._ An Independent Farm Magazine Owned and Edited 1'77 Michigan A’ GOOD BOOK TO BE INTERESTED [N In this issue:eeWar On Chick n Thieves—A Visit to the Government Corn Borer Station at Monroe-Curl Readers’ PicturePage—Farmers Service Bureau—A nother Story on Pioneer Days in Michigan— ' ' ‘ ' -- a Letters;_Regarding'Onr Chicken Thief Campaign—and other features ., fl ' “' f g: '_ This Railroad’Pldnt of Cars and You _ ' MERICAN railroads are: more freight at any time in~ their . ' history. They have averaged over a million loaded cars per week during the _ current year. This service consists in moving commodities fromthe point of production to the one of consumption. It is a tremendous work that has been. done and it establishesa new high transportation record for the world. That service has been performed with regularity,uniformity and dispatch. Through these, the business of the country has been given added impetus. It has been estimated that through the improved service a saving of one and a half billions of dollars per annum has accrued to the people of the United _ States over the service that obtained in 1920. This sum represents the advantages gained through the orderly manner in which our railroads are now functioning. - Our railroads have attained, the highest record for the average daily movement of freight cars ever reached, and, likewise the best performance in use of fuel. So much for the new record of the railroads of the United States. '1 - HE plant, which comprises the railroads that serve Michigan’s varied industries, has contributed its share in this proud national achievement, and in the saving of one carried by our business institutions an and a half billions of dollars, through lessened inventories d made possible by the accelerated ser- vice. This has been achieved, too, while facilitating the even flow of produo tion as well as the orderly diffusion of commodities. I / ‘ Michigan has received great tangible benefits, since it is now a veritable beehive of industrial activity. Michigan will continue to progress only so long as it’s railroads continue to enjoy the undivided support of the communities they serve. ' Michigan people, as a whole, f teacher, office employee and laborer, on transportation, so continue to cash in only so long vital to the pub ' er and manufacturer, preacher and are cashing in through this new outlook lic weal and welfare. Our people will as this understanding is maintained. We have much to gain—the people and the railroads alike—in pro- longing this understanding. We can keep Michigan in the vanzuard of economic importance only. through the continued expansion of our industries and by keeping our ' roads just ahead of the‘country’s transportation needs. MICHIGAN RAILROAD ASSOCIATION Every Day You Need scaver (STANDARDIZED) TO AID IN KEEPING All livestock and Poultry Healtlly Kills Lice, Mites and Fleas. For Scratches, Wounds and common skin trouwa WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS PLEASE MENTION THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER . Aged-State College, Lansing, : ,5 nearby, october 19th,‘with 175 d " exalted present. THE FOLLOWING BOOKLETS ARE FREE No. 151-!“ NATION. Descflbesaad tel) how to prevent diseases common to livestock No. 18m “m Gives comm dim doashrtbeeoesuasdouetamhoxnnsv. Nam—mm. now to get lid‘ol linseed mmwmm - Iinsshiiallommforsm atllnrusurse. AIIIAI. WWI!“ DEFINE!" l! Parke, Davis & Co. DETROIT. MICK. Baltimore. Md. Berkeley. Calif. Col 8. C. --~ “TUNE IN!" Make your radio pay The M. B. F. markets , I through WGHP are what to keep up to date on unit. prices. 5 ECAUSE back of these Bonds are the massed first farm mortgages on more than 400,000 farms, worth double the afmougt pf t}? 12333;. guBaectI‘Itxgel h t 0 tin a an nte ra bycall‘lzh‘eplvgzmegedera Len Banks with combined capital and reserves of more than $65,000,”. FEDERAL LAND BANK BONDS Interest 4%%—Completely Taxfxzeorgpgm 000 Denominations: 100 $500 $1 000, 5, , , mumfloa'bgysaiwu Jésny’redaglwfsfi do a , h Secre - to your oca a n magnnwzdgnfi twrite theflrgggnl Land Bank. 1’ Led C'.No.16.3' EmandagsbeFamsr" . an! I II If I I Faded? and-Bankswasmngws Land 60 Char’ 1e." '3. Labeler m3“... Better Than Any Sigle Farm Mortgage Federal Landsat. , ’ cwt. :.;,eggs,~. Mic el- ;, The chief, business before the del- '. .eg'at'es involved change of the date of the annual m. g and consid- eration 'of reports n pooling. ‘in- vestlgatlons being smade. under the .,,sanctlon of the organization. Change of the date of the annual meeting from the second Tuesday in October to the first Thursday in November was approved by the ~,,body.. Further resolutions"charac- vterlsed the recent national dairy show at Detroit as the most Suc- cessful dairy show ever held in America and commended the state dairy Show committee for its part in arrangements for the exposition. Approval .of continued studies by the association in methods of pool- ing and» the transportation of milk to Detroit was also registered in resolutions. The association also went on record, as. recommending that a fee of $1 be deducted an- nually from the pay check of each member of a local for the local or- ganisation's treasury. John C. Near, of Flat Rock, the secretary, in his annual report sug— gested that the association may take overthe marketing of milk in Bay City in the near future. He described the werk of the creamery controlled by the association at Adrian, which‘ handled 14,700,000 pounds of milk and 359,000 pounds of cream during the last eight months and returned $464,625 to its patrons. The plant was established to provide an outlet for surplus mllk during the months when Detroit consumption is low. At present milk from the Adrian district is being shipped to Cleveland. The question of modifying the method of selling now followed was discussed by Mr. Near and Prof. John T. Horner, of the Michigan State College economic department. "‘Under the Detroit plan farmers selling to different distributors re- ceive a different price,” said Mr. Horner. “For example, one cream- ery may sell 85 per cent of its re- \ ceipts as fluid milk and use 15 per cent for other purposes. A farmer selling fink to such a distributor receives 32.8148. hundred pounds" when the price of fluid milk is $3 and the manufactured $1.72. An— other farmer selling to another dis- tributor who sells only 60 per cent of his receipts as fluid milk receives $2.49 a hundred. “Because of this difference in the average prices received by farmers, the feeling has grown up that the present system is not fair to all producers.” A. C. Anderson, formerly head of the dairy husbandry department at ~ Michigan State , College and new field agent for the American Milk Producers' association, explained the organization’s method of pool- ing and grading being used in this state. Four directors were elected for a three-year term. Those re-elected were W. J. Thomas, Grand Rapids; L. W. Harwood, Adrian, and M. L. Noon, Jackson. R. L. Taylor, La- peer, was elected to fill vacancy left by Thomas Watson. FOUR TIMES IN TON LITTER CLUB ARRY WARD, farmer near Mc- Bain in Missaukee county, has the unique distinction of quali- fying for the Michigan Ton Litter Club for four successive seasons. This year, with eleven purebred O. I. C. pigs, he produced 2750 pounds of pork jn six months. Herman Van Steenls, » another young Missaukee county farmer, entered the Ton Lit- ter contest for the first time last spring, but by good feeding he met the requirements and qualified for the Club by producing 2507 pounds of pork from a litter of twelve.— H. L. Barnum, agricultural agent. Defiance, Ohio.-—Cool and frosty nights. Fields drying. Beets being lifted. Corn cut. Some silos filled, some are not. 'Still makllng stubble bay for home use. Good» hay $18.00 ton. Grain prices are average._ Corn bushing“;th commenced, crop Quotations at Bryan: Wheat. tumble: com, Idaho-Iowa:- oats. too bu.: potatoes. 8214' 'mllk. $2.10 don—JV. E; 3'"; 10-27-33. 3'41 ‘- . 2.1.1.1.: .J: _x ;; (XS A . ms!" "K K "J x . resumed int-weekly in MIL: Clemens. Michigan. \.. (The, Only arm' Magazine SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1926 tate Grange Celebrates 54 Years of Progress Owned and Edited in Michigan Entered as 2nd. class matter, Aug. 22, 19 at Mt. Clemens, Mich. under act Mar. 8. 18' Delegates Set New Precedents and Adopt Resolutions Setting Forth Rural Viewpoint ' sy STANLEY M. POWELL Lansing Correspondent of TH BUSINESS FARMER v » ELEBRATING‘ 54 years of splen- ‘ did achievement, breaking for- mer records ‘and‘ setting new preCedents, the "- delegates to the Michigan State Grange 'met' in an- nual session‘ at‘East Lansing, Oc- tober 26—29. 'Two‘ hundred and ninety—nine of- fiéial delegates'represented the more than 31,000 Grange members in the state. The number was swelled by a large, number of. other Patrons so that the attendance at the various sessions ranged from 500 to over 1000. - ‘ ~ If the spirits of the “Seven Found- ers of the Order” were hovering over the new People’sChurch, where the sessions were held, they must have been overjoyed at the tremendous progress made by the great farm fraternity which they established sixty years ago and proud of its pres- ent position of power, influence and service to American raral life. Warm fraternalism and pleasant fellowship pervaded the four days which the Grange spent together listening to reports of their officers, considering resolutions and enjoying a splendid program of speeches, music, a banquet and sight-seeing trip over the Michigan State College campus and farms. 1,000 Attend Annual Banquet ,. Among the many outstanding fea- tures of the four—days convention, perhaps the big Grange banquet held Wednesday evening, would rank as of the greatest .general interest. More t an one thousand Patrons feasted together and enjoyed a splen- did educational and entertaining pro- gram. Not only was this the larg- est number that had ever attended such an occasion in Michigan, but for the first time in history the speaking and musical program was put “on the air” over college station WKAR so that thousands of listen— ing Grangers back home could enjoy it along with those actually in at- tendance. Speakers on the banquet program included Dr. Kenyon L. Butterfield, President of the College; M. B. Mc- Pherson, (who spoke for the State Board of Agriculture; C. L. Brody, Secretary-Manager of the Michigan State Farm Bureau, who brought greetings from the organization; Dr. John D. Willard, Director of Continu- ing Education and Dr. Eben Mum- l ford, Professor of Socidlogy. In addition to these and several others . who gave short talks, the principal feature of the evening’s program was the annual report of Mrs. Dora H. Stockman, who for the past twelve years has served the Grange as State Lecturer. Mrs. Stockman analyzed some of the fundamental economic inequalities confronting American farmers. “Instead of helping to prevent a surplus, the Government is spending millions of dollars in reclamation projects that swell it," Mrs.‘Stock- man pointed out. Declaring that “the farmers have been offered only a slice of the loaf of tariff protec— tion," Mrs. Stockman continued, “I believe the Grange should put on its fighting tags and that, united' with other national farm organization, should demand equality for agricul- ture with other occupations in gov— ernmental and legislative aid." She then outlined a program con- taining the five following planks: “We should demand that the tariff on farm products be increased, or that it be decreased on other pro~ ducts. “We should demand Government aid in diminishing the surplus. “We should demand that the GOV- ernment stop spending money to re- claim arid and marginal lands. “We should ask that more mar- ginal and Government land be turned over to grazing, forestry and con- servation projects until such time as they are needed for food production. “The Government should assist farmers in credit, storage and order-- 1y marketing of their products.” In urging a shorter working day and better prices for farm products, Mrs. Stockman said, “Farmers do not want anything they do not want others to have, but we cannot have an eight-hour—day in the cities and a twelve-hour~day in the country.” ‘ Grange Is Farmers’ Forum Dr, Mumford’s ' statement in his banquet address that the Grange lives as the great agricultural forum of the common people was well illus- trated by the extended discussion of the many resolutions reported by the several committees. The local views of the delegates were blended to- gether and a state-wide rural policy resulted. One of the most hotly debated is- sues coming before the delegates was in connection with continuing the compulsory military training at M. S. C. The fight to make this military training optional instead of compul- sory was lead by Rev. Wm. E. Beck— ett of Alto, while compulsory mili- tary training found an able champion in A. B. Cook, Jr., a recent graduate of M. S. C. Mr. Cook lauded the benefits of military training, declaring, “It teaches organization, cooperation, initiative, morale, discipline, alert— ness, punctuality, cheerful obedience to orders, self-control. confidence, neatness and leadership.” After more than two hours of im- passioned discussion, the delegates voted by a large majority in favor of the continuance of the present policy of compulsory military train- ing at M. S. C. Among the resolutions adopted by the delegates were the following: A protest against the development of any more irrigation projects at the Government’s expense in view of the present agriculture surplus; favor— ing the deportation of foreign boot— leggers and liquor law violators; urging increased federal aid for fight- ing the corn borer, so that the bur— den’should not be borne entirely by the farmers in the infested areas; ‘asking the College to assist in pro- moting road—side markets; favoring the restoration of bounties on wolves and other predatory animals; asking that licensed hunters be required to secure written permission from the owner or agent before they had a right, to hunt on enclosed or occu— pied land; decrying the apparent in- crease in cigarette smoking among public school teachers and asking state officials to take the necessary steps to counteraét this tendency; instructing the State Grange officials to use every effort to get the Legis- lature to submit a constitutional amendment permitting a state in- come tax; favoring closing the sea- son on deer in 1927 and each alter- nate season thereafter, and allowing a hunter to shoot either one buck or Exhibits Fewer But Better At Western Michigan _ By H. c. MOORE ROWERS OF western Michigan had an excellent opportunity to ‘ 1 arm better production methods at the Western Michigan Potato Show held at Greenville, October 28th to 30th“. Educational exhibits lectures and demonstrations showed the how and why of better potato growing, and could not help create an active interest in improved cult- ural methods. ' The Michigan State College exhib- it emphasized the importance of con- trolling potato insects and diseases by the“use-of certified seed, and by careful spraying and seed treatment work. Special interest was shown by growers in methods for control of the black leg disease which is com- r '1 in most Sections of the state this ,5 on. Treating/the seed .with cor- rossive sublimate and rogueing dis- eased plants from the field were the control" measures given.- Tubers and plants infected“ with black leg‘ were on display as well 9:3 plants attacth with other A ‘ such as late blight, leaf etc.» . v . Affine-61 the State: College ex- ' *th t -a tracted the interest or Extension Specialist in Potato growers was a potato storage dis- play that illustrated the essential features of potato storage house construction. The loss of potatoes through improper storage is very heavy and can be prevented by: 1— Storing only sound potatoes. 2— Keeping the temperature of the cell— ar between 36 degrees and 40 de- grees F. 3—Supplying the storage cellar with sufficient fresh air to pre— vent black heart, botton rot and other forms of break—down that may be caused by lack of fresh air. These points were made emphatic by the use of pictures, blue prints and models of properly constructed cellars. , Potato Grades Display , The matter of potato grades was given special attention by the Mich- igan State Department of Agricult- ure. Their exhibit showed the var- ious standard grades and the com- mon defects-that are found in mak- ing the grades. Mr. William Easting- er, Chief Inspect”, stated that a Culture, Michigan State College study of the potato markets of the country shows that Michigan pota- toes are now comparing favorably with potatoes from other states and in many cases are bringing top prices. The improvement in market quality can be attributed to more careful grading an dbetter cultural methods. Fewer Exhibits But Better While the number of entries in the competitive exhibits were somewhat less than they were at last year’s show, yet the quality averaged a little better and according to C. W. Waid, of Ohio, who judged the show, the competition in most classes was very keen. Montcalm and adjacent counties furnished the bulk of the- exhibits. There were entries however from several other counties including Marquette, Kalamazoo, Wexford, Manistee, Jacksno and Missaukee. - ' It is hoped that another year more interest will be shown by growers - one doe; favoring the restrictions of the Governor’s power to pardon and parole criminals sentenced for life; urging a more drastic prohibition law; favoring the biennial election of township officials; urging that no person be eligible for governor for more than two consecutive terms: favoring more strict Sunday observ- ance, especially on hunting and danc- ing; and urging that the Grange of- ficials make a special effort to have the National Grange meet in Mich- igan in 1927, or as soon thereafter as possible. Inspect Campus and Farms One of the interesting educational features enjoyed by the delegates was a sight-seeing trip in the form of a' hay—rack ride around the M. S. C." campus and farms, after which they were guests at a demonstration game between the Varsity and the Fresh— men Elevens. Thursday was given over to initia— tory work. The fifth degree was im— pressively conferred upon twenty- three candidates by the Clinton County Pomona degree team, after which the regular State Grange ofl‘ic— ers assisted by Congressman John C. Ketcham, Past—Master of the State Grange, conferred the sixth degree upon a class of 126. Among the other outstanding events of the week were the memor- ial service for the brothers and sis- ters who had died during the past year and the installation of the fol- lowing oflicers who had been selected to pilot the Michigan State Grange for the coming two years: Master, Geo. Roxburgh, Reed City; Overseer, E. E. Salisbury, Mendon; Lecturer, Dora Stockman, East Lans- ing: Steward, Marc Cutler, DeWitt; Assistant Steward, W. G. Armstrong, Niles; Chaplain, Mrs. O. J. C. Wood— man, Paw Paw; Treasurer, Wm. E. Hill, Davison; Secretary, Maude E. Lovejoy, Perry; Gatekeeper. Eber Farwell, Goldwater; Pomona, Mrs. A. B. Cook, Owosso; Flora, Martha Hale, Sumner; Ceres, Mrs. Phebe Benton, Copemish; Lady Assistant Steward, Mrs. W. G. Armstrong, Niles. Members of the Executive Committee: C. H. Bramble, Lansing: Bernice Curtiss, Charlotte; Mable Madison, Hubbard Lake; W. F. Tay— lor, New Era. South Haven was chosen as the place of meeting for 1927. Potato Show and that a larger number of entries will be listed. Considering the ex— tent of the potato industry in the Montcalm district there is no reason why there should not be many more than 160 entries, which number con- stituted the Greenville exhibit. On Friday, October 29th, in the afternoon boys and girls from sev— eral high schools in the state were on hand to view the exhibits and be ready for the Boys and Girls judg- ing Contest which was held the fol- lowing morning. Throughout the show the young folks showed much, interest in the exhibits and the edu—V cationai programs. Winners E. W. Lincoln & Son, Greenville, again won the lion’s share of the aWards. John Delongchamp, of Champion, again won first place in the Green Mountain class. ‘ With the general high quality of , exhibits at the Greenville show and with” those that will be displayed ' November at the Gaylord and M5 ville shows it is .exp'ectad‘that‘ in state potato show to be held an. (Cbntinued on page 23.) ' \ -Ho ITH contrary weather, the dif— . ferent breeds of harmful in- sects and bugs after crops and markets that many times go up and down like an amateur saxaphone player running the scale, it is just about all the average farmer can do to; keep his head above water. And _'_then when some thief comes along and robs his hen roost, taking all of the chickens they raised through the summer and have about ready for the market, none of the clouds Lhave any silver lining as far as he Y can see. ~ ’ .Perhaps the theft is reported, but nine chances out of ten the guilty ‘person is never caught, because he gets out of the territory covered by the local officers and markets the chickens many miles away the follow- ing'day. The farmer can not afford to‘ofier a reward for the capture of the thief, and the total less in any one case is not enough to make it a big case for the local officials when there are so many things for a few men to do. THE BUSINESS FARMER has watched the chicken thief get bolder and bolder, making larger catches each time because getting away with the chickens by auto was an easy matter, iguntil the annual loss has become so a, great that farmers are thinking ser— iofusly of cflrtailing their operations a jug that line. Now we have come ward with an ofier of $50.00 re- ' E European corn borer is with us, apparently for a permanent stay, and the problem now is to find the most efficient and eco- -‘ nemical methods of reducing the damage caused by this pest. This, in brief, is the purpose of the corn berer substation established in Mon— .roe county through the cooperation of the U. S. Department of Agricult— ure and the Michigan State College. The substation is located on a small farm of 8 acres lying about 3 miles west of the Monroe city limits and on the M—50 trunk line road. This farm .is leased for a three—year period. An adjoining tract of 8 acres was also leased this year, mak- ing a total of 16 acres available for the work. Monroe county was chos- en as the site for thissubstation be— cause it' was the first Michigan county to be invaded by the borer and also because there the borer has developed so rapidly that there are ’now many badly infested areas in . which investigatiOnal work may be carried out. . The work of the Monroe station during its first season has been along 3 main lines, as follows: 1. To study the seasonal history of the borer in this section. :2. To produce large numbers of parasites for the borers in the hope that this may become an aid in borer control. ,3. To test out different varieties Discorn, and different planting dates possibilities in controlling the pest. Seasonal History ‘Work along this.line has been tone to determine when, in this ection, the borer makes its diner— n’t life changes, ie., from borer to and then to the egg-laying . It is apparent that intelligent rol methods can hardly be de- ped unless the exact time of .: changes is known. ‘1 ing-the 1926 season the insect ’ the larva, or borer, add so the pups stage during the all of June. '- In this, latter stage anator’mation is made from «a? inf-'1 to‘ the moth which lays the ‘ A group of State Police officers who are at your service. ward for evidence leading to the ar- rest and conviction of any person guilty of stealing chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese or guinea fowls which are the sole property of any paid—up subscriber to THE BUSINESS FARMER Service and Protective Bureau at the time of the robbery, and we are pre- pared to pay 20 of these rewards to prove to the chicken thief that Mich— igan is a mighty unhealthy place for him to operate. , e We have the assurance of Alan Straight, Director of Public Safety, and several of the officials of that organization, that the Michigan State Police will cooperate with us most ' thief. Let’s" heartily in our war on the chicken Already members of that or- gani‘zation‘are at work on cases. The State Police. have done much work in ’.investigating complaints given them by persons who have chickens stolen and they have been anxious to increase the amount of their work along this line, soour an— nouncement found them ready to give it special attention at once and the commanders of the State Police -posts have instructions to give im— mediate attention to complaints of this nature. Mr. Alan G. Straight is at the head of the State Police and his immediate assistants are Deputy Commissioner Oscar D. Olander;- Capt. C. J. Sca— varda, commanding uniformed divi- sion; Capt. Ira H. Harmon, in charge of Bureau of Identification, Lieut. Ernest G. Ramsay,‘in charge Secret Service division; Charles V. Lane, in charge Fire Marshall division. One hundred troopers is the full ' strength. of the State Police, and twelve posts are maintained the year around with an additional one open during the summer. The location of The men who direct the State Police. officer; center, Commissioner Alan Right, Capt. C. J.’ Scavarda, commanding G. Straight, head of the Department of Public ' Safety; left Deputy Commissioner Oscar G. Olander. By CARL H. KNOPF HE corn borer substation Monroe is constantly being visited by farmersfrom different sections, but probably the largest group to ever visit the station gathered there October 21st. Around 300 from eighteen counties in Michigan spent the day there studying the work being done and observing in operation some of the machinery recommended for use in the infested areas. “70 wished that every corn grower in the state could find time to visit the station but as there are many who feel. they cannot we'are publishing an article by Carl H. Knopf telling what is being done down there. ' eggs for succeeding generatiOns. The moths appeared in July and the egg laying started soon after. It is said that the female moth is capable of laying 1,000 eggs during a season, sometimes as high as 300 eggs per_ day. The eggs hatch and the young larva appear in about 10 days after the moth emerges. The month of July, 1926, was therefore the month of moths, eggs, and young borers. The first full grown borer was ob- served in Monroe county on July 31st. It is interesting that the corn bor- er in Michigan is producing but one brood per year. This promises to make control of the pest easier than in the East where the insect pro- duces two broods each season. Developing of Parasites The corn borer came to us from Europe and so the U. S. Department of Agriculture has gone to that same continent in search of parasites to combat the borer. At the present time two parasites give promise of becoming helpul. Both. are wasp- like insects, one being about the size of our ordinary wasp while theother species is smaller. The adult female wasps hunts out the borers and sting them. This sting does not kill the' borer“ but paralyzes it. " The eggs are; . then laid on the surface of the borer-.3 and ,when the, young; larvae “hatch” ' they have plenty of feed right "fiat hand. ' The work 0 f the Monro substaé I tion has been for “quantity produc— tion” of these parasites. Colonies containing about 2,000 of the adults are liberated in badly infested cern fields in the hope that they will be- come permanently established in this section and do battle with the borers. The method of producing these parasites is very interesting, involv- ing as it does- considerable skill and ingenuity along with an immense amount of detailed work. Thous— ands of corn borer larvae are used in this work, in one case 50,000 having been secured from a single field. As it is not possible to induce the wasps to sting all of these borers it was necessary to find some other way of rendering them inactive. The meth- od as finally adopted is to dip the borers in water which is hot enough to stun them and yet not hot enough to kill them. The female moths are >. Call the The; and SE.)- , the as... ’ .v ~i the posts, the names of the hemmand-rf' ers and the telephone numbersare asfi follows: ' p , . . Negaunee, Marquette county, Capt: A. A. Downing in charge, .phon 102;, Cheboygan, Cheboygan count , Sgt.§ Geo. Aldrich,“ phone 61; 'ManisteeJ Manistee-county, Sgt. E. J, Hathaw way, phone '62; Paw Paw, Van; Buren county, Lieut. O. E. Demaray, phone 135; Grand- HaVen..3.L.-ttawa county, Sgt. Guy Bau'ghyphone’ 1118; Jackson, Jackson county, Sgt; Wm.- D. Hansen, phone 3935; Flint, Gene- see county, Lieut. W. '1‘. Anderson” phone 8621‘; Wayne, Wayne c0unty, Lieut. R. W. Eatbn,phone524f6 F3; St. Clair, St. Clair county, Lieut J. C. Cleghorn, phone 400; South Rock- wood, Monroe county, Lieut, Orva Jackson, phone Wyandottei‘505 F3; Michigan State Fair Grounds, De- troit, Lieut. Jos. M. Kearney, “phone Arlington 5,760; EastLansing head- quarters, Lieut. L. A.’ Lyon, phone 3121. The summer'post is at Mt. Clemens. During theyear of 1925 they made 3,840 arrests and they have a record of ‘93 per cent convictions. Also they turned into the state, treasury $256,358.01 during that period, as well as assisted 671 local Ioflicers, 178 federal officers, helped at 418 auto accidents, guarded 51p'ay. rolls,‘ transferred 2,119 prisoners, received, 2,239 complaints and answered 2,038.- If you are visited by chicken thieves communicate with your local officers at once and thewa'ill no doubt do all within their ,p0wer to apprehendthe crooks, next get in touch\ with the State Police, either through us or your local officials, or telephone them direct, and then write us complete details. “Cell. the thief and save the chick- ,ens” is our motto. If chicken thieves do not believe that sentence—well we hope _a sentence ‘in jail will. changetheir-opinion. ' 3 I A Visit to the Government Corn Borer Station at Monroe "- then placed in corn pith cages with some of the inactive borers and the: eggs are laid on these. 'Aftér the egg laying process a treated corn borer is placed in a tiny glass vial and a single parasite egg, placed on, the larvae. These vials are-kept at a temperature of '80 degrees in an electric incubator. The Small-larvae which hatch from the eggs are white in color and resemble the corn bor- ers except that they are smaller than the ,latter. Just as soon as these wasp larvae emerge each starts feed— ing on the respective corn ‘borer. Sometimes the appetite of the para-. ‘site is So" great that he consumes his first corn borer and another must be supplied him. - After becoming full grown this wasp "worm" spins a silken web across the small glass, tubeand und- er this cover it makes a complete transformation, appearing finally as the full grown wasp-like parasite. Just before the insects are ready to emerge from their “spin ups" thous- ands of thesmall vials are placed in racks adjacent to large cages. ' When the insects appear they (fly towhrds the light and so are retained in the cages. When a suflicient~number of these parasites have emerged they are counted out in colonies. It is. the usual practice to put 2,000 of the insects in a colony, this number’ be- ‘ing about equally divided between males-and females. As'stated be« fore, thesecolonies are then taken to different sections and. liberated in ' (Continued on page 20) N§ _, ‘ t ’ )Araie-oftheldcleanCounty m. m. . m :drmfwfionghatQMFam Wadi hthecbe‘weof careful buyers. They ' know its suspend steel and beam zinc 'mvanncaled'f costing make pickets“: Italy? - wavy . - elip' knoteheepitstraxg' {Am trumhzht: fertile entrayeers“ _ Askyoerdealerforpricesorwnte us. Always look ' i .1: for the : - Red Strand .(top wire) _ fruit growers. poultry raiser- and live stock producers are pros- pesing in the L. &N.-served South because of the mild climate, the all-year growmg semen and the constant] increasing de- mndtor their products. now and ice are unknown in met sections of the South— hnd. labor is plentiful and cheap, and liv- ” conditions are excellent and moderate ' dFor full particulars about the PRICES on ENGINES ’ . “3 vi”? ' “rm Ole-flee V GROWING SWEET \POTATOES IN MICEIGAN Would it be possible to grow sweet potatoes in central Michigan? Would they mature in this climate? I don't ’mean to grow them for marketing. but only for family use.———C. H. B., Middleton, Michigan. HE sweet potato is a long season plant and requires approximate— ly 120 days of good sunshiny growing weather to properly mature the crop. For this reason it is not likely to become a commercial crop in Michigan, but it is quite possible under favorable circumstances to produce fairly good sweet potatoes in the home garden. It will be neces- sary to start the plants inside ‘or what is perhaps better still to pur- chase the few plants necessary as it ,is quite possible to secure them at the proper time all rooted and ready to grow. A warm sandy spot should be selected; one that is not too rich as over-fertile soil has a tendency to produce an excessive growth of vines. The plants are tender and should not be planted in the open until all the danger of frost is past. Should a heavy freeze kill the vines before the roots are dug it will be necessary to go over the crop and cut the vines at the surface of the soil at once as an injury by frost to the growing plant may cause damage to the roots within a short period—Geo. E. Starr,- Assoc. Prof. of Horticulture, M. S. C. BURIAL OF‘ CORPSE Must a corpse be embalmed before burial? Must a corpse be buried by a licensed undertaker?—S. B., Sno— ver, Michigan. T is not necessary that the body he embalmed before burial in the ordinary cases of death. The body does not have to be buried by an undertaker, but a burial permit must be obtained and death certifi- cate must be made out before burial, also certificate by the physician giv- ing cause of death—Legal Editor. CAN HE USE SILO FILLER? Is a silo filler classed as farm ma— ‘chinery and has a man that rents a farm on the 50-50 basis a right to use the silo filler to fill the silo on said farm when the contract says he can use farm machinery?——~Mrs. A. W., Sparta, Michigan. HEN a farmer owns a silo filling W outfit, it could be classed as part of his machinery. I see no reason why the silo filler could not be used, unless the understand- ing between the two parties involved was otherwise.—-—F. T. Ridden, Re— search Assistant, M. S. C. BASSWOOD AND TULIP TREES FOR HONEY PRODUCTION Which is the best for honey pro— duction in my locality, basswood or tulip trees? How much honey can be expected from a moderate 10— acre field of sweet clover during an average year? How much extracted honey will a colony make in compari— son to comb honey?-——F. 8., Farm— ington, Michigan. ASSWOOD is better for honey B production in Michigan. Tulip tree yields some honey in south- ern Michigan, but is at home in the latitude of southern Indiana to Washington, D. C. A ten acre field of sweet, clover should supply about twenty colonies of bees during the blooming period. The amount of nectar these bees will collect during that time varies with ~ the weather conditions and the use to which the sweet clover is put. If the sweet clover is cut for hay, the crop will be less than if it is allowed to go to seed. Better yet, if, the sweet clover is pastured the nectar bearing period is prolonged. In Michigan you should not expect more than 60 to 100 pounds per colony in a good sweet clover location. In the Dakotas where sweet clover is more at home, beekeepers are securing yields of from 15.0 to. 4&0 pounds .per colony. Usually- a stronger colony will produce about twice as much ex- tracted honor..- as it. will be . 4 “elem ‘, . , “.7”... a... armatnwsm; .... .mrra mm w: you. Al lneulrl: must eeeuiepenled by tul name and address. Name not moduli so requested.) honey; I ‘e ., forlupoorssasonsuehastheone just passed, colonies sometimes fail to produce comb honey at all. where- as they .will store a fair crop of honey even under adverse conditions. —-—-R. H. Kelly, Assistant Professor of Etnomology, Apiculturist, M. S. C. SIGNING OFF SHARES I have a warranted deed. My wife does not share it with me, neither jointly or as survivor. Now then at my death what would be the correct procedure, if my children at that time wish to sign away their rights ’in favor of their mother?—M. G., AuGres, Michigan. PON the death of the husband. the children could sign 01! their shares so as to give the wife the entire property, after the “debts were paid. The children und- er age would not be bound by their Signature, however, as, an infant cannot be bound by his contract.— Legal Editor. IS HE A CITIZEN? There is a man here that came from Canada with his mother when a child and she married an American citizen and lived with him about ten years then left him and w,ent back to Canada and stayed about a year and a half and then came back. The boy’s father died in Canada where he was a citizen. His step-father never adopted him and he never took his step-father’s name but he claims to be a citizen because of his mother marrying an American. Now if he had been legally adopted and took his step-father’s name he might be a citizen. He holds town office and makes a good officer but if he is a Canadian he wants to get his papers. ———-D. G., Drummond, Michigan. F the boy’s father was dead at the time of his mother’s marriage to an American citizen, and the boy has lived in the United States since his minority, he is a citizen. The mother acquired citizenship thru marriage, and the son takes the nationality of the mother in case the father is dead. If the father is liv- ing the son takes his nationality. ONION MAGGOT Can you tell me what to do to keep the white grub or worm from eating my onion sets and getting in the seed onions? It seems that every year they get worse—G. W. R., Elberta, Michigan. IMAGINE that the trouble is due to the onion maggot since this in~ sect is more common in onions this year. Of course there is a pos— sibility that it is the white grub, a much larger insect than the tiny maggot. However, I am assuming that the maggot is the culprit. The best treatment up to date is the corrosive sublimate treatment. A solution of corrosive sublimate is poured about the plants so that the soil is well wetted and this treatment is repeated two or three times early in the season. Now corrosive subli— mate is a violent poison. It is also known as bichloride of mercury and .r .. snip, ’ " o; 'b. _ . snout;gef,.s;f~wscsrlng potf'withv aiwood 8311‘ boring , a small, here one quarter, of'an “inch. m diameter through the wooden plug so. that a small. stream can be applied without too muchwaste. The inside of the pet should then be painted with as- pkaltum or with some paint that will keep the solution from contact with the metal, since if the solution comes in contact with zinc. or iron or copper of the watering pot, not only will the pot be ruined but tll solution as well. ' Make up the solution by dissolving one ounce of the poison crystals-in eight gallons of water, using hot water to make the solution, and then diluting up to eight or ten gallons with cold water. I’l‘he solution should be made in a wooden barrel or stone crock or in something other than a metallic container. This treatment is also the best known for cabbage maggot and for reddish maggot.—-—R. H. Pettit, Pro- fessor of Entomology, M. S. C. ACKNOWLEDGE BEFORE NOTARY _ I hold a chattel mortgage not drawn by a justice or notary but drawn by myself and, signed by two witnesses. Is such a paper legal ,or is it eligible to the records?—-—-V. D., Rodney, Michigan. —The chattel mortgage should be acknowledged before a notary public. ——Legal Editor. CITIZENSHIP OF WIFE I would like to know if a law passed in Michigan where a married man became a citizen his wife is not a citizen until she gets her own citizenship papers—F. K., Picon- ning, Mich. ——A law passed in September 22, 1922, requires the married woman to take out citizenship papers also, in cases of this kind—Legal Editor. BULLETIN SERVICE The bulletins listed under this head! are free. "you deelreeeopy ofoneormorezflp 0 those you are in ted In and send to us with your name an address. bulletins wlll be forwarded without charge of any kind. Bulletin No. l.—POULTRY RATIONS. A 168 page book devoted to the making and feeding of poultry docks and baby chicks. Many interesting illustrations and formulates. pioultry feed manufacture and distribu- t on. Bulletin No. 2.-——“HANDBOOK 0F MODERN WATER SUPPLY." A valu- able booklet of 32 pages. covering the whole subject of water supply to the farm home, giving sources. installation and type of pumps. 8. highly valuable book for anyone who is thinking of putting in or improving his water system. Bulletin No‘ 3.—SOIL FERTILIZERS. Barnyard manure, Fertility in the air, lime, straw-spreading. top dressing, wood ashes and commercial fertilizers are all taken up in this valuable bulletin. Bulletin No. 4.———SEED CORNr CURING AND STORING. The selection of seed corn this fall is a. very important prob- lem and the information given by Prof. D. F. Ralney and Prof. F. E. Fogle of the M. S. C in this circular bulletin will prove a great help to you. ~ Bulletin No. 5.———THE GOSPEL OF GOOD FEEDING. This bulletin tells how to feed profitably according to prac- tical experience and was prepared by the former editor of a dairy publication. WHERE OUR READERS LIVE Haven't you a picture of our home or farm buildings that we can print under thk heading? Show the other members 0 are all right if the details show up well. The Business Farmer‘s large family where you live. Kodak cturee not send us the negatives. just a so print. Complete description of‘ l " 3°” inl‘wni‘m ;.,“,.4,‘ r1 mime rem air-A use; when warms ea . ."',..1?%9!i. i f‘cmm as killed instantly. . I! 53.8 '1Yoji‘know,‘ a blasting cap ‘is a Egfih‘if’co‘pper cylinder, one end 6i p 13161;” is 'Jfllle'd. with .‘a highly sensi- * Elite, .‘boWerful 7 explosive compound "nbwnf as tulminate of mercury. ' Key'sre bright and’shiny and are attractive to the children who do not . realizathat' they are extremely dan- gerous play'things. They frequently attempt to remove the explosive till- ing‘ so that they can use the shell for’a‘whistl'e or"to put on the end of a'lead pencil,_and sometimes they try to explode them by inserting a lighted match 'or pounding them with a hammer or rock. These experi- ments, almost always prove disastrous and ’as' a result, many little children lese the sight- of one eye or both, or ' are crippled for life by the loss 0 a hand or arm. . - It Would be Of the greatest benefit if the blasting-caps were kept away from children, because it would mean that several hundred would be saved from being maimed each year. -Would you be good enough to draw attention editorially in your publication to the dangers of these blasting caps and to warn those who use explosives not to leave them around where children might get them? Would you be good enough in your editorial to call attention of school authorities to the fact that if by chance any of these caps are found by children that this fact should‘ be immediately reported to their parents? Quite a number of cases have been reported from rural districts where children have been hurt playing with blasting caps and it is supposed that the children picked them up either around quarries or in fields where they have been dropped. We shall appreciate it very much if you will join us in this movement. —F.. J. Byrne, Chairman, Publicity COmmittee, Institute of Makers of Explosives. ‘ , _ ' RADIO'DEPABTMENT ' By JAMEsrw. H. WEIR, 'R; E. ~ (kny' "question regarding. radlo 'wlll be Iadl answered bv our radio‘edltor. You receive-ac per,- sonal letter and th re; Is. no charge.._lf- your sub- scription I: paid up?) The Business Farmer broad- . casts daily, except Saturday ‘ a n (1 Sunday, through station WGHP, of Detroit, on a wave length of 270 meters. 6:40 to 6:50 ...... ..Farm School 7:05..............Markets and News STATION COMES IN BETI‘ER I am a listener to your market reports nearly every evening and enjoy it very much. We have our radio set for WGHP more than anyvother station. It seems to come in better than it used to. Last Wint- er we did not have very good luck getting you, other stations near it seemed to cut in on it, but since the middle‘of the summer it has been coming in fine. We wondered why. Here’s thanking you for past pro- grams'and hoping to enjoy many many more—J. B., Lapeer County- 3 ITHOUT a doubt the reason that you have noticed such a great difierence’in the recep- tion of WGHP is that the breadcast- ing station has been moved out‘ into the country, far. from any other sta- tions 'or city noise. To be, exact, August 23rd was the first day the new sending outfit was used. to broadcast out , regular programs. Rrevidus to that all programs were put-{on the air near 'the center of the-City of Detroit.‘_ The studio. still remains in Detroit and programs are sent out to the broadcasting station over a private wire,.and fromythere broadcast. ,The station is; north of Detroit; almost tO‘Mtu Clemens, and t'v'hen/ they are. broadcasting—well, we folks; in“ Mt. Clemens. surely ‘ get them," plenty. loudu,‘ " 1‘ % . Buick fiemayldflb Comic ~r 4 provides moot/z Engine Performance - at O°or 9O°z°72 [‘53 554476 4 Thermostatic Circulation Control is a new reason why the Buick engine is so easy to start and so pleasant to drive, in all kinds of weather. , Summer conditions prevail all year, under the Buick hood. At 90°, or at zero this valuable Buick improvement re— duces the warming-up period to less than three minutes! No water circulates through the Buick radiator until 1 20 ° Fahrenheit, the best operating temperature, is reached. Then a valve automatically opens and circulation starts. 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E," “53‘: . , oxi‘nztfi'mfi tgué’agmflea~wfite or -‘MA “hilfigflhl’oiaglozzlgt-w mu m Bid . cmcuma b swim l i l l s i l I sighted observation the boundaries Above Money in the Bank Back in the dayswhen Benjamin Franklin trod the streets of Philadel- phia,many gems of Franklin wisdom went out of that city and into the copy books of forthcoming generations. ’ One of F ranklin‘s best was, “T/ze but immanent 1': a deposit qf fertility in tire soil bank—.mth and pay: the best. ” True in that day of virgin soils, and truer by far today! Since Dr. Franklin made that far- above- ular tractors. of American agriculture have been pushed west, south, and north in our nation. New soils have been.made old soils. The preservation of soil fertility has become a problem of vital importance to agriculture. Thousands of experiments have been made. Many commercial ferti- I lizers have been developed. But in ' most sections the old reliable barn: yard manure remains the outstanding fertility restorer. Always considered a by-product of livestock production, in these days of highly intensive farm- ing it assumes a role of first import- ance. No farmer can afford to waste its life-giving fertility. Common sense says that every able kind. many years ago? forkful should be put on the fields. mediate use. 'The McCormick-Deering Manure Spreader makes this a comparatively easy task., Loads can be lifted easily over the low sides of the McCormick- Deering, after which the light-draft spreader carries the manure to the fields and spreads it uniformly and finely over the ground. Some enter- prising farmers pull their Spreaders with their F armall tractors, as shown Others use horses or reg— In any event, the work they do is of the most profit- Spreading manure this year brings increased crops next year. back into the soil the fertility that this year’s crop takes out. It main- tains and increases the productivity of your farm. Who is there who would willingly rob his soil and waste valuable barnyard manure when every rule of modern agriculture repeats, in effect, what Ben Franklin said 'If you are not now taking advant- age of the McCormick-Deering Manure Spreader, we suggest that you talk to your local McCormick- Deering dealer about one for im- INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY of America (Incorporated) 606 So. Michigan Ave. ‘ BOWs HER" , FE.ED.\MILL‘5§9,+ ~ '0 M with or without elevator) % Crush ear corn (with or with- . _ on: husks) and grind all kinds of small railing. Have coinical- e . Drfl‘er mm ' I all others. Handiest i;oopgi-iii:{a~ and _ 1'7 W Running ogfirgg', 1‘.- oh... 2 to 26-horsepower . . Sud today for Free Catalog , OP WHEN con South Blu- Ind. DON'T BUY A Barb Gates, Steel Posts. Chicago, Illinois R w i I ’Broad‘scope ....—._~._o n Franin 1 Rated It puts Seventy YearsofReputation MADE OF FINE WOOLS MIXED WITH COTTON Made to Fit—Made to Wear Guaranteed Not To Shrink Light. 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A man‘onceeoid about‘ This has brought forth - me he had some certified seed corn for sale, and, knowing his farm, and the location. of ' his crop ; for that year, I‘asked him where he’ ’got it. He replied that he raised that. kind in his north field. This was a yellow corn and just over the fence to the south was a field of white corn. ‘ When asked if the College .had in- 25th issue of M. B. F. in regard to - Guinea hens be- ing rat extermi- nators, will say that.in 1914 I came live with my mother, and the place was alive with rats. Being a lover of Guin- eas I purchased two hens and a rooster, and all at once the rats (1 i s a p peared— and have not seen a rat on the place for 10 years. Hadn’t given it a thought until I read your article in your paper. If Guineas are rat ex- terminators, God love the Guineas.” Then, here is a man who says he owns several farms and has had lots of trouble with rats. On one farm they were particularly troublesome. He changed tenants, and the new tenant brought a flock of Guineas on the farm when he came, and after two weeks there was not a rat in evidence anywhere, and none were seen as‘long as the man with the Guineas lived on the place. In six months after he left the place, tak- ing away the Guineas, there were as many rats back as ever. So much evidence is strong enough to change my wife’s disfavor of Guineas, and she allows she will con— sent to our having some if we can find them. Their noise has always been very annoying to her—thus her dislike for them. The noise, how- ever, would never bother the writ- er, for he would never hear it—yet he appreciates just how so many feel toward the Guineas. However, I imagine one would become used to their noise and would not notice it after a short time any more than one does an alarm clock at four in the morning! At any rate Broad- scope Farm is going to be the home of some Guineas, as soon as we can secure them. These fowls seem quite scarce in this section. 3|! * it What Are Certified Seed Potatoes? There are many who are too busy to read very much, other than a lit- tle in their dailyvpaper. These peo— ple hear certified potatoes mention- ed, and at once conclude it is some new variety they have never seen. Several have asked the writer what this variety is like, and if it is better than the old ones. Then, too, many seem to think if they purchase cert- ified potatoes for planting, they will have certified potatoes for sale. This. of course, is not the way it works out. There are several varieties which may be certified. Certified means that the Michigan State Col- lege has inspected the field of grow- ing potatoes two or three times and again after harvesting, and if they have passed the rigid requirements of purity, freedom from disease, type, etc, the College will issue a certificate to the grower, certifying the potatoes as such. Certified seed potatoes must be planted when one intends to have the crop certified; but. the mere planting of certified seed does not mean that the resultant crop will be certified. Any one contemplating growing certified seed potatoes should write H. C. Moore Chief of Potato Inspection Service, M. S. 0., East Lansing, Mich. He will :1an full instructions to those who would make the venture. ' ‘ , The "same 'is 'true for certified corn L. W. MEERS home to' spected it, he replied, “No't'that he knew of, and why should they as long as he planted certified seed. , which he got from a man the college . had recommeneded! ". A‘ little ex- planation soon made it clear to him he had good seed corn, but not cert- ified. His seed corn was too near another variety to even be ideal com- mon seed. II I! 1 Ideal Weather ‘ That seems a strange thought— ideal weather—but we certainl'y‘had it for our potato harvesting. How we happened to pick this nice spell for digging is a mystery, but it was certainly ideal. We were fortunate in securing all the help we‘ needed, and never had a harvest move along any nicer. Of course there was al- most too much moisture in the ground for nice digging, but 'our large digger handled it in fine shape. In fact, when others have to discard the digger on account of heavy, wet ground, we can do very satisfactory work with our machine. This is due to the construction. It is of ample size with two sets of conveyor chains and three sets of agitators. In good ordinary dry soil we often use only the main elevator. At other times we use both conveyors, with plain rollers in place of the agitators. We worked hard every day for we all predicted the next day wOuld be rainy,rbut with one exception it was not. At this writing, there are many potato buyers in evidence. So many people in northern Ohio and Indi- ana drive “up” into Southern Michi- gan for their winter supply—some in costly sedans—others in trucks to get a supply for three or four fami- lies who have gone in together on the truck expense. Our crop being mostly certified, we have few to offer at this time. There is, however, a far greater inquiry for certified seed right now than there ever was be- fore. ' We have more orders for spring delivery than ever before. .Our .new potato storage has proven to be i , " ' i hl to use . en’recevae _ ‘ 3,... H an ideal place for putting them di- rect from the field. It has a free circulation of air and with the ex- ception of a few bushels, all the po— tatoes were dry enough to place in it at once. I On account of weather conditions we were so late in getting it built last, fall, we were unable to build the loading platform and driveway as planned. This will be 32x40 ft. in size and we shall begin the wall the last of this week. This will be added to the north of the present structure. ' and the complete building will be 40x72 ft. OUR BOOK REVIEW Bolts vi ed under this heading ma lie agent-:3 tfivibugh The Michigan flushes: firmer. and will be promptly shipped by algal )post on receipt of publishers price The Comoros of Agriculturm—BY Frederick A. Buechel, Professor of Agri- cultural Economics and Head of the Course in Agricultural Administration in the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. This book is a survey of ag- ricultural resources. It presents the ag— ricultural industry in world perspective showing the interrelations of the various parts within the economic system as a whole. It also points out in a broad way the great technological and economic problems of agriculture. The book is cloth bound, well illustrated and contains 439 pages. It is published by" John Wiley and Sons, Inc., and retails at, $3.75. rtDid you know that Dori: and 0 . sottiem'gnt'or sin trees which are troubling me; ‘ “Herbert Natzlgcr peaches are Wormy. “ain't? n in «Mice “our wheel-Mien mom e’ per- .i a”? a... y... sex-32.3w ' SEVERAL QUESTIONS a;qu a year now and I like it fine. I‘liave" some problems about my fruit I have been going to write you for (gnometime but kept putting it off until I have quite a-tlist of questions. 1.—I guess I cultivated my young trees too late'last‘ fall and some 'of them split open (just the bark) during the winter. They seem to be grow- ing good and healing s 1 o wly but I “wondered if there is any- thing I could do do help them. What do you advise? 2.—I have a quince bush which blossoms full every year but never bears. 3.—What is curculio? I sprayed my peaches for them but have never seen one that I know of but my They have a little white worm inside that look about like the worms in apples. 4.——I have some Montmorency cherries which split open on the south side of the tree. The heart of the tree seems to grow too fast for the sap. Early Richmond cher- ries are not bothered. 5.—Do Golden Delicious apples do well in Michigan and are they as good as the Johnathon for a com- mercial orchard? Will they bear it set alone?-—H. W. 8., Three Rivers, Michigan. ON’T hesitate to ask all the ques- tions you want. We are always at your service. We will number your Questions just as you did. 1. If the wounds are very large they should be bridge-grafted; 'If they are small or quite narrow keep them covered with white lead paint until thoroughly healed over. - 2". The meager description makes diagnosis diflicult but no doubt your quince bush is suffering from blossom blight, to which the quince is very susceptible. Do not cultivate, and treat the same as for blight, 3. The curculio is a small dark beetle about 1—5 of an inch long. It is a queer looking hump-backed thing with a long snout like an ele- phant’s trunk. They are great fel- lows to play “possum”. If you give a tree a sudden jar they will fall to the ground and lie there as though dead. Before the days of spraying the growers used to catch them by jarring them down upon sheets held under the trees. The curculio lays its eggs under the skin of the peach. Little white worms hatch out and bore into the peach. The skin punc- ture or “sting” causes gummy and deformed peaches. The curculio .is very hard to control on trees which are located near a fence row or woods. Fence-rows should be burned over. When most of the shucks are 011' the young peaches spray with one pound of arsenate of lead and two pounds of lime to fifty. gallons of water. Repeat this two weeks later. 4. Your cherry trées are suffer- ing from sun—scald, which is a form of winter injury. A bright sunny day in mid- inter will warm the south side of t e trunk and cause the sap to rise. Then when. the sun goes down the bark freezes very sud- denly causing it to’split. Any treat- ment to shade the south side of the trunk will prevent this trouble. Lean ‘a board against the trunk or wrap it with tar paper. Let the branches grow low and when planting your trees lean them toward the south west. . ‘ 5. The Golden Delicious while , undoubtedly a good variety has not yet been sufliciently tested as a com— mercial Variety in Michigan. 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Among them wolves and bears were the most troublesOme, and a “thrillingmto‘ry could be written of unters between them and, «the early settlers, but owing to lim- Nited time I can only give a few. *‘The first wild animal to trouble “us was at our camp near where Merley is now located, in the sum— mer of 1869, boarding the men who built the railroad required a lot of fresh meat which bears love. At this place our camp was built of two large log buildings one for the cook house and the other for the men’s quarters with an open space between‘ them all covered with one roof. This space was used for storage and was 8.0001 place to hang fresh meat. We had a large watch dog whose name was “Watch”. One night after all had retired, Watch began a fierce growling bark, and father got up to learn the cause, but it being too dark to see and knowing Watch was big and strong, he set him on and he went with a bound, but was met with a blow as from a modern auto at full speed. Although Watch weigh- ed over 80 pounds, he was knocked about 20 feet against the opposite wall with such force that he could not get his breath for some time and they thought he was killed. It was a large bear who had taken down a. quarter of beef, but was scared away before he could lug it off. After that we used more caution. Bears were plentiful here during the early seventies. One morning we were aroused out of bed about four o’clock by our neighbor, Wm. Helmer, whose pig pen was attacked by a bear and although Mr. Helmer rushed to the help of the squeeling pigs with a pitch fork and fought ' the bear it succeeded in carrying a pig weighing over a hundred pounds over a four and one—half foot wall and tearing a hole in the pig sixteen inches long. The bear then suc- ceeded in getting away into the Mwoods before we could get our guns ready. We followed it for half a day but lost its tracks and gave up the hunt. The wolves although more shy when not in large packs were far more dangerous, and many of our early settlers were forced to climb trees'to escape them, in some cases having to remain in a tree all night with a pack of wolves around them. In the Winter of 1870-1 father re- turned to keeping the rail road bearding camps near Big Rapids, leaving us boys on the homestead to keep house for ourselves, and it was necessary for my older brothers to make occasional trips on foot be- tween home and the boarding camps with needed supplies. On one of these trips myrbrother 'l Joe then about fifteen years old left I camp for home a little later than us- f'ual, carrying a sack with some fresh 5 meat and groceries, ' can of keresene. also a gallon Reaching the cabin of a friend living about two miles north of where the town of Ashton now stands he was advised to stay with them all night and go on home in the morning, but it then being about 4 P. M. and, although the days were short, being in the hardwbod forest, it seemed he would have plenty of light and decided to go on ‘home having only about seven miles farther to go. However as he neared the hemlock woods and cedar swamps it grew darker and he wish- ed he had stayed with our friends but hastened on into the black swamps. - That winter the snow was deep and we heard the howls of the wolves every night after we would go'to bed, but we were not afraid as they were alWays quite a way off, near the swamps, but it was quite different with my brother trying to follow the trail through a dark swamp and hear the sharp bark of a wolf nearby, but too dark to see it. He also knew the wolves smell- ; "ed the fresh meat he carried, but he did not like to leave it after car- ‘rying it over twenty miles and pos— sibly only baiting the wolves on, so .ghestarted to run as fast as he could with his load, and the snow about eight inches deep, butother wolves ined in and their howles became are numerous. and nearer. When tened they were gaining on him ta-sn soon were on sides , "net all coinasa to} locatf ing, and securing their heme- , «for, during the“ early days ' fiscal, there Were many wild ani‘-_ } . :3 M‘I'C HIG. A Nb '_ i: I ing in, it was not a very pleasantthe fence which I will describe was ’situation,‘ but he thought of his load. He carried matches and kerosene and by breaking some dry saproot from old trees soon had thEm blazo ing which at once retarded the wolves’ progress and they began thinning out. In a short time he was through the swamps and on high land at the south east corner of Section 1-T 19-«N 10-W, where he could see the light in L. Prices’ cabin, only a mile from home, and all high land, which he reached about an hour after dark safe but exhausted. Two years later at a lumber camp, not far from us, as the men were going to camp for dinner, one of the men became separated and behind the rest, the wolves attacked him. He "carried his ax and made a run- ning fight. As the wolves became too numerous he jumped on a pine stump swinging his ax around him. As he did not come to dinner his companions made a search when re- turning to work and found his mang- led body near the stump with the built in 1868, and ran from Diamond Lake to Rose Lake a distance of about six miles in a straight line, my place being about the center, it came from the west through where my orchard is now located, crossing M-13 at the north end of the Allen- dale Swimming Pool”; in those days it was a beautiful hardwood forest of sugar .maples. , The Indians made this fence with a small sharp ax by striking one blow into a small sapling seldom. larger than 2 inches in diameter about 4 feet from the ground. This usually cut it over half through, then bending and breaking it over in the direction they wished to run the fence but leaving the butt hang on- »its stump, (if out the right time of year will remain green a long time) in the virgin forests these saplings grew very tall and slim so they would go on to the next in the same way falling the top of one on the stump of the next with the brush left on making a single line of poles about 4 feet above the ground. The WE HEAR FROM MR. ALLEN AGAIN told you in the last issue that we were going to publish some true stories of the life of the early settler in Michigan, written by our readers, starting off (iii this issue with a few more experiences of our good friend, Ed. 0. Allen, who wrote “Pioneering in Michigan,” the most popular story we ever published, and here we are. Follow- ing his most recent story we will publish the stories . by the three prize Winners, and then letters of others who failed to win a prize, but wrote a mighty good story just the same. them all from baby to grandpa and. grandma—Will Everybody—and that includes certainly enjoy these stories about early days right ED. C. ALLEN here in our own state, so do not ‘miss any copies. carcasses of 17 wolves laying around all more or less eaten. Wolves were very numerous here before the railroad came through and many times we would benefit from their hunts by finding deer partly eaten and some just killed. At other times those who were hunt— ers would listen to the wolves when chasing a deer, learn the direction they were coming, head them 0133 and shoot the deer, using the wolves as hounds. There were many Indians who liv- ed here prior to 1872. They lived by hunting trapping and fishing as game and fish was plentiful at that time and the Indians knew how to get it. How many today know what an “Indian Fence” is like and what it was built for“! Well the deer be- ing the staple food of the Indians at that time it was built to assist them in getting them. Wild deer when not chased would not go over or through any 'obstruction but walk leisurely along it especially when it leads in the way they want to go. The Indians knowing this would con- struct a flimsy fence which would be useless to turn the most gentle do- mestic animal, but a wild deer would browse along it for miles without a thought of pushing through or jump- ing over unless scared. The Indian’s system of building these fences was so simple that one man could build miles of it in a day, Indians would hide near this fence and shoot the deer as they passed along. Other ways of getting deer was the more common way of tieing a small sack of salt to a branch of a small tree out of reach of the deer, then fix a seat in the crotch of a larger tree near by, after the rain the salt would drip on the ground where the deer would come to lick the ground and a man setting in the tree with a gun could easily shoot them without being seen by the deer. This was called a “deer lick.” The .nearest boy companion I had of my age lived two miles away but during the summer of 1870, we often got together to play along the Indian fence and climb -the slim maple sap— lings to sway in their tops. I have seen hundreds of wild‘deer, some times 5 or 6 together many times. They seemed not to be afraid of’us but I never shot at one and never cared to. - Few of the first settlers came well prepared to start on their home- steads, some failed to bring enough food to get well started. One near neighbor coming here in the sixties with his wife and three or four little girls, the oldest not over twelve years old, settled on his claim,build- ing a cabin and in his haste to get the family under shelter covered it with hemlock brush and by the time he had them provided with a shelter he found their provisions were near- ...l._.......__~ .... a. - __ km of adorniim” fiber; ' ' a. fit, finesse a , ‘1. aw”. and. little/orno me o . 3.9: cure, it. ‘~ For days the ,ftamfly suit; fared for food, the mother "abstain! ; ing from food to give the little they . . could find to the children. They grew weak and had almost given up when the father returned with sup- plies. This 'story I heard from the father in the early days and it was confirmed by the oldest daughter a. short time ago. i A The early pioneers were noble- hearted and money was not their God. The family just mentioned had‘ I only a brush roof on their cabin, and cold wet weather was expected any time, so the father walked three miles to a neighbor who had just moved in, told him his situation say- mg, ‘I understand you are handy and could help me put a roof onmy cabin. I have nothing to pay you with but the Lord may." Years later this good neighbor who had helped many without thought of pay told me the story shortly before his death, saying” “I went with him, we worked hardand got the roof on nicely and I had just got back home when a heavy cold rain-storm set in that lasted several days, and as I looked out at that storm and thought of my neighbor's wife and little children and the brush cover to the cabin, and what I had done I never felt so well paid for any thing I ever i ‘ felt happy." before, I To get roofing for the first cabins was difficult. Some used bark when It would peel, others split long logs through the center hollowing them out like troughs and laying them across the building with a slope as they lay tile roofs, but nearly all the first houses and barns were roof— ed with “Shake.” These Were made by cutting straight splitting logs in- to 3 to 4 foot lengths and splitting them into one-half inch stuff random Widths as it could be used without roof boards, by using long slim poles called I‘le and nailed to the rafters three or-four feetwapart and it re quired but few nails which were hard to get, later handy men found employment by making 18 inch hand shaved shingles out of choice pine. They did not lay as smooth as sawed shingles but were fa ‘ lasting. 7 I r superior for The log houses were built b ' 3 cutting the required number 0); 95;; of the desired size into the right lengths, get a yoke of oxen and haul them to he building site, then start out, to in its the hands to the “rais« 1n. This, required all the settlers for. miles as it took 18 or 20 men to get the walls of a log house up in a day, with the crude equip- ment they had in those days. The main tools used were made like a present on the end of poles, called bulls" and were used to push and 'roll the legs "up the skids when out of reach. The settlers would ' for .miles to these bees willingh‘rmtlirtl;3 nating their time usually getting only their dinner. Having no lumb- er of any kind, small logs 6 or 7 inches in diameter were used for joist for the bottom floor. They were notched into bottom logs and flat- tened on top. The upper joist put in the same at the desired height, they usually spaced 4 V feet apart. The flooring was made by cutting straight grained logs into 4 foot lengths and splitting into 2 in' ch .planks called “puncheon” which was fitted on the joist. The’ same ma- _terial was used for door‘ frames, the doors were also split out and the gables made of shake. Many of these houses were neat and quite comfort- able. However, very few places had a natural water supply and I well remember for the first year we had “ to carry our water from a spring over a mile distant and for our stock we took them to a lake about the same distance once a. day. > We decided to get water nearer and employed parties who claimed they could locate water near'the eur- face closer by, with the aid ofa‘ witch hazel stick, but after several trials it‘was given up and we “as; cided to locate a well where it was. m0“ c°nV°nisnt and dig until! we“ .» muck Water- .e ‘th out misusing; if. much may shag W .. d in. dine . as; , ! i : Tit-there is ten?" ,‘ , ,aroer'aud the 'Wi Iv _ ‘4 ‘, you are a pad-up sub other. perfect law, the low of Iiberiyhnrid'leo eontlnueth, being not a bearer that 'for-' gottoth ‘but a' door that worketh, this man shall be blessed in his doing."— Jomes 2:25. HE epistle of Jamesshows the' author very. practical. He ex- presses tbe‘ Gospeiwin terms of law and conduct. This was the highest revelation of God that James felt. It was diverse from Paul who sees the Gospel in terms of faith and , love. Paul preaches a justification by faith, while James says, “Ye see that by« works a man is justified and not only by faith." Yet, they com- pliment'one another for one sees a faith that works out salvation thru love. and the other sees works fol— lowed by- blessing thru a perfect faith. This, to the writer of this epistle makes the Gospel “the law of liberty.” First, then. the Gospel is perfect and final in its standards of life. And our text would have us hear the Gospel appeal and act upon it. Right here we have encountered the great- est of human problems. ‘.‘A doer that worketh" is emphasized. Life is demanded. This is inherent in all New Testament truth. "Inasmuch as ye did it onto one of the least of these, ye have done it unto me." This measures Christianity. This is to be our final character test. James has it this way: “Pure religion and undeflled before our God and Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world." When one believes this kind of religion sincerely, it lay a master- ful grip upon his life. To believe the laws of government, of science, of en— vironment, etc., mayhave little or nothing to do with the center of one’s life. These rank as tutors but can- not qualify as essentially converting“. But faith in the Perfect Law is re- generating and sanct'ifying. “Is religion born in us?" is the question shot at the writer just the other day. "No it is not, but it is reborn in us" was the answer. No bane person believes that Christian- ity is physically transmitted; yet, we have something ,born within us, which if leavened with the Christian ingredients of faith and repentance, will make us conformable unto Christ. Spiritual education and nur- ture of the religious disposition will make the tree good. And. making the tree good is life’s challenge. This achieved. the fruit will be good. ' But it is here failures are marked. Some folks lean hard on law as the corrective of the ills of life. Now, law-enforcement shOuld have our sacred attention because it aimsto emphasize right social conduct. But it can do more than this. The travel- ler stops, reads the road signs to find his way, but he depends on other resources to reach his destination. 'The law gives direction and makes demands. but there it stops. It has no resident power to carry out its own behests. And be'cause it was thus imperfect, St. Paul rules it out of the court of the heart. ,Education and culture make their contributions to personal and social charaCter. I would not hinder or darken know- ledge and progressJ These help. Yet, they are not necessarily convert- ing. Some of our most “learned folks and our‘most cultured artists are 'among our biggest fools and crOOks. Environment must come in for atten- tion. Yet,good houses._honest wages, and sanitary living do not guarantee good lives. All these forces lack in- herent power‘to spiritualize life. ' So. we fall. back upon what James calls “the perfect law.” Likely, he does not refer to the Gospel is a~ perfect code in all the details of life, , but as complete in. pointing the right way and in its‘power to communicate ability to go that way. 'xitgives the knower‘ power to become ‘agdoer. This/is wh‘ ft mes em. "worshi’nan in’yoiirfo'o ‘ Jb'e?‘ ‘ 'he ' , t ,_ , ) “-‘ . ,_ uestiom' regard! religious matters on would like answered write to so pleased to m3.” you without oharge’. TEXT: “But he that looketh'finto the". " if“, have} , but. overcome .. A. ~ . Rev. A personal reply Will be sent-to vou he knows. ,‘ Both of these men carry in‘their'hearts an adequate guide to better living, but both need some- thing more than this; they need power and capacity to refuse the bad and attain to the best. The Gospel is distinctive in this respect. It gives life, and life makes for power. The Psalmist had some such convic- tion when he said, “The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul." Now, we are to look into this‘law of liberty. Think of it; here is a law that frees us from the‘ tyranny of passions, bad habits, and popular opinion so that we can obey. He violated the statute law because he yielded to the whip of a bad habit. This man is a splendid citizen in most respects and this is his first offense against the state. The judge granted clemency and today he is paroled and this preacher is helping him to look into the perfect law of liberty. We can be sure that when he is willing to shape his conduct‘ according to this law he will have Another to help carry his burdens. When he is willing to break bread with Christ he will come into posses- sion of such ideals and motives as will free him from the mandates of sin thru Christian. obedience. “But we all with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image.” Tho, we must continue to look and behold. The seed must be left buried in the soil it anything is to come of its life. Constant immersion in the spirit of Christ will beget life and action. But this is often'our trouble. We are spasmodic and iitful in our re- ligion. We do not choose to give it surrendered attention. Christ gets the vagrant and tagged ends of our lives. Faithful contemplation of Christ will make of us, not forgetful hearers, but doers of His law. “This man shall be blessed in his doing." This is the tenor of the Gospel thruout. "If ye know these things blessed are ye if ye do them.” Recall the conclusion of‘ the Sermon of the Mount: “Everyone therefore that heareth these words of mine and doeth them, shall be likened un- to a wise man." This is to bring a blessedness that is eight times re- peated at the beginning of the ser— mon. Plenty of folks feel they are orthodox in a lazy, selfish, doless re- ligion; but it is the doing that marks our Christianity as real. ' But, we are to be rewarded not as an arbitrary result of the doing, but “in the doing.” Note the differ- ence. Christian service' brings its own happiness. Nothing so satisfies the conscience. and comforts the heart as to know that we are faith— ful in the will of God and trying to live in harmony with His perfect law. This is liberty and blessing. fl-.. BIBLE THOUGHTS THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT is love. joy, peace, longsuffering, gentle- ness. goodness, faith, meekness, temperance; against such there is no law.——Ga1. 5:22. 23. 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I}: "I so" your sdvartisemenl. in The Michigan Business Former!” It will guarantee honest dealing. "The Farm Paper of Service" CHICKEN THIEVES ROOKS of all kinds who prey on the farm folks of Michigan entertain as friendly a feeling toward THE BUSINESS FARMER as they do toward some contagious disease because we have persecuted and exposed so many of them through our columns. ago that the agent for enlarged pictures found the rural population “easy picking" but condi— tions have changed since we began our campaign against them, and today our subscribers report to us all they have to tell one of these agents is that they know all abOut him because they read THE BUSINESS FARMER and he heads for the road without further argument. Promoters of work at home schemes or “flyby night" pro- 'positions know about us because our subscribers write before they “bite” and we make it our bus- iness to learn about all of these companies so we can adrise our good friends properly. Anything that is “shady” is brought into the spot light in The Publisher’s Desk so our readers will not be victimized. Now we are going to make M. B. F. just as unpopular with the chicken thieves in Michigan is it is with these other crooks. We announced our war on the chicken thief in our September 25th issue and urged that our readers help us by reporting conditions in their territory and the response indicates that the campaign is going to be a greater success than we even dared to anticipate. Read all about it in this issue and then get into the fight by telling us if there are any thieves atwork in your neighborhood. THE CORN BORER OME folks may think we are giving too much space to talking about the European Corn , Borer but we want to assure them that if they visited the areas where the infestation is 100 per cent, with as high as 46 borers in a single corn stalk as in many fields in Canada, we know they would declare we \were not giving the matter enough publicity. During the forepart of September it had in- vaded only a few Indiana counties on the eastern boundary line, and now a report comes in that it has been found within 60 miles of Illinois. Taking into consideration that one moth can fly at least twenty miles you do not have to use your imagination very much to realize it will soon be in the midst of the corn belt. In the meantime what is the country doing to fight it? The article regarding the station main- tained at Monroe and the work being done there which appears in this issue will help answer that question. Read it. HE TOLD YOU SO UR weather forecaster, L. N. Pritchard, is being congratulated by his friends regard- ing his accuracy in predicting the 1926 corn and potato crops. Last spring he advised that the potato crop would be good and corn fair providing the early frosts, which he predicted, did not” hit them. In the October crop report issued by Verne H. Church, of' the U. 8. Depart» ment-0t Agriculturewln- ‘wi'thwthe- State ofrAgrieuitm'ew-We. reads the fair . Lljjkg, ‘ i. It was not many years' .: I V t ._ v (is reported at "801,136,! Last year it mid per-rent? cent as --compared with a tehgyear, average of ‘69". - x ., However, this is no _ Pritchard predicts the: weather can udusly with an accuracy that is. almost "an lovable, and thousands of our readers plan their farm oper- ations according to his forecasts. THE RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP ROLL CALL RMISTICE Day, November 11th', marks the opening of the tenth annual membership drive of the American Red Cross, and it will continue until Thanksgiving. During this period people all over the country will be asked to join. Although most of us are quite familiar with this great organization some possibly think of it only in connection with actual warfare. This is an erroneous idea as they. “carry on" in times of peace as well as when nations are engaged in bloody conflict. A part of their work during ’ the past year was to render relief in 62 disasters at home and 15 abroad. Also they assisted an average of 80,000 disabled veterans and their families every month, at the same time serving the men still in the country's armed forces. Other work included the teaching of home hy- giene and care of the sick in every state in the Union including Alaska, with the exception of Delaware and Nevada, to over 67,000 students; assisting in promoting community health through? out the United States; instructing 2.0.000 people in first aid work; training over 29,000 persons in life saving, and teaching thousands to swim. Let us all do our bit to put this drive over in a hurry and show a nice increase in the number of members. USING FEDERAL BEAN GRADES HE United States Standards for beans were made effective on and after September lst of this year, and now we are wondering just how seriously they are being taken in Michigan. Four western states have seen the value of the grades and have arranged to have them used on all their future shipments of beans. The state department of agriculture and the U. S. depart- ment will cooperate in the states of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, while in Colorado the grain exchange is working with the federal authorities. At no time was there strong opposition to federal grading in those states like in the other THE POULTRY THIEF MUST. GO! NE Thousand Dollars in rewards of '$50 0 each is hereby offered by "The Michigan Business Farmer for the arrest and successful prosecutiOn of poultry thieves. These rewards will be paid on the following basis: 1. For information or arrest leading to the conviction of any thief or thieves of chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys or guinea fowl, from the premises of a member of The Michigan Business Farmer Service and Protective Bureau, living in Michigan whose subscription to The Michigan Business Farmer is paid-in-advance at the time of the robbery. 2. The“sheriif must be notified as soon as possible after the robbery is discovered, and full details of the theft must be mailed to The Michigan Business Farmer within three days after its occurence. 3. The amount of the reward in each case shall be Fifty Dollars ($50) and shall be paid only upon the undisputed convic- tion and sentence of the offender. 4. Only one reward will be paid in each case. 5. The reward in each case will be paid to the one who is principally responsible for the arrest and conviction of the law violator. This includes State and County police officers. In case of dispute as to who is entitled to the reward, the county prose- cuting attorney shall make the decision. 6. The Michigan Business Farmer must. be notified in advance of the date of the trial of the accused. 7. This offer is limitedto the payment of twenty rewards of Fifty Dollars ($50) each, One Thousand Dollars (35,1000) total reward. 8. This offer applies to crimes com- mitted after September 25th. 1926, and » , bonthinesvin nodes is published ' “The Inflchlgsn Former tenths ,ot'mtgaty. - i_ l 'l ’ " I! ' .9”..--..,w,... ‘ th‘i,7’""1 W’ugx'r 1,. w H... n‘ i thing unusual because“ ‘ "cultural: some». ‘Grs in“ ity toward the government taking over that ' ~ work in thisst even though it—hn’sb‘eonpointed ' out to them that such, an arrangement would re-. ' move any ill feel-ing there might be on the port of the grower toward the buyer-And we think we can safely say there is considerable of‘ this ill feeling prevalent in many sections. ‘ . The main'argu-ment has been that theyl’would have great difficulty in buying from the farmer because they could not be certain that the beans would make the grade they placed them in. . This argument will hardly hold water any more since the federal grades are much more simple ,than their own now in force. . .. .: Now what will their opposition be built up / around? ,Can it be that they are. afraid that the grower who produces a carioad‘ or more of beans will get federal inspection and market them direct? This can be done alright, and, we under- stand, at a. neat profit. STOP LAND RECLAMATION PROGRAM T the annual meeting of the Michigani State Grange last week Mrs. Dora Stockman, lecturer, in her report made one of the most sensible statements we have heard in some time. She said: - \ "Farm product prices are so low that'to make a living farmers believe they must produce as much as possible .and thus create a. surplus which there is little chance to sell on the World market. "Instead of helping to prevent a surplus, the Government is spending millions of dollars in reclamation projects that swell it. A sum of $50,000,000 is now on the program to be spent for reclamation. About 8,000,000 bushels of potatoes were grown last year on-irrigation lands, netting little profit to the growers and hurting the market for owners of the regular potato business. Yet the men in Washington baggie over $100,000,000 to diminish the surplus.” She might have added further that if more farms are needed there are many vacant ones located where nature has been more kind and markets are nearby that can be bought at rea- sonable figures. The Government money might better be loaned on first mortgages on these farms than used as at present. THEY STAY MARRIED IN CANADA N the series of articles regarding our trip through" western Canada last summer. which appeared in our columns during the fall, we suggested that the farmer cooperatorsuof this county could learn considerable from their north- ern neighbors. Now we have information at hand that us something else, and that is how to avoid the divorce courts. “ A recent survey showed that only one marriage out of 125 in Canada goes on the rocks and eventually ends up in the divorce courts. In the United States one out of every seven' couples united in holy wedlock do not live up.to'their 'vow “until death do us part." Just laws, equitably enforced is thereason given for the low divorce rate in Canada. We believe that another factor to consider is the small number of large cities with big industries. The responsibilities of married life do not rest as lightly upon the shoulders of farm folks as it does on the shoulders of city dwellers. Certainly our laws governing divorce are too plentiful and too broad. ‘ PETER PLOW'S PHILOSOPHY I’m for a government reclamation program, but ’stead of tryin' tocreclaim land thet never will be worth a whoop I think they should re- claim some, of these vacant farms with fields growin' up to weeds and the buildin’s rottin' away. A shirtless sort of a teller in our neighbor- hood, who has been suspected of borrowin’ a few chickens without the knowledge or consent of the owners and then fergettin’ to return ’em, after readin' the announcement regardin' the chicken thieves in M. B. F. was heard to remark, “An' still they call this ‘the land of the free’. Heck! A teller ain't got no more liberty atall in this cOuntry. Guess I’ll move to Russia." ‘ COMING EVENTS November 9111.— Thumb of Michigan Potato Show, Mayville, Mich. November 27-December 4.———Internationa1 Live Stock Exposition, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, ‘Illinois, ‘ l ' . _ November, 304.3%“. lip-Convention .of I Am'eridn Pomcmm,;snd Marsupials "Horti- 314“ mill?! 734-”?! - "a ‘ A. . ‘1“ ~‘...'. .> Yr: Wgheve shown unusuilpa’mo . brim " indicates the Canadians can teach' w l~r.’2 ' $1,000 IN REWARDS ffOr Poul-tryiThi‘eves! v. V ...~ ' (in n a It A ‘ distance. " - a rm» om- . . av v ,on , some!“ . ' sub Icon. This mlce. lncludl e. ‘ palli'lll a fenced", . M ' 1‘ ' l ‘c in can. In clonal. our sum" {Bahamian M: i. om. ' ‘wcwo WumeMMngvrtaa: umnn letter. I: f We hereby odor a reward of 850.09 for bistro“ the State Police, and write on f MEMBER it .' ‘ 6 menu.“ .- Buslfi'hfi'ss FARM“ PROTECTIVE SERVICE BUREAU conviction of any person guilty of stealing chickens. turkeys, ducks, geese or Kguinea {owls which are the sole property of any paid-up subscriber to THE IICIIIGAN BUSINESS FARM“ who > BUSINESS EARNED Service and Protective Bureau at the time of the robbery. If your poultry house is robbed report Immediately to your sherill’, ask him the evidence leading to the arrest and is a member of THE 'MIOHIGAN ull particulars. - V The Michigan Business Farmer Mt. Clemens, Michigan I BE above is a reproduction of a sign we have printed up for the members of our Service and Protective Bureau to post on their chicken ooops or other farm buildings as a warning to thieves. [t is printed on heavy cardboard, 6 can be easily read many feet away. conspicuous place on your farm will inches high by 9 inches long, and One of these signs posted in a save you many dollars, because the thief preying on the farmer is a coward and the knowledge that a farm owner is a member of a protective association that will pay a reward ‘for his mpture will cause him to look elsewhere, on farms where there are none of these signs posted. MORE RECRUITS JOIN OUR ARMY TO FIGHT CHICKEN THIEVES VERY mail brings letters from E subscribers regarding the ac— tivities of chicken thieves 1n various parts of the country and com- menting on our campaign to make this line of business a mighty un- profitable one. We have set aside $1,000 to be paid out in rewards of $50 each and if we can assist in send— ing twenty chicken thieves to 13.11 from diflerent sections of Michigan we will feel well repaid for our 'money and eflort devoted to the cause. » Read a few of the letters we have i r received: 3 \ UV ' r‘ ‘ I . .‘us.smm.um.m Wants to Contribute "‘We are very much interested in your War on Chicken . Thieves. Please send particulars regarding be- coming members of the Protective Service Bureau. Please enroll us and ~ if there is a fee to join will send same. Chicken thieves have already begun working around here. but have heard no report of them in our im- mediate vicinity yet this fall. It, seems to us as though commercial poultry raisers would be willing to contribute toward the War Fund. We certainly would. We usually go into winter with about 400 layers." —R. S. B., Ionia County. bones Turkey “1 had a bronze turkey stolen Sun- day, September 25th. I was away from home at the time and the flock of twenty got in the road and was about forty rods from the house. My son saw the car stop and the next morning missing the gobbler went down and found the head at the side at the road. The turkey would .weigh twenty-five pounds or better. It is. not the value of it but the prin- ciple. I think you will certainly help poultry raisers and farmers and have taken the right way of hand- fhc purpose or this men: In to In- hoi our subscribers from fraudulent dos ring. or unfair treatment by persons or concerns a a distance. in every one we will do our but u: mph e ntlsfsctory settlement or force action. is! , ch no charge (or our unless «In ever be made. provldlng: . . 1.—The olslm ls mule by a paid-up lub- Noribor to The Buslnm Farmer. 2.—-The claim I: not more than 0 mos. old. 8.-—-Ths claim I: not local or between nes- lo ulthln our dlttsnce of one onetime ' should be settled at first hand and not attempted by melt ’Alldnu all letters. oh full puflculsn _.dmouli¢I. has. cunts». M:l|:'O<-.MP' «- um m m a cover an. Ibmveibummeulm-ubgw. lee 3! > l . a .. v tutor or lms-liln‘. m ............ .. 'I .,_. ling the matter. In any way I can help will be glad to do so.”—R. D. E, Bay County. Commends Stand “I am writing you to commend the stand taken by you in regard to chicken thieving. For two years past we have been entirely cleaned out of nice flocks of Rocks and are look- ing for it again this year as, the thieves are again working in our neighborhood. There is no use to call the sheriff as they will do noth- ing. If there is anything I can do to help you in this matter please command me. . “I want to call your attention to two convictions in Newaygo county for chicken stealing, given ninety days. Out just in time to start steal— ing again for New Years dinner. They must be given longer terms, years instead of months. “Am enclosing a check for a. three years subscription to THE BUSINESS FARMER."-—W. L. R., Kent County. Coops Visited “I saw in your last M. B. F. about your war on chicken thieves. Will say they are doing great work in this vicinity and have been all summer. “Several have been robbed of nearly all their flocks. They have visited our coop two different times and each time got away with a. goodly number. They visited us last Fri~ day night.”————Mrs. C. B., Gratiot County. Had Experience “I notice in your last issue of M. B. F. you will help rid the farmers of the chicken thieves. I can tell you this, that there is a couple liv— ing near here that do anything from stealing poultry to making moon- shine. We farmers all know they steal poultry but lack the proof. "I have just had a queer experi- ence with some other foreigners that stole seven of my ducks. I knew they had them for I saw them in their orchard but had no mark on them to prove them but I went after them tooth and nailuntil they got scared of the sheriff so dropped six of them on the back of our place. The ducks wandered farther away ~ and were gone six weeks, When we heard of them being in a cornfield " and we went after them. The cutest : part is that the Hunkies got in such ' a hurry to get rid of my ducks that ‘ they took four of mine and two of theirs. They had their ducks mark- ed so that is how we got the proof on them. Here’s hoping you can clean out the thieves."—_é-Mrs. J. H. 0., Clinton County. . ‘ a'mone'y'order 50:31.00 teal-“cm 8“ nst Firm mm- ' 'y i ' (V;- ' s I . V La.|. » ' 'i ‘ - l J as n: First Mortgage Real Estate Bondy-i Dependable and earning consistently . high returns, the first mortgage real estate bonds we offer constitute the e of investment best suited to a' fixed plan of operation. Our engineers, appraisers, legal coun- sel and various other departments guard every detail pertaining to each issue, seeing that no contingency is ever unprovided for. 6%&6‘/2% Normal Federal Income Tax Up to 11/2% and 2% Paid by Borrower Federal Bond 83’ Mortgage Company (1794) Federal Bond & Mortgage Building, Detroit, Mich. Post $1,000 Reward Signs and Keep Thieves Away! CHICKEN thieves and crooks are not going to hang around where $1,000 in rewards have been offered for their arrest and conviction. Tack one or more of these signs on your poultry: , Looks worse than “small- house, barns or in front of your house. pox” to the thief! 1 We have printed up a quantity of these signs which we offer FREE, with your renewal subscription sent in now, at practically the cost of printing and postage, if you are paid up a year or more in advance. Use this coupon-— Michigan Business Farmer Protective Service Bureau, Mt. Clemens, Mich. ' Enclosed find $ ...... ...... .. in check, money-order or registered letter, for which— I . ($1) Renew my subscription for 3 Years and send 1 Reward Card ($2) Renew my subscription for 7 Years and send 3 Reward Cards o u - o . o u n a o c o n o g . o a o o o u c a u u - n . . u n u u n a n - o u o u u o c u u a u u n n o a c o I s a I n u o n n u n o n o - u - . v o . u t . . o . . . n n u o n . u s n . a n u u n v c n o a - as I g c u u a o n n u o u c u n n . o n n o o a I c o n c u I e . u n n u o e u u o n n o u e 0 u n . . g u u o o s c u A v e u o n o n a o n u o n n a n u - I I Islets-Ooeeoousifiseloeso- Address (Always Send your address label from any recent issue renewing! If you are paid up one year or more inadvsnce.“ send your address label,me any recent issue. and Twenty-’- 2 " five cents for. One Card,.-J,i‘ltty cents for =3 n», .0 m...- ..-.vk 4~~ . . ,q' r a 9;: ..s" ' frost is on the fodder's in the shock” : . v. . And you hear the kyonch and the (gobble of the struttin' turkey-cools "Amid the clackin' of the tumors. the . X cluckln' of the hens. And the rooster’s hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence; ' 0. it's then's the times a feller is a-i'eeiin' _ at. his best. ‘- 3.With the risin' sun to greet him from‘a night of perfect rest »" A ‘ .. As he leaVes the house, bare-headed,"and‘ goes out to feed the‘stock. When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock. 'They's‘something kindo’ harty-like about the atmusfere When the heat of summer’s over and the coolin’ fall is here- Of course we miss the flowers, and the blossoms on the trees, And the mumble of the hummin’-birds and buzzin' of the bees; But the air‘s so appetizin; and the land— scape through the haze Of a crisp and sunny morning of the ' early autumn days Is a pictur’ that no painter has the color- in' to mock— - When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock. Then your apples all is gathered. and the ones a teller keeps Is poured around the cellar-floor in red and yeller heaps: And your cider-makln's over, and your wimmern-folks is through ' With their mince and apple-butter, and their souse and sausage. too! I don’t know how to tell it—but if sich a thing could be As the angels wantin' boardin', and they'd call around on me— I'd want to ‘commodate whole endurin’ flock When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock! ' James Whitcommb Riley. ’em———all the THANKSGIVING ARENTS everywhere, but partic- P ularly in the cities and towns, are asking how they can have more of a chance to bring up their children themselves. That is, the better and more thoughtful sort of , parents are looking at it in this way. Public schools have long been recognized as necessary for the sake of educating the young of the human family to later become useful mem- bers of society. it is not only an efficient method of instruction, but it has its singular advantages that “cannot be duplicated in home train- ing, however good and conscientious it may be. Even as certain kinds of rough iron castings are turned over and over upon themselves and against each other to take off the rough edges and give them their first pol— ishing. so children are thrown to- gether in the great American public school systems as much to learn of human behavior from each other as to learn of the mysteries of Siam and Ceylon and tables of dry and wet measures. And in the past tWenty years other influences—fortunately conceived for the best of purposes—have been working to take up the spare time of boys and girls outside of school hours. Persons interested in the welfare of the American family are wonder- ing if the organization system has not been carried too far when it is applied to children who do not need its affects. In many homes scarce an evening is left when all the members of the family gather together to enjoy each other's company. This, that, and the other claim the attention of the different ages in the family circle. The movies inevitably draw their Quota, mother’s parties and father’s club or lodge ask a certain number of evenings a week, and then there are the children’s meetings. Is it not asking too much for the youngsters to have to be drawn into the cogs of organization before they are old enough to know what it is all about? What has become of the family hearth? This question is ' heard on all sides, and while the log- ical answer seems to be that. it is re- placed by the heating equipment in the cellar, one cannot blink the fact fithat other agencies besides the furn- iace salesmen have been working to make home a placevto eat and sleep nstead of a place in which to really vs. ' . ‘ The big thing to aim for is a unity “pf "thought and purpose in the home, garitb each member of the family in- terested in the others' problems, each ; it .91 '“C h spmething- tighten carp to 'worltI the punkiii and i o . I at meal time. \ part in this service. one requesting them. . family—plan our gathering around this event of the day, and give the dinner second place. ‘ Adams letters: ‘ A Departmen ' V Ediutl by MRS. ANNIE TAILOR EAR FOLlfflz—In this great land of plenty I wonder if we are ever careless about returning thanks. Many of our old customs have grown into disuse, but this is one which we must cling to,- if we would earnestly serve a Heavenly Father. _ . Let us give not only thanks to film on Thanksgiving Day but let’s make each day of the year a day of thanksgiving, for it is truly a beautiful custom to return thanks as the fantily is gathered together It is a fine thing to teach the younger members of the family to take I will send little verses for this purposes to any- Firso—last—and always Thahksglving is a religious holiday. not complete without the church service so let us all—«every M. B; F. Mn. Annie Taylor. are The Business Farmer. It. clement. lllohlnn. It is m, . on which will contribute to the wel- fare of the group as a whole. As a counter-movement, it is now suggested that Thanksgiving Day this year may be an occasion for a .home celebration, as it was before football- games and amusement places took the family away. A definite pro- gram for such a home celebration is suggested by the college of agricul- ture for the boys and girls who are organized into farm and home achievement clubs. The idea is worth considering. RELINING THE OLD COAT HE winter coat which is quite good except for the lining may be successfully relined at home by using the old lining as a pattern. Remove the old lining, press it. and use it as the pattern. If the back of the old lining is not seamed in the center back, cut the old material in half and lay one half of it on the folded new material to get the pat— tern for the back. Allow about an inch along the fold to be laid into a pleat in the center back. This pleat is pressed and caught only at the neck of the coat when the lining is stitched into place. A little extra is also allowed at the front and back lower edges and when these edges are turned under, the lining is al- lowed to bag slightly to prevent it from drawing the outer material. FOLDING IRONING BOARD HE folding ironing board can be fastened up against the wall and' is out of the way when not in use. It should be made of well- seasoned 1 or 1174-inch material. A board of convenient size can be made by the following dimensions: 4 feet 8 inches long, 15 inches wide at the attached end, and 8 inches at the free end. About 2 feet from the at- tached end the board begins to taper gradually. The free end is rounded. A strip 1% by 15 inches is secure- ly fastened by screws to the wall at a convenient height. The height at which the board is placed varies with the height of the user. For a wo- man of average height it should be 31 or 32 inches. The board is hing- ' of the wall. 7 ed to the wall with two No. 3 butt hinges. I The leg or brace, made of material 1 inch thick and 4 inches wide, is fastened with a No. 3 butt hinge to a board strip 1 by 4 by 8 inches. The .board strip is screwed to the under- side of the board 11 inches from the . free end. The length of the brace de-" pends upon .the height of the board, and when the board is in position the brace rests against the baseboard Skirts may be easily ironed without changing the position of the brace. A piece of galvanized iron may be tacked to the board, on which the hot iron may rest when not being used. The board is folded 'up against the wall and may be held in place by using the upperpart of the rack for holding the portable ironing board. x .4 Personal Column Have You This Hymn‘r—I am wondQ- ing if any of the readers of The Business Farmer have in their possession a hymn . entitled “Under His Wings". It is an old favorite of mine and I would like to send for a copy of a book containing it— Can anyone help me?—G. H., Rockford. Michigan. Answering Bequest of Mrs. J. 8.—I noticed Mrs. J. S‘s. of Twining, Michigan, request about canning tomatoes. I have canned tomatoes for three seasons now and will tell of my experience. The first year, like Mrs. J. S. all my tomatoes soured. The next year I canned them the Same way, open kettle method with a spoonful of salt in each quart and after they were cold I wrapped each can in a newspaper. Not a can soured that year. Last year my aunt told me to put in a little salicylic acid in each can and they would keep fine. I did and all the toma- toes kept sweet, but we thought there was a funny taste to them due to put- ting salicylic acid in them so I think that if Mrs. J. S. cans her tomatoes as hot’ as possible and then after they are- cool, wrap them in paper they will keep fine. I think it is the darkness that helps keep them. I sometimes have trouble with my to- mato catsup souring, but I have noticed that the catsup I make using brown sugar instead of granulated, keeps per- fect where as the catsup made with white sugar is the ones that sour for me, and yet some have fine luck with their catsup that has white sugar in it. rhat'little kiddie would not enjoy W one of these dolls for Christ- mas? A soft, pretty one that can be cuddled down in bed with no fear of breaking. We have a rabbit and a puppy for the boys and a real baby doll or a kitty for the girls. These dolls come beautifully tinted in natural colors on white suiting and also stamped on colored suiting in” blue, gold, tangerine and rose. The outline, buttonhole and darning stitch are very simple and the only ones required in embroid- ering these dolls. They are then ready to be stuffed with cotton. , Each doll is sixteen inches in length, and when finished is both pretty and serviceable. A gift which any little kiddie will enjoy for the, price tag has no meaning for our. little folks. ’ . ‘ - The price is thirty cents each, post- 'paid. ‘Be sure to .give the number andcoior of dell desired when order- ing. Address ‘ Pattern, gensrtment, Dolls For Christmas Presents » rhesus: get bitter and sour. theta '5 toes.‘ Following is the only way I can . mine and always have good, luck: Select. tomatoes slightly under ripe and free from decay. Peel them and cut out all green and hard spate. .Place them in a. preserving kettle, salt them as for table use. and boil until they are thoroughly cooked. Fill sterilized jars to oVerflow- ing with boiling tomatoes, add a pinch. of salt and a teaspooan, of sugar to top, of each jar, and seal the jar at once. —-Mrs.~A. D., Huron County. 'Beeipe Wanted.—Please"try to get me the recipe for sulphured apples. They are sliced and smoked with sulphur some way, and can be kept in an open crock in their own liquor and will keep white. Would appreciate it so much, if I.‘ could get this recipe, as I have seen this a good ,many years ago, but not known iust'how it was done—Mrs. F., Muskegon. Mich. —+if you are well bred! In the Restaurant Dining-Romm—Whm a man and a woman enter a restaurant or hotel dining-room the woman should follow immediately after the waiter, who leads the way to a table; any formal arm-in-arm progress is, of course. out of_ the question. Before the waiter starts out to show the places the man may express preference. usually arrived at by consultation with the woman. The waiter draws out the chairs (the woman‘s first). and when they are seated he presents the menu. The manalways sits on the wo— man’s right in a restaurant or cafe. small table for two he allows her, if pos- sible, to take the seat which gives the best view of the room. The Runner’s Bible Thou, shalt love thy neighbor as thy- self.—Matt. 19:19. (God) hath made of one blood “1 na- tions of mom—Acts 17:28. f )2 For the Movie Fan The Campus Flirt.—-If you want plenty of laughs when you go to the movies here is one that you shOuld see. Bebe Daniels is the star and the part she takes is the kind that she always plays with the greatest of success. She is the ‘daughter of wealthy parents, and after studying abroad and developing “into unbearable snob. her father insists that: she finish her education at an American college. Of course, her “high hat” metha ods at college fail to get. her anywhere.- except into trouble, until finally she swallows her pride and becomes a real. red-blooded girl, doing all she can for her college. The climax comes when she develops into a champion sprinter and wins the deciding race against a rival college. Recipes I Swee-t' Pickles.—Mrs. D., Alamo, Mich. wishes recipe for sweetplckles. The fol- lowing will be a guide: 4 quarts cucum- bers. 1 quart vinegar, 2 cups water. 2 cups sugar or more, 1 tablespoon of mus- tard or seed. 2 teaspoonfuls tumeric. Wash cucumbers, put in salt water (cup to a gallon) over night. Drain, pack. in quart jars. Put vinegar on in kettle, add sugar. etc., or leave all but sugar out if you like. Let come to a boil, fill jars and seal._ Another for larger cu- cumbers, medium size, slice 2 quarts of cucumbers, 2 onions in separate dishes, using the above amounts or to taste. When vinegar is hot put cucumbers and onions in and let come to a boil and seal being careful not to break as they should be cut thin. Ever Ready or Quick Pickles.—Stili another to the the busy farm wife. Take 1 or 2 gallon crock; for a two-gallon crock take one gallon vinegar. one cup mus-. tard, one cup salt, two cups sugar. Have crock clean and well scalded. Put liquid in and stir well. Wash cucumbers and add each day any size not only those that are very large. Keep cloth on top with plate turned over. Keep pickle under vinegar always. They arsenals: thing like dill, but are better, always ready. Easy to put away. Set on cellar floor or in a cool place. , Jolly.—To make jelly this time of year, (take peek of red apples. quarter taking core out. wash having all clean, put in. steam kettle two quarts of water and cook until well done. Put in jelly bag fand let drip over night. Inthe morning cook one quart half ,ripe grapes in, pint of _water. mashing. as. they cook. juice and add: to, apple Juleeand measure. Put on to‘b'oil. .;When it. startsgto boil ' add sugar. K'cup to eve . of ma. ,.Boi-i slowly nv'o mmuteamgien !try it; it . chm, e the colored! - I V ’,it thickens fin spoon lt- is none. ,would like" to ’ ' ' Ni Writ-ugh ,a slums-hr , " w, a. w - - ,- Ath. E ! a'ifabrichas been scorched. Wet the stained port-ion and expose Repeat several times. 38hr pounds of unshelled peas all! 113801)“?! I n: shoe .« " spoils [it to the sun. 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Our story writers have been beg- ging for a contest that would appeal particularly to them so we will give them a chance to do their best. This will be a story writing contest open to all and stories may be true or otherwise, but they must be original with the writers. No fair copying them from some you have read or heard. Also I suggest that you do not make them longer than 500 words; however, if necessary to just as careful consideration as the short ones. The closing date will be November 20th. Are there to be any prizes, I hear someone ask. You just bet there is. First prize will be a handsome school bag, which will be unusually handy this winter whenever you carry any of your books to or from school be- cause it will keep them nice and dry and will be am easy way to carry them. Second prize will be a nice leatherette school bag if the winner is a girl, and a dandy jackknife if a boy wins. Third prize will be a good book, while fourth and fifth awards will be—well, just wait and see. to send in their stories will each re- ceive a button, if they have not al- ready received one. Be sure to ad- vise if you have one, and give your age and complete name and address. The subject of your story is en- tirely up to you but as this is nearly the holiday season something about Thanksgiving, Christmas or New Years would be very good it seems to me, and “Do Your Best—UNCLE NED. . Our Boys and Girls Dear Uncle Nedz—I have been read— ing the Children’s Hour page ever since May and enjoy it very much. I just adore the motto and colors. I think blue and gold go so good together. Well. I guess I had better describe my- self as the other cousins do. I am five feet, two inches tall. weigh one hundred and twenty-one pounds, have dark brown hair, blue eyes and will be sixteen years old the 14th of April. I wonder if I have a twin. Do you think I am too old to write to the children’s page? . I went to Traverse City in August and picked cherries. I wonder if any of the cousins,were there. . Well. I will ring off. hoping Mr. W. B. is asleep or away on business when my letter arrives. I wish some of the boys and girls would write to me. I will answer any letters that come my way. I am your want-to-be nieces—Evelyn Heillg, Curtisville, Michigan. P. S..——Unclc Ned, if I see my letter in print I will send in a story and hope to get a button. ——I am printing your letter. so now do not forget your promise, Evelyn. Dear Uncle Nedz—Well here I am again trying to win an M. B. F. button. I am going to tell the cousins just a little story and you can listen in, Uncle Ned, if you wish. Helen and Max Walker were twins about twelve years old and lived on a large farm. They were second oldest of a. family of six. They had a. large car and were a happy lot. One day their father decided to take the day off, so they lo ded up and went to the lake which win a distance of about twenty—five miles. They had a, very enjoyable day and start- ed for home about six. But, alas, when they were still a. distance from the main road they had a blow-out and. of course, that meant a while on the road. Ted the oldest boy and Mr. Walker worked at the tire which was in very bad shape. while Mrs. Walker amused the younger ones. But Helen and Max grew restless and began to look around. Then Helen spied a spot where some one had had a. fire and going closer she‘found part of a . magazine and what kind do you suppose Of course, you will say an M. You are has masses”. and right "Children's it was. B. F. batons her eyes was tho the car was fixed Ind the next morning both wrote to Uncle ‘Nsd'; [and of course, ‘ M.- a? ,fljWfif.’ifiX4~f§é"-‘ ‘ g . ' I I . Motto: no YOUR Colors: BLUE ANDGOLD. make them longer they will receive" And the first ten story, writers- Bour”. She and la: road it all before. .v‘d uquix .3 easy F“. the outcome ‘was that they are wearing buttons and are our own cousins. Well, I am sure Mr. Waste Paper Bas- ket lhas this so I will sign off. an’t- some of the members of the M. B. F. write to me. please? Your niece and.. oousin.—Edith Johnston, R2, Filion, Mich, -—Quite a story, indeed. Write again. Dear Uncle Nedz—I wrote to .you ones - ‘ before but did not see my letter in print. I am going to tell you about when I ‘_ went to the Croswell Fair last year. My ' ’ I went on the merry—go: round once before dinner and two times ‘ father took us. right after. ~ I watched our school teacher go on the whip but I thought if I did it Would whip all the brains I had out. I wan" going to go on the fan-is whoa! but didnl. « I am ten ' I will describe yosif now. years old. about four feet, eight inches '- tall and I weigh seventy-live pounds. I have blue eyes, dark hair and a dork complexion. _ Well,hoptngtoboonsofyourmerry circle, and also that Mr. Wants Basht has gone on a. visit, I must alone now.-’-—- Emma Robbins. RS. Box 83, Cromwell. Michigan. -—It is great fun to attend fairs. isn’t I? I always enjoy them. Dear Uncle Nedz—I thought I would like to join your merry circle. I have been reading the Children's Hour for about one year. I would like to have one of your pins so I will write a verse. I will describe myself. I am about five feet tall, weigh one hundred and eighteen pounds. have light bobbed hair. blue eyes, medium complexion. the eighth grade and am fifteen years old in June, 1927. Have I a. twin? I have four sisters and one brother. My sisters' names are Hazel. Helen. Violet and Marion. My brothers' i Ira. We live on a 70-acro farm. Three acres of it is set out to peach trees and seven acres to apple trees. We have two horses and sixty chickens. We have a dog named Carlo. two pet kittens. I hope to see my poem and letter in print—Your niece. Ruby VanHouten. R2, Hopkins. Michigan. “Animatlmorlcka” The squirrel is fond of climbing tress, He scrambles up with graceful case, If you and I were half as spry, We’d not so often skin our knees. Dear Uncle Nedz—I didn’t see my that letter in print but will write again and thank you for my button. I appreciate it very much. I will tell you about a school reunion we had at our school house the not of August. We had a teacher there that taught in 1867-1877. She gave us a little talk. Then there was a later teacher that taught in 1923. 'Thero is some dif- ference in the requirements of a teachnr now than there was then. We then had a. picnic and sold ice cream, and also had a. short program. The men and boys played ball and horseshoe while the older and younger women talked about the ,schooi and other things. We have a new school house which was built in 1910 or 1920 which is named the Kellystono or Cobblestone. The latter was the name of the old school house. I will close so as to give room for the other cousins. Your niece—Norma San- ford, R3. Tekonsha, Michigan. Dear Uncle Nedz—I have been reading “Our Page” 'for about two years and would like to join your circle as I have never written before. We have ten pigs, four cows, two horses and a pet dog and cat. The dog’s name is Penny and the cat’s name in Fristy. They like to play. I am flvo feet three inches tall, have light hair, bobbed and blue eyes. I am in the eighth grade at school. I have one sister called Orphla and two brothers named Robert and Ray. We are all going to school this year. Your want-to-be-niece.-—Freda Bates, Rl, Bannister, Michigan. A Game to Play CIRCLE'BALL ORM a circle of the players with one _of them standing inside. Theplayers throw a light medi- cine ball or basket—ball from one to another, and the one in the center tries to intercept the ball or make one of the players drop it. If a player muffs the ball, he becomes "it," or if the player in the center blocks the throw or catches the ball, 't‘liitenperson who threw it becomes Evhlclire with almost any kind" of a 3- . throwing and, catching. This game can be played any-.. and" develops judgment-win I lamin,‘ to“. iQO . vent. , -. _ " ‘. ~32 . . fl . \ . D DELTA - (Nil—Plenty rains. for this time 013w. , We had rainrevery day or night. Beans cornmencing to spoil. Heavy frost, October 23rd. Potatoes mOStly dug. some, com' being hushed. Cattle} 'in good shape. cam; selling good. Not much farm. pro- dine beingsold. Farmers getting ready for winter. Road”: in good shape. Ground covered with snow for the first time this talk—«Frank Kaderabek, 16—26-261. Midland.—Weather hard on beans and lots. at them out rotting on ground. Some not pulled yet. Potatoes dug but not first'class; seem to be not fully matured. Very little plowing done, too much rain and me snow. Quotations at Midland: Hay, $16.00 ton: corn, 75c. bu.; oats, 36c bu.;.rye, 75c bu.; wheat. $1.21 bu.; beans, $4.50, cwt. ;,,_eggs, 490 doz.; butter,.4sc lb. —B., V. CL, 10:25-26. ~ Kent. Apple and potato harvest almost completed. Several auctions. Cows sold $50 to $60 at sale. last week. Horses went from $2.00 to $75.00. Pure bred Perch- erons six year old mare $160, five month mue- colt $80.00. Two imported mares $1.40. Hogs, yearlings ready for new corn crop to finish them off $81.00 each. Spring pigs, $14.50. Corn crop looks well but some report vrey hard to harden it in shock. Ground hasn't frozen yet but'jiorne ice reported. Oats sold at auction, '51c bu. Hay, $9.50 ton. Bean cropi'a failure hora—Sylvia Wellcome. 1045;26. Alpenn,~Potatoes all dug and some loaded out. “leather not very good for potatoes. Fall plowing late and slow. A little. mow but not enough to hurt. Quotations at Sprait: Ilay, $16.00 ton; oats, 40c bu.; rye, 70c bu.; wheat, $1.20 bu.; beans, $4.00 cwt.; potat'oes, $1.85 bu.; eggs, 300 doz.; butter, 40c lb.——R. 11., 10—21—26. Min (NWJ—Cold rainy Weather with some snow mixed in. Cloudy all the. time. Buckwheat and beans too damrr to get in. Silos not all filled yet. Fall wheat looking good. Very little good corn. Potato digging is rush now; sev— eral done. Lots of rotten potatoes in the clay, otherwise are pretty good. Smaller acreage than usual. Quotations at Gladwin: Potatoes, $1.00 cwt.; butter- fat, 42c 1b.; eggs, 35c doz.—-L. C. Y., 10- 20~2£ , Mason.——Almost continuous rain last week has delayed potato digging. Many kidney beans in field; farmers stacking them around poles to dry. Many pota- toes still in field; some rotting on heavy soils. VMany apples going to waste. Cider apples bringing 28c per cwt. (low testing for '1'. B. will begin in section around Freesoil about November lst. Corn all out. Not much mature corn. Quotations at Scottville: Wheat, $1.17 bu.;. broilers. 230, 1b.; oats, 500 bu.; rye, 78c bu.; beans, $4.00 cwt.; potatoes, $1.67 cwt.; butter, 46c lb.; eggs, 37c doz.—G. Pearl harr, 10—22—26, Shiawussvc (NW).—~Ttain every day. Not oneathird of beans pulled yet. Those threshed pick 10 to 30 lbs. Standing beans dead loss excopt for hog feed. Some have turned sheep into fields not pulled. Corn not fit to h‘usk. Docs not . cure out, what little that 'got ripc. Not half of the llll(‘llli(\ti acreage of wheat sown. 'l‘oo wet to do much of anything. Quotations at, Elsie: 'Whvnl, $1.24 bu.; oats, 360 bu.; beans, $1.35 cwt.; potatoes, $1.00 cwt.; butler, 46c lb.; eggs, 42c doz. —G. L. l’., 10—22~L’.6. Oakland—thin!inued wet weather hold- ing up all farm work. Bean harvesting has been a tedious job but most. farmers claim beans not badly damaged. Buck— wheat in shock. Apples big crop and qua.th extra good, .Potnloes good crop. Quite a lot yet in ground. illelp scarce and wages high. Quotations at .llolly: Hay, $15.00 ton; earn, 700 bu.; oats, 40c bu.; rye, 800 bu.; wheat. $1.25 bu.; beans, $4.30 cwt.; potatoes, $2.25 cwt.; eggs, 42c doz.; butter, 45c lb.—John DeCou, 10- 24~26. Lenawee (W).—Crops about all gath- ered but corn and potatocs. Corn not best quality, lots of. soft corn. Potatoes fair but lots of small ones. Some plow- ing being done. Some husking by hand being done. Shredders will start shortly if weather permits. First snow the 25th. Ground froze hard. Quotations at Cad- mus: Wheat, $1.35 bu.; potatoes. $2.75 cwt.; eggs, 500 doz.; butter, 470 lb.— 0. 3., 10-27—26. Calhoun—"Have had so much rain the farmers are behind with all work. Early corn very good. Late corn poor. Many are not cutting it. Quotations at Mar- shall: Hay, $12.00 ton; com, 900 bu.; oats, 38c bu.; rye, 83c bu.; wheat, $1.28 bu.; beans, $4.00 c-wt.; potatoes. $1.25 cwt.; eggs, 500 doz.; butter, 450 11).— M. M. Patterson, 10-27—26. Clinton-Eaton—Ioniar—JBeans in at last, but lotsof clover} seed to .hull. Some still cutting corn or digging potataea- ‘ Wheat looks so does apples. although may get hurt by good freeze. ,Auctlon sales with us once .m. Beef hatchet done well. Some ground too wet- to plOw. . I ' ~ V v _ Few auction sales-J. 1-1.. 10-27~26.r Much work to do and rains so often ground doesn’t get any chance to dry. Quotations at Lansing: Wheat, $1.23 bu.; com, 800 bu.; oats, 35c bu.; beans, $4.50 cwt.; 'potatoes, $1.50 cwt.; butter, 47c 1b.; eggs, 35c doz.—B. B. D., 10-26—26. St. Joseph—Farmers starting to crib corn. Late potatoes being harvested. Some report large yields while others re- port small yields. Recent cold spell froze some' potatoes. Fall crops look exception— ally well. Fall pig crop small due to small litters. mostly. Continuous rainy weather hinders farmers considerable with fall work—A. J. Y., 10—28-26. Saginaw (SE).—Rainy weather still continues. Ground really too wet for plowing. Potatoes all dug, not half crop. larly sown wheat looking good. No bean threshing done yet. No husking done, stalks too wet. Quotations at Birch Run: Hay, $13.00 ton; corn, 75c bu.; oats, 40c bu.; rye, 790‘ bu.; wheat, $1.25 bu.; beans, $3.90 cwt.; potatoes, $1.25 bu.; ‘eggs, 410 doz.; butter, 480 lb.———~E. C. M., 10-28-26. ’ Wexford.-—-Having warm rainy weather. Farmers finishing potato digging. Country roads in poor condition on account of much ‘rain. Wexford county has been reached in the state campaign against diphtheria. Quotations at Cadillac: Hay, $15.00 ton; corn, $1.00 bu.; oats, 460 bu.; rye, 78c bu.; wheat, $1.15 bu.; beans. $4.50 cwt.; potatoes, $2.15 cwt.; eggs, 360 doz.; butterfat, 44c lb.~—E. H. D., 10-28-20. Monroe. Potato crop generally good though somewhat damaged by wet weather. Not all dug yet. Most crops Very good. Silo filling has been difficult as fields were too wet to use machinery. Crop was good. Quotations at Monroe: Hay, $15.00 ton; corn, $1.00 bu.; oats, 38c bu.; rye, 7'50 bu.; wheat, $1.31 bu.; beans, $4.50 cwt.; potatoes, $1.60 bu.; eggs, 45c doz.; butter, 45c lb.———Mrs. F. 11., 10—28-26. , llillsdale (NW).——Few nice days past two weeks and farmers making most of them. Had quite snow flurry Monday so hope we will have good November. Fall work pretty well taken care of, with corn husking DOW the order. Corn making good yield. llave had big crop of nuts this year, making children happy. Large number of farm auctionsr—C. H., 10-28426. (Damn—Corn Cutting over with some started to husk. Most corn not ready to crib. Hard freeze would help ripen corn and also loosen husks. Lambs be— ginning to be shipped and price fair. Pastures getting short. and some herds looking thin. A little grain now helps a lot. Quotations at Marcellus: Hay, $18.00 ton; corn, 800 bu.; oats, 350 bu.; wheat, $1.18 bu.; potatoes, $1.25 bu.; eggs, 350 don—W. N. 11., 10-28-26. ’l‘uscola (VV).——Wheatl~ sowing all fin- ished with smaller acreage on account of wet weather. Quite a lot of beans still in field. Some started to thresh but on account of being put in barn too Wet were obliged to quit. No one can remem- ber when so much corn was still uncut at this time of year. Auction sales be- ginning to be held. Quota‘tions at Vassar: Wheat, $1.24 bu.; corn, 67c bu.; oats, 400 bu.; rye, 79c bu.; beans, $4.90 cwt.; po- tatoes, $1.50 bu.; butter, 50c 1b.; eggs, 40c doz.~—J. T., 10-28-26. Saginaw (WS).——Farmer way behind with work. Beans not all pulled, some have threshed, going from five to seventy bushels to the acre. Most all pick heavy. Some will pick fifty percent. Some hauled In wet and are heating in mows. Pota- toes dug went about 150 bushels to acre. No corn husked yet. Too wet and green. Bad for seed next year. Quotations at Hemlock: Hay, $12.00 ton; corn 700 bu.; oats, 40c bu.; rye, 80c bu.; wheat. but; beans, 4$34.90 cwt.: potatoes. . cw .; eggs, c (102. ' lh.—-F. 1)., 10-25.“. ' bmter’ 46° Minnow—«Tuesday ground covered withsnow. Last potatoes being dug and hauledzsyieldlntg fkrom 150 to 300 bu. per acre. ome , uc wheat still ' ' ' w I. . . in- field- I “Three years ago We had an old wooden smoke.wa We hung up about 400' pounds ofpork to be smoked with green mapleMbutovernight thcwood got welldry and the fat dripping on the fire destroyed our amok:- houce and the meat. Thanks to the man who invented Old Hickory Smoked Salt, we no longer need to risk harm in; up our meat. The meat we cured with Old Hickory look: fine; its brown color gives I person an appetite to look at it: the meat did not: shrink any and has a better taste that smoke—house meat. — Walter Laks, Ho!- 7; land, N. Y. e many pounds in flavory meat juices and by the drippings of fat, in the smoke-house even though you may not set fire to the You save all this smoke-house shrink- age together with the labor and fire risk and you get better meat by us— ing Old Hickory Smoked Salt to cure genuine hickory wood smoke put on it by the Edwards process. Just pure and wood smoke, nothing added. It 18 so wholesome, so flavory that many prefer it to white salt for table use and for cooking. At your dealers in air-tight, trade. and smoke your meat at: the same gnawed, ten Pound drums. Write fan time. Old Hickory is pure salt with ’39 sample and 13001!- THE SMOKED SALT COMPANY, INC., Cincinnati, Ohio . gs .3 EDWARDS PROCESS PATENTS PEN DING The C‘moked Salt Co., Inc" 447-467 Culvert: St., Cincinnati. Ohio Gentlemen: Please send me free sample of Old Hickory Smoked Salt and ' and coking. booklet No. 467 B of suggestions for better methods of curing c Name City R. F. D. No State My Dealer’s N am: is P. 0 WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISER—‘PLEASE MENTION THE MICHIGAN BUSINESS FARMER ‘ '0 WW REG us. 'A'K OFF AND CANADA I OKED SALT J amesway rinkng Cups Pay For Themselves IN 90 DAY i'kté‘bfih’l' 87% of Milk is Water Unless a cow has from 15 to 20 gallons of water a day, she can- not give her maximum supply of ' milk. When winter comes, cows that have to go outside and stand in the cold biting winds for wat- cr will not drink enough and milk production will fall off. J amesway Drinking Cups enable your cows to drink all the pure, fresh water they want when they want it—day or night. Don’t go through this winter without J amesway Drinking Cups—they’ll more than pay for them- selvcs‘in 90 days. Put them in your barn and Pay for Them Out of Extra Profits Tents recently made on. 28 herds proved that Jamcsww Drinking Cups increased the profits more than $29 a year on each cow. Every 90 days you put off ordering Jamesway Drinking Cups you are paying f0: thcmm loot profit: and not getting them. Write for Free Catalog Get the facts about Jamcsway Drinking Cups—why they are the best cups made—how they pay for them. selyca. Our catalog tells the whole story. .Aleo describes the c Juncsway line of _ . eat, Stalls, Stanchione. Litter Comets, Vanni“; Sync-o. etc. Write today to office nearest you. ~ JAMES mo 00., my. 1510' “mm III-In.ng er in; Avian. . 7 laifi 561393 out n. 2 Pens 0’ Pigs DR.’ ROPP, an Ohio veterinarian, wanted to find out which was better—Dr. Hess Improved Stock Tonic or f‘capsules"— for getting rid of worms and making hogs thrive. ‘ ' He took a bunch of wormy, scrubby shoats and ' divided them into two pens, equal in weight. Pen No. l were given the popular capsule treatment. \ Pen No. 2 were given Dr. Hess Improved Stock Tonic. ' t ' Pigs weighed every week lat week—Capsule pen had gained 29 lbs. Tonic pen had gained 146 lbs. 6th mek—-Capsule pen had gained 37' lbs. Tonic pen had gained 668 lbs. Both pens were given the same care and all the feed they would eat. At the end of the six weeks the Capsule pen had consumed $30.96 worth of feed including $3.00 for Capsules. The Tonic pen had consumed $36.06 worth of feed including $2.l0 for Stock Tonic. The Capsule pen had gained 37l pounds at a cost of 8 l/3c a pound. The Tonic pen had gained 668 pounds at a cost of 5 l/3c a pound. Both pens of pigs were sold at llc a pound. The gain for the Capsule pigs was $40.8l. The gain for the Tonic pigs was $73.48——the difference in favor 'oi Dr. Hess Improved Stock Tonic was $32.67. Now, Mr. Hog Raiser—if you have a bunch of worrriy or unthrifty shoats, it will pay you to put them i on Dr. Hess Stock ,Tonic today. Get 25 pounds for every 20 shpats. Feed the worming dose for the first l0 days, then the thriving dose. Our guarantee covers the results unconditionally.- ‘Prices: 25 lbs. $3.00; 100 lbs. $10.00; 500 lbs. at 935:; t 1000 lbs. at 9c. Ton lots at 855:: a pound. Except In the Far West and Canada Dr. Hess & Clark, lnc., Ashland, Ohio Dr. Hess Stock Tonic . Improved ldvertisemsnts inserted under this heading Re repuunu breeders of Live Steel at special vow flies to encourage the growing ef ore-cred: en the farms of our readers. Our advertising rste b ‘I’Ilrty Cents (800) per caste ine per Insertion. Fourteen seats lines to the column Inch u “.20 per Inch, less 20/. ior sash Ii sent with order or paid on or before the 10th e0 "nth iolloellno date of insertion. SEND IN YOUR AD AND WE WILL PUT IT "I TYPE fall. so you can see how many lines it will nu. Address all letters. IRIEDERB DIREcTONY. MIOHMAN Business FARMER. MT. CLEMENS. MIOH. commons GUER NSEYS FARMER'S PRICES FOR BULL CALVES SIRED by most popiilnr blond lines $50.00 each. Write for circular. WOODLAND FARMS. Monroe. Mich. PUBLIC SALE — GUERNSEYS nil ctln dates we will witheutl ml’oilzlmfhemdst‘s oicl any live stock sale In. Michigan. it you are considerin s Isle ail-- vise us at once and we will slam the date ier ou. Address Live stock Editor, M. I. F" " elm.“ TUESDAY. uovemssn as, 1923 New. 23,—Guernseys—Jones & Alldredzc. 10 register“ cow, and heifers. 3 buns. 5 mac Campolis. Michigan. l cows. Information on request. —J JONES ‘ ALLDREDOE, Osssopolis, Michigan. For Sale—No Guernse Bulls, Serviceabls A e. Grendsons of Brookmea 3 Stars and Stripes . o. 49”? good individuals F. L. Irish. Owesso. Mich. Michigan Pure-Bred Livestock Auctioneer Write or wire for terms and dates. 0. P. PHILLIPS. Bellevue, Michigan. Prim- ri lit for Iu'i-li sale. fl: ARTH R GAL OWAY. R2. averse. Mlchlflil; . SHORTHORNS Shorthorn'Buils. Milking Strain. Shropshire Lamb and yearling rams. For particulars and photo, write Joe Moriarty, Hudson. Michigan. took of all kinds (or sale. Farmers prices. FOR SALE—SMALL HERD SCOTCH SHORT. tio 1 Winners. horn cows and heifers. Also good son of 1 egg?) laganfisiug' c I. mohmm Rodney. GLEN vasrons. R1. Clare. won.” Hereford Steers all SWINE» ‘ em around 1100 ha. co Wt. around 1000 lbs. "9 7"" "u"? °""'" “"7" own"- : . we have them. Write us your wants. ’ w ro 125 lbs. lth. around 825 lbs. 13w: train: 550 lbs. so wc. around 500 lbs. 5- ‘- c K. B'““‘"‘“°'- ""3th- quality. dark red!- debomed- "1.1. "mud ron BALE—DUROO PIGS or JULV mo Gifford 3m"- 03“ “9‘”- n'“ b“! An furrow at $10.00 each. flows or Boats. are email! market mime" “he” “Di-hed- P ' so with each. Wisconsin Land and Lum- seil our choice of one car load from any I”, on Hormlmvm._ "Ionian. .hncb. n also show you Shorthorn steers. mun” °' 2 "" °“" F0“ SALE—s FEW audio college JERSEY boars also ll: br snd open. name 0. xu‘rv. mulls. Michigan. ‘ EEREFORDS. OLDEST HERD "I THE U. 8. I. ll. IALDWIN. Eldon. Wspelle 00.. ions. -i. ".3: 'i i». REGISTERED GUERNSEY BULLS. YEAR OLD. ' mouruoosmsushnmam" 5 MORE THAN HEAVY‘ONES _‘ IGHT hogs have-v sold for more a hundredweight \than vheavy hogs = on the Chicago market during 46 of the, 60 months in the past five years, according to figures. This is something for pork, producers” to keep in mind when they are trying to decide whether to market their hogs at weights of about 200 pounds or carry them along untilthey weigh around 350mpeunds. -A scarcity of hogs and plentiful corn are condi- tions that justify feeding to heavy weights. A hog market which does not promise to decline too much also is an important factor. Most of these favorable conditions have been op- , crating this year. It has been hard, sometimes impossible, to get feeder hogs to replace fat ones as they leave the feed lot, and furthermore, corn prices have not encouraged the sale of this grain as a cash crop. Heavy hogs take more feed for 9. pounds of gainin live weight than do light ones. This must be taken into consideration in determining, wheth- er to market hogs light or heavy. Average figures indicate that und- er favorable conditions-a total of approximately 663_ pounds of feed are needed to bring a pig from birth to a live weight of 200 pounds. Of this, about ‘ 60 pounds should be tankage or its equivalent. _/ To carry a ZOO-pound hog on to 350 pounds will require on the av- erage 627 pounds more feed, of which 45 pounds should be tankage. The average price of light hogs from February 1 to May 30, this year was $13.15 a hundred, while heavy hogs sold on the average for $12.24 a hundred during the same period. A 200-pound hog at the higher price therefore would sell for $26.30]. If 15 per cent of 'this is allowed for expenses other than feed, there would be $22.35 left for feed. Calculating tankage at $65 a ton, the 60 pounds eaten by ‘a. 200- pound hog would cost $1.95. There would therefore be $20.40 left to pay for the 603 pounds of corn. A '200—pound hog therefore would pay 3.38 cents a pound for corn, or $1.89 a bushel. . On a similar basis, a 350-pound hog would pay $1.56 for the corn he ate. The corn that was fed him after he reached a weight of 200 pounds would be paid for at the rate of $1.20 a bushel or much more than the current market price. This calculation shows that if 200- pound hogs could not have been re- placed in the feed lot it would have been poor policy this year to sell them at the higher price of 200 pounds and then market the corn direct.——W. C. COST OF FEEDING What would be the estimated cost of feeding and taking care of four— teen head of hogs with an average of 200 pounds each, one hundred chickens and three head of horses from December 27, 1925 to February ‘6, 1926, a total. of 43 days? I feed them my own corn at 60c per bushel and ha yat $15 per ton. I fed them 'only to keep them invgoovd condition as they were in good condition when I got them, and the chickens I feiL corn.——E. L., Dowagiac, Mich. HOG weighing 200 pounds would eat approximately 3% per cent of his live weight in grain daily. In other words every one of -these pigs would consume seven pounds of corn daily or 287 pounds‘ during the 41 days you fed them. This would give a. total of 71% bushels of corn consumed by the hogs. A chicken requires about .four V '* L9,; titer-911m. Gossamer buihels of corn. In othergw‘orgg‘ft‘he hogs and chickens “Would con'sjumo.’ about.:90\,bus'hels of shelled some: which at 60c per bushel wouldqbepf'z ‘ $54.01.). ‘ , It should not be necessary to feed I: * idle horses any appreciable quantity“?- of grain during the winter. Twenty . pounds of good hay per headdaily'i should keep these horses'in goodi ‘shape. This would figure out 2,460». ’pounds of hay at $15.00 per, ton I would come to $18.45 or a total feed —cost for keeping these animals of $72.45.“ It is quite possible that you may have fed these horses some grain with the idea of having them in good condition for a sale. If such were the case, the cost of. this grain could be added to the above.‘ The figures on the amount of food are based upon shelled corn—Geo. A. Brown, Professor of Animal Hus; bandry, M. S. C. ‘ ‘ N0 BUTTER IN CREAM Would like to know if there is more 'butter than butter-fat in a gallon of cream, and if so how much? —-E. C. D., Chief, Mich. HERE is no butter whatever in a gallon cream. There is but- terfat however in cream. But- terfat is what its name indicates: the fatty. portion of milk. Butter is a mixture of butterfat, salt, curd and water. It is the .product of churning, salting, and working but- terfat. A gallon of cream weighs approx— imately 8.5 pounds. If this weight is multiplied by the test of the cream the product is the pounds of butter— fat in that gallon of cream. If the Cream is churned on the farm, about 11 to 16 percent more Of butter than there was butterfat present is ob— tained—P. S. Lucas. Associate Pro- fessor of Dairy Manufactures, Mich- igan State College. DIP T0 CONTROL HORSE MANGE IPPING in lime—sulphur or in nicotine solution ' will cure hurses affected with mange,'one of the most injurious skin" diseases affecting these animals. lice will not be killed at one dippiing. Destroy the "hits" or eggs which survive, by a second dipping as soon as the hatching is completed and’ before the young lice become mature and begih depositing eggs. Emilicjlzmet Bring {our everyday problems In and set the exper once of other farmers. Questions ad- dressed to iglshdepartmerlt are published her! ~ arrwere y ou. our readers who a graduates of the, chool of Hard ilnoclis all: who have their diplomas from the Coll e of Experience. you don't want our sdtor‘s advice or an expe't's advice. but lust plain, nerv ‘av husincss iarmsrs‘ advice. send in your question here. if you can answer the other is'low's quest'm, please do so, he may sni- wor one of yours some day: Address Exper- lance Pool. care The Business Farmer. Mt. clement. Mich. ‘l CURING FISTULA EAR' Editorz—Whlie reading the, M. B. F‘. I saw the letter of C. D. S. in regard to his mare.hav- lng fistula; I would like for him to: try my remedy as i had a horse that had fistula. I doctored him for some time without any good results at all. My father-in-law wanted me to try turpentine. with turpentine anl injected it in as far as I could get the syringe. ‘Only had to use once. That \was nine years ago this spring and it healed right up. Have worked him ever since, and see no signs of It coming back—Chas. O. Hartup, Branch County. i .. y no 0‘15“ "Der'i'day' or 25., pounds’orlka-if V' All of the, I filled a syringo' i" “mm” Advertising in the BREEDERS’ DI- se .isii'ssi" ' r. in s. or" II line Y RY so“ trti‘e'dbi ? emfi I ' ‘ i ' ' " poi-t. Have you ' t om mama” BUSINESS ,_ . gen"; oriwzil. . “nth Mount dietitians. , CAN YOU BEAT THIS? EAR EDITOR:-—Some time ago you published an account of a calf which weighed 126 lbs. at three days of age, and stated that possibly this was a record weight. _ On January 13,1926, 1 had a cow drop a calf which three days later. and Just before feeding time, weighed 118 lbs. ,‘11 he had been allowed to nurserbefore weighing, I am sure he would have been heavier than your oorrespondont’s Calf," as a calf of’this size would ignite considerable than IBIbs. of V This in" IV“. a “WW-*MQIQMNEWW; woes . _ '«v~—-Av"v--~ r.-.- STU'FFY barns, no exercise, no pasture, heavy feeding! No we - deryourcows don’tfillt emilkpail -—-iust when added quarts would mean most. Their vitality oes down be— cause of the sudden s ' t from summer to winter feeding conditions. - They need help. Kow-Kare gives it —:-simply, . naturally, surely. Kow- Kare is a concentrated tonic that acts ' on the digestion and assimi- lation. It prevents feed loss by turn- “15 more of the ration into quarts of , Row-Kare really costs nothing to use. Its slight cost more than comes back in ad ed milk. A single can of Kow—Kare will ration a cow one to two montlm—just follow simple di- rections on the can. Its disease-pre- vention saves hundreds of dollars yearly in an average dairy. FREE BOOK on Cow Diseases Our valuable book, “The Home Cow Doctor" tells all about the disorders that sap dairy profits. Tells also the Kart Kow—Kare plays in bringing ack to vigorous health cows afflicted with Barrenness, Retained Afterbirth, Abortion, Bunches, Scour-s, Lost Ap- tite, etc. Send for a copy of the £301: today. , Feed dolls n stores, ruggisia have Kow—Ktzeg—i :35 and 36c sizes a: 1:3..- ens-Ea wrest yourdealerienoteupplied. WW Dairy Asso. Co.. Inc., Lyndonville, Vt. . Melon JIM-Ken, Be: Balm. Grout Goad Ready. Aussies. ens Tonic. etc. KO rm fimozfs Condth yleh Cows ., ‘ BURSAL ENLARGEMENTS Absorbine reduces thickened, swollen tissues, curbs, filled ten- dons, soreness from bruises or strains. Stops spavin lameness. Does not blister, remove hair or lay up horse. $2.50 at druggists, or postpaid. Valuable horse book l-S free. Write for it today. Bead this: "Horse had large Iwelli ust below knee. New zone: has not it: appeared. Horse goodas ever.I-lsve used Absorbineforyearnwithgreetsuccess." ABSORBINE TRADE MAerRic usvnor Tune in on WGHP .every night at W. F..YOUNG.IM:. 3i, .1: L. mm 1 7:05 P. “M. except Sun-3 ""“fiifi‘i’mmsm” anti-r“. ~ Edited by DR. GEO. H. CQNN lsdl answered tree m eld- '70: resolve a personal _ MILK STRINGY I have a cow that her milk after standing from night until morning is slimy and stringy. Can you tell me why it is that way? She seems to be healthy and feeds mostly on mash—A. J. H., Delton, Michigan. / ONDITIONS of this kind are not C often any fault of the animals unless she has been in milk for a long time; if this is the cause the cow should be dried up. Occasion- ally some cows have an infection of the udder and the milk will be ab- normal. Would suggest getting seine chlorinated lime and disinfecting the milk pails and the utensils that are used with the milk. Put a teaspoom ful in quart of warm water and wash this cow's udder before you milk her; for disinfecting the pails and other utensils you may use a table- enconful to each couple of gallons of warm water. Try a change in the feed of this animal and see if that makes any difference in the milk. Can you think of anything you are feeding or that she can get in the marsh that might affect the milk? You are acquainted with the nature of the vegetation growing in your community and can no doubt learn whether anyone else using such feed is having similar trouble with their cattle. CAUSED BY IRRITATION I have some pigs and have had two of a bunch of six that their bowels protruded and am wondering What is the cause and what to do. They were about four months old and had fed soft corn and separated milk—C. E. G., Durand, Michigan. HIS condition is caused by too much irritation in the intestinal tract and is the result of im— p oper feeding; too much oats or too much milk if properly balanced with other feeds such as middlings, bran and the like will cause it; treat the piles each day with carbolated vase- line. Then add some of these feeds to the milk and do not feed light chaify oats and you will not have this trouble. FAIIB TO GET WITH CALF‘ I have a cow that has had one calf when she was three years old, and I bred her right back and sup- posed her with calf until it was time for her to calf. Then I bred her again and she went for about three or four months. Then she came around again. I would like to know ’ if there is anything that can be done as she is an extra good cow. She is in perfectly good health as far as I can see—A. C., Alden, Michigan. 0U can do this, I will not guar- antee that it will bring results but it will if anything can do so. Get air slaked lime, steamed bone meal and salt; mix equal parts and give this animal about 6 table- spoonful per day on some grain. Get two ounces of potassium idode and dissolve in a quart of water; give a tablespoonful every other day on the feed. ' O BLOODY MILK I have a 2% year old Guernsey heifer that came fresh last spring and she gives bloody milk at times. Can you tell me what to do to pre- vent it‘I—C. B., Williamsburg, Mich. 0 not force this heifer for heavy milk flow; this is a difficult thing to handle; do not feed much corn or at any time a heavy ration. Better dry her up about 8 or 9 weeks'before she is to freshen and give her a good rest. There is nothing else that you can do. Milk her dry and do not be rough to her in handling her udder when . milking. CAN GER—FREE BOOK SENT 0N . REQUEST Tells cause of cancer and what to do. for. pain, bleeding, odor, etc. Write for , it today. mentioning this. paper. ‘ I Hospital. ' Indianapolis..-;Ind~,~—£Adv.), ' ’ ' :‘t' ‘9‘?“ ’ 5 : FEED . * KEEP no: " TONED UP Insure their Health I Feed and weather conditions have been abnormal. Hog cholera and intes- tinal diseases prevail. Losses are heavy. The experience of practical hog feeders is that proper feeding goes far to prevent sickness. The intestinal tract of the hog fed too heavy and one-sided a ration, especially of new corn, is subject to unknown bacterial attacks reducing vitality and inviting disease. Wisconsin Circular 54, under heading“Prevention and Control of Hog Cholera" says: “Feed a Laxative Diet." - Indiana Circular 44 recommends a light ration before vaccination and no feed at all for twelve hours preceding the operation. After vaccination, a ration that is not heating, such as the following, is urged: a slop of ground oats, middlings, linseed meal and tankagc. Linseed Meal is a mild, soothing laxative—one of the best condition- ers known. It will aid in preventing costly disease. And in addition its high protein content will hasten gains. It has proven worth $85 a ton in combination with certain other feeds at the Wisconsin Ex— pcrimcnt Station. Hog raiscrs, dairymen, cattle men, breeders, marketing specialists —evcrywherc join in praise of Lin- seed Mcal for all classes of farm animals. Just how-why they use it, and the profit it gives, are told in the books shown herewith. Get any one or all of them by writing our Dept. BBJL LINSEED MEAL EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE 1128 Union Trust Building CHICAGO, ILL. PAYS THE FEEDER AS HIGH AS 100% PROFIT O lN 5:; A25 good ones. Address BREEDING EWES FOR SALE. SHROPSHIRE. uau yesrlm . ° i. 3. FOR 8ALE: 1000 DELAINE BREEDING EWES. 500 yearlings and twos sale. OXFORD IJOWN RAMS AND A FEW AGED 20 ewes for sale. rices right. REGISTEEED HAMPSHIRE VEARLING RAMS. . Cla k Hair nc gfilfigg‘g‘tgosTf Mon. West Eranoh. Mlchloan. SHEEP m REGISTERED sunorsmn: can soousn, n4, Evhrt, Mlchlgan. PURE Inns 5’ IRED MAMMOTH BRONZE TURKEYS, Toms $8 hens $6. Ma ‘ '. . ARI. KALEV. ha. Elmore. Mlehlgan. ire grades and cross breeds. A1 extra 50 to car lot. F RNISS, Nashville. Michigan. beautiful colors, cons rooste health Mrs. {'1- f8. Rose Comb Brown Leghorn Roosters, and combs. $2.50 apiece. 5 months old 82.00 apiece. stock, not mixed. ank Mlmkln, R1, Roscommon, Nllohljan. An- All . Price right for quick FRANK DODGE, Peorla. Ohio. ENOS EAOOOK. Bath. Mlohlgan. WHITE LEGHORN EGGS BIG DISCOUNT M— if ordered now for Spring shipment. 0 to 293 egg males. Egg bred 26 non 16 egg contests. Shipped C. 0 special price bulletin, free. hens. cockerels at low riccs. George B. Fen-ls. 942 Sired by ears. Win- . . Catalog, Thousands of pallets, nlon, Grand Raplds, Mich. OOAI CHEMICAL 00., Barnes. Kansas H O R S E S F 0 R S A L E FlSTlILA-HOBSE °.::,".::.;.:“.;:t. .152” \; Address Indianapolis Cancer V Registered Black Top Delaine Yearling Rams ‘at reason-gs prices. This flock won thz premieg' nner t the State Fair. Write » ' , age. omega- eou, NW”. ans-um. HAVE YOU POUI/I‘RX i .3 FOR SALE? AN AD IN M. 8.113." ’ l p . din am! Telephone Calls I. THE annual rain fall in the United States would weigh over three and one-half trillions of tons. This vast weight is drawn up to the clouds by the unseen but effective power of the sun; repre- senting energy equiva— lent to three hundred billion horse-power. The annual telephone conversations total over twenty-five billion a year. As silently as sunlight, electricity, mastered by the human mind, carries the voices of the nation. There must be the man- power of 300,000 individ- uals to build, maintain and operate the telephone system. There must be the money-power of over seven hundred million dollars a year to pay for operating the plant, in ad- dition to three billion dol- lars invested in the plant. The rain sustains life; the telephone furnishes swift communiCation for the nation, and they are alike in requiring a vast amount of unseen energy. 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' r « No one can venture an" Opinion as to the final value 01 these parasites _ in helping keep the borers in check, but some encouragement is gotten from the fact that some of the larger parasites which were liberated in Ohio last year were able to establish themselves and some of the same species were recovered from this Here. is the villian of our story, Mr. European Corn Borer, enlarged to about twice his natural size. section this year. If they are able to adapt.themselves to this climate they may become numerous enough to be a real ally to our corn growers. An idea of the immense amount of work involved in this parasite pro- duction may be gotten from the fact that the Monroe station this year is putting out about 40,000 of the smaller parasites and 20,000 of the larger species of parasites, each rais— ed individually and the manner described above. Corn Varieties and Planting Dates Fifty varieties of corn are repre- sented in the test plots to determine Whether some one or more of them may prove immune to the. borer at- tack. This test group Of 50 varieties includes dents and flints, as well as different varieties of sweet corn and‘ pop corn. Whether or not a borer resistant variety or strain will be discovered still remains to ‘be\seen. Results to date indicate, however, that the borers are partial to the The, moths which start all of the trouble. Male at right and female at left, slightly smaller than actual size. flint and sweet varieties. Several more years of experimentation will be necessary to solve the variety question. ' Believing that the date of planting may have a very important bearing on borer control, the Monroe station is carrying On an elaborate system of tests to get information regarding this. Four successive plantings were made, beginning May 1, with the last planting on June 9. Three plots of each of these different varieties were planted on each of the four planting dates. If this work is carried on for several years it should give some very definite conclusions. as to whether, or not, borer infestation may be controlled to any extent by the time of planting. ,wgrxasvzw/WV / Shorhwo‘od ‘ Escalate, owned r " hr mm Grand Champion Guernsey bull st "ON? - 09mm « i ’ “by hand” in, 51". Amaroclierxorcarnation* n I. w often). .fiopewen Initiation;- v '9 ,, as! ‘ v!‘43“1f3t9dfit'th5'beg. , n; . . . .z‘ogr‘ti‘oie‘, mementos su station? con-.- , ;vdeu¢;t;ed Mummy then-1.8... mént ot- Agriculture and t“ meme sen State College. The entomolo- gist in'charge of the' station" ls'l‘Dr. Phillip, Luginbill of the Bureau; of Entomology, U. S. D. A. He is a . nativeof Ohio and for about .14 years was stationed» in the South where he assisted the farmers .02 that section in waging war against _' the insect enemies of their crops. Dr. Luginbill 'was in the carolinas when the cotton boll weevil “first in-- It is his opinion , vaded that region. that the corn borer threatens to be- come as devasting a pest for the .corn grower as the cotton boll “weevil is to‘ the cotton farmer of the South. Dr. Luginbill has an able corps of assistants, at times during the sum- mer 8 men being employed in connec- tion with the station. . While the entomological Work is in charge or Dr. Luginbill, all Of the experimental work with corn is und- er the directionpi? A. R. Marslin of «we» Exorisics Rohorator, a natural enemy of the corn borer. It stings the borer para- lyzing it and they lays eggs on it. These hatch out and the young feed on the post. the Farm Crops department of the Michigan State College. In addition to the variety testsand the date of planting try—outs the Farm Crops workers are also doing some corn breeding work in the plots‘at'the station. The farmer who is interested Will find it very much worthwhile to visit the Monroe substation. There he will gain a considerable amount of This little fly spends its life killing borers. [t is known as Habrobracon Brevicornis. interesting information. He will al- so find Dr. Luginbill and his helpers ready to extend every courtesy and be of assistance in every way possi- ble. a; state Falr our ‘. no , In»: M w!— r—awrr— i- VIOLET 4", @113. ~ ‘ ~ neuritis eupytotetlotsof eggs all winter. Just build “ ' E thde CLOTH seretchshedontoyour hen houseto 1" M smut the vitalising ultra-violet rays of the sun. Plsin {131m stepsthem. These rays bring smszing winter egg ,4 .5 yields. The-shed is cheep and easy to make. Gives twice ‘ ' Allows hens to scratch and work up vitality. l l ‘ High egg prices repsyits cost many times. Try it. .— ‘6» t ligh \ l 3; Ideal for poultry houses, hot beds, burns, repairs, etc. - ' ’ Make Your Home - Winter-‘1‘ 1: Simply tuck GLASS 0 our screens to make fine storm , . dggrs and: wBindows. Admritts glam; ' -. ‘ ’ . . tin comfo . u ' 3‘ out cold. Saves fuel end doctor bills. 135:] for enclosing ., 3 TE over porches and else i porches. Like sddm new rooms smell cost. Violztnrgsys use heslthy for bugl'nsns, too. Patented-«Accept no mucous dunble GLASS CLOTH is made only by Turner ': S BM. underexclusive ' our process. 0 other the same wee ,_ Ave tr shrle specially ‘ ' end weatherproof. Ori . 4 years success. You wil know it by its than sulthsswonwide o 3?}: all ‘1 ex- . United Stetes and E tents. N 0 other concern can copy rresis for- id imitations. Real GLASS CLOTH is Jim sated tomakeit transparent w perm to make-hens g s'ndéor good resuim with y chicks end with hot plan ssh TRIAL D Bled'en. Nobr. Wellington. Olllo TURNER BROS. Send $6.00 for-big roll 45 ft. long end 86 in. wide, pcstpaid. ll] figtscrgtch shed 921‘si ftgt and en us , on o n n It better than glass or any substituagretiirii itsnd ' we will fefund ourmone . Common instructions “Feed- ngtor ggs,”wr such order. Cetnlo illusu-s. uses on reqnes (Msny dealers sell Gloss 0th,) Dept. 414 ! :IMAK : l ' 0W you can soul] by building a G .ASS ESHENSLAY ' ngARSIC '. SUN é! \ \VVL. PAR LORS ' $.33. \fll] Passes "~')‘ “I Violet W h Rays make hens lsy all winter FABRIC scratch, shed n to your poultry house and transmitting e violet rays of the sun at full strength. LASS FABR C praised and endorsed b colleges and poultrymen ever where. Cheap an easy 'to Gives u 1 use. Keep: hens sa e——Keeps cold out—heat m. 1'! winter months when prices are itself many times over. GLAS twice the scratching space. allowing hens receive egg-producing ntsmmes high. 8 FABRIC makes during eye for ideal covering for storm doors or porches and is essin tacked over screen. S P E Cl A L iimnfndi if} 019.. "3% a big roll S de. um- ~ TEST OFFER! i€°li.“teif'§iy§.“ '“' "“ M if not more than pleased. return it and we will refund {gut ' money. ._,.VlO-RAY co. CATALOG ON REQUEST. Write 104 Interstate Bulldlng KANSAS CITY. MO. ROSS Broader House A 0yllndrlcnl Bulldlng .No corners for crowding or sufl'ocn tinn of chicks' 16 ' ‘ £10 arder street - ,_ fishers l e for s 4% foot breeder—- \ny size. 500 chicks to i' r "I ' vnnized. Vermin an rat Diameter 12 feet. Ross ounce a sum cou‘upsm Spr’ngneldLOhlo. hearty-ribbed glass lights, 14x..0" each. Ample ares '0.000—-—-nmke of canner- «umtent ROSSMETAIé gal- roof. fheight 6% leek—Combination ventilator and stove "e. . . Special Concession (or Orders va.-—.-Write Today. 4! the famous ROSSMETA sllea.‘ cutters. corner-lbs. eto. ~ Starts, Hens Laying Here’s s New Way to Get Eggs in Winter. Coats Nothing to Try A letter from\Miss Dams. Wright, "'Veronia, Ore., has a. real idea for chicken ralsers who are nor. getting plenty of eggs. She says: ~"llama; in October. our fifteen hens were not laying at all. I started giving them Don Sung, and for ten days they still didn't lay. But on the eleventh day they laid thirteen eggs. and it is wonderful what Don Sung has done for our egg basket." Don Sun . the Chinese egg laying tab- , lets which gill . the eyes of chicken raisersall over Amer— ica. The tablets can be obtained from the Burrell-gDugger CO., 254 Allen St.. Indian- apolis; Ind. Poultry ralsers whose hens arenot, la . ng Well should send 50 cents for atria package (or $1 for the extra -- ,lggge’size, holding three times as much).- ‘ . n ‘ the work or money prompll‘y refunded. so ~ Sung is positively guaranteed to do " it costs nothing to try. Right‘how is the l :.time to start givmg Don Sung to your ' s hens. so you will have a. good- ~£ZDON~SUN§ .5!" ".1", ' Chime. f0! 5991-9". ' “immersing 1 ram. Mu ” is... Witnessing-.7, ss Wright used, are opening ' _ supply ofi'resh eggs all winter.._ o'clock ,. ’40' Illfit, '* __ remissionswmjrmid I ’SREAnEns; REPORT -—m.ocK_s or HIGH EGG PRODUUI‘lON T is, very interesting to note the pride our readers take in their , poultry and how they keep re- cords on the egg production and icod consumption. ._ . In our August 28th issue we pub- lished a letter and picture from Ern- est Bellville, of Mesick, and since then we have received and published many letters from other subscribers telling of what their flocks were do- ing. One Act the latest ones to reach our office is from F. O. Homel, of Sodus. “I have been reading in your col- umns about high producing hens and as we have just completed a record of tWelve months of our flock of 400 pure bred White Leghorns we sub- mit it for your readers’ considera- tion," writes Mr. Homel. “Chicks were hatched April 7, 1925, and the first egg layed August 23rd,- just after they were settled in a new laying house, 24x48 feet, semi- monitor type, open front. From August 23rd they rapidly came into production and we started our your record October 1, 1925,. and ended it September 30, 1926. a total of 82,339 eggs or‘6,8611/2 dozens. During the year the flock averaged 3981/3 hens. “These eggs sold for a total of $2,869.90, and the feed cost $1,170.25, leaving $1,699.65. “This was no guess work. we kept books in our work and can prove every item." Another one of our subscribers who has a good flock of producers is Mrs. Martha Glennie, of Lowell, and she believes that in her flock of S4 hens she has some that will lay 300 eggs in a year, but she has not trap- nested any so has no ofliciai records to substantiate her belief. Giving their record over an eight months period she writes: “From January 1, 1925 to September 1, 1926. they layed as follows: Janu- ary. 816 eggs; February, 1,044; March, 1,812; April, 2,046; May, 2,058; June, 1,908; July, 1,794; ugust, 1,650. This is a total of 3,128 eggs. or an average of 150 eggs per hen, or‘slightly better." Let's hear from others with flocks of high egg production hens. \VORMS IN POULTRY My chickens have worms about 1 176 inches long, white and very thin. I feed dry mash, equal parts of the following grain: Wheat, bran, oats, corn, meat scraps, some charcoal and salt. I also feed whole corn, wheat and oats. What could I do for the worms?-—-—Mrs. J. B., St. Clair 00. OR worms in poultry: Oil of chenopodium, 1 ounce; form. 1 ounce; oil of anise, 34, ounce; castor oil to make I pint. This mash for 100 birds. Birds should be tested for 18 hours before giving it. Then keep them penned up and have passed the worms—Dr. G. H. Conn. - , NEW LAMP BURNS Mum Beats: Electric or (is; A new oil lump that gives an smhzingiy. brilliant, soft, white light, even better than gas or electricity. has been tested by the U. S, Government and 35.1eedlng univer- sitiessnd found to;be superior to 10 or. ulnary oil lamps. It burns without odor, smoke or noise——no pumping up; is-slmple. clean. sate. ‘Burns 94% air and 8% com- mon kerosene (coelioll). ‘ The inventor. ‘AJR. Johnson. 609 W. .uush, Chicago, 111., is uttering to send them our 16 guys" tl‘iAl. or even . " "“ l-n‘ .rthe'flrst user‘ln . . will help him introduce by such iUU‘eul ‘0 “During October they layed 2,511 marketable eggs; November, 6,307 eggs; December, 8,6 8 8; January, 7,837; February, 7,153; March, 8,569; April, 8.833; May, 8,725; June, 7,742; July, 7,369; August, 5,124; September, 3,481. This made - chloro- ; La Salle St. Station, Chicago, III. 466 Lexington Ave., New York, N. Y. - —_— That the farmer may share in American prosperity N 0 other region on earth offers farmers such close, large and varied markets {or their products as are to be found along the lines of New York Central. Here indeedis the densest population of the wealth- iest nation in the world. New York Central men recognize the part these facts have played in the development of the agri- cultural prosperity of this region. But New York Central policies have to do with the morrow—not with the past. They provide for ever- improving service that will open to the farmerever- expanding markets, to the end that he may obtain his share of the general growth of American pros- _ wk perity in the years that lie ahead. \ 2‘- .4 Boston & Alba y—Michigan Central—Big Four— Pittsburgh 8: Lake Erie an the New York Central and Subsidiary Lines Agricultural Relations Department Oflices New York Central Station, Rochester, N.Y. Michigan Central Station, Detroit, Mich. 68 East Gay St., Columbus. Ohio ‘ to be mixed with a small amount of . clean up and'disinfect after the birds ' lF YOU HAVE TURKEYS Write DETROIT BEEF CO., 1903 Adelaide St., Detroit. They will send you Free of Charge instructions for dressing and shipping. DEPENDABLE and ECONOD/HCAL Michigan Chick Starter with Buttermilk Michigan Growing Mash with Buttermilk =5: Michigan Laying Mash with W i3 Make Chicks (row and its: lay MICHIGAN FARM BUREAU SUPPLY SERVICE V Tanning. Michinn Illi-ul‘lllllllll’lKATlKIIIXL 4 ‘ men «sow moo Ilse" eumhmn. Fe. 1 SAVE curves mgr"... using Ammo pioooer, grossed remedy 3m Abortion. Wrie free booklet to: Abomo moi-story. Box 98 Iancnster, Wis. Advertising in the BREEDERS' DIRECTORY gets results. 15er I report. Have you tried it?“ MICHIGAN BUsles FARMEB Mount Clemens :: " Michigan mam manner-emu conveyor Future of Hog'Market Looks Bright Wheat Going to Market Readily At Present Prices By W. W. FOOTE, Market Editor. ' URING October there was activ— ity on the farms, and there was no lack of animation in business and manufacturing interests. For “Weeks past the banks have been making large loans, but this is al- ways the case during the fall of the year when the farmers harvest their crops and farm products are marketed extensively. Interest rates have been low, and the Chicago banks are making loans at .5 per‘ cent. country is moving along satisfactor- ily, and in September the balance of trade was $105,000,000 in favor of the United States, our exports being the largest for any month in the last five years. The fast increasing use . of farm machinery in this country is a subject of much comment just . now, and a revolution is taking place ,in the displacement of labor by all «kinds of farm utensils. Keen ob- servers are pointing out that three hundred million dollars annually in— vested by the farmers of this country in farm machinery are bound to cut down materially the number of men working on farms, while there will be no use. for ignorant workers. Two million less farm workers than 20 years ago, with increased farm pro- duction, points the way for startling future new methods. In this con- nection it is worthy of mention to state that the chief of the Bureau of Dairy Industry of the Department of Agriculture says the Minnesota butter production doubled with an increase of but 15 per cent in the number of dairy cows. This is due mainly to better breeding and feed- ing. Reports from Evansville, Wis— consin are that the wool market has become lively, with recent sales of what is said to be the largest ship— ment ever made from Wisconsin, consisting of 235,000 pounds. The average price in that vicinity this season is 35 cents per pound. Wheat Brings Fair Prices Speculation in wheat on the grain and produce exchanges of the United States is responsible for much of the fluctuations in prices with frequent considerable declines following sharp advances but the speculative trad- ers on the Chicago Board of Trade admit that back of all the gossip there is much in the market that is likely to put each grain on a good price basis. For the present exports of Wheat and flour to importing . ecuntries are checked by the high rates charged by ocean vessels but ultimately the surplus wheat in the ’ United States and Canada, will be needed to make up for the foreign . shortage. Late prices have been within a few cents of those paid a year ago, with December wheat sell— ing around $1.43 and May delivery around $1.48. A short time ago May wheat sold at the highest price of the season. Meanwhile, many farmers regard ruling prices as worth accepting, and are selling their new crop of wheat on the ad- vances. ’ihe visible supply in this country decreased in a recent week over 2,000,000 bushels, yet it stood at 71,389,000 bushels, comparing with 46,034,000 bushels a year earl- ier. It should be added that the re— . serves of old wheat in the United States and Europe are nearly ex— hausted, and Australia has sold its surplus, while little for export. Poor Grading of Com Increasing reports of poor grad- ing are coming from many leading districts, and it is becoming more and more evident all the time that in addition to the short crop in the corn belt, farmers are going to have a, great deal of damp corn that will be useless except for feeding on the farms. The impression among trad- ers is strong that husking returns will prove decidedly disappointing, and that ultimately perfectly sound ' fairly high ’ market price. r-io't'her hand, many farmers are known site-lbs carrying rather large quanti- et old corn, and for some time The foreign trade of the have been pretty good” sellers. especially after advances in prices on the Chicago Board of Trade. Of late corn has sold above prices of a. year ago, but two years ago corn for December delivery sold up to $1.09. Most of the time price fluctuations in corn and oats have been very nar- row, oats seling a trifle higher than a year ago, with No. 2 white oats selling at a fair premium over Dec- ember. Rye sells unusually high ow- ,ing to the short crop. Marketing Cattle Freely / Most of the stock feeders market their cattle freely, and almost every week the Monday marketris seriously overstocked with all kinds except the ing‘ "amounted W to 9,456,000 cattle, comparing with 9,116,000 a» year ago. ' h - Good Outlook for Hogs Reliable reports from the hog raising states are agreed that there 8 a’ serious shortage in farmers’ holdings and this is corroborated by the great falling off in the numbers shipped to western packing points, the years aggregate supplies running, away under other years. During re- cent weeks the hogs offered in the Chicago stock yards have been run— ning much more to lighter weights, and former conditions are at last re- versed, with the best light bacon hogs selling at marked reductions from prices paid for the best weighty butcher hogs. Prices continue far higher than in most years, and three years ago the best swine sold below $8 per 100 pounds. In at least one feature there is a decided change for M. B. F. MARKET REPORTS BY RADIO VERY evening, except Saturday and Sunday, at 7:05 o’clock, eastern standard time, The Michigan Business Farmer broadcasts market information and news of interest to farmers through raido station WGHP of Detroit. This station operates of 270 meters. on a wave” length best yearlings, the result being fre- quent declines in prices for the gen— eral run of the ofierings. For sev- eral weeks buyers have favored the choicer baby steers and heifers, and they have sold at a liberal premium, much outselling the best class of long fed heavy steers. Last week’s Chi- cago cattle receipts were unusually large, and the market suffered de- clines of 50 cents to. $1 per 100 pounds, with the bulk of the 'beef steers going at $11.40 to $11.50 and the best heavy steers at $10 to $10.75, while top yearlings sold early at $12.40 and later at $12. Well finished cattle were plentiful, as were short-fed lots and grassy cattle. Sales were made all the way down to $7.25 for common light steers, while the choicer class of heifers sold for $9.50 to $11.50 and fair heifers at $5.75 and upward. Loking back a year, it is recalled that beef steers were sold at $6.50 to $16, while two years ago they sold at $6.50 to $12.90 and away back in 1907 at $3.10 to $6.70. Liberal supplies of stockers and feeders have forced prices moderately lower, and large sales were made at a range of $5.75 to $8.25, mainly at $6.25 to $7.50, while stock cows and heifers had a good sale at $4.50 to $6. For the year to late date the total receipts in seven western pack- the better. The hog cholera has run its course in most farming districts, and most of the young hogs coming on the market are healthy. The re- cent Chicago receipts averaged 243 pounds, which was the highest since February, comparing with 247 pounds a year ago and a five year average of 238 pounds. It was the first time in over a year that the re- ceipts averaged in weight less than a year earlier. Weighty sows have been largely marketed, and colder weather has checked the ravages of sickness in droves of hogs. Conse- quently, stockmen are less disposed to market their hogs prematurely. For the year to late date the com- bined receipts in seven western pack- ing points were only 18,184,000 hogs, comparing with 20,866,000 a year ago, 24,827,000 two years ago and 25,488,000 three years ago. Re- cently hogs have sold on the Chicago market at $10 to $13.50, comparing with $8.85 to $11.80 a year ago and $6.50 to $10.10 two years ago.. Re— cent receipts have increased, causing breaks in prices. WHEAT The market for wheat held fairly steady last week up to the closing day when heavy selling caused prices to break. Trade is quite evenly divided on the ftutre of wheat, part THE BUSINESS F ARMER’S MARKET SUMMARY and Comparison with Markets Two Weeks Ago and One Year Ago lieu-on Nov. 1 ( ‘incugo Nov. 1 lieu-on 1 yr. ago lieu MI Oct. 19 WHEAT—- No. 2 Red No. 2 White No. 2 Mixed CORN—- No. 2 Yellow No. 3 Yellow OATS—(New) No. 2 White No. 3 White RYE-m Cash No. 2 ' BEAN S— C. H. P. th. 5.25@5.30 - POTATOES— (New)Per th HAY-— No. 1 Tim. No. 2 Tim. No. 1 Clover Light Mixed =:’ 3.16@8.34 19 20.50 10 17.50 16@17.50 18@19.50 Potatoes Weak. Livestock o I . . $1.43‘}; 75%@76 2.20@2.ae 22©2s $1.36 1 .37 1.35 $1.72 1.73 1.72 .86 .84 .89 .88 .44 .42 .49 .47 .97 ‘ .85 5.00 4.95 @ 5.00 4.00 @ 4.35 2.66 @ 3.00 19 @2050 16 @ 17.50 16 @1750 18@ 19.50 23.50-@24 21 @23 1s@ 19 23@ 23.50 ’ . : Monday. November 'lr-«Wheat and corn easy. Little change in cats or rye. of them feeling surefof higher and .the others just as certain that they will decline. Reports, indicate ‘ that wet weather cut the acreage planted in Michigan this fall edits severelY. ,, ‘; Corn sold at new l0w levels-eta? close of last week, due mostlbe’": heavy receipts. Elevator interests are expressing concern over the 'fs'j‘ct: that all available storage'space‘iis rapidly being taken“ up‘and there will be no place for the new» crop when it starts to move. This makes.rbuy- ers anxious to liquidate their-stocks- whenever possible, which keeps the market in a shaky condition... OATS A ._ There is little change in the..-,oat market and a steady -tone...pt.evails. although there seems to -_ be. more,_of a desire to sell than buy at present. Rye declined some last week in sympathy with other grains. It is one of two grains to show a loss’ when comparing prices with those quoted in our last issue. .Corn is the other. ~ - - BEANS . - The bean market is a hard nut to crack. Reliable rep‘orts come in that wet weather has reduced the crop in many of our best bean growing sec- tions to not over 50 per cent of. normal, with the central part. of the state being the only possible section that will have anywhere near a nor- mal production, and yet prices seem to be working downward. The fail— ure of the crop in the Thumb dist- rict has caused several banks in Tus- cola county and one in Bay county to close their doors. Some farmers got their beans tip in good shape but they were rare. Most beans went into the mow or stack damp and now they are finding it imposs- ible to thresh them. Some report beans picking as high as 50 per cent. Looks like- good beans ought to be worth something before another crop. " I l n POTATOES Our crop correspondents report that potatoes are not turning out as well as expected. Prices at Detroit were somewhat easier at the'close of last week however. DETROIT LIVE POULTRY Chickens were easy Saturday‘wlth a large carry—over but prices failed to change. General opinion is that unless receipts decline there is bound to be a de- cline in prices in immediate future. Other lines of poultry are steady with turkeys scarce. Quo’tations are: Springs: Fancy Rocks, 240; colors, 23c; mediums and Whites, 220; Leghorns, 21c; blacks, 1763.180. Stags, 18@19c. Hens, 5 lbs up, 25c; 4 lbs up, 230 Leghorns and small, 17c. Ducks; White, 4 lbs up, 24@25c; smaller or dark, 21@22c. .Geese, 20c. Turkeys: Young. 7% lbs up, 36@38c; old toms, 250. DETROIT BUTTER AND EGGS Butter steady, unchanged, with best creamery in tubs, 40@43c lb. Eggs steady, fresh, 4260450 doz. mixed LIVE STOCK MARKETS CHICAGO—Jiogs: Steady; top, $13.50; bulk, $11.85@l3.25; heavy weight, $12.25: @1350; medium weight, $13@13.50; light weight, $12.50@13.25; light lights, $11.50@13; packing sows, $10@11.85; pigs, $11.40(a>12.75. Cattle: Steady. Calves: Steady; bch st.ce1's,vg00d and choice, $107011; common and ‘medium, $7@9.50; yearlings, $76012; butcher cat— tle, heifers, $56011 ; cows, $4.50@8; bulls, steers, $66v8.75; stocker steers, $5.75@ 8.50; stocker cows and heifers, $4@6; western range cattle, beef steers, $7@ 9.25; cows and heifers, $4@8.25. Sheep‘ and lambs: Steady; medium and choice: lambs, $13@14; culls and common, $9@ 11; yearlings, $9.50@11.50; common and choice ewes, $4@7; feeder lambs, $13@ 14.40. EAST BUFFALO—Cattle: M a r k e t slow, steady; prime steers, $11@12.25; .3 shipping steers, $8@10.50; butch‘ér grades $7.50@10; heifers,,$5@8; cows, $2@6.25; bulls, $4@6; feeders. $5@8; milk cows and stringers, $35@110; yearlings, $11@ 12.25. Calves: lower; cull to'choice,‘$4“ @1450. Sheep and lambs: Market slow, steady; choice lambs, $14@14.25; cull to fair. '$9@13.50; yearling, $8011: sheep, $33608. Hogs: Market active. 10625:: higher; workers. 3132501335; pita. . $12.50@12;75 i m i 2 ed , 313.3561835 .' heaW."¥18'75@13_w. ,, u {Lain/ls ,.: l on web.“- "-°"“:~""‘--l»*~~9 ,“_._?L.—: m;;”:I-fr'l _ , ._ "Week of November 7 H3 early part of this week in _. ' 'Michigan will. be stormy and. temperatures generally below the seasonal normal. The sky will be cloudy with threatening to rainy weather- and. probable snow in sec- tions. Winds will also be high at this. time. . ' While there may be some clearing 'weather about Tuesday with temper— atures getting a little warmer there "will soon be more light shewers or snow hurries. These will come about middle of week. Beginning about Friday the tem- perature will start a more or less rapid decline so that by the end 'of the week readings will again fall be- low the normal and the sky will be generally clear. - Week of November 14 Fair, and generally nice fall weather is expected in most parts of Michigan at-the very beginning of this week. Temperatures will rapid— ly moderate from last part of pre- vious week. As a result of this change there will be some severe storms of wind and rain about Monday and Tuesday. Storminess will continue off and on during the middle part of the week with some sleet or snow locally about Thursday or Friday. For the state as a whole we do not believe the precipitation will be ’heavy during middle days of this week. 0001 weather will end the week, Crop Forecast Correct Again we have accurately forecast crop conditions in Michigan, written and published before seed was in the ground. In numerous letters to M. B. F. readers and in this column we specifically mentioned corn and pota- toes providing the early frost we also predicted would not touch them. Just as the. corn was making a good showing in the statean un— usually early frost caught it with less than half matured. This same frost found three million more spuds than last year in good condition. 1843.12.75; Fair, to good sheep, $6@6.50; . ville; Thi ean cker in YOUR Neighborhood Will pay for itself as quickly as on have to pay for it! Handles AMAGED BEANS in any con- dition, polishes and makes as mar- ketable as if harvested under ideal H conditions. Over 600 users in Michigan. Costs $300, but is worth ten times that amount to any com- munity. Get three or more of your M neighbors together and buy on our Service Certificate Plan. Write us to-day if you are interested. This plan will turn your Bean loss into a profit! - Michigbean Growers Exchange East rm a Aim-h Street‘- a. ,A “Detroit, 'Mlehlgiu’l; _ ' t...r it t. Russet Rurals. steers v and ,, butchers, $663.30; light butchers, $4.50@ 6.25: best "cove. ’$5@6; butcher cows. 34.266450; . common cows, 33.2564: cannerscanners, 82.756816: choice light bulls, $G@6.50-;' heavy bulls, $5@6.50; stock bulls, $6@6.‘25: feeders, $8@7; stockers, $5.50@6.50; milkers and spring- ers, $55©90. - Veal Calves—Receipts 539. Market, 31 lower. Best, $14.60: others, $3614. ' Sheep 'and Lambs—Receipts 6.135. Market-25 cents lower. Best - lambs, $13.75; fair lambs. $12@12.25; light to cominon lambs. $8.50@9.75; buck lambs, culls and common, $203.50. Hogs—-—Recei-pts 2,358. Market—Pros- pects. Mixed hogs, $13.26. WOOL » Quotations on fleece wool delivered in Detroit are: Three-eiehths, quarter, half-< blood and delaine. 4‘0; rejections, 310. HAY Markets are generally firm with receipts light. Good timothy hay is Quickly snap- ped up at top prices. The demand for alfalfa is slow with receipts more than enough to care for demand, EXHIBITS FEWER BUT BETTER AT WESTERN POTATO SHOW (Continued from page 3) Lansing in February 1927, will be of exceptional interest , _ The winners at the Greenville show are as follows: Russet Rurals, Claims A lst~——E. W. Lincoln & Son, Green- 2nd—Allen Edgeriy, Howard City: 3rd—Chris. A. Larsen, Gowen. White Rurals. Class A 1st———Oliver Lyst. Greenville; 2nd —-—Hansen Bros., Howard City: 3rd ———L. J. Hansen, Manton. Green Mountains let—John Delongchamp. Cham— pion; 2nd—‘3—Mrs. Rasmus Olsen, Sands; 3rd—E. W. Lincoln & Son, Greenville; 4th—J. C. Wilk, St. Louis. ' Irish Cobblers, Class A lab—«Mrs. Rasmus Olsen, Sands; 2nd—Arthur J. Crockett, Edmore; 3rd—E. W. Lincoln & Son, Green- ville. All Other Varieties, Class A 1st-——Fred Meinke, Greenville, Russet Burbanks; 2nd—Sam Mc- Keown, Morristown, Russet Bur- banks; 3rd—Herbert Brown, Green— ville, Early Triumphs. Flor New Exhibitors 1st———Loren W. Reed, Houghton, Russet Rurals; 2nd—Earle Wright, Manton, White Rurals; 3rd—W. F. Kingsbury, Greenville, White Rurals. County ’ Exhibit Montcalm county 1st; Kent county 2nd, exhibited by K. K. Vining, Grand Rapids. Kent county agricult- ural agent; Gratiot county 3rd, ex- hibited by John C. Wilk. Certified Seed Exhibit 1st-——E. W. Lincoln & Son,-Green- ville, 60 1b. Russet Rurals; 2nd— John Delongchamps, Champion, Green Mountains; 3rd—George H. Harrison, Manton. White Rurals. Standard Grading 1st—R. W. Swartzlofl, Greenville; 2nd—G. Nelson, Greenville; 3rd—— F. J. Fletcher, Greenville. One Potato Entry let—Hansen Bros., Howard City; 2nd—E. W. Lincoln & Son, Green- ville; 3rd—Forest Terry, Greenville; 4th——George H. Harrison, Manton. Baking Potatoes let—E. W. Lincoln & Son, Green— ville, Russet Burbanks; 2nd—C. W. Hunt, Rockford, Russet Burbanks; 3rd—Arthur J. Crockett, Edmore. BOYS AND GIRLS EXHIBITS Russet Rurals let—Leon Moran, Harvard; 2nd -—L. J. Harrison, Manton; 3rd—— Frank Williams, Greenville. ‘ White Rurals let—Frank Williaims, Greenville; 2nd—Neil Lyst, Greenville; 3rd—- Lyman Losey, St. Imuis. . Irish Cobblers let—C. Anspaugh, Manton; 2nd -——Lodge Bednanck, St. Louis; 3rd—— Robert Traxeler, Rockford. H. 8. Ag. Club Exhibit 1st—-—-Greenville High School; and —-—Manton High School; 3rd—Rock- ford High School; 4th———St. Louis High School. ' pstakcs E. W. Lincoln & Son, Greenville— I crosswise ,. _ steers.." “@850; mixed - mixers. $667: handy light ~ PolllIRY INVESTIGATE ' W for ' boo 1." My . a... w.“ ,. . .~ -~ .33 You! To Pay 1 ‘3 702 UNION TRUST BLDG., FAVORABLE TERMS Get Out of the Rut on Your Farm Mortgage No Commissions, No Stock Subscriptions, No ami- Write us for further information KRaina 3min! Quirk faith flank of Erirnit Detroit, Mich. , FARM FIRE INSURANCE Fourth largest farm mutual company in Michigan, established: 10 years. Issues blanket policy. Two classes. Rodded costs average for 10 years $2.30 per $1,000. Present rates $2.94, $3.26 and $3.76, de— pending upon classification as to safety of risk. Only nine assessments in ten years. Assessments collected in advance, 6 or 12 months, optional with member. Borrows no money, pays no interest. Average bank balance $30,000 daily. Losses fairly adjusted and promptly paid. Reference. Insurance Department Lansing; Business Farmer or National Bank of Commerce. Detroit, or any member. Write for our 32 page booklet, the Pioneer News. It's free. PIONEER INSURANCE 00., 2970 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit. Demand for Veal is Good SHIP YOUR DRESSED CALVES and LIVE POULTRY to Detroit Beef Co. 1903 Adelaide SL, Detroit, Mich, Oldest and most reliable commission house in Detroit Tags and quotations and new shippers guide, free on application. STOLEN Our Feed Service ofilce through which We handled the feeding of the National Dairy Exposition at Detrmt, was broken into shorty after the close of the Exposition and a number of Valuable records were stolen. _A suitable reward. has been offered with no questions asked, but it is doubtful whether anything will be recovered. Among the records taken were the names and addresses of a large number of dairymen and herd owners who had, reques they ‘be sent regular xiiotations on Michigan. State _ trons. . ll visitors at the National Dairy Exposition who want quotations on Michigan State Rations should therefore in their names and addresses to us at once. A. K. ZINN & 00. Battle Creek :: Michigan More Egg Money Make $1000. year from 300 hens like others-re doing. Poultry Tribunes owe how: explains brooding, culling. feeding management; monthly, 80-160 Duel. 9 3 "£29.33: 35.1" 1 5c Colored'urt chicken pictures suitable for fruiting FREE every other issue. Send stamp- or coin today at our risk. hullry Trims, Dept. 9 ,Munl Miriam. BUSINESS FARMERS EXCHANGE E g RATE PER WORD—One Issuezgc, Two c. Issues 150, Four Issues No advertisement less than ten words. Groups of figures, initial or sbbrevir tion count as one Word. h in sdrince from all advertisers in as this department, no exceptions and no discounts. Forms close Monday noon proceeding date of issue. Address: MICHIGAN BUSINESS PARISH. Mt. Clemens, Michigan. FARMS LE—leo ACRES IN FRUIT AND fiamu‘lrfmct‘lo Bugfimmil‘htb' Postal}!- . re. ne ,9 0. nine. £2 05'. Dexter. niobium. SOUTH GEORGIA FARMS. k portunities. Truck. . up, fingering. Chamber of 0953. Inter-co.“ homes ,Ga. ,)‘-:..,A, 4.,y.'. y._.._ , hadvery” goodresults from thy. gnu-woo, ovum. “min”- - I can: uri‘soahcwry' for col". Heavies or money back. 813; M can. or by ml]. The Newton M 00. Toledo. Ohio. PET STOCK HUNDRED HUNTING HOUNDB CHEAP. GAME .gptters. Fur finders, money makers. Big money raisin hunting hounds. Hunting Horns, Feeds, Medic nee. collars, etc. Hunters Suppl Catalogue. Kasluskin Kennels. FW69, Herrick. Il. COON. SKUNK AND RABBIT HOUNDS OF ALL breeds and ages. Oliver Dix. Salem. Mich. TRAINED TliREE-F‘OURTHS ENGLISH FOX bound 2 years old. Write for price. Leslie McMalters. 3. Harrisburg. Michiun. POULTRY BARRED ROCK COCKERELS BRED FROM high producing trap nested females. W. C. Cofi'miin, R3, Benton Harbor, Michigan. ' PURE BRED MAMMOTH BRONZE TUBKEYS, Champion strain large. and vigorous. Mrs. B. Sinntts, Bouts 1, East Jordan. Michigan. HELP WANTED $7.00 AN HOUR ACTUALLY EARNED IN spare time selling for the largest direct—bo- wearer shoe firm in the world. 85.00 values at 2 . Write quick for free articulate. The cubic—Wear Shoe 00., Minneapo , Minn. TOBACCO HOMESPUN TOBACCO: CHEWING. FIVE pounds 31.60; _ten $2.50. . Smoking ten $1.50. I'ay~ when received. Satisfaction guaranteed. United Farmers, Iiardwell, Kentucky. HOMESPUN CHEWING AND S M 0 K I N G tobacco; five lbs $1.25; ten $2.00; cigars 50 for $2.00; pi e free, y when received. Farmer. Association. axons Bills. Ky. lIOMESPUN TOBACCO: SMOKING 0R CHEW- ing. 4 lbs. $1.00; 12, $2.25. Send no money. Pay postmaster on arrivaL Pie Free. United Farmers of Kentucky, Paducah. y. W MISCELLAN E0 US MAKE 60 TO 8100 WEEKLY TAKIN .orders or non-generating, life time migrant orl burner; only . We deliver. collect ay you daily. Heat King Oil Burner 00 elisnce Bldg., Kansas City, Mo. EARN 8110 TO 8250 MONTHLY EXPENSES paid as Railway Truffle Inspector. We secure Rosition for you after completion of a 3 month's ome tstuitiy cougar/oer money refunded.I tExaelient 0 or imies. ’n or ee 00 e - 5 Sfind. Business Training Inst. Buffalo. N. Y. 6 CHOICE EXTRACTED HONEY 5 LB. PAIL $1.00. Postpaid. Homer Iluzaard, Fenton, and 240 Michigan. ALL WOOL YARN FOR SALE BY MANUFAC- turer at bar uln. Samples free. II. A. Bart- lett. Harmony. lame. FISTUIA-HQRSES CURED $5. SEND N0 K money until cured. Coan Chemical 00.. Berna. ansas. BARREL LOTS SLIGHTLY DAMAGED CROOK- cry, Hotel Chinaware, Cookingware, Glassware. etc. Shipped direct from Factory to Consumer. Write for rticulars. E. Swasey and Company. Portland. liaine. DOES IT PAY TO ADVERTISE IN THE BUSINESS FARMER? FOR SALE—A FINE BUNCH OF 150 swans ‘ around 650 lbs. All reds. roan: and White aces. Also a number Guernsey helm Write or col, HUOHBTON IND SCOTT. "03110. Ilohlcn. After inserting ad- vertisement 6 times in the Breeders we received the * h following: j "Please discontinue our ad in my paper. ~ : . n.1, rygd‘i» -.-. v- VVhat Have You For l 4 ' \ . mil ‘ . l: this, “. i . . N lnvest Only 5c Per Hen! Hi. willing New / Amazing Discovery for Poultrymen, Gardeners N Fine fo r Enclosing .v‘ -8 Cost of Glass ‘ ADMITS ACTUAL ‘suNLIcI-IT The ONLY PRACTICAL MATERIAL for POULTRY SCRATCH SHEDS, ,BR'OODER‘ HOUSES, HOTB’EDS, COLDFRAMES, STOIRMDOORS, WINDOWS ' .. AND ETTER i OUR CLAIMS and Farmers BACKED BY Makes Them Lay gt: sees. assassifnssks POYChBS ' Unsolicited Proof , Winter iiiutimfpggfieazg't giggiamvfmiéigig; 225i? (Addresses on Request) Cu “Ta 0 e e, u 1'. ar 1 . w Hens lay more in June because they get exercise in the warm sunlight full of energizing Ultra—Violet rays. Build a FLEX-O-GLASS scratch shed quickly and give your hens these same benefits through the cold months. You’ll gather eggs all win- ter while prices are highest. Don’t feed hens for nothing. This scratch shed is easily and cheaply made on 'to your poultryhouse. No matter how cold outside, in it your hens will stay healthy and scratch vigorously in soft sunlight full of egg-produc- ing Ultra-Violet rays that cannot pass through glass. Thousands of enthusiastic users and leading poul- trymen have found FLEX—O-GLASS scratch shed a wonderful investment. 15 yards is enough for 100 hens. FLEX-O-GLASS is Guaran- teed To Be Strongest- and Most Durable Ultra-Violet Ray Filter! Order your supply from us today. Use it 15 days. then not a b s o 1_u t e l y satisfied FLEX-O-GLASS is far stronger and more durable than any other ma— terial, or if it' doesn’t give more warm, healthful light than glass or other mater- ials which claim to do all that FLEX-O— 'GLASS ,does, just send it back and we will cheerfully refund your money With- out question. This guarantee is secured by $1000 deposited in the Pioneer Bank, Chicago. Special Trial Offer We will send you 15 square yards of FLEX-O-GLASS in a roll 35% Inches wide, 45 ft. long, postage paid to your door, for $5.00. This will cover a scratch shed 9x15 feet—size for 100 hens—or use for enclosing screened porches, storm- doors, hotbeds, coldframes, brooder, onl- try and hog house windows, etc. rder your supply today, direct from our fac- tory in Chicago and save middlemen's profits. You take no risk. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. Free Catalog, valuable poultry information and instructions with every order. Tear out coupon and mail with check, money order or currency NOW. Your order will be filled the day received. Send $9.60 for 30 yds. if you wish larger trial roll. FLEX-O-GLASS was invented by him in 1924 (after much research and experi- menting). to admit the Ultra—Violet rays of the sun, as window glass shut them out. Deprived of these rays animals and many plants cannot live. FLEX-O-GLASS is an extemely strong, especially processed cloth base material, saturated with a weatherproofing preparation. The result- ing transparent sheet admits actual sun- light. (glass doesn’t). Just cut with shears and tack on: BeWare of inferior imita- tions. FLEX-O-GLASS, the original ma- terial for admitting Ultra—Violet rays is registered in U. S. Pat. Office and re- commended by thousands of users, all over the world, Doctors, Chemists and State Experiment Stations—Your protection. A million yards of FLEX-O-GLASS are now in use. Read a Few of the Hund- reds of Letters Received Daily. Tested and Proven Strongest and Best "We used FLEX-O-GLASS on our Brood-- er houses this Spring and were very well pleased. We placed it by the side of one window which was covered with (another glass substitute). The difference in the c o 10 r of the light was quick- ly noticeable. But one very convincing ar- gument was that the chicks piled '; up in front of - th e FLEX-O- GLASS window leaving the space - in front of the other entirely empty. The FLEX-O—GLASS Looks as well at the end of the season as it did at the first, while the other material- is decidedly worn. I thought perhaps these observations of ours might be of interest to you." Mrs. R. Hammond, Indianapolis, Ind. Used and Recommended by Poultry Farms "I have used your product the past 2. years. and find it 0. K. Consequently I can recommend it to my Baby Chick Customers." J. H. C., Cornhusker Poul- try Farm. Nebr. Used for 'Years “I like your FLEX-O-GLASS very much, it is the best material I’ve seen used." Mrs. W. H. Hansen, of Okla. “I am using the 15 yards of FLEX-0- GLASS which I got a couple of years ago. I surely like it.” Gus, Kutzke of Wise. Superior to Glass "1 put FLEX‘O-GLASS on alongside of a glass window last summer. I found it superior to glass for light. I have had enough experience in the use of FLEX-0- GLASSto give advice to people I meet. I do not hesitate selling anything that has merlt." T. S. Baird of N. Y Eggs Jumped from 5 to 116 in week "Brother's eggs jumped from 5 to 116 in a week with front of poultryhouse closed with FLEX-O-GLASS.“ Mrs. G. Bipple of Pa. Changes Snowtrap into ‘ Sunparlor ' Save fuel and avoid drafts by enclosing screened porches and storm doors with FLEX-OGLASS. Makes warm, sunlit health-room where you can work, read or rest. Splendid for children’s winter play-' house as FLEX—O-GLASS provides healthful Ultra-Violet rays—vitamin D, necessary to overcomechild’s aching legs ——Rickets. Just tack FLEX-O-GLASS on over screen. I Keep Chicks Healthy and Growing Chicks under FLEX-O-GLASS mature in 1,5 regular time because they get actual sunlight full of Ultra-Violet rays, indoors. Utilize these rays. Prevents diseases and Rickets—-weak legs caused from lack of Ultra-Violet rays. Simply take boards off of south side of coop and put FLEX-O- GLASS on. Early chicks will be Warm, comfortable and healthy, indoors. They‘ll exercise, be full of pep and their fast growth will amaze you. The same is true for pigs. Sunlight is nature’s only health producer-Why not use it? Grows , Plants Quicker and Stronger FLEX-O-GLASS hotbeds and coldframes are better than glass, as FLEX-O—GLASS gives plants the Ultra—Violet sun’s rays necessary for fast, strong growth. Does not chill, like glass; holds heat longer, and costs only 1/8 as much. Frames are large, yet easily handled. FLEX-O- GLASS is ideal for greenhouses, as it scatters light exactly as needed. Excellent for barn and storm windows. Also used in factory, house and school windows, on rollers, to diffuse unpleasant Comes in one piece 35% inches wide and any lengths desired. Lies flat and smooth. Looks neat and attractive. sunglare. Actually makes room lighter; Makes Hens Lay All Winter "I bought 40 yards last November h9use_like in your ad and am well Tilda; with It. Happier hens never went tbm a Winter. I went out there the coldest days :Bgmwggc‘lfieg thed hIens scratch arid heard . , an sure' 0 .” Mrs. J. Morgan of Kansas. g t a cg” As if it Were a, Day in June “In this country it gets so cold that the chickens hug together in a corner like balls of feathers. Since I put FLEX-O—GLASS on my .poultryhouse front my chickens are runmng_ helter-skelter, scratching here and scratching there singing their own song of praise all ay long. They feel so_ comfortable t t at times they stand m theIr_ wings raised out from ice. as if It were a day in June. You do not claim too much for’Its value to poultry keepers. Wishing you every sno- gggs tgormzour F‘LEX;O-tt?1 Assnghath hiding! V egg manu ac rers e ens . —J. W. Soutare. Ont. Canada. Ideal Screened Porch Enclosure "I have FT EX-O-GL‘ASS n I am delighted with in appeao Kiloggm till: 0. arwin of Mo. A Better than Glass for Hotbeds {'1 [use FLEX—O-GLASS sad It tggr beget than lined gig: 031,323 do er - - wObu Norelius of “W. Va. 88' ' Mr. Krimmitz of Wis. writes us: "I re- commend it to th china You sure have a wrinnedrs.” domg m ° Most Durable—If He Rod 01!, Known Before “After using difl’erent materials, I ve . decided to make an exte i chicken houses with FBiE§quréfly 6‘ your product so muchedbtzthtcr ——_..__. —-———. ave DB dig but not as good mate is] ' A. P.. Auburn, Nebr. r as you“. mg. Tells Why FLEX-O-GLASS Mel Hens Lay “FLEX—O-GLASS is available under name and I cannot but feel that $335 gratulations. are due you. In to -flvc {Zara practice as a consult! 01m 1 vs a great deal to do withnglight energy. Your advertised statement I heartily oar- roborate. FLEX-O—GLASS “makes no lay because the Ultra-Violet ra h penetrate It makes the hens heal in! as, chemically active they increase the 01:- genating power of the blood supply and h- cident_ thereto they destroy the vitality of gafigena.v With my fionfiamfiafiommh - g1. en. am . orse, . .. Consulting Chemist of Conn. Entire Farm FLEX-O-GLABS” “I use FLEX~O-GLASS "Send 30 yards more. We are gradualld FLEX -_ O - GLASSIN our entire farm. Pens are warmer." B Poultry Farm. Nowell, Po. “In our hoghouses FLEX-O-GLABS mks «fining; twat.) ‘ manyj ‘ ,: “HA ‘ so? '3'. w” .s m- Lease wonders for pigs.” A. P. Nave, Ohio. I—W f mm are not a one of our Prices-All Postage Prepaid I thousand scum customers realm ‘ . Per .d.355£ins.wldoslydomzhdsatm.(82-00” ‘ , 5 . « _ _ no go...“ 35c. (93.50): 25 you. as 32c. (88.00” , i ."""° °'_o'::-§§UT° ggigu‘, I” van. or more at 30c pot yard. (“0. ). FLfl-O-GLASB dluot ‘from com lean”. tor-Gonna. ‘ ' u ‘ ‘ FLEX-O-GLAS .7 MFG. co.’ :9 not w ‘0 Joanna 9M5“... .