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ESPON‘DING to a request of the
Berrien County Horticulture
Society, Mr. J. I. Berck, Direc-

tor of the Bureau of Foods and
Standards, State Department of Ag-

‘ riculture, has caused to be made an

investigation relative to the advisa-
bility of satndardizing the present
road-side markets. It is not gener-
ally known .to what great propor-
tions this channel of distribution
has grown in the past two or three
years. This investigation was car-
ried on by Wm. H. Esslinger, Super-
vising Inspector for the State De—
partment, the outcBme of which
culminated in the calling of a meet-
ing in St. Joseph Thursday evening,
June 3rd.

The men responsible for this
movement to improve the conditions
of > this fast growing enterprise.
gathered and discussed plans for the
purpose. - Behind this movement
are found the Commissioner of Ag-
riculture,‘ Mr."fleorge Friday, of
Coloma, Berrien county, president
of the State Horticultural Society,
Mr. D. Hootman, Secretary of the
State Horticultural Society, Mr. H.
Gowdy, of Union Pier, Berrien coun-
ty, member of the State Agricultural
Board, Mr. F. L. Granger, Benton
Harbor, Manager of the Michigan
Fruit Growers, Incorporated, Mr. H.
Lurkins, of Paw Paw, Manager of
the St. Joseph Michigan Fruit Asso-
ciation, and the Secretaries of the
Twin Cities Chambers of Commerce.
Each of these men realize and ap-
preciate the great influence the road-
side markets have through their
personal contract and business trans-
action with the thousands of tour-
ists Who enter this State every sea-
son. These tourists return to their
respective homes, after being our
guests, and are consequently either
favorably or unfavorably impressed
according to the treatment they
have received, the quality of fruits
and vegetables sold by them through
the road-side markets causes them
either to boost or knock Michigan’s
production.

This mode of distribution, if stand-
ardized and conducted so that last-
ing friends are made, can be turned
into an appreciable advertising as—
set, and must therefore go a long
way toward putting Michigan on the
map as a quality producing state.
A satisfied tourist, be be from Illi-
nois or New York, is an asset and
we cannot afford, to have him other
than satisfied.

The following oii‘icers were elected
to ofliciate in the new organization,
to be known as the Michigan Road-
Side Market Organization:

President, Mr. Chris Henderson,
Paw Paw; Secretary, Mr. Martin
Dwan, St. Joseph. President of Ber—
rien County Horticultural Society.
Four members were elected to the
Advisory Board: D. Hootman. Lan-
sing, Secretary State Horticultural
Society; H. Gowdy, Union Pier,
Member State Board of Agriculture;
H. Lurkins, Paw Paw, Manager St.
Joseph Michigan Fruit Association,
and Mr. House, Saugatuck.

Discussions brought out the many
advantages that an organization of
this nature would eventually devel-
op. These facts were very ably pro—
duced by Mr. George Friday, who is
a very extensive grower and distrib—
utor. He has had varied exper-
iences and explained to the market
operators who were present the ad-
vantages the grower. the market op-
erator, and the trade in general
would receive if a thorough under-
standing was arrived at. It ' was
pointed out that the markets could
dispose of fruit that was just right
for immediate consumption. highly
colored and flavored; whereas, fruit
advanced to this stage was not desir-
able for transportation purposes.

The sale of wormy fruit or fruit in .

any stage of decay wa sdiscussed
and will be absolutely prohibited.
The State Department of Agricul-
ture will enforce the regulations
which were adopted under the gen-
eral Food Law. the Dairy Law and
the Fruit and Vegetable Laws now
in existence. It was clearly’stated
that no new laws were necessary
and that no new officers .or jobs
were to be created by this move-
ment. ' '
Plans were made to call a meet-
ing in Benton Harbor in the near fu-
ture and it is possible that this may
be called before this issue reaches
you. It is hoped that every operator

  

   

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of .a road-side market in Michigan

will be able to attend as many of the

state are to be there and explain to

the market operators how important

to the trade they are and why they

Ere Michigan's best advertising me-
um.

MARKET GRADING OF ‘BEEF
ESTABLISHED
ECRETARY W. M. Jardine of the
Department of Agriculture an-
nounces that, eifective July 1,
the Department will be prepared to
inspect and grade all carcasses of

beef passing through packing-houses.

operating under Federal license.
The top grades will be known as
"prime" and “choice,” and it is un-
derstood that the marking will be
done with a ribbon stamp extending
all the way down the sides of the
carcass, so that it will be possible
for buyers to contract for the best
finished beef, and be sure of obtain-
ing it.

This prompt action on the part
of the Secretary renders it unnec-
essary. in the opinion of Mr. Oak-
leigh Thorne, chairman of the Better
Beef Committee, appointed at the
recent Chicago conference, to spend
any time making a general prelim-
inary survey of the situation as had
previously been deemed advisable.
Mr. Sanders, chairman of the gen-
eral conference, considers the time
is now ripe for the perfecting of a
permanent organization of breeders
and feeders of prime cattle of beef
types, and expects to call a meeting
of the committee on permanent or-
ganization at an early date.

 

TO PREVENT LIVMOOK
LOSSIw

N organization which has for its
purpose the launching of a vig-
orous campaign against the
losses of livestock in transit, came
into being at Lansing Tuesday, J une
lst when representatives of about a
dozen interests met and formed the
Michigan Livestock Loss Prevention
Association. Mr. J. H. O’Mealey
was elected President, Mr. H. B.
Davison, American Institute of Meat

‘ Packers, Vice President, and Mr. E.

J. Leenhonts. New York Central
Lines, Secretary. Inasmuch as no
one agency is to blame for all of
losses in transit but each one is at
different times responsible. it is pro-
posed that this organization will

collecting d‘

  

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reducing losses. Bulletins and‘po
ers will be issued from time to time
covering the various methods for re-
ducing losses. ‘
Prof. G. A. Brown of the Michigan
State College pointed out that any
reduction in'losses would result in
benefit to the producer and for that
reason the College would support
this movement in every possible
way possible.

ORCHARD TOUR IN JULY

E annual orchard tour of the

Michigan 8 t a t e Horticultural

Society will be held July 23rd
and 24th. 1926, H. D. Hootman,
secretary of the organization, has
announced. The tour will be held
in the vicinity of Manistee and
Traverse City. Fruit growers will
have many things of interest to‘ see

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on this tour which is the first to be
conducted in the Grand Traverse rc- ‘

gion while cherries are still on the
trees. '

9 The tour will have an added in-
terest to those but mildly interested
in commercial fruit growing because
of the scenic beauty that abounds
in this part of our state. _ The good
roads and numborless lakes of the
Grand Traverse Region attract
thousands of tourists each year.

The red raspberry section of On-
ekama will be visited the morning of
the first day. The “Thrushwood
Orchards” of A. J. Rogers {near
Beulah will be visited. Other orch-
ard stops of the- day will be at the
400 acre orchard of the Manistee
Orchard Co., the “Crystal Lake Orch-
ard” of A. I... Hopkins at Bear Lake.
Mr. Hopkins is a strong advocate of
thinning apples and judiciously
practices it each year.

The tour of the second day will
start with an inspection of the
Grand Traverse Packing Co. plant
which will be canning cherries at
that time. Titus Brothers 7,000
tree apple and cherry orchard will
be the first orchard stop of the day.
The orchards of Roy H. Hooper. K.
O. Ladd, Walter Watt and G. L.
Bnmham will be others on the Old
Mission peninsula that will be visit-
ed. A stop at Golden Tower has
been arranged. From this Tower
250,000 fruit trees can be seen.

Circulars giving details of the
orchard tour can be obtained from
H. D. Hootman, secretary of the
Michigan State Horticultural Soci-
ety, East Lansing, Mich.

 

COUNTY CROP REPORTS

 

Tulcoln (W).-—The wheat acorns to look
more promising since last report. Mea-
dows picking up with light crop expected
from old ones. Corn all planted with
fair stand coming up. Some beans plant-
ed but many waiting for warm weather.
Frost on June 4th did some damage to
gardens but not to fruit. Pastures fairly
good considering cold spring. Quotations
at Vassar are: Hay. $16.00 per ton; corn.
57¢ per bu: oats. $70 per bu.;
$1.48 per bu; beans. $3.75 per cwt; po-.
tatoes $2.00 per bu.; eggs. 80c per don;
butter, 450 per lb.—J. T., 0-7-26.

St. Joseph (NW) r—Whealt looking bet-
ter after rain of last week but very little

up. Some corn to plant yet. Oats
looking fair. Hay not much growth as
yet. Alfalfa about one foot high wtth
plenty of Michigan clover present. Bed
clover very scarce with prospects of poor
catch; Quotations at Marcellus are:
Hay, $20.00@25.00 per ton; earn. 550 per
bu.; oats, 40¢ per bu.; rye. 75c per bu:
Wheat. $1.40 per bu; eggs. 27¢ per don;
butterfat. 39c per lb.—C. J. W.. 6-7-26.

St. Joseph—Ail crops doing fine except
corn. it is backward owing to cold rains
and high winds of late. Sand storms both
buried and broke off small leaves. Some
gardens also buried alive by sand drift-

Hay. $30.00 per ton; com. 60c per bu;
oats. 40cperb1n;rye.72¢perbu;wheat.
$1.40 per bu; potatoes. $3.00 per own;
eggs. 880 per don: butter. 360 per in.—
Carolyn Hyde. 6-5-26. .
OaklandFWheat price lowest since
Potatoes. store trade. no regular
market. Wheat and rye will not make
over 50 per cent .of full crop. Timothy
and clover 50 per cent of full crop and
alfalfa 75 per cent. Oats and barley
looking good. Light rain helped farmers
to fit ground for corn and beans.‘ We
need more for crops. Quotations at
Holly are: Hal', $18.00 per ton; com. 550
per bu.:.oats, 460 per bu; rye, 700 per
bu.; wheat, $1.40 per bu.; beans, $3.65
per cwt.; potatoes, $3.00 per cwt; eggs.
25¢ per don: butter. 40¢ per lbs—Join
DeGou. 0-9-26. ‘ ‘ 

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manner-Cold and rain. Corn spoil-
inginground. Oatslooldnggoodalso
hay. Not much grormd fitted for beans.

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Water standing in places. Sugar beets ‘

drownmg out in spots and some will be

by beans. Quotations at Mid-
land are: Hay. $16.00 per ton; com, 560
per bu; cats :70 per bu; rye. 64c per
bu; wheat $1.48 per bu; beans. $3.75
per cwt; potatoes. $3.00 per/bu; egga
150 per don; butter. 40¢ per lb.—B. V.
Chase. 6-9—26.

Monroe (sh—Farmers making alfalfa
hay. Corn not all planted Reactorl
amongcafllo retested. Bay will be short
crop. Berry crop also short on account
of dry weather. A lot of high. cold
winds. Wheat and oatanot looking good.
Worms and flies working in it. Corn
ans-cage very small. Fruit crop reported
good Weather very cool and dry- Bus-
iness Farmer filling bill. Radio Service
very . Quotations at Temper-
ance are: Hay. $20.00 per ton; corn, 850
per bu.; oats. 40¢ per bu.; rye. $1.45
per bu; wheat. $1.50 per bu.; beam;
$5.75 per cwt: potatoes, $2.76 per cwt;
eggs. 300 per doz.;. butter. 45¢ per ub.—-,
C. W. Eisenmnnn. 6-10-26.

Waxtord—At last we era‘g‘étrlng some
warm Weather. Lots of rain. Gardens
beginning to grow. Conn and potatoes
up. Cucumbers planted. note will be a
good cherry crop though frost hurt some
orchards. Biro. are blossomed
again. Quotations at Cadillac are: Hay.
$25.00 per ton; com. 800 per buroats.
450 per bu.; rye. 66c per bu; wheat.
$1.52 per bu.; beans. $3.25 per cwt; eggs.
340 per don; butterfnt, 400 per 1b.--i
E. D. 3., 0-10-26.

Galena—«Large t of farmers
have beans planted Not many late pom
tatoes in yet. Corn looking good. Some
alfalfacutbutmoreisaboutreadyand
willbeoutthecomlngweekortwo»
Early potatoes looking the and promise
good yield. Quotations at‘Flint are: Hay.
$17.00 per ton; corn. 75c per bu.; oats.
42c per bu; rye 750 per bu.; wheat. 

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SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1926

  : j W Michigan State College and the “Back Roads”

Entered as 2nd. class matter. A 2

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at Mt. Clemens. Mich. under act Mar. 3'.

Engineering Department of College Now in Position to Help Townships With Highway Problems

HE Agricultural Division of the

Michigan State College has ren-

dered service to the people on
the farms of Michigan for a number
of years. The value of this service
is hard to evaluate in dollars and
cents, but it has been very valuable
to the people which ever way you
compute it. The service was render-
ed thru its extension department,
which consists of a number of ex‘
perts who take direct to the people
the results of “studies in agriculture,

’ whether the studies were made at the

 

College or elsewhere.

Due to the generosity and far-
sighted policy of the board of Agri-
culture in appropriating a sum of
money, it has recently been made
possible for the Engineering Division
to offer similar services along engi-
neering lines ‘to the people of Michi-
gan. Lest the man on the farm.
who is reading this article, should
at this point turn over the page
thinking that this subject has no
further interest to him let me hasten
to explain that the problem does
affect him right where he lives, that
is, on the so called “back road” that
runs past his own farm yard.

The word "back road" is certainly
a misleading term, because it would
lead anyone to suppose that being a
back road it is of very little import-
ance. Let us see whether or not it
is of importance. During the last
year the townships of Michigan spent
three and one half million dollars
on the repair and ten millions on the
improvement of their own roads
alone. That is about thirteen and
one half million dollars paid in taxes
by the people outside of the cities
of Michigan for township roads
alone. Bear in mind this doesn’t in-
clude the State road or the County
road either, just the so called “back
road.” When you think that the
State intends to put on what is con-
sidered to be a big construction pro-
gram this year at an estimated cost

‘ of eight million dollars, and realize

that every year the townships spend

r over fifty percent more/on their own

roads are of extreme importance to
roads you will realize that township
the rural population of Michigan.
Add to what I have already said,
that the township roads of Michigan
have about four times the mileage
of the state and county trunk lines
combined, and you will begin to ap-
preciate the importance of the lowly
“back road.”

According to the latest statistics
at hand there are about eighteen
million automobiles in the United
‘ States, fully one third of which are
owned outside of the cities and large
' towns. This means that of all the

I mileage run up on these automobiles

‘ a great many million miles must be

1 on the "back roads.”

“Back Roads” Most Important
When the Engineering Division of
‘ your State College looked over the
' field of extension work these facts
and figures stood out in such a way
; as to make it clear that this subject
i of “back roads” was one of the most
important in the Whole state. If
this enormous yearly expenditure of
thirteen and one half million dol—
lars was always spent in such a way

«as to get the best value for every
1' dollar there would have been no field
i. for the College to enter, the best pol-
l icy would have been to “let well
i enough alone".

But after careful
and impartial examination it seemed
’that there were many ways the tech-
.nical staff of the College could be
of assistance in making this amount
'of money go farther. or to put it
another way, accomplish the same

, results with less expenditure of the p
' " money of the

ma earned tax-
on op, 

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_By PROF. C. L .ALLEN

Head of Civil Engineering Department, Michigan State College.

 

 

ERE is an article that should interest every farmer in Michigan

and particularly those living on the “back roads”.

It has to do

with the improvement of these “back roads”, something that has

been sadly neglected.
trained officials.

The main reason for this neglect is due to un-
The average county or township oflicial is only in

office long enough to get a full understanding of his work, then an-
other election comes along and the people fail to see that he has made
much progress so they elect a new man, and chances are he knows

nothing, or little, about the work.

The College is in a. position to

help these “green” road officials as Prof. Allen explains in his article.

 

 

It is not to be thought from this
that the money was wasted, or that
there were not townships in which
the money was wisely spent, but
there were numerous examples where
our trained experts could help was
desired. This last point is important,
so let me repeat it “if the help was
desired”. It is not the purpose of

the College to try to interfere with

suggestions or help where it is not
desired, but to stand ready to offer
it when it is called for. It was first
thought that there would be no call
for our services, and that the town—
ship officials would prefer to go on
as they have always done. Yet in
talking to the officials of the town—
ships of the twenty counties that
have been visited so far, it was found

that our offerlto help was welcomed v

and the more up to date we found
an official the more ready he was to
accept the service extended by the
College. Perhaps this is just another
great law of human nature, the bet—
ter the man the more apt he is to
listen to the other fellow and to use
without any hesitation whatever part
of the other man’s suggestions seems
good.

Here, then, is the situation. At
your State College there is a staff
of men some of whom are expert in
the subject of construction and main-
tenance of “back roads”. Y o 11
through taxes are paying their sal—
aries, why not make use 'of their
knowledge to help reduce your road
tax and to make it go farther than
it does now. Could anything be
fairer? There are nearly 1300 town—
ships in the State of Michigan, and
if we can give only $5 worth of ser-
vice per’ township the cost of the
project will be more than met. In-
cidentally it’s a poor expert who
can't do at least $5 worth of good
to most anybody.

Assistance Is Welcomed

During April and the first week in
May we have had a man out in the

,field presenting the question to the

township officials. This man, whose
name is Lee J. Rothgery, is a grad-
uate some years ago from our De—
partment of Civil Engineering. Since
his graduation he has been connected
with highway work, both as an engi-
neer and as a foreman for a con—

tractor. He knows and has practiced
both the theoretical and practical
side of highway work and under-
stands the building and maintaining
of earth roads. In his field trips he
has visited the following twenty
counties: Huron, Sanilac, Tuscola,
Lapeer, Shiawassee, Clinton, Ionia,
Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan, Van
Buren, Cass, St. Joseph, Kalamazoo,
Barry, Eaton, Calhoun, Hillsdale,
Jackson and Ingham, and has ad—
dressed the township oflicials at
meetings held at the county seats.
He has met with great success and
has had every assurance from the
officials that the help of the College
would be welcomed.

We have confined our first trip
to the counties just named, as it was
not possible at first to cover the
whole state and since these counties
are fairly close to the College it
seemed wise to confine our efforts
at first to counties near home. Due
to the publicity given these meetings
we have had requests from several
other counties for a similar meeting
and the project seem to be filling a
real need in the State. Also nearly
every mail has brought requests for
advice or help on some problem that
has been bothering some township
commissioner. Judging from this
we believe that the proposition is
finding favor.

Ways of Helping

You may ask at this point, “In
what particular way can the College
help us with our back road”. Let
me mention some of the ways. One
way is advice on the grading up of
a new road. As you know the town—
ship commissioners are elected for a
term of one year, and a great many
of them are never reelected or never
even run for office again. This
means probably that most of the
men who are elected just begin to
learn their job thoroughly and then
have to step out after the next elec-
tion. If the College can help out
the new man, so that it doesn’t take
him a whole year to learn his job
we believe that we have put money
into the pockets of the tax payers.

Again in maintaining those road
systems that heve already been
graded the College can offer a ser—
vice. Besides giving the benefit of

 

 

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It is a tale of corn belt folks on a Colorado ranch and it holds

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our experience to anyone who asks
for it we can help out in the general
planning of road systems of the town—
ships, so that after a while they will
form a well connected system acting

as a feeder to the more expensive ,

roads that are built and maintained
by the county and the state. If a
system like this is organized then
there won’t be as many examples as
we have now of roads that are well
built and surfaced for some distance
and then continue as a poor and al-
most impassable road.

In the construction of any kind of
roads there are often legal questions
arise which can be settled only by
calling on somebody who knows the
law. The members of the Civil En-
gineering Department are not law-
yers and so wouldn’t undertake to
answer questions involving legal
problems, but if the township officials
have legal questions concerning their
work we can get good legal advice
from those who do know the law.

Also there arise questions about
the kind of equipment to be used in
some particular case. The College is
able to give the benefit of its advice
to townships on this subject although
it cannot recommend any particular
make of equipment to the exclusion
of some other kind. We shall have
to remain impartial and give advice
that will not affect either for good
or for bad the business of any in-
dividual company.

These are some of the things that
we stand ready to do. After the
towiships have made use of this ser-
we can do for the township and that
vice for a while there will no doubt
be found other things in which we
can help, and we stand ready to help
to our capacity. The State Highway
Department has its staff of experts
who cover the whole subject for
them also the counties, at least‘most
of them, have their own advisers on
their problems, but the township has
had, up to the present at least, no
similar staff of its own. It is the
intention and hope of the College
that we can act in this capacity to
the road commissioners and other
officials of the townships of Michigan.

No Politics

There is one point which I have
not mentioned yet and upon which I
would like to make myself clear, and
that is that there is no politics in any
way shape or form mixed up with
this affair. We have no political af-
filiations with any party or faction.
We are simply carrying out the
modern idea of what a State College
should be, and to fill what seems to
us to be a real need. The idea of a
college that used to be prevalent
was that the college was there to
educate those who could leave their
work to come to the College. The
modern notion is that a tax support—
ed institution should not only be of
service to those who enter its classes,
but should take its service out to
those who for good and sufficient
reasons cannot leave their own af—
fairs to come to college. The ful-
filling of this idea and the wish to
help Where help may be needed are
the only motives which are behind
this movement.

The foregoing is what we hope to
accomplish. We believe that we can
do our bits towards putting the farm-
er in closer touch with the cities and
markets by carrying this project
thru. Do the ofiicials and people of
the townships want this service? We
believe they do. What do my read-
ers think about it? In what other
ways than those mentioned can the
"back roads" of Michigan be improv-

ed? We would welcome suggestions, »

for we aim to supply the needs in
this respect of the rural population

of Michigan.

  
 
 

   
     

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From Insurance Salesman To SuCcessful Farmer

Fred C. Holbeck Makes His Farm in Iosco County a Fine Example of Farming on‘ Business-Like Basis

N 1913 Fred C. Holbeck, together
with a party of business men
went to Long Lake, Iosco county,

on a fishing trip. While there he
became greatly impressed with the
fact that there were thousands of
acre of the finest farming land lying

, idle; true this land was covered with
r logs, stumps and brush .
3}' covered with clover,
x to grow everywhere without any at-
f, tention on the part of men.

It also was
which seemed

When a year later Mr. Holbeck

_'Was ordered to the country by his
. physician, his mind turned to this

wonderful part of Michigan and af-

j- ter spending a couple of months on
4 “the shores of Long Lake he conceiv-
_ ‘ed the idea of building a farm out of

som of this wild land. At first two
hundred and fifty acres were pur-
later another hundred was
added and work immediately start-
ed. Ninety acres were brushed off
Buildings were start-

operations were in full swing.

At first the farming was carried
on much the same as was done on
the farm when Mr. Holbeck was a
boy on his father’s farm and much
the same as is being done today on
a great many farms in the northern
part of lower Michigan. A few
beans, potatOes, oats and corn were
planted in the spring, some hay and
rye were harvested during the sum-
mer ,a half dozen scrub cows were
secured and milked but when the
books ere. balanced at the end of the
first year’s operation a considerable
loss was evident.

A second year was passed in much
the same manner with the exception
that the loss was even greater,
caused ‘partly by the loss of the bean

. crop.

Made- Two Decisions

It was at this time or in other
words ten years ago that Mr. Hol-
beck made two decisions that had a
very far reaching effect on his fu—
ture success and the success of many
of his friends and neighbors in the
farming business.

First, he decided that dairy farm—
ing was the only thing that would
show a profit in this northern part
of the state, and second, he decided
that on account of the fact that it
was almost impossible to market
anything but cream that the Guern—

‘ sey‘cow was best fitted to his needs.

It was at this time, or in other
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farming?
Fred C. Holbeck

beck bought his first Guernsey cat-
tle, two heifers and a bull, and from
this start he has developed one of
the finest herds not only in the state
of Michigan but in the United States.
A calf from one of the first heifers
purchased is now the Grand Cham-
pion Cow of Michigan. Another cow
raised on the farm is the present
champion three year old Guernsey
of the state.

During the time this herd has
been building up, Mr. Holbeck con-
tinued to clear and develop his
farm, until today Nordland Farms
has beco‘me not only one of the most
productive but one of the prettiest
farms in the northern part of the
state.

In the past six years the cream
sales from Nordland Farms have ex-
ceeded twenty—five thousand dollars
and the sale of surplus registered
Guernsey cattle has exceeded the
above amount.

Carries on Testing

In making the Grand Champion
State Record for Guernsey cows,
now held by Princess Polly of Nord-
land No. 65939, this cow was milked
three and four times daily. She
produced 17,240 pounds of milk
containing 877 pounds fat.

ROM a life insurance salesman living in a city
to a successful farmer and breeder of Guern-
sey cattle is quite a step but it was taken by

Fred C. Holbeck, of Long Lake,
Twelve years ago when Mr. Holbeck was selling
life insurance in Bay City he suffered a nervous
breakdown and the doctor ordered him to get out
A year before he had spent a vaca-
tion at Long Lake where he noticed much valu-
able farming land lying idle and his thoughts
turned to this.
He did and this is a story of how he
has succeeded so far.

Iosco county.

\Vhy not buy some of it and try

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Knowing that it was not practical
for the average farmer to milk his
cows more than twice daily and
feeling that only records made un-
der average conditions were much
good to the general run of farmers,
Mr. Holbeck started out to see what
could be done on a strictly two milk-
ing daily basis.

One of his cows has just finished
what appears to be a State Champi-
on record over all breeds on a strict-
ly two milking daily official record.
Holbeck’s Arcadia Rose No. 87333,
gave 13,481 pounds of milk contain-
ing 690 pounds of butterfat in one
year. This test was supervised by
the Michigan State College and the
American Guernsey Cattle Club. A
careful examination of all known
records in the state fails to disclose
any cow of any breed equaling this
record on a strictly official two milk—
ing basis.

Mr. Holbeck has carried on test—
ing work on both the official and
county cow testing basis and is very
strong for the work, especially he
recommend that every farmer whe-
ther he has purebreds or grades or
both join his county cow testing
association. The work of the associ-
ation not only tests his cows but
goes into many of the other prob—

 

 

 

 

 

Some of the cattle and buildings on Nordland Farms.

lems that enter into successful dairy
farming.
His Rules for Success

When Mr. Holbeck was asked to
what he attributed his success on
the farm he replied first, the dairy
business, second the fact that all his
farm operations are kept on a strict-
ly business basis, and third to the
fact that he selected Guernsey cat~

. tle as the breed he was to specialize

in.

Every‘dollar taken in on the farm
as also every dollar paid out is
carefully kept account of. Every
'pound of milk is carefully weighed.
All feed is balanced, every cow be-
ing given attention as to her needs,
based on her size and ability and
willingness to produce. The poor
cows are promptly weeded out and
sent to the butcher and with only
one or two exceptions the best cows
have always been retained in the
herd. Careful plans are made to
grow all feed possible on the farm,
leaving as little as possible to buy.
When feed is bought it is generally
by the carload and the market is
carefully watched for the best time
to buy.

Mr. Holbeck does not believe in
large farms. He says that small
units of eighty to one hundred and
sixty acres are the best, not too
large a herd of cattle, from fifteen
to twenty fine head. Never more
than twenty-five head have been
milked on Nordland Farms at any
one time. The average has been
considerably less. A few chickens
and pigs should be kept to use up
the skim milk and other material
that otherwise might be wasted.

The owner of Nordland Farms has
not confined his interests or activ-
ities entirely to farm problems but
has found time and does interest
himself in all the local activities of
his community, both social, political,
and otherwise. He has twice been
elected president of the State
Guernsey Breeders’ Association. At
present he is county Republican
chairman and was recently elected
county road commissioner. He is
glad to have his neighbors and all
other interested people call at his
farm at Long Lake, Iosco county.
Any advice or information asked for.
will be willingly given. He is es-
pecially interested in the develop~
ment of the upper part of lower
Michigan and believes that there is
a great future for this part of the
state.

Rural Fire Losses Each Year Amount to One-Sixth of Farmers’ Income

By HON. L. T. HANDS

(‘ommissioner of State Department of Insurance.

. HERE is $150,000,000 of real
T and personal property destroyed

each year on American farms.
This amount is equal to one—sixth of
the income of all the farmers in the
United States in 1924.

Farm property is not a good risk
and less than 10 per cent of the old
line, legal reserve fire insurance
companies make any effort to secure
Due to their iso—.
lation and the lack of modern, sci-
entific methods of fire fighting, a
farm fire is usually a total loss un—
less discovered in its incipiency.
Then, too, such things as acetylene
lights, automobiles, electricity, gas-
oline engines for power, milking
machinery, grinders, food cookers
modern machinery, al-
though necessary, have all added
their hazards to the farm.

Twenty-five years ago the model
farm consisted of several buildings
such as horse barns, cow barns, im-
plement sheds, grainery and a hay
barn, all well spaced from each oth-
er, but today one large structure is

 built housing all of the above under
one roof, and used too, for the ga—
' rage, engine house, repair shop and

milk processing shed. In some of
containing hay,

for the repairing of implements and

1 tools.

g Lightning Greatest Cause

The greatest cause of farm fires
Eighteen per cent of
he total farm losses can be traced
to that source. This hazard is easi—
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THIS is the third and concluding talk that was broadcast through
station WGHP during our rural fire prevention campaign in May.
It is by Hon. L. T. Hands, State Insurance Commissioner, and was

broadcast on the evening of May 28th.
benefit of those who have no radios.

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and correctly installed lightning
rods. The farmer of a generation
ago is still prejudiced against rods
due to the fact that years ago a
swarm of glib tongued swindlers
talked him into purchasing some-

thing that resembled and was pur—
ported to be a lightning rod system.
This prejudice has gradually been
worn down, due to the fact that af-
ter the first few years the manufac-
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came into the hands of reputable
companies who experimented at
their own expense. In one summer
month in Ontario, 191 lightning
fires were reported to the fire mar-
shal and only two of these involved
rodded buildings. The reliability of
the rods is dependent entirely upon
the strength of the wires or rods and
the grounding . Be sure and have
your ground wire reach permanent
moisture as a good lightning rod
system without proper ground is
useless.

The fire insurance compan- §

ies have been quick to recognize the ,
value of them by granting reduced '
rates for farms having an eflicient'

rod system.

Defective chimneys causing 12 per ‘
cent of the loss are the second larg- ’

est contributing factor. If safety is
to be assured, the chimney should be
built on a solid foundation from the
ground and should never rest on
brackets, beams, joists or floors.
Bricks laid flat and lined with fire
clay make the best and surest
chimneys. Too, chimneys should be
kept clean. The occasional appli-
cation of a handful of ordinary table
salt on the fire, with the dampers
kept open for about thirty minutes,
will reduce the accumulation of
soot. Stoves, regardless of whether
or not they have legs, should never
be‘allowed to rest directly on a wood
floor. Stoves having legs should be
set on sheet asbestos, iron or tin,
and the protection should extend 12
inches beyond the ash pit.

(Continued on page 18‘.)

  

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does enjoy a good old-fashioned “DO YOU LIKE YOUR. NIASTER?”

IT’S PICNICKING TIlWE
loads of home

AGAIN.—H0w one
cooked food set out on a big tablecloth

A COUPLE OF

spread on the -—-—Mrs, Peter Kelley, of (innate, Saint:
eats till they are (flair county, anors us with this pic-

trimmings like ants, flies and hugs, one

\Vm. \Vernette, of Remus, Aleeosta county, ture of her young son Earl with his

ready to bust, and then eats some more.
sent us this interesting picture.

who lives near
Bellaire, for the picture.

   

 

 

HAVING HIS DAY.—“Every do: has‘his day" according “LOOK ’I‘I’IE
to the old saying,
whenever he ean play

Lil‘s. Leo. \Vileox, of Sunlield, Eaton county.

OTHER \VAY.”——Aceording
of Newaygo,
ster is saying, “Aw, say,
’thout everybody watehin’?”

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“ME AND MY DOGS.”
Clarence Irish, of hit. Pleasant, Isabella county,

 

.SOME BUGGS IN THE PORK AND BEANS—Yes,
right, but notice how the word “Bugg” is spelled.

dog. Of course Earl's dog likes him.

5“.

A DUAL PURPOSE CO\V.——Not a horseback
ride but a cowbock ride, and he seems to be en-
joyng himself while the cow is inditl‘erent to it.
all. The picture is by Louis Swaney, Old Mission.

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that is LA\VRIC.\'(‘E A N I) JA(‘K.—“I O u r
This is Phylis, grandson, Lawrence Smith. and his dog,
picture Jack," writes Mr. and Mrs. Mack bmith,

gave this picture of him and him two dogs, a

‘ . James and Gerald Bugs. 0f fileUinn, Alcona county.
001110 and a hound.

was taken by Miss M. Bugg, of the same address.

  

of St. Louis, Gratiot county,

 

TAKING A RIDE.—Donald Brown, of Onekama, Manistee

“COME PIGGIE."——-Col.

“SOME COON."—That's what William and Eleanor
Lombard, of Ithaca, Gratiot county. think, writes their
mother Mrs. Walter Lombard when she sent the pic-

county. is taking his brother,
for a. ride in his nice farm wagon.
to us by the children’s moth

Fred, and his sister,
1e picture was sent
or, Mrs. Dan Brown.

picture of his granddaughter,
her pet pig.

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

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BLIGIIT 1N PMATOES

I would like to know about the

,blight in potatoes and how to con-
trol it.—Sub>csriber,e Bay County.

HEterm “blight” in potatoes is

usually considered to cover
three distinct diseases, Late
Blight, Early Blight and Hopper—

burn, a trouble which Was formerly
known as Tipburn.

Late {Blight is present during cold
rwet seasons and becomes epidemic
in seasons in which the month of
‘July is cold and wet. Following such
reasons much damage is caused by
trotting of tubers in storage.

Early Blight and Hopperburn are
klry season troubles which reduce
yields by a killing or burning of the
leaves of the potato vines.

All three troubles can be combat-
ted by spraying with a 4—4-50 Bor-
deaux Mixture. The first applica-
tion should be made when hte vines
are from 3 to 6 inches tall and
should be followed by succeeding ap-
{plications made at ten-day or two-
,week intervals. For satisfactory
'control, potato vines should be
'sprayed at least four times during
the season—J. E. Kotila, Research
:Assistant in Plant Pathology, Mich-
lfigan State College.

SCHOOL CLOSED

If a district school is closed for

three weeks by the school board on
account of a contagious disease, is
the teacher required to make up the
time in order that the district may
draw its primary money? If so,
can she draw extra money for that
time?——Mrs. L., Lapeer, Michigan.
j 0 deduction shall be made in the
i salary paid the teacher for the
1 time school is closed by the
'school board or the board of health
,because of conatgious diseases.
1' Where school is closed by contagi-
ous disease the school district is re-
quired to make up the time lost to
_entitle them to the regular appor-
‘rtionment of primary money, provid-
;ed it is possible so to do and still
‘allow a reasOnable period for the
summer vacation—G. N. Otwell,
-‘,£Dept. of Public Instruction.

‘VHO GETS CROPS

If A rents a farm of B for two-
thirds of the crops and then B sells
the farm to C can C hold A’s share
of the crops let, on the farm after
March 1st? Is here any law in the
state of Michigan that says that
after March 1st all crops left on
farm that has been rented on shares
go back to the owner of said farm?
w—A. B. C., Springport, Michigan.

F the lease is for a definite period,
the craps which are not harvest-
ed at the expiration of the lease

are forfeited by the tenant and the
landlord or person to whom he sells
is entitled to them.—Legal Editor.

CHICORY FOR WINTER USE

Please send me directions as to
the planting and cultivation of
'ehicory for winter use—S. D., By-
ron Center, Michigan.

am assuming that you are think-
I ing of forcing chicory. Chicory

which is raised out of its nor-
:mal season is usually known as
“whitloof.”

Boots for the cultivation of whit-
loof chicory are grown in the open.
The soil should be deep, very fertile
and well drained. The production of
large roots are necessary for the
growing of large heads. Any soil
which will produce a good crop of
rparsnips should be satisfactory for
the raising of whitloof. Seed from
a good forcing strain should be ob-
,tained. If common chicory seed is
used the results are likely to be dis-
appointing. The seed should be
sewn about the first of June for the
best results. If sown too early the
roots are likely to run to seed. The
plants should be set about five to six
inches apart in the rows, the dis-
tance betewen depends on the fertil-
ity of the soil and the method of
cultivation used. Continuous culti-
Nation throughout the season is ne—
cessary. The roots should be dug
just before the ground freezes; the
tops cut back within one or two
inches of the root and stored in a
cool, moderately moist place where
' [they can be kept dormant.

1 Whitloof chicory may be forced
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(A clearing department for farmers' ever!
to this department receive most careful an

by first class mail.
must accompani the In uiry.
name will not e publis ed.)

ly constructed houses, or outdoors.
The roots should be graded accord-
ing to size and length, three to four
grades are commonly used. Per-
haps, the roots four to five inches
long will produce the best results.
The roots are graded because it is
necessary that all of the tops be
level with each other when they are
placed in the forcing bed.

In the forcing bed the roots
should be placed in an erect position
sufficiently close so as to allow the
sifting of fine soil or sand between
them. In order to produce a good
head, five to six inches of moist sand
is placed on the top of the ground,
the sand should be kept uniformly

“Ypsilanti Jean,”

State Fair,
State Fair and everyone is going.
Girls' Club contests.

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day troubles.
prompt emotion. and
to‘paid-up subscribers, but. complete name and address
if we use your inquiry with the answer In this department your

 

DIEET THIS CHAREIING YOUNG LADY AT THE FAIR

one of the animals which will represent the Brown
Rochester Farm Company, of Rochester, Michigan, at the Greater Michigan

11. All roads this your lead to the
Premiums totalling 575,000 are offered
for prize winning cattle, sheep, swine, horses, poultry, and for Boys' and
Successful Michigan-owned cattle receive an extra. ,
of the regular premiums.

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All requests ’tor Information addressed
a personal answer is sent out

muck and marl on sand land which
has lost its fertility, if used with fer-
tilizer and how much would you
use? Is there a department of the
government to which I, gould apply
to find out how deep I would have
to drill for water in any given local-
ity and would they know if the wa-
ter would be suitable for boiler
feed?——W. V., Adrian, Mich.

the muck soil to which you re-
fer is strongly acid in reaction
or less acid but containing cer-
tain toxic substances, concrete tile
will be attacked by these substances
and Within a comparatively. short
time, the tile will crumble to pieces

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moist at all times. The temperature
of the air immediately above the
forcing bed should be maintained
between 50 and 60 degrees F. Ex-
cellent whitloof may be produced
out of doors. Trenches about 12
inches deep and 15 inches wide are
made the previous fall, covered with
horse manure to prevent the sides
from freezing and early in the
spring filled with roots in the man-
ner previously described. The tem—
perature may be maintained by cov-
ering the sand with a good layer of
horse manure. Planted in this man—
ner the heads will be ready for using
in about a month.

Seed of forcing strains may be
obtained from leading seed housos
in the country—Joseph B. Edmond,
Instructor in Horticulture, M. S. C.

TILING MUCK .

Are drain tile made of portland
cement and sharp sand satisfactory
when used in muck or do they
crumble? Would you advise putting

If the muck is sweet and the tile
are properly constructed they will
prove very satisfactory. Because of
the facts that different mucks vary
to a great extent even in the same
locality and that concrete tile are
often made by inexperienced persons
and are of faulty construction, I am
inclined to recommend the use of
unglazed clay tile on muck land,
simply as a safeguard against possi-
ble breaking down of the drainage
system in the future.

Replying to your second question
I would recommend first of all that
you have your muck and sandy land
tested for acidity and your marl test-
ed for purity. If the muck is strong-
ly acid it would be unwise under any
condition to apply it to your sandy
soil. If your sandy soil is not acid,
it would not require an application
of marl. Unless the marl was fairly
pure, it might not be worth the
hauling to the sandy land.

It the muck is well decomposed
and sweet and the sandy land giving

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Haven‘t you a picture of our home or farm buildings that we can print under
i, ‘ rmer'a large family where you live.
Do not send us the negatives. just a :00

Show the other members 0 The Business

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0‘1,“ more Jada, per. acre» or.
This muck shbuld'*“not be‘

    

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muck.

considered as a. fertilizer but ratherE ' '

as an impro‘ver of the physical con-‘
dition of the soil—to bind the sand!
particles together and increase :the.
water-holding capacity. The res‘
ponses of diflerent soil to applied--
tions of various mucks are so dif-
ferent, however, that I would sug-‘
gest that you try this out. in a small.
way before going to so great an ex-
pense as the treatment of a large‘
field. "
It the sandy land is acid, the ap-
plication of good quality marl need—>
ed to sweeten it would range from
two to six loads per acre depending
on the degree of acidity. If a heavy
application of sweet muck is applied.
the marl might not be needed.
Regarding the depth to which you
would have to drill to secure, the‘
State Geological Survey has records)
secured from wells in your .vicinity.
The most accurate information you"
can obtain can be secured from the\
wells of your nearest neighbors—7
Paul. M. Harmer, Muck Specialist,
Michigan State College. '.

 

ONION MAGGO’I‘S

Could you give me any advise to
stop maggots in onions? I grow
onions every year and when the on-
ion is about three or four inches
high they get in them and just mow
them right down.‘ ‘I would like to
get some kind of dope to stop this.—
J. M., Munger, Michigan.

IN regard to the onion maggot, I
feel like recommending the use
of bichloride. of mercury or cor~
rosive sublimate applied by means
of a watering-pot as re ommended-
for use on radishes and which is
described as follows:
. Recently several experiment sta-‘
tions have reported almost complete
success with a solution of 'corrosive
sublimate poured about the plants
so that the soil is well wetted. The
application has to be repeated sever‘
al times, but thus far it seems to be
the most promising treatment dis-
covered. Corrosive sublimate is a-
vwlet poison, dangerous to all who
handle it. It is the bichloride of
mercury used a a disinfectant, and
it possesses the property of combin--
mg with metals when in solution,
quickly ruining the metals and it-
self breaking down as a result. It is
therefore, imperative that all stor—‘
age or dissolving of the poison be.
done in wooden or glass vessels and
that its contact with the metal of'
buckets, sprinklng .pots, or other.
metal containers be as brief as pos-
Slble. It is applied by means of a
sprinkling pot with the rose re-
moved and preferably partly plug-i
ged,‘in order to provide for the
pouring of a small stream in place;
of the full—sized stream of the spout.‘
The writer also recommends that the.
sprinkler be coated inside with wax,.
asphaltum, or some other water.»
proof material to prevent contact be-
tween the solution and the metal oil
the sprinkler.

Dissolve one ounce of corrosive.
sublimate in eight gallons of water,.
usmg a wooden barrel or some sim—‘r
ilar container. The crystals may be
dissolved in a smaller amount of‘
hot water and the solution stirred‘
into teh full "amount of water, after
which it is transferred to the sprink-
ling pot and poured along the rows
so that the soil around each onion is
fairly Wetted. If a little gets on the
plants they may be slightly burned,,
though such “burning” is not likely.
to be serious. The first application
should be made when the plants
show merely the first pair of leaves.
The treatment should be repeated,l
at intervals of one week, once or
twice or even for four or five times,
in cases of severe infestation. No
solution of greater strength than
one ounce to eight gallons should be,
used, and very favorable results,
have followed the use of one ounce.
to ten gallons.

We find that the corrosive sublim-
ate is better than the poisoned bait
although it is not entirely satisfac—,
tory. at that. It is rather likely-tha.t,
in the course of the coming summer.
a mixture of Bordeaux and oil may.

be perfected and we hope this will.‘

be superior to any of the agents at'
present know.
Bordeaux and oil hasnot yet,

 
     
 

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SATISFIED WITH FARMING
EAR EDITOR: I am a subscrib-
er of your paper and read ev-
erything beginning on the front
page, advertisements and all, and
feel I receive as much or more real
farm knowledge than anything I can
get. I take several farm papers and
receive a‘number of bulletins from
the (M. “S. C. and I see so many ar-
ticles of how the farmer is working
for voting and wants laws enacted
to insure him better prices. Now,
I may be wrong, but here is food
for thought. Isn’t there something
wrong with the farmer today?

As I look at it, it would make
very little difference with the farm-
er if he got 25c for his hogs and 20c
for cattle and four dollars for wheat.
He would have a better car, a better
radio, a finer victrola, electric
lights bath and running water and
buy more gas.

The average man that starts farm—
ing buys a team, a few cows, a sow
or two, a few chickens and such
tools as a wagon rack, plow, drag,
roller, cultivator, drill. Will say he
invests $1,500. That gives his a
fairly good start. If he has the
money to pay cash for all of this he
is starting good, but the average
man will be in debt $1,200.

Now in all fairness do you know
of any business with that amount
of capital that a man can get rent,
fuel, bring up a family, keep an
auto, have a radio, go to a movie
once or twice a week and I say this
in all fairness, he does not work
more than four‘ days in a week.
That would be 208 days in a year
and I don’t think there is a farmer
that will average that.

Now I am not writing this to start
any argument but I am nearly sick
of reading in our papers how this
farmer is getting nothing for his
work. I am a farmer and have a
hundred and twenty acres. 1' sold
last year $2,183.26. Now I had my
house rent, my farm, my meat, p0-
tatoes, butter, lard, eggs, fuel,
cream and garden, apples and win-
ter vegetables. I keep an account
and I know what I got for my cream
and eggs, hogs, wheat, oats, corn,
3. year ago, or for eight years as a
matter of fact.

I am on a farm for two reasons.
N0. 1 is I like farming, I like stock,
I like to take care of them and see
them grow. Reason No. 2, all the
qualifications a farmer needs is a
weak mind and a strong back. I
have both—G. V. Gibbs, Calhoun
County.

RIGHTS OF ABSENT—VOTER-

;EAR EDITOR: It seems to me

' the absent voter is imposing on

other people’s rights when he
registers and votes where he hap—
pens to be working or residing. Fre- ,
quently from outward appearance
rhe can legally vote, while his con-
science will tell him that to vote
legally he should observe Lhe absent
voter’s law.

Before we had the absent voter
law there was some excuse for a
voter claiming a residence, but now
I can see none and it seems to me it
should be discouraged and con—
demned by the public.

I would like to hear from others
on this question.-—-—Ralph Dye, Em-
met County.

WATER AND A PEACH TWIG
0 the Editor: A while ago you
5 wanted to know if there was
anything in searching for an
underground vein of water with a
Dead! branCh. Aesording to my ex—
perience there may be something in
it if the one who holds the branch
has faith enough. When we came
to Michigan, forty-four years ago,
there was an old well near the house
that was walled up with stone. It
Went dry sometimes. One day an
old gentlemen 'who was staying in
the neighborhood made us a visit.
He told me about that way of find-
ing water, and seemed to have great
faith in it. If I remember correct—
ly he had me take a forked apple

v branch (he was too feeble himself)
- and hold it with my thumbs up and
1 out so that my little fingers were.
;,next to the center. not like either

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he editor is sole Judge as to whether letters

of the pictures your paper showed.
As long as I was close to the oldl
well the branch stood upright, but
when I went about half way to the
barn it turned straight down and I
could not make it do otherwise. Aft-
er passing that spot it turned up-
right again and remained that way
until I turned around and came
back to where it had turned down,
and there it turned down again.
The indications seemed to be that
there was a vein of water under
there running in a north-westerly
and south-easterly direction. A few
years after that I got a young man
to help dig a new well. But before
we commenced to dig we bored 3
hole in the bottom of the old well

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and what little water there was in
it about all ran down the hole. We
dug the new well where the twig
had turned down and found good
water at a depth of less than 25
feet. It always looked to me as if
the old man’s faith/helped me find
the water.-——E. W. Shumaker, Eaton
County.

 

MSSES I’I.‘

EAR EDITOR: I didn’t get the

paper for last week and I think

I am missing a lot of fine read-
ing for it is the first paper I have
time for when the mail comes and
I always think at this time of the
year there is the best reading mat-
ter of what should be done on the
farm and what is done by a great
many. I sure enjoy the gospel mes—
sage and the young people’s page
and their motto “Do your best.”
Well,‘ I hope you will do your best
and send me my paper.——Mrs. E. S.
\Lewiston, Michigan.

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pleased with your magazine.

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We lived on a farm. last year

and after this year we want to live
there all the time.
some capital to start on a new farm.
We live in the “Chemical City” now
but we can hardly wait till we get
back to the sod. It’s an awful hard
drop to come down from $99.00 to
$120.00 every two weeks to _'ust the
cows and chickens but hea h sure
helps to balance the scales in favor
of the farm. Farm papers are the
backbone of the farmers of today
and we sure like your paper.——-A'
Farmer Now and Always, Mrs. G.
M., Midland, Michigan.

We all like THE BUSINESS FARMER
very much so we don’t like to miss any
number of it. Once more I want to thank
you and assure you that we will always
be Business Farmer friends and speak
good words for it whenever we can.—
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Are There Others?

N the last issue, this column con-
tained a commuincation from
Mrs. Chas. S., Dowagiac, in

which the possibility of manufactur-
ig alcohol from corn stalks was set
forth. ..It was
taken from an
encyclopedia and
was so very logi-
cal that a few
w o r d s of com-
ment were given
by me. In brief,

an abundance of
power could be
developed f r o m
t h e a l c o h o l
which the wast-
ed corn stalks
w o u l (1 make.
Now comes a letter from Mrs. N. A.
W. of Frankfort, who is much af—
fected because the manufacture of
alcohol from cornstalks finds such
favor with us. Her letter substan-
tially is as follows:

“There is an article in the M. B.
F. in the ‘Broadscope Farm News
and Views’ which affected me very
much, and I want you to have my
view of the question. I am, in favor
of boosting my county, state and
country, but I am not in favor of
boosting it with alcohol, made eith-
er from corn stalks, grain or from
other sources. It is a fact that alco-
hol can be made to run any kind of
machinery, and man is the most del-
icate piece of machinery made and
it can run man as well as tractors
or engines, if he is addicted to the
habit, and I can honestly and shame-
fully say that a goodly number of
my own sex indulge. I say, feed the
cornstalks to the cattle and sheep,
and reap the benefit from them, and
the grain into that which will sus-
tain life, instead of inebriating our
men and boys, as well as some of
our women and girls, and making
slouches of them. The world has
fallen low enough. Let’s lift it up.
This may be a cry far or near but it
ought to be so far that it could nev-
er be landed. I am no friend to
King Alcohol or any of his relation.
It is certain that the world is mov-
ing fast and faster with every suc-
ceeding year, and soon it will run
over itself—then what? Every knee
shall bow and every tongue shall
confess to God and perhaps the mak—
ing of alcohol will be one of the evils
they will have to confess. If one
were sure that nothing but the ma-
chinery would drink it, it would be
different. But appetite is strong,
and it will get it’s share.”

There may be others who, like
Mrs. N. A. W. are grieved to think
we endorsed such a thing. But Mrs.
N. A. W. is mistaken. Alcohol is
being made in large quantities for
industrial purposes all the time, and
contains a certain per cent of wood
alcohol which is a deadly poison.
The alcohol which results from this
mixture is known as denatured al-
cohol, and anyone using it as a bev-
erage would do so at a risk of their

 

L. W . MEEKS

it showed what'

life. Every fall and winter vast
quantities of it are sold to any one
who will ask for it. It is used in
auto radiators to make an anti-
freeze solution. No one ever buys it
to drink. If it was good as a bev-
erage it would be a rather cheap
one, as it only costs 75 or 80 cents
a gallon.

The manufacture of this indus-
trial alcohol is under government
regulation and restriction and there
is no doubt but what it will be made
in great quantities at no distant date
to compete with gasoline as motor
fuel.

But this will have nothing to do
with the alcohol as referred to by
Mrs. N. A. W. “Alcohol for beverage
will get a black eye from the Broad-
scope man, as quickly as from any
of the M. B. F. folks, and this leads
up to the present agitation to have
the 18th Amendment, or Volstead
Act, modified. Away with such a
backward step! Any man, and there
are many of them, who claims the
dry law is a failure, needs some en-
lightenment, if he has a capacity ca-
pable of it. Sure, the dry law is
being violated and so are all laws,
but that isn’t the fault of the law.
Just now a movement is on foot to
have each state vote on it again, for
its own endorsement. The wets are
all in favor of this vote being taken,
while most drys are against it. Why
is it the drys are much against such
a vote? Simply this: The drys have
a chance to lose something, and
surely can gain nothing; while the
wets have a possible, though a very
remote chance of gaining something,
and surely they can’t 10se any more
than they have.

Then ,too, a vote on this matter
is always rather unfair to the cause
in question because all in favor of
the wets will go and vote, while a
large percent of the drys will stay
away from the polls, not but What
they are infavor of the drys Win-
ning, but they are not interested
enough to go and help win. Many
Straw votes are taken for this and
that question, and invariably those
who will gain a little, vote; and
those who would gain nothing and
lose nothing do not vote. The re-
sult is, straw votes are really straw
votes, and do not amount to any-
thing when facts are considered.

This all could be“ used in an ad-
dress to the public on their duty as
citizens. Women have been given
the ballot, and all men have had it,
and yet what a small per cent go to
the polls and use the privilege. It
should be compulsory. And believe
me, when every person in the United
States will go and vote their honest,
heart felt conviction on this or that
matter, we need have no fear as a
nation for the good people outnum-
ber the others by undreamed of
numbers. The trouble is, the good
people are too willing to let the
other good fellow do it, and the
fellow on the wrong never takes a
chance on letting some one else do
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TEXT: "Being built upon the founda-
tion of the apostles and prophets, Christ
Jesus himself being the chief corner

' stone; in whom each several building,

nth framed together, groweth into an
holy temple in the Lord." Ephesians
2:20, 21.

CHURCH equipped with rock.

ing chairs thruout, is what a

blueprint calls for in a Florida
city.~ The production test of this
church probably will be low. We
need many high-producing plants to
develop enough Christian faith to go
around. The absence of vital and
prolific churches goes far to account
for the wide impression that Christ-
ianity is failing. To return to the
rugged Christianity of Christ and
the apostles is the challenge of the
hour.

The early apostle steered clear
of that church hierarchy at Jerusa-
lem that sat smug in their ceremon-
ials rocking chairs. 0, yes, this
faction wanted folks to join the
church, but they posed as the only
God-appointed doorkeepers and kept
God’s grace under lock and key.
They were the sole guardians of life
and all erring mortals must con-
form. Do you have any such church
around you? Another has well said,
“His (Christ’s) word was not—ye

“ must be born alike; but, ye must be

born again."

First of all, our blue-print calls
for a solid foundation. Added spe-
cifications will be found in Acts,
the fiftenth chapter. Is this founda-
tion ceremonial? Not in the hard,
legalistic sense. It needs no prop-
ping-up with a rigid formality in
rites and creeds. All this is with-
out commandment and is, therefore,
sinful presumption. It is to en-
croach upon the foundation of
Christ in religion. It is to close the
door to the Builder. This is disas-
trous. The New Testament imprint
of the church represents 3. Gospel
unencumbered by the traditions of
men, and condemns any attempt at
setting it into a formalistic caste.
Paul went out with a Gospel for the
far-flung foreigner and adapted its
privileges for race or color, and no
distinction between slave and mas—
ter. Each soul must build upon
Christ. “For other foundation can
no man lay than that which is laid,
which is Jesus Christ.” And this is
yet the unadulterated Gospel. How
pitiable that in modern times we
have so cluttered up the gateway to
life with sectarian demands as to
make trial of God! Nicodemus, with
leadership and power; and the
young ruler with wealth and influ-
ence, were rejected because they put
church above Christ. How unlike
the poor, despised woman at the
well who gladly forsook the church
of her fathers for her Savior!
Christianity is yet as condemning as
ever as to a usurping denomination-
alism, but as rugged as ever in its
demands for the true sanctities of
life: love, purity and brotherhood.
These are elemental in the founda-
tion of Christ and the apostles.

We can hardly find fault with a
denominationalism that is an organ:
ized and practical arrangement for
the carrying out of Protestant
Christianity. Such a plan is yet tem-
peramentally, geographically, and
racially convenient. But let us en-
courage only such organizations and
ceremonies that develop a pure
faith instead of a biased one; and
that honor the primitive, universal
Savior instead of the modern, de-
nominationalized Christ. The Gos-
pel is spiritual and democratic in its
demands. It issues spiritual man-
dates that can be understood by the
common, universal man; and con—
demns any encroaching and exclu-
sive church authority. Next, this
blue-print stands for a united or co-
operating church. Its specifications
unite the Gentile and the Jew. Our
text will help us to visulaize the
unity in the early church. Antioch,
Corinth, Ephesus, Rome, all these
were churches founded by the apes—

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of administration on these Christian
centers. He and other apostles could
labor here and there amongst differ-
ing peoples and with methods that
varied, yet with the general under-
standing and confidence, that the
result of their teaching the same
Christ would beget unity among all.
Such was the catholic condition of
the early church.

But since that day, a church hier-
archy has arisen to impose strict
and. uncharitable demands. Such a
clique is dangerous for they prefer
selfish conquest to working unity
and good-will. This is honey-comb-
ing the true foundation. The apos-
tolic way led to a federation that
was fair and need not compromise
any essential doctrine or Christian
method. This cooperation makes
more attractive the position of the
individual church in the community
by breaking down self—caused bar—
riers. When a united spiritual
movement is made on this common
ground, it is power invincible and

  

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, of can! Christianity
to go around. To pray: “Thy kin:-
dom cone,” is futile until we work
together and work with God.

But again. our blue-print implies
missionary church. “Each several
building growing” pictures a collect-
ive world church in action. The
early church afforded proof of its
love for men. But we know that
Christianity was ordained as the
religion of truth and love, and the
church was called out to prove this
to the world. The world cannot be
saved by professions of love but by
the incarnation of love in the
church. How can we look for peace
and general good-will when we have
so much denominational dissention?
"Each several building (church) fit-
ly framed together, groweth into an
holy temple in the Lord.” Christen-
dom must return, chastened by the
Spirit of God, to this apostolic ideal.
Then the ramparts of evil will fall.
“That they may all be one ‘ ‘ ’ that
the world may believe that thou
didst send me" is a farewell prayer
of our Lord. The first and highest
mission of the Christian church is
the collective one of growing into an
holy temple thru love. It has no
healing message for the world until
then.

But whence the power to love
across geographical dimensions, ra-
cial diflerences, ceremonial barriers,
and social customs? Even at the
Cross. This is corner—stone religion.
In the Cross is Love conquering.
Nineteen centuries ago, sin thru a
self—righteous church and an imper-
ialistic state, thought it had con-

 

 

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altered by nailing Christ to the
Cross. Well, we have not entirely
forgotten the Cross. We put it on‘
our steeples, paint it on our win»-
dows, and sing it from rocking—chair
and cushioned pews. But is it “the
old, rugged Cross, the emblem of
suffering and shame”? Individuals
have always responded to the ap-
peal of this Cross, but have the
churches? When the churches dare
to live the rugged religion of the
Cross, the world will dare to follow.

BIBLE THOUGHTS

THE RIGHTEOUS shall inherit the
land, and dwell therein for ever. The
law of his God is in his heart; none
of his steps shall slide—Psalm 37:
29, 31.

O COME, let us worship and bow
down: let us kneel before the Lord
our maker. For he is our God; and
we are the people of his pasture—-
Psalm 95:6, 7.

SEEK YE THE LORD while he may
be found, call ye upon him while he
is near: let the wicked forsake his
way, and the unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him return unto
the Lord, and he will have mercy
upon him; and to our God, for he
will abundantly pardon—Isaiah 55:
6, 7.

I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT,
I have finished my course, I have
kept the faith. Henceforth there is
laid up for me a crown of righteous-
ness—2 Timothy 4:7.

 

 

 

 

 
    

ALWAYS LABOR DAY WEEK
September 5th to: 11th
I) E ‘l‘ R 0 l ‘l‘

The Greater

 

Dramatizing the

. AGRICULTURAL
PROGRESS of
a Great State!

Michigan’s wealth has doubled in the past
Wherever the citizen of Mch-
igan travels, he hears men talk of the
tremendous advancement of his great

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ten years.

home state.

SUCCCSSCS .

 

The year’s agricultural prosperity is now
in the making. When September rolls
around, the Greater MICHIGAN
STATE FAIR will present an inspiring
picture of fresh triumphs of the farmer.

This great educational spectacle is being
made ready. It will show the State’s best in
grain, fruit, vegetables, live stock—in every-
thing pertaining to agriculture. It will
point the way to higher standards and new

Make up your mind NOW to see
(his great picture of progress.

You should be an exhibitor.

Michigan State Fair
ls YOUR FAIR

Sept. 5th—11th

Follow the Arrows

-the Safety way—-

to the Fair, Grounds
Detroit

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On the west side of the river,
where we lived, the country consist-
ed of large, rich sugar and rice
plantations, and million dollar sugar
refineries, and large lumber indus-
tries, While on the east side which
was now flooded consisted of the
average small farms of the South.

As we stood on the levee we could
see it lined with people in each di-
rection as far as we could see. Some
had tents, others only sheets or
blankets to shelter them from the
burning sun, and a government boat
patrolled the levee each day serving
them with rations until the waters
would recede and they could return
to their homes . We pulled the heat
over the levee and went with the
current, the water was from ten to
fifteen feet deep, all crops were sub-
merged and only the roofs of ‘the
houses were above the surface.

It was a sad sight, and we felt
relieved when our boat reached the
levee at Bayou Goula, six miles
above White Castle, where we left
in the morning, and only about the
same distance from the crevasse, the
river making a horseshoe bend.
George Gleason was at White Castle
with No. 5 waiting for us.

On reaching home my partner
said, “Michigan may have cold and
stormy winters and in summer we
may lose some crops by frost, but I
prefer it to what we saw today," and
we decided not to buy a home in
southern Louisianna.

Two weeks later I came north to
visit the World's Fair at Chicago,
also to visit my home in Michigan.
My brothers wanted to sell their in-
terest in the home place and the
saw mill. I bought them out and
married a nice little Swede girl 'who
had been a schoolmate.

After visiting the northern resorts
on our honeymoon, including Mack-
inac Island, we left Michigan in Sep-

 

By ED. 0. ALLEN

WE WILL PAY YOU FOR YOUR STORY OF PIONEER DAYS

are sorry that this is the final installment of “Pioneering in

Michigan" which, according to many of our readers, proved to

be the most interesting story we have ever published, but it is

a true story, without any fiction to give it length, and Mr. Allen told

it in his own, interesting style. ' He told us something about his father

and how he came to choose Michigan as his future home. Then he

told of how they established their homestead in Osceola. county, and

what they had to do to make both ends meet, beginning in the year

of 1876 when they came to this state by prairie schooner and ending
the story with present day conditions.

We feel sure there are many of Michigan’s pioneers who have read
this story and perhaps more than once felt the urge to take a pencil
or pen in hand and write some of their early experiences, but they
kept putting it oif. Don’t put it 011‘ any longer. We want those un-
written stories to publish in our columns, and you “old timers" owe
it to your neighbors and the younger generations in particular to have
these published. We will pay $5.00 for the best Michigan pioneering
story by an actual pioneer that we receive between now and August
1st; $3.00 for second best, and $2.00 for the third best. Also we will
pay $1.00 each for any other stories entered in the contest that we use.

we are setting the closing date well ahead to give you ample time to

get all of your data together and prepare your story, but if you can
send your story in right away do so before you forget it or get too busy.
Just write it up in your own style and if there are any mistakes we
will gladly correct them for you. You have had the actual pioneering
experiences and we have the newspaper training, so we can work to-

gether. Make your story any length you see fit.

 

 

tember for Louisianna. On reaching
there we were grieved to learn that
our mutual friend, my partner, was
taken with consumption, and al-
though he spent the winter in New
Mexico, it did not help.

A bad feature of southern Louisi-
anna is the malaria, and those who
went back to their homes after the
flood, with so much decaying matter
in that warm climtae, suffered a
heavy death toll.

We finished our contract in the
south and returned to Michigan in
1894, took possession of the old
homestead and saw mill and have
lived here ever since that time,
farming in summer and logging and
running the mill in winter.

During the last thirty years, in
addition to farming, I have been en-
gaged in other things, having been
in the wholesale lumber business at
Grand Rapids and operating several
saw mills in lower Michigan and one
in Mississippi, also buying and sell-
ing timber lands in Upper Michigan
and on some of the Islands.

Was in a company manufacturing
porch and lawn furniture, coat
hangers and fireless cookers, carry-
ing on the manufacturing at Tra—
verse City, Grand Rapids, Muskegon
and Grand Haven. In 1911 I decid-
ed to close up some of these busi-
ness enterprises, among them our
interest in the mill and timber on
High Island to “King Benjamin" or

 
  
   
  
   
 
   
  
  
 
   
 
   
    
    
   
  
 
   
    
  
  
 
    
   
   
   
 
   
   
 
  
   
    
   
  
   
  
   
   
  
  
  
  
    
 
    
   
   
  
 

the House of David. We have them
all closed out, and have devoted our
entire time since 1912 to our farm—
ing and improving our place.
Twenty years ago I built the chil-
dren the playhouse shown in the
picture, which they and their friends
enjoyed until they grew up. In
1916 we built the beautiful concrete
swimming pool, leaving an island, so
the old playhouse is used for a
dressing-room or bath house, and we
all now enjoy it,» including our
friends. '
Many tourists stop every day in
summer to take pictures of our

place, and we often feel flattered by I
the compliments received from the ‘

tourists, many even from other!
states declaring it the most beauti-
ful farmyard they ever saw, and our
Grand Rapids Sunday Herald, .of
September 17th, 1922, in an Illus-
trated article speaks of it as “the
most beautiful farmyard in West-
ern Michigan," and the “most beau-
tiful front yard on the entire Mack:-
inaw Trail," so why should we want
to leave the farm? For years we
have had our house equipped with
modern improvements, including but
and cold running water, electric
lights, telephones, and now the ra-
dio. We enjoy all the comforts of a
city home, and more, especially all
products of the farm and garden
as we want them. “My father, after
visiting every country in the world
and making the entire circle of the
globe three times, chosa this spot,
and it was his home until his death,
at the age of 98 years, July 19th,
1915.

Although I have never visited
foreign lands, I have traveled from
the Atlantic to the Pacific and from
the Gulf of Mexico far into Canada
and have been in nearly every state
in the Union, and my observations
have been that no one section pos-

(Continued on Page 19)

 

 

  fly mmeméerea’ 5y Step/zen Allen, Jr.

 

Faun the Tustin Times, Jan. 7, 1915

I‘ve a picture in m memory of boyhood’s happy days,
Of the pioneers of ’69 and their quaint old fashioned

way '

And the dresses,of the ladies, when out on pleasure bent,
Stretched over those big hoop skirts, much like a circus

tent.

hemlock brush,

it yet.

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The men were not so stylish, they never are in fact,
But they looked very nifty, in leggins and snow packs;

And when there was 3 raising they came from near and far,
They didn’t have no horses, and they didn‘t have no car.

There wasn’t any wages, and there wasn't any feast,
Just a plain donation given by man and beast:
For, the ox, he was a helper, and wasn’t worth no ay,

And all he got for services was a bundle of mars

He always was considered slow, and never in a rush;
His barn was sometimes very cold, and thatched with

hay.

The ways the walls were chinked, I never will forget,
And the kind of mortar that they used, I think I smell

The dwelling house was better and as warm as they could
With floors made out of puncheon and roof made out of

A fire place in the corner built of stones and sticks,
It was not so very pretty, it took the place of bricks.

To get a pail of water, it took quite a while,
And after they had gotten it, they carried it a mile,

So to get the water nearer, they now prepared you see,
They went to splitting curbing from a straight-grained

The way to locate water was considered quite a. trick;
They would firmly grasp and follow a crotched hazel

 

And so along they’d walk, and follow it around,
Until imagination said it pointed to the ground.

Here water was the nearest, right here they’d start a well,
They’d sotinetime dig a hundred feet and find it dry as

But when they struck the water, it was declared by odds
To be both pure and sweeter than the nectar of the gods.

 

Sometimes they’d have a logging bee, a supper and a ball,
With only one musician to fiddle and to call;

They all were hale and hearty, and happy too, I vow,
With not so much to worry them as kings and queens

have now.

There wasn’t any game laws then, and so we killed the

deer,

Whenever meat was needed, all seasons of the year,
The pigeon too was plentiful and sometimes made a fry,
The chicken isn’t in it with a good old pigeon pie.

I’ll tell you of our school house as it stood in days of yore,
This too was built of logs, sixteen by twenty-four,

The desks were fastened to them, it seemed, I now recall,
A bunch of happy children, with their faces to the wall.

The benches made of puncheon, with slivers, too, you bet,
When I do not have a cushion I think I feel them yet.
It was here we fought mosquitos with bills so' long and

stout,

Until the teacher built a smudge and smoked the critters

out.

I’m living in- a city now where everything is grand;
The autos keep you dodging, you will  no place to

stand .

Yet in the crowded thorofare I sometimes want to trace -
This picture in my memory that time will not erase. . -.

 

 

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RUIT AND ORCHAR

=Edited by HERBERT NAFZIGER, Berrien County '_D

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(Mr.,Nale¢er wlll be pleased to answer our quoatlons regarding the frult and orchard. There,
Is no charge for thls)servlco If your subscr ptlon Is field In advance and you le recolve a personal

reply by early mall.

THE OOOPERATORS, COOPERATE
HEN the first co-ops were or—
ganized in Michigan the mem—
bers thought that everything

necessary had been done and that

they would\sogn have the world’s
. markets at their

feet. It was
thought that 25
to 100 farmers
banded together
to ship their pro-
duce in carlots
could certainly
make more of a
splash that one
lonesome farmer
“bucking” the
market by him-
self. It soon be-
came evident,
however, that ev<
en 25 to 100
farmers working together could
make only a small impression after
all in the great national and world
markets. Cut-throat competition be-
tween co-ops also manifested itself
and the buyers sometimes had a
very enjoyable time pitting one co-
op against the other. These and
other considerations led to the or-
ganization of central exchanges
which banded the co-ops together.
These exchanges can handle a large
volume of goods under one label, ad—
vertise to advantage, protect the
co-ops against unscrupulous buyers,
press railroad claims, hire highly ef-
ficient salesman, etc.

One curious thing about organ-
ization was the fact that in some in-
stances the managers of the co—ops
were just as loath to cooperate with
the central as some farmers had
been to cooperate with the co-ops.
It seems to be a universal human
trait to want to paddle one’s own
canoe and toot one’s own horn, but
sooner or later we all learn that the
only way to make a success of co-
operation is to cooperate.

In this connection it is interest-
ing to note that the Michigan Fruit
GrOWers, Inc., has been in the habit
of holding farmers’ meetings in
which the managers of the co—ops
get to—gether with the manager of
the central office, to exchange ideas,
increase“ efficiency, work out im-
rproved methods of management, etc.

These meetings were so succesful
that now it is proposed to set up a
Board of Managers in addition to
the regular Board of Directors. This
Board of Madagers will hold regu-
lar meetings and here are some of
the topics which have been suggest-
ed for analysis and discussion. Study
each Association’s membership plan
of organization. Compare operating
methods for handling of fruit. Me-
thods of pooling returns to mem—
bers. Purchasing of supplies. Mar—
gins of‘profit and prices on supplies
retailed. Suggestions for improving
service, organization and equipment.
Work out sales plans for different
varieties of fruit. Discuss prices,
grades, and all other problems and
suggestions that may come up.

In commenting on this plan the
management of the Michigan Fruit

 

Herbert Nafziger

Growers Inc. states: “We are all:

striving for one objective viz; mak-
ing cooperative fruit enterprise suc-
cessful, and there isn’t any better
way to bring that about than by the
frank and friendly comparison of
facts, figures and methods among
the twenty—odd men who are respon-
sible for the management of cooper-
ative fruit organizations in the
state.”

The cooperators are learning to
cooperate.

TREES FAIL TO BEAR FRUIT

I would like to know why our
plum tree does not set fruit. It

blossoms but does not bear any fruit.

We also have a transparent apple be-
side it that never bears any apples.
We sprayed the plum but it never
holds any fruit. What is the best
time to set out blackcap berries
and which kind is the best?———-L. R.
K., Stanwood, Michigan.

F your plum tree does not set
fruit then it probably needs an—
other tree to fertilize the blos—

soms. If it sets fruit and the fruit
drops then the trouble is likely to
be caused by the plum curculio,
which can be controlled by proper
spraying. Mix your materials ac-
cording to this formula: 11/1. gal-
lons lime—sulphur and 11/2 pounds
of powdered arsenate of lead to 50
gallons of water. Spray the tree
immediately after the blossoms have
dropped and two weeks later spray
again. Be sure to spray on time
and spray thoroughly. Do not try
to save any of the mixture for future
use but make a fresh batch for each
spray. Your transparent apple tree
can be sprayed with the same mix-‘
ture and in the same manner except
that an additional spray must be
applied just before the blossoms
open.

Set your blackcaps early in spring.

Cumberland is without doubt the
best variety that you could plant.

DRESSING LARGE WOUNDS

I would like to know if asphalt
paint or asphaltic roof putty would
be injurious to apple trees if applied
to large wounds caused by cutting
off large, broken limbs or split
crotches? Or would portland ce—
ment be better, or is there some—
thing better?—W. C., Weidman,
Michigan.

FOR dressing large wounds on ap-
ple trees we would recommend
you use either White lead paint
or melted grafting wax. This should
be brushed on with a stiff brush. An
antiseptic can be added to the paint
to make it more effective. M. S. C.
recommends an ounce of cyanide of
mercury dissolved in a little turpen-
tine to be mixed in gallon of paint.

We have found it best not to paint
a fresh, green wound until it has
had a chance to dry out and check.
Paint applied on a green wound will
check along with the wood thus
opening cracks in the covering.
After a wound has dried out, how—
ever, either the paint or the melted
wax will make an air-tight covering.

 

 

MEET PROF. J. F. COX, OF M. S. 0., FOLKS

the College.

State College.

 

Prof. J. F. Cox

ROF. JOSEPH F. COX, as Professor of Farm
Crops and Head of the Farm Crops Section
of the Michigan State College, is perhaps

better known to the farmers of this state than
the majority of the other department heads at
. ' He graduated from the Ohio State
UmverSIty in 1912 and took the position of in-
structor and assistant; in soils at the Pennsylvania.
In the year of 1914 he came to
M. S. C. He was on leave of absence in 1918,
during service as 1st lieutenant, A. S. A. P., dur-
ing the war period. Also had four months leave,

from January to May, 1924, during which time

he acted as secretary of the Federated Seed Service, a cooperative

assooiation of seven cooperative seed distributing agencies with head-

- quarters at the American Farm Bureau Seed Department. Our own

State Farm Bureau was a member.

The summers of 1922 and 1925

were spent in the northwest making special seed investigations in the
alfalfa and clover seed areas. He is author of “Crop Production and
Soil Management”, a contributor to the “Book of Rural Life” and co-
author with Prof. George E. Starr of “Seed Production and Market.

ring in Arnericafif ‘

 

 

B 'U s I N-‘E ss F A’R-M‘E R

Let’s put back  
what we take iron: the soil N 

EN who make good money at farming

are very careful to keep their soil fer-

. . . tile and rich. They realize that there

are poor years and good years in farming but

that the man who puts manure on his fields
in the right way will reap big profits.

The McCormick-Deering Manure Spreader is one of
the most valuable, machines on the farm. It increases
yields, pays for itself in a hurry and goes on building
bank accounts.

It spreads smoothly and evenly, putting on just as
light or just as heavy a coat as you want. The pitch-
fork method of spreading cannot equal the yields that
follow the McCormick-Deering. That has been proved
many times. Besides, hand spreading is hard work;
the McCormick-Deering saves many hours of time and
much hard labor. Its good strong heaters tear the
manure rapidly and spread it well beyond the wheels.

See the real Wide-spread spreader at the local dealer’s store.

INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY

of America
(Incorporated )1

606 50. Michigan Ave.

McCormick-
Deer-ing

Chicago. Ill.

 

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS PLEASE
MENTION THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER

 

 

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f—hu'tmeansnouARsfta on ,I‘

A few cents spent for Solvay brings back many
dollars from increased crops. Solvay sweetens
sour soil,brings it quickly to rich productiveness.

Be sure you order Solvay-it’s the best lime dollar for
dollar you can buy. High test, furnace dried, finely
ground, will not burn—in 100 lb. bags or in bulk.

Write for the new illustrated booklet to

THE SOLVAY PROCESS COMPANY .
Detroit, Mich.

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“blessed with-children. Perhaps with“ 
would find a little boy or girl they-would {like to
take into their home and lat adopt. ‘ I

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BUSINESS FARMER

SATURDAY, JUNE 19. 1920

Edited and Published by
THE RURAL PUBLISHING COMPANY, lne.
GEORGE M. SLOOUM, President
- Mt. Clemens. Michigan
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SEND US YOUR STORY OF PIONEER DAYS

OME on, you pioneers, let’s hear from you!
The interesting story, “Pioneering in Mich-
igan,” by Ed. C. Allen, is concluded is this

issue and we want to hear from others who were
early settlers in this state. Mr. Allen came to
Michigan in 1867. We are sure there are many
of our readers who have been here even since
before that and they could tell us an extremely
interesting story of their struggles to set up a
home and eke out an existence.

As one reader pointed out to us, it is such stor-
ies, true in every way, that will really show the
next generations what real pioneers did, saw and
lived through. We want some of these true
stories to publish in our columns, and, as an-
nounced on page 10, we are willing to pay for
them. The best one we receive between now and
August lst will bring the writer a cash prize of
$5.00; second prize will be $3.00, and third prize
$2.00. Then for every additional letter we pub-
lish we will pay $1.00 each. Turn to page 10 and
read more about it.

DO YOU WANT TO HELP?

F course every farm woman will read Mrs.
Annie Taylor’s letter to her readers in this
issue but the majority of the men folks will

probably overlook it, and this editorial is for
their benefit.

Mrs. Taylor makes the suggestion that possibly
many of our readers would be interested in giv-
ing some little city boy or girl an opportunity to
regain their health by letting him or her spend a
vacation, even though it may be a short one, on
their farms. There are thousands of children in
Detroit and other large cities in Michigan who
are leaving the hospital or are on their way to it
Whose health would be restored to them in a
short time if they could live for a few weeks
on a farm where they could enjoy plenty of fresh
air, sunshine and healthful food. Many are dy-
ing just for the want of fresh air and sunshine
so by taking one or several into your home this
summer you would be saving lives of future
citizens of our country.

Go out to the cornfield and notice the differ—
ence in the growing corn under a tree and out in
the open. The corn in the shade of the tree is
small, and the leaves a sickly yellow and many
hills failed to come up, but out in the sunshine
the plants are husky and dark green in color.
Why out in the open where the sun can shine
down on it at all times of the day you can fairly
see the corn grow, while under the trees it seems
to be dying, and the chances are that it never will
mature. The same idea can be applied to a sick
child. In the city Where sunshine and fresh
air are at a premium, if possible at all, the child
is like the corn under the tree, but take it to the
country where it can be outof doors all day long
and you can usually see it gain strength and the
cheeks gradually take on a. healthy color, just as
the corn out in the sunshine gets a rich green
color and grows rapidly. '

The expense to you would be practically nil.
Fresh air and sunshine are free, so all you would
be required to furnish would be what little food
they ate. We are sure that you would be repaid
many times by watching them regain their health
and feeling that perhaps you had saved at least
one life. ' ‘ I

Also there are couple! Eloise?! 

you would like to help in this work and advise
how many you believe you could take this sum-
mer, when you want them, whether you~can fur-
nish fare for them toget to your home, if you
desire them to be of any particular religious de-
nomination, and “any other information that
might occur to you. We are anxious to place boys
and girls from the large cities, like Detroit,
Grand Rapids, Lansing and Saginaw, but if you

prefer them nearer home just say so and we will

take care of you.
How many will you take?

MORE SERVICE FROM M. S. O.

E have all been very proud over the fact

that Michigan’s main highways are as fine

as can be found any place in the country,
and, in our enthusiasm to keep improving them
still more, we have forgotten to some extent the
fact that we also have some “back roads” that
need attention. However, the farmers who live
along these “back roads'" have not forgotten, es-
pecially during the spring, months when often
they are unable to travel the roads to the main
highways in their cars.

The subject of “back roads" has been avoided,
and the fact that It is a most important one ig-
nored because, in most cases, counties and town-
ships are in poor shape to give it the proper at-
tention. The State Board of Agriculture recog-
nizing this has appropriated a sum of money
making it possible for the engineering Division
of the M. S. C. to assist counties. County and
township officials are changing continually. Many
times they just get to understand their job when
they are defeated in another election and a new
man, as green as grass, takes the oflice. The Col-
lege can help these men get ahold of their job
and produce results soon after entering oifice,
thus savings the taxpayers considerable money.
Read the article in this issue on this subject.

STANDARDIZING THE ROAD-SIDE MARKET
T is very interesting to note that an organiza-
tion has been formed to standardize Michigan's
road-side markets and the State Department
of Agriculture will enforce the regulations adopt-
ed under the food, dairy and fruit and vegeta-
ble laws now in existence. No new laws will be
needed, they say, nor new jobs created. This is
fine but we would like to be permitted to make
a suggestion right here and it is that the owuer—
ship and operation of the road-side market he re—
stricted to farmers.
The road—side markets have increased in num-
ber, along with the mileage of good roads, until

they have become an important factor in the

marketing of many crops on farms situated on or
near main highways. Farmers have found they
can get a better price right at their own front
door for some of their fresh produce than they
can if they take it to town, while the city con-
sumer With a car is gradually beginning to de-

pend on trips into the country to keep his supply *

of many kinds of food fresh. The peddler who
is in the hrhit of buying from commission mer—
chants or going out into the country and buy—
ing a load direct from the farmer to peddle
out from house to house in the city is finding this

 

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‘ quality or condition, and most '0: them are there

to get every cent they can without thought of
their reputation. They haven’t much invested
and can move if business gets too dull.- But
how about the farmer? He has too much in-
vested to change his location~ over night. If.
some peddler operating a market in his locality'
has given the neighborhood a, black eye it is the
farmer who suffers.

The road-side market has been called Michi-
gan’s best advertising medium. Tourists from
nearly every state in the Union travel over our
roads and at these markets inspect samples of
Michigan fruit, vegetables, butter, eggs, poultry.
etc. If it is of‘good quality they carry away a
good impression but if it is of poor quality the
effect is quite the opposite, and whatever im-
pression is made is passed along to their friends
and carried back to their home state.

By all means let us standardize the road-side

market but let us also keep the ownership and ‘

operation in the hands of the farmer.
BACK TO THE FARM

was interesting to note the statement made

by one of our crop correspondents in our last

issue regarding the back to the farm move-
ment this spring. She wrote “Many farmers ab-
sent for several years from their farms have re-
turned this spring and glad to return from cities."

Like every other farmer who moves to the city
these farmers found out that “all is not gold that
glitters," that the soft jobs with big pay were not
as plentiful as they had believed they were, and
the income from the farm was really larger than
they had always thought. In the city they had
to pay for every mouthful of food, then there
was house rent and any number of small things
that they had failed to take into consideration
down on the farm.

It was a good thing that these farmers went
to the city. We wish every farmer in Michigan
could put in a year working in a city factory be-
cause he would return to the old. farm wiht‘ a
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TO CARRY FIGHT TO CORN BORER
T a recent meeting in Chicago representatives
from the corn-belt states decided not to wait
for the European corn borer to come to the
corn belt but to go and meet it and help fight it
in the states already invaded. Now these repres-
entatives must have the backing of the farmers
or their fight will be almost a hopeless one, and
so far it seems that only where the borer has
really become established is the averagefarmer
seriously interested. '

Fighting the borer after it has once invaded
a territory is like locking the barn after the horse
has been stolen. Every farmer should take this
European corn borer situation very seriously and
fight it for all he is worth.

MOONSHJNE FARMERS

OME farmers about ready to retire have rent-
ed their farms to aforeigners at a rather
high figure only to learn later on that their
tenants were less interested in farming than in
distilling. Most of the stills found in operation
recently have been on rented farms and eighty
per cent of them in the hands of foreigners. In
most cases the owner of the farm does not know
what is going on, as the tenant makes a show of
farming in order to avert suspicion. It is wise
to be suspicious of the man who is willing to pay
a high rental for a farm regardless of its value

for agricultural purposes.

. PETER PLOW‘S PHILOSOPHY

’Cording to facts and figures, the life of 9. doi—
lar bill, which makes up the bulk of the paper
money in this country, is only ’bout six months.
That may explain why the farmer doesn't see
many of ’em. They don't remain in circulation
long enough to get to him.

COMING EVENTS
21a22—Hay Days, Tuscola county.
23-24—Hay Days, St. Clair county.
23-24—Hay Days, Kent county. I
24-25—Hay Days, Allegan county.
28-29—Hay Days, Saginaw county. ‘
2 8-2 9—Hay I Days—Newang county.
1-2—Hay Days, Otsego county.‘

July 5-6—Hay Days Charlevolx county.

Julyi7-8-9—Hay Days, Antrim county.

August 2-3—Hay Days, Allegan county.

August 4-5—Hay Days, Ionia county.

August 4-5—Hay Days, Eaton county.

August 5—10.11” Days, Barrycounty.

August 12-132—Hay Days, Sanilac county.

July 30—Farmers' Day, Michigan State Col-
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NOTHER knitting machine com-
pany has gone to the wall. This
time it is the Steber Machine

Company, of Utica, New York. On
March 16, 1926, a petition in bank-
ruptcy was filed by this company
because of financial difficulties, and
Chas. D. Root has been appointed re-
eeiver.
the affairs of the company.

We understand that the bulk of
the general equipment, machinery
and fixtures have been disposed of
through private and public sales.
Also the company claims to have
many small accounts due them but
because of their nature and the fact
that they are located all over the
country little can be, learned of the
progress being made in collecting
them. No estimate has been given
out as to the amount of money that
will be available for creditors.

This was another company that
sold'hand-power knitting machines,
mostly to shut-ins and poor families
where the women felt they would
like to have something to do to
bring some ready money into the
home to help pay expenses, with the
understanding that the company
guaranteed to buy all the socks
made for five years at a fixed high
price. It is reported that there are
12,000 owners of‘knitting machines
who now have no outlet for their
products because this company went
bankrupt, so the guarantee did not
mean much. '

“SIC ’IML!"

There is a man travelling this
county who is agent for the DeLuxe
Art Company of Chicago, enlarging
two pictures for $15.00. I set the
dog on him the other day. You see
I read THE Busnvsss FABMER every
time it comes, so I was wise to his
game. We have'taken the M. B. F.
ever since it started and like every
bit of it. You are doing good work
and here is wishing you success.—
L. B., Montrose, Genessee County.

UR subscriber did right because
the enlarged picture agent is no
friend of his or any other per-

son he solicits. ~If he can get you
to sign an innocent looking piece of

 

‘ paper he carries, your face will be so

long that you will not recognize
yourself when you look in the mir—
ror——not any more than you could

recognize yourself as the subject of l

the enlarged picture because a like-
ness seems to be the farthest from
their intentions.

—Their scheme is an old one that
has been explained many times in
our columns but as our list of sub-
scribers is steadily growing perhaps
it should be told again. ’

As a rule the agent, after intro—
ducing himself, asks if you have a
photograph of a child or relative
that you would like to preserve.
They know you have, of course, as
all of us have not one but several.
If possible they learn from a neigh-
bor if you have lost someone dear
to you through death and then pro-
ceed to work on your sympathy by
calling for a photo of this dear one
and remarking upon making a won-
derful enlargement “in life colors.”
Of course you are shown samples of
their “wonderful” work and prom-
ised that your’s will be even better

than this."

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The purpose or this department ls te re-
tent our subscribers from fraudulent dea nus
er unfalr treatment by persons or concerns ‘
a distance.

In am one we will do our best to mate
a satisfactory settlement or force aotlen. fel|
which no charge for our servloee will ever be
made, presiding:
1.-—The claim le made by a paid-up sub-
scriber te The Business Farmer.

. olslmlsnetmorethanOmoaeld.
8.——The claim is not local or
is within easy , nee of one anotlsen.
hese should be settled at first hand and net
attempted by mail.
Address all letters. was, full particulars,
amounts. dates. eta. one no alsoyeur ad-
dress label from therfront cover of an issue
to prove that you are a 'neld-up so her.
Till “BIKINI” FAR-ll. Collection Bel
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Some of them have an envelop
drawing scheme, while others are in-
troducing their Work into that 10-
cality and are “giving” some away'

for advertising. With the card draw- v I

ing system you are to draw an en-
velop from a box containing several.
Each envelop contains a card and if
the envelop you draw contains a cer-
tain kind of card ypu are a “lucky
winner" of an enlarged picture. All

7 you have to pay is $4.98, or a sim-
ilar price, and it will be delivered at '

your door. The cost is similar in
either scheme. And as for the
“lucky” envelop, they all contain
winning cards.

Then you are asked to sign your
name on the dotted lnie. Just a
little form, you are assured, as the
company requires everything he
done in a businesslike way. When
delivery is made, by a different man,
you are informed that you signed a
contract to pay on delivery, and, if
you declare you do not want it, he
will swear you signed a note; in
fact, anything to get your money.

The picture is always delivered in
a frame and of course there is an
additional charge for this ranging
from $3 up to $15, depending on the
purchaser. If the customer will pay
the top price all is well, but if he
or she refuses the man will start
bargaining. A good bargainer can
get him to come dowu to one-fourth
or less of the original price, and
even then will be paying a high.
enough figure for the company to
make a profit.

If you have any pictures you want
enlarged take them to a reputable
photographer in your home town or
a nearby city and have the work
done. That is cheapest in the long
run. You cannot depend on one
statement made by these picture
agents travelling about the country
because they are out to get thel mon-
ey and they never expect to see one

of their customers again so they tell ,

them anything to make a sale.

If one of these agents call on you
set the dog on them, just as our
Genessee county subscriber did, or
we advise men to head him for the
road and apply the toe of their shoe
to the most conspicuous part of his
person. If the woman hasn’t a dog
a broom or a rolling pin can be used
to a good advantage.

RECEIVE CHECK IN‘FULL

_I sold some vetch seed to the

———-—— Company and made three
shipments. They paid me for the
first and third shipments but not
for the second. I wrote them three
letters, sending one by registered

 

mail, and I can get no reply from‘

them about this one shipment. My
bank has also written them two let-
ters and got no answer. The ship-
ment was 1,105 pounds at 7 cents
per pound or a total of $77.35. I
would like to have you take care of
the matter.——H. G., Tuscola County.

MMEDIATELY upon receipt of
I this claim we wrote a letter to
the company but, like our sub-
scriber and his bank, failed to hear
from them. We wrote them a second
letter, and still got no reply, but it
got the desired results because we
now have a letter from our subscrib-
er stating, “I received check from
——-————— Company in full for my
account and if you will take some
pay for your assistance I will be
glad to pay as I could get no answer
when writing to them. If not I
wish to thank you for the service
and will recommend your paper
when I have the opportunity."

We would not accept money for
helping this subscriber because our
services are free to all paid-up
members of THE Busmsss Fuam
family, and as for being paid, we
could ask no greater payment than
to have each satisfied subscriber re-
commend M. B. F. to his friends and

, neighb'ors.

Well here is where I have some good
news for you. I received a check from
. on the 9th. I am enclosing letter
for you to look over which he sent with
it. I am most sure I would never have
received it if it hadn't been for your
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GBANDMA ALWAYS KNOW!
By Anne Carnch
'When the baby says, "Ah Goo!"
Like wee babies always do,
Then my mother says to Daddy,
“Just what cunning words are those?”
Daddy says, “I hardly know,
But it must mean something though!
You had better ask her Grandma, '
'Cause her Grandma always knowsl'

An’ if Baby Girl should sneeze,

-Mother says, “Oh, tell me, please!

Is it measles, croup, the whooping cough,
0r mumps, do you suppose?"

Dad says, “I can hardly tell,

Seems to me she’s pretty well,

But you'd better ask her Grandma,
‘Cause her Grandma. always knows 1"

"Does she look like you or me?"

Dad says, “I can scarcely see.

There's a kind of a. resemblance
'Round her eyes to Sister Rose.

But I‘m not so sure, my dear.

She’s so tiny yet, an’ queer!

You had better ask her Grandma,
’Cause her Grandma always knows l”

Grandmas are so very wise

About little girls that size.

She knows everything that matters
From her head right to her toes.

We‘d be lost without her sure,

There is nothing she can’t cure.

Love's her very first prescription,
And Grandma always knows.

(Copyright, 1926.)

STRAWBERle ARE RIPE

‘ O asks more than a luscious

strawberry shortcake? Or a

strawberry pie made of slightly
crushed and sweetened berries put
into a baked crust and topped with
whipped cream? Sweetened crushed
strawberries make a sauce for des-
serts of all kinds from ice cream to
corn starch pudding. A few whole
ones, served with their hulls on,
ready to be dipped in sugar and eat-
en without other “fixings,” rival
any breakfast fruit. Make the most
of them while they are here, and
with a thought for the future store
some as strawberry jam or pre-
serves. When made according to
the following directions such jam is
fit for any table: Crush small, sweet
firm, dark—red strawberries and for
each cupful of berries allow one-
third of a cupful of sugar. Mix the
berries and the sugar well together
and let them stand overnight. In
the morning boil the mixture until
the juice will hold its place if a lit-
tle is dropped on a plate. Pour the
jam into clean hot glasses or jars,
and when it is cool cover it with hot

paraffin.

HANDY NAPKIN HOLDERS

V ENSIVE napkin holders may
be made of common spring
clothes pins. The clothes pins

should be smooth and well made.
After being well sandpapered, they
may be given two coats of a gloss
enamel. A variety of colors or a
plain background of white or black
can be made individual by different
flowers or convential designs. This
individuality will mark the napkin
of each member of the family and
those of the guests. Taking care of
napkins in this way will cheat the
laundry bag of some unnecessary
linen.

HOW TO PREVENT CON -
SFI‘IPATION
ODERN habits of living and eat-
ing are largely responsible for
the great prevalence of consti—
pation. Lack of vigorous outdoor
exercise, insufficient drinking of wa-
ter, eating of soft cooked foods, a
concentrated meat diet, lack of cel—
lulose or waste material in the diet
and neglect of the bowel function
are the chief causes. In most cases
therefore, it is a preventable condi-
tion. There are but few cases that
can not be greatly benefited by the
proper diet and exercise. Warm or
hot water, taken freely on an empty
stomach some time before eating, is
very helpful, especially if followed
by a few moments of vigorous exer-
cise. These exercises should in-
volve activity of the abdominal mus-
cles, such as trunk bending and
twisting from a standing position
or leg raising from a supine posi-
tion—The Delineator.

MAKE FISH ATTRACTIVE BY
REMOVING BONES

HOUGH doctors recommend fish
as a valuable health food and
dieticians suggest it asan aid
to variety, bones have long been an
effective agent in keeping it oi!
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troit on his farm for two weeks.

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the first mail.

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EARFOLKB: Whowouidllketohelpsomelittleboyorgirl
to get well? All they need is good food, fresh air and sunshine.
Some of these little folks are just leaving the hospital and
especially need these things to start them on their way to health.
Others are in danger of serious diseases if their little under-nourished

Firmly believing that there are many homes among om- M. B. F. 
Family where these children would be welcome for a few weeks this
summer,1amreadytotellyouwheretofindthem.

TwoyearsagoafriendofminehadalittleltalianboyfromDe-

visit as the boy and said “Would you believe that boy had never seen
a pig until it was htmg up in a butcher shop?” r

Now if you wish to give these boys and girls, who have been less
fortunate than your own, a chance for health and happiness, write

Adm-cu locum: Mn. Annie Taylor. can The Business Farmer, Mt. Clemens. mailman.

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is not dtflicult; it requires only a
little more time. The satisfaction
of eating a boned fish quite repays
one for the extra time invested.

Practically any fish weighing
more than a pound is big enough to
bone. Scale and clean it thorough-
ly. Remove the head, tail and fins.
Cut the fish along the belly down to
the tail. Insert a sharp thin—bladed
knife at the tail and just under the
backbone. Have the cutting edge
of the knife follow the bone to loos—
en the flesh. One may free the bone
from the flesh on first one side and
then the other or finish one side and
then start on the other side. The
backbone may then be removed.
Pick out as many small bones as
possible.

After the bones are removed, the
fish may be filled with dressing and
baked, or it may be broiled as any
filet of fish. Bake the fish until
tender. The time allowance varies,
but usually ten minutes per pound
is sufficient

A Business Venture

N opportunity to earn a tidy in-
come out of canned fruits and
vegetables, and preserves and

jams is being overlooked by many
farm women who like this kind of
work and have the time to do it.
During the last two years I have
built up a nice business and assured
myself of a steady income out of
it. The experience may be interest-
ing to others.

A visit to one of the larger cities
near my home brought me in con-
tact with a group of young matrons,
nearly all of whom were engaged
in some work that was supplement-
ing the family income. Money was
not the object, although it was a
consideration; all of them had time
on their hands which they wished to
employ profitably.

It made me envious of them, not
because time was hanging heavy on
my hands, but because I did need
extra money just then, and I could
see no opportunity for a woman liv-
ing on a farm to engage in gainful
activity in addition to her household
duties. As it happened, I had taken
some of my canned fruit and vegeta-
bles with me as a gift, and when
my friends served them to their
guests they caused general comment.

The upshot of it was that I was
launched into the canning business
at once, for I returned home with
more brders than I knew what to
do with. After my first packages
went ofl, other orders came in by
mail. I spent the busiest and hot-‘
test summer of my life, but I made
over $150. Last year my profits
were nearly $300 and already this
year I have orders from private in-
dividuals for more than I sold last
year, as well as a standing order
from a fancy grocer in the city for
as much as I can send him.

I shall not try to minimize the
difficulties I had the first year. Our
orchard and garden were good, but
their only purpose was to'supply the
house. Naturally there was a lot
that went to waste, but when I
learned I could use the excess pro-
fitably I found that there was not
enough of some things and too_

A sauce is often served with fish.
Tomato, hard—cooked egg, or white
sauce would be suitable.

Fish well cooked, served with
good sauce, and attractively gar-
nished with lemon and parsley of-
fers variety for meals. The use of
more sea food may well be encour~
aged in most homes.

DO YOU ICNOW—

HAT a dash of salt and two or
three tablespoons of cream add—
ed to any fruit pie before plac-

ing the crust, makes it delicious?
That a generous sprinkling of sugar
over the top of a loaf or dripping
pan cake before putting same in the
oven makes a delightful change
from the usual icing? That a light
sprinkling of sugar over both pies
and cookies just before placing in
the even gives them a very pleasing
appearance? A That a teaspoonful of
baking‘ powder added to a bread
pudding improves it?-—-R.

For Farm Women

much of others. Also my kitchen
utensils were inadequate, and an
extra home-made kitchen table had
to be fixed up, and extra shelves put
in the pantry.

My supply of jars and rubber
bands, and sugar, spices and such
other ingredients was limited, and
these things had to be bought local-
ly in small quantities, and therefore
expensively. I did all the work
myself, and had to keep the fire in
the kitchen range all summer, for
my oil cooker was not suitable for
this work. When I was ready' to
send my products off to the city I
had trouble getting boxes, and had
to use old papers for wrapping the
are.

Last year things were different.
We took more care of the orchard,
and put some method into our gar-
den planting. The biggest relief in
the kitchen, aside from the girl I
secured to help me, came from a.
new carbide gas range. We had
been hoping for several years to
afford a modern lighting system in
the house and outbuildings. The oil
lamps were a lot of trouble to tend
to, and there was always the fear of
fire as well as the inconvenience and
loss of time.

My first year’s profits went imme-
diately into the installation of a
carbide gas plant, and I naturally
included a hot~plate in the equip-
ment. The new lighting of course
eased my work and made life more
agreeable in every way, and the hot
plate did away with the excessive
heat, which was the only part of the
canning I didn’t like.

By that time I knew exactly what
I was about, and bought all my sup-
plies in quantity early in the year,
which made a great saving in the
cost of everything, including the
food ingredients, but especially in
the cost of jars and cartons for ship-
ping. I now use cardboard boxes
and pack the jars in excelsior inf
stead of wrapping them in newspaé
pers. This makes the shipments
lighter and the parcel postage on
them cheaper.

In any ‘busin, ass, of course, the

 

tomers. The fruit and vegetables
are gathered when they are exactly
at their prime, and only the best are
selected. Anything that is even
slightly decayed, below size or of!
color is not used for canning, al-
though they can of course be worked
into jams, jellies and pickles. The
people I sell to are not looking only
for home-made products and pre-
serves, but want the best. Appear-
ance means a great deal, too. My
jars, for instance, are of pleasing
design, and I use a variety of shapes.
The packing is done very carefully,
not only to-insure safe delivery, but
for appearance sake, as well. I am
sure all of these things have enter--
ed into the success of my venture.

It may surprise some that canned
vegetables of high grade are as ur-
gently demanded as canned fruits
and preserves. One of my most pop-
ular items is beets, for instance. The
first year I put up lima beans,
string beans, peas, and a few jars of
beets. The second year I added to-
matoes and spinach, and this year
will include corn and asparagus. y
fruits include peaches, pears, ch r-
ries and strawberries, and the lat-
ter are in great demand. The jams,
jellies, and pickles are the usual
varieties, but I am quite certain that
their quality cannot be duplicated
outside of a farm home.

The question of prices was a prob-
lem, and the first year I arrived at it
by using the market price of vegeta—
bles and fruits, the cost of other
items which entered into the work,
as well as an allowance for my time,
and added 15 per cent to cover other
things as well as give me a profit.
The cost of shipping is also added to
each bill. I Worked on the same plan
last year, but as I had bought more
cheaply and had taken the trouble
to investigate prices for similar
goods in the city stores, I felt that
25 per cent above the costs was
more reasonable, and not excessive.
My prices are a little higher than
people have to pay for ordinary can-
ned goods in the stores, but then
my products are ever so much better
and my customers seem very well
satisfied.

Any farm woman who needs extra
money and likes work of this kind
has the opportunity. One or two
friends in a nearby city will quickly
in t e r e s t their acquaintances in
home-made products direct from the
farm, and any select grocer will be
only too glad to place such goods on
his shelves. Once started the de-
mand grows, as my own experience
showa—Mrs. Blanche Osgood.

HOMEMADE FLOOR WAX

a housewife has some old bees-

wax or can buy some reasonably,

she can make her own floor wax
and furniture wax. A pound of
beeswax, a pint of turpentine, and
two tablespoonsful of linseed oil are
the ingredients. These are the di-
rections for making it: Shave the
beeswax and add the turpentine.
Allow it to stand over night. Do not
stir it at first. When the turpentine
has absorbed all the beeswax, add
the oil and stir the wax vigorously,
warm the wax and rub it into the
wood well with a weighted brush or
by hand. Not as much of this wax
as of most commercial waxes is
needed to put a good polish on the
floors or woodwork.

 

SPINACH IS GOOD

PINACH is not “just hay" when
S it is cooked and served in an
appetizing way. If the family
does not like. greens, the spinach
may be cooked with bacon, eggs,
bread crumbs, or with other vegeta-
bles to partially disguise its flavor.
This is one recipe: Mix 1%. cups of
finely chopped and well-drained
cooked spinach with one finely chop-
ped, hard boiled egg, one teaspoon
of salt, one—eighth teaspoon of pep—
per, and one well—beaten egg. Stir
thoroly, form into fiat cakes, cover
with crumbs ,and brown in hot fat
in the frying pan or in deep fat.
Serve with an onion sauce made by
adding one cup of chopped boiled
onion to one cup of white sauce. In
the above recipe, bacon may be used
instead of the hard-boiled egg. An-
other way to serve spinach is to sea-
son it with onion juice, chopped cel-

ery and left over cold meat, then~
add this to gelatin enough, to make, __

a mold.

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Shower for 81‘“?me you please tell
mewh‘attodo? Iwanttohaveashower
for my sister. Who should get it up, her
mother, sister or girl friend1—Miss F.
Saginaw County.

—~It is perfectly alright for you or your

girl friend to give the shower.
You may call it a “linen shower" or
“kitchen shower" or just a plain shower.
for any kind of a gift is acceptable in
starting a. home. Have your refresh-
ments prepared ahead and dress up your
house with flowers.

 

Being Seated in Ohfirchr—When an

usher is showing a lady and gentleman
to a seat in church should the gentleman
precede or follow the lady'i—J. W., ing-
ham County.
-—’.l.‘he lady should follow the usher and
the gentleman follows immediately after
the lady, in church. theatre or any gather-
ing. Also the seat nearest the aisle is
assigned, to the gentleman.

 

Bugs on Sweet Poser—When my sweet

peas are about a foot high little green
bugs appear. I have tried sevsral things
that I thought would kill them and not
harmthefiowers, butlneversucceedin
getting rid of them. They seem to kill
the buds and also the stalks Could you
please give me some remedy for them?
-—-Mrs. I. F. 13., Ohio.
—-J.l.‘h:e green bugs which are mentioned
are apparently men aphids which
are quite easily eradicated by spray-
ing the plants with a nicotine solution
using one teaspoonful to a gallon of water
and adding one ounce of soap to the
solution.

It is quite important that the spray
hit the insects otherwise, there will be

’ no effect, as it acts by suffocation. Sev-
eral applications will be found necessary
thru the season to kill the diflerent
broods. Any seed store will supply the
nicotine—Alex Laurie, Floriculture, M.
8. (l.

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For the Movie Fan '

 

 

The Lost Worldz—Here is a picture that
is very spectacular but contnins enough
romance to hold the interest of all. Ac-
cording to our books the dinosaurs be-
came extinct 10,000,000 years ago. Yet
in this picture these and many other
animals of the Reptilian Age come to life
with a reality that is most startling.
These animals are supposed to exist in an
unexplored section of South America and
are discovered by an explorer, acted by
Wallace Beery. Returning to his some
in England he interests a well known
sportsnan. Lewis Stone, and a newspaper
reporter: Lloyd Hughes. They return to
South America taking with them the
daughter of an explorer who was lost in
this un area and they intend to
findhimoratleasttraceofhimifpos-
sible. She is Bessie Love. 'lheir ad-
ventures are most spectacular and perhaps
the most outstanding one is when a.‘ vol-
cano sets fire to a forest representing
thousands of acres and you see scores of
prehistoric monsters. such as the bron-
tosaurus. triceratops, truchodon. diplodo-
ans. allosaurus and megalosaurus flee into
an immense lake, fighting as they go.
while the human actors try to keep out
of their paths. 'niey finally capture one
oftheseprehistorioanimalsandtskelt

London where it escapes and tramples
awn people and topples buildings with
the sweep of its mighty tail. Do not
miss it. \

 

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—if you are well bred!

 

 

Who Should End Telephone Conversa-
ticnt—As a general rule the one calling
simuld tenninate the talk, as the person
"who calls up is in the position of a caller
audifheorsheweremllinginperson

.a of course the host or hostess would not
beonestobringthecalltoanend. How-
ever there are exceptions to such a rule
when it comes to telephone conversations.

When a man and woman are conversing
over- the phone the woman should bring
the conversation to a close. regardless of
whether it was the man or the woman
who did the calling. That is the woman’s
privilege. However. the woman should
be metal. especially when calling up a
man during business hours, not to con-
tinue the converSation too long. Long
telephone conversations are bad form any-
way.

 

 

Recipes

 

 

Georgia Spoon Corn Brood—3 cups of
water, 1 tablespoon shortening, 1 cup
milk, 2 tablespoon salt, 1 cup corn-meal,
2 eggs.

Mix the water and corn-meal and bring
slowly to the boiling-point. Add the well-
beaten eggs and the other ingredients.
Pour into a hot greased baking—dish and
bake in a. quick oven (400-450 degrees
Fahrenheit). ‘

 

Starred animal—Onions. veal or chick—

eutthe oaandsooopouttheinside.
Chopthe andnixwtththeurno

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‘varsley.

crums. fat and the chectmxta.
which have been cooked until tender.
Bake slowly fer one hour, basting often.
Fifteen minutes before serving sprinkle
with bread-ennui! and brown.

 

Corn and Cheese Souffle.—1 cup canned,

corn, 3 eggs, 1 tablespoon chopped green
peppers, 1,4 cup flour, 1,9 teaspoon salt, 1
cup grated cheese, 1 tablespoon butter or
other fat, 2 cups milk.

Melt the butter or other fat and cook
the pepper in it. Make a. sauce of the
milk, flour and cheese. Add the com.
egg-yolks and seasoning. Cut and fold
in the egg-whites beaten stiff. Turn into
greased dish and bake in a. moderate
oven (360-400 degrees Fahrenheit) thirty
minutes.

 

Cake FillingIJ—A good frosting or a
good filling, will add at least fifty per
cent to the deiiciousness and attractive-
ness of a. cake. Here are three recipes
that will prove satisfactory for this:

Coeoanut Filling—1 cup sugar. M tea—
spoon salt, 2 cups water, 1/3 cup lemon
juice, 2 cups sugar. 7 tablespoons corn-
starch. Cook all ingredients together in
double boiler for forty-five minutes.

Lemon Frosting—1 cup sugar. 1,4 cup
water, 54, cup lemon juice, 2 stiffly-beaten
egg whites. Boil sugar. water and lemon
juice without stirring until syrup spins
a permanent thread. Remove from heat
and let stand while beating egg whites.
Pour syrup slowly over beaten egg whites.
beating until frosting is stilt enough to
spread.

Golden Orange Frosting.—Grated rind
of 1 orange. 3 tablespoon orange juice.
1 teaspoon lemon juice, yolk of 1 egg,
confectioner’s sugar. Mix grated orange
rind with fruit juices and let stand 15
minutes. Strain into beaten egg yolks
and add enough sifted confectioner's
sugar to spread.

When company comes unexpectedly
and you have need of an emergency icing,
you will find a combination of the juice
of one orange; Juice of one lemon, and
same powdered sugar, very satisfactory.
Add enough powdered sugar to the com-
bined fruit juices so that the mixture is
made stifl. When creamy, spread it on
the cake. -

A Four Man Tarp—2 eggs, separated;
1 cupful orange Juice; 1 level tablespoon-
ful cornstarch; 5!. cupful shredded cocoa-
nut; 2 tablespoonfuls sugar, or to taste.
For meringue add 3 more tablespoonfulo
sugar. Line a glass pie plate with pastry.
perforate with fork to prevent blistering,
and bake until it starts to brown. Mean-
while, beat yolks of eggs with sugar.
Heat orange juice and pour slowly on this
mixture. stirring all the time. Place in
saucepan and add cornstarch moistened
with a mall quantity of juice which you
may reserve for the purpose. Stir until
well thickened and remove from the fire.
Add cocoanut. put in pastry shell, and
finish baking. Let cool slightly and make
meringue of the two mg whites beaten
cuff and three tablespocnfuls sugar.
Bake in a. slow oven until meringue sets
and colors lightly. This will serve four
Wind: gives it its name.

 

 

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“My husband
Worked too har ”‘

( But his widow is carrying on her
large Vermont farm with electric-
ity and a few hired help.

“It’s too bad,” she says, “we didn’t
learn before to use electricity more
and our backs less. We have two
less men outside and one less help
inside, than we could get along with

The General Electric
Company manufac-
tures marry electrical
products which are
used on the farm. The
G-E Farm Book do-

from your local light
and power company.

if we didn’t have electricity.”

Electricity does the milking, water-
pumping, washing, and a dozen
other tasks, and the power bill is
considered the cheapest item in the
cost of running the farm.

GENERAL ELECTRIC

 

 

Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and
weep with them that weep.—Rom. 12:15.

When you rejoice with one over his
good fortune you are truly manifesting
God to him, you are showing the life
that is untainted by jealousy or envy.
And why should a believer ever be en-
vious? Does he not know that he is pro-
vided with all that he needs for comfort
and happiness? Get into sympathy with
another for the purpose of learning how
best to implant in his soul the glad tid-
ings whim as a. you are dis-
pensing. Be careful not to make his
grief keener. Be tactful. Tact is com-
mon kindness greatly refined.

 

 

Homespun Yarn

 

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A clove or two gives a spicy flavor to
tomato sauce.

 

Too much salt or too much sugar will
make pickles wither or shrink.

 

Aunt Ada's Axioms: A long face makes
a. long task; smile your way through.

 

A thin coat of varnish helps preserve
the surface of printed linoleum.

 

A border of flowers around the vege-
table garden will pay for itself in the
pleasure it gives.

Fresh pinmpple and strawberries make
a combination worth trying, whether as a
breakfast but or as a dessert for dinner
or supper.

 

 

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‘Y EAR girls and boys: So many

have asked for another one of
those contests in which give’you

, a lot of puestions and you are to
; find the answers in our columns that

I have decided to announce one in
this issue. ,

I am giving the questions below
and you can find the answers to
every one in some advertisement or
There will be
three cash prizes: a first prize of
$3.00, a second prize of $2.00 and a
third prize of $1.00. And the first
fifty to send in their letters will re-
ceive buttons, that is if they have
not already received one. In your
letter be sure to give your complete
name and address, your age and tell
me if you already have a button.
Now for the questions:

1.——What company p u b l is h e s
“Folder PR—833”?

2.—Who is Ypsiland Jean?

3.——Which advertiser has
silos?

4.——What should you use to dress
large wounds on apple trees?

6.-—-—What does “G—E” stand for?

6.-—What does “Michigan State

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' Accredited” mean ?

7.-—How much will the stomach of
a MOO—pound cow hold and where
did you get your information?

8.———What should you keep handy?

9.—What is backed by a “71-year
name"?

10.——What does “J. M., Munger,
Michigan,” want to know?

11.-——Who has offices in 31 cities?

12.-—Pick out the advertisement
that you believe to be the best in
this issue and state within fifty
words why you think it is best.

The contest opens the moment you
get the paper and closes July 10th,
at 12 o'clock noon. Any letters re-
ceived one moment after the closing
time will not be counted so be sure
yours reaches me in plenty of time.
And if you have no button yet you
stand a chance of winning one if you
send in your letter right away.
—UNCLE NED.

 

 

Our Boys and Girls

 

THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS
FARMER

(By Helen B. Kinnison, Kalkaska.)
First Prize

In summer when the days are hot,

And you are tired and blue

Subscribe at once for the M. B. F.
It’s sure to comfort you.

In autumn it is Just the same,

We still keep up the same old game;
Reading the M. B. F.. every other Week,
Who could want a better game?

In winter when the days are long,

When heavy clouds o’er hang the sky:

VVe’re always glad for that “every other
week”,

When we see the mail carrier going by.

In spring when all the crops are in;
When the cool winds blow 'bout the door,
I take that dear old M. B. F.

And read it o'er and o’er.

Of all the seasons in the year,

I don’t know which is best—-

For any day in the year: It is pleasant
to hear

To-day comes the M. B. F.

TEE BUSINWS FARMER
(By Doris Wood, Ithaca.)
Second Prize

We take The Business Farmer
And think it is just right,

And the people who get up

We think are very bright.

We've taken it four years or more
And will not give it up.

I read the Children’s Hour most,
Now I’m closing up.

Dear Uncle Ned:—I received my pin
and was very glad to get it. Now I am
writing you a letter telling about our
farm and stock. We now have three
horses, live cows and thirty-eight R. I.
Rod chickens. I live on an eighty acre
farm with a woods in the pasture where
my three brothers and I go to play in
the summon—Charles Little, Prescott,
Michigan.

———VVell, I am pleased to know you like
the pin, Charles, and hope to hear from
you every now and then.

Dear Uncle Nedz—I have written be-
fore but have not seen my letters in
print so thought I would,write 888111.
New I hope Mr. Waste Basket has his
fill and cannot gobble one more letter
when my letter comes. It has been so
long since I wrote that I will describe
myself again. I am four feet two inches
tall, brown eyes. brown hair and have
light complexion. I live on C One hun-
dred and sixty acre farm. My nearest
town in Decatur, and that is four miles.

    

 

Motto :

 
  
 
 
 
 

   
  
 

DO YOUR BEST ‘

Colors: BLUE AND GOLD

I am in the third grade. My school will
not be out until the seventh of June.
I have moved since I wrote last. My
address is Route 8, Decatur, Michigan.
I hope some of the cousins will write to
me. I must leave room for the other

letters. Your niece—«Maxine Eichler.
Decatur, Michigan.
-—-I’m sorry your other letter was not

published. I will watch Mr. Waste Bas—
ket a little closer to see that he doesn’t
eat so many, letters.

Dear Uncle Nedt—I am really not a
member of the Children's Hour but when
you have another contest I am going to
answer it. I have been reading the chil-

.dren’s page for some time.

I read Frances Byer’s letter and here
are the answers to the riddles. I think
the first is sixteen ounces and the next
one winter time. I would like to have
some of the members write to me because
I think it would be fun to write to boys
and girls in other parts of Michigan.

I live on an eighty acre farm with many
cows, horses, pigs and chickens. We also
have a sixty acre farm about a mile
from this farm. I am thirteen years old
and in the seventh grade at school. I
have brown hair and blue eyes. I have
five brothers and one sister.

Constance Wiggins must have had a
nice trip but I don't think I would have
liked the electrical storms. I think it is
time for me to close and let someone
else write. Your would-be niece—Mona
Fry, East Leroy, Michigan.

—Yes, Mona. you are a member of the
Children's Hour. All girls and boys who
write me letters belong. You belong
whether you have a button or not, the
button being an award for doing some
special favor or winning in a contest.

 

Dear Uncle Ned :-—-I have never written
before. I have read the Children’s Hour.
I thought I would write. I live on a
farm. We have one cow and two horses.
We hav etwenty acres. I live with my
grandpa. I enjoy reading the Children's
Hour.

I am eight years old and in the second
grade. We peas, onions, turnips,
sweet corn and other vegetables. Also
all kinds of berries which we sell in

Williamston and Lansing. I will close
so to leave room for the rest—Your
friend—Bertha. Jennings, Williamston,

Michigan. \

Dear Uncle Ned :--I received your let-
ter and the pin. I think you have a very
good motto and I like the colors very
much. I wear my pin on my dress every
day.

I will describe myself now. I am five
feet tall, have dark brown eyes, brown
hair, and a rather dark complexion. I
weigh one hundred and eleven pounds and

am fourteen years old. I am in the 7th
grade. We live on a one hundred and
sixty acre farm. We have a mile and a
half to walk to school. I like our school
and teacher very much. Our teacher’s

name is Miss Thelma Steams. She is a
very good teacher. At “our school this
winter we had a sewing club. I learned

to sew very good. We had parties and
meetings. First of all we had a marsh-
mallow roast. We had lots of fun. ‘ We
have taken THE BUSINESS FABMER for a
while and the first thing I read is the
Children’s Hour.

My birthday is March 15th. I have five
brothers and no sisters. Two are older
than myslef and three are younger. We
have lots of fun when we all get to-
gether and play. A person almost always
has fun on a farm, don’t they, Uncle
Ned? At least I do. On our farm we
have a tractor, a car, plow, and almost
every kind of farm tools needed. We
have four horses. We did have six but
we sold two. We have ten cows, ten
steers, six calves, eleven pigs, three little
kittens, three old cats, one hundred
chickens, and a dog whose name is Shep.
He is a very good dog.

The flowers are coming out now. Sun-
day I went flowering and found a lot.
I guess that is all I can write now, for
someone else wants room. I hope my
letter will be in print Your niece.—
Helen Bendis, Route 4, Chesaning, Mich.
-—Glad you like your pin and are wear—
ing it every day. Why not write and
tell us about your sewing club, and about
your meetings and parties, especially the
marshmallow roast?

 

Dear Uncle Nedz—Well, I am very
glad spring is here. Are you not glad
spring is here? I have written before
but did not see my letter in print. I
thought I would try again. I sure hope
old Mr. Waste Basket is asleep when my
letter arrives. I would like to see it in
print I will describe myself as the rest
of the cousins do. I am four feet, four
inches tall and weigh seventy pounds.
I have medium brown hair. bobbed. I
am eleven years old and in the sixth
grade. I like to go to school. My teach-
er’s name is Mrs. Elsie Dingler. I like
her. She is a good teacher. I live three—
quarters of a mile from the school. It
will not be long until school is out.

I live on an eighty—acre farm. We
have six cows, two horses, about seventy-
flve chickens. We have some baby chicks
and some ducks. Mother; has some gar-
den planted. I went and gathered some
flowers this afternoon. It is hot out to—
day. We are going to have a picnic the
last day at school. I think I have writ-
ten enough this time and will have to
let someone else have room. I like your
colors and your motto very much. I Wish
some of the cousins would write to me.
I also like the M. B. F. Your want-to—be

R5910 DEPARTMENT

 

(Any questions regarding radio will be glad!
Personal letter and there Is no charge If your su

 

M. B. F. 
The Business Farmer radio
market reports and farm news
are broadcast daily, except Sa-
turday and Sunday, throngh
station WGHP, of Detroit, on
a wave length of 270 meters.
beginning at 7:00 P. M. east.-
ern standard time.

 

 

 

THEAERJALWIRE

resistance of an outside aeri-

l a] increases rapidly a few days

after the wire is exposed to the

air because of the corrosion of the

metal surface. When the aerial is

first installed it brings loud signals

to the set, which decrease steadily as

the accumulation of oxide increases
on the Wire.

To prevent this effect it is neces-
sary to use enamelled antenna wire,
the covering of which keeps the air
from reaching the metal, eliminat-
ing the corrosive action and making
the signal efiiciency permanent,
without any bad effect from the ena-
mel itself.

Why this accumulation of oxide
interferes with the passage of the
radio currents is explained by what
is called-the “skin effect” of high-
efficiency currents. The outer lay-
er, or surface, of the wire is called
the skin,.and the effective thickness
of the skin is different according to
the wave length. or frequency, of

   

the signal, for these currents do not,

EDITED BY JAMES W. H. WEIR, R. E. =
is

answered by our Sadie editor. You recelve a

crlptlon is paid up
penetrate the wire, travelling only
on or near the surface.

Penetration of the current below
the surface of the aerial wire is so
little that it is almost negligible. If
the wire were hollow it would serve
the purpose of a radio conductor
perfectly well, because the inside, or
core, is of no value as the current
never penetrates that deeply.

It is important therefore, to pro-
vide a shell, or skin, conductor for
the current of the highest possible
efficiency. If the skin of pure cop-
per turns to a crystalline mixture of
oxide and dirt, it follows that but
little radio energy will be passed
through it.

COMIWENTS

I always enjoy your programs every
evening as they come in at a very con-
venient time that fits in with any bus-
iness. As a. farmer it is not possible to
receive the afternoon broadcasts of the
market reports.—-—Alex W. Merritt, North-
wood, Ontario, Canada.

Would you please send me a market
report pad. We try to get your market
reports but it is rather difficult as we
are within 18 miles of the M. S. C.
WKAR and it is difficult to tune them
out. With thanks for the pads—Frank
H. Evorett, Ingham County.

 

I receive your farm market reports V

every evening and enjoy and appreciate
them very much. I would appreciate it
very much if you would send me the re-
port blanks so I could keep them and be
able to compare them from day to day.“
WGHP market broadcasts are hGleL-r-V
Norm _, gloom Countyr- r v

   
 

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know”! roam yam-l tor. on
‘that Warm day we "had a' while back.
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then haven’t you?

Dear Uncle Ned:—-This is theflrst time
I have written and hope to see my letter
in print. I will describe myself. I am
twelve years old, am five feet tall, have
dark brown eyes, dark brown hair, weigh
about ninety-five pounds and was in the
seventh grade last year. .

I made up a song. The name of it is
“I ain‘t gonna chew no more." I will
send it to you if.you want me to.

Well I will close hoping Mr. Waste
basket is away on a long, long visit.
Your want-to-be niece—Eugenia Turner,
Moscow, Michigan. ‘ .
——_What is your “I ain't gonna chew no
more" song about anyway. Let's have
a copy to publish. What do you say.

Dear Uncle Ned:—I am writing you
about our pet cat. One day she was purr-
ing around the house and we put her
out doors. In the morning when we
woke up we did not find her, but later
through the day she came in with a kitten
in her mouth. I went out and fotmd her
nest; she had four black knttens just
the color of herself. She was very proud
of them: She brought one in and put it
on the bed again and started back for
more but we saw her and took the kitten
to the barn again. They have their eyes
open now and are doing fine—Ruth
Maine, Route 1, Durand, Michigan.

——-By this time you must be having a
big time with the little kittens. Tell us
more about them.

Dear Uncle Ned:——-Perhaps you think
I am too old to join your merry circle,
but I would like to be wour niece. I am
fifteen years old. My hair is blonde and
I have light complexion. I weigh eighty-
seven' pounds. ‘  ,

I live on a hundred and eighty acre
farm about five miles from town. I go
to high school and am in the tenth grade.
I have a twin brother in the same grade
I am in and an older brother who is a
senior.

When I get through school, I have al-
ways had the idea of being a teacher.
Just lately I have been reading “Dear
Enemy" and now I believe I would like
to be a superintendent of an orphan
asylum

I hope the boys and girls who read
this letter will write to me. Your niece,
——Ethel Parks, Route 4, Sparta, Mich.

—-Of course you are not too old to join
our merry circle. We have many mem-
bers as old as you are and some older.
Come right in and tell us more about your
ambitions.

Dear Uncle Nedz—I have written to
you before, but my letter was not in
print, so I am going to try again and
I hope Mr. Waste Basket will be full
or gone on a visit when you get my
letter. I

I am going to describe myself now. I
am five feet, two inches tall, have brown
hair, bobbed of course, brown eyes, med-
ium complexion and am fifteen years old.
I have four brothers and three sisters
and live on a ninety-six acre farm. We
have fifteen cows, six~ horses, twenty-
five pigs and a few chickens. We also
have a dog and some cats.

Well, Uncle Ned, I am sending .in a
poem which I composed myself ; although

'it is not very good. It is about my first

experience in trying to write poetry.
Well, I must close and I want some of
my cousins to write to me and I will an-
swer them. Good-bye.—~Miss Florence
Ingersole, Route 4, Sparta, Michigan.
—Your poem about “Do Your Best” is
good and I am going to publish it.

 

 

Jokes

Safety First

"Ah can’t come to wuk dis mawnin',
boss," 3, hardware man’s colored porter
informed him on the telephone. “One ob
de chillun's got smallpox, an' us is all
quarenteed in."

“That’s too bad. Mose.’_’ replied the
dealer. “Are you being careful to pre-
vent it from spreading among the rest

 

 

“of your family?
“Ah sho’ am!" was the emphatic re—I 

spouse. “us is all drinkin’ outen one ob
dem sanitary cups.”

Interior Decoration

Little Girl: “Package of pink dye,
please.”

Merchant: “For woolen or cotton
goods?"

Child: "It’s for ma’s stomach. The

doctor said she’d have to diet, and she
wants a pretty color.”

Ready to Eat
"Why are you running that steam-
roller over that field?"
“I’m raising mashed potatoes this year."

 

Went Her Limit
Grocer’s Wife: "This will nevgr do. Did
you lay this table. Mary?"
Mary: "Yes, ma'am: I laid everything
but the eggs.

 

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Teacher: “An epidemic is‘anything that
newer? ‘ ’

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stock to this department.

CATTLEVGRUBS AND MEANS
OF CONTROL
W people connect the cattle
grubs found in spring under
the skin on the backs of cattle
with the adult insects known as heel
flies or warble flies. These insects,
which are responsible for consider-
able loss because of reduced milk
flow and "“grubby" hides, cause
great annoyance ot cattle, particu-
larly when laying their eggs on the
legs of the animals. From this point
the larvae, which are hatched in

from 2% to 6 da , burrow into the
leg. After a jou ey of several
months up th leg an through the

body they reac a situation just un-
derneath the skin on the back from
which they emerge as fully matured
grubs. These grubs, after burrow-
ing into the soil or under loose ma-
terial. some 30 to 60 days later de—
velop into flies. The foregoing facts
are brought out in Department Bul-
letin No. 1369-D, “The Cattle Grubs
or Ox Warbles, Their Biologies and
Suggestions for Control," issued by
the United States Department of
Agriculture.

The extent of infestation varies
with the age of cattle, young stock,
particularly animals from 1 to 3
years old, almost always showing a
higher degree of infestation than
mature animals. Different breeds
show no difference in susceptibility.

Housing of the herd during the
periods of fly activity has been
known greatly to reduce the infes-
tations. When shade and an ade-
quate water stream of water are ac-
cessible they in a measure protect
the animals from this infestation.

The bulletin gives detailed infor-
mation relative to this insect, its
distribution, eifect upon cattle and
man. economic importance, controll,
and possibilities of eradication. Any
one interested in the subject may
obtain a copy of the publication free,
as long as the supply last, by writing
to the United States Department of
Agriculture. Washington, D. C.

GRADE A MILK

I have started selling my milk by
the quart. There seems to be no
rules or regulations in the town re-
garding the sale of milk. I would
like to produce Grade A milk. Please
send me all the rules and require-
ments to meet in produCing that
grade. I had my herd T. B. tested
and all came through clean—P. M.,
Isabella County.

produce Grade A milk the fol-

lowing conditions should be ob-

served: Cows should be free
from tuberculosis. Stables must
have 400 cubic feet of air space and
2 square feet of light per cow. Milk
houses must be provided 10 feet
from stables. Small top pails must
be used. Milk must be cooled to 50
degrees and must not show a bacter-
ial count of over 60,000. Dairies
must score on the United States
score card at least 75.

There is no particular means of

increasing the cream line of milk in
a small dairy that we know of. Any
indication of the cream line being
increased should be reported to the
State Department of Agriculture at
Lansing as well as any indication of
milk being sold below 3% butter»
fat—T. H. Broughton, Director, Bu-
reau of Dairying. State Department
of Agriculture.

FITIING A HORSE COLLAR
i l HORSE pulls from the shoulder.
. There’s no news about that.
But do you know just what part
of the shoulder should take the
strain of the load?

The upper part of a horse’s shoul-
der is soft bone and cartilage. The
lower part is the joint. The pull of
the collar should come between
these two points, otherwise there
will be troubel. '

A collar that hangs too low
throws too much strain on the shoul—
der joint. If your horse develops

lameness in the lower point of the

shoulder, it is no doubt due to the
fact that the collar throws the pull-
 strain, too ‘ far down' on the

  

 If your. horse is troubled

53m;  etc, it  no~

    

(We invite you to contribute your experience  live- " ,-
Questions cheerftu ansWered.)

  

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doubt, due to a collar. that throws
too much strain on the upper shoul-
der muscles. -

Examine the collars on your hors-
es now, and note where the draft
comes. Is the pressure too low or
too high? It will p y you to have
your collars fit proper y, if you want
your teams to pull their full load
throughout the season without suf-
fering or being laid up with sore
shoulders.

Bear‘in mind also that when the
horse is plump and soft in the
spring, the collar that fit last fall
may be so tight that it will choke
the horse causing overheating. On
the other hand a collar that is fit-
ted in the spring will be too loose
when the horse has been worked
down by the spring jobs. A loose
collar will naturally hang too low
and hence cause the troubles men-
tioned above. If you use a sweat
pad in hot weather, see that your
collar allows room for it without
choking the horse. Otherwise your
“remedy may be worse than the dis-
ease."

The development of the heavy
type draft horse in modern years has
created a neck that is thicker at
the top than the neck of the old-
fashioned horse. Hence, a collar
should be designed accordingly.
Then, too, a poorly made collar may
fit when it is new but lose its
shape quickly when put to use, and
become a poor fitting collar.

Leather of the best quality,
hand—stretched before cutting, tough,
long rye-straw for packing, are
marks of a good collar. A collar
stuifed with chaff, or short broken
straw cannot hold its shape under
the stress of hard work.

It pays well to buy good harness
and good collars if you want to
have your teams do their best work
and save yourself the delays caused
by frequent repairs.

 
   

ermwa er ley problems In and set
the ear e of her farmers. Questions ad-
dress to t is department are publlshed here
and answered by you. our readers. who are
graduates of the School of Hard Knocks end
who have their diplomas from the Cell
Experience. I! you don't want our edtor'e
advice or en expert's advice. but Just plain.
everyday business fanners' advice, send In
your uestionhen. "meenmswer theother
folio e queetim. please do eo. he may an:-
«or one of your: some deyi Address Exper-
ienoe Peel care The Business Farmer. Mt.
Clemens. Mich. »

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CURE FOB LEAKING AND
GARGET
EAR EDITOR: In a recent issue
a subscriber asked what to do
for a cow that leaks her milk.
This was told to me by a cattle deal-
er. I did not try it as had no occa-
sion to but would if I had the need
of it. Drop a drop of iodine into the
open or milk channel in end of teat,
that causes the muscles to contract.
Another subscriber asked what to
do. for garget. It is usually old cows.
ones that give rich milk or heavy
milkers that are troubled with gar-
get. Salt peter will cure it, at least
for the time being. One-third to one
teaspoonful of pulverized salt peter
to a close. Have forgotten the
amount of doses allowed at a course
of treatment. Your druggist could
tell you I think. Two or three
doses in ground feed of some kind
usually does the work. I buy the
empty capsules at the drug store and
use them to take disagreeable tast-
ing or over-large tablets, crush the
tablet and put it into the capsules.
No. 2 is usually the right size, also
for dosing individual fowls, no dan-
ger of strangulation—E. A. B.,
Lake City, Mich.

 

Uncle Ab says the best boosters let
their work speak for them.

 

Screens around the dairy early in the .

spring mean less flies later in the year.

 

Improper feeding and‘ not infection
causes many of the losses of new-aborn
calves. Guard against ,letting strong.
vigorous calves get too much milk, and

'see that the weak, sickly calves got

enough. ~ '~

 

In commending the work of the press,
Secretary »W. M. Jardine says: “New facts
are of value only when they have been
brought to the attention of puma who
can saggy.  in mm,

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Suppose you were expected to eat—cv
day—four times as much food as your stomac
will hold—what would you do about it? You'd
say “It can't be done."

The stomach of a Moo—pound cow will hold
about 60  This much grass will fill a large
gunny sac —-packed tight—and it will weigh
about 35 pounds.

ciucgacow woulddl‘zgve to gracheedand hold gut such
sa 0 grassevcry toget amighto agood
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lnldasrmrchesshcneeds. Everydai cowneedsa
Corn Gluten Feed mixture—three poun or more per
day—with her grass. Here is a good one:

goopotmdsCom Gluten Feed
300 poundsGround Com
3oopoundsGroImd Oats
zoopmmdsthat Bran

Cows will continue to give milk on grass alone, but
the willtakc the most ofit out of their ownbones. blood
and tissues. ltisthenthatthcygodrywecksormuhs
before they should.

Our new 64—page book —" The Gospel of Good Feed-

"——tells how to feed Corn Gluten Feed in a way that
make you more money. Write for a free copy.

Ask for Bulletin 5-MB

Associated Corn Products Manufacturers

Feed Research Department
Hugh G. Vera Pelt, Director

208 South La Saae St, Chicago, Ill.

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Standard Wheat Bran.. 200
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White Hominy Feed»... 200
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Remember—there is no better
feed made than Michigan
State Ration No. 3,—Offered
at a price that will save you
several dollars per ton.

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tune 24.-——Holstetns, J. J. Harris“. Armada.
Michigan.

 

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Live Stock Auctioneer

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My Entire Herd of 30 Registered Holstein Cattle
June 24. 1926 at l P. M. '

farm 4 miles south and V, mile east of Armada. or 4 miles west
east of New.Haven. on state gravel road.

Cows bred and open heifers, heifer calves and bulls.
Ten Years of Careful Breeding and Weeding.
Herd TB tested and never had a reactor.

‘ A CLEAN HERD
.i. J. HARTWAY, Proprietor, ARMADA, MICH.

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HEREFORDS

 

REGISTERED BABY BEEF TYPE HEREFORD
bulls for sale. Several who came for young bulls
last year were disaggpointed. We now have 'five
bulls the W111 suit you. Sued

by eet Anchor 1191000. the best baby-
beef ty 6 bull in Michigan.
WATIRINS FARMS, Manchester. Michigan.

L. Whitney Watkins. Proprietor.

HEREFORDS. Oldest Herd in U. S. A.

Bale f bred cows. Oct. 8, 1926. A good bull sale.
CORAPO FARM. Siam Creek. Michigan.

Hereford. Steers

maul 800 lbs. so Wt. Around 150 lbs.
g Wt ground 860 lbs. 44 Wt. Around 600 lbs.
04 Wt. Around 525 lbs. 50 Wt. Around 460 lbs.
ugh' , dark reds. dehamed well marked
91:92:0in rigors. Good stacker order. The. beef
are usually market toppers when finished.
lll sell your choice from an: bunch.
V. V. BALDWIN. Eldon. Wmuo 00. Iowa.

 

 

 

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REG. JERSEYS. POOIs 98th OF R. F. AND
b . Young stock for sale. Herd
secretith b State and Federal Government.
rite or visit or prices and description.
GUY c. WILBUR. BELDING. Mich.

 

FINANCIAL KING JERSEYS FOR BALE,
excellent bull calves from B. of M. Dams.
Goldwater Jersey Farms. Goldwater, .iohlgan,

REGISTERED 0 I. Q.

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FOR SALE, HAMPSHIRE FALL GILTS

Bredfnrl‘ulymdAuznst 131101.
J. P. soitler end Son. R. 1, Henbrson. Mich.

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pass through floors or closets or be
allowed to enter the chimney in an
attic or other concealed space.
Heavy wires should be used to hold
the pipes in place and they should
be. cleaned at least once a year.
Where smoke pipes do pass through
combustible floors or walls they
should be surrounded by a ventilat-
ed metal collar of a diameter at
least 12 inches greater than that of
the pipe. No bare smoke pipe should
run within 12 inches of any wood-
work, wooden lath and plaster par-
tition or ceiling, for, particularly
when wood is used for fuel, the pipe
oft times becomes red hot and in
this condition is extremely danger-
ous. Closely allied to the chimney
hazard is “Sparks on Roofs.” The
wooden shingle is gradually being
legislated out of all of the cities
and towns and should be discour-
aged on the farm. When wooden
shingles are used the roof should be
kept in good repair and painted.
One of our Michigan farm mutual
insurance companies has recently
put out a spark arrester constructed
of wire mesh to fit on top of the
chimney and it has proven to be
efficient.

The hazards incidental to “light;
ing” are more pronounced on the
farms than in the city where prac-
tically all of the homes are equipped
with electric lights and the installa-
tion of wiring is under the super-
vision of some municipal depart—
ment. All installations should be
made by a competent electrician and
in accord with the National Elec-
trical Code. This feature is just as
important when individual electrical
generating plants are used, as when
electricity is taken from a power
line. Wires should be of sufficient
size to carry the load and when fus-
es burn out they should not be re-
placed by copper, wire, nails or pen-
nies but by fuses of prescribed am-
perage. Switches should never be
subjected to inflammable vapors or
be located in the vicinity of hay,
straw of equally combustible mater-
ial unless enclosed in iron or iron-
clad boxes, tightly closed and exter-
nally operated. If acetylene gas is
used for illumination, the genera-
tor should be isolated from the main
farm buildings and care taken to
prevent leakage of the gas. The
calcium carbide cans should always
be kept tightly covered.

Mrs. O’Leary’s cow kicked over a
lantern in 1871 and started a fire
that destroyed the entire city of
Chicago. If you must use a portable
light in the barn it should be an
electric lantern.

The barns are the principal seat
of fire danger. This is due to the
fact that they are of light frame
construction subject to the hazards
of open lights, the uses of matches
and smoking materials close to high-
ly inflammable contents, and be-
cause of spontaneous combustion.
Spontaneous combustion which caus-
es some of the skeptics to smile,
must be recognized because it does
exist and is not totally preventable
The main factors leading to the
spontaneous ignition of foods and
fodder may be given roughly as
moisture, bacterial activity, germin-
ation and storage in large heaps.
Numerous dairy foods tested at
Michigan State College were found
to contain linseed and cottonseed
oil, and linseed oil is more apt to
cause sponatneous combustion than
any other. The storage in large
stacks or piles of damp hay or straw
is most apt to cause spontaneous
combustion. Stacks of hay and
straw may smolder for months be—
fore becoming ignited. A case oc-
curred on a Canadian farm where a.
stock was noticed giving off steam.
The farmer razed the pile to within
about eight feet of the ground and
encountered greater heat the deeper
he went. The next morning the heat
was still‘intense enough to cook an
egg in twenty minutes. Suspicious
odors similar to that of fresh bread
will usually indicate high tempera-
.ture. Oily clothes and waste are
also subject to chemical action. Just
a. short time ago a. farmer who had
been doing some painting hung his
overalls in a warm closet and went
to bed. Luckily for him, his dog
was a light sleeper, for its barking
'aroused him just. in time to save
himself and family. The resultant

 

loss amounted to about $2,000

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~ Fire Losses One-Sixth of Farmers" Income

(Continued from page 4)

which made them probably the most
expensive pair of overalls in the
world.

I have tried to show you that the
way to stop fire is prevent its occur-
ence. It is equally important that
you be prepared in the event that
one does occur. You should be in
a position to fight a. small blaze
which at its inception is usually trif-
ling and can be controlled. In the
barns water pails should be hung,
kept filled with water and used ofr
kept filled with water and used for
no other purpose. Four pounds of
cacium chloride to the gallon will
prevent freezing and a few drops of
kerosene or crude oil will keep the
insects away. Chemical extinguish-
ers of the 2% gallon soda and acid
type are recommended for home use
and should be hung in a conspicuous
and readily accessible place.

NOW, how should the farmer pro-
tect himself? A combination fire
and lightning policy is, of course,
the foremost insurance requisite for
the farmer. The coverage should
embrace, besides the dwelling and
its contents, specific amounts on
barns, sheds and outbuildings; on
grain and feed and on hay in stor-
age and in stack; on horses, cattle
and other livestock; on horse-drawn
vehicles, harDess, threshing ma.-
chines and stationary gasoline en-
gines, and on various farm imple-
ments and minor pieces of machin-
ery. With virtually every section
of the country subject at certain

 

 

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Mr. E. B. Keith from near Beo-
verton has taken The Balinese
Farmer a long time and kept tell-
lng us thatAso farmer should be
without it but we had never loan a
copy of it so gave little heed to his
words. Finally he made us a. pres-
ent of It for a year and we have
never been without It since and will
not be as long as we live on a farm.
From a satisfied subscriber.—C. 0.
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seasons to severe windstorms, and
with many localities subject to do-
mtating tornadoes, the protection
of most of these property items
against loss from such ravages
scarcely can be omitted by the wise
farmer who realizes that while fire,
with all its destructiveness, can at
least be combatted, there are no
human means of combatting a wind-
storm. Automobiles, motor trucks
and tractors representing a consid-
erable investment, the loss of which
might be embarrassing, if not actu-
ally crippling, need p r o t e c t i o 11
against fire and lightning ,against
theft and against damage from col-
lision. Finally, there is the hazard
of standing crops to be considered.
Without warning they are likely
during the growing season to be ut-
terly destroyed by hail . Against
this element, again no power of man
avails; but form such losses as they
entail, the forward-looking farmer
makes certain to indemnify himself,
by placing upon his expected yield a
suitable amount of bail insurance.

. Be sure that your insurance is writ-

ten by a reliable company, financial-
ly able to carry your risk and above
all read and acquaint yourself with
the provisions of your insurance pol-
icy. By cutting down the fire loss
you are automatically cutting down
your insurance premium as insur-
anco rates are all based on expert-.-
once.

In conclusion, forty people are
burned to death daily on an aver-
age in the United States. Before
tomorrow night forty more will have
been offered on the flaming altar of
carelessness and one of your loved
ones may be among that number.
Remember that human life, unlike
property, cannot be replaced. There
is an antidote for most every poi-

son. Practice and preach fire pre-
vention, which in the long run is
only the application of common

sense, so that the responsibility for
economic waste and charred bones
will not rest on your shoulders.

His Idea
A foreman saw one of his men ham-_
mering a screw into a. piece of wood.
"What the diokens are y u doing?" he,
cried. “You know a screw hould never.
be put into wood with a hammer. What

do you think that screw-driver ls fort",

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I LUMPS IN TEATS
I have two Jersey heifers which
have lumps in their teats. One has a
large lump just in one test, the oth-
er has a lump in two teats. Have
been using iodine on them without
any success. Could you tell me what
I could do to get rid of these bunch-
es as they seem to be growing?—
H. 0. M., Allegan, Michigan.

ET three ounces of potassium io-
dide and dissolve in a quart of
water; give each heifer one

tablespooniui of this mixture once
each day on some ground teed.
Keep up the external treatment of
tincture of iodine.

SOW HAD HIGH FEVER

I have a sow that had nine nice
pigs. We fed her all the milk she
could drink and some soft corn twice
a day. When the pigs were three
weeks old the sow got lame in her
hind legs and in a few days would
not eat any more. We gave her ep-
som salts and oil and she pulled
through but now part of her tail
dropped oil! and large pieces of skin
came off her neck and from her back
and down her hind legs. What did
she have and would it be safe to
breed her againl—G. B., Conway,
Michigan.

CAN see no reason why this sow

should not be safe to breed

again; the sow evidently had a
high fever which accounts for her
hair and some of her skin. She may
probably never have anything like
this again.

W'HIEE SOOURS

We veal calves. We buy them
up trom around the country also
have a number of our own. We keep
about thirty cows for these calves
to run with. Lately we have lost so
many which have died of white
scours. Could you please give me
the reason and also a cure and pre-
ventive for this‘l—M. K., Lowell,
Michigan.

ITE scours is an infection and
when once it gets into a barn
and yard it is very dimcult to

handle. I think that you would get
fairly good results ii? you had some
white scour serum to vaccinate them
with but a single dose would not
likely do; it would require from two
to three doses and unless you had
several to do at one time it would be
too expensive for you to handle
them this way. The following is
good for scours: Sodium Salicylate,
2 ounces; tannic acid, 2 ounces;
powdered iron sulphate, 2 ounces.
Dissolve a teaspoonful in a little
water or milk and give it three or
tour times each day. Cali should
not be led much when scouring.

CAT HAS WOBMS

Please tell me what to do for our
cats that have worms or seem to be
full of them—A Reader, Muir,
Michigan.
-—-For worms in cats, Oil of cheno—
podium 15 mtnims; Castor oil, 2
ounces. Fast the cats for 18 hours

then give one teaspoonrul. Repeat
in a week or ten days.

PIONEEBHNG 1N MICHIGAN
(Continued from page 10)

sesses all the good qualities, and it
is up to us to make our homes what
we would like them to be, no mat—
ter where they are.

The man on the farm is the most
indepen‘dent and has less worry than
many in business, and should take
pleasure in planning his work. My
wife and daughter love flowers and
it has been their delight for years
to plan the flower beds and work in
them at the first opportunity. With
the improving of our front yard it
provides more opportunities and
more pleasure.

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White Leghorns won the 1925 Michigan Egg Contest with pen average of 241 eggs or bird.
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Special Low Prices For June

50 100 500 1000
A Mating .................... ___.._...$0.00 $11.50 $55.00 $105.00
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'l at a great reduction in price for June
‘ flocks only. Care in
selection, culling, breeding and the introduction of
high blood lines from other high record stock has
made it ssible this year that we hare the finest

g  breeding irds we have ever had.

The Improved Tom Ban-on Strain 8. 0. White Leghorns.
long bodies, heavy winter I ers, and our P
Famous Sheppard strain

Evergreen Strain White I”;

The large kind, with the big combs, and

50 1O 5 O 1000
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JuLv 13th will be our last batch for this season. Reference: Zeeland State Bank,
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Postpaid prices on: 25 50 100
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Chicks _ '
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College. Refer you to State Commercial Savmgs Bank. Order from

For Delivery June 1st and after 25 50 100 500 000
B. 0. M. and Br. horns _....-..$8.00 55.25 510.00 041.50 90.00
Barred Rocks, 8. C. R. . Relish-.." 3.50 0.25 12.00 57.50 10.00
Mixed Ohlcks, 37,00 or 100. Heavy Mixed, 511. Free catalog. 109%
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CHICKEN POX

F every poultryman who has chick-
I on pox on his farm would paint
a conspicuous sign and place it

in front of his building where it
could be easily seen, it would be
fully‘as effective to those who know
the cost of an epidemic of chicken
pox as the old' familiar sign, “Be-
ware of the Dog.” It would be do-
ing every poultryman a good turn

and it would help confine rather.

than spread the disease from flock to
flock.

Chicken pox usually appears in
the form of dark spots raised nodules
on the combs and wattles of the af-
fected birds. In this form it is called
dry pox and can be fairly satisfactor-
ily treated.

When accompanied by colds, roup,
and canker, it is called wet pox, and
is extremely difficult to handle. As
a preventative treatment for chicken
pox, feed three pounds of sulphur
to each 100 pounds of dry mash.
This sulphur feeding can be started
at once, and continued well into the
winter. Birds that do not have an
abundance of green food and are not
in a sufficiently laxative condition,
should receive epsom salts at the
rate of one pound to each 100 birds
at last every ten days to two weeks.

When chicken pox first appears, it
is advisable to remove and treat the
affected individuals. The chicken
pox scabs may be painted with tinc-
ture of iodine; or, if they are far
enough developed, the scabs them-
selves may be removed and des-
troyed and the sores painted with
iodine. If there is evidence of colds
use Argyrol in the eyes, nostrils, and
throatwwherever the need is indi-
cated. (A medicine dropper will be
found handy.) '

If canker is present in the throat,
remove the canker and apply strong
permanganate of potash to the spot
from which the canker is removed.

If the disease develops rapidly,
individual treatment is practically
impossible, because of the lack of
hospital room. As soon as there is
evidence of an outbreak of chicken
pox, the following treatment should
be used:

Two and one-half pounds of sul-
phate of iron; (copperas) five ounc-

a
1

es of sulphuric acid; with one gal-

lon of water.

Heat the water boiling hot and
pour it over the sulphate of iron cry-
stale;
When cool, add the sulphuric acid.
This is a stock solution and should
be kept in a glass or earthenware
container.

Use one cupful to each three gal—
lons of drinking water. Wooden
Puckets or tubs should be used'for
drinking dishes during this treat-
ment.

This is not a cure for chicken pox,
as the disease seems to make them
decidedly more resistant—as they
pass through the epidemic with rea-
sonably good egg production and
greatly reduced mortality.

ROUP

My hens appear healthy and
strong, then the first sign is they
stay on the roost and refuse to eat.
They will eat out of my hand, but
don’t seem to be able to pick the
grain off the ground. They twist
their heads around as if dizzy, then
roll over on tlheir side and kick, roll
their eyes and close them, and in a
few minutes get up again. They
have free range feed corn and cats,
have wheat bran and oyster shells
before them all the time and they
also eat raw potato peeling. This
seems to eject only one year old
hens—M. B. 8., Brant, Mich.

THINK if you will feed as follows

you will soon be rid of this

trouble in your flock: add 5
pounds of bone meal, 5 pounds of
ground shell and 20 pounds of meat
scraps to each 100 pounds of mash,
then give them milk if you have it,
also alfalfa and clover chaff. If you
have any cabbage, turnips, beets,
mangels or anytlhing of this kind it
will also help.

And now scientists destroy another
illusion by finding that it is the discon-
tented hen that slngs. No more"can we
praise the peaceful and contented sing-
ing of the barnyard bird.

Investigators have found that to run a
tractor nine hours one hour should be
spent in caring for it. Oiling, greasing,
re—fuellng and the like; take the time.

Common Diseases of Chicks and F owls

By D. E. Spotts

NE of the greatest problems in
O the poultry business and one

which has never been definitely
settled is the one concerning pre-
vention and cure of diseases. This
is a very difficult portion of poultry
work, because birds are so different
in their physical construction. Often
birds will go unnoticed until they
become so ill that a person is un-
able to handle them. Usually such
cases are beyond any hope of re—
covery. The actual value of the
chicken is so small and it is such a
small individual that it is not often
considered worth the time spent in
doctoring it. It is when a disease
or an ailment breaks out that the
losses run into money and are most
noticeable, if the flock is of any size
at all. It is at this time that good
judgment should be exercised in
handling the first outbreak. In
most cases the destruction of the
ailing bird will be more satisfactory
than the doctoring of it.

Poultry, like other animals, can
contract disease, and if the disease
or ailment is infectious the organ—
isms causing the trouble may be car-
ried by other birds, brought in by
feeds, on a person’s clothing, etc.

Sanitation

Sanitation, a term which may be
greatly misunderstood, is extremely
necessary in the eradication of bac-
teria. There is certainly no limit to
which a person may go in order to
insure clean premises. A sanitary
coop and yards, brought about by a.
thorough washing and spraying with
soap suds and a good disinfectant,
combined with ample direct sun-
light will greatly insure the preven-
tion of diseases. The use of the
cheapest and most successful disin-

fectant cannot be emphasised too

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much, and that is “direct sunlight”.
Many mites, lice, bacteria, and other
organisms prefer an environment of
darkness and moisture. Therefore,
open the windows, set the drinking
fountains, feed hoppers, and other
utensils, if possible, outside where
the hot sun may have full sway for
a few hours. A good
cleaning should be practiced at least
once a month during the spring,
summer, and fall. A very good plan,
if you are not sure whether or not
your buildings are clean, would be to
clean them again.

The soil as a medium for trans—
mitting disease has been spoken
about in previous articles, but too
much emphasis cannot be placed up-
on the importance of keeping the
soil clean. Liming and plowing of
the yards, with some green crop
each season, will aid the sunlight to
get into the soil and make it more
sanitary. Many of our Michigan
poultry yards have suffered and are
now suffering from infestations of
coccidlosis, gape worms, and other
intestinal worms. The best cure for
such parasites is to keep the yards
in a sweet, pure condition, lime
often, plow, and grow some crop
often.

A few of the most common chick
diseases, their causes, and means of
treatment may be of value to some,
but it will be impossible to go into
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ally noted after the chicks are a few
days old. As a rule, they hunt for
a place to keep warm, become in-
active, and usually chirp incessantly.
There is no cure and the chick very
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comes a carrier of the germ, Bacillus
Pullorum, 'which causes the disease.
Chicks that are infected with this
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show a liver that is pale and marked
with streaks or spots of red; often
nodules will appear upon the lungs.
The yolk is usually unabsorbed, and
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Market For Cattle and Hogs Continues Good

Bullish Government Crop Reports Give Wheat Market Strength
By W. W. FOOTE, Market Editor. I

EADING off in importance of
what the farmer produces, live
stock is heading the list at this

time, with hogs the big feature, and

even the most optimistic of men
have been taken by surprise over
the tremendous boom in prices

which has been caused by the great
falling off in production. Sheep,
too, have undergone a wonderful
advance in prices of late, with
spring lambs taking the lead, fol-
lowed by fed lambs, and the many
Michigan farmers who had the fore—
sight to build up flocks of sheep are
now rejoicing over their good for-
tune. Of course, one of the results
is to stimulate other farmers to en-
gage in raising sheep, as well as to
stimulate established sheepmen to
increase their flocks, and breeding
ewes of the better class have been
in good demand recently at around
$7.65 ot $8 per 100 pounds. Noth—
ing more profitable than hogs and
sheep can be grown, and cattle too
are proving a profitable business in
feeding districts, one source of
profit on sheep being the manure.
Of course it is essential that good
corn crops be raised for feed, and
so far as can be learned farmers

have planted their usual acres.
Wheat has suffered declines in
prices, but is in a much stronger

position than the other grains, the
visible supply in this country being
unusually small. On the other haul.
we are not exporting anything like
the amount we did a few years ago,
and during the ten months ending
April our wheat exports to foreign
countries amounted to only 45,746,-
000 bushels, comparing-With 178,-
551,000 bushels for the like period
a year ago. The general business of
the country is normal, and the banks
are making loans at comparatively
low rates of interest. The wool
market is inactive evsrywhere, and
many offerings in San Angelo, Texas,
were withdrawn from the market.
An important feature of our foreign
trade is the marked increase in ex—
ports of tractors and farm machin-
ery from this country to Russia and
other European countries.
Government Crop Report

A winter wheat crop of 543,000,—
000 bu. in the United States as of
June 1 was forecast yesterday by
the Department of Agriculture. This
compares with the May 1 estimate
of 548,908,000 bu .and 398,000,000
bu. harvested last year. Condition

.of winter wheat was 76.5 per cent

of normal, against 84.0 on May 1
last, 665 per cent on June 1 last
year, and 77.8 for the ten—year av-
erage. Yield per acre, 14.7 bu.
compared with 12.7 harvested last
year.

Condition of spring wheat was
placed at 78.5 per cent of normal,
compared with 87.1 per cent last
year and 89.9 for the ten—year av—
erage. No estimate of acreage or
yield was given, but based on the
estimates of private experts the crop
may be figured around 220,000,000
bu., which would bring the total
probable winter and spring harvest
in the United States this year up
to 763,000,000 bu.

Winter rye condition was given as

v 73.4 per cent of normal and the esti—

 

average.

mated harvest at 41,000,000 bu. This
compares with 48.700.000 bu. har-
vested last year. Estimated yield of
rye per acre, 11.5 bu., compared
with 11.9 bu. last year. On May 1
last rye condition was 81.5 per cent
of normal. compared with 78.6 last
June and 86.3 for the ten—year av-
erage.

Oats condition was placed at 78.8,

. compared with 79.6 on June 1 last

year and 86.9 for the ten—year aver-
age. Barley condition was put at
81 per cent, compared with 83.1 last
June and 87.4 for the ten-year aver-
age. No estimate of acre or yield
of cats or'barley was issued.
Tame hay condition on June 1
was 76 per cent of normal, compared
with 82 on May 1, 78.6 on June 1
last year and 86.8 for the ten-year
Wild hay condition, 68.7

per cent of normal, compared With
74.5 on May 1, 75.4 per cent last
June and 87.1 for the ten-year aver-
age. Condition of pastures on June
1 was 77 per cent, against 74.6 last
May,_78.1 last June and 88.5 for
the ten-year average.
‘Active Trade in Wheat

The bullish government crop re-
port raises the hope that farmers
will be able to market their new
crops of wheat at good prices, al-
though late sales for July delivery
on the Chicago market at around
$1.42 does not look high when it is

Prices are relatively low. Those who
are bullish look for a good foreign
demand, as prices are low.
Choice Hogs Bring $15

Hogs have made wonderful re-
cords all- the way up since the boom
was started, and last week saw sales
at $15, the top so far, with'too few
to go around. Recently the specu-
lators have been large buyers and
aided materially in the advance.
Supplies continue much smaller than
in former years ,and the combined
receipts in seven western packing
points for the year to late date
amount to 10,789,000 hogs, com-

,paring with 13,210,000 one year

ago and 15,481,000 two years ago.
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recalled that a year ago sales were
made at $1.63. On the other hand,
two years ago sales were made only
a few cents above $1. Crop condi-
tions just now are making market
prices, and very much depends on
whether the dry districts get needed
rains in the near future.” Reports
from Nebraska, Kansas and Okla-
homa have been very bad, and it is
hard to account for the slow de:..
mand for cash wheat, especially the
small buying by millers. Our ex-
ports of breadstuffs are not large.
Harvesting is on in Texas and Okla-
homa, and is ready to start in Kans-
as. July corn sells in the Chicago
market at 75 cents, comparing with
$1.16 a year ago; July cats at 42-
cents, comparing with 54 cents a
year ago; and July rye at 93 cents,
comparing with $1.14 a year ago.
The visible wheat supply in this
country and in foreign countries is
reported as unusually low.

The Chicago Tribune says: “Pros-
pects for the rye crop in the United
States are the poorest since 1912.
This is taken as suggesting possibil-
ities of higher prices and has been
the basis of buying for some time.
This year’s crop is 41,000,000 bu.
against an average of 67,000,000
bu. North Dakota has 10,000,000
bu. while its average is 16,965,000
bu. Minnesota has 6,000,000 bu. or
7,000,000 bu. under the average.

choice and heavy. One year ago
hogs sold in the Chicago stock yards
at $10.50 to $12.40 and two years
ago at $6 to $7.25. Recent Chicago
receipts averaged in weights 251
pounds, being much the heaviest for
many years for corresponding weeks
and thirteen pounds above the five
year average.
Good Market for Cattle

There Is no lack of cattle in feed—
ing districts, and more have been
received in western packing points
so far this year than in recent years.
On the other hand, about 11,000
cars of cattle were shipped this sea-
son from southwestern districts to
northern pastures, or 1,000 cars less
than a year ago, Kansas showing the
principal decreases. Good numbers
of cattle have been received in Chi-
cago of late, including good supplies
of fat heavy steers, largely from
eastern Nebraska and western Iowa,
and these were the highest sellers.
The bulk of the steers sold at a
range of $9 to $10.25, with the com-
moner light weight steers at $8 to
$8.50 and the choicer heavy cattle
at $10 to $10.65, while the better
class of yearlings sold at $9,75 to
$10.25, no good lots selling below
$9.25. The best cattle sold at the
highest prices paid since early April,
and fat heifers brought $7.75 to
$10. A year ago steers sold at $8 to
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June 15 June 15 June 1 1 yr. ago

WHEAT—

No. 2 Red $1.55 31.53%I $1.58 $1.88

No. 2 White 1.56 1.59 1.88

No. 2 Mixed 1.55 1.58 1.88
CORN—

No. 2 Yellow .78 7234 @73 .76

No. 3 Yellow .75 .73 1.18
OATS—

No. 2 White .46 41 @41 g .45 1,5 .58 1,4

No. 3 White .45 41 @41 $4 .4436 56 56
RYE—m »

Cash No. 2 ‘ .93 .92 .88 1.12
BEANS—

C. H. P. cm 4.30 4.25 5.70
POTATOES——

Per th. 3.00@8.17 2.60@3.10 2.88 @289 1.00@1.16
HAY—

No. 1 Tim. 7 -23.50@24 24@26 23.50@24 16.50@17

No. 2 Tim. 21 ((2)22 21 V 21 @22 14@ 14.50

No. 1 Clover 20@21 21 23 20g21 13@ 14

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$11.50, while eleven years ago they I I A
_ Supplies i"
stockers and feeders continue lightr

brought $6.90 to $9.75.

and sales are made at- $7.25~-to
$8.75, mainly at $7.60 to $8.50,
stock and feeder cows andrheifer
going for $5.25 to $6.50. -

WHEAT

Dry weather
turn to wheat prices during the first
week in this month but later there
were rains and the market, became
dull with prices easy. Receipts are
small at Detroit and the demand
small. '

. CORN \

Small receipts are holding the
price of corn up fairly well and the
market is quiet. .

OATS ,

The price of oats has held fairly
steady lately but without much ad-
vance in price because of the large
available supply. The Detroit mar‘
ket declined a cent on the closing
day of last week.

RYE
Unlike other grains rye has made
a nice gain in price since our last
issue, and the market is quiet at
present.

BEANS

Beans advanced some since our
last issue but are now back to the
same level we last quoted. The
Michigan Elevator Exchange pre-
sents some interesting figures on the
bean situation that we are passing
along for thought. The average
number of bushels raised between
1920 and 1924 in the main produc-
ing states of the United States was
12,482,000 bushels for a average
year, whereas in 1924 we raised a
total 14,865,000 bushels, and in
1925 there were 19,590,000 bushels.
The yearly average for Michigan
from 1920 to 1924 was 4,896,000
bushels, and in 1925 this was prac-
tically doubled, or 8,289,000 bushels.

POTATOES

During the past fortnight old po-
tatoes have enjoyed a good demand
and prices worked upward. The
supply of new potatoes is very lim-
ited at this time and old stock is
steady. Old potatoes have proved
themselves superior in quality to
most of the new ones marketed this
spring.

..-- HAY
Markets generally firm. Moder:
ate receipts just about equal demand
in most central and western markets.

DETROIT LIVE POULTRY

Broilers, fancy heavy rocks and
reds, 42@44c; medium and white,
36@38c; leghorns, 33@34c; stage,
18c; extra large hens, 28c; medium
hens, 29@30c; leghorns and small,
25@26c; large white ducks, 32@
33c per pound.

LIVE STOCK MARKETS
DETROIT, June 15.-——Cattle—Steady;

good to choice yearlings, dry fed,- $9@ V

10.50; best heavy steers, dry fed, $8.50@
9.50; best handyweight butcher teers.
$7.50@9; mixed steers and heifers, $70
8.50; handy light butchers, “5007.50;
light b' tchers, $6@6.50; best cows, $6.50
@7: itrher cows, $5.25@6; common
cow“. 1.507.175; canners, $4@4.50; choice
light bulls, $6.25@7.25; heavy bulls,
$5.5(Ng‘i‘6.75; stock bulls, $5@6; feeders,
$6@7.75; stockers, $6@7; milkers and
springers, $50@100. Veal Calves—Mar-
ket 500 lower; best $13@13.50; others.
$4@12.50. Sheep and Lambs—~Lambs $1
lower; sheep steady. Best lambs, $15;
fair lambs, $12.50@13.50; light to com—
mon lambs, $9@11.50; spring lambs, $14
@17; fair to good sheep, $7@7_50; culls
and common, $2@4. Hogs—Mixed hogs,
$14.75.

CHICAGO (By U. S. Bureau of Mar-
kets).—-—Hogs: Market, 15@25c lower;
bulk, $14@14.60; top, $15; heavyweight,
$13.75@14.60; medium weight, $14.25@
14.85; lightweight, $14@14.90; light
lights, $14.20@14.15; heavy packing sows,
smooth, $12.80@13.10; packing sows,
rough, $12.50@12.80. Pigs ; $14,25_@
15.25. Cattle: Market steady: calves re—
ceipts, 100; market steady; ,beef steers,
choice and prime,

895061050; common and medium-$76
9; butcher cattle, heifers, ‘_$5.5_0@1 f
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Week of June 30

HE cool weather of latter part of
last week will run over into
the beginning oi this week so

that fair weather and moderately
low temperatures will rule about

Sunday. However, by Monday the
temperautres will have risen con-
siderably and then will follow a cou-
ple days of warm weather.

During the 24 hours of Monday
and Tuesday there are expected to
be some heavy rains and thunder
storms and locally there will be
some strong, winds.

The last half at this week is ex-
pected to be quite free from storms.
About Wednesday the tail end of the
storm area mentioned above will
move eastward allowing the moder-
ately cool, clear weather to the
northwest to enter the state. The
balance of the week is expectd to be
generally fair.

Week of June 27

The very early part of the week
of June 27th will register normal
temperatures and some unsettled to
stormy weather. Temperatures will
continue to climb higher as the week
progresses but about Mbnday the
sky will clear oii.

During Tuesday and Wednesday
we look for generally fair and warm
weather over most parts of Michi-
gan. By Thursday there will be a
change to storminess in which show—
ers, rains and thunder storms will
participate. In fact, the greater
part of the balance of the week will
be stormy and unsettled. There will
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COUNTY CROP REPORGB
(Continued from Page 2)

Lenswee (W).—-Corn all planted, some

cultivated. Some planting potatoes. Be-
to cut~hay, very light. Oats and

corn not coming good, too dry. Some
oats just sprouting after light rain last
Sunday. Very dry spring so far,_ very
windy. The wind blew onions out of
muck, destroying large acreage. Quota»
tions at Clayton are: Corn. 350 per bu.:
oats. 36o per bu.; wheat. $1.40 per bu.;
beans. $4.00 per cwt: potatoes, $2.50
per owt; eggs. 28o per don; butter, 44c
per lb.—C. B., 6—10-20.

easy—Corn practically all planted and
some farmers have started to cultivate.
Wheat heading and oats growing. A11-
altagoingtomakebigcropothay.
Farmers sowing large acreage of alialia
which is only way to solve hay problem.
Fruit looks good and late potatoes being
Planted—Walter N. Hirschy. 6-10-20.

Hillsdale (NW).-—-Several good soaking
rainsinlasttWOWeekajustaboutin-
sures good strawberry crop and given
seeding chance to root. Early corn being
cultivated but poor color; weather having
been too cool. Cut worms quite a pest
around here this spring. Farmed-s work-
ing ground for cabbage, and some for
altalia to be sewn this summer. Some
sudangrasstobesowntorhay. Hay
fields looking good. Weaning DIES find—
ing quick market at $10.00 apiecea—Chas.
Hunt. 0-10-20.

Masha—Not as many beans planned
this year although red beans in menu

.,aretakingplaoeot whimmbean

planting yet to done. There seems to be
tendency toward large acreage oi: buck.
wheat. Some corn and early planted po-
‘tatoes up but corn especially not looking
best. Too cold and wet. Fair outlook

for good crop of hay, also wheat. rye.

andoetslookingquitegoodbutaliyould
improve it weather conditions were little
man Price paid tor eggs at Kalkaska,
‘250 per don; butter, 40¢ per lb.—H. C. 8.,
6-10-20. .
-Maeon.—Heavy rain tall tor several
days, has delayed planting of sweet corn
and  Many have lost tomato plants
by treat. Hogs scarce. Six weeks old
' bringing $15.00 pair. Prospects good

" for splendid hay crop. Quotations at

800W: Hay, $20.00 per ton: .rye, 11c
 (has wheat. $1.44 per ha: hens.
{:50 per cwt: potatoes, $1.00 per hm;

 eggs. 24¢ per don; butter, 380 per lb.—

GLPearl Darr. 6-17—26.
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idea—Crops seemfltov be at .aV
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Berries KN.) r-Melone mostly planted
and strawberries will begin to mayo in
few days. Cherry crop continues to
shrink. Latest estimate is 25% or 'a
crop on sour cherries and growers organ-
izations advise contract price should be
raised to 70 per lb.——N. EL, 6-10-20.

Shiawaesee (NW)—Wealher cold and
backward, beans and corn not doing well.
Hay and oats coming fine, except some
alfalfa fields that smothered out with
Smaller acreage of beans
than usual. More for cannery. Quota-
tions at Garland: Corn, 660 per bu.; oats,
37c per bu.; wheat, $1.48 per bu.: beans.
$3.90 per cwt; potatoes, $1.60 per cwt.;
eggs. 270 per (102.; butter, 400 per lb.-—
Geo. L. Pearce, 6-10.20.

Rumour—Prospects for fruit good. Just
enough rain but too cold for beet growth.
Pastures and meadows looking good.
Some corn yet to be planted. More certi-
fied seed potatoes being planted than last
year as demand exceeds supply. Table
stock about same as last year. Frost
last week did some damage but do not
thing it hurt fruit. Quotations at Petos-
key: Hay, $18.00 per ton; oats, 50eper
bu.; beef 60 to 120: pork, $14c to 17c per
1b.; eggs. 270 per dozz; butter, 400 per
Ibr—D. D.. 6-10-26.

Alpena (SW).—-Seeding all done here.
Spring grain looking good. Big improve.-
ment in hay in last week. Quite a few
potatoes being planted but not much corn.
Quotations at Spratt: Hay, $20.00 per;
ton; com, 900 per bu.: oats, 60c per bu.:
rye,, 900 per bu.; wheat $1.40 per bu.;
beans, $3.50 per cwt; potatoes, $1.70 per
cwt; eggs, 250 per doz.; butter 380 per
1b.—-Roosevelt Haken. 6-10-26.

Saginaw (NW),—Corn all in, a. normal
acreage. First planting is up. Lots rot-
ting in ground. Too early to know what
stand will be. Oats look fine. Meadows
look good what were not plowed up.
Farmers planting beans. About 20% in,
normal acreage. Quotations at Hemlock:
Hay, $15.00 per ton; com, 600 per bu.;
oats. 360 per bu.; rye. 600 per bu.;
wheat, $1.48 per bu.; beans, $3.90 per
cwt: potatoes, $2.00 per ch; eggs, 280
per doz.; butter, 400 per lb.—F. Dungey,
6—9-26.

Clare (NW).~—A couple more light
frosts. Fruit doesn’t seem to be damaged
much. Farmers hustling in race to catch
up. Some still risking corn, others turn—
ed to beans and buckwheat as last re-
sorts. Some late potatoes going in.
Everyone limiting acreage to what they
can care for without hiring. Pastures
good, all things considered. Crops look-
ing as well as can be expected. Good
rain again last week was gratefully re-
ceived. Schoois out once more. Quota-
tions at Harrison: Eggs, 250 per doz.;
butterfat. 410 per lb.—-Mrs. D., 6-9-26.

LenawecJ—Corn nearly all planted.
Cultivation commenced. Stand very good.
Grain and grass looking good. Sweet
clover and alfalfa soon be ready to cut.
Prospects for all kinds of truit good.
Good rain would be welcomed. Average
acreage of sugar beets being put in.
Quotations at Deerfleld; Hay, $20.00 per
to; com, 750 per cwt). oats, 390 per bu.;
wheat, $1.46 per bu.; potatoes, $2.00 per
cwt; eggs, 270 per don; butter, 350 per
lb.—H. B. B.. 6-10-20.

St. Josepha—Wheat looks prosperous.

exua good. Clovar and timothy
meadows medium good. Oats doing well.
Early planted corn poor stand. Later
planted is better. Corn planting is com-
pleted. Some tar-mere are cultivating.
Early potatoes ordinary good. ' Mint do—
ing good on properly drained land. Ap-
ples will be plenty but few cherries.
Qiotations at Burroak are: Hay, $15.00
ton: corn. 50c per bu.: potatoes
$1.75 per cwt.; eggs, 270 per don—Alvin
J. Yoder, 6-10-20.

Oakland—Corn all in. Farmers get-
ting ready to plant potatoes. Some have
planted. A little less acreage. This year
most of the farmers have sold out to De-
troit parties. Very few of the old farm-
on lent. Pasture has been pretty fair.
Lots of rain. Hay fields looking good.
Early sowed corn not doing very good.
Too cold—Neil H. Catcher, 6-11-26.

Alpena (Eh—Crops looking fine. Rains
first part of week improved crops wonderh
fully. Farmers have finished planting
theirccrnandareatthepotatoground
About the usual amount of potap
toes being planted. Recent drop in price
of potatoes left many farmers with quite
a large quantity on hand for this time of
year. Quotations at Alpena: Hay $206
35 per ton; oats, 500 perbu.; wheat. $1.40
per hm; eggs. 200 per don; butter, 410
per lb.-—J. A. M., 6—11-23.

Huang—Splendid weather after the
trostoifith. Complantingaboutdona
Bean sowing full swing. Iess corn;
beans about the same as usual. Great
increase in common white peas, a crop
favorite here 35 years ago when we had
:hooraokiug mill. The pea wavil stopped

Krowinstben. Aneighborsayshe
isholdingikm bus. beans but reducing
m” aInfin-Pigssilillsca‘rce,

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816-00 & Blur. Many beet calves being

Wen-19¢ A Best scarcity of stockecrs:

many pastures not yet stocked. 80 cows
brought in by the local milk plant. Milk
$1.50 perlcwt. on stand. June and wire

coming in head. Old meadow good
growth; new seeding weedy. Farm help
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Recommended
By Prof. F. B. Morrison
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FOR SUMMER
CONDITIONS

——Was given by cows at Cornell
Experiment Station, fed four

pounds of concentrates per
head daily on pasture, than
by cows of similar product-
ive capacity which received
no concentrates in addition
to pasturage.

Pasturage itself is an insufficient source
of nutriment.
do thousands of other successful feeders
of all farm animals, with rations con-
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Better supplement it, as

Linseed Meal, with its high protein con-
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good condition and helps make the best
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Why is told by successful feed  in our
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How and

and “How To Make Money With Linseed

(1) Ground corn. . .300 lbs.
Ground oats. . . 300 lbs.
Wheat bran. “.200 lbs.
Linseed meal. .200 lbs.

(2) Ground corn. . .535 lbs.
Wheat bran. . .230 lbs.
Linseed meal. .235 lbs.

(3) Ground corn. . .375 lbs.
Ground oats. . . 375 lbs.
Linseed meal. .250 lbs.

(4) Ground barley.615 lbs.
Wheat Bran...‘.200 lbs.

Linseed meal. . 185 lbs.

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as a service to its readers.

THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER, : : Mount Clemens, Michigan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION WHAT THE POLICY SAYS, IN PART :—
for $7 500 Travel-Accident Policy issued by the Inter—Ocean
’ . . . If sustained In the
Casualty Company as a serv1ce by The Michigan Business Farmer. " summed I" the mum. dammed In
SPECIFIC LOSSES manner-described In quraphsztoe
I cert;in that I am a paid-in-sdvance reader of The Michigan Business Farmer. more Paragraph 1. inclusive
WINS yea-g; and not tEng] 70 tyéeafii'stholft e. that  neighiyerbiieai illiot haflnd, anal 0° 0
that em 11 0 ex n 0311110 In pub 0 p can, an F L" 51 _00 1,00 _00
were away m“ 7.500 arms—Am ent Policy in the Inter-Ocean Casualty Gom- pg: “‘3.” 2:, .32., Hands.” 13200.00 31,00,100
W. 1mm throw Hickman Bunnies! Man For Loss of sou, FoaL _______ u,_____._____.__ 1,500.00 1,000 on,
For Less of Sight of Both eyes.--_....._.._.. 1,500.00 1,000 00
For Less of One Hand and One Fm..-.......—_...__. 1. 00.00 1,000. o
m M 9.... m r E" .5” MN?“ sweeteners-— 3-233-33 raga-33
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( mm m ) For Less of Either Hand g 8,760.00 500 o
For Less of Either Foet._.-........._--.._.-.-..--—.—..... 8,750.00 500.00
Pm 0mm “mm For Less of Sightof Either Ey&_.—....-—..-—————— 8.150.00 500.00
Parapraph 1. By the wreckinz of a railroad pessen at car or street. elevated or
n F. n 0““‘mflm underground railway car, passenger steamship or mm as specified in policy,
Paragraph 2- B the wrecking of any public omnibus, taxicab. or automobile stn e
‘ driven or operated hy a licensed driver, as specified in policy, I
Date 01 Bil-m "‘ Paragraph 8. By wrecking of any private horse-drawn vehinl not being used for
Write below the name and address of person to whom you want insurance paid in business purposes, as specified in policy. 6'
case you are kifled; otherwise, it W111 be paid to your estate.

Paragraph 4.. By the wrecking of any private automobile. not being used {or bus-
iness purposes, as speclfled in pohcy.

. ' Paragraph 5. By the wrecking of any pass er elevator in which th insur- is
Beneficiary “““h‘"‘"""‘ riding as a passenger. as specified in policy. m 8 ed
Para raph 8. B being struck or knocked down or run over while walking
stan'gonspublfiy highway.ssspecifledinpolicy. o,

 

 

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Not more than one policy will be issued to one person, but any or all gagglbers of go building, aih Which the Insured shall be at the of such fire, as specified in
immediate fanny betwaen the ages of 16 and 70 yam? can secure one 0 ese pohcy.

' vane on need send only your section B.—If the insured mainlins injuriu in any manner specified above. which

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