near the cities came up before the legislature, the city representative voted to al- low the electors to vote on it and the upstate legislators denied them the privilege? The great question before the peo- ple today is not so much the action of executive boards as how they have acted to give tax-payers their money’s worth. The claim was made on behalf of responsible boards thattthey would lengthen the constitution in fact and do away with many useless departments but in this they have failed. They have not even devised a means to raise state funds without recourse to county levy thereby keeping the tax commission in full force, all the forces of the old order on the pay— roll and added more. If Mr. Lord’s statement is to be used as evidence the manner of get- ting correct and values is wrong now and the effort expended over it is l on a par with the practice of having prisoners tote bricks forth and back in prison yards on the advise of the prison physician that their appetite may be kept in order. Every person knows that when land is rented year after year for less than the taxes and upkeep that there is something wrong with the system of land value and it is indeed timely that the candid statement of _ the expert is heeded by those that are not in a position to know. Many were fearful that the repres- entatives from our cities would squelch every effort of the county men to relieve agriculture, but {it now seems that the tide of sentiment is turning in favor of the plowman.‘ ing to pay. interest on watered It I were asked to state or: hand what ails taming, I, would say e ’ “ ' » < AAKVf‘Vsk-Irfi‘ ssi' 13A RM E R ' " I ” (479) Do You Cut 24 Acres or 8? Hay is a perishable crop. A few hours’ delay in the field may mean a serious loss. With the Fordson one man can cut 24 acres of hay per day instead of eight; and the crop can be quickly raked, loaded and stacked with Fordson power. Other farm work is also done proportionately quicker and easier with Fordson power. The Fordson costs little to begin with. The Fordson running expense is small and the savings in $ time and labor from its use add to profits. The easy payment plan permits every farmer ‘ to take advantage of Fordson power. I. o. b. Detroit Pen?” and Pun” Detroit, Michigan ‘ . I. "1 l .l I a 1r . -1 1 :Ilw/IIHI I a .. I ‘ ,r t mig'p '1 \I‘ll "Al. ':I' 'V 4“ ddfl'flvvéz .N. 1,2. t i jl'ly'lf‘ .,.".:, -, 3 y‘.‘ :11" _ '1': fl g“ (i i 'W‘ . ulng‘fifékmkl hf 1 - .9; 2% ‘ - 'w- ' a \ W a» ' I ,rjg-x,.<é‘ should live soberly and righteously and godly in this present world." "Let us, since .we are of the day, be sober.” But again, in the words under consider- ation, the apostle is saying that be- cause he has already revealed great and basic truths, and because the disciple’s life is so real and impor- tant, and because that eternity will be to us what we make it, we should take a sane view of, life. He is giv- ing us counsel on our mutual rela- tionships in church and society that our various gifts might be used in right service and conduct. But our spiritual gifts are meas- ured according to our faith. “Ac- cording as God has dealt to each one a measure of faith.” This reminds us of our Master’s words, “Accord- ing to your faith be it done unto you.” Let us soberly inquire as to the quality and content of our faith. There is the superstitious faith. “And behold, a woman who had an issue of blood twelve years, said Within herself, If I but touch his garment I shall be made whole.” And Jesus said, “Thy faith hath made thee whole.” What loving power reached this woman thru her crude faith! God is good. “And God wrought special miracles thru the hand of Paul; insomuch that unto the sick were carried away from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.” This again is akin to heathen magic, but the heavenly Father knows the cry of sorrowing hearts and blesses notwithstanding. How wonderful! Let it be noted that in both of these cases and in others, our Fath- er heals not through the touch of garment or thru contact with ap- rons, or thru any other superstitious methods. There is no healing po- tency in such external connections. Yet these poor, imperfect penitents thought so, and God permits him mercy to flow to them thru channels that they made for themselves. They could not do any better. Their be— lief was weak. It had much error in it. But it was active and was leaning toward Christ thru such ve— hicles as they knew. It was the far- thest possible reach of this faith that brought them into union with the helping Christ, and not the crude methods used as means. But, soberly, does our faith differ enuf with that of these Bible in- stances? What about patronizing the fake healers, about our belief in superstitions, and about resorting to the magic practices that are yet in vogue? Truly our best gifts and our most spiritual service to man- kind are to be rendered thru a more rational faith. Thru the slow dis- covery of the years, we now have many reasonable and scientific means thru which to lay hold 0— mir~ acle-power. Let us turn to the rules of sober thinking, hygenic living, sanitary surroundings, and to doc- tors and nurses if need be; that‘we might have personal health; and thru any rational means that we know let us adjust our lives to the folks and things about us. It is in the realm of sane thinking and ra- tidnal practices that the Jesus’ re- ligion will have its greatest advan— tages. So, our “measure of faith” deter- mines the quality of our thoughts and conduct. "Follow after death.” The content of our faith regulates [the character. We may have faith ‘in such measure as we will. The God» makes it possible for us to be»- ~lieve, faith is .of .such a nature that it must- be strengthened. thru sober «new ifléifirgm=ileems * _, l -SERMKBY/- [If rdln roll lous matters on. would "he answered wrlte to ( there Is In“ anaemia reos‘ c "u cum.“ char"!- ev. A personal reply wlll be sent to you and of salvation; but Christian be— lief is a for remove from simple as- sent; it acts and it trusts. This ob- jective goal is too much left out of the. general mind. But that a pure faith has its evidence in works and conduct, is reasonable to the sober mind. God works in us both to will and to do his good pleasure; that is, his gift of faith plus our heart de- votion to this gift, makes for us rightness of character. This may be seen in the lives of any who are committing themselves to the will of God. And now, this will make for a sane estimate of oneself. One trans- lator addresses our text to the “self- important.” The haughty and self— centered make no little trouble in life. They look at themselves and their own thru a telescope of self- love and everything seems to them to be enlarged to vast proportions, and they imagine they have great reason to boast of their gifts and accomplishments. These same look thru the opposite end of the glass binder performance. the ‘twine. best twine insurance. International. Play Safe on Twine! 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' ‘ and {see their neighbors as " ivory much“ ‘smaller in comparison. Is there a greater delusion in life than that which we practise on ourselves with our eyes wide open? mans greatest betrayer. The Phari- see who looked upon himself as wise and saintly, and upon the Publican with contempt, has left behind him a numerous progeny. Is there any- one of us who has not at some time or other looked upon himself and his neighbors in some such way as described? Verily, he that exalteth himself shall be abased. The textual teaching would have us use our 'gifts with a view to serv- ice. An arrogant, puffed-up feeling makes this utterly impossible. A sober reflection upon the divine source of our gifts would prompt to their consecrated training and use. It is matter of sanity, the apostle would say, to take stock of the men- tal and physical equipment that we have from God, with the distinct purpose of setting them apart for Christian service. This is why we have them. So, we have found that one must apply intelligence in knowing him- self, and in knowing the people and things around one; but in the Christian religion, all this know- ledge is held as a challenge to good works. To face God in a sober way is to serve him. To face God thus is to pray that his spirit will guide and bless in the use of our natural faculties to his glory. God must use us as we are naturally, and he will; Then there is the SERVICE which is always avail- able through 12,000 dealers. Prompt shipment and liberal supply of McCormick, Deering, and International protect the grain grower wherever he is. Harvester quality and economy are effected by quantity production and the back- ing of the McCormick-Deming organization. Don’t gamble with the comparatively small expenditure needed for twine. It does notpay. Play safe with McCormick, Deering, or INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY 606 So. Michigan Ave. at; McCormick Deering International Chicago, Ill. 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Bury that ties a bundle. 5 [in "(482) I“ \ (Continued from May 8th Issue) ATHER at once recognized Pres- F ident Howard of the G. R. & I. intro- railroad and was soon duced to Governor Williams of ln—- diana, Mr. Morley and some other capitalists, who had been walking all 1 day inspecting the construction. They said they were very tired and hungry, and at fathers regrets for what he had to offer them, they said what the boy was cooking smelled good to them and with his permis— sion they would join him. In a few minutes those four great men were stooping before the fire, each had a slice of pork on a sharp stick, which he roasted over the fire and placed between slices of bread, declaring it the best sandwich they ever ate. (Soon after getting this camp into commission my brother Bill, and Henry Cummings joined us after fulfilling the requirements on the homestead, and were soon engaged on the railroad work. I remember near this camp see- ing a grade built over a small marsh or swamp that was all complete when the men quit work at night, but when they returned to work the next morning it had entirely disap- peared, which retarded the work for a long time. \thn the Paymastcr (lame Joseph Kilbourn became railroad paymaster when the construction work began at Kalamazoo. It seem-- ed to be his work to come to camp about noon every payday and pay the men. I remember well how he would come with two leather sat- chels filled with new bills and “shin- plasters” as the paper money of small denominations was called at that time. It was made in SC, 100, 15c, 250, 50c, and 750 pieces, and made a big showing. As soon as the railroad was com- pleted to the end of the twenty (now the town of Morley) our camp was moved ahead to Mack’s Creek, which runs near the south side of what is now the town of Stanwood, but here in October, 1869, the rail- road company suspended operations indefinitely, and father decided to move, with all his goods, to the homestead, as he had already let a contract to Philo Newberry to build a house of logs to be 18 feet wide by 24 feet long, and a story and a half high, to be completed by Octo- ber lst. Owing to the difficulty in getting horse feed here and the fact that cattle could live on browse, father traded his horses for oxen, and by hiring a couple of teams, our goods were loaded onto wagons, and we started for Section 36—20—10. Our first night’s stop was at Ben Ensley’s, south of Big Rapids, the next day at noon we arrived in Big Rapids where it was found the snow had fallen so deep our wagons had to be exchanged for sleighs. Here, too, father added to his supply of provisions by purchasing from the Bevins Brothers 12 barrels of flour at $16.00 per barrel; 2 barrels of beef at $36.00 per barrel and 2 bar- rels of pork at $40.00 per barrel. With this addition he thought his supply would last a year. Had to “Lighten Cargo" That night we got as far as Crapa on the county line and stayed at the Osceola House, then kept by Frank Robbins, and the next day we reached the place where Reed City now stands. Here we got lodgings with a German farmer named Wm. Steig. He seemed very thrifty and gave us excellent accomodations for those days, but when we left Mr. Steig the next morning the road seemed to end, and all we had to fol- low was the blazed trail, streams must be forded and the teams had to wind their way around among the J trees, and from here on we had to PlONEERING m MICHIGAN By ED. C. ALLEN 1 T H E S T O R Y N the 'opening installments of our new story the I author told us something about his father, Stc~ phen H. Allen, who was born in England but left home when a boy to travel about the world. He told of the meeting of his father and Miss Eliza Conway, who later became his Wife, and of their settling in Chicago. cided to move to Michigan and in the year of 1867 came to this state. Two years later they settled on the farm where the author now lives, near . LeRoy in Osceola county. told about how they staked out their homestead TO DATE After the Civil War they do- So far Mr. Allen has and began to make the required improvements. Ed. C. Allen That brings us up to the present installment. “lighten cargo”, rolling off barrels of meat, bales of blankets, a barrel of New Orleans molasses, a large hogshead packed full of dishes, and a lot of other heavy articles, and that night we reached the place where Dewigns is now located. Herc Daniel McGovern had built a cabin and was living with his wife and two small children, and although Mr. McGovern was away from home that day, his wife, with the good pioneer spirit, soon provided accom- ly all the large packages were left where they were until a year later when father returned to resume his work. Our house was finished and we got all moved in before Christ~ mas. The snow became very deep but the work of clearing went on. As soon as a big trees was chopped down the limbs and brush were trimmed ed and piled on fires kept going by adding more brush and limbs, so that by spring we had On the- front cover of our April 24th issue we published a picture of the buildings and front yard at Allendale. Here is another view of the front yard, showing its beauties from a different angle. odations for us and we were com— fortable for the night. The next day we met a bachelor neighbor who told us our house was not finished, but handed father the key of his own house and said “Use it until your house is ready.” His house being about two miles beyond our place made it that much farther to go, but we reached it about 5 p. 111., making it five days and four nights on the road from Stanwood to this place. It is now made in less than two hours by auto. We arrived at our destination and the next day the teams were return- ed home. It was decided to leave most of the goods we had to unload along the road where they lay for the winter, as a matter of fact near- nearly two acres cleared and ready to plant. Seed Limited Our seed was limited, potatoes and flowers being the most common. The potatoes, although of good qual- ity, were of as many colors and shapes as the flowers. My mother loved flowers and her garden that year must have been her delight, as everything we planted made a won- derful growth and there were no weeds. One night that summer at about ten o‘clock, as we were about to re- tire, men’s voices were heard. and we saw the flicker of a candle being used to follow the blazed trees, then a yell, “We’ve found them,” and then came the sound of surveyor’s Prof. C. G. Card MEET PROF. C. G. CARD, OF DI. S. 0., FOLKS ROF. C. G. CARD, head of the Department of Poultry Husbandry, at the lVIichigan State College. is a lVIichigan boy. Hillsdale county, February 8th, 1892, and attend- ed rural and village schoolls, graduating from Cambria high school in June 1909. to 1911 he taught in rural schools. 1911 he entered the Kalamazoo Normal and grad- uated two years later. tendent of the Gaines schools and after one year went to Barryton where he held the position as He was born in From 1909 In the fall of He then became superin- supcrintendent of the local high school for four years. Following that he was made county school oonunissioner of Mecosta county which was in the year of 1918 and he remained there until 1920 when he became director and instructor of Federal Voca- tional Guidance School at M. S. C. For three years he served in this capacity, carrying on the work at the College and earning his B. 8. degree at the same time. In 1923 he was made Assistant Professor of Poultry Husbandry, one year later he became acting head of the de- partment, and in 1925 became Professor of Poultry Husbandry. chains and other implements being set down by our door and father was greeting his friends, the railroad engineers. One was Mr. M. M. Stimson, who was chief engineer, another W. B. Stimson, his cousin, then a young man only eighteen years old, who years later, was su- perintendent. They had heard of our location that afternoon, and were five hours reaching our place, the last few miles by following the blazed trees, with the aid of a piece of tallow candle secured from one of the set— tlers. While they were eating sup- per they said they wished to stop with us a few days while they run a line to the Clam Lakes, it then being their intention to pass be- tween these lakes. A few days later when they were leaving mother asked Mr. Stimson how near the railroad would come and he said, “Right through the center of the house” then laughing, said the center of the homestead, which was true. Father resumed his business that winter south of Big Rapids, and when the construction of the rail- road got near here he built an addi- tion to the house, dug a well and boarded the men while the railroad was being built across our place and. beyond. He followed the construc- tion. of the railroad to near Petos- key, but some of the family always remained on the place. The stream of home seekers continued until all the available farming lands were taken. The men would go to the lumber camps to work winters, pine was the only kind of timber handled in those days. All the lumber camps would shut down when the snow melted in the spring and many of the poor “moss—backs” (as the early settlers were called) would learn the jobber they had worked for all winter had failed and could not pay his men. Some got a little stuff from the camp store, but many got nothing. This was a very common thing in those days. I looked on the building of the G. R. and I. railroad through this sec- tion as a Godsend to the people. A land office was established at Grand Rapids for the sale of the railroad lands, and W. S. Howard, son of President Howard, was land com- missioner. The farming lands of- fered at $10.00 per acre and were sold off fast. The railroad company used wood burning engines, and bought 2 foot hardwood delivered any place along their tracks at $1.00 per cord, paying cash every month, The Swedish people came here at that time, being honest and thrifty, settled on these lands, many of them paying for their places by cutting railroad wood from the timber on them, while they also built fine homes without slashing down and destroying the fine trees just to make a clearing, as some of our “moss—back” friends were doing. As an illustration, one Swedish farmer bought an eighty acres only a quarter of a mile from this place. From the south forty he got timber to pay for his land and build fine buildings thereon, not a tree was wasted; some were sold in logs for good returns. The other forty acres was kept from fire and only the ripe trees removed as they were needed. This timber forty acted as a wind- brake, protecting the ground in win- ter by holding the snow. He raised more crops on that forty than others who had burned up their soil when burning the heavy timber, could raise on eighty acres, and last win- ter his son sold the timber left on ‘ the place for just three times what his father had, paid for the entire place. ' K (Continued in, Issue _of..Jun,e V“ 5),} ‘IT' ..isume-+m SE‘WMQHUEHHMmOQ! I mm» mud-l. A‘HJ-IFIAAHH-L H.u._a_ami_a._. in..._:_:-... 6‘ I-hJ ~M Nummnman-Hm 7A HHHmH ifiHmW thaws-1w n—n'uanqui-J Iii-LC V w WV“ A i | Fiwrr and ORCHAR { Edited by HERBERT NAFZIGER (Mr. Nafziger will be pleased to answer our questions regarding the fruit. and orchard. ere is no charge for this service if your subscription is paid in advance and you will receive a per- sonal letter by early mail. , ED McINTOSH GOES AFTER. VINEGAR PUT some cider down cellar last fall but it ain’t turned to vinegar yet, so t’other day my wife she gimme a jug and sent me over to John Sooter’s folks to git some vine— gar. When I got to the corner of their place, there by the big hick— ’ry tree, I notic- ed where John’s had ben a—settin’ o u t a y o u n g raws-berry patch. What I noticed m o s t about it w a s t h e rows. Why gol all Fri- day, them rows was so crooked a snake would a broke his back atryin to foller ’em. Well I kept on a-goin’ an pretty soon I met 01’ John Herbert Nafziger himself a—coming up the road, and 0’ course I joshed him considerable about them crookid rows. “Well,” says John, “I couldn’t help that. You see it was like this. I was a— markin’ out the ground with a one hoss marker, right after a good shower; an’ do you know, right after I finished the job the sun come out hot an’ bright an’ dried them marks so sudden that I’ll be durned if it didn’t warp ’em all outa shape.” Well I told John I says “That’s too bad, but I come over to git a little vinegar,” but John he says hes’ sorry but they ain’t got none either. “Nope,” he says “our cider didn’t turn to vinegar fast enough so me an’ the boys we drunk it all up. Took the last jugful out to work with us last week Thursday mornin’ an’ had it all drunk up by 9 o’clock.” “Well,” I says, “that must a ben the day you marked out that raws— berry patch.” John he studied a minute an’ then he says, “Well, by gol! I believe it was.” APPLE TREE DOESN’T BLOSSOM Why should an apple tree blossom for several years and then not blos- som for a year or two.——E. H., Jack- son, Mich. T is rather hard for us to tell just what is wrong with your apple tree without knowing m ore about the condition of the tree, etc., but judging from what you say we would assume that the tree is suf- fering from a lack of readily avail- able nitrogen early in spring. ‘ Three weeks before blossom time give the tree an application of 10 pounds of nitrate of soda. Sprinkle the fertilizer under the outer branch- es and leave it on top of the ground, to be washed in by the rain. This amount of fertilizer is for a large full-grown tree and for smaller trees should be reduced according to the size of the tree. If the tree is not making an excessive growth repeat this treatment every year. PLANTING MELONS [I want to ask some advice about preparing ground for watermelons and muskmellons. What kind of fertilizer to use, when to plant and how to care for same?—R. 8., Mt. Pleasant, Mich. ANDY loam soil and a warm, sun- ny location are the first essen- tials in melon growing. Give your land a good heavy application of manure during the winter or the early spring. As soon as you can get on the ground in the spring disk the manure into the ground and then plow the land. After the land is plowed it is a good practice to ap- ply about 300 pounds of acid phos- phate per acre, which should be dragged in. Keep the land drag- ged until planting time which should be when the danger of frost is over. Early varieties would pro- bably be best for your part of the state. A melon patch must be kept thoroughly hoed and cultivated, but stay out of the. patch when the plants are wet or you will spread the melon rust disease, ' - A r Oil Filter . AirICleaner Fisher Body Duco Finish Pour-Wheel Brakes Harmonic Balance: Full Pressure Oiling Unit Instrument Panel Automatic Spark Control Pontiac Six, You wa Advanced Six-Cylinder Engine LightDimmer on SteeringWheel Interchangeable Main Bearings J Oakland Six, $1025 to $1295. Companion to Oakland Six, $825, Coach or Coupe. All prices at factory. General Motors Time Payment Rates, heretofore the lowest, have been made still lower. (483) nt 311 of these features in your next car how much should you pay to obtain them? A motor car lacking these features cannot possibly give ' you the utmost in luxurious motoring. A motor car possessing them but listing at an excessive price, violates your desire for economy. In between these extremes lies wise investment. The Oakland Six not only embodies virtually every ad- vanced engineering feature known; it not only reveals beauty, speed, power, smoothness and stamina unsur- passed by expensive cars—but it combines these essen- tials at: the very minimum cost. OAKLAND MOTOR CAR COMPANY, PONTIAC, MICH. —r The Coach, .5 1 095 WINNING AND HOLDING GOOD WILL OAKLAN D SIX feeding its/elg-‘Fast d .Youtactuallgyglee the}:1 Blizzard . ' ping 1 swor rou views taken ggrmttk‘nzgggon pictitirrffi Ylou SEEIQI-dsogtf-unning it—two co :1 o e on ' ' '— you see it elevating over 125 feet. In” ceding Itself WRITE FOR CATALOG Users ronounce the new enclosed Blizzard the best at It to tile perfected result of 50 ears' experience. Heirs. yyhat they say: It cut our sin filling costs in half." With old cutter, It took two men to operate tractor and glitter, now one can do it easily." Beat 5110 filler we have ever used and we have used several kinds." Rune easier than any cutter I ever ran of the size, almost no limit to amount of corn itwiil take through. " Here’s an ensllage cutter built like an automobile—‘movin parts steel encased. Genre run in on]. It will do more work at lower cost. Get the catalog and all the more. THE J08. DICK MFG. co. Dept. 49 Canton. 0. Branch House, Grand Rapids, Mich. Berry Baskets, , Boxes, and 0 ICrates. ur llustrated C I and Price List Willa 3% "a: _ , I. , askingm‘ngteo us for Augusta Quarts and JLOW AUGUSTA BASKET COMPANY, P. 0. Box No. 125, Augusta, Michigan. STRAWBERRY PLANTS P0 150 Sen. Dunlap. 150 Warflelds $2 PA?-r Hampton a Son. Route 2. Bangor. Mich. ° i Now you can buy a . _ genuineKalamazoo Tile 5110 for as low as $220—fire-safe, frost-proof, permanent. attractive. Write for free book with new low prices and easy terms. Also Glazed Budding Tile for all farm buildings. Kalamazoo Tank & Silo Co. I Dept. 1512 Kalamazoo. Mich. 15 to 30 acres a day. lQuick- ly attaclriled to the Fordson —- no C anges necessa . Bail bearings—two speedsr1 automatically oiled—fool proof ——guaranteed. Used on Henry Ford's Farm. Write for par- tlcuiars. DETROIT HARVESTER CO., Detroit, Michigan PRODUCT OF GENERAL MOTORS Blizzard Easilag'e C%er .ORDSQN MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER “The Farm Paper of Service” TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT IT! Your neighbors know from experience the economy and lasting service of - CRANE VALVES°FITTINGS PLUMBING FIXTURES, WATER. SYSTEMS, AND SOFTENERS Sold and installed by responsible dealers “WW Tune in on WGHP, Detroit, every night except Saturday and Sunday } at 7 o’clock for MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER Market Reports :z, '71413471‘ I, i: 1. .- memczzgm 1 BUSINESS FARMER SATURDAY, MAY 22. 1926 ' Edited and Published by THE RURAL PUBLISHING OOIIIPAIIV. Inc. GEORGE M. 8L0cUM. President lit. Clemens. lionlm DETROIT OFFICE-—2-144 General Motors BulldinI Represented in New York. Chicago, 82;. Louis and Minneapolis M The Stocklnan—Busincss Farmer Trio. Member of Agricultural Publishers Association Member of Audit Bureau of Circulation! Won Grinneii “main: Editor - Annieh'l‘aylor ................................. “Eu-m Home Editor . ee o J vii" m B‘ J "‘A'§Lm.mn°w5r§nd gig: . T1 _______ __ _, 1 James w.gn. _1hdi: Editor Charles A. 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Should any reader have any cause for complaint against any ad- vertiser in these columns, the guhlisher would appreciate an - mediate letter bringing all fee to light. In eye case when Writing any: 'I saw your advertisement in The Mich gan Business Farmer!” It will guarantee honest dealing. "The Farm Paper of Service" 14 lines to the column WHEN IS A STATE FAIR FAIR? - discussing the Michigan State Fair and the INopportunity which is afforded the new man- agement for its improvement with a prom- inent breeder the other day we picked up an idea which may be worthy of some discussion in these columns. This breeder claimed that in order to at- tract largc exhibitors from outside the state of Michigan, concessions and promises were made which were not to the advantage of our own breeders. Can this statement be true? If it is, then per- haps our Michigan breeder is right when he sug- gests that the premiums offered by the State Fair should be confined entirely to the best which our own state has to offer. The county fair, he pointed out, should at- tract the best produce and animals produced in that county, then the best from each county, would be exhibted at the state fair and the blue ribbon winners at the state fair should then go to the International, where they would be in competition with the best of the country. That sounds at first thought, like a practical suggestion, but we hesitate to pass judgment on its practicability until it has been fully discussed by those who are in a position to know the facts. Obviously, those opposed to this plan will point out that bringing the best from other states helps to bring up the standard of our own state, but we wonder if this argument stands in face of the discouragement which must result from im— possible competition, which perhaps Michigan breeders in some classes must face. Should the Michigan State Fair confine its ef- forts to showing the best that this state has to offer or should it place in competition with our best, the products of other states? That is the question and we hope you who are most inter- ested in it will make use of these columns in which to discuss it. Of course, premium lists have already been compiled for the 1926 Fair and therefore no change in the policy could be contemplated for this year, but it is none too early to open the subject. VALUE OF FARM BUREAU E have before us a letter from a subscriber Wasking our advice as to what we think is the greatest value of the Farm Bureau to the farmer. While the Farm Bureau during its existence has done much for the farmers in many differ- ent directions its greatest value has been the or- ganizing of agriculture and getting the farmers to work collectively instead of individually. There are other farm organizations that have also done much along this line. At this time we cannot recall any group of workers, except the farmers, who have not had their national organization or union for years, and it plays a most important part in their lives. When we had a strike in the coal mining dis— tricts of the country last winter you will remem- ber reading in the papers 'how the heads of the miners' unions met with the heads of the opera- tors’ organizations to try to settle matters. There were no self-appointed leaders with no authority calling conferences, it was the heads of their representative organizations that “debated. , the slimmer: mmémcfi act collectively, [just the same as the A H v, The farmers are ‘the least organized of any group in the country and were much worse off than they are now previous to the coming of the > Farm Bureau. Whether you are a friend or a foe of the Farm Bureau, if you will review what has been done for agriculture during the last five years you must admit that some progress has been made through organization. It is a real job to take people who have worked and thought individually for centuries and bring them into an organization to cooperate together, but that is what the Farm Bureau and other farm organizations are accomplishing. True, it may look as though little has been done to date, but it is the first years of existence in getting such a movement under way that are the hardest. Like a stone rolling down hill, the farther it goes down the hill the more speed it attains. Many mistakes have been made and many more will be made, without a doubt, but the idea is right and bound to win success in time. Prog- ress is made through organization and the farm- ers must organize if they intend to make pro- gress. FARLIERS NOT RADICAL our March 27th issue we published an edi- torial under the heading “Farmers Radical?” discussing the statement of the National In- dustrial Conference Board that the people should be greatly alarmed over a radical tendency among the farmers of this country. To us the idea was ridiculous and we so stated in our edi- torial. It is interesting to note that Sam H. Thompson, president of the American Farm Bu- reau Federation, in an article in the current is— sue of a national farm magazine takes the same point of view on this matter; in fact, he declares the farmer is the most conservative class in America. The farmer never has and never will use the methods of a radical to get himself a square deal. That isn’t his way of doing business. Why should this board try to get the public excited over nothing? CHICIIEN THIEVES WE have always had the chicken thief with us, and there are few farmers who have not suf— fered some loss through his operations, but until the last couple of years it has been a case of small losses and few attempted to do anything about it. Now the thief seems to have multiplied into a large band who are threatening the poul— try business of Michigan with their extensive op- erations. By the use of automobile or trilck they are able to take a large load of their plunder to a distant market and dispose of it, making detec- tion difficult. Down in Indiana the poultrymen have joined together and formed an organization to fight the chicken thieves by offering rewards for their cap- ture. It seems that each member of the asso- ciation signs a note for $2 to be paid to the gen- eral organization to be used as a reward for the arrest and conviction of thieves caught stealing from members. The notes are not called for un- til the thief is caught and convicted. The asso- TEN OOMLNIANDMENTS OF AGRICULTURE By Dr. Seaman A. Knapp 1. Prepare a deep and thoroughly pul- verized seed bed, well drained; break in the fall to the depth of 8, 10, or 12 inches according to the soil, with implements that will not bring too much of the subsoil to the surface. (The foregoing depth should be reached gradually). 2. Use seed of the best variety, intelli- gently selecocd and carefully scored. 3. In cultivated crops, give the rows and the plants in the rows a. space suitable to the plant, the soil and the climate. 4. Use intensive tillage during the growing period of the crops. ' 5. Secure a high content of humus in the soil by the use of legumes, barnyard manure, farm refuse, and commercial for- tilizcrs. 6. Carry out a systematic rotation. 7. Accomplish more work in a day by using more horse power and better imple- ments. 8. Increase the farm stock to the extent of utilizing all the waste products and idle land of the farm 9. Produce all the food required for the men and animals on the farm. 10. Keep an account of each farm pro- damninordertoknowfromwhichthegain or loss arises. the yreWard amounts to" g“ = n? and band of thieves hesi farms where this sign appears. ' ' Th6 poultryan of Michigan should get busy-.. on some kind of a plan to fight the chicken thieves in this state. “THEY COULDN’T BUY EM” L IN nearly every story we read regarding the re? v cent murder of Assistant State's Attorney William H. McSwiggin, of Illinois, by Chicago ' ' gangsters, there appeared the statement "They couldn't buy him." When this young man became a public servant. he took the oath of his office seriously, he be- lieved that laws had been established to be obey- ed and he, as an official, was duty bound to see that those who broke the laws were punished. His life was threatened many times but he did not change his course. Bribes amounting to thousands upon thousands of dollars were offered to him but—he couldn’t be bought. What a wonderful example for the oflicehold— ers of this country who shut their eyes to the Eighteenth Amendment and many other laws. There is something else in this world besides dollars and cents. MICHIGAN COWS ARE EFFICIENT HE latest cow testing report issued by the Michigan State College contains some very interesting information and the most impor- tant is the fact that the records show that Michi- gan has greater herd efficiency than any other state. The records show that 813 herds out of 2,716 under test in the 108 associations aver- aged more than 300 pounds of butterfat to the cow during the year. ofy25,000 cows under test in these associations last year was 7,558 pounds of milk and 292 pounds of butterfat, which is double the output five years ago. The entire report appears else— where in this issue. (if )( )D BUSINESS MICHIGAN invested a. million dollars last year and got $200,000,000 in return. The million dollars was spent in conserving, en- hancing and increasing Michigan’s attractions as a land in which to spend a vacation and in re- turn, according to the Eastern Michigan Tourist Association, tourists left $200,000,000 in the state. This was a mighty good investment, and we believe that this business deserves more at- tention than it is getting. FUTEEN YEARS OLD ACCORDING to evidence before the Senate committee on military affairs the average age of the horses in the United States army will be fifteen years at the end of next June. The army is now short of its requirements to the extent of 3,685 horses and 2,172 mules. So the committee added $600,000 to the army’s appro— priation for the purpose of buying horses and mules. Uncle Sam’s horses and mules are evi- dently like those of many farmers, getting near the end of their usefulness. It is time to raise some colts, not for army use but for farm work. CONGRATULATIONS ON county, Kentucky, deserves congratu- lations and all the publicity it will get by being the first county in the United States to discard utterly the scrub bull. That county, af- ter a campaign lasting over five years, has now 146 pure—bred bulls and not a grade or a scrub. The county’s record is good in another respect, for it stands third among the counties the farm- , ers of which are using pure-bred sires of all kinds. A BURIED TALENT ‘ 1806 a twenty dollar gold piece was put into the cornerstone of a certain church. If that building is demolished next year the church will have twenty dollars. But if that gold piece had been drawing interest at six per cent ever since it was put into the cornerstone the church would have next year $40,960, on the principle. that money at compound interest at that rate doubles in eleven years. All of which may ro- mind some folks of a certain parable. COMING EVENTS June 4.—Annual Livestock Feeders’ , Day, Michigan State College, East Lansing, Mich. July 30.—-Farmers’ Day at Michigan State 1 College, East Lansing, Mich. . . L September 5 to '11.a-'—M1ehigan [State Fe 1:. State Fair GrOundsg’ an Octobefrorto 18. _, 2s- ab‘éu‘tiseémmemm ; The average production - :‘v, t, (We are always clad to do all we can to New oureubeoribere from fraudulent deals or on- fair treatment from concerns at a distance. different concerns for our subscribers. This subscription is paid In advance.) UNION MUTUAL CASUAIJI‘Y COMPANY Can you give me any information as to the reliability of the Union Mu- tual Casualty Company, of Des Moines, Iowa. They sent me a let- ter and enclosed a card asking for name, weight, age, name of benefici- ary, income and bank reference. They send a polciy for inspection.— Reader, Houghton Lake, Mich. ,never heard of the company before receiving this letter, but ’ the State Department of Insur- ance wrote us under date of May 7th that the Union Mutual Casualty Company, of Des Moines, Iowa, is not authorized to transact an insur- ance business in the state of Mich- igan; therefore, any contracts they enter into with citizens of this state are void and unenforceable in a Michigan court. ART COLLEGE FRAUD ECENTLY we received an in- R quiry regarding the Art College of LaPorte, Indiana, and the subscriber sent in all of the public- ity, matter for us to look it over. We had never heard of the "college" so we read most carefully the litera- ture and learned that for the small sum of $2 one would receive “No. 1 TRIAL OUTFIT of Shading Pen In- structions, consisting of Nos. 3 and 4 Shading Pens, Form D, Series No. 1 and 2 Copy Book, Form D 2, Text Sheets of Pen Work, Copies of 24 lessons in Shaded Alphabet, Shading Pen Ink, Form D 1 and 2, Return Text Sheet Blank for Inscription and correction of my 24 lessons by mail, Form K, Pupils’ Registration Blank for organizing a ‘Home Circle’ in case I should want to, together with circulars and printed matter for dis- tribution among my friends and ac— quaintances notifying them of my appointment as your Managing Member) and my Certificate of Membership in the Art College.” Also one was to make a trial of first learning to use No. 3 and 4 shading pens under the system ofiinstruc- tions and guidance, with a view to continuing and engaging with the “Art College" permanently upon a salary or commission, as a home ar- tist, teacher or agent as one might decide after completing the instruc- tion. That sounded like “some” bar- gain for $2 and we tried to investi— gate further but our letter to the “College” was returned and written across the front of the envelop was "Fraudulent." So it seems that this “shading” business was rather “shady” all around. FEDERAL REERVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF KANSAS 0 many inquiries have been re— ceived recently regarding the Federal Reserve Life Insurance Company of Kansas City, that we are inclined to believe that many of our readers failed to see the infor- mation we published regarding this company in our March 27th issue. This company is apparently flood- ing Michigan with its publicity mat- ter regarding an accident insurance policy. From what we are able to learn the company should be able to pay its claims but the policy issued is'a limited policy due to the fact that The purpose of this department ie to re- tect our subscribers from fraudulent do. n. or unfair treatment by persons or concerns at a distance. In every case we will do our best to make e satisfactory settlement or force action. for which no charge for our services will ever be made. providing: ' 1.—1'he claim is made by a paid-up sdb~ ecrlber te The Busineee Farmer. 2.—-'l‘he claim Is not more than 0 mos. old. 3.—The claim is not local or between nee- le within easy distance of one another. heee should be settled at first hand and not attempted by mail. _ Address all letters. giving full particulars, amounts, dates, etc.. enclosing also yeur ad- dress label from the front cover of any issue to breve that you are a 4» subscriber. ' THE BUSINESS FARMER. Collection Bea R It. clement. Iich. ‘ _ endi 14 1828. ctal n y mi {finalizes} __ a i” T--- 11 o advice on stocks and bonds, and Investi ate service. Including a personal letter. is free on the premium charge is very low; $3.50 per year on $1,000, according to their publicity matter. However, under date of March 13th, the State Department of Insurance advised us that this company is not authorized ~or licensed to transact an insurance business in the state of~Michigan. Consequently, any business placed with them by Michigan residents is not valid and is unenforceable in the courts of this state. Don’t throw away your money on such a policy. THE REAL FETATE SALESMAN I have a bunch of papers on hand from “The Real Estate Salesman” of Lincoln, 'Nebraska, which I consider bunk, and Will forward them to you so you can keep other suckers from biting. I sent them $5 two years ago, they sent me a list of 500 agents which I destroyed, and I have never heard from them since, 'al- though I have noticed in several different papers that they are still advertising for customers. I would like your opinion on them.——J. D., Arenac County. IHE Real Estate Salesman, of Lincoln, Nebraska, is a new company to us but their scheme of operation is an old one that has been exposed many times through our columns. Their business and methods of carrying it on seem to be the same as Warren McRae, D. F. Bush, 0. K. Hawley, and others. In their advertising they state they wish to get in touch with own~ ers of farms for sale, then if you answer their ad you will find that they want you to list your farm in their “bulletin” or “catalogue” for a sum of from $2 to $10, so they can sell it for you. If you fail to respond to their first offer which is about $10 they will follow with oth- er letters offering special rates until they get down to a dollar or two. because—~well, a dollar is better than nothing for your trouble, you know. As for any farms being sold in this way, we have yet to learn of any, and we have a standing offer that we Will run an advertisement free of all charges at the head of this department to any so—called real estate agent who can prove that he has satisfied one out of every hun- dred persons from whom a listing fee was taken. So far we have not been called upon to make good our offer. HAMILTON MUI‘ORS AND APEX MOTOR TRUCK Can you give me any information regarding the Hamilton Motors Cor— poration, of Grand Haven? What is stock worth?—Reader, Wayne County. HE Hamilton Motors Corpora- tion and successor corporations, the Apex Motor Truck Com- pany and the Panhard Motor Truck Company, of Grand Haven, Michi- gan, discontinued operations about five years ago, and the affairs of the company were liquidated. The as— sets taken over by the bank to satis- fy loans for about $80,000 make by the bank to the company included the factory building which has since been sold to the Hayes Products Company of Grand Haven, now op- erating there. At first the company was quite successful, doing a large export bus- iness, but when the foreign coun- tries ceased ta’king American goods 9. great many trucks shipped to vari- ous foreign ports were returned to them, thus bringing about the dis- aster. Needless to say, the stock is absolutely worthless. Received check for $36.10 from the company so am writing to let you know. . This letter was mailed March 30th but owing to the storm have not had our mail so did mot receive it until April 5th. Many thanks» to you for get- ting it for us, as we could not even get a reply from them; You sure are doing e.' good work for the farmers. as they get cheated enough, without getting beat out of their mp: entirely. “You may be “screws are through dealing with that Myra-l). Quasar? v I - Current issue now being afiered —Indastn'al Bank Building Detroit, Michigan 6% & 61/2% Normal Federal Income Tax Up to 11/2% Paid by Borrower Federal Bond 59’ Mortgage Company ‘ Federal Bond 89’ Mortgage Building in Detroit, Michigan I Producing the highest rate of interest compatible with the strictest standards of safety, the bonds we rec- ommend are protected at all times and in every de- tail by the constant vigi- lance of our investment service. WHEN WRITING To ADVERTISERS PLEASE MENTION THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER BETTER . 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SPECIAL flfliiiH 0mm ; Offer No. 50 Business Farmer A American Needle— $1.85 Value woman For Only St ' gvooigan’:r;3:r1d $1.00 Offer No. 51 Business Farmer A Woman’s World $1.85 Value Good Stories For only The Household $1.00 People’s Popular Monthly Offer No. 52 Business Farmer A Illustrated Compan- $1.85 Val“ ion For Only Home Folks Modern Poultry Breeder $ 1 .00 Send your selection and One Dollar to THE BUSINESS FARMER, Mt. Clemens, Mich. Owners Make 20% to 30% EXTRA PROFIT through better curing, reduction of shrinkage and stopping of rat losses. MARTIN STEEL PRODUCTS 00., 12 Longview Ave., Mansfield. Ohio. Please send description and prices. Name... P. 0. Sta he C 1, use) < v AND sum ma By Anne Campbell Hush and milk for supper. / Used to have it lets; ‘ Mush and milk for supper A’ For the little tots! Ate it in the kitchen From a bowl of blue. An' its taste bewitchin' Satisfied us, too. Starchy gingham curtain, Posies rich and red, Clock that told for certain Time to go to bed. Sunbeams now a dyin' Through the winder pane, Shone upon us. sighin' That the day must wane. Happy days of childhood, Sunny lanes and streams, Fields and ferny wildwoods, Clear and lovely dreams! Simple ways to wander, Simple paths to take. Simple truths to ponder For our mother’s sake! Mush and milk for supper, Simple fare and plain—- Mush and milk for supper Bring those days again! (Copyright, 1926.) EARNING PIN MONEY SEE you would like to have us farm women tell of ways we make pin money. This is the way I do. I have a 250-egg incuba- tor, so early in the spring I set this. I usually get about 150 good healthy chicks, sometimes more, and I sell these day old chicks for $15.00 per hundred. Also I do custom hatch- ing. I get five cents per egg and the customer furnishes their own eggs. Along about this time my hens get broody and I set enough hens to hatch about 100 chicks for myself. I also make quite a large garden so that I have quite a few vegetables to sell such as early pickling beets, tomatoes, cabbages, sweet corn, squash and pumpkin. Also find a quick sale for melons. I have a blackboard out in front of our place and I write on that whatever I have to sell and so generally sell right at the door. I never try to see how much I can get out of a customer. I ask a reasonable price and have no trouble in getting rid of all my sur- plus vegetables. I also have Guineas that take care of themselves and I realize quite a. little out of them. This year we raised a few ducks too and I keep a flock of turkeys. We had in a half acre of stringless string beans this past year. There is also good money in them. It is hard work to pick them, but we farm women are used to that. I invested my day old chick money into a couple of yearling calves last spring and expect to make good in- terest on that money. It seems to me there are so many ways we women can earn extra money, if we only look around us and seize the opportunity, and not be afraid of what someone else will think. I have a. friend who cans fruit and vegetables for her city re— latives and friends for which they pay her a good price and still anoth- er woman I know takes summer boarders. She has a large house. So there are many ways if we are really in earnest about it to make extra money. I hope these few sug— gestions may help someone—A Busy Farmer’s Wife, Fremont, Michigan. PREVENTING GOITER BY EATING FISH REATER use of fish as a means of preventing goiter, is recoms mended by Marie C. Doermann, foods specialist at the New Jersey College of Agriculture. In countries where fish is eaten in abundance goiter is very rare, and in the sections of the United States where fish is used generously the same holds true. In the inland sec- tions of the United States known as the “goiter belt”, where fish is a rare article of diet, goiter is very common. Goiter is believed to be caused by a lack of iodine in the body. This mineral substance, together with all i the others which the body requires, ‘ must be supplied in the food we eat. Salt—water fish are especially rich :in iodine. The use of more fish in the meals of the average family "would be beneficial in many re- flects. Because of the ease with e Farm om l apartment for the W q: country. do this. , shine in just what measure we interest ourselves in their aflairs. So “Count your blessings, name them one by one." Edited by MRS. ANNIE TAYLOR EAR FOLKS: Memorial Day—not many among us, who do not cherish memories of some one very dear. Until two years ago my family circle was unbroken, so some time the day comes when Memorial Day has a different meaning to us than being a National holiday, set apart in memory of those who died for our But the question is, how are we facing these trials which come ' to us? When we open our hearts to the Savior and remember that sorrow is not sent to consume us, “but our gold to refine,” we can ask ourselves, who am I that I should not know the full meaning of Mem- orial Day, when God’s own Son was not spared. There is so much in the world about us which speaks of cheer and beauty at this time of the year, that it only remains for us to “tune-in” and find the comfort and hope which we are seeking. Again, we must live for those who are left—mot those who have gone beyond. Perhaps there are a few whose family circle has nar- rowed down until only one remains. This is a situation which re- quires real courage; when one can speak a cheery word of greeting With a smile thrown in after being left alone, to finish Life’s journey, they have learned the meaning of courage. Then there are always the children—Heme one else’s if not our own. Nothing is so worthwhile as a human life; we (an always find sun- Address letters: Mrs. Annlo Taylor. care The Iuslneu Farmer. Mt. Clemens. Mlohlgen. It takes nothing less to /, ’ I'M: which the average fish is assimilat- ed by the body, fish is especially re- commended for people who, are not doing hard physical work. The markets offer a great variety of fish from which the housewife may choose, and in that way add a pleasing variety to the meals. Mack- erel, sole, haddock, cod ,halibut, and similar varieties are economical. Because fish are one of the most common sources of ptomaine poison- ing, the greatest care must be used in their selection and care. Fresh fish have bright red gills; clear, open eyes; firm flesh—not flabby. If the scales are dull and come off easi- ly, reject the fish. Frozen fish are put in the freezers fresh and are frozen so quickly there is no chance for decomposition. Thaw fish by placing them in cold water until all the frost is removed, then cock as fresh fish. Serve vegetables gener- ously with fish—carrots, onions, cel- ery, tomatoes—the highly flavored and tart ones are best with fish which are bland in flavor. TO CLEAN SILVERWARE RNISHED silverware may be cleaned by the following me- thod: Place the silverware in an aluminum pan and estimate the amount of water needed to cover it. Sprinkle equal parts of salt and soda over the silverware at the rate of one tablespoonful to each quart of water to be used. Pour boiling wa— ter over the silverware until it is entirely covered. If it is badly tar- nished, put the pan on the stove and boil the solution three to five min- utes. The tarnish will leave the sil- verware and go to the aluminum. When this electrolysis has been com- pleted, remove the silverware from the pan, wash and rinse it, and dry Do Not Provoke “DON’T laugh at the jealous child,” advise child training specialists at the state college of home economics at Ithaca, N. Y. “The child’s emotions are too deli- cate to be played with and unless steps are taken to help him to over- come his jealousy, it may grow until it is impossible for him to live or work comfortably with any group. “No child likes to play ‘second pfiddle’ to a new baby or to a more attractive brother, sister, or play- mate. Unless he is made to feel that he is equally important he may de- velop in either of' two ways which are bad for him. He may develop a feeling of bitterness and inferior- ity, or he may develop a boastful, domineering attitude in an effort to control the situation and preserve his self respect. “Unfavorable comparison with other children is one of the surest ways to make a child jealous. When :y' ' , “#9:. -, u .. n “ v": w," Ind. A t . v I r..,, .- V,” 1," h 174—, . it with a soft cloth. The aluminum pan may be cleansed by cooking some fruit such as rhubarb in it. KJEEPING THE YOUNG FOLKS ON THE FARIVI {EAR Mrs. Taylor: I do enjoy the MfB. F. It is very interesting to read about the older people. We enjoy the article by Mr. Ed Al— len. We always like those sermons, all the very best, and the home de- partment I always read first. I like to read the children’s letters. I was always interested in children and their ways. Now in regard to keeping the chil- dren on the farm, just keep them in- terested and be companions to them. Talk up your business and don’t ever allow yourself to run down the business you are in.—Mrs. B., Liv- ingston County. TAKEN FOR GRANTED NE of the little peculiarities of life today is the number of ‘ things which are taken for granted by the modern generation. It is taken for granted that some- body will find a substitute for gaso— line when the supply runs out; that somebody will observe the “plant-a- tree” movement and keep the coun- try from being a treeless nation; and that everybody will sometime get tired of a treeless nation; and that everybody will sometime get tirde of so—called “weeks” and days. But one fact always sticks in the minds of the members of the house- hold, and it is well that this is so. It is this: That the home is the place to go when one gets in trouble. This is not true without exception, but it is eternally to the credit of American parenthood that it is so in the majority of cases, and it is Jealousy in Child he feels that another child is clev- erer, stronger, or superior in some way, his own talents should be de— veloped consciously so that he can have the satisfaction of success in some other line. “Jealousy of a new baby in the family may be prevented if the old— er child is shown that he still re- tains the attention and love of the older members of the family. He can be given a. sense of responsi- bility toward the baby and the im- portance which he feels as a result of this will frequently over-come any jealousy. . “The jealous child is always sens- itive to unpopularity among his playmates. If he sees that there is cause for his unpopularity, his sens- itiveness increases. A definite efiort should be made to help him over- come the difficulty so that he may be made agreeable both to himself and to others." , can 'parenthood that it shall always be so. Mothers and fathers have mfiy burdens loaded on their shoul- de , and this should be at once the heaviest and most pleasant of any to bear. BEAUTYANDTHEKIW. SINK EAUTY is more than skin deep whether it is in people, furni- ture or kitchen sinks. A gleam- ing white porcelain sink is good to look at, but if the drain is clogged with grease it is not pleasant to use. Thorough flushing with hot water after each dish washing helps to keep it odorless and clean, but more drastic measures are necessary now and then. To clear the pipe drain, pour into it a gallon of boil- ing water to warm the pipe, then follow it with a cupful of kerosene. This forms an emulsion with the grease in the pipe. After five or ten minutes, flush the drain with another gallon of boiling water and the deed is done. To keep the sink as it should he, never pour grease into it, and dispose of particles of food in the garbage can, not the sink drain. Personal Column Care of Cactus.—I would like to know how to care for Christmas Cactus. I have one six years old and every No- vember it has a bud on every leaf and when they are about one inch long they drop om Probably one or two coming to full bloom. I keep it growing in the living room the year around and keep it well watered. It grows real fast and real tall like a tree branching out. Could you give me something so all the buds would bloom?—-«Mrs. E., Kalamazoo. Michigan. -—/I‘he dropping of flowers is due to one of several conditions in the house—too dry an atmosphere, insufficient light and presence of coal gas. Bringing the plant close to the window, straying it daily with water and the use of bone meal sprinkled upon the surface of the soil will produce more flowers—Alex Laurie, Floriculture, M. S. C. Fly On Plant—I would like some in- formation concerning house plants. There is a tiny white-winged insect which lives on the under side of the leaves and if left a while cover said parts with white eggs nearly as large as themselves. The leaves soon turn yellow and drop and the plant in general does not thrive. Please write me how to get rid of them as I value the plants—Mrs. H. L., Romeo, Michigan. —These insects are imprevious to any treatment short of hydrocyanic gas fumi- gation. This is an extremely poisonous substance and can only be used by ex- perienced persons. It would be wise to have a florist near by take care of the plant—Alex Laurie, Floriculture, M. 8.0. l m —if you are well bred! .7 1 Putting on the Ring at Weddinga—At the proper point in the service, the best man, custodian of the ring draws it from his pocket—mot to have it ready when the moment comes is the offence unpar- donable—and hands it to the bridegroom. Then the bride (who has either removed her glove or ripped the third finger under- seam so that it will slip on easily), holds out her hand and the bridegroom puts the ring on her finger. The couple kneel in prayer and rise--ma.rried. The Runner’s Bible Thy will be done, as in heaven, so on earth—Matt. 6:10. You, not of the flesh, but the real. spiritual, eternal You, have a distinct place in the divine economy, and were created for a special purpose. This being the case, you can readily understand that it is of the utmost importance that God’s will shall be done concerning you, and that nothing else of comparable conse- quence. For the Movie Fan The New Klondike.——If you have read with interest information about Florida real estate you want to see Thomas Meig- han in his latest picture, “The New Klon- dike.” He is a ball player and the team goes to a Florida town for spring train- ing. He gets into the real estate game, makes a pile of money and then takes the rest of the team into the company he forms. His enemies plan his downfall and they trick him into paying a big price for a worthless piece of property. He then turns the tables by selling it back at a profit. The picture gives one a good idea of the methods used to sell property down there, although they are colored up quite a bit in the picture. Yes. there is a girl in the story. It's "stemmngmfimmfi 0.1 I. ; a... AIDS r0 GOOD priesva .. ‘ 4 , .. .M . “a... 0:1. ."K, , __‘A '. ):~.-“ 3- \ ffs’uo'f‘i'i’fiuim mum ‘3 ginger. .m'vsmiflmtz. 33d 3 31"?» an or tie "3mm of skirt a 3?. m «um fl. OM Piece Brena—This style 053; G mud-lath Enen eior orrs ewitb bindinginsoon- color. eta too will be attractive int @102. .~ .002. eggs: sun:- a 1* he“... is“ r“... .i' 3.”. Es wi at the 2% yards. 5‘75? .6760 5480. “Jumper” Dress—Taffeta, rayon silk, linen or creple could be used for this model. The sleeve has t e popular‘and comfortable “saddle” shoulder. This design is cut in 7 Sizes: 34, 86, 83. 40 42. 44 and 46 inches bust measure. A 8 'inch size requires 4% yards of 54 inch ma- teria}. together with iii; yard of contrasting ms- te for revers facing, cuffs and fscmgs on blouse and es as illustrated. The width of the skirt at the foot With plaits extended is 2 yards. 5451. Ladles' combination.———Cut in 4 Sizes: mall. 34-36: Medium, 38-40' Large, 42-44; xtra measure. A 5" yards of 36 inch ina- Lerge, 46-48 inches bust edium size requires 2 tarisl. unis of fl 5500. Girls' Mldd Dress—Out in 6 Sizes: 0 8, 10J 12, 14 a 16.years.. To make t nilorm ‘ for a 12 year size, Withshort sleeves. require 1 yard of 36_inch lining for the nderbody 1% yard of 64 inch material for the and 2 years of material 80 inches _Wld0 for e Blouse. If the, Blouse is. made With long sleeves 2%. yards Will be required. 5471.—Chlld's Pantry Dress—Cut in 4 sum: 6 and 8 years. A 6 year size requires ya of figured ‘material and yard of 86 inches Wide, it made as illustrated e la e new i made with _long sleeves 2 yards 0 figured material is required; For Small Boys or Glrls.—Gi kindergarten cloth, Indian head. 'i‘ersey £8033 could be used for this modeL he Pattern is - and 5 years. A 3 year . yard of 36 inch material Eo- ether ~¥1th 9i ygsrdt of dcoaiitrasting din? or g or use . ran an eaves an or cke smelt facinz. m a ALL PATTERNS 13c EACH— 2 FOR 250 POSTPAID ADD 100 FOII SPRING AND SUM 1020 FASHION BOOK "n °~*.:°.::."..:"'.'...°.:.'°.'0:..'.“i:.°'.. “airm- name and nurses plain . Adam all orders (or pm to Pattern Department ms BUSINESS Fm It. (lease-s. mun. mi-.- ~ I 0 Recipes Brown Potato Bella—«Peel and boil pots:- toes. Mash, add the seasoning, 0. level tablespoon of butter, 9. half teaspoon of salt and dash of pepper to two cups of potato. Mix the mixture until tine grain- ed and creamy. Form into balls. Dip in well beaten egg. Roll in bread crumbs and fry in deep fat until brown. Serve hot. The potato is easier to handle it it is still! when made into balls. ' There are a-number of variations of this recipe. Two tablespoons of thick cream may be used in place of the but- ter. Parsley or celery leaves may be chopped very flne~and added at the rate of two level teaspoons to two cups of' potato. Onion may be used in the same way. The Spanish onion is the best be- cause it is of mild flavor; add it at the rate at level tablespoon to a cup of potato. Finely grated American cheese will give a different flavor and crushed peanuts may also be used, a tablespoon of either to a cup of potato. Yeast Bread, Quick Method—JEWO cakes compressed yeast. three and one-half quarts flour, 1 quart lukewarm water, two teaspoonfuls salt, two tablespoonst sugar, one tablespoonful (heaping) lard or butter. Dissolve the yeast in half the water, and the sugar and salt in the other half. Mix thoroughly the water containing the yeast sugar and salt, and add to it three quarts of flour. Work in the lard and make a moderately stiff dough. Knead about ten minutes, then cover and set to rise in a warm place free from drafts. When light, which will be in two or two and one-half hours, make into loaves (small ones are prefer- nble,) put into well-greased pans to rise again. In forty-rave minutes your bread will be ready to bake. The whole process requires only four hours, and does away with the sponge, which makes bread— baking such a task. The extra pint of flour is used to flour the board in knead- ing. Half the quantity can be made by using one cake of yeast. Rhubard Conserve.~—-3 pounds rhubarb, 3 oranges, 3 pounds sugar, 174; pound wal- nuts, 1 pound raisins, 1 cup water. Coffee Bread.—A recipe for German coffee bread or Kuchen. The proper or right way is to use scalded sweet milk for liquid and butter for shortening. I ‘ use nice light bread dough mixing some shortening into it when putting it into the bake tins as you would for raised his- cuits using some sweet shortening, no butter and it is good. Roll or press dough into one—half inch sheet. Put in greased bake pan, spread top with soft— ened butter, then sprinkle over top the following mixture: ’l‘wo parts flour, three parts sugar, a liberal seasoning of cinnamon. rub or mix butter into this until it is crumbly, then sprinkle over top of greased dough. Drop bits of but- ter over top. Let raise, then bake usual- ly from twenty to thirty minutes until done. Suet Pudding.—Suet chopped fine, rais- ins chopped, syrup and sour milk each one cup. Soda two even teaspoonsful, flour enough to form a stiff batter. Pour into a basin and steam 135 hours. Keep the water boiling and keep the cover on tight. This recipe is from Dr. Chase’s recipe book. The original calls for 1,5 cup of currents but it is better without to suit me. Pudding Sauces—Butter, one table- spoon; flour, two tablespoons; sugar, 36 cup; one pint boiling water. Let boil and after it cools a little add one tea- spoon lemon extract. Johnny Caks.——’I‘wo cups milk, not very sour, two cups corn meal; one cup flour; salt, ’5 teaspoon; soda, one teaspoon; sugar, three tablespoons; shortening, one tablespoon. Bake In low tin or pan. White Cooldes.—-One cup sugar, one—half cup shortening, one-halt cup sour milk, a scant teaspoon soda; mix flrm like his- cuit, add a. little nutmeg and salt. I have used this recipe over forty years—Mrs. J. B., Livingston County. Homespun Yarn Simshine and fresh air are the best remedies for musty odors. A little lemon juice helps to bring out the flavor of dried fruits. Remove white water marks from var— nished furniture by rubbing them with a light machine oil. Aunt Ada's Axioms: True modesty is rare; many people fail to recognize it when they see it. 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Cox, head of the Farm THE BOOK REVIEW The Business Former. Mt. Clemens, lloh. Motto : DO YOUR BEST ..‘.. Colors: BLUE AND GOLD EAR girls and boys: It must be that our last “What’s Wrong in This Picture?” contest was a real hard one because out of the hundreds of letters we received there was only one that contained a complete list of the mistakes. This letter was written by Miss Neva Rice, of Hartford, and the first prize of S3 was sent to her. Here is a complete list of the mistakes: Word “the” misspelled on show sign; cent sign misplaced on ticket booth; ticket seller using wrong end of megaphone; flags blowing in op— posite directions; peddler has ba— nana sign but is selling apples; ped- dler has six fingers on one hand; one bunch of balloons is not fastened; man in distance has one short and one long pants leg; man in fore- ground smoking pipe and cigar at same time; man in foreground has cap on backwards; rope should not be across entrance; stripes on man’s pant legs do not run in the same di- rections; .flower does not have two ifferent kinds of leaves; 0W1 does t come out in daytime; apple ped- dler has only half a mustache. Do you remember how many of these mistakes you found? Our latest contest is one on poetry and, as I write this it has still two days to run, so I cannot announce the Winners in this issue but their names will appear in the June 5th issue. Also in that issue I would like to announce another contest and Wish you would write me tell- ing just what kind of a contest you want next. You tell me what it shall be and I will do my very best to comply with your wishes. Send in your suggestions—UNCLE NED. Our Boys and Girls Dear Uncle Nedz—I received your letter and decided to describe a pleasure and health seeking trip to the north. One day in July, 1924, we prepared for a huckleberry picking trip and packed clothes and food and left for Howard City. We visited relatives for three days and, as they had a large family we slept in our Dodge and enjoyed ('2) several electrical storms. We then went on to Evart and visited an uncle, leaving there in the evening. On a lonely road near Marion we made camp and while mother and father were getting us a lunch we were surprised by some highway men, of course, we chil- dren wanted to move on. We drove to McBain where mother was well acquaint— ed and daddy thought we were back to Stanton but we soon found out we were near our destination and drove on toward Cadillac where we stopped until morning. We had some business there which kept us until noon when we started east to— ward Houghton Lake country. We stop- ped in Lake City, where we saw one of daddy's brothers for a short time then went on to where two more of his broth- ers live, to pick berries. While picking berries here a car came up with four men who claimed they were State Police and were looking for a man that was killed in there and robbed of $5,000. We were a trifle cautious as they looked more like murderers than police. We then Went to visit an aunt and uncle and from there we went to Lake City and visited daddy’s brother. Then we went to Cadillac and visited. From there we went to Big Rapids and home. By our trip Daddy regained his health. I am your niece, Canstunce Wiggins, R2, Balding, Michigan. —You surely had quite a trip, Constance, and plenty of excitement. Do you sup- pose you will ever care to take another one similar to it? Dear Uncle Ned:~—I have written to you once lwl‘orc, but not seeing my ll-ttl-l' in print i thought I would write again. I will trzll you of the books i have road. They are: Little \‘Vomnn, Robinson Cru- soe, Anderson's Fairy Tales, Alice in Won- derland, Treasure island, Hans ltrinlu—r, Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Jail/lllhmd, Child’s Garden of Verses, Huckleberry Firm, The Little Lame l‘rinoe, Gulliver's Travels, and Adventures of Odysseus, i love to read books and stories. 1 have read lots of Horatio Alger's books, I am in the seventh grade at whim! and we have a. very good teacher. Her name is Miss Bprau. I have eight brothers and I am the only girl in our family. The other day at schoolmhadtowriteapoemtor English. The two best poems were to be published in the Tustin Times. The name of mine was “Our Girls’ Baseball Team.” Mine and Stanley Johnson's to boy in my grade) were to be published. Well, I will close with two riddles. If a hen and a half lays an egg and a half, how much does a. pound of cheese weigh? Two Hebrews, one German, and a. colored man were walking along the street with snow two feet deep. What time is it? Who ever answers these correctly will receive a. letter from me. Your loving niece.—-—Frances Byers. Tustin. Michigan. -—You are quite a reader, Frances, and I hope your interest in good books ever increases. Now as to your poems—why do you not send in some for the Chil- dren’s Hour? Dear Uncle Nedz—This is the first time I have written you, but I guess you will have room for me. Well I will describe myself. I am five feet and three inches tall and am fifteen years old and in the seventh grade. I have three brothers and one sister. My father is dead and I am staying with my grandparents. We take the M. B. F. and enjoy it very much, and I especially enjoy the Children’s Hour. I would like very much to join your club and would like to hear from some of the cousins. Well, I will close, hoping that the waste basket is full and running over. Your niece, Violet Mitchell, L. B. 107, Frankfort, Michigan. —Yes, I think we can find space for your short letter. Drop in again. Dear Uncle Nedz—I enjoy reading the Children’s Hour very much. Perhaps you would be interested to know that I am a sophomore in the Lincoln Consolidated school near Ypsilanti. As our school was burned in December we are being trans- ported to Ypsilanti in our school busses to share the Roosevelt High School with the pupils who attend there. Although we are in the same building we have our Lincoln teachers and our regular school system. We are eagerly awaiting next fall when a bigger and better building is to be completed. This new building is to be fireproof, too. We are very proud of this school and our five teachers you may be sure. We are also proud of our fine forty-seven piece band, which was organized and is directed by our ag- ricultural teacher. This is the first time I have written and I think I had better close as my letter is long enough now. Your new friend.— Madcly Clarissa Staebler, Route 1, Box 37, Willis, Michigan. —-Will you write and tell us more about your school? I am sure most of the children would be interested in reading about it—and I know I would be. Dear Uncle Nedz—I am going to write to the children’s page once. This is the first time I have written to it and if I see my letter in print on the children’s page I may write again. Uncle Ned, would you like to live on a farm? I live on a forty—acre farm and I am going to tell you about the good times I have on the farm. There are lots of birds around my home, many dif- ferent kinds. 1 have one pet and that is a. cat. I like it very much. On our farm we have about one hundred chick- ens, two horses, two cows and two calves. Won’t you be glad when spring comes? I will. In the spring and summer we have good times. We go after flowers, I like to go in the woods and hunt flowers. I wrote to Jeanette Olson but have not heard from her but I think she will an— swer my letter later. I think now I must tell something about myself. I weigh eighty—five pounds and have long hair. I have two brothers named Charlie, Jr., and Howard and two sisters named Mary and Marion. I am eleven years old and in the seventh grade. I go to the Hoyer School and have a very fine teacher. Her name is Miss Grace Brink. She lives at Hamilton, Michigan. We take the M. B. F. and I like it very much. Most always I read the children's page first. Well I must close and let someone else have room. Will some of the cousins write to me?— Dorothy Skinner, ltfl, Hopkins, Mich. —-Yes, I would like to live on the farm. I lived on a farm for a great number of years and cxzwct someday to go back to it to opt-mi the remainder of my days day dreaming about all of the boys and fi'ii‘li“. who haw: written to me. But that time is a long ways off yet. lumr Uncle Kalb—Ma)! I come in again? i wrote a letter once before and it was in print, so I thought I would try again, i received the pen which you sent and many thanks for it because it comes in handy. i did not expect I would Win my of the prim! but was glad to hear from you. it has hem a long time since I wrote last so i will describe myself again. I am five feet. six inches tall, brown hair and him: eyes. I am fifteen years old. For pets 3 have four pigeons and one dog untried Chum. I will leave room for some one else’s letter. so will close. Hoping to hear from some of the cousins, your nephew—Ernst Corwin, Box 24, Grsyting, W. _ ~Glad to haveyou write min. Ernest. t Restful 'Vacation I Trips Round Trip, in- cluding Berth and Meals. Chicago Detroit to 0 Detroit Chicago On the luxurious steamships Eastern Slates and Weslem States. Muslc,dancing,wireless, and deck games aboard. Hostess in attend- ance. Unlimited stopover privileges at Mackinac Island and either Detroit or Chicago. Service three times weekl from Detroxt June 24th to Sept. 4th; from C icago June 26th to Sept. 6th. Tickets limited to sleeping accommodations. " This trip has been so far beyond our expectations that l manluou and pm your company to know It. ” "Meals andserm‘m would be a credit to any hotel in the country." Overnight Service 3 times week- ly from Chicago or Detroitklune Mackinac island 24th to Sept. 6th. Wee end Rm round-trips. Fare includesberth and meals. on Overnight Service daily to Nov. lst. between Buffalo and Detroit B "E I n typeinthe world. Fare $6.00 one s w ; 11.50 round trip. Nightly on the largest steamers of their to lst, between Cleveland and Detroit $3.60 one way; $5.50 W' roundtri . Also daylight trips between leveland and Detroit during July and August. Autos carried. Wireless aboat Buffalo to Chicago or Chicago to Buffalo. Special round trip rate including berth and meals on all steamers in effect every Monday, June 24th to Sept. 6th. 8-day limit. Stopovers at Ni- x? Fallé, Detroit, Mackinac d, or hicago. IIImsutedBook- [cf of D (5‘ C TOURS mailed upo re i 1 2c 314mg.” ‘1 dieuDept. MBF IPOR RESERVATIONS or further in- formation sddress E. H. McCrscken, Actin General Passenger Agent at iDetro Michigan. DETROIT & CLEVELAND NAVIGATION COMPANY A. A. Schsnts J. T. McMillan Pres. Vice-Pres. 4 Gen. Mgr. . A,” __ ‘ flax” A __ ‘Aw—a-‘QXA » rectum ' so.“ u‘nder. not funding is. per agate line for 4 lined or more. 131.00 per insertion for 8 lines or en. I llst the date :fqmy llve stool: eels In lo loan. If you are oonsldertnul Io: ‘3: uJuan-«sn'l'III Psi'Jil 03:11?”li I. n ' l e F., ‘L Clemens ‘ June 1 1926.—Herefords. Crepe firms. , Iiichisan. SwartzCrefi r JOHN P. HUTTON Live Stock Auctioneer Write for low terms for a service that set you results the day 0! your sale. 118 W. Lem 8th. Lamina. Ilchlou. Immature PURE-BRIO, mme AUOTIOIIEER W'rlte or wire for terms and dates. , a PHILLIPS. Bellows. Mlohlgan. MAY — GUERNSEYS — ROSE STATE AND FEDERAL ACCREDITED Bull 1 out of Dams up to 877 pounds fat. SiredmbgaBulll whose Duns hmu to 1011 do t. The hem. of bulls; S 3’31? S ‘ e1, Jumbo oi Briarhank and Holbeeh Golda: 0 Fr ducins 1011.18 int. 772 fat and 610 (at. GE RGE L. BURROWS or GEORGE J. HIOK o Saginaw. w. 8.. Michigan. " FOR PRAGTIOALLY PURE BRED GUERNSEY lstem lves m ea °' IIaoooawouoo roams. 'Ivnnm, w... SHORTHORNS IILKIIIO 1'": superfluous. or THE seer Dinah! with d b ability. Some choice u an r h m T. Imk'l’lfl. lonla. Michigan. FOR “LII m OHOM'HORI BULLS. A roan. th low down and bio . Is 0. KLI‘BIg. m, mooning, HEREFOEDB OI’TIRID "I? "I! TVPI HEREFORD §h orsals. Sevaalwhocameforynmbgs We now inn Wéwusa‘rmaa as AWLHaWMwe-am- HEREFORDS. o 0 Fannie acouun 3.111-311” nu. no 1 1926. ammo“ : 9 “Sat” m 4.1. o! 12 09.1 ° hirer: beef Write for catalog. ORA FAR-8. "an: Crook, Ilohlgan. Hereford” ummmooom szwaA mesons. 04WLAgund52§Iba G W,dutr dehoruedwellxna 132:ng at?“ Gootlb'stockerorder. Ther marl-t toppers finish W51 :3 W. from any hug..." °d' v. v. sALowm. Eldon. chllo Co. Iowa. at HOLSTEINS WE OFFER A FEW CHOICE aunts kind you like to find. too, r for service age. Farmer meg, sensor's Bum. um City. lllchIgan. BROWN SWISS DOWN SWISS FOR BALE—cows. BULLS. Heifer calves. HI! FI‘I‘ZPA'I'RIOK. Marlin. Michigan. I "\ r fl JERSEYS CHESTER WHITES F OR SALE --YOUNG STOCK f m State Fair win ' ro _ am We had dint Breeder‘s I unfitMthn‘ rdGilhan ardbeu-at WILLIS CAMPBELL, (in: city. Michigan. fli ~ POULTRY m ', (on no wheres free or ohms) REPORT; ON COW TESTING . WIRING the month of March re- ports were received from 84 Michigan Cow Testing Associa— tions. More than 23,000 cows were tested in the 2,115 herds owned by the members of these Associations. A summary of all of the reports shows that 2,961 cows made more than 40 pounds of butter-tat for the month of March: while 1,627 cows produced above 60 pounds buttertat. An interesting item showing that the work of the Cow Testing Asso- ciation is continuous and is not a short time proposition is found in the number of unprofitable cows sold out of the Associations during March. The average Michigan As- sociation tests about 290 cows while in March alone more than 320 cows were sold as unprofitable animals. Thus it could be said that the entire cow population of one of the 108 Michigan Cow Testing Associations was sold for beef during March. Feed shortages are becoming acute in many sections. A new test- ing association, reporting for the first time, shows that seventeen herds were losing money and that the majority of the dairymen were low in feeds. Springtime will thus be welcomed by all. It will be especially welcomed by the dairymen in that it helps reduce the labor about the barn and the cows will respond also because of the improve- ment and change in the feed. Dairy- men should be particular, however, regarding turning their cows out on pasture too early. The first growth of pasture grass is exceedingly heavy in water content; More than 75% of the weight of pasture grass is water and for this reason a great abundance of grass is needed to sa- tisfy the maintenance and milk pro- duction requirements of the dairy cow. The pasture itself also suflers severely when cows are turned onto the pasture too early. During March the highest produc- ing two year old was a purebred Holstein owned by the Michigan Farm Colony at Wahjamega, Michi- gan, members of the Tuscola No. 1 C. T. A. A purebred Jersey. Owned by J. M. Landis of the Hillsdale No. 2 Association, was second in this age class for all cows under test in Mich- igan. E. W. Fenton, member of the Ma- comb No. 2, owned the highest three year old. His cow produced 100.49 pounds of butterfat under four times a day milking and was re- tested under official testing supervis- ion. This cow was a purebred Hol- stein. A purebred Jersey, four years old, owned by Black & Nieuwsma, mem- bers in the Newaygo County 0. T. A, oldest in’ the U. s. A., was the highest producing four year old. This cow, under retest and three time a day milking, produced 87.47 pounds of butter-tat. H. B. McMurray had the two high-, est producing cows in the mature age class; both of these purebred Holstein cows were retested. Mr. McMurray is a member of the Kala- mazoo No. 2 C. T. A.—Dairy Exten- sion Division, Michigan State Col- lege. ’ THINKS CHARLES POST HAS EXTRAORDINARY LAMB LEAR EDITOR: I see in your paper that Charles Post has a lamb 60 days old that weighs 90 pounds. He certainly has an ex- traordinary lamb. I have raised lambs that when 60 days old weighed 50 pounds and at tour months weighed 90 pounds, and I thought that extra good. 0! course, that was without extra care—F. M. Buckingham, Seneca County, Ohio. Pushing a soft team of horses to their limit is not the best way to get the most work out of them, Uncle Ab says the pot never boils while you watch it. and the spring work won’t get done by waiting for the weather to warm up. The high price of potato seed this year warrants every precaution in growing the cries. Make your seed investment worth w e. Did you know that the lees~popular , autoimmune“. , , palatable, asthe sic-called choice cute? A true of cream separator claims doubt in your mind which s cleanest, just try this simple test: gets from the other“: skim-milk. to turn and the more profitable to own. made. It has the wonderful “floating greatest se rater manufacture and ice SEE and TRY the New TRADE in your-old Separator ‘ ALK is cheap, and it is easy to make vegan! 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For 1 ' McCall’s Ma , new Special Summelia Satl‘dsaréirm for our gaZIne Prompt Dellvory—Immedlato ShIpmem BOTH one Year, $1.00 Every Bird In Our Flock: ls Michigan State Accredited The Business Farmer FREE Catalan—fully descriptive and inform— ative shows how on can have big success AND vnth RURAL Chi Send for copy today. Modem P0111“? Breeder 100 % Live Delivery Guaranteed. The Rural Poultry Farm One Year, 75c Route 2, Dept. B, Zeeland, Michigan. IIIOHIGAN BUSINESS FARMEII Mt. Clemens. Mlohloan BLUis I Nils} S What State Bureau Has (Accomplished T1 .r, (Continued from Page 4) 1y successful. ‘ The State Farm Bu-' reau has marketed the wool the last two years in combination with the Ohio Wool Growers’ Cooperative As- sociation, and growers who pooled through this arrangement during 1924 were so highly satisfied that the amount pooled last year showed an increase of more than 50 per cent over the previous year. The average price received by the pool- ers was several cents above that paid by local old line dealers. The Michigan State Farm Bureau maintains a Poultry Exchange De- partment at Detroit, which handles live poultry, eggs, dressed veal and large quantities of rabbits in season. This department is rendering a real service to individual farmers and to the local cooperative associations over a considerable area of the state. At the headquarters of the Bu- reau at Lansing there is a fabrics department which handles 100 per cent virgin wool sultings, overcoat material, blankets, auto robes, wool batts and men’s underwear and socks. Superior tailoring service for both suits and overcoats is fea- tured by this department. The Farm Bureau has been very successful in discovering and main- taining the necessary leadership and managerial ability to make each one of these departments self-sustaining, a fact which it can be very proud of. As its business interests are now on a. stable basis, the Farm Bureau is planning on devoting a larger por- tion of its attention to the more general problems which so vitally concern its members and all other farmers. Own Paper Four years ago the Michigan State Farm Bureau established its own newspaper, the Michigan Farm Bureau News, which is published twice each month and goes out to the entire membership, as well as to all of the publishers of weekly papers, banks, high schools, and other organizations and individuals. Also regular news releases are sent out from state headquarters to more than 300 weekly newspapers. At the Farm Bureau headquarters a. Traffic Department is maintained where rates are quoted, freight bills audited and claims for loss and da- mage and overcharge collected for individual Farm Bureau members, local co—ops, and the state—wide commodity exchanges. 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Beautiful catalog showing in pictures all about SIIiperior Leghorns and special matings at higher prices, sent on request. , SUPERIOR POULTRY FARMS, (lnc.) Box 401, MICHIGAN r---------II Gentlemen: 401 Enclosed please find $.-........._..Jor which please ship mo..................8. 0. White Leghorn: as advertised the week of (mined) . P. 0. ........ ............... Stab Interstate Commerce Commission. The Farm Bureau has been very active along legislative lines. It re- alizes that if its influence in legisla- tion is to be most effective, it must take an unpredjudiced stand after a most thorough investigation and consideration. To meet this situa- tion, the organization makes a con- tinuous study of both state and na- tional legislation. The information so secured is presented to the mem- bers through the Farm Bureau pa- per and orally at Farm Bureau meetings. It is at the service of the resolutions committee, the State Farm Bureau board of directors and the board of delegates. The Farm Bureau has a represent- ative at each day's session of the State Legislature who studies all bills and writes regular legisativo reports, not only for the Farm Bu- reau paper, but also for more than three hundred Michigan weeklies and state farm papers. A special and more confidential service is rendered to a picked list of Farm Bureau "Minute Men” over the state who represent county and local farm bureaus and cooperative associations in legislative matters. Through these Minute Men it is possible for the state organization to mobilize on exceedingly short notice the in- fluence of the entire Farm Bureau and cooperative movement for or against any measure regarding which the membership has gone on record. ‘ The Farm Bureau has made a. very comprehensive study of Michi- gan taxation conditions and pre- sented them to its members and other farmers through an extensive program of publicity and through speeches at Farm Bureau meetings. As a result of investigations re- garding assessment conditions in five counties, made by the state and county Farm Bureaus, farm- ers of these counties paid $67,- 350 less taxes in 1924 and again in 1925 than they would have paid had not the Farm Bureau been on the job protecting their interests. The Farm Bureau movement has had a hard and uphill fight and it is interesting to note that there seems to be general revival of interest in it. Last summer membership cam- paigns were carried on in eleven counties in thé state and a very sa- tisfactory membership was signed up. Indications are that the cam- paign being now conducted in thirty- five counties will be even more suc- cessful, building up a membership which will be the basis for a strong and permanent. farmers’ organiza- tion. BROADSOOPE FARM NEWS AND VIEWS (Continued from Page 8) all you need, and the most profitable» one to use. If the ground has not produced clover lately, and seems indifferent to the growth of straw, etc., a com- plete plant food is to be preferred. Some think fertilizer prices are so much higher than they used to be. It would seem so, if all we buy is so many pounds of something in a bag. The fact is, however, fertiliz- er now, at $45 a ton contains twice the plant food we used to get in for— tilizer we bought for $25 a ton. In other words if one used 200 pounds of the $25» fertilizer, he would get as good results from 100 pounds of the $45 one, for the cheap one was something like 1-8-2 and the higher priced one is 2—16-4. It is quite possible many would profit more by using lime in place of fertilizer. Understand, lime con- tains but little food for plants, but it does condition the soil so plants can avail themselves of the plant food already there and get estab- After this commercial fer-. tilizer may be a paying investment. A volume could be written on the. use and abuse of fertilizers, and then the subject would be but well started. Why not experiment a lit- tle on your farm this year, using dif- ferent grades, quantities and me- thods of application, and prove for yourself what your farm wants? And then what? Why tell us about it, of course! County. 3 - I | g i i i i ‘ . ture of iodine and glycerine and ap- ‘ More «mentioned over the air; db,” d not: see-Chas. rBuehrer. flan-i. - {Y . 'E‘ 1‘ ; DEPARTMENT Edited by DR. GEO. H. CONN uoetlona ladl answered f for aid-u sligmrlbora. “V01! receive a msonal GARGET I would like some advice about a cow that has the garget. She has had it for some time. Would you 'kindly tell me what to do for her? -—0. P., Alden, Michigan. HRO‘NIC cases of garget are dif- ficult to handle successfully. Feed this animal plenty of bran and oil meal but not too much corn. A dose of epsom salts if needed. For the udder get equal parts of tinc- ply with a toothbrush once each day to the affected part. I thing that in a few days this will bring about an improvement. COW IS CONSTIPATED My cow seems to be constipated. Have had the doctor twice and he only says to give her salts and gin- ger, so for about two weeks --have fed her a pound of salts and one ounce of ginger twice a day. She eats just a very little. Just last month I lost a cow that acted ex— actly as this cow does. Is there nothing we can do? She is very valuable—C. H. F., Ionia, Michigan. F this cow has no relief by this time it is not likely anything can be done for her; this is doubtless an impaction of the manyplies or true stomach; this stomach is com— posed of leaves that interlock Sim-- ilar to the plates in a battery and when the mass between them be— comes impacted it is not often that anything removes it. These animals are getting too (much dry indigest- ible feed and should have more bran, oilmeal and laxative feeds. It might be well for three or four weeks to give each of the cows a tablespoonful of fowlers solution of arsenic night and morning on the grain; this is a very good tonic and might help their digestion. DOG SUCKS EGGS Will you please tell me what will cure a dog of sucking eggs? Some- thing besides cayenne pepper. How to prevent white diarrhea in baby chicks and a cure if they do get it. How warm should you keep your brooder house?—Mrs. M. 8., Hudson, Michigan. F you tried cayenne pepper and it did not stop the dog sucking eggs better get rid of him. Put as much potassium permangate in each gallon of drinking water as will lay on a five cent piece. Your brooder house should be kept in the begin- ning just a little less than the in- cubator say 95 to 98 degrees; this will be gradually reduced as the chicks grow older. RADIO DEPARTMENT By JAMES W. H. WEIR. R. E. (Any question regarding radio will be gladly answered bv our radio editor. You receive a per- sonal letter and there is no charge if your sub- scription ls paid up.) M. B. F. MABJCE'IS The Business Farmer radio market reports and farm news are broadcast daily, except Sa- turday and Sunday, through station WGHP, of Detroit, on a wave length of 270 meters, beginning at 7:00 P. M. east- ern standard time. SOME WORTH-\VHILE TALKS ‘REf you “tuningain” on the rural fire—prevention talks we are broadcasting? One was given on the evening of May 14, another May 21, and there is still one more to come.‘ The third talk will be given on the evening of May 14, another May 21, and there is still one more to come. The third talk will be given by Hon. L. T. Hands, state insurance commissioner, after 7 o’clock next Friday evening, May 28. We hope you have not missed any of these worth-while talks. The market report comes in fine. It keeps us. well posted on all markets. 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