iii!” .472 Independent Farm Magazine Owned and Edited in Michigan Read. in this issue: Feature Articles—Farmers ’Service Bureau—Broadscope Farm News and Views—The Pubhsher’s Desk—Fruit and Orchard—Another Installment of Our New Story—The Farm Home . // ~- ‘ , IGMIIIWTWMM’TI 15'} 901 ulfilled Vision. '0' Back!» School 'fluboyannddxhoflmudam afltolclmol'hhinthonutfw days. Ymmt].C.Pcmoy CompnnySwnhuwu-ythin‘ necessary to outfit than {at tho schoolyeur. Schoolpadgpcodhnndmppfl. I d ovary kind. Fatbboyo—“Pcnmyju’m withtwopdrlof Mum “Tm. Blue” P111 Baht. equly urviooahlo in school, at 79:. For the girls—High-gnda Ging- ham Dunn At 81.49. WM SchoolFrockantMCouulnm model. For the Boy and Girl—Esta, Shoes, Hosiery. Aunt Vain. It low prices in our childron‘h II well as adult wear. 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Clem Around 8 ,000 Attend Farmers’ Day at M. S. C Crowd Sees Two Teams of Horses Pull To Tie in Establishing New State Record E weather on Farmers’ Day, July 30th at the Michigan State College could not have been nicer, even if the oflcials in charge had had it made to order. It was . ideal and a crowd of farmers and their families, estimated at around 8 .000 people, was in attendance. The forenoon was given over to in- specting work being done by the Col- lege, then at noon picnic baskets were brought forth and folks spread their lunches under trees on the campus. The afternoon was given over to quite an extensive program with perhaps the outstanding feature a team pulling contest where a new state record was established. Hon. L. Whitney Watkins, State Commissioner of Agriculture painted a word picture of the coming Mich- igan State Fair for the crowd, stat- ing, “The fair is to be a real agri- cultural exposition, with your help. ” ’ .The interest shown by the folks in- dicate that the help will be gladly , 8 given. A team of chesuut horses, earned by A. G. Vanderbeck, of Alma, Gratiot county, and a well-matched pair of bays, owned by Allen Has- kins. of‘ Ionia, Iom‘a county, tied on a new state record for pulling. They pulled the dynamometer set at 3,100 pounds for the full distance of 271,9 feet, beating the previous state rec- ord by 225 pounds. Also this rec- ord is second highest in the United States, the best record of 2, 475 pounds being held in Iowa, where horse-pulling c o n t e s t s originated four years ago. To break the tie weights were set at 3,150 pounds and the teams again were hitched to the dynamometer. The chestnuts made the first attempt and it looked as though they were going to pull it the full distance until a tight collar caused one of. the horses to tail. Given three chances they pulled it a total of 43 feet. The lonia team also failed to make the full distance in one pull andonlymade 34 feetinthree st- tempts, so the team from Alma was givcnriirst prize of $50 oifered by thalonla Free Fair. » - There is a possibility that the two teams will have an opportunity to settle their dispute at the Mich- igan State Fair-at atDetroit in Sep- tember. The team pulling caused more ex- citement than would a base ball game "or a horseshoe pitching con- test. Warnings to the spectators to remain silent and keep back were forgotten when a team got into ac- tion. When the horses settled down to the task at hand and their driver waved his whip and urged them to do their best the temptation was too great and the crowd moved for- ward, at the same time adding their cries to those of the driver. But the horses seemed to sense that the crowd was with them and they re- , sponded nobly with little show of excitement. During an intermission in the pull- ing contest Dean Shaw introduced Prof 0. E. Reed of the College who talked briefly on the coming Inter- national Dairy Show, to be held at the State Fair Grounds at Detroit during the first week in October. “Why Michigan Lives Up to Its Motto" was the subject taken up by John A. Doelle, former State Com- missioner of Agriculture and now ex— American Banner Wheat Wins Praise By E. 0. RATHER Extension Specialist, Michigan State College ROWER’S raising wheat on the lighter loams and upland types of soil throughout Michigan are enthused over their prospects with American Banner Wheat this year. The American Banner, a bald white wheat developed several years ago by plant breeders at the Michi- gan State College, has come into prominence in more recent years through demand on the part of Mich- igan Millers for a white wheat that would make the better grades of pastry flour. The American Banner Wheat evidently fills this need and has also won favor as an excellent variety in the food products trade. Now, it would appear, American Banner is becoming popular with growers too. Clarence Heinlein of Vassar states that American Banner has proven unusually winter hardy for his condition and his 20 acre field of this variety is one of the best wheat fields in that section. Farley Brothers or Albion have also commented on the winter hard- iness of this variety for Calhoun County conditions, while R. V. Beardslee of Owosso says, “We planted Certified American Banner Seed Wheat September 27th last fall, using super-phosphate fertilizer. The field came through the winter in ex‘ cellent shape and is one of the most promising we have had in years.” Further evidence of the ability of American Banner to withstand se- vere winters comes from Joseph Keilein of Pewamo, L. H. Conklin of Chesaning and W._ H. Morrice of Morrice. Mr. Keileln says "My field of American Banner Wheat .stood the winter well and looks right for a bumper crop.” L. H. Conklin pre- dicts that American Banner and acid phosphate will turn him a good wheat profit this year, while Mr. Morrice says his whole neighbor- hood is strong for this variety be- lieving it to be the best yieldcr for their lighter types of soil. L. R. Kerr of Sandusky planted his field of American Banner be— tween two other varieties and every- one who saw the comparison re- marked on the evident superiority of (Continued on page 17) ecutive secretary of the Michigan Real Estate Association. tion is the big question in Michigan for the next ten years, according to Mr. Doelle. “The good roads question is set tled,” he said. What we need is an enlightened public opinion on conser- vation ad enough people back of the movement to get some action on it." Mr. Doelle compared Michigan to an empire. A circle centering at Detroit and reaching to Ironwood in one direction would go 50 miles be— yond Washington in the other, he showed. This empire, with the first position in more agricultural pro- ducts than any other state, with 32,- 000,000,000 of manufactured prod- ucts each year and with recreation- al resources scarcely realized, is the greatest state in the Union, he said. He pointed out the opportunity of . Michigan farmers to take advantage of the home'market offered by the industrial cities and by the summer tourists, and quoted a New York financial magazine to the efifect that only 34 per cent of Michigan people eat food produced in this state. Farmers need to grade and pack their products properly and then ad- vertise them to the people of the cities, he said. Urging the early completion of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Water- way, he showed that lower trans- portation costs to the markets of the world will benefit every resident of the state. He predicted that in the future much of the iron and copper mined in the Upper Peninsula will be manufactured in Michigan. "We don't need to advertise the state if we all believe in it and talk about it," he said. “If you are look- ing for a peninsula that is well lo- cated and that is beautiful, look about you.” The day was concluded with the annual town and country church choir singing contest, sponsored by R. E. Olds, of Lansing. Benzonia won first, Rockford second, Reading third, and Fowlerville, fourth. Michigan Hereford—Breeders Spend Two Days Visiting Herds of State annual tour of the Michigan Hereford Breeders Association was held in the central part of the state. July 29th and 80th. Owing to the backwardness of "the season the committee in charge of the tour did not plan as long a one as usual, but what this tour lacked in length was morethan made up by the en- thusiasm displayed. These tours are the big event of the year on the Hero eford' breeders’ calendar, and every- one attends who can possibly go. President Harwood and Secretary ' Miller met part of “the tourists at St. Johns early Thursday morning, from where they went to Pine Bros. Stock Farm, near De Witt. Here they were joined by V. A. Freeman, of the Michigan State College. Ac— , companying Mr. Freeman was Mr. Ira H. Butterileld, father of Kenyon L. Butterfield, President of M. S. 0.: this being Mr. Butterfield’s second, .tour with the Hereford breeders. He is one of the older residents of the state, but is still taking an active ‘interest in everything pertaining to agriculture. and the Hereford breed- as" flm sales having him with ' wood ' problems of turning, and the friend explained .1}; relationship existing between the ' , to; targets of countyand Feldspausch’s herd numbers about 20 registered Herefords. Here we were joined by James Campbell, county agent of Genesee county. who has a herd of Herefords on his farm in Clinton county. We can always count on “Jim" and his family be- ing present when a Hereford event is taking place. Weisgerber Bros. , south of Ionia, was the next stop, where we saw the show herd they are fitting for the fall fairs. They have about 20 head of registered Herefords. ' DinnerAtBarwoodFann Everyone was glad to reach the Harwood farm, where we were scheduled. to have. dinner. Their beautiful lawn was an ideal place for the serving to the slxty- members of the party, of the fine dinner pre- pared by the West Berlin Ladies Aid. After dinner County Agent R. L. Helm, of Ionia county. acted as. toastmaster. President Harold Har- welcomed the Hereford , breeders to his home,.and he was followed by Mr. Lewis Hale, Presi- dent of the Ionia Chamber of Com- merce, who welcomed the tourists in behalf of the citlnens of Ionia county, and who also gave an in- ' address touching upon the best county fairs in Michigan. Mr. Hale’s talk was followed by one given by an oflicer of the fair, who gave a short account of its history. Several of the breeders gave short talks. Mr. Ira H. Butterfield gave an interesting account of some of the things that he was trying to ac- complish for the betterment of agri- culture. At the close of the short business meeting which was held, a motion was made and seconded that the Secretary send a suitable letter to Mr. Alvin H. Sanders, Editor of the “Breeders Gazette”, expressing the thanks and appreciation of the Association for his work in behalf of the Better Beef movement. Judging Contest After the dinner and business meeting, movies were taken of the crowd, an: we left to view one of judging mntests and demonstration given by V. A. Freeman. Two young cows were used in this, and it was of great educational value to those present. The herd of Wm. Kneale and Son, censisting of 25 head, was then vis- lied. Mr. Kneale not only has good Herefords, but he knows how to .make good maple syrup as any one who was present will testify. The remainder oi. the Harwood herd of 140 were then looked over, where it was grasing’in one of the good past- on the Harwood term. From m to Hcart Lake Here~ tended of any of these held, and its planned to have next year'stoar the Upper Mania, by Homer Van Baron, and saw his good herd bull and 17 cows. An- other judging contest was held here, after which we were treated to home made ice cream and cake, candy and cigars. We next visited Mr. R; A. Dodds, a new Hereford breeder, who is mak- ing a good start in the Hereford game with 6 registered cows. The last stop was at J. E. Hunter' 3 farm at Vermontville, where we saw his 17 registered cows. Mr. Hunter al- so has some good horses, of which our movie operator shot a few pict- ures. After being served with lem- onade and cake, the day's tour was ended. Last Day The next day was spent in in— specting the Michigan State College herd, and enjoying the activities of Farmer’s Day held there. These annual tours have a. far reaching value; they keep the Here- ford breeders in close touch with each other, and give them first hand ’ knowledge of the other fellow's _ stock and methods of breeding, all of which is putting the Herefords to the front of the beef cattle breeds in Michigan. This tour was one of the best at.- succees is largely due to the work of V. A. Freeman and President Har- old Harwood. who arranged it. lit—h of Mbhluamh Conserva- - .‘. ,2 /' The service rendered by Ford cars and trucks and Fordson Tractors is well matched by the ser' vice of dependable- Champion Spark Plugs, which have. been standard Ford equipment for 15 years. Dependable Champions render better service for a longer time but to insure continued maximum power and speed in Ford engines be sure that _._ you install a full set ' of Champions at least once a year. All Champion Spark ' Plugs are of two-piece, gas-tight construction, with sillimanite insula- tors and special analysis electrodes. There is a type suitable for every car, tractor and station- ary engine. Champion X exclusively for Fords - packed in the Red Box ‘ 60" “Each CHAM PI 0 N - , ”madcap for Every Engine ‘ . = . . Toledo. Ohio 3 _ ' ‘ Wittmmiim i L i “ that variety. [1" h. is (A Clearing Department for vet-mew over all com lalnts or requests for lnformstlon a dressed rlnqulrles must be accmopanled by full name and address. Name not used If so requested.) you. Al day troubles. Prompt careful attention lven to to thls department. We are here serve SEVERAL SCHOOL QUESTIONS Should or must a rural teacher teach penmanship? Must a rural teacher correct all the pupils’ papers on mathematics? If thecyr do not how can they grade the pupils prop- erly? Some teachers :say that they are not obliged to correct any papers after school hours and that they have no time in school hours. Has any parent got the right to go and censure the teacher during school or after school? What steps should the school board take to prevent this? If the law requiring at least one year of normal training for all teachers goes into effect this year, where “will we hire our teachers from?-——C. M., Midland, Michigan. ENMAN‘SHIP is included in the P course of study for all rural schools. Each teacher teach the subject. It is the duty of the teacher to give instruction as provided for in the state course of- study. Details must summers while bulletin dates it from 1908. What I should like to know is why it is written up so, etc., and yet elevators do not cooperate enough to carry seed and say there is no sale for-it? Is it true the wrinkled bean has no sale? Why is it that farmers say there is no sale for it if they do raise it?—F. M. T., Rich- _ mond, Michigan. HE Robust is a pea bean that had its origin ,in a commercial lot of beans in 1908. Due to its immunity to mosaic during that year the plant was noted andsaved. Since then selections and tests have been made to get a high yield- ing pure line. About 1916 the bean was put out as the Robust to. the ‘commercial grower. A little later. due to mixtures caused by careless handling at threshing, the beans seemed to be slightly mixed. Lots were again tested from over the state in comparison to selected strains carried at the College and GOING TO TAKE ANY LON-G TRIIHS? IN a. recent issue we published an editorial advising our folks that if any of them were planning long trips during their vacations this summer we would be pleased to advise them regarding the routes. Since then we have served a large nulnber of our folks, some expecting to tour several states, others about Michigan, and our serv- ices are still available to any who did not see the editorial. Just write in, telling us where you want to go, and we will direct, you to the best of our ability. If we feel you should have maps we will tell In case you can not get maps we you so and the kind you need. will get them for you charging only the postage in addition to the retail price of the maps. of the method are left to her. She must personally supervise grading of examination and test papers. The teacher must find a sufficient amount of time to do the instruction nec- essary for her school. . A parent has no right to disturb a school or do anything that would tend to bring school authority into contempt. Section 5684 of the 1915 Compiled Laws provides in part as follows: ‘Any person who shall dis- turb any school by rude or indecent discourse, or in any other way make such disturbance, shall on conviction therof. be punished by a fine not less than two 'nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding thirty days. The teacher training law provides that after September 1, 1925, county certificates shall be based upon nor- mal training. The minimum amount of training is one year. It also pro- vides for renewals of certain certi- ficates that were in effect on Septem— ber 1, 1925. There is as yet no evidence of a teacher shortage in the state—G. N. Otwell, Department of Public In- struction. ROBUST BEANS Two years ago your paper and an- other state farm paper printed a few' articles on the robust bean: which aroused my interest. On talk- ing with a few local farmers found they knew nothing of bean so through county agent got a govern- ment bulletin on them. Decided to plant some but the elevators were rather vague on Robust beans and cOuld give no guarantee on the seed being such, so finally through the courtesy of M. S. C. obtained a small amount of seed to try out. My stand was about as pretty as I ever saw, practically every bean germinating and when matured the vines-were loaded. The next year when the man who worked .my farm .came [to plant beans I talked “Robust :Beans” and he 'flnally'grot what he said were On' account of bad fall which delayed the harvesting until very; late and after several hard. frosts, ‘thought'my'beans might not make good ,- seed this «year, so the planter .went 'to the ”elevators for seed. not ,carry as there is no demand or "ere is. a it. The men there claim they can .' sale ‘for it. ‘That' is it, shrinks. and *1 y no sal for a “Winkled'be Ii: . ‘ I. H 1‘ W ‘lgx about 1922, a new distribution of seed was made, being called “The Improved Robust”. This latter re- lease is What is largely grown at present and is being kept pure by the care and restrictions of the Michigan Crop Improvement Asso— ciation. The Robust has yielded well above any commercial lot of beans which it has been placed in test with. More farmers are using the bean each year. The fact that it is the most anthracnose and blight resistant of any of our white pea beans makes it highly desirable to grow. A wrinkled bean is not desirable on the market but as yet we have been unable to find a bean which will not wrinkle when conditions are favorable. rThis is true of all the white pea beans grown at this Sta- tion. The report that the Robust bean will not sell is a rumor. As yet I have the first farmer to see who has had to hold his white pea beans from one year to the next without a sale just because it was the Robust or called Robust—H. R. Pettigrove, Assistant Professor in Farm Crops? Michigan State College. FILE BILL OF EQUITY In April, 1900, I bought a farm on the south side of the section running WHERE OUR READERS LIVE. starring-{gm I: ,7 abstract: brought. Ill) to d t ., a e: . .. find that the man on] the north-side‘ ’ in. the’ year 1901 sold ‘his land and gave the description on the south sideaof the section :and he never has owned any land south of. the quarter line. The man that 'bought'it has sold it on t‘heright description. It has been sold several times but; only the once on my abstract. Would it be made straight if. my place was probated?——A Subscriber, Chesaning} Michigan. T would probably be advisable to file a bill in equity to quiet title: to the piece of property so as, to- remove the cloud caused by the wreng description in your neighbor’s deed.—-'-aLe.gal Editor. ‘ : 7 MARL I have a‘ marl bed and would like. to know more about it.‘ contain as high a percent of lime as stone? Can' marl be'dried and; screened so it'will contain a' higherI percent of lime. What is the bestT way to mine and what is the usual? price per yard?——R. H. R., Waldron,; Michigan. THE percentage of lime in marl varies to a greater degree than does limestone. :Marl deposits may range from 96 or 97 per cent calcium carbonate equivalent to a“ calcareous clay containing only a low percentage of calcium carbon—3 ate. Drying and screening marl will not raise the percentage of lime: Most marl is taken out by means ,of» buckets and cable or shoveled out by hand. i The Michigan State College con: ducts marl digging demonstrations, throughout the state showing a' bucket that has been designed by: the Agricultural Engineering De.'-3 partment; The price of excavating ranges from 250 to 500 per cubic yard—O. B. Price, Soils Specialist, Michigan State College. ; -SENDING RURAL CHILDREN TO HIGH SCHOOL Could you tell us the law in re- gard to sending rural children to high school? We live eight miles from nearest high school. Does rural school have to pay tuition also trans- portation of children to high school who have. successfully finished eighth grade? We have no place in town where children could make their home and be looked after props erly. Please let us know at once. —Mrs. C., Parma, Mich. UPILS who have eighth grade county diplomas and who reside in districts in which no high school is maintained are exempt from compulsory attendance at school. Before such pupils can claim their exemption, however, they must obtain either a labor permit or an excuse from the commissioner of schools and be regularly employed, in some kind of .work. A district that does not maintain a high school must pay the tuition not exceeding $60 per year for all resident eighth grade graduates who make written application on or be-f fore the fourth Monday in June. The board of education have authority to pay transportation but are not compelled to do so.——G. N. Otwelli, Department of Public Instruction. Haven‘t you a picture or our home or farm buildings that we, can print under this heading! Show the other members 0 The Business Farmer’s large family where you live. Do not send us the negatives, Just a 30 print. an all risht if the details show up well. Kodak ictjures Does it: ' | b l 1...- gar-h . f .. August ,‘ 14 ,‘ now live , in- . 4 \ —.-- ,. ‘BUSINiSS'rares’ THRU (EUR HQME some? @DAKS A. Few Meme Entries in Gulf Lengest Married] Ceupfle Centeet MR. AND MRS. JAMES VAN HOF- SEN.-—This couple was married Oct. 13, 1869, and they live near Boyne City, Charlevoix county. He is 78, she is 76, and they have three children and four grandchildren. 1880. MR. AND MRS. MASON \VELCH.——Fifty-one years ago April 15, 1926, the W'elchs, of Vesta- burg, Gratiot county, were married. To this union Were born four children, and they have eight living grandchildren and three great-grand— children. IVIr. \Velsh is 71, his wife 69. There are five living generations in this family, Mrs. Welch's mother being the first. : MR. AND MRS. ONSLOW WRIGHT.-—The Wrights, of Elk Lake, Antrim county, were married December 5th, 1869, in Pennsylvania, coming to Michigan nine years later. They have four children, ten grandchildren and five great—grandchildren. . "1% MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM SMITH.—This couple has been .m‘arr‘ied Just over 60 years and, until recently, lived on their ‘tarm. They , Woodland. Barry fconn-ty. They §y9.3..ghudren.; truest don" "grandchildren and _.:_ss§obd£ MR. AND MRS. JAMES TRAUX AND FAMILY Traux were born and raised in Allegan county, and they still live there, their home being near Billiards. There are nine four great-grandchildren. his wife five years later. MR. AND .—Both Mr. and Mrs. They were married February 29th, living children, twenty—seven grandchildren and lilr. Traux was born in the year 1859, and They are shown here with their children. MR. AND MRS. JOHN LIcLAREN. —North Star, Gratiot county, is where the lichareus live. Their 60th wed- ding anniversary was March 17th of this year. They have 1 child, 2 grand- children and 7 great—grandchildren. LIBS. HENRY llUBBLE.—\lr. and Mrs. MR. AND MRS. \VILLIAM L. AYERS AND Hubble, of Oxford, Oakland county, are 78 and 75 re- I)AUGI{TER.—The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. spectively, and they have been married Just over fifty- Ayers took place on April 23rd, 1871, and three five years. Both are enjoying good health. They have years later they bought a 21-m3re farm- near 01d four children, two girls and two boys. and all of them Mission, Grand Traverse county, where they still reside in IVIichigan, in nearby counties. This picture, live. Seventeen children were born to them but we are told, was taken on their fiftieth wedding 2111- there are only six living. There are 41 grand- niversary. children and 6 great-granule}:ildren. CARL DOEBLER. lsle county. Doeblers have bee MR. AND .MRE. JOHN SCHAEDIG AND MR. AND MR.. —Both couples live near Rogers City, Presque The Schaedigs have been married 53 years and have 13 children, 83 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren. The n married 59 years, and have three children, 22 grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. their eight childr great-'mat—grande MR. AND MRS. Gruesbeck, of Ithaca, and they have been 8 children, 38. grandchildren, ALONZO GRUESBECKF—Mr. and Mrs Gratiot county, are here shown with ,He is eighty-seven, she eighty-tour, married sixty-seven years. There are '82 great-grandchildren, and 3 en. were bo'rn hildren. , a.“ MB. AND MRS. CHARLES B. LOVRIEN.—¥- Nearly 68 years have'p‘asbed since the 'L‘ovriens There are five , rmndchudren. MR. AND MRS. DAVID TIGNER.-—-Four years ago the 28th of last December the Tigners celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary on their farm near Sanford, blidland county. They have 8 children, 41 grandchildren, 41 great-grandchildren. to them but there'sr'e on] I .tw united in -'marriage. (Four, children 0 , nendohlldron ’ On tour 3; _ M ‘7". . 13352? ; ._..v:1 fl! 31...:31- a... ‘ ‘ ._d.“{.. «u .4.) . on... .6; _ £’(598‘)' . I All of the vital parts—the Qi- ind bearim dogfdmadW en- A simple automatic oiling sys- tem kee thus vital 0fiarts operat- ingina athofdean withoutthe useofa ‘ eueasecuporlubricar- tor. The elm Deere me without one bit of atteniaon—supphes de- pendable power for years to come. Extremely simple—easy to under- You Should Know You wanttogetthemostoutoftheengineyou buy—- the most in service, power, convenience and satisfaction. Before you buy know these facts about the John Deere Farm Engine The Enclosed mine nu Oils [mil Yank-closing Money Every Day This Little Profit-m is Not on Your Farm. stand-wwstart—cleantowork mound. An engine the-boys and’ women folks can run. The entire familycanuseittolightentheirwork. Bufltinl-Ksand 6 RP. sizes. Can be furnished with portable truck. Besuretosee it at your John Deere deder’s. If he can’t supply you. write us.‘ / Thisisnotanadverfisanmtdfatgjltdch quickprnmotcr—itisjustto you dntthamndsoffarnmhaveincrmscd tim’raopeso‘fi—Ioo‘fi—and more.— mudimbymrmdinngwyPuhw ischimaumc. Wmmmrflmaflthc fertilitytohastma'opetnfullandptofit' ablematufity.kisguam@edhiditcst. Mfmnacedddand so LOCAL DEALERS Detroihlfich. “FEEDSANDFEED um " “5W -That Famouggook If you are a cold-up subscriber. TEXT: “New I reioioo in nay mer- lngs for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is locking of the allie- tions of Christ." Col. 1:24. HE lives mas humble eaters amongb‘the hills. Her pmehv- er-bue ad asked her to hear him fourteen children. ”loath long, toilsome years she “W094 washed. churned, baked. and cared; for this large family. And. I nearly forgot to say that for pastimes 81“. milked. the cows and tended the garden. When I found her she was blind and broken. ()1 course. How could it be otherwise? What about th religion of her preacheruscouti But that is not the, point in this les- son. This mother is daily adding honor and distinction to her life by glorifying in her» afflictions. Lon: has she been patient in bearing the sins of husband and society. For her to live is affliction. “For me to live is Christ". said Paul. But when we break Christ up into pieces, a chief and combos- ent part is afflieition. In our text we understand the apostle to say that Christ, raised to the highest terms, is sulfering. And he says he is glad for others' sake. But we shall so further. ‘ “I fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ.” Lieutenant Robson said that something sacrificial had to be done. He swung the Merrimac across the harbor channel. bottled the Spanish fleet, and it WAS done. Yes, it was dangerous, but he was glad to do it for his country’s sake. and he thus .won honor and distinction. Christ’s suffering and reconciliation were perfect in him. His plan for captur. ing the world was complete in him, but not in others. So, at this point, Paul offers his weak little body to hear about- the marks of the Lord Jesus so that the world may know something of the life of holy living and patient endurance for righteous- ness' sake. Here is a choice soul that recognizes that the reality and significance of Christ's afflictions must be lived out in the flesh; that there must be created a'fellowship of suffering to atone for a sinning world; and therefore he is patient while God. hammers the stubborn iron of his body into usable shape. Now, really, is our Gospel one of affliction? Well, Jesus says, “Bless- ed are they that mourn." Does that sound like good news? Doesn't it counter with the popular notions of happiness?, The luring way of the world is, “Blessed are they laugh, that are full, that have plenty of flour in the barrel and meat in the smoke—house, that have good health, and that know nothing about pain and sorrow." If this be true, Jesus' words of grace have no meaning for us. But -all serious thinkers and livers know that Christ’s mountain teaching is deeply and uncondition- ally true. There are few agencies in the world more resultful for right— eousness than the folks. here and there who are imitating their Lord through solemn and patient suffer— ing. Verily, happiness is condition- ed not chiefly by ouside affairs, but by the inside qualities. That is the point of Christ's teaching: This in- ward change of heart is to be en- forced, not through fear of penalty, but through the idea that it contri- butes to the greatest good in life. Listen to Longfellow, “It has done me good to be somewhat parched by the heat, and drenched by the rain, of life." * And Beecher, “Tears are often the telescope by which men see is! into heaven.” And this wise ea g, “The good are better malls by ill, as odors embed arevsweeter still." She came in out of the wicked mitt-life of Chicago, and threw, her- self on the bed in a city hotel, lone- some and friendlees. In the, morn- ing she was found dead. ,A note tucked under the mattress, read, tolore are)? moms; " lftberel ‘quut miimm Foul answered-rite Wag-netand h’egrlbepleghtomne'ywmwme'.“ M ”a" outward W: hat on mm ‘W n m an «other ii gone “¢‘-1,hfirfl_ao-ooe , _ xterm" _ ,. w—l \ w. 1, lmow that sorrow has its Medic... tion. Why? Because someone fails. ed to show her that life and blessing are set M: conditioned on , , , . creaturoi like was more weak than wicked. m and monitor sores more; a upw usammmaenurersocisl comm. ..hmaiaaandmainlm ' the mm a youth to intermet o ankle young woman. hm "‘1 “amiss use manhood, mementos , samba , ward unto himself. and who is willing to he afflicted for others? sake. our Burden-bearer has said that it 1! blessed to carry sorrows for others. And if one is not blessed, one has not learned how to set through the miseries of life gracefully. - Verfly, our G is one of suf- tel-ins. Christian t: is perpetuated through bleeding hearts. Without affliction. Christ is made oi ‘none, afloat, and our own life is paralyzed. “Who is weak and I am not weak" said Paul. Are we in this fellowship of mourners? “Put on, therefore, as God's elect. a heart of campus- sion.” It's a comfort to every dis- eased soul *vto know that Jesus ‘ offered up prayers and supplica- tions with strong crying and tears." Do your prayers cost anything? Is there a bleeding life back of them? W h a t cold-blooded propostions some of us are? God knows we need something in our lives to humble and purify our nature; and sorrows rightly borne will do this. There is a home near you. where for years a helpless invalid has been the source of great blessing and holy influence. Every member of the family has been made gentler and more «self~ denying. And we can not under stand any of our afflictions, until we begin to see what good to others it is possible to make them. ‘Sometime, when all life’s lessons have been learned; And sun and stars forevermore have - - set ~ The things which cur weak judg- ment here has spurned, The things o'er which we grieved with lashes wet, Will iiash before us- out of life's ~ dark night, As stars shine most in deeper tints of blue; ‘ ‘ And we shall see how all God's plans were right, . And how what seemed reprcof, was love most true." “I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake." Now, listen to that! Here is a man in altomanprison andmballmdchamyetfull of praise and song. Truly, this a - paradox. It is dead against sense and experience. But the tender and strong touch of that Band was upon Paul. Years before, he' had put his heart into the hands of the Great Refiner. Such submission yet makes for blessing and consolation. Such surrender is true martyrdom. A suiferer may be but a. victim. 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Other farm practices are like- wise necwsaryifyou wishtogetmaximutn productionatthe oftheseistheuseoftheright kindoifer- owestoostperacreOne Therearesoundtestswhichshowthan. in a rotation including winter grains and clover hay, a suitable fertilizer containing *Maintain Production Field tests made over a oi years by ePennsy vaniad Ohio, and Illinois Agricultural Ex periment Stations have shown that rotation of Crops. including clover. has not main- tained production without the use of manures, fertilizers, an * potash applied 1n the fall on wheat benefits the entire rotation chiefly through increased yields of clover. More clover hay means in- creased soil fertility and smaller feed bills. Clover' is a “”potash-hungry crop, but it is farm economy to apply this necessary potash to the wheat or other fall grain in lime. d which the clover and grass are seeded. 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Nearly every paper one picks up to read tells of some auto mishap in De t r o i t, and many times these news articles tell of a d r u n k e n driverrunnlng into a o m e one else, or of‘a street car hitting the auto, 'etc. To many people this has had the ef- fect of cemplete- 1y obliterating any desire or thought of visiting Detroit, and many people consider the State Fair as being in the city of Detroit, and they have no desire to go. This is all a mistake. Detroit has grown to cover vast areas, and many outlying districts are mentioned as Detroit, when in reality they are somewhat remoVed from Detroit itself. This is true of the State Fair. It is said to be held in Detroit, and in a. way it is; but in a broader sense it is not in De- troit at all, and may be reached nicely by auto without going into the city or near enough to be in hazardous tramc. To those living west of Detroit and south west of Ann Arbor, an easy way to go to the Fair grounds is found by going north of Ann Arbor and then east. This road will event- L. W . MEEKS ually bring one into Detroit on what is known as the Seven Mile Road, and when Woodward Ave., is reach- ed one is not far from the Fair Grounds. For a few blocks here, on Woodward the traffic is heavy, but it is not congested and is fully regu- lated. On arriving at the fair ground one will be impressed by the vast area which has been given over to farmers and others for parking and camping if they choose. This space is not way off in a remote part of the grounds—It is very near the main entrances and is an ideal loca- tion. State Fair guards are every— where in evidence, and cheerfully give any desired information and help. Many people expect the expense will be heavy during a. few days stay in such a place but it is much more reasonable than they expect. 01! course one can spend all he wants to. but it is not necessary to run your bank account down very far in order to visit Michigan’s great fair, and have a good time too. One who has never paid the Fair 21 visit will be surprised to find so many excellent buildings. While at the Fair last year a gentleman told me that the International Exposition at Chicago had no finer buildings. It was this man’s first visit to Mich- igan’s Fair, and he marvelled at its magnitude and he had visited many states. Most people would be repaid for their visit if they attended only the horse show in the Coliseum. This Is free and very entertaining as well as instructive. " ft. long. ‘ Taking it all in all a. State Fair visit is 9. worth while trip. It is not necessary to stay at the grounds all the time. One may leave his car their and take a street car or bus for a visit to the city or to beauti- ful Belle Isle. If one has never been to Belle Isle it would be little short of a crime to, fail to see it. .An island in the Detroit River said to be the most beautiful park in the, world. “Free”? Yes, all free . For most farmers, vacations are' few and far between, and while the writer enjoys a day at a lake, he looks forward with more anticipation to a. visit at some city or exposition. O t . Weather? Yes, we are having weather every day, and, while it was dry here when the last article was written two weeks ago, it is far more so- now, as no rain has come to wet in more than an inch. Weather forecasts of rain come and go, but the rain does not appear. as pastures are practically all dead. This dry season reminds me of. a mam who owned a farm I once worked. Talking of the weather during a very dry season he said we might better have a season_ too dry than too wet. This was several years ago, and I could hardly agree with him at that time—but the next year we had the wet. It began in mid June, and rained frOm two to four days every week all summer. When fall came the rain still continued, with this result; no corn was worth cutting; no ground was dry enough for seeding; no barn had hay it it worth as much as straw, all the wheat and cats in granaries were musty. I concluded my friend was right, and better have it too dry than too wet, but why not have it about half and half, eh? I t O Corn Cribs When we purchased this farm we built a tool house 28 ft. wide and 60 Across the west end we built a corn crib. It was next to the wagon floor, and we allowed it was as fine and handy as one could wish for. The west side was built of 1x4 strips nailed to 2x4’s. A series of hinged doors were placed , outside and when corn was first cribbed they could be opened to ad- mits air, being closed most of the year. But rats! Yes, rats put in an appearance and our supposedly fine corn crib seemed to be their mecca. They ruin quantities of corn every year, and we have decided to move the crib. It might be pos— sible to screen the whole thing with wire cloth, but that hardly seems practical and we are inclined to build one away from other buildings and up on supperts, where rats can- not get an entrance. Remember the old time crib upon wood posts with an inverted pan between the top of post and stringer? Well, that’s what we have in mind only we will use cement for posts, and have some ‘ galvanized pans made for the top of them. We can use the crib sides we now have, and when the crib is 'taken from the shed we will use the space ,for storing narrow machinery etc.‘ If any or our readers have a crib they think is ideal, we shall be Farmers are feeding hay," a... A -.mw.__‘ *‘4 and as I drive through the country, Lam inclined to believe many farm- ers need two more things to make order to fit wheat ground properly. One thing would be a stone boat and the other thing would be the inclini- i-I ation to use it. Removing stones 1. from a field, may seem like an awful ’ ‘ taSk, but in a half d y, one man , with ,team and stone boat can re- ; move ‘more stone than one would ; expect, at least encugh to add con— ; siderably to the joy of harvesting the crops, not to mention mower or hinder guards and dispositions. 1 FRUIT and ORCHAR Idlud by HERBERT "IZIGIR «' (In. Ranker will he to war ‘1 question: regal-ulna the frult an 0m 1: no chlamauzor this: m?" "100 ll' our alubsorlntlon paid anoa a move a r- Iotlal letter by early lymall. . p. on I! COVER CROPS, PAST AND PRESENT HE question of cover crops for cultivated orchards is still a live one but cover crop practice and theory has changed consider- ably. It was formerly thought ne- cessary to use as a cover crop a plant that would live over winter and would make a heavy growth of green materi- al to plow under in the spring. Le- ‘ guminOus, or ni— trogen gathering crops, were con- sidered especial- ly valuable and -A-.~’——-—4~_ Herbert Nataiger ers went to con- siderable expense .in buying vetch seed and other high priced seed to sow for cover crops. Times change, however and methods change with them. Cover crop prac- tice that was considered the height of efliciency a few years back is now pushed aside as not Only inefllcient and unecdnomical but in some res- pects actually detrimental. The functions of a cover crop are, to check the growth of the trees in the late summer so they will enter the winter in a mature and hardy M W 4.1, .I- A... ‘- ior protection of the roots during ,1 the winter, and last but not least to / furnish humus for the soil. A quick growing legume such as soy beans 3' ‘ will add nitrogen also, but as a rule , nitrogen can be most eiiectively add- ' ed by the use of a quick acting \ , chemical fertilizer applied early in the spring. Fruit trees make their greatest ‘ and most valuable growth early in 1 . theseason at a time when natural ‘ . organic nitrogen is at low ebb in the soil, in fact the spur growth which is so essential for annual bearing in apples is practically finished when the blossoms drop. At this time the trees need all the moisture and ni— trogen they can get hold of. The “live over winter’ cover crop, mak- ing a quick heavy growth early in ‘ the spring, hampers the trees by 1 robbing them of much needed mois- ,I ture and food just at the most criti- ; cal period of the year. Moreover the temptation is often great to al- / low such a crop to grow in order to obtain a large amount of material to plow under. Every day of such de- 5 lay takes dollars out of the grower’s Docket. Knowledge of scientific facts is one thing but the next thing is to f devise cultural methods which will 1 put these facts to work in a practical 1 way. For the bearing, cultivated or— , chard it seems best to sow a cover \ -crop,-~. about July 15th, which, will i _ . make a quick heavy growth and will 1 . , not live over winter but will stand F. r up enough to hold leaves and snow. 1" The following spring, as early as'~ ‘ Worked into“ the soil by plowing or . ,and the trees are given _1 has 91 nitrate of soda. or their farm equipment complete, in, many, fruit grow~ - condition to hold leaves and snow' the dead carer crop is ' ' about three: As {W39 Work With neighbors! in harveSt'in‘g" and harvesting grain,“ What will your car be worth t/zm? . 4 Or in two years?« 4 Or infive? 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He’s been a big help to us.” Mr. Muir came in. He was a thin man, slightly taller than his son. clean shaved and kind faced. “Hello, boys,” he said. “Pretty bad storm, isn't it? Any stock out?" , “All of them,” said Terry. “Won't we lose them? They'll starve, won't they, if it keeps up this way?" “They'll break in thru the forest gate if it keeps this up, Mr. Muir," explained Mort. “But it won’t last long. We get it regularly at this time of the year; it'll Terry grinned broadly and .Doug blushed. ‘ ‘ “Let’s go," he said. : About half'a mile above the forest they came upon some deer tracks. “Go quiet now," said Mort; “the Wind’s with us and we’ll get one.” They followed the tracks for the dist- ance of perhaps a' mile when Mort whis- pered: "There they are—two bucks and a doe. Shoot the bucks—one apiece. Get off 'the horsles to shoot." Filled with excitement, the boys slid off their horses, leveled their guns and cracked down on the deer. The terrible bellow of the big guns al- most' deafened them, and the recoil left them stunned. When they awoke from the daze and took a look, the deer were 'nowhere to be seen. “You shot two feet over them," chuck- led Mort in amusement. “I could see the snow fly. Let’s go on ahead. Maybe you’ll get another chance." However, they rode all morning with- out discovering any further signs, and. were returning to the ranch, when a big ten point buck leaped out of a thicket of scrub oak and plunged wildly down the slope with great bounds, lunging higher and higher in the air until he seemed almost to be flying. . Doug was a crack wing shot and a quick one as well. His rifle had flashed before either Mort or Terry had had time Mary who is 16 years old. OUR. STORY TO DATE HE Muirs have to move westward from Iowa. on account of Dad’s health so they buy a Colorado ranch and young Terry, who is around 19, and his chum, Doug Summers, an orphan of the same age, go on ahead to get the work under way it being harvest time. with Kord, their next neighbor, who is about the meanest cuss ever born. the family arrives, Dad, Mother and Mary. “’ithin a few days they meet up Then By the way Doug has a. case on Now go on with the story. go off in a few days. But if you hadn’t had a lively pair of boys to push things, you’d lost several thousand bushels of grain." “I could always depend on Terry." said Mr. Muir, smiling. “And Doug, too, for that matter." "Dinner,” called Mary. Doug picked up a biscuit, golden brown and light as down, and scowled at‘ it fiercely. He pretended to tear it open by main strength and worry off a bite. “Before you marry me, Mistress Mary, he said; “you’ll have to improve on bis- cuits.” Mary flushed scarlet. "Then I‘ll take care to never improve them, Mr. Doug!" she retorted. “Quit quarreling," said Mrs. Muir, smiling, “and act like you’re glad to see one another even if you’re not." “He started it," said Mary. “He al- ways does. There was a catch in her voice. , Doug glanced up quickly; “them’s the best biscuits in the world. Honest!” Mort broke in, to address Mr. Muir. "I guess we’ll look over the racks,” he .said. “Want to stack that grain as soon as the snow goes off." “Why not thresh it from the shock?“ asked Mr. Muir. “When you get ready to thresh, them shocks will be under two or threefeet of snow,” said Mort, smiling. “It actu- ally snows up here. VVe’ll probably have two or three weeks nice weather after this; then when the snow starts again it will keep coming. Want to get every- thing done before then—potatoes dug, stacks fenced, grain stacked. The win~ tors are not cold up here, but they're long and there's lots of snow." “Where are the cattle barns?” asked Mr. Muir. “I haven’t seen any." ”There’s none to see. The cattle win- ter out and bed right down on the snow." Next morning the sun shone on two feet of snow. “Be a fine time to get a deer," said Mort. “You boys like to try your luck?" “There's nothing much we can do until the snow goes off, is there?" asked Terry. “Not a thing." “Then I’d say, let's go. It will be a lot of sport. and maybe we will see some of our cattle while we’re gone. Where are the guns? Let's take a look at them." , - Mort dug out three high-powered rides, a .30, a .351 automatic and .32 special. "The .351 is mine,” he said; “the other two guns go with the ranch." “Take your pick, Doug,” erously offered. Doug chose the .32. “That’s a go-getter," said Mort; “but she sure kicks like a bay steer. But for that matter, so does the .30.” “Who gets the first shot?" said Terry. “You boys draw straws," said Mort. “I've shot deer before and I’ll stay out of the competition. “Let me hold them,” said Mary, who hadcome over to have a look at the guns. . Doug won. "I’ll never in my whole life say an« other single word against your biscuits,” she said. “Only maybe you'd better take a couple of them along, (Terry, so's in case, you miss with, your young cannon, you can get ‘him With one of them.” It Terry gen- or W" field Marv»- !‘Neat time ”I’ll. to draw theirs. It was a splendid shot, striking the deer in the neck, breaking it. Down the steep slope rolled the un- fortunate animal, end over end. “Good shot!" said Mort warmly, draw- ing his hunting knife. “That sure is a fine buc .” Then he proceeded to dress the deer, and, with the help of the boys, threw it across his saddle. , As they went in toward hoine, they met Kord riding up the trail on horse- back. He glanced at the deer and passed on without a word. A scowl passed over Mort's face. “Say." he said, glancing after Kord, “have you boys got a big game license?" “A big game license?” said Doug, in surprise. “No, we haven’t; do you have to have one?" “Well. you’re supposed to," said Mort. “If that ornery critter was to find out that you didn’t have one, he’d be mean enough to have you pinched. That feller wouldn’t stop at anything.” “Good thing he doesn't know it, then," remarked Terry. _ “That doesn’t settle the matter,” an- swered Mort, uneasily. “He could mighty easy find out." ‘ When they arrived at the house, Doug presented Mary with the antlers which he had brought in. “Spoils of the hunt," he said quite formally and with a grand bow. "for the queen’s boudoir." “Thank you, kind sir," said Mary, with a courtesy. “That's a much nicer speech than you have been making." As Mort had said, within a couple of days the snow had practically disappear- ed, and they started in busily at the work of stacking the grain. Mr. Muir helped with the work and they ran two wagons. When they had completed the job, there were ten huge stacks reward- ing their efforts—six of cats and four of barley. “Some pile of grain,” said Doug, with a look of satisfaction on his face. i i moan: “stacks,” r said'" Mort. , cost quite a little to thresh it and haul it to town, but even that :there ought to be a nice pile of meney above expenses. We don’t have a crop like —it once in ten years u ' here.” Mr. Muir was well pleased,with the outcome, and prospects of being able t6 pay off the mortgage when it became due seemed quite favorable. He praised the boys and mort warmly for the ,way in which they had persevered thru it all. Then he thought of the cattle, and in- quired of Mort: “Isn’t it about time that. we started to get those cattle in? I’m anxious to have a look at them." “-Yes, we can'start most any time now." answered Mort. We turned out about two hundred head in the spring." "Are there ever any losses?" inquired Mr. Muir, ”Losses! Well, I'd say so! Some years the poison weed is awful bad. I remember one year that Zwick lost forty big steers from it, but," he added, seeing an unmistakable look of concern on Mr. Muir’s face, “that was an exceptionally bad year for it. Some years it's not near so bad. It hasn't been this year." “And is there any other way to lose them?” said Mr. Muir. All of this was new to him. . “Yes," said Mort. “There’s plenty of other ways. Some of the cattle drift. clear off of the range and we never see hide nor hair of them again. Then the coyotes most generally get some of the calves; but the biggest loss always comes from poison. It's that big plant with the purple flowers, the giant larkspur, that does the work." “Well, I think we had better start get! ting them in tomorrow," advised Mr. Muir. “I’m quite anxious about it, and I'll feel a great deal better when I see them on the feeding ground." “Yes, I reckon it would be a good idea," replied Mort as he took a careful survey of the sky. “The wind hasn't been blowing the whole day for nothing. We will have snow again before very long. Ain’t that a bank of clouds back there?" It certainly was a bank of clouds, and further than that, before night had fallen snowflakes were fleeing before the wind. Up in the pines, high up above them, they could hear the wind roar with a. /sound that was ominous and menacing. The big kitchen, with a great fire crack- ling in the stove, was a place of com- kfort that night. “It’s sure a regular snow this time,” said Mort. “From the way it’s starting in, there won’t be very much ridin’ to- morrow, I’m afraid." Mr. Muir was always philosophical. “Well, we’ll have to take whatever comes to us,” he said. ’ They talked over the prospects for a. while and then sought their beds with the snow swishing against the window panes and the temperature falling rapid- ly. Sometime in the night, Terry was wakened from a sound sleep by his mother, with a lamp in her hand, shaking him. “Get up, Terry!” she said. “The dog has been growling for some time.” Terry jumped up instantly and hustled into his clothes. A hissing blast of snow smote him as he opened the door and stepped out. Down by the grain stacks a feeble light gleamed for an instant, went out, then flamed up brighter. “Fire!" shouted Terry. on fire!" (Continued in August 28th issue.) Enclosed find one dollar afor which please renew my subscription to the M. B. F. Our family likes the paper very much. We wish you good luck in your work—N. W. Kaltrider, Clinton County. I have been a subscriber to your paper ever since it started. In fact, I passed out many pink sheets. I have watched it grow and like it very much. Would like it better if it came weekly.-——E. B., Elberta Michigan. MEET DEAN sitaw. FOLKS Dean R. S. Shaw then in 1897 taught animal husbandry in the University of Minnesota. A. For several The following year he'went to the professor of agriculture remaining HERE are very few folks who have attended T any “doings” at the Michigan State College . during réoent years that do not know Dean ,Shaw by sight or sound, at least. > » oeptionally interesting and forceful speaker he is generally put on the program when any talks are to be given at the M. S. C. and that is Why we say you may know him by “sound." I Robert Sidney Shaw was born on a. 520 acre farm near Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, July 24, 1871, and was graduated from the Ontario Agri- cultural College 1111893 with the degree . of B. 8- Being an ex-' years he managed. the farm, and MomtanaState’ College as assistant there for a little over four years. Mr. Shaw was appointed: professor of agriculture and live stock expor- mentor at the Michigan Agricultural College. in'1902. Then in 1908. when the agricultural division ,‘was created, he became Dean, and later“ appointed to directorship of the Experiment. Station aswell. , He still holds these positions amines alsofirassumed the duties of -'Acting Pres- * ident of the Collegeonhtwo dinerentoccasions. M. 8-. 0. oOnfervedathox T degree of, Doctor 0! Agri “The grain is " , . likeqthere.ought‘ftoi’by”; 915%", . "Of: "coursé. it will ' l l i l I . l l .l M '5 . . -.~._~.._..__._-..r_._.-.~_..A...—. ohms .asnap. HEATIS’FIED WITH FARMING BUT _, we as. u m t wrlte your views and are suitable for publleetlon or not. NUI‘ WITH PRICES ~ EAR EDITOER:——We haye taken D the M. B. F. for some time and like the paper fine. In looking over the paper, read the letter, writ- ten by our Calhoun county farmer, "Satisfied with Farming." He says he doesn’t want to start an argument and neither do I. It made the dander raise on 'my head when I read his article. So we feel 'we really can’t remain silent and let so many people read such an art- icle and think the farmer has such This is not for the farmer who really gets out and works, for . he knows we farmers don't have such , an easy life, but this is for the fel- lows that usually think that money grows on weeds and that birds gath- I or it up and puts it in the farmer's v pockets. As for his four days a week farm- ing, I think we will have to visit Calhoun county and learn their 2 method, as a rule any where around here the farmers put in six sixteen- hour days a week when the weather is favorable and when it is raining there is plenty of inside work to keep them busy. If we only worked four days a week we would think we were on a vacation with plenty of time to rest our backs. What I would like to ask our Cal- houn county man is, how much has he left at his own figures after he pays his taxes, insurance, thresh bills, oil for his machinery, repairs on his buildings, fences, machinery, etc... besides possible loss ’of some livestock or perhaps veterinary or doctor bills, grass seed and such things as yOu can’t always raise on your farm, besides 100 and one odds and ends where money must go to keep a farm going? Then when the, poor man who is trying to buy ' a home pays 6 per cent interest on . a...‘ -.-A.___.__..__A._ _ -..n .M-.. ._ tavernhars such‘as dotted New En- his debt, where has he anything left to pay on the principal or for the movies, radio and fine car? His poor wife'will still have to use the wash— board and kerosene lamp. Then if he should paint his house or barn to lengthen their life, or make any vis- ible improvement, up goes the taxes. I live on the farm for several rea— sons. One is, I‘ love our great big out of doors. I am satisfied with taming but not with prices—Sagi- naw County Farmer. THE PROHIBITION QUESTION EAR EDITOR: “The wets are doing more to make the coun- try dry"—Ford. How so? Since when did any wet person in execu- tive capacity, construe taxing limits expressed in basic law, to such an . extent as to increase the amount 600 per cent, claiming as a pretext, a war measure? If such has been done before historians have over- looked it! Just think $6.40 tax on one gallon proof spirit, on every gal- lon in store throughout the land. Every poor ingenious person is thus tempted to take the family wash-boiler, the chicken oat sprout- er, the stock-feed molasses barrel, the hollow lightning rod from the isolated barn, the discarded oil or gas stove, or perhaps the old sizzling portable boiler for heat generation, get in the bee cellar and experiment with the assurance that -if the elu- sive gas from the yeast plant can be captured and condensed ,50-50 a prize in excess of $6.40 is likely for each 232 cubic inches liquid volume plus the appetite of two persons out _, of five with the price in hand or ability to earn, and failing to find ready sale, to souse themselves with the surplus unsold, or take it to the nearest dance or party and be as generous as Eve with the apple. John B. Gough was a moderate drinker’s son. His mother was a brilliant emotional lady. John could never be a moderate drinker, so he drank not a drop of spirits after he became aWa're ‘ of it. He practiced temperance, talked temperance, and closed for want of patronage, many Canada and Michigan—even Ola 1‘8. tall pleased‘to resolve letters from our subsorlbers and gladly public ree or do not 3 d them in. in these on sub- quee wl II whet le wrluen ld publllhed In this he edtor In sole Judge In to whether letters talked them out of business when a bushel of wheat bought three gal- lons, a bushel of corn or rye two gallons of whiskey, and did it by telling stories, got the good will of everybody. ‘ One story well remembered was an appeal to the fashionable ladies never to tempt young gentlemen to drink hard spirits just to be fashion- able, gallant. Never tempt anyone by judging them for fear the person might be like . itemperament to the great orator. In “platform echoes” you may find such a story as this: “I might take my gun and climb a hill over- looking a beautiful village, fire at targets, improve markmanship, fire at random, enjoy working the fine mechanism of the weapon, train my vision, time the firing with my watch, and enjoy the outing, when, 10! a man comes running up. “Don't shoot again! Your shots are going wild! They have wounded people in the village. Children are welter- ing in blood and crying for par- ents!" But says the sportsman, ”I have been here for some time and saw no such thing happen as you go where the shot strikesl' And so it is with much of the ar- gument on both sides of this awful moi] of disrespect. for law. The people who are influential enough to - correct in a measure this terrible evil “do not go where the shot strikes." Protected by their own organiza- tions and with plenty of missionary money on hand and opposed by parties with much boot-legging pro- fit to draw on the counsel for both, are apparently not aware of this in- sane folly by legislation. A struggling barrister in England was appointed to defend a boy for stealing twenty-four cents, “our 'money.“ At that time in Britian theft was severely punished, even by death at the court’s will. The complainant was the boy's uncle. He had taken the boy on trial in view of adoption and to try out the natural bent of the lad, had left a marked coin in a drawer where the boy would see it in time. The coin was missed and found in a nearby shop taken for a paltry pur- chase. The arrest followed, evidence was complete, the majesty of the law must be upheld. The defending bar— rister carefully drew from the worthy uncle that he had purposely left the shining coin where the cul- prit could see it. He wanted a boy that could not be tempted to steal and sorry to say this was not the speak of." "0. but man, you don’t 'plea to the court, severely castigated '«*16bs)"1‘ boy he wanted and thought an ex-' ample should be made of him. The lawyer took issue with the» complainant and made a forceful the uncle and got a stay of sentence , on condi on that he, the barrister, would fin a place for the lad in his ofiice where money did not lay about to tempt people. He won the case on the plea of “lead not to tempta- tion.” ‘ And, my dear Editor, let us try a new deal on this liquor traffic, based on " lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil."—-E. 11., Port Hope, Michigan. COVER CROPS, PAM AND PRESENT (Continued from page 9) Oats are also popular but millet, soy beans, and other plants have their adherents. “Weed culture" is also practiced by some growers and in many cases is very effective and economical. If a thick even stand of weeds or " "summer grass” can be depended upon then all that is necessary is to stop cultivating early in July and the automatic cover crop does the rest. The argument that is usually brought against this practice is that f it is unsightly. Why should it be ,5. unsightly? We do not grow fruit " primarily for the purpose of beau- tifying the landscape. “One feels that his work amounts to something when he plows fifteen acresaday.” Jflfl‘ Lilian ”aw” ) ..~/ 1/ " IN, It?! iii” The Wonder of «IL-Va} " - | “‘\"-|“-. l. \' , I l g / [”an all”; , (‘4. 4| ii ”l Tractor §/ II!" , ' the )1 .; q‘" f? " I , .. I "" Ill ‘1 W@’/’/ / 3-Plow HE giant of the old fairy tale had seven- league bootswith which he performed great . deeds. William Lutz has a 3-plow McCor- mick-Dealing Tractor. On its seat he does won- derfulthmgstohisfarm. Hehandleeallhisold operations lief andeasier and reachfzout for more acres more opportunities money making. Mr.Lutz’slettergoesontosay:“Inever knew what 1m] farming Was until I got my 15-30 McCormick-Deming tractor. I like this wonderful tractor better every day. I don’t see how I ever got along without it.” Thousands of farmers aregetting a new thrill and a new profit out of power farming with a 15-30 MoComich-Dceringnd They are finding morelmsureinfarmmg' utnng' morelic into their lives. p f Theiallmonthsare aheaiandthatusedto mean weeks of snail-like work behind the plow. While other work plowing took its toll oimanlaborandcostlytime. Don'tletitbethat way thuianEm‘ancipate yourseliwith the 15-30 McCormick-Dealing like Lutz of Idaho and Fred Klett of Dubuque, 13., Louis Mott, In, St. Olaf, 13.. Fred Eisele, No. Branch, N. L John Adams,Columbus, Neb. Ralph Naiziger, Hope- dale, 11]., and A. H. Beebee, Logan, Ia. Write andaskeomeoithesemen what theythinkof the 15-30 McCormick-Deering. They are de- lighted with this 3-plow tractor and so are thousands of other 15-30 owners. You will plow from 10 to 15 acres a day with the McCormick-Deming, for the 3-plow tractor gives you control over far more power than the 2-plow outfit—power for plowing and then tor the long list of belt jobs. Noweomesdietimeforthreshinmilo ' , ' . haling. sawing, grinding, etc” etc. Fgor all £1111?ng operadonsMcCornnck-Desiingmcmmareperiecdyequipped. Let the worldeumdard quality tractor help you no better, more profitable farming. Visit the dealer and get fully W. with (110 McCormick -Deetmg.'> . ' 5 INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER Comm ' wasamchimAve- 3mm cumin. , 5'3." ”cgmkk'neermg y’ ‘T/I/ecjfléchz [an I BUSINESS FARM ER ~8ATURDAI, AUGUST 14,1928 was all mums by TH. BUML PUBLISHING GOWIHV. ins. 0| OR“ I. "4000". Pmldent It. 010mm, liable- neuron omen—2444 Gen-eel Haters Buildine WeedinNewYork. t;.8“.:.BedsundulflnmliflflilU The Btoc Runner kmsn-B limb. d mallard 6;»qu lleerbu- of Audit m of Gresham Editor glutam- 1331-» N 30111:; Egg: (3. Y'filnh‘m:f""'wm3mmm Faun.“ ll %t0f Jun- wgi. tor Charla d- !m Editor \‘V. It!“ fit!!! Belicia:- W ggmn Narnia.- at? Orchard to! We ffiLm p0s? seam n I I i 1"“ 5 'hm" “d mo II. .at!‘ on! t“ ‘ ’ Adm-thins listen: 50c pa ants line. 14 lime in the column 772m: lines to the page. Flat rates. Lin Stock and Auction sale Advertising: w. or. low rates to rsmitsble breeders of live stock and poultry; us. RELIABLE iglfd'flflifls f Wewillntknowingseeept 0|»!!! 110' firm who modeled [agent to be W on-t nibble. should slur “trader have ertiesr n use some. all mediate leu- bringing all in lldlt. In case Wflflns : "1 your advertisement in The Ill:- Businen firmer!” ltwill dilute-rante- boast deems. "The Farm Eater of Service” GREEN CORN AND THE QUARANTINE 8 we write this it is still too early for us to satisfy our hunger fer some nice roasting ears and plenty of country butter, but the time is not far oil, and we are mighty thankful that it isn‘t. We know that everyone has certain weak- nesses when it comes to eating, certain foods making greater appeals to the appetite than others. We have several weaknesses along this line we are sure, andyright at the present time we are inclined to believe that all of them are green corn and butter. But we must be careful where we get our green corn from and where we take it to eat it. And the European Corn Borer is the pest that is to blame. . Corn on the cob must not be carried outside the area infested with corn borer which is under quarantine, according to the Michigan Depart- ment of Agriculture. This means we cannot buy some corn in Macomb county. or in any of the other counties under quarantine, or any other county not invaded, and take it over to Ingham county, to cook and eat. omcials are placed on the leading highways at the border of the infested area to prevent our doing that. These oillcials stop all vehicles going out of the area to see that no corn is carried across the border thus helping in a large measure to pre- vent further spread of this pest. It is a good thing for the farmers outside of the quarantined area that these men are guard- ing the main highways, thus saving them thous- ands of dollars. Some folks would carry infested corn into areas with the full knowledge that they were doing wrong, but we believe that most of those who do violate this quarantine are in- nocent of doing wrong; either they did not know about it in the first place, or they did know but' forgot. THE COUNTY AGENT HERE has come to our desk the annual re— port of one of Michigan’s county agricultural agents and we wish that all of our readers might look it over. Those who are not in favor of the county agent idea would be astonished at what one agent in one county accomplished in twelve months; also we will wager that even the friends of the idea would be greatly surprised to learn so much had been done. Then by multiplying this by fifty-one can get a fair idea of what the county agricultural agents did for Michigan last year. 1N THE GOOD OLD DAYS HE boys and girls nowadays are sure goin’ to the dogs, with their flapper ideas and pettin’ parties. They ain’t much like the young folks in my day." You have heard this line of talk. Yes, possibly you meet someone 'nearly every day who has a sob story similar to this to tell you. But how much faith do you put in their remarks? Don't you feel like asking them if they ever were young, and if they ever did live and enjoy life in anyway? We would like to have some of the most severe critics of the young folks of today explain to them the following bit of news: Recently the proprietor of a second-hand store located in the state of Range bought Van old re courted on: . i" “sparked" in the parldr on: is sets. The dealer it apart to make a good lob of it, and this is what he found: 47 hairpins, 8 mustache combs, (6 buttons, 18 needles, 8 cigarettes, 5 photo- graphs, 217 plus, some grains of oozes, 6 pock- et knives, 15 poker chips, a vial of headache tab-, lets. 34 lumps of, cheWing gum. 9 toothpick and 4 buttonhooks. In 1960 or 1965 some second-hand store pro- prietor will be taking apart a present-day devenm port and find the same things, excepting there will be no hairpins or mustache combs, which in- dicates some progress to us. THE MOON AND THE WEATHER Weather Bureau of the United States De- partment of. Agriculture has declared the old superstition that the moon causes wet or dry weather is bunk, and brings out some in- teresting dope to prove that they know what they are talking about. They say the position of the lunar crescent depends upon the angle the moon’s path makes with the horizon, and on any given date it is always in places having the same latitude. If the weather sign was trust- worthy, the same kind of weather, either dry or rainy, would preyail on any given date through- out ‘a belt of latitude extending entirely around the world. Of course there is no such uniformity of weather. so apparently we will have to con- sign another old superstition to the discard and let the good forecasters prognosticate our future weather in a scientific way. Our own Pritchard is making a great reputation for accuracy and a large part of the M. B. F. family swears by him, planning their planting and harvesting by his forecasts. SIX ROWS AT ONCE E Department of Agricultural Engineering of Iowa State College recently demonstrated that six rows of corn can be cultivated satis- factorily at one time. A two-row tractor culti- vator furnished the power, pulling two other two- row cultivators. Three men were necessary, one on the power unit and one on each cultivator. This rig easily cultivated forty-five acres in one day and did it to the satisfaction of the owner of the field. Experience will some day define the economical limits in the use of all farm machin- ery in diiferent regions—experience and the agri- cultural engineers whose work for agriculture is not yet properly understood. A POWER PROBLEM is unfortunate that so many of those who discuss the tractor feel that they must assail the horse; also that so many who discuss the horse must take a iling at the tractor. Neither can do any good by assailing the other, for the problem is not to get rid of either form of power- but to put each in its proper place and to its most economical use. Usually if not always in extensive farming each has its place and each supplements the other. It is not a mere horse problem or a mere tractor problem which we should be' discussing but a farm problem. In TEE CIRCUS IS COMING Oh, boy, jes’ look at them big old claws Andteethassharpasknlvesi Youknow. ifeverthattlgergotloose He’d make folks hump for their lives, D’you reckontlwygmtigersthatbig InthedrcneatulyOroek? BillHaskolsaytlmyoonldeataoow 'Andbehnngrythenforawoek. An'Blll, hesays,thewaytogetin Todeemflsereclrarsshows Istobethereenrlyan’ mend Whilethebossgeulntohlsclothee, 'lhengetajobasawaterboy, Orchoppin'weedsinfllering. The clowns'llkidyou, an' littlegirls, too, Thetdresseslntightsan’things. Bill says there’s olph-nnts, lions nn' hears An'awhali'bigge-rafl Thatpokznmsheadthroughthewpofthe An'wiggleshisearsso‘sym’lllaugh. Thebigfatmennn'tbeskinnychnp Eat breakfad; side by side " An’oneeatsmmmakehlmthin Theothertomakehhiiwlde. Paseyethathewillbetekln'us found the sofa greatly in need off repair so took .» mm. on. in the put‘ is rr Ammo: mom Sit addressed right? As]: yam-sen that dues-4" ’ V tion whenever you are about ”to mail clatter _ and then look at the envelop to be sure the answer is “Yes." Hardly ‘a‘ day passes thatwe ,do not receive at least one letter with the ad- ‘1 dress incomplete. We received one this morning addressed “Veterinary Department, Dr. Geo. .fH. Conn, Mt. Gemens, Michigan. " Apparently the clerk. who sorted the‘ mail of which this letter wasapartwaefamlliarwiththeM. 8.1!. and _ knew the names of the editors associated with it, . . otherwise the letter would have been returned to the sender, who did think to put his name and address in the upper-left hand corner. There is no way of telling how many letters each year intended for us are never delivered because the addrese’is not complete, but we will wager that if the total was know it would be surprising. And many of these letters go to the dead letter omce as it is impossible to tell horn V the outside of the envelop who the sender is, no return address being given. Then we are blamed for not giving service as we promise. Be ' sure the address is complete on any letter before - you mail it, and put your return address on it v. also. m LAMB (mop E Department of Agriculture's lamb survey ' indicates that this year’s crop is ten per cent, or 2,200,000 head, in excess of last ‘ year’s. The range crop shows an increase of 2,350,000 head and the farm or native crap a decrease of 138,000 head. We have been under the impression that both native and range lambs would ’be more numerous this year than last and were not expecting a reduction in either. Which way is the farm sheep industry going when ,. a smaller lamb crop folloWs a year of high farm prices? A SERIOUS MATTER N European scientist tells the world that people develop the mentality of a cow if they drink large quantities of milk, or get the brains of a hen if they eat eggs. He does not state if his theory can be.applied to everything we eat, but it meme tons it'would be only reasonable. Further. seeing that one thinks like they eat, it seems reasonable to as that we would gradually take on the physical appearance of what goes into “our stomach. Granting this be right, we'll wager that most or us can just about figure out what our enemies eat each day. Also, it is possible we have at last discovered the cause of the “fishy" hand— shake you get from some folks. But going back to the milk question, it seems like this is dealing the dairy business a severe blow. Why, a baby that is raised on a bottle hasn’t much of a chance to succeed in this world of ours, because of his cow’s brains. My! My! ’This is a serious matters WAREHOUSE ACT HOSE who feel that the federal government should do something to help producers store their crops and finance themselves pending ‘ sale should read the Department of Agriculture's circular No. 61, entitled "The Farmer and the Unimd States Warehouse Act.” In spite of all that has been said about the federal warehouse system comparatively few warehousemen and producers know much about it. Several years ago we called the attention of a cooperative or- ganization and .a warehouse company to this law, thinking it might be useful to both. Neither the chief of the organisation nor the manager of the warehouse had ever heard of it, though it was enacted in 1916. Producers who want safe storage, and the use of their warehouse re- ceipts for financing, should examine the law _ and demand that their storages qualify for ser- vice under it. marry. me MODERN GnNiI LLADIN had a lamp that he would rub and Genii would appear before him ready to‘do his bidding, That is a fairy tale. People nowadays push a button and electricity makes the night as bright as day, operates machinery»! all ', H kinds, cooks meals, heats houses during cold ' ~ weather and cools them suns: he; «one: and many other things. That is not a: fairy leis. So tar the city dwellers have hsdtk . . Geni- ‘ .fu.‘ {Wen-emu“ "5 y ; the. sue a... to w in us in m. ”comm ammo mm ' - new Herons: URING the/fore pert efJanuu-y We received a letterfru’m a' Genesee county. subscriber re- garding a transaction she had had ‘with one ef‘these picture enlarging companies. 'She gave the company anorded to enlarge a picture of her mother, to be finished in black and white. and put in a certain kind of frame which she picked out. When the picture was finally delivered she found it had been finished in brown‘ and tinted with pink while the frame was far from what she had ordered. She had paid $1.00 and thought she was entitled to what she ordered so shipped it back to the company and wrote them a letter asking for a re- fund. To her letters they replied denying they had received it back but she was sure they were not tell- ing the truth because it was sent by insured mall. Finally dispariug of getting any satisfaction she wrote us and asked that we take it up for her. We wrote them and the reply we got was a carbon copy of a letter they had written our subscriber telling. her it would be impossible to trace the matter at that time as they had just moved and the head of the firm was out of town a few days: how- ever, as soon as he returned it would be called to his attention. Follow: ing it up when the boss was supposed to return we learned they were turn- ing it over to the adjusting depart- ment for attention. After waiting a short time and getting no report on how matters were coming along we wrote and were advised: _ “Our work is guaranteed in this ' way, that if portrait and frame is not satisfactory they are replaced, but no money returned." Our subscriber informed us that if they would do the work over. and do it right this , time, she was willing to call the matter settled. Finally the matter was adjusted, four months after the claim was placed in our hands. This is a fair example of dealing with these enlarged picture concerns, either by agent or by mail. Nine chances but of ten the work is un- sa factory and you are mighty luc if you ever get satisfaction from them even after months of cor- respondence. If you go to a local photographer you may pay slightly more but you will get quality work and satisfaction before you pay your money. DOYLE DENTAL COMPANY “The Doyle Dental Company. ad- vertised in the Lansing State Jour- nal that they would be in Lansing on certain days to take impressions for teeth. .My father being in need of a set went there and had his im- pression taken. The teeth Were be made and sent to him C. O. . They came and the price, $20, was paid. The teeth did not fit at all, my father not being able to even get his mouth closed over them. I wrote the company two letters but they failed to reply in any way. When he was in Lansing they agreed to send a written guarantee with the teeth but none came.” above is a copy of a letter ; we received from a subscriber living near Lansing. Upon re- ceipt of it we wrote the Doyle Dental Company and we got the same re- hdepartmentletere- Mfummwuleutdsan.’ IPMIP “mmthflmm'flm- M'- ' In sveryoeeewewlildeourbestiem :hlewhdne cavern for t "soul wlll ' ': our er megs, previdlng: \ ' m u ' 4—111. claim In . easier to m .mms. "“” "‘"‘ . ate reply from the tannery and they 5 ’ fund of 1,314.50. n. .. WI“ I'Ms l. WWW 5* 5 mm%fi%m Wr’d‘fié ‘ salt: as our subscriber—none. Other letters we addressed to the company failed to get any attention and we if they’failed to reply we would con- sider they did not intend to give our subscriber fair treatment and publish the details in our columns to pro- "tect others. Perhaps our subscriber did figure he would save some money compared to what a local dentist would charge him but in the end it was a complete loss. The local dentist must do his his work in such a way as to encour- age his customers to return when they want other dental work done md he has to stand back of what he does to build up a good trade. The traveling dentist is here today and gone tomorrow, and usually his main interest is to get the money. The same argument applies to the eye doctor or medical doctor. "YOU’RE LUCKY!” ‘ OU'RE lucky!" , That’s the way a letter we recently received _ from the Goodyear Manufac— turing 00., Kansas City, Mo., starts 01. Then it reads, “You have been awarded a GOODYEAR advertising check. It is enclosed and it has a value of exactly $5.00—-—no more—— no less." Yes sir, it was enclosed, and it was “Cash or Bearer, $5.00”; however, before we started for the bank we learned it was a "Merchan- dise Discount Check” and if We bought one of their “new $12.95 All-Weather Coats", sending $5.00 with the order and the paying the postmaster $7 .95 when it arrived, we would receive free of charge (be- cause we had the check, we suppose) “a man's $5.00 sport sweater abso- lutely free." Perhaps you have been "lucky” but did you "fall"? Neither did we. No doubt you would get the coat if you ordered“ it but we will wager you would pay every cent it was worth, and the sweater too. This company, nor any other, is in bus- iness just for the fun of it. They are not like the Jew storekeeper in the story who advdrtised to sell be- low cost. When asked how he could afford to sell things below cost and lose so much money he replied, “Be- cause of der volume. I do so much business dot it counts up." . GETS CHECK FOR $14.50 I have just received a check for $14.50 in settlement from which amount was overcharged on a shipment of leather. I thank you so much for not only getting the leather but the money also, and would gladly pay you something for your trouble. I shall always speak a good word for your paper, and the amount you helped me collect will pay for the paper for some time. I wish more farmers could avail themselves of your kind Offer to help in cases like mine, and any one here not having your paper will be told about it. Again thanking you so much—A. 1.. Manistee Co, Mich. UR subscriber shipped 8. hide to a tannery last January to have ' it made into sole leather. He received a receipt for the hide but nothing else. even though he wrote several letters to them, so aboutthe middle of June he put the matter in our hands. He had let the mat- ter run rather long before getting in touch with us we thought but decided to do all we could for him. Our first letter brought an immedi- ‘stated they had replied to his let- ~ters,.and they were forwarding hide at that time. Shortly after that our subscriber received a letter from them and a1- so received notice from the local ex- press oflice to call forvthe package. The charges were, $85.00. This was considerably more than called for on ‘ the receipt he received he thought but he paid it. When he arrived home he found that he really owed the company $10.50 and upon ad- them about it received a re- (605) . advisedtheminmlnstonethat. Federal Bond & Mortgage Building, Detroit, First Mortgage Real Estate Bond's» The form of invest- ment best suited to a fixed plan of in- come and Operation is offered you in the first mortgage real estate bonds rec- ommended by this institution. 6%&6y.% Normal Federal Income Tax Up to 1V2% and 2% Paid by Borrower Federal Bond 839 Mortgage Company Mich. Lime and Fertilizer Spreader Handles All Kinds of Lime Rock and Fertilizer Spreads 75 to 10,000 Pounds Per Acre The only successful lime 3nd fertilizer distributor—saves labor and . Handle fertimonlyOnoebyhauhngdirectfmmwstnMdPaten AugerForocF attache toanywagon—nojwlesfobors. Spreads evenly 20 feet wide, on hilly or level land. Simple and Mashhadmgorcakmgpomble. Builtstrong—will give years of service. Hopper ll level with ofwsgon. Lowin pnce. To Hand! w ' e ct, Dry or Lumpy . Guaranteed LhneanAnyForm),Commer- / cial Fertilizer, Phosphate, Gypsum, Wood Ashes, Crushed Shells, etc. Put this distributor test—you run no HOLDEN The the nae Isand Ferti- ‘ thod I ' needs crtillzer. Thisme need _._.—-- d “1... . wfiflawmg M by soil experts. We’ll send Lianne 'm' ‘ m W11“. '1: papers FREE and directions how ,3 an to meet your soil. ""-"‘ ‘ Kalamazoo : 'z :_ .. x. . : FIGURES prove that at tention - compelling a n d action - producing photographs Will sell pro- ducts. Let us make some sug- gestions on the proper il- lustrative appeal best 5‘ suited to your require- ments—no obligation of course. Write today. CRESCENT ENGRAVING COMPANY 5 Michigan, , ' ”W215. a‘ '7 . \‘w. .,_.-., .—__._h,.-._~.__.-v._. --.,._.._--.,.. _...- L' a. . 1 w warm omens camps; run sex-um By Anne Campbell When Grandpa grinds the scythe, I stand And turn the grindstone with my hand. I see the water on the blade, And watch the rusty spots all fade: An' cos. it is a lovely sight When that old scythe is shinin' bright! r The grindstone's by the ‘cellar door. I grind, and Grind, and GRIND some more! It seems to me that scythe’s as long As Grandpa’s farm. and say, he' s strong! lwishlwasasbigashe To hold. a scythe so carefully! When Grandpa grinds the scythe, I get 80 awful tired—I’m sweatin’ yet; But say, I wouldn’t quit until He says to me, “It’s finished, Bill!" It’s fascinatin’, bet your life, To see that gleamin' wicked knife! I think 0’ pirates, hidden gold, An’ jewels shinin’ in the hold; I think 0’ ships a sailin’ far, Out Where the great adventures are. In readin' books, they don’t seem true! Wheai Grandpa grinds the scythe, they. 0. (Copyright, 1925.) A FRIENDLY LETTER E subscribers often neglect to write our appreciation of a pa- per though we are often more 'ready to criticise What we did not like. We as a family have found an extra amount of help in the M. B. F. The recipes, the sermon, the farm home department and the articles from the publisher’s desk are all ex— tra valuable to us. We have enjoy- ed the married couple contest and how nice it was to see a familiar picture among them as we did. Our own married life is not half of fifty years as yet and the dear parents are gone 11 before us but on both sides of t e house it was a journey together until death stepped in. We take several papers and maga- zines and my daughter, recently married, has got nearly all her pic- tures from ads and covers. We find many very interesting ones for liv- ing room, bedroom and dining room. I have a large well bound sample- book that I have saved surplus pic- tures in and each spring I can have some new ones if for any reason I wish to change pictures. I must tell you what I did to keep the bedbug from getting into my beds when I moved into an infested house. I stood the beds out free from the wall and put a square of tanglefoot fly paper under each leg of the bed. with powder and other things to kill them 01!, but it saves getting them onto your mattress and into your bed steads and having to fight them there. I was reminded of this by reading the ant story. We have re- cently had a peck of trouble with rats destroying chickens. I moved the chicks away out in the field and put out rat virus also poison and traps. Don't know as any poison has been eaten and no rate has been caught but the virus was eaten and in time will wipe out the rats. I have written much more than I intended and if anything I said helps you, you may use it as you wish.— llrs. L. C. W., Barryton, Michigan. OLD TIME BISCUITS HAVE NEW FEATURES PLAIN baking-powder biscuit may be used as the beginning for meat rolls, cinnamon rolls, orange biscuits, butterscotch rolls, , and many other quick breads, ac- . cording to food specialists at the new York State College of Home Eco- ' nomics at Ithaca, N. Y. The foundation is made in each in- stance from two cupfuls of flour, . four teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one—half teaspoonfuls of salt, one- fourth of a cupful of fat, and three- fourths of a cup of milk. The flour should be sifted once before measur- ' ing, and then all the dry ingredients L should be sifted together. The fat should be worked in till the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal. The milk should be added last and should be barely mixed in. Plain biscuits are made by patting this dough on a floured board till it is half an inch j thick» Cut the dough with a floured biscuit-cutter, and bake in a hot xoven (about 475 degrees) for about fifteen minutes. Many variations of these biscuits 1 , are made by rolling the dough t2]; at knees of one-fourth inch, Of course, we got busy ' 'see that it really is “fair time." folks who are there. wash tub, put it on exhibi- tion, then take a day off with the family for it takes people, more than anything else to make a fair worth- While. Address letters: 'emmuent for the _ Edited by mus. Wharton DEAR folks: While sorting the mail a few days ago I found several letters from the county fair associations. It didn’t seem possible that is was fair time so soon, for we are just getting nicely started . into summer, but the calendar will soon lose another page and we 01’ course the fair is an advertising proposition, not only for the ll manufacturer, but for the farmer’s produce and livestock as well. for we all are interested in the results of other folks efforts and the prizes, too, butitseemstomethenicestthingaboutthefairisseeingthe It may be distant members of your own family, an old neighbor or just an acquaintance but it is the friendly hand shake and cherry greeting that fill our hearts with joy and make you glad you came, so if you have a choice piece of needlework or a pumpkin as big as a .fw, %’72:.. Mrs. Annie Tsyler. ears The Iuslness Isl-mer, Mt. clement. lllohlssn. a long roll, and cut in pieces three- fourths to one inch thick, and baked as plain biscuits. The spreading mixtures may be chopped meat, or fish moistened with white sauce, or cinnamon, sugar, melted butter, and raisins for cinnamon rolls, or pea- nut butter moistened with milk and sweetened with sugar. The thin biscuits may be baked in two layers with orange marmalade between them for further variety. The main points to be rememm bered are; sift the dry ingredients thoroughly, little as possible, and bake in a hot oven. GIVE THOUGHT TO RELIGION E do indeed consider the M. B. F. or rather the folks behind it real friends. We think your paper is splendid. Can’t say what is the best feature but are sure glad to have the preacher with us for one thing. The M. B. F. is the only paper we take as we do not get much time to read and prefer it to all others. Here are a few things that ex- perience has taught me. Do you love your babies? Then work for them. You owe more to your own family than to anyone in the world. Keep them clean and comfortable. Give them plenty of fresh air and good food. Be sure they get enough of the right food. handle the dough as Do not worry about them, nor about the work, but ask God to give you courage, Wisdom, patience, and strength and work with a will. If you aren't strong, plan to save strength and time. Lie down at least a few minutes a day—a couple of hours if possible. Don’t waste your time on fancy work, nor on too many fancy dishes. Above all teach them to love God and their fellow- men. Pray with them and for them, and don’t forget we shall have to ac- count for everything we do or leave undone, so let us say little and think much, worry little and work much. And what is so important as salva- tion? Do not put it 01!, come and be saved today. Jesus is the way. He died to save sinners. “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that all who be- lieve in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”——Mrs. H. GROUP SMALL PICTURES IN UNITS MALL pictures look better if they are grouped" on a large wall space than if they simply form many spots. Form the groups in vertical or horizontal lines, never in a stair-step fashion. Large pictures may be given the appearance of be- ing supported by hanging over a piece of furniture such as a chair, table, bookcase or desk. (Some Delicious Egg Drinks VERYBODY appreciates whole- some beverages. Especially is this true in the warm sum- mer days when a cool, refreshing drink is wanted to quench thirst and to satisfy a craving appetite. The man or woman performing strenu- ous physical labor is appreciative of a beverage, which in addition to be- ing appetizing, furnishes a large amount of nourishment in a most palatable and easily digested form. The athlete laboring under the strain of great physical exertion rel- ishes a beverage which satisfies a profound thirst and while doing so provides his body with every lost el- ement of strength and energy. The highly digestible food elements com- bined with the great vitamins con- tent of eggs is the answer. How many of us have ever stop- ped to think what a wonderful place the egg occupies in the home-mixing of a number of beverages which fnlv illls all the needs of the refreshing summer drink, of the nourishing beverage for the laborer and for the invigorating beverage of the ath- Iete? called for more and more over soda fountains and soft drink stands. The public is coming to realize the won- derful nutritive value which eggs possess. The fact that they are rich in the majority of the vitamines, those unseen, yet very essential el- ements in our diet, which protect us against disease and induce the pro- per functioning of our bodies, is a newly discovered food truth, the ap- hich sei- Eggs are rapidly coming to be , Eggs contain a greater variety of vitamines than any other single food ingredient. Eggs are nourish- ing—eggs are palatable—-and above all else, they are satisfying. Just try some of these delightful egg drinks and see if they do not create a new and delightful fondness for home-mixed beverages. Egg Nogg To make a delicious egg nogg, take one egg, three—fourths of a cup of milk, a few drops of vanilla, sprinkle‘ of salt. Beat the egg thoroughly, add the milk, just a touch-of salt and a few drops of vanilla—flavoring to the taste. A little sugar may be added if one has an especially sweet tooth. Adll a little crushed ice and shake we So easy to mix, and didn't it make your mouth water? Egg Orangeade Take the white of one egg and the juice of one orange—put in a glass Jar, seal and shake well. Pour through a strainer. Cool with crushed ice. Sweeten if desired. This makes a delicious, wholesome, satisfying drink. Chocolate Egg Shake Take one egg, two-thirds cup of milk and from two to three ounces» of chocolate syrup. (The syrup can be purchased as such or made by dissolving sweet chocolate, add hot water until the consistency of thick cream is reached. Place in a sealed jar and shake violently until well mixed This drink is better if made with cold milk; where an especially- d ki “d at ., 'Persenel Column V ,r ‘ r { .‘, ‘VH , Links in TeakettleL—‘How may the lime- ~ deposits found in teakettles be removed? —Mrs 0., Six Lakes, Mich. —-A weak solution of muriatic acid will soon loosen deposits so that they can be scmped on! without difficulty. You must be careful about haridling the acid as it . ' is DOisonous. Put into the kettle a solu- tion of one part of muriatic acid to nine parts water and stir with a wooden spoon or stick. When the deposit is loosened, separate it out with the stick. As soon as it is all removed empty the kettle and‘ rinse it thoroughly with water. If the ' acid. stands in the kettle after the deposit is removed it will attack the metal and: may eat holes through it.~ If the solu- ‘tion is poured into a sink this also should“ be rinsed well and the pipes should be- fiushed to dilute the acid so that it wilh not attack the pipes. Digging Fall Rooter—Please let me know when and how to gather the fall roots: dandelion, mayapple, and blood-v ' root—F. 8., Farmington, Michigan. —I would say that the best time would be when the plants have reached their maturity some time in October, preferably the early part. The method of gathering depends upon the purpose wanted. It merely for transplanting, ordinary pre- cautions must be taken in roder to save as many roots as possible and transplant at once. Ifwa‘nted for the drying, they should be dug, allowed to cure for a few days outdoors and then taken into a. well aerated shed or barn and laid out. in fairly thin layers for storage ..——A.lex Laurie, Floriculture, M. S. For the Movie Fan The Bat—If you are a real nervous person, and get excited very easily, this is not a good picture for you to see. But if you enjoy thrills, mystery, drama, suspense and comedy don’t miss it. You will find it one of the most interesting pictures you have ever seen. It is a good one to see on a warm night as it will make the shivers run up and down yo spine. The Bat is a supercrook who mys- tifies the police, and the story concerns: itself with attempts to capture him. Most mystery dramas have no mystery in them after you have seen a small part of them because you are able to guess how they will turn out in the end, but it is im- possible to do that with The Bat. It keeps you guessing right from the very start and you do not know who to accuse up to the final scene when The Bat is un- masked. Among the featured players are Louise Fazenda, Emily ’Fitzroy, Jack Pickford and Robert McKim. r —if you are well bred! “Hands Together."——Shaking hands is I. dual operation: two are concerned and you must do your share. When a man shakes hands with a .woman her muscular reaction is determined by the degree of their acquaintanceship. If the woman knows the man well, his clasp may be positive, while she permits her hand to be shaken; yet there must be a slight muscular response on her part, her hand must not merely be laid \in his. If she knows hinrvery well her handclasp ap- proaches his own in warmth. One should always look the person in the eye with Whom one is shaking hands. Sky-look- ing and see—sawing with the arms when shaking hands are inelegant aifectailons. like crooking or stiflening the little fin- gers when raising a glass to the lips. 17 The Runner’s Bible Ye shall not fear them ; for the Lord your God, be it is that iighteth for you. Dent. 8:22. (E. B. V.) To live through understanding is to swim with the tide. You will have to work, but you will not need “to battle". For the Lord your God. is he that goeth with you, to fight against your enemies, to save you. (Dent. 20:1.) Recipes French Omelet, Spanish Saucer—Two cups tomatoes, two onions (chopped), one : green pepper (diced), three tablespoons fat. one-half teaspoon sugar, one-eighth teaspoon pepper. Melt fat, add other ingredients. Cook _10 minutes. Spread half the Mixture over half the omelet, fold, place on platter and garnish with remainder of sauce. Egg Sandwiches .——Chop hard boiled eggs fine; season with salt and pepper. moisten with Three Minute salad dressp ring, spread between crisp lettuce leaves. Ooeoennt Drona—One and one-half cupfuls iiour,,,one egg. one-half cupful shredded cocoanut, one-half cupful rich cream. two level teaspoonfuls baking powder, one-half cupful sugar, one tea- spoonfui lemon rind, one teaspoontul of orange rind. Sift together the flour and » . 3:11 tbaking .powde'r ' {the m ‘ ' - .wa-FMMM‘. ‘an 1~ , W WWW” ‘M‘fl‘w’pm . . 1"“ . g - M?~‘-4'.AMM‘V ”w.“ .. a..." 5??“{51 We “as!" a...“ g ”NM 1 M f'" h . . . “ W bruiwfif‘ greased pans. or on waxed paper in pans. and bake a delicious brown: Kaye the cakes far enough apart so they will not run together, and sprinkle a. little cocoa- nut over the tap. Tomato Puma—2 qts. thick tomato pulp; 4 tablespoons chopped sweet red pepper; 1 large onion; it teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon sugar. Tomato puree may be made from the— small and irregular sized tomatoes. Wash, run through food chop- per and cook until soft and thickened. If a smooth. seedless mixture is desired press through a sieve or preferably. AIDS TO GOOD DRESSING (Is so. to State Size.) __, _, k .e ( 9. 9. ' fi 0. .. A ' 9 3 o .0. 5 A. .‘ ‘1... a, o r 9‘ a ,0. F 90 . 9' ” a o. ,o S a 9 . s . 9' , ' a 5508. Summer Frock.—Printed cre e whorgette are here combined. The jabot pportilzirilig _y be omitted. Pattern cut in 7 Sizes: 34. It. 38. 40. 42, 44 and 46 inches bust measure. I. make the dress for a 38 inch size will re uire 8% yards of 40 inch crepe. and % yard 0 40 inch georgette. if made as illustrated. The width I! the skirt at the lower edge it 2% yards. 6582. School Drum—Plaid gingham. linen, uyon. Jersey or serge would be good for this model. Pattern cut in 4 Sizes: 8. . an 12 years. A. 1 year size will require 2% suds of 3_6 inch material together with % yard d! contrasting material for laying on collar and e if made as illustrated in the large View. “.msde of one material 27/3 yards Will be re- uire . 5526. Child's Dream—Cut in 4 Sizes: 4, 6. I and 10 years. A 6 year size, requires 1% d of 36 inch material With 1/. yard of con- meting material. If made With longeleeves and 3 one material 2 yards will be reqmred. 5810. Smart Dream—Plaid wool. and wool nope are combined here. It.is also a good de- sin for rayon, ersey, poplin and fine serge. Pattern cut in 6 izes: 34, 36 38_. 40. 42 and 44 inches bust measure. A 38 . m e 2 yards of plaid and 1% yard_ of plain mterial 54 inches Wide it made as illustrated in the large view. To make all of one material rill re m're 3%_ yards. The width at the lower “(as o the skirt. With plsits extended is 2% in . 0 , {ALL PATTERNS 13c EACH... 2 FOR 25c POSTPAID m '£8=5°$::thli"a%¢lli'"m Ms; from this or former Issues otlg'hsnlugslnm » Ivln umber and iumsrimsn n'ndn address .nlalnlly. Add}?! all WWI. “will: to 1.41 and the milk. 'ibrop in little pats on Wall'— ‘ . :sweetimilk, onte [aria one-halfcuptuls oat-_ men-.9. .,,cun‘9,.¢.opped.ra;is s enou‘ sou“; ma.‘ :ft (16va if”; . Eh ~ -. .a _ pepper-and." seasoning.” Toward the lat- ter" ‘ part ‘ofr'proc‘e'ss. ‘it is necessary to stirit frequently to keep from burning. When sufficiently concentrated, can and process 29 minutes at boiling. Cheese and Nut Sandwiches.—-Spread bread with Philadelphia cheese (comes in small cakes wrapped in tin foil) over this sprinkle a layer of finely chopped nut meats. This is especially good with rye bread. Meat Sandwiches.—Grind cold boiled ham or lean pork also enough sweet pickles or olives to flavor it nicely. ‘mix with Three Minute salad dressing and spread between buttered bread and crisp lettuce leaves. Salmon or Sardine Sandwiches.—Can- ned salmon or sardines may be used as follows—remove bones, to one can of sar- dines add one tomato. pepper, salt and paprika to taste. .Moisten with a little cream. The meat alone is much more appetz- ing. with a. few drops of lemon juice sprinkled over it. whether used in sand- wiches or as a part of the regular meal. Chilli Sance.—-—One gallon red ripe to- matoes, 1A.» cupful white onions: 1,5 cup- full sweet green peppers, V; cupful of brown sugar; 1 quart of vinegar; $5 tea- spoonful cayenne pepper; 1 Bay leaf; 2 tablespoons of ginger; 1 tablespoonful of cinnamon; 1 tablespoontul of mustard; $4, nutmeg (grated); 1 teaspoontul gar- lic. Wash tomatoes. cut out green core and put through meat chopper with the onions and peppers. Boil all the ingredi— ents except the vinegar together unitl soft and broken. Add vinegar and sim- mer until thick. Stir frequently. Pack into bottles or jars and process. Green Tomato Soy.—-——Wa.sh tomatoes, cut into quarters and put through food chopper enough to make 1 gallon. Grind with this 6 large onions. Mix tomatoes with two cups vinegar; 2 tablespoons salt; IA tablespoon each ground cinna- mon. cloves and allspice; 2 pounds brown sugar; 4 tablespoons each celery and white mustard seed; 1 tablespoon white pepper. Cook about 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Let stand over night. In the morning. taste, add more salt or other seasonings, if needed. Boil again 10 minutes. Pour into sterilized jars, process and seal. Club Cheese.-—-Remove the rind from ordinary hard cheese or well-made cured cheddar cheese, slice. and run through a meat grinder. To each pound of ground cheese, add about two ounces of fresh butter. Mix the cheese and butter thor- oughly and run the combination through the meat grinder. The club cheese is ready for use immediately. It is very nutritious and palatable and can be stored by pack- ing it in small air-tight jars or glasses. Cheese Sandwiches.——Plain bread and and butter sandwiches with fairly thick slices of cheese between can be toasted and are known as toasted-cheese sand~ wiches. They may also be browned in a. pan in which bacon has been fried. Cheese and jelly sandwiches are pre- pared by spreading slices of bread with a layer of cream cheese followed by a layer of jelly. Another layer of bread is placed on top and the completed sand- wich is toasted. Nut Molasses Bars—Pour one-fourth cupful boiling water over one-fourth cup- ful butter or lard. Add one-half cupful brown sugar and one-half cupful mo- lasses. Add three and two-thrds cupfuls flour sifted with one teaspoonful soda, one-half teaspoonful of ginger, 9. little powdered cloves. and one teaspoont’ul salt. Mix well and chill thoroughly. Turn out on a lightly floured board. pat and roll one-eighth of an inch thck. Cut. in strips three orrfour inches long‘by one inch wide. Sprinkle with finely chopped walnuts and grated cocoanut. (liege about ten minutes in a moderate -—._.____. French Omelet. Onion Sauces—TWO onions (chopped). three slices bacon (diced). two tablespoons flour. one cup milk. one-half teaspoon salt, one-eighth teaspoon pepper. Brown the bacon slight— ly, add the onions and cook slowly 10 minutes. 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"use. “taken down and burned. cos] of tbe‘ 19°!» . ._. Motto: r - ,. no revs" ass-r Colors: BLUE AND'GOLD j EAR girls and boys: I want-to to write about something -this time that perhaps will not in- terest the boys. not. very much at least. The subject is dolls. "What?" I hear some boys say, “Dolls?" Yes, it is dolls, and I am going to give some interesting facts that even boys should know. When you girls look at your doll do you .ever stop to think that little girls in every country in the world love and play with dolls, just as you do. Their skin may be of another color and their dolls look different than yours but they enjoy them just as much as you do yours. Some of them enjoy their dolls even more than you do because of great sig- nificance, religious or otherwise, as— sociated with them. In certain parts of Africa every maiden upon becoming a young wo- man receives a doll which she keeps until she becomes a mother. Then her mother gives her a new doll which she conserves until she has a second child, and so forth. The lit- tle girls of the East Indies in the time of a certain feast dress them- selves in their finest clothes and go solemnly to the nearest river to cast their cherished dolls into the water. They can now not have new dolls until three months have passed. During the early days of the R0- man empire girls frequently sacri- flced their dolls to the gods, by burn- ing them. In India, long ago, young children were thrown to the croco- diles in the River Ganges as a. re- ligious sacrifice. This custom has died out, and at certain times of the year the children of that country give expression of their thanksgiv— ing by casting their dolls into the sacred stream. When the Nile rises the Egyptians make it a great event, having a toast and casting a life-size doll into the water as thanks to the river spirit for watering and fertilizing the soil. If a child in China is tak- en ill a doll is hung before the door of the house. The disease spirit is supposed to enter the doll which is When a. maiden in Syria is old enough to marry. and has the desire to do so, she hangs a doll in the window. The sultans of Turkey used to keep dolls dressed like their enemies and they would satisfy their hatred by beat- ing these dolls. Perhaps of all the countries in the world it is iii—Japan that the dolls play the most important part in the, lives of the children. When a girlisborninJapansheisgivena small collection of dolls, represent- ing the emperor and empress. and the five court musicians. She is never allowed to play with the dolls except on holidays. the chief of which is the Hina Hatsuri. the feast of dolls, which falls on March 3rd. At that time special shelves are often made to exhibit the family’s collection of dolls, and frequently visitors come from great distances. When a Japanese girl marries she takes her collection of dolls with her, keeping them until her eldest son marries, at which time they are presented to him. In this way some families posses a number of collec- tions of dolls. some of them hund— reds of years old. In addition 1 these special dolls, Japanese girls have many other, and they have a belief that if they love them enough they will become living things. Isn't that interesting to know?— UNCLE NED. Our Boys and Girls Hello Uncle Nedzi—Well, here I am, singing with the summer birds and shin- ingwiththebeautifullumsoyouseeI am happy. Well. I have got worlds to be happy for. I am happy I can get out- side and sing with the summer birds and I am happy when I can shine about with God's brightaiing sun. Oh, we can not name the Meanings we should be happy for in this big world. I've heard people say the world is getting worse, but I don't . believe it. I believe “rand every day it is getting better. People will say. "Why, look at moment-It's murder. it so back in Adam and Eve's time?” Why, look how Cain killed Able but then therewunonewspapertoput‘itinand therewaasiayingand mangfmmthe beginning of man, I guess, but why shouldn't it seem worse today? There aresomanymorepeopleintheworld today than there were then and times have changed considerable since our grout-grandparents wore hoop skirts and a wad on the top of their heads. Wouldn't they be frightened to see an automobile go running down the road at sixty miles per hour and what would they think of the firl’s short dresses, low necks, rolled socks, bobbed hair and fancy garters? Why. Grandpa would say, “My land! thoeegirlsu'eeraaytheymustbeget- tingreadytogoswimming". Andwhat would they think of the boy's bell trous- ers. sheik belts, pompadour hair cuts. and checked sweaters. Why. Grandma would reply, "My eyes are poor, John you'll have to buy me a new pair of specks. Those boys look so odd to me they must be wearing saccalled dresses, am’t they. only in a boyish style. Well times are certainly different and as the world moves we too must move onandmwithitmustwenot? But still for all God gives us young folks in His beautiful world today we seem not to appreciate it as we ought to. Of course, there are lots that think of the deeds God does for us but others go on in a staggering way looking to fall in the first dark pit they spy. They are looking for a temptation to load than. Nowadays girls think nothing of drinking and smok- ing. Why they think it is smart; of course, not all girls but girls of that classmdpartydo. Theythinkitisa credit to say that they smoke and can drink. but beware girls, time will tell on you for all this. Of course, none of us are perfect but we can try to be respect- able and try to lead others to the good. I do not pretend to be perfect but I do like to be a girl of good character while in my youth. I have my hair bobbed but do not wear f'lcnickers“ or rolled socks. I do not go to church as I should, but I think of God through the day's travel. I think how happy we all ought to be when we think of how they are fighting over in the old countries. We ought to praise God's holy name for it. had we not? Well, Uncle Ned, I suppose I'll soon be passed the Children’s Hour age. will be eighteen my next birthday so I‘ll have to write real often this year to make up for it. I have been a member for over seven years now and I still write to girls that I corresponded with seven years ago. Can you imagine it? I certamly have enjoyed our lovely little page while corresponding with it. I can remember, Uncle Ned, away back when there was another editor that print- ed Our Page. She was "Aunt Clare". I have even got some of her letters she wrote on the page, but I can’t tell you just where they are. I surely dread the future year to pass as I won't be able to write to you any more but maybe I can squeese in one once in a while, eh? I want to send my picture to you before I quit writing. Uncle Nod, and I would like you to print it on Our Page but have no real good ones at premt. Of course. IamnothandsunacauseIamjusta “hayseed”, Hal Well we have our garden all in and will soon have radishes and lettuce to eat. Now doesn’t this makn your mouth water, Uncle Ned? And we planted all kinds of water and muskmclons. Yum. yum. do you like ’um Uncle? Oh. I, do and did you ever go cooning them? They say they are a lot better when you coon them than they are when you can have them. but stealing a thing is always better than if it is given to you. so~ they say. We put in a lot of different kinds of flowers. I do love flowers, don't you? I also love birds. Last year I built a bird house and a little Jenny Wren built in it and hatched out four little ones. I sure was glad as I love birds around me. If it wasn‘t for God’s beautiful birds there would be little music to swell the air and if it wasn’t for His flowers there would be no beautiful perfume to go, sift— ing through the breeze and go up our noses. We sure love the flower’s per- fume and there is nothing any more beautiful than a flower: even a weed. A common everyday weed like a mustard flower, Just take a microscOpe and look at its pretty petals. They are beautiful although it is none but a terrible old weed. And there are none prettier than tame flowers. ~ Oh. isn’t nature wonderful in all. ways? Inthesummertimeiustgobaoktothe' woodsandspreadablenketuponthe mum. then open your ears-m close, your eyes. You are fairly in Heaven , notion. (London road onto: a very poor road I —-Lapland. V, little rrel, eating a winter“ few kernels of cornvwhlch she has had stored through the low winter storms and look upon. the ground. there are the busy, .tiny ants working as menfln an automobile plant, They are toiling for all of their tiny life and the how cruel if some bad boy or girl to conic along and kick their- little house over that" they have so longsvorked at to build up. Oh. it is cruel to do such a sinful act. They do not harm us unless you pick one up, then he might pinch you but, no doubt you “him so he’s merely getting em with you. Uncle Ned, I am planning on going to Lansing this year for a week. and further- more it is with one of the girlies I have corresponded with for over seven years. If I go I ought to write. and tell you of my fine trip.‘ I had one vacation this year. I went to Flint for two weeks with my aunt and uncle. It sure is a nice place but I cannot tell of my trip now as my letter is too long but I will try andkeephlhewithourpage. Ithink weareprogressingO.K.sincewesug— gested our motto and colors, don't you. Uncle? I am sending my very best wishes to you. Uncle Ned and hoping you still continue to help us as you are many. You surely have done your part for us. I’m sure. You need credit for establish- ingom-pageandbuildingitupasyou have. I hope when I am out of the writ- ing to Our Page that it will grow three times bigger and better than it is now, but really it couldn't be much better to my It surely has furnished a. lot of comfort for me and I am as crazy to get that paper today as I ever was, although I am a big girl now, but still I can never forget Our Page. As long as the page is printed I’ll enjoy reading it. Well, Uncle Ned, I must surely close for this time and will try to write again soon. I am ever yours for a bigger and better Children’s Hour page and good luck to our editor, also my cousins. Your rambling rose—Miss Eathel Fay Sharp, Route 3, Akron, Michigan. -——Here is a letter that will make many of the members think, I am sure, and I hope they will set ‘down and write their opinions of Eathel’s ideas. Do not forget to send in your picture Eathel and just remember that we will always be glad to hear from you. See— ingthatyouhavebeen amembersolong perhaps we should make you a life mem ber, eh? . Dear Uncle Ned:-—I am very sorry that I did not get around to write and thank you for the membership button I received not so long ago. ‘I am pleased with it and also that I am a member of the Children's Hour. I will describe myself now as you prob- ably all would like to know what I look like. I am five feet, two inches tall, weigh one hundred and two pounds and am sixteen years old. Have long, medium brown hair. I was weighed last night. Don't you think I must be small? I have a sister fourteen years old this June. She is five feet six inches tall and weighs one hundred and thirty pounds. Then I, have a sister thirteen years old who is five feet two inches tall and weighs one hundred and thirteen pounds. I have a sister ten years old that Weighs ninety pounds. I had an operation last Nevanber so perhaps that is why my weight is no more than it is. Well, I suppose you would like to hear about a trip or something interesting. I will tell you about a trip we made the Fourth of July hat year. We got up early and got our chores done and got readytogotoCanada. Justaswewere ready it began to pour rain and daddy said we couldn't go when it was raining and if it did not stop hetero in: we could not go. It rained steady but not very hsrdandwecoaxeddadtogmsoatlast we started and when we got down by Yale it had stopped and we had a lovely Journey the rest of the way. When we got to Port Huron we had to wait before we could go across on the ferry. There were quite a few cars ahead of our car and we thought perhaps we would have to wait until it went across but we were lucky and got across that time and went to the London road to go to the Sam Lucas Black Fox Farm and wild animals. We were quite a ways out in the coun- try when we had to detour off from the . We had to detour ten'miles, then we went only a couple of miles _and got there 0. K. We found a new tire that never had been on a car but could not and the owner. The price we got from it covered our ex- penses over and back and a couple ‘of dollars over. Sam is our cousin so be- sides seeing -all the wild animals and birds we had a lovely visit with him and his wife. There were about one hundred dogs and we saw an eagle the same as is on our money. - If you wish I will' write and tell you about what else I say. Tour niece.»- Lucy Mae Lucas, Brown City. Michigan. all mourn-lamp tell us, more about.’_ your interesting trip into Canada. ‘ 4 . What a the best landfor mimosa. or Whattudo war; is. " ma a welcome absence of sev- eral months hog cholera is - again playing a return engag- , meat in Cass county. Although it has not yet caused any-large losses. the situation is one that should put allhogownersonthe‘alertlestthey find it in'their own herds. Because there has been so little cholera for nearly two years, the vaccination’of hog sand pigs as a precautionary measure has been virt- ually discontinued. This would seem to be poor economy, especially with the price of hogs where it is, coupled with the fact that herds of swine are unusually large. The vaccine- tionofyoungpigsisnotverycost- ly, and is cheap insurance. ' Apparently a few garbage feeders are either ignorant of the State law requiring that all hogs fed garbage (cooked or uncooked) receive the double treatmentror else they will- fully ignore it. This is a dangerous policy, both for the public and the garbage feeder himself. An indi- vidual may feed garbage'for a while and get by without vaccinating, but sooner or later he is absolutely cer- tain to find cholera in his herd. Because of the large amount of changing work that always accomp- anied threshing time, right now is a very favorable season for the spread of the disease from farm to farm. Dogs in the neighborhood of an outbreak should not be permit- ted to run at large. Birds and other uncontrollable means of dissemination are numer- ous enough, hence no avenue of dis- tribution that can be controlled should be overlooked. 28 STATE TO AOOREDIT BABY CHICKS -TEREE poultry states, I including Michigan, entered in- to the agreement at a national conference at West Baden, Indiana, August 2nd to use the uniform plan ‘of accreditation and certification of baby chicks as adopted at Manhat- tan, Kansas, conference a year ago. This plan of accreditation already is in operation in Michigan and re- ports on its success largely influ- enced favorable action by the other 22 states which concurred in a res- olution requesting the United States Department of Agriculture to coop- erate with the various states in uni- fying and supervising this work on a national basis. Dr. M. A. Juli, chief poultryman in the United States Department of Agriculture, assured delegates at the conference that federal supervision would be provided for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1927, with pros- pects of promulgating its regulations and making them effective before the next hatching season. ‘ Michigan was represented at the conference Tuesday. Its delegation was headed by Dr. L. E. Heasley, Grand Rapids, President of the Michigan Poultry Improvement As- sociation; J. A. Hannah, East Lans- ing, Secretary, and Prof. C. G. Card, head of the poultry department at Michigan State College. The dele— gation included about 25 hatchery- men from the WOIverine State. FIRE BLIGEHII.‘ PREVALENT IN CASS COUNTY EAR blight. or .iire blight, a bac- terial disease affecting apple, pear, and quince trees is becom- ing quite prevalent in Michigan, and has appeared in numerous Cass county orchards. Because it is a bacterial disease, the method of com- batting it is quite different from pro- cedure employed in the case of a fungus disease. The blight works more or less er- raticallye affecting different trees and orchards in different ways, but ”perhaps the most common manifest- ation is the wilting and death of the new growth of wood on the tips of the branched Frequently, how- ever, entire limbs will succumb and wattsnthetrnnkofthetree-maybe .. m I- I g , . As far- as control is concerned r spraying is 'of heaven. The only ’ «known» figment toihsadgmiefl an out. ;~-‘ . ' a! ‘ is“ 1"" go..- lotion all cut surfaces. From this it is apparent that the trouble can be eradimted much quicker and easier when its presence is first dis- covered. The preparation of the disinfect- ant, various factors entering into control, in fact, thorough discus- sions of the entire matter are in- cluded in a bulletin on the subject written by Cardineii and Bennett of Michigan State College. SPUDGROWERSTOLIEETIN PM! annual meeting of the Michi- gan Potato Producers’ Assoclao tion will be held in Petoskey this month, probably August 24 and 25. Secretary Ernest Pettifor of Gay- lord announced recently. A potato tour will be held in conjunction with the convention. A number of out-of—the-state po- tato specialists and purchasers of Michigan certified seed potatoes will be guests of the association during the two days. It is understood a bus-load of Pennsylvania farmers is planning to visit the region from which they purchase most of their seed requirements. ’ According to the present plans a tour will be held each day of the in: the "noon ' E Specialists will be given in the dude. New oilicers and directors are .elected. ' ' ICHIGAN is ranked as one of the three greatest peppermint growing states in the country in a bulletin on cultivation of the crop now being distributed from the farm crops department at Michigan State College. . Indianaand Oregon are given as Michigan's only rivals in production of peppermint oil. Michigan's pep- permint belt, the bulletin discloses, is confined mainly to the south- western counties of Cass, Berrien, Van Buren, Allegan and Kalamazoo. OTTAWA CHERRY CIDER 1N- DUSTRY GROWING HE manufacture of cherry cider 'has become an industry of rather large proportions near Holland. One concern engaged in this busi- ness has just converted 100 tons of cherries into cider, producing 300 barrels or 9,000 gallons. And there are several other concerns in the heart of the cherry district that have turned to making cherry cider. The product of these cider mills is way it ”at to- roadstands over awidoe I diary and is becoming a staple pre- dnct offered as a refreshment to tourists. summons BANNER WINS PRAEE (Continued from page 3) the former. gave strong testimony to the value of the inspection service maintained by the Michigan Crop Improvement Association "in its work in certifying seeds. the cleanliness of his pedi- greed wheat standing out in marked contrast to the rye and chess infest- ed fields on either side. . Albert Nelson of Filion in Huron County had possibly the most unus- ual experience of all. His field of ‘ American Banner Wheat was used as a skating rink most of the winter by the youngsters of the neighbor- . hood. Mr. Nelson fully expected to tear up the field this spring but. found a considerable proportion of the plants showing up and has pros- pects for a fair crop. Michigan Millers believe that, with American Banner Wheat being grown on the lighter soils and the harder red wheat on the well-drain- ed heavy soils, about the right bal- ance between red and white wheat , for Michigan needs would be main- { tained. ALWAYS M303 DAT wm 'W 5th to 11th DETROIT r The Greater , Michigan State Fair Is- YOUR FAIR- —:- Meet Your Friends At The STATE FAIR ' Sept. The primary purpose of the Greater Michigan State Fair is educational- but the Fair Grounds is a place where you can have a royal good time. Thousands are planning their vaca- tions during Fair Week Sept. 5th to 11th atDetroit, so theycanvisit the exposition this year. For they will see a bigger, better, more interesting F air. 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Rich in protein and highly digestible, it induces heavy, continuous milk flow and speeds meat animals on to early market. Let others tell you how in our book- lets “Dollars and Cents Results” and “How To Make Money With Linseed Meal.” Write our Dept. BB¥8 for them. LINSEED MEAL EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE 1 128 Union Trust Building CHICAGO, ILL. PAYS AS HIGH AS 100% PROFIT DEBS i1%?! DRE 4, «Ill lhflllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIlIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'IIIIllllllllllllilllllllIIlllllllllllllllllllllllIlllIlllIIllilllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllllllllHlI-i DIRECTORY. Advertisements Inserted under this heading for renutaou breeders of Live Stout at epeolal low rs. or Inch, 2e to In“ To avoid conflicting dates we will without cost list the date of any live stock sale In . If you are consllflerém‘ma (gouge; l u atoncean wew :ol-° ycsu. Address Live Stock Editor. M. B. F.. Mt. Clemens. HEREFORDS. Oldest Herd in U. S. A. t. 6. 1926. A good bull sale. salecoliabribd Elihu? Swartz Creek. Michigan. Hereford Steers . d 100 lbs. 69 Wt. around 1000 lbs. #2 WI: 2333‘: ‘125 lbs. 81 Wt. around 825 lbs. 45 Wt. around 560 lbs. 50 Wt. around1 600 Lbsi lit , dark reds, dehorned, we] mar er figggfoi‘ldm Sleers. Good gross flesh. The. ecf t e are usually market toppers when finished. £11 sell your choice of one car load from any bunch. Can also show you Shorthorn steers, yearlings or 2 year old. V. V. BALDWIN. Eldon. Wapello Co., Iowa. GUERNSEY! ' ._ UNOH or 150 grams FOR SALE A FIN5E0 Blbs. All reds, rouns_and Also a number Guernsey heifers. . l. ‘ Wfill’eGflrsT‘gN AND SCOTT, McBaln, Michigan. Read the Advertzrmentr in These Columns. By their guidance you can obtain the best products from ‘ When writing our advertisers please mention that you saw their ad in reliable companies. THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS JFARMER to encourage the growing of ore-bred: on the farms of our readers. Cents (300) per agate lne. per Insertion. . 0 per ess o r cash II sent wt of month following date of Insertion. SE D III . so you can see how manhunt» it will IIII. Address all letters. IREEDERS DIRECTORY. ICHIGAN IUOINESS FARMER. MT. CLEMENS. MIOH. Our advertisinc rate Fourteen agate lines to the column Inch h order or paid on or before the 10th YOUR AD AND WE WILL PUT IT IN TYPE REGISTERED GUERNSEY MALE 14 MONTHS old. Good type and size Dam made 318.8 fat as a 2 year old in C. T. A. 0. M. STARBUCK, Corunna. R. 1, Michigan. FOR SALE: REGISTERED GUERNSEY COWS. Federal Accredited herd; C. T. . records. JAMES c. RANNEY, Dertt, Michigan. FOR PRAGTICALLY PURE BRED GUERNSEY or Holsteinucalves 997.3 heavyu'rilch milkershwrite. C: b-‘ivv: TDD-i=8. ll 7‘2E'2n‘ x..:- Registered Guernsey Bull Calf 3 Months Old 535. One ready for serVice $50. 10 registered heifers. E. A. Black, Howard City, Michigan. FOR PRACTICALLY PURE BRED GUERNSEY dair heifer calves. write us. We ship 0. . D. 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Balding, Michigan. my fined LIVESTOCK ' (We Invite an to contribute your experience In raisin livestock 0 his A . y Questions cheerfully answers?” ‘ t department DAIRY LOSES GUT DOWN BY MLK COOLING . lLARGE proportion of the loss from sour milk, high bacteria. counts, anl low quality butter and cheese, might be aVOided through prompt and thorough cool- ing of milk at the dairy barn, as- serts the dairy department of the College of Agriculture, New Bruns- wick. All milk should be cooled to 50 degrees F. or over and should be kept at that temperature until delivered at the receiving plant. In the matter of dairy temperat- ures one should never guess. A good therometer will always pay for it- self in a short time. One can of re— jected milk will cost more than four or five good therometers. To cool milk to 50 degrees F. or below, ice is nearly always necessary. If ice cannot possibly be had, only the coldest water should be used. This means water direct from the well or spring unless a colder source is available. Running surface wa- ter is never very cold. If ice is not to be had ,it is desirable to arrange the equipment so that spring water may run constantly through the milk storage tank. ‘ The cooling of morning’s milk is the important problem just now. A surface cooler will save time and ice, and will enable the farmer to cool it at the farm. Once the milk has been cooled to 50 degrees F. or elow, if it is to be held, a cooling tank in the milk house becomes a necessity for final cooling and storage. Milk plant operators can advise farmers as to the best types of coolers, cooling tanks and milk houses to meet the requirements of their respective companies and Board of Health. TREATMENT FOR BLOAT N serious cases of bloat of cattle I or sheep, no valuable time should be wasted in the administration of drugs and medicines or with the pouring of cold water on the animal’s back. No other measures can be so well trusted and depended upon as tappings and there is always more danger of doing it too late than too early. A trocar is a simple inex— pensive tool that should be in readi— ness on every farm where clovers are used for pasture. It should be inserted in the left side of the bloat— ed animal at a point equidistant from the last rib, the hip bone, and the ends of the sideways projecting parts of the back bone in the region of the loin. In badly bloated cases, the gases should not be allowed to es- cape too rapidly. In all cases the tube of the trocar should be left in place for some time and watched as it is likely to be pushed out when the movements of the palinch begin again. If the time permits, the skin around the place where the punc— ture is to be made should be washed with an antiseptic solution and the trocar treated likewise, but in emer- gencies an animal with a small in- fected trocar wound is worth more than several dead ones. WHITE SPECKS IN BUTTER Please let me know what to do for the little white specks of milk in my butter. I cannot wash them all out no matter how many times I take water to wash it, I have no sep- arator.—W. F., Lamb, Michigan. IIITE specks in, butter are caused by the use of sour cream of low fat percentage. If the lady will set her separator so as to skim a richer cream the difli- culty will be eliminated. The white specks are merely specks of curdled skim milk in cream.-—P. 6. Lucas, Associate Professor of Dairy Man- ufactures, M. S. C. SALT THEM ALT for pigs after they are grown is as practical as flowers for people after they are dead. All farm animals need salt. It whets their appetites, stimulates their di- gestive glands and aids in prevent- Ing digestive disturbance. It is a promoter of general good health and vigorous growth. The habit of keep- ing a supply of salt before farm ani- mals all the time is a fine one for every livestock owner to acquire. An irregular supply induces over eating which often results in diges?‘ tive disorders and, in the case of hogs. may cause death from salt poisoning. GIVE SHEEP GOOD CARE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 0 grow good strong wool that will bring the highest price it is necessary to furnish sheep with plenty of good feed or pasture at-all times. Lack of sufficient feed or abrupt changes in feed often weak- ens the wool fibers, causing tender fleeces. Sometimes this results in a reduction of several cents a pound on the market price of wool. CROSS BRED PORKERS MAKE GOOD FEEDERS 0G feeders in some instances get better results in feeding cross bred hogs than with pure breds. When the results do favor the cross bred hogs ,specialists say, it is very likely due to a. weakness in the strain of pure breds with which they are compared and they should not be used as an’ indictment against pure bred in general. It is the pure blood in the cross breeds that makes them good. The glazed stage is right for harvest- ing silage corn, but frosted corn makes poor silage; better harvest it a little too soon than too late. e , - FIVE momma Apart! _ _ , . .In the top picture you see a sowe‘nd piggfimed b ‘ 1.91, 3- were. W ' ~ ~ . “(he , . ,, lnzhem county, taken when the. token five months W and. all . V, : - WW” \p“. w§fifi «. .. ms summer) I had three pigs that were sick» when they were about eight weeks old. I was feeding ground rye and oats. some corn on cob and milk. They ate some but would vomit and 13! around. I gave them sulphur. One died and the other two are all 0. K. but they haven‘t grew since they were nicks! am fading ground corn and oats. ' They are running out doors nearly every day. What can I do for themle—E. A., Clare. U have stunned your pigs t-hrOugh indigestion and it is -doubtful if they will ever fully recover; feed them ground feed such as middlings, bran and oil meal with skim or buttermilk. Do not feed. too much com. If you would add these mill feeds to your ground corn and oats and then mix this with the milk and make a heavy slop from it your pigs would. do as well :3 (you could make them do on any so DQG‘S TOE-NAILS Dog’s toe-nails coming off. There are some bleeding and new nail seems to be coming in all right. What is wrong? What can be done? ——-Reader. AIN‘I‘ these toes with a mixture of equal parts of iodine and glycerine night and morning; give the dog fresh milk to drink. Do not feed much cooked meat; give raw meat if it is to be had. HORSES ROOF HARD Last...May my horse got a nail in one front foot. I had that removed but something else set in and the veterinary is not able to locate the cause. The frog of the foot is partly gone. I have tried poulticing nd using dimerent iiniments. At. ti es there is considerable fever in the foot. The hoof is very hard and dry. Could you give me any advice in the casela—D. M.‘, Breckenridge. F you will get this horse's hoof softened up you may do about all that can be done for him. I know of no- better way to do this than to get a quantity of good blue clay and then soak a quantity of it in a large bucket and make it into s thick heavy paste. Take an old burlap sack and put a quantiy of it in this and then set the animal‘s foot in it seeing that it comes well up to the top of the hoof; apply this each day and keep it on until the next morning. A few days should have , y . _ . t'ted My Janene. (were m answered rm‘ to:- sud—up mm You/resolve a, personal mm.) ‘ mixture; H." 00 the foot good and soft. Then take a can of pine tar and thin it down with turpentine until it is about as thick as linseed oil and then mix equal parts of linseed oil with the apply this with a paint brush two or three times each week. Do not use any more poultices after you have used the clay or mud to soften the foot. RIOKEH‘S - I have two pigs about four months old. A‘week ago they lost the use of their kind parts. One is fat and the other is just in growing condi- tion. This last one seems to breathe through the mouth making a noise. I have been feeding them middlings and some corn. Can you tell me what to do for them? I also have a cow that freshened last fall and during the last two weeks a quarter of the udder has become hard. It lasts a few days and then goes in the other part of the udder. After it goes away the milk is stringy.— N. S., Coopersville, Michigan. IGKETS are affecting your pigs. How about using the following ation: 160 lbs. of ground yellow corn, 100 lbs. wheat middlings, 50 lbs. of bran, 25 lbs. steamed bone meal, 25 pounds of tankage, 60 lbs. of oilmeal. Make this into a slop with skimmilk or buttermilk if available. If not use water. Now for your cow, get equal parts of iodine and glycerine and paint the affected quarter once each day; use an old tooth brush. ‘PILES One of my pigs had a litter of pigs and the other day I noticed a swelling at rectum. One of the neighbors thought it piles. I used carbolic vaseline on her and then was told to use linseed oil (raw). This I have done. Now it looks as though it would rot 08. She eats well. and seems to feel good. Was it piles? If so, what is this part that looks as though it would drop oil—A. A., Hesperia, Michigan. 8, your pig no doubt has piles. Keep her from getting consti- pated: do not feed very much corn. This may not hurt her at all. No one can tell now. If it sloughs off she may get along all right and you may not be able to tell there was ever anything wrong with her. I know of nothing else ydu could do other than feeding her to keep her bowels normal. ‘ ' Some Farm Incidentals By JAS. N. MCBRIDE A Water Carrier SUPERIOR method of taking drinking water to the field over the jug is the glass gallon con- tainer with a sewed on jacket of burlap. The jacket being wet oc- casionally evaporates the moisture and cools the water, following the wel—known principle of the desert water bag or Florida “water mon- ’key." A leather strap is placed through the handles for convenience and a soft wood whittled cork com- pletes the convenience. , Stock Minerals Live stock pasturing on low or sWamp lands are in need of mineral ' supply found more abundant on up- lands. Bone meal on salt is greedi- ly eaten. The ordinary 16 per cent or 20 per cent acid phosphate used 'as fertilizer placed near the salt box is also a source of lime and phosphor- us. Wood ashes and salt are an old time mixture and good carriers of the essential inorganic .materials. Even salt on good clay seems to 1111 ~ some animal demands. . Farm Tools and Machinery The average neck-yoke on cultiva— :_ ,tors. mowers, and binders can be ; f easily made ovar into the type .of wagonneck-yok'e and, the tongues ‘of , the machinery also changed” for this . 'ursoseto adnfitas'ei} When chans- :‘ from , mower: to wagon or- rake r-changesble the neck-yokes are into ‘ and much “less liable to, breakage. The ordmswlrmnchins made; neck- M Top Wagon Racks There is service and comfort in a low wheel wagon with a flat car type of platform. The use of cedar 61:6 for bed pieces, framed and bolted at the ends, covered with boards run- ning crosswise nailed to the frame either 6 or 7 feet wide is the general plan. The idea of the cedar sills is lightness and freedom from decay. When a board on the paltform is worn or broken a new one is nailed on. One wagon with platform sev- en feet wide is used for hay or grain in bundles, without any additional grain rack. The six foot is used for these purposes with a light rack throwuofl and on with ease. These wagons are used on the farm ten times to where the high rack or box wagon is used once. ‘ Tailflhains Every wagon should be equipped with a tail chain to attach all kinds of tools like drills, cultivators, drags, etc, in course of transit from field to barn, etc. On good lane reads a team will haul, two loaded wagons to the barn with compara- tive case. Here again comes the use for the tail chain. These chains should be a permanent. fixture and placed on. thewagons either on the .‘ endof the reach with a clevis or, on ' the rear or the flat racks. Light ladders A few light ladders. 10 or 12 feet long: are always 'a convenience to » elimb'o'n' loads‘or into mews. ' Two uznee--xandmwr b(611)' mandamus»... for Cows-Calves-l’igs ThemnhmFmFdeud-smy. Mo.wer-afioflonmAwfl8, 1988: 'Wehsmymruafulbooh'l‘hc. of Goodl‘ccdmg' ,‘9anduefcedmg' ourwmlincosg'dpigs sanGlunanccantim. Thcysurcly like it sndIbehcvg' hwfllmsketbcrnstrcteb. 'Wemixoorowndnry‘ ration whach' wenge' below. Wcmslsofecdhuths ems tson' to dIYcowssndcalvcs.’ rs ( n '14! l "villi ') ,777/1/1 , ‘ --.-) - ,- Farmosa Dairy Ration This is the ration which the Farmesa Farms is feeding to their high—producing dairy cows and also to dry cows and calves: Corn Gluten Fecd.4oolbs. Cottonseed Meal. ..200Ibs. Corn and Cob.....5001bs. - ........ . ..... ldlbs. Ground Oats. at. .4oolha SW Bone Meal 161bs. Linseed Mcal......1001bs. Charcoal Flour.... 4.1m. Tens of thousands of other good feeders are feeding a Corn Gluten Feed ration because Corn Gluten Feed sup- plies digestible protein, mineral matter, and vitamines at lowest cost. Big Records With Poultry Poultry Raisers get better: results with Corn Gluten Feed to the mash for developing layers or feeding for market. Mr. J. C. Dunn of Waterford, Conn” produces cockerels that weigh nearly seven pounds—dressed—wvith 3 Corn Gluten Feed ration. 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If v your wbeorlotlon I: peld In advance. LQOKING BEYOND UR hay crop is here again and the sameshowing of “Michigan Clover (sorrel)” is with us more than ever. We all sowed clover, but only about one out of ten has anything that looks like clover. Last season was a bad one on young seedings and although it‘ sprouted and grew for a while it grew sick and died so the good pieces of clover are far apart. Now farming is not such a big paying job at the best and when one misses his clover for several years he is in a bad hole, both from the standpoint of humus and nitrogen. Some reason ought to be found why farmers will sow seed year after year the ways of their fathers and trust blindly t0’luck to pull them over the bad places. It is a fact, that the average farm- er has wasted seed and energy enough trying to raise clover the old way, then if’they would have taken the same money they paid for seed that did not make hay and limed, phosphated and manured a portion each year they would have hay now, and the sledding would have been a. bit easier. But this year and next spring they will be doing the same thing over again, because they are the most hopeful cusses in the world. Every year that we miss our clover or other legume in the rota- tion that much nearer we are to an abandoned farm. We have got to sell our labor through Our crops and unless we can get good crops we are courting hard times and poverty.‘ Taxes have a faculty of getting higher and living expenses are on the same road, yet oats remain at 40c a bushel, corn at 55c and wheat at $1.38 and these prices do not cover the cost of the fertility that enters into them to say nothing of *the labor of growing them and the expense of harvest. Manufacturers of tools, clothing, furniture, etc., figure the cost of the raw materials, the cost of the labor of making, and then add the over— head and profit and the consumer pays the bill unless the manufacturer makes something that is not wanted or is too expensive to suit the whim of the buying public. The farmer on the other hand plants, harvests, takes care of, and markets his crops 1 in: “'1“! V Poultr De I artment on a market that is not in empathy with his endeavors. This fact has been so in the past and will be so in the ‘future with probably a modification now ~and then. So there are two ways that a tamer may help his condition. First, to find out how much it costs to raise or produce a certain article and then through organization edu- cate the buying public that if he is to produce he must, get a return over the cost of production; and sec- ond, to raise more per acre. . There is no doubt that he can on the aver- age grow twice to three times as much on an acre that he is now and if he does this cuts his labor cost in two and maybe more. The tenant farmer on a." 50-50 crop basis has got to raise more than 20 bushels of Wheat to the acre if he is to receive income enough to meet his‘costs. If he can raise 25 to 35 bushels on the same ground he may have better feelings toward farming. But thousands of farmers ~in Michigan will raise less than ten bushel of wheat to the acre this year. Building up soil is not accomplish— , ed over night and' it can’t be done without cost, but if one is willing, to return a portion of their income to the soil and use this portion judi- ciously he can in the course of a few years he better satisfied with his farm than he is now and it is coming to pass very rapidly. Thou- sands of readers of these articles may think that we are holding up before their eyes something that will . be a great deal of cost to them, but the soil of your farm will pay you more interest on your investment than any other legitimate source, and remember that a sweet soil is the foundation of soil betterment. This means that if it is sour, then sow limestone and marl in sufllcient A amounts to correct this acidity. Get as much nitrogen, from the unlimited supply of the air. Buy phosphorus in the shape of- acid phosphates and save the manure you are now wast- ing and make it go back to the soil from whence it came. I would be pleased if those that have been following these articles would write me the rseults of your endeavors. Don’t be afraid to ask ‘questions any time, for if we can’t answer them we will be frank and tell you we can’t. '(We Invite you to oontrlbute your experlonoe In ralslng poultry to lhls department for the benefit of others. Also questlons relatlve to poultry wIII Ibo cheerlully answered by experts.) OAPONIZING APONIZING increases the growth C of the birds, so that they will be larger than ordinary chick- ens, and at the same time improves the character of the meat from the standpoint of palatability. This will mean more dollars in return. Time to Caponize Caponizing can be done any time of the year, providing the cockerels weigh 1% to 2% pounds, or when 10 to 16 weeks of age when the op- eration is performed. Old birds should not be caponized, because the testicles have developed and there is more danger of pricking the arteries. Birds caponized in June, July and August should be time enough to develop for the Christmas season or holiday market. The Operation of Caponizing Two conditions are absolutely es- sential before beginning the opera- tion. The first of these is that the intestines of the fowl should be com- pletely empty, so that they will fall away and expose the testicle to view. This can be accomplished by with- holding all food and water for 24 to 36 hours before the operation. The second condition is a good, strong light, so that the organs of the few] may be clearly and easily distinguished. Direct sunlight is best for this, and for that reason it'is best to operate out of doors on a bright day. Method of Holding the Fowl Catch the bird and pass a loop of string about the legs. Do the end of the strings of sufficient size to hold down and stretch out the bird when placed upon the head of a barrel or box, which serve as op- erating table. Have the operating table of convenient height. Details of the Operations Wet and remove the feathers from a small area over the last two ribs just in front of the thigh. With the left hand slide the skin and flesh toward the thigh and make the incision between the last two ribs. Hold the edge of the knife away from you as you stand back of the fowl. Lengthen the incision in each direction until it is 1 to 1% inches long. Now insert the spreader into the incision, thus springing the ribs apart. Tear apart this membrane with the hook, and the upper testicle will be visible close up against the backbone. It is yellow in color and about theisize and shape of an or- dinary bean. It may be necessary to push the intestines aside to lo- cate the testicle. Insert the instrument in the in- cision and place it about the testicle. This is the delicate part of the oper- ation because of the artery, which . runs just back of the testicles and- .to which the testicle is in part at—" tached. If this is ruptured, the few] will bleed to death. After the in- .strument has been placed about the testicle remove by twisting and pull- lng slowly outward and cut the cord close up to the testicle. Take out the epreaders, and allow skin to slip- back over the incision. loses-Due . In “L. «— ,4...“ an ‘ ‘ u oh... . ‘._«,.,fi‘dkr— 9/ __. r mmumfi AJ$A_——— . .Awfl h'bl'rds,‘ but the loss. seldom exceeds - caution Whatever, giving 5 per cent where any considerable number are, c'apo‘nized', and” usually not more than 2 or 3 per cent. Care of Fowls After the Operation Place the capons in a‘yard where . they can find shelter, food and water and can be kept quiet. It is best to feed 'the capons soft feed and plenty of fresh water the first few days. Some growers observe no pre- the birds their full liberty immediately after the operation and allowing them to have any sort of feed. WHY SHE MOULTS N old hen may be melting now for two, reasons; first, she may be a poor layer who figures that the spring of the year is the only time of year she needs to work, and second, she may get her feed so ir— regularly that she really thinks hard times are coming and she might just as well shed her old dress and get a new one made for the winter.’ If she is a poor layer, she is thru work for 1926 and ready to take a trip to town. If she has been turned loose to shift for herself and to get feed frem the hog yard and the grain field and her water from the dried up mud hole, she should not be-ex- pected to lay many eggs. A dry mash feeder in the hen house and a regular feed of grain twice a day for hens kept in a yard is a far more profitable practice than letting the hens hunt for their summer feed. The day is coming when the most successful poultrymen, even on the general farms, will~raise their chickens inside fences like they raise their hogs and cattle. Goon CROP OF soy BEANS E enjoy looking at the pictures W in The Business Farmer and think very much of the paper and we have some pictures of a field of soy beans that we are send- ing you. They are nothing big, but we feel good over the crop and thought it might be semeone else Outstanding before—now ..__ a. VI". . :4} . ’ 'vleNlNo'ANo HOLDINO‘GOOD WILL ,LAST.YEAR-THIS YEAR: NEXT YEAR steer '- ‘- literally compelling preference Oakland has done what no one else has succeeded in doing—improved upon Oakland Six quality. The Greater Oakland Six embodies 77 refinements, including - . The Rubber-Silenced Chassis—an epochal and exclusive engineering development freeing the Oakland Six from the disturbing noise and rumbling found in ordinary cars, and permitting passengers to ride in quiet, cushioned comfort . - Smart New Bodies by Fisherin newand Strikingly beautiful two-tone Duco colors - Vital Engine Refinements resulting in still greater smoothness and greater operating efficiency. These and many other improvements have been added without any increase in Oakland prices. Economical, durable and dependable, the Greater Oakland Six is your logical choice for rigorous country use. would like to look at them. The beans were sowed May 22, 1925 in rows twenty-seven inches apart and cultivated twice and when Touring $1025; Sedan {£095,- Landau Coupe $1125,- Sport Roadster 311 75,- Sport Phaeton $1095; 4-Door Sedan $1195; .ndau Sedan $1295. Pontiac Six, companion to the Oakland Six, $825, Sedan or Coupe. All prices at factory. Easy to pay on the General Motors Time Payment Plan. 627w. ' reater ‘ OAKLAND 8 IX 5‘ PRODUCT OF GENERAL MOTORS PROFIT PROD me cmcxs “The Farm Paper of Service" B K5 . . ’39:” Speclal Summer Prices TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT IT! LEG" Make money this summer raising B & F chicks. Late broilers bring good r8. LR; prices and the pullets will be laying in five to Six months. 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TRADE MARK REEHS mist? ~ .FREE SHIPPERS GUIDE /, mellmmm r.- Market on Farm Products Averages Good Fat Steers sell Low But Improvement Loohad For 8 is the time of the year when all eyes are turned towards the various markets and the farm- er, above all others, is wondering how well he is going to be paid for his year’s work. Although markets on some agricultural products are disappointing, others are gratifying and there is hope for a turn for bet- ter prices as the fall season ap- proaches. The wheat harvest is virtually over in the United States and is be- ing hastened in Canada due to the recent dry and hot weather which stimulated the ripening of small grains. Many grain farmers are wondering whether the surplus wheat can be marketed without ser- iously affecting the market prices. According to estimates it looks as if the United States will have a crop of nearly 100,000,000 more bushels than last year but with the United ~ States and Canada together the in- crease of wheat and ‘rye will not be much over 25,000,000 bushels great- er than the 1925 crops. Most of the increase in wheat will be in this country and will give the United States farmers the benefit. Coarse grains will not be as large a crop as last year, estimates showing the corn belt to be around 250,000 bushels short and European wheat and rye is also estimates to be materially less than-a year ago. This will un- doubtedly force a broader demand from Europe. Grain Prospeds This country had a surplus of wheat last year but there was very little carried over and there will be another surplus this year, larger than last. While this surplus may give many grain growers cause for an uncomfortable feeling, there are many in the trade who feel that the entire crop can be cared for without causing any damage to the price list. According to some who have recent- ly made investigations in Europe concerning their financial conditions and ability to buy, they are about reaching the end of a long hard road leading to rehabilitation and readjustment. There have been set backs recently and probably will be more before the desired goal is reached, but they expect a fair sup— port from export demand later on. Although there is a tendency for the hot summer weather to put the brakes on business activity, and in- crease unemployment, recent weeks have been featured by greater activ- ity in business and industrial world seems to have quickeued its pace more in line with last year at this time. Industrial Conditions Good Most of the large Amerim in- dustries have enjoyed fair profits during the first half of the current year, especially the automobile, steel and building industries. A glance at the stock markets will show what jumps they have made recently. ~ Railroads all over the country have been busy and report a larger numb- er of cars loaded with revenue freight during the first half of the year than for any corresponding period previous. These points do not show the con- dition of the agricultural world but they do indicate that the background for business is good and gives rea- son for feeling Optimistic for virt- ually all business for the remainder of the year. About the only cloud on the horizon at present is the troubled financial situation in France. That is not conducive to good business here nor in any other country. Bad financial conditions in Europe are the ill effects of the war but gradually those countries are working out their problems and when the franc is stabilised. and France is again on our market with full buying power, there will need , be no worry for fear of getting rid ’ of surplus crops we might produce. around 10c undera year ago and corn prices have been about 200 be- low prices prevailing a year previ- ous. Oats on the other hand are slightly above a year ago. It has been excellent weather for growing corn throughout the corn belt, with the exception of sections in Kansas where hot weather has damaged the crop to some extent recently. Corn got a late start generally, due to the backward spring, but recent rains and hot weather has given it a boost and much of it is within a month of maturity. For a long time reports of liberal holdings of old corn in the country, tended to have a bearish enact on the markets but the recent improvement in the corn market has changed this talk to more bullish conservation concerning the possibil- ity of much damage being done to prices at pruent show but littlevim- prevement over the low time. A week ago the average price for hogs at Chicago hit bottom at 311. 20, the lowest average since last December. Heavy steers of choice and prime grades also hit the lowest levels in several years. Bad markets on pork products and lard, as well as dull trade in carcasses of beef were bear- ish factors adversely influencing the live market. Late last week there. was improvement in hog prices and the average came back to close to two weeks ago, at $12.00. Bulk of heavy packing sows sold recently at $9.50 to $9.70 on the Chicago mar- ket with medium grade hogs going at $10.60 to $11.40 and better grades at $11.60 to $18.90. Choice lighthogs sold around $13. 25 to $13. 50 late in the week. On the average these prices are only a little more than $1.00 below a year ago but around $1.50 under the high time in July when top hogs sold at $15.00 the highest‘price since 1920. M. B. F. MARKET REPORTS BY RADIO VERY evening, except Saturday and Sunday, at 7 o’clock, eastern standard time, the Michigan Business Farmer broadcasts market information and news of interest to farmers through radio sta- tion WGIIP of Detroit. his station operates on a wave length of 270 meters. 1 corn by frosts before it reached ma- turity. It is thought by some stud- ents of the grain market that corn prices will continue to advance and will carry other grains along. Harvest days are fast coming to an end in the corn belt and is grad- ually moving upward into Canada.» Reports from North Dakota indi- cate an acute shortage of harvest hands and wages have been elevated from $300 to $3.50 and $4.00 per day in some section. Big grain growers up there have virtually been smothered by work and have been calling for help to get their crops in the shock before the grain was damaged. Live Shock Amid all this hustle and bustle in the grain section, there are stock- men who are anxious about markets as the corn and wheat man. They are wondering if hog prices are go- ing to keep going down, if heavy cattle will ever be worth enough to pay for their board this summer and if lamb prices are going to go up. Live stock markets during the last few weeks have acted badly and It is the general concensus of opin- ion that hog prices have about hit bottom but the trade is on a supply basis, and when prices reach more attractive levels, there seem to be plenty of fat porkers in the country ready to market. Big Cattle Sell Low Heavy fat steers have been offered in liberal numbers all year and they have recently suffered severe price drubbing by killers. The situation in the cattle market is somewhat similar to that prevailing two years ago when heavy beeves sold far be- low yearlings of the same grade and quality. The abundance of fat steers reflects the abundance of cheap feed in the country during the past winter and the tonnage of beef marketed was far greater than the increase in receipts would indicate. Many cattle finishers have been waiting the market hoping that a favorable upturn in prices would come but they are now sending in their choice stock, apparently sub- mitting. to the punishment inflicted by packers. Prime heavy steers have gone at $9.50 to $10.00 recently THE BUSINESS FARMER’S MARKET SUMMARY andComparlsonwithMarkcts'rwoWeeks AgoandOne Yeas-Ago m —-; "trolt Chicago Dot: nit Detroit Aug. 9. Ang. 9. July 28 1 yr. ago WHEAT—— No. 2 Bed 1-36 canoe 1.40 $1.43 No. 2 Wm: 3‘0 L45 No. 2 Mixm 1.35 1.44 CORN-— No. 2 Yelll ~89 .88“ 9.84 .87 No. 8 Yelln .87 .86 OA'IS— N0. 2 Whit“ V ‘ 046 on x @42% 047 No. 3 White .47 .8994 @41 x .46 RYE—— Cash No. a 1.04 1.04)‘ 1.08 BEANS— ‘ C. H. 1’. Own. 4.10 @420 4.20 POTATO 8—- (NW) er Owt 2.65@2.83 HAY—- No. 1 Tina. . 22.50@28 24G” . 28.50 24 0 general prosperity prevails“ tin-o .emmcattleonthe cumin-red with $15.06 steers a year ago in Septembe r. Improvement Wilm- Other more patient feeders still holding back for better and the chances are. that benefit by their waiting. last three months comm big weight feeding steers back to the country, due markets on weight fat steers. of the heavy hooves inthe‘ on will probably be markehd October and thereafter there that ,8g 58% 3 is“? 35.3% more of a scardty of that cattle. the last two months of the heavy steers will min come in their own. ‘ Itishardfortheproducerto derstand why prime heavy steers which cost so much to prodms when unemployment is not great and should be selling so lowat a time a? ? out the country. The consumer is bewildered by the fact that have to pay the retailers as much for steaks as they did when live oat- 52$ tle were selling $7. 00 per cwt. high, er. The consumer does not get the advantage of the breaks in the wholesale market on beef but the producers pays for it through low prices. Recently the gross margins have been very small on heavy cattle ranging from $1.00 to $1.50 on cab- tle which have been fed for nearly a year. One feeder on the Chicago market last week sold prime weighty steers at $9.90 for which he paid $9.00 last year. Another got $10.35 for some cattle bought a year ago at $9.50. On the other hand some of the yearlings marketed recently have shown profitable margins rang- ing from $2. 00 to $4. 00 over initial costs. Yearlings Sell Well Yearlings have been selling around $1.00 above heavy steers of similar quality and condition with top grades bringing $10.50 and $10.60 and the bulk of all fed cat- tle found outlet during the week at $8 50 to $9.75 with plain grassers going at $6. 00 to $7. 00 mostly. Cows and heifers have been selling well at $5. 00 to $6. 50 mostly for cows and $6275 to $8.00 for heifers. Choice baby beef heifers averaging around 600 to 700 lbs. sold up to $10.00 and thin. canner and cutter cows sold at $3.75 to $4.25. Bologna bulls have been in good demand at $5.75 to $6.25 with fat beef bulls ranging up to $7.00. Veal calves have sold at good prices all’summer and during the past week $13.00 to $13.50 took many offerings with best lots bringing $14.00. . Stock Cattle Wanted With the beginning of the western range season demand for stocker and feeder cattle have been increas- ing in numbers and demand for that class of cattle has broadened mater- ially. Prices are low and not far from those prevailing a year ago. Until recently stocker and feeder prices have been relatively too high and the trade has been restricted. Recent low levels, however, have at- tracted many cattle _feeders from Michigan, Indiana and some of the eastern states to Chicago for ma- terial to utilize their abundance of grass and roughages. As the fall approaches demand for thin cattle will increase. Prices during the past week on. stock cattle have ranged from $6.00 to $6.75 mostly, a few good feeding steers going out at $7.00 to $7.50. carrying a fair covering of grass flesh. Plain quality light weight stockers were available under $6.00 and a few inferior, off-celored stock- ers down to $5.00. the cattle market is being watched daily by cattle feeders because they realise that cattle bought worth the . money have a much better chance of paying out even though fat prices are low. "During the last two ‘. 5‘ I J ‘ it This branch, of f - um 3' ' there have- been around, 3.00% Vifiét / most of than M? ‘ weight killers " 3:3... sarcoma: or would be a scarcity of breed- ingitock ontwt and they could WHEAT An encouraging thing about the wheat market is that large receipt and small demand is not weakening and prices are not much under those q u o t e (1 last issue. Considerable wheat is going into storage, we are informed. and there is a bullish feel- ing among many of the leading desi— ers. Excessive moisture is being re- ported in much of the grain going to market in the central part of the states. 0 CORN Corn appears to be in a bullish position because of poor condition of corn in storage. The new corn crop seems to be coming along fine and folks are looking for a good harvest, providing we have a favor- able fall. Trading is within a small . range. RYE Michigan rye is going to market in a rather wet condition according to some of the leading buyers,16% to 17% excessive moisture being re- ’ at many This of ported — course is not helping the market by any means. ' ‘ KEANE Information comes/from a reliable source that the carry over 01 M1611. igan been into the new crop is 80- ’ ing to be the largest that we have hadforscveralyearaanditispre- dicted that, barring any serious damage to the growing crop. the market will sag to $4. 00 per hun- dred Beans are in liberal supply at present while canners are not showing much interest being busy preparaing for the tomato can- ningseason.- . POTATOES Grand Rapids reports the arrival of the first Michigan potatoes which send prices crashing downward and completely wiped out the demand for the old crop. The week closed fairly strong at Detroit. LIVE STOCK MARKMS U. 8. Bureau of Mar- keno-whet may: bulk. 3100 12.75: top. $13.50; heavyweight. 811-506 12.00; medium weight. 812013.40; light weight. 3115001350; nahtlights. lights-.312." 618.50; heavy packing sows. smooth, $10 610.50: sows, rough. $9.50@10; pigs, 81250$1L25.Gettle—8tesdyheef steers choice and prime. 80.50610; medi— umsncsoomsm 63-15::oodand choice. 8150810.“; acumen and medi- mn. $109; butcher cattle. heifers. $5 0 19.35; awe, 84.750800". bulls. «$5007.50 endheifars. 8‘ end handyweight). steers. 353568.26: 853507.75: steam cows and heifer; ”34.5060: stocks-calves. 350750.811.» and lambm—eteady; lambs, fat. 8140 {4.75; (h cells and common, 8106””: year-lingo. 510612.50; do, wethsre, 386 0.50; ewes «M 07.85; do, 018.85. M...— MST BUFFALO ALOP-Mlo—An steady: prime steers. 310010.50; and $115 We. ”lambs. me m 9. coils and ' cmnmcn. 5864.50; feeder lambs, $13.50 'Glnto Madmen:- 315m BUTTER AND EGGS memory, in tubs. "c receipts. best witty. raucous. per dos. FOUNTY CROP REPORTQ WEEK before last it was our pleasure to take a trip through a part of the "Thumb”, then westward into the Saginaw Valley and Gratiot county, and back home by way of lensing and Howell. In practically every section we visited we found crops in excellent condi- tion in spite of idle late spring and ’ nearly everyone we talked with was very optimistic over the future. Some grain to be out yet and we saw only two places where the threshing had been done. Also we noticed some hay to be hauled yet. At that time a good rain was needed. but since then we have had a plentiful supply of moisture. Our correspondents in the differ— ent counties of the state report as follows: Gamer-Practically all of the wheat and rye is harvested and several acres of cats have been cut. Some wheat has been thresbed but heavy rains of past few days has stopped all further thresh- ing. Corn and late potatoes growing line. Raspberries have been a good crop this year. and aches of which some vari- eties will a ripe in a. few days will yield good. Quotations at Flint: Corn, 85c bu.; oats, 400 bu.; rye, 75c bu.; wheat. $1.24 bu.; beans, $3.70 cwt.: po- tatoes, 83.35 cwt; eggs, 33c don; butter. 48c lh.—H. 8., 8-4-26. Billed-1e (NW).—-—Had a line rain Sun- day. all day;1§t inches water fell. soak- ing the grolmd full. Corn. late potatoes. beans. cucumbers. and cabbage have come wonderfully the past few days. Thresh- ing in: started. grain yielding a good dai better than expected—C has. Hunt 5-5-25. Tunnels (W).-—Wheet nearly all cut endintheshock. Onaccountofheavy rains the past week the bean crop has bemdmnaged but how much we cannot estimate at present. Some fields of cats are fit to out but on account of ground beingtoo eoftto run a binder farmers will have to wait for better weather. Sugar beets looking fine with a smaller than last year. Corn looks fairly message good but quite weedy. Quotations at Vassar: Hay, $16.00 ton; com, 800 bu.; oats. 800 by; rye, 82c bu.; wheat. $1.24 bu.; beans. 83.75 m; potatoes, $1.50 bu.; eggs. 27c don; butter, 45c lb.—J. r.. 8-4-18. St. Joseph (E).-—We had several good rains whidl boosted corn. Threshing is well started and wheat does not yield as expected except several pims which turned out good. Oats are damaged con- siderable on accmmt of dry Weather. Ens-b potatoes the same. Late potatoes look good. Went in good. Apples will " be plentifuL—iAivin J. Yoder. 8-5-26. honoree- (WM—Nice rain August lat . Oats shalt all cut: short. rusty and thin on ground. Wheat very good. yield from 10 mostly to45busbelsperwe;mostly25t080 bushels. Corn tasseiing out after rain. Tannersverybusyfornuttmdaynor two weeks. Help very scarce. Quota- tima at (hdmus: Hay. 812-815 ton. cats. :40 bu.; wheat, $1.84 bu.; eggs, 800 doz.; m 430 Ila—C. 3.. 8-5-26. Saginaw (NW).——Weather hot and wet, corn and beans are doing fine. They willeoonbecaughtup. Wheatryeand barleyahoutallcut. Wheatisrusted 7 Quotations at Hemlock: Hay, $15.00 ten; corn, 600 bu.; oats. 860 bu.; e, 850 bu.; wheat. $1.40 bu.; beans. 83.70 cwt. 0c don; butter. 89c lb.—F. 1)., Kebabs—«All crops doing very nicely although corn as a general crop is very mud: behind the season average. Late sow-n oats that missed the early drought have headed heavy. Bountiful reins of , stem. 000.75: butcher maiden, 876 m rill-d, to use. Berry cro ‘ 1.25: 11% "08.5 ”90.50: was hurt some by draught. ‘ ’1: balls, 35.3505. 50: feeder-at S357” Jiltmnm M at... m atw '14s bu.; wheat, “:1! be: beans. ”- ” in and so; 51"... W sue bu.; case. It! s c . c —-Georgen Pearce, H- LETU LP MAKE anon—Late rains are helping corn. month. ”my :5?" m’zo‘lnnio'igg 0 young alfalfa and clover. Oats cutting °" °“ °“’ “mu 0"“ 50° "“7 ‘” in full swing and wheat threshing W011 forn 43 years. Becognisedr file but. ”1'. big e- along. Wheat of a good quality and sev— chum—'0 ‘ eral yields of over 40 bushels an acre “' “may” 1;:anme :3; reported. Early apples beginning to H. 11.. potatoes doing find—W. Hirschy, 8-6—26. Midland—Rains have helped crops in some sections and damaged in others. Beans are badly damaged in low land where water stood and sun was hot upon it. Potatoes are in good shape sugar beets. Most of the corn will hardly make it. Quotations at Midland: Hay, $16.00 ton; corn, 75c bu.; oats, 38c bu.; rye, 99c bu. . wheat. a1. 24 bu.; beans. 83.75 own: potatoes, 81.40 cwt.; eggs. auction; butter, ”r..—B. v. Chase. PLAN FORMBY STATION IN NORTH PROJECT is under way for the purchase by the state of a tract of 2,000 acres of land in Grand Traverse and Kalkaska counties to be used as the experimental station of the forestry department of the University of Michigan. This tract already is wooded heav- ily with pine and includes three or ‘ four lakes and a stretch of the north branch of the Boardman river. It is ideally located for such a project and favorably considered by forestry oflicials. MPERATURES will be running close to the normal for this time of year at the very begin- ning of this week in Michigan but as the week gets older the temper- atures will fall lower. Cool weather for the season will remain in most' gal-ts of Michigan until about Thurs- ay. During Friday and Saturday tem- peratures-will increase but this con- dition will be only temporary as a change to much cooler will again hit the state at about the beginning of next week. We look for some more or less general rain storms at the beginning of this week in Michigan and again around the middle days. Aside from these two periods of the week we are expecting generally fair weather, although at the end of week the sky will be clouding up and becoming threatening. Week of August 22. Not later than Monday of the week of August 22nd the temperatures in most parts of Michigan will take a most decided drop due to the ex- pected arrival of a high barometric pressure from the Northwest. However, this condition will be greatly modified by the middle of the week as a result of a series of thunder and wind storms that will pass over a great many counties in the state. In sections the rainfall will be heavy. By the end of the week these con- ditions will have passed to the east- ward and a few days of fair weather with warm temperatures may be ex- pected. BUSINESS FARMERS EXCHANGE RATEI PER WORD—One Issue to. Two No1“. Four Issues 250. ladvrtisemsnt less than ten rda. tion Groups of figures. tial or {funn- w. in tisen this M£n°°$°t§é§nfl“m in Monday noon precesdins Forms close date of inns. Address MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARME Mt. Clemens. Michigan 8. FARMS m wram .1..N.....P..m:c... finw now “hummus gin-3' 0:11;“ mm53.000. wk”; testis-am am. Ad- rnomnsu heart of “gel- IEW”WW WWW mm in John Sexton & 00.. Bolt for free 2. 95. WWriti Mfie murmur m. rollers have proven mod live silvery and satisfaction 2‘3: 0. 40. Brulnmer and W - .CHICKS.‘STATEm'1ACCREDITID. ”hfw scottm $1 aMissouri Poultry WHITE LEGH MALE W 9110083111131: oi cightweek MP3“. Aisohw abye‘ Chicks and fonnldation 52°“. %-.ns‘ls%s.;n “9:; steed satisfaction. ids. dRaD PULLETS: 2500 ENGLISH WHITE LEGHOMS. Knoll Jr.. R1, Holland. Mich. EGGS—FROM OUR RAM US PURE bred mo 11 Bronge Bour Narra- bon film an to liollandfl flocks. Write. Wei ros.. Powhatan Point. Ohio. HAB- g-flqd. August Cheninard. Bl. No. 95. an Ehcanaba. PET STOCK rugs lBRElglaGERMAN s13201101.". repairs m a “318 B tank Ellsworth. Michigan. '8" H U N D R E D HUNTmG KBOUND (IHEAW Fur finders. askaskenielni'. P. 69. Herrick. Ill. SEEDS AND PLANTS CLOVER. AND TIM SEED equally $8 bushd. Crimson $8 bushel. Math 34 .25. Fancy Alfalfa 813.2 Grimm Alfalfa 20. Freedort Certified Seed 00.. Pickford, Michigan. 010 BUSHELS CRIMES pTESTED ALF A . 9:92:50 bushel Maren 88,9 Bank? Henry li‘oley. 115° Mt. $31.11?" 11%. LOWER TREE PRICES BECAUSE N0 AGENTS. Gables Nurseries Gob l,ss Mich. FOR SATISFACTION INSURANCE BUY oats. beans. A. 0 D B. Cook. wosso. S n. UP TO Sfignd POUND PAID FOR MED! ation 5 cents. CORN delions. etc” August HARVESTER RICH. IHAN‘S HABVES STEB. POOR {risen—21211: $25. 00 with bundle ' sttachmen B mtnlo showing pictur- ester. or TOBACCO HOMESPUN TOBA CHEWING. m pounds $1.50: ten 2. 50. Smoking ten 81.50. Wed. hm eceived Batista ti Pei w r BardwelLK c on. H HESPUN TOBACCO: CHEWING m LB 081.50:1’als250;em0kin 5 lbs. 81.;25 tote . cm 50 '1 2w'1m. 33.23 m?“ Assogilatl '.'osn Mom. Ky.” rosrrnm, on ARAN'l'EED—BIG massaged leaf chewing 5 lbs. 81:50:10, 2.75. Best smoking. 26.: lb. Mark Himlln. baron. Tenn. MISCELLANEOUS R SALE: FARM TOOIS. COMBINATION mailed fl.llcr husker and shredder. nearly new, - riding plow. new side hill Slow. Automobile and furniture. E. Q Nei . eo. blew- IF‘ I SEND YEW SHOES Elk THE STYLE YOU select—Abe h or “low a you please. will on e”keep“ thhom. them to your ends as “mfg“: of m 815 (Sum—Grade shoes to sell Add.” immediately mail complete outfit. b36111 0A258. 932 fihwmmt EARN 110 T0 2 MONTHLY, EXPENSEA ts Railway s'lg'llllic actor. We e don for you after comp Forrest onofa3mcn'l omc conga“? fioney refunded. t 6 o 113th Inst. “Emile. is . BELTING—RUBBER. CANVA LEATHEB on stoniytwolnch cha 111111! b r belt 13c er foot.A that since in gb'l‘he rtign.E Endless bats and canvas covers 5. mm Ry..anCo Toled 0, Ohio. ME SEE H S-PHO-FLOUB THE unsair 5P gated from Grodnd Rock) 80* and oric Acid.to nee Efim?romu l mSmatfimcost, Mk “5% mimporiant several-In term and sample upon re- commissi er H.crauiaclgn‘forh flu”! seeding. W.°nL.t° agen NewHa Conn. (615) n 87m 00 "Ag!“ HOUR ACTUA‘LLI mpg ‘ e Mm" for direc - wearer rem we!" . . val t Lt. Brains; . 9. Live de- , Farms. . PULLETS AND YEARLING HENS. LOWEST . prices. Ed.Krood.sma Zeeland. Michigan. LIVESTOCK FOR : TEAM MULES 7 YEARS. G 400 varieties. rm- f Loft. Hermannflle. Mich. vgns'ar'twhfi 3‘3".“ “Us“. Eam_ . "Tl-ll: WER‘FQECTJ MOTOR. on. ”Is the Lowest Priced Help 011 the Farm and it is the most dependable! In comparison the wages a farmer pays his men are high. 1' In farming, as in every industry—some labor is good—- and some is not. Labor is one of the uncertainties a farmer has to reckon with. On the other hand, Polarine is help the farmer always can depend upon—day or night, spring or fall. It is made to perform a definite service and it does it. Polarine pro- tects the tractor from the wear and tear of friction under all conditions of heat and temperature. It keeps the tractor in perfect trim and enables it to run with a maxi- mum of steady power. The tractor represents brute force—extraordinary power —-but all its force and power depend upon oil. If it is not lubricated propedy it will not run properly. And a tractor that breaks down is worse than no tractor atlall. Polarine is the perfect motor oil for automobiles, trucks and tractors—the result of a multitude of experiments and tests by the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) staff of lubricating experts in the laboratories, on the road, and in the field. There is a special grade for yourvtractor. Polarine is the lowest priced help on the farm -—and the most dependable! Standard Oil Company I 910 S.Miclligall Ave. one...» Chicago, Illinois ‘).. Tractor Chart of Recommendations TRA C TORS Motor Motor Trade Name Oil Advance-Rumely 011 Allispuuwl5- LaCrosse ......... E.H. Chalmers Lauson ........... S. H. 25 2035 ------- 3 H Little Giant ...... s. H. ABWOIk. . - . - -S-H- Lombard ......... ' S.‘H. Appleton ......... 8.11. McCormick- 3:)- - - oS-izél- Mu} Deerlblng .1 ...... H. e ' . . . . H. an others ------ SH- figfiiia Capitalu --------- EH Moline ........... s. H. Cafe- 1330' 1527' Monarch ......... s. H. """" _' ' ' Nichols & ShepardEH. Case, 22-40: 40 7.231.}. Nilson ........... S.H. Caterpillar, 2 ton. .H. Pioneer .......... EH. Caterpillar, others E 1.1. RRock {Island Heider S.H. usse . . gentam' .......... ISLH; (except Giant). .S.H. I ' ' ° ' """" Shawnee ......... H. cultaooooooO-o--F' Tioga H E: """ ' ' ‘ ' Ell-l Topp-Stewart. . . ..S. H. """" ° Tom... ..H. FitchFour Dnve..S.H.- ' ' ” - Townsend ...... E.H FlourCrty........E.H. ' ' ’ Fordson ..... . . . . .S.H. TTtayltgit-y """" H' ' FHCk ..... o ...... S. H. (except 40-65) . . . S. H. Gray ------------ 3 E Wallis ........... s. H. Hart Parr -------- E-H- Waterloo Boy ..... s H Huber ........... S. H wetmore ,,,,,,,,, . . J.T .............. SH. Wlsconsin...' ..... S.H. John Deere ....... 3.1-1. Yuba Ball Tread. .S.H GARDEN TRA C TORS Motor Motor Trade Nun Oil Trade Name Oil Aane ...... ~ ...... H N. B ............. H. Aro ......... . . . . .H. Red E ........... H. Beeman. . . . H Shaw ............ H. Bolens ........... H Spray-Mor ....... S. H. Bready ........... H Spry Wheel ....... H. Centaur .......... H Stande ......... H. Clip Mor ......... SH. Utilitor ........ V . .H. DO-It-All ......... S. H. I KEY genial o o e o e ccccc H. H.__Po]an‘ne Heavy . n ........... H. S.H.—-—Polarine Special Gro-Mor . . . H Heavy GIG-M0! Jr ------- 5-H E.H.—Polarine Extra Gravely .......... H Heavy , Kin Kade ........ H F.--Polarlne' F Trade Name Oil Keck Gonnerman. .S. H If tractor is operated in cold weather, use next ' N. B.—For recommendations of- inetousein es of Polar- andtrur oonsult‘ chart at. any StandardOil Companyandima) SQuPPg